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You discover your brain is a powerful tool, something that is so powerful that sometimes you are surprised by the outcomes, how quickly it adapts to situations and how quickly you learn.
In a rally car when you put a 20 kg spare wheel in a car which is weighing 1,300 kg, you feel it.
Basically, it is always good for a team if both drivers are very quick.
If you cannot have the thing you want, you want the thing you have.
When you cannot have something, you make what you have work.
From a mental point of view, as I’ve had to rebuild my life from zero, it has been crucial I’ve never given up, that I’ve set achievable targets, not things that couldn’t possibly be achieved.
Silverstone is normally quite a tricky place for the set-up and for finding a good balance, because you have a big difference between the low-speed and high speed corners, and there are not really any medium-speed corners in between.
If you have more downforce, everything becomes much easier. Drivers drive better, engineers they have more room for setup, the tyres are working better because you switch them on earlier and you have less degradation.
Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.
When you have raced for 20 years and one day you have to stop, it’s not easy, especially when you are hit with big problems.
Nothing is impossible.
Spa is quite different to all the other circuits we run at because, although we use lower downforce levels similar to Canada, this circuit has many more high-speed corners.
Poland is my home country but in go-karts, Formula Renault and Formula 3, I always raced for Italian teams and spent over a year living close to Monza, so this whole area holds good memories for me.
I know my value. I don’t have to look at lap times.
Obviously when you join a team everything is new and you have to get to know the people and how they operate.
Driving on gravel is very demanding. There are lots of movements on the steering wheel which put a lot of stress on my arm and my hand.
Often people forget motorsport is a sport.
I like to watch rallies. Every time I go, I park the car where the fans park – I don’t have any special tickets or permission to go – and I walk six kilometers.
If you’ve led the championship after seven races you should be fighting for the title.
When you cannot have steak, either you eat egg or you don’t eat. So, in the end, you eat egg and you enjoy it.
We have seen a tendency for cars running the f-duct to use higher downforce levels than normal, because they can stall the rear wing and still generate good top speed.
As always, testing can only give you ideas on where you are. And it can also mislead you.
Regarding KERS, I have mixed feelings. As I am a tall and relatively heavy person I have disadvantages regarding the weight and consequently the weight distribution of the car. But on the other hand KERS could be a big advantage because of the boost.
You know if you have driven well or not, but sometimes because of the car or package you simply cannot do any more.
The price for winning is not the same for your life.
My aim, as always, is to deliver a good and consistent performance across the year. That is the goal for any driver.
I don’t know what it will bring, but definitely it’s a nice feeling to know I can drive an F1 car after such a difficult period and having my limitations.
The more experience you have, the more confidence you get and the more ready you are.
My story shows never say never.
It’s true that driving an F1 car in testing is helpful, it’s not that you learn everything.
I have my limitations which I never hide.
The brain adapts very quickly. It is incredible how quickly we can adapt and what progress we can make in a very short time.
There have been many races in the past that I have won and not been happy, and other times when I finished maybe eighth but was really happy with my driving.
You have to live for what is next, not from memories.
It’s been a big challenge to get into F1.
You have to first of all feel good with yourself before doing something which requires being fast or driving a racing car.
It is one thing to drive a Formula 1 car, and it is another thing to actually race it.
When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it’s not painful but it’s definitely not something you were looking for.
Sometimes in Formula One the fans are too far away from what is going on the track.
Unfortunately in motorsport, accidents can happen.
