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Pedro Diniz on fear, his fiery escape, and F1 pressure

Pedro Diniz on fear, his fiery escape, and F1 pressure

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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Fear is something F1 drivers don’t often admit to feeling. Pedro
Diniz does. In his 98 Grands Prix during the 1990s and into 2000,
the Brazilian experienced the highs of hard earned top-six points
finishes and, on his day, was a match for teammates Jean Alesi
and Damon Hill. But, as he tells Tom Clarkson in a rare
interview, lucky escapes from a fireball in Argentina and an
upside-down car in Germany left a deep impression. ‘The biggest
challenge was really the challenge of my mind’, Pedro says. How
do fear and the immense pressure of racing in Formula 1 affect a
driver's performance? How can meditation and yoga help a racer go
faster? Pedro tells all. He also remembers first encounters with
Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello at the very start of their
racing careers, and explains his post-racing passion for
producing organic food. Sebastian Vettel is among the people who
are very interested in what Pedro’s doing today on his farm in
Brazil.