A Star Named Ayrton Senna Page #4

or from interference

that you get along the way...

that you learn, and the main things is to

learn from your mistakes and get better.

I believe in the ability of focusing

strongly on something...

then you are able to extract

even more out of it.

His whole life was concentrated on

winning the race, the championship.

He had no family, no children, nothing...

so it looks like he was living

only for that.

The hardest thing to do during a race

is to maintain your concentration.

You have to concentrate at all times...

and make sure you don't have problems

that can distract you from the race.

You must be prepared technically...

and to know what to do

at the right time.

And not make any technical

or human mistakes.

In the time when we have

these sophisticated racing cars...

with skirts and electronic suspension...

to raise the car for the straights

and lower it before the corners...

you have to do many thing on the car.

Obviously, any driver to take part

in a car race...

whether Formula 1 or another category

is exposed to risks.

You are aware of the risks out there.

No one drives without using his head.

A driver who doesn't use his head

has no future.

He'll have a very brief career,

because he'll get hurt in an accident.

This profession requires

that you be fast...

that you perform,

that you're consistent and intelligent.

As a racing driver one has to be in tune

with your emotions, your body...

your mind, your psychology,

all these things.

I think Ayrton had these qualities

in abundance.

And he seemed like a driver

who was always questioning...

what it was to be a racing driver.

Once he was focused, he didn't feel

any pain or stress. Nothing.

He was just in another world.

As we all were more or less,

but he was more intense.

He was a step ahead.

There's a state of mind

that one is raised to...

where it becomes

sort of transcendental.

Ayrton spoke of his concentration

when he was in qualifying.

He talked about a state of mind

he got into...

whereby he was there,

but not really driving the car.

And these are things that are...

that speak of the level of concentration

that he achieved as a racing driver.

You had to do these qualifying laps.

You were in the box and you watched

the monitors and your competitors.

You talked to your engineer. How's the

wind, the sun, the asphalt temperature?

And then the engineer told you:

Now let's go.

That meant

you had to switch a button...

and say to yourself:

I have to be fully concentrated.

And actually get into another world...

where everything is in slow motion.

When you do a quick lap...

you try to see it in slow motion

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