Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speedis an American race car driver, who currently races in Global Rallycross for the Andretti Autosport team...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth24 January 1983
CityManteca, CA
certainly tension
As it is right now, there's certainly a lot of tension between us.
chosen definitely nobody number seat second
Coulthard is set as number one, the second seat will be definitely Klien or Liuzzi but nobody else, and the one will be chosen only after this season,
car faster ran rear replace shock
We had to replace a rear shock on the car, ... The car was getting faster as qualifying went on but we just ran out of time.
ahead avoid cars cone confident damage early extensive fifth happened happy move nose pass progress shame succeed unable
I was very happy with our early progress today, we were able to move up from 17th place into fifth and I was making a move to pass two cars ahead of me. Something happened where they collided and I was unable to avoid their collision. The damage to our nose cone was too extensive to continue. It's a real shame as I was very confident we could succeed today.
carrying corners definitely difference drive driving less power require speed
It definitely has less horsepower and has a different power band. It's going to require a different driving style, carrying more speed through the corners as you feel the difference when you drive out of them.
almost cooper great grip helps high race slick surface tires track type
Fortunately, we have great tires for this type of race. The surface of these slick Cooper A1 tires can become almost gel-like with the high track temperatures, and the way that they 'squash' into the track surfaces really helps with grip and cornering.
character diapers huge perform racetrack walk wearing
But it's something that was a huge character builder, when you can walk around the racetrack and still perform wearing diapers and have self-dignity.
love mainly testing warm winter
I love a party. After winter testing mainly in Europe, I love the warm weather.
almost grab last point victory weekend
To almost grab a point last weekend was almost like a victory.
believe
Who's going to believe what I say? I?m the rookie.
against
Naturally, I want to show up well against my teammate.
dreaming emotional formula race since sure
It's something that I've been dreaming of since I was 11 years old - to race in Formula One. It's for sure going to be a very emotional experience.
against difficult huge judge others performance points score
It's going to be very difficult to judge my performance against the others in the series. I want to score some points this year. That would be a huge success.
excitement expected focused good head hope lack ton trying
There's a ton of excitement as well as a lot of nerves. I'm trying to tell myself: I'm not really expected to do much with my lack of experience. I want to do really well performance-wise. I'm just trying to keep my head down and keep focused and hope it's a good weekend.