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… Because it proved to me that being stubbornly inflexible — and inflexibly stubborn — in the pursuit of one’s goals always pays off. With the caveat that, though we might write our own stories, destiny sometimes writes a version it prefers.

I wrote about that, and more, in another piece for Overdrive a decade later (link at the end of this thread). Now, it’s October again — 25 years since that title win and 14 years since what I will always believe was the most significant interview I’ve ever done… (Contd)

Getting to speak with one’s sporting hero is the stuff of dreams - so much so that if a photograph of that conversation for Business Standard Motoring didn’t exist, I might have a hard time believing it ever happened. He spoke to me of Schicksal - “destiny” - & the role it played in his life (Contd)

Since you’re a Niki Lauda fan, here’s another piece I’d written for another magazine a long while ago, which has since gone online. 😊 www.overdrive.in/news-cars-au...

Thanks so much. I’ve been a Road Rat subscriber since 2018, when they first launched, and the sticker price is worth it for the amount of reading material you get each issue. But yes, the shipping costs are sizeable. I appreciate the kind words though.

Just realised that I can’t, in fact, post a link in my bio, so here it is: youtu.be/iVD82nATUeI?...

Good to know! I plan on grumping my way through it myself. And then I’m cheering on Takuma Sato for a third Indy 500 win! 😊 Germany being as good as it possibly can (all things considered). So no(t too many) complaints. All well with you, I hope?

Ah, there you are! 😊