Samantha Tan

What would you say is like the difference between a fast driver and a good driver?

Ooh.

And is there a difference? I mean, I'm sure the answer is yes.

Yes.

Because you could be fast, but not good.

Yes.

I think talent specifically, like a fast driver will win you in specific moments, but a great driver is somebody who's consistent and is adaptable.

Because like you said, there's so many things going on every second, like every split second, you're making so many decisions and When you're, especially in an endurance race, you have to think about the longevity of, you know, the car and like think long-term, right? Yeah.

So I think great drivers definitely go win championships and, you know, fast drivers will win in the moment.

I mean, I love that.

That definitely makes sense.

The next question is, what's the moment inside a race that only another driver would understand?

Ooh, a moment inside of a race.

I speak about this often actually, and I think it's something not only race car drivers can relate to, but a lot of athletes, but it's like the flow state mentality.

Like when you're so locked in, you're only really, you're just executing.

Like it's almost like you're having an out of body experience.

It's like time kind of like slows down and you're not thinking about anything else than the task at hand.

And it's just like the muscle memory kicks in and you're just in this space and it's like this stillness almost.

That's so fascinating.

Yeah.

No,

I can imagine like mentally what you're talking about.

Do you feel like being in that flow state, you accredit that to all the training and the preparation to be able to enter

that flow state? I think I'm able to manipulate it to reach that state more often because of the training that I've done.

But I will say it's like definitely happened at times like very early in my career when I, you know, Still had no idea what was going on.