[Music]
[Applause]
today I’m going to share with you one
instance from my most memorable race in
the National karting championship it was
a hot day of summer at Cary motor
Raceway it all settled into a starting
block waiting for the go the winds were
silent like the calm before the storm
and I could see the mechanics just
blinking trying to give the racing
drivers that last edge that extra mile
to win
I myself was sitting in my car and
looking at everyone trying to understand
the strategy once the lights go out
would he go left or would he go right
where should I dive in to make that
extra position because that’s what
besides the win
while I was deliberating all of this the
flag dropped and the race started four
cars went into one corner that’s one
tone and I was thinking if I make this
move I get to be champion if I don’t
make it I have a DNF that’s did not
finish very very bad clatters then I
went for it and all of a sudden I was in
the lead I’m leading the race lap after
lap I can see the trophy dancing in
front of my eyes I can picture myself
standing on top of that podium and
beating all these boys to their game and
at one point I feel the sudden jerk I
was wondering did somebody hit me
because that actually happens a lot but
it was not that case then I checked my
Exeter cable is it intact yes it was
intact then I heard the engine it was
dying and the fuel was contaminated or
there was a blockage meanwhile one car
overtakes me and the other is right at
my rear wheel then I think I have to do
something and I’m driving and pinching
the fuel line and pressing the
accelerator and nothing is happening I
thought I’ve lost it all but during the
struggle all of a sudden I got a sudden
joke and my engine came up by now I was
number three and two
to go that’s it then I fought and fought
and I made some aggressive moves and I
finally found myself on top of the
podium making this race one of my most
memorable of the life and also giving me
the title of national champion thanks
this also reminds what the words of
Theodore Roosevelt do what you can where
you are with what you have and I think
that’s exactly what I did and that’s
what I try in general most formula
drivers as you know start their roots at
go-karting and now currently I Drive
formula cars there are many facts about
racing that some of you know and many of
us don’t so today I’ll share them with
you racing is more than just about speed
now a lot of us things you just go pedal
to metal press the accelerator full
speed and you become a racing driver but
truth is in real racing that is not what
we really do I myself have been at a top
speed of 260 kilometers an hour and
trust me it’s very easy in a straight
line to succeed not a problem but when
the time comes the turn is approaching
you have to brake slow down turn
accelerate and pop out of the corner
really fast life gets very difficult in
such a situation even 20 kilometres an
hour can become really difficult that’s
right just 20 kilotons Alva for that
particular corner one other astonishing
fact is that in racing time is measured
in 1,000 of a second which requires us
to have really fast reflexes in fact
just last year my lap time was 1 minute
12 seconds point 2 5 6 and that’s what
decides where they start your race first
second third and if you win the race and
the point of reflexes now say two cars
are going at 200 levels our side by side
everything is good and something goes
wrong and this car is now pointing at
you now you’re about dealing with a 400
kmph it’s very important to do quick
reactions turn immediately do your
maneuvers and get out of the situation
or else we cannot catastrophes second
point
I know my car as well as I know myself I
can stand here proudly today and say
that because I’ve worked many years to
understand my car specifications the
current car 1.3 liter engine 1,300 CC
200 kmph drop power all this is
essentially required when you’re pushing
over haeckel to its limit
in normal abnormal circumstances a
lesser known fact most racing drivers
spend months before their season before
the race sitting with the mechanics and
discussing how they would want the
vehicle to handle how the wheel would
feel how the pedal would feel how soft
or hard it is and how the engine is I
not only tell them what to do on my car
I actually sit and hands-on work on the
car my style is rather aggressive so the
suspension is usually quite stiff
another fact which some of you out here
might be familiar with the sounds of the
engine and you can recognize the car but
as an experienced racing driver I can
not only tell the type of car we are
also trained to tell the problems with
the car by hearing the sound of the
engine for example I’m driving on the
racetrack and I hear my engine popping I
come inside and tell my tuner mechanics
and they work on the car this process is
called a pit stop now you’d be surprised
in Formula One the most efficient pit
stops happen in less than three seconds
that’s right by the time I finish my
sentence a car was lifted up tires were
changed refuelling happen and the car
was ready enough to go another fact
racing requires serious fitness levels
but this one question I am very tired of
answering Sneha
why are you going to the gym you just
have to sit down and drive but yes trust
me sitting for two hours and driving
with high g-forces and competing is very
difficult I’m sure a lot of us has heard
of the term g-force and racing together
formula and drivers can face up to three
to four G’s while cornering and braking
that is about three to four times the
body’s weight
thus a lot of fitness is required such
as cardiovascular training
training and physiotherapy before or
racing driver sits in the car to compete
and one other fact which baffled me
before I joined racing is that I’m sure
most of you out there I’m sure you all
are healthy your heart rate heart rates
would be 70 beats per minute when we
work out it goes out to an average of
130 beats per minute and we’re driving a
formula car it can go up to 170 beats
per minute I’m sure that is enough proof
to say that one needs to work out to
race one of the other points is
discipline racing is a very disciplined
sport now I agree we’ve all seen fast
and furious and we see those cars
zooming sliding squealing tires and some
of us think that’s all racing is all
about but in all honesty on the
racetrack if you are locking your wheels
if you are wheel spin and sliding sounds
you’re losing time because you’re not
racing against other people we are
racing against time itself to complete
that one round in the shortest duration
of time this one instance which has been
imprinted on my mind happened just last
year I was driving a formula car I was
nearing a speed of 202 members of our
running number to win the race now the
driver behind me is very aggressive but
aggression needs to be used sensibly
right so this guy’s going left he’s
going right his shyness were tryna
distract me one moment he’s in my rear
view mirror at the moment he’s in the
air so what happened is his front wheels
touched my back wheel and he got left in
the air and he spun in the air fell
apart and he landed just with the
cockpit of the car now while this was
happening his parts fell on me and it
can be fatal if it hits you in the head
in a particular angle but luckily all
went well and I finished on the podium
but that is not what I remember as much
as him right here flying and falling
apart as racing drivers we are trained
to handle emergencies in case we have
race incidents now if you don’t if we
don’t fall we are not running fast
enough sometimes so in practice we push
the car to its limit
in racing we drive it slightly slower
just so that we do not go off track it
is important to not let go of the wheel
if you know you’re going to crash
you have to swerve in the correct way
avoid your fellow racing drivers the
marshals objects and make sure if you
have lost control you go and fall or
land up in a place which is safe so if
I’m going straight and I see there’s no
runoff area I’m going to do this when I
do this my car is going sideways I’m
sliding I’ve killed a lot of speed I
will not hit the wall as fast or hard
competition as well as in life and on
racetrack is essential for our progress
for us to become better somebody famous
said that the enemy of the best is good
racing being a very competitive sport an
expensive sport but most important part
it allows men and women to compete on
the same platform now till date there
are not many women on the racetrack that
makes me most often the only girl on
trunk but somehow I don’t let that
battle mean I understand myself
once the helmet is on I’m only a racing
driver
it doesn’t matter my gender doesn’t
matter where I come from doesn’t matter
as soon as I put on my boots I strap on
my gloves I surrender myself to that
moment I become one with the car it’s an
extension to myself and I think that’s
what makes racing what it really is what
I’m not scared of is death really when I
enter the car what I’m really scared of
is a DNF did not finish and if life is a
track and all of us are going to die
then I choose to have a fastest lap
thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
you
[Applause]
today I’m going to share with you one
instance from my most memorable race in
the National karting championship it was
a hot day of summer at Cary motor
Raceway it all settled into a starting
block waiting for the go the winds were
silent like the calm before the storm
and I could see the mechanics just
blinking trying to give the racing
drivers that last edge that extra mile
to win
I myself was sitting in my car and
looking at everyone trying to understand
the strategy once the lights go out
would he go left or would he go right
where should I dive in to make that
extra position because that’s what
besides the win
while I was deliberating all of this the
flag dropped and the race started four
cars went into one corner that’s one
tone and I was thinking if I make this
move I get to be champion if I don’t
make it I have a DNF that’s did not
finish very very bad clatters then I
went for it and all of a sudden I was in
the lead I’m leading the race lap after
lap I can see the trophy dancing in
front of my eyes I can picture myself
standing on top of that podium and
beating all these boys to their game and
at one point I feel the sudden jerk I
was wondering did somebody hit me
because that actually happens a lot but
it was not that case then I checked my
Exeter cable is it intact yes it was
intact then I heard the engine it was
dying and the fuel was contaminated or
there was a blockage meanwhile one car
overtakes me and the other is right at
my rear wheel then I think I have to do
something and I’m driving and pinching
the fuel line and pressing the
accelerator and nothing is happening I
thought I’ve lost it all but during the
struggle all of a sudden I got a sudden
joke and my engine came up by now I was
number three and two
to go that’s it then I fought and fought
and I made some aggressive moves and I
finally found myself on top of the
podium making this race one of my most
memorable of the life and also giving me
the title of national champion thanks
this also reminds what the words of
Theodore Roosevelt do what you can where
you are with what you have and I think
that’s exactly what I did and that’s
what I try in general most formula
drivers as you know start their roots at
go-karting and now currently I Drive
formula cars there are many facts about
racing that some of you know and many of
us don’t so today I’ll share them with
you racing is more than just about speed
now a lot of us things you just go pedal
to metal press the accelerator full
speed and you become a racing driver but
truth is in real racing that is not what
we really do I myself have been at a top
speed of 260 kilometers an hour and
trust me it’s very easy in a straight
line to succeed not a problem but when
the time comes the turn is approaching
you have to brake slow down turn
accelerate and pop out of the corner
really fast life gets very difficult in
such a situation even 20 kilometres an
hour can become really difficult that’s
right just 20 kilotons Alva for that
particular corner one other astonishing
fact is that in racing time is measured
in 1,000 of a second which requires us
to have really fast reflexes in fact
just last year my lap time was 1 minute
12 seconds point 2 5 6 and that’s what
decides where they start your race first
second third and if you win the race and
the point of reflexes now say two cars
are going at 200 levels our side by side
everything is good and something goes
wrong and this car is now pointing at
you now you’re about dealing with a 400
kmph it’s very important to do quick
reactions turn immediately do your
maneuvers and get out of the situation
or else we cannot catastrophes second
point
I know my car as well as I know myself I
can stand here proudly today and say
that because I’ve worked many years to
understand my car specifications the
current car 1.3 liter engine 1,300 CC
200 kmph drop power all this is
essentially required when you’re pushing
over haeckel to its limit
in normal abnormal circumstances a
lesser known fact most racing drivers
spend months before their season before
the race sitting with the mechanics and
discussing how they would want the
vehicle to handle how the wheel would
feel how the pedal would feel how soft
or hard it is and how the engine is I
not only tell them what to do on my car
I actually sit and hands-on work on the
car my style is rather aggressive so the
suspension is usually quite stiff
another fact which some of you out here
might be familiar with the sounds of the
engine and you can recognize the car but
as an experienced racing driver I can
not only tell the type of car we are
also trained to tell the problems with
the car by hearing the sound of the
engine for example I’m driving on the
racetrack and I hear my engine popping I
come inside and tell my tuner mechanics
and they work on the car this process is
called a pit stop now you’d be surprised
in Formula One the most efficient pit
stops happen in less than three seconds
that’s right by the time I finish my
sentence a car was lifted up tires were
changed refuelling happen and the car
was ready enough to go another fact
racing requires serious fitness levels
but this one question I am very tired of
answering Sneha
why are you going to the gym you just
have to sit down and drive but yes trust
me sitting for two hours and driving
with high g-forces and competing is very
difficult I’m sure a lot of us has heard
of the term g-force and racing together
formula and drivers can face up to three
to four G’s while cornering and braking
that is about three to four times the
body’s weight
thus a lot of fitness is required such
as cardiovascular training
training and physiotherapy before or
racing driver sits in the car to compete
and one other fact which baffled me
before I joined racing is that I’m sure
most of you out there I’m sure you all
are healthy your heart rate heart rates
would be 70 beats per minute when we
work out it goes out to an average of
130 beats per minute and we’re driving a
formula car it can go up to 170 beats
per minute I’m sure that is enough proof
to say that one needs to work out to
race one of the other points is
discipline racing is a very disciplined
sport now I agree we’ve all seen fast
and furious and we see those cars
zooming sliding squealing tires and some
of us think that’s all racing is all
about but in all honesty on the
racetrack if you are locking your wheels
if you are wheel spin and sliding sounds
you’re losing time because you’re not
racing against other people we are
racing against time itself to complete
that one round in the shortest duration
of time this one instance which has been
imprinted on my mind happened just last
year I was driving a formula car I was
nearing a speed of 202 members of our
running number to win the race now the
driver behind me is very aggressive but
aggression needs to be used sensibly
right so this guy’s going left he’s
going right his shyness were tryna
distract me one moment he’s in my rear
view mirror at the moment he’s in the
air so what happened is his front wheels
touched my back wheel and he got left in
the air and he spun in the air fell
apart and he landed just with the
cockpit of the car now while this was
happening his parts fell on me and it
can be fatal if it hits you in the head
in a particular angle but luckily all
went well and I finished on the podium
but that is not what I remember as much
as him right here flying and falling
apart as racing drivers we are trained
to handle emergencies in case we have
race incidents now if you don’t if we
don’t fall we are not running fast
enough sometimes so in practice we push
the car to its limit
in racing we drive it slightly slower
just so that we do not go off track it
is important to not let go of the wheel
if you know you’re going to crash
you have to swerve in the correct way
avoid your fellow racing drivers the
marshals objects and make sure if you
have lost control you go and fall or
land up in a place which is safe so if
I’m going straight and I see there’s no
runoff area I’m going to do this when I
do this my car is going sideways I’m
sliding I’ve killed a lot of speed I
will not hit the wall as fast or hard
competition as well as in life and on
racetrack is essential for our progress
for us to become better somebody famous
said that the enemy of the best is good
racing being a very competitive sport an
expensive sport but most important part
it allows men and women to compete on
the same platform now till date there
are not many women on the racetrack that
makes me most often the only girl on
trunk but somehow I don’t let that
battle mean I understand myself
once the helmet is on I’m only a racing
driver
it doesn’t matter my gender doesn’t
matter where I come from doesn’t matter
as soon as I put on my boots I strap on
my gloves I surrender myself to that
moment I become one with the car it’s an
extension to myself and I think that’s
what makes racing what it really is what
I’m not scared of is death really when I
enter the car what I’m really scared of
is a DNF did not finish and if life is a
track and all of us are going to die
then I choose to have a fastest lap
thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
you
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