RN:
No, not in a competitive race. I competed in some national level events to qualify for my licence. You wouldn't say that it's competitive at all, so it's basically like eight months ago was my first competitive race.
Q:
So the four races you did in Switzerland to get your licence, they were before June last year, were they?
RN:
Yeah, they were before my Formula Volkswagen series.
Q:
And that was in the Formula Opel-Lotus?
RN:
Yes.
Q:
How did you get into the Formula Opel-Lotus?
RN:
I forgot to mention that the team that I raced for in the Formula Volkswagen, they used a race in the European Championship, in the Formula Vauxhall. Now that's finished and they still have the cars available for test drive, so I was lucky enough for them to provide me that car to use for the licence.
Q:
So you just rocked up at the team and said, 'I would like to have a test drive?'
RN:
No, it was the same team that I would have raced for in Formula Volkswagen. So the same team that I raced for were helping me out. They let me use that car to get the licence to race for them.
Q:
Can you just clarify the name of that team for us as well?
A:
It's Penker Team and it's right next to A1-Ring in Austria.
