Q:
Have you ever had a crash?
RN:
That's another good thing. Throughout the whole season in the races, I think I had two spins in the Formula Volkswagen and I've only broken one front wing and no crash or anything, and it's the same with Team Astromega [in testing]. They're really comfortable working with me without the fear of me crashing their car all the time.
Basically, that was an issue because everyone was asking if I could handle F3000 in the Valencia test and I showed [I was] fine. I lapped really quickly quite early on, and I showed that I can drive in a way with no risks - no risk to myself and no risk to the car. And I have shown that, through testing, I never go off and I rarely have a spin and I'm quite forgiving with the machinery and the teams really appreciate it.
Q:
Do you recall the name of the kart track where you first drove in Brisbane?
RN:
It's Archerfield Speed Karts. I think they know me quite well there. I held the lap record for a few years.
Q:
How much languages do you speak?
RN:
I speak English fluently and Vietnamese fluently, and I'm presently learning French in Switzerland.
Q:
How is your licence going? Have you got the right licence to race in F3000?
RN:
No problem because the
FIA could see that during my tests, in the last eight tests, we did quite a lot of testing and I showed no complaints for any other drivers and my behaviour on track was fine and that got the pass through no problems.
Q:
We have had a very entertaining half hour or so speaking to Rob and we thank him very much for joining us today. We wish you all the best this year, Rob, for what must be a fairly daunting prospect of going into F3000. And, again, thanks for your time today and thanks to everyone for participating
RN:
It's a great pleasure and a lot of fun talking to you guys back in Australia. I haven't heard an Australian accent for so long!
