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00:02 - Singapore, a very cool race to go to,
00:09 and a really cool city to be.
00:13 Very weird because of the timetable that we have there.
00:17 We actually go to sleep at 5 a.m.
00:20 and wake up at 2 p.m.
00:22 So it's a very strange schedule
00:25 that we have as racing drivers there
00:27 because the sessions are in the evening
00:29 and we keep the clock to the European time
00:32 to make our life a bit simpler as an athlete.
00:36 Talking about that,
00:39 it is a circuit that you need to be prepared for.
00:41 I always mark it in the calendar
00:44 as a point in the season that I need to arrive
00:46 well-prepared physically.
00:48 I have to make sure that the few weeks before
00:56 and my diet and my preparation is up to the high standards
01:01 because normally here is, yeah,
01:04 it's not like you suffer, but you struggle in the race.
01:08 It's really warm.
01:09 It's really difficult to keep the focus
01:12 and concentration between all these walls.
01:15 I think in the cockpit is higher than 40 degrees, 50 degrees
01:19 and I remember it gets really, really, really warm
01:22 inside the helmet, inside the body,
01:24 and you have to make sure you are prepared.
01:26 And for that, we do specific training
01:28 in the sauna, in steam baths.
01:30 You just make sure you're well-climatized to the heat.
01:35 And yeah, as you see, it's super busy the lap.
01:38 So you never stop turning the wheel.
01:42 You never stop upshifting, braking, accelerating.
01:45 You're always full concentration.
01:48 Also, the race here is normally two hours long.
01:51 In other circuits like Mondstadt,
01:52 it can even be one hour, one hour 15,
01:55 but in Singapore, it's always two hours.
01:57 So it's not only the warmest, the longest, the toughest.
02:02 So everything builds up to be a very tough test
02:06 for us drivers.
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