Felipe Nasr: From the cockpit

Felipe Nasr is in his debut season racing in F1 for Sauber. He will write exclusively for F1i.com on the Wednesday after each round of the 2015 season to provide insight in to the life of an F1 driver.

Opportunities and possibilities

F1, like everything in life, opens a world of opportunities for all involved.

As a driver, you have the opportunity to drive a state-of-the-art car in the fastest possible way, meet people and discover places, start a new family with your team, fulfill a childhood dream and make a living along the way.

As a team, you have the opportunity to show what you are technically capable of, organise a group of people in accordance with the same principles, offer a unique showroom for your Sponsors and make a living along the way.

As a sponsor, you have the opportunity to showcase your products, services, and ideas on a worldwide stage, to gain the confidence of your customers and make a living along the way.

As a customer… well, I could go on and on with the opportunities, but let´s talk about the possibilities. These are a completely different story; there are odds that we have to pay attention to, in order to make things work.

Since the beginning we knew that our possibilities at the Hungaroring were not the biggest, given our car´s current difficulty to race over bumps and to perform on a track that combines hard braking and slow corners. Nevertheless, at Sauber, we all put our heads down and were eager for any chance to score some more points, knowing how much of an attrition race the Budapest event is.

Tyre temperature, brake temperature and general balance of the car were constantly looked after, as these factors remained key to race strategy. Making the most of the events that would arise could make the difference between scoring points or not.

Apart from my DNS at Silverstone, I have made it to the end in all nine races in my short F1 career: not bad!

In the end, I did not make it: I finished 11^th – the second time this year – but at least I got to the chequered flag. Apart from my DNS at Silverstone, I have made it to the end in all nine races in my short F1 career! Not bad, but this is still a pity that I haven’t scored since Monaco, another place where we took the opportunity and made the best of our possibilities.

Now we have the mandatory summer vacation (I say mandatory because we drivers always want to be in action next week, you’re well aware of that). When we return, we’ll meet in Belgium with some novelties on the car as well as in the starting procedures. More opportunities and possibilities: let’s work to make these two meet!

Until next month, then, here on F1i, directly from the challenging and beloved Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Felipe

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