[ShaneB457]

What keeps you awake at night?

Definately playing Black ops or Battlefield :)

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?

My shyness

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?

Im too young to know that yet

What do you admire most?

people who are fluent in a couple of languages

When were you happiest?

Summer of 2006

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?

Again dont be so shy

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?

Russia

What animal best reflects your personality?

Chameleon

What is more important in life than winning?

Being happy

What would you spend your last dollar on?

Dr pepper and a moro bar

What is your greatest weakness?

Not being motivated

How does it feel to be considered a hero?

Dunno

What scares you?

Death

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?

Marco Simoncelli and Dan Wheldon. Also seeing Ratzenburger’s crash in the Senna movie..

What’s your ultimate comfort food?

Chocolate

What’s your favourite smell?

Smell of bread being made in a bakery

What tastes like home?

Gingerbread man

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?

Go on F1F :)

[Anonymous]

What keeps you awake at night?
Thoughts on the future and past: what I should do and what I should have done.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Criminals.

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Time settles everything.

What do you admire most?
Altruism.

When were you happiest?
During Year 7 and Year 8.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Be braver.

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Milan; I’ve been here for 17 years now so I have a special feeling for this city.

What animal best reflects your personality?
Bull.

What is more important in life than winning?
Seeing others you care for win.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
A present to my girlfriend/wife (if I had one!).

What is your greatest weakness?
Shyness, although I’m slowly getting over it.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
It motivates you to pursue your dreams.

What scares you?
Loneliness.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
Marco Simoncelli’s death.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Pizza.

What’s your favourite smell?
The different types of bread in a bakery.

What tastes like home?
Pizza.

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Meet my friends.

[andae23]

What keeps you awake at night?

My neighbour’s bass guitar…

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?

Social media: I don’t want to live in a world where you have to be present all the time.

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?

Don’t follow the pack

What do you admire most?

People that succeed in what they set out to do.

When were you happiest?

2011-present

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?

you don’t have to be as people expect you to be!

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?

Somewhere quiet.

What animal best reflects your personality?

a skunk. no, that’s not true :P

What is more important in life than winning?

Being happy with yourself.

What would you spend your last dollar on?

I live in Europe, no Dollars here ;)

What is your greatest weakness?

Not being true to myself.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?

Heroic, I guess

What scares you?

death

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?

EPIC paradox!

What’s your ultimate comfort food?

Crisps and a diet coke.

What’s your favourite smell?

Petrol in the morning of course!

What tastes like home?

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich!

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?

scratch my head?

[Girts]

I’ve decided to do a Heikki-line! (Some of the questions that he got asked were different).

What keeps you awake at night?
I’ll answer with a song.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Latvian politics

What’s your earliest memory?
There’s not one particular memory that comes to my mind, it’s different small memories like talking to my grandmother, my 4th birthday, kindergarten, me crying about something etc.

Which person can’t you get through a day without talking to?
My mum

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
I don’t know if I can pick a single ‘lesson’ but quite many events have taught me to mistrust the other people. It doesn’t mean that I’m totally introvert or aggressive though.

Who do you most admire?
My mum and F1 drivers

What can’t you live without?
Black tea

When were you happiest?
When I was in love for the first time.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Don’t listen so much to what other people say, listen more to yourself. And don’t be such a coward!

If your racing career ended after this season what would you do with the rest of your life?
If my motorsport FAN career finished, I’d like to try singing German Schlagers.

What do you wish you were better at?
Russian language

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Some German town, probably Rottach-Egern.

What animal best reflects your personality?
Wade Duck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Duck#Wade_Duck

What is more important in life than winning?
Family, of course.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
Black tea

What is your greatest weakness?
I’m probably too emotional.

What’s the best advice you have been given?
‘This world ain’t a good place’. © My Latvian teacher

What scares you?
A lot of things, see my ‘animal’ above.

What is your worst habit and what is your best habit?
The worst? Probably spending too much time at the computer. The best? I always try to do my best to not disappoint the people that are important to me.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
A hot borscht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Replay the highlights in my head.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
There are far too many of them.

What’s your favourite smell?
Probably the one of a Christmas tree.

Are you the man you always thought you would become?
Well, I never actually imagined that I would become something particular. I never had a clear vision of how my future should look like. But I think that I’ve basically reached more than I once hoped to, which doesn’t mean that I don’t have some unfulfilled dreams though.

[Kingshark]

What keeps you awake at night?
Noise.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Loud people.

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Don’t leave homework until the last minute.

What do you admire most?
Formula One drivers.

When were you happiest?
When I succeed in school.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Don’t be so lazy with homework!

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Somewhere quit, preferably on a tropical island.

What animal best reflects your personality?
Cat.

What is more important in life than winning?
Trying and having fun.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
A double-bacon.

What is your greatest weakness?
Consistently delaying what’s important. I try so hard not to!

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Better than being normal, worse than being god.

What scares you?
The Exorcist.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
When I received a failed test.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Pancakes! :P

What’s your favourite smell?
Anything fresh/cent.

What tastes like home?
Chocolate.

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Sleep.

[electrolite]

What keeps you awake at night?
Probably regrets.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Probably losing the people closest to me?

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Stay stupid and stay hungry.

What do you admire most?
Someone who can be completely talented to point of genius and remain completely humble and down to earth about it.

When were you happiest?
Probably a few months ago, actually!

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
You know s***.

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
That would drive me insane. So I suppose some sort of home would be fitting.

What animal best reflects your personality?
Probably an octopus. Too many fingers in too many pies, too much at once…

What is more important in life than winning?
Enjoying yourself and being content.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
In an antique shop or something, and then I’d try and make 2 with it.

What is your greatest weakness?
Probably misjudging how confident or unconfident I should be about something.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Awesome.

What scares you?
Making the wrong choices.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
A huge pizza.

What’s your favourite smell?
Petrol.

What tastes like home?
Thai Green Curry, at the minute.

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Post my review on the Collantine Cup forum…

[Anonymous]

The one problem with these questionnaires is I immediately want to ask people more questions as I find their answers so interesting! Great idea for a thread.

What keeps you awake at night?
Recurring nightmares which I’ve had since I was a kid.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Self doubt.

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
I can’t control everything but I can control how I deal with things.

What do you admire most?
Generosity.

When were you happiest?
Either right now or when I was about 5.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Nothing as if I changed anything then my life would be completely different and possibly worse. I needed all of my experiences.

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
New York.

What animal best reflects your personality?
A bee. I try to do things for the good of my family, generally I’m laid back and happy but I can have a temper and will sting (even if it ends up costing me more).

What is more important in life than winning?
Being happy would be more important than winning in F1. Winning an argument though is damn fun. Cheesily (that now is a word) there’s always love too ;P

What would you spend your last dollar on?
A bag of Haribo Tangfastics or a mai tai but pretty sure both of those would be over a dollar anyway so I may as well just give it to someone homeless as they may have a better use for it.

What is your greatest weakness?
I can stand up for others but I’ve never been great at doing it for myself in certain aspects of my life.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Wouldn’t have a clue.

What scares you?
Making the wrong choices resulting in loneliness.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Maple syrup cake

What’s your favourite smell?
Vanilla

What tastes like home?
Yorkshire puddings.

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
There’s no one thing. It varies.

Oops missed one… What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
Nothing- like I said above, I needed all of my experiences

[MuzzleFlash]

What keeps you awake at night?
Generally sleep very well, but usually my girlfriends snoring. Or contemplating things which tend to be inapplicable to my life.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Dishonesty on the part of others. Ignorance on mine.

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Don’t hold anyone in any higher regard than yourself. They’re all boring human beings.

What do you admire most?
Intelligence.

When were you happiest?
Either when I was 10 or 19, though now comes close.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Don’t drink that. Or video games generally are a waste of time, took me 10 years to realise that one.

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
I haven’t travelled much, so I’ll just have to say rural Ireland where I am.

What animal best reflects your personality?
A giraffe. Tall, blonde and awkward.

What is more important in life than winning?
Being respected and respectful in kind.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
That’s like 60p? Put it in a poor box.

What is your greatest weakness?
Apathy.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Not a hero, but I’ve often had people look up to me and it makes me quite uncomfortable. As mentioned above people shouldn’t hold others in higher regard than themselves.

What scares you?
My apathetic nature.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Chocolate of any type.

What’s your favourite smell?
That mixture of leather, plastic and 100LL most light aircraft seem to have.

What tastes like home?
Soup made from scratch in the manner my mother makes it.

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
I usually am home, but either flick over to the BTCC or make cup of tea.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
Nothing I suppose. One is defined partially by the good and the bad events.

[TrueF1Grit]

What keeps you awake at night?
Not much, I tend to go to bed quite late, therefore I am asleep in minutes.

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Pressure of exams / tests

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Never give up, these three words have been so influential to me.

What do you admire most?
My family, equally for everything they all do.

When were you happiest?
When i’m behind the wheel.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Don’t eat when your bored, it’s a lot harder to put on than take off!

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Where I live now, or somewhere like Singapore

What animal best reflects your personality?
A dog probably, simple and easy to amuse.

What is more important in life than winning?
Spending race days with the family (keeping with the racing theme)

What would you spend your last dollar on?
Probably something in America, but I spend my last pound on a new helmet.

What is your greatest weakness?
Frustration, I have been fighting these and am not far off overcoming it.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Well, now then!

What scares you?
Not a lot, heights.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
Nothing, I believe everything happens for a reason, and if I can’t forget it, then maybe i’m not meant to.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Cereal.

What’s your favourite smell?
The smell of the racetrack!

What tastes like home?
Cereal!

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
I sit down, think and relax. A raceday is very emotional both physically and mentally.

[mrgrieves]

What keeps you awake at night?
Noise of the neighbours

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Regret

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
Dont hunt what you cant kill. No im not a murderer

What do you admire most?
Inner strength and possitivity

When were you happiest?
final year at junior school when i was 10. Schumacher in his prime, Man Utd winning lots.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Go to collage/Uni and believe in yourself.

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
My family home miles from anywhere and anything

What animal best reflects your personality?
Headless chicken

What is more important in life than winning?
Surviving

(Obviously, this is aimed at an F1 driver. But people should answer this if they can!)

What would you spend your last dollar on?
Probably a bet to get some more dosh

What is your greatest weakness?
Confidence and commitment

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
SKIP

What scares you?
Yuji Ide

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
Many things come to mind but none standing out

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Easter Egg :)

What’s your favourite smell?
Petrol and burning of metal

What tastes like home?
Chips

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Have a wash and get into my home clothes

[Dave]

What keeps you awake at night?
Having a year to write my thesis and getting to a week before the due date with seven pages written (I somehow managed to pass).

If you could banish one thing from your life – for the rest of your life – what would it be?
When American tv shows make up words. Why do we need functionable and directionality and function and direction work just fine?

What’s been your most valuable ‘life’ lesson?
WD-40 for when it doesn’t move but it should. Duct tape for when it moves but it shouldn’t.

What do you admire most?
People who care for the disabled. My brother’s girlfriend does it and there’s no way I’d be able to do it every day.

When were you happiest?
16th of November 2005. Australia had their final World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay. I found out two hours before kickoff that I got some free tickets from a friend. We ended up with seats three rows from the front, right behind the goal. The tie finished level and we got to see Australia qualify through a penalty shootout right in front of us.

If you could give your younger self some advice what would it be?
Have fun. Being young was awesome!

If you had to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would it be?
In a plane, travelling the world.

What animal best reflects your personality?
Something that doesn’t take itself too seriously, like a zebra.

What is more important in life than winning?
Winning at life.

What would you spend your last dollar on?
If it was my last dollar before I die I’d either buy the medicine I need to not die or use the dollar coin to stop what was going to kill me (block the bullet, jam the gears of the machine that’s going to crush me, etc).

What is your greatest weakness?
Right knee.

How does it feel to be considered a hero?
Well it’s not just me, it’s been a huge effort by the team and this one is for all the guys back at the factory.

What scares you?
Things that will hurt me, kill me or make me unhappy.

What event can’t you forget but wish you could?
My penalty in the shootout of our grand final last year. Off the keeper’s fingertips and onto the crossbar.

What’s your ultimate comfort food?
Salt and Vinegar chips

What’s your favourite smell?
Salt and Vinegar chips

What tastes like home?
Anything with too much chilli

What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a race?
Usually go to bed because most races finish kind of late here in Australia.

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