Sleeves Magazine April 2016 | Page 44

A Chat With Levin Amweg You started at the age of 9 years old, can you tell me how it can be determined that a young boy has the potential to be a good race car driver? I think when you start that young you need the talent like in football, 'cause then you see how quick you develop and luckily talent was given to me. You also need parents who can support you a bit as Motorsport gets more and more expensive as you move on. How do you describe the feeling when you are in a race? Let's say as soon as I jump into my car it's like another world, i don't think about what I have to do when I am home or what kind of work i need to do later its just about the 24 competitors and the race. The feeling which you get when you're overtaking someone with 250 km/h is just all emotions together and you get such a special feeling which is indescribable. What abilities must a race car driver have to be fast? At a young age its the talent but as soon as you move up its just all about the practice and the work you put in. If you're lazy you're no