A racing driver reflects on the volatile nature of his career in Formula One and IndyCar, where progress depends on performance and sponsorship. He describes cycles of success and drought, how failures become essential learning experiences, and winning the Indy 500 doesn't ease the relentless pressure to keep delivering.
You never know. There's always stepping stones. You know, you go up, you're pretty good for a race, got a sponsor, you're pretty good for a race, no sponsor, no race. You're in the doldrums. You hit roadblocks, you had failures. The failures helped you be successful because you made those failures. Same thing. Even when I got into Formula One and I got into IndyCar, and even when I won the Indy 500, but there's always the pressure, right? Because you don't keep delivering. Yeah, you're done. You're out.
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