'You've got to have it. Your subconscious needs to understand the importance of what you're doing and then you can put yourself at another level.” 💬 Will Power said he needed 'nerves' in order to claim his second IndyCar title ⬇️
The Australian led the first stint of the race on the Firestone alternate tyres, but found his car’s handling was wayward on his first set of primaries, and the wing adjustment he called for at his next stop actually exaggerated the problem.
“Once I got in the car and we started rolling, it was fine. It was a bit sketchy in the middle of the race, I was digging deep, just, ‘I've got to give everything I can. I can't lose any positions here.' Asked further about the nerves, Power said: “Yeah, it was waking up at 3am a couple times over the weekend, and you can always relax yourself back to sleep, but it's obviously a big day. Everyone has put a ton of effort in.“And you don't want to let it go. Those nerves make you perform at a high level. I had those nerves going into qualifying. It just pumps you up to another level. That's what it does for me.
Power admitted his single-minded focus on the championship meant he forced himself to rein in his natural tendency to go for victories.
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