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significant technological advancements in recent years,
aspects of cycling are still quite archaic compared to, say,
Formula 1. McLaren has some of the most incredible,
interesting minds you’ll ever meet; people who ask “why?”
Or “but what if we did it like this?”. Not just on trivial things,
but on things that you’d just accept as being “as they are”.
McLaren is a legend in British racing. How pleased are
you to partner with them and what do you feel are the
synergies?
Across all of the entities of McLaren Group, one word stays
fundamental: Racing. McLaren was born from racing, and
they’ve kept that philosophy. Don’t stop striving to be the
best. And as I said earlier, not the best you can be, but the
best of everyone. Keep moving forward, don’t rest and
admire what you’ve achieved, because someone will overtake
you while you’re looking back admiring.
It’s an absolute dream. To think I grew up watching
Senna, Coulthard, Häkkinen, and now I’m competing under
the same name.
How cool was it that McLaren created a colour specifically
for you called Cavendish Green?
Yeah, I have an MSO MP4-12C with a green fleck in the
paint. I love it. It was McLaren Automotive’s first highquantity-production
car model. I remember on a holiday in
London 25 years ago, seeing the [McLaren] F1 for the first
time; one of the most significant road cars of all time. But I’d
have never imagined owning a McLaren. So my 12C has as
much sentimental value as it does joy of driving it.
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