 Hello everyone, big day for me. So my 2021 sporting program I will be racing an Indy car with delcon racing Without the ovals, but for all road and street course circuits, and I am very happy to be racing again Indy car because I believe it's a great championship. It's the highest single-seater championship You can have in the US Everyone has got the same car meaning everyone's got a chance to win and that's something that I have been missing for some time Indy car for me is the Formula 1 in the US. Obviously, it's a slower car and it's the same car for everyone But it's definitely the best single-seater in the US My souvenir from Indy car, it's Sebastien Borde with Newman racing Fighting Paul Tracy and winning. I mean, it's champ car, but it's this is my first souvenir from Indy car The level in Indy car is actually very high I mean some of the drivers got huge experience and it'd be difficult to beat them Especially that that most of the circuits they they change rings that the weekend street circuits They keep evolving the bumps and so on so really I will have I will have a lot to learn Against those drivers, but it's also very exciting Tracks in the US. They're great very old-style the way I like it up and down if you think it like when a second long beach Barber some Pete Mid-Aio, I mean I've been watching all the races on the on YouTube over the the winter and Try to discover the circuits and very very much looking forward to to raise them Dale Corny because I believe the team has got a great chance to you know, help rookies and to do great and Whenever I start started looking at Indy car September October 2020 Dale was one of the first to come to me and really I felt that he wanted to go ahead he wanted to To create that story that I could go racing in Indy car and be successful and I've had a lot of contact with him with with the engineer as well from Del coin and the relationship has been great from the beginning So really looking forward to Represent Del coin in Indy car and hopefully win some races for him Well the first year the it's always difficult to set up a target I think really it's it's it's to do the best we can and Obviously, I want to win races as I say, but the level in the temperature is very high So I guess we would love to wait and see and see how I adapt but I think it's gonna be great fun Driving in Indy car should be Should be pretty much what I remember from my GP today's you know, it's It's a car that's got good aerodynamics powerful engine, but no power thing with no help No recovery. No hybrid system. So really very much and in a GP to car and Obviously, I need to jump in to see where it goes, but that's that's what I'm expecting and Obviously, that's that's a championship or one in the past. So I had a good feeling in that car And I'm sure we can set it up the way. I like it. I Don't know if suffer is really the world But definitely it's gonna be a challenge But I like challenges and I'm looking forward to it and no power steering wheel. I've been in the gym a fair bit this winter treading a bit of the neck training for the arms and the shoulders, so I'm very much looking forward to see if I've done the good job in the gym. I haven't done really proper Simulator for Indy car, but at home I've got the e-sport equipment and on our racing You've got Indy car car and I've been driving it a fair bit Especially the push-to-pass button that I'm seems to be enjoying quite a fair bit and the discovering the tracks So this is the only experience I have so far, but it's it's pretty cool The first test in Indy car is not yet confirmed Because the calendar just been changed a little bit with barber jumping from first to a centipede jumping from first to second race of the championship, but I think it would be mid-February and As much as we can wait better will be for my recovery So talking of recovery am I a hundred percent yet? No, I'm not yet hundred percent But I will be by early April. So this is what matters to me. The left thumb is the longest one to recover and I think yes, as I say, it's gonna take some time, but by early April I'll be ready to race I've been talking to Simon Pajnou and he's been a great help, you know He knows the championship very well and he knows what I know from Europe and Really having someone in the US that knows the championship knows how it works and giving you advice really makes it a lot easier So thank you for Simon also Marcus Ericsson that knows Formula 1 and no Indy car They've been great help and you know from every question. They're always here to answer and to help me No, I'm not gonna do Indy 500 as I said the accident in Bahrain has changed a little bit my my view and And the whole things are gonna go and the danger of racing. I'm born racer and I'm still ready. I'm still want to race I'm still a racer but you know taking the risk of doing high Speedways No, so I will not do Indy 500 It's a race that I would love to win in my career, but I think no I just I think I may have used a bit a bit of luck in Bahrain and don't really want to push it too far for now Yes, first time with the Honda engine and I'm very very happy. I believe it's a it's a great one for Indy car Honda is one of the biggest if not the biggest constructor in the world and I think in Formula 1 They've shown that they can do amazing Amazing work and in Indy car, you know from everyone I've been talking to to say Honda is a very good engine Very good drivability good fuel consumption. So looking forward to see what it does Yes, I've been driving a lot of cars and and that's not the end of the list You know, I've always been saying that I want to do party the car And it's not it's not a joke. It's the race that I really would like to do. I don't know I don't think so. I mean definitely. I have I've experienced something that I wish I didn't experience in a way But also grateful that I came alive from that crash in Bahrain And you know, I've been for the last many years Trying to hang out to Formula 1 and stay in the engine to Formula 1 and stay in there But no, I realized that actually you can be very happy outside and what matters to me right now is to win races and And that is that is stronger than being in Formula 1 Even though it's the pinnacle of motorsports, so I'm ready for a new challenge and I said ready to race Before the Bahrain crash I would have said yes, I do the overs right now I say no, I don't do the ovals, but if not, I'm ready to race and not scared I'm not gonna leave in the US. I'm gonna do the travel from Europe I think for my kids, it's a touch easier and not doing the in the ovals allows me to to do that But in the summer, I think we're gonna rent a big camping car and go all together discover US You know cycling kites I think walking going Everywhere we can go for the kids is gonna be a great experience for us as well And something we always wanted to do and I was told Mario that the first year retail for Formula 1 We're gonna go and do the West Coast of the US in a camping car. So it's happening