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"Without Dad I probably would never have got into motorsport, He was the one who got me my first kart, and the one who took me to Clay Pigeon Raceway when I demanded to have a go at a place where I could really open it up. Through those early years he was the one standing out there in the rain while I was in the track having all the fun, he was the one paying for it, he was the one who gave me the space in which to develop and the encouragement when things were rough, who helped to focus my energies when I decided that F1 was where I wanted to be. He never laughed at me when I said that, even though I was only a child. He did everything he could to help set me on the course that brought me to BMW Williams in 2000. There were times when we ran out of money, but he never told me, never made me feel guilty for the expense he was put to or the sacrifices he had to make in his own life. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about him is that he was never a typical karting Dad!"

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