OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM. IN JUST ONE
MONTH, THE ROAR OF THE PRIVY
DETROIT GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY
LEAR WILL RETURN TO BELLE ISLE
FOR ONE LAST TIME BEFORE THE
RACE MOVES TO THE STREETS OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT IN 2023. RITA’S
VK IS ONE OF THE TOP YOUNG
RISING STARS OF INDYCAR. HE
FINISHED SECOND IN ONE OF THE
TWO INDYCAR RACES ON BELLE ISLE
LAST SEASON. IT WAS HIS FIRST
TIME RACING IN THE MOTOR CITY.
AND RINAS IS HERE WITH US RIGHT
NOW. WELCOME BACK. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU
HERE IN STUDIO LIVE IN THE D.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE TRACK
LAST YEAR? I THINK IT WAS AN
AWESOME TRACK WAS MY FIRST TIME
THERE AND NO. I HAVE HEARD
STORIES OF OTHER DRIVERS ABOUT
IT BEING SO NOTORIOUSLY BUMPY
AND BRUTAL, AND IT WAS, BUT YOU
KNOW, I HAD A GREAT RACE THERE.
SO IT WAS. YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS
YOU’RE FAST, EVERYTHING IS FUN.
AND I THINK THE TRACK WAS
AWESOME. YOU KNOW YOU’RE BETWEEN
CANADA AND DETROIT. AND UM, YEAH
, I THINK IT’S JUST VERY UNIQUE
. YOU THINK IT’S BUMPY AND
BRUTAL OUT THERE IN BELL? I’LL
JUST WAIT TILL YOU’RE RACING
NOVI FOUND OUT TODAY WHEN WE’RE
DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. IT’S UH
I’M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME
PADDLES PATCH BEFORE YOU GUYS
ARE RACING AROUND THE CITY
STREETS. THIS MARKS THE LAST
TIME THE GRAND PRIX WILL BE
HOSTED ON THE ISLAND. ARE THE
DRIVERS COLLECTIVELY, EVERY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? ARE THEY
EAGER TO GET TO DOWNTOWN OR I
THINK THERE’S BEEN A NICE
HISTORY, UM BELLE ISLE, BUT
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DETROIT FROM
PRE STARTED IN DOWNTOWN, SO I
THINK IT’S GREAT TO SWITCH IT UP
A LITTLE BIT AND MOVE TO MOVE TO
THE DOWNTOWN AGAIN AND AH, YOU
KNOW, GET GET A NEW KIND OF VIBE
GOING ON THE RACETRACK. ALL
RIGHT NOW, JUST LAST WEEKEND,
YOU WON THE POLE POSITION AND
THE GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA AND
EVENTUALLY YOU CAME IN THIRD.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN
YOU’RE ACTUALLY BEHIND THE WHEEL
AND YOU’RE RACING AROUND THE
TRACK. UM WELL, OF COURSE YOU’RE
BASICALLY ALL IN A MOMENT AND
YOU’RE FOCUSING ON EXECUTING
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT IT’S IT
WAS A GOOD RESULT LAST WEEKEND,
REALLY? THE BEST WEEKEND WE’VE
HAD THIS SEASON AND COMING INTO
MAY, WHICH IS FOR US TO 8500,
FOLLOWED BY THE DETROIT GRAND
PRIX IS, YOU KNOW IT’S GOOD
MOMENTUM FOR US, AND IT HELPS US
TO GET INTO A GOOD FLOW BEFORE
IT REALLY THE SEASON REALLY
STARTS GOING. ALRIGHT SO DURING
THE PANDEMIC NETFLIX DEBUT TO
SHOW CALLED DRIVE TO SURVIVE ALL
ABOUT F ONE BEHIND THE SCENES
FOR THE NEW FANS TO F ONE. HOW
HOW IS ONE INDYCAR? HOW ARE THEY
SIMILAR? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
SO FOR NEW FENDER CARS, KIND OF
LOOK THE SAME. THEY’RE NOT.
THEY’RE NOT LIKE NASCAR, SO NOT
LIKE CARS TO DRIVE ON THE ROADS
ON THE ROAD. THEY’RE MORE LIKE
THE SPACESHIPS. YOU KNOW, THEY
LOOK, UM YOU KNOW THEIR RACE
CARS, THE REAL RACE CARS AND UM
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT F ONE?
AN INDYCAR IS EVERYONE YOU KNOW
FROM A ONE EVERY TEAM BUILT
THEIR OWN CAR, ACCORDING TO THE
THAT YEAR’S REGULATIONS AND IN
INDYCAR, EVERY TEAM BUYS THE
SAME CAR FROM THE MANUFACTURER.
AND THERE’S ONE MANUFACTURER AND
THERE’S TWO DIFFERENT ENGINE
SUPPLIERS. SO FOR US, YOU KNOW
THE TRIBE BRANDS, IT’S CHEVY.
THAT’S WHAT DR WITH AND THEN
THERE’S HONDA, AND SO FAR,
THERE’S IN FOUR RACES. FOUR
CHEVY WINDS THIS. HEY THERE YOU
GO. REPRESENT SO FAR, RIGHT?
YEAH SO LAST THING HERE TODAY,
THE GRAND PRIX IS UNVEILING THE
FINAL DESIGN OF THE OFFICIAL
POSTER FOR THE 2022 EVENT. IT
WAS DESIGNED BY MIRIAM WONG, A
STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE OF
CREATIVE STUDIES CCS IN DETROIT.
SO LET’S CHECK THAT OUT. AH OF
FIRST OF ALL. WHAT DO YOU WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF IT? AND I THINK
IT LOOKS AWESOME. I THINK IT’S
GREAT THAT ART IS NOW IN FULL
FOOD RACING AND YEAH, I THINK
IT’S YOU KNOW, IT’S A NICE
PERSPECTIVE FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS
A MEMORY AT THE TRACK AND PUTS
IT INTO INTO A PHOTO. BASICALLY,
WOULD YOU MIND SIGNING THAT FOR
US? OF COURSE I WOULD. ALRIGHT
LOOK AT THAT. THERE HE GOES OFF
LIKE A RACE CAR DRIVER. YEAH,
LET’S SEE. I THINK I FOUND A
GREAT SPOT RIGHT HERE. THERE WE
GO. THERE WE GO NUMBER ON THERE
. NOW WE ARE GIVING AWAY THIS
SIGNED POSTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO
WIN. GO TO THE LIVE IN THE D
FACEBOOK PAGE OR THE CONTEST
PAGE. CLICKONDETROIT.COM CONTEST
RULES OPPOSED TO THERE AS WELL.
AND THE DETROIT CHEVY GRAND PRIX
IS JUNE 3RD THROUGH THE FIFTH TO
GET YOUR TICKETS AND FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THE RACE. VISIT THE
WEBSITE DETROIT GP DOT COM