After school, was it a tough decision to discontinue studying and start motor racing?
No. I finished my 12th in 2001. In 2001, I participated in the National Racing Championship, and was writing my 12th standard board exams too. That was very, very hard. I used to wake up at 4.30 in the morning, finish all my studies, go to school at 7.30. At 1.30, I used to go straight from my school to the race track. I would be there till eight at night. Till 11 at night, I would study. It was very hard balancing school and racing. I used to be a 60-70 per cent student till my 12th. I got only 70 per cent in the 10th standard board exams, but for my 12th, I got 91 per cent. So, racing did not affect my studies at all. In fact, it helped a lot. Of course, your father also used to race. Still, how did your mother react to your passion for racing? Because my father was a racer, my mother knew what it was all about. I am sure she was nervous initially when I went to race. She was there for all my races at the Nationals. She also came to England for my Formula 3 championship. She came to
