1st Place | Kasran IS’VAARA | No.34 | Novia Racing | Gran Premio del Peragen | 26 June 2022 | Post-Race Interview
Your first ever Series One race win! How does it feel?
It’s incredible. As a rookie you always know that you’re not going to be as good as the people who have been doing this for years and years. And you’re not expected to be - being a racing driver is a multi-multi-year career. It’s all about improvement over time. So to get this just half a season in, it’s, it’s just amazing.
Will your team be as happy about this? We all heard that team radio.
Look, a win’s a win. We’re walking out of here with forty-three points either way. We’ve more than tripled our lead over Spiiker. I can’t see anyone complaining about a one-two.
But you could have walked out of Peragen with nothing at all. That was a very risky overtake you pulled on Soyer.
Yes, and? [He throws his hands up in the air.] If I was afraid of risk, I wouldn’t be driving a Novia around Conoso, I’d be driving a trolleybus around the Zlovskavaar Business District. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but this is a Series One Grand Prix! It’s called a motor race, OK? We went car racing. That’s all.
And how would you say this has affected your relationship with Soyer?
Oh, we’ll be fine. We’ve always been. It’ll be water under the bridge by the end of the season. Besides, he owes me one for Auravas. [when is’Vaara was ordered to let Soyer pass to win the race, which he did]
But you’ve cost him seven championship points.
Look, Matthieu is an incredible driver. The best driver on the grid in the best team on the grid. He can win this championship all by himself- he doesn’t need some rookie to carry him over the line. He’s won more races this year than the rest of the world combined, for Akua’s sake! Take my word for it: by the time we get to Istariya [the Packilvanian Grand Prix, the final race of the season], nobody will be thinking about those seven points.