Team South Africa's driver for the A1Gp in Durban is Adrian Zaugg. He is the 20 year old on the right hand side here. He is a South African with some Swiss thrown in to make him an interesting mix. Another person with the same type of mix is Roger Federer, the best tennis player that has ever lived....
I spoke with Adrian yesterday and asked him about his preparation for the Durban race next weekend and he told me quite a scary tale.
Adrian told me that he had GP2 testing on Wednesday and Thursday in Switzerland and that he would leave the mountainous country on Thursday evening, arriving in Durban on Friday morning. He will then drive out to the circuit at the beach-front, hop in an A1Gp car and take part in the Rookie Testing session.
Asked if he knows anything about the track in Durban, Adrian answered that he knows nothing. He has seen some of the electronic data from last year but that is all. He says that if someone told him, it wouldn't make sense, so he is waiting for the testing session early on Friday.
Adrian, I am sure, is a very good driver, but he has not been in a race car since before Xmas last year. He has some tight muscles and he had to have an operation on his forearms to fix it. Can this young man take Team South Africa to a victory come Sunday, i doubt it, but we live in hope.
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