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Hailing from Etterbeek terbeek in the<br />
Brussels-Capital al Region, Jérôme<br />
d'Ambrosio is currently urrently enjoying<br />
his rookie Formula mula One season.<br />
With the Belgian n Grand-Prix at<br />
the end of the month, Monica<br />
Devi Lim asks the 25-year-old<br />
driver about inspiration, spiration, ambition<br />
and the comforts rts of home<br />
Belgium is a country y that I love. It’s where<br />
I come from, and it’s a place where people<br />
are open. It’s nice and d international; you<br />
have lots of people coming from different<br />
countries. Brussels is s a big city, but not like<br />
Paris or London – you ou can find some privacy.<br />
It’s also easy to go somewhere omewhere and be sure<br />
you're going to meet t people you know.<br />
Driving a Formula One ne car is very special.<br />
It’s a combination of f things; I love the<br />
adrenaline you get when you get in the car at<br />
the start, the technical cal aspects, the speed.<br />
The competition is also lso distinctive in a highlevel<br />
sport – always trying to get better.<br />
My first time in a go-kart o-kart was on holiday<br />
in Tenerife. I was eight ght years old and I loved<br />
it. I was fortunate enough nough that my parents<br />
just helped me and let et me drive. Then I just<br />
carried on!<br />
I believe that most of us in F1 have natural<br />
talent. I think you need eed to be at ease behind<br />
the steering wheel. And then it's vital to<br />
have the will to succeed. eed. There are only<br />
24 professional F1 drivers rivers in the world,<br />
and we all have the dream of doing this.<br />
12 Brussels Airlines b.there! magazine August <strong>2011</strong><br />
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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