J'AIME NOVEMBER 2018

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are getting to the point where you are dangerously close to usurping me and putting me out of a job, so I have to pull my socks up so to speak! When you’ve put in a fast time, I think “bloody hell Kelvin”, now I have to go back out there and put everything on the line and take big risks to restore world order! KF: Naturally I want to be as fast as possible and put in a fast lap time, but to win a championship there are so many dynamics away from just one quick lap. Can I stay out of trouble? Can I stay consistent with my times? There are so many more factors with endurance racing that I’ve had to understand and realise that there’s more value in those than in just setting a fast time. For me, when you get in the car and set a lap time and if I’m there or thereabouts I’m happy with that, regardless of what the other cars are doing, because if Martin Plowman does that time in that car then that’s what that car can do. I know it’s the limit of the car. That’s a relief for me really because I only have to focus on being close to you. MP: I’m going to make that the bold quote! KF: Exactly! Make that the headline. MP: What’s the one track that you want to win at and why? KF: I think looking forward to British GT again next year, the Silverstone 500 is the one that I want to win. There are no particular tracks I want to win at and I would gladly take a win anywhere, it’s just that for the last two years I’ve had my best performances MARTIN PLOWMAN WITH FORMER EMMERDALE ACTOR AND TEAM MATE KELVIN FLETCHER at Silverstone, but the win has always eluded me through no fault of my own with punctures or other gremlins holding us back, so I have unfinished business there. MP: Motorsport history is dotted with success by high-profile celebrities such as the iconic Steve McQueen and more recently Patrick Dempsey. What lasting impression do you hope to leave on motorsport? KF: I guess, I want acknowledgment and respect from my racing peers. To earn that respect, from people like yourself who turn around and say “yeah he was good”. I don’t know if that’s the wrong thing to chase because I don’t even know if I’m ever going to get that or for it to be as credible as I would want. As an actor I feel confident, although subjective, an opinion or a reputation can be based on my my talent of what I’ve done, whereas with racing no matter how well I do, no matter how quick I could be I feel it’s hard for people to see past me as an actor and take me seriously as a driver… MP: Do you feel that you have a chip on your shoulder in a way? To prove people wrong? KF: Yeah I guess so, but the only people I have to prove myself to are my team, the people I’m racing with at the time. Whatever reputation that creates is out of my hands. In five, 10 or 20 years time I don’t know how people will speak of me in the motorsport realms, but I certainly want it to be more than “he did a bit of racing, he had a go!” for me it means a lot more than that now. Yes, I did start out racing for a bit of fun, but I’m at a level now where it’s way beyond that and I do kind of want some recognition for the ability and skill that I’ve shown. MP: All those guys have gone on to perform on the world stage either in the driving seat or as teamowners such as Dempsey, who is now a successful Le Mans-winning team owner in his own right. Guys 8
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