Zak Brown

What kind of person is drawn to that as a career?

What do you think drew you to it?

I think certainly adrenaline.

Sure.

Plays a role being competitive, loving the feel for speed.

You get nervous and...

If you get scared too often, you shouldn't do it.

But anyone who says they don't get scared, you know, you have a big moment or you crash or you're in wet weather or something like that.

But I think same thing, being a baseball player, which is what I wanted to be.

You know, if you have a hundred mile an hour fastball coming at your head, I would imagine that's pretty scary if you're a football player and Michael Strahan's about ready to hit you.

That's got to be pretty scary.

So I think fear is a natural element of sport, but that actually creates adrenaline and excitement, which drives performance.

You know, and then it requires motor racing, not just physical skills, but mental because the race cars are very sophisticated.

So understanding the equipment is something that all these sports require.

There's playing the sport, but then there's understanding how the sport is played.

And motor racing, you need to be pretty switched on to understand how to get the most out of the race car and the team.

And I want to ask you a lot more about the cars themselves in a few minutes, but I'm curious about...

Your arrival at McLaren, what were the biggest challenges when you showed up?

You walked in the door and you thought, oh, my God.

And what came after that?