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It鈥檚 shaping up to be a massive year for Kiwi IndyCar driver Marcus Armstrong.
He鈥檚 joined up with Meyer Shank Racing, joining Felix Rosenqvist in the team's lineup 鈥 competing on all the oval, road, and street races.
Armstrong comes from a background of F4, Formula 3 and Formula 2, and told Mike Hosking that over the years he feels like he鈥檚 grown better at working with his team.
鈥淭here鈥檚 350 people that we work closely with, and making sure that we communicate properly and explain our thoughts of how we want the car to be developed without, y鈥檏now... involving your ego too much.鈥
鈥淪o, being very self-critical and honest about what we can do better from a team perspective, and communicating properly. I think that鈥檚 probably the thing I鈥檝e improved in the most.鈥
In IndyCar, you鈥檙e often racing at speeds averaging about 240 miles an hour, a speed that鈥檚 hard for the human brain to keep up with.
鈥淵ou need to keep your eyes 200 meters further ahead than what you鈥檙e used to,鈥 Armstrong told Hosking.
鈥淚f you sort of look where you normally look, you鈥檙e already past that point.鈥
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