Boy oh boy, am I ready for Sebring! The 59th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Talk about an exciting one that's destined for the books, huh? Nearly 60 CARS on the entry list! 24 of them in GT! I am patiently counting the days until I'm standing in that paddock.
I've re-signed with Scott Sharp's Extreme Speed Motorsports, Tequila Patron is our sponsor, I'm driving with the President & CEO of the company - Ed Brown, we've got two new Ferrari F458GT race cars, a new look, a new plan, and a year's worth of experience and information in our back pocket... I've got a lot to be excited about!
We're going to have a great year. I know the competiton will be FIERCE, but I'll thrive on it! Scott Sharp & ESM have really polished and refined this operation, and I know we're ready. The 458's, however, are a bit of an unkown quantity to us, and as with any brand-new race car, you just have to take things in stride. I'm sure the car will be competitive - at least enough for us to be in the hunt at Sebring - as always, reliability will be the big question mark. However, I'm sure our Italian friends at Micchelotto and Ferrari are confident we'll have no problems. After all, they've only won races & championship nearly every year for the past five years!
During this past week and my final few days remaining until the week-long extravaganza of Sebring begins, I've been working out, running, eating right, getting rest, and taking care of a whole lot of work at Cosmo-Sport world headquarters. It's been good. Time at home is fairly rare for me, as I've been racing, testing and coaching quite a bit already in 2011, so I really enjoy it when I am home.
But Sebring - I'm ready for you! It's about time to get my name in the history books! While my #02 ESM/Patron Ferrari might not be a favorite to win this year's 12 hour, don't be surprised if it does - and even if we don't - there's a bunch more races this year that we might! C.A.N.T. W.A.I.T!!!