Racecoin Podcast

#14: Mark Shulzhitskiy - the first russian LMP1 driver

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Podcast with Host: Jai Shukla & Guest: Mark Q1 – In Russia there is a very little opportunity – how did you make it work? Russians love football, hockey but motorsport wasn’t big at all. But my family is really involved – when I was 8 I started go-karting. My dad really supported me throughout this career of mine and I wanted to be an F1 driver. I live in the far east of Russia, near Japan. This is very far from Moscow and thus it was very challenging to race. Only 1 go-kart track and no proper race car tracks. This made it very difficult. Until I was 20, I didn’t get the chance to drive much but the academy and Darren helped me get into it. They help you develop better driving skills and the personality needed to race. Q2 – How did you manage to the opportunities even at the go-kart tracks? Initially, it was my dad but most people move countries to Europe but people near where I live go to Japan or Australia. Japan is very competitive too – for me, it was a budget issue as well. But when I went to Japan