'He has the mentality and ambition needed to succeed,' Helmut thought. 'He might be too enthusiastic, but he has the abilities to back his ambition, so it's not far-fetched,' he concluded as Fatih revealed his dream to be the greatest of all time in Formula 1.
He wanted to ask Fatih if he knew what was required to be the greatest of all time and what sacrifices he would need to make, but he decided against it. After all, ambition is good. There is really no need to crush a young driver who has a specific dream and is already excelling on the path to achieving it.
He decided to move to a question that would show the level of his ambition and how much focus and knowledge Fatih had on the place he wanted to be. He asked about the weight of an F1 car. It was both an easy and a difficult question—easy for someone genuinely interested in the sport, but difficult for someone who dreams of being an F1 driver just for the spectacle. The answer would show which of the two Fatih was.
