Podcast Podcast, Season 3 finale: relive the most inspiring moments of the season
There are moments when time stands still. Moments where you find yourself on the verge of greatness. Moments that stand the test of time. The Edge is a series of conversations where extraordinary people tell intimate stories of one moment that changed everything for them. A world record, a world championship, an epiphany, a life-changing decision. They relive their moments, minute by minute. How they overcame pressure, fear, pain and pushed themselves to the limit. To The Edge.
Welcome to a very special episode of The Edge, a podcast by TAG Heuer. It’s the final instalment of our third season. To wrap up another exhilarating series, we’re highlighting some of our favourite moments with our remarkable guests.
Each one of our guests walked us through the moments that shaped them. The moments that pushed them to go beyond the edge. So journey back in time and listen to the most inspiring moments from Season 3 of The Edge, presented by your host Teo Van Den Broeke.
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Roberto Lacorte on being in the danger zone
When you feel like you’re in the danger zone, you have this feeling that you’re alive. You feel very good, you stay in that moment. It’s strange. It’s not the correct way to approach life because you put yourself at risk. But that is the moment when you are on the edge, when you experience the best sensations and the most satisfaction. In both sailing and racing. I’ve experienced a lot of these situations while racing. In Daytona, in Le Mans, at Sebring. That is the most difficult race in the world, in my opinion.
Douglas Boles on the strong relationship between the town of Speedway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
One of the things that is the ‘special sauce’ about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: it’s the neighbourhood, it’s the Main Street and the local restaurants and bars and areas that just embrace our race so much and help us welcome people from around the world. For race day this year, we’ll have over 35 countries represented in our grandstands. And so many of them will spend their time in the town of Speedway. So without the town of Speedway, this event doesn’t work. It’s a great partnership.
Alexander Rossi on his first Indy 500
In 2016, I didn’t know any better, I just went into it and my only goal was to finish the race. [It was] my first 500-mile race and my second race on an oval track. And so I went into it probably with a lot of naivete, I was pretty relaxed compared to everyone else just because I didn’t really know the significance of the event. Now that I’m seven, going on eight, years removed from that day, it’s hard not to get enamoured with what this race means and your desire to win it.
I’ve been fortunate enough to race in some amazing events around the world, and none of them really quite matched the level of the 500. So for me, even if I wasn’t the lucky one to win that day, I still would have walked away falling in love with the event and wanting to come back for more.
Urs Kuratle on the differences between Formula 1 and Sports car manufacturing
It is a lot more different, to be honest. In Formula 1 you have to make fewer compromises because I think the races are shorter and there are many more races. And in sports car racing, whatever you do has to last 24 hours. It’s actually not only 24 hours, the whole preparation week is 36 hours. And the car has to last. So they are completely different challenges. Technically, you have to be aware of it. They are two different worlds. It’s hard to compare.
Marc Lieb on how it felt to win Le Mans for the first time
I would say the one which was very important was my first win in a Porsche. This was in 2002 in the junior team. This felt so good because it just was such a relief, as I was struggling a little bit for three years. I was very unlucky sometimes and never made it happen. And then, suddenly, you win a race. I will never forget this feeling. Then there were so many other victories and moments and memories, but the first one in a Porsche was very special. And I will never forget it.
Joshua Rogers on bridging the gap between real and sim racing
Porsche was one of the initial manufacturers to properly get involved in sim racing. For example, I’m here this weekend, and had Porsche not been involved, I feel like fewer esports drivers would be here. We’re getting to show the general motorsport community sim racing, to give them that hands-on experience, which changes your perspective completely. There are plenty of people who come in sceptical and the moment they get in the seat and start driving…they don’t want to get out! And I feel like that’s the infectious part about that. And that’s a huge factor in how the different disciplines come together.
Fred Kerley on keeping positive
I cut plenty of people out since I left school and ever since I’ve moved away from Texas and moved to Arizona, it’s just been a work up. Me moving to Arizona is basically bringing brand new energy to my life. Basically, [being] positive always wins the day. If you stay positive, positive things come to you.
Summer McIntosh on winning her fourth gold medal
To win that fourth gold medal was a really surreal moment. It feels like I just won my first one back in 2022. To have that moment again with my family in the stands and knowing that all my friends and family have been cheering me on since I started swimming, it was a really nice moment to share. And if I told my seven year old self that this is where I’d be today, I’d just be so happy with what I’ve been able to achieve this far.
Pascal Wehrlein and António Felix da Costa on working as a team
Pascal: I think we make a very good team. First of all, we have a very good relationship. We come from a similar background from the past years. So we both met each other in Formula 3. You have experience in a Formula One car, I have experience in a Formula One car. You have a bit more experience in Formula E, but now I also have four years experience.
António: I think we make a great team. We are two very different people, which is not a problem. I’m very social and I like to be liked and I hate to be hated. And I think you don’t care if you’re hated, which is fine. But we get on super well. I think you are very fair, you know, hard but fair, which is the way to work together. I think we did really well and I think there’s still more better stuff to come.
Riley Harper on his love for filmmaking
Working with someone like Chris Nolan for four or five months, you just can’t help but be amazed by someone like that. So that’s always gotten me interested in directing itself and the creative side of a film and coordinating. You’re really working hand in hand to make a scene come together. But I love every aspect of filmmaking. So I think directing for me would probably be the most important thing I’d like to do, whether it would be even car commercials. I love vehicle work and simple things like that…up to the second unit directing big action sequences, that would be great.
Petra Kvitová on how her approach is different than at the beginning of her career
I think I’m thinking a little bit more about everything that’s happening before the match. Even during the match. When I was younger and started on the tour, I was fearless. I didn’t think that much. I was a newcomer so I just played against the better ones and always tried to take risks. And over those years, I changed a little bit as a player and as a person as well.
