Can you remember what first excited you about motorsports? Is there a good story behind that?
Actually, I am what my "racing mates" call a "purebreed". In Spain there used to be a not so big amount of people following motorsports and with the arrival of Fernando Alonso, many people started following it. A good part of the friends I have made through this are the same. But in my case, it comes from family. My father has been following F1 and motorsports since 1979/1980 and so I have liked that for as long as I can remember. There is probably not a good story behind that, but it is what it is. To make it a bit more interesting, I'll say I watched my first F1 race (that I recall) when I was 6 and I have been following the series since the age of 7. From then on, I started to add more and more disciplines of motorsport until reaching the point I have reached now, where I follow pretty much everything.
Is there someone in Motorsport either journalist or sportsman that you really look up to/inspire to be like?
What do you do to let off steam, like when your brother pisses you off or something.
Would you love to travel all over the world at some point doing the journalism thing?
Favourite colour?
I have a sweet tooth too so cake is good
but what's your favourite savoury dish or what do you love to cook?
Out of all the gaming systems you own which one or which game gives you the most FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS!!!!
- Actually, this one is a really good question!! There are a number of people I admire for different reasons. I would like to say I will try to be brief but we all know it's not going to happen so... Let's see. I admire Michael Schumacher, for being what I believe is the ultimate racer; ruthless when in the track, a genuine good guy outside of it. A great racer should not just be a racer... which takes me to the other guy I admire; Gilles Villeneuve. He used to be a racer who drove with his heart, more than anything else. To the point of being almost too naive for F1. But he had an amazing raw talent. Such a shame that he died before achieving proper success. In terms of journalism, I have to say the great Murray Walker. He's over 90 and he still takes part on the occasional British GP commentary of the BBC. He's THE iconic voice of F1 and motorsport, too. And currently, I like a lot the style of Will Buxton. Both of them are Brits. I admire other people for many other reasons but that would probably be too long... these are the ones that are probably more remarkable!
- My brother can be an ass sometimes, which obviously annoys me. Because I just do what I want, whenever he annoys me, I'll voice my discontent in any way that happens to feel natural to me at the time. We have yelled at each other in the past because we're both too stubborn to let the other win when we feel we are right. Fortunately, now I'm too busy and we do not get to have time for such shenanigans. If it's about anything else, I try to either sleep it off or distract myself talking to my girlfriend. Sorry, I think I did not reply this too well...
- Travelling all over the world is something I would LOVE to do!! It's not looking so promising now because I'm getting older and if I do not get a proper breakthrough job, I will have to "settle" for teaching. Maybe in Spain, maybe in Singapore. Going back to the question, I would love to do that because I have always been interested in visiting places, seeing new cultures and new areas, learning from others... So it sounds like a win-win situation for me. Getting to do my dream job, visiting all those places that are so important for motorsports and enjoying the whole world! Couldn't get any better.
- I favour red (expected, if you watch my screen name here) but I also like green very much. Interestingly enough, they are complementary colours.
- I like eating, a lot!! So choosing a savoury dish is difficult, really. I really like Italian food, Japanese food, part of Chinese food and of course my beloved Catalan food. Lasagna, if done well, is actually absolutely delightful. But I feel I am missing a lot of dishes because I like a lot of types of food. As for my own cooking, I'm not very skilled and the amount of stuff I can cook is very limited. I did crepes in the past, though, and turned out to be nice. I have a sweet tooth, myself. I love all sorts of cakes, ice creams, pastries... Believe it or not, I am on a diet so from Monday to Friday I follow a very strict eating pattern. Working very well, so far.
- Hmmm... I have fond memories of so many systems!! I was going to say the original Playstation but while it gives me a lot of feels, probably the winner has to be the SNES. It was my first console when the cool kids were already thinking about getting the N64 but it gave me a lot of great times. It was gaming at its purest form. I played one of my favourite-est games ever, Lufia (which is actually Lufia 2 but we only got this one in Europe so they forgo the 2), and I used to play with my father and all. It has to be SNES!
Cuando vas hablar en Castellano?
¡Cuando quieras! Puedo hablar castellano en cualquier momento
. Y como bonus... també puc parlar català
. Algun dia en Skype... estoy ocupado pero ¡¡no me olvido!!
Favourite non-FF game?
Favourite non-FF world to live in?
Also, views on Portugal?
I'm half Portuguese (on my dad's side) and I sometimes jokingly bash on the Spanish because I know it's traditional and there is some bad history there, but I have never had a problem with any actual Spaniard that I met
. You seem nice too
.
- I have a few that I love and I will mention them later too but Lufia, Baldur's Gate + Icewind Dale, Gravity Rush, Ar Tonelico 2, and racing games!!
- Very good question!! I had to sit down (metaphorically, I was already sitting down) and think. I have always liked how Lufia's game land was just your run-of-the-mill medieval fantasy setting yet it worked so well in many levels. Baldur's Gate's and Icewind Dale's rendition of the D&D world is probably less pretty but equally enticing for its own reasons. I also really like Aria's (manga/anime) Neo-Venezia. It is basically a martian recreation of Venice and the series tries hard in portraying it as a laid back place where things go slowly and where you can just enjoy life through work and routine. Yes, it may sound boring. But it's not exactly that bad, huh? In fact, I would be lying if I said I do not have the dream of retiring to Venice!! I'm probably missing others that I like. Still, if I had to choose one... maybe Aria's Neo-Venezia. It gives this relaxing aura...
- Surprisingly enough, I have no specific views on Portugal!! Bear in mind that I am from the East of Spain, the region of Catalunya. So my views on Spain are probably different than the typical Spaniard, to begin with. However, I do have to say that Portugal is perceived to be a bit of a backwater neighbour. If you ask me, I consider it to be a slightly more picturesque version of Spain. I imagine half of the towns in Portugal to be like the old part of Lisbon... my parents went to Portugal before I was born and they said it was very nice. Either way, we are sharing the Iberian Peninsula so I consider Portugal to be the neighbor. However, because I am closer to France and I'm "facing Europe", sometimes it feels like Portugal is the only country that is actually "behind me" and goes often overlooked.
. Actually, I've always liked doing English so before I noticed, I was already able to communicate with people over the Internet. Soon I was playing online (and meeting my current girlfriend!) and using English with her and other people. That was great to improve, as well as reading a lot, etc. I thought I could make a job out of it by the time I was 15, 16. But I thought I might end up translating stuff, not teaching people!
You can't imagine how funny it is to play that game and see some of the good things mixed with the huge misses the game has. Things like the proper police uniforms and cars mixed with South American Spanish audio (despite the fact the game is happening in Spain). And don't get me started on how the in-game uses our old currency and not Euros. 
