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Recently Mercedes announced it has signed 19-year-old Danish driver Frederik Vesti to their junior driver programme.
Of course, Vesti sees this as a great opportunity, however he doesn’t feel any additional pressure.
“Pressure is always there, ever since you start racing karts, but for me the choice of Mercedes does not mean pressure, rather having a great opportunity to work with a group of extremely competitive and prepared people,” Vesti told autosport.com.
“Joining the Mercedes junior programme is a valuable opportunity for my career. A deal like this takes time.
“The team needs to see my growth as a driver, while I need to understand if the team is able to give me all the tools to grow.
“Before signing the contract I had to show all my potential. They started following me three years ago, but at the beginning they were only superficial contacts.
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“When I started to win we started to talk and they evaluated not only the positive moments, but also how I reacted in the negative ones.”
While Vesti hopes to one day graduate to Mercedes’ Formula 1 team, he is now fully focused on his Formula 3 campaign with ART Grand Prix.
“Obviously that is the goal I want to achieve, but to achieve it I have to focus on working as well as possible with my new team, ART Grand Prix.
“And I will have to get to know all the new members of the team and then sit in the car and go as fast as possible.
“At the same time we will have to grow race by race in order to aim for the title.”
