I don't drive bikes at all. But I do like cars. I have been
very passionate about cars from the very beginning and my mother said the first
word I ever uttered was 'car'. I used to build my own racing cars and I raced
and drove Formula One in 1978-79. I raced for Team Ensign for Morris Nunn. I
drove the MNO8 and the 180B.
I still follow F1 closely. I used to be part of Benneton
Formula One many years ago. Flavio Briatore (MD, Renault F1) is a dear friend
of mine. He's now with Renault and doing very well. So I obviously have a soft
spot for Renault. But my childhood passion is Ferrari all the way — red, red,
red. And Michael Schumacher is a good friend. So it's a no-brainer. My first
car was a Standard Herald. I was just about pushing 20 then. My father, very
grudgingly, gave me an old Standard Herald, but I managed to soup it up. After
that, the Herald disappeared — I went to the US and I don't know what happened
to the car. But my first car after I came back from the US was a Fiat. And I
still have it.
today I have a Maybach and I have Ferraris. Actually I have
many of them, but the one I drive around is a 430. I also have a Ferrari 560
Maranello. That's a sedan version of a Ferrari and it's very nice. It's
comfortable and peppy. That's about it. As for here in India, with all the
security where do I get the chance to drive? But I do have a Maserati
Quattroporte in Mumbai which I love. And I do drive it — I leave all the
security behind at 2 o'clock in the morning to take it for a spin. That's all I
can do.
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