“You look at his social media accounts and interviews and he’s obviously hyping himself up, wanting to get that podium and be a top finisher and as the weekend progresses, again it works against you. Because you start getting flustered, getting worked up and telling yourself ‘why am I not at the front? If he’s doing it, why can’t I do it?’ That was always a big thing with myself, I was always saying ‘if they’re doing it, why can’t I?’. It can work for you sometimes, but it can also work against you sometimes.”

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