One race we had a pit stop and at the time we had the lollipop system of releasing the car from the pit stop; and our chief mechanic lifted the lollipop too early, let the car go too soon. He was destroyed. In that meeting I said, ‘Look, you all know Matt, we’ve all relied on him for years. He’s made one mistake. Support him while he gets over it. We can’t change the way it is. But we trust him. And he will actually be stronger from this. It will either destroy him or it will make him stronger. And we all believe it will make him stronger. So let’s get over it.’ You can’t hide away from those
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