ron laughs ..ends up being a multi—multimillionaire, owning one of the biggest motorsport companies in world. that's a pretty unusual trajectory. how did you leverage your status as a mechanic to move into management? well, i think the first thing is you've got to appreciate a grand prix team. when i went to my first grand prix, there were eight people on the team, and i think there were eight grands prix that year. it was a completely different set of... you know, the whole pressure, the pressures were different. you were responsible for building the car with normally a team of people that were back at base. but even then, that would probably total a handful, 25 people, maybe. so you would feel quite privileged to go to a grand prix and represent the team. but you loved the engineering of it, you loved handling the parts and building the car. well, the thing is, there's an expression... ..you know, form follows function. you know, there's a beautiful elegance to components that are well designed, go together with precision, and then function as a whole, be it, you know, let's say a be