Originally Posted by
Fast Eddie WRC
Crying ? It's showing some empathy and understanding.
When you read this maybe you'll accept why I feel strongly about Ingram and what he has been through and make no apologies for showing my support:
"With the financial struggles on top of the pressures of competing at the top of his sport, Ingram admits this season has been "extremely tough" on his mental health.
"I've always had the pressure that this could be taken away so easily, and when you add that I'm so passionate about it, it's had a massive effect on me," he added.
"It has taken a massive toll on me mentally. I can't just go into it and not care about the outcome.
"It's made me so anxious about everything because I can't let this slip away."
And how Barum ended couldn't have been worse for someone so fragile:
"Then, after 220 flat out kilometres at the Barum Czech Rally Zlín, he missed out on the Junior ERC title, and its £100,000 prize fund by just 0.3 seconds.
In any setting that's the smallest of margins, but in rallying terms, with so many variables, it's miniscule.
"It was probably the best performance of my life," said the Toksport WRT driver. "To lose out by 0.3 seconds after three days rallying is just absolutely mental.
"But then we were up against the Czech Federation backed driver on the Czech Federation backed rally, so it was always going to be tough.
"I'd been on the absolute limit throughout the final stage and when I got to the end and saw the margin it was gutting."