Charlie Rose (Interviewer): It is said that you're at one with the car, you are at one with the car.
Lewis: Well we're strapped in, so it's like—
Rose: Physically you're at one.
Lewis: Yeah, it's like you're strapped to a rocket. I mean, it's like, how do you…how do you control this rocket? You know, it's like a raging bull. It's wild, it's sexy, it's fast, it's dynamic, it's so many things in one. And then it's exhilarating like you cannot believe. When they're strapping you in, and the seatbelts are getting tighter and tighter, and then you go out, and you have to tighten them even more 'cause you sink in the car. The speed you do is just amazing, so you've got the biggest grin on your face. From car to car it's different, and you create a bond with the car 'cause you have to trust in it. You gotta go through this corner at 180 miles per hour, you've gotta trust that the tires are not gonna blow up, the wheels are gonna fall off, or the car's gonna spit you off and hit the wall, which is painful. So, there's a bond that you create with the car that is undescribable. But…I love— I imagine it's a bit like a horse whisperer. You know, you've seen those movies where they whisper to the horse, and…you don't know what they're saying to the horses, but—
Rose: They speak to the horse. You speak to your car?
Lewis: So yeah
Rose: You speak to your car.
Lewis: (hesitant) Yes, I do. A little bit.
Rose: "C'mon, baby. C'mon, baby."
Lewis: Yeah, exactly. When I was in the last race I was like "c'mon, we can make it, we can make it." Yeah so you have that, it's like "I trust you, and I respect you, and I love you, and if you give it back to me, we'll do just fine."
Rose: "I'll be good for you, and you be good for me."
Lewis: Exactly, yeah
