That’s Hayden Paddon for you. He’ll fortunately go to the top of the earth to drive a rally automobile. You gained’t hear him complaining about jet lag.
“Yeah,” he smiled, “I’ve been fairly good with that. I’m usually on prime of it – it’s one thing I simply take care of. However getting back from Ypres to Queensland was powerful. It received me, in all probability for the primary time. Final week I actually struggled. I believe, all final week, for the entire week, I in all probability had 20 hours sleep. I’d go to sleep actually early at evening, after which an hour and a half, two hours later, get up feeling like I’d slept all evening… however it was nonetheless like 11 o’clock at evening, and you then couldn’t get again to sleep.”
And the problem was, Australia was the one that actually mattered when it comes to factors and efficiency.
“The primary two occasions had been invitational,” he stated. “Australia was the place the strain was – it in all probability was a bit the flawed approach round. However we received there.
“Donegal was a bit last-minute. I believe I’ve 5 days earlier than I used to be leaping on the aircraft and flying over there. The preparation facet for Eire and Ypres wasn’t so unhealthy, there wasn’t a lot that I might actually do – I’d by no means achieved Donegal and it was 12 years since I used to be in Ypres, so I didn’t have any onboards to review.