What are you driving? The Formula 3000 Tyrol team approached me about a year and a half ago with the idea of getting a motor-racing team together. Over the years, people suggested a variety of ideas, from owning the leg of a racehorse to opening my own record shop, but they didn't fire my imagination. These 3000s look almost identical to Formula One cars. They have 3-litre engines and 500 kilos of downforce, so you can practically drive them on the ceiling. There's really nothing in it between them and Formula One. I also have a Peugot 306. It's really nippy around London.
What do you think your racing interests say about you? I would have loved to excel at a sport - ice hockey, for example. Being in the team gives me a chance to be up at the front and enjoy the action without actually sitting in the driver's seat, although I've done that for publicity photos, and it's a pretty claustrophobic place to be. It's a thrill reminiscent of going to see rock stars in their prime. My favourite part of a race meeting is early morning. You have to be there by 5am, and there's such anticipation of what the day will bring.
Do you do any driving yourself? No. I help out promotionally. I would love to have a go, though.
How would you describe yourself as a driver? I'm pretty sedate. I suppose my imagination runs riot occasionally - there's always the 'what if' factor.
I'm probably a pretty defensive driver. In Canada, watching out for the other person was drilled into me. I love country lanes where you can just let go, or the Autobahn in Germany. That's great. I love driving in Germany because of the...
Lack of laws? Yeah, you just get from A to B and that's good.
How do other people describe your driving? I don't like to have people gasping or biting their nails when they're in the car with me. My biggest fault is getting wound up at the selfishness of others. Petty things get me.
Ever experienced road rage? A friend and I were driving through west London and two cars sandwiched our car between them. Two guys came out and threatened us. When we got away they followed. We hadn't done anything wrong.
Did they recognise you? I was doing Radio 1 at that time, so maybe.
What do you listen to on the road? Jazz. Miles Davis or John Coltrane, or Americana. I love cheerful tracks, like Tom Petty. No depression stuff. My best album of last year was Billy Bragg's Woody Guthrie record.
Have you ever had sex in a car? No. I've thought about it once or twice, as a nice little distraction. I had my first serious snog in a car, but it didn't go any further than caressing and that sort of stuff. I was 14 and it was in a VW Beetle. The girl took the initiative, so I was more in a state of shock.
Kid Jensen is a DJ with Heart 106.2 FM
