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In an increasingly complex world, we could all learn a lesson from Mantas Šliogeris. Forget your app updates and your skinny vegan vanilla lattes, your FitBit targets and your relentless bloody hashtags – free your life from complexity, take things back to basics, and reap the rewards of a stress-free existence. “It seems that my no-stress approach, just trying to enjoy myself and focus on my own lap times, is paying off,” he shrugs. And given that he was recently crowned Gymkhana GRiD World Champion in an MX-5 that he drove to and from the finals (on public roads with number plates and everything), he’s probably onto something.

“ he was recently crowned Gymkhana GRiD World Champion in an MX-5 that he drove to and from the finals”

So how does an everyday car enthusiast make the transition

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