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00:00it looks awful it does look awful i believe there's been at least nine brake failures this

00:08year mercedes can suddenly seemingly be an underdog now with this one big cataclysmic move

00:15is really opened up

00:30in f1 there is zero room for error

00:36it demands absolutely everything of all 2 000 people on the team

00:46the cars are the most technologically advanced machines ever built

00:52and only the very best in the world have what it takes to drive them

01:00a fraction of a second is the difference between first and tenth one moment you can be on top of the podium

01:08and the next you're searching for answers

01:11on the day that when louis broke the news to me

01:28george stayed overnight to make it to a sim session the following day so i told him listen

01:32you've got to be out of the house because louis comes at 10 and i think i know what's going to happen

01:36and so louis came we had a coffee

01:39and as we started to talk more serious he said i just gotta tell you something i've

01:44i've signed with ferrari

01:46it was like really you're doing this emotionally then my reaction was

01:53a bit weird because we've been so long with each other louis is my second longest relationship

01:59um as a partner of my wife susie

02:02in formula one you're very much under the magnifying glass because the media is everywhere

02:07i just knew that no matter what we did next

02:11it needed to stay quiet

02:13okay let's get to the day's biggest and probably most shocking transfer it comes from formula one

02:21the sports most successful driver in history this man louis hamilton will leave mercedes yes leave

02:27the team that he's become so synonymous with the move can only really be compared to when david

02:32beckham left manu that kind of fever around an announcement it's very rare to see in sport but

02:38when it happens it's huge nobody expected it certainly mercedes didn't expect it i don't

02:43think anyone expected it i was shocked the emotions were all over the place i hoped that i would have

02:49seen out my days with lewis as an engineer lewis hamilton is mercedes the factory in brackley the

02:56engineers in stuttgart the thousands working in the garage they're all a part of his story just as he is

03:02a part of this in formula one there are only spots for 20 drivers a seat in any formula one team is

03:11something but a seat at mercedes is another thing all together when the news broke toto's phone just

03:17blew up pretty much every driver on the grid who was potentially free for 2025 was getting in touch with

03:22it who is going to replace you come on nice alex albon don't forget esteban ocon if you were able to

03:28snatch max it would sort of come full circle considering what you've been through together

03:32the one last name that i want to bring up as somebody who has been referenced for the mercedes

03:37seat that i do not think is going to happen but i think we should mention is kimmy antonelli there's

03:41no way toto's going to put a brand new rookie in the mercedes no one's gone from f4 to f1 overnight

03:49when it comes to looking for a new driver what's at stake is simply everything

03:58and then yeah we've just grown and grown and grown and now we've got the

04:02this circuit and also the nice facilities with the new clubhouse and so on so what's the weather

04:07look like this weekend cold hopefully not wet but it looks like it might be a little bit

04:13a little bit more fresh or in perfo you're there you're there

04:21i received the whatsapp call from toto to announce me that lewis was leaving

04:27he's not used to call me early in the morning the timing was surprising but you have to understand that

04:35we are working since nine years uh to get ready for uh this day so my role is uh to go on a go-kart

04:44track and to try to find uh the driver who will be a world champion

04:59right guys listen up just remember that karting is non-contact sport okay just make sure that you're

05:10following obviously the regulations that you've signed on to also just the important make sure you

05:15follow the flags that are out there on the circuit other than that make sure you have just lifting

05:20you're going a lot wider so maybe don't you cut it back a little bit more you're bringing it loads more

05:24than me in there are you how you make did you make the cooler though you know it's drying out really

05:29go-kart is where everything starts that's where you are learning how to race all right no over

05:36confidence today we have hundred thousand keep all around the world and you have one capable of

05:47becoming formula one driver i received a lot of calls to tell me ah you should have a look on this

05:56kid he's special abduneli from bologna he's third in the series but he starts this race from pole

06:02position they will battle not only for the race but for the european junior championship let's wait for

06:08the european junior championship we go green abduneli will lead them down into turn number one

06:17his championship hopes are disappearing before his eyes it's a muscle form position

06:23a big hustle from kimmy antonelli around the outside now the race is on

06:27antonelli down the inside of skintzorne it's a drag race today are kimmy antonelli

06:33who wins a sensational final this is a wonderful return to the top of the podium

06:39and that is how you win in dominant fashion

06:56kimmy is coming from a family where there is a background in motorsports his dad was racing we

07:04were impressed with his talents so we signed him at 12. he was obviously different immediately on

07:16the data the laptop's already out he remembers his lap times of all the sessions that really did in his life

07:23the way he was racing was very mature considering his age and his experience i put kimmy name on the

07:43table to get the seat of course we had some question marks do we want to take the wrist with a young

07:51driver or are we looking at someone with more experience i'm lucky there's a good group of

07:56people with whom i can brainstorm

08:13have a look at the data not bad for kimmy's first time in f1 machinery

08:17and antonelli scrambling for position kimmy finished p4 fast at the start but struggled with grip late in the

08:26race and antonelli is finally past colapinto and max verstappen cruises over the line to win his ninth grand

08:36victory of the year

08:43kimmy antonelli with his first win in formula two

08:55uh we've organized that whatsapp call to break the news so this is about you kimmy

09:13do you have mercedes formula one driver next year

09:15oh my god um that's a great news

09:26you're 17 years old um you're you're you're very young there's not a lot of um formula racing in your

09:34life but if you consider two and a half years you were doing formula four and putting you in in a car

09:41in the formula one exposing you to this world uh there's going to be a lot of different pressures

09:46that's going to come onto you not only driving the car and being your little barber in the cockpit

09:52but the pressures that will come in by being a mercedes driver

09:56all right kimmy what's your first memory you have when i was little i used to play with these

10:03little cars on the on the floor of the house and i remember i used to make my own racetrack and

10:10move the cars around and even commentating the race oh and here he comes kimmy antonelli um

10:15running outside in hairpin takes the lead of the race what a move

10:21yeah something it was something like this yeah

10:26f1 is the pinnacle of motorsport

10:30so it's a dream to be where i am now

10:40have you got the previous measurement from when we made the seat the new one's going to be dinner

10:45you can see even in the shoulders let's make sure the seat is ready to go so we can get started

10:51right away kimmy should be here any minute

10:57yeah this is going to take all day to get it right i wish everybody took this much care when it came to

11:01making a seat you want me to be honest my first encounter with kimmy was i was just sitting at my

11:12desk working and a child came up to my desk and said hello and i thought they'd lost their dad

11:21and when he shook my hand he has the same strength that all drivers have in their hands and thought

11:27uh this is a driver oh it's kimmy we will need to do a quick helmet measurement so how's that on the

11:33eyeline now what do you think yeah yeah go for it go for it go for it yeah yeah what i'll probably do

11:39is i'll tuck a bit in and then i'll get the feedback on it again yeah thank you and then you can climb

11:44out really carefully you can step in it if you want but if you can do it without then that's great

11:57it's quick yeah if you give me like a weight target yep i can reach that because now i'm like 66

12:08yeah but if you need if you need me to be 70 with it i can be 70 with it yeah well what i wouldn't be

12:16which is consistent no no the same number every week day in day out that is fine do i need to put the

12:23young yourself no no what's it going to be like working with a young driver the thing is i don't

12:29know kimmy doesn't even have his driver's license yet so uh and it's a different kind of pressure

12:34because there's a lot of expectation on such a a young guy super talented but he's not proven yet

12:42but that's that's my job to prove him out and make sure that we can turn him into another world champion

12:47you don't visualize not a huge amount i do a lot but not racing or just everything

12:54everything but okay mainly racing yeah i do a mistake in the race and it compromise a little

12:59bit the result i feel like oh what if i defended better if i stopped more at the apex and he didn't

13:06like switch back what could have yeah yeah could have been could have been i don't know i kind of also

13:12visualize a bit the future maybe money i manifest you need me to jump in the car

13:21lower back still feels okay yes okay distance and wheel feels okay so this distance yes i'm happy

13:28with it yeah we're pretty much there with the seat perfect okay if you can you stay in 15 minutes

13:35yes all right just 15 minutes don't be don't be upsetting it too much don't be wriggling too much on that

13:43shoulder

13:48in addition to speed there's a load of while that you need to pick up about how to make a tire last

14:05the race distance he needs to know how to do safety cars

14:19he needs to know how to come into the pits have you imagined pulling into a parking space doing 60

14:25except the parking space is made of humans and if you hit them you hurt them

14:35and if you don't know how to do that i don't think i've said hello yet by the way nice to meet you

14:43we're going to do some more pictures now i can go yeah yeah yeah didn't you tell me before

14:48no no no come on chop chop

14:50go

15:06get your head out of the

15:2030 long, 20 to the left.

15:30When you go anything over 20, 30 long,

15:33then you'll start to see the issues that you saw then,

15:35where the guys are machining nuts,

15:37or they just can't get the wheels off.

15:39We're asking the guys to achieve sub-two-second pit stops.

15:43And if the driver comes flying into the box, wheels locked,

15:46then the guys are just gonna be spooked,

15:48and they're gonna have a real slow stop.

15:51...

16:00...

16:07...

16:11Kill the engine, Kimmy, hands down.

16:19Can we get a doctor to the pit lane, please?

16:24Sorry.

16:41It was quite a big delay, because the wheel got caught up in the pool, so it was coming

16:47off the left rear.

16:48It was in the right place, it seemed fine, but it was just the rest of it.

16:52For me, it's really scary the first time, while you're getting into the tunnel.

16:58That was like really focusing on like...

17:00Yeah, because when I put them on, I wake up, I can feel you crank it, and when you hit

17:05the deck, then I let go, but you didn't hit the deck, you just lit up, you lit up the

17:11day.

17:12Yeah.

17:13And me.

17:14Good.

17:15You can laugh about it, mate, it's fine.

17:20Kimmy, let's call it a day for now.

17:25Team, that's a wrap for today.

17:30Thank you for your hard work.

17:33Through the chicane, Antonelli navigates it perfectly.

17:36Through the final turn, the chequered flag is really awaited.

17:39Antonelli wins the final race.

17:41To Marco Antonelli, because Lyons from the cockpit celebrates with the team.

17:46My dad at the racetrack, he taught me everything he knew.

17:51He wasn't as lucky as me in his career, because he didn't get the same support I got.

17:56So I felt like all this was not only for myself, but it was also for him.

18:02I carried his legacy.

18:07I kind of suffered in the first couple of years, because it was a bit tough on me.

18:14But then they realized that it was making me improving.

18:18I was so happy because I made him proud.

18:21What the planning is at the moment, we must not talk to anyone.

18:30How we want to do it is to announce free practice one for Kimmy in Monza.

18:36And our current plan is to, right after FP1 in Monza, we do a press conference and we announce Kimmy as a driver, which is going to be big, bigger, the biggest that has ever been, because there was no Italian driver for a long time.

18:54There are few places on the planet more synonymous with racing than Italy.

18:59Formula One's return to Monza, this time has a home hero, Andrea Kimmy Antonelli.

19:06Antonelli will make his F1 debut this week out on home soil.

19:12I was a bit nervous. My dream was about to become true.

19:15You are not very often on photo.

19:18He's going to have one hour during this free practice session to introduce himself to the world.

19:24Take it easy. Don't hurt yourself and don't break my car.

19:28There is so much pressure on Kimmy Antonelli, just 18 years of age, had his birthday just a few days ago.

19:34The expectation is so great, and that's got to mess with you a little bit.

19:39It put Antonelli behind the wheel of George Russell's car.

19:43I remember sitting in the car and seeing all the people in the grandstand.

19:50There was a sea of Italian fans ready to embrace their new hero.

19:55I remember, like, I had goosebumps in the car, and I was, like, really trying my best to stay calm.

20:06Immediately, Antonelli is off to a roaring start on the soft tyres.

20:12He's leaving nothing out there.

20:15Antonelli has a quick first lap.

20:21It looks like he's pushing again here.

20:25He just took the second sector even faster.

20:33This could be the fastest lap of the day.

20:38Antonelli spins into the gravel and into the wall.

20:43Antonelli spins into the ground.

20:55Haha!

20:56You okay? Are you okay?

21:01Yeah. Sorry.

21:04Kimmy, all good. All good, Kimmy.

21:14The 18-year-old, the hope for Mercedes into the barrier

21:19on his first outing in Formula One.

21:22It's a fine line between being a hero and a villain,

21:25and he's just done exactly that.

21:27One lap, hero, he's right on the pace.

21:29Second lap, you try and get back to the top, and it ends.

21:31It's not the start to Formula One

21:34that Mercedes had hoped for for Kimmy Antonelli.

21:41That day, I let down all my family, my dad.

21:45He was not happy. He didn't expect that it would have happened.

21:50Kimmy Antonelli has gone to the medical centre.

21:53That is his car, his Mercedes, at the side of the track.

21:57After the crash, they did some checks

21:59because the impact was really big.

22:01But I remember laying in that bed.

22:06I just wanted to stay on my own.

22:09I cried as well.

22:11I didn't want to see anyone.

22:15I just wanted to go home, to be honest.

22:18I was sad for him, because I know that he would have walked away from that,

22:24certain that he had let the occasion get to him.

22:27And that's the very thing, of course,

22:30that is his biggest foe.

22:33The incident of Monza, let's say, has been a lot of signs.

22:40A Monza, it was really an emotional shock.

22:47I remember that I cried one day and a half, in the paddock,

22:51and any person that I met, who told me that I tried to reassure myself,

22:55but the same Mercedes, I tried to reassure myself.

22:58I cried, I cried because I couldn't be able to do this,

23:01and I excused myself in continuation.

23:10It's a fine line between being a hero and a villain.

23:13He's not doing enough in Formula 2 to give me the inspiration

23:16that I feel he's ready to start winning Grand Prix.

23:19That is a ludicrously high bar to set off the start of Formula 1

23:23that Mercedes had hoped for for Kimi Antonella.

23:27Hey, Kimi. I know today was embarrassing,

23:30but even in one and a half laps, we saw something that you just can't teach.

23:34You should see how excited the team are.

23:37Make sure you sleep well, get a good rest.

23:39Tomorrow's a new day, the big announcement.

23:48The difference between free practice and qualifying, we need to discuss.

23:54But that's also Kimi.

23:56This is a pressure cooker.

23:57Mercedes always has been a pressure cooker,

23:59but this is where we stand as a team today.

24:01We want to go with these two.

24:09Let's go.

24:10Let's go.

24:11Let's go.

24:12Let's go.

24:13Let's go.

24:14LET'S GO

24:24You got to try it.

24:26You can try it.

24:45Why did you hold the hand?

24:48Relaxed. You're too tight.

24:51But do you stop it?

24:56Oh, Karol!

25:01Are you there?

25:03I remember that I was there, no?

25:06Yes, yes.

25:08Did we take a picture that you were on your shoulders?

25:11No, you were behind me.

25:14You didn't change so much?

25:16No, no, no.

25:18I had the long hair.

25:26Let's go.

25:27Let's go.

25:28Everyone told me not to really worry about it, try to forget about it, to just move on and focus on the next step.

25:41But it took me quite long to get through what happened. It was stuck in my mind.

25:53Quite good.

25:54Hit me!

25:55Eh, okay.

25:56If you do change marches, it's almost a flexion and then you go back.

25:58Go.

25:59Go.

26:00Go.

26:01Go.

26:02Go.

26:03It's fine.

26:04,

26:08But...

26:12...

26:13Quite good.

26:14Hit me!

26:15Oh, okay.

26:17Yeah, okay.

26:19You change the march, you almost have a flexion and then you start.

26:26Yeah, okay.

26:39Sometimes I dream of going in the car, going in the road,

26:44it's like if I was living the weekend in gara.

26:50I didn't dream of the results in qualification.

26:57I dream of being there.

27:01It was a pity.

27:05When I was little, I resent myself.

27:09I would say that sometimes I felt bad.

27:15And when I was little, I didn't understand.

27:18In certain moments I was so hard with me.

27:22This is something we haven't even talked about.

27:25But there is this moment.

27:29Sometimes I think,

27:32all the time I cried,

27:34all the time I was angry with you,

27:37I said, my father is a fool.

27:38Why does he do this?

27:39Why does that?

27:42Because I, in my career,

27:44I can't feel Başka

27:50I don't know whole years.

27:52No I can.

27:53It was a reason.

27:54I wasn't able to.

27:56It was a means of survival.

28:00because I was also asking you more

28:05than what you could do in that moment.

28:07I will never have seen it before.

28:19Let's go.

28:22Bring the plates first and say Andrea.

28:26Look how beautiful.

28:27No, put the plates together.

28:29I have never seen it.

28:31I have never seen it.

28:37Mmmmm

28:39Bye

28:41Grazie

28:42Va bene così

28:43Vuoi un po' più di brodo Andy?

28:44No no va bene va bene

28:45Ok buon appetito

28:47Buon appetito

28:49Tu bambino

28:51Il mio topo

28:52Sarei sempre il mio topo

28:54Ma verrai a qualche gara no?

28:55Ma si per forza

28:56Ah vieni in Australia

28:57Per vederti assolutamente

28:59La tua sorella

29:00Una che vuoi

29:01Che dice

29:02Voglio un attocco di tuo fratello

29:05Bene, lasagna?

29:07Lasagna, lasagna

29:08Lasagna

29:09Lasagna

29:10Lasagna

29:11Lasagna

29:12Si chiama lasagna

29:13Io non la chiamo lasagna

29:15Lasagna

29:16Lasagna, dai

29:17Mi fai sentire in colpa

29:22È vero, è giusto

29:23Ti senti in colpa

29:24No, è venuta a casa da scuola

29:27Con una fame nera

29:29Mi ha salutato

29:31Mi ha dato un gran bacio

29:33Invece di centrarmi la guancia

29:35Mi ha centrato un orecchio

29:37E da quel giorno

29:38In quell'orecchio

29:39Sento poco

29:40Esatto

29:41Questo è un po'

29:42L'ho fatto diventare sorda

29:43Perché ti ha procurato una lesione all'orecchio

29:45Ma ti fai cos'è che dicevo durante questo

29:47Ho troppo sottosterzo

29:49Non riesco a fare come voglio io

29:51No

29:53Mi ha più grande sono te

29:55Andrea

29:58Cos'è?

29:59Cosa sta succedendo?

30:00Questa è con te

30:02Io credo che insomma sia il minimo

30:05E spero che le cose vadano come vuoi

30:07Vorrei che tu aprissi questo

30:10Ah ok

30:11Eh beh

30:12Devi spiegargli però

30:13Adesso prima lo apri

30:14Poi glielo spiego

30:15Apri

30:16Guarda un po'

30:22Cos'è?

30:23Questo è un porta chiave no?

30:26Con una macchinina

30:28Sì

30:29Però

30:30Quella macchina lì

30:32Me l'ha regalata mio padre

30:34Che era la sua

30:35Come porta fortuna

30:36Addirittura

30:37E io te la regalo a te

30:38Grazie papi

30:40Penso

30:41Il tuo padre te l'ha data?

30:43Sì

30:44Il tuo nonno

30:45L'ha data a te

30:46L'ha data a tuo padre

30:48E il tuo padre l'ha data

30:49Bello

30:50Ah questo me lo porto sempre via

30:52È un ricomodo

30:53È

30:54Sì

30:55Grazie papino

30:56Ti prego di non lasciarli in giro

31:00Ecco la notizia

31:01Ti parti

31:02Grazie

31:03Perché è un specialista eh

31:06Ha fatto il restauro

31:12Papà si è emozionato?

31:15Papà si stava emozionando?

31:22È solo l'inizio

31:24È solo l'inizio

31:41All this actually feels like the start of the journey

31:43There is so much to learn

31:44And the thing is

31:45You don't really know what he doesn't know

31:48So we've got to teach him an awful lot

31:50Ok let's do some more driving

31:52Well you do the driving I'll do the

31:55Yeah

31:58We can swap if you want

31:59I can't do both

32:00You can't do both no

32:01Neither can I

32:03I drive

32:04Yeah

32:05And you teach me

32:06I do the rest of it

32:08Mercedes have an illustrious history in Formula One

32:11They went on an incredible run

32:13Winning eight Constructors Championships in a row

32:15So imagine you're Bono

32:17You've worked with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton

32:20Statistically the two greatest drivers in the history of the sport

32:25And now you're running a teenager who's never raced in F1

32:28The big part of preparing a driver is to make them comfortable being uncomfortable

32:35There's obviously the fact that he's talking with a bunch of highly talented engineers

32:40But we're also trying to shove as much information at him as quickly as possible

32:45This is going to be again eight time laps to start from end of pit lane

32:49Copy

32:50Ready when you are

32:51We are ready at the car potter

32:55May fire up the car myself or

32:57We'll do it for you each time

32:59Okay one thing to note on this car the burn up button is actually the orange button on the left side of the wheel

33:05The one labelled the R

33:07Okay, sorry Marcel

33:09We want him to learn through experience

33:11Because it's the only way that it will stick

33:15Out of garage, Kierka stairs, still minus two compared to targets

33:23This is a defining off-season for Kimi Antonelli

33:27He's got to be ready for everything that the calendar throws at him

33:31Street circuits, flat-out tests, changing time zones

33:35From March until December

33:40He's got to be in a physical condition to not get tired

33:42Because if you do get tired at the end of the race, you slip backwards

33:49Max effort here, yeah?

33:50Start from the glutes, work from the core

33:53Not so high, not so high, no, no, no, no, no

33:55Come on

33:56We want to be quick, no?

33:58Let's go

33:59Up, up, up, up

34:02Better form

34:03Better form

34:04Three

34:06Two

34:07One

34:08One

34:15Come on, push, push, push, push, push

34:16Go, go, go, go, go

34:17You can be more aggressive

34:19Mistake

34:20Don't look at D6

34:21Then we'll be found by 7, 10, 10

34:23Here we go, a bit longer

34:25I have a story D1

34:26Got the balance a little bit better

34:27Ah, max, max, max, max, max, go, go, go, go, go, go

34:30Come on

34:31D4

34:32D2

34:33D2

34:34D3

34:35D5

34:36Up, up, up

34:37Quick, quick, quick, quick

34:38Push, push, push, push, push

34:39I was a relatively lone voice on the conservative end of the spectrum, saying, now give him another year to grow

34:52But an overwhelming sentiment was, you know, this guy is precious and special

34:58You're hitting the marks, you're proactive with the tools

35:01It's been what, nine months of driving an F1 car?

35:03Yeah

35:04You've come a long way

35:063

35:07Sorry, sorry, sorry.

35:37We have super confidence in you.

35:45We are proud to have gone all that way with you from Minis into Formula One.

35:54We will be under lots of pressure.

35:56You know, not even you, but the team will be under lots of pressure

35:59because people say, well, you're taking a big risk here.

36:03The journey until now was a difficult journey.

36:07But now starts another one.

36:10That will be more difficult.

36:11You're racing against the 19 best drivers in the world.

36:14We will do this together.

36:22Close your eyes with me, all right?

36:24Here it is.

36:25It's the first day of the F1 season.

36:28You step into that seat.

36:30What are you feeling?

36:37I can picture myself walking into the garage.

36:45There he is.

36:58The newest driver for the Mercedes team, Kimi Antonelli.

37:05Seeing the big Mercedes tar on the wall of the garage.

37:10I can imagine for that first session, walking where the cars are, seeing all the mechanics around.

37:28Itli's waiting a long time for an F1 driver.

37:32And now that wait is over.

37:37Giving high five to Bono, then jumping into that car.

37:41And realizing that it's all clear, it's all real.

38:08And that I'm about to do my first race weekend as an F1 driver.

38:18Formula 1 in 2025 begins.

38:21The new season is underway.

38:24And we're racing to turn number one.

38:26And how about that lap from Kimi Antonelli?

38:33He's putting Alvin under massive pressure.

38:36From 16th to 4th.

38:38What a debut!

38:40Nice one, Kimi.

38:42That was a great drive.

38:43Oh, man.

38:46What were the race?

38:47Mega job today, mate.

38:48That was a hero of the way.

39:11And I just felt at the same level.

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