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00:17You
00:21We're here to fly with the blue angels
00:28I don't know if they told you I went and did two days of flying aerobatic aircraft
00:33To get myself up to speed
00:36Okay, here he is
00:37How are we doing?
00:39I'm very good, how are you?
00:40Excellent
00:41I'm James Valves, I'm the team principal for the Atlassian Williams Racing team
00:47Gentlemen, good morning
00:48When you're doing any kind of manoeuvres that are pulling X amount of G's
00:51Tighten those glutes, tighten that core
00:52Don't hyperventilate, because then you will pass out
00:55Yeah, sure
00:56I don't want the footage to be me passed out
01:00My name is Alexander Albon
01:01I've been with Williams for
01:05Well, this is my fifth year
01:07Five minutes
01:08I'm a bit nervous
01:09A bit nervous?
01:10Yeah
01:13How much does James like planes?
01:15James loves it
01:17He likes to look at the data
01:18This is the kind of guy James is
01:20All right, here comes the canopy, it's coming down
01:24There's a big link between being in fast jets and being involved in Formula One
01:29Clear for takeoff
01:30We both need to push to the absolute limit
01:42Here we go
01:49You didn't know you have the best job in the world
01:52Yeah, it's a pretty good one
01:53What I enjoy about Formula One is that from one year to the next you can have this complete topsy
01:59-turvy change
01:59And that's what we have
02:00Oh wow, that's amazing
02:02This season, I'm buzzing because there's an upstep in the team, there's a strength in the team
02:10And I'm buzzing because Carlos will be here
02:16Carlos Sainz is one of the biggest stars in Formula One
02:23One of the sports poster boys, multiple race winner
02:27This is a massive catch for James Vowles
02:31Today I'm announcing that I will be joining the Williams family
02:36Carlos had a lot of options for 2025
02:39The decision to join Williams was a surprise one
02:43Congratulations
02:44Give me a hug
02:45In the last five years
02:47No, that fucking sergeant
02:50Williams found themselves towards the back of the field
02:52If I sort of summarise that year so far, it's not one to be proud
02:59The Williams team having a horrible, pointless season
03:04Whatever James sold him on, it has to be something pretty big and meaningful
03:14I'm really excited to have Carlos joining
03:16He had probably half the grid that he could have gone to
03:18What excited him is the journey that we're on
03:22Vision's simple
03:23We're here to win multiple world championships
03:30Nice work, that was awesome
03:31Thank you so much
03:32How do you feel?
03:34I feel shaky
03:35Just thank you so much for letting us be a part of your team
03:37I'll sleep well tonight, that's all that
03:39James has been telling the world that Williams finds itself at the dawn of a new era
03:45It's a big statement
03:47And now the pressure's on
03:49And he has to deliver
04:08British countryside
04:10Quite different to the road to Maranello
04:19One of the biggest things that I'm going to miss from Ferrari is the food
04:23This is high performance food for athletes
04:27Bacon roll
04:30British food
04:34Food in England, I would say it's not the best
04:37At the same time, there's three or four things that I always really enjoyed about England
04:42One is the porridge
04:45English breakfast
04:46The baked beans
04:47Apart from this
04:49There's nothing really
04:52Particularly good about it
04:55Oh, here we go
04:57Overtake
04:59What a move
05:03Why are you sending us here?
05:05What the fuck?
05:07Where are you going?
05:08This is a fucking farm
05:10It's set to the left
05:14We are late
05:15On our first day to school
05:26Morning
05:29What is this I hear this morning
05:31That you're eating
05:31A egg
05:32Bacon sandwich
05:34When I'm in the UK
05:35I follow the UK diet
05:37Which is the bacon bag
05:40Wow
05:40And a sausage roll
05:41And a sausage roll
05:42I need to feed the cacao
05:43This is not good
05:44I think James has
05:45Pulled a blinder
05:47Getting Carlos
05:48Knowing what that can bring to that team
05:51James Bowles
05:52Deserves to celebrate
05:53Do you think it'll be a slightly less glamorous lifestyle
05:56Or do you think
05:57What are you saying about Williams?
05:58Rude
06:01The Union Jacks are waving
06:03Williams has got an extraordinary legacy
06:06In this sport
06:07Damon Hill wins the Japanese Grand Prix
06:1016 World Championships
06:13Nine constructors
06:15Seven drivers
06:17114 race wins
06:18And it would just be a wonderful thing
06:21To see Williams back
06:23Winning Grand Prix's in Formula One again
06:26So the big question is
06:27Is James Bowles
06:29The guy to do that?
06:32I want this team to be successful
06:34With all my heart
06:35But I knew what I was getting myself into
06:37This will be incredibly difficult
06:39We've got to be realistic
06:41The top four are the top four still
06:43But our goal is to make sure
06:45We're moving forward
06:45From where we were last year
06:46And not fighting for eighth or ninth
06:49But I think we have it within our ability
06:50To finish fifth
06:52Go from ninth to fifth
06:54He would elevate the team
06:56To a new level
07:01Carlos is going to go on for his first run
07:03Very shortly
07:04This is the kickoff
07:08The team has done a very big step forward into 2025
07:18The decision of moving to Williams
07:20I think he did the right goal
07:23But I think it's still early stages
07:27Do you have an F1 interview
07:29With the top line questions?
07:31Who on the grid would be your best man?
07:32Who would you trust to cut your hair?
07:34Really simple
07:35We do that together with Carlos
07:36Carlos is going to do it individually
07:38Because we can't get you both at the same time
07:41It's too difficult
07:42Carlos joining
07:43If anything it's fuel
07:46It's what motivates you to extract your best
07:49Then it's a great challenge to have
07:56Carlos
07:56You're all good
07:58It's a new car to me
07:59But it might have good pace
08:01And I feel like I can get a good lap time out of it
08:06Oh, I'm happy
08:07All the work comes together in a few minutes
08:10Going to Williams
08:11I'm not going to lie
08:12I had doubts
08:12It's a decision that is going to be so important for my career
08:15All good
08:17It's a big step from last year
08:20But I strongly believed in this team
08:23I strongly believed in James' vision
08:25And I strongly believed in myself
08:27I took his word that I'm hiring you
08:29Because I think you are the guy
08:31That needs to help me to go back to the top
08:36The new season is underway
08:43Go race when you can
08:45Go race
08:53Fucking hell
08:54What happened?
08:56Oh, shoot
08:57He's in the wall
09:00Carlos Sainz
09:02In his first start for Williams
09:03Out of the race
09:08Alex P5
09:25Alex Albon's been a revelation this year
09:37Alex Albon's been a revelation this year
09:43Carlos will definitely need time to adapt to Williams
09:46How we operate
09:47How we extract the most performance from the car
09:49All of that is different
09:50All of that is different
09:52Let's wait to see the Williams
09:54Oh my word
09:57That car's far too damaged
10:04It's been strange how difficult it's been
10:06Adapting to a new car, a new team
10:08And yeah, it frustrates me for sure
10:17Carlos is absolutely going to take some time
10:20It's not just stepping from one race car to the next
10:23But despite that
10:25Williams have clearly come out of the box
10:27With a competitive race car
10:29P5 and the constructors
10:31But it would seem that the old hand
10:34Alex Albon is the one scoring most of their points
10:37And Carlos is being somewhat left behind
10:59Will I have your attention for a moment please
11:02Observe the seatbelt and no smoking signs
11:08Alex, have you eaten anything?
11:10A little bit
11:10I can offer you an avocado
11:12Oh, it's just you
11:13That's very kind
11:14Thank you
11:15Feed me
11:16Not many team principals feed you
11:18They want you to be as light as possible
11:21Do you want a water, Alex, as well?
11:23I'm good
11:23I'm good for water
11:24Thank you
11:27I think really well done
11:29For what has happened
11:30Across the beginning of the season
11:32You came swinging to the first test
11:34And the first races
11:36And I think we have to acknowledge that
11:39We are where we are
11:40Thanks to you
11:41And I don't just mean in this year
11:42I mean the last few years of your hard work and dedication
11:45Has put us there
11:45With Carlos being my teammate
11:47There's maybe a bit more incentive to be motivated to do well
11:50But actually
11:51Most of it just comes down to
11:52If we have the opportunity to score points
11:54We must score them
11:56I think that Carlos took a bit of time to adapt
11:58Because he came in driving it more like it was a Ferrari
12:01And that actually exposed the issues far more
12:03Alex is doing brilliantly this year
12:08This is the best I've known him as a driver
12:11And with Carlos
12:12I think the transition was hard and expected
12:15But now we need two drivers
12:17To make sure that we're competing in the front
12:19We will be landing in a few minutes
12:21Please place all tables in the five-star position
12:26Miami, there are golf courses here
12:28That are like a million dollars to join
12:36Miami's been an incredible addition
12:38To the Formula One calendar
12:39You know, South Beach
12:41Sunshine
12:42Fun
12:47Glitz, glamour, famous faces
12:49There's always something wild happening
12:57Are we driving Lego car for real?
13:00No
13:01Apparently
13:02I'm building an annual Falcon right now
13:04How many pieces is it?
13:06Like 76,000 pieces
13:07It's going to take me forever
13:09I could never do that
13:11After 10 minutes, I will say
13:13Fuck this
13:15They've made Formula One-sized Lego cars
13:17And we're just going to drive on track
13:20Which will always be chaos
13:26The Miami parade was
13:28It was awesome
13:31I've never been so close to Charles
13:34Between my legs
13:37Come on, jump in
13:40Stop complaining
13:41Get on with it
13:42You've lost your place
13:52They nearly crashed
13:54Kimmy, you look like you're doing business school
14:02It has clearly become a race now
14:04This is the best fun of the year
14:07Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
14:10Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
14:12Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
14:14Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
14:14I actually wasn't a Lego kid
14:16I had a Playmobil
14:18It was like west coast, east coast, you know
14:22Mercedes looks low
14:24Yeah
14:25I get a volume
14:26It gets competitive very quickly
14:30It was always going to end badly
14:31Oh, no
14:36Oh!
14:38Oh!
14:40Oh!
14:42Oh!
14:43Oh!
14:43Oh!
14:43Oh!
14:44Oh!
14:46Oh!
14:47Yes!
14:48Last corner, last night.
14:51It was chaos, but probably the best race of the season for us.
15:02How are you feeling about qualifying?
15:04Expectation?
15:05The two cars in the top ten is all we should be aiming for,
15:08and I think it's possible.
15:10It's just tricky.
15:11It's that first run-out that we do.
15:13You're just never quite sure if something's going to go well.
15:18Go see.
15:20With Carlos, I mean, probably on reflection I was a bit naive
15:24and asking any human being in the world to come in
15:26and instantaneously adapt is just not realistic.
15:30And we still have some performance to bring this year
15:32to make sure that he's extracting absolutely everything
15:34from himself and his engineers,
15:35and that's the area where I still see him developing.
15:39We haven't connected everything that Carlos is capable of doing yet.
15:42I know that.
15:42He knows that.
15:43The team knows that.
15:44But I'm confident Carlos will adapt to the car,
15:48and we can deliver as a team.
15:58Time for qualifying once again. It is round six.
16:05Obviously, Carlos coming in, there was a lot of question marks,
16:08like, who's going to be the better driver between those two?
16:12And the fact Alex is sort of, you know, wiping the floor at the moment,
16:16I'm really happy for him.
16:18Carlos is extremely talented,
16:20and as difficult as it may seem on paper,
16:23I think he's very strong,
16:25and it's only a matter of time before people realise that,
16:29so I'm not worried for Carlos.
16:31He's an incredible driver.
16:35You could beat him by a teammate almost every race.
16:39Your own confidence gets a bit of a knock.
16:41I think the challenge is more the mental side.
16:49I think it's good.
16:49Straight out, track is clear.
16:53Alex, good start.
16:55Let's keep the speed up.
16:56Come on, Alex.
16:58Are you happy?
17:03Yep.
17:08Alex, please.
17:09Alex, please.
17:10Alex, please.
17:12Alex, please.
17:14Alex, please.
17:17Carlos Sainz starts a new flying lap.
17:25Sainz has gone fastest in the middle sector.
17:27Vamos.
17:28Bueno, vamos.
17:34Oh, my God, my nerves.
17:36It's really good.
17:38A brilliant lap from Carlos Sainz,
17:42who jumps ahead of his teammate.
17:44That's the E6.
17:49Very good job, mate.
17:54Yeah, that was a solid one.
17:55It was super nice.
17:59The former Ferrari man, Carlos Sainz,
18:01ahead of his old team.
18:05My God.
18:12Well done.
18:21It took me a few races to adapt to the car, but after quality in Miami, I'm feeling, I'm feeling
18:28like the season's starting to click.
18:30I saw you on TV.
18:32Really? What was I doing? Giggling? Being excited?
18:35I was trying to control it, but not being able to control it.
18:41Everyone's here now.
18:42Everybody's here.
18:43All right, everyone.
18:45We need to, as a group now, move our expectations that we should be scoring points every weekend going forward.
18:52That's a mindset shift from where we've been, but that's the capability that we have with both Carlos and Alex
18:57around us and the car that we've been delivered.
19:00Carlos.
19:01Enough talking. It's time to go racing and enjoy.
19:03Well done.
19:04Yeah. Just got to focus on execution.
19:06I think we're getting score points this weekend.
19:08Very... I don't want to jinx anything.
19:11Let's focus on the weekend and we'll see.
19:13Enjoy this weekend. Let's go do it.
19:14Thanks so much, everyone.
19:17In Miami, I want for Carlos that he walks away with an absolutely brilliant result.
19:22I think he would ratify his decisions and it would cement us effectively in that bond of we're here and
19:32we're here to win to go.
19:36It is now time for the main event.
19:40The Miami Grand Prix.
19:45Thank you, Alex.
19:46Copy.
19:52That's one minute.
19:54Okay.
19:57Qualifying is one thing, but I need to put a full weekend together to prove to Williams and to prove
20:03to myself that I'm exactly the guy they need.
20:18Thank you, Alex.
20:19Oh, it's bad of you.
20:21Alex, want it?
20:22Yeah, I'm good.
20:30Contact me, Alex.
20:35The two Williams make contact and Alvin gets ahead of Sainz.
20:42We're going to take a bit of it.
20:43Carlos Sainz is taking the position back that he lost at the start.
20:53And here comes Charles Leclerc.
20:58Alex, you want to hold this position?
21:07Alex, I could do with a bit of help from Alex.
21:14Alright, Alex, we need to maintain a gap of at least a second.
21:20Alex, I'll speed the objective.
21:37I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, please be the bigger one, okay?
21:44Well, Williams seemed to be confusing their drivers there with poorly delivered instructions.
21:56Look at the Ramilton of the eye now.
21:58Carlos Sainz under big pressure from his old teammate and the man who replaced him.
22:06Go ahead, my dish.
22:10Maximum pace, please.
22:19Carlos Sainz tumbles down to ninth position.
22:23Nice.
22:23We're compromising the race here.
22:26Come on!
22:27Why the fuck is that being impossible?
22:31Thank you, Alex.
22:33That last corner.
22:38He died.
22:39Did a lovely job.
22:40Come on!
22:42Yes!
22:42Yeah!
22:44Woo!
22:49For the second flight, nine for you, Alex, five.
22:54That's not how I go racing, guys.
22:56I don't care.
22:57I've lost a lot of confidence here.
23:00On everything.
23:26We need to tighten up as a team.
23:28They gave the instruction to the cars.
23:31It's very poorly, very loosely.
23:32It needs to be.
23:33If you're staying, stay in the position.
23:35Stay in the position.
23:38Good recovery.
23:39That was great.
23:40That was really good.
23:41Fantastic.
23:41We would just be watching this.
23:44The end result was not the one I wanted.
23:48And it happened in a very frustrating manner.
23:51And it was purely down to poor execution.
24:01We made a mistake.
24:03Some of our areas are simply not at the level we need to be.
24:18How many people do you want to run into the walls?
24:19You are in the direction?
24:21Yes.
24:22You are in the direction of the station.
24:22The hotel Martinez.
24:28Miami in that sense was a disaster.
24:30Yeah.
24:33Everything went wrong.
24:36No solo ir rápido con el coche, sino también saber ejecutar los fines de semana bien.
24:41Es que obviamente al equipo le falta...
24:45le falta volver a coger esa experiencia.
24:48Para mà lo importante es para cuando el coche esté...
24:51como en Miami, pues...
24:53no volver a hacer las cagadas que se hicieron.
25:01All right, we're here to take photos.
25:04¡Párate para cámaras!
25:06¡Hola!
25:08¡Hola!
25:10¡Hola!
25:12It's a very crucial time in my career.
25:15Over the last few years in Ecuador I've been doing well.
25:18But at the same time it's a very short-term memory sport.
25:23I mean, your stocks are pretty much decided on the race by race.
25:28I'm just trying to prove to everyone what I'm worth.
25:33¿Qué tal? ¿Cómo estás?
25:35De nuevo, I've met him before.
25:38Carlos.
25:39That was Carlos, you guys.
25:42It's very exciting meeting new spokespeople.
25:45Especially cute ones.
25:54I always struggle with a neck.
25:59F1 neck.
26:01That's nice.
26:03And look in the way.
26:04Perfect.
26:06And just work on the attitude a little bit.
26:09Ahora eres guapo.
26:12Ahora mejor.
26:13This year, my expectations need to re-adapt.
26:17I've not even gone, no?
26:19Where?
26:19Have I not?
26:20At Formula One.
26:20Maybe we are.
26:21Yes, probably.
26:22I'll miss the podiums.
26:27I'll miss the celebrations.
26:29I'll miss being on a headline because I've won.
26:34I remember the feeling still very fresh in my head.
26:38I want to make sure I'm back, back to that as soon as possible.
26:44We need to go, guys.
26:45Come on, please.
26:47I need money today.
26:53Carlos!
26:54Carlos!
26:55Carlos!
26:57Carlos!
26:57Carlos!
26:58Carlos!
26:59Carlos!
27:00Carlos, your pace is good.
27:01You're doing what you're doing.
27:03Something.
27:04That's a feeling of rice with the sauce of the cup.
27:09Williams with their least competitive outing of the season.
27:12Wait, that was not the race you wanted.
27:19It comes.
27:20It's a really good luck.
27:24Trust is everything.
27:26Particularly when you've asked a driver to believe in the process.
27:31To believe in the dream.
27:33That Williams are not going to be toiling around at the back.
27:35That they can be fighting at the front.
27:38Yes.
27:39Thank you, that's right.
27:40But it just hasn't worked out that way.
27:43Yeah, they fluff this at Williams.
27:45Put this to it.
27:47Found to the chemical.
27:49Yeah, we've got issues with the period of matter.
27:52Don't buy to retire, just watch the cars behind you.
27:55Back to back retirements for Williams.
27:57They're having a bit of a blip.
27:59James, he's got to try to find a solution.
28:02We've been actually still not good enough.
28:05We're pretty confident.
28:07What we've got now is wrong.
28:08By a fairly big margin.
28:10We are still not championship level material.
28:15What is the potential?
28:16Can you get into the points?
28:17Can you get good points?
28:18Uh, I don't know. I don't care. I'm too upset right now.
28:22All right, thanks.
28:23Williams are rebuilding.
28:25But they're not at a position where they can fight for podiums yet.
28:28They're not even at a place where they can consistently compete for points.
28:37We are counting down to the formation lap here in Austria.
28:43Something is stopping the car from moving forward.
28:47Stand by, stand by, stand by.
28:49Critical.
28:52Just make sure you know what's going on.
28:54The brakes are going to be fired.
28:56Come and cool them.
29:01Come on, fucking cool the brakes.
29:05Be ready to exit.
29:12Game over.
29:14Carlos Sainz will not take the lights.
29:17In Austria, it was a painful memory that we etched in my brain forever.
29:22A race where we could have performed very well.
29:25Is it bad luck or are we creating environments that make it difficult to perform at that level?
29:30Bunch of...
29:33James would really have had to have sold Carlos the dream
29:37to get him to sign that contract to join him at Williams.
29:41Yet that dream just hasn't turned into reality yet.
29:51James really has to get a handle on this situation
29:56if Carlos is going to stay at this team for the long term.
30:03We're fully committed with the team and that's our full focus.
30:07But if an opportunity comes to join another team,
30:12then obviously we will have to analyze it and decide.
30:16Joder.
30:19I'm just going to order.
30:31Do you sleep properly?
30:33Yeah, I had a good sleep.
30:34Is what I need.
30:35Carlos' frustration is normal.
30:37And my job is to make sure we provide the right environment for him to want to be here,
30:42I hope, for the rest of his career.
30:51Good. Thank you.
30:55So, we're fifth in the championship.
30:57We haven't maximized our point score yet either.
30:58That's the frustrating thing.
30:59We could be even further ahead than this again.
31:02But we're fifth.
31:04You're a man of your work, and the car is clearly quicker.
31:07Yeah.
31:07But also, we've done a lot of mistakes.
31:10As a team, we are further behind more than what I expected.
31:15The moment you start fighting top end of the midfield
31:19and sometimes mixing it up with Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull,
31:23it exposes that we're also behind in race execution.
31:28This is team culture in the end.
31:30This year, we're letting P5, P6, P8 slip from our hands pretty easily,
31:37which honestly puts me in a position
31:39where I'm sometimes obviously frustrated because still it's points.
31:44I agree, though.
31:45I think this year has highlighted how hard it is.
31:47With this many things, they're still not right.
31:49The second half of the season needs to be a clear step forward.
32:07Carlos' comments were apt and spot on.
32:09We're not at championship level anywhere.
32:12How's it all going?
32:13It's been tough.
32:14Yeah, we're getting through it. The boys are working hard.
32:17So we've had honest straight talks about what isn't working
32:20and what we need to change.
32:23We'll be redeveloping our systems, processes and structures.
32:26Communication methods are working.
32:28We're under pressure as we expect,
32:30but this is when we're expected to deliver.
32:32And this isn't about apportioning blame,
32:34it's about understanding what we can all do better
32:36with ourselves, with the kit that's around us,
32:38and ultimately that makes a faster and better team.
32:41As a team principal,
32:43making a race-winning Formula One team
32:46takes an awful lot of hard work.
32:48Trying to find a bit more performance.
32:50Good. Just need to move quicker.
32:51It's like an orchestra.
32:53You are trying to get every single member
32:55playing their part in complete harmony,
32:58and that is not an easy feat.
33:02It takes time, it takes effort.
33:04It takes making sure every single part
33:07of your organisation is operating
33:10at its absolute peak performance.
33:13It's good, but the ambition needs to be much bigger.
33:22And that means this one has to be much bigger than that.
33:23The other day I talk with James,
33:24the team starts to work a better.
33:28It's a matter of time.
33:30It's a matter of paciency.
33:31It's a matter of time to change.
33:33It'll be changed.
33:34It's a matter of time,
33:35I look 10 years old in Formula One,
33:37I don't remember a year
33:40that you've passed so many different things.
33:42It reminds me a little bit of 2019, the first year in McLaren,
33:48that we had to go fast, not to get results,
33:52and in fact, the circuit where it changed everything was in Baku.
33:55It was in Baku.
33:56You remember?
33:57And suddenly it came to Baku, a good result,
33:59and from there it changed everything.
34:01It's true.
34:02We've done everything possible for it to work.
34:06We've got to change it.
34:08Well, you know,
34:09you've already demonstrated many times that,
34:12trusting in your way of doing things,
34:15keeping your head down, focused, doing what you're doing...
34:19It's what I say to myself.
34:22As long as it goes fast, the other will arrive.
34:25Let's go.
34:36Baku is a high-speed street circuit
34:40where the walls just close in on you.
34:44The drivers are driving around that at 300 kilometres an hour.
34:52So, child, time for push-push.
34:54OK.
35:03Ferrari's weekend has gone down the pan here.
35:08Nobody quite knows what's going to happen in Baku.
35:13Take care for the turn. Bye.
35:20Are you OK?
35:22Yeah.
35:32It's insane.
35:36Everyone is giving me absolutely everything.
35:38The hours that people have been pushing,
35:41not for one month, not for one week.
35:43People want this team to be successful with all their heart and all their might.
35:46Alex Albin, a former F2 winner on these streets.
35:51Baku's dirty, it's oily, it's windy.
35:55All the corners are very, very similar, but they're not the same.
36:01Crack is so dirty.
36:03It's kind of a recipe for mistakes, really.
36:12Oh, I'm out.
36:16Sorry.
36:18Oh, disappointing there for Williams, but they still have a chance with Sainz.
36:24Carlos' season is such a funny one.
36:27You know, coming into Baku, he hasn't scored points in, what is it, six races now?
36:31That's a horrible run to be on.
36:34And as each week passes by, it makes you question whether Carlos has made the right move.
36:40The only thing missing here is maybe a bit of depth, you know?
36:44Yeah, no, this is, I need to open early.
36:48Yeah.
36:49I felt like in Ferrari, we were already close to a championship winning level.
36:56Here, it helped the team to realize how much we need to improve still.
37:02If we want to go back to winning.
37:10Pushy.
37:11Let go up here.
37:16I don't see this good place.
37:18Pull up! Look out!
37:22...than Sainz on this lap.
37:24In Baku, I'm feeling something different, something special.
37:29I believe that life sometimes gets tougher before something good is about to come.
37:58I don't think you can overstate what an impactful performance that is.
38:05But you don't score points for qualifying.
38:14Good morning.
38:15Good morning, mate.
38:16Eh, this, I'll take it to the circuit.
38:22Are you tired?
38:23No, man.
38:26I'm being P2, I'm in the front row.
38:29I'm trying to think positively.
38:31And for me, it's just the opportunity to, to prove to myself and to prove to everyone,
38:38the whole paddle, that I'm gonna overcome not being in Ferrari anymore,
38:42and that I'm gonna create something good with Williams.
38:48It's a mixed-up grid.
38:50We could be in for absolutely anything.
38:55The team hasn't been fighting for podiums for many, many years.
39:00But we're in a strong position.
39:03This really is about a thousand individuals all pulling together.
39:16I'm as focused as possible, focusing on having the fastest possible reaction to the lights.
39:24I'm thinking in the first couple of corners in Baku, it's never easy to get through those three corners safely.
39:31And I'm just telling to myself that everything's gonna be all right.
39:37What do you think?
39:39Alex Albon clipped the wall, and he's in 19th.
39:54Good start from Max Verstappen, who chops across Sainz.
40:11I've lost four plus pages in the wall on turn five.
40:14Copy.
40:17I've lost.
40:18I hope to make a better one.
40:27We're just close with Ricky.
40:34Mr Russell behind Kirky.
40:36Fortends quicker than us.
40:37We catch us in eight laps.
40:40Copy for Vox.
40:42Sainz feeling the heat from Russell.
40:44Pits first.
40:48Race picture update.
40:52We'll be Vox, Vox this lap.
41:00Quick stop needed here if he's to hold that position.
41:06This lap's going to be close with Russell.
41:08Get ready.
41:09Copy.
41:22Russell and Mercedes.
41:24Pip, Sainz and Williams to second.
41:29This podium could be slipping away for Sainz.
41:32With Kimmy closing in fast.
41:35Yeah, with seven laps remain.
41:39The GAM head 1.4.
41:42Mr Sainz, it's P3 ahead.
41:44So there's podium in it for you, eh?
41:46Copy.
41:48And then you will use over deck.
41:50We just have a push.
41:52Venga, coño, venga.
41:56Venga, coño, venga.
41:57And now we're in love.
41:58Two laps remain.
42:00We're going to exit last corner.
42:03You're racing up 320, 330 kph.
42:10So I'm just focusing on it.
42:13Making zero mistakes.
42:15Come on!
42:16Come on!
42:22Come on!
42:27Sainz takes the final step on the podium.
42:35Best podium in my career, guys.
42:37You cannot imagine how this face.
42:39Come on, come on.
42:40Absolutely incredible.
42:41Come on.
42:41This is the beginning of something great.
42:45Thank you so much.
42:47This is my first smooth operation in Williams.
42:51Ah, not the last, not the last.
42:58P13 in the end.
42:59Time to take it.
43:00Well done on the list.
43:01Yeah, well done.
43:16I'm just really happy.
43:17I'm feeling that I'm just meant to be here,
43:19fighting for these podiums.
43:22I needed Williams, Williams needed me,
43:24and together we just feel in a good place.
43:28That's why I can call this a home
43:30and now we can start building on even better things.
43:35Well done.
43:36Thanks for coming down. Appreciate it.
43:37I'm not going to lie.
43:39I wish I was the one to score the podium,
43:41but to see the team get that result,
43:43to see how much they enjoy it.
43:45To share that moment with everyone was very special.
43:53What meant the world to me
43:55was seeing the team rewarded for their belief in me,
43:58their belief in our journey.
44:02It's showing them that we are on the right track
44:05and that our future is bright.
44:06We're on a good path.
44:14Mercedes and Ferrari are two teams
44:16that kind of have their ups and downs.
44:18Attack, keep up.
44:19Self-doubt can creep in.
44:21I feel very ashamed of my performance.
44:24Who's crying?
44:26It's crunch time.
44:27The most important thing is to never give up.
44:30Vegas is a mega event.
44:32We're one race in America we haven't won.
44:35Off to work.
44:37You guys arrived.
44:39It's after whatever I want to do.
44:40Fire!
44:42Landry's just dialed in, isn't he?
44:57Outro Music
45:27We'll see you next time.
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