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00:05It's going to be win number one in 2025 for Lando Norris.
00:09What up, mate? Here you are. Great job.
00:11From the moment the 2025 season began, McLaren looked unstoppable.
00:16It's a one-two for McLaren.
00:18Winning a championship is the thing I've worked on to achieve, you know, since I was a little boy.
00:23What is the ultimate ambition, world champion one day?
00:26It's me.
00:28Oscar Pierceley wins the Bahrain Grand Prix.
00:32At the moment it's a close battle between Lando and I.
00:34This might be my only opportunity to win a Drivers World Championship.
00:38Both can't win. One will come out second best.
00:40There can only be one champion. Somebody's going to have a heart broken, you know?
00:49But as McLaren's teammates focus seemingly solely on one another,
00:53Max Verstappen has been mounting the most incredible comeback.
00:58Good launch off the line from Pops into Piastri.
01:01It's going to be close.
01:02Verstappen throws round the outside.
01:04Takes the lead in spectacular fashion.
01:08Max Verstappen wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
01:12Yes, I'm fired.
01:15Max, attack!
01:17Max Verstappen is still the top dog.
01:20Brando Norris, he's gone wide! Verstappen leads him!
01:23From Norris!
01:24It wasn't many races ago that Max was more than a hundred points behind these guys.
01:30Yeah!
01:31Well done, Max. You've killed everyone today.
01:33Very nice to drive like that.
01:35That was very enjoyable.
01:37Max Verstappen keeps up his championship challenge.
01:42McLaren have made a critical error in their car setups.
01:45They're under investigation with FIA.
01:47Huge breaking news.
01:49They've run the car too low on the bumpy Vegas streets.
01:54Both McLarens have been disqualified.
01:57After the double disqualification, this world championship battle has been blown wide open.
02:04For Lando and Oscar, their hopes and their dreams could be shattered into a million pieces.
02:10Pressure's on Lando, right?
02:12I think so.
02:14And now, we head into the final two races with a three-way fight for the driver's title.
02:21Lando has everything to lose.
02:24Max, it will smell blood.
02:25Can Max complete an incredible comeback?
02:28Verstappen is a monster.
02:29He's the strong one.
02:30We have nothing to lose.
02:31Or is this the moment a new world champion rises?
02:56Good evening.
02:58How are we all?
02:59All okay?
03:00Welcome.
03:02Tonight, we are here to celebrate a powerhouse of motorsport.
03:06A leader, a hustler, now an author.
03:09the CEO of McLaren Racing, Zach Brown.
03:15What's the book about?
03:18Business, leadership, lessons, stuff.
03:21I was following the race at the weekend in Vegas.
03:24So I thought I'd get it out of the way at the start.
03:27How are you feeling?
03:35That sucked.
03:37A bit of an understatement.
03:39It was a shock getting the news that we'd been disqualified.
03:43We got the car set up wrong.
03:45A bad mistake.
03:46We've never claimed we're perfect.
03:49We try and be perfect, but we're fair.
03:51We rotate whose car we sabotage weekend to weekend.
03:55So we do everything totally fair.
03:57You've made a mistake.
03:59And to do anything to hurt our drivers getting a chance
04:02to win the Drivers' Championship, we felt pretty bad.
04:05How are both Oscar and Lando feeling about things?
04:08They're great.
04:10I, you know, I speak with them all the time.
04:14I've never once felt any tension in the room.
04:17Both guys have a great chance at winning the World Championship,
04:21but, you know, Max is like that guy in that horror movie
04:26that as soon as you thought he was done, he's back.
04:29Yeah, he's lurching back to life.
04:32Max is not a four-time world champion by accident.
04:35He never quits.
04:36He's right in the midst of things, so I'm concerned.
04:40We've put some pressure on ourselves.
04:43Just because a lot of people have asked this,
04:45shouldn't you be in Qatar?
04:49That's where I'm headed when we're done tomorrow morning.
04:53Thank you very much, Zach.
04:53Have a safe journey home.
04:54Good night.
04:55Cool.
04:55Thank you, everyone.
04:58Qatar will be a challenging weekend for us.
05:00No one can kind of afford not to have a good weekend.
05:05You worry about everything, you got to reset.
05:08It's about getting the drivers focused on the job at hand.
05:25Oh, delicious.
05:32No, I'm good.
05:32I've got my own food with me, actually.
05:38Yeah, so I'm...
05:40I don't know where to start.
05:42Vegas hurt me.
05:43Lost a lot of points.
05:45Should just never happen.
05:47What the hell was that?
05:49You know, Barry Yaga.
05:52I'm just never a person that will come in
05:53and blame the team first.
05:55But when you're against the best in the world,
05:57then it's not good enough.
05:59It puts you in quite a difficult position.
06:02It's all about just trying to win.
06:05Yeah.
06:06All we want to do is make sure
06:09that we don't decide the championship.
06:13Inadvertently, you guys have a tingling.
06:16Max goes on and wins.
06:17Oh, you know, and that's nice.
06:20After a double disqualification,
06:22Red Bull and Max are a threat.
06:24He's fighting for the championship.
06:25He's certainly going to be in it.
06:26And we have to perform perfectly
06:29to keep them out of it.
06:30I think there is a point when it's...
06:33We've done what we've had to do as a team.
06:35Yeah.
06:36Now it's the racing drivers.
06:38Let us go and do what we can to win the race.
06:41Yeah.
06:42I think we're all mature enough
06:43to acknowledge I could win big
06:45or I could lose.
06:48McLaren are feeling the heat from Verstappen.
06:51The double disqualification in Vegas
06:54is only going to ramp up the pressure on everyone.
06:56Everything is now under the microscope.
06:58You cannot afford any more errors.
07:11Nowadays, you can't say shit in the pedal.
07:14Heading into Qatar, Max is now tied with Oskar.
07:17Good race.
07:18And Lando is just 24 points ahead.
07:27Ultimately, it's never a good thing having a result.
07:29We had, in Vegas, another tense moment in the year.
07:33But the best way of keeping my hopes
07:35in as good a shape as I can
07:36is trying to go out and win
07:37and get the best results again.
07:39Oskar.
07:40What?
07:41I tried to piss-pock to me about this.
07:43Oh, sorry.
07:45What do you think about
07:46the double disqualification for McLaren?
07:49I think great.
07:49A few extra points for me,
07:51so I was happy about it.
07:53Both cars being disqualified
07:54is obviously a big setback for them,
07:56which makes Max come closer,
07:58uncomfortably closer.
08:02Huge moment for the championship,
08:04for McLaren.
08:05A little bit questionable.
08:07Max is going to enjoy that,
08:08and, yeah,
08:10not a good thing for Oskar or Lando.
08:13Clearly, the pressure is super high.
08:15Lando has everything to lose.
08:17Max and Oskar have nothing to lose.
08:18Will Lando be bricking it?
08:21Everyone would be bricking it.
08:24Max, just get your reaction
08:26to what happened
08:26with the double DSQ for the McLarens.
08:29Of course,
08:30the gap closed a bit with that.
08:33Still 24 points,
08:35but it's definitely a better chance
08:38than what it was before that.
08:39But, you know,
08:41we go all in.
08:41We have nothing to lose.
08:43If it was anyone else,
08:45you'd say it was impossible.
08:47But this is Max.
08:48He lives for the impossible.
08:50To overturn
08:52more than 100 points,
08:54and with two races to go,
08:56you just feel
08:58it's his.
09:01You good?
09:02Yeah, mate.
09:03I'm in control.
09:04Okay.
09:05Lovely times.
09:14We could be standing
09:16on the brink of history.
09:18Lando Norris
09:18can clinch the title tonight
09:20over his teammate
09:22and rival,
09:22Oscar Piastri.
09:24Max Verstappen
09:24will not back down either.
09:27My goodness me,
09:28I've got goosebumps.
09:29Feeling good?
09:30Yeah.
09:31In Las Vegas,
09:32we'd made a mistake,
09:34but I expect Lando
09:35and Oscar
09:36to bounce back.
09:38See you on the grid, dude.
09:40I think that we need
09:40to set everything
09:41up to a step higher.
09:42In Qatar,
09:43we're hoping that
09:44by closing a bit
09:46that gap,
09:47McLaren,
09:47they will start
09:48to feel a bit more pressure.
09:50Leave it one minute.
09:51That's all right.
09:52And as a result,
09:53they will make mistakes.
09:55It's one thing to dominate.
09:56It's another thing
09:57to feel the pressure
09:58of your competitors.
09:59Oscar Piastri
10:00has pole.
10:01At the moment,
10:02it's a close battle.
10:03I'm not ultimately
10:04concerned with whether
10:05I have an edge or not.
10:06I'm focused on trying
10:08to win the
10:08Drivers World Championship.
10:11Norris is in second place
10:12alongside his teammate
10:13Oscar Piastri.
10:15I've got to be on top
10:16of everything
10:17at all times.
10:18As soon as you relax
10:19one little bit
10:20in any area,
10:22you can pay the price
10:23and it can be costly.
10:24We need to win.
10:25We're going to stop
10:26making mistakes.
10:28Max Verstappen
10:29will start third tonight.
10:31We are here.
10:32I am in this fight still
10:35but at the same time,
10:36it needs some severe
10:37bad luck or mistake
10:39for me to be fully
10:40in the fight.
10:42We need a good start.
10:43We need something.
10:45Yeah, boy.
10:46Well, this could get excited.
10:48Everyone in position.
10:50Three contenders
10:51for the title.
10:52If Lando wins tonight,
10:53he's champion of the world.
10:57But if either Piastri
10:59or Verstappen
11:00finish ahead of him,
11:01this title fight
11:02will go all the way
11:04to the final race
11:05in Abu Dhabi.
11:18Nice.
11:19Oh, let's go on back.
11:28Very good overtake, Max.
11:30Fantastic.
11:31A2.
11:32Yeah.
11:35Come on, Maxi.
11:37And Max Verstappen
11:39ahead by turn one.
11:41Come on, Lando.
11:42Lando, keep it up.
11:43He'd like to try
11:44and give it a go
11:45on Verstappen.
11:46Confirmed.
11:49Race leader,
11:50Oscar Piastri,
11:51trying to win
11:51his first Grand Prix
11:52for three months.
11:54Everything looks good
11:55outside, Oscar.
11:56Cricket on Verstappen,
11:57fast back.
11:58Pace is great.
11:59Good job.
12:01It's a pretty fast-paced race,
12:03but being able
12:03to get comfortable
12:04with it pretty quickly.
12:06There's still a lot
12:06that can happen,
12:07but so far,
12:08so good.
12:10Piastri is still fighting
12:12for his own championship.
12:16Gap to Piastri
12:17per head, Max.
12:18Two seconds.
12:192K up today.
12:21I don't think
12:22about losing.
12:22That's not in my head.
12:24I think about
12:24how to win.
12:25The start was decent,
12:27so this is a very good
12:28opportunity now
12:29for us to win the race.
12:33Whoa.
12:36We're struggling
12:37in the last week.
12:50fucking unbelievable.
12:52I gave him loads of space.
12:55You're okay, Nico?
12:58I'm fucking stuck.
13:00They're not going to clean
13:01that car away
13:02very quickly.
13:04There are 50 laps to go
13:05and the safety car is out.
13:08It's going to be interesting.
13:13I feel the unboxing
13:14are staying out
13:15on the standby.
13:17If drivers want
13:18to take a pit stop
13:19behind the safety car,
13:21they can do so.
13:22I think we have to stay out
13:24because it's been a secret.
13:28OK, we're staying out
13:29to stay out.
13:31If he's staying out.
13:33I feel like I'm kidding, right?
13:34Is Oscar a pit stop?
13:36OK, I'll do it.
13:38What are we doing?
13:39We're staying out.
13:44Box and pick and fair, Max.
13:46Box, pick and fair.
13:47Copy.
13:49These tyres cannot do
13:50more than 25 laps per set,
13:52so it's a two-stop race.
13:55For us,
13:56taking the pit stop
13:58was an automatic decision.
14:01Verstappen happy
14:02to roll the dice.
14:03Pitting under the safety car
14:04essentially means
14:05a free pit stop.
14:07Box now,
14:08it's a very busy pit lane.
14:09A whole bunch of cars
14:11coming in.
14:11Most of the field,
14:12it looks like.
14:14Also fitted off.
14:15Everyone has fitted now,
14:17other than the two McLarens.
14:19And now,
14:19McLaren have the entire pack
14:21behind them
14:21on fresh tyres.
14:22We should have just
14:23followed him in there.
14:25If you knew the car
14:26ahead was staying out.
14:27It's never a nice moment
14:28to win the entire field
14:30as an opposite strategy,
14:32so I'm concerned.
14:33Are we in trouble here?
14:35We will see
14:36whether there was
14:36the record or not.
14:39Complete disaster
14:40for McLaren.
14:40They've now got to make
14:42an extra pit stop
14:43over Verstappen
14:44before the end
14:44of this race.
14:46They've got to build
14:47an enormous gap
14:48to undo the damage here.
14:49When you're under
14:50so much pressure,
14:52it's not the stakes.
14:55Expect McLaren
14:56to push hard
14:57on the restart.
14:58Yeah.
15:00Safety car in
15:00this lap.
15:03Here we go.
15:06Safety car in.
15:17We're racing again
15:19out of McLaren
15:20with so much work to do.
15:22You are free to push.
15:24I can't let them
15:25vote you far away.
15:26Do what you can,
15:27obviously, Max.
15:29This is a bit of the race
15:30where we need to be
15:31quick comebacks.
15:32What kind of players
15:33do we need?
15:34We need to be
15:35more than a second
15:36faster than Verstappen.
15:38Right on.
15:40Piastri leads this
15:41primary with Norris
15:43in second,
15:44then Verstappen
15:45in third.
15:46He's going to have
15:46the race lead
15:47when the McLaren
15:48stop.
15:50They've blown
15:51this massively.
15:52It's a pivotal
15:53moment in the
15:54World Championship
15:55with 15 laps to go.
15:57Okay, Oscar,
15:57tire update, please.
15:59Strobeling a bit now.
16:00Copy.
16:01Let's do it.
16:02It's like, box, box.
16:07Max, good pace.
16:08Captain Norris
16:09wants it.
16:10Yeah, this feels good.
16:15Rando, box,
16:16do that, please, box.
16:20That's currently P1.
16:22Yeah, yeah.
16:25Bring it home, man.
16:26Take the car.
16:27Stay there.
16:31Rando could be
16:32close to Car's exit.
16:34Antonelli
16:34and Sainz.
16:35They'll be ahead of us.
16:40Norris,
16:41have you got any people?
16:43Right,
16:43what we need for?
16:45Max,
16:46plenty of gap now
16:47for Norris
16:47and Piatri,
16:48so we'll fall down.
16:49Last lap.
16:52I think Norris
16:53will serve
16:54going to pass
16:54to Antonelli
16:55with the pace
16:55we're doing.
16:58Come on, Lando.
16:59Let's go and get Antonelli.
17:11Antonelli has gone wide
17:13and Lando Norris
17:14moves up
17:14into fourth place.
17:16And that's two
17:16very precious
17:17extra points there
17:18for Lando Norris.
17:19How crucial
17:20could they be
17:21come the final
17:22reckoning?
17:24Regardless of that,
17:25we will fight
17:26to the end, man.
17:29Yes,
17:30somebody in both.
17:31That was
17:31a very lovely race.
17:34Max Verstappen
17:35wins
17:35the Qatar Grand Prix
17:37and the fight
17:38for the title
17:39will go
17:40to the final race.
17:42Staying in it,
17:43great jump as well.
17:44We're done, Max.
17:45Never a foot wrong,
17:46magic pace,
17:48let the other guys
17:49does the mistakes.
17:52Yeah,
17:52it's really boiled up
17:53for that goal.
17:55They've been with us.
17:57They threw the fucking
17:58win away.
17:59Get in the win.
18:00It's fucking embarrassing.
18:01Just gave everything away.
18:02Check the flag, Oscar.
18:04Check the flag.
18:05Astri comes home
18:06in second
18:07and that now means
18:09he's behind Max Verstappen
18:10in the driver's standings.
18:13Norris finishes
18:14in fourth.
18:15This could have been
18:17the coronation.
18:18he was dreaming
18:19of being world champion
18:20tonight.
18:21Painful.
18:22Painful.
18:26Species.
18:28Yes?
18:30Yes, I don't,
18:31I don't have any words.
18:34We made a wrong decision today.
18:37That's clear.
18:41You know,
18:42obviously it hurts
18:42at the moment.
18:43It's another weekend
18:44where something's
18:46just not going our way.
18:47It does hurt.
18:51Another mistake.
18:53A highly visible mistake.
18:56Very disappointing
18:57coming off of Vegas.
19:01We stuck to our plan.
19:02I don't think the team
19:03expected everyone to box.
19:05The safety car.
19:06Was it the right call?
19:10No.
19:13Why didn't you beat
19:14like all the other drivers?
19:17Because we did
19:18what we thought was best.
19:20It hurts the team,
19:21I think.
19:22We looked like idiots.
19:31You think I still go see the drivers
19:33or let them be?
19:35I don't know.
19:38I don't feel like
19:39I'm saying sorry to them.
19:42McLaren's decision
19:43to go against
19:44the prevailing wisdom
19:46of every team
19:47in that pit lane
19:49is baffling.
19:51You could imagine
19:52a driver losing
19:52a bit of faith,
19:54a bit of confidence.
19:54We just can't afford
19:55any more mistakes
19:56because they're getting
19:57pretty costly.
19:58OK, that's your phone.
19:59I want that phone.
20:00You win next week.
20:03I do want to go
20:04talk to the drivers.
20:05Um, yeah.
20:08If it had been
20:09anyone else who won,
20:10it wouldn't have been
20:10quite so bad.
20:12The errors compounding
20:14Vegas, Qatar.
20:16With one race left,
20:18it couldn't be
20:19much more
20:20of a disastrous outcome.
20:23Believe it.
20:23Believe it.
20:24Believe it.
20:25Believe it.
20:25Believe it.
20:27We dominated the race.
20:30It was a very
20:31significant win.
20:33It has a big influence
20:34on the championship.
20:36Anything can happen
20:37in a race
20:38like it showed today.
20:39It was just
20:39a mistake of not
20:40boxing both of them.
20:42Max Verstappen
20:43has won the Qatar Grand Prix.
20:45Very happy.
20:46I know, of course,
20:46the gap came down
20:47quite a bit.
20:48We're in it
20:48and it will
20:49keep it interesting.
20:51Max, ahead of this race,
20:53Zac Brown
20:53described you
20:54as a guy
20:55in a horror movie
20:55that keeps coming
20:56back effectively.
20:57Do you think
20:57you're a little bit
20:58in McLaren's heads
21:00and you've gotten
21:00scrambled and that's
21:01why they're making
21:02these sort of mistakes?
21:04You can call me Chucky.
21:15How are you doing?
21:17I'm all right.
21:18Yeah?
21:18Yeah.
21:20Yeah, I'm good.
21:21I'm good.
21:21Loving life.
21:22I can't complain, can I?
21:26I'm fighting against Max.
21:28The driver, I think,
21:28is probably the best ever
21:30in Formula One.
21:31It's difficult.
21:33In Qatar,
21:34I was downbeat
21:35because I lost some points
21:36in the championship
21:37just thrown away.
21:40We messed it up
21:41and he did a good race.
21:42They're doing a very good job
21:44and we did quite the opposite.
21:46Like, do I think
21:47I'm quick enough?
21:48Yeah.
21:49But, er,
21:51I need to do it
21:52when it counts.
21:53That's the only thing.
21:56It's not like
21:57I'm scared of losing,
21:58let's say.
21:59It's more
22:00the effect of losing,
22:01which is the disappointment.
22:04Yeah.
22:05It's just difficult.
22:07Better get going.
22:09Cheers, mate.
22:13Ah.
22:15Going into Abu Dhabi,
22:17I hope I don't have
22:19to find out
22:19what it means
22:20to not come out
22:21on top
22:22at the end of the season.
22:33We meet again
22:35in Abu Dhabi
22:36for an F1 title decider.
22:40With three drivers
22:42in contention,
22:43only one can triumph.
22:46Who will be?
22:47The champion of the world.
22:49I think this is Lando's to lose,
22:51but it's the last race
22:53of the season
22:53with a lot of championship pressure
22:54and that always results
22:56in a fantastic last race.
22:57Here you go, buddy.
22:59I think it's going to be Lando
23:01to win or Max and Lando
23:02to crash and Oscars.
23:03And then there's Oscars.
23:04Yeah.
23:05Now in the final race
23:07of the season.
23:08Oscars looks to third
23:09in the drivers' championship.
23:11Max moves up to second
23:12and finds himself
23:14just 12 points
23:15behind Lando
23:16with one race
23:17remaining in Abu Dhabi.
23:19Yeah.
23:22All Lando has to do
23:23this weekend
23:24is finish on the podium.
23:25First, second, or third.
23:26He's champion.
23:29But right now,
23:29if you're a betting man,
23:32it's Max's.
23:34Because the unthinkable,
23:37the improbable,
23:40now has a very realistic chance
23:42of happening.
23:45So McLaren had a trip up
23:46in Qatar.
23:48And Max knows how
23:49to get the most out
23:50of his team.
23:51So you can't bank against that.
23:53Maybe Oscar can be on the top.
23:54He's just very, very calm.
23:56So through the highs,
23:58he's calm.
23:59Through the lows, he's calm.
24:00Who's your money on this weekend?
24:03Hmm, probably Lando, I guess.
24:06I'm not going to be
24:06putting money on it.
24:07I don't think that's legal.
24:10Well, hope Max wins.
24:11He's in a hunt
24:12and he has a good chance
24:14that he can win.
24:16In this moment,
24:17Norris has an advantage.
24:19But when Stapa is a monster,
24:21he's a strong one.
24:22There's nothing to lose.
24:23I've been reflecting on it
24:24and thought,
24:25which way do I think
24:25it's going to go?
24:27Can't call it.
24:27It's going to be
24:28a banging showstopper.
24:32It's perfectly poised,
24:33isn't it?
24:34It's as though
24:35the racing gods
24:36had written the script for us.
24:38It's either the racing gods
24:39or Netflix,
24:39but somebody scripted it.
24:45We're calm.
24:46I think we're calm.
24:47I'm not sure I'm calm.
24:49I'm calm.
24:50I'm portraying that I'm calm.
24:52It gets very,
24:54very intense.
24:56Being in the lead,
24:57you're more of a mindset
24:57of don't mess it up.
24:59Mm-hmm.
24:59And that's where Max
25:00will have an advantage
25:02in that he's...
25:03Done this.
25:04Done this four times.
25:06It'll be interesting
25:06to see what Lando's like.
25:07Oscar's chilled.
25:09I mean, Oscar can definitely
25:10win this thing.
25:10Yeah.
25:11It's why I always hate
25:12with, like,
25:13three laps to go,
25:14you know,
25:14in the commentary
25:15when they start talking
25:16as if it's, like,
25:17all over.
25:18And you're like...
25:20I've seen Lewis
25:21go from losing
25:22to winning the world championship
25:23in a corner
25:23on the last lap.
25:25That's what makes sport cool.
25:27Unless you're the one
25:28on the wall.
25:30This conversation's
25:31making me more nervous.
25:33Losing the championship
25:34would be devastating.
25:36But to come all this way
25:38to fall short,
25:39I don't even want
25:40to think about it.
25:47Excuse me, guys.
25:49Good luck.
25:50Good luck, guys.
25:53Here we go, then.
25:54The fight
25:54for the 2025 world title
25:57is about to begin.
26:01Radio check.
26:02Yep.
26:03Radio check.
26:04Excellent.
26:05Hard and clear.
26:05Yep, hard and clear.
26:07I'm always a bit nervous
26:08before Pauly.
26:08I want to be on pole
26:10and I feel like
26:11I have to be on pole
26:11to make my life easier
26:13on Sunday.
26:16Lando and Sally
26:17is kind of behind you.
26:18He's approaching
26:19turn six now.
26:23It looks like
26:24tense, tense
26:25driving from Lando,
26:26doesn't it?
26:28Here comes Piastri
26:30who goes faster
26:32by some margin.
26:34Better put the wind up him.
26:35What a statement
26:36that is.
26:38Okay, Max.
26:40Currently.
26:41Yep.
26:42Go on, dude.
26:42It's going to need
26:43something mighty
26:43from the two McLaren boys
26:45to be that.
26:46So, if we can help
26:47with the kind of confidence
26:48on the brakes.
26:49No, it's not that.
26:50I think I'm just
26:51doing a shit job.
26:55I feel like stressed.
26:56I put myself under pressure
26:58because I do a crappy life.
27:01Put myself down
27:02because of it.
27:03To put yourself
27:03in a kind of
27:04a better position
27:05and a better mindset
27:06to set things off
27:07in the right direction again.
27:08You've got to think now.
27:09Can't think of the past anymore.
27:13Lando Norris
27:14currently finds himself
27:15third fastest.
27:21We currently feel
27:22P2.
27:23Copy.
27:26Can you update
27:27as you get up ahead?
27:29Norris,
27:30three seconds.
27:32Keep on it.
27:43Norris,
27:44a tenth faster
27:45than Piastri
27:46in the middle sector
27:47of this lab.
27:50Here comes Piastri.
27:52Crosses the line.
27:54P3.
27:55Well, that wasn't
27:56much left at now
27:57once, so thanks.
28:03I think we are
28:04P2.
28:09That's the whole
28:10position, folks.
28:12Let's talk and go, guys.
28:14Let's see.
28:16Yes.
28:18Unbelievable speed, Max.
28:19Just pure speed.
28:21Mega.
28:22Yeah, fantastic work, guys.
28:23Let's have some fun
28:24out there tomorrow.
28:28Obviously, you know,
28:29I didn't have a great
28:29qualifying.
28:32Yeah, it was a tough one.
28:44Yeah, hello.
28:44Can I get your attention with our
28:46man of the moment, world
28:48championship leader, Mr. Norris?
28:57Yeah, it was a big day for all of us.
28:59I mean, this is, like, the biggest day of my life.
29:02I think when someone asks me how much I want to win a world championship, it's been my dream, right,
29:06since I was a kid.
29:06So everything I do is aimed at trying to be the best in the world.
29:10For Max to win, he needs to finish first, and I need to finish fourth.
29:14So it could be a day of games in many ways.
29:17He's not going to just try and win, I'm going to guess.
29:19He's going to see what he can do to disrupt things, cause havoc, cause chaos, and we just
29:25need to be ready for that.
29:26I mean, the exciting part is I'm calling our strategy.
29:30Yeah.
29:32That's the worrying part, yeah.
29:34We have to avoid making mistakes with the strategy stuff.
29:38I don't know what I'd be saying or thinking if I don't win.
29:42It's a horrible thought.
29:43I don't expect any drivers taking each other out to decide the world championship.
29:49Unless you have to.
29:50No.
29:53Okay, I'll see you on the grid, and let's kick some ass.
29:57All right.
29:57Cheers, guys.
29:58See you later.
30:04Philando, with the expectation that's really rested on his shoulders since he joined McLaren,
30:08the fact that he was pitched from the outset as a potential champion, this should have been his season.
30:15But motor racing is a mind game, and you're going up against one of the all-time greats.
30:21It's a question to Max.
30:23How are you dealing with the pressure?
30:25I'm very relaxed.
30:27I mean, trophy looks the same.
30:30You know, I have four of those at home, so it's nice to add a fifth.
30:34Just wanted to know if the parents are here.
30:37No, parents are not here.
30:39I mean, I didn't really plan to be in the title fight until the end, so, yeah, here we are.
30:45We're seeing a very different Max Verstappen, and it's joyous, unless your name is Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri.
30:55Because an unrestrained, carefree Max Verstappen is absolutely fucking terrifying.
31:03Welcome, Max.
31:05How's it going?
31:06How are we doing?
31:06We've got to put in the shade for you.
31:08I'm sitting here?
31:08Yes, please, in the shade.
31:09I thought you might like to stay slightly cooler.
31:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:12It's quite hot already.
31:14Luckily, the race is, of course, in the evening, so that helps.
31:18It's much better.
31:21Max, if you win the championship, will this go down as your greatest win?
31:26I think definitely the most unexpected one.
31:28But then also, it's like, there is no pressure.
31:30Like, of course, you know, if it happens, then that's insane.
31:34If it doesn't happen, we can still be very happy with what we have done the last few races, so.
31:39Pressure's on Lando, though, right?
31:41I think so.
31:44I'm in a good space, you know, like, it's not this, like, do or die.
31:47Right? But at the same time, I still want to win, and that's why I'm here.
31:52You seem tougher mentally than those guys.
31:55Do you try to play mind games with them in interviews in the press to, like, plant a seed, like,
32:01I'm an animal and you're not?
32:04Yeah, I mean, I've done it now the last few races a little bit because it irritates them, you know,
32:10so.
32:11Yeah, I don't mind it.
32:12For me, like, it's all fun and games anyway.
32:16Right.
32:16You shouldn't take everything too serious.
32:19We are not going to change our approach now.
32:21We have been saying race after race.
32:23If there is an opportunity, Max is going to take it.
32:27He's an extraordinary champion, and, you know, Max will have a good chance.
32:31Good luck, Max.
32:31Yep, thank you.
32:32Good luck today, guys.
32:34Enjoy.
32:39How's he feeling?
32:40Not as confident as me and you would be.
32:42Fuck no.
32:44You've been mega all weekend.
32:47Rinse and repeat.
32:49Just what you did last year.
32:53All right.
32:55Have fun.
33:01Rinse and repeat.
33:07All right, all good?
33:08Yeah.
33:08We're ready.
33:10How's Carfield?
33:11Hopefully it's been better today.
33:25You're about to witness one of these drivers have the greatest day of their career.
33:30The sport's biggest prize is up for grabs.
33:39Max Verstappen is going to push the McLarens all the way, and he starts the final race of the season
33:45from pole.
33:46Victory would complete the greatest comeback in the history of Formula One.
33:52McLaren second with Lando Norris, and third with Oscar Piastri.
33:56Max is in whatever he gets to win the race.
33:58What's happening behind is what's happening behind.
34:00No control over that.
34:02See you on a grid, do you do?
34:03Have fun.
34:06I think in Formula One, we know it's not over until it's over.
34:09Shipping your pants?
34:10Yes.
34:12We have to go out and win this championship, not expect Max to falter.
34:20Verstappen must make the podium to have any chance.
34:24Piastri must be in the top two.
34:27And if Lando Norris is to win his first world championship, he has to finish on the podium.
34:35We'll see how the race pans out.
34:40Till either Lando or Max cross the line in front of me, I've still got a chance of winning the
34:44title.
34:44That I need things to happen in the race to win the championship.
34:48But funny things can happen.
34:53When pressure is high, normally I perform, because I enjoy that.
34:58I'm going to try to win the race.
35:00If I need to attack, I'll attack.
35:02Because I have nothing to lose, so what can happen?
35:05Either second or third, or you win.
35:08That would be fantastic.
35:11It's always tough, and it's never going to be easy.
35:15It could be my only chance of winning a championship.
35:20Absolutely breaking it.
35:22It is time to crown a champion!
35:25Yeah.
35:38Oscar, just behind.
35:41Yes.
35:44Max and Lando, to head.
35:51Overtake available.
36:03Good job.
36:04Neil P2.
36:06Verstappen's ahead of you.
36:10That's Oscar ahead of us.
36:12We should use a bit more pace.
36:16As expected, the field is very close.
36:19The car behind now Piastri.
36:21Yep.
36:22Leclerc, he's a couple of seconds behind Norris.
36:25This pace is mega.
36:27Well done.
36:28Go ahead, Norris.
36:30Go for it.
36:34It's very fine.
36:36Leclerc, we have 0.6.
36:38With Max and Lando in the lead, Lando must finish P3 to be crowned world champion.
36:45And Leclerc will have DRS, he's 0.6.
36:48Go for it.
36:56DRS enabled.
36:57Copy.
37:07Good job, Oscar.
37:08Let's see if we can start putting the staff in under pressure.
37:10Copy.
37:13Lando, box this lap, please.
37:15Box this lap.
37:16Copy.
37:18Max Charles, box.
37:20Copy.
37:21Both Lando and Charles are pitting for new tyres.
37:24McLaren have to get this right so that Lando stays ahead of Leclerc.
37:31We have a plan.
37:33Everyone's laser focused.
37:36We can't make any mistakes.
37:42I'll be close at exit.
37:45The field spread is incredibly tight.
37:47Yep.
37:49So it's got Lando pitted, but there's quite a lot of traffic in front of him.
37:52Copy.
38:02Norris has extinct pits behind us.
38:05Yep, copy that.
38:06Lando finds himself all the way back in ninth after his pit stop.
38:10He has to get back to third to win the world championship.
38:13So Norris is followed by Antonelli, Sainz, Stroll and Lawson.
38:18Also soon over.
38:23Norris is 45 behind.
38:25Copy that.
38:34Max of a pace cube.
38:36Norris still behind Antonelli, Max.
38:39The longest ever.
38:44This race is not going the way I need it to.
38:47But I can't let this championship just slip away.
38:51Because I fought as hard as I could fight for it.
38:55Good job.
38:59All cars still today.
39:02Sainz is the next car.
39:09Nois, first car behind you.
39:11Do not go offline for noise.
39:13Copy.
39:17Come on, Carlos, be a friend.
39:21I've been teammates with Lando, but I'm not trying to help the McLaren.
39:26I'm just focusing on making zero mistakes.
39:29He's going to struggle to pass me.
39:34The pace is really good.
39:36Three cars to go.
39:39Lando past Sainz and he's moving through the traffic.
39:42Trying to find his way through.
39:45Keep doing what you're doing.
39:47You got this.
39:48You got this.
39:52Norris close behind a new hard.
39:55I can't be the fucking best now.
40:00Behind his throat there is Norris.
40:02Yeah.
40:03Let's do our best.
40:04Fuck it.
40:15Just tee it up, Damien.
40:17Just tee it up.
40:18Just tee it up, Damien.
40:21Just tee it up.
40:23Vando takes two cars in one corner and is up to fourth.
40:29Verstappen and Piastri are leading this race, but it will not matter if Norris can climb.
40:35Dwayne in third position.
40:39Our next call will be Fred Aider.
40:49We expect Norris to fit one lap.
40:52All he can when he catches.
41:01Any concern they do something really dirty?
41:06Let's set out our head.
41:14Car behind now, Norris.
41:19I'm looking.
41:22Try and get it, mate.
41:24I can see you, Ki.
41:31I know they're pretty quick in the straight.
41:34But I'm on fresher tyres.
41:36I have to get past.
41:42Here comes Lando Norris.
41:44And he gets pushed!
41:45Completely off the track!
41:46Oh, my!
41:48You're gonna have to look at that, because was he all four wheels off the track?
41:53He's over the white line.
41:55You have to get that back, you know?
41:58That was fucking bullshit.
42:00The stewards are reviewing the incident between Norris and Tsunoda.
42:04This is a huge decision.
42:05That was classic level shit-hacker.
42:11Very dangerous.
42:19I think they are debating.
42:22I can't believe in the longest place.
42:28Hey, Ki, we have been given a five-second penalty for moving twice on the defence of Norris.
42:33So, what?
42:35How much penalty?
42:37Five seconds.
42:39Fucking dickhead.
42:42A massive moment for McLaren.
42:44No penalty for Norris.
42:46My heart didn't need that.
42:51Oscar, Lando's now P3 up to Verstappen 22.
42:57Verstappen is way out in front.
42:59Oscar's title challenge is all but over.
43:01Lando must now hold on to P3 to win the World Championship.
43:04So, Lando, two-eighths behind us.
43:07Leclerc at two.
43:08Then you've got Tsunoda at 11.9.
43:11Confirmed.
43:13Just keeping on Leclerc behind.
43:16Yup.
43:24Charles Leclerc is gaining ground on Lando Norris.
43:30The only thing that is in my head is what can I do?
43:34For the best interest of Ferrari.
43:36I could potentially ruin the party.
43:38And make the last race a bit more exciting.
43:45Leclerc is pushing turn two and three more than we are.
43:48Let's have a hundred percent pace, please.
43:49Hundred percent pace.
43:56Why am I so through the streets?
43:59Nothing obvious yet on that side.
44:06Two laps remaining.
44:07Two laps remaining.
44:08First chance catching it.
44:10Leclerc has fallen behind him.
44:13Laps, you have given everything.
44:15You can be proud of it, I mean.
44:23Keep building this gap on Leclerc.
44:26Two laps to go on.
44:33The second to last lap.
44:35I'm getting close.
44:36This is almost about to happen.
44:41All of a sudden, suddenly you have flashbacks.
44:51Different moments from the very beginning.
44:55Hi, I'm Lando Norris.
44:56I'm the Open champion.
44:58I don't want to stop myself from trying to think of it.
45:00Even though I'm not there yet.
45:04Just such a long journey.
45:05Which is what makes it so special.
45:09Then, the final lap.
45:12Trying to take everything in.
45:15This is the biggest moment of my life.
45:19Lando Norris, he's the Formula One world champion!
45:30Lando, this is Zach from McLaren.
45:33Is this the world champion hotline?
45:35Yeah.
45:37You did it!
45:38You did it!
45:39Awesome!
45:44Oh, shit.
45:46Oh, my God.
45:48You made it extremely true.
45:49Thanks so much.
45:52I love you guys.
45:53Thanks for everything.
45:54You deserve it.
45:56I love you, Mum.
45:57I love you to have.
45:59Thanks for everything.
46:02I'm not crying.
46:15Good job, mate.
46:16It's a P5 and P2 in the constructors.
46:20I've got the job done.
46:21Let's go again.
46:22Thanks, Ian.
46:23I'm proud to beat Ferrari.
46:25A tough competition between the two teams.
46:27It will always exist.
46:29The great racers.
46:31You put it.
46:32You're behind us.
46:35I'll always fight for you guys.
46:36Always.
46:37That's it for me.
46:39I love Lewis.
46:40I love Lewis.
46:40I have so much respect for him.
46:41But I think it's no secret.
46:43He's having a bit of a stinker.
46:44And it's a bit tough to see.
46:47Thank you, Carlos, for an amazing first season together.
46:50Happy P5.
46:51Let's go build a man next year.
46:52Thank you, guys.
46:53Yeah, very good year.
46:54Congrats.
46:55It's unusual for a team to bounce from ninth to fifth.
46:58Well done, Alex.
46:59There's a lot more to come.
47:01I can't wait.
47:02Thank you, James.
47:03But it's exponentially harder to be in the top three.
47:06And that's the bit that I'm really focused on now.
47:09Great job on your part, man.
47:10Just want to say thanks for the last 24 races.
47:13Thank you, guys.
47:14A little bad season.
47:15There's been so much momentum gained throughout the course of the season.
47:19So many highs and lows all the way through it.
47:21I mean, it's been a roller coaster.
47:24Well, let's keep this car away from my side next year, please.
47:28Don't want to see it anymore.
47:31We need a completely new car.
47:34Completely new 26, you know what I mean?
47:37It's got to be a little bit boring.
47:39No burnouts.
47:40Sure.
47:48Yeah!
47:50Yeah!
47:51Feel unbelievably relieved.
47:56To win the drivers is awesome.
47:59Couldn't be happier for Lando.
48:01Max is one of the greatest drivers of all time.
48:04Drives for an unbelievable team.
48:06So to beat him, you know you've done an awesome job.
48:10So I think it does feel sweeter.
48:13For Oscar, I know there's momentary disappointment.
48:17But he's going to be a world champion.
48:19I guarantee it.
48:20Last year, we became a constructor world champion.
48:25And this year we have double winners!
48:32It's hugely significant.
48:34McLaren have gone from the bottom to the top
48:37to win back-to-back constructors championships
48:40and crown a drivers champion.
48:41So what that means is we're the best team in the business
48:45with the best driver Lando!
48:50I mean, it's incredible because it's the thing,
48:55it's the thing all of us worked on to achieve, you know,
48:59it's the first time since I was a little boy.
49:01I had amazing parents that gave me the opportunity
49:04to do exactly what I wanted to do.
49:07Never lose this mind.
49:08Never lose this mind.
49:10We did it and that's a pretty cool thing to say.
49:192026.
49:21A new dawn for Formula One.
49:24New set of regulations.
49:26New engines.
49:27New car designs.
49:28It's a clean sheet of paper.
49:29I think this is probably the biggest rule change
49:31we've ever gone through.
49:32A new team in Cadillac.
49:33You deserve to be back in the car.
49:35I think in Valtteri, in Checo,
49:37we've got this perfect combination of experience and talent.
49:40The arrival of Audi replacing Sauber.
49:43What I'm hoping that we've seen today is an iconic team.
49:47One that's forever Audi Formula One.
49:49A new teammate for Max Verstappen once again.
49:52What the fuck am I doing here, you know?
49:58Which means Yuki's been replaced.
50:01Not sure it's fair, to be honest.
50:04Liam Lawson will be racing with Visa Kashuk Racing Bulls in 2026.
50:10And Aston Martin have employed the man responsible for designing
50:13every great racing car that Max Verstappen has ever driven.
50:16Morning, Adrian.
50:17Adrian's a unicorn.
50:18We have the ability to be the next greatest Formula One World Championship team.
50:23We'll give it our best shot.
50:26McLaren may have the fastest car this year,
50:28but they might not be on top for long.
50:33What the hell is going on now?
50:37Touching me.
50:40Touching me.
50:41Touching me.
50:45Sweet Caroline.
50:48Fuck! Fuck!
50:49Your tongue's never seen so good.
50:53Soccer! Soccer!
50:55Soccer!
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