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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 ok?
03:00Welcome.
03:02Tonight,
03:03we are here to celebrate a powerhouse of motorsport.
03:06A leader, a hustler.
03:08Now an author.
03:09The CEO of Mski.
03:10McLaren Racing, Zac 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, and to do anything
04:00to hurt our drivers getting the 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.
04:29He'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.
04:39We'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.
05:23What is that?
05:24Oh, delicious.
05:32No, I'm good.
05:32I've got my own food with me, actually.
05:37Um...
05:38Yeah, so I'm...
05:40I don't know where I start.
05:42Vegas hurt me.
05:43Lost a lot of points.
05:45Should just never happen.
05:47What the hell was that?
05:49A little berry yogurt.
05:52I'm just never the person that will come in and 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 that 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.
06:19After a double disqualification, Red 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 to keep them out of it.
06:31I think there is a point when it's...
06:33We've done what we've had to do as a team.
06:35Yeah.
06:35Now it's the racing drivers.
06:39Let us go and do what we can to win the race.
06:41Yeah.
06:42I think we're all mature enough to acknowledge,
06:44I could win big or I could lose.
06:48McLaren are feeling the heat from Verstappen.
06:51The double disqualification in Vegas is only going to ramp up the pressure on everyone.
06:56Everything is now under the microscope.
06:58You cannot afford any more errors.
07:09Oh, I have to be careful of that too many cameras.
07:12Nowadays, you can't say shit in the pedal.
07:14Heading into Qatar, Max is now tied with Oscar.
07:17Good race.
07:18And Lando is just 24 points ahead.
07:27Ultimately, it's never a good thing having a result.
07:30We had in Vegas another tense moment in the year.
07:33But the best way of keeping my hopes in as good a shape as I can
07:36is trying to go out and win and get the best results again.
07:39Oscar.
07:41I tried to piss both of you about this.
07:43Oh, sorry.
07:45What do you think about the double disqualification for McLaren?
07:49Nothing great.
07:49A few extra points for me, so I was happy about it.
07:53Both cars being disqualified is obviously a big setback for them,
07:56which makes Max come closer, uncomfortably closer.
08:02Huge moment for the championship for McLaren.
08:05A little bit questionable.
08:07Max is going to enjoy that.
08:09And, yeah, not a good thing for Oscar or Lando.
08:13Clearly, the pressure is super high.
08:15Lando has everything to lose.
08:17Max and Oscar have nothing to lose.
08:18Will Lando be breaking it?
08:21Everyone will be breaking it.
08:24Max, just get your reaction to what happened
08:26with the double DSQ for the McLarens.
08:29Of course, the gap closed a bit with that.
08:33Still 24 points, but it's definitely a better chance
08:38than what it was before that.
08:40But, you know, we go all in.
08:41We have nothing to lose.
08:43If it was anyone else, you'd say it was impossible.
08:47But this is Max.
08:48He lives for the impossible.
08:50To overturn more than 100 points and with two races to go,
08:55you just feel it's his.
09:01You good?
09:02Yeah, mate.
09:03I'm in control.
09:05Lovely times.
09:14We could be standing on the brink of history.
09:18Lando Norris can clinch the title tonight
09:20over his teammate and rival Oscar Piastri.
09:24Max Verstappen will not back down either.
09:27My goodness me, I've got goosebumps.
09:29Feeling good?
09:31In Las Vegas, we'd made a mistake,
09:34but I expect Lando and Oscar to bounce back.
09:38See you on the grid, dude.
09:40I think that we need to set everything in a step higher.
09:42In Qatar, we're hoping that by closing a bit that gap,
09:47McLaren, they will start to feel a bit more pressure.
09:50Leave it one minute.
09:52And as a result, they will make mistakes.
09:55It's one thing to dominate.
09:56It's another thing to feel the pressure of your competitors.
09:58Oscar Piastri has pole.
10:01At the moment, it's a close battle.
10:03I'm not ultimately concerned with whether I have an edge or not.
10:06I'm focused on trying to win the Drivers World Championship.
10:11Norris is in second place alongside his teammate Oscar Piastri.
10:15I've got to be on top of everything at all times.
10:18As soon as you relax one little bit in any area,
10:22you can pay the price and it can be costly.
10:24We need to win.
10:25We're going to stop making mistakes.
10:28Max Verstappen will start third tonight.
10:31We are here.
10:32I am in this fight still, but at the same time,
10:36it needs some severe bad luck or mistake for me to be fully in the fight.
10:42We need a good start.
10:43We need something.
10:44Yeah, boy.
10:46Well, this could get excited.
10:48Everyone in position.
10:50Three contenders for the title.
10:52If Lando wins tonight, he's champion of the world.
10:57But if either Piastri or Verstappen finish ahead of him,
11:01this title fight will go all the way to the final race in Abu Dhabi.
11:18Nice!
11:19Oh, far back!
11:28Very good overtake, Max.
11:29Fantastic.
11:30A-2.
11:33Yes!
11:36Come on, Maxi.
11:37And Max Verstappen ahead by turn one!
11:41Come on, Lando.
11:42Lando, keep it up.
11:43We'd like to try and give it a go on Verstappen.
11:46Confirmed.
11:47Oh!
11:49Race leader, Oscar Piastri,
11:51trying to win his first Grand Prix for three months.
11:55Everything looks good outside, Oscar.
11:56Great to then Verstappen faster.
11:58Pace is great.
11:59Good job.
12:01It's a pretty fast-paced race,
12:03but being able to get comfortable with it pretty quickly.
12:06There's still a lot that can happen, but so far, so good.
12:10Piastri is still fighting for his own championship.
12:16Gap to PS3 per head, Max.
12:18Two seconds.
12:19Keep me up today.
12:21I don't think about losing.
12:22That's not in my head.
12:24I think about how to win.
12:25The start was decent,
12:27so this is a very good opportunity now for us to win the race.
12:33Whoa!
12:36No needless driving against me.
12:50Fucking unbelievable.
12:52I gave him loads of space.
12:55You okay, Nico?
12:58I'm fucking stuck.
13:00They're not going to clean that car away very quickly.
13:04There are 50 laps to go, and the safety car is out.
13:08It's going to be interesting.
13:13Oh, here, boxing are staying out.
13:15At the standby.
13:17If drivers want to take a pit stop behind the safety car,
13:21they can do so.
13:22I don't think we have to stay out in the big cities.
13:25We have to see much.
13:28Oscar, we're staying out to stay out.
13:31If he's staying out.
13:33Oscar's not kidding, right?
13:34Oscar's not kidding, right?
13:35Oscar's not kidding, right?
13:36Oscar's not kidding.
13:38What are we doing?
13:39We're staying out.
13:44Box, and pick and fair, Max.
13:45Box, pick and fair.
13:47Copy.
13:48These tires cannot do more than 25 laps per set,
13:52so it's a two-stop race.
13:55For us, taking the pit stop
13:58was an automatic decision.
14:01Verstappen happy to roll the dice.
14:03Pitting under the safety car
14:04essentially means a free pit stop.
14:07Box now, it's a very busy pit lane.
14:09A whole bunch of cars coming in.
14:11Most of the field, it looks like.
14:14Also fitted off.
14:15Everyone has fitted now.
14:16Other than the two McLarens.
14:19And now, McLaren have the entire pack
14:21behind them on fresh tires.
14:23I should have just followed him in there.
14:25If he knew the car head 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 whether there was the record or not.
14:39Complete disaster for McLaren.
14:41They've now got to make an extra pit stop
14:43over Verstappen
14:44before the end of this race.
14:45They've got to build an enormous gap
14:48to undo the damage here.
14:49When you're under so much pressure,
14:52it's not the stakes.
14:54Expect McLaren to push hard on the restart.
14:58Yeah.
15:00Safety car in this lap.
15:03Here we go.
15:06Safety car in.
15:17We're racing again.
15:19We're racing again.
15:19And McLaren.
15:20With so much work to do.
15:22You are free to push.
15:24I can't let them run too far away.
15:26Do what you can, obviously, Max.
15:29This is a bit of the race
15:30where we need to be quick comebacks.
15:32What kind of players do you need?
15:34We would need to be more than a second faster than Verstappen.
15:39Right on.
15:40Piastri leads this Grand Prix.
15:42With Norris in second,
15:44then Verstappen in third.
15:45He's going to have the race lead
15:47when the McLarens stop.
15:50They've blown this massively.
15:52It's a pivotal moment in the World Championship
15:55with 15 laps to go.
15:56Okay, I'll skip.
15:57Tire update, please.
15:59Struggling a bit now.
16:00Copy.
16:01Let's do it.
16:02There's that.
16:02Box.
16:03Box.
16:07Max, good pace.
16:08Gap to Norris.
16:09One sec.
16:10Yeah, this feels good.
16:15Rando box.
16:16There's that, please, box.
16:20That's currently P1.
16:22Yeah, yeah.
16:25Bring it home, man.
16:27Stay there.
16:31Rando could be close to Caruso.
16:34Antonelli, at times,
16:35they'll be in the head of us.
16:43Max, plenty of gap now for Norris
16:47and Piastri.
16:48So, hold on.
16:49Last lap.
16:52I think Norris will sort of go to pass
16:54at the link for the base we are doing.
16:58Come on, Lando.
16:59Let's go and get Antonelli.
17:12Antonelli has gone wide
17:13and Lando Norris moves up into fourth place.
17:15And that's two very precious extra points there
17:18for Lando Norris.
17:20How crucial could they be?
17:21Come the final reckoning.
17:24Regardless of that,
17:25we will fight to the end, man.
17:29Yes, unbelievable.
17:31That's a very lovely race.
17:34Max Verstappen wins the Qatar Grand Prix.
17:37And the fight for the title
17:39will go to the final race.
17:42Staying in it.
17:43Great jump back.
17:44We're done, Max.
17:45Never a foot wrong.
17:46Magic pace.
17:48Let the other guys do the mistakes.
17:52Yeah, really well done with that goal.
17:55They've been with us.
17:56They threw the fucking win 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.
18:05Kiastri comes home in second.
18:07And that now means he's behind Max Verstappen
18:10in the driver's standings.
18:13Norris finishes in fourth.
18:15This could have been the coronation
18:18he was dreaming of being world champion tonight.
18:21Painful.
18:22Painful.
18:26Species.
18:29I don't have any words.
18:34We made a wrong decision today.
18:37That's clear.
18:41You know, obviously it hurts at the moment.
18:43It's another weekend where
18:45something's just not going our way.
18:47It does hurt.
18:51Another mistake.
18:53A highly visible mistake.
18:56Very disappointing coming off of Vegas.
19:01We stuck to our plan.
19:02I don't think the team expected everyone to box.
19:05Um, the safety car.
19:06Was it the right call?
19:10No.
19:13Why didn't you beat like all the other drivers?
19:17Because we did what we thought was best.
19:20It hurts the team, I think.
19:22We looked like idiots.
19:25We shouldn't have done all we had since we were a simple example.
19:32You think I still go see the drivers or let them be?
19:35I don't know.
19:38I don't feel like I'm saying sorry to them.
19:42McLaren's decision to go against the prevailing wisdom of every team in that pit lane is baffling.
19:51You could imagine a driver losing a bit of faith, a bit of confidence.
19:54We just can't afford any more mistakes because they're getting pretty costly.
19:58Okay, that's your phone.
20:00You win next week.
20:02Uh, I do want to go talk to the drivers.
20:05Um, yeah.
20:08If it had been anyone else who won, it wouldn't have been quite so bad.
20:12The errors compounding.
20:15Vegas, Qatar.
20:16With one race left, it couldn't be much more of a disastrous outcome.
20:27We dominated the race.
20:30It was a very significant win.
20:32It has a big influence on the championship.
20:36Anything can happen in a race like it showed today.
20:39It was just a mistake of not boxing both of them.
20:42Max Verstappen has won the Qatar Grand Prix.
20:45I'm very happy.
20:46I know, of course, the gap came down quite a bit.
20:48We're in it.
20:48And it will keep it interesting.
20:51Max, ahead of this race,
20:53Zac Brown described you as a guy in a horror movie that keeps coming back effectively.
20:57Do you think you're a little bit in McLaren's heads and you've gotten scrambled
21:01and that's why they're making these 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, I'm good.
21:21Loving life.
21:22I can't complain, can I?
21:26Fighting against Max.
21:28The driver, I think, is probably the best ever in Formula One.
21:31It's difficult in Qatar.
21:34I was downbeat because I lost some points in the championship, just thrown away.
21:40We messed it up and 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 I'm quick enough?
21:48Yeah.
21:48Yeah.
21:49But, er, I need to do it when it counts, that's the only thing.
21:56It's not like I'm scared of losing, let's say.
21:59It's more the effect of losing, which is the disappointment.
22:04Yeah.
22:05It's just difficult.
22:07Better get going.
22:09Cheers, mate.
22:15Going into Abu Dhabi, I hope I don't have to find out what it means to not come out on
22:22top at the end of the season.
22:33We meet again in Abu Dhabi for an F1 title decider.
22:40With three drivers in contention, only one can triumph.
22:46Who will be the champion of the world?
22:49I think this is Lando's to lose, but it's the last race of the season with a lot of championship
22:54pressure.
22:55And that always results in a fantastic last race.
22:58Here you go, buddy.
23:00I think it's going to be Lando to win or Max and Lando to crash.
23:03And Oscar win.
23:05Now, in the final race of the season.
23:08Oscar slips to third in the Drivers' Championship.
23:11Max moves up to second and finds himself just 12 points behind Lando, with one race remaining in Abu Dhabi.
23:22All Lando has to do this weekend is finish on the podium.
23:25First, second or third, he's champion.
23:28But right now, if you're a betting man, it's Max's.
23:34Because the unthinkable, the improbable, now has a very realistic chance of happening.
23:45So, McLaren had a trip up in Qatar.
23:48And Max knows how to get the most out of his team, so 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, he's calm. Through the lows, he's calm.
24:00Who's your money on this weekend?
24:03Mmm.
24:04Probably Lando, I guess.
24:06I'm not going to be putting money on it.
24:07I don't think that's legal.
24:10Well, hope Max wins.
24:11He's in a hunt, and he has a good chance that he can win.
24:16In this moment, Norris has an advantage.
24:19Batman Stapp is a monster.
24:21He's a strong one.
24:22We have nothing to lose.
24:23I've been reflecting on it and thought, which way do I think it's going to go?
24:27Can't call it.
24:27It's going to be a banging showstopper.
24:32It's perfectly poised, isn't it?
24:34It's as though the racing gods had written the script for us.
24:38It's either the racing gods or Netflix, but 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, very intense.
24:56Being in the lead, you're more of a mindset of, don't mess it up.
24:59Mm-hmm.
24:59And that's where Max will have an advantage in that he's...
25:03Done this.
25:04Done this four times.
25:06It'll be interesting to see what Lando's like.
25:07Oscar's chilled.
25:09Oscar can definitely win this thing.
25:10Yeah.
25:11It's why I always hate with, like, three laps to go, you know, in the commentary,
25:15when they start talking as if it's, like, all over, and you're like...
25:20I've seen Lewis go from losing to winning the world championship
25:23in a corner on the last lap.
25:24No.
25:25That's what makes sport cool.
25:28Unless you're the one on the wall.
25:30This conversation's making me more nervous.
25:33Losing the championship would be devastating.
25:36To come all this way, to fall short on it, I don't even want to think about it.
25:47Excuse me, guys.
25:48Excuse me, guys.
25:49Hang on. Good luck.
25:51Good luck, guys. Thank you.
25:52Here we go, then.
25:54The fight for the 2025 world title is about to begin.
26:01Radio check.
26:02Yep. Radio check.
26:04Excellent. Hard and clear.
26:05Yep. Hard and clear.
26:07I'm always a bit nervous before Pauly.
26:09I want to be on pole and feel like I have to be on pole to make my life easier
26:13on Sunday.
26:15So, Lando and Sally is coming up behind you.
26:18He's approaching turn six now.
26:23It looks like a tense, tense driving from Lando, doesn't it?
26:28Here comes Piastri.
26:30Who goes faster by some margin.
26:34Better put the wind off him.
26:35What a statement that is.
26:37What a statement that is.
26:38Okay, Max.
26:40Currently.
26:42It's gonna need something mighty from the two McLaren boys to be that.
26:46So, if we can help with the kind of confidence on the brakes.
26:49No, it's not that.
26:50I think I'm just doing a shit job.
26:55I feel, like, stressed.
26:56I put myself under pressure because I do a crappy life.
27:01I put myself down because of it.
27:03To put yourself in a kind of a better position and a better mindset
27:06to set things off in the right direction again.
27:08You gotta think now.
27:09Can't think of the past anymore.
27:13Lando Norris currently finds himself third fastest.
27:21Currently he'll be two.
27:23Copy.
27:26Can you update to take out the head?
27:29Norris, three seconds.
27:32Keep on it.
27:43Norris, a tenth faster than Piastri in the middle sector of this lab.
27:50Here comes Piastri.
27:52Crosses the line.
27:53That's P3.
27:55Well, that wasn't much left at now once, so thanks.
28:03We are P2.
28:09That's how position works.
28:12Let's start and go, guys.
28:14Let's see.
28:16Yes.
28:18Unbelievable speed, Max.
28:19Just pure speed.
28:21Yeah, fantastic work, guys.
28:23Let's have some fun out there tomorrow.
28:28Obviously, you know, I didn't have a great qualifying.
28:32Yeah, it was a tough one.
28:44Yeah, hello, can I get your attention with our man of the moment, world championship leader, Mr. Norris.
28:57Yeah, a big day for all of us.
28:59I mean, this is like the biggest day of my life.
29:01I 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.
29:07So, 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 need to
29:25be ready for that.
29:25I mean, the exciting part is, I'm calling her a strategy.
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, unless you have to.
29:50No.
29:53Okay, I'll see you on the grid, and let's kick some ass.
29:57All right. Cheers, guys.
29:58Cheers, guys.
29:58Cheers, guys.
30:04Philando, with the expectation that's really rested on his shoulders since he joined McLaren, the fact that he was pitched
30:10from the outset as a potential champion, this should have been his season.
30:15Motor racing is a mind game, and you're going up against one of the all-time greats.
30:21It's a question to Max. How are you dealing with the pressure?
30:25I'm very relaxed.
30:27I mean, the 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 till 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 shape for you.
31:08I'm sitting here?
31:08Yes, please, in the shape.
31:09All right.
31:09You 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.
31:17Yeah.
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.
31:38So, pressure's on Lando, though, right?
31:41I think so.
31:44I'm in a good space, you know?
31:45Like, it's not this, like, do or die.
31:47But at the same time, I still want to win.
31:50And 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, yeah, I don't mind it.
32:12For me, like, it's all fun and games anyway.
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.
32:31Yeah, 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
33:44from pole.
33:46Victory would complete the greatest comeback in the history of Formula One.
33:51McLaren 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 the grid.
34:03Have fun.
34:06I think in Formula One we know it's not over till 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.
36:18The car behind, now P3.
36:21Yep.
36:22Leclerc, he's a couple of seconds behind Norris.
36:25This pace is mega.
36:27Well done.
36:28Go ahead, Norris.
36:30Perfect.
36:34Leclerc behind, Leclerc.
36:36We're at 0.6.
36:38With Max and Lando in the lead,
36:40Lando must finish P3 to be crowned world champion.
36:44And Leclerc will have DRS, he's 0.6.
36:48Go ahead.
36:56DRS enabled.
36:57Perfect.
37:07Good job, Oscar.
37:08Let's see if we can start putting the staff in under pressure.
37:10Copy.
37:13For Lando, 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,
37:26so that Lando stays ahead of Leclerc.
37:31We have a plan.
37:33Everyone's laser focused.
37:35We can't make any mistakes.
37:42I'll be close at exit.
37:45The field spread is incredibly tight.
37:47Yeah, copy.
37:49Oscar Lando pitted,
37:50but there's quite a lot of traffic in front of him.
37:53Copy.
38:02Norris has exit pits behind us.
38:05Yeah, 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.
38:13Yeah.
38:13So Norris has fallen by Antonelli, Sainz, Stroll and Lawson.
38:19Also pseudo-node.
38:23Norris is quite five behind.
38:25Copy that.
38:34Max of a pace, Kimmy.
38:36Norris still behind Antonelli, Max.
38:39Copy.
38:40The 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.
38:59Four cars still to go.
39:02Sainz is the next car.
39:09Nois, first car behind you.
39:11Do not go offline for noise.
39:13Copy.
39:18Come on, Carlos.
39:19Be 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.
39:34Pace is really good.
39:36Three cars to go.
39:39Lando, past Sainz.
39:40And he's moving through the traffic.
39:42Trying to find his way through.
39:45Can I keep doing what you're doing?
39:47You got this.
39:52Norris close behind a new hardware.
39:55I can't be the fucking best, huh?
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.
40:17Oh, oh.
40:23Lando takes two cars in one corner.
40:27And he's up to fourth.
40:29Verstappen and Piastri are leading this race.
40:32But it will not matter if Norris can claim third position.
40:38Our next car will be Sonoda.
40:49Okay, we expect Norris to think of one lap.
40:52All he can when he catches.
40:56Alex, say look at me.
41:00Any concern they do something really dirty?
41:06Can't sit out ahead.
41:14Car behind now, Norris.
41:19Oh, looky.
41:22Try and get it, mate.
41:24They can see you, Ki.
41:31I know they're pretty quick in the straight.
41:34But I'm on fresher tires.
41:36I have to get past.
41:42Here comes Lando Norris.
41:44And he gets pushed.
41:45Completely off the track.
41:46Oh, come on!
41:48You're going to have to look at that.
41:50Because 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 Sonoda.
42:04This is a huge decision.
42:05That was classic level shit-housing.
42:08Yeah.
42:11Very dangerous.
42:20I think they are debating.
42:23Of the name and of his place.
42:28Hey, Ki, we've been given a five-second penalty from moving twice on the defence of Norris.
42:37five seconds fucking dickhead a massive moment for mclaren no penalty for norris
42:46my heart didn't need that
42:51so oscar lando's now p3 up to the staff and 22
42:56the staff is way out in front oscar's title challenge is all but over
43:01lando must now hold on to p3 to win the world championship
43:04so lando's twice behind us the clerk at two then you've got sunoda at 11.9
43:13just keep an arm the clerk behind
43:24charlac claire is gaining ground on lando norris
43:30the only thing that is in my head is what can i do for the best interest of ferrari
43:36i could potentially ruin the party and make the last race a bit more exciting
43:44the clerk is pushing turn two and three more than we are let's have a hundred percent pace please
43:49hundred percent pace
43:56why am i so through the streets
43:59nothing obvious yet on our side
44:06two laps remaining
44:07five
44:08this child's catching it
44:09little air just falling behind
44:13that's you have given everything
44:15you can be proud of it i mean
44:23keep building this gap on the clerk
44:26two laps to go
44:33the second to last lap
44:34you know i'm getting close this is almost about to happen
44:41all of a sudden suddenly have flashbacks
44:51different moments from the very beginning
44:55hi i'm lando norris i'm the open champion
44:58i don't want to stop myself from trying to think of it even though i'm not there yet
45:04just such a long journey which 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
45:30uh lando this is zach from mclaren is this the uh world champion hotline
45:37you did it you did it awesome
45:44oh shit oh my god
45:47you made it extremely true thanks so much
45:52i love you guys thanks for everything you deserve it
45:56i love you mom i love you dad thanks for everything
46:02i'm not crying
46:14good job mate it's a p5
46:17uh p2 in the constructors
46:21let's go again thanks yeah
46:23proud to beat ferrari a tough competition between the two teams
46:27it will always exist
46:29the great racers
46:31keep it
46:32you're behind us
46:35i'll always fight for you guys
46:36always
46:37that's it
46:39yeah i love luis i 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 carlo
46:48for an amazing first season
46:50together
46:50happy p5 let'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
46:58thank you
46:59there's a lot more to come
47:00i can't wait
47:02thank you james
47:03but
47:04it's exponentially harder to be in the top three
47:06and that's the bit that i'm really focused on now
47:08great job on your part man
47:10just want to say thanks for the last 24 races
47:13thank you guys
47:14not a 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
47:21it's been a roller coaster
47:24well let's keep this car
47:25car away from my side next year please
47:28don't want to see it anymore
47:32we need to complete a new car
47:34complete a new 26
47:35you know
47:35it's got to be a little bit boring
47:39no burnouts
47:41sure
47:51feel unbelievably relieved
47:56to win the drivers is awesome
47:58couldn'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
48:07you know you've done
48:08an awesome job
48:10so i think it does feel sweeter
48:13for oscar
48:14i know there's momentary
48:16disappointment
48:17but he's going to be a world champion
48:19i guarantee it
48:20last year
48:21we became constructor world champion
48:24and this year we have double
48:32it's hugely significant
48:34mclaren have gone from the bottom
48:36to the top
48:37to win back-to-back constructors championships
48:40and crown a drivers champion
48:41so what that means
48:43is we're the best team in the business
48:45with the best driver lighter
48:50it's incredible because
48:52it's it's
48:53it's the thing
48:55it's the thing all of us
48:57worked on
48:57to achieve
48:58you know since i was a little
49:00little boy
49:01i had amazing parents
49:03that gave me the opportunity
49:04to do exactly what i wanted to do
49:07never lose this smile
49:08never lose this smile
49:10we did it
49:11and that's a pretty cool thing to say
49:27it's a clean sheet of paper
49:29i think this is probably the biggest rule change we've ever gone through
49:31a new team
49:32in cadillac
49:33you deserve to be back in the car
49:35i think in valtteri
49:36in checo
49:37we've got this perfect combination of experience and talent
49:40the arrival of audi
49:42replacing saubert
49:43what i'm hoping that we've seen today is an iconic team
49:46one that's forever aldi formula one
49:49a new teammate
49:50for max verstappen
49:51once again
49:54the fuck am i doing here
49:56you know it's just
49:58which means yuki's been replaced
50:01lost joy is fair to be honest
50:03liam lawson will be racing with visa kashop racing bulls in 2026
50:09and aston martin have employed the man responsible for designing every great racing car that max verstappen has ever driven
50:16morning adrian
50:17adrian's a unicorn
50:18we have the ability
50:20to be the next greatest formula one world championship team
50:23we'll give it our best shot
50:25mclaren may have the fastest car this year
50:28but they might not be on top
50:30for long
50:30for long
50:31for long
50:45by aston martin have tour
50:49and aston martin have their own
50:52so good
50:52so good
50:54Sucker!
50:55Sucker!
50:56No!
50:57No!
50:57No!
50:58No!
51:01No!
51:01No!
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