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Formula 1 Drive to Survive - Season 8 (HDR) - Episode 08: Call Me Chucky
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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 a bit?
16:43Right,
16:43what we need for?
16:45Max,
16:46plenty of gap
16:46now for Norris
16:47and Piafri,
16:48so hold on.
16:49Last lap.
16:53I think Norris
16:53will serve
16:54go to Passa,
16:54Tonelli,
16:55with the pace we are doing.
16:58Come on, Lando.
16:59Let's go and get Antonelli.
17:12Antonelli has gone wide
17:13and Lando Norris
17:14moves up into fourth place.
17:16And that's two very precious
17:17extra points there
17:18for Lando Norris.
17:19How crucial could they be
17:21come the final reckoning?
17:24Regardless of that,
17:25we will fight
17:26to the end, man.
17:29Yes,
17:30somebody in both.
17:31That's a very lovely race.
17:34Max Verstappen wins
17:35the Qatar Grand Prix
17:37and the fight for the title
17:39will go to 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 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.
18:05Astrid comes home in second
18:07and that now means
18:09he's behind Max Verstappen
18:10in the driver's standings.
18:13Norris finishes in fourth.
18:15This could have been
18:17in the coronation.
18:18He was dreaming
18:19of being world champion tonight.
18:21Painful.
18:22Painful.
18:26Species.
18:28Yes?
18:30I don't have any words.
18:35We 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.
18:48It 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.
19:25We should have done
19:26what we did.
19:27Simple as that.
19:32You think I still
19:32go see the drivers
19:33or let them be?
19:35I don't know.
19:38I 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
19:56getting pretty costly.
19:58OK, that's your phone.
19:59Someone left one.
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.
20:27We dominated the race.
20:30It was a very
20:31significant win.
20:32It has a big influence
20:34on the championship.
20:36Anything can happen
20:37in a race like it showed
20:38today.
20:39It was just a mistake
20:40of not boxing both of them.
20:42Max Verstappen has won
20:43the 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
21:05Chucky.
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?
21:26Fighting against Max.
21:28The driver, I think,
21:28is probably the best
21:30ever in Formula One.
21:31It's difficult.
21:33In Qatar,
21:34I was downbeat
21:35because I lost
21:36some 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
21:43a very good job
21:44and we did
21:45quite the opposite.
21:46Like, do I think
21:47I'm quick enough?
21:48Yeah.
21:49But, uh,
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
22:02disappointment.
22:04Yeah.
22:04It's just difficult.
22:07Better get going.
22:09Cheers, mate.
22:15Going into Abu Dhabi,
22:18I 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
22:22of the season.
22:33We meet again
22:35in Abu Dhabi
22:36for an F1
22:38title decider.
22:40With three drivers
22:42in contention,
22:43only one can triumph.
22:46Who will be
22:47the champion
22:48of the world?
22:49I think this is
22:50Lando's to lose,
22:51but it's the last race
22:53of the season
22:53with a lot of
22:54championship pressure,
22:55and that always results
22:56in a fantastic last race.
22:57Here you go, buddy.
23:00I think it's going to be
23:00Lando to win,
23:01or Max and Lando to crash,
23:03and Oscar win.
23:05Now, in the final race
23:07of the season,
23:08Oscar slips 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.
23:22All Lando has to do
23:23this weekend
23:24is finish on the podium.
23:25First, second,
23:26or third.
23:26He's champion.
23:28But, right now,
23:30if you're a betting man,
23:32it's Max's.
23:34Because the unthinkable,
23:37the improbable,
23:40now has a very
23:41realistic chance
23:42of happening.
23:45So McLaren
23:46had a trip up
23:46in Qatar,
23:48and Max knows
23:49how to get the most
23:50out of his team,
23:51so you can't bank
23:52against that.
23:52Maybe Oscar
23:53can be on the top,
23:54and he's just
23:55very, very calm,
23:56so...
23:57through the highs
23:58he's calm,
23:59through the lows
23:59he's calm.
24:00Who's your money
24:01on this weekend?
24:04Probably Lando,
24:05I guess.
24:06I'm not going to be
24:06putting money on it.
24:07I don't think
24:08that's legal.
24:10Well, hope Max wins.
24:11He's in a hunt,
24:12and he'll have a good
24:14chance that he can win.
24:16In this moment,
24:17Norris has an advantage,
24:19but when Stapa
24:20is a monster,
24:21he's the 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
24:37for 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.
24:48I'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 land is 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...
25:19I've seen Lewis
25:21go from losing
25:22to winning the world championship
25:23in a corner
25:23on the last lap.
25:24Yeah.
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.
25:48Good luck.
25:51Good luck, guys.
25:52Here 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.
26:06Hard 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.
26:16So, Lando and Sally
26:17is kind of behind you.
26:18He's approaching turn
26:20at six now.
26:23It looks like a tense,
26:24tense driving
26:25from 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.
26:41Yeah.
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.
26:54I feel like
26:55stressed.
26:57I put myself
26:57under pressure
26:58because I do
26:59a 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
27:10the past anymore.
27:13Lando Norris
27:14currently finds himself
27:15third fastest.
27:21I should be coming
27:22to the P2.
27:23Copy.
27:26Can you update
27:27to take out the head?
27:29Norris,
27:30three seconds.
27:32Keep on it.
27:43Norris,
27:44a tenth faster
27:45than Piastri
27:46in the middle
27:47sector of this lab.
27:50Here comes Piastri.
27:52Crosses the line.
27:53That's P3.
27:55Well, that wasn't
27:56much left at that one,
27:57so thanks.
28:03We are P2.
28:05P2.
28:09That's the whole
28:10position, folks.
28:12Let's start and go,
28:14guys.
28:14Let's see.
28:16Yes.
28:18Unbelievable speed,
28:19Max.
28:19Just pure speed.
28:21Mega.
28:22Yeah, fantastic work,
28:23guys.
28:23Let's have some fun
28:24out there tomorrow.
28:25Come on.
28:28Come on.
28:29Come on.
28:29Come on.
28:29Come on.
28:30Come on.
28:32Yeah, it was a tough one.
28:44Hello.
28:44Can I get your attention
28:46with our man of the moment,
28:48world championship leader,
28:50Mr. Norris?
28:57Yeah, a big day for all of us.
28:59I mean, this is, like,
29:00the biggest day of my life.
29:01I think when someone asks me
29:03how much I want to win
29:04a world championship,
29:05it's been my dream, right,
29:06since I was a kid.
29:07So everything I do
29:08is aimed at trying
29:09to be the best in the world.
29:10For Max to win,
29:11he needs to finish first
29:13and I need to finish fourth.
29:14So it could be a day
29:15of games in many ways.
29:17He's not going to just
29:18try and win,
29:19I'm going to guess.
29:19He's going to see what he can do
29:20to disrupt things,
29:22cause havoc,
29:23cause chaos,
29:24and we just need
29:25to be ready for that.
29:26I mean, the exciting part is
29:27I'm calling our strategy.
29:30Yeah.
29:32That's the worrying part, yeah.
29:34We have to avoid
29:35making mistakes
29:36with the strategy stuff.
29:38I don't know what I'd be saying
29:40or thinking if I don't win.
29:41It's a horrible thought.
29:43I don't expect any drivers
29:45taking each other out
29:46to decide the world championship.
29:49Unless you have to.
29:50No.
29:53Okay.
29:54I'll see you on the grid
29:55and let's kick some ass.
29:57All right.
29:57Cheers, guys.
29:58See you later.
30:00Thank you, guys.
30:04For Lando,
30:04with the expectation
30:05that's really rested
30:06on his shoulders
30:07since he joined McLaren,
30:08the fact that he was pitched
30:10from the outset
30:12as a potential champion,
30:13this should have been his season.
30:15Motor racing is a mind game
30:18and you're going up
30:19against one of the all-time greats.
30:21It's a question to Max.
30:23How are you dealing
30:23with the pressure?
30:25I'm very relaxed.
30:27I mean,
30:28trophy looks the same.
30:30You know,
30:30I have four of those at home,
30:31so it's nice
30:32to add a fifth.
30:34Just wanted to know
30:35if the parents are here.
30:37No, parents are not here.
30:39I mean,
30:39I didn't really plan
30:40to be in the title fight
30:41till the end,
30:41so, yeah,
30:43here we are.
30:45We're seeing
30:45a very different Max Verstappen
30:48and it's joyous,
30:49unless your name
30:50is Lando Norris
30:51or Oscar Piastri.
30:54Because
30:56an unrestrained,
30:58carefree Max Verstappen
31:00is absolutely fucking terrifying.
31:03Welcome, Max.
31:04How's it going?
31:06How are we doing?
31:06We've got to put
31:07in the shade for you.
31:08I'm sitting here?
31:08Yes, please, in the shade.
31:09You might like to stay
31:10slightly cooler.
31:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:12It's quite hot already.
31:14Luckily,
31:14the race is, of course,
31:15in the evening,
31:16so that helps.
31:18It's much better.
31:21Max,
31:21if you win the championship,
31:23will this go down
31:24as your greatest win?
31:26I think definitely
31:26the most unexpected one.
31:28But then also,
31:29it's like,
31:29there is no pressure.
31:30Like, of course,
31:31if it happens,
31:32then that's insane.
31:34If it doesn't happen,
31:35we can still be very happy
31:36with what we have done
31:37the last few races, so.
31:39Pressure's on Lando, though, right?
31:41I think so.
31:44I'm in a good space, you know?
31:45Like, it's not this,
31:46like, do or die.
31:47But at the same time,
31:48I still want to win,
31:50and that's why I'm here.
31:52You seem tougher mentally
31:54than those guys.
31:55Do you try to play
31:56mind games with them
31:57in interviews in the press
31:59just to, like, plant a seed,
32:00like, I'm an animal
32:02and you're not?
32:04Yeah, I mean,
32:05I've done it now
32:06the last few races
32:07a little bit
32:08because it irritates them,
32:09you know, so.
32:11Yeah, I don't mind it.
32:12For me, like,
32:14it's all fun and games anyway.
32:16You shouldn't take
32:16everything too serious.
32:19We are not going
32:20to change our approach now.
32:22We have been saying
32:22race after race,
32:23if there is an opportunity,
32:25Max is going to take it.
32:27He's an extraordinary champion
32:28and, you know,
32:29Max will have a good chance.
32:31Good luck, Max.
32:31Yep, thank you.
32:32Good luck.
32:33Good luck today, guys.
32:33Enjoy.
32:39How's he feeling?
32:40Not as confident
32:41as 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 the car feel?
33:11Hopefully it's been better today.
33:25You're about to witness
33:27one of these drivers
33:28have the greatest day
33:29of their career.
33:30The sport's biggest prize
33:32is up for grabs.
33:39Max Verstappen
33:40is going to push
33:41the McLarens
33:41all the way
33:42and he starts
33:43the final race
33:44of the season
33:45from pole.
33:46Victory
33:46would complete
33:47the greatest comeback
33:48in the history
33:49of Formula One.
33:51McLaren
33:52second with Lando Norris
33:53and third
33:54with Oscar Piastri.
33:56Max is saying
33:57whenever he gets
33:57to win the race,
33:58what's happening behind
33:59is what's happening behind.
34:00No control over that.
34:02See how the grid did you do.
34:03Have fun.
34:06I think in Formula One
34:07we know it's not over
34:08until it's over.
34:09Shipping your pants.
34:10Yes.
34:12We have to go out
34:13and win this championship,
34:16not expect Max to falter.
34:20Verstappen must make
34:21the podium
34:22to have any chance.
34:24Piastri must be
34:25in the top two.
34:26And if Lando Norris
34:28is to win
34:28his first world championship,
34:30he has to finish
34:31on the podium.
34:35We'll see how
34:36the race pans out.
34:39Till
34:40either Lando or Max
34:41cross the line
34:42in front of me,
34:43I've still got a chance
34:44of winning the title.
34:45I don't need
34:46things to happen
34:46in the race
34:47to win the championship.
34:49But funny things
34:50can happen.
34:53When pressure is high,
34:55normally I perform
34:56because I enjoy that.
34:58I'm going to try
34:59to win the race.
35:00If I need to attack,
35:01I'll attack.
35:01because I have
35:03nothing to lose.
35:03So what can happen?
35:05You're either
35:06second or third
35:06or you win.
35:08That would be
35:09fantastic.
35:11It's always tough
35:12and it's never
35:14going to be easy.
35:15It could be my
35:16only chance
35:17of winning
35:17a championship.
35:20Absolutely
35:20breaking it.
35:21It is time
35:23to crown a champion.
35:38Oscar just behind.
35:40Yes.
35:44Max and Lando
35:45to head.
35:51Overtake available.
36:01Overtake available.
36:03Good job.
36:04Neil P2.
36:06The Staffan's
36:07ahead of you.
36:10That's Oscar ahead of us.
36:11We should use
36:12a bit more pace.
36:16As expected,
36:17the field is very close.
36:19The car behind
36:19now Piatri.
36:21Yep.
36:22Leclerc,
36:22he's a couple of seconds
36:23behind Norris.
36:25This pace is mega.
36:27Well done.
36:28Go ahead,
36:29Norris.
36:30Perfect.
36:34It's very fine.
36:36Leclerc,
36:36we're at 0.6.
36:38With Max Oestappen
36:39in the lead,
36:40Lando must finish
36:41P3 to be
36:42crowned world champion.
36:45And Leclerc
36:46will have DRS,
36:47he's 0.6.
36:48Got that.
36:56DRS enabled.
36:57Perfect.
37:07Good job, Oscar.
37:08Let's see if we can
37:09start putting
37:09the Staffan
37:10under pressure.
37:10Copy.
37:13Lando,
37:14box this lap,
37:14please.
37:15Box this lap.
37:16Copy.
37:18Max Charles,
37:19box.
37:20Copy.
37:21Both Lando
37:22and Charles
37:22are pitting
37:23for new tyres.
37:24McLaren
37:25have to get this
37:26right so that
37:27Lando stays
37:27ahead of Leclerc.
37:31We have a plan.
37:33Everyone's laser
37:34focused.
37:36We can't make
37:37any mistakes.
37:42I'll be close
37:43at exit.
37:45The field spread
37:46is incredibly tight.
37:47Yep.
37:49I'll be close.
37:49Just get Lando pitted,
37:50but there's quite a lot
37:51of traffic
37:51in front of him.
37:53Copy.
38:03Norris has
38:03exiting pits
38:04behind us.
38:05Yep,
38:05copy that.
38:06Lando finds
38:07himself all the way
38:08back in ninth
38:08after his pit stop.
38:10He has to get
38:11back to third
38:11to win the
38:12world championship.
38:13So Norris
38:14is followed
38:14by Antonelli,
38:16Sainz,
38:17Stroll
38:17and Lawson
38:18also
38:19Pseudor.
38:23Norris
38:24put it
38:24five behind.
38:25Copy that.
38:34Max
38:35of a pace
38:35cube.
38:36Norris
38:37still behind
38:37Antonelli
38:38Max.
38:39Copy.
38:44This race
38:45is not going
38:46the way
38:46I need to.
38:47But I can't
38:48let this
38:48championship
38:49just slip away
38:51because I fought
38:52as hard as I
38:53could fight
38:53for it.
38:55Good job.
38:59All cars
39:00still to go.
39:02Sainz
39:02is the next car.
39:09Now is the first
39:10car behind you.
39:11Do not go
39:12offline for noise.
39:13Copy.
39:17Come on,
39:18Carlos,
39:19be a friend.
39:21I've been
39:22teammates with Lando,
39:23but I'm not
39:24trying to
39:25help the McLaren.
39:26Just focusing
39:27on making
39:28zero mistakes.
39:29He's going
39:30to struggle
39:30to pass him.
39:35Ice is really
39:35good.
39:36Three cars
39:37again.
39:39Lando
39:39past Sainz
39:40and he's
39:41moving through
39:41the traffic,
39:42trying to
39:42find his
39:42way through.
39:45Keep doing
39:46what you're
39:46doing.
39:47You got this.
39:52Norris
39:52close behind
39:53a new
39:53hard.
39:55I can't
39:56be the
39:56fucking
39:56best,
39:57huh?
40:00Behind
40:00his throat
40:01there is Norris.
40:02Yeah.
40:03Let's do
40:03our best.
40:04Copy.
40:15Just tear it up
40:16down here.
40:17Just tear it up.
40:23Lando takes
40:24two cars
40:25in one corner
40:27and is up to
40:28fourth.
40:29Verstappen and
40:30Piastri are leading
40:31this race,
40:32but it will not
40:33matter if Norris
40:34can claim
40:35third
40:35position.
40:39Our next
40:39copy,
40:40Fred Adler.
40:46Do we expect
40:50Norris to fit
40:50one lap?
40:52All he can
40:53when he catches.
40:56Alex,
40:56it's a little bit
40:57through.
41:01Any concern
41:02they do
41:02something
41:02really dirty?
41:06Can't sit
41:07out or head.
41:14Car behind
41:15now,
41:16Norris.
41:19I'm looking.
41:22Try to get
41:23it,
41:23mate.
41:29I can see
41:29Uki.
41:31I know
41:32they're pretty
41:32quick in the
41:33straight,
41:34but I'm on
41:34fresher tires.
41:37I have to
41:37get past.
41:42Here comes
41:43Lando Norris,
41:44and he gets
41:44pushed,
41:45completely off
41:46the track.
41:46Oh,
41:47my.
41:48You're going to
41:49have to look at
41:49that,
41:50because was he
41:50all four wheels
41:51off the track?
41:53He's over the
41:54wireline.
41:55You have to
41:55give that back,
41:56you know?
41:58That was
41:58fucking
41:59bullshit.
42:00The stewards
42:01are reviewing
42:01the incident
42:02between Norris
42:02and Tsunoda.
42:04This is a
42:04huge decision.
42:05That was
42:06classic
42:06rebel
42:07shithouser.
42:11Very dangerous.
42:19I think
42:20they are
42:21debating.
42:23I believe
42:23I don't
42:24have to
42:24please.
42:28we have
42:29been given
42:29a five
42:30second penalty
42:30for moving
42:31twice on
42:31the defense
42:32of Norris.
42:32So,
42:33what?
42:35How much
42:36penalty?
42:37Five seconds.
42:39Fucking
42:40dickhead.
42:42A massive
42:43moment for
42:43McLaren.
42:44No penalty
42:45for Norris.
42:46My heart
42:47didn't need that.
42:51Oscar,
42:52Lando's
42:53now P3
42:53up to
42:54Verstappen
42:5522.
42:57Verstappen
42:57is way out
42:58in front.
42:59Oscar's title
42:59challenge is all
43:00but over.
43:01Lando must now
43:02hold on to P3
43:03to win the
43:04world championship.
43:05So,
43:05Lando,
43:06situation behind us.
43:07Leclerc at two.
43:08Then you've got
43:08Tsunoda at
43:0911.9.
43:11Confess.
43:13Just keeping
43:14on the clerk
43:14behind.
43:15Yep.
43:17This is
43:17the risk
43:18we're in there.
43:24Charles Leclerc
43:25is gaining
43:26ground
43:27on Lando Norris.
43:30The only thing
43:31that is in my head
43:33is what can I do
43:34for the best interest
43:35of Ferrari?
43:36I could potentially
43:37ruin the party
43:37and make
43:39the last race
43:40a bit more exciting.
43:44The clerk
43:45is pushing
43:46turn two
43:46and three
43:47more than we are.
43:48Let's have
43:48a hundred percent
43:49pace, please.
43:49A hundred percent
43:50pace.
43:56Why am I
43:57so throwing
43:57the streets?
43:59Nothing obvious
44:00yet on our time.
44:06Two laps
44:06remaining.
44:08First
44:08Charles
44:09catching it.
44:10Leclerc
44:10has fallen
44:11behind here.
44:13Laps,
44:14you have
44:14given everything.
44:15You can't be
44:16proud of it,
44:16I think.
44:23Keep building
44:24this gap
44:24on the clerk.
44:27Two laps to get.
44:33the second-to-last lap.
44:35I'm getting close.
44:36This is almost
44:37about to happen.
44:41All of a sudden,
44:43suddenly you have
44:43flashbacks.
44:51different moments
44:52from the very beginning.
44:55Hi, I'm Landon Norris.
44:56I'm the Open champion.
44:58I don't want to stop
44:59I don't want to stop myself
44:59from 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.
45:10Then, the final lap.
45:12Trying to take everything in.
45:15This is the biggest moment
45:16of my life.
45:19Lando Norris,
45:20he's the Formula One
45:22world champion.
45:24No!
45:30Lando, this is Zach from McLaren.
45:33This is the world champion hotline.
45:37You did it!
45:38You did it!
45:39Awesome!
45:40Woo!
45:44Oh, shit.
45:46Oh, my God.
45:47You made a kid's dream come true.
45:49Thank you so much.
45:52I love you guys.
45:53Thanks for everything.
45:54You deserve it.
45:56I love you, Mom.
45:57I love you, Dad.
45:58Thanks for everything.
46:02I'm not crying.
46:14Good job, mate.
46:16So, P5, P2 in the constructors.
46:20Go on, Matropa.
46:21Let's go again.
46:22Thanks, yeah.
46:23I'm proud to beat Ferrari.
46:25A tough competition
46:26between the two teams.
46:27It will always exist.
46:29The great racers.
46:31Keep it.
46:32You're behind this.
46:35I'll always fight for you guys.
46:36Always.
46:37That's it for me.
46:39Yeah, I 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,
46:48for an amazing first season together.
46:50P5, let's go build a man next year.
46:52Thank you, guys.
46:53You have a very good year.
46:54Congrats.
46:55It's unusual for a team
46:56to 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
47:05to be in the top three
47:06and that's the bit
47:07that I'm really focused on now.
47:08Great job on your part, man.
47:10Just want to say thanks
47:11for the last 24 races.
47:13Thank you, guys.
47:14A little bad season.
47:15There's been so much momentum gained
47:18throughout the course of the season.
47:19So many highs and lows
47:20all the way through it.
47:21I mean, it's been a roller coaster.
47:24Well, let's keep this car
47:26away from my side next year,
47:27because I don't want to see it anymore.
47:32We need to complete a new car.
47:34Complete a new 26.
47:35You know what I mean?
47:37It's got to be a little bit boring.
47:39No burnouts.
47:40Sure.
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,
48:07you know you've done an awesome job.
48:10So I think it does feel sweeter.
48:13For Oscar,
48:14I know there's momentary disappointment,
48:17but he's going to be a world champion.
48:19I guarantee it.
48:20Last year,
48:21we became a structure world champion.
48:25And this year we have double...
48:27Yeah!
48:32It's hugely significant.
48:34McLaren have gone from the bottom
48:36to the top
48:37to win back-to-back
48:38Constructors' 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 lineup!
48:50It's incredible because
48:52it's...
48:53it's...
48:53it's the thing.
48:55It's the thing all of us
48:57worked on to achieve,
48:59you know,
48:59since 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 mind.
49:08Never lose this mind.
49:10We did it.
49:11And 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 design.
49:28It's a clean sheet of paper.
49:29I think this is probably
49:30the biggest rule change
49:31we've ever gone through.
49:32A new team
49:32in Cadillac.
49:33You deserve to be back in the car.
49:35And I think in Valtteri,
49:37in Checo,
49:37we've got this perfect combination
49:39of experience and talent.
49:41The arrival of Audi
49:42replacing Sauber.
49:43What I'm hoping
49:44that we've seen today
49:45is an iconic team.
49:47One that's forever
49:47Audi Formula One.
49:49A new teammate
49:50for Max Verstappen
49:51once again.
49:52What the fuck am I doing here?
49:56You know, it's just...
49:58Which means Yuki's been replaced.
50:01Not sure it's fair, to be honest.
50:03Liam Lawson will be racing
50:05with Visa Kashev Racing Bulls
50:07in 2026.
50:09And Aston Martin
50:11have employed
50:11the man responsible
50:12for designing
50:13every great racing car
50:14that Max Verstappen
50:16has ever driven.
50:16Morning, Adrian.
50:17Adrian's a unicorn.
50:18We have the ability
50:20to be the next greatest
50:21Formula One
50:22World Championship team.
50:23We'll give it our best shot.
50:26McLaren may have
50:26the fastest car this year,
50:28but they might not be on top
50:30for long.
51:02we'll be right back.
51:05$9.
51:06$11.
51:07$10
51:07$10
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