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Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 8 - Episode 07: What Happens in Vegas
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00:10It's going to be win number one in 2025 for Lando Norris.
00:14What up, mate?
00:15Great job.
00:16From the moment the 2025 season began, McLaren looked unstoppable.
00:21It's a one-two for McLaren.
00:23Winning a championship is the thing I've worked on to achieve, you know, since I was a little boy.
00:28What is the ultimate ambition, world champion one day?
00:31It's me.
00:33Oscar Piersley wins the Bahrain Grand Prix.
00:37At the moment it's a close battle between Lando and I.
00:39This might be my only opportunity to win a driver's world championship.
00:43Both can't win. One will come out second best.
00:46There can only be one champion. Somebody's going to have a heartbroken, you know?
00:54But as McLaren's teammates focus seemingly solely on one another, Max Verstappen has been mounting the most incredible comeback.
01:03Good launch off the line from Pouston to Piastri.
01:06It's going to be close.
01:07Verstappen throws around the outside, takes the lead in spectacular fashion.
01:13Max Verstappen wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
01:17Yes, I'm fired.
01:20Max, attack!
01:22Max Verstappen is still the top dog.
01:25Lando Norris, he's gone wide! Verstappen leads him!
01:28It wasn't many races ago that Max was more than a hundred points behind these guys.
01:35Yeah!
01:36Well done, Max. You've killed everyone today.
01:38Very nice. You've got like that.
01:40I'm very enjoyable.
01:42Max Verstappen keeps up his championship challenge.
01:47McLaren have made a critical error in their car setups.
01:50They're under investigation with FIA.
01:53Huge breaking news.
01:54They've run the car too low on the bumpy Vegas streets.
01:59Both McLarens have been disqualified.
02:02After the double disqualification, this world championship battle has been blown wide open.
02:09For Lando and Oskar, their hopes and their dreams could be shattered into a million pieces.
02:16Pressure's on Lando, right?
02:17I think so.
02:18I found it a bit.
02:19And now, we head into the final two races with a three-way fight for the driver's title.
02:26Lando has everything to lose.
02:28Max, he will smell blood.
02:30Can Max complete an incredible comeback?
02:33Verstappen is a monster. He's the strong one. We have nothing to lose.
02:37Or is this the moment a new world champion rises?
03:01Good evening. How are we all? All okay?
03:05Welcome.
03:07Tonight, we are here to celebrate a powerhouse of motorsport.
03:11A leader, a hustler, now an author.
03:14The CEO of McLaren Racing, Zac Brown.
03:20What's the book about?
03:23Business. Leadership. Lessons. Stuff.
03:26I was following the race at the weekend in Vegas.
03:29So I thought I'd get it out of the way at the start.
03:32How are you feeling?
03:40That sucked.
03:42A bit of an understatement.
03:44It was a shock getting the news that we'd been disqualified.
03:48We got the car set up wrong.
03:50A bad mistake.
03:51We've never claimed we're perfect.
03:54We try and be perfect, but we're fair.
03:56We rotate whose car we sabotage weekend to weekend.
04:00So we do everything totally fair.
04:02You've made a mistake.
04:04And to do anything to hurt our drivers getting the chance to win the Drivers' Championship,
04:08we felt pretty bad.
04:10How are both Oscar and Lando feeling about things?
04:13They're great.
04:15I, you know, I speak with them all the time.
04:18I've never once felt any tension in the room.
04:22Both guys have a great chance at winning the World Championship.
04:26But, you know, Max is like that guy in that horror movie that as soon as you thought he was
04:32done, he's back.
04:34Yeah, he's lurching back to life.
04:37Max is not a four-time world champion by accident.
04:40He never quits.
04:41He's right in the midst of things.
04:43So I'm concerned.
04:45We've, uh, we've put some pressure on ourselves.
04:48Um, just because a lot of people have asked this, uh, shouldn't you be in Qatar?
04:52Uh, that's where I'm headed when we're, we're, we're done tomorrow morning.
04:58Thank you very much, Zach.
04:58Have a safe journey home.
04:59Good night.
05:00Cool.
05:00Thank you, everyone.
05:03Qatar will be a challenging weekend for us.
05:06No one can kind of afford not to have a good weekend.
05:10You worry about everything, you've got to reset.
05:14It's about getting the drivers focused on the job at hand.
05:28What is that?
05:29Oh, delicious.
05:36No, I'm good.
05:37I've got my own food with me, actually.
05:41Um, yeah, so I'm, I don't know where I start.
05:46Uh, Vegas hurt me.
05:48Lost a lot of points.
05:50Should just never happen.
05:52What the hell was that?
05:54No, Barry Yaga.
05:57I'm just never a person that will come in and blame the team first.
06:00But when you're against the best in the world, then it's not good enough.
06:04It puts you in quite a difficult position.
06:07It's all about just trying to win.
06:10Yeah.
06:11All we want to do is make sure that we don't decide the championship.
06:18Inadvertently, you guys have a tingle and Max goes on and wins.
06:22Oh, you know, and that's nice.
06:24After a double disqualification, Red Bull and Max are a threat.
06:29He's fighting for the championship.
06:30He's certainly going to be in it.
06:31And we have to perform perfectly to keep them out of it.
06:35I think there is a point when it's, we've done what we've had to do as a team.
06:40Yeah.
06:41Now it's the racing drivers let us go and do what we can to win the race.
06:46Yeah.
06:46I think we're all mature enough to acknowledge I could win big or I could lose.
06:53McLaren are feeling the heat from Verstappen.
06:56The double disqualification in Vegas is only going to ramp up the pressure on everyone.
07:01Everything is now under the microscope.
07:03You cannot afford any more errors.
07:16Nowadays, you can't say shit in the pedal.
07:19Heading into Qatar, Max is now tied with Oscar.
07:22Good race.
07:23And Lando is just 24 points ahead.
07:32Ultimately, it's never a good thing having the result we had in Vegas.
07:36Another tense moment in the year.
07:38The best way of keeping my hopes in as good a shape as I can is trying to go out
07:42and win
07:42and get the best results again.
07:44Oscar.
07:45What?
07:46I tried to piss both of you about this.
07:48Oh, sorry.
07:50What do you think about the double disqualification for McLaren?
07:54I think great.
07:55A few extra points for me, so I was happy about it.
07:58Both cars being disqualified is obviously a big setback for them,
08:01which makes Max come closer, uncomfortably closer.
08:05Yeah.
08:05Yeah.
08:07Huge moment for the championship, for McLaren.
08:10Little bit questionable.
08:12Max is going to enjoy that and, yeah, not a good thing for Oscar or Lando.
08:18Clearly, the pressure is super high.
08:20Lando has everything to lose.
08:22Max and Oscar have nothing to lose.
08:23Will Lando be bricking it?
08:26Everyone will be bricking it.
08:29Max, just get your reaction to what happened with the double DSQ for the McLarens.
08:33Of course, the gap closed a bit with that.
08:38But it's still 24 points.
08:40But it's definitely a better chance than what it was before that.
08:45But, you know, we go all in.
08:46We have nothing to lose.
08:48If it was anyone else, you'd say it was impossible.
08:52But this is Max.
08:53He lives for the impossible.
08:55To overturn more than 100 points and with two races to go, you just feel it's his.
09:06You good?
09:07Yeah, mate.
09:08I'm in control.
09:09Okay.
09:10Lovely times.
09:19We could be standing on the brink of history.
09:23Lando Norris can clinch the title tonight over his teammate and rival, Oscar Piastri.
09:29Max Verstappen will not back down either.
09:31My goodness me, I've got goosebumps.
09:34Feeling good?
09:35Yeah.
09:36In Las Vegas, we'd made a mistake.
09:39But I expect Lando and Oscar to bounce back.
09:43See you on the grid, dude.
09:45I think that we need to set everything up.
09:47In Qatar, we're hoping that by closing a bit that gap, McLaren, they will start to feel a bit more
09:54pressure.
09:57And as a result, they will make mistakes.
10:00It's one thing to dominate, it's another thing to feel the pressure off your competitors.
10:04Oscar Piastri has pole.
10:06At the moment, it's a close battle.
10:08I'm not ultimately concerned with whether I have an edge or not.
10:11I'm focused on trying to win the Drivers World Championship.
10:16Norris is in second place alongside his teammate, Oscar Piastri.
10:20I've got to be on top of everything at all times.
10:23As soon as you relax one little bit in any area, you can pay the price and it can be
10:28costly.
10:29We need to win.
10:30We're going to stop making mistakes.
10:33Max Verstappen will start third tonight.
10:36We are here.
10:37I am in this fight still.
10:40But at the same time, it needs some severe bad luck or mistake for me to be fully in the
10:46fight.
10:47We need a good start.
10:48We need something.
10:49Yeah, boy.
10:51Well, this could get excited.
10:53Everyone in position.
10:55Three contenders for the title.
10:57If Lando wins tonight, he's champion of the world.
11:02But if either Piastri or Verstappen finish ahead of him, this title fight will go all the way to the
11:09final race in Abu Dhabi.
11:33Very good overtake, Max.
11:35Fantastic.
11:36A2.
11:40Go on, Maxi.
11:42And Max Verstappen ahead by turn one.
11:46Go on, Lando.
11:47Lando, keep it up.
11:48We'd like to try and give it a go on Verstappen.
11:51Confirmed.
11:54Race leader, Oscar Piastri, trying to win his first Grand Prix for three months.
11:59Everything looks good outside, Oscar.
12:01Great to then Verstappen, fast back.
12:03Race is great.
12:04Good job.
12:06It's a pretty fast-paced race, but being able to get comfortable with it pretty quickly.
12:11There's still a lot that can happen, but so far, so good.
12:15Piastri is still fighting for his own championship.
12:26I don't think about losing.
12:27That's not in my head.
12:28I think about how to win.
12:30The start was decent, so this is a very good opportunity now for us to win the race.
12:38Whoa.
12:41No, no.
12:41No, no, no.
12:41It's driving a gust.
12:56Fucking unbelievable.
12:57I gave him loads of space.
13:00You're okay, Nico?
13:02I found the fucking stuff.
13:05They're not going to clean that car away very quickly.
13:09There are 50 laps to go, and the safety car is out.
13:13It's going to be interesting.
13:18Corey, you're boxing or staying out at the standby?
13:22If drivers want to take a pit stop behind the safety car, they can do so.
13:28I don't think we have to stay out.
13:29We need to be the seat.
13:33Oscar, we're staying out.
13:35Stay out.
13:36Corey, you're staying out.
13:38Oscar's not pitting, right?
13:39Is Oscar pitting?
13:41He'll get a little picture.
13:43What are we doing?
13:44We're staying out.
13:49Box, I'm big and firm, Max.
13:50Box, I'm big and firm.
13:52Copy.
13:53These tires cannot do more than 25 laps per set, so it's a two-stop race.
14:00For us, taking the pit stop was an automatic decision.
14:06Verstappen happy to roll the dice.
14:08Pitting under the safety car essentially means a free pit stop.
14:12Box now, it's a very busy pit lane.
14:14A whole bunch of cars coming in.
14:16Most of the field, it looks like.
14:19Awesome, Fidder.
14:20Everyone has pitted now.
14:21Other than the two McLarens.
14:24And now, McLaren have the entire pack behind them on fresh tires.
14:28I should have just followed him in there.
14:30If he knew the car head was staying out.
14:32It's never a nice moment to win.
14:34The entire field has an opposite strategy, so I'm concerned.
14:38Are we in trouble here?
14:40We will see whether there was the record or not.
14:44Complete disaster for McLaren.
14:46They've now got to make an extra pit stop over Verstappen
14:49before the end of this race.
14:50They've got to build an enormous gap to undo the damage here.
14:54When you're under so much pressure, it's not a mistake.
15:00Expect McLaren to push hard on the restart.
15:03Yeah.
15:05Safety car in this lap.
15:08Here we go.
15:11Safety car in.
15:22We're racing again at McLaren with so much work to do.
15:27You are free to push.
15:29I can't let them vote too far away.
15:31Do what you can, obviously, Max.
15:33Yeah.
15:34This is a bit of a race where we need to be quick comebacks.
15:37What kind of players do we need?
15:39We need to be more than a second after that.
15:42Verstappen.
15:43Right on.
15:45Piastri leads this rivalry with Norris in second, then Verstappen in third.
15:50He's going to have the race lead when the McLarens stop.
15:55They've blown this massively.
15:57It's a pivotal moment in the World Championship with 15 laps to go.
16:01Okay, I'll skip.
16:02Tire update, please.
16:04Struggling a bit now.
16:05Copy.
16:06Let's do it.
16:07It's lap, box, box.
16:12Max, good pace.
16:13Gap to Norris, one second.
16:15Yeah, it feels good.
16:20Rando, box, do that, please, box.
16:25That's currently P1.
16:27Yeah, yeah.
16:30Bring it home, man.
16:31Go on.
16:32Stay there.
16:36Rando could be close to Carlser.
16:39Antonelli and Sainz, they'll be in front of us.
16:45Norris, yeah.
16:46You've got babies.
16:48That's what we need, bro.
16:50Max, plenty of gap now for Norris and Piastri, so hold on.
16:54Last lap.
16:57I think Norris will serve you to pass at the Melik with the base we are doing.
17:03Come on, Lando.
17:04Let's go and get Antonelli.
17:17Antonelli has gone wide, and Lando Norris moves up into fourth place.
17:21And that's two very precious extra points there for Lando Norris.
17:24How crucial could they be, come the final reckoning?
17:29Regardless of that, we will fight to the end, man.
17:34Somebody more.
17:36That was a very lovely race.
17:39Max Verstappen wins the Qatar Grand Prix, and the fight for the title will go to the final race.
17:47Staying in it, we jump back well.
17:49We're done, Max.
17:50Never a foot wrong.
17:51Magic pace.
17:53Let the other guys do the mistakes.
17:57Yeah, I'm really well done with that goal.
18:00They threw the fucking win away.
18:04Get in the win.
18:05It's fucking embarrassing.
18:06Just gave everybody away.
18:07Check the flag, Oscar.
18:09Check the flag.
18:09Piastri comes home in second.
18:12And that now means he's behind Max Verstappen in the driver's standings.
18:18Norris finishes in fourth.
18:20This could have been the coronation.
18:23He was dreaming of being world champion tonight.
18:26Painful.
18:27Painful.
18:31Stasius.
18:33Yes.
18:35I don't have any words.
18:39We made a wrong decision today.
18:42That's clear.
18:46You know, obviously it hurts at the moment.
18:48It's another weekend where something's just not going our way.
18:52It does hurt.
18:56Another mistake.
18:58A highly visible mistake.
19:01Very disappointing coming off of Vegas.
19:06We stuck to our plan.
19:07I don't think the team expected everyone to box.
19:10The safety car.
19:11Was it the right call?
19:15No.
19:18Why didn't you beat like all the other drivers?
19:22Because we did what we thought was best.
19:25It hurts the team, I think.
19:27We looked like idiots.
19:30We should not have done what we did since we were a simple result.
19:37You think I still go see the drivers or let them be?
19:40I don't know.
19:43I don't feel like I'm saying sorry to them.
19:47McLaren's decision to go against the prevailing wisdom of every team in that pit lane is baffling.
19:56You could imagine a driver losing a bit of faith, a bit of confidence.
19:59We just can't afford any more mistakes because they're getting pretty costly.
20:03Okay, that's your phone.
20:05You can go next week.
20:08I do want to go talk to the drivers.
20:10Um, yeah.
20:13If it had been anyone else who won, it wouldn't have been quite so bad.
20:17The errors compounding Vegas, Qatar, with one race left, it couldn't be much more of a disastrous outcome.
20:28Believe it. Believe it.
20:29Believe it.
20:30Believe it.
20:32We dominated the race.
20:35It was a very significant win.
20:37It has a big influence on the championship.
20:41Anything can happen in a race like it showed today.
20:44It was just a mistake of not boxing both of them.
20:47Max Verstappen has won the Qatar Grand Prix.
20:50Very happy.
20:51I know, of course, the gap came down quite a bit.
20:53We're in it.
20:53And it will keep it interesting.
20:56Max, ahead of this race, Zac Brown described you as a guy in a horror movie that keeps coming back
21:01effectively.
21:02Do you think you're a little bit in McLaren's heads and you've gotten scrambled and that's why they're making these
21:07sort of mistakes?
21:09You can call me Chucky.
21:20How are you doing?
21:22I'm all right.
21:23Yeah?
21:23Yeah.
21:25Yeah, I'm good.
21:26Loving life.
21:27I can't complain, can I?
21:31I'm fighting against Max.
21:33The driver, I think, is probably the best ever in Formula One.
21:36It's difficult.
21:38In Qatar, I was downbeat because I lost some points in the championship, just thrown away.
21:45We messed it up and he did a good race.
21:47They're doing a very good job.
21:49And we did quite the opposite.
21:50Like, do I think I'm quick enough?
21:53Yeah.
21:54But, uh, I need to do it when it counts.
21:58That's the only thing.
22:01It's not like I'm scared of losing, let's say.
22:04It's more the effect of losing, which is the disappointment.
22:09Yeah.
22:10It's just difficult.
22:12Better get going.
22:14Cheers, mate.
22:20Going into Abu Dhabi, I hope I don't have to find out what it means to not come out on
22:27top at the end of the season.
22:38We meet again in Abu Dhabi for an F1 title decider.
22:45With three drivers in contention, only one can triumph.
22:51Who will be the champion of the world?
22:54I think this is Lando's to lose, but it's the last race of the season with a lot of championship
22:59pressure,
23:00and that always results in a fantastic last race.
23:03Here you go, buddy.
23:05I think it's going to be Lando to win or Max and Lando to crash.
23:08And then there's Auscus.
23:09Yeah.
23:10Now in the final race of the season.
23:13Auscus looks to third in the Drivers' Championship.
23:16Max moves up to second and finds himself just 12 points behind Lando with one race remaining in Abu Dhabi.
23:27All Lando has to do this weekend is finish on the podium.
23:30First, second or third, he's champion.
23:33But right now, if you're a betting man, it's Max's.
23:39Because the unthinkable, the improbable, now has a very realistic chance of happening.
23:50So McLaren had a trip up in Qatar, and Max knows how to get the most out of his team,
23:56so you can't bank against that.
23:58Maybe Oscar can be on the top.
23:59He's just very, very calm.
24:01So through the highs, he's calm.
24:04Through the lows, he's calm.
24:05Who's your money on this weekend?
24:08Hmm, probably Lando, I guess.
24:11I'm not going to be putting money on it.
24:12I don't think that's legal.
24:15Well, hope Max wins.
24:16He's in a hunt, and he has a good chance that he can win.
24:21In this moment, Norris has the advantage.
24:24But when Stappa is a monster, he's a strong one.
24:27We have nothing to lose.
24:28I've been reflecting on it and thought, which way do I think it's going to go?
24:32Can't call it.
24:32It's going to be a banging showstopper.
24:37It's perfectly poised, isn't it?
24:39It's as though the racing gods had written the script for us.
24:43It's either the racing gods or Netflix, but somebody scripted it.
24:50We're calm.
24:51I think we're calm.
24:52I'm not sure I'm calm.
24:54I'm calm.
24:55I'm portraying that I'm calm.
24:57It's very, very intense.
25:01Being in the lead, you're more of a mindset of, don't mess it up.
25:04Mm-hmm.
25:04And that's where Max will have an advantage in that he's...
25:08Done this.
25:09Done this four times.
25:11It'll be interesting to see what Lando's like.
25:12Oscar's chilled.
25:14I mean, Oscar can definitely win this thing.
25:15Yeah.
25:16It's why I always hate with, like, three laps to go, you know, in the commentary,
25:20when they start talking as if it's, like, all over.
25:23And you're like, mm.
25:24I've seen Lewis go from losing to winning the world championship in a corner on the last lap.
25:29Yeah.
25:30That's what makes sport cool.
25:32Unless you're the one on the wall.
25:35This conversation's making me more nervous.
25:38Losing the championship would be devastating.
25:41But to come all this way, to fall short, I don't even want to think about it.
25:57Here we go, then.
25:59The fight for the 2025 world title is about to begin.
26:06Radio check.
26:07Yep.
26:08Radio check.
26:09Excellent.
26:10Hard and clear.
26:10Yep.
26:11Hard and clear.
26:12I'm always a bit nervous before Pauly.
26:13I want to be on pole, and feel like I have to be on pole to make my life easier
26:18on Sunday.
26:20So Lando and Sally is kind of behind you.
26:23He's approaching turn six now.
26:28It looks like a tense, tense driving from Lando, doesn't it?
26:33Here comes Piastri, who goes faster by some margin.
26:39Better put the wind off him.
26:40What a statement that is.
26:43Okay, Max.
26:45Currently.
26:46Yeah.
26:47It's going to need something mighty from the two McLaren boys to be that.
26:51So if we can help with the kind of confidence on the brakes.
26:54No, it's not that.
26:55I think I'm just doing a shit job.
27:00I feel like stressed.
27:01I put myself under pressure because I do a crappy life.
27:06I put myself down because of it.
27:08To put yourself in a kind of a better position and a better mindset to set things off in the
27:12right direction again.
27:13You've got to think now.
27:14Can't think of the past anymore.
27:18Lando Norris currently finds himself third fastest.
27:25I should be coming to go P2.
27:28Copy.
27:31I'll keep the updates as you get ahead.
27:34Norris, three seconds.
27:37Keep on it.
27:48Norris, a tenth faster than Piastri in the middle sector of this lab.
27:55Here comes Piastri.
27:57Crosses the line.
27:58That's P3.
28:00Well, that wasn't much left at now on, so thanks.
28:08Okay, we are P2.
28:14That's the whole position, folks.
28:17Let's start and go, guys.
28:19Let's see.
28:21Yes.
28:23Unbelievable speed, Max.
28:24Just pure speed.
28:26Mega.
28:27Yeah, fantastic work, guys.
28:28Let's have some fun out there tomorrow.
28:33Obviously, you know, I didn't have a great qualifying.
28:37Yeah, it was a tough one.
28:49Hello.
28:49Can I get your attention with our man of the moment,
28:53world championship leader, Mr. Norris?
29:02Yeah, a big day for all of us.
29:04I mean, this is, like, the biggest day of my life.
29:06I think when someone asks me how much I want to win a world championship,
29:10it's been my dream, right, since I was a kid.
29:12So everything I do is aimed at trying to be the best in the world.
29:15For Max to win, he needs to finish first,
29:18and I need to finish fourth.
29:19So it could be a day of games in many ways.
29:22He's not going to just try and win, I'm going to guess.
29:24He's going to see what he can do to disrupt things,
29:27cause havoc, cause chaos,
29:29and we just need to be ready for that.
29:31I mean, the exciting part is I'm calling our strategy.
29:35Yeah.
29:37That's the worrying part, yeah.
29:39We have to avoid making mistakes with the strategy stuff.
29:43I don't know what I'd be saying or thinking if I don't win.
29:47It's a horrible thought.
29:48I don't expect any drivers taking each other out
29:51to decide the world championship,
29:54unless you have to.
29:55No.
29:58Okay, I'll see you on the grid,
30:00and let's take some ass.
30:02All right.
30:02Cheers, guys.
30:03See you later.
30:09Philando, with the expectation
30:10that's really rested on his shoulders
30:12since he joined McLaren,
30:13the fact that he was pitched from the outset
30:16as a potential champion,
30:18this should have been his season.
30:20But motor racing is a mind game,
30:23and you're going up against one of the all-time greats.
30:26It's a question to Max.
30:28How are you dealing with the pressure?
30:30I'm very relaxed.
30:32I mean, trophy looks the same.
30:34You know, I have four of those at home,
30:36so it's nice to add a fifth.
30:39Just wanted to know if the parents are here.
30:42No, parents are not here.
30:44I mean, I didn't really plan to be in the title fight
30:46until the end, so, yeah, here we are.
30:50We're seeing a very different Max Verstappen,
30:53and it's joyous,
30:54unless your name is Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri.
31:00Because an unrestrained, carefree Max Verstappen
31:05is absolutely fucking terrifying.
31:08Welcome, Max.
31:09How's it going?
31:11How are we doing?
31:11We've got to put in the shade for you.
31:13I'm sitting here?
31:13Yes, please, in the shade.
31:14I thought you might like to stay slightly cooler.
31:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:17It's quite hot already.
31:19Luckily, the race is, of course, in the evening,
31:21so that helps.
31:23It's much better.
31:26Max, if you win the championship,
31:28will this go down as your greatest win?
31:31I think definitely the most unexpected one.
31:33But then also, it's like, there is no pressure.
31:35Like, of course, you know, if it happens,
31:37then that's insane.
31:39If it doesn't happen,
31:40we can still be very happy
31:41with what we have done the last few races, so...
31:44Crashers on Lando, though, right?
31:46I think so.
31:49I'm in a good space, you know?
31:50Like, it's not this, like, do or die.
31:52But at the same time,
31:53I still want to win,
31:55and that's why I'm here.
31:57You seem tougher mentally than those guys.
32:00Do you try to play mind games with them
32:02in interviews in the press
32:04to, like, plant a seed, like,
32:06I'm an animal and you're not?
32:08Uh, yeah, I mean, I've done it now
32:11the last few races a little bit,
32:13because it irritates them, you know?
32:15So, yeah, I don't mind it.
32:17For me, like, it's all fun and games anyway.
32:21You shouldn't take everything too serious.
32:24We are not going to change our approach now.
32:26We have been saying race after race.
32:28If there is an opportunity,
32:30Max is going to take it.
32:32He's an extraordinary champion,
32:33and, you know, Max will have a good chance.
32:36Yeah, thank you.
32:37Good luck.
32:37Good luck today, guys.
32:39Good luck.
32:44How's he feeling?
32:45Uh, not as confident as me and you would be.
32:47Fuck no.
32:49You've been mega all weekend.
32:52Rinse and repeat.
32:54Just what you did last year.
32:58All right.
33:00Have fun.
33:06Rinse and repeat.
33:12All right, all good?
33:13Yeah.
33:13We're ready.
33:15How's Carfield?
33:16Hopefully it's been better today.
33:30You're about to witness one of these drivers have the greatest day of their career.
33:35The sport's biggest prize is up for grabs.
33:44Max Verstappen is going to push the McLarens all the way, and he starts the final race of the season
33:50from pole.
33:50Victory would complete the final race.
33:53The victory would complete the greatest comeback in the history of Formula One.
33:56McLaren second with Lando Norris and third with Oscar Piastri.
34:01Max is in whatever he gets to win the race.
34:03What's happening behind is what's happening behind.
34:05No control over that.
34:11I think in Formula One we know it's not over until it's over.
34:14Shipping your pants?
34:15Yes.
34:15Shit.
34:17We have to go out and win this championship, not expect Max to falter.
34:25Verstappen must make the podium to have any chance.
34:29Piastri must be in the top two.
34:32And if Lando Norris is to win his first world championship, he has to finish on the podium.
34:40We'll see how the race pans out.
34:45Till either Lando or Max cross the line in front of me, I've still got a chance of winning the
34:49title.
34:50I don't need things to happen in the race to win the championship, but funny things can happen.
34:58When pressure is high, normally I perform because I enjoy that.
35:03I'm going to try to win the race.
35:05If I need to attack, I'll attack because I have nothing to lose.
35:08So what can happen?
35:10You're at a second or third or you win.
35:13That would be fantastic.
35:16It's always tough and it's never going to be easy.
35:20It could be my only chance of winning a championship.
35:24Absolutely breaking it.
35:26It is time to crown a champion.
35:43Oscar just behind.
35:46Max and Lando to head.
35:56Overtake available.
36:08Good job.
36:09Neil P2.
36:11The staff and the staff are ahead of you.
36:15That's Oscar ahead of us.
36:16We should use a bit more pace.
36:20As expected, the field is very close.
36:23The car behind now, P3.
36:26See ya.
36:27Leclerc, he's a couple of seconds behind Norris.
36:30This face is mega.
36:32Well done.
36:33Go ahead, Norris.
36:35Perfect.
36:39It's very fine.
36:41Leclerc, 1.6.
36:43With Max Verstappen in the lead, Lando must finish P3 to be crowned world champion.
36:50And Leclerc will have DRS, he's 0.6.
36:53Confirmed.
37:01DRS enabled.
37:02Perfect.
37:12Good job, Oscar.
37:13Let's see if we can start putting the staff and under pressure.
37:15Perfect.
37:18Lando, box this lap, please.
37:20Box this lap.
37:21Perfect.
37:23Max Charles, box.
37:25Perfect.
37:25Both Lando and Charles are pitting for new tires.
37:29McLaren have to get this right so that Lando stays ahead of Leclerc.
37:35We have a plan.
37:38Everyone's laser focused.
37:40We can't make any mistakes.
37:46I'll be close at exit.
37:49The field spread is incredibly tight.
37:52Yep.
37:53Confirmed.
37:54It's supposed to get Lando pitted, but there's quite a lot of traffic in front of him.
38:08Norris has exit pits behind us.
38:10Yep, copy that.
38:11Lando finds himself all the way back in ninth after his pit stop.
38:15He has to get back to third to win the world championship.
38:18So Norris is followed by Antonelli, Sainz, Stroll and Lawson.
38:23Also Pseudor.
38:28Norris is put in five behind.
38:30Copy that.
38:39Max of a pace cube.
38:41Norris is still behind Antonelli, Max.
38:44Copy.
38:45The longest ever.
38:49This race is not going the way I need to, but I can't let this championship just slip away because
38:56I fought as hard as I could fight for it.
39:00Good job.
39:04Four cars still to go.
39:07Sainz is the next car.
39:14Nois, first car behind you.
39:16Do not go offline for noise.
39:18Copy.
39:23Come on, Carlos.
39:24Be a friend.
39:26I've been teammates with Lando, but I'm not trying to help the McLaren.
39:31Just focusing on making zero mistakes.
39:34He's going to struggle to pass me.
39:39Pace is really good.
39:41Three cars to go.
39:44Lando past Sainz, and he's moving through the traffic, trying to find his way through.
39:50Keep doing what you're doing.
39:52You got this.
39:57Norris close behind a new hard.
40:00I can't help you, but you can't stop.
40:05Behind his throat, there is Norris.
40:07Yeah.
40:08Let's do our best.
40:09Copy.
40:20Let's tee it up, Damien.
40:22Let's tee it up.
40:28Lando takes two cars in one corner, and he's up to fourth.
40:34Verstappen and Piastri are leading this race, but it will not matter if Norris can claim
40:40third position.
40:41Oh!
40:44Our next call will be for Lando.
40:54We expect Norris to think of one lap.
40:57All he can when he catches.
41:01Arnold, it's a living group.
41:06Any concern they do something really dirty?
41:11I can't sit out ahead.
41:19Car behind now, Norris.
41:24I'm looking for you.
41:28Try again if I can.
41:34I can see you, Ki.
41:36I know they're pretty quick in the straight, but I'm on fresher tires.
41:42I have to get past.
41:47Here comes Lando Norris, and he gets pushed completely off the track.
41:51Oh, come on!
41:53You're going to have to look at that, because was he all four wheels off the track?
41:58He's over the white line.
42:00You have to give that back, you know?
42:03That was fucking bullshit.
42:05The stewards are reviewing the incident between Norris and Tsunoda.
42:09This is a huge decision.
42:10That was classic rebel shit-housing.
42:16Very dangerous.
42:25I think they are debating.
42:27I can't believe I'm not this, please.
42:33We have been given a five-second penalty for moving twice on a defensive Norris.
42:38So, what?
42:40How much can I do?
42:42Five seconds.
42:44Fucking dickhead.
42:47A massive moment for McLaren.
42:49No penalty for Norris.
42:51My heart didn't need that.
42:56Oscar Lando's now P3.
42:59Up to Verstappen 22.
43:02Verstappen is way out in front.
43:04Oscar's title challenge is all but over.
43:06Lando must now hold on to P3 to win the World Championship.
43:09So, Lando, two-eighth behind us.
43:12Leclerc at two.
43:13Then you've got Tsunoda at 11.9.
43:16Confirmed.
43:18Just keeping on Leclerc behind.
43:21Yep.
43:22This is a misperience now.
43:29Charles Leclerc is gaining ground on Lando Norris.
43:35The only thing that is in my head is, what can I do for the best interest of Ferrari?
43:41I could potentially ruin the party and make the last race a bit more exciting.
43:50Leclerc is pushing to two and three more than we are.
43:53Let's have a hundred percent pace, please.
43:54A hundred percent pace.
44:01Why am I so through in the streets?
44:04Nothing obvious yet on that side.
44:11Two laps remaining.
44:12Uh, there's Charles catching it.
44:15Little Ed has fallen behind here.
44:18Laps, you have given everything.
44:20You can be proud of it, I mean.
44:28Keep building this gap on Leclerc.
44:31Two laps to go.
44:38The second to last lap.
44:40You know, I'm getting close.
44:41This is almost about to happen.
44:46All of a sudden, suddenly you have flashbacks.
44:56Different moments from the very beginning.
45:00Hi, I'm Lando Norris.
45:01I'm the European Champion.
45:03I don't want to stop myself from trying to think of it, even though I'm not there yet.
45:09Just such a long journey, which is what makes it so special.
45:14Then the final lap, trying to take everything in.
45:20This is the biggest moment of my life.
45:24Lando Norris, he's the Formula One World Champion!
45:35Uh, Lando, this is Zach from McLaren.
45:38Is this the, uh, world champion hotline?
45:40Yeah.
45:42You did it!
45:43You did it!
45:44Awesome!
45:45Woo!
45:49Oh, shit.
45:51Oh, my God.
45:53You made a good stream.
45:54True.
45:54Thank you so much.
45:57I love you guys.
45:58Thanks for everything.
45:59You deserve it.
46:01I love you, Mum.
46:02I love you, Dad.
46:03Thanks for everything.
46:07I'm not crying.
46:20I'm not crying.
46:20It's, uh, P5, uh, P2 in the Constructors.
46:25Go on, Petroppler.
46:26Let's go again next year.
46:28I'm proud to beat Ferrari.
46:30A tough competition between the two teams.
46:32It will always exist.
46:34The great racers.
46:36Keep it.
46:37You're trying, yes.
46:39I'm always fighting for you guys.
46:41Always.
46:42That's it.
46:44Yeah, I love Lewis.
46:45I have so much respect for him.
46:46But I think it's no secret.
46:48He's having a bit of a stinker.
46:49And it's a bit tough to see.
46:52Thank you, Carlos, for an amazing first season together.
46:55Happy P5.
46:56Let's go build a man next year.
46:57Thank you, guys.
46:58You have a very good year.
46:59Congrats.
47:00It's unusual for a team to bounce from ninth to fifth.
47:03Well done, Alex.
47:04There's a lot more to come.
47:06I can't wait.
47:07Thank you, gents.
47:09But it's exponentially harder to be in the top three.
47:11And that's the bit that I'm really focused on now.
47:13Great job on your part, man.
47:14And I just want to say thanks for the last 24 races.
47:18Thank you, guys.
47:19Not a bad season.
47:20There's been so much momentum gained throughout the course of the season.
47:24So many highs and lows all the way through it.
47:26I mean, it's been a roller coaster.
47:29Well, let's keep this car.
47:31Run away from my side next year, please.
47:33Don't want to see it anymore.
47:37We need to complete a new car.
47:39Complete a new 2016, I mean.
47:42It's got to be a little bit boring.
47:44No burnouts.
47:45Sure.
47:56Feel unbelievably relieved.
48:01To win the drivers is awesome.
48:04Couldn't be happier for Lando.
48:07Max is one of the greatest drivers of all time.
48:09Drives for an unbelievable team.
48:11Team sort of beat him.
48:12You know you've done an awesome job.
48:15So I think it does feel sweeter.
48:18For Oscar, I know there's momentary disappointment.
48:22But he's going to be a world champion.
48:24I guarantee it.
48:25Last year, we became a structure world champion.
48:29And this year, we have double wins!
48:37It's hugely significant.
48:39McLaren have gone from the bottom to the top to win back-to-back Constructors' Championships
48:45and crown a Drivers' Champion.
48:46So what that means is we're the best team in the business with the best driver, Lando!
48:55It's incredible because it's the thing.
49:00It's the thing all of us worked on to achieve, you know, since I was a little boy.
49:06I had amazing parents that gave me the opportunity to do exactly what I wanted to do.
49:12Never lose this smile.
49:13Never lose this smile.
49:15We did it, and that's a pretty cool thing to say.
49:242026.
49:26A new dawn for Formula One.
49:29New set of regulations.
49:31New engines.
49:32New car designs.
49:33It's a clean sheet of paper.
49:34I think this is probably the biggest rule change we've ever gone through.
49:37A new team in Cadillac.
49:38You deserve to be back in the car.
49:40And I think in Valtteri, in Checo, we've got this perfect combination of experience and talent.
49:46The arrival of Audi replacing Sauber.
49:48What I'm hoping that we've seen today is an iconic team.
49:52One that's forever Audi Formula One.
49:54A new teammate for Max Verstappen once again.
49:57What the fuck am I doing here, you know?
50:01It's just...
50:03Which means Yuki's been replaced.
50:06Not sure it's fair, to be honest.
50:08Liam Lawson will be racing with Wieser-Kashev Racing Bulls in 2026.
50:14And Aston Martin have employed the man responsible for designing every great racing car that Max Verstappen has ever driven.
50:21Morning, Adrian.
50:22Adrian's a unicorn.
50:23We have the ability to be the next greatest Formula One World Championship team.
50:28We'll give it our best shot.
50:31McLaren may have the fastest car this year, but they might not be on top for long.
50:38We'll give it our best shot.
50:42We'll give it our best shot.
50:43Touching me.
50:45Touching me.
50:50Sweet Caroline.
50:53Fuck, fuck, fuck.
50:54Your tongue's never seen so good.
50:58So good.
50:59So good.
51:00So good.
51:01Ha, ha, ha.
51:03Fuck, fuck, fuck.
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51:42You
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