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Formula 1 Drive to Survive - Season 8 (HDR) - Episode 07: What Happens in Vegas
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00:11three to go and we're ready for las vegas grand prix to win it would be awesome one race in
00:19america
00:20we haven't won yet las vegas is unbelievably special you think of the size and scope the
00:31entertainment it's going to be a giant race las vegas is quite spectacular it's everything formula
00:38one stands for it's global it's ritz and glitz and night and big money and big crowds and it's
00:46very much a super bowl feel to it so you want to put on a good show mclaren are the
00:53constructors
00:53champions of 2025 we've had an unbelievable season constructors is wrapped up now all that's left is
01:03the driver's championship we're going to be super aggressive to try and win this weekend so let's go
01:19racing laurent meckes new ceo and team principal of oracle rebel racing
01:27if you are in this job there is only one brief it's winning and that's what we'll be chasing this
01:34weekend you know max won before in 2023 but this year you could have pretty much four teams winning
01:42the race
01:50last year vegas was pretty good for us we finished first and second and we're pretty dominant
01:57and this year the goal is to win the game i think the favorites are mercedes and max as always
02:07that'll probably upset someone that i said that maybe for art
02:14we can't overtake
02:19we had a tough season but sometimes we are a bit unlucky
02:26vegas is a bit different with the show around the event but we are trying to stay focused on track
02:33activities
02:40this is a big race to win at a big time
02:43what zach's achieved with mclaren this season is very impressive but uh we'd like to beat him
02:51it's going to be a good showdown i'm excited
02:54we are friends but on track we are competitors we are fighting it's a battle between giants and
03:00nobody wants to lose
03:04let's go win this thing
03:07thank you we will see on sunday
03:10races on saturday
03:11oh really yeah seriously yeah okay we will see on saturday
03:30what's happening
03:31good to see you
03:33all good
03:34you made it in
03:38congratulations on the year
03:39so far so good three to go
03:40half the battle
03:41half the battle's done
03:46we've got two drivers that i think are very capable of winning the world championship
03:50yeah i didn't realize we were kind of taking over the whole restaurant
03:54they're both fiercely competitive
03:58they're going to be battling each other this weekend so watch this space
04:03because you have two great freaking drivers and obviously they both want to win so bad
04:10oscar and lando have just pushed like i think they're both better because of each other than if they had
04:15a weak teammate
04:16but there can only be one champion at the end so you know when one wins how the other one
04:22is going to feel
04:22you know like how will you guys handle that i can recognize when to talk to the driver and when
04:29not to i got to read the body language of when do they want me to come put my arm
04:34around them
04:35so let's just let it cool down in the moment and then it's going to be like you guys both
04:41had killer years we won the constructors you led the world championship
04:45one finished first one finished second
04:47so i guess max you know i mean he's not going away
04:50he's that bad guy in the horror movie
04:53that like as soon as you thought he's out
04:55that comes back to life
04:57i mean he's just
04:59what a fierce combatant just appears somewhere
05:01of course we want to win the driver's championship
05:04i think we can win it
05:06so i'm going to get everyone sat
05:08and then i'll do a welcome
05:11but max for stopping one of the greatest
05:13formula one drivers of all time
05:15so i think
05:16every race now is absolutely critical
05:21we have in the room
05:22a bunch of cool people
05:24from a variety of sports
05:27we have legends of baseball
05:28we have legends of golf
05:30we have legends of hockey
05:31we have legends of motor racing
05:34there's only one legend
05:36that is great at all of them
05:37hello i'm zach
05:40zach's living his best life
05:41right now
05:43you know there was a time not too long ago
05:45where that mclaren had not a single sponsor
05:48on it
05:48now you're the champion
05:51the crosshairs are on you
05:52the king sits last
05:58bon appetit
06:08what are you guys doing
06:11from 101
06:15no we're part of the team
06:19thank you
06:22we are going into the weekend
06:23super confident
06:24max is on a comeback
06:26the speed
06:27i never get it wrong
06:29and he's not going to give up
06:33but it's been a massive challenge
06:36when i got the call about the job
06:38the noise around the team was very high
06:40it was not looking good
06:42but the turnaround of form
06:44in the last few months
06:46have been spectacular
06:47oh for fuck's sake
06:49under christian horno's team boss
06:51red bull
06:52looked to be completely out of it
06:55in 2025
06:57and verstappen out of the grand prix
07:00already
07:04and yet
07:05the job that laurent mechies has done
07:07since coming in as team principal
07:09is nothing short of astonishing
07:14max verstappen wins
07:16the italian grand prix
07:18the azerbaijan grand prix
07:22the u.s. grand prix
07:25the comeback
07:27of all comebacks
07:30he's managed to pull that team
07:32together
07:33again
07:35and max is back
07:36fighting for the championship
07:37this year
07:38we try to keep the noise
07:40as low as possible
07:41all the drama
07:42as you call it
07:43we want to be performance obsessed
07:45and we want to be no nonsense
07:50down for a race
07:54we are getting overtaken by a scooter
07:56yeah
07:58now in las vegas
07:59we have the opportunity
08:00to show everyone
08:01that we can actually
08:02compete for the championship
08:04and take down zach
08:05you give me the goal to overtake
08:07yeah
08:07yeah
08:19we are p2
08:22and the constructors
08:23and for the team
08:25it's obviously important
08:26to finish second
08:28but we want to go back
08:30fighting for a championship
08:34good
08:35good
08:35Toto Wolff doesn't just live to compete
08:38Toto lives to win
08:40he's making his plans
08:41for 2026 and beyond
08:43and how he can take back
08:45control of the sport
08:46that used to be his
08:47from zach
08:48and from mclaren
08:51good
08:53good
08:53gleich einen hinterher
08:57wie oft gehst du jetzt ins gym
08:59in san francisco
09:00ich gehe mehr und mehr
09:01ich versuche jetzt dreimal die Woche zu gehen
09:03wirklich
09:03du bist trotzdem noch meine größte motivation
09:05ins gym zu gehen
09:08winning in las vegas
09:10shows our ambition
09:11for next year
09:12and that is important
09:13in front of the american crowds
09:15and sponsors
09:16also glaubst du gibt es gute chancen
09:18für das Wochenende oder
09:19ist es schwer zu sagen
09:21and i would like to believe
09:22that in the future
09:23there will be more success
09:25i'm seeking
09:27perfection
09:35he's with me
09:36he's with me
09:37he's with me
09:37don't get
09:38don't get over excited
09:42we're going that way
09:45laron
09:45this is paddock club
09:47i was like where is he going
09:51morning
09:52good afternoon
09:54morning afternoon
09:55what is it
10:00pedro i don't have my pass
10:03good start for today
10:12yeah i want to have a coffee
10:14but a good coffee
10:17yeah
10:19in vegas
10:20to win this one
10:21it would be a good step
10:23because the last race
10:24in parisil came with a double dnf
10:32oh that's damage
10:34yeah how about this race
10:43for fuck's sake
10:44what happened
10:47suspension is broken
10:56fred's coming into vegas on the back of a pretty disastrous brazilian grand prix
11:02fred has so much to deal with right now with two unhappy drivers
11:08so a good result in vegas on a track where ferrari does go well
11:12would salvage what has been a really disappointing 2025
11:18my job is the most difficult job when you don't get the result expected
11:24at the end of the day i'm responsible
11:37it's quite impossible to make prediction but i have my crystal ball
11:45charlie is well known to be performant on the street circuit and i think he he liked vegas a lot
11:53i remember that lewis was mega strong last year in the race and the motivation is there
12:04vegas is a tough track
12:07it's a street track
12:08super fast
12:11tight
12:11twisting
12:13really narrow
12:16and all held at night
12:17but in deeply cold conditions which means you get very little grip from your tires
12:24it is a massive challenge and to make matters worse
12:31lauren did you expect rain like this when we firstly came to vegas at the start of this week
12:37i don't think anyone did
12:38no i mean we have not been trusting the forecast for the whole week honestly it's been very very difficult
12:44to predict
12:45and when the rain really starts to come down vegas is one of the most difficult circuits to get right
12:54sorry guys to keep you waiting not good
12:56um all right here what to say
12:59honestly it was not a good weekend last year but today we'll all be about are we able to put
13:04these tires the right window
13:05there is a great program across the car that's it really it's going to be only about that this weekend
13:11let's make it thank you guys thank you
13:17this is going to be a shit show isn't it
13:20as soon as qualifying begins the clock's ticking
13:23you have a limited amount of time to make the right decisions
13:27get it wrong
13:29and you're starting at the back of the grid
13:33strategy it's the most difficult job
13:36because quite often your decision is becoming the right one or the wrong one
13:44keep pushing keep pushing
13:47now push
13:50it looks nice to work
13:54keep pushing keep pushing for an extra lap
13:58it looks painfully slow doesn't it
14:00the rain cleaned the track
14:02it was very very slippery
14:03it's very wet
14:05we are not reactive to the track conditions
14:10well that's it for Lewis Hamilton's qualifying entrance tonight
14:13last and slowest
14:15we missed completely the opportunity
14:20it's very slippery
14:21we'll keep pushing keep pushing
14:23three
14:24three
14:24three
14:25three
14:25three
14:26three
14:27three
14:28and we're all box box
14:30we'll chat about it with your back
14:33Antonelli down in 17th
14:36Kim is on a super sleepery circuit that he didn't know
14:38it's unfortunate because he had the pace to be with the top drivers
14:46but it's just zero grip
14:47oh it's just zero grip
14:50oh it's just zero grip
14:50fuck it
14:50yeah copy that mate
14:51reach up right there
14:53so you know that goes 19th
14:55ah
14:57we got it wrong with Yuki
14:59specifically we got it wrong with his tire pressure
15:01sounds like a very small thing
15:03but it's enough to cost him a lot of grip
15:05you are going to have a curveball being thrown at you
15:08and you need to be prepared to adapt
15:10and that's the name of the game
15:12we decided
15:13we will make the change
15:14hopefully we get it right
15:18Charles
15:18ocean trying
15:35E what?
15:37E9
15:38my god embarrassing
15:43I think
15:44stop draining
15:46track should get better
15:49keep your speed up
15:50keep your speed up
15:53when the track starts to dry
15:56the only thing that it comes down to is
15:58who has the strength
16:00mentally
16:01has absolutely no fear
16:03will push over the edge
16:07close to that
16:09E5
16:14so keep pushing George
16:16close to that
16:22E5
16:25so keep pushing George
16:29down
16:30down
16:30max
16:34deep pushing
16:36yeah
16:47good job
16:48that's P1 for the moment
16:54so ladder track is clear opportunity yeah
17:01max he's going to be picture perfect we can't control his base his qualifying
17:08so we got to focus on ourselves
17:26feels great to me on the team with two drivers towards the front of the field for the race
17:34we did better than the other teams
17:39and lando getting pole was unbelievable it was a great lap
17:58we missed the ball fair enough well done to lando for getting it
18:02but we know we had a good position to fight for tomorrow
18:04it's first throw and it's it's game on
18:18fred you're okay no i'm not okay
18:23we came with vegas full of expectation we have to try to understand what we did wrong
18:32lose completely the momentum with different conditions in quality it's a huge frustration
18:36for us i'm trying to stay aware of emotion what is difficult it's difficult for everybody
18:48we are putting so much energy so much passion on this that you have a kind of frustration
18:54you just have to accept that you didn't do the perfect job
19:23this should be fun
19:24let's take it easy
19:26Happy New Year!
19:28Happy New Year!
19:37Happy New Year!
19:40Oh, my God!
19:41You like it?
19:42We want 200?
19:43Happy New Year!
19:45Happy New Year!
19:46Love you, baby!
19:47Love y'all!
19:53Buongiorno, buongiorno, buongiorno.
19:54Nice to meet you.
19:56Morning.
20:00Morning.
20:00Morning.
20:01Did you experiment last night?
20:04I didn't look at it.
20:05Oh, you're kidding me.
20:06He found some sex erotic kit in the hotel with the Maltesers, no?
20:12I was curious.
20:14I obviously know what pleasures a woman.
20:18It's pretty obvious, but when there's a pleasure kit for a man,
20:22I was like, I need to check this out.
20:23I hope I do.
20:24Of course I open it.
20:30I heard Zac Brown talk, but he said the one thing
20:32that he was worried about was you.
20:34Yeah.
20:34Don't take everything to Syria.
20:36I know.
20:36Exactly.
20:37Especially from him.
20:45Zac?
20:46I cannot stand the nail biting.
20:49It, like, it kills me.
20:51What?
20:51It's so rank.
20:55Stop it.
20:57The bigger the weekends, the more pressure.
20:59Big events always excite me, so with the lot on the line,
21:02that's where the adrenaline comes out.
21:04Max is the guy that we're racing.
21:06He's knocking at the door, and Max always delivers.
21:10What's the plan?
21:11To go as fast as possible.
21:13Yes.
21:14That's a good one.
21:16He's a fierce competitor.
21:18He never stops.
21:19So I'll be using both eyes and any eyes I might have behind my head.
21:27See you later.
21:27Yeah.
21:30But going into race day, Red Bull will be more determined than ever.
21:39No people wants to see us chasing McLaren, and that's what we are after this weekend.
21:47How much risk London takes?
21:50Yeah.
21:51I said, we don't have anything to lose, but he has to be careful.
21:56And now I saw an interview, he said he will take Greece if he wants to win.
22:00Yeah.
22:06From Las Vegas, this is Formula One between the bright lights and the landmarks.
22:28Radio check.
22:3075 seconds.
22:32George Russell starts fourth for Mercedes.
22:36Kimi Antonelli starts 17th tonight.
22:39He's not in a good starting position, but Kimi is an integral part of the team.
22:43He knows he needs to perform.
22:47That is maximum pressure.
22:50Radio check.
22:52Loud and clear.
22:54Charles Leclerc starts ninth.
22:57Lewis Hamilton starts 19th.
22:59We've been challenged.
23:00There's an opportunity left.
23:02Yeah, that's a good one.
23:04Yuki Tsunoda starts from the pit lane after Red Bull changed his engine overnight.
23:08We have only one car that has a chance.
23:10So it's full attack mode.
23:12And the max zone.
23:14Radio check.
23:14Yeah.
23:15Max Verstappen is on the front row, ahead of Piastri in fifth.
23:21But Lando Norris will start on pole.
23:25Max being in a hunt is going to be a dogfight.
23:28He's unbelievable in the car.
23:31Stand in seconds.
23:32We just need Lando to keep in front of Max.
23:35And hopefully his car will get a little bit smaller in our rear view mirrors.
23:40We're going to go for it.
24:04We're going to go for it.
24:17One thing we know is that your best shot is at turn one lap one.
24:22And Max rarely, rarely gets that wrong.
24:28Oh my word.
24:30So much chaos going on throughout the whole field.
24:34This is good.
24:38Speed trophy.
24:48People, I was also a star.
24:54Lewis Hamilton is up seven positions.
24:58Max Verstappen in the lead.
25:00Then it's Norris.
25:02Lando Russell is not quite even.
25:16Yeah, good job.
25:18So P-soup.
25:31And Tonelli getting close to Colapinto.
25:34Could be probably a P-15.
25:36Colapinto 1.0 ahead.
25:52Okay, good lad.
25:54Let's go.
25:54It's too late for here, Kimmy.
25:55So just keep looking forward.
26:00Look at his lifetime, Kimmy.
26:02He's very cool.
26:04Unbelievable.
26:06That's working.
26:07You're the fastest man on track.
26:09Kimmy's lap times are getting faster and faster.
26:12But he needs to get himself towards the front of the field.
26:17Hajar now comes into the pit.
26:20Yes.
26:20Piastri has been called to the pit lane.
26:23We are staying out.
26:25We had really good pace.
26:27That was the moment we were thinking.
26:29It looks like it's one stop.
26:31Should we give it a little bit of a push more on the tyres and see whether we can get
26:35to the end?
26:37And Tonelli now up to P-8.
26:43So it's now on the car ahead.
26:46Overtake is available.
27:00Nice work, Kimmy.
27:07Lather the gap to Russell.
27:09Ahead 1.4.
27:10Overtake him.
27:12Come on!
27:18Gap 1.5.
27:19Ahead 1.5.
27:21Don't you?
27:40Ahead 2.3.
27:4232 laps on the hard tyre, now finds himself in fourth position as everyone else has fitted.
27:48He missed strong speed, but he needs to manage the tyres.
27:52On a one-stop, if you can't nurture the tyre to the end, you're going to be eaten up, but
27:56the guy's behind.
28:00The car ahead is Anton Nelly. The car behind is now Leclerc.
28:10And he can't put me behind.
28:14He can't put him behind. Everything you've got, mate.
28:19Here we go. Come on!
28:31Get hopeful, tight.
28:33He has to be 1.3.
28:35This is not good enough.
28:38Oh, yeah, I'm fucking like crazy.
28:41Keep your head down.
28:44Piastri and Leclerc not making any inroads on Anton Nelly.
28:52Right, let's go get Max.
28:54Yep.
28:57I don't think there's much you can do to stop Max other than just beat him.
29:01We can't influence what he does, so we've got to focus on ourselves.
29:06Carverheim, Norris.
29:07Carverheim, Norris.
29:09Yes, please.
29:10The gap is 5.1.
29:13We're going to try to pick up the pace.
29:18Yeah, no, I am.
29:22Sparks flying out the back of Rando Norris.
29:25We're just slug.
29:29What do I do?
29:31Because sometimes I lift more, it just feels worse.
29:35What is going on with Norris?
29:37What is the issue he's dealing with?
29:44We'll just have to compromise with going through the skid plate and dodging it.
29:49And have a lot.
29:51Lando is nursing some form of issue.
29:54Gap is 9.6.
30:01Lando, Max, this is the final lap.
30:06Max Verstappen wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
30:14It's lovely, that.
30:16Well done, Max.
30:16That was proper, proper elimination.
30:20Very happy.
30:21Well done, guys.
30:25Lando Norris hangs on to second position.
30:31Is that the flag?
30:32Yeah, it's a checkered flag.
30:33Good job, mate.
30:34It's a P3.
30:36Yeah, that was...
30:37That was tricky, that.
30:38Yeah, Josh, congratulations to the podium.
30:40Really good.
30:41Kimi Antonelli finishing fifth.
30:44Yeah, Kimi, the pace was from another planet.
30:48Beard is mega.
30:50Beard is mega.
30:53P6.
30:57How did I end up P10?
31:02The wheel looking good at one point.
31:07Max Verstappen taking career victory 69.
31:14Did you see his part just left again?
31:17Yeah, but you can't stop him.
31:24I think the win was very, very significant in a way that it was a dominant win.
31:32The work we are doing, we only do that to achieve that magic moment.
31:50Max Verstappen has won the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but you have to say it's a great result for McLaren.
31:57Lando Norris remains 30 points clear at the top of the Drivers' Championship.
32:05McLaren, we think there's a...
32:09McLaren, we think there's a...
32:09This is weird.
32:10They're under investigation with FIA.
32:16I think they might be in trouble.
32:19I think they might be in trouble.
32:20So this is currently happening.
32:21We look at that.
32:22If you get a settlement, the individual is legal.
32:25I don't think there's to be any way.
32:35We have something we have to argue to you, what to say, yeah?
32:38We always care.
32:42Netflix, I feel like my mind.
32:47Okay.
32:51Lando, what happened at the finish of the race?
32:53Was it a fuel management issue?
32:56It might have been.
32:57Just the team were telling me there was some...
32:59I think there were some sensor issues from what I got told after,
33:01but they didn't tell me during the race.
33:05Very quick, when I got Zach Brown here,
33:06and Zach, that did not look like an easy idiot at the office.
33:09How do you do it?
33:10It's kind of a boring race.
33:12Can I ask what the problem was with Lando's car later on that slowed in?
33:15We were just managing.
33:16And we want to do, uh, be on the conservative side.
33:22So if there's too much wear, then they get disqualified.
33:28Turn out of the way, turn out of the way, please.
33:29Turn out of the way.
33:31Uh, Lando.
33:32Ah, yeah, yeah.
33:33You have a limit.
33:35Under me, yeah.
33:35I think the under the limit.
33:37There's a 12-volt kick, bro.
33:38Okay.
33:40Can I come out?
33:41Yeah.
33:41Huh?
33:41No, no.
33:42No, no.
34:11What was the issue with the car?
34:19We had a skidware issue, so the car was too low.
34:23It was unbelievable.
34:25Less than a piece of paper that we were off by, but the rules are the rules.
34:31It's not any one person's fault.
34:33If it is, it's mine, because everything rolls up to me.
34:38Vegas is all about taking a gamble, right?
34:42Zack gambled and lost in front of the biggest audience imaginable, and the impact is enormous.
34:52With two races to go, this double disqualification completely knocks McLaren off their stride.
34:59Heading into this weekend, we were talking about Max being, you know, it's mathematically possible that he could actually now
35:07win his fifth world title.
35:12He looks like this is going all the way to the wire.
35:15Max has never believed that this is his title to win.
35:19It was going to take McLaren doing something that would allow him in.
35:25This is that moment.
35:27From an outside shot, it's game on.
35:38We looked like idiots.
35:40Can't afford any more mistakes.
35:41We head into the final two races with a three-way fight for the driver's title.
35:47Westap is a monster.
35:49He will smell blood.
35:50Zach Brown described you as a guy in a horror movie.
35:53He can call me Chucky.
35:54We could be standing on the brink of history.
35:57Funny things can happen.
35:59Norris has fallen by.
36:01Let's fucking go, guys.
36:03Oh, come on!
36:04That was a classic level of shit-houser.
36:07It is time to crown a champion.
36:10It couldn't be more disastrous.
36:12Unbelievable, Max.
36:14It's time toinspire a champion.
36:18It is time to confirm enterprise.
36:18It is time to имеfere in life.
36:18It is time to possessletonж shoe.
36:26It is time to Li- sucks ninguém back.
36:26It is time to millennial league summer.
36:27Anything in principle, this years is tare.
36:28Yeah, he is.
36:33This year is not the case.
36:33It is time to pretend murder.
36:34It's time toISI, sir.
36:34It's time to see two ways.
36:34It's time to catch毒 PRIся.
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