Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019) s05e09 Episode Script

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[dramatic percussive music playing]
[team singing] Happy birthday to you ♪
Happy birthday, dear Max ♪
Happy birthday to you ♪
- [team cheering]
- Thank you, guys.
[Verstappen] You made me a cake?
Well, this is mine and Jack's.
We decorated this for you.
Unfortunately, we didn't have the blue,
so purple will have to suffice.
[Horner] It's been an amazing season.
It's been the most successful season
Red Bull Racing has ever had
in Formula 1
in the time that we've been in the sport.
This is one I made earlier.
Yeah, of course. Thank you very much.
[team member] You'll get one
of your five a day with that one.
I'm not asking calories.
[Horner] And the ultimate for us
would be to get both titles.
You know, we last won
a Constructors' title back in 2013.
You know, it would just be
an enormous, enormous achievement
after eight years of absolute annihilation
by another team.
Max, he's in a purple patch of form.
Um, you know, he's walking on water
at the moment.
[energetic music playing]
[commentator 1]
Verstappen is lapping Lewis Hamilton.
[Verstappen]
That was a very lovely Sunday.
[Horner]
Well done, mate. That's maximum points.
[commentator 2]Verstappen goes a bit deep,
but he makes that overtake stick.
[Lambiase] P10 to P1, fantastic.
[Verstappen] Yes!
Amazing result.
Simply put, they have the best car,
and this year, a very good driver,
probably the best driver in 2022.
[Lambiase] Uh, congratulations.
- Awesome drive.
- [Verstappen chuckles]
Car was a rocket ship
all weekend. Unbelievable.
[Horner]
Absolutely well deserved. Enjoy it.
[Verstappen] When you win a race,
everything is amazing.
You focus on what you have to do,
make sure the car is competitive.
[Szafnauer]
Red Bull have always been a strong team.
They've been very good
at, uh, improving the car in season.
But they know exactly what they're doing.
[Horner] Well done, mate.
That was a mega drive.
And take this lap in and enjoy it.
[Verstappen]
Very lovely result there, guys.
[Brown] Max and the team
have been so dominant,
so it's a very clever racing team.
[Lambiase] You were the fastest car
all weekend, so well done, mate.
[Verstappen] Yeah. We nailed that.
But the rules are the rules,
and, uh, we need to make sure
everyone plays with the same sized bat.
[dramatic stinger]
[intense music playing]
[Horner] What's going on?
[interviewer] There's been noise
up and down the paddock
as we came here into Singapore, Christian.
There are rumors
that one or two of the teams
might be in breach of the cost cap.
Are you aware of any breaches?
Well, look, you know,
certainly not aware of any, um
You know, I think that,
you know, certainly our submission
was, uh was below the cap.
[interviewer] Nothing extraneous? They're
not specifically looking into Red Bull?
Absolutely. I mean, every team,
theoretically, is subject to it.
You know, anything different to that,
then obviously we'll wait to hear
from the FIA.
[interviewer]
Thank you. Appreciate your time.
[dramatic stinger]
[notification tweets]
For the first time in Formula 1 history,
no one can outspend anyone else.
Everyone has the same amount
of money to spend.
However, there are increasing rumors
within the paddock
that Red Bull
might have overspent in 2021,
and some rumors suggest
it might be a rather large sum.
- [machinery whirring]
- [engine roaring]
[dramatic stinger]
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[team member in Italian]
Let's add some rotation.
Okay, that's a wrap.
- [in English] Thank you.
- Welcome.
Thank you.
[commentator 1] Welcome to Singapore
on the weekend that Max Verstappen
can clinch the championship.
- Hello.
- [fan] Yuki!
[Buxton] Arriving in Singapore,
we're into the final furlong
in the season,
and it's a season which has been
dominated by Red Bull Racing
in this all-new era of competition.
Hot one today.
Sure is.
[Buxton] Since 2021,
all teams have been under a budget cap.
A hard limit on how much money
you're allowed to spend in Formula 1.
[in Italian] Hi.
[in English] The theory is that the
smaller teams will be able to fare better
against those who have just been able
to throw dollars at an issue.
[Steiner] Now there's a budget cap
in place, nobody can pay their way.
Money counts,
but not as much as as in the old days.
As I always say,
with the budget, you just
Something else has to give.
You know, you cannot keep on
just spending money you haven't got.
- We'll do that.
- Photo please.
We'll do that.
[Brown] It's been very difficult
getting down to the cap.
We had redundancies.
We've had to make very tough decisions,
and and it's, um, not nice
some of these decisions we've had to make.
I agree.
I agree. I agree.
And and then we're on the
You know, we want, for the sport,
the best team to win,
not the team that spends
the most amount of money.
[machinery whirring]
[Buxton] If Red Bull have spent more
than the budget cap allows for 2021,
then they've broken the rules,
and the penalties could be severe.
It could be a financial penalty.
It could be something as meaningful
as a points deduction,
either for this season
or, crucially, for 2021,
when they won the World Championship.
[Seidl] So the the Red Bull thing,
something is not going straight.
It's weird, isn't it?
Yeah.
You know, an overspend
does give you a competitive advantage.
Some people would call it cheating,
would say it's illegal.
Usually, in this sport,
where there's smoke, there's fire.
[Horner] When you look
at the definition of a cheater,
it's someone that has purposely
and knowingly broken the regulations
to gain an advantage.
We did not do that. We have not done that.
We did not cheat.
[Wolff]
You know how it is in this little paddock
of, uh, 10,000 square meters,
the rumor mill is going since a while
that they are that they are over
and they are they are quite a lot over.
If Red Bull breached the budget cap,
of course you have
a competitive advantage.
I think if you can bring
more upgrades to the car,
it will be on steroids.
[in Italian] I have to trust that the FIA
is making the necessary checks,
as without the necessary checks,
this sport would not be fair.
[in English] We getting shit
from the others on the cost cap?
- [producer] What do you think?
- I guess so.
[producer] Who do you think
you're getting most from?
Toto, Zak.
Binotto.
[Wolff] The weird thing is still
the transparency that we're seeking now.
You have teams that still don't want to,
you know, open up, open books.
Maybe I think what we need today
is a different approach
how to handle things.
[Wolff] Yeah.
- Are you making something up?
- We're plotting.
Discussing about you, Christian.
As usual.
The best way to become unpopular
in this sport or in this pit lane
is to win.
And, of course, people hide
behind their lack of performance
by throwing shade or trying to discredit
the performance that we've achieved.
It's a dirty tactic.
[wheel gun whirring]
[Horner] Fun and games with, uh, Mercedes
over all this cost-cap shit.
I mean, it's unbelievable
how much shit Toto says.
- [Verstappen] Yeah, I I read.
- Anyway
So we'll see.
- Yeah.
- It's all rubbish anyway.
They are so sore, you know. Unbelievable.
[Horner] Well, let's make sure
that you fucking destroy them.
[tense music playing]
[Horner] These big statements
are being made from our competitors.
People that talk through the media
and don't have the balls
to say something to your face,
I have very little time for.
[tense music playing]
[Horner]
I'm really disappointed in you guys.
[Binotto] I don't know why.
[Horner] For making accusations.
I never did it. I never did it.
You can check.
[Horner] It's bang out of order.
[Binotto] I never mentioned your team.
Who were you talking about?
I never mentioned your team.
Maybe you feel guilty, I don't know.
[Buxton] There's no foundation as yet
to any of this
because until we know
what the FIA have found,
then it's all just it's all just rumor.
There's so much ill feeling
in the paddock at the moment.
The knives might not be fully out yet,
but, in certain garages,
I think they're being sharpened.
[dramatic stinger]
[commentator 1]
After a poor qualifying yesterday,
Verstappen finds himself
in unfamiliar territory,
starting back in eighth.
[dramatic stinger]
[commentator 1]
It's lights out in Singapore.
[engine staggers]
And Verstappen's stalled.
He's already dropping down to tenth.
[Spini] Hey, Yuki, you are doing good.
Verstappen behind.
[commentator 3]
Verstappen almost squeezed off the road.
[team members groaning]
[commentator 3]
He's lost another two places.
[energetic music playing]
[Stallard] Good start, Daniel. P13.
[Adami] Hamilton one second behind.
And Verstappen P12 behind. P12.
[Lambiase] What are your thoughts
on conditions, Max?
[Verstappen] This is too wet.
[Lambiase] Understood.
[commentator 1] Verstappen is struggling.
Other drivers seem determined
to keep him in the midfield here.
[Horner] Suddenly there we are,
on the verge of winning
a Drivers' World Championship,
so it was obvious
that it was a very pointed campaign,
and that
that's tactical from our opponents.
And, you know,
unfortunately in this business,
the higher you rise,
the sharper the knives.
And, uh, you know,
we're certainly feeling that this year.
[Adami] That last sector was good.
Try to keep it up.
[Musconi]
You are fastest man on track now.
[Joseph] Okay, Lando,
a positional update for you.
Behind is Verstappen.
[Lambiase] So push this lap.
[commentator 3] Verstappen locks up,
and has to really ease off
just to make the corner.
[Verstappen] Can you check
the right rear temperature with the brake?
I see a tear off hanging in there.
[Lambiase] Yes, understood.
All okay for the moment, Max.
[Joseph] Okay, Lando,
Verstappen 2.4 behind.
We need to push.
[Norris] Okay.
[commentator 1] Verstappen's close here.
[commentator 3]
Oh, Verstappen off! Huge lockup.
[team member yells]
[Verstappen] I completely bottomed out.
[commentator 1] It's probably game over
for Max Verstappen.
[Adami]
Verstappen locked up at turn seven.
Went straight.
[car zooming]
[commentator 1] That's a great result
for the two Ferraris,
securing a double podium.
[Joseph] Okay, Lando, good job.
That's the checkered flag.
And that's P4. P4.Well done.
[Norris whooping] P5 for Daniel, right?
[Joseph] That's correct, yeah.
[Norris] What a day, huh?
Well done, everyone. Awesome job.
[Lambiase] Okay, Max, into the pit lane.
[Horner] Max, it was tough out there,
but you, uh you fought hard
and got important points there.
[distant cheering]
[fans cheering]
[somber music playing]
Your best result of of the year.
- Finally. Thanks, mate. Thank you.
- Well done.
[interviewer] How much
do the rules about the budget cap
uh, bother you this weekend?
Not from my side.
I mean, I'm confident
and the team is confident
that we, uh, did the right thing.
[interviewer] Max, you
you look very tired.
Did you imagine
such a difficult race for you today?
I'm not really tired from the race.
I'm just over it. [chuckles]
It's just a really frustrating two days.
[traditional Japanese music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[commentator 1]
Welcome, everyone, to Suzuka in the rain.
The task is simple, then,
for Max Verstappen.
Win, and he's almost certain
to be World Champion for a second time.
- Okay. Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
All right.
[team member] Tomorrow will be horrendous.
The headline won't be, "Max wins."
The headline will be,
"Red Bull breaches," "Red Bull cheats."
All we can do is
do the talking on the track.
Right, let's get a cup of tea.
[tense music playing]
[Verstappen] It's important
to stay neutral in these kind of things
and just focus on myself.
Try to do the best I can.
Try to get the best out of myself.
And, for me, that is the
the most important.
[engines roaring]
[commentator 1] The Japanese Grand Prix
is about to get underway.
The torrential rain
is gonna be adding huge pressure
for the teams today.
[Horner] This would be inters, huh?
[engineer] Yeah. We're gonna do 3 laps
on inters and see.
[Horner] Okay.
- Right, let's get it done, eh?
- Yeah.
It's freezing.
It is cold.
- [Verstappen] Radio check.
- [Lambiase] Loud and clear, Max.
Expecting rain to continue like this
for the next 25 minutes.
[Padros] So, Charles, just to confirm,
normal race start. Standing start.
Didn't think it would be a normal start.
- Yeah.
- Bit bold.
[Horner] It is, isn't it?
[Verstappen]
Your ultimate goal in Formula 1
is to win the Driver Championship.
- You need to be able to adapt.
- [beep]
When you need to be aggressive,
you need to be aggressive,
[beep]
When you need to be smooth,
you need to be smooth.
[beep]
When I'm in the car, I will never give up.
[energetic music playing]
[commentator 1]
It's a terrible start for Max Verstappen.
Leclerc's already out in front.
[commentator 3]
Into turn one, Verstappen on the outside
and right round the outside.
Come on!
[commentator 1] In the wet,
you wanna be on the outside.
Max was in the perfect position.
[tires screeching]
[Vettel] I got hit by Alonso.
Really bad. Really bad.
[Padros] Let me know conditions.
[Leclerc] I mean,
with the spray of Verstappen in front,
I can't see a thing.
[commentator 2] Spray, lots of it.
There is a race happening
in the mist somewhere.
[Ricciardo]
There is literally zero visibility.
[commentator 2]
Verstappen leads the way, then.
[Lambiase] Gap behind, 5.8.
[commentator 2] Charles Leclerc,
he is already five seconds
behind Max Verstappen.
[commentator 1] He is absolutely flying.
[Padros]
Gap to Verstappen in front, six seconds.
[commentator 1] Another fastest lap is set
by Max Verstappen.
[Lambiase] Gap 14.3.
[Horner] Max has been sensational.
He's raised the bar,
and just got stronger and stronger.
His confidence is sky high.
He's at one in the car.
[Lambiase] Another 15 laps,
so look after the tires.
[Verstappen] I mean,
it's not too bad to manage.
And yeah, you know, Suzuka,
it's a big-balls circuit,
and it's just the kind of circuit
that he he relishes at.
[Lambiase] Okay, Max, final lap.
Gap 25. Bring it home.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 3] Verstappen out of
the final corner, takes the checkered flag
and wins the Japanese Grand Prix.
Well done, mate. You've won it.
[Verstappen chuckles]
Nice race at the end there.
Nice few laps in the wet.
[music builds to climax]
[Horner]
That's what we want! Oh, look at that!
Well done, mate. Well done.
Seriously, well done.
Suddenly, that realization of, "Wow."
"He's the 2022 Drivers' World Champion."
[Verstappen]
The pressure was constantly on.
The season was going up and down
in terms of, uh, the Championship.
As a team, you know,
we really stuck together,
and, in the end, we came out on top.
What we are achieving at the moment,
I think it's pretty special.
[all] Oh!
[cheering]
Really proud. Well done.
[commentator 4] Max Verstappen is around
the paddock. Seems happy with himself,
but there's a lot of unease
from the other teams.
I think it's fair to say that Red Bull
aren't the most popular team
in the paddock at the moment.
- Right. Thanks, guys.
- Thank you.
[Horner] Does anybody, uh, congratulate us
on winning
the Drivers' World Championship?
- [team member] No.
- Super.
And now just the shit
with the budget cap to deal with.
Any information?
No. They were gonna call us
after the race.
[cell phone vibrates]
[suspenseful stinger]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Horner] Yeah.
Yeah.
So it looks like
we actually breached the budget cap
for for 2021.
It was a mistake.
It was a miscalculation, uh
We filled in a box, effectively, wrong.
Benign issues
that had nothing to do
with car performance.
About wellness of staff, about catering.
Catering is something
that we've always done.
The overspend was 0.6 of a percent,
$400,000.
Really? Has that made the difference?
I don't think so.
[Horner sighs]
All the headlines
tomorrow afternoon will be,
"Championship in jeopardy."
Just a joke. Just an absolute joke.
[upbeat country music playing]
We're the first ones in.
Yeah.
It's gonna be a good day.
[interviewer] What's your favorite part
about being here?
Uh, a lot of things.
First of all, I don't have to travel far
because I live in America, you know.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] Max Verstappen
might already be the F1 champion,
but it's the cost-cap controversy
surrounding Red Bull
that continues to dominate the headlines.
So Zak Brown at McLaren
has written a public letter
basically accusing Christian Horner
and Red Bull of cheating
and saying that they should have
the worst punishment possible.
- Morning.
- [man] How are you?
- [Brown] Good. You?
- Good.
You got Christian's attention.
[Brown] Yeah. Gotta do it.
My letter.
[dramatic music playing]
I wanted to just lay out
and share what were the ramifications
and say, "We've got a cap.
Those are the rules."
"You don't break the cap."
There was almost an arrogance,
a disrespect for the cap
that I didn't like to see.
If we took our catering budget
outside the the cap,
then we'd be able to spend
whatever that is outside the cap
on something else.
To just kinda phrase it as, you know,
"It was extra pickles on a sandwich,"
that has a performance benefit.
I like Christian.
It wasn't personal.
He would've done the same thing.
[Wolff] I don't believe
in the notion "win at all cost."
Well, all of the paperwork
is the same for every single team.
Nine teams have complied. One team hasn't.
There's just no excuse for it.
[tense music playing]
[interviewer] What kind of penalties
should there be given
for breaching the cost cap?
I think not only financial,
the financial won't necessarily,
uh, slow you down on the racetrack
if you've had a performance advantage,
so I think it needs to come
with some sporting penalties.
You know, over is over.
If we're a half kilogram underweight
on track,
we're excluded
from, uh from that particular race, so
Rules are rules.
We follow them.
If somebody is not obeying to these rules,
there have to be consequences
that it's clear
it's not worthwhile to overspend.
[team member]
We'll do the press conference.
- So here are your notes.
- [Horner] Yeah.
What I've done here is I've highlighted
the point that relates to cheating.
- [Horner] Come on.
- Ready?
[Horner] Yeah. Let's do it.
I don't wanna be too early for this.
I wanna be the last there.
- Morning.
- [Horner] I guess this will be a busy one.
[staff member] Yeah.
- [Jost] Morning.
- Morning.
[journalist] Christian, Zak said that
the overspend breach constitutes cheating,
so I just wanted
to get your reaction to that.
Well, obviously Zak's letter
is tremendously disappointing.
For a fellow competitor
to be accusing you of cheating,
to accuse you of fraudulent,
you know, activity is shocking.
And the damage
that that that does to the brand,
to our drivers,
to our workforce.
You know, in an age
where mental health is is prevalent,
you cannot go around
just making that kind of allegation
without any fact or, uh or substance.
So we absolutely are are appalled
at the behavior
of some of our competitors.
[tense music playing]
[interviewer] Now the rival teams are now
questioning about Red Bull performance,
your victories in the last two years.
What do you think?
I mean, I think it's mainly because,
of course, we have been doing well.
Um
Yeah, they try to slow us down
in any way possible.
Everyone is a bit hypocritical.
At the end of the day,
it's also not my job.
It's between the team and the FIA.
You know, there's always teams
that want to take performance out of you,
especially when you are winning,
so it's part of the sport,
and this has been forever.
At the end of the day,
facts will come out,
and and people will see
and and understand the situation.
[Horner] It's a very public trial.
[team member] Did you see this?
This one.
- [video playing]
- [crowd booing]
[crowd chanting] Cheaters! Cheaters!
Cheaters! Cheaters! Cheaters
[Horner] It's not right.
Say, "Look,
we're getting a public flogging."
- [team member] It's unbelievable.
- Yeah.
With the amount of lobbying
and pressure being placed on the FIA,
stating that Red Bull need
to be screwed for this,
it's all about trying
to take away our competitiveness,
trying to hurt Red Bull.
It's completely nuts.
The teams tried
to put pressure on the system
because if you don't respect the rules,
you need to receive a penalty.
That is pretty clear.
That's part of the role
of the team principal.
Try to, you know, to do all what you can
in order to maximize
the performance of your team.
[Buxton] In breaching
the budget-cap regulations in 2021,
we know now
that Red Bull will be punished.
Ultimately, the person
overseeing all of this
is the new FIA president,
Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
And, given this is the first time
these regulations have been tested,
he may choose
to make an example of Red Bull Racing.
[spectator] Christian!
They cheated!
[Horner] Let's go in.
Okay?
[ominous stinger]
[Horner] I need to speak to the guys.
[Ben Sulayem] And come back to me
as soon as possible, okay?
[Horner] Okay.
So he's come up
and said the fine is 7 million.
He said this is it.
They want your blood.
They all want your blood.
They wanna fuck you.
[Wolff] I think,
when you look at us competitors,
the punishment
will never be strong enough.
If you put yourself
into the mindset of the other team,
you will think it's pretty harsh.
I think the FIA took a decision.
I think we need to respect it.
I think the budget cap
is absolutely fundamental
to the success
of the sport moving forward,
so it needed
to be dealt with very seriously,
and Christian,
he didn't take it very well.
You know, he dishes it out quite a bit,
but if you dish it out,
you gotta be prepared to, uh to take it.
[Horner] I mean, honestly,
I've never experienced anything like this,
but he said, "You have no friends.
I'm your only friend."
I said, "I don't need friends."
- Makes it very public, doesn't it?
- That's what he wants. A public
- Public reprimand.
- Yeah.
- A public flogging.
- Yeah.
- That's what it is.
- Yeah.
- The naughty boys.
- Yeah.
I was just disappointed.
There was no room
for interpretation by the FIA.
It was a very frustrating process.
Anyway, let's go,
try and focus on the cars. [chuckles]
Fuck's sake.
[tense music builds, subsides]
[somber music playing]
[team member] Sorry to interrupt.
News has dropped
about Dietrich.
[Horner] Oh, fucking hell.
[team member] I think somebody's
gotta talk to the team.
[Horner] I'll speak to the team.
Yeah.
I'm gonna have to deal with this.
I I just heard. I just heard.
The news came through
that, um, Dietrich Mateschitz,
our founder and, uh, chairman
of the Red Bull group,
had sadly passed away.
- So, you know, just got to go out there.
- Exactly.
And win it for him.
[Pérez] Sorry, mate.
[indistinct chatter]
[Horner] We'll do it for him, okay?
Yeah. I mean,
Dietrich's an incredible man.
Um, we owe him everything.
What he would have wanted
is for us to go out
and do the very best with our cars
and and, you know, try and finalize
this Constructors' Championship,
exactly as he would've wanted.
[sighs]
[dramatic stinger]
[rhythmic percussive music playing]
[commentator 1] Welcome to
the 10th running of the Austin Grand Prix.
Red Bull can wrap up
the Constructors' Championship today
if either of their drivers gets the win.
- We know who to do it for.
- Yeah. We know who we're doing it for.
- Yes.
- And Yeah.
- Extra motivation.
- Yeah.
- Okay?
- Yeah.
Having that whole emotion,
uh, to deal with
is the biggest motivation,
and the way
in which the team reacted to that,
it would've hopefully made him proud.
We're focused on getting the job done.
He'd have wanted us to win this,
so fucking give it give it full beans.
[engineer] We will.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1]
Leading the field will be Carlos Sainz,
the Ferrari driver
starting on pole position.
Right next to him, Max Verstappen,
closely followed by the Mercedes drivers
in third and fourth.
Let's have a good one.
[Musconi] Last car approaching the grid.
[Adami] Focus on the lights.
Focus on the lights.
- [Verstappen] Radio check.
- [Lambiase] Loud and clear, Max.
[rhythmic beeping]
[beep]
[energetic music playing]
[commentator 1] The race gets underway,
and Verstappen's got away brilliantly.
Come on!
[commentator 3] Russell challenging
Hamilton. Oh! Sainz has been hit.
[commentator 2] He's gone from pole
to last in the space of one corner!
[Adami] We have to retire the car.
Sorry about that.
[Sainz] It's incredible.
[Lambiase] Race update, Max.
Sainz has retired.
Car behind, Hamilton.
[Bono] Okay, you can push.
[Lambiase] Hamilton pushing in sector one,
so keep up.
[Bono] See if we can stick with Verstappen
best we can.
[Hamilton] It's hard to keep up.
[Bono] Yeah, copy, Lewis.
Try and hang with him.
[commentator 2]
Max Verstappen's increasing his advantage.
[Lambiase] Keep doing what you're doing.
[Bono] Box, box. Box, box.
[Lambiase] Hamilton's in the pit lane.
You are free to push.
[Bono] Lewis, out lap critical.
So it's Hammer time.
Really great pace.
[Lambiase] Okay, Max, box, box.
[wheel gun whirring]
[dramatic stinger]
[wheel gun whirring]
[Bono] So slow stop for Verstappen.
[Verstappen] Beautiful. Fucking beautiful.
[commentator 2] Lewis Hamilton
is gonna get ahead of Max Verstappen.
[commentator 1] And Red Bull's mistake
has now gifted Lewis the lead.
And Leclerc's managed
to get in front of him as well.
[Padros] Racing Verstappen.
Racing Verstappen.
[Bono] Leclerc and Verstappen
exiting the pit lane now.
Leclerc ahead of Verstappen.
Six seconds behind.
[Lambiase] Long way to go.
[Verstappen] Yeah, you don't need
to tell me, huh?
[Lambiase] We're in this together, mate.
Head down. Come on.
[commentator 2]
This race has changed dramatically.
[Leclerc] They are so quick
down the straights.
[commentator 3] Verstappen riding
the slipstream of Charles Leclerc now.
[Padros] Verstappen behind with DRS.
[commentator 2] And Verstappen pulls out
from behind the Ferrari
and gets the move done.
Yes!
Come on!
[Lambiase] Well done, Max.
Hamilton ahead.
[Bono] So Verstappen now through.
4.7 seconds behind.
[Lambiase] Okay, Max, ten laps remaining.
Ten laps.
Two seconds ahead, Max.
[commentator 1] It's simple.
Max has ten laps to catch Lewis.
[Hamilton] How big's the gap?
[Bono] Gap to Verstappen 1.1.
[commentator 5] Verstappen now
a second away from Lewis Hamilton.
This is gonna go down to the wire.
[Horner] Seeing them going wheel to wheel,
if we lose this race, the first race
that we lose to Mercedes this year
If there is a God, if there is,
you know, a higher power here,
now's the time to show yourself.
[Bono] So Verstappen looks like
he's pushing hard.
- [Lambiase] The overtake is available.
- [Verstappen] Yeah, yeah.
[Bono] DRS has been enabled.
[commentator 3] Verstappen closing
and closing in on Hamilton.
[music building]
[commentator 2] Verstappen goes deep,
and now they're gonna go wheel to wheel!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 2]
Hamilton tries to go round the outside.
Come on!
[commentator 2]
Verstappen just runs him out of space,
just moves ahead
and has the lead this race.
Oh fuck.
Come on!
[team cheering]
[Lambiase] Nice job.
Just keep it safe from here, Max.
[Hamilton] I gave it everything, guys.
Gave it everything.
[commentator 2] On the day they can make
Constructors' World Championship,
Verstappen looks like he's gonna go
and win the race to seal it.
[commentator 1] Superb drive
in a dominant season for Max Verstappen.
Max Verstappen, you are World Champion.
We are World Champions. Thank you so much.
[Verstappen] Congrats, guys.
What an amazing season
to win also the Constructors'.
You guys really deserve it.
[team cheering]
[Horner] Winning the Constructors'
World Championship,
particularly in the circumstances,
that was the golden moment.
That was the moment of
not only are we Drivers' World Champion,
we are Constructors' World Champion
for the first time in eight years.
And particularly at a weekend
where there was a lot of politics,
you know,
there was a lot going on off track.
- [engineer] I told you, mate.
- You should go and get the trophy.
For Dietrich, okay?
Okay.
What a race.
We did it!
[crowd cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
[Geri] Darling.
Really well done. You so deserve this.
Congratulations.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
This one is definitely dedicated
to Dietrich himself,
uh, what he has done for everyone.
He was so important for the whole team,
so instrumental.
And we really wanted
to have a good result today,
and, yeah, this is, of course, amazing.
[crowd cheering]
[Horner] There's always gonna be noise
in Formula 1,
But, at the end of the day,
we have dominated the sport this year
and won both the Drivers'
and the Constructors' Championship.
That's what this season
will be remembered for.
[all cheering] Yeah!
[emotional music playing]
[commentator 2] For one last time in '22,
the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
[Italiano] What's up?
It's game on.
[Szafnauer] My job now
is to make sure we finish ahead of Zak.
[Brown] Yeah. We're in big battle.
Miracles can happen in this sport.
[producer] Might be the last time
you're in this chair.
[Ricciardo sighs]
This fight for second
would be a huge result.
[Sainz] We need to make sure
that we win that battle.
The show wouldn't be the same without me,
so what do you do?
[intense, energetic outro music playing]