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Fourth season here and I still don't have a fob.

There we go.

Well, the trophy cabinet, it's like Tottenham's.

There's one in there.

What a result for Dan Ticktum!

The first ever career podium in Formula E.

I actually don't know in the contract if I'm…

If I keep my trophies or the team keeps the trophy.

Does anyone know if I'm allowed to keep my trophies or the team has to?

- I would say just-- - We've never been in that situation?

I'll tell you what I'll do. I'm gonna act all naïve.

It's just like, "Oh, I saw my trophy there. I thought I keep them."

And then if they get angry, I can just bring it back, can't I?

Right, cool. Cheers, guys.

I don't know why I'm struggling with this decision so much.

I've got to take it. Come on, it's mine.

Well, it's the team's. It's all of ours, but, you know…

And then it's back to how it was for the last six years.

Hello.

- Thank you. - Yeah?

- Identification card. - Sorry? Mate, I'm a driver, come on.

- Come on. - We're going to, like,

- we're walking in the paddock with-- - Yeah, I understand…

Right, mate, can you please sort it out? I'm a driver.

I'm the reason that people come to this event.

- Can you show me? Yeah. You can. - Yeah, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Welcome along to Round Ten. It's the Shanghai E-Prix.

We're just over halfway through the season,

and battles are really heating up.

The first half of this season for Oliver Rowland

has been pure, pure dominance.

But his main rivals, Pascal Wehrlein, da Costa,

Taylor Barnard, they're all starting to creep closer to him.

I'm supposed to be wearing black trousers most days.

- Are you? - Yeah, that's not happening.

Dan Ticktum, real hero in Tokyo.

He's a driver who's always had lots of confidence,

but to finally get his first podium,

get that duck off his back, I think that meant a lot for him.

To get the podium, it's obviously a good place

to build on for the rest of the season.

We're definitely getting there.

The podium in Tokyo was vital,

but he still has a lot of questions to answer.

Can he keep his cool

when the tension and the pressure really mounts?

He has a habit of chucking a massive tank of petrol

on the frustration and on the disappointment.

This season, the target is constantly performing at a high level.

And Dan's performance this year is showing that it's doable,

but it's not a finished project.

When he get angry, things go wrong.

We try to emphasize, stay away from trouble, keep calm. That's the key.

So, the thing is, in our garage, the music goes from electronic, like you can hear

to heavy metal, heavy hard rock music…

to Mozart and Goethe,

and then it's me who puts German rap in, so it's…

Wait. We need to put it louder.

Yeah. This is my music. And everyone gets annoyed,

and then they change it back. So, it's a big fight always here.

Honestly, the environment in the garage at the moment,

it's not great. It's not fun.

I guess we're both just doing our jobs,

putting on the helmets and representing the brand that employs us

to go out there and win races.

But, yeah. I'm… It's… Let's say my…

I'm not having a lot of fun at the racetrack at the moment.

Porsche have got two top-line drivers who are both fast,

consistent, and world champions.

But there's definitely a bit of needle between them.

When they're literally not looking at each other in the same vicinity,

for the team, it's a nightmare.

You can see that the frost has become a bit of a permafrost this year.

There was a misunderstanding between my teammate and me

in São Paulo, first race of the year.

Tthe situation is not good, and when there is no respect,

when there is no loyalty,

it just makes it super hard for me to be in an environment like that.

Pascal Wehrlein is starting from the second row,

but his teammate da Costa is right down the back in P17.

We're gonna have to get a little bit creative today.

We can go forwards and we have a good car to go forwards.

We'll make the best out of it.

Dan Ticktum, last row of the grid today, after struggles in qualifying.

Eyes on the lights then.

Pascal Wehrlein sweeping around the outside, and leads into Turn 1.

Two places gained already for da Costa.

Wehrlein back into fifth.

Oh! Spins it round, there's Nick Cassidy!

Look at this. What a lunge from da Costa.

He's right behind his teammate now.

Whoa! Forced him onto the grass.

This is a straight fight for track position.

The two Porsche cars have dropped all the way down to 13th and 15th.

Penny for the thoughts of Florian Modlinger.

Contact! Da Costa into the back of Wehrlein.

It's all kicking off for Porsche.

Ticktum started at the wrong end of the grid,

and he's up in fifth place and in a great position here.

And here comes Dan Ticktum into fourth place.

Ticktum against Rowland and he's done it.

Up into the podium places.

Barnard versus Ticktum.

Can he challenge against Taylor Barnard?

Ticktum coming through on the inside. He's going for it.

Aggressive defense from Barnard. That was very late.

Ticktum lost some ground to Barnard there.

There's a last corner lunge coming.

Watch this, he's coming through eight, now nine. This is the final opportunity.

Does Ticktum go for it?

Ticktum's going for it, but he's squeezed out

by Wehrlein... Barnard!

Ticktum's gone from second to fourth in the blink of an eye!

And Barnard snatches that podium spot.

Dan Ticktum, P4 across the line despite all of that effort.

Ticktum was looking, actually, at the P2 at some point…

- Yeah. -…and then just in two corners

he had to be happy with a P4.

He was just looking in his mirror the whole time.

He just waited for me to make my move, and then cut me off.

It is dangerous to make a change of direction that late,

especially when you're doing, you know, 230 kilometers an hour

or whatever it was just before braking.

I make my move and he then defends.

- Yeah. - You can't just slam the door.

Really fucking dangerous.

Taylor Barnard!

It was on the limit

and I also wouldn't like it if someone did it to me.

But sometimes you have to do these things.

Yeah, I guess. I mean, I would be too, if I lost a podium.

Maybe, but I won't take what he says in interviews too seriously.

Podium number five for Taylor Barnard.

He's finished in every position on the podium but the top step.

Surely, it is only a matter of time for the soon-to-be 21-year-old.

I mean, he's gotta be one of the most impressive rookies

we've ever seen.

Right.

The whole situation of how he's been portrayed this year,

I don't agree with the hype.

Taylor has waltzed into the championship in the best car.

Whether he's a rookie or not, he should be doing well.

But all the media outlets are like, "Whoa."

And that's what fucks me off.

Well done. That was great.

That was a really mature performance from Taylor.

So far this season, he's had the upper hand over Dan.

Taylor's the one who's racking up the points.

I'm quite fond of the phrase "Psycho Bambi" in the nicest possible way.

A little bit of a psycho in the car.

Barnard forces Hughes to the run-off area.

Back onto the track we go.

He might look like butter wouldn't melt,

but he certainly got his elbows well out there.

Taylor's definitely ruffling feathers across the paddock.

I think that Taylor's got a very Rowland-like driving style.

It's about picking your moments to be aggressive.

Rowland trying on the inside against Taylor Barnard, into the chicane.

I think he's learned a lot from watching Oli race.

Can I have a cappuccino, please? Hot chocolate?

No. I only drink water.

- Only water? - Yeah.

I helped Taylor a lot in his younger days. I was his manager, mentor.

- How old are you? Are you 19 now? - Twenty one.

- Huh? - I'm 21.

- Are you actually? - Yeah.

- Still haven't had a beer? - Nope.

No.

I remember working with him in the younger days and he was aggressive enough

but it wasn't like he was a pure animal.

But I think that's changed a little bit.

- How have you found it? - At points, it gets tough.

Like, people really get their elbows out and…

You've started to get them out more and more throughout the year now.

- Yeah, of course. - Yeah.

I mean, I needed to try to, you know, stamp my authority somehow.

You get much shit off the other guys or not?

A bit. Ticktum has said the most.

I think it's a bit of, like… I don't wanna say jealousy, but, like,

they see what you've done and you upset them a bit

and then you did a good race. It's almost like that.

Yeah. Yeah, that makes it worse. It's whatever.

Yeah. I think it's your age as well. They don't like it.

Maybe that as well. I mean, at the end of the day,

if you're the nicest driver on the grid,

you've clearly been too nice on track and it's not any good.

I'm not racing every weekend to try to keep everybody happy.

I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to try to win.

And that's how I've always been.

We are back where I started my racing journey.

I think the first time I would have come here I would have been

eight years old.

I spent a lot of my childhood dedicated to racing.

I grew up not really going to school that much.

When you're never at school, it's quite hard to build relationships.

So, I kind of got a bit left out.

As a young kid, and then nobody's friends with you,

it's quite difficult to understand.

There's still part of me which

misses out on that kind of teenage life that I missed.

But I would do it again and again for a hundred times over.

I will stop at nothing to get what I want.

Welcome along to Round 11.

It has been very wet this morning in Shanghai.

In terms of the Drivers' World Championship,

it's been dominated by Oliver Rowland.

Rowland's biggest rivals, the Porsche duo,

undid themselves with infighting yesterday.

They'll be keen to stamp that out in this race.

Good morning, everyone. Outside, tricky conditions.

Full focus on this day.

What happened yesterday was far from ideal.

You don't want to see between teammates.

This cannot happen and it's not acceptable.

We want to be in the championship fight until the last race.

We are one team,

and each single person needs to be aligned for the targets we have.

Still under a rain delay here in Shanghai.

Drivers waiting to go out on track.

- Is he on his phone? - Ticktum is on his phone.

Look at him.

When Dan came on the radio and asked for the phone,

I saw everybody turn around and look at me as if,

like, you know, "What's he gonna do?"

And I just stood up and gave him his phone directly.

I've really enjoyed working with Gerry.

I've worked with quite a few of these coaches

who I used to sort of view like teachers.

Biggest thing for me is just having someone who understands me as a person.

I'm not a massive car guy. I'm more about human beings.

Most people I'd say, "Look, just relax, shut your eyes, visualize, control."

But Dan is a guy that needs to be occupied.

I've got a duty to the team to help get the best performance out of him.

See the spray now. I think the rain's starting to come down

in a heavier intensity here.

Ticktum is right at the back and it's going to be very difficult now

for him to overtake in these conditions.

Copy.

With that level of water, there's no grip.

- No! - Onto the gravel.

Disaster for Oliver Rowland!

Porsche will be delighted with that.

This could throw the championship wide open.

You can see Wehrlein here, in the wheel tracks of his teammate.

Team tactics then ongoing here for Tag Heuer Porsche.

Da Costa relinquishes second place to teammate Pascal Wehrlein.

Look, though, at Barnard.

It's easy pickings for the 21-year-old.

So then, can Ticktum drag himself up into the top ten,

and get into those point-scoring positions?

Look at Ticktum here, he's making some great progress.

Oh! That's gonna prove costly.

A real shame for Ticktum.

Through the final corner.

Pascal Wehrlein comes home in second place.

And da Costa takes third.

Double podium for the German outfit.

A point on the board for Barnard.

A hard-earned result for the McLaren driver.

Zero points for Dan Ticktum.

I don't know. Don't know.

The race was just a disaster. I fucked up.

I was sort of pushing a hundred percent where I shouldn't have been.

We dropped points, there's no doubt, yeah.

A great race for the two Porsche drivers.

They'll be delighted with that one

as they close the gap down to Oliver Rowland.

You're really putting the pressure on Rowland now.

Yeah, so, we are fighting hard and will be,

I think, more important races coming.

Oliver Rowland failing to score this afternoon.

A chink in the armor has appeared.

No, he can have a race where he doesn't score any points.

The conditions are the worst I've ever driven in. By miles.

I'm pissed off. It's not ideal.

Number 11 and 27.

That can go there. That's actually my big-scale Nissan car.

Where are we putting all your helmets?

On top of there, I think.

We left most of our stuff in the UK when we left.

All the little bits that we didn't bring

that will be quite nice for the house, so…

This is my first one that my dad did for me.

I remember when… I think I got this for Christmas or my birthday.

Initials on the top.

My dad, he was my career, basically. Paid for me to go racing.

He prepared the karts in the week.

He mechanic'd for me on race weekends up until I was 16.

He was a good, loving, supporting dad.

But at the same time, he was very hard on me at times,

very competitive and wouldn't allow anything other than the best.

Oh, this is… You've got some of your pictures in here.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, these are the wedding. My dad with a beer.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Getting a bit emotional. I don't normally get emotional.

Yeah, when I was…

When I was 18 years old, I lost my dad to a sudden heart attack.

I hadn't really experienced that sort of loss before.

When he was no longer around,

for me it was like a really strange period of my life where, like,

all of a sudden, from having so much control,

I all of a sudden had no control.

I was doing whatever I wanted.

Go out with my friends and I can go out clubbing or whatever,

you know, as an 18-year-old, which every 18-year-old wants to do.

I think I was off the rails for like two, three years.

I missed his discipline and, well, I just

wasn't doing what was required of a young athlete at the time.

There was a huge sense that I was probably one of the most talented guys,

but I was…

didn't have the work ethic with it and I was throwing away my opportunities.

I wasn't looking after myself. My body just started to say "No,"

and then your mind starts to play games with you, and…

But, yeah, it's a tough journey. I'd struggled a lot with,

like, mental health.

I had panic attacks, been to the hospital,

thought I was dying at some points, like… Yeah, it got quite serious.

The first time I ever experienced a panic attack

was, like, I think a week after my dad passed away.

Couldn't breathe, gasping for air sort of thing. Really, really weird.

What I was thinking was that I was having a heart attack

similar to what my dad had had.

It took a fair while for me to accept

that it was something that was kind of in my head.

Even now, like, I can start to feel anxious and,

you know, overthinking things.

Especially if I'm, like, training and racing and everything,

like, I start to struggle to sleep and then that's when things

spiral quite quickly.

I could do with one more winning

- one of that just to put there… - Yeah.

…then it would be okay.

A selection of environmentally

friendly vehicles.

Definitely not 30 years old with no catalytic converters

or any filter of any kind.

We're here to clean it up. That's what we're doing.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Is that a prawn?

- It's one of those lychee things I think. - It's a lychee and a coconut thing.

That's good. But it's not a beer.

My attitude towards Dan is to say, "Look, everyone's human."

"Everyone makes mistakes. Forget it, all that stuff is in the past."

- So, how did you sleep last night, mate? - Not great.

Had a bit of a flight debacle.

I think he's got to feel good. He's got to feel good.

You've got to create the atmosphere around him that's going to allow him to perform.

You're a winner and a fighter by nature, aren't you?

Yeah. I'm obviously more emotional than most.

A lot of great athletes are, but there's obviously a line.

The big thing we've been working on

is making sure that he's calmer on the radio,

because it only affects his performance in a negative way.

It is the Sarinah Jakarta E-Prix, and what a place it is for a race.

It's quite warm in the sun.

It's been such an incredible season from Oliver,

but in Shanghai, he struggled. Are we seeing him start to crack?

Well, I guess obviously I've got a pretty decent lead.

What goes through my head is probably…

"Don't fuck it up."

Psychologically, leading a Championship is a lot different to being the chaser,

especially when you've worked a long time

and hard for it and you've had to wait for it.

That plays on your mind even more.

Welcome along to qualifying.

I worry that I might just not be quick enough.

The car might not be performing and I have a failure and then

someone else goes on an unbelievable run.

That's a bit wide by Rowland.

The team should be a little bit more over that.

Oh, look at that as well.

Oliver Rowland is out of qualifying.

That has made his job all the more harder.

I'm very much aware that you need to keep momentum in Championships, so I'm…

concerned about the fact that I've had a bad qualifying

and potentially a bad race.

Quarterfinal, Dan Ticktum and Taylor Barnard go head-to-head.

Every time I get down in the duels, I'm like, "Don't give me this guy again."

Most of the duels we've had have been very close.

He's not happy to go against me, I'm not happy to go against him.

Ticktum actually quicker over Taylor Barnard.

Barnard's brought the gap back to his favor.

This is going to be very close between the two.

Who goes through?

It is Taylor Barnard by five-thousandths of a second.

Oh, fuck!

P5 for the race, it's gonna be almost impossible to overtake.

I mean, everyone's got their vulnerabilities.

Everyone makes mistakes.

He's never gonna morph into, all of a sudden, like,

a shiny, shiny racing driver. It's not gonna happen.

You all right?

You know, there's only so much you can change.

Here we go. Straight in.

If he's angry, you've got to let him decompress.

Then, when he's calmed down, get the message across to him

so, that it gets into his head and he keeps it there.

It is time to go racing.

Oliver Rowland, who's the Championship leader,

he had a pretty shocking qualifying down in 16th.

Now, remember, who's Oliver Rowland's competition?

Pascal Wehrlein. so he's in P17.

- Stay calm. - I will, I will.

- Whatever. - I will.

You only need to do one thing,

- and then you will do very well. - Yeah.

I said, "Dan, I need one thing from you this weekend."

"I don't care whatever happens outside the track. On the track,

when you're behind the steering wheel,

stay away from trouble. Keep calm. Nothing else."

Dan Ticktum never won a race in Formula E.

He's never scored a point here in Jakarta. Can he do it here this weekend from P5?

Taylor Barnard, looking for his first victory in Formula E as well,

lines up on the front row.

The circuit in Jakarta is very, very dusty,

and you go away from the racing line, it's very slippery.

To win here, it's about staying calm, not making any mistakes,

and just wait for your moment to come.

Who will be smarter in Jakarta as the five lights go out?

And we go racing!

Barnard demoted down into third position off the start.

The biggest winner there, Dan Ticktum, muscled his way through.

Biggest loser was Taylor Barnard.

Look at Dan Ticktum there,

all over the back of Taylor Barnard like a bad rash.

They're just waiting on who goes first on the Attack Mode.

Ticktum, he goes in for his first Attack Mode deployment.

Ticktum there in 6th position.

Barnard in Attack Mode.

Ooh! Barnard into the wall on the exit!

Barnard, he got shuffled all the way down

when he came out of Attack Mode and touched that barrier.

These races where you've got to just use your head and be patient.

Barnard looking for an aggressive move on the outside!

On to the dirty stuff. Loses a place there to compound his woes.

[David That is just a little bit of frustration and slight inexperience.

Yeah, has that cost an opportunity for a podium challenge

here this afternoon for Taylor Barnard?

There are your race leaders.

Oh, contact! That's it! Dennis loses front wing!

Dan Ticktum, who is in 5th position at the moment,

can he use that to his advantage?

Very messy race, people making contacts.

Whoa! Late on the brakes there for Wehrlein, into the side of Rowland!

So much stuff going on and so much unpredictability.

Oh, and de Vries, he's come to a stop.

- Whoa! - Oh, fuck!

And Dennis looks to be dropping back as well.

I just want a clean race.

We've had three retirements in the space of about as many minutes.

It's allowed Dan Ticktum into the lead of this one.

He can sense the first victory of his Formula E career.

I don't want to get myself excited. You just got to stay focused.

You put one wheel on the dirt and you're off.

Just try not to look back as much as possible.

Probably the most pressure I've felt in a race for a long time.

And Ticktum soaking up the pressure.

It's winner-takes-all stakes and it's one lap to go.

Come on.

Keep the head down. Stay calm.

One more turn left!

And after a six-year start, Dan Ticktum for Cupra Kiro

will finally become a winner in Formula E.

Dan Ticktum wins here in Jakarta!

To be honest, I'm surprised I didn't cry.

I've had three very tough years.

It's a big thing to win your first race in Formula E.

- Come on, man! - Yeah!

That was a mature, controlled, and commanding drive from the Briton.

And you can see what it means for that team as well.

Such hardship they have gone through.

So, a long time coming for that team. Ten seasons since they last took a win.

I don't really have a… I can't really describe.

Fuck you!

There were doubts as to whether that team

would even be continuing into season 11, but they managed to get it all together.

It was the first win of most of the team members.

If you look back at what happened in the last two seasons,

and we were a team nearly going bankrupt.

Twelve months ago, we still didn't know if we would be racing this season.

And then, we won the race. And that… that is special.

Dan!

As soon as I was out of the car, I was thinking,

"God, I want to give this to the guys, for the team," you know,

for what they've been through in the last few years as well.

Good job.

What a drive!

I'm so happy I've been able to prove them right

when other people would've been doubting their decisions to keep me.

I said we'd get there in the race. We did!

Yeah, you did actually say that.

- Yeah. - Yeah. He did say that.

- Yeah. Keep calm. - Yeah.

Dan Ticktum, for so long, you've been the bad boy of Formula E.

You've had people say you can't do it, and here you are.

You've won your first Formula E race. Proved them all wrong.

How good does that feel?

I think that is the most joyous part of all this, I have to say.

Like, you know, obviously...

It was a lot of sort of emotions of proving people wrong.

It was a real sort of, like, "Yeah, fuck you."

It's proof to everyone we can win a race,

and we can be a real deal. And that's important.

Well, Oliver Rowland, unfortunately, another tricky race.

I'm pissed off.

It's been a pretty tough period, the last couple of races.

Scoring one point over two races.

I mean, look, we'd had such a great season up until now.

All I'm thinking is…

"Please don't mess it up."

And the gloves are off for Porsche!

I don't want to see anything like this again.

It was no good for anyone

when they're trying to keep the heat on Rowland.

Going into the last four races,

I know how capable the guys behind me in the Championship are.

We just need one more good race for us and one more bad race for him.

It's Oliver Rowland, the Championship leader, who's spun!