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[heroic music playing]

[commentator 1] …into turn one. Is he gonna hit the front? He is!

Ticktum leads from fourth on the grid.

- [Dan's mom] Turn the wheel, darling. - [giggles]

[car engine roaring]

[Dan's mom] He's now getting blown about in the back.

- [laughs] - [Dan's mom laughing]

[Dan] I remember when I was really young,

and I'd go on my dad's and my mom's shoulders

and just name every car that was going past

at, like, the age of three. And I was just obsessed,

absolutely obsessed, and I still am.

- [cars thudding] - [tires screeching]

[commentator 2] The Portuguese driver, António Félix da Costa,

comes around the final corner to win the Misano E-Prix!

[António] Everything was just about engines for me when I was younger.

My mom used to say, "I don't think you have blood in your veins,

you have… you have fuel." [chuckles]

[commentator 1] António Félix da Costa

- with a farcical move… - [commentator 2] Unbelievable.

…for the lead of the Cape Town E-Prix.

[António] I do what I love.

I don't know how many people in the world are able to wake up in the morning and…

and just go and do what they love.

[Mitch] I was dreaming about this since I was a youngster,

so yeah, I know, it's pretty wild.

[commentator 3] Mitch Evans who takes victory.

The Kiwi is on the top step of the podium for the very first time.

[Mitch] Winning's everything. It literally is everything to me.

It's why I race.

[Jake] Driving fast, it's addictive.

You sort of get the bug from a young age.

[commentator 3] Dennis takes the lead and takes the victory.

[Jake] The feeling of putting on your helmet,

stepping inside a race car, and it's just, like, you and the machine,

and then 22 other drivers all wanting the same thing.

[group laughs]

[Mitch] You're fucking kidding me. I look like Billy Elliot.

I mean, they've stitched me up fucking big time.

[Dan] We will see a bit of carnage.

The more carnage, the better for us, to be honest.

[Jake] You're always making these quick-fire decisions.

It always feels like it's in slow-mo when you're doing it.

[interviewer]

You don't wanna know. [chuckles] It's a frightening place, my mind.

You gotta be aggressive. You gotta be on the front foot.

[commentator 4] Oh, Evans looking close. He's gonna go for the move into turn 18.

Side-by-side he goes.

[Mitch] The margin's really fine.

[Mitch]

Can I open this corner 20 centimeters more?

Can I get closer to the wall? Can I brake two meters later?

[crew member] If there's a gap, you can go for it.

- [crew members gasp] - Oh, God.

[Jake]

We are taking everything to the limit, so mistakes will happen, 100%.

[commentator 4] He's hit the wall!

[Mitch] If something bad happens,

where you're really not in control of the car anymore,

and you're going at high speeds, that's always scary.

But, yeah, you're just gonna, kinda have to accept it.

[Jake] You can't be weak. Mental strength is important.

Fuck's sake.

[António] You need to be a little bit of a bastard to be the best.

This killer instinct is, it… You definitely need to have it.

[Mitch] What makes a good racing driver?

Bravery, self-belief, and being a bit of an asshole at the same time.

[music concludes]

[dramatic music playing]

[crew member] Next lap is the last lap.

[commentator 1] Last lap of action then.

At the moment, it's Mitch Evans, followed by Félix da Costa,

followed by Jake Dennis.

[commentator 2] Jake Dennis needs to finish third

to win the championship.

[commentator 1] As it stands, this will be enough.

There's only a handful of corners remaining

as they come up the rise.

Jake Dennis comes across the line

and he becomes the ABB FIA Formula E World Champion

of Season 9 here in London! What a drive from Jake Dennis.

[Jake]

[crew members cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[music concludes]

[Lexi] We have to find one pair that suits me.

Oh, my God, I look like my mom.

- [laughs] - Oh, yeah?

I wanted to be champion so bad, and then, it was such relief

- more than anything, to be honest. - [soft music playing]

[Lexi] Man, you suit every shape, and I don't.

[chuckling]

[Jake] When you've got one championship under your belt,

you have more belief in yourself.

- Like a professor or something like that? - [Lexi] Yeah, they're cool.

Right now, I think the stage I'm at in my career, I'm sort of at my peak.

[laughs]

- This? [laughs] - [laughs]

- Let's have a look. - Some people, they would look

- so cool in those, but… - Like, no one is gonna look cool in these.

[Lexi] No, some people can pull them off.

- [Jake] Look like Harry Potter. - [Lexi] Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

- [Jake] Cheers. - Cheers.

- To London. - [Lexi] To London.

[chuckling] We're still celebrating.

[Jake] We had a good time, didn't we, for the summer?

Yeah. I feel like we probably went a little bit too much.

Like, we milked it.

Like, any excuse, we were like, "You're World Champion!"

The fact that I've managed to taste the champagne of being champion

makes me wanna have it more, gives me that drive to taste it again.

- [intense music playing] - [crowd cheering]

[Nicki] Jake Dennis, "defending champion." He's definitely now enjoying

the racing driver lifestyle, and good for him.

[fan] Thank you.

And it's a massive success story. You know, massive credit to Jake Dennis.

[photographer] Go, champion. Give it some.

- For five, four, three, two, one. - [camera shutter clicking]

- The world's longest seven seconds. - [crew members laughing]

[Jake] It's very difficult to defend the title, you know.

It's hard enough winning it, and then let alone defending it.

I'm looking forward to the challenge.

[Jake] I've had four teammates now in four years.

I think Norman's gonna be a good teammate for me this year.

[mild music playing]

Morning.

[crew members applauding, laughing]

[Norman] Good morning. I was waiting for you, having my coffee.

- Oh, sure, sure. - [Norman laughing]

[indistinct chatter]

For me, coming this season to a new team,

there's always, like, a bit of adaptation at the beginning of the season,

like, a new car, new team, new race engineer, et cetera.

[Jake] Big weekend for Norman. First weekend with the team.

- Huge amounts to prove. Loads of pressure. - [crew members laughing]

No, no pressure at all, you see. There's a boss at the back,

- you see, it's all good. - [crew members laughing]

With Jake, honestly, feel like straightaway,

everything has been pretty, like, straightforward,

and we've been pushing in the same direction.

It will be definitely a… a really good experience

to have Jake as a teammate.

He's a really fast driver. He's a really humble guy as well.

He's been champion last year, so it could be easy in this situation,

like, being a bit more arrogant. It hasn't been the case at all with him.

[Nicki] The garage is divided in two.

They each have their own chief engineer, mechanic.

You are potentially quite separate,

but obviously you are there for the good of the team.

- [fan 1] - [Jake] Yeah.

[Jake]

[chuckles]

- [fan 2] Jake, look in the camera. - Thank you.

- [fan 1] - [chuckles] That's fine.

[tense music playing]

[Roger] Welcome, everybody, to Mexico.

First race of the season. Obviously, we come into this race

as reigning champions. Um, we shouldn't be thinking about that.

We should just be thinking about focusing forward in this season.

We're only as good as we… our last race.

We did pretty well in that last one back in London.

Very happy to be here with you,

and, you know, let's just get the job done as we've always done.

So, thank you, everybody, and let's have a good weekend.

[upbeat dramatic music playing]

[commentator 1] It's the opening round of the 2024 ABB FIA

Formula E World Championship, in Mexico City.

Forty thousand fans all in place for this race here this afternoon.

This is gonna be hugely exciting.

When you are defending World Champion, history's on the line.

Not many people can say, "I've defended a world title,"

and Jake knows that.

[reporter] Before the start of your races,

you don't have people with microphones in your face.

- You don't have all this noise. - No, for me, I would enjoy this, actually,

because it… it helps to keep your mind off the race.

That's how I am. I… I never want to focus on the race.

I want to just keep my mind off it, relax, talk, just hang out.

And then when it's time to go,

then I can take a deep breath, and then you can focus.

[Radzi] There are 22 drivers representing 11 teams.

So, you have two drivers per team.

[Karun] I think, if you look at the racing drivers,

you get a whole range of people, and that's what makes it interesting.

You've got some who are cool, calm, and calculated.

You've got some who are fiery and passionate and get angry.

And you've got the ones in between. But I think, ultimately, at the core,

every racing driver is just a horrendously competitive person

who hates to lose.

[thrilling music playing]

[cheers]

[commentator 1] Red lights are on, Formula E World Championship is go

in Mexico City.

[commentator 2] Yeah, look at this. Side-by-side there, the Andretti.

That's Jake Dennis tryna make ground

after being down in 14th position on the grid.

Lucas di Grassi in the ABT CUPRA who's come into some bother.

[commentator 2] Yeah, he hit the barrier, did he?

[commentator 1] Oh, no, that's Nico Müller,

the second of the ABT CUPRA is into the wall.

Problems there as well for António Félix da Costa.

[commentator 2] Nose to tail as they come through the Foro Sol.

[commentator 1] Oh!

[driver]

[commentator 2] Just lost the rear, didn't he?

[Scot] Car is in the middle of the track, please be aware, please be aware.

[commentator 2] Jake Dennis, the reigning champion,

finishes in ninth place.

He'd be disappointed, I think, with that race.

[crowd cheering]

- [music concludes] - [indistinct chatter]

- [reporter] Hi. - Hello.

- [reporter] How you doing? - I'm all right.

It was a shit show. [chuckling] Yeah, it wasn't great at all.

Um, difficult race from 14th, but we got some points.

But ultimately, it was a pretty rough day.

[Karun] Jake put together a fantastic season last year,

but winning back-to-back championships in Formula E, I think, is incredibly hard.

Just because of the standard of drivers being so high.

[enigmatic music playing]

[Mitch] Since I was a young boy…

driving fast feels easier than walking.

Just feels so natural. I feel like, that's kind of, like, my natural habitat.

You know, I… I race because I obviously love driving,

but I love it to try and be better than everyone else,

and finding ways of overcoming my competitors…

tryna outsmart them.

I've been one of the most consistent drivers

in the category for a number of years

and finished top three in the last three seasons.

[Radzi] Being a racing driver, it's a solitary experience.

Losses can define you for the good and the bad.

I don't know if anyone wants a world title more than Mitch.

He's been close but no cigar so many times.

[Nicki] He's one of the best drivers in the paddock, hugely experienced,

um, really quite consistent. But this is a proper opportunity

to finally take that driver's championship title.

[commentator 1] Welcome along to Diriyah.

We're in the desert, and we're in for our only night race on the calendar.

We're here in the outskirts of Riyadh on a UNESCO World Heritage site,

and here we are ready for the Diriyah E-Prix.

[drill machine whirs]

[Jake] I'm feeling good going into the quali.

Hopefully, we can just have a clean session,

and no drama, and then have a… have an easier race.

It's Formula E. It never happens.

[Michael] To become world champion in a very competitive series like this,

you know, that's definitely one of the highlights of our racing team

since… in the last 20-some year.

I'm all about competition, you know,

and for us here, the competition is just so tough.

I mean, it's as good as it gets anywhere in the world.

[engine whirring]

[commentator 1] Welcome along then to qualifying for round two.

Let's see how it works out for the reigning champion.

[Karun] Races like Diriyah, where the tracks are quite narrow,

qualifying is super important, track position is super important.

You have to qualify well.

It… it is the most important qualifying, I think, of the season.

[engine whirring]

[commentator 1] Dennis looking quite comfortable.

Mitch Evans, ready to go out on track.

Evans picking up the gauntlet, threading the eye of a needle.

Slight snap of oversteer there,

Dennis getting a bit of an armful of opposite lock.

Look at the advantage now that Evans has been able to build.

I think this is gonna go the way of Mitch Evans,

unless Dennis can have a good final sector.

[commentator 2 laughs] It's pretty close, though.

[commentator 1] And Dennis, just under a tenth of a second away,

Mitch Evans knocks out the reigning World Champion.

[crew members applauding]

[tense music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

I'm feeling good. We finished strongly last year.

We started Mexico reasonably well.

Um, it's been pretty obvious, uh, as a team.

Mitch, he just wants to win. Like, he's an absolute winning machine, right?

He loves racing. It's in his DNA.

He's incredibly natural as a racing driver.

I feel like this is a Mitch Evans year.

He's got the experience. He's got the speed.

He's just got to put the season together to get that championship.

[Sam] Now, with Nick Cassidy in that team,

Jaguar will be, I think, living up to their billing as favorites.

They've known each other since they were kids.

Now, they're racing for the same team.

- [engine whirring] - [soft dramatic music playing]

[commentator] Go to the last lap, Nick Cassidy with a big lead.

Mitchell Evans up into third.

[Mitch] Since Nick joined the team, every interview we've had

is all about our friendship.

Fuck! Like, it was… it was pain in the ass.

[commentator] Cassidy's gonna make the pass stick.

[Mitch] We started in Auckland, New Zealand,

go-karting together at six, and growing up.

We're best mates.

We talk every day. You know, we're… we're really good pals.

[Sam] They've known each other for 80% of their lives.

Two Kiwis from the same town, racing in a World Championship.

It's a lovely story, and I just see nothing but harmony there.

[Mitch] And now, racing in a World Championship,

um, racing for one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world.

[Andrew] Probably the most interesting inter-team battle on the grid.

This is gonna be one of the brilliant subplots of the season.

[Sam] The journalistic part of me wants to see a great scrap,

and, you know, a tooth-and-nail thing going on.

[Mitch] Obviously, we wanna beat each other.

That's just human nature.

I really wanna win the championship, but if I can't win and Nick does,

I'll be so happy for him.

[Sam] However, my feeling is that they kind of need each other,

and Jaguar really want to get that team's title.

They genuinely are good buddies. They're good mates.

They're also very professional.

They also know that when, you know, the helmet goes on

and the visor comes down…

they're racing against each other.

[Sam] If Nick Cassidy wins the championship and Mitch doesn't,

and there's a few flare-ups along the way…

that's gonna be a major test of any friendship.

[Nick] It doesn't matter if you're best mates or not,

the team's always gonna have complications

if they have two drivers fighting for the World Championship

at the front of the grid.

But find me one team principal who doesn't want that.

[music concludes]

We have two lions, but that is what it takes to win.

You don't fight for titles

without two incredibly strong drivers, right?

[tense music playing]

[commentator 1] The sun has set here in Saudi.

It is time to go dancing in the dark.

When you're world champion, there's definitely less pressure,

umm, but the expectation is… is higher than ever.

[Karun] It's really quite impossible to predict how things are going to unfold.

Jake thinks about the big picture. He is quite a cerebral driver.

I think, he does race with his head rather than his heart.

I think Mitch is fiercely competitive.

I'm sure Mitch has arrived into the season knowing it's his best chance

to get that championship.

[Mitch] When you approach any season, you kinda wanna hit the ground running,

get points on the board.

It just takes a little bit of pressure off.

You just feel like you get a bit of momentum, and that's really key.

[commentator 1] A second consecutive front-row start for Mitch Evans

for Jaguar TCS Racing as he lines up second on the grid.

[crew member]

[Mitch]

[engine whirring]

[commentator 1] And then it's the reigning World Champion, Jake Dennis,

third on the grid at the head of the second row.

[crew member]

Fundamentally, they're all fast racing drivers.

I think you almost have to take that as a default.

What separates them is this… is the way they go about their racing.

[commentator 1] Lots of tension and lots of drama, I'm sure to come,

over these 37 laps.

[Jake] You've put in so much hard work, you've put in so much effort,

you don't wanna fuck it up, basically. It's important to deliver for the team.

You get nervous, but as soon as those lights go out,

that just goes away immediately.

In the car, I do have a different side to me.

Your blood's full of adrenaline. You just want to win.

[engines roaring]

[Mitch]

You have to be ruthless in our sport.

I do get pretty aggressive sometimes on track.

[tense music continues]

[Mitch] If you're a bit soft, you're gonna get pushed around.

[commentator 2] Mitch Evans, he's pushing hard.

[commentator 1] Oh, no, he's collided with the wall.

[commentator 2] Contact between the two, Evans into the wall.

[Mitch]

[commentator 1] That's now released Jake Dennis into the lead of the race.

[crew members applauding, cheering]

[crew member]

The type of person that sets out their goal to become a racing driver

is someone who has to be incredibly focused, incredibly determined,

and unshaken by the highs and lows that are thrown at them.

[soft music playing]

[Jake] I was eight years old when I first started.

My dad used to race before I did.

Uh, nothing at a professional level, but just for fun.

I loved watching him.

Because my dad's a mechanic, he knew everything about go-karts.

That's what he did as a job.

I was pretty decent.

QI won some big races.

When I turned 12,

I got approached by a person called Martin Hines.

And he said, "Come into our team."

"We'd love you to drive for us free of charge."

I just thought Jake had got something special.

He was a bit more aggressive in areas, but exciting and very determined.

And all of a sudden, they tick all the little boxes and you think,

"Perhaps we've got a champion here."

[interviewer] And you think Jake is in that company, do you?

I wouldn't be standing here talking to you if I didn't.

[heroic music playing]

[Jake] At that point, it then turned way more serious for me.

And these guys paid for… for my racing

until I turned professional at the age of 21.

I got sent the bill of how much it came to,

and I pay a percentage back to my sponsors now.

But I'm more than happy to do this

because I definitely wouldn't be where I am today without these guys.

[intense upbeat music playing]

[crew member]

[Jake]

[commentator 2] Well, so, Dennis telling the team

he'll do the fastest lap at the end of the race.

That's supreme confidence from the reigning World Champion.

[commentator 1] Working quite nicely then for the Jaguars.

As it stands, we're now podium potentially on the cards here

for the Kiwi.

You have to have the ability to really manage

the race in terms of your strategy, be comfortable that you're not leading,

but you know that it will come good at the end.

[crew member]

[Mitch]

[crew member]

[Mitch]

[engine whirring]

There'll be times that drivers are in a better position,

and rather than compromise the whole team result,

you work together as teammates.

[commentator 2] Let's see if Mitch Evans pulls over

and lets him through. Yes, he does.

[commentator 1] Yeah, so he goes through. Third place then for Nick Cassidy.

And Mitch can now draft his teammate

and save a bit of energy for the end of the race.

[Nick]

[commentator 1] Cassidy there, happy to play the team game.

[commentator 2] God, we've got a game of chess going on here.

[commentator 1 laughs]

Here is the race leader, Jake Dennis.

We've hardly spoken about him throughout the entirety of this one.

He has just controlled it since he got into the race lead.

[commentator 2] He is really harrying that car.

He's put the hammer down.

[crew member]

[engine whirring]

[crew member]

[commentator 2] How high do you think the heart rate is

in the Andretti garage at the moment?

[thrilling music playing]

[commentator 1] Dennis takes the victory, as he comes to the timing line!

[Dennis] Whoo-hoo! Yes!

[crew member] That's how it's done, mate. Get in.

[cheers]

[commentator 1] It's the battle for second that we need to keep a beady eye on.

Mitch Evans, how much does he want to risk for that second place?

Can Evans launch the attack in towards the chicane?

He's so close.

And Evans, ready in pouncing distance.

Here comes Mitch Evans, sliding his way on the braking!

- Bird goes through! - [tense music playing]

[engine whirring]

[commentator 1] Cassidy, into third, Evans mobbed by the McLaren as well.

What a dramatic end.

[Mitch]

[crew member]

[Mitch]

[James] All the time you're talking to your engineers,

and you're managing your energy levels, and you're feeding that information back,

and you're adjusting settings on the car.

Honestly, I don't know any other racing category

that is so intense from a workload point of view

for a driver, and your emotions are up and down.

- [indistinct chatter] - [Jake]

Uh, fuck me.

[crew members cheering]

[commentator 1] Jake Dennis takes his first win of the season.

A fantastic masterclass there. A win by over 13 seconds.

[chuckles] We love it. And the boss is happy as well. [laughs]

[Mitch] I didn't have the pace to win that race.

Jake was just too quick. But I should have finished second.

[sighs] Those moments suck.

[engine whirring]

[Mitch] The last lap overtake,

yeah, that's one that you can look at either way.

I would've been annoyed if I didn't go through it,

but I'm annoyed now that I did.

I should've been on the podium.

[crowd cheering, applauding]

- [film crew] You've made it to P3? - P3, yeah.

It should be Mitch, I feel a bit weird.

[commentator 1] Nick Cassidy, third place for the Jaguar TCS Racing driver

a second race in succession for him on the box.

[Nicki] I think the beauty of Formula E is that it's so difficult to predict

who is going to be coming out on top, because it is so competitive.

The likes of Porsche, Jaguar, huge names, big budgets,

so the stakes are incredibly high.

But in motorsports, you can't win every time,

you're not gonna get pole position, fastest lap,

and the win at every race, you know, it's impossible.

So, all of these drivers are very used to,

you know, weathering the highs and lows of motorsport

and ultimately there's probably gonna be more lows.

So, this is what they're trained up for.

[birds squawking]

[commentator] António Félix da Costa, not had the start of the season

that you'd expect from the former World Champion.

Yet to score a single point,

it's totally out of character for the Porsche driver.

[engine revving]

It is so hard to perform in Formula E day in, day out.

I will never be satisfied with mediocre results, never.

[inspirational music playing]

[António] And I won the championship in season six.

I don't want to be a one-time winner, you know?

And as for now, I still am. I think to do it once is very, very hard.

To do it twice is twice as hard.

[Radzi] António Félix da Costa, basically the nicest man on Earth,

he goes from "I'm António, just a lovely human being,"

to "I'm António, and I'm gonna rip your head off when I'm driving a car."

[commentator 1] Is he gonna go for it and get his way?

Weaving all over the back. He's done it!

- [commentator 2] Oh, my God. - [commentator 3] What?

[commentator 1] António Félix da Costa

- with a farcical move… - [commentator 3] Unbelievable.

…for the lead of the Cape Town E-Prix! The man's on a mission.

[Radzi] Da Costa is dangerous in any car, on any track,

at any time in the season.

[Sam] He's always been there, and was the champion in '19 and '20,

and I think he can become a double champion in 2024.

[airplane whizzing]

[Radzi] The guy is as comfortable surfing a monstrous wave

as he is driving at 180 miles an hour.

[crowd cheering, applauding]

[António, in Portuguese]

[wrapper crunches]

[António, in English] I'm so happy that I can live out of my passion.

Senta. Olivia. Come on.

From the first memories that I have, I was involved in racing.

Senta. High five. Hmm.

- [cup clattering] - [António speaks Portuguese]

Two of my brothers were racing, and I grew up watching them race,

and then my uncles were racing as well, and my father was sponsoring teams,

and I was lucky that my family was able to support the start of my career.

I do consider myself very privileged. I will never take it for granted.

High five. [speaks Portuguese]

Winning is everything for me.

Um, I hate to be just one more guy on the grid.

Being competitive, it's… it's a foundation of my personality.

I want to be feared. I want to be looked at one of the best.

"Okay, he's here, it's gonna be a tough race,

- it's gonna be a tough season." - [soft music playing]

[António] When I stop, I want to be the guy

where the young gun goes, "Okay, I need to achieve those numbers."

"Those are the numbers I want to beat."

See, I'm still hanging up pictures and shit.

So, this… this is my… this is where I spend a lot of the time.

I love this place. This is my man cave. Come in, come in.

So, I wanted to do something like, uh, a living room

where I'm next to the cars, you know? And obviously, I'm…

It's a bit tight at the moment. I should have gone bigger.

But the idea is to have just the same living room where,

you know, we can come and watch some motorsport or games or whatever,

PlayStation, whatever.

This is the DS3 I won the Macau Grand Prix with.

It's my actual car. I mean, the tires got these bags on

because I'm putting… I'm gonna put the car on the wall.

So, that… For the tires to stay new so they don't get dirty.

It was Volkswagen China who financed the whole race,

and it was the Year of the Dragon.

And they said, "Yeah, man, your car's gonna have a dragon on."

I was like, "Fucking hell, man."

"A dragon in my car. I'm gonna look like an idiot."

And when I got there, I was like, "Fucking hell."

"The car looks, I mean, it's not a race car," you know?

And, man, we ended up winning the race with this car

and now, I look at it and I think it's so cool.

[producer] You accumulate so much stuff over your career, don't you?

[António] It's insane, man.

So, this was my first-ever suit.

First one. Name, everything. I was seven years old.

And that… My winning suit's this one with DS.

Season six, yeah, man. Sucked. Had no party, nothing.

Fuck. Had to be me, man. The year I win.

- [thrilling music playing] - [crowd cheering, applauding]

[António] When I won my World Championship in 2020,

it was the pandemic…

and it took me a long time to win that thing.

What I felt when I won, when I crossed the line,

I peaked at some kind of emotion that it's hard to explain,

but so quickly, after maybe… an hour after, it was…

it… it came down, and I was like…

"Man, it goes away quickly. I need to do this again."

I hate not winning, that's clear. I create my own pressure,

and the perfect world, I want to win every race.

[pensive music playing]

Morning.

Now, we gotta go to the simulator for three or four days,

and these cars are so complex.

Basically, we can set this car up corner by corner.

It takes a lot of time and a lot of work, a lot of engineers.

We've got about three or four settings

that we can play with during the braking phase,

and we can tweak those four independently for every corner.

And once you get that in, then the car will change on its own.

It's important work. It's important that the sim

is as similar as possible to the real car, which is always…

That's the difficulty of running a simulator.

You can simulate a lot, I think.

We've had a bit of a break, like, almost a month,

so it's good to get the whole team back together

and kind of warm everything up for…

for next week.

Acting as team principal in a race team

means you are responsible for the race success,

to keep people motivated,

and to keep all distractions away from the team.

[engine whirring]

[Florian] To work for Porsche, it's a big honor.

I want to be the best. I want to show that we have the best car,

the best product, the best team, the best drivers,

and we are good for wins and titles.

That's the expectation.

- See you tomorrow, guys. - [crew member] See you.

- Bye. See you tomorrow, man. - [indistinct chatter]

There's a lot of pressure.

With Porsche, it's very simple. You have to win. It's very simple.

Everything they get themselves into, they do it to win.

[switch flicks]

[António] This is tremendous. So much to look at.

We're in a very, very special place.

Um, this is the storage for the Porsche collection.

So, there's a lot…

a lot of history with a lot of the new cars as well

that are about to make history and recent history, old history.

But for me as a driver, it's insane to see some of this.

[commentator] The Porsches are so much faster

than anything else, that victory seems certain.

[António] It's not been until maybe five, six years ago

where I started to really care about history and older cars

and really appreciate how pure it was to… to drive these things.

- [soft music playing] - [engines revving]

[António] When the helmet is on, you just wanna beat everyone.

But then you come here and you feel the respect, you know?

These guys have put a car in the museum. That's… that's special, you know?

If you… if you put a car in a museum, you've done something… something big.

So, yeah, amazing.

[commentator] What a win, and what a celebration.

Reliable and well driven. In the end, that's what it really takes.

[António] Porsche, they're always there.

And they're winning, every time.

Very cool. Very cool.

[Florian] I expect a driver to extract the most points for the team

and for the manufacturer. And that's the target,

to stay in this game until the very end, and to be good to… to take a title home.

[music concludes]

- [soft music playing] - [crew members chattering]

[birds chirping]

I just went down to the track. Bottle of water, sunnies.

"JD1" on them. Little present from the missus.

[water splattering]

- [objects clattering] - [producer] How are you feeling today?

At the moment, I'm not ready.

At the moment…

- [water splattering] - …need a coffee, wake up.

- Shall we? - [woman] Shall we? Yes.

[indistinct chatter]

[producer] Is this the only place you do high security?

Is that the only high-risk place?

Um, for me, yeah. I mean, he has it in Monaco walking around, but…

- For me, this is normal. - [laughs]

You should see it back in New Zealand, it's nuts.

[both laugh]

[Norman] It's nice to be able to walk to the track actually.

- [Jake] Yeah, it's much better, yeah. - [soft music playing]

[António] Hey guys, good morning. It's race day.

It went really well here last year, so looking forward,

the whole team's really motivated,

and hopefully it's gonna be a good one for us.

So, cheer us on, and, uh, see you later.

- [laughs] - [indistinct chatter]

- You're fucking kidding me. - [Nick laughs]

I mean, they've stitched me fucking bigtime.

[indistinct chatter]

- Man, I look like Billy Elliot. [laughs] - [laughs]

Can you pretend to like me so it looks good on camera?

Hey, man, what's up?

It's quite a nice pitlane, this, innit? Having everyone opposite each other.

- [indistinct chatter] - It's much better.

Now, we have to drive to the grid.

And the cars will be there for about half an hour…

for the guests, sponsors.

It's always a mix between being friendly and staying focused.

Then, at the last minute, I… I snapped the rear,

and then I missed the apex completely.

[dramatic music playing]

[António] I know in the sport, if you're not performing,

you will be questioned, and you will be under pressure.

But I'm not worried because I know how to go around the corner fast.

- I know how to do a fast lap. - [helicopter whirring]

There's a lot of people behind the scenes working incredibly hard on strategy,

but ultimately, when the lights go out, it's all down to me.

[indistinct chatter]

[Mitch] I was definitely on the back foot, headed into São Paulo,

but I won there the year before.

So, I thought, "Okay, this is a bit of a reset."

[thrilling music playing]

[crowd cheering, applauding]

[commentator 1] Thirty-one laps, 22 drivers.

Only one will be crowned as the winner.

All five lights are on then, the São Paulo E-Prix.

[engines roaring]

[commentator 1] As we get underway, Mitch Evans trying to come through

on the right-hand side.

[commentator 2] We see side-by-side action,

as everybody's starting to try and get position.

[commentator 1] Dennis trying to make ground.

They're all jostling for places here.

[commentator 2] Fantastic job from da Costa.

Da Costa, now took the lead of the race.

[engines whirring]

[commentator 1] And it is anybody's guess as to who's gonna be last on the brakes.

It's Mitch Evans, on the inside into turn four.

The Jaguar driver taking the lead away from da Costa.

Dennis has been a bit of a silent assassin so far here in this one.

He's just sort of ghosted his way up into fourth place,

and he sets the fastest lap here at this point as well,

as he now tries to challenge and does indeed go up into third.

[engine whirring]

[Mitch] The dangerous side of racing is always in the back of your mind.

It's never nice to see another car heavily damaged,

especially when it's your teammate and also a really good friend.

[engine whirring]

[commentator 1] That's Nick Cassidy who's gone into the wall.

Down in towards turn ten we go, and Nick Cassidy in the Jaguar

is out of the São Paulo E-Prix in dramatic fashion.

[Mitch] Oh!

[crew member]

[Mitch] Ultimately, you just want to make sure that Nick was fine,

and then you can switch the focus back on and… and focus on the rest of the race.

- [dramatic music playing] - [engines whirring]

[commentator 1] Rest of the field are gonna have to make the moves

fairly soon if they're gonna try and challenge for this one.

Evans, just controlling the pace, though.

It's a big satisfaction when you can pass someone.

Sometimes you get overtaken and you have to accept it.

Other times, you can return the favor and try and get one back,

so you just gotta roll with the punches and, yeah, throw some yourself.

[commentator 1] Oh! António Félix da Costa getting roughed up here by Jake Dennis,

who gets his elbows out through turn one and turn two

and gets up into fourth place. That was class by Dennis.

I had to fight to come back. It was a big step from Riyadh.

I'm fighting at the front again. So, we're doing good.

[commentator 1] This is great for da Costa.

He's been under a lot of pressure from Porsche lately.

[António] We're going up against drivers like Mitch and Jaguar,

which have been together for seven years.

So, to beat someone who has had that longevity of continuity,

it's… it's big, it's hard.

[commentator 2] That little gap that Mitch Evans has got,

that is absolute gold dust at this point of the race.

[Mitch] Once you get this perfect flow,

swinging the perfect lap together, and going as fast as you can,

once you get it right, it's like a piece of art.

You feel so at one with the car.

The faster you can go, the better it is.

[commentator 1] And look at Bird go for the outside!

Surely, he's not gonna make that stick on Mitch Evans into turn ten!

Bird's done it! Absolutely amazing from Sam Bird!

He comes around the final corner to win here in São Paulo!

[crowd applauding]

[commentator 1] What an overtake. Pulled that out of nowhere.

[crew member]

- [engine whirring] - [Mitch yells]

[intriguing music playing]

- [engine whirring] - [Dan]

We're the worst on the grid. I'm out of contract this year,

so, you know, my future is not certain. I might end up with nothing.

[Jake]

You think everything's against you,

and you think the whole world is caving around you,

and it feels like what you're driving is… is really bad.

- [engine whirring] - [thuds]

[commentator 1] Oh, disaster for the Portuguese driver.

[Sam] A bit of a bombshell? Bullshit.

Uh, looking to replace António Félix da Costa at the team.

[reporter] How is the relationship between you and António at the moment?

The problem is, I'm the idiot.

I am the guy that, "Okay, he's done, they're trying to get rid of him."

[intriguing music continues]

[music concludes]