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It all comes down to this.

It's the title decider.

The final race of the season.

In our sport, you just need a bit of luck

every now and again.

But I know I can win this Championship.

When it's meant to be, it's meant to be.

When you have the little champion star on you, I told myself I have to win it.

There is such an atmosphere here in London.

You can almost feel it permeating through the tarmac.

For one final time.

- And we're underway here in London.

Oh!

I think my name's "The Bridesmaid" in Formula E.

That's something I really want to change.

It does start to eat you up a little bit.

- The gloves are off.

The team radio message that the Jaguar team didn't want to hear.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Da Costa has one more attack to do.

They know that Da Costa's behind.

- He's coming. - Yeah, he's coming.

I'm fighting Mitch, Nick, and Jaguar. That's a killer trio.

But I believe I can win this race.

Oh!

Puncture, rear right puncture.

Championship on the line here.

If I take a step back and coldly look at my… my year,

I have to be happy with what we've done.

Having such a bad start to the year

and now being the guy with most wins than anyone,

we really, really turned it around.

António Félix da Costa. It's a Dac attack in Germany

as he wins for Tag Heuer Porsche.

- Well done.

What a perfect job from António Félix da Costa.

From the Misano weekend onwards,

it's almost been António reborn. Quite remarkable.

What a fantastic, commanding, controlled drive

from António Félix da Costa to take victory here in Shanghai.

Secretly, I am telling myself, like… you know, we're within a shot.

We're in a good momentum of results.

I… It is doable to win this Championship.

So, I'm off to see my mom.

I don't get to see my mom much. Obviously, I'm away a lot.

And she lives, uh, yeah, like 45 minutes away from me.

You'll see very different lifestyle to what I have.

Very rustic, very… easygoing, which I do envy it sometimes.

Like, it's just so nice and simple and plain and…

and you'll see when we get out of the car, man, the vibe is just…

so chill, so countryside. It's amazing.

I was very lucky, because I was born in a family where,

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

You know, with two years old, I was watching my brothers race

and my uncles race, so racing pedigree family, for sure.

My uncles, to this day, they are the only three brothers

that did the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same car.

My grandmother was pushing me to go racing.

My mother was pushing me to go racing.

People sometimes ask me,

"When was the moment you decided to become a racing driver?"

But I don't think there was ever that moment

because it's just always been there.

Uh, I have four… four children, four boys. I have four boys.

António, Pedro, Salvador, and João.

Is António the baby, or…

No, Pedro is the baby. António is the third.

And he started in the cars with his eldest brother, with João.

I once told António that he has not blood in his veins.

He has gasoline.

Do you still worry about him or…

Yes, yes, all the time. A mom is always worried about him.

But, um, I have faith in him, and I think God will protect you.

I have a photograph with the… with the Pope.

The way that António looks to him

and the Pope looks to António, it's… it's incredible.

And I think he has blessed him.

Because it was in Rome,

and then when they have the big accident, you know…

Oh, Christ. It's a Jaguar! It's Sam Bird! Sam Bird!

Oh, no! That's absolutely huge amounts from Buemi.

Buemi, and there's a Porsche involved here as well.

Is that Félix da Costa?

That was the first ever time in my life

that when I saw the whole thing happening in a split second,

I closed my eyes and I thought,

"I will get hurt now. I will be seriously hurt now," and…

Everything happened so quickly, and when I rewatched the onboard of my car

and hitting him, hitting Buemi, landing on top of me,

the first thing I did was, you know, I… I said a prayer straight away.

You know, I'm a religious guy, and…

and I think, yeah, God wanted us to be… to be safe that day.

- But I'm okay.

- Copy.

António was protected by the halo,

but also I think it's God's hand,

because some part of the car could beat him on the neck.

I think he's blessed.

But I'm not afraid of going racing. I understand the dangers of it.

The danger, um, aspect of the sport

is something that makes it, um, more special.

Nobody wants anything bad to happen ever,

but we know that that's a possibility, for sure.

The sun is shining in Portland, the most populous city in Oregon.

Billy Monger in the house, Allan McNish in the house,

and Billy, I'll come straight to yourself first.

What a place this is, by the way. The weather is shining.

It's a beauty. It's a beauty here in America.

What more do you want?

What we could want is the business end of the season.

There is not a lot in this.

One mistake, one DNF, and it could all change.

António Félix da Costa, he's nearly 60 points behind

his Porsche teammate, Pascal Wehrlein.

While Jaguar drivers Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans

are one and three on the Championship leaderboard,

there's still everything to play for here in Portland.

I just need a strong weekend in Portland to give myself

any sort of hope at winning this Championship.

António's coming off the back of a huge run of form,

so he's gonna be a threat this weekend.

He could be, you know, a bit of a worry for us.

I'm still within a shot, but I also know my competition, you know?

I know… I know Nick's gonna be strong in Portland.

We're arriving in Portland,

and Nick Cassidy can define his entire career

over this weekend.

Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy, arguably the two best drivers on the grid,

who are from the same country, who've known each other for decades,

are really close friends. Does the friendship hold together?

What happens when they're under team orders?

This is properly exciting.

Look, the position that Mitch and I are in is…

there's two of us fighting for a World Championship.

It doesn't matter if you're best mates or not.

Cassidy's leading the Championship by 25 points,

and he's had a great run of form.

And I think Cassidy's had the upper hand over Evans as well,

so as we head into the final four races,

he's got to be the odds-on favorite for the title.

Will we see a champion crowned?

It's set up. We know what he can do.

Can he get across the line?

It's round 13 of the 2024 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship,

and we are stateside.

Yes.

- What's up, guys? Oh! Hi!

- I recognize who he is.

Twenty-seven laps of action, 22 drivers,

and possibly this weekend, two championships.

Feeling good, feeling good. It's gonna be a fun race.

We know what to do.

Yeah, I know you've adapted your strategy

when it comes to Team Radio this season,

but you gave us some gold last year. Are you gonna give us some gold today?

Yeah, I know. People keep asking me this.

People keep coming up to me and saying I'm boring now.

- I'm just like, "Well,

you know, I can't win."

I… I either shout and people love it, some people hate it,

but unfortunately the people that might pay me

for the next 15 years don't like it…

…so I've got to play the game a bit more.

Mitch Evans, his second pole position of the season,

taking a crucial three points to keep his Championship hope alive.

But the polesitter has not won in the last 11 consecutive races.

Probably not the best track to be on pole with the nature of the style of racing.

There's a lot going on, like there's cars,

you know, darting everywhere and very easy to make contact.

This lap in Portland's actually the fastest lap,

average speed-wise, of the whole calendar.

So, it just means that if you make a mistake,

you're going quicker than other places, so the crashes are more spectacular.

Evans really needs to finish ahead of Cassidy here

to close the gap in the Championship.

It is on in Oregon. Lights out and we're underway.

Good start from Mitch Evans off the front row.

Hughes trying to challenge him on the outside through turn two.

Can he find his way through?

You have to be ruthless in our sport.

If you're a little bit soft on track, you're gonna get bullied around.

You get shuffled back and you just get eaten up.

So, you have to be aggressive.

It's all good so far. However, it just takes someone

to misjudge what someone else is doing,

and then a wing or something is already gone.

Oh! Jake Hughes going off onto the grass on the inside of turn 11,

just about catches up, but loses a fistful of positions.

Jake Hughes kind of squeezes over to… to follow the car ahead of him,

and my wing just slices his tire, and, uh…

basically he gets an instant puncture.

Mitch Evans, five-second time penalty

for that collision with Jake Hughes.

That means it's almost impossible for Evans to win the race.

Still a long race here.

Let's get to the end of this first. We're fighting.

Try to make a few positions.

Then through into the lead goes Nick Cassidy. Fantastic.

God, where was he two laps ago? He was tenth!

That was the fastest lap by Nick Cassidy in the last lap.

He's now in the position he likes to be in,

but he's got António Félix da Costa behind him,

and both of those know how to win these big races.

It's a bad day for us, because Cass is leading the Championship,

he's leading the race.

Evans trying to challenge, trying to disrupt.

António Félix da Costa charge

and looking for the outside line into the first corner.

Yeah, I think that Evans is just gonna have to play

the rear gunner role here at the moment and try and help Cassidy to win this race.

Ticktum sounding very despondent on the team radio.

He qualified so well,

but he's really missed the opportunity to impress here.

Two laps now remaining

as we see Cassidy just holding on to that race.

You can see him driving the defensive lines, though.

Evans isn't gonna give this up.

Oh! Wide there for Cassidy! That's a mistake. He's off onto the grass!

What was that? Nick went off.

He's lost it! Evans and Cassidy very close to one another

and Cassidy spins it round!

What a disaster for the Championship contender!

The rest of the field goes sweeping on through,

and Nick Cassidy has thrown away the victory here in Portland.

Cass, he bins it.

I could not believe… I could not believe my eyes.

Because, yeah, I mean, he never makes mistakes like that.

That is an absolute disaster for the Championship leader.

And then I start the last lap of the race in P2 behind Mitch.

Evans in front has a five seconds penalty.

So, I am the leader of this race.

As we come out of the final corner,

it'll be Evans who takes the checkered flag first

but it is António Félix da Costa who comes across the line

to take yet another victory.

Three in the last four races for António Félix da Costa.

And again, it is Porsche who power to the top here in Portland

with António Félix da Costa taking top honors.

They are absolutely delighted.

Jaguar and Nick Cassidy will be very, very disappointed.

That's sport, right? It's highs and lows.

Um…

Sometimes you're up and about happy. Sometimes you're super pissed off.

Ultimately, I'm pissed off because I'm competitive.

When you're fighting for a World Championship,

um, of course there's more on the line.

Is this a guy who's just fallen at a hurdle,

but still has another opportunity, and actually a few opportunities?

Or is this a guy who's just cost himself the world title?

António Félix da Costa exiting the car.

He's getting very used to this winner's circle

and spraying the Taittinger champagne here, Billy.

Feels like you can barely get him off the top step of the podium.

Three wins in four races. That doesn't happen often in Formula E.

Nick scores no points. Mitch scores a couple of points.

I win the race. Pascal's fourth or fifth. Like, it's a great day for us.

António Félix da Costa, what a dramatic end to that race.

Three wins in four races for yourself.

Please respond. It was incredible.

I know, man. It's amazing. I mean, firstly,

gotta say congrats to Mitch 'cause he did win this one on the track.

And I know how it feels to get one taken away.

So, you know, hats off to him.

But obviously, we'll take it, you know? We did everything right today.

- I don't wanna wear it. - You don't wanna wear it?

It just seems ridiculous that I got this penalty.

It's tough because you've got other people making these big calls,

um, that have massive impact on the ultimate result.

Mitch is the kind of personality who is pretty volatile initially,

but then quite pragmatic after it.

But he's not the kind of person that forgets.

There's not much he can do about it, because it's out of his hands.

It's out of Jaguar's hands. But he's just gotta deal with it.

Resilience, I would say,

is probably one of the biggest things in Formula E.

You have to be able to take difficult days and turn those into positives.

And as a team, that becomes something which drives you.

What could we do better that weekend?

I gotta be careful what I say 'cause I'm pretty… pretty fired up.

Yeah, fucking harsh.

It's my favorite time of year.

It is that period where contracts are up for renewal.

Essentially, it's the musical chairs of where drivers are gonna be

the following season.

The best song in the world.

Okay, that's enough now.

That's enough now. Come on.

Everyone's just like, "Yeah, okay, we're just stood here, yeah."

- Ladies and gentlemen, please… - Ticktum. Wow.

Ticktum probably needs an episode all of his own, right?

I mean, who knows? I mean, he's got the air of somebody

who's confident he can get another drive in Formula E,

but people are still not convinced that he can sort of behave himself.

And we're now towards the end of the season.

What are some of your highlights of the year?

Dan Ticktum has come in fifth.

An amazing performance by the ERT driver.

Well done. P5.

Dan Ticktum got his best result in Formula E.

Absolutely huge for them.

Mega, Dan, mega.

The first time I met Dan Ticktum,

we were at Pembrey Circuit in Wales. It was pouring with rain.

I looked across, and there's this car completely sideways,

perpendicular to the circuit. He was flashing the headlights,

and waving at me, and holding this drift around the last corner all at one time.

And yet I thought, "The guy's got unbelievable car control,

uh, but he's also quite mad."

- Thank you very much, man. - No problem at all.

- I appreciate that. Thank you. - No problem. Thank you. Cheers, man.

My goal this year was to become more employable.

Basically, I can just see a future here, and I'm just more motivated in general.

I can't tell you what's flicked the switch.

I just think it's time, you know? Everyone says it. "Time heals," whatever.

But there's more to life than getting to Formula One, you know?

Nice.

Lovely.

I've known Billy since I was eight.

Um, started racing around a similar time.

Amazing character, so nice to have a familiar face in the paddock.

So, we've known each other now the best part of more or less 20 years.

Yeah.

It's like when people say, like,

"School days are the best days of your life,"

- that's how I remember karting. - Yeah.

You didn't have to worry about money.

I'm at the age now where

you gotta be happy away from the track, there's no doubt.

Mm. So, everything away from the racetrack,

- is just… you're in a good spot. - Yeah. I'm… For the first time,

I'm probably, like, happy.

- Like, this year, to be honest, so… - There you go.

But, like, my contract's up this year.

Like, I need to be in a place where I can get some results now.

Like, I can't do another two, three years of struggling, you know?

I'm too good, really…

…to be driving around in the back now.

I kind of know the backstory. I guess most people at home…

- Yeah. - …don't know the backstory of, like,

you know, who you've raced, who you've beaten, what level you're at.

I think once I'm actually on the track,

I don't think about anything else,

apart from, you know, driving as well as I can and getting angry.

Trying not to press the radio button…

…you know? I'm doing quite well this year. I've had a few people come…

I was about to say.

…up to me saying, like, "Oh, you've been boring this year."

- It's just like I can't fucking win. - Yeah.

This is a tamer version of Dan, or a more mature version

- than I've seen even, like, a year ago. - Yeah, I would say, yeah.

- Which isn't a bad thing, in like… - I'd say that's fair.

…like, you know, it's just you grow up, don't you? And…

Yeah. I think my goals are different. I think that's what I've realized.

This is just my job now. So, now I'm like a professional.

Do I still have a drive? Um, yeah, massively.

Do I still wanna win Formula E and other championships? Yes, definitely.

I think I've started to finally see the glass a bit more half full.

You know, the opportunity that I still have

to be a professional racing driver is…

…just one of the best things in the world.

So, you know, I've really started to get my sort of motivation

and passion back for wanting to achieve good things in racing.

I've proved that I'm fast in the first part of my career,

and now I've got to prove I can do a job,

and then the third part of my career will be hopefully winning,

um, and then the fourth part will probably be I won't be as fast,

but I'll take some money, and then that'll be that.

It's coming to the crunch point, right?

Yeah.

You know, Dan… Dan probably tried to be a bit more…

calm and employable recently because he needs a contract.

- He's… He's definitely… Yeah. - He definitely needs a contract.

He knows that he needs a job.

- Difficult. Tough choice. - Yeah.

- Hey, thank you. Can I have a card? - No worries.

We haven't finalized our decision for our driver line-up yet,

which I believe we will need to make a decision soon

because it's approaching the season…

…season end.

To be honest, we're also talking to some other drivers potentially available,

but this is my job,

and we always need to explore options.

It's the 14th round of the 2024

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

We are in Portland, the second race of our double-header weekend

- here in the United States of America.

The best thing about a double-header for a driver

is if you make a big mistake in race one, you get to make up for it in race two.

Ultimately, I wanna win the Championship.

So, you gotta try and refocus and, um, you know, regroup.

You know, there's only three races left in the season.

Mitch is my friend. I will always race him as hard as I can.

But we're fighting at the sharp end of things now.

As we start lap 12 then,

Nick Cassidy, he now begins to try and make his ascension.

So, down into turn one we go.

Oh! It just concertinas up.

Evans has hit his teammate, Cassidy.

Yeah, I don't even know what came first, if he hit the guy in front,

then I hit him, or if I hit him and he hit the guy in front.

Really nothing either of us could have done differently,

because some of these slow-speed corners, you know, if you're kind of in,

everyone just backs up, it's like a traffic jam

on the motorway, and all of a sudden,

there's a car stationary in front of you, and it's impossible to avoid.

Lightning strikes twice in Portland, Nick's out again,

and it's egg on the face of Jaguar, and you can't believe it.

We've got nine laps remaining.

It's fast, it's frantic, it's chaos out there.

They tell me, "Okay, take the lead,

and tow Pascal to make him win."

Okay, I understand that, we can both finish on the podium.

And I still believe that the best way for us of winning the Championship…

it's to work together as a team. You help each other.

Da Costa, Wehrlein, down towards the first corner.

Da Costa already going for the lead.

So, I take the lead of the race, and okay, I'm in control of this race now.

Guys, what should I do?

Said, "Okay, slow down the race, Pascal needs to pass Robin."

So, I slow down the race.

Da Costa it is that leads. Evans on the outside, down into turn one.

Evans is gonna sweep his way through, and up into third place.

Go on, Mitch.

The problem is Pascal gets passed by Mitch.

So, now there's two cars in between us again.

And I'm asking, "What should I do?"

And it's awkward for me.

It's awkward because I've been asked to help him,

but he's not there for me to help.

He cannot slow down. He cannot risk it.

Now, da Costa's going for the race victory,

more than protecting his teammate.

It's a two-horse race then, seemingly, out in front.

António Félix da Costa driving for his third win in succession.

Robin Frijns driving for his first win of the season.

No way through for Frijns here for now,

but he's very, very close onto the back of the Porsche.

Frijns is right on his rear wing as we come through into turn 12!

It's going to be a drag to the line here in Portland,

but surely it's gonna go the way of António Félix da Costa.

Three wins in a row in season ten! Da Costa has done it!

Robin Frijns in second,

and Mitch Evans, back on the podium in third place.

It's insane what we've done.

And now I'm within 30 points of the Championship leader.

- Great job. Well done. - Thank you, man. Appreciate it, thank you.

We work together, stick together,

and we achieved what we wanted to achieve, all together.

António wanted to perform, we wanted him to perform, and that's the outcome.

He has now, at the moment, before the last two races,

four wins in the pocket.

And no other driver has four wins in the pocket.

António Félix da Costa, points for Porsche.

You're now fourth in the Drivers' Championship.

Four race wins in five. You're on fire.

Yeah, crazy, man. Crazy. Yeah, I'm… I'm happy. I'm emotional.

The season is a complete roller coaster for me,

and the mix of emotions are insane.

Portland really has thrown

a spanner in the works on this Championship.

This could be it for Mitch.

He's finished third, second, second in the last couple of years,

so he knows how close he's been.

Berlin, season seven, there was four of us in contention.

We go green in Berlin! And Evans doesn't move!

And he's been hit!

Mitch Evans has been hit. Two title contenders out instantly.

The very last race, yeah, I had a…

I had a mechanical failure which put me out.

Season eight against Stoffel, just me and him were fighting for…

for the Championship up until the last race.

And then, obviously, last year, you know, we had a three-way fight

between Jake, Nick, and I.

And, yeah, obviously, Jake was able to clinch it on day one of London.

There's been a lot of "what-ifs."

I think my name's "The Bridesmaid" in Formula E,

so that's… that's something I really want to change.

But every time you don't achieve it,

it kind of is definitely an element where it does start to eat you up a little bit.

- Good to see you, mate. Easy. - Yeah, good. Thanks.

- Likewise. - Easy.

My manager, Mark Webber, I've known for a long time, since 2009.

I always value his advice and guidance.

So, how bad do you want it, mate?

I could have almost had, like,

- three or four championships. Yeah.

- But I've got none. Yeah.

So, it's a balance of,

right now, a bit of frustration and desire to winning this thing.

Ah, I mean, look, I'm here to win.

And I think I just miss that feeling.

- I just miss that feeling of… of… of… - Closing the deal.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

You have got the most experience, probably, out of any driver on the grid,

in terms of going to the death often, even though it's…

You know, I mean, Berlin, as we know, was brutal.

Like, I feel like I should be sitting on, like, at least four or five race wins.

- Yeah. - Potentially.

But I'm sitting on two. But I think Portland was…

was a really frustrating one.

The points are being accumulated. They're in the bank.

Everyone's got a story to tell. What's it gonna take to get this one done?

It's just trying to diffuse some of the tension or the things that…

create that tension or pressure in that situation,

which is the most difficult thing in sport, right?

Yep. People think we're…

sometimes that we're robots and we can do

everything perfect all the time. Obviously, it's not the case.

Everyone's got their own way of controlling their mental state.

Especially in those critical moments and…

I feel like I've got relatively good

- at managing that. - Yeah.

But again, it always creeps in. That's gonna be tough.

It is the title-deciding weekend

here in London.

Come on, man.

Such a good noise.

It's always nice driving at your home race.

There gonna be lots of Dan Ticktum fans?

I don't know. Probably, it's probably 50/50 between fans and haters.

Man, I think it's gonna be awesome. I just think it's gonna be super cool.

I'm jealous of the guys in the grandstands.

They're gonna have fun.

London's an amazing spectacle.

It's indoor. It's outdoor. The crowds are close.

It's raucous. It's loud. It's personal. It matters.

It's gonna be an exciting…

- …final weekend here in London.

Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans for Jaguar

are just in front of Pascal Wehrlein in the Championship,

but António Félix da Costa still has an outside chance here.

António Félix da Costa's season

has just been remarkable.

It was only a few months ago that we almost thought

he wouldn't be racing for Porsche anymore,

and then goes on an absolute rampage of point scoring and wins.

The fact that António is in title contention

is pretty extraordinary, given the season that he's had.

He's just in a roller coaster. He's flying around all over the place.

It's always been the depths of despair

or an absolute peak of victory for António.

What's the mood like in the garage this morning?

We are in a very, very good mood. Team fully motivated.

We did the best season so far for Porsche in Formula E.

And we are clearly trying to attack, best possible, the Jaguars.

They are under pressure.

They did, in the last races, some mistakes.

We have nothing to lose, all in,

and try to get the best out of it this weekend.

Well, Florian, have a great weekend, and we look forward to catching up…

- Thank you. - …with you later.

Right, what is going to happen?

António Félix da Costa is just enjoying…

The mix of emotions are insane, and then all the media

and a lot of my friends and everyone's like,

"Man, we're going into London."

"You can win it, you can win it, you can win it."

As a person, as an athlete, my ambitions are always to win.

But it's still like 30-something points, it's… it's hard.

And I still need to do my job to… to help Pascal.

We are playing a part in his Championship campaign.

We wear the same suit, we have the same car.

It's my job to do that for him.

As this opening lap develops, da Costa has a lot to do.

Unfortunately for me, I qualified ninth,

so I had to fight my way to the front of the pack.

Da Costa two places up. That's a really good lap for him.

Some of my most fun races have been the races

that I come through the pack and sometimes finishing in the top five.

I knew a lot was possible.

I'm just gonna do everything I can to win this race.

Moves on the inside there for da Costa, looking for seventh place.

Overtaking is one of the coolest things

you can do in motorsports.

What I love is going side by side, wheel to wheel, fighting for position.

It's racing in the meaning of the word.

He's made progress, hasn't he?

Started ninth, got himself into the top five,

now getting into Championship contention.

That is Oliver Rowland, and that's António Félix da Costa.

Da Costa's done. Da Costa's out of this.

Oh, it's such a shame. He… This will put him out of contention.

It's a really bad feeling. It really sucks.

That was my Championship over.

But I would rather lose a Championship for trying too hard

and being too aggressive than for being too careful.

All of Porsche's hopes now rest on Pascal Wehrlein's shoulders.

He's leading the race here with one final attack mode left.

Getting the attack mode right is super important in Formula E.

It's a practical move to get extra power. But to get that extra power,

you have to move away from the conventional racing line,

so you end up losing time.

They need to make sure they don't lose track position

in a way that they can't get back.

Mitch Evans will be hoping to use Pascal's attack mode

as an opportunity to overtake him into first place.

Think this is a chance for the win.

Into attack mode then. What about Evans though?

Is he gonna be really strapping at the pieces?

Side by side they go. On the exit for the race victory.

On the inside is Wehrlein. Evans giving no quarter,

- but Wehrlein muscles him out…

…and holds on to the race lead.

Pascal Wehrlein takes the victory for Tag Heuer Porsche.

I think the healing process between Da Costa and Porsche

wasn't something that could be worked out overnight.

He will remember this season

as one of the standout seasons for good and bad,

and it will be a stronger proposition next season because of…

just the ridiculous ascents and descents that he's been on.

Second place for Mitch Evans.

He'll be disappointed with that one, wondering what might have been.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for Jaguar.

I was not happy after the race.

Pascal was able to pressure me a lot and able to overtake me,

which on my part was a bit weak.

But fair play to the Porsche guys. They just executed a better race than us.

We've got three drivers realistically

in with a title fight with one race left.

It's round 16 of the 2024 Formula E World Championship.

We're in London for the final round of the season.

It all comes down to this then.

Three drivers in with a shout of the title.

Four points separating them. Winner takes all stakes.

The fascinating thing for me is how now Jaguar manage things.

Are you gonna challenge your teammate and how are you gonna do it?

This is the biggest question of the season.

Do you let the two drivers go at it, running the risk of wiping each other out?

With both of us in contention of winning,

it's harder for one driver to accept playing the team game.

Obviously, the Teams' Championship is a huge thing for Jaguar,

so they don't wanna jeopardize that in any way,

but they also wanna give us a fair chance

at winning this Drivers' World Championship.

We both get fair treatment

to be able to make the right calls for ourselves in the race.

I'm just gonna try and leave without any regrets.

I've got some Dutch cookies for you.

- Good luck in the race today. - Good luck in the race today.

How are the boys feeling about going into this final race?

We have two drivers that are world-class, and when the moments arise,

they can step up.

You can't predict everything right now, um,

but, yeah, if a decision needs to come at some point

to make sure one of them wins, then that's what we'll do.

Not this tight, no.

António's collision with Oliver on the Saturday

basically ended his Championship chances.

For him, it's now all about trying to get in the mix to support Pascal.

I think we've got a really good, really cool fight ahead of us.

We'll try to work together. Them, I don't know. We'll see.

It's gonna be fun.

Porsche just seem to have a calmness.

I guess it helps that they only have one driver in the Championship fight.

So, they could focus all of their effort

and energy on just getting Pascal as high up as possible.

- All the best. Maximize the points. - Thanks, man.

Whereas both Jag drivers will be desperate to win a Drivers' title.

So, if they have to deploy team orders,

it will probably upset one of their drivers.

But if they one-two in the race

at a track like the ExCel in London, which is so narrow,

and you can control it…

they could just orchestrate the one-two finish

as they had done so perfectly in Monaco earlier in the year.

Jaguar playing the team game here. They're using Cassidy to back the pack up.

I think we have two of the drivers that are strongest at reading the race

and knowing how to race. You work together as teammates,

and so that knowledge bank they build up together

has made them a very powerful combination.

Watch Evans. He's gonna take attack mode here.

Yep, both wheels successfully cross the first and second sensor,

so attack mode has been enabled, and he'll now hold on to the lead.

Mitch Evans is dropping back now

into second position, so Nick Cassidy will take over the race lead.

Evans goes through on the inside.

Genius tactics by Jaguar.

They have played the team game absolutely perfectly.

Mitch Evans takes victory. It's a Jaguar one-two.

- Radio check.

- Copy. - Nick Cassidy on pole.

Now he's led the Championship for 90 percent of the season.

And we're underway here in London. It's a Jaguar one-two.

The perfect start for Jaguar. They had one-two.

In control of the Championship. Pascal behind.

I got a team orders call to basically give Nick the gap to go for attack.

It came as a bit of a surprise… Well, a massive surprise, to be honest,

because I thought we were able to do our own strategy calls.

It wasn't what I thought we agreed on.

Into the attack mode we go.

Where is it going to emerge for Nick Cassidy?

He's gonna be behind his teammate.

Or is he? It's close between them through turn 17,

and Cassidy does just hold on to the lead.

A few cracks beginning to form in the armor here

- in between the two Jaguar drivers. - Cracks?

- It's the Grand Canyon opening up!

What… What do you want me to talk to him about?

I want you to tell him that we're trying to work a plan

and he just needs to try his best for now. Just keep him calm.

At the end of the day, my target is to win the Championship.

I wasn't getting the support,

so I had to take matters into my own hands.

The gloves are off. There we go.

The team radio message that the Jaguar team didn't want to hear.

Gloves are off at Jaguar.

Let's see whether Evans is just gonna go for broke and try and run his own race.

In towards the attack mode area we go.

Who's then gonna drop behind Pascal Wehrlein? It is…

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes.

Jaguar can't afford to let the inter-team battle

give Wehrlein the chance to take the win.

- Oh! - Here we go.

Wehrlein on the inside of Evans!

Contact down at the first corner. Evans just holds on to the race lead.

This is getting punchy between the top three.

Championship on the line here.

This is enthralling stuff for the Championship.

And look at da Costa. He's now up into fifth.

Porsche's plan will surely be for him to help his teammate Pascal Wehrlein.

Nick Cassidy has got the momentum at the moment.

It may not feel like it for him sitting in third position,

but Evans and Wehrlein still with those two attack mode deployments to do.

Cassidy's lost out.

Oh, no! Puncture.

Puncture, rear right puncture for Nick Cassidy.

Oh! Nick Cassidy into the pit!

I scraped Nick's rear tire.

And I gave him a puncture. I gave Nick Cassidy a puncture.

I'm sorry we fucked up.

Taking a direct competitor out, I felt really bad with myself.

But I'm not saying anything on the radio because…

I still need to stay on track and do my job to help Pascal.

It is not over, this one. Evans and Wehrlein

still with those two attack mode deployments to do.

I really forced myself to the back of Pascal

to help him with the attack modes

and make the space so he doesn't lose any places.

And da Costa plays the beautiful team game there

and allows his teammate back through.

Mitch Evans now in the lead.

All he's gotta do here is take his final attack mode

and stay in the lead to win the title.

Evans trying to build out that buffer over Rowland

so he can go into that final attack mode deployment.

Oh, Evans has missed attack mode.

The wheels are coming off the wagon.

It looked a bit tight on the first sensor.

If you miss one of those two sensors, it doesn't enable the mode.

Once I went to activate my second attack, I somehow missed the first loop,

which, uh… yeah, was devastating.

I just saw a win slip away.

So, Mitch Evans does get the attack mode then,

but it allows Wehrlein through,

and it allows him the Drivers' Championship for now.

Evans in third place.

It's a tough sport.

You kind of feel like you've got a bit of a gun at your head every season.

'Cause you just need to keep on performing.

Evans now four seconds behind.

Every season for the past four years

has just kind of slipped away from me in different ways.

But it is eating me up now.

And Pascal Wehrlein, for Porsche,

becomes the 2024 Formula E World Champion…

Yes! Yes! Yes!

At the end of the day,

neither of us got the job done in terms of winning the Championship,

which is a huge shame for Nick and I.

Pascal and Porsche really deserved it in the end.

They did a fantastic job.

So, full credit to them.

What an end,

and what delight for them. What disappointment for Jaguar,

for Cassidy, for Evans.

As soon as the race is over, my whole team is obviously over the moon.

I mean, I'm super happy Pascal won,

but I… I had a direct involvement with a competitor,

and I just felt like I had to get away.

I had to step away from those celebrations. I had to.

Nick Cassidy, he was gonna win that race.

He was gonna win the Championship. I destroyed his dream.

And I told him, "Man, I am so, so sorry."

"So sorry. You can hit me, yell at me."

"You can… Man, I…" And he said,

"Man, I'm not gonna do that. It's not who I am."

"But you took it away from me."

"You took it away." And yeah.

We both start crying, and I cannot imagine the pain.

It was one of the worst feelings I've ever had to… to go through.

The… Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was tough. That was really tough.

I'm obviously very disappointed right now.

It's utterly heartbreaking.

I'm lost for words with how sad I am.

No.

Really?

Yeah, I've been too nice for a couple of years, and…

Yeah, it's bit me.

This is the most competitive sport in the world.

The margin for error is virtually zero. You have to be the best of the best.

It better be me. No, I don't know. It could be anyone's.

I will still bet on a Jag driver winning the Championship next season.

I don't know which one.

Well, it's less than 24 hours ago and I'm here talking to you now.

I know that my seat will always be wanted by all of the other drivers on that grid.

So, you know, I will never take this for granted.

That's why I get so angry when I lose,

but it's also why I get so happy when I win.

In the end of the day, it's just racing. Putting on a helmet and going racing.

And I'm able to be, on my good day, one of the best drivers on that field.

So, that's… that's… that's the drive for me.