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(Transcrito por TurboScribe.ai. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) Yeah, of course, of course.

You... Why do you...

I mean, we sometimes drive a little bit like a baby.

Yeah, for sure.

But how old is she now?

Two weeks.

Almost two weeks.

It was Saturday, right?

Yeah, Friday.

So a week and six days.

Did you shed a tear?

Almost.

You know, when they are, like, on the edge,

but then it's, like, not falling out.

But what about when you held her for the first time?

I didn't cry. I was just really happy.

I didn't cry.

So it's a girl's house.

Yeah, yeah. It's definitely surrounded by a lot of girls.

But that's why the pets now, every time we get a new animal,

it's male, just to compensate a little bit.

To balance it.

Yeah, to balance, so I'm not alone.

Do-do-do-do.

How many cars are there on track? Do we know that?

Oh, yeah, quite a lot.

I thought it was 130.

Excuse me?

Really?

I think so.

But can we just take this van on track or not?

Of course not.

Why did you say of course not?

It's a race weekend.

You cannot just rock up with a normal car.

You need a roll cage, I think.

OK.

Wait, you can literally rock up with any car?

I think, in theory, I can go and get a Suzuki Swift

and hack around with it.

I think.

Let's see.

We're doing a test day here at the Nordschleife.

And they told me you can run under a fake name.

Oh, but I actually have to talk with a German accent,

because my name is Frans Herman for the day.

I'm Herman Lessing.

Because nobody knows, right?

Nobody knows you're here.

Yes, exactly.

So, Frans, from now it's Frans.

From Frans, Frans Herman.

Let's make it as German as we can.

That's why it was Frans Herman.

Sounds a bit German, Chris.

It's good.

It starts at zero.

And the other one, please.

Today, you don't need a license,

you don't need a permit or something like this.

You just need to have a driving license.

And that's what you have to expect out there.

Think about that the others are doing taxi rides.

Yeah, it's many cars.

Yeah, many cars.

It can be all kinds of cars.

Mostly racing cars.

We have just a small security package around the Nordschleife,

so there's not on every marshal post there's a marshal.

So it might take a little time when something happens

until we have the first intervention car with you.

We have some people informed that,

especially you are driving out there,

as soon as your number comes through the radio,

there will be a special intervention car coming out

just to avoid that you are somewhere lost

out there in the Eiffel Forest.

Yeah, well, it can also be an experience.

Yeah, maybe.

This track is something really special.

This is a proper track.

First of all, the length, but also the difficulty, you know,

not knowing what you're going to get

in terms of conditions.

Elevation changes, bumps that you need to understand

how to go over certain curves.

A lot of people, I think, already in the beginning,

they struggle to just remember the layout,

you know, when you just start driving here.

It takes always a bit of time to be on top of everything.

Just because it's that long, you know,

there's so many mistakes that you can make on a lap.

So, I mean, to hit the perfect lap around the Nordschleife,

it's almost impossible.

Frans Helmond is going to try today.

Frans Helmond tried to, of course,

keep it a bit undercover on the entry list,

you know, with participating in the day.

But, of course, once you got there

with the full-on livery as well, like, I mean,

there's nothing that you can... You can do,

but at least in the morning it was a bit more quiet.

It's the most epic and gruelling track you can drive.

Everyone calls it the green hell.

I can't even think of anything that compares

to the type of balls you need to do that.

Probably no-one has done a perfect lap there,

but, yeah, to string it all together,

honestly, it takes just a massive amount of confidence.

To drive that in a full race-back GT3 car

really feels like driving a spaceship

round a narrow rainbow road almost.

It's 25km through the forest.

You have the most extreme different types of corners.

As you have carousels up on a banking,

you have half of it is vertical up and down

through the forest, you know.

So even though there's no Grand Prix this weekend

and he's just had the day,

he's still found himself at the wheel of a race car.

Do you know Franz Herman?

The legend of Franz Herman.

However, it wasn't Franz Herman,

and instead it was Max Verstappen.

I mean, for me it felt not so intimidating

because I've done, like, a thousand laps,

more than a thousand laps on the simulator,

and, of course, a few things change here and there,

barriers, some curbs, some bumps,

but at the same time, of course, you're driving a GT3 car,

not in a fun car, like, speeds come at you a lot easier.

But, yeah, I enjoyed it. It was just a lot of fun.

So the carousel, you really have to hold the wheel,

so it's not, you know, it wants to, like,

basically it wants to constantly push you out.

So you have to hold it, like, the wheel.

It is flat, but there's a lot more engagement

than on the sim because it's a lot more bumpy.

Well, it's a whole car.

It's a bit more, like, throughout that whole...

Just build up. Don't go flat straight away

because it's, like, a confidence thing

where you think you can't go flat

because it, like, really jumps a lot,

but actually, like, when you keep it flat

because you go faster, you have more grip,

but it's just a bit of a...

I'll hop in now, then.

So just be prepared.

Then I think you're ready to go.

Let's see how he feels after.

Because I told him to hold the wheel.

So far, it's been a really good season for Chris.

Sometimes you almost forget a little bit

that it's his first year, right?

Because, I mean, he's constantly in the top ten

fighting against all these pro guys.

And, of course, you like experience.

Of course, you know there are mistakes that you make,

that you learn from.

I mean, we all make them.

But still, to be that competitive in your first year,

it's just great to see.

Chris Lallum, along with Jerry Van Moolen

and Harry Kane.

My first lap was the most tense I'd ever been

in a race car.

And that was already after I'd driven six months

with a GT3.

How was it?

A bit of traffic, huh?

Exactly.

It's quite unreal, right?

It's quite cool.

Fuck me now.

You get loads of different things

that you would never experience in a normal racetrack.

And I guess that's what gives the Nordschleife

its reputation.

It's fun, but at the same time,

you're already preparing ahead.

Because I'm not here to just do my laps.

You're preparing to come back here one day

and race in GT3.

We had a few rounds where you made some mistakes

operationally, and we felt a bit lost with the car.

And that was where you really started to be

in a bit of a roller coaster, like in emotions.

Oh my God!

What are you doing, Max?

What is Max doing?

What is Max doing?

I go to the F1 weekends.

I do my thing as well as I can.

And then as soon as I go home,

you know, it's family time.

I'm busy with GT3.

I mean, I easily switch off my mind from Formula 1.

Next week we have the 24 hours of Spa.

So we did some testing.

We had the prologue.

But also when you are with three drivers on the car,

it's quite tough sometimes to do a lot of testing.

So I felt like we basically ran out of time a little bit.

And yeah, I wanted to make sure

that we would go into the race weekend

at least with a balance that we were happy with.

I knew that that was the most important race of the year.

And I wanted to make sure that we were competitive

and that we could fight at least in the top 10.

So that's why I think this is kind of a bit like an emergency test.

And of course the actual drivers are not allowed to drive the car

that close to the event at the track.

So then Frans has to step into the car.

It's nice, isn't it? The blue zone.

Mate, what's with this Gala thing?

Which Gala thing?

Oh, the F1 movie.

Everybody's got a suit that's way too big for them.

Yeah.

The best one.

Learn or dare, mate?

We are actually doing performance.

These are now, they're all still sleeping there.

And we are here working on performance.

I'm not the type of guy that wants to be on that premiere on a red carpet.

It's just, I'm not like that.

I don't want to hang around with famous people that get invited.

I don't need to be in front of the cameras all the time.

It's just really not me.

And that's why I don't want to rock up there and be in a suit

and act important while we all shit on the same toilet.

The plan is to go from 100 to 30.

Yeah, so it's like one extreme to the other.

As I said in my notes, we could go something in the middle,

maybe for session two.

But just so you've got it, like, how much it is, you know?

Bosh, we have two new tyres already in session one.

That is just simply lovely.

We just came back from Montreal.

And of course at the moment I'm a bit sleep deprived,

but I will not be happy with myself if I wouldn't have got this.

Because then we go to the race weekend

and I know that we will leave lap time on the table

and I need to try and maximise everything.

Max has been super invested right from the beginning

since over a year ago, getting the programme together

and putting all the pieces together in order to let us perform.

He's involved in the engineering development of the car,

in the setup decisions that we make,

as well as testing the car himself with us

and also by himself without us in Spa, just before the Spa 24 hours.

These decisions become critical for our performance.

Not only me, but the whole team.

The endurance racing is with three drivers

and he has to help bring everyone together

and maximise the performance of the car.

My role is to, of course, first of all drive the car myself

and understand what is needed to improve on.

I went out there and initially started a bit with the base that we had

and then I already had quite a lot of ideas of what I wanted to test.

And of course, speaking also to the drivers,

they had still a few questions about what they wanted to try.

Of course, look into the details of the car together with the engineers,

because even if it's, let's say, more standard than Formula 1,

there's still a lot of areas where you can find performance.

I did a few laps on the road just because I wanted to see how it would evolve.

We didn't really have the time.

I really like how it was before. That was very good.

Yeah, the back.

Because the problem is all three drivers just keep telling each other

the same fucking thing, you know?

So they are all pushing for the same problem, if you know what I mean.

Oversteering, an injury, and then they look at the data

and you're just matching each other's injury, which is already wrong.

But the thing is, that's why I'm happy that actually we run an Aston

and then they run also a Ferrari because for the drivers,

maybe for the performance it's not great,

but it's good to adapt to different cars

because otherwise you just drive off muscle memory.

You're not learning anything.

You have to pick up, right?

Nobody picks up.

Always on the phone, and if you need it, nobody's on the phone.

Every time they're all on the phone.

They're all on the phone, always.

And then when you need them...

I need to be in the car in five minutes.

Yeah, there they are.

How's it going, guys?

We have the boy band complete.

Very sexy.

Yeah, all good.

I started the morning with basically the setup like you guys ran.

Now we are changing the diff, so soon in five minutes

I have to go out to try the diff, so eight faces instead of 12.

It's also quite important to know the car

because then they can't bullshit me on things.

About certain things.

Ah, but the car is oversteering.

So yeah, have you looked at your inputs?

Stuff like that.

Because I know how the car responds to certain things.

But for me, like I said, it's very important to understand the basics

so I can also give the best feedback to the drivers and the team.

Yes, good. We are going through all the test items.

I mean, we'll discuss it more, you know,

going through the data maybe a bit.

Thanks for what you're doing anyway.

Yeah, no worries. We'll keep going.

Good luck. Thank you.

Bye, guys.

Yeah, bye.

Yeah, thank you, everyone.

That was a thing of data we needed and I'm very happy with it.

Thank you.

Have you got any preference?

Whoever is fastest does the most.

You have to make sure to hammer down, actually, do not damage the car.

That's the only thing that we need to really make sure that he's not doing.

Really hammer down, make sure you do not get damaged.

OK, you can get hit, but don't drive into someone.

But the same for Chris as well, though.

Yeah, yeah.

I want you guys, you know, just to share your honest opinion about stuff,

not baby them, you know.

Yeah, OK.

But now I think we have some good references that you can go off from.

And especially now you've driven and you've filmed it yourself.

Yeah.

Because they look to you, mate.

Yeah.

After the day, they went into the race weekend with, yeah,

a bit more information on the car.

And I probably asked for a lot.

But at the end of the day, we're all there to win, right?

That's why we are going to go racing.

It was the first 24-hour race for Verstappen at KOM Racing.

24 hours to go.

Yeah.

It's still a long way to go.

Yeah, I know.

We haven't done anything yet.

Very exciting to see Chris come from the sim then into the Aston Martin.

For Chris to be around Cherie, I think, is a very good thing.

Because Cherie is really a guy that goes out there and really makes it work.

Because of sim racing a lot, Chris hasn't really been out in the real world.

So, of course, when you suddenly get thrown into this world, it's a shock.

It is.

I mean, it's, yeah, suddenly you're dealing with a lot more people.

You have more responsibilities.

People are calling you, writing you.

You need to answer.

You're living off a schedule.

You know, it's serious.

Now, you know, you're a professional driver.

Nothing really would have prepared me for an environment like that.

I mean, there's 100-plus thousand people there.

And then it's flat out the whole weekend, 24-hour race.

Even the race start with 72 cars going up at the same time.

It kind of goes from zero to 100 very quickly.

The fireworks at night as you're driving up a rouge on the left and right.

It just gives you a bit of chills when you sit there watching that.

During the Spa, 24 hours, Max was there in Austria.

Yeah, I mean, he has his own thing going on in the business hours, let's say.

I got hit like crazy.

Fucking idiots.

Once that switches off, he was focused on what was going on for us.

I follow all the races whenever I can.

Like, after my phone race, I immediately go back on the iPad or laptop to catch up on the race,

and I analyze it all myself, and you get the information from the team.

He just sends me a screenshot or two with then a paragraph showing, you know,

these points where you can try something different in the stint.

And doing, I mean, as much as he could from the other side of Europe, I guess.

Good, nice. Yes!

It did go well. We ended up winning in the closing minutes in our class.

It was actually a super flawless race.

That was our group's first time doing it, and to have a 24-hour race like that.

I rarely even have sim races 24 hours that are that clean.

The winning team in this gold cup category, give an applause,

Verstappen.com Racing!

Harry King, Chris LeLam and Thierry Vermeulen.

We got two of the three.

And in honor of this victory, we listen to the Dutch national anthem.

It's a big relief when everything comes together.

I know how much effort everyone in the team has put.

So you're just happy that you were able to do your part

and deliver also for them.

Happy, Max?

Yeah.

For our first 24-hour race.

Good strategy, we're on point with that.

I think pretty strong pace and winning our class.

Can't really ask for more.

Very good.

Let's celebrate! Champagne!

Fascinating guests today.

A superstar is on the grid.

Is this you, Chris?

Let's try and get to the lead as fast as possible.

We have to overtake some people.

I had a bit of a moment.

It's not over.

Look how slow I am on the straight.

Fuck me, man. I'm slow.