1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,360 Immediately after Ayrton's death. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,360 The viewing figures increased dramatically. 3 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,320 After the shock and trauma of Imola, 4 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,360 it was hoping for a happier time at 5 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,360 Monaco, but sadly it wasn't to be. 6 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,160 As Karl Wendlinger shot out of the tunnel at some 160 7 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,400 miles an hour in his Sauber Mercedes 8 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,920 on Thursday, he lost control, hit 9 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,280 the barrier and suffered head injuries. 10 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,680 Three days later, he's still in a coma 11 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,240 and his team have withdrawn from the race. 12 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,760 For the next Grand Prix, which is Barcelona, 13 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,800 we are going to reduce the size of the diffuser, 14 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,520 we are going to raise the front wing end plates and we 15 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,160 are going to restrict the size of the front wings. 16 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,960 We are going to firstly increase the lateral protection 17 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,920 for the driver's head in order to allow the 18 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,560 teams to do that without any difficulty from the 19 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,120 point of view of weight and strength. 20 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,520 Therefore, we're going to increase the 21 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,720 minimum weight limit by 25 kilos. 22 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,520 Max is the one that was crusading 23 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,320 that all the way through to safety. 24 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:20,360 Obviously I supported all these things because 25 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:21,840 it was the right thing to do. 26 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,840 You're looking at the race leader in the 27 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,640 sole Williams Renault, Damon Hill. 28 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,960 You're watching Schumacher leave the pits. 29 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,080 He certainly, as far as I could tell, 30 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,560 did not leave it in first gear. 31 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,880 We do have report from the pit that 32 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,800 he is still stuck in fifth gear. 33 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,920 I do find it very hard to believe and in 34 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,520 fact I would go to far as to say it's actually impossible. 35 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,360 He is now dropping down the final decent to the final 36 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,240 corner of the Spanish Grand Prix, which Damon Hill wins. 37 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,720 There is a surge of excitement and 38 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,800 joy in the grandstand around me. 39 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,840 I think generally the public were 40 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,520 looking for somebody else to love. 41 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,760 And Damon, Graham Hill's son was recruited by Williams. 42 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,680 Then it's you Michael, probably forgot what 43 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,840 it's like to be in second place, but 44 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,280 you obviously suffered considerable difficulties today. 45 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,200 What happened? 46 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,280 I don't know actually what really happened. 47 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,800 I just know that I finished and going in fifth gear. 48 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,960 Schumacher is going to be black flagged. 49 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,160 Well this is most extraordinary because it does look Schumacher goes by 50 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,720 Burger there but it may be all to no avail 51 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,440 because if he's been black flagged then this 52 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,000 could well be the end of his race. 53 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,720 Damon Hill exits the last corner and the crown falls. 54 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,000 And rightly so. 55 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,760 And he wins the British Grand Prix. 56 00:04:19,784 --> 00:04:21,880 Magnificent. 57 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,240 Well, the headmasters going to give 58 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,280 somebody a winging over this afterwards. 59 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,000 German racing driver and world championship favorite 60 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,240 Michael Schumacher has tonight been disqualified after 61 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,840 winning the Belgian Grand Prix. 62 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:51,960 Schumacher's car failed a technical examination 63 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,360 and Britain's Damon Hill, who finished his runner up, 64 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,160 has been declared the winner. 65 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,800 60 kilo of bull is not the same at 1 mm. 66 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,320 Even the FIA doorman is perplexed by a technical 67 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,960 issue that boils down to the unseen wooden block 68 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,320 bolted down to the underside of all Formula One 69 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,720 cars in order to reduce aerodynamic downforces and oblige 70 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,120 drivers to corner more slowly, brought in after 71 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:16,200 the death of Ayrton Senna. 72 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,080 This regulation insists that the block must 73 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,600 be at least 10 mm thick. 74 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,800 But after Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix, 75 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,640 his was found to be only 7.4 millimeters 76 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,280 a difference estimated to be worth 1 second per lap. 77 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,480 Max is a bit upset with him. 78 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,960 When he gets upset with people, he punishes them. 79 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,880 There's no more I could have expected 80 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,680 from those two races, and I'm absolutely 81 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,720 delighted to have realized that opportunity. 82 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,520 And now we can really have a real 83 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:03,840 ding dong to the end of the year. 84 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,360 Australia is go. 85 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Oh, out, out goes Schumacher. 86 00:06:43,704 --> 00:06:47,320 The German is out of the Australian Grand Prix. 87 00:06:47,380 --> 00:06:49,960 And Damon Hill only has to keep going 88 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,640 to be world champion of 1994. 89 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,560 But can he keep going? 90 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,400 Winning the championship, which 91 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,120 I nearly won earlier this year, and then got banned for 92 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,040 a couple of races and couldn't continue, lost a lot 93 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,200 of points, where I thought, now it's going to be 94 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,040 very, very tough and difficult to make this championship up 95 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,400 again just now sitting here. 96 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,080 And it's a dream. 97 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,680 Michael only knew about one thing that was winning. 98 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,760 He didn't hurt being the first 99 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,640 of the losers or anything there. 100 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,880 He was a winner, and sometimes wasn't too careful 101 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,480 in exactly how this actually happened, 102 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,240 but he still won. 103 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,320 We wanted to show Formula One worldwide and in 104 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,440 particular to people perhaps have never seen Formula One. 105 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,240 So in 1995 by then, we'd sorted 106 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,504 company on own company that would do everything. 107 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,480 So there was only Formula One 108 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,440 people that were carrying out the broadcast. 109 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:38,240 And the two world championship contenders are once again 110 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,680 hammer and tongs for victory in a Grand Prix. 111 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,520 Now, this is the chance for Damon Hill, but 112 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,200 Schumacher's going to try and cut him off. 113 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,680 Hill's alongside him and goes through. 114 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,280 No 115 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,480 Schumacher, still marginally ahead, pushes Damon Hill 116 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,400 sideways, retaining his line. 117 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:06,600 16th career victory for Michael Schumacher, who starts 118 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,080 16th on the grid and superbly win 119 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,640 the Belgian Grand Prix again further to extend 120 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,520 his world championship lead over Damon Hill. 121 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,600 Michael Schumacher enters the last corner of the last race of 122 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:39,080 the last lap to win the Pacific Grand Prix in Japan 123 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,800 and to become the world champion of 1995. 124 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,760 The Benetton team, of course, are ecstatic. 125 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,800 We didn't need another year at the one 126 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:54,280 that just finished with Michael destroying everybody. 127 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,920 I can't believe that Formula One would be 128 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,320 anywhere near as properly resist without Ferrari. 129 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,680 Even when Ferrari are losing, it's still an awful lot 130 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:11,520 better than any of the other teams winning. 131 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,080 I find it very hard to believe that 132 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,320 you're contemplating moving next year just for money. 133 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:18,280 It's a good point 134 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,760 which I'd like to speak in the end of 135 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,200 the season about, because now I want to concentrate 136 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,760 completely in 100% with what I'm doing here. 137 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,240 We have a fantastic relationship still in the team. 138 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,400 But there's no reason now 139 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,000 to talk what's going on next year. 140 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,840 Every Formula One driver want to drive for Ferrari. 141 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,040 It's such a magic name. 142 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:00,560 Max was very close to 143 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:04,800 Mr. Smith, who at the time headed the Labor Party. 144 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,280 And when he died, it was taken over by Tony Blair. 145 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,400 And Max suggests he's a new guy and young guy, 146 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,120 and I'm sure he's enthusiastic about what we do. 147 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,200 Why would we like him to Silverstone? 148 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,640 I said, a good idea. 149 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,640 I immediately liked him. 150 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,720 I thought, this is the guy 151 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,280 that we need to run the country. 152 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,760 There's nothing that I 153 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:30,880 could think bad about me. 154 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,920 He was a conservative like myself. 155 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,920 Max had said to me, you know, as always they look into 156 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,280 get some help wherever they can financially, in order that 157 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,360 they can carry on and campaign and do the things 158 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,480 they want to do to make things happen. 159 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,720 Wouldn't be a bad idea if somewhere 160 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,800 you could support them, I suppose. 161 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,480 Yes I suppose you're right, a nice guy. 162 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,520 He needs a bit of help. 163 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,240 If you say he needs help financially, I 164 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,240 don't know, we could help a little bit. 165 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,040 So it would only be like helping 166 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,000 a charity if we're helping the country. 167 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,800 We are here to celebrate the ending of 168 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:18,240 partnership, a partnership between Formula One and the BBC. 169 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,160 I said, what about the BBC? 170 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,760 They've been doing this for 18 years. 171 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,680 Bernie said, that the other side 172 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,680 of paying a lot more money. 173 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,240 And for a brief moment, 174 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,840 a very brief moment, I felt guilty. 175 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:44,920 The teams have always been a benefit of the two bureaus. 176 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:08,200 The Concord Agreement, which is a very lengthy, complex 177 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,040 document in which there are procedures for changing the 178 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,360 rules, which acknowledges that the governing body has the 179 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,720 television rights and various other rights which are then 180 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,960 ceded back to the teams. And it was really the blueprint 181 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,560 according to which Formula One operated. The teams currently 182 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:28,080 only enjoy less than 23% of the entire revenue. 183 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,440 And we have to have a fairer share, 184 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,720 a more equitable share of that income. 185 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,560 We have to take steps to get a greater 186 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:38,600 share of the revenue of Grand Prix Racing. 187 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,200 The teams all believed that they were 188 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,600 the business, they owned the business. 189 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,960 Without them, there wouldn't be a business anyway, 190 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,800 so they should have 90% of the revenue. 191 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,520 Probably a good idea. 192 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,200 If they could have achieved it would have been okay. 193 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,240 But it obviously wasn't fair because they put all the ideas that both 194 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,160 ran their business on the bank of 195 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,760 the Formula One company. 196 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,000 As Max always said about 197 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,400 these things when the teams used to complain. 198 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,480 Max put it quite clearly, if I go to 199 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,880 a restaurant two or three times a week to 200 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,920 eat, I can't say I own the restaurant. 201 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,760 We've had an official request from one of the three teams 202 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,680 to become a signatory, and I've been told by that team 203 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,280 that the other two also wish to become signatories. 204 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,560 But I haven't yet heard that officially and 205 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,640 in writing from the other two teams. 206 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,120 Supreme Commander, Mr. Ecclestone. 207 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,640 There is the past master to divide and rule, and 208 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,640 at the moment, what we have to focus on, as 209 00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:21,200 always, is winning races and growing our company. 210 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,440 Damon, the world at large would expect you 211 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:42,360 to feel rather hurt, downcast, angry, disillusioned. 212 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,200 What are your feelings? 213 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,360 Well, I'm disappointed. 214 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,840 I wouldn't say that I could be anything 215 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:53,360 other than that. 216 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:06,360 The negotiations were conducted as they normally would be 217 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:09,920 over a period of the last couple of weeks, 218 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,960 maybe four weeks now with Frank Williams. 219 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,160 And if you're asking which my ace up 220 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,600 my sleeve was, then I think the fact 221 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,560 that I'm leading the world championship. 222 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,400 Frank told me himself that money was not the issue. 223 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,040 Would you agree that it would be at least 224 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,360 nice for him to win the world championship? 225 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,440 I will agree in front of all of 226 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,480 you that it would be nice for them to win the World Championship. 227 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,600 Do you have any emotional input? 228 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,240 No. 229 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:14,480 Never before in the history of Formula One 230 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,400 Grand Prix racing has the son of a 231 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,720 world champion become world champion himself. 232 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:24,880 This is something that many people 233 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,960 didn't think could possibly happen today. 234 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,360 They thought Damon would drive a 235 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:31,080 cautious race, but he forged. 236 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,400 And Damon Hill exits the chicane 237 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,760 and wins the Japanese Grand Prix. 238 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,080 And I got to stop because I got a lump in my throat. 239 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,160 I think a lot of people were surprised after 240 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,640 20 years, Ron lost Philip Morris, and tobacco 241 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,880 companies were in love with McLaren, and Ron got 242 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,200 a very good deal with the German tobacco company. 243 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,000 This is the first race they have won for 15 races. 244 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,000 The Europeans decided they were going to ban 245 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:48,880 tobacco advertising in all sports, effective immediately. 246 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,240 Banning tobacco advertising will be a very powerful 247 00:18:53,260 --> 00:18:56,880 measure in reducing smoking among young people. 248 00:18:56,940 --> 00:18:57,640 I said to Max. 249 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,360 This is a bit cranky, you know. 250 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:01,320 I don't think these people understand 251 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,240 what effect that would have. 252 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,720 It would be disaster. 253 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,240 So Max said, well, maybe we should go and see Mr. Blair. 254 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,320 It's a new government. 255 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,720 So we duly arrived, and I think we made 256 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,440 the case pretty well as to what would happen 257 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,880 if they suddenly blocked all tobacco advertising. 258 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,640 Probably put one or two teams out of business 259 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,360 and certainly make Formula One a little bit shaky 260 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:29,304 in general. 261 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,240 It's not just a case of turning the 262 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,400 lights off and being in the dark. 263 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,120 Maybe we should just dim the lights a little bit 264 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,320 over a period and then turn the lights off. 265 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:42,400 And I think they understood this and 266 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,240 realized the problems it would have caused. 267 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,960 After nearly 12 hours of hard bargaining, Europe 268 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,960 tonight agreed its first ever tobacco advertising ban. 269 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,860 But the talks were trench warfare all the way. 270 00:19:53,884 --> 00:19:55,600 Tessa Jowell who won the special deal 271 00:19:55,624 --> 00:19:57,480 allowing Formula One to take tobacco 272 00:19:57,504 --> 00:19:59,320 sponsorship for nine more years. 273 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,080 Good afternoon. Downing Street is still 274 00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:07,040 refusing to disclose how much money it 275 00:20:07,064 --> 00:20:08,720 received from the head of motor racing. 276 00:20:08,744 --> 00:20:12,320 The meeting was held with the Prime Minister, not the Health Secretary 277 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:15,640 and the Prime Minister was fully appraised of how much the donation was 278 00:20:15,664 --> 00:20:16,880 from Bernie Ecclestone. 279 00:20:16,904 --> 00:20:18,520 It gives a whiff 280 00:20:18,544 --> 00:20:20,200 There was no impropriety whatever 281 00:20:20,224 --> 00:20:24,480 in either Mr. Ecclestone giving the donation or in us receiving it. 282 00:20:24,504 --> 00:20:26,560 Can you tell us how much you gave to the Labour Party? 283 00:20:26,584 --> 00:20:27,840 I could but I'm not going to. 284 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,520 The press suggested that maybe I had given money to Mr. Blair 285 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,720 the week this happened which is completely stupid. 286 00:20:37,744 --> 00:20:40,400 I mean I don't know how they could ever think like that because 287 00:20:40,424 --> 00:20:42,160 it's not my way of going on. 288 00:20:42,184 --> 00:20:47,360 I pay for things after I bought them got delivery not beforehand. 289 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,680 I'm a bit more sensible, cash on delivery. 290 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:53,160 One million pounds. 291 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,800 Did you give a donation expecting something in return? 292 00:20:56,824 --> 00:20:58,520 Nope. Didn't want anything. 293 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,160 I still don't want anything to be honest. 294 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:09,720 It was very difficult for Mr. Blair and embarrassing for him as well 295 00:21:09,744 --> 00:21:14,240 and for me but more for him than me because from my point of view 296 00:21:14,264 --> 00:21:16,720 it didn't make a lot of difference what people were saying. 297 00:21:16,744 --> 00:21:19,400 How much money did you give back to Mr. Ecclestone? 298 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,640 A little while after all this had died down, 299 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,720 they decided they wanted to give the money back, 300 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,920 which they did. 301 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,440 And as they'd agreed, they sent me a cheque, 302 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 but asked me if I wouldn't sort of bank it for a few months 303 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:43,840 which I was surprised and happy to get the cheque back 304 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,160 knowing eventually it would be cashed. 305 00:21:47,184 --> 00:21:51,440 Most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight guy and I am. 306 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,560 Ken hadn't won a championship since '73 307 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:10,080 so it wasn't the best time for Ken and he'd been used to winning. 308 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,040 And in the end, he more or less gave up. 309 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,800 And I tried to help him sell the team 310 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,440 and I latched on not a manufacturer at all 311 00:22:26,464 --> 00:22:30,120 but a very big tobacco company. 312 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,040 They wanted to get into Formula One. 313 00:22:33,064 --> 00:22:37,560 The reason we have chosen to sell however is primary financial. 314 00:22:38,184 --> 00:22:42,640 We have not been able to put the funds together to enable us to compete 315 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:43,880 at the highest level. 316 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:52,000 Suddenly, you've been working very hard and been very successful. 317 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:57,840 Suddenly, managed to acquire a large sum of money 318 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,920 You're thinking to going to spend the rest 319 00:23:01,944 --> 00:23:03,580 of your life enjoying all this and poor 320 00:23:03,664 --> 00:23:06,320 Ken didn't last long enough to do that. 321 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,480 So when he came into Formula One, he was 322 00:23:26,504 --> 00:23:28,240 new to Formula One but he wasn't new 323 00:23:28,264 --> 00:23:30,120 to open wheel racing. 324 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:32,120 Okay, let's go. 325 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,760 So I remember very well 326 00:23:34,784 --> 00:23:38,800 my daughter thought he was wonderful 327 00:23:38,824 --> 00:23:40,160 'cos the way he use to dress with his 328 00:23:40,184 --> 00:23:42,200 baggy pants and everything else. 329 00:23:42,224 --> 00:23:43,960 And she thought he was super. 330 00:23:43,984 --> 00:23:45,760 I thought he was a scruffy guy. 331 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,400 Just remind you how things stand going 332 00:23:51,424 --> 00:23:52,800 into the last Grand Prix, 333 00:23:52,824 --> 00:23:56,000 winner takes all in that personal battle. 334 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,760 Right then, let's have a word with Martin Brundle and Murray Walker. 335 00:24:06,784 --> 00:24:10,840 Now then Murray, all sorts of chat about what happen before the first corner. 336 00:24:10,864 --> 00:24:13,480 A fair fight or bumping cars? What's it going to be? 337 00:24:13,504 --> 00:24:17,120 Jim, the eyes of the world are on Jerez, Schumacher and Villeneuve. 338 00:24:17,144 --> 00:24:18,640 I can't believe for one moment 339 00:24:18,664 --> 00:24:19,920 that either of them are going 340 00:24:19,944 --> 00:24:21,660 to try anything untowards. 341 00:24:21,744 --> 00:24:26,280 They both want this race to finish on the track and not on the gravel trap. 342 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,560 Villeneuve is all over him. 343 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,480 That didn't work. That didn't work Michael. 344 00:24:33,504 --> 00:24:35,440 You used the wrong part of him my friend. 345 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,720 I braked on the maximum and then he braked even later which with his braking point. 346 00:24:40,744 --> 00:24:42,920 I wouldn't have made the corner. He wouldn't have made the corner. 347 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,920 I probably wouldn't have done anything different. 348 00:24:44,944 --> 00:24:46,080 Surprised him a little bit but he 349 00:24:46,104 --> 00:24:47,360 knew I was on the inside of him. 350 00:24:47,384 --> 00:24:48,640 He decided to turn in on me 351 00:24:48,664 --> 00:24:50,664 but luckily he's the only one that went off 352 00:24:50,688 --> 00:24:52,120 so his plan didn't work. 353 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,320 Michael Schumacher had to clear his way 354 00:25:02,344 --> 00:25:03,840 through the human traffic this morning 355 00:25:03,864 --> 00:25:05,760 to get to the disciplinary hearing. 356 00:25:05,784 --> 00:25:07,480 The critical issue was whether 357 00:25:07,504 --> 00:25:09,240 his manoeuvre on lap 48 358 00:25:09,264 --> 00:25:11,600 was instinctive or pre-planned. 359 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,280 Michael came to the World Council 360 00:25:16,304 --> 00:25:18,640 and I defended him then because 361 00:25:18,664 --> 00:25:21,600 he could have been in a lot of trouble. 362 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,720 I'm as much a human being as anyone. 363 00:25:24,744 --> 00:25:28,320 Things can happen to us that can happen to 364 00:25:28,344 --> 00:25:32,440 anyone else and it happened to me which I 365 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:35,560 didn't want to admit at the time. 366 00:25:35,584 --> 00:25:38,040 But now I've no chance to admit a 367 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,680 lie and understand what I did. 368 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:42,480 Although the act was apparently 369 00:25:42,504 --> 00:25:44,280 deliberate, it was instinctive 370 00:25:44,304 --> 00:25:45,880 and it was not pre-meditated. 371 00:25:45,904 --> 00:25:47,760 The World Council has therefore decided to 372 00:25:47,784 --> 00:25:50,720 exclude Michael Schumacher from the results 373 00:25:50,744 --> 00:25:55,000 of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. 374 00:25:55,024 --> 00:25:55,960 That was it. 375 00:25:55,984 --> 00:25:57,840 So he got off quite lightly. 376 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,760 It's my opinion with all these things 377 00:26:00,784 --> 00:26:05,640 are that people, unless you can prove 378 00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:08,560 conclusively that they deliberately do 379 00:26:08,584 --> 00:26:10,760 something, it's a little bit unfair to 380 00:26:10,784 --> 00:26:15,000 really harshly punish somebody. 381 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:23,200 Michael could have easily won 3 championships by 2000 with Ferrari. 382 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,880 Out goes Michael Schumacher! 383 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,360 And it's go, go, go! 384 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,400 Yellow flag. A driver stalled on the line. Aborted start. 385 00:26:38,424 --> 00:26:42,880 Michael Schumacher has to start this race from the back of the grid. 386 00:26:42,904 --> 00:26:46,520 Well, if that is the case, Michael Schumacher has almost certainly lost 387 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,640 the World Championship before this race even begins. 388 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,120 Schumacher! 389 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,200 Michael's struggling to get out of the car a little bit. 390 00:27:09,224 --> 00:27:12,640 I'm wondering if he's hurt his legs. We could be seeing the end of his 391 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:16,480 World Championship chances for 1999. 392 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:37,520 Mika was completely different to Michael. 393 00:27:37,544 --> 00:27:42,280 He was a more sort of a gentlemanly type of... 394 00:27:42,304 --> 00:27:44,840 You'd expect him to turn up in a 395 00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:47,680 nice suit and a hat and jump into 396 00:27:47,704 --> 00:27:49,280 the Formula One car and drive it. 397 00:27:49,304 --> 00:27:52,040 That's the sort of driver he was. 398 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,080 He's also bloody quick. 399 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,960 After he won his second Championship, 400 00:27:58,984 --> 00:28:01,360 I sent him a silver telegram 401 00:28:01,384 --> 00:28:03,760 congratulating him on winning. 402 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,560 If you want to know when you send a 403 00:28:05,584 --> 00:28:07,120 telegram what you have to put in it, 404 00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:08,880 it was very simple for me. 405 00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:11,920 Nice guys do win. 406 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,440 It's a very happy surprise in 2001. 407 00:28:23,464 --> 00:28:27,320 Suddenly, we had Ferrari come back to life. 408 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,960 They had been sleeping a little bit too long. 409 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,680 They did all the right things, built the 410 00:28:33,704 --> 00:28:35,440 right cars, everything was right. 411 00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:38,720 Right team. Everything worked perfectly. 412 00:28:38,744 --> 00:28:44,400 Michael Schumacher wins again for Ferrari and Italy and three. 413 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,240 I was talking to Michael, I said who is running Ferrari now? 414 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:05,880 He said I am. 415 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:22,320 I was walking in the Kings Road and I felt some pain in my chest. 416 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:24,480 Started to run out of breath a little bit. 417 00:29:24,504 --> 00:29:28,960 So I went home and went to bed which is 418 00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:30,280 something I would not normally do 419 00:29:30,304 --> 00:29:31,080 in the middle of the day 420 00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:33,520 go the bed at least not alone anyway. 421 00:29:33,544 --> 00:29:39,600 And Slavica called the doctor to come and see me which he did. 422 00:29:39,624 --> 00:29:43,160 You're going to need to have a stress test. 423 00:29:43,184 --> 00:29:46,040 Ahh, that's good. Tomorrow, we have a FOCA meeting. 424 00:29:46,064 --> 00:29:48,960 It's exactly what will happen. There will be a stress test. 425 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,560 Sid found out about this and then took control. 426 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,384 I was told I need to have stents 427 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,160 which most people have no idea what they were. 428 00:30:01,184 --> 00:30:03,120 This was because I had problem with my 429 00:30:03,144 --> 00:30:05,720 heart and they said unless this is done, 430 00:30:05,744 --> 00:30:07,800 we're probably going to lose you. 431 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:10,880 Might have made a lot of people happy. 432 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,200 Had I had died, the company 433 00:30:13,224 --> 00:30:14,960 would have been broken up 434 00:30:14,984 --> 00:30:16,360 to pay for the death duties. 435 00:30:16,384 --> 00:30:21,560 So they said the best thing you can do is to give Slavica the company. 436 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:28,160 When this actually happened, I would have no control over anything at all. 437 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:35,240 And basically the trustees, not even Slavica but the trustees could do whatever 438 00:30:35,264 --> 00:30:39,440 they thought was the right thing to do 'cos the money you put into a trust 439 00:30:39,464 --> 00:30:47,880 normally, there's a reason for it, in this case it was to look after not only Slavica 440 00:30:47,904 --> 00:30:49,520 but also the children. 441 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:56,280 I was advised that a good way to put some money into the company is to have a Bond. 442 00:30:56,304 --> 00:31:00,120 The idea of the Bond was because I was told 443 00:31:00,144 --> 00:31:01,880 that I couldn't do anymore stents, 444 00:31:01,904 --> 00:31:03,400 I had to do a bypass. 445 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,760 Bernie Ecclestone launched a Bond issue. 446 00:31:06,784 --> 00:31:08,640 It's been setup to benefit his wife 447 00:31:08,664 --> 00:31:11,560 Slavica a former model who after the Queen 448 00:31:11,584 --> 00:31:13,480 will become Britain's wealthiest woman. 449 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,640 When I came round after the operation 450 00:31:33,664 --> 00:31:37,280 they put me into an intensive care unit 451 00:31:37,304 --> 00:31:40,640 and said they had to sort of open me up again 452 00:31:40,664 --> 00:31:43,760 probably left something inside maybe. 453 00:31:43,784 --> 00:31:46,160 I thought maybe he left his wallet or something 454 00:31:46,184 --> 00:31:47,960 he wants another look to make sure. 455 00:31:47,984 --> 00:31:51,240 So they unzipped me again 456 00:31:51,264 --> 00:31:53,920 and sorted out whatever was wrong. 457 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,640 And I disappointed so many people. 458 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,440 Stayed alive. 459 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:14,320 People never thought about anything to do with Formula One as a business. 460 00:32:14,344 --> 00:32:18,960 And suddenly, people this is probably a good business to be involved in. 461 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,000 One of them was a guy called Thomas Haffa 462 00:32:22,024 --> 00:32:27,120 from MTV who had just bought the Muppet show or something. 463 00:32:27,144 --> 00:32:29,080 He was in the entertainment business 464 00:32:29,104 --> 00:32:30,920 and thought he should be in Formula One 465 00:32:30,944 --> 00:32:33,280 because he thought that was entertaining. 466 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:39,920 So I went to Osterreich to meet Thomas and eventually managed to get him involved. 467 00:32:39,944 --> 00:32:44,440 Not to buy the company, but to take a substantial interest. 468 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,280 Thomas made it quite clear to me that whatever part he took 469 00:32:56,304 --> 00:32:59,880 he didn't take any interest in running the company in any shape or form. 470 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,400 And actually he said if I do make this 471 00:33:02,424 --> 00:33:04,160 investment I want you to guarantee 472 00:33:04,184 --> 00:33:05,360 you're going to stay there. 473 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,760 Well you flogged off half of Formula One 474 00:33:08,784 --> 00:33:10,080 but you're still sort of cruising around 475 00:33:10,104 --> 00:33:11,200 like you own the place still. 476 00:33:11,224 --> 00:33:14,160 My wife sold or the trust sold half not me. 477 00:33:14,184 --> 00:33:16,600 I got nothing. I'm just a poor guy trying to work. 478 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,280 Haffa according to a bit of a difficult oil the company did 479 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,040 and sold the shares that he had bought 480 00:33:32,064 --> 00:33:33,960 to Leo Kirch, 481 00:33:33,984 --> 00:33:37,200 who'd borrowed the money from German Bank. 482 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,960 EM.TV has a 50% stake in Formula One Racing 483 00:33:42,984 --> 00:33:46,480 It paid $1.65 billion for the stake in March. 484 00:33:46,504 --> 00:33:52,480 Kirch is to pay half a billion dollars to EMTV for a 49% stake in that holding. 485 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,640 When Kirsch suddenly got 75% of the 486 00:34:08,664 --> 00:34:10,960 company they would have then forgot about 487 00:34:10,984 --> 00:34:13,440 free to air television and tried to sold 488 00:34:13,464 --> 00:34:17,080 it to everything on a pay basis, which, in 489 00:34:17,104 --> 00:34:20,000 any event, I would have stopped them doing 490 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,200 whatever happened. 491 00:34:44,580 --> 00:34:50,040 I was in the office and somebody told me I should turn the TV on. 492 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,040 We had a race planned at Indianapolis. 493 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,840 And some of the teams pushed by one or two 494 00:35:22,864 --> 00:35:25,000 drivers started thinking it would be 495 00:35:25,024 --> 00:35:27,320 dangerous to go and we shouldn't go there. 496 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:51,240 Obviously it was terrible what happened 497 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,560 and I just pointed out that we had a 498 00:35:53,584 --> 00:35:56,280 contract to race in Indianapolis. 499 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:00,480 The promoter was expecting us to fulfill the contract. 500 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,440 I said, this is what we're going to do. 501 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:51,200 Share prices have been tumbling. In London, the FTSE 100 has had a very bad day. 502 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:57,600 After 911, the stock market crashed, which put Kirch in trouble. 503 00:37:57,624 --> 00:38:02,200 What Kirch did wrong was assumed future revenues from Pay TV would be huge. 504 00:38:02,224 --> 00:38:06,840 Based on that, he got itself into deals on which it now owes some $6 billion. 505 00:38:06,864 --> 00:38:08,560 Under pressure from creditors, 506 00:38:08,584 --> 00:38:10,240 Leo Kirch may be forced to sell 507 00:38:10,264 --> 00:38:12,000 one of sport's greatest prizes. 508 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,360 The Bayerische Landesbank, 509 00:38:14,384 --> 00:38:15,840 the company's biggest lender has 510 00:38:15,864 --> 00:38:17,680 told Kirch there's no more credit. 511 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:22,720 So suddenly we've got another boss, a German Bank. 512 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,520 I've had so many bosses during my reign in Formula One. 513 00:38:31,544 --> 00:38:35,160 One of them was a guy called Gerhard Gribkowsky. 514 00:38:35,184 --> 00:38:37,880 Gribkowsky was happy, happy, happy 515 00:38:37,904 --> 00:38:39,600 because I used to walk around with 516 00:38:39,624 --> 00:38:42,000 him and introduce him as my boss. 517 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:46,400 When people spoke to me about anything I'd say, well my boss is here. 518 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,440 He was very happy with that situation. 519 00:38:50,464 --> 00:38:52,480 I think he'd forgotten about banking. 520 00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:55,720 I think he even forgot he was actually working for the bank. 521 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,640 I think one or two people in the 522 00:38:58,664 --> 00:39:01,040 bank were a little bit upset 523 00:39:01,064 --> 00:39:03,720 with that and reminded him. 524 00:39:03,744 --> 00:39:05,880 I think on a number of occasions 525 00:39:05,904 --> 00:39:08,280 that they wanted to sell the 526 00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:10,080 shares that they had inherited. 527 00:39:10,104 --> 00:39:12,800 They didn't want to be encumbered with one. 528 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,320 So this was his task, selling the company. 529 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,880 This is a very, very magical moment. 530 00:40:15,904 --> 00:40:19,440 I grew up hearing about Fangio and I thought no one will ever do that. 531 00:40:19,464 --> 00:40:21,200 But Michael Schumacher has done it today 532 00:40:21,224 --> 00:40:24,480 and he wins his 61st Grand Prix and he's 533 00:40:24,504 --> 00:40:29,280 a five times World Formula One Champion. 534 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:58,760 Globally, the best estimates are that 535 00:40:58,784 --> 00:41:02,040 Formula One earned around $375 million 536 00:41:02,064 --> 00:41:03,800 from television rights last year 537 00:41:03,824 --> 00:41:07,240 and about $425 million from advertising and sponsorship. 538 00:41:07,264 --> 00:41:08,960 That's a total of $800 million 539 00:41:08,984 --> 00:41:10,640 of which less than a quarter 540 00:41:10,664 --> 00:41:12,800 went to the 10 Formula One teams. 541 00:41:12,824 --> 00:41:14,640 Pretty much all the rest of the money went 542 00:41:14,664 --> 00:41:16,760 to companies controlled but not as it turns 543 00:41:16,784 --> 00:41:19,360 out really owned by Bernie Ecclestone. 544 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,120 I sat and explained very carefully 545 00:41:23,144 --> 00:41:27,280 how the teams could own Formula One 546 00:41:27,304 --> 00:41:31,120 without putting in one cent. 547 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,840 And the answer I got was very clearly 548 00:41:34,864 --> 00:41:38,960 We are racers, we don't want to own the company. 549 00:41:38,984 --> 00:41:41,320 But in the next year or two or three at 550 00:41:41,344 --> 00:41:43,000 the most when the present Concorde 551 00:41:43,024 --> 00:41:44,400 agreement, which binds us all together, 552 00:41:44,424 --> 00:41:46,280 runs out there will be a much more 553 00:41:46,304 --> 00:41:47,880 difficult negotiation for him, 554 00:41:47,904 --> 00:41:50,440 Bernie he knows that we all know that. 555 00:41:50,464 --> 00:41:52,000 Do you think he's getting worried about it? 556 00:41:52,024 --> 00:41:54,160 He'll never, ever admit it. I don't think he ever will be. 557 00:41:54,184 --> 00:41:56,480 He's very much a fighter. Not as a fight. 558 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:12,160 Michael, seven times world champion. Is it an emotional moment. 559 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,240 It's very special. 560 00:42:16,264 --> 00:42:21,800 We're in Spa which it does mean a lot to me that circuit that place. 561 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:27,720 And to clinch the seventh title at the 700th Grand Prix for Ferrari 562 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:31,000 is something very special. 563 00:42:31,024 --> 00:42:36,520 The domination of Ferrari meant a drop in 564 00:42:36,544 --> 00:42:39,640 the TV figures wasn't the sort of thing 565 00:42:39,664 --> 00:42:42,280 that the bank was excited about. 566 00:42:42,304 --> 00:42:48,320 Their intention was always to sell to another TV company. 567 00:42:48,344 --> 00:42:49,440 I think we'll leave it there. 568 00:42:49,464 --> 00:42:51,920 Thank you very much. Well done gentlemen. Enjoy your evening. 569 00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:56,000 Drop in the TV figures of making the bank very nervous. 570 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,280 Gerhard could never understand they own 75% of the company. 571 00:43:01,304 --> 00:43:05,080 But when the board didn't have much control 572 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,840 and I used the word much because it meant didn't have any. 573 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,280 So they went to court to try and 574 00:43:14,304 --> 00:43:16,520 get the court to say that they should 575 00:43:16,544 --> 00:43:18,600 have more representation on the board. 576 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,880 He's one of Britain's richest men. 577 00:43:22,904 --> 00:43:25,040 But tonight, Bernie Ecclestone has lost 578 00:43:25,064 --> 00:43:26,920 some of his iron grip on the sport, 579 00:43:26,944 --> 00:43:28,400 which made him his money. 580 00:43:28,424 --> 00:43:31,000 The boardroom battle in the courts didn't go his way. 581 00:43:31,024 --> 00:43:35,440 His domination of Formula One is facing its most serious threat so far. 582 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,080 And if they had wanted to, they could have fired me.