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- How long is the drive? - One hour.

When you drive there with your car,

and you haven't traveled by plane, you feel more at home.

- Relaxed? - Yes, relaxed.

I'm curious to experience that atmosphere

that you experienced last year.

It's nice to see people going to the track by bicycle.

We should go by bicycle next year, too.

- But we should start from here. - Yes, exactly.

Yes, only two minutes.

Round 15 of the Formula 1 World Championship

is the Dutch Grand Prix!

The home fans come to their home circuit

to greet their home World Champion.

Exciting!

Did you bring the angels with you, or are they still at home?

Well, they fly with us.

Wow, look at everything.

Max Verstappen reigning supreme of the top of the Championship

going into this round.

He won from Pole Position this time last year.

It's nice if he wins this one.

- Do you already need the toilet? - No, not yet.

I went earlier.

- We'll stop here. - Yeah.

I'm not wearing my orange outfit!

- It's just like a festival here! - Yes, it's like Tomorrowland!

A year ago, Max was

in the battle for the Championship with Lewis Hamilton.

And today, he goes into the circuit as the undisputed

king of the season.

- I feel nervous. - So do I.

Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four!

Three! Two! One!

In the beginning, I was so happy.

I said I was born like a princess, married like a queen.

But then I fell down of my throne.

We got divorced when the children were six and eight.

I knew that if Max wanted to achieve

where he is now, that I had to let him go.

Imagine if you have two children,

and you give one child away when he's eight.

As a mom, it hurt me a lot.

Didn't see him so much when he was younger.

I just had to settle and wait.

I said: "My time will come."

My time will come.

For the second year running here in Zandvoort,

Max Verstappen wins the Dutch Grand Prix!

Majestic drive, let's call it that today.

Yes! Very lovely result, huh, guys?

How do we get to the podium?

Is he coming here?

And Max is over there?

Ten wins this season for Max Verstappen.

Can you see him?

Well, let's hear it for Max Verstappen!

Maxy!

Well done!

We'll have a party tonight.

Let's de-stress like this now.

I already have a headache.

There are still seven races left.

Next races are Monza, Singapore and Japan.

He can win the Championship in Japan if he keeps going.

What's been nice is that this year, for the first time,

we were on holiday in Saint-Tropez.

Since my divorce, I hadn't been on holiday with both of my children.

- No. Really? - I was so emotional.

Leaving Max with his dad,

and me just living my life with my daughter,

that was just the way we did it.

It's hard, you know, because you were dreaming of a family life.

And for me, it's like, I felt like I failed, that it didn't work out.

Yes, yes.

We did it!

At that period,

it was the best for me to look from a distance

at Max's life.

I said to myself: "Be happy when you can see him."

- Did you see me? - Yes, of course.

I couldn't miss you in your purple dress.

- Same as your sister's, in purple. - Yes.

Yes, great. It was really tense, the race.

I'm going to change.

Let me smell.

Yes. Stinky. Stinky winky.

So what defines you to be a good mom?

It's also knowing your mom is there if you need her.

Where do you have to go?

- My head. - You still have the headache?

I don't have a headache, it's just painful.

Man, I hit my head so hard on the...

- The pit wall? - Yeah, on the pit wall. Fuck.

I think we're here.

It's nice for my mom to be there.

You can take a seat anywhere you like.

It seems like she's having fun.

We are one too much?

- We have another helicopter. - Oh!

She's not really on the foreground, bit of a

silent supporter, I would say.

But I know that she's there.

Ladies and gentlemen. We've got clearance

and I will now proceed to the runway.

So two minutes until landing.

My parents being divorced,

I have to, in a way, get over it and just focus on what you have to do.

No?

Cats are getting more airtime than you.

They love it when the cameras are around.

Every athlete is different, when it comes to mental toughness,

and Max is on a very high end of the scale.

He's so driven in himself to achieve

the results that he continues to achieve.

But, you know, that's what it takes to get to the top.

Push up.

Do reps.

Into Superman's, 12 on each side.

I didn't miss my mom, 'cause I was so focused on the racing part,

Yeah, she chases the ball.

I was always busy and I never

felt like I missed out on anything.

Alright, here we go then.

Let's get into the Singapore Grand Prix.

Basically Max is favourite everywhere now.

He's having a sensational season, he's got 11 wins for the year.

He is mathematically able to win the championship,

when we go to Singapore.

He could be a double World Champion before the end of October.

In a blue colour.

Just getting my money, that's part of it, too.

Wait, where was it?

Are they more expensive now? No, just kidding!

Before the race, I go to the church, I burn a candle.

Wait, I've got...

Add another euro. Like so!

It's kind of a way to protect him from danger and for doing well.

And I'm doing this for almost seven years now.

Let's take a picture for Max.

Here we go again.

One, two, three... I will write.

Every race I'm nervous, always.

Maybe it's because I know the facts of racing.

And the dangers.

My name is Sophie Kumpen.

I'm 21 years old.

And karting is the sport for me.

My dad and my brother were racing,

and I used to go every weekend to watch the race.

I got a little bit bored watching.

And then my dad said: "Do you want to do some races?"

I said: "Oh yeah, why not?"

I remember the first race I was seventh,

then fifth, then third, and then I won.

It was the beginning of my story.

We were like two or three girls in all the world.

And three or four hundred boys.

But that didn't hold me back.

I like the speed, and to fight with the boys.

People will see that a girl can also beat a boy.

I won two times Belgian Champion, I won the trophy Margutti.

At the peak of my career,

I was with the ten best of the world.

I was 21 and got a contract to go in racing cars.

But, at that time, I met Jos.

He was already then in Formula 1.

And then we got married very soon.

I was away with racing, he was away.

What do we do now to see each other more?

I could not ask from Jos, being in Formula 1,

to give up that dream.

And me, not yet being in a racing career.

I made the decision.

And then, it's history.

Welcome along to qualifying evening

here at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

It's been raining a lot here in Singapore today.

It still looks very damp.

So, at Street Circuit,

throughout the whole year people are driving,

it's raining and oil is leaking. So, it's no grip.

It's definitely one of the hardest tracks on the calendar.

It is possible that this could be

the weekend Max wins the championship.

Fundamentally, Max has to win this weekend

for this to even be on the cards.

This is an adventure!

They need to very quickly compute,

where the grip is.

I just always want a 100% commitment from myself,

but also from the team.

What do you want to do now? What's the plan?

You've got time for two push laps.

You try to discuss with the engineers

what you can do on the car to make things better.

The front tyres are getting too hot.

Understood, Max.

But it's a lot of people involved in making these kinds of decisions.

We have to trust each other in every situation.

We join Max Verstappen hacksawing away at the steering wheel.

Oh, he so nearly hit the wall.

Its Pole at the moment for Leclerc,

front row for Perez, third for Hamilton.

But could Verstappen do something about it?

You will be on your final push.

- I'll let you know when to go. - Tell me when to go.

23 seconds.

And let's go, Max.

Max Verstappen up in the first sector.

This is huge pace!

Will it be a fifth pole position for Max Verstappen?

Box, Max! Box, box, box, box.

Why? What the... Why?

What the fuck? What the fuck?

Max Verstappen aborts the lap!

What the fuck are you guys saying?

Verstappen will be starting from eighth.

I don't get it, what the fuck is this about?

- We'll talk about it... - I'll explain once you're out, Max.

Oh my God, mate. Fuck, fuck's sake!

Why did Red Bull abandon the lap that surely was set for Pole?

Max, what was the problem with the car?

I ran out of fuel.

- Simple as that. - How is that possible?

Miscalculated how many laps we could do.

It was incredibly upsetting at the time. And still.

Yeah, I was very angry, because we're all so smart,

and everyone does their job so greatly,

and we managed to basically screw up the fueling.

Eighth.

Oh, man.

He was pissed off.

And he said: "I want to go to the hotel."

"I'm so fed up with things."

Here's Max.

"I just want to... just not to talk about it."

He just wanted to have time to himself.

It's raining.

Max's physio just put ten minutes ago: "It's raining."

And so dark.

I feel that he would not be happy after yesterday.

I leave him alone and wait to find the right moment

to talk to him.

My first question.

Yesterday, to put it nicely, it didn't go very well.

How is Max doing now?

I noticed he was still irritated this morning.

Yeah, it sucks.

A racer is a little bit egocentric and wants to win.

Outside of karting, I was like a real girl.

But then, in my racing,

if you made me angry, I could be very aggressive.

I think every racer has this in.

His dad had this, too.

If you mainly combine the goodness that he also had,

and my good stuff, then that makes Max special.

But in the end, it's Max who has to drive.

He has good genes, but it's up to Max to perform.

A very good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Round 17 of the Formula 1 World Championship is about to begin.

The five lights are on...

Now they're out. We're underway.

Max Verstappen looks to have bogged down a little bit

and lost places going into turn one.

Contact with the back of Lance Stroll's Aston Martin,

and once again losing more places.

He's down to 12th.

Your thoughts on track conditions, Max?

Yeah, it's still too wet.

Drying really slowly.

Come on, Max.

Oh, come on.

I mean, my tyres are massively overheating.

One lap, and I've no grip anymore.

At the moment, Max Verstappen a long, long way

from thinking about how to celebrate a second World title.

And Max Verstappen goes straight on!

Shit! Shit, Max, goddammit!

Oh, no!

Spins the car around 180 degrees and rejoins the race!

Man, I completely bottomed out.

Damn!

He lost a lot of places.

He needs to win this race to be Champion,

that's not gonna happen tonight.

You can have a great weekend.

And suddenly, the weekend after, it can be very different.

Honestly, I was so done with it.

Because we were just terrible.

I was like: "Forget it. This weekend didn't happen."

In motorsport, sometimes you have things that can go wrong.

Everybody reacts different.

But I remember, when I was driving, that you can be so furious.

The first minutes, you're like, so pissed,

that you can throw and hit and kick.

But you think about it and you say: "Okay."

"I don't have to focus on this, focus on the next race."

And I think Max has that as well, from me.

We forget and we go on.

It's not looking quite as easy as it was before he came to Singapore

for Verstappen to win it this weekend.

In Singapore he finished 7th,

and when Max Verstappen doesn't win races, we wonder why.

When he finishes outside the top five, we really wonder why.

Max, where did we go indoor karting with Red Bull?

- Japan, right? - You remember, I don't remember.

- Okay. - Fucking hell.

- Did you forget that part? - I don't remember.

Indoor go-kart track.

Well, I'm always very critical with myself,

and I think that's very important.

You have to tell yourself if you do things wrong.

Okay, everything is alright!

We are on the road with Red Bull and Honda.

It's good to come into the day rhythm.

- Otherwise you stay in the hotel. - It's nicer to sleep.

But to a certain extent, at one point it's enough.

I analyze these things,

and then I put them to bed.

- We are here. - Okay.

- Hello! How are you? - Nice to see you.

- Have a great week. - Yeah.

I'll first take you guys to shoot a bit of the opening with Yuki,

then you guys both hop on to the car.

This is for you to document, a selfie, whatever you see.

Hey, I'm here with Checo, Max, Pierre.

We're gonna race soon in the city of Tokyo.

Alright, let's move out.

I have no clue where we're going.

Take the ball and go to the next checkpoint.

Keep going, keep going!

Okay, we got it!

We are ready to start the interview. Please look at us when you answer.

I'm just trying to stay focused.

We are very happy to welcome you as a champion here.

There's no way that you can relax now.

I'm just trying to figure out what the last hour of this day is.

I mean, you're so close to winning a second title.

You have to commit to it.

The Championship could be decided this weekend.

It's Max Verstappen

against Charles Leclerc against Sergio Perez.

Let's go.

Verstappen goes onto provisional Pole

by over two tenths of a second.

That has put you P1.

That was better, just the run up to the last chicane was a bit shit.

But the rest was good.

At the moment, it is Max Verstappen on Pole.

Charles Leclerc nipping at his heels.

Leclerc is underway, then.

Great lap for Charles, he's pulling it out as we know Charles can.

But he needs to improve by two and a half tenths at least.

But he hasn't done it!

By one one hundredth of a second,

Charles Leclerc is denied a Pole Position.

Verstappen crosses the line, doesn't improve his time,

but it's good enough anyway for Pole Position!

Not the ideal start to that last lap, but...

Not bad, guys, not bad.

Yeah, well done, Max, that was a couple of very mighty laps there.

And Verstappen's got it all in his own hands,

in the way that he would want it, on Pole with his

nearest Championship rival on the grid alongside him.

All eyes on Leclerc and Verstappen tomorrow, yes.

The race is tomorrow, mixed conditions can change everything.

- Yeah. - And, let's wait and see.

If it's wet, all hell's gonna break loose.

It's absolutely chucking it down.

As the rain is starting to fall ever harder.

And it's Verstappen that leads ahead of Charles Leclerc.

The task's simple, then, for Max Verstappen today:

a win and a fastest lap and nobody can catch him, he will be Champion

for a second time.

- I think Vettel's off the track. - Yes, he's spun.

That's a scary shunt.

- There's a Ferrari off! - Is a Ferrari off?

And it is! It's Carlos Sainz!

Safety car, Max, safety car deployed.

Dash positive, and stay out. Dash positive, stay out.

And a safety car before the end of lap one.

- Red flag. - They red-flagged the race.

Okay, Max, you can hop out.

We've only had four minutes and 37 seconds of racing,

and the clock has now stopped.

We have to be finished by five o'clock local time,

and that is in one hour, 41 minutes and 20 seconds.

If we don't get a resumption,

no points will be awarded.

It was meant to be Max's day.

He's still got to get the points, he's still got to get to finish.

I don't think we can start.

Watching the puddles at the moment.

Such a shame.

It does look like the last of the heavy rain has now passed.

Race will resume!

We've got 41 minutes to go until the chequered flag.

Enough points could be scored by Max Verstappen

to win a World Championship today.

But it would take Charles Leclerc to not be second at the end of it.

How are the conditions, Max?

Just a tiny river there, but overall, not too bad.

We are gonna get this race resumed properly.

Safety car in pit lane.

Mode 3.

The Japanese Grand Prix is "Go" once more.

Verstappen leads the way, then.

Charles Leclerc follows on in second place.

It's such a fine touch, driving in the wet.

It's so delicate. It's like dancing on ice.

And in the young age, from go-karting,

he trained so much with Jos in those conditions.

And I think Max is just good in feeling where the limit is,

of your car.

Another fastest lap is set

by Max Verstappen out in front.

Charles Leclerc is second, four and a half seconds behind.

In winter, they would go to Italy.

As soon as it started raining,

everybody went to the cafeteria.

There was just one car going round and round in the rain,

and that was Max.

As long as his fingers weren't completely frozen,

he had to drive.

That's nearly 7 seconds the gap out in front.

He's absolutely flying, Max.

That's what my dad said: "Come on. Toughen up a bit."

"You have to bite through it."

"If you're cold, put your fingers on the exhaust,

before the gloves start melting,

and then go out again."

I think he just took this confidence he already had from the past...

into the future.

For me, it's never really been about proving anything to anyone.

It's more about just trying to get the best out of myself.

'Cause that's how I started.

Be as close as possible to perfection.

That's what you're trying to achieve.

Max Verstappen has taken the chequered flag

to win the Japanese Grand Prix!

Nice few laps in the wet.

Totally, totally dominant. That was absolutely fantastic, well done.

Oh, wait, look!

Meanwhile, Leclerc goes across the rumble strip!

Leclerc comes home to take second place!

They might have a look at that

in the stewards' room after this race.

Max Verstappen came here wanting to win a World title.

And he can't win a World title, but he can win another race.

And whilst Max Verstappen runs and celebrates,

the stewards are going to investigate Charles Leclerc

for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

And that's... Well, could be quite crucial.

You didn't get the championship, but a great race win here.

The championship, it would have been great to win it here,

but we have a great opportunity for the next race.

Yes, boys!

- Five second penalty. - Yeah?

Five second penalty for Leclerc?

- Are you sure? - Are you sure?

We might have got it. He's in the frame

- for being a World Champion. - Hang on!

Max, I think things maybe have changed for you.

Come back in.

Charles got five-second penalty there

after the little sort of race we had with Sergio.

World Champion.

Well... What can I say?

- Incredible, of course. - Well battled. The Ferrari is off!

Verstappen wins the title for the second year running.

As dominant of a display as you're ever gonna get.

For me, I always though that when I grow up,

I want to get to Formula 1. I know that's very hard.

I might get an opportunity, maybe not.

I want to win a race. Will I ever win a race? I don't know.

Then you go through all these emotions

and then you achieve even more than you think you could achieve.

Our world champion!

Max! Max! Hello, Max!

And to win two titles, no one will take that away from me.

Guys, can we not... You wanna film this or not?

How are you doing?

Very good. I just needed a little break.

How are you feeling, Max? It's a good feeling, no?

Nice that it's done now.

Yeah?

It's his dad.

It was really great. Yes.

Drink one, then. Make it a gin and tonic.

Alright.

Say hi from me.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

- Morning, hello. - Morning, hi.

- Everything OK? - Yes, you?

Hey, mama.

Despite only being 24, you made an awful lot to our little country.

I'm delighted to appoint Max

Officer to the Order of Orange-Nassau.

These kinds of things are very special,

and something you can never imagine when you grow up.

Like she just said, 24 years old, I mean, we are still achieving

amazing things and many more things to come, for sure.

And that's what I like about everyone in the family,

but also, who are like my second family, within Red Bull.

We always want more, we want to achieve more.

We are never satisfied, and of course I hope that

I can do this for many more years to come.

It's nice if we can get that in.

You need to zoom in a bit, Frits.

I mean, we all grew up racing, right?

As a family.

And sometimes...

Yeah, it was definitely hard.

I only know that I gave a lot of love to my kids,

and I think Jos did it in his way as well.

When I did something, I went for it 100%.

You can ask all my children.

I think that they see me, how much effort I put in things,

and that's what Max is doing as well.

It's what Victoria does as well.

I think everything was worth it, even the bad things that happened.

We're all family, and it was just all worth it.

Thank you very much.

Really nice.

Thanks so much, darling.

Now, if you look back, it was worth all the sacrifices.

We forget what the past is, and try to enjoy the future.

I'll be fine tomorrow.

- Don't worry. - Yeah, exactly.

So, is he a champion or no champion?

- Not. - Not champion?

I'm not, no?

- I am? - Yes, you are.

- You sure? - Yes.

What the fuck is this chair?

I feel a bit lonely.

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