1 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,080 Is this about my seat? 2 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Yes. 3 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,280 I wanna know that you guys say the truth or not, so... 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:21,640 Yeah. 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,120 That's why I just asked you to know in which way it's being said. 6 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:39,420 I lost it. 7 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:42,360 The situation with Pierre, 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,080 it's frustrating 'cause I really feel 9 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,380 that we've got a car that could beat Ferrari this year. 10 00:00:48,420 --> 00:00:51,160 But we've been running one-legged. 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,680 Fuck! Fucking hell. 12 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:55,580 No! 13 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,920 Finishing seventh or eighth or ninth has no value to us, 14 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,280 so we decided to release Pierre from the Red Bull Racing seat. 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,980 At the end of the day, if you can't cope with the pressure and scrutiny, 16 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:20,760 you're never gonna make it at the highest level in Formula 1. 17 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,000 Truthfully, not many people get the opportunity 18 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,540 to pursue a career in Formula 1. 19 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:49,940 It's an expensive sport from the beginning, 20 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:53,480 so, being a rookie, I feel very lucky to be where I am. 21 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,920 My name is Alexander Albon. I'm 23, and I race for Scuderia Toro Rosso. 22 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:01,200 I've got four siblings. 23 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,480 We're very close, so a big family. 24 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:06,920 My mom's Thai. Dad is British. 25 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,840 My dad lives in Malaysia now, so I don't really see him that much. 26 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,280 But he comes to Silverstone, always. 27 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,800 You can only be one nationality in motorsports, 28 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,780 so I did choose the Thai racing license. 29 00:02:22,820 --> 00:02:24,460 - Can I take a picture? - Of course. 30 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:26,240 I just shared you on my story. 31 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,800 My mom, she's been my number one supporter from day one. 32 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:34,460 When things were tough, really tough, last year, 33 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:37,480 I came here and, you know, we pray 34 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:42,480 and, uh, we asked for things to change for Alex. 35 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,920 I'm making it really good for you, don't worry. 36 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:48,260 Cool. 37 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:49,780 Let's go. Shall we go? 38 00:02:49,820 --> 00:02:50,660 Yes. 39 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,820 Alex is the head of the family. 40 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,760 The younger ones look up to him. You know, ask for his opinion a lot. 41 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,520 So, he's very important to us. 42 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,120 This is a Buddhist school. 43 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,840 I kind of wish I did it. 44 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,920 But my mum didn't take us to school. 45 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,760 Instead, she's busy taking Instagram videos. 46 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:11,980 Zoe, can you take this? 47 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,600 That was a fluke. 48 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,360 Did you guys get that? 49 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:22,820 Is my phone here? 50 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,100 I'm going to paint my nails. 51 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:32,540 I live with my four siblings and my mum. 52 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:36,240 We rent this place, so it is quite small. 53 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,700 It will be a very short tour, but, yeah, this is pretty much it. 54 00:03:39,740 --> 00:03:42,300 -So, living room. - That's the dining room. 55 00:03:42,340 --> 00:03:43,580 Dining room. 56 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:45,720 I have a bit of my trophies. 57 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:48,520 This one is from the World Championship. 58 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,080 There's a photo going around now, of Max and I, in karting. 59 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,420 That's when I won the World Championship. 60 00:03:55,260 --> 00:03:58,340 Basically, Max, Pierre, 61 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,240 Esteban Ocon, 62 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,820 even Charles, we were all racing in the same year. 63 00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:07,060 We'd grown up together, but that's not to tell you 64 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:09,380 when we put on our helmets, we're nice to each other. 65 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:15,520 I guess, in a way, good reminder of where we've come from. 66 00:04:19,820 --> 00:04:23,780 Take it back 12 months ago, I was in Formula 2. 67 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,140 This is wall-to-wall drama, the Formula 2 championship. 68 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,380 Formula 2 is very serious for young drivers. 69 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:39,160 It's our way to basically get into Formula 1. 70 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:42,340 Formula 2 is the support race for Formula 1. 71 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,680 We race on the same tracks and on the same weekend as Formula 1, 72 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,220 so the Formula 1 teams watch the race. 73 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:52,580 They see how you're doing. 74 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,080 Guys who have been dominating tend to get the opportunities in Formula 1. 75 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,680 I went into that year fighting for the championship. 76 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:07,280 Alexander Albon wins in Baku. 77 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,580 What an incredible race. 78 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:16,020 Yeah, um... 79 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:18,100 Been a really tough couple of years. 80 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:21,320 The champagne! 81 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:30,000 At the end of that year, I came out third 82 00:05:32,020 --> 00:05:33,700 and I didn't really have a team, 83 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,860 so I thought that was it. 84 00:05:41,020 --> 00:05:42,140 And then suddenly, 85 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:44,400 everything changed. 86 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,060 I got the call up for Toro Rosso. 87 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,040 It was a shock. 88 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,040 Since last year, we've been watching Alex Albon. 89 00:06:06,380 --> 00:06:09,620 My name is Helmut Marko. I work for Red Bull. 90 00:06:11,140 --> 00:06:16,680 Red Bull have two Formula 1 teams, Red Bull Racing and then Toro Rosso. 91 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,540 We are trying to give young people a chance. 92 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,960 That's part of the Red Bull philosophy. 93 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,880 And that's why we took Albon to Toro Rosso. 94 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,380 Alex Albon from pitlane to ten. Didn't he do well? 95 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,800 Immediately, he jumped in and he did three very good races. 96 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,760 Here's Alexander Albon on Pierre Gasly. 97 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,160 Gasly can't fight back. 98 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,080 Super move. 99 00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:47,020 The first thing they care about is if you're fast enough. 100 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,620 Of course, I'm wary that there isn't that much time given to a driver 101 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:55,600 to showcase his abilities. 102 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,740 Sparks flying. Someone's got some damage. 103 00:06:59,780 --> 00:07:01,280 Albon in the thick of it. 104 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,960 There's always a feeling of expectation and pressure. 105 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,980 Here comes Albon, round the outside of Gasly. 106 00:07:12,020 --> 00:07:12,900 Good stuff. 107 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:14,980 There's only 20 of us, 108 00:07:15,020 --> 00:07:18,580 so you never know the next big talent to come in the sport. 109 00:07:18,620 --> 00:07:22,340 You never know the next rich person to come into the sport. 110 00:07:22,380 --> 00:07:25,200 You know it could always be your last opportunity. 111 00:07:26,020 --> 00:07:27,080 That's part of the game. 112 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:36,660 Here at Red Bull, Pierre Gasly has been our Achilles' heel. 113 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:37,900 Now, at this point, 114 00:07:37,940 --> 00:07:41,960 we need a driver that can deliver and not make mistakes. 115 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,700 A driver that's got tremendous self-assurance, 116 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,040 a driver that will say, "Fuck it, I'm going for it. 117 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:54,820 This is who I am." 118 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,120 Bang. 119 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,040 Deliver. 120 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,740 We'll give Alex Albon a run for the remaining nine races. 121 00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:04,980 We're gonna put you in situ, 122 00:08:05,020 --> 00:08:08,720 so we just have to shoot you in a similar pose 123 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:14,120 because we're gonna remove that subject and put you in place, basically. 124 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,100 Okay. 125 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:18,640 The decision was made with Alex Albon 126 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,700 to promote him as the logical candidate within the Red Bull program. 127 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:24,700 So, you can smile even more. 128 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,160 Okay, good. 129 00:08:26,860 --> 00:08:31,140 Alex has got nine races to demonstrate that he's got the right qualities 130 00:08:31,180 --> 00:08:33,560 to be a Red Bull Racing driver. 131 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,900 Saying, "Okay, if you do a good enough job, 132 00:08:36,940 --> 00:08:40,040 the seat is yours in 2020." 133 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:46,740 But he will need to be able to deal with the pressure that goes with that. 134 00:08:52,540 --> 00:08:55,600 Feeling right now, obviously, a lot of excitement. 135 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,920 I would be lying if I said there wasn't a bit of nerves as well. 136 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,040 It's really cool. 137 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,560 It's like an F1 car on steroids. 138 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:10,080 Now I've stepped up to the big team, of course, there comes expectation. 139 00:09:10,740 --> 00:09:14,100 With Pierre, you can't really feel sorry for people in Formula 1. 140 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:16,940 When you do get the chance, you really have to make the most of it. 141 00:09:16,980 --> 00:09:18,340 You have to be selfish. 142 00:09:18,380 --> 00:09:20,100 I've been given this opportunity, 143 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:24,700 but trying not to get too flustered by it all. 144 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,880 Thinking about it now, 12 months ago, I was fighting for a seat 145 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,460 and now I'm here, it's a bit crazy. 146 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:42,400 - How are you? - So happy for you. 147 00:09:43,220 --> 00:09:46,120 Alex Albon, after just 12 races in Formula 1, 148 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,840 has now replaced Pierre Gasly at Red Bull. 149 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,100 Congrats, Alex. 150 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,400 Pierre, did you get any advance warning? 151 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,940 Well, of course. Um, uh... 152 00:09:57,980 --> 00:10:01,420 I gather you're surprised by the decision, but do you believe it was a fair one? 153 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:02,480 Um... 154 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,060 Do you feel you have been treated in a fair way? 155 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,520 The thing is, there are many things, but that should stay internally 156 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:13,800 and I don't really want to talk about it. 157 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,860 Coming into Spa, there are a lot of talks and there is a lot of trash talk as well. 158 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,040 I've just stopped listening to all this. 159 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,560 I'm just focusing on myself, 160 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,220 making sure that I deliver the best performance I can, 161 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:34,220 and, yeah, still developing myself as a driver. 162 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,700 But when you lose your seat, 163 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 it's difficult. 164 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,000 Any advice for Alex Albon? 165 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,940 I think he's smart enough to find out by himself. 166 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:53,520 - How are you? - Yeah, not too bad, thank you. 167 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:56,020 Congratulations on your elevation. 168 00:10:56,060 --> 00:10:57,400 Cheers, thank you, yeah. 169 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,400 I just want to say this, absolutely at the start, 170 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,560 that probably anyone in the next week who writes something 171 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,500 -in a national British newspaper... -Yeah. 172 00:11:05,540 --> 00:11:07,700 ...will make mention of that thing. 173 00:11:07,740 --> 00:11:10,160 -Yeah, I know. -What I'm saying to you is 174 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:15,360 tell me as little or as much as you want and I will deal with it as well as I can. 175 00:11:16,180 --> 00:11:19,380 But mainly this is an interview about racing. 176 00:11:19,420 --> 00:11:21,560 That's what we accepted on our understanding. 177 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,860 Oh. Right. 178 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:25,640 I would suggest that we work together on it. 179 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,760 This isn't going to be a one-to-one about Alex's mom. 180 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:28,800 I can tell you that now. 181 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,260 No, there'll be an element of that. 182 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,480 I'm not trying to cause a bother here. 183 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,620 -Yeah. -Yeah. 184 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:39,840 I've got a job to do. That's what I'd like to do. 185 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,120 Do that another day, then. 186 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,200 - Right. - Thank you. 187 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,200 - Cheers, guys. - Thank you very much. 188 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,080 See you. 189 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,940 The media love to find some stuff. 190 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,920 If you don't know the story, 2012, 191 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:02,940 that year was by far the hardest year I've had in my life. 192 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,800 Even now, I don't like talking about it, to be honest, 'cause it's... 193 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,320 It's more I want to ask my mom if she wants to speak about it. 194 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,960 Alex, he's been through a lot. 195 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,240 There was a time, a long time ago now, that I wasn't with the children. 196 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,340 Minki Albon, jailed for fraud. 197 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:29,320 Kankamol Albon, jailed for six years in October... 198 00:12:30,260 --> 00:12:32,340 It was a tough period, obviously. I was in court. 199 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:34,220 I kind of saw everything happen. 200 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:36,160 Saw her get locked up and taken away. 201 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,040 Yeah. 202 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,200 I need to pray. 203 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,080 Yes, I did wrong. 204 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:55,660 I've paid for what I've done and Alex has forgiven me. 205 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,280 She was in and then she got out mid-2015. 206 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,580 So, it was a tough period. 207 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:09,540 I was 15 at that time and I was the man of the house, 208 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,440 looking after my siblings and all that kind of thing, 209 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,760 when... We call it, "When she was on her holiday." 210 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,680 I was a Red Bull Junior driver back then. 211 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:23,040 But I was a bit of a lost sheep. 212 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,040 Just having to deal with the pressures of family life 213 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,860 as well as actual racing life. 214 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:32,080 Just kind of going to races, I didn't really have the right mindset. 215 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,620 And then I got dropped. 216 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,460 To be honest, the results weren't good enough 217 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,620 and that was that, which kind of... 218 00:13:41,660 --> 00:13:42,940 Yeah, I saw it coming. 219 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,840 Then, obviously, to be dropped, it's kind of like a big bomb, 220 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,580 where you just think, "What are we going to do now?" 221 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,920 Didn't have any money, of course. 222 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,340 But I did have my Thai heritage. 223 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,200 So we found some sponsors in Thailand. 224 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:03,760 How did you feel the ThaiBev was support you about the race? 225 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:07,420 Uh, I'm really privileged, I'm really thankful, 226 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:09,000 now they're supporting me this year. 227 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,160 That was really the only way I could ever have got back into racing. 228 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,200 Two years after everything happened, 229 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,920 the results started to suddenly come 230 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,920 and I started to get podiums, started to win races. 231 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,940 I think that's where, 2012, it made me a lot hungrier. 232 00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:28,400 I realized how much I wanted it afterwards 233 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,120 because it got taken away from me, the chance of Formula 1. 234 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,420 Three, two, one. 235 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,380 We're ready, we're set. 236 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:45,000 It's qualifying for the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix. 237 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,800 Twelve races with Toro Rosso, 238 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,180 and promoted to Red Bull to become their 11th driver. 239 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,540 Over the winter, he was nowhere near a Formula 1 car, 240 00:14:54,580 --> 00:14:58,060 and then he got in the Toro Rosso. Now, he's in a Red Bull. 241 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,040 My mom, we're very close. 242 00:15:02,620 --> 00:15:04,660 That's why I always have my family with me. 243 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,900 It makes everything feel normal. 244 00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:09,160 You're with the people you've been with the whole time. 245 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,740 Because really, I wouldn't be driving if it wasn't for them. 246 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:21,440 So, this transition to Red Bull, it is a big deal for all of us. 247 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,680 And then, during the race weekend, there's a lot of people. 248 00:15:27,780 --> 00:15:29,300 Alex! 249 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,260 And there's a big atmosphere. 250 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,240 The pressure around you starts to get very intense. 251 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,580 Before each session, I quickly do a meditation. 252 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,160 The reason I meditate, 253 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,180 it's that feeling of getting away from Formula 1 a little bit. 254 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,040 It's really good for clearing your mind. 255 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,460 You feel your whole body from head to toe. 256 00:15:57,060 --> 00:15:58,420 And then, at that point... 257 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,420 I do a lot of imagining the track, 258 00:16:09,460 --> 00:16:12,600 envisioning what I need to do to be my best, 259 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:13,880 so I'm as prepared as possible. 260 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:16,960 Reset and then go. 261 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,040 Okay, mate, have a good one. 262 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,520 There's no pressure on this at all, so just enjoy it, 263 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,540 see what the car's like on the low fuel. 264 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:32,440 Okay. 265 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,480 On board with Alex Albon, 266 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,180 the sixth driver to be promoted from Toro Rosso 267 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:01,340 and easily the least experienced. 268 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:08,120 Good job. 269 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,040 Keep pushing. 270 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,000 Albon now crosses the line. 271 00:17:15,620 --> 00:17:17,020 Excellent, Alex. 272 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:20,080 Considering your preparation, you're only three-tenths off Hamilton. 273 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,520 Well done, Alex. That was a good job. 274 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,840 The performance he put in was mightily impressive, 275 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,960 but, unfortunately, we've taken an engine penalty 276 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,420 and so, Alex, he'll be starting at the back of the grid. 277 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,500 Good afternoon. You're watching Formula 2 278 00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:44,320 right here, right now, in front of a huge crowd in Belgium. 279 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:45,400 How much are you looking forward to tomorrow? 280 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,880 Obviously, points woummld be the main aim. 281 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,000 Something out of your control happens, a yellow flag... 282 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,260 It's different. No, it's just different... 283 00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:55,740 - There's a big crash there. -Holy jeez. 284 00:17:55,780 --> 00:17:57,680 There's a car, who's lost it on the way... 285 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:58,560 Oh, no. 286 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:01,220 Oh, wow. 287 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,400 That's a horrible accident. 288 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,240 Jeez, I hope that kid's good. 289 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,400 Okay, um... 290 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:13,880 Wow. 291 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,940 That's terrifying. 292 00:18:18,220 --> 00:18:19,180 Um... 293 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,120 Oh, my God. 294 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,120 Who was that? 295 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,680 Uh, we're just trying to see who it was. 296 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:26,800 Oh, my God. 297 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,840 - Isn't that Nick? - Oh, my God, it's Correa. 298 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,060 And Hubert. 299 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:32,160 Oh, my God. 300 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Alex is good friends with him. 301 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,440 Look. The ambulance. 302 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,940 The crash is there, so they're probably getting... 303 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:52,520 We can confirm to you 304 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,600 that it's Anthoine Hubert and Juan Manuel Correa 305 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,860 who were involved in the crash. 306 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,360 I've never seen an accident that bad. 307 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,220 We have a red flag 308 00:19:06,260 --> 00:19:09,780 and the race suspended after a very violent accident. 309 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,920 The medical car has been deployed to the top of the hill. 310 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,600 And we keep our fingers crossed that they are okay. 311 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,220 Motorsport is in mourning following the death of a young driver 312 00:19:41,260 --> 00:19:44,080 during a support race for this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. 313 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,640 Twenty-two-year-old French driver Anthoine Hubert died... 314 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,160 Anthoine Hubert has been killed in a Formula 2 crash 315 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,400 at the Belgian Grand Prix. 316 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,940 ...shocked and saddened, 317 00:19:51,980 --> 00:19:55,020 a sport mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars. 318 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,540 My dream is to reach Formula 1. 319 00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:14,860 And we're under way. Hubert has the lead. 320 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,620 What a brilliant start for him. 321 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,680 You reach Formula 2 and you're getting close to it, 322 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,180 but you need to still work very hard and perform well if I want to get there. 323 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,260 What a moment for Hubert 324 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:29,420 to take the chequered flag and win his home event. 325 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,340 Both parents following me and helping me, as well as my brother. 326 00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:39,280 Nineteen years, we are doing this together. 327 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:44,260 Hopefully, we can get to reach our dream together. 328 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:05,500 I would always say Anthoine was one of the good guys. 329 00:21:06,780 --> 00:21:09,720 I saw the crash live. 330 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:12,740 It does really affect you 331 00:21:12,780 --> 00:21:15,380 because he was someone who I've raced against my whole life. 332 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:20,480 There's this realization for all the drivers that, 333 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,140 "That could've been me." 334 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,880 You know, that is a comrade. 335 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,580 It's someone's boyfriend, it's someone son, 336 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:33,800 and, uh... they're not gonna be around. 337 00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:38,340 When you lose your best mate, 338 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,680 you can't really describe what goes through your mind 339 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,340 or even through your body, you know. 340 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:46,520 You just feel shit and just can't believe this. 341 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,220 When the crash happened, I was in the paddock. 342 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,760 Straightaway, I understood, when I saw the cars, 343 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,140 I said, "Something really bad must have happened." 344 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,040 And at that time, I didn't understand which drivers were involved. 345 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:09,780 I just saw my parents. They were completely broken, in tears, 346 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:13,480 and yeah, they told me that Anthoine had passed away. 347 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,760 It's just... To accept this, it's difficult. 348 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:26,960 I've grown up with him from my first season in karting. 349 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,760 I was racing against him, 350 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,920 but at the same time supporting each other 351 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,120 and really motivating each other. 352 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:38,920 From 13 till 18, he was my roommate, he was my classmate, 353 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,580 slept in the same room, went to the same classes, 354 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:44,240 trained every single afternoon together. 355 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,360 I knew he wanted as much as I wanted, to be in Formula 1. 356 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:51,980 Yeah, it's just... 357 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:54,520 If I think about all these years, 358 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:59,280 I've been growing and becoming the person I am today, 359 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:01,500 uh, partly thanks to him. 360 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,900 - The track temp will help you. - Hey, Christian. 361 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:10,740 - You okay? - Yeah, good. You all right? 362 00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:11,760 Yeah, I'm okay, mate. 363 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,280 I think you had a tough one last night, I'm sure. 364 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,240 Yeah. 365 00:23:15,740 --> 00:23:18,700 But, you know, he was doing what he loved. 366 00:23:18,740 --> 00:23:21,400 Honestly, last night, it was really bad sleep. 367 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,760 -Yeah. -I don't know... 368 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,580 Normally, I really don't... 369 00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:27,160 I slept about two hours last night. 370 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,440 Yeah. 371 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,720 But you know what? 372 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,160 He would have given his right arm to be in your position. 373 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,040 Yeah. 374 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,960 -Yeah. -Give it everything. 375 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,560 Yeah, I will do. 376 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:39,840 But yeah... 377 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:51,600 All the mothers, they're scared of their child being a driver. 378 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:58,860 But I believe in Alex and I believe in fate 379 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:02,000 and I believe that things will turn out well for him. 380 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,880 You have this build up before the race, 381 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,660 where you think nothing's really gonna... 382 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:25,520 You feel worried, actually. 383 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,800 For us lot, for the drivers, 384 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:30,820 it wasn't easy. 385 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,380 When you race at 300 kph, it's just dangerous, 386 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,380 and it will always remain a dangerous sport, 387 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,440 but you can't think about it. Otherwise, you just can't drive to the limit anymore. 388 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,860 But once the lights go out... 389 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,420 you just turn that negative doubt into a positive. 390 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,460 This is your chance to show yourself. 391 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,260 And we're racing in Belgium. Albon darts out towards the inside. 392 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,840 Pierre Gasly looking to the inside of the Renault. 393 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,520 Oh! Verstappen hits Raikkonen. 394 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:27,960 And there's chaos at the first corner. 395 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,860 Verstappen's got damage. He's dropping down the order. 396 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,680 And Verstappen's in the wall! 397 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,160 He's out of the Grand Prix. 398 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,440 It was a horrible start. 399 00:25:46,740 --> 00:25:50,460 We need Albon to deliver week in, week out, 400 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,720 because on the days that something happens to Max, 401 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,660 you've got a driver that's right there to pick up the pieces. 402 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,780 Alex, we are currently P13. 403 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,360 The car behind is Hulkenberg. 404 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:07,260 Come on, Alex. 405 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,920 Here comes Nico Hulkenberg in the Renault to the inside line. 406 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,900 Wheel-to-wheel and Hulkenberg's through. 407 00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:21,400 Albon now down to 14th place. 408 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,160 There's a long way still to go. 409 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,060 Keep pushing. 410 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,360 Okay, Pierre, so, as discussed, we are P9. 411 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,520 Currently P9. 412 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,580 Next one in front is Magnussen now. 413 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,000 Copy. 414 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,320 Yes! 415 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,600 There's big smiles for Pierre Gasly's family. 416 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:54,680 Alex. 417 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,140 Get through as quick as you can. 418 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,080 Meanwhile, Alex Albon is struggling 419 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,340 to get back in front of Nico Hulkenberg. 420 00:27:04,140 --> 00:27:05,840 At that point, I was just feeling like... 421 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,520 You know? 422 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,580 I know the team wanted someone who can overtake, 423 00:27:10,620 --> 00:27:14,860 who can kind of show the speed of the car, but I was genuinely stuck. 424 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,680 I felt like I can't get past. 425 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,460 So, Pierre Gasly gets dumped out of the Red Bull team into the Toro Rosso 426 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,660 and here he is, as the leading Red Bull car of the four. 427 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,780 Gasly all over the curves, trying to get alongside Sergio Perez. 428 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,580 Kimi Raikkonen is just ahead of them. 429 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:39,580 And they're gonna go three wide. 430 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,540 You're doing a good job. 431 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:47,760 Push up. 432 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:51,040 Box. Alex, box. 433 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,960 The Red Bull Racing car, it's a very complicated car to drive, 434 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:09,780 so by the time we reached the pit stop, he was still working it out. 435 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,840 Come on, Alex. 436 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:22,080 Alex Albon down to the chicane, to the outside of Kevin Magnussen. 437 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:35,000 Okay, Pierre. You are doing a good job. 18 more laps. 438 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,560 I think Gasly will be pleased with his performance this afternoon. 439 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:42,780 Meanwhile, the man that replaced him at Red Bull, Alex Albon, 440 00:28:42,820 --> 00:28:44,880 is further down the field in 14th. 441 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:56,500 When things turn bad, you have to focus your mind. 442 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,260 You get this really gritty attitude towards driving. 443 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,020 You've got to just ride the roller coaster and enjoy it. 444 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,560 Albon following the Racing Point. He's gone for it and he's through. 445 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:10,880 Yes, come on! 446 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,740 Come on. Yes! 447 00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:16,300 Good job. Next one, Hulkenberg. 448 00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:20,240 Come on, Alex, come on! 449 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,900 Excellent. Keep pushing. 450 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,420 Car in front, Gasly. 451 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,920 How about this for a battle? 452 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,100 Alex Albon on Pierre Gasly. 453 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:41,820 Fighting for P10. 454 00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:42,960 Albon behind us. 455 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:44,440 Come on, Pierre. 456 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,740 And down the inside goes Albon. 457 00:29:50,780 --> 00:29:52,240 Late on the brakes. 458 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,520 Gasly holds it round the outside. 459 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,920 Alex Albon riding the slipstream of the Toro Rosso, 460 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,520 gets to the inside. 461 00:30:13,220 --> 00:30:15,120 Okay, it's game on now, isn't it? 462 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,040 Ricciardo is Albon's next target. 463 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,560 Nothing doing there. 464 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,320 Goes for the cutback, but again, Ricciardo's defensive. 465 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,820 Albon goes for it anyway. What a move! 466 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:29,880 Yes! 467 00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,640 You are doing great, Alex. Well done. 468 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,280 Next car, Pérez. 469 00:30:41,180 --> 00:30:44,700 Whether he can catch Sergio Pérez by the end of the race... 470 00:30:44,740 --> 00:30:45,680 It's gonna be tough. 471 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,380 Pérez, nine seconds in front. 472 00:30:50,060 --> 00:30:51,700 Nine laps to go. 473 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,620 Keep pushing. 474 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,560 Six laps to go. 475 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,060 Four laps to go. 476 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,700 That gap now between Albon and Pérez just four seconds. 477 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:20,780 Keep pushing. 478 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:23,840 Three laps to go. 479 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,140 Two laps to go. 480 00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:31,280 The gap is now down to 1.7 seconds. 481 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,140 This could go down to the very last chicane of the race. 482 00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:52,800 Up to the fastest point on the circuit, 483 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,260 Albon sensed a dummy. 484 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:56,580 And he's through! 485 00:32:03,620 --> 00:32:08,080 And Alex Albon is on his way home to take fifth place in this race. 486 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:17,740 P5. 487 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,260 Excellent work, Alex. Thumbs up, mate. 488 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:22,460 That was a really good job, guys. 489 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,540 Here comes Gasly across the line 490 00:32:26,580 --> 00:32:28,580 to take home a couple of points this afternoon. 491 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,680 P9, Pierre, P9. Beautiful race. 492 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,020 Gasly will be pleased with that. 493 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,420 For Alex Albon, that's a career-best finish for him on his Red Bull debut. 494 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:44,660 Well done, Alex. 495 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:47,500 Really very good. P5 from the back of the grid. Well done. 496 00:32:48,180 --> 00:32:49,140 Yeah, thank you. 497 00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:51,060 Still some work to do, though, for sure. 498 00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:54,080 I think they see potential in me, 499 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,620 but this doesn't mean that I have the seat for next year. 500 00:32:56,660 --> 00:32:58,460 This is more of a test, really. 501 00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:02,820 And, yeah, we'll give it a go, we'll see. 502 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,220 I think Alex, he's just stepped it up. 503 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:10,780 And the relationship could not have got off to a better start. 504 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:12,460 Well done, mate. That was mighty. 505 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:14,200 Well done. 506 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:20,040 And it just injected a whole bunch of motivation 507 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,720 into Red Bull Racing. 508 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,080 He needs to be within three or four tenths of Max by the end of the year 509 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,300 to be the right guy to be alongside him for 2020. 510 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:37,620 It's difficult to put into words the emotions around Spa today. 511 00:33:38,420 --> 00:33:40,900 It's a weekend where the devastating low 512 00:33:40,940 --> 00:33:44,740 of the death of the young F2 racer and rising star Anthoine Hubert 513 00:33:44,780 --> 00:33:46,780 has served to remind us all once again, 514 00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:49,880 the risks taken to seek the rewards in motorsport. 515 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,120 You've done a very good job today, Pierre, 516 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,020 very good job. 517 00:33:54,060 --> 00:33:55,100 You should be proud. 518 00:33:55,140 --> 00:33:56,060 Thanks, guys. 519 00:33:56,540 --> 00:33:57,480 Only a couple of points, 520 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,360 but I'm happy to score it for my friend, Anthoine. 521 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:02,720 Copy that. 522 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,460 Whether you knew Anthoine or not, 523 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:14,580 everybody in motorsport has been impacted in some way. 524 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,480 It was very tough and it was a big shock to everyone, I think. 525 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,860 It is strange. I think I've been racing these guys since I was 13. 526 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,120 In the end, you spend so much time together, 527 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,620 you have the same interests, you have the same dilemmas. 528 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,960 When you're amongst these guys, you feel like family. 529 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,080 And family is number one. 530 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:45,540 Whether you are in Formula 1 531 00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:48,540 or whether it's Formula 4 or it's Formula 2, 532 00:34:48,580 --> 00:34:51,600 you know, it's like we are all brothers in this world. 533 00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:55,260 When you lose one of your brothers, 534 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,640 you feel the need to enjoy life and enjoy racing and Formula 1 535 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,480 as much as he would have liked. 536 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,440 These things happen to remind it to us. 537 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,540 You can occasionally kiss if you want. 538 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:32,860 Start by holding hands. 539 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,360 -Can you win this weekend? -Yeah! 540 00:35:37,340 --> 00:35:39,340 - Vettel's undercut him. - What the hell? 541 00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:42,340 Oh, no! What's happened there? 542 00:35:42,860 --> 00:35:45,420 We can start drinking now. It's five o'clock somewhere. 543 00:35:45,460 --> 00:35:46,600 Nico! 544 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,680 Hulkenberg! 545 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,100 You are acting as a shrink for our couple. 546 00:35:52,140 --> 00:35:54,280 This is where I'm gonna have my single life. 547 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,340 It's very hard to keep up with him. 548 00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:57,660 This is the best day of my life.