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[water gurgling]

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[emotional music playing]

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[emotional music rising]

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[Michael]
You have to become one with the car.

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You should know exactly
how much stress you can give to the car.

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Because there's a limit always,

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and you should be careful,
like with everything in life you like,

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you have to have that kind of feeling
to not go over the top or not be under it.

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And if you do that,
then both of us will be satisfied.

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The car and I.

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100% perfection.

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To reach 100%, that's… that's my target.

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I'm just that type of person.

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I couldn't live with anything lower.

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I don't like to talk about
my quality very much

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because I would sound arrogant.

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And I don't like to talk about my failures
because it's your job to find them.

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[engine revving]

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[engine decelerating]

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[engine splutters, stops]

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[engine starts]

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[engines revving]

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[shutters clicking]

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There was a real air
of excitement in the paddock.

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Everybody's aware of who's coming up
through the system.

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We had a sense that this was someone
who's looking very promising.

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When Michael came into Formula One,
this was a time when there were big names.

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Senna was World Champion with McLaren,

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Mansell was driving for Williams,

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Uh, Prost was at Ferrari.
You know, those are really big names.

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[Flavio Briatore]
All the drivers were over 27, 28,

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with a lot of experience.

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And Michael was the young one.

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When Michael arrived,
all the drivers looked at him like,

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"Too young, too early, too soon."

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[Richard Williams]
Most Formula One drivers come up

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through karts, Formula Three.

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And he'd been helped
in making the transition to Formula One

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by having raced sports cars for Mercedes.

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-[man indistinct]
-Yeah. Yeah.

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[in German]
Luck got him into Formula One.

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A driver had dropped out,
and they needed a new one.

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Michael appeared in Formula One
through a stroke of luck, really,

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when Eddie Jordan had a seat available,

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all of a sudden,
partway through the season.

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[Willi Weber, in German]
After I found out, I immediately

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got on the phone and called Eddie Jordan.

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I said, "Eddie, you've got to
give me that chance."

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And he said,
"Who in the hell is Michael Schumacher?"

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I said, "You got to remember.
Formula Three, won Macau, won Fuji."

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"Okay, now I know."

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I've seen him in Formula Three.

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And I have this--
or the team has this attitude

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to give youth a chance.
And that's the way our team is formed.

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[Willi Weber, in German]
Just everything that lay ahead of us,

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just the possibility that he could show

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what he was really capable of,

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that was so incredible,
but we had no idea.

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That evening we sat out on a square
and ate pizza, undisturbed.

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The place was packed.
I think four- to five-hundred people.

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And no one came up to us.

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That was the last time
that nobody bothered us.

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[engines buzzing]

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I remember you could hear
the people in the Tannoy…

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[indistinct PA announcer]

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…describing
what's happening in qualifying.

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And this name,
Michael Schumacher, kept popping up.

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Well, he was… he was a sensation.

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When Michael qualified seventh,
it was just like,

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"Wow! Here is a new star!"

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Everybody was just so excited

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that this new driver
had exploded onto the scene.

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-[engines buzzing]
-I'm really happy.

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But anyway, I have to say,

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with this car you can do
this qualifying time, you know.

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It makes a lot of fun to drive.

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And also for the time,
I'm really happy, yeah.

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Everybody noticed that.
Everybody in other teams noticed that.

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You know,
he became immediately a hot property.

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After the race in Spa,
I called Willi Weber.

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And we met with Michael,
I think on Monday.

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Monday or Tuesday in London.

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At the time, our team
was already fighting for podium.

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We weren't fighting for a Championship,

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but on some occasions
we got close to the podium.

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So we signed an agreement.

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[Michael, in German]
It came suddenly. I was totally surprised.

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I'd just driven my first race,

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and the fourth-best team
in the world makes me an offer.

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I was gobsmacked.

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I was stunned
that it could happen so fast,

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and I was so happy about the contract.

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It was an absolutely fantastic situation.

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[crowd cheering]

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[James Allen]
He had this freshness about him.

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You know, his skin
was very tight on his face

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and always very clean-shaven.

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And he just radiated this confidence.

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Michael was racing
as a boy against hard men.

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[commentator Murray Walker]
And it's Schumacher in fourth position

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in the Benetton.

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Schumacher is indisputably
pushing Ayrton Senna.

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Michael Schumacher comes through
leading the Belgian Grand Prix.

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Well, is Michael Schumacher
gonna win his first Grand Prix

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at the circuit
where he first drove in a Grand Prix?

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Twenty-three years old.

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The youngest Grand Prix winner
for a long, long time.

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It's the first win ever
for Michael Schumacher.

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And he puts his arm out.
And he is naturally elated.

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Oh! [laughs]

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"Yeah! I did it," he says.

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[crowd cheering, whistling]

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[inspirational music playing]

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[inspirational music soaring]

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[PA announcer indistinct]

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[in English] I really can't describe it.
I mean, it's something crazy.

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I think the German fans
have waited a long time

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for Formula One Grand Prix victory.

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And I really give this victory
to the German fans.

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[interviewer] Any last words
for anybody back at home?

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I think my parents.

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I wanna say just hello to them.

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[emotional music playing]

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[Michael]
It all started with four years.

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My father was always interested
in working around, like,

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mountain bicycles or little things.

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And the… the thing he did was,

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we had another old moped,
I would say, with 40K's speed.

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And he put it on… on this kid go-kart.

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And from the beginning on,
I just enjoyed it very much.

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I always liked it very much.

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I remember when I was six, seven years,
my father started already

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to rent out go-karts
for the club at this time.

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And I was always with him
to work on the go-karts,

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to help him
and as well to test the go-karts.

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When once he finished one go-kart,
I had to test the go-kart if it is okay.

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And so, I… I was always together
with him in the go-kart.

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We did everything together, and… [inhales]

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…it was just a… a big pleasure.

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[emotional music continues]

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[Rolf, in German]
When he was just 8 or 9,

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he looked after his brother, if necessary.

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I could ask him to see
that everything was locked up,

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and he would do it.

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Michael was always very dependable.

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[Gerhard Noack, in German]
The Schumacher family had a food van,

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and then later, they had a restaurant.

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Financially,
the Schumacher family was like--

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Rolf began his working life
as a bricklayer building chimneys,

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but eventually took over
the running of the go-kart track.

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And Elisabeth
always had to stay until the end,

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until all the guests had left.

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[Ralf, in German]
My parents had to work very hard

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to give us a normal life.

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But many rich kids are also poor,
as their parents have no time for them.

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We had our parents with us at the track,
which was a big playground.

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[PA announcer speaking German]

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[speaking German]

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[Michael, in German] We always used
the cheapest equipment available.

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I fished discarded tires out of the bin,

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put them on my go-kart,
and won races with them.

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I was always glad to have won
with the worst and not the best equipment.

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Having to really fight like that
was an additional motivation for me.

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[in German]
Good afternoon and welcome to Kerpen,

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to the World Junior Karting Championship.

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A total of 18 nations are competing here,
with approximately 80 drivers.

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A driver who isn't competing for Germany,
although he is German

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and is even the odds-on favorite here,
is Michael Schumacher.

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You're competing for Luxembourg. Why?

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[in German] Because the qualifying races
in Germany cost money.

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And if we're eliminated, we don't qualify
for the World Championship.

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But in Luxembourg
we're the only competitors,

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it doesn't cost anything, and we qualify.

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[Rolf] He was already practicing
like a world champion when he was a kid.

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He already knew what he wanted
when he was a kid.

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[PA announcer speaking German]

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[Allen, in English]
He had to do everything to get to the top.

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And… And I think there was
this hard-boiled professionalism

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from a very, very young age.

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Because any small misstep along the way
would have been the end of everything.

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[Mika Häkkinen] 1983 in Kerpen-Manheim.

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That was actually the…
the first time when we raced together.

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It's one of those strong memories

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that stayed in my mind
in my racing career.

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Of course, it was a circuit,

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which was a home circuit for Michael,

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so he knew every corner for 100%.

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And it was difficult
to race against him on that track.

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[PA announcer indistinct]

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[kart engines buzzing]

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[Häkkinen] Looking at the style
that he was driving, it was incredible.

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There was a part of the racetrack
in front of the barrack,

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where there's a very high-speed chicane,
and it was fascinating to see Michael

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coming through that chicane,

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having a completely different
driving style than other drivers.

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Very controlled.

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The driving style was very physical.

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The level of mistakes that he did

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through that chicane
every time was very little.

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The other drivers, one lap was good,

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the second lap again
went a little bit wrong.

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But Michael was all the time consistent,
very controlled.

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And when I was watching,
I recognized straight away, you know.

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This… This guy is-- He's good.

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We were like 13, 14 years old.

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And…

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And full of confidence.

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[PA announcer, in German]
In first place, Michael Schumacher.

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He's already won 460 marks today

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and will now receive a further 236 marks!

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[crowd applauding, whistling]

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[Michael, in German]
After those years, I was convinced

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I would always be a go-kart driver.

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Because I could never have imagined
making it into the Formula class

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for financial reasons alone.

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[engines buzzing]

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[Willi Weber] In 1988,
a young man kept catching my eye.

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His name was Michael Schumacher.

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It wasn't the victories.
It was the way he moved the car.

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I then asked him to come
and drive for my team.

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Of course, money was an issue.

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Michael Schumacher
had nothing at that time,

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not even 500 marks to finance a season,

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which even then cost 600 to 700 thousands.

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Willi Weber said to us,
"Come over to my place tonight."

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"I'm giving him a five-year contract,
a car and 2,000 marks a month salary."

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That, of course, was crazy!

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[Michael, in German]
If you're involved in motor racing,

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I think everyone dreams of competing
in Formula One events one day.

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And that's my dream too.

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[emotional music playing]

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[Corinna Schumacher, in German]
First of all,

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I think I'm incredibly fortunate
to have met Michael.

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He's simply
the most lovable person I've ever met.

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I once made dinner for him
on his birthday.

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He was the only one who helped me
to clear up and do the dishes.

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And I thought, "That's a proper bloke!"

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And yes, he was really funny,
and that's what I saw in him.

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I fell in love with him simply
because he was a wonderful person.

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I just sensed
that he was something special to me.

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I never once thought,

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"He's a terrific racing driver
at the start of a dazzling career."

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No one could have guessed
that would happen.

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-[crowd buzzing]
-[shutters clicking]

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[Michael, in English] When I started,
I said, "Don't make a star out of me."

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"Don't push me too high up.
I don't want this."

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[indistinct chattering]

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[Corinna, in German]
What he really didn't like was the press,

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the people, all the hype around him.

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That's not what he wanted.
He wanted to do the sport.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[exhales deeply]

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[in French]
He was looking for a normal life,

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and he had a hard time understanding

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why he couldn't have that normal life.

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It's true, he could sometimes
seem unsympathetic.

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Because there were so many demands on him.

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It was often too much and constricted him.

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Because he's an extremely
reserved person, shy.

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And sometimes that was his way
of dealing with his shyness.

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-[emotional music playing]
-[crowd buzzing]

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[in English] At the time when
Schumacher appeared in Formula One,

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Senna was
the preeminent figure in the sport.

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[crowd cheering]

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[commentator]
Ayrton Senna's third World title ensures

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that he'll be ranked
among the all-time greats.

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Ayrton had a mystique about him,

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but mostly because he was incredibly quick

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and incredibly competitive and aggressive,

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um, and challenging
towards other competitors.

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So, he dominated the sport.

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[applauding]

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[Bernie Ecclestone] He was the number one.

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He was the one that, if you asked somebody
that started in Formula One,

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"What do you want to be?"
They'd all say, "Ayrton Senna."

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-Everyone looked up to him.
-[applauding]

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If you're suddenly starting

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in the same thing, you want to be him.

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[crowd buzzing]

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[Ecclestone]
Here, you've got, uh, at the time

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basically an unknown for what he was,

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challenging the best.

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[Finnish National Anthem playing]

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[engines revving]

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[tense music playing]

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-[engines buzzing]
-[tense music intensifies]

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In the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours,
Schumacher was behind Senna.

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[Murray Walker] And Schumacher challenging
Ayrton Senna in the McLaren.

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As they come up to the hairpin,
there is a contact there.

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Who is it? It's Schumacher.

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And who has he hit? It's Senna.

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And now they are sorting their way around.
Are they gonna stop the race?

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On the first lap, at the hairpin bend,
Schumacher and Senna seemingly out.

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And I am pretty sure
the race will not be stopped.

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And I have no doubt,
a very angry Ayrton Senna,

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who may well regard

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00:23:05,083 --> 00:23:09,123
Michael Schumacher's tactics
as being just a bit too rumbustious.

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I don't think Michael set out
to try and upset him.

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I think Michael was racing
everyone in Formula One

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the same way he'd race everyone,
as he should have done.

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00:23:28,003 --> 00:23:28,923
[inaudible]

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00:23:33,483 --> 00:23:35,363
[Ross Brawn] But it…
it caused some friction.

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00:23:35,443 --> 00:23:40,203
And, um, Ayrton tried to put Michael
in his place a few times on the track,

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which, um, upset Michael.

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He didn't think that was…
that was equally respectful.

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So… So, they were a bit fractious
in that early period.

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Hey, you fucked up, and it's fine.
I came and talked to you.

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It's fine. I came and talked to you.

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00:24:01,523 --> 00:24:05,723
You see, at the time
that Michael really was a super driver,

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when he had the fight with Senna,

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Senna smelled the guy was somebody.

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When you're a lion, all lions will feel it
when the young lion is arriving.

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And you want to keep the territory.

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[Ross Brawn] '94 was definitely
a growing-up year.

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A growing-up year for Michael,
a growing-up year for me.

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Nobody could reconcile that our team

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had come from almost nowhere
and we're winning races

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and mounting a championship challenge.

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[commentator] Michael Schumacher
sliding that car around the circuit.

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[victorious music playing]

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00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:04,803
This is your race leader,
Michael Schumacher.

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[Ross Brawn] He'll make the difference on
those days when a winner's in the balance.

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00:25:09,883 --> 00:25:12,483
[commentator] Where is Ayrton Senna?
That's the question.

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00:25:12,563 --> 00:25:16,803
Oh! And Senna spun.
Senna is out of the race.

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00:25:20,003 --> 00:25:21,283
There he comes.

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00:25:21,363 --> 00:25:24,603
This can't go wrong.
The checkered flag is out.

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00:25:24,683 --> 00:25:28,083
Michael Schumacher
wins the Pacific Grand Prix.

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00:25:28,923 --> 00:25:29,803
And oh boy,

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00:25:29,883 --> 00:25:33,603
what a season are we gonna have
in Formula One this year.

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00:25:37,723 --> 00:25:39,763
[Ross Brawn]
We were now championship challengers,

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00:25:39,843 --> 00:25:42,403
and we weren't used to it.
We didn't know how to deal with it.

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00:25:43,763 --> 00:25:47,083
And when you're beating Ferrari,
and you're beating McLaren,

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and you're beating Williams…
These are established teams.

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And here was this, uh,
you know, T-shirt manufacturer

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00:25:55,203 --> 00:25:59,483
coming in with this kid from Germany
and suddenly beating everyone.

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00:25:59,563 --> 00:26:01,043
[PA announcer indistinct]

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00:26:13,043 --> 00:26:15,243
[Flavio Briatore]
So, he won the race in Japan.

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00:26:15,323 --> 00:26:17,803
We were waiting in the airport.

339
00:26:17,883 --> 00:26:23,523
And Michael was very confident
he was quick enough to beat Ayrton,

340
00:26:23,603 --> 00:26:25,603
and maybe to win the Championship.

341
00:26:26,203 --> 00:26:30,923
When talking with Michael,
it's like somebody with…

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00:26:31,003 --> 00:26:33,483
Like he's done this job all life,
you know.

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00:26:33,563 --> 00:26:36,043
This was normal. And Senna--

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00:26:36,123 --> 00:26:39,003
You know,
five years before or four years before,

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he had a poster of Senna in the bedroom.

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00:26:53,843 --> 00:26:56,443
Going into Imola,
Michael was very, very fast,

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00:26:56,523 --> 00:26:57,723
looking very strong.

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00:26:58,603 --> 00:27:01,203
And Senna knew that he had to win Imola.

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00:27:01,283 --> 00:27:04,403
He had to start
to close the gap against Michael.

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00:27:05,083 --> 00:27:07,243
He had to impose himself on Michael,

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00:27:07,323 --> 00:27:10,483
because otherwise, Michael was gonna
get away from him in the Championship.

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00:27:11,723 --> 00:27:12,683
[engine buzzing]

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00:27:18,523 --> 00:27:21,483
[Murray Walker]
Senna followed by Schumacher.

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Schumacher is the chief rival
to Ayrton Senna.

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00:27:27,043 --> 00:27:30,563
[suspenseful music playing]

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00:27:36,083 --> 00:27:39,523
[co-commentator] Senna goes through.
Followed by Schumacher.

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00:27:45,323 --> 00:27:47,683
And into Tamburello.

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00:28:02,963 --> 00:28:05,883
[Murray Walker]
What on earth happened, I don't know!

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00:28:07,283 --> 00:28:11,083
Senna is still in the car.

360
00:28:11,163 --> 00:28:13,963
[dramatic music playing]

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00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,883
[co-commentator]
The race has been stopped. Red flag out.

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00:28:19,643 --> 00:28:23,563
[Murray Walker] Well, I say, that's about
190 miles an hour at that point,

363
00:28:23,643 --> 00:28:25,843
the exit from the Tamburello.

364
00:28:29,123 --> 00:28:30,203
Everybody was silent.

365
00:28:30,283 --> 00:28:34,563
It was a very strange atmosphere,
you know.

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00:28:37,323 --> 00:28:41,563
[commentator]
Michael Schumacher has, uh, stopped

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00:28:41,643 --> 00:28:42,803
and got out of his car.

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00:28:42,883 --> 00:28:45,123
Helmet off, uh, grim-faced.

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00:28:59,123 --> 00:29:01,763
[Richard Williams] Fact is that
what he was doing when he crashed,

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00:29:01,843 --> 00:29:03,603
when he went off the circuit,

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00:29:03,683 --> 00:29:06,523
he was trying
to stay ahead of… of Schumacher.

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00:29:15,883 --> 00:29:17,963
[Michael] We've seen
many crashes like this,

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even crashes that were worse.

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00:29:20,523 --> 00:29:24,603
Crashes that, they seem
to be worse than-than his crash, and…

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00:29:26,163 --> 00:29:28,203
and you don't expect anything like this.

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00:29:29,923 --> 00:29:34,043
You just think,
"Yeah, maybe he has a bruise on the arm

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00:29:34,123 --> 00:29:35,923
or maybe he has a broken leg."

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00:29:36,523 --> 00:29:39,803
Then you go back. They put up the grid.
You don't know what's going on.

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00:29:39,883 --> 00:29:42,123
Nobody comes to you
and explains the situation.

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00:29:42,203 --> 00:29:46,003
And we just, you just think that
"Yeah. The race has to go on."

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00:29:46,083 --> 00:29:48,763
"Everybody's going to race,
so you're going to race."

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00:29:48,843 --> 00:29:50,923
You don't see why you shouldn't race.

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00:29:58,003 --> 00:30:01,363
[Richard Williams] Nobody knew
at that point if Senna was dead.

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00:30:06,883 --> 00:30:11,283
Had he been declared dead at the circuit,
they'd have had to stop the race.

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00:30:14,083 --> 00:30:17,323
[Murray Walker]
The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix

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00:30:17,403 --> 00:30:20,203
has been won by Michael Schumacher.

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00:30:44,283 --> 00:30:46,203
[Flavio Briatore]
Before I went to the podium,

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00:30:46,283 --> 00:30:49,443
I said to Michael,
"No champagne, nothing."

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00:30:49,523 --> 00:30:52,603
He asked me, "How is Ayrton?"
I told him, "Not in good shape."

390
00:30:53,763 --> 00:30:58,763
That was the first time I saw Michael
as a different guy.

391
00:30:58,843 --> 00:31:00,763
[German National Anthem playing]

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00:31:12,923 --> 00:31:14,843
[Michael] We went up to the podium.

393
00:31:14,923 --> 00:31:18,683
He told us,
"Yeah, he, uh, he's in a coma."

394
00:31:18,763 --> 00:31:21,283
But a coma can be many things.

395
00:31:21,363 --> 00:31:25,043
It can just be something
that is going to be okay the next day

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00:31:25,923 --> 00:31:27,563
or very bad. But you don't judge it.

397
00:31:27,643 --> 00:31:30,843
And because you still don't believe
that there is something

398
00:31:31,563 --> 00:31:36,403
particular or very dangerous
or very heavy, you don't believe it.

399
00:31:36,483 --> 00:31:38,123
And I… I still--

400
00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:41,483
I… I think it was two hours after the race

401
00:31:42,043 --> 00:31:46,003
when Mr. Walkinshaw came up to me
and said, "It's looking very bad."

402
00:31:46,083 --> 00:31:50,403
And I thought, "No! He's in a coma,
but coma doesn't mean anything bad."

403
00:31:50,483 --> 00:31:53,123
He said, "No, it looks not too good."

404
00:31:55,043 --> 00:31:55,963
Uh…

405
00:31:56,043 --> 00:32:00,403
And then somebody
came to me later and said, "He's dead."

406
00:32:01,923 --> 00:32:05,243
And one minute later, uh,
the next one came to me and said,

407
00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:07,043
"No, he's in a coma."

408
00:32:07,123 --> 00:32:10,923
But there was
so little information at this time

409
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:14,203
that you didn't know what you…
what you should think about this.

410
00:32:14,283 --> 00:32:17,963
And I still… I still didn't believe
that he's gonna be dead.

411
00:32:18,043 --> 00:32:21,483
I… I just couldn't…
couldn't think of that at that point.

412
00:32:21,563 --> 00:32:24,563
I just thought,
"Yeah, no, he's going to be the champion."

413
00:32:25,363 --> 00:32:28,843
"He maybe misses one or two races,
and then he's coming back again."

414
00:32:29,563 --> 00:32:30,443
[sighs]

415
00:32:32,843 --> 00:32:35,683
But the worst… the worst was really
the two weeks after this.

416
00:32:35,763 --> 00:32:41,363
I mean, once I really had to accept
that it is, that he is dead.

417
00:32:41,443 --> 00:32:44,043
I mean, this… this was…

418
00:32:46,043 --> 00:32:47,563
just something crazy.

419
00:32:49,203 --> 00:32:50,083
[softly] Yeah.

420
00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:02,683
With Senna gone,
Michael Schumacher was now

421
00:33:03,443 --> 00:33:05,603
the number one figure in the sport.

422
00:33:06,523 --> 00:33:10,403
Although he hadn't yet won
a World Championship.

423
00:33:15,603 --> 00:33:18,603
[interviewer] Was it is easy to…
to drive again?

424
00:33:20,243 --> 00:33:21,083
[sighs deeply]

425
00:33:29,323 --> 00:33:32,163
I mean, in Silverstone, I went there…

426
00:33:34,883 --> 00:33:37,403
and you suddenly saw
many things with different eyes.

427
00:33:38,203 --> 00:33:41,483
I went around with a road car
in Silverstone through the circuit,

428
00:33:41,563 --> 00:33:44,363
and I just thought,
"This is a point you could be dead."

429
00:33:44,443 --> 00:33:46,083
"This is a point you could be dead."

430
00:33:46,163 --> 00:33:49,883
I thought, "Crazy, you always tested here,
you always raced here."

431
00:33:49,963 --> 00:33:53,443
"But there are many points you can crash
and you can be immediately dead."

432
00:33:53,523 --> 00:33:55,563
That's the only thing I was thinking of.

433
00:34:00,763 --> 00:34:03,083
And I didn't know
what's gonna be the situation

434
00:34:03,163 --> 00:34:04,883
if I'm going to be in a race car.

435
00:34:06,843 --> 00:34:10,603
I wasn't sure.
Can I drive without thinking that,

436
00:34:10,683 --> 00:34:14,443
or I am going to drive now,
always thinking, "You can be dead here."

437
00:34:14,523 --> 00:34:16,883
"If you go off here,
it's going to be bad and--"

438
00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:21,803
That was… something very strange.

439
00:34:31,443 --> 00:34:33,243
I wake up during the night,

440
00:34:34,523 --> 00:34:35,723
and I, like,

441
00:34:35,803 --> 00:34:39,163
sleep maybe three hours a night
and stuff like this.

442
00:34:52,003 --> 00:34:52,883
[exhales]

443
00:34:57,643 --> 00:34:59,443
[Corinna, in German]
We were totally shocked.

444
00:34:59,523 --> 00:35:03,843
We asked ourselves
how it could have happened.

445
00:35:03,923 --> 00:35:08,883
And Michael really asked himself
if everyone was acting correctly.

446
00:35:08,963 --> 00:35:10,923
It was really, really…

447
00:35:12,603 --> 00:35:13,723
really difficult.

448
00:35:13,803 --> 00:35:16,563
It was a real struggle for him,

449
00:35:16,643 --> 00:35:20,243
but he was a master
at blocking things out.

450
00:35:20,323 --> 00:35:24,283
He was able to focus so intently
on whatever he was doing

451
00:35:24,363 --> 00:35:27,203
that he blocked out everything else.

452
00:35:28,403 --> 00:35:31,083
So I think that mentally he's very strong.

453
00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:32,683
It's something he just has.

454
00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:34,363
Extremely strong.

455
00:35:34,443 --> 00:35:38,243
He still shows me
every day just how strong he actually is.

456
00:35:46,363 --> 00:35:49,403
Damon Hill was now
leading the Williams team.

457
00:35:49,923 --> 00:35:51,963
And he gave Michael a fight.

458
00:35:52,603 --> 00:35:55,763
[commentator] Damon Hill wins
the British Grand Prix.

459
00:35:55,843 --> 00:35:57,563
Magnificent!

460
00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:07,803
Damon Hill wins the Italian Grand Prix.

461
00:36:07,883 --> 00:36:11,523
He won here last year.
It was the end of a hat trick…

462
00:36:13,723 --> 00:36:16,643
It was a complex, turbulent,

463
00:36:16,723 --> 00:36:20,323
human whirlwind of a season.

464
00:36:21,283 --> 00:36:26,963
[commentator] Michael Schumacher wins
the European Grand Prix here at Jerez.

465
00:36:27,603 --> 00:36:30,843
Michael Schumacher
has opened up the gap again.

466
00:36:30,923 --> 00:36:33,123
[Allen] And it was
an intensely human drama.

467
00:36:33,203 --> 00:36:37,323
The races would swing like a pendulum
between Damon and Michael.

468
00:36:39,243 --> 00:36:41,203
[Murray Hill] Damon Hill wins!

469
00:36:41,283 --> 00:36:43,643
[commentator] Hill has got
the biggest challenge in his life

470
00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:46,203
to go head-to-head
with Michael Schumacher.

471
00:36:54,243 --> 00:36:57,843
[Michael, in German] The point is,
that you know his is the decisive race

472
00:36:57,923 --> 00:37:03,123
and all tactics, the overtaking maneuvers,

473
00:37:03,203 --> 00:37:05,883
the situation will be based on that.

474
00:37:06,643 --> 00:37:08,283
[engine revving]

475
00:37:08,363 --> 00:37:11,403
[commentator] One point
between Schumacher and Hill.

476
00:37:11,483 --> 00:37:15,203
[Damon Hill] So the Championship went down
to this incredibly thrilling last race.

477
00:37:15,283 --> 00:37:18,963
Realistically, it didn't look like
it was gonna be that easy.

478
00:37:19,043 --> 00:37:20,363
So, there I was.

479
00:37:20,443 --> 00:37:24,883
Suddenly in a title fight
with, uh, Michael Schumacher.

480
00:37:24,963 --> 00:37:29,283
[commentator] The red light is on
here in Adelaide.

481
00:37:29,363 --> 00:37:32,803
And we are racing
for the last time in this season.

482
00:37:32,883 --> 00:37:35,003
And Michael Schumacher takes the lead!

483
00:37:35,083 --> 00:37:37,403
Schumacher takes the lead.
Or is it Damon Hill?

484
00:37:37,483 --> 00:37:39,683
It's Schumacher who leads from Hill.

485
00:37:43,483 --> 00:37:46,363
[engines revving]

486
00:37:59,523 --> 00:38:02,243
[Michael] I had to fight very hard
with the car.

487
00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:04,043
It was very difficult for me

488
00:38:04,123 --> 00:38:06,283
to keep the car
on the road the whole time.

489
00:38:07,043 --> 00:38:10,123
And as well, I…
I couldn't go away from Damon.

490
00:38:16,643 --> 00:38:20,363
[Damon] We were just nose to tail
for about 20 laps or so.

491
00:38:20,963 --> 00:38:24,043
Michael had just started to pull away,
and I was starting to think,

492
00:38:24,123 --> 00:38:26,083
"I can't… I can't keep up that pace."

493
00:38:42,323 --> 00:38:46,323
[Michael] I had a time
where I suddenly, uh, found a line

494
00:38:46,403 --> 00:38:48,403
where I could disappear a little bit,

495
00:38:48,483 --> 00:38:50,683
for I think two seconds,
two-and-a-half seconds.

496
00:39:07,843 --> 00:39:10,803
I was all the time on the limit,
really fighting very hard.

497
00:39:10,883 --> 00:39:13,923
And then, on the bump,
I just, uh, stepped out.

498
00:39:14,003 --> 00:39:17,123
Then, I painted the wall.

499
00:39:18,203 --> 00:39:20,763
I was already disappointed.
I thought, "Shit,"

500
00:39:20,843 --> 00:39:24,323
but then I felt,
"Okay, you… you still can go on."

501
00:39:28,483 --> 00:39:31,923
When we went around one of the corners,
I saw him coming back on the track,

502
00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:35,123
and it looked like he'd just gone off
and then came back on again.

503
00:39:35,203 --> 00:39:36,923
And I saw his car wobbling.

504
00:39:37,003 --> 00:39:40,043
When I drove over to the left,
I was doing a bit like this

505
00:39:40,123 --> 00:39:42,003
to check everything, clean off the tires.

506
00:39:42,723 --> 00:39:45,683
I saw an opportunity to go past,
and I felt, "I have to go."

507
00:39:45,763 --> 00:39:48,803
[commentator] Look at Damon Hill
and Schumacher. Oh no!

508
00:39:48,883 --> 00:39:50,643
The moment I turned into the corner,

509
00:39:50,723 --> 00:39:52,923
it was Damon
who hit me first on the sidepod.

510
00:39:53,523 --> 00:39:56,763
And his car came back across
and hit my car,

511
00:39:57,403 --> 00:39:59,123
and he went up on two wheels.

512
00:40:03,963 --> 00:40:06,963
[Michael] In a moment, I was up in the air
and then into the tire walls.

513
00:40:07,043 --> 00:40:09,603
So no, I… I couldn't understand it.

514
00:40:11,123 --> 00:40:13,643
[Murray Walker] Oh! Out goes Schumacher!

515
00:40:13,723 --> 00:40:17,283
The German is out
of the Australian Grand Prix,

516
00:40:17,363 --> 00:40:22,323
and Damon Hill only has to keep going
to be World Champion.

517
00:40:22,403 --> 00:40:25,243
[Damon]
The point situation was very simple.

518
00:40:25,323 --> 00:40:27,603
He had a points' advantage on me.

519
00:40:27,683 --> 00:40:30,243
If none of us finished, he'd be Champion.

520
00:40:30,323 --> 00:40:32,403
[engines buzzing]

521
00:40:32,483 --> 00:40:35,043
[commentator] Damon Hill will have
to go back to the pits.

522
00:40:39,723 --> 00:40:41,843
[Damon] I could see
my suspension was broken.

523
00:40:42,523 --> 00:40:43,843
So, I couldn't carry on.

524
00:40:45,603 --> 00:40:48,803
As a competitor, he was going
to win come what may.

525
00:40:49,683 --> 00:40:53,123
Michael did what he had to do
to stop me beating him.

526
00:40:54,643 --> 00:40:55,723
Put me in the car,

527
00:40:57,003 --> 00:40:57,843
um,

528
00:40:58,363 --> 00:41:00,603
in Adelaide,
and I've got a points' advantage,

529
00:41:00,683 --> 00:41:03,803
and my rival comes up the inside,
what would I do?

530
00:41:03,883 --> 00:41:05,523
I don't know. [chuckles]

531
00:41:05,603 --> 00:41:08,723
[Murray Walker]
The 1994 World Championship

532
00:41:08,803 --> 00:41:11,323
has been won by Michael Schumacher.

533
00:41:11,403 --> 00:41:12,843
-[cheering]
-[horns blaring]

534
00:41:15,643 --> 00:41:17,643
[cheering]

535
00:41:17,723 --> 00:41:20,123
[emotional music playing]

536
00:41:28,283 --> 00:41:29,443
[indistinct chattering]

537
00:41:32,443 --> 00:41:34,363
[squeals] Oh!

538
00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:41,203
-[woman] Whoo! Whoo!
-[cheering continues]

539
00:41:41,283 --> 00:41:44,323
[music soaring]

540
00:41:44,923 --> 00:41:47,123
[Michael, in German]
Corinna has given me great support,

541
00:41:47,203 --> 00:41:48,523
and she certainly is doing so now.

542
00:41:48,603 --> 00:41:54,243
That's why Corinna wanted to come,
and I wanted her to come too.

543
00:41:54,323 --> 00:41:58,883
And it looks like
she's brought me luck again.

544
00:42:01,043 --> 00:42:02,563
[cheering fades]

545
00:42:10,043 --> 00:42:13,043
[Corinna, in German]
Actually, I always went with him

546
00:42:13,123 --> 00:42:14,683
throughout those years.

547
00:42:14,763 --> 00:42:19,043
It might have been in the bus
or somewhere behind the scenes,

548
00:42:19,643 --> 00:42:22,123
but I was always on the road with him.

549
00:42:22,203 --> 00:42:24,483
We always enjoyed it together.

550
00:42:27,683 --> 00:42:30,843
It was a support to him,

551
00:42:30,923 --> 00:42:33,763
just knowing he wasn't alone.

552
00:42:40,763 --> 00:42:46,163
Because we were traveling
around the world, changing time zones,

553
00:42:46,243 --> 00:42:50,563
we really did make sure
that he slept well.

554
00:42:50,643 --> 00:42:55,763
And Michael planned practically
everything down to the minute.

555
00:42:55,843 --> 00:43:00,203
Get up at such-and-such a time,
15 to 20 minutes in the bathroom.

556
00:43:00,283 --> 00:43:04,763
One night, when we were in Suzuka,
I realized there was no way

557
00:43:04,843 --> 00:43:07,803
I was going to fall asleep,

558
00:43:07,883 --> 00:43:11,003
so I spent half the night
sitting on the toilet,

559
00:43:11,083 --> 00:43:16,603
in order not to wake him up,
to let him have a good night's sleep.

560
00:43:16,683 --> 00:43:19,203
So I read my book in there.

561
00:43:19,283 --> 00:43:22,003
On the other hand, when we were at home

562
00:43:22,083 --> 00:43:24,363
and Michael had to leave early,

563
00:43:24,443 --> 00:43:26,243
I never heard him.

564
00:43:26,843 --> 00:43:28,923
[clicks tongue] He was so quiet.

565
00:43:29,003 --> 00:43:33,083
He always came to my bed
just before he left,

566
00:43:33,163 --> 00:43:37,363
stroked my arm, gave me a kiss,
and said, "I'm leaving."

567
00:43:37,443 --> 00:43:40,403
And he was gone. He never woke me.

568
00:43:40,483 --> 00:43:42,683
He was always very considerate towards me.

569
00:43:47,963 --> 00:43:49,323
-[horns blaring]
-[crowd cheering]

570
00:43:49,403 --> 00:43:53,363
[inspirational music playing]

571
00:43:53,443 --> 00:43:56,163
[Walker, in English] The crowd is roaring.
The flags are waving.

572
00:43:56,243 --> 00:44:01,243
To greet home their idol
and their hero, Michael Schumacher.

573
00:44:01,323 --> 00:44:04,203
And he wins the German Grand Prix.

574
00:44:05,283 --> 00:44:07,083
There is the hero.

575
00:44:07,163 --> 00:44:11,683
And there are the people
who admire and venerate him.

576
00:44:12,603 --> 00:44:15,683
-There are over 100,000 Germans here.
-[music intensifies]

577
00:44:15,763 --> 00:44:18,723
This is what
they have waited for for so long,

578
00:44:18,803 --> 00:44:22,083
to see a German win the German Grand Prix.

579
00:44:26,123 --> 00:44:29,963
Michael Schumacher enters
the last corner of the last race

580
00:44:30,043 --> 00:44:34,923
of the last lap
to win the Pacific Grand Prix in Japan

581
00:44:35,003 --> 00:44:38,323
and to become the World Champion of 1995

582
00:44:38,403 --> 00:44:42,163
as he was the World Champion of 1994.

583
00:44:42,243 --> 00:44:45,483
And, uh, no further proof is needed

584
00:44:45,563 --> 00:44:48,283
that he is the best driver of his day.

585
00:44:53,883 --> 00:44:55,883
-[indistinct chattering]
-[laughing]

586
00:45:03,403 --> 00:45:07,243
I don't think Michael ever wanted
to keep increasing the numbers

587
00:45:07,323 --> 00:45:08,883
of World Championships.

588
00:45:08,963 --> 00:45:11,163
If he'd stayed at Benetton,
I think he'd have won

589
00:45:11,243 --> 00:45:14,043
the World Championship in '96 as well.

590
00:45:14,123 --> 00:45:16,003
But that didn't motivate him anymore.

591
00:45:27,883 --> 00:45:31,363
When you're in the car,
you are controlling your own destiny.

592
00:45:33,163 --> 00:45:34,043
Yeah.

593
00:45:35,883 --> 00:45:37,403
You only get one chance.

594
00:45:37,483 --> 00:45:40,163
[Willi Weber, in German] In Formula One,
everyone is very discrete.

595
00:45:40,243 --> 00:45:43,963
No one would approach
a driver in the pit and say,

596
00:45:44,043 --> 00:45:46,083
"Can we talk?" Never.

597
00:45:46,163 --> 00:45:49,243
[in French]
He received a number of offers.

598
00:45:49,883 --> 00:45:51,443
He could stay where he was.

599
00:45:52,003 --> 00:45:57,003
At McLaren, he could drive
one of their cars with a Mercedes motor.

600
00:45:58,243 --> 00:46:00,443
And he could come to Ferrari.

601
00:46:01,563 --> 00:46:03,203
[Willi Weber, in German] At that time,

602
00:46:03,283 --> 00:46:05,803
Niki Lauda was working
for Ferrari as a consultant.

603
00:46:05,883 --> 00:46:08,923
The situation at Ferrari
was anything but good.

604
00:46:10,243 --> 00:46:12,283
Niki Lauda approached me and said,

605
00:46:13,283 --> 00:46:18,243
"At McLaren, he'd just be one of many
who get in a car and win races."

606
00:46:18,323 --> 00:46:24,083
"At Ferrari, he'd be an exceptional driver
who, after their fallow years,

607
00:46:24,163 --> 00:46:26,243
would win races with this Ferrari."

608
00:46:26,323 --> 00:46:29,883
And that appealed to his fighting spirit,

609
00:46:29,963 --> 00:46:33,243
which he'd developed as a go-kart driver.

610
00:46:33,323 --> 00:46:36,123
He'd won with used karts and tires,

611
00:46:36,203 --> 00:46:38,443
so why shouldn't he do that at Ferrari?

612
00:46:39,243 --> 00:46:40,643
My last piece of advice was,

613
00:46:40,723 --> 00:46:42,883
"If you become
World Champion in a Ferrari,

614
00:46:42,963 --> 00:46:46,123
you can throw away your passport."

615
00:46:46,203 --> 00:46:48,923
-[crowd cheering in distance]
-[pensive music playing]

616
00:46:51,083 --> 00:46:53,803
-[woman shouting] Schumacher!
-[fans calling, shouting]

617
00:47:02,563 --> 00:47:04,843
-[crowd buzzing]
-[music continues]

618
00:47:12,403 --> 00:47:14,083
[crowd buzzing, applauding]

619
00:47:26,363 --> 00:47:28,963
[Todt, in French]
Ferrari is the oldest team.

620
00:47:29,603 --> 00:47:35,723
And in Italy, Ferrari is like a religion.

621
00:47:36,363 --> 00:47:42,043
So, there's an expectation.
There's a passion for Ferrari in Italy.

622
00:47:45,203 --> 00:47:51,203
[in English] Expectations on any driver
who goes to race for Ferrari are enormous.

623
00:47:51,283 --> 00:47:53,363
[PA announcer indistinct]

624
00:47:53,443 --> 00:47:55,803
[Williams]
The Ferrari President said, you know,

625
00:47:55,883 --> 00:47:58,003
"Well, last year we had
two very good drivers,

626
00:47:58,083 --> 00:48:00,523
but this year we have a star."

627
00:48:02,483 --> 00:48:06,283
[Luca di Montezemolo] Drive a Ferrari
means to have a lot of pressure.

628
00:48:06,363 --> 00:48:09,963
Drive a Ferrari means
that if you don't win, you are an idiot.

629
00:48:10,843 --> 00:48:16,363
Drive a Ferrari means
to have also responsibility

630
00:48:16,443 --> 00:48:20,243
because you drive
not a normal Formula One car,

631
00:48:20,323 --> 00:48:21,803
but you drive a legend.

632
00:48:21,883 --> 00:48:24,763
You drive something unique.

633
00:48:27,363 --> 00:48:30,723
[Eddie Irvine]
We joined Ferrari at the same time, '96.

634
00:48:31,403 --> 00:48:34,963
I remember when I sat in the car,
I said, "It looks worryingly different

635
00:48:35,043 --> 00:48:36,323
to everything else."

636
00:48:37,163 --> 00:48:38,723
And, unfortunately,

637
00:48:38,803 --> 00:48:41,163
I was proved correct. [chuckles]

638
00:48:41,243 --> 00:48:42,563
That car was a disaster.

639
00:48:42,643 --> 00:48:43,843
[engine revving]

640
00:48:48,203 --> 00:48:51,403
[Eddie Irvine] So, for quite a while,
we really didn't understand

641
00:48:51,483 --> 00:48:53,123
how bad the car was.

642
00:48:53,203 --> 00:48:58,123
And, as it turned out,
it was pretty unfixable, really.

643
00:48:58,203 --> 00:49:01,603
The basic philosophy of the car was wrong.

644
00:49:02,723 --> 00:49:05,723
[commentator] Here this morning,
Damon Hill clouted Frentzen.

645
00:49:05,803 --> 00:49:07,963
And that's a problem
for Schumacher already.

646
00:49:08,043 --> 00:49:11,363
Looks like Schumacher's engine is gone
on the warm-up lap.

647
00:49:13,003 --> 00:49:14,723
[Walker] Now, that is incredible!

648
00:49:14,803 --> 00:49:19,483
And he has, before the race begins,
wrecked. Schumacher is out of it.

649
00:49:20,083 --> 00:49:24,003
At the French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours,
he didn't make the start.

650
00:49:24,083 --> 00:49:26,163
It was… It was a lame duck of a car.

651
00:49:26,243 --> 00:49:30,403
And Michael was… was in the car
on the back of a tow truck.

652
00:49:31,003 --> 00:49:33,443
It was like a symbol of impotence.

653
00:49:36,683 --> 00:49:38,723
[Michael] I'm not sure
whether we're going to solve

654
00:49:38,803 --> 00:49:41,203
all these problems, uh,
in a couple of months.

655
00:49:41,923 --> 00:49:43,323
I… I don't see the… the point.

656
00:49:43,403 --> 00:49:46,323
We… We are in a position really
to win the Championship.

657
00:49:46,403 --> 00:49:50,443
It must… must be a lot of luck,
and, uh, and maybe a dream.

658
00:49:50,523 --> 00:49:54,123
But because I'm not a dreamer,
I am a realistic person, uh,

659
00:49:54,203 --> 00:49:56,243
I think it's… it's true what I'm saying.

660
00:50:09,003 --> 00:50:14,683
In that first season, I remember,
on the Friday night before the race,

661
00:50:14,763 --> 00:50:17,483
everybody had gone,
all the drivers had gone,

662
00:50:17,563 --> 00:50:19,003
the team personnel had gone.

663
00:50:20,203 --> 00:50:21,923
But in the Ferrari garage,

664
00:50:23,083 --> 00:50:26,083
there was a car being worked on.
It was Michael's car.

665
00:50:26,163 --> 00:50:28,763
There were three mechanics and Michael.

666
00:50:29,403 --> 00:50:32,003
And Michael was talking quietly
to the mechanics.

667
00:50:33,283 --> 00:50:39,203
I got such a strong impression
of how hard Michael was willing to work,

668
00:50:39,283 --> 00:50:43,603
how he would be the last one
in the garage every night, with mechanics.

669
00:50:44,203 --> 00:50:46,923
You know, he wouldn't leave early
to go off and do something else.

670
00:50:47,003 --> 00:50:49,243
He would be there, with them,

671
00:50:49,323 --> 00:50:52,563
working with them,
making them feel his presence.

672
00:50:52,643 --> 00:50:56,763
Making them feel he cared
about their work on the cars.

673
00:50:57,403 --> 00:51:00,043
And that transformed the team.

674
00:51:02,603 --> 00:51:05,883
[Corinna, in German] Michael was always
one of the last to leave.

675
00:51:05,963 --> 00:51:11,363
In the years with Ferrari,
he would be in meetings till ten at night.

676
00:51:11,443 --> 00:51:16,163
We never went out for a nice dinner
at a restaurant.

677
00:51:16,243 --> 00:51:19,963
No. We sat in this tent the whole time.

678
00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:23,563
I waited, we ate pasta,

679
00:51:23,643 --> 00:51:26,083
we talked,

680
00:51:26,163 --> 00:51:29,803
then he was gone again,
another meeting, then he came back.

681
00:51:29,883 --> 00:51:34,563
But I was thankful
for every minute we could spend together.

682
00:51:34,643 --> 00:51:35,803
[indistinct chattering]

683
00:51:36,923 --> 00:51:39,123
[Eddie Irvine, in English]
Michael is super professional.

684
00:51:39,203 --> 00:51:41,883
He just said,
"Listen, we gotta work through this."

685
00:51:41,963 --> 00:51:43,803
And he worked very, very hard.

686
00:51:44,403 --> 00:51:48,363
The great thing about Michael
being in the team

687
00:51:49,323 --> 00:51:52,883
was everybody knew there was nobody
who could drive like he could drive.

688
00:51:56,403 --> 00:51:59,883
[Walker] During the night,
the rain absolutely hammered down.

689
00:51:59,963 --> 00:52:03,243
It has continued to do so all day.

690
00:52:03,323 --> 00:52:06,803
The prospects are for a totally wet race.

691
00:52:08,203 --> 00:52:12,283
[commentator] And there is the Ferrari
of Michael Schumacher.

692
00:52:12,363 --> 00:52:15,563
He's got past Gerhard Berger.
He's up into third place.

693
00:52:15,643 --> 00:52:18,363
And he's right behind Villeneuve and Alesi

694
00:52:18,443 --> 00:52:21,083
and will soon be challenging for the lead.

695
00:52:23,003 --> 00:52:25,763
[Ross Brawn] If you got a terrible car,
it's still terrible in the rain.

696
00:52:25,843 --> 00:52:27,243
You can't overcome that.

697
00:52:27,323 --> 00:52:30,363
In Barcelona,
he managed to find a way of driving and…

698
00:52:30,443 --> 00:52:34,923
and coping and, uh,
and adapting his style.

699
00:52:35,003 --> 00:52:37,763
I don't think there were
many drivers who could do that.

700
00:52:39,043 --> 00:52:41,923
He just disappeared,
and no one was anywhere near him.

701
00:52:45,803 --> 00:52:47,923
[Walker]
The genius of Michael Schumacher

702
00:52:48,003 --> 00:52:50,723
is making up
for the deficiencies of the Ferrari.

703
00:52:50,803 --> 00:52:54,603
This is classic racing
in appalling conditions.

704
00:53:01,883 --> 00:53:03,843
[Ross Brawn] You know,
he always loved the rain.

705
00:53:03,923 --> 00:53:06,203
You can jump to a different level.

706
00:53:06,283 --> 00:53:08,963
And I think those are the circumstances

707
00:53:09,043 --> 00:53:12,323
which demonstrate
the true geniuses in the sport.

708
00:53:16,523 --> 00:53:19,283
[Ralf, in German] As kids,
we only drove on slicks in the rain.

709
00:53:19,363 --> 00:53:22,483
We went to the go-kart track
whenever we could.

710
00:53:23,283 --> 00:53:27,163
This allows you to develop
incredible control over the car.

711
00:53:27,243 --> 00:53:31,123
You gain confidence in it
and become one with it.

712
00:53:31,203 --> 00:53:34,923
And then you can perform
these otherwise impossible miracles.

713
00:53:47,243 --> 00:53:49,643
[Walker]
It is gonna be an historic win

714
00:53:49,723 --> 00:53:51,643
for Schumacher, for Ferrari.

715
00:53:51,723 --> 00:53:53,243
The last corner!

716
00:53:53,323 --> 00:53:57,923
And Michael Schumacher wins
the Spanish Grand Prix

717
00:53:58,003 --> 00:54:01,523
after an absolutely superlative drive.

718
00:54:06,123 --> 00:54:10,123
[Eddie Irvine] To win races in that car
was the greatest achievements,

719
00:54:10,203 --> 00:54:12,883
I would say, of any driver.

720
00:54:12,963 --> 00:54:16,363
It's… It's… It's beyond credibility
how that happened.

721
00:54:16,443 --> 00:54:18,243
I have no idea how can he can do that.

722
00:54:18,323 --> 00:54:20,323
-[horns blaring]
-[crowd cheering]

723
00:54:24,003 --> 00:54:25,323
[indistinct chattering]

724
00:54:31,683 --> 00:54:36,963
The challenge of taking Ferrari
back to World Championship level

725
00:54:37,043 --> 00:54:39,243
is a challenge
that Michael couldn't resist.

726
00:54:39,763 --> 00:54:42,803
I talked to him about it
quite extensively, actually.

727
00:54:42,883 --> 00:54:45,523
And he just felt
that the right thing to do

728
00:54:45,603 --> 00:54:48,603
was to take on that challenge
and make Ferrari great again.

729
00:54:48,683 --> 00:54:53,203
Give them back the title
that Ferrari had been wanting since 1979.

730
00:54:59,443 --> 00:55:03,523
He wanted to do something that,
you know, hadn't been done by Prost,

731
00:55:03,603 --> 00:55:06,563
hadn't been done by Senna,
hadn't been done by any of the drivers

732
00:55:06,643 --> 00:55:07,803
in… in recent history.

733
00:55:08,483 --> 00:55:10,523
That was a real challenge.

734
00:55:17,003 --> 00:55:22,243
1997. There was a feeling now, going into
the second year with Michael at Ferrari,

735
00:55:22,323 --> 00:55:24,723
that they should be challenging
for the Championship.

736
00:55:24,803 --> 00:55:27,203
In a way, the momentum was with him.

737
00:55:28,003 --> 00:55:30,923
The Tifosi's expectations were very high.

738
00:55:31,003 --> 00:55:35,483
We knew we were gonna have a real showdown
between Villeneuve and Schumacher.

739
00:55:43,763 --> 00:55:47,923
[in German] I hope it'll be a real duel
between us on the track,

740
00:55:48,003 --> 00:55:49,563
and that neither teammates

741
00:55:49,643 --> 00:55:53,483
nor lapped drivers
nor any other drivers intervene.

742
00:55:55,803 --> 00:55:58,723
[interviewer in English] What do you think
will be the key to victory here?

743
00:55:58,803 --> 00:56:00,803
Well, first of all, not being taken off.

744
00:56:00,883 --> 00:56:02,923
[chuckles] That will be very important.

745
00:56:03,003 --> 00:56:05,923
And then just being fast,
being quicker than Michael. That's all.

746
00:56:10,403 --> 00:56:13,923
[Walker] And it's go!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Villeneuve gets away,

747
00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:16,763
and Schumacher gets away
better, better, better!

748
00:56:16,843 --> 00:56:21,483
Michael Schumacher leads
and up alongside Villeneuve.

749
00:56:22,003 --> 00:56:25,083
[suspenseful music playing]

750
00:56:25,163 --> 00:56:27,443
We knew that Jacques had a quicker car.

751
00:56:27,523 --> 00:56:30,683
It was just a question of whether or not
he and the team would be able

752
00:56:30,763 --> 00:56:35,083
to use strategy and speed
to get the better of Michael.

753
00:56:45,403 --> 00:56:47,963
[Walker] And the gap
between Michael Schumacher

754
00:56:48,043 --> 00:56:52,443
and Jacques Villeneuve
is down to just over one second.

755
00:56:54,043 --> 00:56:57,363
Some kind of gearshift problem,
because Villeneuve is all over him, look!

756
00:56:57,443 --> 00:56:59,403
He's through! Oh yes!

757
00:57:06,723 --> 00:57:09,603
[distorted engines decelerating]

758
00:57:09,683 --> 00:57:10,923
[thump]

759
00:57:12,123 --> 00:57:13,483
[engines buzzing normally]

760
00:57:23,043 --> 00:57:24,083
[engine whirring]

761
00:57:26,723 --> 00:57:27,563
[engine stops]

762
00:57:31,203 --> 00:57:35,003
In his mind,
Jacques Villeneuve had hit him.

763
00:57:35,083 --> 00:57:36,643
He wasn't putting on an act.

764
00:57:37,283 --> 00:57:39,523
In his head, that's what happened.

765
00:57:41,203 --> 00:57:45,203
So, in that fraction of a second,
what happened with him?

766
00:57:45,283 --> 00:57:48,003
Who knows? It… It wasn't a conscious--

767
00:57:48,083 --> 00:57:50,043
It wasn't a premeditated act.

768
00:57:50,723 --> 00:57:54,683
It was something which happened,
and he came back and was convinced.

769
00:57:54,763 --> 00:57:58,003
And he wasn't trying to convince others
that he'd not done wrong.

770
00:58:03,443 --> 00:58:05,443
[engines buzzing]

771
00:58:12,603 --> 00:58:15,523
[Luca di Montezemolo] For Michael,
it was, in a psychological point of view,

772
00:58:15,603 --> 00:58:17,123
a very difficult moment.

773
00:58:17,203 --> 00:58:19,683
He was in the lead. Ten laps to go,

774
00:58:20,283 --> 00:58:25,443
to win, in 1997, the Championship
in the second season with Ferrari.

775
00:58:28,523 --> 00:58:30,763
[Ross Brawn]
Michael came back to the pits,

776
00:58:30,843 --> 00:58:33,083
convinced that Jacques had hit him.

777
00:58:34,683 --> 00:58:39,163
And then, when we showed him the video,
he realized that that wasn't the case.

778
00:58:39,243 --> 00:58:44,563
Um, that… that he had driven
into Jacques Villeneuve.

779
00:58:44,643 --> 00:58:46,563
And it was one of those moments

780
00:58:46,643 --> 00:58:51,043
that Michael had two or three times
in his career, where his commitment,

781
00:58:51,123 --> 00:58:54,403
his competitiveness, his dedication,

782
00:58:54,483 --> 00:58:56,683
just went that one step too far.

783
00:58:56,763 --> 00:58:59,443
It's a very difficult thing
for us to judge,

784
00:58:59,523 --> 00:59:02,003
but I think
he overstepped the mark that day.

785
00:59:02,083 --> 00:59:03,643
[muffled engines buzzing]

786
00:59:09,563 --> 00:59:12,323
[Mark Webber] Often,
he overstepped the mark

787
00:59:12,403 --> 00:59:13,923
when he really didn't need to.

788
00:59:14,003 --> 00:59:17,923
When he had done enough,
whether it was qualifying, he had pole,

789
00:59:18,003 --> 00:59:20,803
whether it was a race victory
which he had in the back,

790
00:59:20,883 --> 00:59:24,323
whether it was a one-on-one,
a battle with somebody.

791
00:59:24,403 --> 00:59:27,883
You know, at times,
did he have always to believe in himself?

792
00:59:27,963 --> 00:59:32,123
That he was doing the right things?
Because there was this paranoid perfection

793
00:59:32,203 --> 00:59:35,003
that he needed always
to do more to prove more to himself.

794
00:59:35,083 --> 00:59:38,363
Because ultimately, a lot of the time,
he was racing himself. [chuckles]

795
00:59:38,443 --> 00:59:40,603
He was battling with himself.

796
00:59:40,683 --> 00:59:43,523
That, "Have I done enough today?
Do I want to do more?"

797
00:59:43,603 --> 00:59:45,523
"How am I gonna destroy the opposition?"

798
00:59:45,603 --> 00:59:47,603
"What do I need to do…" [inhales]

799
00:59:47,683 --> 00:59:51,403
"…to continue to be the main man?"

800
00:59:52,003 --> 00:59:53,683
SCHUMI, THAT'S INSANE!

801
00:59:53,763 --> 00:59:56,003
VILLENEUVE REAL CHAMPION

802
00:59:56,083 --> 01:00:00,123
"I'M NOT TO BLAME, I'D DO IT AGAIN"

803
01:00:00,203 --> 01:00:05,643
SCHUMI LOSES HIS SMILE

804
01:00:07,643 --> 01:00:10,803
I think people that are
and want to be in control

805
01:00:11,643 --> 01:00:13,803
don´t want to accept the fact,

806
01:00:14,643 --> 01:00:16,283
"Maybe I did it wrong."

807
01:00:17,043 --> 01:00:19,723
So, that wasn't his character.

808
01:00:21,843 --> 01:00:23,603
[in German] Michael is a Capricorn.

809
01:00:24,483 --> 01:00:26,563
He was born under the sign of Capricorn.

810
01:00:26,643 --> 01:00:29,363
And a Capricorn never apologizes,

811
01:00:29,443 --> 01:00:32,163
can't apologize, and never makes mistakes.

812
01:00:32,243 --> 01:00:36,563
The word "mistake" doesn't exist
for a Capricorn. He never makes any.

813
01:00:39,723 --> 01:00:42,643
-[man] Morning from London, Michael.
-[man 2] How are you feeling, Michael?

814
01:00:43,723 --> 01:00:45,843
[man speaking German]

815
01:00:53,363 --> 01:00:59,083
[in English] All the races before,
I've been put onto the sky from the press,

816
01:00:59,163 --> 01:01:00,723
and suddenly after that weekend,

817
01:01:00,803 --> 01:01:03,203
I have been put
into the ground from the press.

818
01:01:03,283 --> 01:01:04,643
Obviously, uh,

819
01:01:06,283 --> 01:01:08,283
I'm as much a human being as… as anyone.

820
01:01:08,363 --> 01:01:13,083
And things can happen to me
as they can happen to anyone else.

821
01:01:13,163 --> 01:01:19,203
And it happened to me,
which I didn't want to admit at the time.

822
01:01:19,283 --> 01:01:22,963
But now I have no chance than to admit,
and I understand what I did.

823
01:01:23,043 --> 01:01:26,043
[somber music playing]

824
01:01:31,803 --> 01:01:34,843
The governing body had a look at it
and basically disqualified him

825
01:01:34,923 --> 01:01:36,723
from the '97 Championship.

826
01:01:37,403 --> 01:01:40,603
It is quite a big deal,
which has never happened before

827
01:01:40,683 --> 01:01:41,683
in this sport.

828
01:01:42,763 --> 01:01:45,483
-[shutters clicking]
-[man] Michael, any comment?

829
01:01:48,923 --> 01:01:49,763
[car door shuts]

830
01:02:04,763 --> 01:02:06,563
[Corinna, in German]
We stayed in the chalet.

831
01:02:06,643 --> 01:02:12,523
We played a lot of games
because he wanted to unwind a bit.

832
01:02:12,603 --> 01:02:15,643
It was a wonderful time with many friends.

833
01:02:15,723 --> 01:02:19,443
Sometimes there were 30 of us there,
and we really had a lot of fun.

834
01:02:20,163 --> 01:02:24,123
We took everybody with us.
Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie.

835
01:02:25,243 --> 01:02:28,043
The whole plane was full.
We really enjoyed it.

836
01:02:28,123 --> 01:02:30,923
[gentle music playing]

837
01:02:41,243 --> 01:02:42,363
[man laughs]

838
01:02:42,443 --> 01:02:45,283
-[chattering in German]
-[male voices laughing]

839
01:03:09,843 --> 01:03:14,483
[Corinna] He really enjoyed going there.
We were there for six weeks.

840
01:03:15,603 --> 01:03:20,363
And we didn't talk much about Formula One

841
01:03:20,443 --> 01:03:23,723
or anything relating to his work.

842
01:03:23,803 --> 01:03:25,283
We just had fun.

843
01:03:25,363 --> 01:03:26,723
[chattering in German]

844
01:03:41,963 --> 01:03:46,123
[Corinna] Michael exercised a little,
but not that much during that time.

845
01:03:46,203 --> 01:03:49,483
When the testing started again, he said,

846
01:03:49,603 --> 01:03:53,563
"I'm curious to see if I'm still
fast enough, if I can still do it."

847
01:03:54,163 --> 01:04:00,123
Michael always had self-doubts
in that respect. "Can I still do it?"

848
01:04:09,523 --> 01:04:12,363
[Sabine Kehm]
It was very important to Michael

849
01:04:12,443 --> 01:04:14,363
that nobody in the team ever noticed

850
01:04:14,443 --> 01:04:17,643
when he was really struggling,
gritting his teeth,

851
01:04:17,723 --> 01:04:21,083
maybe even having doubts
or feeling desperate.

852
01:04:25,723 --> 01:04:27,963
He was extremely good at hiding that.

853
01:04:28,043 --> 01:04:33,043
Because outwardly,
when he went to the garage

854
01:04:33,123 --> 01:04:38,763
or anywhere he could be seen,
he was energetic and dynamic.

855
01:04:41,403 --> 01:04:44,043
[in English]
He had realized very, very early on

856
01:04:44,123 --> 01:04:45,523
in his racing career

857
01:04:45,603 --> 01:04:48,603
that you only get out what you put in.

858
01:04:48,683 --> 01:04:50,363
And that became his mantra.

859
01:04:50,443 --> 01:04:52,803
It had to be absolute all-out commitment.

860
01:04:52,883 --> 01:04:54,003
It is like a war.

861
01:04:54,083 --> 01:04:57,403
If you don't go all in,
then you're not going to come out on top.

862
01:04:57,483 --> 01:05:00,163
And that is the philosophy
of Michael Schumacher.

863
01:05:08,163 --> 01:05:10,963
[Gianluca Pilot, in Italian] In the car,
everything had to be perfect.

864
01:05:11,043 --> 01:05:13,523
He always paid close attention to detail

865
01:05:13,603 --> 01:05:17,043
and demanded that we do exactly the same.

866
01:05:18,003 --> 01:05:22,683
And with people, too,
he had an incredible eye for detail.

867
01:05:22,763 --> 01:05:27,243
He always had a smile, a "Thank you,"
and a "Please" for everyone,

868
01:05:27,323 --> 01:05:29,723
even at times of great tension.

869
01:05:29,803 --> 01:05:34,563
This was the attention to detail
that he dedicated to each of us.

870
01:05:34,643 --> 01:05:39,843
To him, the car was important,
the team was important, with everyone.

871
01:05:40,603 --> 01:05:44,803
[in English] There were days
when Michael would make the difference.

872
01:05:44,883 --> 01:05:49,283
You know, a driver can be so influential
in those things, motivating the team.

873
01:05:50,323 --> 01:05:52,763
Michael knew all the staff.

874
01:05:52,843 --> 01:05:56,083
He knew their names
and sometimes knew their wives' names.

875
01:05:56,163 --> 01:05:59,923
He would play football with them.
You know, he was a great motivator.

876
01:06:00,443 --> 01:06:02,963
And people would do an enormous amount

877
01:06:03,043 --> 01:06:06,803
to support Michael
and… and try and make him successful.

878
01:06:08,843 --> 01:06:11,963
[Corinna, in German]
If you can fill everyone with enthusiasm,

879
01:06:12,043 --> 01:06:15,163
then they'll do everything for you
and enjoy doing it.

880
01:06:16,283 --> 01:06:18,043
I think that's the key.

881
01:06:18,123 --> 01:06:22,723
Even the guy who cooked their pasta
was happy when he came

882
01:06:22,803 --> 01:06:25,763
because he always thanked him and said,
"Your pasta is the best!"

883
01:06:25,843 --> 01:06:29,483
He said, "Pasta aglio e olio! That's it!"

884
01:06:29,563 --> 01:06:30,723
He loved it.

885
01:06:31,683 --> 01:06:35,963
Even the cook was
a totally integral part of the team.

886
01:06:36,043 --> 01:06:40,203
It was a big family
that made us feel secure.

887
01:06:43,243 --> 01:06:44,723
-[applauding]
-[whistling]

888
01:06:47,763 --> 01:06:49,963
[Michael, in English]
I think my mechanics, my engineers,

889
01:06:50,043 --> 01:06:51,923
they know now what to think about me.

890
01:06:52,003 --> 01:06:55,123
They trust 100% myself. I trust 100% them.

891
01:06:56,443 --> 01:06:59,683
Every time I'm on the…
on the circuit the whole day,

892
01:06:59,763 --> 01:07:02,643
I think about what I can change

893
01:07:03,483 --> 01:07:05,163
on the car to make it quicker.

894
01:07:06,243 --> 01:07:07,203
[engine buzzing]

895
01:07:11,283 --> 01:07:14,283
[Allen] They were spraying
their track to test the wet tires.

896
01:07:14,363 --> 01:07:17,723
They were testing the intermediate tires.
They were trying different things

897
01:07:17,803 --> 01:07:20,443
if they wanted to stay on
until it was almost dark.

898
01:07:22,283 --> 01:07:24,723
The amount of hours that he put in

899
01:07:24,803 --> 01:07:28,083
on developing the car
and testing outside of the public view

900
01:07:28,163 --> 01:07:29,883
of the Grand Prix is incredible.

901
01:08:06,963 --> 01:08:09,203
[Eddie Irvine] We'd start testing
at eight in the morning,

902
01:08:09,283 --> 01:08:11,643
sometimes we'd finish
at like eight o'clock at night.

903
01:08:15,363 --> 01:08:17,043
He demanded a lot from himself.

904
01:08:19,043 --> 01:08:22,083
He was just on such a limit

905
01:08:22,723 --> 01:08:25,043
to try and get the results
in cars that weren't

906
01:08:26,123 --> 01:08:28,043
as good as the opposition's.

907
01:08:34,363 --> 01:08:36,963
McLaren was just
fundamentally so much better

908
01:08:37,043 --> 01:08:39,083
that there was no way
we were gonna catch up.

909
01:08:39,163 --> 01:08:41,683
-[indistinct chattering]
-[inaudible]

910
01:08:41,763 --> 01:08:44,563
[Eddie Irvine]
That really got to him, you know?

911
01:08:44,643 --> 01:08:46,003
As it would anybody.

912
01:08:55,083 --> 01:08:59,603
Schumacher, who'd been developing
the Ferrari with the team,

913
01:08:59,683 --> 01:09:02,043
you know,
making it more and more competitive,

914
01:09:02,123 --> 01:09:04,323
discovered that he had a new rival.

915
01:09:04,403 --> 01:09:08,003
The latest Flying Finn, Mika Häkkinen.

916
01:09:08,083 --> 01:09:09,483
[indistinct chattering]

917
01:09:14,203 --> 01:09:15,923
Right from the first test

918
01:09:16,003 --> 01:09:19,803
Mika Häkkinen knew that he had
a monstrous weapon in his hands.

919
01:09:19,883 --> 01:09:22,443
The McLaren was a rocket ship that year.

920
01:09:22,523 --> 01:09:25,363
And Ferrari had to fight really hard

921
01:09:25,443 --> 01:09:27,923
to develop their car to be able to match.

922
01:09:29,603 --> 01:09:32,443
[Walker] Mika Häkkinen leading.
Where is Michael Schumacher?

923
01:09:33,083 --> 01:09:35,163
…a tremendous flume of spray.

924
01:09:35,243 --> 01:09:38,483
Mika Häkkinen, of course,
has got a clear track in front of him…

925
01:09:44,043 --> 01:09:47,603
Mika Häkkinen is gonna give him
a hard time right from the beginning.

926
01:09:47,683 --> 01:09:51,003
[intense music playing]

927
01:10:01,643 --> 01:10:05,403
The pendulum swung between Häkkinen
and Schumacher throughout the year.

928
01:10:05,483 --> 01:10:09,363
Häkkinen made a few mistakes.
Schumacher had some… some brilliant races.

929
01:10:10,003 --> 01:10:12,643
And he was in contention
for that World Championship.

930
01:10:13,763 --> 01:10:16,163
[Mika] Michael was definitely on edge.

931
01:10:16,243 --> 01:10:21,283
His approach of winning
was that there was no fear.

932
01:10:22,003 --> 01:10:24,603
There was no thinking that

933
01:10:24,683 --> 01:10:27,163
"I can get hurt
or somebody else can get hurt."

934
01:10:29,843 --> 01:10:31,483
I did go to speak to Michael.

935
01:10:31,563 --> 01:10:34,083
I said, "Look, you know, man,
you cannot do this."

936
01:10:35,723 --> 01:10:38,723
"You cannot do this
when we go such a high speed,

937
01:10:38,803 --> 01:10:41,603
300 kilometers per hour,
and I come so much quicker."

938
01:10:41,683 --> 01:10:43,043
"You cannot block me."

939
01:10:43,643 --> 01:10:47,243
And he was just
lifting his shoulders basically

940
01:10:47,323 --> 01:10:49,003
and said, "Mika, this is racing."

941
01:10:50,563 --> 01:10:53,043
Final move, you move again.

942
01:10:55,163 --> 01:10:58,123
-Before you come in…
-Yeah. Yeah.

943
01:10:58,643 --> 01:11:01,923
We had great fun and respect
for somebody's success.

944
01:11:02,003 --> 01:11:04,483
And vice versa. We have our own life.

945
01:11:04,563 --> 01:11:08,283
Uh, and in a racetrack,
we were competitors.

946
01:11:09,203 --> 01:11:10,923
So, it's difficult to be a friend.

947
01:11:11,563 --> 01:11:13,563
I think there…
there's the two sides, isn't there?

948
01:11:13,643 --> 01:11:15,403
There's Michael, the racing driver,

949
01:11:15,483 --> 01:11:20,443
uncompromising, fast,
you know, determined, um, hard racer.

950
01:11:20,523 --> 01:11:23,763
And then there's, of course,
Michael the private man, the family man.

951
01:11:23,843 --> 01:11:26,763
Um, you know,
I've had many social evenings with him…

952
01:11:26,843 --> 01:11:27,683
[inhales]

953
01:11:27,763 --> 01:11:28,963
…drinking Bacardi-Coke,

954
01:11:29,043 --> 01:11:31,963
and he'd have a cigar,
and he was a completely different person.

955
01:11:32,043 --> 01:11:34,643
Because, of course, at that point,
there's no competition.

956
01:11:34,723 --> 01:11:37,403
It's just sharing… sharing
a nice social moment together.

957
01:11:41,523 --> 01:11:45,603
[Corinna, in German] At parties, he was
the first to arrive and the last to leave.

958
01:11:45,683 --> 01:11:46,843
He loved it.

959
01:11:51,363 --> 01:11:55,923
We laughed so much, had so much real fun.

960
01:11:56,003 --> 01:11:59,963
And the kids still remember that,
that it was always fun.

961
01:12:00,043 --> 01:12:03,403
Michael loved
throwing people into the pool.

962
01:12:03,483 --> 01:12:05,883
We all ended up in the pool every time.

963
01:12:05,963 --> 01:12:08,043
That was Michael's thing.

964
01:12:08,123 --> 01:12:11,523
Even at our wedding,
people were thrown into the pool.

965
01:12:13,043 --> 01:12:14,843
He couldn't sing well.

966
01:12:14,923 --> 01:12:17,803
It was one of the things
he didn't do so well.

967
01:12:17,883 --> 01:12:22,243
But he always sang "My Way"
because he knew the lyrics. [laughs]

968
01:12:22,323 --> 01:12:23,523
Really funny.

969
01:12:23,603 --> 01:12:25,723
[laughing]

970
01:12:25,803 --> 01:12:27,323
[vocalizing]

971
01:12:30,563 --> 01:12:31,883
Oh my God!

972
01:12:31,963 --> 01:12:34,723
Whoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

973
01:12:40,483 --> 01:12:43,803
[Mark, in English] There were many times
where he was just on his own.

974
01:12:43,883 --> 01:12:45,443
No one was close to him.

975
01:12:46,323 --> 01:12:50,003
I think it was pretty difficult
to get to know Michael.

976
01:12:50,083 --> 01:12:51,763
A difficult guy to really, uh…

977
01:12:51,843 --> 01:12:55,003
He was-- There was a…
There was… There was still a fence there.

978
01:13:00,403 --> 01:13:02,763
[in German] Michael is very suspicious.

979
01:13:04,803 --> 01:13:08,243
He always has been,
during the initial period.

980
01:13:08,323 --> 01:13:12,643
Until he thinks he knows someone
or can trust them,

981
01:13:12,723 --> 01:13:14,563
then he opens up completely.

982
01:13:14,643 --> 01:13:18,203
That wasn't only the case with me,
in the beginning,

983
01:13:18,283 --> 01:13:20,483
but also with other friends.

984
01:13:20,563 --> 01:13:25,923
But he's always been
a very suspicious person.

985
01:13:26,003 --> 01:13:27,043
I have to say that.

986
01:13:27,723 --> 01:13:33,203
But if he opens up, then 100%.
Really all the way.

987
01:13:33,283 --> 01:13:35,403
-[crowd buzzing]
-[PA announcer indistinct]

988
01:13:40,243 --> 01:13:41,723
[commentator] Drivers' Championship,

989
01:13:41,803 --> 01:13:45,363
Mika Häkkinen leading the way
by seven points from Michael Schumacher.

990
01:13:45,443 --> 01:13:47,483
Alongside him on the front row,

991
01:13:47,563 --> 01:13:49,643
his teammate, David Coulthard,

992
01:13:49,723 --> 01:13:52,243
making it an all McLaren front row.

993
01:13:55,723 --> 01:13:58,763
[Walker]
Mika Häkkinen starting in pole position

994
01:13:58,843 --> 01:14:04,403
for the ninth time
in thirteen races this year. Five lights.

995
01:14:06,763 --> 01:14:08,683
Go! Go! Go! Go!

996
01:14:08,763 --> 01:14:10,603
Häkkinen leads away again.

997
01:14:10,683 --> 01:14:12,323
Irvine again comes up left.

998
01:14:12,403 --> 01:14:16,003
Damon Hill has made
an excellent start and leads! And leads!

999
01:14:16,083 --> 01:14:18,923
Damon Hill gets ahead
of everybody at La Source.

1000
01:14:19,003 --> 01:14:22,843
Schumacher going round the outside,
and he is hitting Häkkinen.

1001
01:14:22,923 --> 01:14:24,443
Schumacher hit Häkkinen.

1002
01:14:29,563 --> 01:14:33,363
Since Häkkinen
was already out early in the race,

1003
01:14:33,443 --> 01:14:37,403
you know, this was an opportunity
for Schumacher to take advantage,

1004
01:14:37,483 --> 01:14:41,243
to take the ten points
while Häkkinen wasn't going to score any.

1005
01:14:41,323 --> 01:14:44,043
And that would be key
in what was obviously going to be

1006
01:14:44,123 --> 01:14:47,083
a long and tight battle for the title.

1007
01:14:50,643 --> 01:14:53,563
[commentator] If Michael Schumacher
can stay where he is now

1008
01:14:53,643 --> 01:14:57,563
he will be taking the lead
in the World Championship by three points.

1009
01:15:04,043 --> 01:15:05,923
The track is covered in water.

1010
01:15:12,363 --> 01:15:15,603
[Williams] The tires, huge tires,
are throwing up spray,

1011
01:15:15,683 --> 01:15:18,443
throwing up water.
And if you're following,

1012
01:15:18,523 --> 01:15:21,083
you can't see the other car.
You can't see the sides of the road.

1013
01:15:21,163 --> 01:15:22,483
You can't see anything.

1014
01:15:27,603 --> 01:15:29,923
[David Coulthard] Michael was winning
by a long margin.

1015
01:15:30,003 --> 01:15:34,003
The team told me,
"The leader's coming up to… to lap you."

1016
01:15:34,083 --> 01:15:36,043
But of course,
in the rain, you can't really see.

1017
01:15:36,123 --> 01:15:38,883
You have little mirrors,
but with the spray, you can't judge

1018
01:15:38,963 --> 01:15:40,483
where the… the other car is.

1019
01:15:40,563 --> 01:15:42,443
So, I was waiting, waiting for him

1020
01:15:42,523 --> 01:15:44,603
to overtake
as we went down to Blanchimont,

1021
01:15:44,683 --> 01:15:46,123
which is a fast left-hander.

1022
01:15:49,323 --> 01:15:53,043
[commentator] Now let us not forget
Coulthard in these appalling conditions--

1023
01:15:53,123 --> 01:15:57,123
Oh God! Michael Schumacher
hits David Coulthard

1024
01:15:57,203 --> 01:16:00,163
and is out of the Belgian Grand Prix!

1025
01:16:00,243 --> 01:16:02,563
Maybe he should have been
a bit more circumspect

1026
01:16:02,643 --> 01:16:04,323
about trying to pass him!

1027
01:16:04,403 --> 01:16:08,003
[Ross Brawn] Michael was definitely the,
let's say, the passenger in that accident.

1028
01:16:08,083 --> 01:16:11,603
And the first part of the track
would have been very easy for Coulthard

1029
01:16:11,683 --> 01:16:13,763
to pull over and let Michael through and…

1030
01:16:13,843 --> 01:16:16,363
But he didn't.
He stayed and made it difficult.

1031
01:16:18,123 --> 01:16:20,483
I think David came off the throttle.

1032
01:16:21,843 --> 01:16:23,803
You know, you never do that in the wet,

1033
01:16:23,883 --> 01:16:26,003
where drivers can't see what's going on.

1034
01:16:26,083 --> 01:16:29,323
You don't take your foot off the throttle.
And Michael hit him.

1035
01:16:37,603 --> 01:16:40,763
[Walker] …in the World Championship leads.
Now, what is he up to?

1036
01:16:40,843 --> 01:16:44,403
He's storming down the pit lane,
presumably to-- Look at him! Look at him!

1037
01:16:44,483 --> 01:16:46,643
He is saying,
"I am going to the stewards."

1038
01:16:46,723 --> 01:16:48,043
He is going to Coulthard.

1039
01:16:48,123 --> 01:16:50,483
He is going to have it out
with David Coulthard.

1040
01:16:50,563 --> 01:16:51,763
I knew he was angry.

1041
01:16:51,843 --> 01:16:54,523
[chuckles] You know, his,
his neck was-- was red.

1042
01:16:54,603 --> 01:16:58,123
And his eyes were out on stalks.
And obviously, the team kept us apart.

1043
01:16:58,203 --> 01:17:00,043
Do you want to fucking kill me?

1044
01:17:00,123 --> 01:17:01,443
[indistinct arguing]

1045
01:17:06,563 --> 01:17:07,923
[engines buzzing]

1046
01:17:12,843 --> 01:17:16,163
[Coulthard] We met up in Ecclestone's bus
to try and clear the air.

1047
01:17:16,243 --> 01:17:19,603
I said to him, "You know,
I accept my part in the crash,

1048
01:17:19,683 --> 01:17:21,923
but you need to take
some responsibility as well."

1049
01:17:22,003 --> 01:17:24,043
And he went,
"No, I don't see it like that."

1050
01:17:24,123 --> 01:17:27,483
I said, "But Michael, in fairness,
you crashed into the back of me!"

1051
01:17:27,563 --> 01:17:29,803
"I didn't reverse into you."

1052
01:17:29,883 --> 01:17:32,563
And it led
to a conversation where I said,

1053
01:17:32,643 --> 01:17:34,963
"Surely, you must be wrong sometimes."

1054
01:17:35,043 --> 01:17:38,963
And he thought about it for a while,
and he went, "Not that I remember."

1055
01:17:40,443 --> 01:17:45,123
[PA announcer speaking Finnish]

1056
01:17:48,603 --> 01:17:53,643
[Todt, in French] The expectation
and the disappointment kept growing.

1057
01:17:55,483 --> 01:17:57,843
Because in people's minds it was,

1058
01:17:57,923 --> 01:18:01,003
"Michael has arrived,
so Ferrari will win immediately."

1059
01:18:05,563 --> 01:18:07,923
So, he arrives in '96,

1060
01:18:08,683 --> 01:18:13,163
then '97, '98, '99.

1061
01:18:13,243 --> 01:18:17,243
And at some point, one wonders
if Michael is the driver for us

1062
01:18:17,323 --> 01:18:19,683
or should we have someone like Häkkinen?

1063
01:18:33,003 --> 01:18:36,123
[Walker, in English] Mika Häkkinen
is on magnificent form here.

1064
01:18:36,203 --> 01:18:39,083
We've had
the qualifying session this morning,

1065
01:18:39,163 --> 01:18:42,443
and Mika Häkkinen was fastest
and comfortably fastest

1066
01:18:42,523 --> 01:18:45,203
in all of those sessions.

1067
01:18:46,003 --> 01:18:49,163
Michael Schumacher,
this morning in the warm-up,

1068
01:18:49,243 --> 01:18:51,523
was seven-tenths of a second slower

1069
01:18:51,603 --> 01:18:54,483
than Mika Häkkinen. Second fastest.

1070
01:18:57,603 --> 01:18:58,603
And it is

1071
01:18:59,563 --> 01:19:01,523
go at Silverstone!

1072
01:19:02,803 --> 01:19:03,843
Now!

1073
01:19:03,923 --> 01:19:06,923
[engines buzzing]

1074
01:19:48,523 --> 01:19:49,963
[crowd gasping, murmuring]

1075
01:20:13,203 --> 01:20:15,643
[Michael, in German]
The front wheel had smashed the cockpit,

1076
01:20:15,723 --> 01:20:18,083
and it was still stuck somewhere in there.

1077
01:20:18,163 --> 01:20:22,443
I couldn't get out,
and I was trying to pull my leg out,

1078
01:20:22,523 --> 01:20:24,043
which was trapped.

1079
01:20:24,603 --> 01:20:27,563
[pensive music playing]

1080
01:20:35,083 --> 01:20:39,083
[Michael] So I'm lying there
and notice that I'm calming down a bit.

1081
01:20:40,043 --> 01:20:44,763
And suddenly I feel my heartbeat fading,
becoming slower and slower,

1082
01:20:45,363 --> 01:20:47,763
until suddenly it stops completely.

1083
01:20:47,843 --> 01:20:49,883
And I think,
"This is probably how it feels

1084
01:20:49,963 --> 01:20:52,003
when you're on your way upstairs."

1085
01:20:57,883 --> 01:21:00,123
[Corinna] I remember I was at home.

1086
01:21:00,203 --> 01:21:04,803
And he waved from behind
all those sheets to tell us,

1087
01:21:04,883 --> 01:21:06,643
"Hey, everything's all right."

1088
01:21:06,723 --> 01:21:07,843
[crowd applauding]

1089
01:21:13,363 --> 01:21:16,643
That was a moment
when I thought, "Oh my God!"

1090
01:21:17,403 --> 01:21:18,963
But on the whole,

1091
01:21:19,043 --> 01:21:24,483
we'd always made it
through his races safely.

1092
01:21:24,563 --> 01:21:28,923
Which is why I was certain
he had a few guardian angels

1093
01:21:29,003 --> 01:21:33,003
that were keeping an eye out for him.

1094
01:21:42,283 --> 01:21:46,043
I don't know if it's just
a kind of protective wall

1095
01:21:46,123 --> 01:21:47,963
that you put up yourself,

1096
01:21:48,683 --> 01:21:53,763
or if it's because you're in a way naive,

1097
01:21:53,843 --> 01:21:55,963
I don't know.

1098
01:21:56,563 --> 01:22:01,403
But it simply never occurred to me

1099
01:22:01,483 --> 01:22:03,803
that anything
could ever happen to Michael.

1100
01:22:12,723 --> 01:22:16,163
At the end of '99,
they'd had four seasons,

1101
01:22:16,803 --> 01:22:19,523
they'd won some races,
they'd been competitive,

1102
01:22:20,523 --> 01:22:23,763
but more patience was required.

1103
01:22:25,403 --> 01:22:27,203
Now people were beginning to wonder.

1104
01:22:27,283 --> 01:22:31,363
Is it ever going to happen
for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari?

1105
01:22:36,243 --> 01:22:37,363
[speaking Italian]

1106
01:22:43,683 --> 01:22:47,763
[Piero Ferrari, in Italian]
He knew he was a winner,

1107
01:22:47,843 --> 01:22:49,243
that he was a champion.

1108
01:22:49,843 --> 01:22:52,563
We were sure we were close…

1109
01:22:52,643 --> 01:22:53,963
[inhales sharply]

1110
01:22:54,043 --> 01:22:55,643
…but we hadn't won the Championship,

1111
01:22:55,723 --> 01:22:59,203
and when that happens,
there are always doubts.

1112
01:22:59,283 --> 01:23:02,883
[in English] What concerns me,
I have no opinion about that,

1113
01:23:02,963 --> 01:23:05,683
and that's the natural situation.

1114
01:23:07,003 --> 01:23:10,483
[Todt, in French] First part of 2000,
things weren't going the way we wanted.

1115
01:23:10,563 --> 01:23:16,123
And suddenly, we found ourselves
in the middle of the season,

1116
01:23:17,203 --> 01:23:20,923
at a point where it was difficult
to believe we could win.

1117
01:23:23,203 --> 01:23:26,163
So we were questioning the qualities
of the whole team

1118
01:23:26,923 --> 01:23:28,803
and Michael's as well.

1119
01:23:28,883 --> 01:23:29,803
[crowd buzzing]

1120
01:23:34,003 --> 01:23:36,483
[Todt, in French]
We now had to win every single race.

1121
01:23:37,203 --> 01:23:40,523
Because if we didn't,
we wouldn't become World Champions.

1122
01:23:52,563 --> 01:23:54,323
[Walker, in English]
This is the crunch point.

1123
01:23:54,403 --> 01:23:56,603
Schumacher leads.
Häkkinen is in second place.

1124
01:23:57,883 --> 01:24:03,203
Michael Schumacher looks in his mirror
to see whether Mika Häkkinen is there.

1125
01:24:03,283 --> 01:24:06,283
Michael Schumacher win at Monza in Italy

1126
01:24:06,363 --> 01:24:09,323
and close the gap
between himself and Mika Häkkinen

1127
01:24:09,403 --> 01:24:11,043
in the World Championship.

1128
01:24:11,123 --> 01:24:14,523
[interviewer] This is your 41st victory,
which put you equal second all-time

1129
01:24:14,603 --> 01:24:17,203
with Ayrton Senna.
Do those records mean a lot to you?

1130
01:24:17,283 --> 01:24:19,483
Yes. It does mean a lot to me.

1131
01:24:20,083 --> 01:24:21,403
[inhales deeply]

1132
01:24:22,923 --> 01:24:24,763
Sorry. [exhales]

1133
01:24:27,123 --> 01:24:29,403
[sighs shakily]

1134
01:24:30,483 --> 01:24:32,483
[crying softly]

1135
01:24:36,403 --> 01:24:37,763
[interviewer] Thanks, Michael.

1136
01:24:38,483 --> 01:24:42,563
Mika, over the last two races,
Michael's been magnanimous enough

1137
01:24:42,643 --> 01:24:45,723
to admit that, on the day,
you had the fastest car, McLaren.

1138
01:24:45,803 --> 01:24:48,323
Do you think today
the Ferrari was just the faster car?

1139
01:24:48,403 --> 01:24:49,603
[Michael sobbing]

1140
01:24:49,683 --> 01:24:51,243
Can we have a break? [chuckle]

1141
01:25:00,243 --> 01:25:03,083
[Walker] The tension is genuinely
well now unbearable.

1142
01:25:03,163 --> 01:25:06,083
My palms are literally sweating.

1143
01:25:06,163 --> 01:25:09,843
I am expecting it to be
a nail-bitingly tense race

1144
01:25:09,923 --> 01:25:11,163
every inch of the way.

1145
01:25:15,803 --> 01:25:17,523
The title showdown at Suzuka,

1146
01:25:17,603 --> 01:25:20,763
this was his fourth final day
Championship showdown.

1147
01:25:22,363 --> 01:25:26,923
And it probably is the most important race
in Schumacher's Formula One career.

1148
01:25:28,603 --> 01:25:30,923
And Ferrari knew
how quick Mika Häkkinen was.

1149
01:25:31,003 --> 01:25:34,163
He was all about the speed.
He was uncomplicated.

1150
01:25:34,243 --> 01:25:37,483
He just was unbelievably,
inspirationally fast.

1151
01:25:38,043 --> 01:25:39,323
[engines revving]

1152
01:25:39,403 --> 01:25:42,963
[commentator] He was almost meditating
with his head down, his eyes closed,

1153
01:25:43,043 --> 01:25:46,123
and just thinking his way
through this race.

1154
01:25:46,203 --> 01:25:49,043
Michael Schumacher needs
to deliver this Championship

1155
01:25:49,123 --> 01:25:51,003
for himself and for Ferrari.

1156
01:25:51,083 --> 01:25:53,923
I think Häkkinen is
totally relaxed, on the other hand.

1157
01:25:57,803 --> 01:26:03,123
[in French] We had lost the last race
in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

1158
01:26:03,203 --> 01:26:05,243
The same could happen in 2000.

1159
01:26:07,603 --> 01:26:08,883
[Walker] Watch for that.

1160
01:26:08,963 --> 01:26:12,163
Four lights, five lights
in the Japanese Grand Prix.

1161
01:26:13,723 --> 01:26:16,363
It's go! And Michael Schumacher
cuts straight across

1162
01:26:16,443 --> 01:26:18,563
and drives Mika Häkkinen towards the wall.

1163
01:26:18,643 --> 01:26:20,363
But Häkkinen has done it again!

1164
01:26:20,443 --> 01:26:24,163
He has taken the lead
as he did last year and the year before.

1165
01:26:24,243 --> 01:26:27,523
A terrible bit of news
for Michael Schumacher.

1166
01:26:27,603 --> 01:26:30,163
[rousing music playing]

1167
01:26:51,363 --> 01:26:53,083
[commentator] It's Häkkinen,
the race leader,

1168
01:26:53,163 --> 01:26:57,163
coming in for his first stop
at the end of lap 22.

1169
01:26:58,923 --> 01:26:59,963
[engine revs]

1170
01:27:07,763 --> 01:27:10,163
[Walker] Michael Schumacher,
of course, is in the lead.

1171
01:27:10,243 --> 01:27:13,763
And he knows he's got
that "Go! Go! Go!" in all this lap.

1172
01:27:21,163 --> 01:27:23,523
And Michael is in. James, are you there?

1173
01:27:23,603 --> 01:27:26,083
I am indeed, Martin.
And I've worked out that Häkkinen

1174
01:27:26,163 --> 01:27:28,843
took on 13 laps' worth of fuel.
That's all.

1175
01:27:30,243 --> 01:27:34,083
7.4. A tiny bit more fuel
for Michael Schumacher. Ah!

1176
01:27:34,163 --> 01:27:36,683
Look at this! Here comes
Mika Häkkinen on the right.

1177
01:27:36,763 --> 01:27:39,603
And he's gonna get through
ahead of Michael Schumacher.

1178
01:27:39,683 --> 01:27:42,363
The status quo has been retained.

1179
01:27:44,323 --> 01:27:47,683
[rousing music continues]

1180
01:27:55,003 --> 01:27:59,123
Out come the McLaren mechanics
for a second stop.

1181
01:28:02,403 --> 01:28:04,323
[Ross Brawn]
Häkkinen was leading the race.

1182
01:28:04,403 --> 01:28:06,963
You know, he led the race
for quite a while.

1183
01:28:07,043 --> 01:28:09,763
There was a situation where
we were waiting for the pit stops

1184
01:28:09,843 --> 01:28:12,323
to… to finish,

1185
01:28:12,403 --> 01:28:16,723
and I was looking at the track,
and I could see Mika was coming out.

1186
01:28:17,803 --> 01:28:19,403
[commentator] Häkkinen, 7.4.

1187
01:28:19,483 --> 01:28:23,323
These next two laps
could well decide the Japanese Grand Prix.

1188
01:28:24,323 --> 01:28:26,443
Now here is the pit stop. James!

1189
01:28:26,523 --> 01:28:29,723
Yes, he's-- Look, he's made
half a second on Häkkinen on this lap.

1190
01:28:29,803 --> 01:28:31,603
He's had a 26.8-second lead.

1191
01:28:31,683 --> 01:28:34,523
[Ross Brawn on radio] Look out, Michael.
When you get out, he'll be there.

1192
01:28:35,163 --> 01:28:39,043
I'll talk you through.
You're looking good. It's looking good.

1193
01:28:39,123 --> 01:28:40,403
It's looking good.

1194
01:28:41,283 --> 01:28:45,323
It's looking fantastic, Michael!
Well done. Well done. Fantastic.

1195
01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:46,723
Just keep it on the road now.

1196
01:28:46,803 --> 01:28:50,523
[Walker] Here comes Schumacher
rejoining the track,

1197
01:28:50,603 --> 01:28:53,443
and he is ahead of Mika Häkkinen.

1198
01:28:53,523 --> 01:28:56,883
The horns blow
because they are as keen on Ferrari

1199
01:28:56,963 --> 01:29:00,603
in Japan as they are
in most other countries.

1200
01:29:00,683 --> 01:29:03,163
[triumphant music playing]

1201
01:29:08,723 --> 01:29:13,083
[Walker] Can they believe it?
Out come the Ferrari mechanics

1202
01:29:13,163 --> 01:29:17,483
to greet home their ultimate hero,
Michael Schumacher.

1203
01:29:19,123 --> 01:29:23,163
[triumphant music soaring]

1204
01:29:25,043 --> 01:29:26,043
[cheering]

1205
01:29:37,643 --> 01:29:38,963
[exclaims on radio]

1206
01:29:40,563 --> 01:29:42,563
[Ross Brawn on radio]
You're going on broadcast.

1207
01:29:42,643 --> 01:29:44,403
Give us your feelings for broadcast.

1208
01:29:49,243 --> 01:29:50,803
[Michael on radio] Shit!

1209
01:29:50,883 --> 01:29:53,363
You are great, Ross! You are great, Ross!

1210
01:29:53,963 --> 01:29:55,163
All of you guys.

1211
01:29:55,763 --> 01:29:56,843
[crying] Oh my God!

1212
01:29:57,603 --> 01:29:59,003
[screams joyfully]

1213
01:29:59,083 --> 01:30:01,563
Shit! We did it! We did it!

1214
01:30:03,483 --> 01:30:06,523
Thanks! Give Corinna a big kiss from me.

1215
01:30:08,723 --> 01:30:10,963
[Walker] Now we will see joy.

1216
01:30:11,043 --> 01:30:12,203
Look at that!

1217
01:31:02,083 --> 01:31:07,483
[chanting] Michael! Michael!
Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael…

1218
01:31:11,043 --> 01:31:13,083
[crowd cheering]

1219
01:31:17,683 --> 01:31:20,563
[inspirational music playing]

1220
01:31:52,683 --> 01:31:53,603
[cheering]

1221
01:31:57,083 --> 01:31:58,083
[cheering, laughing]

1222
01:32:01,443 --> 01:32:04,603
And when he finally
clinched the title in 2000,

1223
01:32:04,683 --> 01:32:08,323
all the pressure he'd carried
on his shoulders was released.

1224
01:32:08,403 --> 01:32:09,323
[crowd cheering]

1225
01:32:09,403 --> 01:32:11,843
He no longer felt like
he owed anybody anything.

1226
01:32:11,923 --> 01:32:14,483
He delivered Ferrari
the World Championship they'd wanted

1227
01:32:14,563 --> 01:32:15,803
for 20-plus years.

1228
01:32:16,723 --> 01:32:19,243
And from that point onwards,
everything was a bonus.

1229
01:32:19,323 --> 01:32:21,843
And he drove with freedom after that.

1230
01:32:21,923 --> 01:32:24,803
He drove with his heart.
He drove with passion.

1231
01:32:24,883 --> 01:32:27,963
He drove with a sense, a relaxed sense of,

1232
01:32:28,043 --> 01:32:32,323
"This is-- I'm doing what I love to do,
but I don't owe anybody anything anymore."

1233
01:32:32,923 --> 01:32:35,363
And he was again onto another level.

1234
01:32:36,963 --> 01:32:39,123
[emotional music playing]

1235
01:32:49,843 --> 01:32:55,043
Michael was very exciting to watch
through the sheer speed that he achieved.

1236
01:32:55,123 --> 01:32:57,643
It was a style

1237
01:32:57,723 --> 01:33:03,483
that depended on
100% concentration, 100% commitment.

1238
01:33:14,083 --> 01:33:16,643
Going into a corner at 150 miles an hour,

1239
01:33:16,723 --> 01:33:18,923
knowing that your talent
is going to enable you

1240
01:33:19,003 --> 01:33:22,123
to get out the other side safely,
it's a special gift.

1241
01:33:22,723 --> 01:33:24,243
Michael got that natural talent,

1242
01:33:24,323 --> 01:33:27,083
that natural speed,
higher than anyone else.

1243
01:33:27,163 --> 01:33:30,683
And what was so special
about Michael is that he didn't waste it.

1244
01:33:30,763 --> 01:33:33,563
He did everything he could
to enable himself

1245
01:33:33,643 --> 01:33:36,483
to exploit that natural talent
that he had.

1246
01:33:41,643 --> 01:33:45,883
Michael was a little bit fearless,
and people knew that.

1247
01:33:45,963 --> 01:33:49,243
Not quite sure if they could challenge him
and take him on.

1248
01:33:49,923 --> 01:33:53,123
Michael didn't think about it
because he knew his limit,

1249
01:33:53,723 --> 01:33:58,003
and the other guys were thinking,
"This is a bit risky," and would back off.

1250
01:33:58,603 --> 01:34:00,243
You didn't see Michael back off.

1251
01:34:03,443 --> 01:34:08,083
[in Italian] He was a professional,
but he also showed us he had a heart.

1252
01:34:08,163 --> 01:34:11,763
He had the charisma of a leader,

1253
01:34:11,843 --> 01:34:15,683
and that was his great gift to us.

1254
01:34:15,763 --> 01:34:20,763
This was the contribution
he made to Formula One.

1255
01:34:20,843 --> 01:34:22,123
[cheering]

1256
01:34:24,243 --> 01:34:26,003
[commentator, in English]
Michael Schumacher

1257
01:34:26,083 --> 01:34:30,083
gets his seventh
Formula One World Championship

1258
01:34:30,163 --> 01:34:34,523
on a truly, truly eventful day
for Formula One racing.

1259
01:34:35,323 --> 01:34:37,323
This is history!

1260
01:34:40,483 --> 01:34:44,243
[Sebastian Vettel, in German] He's been
my idol since I started driving go-karts.

1261
01:34:44,323 --> 01:34:46,443
He's been a big influence.

1262
01:34:46,523 --> 01:34:51,963
The racing driver Michael Schumacher
is my hero, my motivation to win races.

1263
01:34:52,803 --> 01:34:54,403
The sport fascinates me,

1264
01:34:54,483 --> 01:34:58,603
and I know other racing drivers,
but there was nobody like him.

1265
01:35:02,523 --> 01:35:06,163
There was a beauty in the brilliance
of the execution.

1266
01:35:06,763 --> 01:35:09,003
His execution, the teams' execution.

1267
01:35:09,083 --> 01:35:13,563
To win on a sustained level
year after year is incredibly difficult,

1268
01:35:13,643 --> 01:35:16,563
and the proof of that
is how rarely it's happened.

1269
01:35:17,643 --> 01:35:20,443
And what Schumacher and the team achieved

1270
01:35:20,523 --> 01:35:24,923
in that period from 2000 through to 2004.

1271
01:35:25,003 --> 01:35:30,163
Not giving an inch to the opposition,
not giving them a sniff of a hope,

1272
01:35:30,243 --> 01:35:31,963
was absolutely incredible.

1273
01:35:33,443 --> 01:35:35,323
[triumphant music playing]

1274
01:35:35,403 --> 01:35:38,283
He did become untouchable.

1275
01:35:38,923 --> 01:35:43,163
People look back at periods of dominance

1276
01:35:43,243 --> 01:35:45,363
and think of them as golden ages,

1277
01:35:45,443 --> 01:35:49,483
which they were,
the five Championship years in a row.

1278
01:35:49,563 --> 01:35:51,603
People will always remember it.

1279
01:35:57,483 --> 01:36:00,083
[Gina Schumacher, in German]
When we went to races with them

1280
01:36:00,163 --> 01:36:03,083
and saw all the commotion,

1281
01:36:03,163 --> 01:36:08,123
saw how many people
thought he was great and admired him,

1282
01:36:08,203 --> 01:36:11,923
I thought that was totally brilliant.

1283
01:36:12,483 --> 01:36:14,043
And I thought,

1284
01:36:14,123 --> 01:36:20,563
"Yeah, that's my dad,
and I'm really glad he's my dad."

1285
01:36:21,403 --> 01:36:24,963
I just have huge respect for Dad.

1286
01:36:25,043 --> 01:36:27,963
I have always had that.
He just has this presence.

1287
01:36:28,043 --> 01:36:33,843
When he walks into a room,
everyone goes quiet.

1288
01:36:33,923 --> 01:36:35,443
That's how I remember it.

1289
01:36:35,523 --> 01:36:38,363
And I was also
one of those who kept quiet.

1290
01:36:39,123 --> 01:36:43,523
But like I said, my hero
when he walked into a room.

1291
01:36:43,603 --> 01:36:49,683
So when I think to myself,
every time I look at him, I tell myself,

1292
01:36:49,763 --> 01:36:52,443
"Yes, that's how I want to be."

1293
01:36:52,523 --> 01:36:55,563
Such strength, such total peace of mind.

1294
01:36:58,043 --> 01:37:02,403
[in English] At the end of this year,
I've decided together with the team

1295
01:37:02,483 --> 01:37:06,283
that I'm, uh, going to retire from racing.

1296
01:37:07,043 --> 01:37:09,323
I should thank my family,

1297
01:37:09,403 --> 01:37:11,403
who at all times

1298
01:37:12,563 --> 01:37:14,483
supported what I was doing.

1299
01:37:14,563 --> 01:37:19,803
And without their support,
without their strength to survive,uh,

1300
01:37:19,883 --> 01:37:23,123
in this business and this sport,
and to perform,

1301
01:37:23,923 --> 01:37:28,403
I think it would have been impossible.
And I can't be thankful enough.

1302
01:37:47,323 --> 01:37:49,323
I retired simply because

1303
01:37:50,163 --> 01:37:52,683
I didn't have the passion
and the motivation anymore.

1304
01:37:52,763 --> 01:37:53,803
I was tired.

1305
01:37:57,363 --> 01:38:01,643
[Corinna, in German] He found a different
action. He didn't just sit on the sofa.

1306
01:38:01,723 --> 01:38:03,403
He had to go here

1307
01:38:03,483 --> 01:38:07,243
and there, do this and that,
one thing after another.

1308
01:38:11,483 --> 01:38:14,163
Michael was restless.

1309
01:38:14,243 --> 01:38:17,483
For example, if the weather is nice,

1310
01:38:18,003 --> 01:38:23,363
"I could go skydiving!",
but then it's not one, it's 24 jumps.

1311
01:38:26,083 --> 01:38:30,083
After he left Formula One,
he thought, "What am I going to do now?"

1312
01:38:31,363 --> 01:38:35,523
He asked me, "What should I do?"
And I said, "I'll drive rallies with you."

1313
01:38:35,603 --> 01:38:39,483
"I'm not so good at map-reading,
but I can try." And he said, "No way!"

1314
01:38:54,883 --> 01:39:00,283
I think that Michael's comeback was
obviously personal desire and fulfillment.

1315
01:39:00,363 --> 01:39:02,723
He… He didn't have anything to prove.

1316
01:39:02,803 --> 01:39:05,243
But he obviously felt
that he needed to drive,

1317
01:39:05,323 --> 01:39:08,723
and he needed to compete
and to join that… that Mercedes journey.

1318
01:39:08,803 --> 01:39:09,723
[inaudible]

1319
01:39:12,123 --> 01:39:16,483
[in German] That was a new phase,
a completely different approach for him.

1320
01:39:17,083 --> 01:39:20,403
He realized he could experience
Formula One in a new way.

1321
01:39:20,483 --> 01:39:23,763
No longer being
a World Championship contender

1322
01:39:23,843 --> 01:39:25,363
was exciting for him.

1323
01:39:25,443 --> 01:39:28,883
And he enjoyed it up to a certain point.

1324
01:39:36,243 --> 01:39:39,763
[in English] I was never at his level
in terms of driving performance.

1325
01:39:39,843 --> 01:39:42,963
But I definitely know,
towards the end of my career,

1326
01:39:43,043 --> 01:39:44,643
my last year of 37,

1327
01:39:45,443 --> 01:39:49,643
gaps that I was going for
were closing before I got there.

1328
01:39:49,723 --> 01:39:53,203
Because I think you just get old.
It's just the journey of life, you know.

1329
01:39:53,283 --> 01:39:54,883
[crowd cheering]

1330
01:40:02,803 --> 01:40:06,043
[Kehm, in German] We often stayed
overseas between races,

1331
01:40:06,123 --> 01:40:08,763
as it would've made no sense to fly back.

1332
01:40:09,323 --> 01:40:14,643
He often said, "What am I doing here?
I miss my family. Why am I so far away?"

1333
01:40:14,723 --> 01:40:18,563
"I've realized it isn't
as important as it used to be."

1334
01:40:18,643 --> 01:40:22,363
"My family is more important now."

1335
01:40:22,443 --> 01:40:25,563
[dramatic music playing]

1336
01:41:06,323 --> 01:41:08,643
[anchorwoman] Michael Schumacher,
the most successful driver

1337
01:41:08,723 --> 01:41:11,283
in Formula One history,
is in the hospital…

1338
01:41:11,363 --> 01:41:16,043
-[anchorman speaking French]
-[anchorwoman speaking German]

1339
01:41:16,123 --> 01:41:18,763
[overlapping news reports]

1340
01:41:20,603 --> 01:41:24,043
[anchorman] Michael Schumacher
is in critical condition at this hour.

1341
01:41:33,083 --> 01:41:35,563
[Corinna, in German]
Shortly before it happened in Méribel,

1342
01:41:35,643 --> 01:41:38,283
he said to me, "The snow isn't optimal."

1343
01:41:38,363 --> 01:41:41,483
"We could fly to Dubai
and go skydiving there."

1344
01:41:45,643 --> 01:41:47,723
[Todt, in French] Fate is unpredictable.

1345
01:41:49,603 --> 01:41:53,243
Fate had usually been kind to Michael.

1346
01:41:54,203 --> 01:41:59,323
But this time, unfortunately,
he became a victim of misfortune.

1347
01:42:03,483 --> 01:42:06,563
On 29 December 2013,

1348
01:42:07,323 --> 01:42:11,723
Michael and his family's life
was turned upside down.

1349
01:42:13,363 --> 01:42:17,883
The family's life changed completely
from one minute to the next.

1350
01:42:17,963 --> 01:42:22,003
A father, such a strong leader,

1351
01:42:22,083 --> 01:42:24,403
with such a great personality,

1352
01:42:24,483 --> 01:42:29,403
and that disintegrated
from one minute to the next.

1353
01:42:30,323 --> 01:42:34,723
[gentle, dramatic music rising]

1354
01:42:52,243 --> 01:42:57,323
[in German] I have never, um, um…

1355
01:42:57,403 --> 01:43:00,523
blamed God for what happened.

1356
01:43:01,203 --> 01:43:04,563
It was just really bad luck,

1357
01:43:04,643 --> 01:43:07,763
all the bad luck anyone can have in life.

1358
01:43:07,843 --> 01:43:08,683
Um…

1359
01:43:09,203 --> 01:43:11,883
It's always terrible when you say,

1360
01:43:11,963 --> 01:43:16,163
"Why is this happening to Michael or us?"

1361
01:43:16,243 --> 01:43:19,883
But then why does it happen
to other people?

1362
01:43:46,363 --> 01:43:50,683
Of course, I miss Michael every day.

1363
01:43:50,763 --> 01:43:53,123
But it's not just me who misses him.

1364
01:43:53,203 --> 01:43:55,643
The children, the family,

1365
01:43:55,723 --> 01:43:58,083
his father, everyone around him.

1366
01:43:58,163 --> 01:44:01,163
I mean, everybody misses Michael,

1367
01:44:01,243 --> 01:44:02,443
but Michael is here.

1368
01:44:03,083 --> 01:44:04,683
Different, but he's here,

1369
01:44:05,763 --> 01:44:10,403
and that gives us strength, I find.

1370
01:44:34,203 --> 01:44:35,523
We're together.

1371
01:44:35,603 --> 01:44:38,003
We live together at home.

1372
01:44:38,083 --> 01:44:40,603
We do therapy.

1373
01:44:40,683 --> 01:44:44,723
We do everything we can
to make Michael better

1374
01:44:44,803 --> 01:44:46,403
and to make sure he's comfortable.

1375
01:44:47,603 --> 01:44:52,083
And to simply make him
feel our family, our bond.

1376
01:44:52,163 --> 01:44:57,003
And no matter what,
I will do everything I can.

1377
01:44:57,083 --> 01:44:58,083
We all will.

1378
01:45:17,483 --> 01:45:20,643
When I think about the past now,

1379
01:45:21,763 --> 01:45:25,483
the images that pop up in my head

1380
01:45:27,123 --> 01:45:29,443
are usually of the four of us having fun.

1381
01:45:32,083 --> 01:45:34,643
I see images of us

1382
01:45:36,123 --> 01:45:39,283
driving a go-kart in the meadow.

1383
01:45:40,563 --> 01:45:43,483
I see images of us
where we're out and about

1384
01:45:45,443 --> 01:45:48,563
with the ponies, sitting on the carriage.

1385
01:45:48,643 --> 01:45:50,803
Really many moments

1386
01:45:52,003 --> 01:45:53,883
that resonate with joy.

1387
01:46:04,763 --> 01:46:07,683
The highlight was always
when he came home.

1388
01:46:07,763 --> 01:46:09,283
That was so nice

1389
01:46:09,363 --> 01:46:11,603
because he used to
put up with us for hours

1390
01:46:11,683 --> 01:46:16,163
after he'd got back,
although he was probably very tired.

1391
01:46:16,243 --> 01:46:18,363
But we didn't notice that.

1392
01:46:18,443 --> 01:46:21,403
We were just happy to have him home.

1393
01:46:22,323 --> 01:46:23,203
Yes.

1394
01:46:32,163 --> 01:46:38,043
And since the accident,
of course, these experiences,

1395
01:46:38,123 --> 01:46:42,283
these moments

1396
01:46:42,363 --> 01:46:45,083
that I believe many people
have with their parents,

1397
01:46:46,803 --> 01:46:49,563
are no longer present,
or to a lesser extent.

1398
01:46:49,643 --> 01:46:51,843
And in my view,

1399
01:46:52,803 --> 01:46:56,003
that is a little unfair.

1400
01:47:21,923 --> 01:47:24,883
I think Dad and me,

1401
01:47:24,963 --> 01:47:29,763
we would understand each other
in a different way now.

1402
01:47:30,443 --> 01:47:34,683
Simply because
we speak a similar language,

1403
01:47:35,483 --> 01:47:36,923
the language of motorsport.

1404
01:47:37,763 --> 01:47:41,603
And that we would have
much more to talk about.

1405
01:47:44,043 --> 01:47:48,843
And that's where my head is
most of the time.

1406
01:47:52,923 --> 01:47:54,563
Thinking that would be so cool,

1407
01:47:56,523 --> 01:47:58,883
that would be it.

1408
01:47:58,963 --> 01:48:03,763
I would give up everything just for that.

1409
01:48:06,723 --> 01:48:07,603
Yes.

1410
01:48:31,283 --> 01:48:35,443
We're trying to carry on as a family

1411
01:48:35,523 --> 01:48:40,203
the way Michael liked it and still does.

1412
01:48:40,283 --> 01:48:43,123
And we are getting on with our lives.

1413
01:48:43,203 --> 01:48:46,123
"Private is private," as he always said.

1414
01:48:46,203 --> 01:48:50,043
It's very important to me
that he can continue

1415
01:48:50,123 --> 01:48:52,723
to enjoy his private life

1416
01:48:52,803 --> 01:48:55,523
as much as possible.

1417
01:48:55,603 --> 01:49:00,403
Michael always protected us,
and now we are protecting Michael.

1418
01:49:23,043 --> 01:49:27,283
[inspirational music playing]