They say Formula 1 isn't a finishing school.
Young drivers have to perform immediately.
It's sink or swim.
Formula 1 is what I was dreaming for from four years old.
The amount of pressure is huge.
You have to perform well always.
There are thousands of drivers that would love to be in our position.
The opportunity can be gone in a second.
We've got significant damage.
Fuck! Shit!
It's a nightmare!
What the fuck happened?
Flat out. Flat out.
You are leading the Grand Prix.
My name is Yuki Tsunoda.
I came from Japan,
racing with Scuderia AlphaTauri.
-Is that okay? -Nice. Like it.
Yuki's a little pocket rocket.
His ascent to Formula 1 is nothing short of incredible.
In the last four years, he's gone from his competitive debut
to racing in Formula 1.
Tsunoda is an exciting talent,
probably the best driver to come out of Japan for at least a decade,
if not more.
All of Japan is watching this, the new star,
Yuki Tsunoda.
Being in Formula 1, dream come true.
I always try to improve my driving.
Even outside of racing,
you still can practice your skills
on lots of roundabouts.
Nice!
Hopefully, the future is the world champion.
Yuki Tsunoda's racing for AlphaTauri,
which is Red Bull Racing's sister team.
Just as with all Red Bull juniors,
he's been living in Milton Keynes in the UK.
Look at your room.
His room's this messy, but he won't let me walk in with shoes on.
-Is this all dirty? -It's a bit dirty.
A bit dirty? It's dirty or not dirty.
Dude! When was the last time you put the washing on?
-Come on!
As a kid, moving thousands of miles away from home,
it must be a culture shock.
Not even people who live in Milton Keynes want to live in Milton Keynes!
Um…
Most…
most boring place in the world, I'd say.
Yeah.
Hello.
So, I have your chicken and mushroom pie.
-Thank you very much. -Thank you.
I really miss the Japanese food.
Look at that.
Yeah, have to a little bit adapt to the UK.
-First time. Never eaten fish and chips. -Never?
That makes fat, no? Fish and chips.
I wouldn't have it every day as a… as a key meal.
What is this?
This is mushy peas.
It's delicious.
-Good.
Super. Doing a good job.
This year, we have a very strong driver lineup.
With Yuki Tsunoda, we have a young rookie
who has a lot of potential.
With Pierre Gasly, we have an experienced driver.
I'm pretty sure we can have a strong working relationship
within the team to… to push this team forward.
So 2,000 people have written asking for your autograph.
-You and Pierre. Yeah. -Really?
-Which is, uh… more? -I don't know!
You're so competitive!
-Are people requesting me or him? -Obviously you.
I'm a really competitive guy.
But also I… I want to have some fun.
-I did a big fart. I thought you…
Yuki doesn't have any filters.
The stuff he says comes out from his mouth straightaway.
-Are you gonna take a porn video? -Stop it!
He's an interesting character.
A good, uh, entertainer.
-That's good. -That's not bad.
I always say to drivers to come into Formula 1 is one story.
To stay in Formula 1 is a completely other story.
So Yuki needs to now work really hard
to achieve this goal.
What do you need from Yuki this year?
Put… Push the right-hand pedal.
That's it. Just be as fast as possible.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Hello. Very happy to be welcoming you…
Welcome.
We are in the south of France for the 61st French Grand Prix.
-Yuki. -Morning.
-What's with the haircut?
-Getting long, eh? -Yeah.
Come here.
No, you cannot swear now.
I cannot swear now?
-No. You're not allowed because-- -Oh fuck! Oh fuck!
I wear what they give me.
-You look like Nico Rosberg. -Yeah!
-I don't know how to take that!
AlphaTauri have a real opportunity this year
to perform at a level that they never have.
The goal is quite clear, defined.
We want to be on the fifth position in the Constructors' Championship.
It would be the best result in the history of AlphaTauri.
The midfield is very tight
and our main competitor is Alpine.
Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Being French in, uh… in the French Grand Prix…
Hello. How are you? Thanks.
It's something special. It makes me proud.
I mean, to have the French flag on the car,
uh, to have the Eiffel Tower on my helmet…
-You make us dream, so… -Thank you.
…it can't get better than that.
-Future champion. -That is kind.
This year, for me, scoring consistently every race,
that's what I want to achieve
-My heart is beating fast. -Really?
I've learned that, uh, if you perform,
there will be always plenty of opportunities and…
Thank you.
…if you start not performing the way people want, uh,
obviously it becomes more tricky.
Here comes Esteban Ocon in the Force India.
When Esteban Ocon arrived in Formula 1,
he quickly got the reputation of being a bit of a hothead.
Two Force Indias together. They're going wheel to wheel!
What the fuck?!
Fucking shit, man. Fucking shit.
Oh, Verstappen's off!
What a fucking idiot.
At the end of 2018, Esteban found himself without a seat.
He was left on the sidelines for a year.
But there was salvation in the form of Renault.
I do believe that Esteban can help us in making the top three.
Cyril Abiteboul saw the potential in Esteban.
Super, Esteban, bravo.
Woohoo!
Cyril is a very important person in my career.
He has been the one that got me back to Formula 1.
But all of a sudden, Cyril's gone.
-That's it?
For 2021, Renault have rebranded Alpine.
And there's a new boss in charge.
Ah… There we go.
-Welcome. -Thank you.
I'm Laurent Rossi, CEO of Alpine.
The last team principal was Cyril.
-Yeah. -He's no longer with us.
Talk to me about that.
Well, I cannot really comment on that
'cause I'm… I'm… I've arrived after all of the events,
so, uh, now we… we're moving on,
uh, with a new journey.
The real objective is to grow.
We need to go to the next level
if we wanna be part of the… of the best.
It's a tough spot for Esteban. He's got new management in place,
new people to impress at the top table of the team.
So he has to perform, he has to deliver.
As Alpine vie to climb the ladder to the top of Formula 1 once again,
they have an ace up their sleeve,
two-time Formula 1 World Champion, Fernando Alonso.
Right or left?
Whoo!
Well, it's a statement of ambition.
I mean, uh, Fernando is arguably one of the best drivers ever.
Having him on board means
expectations are gonna be higher
and the pressure is gonna be on.
The legend himself. I mean, fantastic.
I was, uh, nine years old when I was watching him
in the Renault back in the days.
When you have a guy like that next to you, you can't just be sleeping on the wheel!
Now I feel at the peak of my life
It'll be a long afternoon.
With Esteban, it's going very well.
You always help the younger driver.
Oh shit! We're gonna be there the whole day.
You share your knowledge about the car or about the previous experiences.
And this year, we're working together as a very good team.
Perfect, thank you.
We're not here to, like,
fool around in the back of the… of the pack.
Alpine is fighting for fifth this season,
and as such, we're fighting AlphaTauri
very directly.
We're clearly the underdog in that fight with Alpine
and, you know, they're a big manufacturer.
Like Alpine have with Alonso,
AlphaTauri has an experienced race winner in Pierre Gasly.
It makes such a big difference on the first lap.
And with their young driver, Yuki, they have a driver with potential.
-Little bit massage? -Okay, we can make that happen.
I want to go first poo.
But he's still unquestionably a diamond in the rough.
What is he doing?
Fuck! Sorry!
Yeah, the beginning of the season was really bad.
I think I'm an aggressive driver.
This fucking traffic!
Like, fuck, I can't do anything!
I get really heated when I'm in the car.
Fucking Pérez! He fucking doesn't even look.
Sometimes too much.
Fuck off!
He's a fucking cunt.
I don't think his radio messages are meant aggressively.
So unstable.
This is a kid who's grown up in the world of motor racing
and has learned his English
around engineers and mechanics.
I can't fucking believe this car!
For fuck's sake.
Surprised at the reaction.
-Super disappointing. -Yeah.
That was a nice poo.
There's an amazing racing driver in Yuki. Everyone sees it.
But he has to start ironing out the mistakes and bringing home the points.
It's time for qualifying at the French Grand Prix.
It is round seven of the Formula 1 World Championship 2021.
Today is all about pure pace.
The faster the lap, the closer to the front they'll start tomorrow.
AlphaTauri rookie Yuki Tsunoda is out next,
and after a tough start to the season,
he'll need to show his team he belongs here in Formula 1.
Where's the holes?
My job for this year is to get points as much as possible,
to help to get team championship fifth position.
Okay, gents.
Alpine is just behind us. We need every point.
And respect what we tell you.
We need communication from you, from the drivers.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, Yuki, focus on tires and brakes.
Copy.
Tsunoda's off.
Fuck! Sorry!
Are you okay? Are you okay?
I'm okay.
Yuki makes a bit too many mistakes.
Just, like, pushing really hard all the time,
and I guess he's just finding the right balance.
Can you switch it on?
No gear. No gear. I can't go in first gear somehow.
Pull the clutch, upshift to first.
Yeah, no gear. -Okay. Stop. Engine stop.
You can't brake so much like that.
He's on the limit here.
He lost it once more. He must be concentrated.
Yeah.
-We must work on this. -Yeah.
Qualifying crashes are becoming a bit of a thing for Tsunoda.
At what point does Tsunoda start coming under pressure?
Red Bull are ruthless with young drivers coming through.
We've seen it so many times before.
He's expensive as well,
'cause he has shunted a couple of cars already.
I call it crash period.
He overdrove the car, and he crashed heavily in the qualifying.
This is what I said to him,
"Yuki, be careful, you are on the limit. You can't drive much faster."
For sure he thought, "Mm. This idiot."
"I will show him now how good I am really,"
and then he crashed.
Esteban Ocon.
French driver racing for a French-owned team
in the French Grand Prix.
Would love to celebrate by going into the top ten.
The French Grand Prix
is a lot of pressure for us because it has high expectations.
-In France, we love our racing.
Where can Esteban Ocon put his car?
Unfortunately, that was close. P11.
Yeah, copy.
We'll debrief.
That's not the result Alpine would have been looking for.
In such a tight fight for fifth in the Constructors' Championship,
Alpine and AlphaTauri
need both junior drivers to be performing
and to be bringing home points every weekend.
It's the historic French Grand Prix.
Fifty-three laps of pure speed.
It's lights out and away we go!
Only ten laps to go.
Hamilton is fighting to stay at the front
while in the middle of the field,
Esteban Ocon is battling to maintain his position.
Okay, Esteban, Ricciardo behind.
This is Daniel Ricciardo on Esteban Ocon.
-I can't do anything, guys. -Yeah, copy that, Esteban. Copy that.
Ocon has now dropped back to 14th.
He's not really been entirely comfortable this whole race.
We must become competitive.
I agree. It's unbearable.
Yuki Tsunoda's AlphaTauri, ahead of Esteban Ocon in 13th.
Yuki, we can push one step more on tires.
Ocon one second behind.
Yeah, I'm trying to.
Fucking hell.
He's struggling.
Okay, Tsunoda ahead struggling, a second slower.
Let's go get him.
All right.
Let's pick our pace up. Let's go.
Two laps to go, Yuki. Let's keep up the pace.
You can push harder.
I am! Shut up!
Yuki, calm down, okay?
Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda scrapping away.
If either can score,
it'll be crucially important for their teams.
Come on, Esteban, let's go.
He must go for it now.
Last lap.
It will be Gasly in seventh
and Alonso coming across the line, P8.
And it's 14th for Esteban Ocon.
Disappointing for the Frenchman.
Fuckin' hell.
Fuck!
P13, Yuki, P13.
Yeah.
To be honest, I'm not happy with this car. It's so unstable.
It's pissed me off. I hate it.
Okay, Yuki.
Thirteenth and 14th
will leave both Tsunoda and Ocon out of the points today.
Hey, mate. Tough luck, buddy.
It was still a great race.
Is he still shouting?
He has stopped.
Fuckin' hell.
Drivers are athletes.
A little wrinkle in their confidence and then the performance goes astray.
There's nothing to do.
Catastrophe.
It's really important that Esteban doesn't lose his confidence.
Can you give us a break, please? One second. Thanks.
For Esteban, this year, it's a new team, a new philosophy.
In Formula 1, you are dealing with a lot of things.
Maybe you are very talented on track,
but you are not delivering what the people are expecting from you.
I still hate losing. I can't stand it.
I feel ashamed, you know?
It's quite easy, you know, to let yourself go down
in times where, you know, maybe it's not working the way you want.
The amount of pressure is huge compared to other categories
and this is a definite learning, um… learning curve.
Esteban could have done better.
We keep having only one car scoring the points.
That's a problem.
It's the same weaknesses race after race.
I need to make sure that whenever I spot a weakness,
something that's not working,
that's not helping us going towards the, uh… the goal,
I correct it.
We just need to make progress.
That's my, uh, job.
His approach has to be better.
Needs to work more.
What do you mean? Physically?
Just generally.
He needs to have a more balanced life.
He's a lazy dog otherwise.
He needs to work now for the first time in his life.
It feels like he just needs a tighter set of reins.
'Cause he's a fantastic character, he's obviously talented.
He's really talented.
He just needs the Franz finishing school.
You all do.
I got it.
Oh my God, mate. This is a lot of rain.
-I don't think your boot's big enough. -Yeah.
Put it in the passenger door.
Franz said he wants me to live in Italy.
My driving style, I was going too aggressive,
and I crashed it,
and I think I lost a little bit of confidence for the driving.
-Oh my God. -Nice.
-Good to go, mate. -Yeah.
So, I'll see what's gonna happen.
-Thank you very much. -Good luck in Faenza.
-See you soon. -Bye, Yuki.
Bye.
It's a lucky black cat.
I just love to come back to the family place as much as I can.
You know, after not having the best first of 2021,
they kept supporting me all the way throughout.
On the day after the race, I am always aching.
She has neck pain after the race, she said!
I swear, I crane my head during the turns.
Really?
-You imitate my moves? -I imitate your moves.
I've worked hard to arrive to my goal
and my life is working around Formula 1, so yeah.
-Is it burning? It's so hot.
What I like is to be with my family.
I've learned, with experience, to have a solid platform
when you are a sportsman.
When I go there,
it reboots me to… to go back to race, as simple as that.
Good morning.
Morning, Yuki-san. Or "Buongiorno."
-How are you doing? -Good.
-I'm excited. -I'm not.
-You're not excited? -No. We're training.
-It's gonna be great. -Good.
When I have workouts, especially in the morning,
it just ruins my whole day.
Come on, buddy.
Just makes muscles tired,
sweat a lot.
I hurt a lot, so I can't finish this training.
Yuki moved from Milton Keynes to Faenza
because we wanted him to have a daily routine.
-Am I allowed the toilet? -No.
I said to him, "Now, look, you are in Formula 1,
but you haven't achieved anything."
"To become a successful driver,
they have to train every day, minimum two to four hours."
Franz is a really nice guy and, you know, I like him,
but at the same time, he's really, um, strict.
I don't like training,
but I have to, so…
I just have to survive it.
He must train a lot.
He must do a lot of exercises, uh, on the physical side,
on the mental side,
but also on the technical side with the engineers to analyze the race.
-Yo. -Hey.
Heading to Hungary will be a lot of low-speed corners,
so a lot of rotation required.
So turn one, turn two are very long corners.
Turn 13, very long corner.
It's like school, going back to school,
which I don't like much, but I just have to learn a lot of things,
so it is really hard work.
One-stop is feasible.
If you are lazy, you don't care about anything,
you will not have the success,
but then the career is over.
We will see.
Welcome to beautiful Budapest,
round 11 of the Formula 1 World Championship
and finally the Sunday has arrived and we can get going.
-Good morning. -You're very early. What's wrong?
-I don't know! -Couldn't sleep?
I need a pee so bad.
-Do you? -Yeah.
Yo, Checo.
-You good, mate? -Good, thanks.
So when do we do another podium?
-Here!
You all right? How are you?
I put money on you again.
-Oh! I won't. -Don't disappoint me.
How you getting on there? Aw.
In the paddock, somebody might think you've been shot!
-What's your forecast saying? -Rain.
It's gonna be tricky in greasy conditions
because the rain has arrived just to put another little twist
into what could be a fascinating and an enthralling afternoon.
Yuki, he needs to just keep his head together
and prove that he can finish on Sunday with a good result.
Esteban, after a really difficult period this season,
needs to move forward from scraping into the points
to turn his season around.
You don't realize how lucky you can be sometimes.
I've paid the price in the past.
It hasn't been easy.
But I made it back.
I'm 100% serious and up for the job.
All the cars are lined up, ready to go in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Being rookie in Formula 1 is really difficult.
Okay, Yuki, we need good communication.
Yeah, 100%.
I always have pressure,
but I know what I have to achieve.
Are you ready for some action?
All the talking stops right now.
It's lights out and away we go.
There goes Lando Norris down the inside.
Bottas hits Norris!
And Norris hits Verstappen!
What an idiot!
Pérez gets caught up in that as well.
Fuck! Shit!
Chaos behind!
What the fuck happened there?
Sorry, guys.
We have lost four drivers from this Hungarian Grand Prix
in the space of about 600 meters.
Update us when you can, Esteban.
When there's a crash, everything slows down.
It's all about seeing, anticipating.
You need to keep calm.
Just thinking calmly, it's the best way also to have everything under control.
Esteban Ocon showed so much composure to avoid the melee.
We're sat in P2 at the moment. Nice work.
What's happened here?
Yuki, there's been an accident turn one and turn two.
You are doing good.
Red flag. Red flag.
We are stopping this race while the marshals clear the debris.
Okay, Esteban, well done so far.
Well managed.
Copy.
This unique circumstance, someone's crashed,
these are the races where anything can happen,
and if the opportunity presents itself, you have to hang on to it with both hands.
So, Yuki, currently we are P5.
Copy.
What a chaotic start.
In second place now is Esteban Ocon,
and Yuki Tsunoda is up into fifth.
That's unbelievable.
You're only as good as your last race.
All it takes is one good result
to completely switch that downward spiral into a sudden upward trajectory.
Genuinely, anybody could be on the podium.
Yeah.
Lewis Hamilton will lead the field away for a formation lap
and then a standing start.
Everyone is still on wet-weather tires.
Okay, Yuki, sun is coming out.
-Track is drying up. -Copy.
Completely dry.
As soon as we can pit, it's going to be good to do so.
You can come in at the end of this lap if you wanted.
Lewis Hamilton leads them round the final few corners.
Is he going to dive into the pit lane?
Control the pace now, yeah?
Yeah, copy.
It is a standing start. Standing start.
Okay, Esteban, box. Box. Box.
Second-place Esteban Ocon comes into the pits.
And behind Ocon, the rest of the field is pitting as well.
Lewis Hamilton is gonna be the only driver on wet-weather tires
on a perfectly bone-dry track.
-Loads in the pit lane already? Yeah, roger.
All the other drivers have got to wait in the pit lane
until Hamilton takes the restart.
-Yeah, it's dry. Yeah, copy, Lewis.
And there goes Hamilton past the pit lane now.
He's got to do a whole other lap before he changes his tires.
Box, box.
Mercedes made a huge error here.
-Am I last? Yeah.
Get on it for the rest of the race.
Sixty-five laps to go.
Hamilton now at the back.
And for the first time in his career,
Esteban Ocon leads.
Okay, Esteban, you are leading the Grand Prix.
Let's get down to business.
Yeah, let's focus.
Vettel 1.1 behind.
Keep that pace up if you can.
It's gonna be so tough for Ocon to keep Vettel behind.
Vettel is on the attack and getting closer.
This is anyone's race.
How is the balance?
The rear is quite strong.
Okay, Yuki, you're doing good.
Keep your head down, keep focus.
Copy.
Here's Hamilton now on fresh tires and picking up the pace.
He's gonna get past Max Verstappen.
Can he get past Danny Ricciardo as well?
He does, and with 49 laps remaining,
it looks like he's set his sights on Esteban Ocon.
Okay, Esteban, Hamilton, eight and a half seconds behind.
What's Hamilton's pace?
Twenty-two zero, so let's push.
Ocon in the lead,
but he has two world champions, Vettel and Hamilton, at his heels.
How long can he hold them off?
Gap to Vettel, one second.
Copy that.
Could be a big points haul for AlphaTauri.
Yuki Tsunoda running in sixth place,
driving really consistently.
-How many more laps? -Six laps.
This could be his highest ever finish in Formula 1.
I have to push.
Has he gone out?
Yuki? Do you need support?
No.
Good. Well done.
-Okay. Good job. -Ah, copy.
At the front of the race, Vettel is in second, right behind Ocon.
Vettel 0.9 behind.
This is huge pressure
for someone trying to win their first Grand Prix.
So we're gonna see what Este can do.
I have faith.
Vettel's close this time. He's gonna go for it.
Ocon holds him off, just about.
-And Ocon still leads.
Good job. Hamilton 2.3 behind.
Copy.
Hamilton's joined the fight now as well.
Three for the win on the final lap.
Let's just keep head down, Lewis. We can do this.
Ocon has been unbelievably calm.
Can he win his first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix?
Last lap. Max push. Max push.
Last lap, Yuki, last lap.
-Keep up the pace. -Copy.
A couple of corners to go.
No mistakes needed now from Ocon.
Esteban Ocon is gonna be a Grand Prix winner in Formula 1!
Ocon wins the Hungarian Grand Prix!
Yeah!
Yes, guys!
Allez, Alpine. Allez, les Bleus. Yes!
First victory. First of many.
Yuki Tsunoda, sixth place, eight points, his highest ever finish.
AlphaTauri will take that.
P6, Yuki.
Important points, yeah?
Yeah, important points.
Best race you've done this year, so we'll build up from here.
Yeah.
Well done, guys. You did a really good job. Thanks. I'm happy.
Yeah, you should be.
I think living in Faenza is making me a better driver,
and I realize that communication is really important in Formula 1.
Yuki did everything absolutely correct.
Sixth place, we scored points,
and I think that he can have quite a successful future in Formula 1.
Yuki, well done!
This is just the beginning.
When I crossed the line,
the first thing that I remember is all the difficult moments I had
in my career.
All the sacrifices that my family made.
And our winner, from France, Esteban Ocon!
I have no doubt Esteban has true greatness.
You work 20 years of your life to get that taste,
and finally you are living it.
I'm very proud, and I hope this is the start of many more.
Ocon! Ocon! Ocon! Ocon! Ocon! Ocon!
Sign here? It's a Mercedes cap.
-Yeah, that's next year, isn't it?
George could be somebody to reckon with.
I need to show them that I'm the one.
-As I pulled out, he jolted to the right. -Clearly it was his fault.
There are doubts for Toto about George.
Oh my God, we have loads to talk about.
Max Verstappen is under investigation.
Was that a penalty then?
Five places. You're fucking joking.
-We'll throw everything at it. -Final race of the year.
Verstappen closes in. -Fuck. He right behind me?