05x08 - Alpha Male

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Tokyo, man.

Tokyo drift.

- Oh la, P!

- What a start.

Oh my The phone went

Oh là! No!

Oh là.

Putain!

No!

I'm sliding through Tokyo, man.

Oh no! No, you didn't!

Don't worry.

My fart does not smell, luckily.

- Lo siento!

- Lo siento, amigo.

Lo siento, amigo,

but this is not possible.

Action.

My name is Yuki Tsunoda,

and this is my second season

racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri.

I came from Japan.

The next one,

I f*cking put the handbrake on,

and then I kick you out of my car.

Yuki is special.

I must say, I don't think I've ever met

someone like him before.

He does feel like a a little bro.

Where the f*ck are you going?

This is my line.

This is my curb, my corner.

Just relax, man.

Don't relax.

Nobody pass me.

Relationship with Pierre

has been a really good relationship.

Definitely special.

He's a good teammate,

but also he's a good friend.

Seems like everywhere you go,

it's raining.

Yeah, recently my heart is crying

because you're going

to a different team next year.

Your heart is crying. Oh!

You're being too cute now.

Don't make me emotional.

I know you're gonna miss me so much.

I am.

I don't know why he's leaving AlphaTauri.

The amount of things he achieved

in that team was, uh, massive.

Has been a really enjoyable two years

I spent with him.

It's really sad that he is leaving.

I must say,

we have had quite a lot of fun.

No!

Help! Help!

Welcome to Suzuka.

We've not been here since 2019,

and we are very excited to be back.

Brilliant. Let's rock and roll.

Go Yuki!

- Give me your autograph.

- Yes.

Thank you very much.

Suzuka definitely,

for me, is the best track in the world.

Last time, in 2019,

I was watching at turn two.

So, in four years,

I came back as a Formula 1 driver,

so it's been, uh, incredible..

Welcome Alpine.

Merci beaucoup.

To be an Alpine driver, I'm not gonna lie,

like, I feel super proud.

I'm super excited about this new chapter.

They are the fourth-best team,

and I want

the most competitive car available,

and, um, that's what they can provide.

How does it feel?

It feels pretty good.

It's very emotional, obviously, for me,

because you have been a part

of my whole career in Formula 1.

My first race in Malaysia,

my first win, my first podium,

is shared with all of you guys.

Let's enjoy these last, uh

last weekends together.

Ragazzi.

Grazie.

I think Pierre leaving

could have a really big impact on Yuki.

He'll miss the sounding board.

I think he'll miss the friendship.

I think he'll miss having an ally

on the other side of the garage to him.

Yuki is fast, but we know

can be a little a little wild.

f*ck! Sorry!

He's still crazy at times

behind the wheel.

No! f*ck!

Anything that goes through his head

is out of his mouth.

You can push harder.

I am. Shut up!

I'm excited.

I'm not.

When I have workouts,

it just ruins my whole day.

Stroll 1.4 behind.

Stop talking to me.

I am in the braking zone.

Don't talk to me anymore.

f*cking engine brake!

He's still a diamond in the rough,

but he's not a rookie anymore,

and he has to learn

to stand on his own two feet.

- Thank you.

- Morning. Welcome.

Thank you.

The rice should be here.

You cannot put rice here.

- You're a very strange man, aren't you?

- No. It is, in Japan.

There's a rule

about where you can put the rice.

But you hate rules.

You always say,

"Don't tell me what to do."

You had a good night?

Yeah, I slept well.

Ready to go?

Yeah.

Yuki Tsunoda still is, uh,

sometimes too undisciplined

and too unpatient.

And then, of course, he's disappointed

because mistakes are coming.

- Good.

- Yeah.

- Let's see then. Okay.

- Yeah.

He must show

that he has matured enough for Formula 1.

Now I am leaving,

Yuki has to step up and improve

and and deliver better performances.

Yuki!

- Lots of fans?

- Yeah.

If, uh, he does not perform well,

then everything could become a problem.

Performing well in Japan,

it will be the most important,

yeah, race so far in Formula 1.

Driving at home in front

of all the friends, all the family,

it can add a little bit of pressure,

but you need to transform this pressure

into something positive.

It's your home turf.

Your biggest supporting force

is gonna be there.

If you're gonna be

on your game at any point,

that's the one

that you need to bring your A-star game.

Come on, let's go.

Just keep walking. Keep walking.

Give him some space, guys.

Just keep walking. Just keep walking.

I don't think he realized.

He arrives there, and he's a rock star.

All right,

move back, back up.

When I saw that,

I was a bit worried for him

because it's gonna be overwhelming.

You have to, like

Okay, mate. Guys, guys, guys.

Holy

The pressure drains you out,

and then you get no energy

to focus on the right stuff,

which is the driving part

and the racing part.

Well, hello, everyone.

We're here at Suzuka.

It's the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix,

round 18 of the season,

and it's been raining

ever since we woke up this morning.

Yuki!

- Good luck!

- Thank you.

- Morning, Yuki.

- Konnichiwa.

How are you feeling?

Pretty good. Bit of unfortunate rain,

but, uh, can't wait still.

Hello.

- All right?

- All good.

Are we looking all right?

- Everything on time?

- Yeah, yeah.

When you look at it,

it looks like it's gonna get worse.

Wind is zero.

It's raining.

It's nice,

the English weather, huh?

What do you mean, "English weather"?

Yeah, 'cause it never rains in Spain!

When it rains, it makes the race

more stressful for the drivers

because you never know

what happened in front of you.

If a car spins

and stands in the middle of the street,

you don't see it.

You must have complete concentration.

We're going to start

with a little bit of oversteer.

And then, um, survive.

Yep.

I never experienced

like that conditions in Suzuka.

I know Suzuka.

If it's rainy conditions,

it can be dangerous

and really, really difficult.

It's very tricky in these conditions.

Visibility in the wet is so poor.

And when you travel at that speed,

you've gotta have, like, a clear mind

'cause if you get it wrong,

that's it, the race is over.

I'm feeling more pressure,

more expectation from the team

and, uh, more expectations from fans.

I want to show that I am improving

and became a better driver.

There are 20 cars lining up today

with Verstappen starting first

and the driver

the fans are all here to see,

Yuki Tsunoda, is lining up in 13th.

Radio check.

Loud and clear.

Intensity is gonna get

much worse than this?

Intensity like this

for the next half an hour

and then increase.

Track is quite wet now.

The forecast is looking pretty grim.

I feel nervous.

Definitely more emotional.

I just want to cross the finish line

for the Japanese fans.

It's lights out and away we go!

Can't see a damn thing!

Visibility is close to none.

f*cking dangerous.

Can't see anything.

The conditions are too crazy.

Vettel, the car behind.

Yeah, tell me all this info

because I cannot see much.

f*ck, I got hit by Alonso.

Really bad. Really bad.

Try and keep going.

Man! Man, man, man, man.

How do you drive in those conditions?

You're doing a good job

with the brakes and tires.

Can't see anything again.

It's hard to warm up the tire.

Oh no!

Carlos Sainz has spun round!

I crashed. I didn't see anything.

- Are you okay?

- I am okay.

f*ck, I drove over something.

I don't know what it was.

Debris from the Sainz crash is everywhere!

I took a f*cking thing.

What the hell is that?

I can't see in front of me.

f*cking board is stuck in the wing!

Okay, box.

We will change the front wing and tires.

Those repairs are

gonna push Gasly to the back of the grid,

meaning AlphaTauri's only chance of points

lies with home boy Yuki Tsunoda.

Let's go.

Good, Yuki. Come on.

The roar of the crowd

willing on Yuki Tsunoda.

Tsunoda 0.8 ahead.

Yuki Tsunoda has

George Russell for company here.

Watch your mirrors behind.

Yeah, I am. I am.

Yuki, I know it's very difficult,

but we need to keep focus.

Tsunoda 0.6 ahead.

Yuki, the rain intensity

is going to increase.

Rubbish!

0.3. You have overtake.

Russell out of last corner.

- Yuki, push.

- Yeah, I know. I'm doing!

f*cking sh

Copy.

Final lap.

Max Verstappen on his way

to yet another victory.

This is checkered flag.

Checkered flag.

P13. We tried, Yuki.

Just letting you know,

I couldn't do anything at all.

I didn't want to, of course, crash

or, you know, retire,

but I wanted to score points.

It's a bit of a shame

that I couldn't do it.

I was a bit upset, disappointed.

Yuki has to bring the performance

to score the points for the team,

which is very important.

Pierre scores a lot of points,

and to let such a driver go

is always difficult.

The competition is really tough.

That means you need

a strong second driver as well.

And that's why we decided

to take Nyck de Vries on board.

Season five.

And I'm in it.

I'm Nyck de Vries,

and I'm racing

for Scuderia AlphaTauri in '23.

Hello.

Hello.

Good morning.

I'll sit here.

Nyck, could you talk about

the speed of how all of this has happened,

you know, you ending up on the grid?

I've been kind of part

of this Formula 1 carousel

for for quite some time.

However, certainly, Monza has, you know,

speed up a lot of the conversation.

Okay, this is good, Nyck.

Keep at it.

Copy that.

Mercedes reserve driver Nyck de Vries

is making his Formula 1 debut today,

providing cover

for the unwell Alex Albon at Williams.

You are starting the last lap.

Doing a good job.

Nyck de Vries, points on his debut.

There you go, boyo. P9.

Wow. Wow.

Points on debut. Thank you.

That is a terrific finish

for Nyck de Vries today.

Nyck, what do you think

you can bring to AlphaTauri next season?

Um, I believe a bit of maturity.

Yuki is super entertaining for all of us.

I'm not sure if I should trust

whatever he teaches me.

And I'm not sure if it's wise

to repeat or or replicate the actions.

I can't really overstate

how impressive Nyck de Vries is

as a racing driver.

He's the real deal.

And in having a new teammate

who will need to mark his own territory,

Yuki will experience something

in that team that he's not had before.

Someone who will turn up

with the sole objective of destroying him.

This industry is all about performance,

so that's where my focus will be,

and I'm gonna make sure

that, you know, we succeed here.

I am very determined,

focused, disciplined,

and, um and a perfectionist.

He knows how to race.

He knows how to win.

I rate him very high as a driver.

From the junior categories,

last year he won also

the Formula E World Championship.

Now I'm more relaxed

as Nyck de Vries is on board.

Nyck makes sense more

compared to other drivers,

because he showed

a really good performance in Monza.

I know he's fast,

so I can't wait to fight hard each other

and progress together, um, as a team.

Yeah.

Reckon he could beat you?

Uh, no.

- You good, Yuki? Ready? Happy?

- Yeah.

- You wanna go window seat?

- Yeah, okay.

You can go on my lap if you want!

Hmm.

How long are we driving?

We're almost there, I'd say.

About five minutes or so.

Do you remember this, Pierre?

Oh my God!

That's the first time you met him.

How old was he?

Uh, fifteen years old?

- You were in Formula what? Formula 4?

- Three years ago.

Or Formula 3 when I met you?

- Formula 4.

- Formula 4.

Things went so fast.

Formula 4, Formula 3, Formula 2.

One year in each category,

and then straight to Formula 1.

Yeah.

You know, Yuki,

I always always had his back.

All last year.

I always kind of, uh, cheered him on

and and tried to support

and tried to help him.

Clearly, compared from year one

to year two,

I think you've learned a lot

and developed a lot.

Sometimes you have issues,

the car is not working the way you want,

and and the team

can also affect your performance.

You need to really pay attention

to, like, the fine details.

That will make you different

and stronger than others.

I know things are gonna turn around

at some point.

You know, people just remember

your last race.

That's how the sport works.

You need to use every opportunity you have

to prove that you have what it takes.

Okay.

There's still lots of things

I can learn from him

and how he prepares the race

and how he prepares into the season.

How he's acting to the

How he acts in the race week.

I think the progress I've done this year

is much more than last year.

But my consistency,

in terms of race results,

has to be improved.

- You're gonna miss me for sure.

- Maybe for two, three minutes.

Well, I'm happy. I'll take that,

that you'll miss me

at least two or three minutes, yeah.

I'll take that.

Here we go. In a place

where it's all about the Longhorns,

today it's all about the horsepower.

Welcome to Austin

and the 2022 Formula 1

United States Grand Prix.

Amazing.

You gonna drive in these tomorrow?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Nice.

That looks good,

but my stomach can't handle it.

No.

Selfie please?

Thank you.

There's something in the fridge

that you might start drinking.

Okay, yellow one.

Twelve, please.

I know that training

is super important,

uh, to increase the performance,

and, yeah, I wouldn't say I'm enjoying,

but I'm doing, yeah.

Okay, brace.

Ten, nine, eight, seven

Three, two, one.

I'm not afraid about mistakes.

Brace. Ten, nine

I don't have any fear like that.

Four, three

But I know there's a lot of space

that I can improve as a driver.

Okay, maybe hold onto something

for this one. Oh yeah, you reckon? Hold.

And relax. Okay.

Red.

White.

In general, I would say

I'm feeling more in control.

Ready, set

I experienced most

of the situations last year,

so I know how to handle it.

See?

I'm not rookie anymore,

so there's not any room

to excuse, so, uh yeah.

I know.

No pressure.

Many people's

favorite race is about to get underway.

We're in Austin, Texas,

and the 2022 Austin Grand Prix.

- What's with the jacket?

- I don't know.

- It's sunny out there. It's 30 degrees.

- It keeps me warm.

Is your horse here or not?

Neigh.

I should have got it.

Did it have a pass?

- Yep.

- It has?

Yeah. Did you see?

- Horsey McHorse?

- Horsey McHorse.

So, where do you start?

Uh, I got a penalty anyway,

so I'm also stuck behind that, so

I'm P19 again.

How you doing?

- All good.

- Good.

- Buongiorno.

- Can I?

- Yeah, sure.

- Thank you so much.

Nyck saved himself a spot

in Formula 1 next year, so

- Awesome. Congratulations.

- Thank you very much.

- Sounds great.

- Cheers.

- Yuki.

- Yuki.

- So Williams

- Yuki.

Second AlphaTauri.

Massive pressure for Yuki.

If he wants to prove himself

as the guy who can potentially

lead the team into the future,

Yuki's gotta step it up. This is it.

He has to deliver.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz

starts on pole position today.

AlphaTauri have Pierre Gasly in 11th,

and Yuki Tsunoda starting

from the back row in 19th.

Yuki, Latifi, and Zhou on medium.

Schumacher on hard in front of us.

Just waiting for the red lights.

Just want to show my performance.

I want to show

that I can, you know, do well.

And it's lights out and away we go!

Verstappen getting away better

and has that inside line

going into turn one.

Sainz is spun round and is tagged!

Come on! What happened there?

Oh! No!

Be careful.

I will say,

my driving is kind of aggressive.

You're doing good.

And I have good confidence,

uh, for overtaking.

You're good.

Now is the time to make time.

Yuki Tsunoda might be able

to get ahead, there, of Mick Schumacher.

A terrific start for him.

Managed to navigate

his way around the chaos.

Offset two. Good job.

Yeah, copy.

Yuki Tsunoda

is driving brilliantly here

and has already gained five places.

We are catching the pack.

But can Tsunoda

keep this up and get into the points?

Car behind

is Tsunoda on medium.

Keep pushing in the corners.

Tsunoda's really on the pace here,

and he's catching

his teammate Pierre Gasly.

He's slow!

Understood.

So Verstappen leads from Lewis Hamilton,

and Fernando Alonso up to eighth place.

Overtake is available.

Car behind, Alonso, 0.3.

Fernando Alonso,

he's made contact with Lance Stroll!

That was a very heavy crash.

Safety car. Safety car.

Lance, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

They all did extremely well to avoid that.

Okay, Yuki, at the restart,

the instruction is

to not fight with Gasly.

Why?

We fight with the cars behind.

It's gonna be really sh*t.

Safety car is coming in,

so we can get racing again.

Yuki, eight tenths behind.

Still Gasly ahead of Tsunoda.

Tsunoda's so much faster through there.

This doesn't make sense.

Box, box. Box, box.

The AlphaTauri drivers

on different tire strategies today,

it gives Yuki Tsunoda

the opportunity to pull away

from his soon-to-depart teammate.

The three cars ahead

are very slow.

What should I do?

Stay positive.

Sebastian Vettel on fresher tires behind.

Tsunoda, 0.8. You've got DRS.

Copy.

Keep doing the same.

It's f*cking stressful.

Yeah, I know, Yuki.

Yuki, you are doing well.

It's a good race.

Just keep focus.

Tires are good. We'll do well.

Okay.

Okay, let's push now.

Yeah, copy.

P12, Yuki, P12.

Tsunoda behind, so keep focused.

We are in a good position for points.

I've got nothing left.

Maximum push now.

Go for it.

Overtake.

Okay, good job.

We are P11.

That's another

superb overtake by Tsunoda

as he calmly passes Zhou.

He's just one position away

from reaching the points.

Okay, Yuki, we are catching Albon.

Just keep focused.

Copy.

Four laps to go.

Four laps to go. Currently P10.

- Tsunoda behind.

- Really bad for tires.

Tsunoda battling there.

This is such a close finish.

Good job, Yuki.

Honestly

Oh no! And that mistake

could spell disaster for Yuki

and his hopes of securing points today.

Unbelievable.

Yuki, we need to keep focus.

I learned to kind of focus myself.

I want to score points.

I want to show that I can deliver

the performance for the team.

I want to get that top seat.

Two laps to go.

Push.

Yuki Tsunoda going off.

This is brilliant Formula 1 action.

Tsunoda ahead, then.

- We are fighting Albon.

- Copy.

Alex, this is the final lap.

Yuki, DRS enabled.

- Let's go.

- Yeah, copy.

Okay, we are in front.

That was absolutely brilliant!

Last two corners.

Checkered flag. Checkered flag.

This is P10 for us.

Finally! Scored points.

Very good race, Yuki.

I know it was difficult,

but it was very good.

Good job, guys.

Thank you, guys. I appreciate it.

He drove a brilliant race,

I must say.

It was one of his strongest races

all of the season.

It was a hard fight.

It was very competitive.

That's the reason why he scored the point.

I'm pretty happy,

what I done in the race.

I knew what I had to improve,

and if I improved those things,

I knew I gonna perform well

and they will deliver the results.

Well, he deserves to be in Formula 1.

He is really fast,

and, um, I expect that, in the future,

we will see

a very successful Yuki Tsunoda.

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Hello ♪

It's me ♪

Such a difference ♪

Between us ♪

And a million miles ♪

I think Yuki has improved

in his approach to racing.

Showed more respect to the sport

and took it more seriously.

Hello from the outside ♪

At least I can ♪

Tried ♪

We did well.

Good job.

I'm ready to be a team leader

in Scuderia AlphaTauri.

Yuki, it's been a pleasure.

Been a pleasure.

I am out.

With Nyck joining Yuki

next year in the team,

who's gonna be the lead driver,

do you think?

This, we will see.

This is not decided yet.

Well, this is an opportunity

I've been living for my whole life.

There is nothing stopping me

from embracing this and taking this.

So I'm grateful,

but, at the same time,

I wanna, you know, make a point.

Are we getting sh*t

from the others on the cost cap?

I guess so.

There's just no excuse for it.

I think what we need

is a different approach.

You making something up?

If you dish it out,

you've gotta be prepared to take it.

Just a joke.

Just an absolute joke.

This could be

my last ever race,

but my job as a driver is still the same.

We have to finish

ahead of Mclaren.

- How's my pace?

- Need to push.

- It'll take close to a miracle.

- Useless, guys.