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Sir Chris Hoy has already ignited the burners. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:06 | |
Who's going to get it? Chris Hoy! That's his sixth gold medal. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
He becomes the greatest British Olympian. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
Mesdames et messieurs, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
welcome to the 84th running of the greatest race in motor sport - | 0:00:19 | 0:00:24 | |
the 24 hours at Le Mans. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
-HOY: -When I finished competitive cycling, | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
in the way that many sports men and women struggle | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
when they retire from something that has consumed them, | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
every decision that you make is about performance, | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
and then all of a sudden, overnight, it stops. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
So you have to find something to replace that, | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
you have to have something that you are passionate about. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
So, motor sport was just the perfect fit. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
It is mad, though, isn't it? Just how many people are down here. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
The very first time I became aware of Le Mans, | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
I had a Scalextric track when I was a wee boy. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
I remember asking my dad, "Why does this car have lights on it?" | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
He said, "Well, that's a Le Mans car," he said. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
"They race all day and then all night for 24 hours." | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
And I just remember thinking, "That sounds amazing." | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
I'm very excited, a little bit nervous, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
just an amazing experience to be here. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
And I can't wait to get on the track and start racing. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
Sir Chris Hoy, thank you. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
Being the biggest race in the world, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
people have come from far and wide - | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
from the worlds of Formula One, IndyCar, | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
the biggest names, the biggest teams, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
this is the one that everybody who is anybody wants to win. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
This is some of the best drivers in the world, | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
and my name is in there. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
Four years of my life has been working towards this one race. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
This is a massive challenge. And it's not been easy. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
To be a Le Mans winner, it's like being an Olympic gold medallist. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
That is with you for the rest of your life. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
Three, two, one... | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
-Have you just woken up? -Are you sleepy? | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
-Hello. -Where is Dada? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:22 | |
Do you want a wee cuddle? | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
In 2012, track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
became the first British Olympian to win six gold medals | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
competing in four games, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
but this is the first Olympic year since 2000 | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
that he's not in training. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
Olympic year is definitely different | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
because you immediately start thinking back | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
to where you were four years ago, eight years ago, | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
12 years ago, 16 years ago, what you were going through. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
What's that down there? Is that the Christmas tree? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
'This time four years ago,' | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
I wouldn't be standing wasting energy in my legs. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
'I would be sitting down.' | 0:02:52 | 0:02:53 | |
I hate to break the news to you, son, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
but we are taking the Christmas tree down. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
Don't stand when you can sit, don't sit when you can lie down. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
Rest your legs, recover. That was our mantra, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
that was what we did as cyclists. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:02 | |
And it was relentless. It was an obsession. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
I feel freed from that pressure, | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
but in equal measure, I miss being part of something that means so much | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
and that you're on this journey towards this end goal. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
This is a man who thrives on being able to have a project | 0:03:16 | 0:03:21 | |
that he can strip down, learn every single detail of, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
become good at it, build it all back up together | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
and try and do it. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:29 | |
How did you get that there? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
Oh, dear. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
I dreamt of Le Mans, but never thought it would be possible. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
So far, nothing has been confirmed, | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
but if I get to race at Le Mans, it doesn't matter who you are, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
to measure yourself against the best in the world, it's exciting. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
It's fast, it's dangerous, it's the real thing. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
Right, thank you. Round of applause for Daddy. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
Chris's journey to Le Mans | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
started two months after retiring from competitive cycling | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
when he signed up to an amateur race series. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
To actually get on the track yourself | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
and experience it first hand, it's amazing and a real privilege. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
I just want to try and bring the car back in one piece each time. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
In just his second race, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
Chris got a real taste of what motor sport can offer. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
Pretty hairy at moments, but, yeah, pretty fun. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Over the past three years, Chris has been fast tracked | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
through the motor sport world by his sponsors. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
He has gone through an intensive training programme | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
and competed with a host of pro drivers and teams | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
in races across Europe. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
Last year, he won one of the top endurance race series. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
Amazing. I never thought I would be on the podium | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
hearing the national anthem again. I thought those days were over. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
I have the same passion, the same competitive spirit. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
I'm not doing it just for the sake of it. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
The reason I'm doing it is because I love it. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
Chris has a chance to join one of the top teams | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
at Le Mans for this year's race. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
Morning. How you doing? | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
Today he has come to show them he can handle their car. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
With a top speed close to 200mph, | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
it's faster than anything Chris has ever driven. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
Getting the nerves again. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
Right before you get in it, you're thinking, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
"Oh, God, this is... This is bloody terrifying." | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
It's a new season, it's a completely different set-up this year. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
It's with Greaves Motor Sport, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
who've won in Le Mans this car before. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
You know, it is nice to drive in the dry, but you want to get used to wet | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
because you're not going to get a dry 24 hours, are you? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
It's going to rain at some point. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
Greaves Motor Sport have raced at Le Mans | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
every year for the past decade, | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
finishing on the podium twice and winning their class in 2011. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
We've got the pro-am situation here. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
Each team has to have an amateur driver. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
The difference between winning and losing can be the quality, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
the performance of the amateur driver. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
Chris, in this case, yeah. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
At Le Mans, three different categories of car | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
race together on the same track. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Chris wants to compete in the LMP2, or Le Mans Prototype 2 class, | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
the highest level an amateur can race. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
The professional drivers are continually helping | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
the amateur drivers. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
Remember, most of these professional drivers | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
have been doing this since they were eight years old. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Chris jumps in, what is it now, three years? | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Any observations? | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
No. The car is really, really easy to drive. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Each team needs three drivers to share the car | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
through the 24-hour race. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
We still haven't even finalised the team for this year. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
At the moment, it is looking likely it will be myself | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
and Alex Brundle - Martin Brundle's son - | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
a very experienced prototype racer, | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
he's raced at Le Mans many times before. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
-I tried second, it's not better. -Yep. -It is easy to run wide. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
If we can get him quick, on professional driver pace, | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
it's a huge asset to the team. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
It's the same with any team doing anything - | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
you're only as strong as the weakest link. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
I know I'm the weak link, so that's OK. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
It's not like I'm going, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
"Shit, they said that? I didn't know that. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
"I thought I was the best out there", you know? | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
But I enjoy a challenge. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
I miss that moment of, "Shit, we are in this now. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
"We are in the battle and this is what we have trained for | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
"for the last however many months or years." | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
He's doing exactly what we want him to do. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Currently the pace is about a 1 minute 48 for the top drivers. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
I think he will go under 50. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
If he gets under 50, he has done a brilliant job. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Yep. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
It's not a million miles away then. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
It's not miles away. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:16 | |
An hour later, Chris gets a chance to improve on his time. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
He's done a 49. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
We're sort of where we should be with Chris today. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
Such a mega car, that. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
It encourages you to push, to go faster and faster. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
It's just amazing. That's what it's all about. Just awesome. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
Chris's performance today has cemented his place in the team. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
The test has been a massive success. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
It's been really encouraging for me personally. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
The team that has won at Le Mans before, | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
so you start and put two and two together and you start to think, | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
"What would it be like to get on the podium at Le Mans?" | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
What a fairy-tale ending - wouldn't it be amazing? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
So anybody watching for the first time, it's an 8.5 mile lap | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
as many times as you possibly can over the space of 24 hours. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
No other form of motoring event | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
eclipses the world of man and machine | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
in a more incredible environment. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
I've been here a million times before | 0:09:36 | 0:09:37 | |
but not in motor sport, the pre-race feeling. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
You recognise it as a good sign - | 0:09:40 | 0:09:41 | |
you need to have adrenaline, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
you need to have that raised level of alertness. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
THUNDER RUMBLES | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
The umbrellas are up and our race director has declared this | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
a wet race, so that is the first bit of drama | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
before we've even got underway. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
I mean, the conditions - it couldn't be worse | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
to make a debut in the Le Mans 24-hour. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
This is where you're glad...? | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
-You're not starting. -Yeah, exactly. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
It's the toughest race in the world. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
What we are going to see is 60 cars driving around | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
and a hell of a race throughout the classes. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Pilotes, demarrez vos moteurs! | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
Ten, nine, eight... | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
The race I am most intrigued by is the LMP2 race. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
It's the most competitive field in an awfully long time. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
Five, four, three, two, one... | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
BEEPING | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
The race will start now behind the safety car. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
It is very, very wet indeed. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
Well, you know, in weather like this with the cars that close together, | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
an incident is almost inevitable. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
On the back of every ticket, it says motor racing is dangerous. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
It is not that long ago that very tragically | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
Allan Simonsen lost his life at this track. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
Danger is still there. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
For the past three weeks, | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
Chris has been preparing to race | 0:11:18 | 0:11:19 | |
with the highly successful Greaves Motor Sport. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
But yesterday, he was told that engine supply problems | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
have forced them to withdraw his car from Le Mans. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
-Mamma. -Mamma. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
At the last minute, Chris's sponsor Nissan have stepped in | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
and found him a new team. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
I've been very frustrated for the fact that, you know, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
he's given up so much time... | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Obviously it's all that he wants to do, | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
but he has given up so much time. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
I mean, ten days after he was born | 0:11:48 | 0:11:49 | |
and he was in intensive care in an incubator, | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
Chris was in Barcelona, through our mutual choice of both of us | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
for saying we've got to go and get all your race training in, | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
you've got to be as good as you can if you're going to Le Mans. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
Then for you to give all that time in what was | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
a really upsetting and stressful year for both of us, | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
but particularly for me and not to have Chris around for a lot of it, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
for it then that not to happen and him not to get to Le Mans, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
that was... I would have had absolute words with Nissan. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
Yeah, little smiley boy. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
Chris now has to take a leap of faith and join an unknown team | 0:12:21 | 0:12:26 | |
with a different car who will be racing at Le Mans | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
for the first time. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
I was stressed, but the guys at Nissan said | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
last minute we have a guaranteed seat in a different team. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
People I've never met before, never been to the factory, | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
never met them, never been in the car. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
-MAN OFF SCREEN: -And you're going to be racing Le Mans? | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
-I'll be racing Le Mans... -In a couple of months? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
-..in a couple of months' time... -In this car, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
-and this team you have never met. -I've never met them before. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
The problem is now the tyres are shit, aren't they? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
Today, Chris is meeting his new team - Algarve Pro Racing. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
They are run by Stewart, an ex-Formula One mechanic, | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
with his wife Sam. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
-Is it Stewart? -Hi, Chris. Stewart. -Hi. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
To get you some running, for we will do, | 0:13:20 | 0:13:21 | |
we'll just see what happens now. It's going to happen very shortly. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
Yeah. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
We are very lucky. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:27 | |
People have heard of Chris Hoy because he is, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
in some people's eyes, famous for being | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
one of the greatest Olympians ever, so it's big kudos for our team. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
He's met the Queen, been knighted. Fantastic. Good luck to the guy. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
You know, he worked hard for it. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:39 | |
Michael is the team's only permanent driver. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
He is an ex-Wall Street trader who got back into racing | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
in his 40s and, like Chris, is ranked as an amateur. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
Today he is helping to get the car set up | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
and install software for the new season. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
Are you good at bleeps, | 0:13:58 | 0:13:59 | |
because there is going to be loads of bleeps coming out of there. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:14:02 | 0:14:03 | |
Michael has raced Le Mans once before | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
but with a different team. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
I had a bit of a rough introduction to Le Mans two years ago. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
I crashed badly in practice and somebody spun in front of me | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
in the race, so I went airborne over him. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
We only finished about three hours before we destroyed the car. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
You slow down the car, you rotate, and exit, it is better. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
-You can see where the rubber is. -Yes. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
Andrea has just joined the team. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
He is an up-and-coming pro driver, but he has never raced Le Mans. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:45 | |
I didn't expect to do Le Mans soon like that. I'm really happy. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:50 | |
I think all the racing drivers dream about that. Yeah, it is amazing. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
He's actually getting ready now. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
He's going to be probably a minute and a half. So 90 seconds. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
Chris has less than three months to fit in with the team | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
and get to grips with a new car. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
The first time I have ever driven this car. It is brand-new to me. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
It is an LMP2, so the same category as the Greaves car that I tested, | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
but it is a closed cockpit. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:14 | |
It's totally different to anything I have driven before, | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
so it does feel a bit alien. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
All LMP2 cars have similar performance, | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
going from 0-60 in under three seconds, | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
but with every team customising their vehicle set-up, | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
each one is different to drive. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
-What's happened? -The exhaust pipe's blown up. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
These prototype cars are hand-built and cost £0.5 million each, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:49 | |
but this one has some teething problems. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
Did you find it really bumping along the end of the straight? | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
-Unbelievable. -Yeah, it was a bit scary, that. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
-No, it's the worst it's ever been. -Right. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Just before you are turning in, you're thinking, | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
-"Shit, this is going to lift off." -Exactly. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
At high speed, the front is lifting off the ground... | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
See, it's bouncing already. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
..which risks flipping the car over. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
Watch the cable on the left. Getting really bumpy now. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
This is our first Le Mans as a team, | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
so we have got a lot to do and a lot to learn. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
Top 10? | 0:16:28 | 0:16:29 | |
The thing is, at Le Mans, there are so many stories of teams | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
which had, on paper, no chance, so you do the best you can. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
Hand on heart, you'd say that was it, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
but if you've done the best, you've done the best. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
-It sounds like loser speak to me. -No, I don't think it is. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
It's not, it's not, is it? It's like... | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
Yeah, we all go there to win. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
I shouldn't do this, but looking back at the car | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
I drove two weeks ago, which was so easy to drive | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
and confidence-inspiring, | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
in comparison, this is a much trickier proposition. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
I'm not going to start nit-picking about things. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
This is the team, this is the car, | 0:17:05 | 0:17:06 | |
this is what we are going to be racing with. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
It's hanging off. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:11 | |
You know, to have the team manager saying we're not aiming for a win | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
because it's unrealistic, | 0:17:14 | 0:17:15 | |
we're aiming for top 10 which would be a good finish. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
-MAN OFF SCREEN: -Did your heart sink a bit? -A little bit. Yeah. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
Yeah, it did. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:21 | |
Do we not have any solid packers? | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
Stewart knows even making top ten will be difficult. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
Less than half of all rookie teams complete Le Mans. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
At the end of the day, if these guys get in the car and we finish, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
as a team, we have done a great job. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
It could go horribly wrong really quickly. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
There's 24 hours of overtaking, | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
there are so many things that can happen. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
-ON RADIO: -Well done, mate. Really proud of you. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
Well, now for one lap of the Le Mans 24-hours, | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
we can say that an LMP2 car is the fastest of the race. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
That is the one, number 25, Andrea Pizzitola at the wheel. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
That is the car that Sir Chris Hoy is a part of, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
the Algarve Racing machine. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
-ON RADIO: -He is absolutely on fire at the moment. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
Say again, Andre. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:30 | |
Nothing on our data, not yet. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
OK, Andre, we have no alarms here on our telemetry, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
your fuel level is fine. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:42 | |
Let's be realistic, this could be my only time at Le Mans. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
The car could go off in the first hour, it might break, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
I might not get a drive. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
The lift pumps are all off. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
What did you say, Stew? | 0:18:54 | 0:18:55 | |
The lift pumps are all off. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
Mate, there's no fuel pressure. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
If there is a problem with the lift pumps, we are so low on fuel, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
it'll just stop. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:04 | |
I need to talk to the driver and I need to do something quite drastic. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
There is a live feed on French TV. They would like to interview. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:18 | |
I don't know if maybe it is the wrong time... | 0:19:18 | 0:19:19 | |
-Maybe not just now, because... -This is really... | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
This is crucial, this bit. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
Andre, listen very carefully. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:27 | |
I know this is going to sound mad, but I need you to press the | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
red button and turn the car off and back on again and fire the car up. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
I need you to power cycle the car. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
Are you listening to what's going on? | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
Basically they need to switch the engine off and on again. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
It's probably something quite trivial, I mean... | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
But if the car conked out on the track, of course it would be awful. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
At the same... I don't know, it just seems like... | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
I'm sure they will figure it out, Chris. Don't stress. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
-No, no. Absolutely, yes. -Stewart is very good at what he does. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
Yeah, yeah, yeah. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
It's some silly little thing, never had it before, it will go away. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
He's good at what he does. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
Stewart, I think we should do the power cycle. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
Yeah, it is looking all right. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
It may be the water ingress or something silly. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
When I first tested with Algarve, it did feel different to all the | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
cycling teams and motor sport teams I have been a part of. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
It was a problem with the car that they thought it could | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
potentially could mean it would conk out on the track. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
It would all be over. But I think they fixed it. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
They haven't done Le Mans before, so it is a lot to expect for | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
a very inexperienced team to perform at the very highest level. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
The lift pump has just stopped working. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
-You don't need that shit, though. -No, you fucking don't. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
It's not always about winning here, Graham, is it? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
It's not even about getting on the podium. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
For some people, just to compete at Le Mans is enough | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
and getting to the finish is actually a bonus. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Get it home, that's the point. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
Silverstone host the first race of the year. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
Chris has arrived ahead of time to have a seat fitting for his new car. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
-See what you think. -I'll go in the other side. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
During a race, drivers are subjected to G-forces | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
equal to three times their body weight... | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
There we go. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
..so they need to have custom seats made | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
to hold them in their driving position. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
-What do you need? -What I need is a little bit of lumbar support. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
This seat in particular, when I drove this last time, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
I got a pain in my hip by the end of a stint. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
One of the key things is that the leg is in a straight line | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
to the throttle pedal. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:15 | |
If it's not, if it turns your knee inwards... | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Exactly as you describe, it causes this pain right in your glute, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:23 | |
which is kind of top of your hip in there. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
The consequence of doing this well versus not doing it at all | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
or doing it incorrectly can make the difference | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
between a car that is almost undrivable and one that is bang-on. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
The morning before the race is a free test session for the teams, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
but first Stewart wants to practise | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
their driver change drill for Le Mans. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
Everyone ready? Chris in position? OK, car is in the pit lane. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:51 | |
Out! | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
Every second spent in the pits for a changeover | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
will push the team down the field. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
The race begins for you with a properly stressful, | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
"Get in the car. Quick, get the seat belts on. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
"Oh, God, the time is slipping away," you know. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
Out. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
Even the steering wheel, you've got to squeeze the little back, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
sort of, part of it and line it and put it on. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
If it's even slightly off dead centre, it won't go on. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
You've got to get it absolutely right. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
When you're desperately trying to get it on, if you rush it, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
"more haste, less speed," kind of thing. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
On the whole, the team are... | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
The more you do it, the better you get. But it's getting there. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
Today will allow Chris to see how his new car performs | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
under race conditions for the first time. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
Ten seconds, OK? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
There's times where I've been getting strapped into the car | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
in the pit lane thinking, "What the hell am I doing this for? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
"Why am I here? This is crazy?" | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
I've only recently got over that terrifying feeling, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
you know, "I could die out here." | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
I know it could happen. It could happen any time. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
At Le Mans, Chris will have to drive for | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
a minimum of six hours throughout the race. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
Each driving session, or stint, lasts for a tank of fuel, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
which is about 40 minutes. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
Drivers usually do two or three stints in a row. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
He's got a car behind him. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:22 | |
Sir Chris Hoy running in 10th position. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
In car 28... | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
-Oh! -Car number 25, Sir Chris Hoy, off and beached in the gravel. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
He's come backwards, that's how he's got to that angle. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
You can see the spin marks on the circuit. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
Poor Chris Hoy, from 10th place, is in the gravel. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
Chris, don't panic. There you go. Nice one. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
Flash and kill. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
Chris manages to complete his stint, | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
but the spin is the least of his worries. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
That seat's killing me. I can barely... | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
His new seat has made the car too painful to drive. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
I've got to sit down. This is killing my leg. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
This is really bad. Really bad. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
There's no position I can get into where it's not causing me... | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
Was it cramping? | 0:25:13 | 0:25:14 | |
No, no, it's like a sciatic pain going down my leg from my hip. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
The seat's not right...and it... | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
Fucking hell. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:20 | |
Do you want to go and see the medic? | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
No, he'll not be any use. It's just... I need a physio. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
Jeez... | 0:25:34 | 0:25:35 | |
OK, Andre, you can make it for the next five laps. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
OK. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
-SARRA: -In the last 24 hours being here, | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
it's reminded me of what it was like watching him race bikes when | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
kind of in the run-up to it, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
he would recede more and more into himself. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
-STEWART: -Jon, how long before we need to have Chris on his toes? | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
-JONATHAN: -Basically four laps. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
He will just be really focusing and taking on all pieces of | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
information about the weather, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
about the track and just beginning to kind of feed that into what | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
he knows to say, "OK, how is this going to affect my drive? | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
"What do I need to think?" | 0:26:27 | 0:26:28 | |
Chris is ready. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:31 | |
Or he could be completely shitting it. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
Athletes can be some of the most insecure people in the world, | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
trust me, I know that. In sport, you're laying it on the line. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
You're literally saying, "This is what I've got." | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
OK, guys, driver change, fuel and tyres. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
Run the check, Chris. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
Help him with the steering wheel, help him with the steering wheel! | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
Fucking thing is stuck. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
Ignore it, Chris, ignore it. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
I've never seen someone try to put a wheel on so many times in my life. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
Chris, straight into your rhythm as quick as possible, OK? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
-SARRA: -You don't know what's going to happen, anything could happen, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
and then you start wondering about the worst. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
-JONATHAN: -OK, so you need to keep your pace up. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
If the vibration is too much then we'll bring you in. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
-STEWART: -Jonathan, if he locks the tyre and goes through, | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
we'll have a puncture and we're fucked. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
Chris, you have to wait, I'm afraid you've buggered the tyres. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:08 | |
I cannot just fix it like that. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:09 | |
You have to continue driving until I've got to | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
a point where I can stop you to fix the problem. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
Why, mate? We need hot soft. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
Jonathan, there's no soft tyres at all. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
You'll just have to go with one tyre. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
He's flat-spotted both fronts. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:31 | |
Just do the whole set. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:32 | |
I'm going to have to come in. This is getting fucking dangerous now. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
OK, got to take the chance. Box now. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:40 | |
Oh, fuck me. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Using cold tyres can be like driving on ice. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
What's done is done, we can't change it. Concentrate and we'll go again. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:03 | |
OK, Chris, nice and easy. The tyres are cold, so just be careful with them. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:22 | |
Chris, really careful. The first two laps, extreme care. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:25 | |
I know what's happened. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:36 | |
Because Jonathan's worried about heat cycles, | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
you were waiting to put the next set of mediums in. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
But what happens is, if you wait, you get fucked. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
Fuck him. I know what I'm talking about. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Always have a set of hot tyres in. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
OK, Chris, how are you feeling? Everything OK? | 0:30:51 | 0:30:54 | |
Chris has come to see one of his cycling mentors, | 0:31:09 | 0:31:13 | |
the man who helped him develop the mental skills | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
to win gold after gold. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 | |
-Hey, Steve, how you doing? -Psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
It's weird, because he was such a central part of my life | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
during that part of my career. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
I'd be seeing him probably once a week at least. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
Yeah, I was going to be... I thought, | 0:31:32 | 0:31:33 | |
I'll be cheeky and when he opens the door, say, "how are you?" | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
-"What are you doing here?" -"Haven't seen you for a long time." | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
So, what's the purpose of this? | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
Why did you think, "I'll go and see Steve"? | 0:31:41 | 0:31:43 | |
It's about trying to tick all the boxes, making sure I'm as | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
well prepared as I can be when I get to Le Mans. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
During a race, things happen out the blue. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:49 | |
You could have a moment where you make a mistake, | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
you could lock up on the braking zone or you could overshoot a corner, or you could have a spin. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:56 | |
and often you're kicking yourself and you're just angry that you've done something stupid. | 0:31:56 | 0:32:01 | |
So, we go back to you and say, right, | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
-as a physical machine there are two aspects, your physical body... -Yeah. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
..and then there's the mental apparatus, which is a machine, | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
which will run crazy if you let it. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
But if you actually say, "can I start managing it?" | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
then you've got to learn how it's structured, get an understanding, | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
then when you've got it, you can say, I can switch mode now. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
-Yeah. -I'm beginning to get this and understand what each part of my brain is trying to do. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:25 | |
So you have to practise in practical things off the track. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:27 | |
-Yeah. -Do you remember? | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
Yeah, yeah. People pissing you off when you're driving on the road. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-Yes. -Phone calls when you're held in the queue, | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
just things that were getting you frustrated or angry. Yeah. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
Obviously if people get frustrated they are in the wrong mode approaching something. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:43 | |
Cos frustration is when you've got this high expectation of | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
something that should happen, and it doesn't, you know? | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
Whereas actually, in the battle mode you went into before, | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
in cycling, that's not an element. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
When you think of racing, there isn't frustration, | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
-just dealing with reality, just get on with it. -Yeah. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
So, it's getting back to that. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
I'm good at dealing with pressure and focusing, but it doesn't | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
mean to say that I have this supreme confidence all the time. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
I have to work really hard to perform as well as I can. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
The team are in Italy for the last race before Le Mans. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:32 | |
Stewart's first priority is to fix Chris's seating position. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:36 | |
I can't drive with my foot like that pushing the whole time against that. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
It'll... I won't be able to do more than two stints. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
It'll be undrivable after that. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
Most racing drivers, including Chris's team-mates, | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
brake with their left foot, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
opposite to normal road car driving. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
-Silly question, can you move the footrest further away? -Which one? | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
Chris still brakes with his right foot, | 0:33:59 | 0:34:02 | |
so his natural racing position doesn't suit this car. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:05 | |
Chris is comfortable in the car. We know he can right foot brake. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:10 | |
-Why not try left? -Why don't we just try left...? | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
I think, let's go for it, and if it's horrendous, | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
then we've still got time to try and find another solution. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
It is quite a big thing to change. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:25 | |
I have left-foot braked once before on a track, | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
and I do left-foot braking in the simulator. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
I'm optimistic. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:32 | |
The danger of changing to left-foot braking is that most people | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
don't have the same control with their clutch foot, | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
and at high speed, precision braking is critical. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:46 | |
It's not a natural thing to do. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:50 | |
Like trying, if you are right-handed, to write with your left hand. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:53 | |
Over five laps, Chris records some of his fastest times in the car. | 0:34:56 | 0:35:00 | |
The braking made a massive difference. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:11 | |
Straight away it just felt natural. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:12 | |
It didn't feel I was having to think about what I was doing. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
It's something I wouldn't have done unless I was forced into doing it, | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
because you get set in your ways, | 0:35:18 | 0:35:19 | |
you get comfortable driving a certain way. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
With Chris now able to drive pain-free... | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
So, into the pit lane. Stop. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
..Stewart's next job is to speed up the driver change drill for Le Mans. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
OK, we need some more practice at that. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:50 | |
It's like, basically, the Oreca is 19 seconds. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
That just took a minute and ten. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
So basically, we might as well pack the fucking car up and go home. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
Stewart decides to show the team how it should be done. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
Go! | 0:36:08 | 0:36:10 | |
You do your belt up. You do your belt up. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
That's my first time in about a year... | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
I don't give a fuck. They do that. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
-They can't. -They have to. Cos that's what all the pros do. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:33 | |
So don't argue, just do as you're told, and you'll learn. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
-If you shout at people... -Yeah. -They're going to get stressed. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:40 | |
I don't want to hear excuses, I want to see them push. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
It's easy to go, "I can't do it." | 0:36:42 | 0:36:43 | |
My dad's idea - if you can't do it, son, I'll just hit you harder until you do it, and it worked. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:48 | |
Stewart cares so much about it. That's why he gets frustrated. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:52 | |
Right, for me, that bottom strap is actually quite tight. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
He's not just angry for the sake of it. He's a lovely bloke. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
But the frustration brings out the anger in him. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:02 | |
Chris's own race preparations have always been meticulous. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
His ability to find what's called marginal gains | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
was key to his sporting success. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
And this attention to detail spills over into every part of his life. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:21 | |
Over-extracted. I'm going to start again, actually. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:28 | |
You wouldn't want to drink it if it wasn't right. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
The whole point is, it's got to be right. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
Well, I initially got into my coffee because, as a cyclist, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
training full-time, you didn't go to the pub, you didn't drink alcohol. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
So you start drinking coffee, and then you start to take an interest in it, | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
and then do the barista course, do another barista course. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
If I get into something, I tend to really get into it, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
sort of do it 100%. And coffee's another example of that, I suppose. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
When you grind the beans, if you don't grind them enough, | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
the water passes through too quickly and you miss | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
a lot of the flavour and the oils that didn't come out of the coffee. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
You don't have to be absolutely bang on, | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
but you want to be roughly 28 seconds to do a 60ml pour. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
Roughly. I'm not going to measure it. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
Oh, no, no... | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
This is really embarrassing. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
I'm sorry. Going to get so much stick for this. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
There we go. What is that? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
I guess I can deal with the pressure of racing at the Olympic Games, | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
but doing some latte art in front of a film crew... | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
that's a step too far. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
HE SCOFFS | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
-RADIO: -OK, Chris, about two laps to go before I box you. -Copy. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
Bring it in, bring it in. On the lollipop. On the lollipop. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
Come to me, come to me. Stop! | 0:38:52 | 0:38:54 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Chris Hoy did, I think a double stint at least there, Paul. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
-Well, he did a triple stint, in fact. -Triple stint! Well done. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
Comfortably on the pace of other LMP2 drivers. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
He certainly has kept himself very clean and tidy. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
His dad's texting to say he's very proud of him. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
Just the worst start. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
Just too tight to settle in. Black spotted twice. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:20 | |
When you came in, the tyre was down to the canvas. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
-Everything all right? -Yeah, yeah, good. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Once you get in the rhythm, you start... | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
You know where you can overtake, you know where you can't overtake, | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
you can conserve energy when you don't... There's nothing to do. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
What it's done now is it's given you an insight into | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
-what you have to do, management wise, on this track. -Yeah. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
-Just take it easy, cos you're going to do the nightmare shift. -Yeah. OK. -All right? | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
Yeah. Triple stint at night, is it? | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
-Oh, yeah, and if I can push you one more, I will do. -OK. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
CHEERING | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
The race feels different to anything else I've done. The ferocity of it all. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
You can just sense it means more to all the teams, | 0:39:59 | 0:40:02 | |
and the way the drivers drive, they're just ruthless. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
Every corner, every lap, flat-out. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
It's an endurance race, but it's a sprint the whole way. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
I think this is the right one. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
Is this a practical joke? | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
In the build-up to Le Mans, | 0:40:40 | 0:40:41 | |
Chris is juggling work and family life with a full-time race schedule. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:46 | |
I thought it was the wrong car! | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
Just shows how alert I am, switched on. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
Was up at four. Had a three-hour flight. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
Got in, had about an hour's sleep, | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
and then I'm going to go and jump on the track. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
I'll put it in gear, shall I? I'll put the handbrake on. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:08 | |
I'm completely awake(!) | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
Stewart has organised a private practice session for the team. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
It's the last time they'll be together before Le Mans. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
-I feel I'm ready for Le Mans now. -You looking forward to it now? | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
Yeah. I'll be honest, I'm preparing myself, cos I don't want to... | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
I hate being disappointed. You know, the deflation of... | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
So I'm going in there saying that anything can happen at any time. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-Hopefully we're going to see the chequered flag. -And you never know. -Exactly. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
You looking forward to it? Yeah? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
-It's going to be amazing. -HE LAUGHS | 0:41:37 | 0:41:41 | |
This isn't going to be your last Le Mans. Don't ever look at that. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
You just have to drive. This has to get to the end. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
Cos it doesn't matter where you finish, | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
because you're never going to win. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:51 | |
We're not a team that are going to be pushing for the win. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
We are pushing to try and go as fast as we can, but if you're being | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
realistic, you know, we are the plucky underdogs, we are the | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
non-league side up against the big boys in the Premier League. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
That's the situation we're in. But miracles happen. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
I'm genuinely positive about my own development, my own progression. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:24 | |
I'm much more confident in my own ability. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
And I feel like a racing driver. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
Hopefully I can pass myself off as one. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
Stewart has spent over 12,000 euros to hire the track and give his | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
drivers the experience of something unique to 24-hour racing - | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
night driving. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:45 | |
This is the last part of the jigsaw. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:49 | |
Everything else I've had a fair bit of experience and practice with, | 0:42:49 | 0:42:52 | |
but the night driving is the one thing I haven't done much of. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
With Le Mans only three weeks away, it's essential that | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
Chris is confident and competent to race at night. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:03 | |
The whole 24-hour racing thing, the Le Mans thing, it becomes... | 0:43:05 | 0:43:08 | |
The emotion of it and the romance of it starts when the sun sets. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
If you've made it into the night, then that is a big step. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:24 | |
And even more so, to make it to the morning when the sun comes up, | 0:43:24 | 0:43:27 | |
you know, you've done really well. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
Then when you get to that point, | 0:43:31 | 0:43:32 | |
it's all about just trying to get the car to the finishing line. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:36 | |
I didn't really dwell on the fact it was in the dark. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:43 | |
Once you've got the reference points, it's just the same as the daytime, | 0:43:43 | 0:43:46 | |
-they just look a bit different. -Yeah. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
The last couple of laps there, I got this moment of thinking, | 0:43:48 | 0:43:51 | |
yeah, I'm ready now. I'm ready. Here we go. | 0:43:51 | 0:43:53 | |
There's one last hurdle for the team to complete. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
Cars always crash at Le Mans. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:02 | |
So, for safety, each driver now has to prove they can exit | 0:44:02 | 0:44:06 | |
through their passenger door in under nine seconds. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
I was actually really nervous about it. I was like... | 0:44:09 | 0:44:12 | |
I just thought, I'm not going to get out of here. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:14 | |
Chris and Andrea took the test at Imola, | 0:44:14 | 0:44:17 | |
but they both took several attempts to pass. | 0:44:17 | 0:44:20 | |
-You pushed up or grab and pull? -I sort of did both. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:23 | |
I grabbed the frame and tried to kick my legs out. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:27 | |
And then just launch yourself. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:28 | |
If I do it the first time, I do one full lap naked. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
You hear that? | 0:44:32 | 0:44:34 | |
Andrea said if he does it first time, he's going to do one full lap naked. | 0:44:34 | 0:44:38 | |
Five, four, three, two, one. Go! | 0:44:38 | 0:44:43 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:44:47 | 0:44:48 | |
Argh! | 0:44:53 | 0:44:54 | |
8.82. You are running naked, mate! | 0:44:54 | 0:44:58 | |
-LAUGHTER -Get your kit off. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
Just seeing the way the team is starting to respond, | 0:45:03 | 0:45:05 | |
and everybody is getting fired up for it, everyone is excited. It's their first Le Mans, too. | 0:45:05 | 0:45:09 | |
Everyone is experiencing it the same way. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
So, in many ways, maybe this is the best way to do it. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:13 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:45:15 | 0:45:16 | |
-RADIO: -'OK, Andrea, you're doing a great job.' -Copy, copy. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:28 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -With four minutes till one o'clock in the morning, now... | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
Yeah, so another hour done, and that means there are 14 hours of | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
the 84th running of the 24 hours of Le Mans still to go. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:41 | |
That's an engine failure. That's game over, it looks like. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:49 | |
We've got oil down, I'm afraid it's not in a very nice place, either. | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
Zone 30-32, Paul, is... | 0:45:52 | 0:45:54 | |
Coming through the beginning of the Porsche curve. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:57 | |
It's a safety car. Safety car has been scrambled, and it will be for the clear-up for that, | 0:45:57 | 0:46:01 | |
because that is in a very nasty place indeed, in darkness. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
TYRES SCREECH | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
RATTLING | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
Ah, fucking hell! | 0:46:20 | 0:46:22 | |
-OVER RADIO: -'OK, you OK? -I'm OK. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
'OK, mate, just bring the car home. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
'If you can bring the car home, please do.' | 0:46:33 | 0:46:35 | |
BUZZING | 0:46:39 | 0:46:41 | |
ENGINE STARTS | 0:46:41 | 0:46:43 | |
-STEWART: -Ask him if it's steering straight. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:00 | |
Is your steering straight, Andrea? | 0:47:01 | 0:47:03 | |
It looked like a Porsche blew up right in front of him. | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
-The Porsche was in the curve, he was coming the first one in. -Ah... | 0:47:15 | 0:47:19 | |
'Don't worry about it, it's not your fault, | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
'we'll just get it repaired. We'll do a driver change as well.' | 0:47:31 | 0:47:34 | |
'OK, we'll keep you in the car then, we'll keep you in the car.' | 0:47:37 | 0:47:40 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Andrea Pizzitola has made it back to the pits. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:57 | |
A run into the tyre wall, there, after a very gravelly moment. | 0:47:57 | 0:48:01 | |
-STEWART: -Come on. Let's just have her off. Let's have a look at the rear rockers. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:05 | |
Good to go, good to go on the rear. Put that back on. | 0:48:13 | 0:48:16 | |
You probably know more than I do. | 0:48:20 | 0:48:21 | |
I just got woken up about ten minutes ago. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
We were just in the motorhome, and Chris was having a sleep. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:27 | |
My dad texted me, he called up and said, the car just went into barrier. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:30 | |
I felt my heart go, even though I knew it's definitely not Chris, | 0:48:30 | 0:48:34 | |
so he's safe, but you just don't want it to be anybody. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
It's what an endurance race is all about. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:39 | |
'OK, now it's time to get Chris Hoy in. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
'We'll change driver and tyres at this stop.' | 0:48:52 | 0:48:54 | |
I feel I'm waking up, I feel really woozy and jet-lagged. | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
They say don't drive tired on public roads, | 0:49:00 | 0:49:03 | |
and then you're jumping in a car to race at 200mph, and you're knackered. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
The sleep deprivation just begins to hit. | 0:49:31 | 0:49:35 | |
It's just another part of the challenge. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
It's the endurance aspect. It's so much more than driving the car. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:41 | |
That's what I'm beginning to see now. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:43 | |
'Driver change.' | 0:50:05 | 0:50:08 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Well, here we are, then. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:14 | |
4:04 in the morning, Central European Time. | 0:50:14 | 0:50:17 | |
I mean, just getting yourself motivated to get back into that car. | 0:50:17 | 0:50:22 | |
Where do they get that from? That's remarkable to me. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
-Caffeine. -LAUGHTER | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
Lots of it. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
Latest, I should be up at 7:45, | 0:50:33 | 0:50:37 | |
-so I'm going to set my alarm for 7:45. -OK. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:41 | |
-Great. -All right. -Sleep well. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
Copy. | 0:50:59 | 0:51:00 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -It's six o'clock in the morning. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:05 | |
More than the first little shards of sunshine coming through, | 0:51:05 | 0:51:11 | |
the sky lightening over to the eastern side of the circuit, | 0:51:11 | 0:51:14 | |
so we are heading into the last nine hours of this race. | 0:51:14 | 0:51:19 | |
-Morning. How you doing? -Did you get some sleep? | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
Yeah, just over an hour, but I feel worse for it, to be honest, | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
but I'll be all right once I get in the car. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
But, yeah, still a bit groggy. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:34 | |
-The man who's been up all night. -You're an asshole. -LAUGHTER | 0:51:36 | 0:51:39 | |
Keeping me up for all this time. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
-How you feeling? -Yeah, yeah, it was good, actually. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
We're here, it's the morning, it's lovely, it's sunny, and we're on our way. | 0:51:43 | 0:51:47 | |
-'OK, Andrea, fuel, tyres and driver change. -Copy.' | 0:51:54 | 0:51:57 | |
Two. | 0:51:59 | 0:52:00 | |
But be ready in one. | 0:52:00 | 0:52:02 | |
Oh, no! | 0:52:04 | 0:52:05 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -That's the Thiriet By TDS. That's the second placed car in LMP2. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:10 | |
-Knows he's missing. -That's gone in hard. Is that at Mulsanne? | 0:52:10 | 0:52:13 | |
Yeah, it is. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:15 | |
Oh! Fire! Get out, get out, get out, your car's on fire. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:19 | |
Get the extinguishers, quick. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:20 | |
The attrition rate is really starting to kick in, now, at Le Mans, isn't it? | 0:52:22 | 0:52:25 | |
They've survived the night, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:27 | |
but we are starting to see cars at the scenery dropping like flies, | 0:52:27 | 0:52:30 | |
and that's quite commonplace at this stage in the race. | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
-'OK, Chris, straight down to a 3:50 as soon as you can. -Copy.' | 0:52:39 | 0:52:43 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Chris Hoy is back in the car. -Paul did the sums. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:00 | |
And Sir Chris's times have been mighty. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:04 | |
He has impressed all of us cynical old hacks who have watched this. | 0:53:04 | 0:53:08 | |
'Very good, Chris, keep this up, please, this is fantastic.' | 0:53:10 | 0:53:14 | |
Oh, shit! | 0:53:19 | 0:53:21 | |
GRAVEL CRUNCHES | 0:53:21 | 0:53:23 | |
'Chris, are you OK?' | 0:53:25 | 0:53:27 | |
-'OK, good, good, you're fine. Carry on. -Copy.' | 0:53:34 | 0:53:38 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -It's the last 120 minutes of the Le Mans 24 hours | 0:53:44 | 0:53:49 | |
for 2016, for the run to the chequered flag. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:54 | |
'OK, Chris, come in, come in, come in. Come in, Chris! Come in! | 0:53:56 | 0:54:00 | |
That's it.' | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
'Well done, buddy, well done.' | 0:54:03 | 0:54:05 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -There has to be one pit stop for virtually everybody left. | 0:54:05 | 0:54:08 | |
Now we are looking for the guys to make it to the flag | 0:54:10 | 0:54:14 | |
as efficiently as possible. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:16 | |
-How was it? -It was good, but I was kind of on the edge of couple of times. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
-I went off on the gravel. -I saw that, yeah. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
I just thought, Jesus, just in the blink of an eye it can be all over. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:27 | |
'OK, matey, you got an hour and a half. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
'Keep it out of the wall, bring it home, and race hard. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
'Copy, copy.' | 0:54:33 | 0:54:34 | |
-SAMANTHA: -I feel a bit emotional. | 0:54:35 | 0:54:37 | |
-What position are we in? -19. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:46 | |
You are shitting me?! | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
Ha ha ha! | 0:54:48 | 0:54:50 | |
Ho ho ho ho ho! | 0:54:50 | 0:54:51 | |
'OK, mate, nice and concentrated, head down, OK? | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
-'Hit your marks, be smooth. -Copy, copy.' | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
Ooh! One of the Toyotas gone off! | 0:55:21 | 0:55:23 | |
Everybody's going out at the minute. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 | |
'You've seven minutes remaining. We have kept on track position. | 0:55:31 | 0:55:35 | |
-'Bring her home. -Copy, copy.' | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
-SAMANTHA: -I'm nervous! | 0:55:40 | 0:55:42 | |
-Nervous now. -I am nervous now. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:44 | |
-STEWART: -Let's just all keep calm and wait a bit. We ain't finished yet. | 0:55:44 | 0:55:48 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
Oh! No! | 0:56:00 | 0:56:02 | |
No! No! | 0:56:05 | 0:56:08 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -3 minutes 21 seconds to go, and there is a new leader. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:13 | |
The 5 car has stopped. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:15 | |
ALL GROAN | 0:56:15 | 0:56:17 | |
-Stewart: -The leading car's stopped on the last lap. | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -He's getting out here. -Think sometimes how brutal this race can be, | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
and that's just shown it again. Heart-breaking for these guys. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:27 | |
'OK, Andrea, this has all been coming up to your last lap. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:34 | |
'When you pass the post this time, one more lap to go. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:38 | |
'Copy, copy. | 0:56:38 | 0:56:40 | |
'Bring her home, mate.' | 0:56:40 | 0:56:42 | |
It's not over till he crosses the line. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
To have been a fan for so many years and looked from the outside and wondered, | 0:56:50 | 0:56:53 | |
what is it like to be one of these guys inside these cars, going round the circuit? | 0:56:53 | 0:56:56 | |
And what are they thinking? What are they feeling? | 0:56:56 | 0:56:59 | |
I've done it. | 0:56:59 | 0:57:00 | |
'Woo hoo! Here we go, guys!' | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
'Woo! Well done, guys, well done. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:13 | |
'Andrea, you've been a superstar. Thank you very much, buddy.' | 0:57:14 | 0:57:18 | |
Well done, mate. Awesome. Well done. What an achievement. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
-Well done to you, mate! Well done to you! -What an achievement. Amazing, amazing. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:25 | |
Amazing! | 0:57:25 | 0:57:26 | |
I finished at Le Mans. I really didn't think it was going to happen. | 0:57:26 | 0:57:30 | |
That team were amazing. I mean, everybody there was a rookie. | 0:57:32 | 0:57:35 | |
Nobody had done that before. And everyone pulled together. | 0:57:35 | 0:57:39 | |
You know... So, it's... | 0:57:39 | 0:57:41 | |
So happy for you! | 0:57:49 | 0:57:50 | |
You have to care about things. | 0:57:58 | 0:57:59 | |
You've got to invest in it emotionally. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:03 | |
If it came easy, you'd just be like, "That was fun, that was great. What will we do next week?" | 0:58:03 | 0:58:07 | |
It's cos it's hard, it's cos it's a challenge. | 0:58:07 | 0:58:10 | |
-Right, let's get pissed! -LAUGHTER | 0:58:10 | 0:58:12 | |
I was brought up just to give it your best shot. | 0:58:12 | 0:58:14 | |
And it's not about the winning, it's... Genuinely, it sounds like a cliche, | 0:58:14 | 0:58:18 | |
but doing the best you can possibly do. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:20 | |
CHEERING | 0:58:20 | 0:58:23 |