-[Horner] Geraldine, you ready? -[kid 1] Shall we scare Daddy?
-[kids laughing] -[horn honking]
[laughing continues]
[kid 2] We have the best driver.
[producer] Who's the best driver?
-[kid 2] Daddy. -[Horner] Exactly.
[engine turns over]
[upbeat rock music playing]
For me, the summer break is a time to relax,
to get away from the pressures of Formula 1,
to spend time with the children, to spend time with my wife.
It's just getting back to being a dad.
I hate camping.
[Geri] Darling.
Oh, thank you. That should work.
Is there enough air in there?
Not hard enough, darling. [chuckles]
Mmm.
-[Geri] Good. -Anyway, cheers, everybody.
-Cheers. -[camper 1] Yeah.
-Happy holidays. -[camper 2] Happy holidays.
What are the rules now? Are you not allowed to send emails?
No. Technically, working is illegal.
Everybody has to take a two-week break.
So the cars are all in the factory under a sheet, like a racehorse.
Do you think anyone is working?
Yep.
Do you?! Who?
They did say to Lewis, "We're gonna work through the summer break
to give you a better car." Technically, that'd be illegal.
But you're not bothered about Mercedes.
[Geri and Horner chuckle]
[Geri] Not this year.
You know the Alpine lot, are they really cross with Oscar?
[Horner] Oscar Piastri?
What did he say?
[notification tweets]
[Geri] "I understand that, without my agreement,
Alpine F1 have put out a press release late this afternoon
that I am driving for them next year."
"This is wrong, and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023."
"I will not be driving for Alpine next year."
-It's very clear on that. -Dun, dun, dun!
So who is he driving for?
-He must be sure where he's going. -Exactly. He must have a seat.
You wouldn't do that without having a seat.
[dramatic stinger]
[dramatic music playing]
-[man] Doesn't get better than this. -[Piastri] Yep.
Beautiful.
[Gow] This summer break, Oscar Piastri is the hottest talent around.
He has a pedigree not many other drivers in the paddock have.
Everybody talks good about him.
He was very strong in F3 and F2.
He won the Championship the first year. Always very good driver.
[Capito] I know Oscar.
He is very fast, and he deserves a seat in Formula 1.
I think Oscar is definitely a potential, uh, world champion.
[Piastri chuckles, exhales]
There we go.
-[man] Little brew, mate? -Yeah.
So, mate, where's your… where's your head at now?
I mean, firstly, excited.
You know, there's not many people in the world
that can say they're gonna be an F1 driver.
But, you know, certainly not underestimating
that this is just the beginning of a long journey now
and, you know, everything that I've done in the last 12 years
has… has led to this point and beyond.
-Well done, son. -Cheers.
[tense music playing]
Been any chatter this morning, on social?
I haven't seen anything this morning.
News also this morning that people are seeing this thing coming today.
-That's good. -[Ogg] Right.
Our statement will be at three o'clock,
and the video goes out at 2:55.
All right, cool.
[clock ticking]
[tense stinger]
[clock beeping]
Hey, everyone.
Uh, wanted to share some news.
Uh, it's not great.
It's bittersweet, for sure, but I think it's best you hear it from me.
Uh, 2022 will be my last year with McLaren.
Yeah, just… obviously we've put in a lot of effort on both sides,
but it just hasn't worked the way we wanted,
so, uh, that's… that's that.
I think for the future, what lies ahead, I'm not sure yet.
Um…
Not sure yet, but.. but we'll see.
[producer] Good to see you back.
I'm back,
and I'm, uh, a McLaren racing driver now.
-[wheel gun whirring] -[engine roaring]
[dramatic stinger]
Bear, here.
We've invested maybe $4 million in Oscar,
so Oscar signing for McLaren was a big shock.
It was difficult for me to understand the lack of loyalty.
I was hoping that, uh, Oscar had
a little bit more integrity than… than that.
So now we've got a spot open that's, I think, a sought-after open seat,
and we need to fill it.
[rhythmic upbeat music playing]
So, when's your contract over with Mercedes? [chuckles]
[entry system chimes]
[entry system beeps]
Are you locked out?
You gotta go out and in.
[Russell] It'll be fine. Anyway, see you later.
[entry system beeps]
Mates, all I need is if someone tells me that water's clean enough,
then I'm going in.
If things don't go well, you might see me floating. [chuckles]
Oh, shit.
Knowing I might not be on the grid or have a contract for '23,
if this is the end of the road,
then it's like, all right, damn, that's…
Yeah. It is a bit emotional.
Yeah.
[emotional music playing]
-[engineer 1] Mate. You all right? -[Ricciardo] All good.
Sorry about the news, mate.
You okay?
-I'm all right. -Yeah?
[Ricciardo] It hurts, and I feel it.
You gotta take it on the chin.
Um…
You can cry about it, you can sob and whatever,
but it's… it's how it goes.
-[engineer 2] I am sorry to hear the news. -Yeah, mate.
We'll have a good last nine races.
Yeah, exactly.
Get through this year, and then you can start again.
Maybe win one now, and then just…
[chuckles]
-[engineer 2] It'll be all right. -Yeah.
Um…
Thanks, mate. Appreciate it.
[indistinct chatter]
[Ricciardo] Hey, brother.
[Pérez] Nice break?
Yeah, it was good.
[Pérez] When did you find out?
-Uh… -Long time ago?
[whispering] Uh, no, no.
During the break.
[Pérez] During the break.
-[Ricciardo] We'd been talking about it. -Yeah.
You guys might not have much to say this one.
Very warm welcome to you all. Welcome back after the break.
Um, Daniel, please can we kick things off with you?
News broke that you were going to be leaving McLaren at the end of this season.
How do you feel about it?
Yeah, it's… You know, obviously, um…
it's not what we… it's not the result we wanted.
You know, the outcome wasn't… This wasn't desired, you know.
As a collective though, we just didn't… we didn't really get it right.
Just too many kind of weekends that was obviously just a bit of a struggle.
[emotional music playing]
For sure, the moments of, like, doubt and frustration and anger
and so many mixed emotions
which were pretty… pretty tough.
[interviewer] How do you view the next nine races?
[sighs] Honestly, you know, I always feel like I've got a point to prove.
I'm not one to just drive around and enjoy it.
I wanna drive around as competitively, as fast as possible,
so, um, there's no slacking off.
Obviously, it's… it's a bit painful.
Um…
But as much as it's difficult to take,
I feel if I just lay over and don't pick myself back up,
then nothing's gonna change.
[tense music playing]
[Gasly] The whole season with Daniel, McLaren,
it's not a nice position to be in.
But, at the end of the day,
I've… I've lived and experienced enough, um, in F1
to know that this is a cutthroat world.
[Pérez] I mean, Daniel has been here for a long time.
He knows, um, that he has had a bad few years.
I mean, look, it's obviously still not the outcome I wanted,
but it is what it is.
So maybe I take a year off, I go to Mexico.
-[Pérez] Yeah. -[chuckles]
[team member] Just a couple of bits.
For your media stuff after,
he's gonna ask about whether you're ready to lead the team next year.
-I already am. -[chuckles]
[Norris] I know that things are coming to an end between Daniel and the team,
so it's sad to kind of split and, um, break up.
[interviewer] Is there any sympathy for what Daniel's gone through?
[Norris] I would say no.
People will probably hate me for saying it.
You know, he's a great guy, a lot of fun,
but, uh, the same with many things,
if you don't perform and get results, then, uh…
that's life.
[intense music playing]
[engineer] Congrats on Piastri.
I'm gonna go breakdance in the… I'm gonna go do…
-I've been working on my moonwalk. -[engineers chuckle]
[Norris] How were they so confident beforehand, then?
-It's a good question to ask them. -[all chuckle]
[Norris] Otmar?
[Brown] I think, you know, Otmar has been caught with his pants down.
If I was him, I'd be embarrassed.
[Szafnauer] I just hate losing,
and losing is very painful for me.
You know, they try to do what's best for their team,
and I understand that.
But, like the great Yogi Berra said, it ain't over till it's over.
[upbeat rhythmic music playing]
[announcer in Dutch] Throw your hands in the air if you're excited!
[cheers]
[bicycle bells chiming]
[in English] You caused some real shit, didn't you? [chuckles]
-Who? -You.
No, Seb.
[in Italian] How are you?
I'm fine. What are you going to do?
Uh, who knows?
-Indy 500? -[chuckles]
That's scary!
Yes, okay.
But you'll be there, first, second. It's very different.
I get it. We'll see.
[indistinct]
Yes, but I still want this.
I still like Formula 1.
I told you not to trust Zak.
[indistinct chatter]
Thank you, mate. Thank you.
[in English] Hey, boys.
Morning.
F1 is so cutthroat because the value of winning is so high,
and people will do anything.
Thank you very much.
It's a piranha club or a… I don't know, shark-infested waters or whatever it is,
but I'm not fooled by it, and I'm not afraid of it.
I've, uh, been in this sport for 25 years.
I know exactly what I'm doing.
[Szafnauer] Is Zak around?
[team member] Yeah, Zak is there.
[Brown] What's up?
[Szafnauer] I just wanted to say, with all this Oscar stuff,
although we lost Oscar, we think we have a good case in UK law.
[tense music playing]
He shouldn't have taken anything if he thought he didn't have a contract.
He took a lot from us.
If you know there's no contract
and you take all the offerings that the other party is giving,
but you don't give back what you're supposed to give,
then you need to give all the money back.
It's unjust enrichment.
We've done the math already.
The value of that is five million.
But, you know, the downside is
you guys going after him would be a PR disaster.
Is the five million worth it?
[Szafnauer] Five million, you don't just give that up.
I don't think we need to battle it out in the media.
-We say nothing. -But some of that might roll our way.
Without getting into my details of my Oscar contract,
I may have some support I have to give him,
so his problems become my problems.
[Szafnauer] And?
I think I have a reputation of an easygoing attitude,
but I'm still a fierce competitor.
You know, what you see on the outside
isn't necessarily what's happening on the inside.
The fact that McLaren would potentially have to pay that for Oscar,
I mean, that's sweet victory for Otmar.
[Brown] Alpine wanna sue Piastri, which is fucking crazy.
[Buxton] Zak's got his own problems. He needs to pay Daniel out of his contract,
and he's taken a huge gamble on Oscar
that might now cost him financially
because he might have to pay Alpine as well.
His back's up against the wall. He needs to find a way out.
Any time something gets challenged and goes to a court,
you're never totally positive of what the outcome is.
I definitely didn't see that coming,
but, uh, I've got a plan.
-[Brown] Hi. Laurent around? -[team member] Hello.
-[Brown] He's upstairs? -Yeah.
[Brown] Cool.
I know they need a driver,
and I think if we can get Alpine to do a driver swap
between Daniel and Oscar,
I think that would be a… a great solution.
-Good? -[Rossi] How are you?
[Brown] Good, yeah. All good?
[sighs] Um…
I feel like I can help.
Let's close this thing out.
We have Hulk, Mick, Gasly.
[Brown] Yeah. Yeah.
Daniel?
I'd love to see him here,
but that's only 'cause I'd love to see him stay in the sport.
[Rossi] He's one of the options.
Maybe we'll give him a chance.
[Brown] Cool. All right. See you later.
-[Rossi] See you. -Cheers.
-[Ricciardo] Am I here? -[interviewer] You are.
All righty.
[interviewer] Would you go to back to Alpine?
Yes. I've still got the drive in me.
I wanna get back to winning.
I wanna be able to fight for podiums and wins.
I'm gonna race these last races as hard as I can
and try to make something happen.
The thought of potentially having a seat next year
to remind teams that, yeah, I can still drive,
and I'm still hungry and all of that stuff
motivates me to do well.
It's an opportunity for me to, um, rebuild myself
and come back… come back to the top an alternate way.
Is Daniel of interest?
He's one of the guys.
[man] So, he's… he's high on your list?
Yeah, of course he is, yeah.
Gasly, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, all of the seasoned…
Yeah, all of the seasoned drivers.
All of the people that can jump into a car and clock in a decent timed lap,
to be honest.
This is what I'm looking at.
[man] But Daniel, he upset everybody when he left.
It doesn't… it doesn't help.
[Buxton] The problem is Daniel Ricciardo used to drive for Alpine
back when it was called Renault.
Would they take him back?
[dramatic music playing]
[Abiteboul] Let's give a big round of applause to Daniel, please. Thank you.
[Buxton] They designed and built up a team around him.
What's your dream, Cyril?
[in French] That's easy.
To win with these two boys.
[commentator 1] Here comes Daniel Ricciardo.
[commentator 2] Wow, brilliant stuff!
[Ricciardo] Get it, girl! Get it! Whoo!
[commentator 3] Daniel Ricciardo gives Renault their first podium.
[Abiteboul cheers]
[commentator 1] What a performance that is.
And then, just as they were creeping towards getting regular podiums,
Daniel made the decision to leave Renault.
[commentator 1] The big news of the week is that Ricciardo's on his way to McLaren.
It's not the long-term project I thought we had signed up for.
[commentator 1] From Renault's point of view, they're thinking,
"Come on, we've given you everything you've asked for and more."
Daniel deciding to jump ship from Renault, will that come to bear on him?
Potential employers aren't gonna look favorably on that.
-Hey, buddy. -Hey, mate. How are you?
We really wanna see you here.
Thank you, mate. I appreciate it.
Obviously, it's not down to us.
Time will tell.
It will all work out.
All right. Have a good one, boys.
We've got a sought-after open seat,
and we need to fill it with, first and foremost, somebody that's fast.
Uh, secondly, experienced.
We have a good team,
and we're only looking to build,
uh, to get even better.
[upbeat energetic music playing]
[Gasly] Hello.
What are the gossips? Tell me the gossips. What's going on?
-Which page? -[team member 1] Gossip Girl.
Is that the one which is private?
-Yeah. -Gossip is for later when we have tea.
[all chuckle]
No, but I got better things to do, Fabi, sorry.
Pierre Gasly is fast.
He's a Grand Prix winner.
He went on podiums.
He's very experienced, but he's still young.
It's hard to judge whether or not we could bank on him.
He still needs to prove himself.
[Fabi] Go! Go! [chuckles]
[team member 2] Come on, go. We're gonna be late for our stuff. Go!
[chuckles]
This is not going in Drive to Survive, I'm telling you.
-Oh, yes, it is. -[both chuckle]
I've been with Red Bull Racing or AlphaTauri for ten years.
But, as it stands right now,
no, it's impossible to win a championship with AlphaTauri.
It's, for sure, frustrating,
but the seat in Alpine is a great opportunity.
That's what I want more than anything else.
[reporter in French] There are a lot of rumors, of transfer, etc.
You have your contract for 2023.
Are you already thinking about the moves, the new drivers arriving?
Of course, these are things we are thinking about for the future.
[in English] I know I wanna be at the front, and I belong there,
so I gotta perform at my best, at my absolute best,
to get the opportunity, to get the car.
Yeah, it's gonna be… it's gonna be cool.
Time to be a fucking killer.
[dramatic stinger]
[tense music playing]
[commentator 1] Welcome to Zandvoort.
It's the Dutch Grand Prix, and we are about to go racing.
[presenter] So Lando Norris will be lining up
alongside Oscar Piastri next season.
Daniel Ricciardo, who knows where he may end up?
His future is still up for grabs.
Could he be returning to Alpine?
Will Pierre Gasly be at Alpine?
Who knows what's gonna happen?
You know, Pierre Gasly's done a great job at both Red Bull and AlphaTauri,
and he's very capable,
but I can still see Danny Ric as a possibility.
You know, as a nine-time winner,
you don't forget how to drive a racing car fast.
If somebody picks Danny back up and nurtures him into his driving ways,
he can, uh… he can still perform to a high level.
[Gasly] People just remember your last race.
That's how the sport works.
I've showed what I could do with a midfield car.
I work my ass off every single day because I wanna fight at the front.
Whatever I do, I do it to win.
[commentator 1] It's McLaren and Ricciardo that win the Italian Grand Prix.
[Ricciardo echoes] Yeah!
P1!
[commentator 3] Redemption day for Ricciardo. He wins in Monaco!
[Horner] Daniel Ricciardo, you are our hero.
[Ricciardo] This is my time.
It's my fucking time.
[team cheering]
[commentator 2] Pierre Gasly wins the Italian Grand Prix.
[Gasly] Oh my God!
What did we just do?!
[music builds]
[commentator 3] It's lights out and away we go.
[Stallard] Let's get stuck in. Let's see what we can do against these guys.
[Ricciardo] Understood.
[Stallard] That's half a second quicker than Vettel last lap.
If you can keep this pace, that's starting to look good.
[commentator 1] Meanwhile, Pierre Gasly's getting stuck into this midfield battle.
[Hamelin] Okay, Pierre, position is very good.
Alonso 2.2 behind.
[Gasly] As a driver, what you want is a competitive car,
and Alpine is currently the fourth-best team in Formula 1.
I have big expectations about myself, and this is a big opportunity for me.
[Hamelin] Okay, possibly fighting Alonso behind.
[commentator 3] There goes Fernando Alonso on Pierre Gasly.
Sparks flying from underneath the AlphaTauri.
Alonso just not alongside enough to make the move.
[Gasly] I'm in the stage of my career
where I gotta take every single chance I can
and show that, you know, I have what's required to deliver the results.
Do you see how close I am?
Do you know how much more pace we have?
[Hamelin] Keep working on it.
Head down. We can do it.
[Stallard] Gasly currently P12.
[Ricciardo] Understood.
[Stallard] Okay, Daniel, we'll box this lap.
[Ricciardo] I know, the last 12 months,
in the car, I haven't shown the best version of myself.
I still feel I have something to prove.
[wheel gun whirring]
I know I can do it.
[Stallard] Okay, could be close with Vettel at pit exit.
Daniel, we need good pace here. Stick with Vettel.
[Ricciardo] At the moment, he's too quick on the straights.
Daniel, can we keep this pace?
[Ricciardo] I'll keep pushing.
[Gasly] I'm just destroying the tires behind.
[Hamelin] Under high pressure from Alonso.
[Gasly] I'm gonna get overtaken.
[commentator 3] Here we go with Fernando. He makes that move,
and Gasly instantly under pressure from Zhou Guanyu,
right behind him in the Alfa Romeo.
[Gasly] I always love a challenge.
It's a good opportunity for me to shine and show my race craft
and show the mindset.
I'm not someone that gives up.
I would like you to update me on Ricciardo.
[Hamelin] So we're still faster everywhere compared to Ricciardo.
But we need to keep the pace up.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Stallard] Schumacher, 0.5.
Just behind.
[Ricciardo] Overtook.
The straights are killing me.
[Stallard] Let's stay with Schumacher.
The car behind is Magnussen now.
[Ricciardo] Understood.
[Regan] Good job, Kev.
You pulled Ricciardo into our window.
Come on, Kev, you can get him.
[commentator 1] For a car that should be fighting at the front.
Daniel is really struggling with his McLaren at the back of the field.
-[Brown] What the fuck are you doing? -[Stallard] Okay, Daniel, just keep going.
Five laps to go.
[Ricciardo] Yeah, there's a lot of cars in front.
[Hamelin] Okay, this is very good defending.
[Gasly] Which position are we in?
[Hamelin] P11.
We're fighting Stroll for P10.
One more lap. Everything to play for here.
[Gasly] I know I belong at the front with these guys.
I want it more than anyone.
I gotta be the best I can to prove the better teams
that I got what it takes to put the results in,
if they give you the fast cars.
[Hamelin] Okay, very good job today, P11.
And Stroll, P10.
[Gasly] I was catching him.
Still, right behind the top ten.
[Hamelin] Yeah, a good race from you.
[engineer] But, look, Gasly couldn't be any better than that.
What a day. What a day.
Good luck to Oscar.
[Alpine team members chuckling]
[Stallard] Okay, Daniel, that's the checkered flag.
P17. Not the race we wanted, to be honest.
[Ricciardo] Um… Yeah.
I know it's been pretty painful of late, but we'll keep at it.
[Stallard] Yeah, very difficult.
We'll speak after.
[somber music playing]
Wow. That was good.
He did really well.
It's not the result Daniel's looking for. It's not the result we're looking for.
But the facts are what the facts are.
That's how it goes.
[tense music playing]
[fans] Daniel!
-Hello. -[fan] Good morning.
[producer] Have you made your decision about who gets the seat?
[Szafnauer] We'll be putting somebody in with experience,
somebody that's won a race, knows how to win races,
has more than 100 races under his belt,
and, uh,
we'll be… we'll be taking Pierre Gasly.
[fan] Welcome to Alpine.
Thank you. [chuckles]
-Thank you. -[fan] Thank you.
[Gasly] Emotionally, it's something very unique.
Racing for a French team, being French,
and just be able to start this new adventure
and this new chapter for my career.
[indistinct]
Usually I always read what I sign. Should I?
[all laughing]
[Brown] I'm happy with how we're doing as a… as a racing organization.
I like what our driver lineup looks like for the foreseeable future.
I think that's gonna be a real strength of ours.
[producer] You wanted to sue Oscar, right?
So, for me, with Oscar not coming to our team
and appointing Pierre Gasly, that could work out even better.
There's no need for a lawsuit.
I'm just happy that we have two top drivers.
Knowing what I know now,
and looking back at everything that's happened,
if I were the CEO of McLaren,
I would've taken Pierre Gasly.
[producer] Do you regret anything that's happened?
Uh…
No. I have absolutely no regrets in… in securing my future,
and, um, fulfilling a dream of mine.
[pen scribbling]
Fuck 'em all.
You have to deliver weekend after weekend.
[Horner] People have short memories in this business.
Checo knows if he's not delivering the results,
we'll have to look outside.
The pressure is really high.
[tires screeching]
If they can't cope with it, then why are you here?
[commentator 1] Welcome to the heat of Abu Dhabi.
[Hamilton] Ferrari made many mistakes this year.
[Leclerc] There's been a lot of criticism.
[Hamilton] We've really had to hunt them down.
[Binotto in Italian] We deserve a second place.
[in English] It's game on.
[energetic outro music playing]