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Big crash there!
Sergio Perez in the Force India.

The Force India Formula One
team has gone into administration,

following a court hearing in London.

Administration is there to provide
the opportunity to rescue and save.

So no one's giving up.

The team needs real funding
to make sure it delivers

the potential that Otmar
says you can all deliver.

As long as we stay together,

we will find
the best possible financial solution

and ownership going forward.

The future for Force India

has been dominating
the headlines over the summer,

The team has survived after
the administrators reached an agreement

with a consortium
of investors on a rescue package.

The consortium is led

by billionaire businessman,
Lawrence Stroll...

- You looking for me?
- Just the man.

...father of 19-year-old Lance Stroll,

So, could Lance soon be driving
for his dad's new team?

For the moment, I'm here at Williams.

I'm not, uh, sure
what I'll be doing in the future.

Uh, we'll see what my father
decides to do with me.

He's a nice guy. I hope they'll take me.

Lawrence Stroll buying the team

is always gonna want his son
to drive for it.

It's basically an open secret
that Lance will move across

and race at Force India.

Both drivers at the team,
Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon,

will be looking over their shoulder
wondering,

"Well, which one of us
is gonna get the chop?"

And historically,
those two have not got on.

- Once again, they have touched.
- Crazy.

Guys, what the fuck
is this guy doing?

Fucking idiot.

Welcome to Spa
for the Belgian Grand Prix.

It's an important race for the teams,
and none more so than Force India.

The pressure's on
to impress new boss Lawrence Stroll.

How long we gonna wait?

My name is Otmar Szafnauer,

and I'm the Chief Executive Officer
and Team Principal

of Racing Point Force India
Formula One team.

It would've been
a disaster disappearing mid-season.

So it was tricky times,
but we came out of it.

The team is pretty much unchanged:

same people, same car,
same desire to do well.

But Lance coming into the team
is probably what will happen,

and what it means now
is losing one of our drivers.

I know you know.

We are facing this unsure future.

It's a difficult situation for me.

As a kid, I always wanted
to be a racing driver.

There was nothing else.

I've been racing since
I'm seven years old.

How expensive is it to try
and get kids into F1?

Oof.

Uh, it's difficult to tell you how
expensive it is exactly, but, um...

for sure, for someone normal,
like we were, it's--

Yeah, everyone was saying
it's impossible, basically.

My parents, they don't have a lot of money.

They sacrificed a lot.

We were living in a caravan
for a few years, so we could go to races.

It's still here?

Without my parents,
I would not be here for sure.

- She isn't coming?
- No.

Esteban's story is amazing.

He's come from nothing

to having the potential
to be not just a race winner,

but a championship contender.

But motor racing's a funny business.

Talent will get you so far,

but money has a massive role to play.

As a driver, if you come with a bevy
of sponsors who can add millions

to the pot that the team has
to design, to develop their car,

and have increased potential
to score points,

then the team
is gonna look favorably on you,

to take you onboard
as one of their drivers.

Hi, I'm Sergio Perez.
I drive for Force India.

I've been here eight years
in Formula One.

I'm 28 years old.

F1 was always my dream, to race
with the best drivers in the world.

I was always racing in Mexico
and I never thought that an opportunity

to race in Europe was going to come up.

It was always very expensive.

So we had to find sponsors.

Carlos Slim is one of
the richest guys in the world.

I remember calling him all the time

when I was a fourteen year old
to give me an opportunity.

We started together the dream
of making it into Formula One.

The career that I have, it's pretty much
linked to our decisions we took together.

Sergio's always had
a very strong hand at Force India

because he was the money guy.

He brought big sponsorships
from Mexico with him,

but now, there's a bigger fish,
and that bigger fish is Lawrence Stroll.

So Sergio's not king of the hill anymore.

It's anyone's guess,
at the moment, who gets that seat.

Esteban and Sergio...

I don't think they're
on each other's Christmas card list.

I think it's fair to say that.

Formula One is massively competitive,

but the situation
with Ocon and Perez in 2017

went beyond the point that I think
any of us thought that it would.

You've gotta understand the psychology
and the dynamics of the team,

and how that worked.

You know, Esteban had to quickly
make a name for himself.

He was a rookie.

Sergio, he had to assert himself
as the driver

that was with the team the longest.

This is two teammates
scrapping away here.

Ocon is gonna go for it again,
trying to get past Perez,

but here comes Vettel in the Ferrari.

Up the inside into turn one,
Ocon slithers out wide.

And the two Force Indias,
after fighting each other,

have lost a place.

He moved at the last moment.
What is this?

It's not fair racing at all.

Esteban, did your teammate
cost you a chance

at your first Formula One podium today?

Uh, yeah. I think so, for sure.

But, that's racing, you know?

Um... and that's not gonna
take away my smile.

Are you racing
for Sergio Perez,

or are you racing for Force India?

Oh, of course, I'm racing
for my team, you know?

I think I just defend the position
as I will do to anyone.

The two Force Indias
vying for position.

Perez gets ahead of Ocon.

They come into the left-hander...
oh, they've made contact!

Big damage
to Perez's front wing.

Both damaged.

What did Esteban do, guys?

I think he was just over-aggressive.

I think, um, what happened today
is totally unacceptable for the team.

He says
that you gave him no room.

Says that you squeezed him against a wall,
cost the team a potential win today.

That's what he said? Okay.

Well, if that's what he said, you know,
I'm not gonna comment.

Both Sergio and Esteban,
they're both looking at their future.

So this inter-team rivalry
of being top dog at the team

becomes all encompassing...

The two teammates
are battling again.

Perez gets past Ocon,
as they now accelerate

towards the fastest part of the circuit.

Oh! The two Force India's made contact!

Missing a part of his front wing,
Ocon there.

- Once again, they have touched.
- Crazy.

Guys, what the fuck?

What the fuck is this guy doing?

Front wing broken now.

The two Force Indias
get too close together

and it is a puncture for Sergio Perez.

Has the relationship
between you totally gone now?

I don't know. The thing for sure is
that I'm gonna go speak to him man-to-man

and tell him the truth, you know?

He's gonna have a child. I don't know
if he wants to die or something.

It seems that you both get
locked into some huge battles on track.

-Is that good for the team?
-Yeah. No, not at all.

Especially after today.

But we have to look back,
remember Baku, you know?

He put me there on the wall.

I'm not saying that I did it
because of that, you know,

but tension starts back then, you know?

It got so bad,

the team stepped in
and stopped them from racing each other.

It was as simple as that.

They were not allowed
to race one another again.

Once they started understanding how
important it was for them to work together

and not crash into each other,
it got better.

It's time for qualifying
here in Spa.

Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez

are used to fighting each other
for points,

but now, they're fighting for a seat.

Who can show what they're capable of

at one of the most challenging
and treacherous tracks in the world?

Rain in the air. It would be, it's Spa.

The worst of the rain,
we think has missed turn one.

It's raining heavy in the pit lane now.

The difference between driving on the wet
and the dry, every lap,

one line can be much quicker
than the other one.

So you have to adapt.
Every lap is different conditions.

This is what's fun about it.

Lewis Hamilton going for a record
fifth pole position here at Spa.

It's raining a lot
down the back here.

The crowd are reaching
for the umbrellas already

and it might be that the track
is a bit too slippy.

At the speeds
these guys are doing,

when it starts to rain,
your reactions have to be lightning.

Oh, shit. Valtteri's gone off.

Valtteri Bottas has slid his way
off the track.

Fucking shit, man! Fucking shit!

They've got to get
on the right line.

They've got to spot every braking point.

And it's Hamilton
with the fastest lap-time so far.

That was one tough lap to do.

Sergio Perez
looks set to take fourth,

an amazing result for Force India,
if he can hang onto it.

- Checo, P-4. P-4.
- Good job, guys.

There are challenges still to come
for Esteban Ocon.

When I was a kid, there was a lot
of time spent on the rain.

And when all the kids were stopping
because it was too wet,

they were getting wet,

I was keeping going even when I had
freezing hands where I couldn't move.

I was crying after that.

But while driving,
I was not feeling anything.

I was pushing to be the best I could.

So, Esteban, that is...

P-3. P-3.

You're joking. You're joking.

Ocon goes third fastest.
His best ever qualifying in Formula One.

Whoo!

Yes!

Whoo!

The rain came down
to give Force India

one of their greatest ever days.

They're waiting for you
on the grid.

You need to line up in P-3,
which is to the left hand side.

It's Hamilton, Vettel, you.

Oh, my God.

Esteban Ocon's
qualifying performance in Spa

was absolutely astonishing.

You'd think that he qualified
above everybody,

other than Sebastian Vettel
and Lewis Hamilton,

who are these two
four-time world champions.

Esteban, welcome to the top three.

Hi, everyone. Hello.
Thanks for all the support, first of all.

Well, fairytale for the team,
and for Ocon as well here.

The speculations to where he might be
in a few races' time,

let alone next season.

There he is,
lining up on the second row.

Unfortunately, we're not--

We're in a place in Formula One
where you've got some teams

that rather than take, like,
a new up-and-coming kid

they'll take who ever's got the money.

But he needs to be in a great car
because he's one of the top drivers here.

So I hope that opportunity
is there for him.

So, Force India,
what a month it has been.

They go into administration,

they get rescued, they get taken over,

they come to Spa,
and they lock out the second row.

No driver likes to be beaten
by their teammate.

They're the first reference.
They're in the same car,

and that's the person you've got to beat.

So someone like Sergio Perez,
if he's getting out-qualified

by Esteban Ocon,
that's gonna really hurt

because this is a guy
with less experience,

but maybe he's showing
he's got more potential.

We're minutes away from
racing here at the Singapore Grand Prix.

Since the start of the season,

Esteban Ocon has out-qualified
his teammate

eleven times to four.

So Sergio Perez really needs
a good result tonight.

It's a good start
for Esteban Ocon.

Two Force Indias together again,
they're going wheel-to-wheel.

Into the wall goes Esteban Ocon!

I got hit by Sergio badly. Badly, badly.

Sorry, guys, there was no room.

I basically did not even see him.

It's Baku from last year.

It's Spa from last year all over again.

And it's Ocon who is squeezed
into the wall by his teammate.

Esteban's car's in the wall,

thanks to Sergio,
on the first lap of the race.

It's utterly unforgivable.

Esteban, awful to see you
back here in the pit lane.

What happened?

Well, I think it's clear, and I think
everyone saw what happened.

I'm not gonna comment yet.

I want to see the images
and discuss with the team first,

so, uh, we'll see.

Thanks very much.

I think, "I'm not gonna comment,"

probably says more than Esteban Ocon
really wants to give away.

So one Force India car out of the race,

can Sergio Perez rescue some points
for the team?

Checo, Sirotkin ahead.
We will need to overtake him.

Is he gonna go for it?
Down the inside maybe?

No. Sergio Perez very nearly ran
into the back of Sergey Sirotkin.

Man, Sirotkin is moving
so much on the braking. Too much, man.

He's vastly experienced, Martin,

but we're starting to see
increasing desperation from the Mexican.

This is a joke, really.
Do you really want me to crash?

Perez's frustration
was so evident to see,

but is that frustration
with Sirotkin in the race,

or is it a deeper frustration
in him not yet knowing his future?

Sergio Perez finally finds a way
past Sergey Sirotkin.

- It's not gonna be easy.
- Or does he?

They're still going through this.

Oh, no! They've managed to crash.

Perez has got severe damage.

Left rear puncture. Box. Box.

I wonder if that was just angry.
He was driving angry.

Singapore was, I think,
a very visual representation

of what's going on in Sergio Perez's head.

I tried to close the door
before braking,

but obviously he doesn't move at all

and I probably...
I was over optimistic there.

He looked like a rookie,
completely losing his marbles.

He needs to be impressing the team
and showing that he can be a leader,

not that he's gonna fall apart
when things don't quite look

like they're going his way.

A very disappointing night indeed
for the Force India team.

We will have no points for both cars,
so, yeah, it's a terrible weekend.

Better.

Now it is a crucial time.

After the last race,
I have to score a lot of points.

I hope I can finish on a high
to get the seat for next year.

I don't count time, I don't count hours.

It doesn't matter if it's Christmas,
New Year, holidays,

because the most important thing in sport
is to perform and is to do a great job

and to be different than the others.

There's nothing else that counts.

You push to be the best you can, you know.

I've dreamed of this as a kid,
pushing every day,

waking up with the same target,
the same goal.

I'm not gonna let anything
in between me and the performance.

I'm just gonna work harder,
and I think that always pays off.

We're here in Mexico City
for the start of the Mexican Grand Prix.

Can you hear the crowd cheering?

It's a huge race
for home favorite Sergio Perez.

And there's some big news for his team,
Racing Point Force India.

After months of speculation,

they've announced their driver
lineup for next season.

In 2019, we'll have Lance Stroll
and Sergio Perez

as our two racecar drivers.

Next year, my situation is still,
you know, quite blurry.

I don't really know what, uh--
what I will be doing.

I don't really understand how
that has gone from being a dream situation

to that situation now.

We saw talent in Sergio,

and, yes, he came
with the backing of Carlos Slim,

so for us, it was an added benefit

because funding
does correlate highly to performance

and we need all the funding we can get.

But first and foremost,
he's there because of his talent.

What I don't understand is that all
the things can be above performance,

above motivation, above work.

Checo has a helicopter
from the hotel to the track.

But, yeah, I'm not at this level yet.

But, yeah, he's there on the massive sign.
Do you see?

He's everywhere.

He looks happy.

Checo, Checo!

Checo!

I'm giving it all my heart
to be here and I'm giving it all I can,

but unfortunately, there's
other things that comes in play

and that's what
I don't really understand

and that's
what disappoints me a bit so far.

Are you looking forward
to driving with Lance?

It's just the lack of opportunities
that this sport offers, you know?

We only have twenty seats.

It just happens, you know?

One day, it's gonna be me...

Just listen to the crowd.

It's race day here
at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Fingers crossed.

And I'm sure the whole of Mexico
are keeping their fingers crossed

for Sergio Perez, who fancies his chances
for a really strong points finish

in today's race.

I think very few drivers
in the world

get to experience that amount of support
from their countries.

It is another pressure.

You try to be perfect
and you really work hard

and you really try to focus
on your thing.

No love lost between Sergio Perez
and his teammate, Esteban Ocon.

I'm sure Ocon will want to prove
what he's made of

before he leaves Force India.

To beat Checo in Mexico,
it's one of your goals here?

Well, my goal is to do the best I can.
So, um, yeah, it is.

Esteban Ocon has only got
a few races left this season

to deliver the results
that convinces another team

to put him in for 2019.

So right now, he's driving for his career.

Rumors certainly starting to circulate
that Esteban may be within a shot,

a chance of that final seat at Williams.

And this is the way it looks.

Ricciardo on pole,
Verstappen in second,

Lewis Hamilton starts third.

And Hamilton driving
for the driver's championship.

If he finishes seventh or higher,
he'll become a five-times world champion.

Esteban Ocon starts eleventh.

Ocon out-qualifying Sergio Perez,
who starts thirteenth.

Sergio Perez, the local hero.

There's a man who looks like
he's carrying a lot of anticipation,

hope, and stress.

It's the dash down
to turn one then.

Who's gonna come out on top?

So far, all getting away freely.

Esteban Ocon and Hülkenberg
going wheel-to-wheel.

And there's damage.

I have damaged front wing.

You will be pitting, Esteban.
You will be pitting.

You have half the front wing missing.

Copy.

Ocon already into the pits.

He's gone from eleventh to last
in three corners.

It's hard at that moment
when you go off of the track.

Even if the guys are really quick,
it's a lot of seconds lost.

I knew I had to catch up
and get back in the race.

Nightmare start for Ocon,
but he's back out.

How far can he climb
back up the order?

Checo, your pace is at least as good
as the cars behind, if not better.

Yeah, I think I can be
one second quicker than this.

At that point in the race,

I was focused on trying
to achieve the best I possibly could.

Here goes Sergio Perez,
running in eleventh place.

Sergio Perez is having a go.
Swoops round the outside.

Sergio Perez has got his man
and Mexico stands and applauds.

Brilliant moving, brilliant overtaking.

So, Esteban, we need to be
pushing up to Sirotkin

as much as possible now.

Ocon in the Force India
running in 16th.

He has got a long, long way
to go to recover the damage

from the opening few laps.

Now he's behind Sergey Sirotkin
in the Williams.

At that moment,
I knew I had to push hard.

Ocon might be
going for it with Sirotkin.

He is going for it, you know.

Well done.

Currently, you're ten seconds
behind Perez.

Copy.

I think Perez is having a go.
Is he gonna try and launch one?

He is, down the outside.

Perez swoops round the outside
of Charles Leclerc.

Good job, Checo.

And he is now up
into eighth place.

I was doing
a great, fantastic race.

And I was very lucky to have
such a country behind me.

Checo, Checo, Checo, Checo, Checo!

But then things changed quickly.

I have a problem.

I have no brake.

It's very low. Very, very low.

Checo, understood. Understood.

See if it improves
with a bit of brake-cooling

after you've been behind other cars.

Maybe brake-cooling helps it a bit.

What is the problem
with Sergio Perez?

Kevin Magnussen is closing in
in the Haas behind.

Magnussen looks to the outside
and Perez with a big twitch!

He can barely get the car slowed down.

I have no fucking brake, man.

And here comes Esteban Ocon.
Still in 15th place.

What's going on?

Perez has a problem ahead
with brakes.

Copy.

Ocon hunting down his teammate.

Sergio Perez losing out to Ericsson
and sliding wide again.

Surely the race is over
for the Mexican.

After a tough start,
Ocon in front of his teammate.

Checo, we're gonna have to retire.
We're gonna have to retire.

Caution stopping.

Look out for the guys.
We'll stop you in the pit lane.

And Perez has come into the pits.

The first time ever Sergio Perez
retires from his home Grand Prix.

That is just tragic.

It was really hard, you know,
difficult to digest.

You work the whole weekend so hard
with the team.

And, yeah, unfortunately
we get that issue.

I have all of my family,
all of my people there.

My whole country is watching me.

And they all want me
to do incredibly well.

It was very tough.

And here comes Hamilton
in fourth place at the moment.

He will become champion
as it stands now.

So, Esteban, keep pushing.

There's Esteban Ocon
in the Force India.

He's really going for it here.

This is a great blast towards turn one.

Ocon looking to the outside
of Hartley.

Late on the brakes.

Wheel to wheel...

And they make contact.
They've gone into each other.

A puff of smoke there
from the rear of that Toro Rosso.

Oh, no.

Debris all over the track too
from the back of the Toro Rosso.

I don't know if I have damage
in the front or not.

Ah, fucking hell,
nothing is going well in this race.

I think we have
some more damage on the car, Esteban.

Copy that. Any advice?

We really need to try
and catch up the group if we can.

So it's head down and let's push.

Copy.

Gasly behind.
So watch out for Gasly.

Onboard now with Pierre Gasly.

Is he gonna try and launch one?
He is down the outside.

They come close but they don't touch.

Ocon there
fighting for his racing career.

In my head I was like,
"Focus, try to do the best you can."

Ocon and Hartley
at 220 miles an hour.

And Ocon is through.

-Go on. Go on.
-He is now up into eleventh place.

Well done, three laps to go.

But all eyes now on Lewis Hamilton.

The man from Stevenage
has done it once again.

A five-time champion of the world!

Okay, checkered flag.

Well done.

And Esteban Ocon crosses the line
to finish in eleventh place.

The fact that Esteban
came home 11th in Mexico,

I think, tells you everything
about the guy.

He took contact on the first lap,
and, yeah, he made contact later on

in the race, and many drivers
might have retired the car,

but he still brought it home.

I find it hard to believe

that Esteban could end up
out of a seat for next season.

My goal has always been
to be a Formula One driver.

You know, I've dreamed of this as a kid.

And now, you know,
I still have no seat for next year.

I mean, as a sportsman,
first you have to believe in yourself,

but it hasn't been easy, for sure.

But I hope, yeah, people will remember
what I did the last two years.