1 00:00:13,370 --> 00:00:14,970 (Transcrito por TurboScribe.ai. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) Yeah, of course, of course. 2 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:18,750 You... Why do you... 3 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:23,150 I mean, we sometimes drive a little bit like a baby. 4 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:23,990 Yeah, for sure. 5 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:25,050 But how old is she now? 6 00:00:26,630 --> 00:00:27,250 Two weeks. 7 00:00:28,350 --> 00:00:29,210 Almost two weeks. 8 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:30,370 It was Saturday, right? 9 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:30,990 Yeah, Friday. 10 00:00:31,270 --> 00:00:33,230 So a week and six days. 11 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:34,410 Did you shed a tear? 12 00:00:35,230 --> 00:00:35,590 Almost. 13 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:39,350 You know, when they are, like, on the edge, 14 00:00:40,150 --> 00:00:43,030 but then it's, like, not falling out. 15 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:45,670 But what about when you held her for the first time? 16 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:48,570 I didn't cry. I was just really happy. 17 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:50,030 I didn't cry. 18 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:52,230 So it's a girl's house. 19 00:00:52,550 --> 00:00:55,530 Yeah, yeah. It's definitely surrounded by a lot of girls. 20 00:00:55,750 --> 00:00:58,090 But that's why the pets now, every time we get a new animal, 21 00:00:58,290 --> 00:01:01,210 it's male, just to compensate a little bit. 22 00:01:01,390 --> 00:01:01,990 To balance it. 23 00:01:02,010 --> 00:01:03,690 Yeah, to balance, so I'm not alone. 24 00:01:09,410 --> 00:01:10,450 Do-do-do-do. 25 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:16,890 How many cars are there on track? Do we know that? 26 00:01:17,090 --> 00:01:17,990 Oh, yeah, quite a lot. 27 00:01:18,010 --> 00:01:18,690 I thought it was 130. 28 00:01:19,250 --> 00:01:19,930 Excuse me? 29 00:01:20,890 --> 00:01:21,290 Really? 30 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:22,050 I think so. 31 00:01:22,090 --> 00:01:24,710 But can we just take this van on track or not? 32 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:25,950 Of course not. 33 00:01:26,070 --> 00:01:27,270 Why did you say of course not? 34 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:28,450 It's a race weekend. 35 00:01:28,570 --> 00:01:30,130 You cannot just rock up with a normal car. 36 00:01:30,470 --> 00:01:31,670 You need a roll cage, I think. 37 00:01:31,950 --> 00:01:32,250 OK. 38 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:35,610 Wait, you can literally rock up with any car? 39 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:38,270 I think, in theory, I can go and get a Suzuki Swift 40 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:39,490 and hack around with it. 41 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:41,130 I think. 42 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:42,350 Let's see. 43 00:01:54,850 --> 00:01:57,850 We're doing a test day here at the Nordschleife. 44 00:01:58,210 --> 00:02:00,310 And they told me you can run under a fake name. 45 00:02:01,170 --> 00:02:03,270 Oh, but I actually have to talk with a German accent, 46 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:05,810 because my name is Frans Herman for the day. 47 00:02:07,350 --> 00:02:08,650 I'm Herman Lessing. 48 00:02:10,990 --> 00:02:12,510 Because nobody knows, right? 49 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:13,870 Nobody knows you're here. 50 00:02:14,010 --> 00:02:14,390 Yes, exactly. 51 00:02:15,230 --> 00:02:16,990 So, Frans, from now it's Frans. 52 00:02:16,990 --> 00:02:18,230 From Frans, Frans Herman. 53 00:02:20,730 --> 00:02:22,410 Let's make it as German as we can. 54 00:02:22,890 --> 00:02:23,930 That's why it was Frans Herman. 55 00:02:28,930 --> 00:02:30,190 Sounds a bit German, Chris. 56 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:31,430 It's good. 57 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:32,370 It starts at zero. 58 00:02:34,890 --> 00:02:36,350 And the other one, please. 59 00:02:37,670 --> 00:02:39,630 Today, you don't need a license, 60 00:02:39,770 --> 00:02:42,570 you don't need a permit or something like this. 61 00:02:42,870 --> 00:02:44,650 You just need to have a driving license. 62 00:02:44,650 --> 00:02:47,210 And that's what you have to expect out there. 63 00:02:47,410 --> 00:02:50,050 Think about that the others are doing taxi rides. 64 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:50,670 Yeah, it's many cars. 65 00:02:50,930 --> 00:02:52,210 Yeah, many cars. 66 00:02:52,330 --> 00:02:53,650 It can be all kinds of cars. 67 00:02:55,570 --> 00:02:56,850 Mostly racing cars. 68 00:02:57,170 --> 00:03:00,770 We have just a small security package around the Nordschleife, 69 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:03,430 so there's not on every marshal post there's a marshal. 70 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:06,850 So it might take a little time when something happens 71 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:09,610 until we have the first intervention car with you. 72 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:11,990 We have some people informed that, 73 00:03:12,450 --> 00:03:14,130 especially you are driving out there, 74 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:17,370 as soon as your number comes through the radio, 75 00:03:17,690 --> 00:03:19,590 there will be a special intervention car coming out 76 00:03:20,110 --> 00:03:22,370 just to avoid that you are somewhere lost 77 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:23,910 out there in the Eiffel Forest. 78 00:03:25,110 --> 00:03:28,170 Yeah, well, it can also be an experience. 79 00:03:28,410 --> 00:03:28,950 Yeah, maybe. 80 00:03:30,870 --> 00:03:32,610 This track is something really special. 81 00:03:33,470 --> 00:03:34,750 This is a proper track. 82 00:03:36,410 --> 00:03:39,210 First of all, the length, but also the difficulty, you know, 83 00:03:39,330 --> 00:03:41,610 not knowing what you're going to get 84 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:43,070 in terms of conditions. 85 00:03:44,350 --> 00:03:46,710 Elevation changes, bumps that you need to understand 86 00:03:46,710 --> 00:03:48,290 how to go over certain curves. 87 00:03:48,730 --> 00:03:50,770 A lot of people, I think, already in the beginning, 88 00:03:50,890 --> 00:03:52,550 they struggle to just remember the layout, 89 00:03:52,770 --> 00:03:54,230 you know, when you just start driving here. 90 00:03:54,690 --> 00:03:57,930 It takes always a bit of time to be on top of everything. 91 00:03:58,250 --> 00:04:00,090 Just because it's that long, you know, 92 00:04:00,130 --> 00:04:03,290 there's so many mistakes that you can make on a lap. 93 00:04:03,890 --> 00:04:06,870 So, I mean, to hit the perfect lap around the Nordschleife, 94 00:04:06,870 --> 00:04:07,650 it's almost impossible. 95 00:04:08,390 --> 00:04:09,790 Frans Helmond is going to try today. 96 00:04:12,270 --> 00:04:13,810 Frans Helmond tried to, of course, 97 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:15,670 keep it a bit undercover on the entry list, 98 00:04:15,950 --> 00:04:17,630 you know, with participating in the day. 99 00:04:18,230 --> 00:04:19,510 But, of course, once you got there 100 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:21,190 with the full-on livery as well, like, I mean, 101 00:04:21,230 --> 00:04:23,430 there's nothing that you can... You can do, 102 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:25,110 but at least in the morning it was a bit more quiet. 103 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,060 It's the most epic and gruelling track you can drive. 104 00:04:38,420 --> 00:04:39,660 Everyone calls it the green hell. 105 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:43,140 I can't even think of anything that compares 106 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:45,620 to the type of balls you need to do that. 107 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,000 Probably no-one has done a perfect lap there, 108 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,200 but, yeah, to string it all together, 109 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,820 honestly, it takes just a massive amount of confidence. 110 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:05,210 To drive that in a full race-back GT3 car 111 00:05:05,210 --> 00:05:07,960 really feels like driving a spaceship 112 00:05:08,430 --> 00:05:10,830 round a narrow rainbow road almost. 113 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,290 It's 25km through the forest. 114 00:05:19,790 --> 00:05:22,470 You have the most extreme different types of corners. 115 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:24,510 As you have carousels up on a banking, 116 00:05:24,750 --> 00:05:26,950 you have half of it is vertical up and down 117 00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:28,670 through the forest, you know. 118 00:06:15,090 --> 00:06:17,210 So even though there's no Grand Prix this weekend 119 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:18,990 and he's just had the day, 120 00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:23,070 he's still found himself at the wheel of a race car. 121 00:06:23,230 --> 00:06:24,370 Do you know Franz Herman? 122 00:06:25,970 --> 00:06:28,450 The legend of Franz Herman. 123 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:30,610 However, it wasn't Franz Herman, 124 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:33,050 and instead it was Max Verstappen. 125 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:36,690 I mean, for me it felt not so intimidating 126 00:06:36,690 --> 00:06:38,630 because I've done, like, a thousand laps, 127 00:06:39,390 --> 00:06:41,330 more than a thousand laps on the simulator, 128 00:06:41,590 --> 00:06:43,490 and, of course, a few things change here and there, 129 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:45,370 barriers, some curbs, some bumps, 130 00:06:45,530 --> 00:06:48,510 but at the same time, of course, you're driving a GT3 car, 131 00:06:48,510 --> 00:06:50,990 not in a fun car, like, speeds come at you a lot easier. 132 00:06:51,770 --> 00:06:54,050 But, yeah, I enjoyed it. It was just a lot of fun. 133 00:06:59,030 --> 00:07:01,910 So the carousel, you really have to hold the wheel, 134 00:07:02,070 --> 00:07:04,650 so it's not, you know, it wants to, like, 135 00:07:04,790 --> 00:07:06,470 basically it wants to constantly push you out. 136 00:07:06,810 --> 00:07:09,230 So you have to hold it, like, the wheel. 137 00:07:09,650 --> 00:07:12,810 It is flat, but there's a lot more engagement 138 00:07:12,810 --> 00:07:14,270 than on the sim because it's a lot more bumpy. 139 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:15,950 Well, it's a whole car. 140 00:07:15,950 --> 00:07:18,610 It's a bit more, like, throughout that whole... 141 00:07:18,610 --> 00:07:20,310 Just build up. Don't go flat straight away 142 00:07:20,310 --> 00:07:21,650 because it's, like, a confidence thing 143 00:07:21,650 --> 00:07:23,290 where you think you can't go flat 144 00:07:23,290 --> 00:07:24,790 because it, like, really jumps a lot, 145 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:27,370 but actually, like, when you keep it flat 146 00:07:27,870 --> 00:07:29,990 because you go faster, you have more grip, 147 00:07:30,070 --> 00:07:31,550 but it's just a bit of a... 148 00:07:31,550 --> 00:07:32,410 I'll hop in now, then. 149 00:07:32,470 --> 00:07:33,450 So just be prepared. 150 00:07:33,690 --> 00:07:36,990 Then I think you're ready to go. 151 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,520 Let's see how he feels after. 152 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,820 Because I told him to hold the wheel. 153 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,500 So far, it's been a really good season for Chris. 154 00:08:28,890 --> 00:08:30,610 Sometimes you almost forget a little bit 155 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:31,990 that it's his first year, right? 156 00:08:32,030 --> 00:08:33,850 Because, I mean, he's constantly in the top ten 157 00:08:34,669 --> 00:08:36,169 fighting against all these pro guys. 158 00:08:42,909 --> 00:08:44,470 And, of course, you like experience. 159 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:46,450 Of course, you know there are mistakes that you make, 160 00:08:46,790 --> 00:08:47,730 that you learn from. 161 00:08:47,970 --> 00:08:48,970 I mean, we all make them. 162 00:08:49,390 --> 00:08:52,190 But still, to be that competitive in your first year, 163 00:08:52,910 --> 00:08:53,770 it's just great to see. 164 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,560 Chris Lallum, along with Jerry Van Moolen 165 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:02,940 and Harry Kane. 166 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,280 My first lap was the most tense I'd ever been 167 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:23,900 in a race car. 168 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,260 And that was already after I'd driven six months 169 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:27,940 with a GT3. 170 00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:33,190 How was it? 171 00:09:33,590 --> 00:09:34,530 A bit of traffic, huh? 172 00:09:34,690 --> 00:09:34,990 Exactly. 173 00:09:36,070 --> 00:09:36,930 It's quite unreal, right? 174 00:09:36,930 --> 00:09:37,370 It's quite cool. 175 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:39,010 Fuck me now. 176 00:09:39,110 --> 00:09:40,490 You get loads of different things 177 00:09:40,490 --> 00:09:43,290 that you would never experience in a normal racetrack. 178 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:45,630 And I guess that's what gives the Nordschleife 179 00:09:45,630 --> 00:09:46,550 its reputation. 180 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:51,780 It's fun, but at the same time, 181 00:09:51,820 --> 00:09:52,820 you're already preparing ahead. 182 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:55,780 Because I'm not here to just do my laps. 183 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,740 You're preparing to come back here one day 184 00:09:57,740 --> 00:09:59,440 and race in GT3. 185 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,760 We had a few rounds where you made some mistakes 186 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,540 operationally, and we felt a bit lost with the car. 187 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:23,780 And that was where you really started to be 188 00:10:23,780 --> 00:10:25,980 in a bit of a roller coaster, like in emotions. 189 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:28,840 Oh my God! 190 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:30,340 What are you doing, Max? 191 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:31,720 What is Max doing? 192 00:10:43,340 --> 00:10:43,740 What is Max doing? 193 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:45,160 I go to the F1 weekends. 194 00:10:45,340 --> 00:10:47,680 I do my thing as well as I can. 195 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:49,660 And then as soon as I go home, 196 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:51,020 you know, it's family time. 197 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:52,140 I'm busy with GT3. 198 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:55,520 I mean, I easily switch off my mind from Formula 1. 199 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,120 Next week we have the 24 hours of Spa. 200 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,880 So we did some testing. 201 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:03,820 We had the prologue. 202 00:11:03,820 --> 00:11:08,200 But also when you are with three drivers on the car, 203 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,560 it's quite tough sometimes to do a lot of testing. 204 00:11:12,020 --> 00:11:14,680 So I felt like we basically ran out of time a little bit. 205 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,800 And yeah, I wanted to make sure 206 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,480 that we would go into the race weekend 207 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,800 at least with a balance that we were happy with. 208 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,480 I knew that that was the most important race of the year. 209 00:11:26,540 --> 00:11:28,180 And I wanted to make sure that we were competitive 210 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:31,040 and that we could fight at least in the top 10. 211 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:36,220 So that's why I think this is kind of a bit like an emergency test. 212 00:11:36,980 --> 00:11:40,140 And of course the actual drivers are not allowed to drive the car 213 00:11:40,140 --> 00:11:42,480 that close to the event at the track. 214 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:45,260 So then Frans has to step into the car. 215 00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:04,160 It's nice, isn't it? The blue zone. 216 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,560 Mate, what's with this Gala thing? 217 00:12:15,380 --> 00:12:16,340 Which Gala thing? 218 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,340 Oh, the F1 movie. 219 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:28,440 Everybody's got a suit that's way too big for them. 220 00:12:28,620 --> 00:12:28,820 Yeah. 221 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,220 The best one. 222 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:32,300 Learn or dare, mate? 223 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,160 We are actually doing performance. 224 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,100 These are now, they're all still sleeping there. 225 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,820 And we are here working on performance. 226 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:45,140 I'm not the type of guy that wants to be on that premiere on a red carpet. 227 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:46,900 It's just, I'm not like that. 228 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 I don't want to hang around with famous people that get invited. 229 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,460 I don't need to be in front of the cameras all the time. 230 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:53,980 It's just really not me. 231 00:12:54,380 --> 00:12:58,420 And that's why I don't want to rock up there and be in a suit 232 00:12:58,420 --> 00:13:03,400 and act important while we all shit on the same toilet. 233 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:27,460 The plan is to go from 100 to 30. 234 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:30,060 Yeah, so it's like one extreme to the other. 235 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,880 As I said in my notes, we could go something in the middle, 236 00:13:33,020 --> 00:13:34,000 maybe for session two. 237 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,000 But just so you've got it, like, how much it is, you know? 238 00:13:42,190 --> 00:13:44,890 Bosh, we have two new tyres already in session one. 239 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:47,590 That is just simply lovely. 240 00:13:50,110 --> 00:13:51,750 We just came back from Montreal. 241 00:13:52,830 --> 00:13:55,590 And of course at the moment I'm a bit sleep deprived, 242 00:13:55,590 --> 00:14:00,330 but I will not be happy with myself if I wouldn't have got this. 243 00:14:00,610 --> 00:14:02,070 Because then we go to the race weekend 244 00:14:02,070 --> 00:14:04,930 and I know that we will leave lap time on the table 245 00:14:04,930 --> 00:14:07,390 and I need to try and maximise everything. 246 00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:15,670 Max has been super invested right from the beginning 247 00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:19,530 since over a year ago, getting the programme together 248 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:22,990 and putting all the pieces together in order to let us perform. 249 00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:27,510 He's involved in the engineering development of the car, 250 00:14:27,510 --> 00:14:29,130 in the setup decisions that we make, 251 00:14:29,650 --> 00:14:32,530 as well as testing the car himself with us 252 00:14:32,530 --> 00:14:36,870 and also by himself without us in Spa, just before the Spa 24 hours. 253 00:14:37,230 --> 00:14:39,830 These decisions become critical for our performance. 254 00:14:40,230 --> 00:14:42,570 Not only me, but the whole team. 255 00:14:43,070 --> 00:14:44,790 The endurance racing is with three drivers 256 00:14:44,790 --> 00:14:47,430 and he has to help bring everyone together 257 00:14:47,430 --> 00:14:49,570 and maximise the performance of the car. 258 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:54,270 My role is to, of course, first of all drive the car myself 259 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:58,250 and understand what is needed to improve on. 260 00:15:07,770 --> 00:15:11,230 I went out there and initially started a bit with the base that we had 261 00:15:11,230 --> 00:15:14,410 and then I already had quite a lot of ideas of what I wanted to test. 262 00:15:15,110 --> 00:15:16,570 And of course, speaking also to the drivers, 263 00:15:16,890 --> 00:15:19,490 they had still a few questions about what they wanted to try. 264 00:15:22,330 --> 00:15:25,490 Of course, look into the details of the car together with the engineers, 265 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:28,930 because even if it's, let's say, more standard than Formula 1, 266 00:15:29,010 --> 00:15:32,010 there's still a lot of areas where you can find performance. 267 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:36,410 I did a few laps on the road just because I wanted to see how it would evolve. 268 00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:38,510 We didn't really have the time. 269 00:15:43,350 --> 00:15:46,690 I really like how it was before. That was very good. 270 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:47,770 Yeah, the back. 271 00:15:48,790 --> 00:15:52,370 Because the problem is all three drivers just keep telling each other 272 00:15:52,370 --> 00:15:53,630 the same fucking thing, you know? 273 00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:56,930 So they are all pushing for the same problem, if you know what I mean. 274 00:15:57,670 --> 00:15:59,610 Oversteering, an injury, and then they look at the data 275 00:15:59,610 --> 00:16:02,710 and you're just matching each other's injury, which is already wrong. 276 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:07,090 But the thing is, that's why I'm happy that actually we run an Aston 277 00:16:07,090 --> 00:16:10,130 and then they run also a Ferrari because for the drivers, 278 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,930 maybe for the performance it's not great, 279 00:16:13,050 --> 00:16:14,750 but it's good to adapt to different cars 280 00:16:14,750 --> 00:16:17,050 because otherwise you just drive off muscle memory. 281 00:16:17,230 --> 00:16:17,930 You're not learning anything. 282 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,460 You have to pick up, right? 283 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:35,280 Nobody picks up. 284 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,040 Always on the phone, and if you need it, nobody's on the phone. 285 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:41,900 Every time they're all on the phone. 286 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,220 They're all on the phone, always. 287 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,840 And then when you need them... 288 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,620 I need to be in the car in five minutes. 289 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:53,200 Yeah, there they are. 290 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:55,980 How's it going, guys? 291 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,380 We have the boy band complete. 292 00:16:58,720 --> 00:16:59,320 Very sexy. 293 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:01,880 Yeah, all good. 294 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,040 I started the morning with basically the setup like you guys ran. 295 00:17:06,819 --> 00:17:09,760 Now we are changing the diff, so soon in five minutes 296 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,339 I have to go out to try the diff, so eight faces instead of 12. 297 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:16,680 It's also quite important to know the car 298 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,460 because then they can't bullshit me on things. 299 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,480 About certain things. 300 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:21,700 Ah, but the car is oversteering. 301 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:23,319 So yeah, have you looked at your inputs? 302 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:24,500 Stuff like that. 303 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,520 Because I know how the car responds to certain things. 304 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,560 But for me, like I said, it's very important to understand the basics 305 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,980 so I can also give the best feedback to the drivers and the team. 306 00:17:35,660 --> 00:17:37,380 Yes, good. We are going through all the test items. 307 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,560 I mean, we'll discuss it more, you know, 308 00:17:39,580 --> 00:17:41,000 going through the data maybe a bit. 309 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:42,700 Thanks for what you're doing anyway. 310 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,240 Yeah, no worries. We'll keep going. 311 00:17:44,660 --> 00:17:45,520 Good luck. Thank you. 312 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:46,460 Bye, guys. 313 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:47,560 Yeah, bye. 314 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,120 Yeah, thank you, everyone. 315 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,440 That was a thing of data we needed and I'm very happy with it. 316 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:08,760 Thank you. 317 00:18:11,540 --> 00:18:12,480 Have you got any preference? 318 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,460 Whoever is fastest does the most. 319 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,300 You have to make sure to hammer down, actually, do not damage the car. 320 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:23,940 That's the only thing that we need to really make sure that he's not doing. 321 00:18:24,780 --> 00:18:26,860 Really hammer down, make sure you do not get damaged. 322 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,480 OK, you can get hit, but don't drive into someone. 323 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:30,660 But the same for Chris as well, though. 324 00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:31,560 Yeah, yeah. 325 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:35,740 I want you guys, you know, just to share your honest opinion about stuff, 326 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:37,040 not baby them, you know. 327 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:37,620 Yeah, OK. 328 00:18:37,980 --> 00:18:40,860 But now I think we have some good references that you can go off from. 329 00:18:41,060 --> 00:18:43,860 And especially now you've driven and you've filmed it yourself. 330 00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:44,180 Yeah. 331 00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:46,020 Because they look to you, mate. 332 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:46,840 Yeah. 333 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,460 After the day, they went into the race weekend with, yeah, 334 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,940 a bit more information on the car. 335 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,900 And I probably asked for a lot. 336 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:55,840 But at the end of the day, we're all there to win, right? 337 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,560 That's why we are going to go racing. 338 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,100 It was the first 24-hour race for Verstappen at KOM Racing. 339 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,340 24 hours to go. 340 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:20,220 Yeah. 341 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:21,960 It's still a long way to go. 342 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:22,760 Yeah, I know. 343 00:19:22,860 --> 00:19:23,920 We haven't done anything yet. 344 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:29,340 Very exciting to see Chris come from the sim then into the Aston Martin. 345 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,580 For Chris to be around Cherie, I think, is a very good thing. 346 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,020 Because Cherie is really a guy that goes out there and really makes it work. 347 00:19:38,620 --> 00:19:42,080 Because of sim racing a lot, Chris hasn't really been out in the real world. 348 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:47,260 So, of course, when you suddenly get thrown into this world, it's a shock. 349 00:19:47,660 --> 00:19:48,060 It is. 350 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,260 I mean, it's, yeah, suddenly you're dealing with a lot more people. 351 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:51,740 You have more responsibilities. 352 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,800 People are calling you, writing you. 353 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:55,940 You need to answer. 354 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:57,780 You're living off a schedule. 355 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,780 You know, it's serious. 356 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:01,680 Now, you know, you're a professional driver. 357 00:20:03,980 --> 00:20:06,600 Nothing really would have prepared me for an environment like that. 358 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:09,540 I mean, there's 100-plus thousand people there. 359 00:20:12,380 --> 00:20:16,540 And then it's flat out the whole weekend, 24-hour race. 360 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:23,130 Even the race start with 72 cars going up at the same time. 361 00:20:24,670 --> 00:20:26,790 It kind of goes from zero to 100 very quickly. 362 00:20:35,510 --> 00:20:38,590 The fireworks at night as you're driving up a rouge on the left and right. 363 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,280 It just gives you a bit of chills when you sit there watching that. 364 00:21:02,450 --> 00:21:05,550 During the Spa, 24 hours, Max was there in Austria. 365 00:21:05,550 --> 00:21:12,190 Yeah, I mean, he has his own thing going on in the business hours, let's say. 366 00:21:32,010 --> 00:21:34,010 I got hit like crazy. 367 00:21:34,930 --> 00:21:35,870 Fucking idiots. 368 00:21:37,310 --> 00:21:42,090 Once that switches off, he was focused on what was going on for us. 369 00:21:44,090 --> 00:21:46,150 I follow all the races whenever I can. 370 00:21:46,630 --> 00:21:51,470 Like, after my phone race, I immediately go back on the iPad or laptop to catch up on the race, 371 00:21:51,530 --> 00:21:54,950 and I analyze it all myself, and you get the information from the team. 372 00:22:10,270 --> 00:22:14,370 He just sends me a screenshot or two with then a paragraph showing, you know, 373 00:22:14,430 --> 00:22:16,710 these points where you can try something different in the stint. 374 00:22:17,490 --> 00:22:21,890 And doing, I mean, as much as he could from the other side of Europe, I guess. 375 00:22:47,620 --> 00:22:49,440 Good, nice. Yes! 376 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,520 It did go well. We ended up winning in the closing minutes in our class. 377 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,140 It was actually a super flawless race. 378 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:07,100 That was our group's first time doing it, and to have a 24-hour race like that. 379 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:11,400 I rarely even have sim races 24 hours that are that clean. 380 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,880 The winning team in this gold cup category, give an applause, 381 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,700 Verstappen.com Racing! 382 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,080 Harry King, Chris LeLam and Thierry Vermeulen. 383 00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:25,720 We got two of the three. 384 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,940 And in honor of this victory, we listen to the Dutch national anthem. 385 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:42,130 It's a big relief when everything comes together. 386 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:45,030 I know how much effort everyone in the team has put. 387 00:23:45,250 --> 00:23:49,110 So you're just happy that you were able to do your part 388 00:23:49,110 --> 00:23:51,310 and deliver also for them. 389 00:24:05,590 --> 00:24:06,270 Happy, Max? 390 00:24:06,690 --> 00:24:07,410 Yeah. 391 00:24:08,810 --> 00:24:11,530 For our first 24-hour race. 392 00:24:13,570 --> 00:24:16,210 Good strategy, we're on point with that. 393 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,930 I think pretty strong pace and winning our class. 394 00:24:21,530 --> 00:24:22,810 Can't really ask for more. 395 00:24:24,490 --> 00:24:25,450 Very good. 396 00:24:26,450 --> 00:24:28,670 Let's celebrate! Champagne! 397 00:24:44,940 --> 00:24:46,620 Fascinating guests today. 398 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,040 A superstar is on the grid. 399 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:52,360 Is this you, Chris? 400 00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:56,240 Let's try and get to the lead as fast as possible. 401 00:24:57,420 --> 00:24:58,560 We have to overtake some people. 402 00:25:00,060 --> 00:25:01,560 I had a bit of a moment. 403 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,680 It's not over. 404 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,360 Look how slow I am on the straight. 405 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,380 Fuck me, man. I'm slow.