1 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,160 We make your heart race. 2 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,480 I need to find our pit box. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,560 Every time we've driven into the box, I have no idea where to park it. 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,760 It's a free-for-all in the race anyway. 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,800 You have two and a half minutes. It doesn't matter. 6 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,720 Yeah, but from stationary time, no? 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,520 Two and a half minutes for the pit lane time, I think. 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,040 So I have a minute to go up and down the pit lane to find it. 9 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:38,200 Put it in reverse. 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,120 Oh, shit, too far, back to reverse. 11 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,280 Max has had highs at the start of the season. 12 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,680 But then you look at the low points. 13 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,160 It really kind of unravelled after Spain. 14 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,480 From there on, it just completely fell apart. 15 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,960 And particularly this race in Hungary 16 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,520 we saw that even Max couldn't have tamed that red bull 17 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,400 that seems to be slipping further and further down the pecking order. 18 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,760 Zandvoort and all the races leading up to that. 19 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,080 Yeah, that was painful. 20 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,320 Yeah, we were in such a tough time. 21 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,680 Not seeing light at the end of the tunnel. 22 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,840 I wanted to race in the GT3 here at the Nordschleife. 23 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,520 So at one point, you need to do your license. 24 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,920 And for me, this is probably the perfect time to do it 25 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,680 because once you have it, you can just focus on coming back. 26 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,200 Good luck, Max! 27 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,360 So first you had to do an online course with flags and rules. 28 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,320 So that I did. 29 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,520 The plan is to do one round by bus. That's basically the theory part. 30 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:25,760 I'm really into iRacing and I can give you some good tips. 31 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,520 Normally in a classroom, you go over stuff. 32 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:32,000 But for me, we sat in the van to do a lap around the track 33 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,760 to explain a bit more what's going on. 34 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,360 I prefer that over a classroom because that's really boring. 35 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,200 We'll go for a picnic. 36 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,880 Is this you, Chris? 37 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,560 Then I had to do two laps. I followed him around in my car. 38 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,200 It was not very fast, but you have to follow the rules, and that's fine. 39 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,920 I knew that that is what I had to do. 40 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,440 So you stick to it. And they were very helpful. 41 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,280 It's been a while that I had something like this. 42 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,760 And now we have proof, so... - Well done. 43 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,360 Congrats with your driver's license. - Well, not yet. 44 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,800 It's a B license. 45 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,520 The B of Billy. 46 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,800 And I need A. 47 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,440 But if we don't put it over the barrier tomorrow, then we'll have it. 48 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,680 The permit process is a complicated process. 49 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,360 Basically, Max needed two official race classifications 50 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,000 with the Permit B, Porsche. 51 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,000 Permit B being the restricted, overweight Porsche. 52 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,800 - Good morning. - Good morning. 53 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,120 How are you? 54 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,960 So we can do this quickly, I think. 55 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,560 I don't need to explain to you how to race. 56 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,840 Most important on the racetrack, because we do multi-class racing 57 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,960 is the respect on the track. 58 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,040 In the end, that's why we do this topic with permit B 59 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,680 so you know how it is for a slower car 60 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,920 with faster cars coming from behind. 61 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,880 I'm here. I'm a slow car, that's for sure. 62 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,320 Unfortunately, for this race. 63 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,320 I'd already done one race a couple of months prior. 64 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,560 Because Max was a platinum-graded driver in the FIA 65 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,760 Max was allowed two classifications so he didn't have different events. 66 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,920 You do it in two different cars. 67 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,440 Eight laps in one and another seven laps in the other. 68 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:59,600 Hence, we had two different Permit B Porsches there, basically. 69 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,480 In the end, it's important for you today to have no penalties 70 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,880 and to come to the finish line. Any questions? 71 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,440 - The pit lane is open. - Nice and wet. 72 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,120 Yeah, very wet. The pit lane is open. 73 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,680 Slippery. - Very wet, yeah. 74 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,200 I did my inspection and it's fully wet. 75 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:20,960 Okay, good. 76 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,840 Take care in Kesselchen, it's always very slippery. 77 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,760 This is the part where we have the new guardrails. 78 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,080 Right. Let's try and keep them there. - Exactly. Good luck. 79 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,680 Yeah, thank you. 80 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,040 Where is that on the track? 81 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,840 Let's see. 82 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,960 We went out to do a lap to have some fun. 83 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,840 Following each other on the wet Nordschleife. 84 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,160 And I had a bit of a moment. 85 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:32,560 Hello! 86 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,360 And? 87 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,640 - How's it going? - Wait, we have something. 88 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,120 - Hello Chris! - Hi. 89 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,720 What happened, actually? - I don't know. 90 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:47,320 Was it in the fast left? - The one after. 91 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,880 It accelerated me as I downshifted. 92 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,520 The blip just pushed me on and I went into the wall with the front right. 93 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,440 When I looked in the mirror, I was like: wait, I lost someone... 94 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,400 I already thought he went off. 95 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,760 - Maybe he went in the grass... - The grass was ice. 96 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,800 I went off and I accelerated into the wall. 97 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,920 It was a tire wall, not an armco. 98 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,280 Why is it so funny? 99 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,520 He found it quite funny. I'm not sure I saw the humour in it straight away. 100 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,280 I kept going. - Yeah, quite a while. 101 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:23,960 I got up to the carrousel... 102 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,760 - He needs to translate the German. - Yeah, I was reading out the dash. 103 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,560 It was losing power, so I figured I should stop. 104 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,600 That's why you run to. 105 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,840 No, I wanted to hide at that point. 106 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,000 The bumper's gone, like the radiator's fucked, front right. 107 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,200 The geometry is... 108 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:47,640 The wheel was just flat. 109 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,400 It was an older generation car, they couldn't get the spare parts 110 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:56,720 to repair it fully, like race-ready, for the race later that day. 111 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,200 Let's hope, if we can't fix the car, that I can do it at least in one car. 112 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,960 Could you check parallel to me in the regulations 113 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,920 if a chassis change is possible? 114 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,000 What is article 6, paragraph 2? What is that? 115 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,320 It's been provided that a 20% share of the total laps... 116 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,440 It doesn't fully say that it needs to be two cars. 117 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:20,920 On each of the cars. 118 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,840 Because one did not finish. 119 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:27,560 Okay, as long as the driver does it, you do 20% of the total laps. 120 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,560 I will do in one car. Yeah, exactly. 121 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,880 We shared one car for the full race, basically. 122 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,360 So it was purely a race of... 123 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,440 Not a race, that's the wrong word. 124 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:43,840 We just had to finish. 125 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,520 Mate, this is unbelievable. Look how slow I am on this train. 126 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,520 Yeah, it was very funny. 127 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,600 So they allowed me to do the laps basically in one car. 128 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,640 As long as the other car started to cross the pit exit 129 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,280 and then, officially, that car has entered. 130 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,840 So they were very nice and helpful 131 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,320 because that would have been quite painful. 132 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,760 But they were helpful and understood the problem we had. 133 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,800 I have to do another race. 134 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:24,600 - Chris. - What? 135 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,080 We didn't get the permit. 136 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,000 I need to do in two weeks another race. 137 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,880 Because of the second car. 138 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,240 The committee weren't finalizing it. 139 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,000 Seriously? - Yeah. 140 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,720 You can do that? - Well, we have to see. 141 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,080 That's not going to happen. - Not tomorrow? 142 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,520 - No, he doesn't want to do it. - You can't do tomorrow? Why not? 143 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,480 What's funny? 144 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,920 It was also funny to mess a bit with Chris 145 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,560 because he did his thing and we were like: we have to do it again. 146 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,320 I didn't get my license. 147 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,640 And he felt a bit sorry initially. 148 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,840 - I wanted to see your face. - You're fucking with me. 149 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:08,800 Fuck! 150 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,120 There's no Formula 1 151 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,280 and Max Verstappen decided: let me go and do some side quests. 152 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,120 Morning. - Morning! 153 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,680 First and foremost, of course, he got the fastest lap 154 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,440 in Formula 1 history in Monza qualifying. 155 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,480 He then won the race the next day. 156 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,920 The next week after that, he gets the Nordschleife permit 157 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,640 in the Porsche GT4. 158 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,440 The week after that, he goes and wins, of course, Baku. 159 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:53,680 The actual job he has, which is Formula 1, which is what? Perfect. 160 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,640 And the week after that, today, he's going to race 161 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,040 in the proper GT3 class with proper power and everything else. 162 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Welcome to the latest round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken Series. 163 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,600 NLS 9, live from the ring. 164 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,960 In qualifying, it was wet initially 165 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,360 but with a lot of traffic, a lot of cars. 166 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,400 You need to get a bit lucky as well 167 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,520 to get a perfectly free lap, which I didn't get. 168 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,680 So we had to start at P3, which I wasn't very happy about 169 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,200 as we're really fast. 170 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,200 I think we'll have to overtake people. 171 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,000 You have to overtake people. 172 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,840 Also knowing how qualifying went, I was not happy with all the traffic. 173 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,080 So I was like: let's get to the lead as fast as possible. 174 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,200 Fascinating guests today. 175 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,600 A superstar is on the grid. 176 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,640 It's the measure of the man that he just wants to race everything he can. 177 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,240 But it's all about racing on the Nordschleife. 178 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,120 He may not win this race, but in Chris Lulham 179 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,800 he has a thunderbolt of a teammate, so they've got every chance. 180 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,680 I'm super excited about my first proper professional race with Max. 181 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,000 We have a fast car and a chance to win. 182 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,920 So that's what we're aiming for. 183 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,160 25 kilometres, toughest circuit in the world. 184 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,240 And 108 cars on the race track. 185 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,560 Max Verstappen is racing a Ferrari. 186 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:00,200 Lots of Red Bull, a Red Bull-sponsored Ferrari. 187 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,520 Verstappen.com, run by Emil Frey Racing. 188 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,720 An Aston Martin on pole position alongside an Audi. 189 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,040 And then comes the Ferrari. Let's see what happens. 190 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,960 It's a rolling start. 191 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,440 They're being shown the red lights on the gantry at this point 192 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,760 but they turn green now. 193 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,080 And hard onto the throttle will go Max Verstappen 194 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,760 who pulls out from behind the Aston Martin. 195 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,040 It's a four-hour race, three pit stops. Already we're counting down. 196 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,240 Max Verstappen is alongside the Aston Martin and draws level. 197 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,760 He'll try and outbrake the pole-sitting car. 198 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:47,640 There's a crash further back. A car got piled into the rear. 199 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,040 It was slippery. Just dried out. 200 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,520 There was a crash behind us. 201 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,040 But I was very focused on just trying to keep the lead. 202 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,680 Max Verstappen already in the lead 203 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,120 and he will lead for the first time out of the Mercedes Arena. 204 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,960 And the battle is very much on. 205 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,920 Verstappen, fully focused on the road in front. 206 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,080 A gap of 1.4 seconds over Frank Stippler. 207 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,240 Clearly enjoying himself. These are really, really fast laps. 208 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,440 From the last lap alone, he gained 6 seconds over Frank Stippler. 209 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,480 The gap's out to 16.5 seconds. 210 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,000 Felt good. I was enjoying myself, dealing with the traffic. 211 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,640 The car was flying. 212 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,920 The gap was growing a lot, so that's exactly what you want. 213 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:57,920 Still, some distance to go 214 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,880 but he's putting in a masterful performance at the front of the race. 215 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,600 Get on the tail, slow down, and pick his way through. 216 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,760 Not that he's shy about overtaking. 217 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,840 Powering down the Döttinger Höhe, four cars in front of him. 218 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,200 They're all in class. He doesn't want to lose a second. 219 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,640 He's sitting on a lead of over 20 seconds. 220 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,200 It's so tight. 221 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,560 Goes on straight, dives into the pitch. 222 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,360 So this will be pit stop time. 223 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,440 The pit stop has a mandatory time. 224 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,520 The NLS pit stops are very long, actually. It's not like F1. 225 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,160 You have almost two minutes, stationary. 226 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,680 Verstappen rejoins the race. 227 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,720 Still very much in a comfortable position. 228 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:17,040 Max Verstappen. Four-time F1 champion. 229 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,920 That's what he considers his day job. 230 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,280 I think as a team, we really stuck together. 231 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:36,920 We didn't give up. 232 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,440 I never saw that coming. 233 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,320 In the season, such a turnaround and be back in the hunt 234 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,640 and win actually quite a few more races. 235 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,480 Okay, it's championship back on. 236 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,320 Same result again next week, and Max wins the title. 237 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,000 You said it's a busman's holiday. It's exactly that. Weekends off. 238 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:12,440 He wants to be in a different racing car 239 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,680 and going just as fast as always. 240 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:20,920 Chris Lulham will be waiting in the wings here, nerves jangling 241 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,280 thinking he's potentially going to be taking this car over 242 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,240 in the race lead. 243 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,200 A big learning experience 244 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,720 was watching the first two hours of the race. 245 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,720 Watch how he deals with the traffic. 246 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,600 The level of aggression. How much risk do you take? 247 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,200 Risk management is a difficult game to play 248 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,120 in the multi-class environment. 249 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,880 So I set myself the benchmark of his moves 250 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,560 and it gave me the confidence that I could do what he was doing. 251 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,600 He was being very relaxed, probably the most relaxed I'd seen him drive. 252 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,880 55 seconds is now the gap between Max Verstappen... 253 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,560 He's in a hurry! 254 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,000 Almost as if he's been racing here for 20-odd years. 255 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,960 Just drifting it to within a cigarette paper of the armco. 256 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,840 Didn't hit it, and then continued on to Hatzenbach. 257 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,360 The Emil Frey racing Ferrari just bashing out quick laps. 258 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,080 At the moment, the lead is just over a minute now. 259 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,280 Just a few months before, I was sat taking my first race start 260 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,960 in a close cockpit car in a proper race car. 261 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,120 Here's the Ferrari from the lead of the race, Max Verstappen. 262 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,400 And then I was there doing the driver swap with Max. 263 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:04,680 Jack's going underneath, and indeed Chris Lulham ready to take it over. 264 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,480 So, yeah, the pressure was on. 265 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,880 Back into the race goes the Ferrari 266 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,240 with a lead of a minute and two seconds before the pit stop. 267 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,840 Chris Lulham getting on board. A serious racer in sim. 268 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:29,440 He stepped up this time to his first full season of GT racing. 269 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,200 - What's up, mate? - Yeah, it was very lovely. 270 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,320 - Super. - Great in the start. 271 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,240 - Completely wet though. - Yeah? 272 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:52,400 So we boxed, and then next was Chris in the car, basically. 273 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,080 And I could sit and relax a bit. 274 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,080 Now I'm going to relax till the end. 275 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,920 Yeah, it was okay. 276 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,440 Okay, good stuff. 277 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,440 - Keep me posted. - Yeah, will do. 278 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,080 Love you, bye-bye. 279 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,840 It's a four-hour race, three pit stops. Already counting down. 280 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,760 An hour and 40 minutes. 281 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,080 Chris Lulham has now been slightly interrupted by these yellow flags. 282 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,640 He has a run of traffic up across the nose of his race-leading Ferrari. 283 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:44,080 The gap coming down considerably, in the last lap alone of 30 seconds. 284 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,960 It was a big gain on the race-leading Ferrari. 285 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,440 Certainly on one lap alone, 20 plus seconds 286 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,480 were gained by the chasing Mustang. 287 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,960 We thought for so long in this race, it was a done deal. 288 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,160 The yellow flag is being cleared up before the chasing cars going through. 289 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,160 Really closed the margin down. 290 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,720 It's not over. 291 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:21,560 Yeah, we had two codes 60 in a bad moment which cost us 2x30 seconds. 292 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,440 Watching Chris racing, I'm more nervous than I am in the car myself 293 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,840 because when you're in control, you know what you're doing. 294 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,200 We managed to turn it around to a point where you're fighting again 295 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,240 for the title until the last round. 296 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,520 We showed them one final time who's boss. 297 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,480 Congrats, what a comeback in the second half of the season. 298 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,480 We can be really proud of that. 299 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,800 So don't be too disappointed. I'm definitely not disappointed. 300 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,960 Thank you very much everyone. 301 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,720 The engine you hear in the background is the turbo-charged Ferrari 302 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,920 pressing on to the end of the lap, to victory. 303 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,000 What a story this is then in global motor sport. 304 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:49,440 The first time that Max Verstappen and his young teammate of the UK 305 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:50,960 attacks an NLS race. 306 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,800 They're going to win the race after four hours. 307 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,800 The 57th edition of the ADAC Barbarossa Prize 308 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,720 goes to Max Verstappen and to Chris Lulham. 309 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,600 Good job. 310 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:06,800 Well done, Max. 311 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,480 Thank you. 312 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,080 That was really good. I mean, not bad for the first time. 313 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,400 Yeah, I thought now we were so unlucky. 314 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,240 When I finished, it was a weight off my shoulders 315 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:26,200 because there was quite a build-up, logistically, to that event. 316 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:31,160 After doing all the permit races, the test earlier in the year. 317 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,960 To bring it all home was a really nice and relieving feeling. 318 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,560 These races are perfect to learn. 319 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,240 We needed to grow together. 320 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,280 I entered knowing that the car will be quick 321 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,600 but for me, it's also a learning experience. 322 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,440 For us, it was the perfect opportunity to do that together. 323 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,800 Now, of course, we hope that we can do it more often there. 324 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,720 The journey for Max Verstappen and the green hell, where will it go? 325 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:05,080 Of course, we really want to race the 24h race. 326 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,560 So hopefully we can do more NLS races next year. 327 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,160 Chris Lulham and Max Verstappen! 328 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,080 I do think that it's nice that the DMSB also allowed 329 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,720 the first steps in getting your license 330 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,120 can be done over the sim racing community. 331 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,480 So you can join their virtual championship 332 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,560 and you can get your start of the permit there 333 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,600 to then continue the rest of the permit on a real track. 334 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:42,280 It's a start for sim racing, and I think it's nice to see 335 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,360 that it's been taken into account and taken seriously 336 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:46,920 because for me, it is. 337 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,440 I'm happy, of course, to contribute to that. 338 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:01,960 I'm soaked. 339 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,240 Fuck me, mate. I'm soaked. 340 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,280 Trouble opening the bottle? 341 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,560 Everyone was already opening it and spraying me 342 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,560 so I'm the last to grab a bottle. 343 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,600 And you couldn't get another one? - Well, what can I do? 344 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,360 If that's the biggest issue, I think you had a good day.