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What has
turned into a classic Formula 1 season.
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With the
weather conditions so uncertain,
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the drivers prepare for...
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the track
is still dangerously wet,
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but following a drivers' meeting,
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- a decision has finally been taken.
- Three minutes to go.
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Everybody off the grid now.
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Twenty-five drivers
start every season in Formula 1,
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and each year two of us die.
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What kind of person
does a job like this?
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Not normal men, for sure.
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Rebels, lunatics, dreamers.
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People who are desperate to make a mark
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and are prepared to die trying.
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My name is Niki Lauda,
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and racing people
know me for two things.
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The first is my rivalry with him.
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Photographers,
please clear the grid.
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What about Hunt? Has he changed?
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No, he's going on wets.
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I don't know
why it became such a big thing.
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We were just drivers
busting each other's balls.
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To me this is perfectly normal,
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but other people saw it differently,
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that whatever it was between us
went deeper.
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The other thing I'm remembered for
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is what happened on 1st August, 1976,
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when I was chasing him
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like an asshole.
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Trauma trolley, please.
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Hello, I think the racetrack
telephoned ahead that I was coming.
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Hunt. James Hunt.
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What's the matter? No one ever seen
a spot of blood before?
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- Are you all right?
- Absolutely fine.
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We all thought
you'd been in an accident.
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I have.
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If you call a friendly disagreement
with another driver an accident.
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What did you disagree about?
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It's none of your business.
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Sorry.
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His wife.
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That's going to need a couple
of stitches. It's a nasty cut.
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It was a nasty blow.
Done with a bloody crowbar.
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- Why? What did you do?
- Nothing.
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Only what she asked me to do.
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Which was...
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I'd be happy to show you, if you like.
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Oh! Sorry.
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I have a theory
why women like racing drivers.
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It's not because
they respect what we do,
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driving round and round in circles.
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Mostly they think that's pathetic,
and they're probably right.
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It's our closeness to death.
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You see, the closer you are to death,
the more alive you feel.
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The more alive you are.
And they can see that in you.
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They feel that in you.
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My name is James Hunt.
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My father is a stockbroker,
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my sister is a barrister
and my brother is an accountant.
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And I...
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Well, I do this.
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It's a wonderful way to live.
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It's the only way to drive.
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As if each day is your last.
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I've never been to a Grand Prix before.
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Oh, you still haven't.
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- This is Formula 3.
- What's that?
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It's a lower division,
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where idiots like me mess about
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in the hope of being talent-spotted
to race in Formula 1.
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- You look disappointed.
- No.
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Ah. You only slept with me
because you thought I was famous.
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That's not true.
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Don't worry. I will be one day.
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Morning, everyone.
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- This is Nursie.
- Gemma.
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Nursie, this is Bubbles Horsley,
team manager.
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How do you do?
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- Bubbles?
- Yeah.
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- Doc Postlethwaite, our designer.
- How do you do?
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And Alexander, Lord Hesketh,
the team's owner.
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How do you do?
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Fine, thanks.
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Well done, Superstar.
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- That's the car?
- Yep, that's her.
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Lotus 59.
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1,000cc Cosworth MAE engine.
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She's no beauty,
but goes like the clappers.
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Nothing to be worried about.
Does it before every race.
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Good sign, actually. Means he's stoked.
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All Formula 3 cars
to the assembly area now, please.
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Drivers please bring them
to the scrutineering bay now.
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All right, Superstar?
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Never better, patron.
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- Have a gargle with this.
- Thank you.
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Quick toke of this.
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At Crystal Palace today,
James Hunt's on pole,
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with Austrian newcomer
Niki Lauda alongside him
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and Dave Walker completing Row 1.
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Row 2 is Mike Beuttler and Dave Morgan,
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- with Tony Trimmer and Gerry Birrell.
- Who's that?
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He's new.
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- Some German.
- Austrian.
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He's been here since 5:00 am,
walking the track.
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You might actually
have to concentrate today, James.
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You'll need these.
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Okay, start her up.
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Ah! What music!
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They could never have imagined it,
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those pioneers
who invented the automobile,
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that it would possess us like this,
in our imaginations, in our dreams.
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Nursie, men love women,
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but even more than that,
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men love cars.
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- Come on, James!
- James! Come on, James!
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Go, James!
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Hunt's still in the lead,
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but Niki Lauda is right on his tail.
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Hunt and Lauda are
proving to be in a class of their own.
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They're leaving the pack far behind.
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Herr Red Devil's on his tail.
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Lauda takes
a look down the inside...
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and he's sold him a dummy!
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Lauda is through! He's in the lead!
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Hunt will be determined
to make up for that mistake.
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Hunt's in Lauda's slipstream.
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Lauda's not leaving any gap.
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The Lotus goes for the inside.
It's an aggressive move from Hunt.
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Oh! There's contact!
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The leaders have spun out!
Lauda's facing the wrong way!
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The back marker's gone through.
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You can see why Hunt's fellow drivers
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call him "Hunt the Shunt".
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Asshole!
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- Go on, James!
- The Kraut's out of it.
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Lauda is clearly furious.
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There's every reason
to expect sharp words in the pits.
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It's gonna be victory for Hunt.
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It's gonna be an ignominious defeat
for Niki Lauda.
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So James Hunt scores his
third major Formula 3 win of the season
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here at Crystal Palace,
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after a desperate battle
with Niki Lauda.
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Lauda was unable to restart
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after Hunt's aggressive move
caused them both to spin out
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in the last lap of the race.
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Hard luck.
Better luck next time.
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Hey, asshole.
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That was my line. I had that corner.
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Do you mean the one that you spun out of
and finished facing the other way?
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I think that corner had you.
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That move was total suicide.
What if I hadn't braked?
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- We'd have crashed.
- But we didn't, did we?
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Thanks to your impeccable
survival instincts.
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Fuck you. What's your name?
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James Simon Wallis Hunt.
Remember it, my little Jerry friend.
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Jawohl. Remember ze name.
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And it's very simple. Hunt.
It rhymes with...
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cunt.
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A word that happens
to describe you perfectly!
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Who was that?
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I've no idea.
He looks like a rat, doesn't he?
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In my home town, Vienna,
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my family is famous
for one thing - business.
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My grandfather was a businessman,
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my father, too.
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So when they heard I wanted
to race cars for a living,
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they had a few things to say.
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Gut.
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So if my family
wasn't going to help me,
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I decided to risk everything
and take out a loan myself.
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I found a Formula 1 team
with an okay car
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and an owner who had run out of money
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and was willing to accept my terms.
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And so, ladies and gentlemen,
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I'm delighted to say
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that the winner of the Guild of Motoring
Writers Award Driver of the Year...
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is James Hunt.
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Superb news!
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- Well done, James.
- Superstar!
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Fantastic!
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Well done. Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
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Yes!
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Erm...
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You know, my parents
always wanted me to be a doctor...
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or a stockbroker or something.
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They gave me the first-class education,
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but, well, that all went terribly wrong
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and I ended up with you lot.
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Thank you. I need it more than you do.
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I mean, I have a hot head,
an inability to tolerate discipline.
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- Yes!
- Very true.
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I fall out with people left and right.
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The only creatures I've ever really
loved or have treated honourably
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are budgerigars.
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So in any normal area of life I'd be...
or I am, a total liability.
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The only thing I've got going for me
is I'm quick in a car.
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So, thank you for this
and for acknowledging that.
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I'm going to give it to my father
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and tell him to put it
on the mantelpiece
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and imagine it's a first-class degree
in medicine.
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Well done, Superstar.
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Another season like that
and I'll move you up to the big time.
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Come on, you don't think I'm ready now?
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You are. I'm not.
I've got to find you a car first.
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Well, go on, then. Chop-chop.
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Don't wait too long. You don't want him
to do what Lauda just did.
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- Why? What did he do?
- Got himself a drive with BRM.
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Well, how the hell did he do that?
He's a nobody.
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He's never won a bloody thing.
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Apparently, took out a loan
and bought his way in
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with two million Austrian schillings.
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Jesus.
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Niki Lauda.
Here for pre-season testing. BRM?
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Sign the release form.
I'll let them know you're here.
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- Mr Stanley.
- Good morning.
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- Good morning.
- Good morning. Clay!
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Let me introduce you
to our number-one driver,
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Clay Regazzoni.
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- How are you?
- Good.
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- Pleasure.
- And these are your mechanics.
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They're reporting exclusively to you,
as per contract.
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Pleasure. Do you wanna see the car?
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Sure.
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Hello.
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There she is. P160.
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- Same as Regazzoni's?
- Identical in every detail.
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How much does she weigh?
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- 600 kilos.
- But that's crazy.
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- Why so heavy?
- It's a V12 engine.
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That lump weighs 190K on its own.
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Okay.
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What horsepower are you getting? 490?
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- No, no, 450.
- Well, it's not enough.
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It needs to be 500,
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and the engine
needs to be 20 kilo lighter.
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We already tried.
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- Tried what?
- Everything.
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We replaced the entire exhaust system.
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- Barely made a difference.
- Are you using magnesium parts?
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Now the engine block.
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Any mounting or fixing plates,
strip it out also.
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When you've done that,
we have to look at the aerodynamics,
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front and rear wing.
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Okay, thank you. Good night.
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What was Regazzoni's time?
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1:53.
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Okay, now put him in my car,
and he'll go round two seconds faster.
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- Well, that's impossible.
- No chance.
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We've been
working on it all night.
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Put Regazzoni in the car.
See what happens.
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I don't understand.
Why am I supposed to do this?
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I don't know, Clay.
He just wants you to take it for a spin.
00:17:04.134 --> 00:17:05.733 align:center
Gloves, please.
00:17:05.734 --> 00:17:07.179 align:center
'fanculo.
00:17:50.374 --> 00:17:53.493 align:center
- I would say we push it a bit...
- All right.
00:17:53.494 --> 00:17:55.573 align:center
What did you do to the car?
00:17:55.574 --> 00:17:59.101 align:center
That's information I will share with you
under certain conditions only.
00:17:59.334 --> 00:18:00.779 align:center
Go on.
00:18:01.854 --> 00:18:03.538 align:center
A guaranteed place in the team,
00:18:03.894 --> 00:18:06.414 align:center
and a paid contract on equal terms
with Regazzoni for two years.
00:18:07.654 --> 00:18:09.258 align:center
Are you crazy?
00:18:09.374 --> 00:18:12.901 align:center
Clay's a senior figure in Formula 1.
You're just a rookie.
00:18:13.254 --> 00:18:15.814 align:center
Well, the only reason we took you on
is because you're paying us.
00:18:16.094 --> 00:18:19.413 align:center
Well, as of now, if you want me to stay,
we rip up the contract.
00:18:19.414 --> 00:18:22.145 align:center
- I don't pay you a cent.
- That's outrageous!
00:18:22.654 --> 00:18:24.736 align:center
Was he quicker in my car?
00:18:25.454 --> 00:18:27.456 align:center
He was, wasn't he?
00:18:28.174 --> 00:18:30.415 align:center
Did he go two seconds faster?
00:18:34.054 --> 00:18:35.499 align:center
2.3.
00:18:38.214 --> 00:18:40.342 align:center
So, have a think,
00:18:40.974 --> 00:18:43.215 align:center
work out your priorities
and get back to me.
00:18:58.214 --> 00:18:59.625 align:center
Hey, Niki.
00:19:02.014 --> 00:19:04.904 align:center
I know what you're going to say,
that it's none of my business.
00:19:05.014 --> 00:19:06.015 align:center
What?
00:19:07.414 --> 00:19:10.736 align:center
If it's the track manager
you're taking on your date tonight...
00:19:11.774 --> 00:19:13.413 align:center
It's none of your business.
00:19:13.414 --> 00:19:17.180 align:center
Okay, but if you want my advice,
I'd let this one go.
00:19:18.534 --> 00:19:22.175 align:center
I'm not questioning your taste.
She is a great girl, but...
00:19:23.814 --> 00:19:27.773 align:center
Agnes's last boyfriend
was a British Formula 2 driver
00:19:27.774 --> 00:19:30.173 align:center
who has a reputation for two things.
00:19:30.174 --> 00:19:32.859 align:center
For being a little crazy on the track,
00:19:33.014 --> 00:19:37.178 align:center
and for going all night and all day
and all night again in bed.
00:19:37.294 --> 00:19:40.813 align:center
He's a good driver,
but an immortal fuck, apparently.
00:19:40.814 --> 00:19:43.853 align:center
I don't know about you, but
that's not an act I'd like to follow.
00:19:47.094 --> 00:19:49.176 align:center
But if that doesn't bother you...
00:19:51.094 --> 00:19:54.064 align:center
What's his name, the driver?
00:19:54.294 --> 00:19:55.819 align:center
Hunt. James Hunt.
00:19:59.934 --> 00:20:03.381 align:center
You see, you share information
and I share information.
00:20:04.734 --> 00:20:06.941 align:center
That's what teammates are for.
00:20:17.174 --> 00:20:18.733 align:center
Where the hell are we going?
00:20:18.734 --> 00:20:21.093 align:center
I promise it'll be worth it.
00:20:21.094 --> 00:20:22.539 align:center
Just keep them closed.
00:20:22.974 --> 00:20:24.419 align:center
Wait for it.
00:20:25.254 --> 00:20:27.063 align:center
Wait for it.
00:20:30.414 --> 00:20:32.860 align:center
There. What do you say?
00:20:32.974 --> 00:20:34.544 align:center
She's Formula 1.
00:20:34.974 --> 00:20:36.658 align:center
Yes, she is, Superstar.
00:20:37.094 --> 00:20:39.973 align:center
Your brother and I got together
with the bean counters.
00:20:39.974 --> 00:20:41.453 align:center
And since the economics of F1
00:20:41.454 --> 00:20:45.093 align:center
are not so significantly different
to the economics of Formula 2,
00:20:45.094 --> 00:20:47.495 align:center
well, we thought if we were
going to be losing money,
00:20:47.614 --> 00:20:50.733 align:center
we might as well be doing it on
the big roulette table in Formula 1.
00:20:50.734 --> 00:20:54.056 align:center
You fat, little, inbred beauty.
Come here.
00:20:58.374 --> 00:21:01.696 align:center
Actually, credit where it's due,
we got the idea from Niki.
00:21:01.974 --> 00:21:03.973 align:center
- Who?
- Lauda.
00:21:03.974 --> 00:21:06.813 align:center
Bought his way in, rather than
mess about in the lower divisions.
00:21:06.814 --> 00:21:08.384 align:center
I thought, "Bloody hell, he's right."
00:21:08.614 --> 00:21:12.093 align:center
No sponsorship, Superstar.
I hope you approve.
00:21:12.094 --> 00:21:16.099 align:center
No vulgar logos
for cigarettes or condoms.
00:21:16.654 --> 00:21:18.702 align:center
Just plain white with the flags. Ooh!
00:21:19.134 --> 00:21:22.104 align:center
And racing overalls which read,
00:21:23.294 --> 00:21:25.893 align:center
"Sex. Breakfast of champions."
00:21:28.574 --> 00:21:30.383 align:center
So, when do we start?
00:21:31.334 --> 00:21:33.541 align:center
- Soon as you're ready.
- Ready?
00:21:33.854 --> 00:21:36.425 align:center
I've been waiting for this
my whole life.
00:21:45.414 --> 00:21:47.453 align:center
- Hi, welcome to Watkins Glen.
- Hello!
00:21:47.454 --> 00:21:49.218 align:center
When the season started,
people wondered
00:21:49.534 --> 00:21:52.344 align:center
whether Lord Hesketh and his team
of upper-class enthusiasts
00:21:52.694 --> 00:21:57.173 align:center
were bringing glamour
to the racing community, or just comedy.
00:21:57.174 --> 00:21:59.333 align:center
Certainly, it was the first time
anyone had seen
00:21:59.334 --> 00:22:02.973 align:center
a butler serving oysters and caviar
in the pits.
00:22:02.974 --> 00:22:05.813 align:center
But they have made quite an impact.
00:22:05.814 --> 00:22:09.053 align:center
Sixth in France, fourth in Britain
and third in Holland.
00:22:09.054 --> 00:22:12.733 align:center
All drivers on the track,
caution flags are out.
00:22:12.734 --> 00:22:14.908 align:center
A severe crash at the Esses.
00:22:14.909 --> 00:22:17.013 align:center
Red flag.
There is a car off the track.
00:22:17.014 --> 00:22:18.773 align:center
And reports are reaching me
00:22:18.774 --> 00:22:20.981 align:center
that there has been
a serious accident in qualifying.
00:22:21.188 --> 00:22:23.933 align:center
Er, the identity of the driver we don't
currently have at the moment,
00:22:23.934 --> 00:22:26.141 align:center
but, as you can tell
from all the activity
00:22:26.254 --> 00:22:27.933 align:center
going on behind me towards the track,
00:22:27.934 --> 00:22:30.413 align:center
it is clearly a grave incident indeed.
00:22:30.414 --> 00:22:31.893 align:center
We will, of course,
have more information for you
00:22:31.894 --> 00:22:32.941 align:center
as and when we get it,
00:22:33.054 --> 00:22:37.059 align:center
but it is the sight and sound
of Formula 1 nobody likes to see.
00:22:41.054 --> 00:22:42.818 align:center
- Get your hands off me.
- Hey, come on.
00:22:52.749 --> 00:22:54.413 align:center
Drivers of top stature
00:22:54.414 --> 00:22:56.213 align:center
we've lost just in the past four seasons
00:22:56.214 --> 00:23:01.133 align:center
have included Piers Courage,
Jochen Rindt,
00:23:01.134 --> 00:23:04.493 align:center
Jo Siffert, Roger Williamson
00:23:04.494 --> 00:23:06.773 align:center
and today, at Watkins Glen,
00:23:06.774 --> 00:23:09.095 align:center
Formula 1 has claimed another driver.
00:23:09.694 --> 00:23:11.981 align:center
The Tyrrell team
have withdrawn from the race.
00:23:12.094 --> 00:23:14.813 align:center
Their places on the grid
will be left empty.
00:23:14.814 --> 00:23:17.260 align:center
- Terrible.
- They should cancel the race.
00:23:17.494 --> 00:23:19.019 align:center
Why?
00:23:19.334 --> 00:23:21.780 align:center
He made a mistake,
went into the corner too fast.
00:23:21.894 --> 00:23:23.373 align:center
It's his fault.
00:23:23.374 --> 00:23:25.263 align:center
- Is that right?
- It's obvious.
00:23:25.654 --> 00:23:27.383 align:center
Look at the tyre marks.
00:23:27.774 --> 00:23:31.093 align:center
So says the nobody
who had to pay for his own drive.
00:23:31.094 --> 00:23:32.774 align:center
How's that working out for you,
by the way?
00:23:32.974 --> 00:23:35.784 align:center
Fine. How is it at the back?
00:23:36.694 --> 00:23:38.776 align:center
Not planning on being there for long.
00:23:39.549 --> 00:23:41.253 align:center
Ten minutes to the warm-up lap.
00:23:41.254 --> 00:23:42.773 align:center
Ten minutes.
00:23:46.094 --> 00:23:47.459 align:center
Arsehole.
00:23:48.854 --> 00:23:52.213 align:center
Heading into
the Grand Hotel hairpin, second gear.
00:23:52.214 --> 00:23:53.293 align:center
Turn in hard,
00:23:53.294 --> 00:23:55.945 align:center
looking for late apex,
gentle with the bar.
00:23:57.694 --> 00:24:00.823 align:center
Heading into Portier, second gear,
clip the apex,
00:24:00.934 --> 00:24:04.495 align:center
light brake, stay in second,
looking for a good exit.
00:24:04.854 --> 00:24:06.973 align:center
Heading through the tunnel,
gradual right,
00:24:06.974 --> 00:24:10.013 align:center
up through third, fourth, fifth...
00:24:10.014 --> 00:24:12.016 align:center
Is Alexander round?
00:24:12.534 --> 00:24:15.213 align:center
Er, yes, he was.
00:24:15.214 --> 00:24:16.893 align:center
He went back to the house
to take a call.
00:24:16.894 --> 00:24:18.733 align:center
He'll be back shortly.
00:24:18.734 --> 00:24:20.896 align:center
He only wanted to show me
his pride and joy.
00:24:21.854 --> 00:24:24.653 align:center
Rhymes with "boy", if you ask me.
00:24:24.654 --> 00:24:26.533 align:center
And "toy".
00:24:26.534 --> 00:24:30.813 align:center
God, it's so flimsy
for something that costs so much.
00:24:30.814 --> 00:24:34.893 align:center
There's no comfort,
no protection, nothing.
00:24:34.894 --> 00:24:37.613 align:center
No, it's just a little coffin, really.
00:24:37.614 --> 00:24:40.733 align:center
Surrounded by high-octane fuel in here.
00:24:40.734 --> 00:24:43.733 align:center
Being driven round 170 miles per hour.
00:24:43.734 --> 00:24:46.897 align:center
To all intents and purposes,
this thing's a bomb on wheels.
00:24:48.054 --> 00:24:49.977 align:center
You're James, aren't you?
00:24:51.214 --> 00:24:52.704 align:center
Yes.
00:24:53.654 --> 00:24:55.383 align:center
You fit the description.
00:24:55.774 --> 00:24:57.185 align:center
Is that right?
00:24:58.414 --> 00:25:00.382 align:center
Suzy. Friend of Alex's.
00:25:00.494 --> 00:25:03.623 align:center
Yeah, yeah. I know exactly.
00:25:05.294 --> 00:25:06.853 align:center
What was the description?
00:25:06.854 --> 00:25:08.453 align:center
Mostly positive,
in terms of appearance.
00:25:08.454 --> 00:25:10.661 align:center
Negative only in terms of character.
00:25:11.174 --> 00:25:13.097 align:center
I've been told to avoid you.
00:25:13.494 --> 00:25:14.905 align:center
By whom?
00:25:15.334 --> 00:25:18.253 align:center
Alexander. He says you're a bad boy.
00:25:18.254 --> 00:25:20.613 align:center
Alexander doesn't know
what he's talking about.
00:25:20.614 --> 00:25:23.053 align:center
I was. I'm not any more.
00:25:23.054 --> 00:25:26.653 align:center
The new me is very professional.
Early to bed, early to rise.
00:25:26.654 --> 00:25:28.293 align:center
- All very dull.
- Hmm.
00:25:28.294 --> 00:25:29.733 align:center
But according to the team,
00:25:29.734 --> 00:25:32.415 align:center
"The best way to
keep beating the goose-stepper."
00:25:33.109 --> 00:25:34.813 align:center
Is that what you were doing
when I came in?
00:25:34.814 --> 00:25:37.853 align:center
Yes, visualisation techniques,
memorising the circuit,
00:25:37.854 --> 00:25:40.539 align:center
in this case Monaco, which is up next.
00:25:45.334 --> 00:25:48.573 align:center
Personally, I've always been a great
believer in getting there on the day,
00:25:48.574 --> 00:25:51.133 align:center
putting my foot down
and playing chicken with everyone else.
00:25:53.189 --> 00:25:54.893 align:center
But they don't want me
doing that any more.
00:25:54.894 --> 00:25:58.979 align:center
They want my body like a temple
and my mind like a monk.
00:25:59.654 --> 00:26:02.853 align:center
And what about your soul, your heart?
00:26:02.854 --> 00:26:05.093 align:center
Well, they've got ideas about that, too.
00:26:05.094 --> 00:26:07.693 align:center
They want me to stop messing around,
settle down,
00:26:07.694 --> 00:26:10.013 align:center
get married
with the next nice girl I meet.
00:26:10.014 --> 00:26:11.425 align:center
They think it would be good for me.
00:26:11.894 --> 00:26:13.896 align:center
Hmm. What do you think?
00:26:14.254 --> 00:26:17.576 align:center
It sounds fucking awful.
00:26:18.694 --> 00:26:21.061 align:center
But since they're right
about most things,
00:26:21.334 --> 00:26:24.053 align:center
- they're probably right about that, too.
- Hmm.
00:26:24.054 --> 00:26:26.455 align:center
You don't fancy getting married, do you?
00:26:51.854 --> 00:26:53.379 align:center
Suzy.
00:26:54.094 --> 00:26:55.505 align:center
Bravo!
00:26:55.854 --> 00:26:57.777 align:center
Hey, hey, hey!
00:27:01.334 --> 00:27:03.257 align:center
- What's going on with him?
- Nothing. Nothing.
00:27:03.614 --> 00:27:05.025 align:center
Didn't want to ruin your day.
00:27:05.614 --> 00:27:08.015 align:center
It's... It's the Kraut.
00:27:08.294 --> 00:27:09.864 align:center
What about him?
00:27:10.734 --> 00:27:12.653 align:center
He's just been signed by Ferrari.
00:27:12.654 --> 00:27:16.375 align:center
You're kidding me?
Jesus. How did that happen?
00:27:16.654 --> 00:27:18.144 align:center
Did he buy his way in there, too?
00:27:18.254 --> 00:27:23.893 align:center
Well, the old man took Regazzoni back
and he insisted on it, apparently.
00:27:23.894 --> 00:27:25.862 align:center
He says that Niki's a genius
setting up the cars.
00:27:45.174 --> 00:27:46.938 align:center
It's terrible. Drives like a pig.
00:27:47.774 --> 00:27:50.141 align:center
- Oh, you can't say that.
- Why not?
00:27:50.494 --> 00:27:52.542 align:center
- It's a Ferrari!
- It's a shitbox.
00:27:53.014 --> 00:27:56.453 align:center
It understeers like crazy and
the weight distribution is a disaster.
00:27:56.454 --> 00:27:59.503 align:center
It's amazing, all these facilities
and you make a piece of crap like this.
00:28:00.894 --> 00:28:02.333 align:center
Uh!
00:28:30.974 --> 00:28:34.213 align:center
"Ferrari family."
"Our good friend Clay Regazzoni."
00:28:34.214 --> 00:28:37.773 align:center
You are family and friend
to the commendatore as long as you win.
00:28:37.774 --> 00:28:39.185 align:center
The minute you don't, ciao, ciao.
00:28:39.494 --> 00:28:43.624 align:center
I totally understand. It's business.
I would do the same.
00:28:43.734 --> 00:28:46.733 align:center
But it isn't
just business, is it? What we do.
00:28:46.734 --> 00:28:48.893 align:center
It's passion, love.
00:28:48.894 --> 00:28:51.733 align:center
Which is why we are prepared
to risk our lives for it.
00:28:51.734 --> 00:28:52.853 align:center
Not me.
00:28:52.854 --> 00:28:55.575 align:center
If I had more talent and could earn
better money with something else,
00:28:55.734 --> 00:28:57.413 align:center
I would.
00:28:57.414 --> 00:29:01.093 align:center
How do you know you will
make money here? You haven't yet.
00:29:01.094 --> 00:29:03.415 align:center
Not yet, but I will.
00:29:04.094 --> 00:29:05.983 align:center
If you can, I can.
00:29:09.854 --> 00:29:11.697 align:center
You know, are you ever not an asshole?
00:29:13.054 --> 00:29:15.093 align:center
- Why am I an asshole?
- Well...
00:29:15.094 --> 00:29:16.693 align:center
You know, by now
I'm both quicker than you
00:29:16.694 --> 00:29:18.613 align:center
and better at setting up the car.
00:29:18.614 --> 00:29:20.453 align:center
You can't deal with it,
so you're the asshole.
00:29:20.454 --> 00:29:21.615 align:center
Screw you.
00:29:29.534 --> 00:29:32.813 align:center
I brought you along today because
you seem like a lonely kind of guy.
00:29:32.814 --> 00:29:34.773 align:center
I thought if I introduced you
to some nice people,
00:29:34.774 --> 00:29:36.653 align:center
that could rub off on you.
00:29:36.654 --> 00:29:39.373 align:center
Forget it. Make your own friends.
00:29:39.374 --> 00:29:42.059 align:center
Come on, Clay. I'm sorry.
00:30:17.574 --> 00:30:19.019 align:center
Are you leaving?
00:30:20.134 --> 00:30:21.545 align:center
Yes.
00:30:22.014 --> 00:30:23.773 align:center
Can you give me a lift
to the nearest town,
00:30:23.774 --> 00:30:25.219 align:center
anywhere with a train station?
00:30:27.014 --> 00:30:30.097 align:center
Sure. Trento's half an hour's drive.
00:30:30.734 --> 00:30:31.781 align:center
Get in.
00:30:43.134 --> 00:30:46.581 align:center
♬ Been another blue day
without you, girl
00:30:47.694 --> 00:30:51.221 align:center
♬ Been another sad summer song
00:30:52.974 --> 00:30:56.979 align:center
♬ I been thinking about you, girl,
all night long
00:30:58.934 --> 00:31:00.015 align:center
What are you doing?
00:31:00.414 --> 00:31:02.015 align:center
You hear that noise when you accelerate?
00:31:02.414 --> 00:31:04.701 align:center
- No.
- Your fan belt is loose.
00:31:04.814 --> 00:31:06.573 align:center
My What?
00:31:06.574 --> 00:31:09.053 align:center
And when you brake,
your foot goes all the way down,
00:31:09.054 --> 00:31:10.574 align:center
which means there's air in the system.
00:31:10.814 --> 00:31:13.385 align:center
- Anything else?
- No.
00:31:14.374 --> 00:31:17.139 align:center
Apart from
the rear brakes are worn out,
00:31:17.454 --> 00:31:18.933 align:center
the front right tyre's a bit soft,
00:31:18.934 --> 00:31:20.733 align:center
which explains
why you're weaving so much.
00:31:20.734 --> 00:31:23.214 align:center
Hmm. How can you tell?
00:31:23.574 --> 00:31:25.542 align:center
- My ass.
- Sorry?
00:31:25.694 --> 00:31:27.653 align:center
God gave me an okay mind,
00:31:27.654 --> 00:31:30.385 align:center
but a really good ass,
which can feel everything in a car.
00:31:30.669 --> 00:31:33.013 align:center
You don't know what
you're talking about. This car is fine.
00:31:33.014 --> 00:31:35.813 align:center
- I just had a service a week ago.
- Not a good one.
00:31:35.814 --> 00:31:38.465 align:center
Yes, a very good one, very expensive.
00:31:39.014 --> 00:31:41.173 align:center
This car is as good as new. Relax.
00:31:48.414 --> 00:31:50.013 align:center
Not in a hurry, are you?
00:31:50.014 --> 00:31:51.773 align:center
No. As long as I'm back
00:31:51.774 --> 00:31:53.105 align:center
in Maranello Monday morning.
00:31:55.534 --> 00:31:56.853 align:center
Ja.
00:31:56.854 --> 00:31:59.016 align:center
- Marlene.
- Niki.
00:33:05.734 --> 00:33:08.305 align:center
Mi scusi... Tu sei Niki Lauda?
00:33:09.414 --> 00:33:11.453 align:center
Yes.
00:33:20.294 --> 00:33:21.773 align:center
- Actually, we do, yeah.
- Okay.
00:33:21.774 --> 00:33:23.053 align:center
It's my honour, Niki, please.
00:33:23.054 --> 00:33:25.295 align:center
- Thank you.
- My car is your car.
00:33:25.414 --> 00:33:29.213 align:center
On one condition, though.
It's a piece of shit. It's dog shit.
00:33:29.214 --> 00:33:32.297 align:center
But if you drive it,
you make my life, Niki, eh?
00:33:45.134 --> 00:33:47.262 align:center
- Niki Lauda!
- Niki Lauda, Niki Lauda!
00:33:49.174 --> 00:33:51.573 align:center
Will someone please tell me
what's going on?
00:33:51.574 --> 00:33:53.093 align:center
Who are you? Should I know you?
00:33:53.094 --> 00:33:54.584 align:center
What, you don't know?
00:33:55.174 --> 00:33:59.173 align:center
He's Niki Lauda, Formula 1 driver,
and he just signed with Ferrari.
00:33:59.174 --> 00:34:00.664 align:center
- Him?
- Yes.
00:34:00.774 --> 00:34:02.981 align:center
- Impossible.
- Why?
00:34:03.094 --> 00:34:07.653 align:center
Well, you know, Formula 1 drivers,
they have long hair, are sexy,
00:34:07.654 --> 00:34:09.173 align:center
their shirts are open to here.
00:34:09.174 --> 00:34:10.933 align:center
- Thank you.
- Yes.
00:34:10.934 --> 00:34:14.336 align:center
Anyway, look at the way he's driving,
like an old man.
00:34:18.614 --> 00:34:20.094 align:center
There's no need to drive fast.
00:34:20.374 --> 00:34:22.376 align:center
It just increases
the percentage of risk.
00:34:23.334 --> 00:34:24.935 align:center
We're not in a hurry.
I'm not being paid.
00:34:25.534 --> 00:34:28.373 align:center
Right now,
with zero incentive or reward,
00:34:28.374 --> 00:34:30.138 align:center
why would I drive fast?
00:34:31.974 --> 00:34:33.976 align:center
Because I'm asking you to.
00:34:39.494 --> 00:34:40.825 align:center
Ja.
00:35:37.854 --> 00:35:39.533 align:center
This is an incredible battle
00:35:39.534 --> 00:35:42.013 align:center
between Niki Lauda in the red Ferrari
00:35:42.014 --> 00:35:44.540 align:center
and James Hunt in the white Hesketh.
00:35:45.654 --> 00:35:47.213 align:center
The challenge of Niki Lauda...
00:35:47.214 --> 00:35:48.733 align:center
Lauda attacking Hunt.
00:35:48.734 --> 00:35:50.543 align:center
Lauda gets through on the inside.
00:35:50.654 --> 00:35:52.179 align:center
Goes wide at the exit.
00:35:52.374 --> 00:35:53.893 align:center
Hunt is past again.
00:35:53.894 --> 00:35:57.053 align:center
Once more
Lauda tries to sneak up the inside.
00:35:57.054 --> 00:36:01.133 align:center
They're absolutely side by side,
wheel to wheel.
00:36:01.134 --> 00:36:05.213 align:center
So evenly matched. Fantastic battle
between these two great drivers.
00:36:05.214 --> 00:36:07.581 align:center
Hunt is now ahead once more.
00:36:09.054 --> 00:36:13.733 align:center
But Lauda's coming back again now.
Lauda once more sneaks up the inside.
00:36:13.734 --> 00:36:16.214 align:center
And again he runs wide.
Again the Hesketh...
00:36:16.374 --> 00:36:19.537 align:center
- Suzy, we're ready, come on.
- Just... Just one second.
00:36:20.414 --> 00:36:23.065 align:center
- Can we go, yeah?
- Okay, yeah.
00:36:23.814 --> 00:36:26.653 align:center
We're in the closing laps
of this race here at Watkins Glen.
00:36:26.654 --> 00:36:27.655 align:center
They come down the hill.
00:36:29.374 --> 00:36:31.093 align:center
And Hunt's got a problem!
00:36:31.094 --> 00:36:33.573 align:center
Hunt pulls across to the left.
00:36:33.574 --> 00:36:36.418 align:center
Lauda goes ahead on his own.
00:36:38.094 --> 00:36:40.574 align:center
A sad end to a wonderful battle.
00:36:40.694 --> 00:36:43.265 align:center
Hunt pushing off the marshal.
00:36:51.694 --> 00:36:55.779 align:center
The chequered flag
is waiting for Lauda and for Ferrari.
00:36:57.214 --> 00:36:59.933 align:center
The title going to Niki Lauda,
00:36:59.934 --> 00:37:01.453 align:center
who wins the race,
00:37:01.454 --> 00:37:03.934 align:center
who wins the World Championship.
00:37:45.774 --> 00:37:48.744 align:center
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
00:37:49.494 --> 00:37:51.013 align:center
Marlene.
00:37:52.534 --> 00:37:56.373 align:center
With a car like that, the rest of us
never really stood a chance, did we?
00:37:56.374 --> 00:37:59.344 align:center
Maybe the fact the car is so good
has something to do with me.
00:37:59.454 --> 00:38:02.344 align:center
Come on, Niki. You're in a Ferrari.
I'm in a Hesketh.
00:38:02.454 --> 00:38:04.413 align:center
Equal terms,
the way it was in Formula 3,
00:38:04.414 --> 00:38:06.860 align:center
- I'd beat you and you know it.
- Never.
00:38:06.974 --> 00:38:09.864 align:center
You might win one race, maybe two,
because you're aggressive.
00:38:10.094 --> 00:38:13.177 align:center
But in the long run, over the course
of a season, no chance.
00:38:13.294 --> 00:38:14.341 align:center
Right. Why's that?
00:38:14.614 --> 00:38:17.345 align:center
Because to be a champion,
it takes more than just being quick.
00:38:17.494 --> 00:38:19.253 align:center
- It's the whole picture.
- Oh.
00:38:19.254 --> 00:38:21.293 align:center
You're just a charger and a party guy.
00:38:21.294 --> 00:38:22.534 align:center
That's why everybody likes you.
00:38:23.134 --> 00:38:25.213 align:center
Try saying that
and tell me you're not jealous.
00:38:26.494 --> 00:38:29.179 align:center
Why would I be jealous? Think about it.
00:38:29.534 --> 00:38:31.693 align:center
All that affection, all those smiles
00:38:31.694 --> 00:38:33.533 align:center
- is a sign of disrespect.
- Oh.
00:38:33.534 --> 00:38:36.053 align:center
They don't fear you.
Whereas compare that to me.
00:38:36.054 --> 00:38:38.705 align:center
Yes, compared to you, whom no one likes.
00:38:38.814 --> 00:38:40.453 align:center
- Right.
- Not even his own teammates.
00:38:40.454 --> 00:38:43.219 align:center
Right. Because I'm a serious guy.
00:38:43.334 --> 00:38:45.735 align:center
I go to bed early,
I look after myself, look after my car.
00:38:45.854 --> 00:38:48.903 align:center
- Yes, you're very well-behaved.
- Go to work, kick ass.
00:38:49.014 --> 00:38:51.745 align:center
And then, after the race,
I go home instead of going to bars
00:38:51.854 --> 00:38:55.053 align:center
and talk all this bullshit
with all these assholes.
00:38:55.054 --> 00:38:56.973 align:center
Arseholes?
00:38:56.974 --> 00:38:59.420 align:center
You should go home more often, too.
00:39:02.734 --> 00:39:04.736 align:center
I heard you got married.
00:39:05.734 --> 00:39:07.338 align:center
Yes, I did.
00:39:08.894 --> 00:39:11.500 align:center
So where is she, this mysterious wife?
00:39:12.694 --> 00:39:14.696 align:center
- In New York, working.
- Oh.
00:39:16.094 --> 00:39:18.093 align:center
You know,
I've never seen you with her once.
00:39:18.094 --> 00:39:19.334 align:center
No?
00:39:21.694 --> 00:39:24.653 align:center
Well, maybe that's because
you're always at home,
00:39:24.654 --> 00:39:28.579 align:center
on your own, looking after yourself,
being a good little boy.
00:39:32.774 --> 00:39:34.105 align:center
Take a drink on me, James.
00:39:36.014 --> 00:39:38.620 align:center
Thank you, Niki. I might just have two.
00:39:49.974 --> 00:39:51.493 align:center
Right, Bubbles,
00:39:51.494 --> 00:39:54.623 align:center
whatever it takes to beat
that prick next year, just say it.
00:39:54.734 --> 00:39:56.145 align:center
Your word is my command.
00:39:56.254 --> 00:39:59.736 align:center
There are no lengths
to which I will not go. I mean it.
00:40:02.294 --> 00:40:04.137 align:center
What the hell's going on?
00:40:06.294 --> 00:40:08.900 align:center
Where is everybody? What's the matter?
00:40:14.494 --> 00:40:17.053 align:center
Do you know what the date is today?
00:40:17.054 --> 00:40:19.500 align:center
Yes, it's November, the 14th. Why?
00:40:19.934 --> 00:40:24.178 align:center
Do you have any idea
of the significance of that date?
00:40:25.494 --> 00:40:28.657 align:center
I don't know.
Time to start killing pheasants?
00:40:30.974 --> 00:40:33.813 align:center
Actually, it's the deadline
for securing sponsorship
00:40:33.814 --> 00:40:35.737 align:center
for the forthcoming Formula 1 season.
00:40:35.974 --> 00:40:37.419 align:center
Yes?
00:40:37.614 --> 00:40:40.584 align:center
Which elapsed at midnight last night,
and we didn't attract any.
00:40:40.974 --> 00:40:44.613 align:center
Well, so?
We aren't looking for sponsorship.
00:40:44.614 --> 00:40:46.901 align:center
Like you said, condoms and cigarettes,
vulgar, right?
00:40:48.854 --> 00:40:50.060 align:center
Right.
00:40:51.614 --> 00:40:53.981 align:center
Except we are, or were.
00:40:56.774 --> 00:40:59.220 align:center
I've made something of a miscalculation.
00:41:00.174 --> 00:41:03.656 align:center
The economics, Formula 1,
realities thereof.
00:41:05.054 --> 00:41:08.217 align:center
It turns out,
not like the lower divisions at all.
00:41:10.734 --> 00:41:12.463 align:center
What are you saying?
00:41:14.374 --> 00:41:16.854 align:center
I'm saying it's over, Superstar.
00:41:17.694 --> 00:41:21.221 align:center
The banks have stepped in,
started laying everyone off.
00:41:23.014 --> 00:41:25.415 align:center
Probably have to sell this place.
00:41:26.014 --> 00:41:28.016 align:center
Oh, Christ.
00:42:08.654 --> 00:42:12.420 align:center
I need a drive, Pete.
I need you to find me a drive.
00:42:12.854 --> 00:42:14.379 align:center
I mean, what about Lotus?
00:42:15.494 --> 00:42:16.939 align:center
You don't wanna know.
00:42:17.174 --> 00:42:19.905 align:center
- Actually, I do.
- Okay. Uh...
00:42:22.254 --> 00:42:24.256 align:center
They felt your reputation preceded you.
00:42:24.574 --> 00:42:26.333 align:center
And what does that mean?
00:42:27.894 --> 00:42:30.943 align:center
It's my other line.
Look, I'll get back to you.
00:42:32.854 --> 00:42:33.935 align:center
Peter Hunt.
00:42:34.294 --> 00:42:35.864 align:center
Fuck.
00:42:46.694 --> 00:42:48.139 align:center
Don't worry. Something will turn up.
00:42:56.934 --> 00:42:58.982 align:center
Doubt that will help in the meantime.
00:43:01.934 --> 00:43:04.653 align:center
Why don't we go away at the weekend?
00:43:04.654 --> 00:43:07.783 align:center
Skiing. Before I go back to New York.
00:43:11.414 --> 00:43:14.816 align:center
Talk to me, James.
Don't make a stranger of me.
00:43:14.934 --> 00:43:18.973 align:center
You know, Suzy,
only a stranger would invite me skiing
00:43:18.974 --> 00:43:21.420 align:center
when they know
I haven't got a fucking drive.
00:43:27.814 --> 00:43:29.578 align:center
I can't watch this.
00:43:30.334 --> 00:43:32.655 align:center
What were you hoping for anyway?
00:43:33.134 --> 00:43:35.493 align:center
A well-adjusted knight
in shining armour?
00:43:35.494 --> 00:43:37.493 align:center
No danger of that.
00:43:37.494 --> 00:43:39.853 align:center
- Let me give you some advice.
- I'm all ears.
00:43:39.854 --> 00:43:42.693 align:center
Don't go to men who are willing
to kill themselves driving in circles
00:43:42.694 --> 00:43:45.345 align:center
- looking for normality.
- I never expected normality.
00:43:45.454 --> 00:43:47.613 align:center
God knows I walked into this
with my eyes open.
00:43:47.614 --> 00:43:49.173 align:center
I just hoped I'd married someone
00:43:49.174 --> 00:43:52.257 align:center
who was half as impressive
on the inside as he is on the outside.
00:43:52.374 --> 00:43:54.173 align:center
At least there's something
behind the facade.
00:43:54.174 --> 00:43:56.381 align:center
- Oh, James.
- Fuck off to New York, dear.
00:43:57.534 --> 00:43:59.933 align:center
There must be a moisturiser
or an eye shadow somewhere
00:43:59.934 --> 00:44:01.698 align:center
that needs your vapid mush to flog it.
00:44:38.414 --> 00:44:39.893 align:center
- Hello?
- Hi, James.
00:44:39.894 --> 00:44:43.216 align:center
It's Peter. Something's up at McLaren.
00:44:43.814 --> 00:44:45.893 align:center
- What have you heard?
- Nothing. Why?
00:44:45.894 --> 00:44:48.420 align:center
I heard Emerson's off.
He's dumped them in it.
00:44:49.094 --> 00:44:51.253 align:center
Jesus. Get me in there, Pete.
00:44:51.254 --> 00:44:53.655 align:center
Say anything, just get me in that room.
00:44:58.574 --> 00:45:00.413 align:center
I'll come straight to the point.
00:45:00.414 --> 00:45:03.933 align:center
- Our esteemed lead driver...
- Fitti-fucking-paldi.
00:45:03.934 --> 00:45:06.253 align:center
Has ditched us for another team
at the last minute.
00:45:06.254 --> 00:45:08.613 align:center
- Coper-fucking-sucar.
- And we need a replacement.
00:45:08.614 --> 00:45:10.104 align:center
ASA-fucking-P.
00:45:11.094 --> 00:45:14.940 align:center
Fortunately, a few hands
have already gone up, good people.
00:45:15.774 --> 00:45:18.459 align:center
- Jacky Ickx.
- I'm quicker than Jacky.
00:45:18.894 --> 00:45:22.853 align:center
- But he's consistent, dependable.
- A grown-up.
00:45:22.854 --> 00:45:26.301 align:center
Right, and will he go for that gap
when no one else will?
00:45:26.414 --> 00:45:28.670 align:center
Will he put his life on the line
the day that it really matters?
00:45:28.694 --> 00:45:30.139 align:center
The sponsors like him.
00:45:30.614 --> 00:45:32.853 align:center
What do you want,
a driver or a brush salesman?
00:45:32.854 --> 00:45:34.774 align:center
- We wanna be successful.
- Yes, so do I.
00:45:35.054 --> 00:45:38.053 align:center
But that means beating Niki Lauda,
not being a show pony for sponsors.
00:45:38.054 --> 00:45:39.613 align:center
I heard about this thing with Niki.
00:45:39.614 --> 00:45:40.820 align:center
Everyone has.
00:45:41.949 --> 00:45:44.533 align:center
- You really think you can beat him?
- I'd beat him in a McLaren.
00:45:44.534 --> 00:45:47.822 align:center
It's the only car out there
as quick as the Ferrari.
00:45:48.134 --> 00:45:50.136 align:center
Which is why I'm here, begging.
00:45:50.614 --> 00:45:52.133 align:center
Look, I'll do whatever you ask.
00:45:52.134 --> 00:45:53.977 align:center
I'll put on a tie,
I'll smile for sponsors,
00:45:54.094 --> 00:45:55.983 align:center
say the right things.
00:45:56.294 --> 00:45:58.615 align:center
I can beat this guy, trust me.
00:45:59.454 --> 00:46:01.343 align:center
Just give me the drive.
00:46:02.054 --> 00:46:03.943 align:center
Yeah.
Yeah, he can be a loose cannon.
00:46:04.134 --> 00:46:05.813 align:center
And, yeah, he will drive you all mad,
00:46:05.814 --> 00:46:09.341 align:center
but in terms of raw talent
and right stuff,
00:46:09.454 --> 00:46:11.343 align:center
there is no better driver in the world.
00:46:11.734 --> 00:46:13.896 align:center
He's the real thing, Teddy.
00:46:14.014 --> 00:46:16.548 align:center
- He's what we all came into this for.
- Mmm.
00:46:16.549 --> 00:46:18.653 align:center
Nine days out of ten
you'll be pulling your hair out,
00:46:18.654 --> 00:46:21.853 align:center
but on that tenth day,
James will be unbeatable.
00:46:21.854 --> 00:46:24.110 align:center
And that is the day you will wish
you had him in your car.
00:46:24.134 --> 00:46:26.978 align:center
You will never win the championship
with Jacky Ickx.
00:46:27.334 --> 00:46:29.773 align:center
You just might with James.
00:46:51.829 --> 00:46:54.333 align:center
Welcome to São Paulo, Brazil,
and the Interlagos circuit
00:46:54.334 --> 00:46:57.975 align:center
for the first race
in the 1976 Formula 1 season,
00:46:58.214 --> 00:47:01.453 align:center
where the main news is that James Hunt
has qualified fastest,
00:47:01.454 --> 00:47:03.536 align:center
beating Niki Lauda's Ferrari
to pole position
00:47:03.654 --> 00:47:06.385 align:center
by just two hundredths of a second.
00:47:07.374 --> 00:47:08.978 align:center
New car.
00:47:09.814 --> 00:47:11.464 align:center
- I noticed.
- Pole position.
00:47:12.494 --> 00:47:13.893 align:center
I noticed that, too.
00:47:13.894 --> 00:47:16.373 align:center
Level playing field now,
my ratty little friend.
00:47:16.374 --> 00:47:20.053 align:center
Yeah. Let's see where we are
after lap one.
00:47:20.054 --> 00:47:22.864 align:center
Let's see where we are
in five races' time.
00:47:23.694 --> 00:47:25.893 align:center
Hunt has the pit lane pole position,
00:47:25.894 --> 00:47:28.704 align:center
which should give him the best chance
of out dragging Lauda's Ferrari.
00:47:29.734 --> 00:47:31.413 align:center
If ever there was a doubt about
00:47:31.414 --> 00:47:34.733 align:center
whether Lauda had
a serious challenger to this season,
00:47:34.734 --> 00:47:38.375 align:center
Hunt and his McLaren
have certainly given us the answer.
00:47:54.054 --> 00:47:55.613 align:center
Here in South Africa,
00:47:55.614 --> 00:47:57.616 align:center
James Hunt is determined to make amends
00:47:57.734 --> 00:48:00.738 align:center
after that disastrous retirement
in Brazil.
00:48:01.734 --> 00:48:05.293 align:center
But it's Lauda who takes the flag
here at Kyalami.
00:48:05.294 --> 00:48:07.013 align:center
James Hunt comes home second
00:48:07.014 --> 00:48:09.533 align:center
to confirm his championship
challenge at last
00:48:09.534 --> 00:48:11.293 align:center
and score his first points
00:48:11.294 --> 00:48:12.864 align:center
of the season.
00:48:13.454 --> 00:48:17.300 align:center
That wind you can feel
is me breathing down your neck.
00:48:17.414 --> 00:48:19.416 align:center
Next time I'll have you.
00:48:20.374 --> 00:48:21.785 align:center
We'll see in Spain.
00:48:42.294 --> 00:48:46.133 align:center
James Hunt finally takes
his first victory of the season
00:48:46.134 --> 00:48:48.660 align:center
here in Spain, after a brilliant drive.
00:48:48.774 --> 00:48:50.981 align:center
It was only a matter of time.
00:48:58.174 --> 00:49:01.144 align:center
Luca, don't you think it's time
to tell them?
00:49:07.854 --> 00:49:10.175 align:center
- It's too wide.
- Disqualified.
00:49:10.574 --> 00:49:13.013 align:center
- What?
- You're disqualified.
00:49:13.014 --> 00:49:14.698 align:center
How can we be disqualified?
00:49:14.814 --> 00:49:16.693 align:center
- 1.5 centimetres.
- It's the same car.
00:49:16.694 --> 00:49:18.856 align:center
Giustissimo.
00:49:23.014 --> 00:49:24.175 align:center
You fucking...
00:49:24.294 --> 00:49:27.173 align:center
McLaren M23
has proved very controversial here.
00:49:29.174 --> 00:49:31.017 align:center
Just make it narrower. I don't care how.
00:49:31.134 --> 00:49:33.213 align:center
New rear suspension.
New wishbones.
00:49:33.214 --> 00:49:36.024 align:center
I wanna make sure
this thing is legal, no doubts.
00:49:36.134 --> 00:49:38.613 align:center
Well, then we'd better move the
oil coolers back to the old position.
00:49:38.614 --> 00:49:40.853 align:center
With the oil coolers back, the
wing brackets need to be changed, too.
00:49:40.854 --> 00:49:42.053 align:center
Fuck.
00:49:42.054 --> 00:49:44.213 align:center
What the fuck
d'you think we're doing?
00:49:53.854 --> 00:49:56.373 align:center
And with Hunt disqualified
from his Spain win,
00:49:56.374 --> 00:49:59.053 align:center
his championship year is not going well.
00:49:59.054 --> 00:50:01.580 align:center
And now it's all gone wrong
here at Monaco!
00:50:01.694 --> 00:50:03.893 align:center
His engine is smoking.
00:50:06.014 --> 00:50:08.585 align:center
Smoke pouring
from the engine of that McLaren!
00:50:08.694 --> 00:50:10.213 align:center
And James Hunt is out!
00:50:10.214 --> 00:50:12.733 align:center
- Can you tell us what happened?
- Sure. It's magic.
00:50:12.734 --> 00:50:14.973 align:center
We've taken a great car,
a great piece of engineering,
00:50:14.974 --> 00:50:18.183 align:center
and overnight turned it into
a big, huge, stinking turd.
00:50:30.094 --> 00:50:31.505 align:center
Shit!
00:50:34.934 --> 00:50:37.253 align:center
What the hell have you done?
The car's evil.
00:50:37.254 --> 00:50:39.013 align:center
It's fucking undriveable!
00:50:39.014 --> 00:50:40.933 align:center
James, look, if there's a problem
with the car we'll find it...
00:50:40.934 --> 00:50:43.013 align:center
The car is a piece of shit.
You should be appealing this.
00:50:43.014 --> 00:50:45.062 align:center
- We are appealing it.
- We will sort it out.
00:50:45.174 --> 00:50:47.253 align:center
- They're killing us out there.
- Go and get your dick wet.
00:50:47.254 --> 00:50:49.093 align:center
- You're a wanker.
- Fuck you.
00:50:49.094 --> 00:50:50.933 align:center
- You're a fucking wanker.
- I will, arsehole.
00:50:52.149 --> 00:50:53.853 align:center
But this was a good race for you,
no, Niki?
00:50:53.854 --> 00:50:54.935 align:center
It's good for everyone
00:50:55.054 --> 00:50:56.943 align:center
that the quickest car
happens to be a legal car.
00:50:57.054 --> 00:50:59.785 align:center
James, you're 50 points
behind Lauda in the championship.
00:50:59.894 --> 00:51:03.341 align:center
You've had another retirement today.
What's going wrong?
00:51:03.454 --> 00:51:05.453 align:center
Oh, it's dirty politics
and dirty tricks,
00:51:05.454 --> 00:51:06.865 align:center
that's what's going wrong.
00:51:07.094 --> 00:51:09.533 align:center
So, as we approach
the halfway point
00:51:09.534 --> 00:51:11.298 align:center
in this year's Formula 1 season,
00:51:11.814 --> 00:51:15.133 align:center
Ferrari and Niki Lauda
seem clearly on top,
00:51:15.134 --> 00:51:18.183 align:center
and James Hunt and McLaren
are struggling.
00:51:18.294 --> 00:51:21.741 align:center
So, five races in,
how's it going so far?
00:51:22.134 --> 00:51:25.377 align:center
It's fine. Just got a little problem
with an Austrian rat
00:51:25.494 --> 00:51:27.133 align:center
and his team of Italian cheats
00:51:27.134 --> 00:51:29.653 align:center
- who have destroyed my car.
- What are you talking about?
00:51:29.654 --> 00:51:31.816 align:center
I'm talking about the race in Spain
that I won.
00:51:31.934 --> 00:51:35.143 align:center
- Yeah, in a car which is not legal.
- Five-eighths of an inch too wide.
00:51:35.254 --> 00:51:37.495 align:center
You know that doesn't have
the slightest effect on speed.
00:51:37.614 --> 00:51:40.110 align:center
But you complained and your team
of lawyers leaned on the authorities.
00:51:40.134 --> 00:51:43.333 align:center
Now we've had to rebuild the car,
and it's become a monster.
00:51:43.334 --> 00:51:46.304 align:center
- At least it's a legal monster.
- You've had to resort to cheating.
00:51:46.614 --> 00:51:50.175 align:center
You're driving an illegal car
and call me the cheat? It's pathetic.
00:51:50.294 --> 00:51:53.573 align:center
- Rules are rules.
- Yes, and rats are rats.
00:51:53.574 --> 00:51:54.655 align:center
Thank you. Thank you.
00:51:57.974 --> 00:52:00.693 align:center
Do you really think it upsets me, James,
00:52:00.694 --> 00:52:03.693 align:center
calling me a rat
because I look like one?
00:52:03.694 --> 00:52:05.423 align:center
I don't mind it.
00:52:05.534 --> 00:52:07.413 align:center
Rats are ugly, sure,
and nobody likes them,
00:52:07.414 --> 00:52:11.173 align:center
but they're very intelligent and
they have a strong survival instinct.
00:52:11.174 --> 00:52:12.858 align:center
- Wonderful.
- Marlene, komm.
00:52:14.534 --> 00:52:15.979 align:center
No wonder she left him.
00:52:33.854 --> 00:52:35.344 align:center
Anyone seen Suzy?
00:52:37.014 --> 00:52:39.533 align:center
She's supposed to be here today.
00:52:39.534 --> 00:52:42.697 align:center
We, er... didn't wanna tell you
before the race.
00:52:43.654 --> 00:52:45.224 align:center
Tell me what?
00:52:50.574 --> 00:52:52.019 align:center
Jesus.
00:53:16.734 --> 00:53:18.259 align:center
Is that from him?
00:53:18.854 --> 00:53:20.265 align:center
Yeah.
00:53:26.774 --> 00:53:28.936 align:center
So when did all this start?
00:53:30.174 --> 00:53:32.461 align:center
That weekend I went skiing.
00:53:35.254 --> 00:53:37.541 align:center
Why have you come here, James?
00:53:38.094 --> 00:53:39.539 align:center
I've come to get you back.
00:53:40.734 --> 00:53:42.623 align:center
You don't want me back.
00:53:42.734 --> 00:53:44.453 align:center
You never wanted to be married
in the first place.
00:53:44.454 --> 00:53:46.775 align:center
- Yes, I did.
- Oh, come on, James.
00:53:47.374 --> 00:53:49.933 align:center
You did it because
you hoped it might change you,
00:53:49.934 --> 00:53:51.618 align:center
settle you down, help with the racing.
00:53:51.974 --> 00:53:53.385 align:center
No, I didn't.
00:53:53.574 --> 00:53:55.773 align:center
And who knows?
If it had been just the drinking
00:53:55.774 --> 00:53:59.613 align:center
or the dope or the infidelity
or the moods,
00:53:59.614 --> 00:54:00.775 align:center
it might even have worked.
00:54:01.109 --> 00:54:03.453 align:center
- But when it's all of them...
- Yes, I know, I'm terrible.
00:54:03.454 --> 00:54:05.297 align:center
No, you're not terrible.
00:54:06.294 --> 00:54:09.457 align:center
You're just who you are
at this point in your life.
00:54:11.774 --> 00:54:13.458 align:center
God help anyone who wants more.
00:54:16.094 --> 00:54:19.337 align:center
And Richard Burton,
will he able to give you more?
00:54:20.814 --> 00:54:23.260 align:center
You know, he has quite
the bad boy reputation himself.
00:54:24.334 --> 00:54:26.985 align:center
What's important is how it feels to me,
00:54:27.134 --> 00:54:29.421 align:center
and it feels like he adores me.
00:54:35.509 --> 00:54:37.413 align:center
- James!
- New York Times!
00:54:37.414 --> 00:54:38.933 align:center
Are you and Suzy getting back together?
00:54:38.934 --> 00:54:41.933 align:center
- James, how do you feel...
- It's all very amicable.
00:54:41.934 --> 00:54:44.493 align:center
My wife has found herself
a new backer...
00:54:44.494 --> 00:54:47.093 align:center
I mean, lover, which makes her happy.
00:54:47.094 --> 00:54:49.693 align:center
And Mr Burton has found
a way of feeling young again,
00:54:49.694 --> 00:54:51.173 align:center
which makes him happy.
00:54:51.174 --> 00:54:53.533 align:center
Let's hope his pockets are deep.
They'll need to be.
00:54:53.534 --> 00:54:56.853 align:center
And I've found a way to be single
and have an ex-wife
00:54:56.854 --> 00:54:58.613 align:center
without it costing me a penny,
00:54:58.614 --> 00:55:00.853 align:center
which has got to go down
as the biggest win of my career.
00:55:00.854 --> 00:55:03.585 align:center
I have a flight to catch.
00:56:31.374 --> 00:56:33.973 align:center
We haven't seen
this sort of intensity
00:56:33.974 --> 00:56:35.653 align:center
from James Hunt all season long.
00:56:35.654 --> 00:56:38.653 align:center
Reports have been coming out
of the McLaren camp all week
00:56:38.654 --> 00:56:42.136 align:center
that their car is now fully legal
and faster than ever.
00:56:51.894 --> 00:56:54.022 align:center
Never mind the bloody wets.
We're still quick.
00:56:58.134 --> 00:57:01.536 align:center
Hunt has really closed the gap on Lauda
as they head into Druids.
00:57:03.694 --> 00:57:06.533 align:center
Niki Lauda is under real pressure
from James Hunt
00:57:06.534 --> 00:57:09.185 align:center
as they go up the hill
into Druids Corner.
00:57:15.014 --> 00:57:16.857 align:center
And Hunt is in front of Lauda!
00:57:24.374 --> 00:57:25.739 align:center
So James Hunt gets the plaudits
00:57:25.854 --> 00:57:27.733 align:center
of the crowd, the first Briton to win
00:57:27.734 --> 00:57:29.384 align:center
a British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch
00:57:29.494 --> 00:57:31.383 align:center
since Jim Clark in 1964.
00:57:34.909 --> 00:57:37.053 align:center
James, at the moment
you've got a terrific edge
00:57:37.054 --> 00:57:40.024 align:center
over the rest of the field.
How have you achieved this advantage?
00:57:40.414 --> 00:57:42.093 align:center
Big balls.
00:57:42.094 --> 00:57:43.584 align:center
Would you...
00:57:43.734 --> 00:57:46.773 align:center
Following an inquiry
into the disqualification
00:57:46.774 --> 00:57:49.175 align:center
of driver James Hunt
from the Spanish Grand Prix,
00:57:49.294 --> 00:57:50.773 align:center
it has been decided
00:57:50.774 --> 00:57:52.773 align:center
- to overturn this disqualification...
- Yes!
00:57:52.774 --> 00:57:56.253 align:center
And to restore his victory
and reinstate his points.
00:58:02.414 --> 00:58:03.933 align:center
James! James!
00:58:03.934 --> 00:58:05.870 align:center
James, a few weeks ago
you were out of the running
00:58:05.894 --> 00:58:07.773 align:center
for the season completely,
and now you're right back in it.
00:58:07.774 --> 00:58:10.773 align:center
- What's changed?
- Well, it's a combination of factors
00:58:10.774 --> 00:58:12.933 align:center
not all of which I'm prepared
to discuss here
00:58:12.934 --> 00:58:17.258 align:center
but justice being done
re the disqualification in Spain helps,
00:58:17.374 --> 00:58:19.820 align:center
and having my car
back at its best again.
00:58:36.774 --> 00:58:38.424 align:center
James! James!
01:01:07.934 --> 01:01:10.141 align:center
Welcome to the legendary Nürburgring.
01:01:10.894 --> 01:01:12.737 align:center
This is a 14.2-mile track,
01:01:13.214 --> 01:01:16.582 align:center
complete with 185 corners and bends.
01:02:15.534 --> 01:02:17.453 align:center
Welcome to the Nürburgring,
01:02:17.454 --> 01:02:20.060 align:center
The most dangerous circuit
on the season calendar.
01:02:20.374 --> 01:02:23.184 align:center
In Formula 1 it is known
as the Graveyard.
01:02:23.294 --> 01:02:25.023 align:center
The weather conditions
are far from ideal,
01:02:25.134 --> 01:02:26.704 align:center
and latest reports indicate
01:02:26.814 --> 01:02:28.493 align:center
there is no relief in sight.
01:02:33.294 --> 01:02:38.373 align:center
Gentlemen. Well, gentlemen,
please be quiet.
01:02:38.374 --> 01:02:40.536 align:center
Thank you. Niki Lauda.
01:02:40.734 --> 01:02:42.259 align:center
Thank you.
01:02:43.134 --> 01:02:46.377 align:center
I called this meeting because,
as all you drivers know,
01:02:46.494 --> 01:02:48.693 align:center
the Nürburgring is the most stupid,
barbaric, outdated
01:02:48.694 --> 01:02:50.213 align:center
and dangerous track in the world.
01:02:50.214 --> 01:02:52.533 align:center
You've all seen the rain
that has been falling today.
01:02:52.534 --> 01:02:56.253 align:center
Now, those of you with experience know
the ring needs perfect conditions
01:02:56.254 --> 01:02:58.905 align:center
to be even remotely acceptable
in terms of risk.
01:02:59.014 --> 01:03:01.381 align:center
And today, with the rain,
it's anything but perfect,
01:03:01.494 --> 01:03:04.653 align:center
so I called this meeting to
take a vote to cancel the race.
01:03:04.654 --> 01:03:06.736 align:center
Cancel the race?
01:03:06.854 --> 01:03:08.893 align:center
There would be no change
to the situation
01:03:08.894 --> 01:03:10.373 align:center
as far as points is concerned.
01:03:10.374 --> 01:03:13.093 align:center
- The race would simply be cancelled.
- This is bullshit.
01:03:13.094 --> 01:03:15.413 align:center
If the race is cancelled,
none of us get our race fees.
01:03:15.414 --> 01:03:19.853 align:center
That's true, you leave without your fee,
but you might leave with your life.
01:03:19.854 --> 01:03:24.098 align:center
It also means that you would
effectively win the championship.
01:03:24.534 --> 01:03:27.060 align:center
So, I can see why
this suits you just fine.
01:03:27.454 --> 01:03:30.025 align:center
Why? There would be
no points for me either.
01:03:30.374 --> 01:03:32.733 align:center
No, but there would be one race less
01:03:32.734 --> 01:03:35.173 align:center
where I, or anyone else here,
could catch you.
01:03:35.174 --> 01:03:37.533 align:center
James is right. This is just tactics.
01:03:37.534 --> 01:03:40.219 align:center
Maybe he's just frightened.
01:03:41.734 --> 01:03:43.259 align:center
Which asshole said this?
01:03:49.054 --> 01:03:52.103 align:center
Yes, of course I'm frightened,
and so are you.
01:03:54.294 --> 01:03:58.053 align:center
I accept, every time I get in my car,
there is 20 per cent chance I could die,
01:03:58.054 --> 01:03:59.624 align:center
and I can live with it,
01:03:59.734 --> 01:04:01.773 align:center
but not one per cent more.
01:04:01.774 --> 01:04:04.095 align:center
And today, with the rain,
the risk is more.
01:04:04.214 --> 01:04:06.945 align:center
I suppose that all depends
on how good you are in the rain.
01:04:07.414 --> 01:04:09.293 align:center
I have the track record here.
01:04:09.294 --> 01:04:12.253 align:center
I am the only person in history
to do the ring in under seven minutes.
01:04:12.254 --> 01:04:14.939 align:center
So, actually, it's to my advantage
to race here today.
01:04:16.574 --> 01:04:18.975 align:center
Because I'm quicker than all of you.
01:04:20.014 --> 01:04:23.302 align:center
- Come on.
- Fine. Then let's race.
01:04:24.934 --> 01:04:27.301 align:center
- Come on, Niki, let's race.
- Gentlemen, please.
01:04:27.414 --> 01:04:29.133 align:center
Why are we here, Niki? Come on.
01:04:35.334 --> 01:04:37.985 align:center
Well, all those in favour
of cancelling the race.
01:04:48.174 --> 01:04:49.938 align:center
All those in favour of racing.
01:04:56.334 --> 01:04:57.779 align:center
Gentlemen, the race is on.
01:05:04.614 --> 01:05:06.775 align:center
- Ridiculous.
- What a waste of time.
01:05:08.174 --> 01:05:11.018 align:center
You know, Niki, every now and then
it helps if people like you.
01:05:27.374 --> 01:05:29.533 align:center
In places
the track is still dangerously wet,
01:05:29.534 --> 01:05:31.053 align:center
but following a drivers' meeting,
01:05:31.054 --> 01:05:32.653 align:center
a decision has finally been taken.
01:05:33.894 --> 01:05:35.578 align:center
The race is going ahead.
01:05:39.814 --> 01:05:41.053 align:center
Niki!
01:05:41.054 --> 01:05:42.818 align:center
One minute to go.
01:05:52.334 --> 01:05:55.533 align:center
Jochen's going on slicks.
You wanna change?
01:05:55.534 --> 01:05:58.093 align:center
- Is Niki gonna change?
- No.
01:05:58.094 --> 01:06:00.176 align:center
Then we stay on wets, too.
01:06:08.014 --> 01:06:09.778 align:center
- Niki, okay?
- I'm good.
01:06:12.254 --> 01:06:14.734 align:center
All right, fire her up.
01:06:27.948 --> 01:06:30.733 align:center
This season's fight for
the Formula 1 World Championship
01:06:30.734 --> 01:06:34.413 align:center
has so far been the story of two men.
01:06:34.414 --> 01:06:38.093 align:center
Thus far, it's been going
pretty much the way of Niki Lauda.
01:06:38.094 --> 01:06:40.779 align:center
But James Hunt
has qualified fastest here.
01:06:40.894 --> 01:06:43.973 align:center
He is on pole position
for the German Grand Prix,
01:06:43.974 --> 01:06:47.057 align:center
with Niki Lauda alongside
in the blood-red Ferrari.
01:06:48.494 --> 01:06:49.973 align:center
It's a long race.
01:06:49.974 --> 01:06:52.625 align:center
If the track starts to dry out,
01:06:52.734 --> 01:06:55.578 align:center
the wet-weather tyres
will no longer be as quick.
01:07:16.989 --> 01:07:19.093 align:center
Niki Lauda
and James Hunt, side by side
01:07:19.094 --> 01:07:22.257 align:center
on the front row of the grid,
go away absolutely as one.
01:07:36.454 --> 01:07:38.661 align:center
Lauda very aggressive on Hunt there,
01:07:38.774 --> 01:07:40.776 align:center
forcing the McLaren onto the grass.
01:07:45.134 --> 01:07:46.613 align:center
Lauda has the lead at the moment.
01:07:46.614 --> 01:07:48.981 align:center
Lauda leads into the first corner.
01:07:49.174 --> 01:07:51.142 align:center
Hunt is in second place.
01:07:55.814 --> 01:07:58.453 align:center
Mass storming past Hunt!
01:07:58.454 --> 01:08:01.139 align:center
He made the right choice
to go with the dry-weather tyres.
01:08:02.654 --> 01:08:04.463 align:center
Mass passing Lauda now!
01:08:04.574 --> 01:08:08.499 align:center
Jochen Mass, in the number 12 McLaren,
takes the lead!
01:08:08.654 --> 01:08:10.338 align:center
Jochen Mass the clear leader,
01:08:10.494 --> 01:08:12.542 align:center
with everybody else making the decision
01:08:12.654 --> 01:08:14.813 align:center
to change tyres
after just one lap of this race.
01:08:14.814 --> 01:08:17.021 align:center
He's coming in! Come on, let's go!
01:08:25.174 --> 01:08:29.224 align:center
See? I told you to go on slicks.
You should have taken my advice.
01:08:29.334 --> 01:08:31.173 align:center
Fuck off. Where's Niki?
01:08:31.174 --> 01:08:33.859 align:center
Behind you.
He made the same mistake.
01:08:46.614 --> 01:08:48.343 align:center
Come on!
01:08:50.894 --> 01:08:52.703 align:center
Come on! What's going on?
01:08:54.214 --> 01:08:57.573 align:center
The tyre-changing frenzy has caused
a huge reshuffling of the pack,
01:08:57.574 --> 01:09:00.544 align:center
- with Jochen Mass in the lead now.
- You're clear. Go!
01:09:01.094 --> 01:09:02.220 align:center
Quick!
01:09:03.694 --> 01:09:05.533 align:center
Lauda urging his mechanics to hurry.
01:09:05.534 --> 01:09:06.695 align:center
Quicker, quicker, quicker!
01:09:08.454 --> 01:09:10.536 align:center
It's a disaster! Come on!
01:09:22.094 --> 01:09:23.664 align:center
What's going on, you assholes?
01:09:47.414 --> 01:09:49.653 align:center
This race has gone wrong for him so far.
01:09:49.654 --> 01:09:53.101 align:center
His championship rival, James Hunt,
is a long way up the road.
01:10:03.974 --> 01:10:05.453 align:center
Lauda passing car after car.
01:10:05.454 --> 01:10:08.936 align:center
He's just going past
Mario Andretti's Lotus there.
01:10:55.654 --> 01:10:57.656 align:center
Niki!
01:11:02.654 --> 01:11:04.736 align:center
Get me out! Help me!
01:11:05.334 --> 01:11:07.894 align:center
We have an accident
on the course. Red flags are out.
01:11:08.174 --> 01:11:11.974 align:center
Several cars are involved. Looks like
it might be one of the Ferraris.
01:11:19.174 --> 01:11:21.541 align:center
- Come this way.
- Come on, come on!
01:11:33.774 --> 01:11:35.253 align:center
Keep trying.
01:11:42.854 --> 01:11:44.494 align:center
- Come this way.
- Okay.
01:13:22.774 --> 01:13:26.293 align:center
The flood, which swept
down Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado,
01:13:26.294 --> 01:13:28.013 align:center
was the worst since records began.
01:13:28.014 --> 01:13:30.613 align:center
In Formula 1 today,
victory celebrations were muted
01:13:30.614 --> 01:13:34.453 align:center
after a horrific accident involving
world champion Niki Lauda.
01:13:34.454 --> 01:13:36.453 align:center
Due to safety concerns before the race,
01:13:36.454 --> 01:13:38.853 align:center
the Austrian had said
he would not take part,
01:13:38.854 --> 01:13:40.344 align:center
but in the end he did.
01:13:41.734 --> 01:13:44.021 align:center
He was making up for lost time
when he went off the track,
01:13:44.134 --> 01:13:46.501 align:center
puncturing the Ferrari's fuel tank.
01:13:46.894 --> 01:13:49.181 align:center
Brett Lunger was unable to
avoid the flaming wreck,
01:13:49.334 --> 01:13:52.333 align:center
but was unhurt and joined with
the other drivers to rescue Lauda,
01:13:52.334 --> 01:13:55.224 align:center
who was taken to Mannheim Hospital
with severe burns,
01:13:55.334 --> 01:13:58.975 align:center
the incident reminding us again
of the dangers of Formula 1.
01:13:59.094 --> 01:14:01.173 align:center
Niki Lauda was trapped
for almost a minute
01:14:01.174 --> 01:14:03.825 align:center
in a searing inferno
of 800-plus degrees.
01:14:12.654 --> 01:14:14.933 align:center
- Do we have any change this morning?
- No...
01:14:14.934 --> 01:14:16.857 align:center
Frau Lauda. Frau Lauda?
01:18:50.614 --> 01:18:52.503 align:center
- Morning, chaps.
- Hey, here's the man.
01:18:52.694 --> 01:18:54.344 align:center
Looking good.
01:18:57.574 --> 01:19:00.453 align:center
- What's going on?
- Jesus. It's Niki.
01:19:00.454 --> 01:19:02.502 align:center
- What about him?
- He's here.
01:19:02.814 --> 01:19:04.339 align:center
- What?
- He's racing.
01:19:19.694 --> 01:19:21.344 align:center
Niki.
01:19:27.974 --> 01:19:29.499 align:center
It's that bad, huh?
01:19:30.814 --> 01:19:32.225 align:center
No.
01:19:33.094 --> 01:19:36.093 align:center
In hospital I asked them straight,
no bullshit,
01:19:36.094 --> 01:19:37.937 align:center
how bad my appearance would be.
01:19:39.174 --> 01:19:41.541 align:center
They said with time it would be fine.
01:19:42.414 --> 01:19:44.018 align:center
But it won't.
01:19:44.934 --> 01:19:47.778 align:center
I can tell, seeing your reaction.
01:19:48.734 --> 01:19:51.738 align:center
I will spend the rest of my life
with a face that frightens people.
01:19:55.854 --> 01:19:59.620 align:center
You know, Niki, I tried to write you
a letter at the time, to apologise.
01:20:01.254 --> 01:20:03.734 align:center
The drivers' meeting in Germany,
before the race.
01:20:03.854 --> 01:20:06.380 align:center
- I swayed the room.
- Yes, you did.
01:20:06.574 --> 01:20:08.781 align:center
That race should never have gone ahead.
01:20:09.534 --> 01:20:11.138 align:center
No, it shouldn't.
01:20:11.574 --> 01:20:15.293 align:center
So, in many ways, I feel responsible
for what happened, and...
01:20:15.294 --> 01:20:16.864 align:center
You were.
01:20:18.534 --> 01:20:20.263 align:center
But, trust me...
01:20:21.414 --> 01:20:25.464 align:center
watching you win those races
while I was fighting for my life...
01:20:27.774 --> 01:20:30.983 align:center
you were equally responsible
for getting me back in the car.
01:20:58.734 --> 01:21:01.419 align:center
- How are you feeling, Niki?
- Fine.
01:21:01.814 --> 01:21:05.453 align:center
Niki, can you confirm to us exactly
which procedures you've had
01:21:05.454 --> 01:21:07.456 align:center
and the expectations for your recovery?
01:21:08.014 --> 01:21:09.459 align:center
Sure.
01:21:09.614 --> 01:21:11.453 align:center
I had a skin graft operation,
01:21:11.454 --> 01:21:13.775 align:center
where they put half my right thigh
in my face.
01:21:15.974 --> 01:21:20.813 align:center
Now, it doesn't look too good,
but one unexpected advantage is
01:21:20.814 --> 01:21:23.173 align:center
it's impossible to perspire
through a skin graft,
01:21:23.174 --> 01:21:26.613 align:center
so sweat will never run into my eyes
again, which is good for a driver.
01:21:28.814 --> 01:21:30.493 align:center
When they heard about your condition,
01:21:30.494 --> 01:21:33.941 align:center
Ferrari immediately hired
a replacement driver, Carlos Reutemann.
01:21:34.614 --> 01:21:38.653 align:center
Yeah, before even reaching the hospital.
01:21:38.654 --> 01:21:40.702 align:center
Is Reutemann driving today, too?
01:21:41.134 --> 01:21:44.138 align:center
Yes, and keen to make an impression.
01:21:44.334 --> 01:21:48.333 align:center
So, let's see where Mr Reutemann
finishes and where I finish today.
01:21:49.854 --> 01:21:52.539 align:center
James Hunt and McLaren have
caught up a lot while you were away.
01:21:53.174 --> 01:21:54.664 align:center
Yes.
01:21:55.294 --> 01:21:58.293 align:center
So is there a question now,
or are you just trying to piss me off?
01:22:01.574 --> 01:22:03.303 align:center
You still think you can win?
01:22:03.734 --> 01:22:05.533 align:center
Yes, of course.
01:22:05.534 --> 01:22:07.536 align:center
I have the better car.
01:22:07.654 --> 01:22:10.134 align:center
And possibly I'm the better driver.
01:22:10.334 --> 01:22:12.813 align:center
But he's a clever guy,
and he's used his time well
01:22:12.814 --> 01:22:16.864 align:center
while I was lying half-dead in hospital
to win some points.
01:22:18.814 --> 01:22:21.499 align:center
And what did your wife say
when she saw your face?
01:22:27.694 --> 01:22:31.253 align:center
She said, "Sweetie,
you don't need a face to drive."
01:22:31.254 --> 01:22:33.382 align:center
"You just need a right foot."
01:22:33.694 --> 01:22:36.061 align:center
I'm being serious.
01:22:36.254 --> 01:22:40.737 align:center
Do you really think your marriage can
survive with the way you look now?
01:22:43.374 --> 01:22:45.422 align:center
And I'm being serious, too.
01:22:46.414 --> 01:22:49.384 align:center
Fuck you. Press conference over.
01:22:54.069 --> 01:22:56.413 align:center
- That was hairy.
- Well, you got noticed, Clive.
01:22:56.414 --> 01:22:57.773 align:center
I'll tell you that.
01:22:57.774 --> 01:22:59.453 align:center
I thought it went well,
to be honest.
01:22:59.454 --> 01:23:01.253 align:center
They don't like it
when it's not going their way.
01:23:01.254 --> 01:23:02.938 align:center
- Clive.
- That's the game.
01:23:03.054 --> 01:23:05.373 align:center
- See you.
- See you later.
01:23:05.374 --> 01:23:07.263 align:center
- James, are you all right?
- Good, yeah.
01:23:07.374 --> 01:23:09.133 align:center
Listen, I think
I've got something for you
01:23:09.134 --> 01:23:10.933 align:center
on that last question, about Niki.
01:23:10.934 --> 01:23:13.540 align:center
You heard about that?
I did.
01:23:14.774 --> 01:23:16.503 align:center
James.
01:23:22.734 --> 01:23:25.305 align:center
Please, James...
01:23:26.294 --> 01:23:29.218 align:center
Now go home to your wife
and ask her how you look.
01:23:31.654 --> 01:23:33.065 align:center
Prick.
01:23:49.934 --> 01:23:54.815 align:center
So Niki Lauda, just 42 days after
his near-fatal accident at Nürburgring,
01:23:54.934 --> 01:23:56.493 align:center
will race here today at Monza
01:23:56.494 --> 01:24:00.260 align:center
against all medical advice
and no doubt in incredible pain.
01:24:32.974 --> 01:24:34.693 align:center
Niki Lauda!
01:24:43.334 --> 01:24:45.735 align:center
Photographers,
please clear the grid.
01:24:45.974 --> 01:24:48.136 align:center
Niki, it's time.
01:24:49.654 --> 01:24:51.144 align:center
Okay?
01:24:57.814 --> 01:24:59.225 align:center
Please clear the grid.
01:25:01.854 --> 01:25:03.982 align:center
One minute to go.
01:25:49.774 --> 01:25:52.693 align:center
The returning Niki Lauda
seems overwhelmed.
01:25:52.694 --> 01:25:55.140 align:center
He's being overtaken by car after car.
01:26:04.934 --> 01:26:08.063 align:center
Lauda's off line.
He runs wide onto the grass.
01:26:12.894 --> 01:26:14.578 align:center
He wrestles it back onto the track,
01:26:14.774 --> 01:26:17.584 align:center
but that was a bad moment for Niki.
01:26:21.454 --> 01:26:23.733 align:center
Niki Lauda's the reigning
world champion,
01:26:23.734 --> 01:26:26.943 align:center
but maybe in his current state
he's a danger out there,
01:26:27.094 --> 01:26:29.904 align:center
to himself and to the rest of the field.
01:26:31.894 --> 01:26:35.785 align:center
And Stuck has collided
with Mario Andretti's Lotus!
01:26:35.934 --> 01:26:39.097 align:center
Niki's boxed in. He's got nowhere to go.
01:26:53.534 --> 01:26:57.095 align:center
Niki Lauda is actually
making a move. He's on Brambilla's tail.
01:27:00.374 --> 01:27:03.025 align:center
He pulls out of the slipstream
to overtake.
01:27:03.774 --> 01:27:06.095 align:center
Lauda's starting to find the form
01:27:06.214 --> 01:27:08.182 align:center
that, early in this race,
we believed he'd lost.
01:27:14.614 --> 01:27:18.699 align:center
Lauda's now lapping faster than
Reutemann and closing the gap ahead.
01:27:22.614 --> 01:27:25.185 align:center
Lauda closing on Carlos Reutemann,
01:27:25.294 --> 01:27:28.457 align:center
the man called in to be his replacement
in the Ferrari team.
01:27:37.494 --> 01:27:39.303 align:center
And there's James Hunt's McLaren,
01:27:39.414 --> 01:27:41.860 align:center
smoking stationary
by the side of the road.
01:27:45.494 --> 01:27:48.577 align:center
This is bad news for Hunt's
championship hopes.
01:27:52.974 --> 01:27:54.385 align:center
It's Ronnie Peterson
01:27:54.494 --> 01:27:56.861 align:center
who comes home the winner here at Monza.
01:27:57.054 --> 01:27:59.944 align:center
But all eyes are on the man
who finishes a brilliant fourth,
01:28:00.894 --> 01:28:03.022 align:center
Niki Lauda!
01:28:43.894 --> 01:28:46.293 align:center
What a race, what a man,
what a season.
01:28:46.294 --> 01:28:48.533 align:center
With a fourth-place finish
and three priceless points,
01:28:48.534 --> 01:28:50.573 align:center
it means that Niki Lauda
is a major step closer
01:28:50.574 --> 01:28:52.781 align:center
to retaining the World Championship.
01:29:51.934 --> 01:29:55.493 align:center
So, the long, gruelling
and incredibly dramatic season
01:29:55.494 --> 01:29:57.933 align:center
comes down to this final race in Japan
01:29:57.934 --> 01:30:00.533 align:center
in the shadow of Mount Fuji.
01:30:00.534 --> 01:30:02.013 align:center
Niki Lauda goes into
01:30:02.014 --> 01:30:03.533 align:center
this deciding race at Fuji
01:30:03.534 --> 01:30:05.773 align:center
just three points ahead of James Hunt.
01:30:05.774 --> 01:30:10.063 align:center
Hunt knowing he must beat the Austrian
fair and square to take the title.
01:30:11.614 --> 01:30:15.173 align:center
James, do you think
you can cope with the pressure?
01:30:15.174 --> 01:30:18.701 align:center
Well, I've never really understood
what that means. I love my job.
01:30:18.814 --> 01:30:20.862 align:center
I love competing. I love racing.
01:30:21.054 --> 01:30:22.973 align:center
Maybe you should ask Niki.
01:30:22.974 --> 01:30:25.333 align:center
He's the World Champion.
He's got everything to lose.
01:30:25.334 --> 01:30:27.733 align:center
Mr Lauda,
are you feeling pressure?
01:30:27.734 --> 01:30:30.180 align:center
Do I look like I'm feeling pressure?
01:30:32.254 --> 01:30:36.384 align:center
I am World Champion, and on the verge
to become World Champion again.
01:30:36.494 --> 01:30:38.573 align:center
Hunt now has the opportunity to win,
01:30:38.574 --> 01:30:40.733 align:center
but it's not so easy
to become a champion.
01:30:40.734 --> 01:30:43.863 align:center
You have to really believe it
to make it possible.
01:30:44.014 --> 01:30:46.062 align:center
James, is there anything
you'd like to add?
01:30:46.174 --> 01:30:50.173 align:center
If Niki is being tricky and getting
a kicky out of playing mind games...
01:30:50.174 --> 01:30:52.541 align:center
then fine, I'm flattered.
01:30:52.654 --> 01:30:56.215 align:center
But the fact is, momentum is with me.
I've never felt better.
01:30:56.334 --> 01:30:58.905 align:center
And I fully expect the next
press conference we will have
01:30:59.014 --> 01:31:01.176 align:center
will be with me as World Champion.
01:31:03.014 --> 01:31:05.533 align:center
How will you cope
with the weather, bad conditions?
01:31:05.534 --> 01:31:09.093 align:center
Intermittent heavy rain
has been forecast here at Fuji today,
01:31:09.094 --> 01:31:12.576 align:center
along with strong winds
and occasional fog
01:31:12.694 --> 01:31:14.583 align:center
rolling in from the mountain.
01:31:16.374 --> 01:31:19.093 align:center
And so, with today's
Japanese Grand Prix to come,
01:31:19.094 --> 01:31:20.933 align:center
Lauda's lead a mere three points.
01:31:20.934 --> 01:31:22.618 align:center
What a way to finish the season.
01:31:23.214 --> 01:31:24.773 align:center
Hunt or Lauda?
01:31:24.774 --> 01:31:27.778 align:center
Well, the final chapter will unfold when
we bring you extended coverage...
01:31:27.894 --> 01:31:31.013 align:center
They've got to cancel the race.
It's lethal out there.
01:31:31.014 --> 01:31:33.213 align:center
The race is going ahead.
01:31:33.214 --> 01:31:35.133 align:center
Television rights have been sold
all around the world.
01:31:35.134 --> 01:31:37.853 align:center
The showdown between you and Niki
is all anyone wants to see.
01:31:37.854 --> 01:31:41.333 align:center
With heavy rain
continuing to fall here at Fuji,
01:31:41.334 --> 01:31:43.416 align:center
a decision has finally been made.
01:31:43.534 --> 01:31:47.533 align:center
The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix
will go ahead.
01:31:47.534 --> 01:31:50.219 align:center
All drivers
to your cars, please.
01:32:14.854 --> 01:32:16.265 align:center
Five minutes to go.
01:32:59.454 --> 01:33:00.973 align:center
- All right?
- All right.
01:33:00.974 --> 01:33:03.373 align:center
- Hold still.
- What the hell are you doing?
01:33:03.374 --> 01:33:05.173 align:center
To let the condensation out.
01:33:05.174 --> 01:33:07.973 align:center
- It'll also let the water in.
- Not if you're leading.
01:33:07.974 --> 01:33:10.341 align:center
Trust me,
this race is all about the start.
01:33:12.254 --> 01:33:14.825 align:center
- Need a hand here?
- Yeah, hold it, Teddy.
01:33:29.294 --> 01:33:30.944 align:center
Okay, start the bastard.
01:33:33.934 --> 01:33:35.584 align:center
Good luck, kid.
01:33:36.974 --> 01:33:38.385 align:center
Good luck, James.
01:34:17.934 --> 01:34:19.936 align:center
Thirty seconds to go.
01:34:39.374 --> 01:34:41.613 align:center
Electric tension here at Fuji.
01:34:41.614 --> 01:34:46.733 align:center
80, 000 bedraggled race fans and
the racing grudge match of the decade.
01:34:46.734 --> 01:34:48.933 align:center
And there's Mario Andretti
in pole position,
01:34:48.934 --> 01:34:50.936 align:center
James Hunt alongside him.
01:34:53.094 --> 01:34:55.093 align:center
On Row 2 of the grid,
01:34:55.094 --> 01:34:57.053 align:center
there is Niki Lauda,
01:34:57.054 --> 01:34:59.573 align:center
and on Row 3 of the grid,
Jody Scheckter from South Africa
01:34:59.574 --> 01:35:01.093 align:center
in the six-wheel Tyrrell.
01:35:01.094 --> 01:35:03.176 align:center
Behind him,
the rest of the 25-car field.
01:35:21.014 --> 01:35:25.019 align:center
There's the flag, and finally
the Japanese Grand Prix is underway!
01:35:37.254 --> 01:35:40.493 align:center
In these conditions,
it must be almost impossible to drive
01:35:40.494 --> 01:35:42.496 align:center
a 450-horsepower car.
01:36:09.654 --> 01:36:12.733 align:center
And it's Andretti who has the lead,
but Hunt is attacking.
01:36:12.734 --> 01:36:15.773 align:center
Hunt's going round
the outside of Andretti.
01:36:15.774 --> 01:36:17.413 align:center
Niki Lauda following him through.
01:36:17.414 --> 01:36:20.179 align:center
Hunt leads into the first right-hander.
01:37:02.709 --> 01:37:05.053 align:center
Hunt comes through
to complete his first lap,
01:37:05.054 --> 01:37:06.533 align:center
leading the field.
01:37:06.534 --> 01:37:08.662 align:center
At least he has clear vision
in front of him.
01:37:08.774 --> 01:37:10.936 align:center
Niki Lauda, behind him,
eating his spray.
01:37:30.414 --> 01:37:31.893 align:center
Lauda is slowing.
01:37:31.894 --> 01:37:34.853 align:center
Niki Lauda is bringing
the Ferrari number one into the pit.
01:37:36.534 --> 01:37:39.743 align:center
Some sort of problem, we can't
imagine what, so early in the race.
01:37:46.054 --> 01:37:49.501 align:center
What's wrong with the car?
What's wrong with the car?
01:37:50.654 --> 01:37:52.383 align:center
Niki, what's wrong with the car?
01:37:52.734 --> 01:37:54.816 align:center
Nothing. Car's perfect.
01:37:59.214 --> 01:38:01.653 align:center
- What are you doing?
- I'm stopping.
01:38:01.654 --> 01:38:03.893 align:center
His mechanics
are asking what the problem is.
01:38:03.894 --> 01:38:06.215 align:center
But wait!
Niki Lauda's getting out of the car!
01:38:06.334 --> 01:38:08.013 align:center
This is sensational!
01:38:08.014 --> 01:38:10.938 align:center
The reigning World Champion,
Niki Lauda, is out of this race.
01:38:11.854 --> 01:38:13.613 align:center
It's too dangerous.
01:38:13.614 --> 01:38:16.823 align:center
Niki, you want me to say there was
a problem with the car, for the media?
01:38:18.134 --> 01:38:19.624 align:center
No.
01:38:20.014 --> 01:38:21.425 align:center
Tell them the truth.
01:38:22.294 --> 01:38:23.864 align:center
Now, what is happening?
01:38:23.974 --> 01:38:27.899 align:center
They're talking to the team manager.
Lauda explaining something.
01:38:43.454 --> 01:38:46.813 align:center
With Lauda out, James Hunt
knows he has to finish this race
01:38:46.814 --> 01:38:50.653 align:center
in third place or higher
to be World Champion.
01:38:50.654 --> 01:38:53.413 align:center
But the job's not done yet
for James Hunt.
01:38:53.414 --> 01:38:58.022 align:center
In these dreadful conditions,
he still has to go the distance.
01:38:59.134 --> 01:39:00.977 align:center
Fifteen laps to go here at Fuji.
01:39:01.094 --> 01:39:03.253 align:center
James Hunt or Niki Lauda?
01:39:03.254 --> 01:39:06.413 align:center
This extraordinary season
is not over yet.
01:39:06.414 --> 01:39:09.861 align:center
In this treacherous final round,
can James Hunt hang on?
01:39:10.374 --> 01:39:12.293 align:center
And the scoreboard tells a story.
01:39:12.294 --> 01:39:15.104 align:center
Lap 58. Hunt in the lead.
01:39:17.094 --> 01:39:18.937 align:center
Oh, God, his tyres, they're blistering.
01:39:20.349 --> 01:39:22.413 align:center
Brambilla very close behind now,
01:39:22.414 --> 01:39:24.382 align:center
closing on him all the time now.
01:39:24.494 --> 01:39:27.733 align:center
And he's trying to drive
inside James Hunt.
01:39:27.734 --> 01:39:30.260 align:center
Hunt cuts across the orange March nose.
01:39:30.374 --> 01:39:32.733 align:center
Hunt's not having that at all.
And he's spinning.
01:39:32.734 --> 01:39:35.973 align:center
He missed Hunt there, but almost
took James Hunt out of the race
01:39:35.974 --> 01:39:38.413 align:center
and out of the world championship.
01:39:38.414 --> 01:39:41.145 align:center
Now we find Mario Andretti
closing on James Hunt.
01:39:45.694 --> 01:39:47.662 align:center
Mario Andretti's going past Hunt!
01:39:48.134 --> 01:39:51.138 align:center
Hunt is slowing. James Hunt
seems to have a problem.
01:39:56.974 --> 01:39:58.813 align:center
Despite these wet conditions,
01:39:58.814 --> 01:40:00.630 align:center
these wet-weather tyres
do wear extremely fast.
01:40:00.654 --> 01:40:02.782 align:center
Hunt's tyres, they've gone.
01:40:03.014 --> 01:40:06.700 align:center
Hunt nursing his car
back to the pit stop.
01:40:08.694 --> 01:40:10.742 align:center
That back marker's going past Hunt.
01:40:23.174 --> 01:40:25.933 align:center
Look at that left front tyre...
Right front tyre, sorry.
01:40:25.934 --> 01:40:29.097 align:center
No tread on it at all.
And the other one is flat.
01:40:29.254 --> 01:40:31.382 align:center
Let's go! Let's go!
01:40:35.934 --> 01:40:38.413 align:center
Okay? When did you break
your gear lever?
01:40:38.414 --> 01:40:40.093 align:center
Nine or ten laps ago.
01:40:40.094 --> 01:40:42.540 align:center
- Alastair, we need to lift it.
- Come on!
01:40:42.654 --> 01:40:44.413 align:center
- At the front.
- Let's go.
01:40:44.414 --> 01:40:47.693 align:center
Regazzoni's Ferrari
and Jacques Lafitte in the Ligier
01:40:47.694 --> 01:40:49.344 align:center
have gone ahead.
01:40:49.454 --> 01:40:51.133 align:center
Come on, hurry!
01:40:51.134 --> 01:40:54.253 align:center
You did it.
You're going to be World Champion!
01:40:54.254 --> 01:40:55.773 align:center
Not yet.
01:40:55.774 --> 01:40:59.613 align:center
A few laps ago, James Hunt
was looking like champion elect.
01:40:59.614 --> 01:41:01.981 align:center
Now it looks as though
it's all gone wrong for him.
01:41:03.414 --> 01:41:04.893 align:center
- James.
- Come on!
01:41:04.894 --> 01:41:06.413 align:center
- Listen.
- What?
01:41:06.414 --> 01:41:08.733 align:center
Just go easy out there.
01:41:08.734 --> 01:41:12.773 align:center
- What are you saying?
- I'm saying look after yourself.
01:41:12.774 --> 01:41:14.733 align:center
We want you back in one piece.
01:41:14.734 --> 01:41:18.173 align:center
You're too far back. There's
too many drivers in front of you.
01:41:18.174 --> 01:41:22.179 align:center
- There's always next year.
- So that's it? It's over?
01:41:22.574 --> 01:41:24.133 align:center
Clear!
01:41:24.134 --> 01:41:25.659 align:center
James.
01:41:27.334 --> 01:41:29.257 align:center
- Clear!
- Fuck it!
01:41:33.174 --> 01:41:36.493 align:center
James Hunt rejoins the race
in sixth position.
01:41:36.494 --> 01:41:40.385 align:center
There are four laps left to go.
Surely no way back for the Brit now.
01:42:00.254 --> 01:42:01.588 align:center
Concentrate, Superstar.
01:42:01.589 --> 01:42:03.493 align:center
Just brings
it back under control.
01:42:03.494 --> 01:42:04.773 align:center
Sliding the McLaren
01:42:04.774 --> 01:42:06.014 align:center
on the very edge there.
01:42:07.934 --> 01:42:09.220 align:center
Hunt's M23
01:42:09.334 --> 01:42:11.013 align:center
twitching this way and that
under braking.
01:42:11.014 --> 01:42:12.414 align:center
And he almost loses it right there.
01:42:12.534 --> 01:42:15.255 align:center
Hunt on the tail
of Jacques Lafitte in the blue Ligier.
01:42:23.214 --> 01:42:24.625 align:center
Oh, don't do it, James.
01:42:27.749 --> 01:42:29.693 align:center
He's inches away
from the pit wall.
01:42:29.694 --> 01:42:31.503 align:center
He's inches away from the Ligier.
01:42:40.534 --> 01:42:43.013 align:center
James Hunt has made up another place,
01:42:43.014 --> 01:42:44.093 align:center
but it's not enough,
01:42:44.094 --> 01:42:45.334 align:center
and this race is running out.
01:42:54.374 --> 01:42:56.376 align:center
And Watson has spun.
Watson has spun.
01:43:01.014 --> 01:43:03.853 align:center
Hunt manages to weave his way
between that back marker
01:43:03.854 --> 01:43:05.933 align:center
and the stationary Penske.
01:43:05.934 --> 01:43:08.013 align:center
He's catching Regazzoni
01:43:08.014 --> 01:43:09.733 align:center
but, in these conditions,
it's one thing to catch up,
01:43:09.734 --> 01:43:11.941 align:center
it's quite another to overtake.
01:43:15.334 --> 01:43:19.464 align:center
He's alongside Clay Regazzoni.
This could be the world championship.
01:43:27.894 --> 01:43:29.419 align:center
He's got him!
01:43:44.694 --> 01:43:46.853 align:center
Hunt crosses the line.
01:43:46.854 --> 01:43:50.533 align:center
Now, he needed to finish third to score
enough points to be World Champion,
01:43:50.534 --> 01:43:55.133 align:center
and in the confusion here, we're being
told that he may have finished fifth.
01:43:55.134 --> 01:43:57.333 align:center
He finished fifth?
01:43:57.334 --> 01:44:00.213 align:center
Our lap charts
show Hunt in third place.
01:44:00.214 --> 01:44:02.213 align:center
Well, if the scoreboard's right,
01:44:02.214 --> 01:44:04.813 align:center
it means he's just missed out
on the championship.
01:44:04.814 --> 01:44:08.455 align:center
Crushing defeat for Hunt
after such a heroic drive.
01:44:12.414 --> 01:44:15.013 align:center
I can see the race stewards conferring,
01:44:15.014 --> 01:44:16.733 align:center
examining the official lap charts.
01:44:16.734 --> 01:44:19.135 align:center
We're just going to have to wait
for their verdict here.
01:44:36.749 --> 01:44:38.413 align:center
Let's get you out of there, buddy.
01:44:38.414 --> 01:44:40.573 align:center
I'm sorry, Teddy. I'm sorry.
I thought I could make up the ground.
01:44:40.574 --> 01:44:42.733 align:center
Sorry? What are you talking about?
You did it.
01:44:42.734 --> 01:44:45.573 align:center
- Did what?
- Jesus. You crazy bastard.
01:44:45.574 --> 01:44:48.783 align:center
You came third. You got the points.
You're champion of the world!
01:44:49.294 --> 01:44:52.537 align:center
James Hunt
is now officially confirmed
01:44:52.654 --> 01:44:54.702 align:center
as finishing third here in Japan,
01:44:55.334 --> 01:44:59.053 align:center
and that means
he is champion of the world.
01:45:00.454 --> 01:45:05.813 align:center
Our new World Champion,
James Hunt, by just one single point.
01:45:10.934 --> 01:45:12.424 align:center
Did we really win?
01:45:16.494 --> 01:45:18.735 align:center
World bloody Champion!
01:45:27.429 --> 01:45:29.493 align:center
Tell us, James,
what are you going to do now?
01:45:29.494 --> 01:45:31.656 align:center
I shall be getting drunk.
01:45:32.174 --> 01:45:34.973 align:center
It's wonderful,
an absolute dream...
01:46:21.894 --> 01:46:23.973 align:center
And our special guest,
01:46:23.974 --> 01:46:25.817 align:center
Formula 1 champion James Hunt.
01:46:49.214 --> 01:46:51.296 align:center
Wait. Come on.
01:46:54.454 --> 01:46:56.013 align:center
There's no better motor oil
01:46:56.014 --> 01:46:57.618 align:center
than Havoline.
01:47:08.134 --> 01:47:10.133 align:center
Yes, me, too.
Where are we going?
01:47:10.134 --> 01:47:11.668 align:center
Anywhere I want to go.
01:47:11.669 --> 01:47:14.013 align:center
And I don't have to hijack it, either.
01:47:14.014 --> 01:47:15.733 align:center
As long as I pay for it.
01:47:15.734 --> 01:47:18.055 align:center
I'm starving.
Let's get some food.
01:47:28.869 --> 01:47:30.973 align:center
- Where are we going?
- You lot go ahead.
01:47:30.974 --> 01:47:32.942 align:center
I won't be a minute.
01:47:38.854 --> 01:47:40.458 align:center
Good to see you.
01:47:44.534 --> 01:47:46.935 align:center
I heard you were spending
more and more time in one of these.
01:47:47.334 --> 01:47:49.302 align:center
Do you fly?
No.
01:47:49.694 --> 01:47:51.184 align:center
I don't think they'd insure me.
01:47:51.334 --> 01:47:53.177 align:center
You should try.
It's good for discipline.
01:47:53.374 --> 01:47:55.854 align:center
You have to stay within the rules,
stick to regulations,
01:47:55.974 --> 01:47:58.545 align:center
suppress the ego.
It helps with the racing.
01:47:58.654 --> 01:48:01.693 align:center
And there I was thinking
you were about to wax lyrical
01:48:01.694 --> 01:48:03.298 align:center
about the romance of flight.
01:48:03.654 --> 01:48:05.224 align:center
No, that's all bullshit.
01:48:06.374 --> 01:48:07.819 align:center
So, what brings you here?
01:48:08.974 --> 01:48:11.533 align:center
A friend's wedding.
At least I think it was a wedding.
01:48:11.534 --> 01:48:14.453 align:center
Might have been a birthday or something.
It's all a bit of a blur.
01:48:14.454 --> 01:48:15.773 align:center
How about you? Have you been at Fiorano?
01:48:15.774 --> 01:48:16.935 align:center
Pre-season testing.
01:48:17.054 --> 01:48:19.053 align:center
- You're relentless.
- Thank you.
01:48:19.054 --> 01:48:21.293 align:center
I'm not sure that was meant
as a compliment.
01:48:21.294 --> 01:48:23.613 align:center
When do you start testing? Next week?
01:48:23.614 --> 01:48:25.653 align:center
No. What, are you nuts?
01:48:25.654 --> 01:48:27.453 align:center
I didn't just win
the biggest thing of my life
01:48:27.454 --> 01:48:28.899 align:center
so I could get right back to work.
01:48:30.214 --> 01:48:32.899 align:center
Why? You have to.
01:48:33.214 --> 01:48:36.653 align:center
To prove to all the people who will
always say you just won it because...
01:48:36.654 --> 01:48:40.056 align:center
Because of what?
Because of your accident?
01:48:41.574 --> 01:48:43.622 align:center
Niki, is that other people,
or is that you?
01:48:44.254 --> 01:48:47.413 align:center
I won, okay? On the all-important day,
when it came down to it,
01:48:47.414 --> 01:48:50.333 align:center
we raced on equal terms,
equally good cars.
01:48:50.334 --> 01:48:52.573 align:center
And I put my life on the line,
and I saw it through.
01:48:52.574 --> 01:48:54.622 align:center
- And you call that winning?
- Yes.
01:48:54.734 --> 01:48:56.816 align:center
The risks were totally unacceptable.
01:48:57.334 --> 01:48:59.814 align:center
You were prepared to die.
To me, that's losing.
01:48:59.934 --> 01:49:01.573 align:center
Yes, I was. I admit it.
01:49:01.574 --> 01:49:04.453 align:center
I was prepared to die
to beat you that day.
01:49:04.454 --> 01:49:07.424 align:center
And that's the effect you have on me.
You'd pushed me that far.
01:49:07.534 --> 01:49:08.945 align:center
And it felt great.
01:49:09.854 --> 01:49:12.253 align:center
I mean, hell,
isn't that what we're in this for?
01:49:12.254 --> 01:49:15.622 align:center
To stare death in the face
and to cheat it?
01:49:15.974 --> 01:49:19.774 align:center
Come on, there's nobility in that.
It's... It's like being knights.
01:49:20.774 --> 01:49:22.538 align:center
You English, you're such assholes.
01:49:23.494 --> 01:49:24.939 align:center
You know my position.
01:49:25.214 --> 01:49:26.693 align:center
Twenty per cent risk.
01:49:26.694 --> 01:49:30.493 align:center
No, no, no, Niki, don't bring the
percentages into this. Don't be a pro.
01:49:30.494 --> 01:49:33.145 align:center
The minute you do that,
you kill what's good about this.
01:49:33.454 --> 01:49:35.218 align:center
You kill the sport.
01:49:38.334 --> 01:49:39.984 align:center
James!
01:49:40.294 --> 01:49:42.137 align:center
- James!
- Come on!
01:49:45.134 --> 01:49:46.499 align:center
I've got to go.
01:49:48.014 --> 01:49:49.982 align:center
Careful in this thing.
01:49:51.014 --> 01:49:52.504 align:center
James.
01:49:57.734 --> 01:50:01.500 align:center
You know, in hospital, the toughest part
of my treatment was the vacuum.
01:50:01.814 --> 01:50:04.738 align:center
Pumping the shit out of my lungs.
It was hell.
01:50:05.814 --> 01:50:07.737 align:center
And while doing it,
I was watching television.
01:50:08.334 --> 01:50:11.173 align:center
- You winning all my points.
- Your points?
01:50:11.174 --> 01:50:13.381 align:center
"That bastard Hunt," I would say.
"I hate that guy."
01:50:13.934 --> 01:50:16.093 align:center
And then one day
the doctor came and said,
01:50:16.094 --> 01:50:18.381 align:center
"Mr Lauda,
may I offer a piece of advice?"
01:50:18.494 --> 01:50:22.253 align:center
"Stop thinking of it as a curse to
have been given an enemy in life."
01:50:22.254 --> 01:50:24.493 align:center
"It can be a blessing, too."
01:50:24.494 --> 01:50:27.259 align:center
"A wise man gets more from his enemies
than a fool from his friends."
01:50:27.894 --> 01:50:30.181 align:center
And you know what? He was right.
01:50:32.774 --> 01:50:36.573 align:center
Look at us. We were both
a pair of kids when we met.
01:50:36.574 --> 01:50:38.413 align:center
Hot-headed jerks in Formula 3.
01:50:38.414 --> 01:50:40.257 align:center
Disowned by our families.
01:50:40.374 --> 01:50:41.739 align:center
Headed nowhere.
01:50:42.854 --> 01:50:45.213 align:center
And now we're both
champions of the world.
01:50:45.214 --> 01:50:46.625 align:center
It was not bad, huh?
01:50:47.694 --> 01:50:49.693 align:center
No, it's not bad.
01:50:49.694 --> 01:50:53.255 align:center
So, don't let me down now.
I need you busting my balls.
01:50:53.694 --> 01:50:56.459 align:center
- Get back to work.
- I will, Niki, I will.
01:50:57.214 --> 01:50:59.262 align:center
But I intend to enjoy myself first.
01:50:59.614 --> 01:51:01.935 align:center
Some of life needs to be for pleasure.
01:51:02.054 --> 01:51:05.453 align:center
What's the point of having
a million cups and medals and planes
01:51:05.454 --> 01:51:07.616 align:center
if you don't have any fun?
01:51:08.414 --> 01:51:10.143 align:center
How is that winning?
01:51:11.214 --> 01:51:13.945 align:center
- James!
- We're gonna leave without you!
01:51:14.454 --> 01:51:15.899 align:center
James!
01:51:19.734 --> 01:51:21.145 align:center
I'll see you on race day, champ.
01:51:22.894 --> 01:51:25.056 align:center
You will... champ.
01:51:27.574 --> 01:51:29.338 align:center
You look good, Niki.
01:51:29.894 --> 01:51:32.784 align:center
The only guy to have his face burnt off
and it be an improvement.
01:51:39.614 --> 01:51:41.733 align:center
Of course,
he didn't listen to me.
01:51:41.734 --> 01:51:43.253 align:center
For James,
01:51:43.254 --> 01:51:45.453 align:center
one world title was enough.
01:51:45.454 --> 01:51:46.973 align:center
He had proved
01:51:46.974 --> 01:51:50.333 align:center
what he needed to prove, to himself
01:51:50.334 --> 01:51:52.621 align:center
and anyone who doubted him.
01:51:53.454 --> 01:51:55.343 align:center
And two years later he retired.
01:51:55.614 --> 01:51:59.255 align:center
When I saw him next in London
seven years later,
01:51:59.374 --> 01:52:01.502 align:center
me as champion again,
01:52:01.614 --> 01:52:03.573 align:center
him as broadcaster,
01:52:03.574 --> 01:52:07.977 align:center
he was barefoot
on a bicycle with a flat tyre.
01:52:08.094 --> 01:52:10.938 align:center
Still living each day like his last.
01:52:12.694 --> 01:52:14.184 align:center
When I heard he'd died,
01:52:14.294 --> 01:52:16.661 align:center
aged 45, of a heart attack,
01:52:16.774 --> 01:52:18.299 align:center
I wasn't surprised.
01:52:19.294 --> 01:52:21.183 align:center
I was just sad.
01:52:22.534 --> 01:52:24.453 align:center
People always think of us as rivals,
01:52:24.454 --> 01:52:28.061 align:center
but he was among the very few I liked,
01:52:29.374 --> 01:52:32.344 align:center
and even fewer that I respected.
01:52:35.494 --> 01:52:38.225 align:center
He remains the only person I envied.