During the offseason, you don't care what the time is.
You can just wake up and not care about what you do that day.
Eat some junk food. Stay in bed all day.
Watch Netflix.
Yeah.
I don't care.
It's gonna be a good day today.
Woo! Woo! Yeah, buddy!
That was great!
I mean, the offseason's a great time to get away from racing.
A little snow-angel action.
Sugar for the soul. It's great.
Fuck, yeah!
It's crazy, right?
- Cheers, tout le monde. - [all] Cheers.
These are moments which I embrace and cherish.
I'm gonna be absolutely hammered.
30-0, baby.
- That's good. - Oh, hey!
I think it's, uh, very important for me, the offseason.
Just enjoy life.
I think I need a bigger racket!
Not having your phone and emails about Formula 1.
No!
You only get these kinds of things
between middle of December to middle of January.
Really pisses me off.
You forget about Formula 1 pretty quick.
Getting back to... to relax a little bit.
Hello, fish. Can you bite, please?
This should be relaxing. It's fucking boring here, you know?
Yeah, it's a big one!
That's my Happy Gilmore.
I guess the benefit is...
I'm on fire!
...I don't have to see a lot of the dickheads I see
during the racing season.
Mr. Stroll will arrive in four minutes.
Sarah, why did we remove these?
They need to be covered.
It's Mr. Stroll's zone, and they're all wet.
Tidy this before Mr. Stroll arrives. Hurry!
Three minutes.
Hello. Domenicali.
And, uh, Mr. Wolff.
Do we need this?
The wristband? Yes, you do.
Enjoy. I just need--
Good evening.
Ah shit, he's here.
For Mr. Stroll we don't need the wristband?
For Mr. Stroll we don't need it.
Okay, so let's see the strobe effects from the top.
Please welcome Aston Martin Executive Chairman,
Mr. Lawrence Stroll.
I'm not someone who could sit on the beach all day or play golf.
I've always fought for winning at whatever I did.
It's what drives me, what motivates me, and what excites me.
Hello, everybody.
My name is Lawrence Stroll, and I'm the executive chairman.
I'm a car enthusiast.
I enjoy driving cars.
Not quite as good as my son.
But five years ago,
I had the opportunity to buy a Formula 1 team.
And I had a vision
of building the greatest automotive high-performance company in the world.
To be able to fight and win is probably the hardest thing in the world.
Toto, who's over there somewhere, will tell you.
He's done it several times.
I've owned many companies in my life.
There's nothing like winning at Formula 1.
We're pretty confident. They're both great drivers.
We have a strong car.
And I believe, with my vision,
with my business sense,
and with my wallet,
I will be able to create
one of the best Formula 1 teams in the world.
Our plan, quite honestly, this year is
to have a shake-up in the so-called "top four" teams.
Obviously, that will upset some of the rest of the paddock.
That's their problem.
Lawrence Stroll has always steamrolled his way
into any business venture.
Before, it was in fashion, and now it is in Formula 1.
They are not a regular competitor,
but knowing Lawrence's ambition, they could very well be.
If people think that you can fix something in two years in Formula 1,
you are dreaming.
I know there is people out there which think, "You put a little bit of effort in,
and then you can beat now Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari."
It's completely unrealistic.
He makes some pretty bold statements.
You wouldn't wanna be on his bad side. He's not everyone's cup of tea.
So Crofty's gonna ask you, like, three questions, I think.
Okay.
Okay. See you later.
- Are you back tomorrow? - Yes.
Oh, I don't know how you can live in England.
This is huge.
- You get my last message? - I did. Free at 3 o'clock.
- Then they'd be back 11:45? - That's fine. Okay.
All right.
- Morning, everybody. - Morning.
Lawrence has big aspirations for his team,
and Lawrence knows how to get what he wants.
Fifteen minutes for the whole thing.
Everything he touches
usually turns to gold.
The Force India team was put into administration,
and Lawrence saw his opportunity...
Hi, Lawrence.
...and promptly bought the team and took it out of administration,
and changed its name to Racing Point.
Brought his son over from Williams into the team.
Well, my dad and I have a pretty good relationship, I'd say.
You know, we go way back.
And then a few years after that, rebadged it again
under his Aston Martin brand, for the car company which he'd bought.
Good to see you.
- How's things? You all right? - Good. You?
- You happy with it? - Yeah, yeah.
I think our team needs to have great drivers,
whether it be world champs or not,
to be able to share the experience of what it's like
and what it takes to be a world champion.
I've known Fernando for about ten or 11 years,
I know his level of motivation, his level of excitement.
For me, it was... It was a no-brainer.
This year, we will have taken a big step forward with this car.
Um, also as a team, we're taking a step forward as we grow.
Everything we're doing is, again, our journey towards winning,
so the desire to win has never been bigger.
- Thank you. Lawrence Stroll! - Thank you.
We say you can't buy success.
But you can buy people who have had success,
and Fernando is a two-time world champion.
But for Lawrence Stroll, this is a family thing.
He wants to run a team
and take his kid to the world championship.
And you bring in Fernando Alonso to help you do that.
It's the ultimate for him and his boy
to do that together.
Looks pretty good, huh?
Other than the front row.
Looks great.
- Really good. - Much sexier, no?
- Fantastic. - More compact.
I mean, it's funny to think about it now that I'm teammates with Fernando.
You know, growing up,
five, six years old, seven years old, you know, watching, uh, Formula 1.
For sure, kinda surreal,
you know, being here now and... and being teammates with the guy.
So... I think we'll surprise a few people this season.
You guys just perform, we'll get more money. That's what we need.
- All right. - No, we got lots of space.
If you're really good, Jeff, you can even charge for under the floor.
Exactly! That means you'd have to flip. I don't think I wanna do that.
I don't want you to have to flip.
I think we are confident about the performance of our car.
We tick all the boxes.
I know that, you know, I will not race forever in Formula 1.
But, uh, we have, uh, Lance,
who won the junior formulas until Formula 1.
So our role also is making sure that the team is going in the right direction
and make sure that, uh, we have a good future.
I'm gonna do some riding in Spain this week.
Road or...
Mountain. Just mountain.
I'll get back on the road bike this summer.
It's gonna be good weather for it.
Lance called me.
It was, uh, Saturday night, about six, seven o'clock.
I was at home in Switzerland.
He was in Spain
on his bicycle with his... with his teammates, training,
and had a fall.
Broke both his wrists and a toe.
It was a shocking moment for a father,
For any of your children to get hurt is a shocking moment for any parent.
I love my son to death.
He's my son first and a race driver second,
so most important thing is to always, at least what I believe,
is to always remember I'm Dad.
Hey, Lance. Just arrived at Silverstone.
I'll come be with you.
I'll be at the gate in about, uh...
Ooh, about four o'clock.
On the eve of the season
that Aston Martin have put so much expectation in,
for Lawrence,
for his dream of achieving success in this sport with his son,
I mean, it's pretty disastrous.
Okay. See you later. Thanks. Bye-bye.
You know, you work hard all year long to prepare for the season.
It, uh... It's just a shame that it comes down to something like that
that determines your destiny.
Ready for it?
Nice, warm day.
It's gonna be a good year, brother. Good year.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Formula 1 in 2023.
It's toasty today.
Shall we have a kebab? Brekkie?
Bit early for it, right?
Thank you all. Great to see you.
It's a big year for Formula 1. The most races
in the championship's 73-year history.
Three races in the States.
Formula 1 back in Las Vegas for the first time since the 1980s.
And this time,
with a track that actually takes in the world-famous Strip.
It should be a great year.
Just trying to buy a horse.
It's in the auction at Cheltenham.
- How did your... How's your other horse? - He's winning.
- Ah. - He's won the last three times.
Nice.
He's the Max Verstappen of point-to-pointing.
We're way early.
First team for the shots, last team on the track.
Alex! Ooh! Ooh! Too far.
I'm joking.
Good morning. You good?
New haircut called the mullet.
Some say nowadays "the Bottas haircut."
I won't be doing it any time soon, I don't think.
You can rock it. I'm not sure I can.
When I look in the mirror, I think, "That's a real man there."
That's what matters.
Morning. Morning.
- Gentlemen, how are you? - Looking good in the new colors.
You know what? The pink is, uh, better than I thought, huh?
- Suits you. - Think about it.
- Lewis, are you good? - Yeah, good.
How are you?
Cabrón.
Oh, there is the man! Cabrón!
I think Yuki's got smaller.
It felt a lot longer, the holiday this year.
Yeah. I... I didn't mind--
It's been a while since I don't see the guys.
We'll see them enough anyway, on the track.
Yeah, exactly.
- Hi. - Hi!
- Welcome. - Let's talk Formula 1.
It's just fun to talk from a driver's perspective
'cause I spent three decades doing that,
so I know a little bit about it.
- Like a school photo. - Yeah.
As a driver, coming back into the season, you have hope,
you have excitement, you have nerves.
And so it's really the... It's really the X factor
of where's everyone gonna settle in and fall.
You're like, "Gosh, is this our year? Come on!"
- At least everyone's here this year. - Yeah. Well, Stroll isn't.
Ah, fuck, he's not.
What's happened to Lance?
Crashed on the bicycle. I think he has a broken wrist.
Oh, wrist.
We're not meant for two wheels. Just four.
Aston Martin is, uh... Everybody says they are super quick.
- Yeah, they've got Fernando in the car. - Yeah.
That'd be crazy.
If they did happen to turn it around like that, that would be nuts.
Our car still looks so much different to everybody's.
Well, your car as well.
Kind of, yeah. We kept the same concept.
Also, yours improved.
Shit, they always put this boom over you when you don't know it. Motherfuckers.
Guys, can I start getting you to stroll?
Yeah.
Coming into 2023,
you expect Red Bull still to be the team that everyone's aiming for.
They're the reigning world champions. They'll have the target on their back.
But, you know, you can't discount teams like Ferrari,
now under new leadership
in Fred Vasseur.
Congratulations on your new position. You look good in red.
Crazy.
I'm Fred Vasseur,
the team principal of the Scuderia Ferrari in F1 for the 2023 season.
Your first season with Ferrari.
Yeah.
You didn't say "the last."
I saw your tummy is getting smaller and smaller.
What?
- Your tummy is getting less and less. - Really? You think?
Yes. I can see it.
Maybe it's the red.
That is the most high-pressured job
in international motorsport.
Second wasn't enough for his predecessor.
Fred has to win the world championship.
No, it's "slim fit" here.
You know how they do it? Like that.
- No, I'm on... You shouldn't have done that. - That will be on Netflix.
Don't eat too much pasta.
Okay, guys. Make your walk, please. Action.
After a difficult year in 2022, I didn't get a win.
Overall, a pretty shocking year.
My goal is to get back on the top.
I'm trying to win a world championship again.
Reclaim my eighth.
Okay, thanks, everyone. That's a wrap. Thank you.
Your car looks, uh, pretty aggressive.
Our car probably looked the raciest last year and...
Went out on track, and it was shit!
Could I have your attention please?
I believe that our lineup,
Lewis and George, is the strongest in Formula 1.
We owe it to them for Lewis to win an eighth championship,
and for George to win his first.
To provide them with a good car, that's the minimum.
In 2022, we didn't put a car on track that was performing.
But towards the end of the season, we understood why it didn't work.
And we won a race in Brazil.
So this year,
I would hope to believe that we can be competitive.
It's a huge year for Toto.
Mercedes have, and probably will continue to lose people
from their design department, from their engine department.
People who were integral
to the championship success that they saw over the last ten years.
The biggest consideration will be reputation.
If they can't bounce back straight away...
there's gonna be question marks from everyone in the paddock.
Is that the biggest chopper you've seen in a while?
- Is chopper another word for... - Helicopter.
Is that a funny question or...
No, just... I'm just chatting about helicopters.
I don't get your humor sometimes.
The breaking news here in the Bahrain paddock
is we have an unexpected and late arrival.
Thank you.
You're very welcome. How are you?
I'm all right.
Hanging in there.
Few cameras waiting for you.
We all thought it would be several more weeks, if not longer,
that he'd have to sit out.
We ended up in Barcelona,
and jumped on the plane, went to pick him up.
Had a fantastic doctor there who performed miracles.
And when Lance came out of the surgery,
he put his hands up and says, "We're gonna be at the first race."
Yeah, it's shit. Couldn't be worse timing.
Everyone's been working really hard and putting everything into this new car,
and I just destroyed that
going into one of the most exciting seasons.
So I'm thinking about how I'm gonna fix this ASAP
and get back in the car.
- How are you? - Getting there.
- Yeah.
Can you wank yet?
He can drive F1, I guess he can wank.
I save all my energy for the car.
That side is still broken or...
No, this was surgery. I had two screws.
And then I broke this one, this one, and then the two toes.
Are you taking, like, morphine?
- I'm taking stuff. - You're in a lot of pain?
I'm taking stuff. Not crazy, but, like, stuff, you know? What I can.
Do you sleep well in the evenings?
No, bro. The night's brutal
because I don't have the stuff in my system after I drive.
It's, like, you go for a pillow...
It's like, "Aaaargh!"
It is not a help, for sure.
It's far from ideal in terms of a team perspective.
We just, um, hope that he can race.
Uh, that's... that's the first priority.
Strap you up.
Pick a wrist, any wrist.
The glamorous life of F1 behind the scenes.
As a race-car driver, your tools are your hands
and your feet.
But with Lance having broken wrists, broken toe,
this is a real problem.
You know, the g-force from your steering wheel,
that's where you really feel it.
The brake pedal in a race car is rock hard.
So that is a lot of pressure you have to put on it.
It's not healing.
It's not healed. Still broken.
With just racing.
Is he ready?
Physically. Mentally.
Why is he rushing himself back?
No testing.
Straight in the car, straight out on track.
- Lose a finger. - Cut it off.
I'd be better off.
All righty.
- Happy? Cool. - Yeah.
- I'm gonna get naked, so get outta here. - Okay.
It's been a long winter's wait.
Formula 1 is back, and it's time for Qualifying.
Back in the chair.
Be afraid. [laughs] Very afraid.
That first Qualifying session
gives every team principal the opportunity to see where your car is in the order.
And that is absolutely critical.
Radio check.
Radio loud and clear, Lance. Radio loud and clear.
Qualifying is all about your best individual lap time.
It forms the grid on Sunday.
Three, two, one. Should be green.
Lance, ready to go, having been cleared by the FIA.
I'm worried about Lance's wrists. There's a high level of nervousness.
The green light is on. It is time to set the grid
for the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
Push.
That's all I have.
- Happy with that pace? - That's good.
We are P1.
That was a very good lap.
But here comes Max Verstappen.
And he's quicker than Leclerc.
Yes!
Well done, mate. That's the perfect start.
Exactly.
- Give it everything. - I'll do my best.
Now George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
Struggling to turn the car a little bit. Can't get much quicker.
- What position are we? - P5.
P6.
That was not an easy lap.
Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, separated by hardly anything.
We're looking at Lance Stroll under big pressure here,
carrying that injury.
Lance, we need a better line in two.
I can't, man. I can't. I'm struggling with the hands.
I'm doing everything I can, but the pain is much, much worse.
- Okay, Lance, keep pushing. - Leave me alone.
My right toe is broken, so pressing the gas
and when I hit a bump, it is really painful.
Stroll's left himself in trouble here.
Stroll is now plum last.
He's gonna have to go back out and deliver a clean lap.
I don't know if I can get around the track.
- Let's go. - Copy. Understood.
Can we see some Fernando Alonso magic?
There is always a little bit of weight in the shoulders.
There is a lot to prove.
We're all leaning closer to the screen.
Fernando Alonso is in the hunt.
- Push. - I'm trying, mate. I'm trying.
P5.
Boom!
Come on!
Alonso goes ahead of Hamilton and George Russell.
Well done. Fantastic.
Let me do one more push again.
We're happy. You can push again next lap.
Stroll on the back foot,
but he's got a chance to fight again.
The pain is terrible,
but I'm just thinking,
"Put the pain aside and focus on what I gotta do."
Fuck it, I'm... I'm going for it.
Push when you're ready.
Go on, Lance.
- How's the pace? - This is good.
Can Lance Stroll make it into the top ten?
Yes! Go on!
P8. That's a really good job, mate.
Go on!
Yes, Lance!
We've come back brilliantly.
Yeah, I'm fucking fighting, man!
Oh, fucking hell. He is fucking good.
- Woo-hoo! - Yes! Come on!
How the fuck have Aston done what they've done?
Well, they've... they've hired a bunch of, uh, aerodynamicists from Red Bull.
Well, we need to fucking do that.
That Aston is quick.
That was good.
- That was good. - Lance did really well.
Yeah, Lance with two broken wrists!
Great job.
Congratulations. I know I can't high-five you,
but you should break yourself more often.
No. I...
This is just, uh, an unbelievable, uh, result.
Fighting with Ferrari and Mercedes and...
Uh, this was unthinkable eight months ago.
Yeah, I mean, it was a very eventful session. Um...
I'm just, uh, grateful to be here right now.
- Great driving. - Thanks, bro.
Thanks, buddy. Good job.
You sitting here? Go find some fucking sponsors!
Increase the price!
The price is going up!
It's only Quali.
Okay? So we'll caveat that.
But Aston Martin look great.
Whether that's a race-winning car or not,
I don't know.
But with how close the sport is,
we're gonna get something much different than we envisaged.
Let's go. Et hop.
George Clooney with the Ray-Bans.
Today's the day.
Because Ferrari wants to win again, and it's been a while since we have,
there are a lot of expectations,
and sometimes they create extra pressure.
I really like it when you feel the race pressure coming back.
Winter's over, but I find winter to be too long.
Not so much in the team,
but for the press's part,
yeah, it does add pressure.
Ciao, ciao.
See you later.
Predictions?
I think we are better than what we look over one lap.
You hope!
All in all, I think we are... I think it's gonna be close with Aston.
We know that Aston has done a huge step-up compared to last year,
and they are much more in the fight with us now.
Now our main target
is to beat Aston Martin and to fight Red Bull,
and then to go for the win.
Welcome along, ladies and gentlemen, to Formula 1 in 2023.
It's the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Here we go again.
I thought we'd be on the first row.
- We'll have to settle for the second row. - That wouldn't have changed anything.
I almost prefer being on the left of the track than on the right.
Well, have fun.
Go finish it off, huh?
The great escape.
You've got no business being in Bahrain.
Last car on the grid.
Focus on the lights.
I feel as sharp, focused, motivated as when I started in Formula 1.
So I'm proving a point to the world.
I need to take back the championship that was taken from me.
I need to own it.
The pain is terrible, and I'm just thinking about the old man.
I'm hoping to make him happy.
And the new season is underway!
George, car behind.
Lance, car ahead, Russell, is struggling.
Okay, good job.
I'm behind Stroll.
What a fucking annoyance!
-[Cronin] Hamilton's behind. - Copy.
- Just use everything. - That's all good.
- Well done, Lewis. - The pace looks decent.
Keep on pushing.
Stroll overtake available.
Russell's right behind you now. Focus forward.
Be careful.
Contact! Two Aston Martins touched.
I've been hit in turn four, so check.
Lance, are you okay? Lance?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Check the front wing.
We think we're okay. Keep pushing.
Car ahead Alonso.
The two Mercedes are fifth and sixth.
Both past Fernando Alonso,
who's dropped down to seventh.
Got Russell 1.5 ahead.
Let's get closer and see what they do.
Alonso behind at 0.9. Looks like he's pushing hard.
Use everything from the tires.
As you wish, huh.
Tires are gone. We need to think about boxing.
Staying out.
Mercedes struggling with their rear tires.
Come on, mate. Gotta have him now.
Come on!
- You will get DRS. - Copy.
Fernando Alonso makes the move!
Watch Russell.
George Russell comes back at him!
Argh!
Good job, mate. Hamilton is 4.8 ahead.
Copy.
- What position am I in? - So currently P5.
- Who's behind? - Alonso is behind.
Keep me aware of pace.
- Catching Hamilton. - Copy.
- Go on! - Go on!
Come on!
Alonso looks quick, so he is pushing.
Yeah, he's going too fast. Let's keep pushing.
Car's shifting big time.
Hamilton's struggling with front tires.
Here comes Fernando Alonso.
No!
Hamilton regains the spot!
I think Alonso wants to fight it out with Hamilton.
This is the moment of truth, where, after you win championships,
obviously after you taste that once, you want to repeat that feeling forever.
So I will keep fighting.
Hamilton starting to push.
It's okay. Pushing now.
Hard to keep him behind me.
Oh, what a move from Fernando Alonso!
- Yeah! - Yes! Go on!
Yes! Let's go!
Sainz is next. 2.6 ahead.
- Fernando is now behind. - Copy.
Big picture, Lance, Russell is really struggling on his tires.
He's just 18 ahead.
Box, box.
It'll be tight with Stroll on exit.
Okay, Russell's pitting. It's gonna be tight.
So push hard.
Keep it smooth. Doing a good job.
Go on, Lance!
Come on, boy!
Keep pushing, Lance.
There goes Lance Stroll ahead of George Russell.
Stroll up into seventh place.
Come on!
That's good.
We need a postmortem here because this is incomprehensible for me.
How many seconds clear?
Gap to Sainz behind, 12.6.
No, no, no, no. Come on.
What happened, guys?
No power.
What the fuck?
There's a Ferrari pulling over. Charles Leclerc is out!
It's happened again!
- Sorry about that. - Copy. I'll go to P0.
- Ferrari out. Be ready, huh? - We are ready.
So it's Ferrari up against Aston Martin.
Alonso chasing down Sainz for third.
Fernando 0.5 behind.
Last lap, you were one second quicker than Sainz.
- Focus on the race. - Is he quicker? Should I push, yeah?
Deg is starting to kick in.
Keep the pressure. He's worried about tires.
- You've got DRS. - Understood.
Fernando Alonso picks up the slipstream,
now has the inside line.
Yes! Bye-bye!
Alonso up into third place!
Yes, come on!
This is a lovely car to drive!
Absolutely, mate.
Please welcome back to the podium Fernando Alonso!
What a start...
Yes!
...to his Aston Martin career.
Okay, Lance. That's checkered flag.
P6, mate. P6.
Brilliant day for the team.
Thanks, man.
This is one of my best life achievements,
to overcome adversity
and do what a bunch of doctors told me I couldn't do.
This result, this performance, it shows everyone we're the real deal.
What you have done, guys.
What you have done. I am so proud of you.
This is amazing. Amazing!
Guys, you've built the second-best car in five months.
I don't know what you can do in one full season.
But let's fucking go for it!
That was tough.
Not where we want to be.
We are supposed to be on the podium.
It's a bit frustrating. It's not the best start for the season.
Lewis, that's P5, mate.
Real tough race.
We've got some serious work to do to close the gap.
What a fucking performance.
I don't know what we fucked up on.
Hey, Lewis. Chasing Carlos, that must give you hope
that at least you can fight those guys going forward.
Uh, we can't fight them at the moment. They were much quicker than us today,
um, as were, um, the Astons.
So we're the fourth-fastest team now, as opposed to the third last year.
Yeah, we're going backwards.
I take it very personal.
But at the end of the day, we are all in this together.
Uh, we need a car that performs to, uh, our expectation.
And only if we are able to put all of this together
will we be a championship-winning team.
Give the old man a hug.
- Fucking cars. - Tell 'em, boy.
Tell 'em, boy.
- You must've been in pain. - So proud.
Who would have signed up for this?
Days ago, in hospital.
How are you feeling?
Well done.
Beautiful.
Unbelievable. Are you in pain?
It's unbelievably impressive, what he did.
Couldn't be happier.
I'm very proud of what he was ultimately able to do.
To go from where we were last year on the grid, it was no fluke.
It's one of the biggest steps ever taken in Formula 1 history.
Aston Martin will be world champions.
I've stated that, and we are on course to do so.
I'm back.
The most excited people when Danny came back were Netflix.
I literally think they had to change their pants three times.
Quick, he's here!
Has Dad been good this year?
Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada!
Oh, fucking hell!
We both know we'll never be best friends.
There's contact!
Fuck!
- Finally! - Finally!
Someone else's documentary!
Everyone's expecting it to kick off.
Pérez makes contact with Leclerc!
Oh shit.
Every time I--
Fuck off!
No risk, no risk.
Leclerc locks up!
Cheers!
Your position is under threat.
My contract is up for renewal.
Lewis, please come back.
I believe I'll reach the pinnacle of our sport.
Retire the car.
Someone tell you we were going bowling, or are those golf shoes?
No!
Formula 1 is brutal.
It's about winning. Second place is never good enough.
Are you okay?
Yeah, baby!
I'm fucking done with this.