Become who you are (2020) - full transcript

(SOFT MUSIC)

SPEAKER: Two minutes,
move the cars to the wall.

Two minutes.

(SOFT MUSIC)

(SPEAKING FRENCH) It is now
allowed to start the engines.

One minute now, you
can turn on the engine.

NARRATOR: The time for waiting is over.

The time for racing has arrived.

SPEAKER: Green, Green, Green.

NARRATOR: Mike Conway
in the number #7 Toyota,

sweeping around to lead the
field down the Dunlop here



for the first time.

Gustavo Menezes right behind
from fourth on the grid

in the brightly colored
car from Rebellion.

SPEAKER: You are one
of the quickest cars,

on the sector 1 on track at the moment.

(SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

Box and driver change.

NARRATOR: First round of pit stops,

and almost the entire
field in in from GTE Pro.

92' Porsche that won last
year in it's pinky pig is in.

Ferrari in as well with
both AF Porsche cars.

Driver change.

(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

Battle in LMP2 and he goes by.



So much top speed here at Le Mans.

On that one lap we lose
two percent of performance.

SPEAKER: 4 lap to the next one Bruno.

NARRATOR: Bruno brought the car in,

a little bit early on his stint.

SPEAKER: Oh, that's out.
That car is out Porsche curves.

ANNOUNCER: Attention debris
early part of Porsche curves.

It's just the 88 cars
having a, it's struggle.

(RADIO) In about 16 seconds
we will go full course yellow

ANNOUNCER: Seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.

Full course yellow, full course yellow.

I'm Scott Dixon
originally from New Zealand,

racing in America, also in the
World Endurance Championship,

24 hour Le Mans.

So Indycar season this year,

and endurance races for
the Ford GT program.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(SPEAKING PORTUGUESE)
My name is Bruno Senna

I am a professional driver

Competing with Rebellion Racing
at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

(FANS CHEERING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH) Hi, I'm Memo Rojas

I am competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

For IDEC Sport Racing

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(SPEAKING FRENCH) My name is Jules Gounon

I am a professional driver

And I am going to take part
at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

For the really first time.

To be for the first time in the parade,

with so many people around,

and the town which is really busy,

you can really feel the
atmosphere of Le Mans.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Le Mans is a,

you know it's a special race
that everybody wants to win.

It's one of the three
biggest races in the world.

There's very few events around the world

that have that status.

The atmosphere is insane.

I think for when you're performing at such

at an event like that,

it just makes you feel so good.

(FANS CHEERING)

(SOFT MUSIC)

(DOOR OPENS)

Ayrton was my uncle first,
you know, a family member.

Ayrton was also, you know,
my example, my reference,

because I really looked
at everything he did,

and I always tried to self learn

and to see how he did it.

Ayrton Senna was a
Brazilian race car driver,

definitely one of most
accomplished drivers of his time.

Any race car drivers dream
would be to meet Ayrton Senna.

I mean, it would be, I mean, bucket list,

if you're possible.

And of course, Bruno, being
his nephew, had the ability

to actually receive
coaching from Ayrton Senna.

(SPEAKING PORTUGUESE)

For me it was really the
way that he was able to

teach without really trying to teach.

You know, he was just so natural at like,

I guess transmitting
his values and the way

and his way of life,

that he didn't need to
be like a boring teacher

trying to tell you do
this, do this, do this.

He would just kind of come and
show you what he was doing,

and you'd go and you try it and you know,

he would really try to
make it a practical thing

rather than just a lecture.

(SPEAKING PORTUGUESE)

And this was, this was a
great thing because really,

as a kid you want to do things.

So you want to just
experiment and experience.

And I think he nailed it.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

It's a dream come true.

You couldn't learn from
a better instructor.

I mean, Ayrton knew everything

there was to know about racing.

Ayrton Senna was dominating
in the 80s for sure.

He was well known in the formula one world

and racing in general.

But on May 1st, 1994, Ayrton
has a horrific accident.

(CAR CRASHES)

As soon as that happened,

the subject and the motor
racing became a bit of a taboo

subject at home.

(HIP-HOP MUSIC)

From my perspective,
Le Mans means a race

that is, you know, one of the
three or four largest races

in the world.

To me, it's a race that
goes back to the beginnings

of motorsport,

where it pits manufacturer
against manufacturer,

proving who has the best car.

Scott Dixon's a driver that came to us,

you know, at the, at the wise
age of 22-years-old I think.

He's the leader of our team.

It was just a natural
progression to put him

in the sports car team and
as part of the Ford program.

Competition just drives me
and I think most of the others,

and the adrenaline,

what you feel and what you get out of it,

the sensors and how
they become enlightened.

(ENGINE REVS)

I will never forget that
day as a seven-year-old kid

getting into a go cart and
being so low to the ground

and feeling just that adrenaline rush.

And how amazing it was at such
a young age to be able to,

you know, drive this powerful
thing around, you know even,

you know, it was only a little go cart.

I started racing, go
carts at the age of seven

and just, you know, tried
to hang on to that dream

ever since of being able
to drive things fast.

I moved initially to Australia by myself

at the age of 16.

I lived in Melbourne for two years,

and then you know that
transitions to America, I was 18.

For me, it was all about, you know,

trying to win and to get to
that next bigger category

or bigger car.

But it was all about the dream,
it was all about the dream.

You know, as I was,

when I was a kid who was
getting formula one, and then,

you know, on the southern it was IndyCar.

And once I saw my first IndyCar race,

just the passion I had for
IndyCar racing and how close

and competitive and, you know,

just for anybody in the field could win,

you know, that really fascinated me.

But it's kind of scary.

I think thinking of my own
children at that point,

you know, maybe traveling
halfway around the world

and being on their own and
maybe in that same situation.

(CHILDREN SINGING)

Tilly, Tilly what song is this one?

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

♪ We're off to see the wizard ♪

♪ The wizard, the wizard of oz ♪

♪ We're off to see the wizard ♪

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

We do do something very dangerous.

You know, it says it right
on the back of the ticket

that, you know, bad things can happen.

He has the track record in that IndyCar

of exceeding 232 miles an hour.

Incredible.

And of course at the same time,

he has a family at home
and bad things can happen

at 232 miles an hour.

You know we're quite spiritual people.

So we're very much like you
know what will be will be.

And if you focus too
much on that negativity,

it can play a part in how you race.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: An un-believable atmosphere.

A sea of faces, of smiles
of hopes and dreams,

awaiting the start of the
toughest test in motor racing.

(ENGINE REVS)

Throughout the years, the
cars have a evolved so much.

They are faster, they have more down-force

the technology has pushed
the boundaries of the cars,

and also the drivers.

Every time a car goes faster
it generates more G-forces,

lateral forces that have
an impact on the body.

Driving a car at the limit for
such a long period of time.

It raises your heart rate
for a long period of time.

It's an average of 150
to 160 beats per minute,

and you need to be very strong physically.

You know, like anything these days,

it's all about preparation.

You know and I think
you can't go in blind.

I do, what I call I do the homework.

You know, doing the homework is, you know,

doing what you need to
do in order to get an A

on the following day.

I really love to go on the
bike cause you can really push

yourself to the limit.

Because you are the
only limit on the bike.

A bit like in the race car.

In my case I practice
a lot of boxing for this

because the position of boxing,

it's almost the same as the race car.

You know, you're holding
the steering wheel like this

and the guard for boxing is like this,

and you're using the same muscles.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

People see the race car
driver in the podium.

You know, behind the wheel
racing with the helmet.

And people from the outside you know

they look at it as a, you know,

can be maybe a very glamorous position or,

or a very exciting position.

But the reality is that the
sacrifice and the time consuming

and the, all the requirements that

and energy that you need to put

in order to become a race
car driver, it's enormous.

As a driver, you have
to be motivated to win.

You know, this sport
we're in is not called

the 24 hours of Le Mans drive.

It's called the 24 hours of Le Mans race.

You have to want to win.

To win, you have to be at the front.

To be at the front, oftentimes
you have to pass cars.

And, so you need to be
motivated to do that.

No one's gonna hand it to you on a plate.

You have to go take it.

I train really hard all the winter,

in just one target.

One goal was to be ready at Le Mans.

And when you're in the car

and Mr Risi asks you to do a third stint

and you see that you are able to do it.

You're like, okay, I have trained
hard, but I know for what.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

To be able to do the 24
hour of Le Mans in 2019,

it was something that
I never thought about.

Because obviously inside myself,

I was always thinking about it.

But I was so far from it.

You know in 2014, I had a
sickness on my legs on both legs.

I had a surgery,

I lost the sponsorship
for the formula Renault.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Jules disease was compartment syndrome.

It involves the muscles, and
they're swelling to a point

that they actually cut off blood flow

and nutrition and oxygen.

And it often happens to legs and arms

and kind of extremities.

And he pretty much lost
all use of his legs.

So that was that time
that my father said, okay.

I mean, I give you the chance
as I ask him in go cart,

you tried, it didn't work.

You come back in the dealership
in Aubenas washing cars.

And when you are complaining
every day about understeer

oversteer and that you're
coming to wash cars,

and that your hand are
burned by the product.

I wanted to show to
him that the real life

for anybody which is working today.

You can be a washer off cars,

you can be a mechanic in my dealership.

Obviously I didn't have
so much problem in life,

'cause understeer and
the overseer is something

that people would dream about.

When anything happens to an athlete,

it's very difficult for that athlete.

It's a totally life changing event.

And to a race car driver,

I mean, there's nothing
like driving a car.

(ENGINE REVS)

NARRATOR: Into hour two

of this year's 24 hours of Le Mans.

Trouble for Bruno Senna in the Rebellion.

A looping spin, just avoids the barriers.

Yeah, it's a very complex situation,

when you have any tires
breaking or anything,

any kind of failure in the car.

Especially in Le Mans,
because the track is so long,

you have to re-nurse the
car back to the pits.

NARRATOR: Back into the pit box

goes the Rebellion number one car.

Sixth place in the LMP-1 class.

Andre Lotterer is strapped in
as they continue with repairs.

When I became 18 years old,

my mother came to me and asked me

what I wanted to do with my life,

and I said, yeah, I'd like
to maybe go back to racing.

She's like this guys a kid.

You know he's 18-years-old,
he's a boy racer.

Go get the go cart from the farm,

like one of the old ones
and see what happens.

And that's when it all kicked off.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Can anything stop you from
becoming a race car driver?

If you truly want to be one,
no, nothing can stop you.

You will race anything.

You'll race, go cart on the weekends,

a shopping cart in the driveway.

I mean anything you'll race it,

and then it'll snowball into

back into racing without a doubt.

It's such a strong thing that wants,

that you need to go racing.

Obviously you know
everybody wants to allow

each one of us to become
what we are and, you know,

be successful in whatever we decide to be.

And, you know, follow your dreams.

We know at the same time

that motor racing is very dangerous,

and we lost Ayrton some years before.

I was at home with my family,

we were watching the race in Sao Paolo,

and we saw the accident on TV.

We've seen him crashing before,

so it was not something
that you necessarily

think is going to be bad,

but that one looked pretty bad to be fair.

The whole family was watching it.

I mean, it was on TV, it was televised.

And every racetrack,
whenever there's a crash,

the TV zooms in it.

And so when it's a horrible
outcome, like it was,

it's out there and everyone's watching it.

They're glued to their TVs.

They're helpless.

They can't do anything.

So Bruno was one of those people.

As soon as that happened,

motor racing became a bit
of a taboo subject at home.

And it was quite tricky to, you know,

to just to approach the subject.

So for many years we
couldn't say anything.

And I guess,

because I didn't say anything,
I felt bad of course.

My family's supposed that
I was completely over it.

It was a big impact in the family,

because what would be the best choice,

you know, to let him
go or not to let him go

because of that so.

All drivers clearly
understand the danger,

and they respect the danger.

You can understand something,
you can respect something,

but you can also push it on the side.

But I think to completely
push it on the side,

you have to know all sides of it.

And I think that's what,

that's what the great racing
drivers are able to do.

They understand all sides of the danger,

and therefore they can push it aside.

(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

At the end of the day, you know,

the passion and it's difficult
to explain the passion

until you live it.

The passion for motor sports,

I would say it's in the blood.

Oh, I wish I could say that.

It's a genetic thing,
I don't know if it is.

But maybe it could be nurture,

maybe it could be nature.

Who knows what's the reality.

But in the end, it was because
I just wanted to go racing.

I loved it.

Of course the family side was difficult.

But I knew that with time,

if everything was going well,
people would understand it.

(ENGINE REVS)

When I was a kid, you
know, my dad was my hero.

I remember when he would
dress up with a racing suit,

as a race car driver.

It was for me like a Superman putting his,

his costume you know.

Most most of my memories
since I was a child,

were with my father at the racetrack.

With my brother, we would typically,

you know, play football or soccer

behind the paddock
while my dad was racing.

If I hadn't seen my dad
race when I was a kid,

I am not sure if I would
have been a race car driver.

You know, I fell in love with the sport

because I was exposed to it.

Family, I think is how most, you know,

drivers start in racing.

You know, it's not a typical ball

and bats kind of sport.

You know, you can't just
go and play it at school.

I grew up listening to
stories of my dad in Le Mans,

and my dad raced in a time

where they didn't have
the chicanes at Le Mans.

So, you know, the straightaway was,

I think it was more than
two kilometers long.

And at that time, you know,

they were achieving speeds closer to,

close to 400 kilometers per hour.

Following my father footsteps you know

has been, you know, quite a challenge,

especially because that
meant trying to achieve

my dream of becoming a race car driver.

I started racing cars
when I was 10-years-old.

I started with the help from my dad.

And we had no sponsorship,

and my dad was my mechanic.

Everything was done
between myself and my dad.

We would have to carry
the go cart to every race.

Racing in Mexico, it was
like really old school

I would say like.

Sometimes if you go off the
truck, you would hit a tree

and not a barrier.

So it was like this.

I remember the first days
we didn't this all technology

and tools and people helping us.

Only, you and me and
somebody else helping us,

and our truck.

I've enjoyed the ride.

Le Mans is one of the races,

toughest races in the world.

To have a son racing in Le Mans is like

a continuity of what I started.

Box this lap please Memo.

Box box this time.

Box and driver change.

You know when the race
started we discovered

that we were loosing
10 second per pit stop,

in the refueling of the car.

SPEAKER: Two laps to go Memo.

It was a problem that
was not possible to fix

during the race, so we
had to stick with it.

I don't have fuel. I don't have fuel.

SPEAKER: Okay are you
moving or are you stopped?

I am moving, I'm near
the box, I barely made it.

What the fuck.

As you know, it's 24 hour race.

You know, there's more than 30 pit stops.

And the team calculated that we ended up

losing close to seven minutes.

You know, we lost any
opportunity to fight for the win.

When you make your
mistake, you cannot fix it.

That's the problem, that's
why it's very frustrating.

It's, you just have to adapt
yourself during the race

and just go to the end and we're
all doing a lot of mistake.

Of course mistakes
can happen at any point.

And they can have huge consequences,

even though it's a little
mistake or a big mistake.

I was fighting for the
championship in 2016,

in German championship, with Corvette.

Last race of the season
P2 in the championship

fighting for the lead.

NARRATOR: Let's go
green and let's go racing.

The final race.

And yeah, that's a hard part for me,

'cause I was fighting, I
think 10 minutes to go.

And in the car was fighting
was the Lamborghini,

which had an issue on the speed there.

So I couldn't take flats
on the fast corners

'cause it was losing the downforce.

But I remember turning and
I was already thinking about

going to overtake him.

A few laps, I was fighting
on him, couldn't pass him,

and suddenly I saw him lift.

NARRATOR: My goodness me.

The drama could not get any greater.

Jules Gounon is out.

We were traveling at
235, 235 kilometers,

which is really fast that corner,

and I couldn't avoid him.

I really had that moment
where I felt in slow motion.

I really saw the wall and like.

And I really remember myself

just going really hard
to try to save my life.

And obviously after
that, I don't remember.

We're in a dangerous sport.

But we are professionals, we're athletes.

We know how to execute exactly
what we need to execute.

Those things still happen.

You just don't have control over them.

So you don't think about them

and hope they never happened to you.

We are on the cusp of grip of that car.

So the littlest thing can
throw you into the wall

and you just hope it never does.

Honestly first when I saw the crash.

The speed, the door, the crash
was on the east side doors.

For me it was, it was finished.

Also I was in the paddock and
I was cruising and waiting,

because I had to wait to
go to the medical center.

For me it was finished.

NARRATOR: So medical
team down there attending

to Jules Gounon.

And there, Daniel Keilwitz,
looks on with anxiety.

In my mind it was that it was,

perhaps he's not there anymore.

But at the end where he
wanted to be: racing,

and his life is like that.

It was terrible, but on the other side,

he was where I wanted to be, also

Short life but a fantastic life,

is better than long life with regrets.

When I wake up, I had the door handle,

which was in my leg.

I looked in my leg full of blood,

and I'm like, look at myself.

Okay, I can move. I'm not dead.

Or maybe I am, but I can still move.

So it's a good sign.

It was a life changment for me.

'Cause you can feel that in one second

you can pass away.

And yeah, that's the part
of our job, our risk.

Sometimes when things like this happen,

you're reminded that you're
still doing a dangerous sport.

And sometimes to keep yourself motivated,

after things like this, it's difficult.

(SPEAKING FRENCH) It too me a month before

being capable of watching
the video on YouTube

because I didn't want to see.

It was too violent.

NARRATOR: Jules
Gounon, being taken away.

(SPEAKING FRENCH) When
an accident happens,

Each time you re-evaluate the risk

But you cannot avoid it.

I don't want to die in a race car,

but if one day I die on it,

I will have lived my best life.

(EPIC MUSIC)

(RADIO ANNOUNCER)

(ENGINE REVS)

NARRATOR: Laurens Vanthoor,
sticking to the leader.

Chase for third though the
Corvette is down to fourth place,

up to third, as gone the 93
Porsche, that's Earl Bamber,

as darkness starts to form.

Daddy!

Hello.

You're home.

(CHILDREN LAUGHS)

How was school?

Good. How was your race?

It was okay.

The best part is being able

to come away from a race weekend,

whether it was a great
race weekend or a bad one,

and come home and just
snap out of racing life.

And, you know, play
with barbies and horses

and, you know, just have fun with my kids

or play a board games.

So you guys are going
to cook me dinner right?

Yeah.

Well what are we having.

No, 'cause mom cooked already.

That's how you pay for dinner.

What are we having?

When he comes home,

I think it gives his mind
and his body a chance

to just enjoy life,

and I think that's why
it's so good for him.

He's my husband first, and then the dad

and then the race car driver.

I'm immensely proud of
the person that he is.

He's an amazing dad, and
he's very much present

when he's home.

Which is nice, 'cause it is
hard to turn off, you know,

if you're so focused.

But when we're home we're with the dogs,

we're with the kids.

For me, I think it's
really helped me mentally

to not get drained or
over complicate things

or overthink things on the racing side.

Because it's very easy to do that.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

When he starts the race
season again, come March,

he's ready and he's refreshed.

And I think,

I think that's a real
winning factor for him

is that he can have the best of both.

Like any marriage we, you know,
add to each other's lives.

I think why me and Scott
have got so lucky is that

with my background, I've
been a sports person

for quite a long time.

You know, I went professional
with my sport at 14.

So I knew the commitments
involved in a sporting career.

So what I can bring to Scott,

not that I need to bring very much

'cause he's an incredibly
focused athlete anyway.

But I can concentrate on the nutrition.

We concentrate on the training

and that's where I think
I can help him, you know,

in the sense that I
understand to get to the top.

You know, you have to remain very focused.

(CHILDREN LAUGHS)

It's the perfect combination.

You know, it's, I'm lucky
enough that, you know, Emma,

my wife and and Poppy and Tilly are able

to come to probably half the races.

Emma, maybe a little more than, than half.

You know, it's tough with schooling,

especially at this age now, too.

But for me, you know,
family is everything.

We'll just got here.

I think you've got to write these out.

No, can you just type the please send.

This one I got a four.

EMMA: Nice.

Scott, off the track
is a championship driver.

He's a great family man.

He's a great father.

So he understands the whole
package of what it takes

to be a driver.

And when you understand the
whole package of being a driver,

that's the first step to
becoming a championship driver.

I do feel like we're such a team,

you know, it works really well,

and Scott actually loves to
have the girls at the track.

When the engine starts
and the race begins.

Every driver has a
particular look in their eye

when it comes to racing.

When he goes out the
door, it's, he's all focused

and really consumed with the racing.

I don't believe that
someone with a family

is thinking about the family and the risks

that they're putting
themselves in that weekend.

Otherwise they probably wouldn't continue

being a race-car driver.

'Cause there are other opportunities

to do things on those weekends.

But since they're gifted individuals

that know how to race well,

they step in that car collectively
and they pilot that car

beyond its ability every single day.

Of course, I'm bias, but I do think

he's one of the greatest

drivers of all time.

SPEAKER: Here we
are, right on the time.

♪ We ain't going nowhere slowly ♪

♪ Fast cars and wild
hearts a better life ♪

♪ Heading to the top you see us ♪

♪ Trying to be the best no secret ♪

♪ Never touch the brakes to keep it ♪

♪ Fast cars and wild
hearts a better life ♪

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

♪ Nothing we to lose ♪

♪ I can hear the bird waking up to say ♪

♪ that it's never too soon ♪

♪ So are you ready to rock ♪

♪ Going nowhere to stop ♪

♪ We are on a crash course to freedom ♪

♪ And we can go as long as we want ♪

♪ Drive fast let it go ♪

♪ Hands up let em know ♪

♪ Sound check so cold ♪

♪ Sit back and turn on the before I go ♪

♪ Calling all my friends we're hopeless ♪

♪ Living off the edge you know me ♪

♪ We ain't nowhere slowly ♪

♪ Fast cars and wild
hearts a better life ♪

♪ A better life ♪

♪ Fast cars and wild
hearts a better life ♪

(ENGINE REVS)

NARRATOR: The safety car is out again

here at Le Mans.

Did you catch the safety car yet Memo?

MEMO: No I'm behind the GT Cars.

I can't see the driver
get out of the car so,

it's one of the SMP cars.

It gets to a point where you,

you lose perspective on how fast you go,

and you don't realize
how fast you're going

until you have an accident.

NARRATOR: Rojef drops
a wheel onto the grass

at the beginning of the Porsche curves

and a high speed off.

There's a huge amount of
damage to the car that was

in third place overall.

(ENGINE REVS)

When I took the decision
to be a race car driver,

my life changed.

Literally every decision
I took was taken based

on how can I achieve my goal
of being a race car driver.

When you're going through
the junior categories,

you kind of, you're
living the dream right.

You know especially at
the young age of seven

through to say 15,

you're constantly thinking,
is this a reality.

You know, yeah, it's going to
happen, it's going to happen.

You kind of just think
it's going to happen.

But you know, the stress
that it had on my family.

You know, each year, my
dad trying to, you know,

round up the funds or the money
to try and make it possible,

was something I was very naive to.

I didn't really understand it.

Didn't, you know, want to know about it.

All I wanted to do was race and drive.

But I think as you go
through those categories,

you start to understand like,

hey we're doing pretty well here.

But each year was a make or break year.

You know, could you continue on.

Family effort was put into my career,

and I will be grateful
to my family forever.

But as my career, eh, got down the road,

there was nowhere I could keep going

because the budgets were getting higher

and it was difficult to
go to the next level.

And Telmex created the
driver development program

called Escuderia Telmex,

which, you know they recruited

some of the best Mexican talent,

and they gave us a chance
in the best categories.

And ever since then, you
know, my career took off.

I have a chance to meet
Memo when he was very young.

He was starting his career in motorsports.

And I think sometimes
timings are very important.

Just when he was starting

to look for his international development.

The team was being built
together with other sponsors.

So it was a very nice
coincidence that things happened

in that way.

What would be your plans for next season?

What are you thinking about next year?

You know, Carlos I think, you know

since we won four championship in IMSA,

and we won Daytona 24,
we won Sebring 12 hours.

The next race to have the triple crown of

endurance racing, would
be the 24 hour of Le Mans.

So I think for you, for Telcel for Telmex,

to have the triple crown would
be a massive achievement.

Memo wants to achieve
Le Mans 24 hour win.

He has a Daytona 24 hour win,

he has a Sebring 12 hour win.

And if he wins Le Mans 24,
who knows what he'll do,

he would be a triple crown winner.

We've achieved so many
successes together with Telmex

program and with the help of
great teams that I've been at,

like Chip Ganassi Racing.

I won Daytona 24, three times.

Memo Rojas is a driver that came to us

from Mexico and was a proven
winner in Mexico already.

We have many, many wins with Memo.

He was a professional and
the cream rose to the top.

When it was time to perform,

he performed as a racing
driver there at Daytona,

and it was glorious to
win that race with him.

Once you get the chance to
prove yourself and to perform,

and you have the support of sponsors.

Then you know even though
the budgets are bigger,

it kind of becomes easier
because now you have a name.

Now you proved yourself.

Racing is very expensive on someone,

either the team, the driver,
the car owner, the team owner.

And the Escuderia Telmex
really allowed Memo

to break out of Mexico
and allowed him to race.

Obviously his skill
plays a factor in that,

a large factor in that.

But unless you have funding behind you,

you're not going anywhere.

He was the first driver within the team

that went to Europe.

Having the combination of
young talents being attached

to the image of our country,

together with the
development of motor sport,

is a very strong combination.

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

At the end of the day,

we are here because we want to win this.

It's been a long road, 27
years behind the wheels,

since I was a little kid.

Yeah, you could say,
I am obsessed with it.

But still even after
winning Daytona three times,

the dream of Le Mans seems
to be a far far thing.

(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)

SPEAKER: Radio check Memo.

MEMO: Copy radio check.

SPEAKER: three to go Memo. Three to go.

For info, you are the
second fastest average

on this stint on track at the moment.

(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)

Light rain reported
Dunlop and Tertre Rouge.

Pit this lap Bruno, pit
this lap for fuel only.

I'm really proud of
being related to Ayrton.

You know, it's something
that I'm sure that

a lot of people would like to be as well,

you know, to have known him personally,

and to have experienced so much with him.

He was a massive family guy.

You know he just loved
being with the family.

He enjoyed pranking us all
the time, making jokes.

And it was really funny
because at the same time

it was super cool being with him.

It was a little bit tense because
you never know when you're

going to be throwing the water,

or when you're going
to get like some pepper

thrown on your food.

So it was a lot of fun.

You know, as a kid, you always
enjoy that sort of stuff.

I think Ayrton would be very happy

to come racing in Le Mans.

I would love, absolutely love
to have him as my teammate.

Although I think if we would go for the,

if there's a gap, you have to
go for it every single time.

Maybe he's not going to finish
Le Mans on the first time,

but he'll learn very quickly with it.

Yeah, he'll be the
ultimate teammate I think.

He was absolutely amazing
on the race track.

He was the fastest guy out there.

Well, I think Ayrton was and still is

a huge example for us, for all the family.

We lost our father very early.

One year after Ayrton's accident.

Obviously because Bruno
is also a racing driver.

He has a person, a driver to look up to.

This is the 25th
anniversary of Ayrton's death,

and we've, you know we tried
to keep his memory alive

to people as much as
possible, and this year.

I'm going to drive his 88' McLaren,

the car he won his first
formula one title with.

(ENGINE REVS)

Is there anyway we can trim
the pipe a little higher?

If there's a way we can trim it,

a little bit higher so it doesn't fall?

People really love Ayrton.

I think it's because
Brazilians really miss having

someone that's world-class
like Ayrton was,

but also an example of a human being.

(ENGINE REVS)

Life can be very difficult in Brazil.

You have, in Brazil you
have all the extreme,

all the extremes.

You have the fantastic nature.

You can have all the good material things

that money can buy.

But at the same time, you
have lots of problems,

social problems and poverty, some violence

as a consequence.

I tried to help a little bit
for children particularly.

The way our family decided to react

after the accident, we had two choices.

You know, to just feel pity
for ourselves and, you know,

to lose such a nice person
or showing the importance

that he had for so many people.

How could we leverage
that to one of his dreams,

which was, you know, to give opportunity

to so many children and
youngsters in Brazil.

And we decided to take the second choice.

The biggest tool you can have,

and nobody can take away from
you is to be knowledgeable,

to be educated, to have maths
language skills in general.

To become what you want to become.

Hi, welcome to the Ayrton Senna Institute.

This is the heart of all the work you do

for the children in Brazil.

And there's so many
interesting things here.

So I'm going to take you for a walk.

Here we have a race worn
helmet, his boots, his gloves.

So here in the foundation
we have so much stuff

that belonged to Ayrton that
brings his amazing inspiration

to everybody that works here.

Senninha is our cartoon character.

It's was created by Ayrton
when he was still alive,

and he wanted to, you
know, transmit his values

and the good things for the kids.

Senninha is a brand now, it's
100% owned by the foundation.

So every dollar made by the Sunninha brand

goes straight to the foundation.

So it's a great way for
revenue to be created.

The foundation is the only non-university

or non-governmental
institution in the world

to hold a chair at the UNESCO

knowledge creation institutions.

Which is a real achievement,
when you consider

that is, you know, something that operates

and to just give children
opportunities in Brazil.

Bruno is for sure living
up to the Senna legacy.

He has the last name, I
mean, huge shoes to fill,

and he's doing a really great job.

But it's really only that, it's a legacy.

These guys are still performing
at such a high level.

They still have to train.

They still have to have the skills.

They still have to have the mindset,

and then they have to go and execute it.

That moment when I saw
Ayrton lifting this trophy up

with even when he had
no energy left on him.

It made me inspired to, you know,

always try and beat the limit,

try to be the best version of myself.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(SPEAKING AT THE RADIO)

NARRATOR: Aston Martin 95 is off.

That is a really fast accident

turning in flat out in top
gear, the car just spins.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Full service fuel driving
change and fresh tires.

Warning for track limits at Tertre Rouge

For your information

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Sunday morning and hundreds
of thousands of fans awake

at 7:30 in the morning
with Jose Maria Lopez,

leading for Toyota,
G-drive in charge in LMP-2,

Corvette in GTE Pro.

All cars have four wheels.

Some have the engine in the front,

some have the engine in the back,

some have the engine in the middle.

But they're all connected to the track

with four patches of rubber.

And, Scott has great ability to manage

those four patches of rubber
that are touching the surface.

So it sort of doesn't
matter what car he's in.

He understands the, what it
takes to make a car fast.

It's definitely my strong
suit is being able to adapt

to different cars or maybe
just getting on with it,

opposed to trying to pick apart

what needs to make it better.

So that's also my downside is
that instead of trying to make

the car better, I would
just try to drive around it.

Whether he's in an Indycar,
whether he's in a Ford GT,

he just gets in, he drives,
figure out what the car needs,

and he does it and he
just makes it happen.

I think every time he
gets in a car, there is,

you know, there is that little thought

in the back your head, like,

please don't let it be my go.

Please bring him home.

Like there is that side of it.

But once the race starts,

I'm just wanting him
to like do really well.

So yeah, the fear factors is there.

But I think you have to
push it out of your mind.

Scott Dixon is a very talented
driver in all race cars.

And some things are out of your control,

and the worst could have
happened at the Indy 500 in 2017.

We started on the pole,
car was pretty good.

We slipped back, I
think a couple of spots.

And then we actually ran
probably I think, for a stint,

a stint and a half.

Made some changes to the car,

we're coming back through the field,

and could kind of see going
down the front straight

that people are starting
to slow down a little bit.

Kind of see there was a
car offline a little bit.

Didn't think too much of it.

You know, it's quite typical in Indy 500.

You know, the closing
rate can be quite quick

when you're doing 230 miles an hour.

And then unfortunately
just out of the, you know,

corner of my eye I could see
the car touched the wall.

And then at that point, your, you know,

still at 230 miles an hour,

and you gotta make a very quick decision

of which way to go.

And typically if a car's
kind of against the wall,

it's gonna stay against the
wall, especially, you know,

with the speed and how it pushes out.

But unfortunately with how, you know,

Jay's car hit the wall it
then turned directly left

right in the pathway.

And at that speed, you
just really can't change,

you know, your direction too much.

And I tried to stop hit Jay,

and it went up into the
air, probably I think

about 30 feet into the air.

COMMENTATOR: No! Oh my goodness.

One car airborne, it's Scott Dixon.

He makes contact with
the 77 of Jay Howard,

who got up and out of the curve.

Dixon came down to the
bottom of the racetrack

to try to avoid Howard.

When he made contact
that car went airborne.

I remember kind of looking down

'cause it's started to flip,

and I was like, wow, I'm very high up here

this is gonna hurt.

Then the car actually
tilted the other way,

hit the inside wall.

Just remember hearing the
engine, you know, screaming.

Oh my God, that moment I literally,

I had my headphones on and I just remember

like throwing them, you know, like.

Because I'm so used to hearing
Scott when he's had a crash

come straight on radio and tell
his team I'm good, I'm good.

You know, 'cause they want
to know straight away.

But you couldn't hear anything.

(RADIO ANNOUNCER)

In that moment I thought
the worst, you know,

'cause he didn't speak.

All I remember is looking
up and seeing basically

a half of a car sitting on
the outside of the track,

and I was like, oh I
hope that person's okay.

And kind of checking my body

and oh my leg hurts a
little bit, getting out.

And then looking back at the
car and seeing that, you know,

half the car was missing.

NARRATOR: The entire rear
of Dixon's car is removed.

But thank the good lord
Scott Dixon is moving around

in that cockpit.

There is nothing left of that automobile.

Our pole sitter Scott
Dixon again made contact

with the 77 of Jay Howard.

Sometimes, you can't help
what happens, you know,

you got to just trust that
everything's gonna be okay.

It's funny how, you know,

you kind of react in moments like that.

You know, for me, I felt like the car

was a race winning car.

You know, we hadn't started the race

balanced wise exactly
where we want it to be,

but we were starting to move back through.

You know, what kicks in
straight away was just,

I can't believe I'm out of the race.

You know, I was angry because
I was out of the race.

You know, you don't automatically think.

It's kind of weird in those situations.

I think sometimes you almost
think you're indestructible

and I don't know why that is
or what, you know, powers that.

But once the adrenaline
kicks in, you know, for me,

it was just pure anger to start with.

Which, you know, I should
be thankful that I was okay

and able to stand up and walk away.

The greatest memory I have of Scott is

when he emerged from the hospital.

Came walking out of the
hospital about 10 minutes later,

he said, Hey man, he goes,
is our car okay for Detroit?

Which was the following race.

He says, our car okay for Detroit?

I said, yeah.

He said, okay, I'm fine.

And it, you know, and that's
kind of his attitude is,

you know, he sort of brushes off the,

the speed bumps, if you will.

He brushes off the speed
bumps and then looks forward.

And you know again that's
part of understanding

what it takes to be a championship driver.

NARRATOR: Very good morning to you,

just after nine o'clock here
at Circuit de la Sarthe.

18 hours done at this year's race,

that means six hours still to go.

SPEAKER: The last lap was very good.

It was climbing pass the
chicane down Mulsanne.

Every race has its challenges

and they all require preparation.

As drivers, you do the best
you can to prepare yourself,

and that includes some
psychological training.

The driver mentally
prepared for a 24 hour race,

many weeks in advance, really.

But it's a mental state of just
knowing how well, you know,

you can perform.

The whole weekend, the
second you leave your house.

Every moment you're trying
to be the fastest guy there.

The fastest time, fastest top speed.

NARRATOR: Car going very rapidly

further down in the category
is the IDEC Sport Racing.

You need the fast drivers to win races

because everybody's pushing so hard.

But I guess really is to understand,

and to have a free mind as you're driving.

When you're racing, you
cannot think of anything else,

but what's going on in front of you.

It pulls everything out of your mindset.

You're physically demanded.

You're mentally demanded.

There's no, in no way, can
you think of something else.

The championship winning
drivers that we've had

have had a clear focus, a
clear focus, a clear goal

and a clear attitude to
perform at the highest level.

(SPEAKING FRENCH) I do
think that Jules has

A very impressive mental strength.

Since he was very young

He told me: "Mum, I want to win Le Mans".

And I said: "You will win
it if it's what you want

Or at least, you will do
your best to achieve it."

To say that to your son
will be a racing driver

or will be good racing driver
is not for sure, you know.

It depends of the talent of
the guy and the motivation

of the guy.

(SPEAKING FRENCH) There a a
lot of factors in this job

There is the speed

The precision

The stakes

There is a lot of pressure,
and he is able to manage that.

I do a lot of golf
'cause there is something

that is really, for me.

Helping me to stay calm in the race car,

to make the right decision.

As you have to do on the golf course,

every shot is important.

You don't have to lose
your focus for three,

four hours a bit like in a race car.

The sun is just hitting you.

You cannot do anything about it.

But you just try to
get acclimated with it.

And when you have that heat,
like in a race car, around 60,

65 degrees, it's really helpful.

When can I put the AC on again?

Probably not for three
laps, for three laps.

In the golf, you're gonna have one shot,

and that shot is going to determinate,

all the things that coming after.

In the car, it's the same
when you are taking a decision

in your race car,

it's going to give a lot of consequences.

Motor sports is a very mental sport.

It's a precision sport and the
mental health of the driver

you know, it's very important.

You know we take decisions
at 200 miles an hour.

Mentally preparing
yourself absolutely helps

make the right decision in the car.

When you're mentally prepared,

you're on the top of your game.

So your reflexes are much quicker.

Your decision making skills are better.

Ultimately you know when I'm racing now,

I'm trying to think of taking
an advantage of the situation,

rather than giving everything
at every single moment.

And I mostly keep myself out of trouble.

Normally my stints are
good because I'm able

to deal with traffic well
from just kind of judging

the best way to deal with traffic.

In my case, part of my,

the way I attack a race like that is

you always gotta think you can win.

(ENGINE REVS)

Many people ask me,

how does it feel to drive at night

or three, four, 5:00 a.m.?

And you know, typically the, you know,

the adrenaline level is, you know,

it's pumping the whole race.

It's difficult to get sleep.

But also you don't really get tired

until the next day.

The track starts to get warm again.

So you start to feel the
heat of the, of noon,

that is tough on the body.

And you've already done, I
dunno, 18 hours of racing.

And that's where your body kinda starts

to send a signal that this is tough.

But you know, we work hard for it.

We prepare ourselves and mentally you,

you know, you extract every
bit of energy that you have,

you have inside.

(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING)

SPEAKER: Driver change.

We have a 10-second penalty
to serve for slow zone,

full cause yellow violation.

The race is seen from
Mexico, as you know.

Something really far difficult to achieve,

and Mexico is a country
that it's in, in need of,

of good examples of success.

It's a country that has great people,

but they also have a lot of troubles

and people need the inspiration.

At least I try with what
I do in motor sports

to inspire people, for people to know

they can achieve their
dreams at any level.

Not only locally, but
also internationally.

I've been able to lift the
Mexican flag many times

in the podium and that's been great.

And when we do this,
it's always front covers

in the newspapers.

(SPEAKING SPANISH) Here we
are back in Central Fox Nitro

And we are pleased to introduce you

To one of the great figures
of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The great Mexican champion Memo Rojas.

Hi Memo, how are you?

It's a pleasure to be here,
thank you for the invitation.

It's our pleasure.

Memo, Mexico has a great tradition

In the 24 Hours of Le
Mans, for many reasons.

For the Rodriguez Brothers,

For all the heritage that has been there.

At the 24 Hours at the
La Sarthe racetrack.

The important thing is not to win Le Mans

But for Le Mans to let
you win the 24 Hours.

Is that true?

That sentence you've just said,

Was one of the first thing
that I heard about Le Mans.

Is that Le Mans chooses you

You don't win Le Mans, Le
Mans chooses the winner.

NARRATOR: Good afternoon, everybody,

as we heard towards the
last three hours sprint

to the flag.

(DRILLING TIRES)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Nyck de Vries straight
off in the barrier.

Racing Team Nederland
they can't believe it.

That is straight off
the car, did not steer.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Driver change, 63 car, the remaining car

is still in victory contention.

Unbelievable heroics from
Nyck de Vries after the car

was dragged out in the gravel,

he's got it back into the pit.

And now there's trouble for Corvette.

Jan Magnussen is off
in the Porsche Curves.

So many people have made the same error.

Does he avoid the wall?

No.

And that might spell the end of any hopes

of a yellow car winning this race.

I guess in endurance it
really makes a difference

not to be one of those
people that crash a lot.

I think there's only so much
room for having accidents when

you're in endurance racing,
no matter how fast you are.

The prototypes are,

they are almost like a
bigger single seater.

They are heavier of course,

but they are extremely
fast on the straights.

In a certain way we have
similar amount of performance

on the corners.

They are very, very aerodynamic cars.

But, single seaters they
feel lighter and nimbler.

Prototypes they're still
a little bit heavier,

a little bit more built
for endurance rather than,

than sprint racing.

Although having said that we have 24 hours

of pushing every lap.

It's not like the old days where the cars

are the reliability issues.

Now the cars are so strong

you can just really push every lap,

And it feels like, it feels
like a long sprint race.

Going back to Monaco is,

from a busy race, from
busy schedule that I have

is actually almost like
coming back to a holiday place

in a certain way.

It's a beautiful place
so I can enjoy, you know,

just looking at the sea, so peaceful,

having, you know, a sunset.

It's a place where I can really
discharge and recharge again

with the energy for next big
round of travel and events.

I'm very proud to be, an
ambassador for McLaren Automotive.

We just recently unveiled
the McLaren Senna,

which is an amazing piece of engineering.

But also a great tribute to Ayrton.

Ayrton always wanted
to make a car with his,

with his name on it.

And I guess McLaren couldn't
be any better of a partner.

They are really the best partner

we could find for sure for this.

I went to the design studio

to see what they were up to there,

and this car was in the clay.

So it was like the very
early stages of development

and they gave me the brief of the car,

what you're supposed to be,

what you're supposed to represent.

And this was supposed to be
the most track-focused car

McLaren has ever made for the road.

It's super light, super
powerful, massive downforce.

So massive performance
figures for a road car.

Making an iconic road car
with Mclaren really helped so

much to keep Ayrton's memory,

his image and his legacy alive.

Being part of this development was a real,

a real high point in my career for sure.

(EPIC MUSIC)

It's a special car from many,
many perspectives for me.

I think, you know,

it's hard to put a description
on the feeling of having,

of owning this one.

Because it's a rare car.

It's a real special car.

It carries, of course my
family name on the back.

I don't think many people can
say that, apart from Ferrari.

But you know, it's really an achievement.

I'm very fortunate to have
been part of development

of other McLaren cars,

but this one is particularly
special in my heart.

So I'm sure that this will
be in my garage forever.

(ENGINE REVS)

Ford decided to come
back into endurance racing

with the Ford GT program.

And they joined forces
with Chip Ganassi and

a very fast raced team,

and as well as very fast drivers.

To be a part of, you know, 12 drivers

that were lucky enough to
be part of that lineup.

You know, I think this
is was very special.

But you know, it's the
track, it's the speed.

It's the, you know, the cool
cars, it's the atmosphere.

It's the people. It's just everything.

Well, certainly to be chosen by Ford,

to be the team to run the
car is, was really an honor.

It meant a lot to Ford
motor company in 1966,

and it meant a lot today as
well in 2016 when we were there.

With what Ford did with
that whole program, you know,

through the course of those four years.

What manufacturers bring as
far as pushing the boundaries

to try and go back 50 years later

to replicate what they did in 1966,

is that just that concept
is cool to be a part of.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Chip Ganassi's goal
with the Ford program,

has got to be just to win.

Do they want to repeat
what happened before?

Of course they wanted to win again.

They wanted to dominate
just like they had before.

Every weekend we go to the
racetrack, it's about winning.

You know that's why we're in this sport.

If you're not winning,
I wouldn't have a job.

I was doing okay when I
was behind their Porsche.

You know, I really admire Chip and

his push to be the best.

Scott Dixon's second home
is Chip Ganassi's race shop.

He's been there since he's 22

and that's where it's cars prepared,

that's where their fitted for him.

That's where all the weights are done

with him inside the car.

Welcome to the Chip
Ganassi racing workshop.

This is where we do the IndyCar program,

and to the Ford GT program right now.

Le Mans 24 is absolutely
won at Le Man in France.

But where does it start?

It starts back at every
race car driver's home,

at all the race shops.

There are hundreds of people
working on all of these cars.

Chip Ganassi is an extremely
accomplished race team.

So they keep everything in house.

They have their IndyCar program

and their Ford GT program
all under the same roof,

working with all the same
guys and the same machines.

It is a equation that
they know how to win.

And so they keep it within that equation

and they do a really good job of it.

Lots goes on.

You know there's a lot of a,

this is where everything
is kind of coming and going

and getting prepped for for the season.

But it's always nice to see some of where

the team started and
some of the significant,

well iconic races that
they've won throughout.

After every win we do a
picture with a plaque that has

the winning driver and the chassis number

and the date, and what race track,

we won the race at.

The pictures go all the
way around the building,

come back up.

This is our, our second roll of pictures,

and it goes back around and
there's over 200 pictures

on the wall right now.

But yeah, I've been lucky
enough to be part of

the 100th win celebration,

which was in Nashville I believe.

And then the 200th win, which we got

was it was last year I think

Daytona?

We won in Daytona in the Ford GT program

with Richard and Ryan.

So what makes Scott Dixon special

is first and foremost, he
knows how to win races.

Couple that with there
are a lot of drivers

that know how to win races.

Not a lot of drivers know
how to win championships.

So there's a difference there.

Scott knows how to win championships.

We used to have a driver named
Alex Zanardi that was very

similar to Scott and
Zanardi would say Chip,

he'd say, I need to know when to go,

and I need to know when to whoa.

And I think Scott is the same way.

He knows when to push and when not to.

So I think, I think that's something

that a championship driver
and that's a quality

that a championship driver might have.

Having an athlete that you're like-minded

brings a lot with that.

A lot of that congruency
is the foundation for speed

and for success and for wins.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: LMP2 battle.

For the lead, G-Drive
versus Signatech Alpine.

Brave stuff from Andre Negrao
in the Signatech Alpine,

in the blue 36 car.

He was on the dirt, filth on the tires,

he still managed to get down the inside

and he drives for the race lead.

Roman Rusinov in the
orange and black machine

now in second place.

Winning a 24 hour race
is more than just winning

a sprint race or a 200 mile race.

Every situation that
you've had during a season.

Every situation on the track,
every situation with the car.

Every situation with tires, engines,

people, competitors,
weather, track conditions.

Every situation that you have
during a championship run

of a season, you have
in 24 hours at Le Mans.

You cannot afford to make the
wrong decision and strategy.

So that's why you have to
kind of work at how am I going

to get to the hour 24 mark,
with least amount of errors.

These races are all about
reducing potential for error.

And for me the guy that
wins is usually the guy

who's made the least number of mistakes.

If you prepare well enough,

then you can cover most eventualities.

If you don't prepare,
then you prepare to fail.

NARRATOR: Car is
ready, but it won't start.

Back into the garage.

This could cost them victory.

Lead up the blue car, Signatech
Alpine at Nico La Pierre.

Jose Maria Lopez is on pit road.

He has only just stopped, he's
come in after just one lap.

What's going on? They've
changed the right front tire.

Topped up with fuel away he goes.

Just that one tire.

JOSE: It should be the reading
is coming from the sensor.

TEAMMATE: Are you sure?

(RADIO BREAKING UP) OK, come
back slowly, come back slowly.

NARRATOR: Look in his
steering, it still says puncture.

Have they change the wrong tire?

Confusion reigns at Toyota.

They don't know what's going
on with the number seven car.

Is it a sensor issue?

There is the number seven,
creeping back to pit.

Number eight takes the lead
in the final hour of the race.

Unbelievable scenes.

It's a whole team effort,
these 24 hour races.

The drivers can't do it on their own.

We can't do it without the drivers.

But we have to give the drivers the tools

where he can perform,

at the level that he needs to perform at.

If we don't give them the
tool, they can't do the job.

No matter if you're the
greatest driver in the world.

If the tires are flat, you're
not going to go very fast.

NARRATOR: It sounds as
though the number seven

will now not win Le Mans 2019.

This race is so difficult

and so hard for the drivers,

for the crew members, for the engineers,

for the strategists, for the managers.

It's so hard and so difficult,

and that's why it's so
emotional to win this race.

It's a sport where one
guy makes a difference,

but there is a massive team behind him,

and it's a real, real
group sport, team sport.

So for me, I think the whole
thing makes it special.

But I guess the number one is just because

I love to drive the cars on its limits.

That's what gives me the massive pleasure

to be a racing driver.

Motor sports is just another arena

to show or find your limits.

For me, finding the ultimate lap,

the perfect setup or the perfect race

is one way of seeking perfection.

NARRATOR: 15 minutes from the end.

Maybe the number 51 Ferrari
will do what Ferrari did

70 years ago.

When they claimed their first
outright win at Le Mans.

It has been a really, really hard

and long journey to become
a professional driver.

This year, being able to complete again,

those name was something
that I was really proud of,

'cause I was seeing them
on TV, on the magazine.

And I was always dreaming that one day

I will be with them.

On the past years, I could
see that everything was done

by him to do the things properly.

It's my biggest passion.

I was going to sleep thinking about it,

waking up thinking about it.

So when I was in the ligne
droite des Hunaudieres

for the first time,

just behind the Ford of Scott Dixon.

I was like okay, I made the first step,

which is to do the first
time at the Le Mans.

Let's see if I can do
the second step later.

Jules, has a good head.

It's his first year here,

but I think he realizes just
how important the races is

for him, for his career.

We are a team and that's
where I like to see that.

I could stay in that car to sleep on it.

I mean, I was, that was
the best day of my life.

Achieving a win in Le
Mans would mean anything.

You know I sometimes joke
that if I win Le Mans

I will retire, but I don't think so.

You know you've got
the best in the world

all competing you know on that one day

to try and win that race.

And a lot of the times
it's almost impossible.

In motor sports you need to be good,

but you also need to be lucky.

And sometime Le Mans gets to choose.

(EPIC MUSIC)

Interestingly, racing is a sport that,

that rewards tenure.

(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)

♪ Maybe all of this was in my genes ♪

♪ A life of racing, it was my dreams ♪

♪ Now to the flames into my eyes ♪

♪ No nothing was given for free ♪

♪ Can I balance my life with this? ♪

♪ Racing driver is who I am ♪

♪ This is the time to become who you are ♪

♪ No turning back here's
the moment to shine ♪

♪ Let's surpass yourself ♪

♪ If you wanna win ♪

♪ Racing is always in my head ♪

♪ I am becoming someone else ♪

♪ I want to feel the risk again ♪

♪ Competition is driving me ♪

♪ I feel prepared and I like it ♪

♪ Ans I do not fear the danger ♪

♪ This is the time to become who you are ♪

♪ No turning back it's
the moment to shine ♪

♪ Let's surpass yourself
if you wanna win ♪

♪ Under pressure, I feel alive ♪

♪ Consecration is all I dream ♪

♪ It's time, I become who I am ♪

♪ This is the time to become who you are ♪

♪ No turning back it's
the moment to shine ♪

♪ Let's yourself if you wanna win ♪

NARRATOR: Jules Gounon
is remarkably happy.

What a day.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

If I hadn't been a professional driver,

I guess I would have been an astronaut.

Because when I was a kid,

before I wanted to be a race car driver,

I wanted to be an astronaut
because I was obsessed with

space and I said I wanted
to go to the moon so.

So, I think I would do, I
would be there in a spaceship.

Maybe.

I'm obviously a bit
of a geek nerd type guy.

So I like computers,
I like the technology,

I like this type of things.

But actually knowing exactly what I'll do.

It's pretty tricky.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

You know technology is something

that I really love these days.

But yeah I dunno.

I'm just very happy that this worked out.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

(SPEAKING FRENCH) Jules always
pretended he wanted to be

an aircraft pilot

So believed him,

And he fooled us.