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The streets
of exotic Hong Kong

normally hum to the tune
of fossil‐fueled traffic.

But this weekend,
those streets form a racing circuit

for the all‐electric
racing series, Formula E.

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‐ How you doing? Pleasure, welcome.
- Thank you very much.

Great to meet you.
‐ How are you doing?

He can roll out,
pull out to the bridge.

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It's Jean‐Éric Vergne
on pole position

for the Techeetah Team,
his fifth pole position...

Right here?
- Yeah. Here is better.

- Okay.
- Because like this

we don't get the fence.

We have the trees,
but we don't get the fence.

Activation
of the start procedure.

We are waiting for lights
to start the race.

And, uh, well, we do have
a very long pause here,

so I wonder if there is...

some kind of issue.

‐ Come on.

‐ What's going on?
- Hello?

Is there a light problem?



But we don't actually
have any information.

Roger, what the fuck
happened?

‐ The lights failed.
‐ Who the fuck is responsible

for the lights?
‐ Albon and Rafael.

‐ I'm gonna fucking kill them.
Where are they?

‐ Albon was just down there.

‐ Formula E could've been created by two kind of people,

either "environmentalists"
or racing people.

It was created by me,
racing guy.

But it gets the best of both.

The first time
I thought about Formula E,

I was working in Formula 1.

I loved it.

I love the world
of motor racing.

I was trying to amaze
this company

to become a sponsor
of Formula 1,

and in every emails
they were saying,

"We cannot be involved with Formula 1 because it's polluting.

"We cannot be involved with Formula 1 because of the CO2.

"We cannot be involved
with Formula 1

because it's not environmentally‐friendly.
We cannot..."

And then I thought,
"We have a problem."

I said, "We need to find
a green Formula 1."

Because if we can find
a green Formula 1,

that's where the big business
for the future is going to be.

I started Formula E
with Jean Todt,

the president of the FIA,
and when we announced it,

everyone thought
we were gonna go bust.

‐ Everybody thought he was mad.
I did.

I thought it was‐‐
that it was an impossible task.

‐ The thing is the people...

the first impression
they have for motor racing‐‐

it's the noise.

There's no noise
on electric formula.

‐ I was just like,
oh, I don't know.

I mean, it would be cool
if this happened, but...

I didn't think
that they would have the neck

to come out and say
the planet is dying

and we have to do something.

But there's no question

that that was the whole
premise of the series.

‐ Like I say,
I'm not an environmentalist.

I'm a racing man,
but I do worry about the environment.

So if I can put both
together...

fantastic.

Whatever the problems were

appear to be resolved.

It looks as though we are
getting ready to go racing.

‐ 50 seconds.
- Ready, ready.

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And we go green in Hong Kong.

It's a good start
from Vergne.

He's gonna hold the lead on the run down to Tamar Park.

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The Formula E
season is 12 races

in the heart of ten of the biggest cities in the world...

20 drivers from 10 teams

fighting to be the champion
of the season.

And this year, season four,

starts with two races
in Hong Kong.

I've driven Formula 1.

Now with Formula E,

it's the hardest car I've
ever had to drive in my life.

You go into every braking zone

not fully knowing what the car is going to do underneath you.

The pure technique of driving an electric car to the limit

is much more precise.

The throttle response
is instantaneous.

‐ Every race
is a street track,

and street racing is‐‐
is rare.

And not only that,
it's in the city center,

so the margin for mistake
is very, very small or none.

You are driving flat out,
but you are trying to consume

as little energy
as humanly possible.

Uh, Jev has less energy.
Start to use more energy.

‐ It's like playing chess
at 200 kilometers per hour.

Almost every guy in here
is a previous F1 driver,

which obviously is
the top echelon of motorsport.

And here comes André Lotterer.

This is his first race
in Formula E.

‐ This is a total new thing,
completely different.

Cars are really difficult
to drive.

So, yeah, it's going to be
a steep learning curve.

The sound of the engine is usually a speed reference

for you when you go through
a corner...

but that one is gone.

But, yeah, I'm pretty excited.

André, are you okay?

Yeah. Fuck.

This is fucking dangerous,
man.

The Frenchman,
Jean‐Éric Vergne, known as Jev,

moves into the lead.

JEAN‐ÉRIC VERGNE:
You need to be aggressive.

The moment you decide
to relax...

instead of going
very close to the wall,

I'm gonna take, like,
10 centimeters margin‐‐

this is the moment
where you get fucked.

Jean‐Éric Vergne
still leading the way.

Sam Bird alongside him.

These two were teammates once.

A lot of history
between those two drivers.

‐ Jev is the most
difficult guy to overtake.

He won't give an inch.

Ooh, hoo‐hoo‐hoo‐hoo!

A late, late defense there.

With Jev, it's better
to maneuver him into an area

where he then feels like
he's secure...

and then strike.

Did a little look‐‐
To the inside!

There he goes up the inside.
Great move from Sam Bird!

JEAN‐ÉRIC:

Did it, boys.
Well done.

Sam Bird wins in Hong Kong!

There's your winner.

Sam Bird for the DS Virgin
Racing Team

takes victory and the 25 points that come with it.

It's second for
Jean‐Éric Vergne, 21 points.

The driver who wins

the most points

at the end of 12 races

will win the championship.

JEAN‐PAUL: Jean‐Éric Vergne
is a very special guy.

He's just, uh, sometimes
a little bit crazy.

My sort of
nickname for Jev‐‐

I call him a fuckin' nightmare.

A lot of journalists
will tell you

that Jev is really moody,

and Jev definitely is
an emotional driver.

‐ He's the Frenchest
French I know.

That says a lot of things
about him.

Jev was really angry

when he first bid
in Formula E.

He was furious that he'd been
dropped from Formula 1,

and certainly, it's very good
for Jean‐Éric

to have a teammate
who he can be really close to.

So this year
you have a new teammate.

JEAN‐ÉRIC: Uh, yeah, André,
André Lotterer.

Obviously, I've heard of him
when I was a kid.

He's older than me, and, uh,

is some sort of legend
in sports college.

He's won
in everything's done,

and he's driven everything.

Look at his CV.
He's driven everything.

André was three‐time
Le Mans winner.

So he was considered the best

endurance driver
of the planet.

Very successful
at sports cars.

Very successful in Japan.

André Lotterer.

‐ He's a super
good‐looking guy,

and he looks really,
really easy‐‐no tension,

always smiling.

It's his first year
in Formula E,

so I have no doubt he will be
having a tough time.

Maybe.

‐ "Hey, are you
ignoring me now?"

‐ Which way you going?
‐ I'm sorry.

‐ André, photo.

Photo.
Superstar.

Superstar!

‐ Bonjour!
JEAN‐ÉRIC: That's my dad.

‐ Bonsoir!

JEAN‐ÉRIC: Okay, let's go,
let's meet Papa.

‐ If we continue this way...

JEAN‐ÉRIC: We didn't grow up the same way as all the other kids.

I was here,
I was doing karting,

I was preparing the races,

I was mounting my chassis,
my go‐karts,

and then on the weekend,
I was gone for racing.

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
It was very clear to me

that I need to give up
everything I do

and focus hundred percent
on the racing.

Formula 1‐‐that was my dream,
that's what I wanted to do.

Why do they all
feel like Formula 1 is it?

‐ Because it has been it.

Formula 1 is the pinnacle
of the sport.

It's the most
technologically advanced.

It's the fastest cars,
the most dynamic cars.

It's the biggest version
of our sport that there is,

and drivers, when they're young,
it's what they all aspire to.

When you were a kid,
what was your dream?

‐ Formula 1 driver, obviously,

like every kid
at the beginning.

‐ Any sport is like a triangle.

You've got all these kids
down here‐‐

they wanna make it there.

That's‐‐that's the thing.

When I was growing up,
it was Formula 1,

and there's 20 guys.

So the chance of getting there,

to the most exclusive club
in the world,

is very, very difficult.

Sam is the underdog,
isn't he?

He loves to think of himself
as that guy that's,

"Yeah, I‐I probably
shouldn't be here,"

which he should‐‐
he's a really good driver.

He was fantastic in the category below Formula 1.

Then he never kind of quite
got that little bit of luck.

Most racing drivers
are posh.

Sam is not.

He came up the karting scene

and was picked up
by talent scouts.

The boyhood dream was
to win races in Formula 1.

Now, that's...
that's not gonna happen.

There's more chance of me....

going to the moon on a banana.

Like, seriously, that's‐‐
that's about as much chance

as I've got of being
in that world again.

And I love what I do.

Why‐‐why would I...
why would I change my life

to be back in that
shark‐infested nasty pool?

- Gracias.
- Gracias.

‐ My favorite.
Vegan life.

Vegan life is so good.

Some drivers,
they like the fame

of being a racing driver
and they‐‐

and their dream
is to be in Formula 1.

My dream is to race.

If I'm gonna race go‐karts
the rest of my life

and earn my money,
I'm happy doing that.

Tell me about Nelson Piquet.

‐ Nelson Piquet, Jr?
‐ Junior.

‐ Yeah, junior, absolutely.
Nelson Piquet, Jr.

I thought you were
talking about senior.

Good‐looking boy, fast.

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One of the things
with Nelson is

that there's another guy
called Nelson Piquet‐‐

his dad.

Nelson's kind of always
been in his shadow.

That's my dad's helmet
from early '80s.

He won three
world championships.

Geez, it's decomposing.

Racing is his life.

Nelson will race anything.

I'm a pure racer,
you know?

It doesn't matter if I race
Formula E, Formula 1, a...

a truck.

I love racing.

It's Nelson Piquet,
Jr. Winning,

and his second cup series win.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Yeah, that was a win!

Yes!
Yes, yes, yes!

The design of the teardrop
runs in our family.

It started with
my dad's helmet design.

You know, it has one
over here was the...

the stripe
that goes around the helmet

and then there's another
teardrop on the top.

So when I won the championship,
I did‐‐I did the tattoo

of the teardrop,
which is on our helmets

but was a circuit board inside

because of the first
electric world champion.

‐ There's so many drivers
who are in Formula E

for a redemption story...

Nelson almost more than
anyone.

Renault's actions at last year's Singapore grand prix

have taken sport to a new low.

That's Nelson Piquet‐‐

Oh, big crash!

Nelson crashed
in Formula 1

so that his teammate had a better chance of taking the title.

It was a massive scandal,

and by the point
that Nelson cleared his name

in court,
it was too late.

He never got another drive
in Formula 1.

When that happened to you,

did you think, like,
your racing career was over?

‐ No, I don't know, um...

It was nearly a bad dream
or something,

and I‐I didn't really know
what to do.

I was just kind of going
with the flow, you know.

Everybody's telling you
to do something, so I mean...

you're 21, you're 22.

You know?
What the hell are you gonna do?

When I joined Formula E,
it was tough in the beginning

because, you know,
I had a lot of drivers,

like, a little bit against me.

They thought that because
of problems I had in F1

it would have been bad formally to have me over there.

I had guys like Lucas trying
to push everything he could

to get me out.

I'd never seen
anything like that in a sport,

uh... such a big conspiracy.

He was underperforming.

He was not performing well,
and he was gonna get fired.

Somebody said,
"Crash on purpose,

and you can stay
one more year."

He was putting his life
in danger,

maybe the life of
other people in danger.

Crashing for somebody else
to win a race

or for you to renew
a contract‐‐I would not do it.

Lucas di Grassi‐‐
what can I say about him?

The guy feels a bit entitled.

He's so... arrogant

and, uh, he's a little bit
condescending

to the other drivers.

‐ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11‐‐

This is only half
of the Formula E trophies.

The other half is in Brazil.

‐ And this is why
the others don't like him.

I'm different
from the other drivers.

Racing is part of my life.
It's not my whole life.

For me, it was, uh,
a lifestyle that I wanted to achieve.

Lucas likes the image
of the professor.

He likes the image of somebody
who's very technically aware.

He is‐‐he's a really,
really smart dude.

‐ You designed this?
‐ Yeah, it's my company.

‐ Where's the battery?
‐ The battery stays inside the frame.

It has regenerative braking
like the Formula E car.

I was the first driver to join

Formula E with Alejandro.

In the first year of Formula E,
pretty much all the drivers

talked bullshit about Formula E
in the very beginning.

Say, "Electric‐‐I'm never
gonna drive that."

They realized later that, uh,
this is the future

and there's no way
of getting around it.

If you want to be
a professional driver,

you need to be where
the manufacturers are,

and the manufacturers,
they want to develop electric cars‐‐

that's why they are
in Formula E.

This is a‐‐year '91.
It's a Testarossa 512.

It's a‐‐it's a super classic,
yeah.

Was my dream car
when I was a kid.

What about fuel consumption?

These cars were like
3 kilometers per liter,

something ridiculous, yeah.

Electric cars
are more efficient.

They are better
for an environment,

and they are better overall.

So there is no way back.

Right now, the Formula E car
goes up to maybe 220 kph,

but in five years
it has the potential

to be the fastest cars
on the planet,

and the combustion engine
will not be able to catch up.

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The revolution is coming.

It's just a question of time.

Climate change is real,

and people are starting
to wake up.

Here we are.

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But one of the biggest things

still keeping people
from buying electric cars

is range anxiety‐‐

basically,
people getting nervous

that the battery's
going to die.

So what we're focusing on
in Formula E

is to make more efficient
and longer‐lasting batteries.

When we started Formula E,
the problem was

that in the world,
there were no batteries

that could, um...

feed the energy to a race car
for longer than 25 minutes.

So we needed the races
to last about an hour.

We came up with kind of
a very simplistic approach.

We said let's give two cars
to every driver.

When they finish the battery
of the first car,

they jump out and they go
to the second car.

But always,
always our objective was

to eliminate that change.

Now we are saying
next season, season 5,

we're gonna do the entire race
with just one car.

With McLaren,
we are working on a new,

revolutionary battery
that can last the whole race.

This is the biggest bet
we've done,

and we will test it
in a few months.

And this battery
really needs to work,

because Mercedes and Porsche

have agreed to enter
next year's championship

because we are going
from two cars to one car.

‐ The thing that people need
to understand about motorsport

is that it has always
been an incubator

for things
that end up in road cars.

And there's so many
track‐to‐road stories,

I mean, disc brakes, seatbelts,
deformable crash structures.

All kinds of technology was
pioneered by the racetrack

and has ended up
on everybody's road cars.

That's why the manufacturers
are getting involved

because this is a series which is going in the same direction

as the automotive industry,
which is pivoting towards electric.

Imagine, you take a series

where the drivers actually
have to physically change cars

because of range anxiety
at the start of the series,

but by season five,

you've got a battery that will
go the whole way through.

What an amazing story
that would be

to tell the world
about how this racing series

could really accelerate
technology.

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JEAN‐ÉRIC:

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Look at the crowds
coming into the circuit

at Marrakesh.

Lotta celebrities on hand.

How about Legolas himself,
Orlando Bloom,

one of a number
of high‐profile personalities

on hand this weekend.

No pictures‐‐

It's very important

to have personalities
and celebrities at the races.

Having those persons

makes it easier
to get to the big public.

How you doing?
A pleasure to meet you.

Leo has come
every season to a race.

I don't know he could
be involved with

any other kind of
motor racing.

I remember
when I had the first Tesla.

It was basically stacks
of cell phone batteries,

and it would heat up
immediately

as I went up the hill
to my house.

‐ For race cars, we have to
design a whole cooling system

that is super‐advanced...

‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ To cool the battery.

And that can be then used
for the road cars

to make them much better.

‐ Wow.
‐ Yeah, there you go.

And so what are concrete

actual advancements
since starting?

‐ The cars have like a brain...
‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ That is the one
that coordinates the battery

and the electric motor.

Every car has the same battery

and the same chassis,
the same body,

but every team develops
its own powertrain

and its own software.

And it basically
tells the battery

how much energy
to send to the electric motor

and manages also
the temperature.

It's a whole kind
of management system

of the electric powertrain.

Those, they take
the software from here,

they put it on the road car.

‐ So it's no longer
mechanics

and guys that can essentially
make the fastest car.

It's almost like
a tech race now.

‐ It's a tech race.

And actually,
that's one of the key elements of competition‐‐

how well they manage
the energy,

because we want saved energy

to be one of the key elements
of winning a race.

Because the only way
to motivate these big companies

to develop more and more
technologies‐‐

to make them fight against
each other to win.

Mahindra‐‐
I've heard a lot about them.

‐ Very strong, really strong.
‐ Yeah?

‐ Yeah, they're Indians.
A great company from India.

They make cars,
they make trucks,

they make tuk‐tuks.

They're one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world.

‐ How are you?

In Asia,
population is exploding.

Pollution in the cities
is terrible.

So electric cars
are a huge deal in Asia.

For example, Nio is
a young Chinese company

that is setting itself up
to be a massive producer

of electric cars
for the Chinese market.

Jaguar had never
made an electric car

before they entered Formula E.

It was certainly
a good way of announcing

that they were gonna make
electric cars.

Renault were the only
manufacturers

that came in
right at the start.

Everyone was a bit like, "Oh,
diddling around in Formula E cars, Renault?

That's very French of you."

JEAN‐PAUL:
Everybody was telling us

"It will never work,"
and we said, look,

if it works, then you will
look like stupid

and you will bite your fingers

because you didn't follow us
right at the beginning.

Now Formula E
has manufacturers cueing up

to make that fastest race car.

So there is no question

that the technology
will be in showrooms

in a couple of years.

Many people say,
"Formula E, electric cars,

cool, whatever, but where
is the energy coming from?"

To really have the full circle,

you need to use
an electric car,

but you need to use it
with renewable energy.

You see those chimneys there?

Yeah.
- Those are the generators‐‐no smoke.

We looked into using
solar energy,

but you cannot produce
the energy with solar

fast enough
to charge the cars.

We looked also at hydrogen,

but the fuel cells,
they cannot fly.

If you put them on a plane,
with a change of pressure, the membrane breaks.

We found this glycerin
from sea algae and cooking oil

called Aquafuel.

We could now run a city
of about 2,000 homes...

- Mm‐hmm.
- Only with this.

‐ How does it generate energy?

I‐I don't quite understand.

‐ Right.

And it uses this.

This is the fuel we use,
Aquafuel,

and the funny thing is,
you can taste it.

And the generator...

almost like
a normal generator,

but it produces no emissions.

‐ So you don't need to
tap into the grid,

which goes back to
the main problem

which is where do you
source your energy from?

Are you burning coal or‐‐
‐ Exactly.

Fish, you wanna try?

‐ So it's sweet.
‐ Yeah, sweet.

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Pole position
for Sébastien Buemi.

Alongside him on the front row

is Britain's Sam Bird
for the DS Virgin team.

And we go green in Marrakesh!

It's a good start
from Rosenqvist.

He cuts towards the inside.
Good start from di Grassi as well.

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‐ Because of the way
the systems work in Formula E

with the regenerative braking‐‐

which means that
whenever they brake,

the batteries charge‐‐

the driver has to learn
how to drive that car

in a very, very different way

than what he would, uh,
an internal combustion engine car.

Every time
you use power,

you're taking...
little bit out of the battery.

But when you regen,

you take it out
and then you put...

a little bit back in.

And if you're good
at saving the energy,

you'll have a little bit more
compared to the opposition.

It's something
that makes it very different,

so even though
they're the best in the world,

they still come in here

and they still have to learn
how to redrive this car.

It's been
a steep learning curve.

You have to focus so much
on the energy.

And learning new tracks
between these walls,

it's like... "Are you ever
gonna feel good about this?"

Pressure's on,

but it doesn't mean
I'll change my approach.

André, are you okay?

‐ Um... I'm out of power here.

Rosenqvist,
the Mahindra driver,

wins in Marrakesh!

I think maybe
André did kind of think

that Formula E might be
easier than it is.

I mean, after Marrakesh,

did I think André
was gonna last the season?

Maybe not.

Even if you finish badly,
you wanna finish the race.

To have to walk back
along the tra‐‐

I mean, it's just embarrassing.

Maybe I should
get a press kit?

No, no, no.

I should have walked back and jumped in the other one, right?

Is that legal? ‐ Can you do that?
‐ No, you can't.

You need to come here
with your first car.

‐ Okay.

JEAN‐ÉRIC: Read the rules.
- Well, you know,

I found this job where I didn't
need to study anything, so...

‐ What?

How w‐‐
how did you do today?

‐ What I did today
was just a perfect days,

and, uh, when you do a perfect
day that you finish fifth,

means you cannot win
a championship like this.

So... I'm gonna push the team
very hard

to try and improve it,
uh, try and win races

because we have to win races

if you wanna win
a championship.

And right now, we're not
in position to do so.

‐ But keep the positive
attitude.

‐ Actually, no.

‐ No?
‐ Sometimes you need to push the team...

‐ Yeah.
‐ Show the angry face.

Because if you look happy
all the time,

then people think, you know,
there is nothing to work on.

The sound
of victory, right?

Yeah.
JEAN‐ÉRIC: Great sound.

‐ When you win.

‐ It's good for them.
It's a good team.

Is it very important for Jev to win in Formula E?

When Jev first
became in Formula 1,

of course, I was very happy.

But immediately, I think

it would be very difficult because he was not in a good team.

We didn't talk together
too much because, uh,

I think he didn't see
the reality.

At 20 years old,

he have camera right in front
of him from everybody

and he was losing his head
a little bit.

Fundamentally,
the Red Bull program

found him lacking for whatever
their reasons are.

So they dropped him
in the usual way that they do.

Once you start being
questioned on your skill,

once you start being questioned on your commitment,

once you get, like, the head
of the junior program

trash talking you in the press‐‐ which Jev absolutely did,

he got called lazy‐‐

and he got hospitalized
because you're trying to

starve yourself down to your
teenage teammate's weight‐‐

like, that's fucked up.

Voilà.

I don't think that Techeetah
has a strong chance

of winning the championship.

I think they're too small.

I think they're a good team
and they have good drivers,

but I think‐‐I don't think
they have the resources

to win the championship.

‐ Okay, André,
you're probably still...

too forward at the moment.

We just moved flats
because the baby's coming.

It's ready.
This is the baby room.

You already got it.

‐ Yeah, so we are just building
up so we have some stuff.

Super exciting, actually.

I don't have a lot
of worries for the future.

I think technology
will solve a lot of issues.

But there are a lot of
questions, a lot of problems.

Climate change is one.

So there'll be a lot
of question marks, uh,

for my son.

When he's 40 or 30,

the world will be
completely different.

How did you
get into racing?

Was your father
a race car driver?

No.
Growing up in Brazil,

there was two things we did
during the weekend.

We watched football,

and we watched Formula 1
'cause of Senna.

Ayrton Senna
was a Brazilian icon.

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He was three‐time
world champion,

and the impact
that this guy has

on the‐‐on Brazilian people

was so huge.

When Senna died,
Brazil stopped.

After that, I started taking
racing more seriously.

But on top of it,

I wanted to impact people
in a positive way

the same way Senna did.

And I can do that by racing.

I think my dad
had a lot against Senna.

They had their rivalry
back in the day.

In those days,
those guys were...

in a way, superheroes.

I think racing
was so cool those days

because they sat in cars
that were

as fast as Formula 1 cars
are nowadays,

but they were 1/4 of safety.

They would lose
one or two friends a year.

And Senna was one of the last drivers that passed away.

My dad didn't race
for Brazil.

My dad raced for himself.

He raced
because he loved racing

because the money was good,
because you had fun.

ANNOUNCER
And then out goes Piquet!

My goodness!

My dad, when he
didn't like something,

didn't like somebody
for a reason, that was it.

Oh, my goodness!

That gave him a lot of bad press at the same time,

but my dad didn't care.

Those are the kinda things
that I did learn from my dad.

You get guys like Lucas...

I'm not gonna pretend
when he comes to a racetrack

and take a picture
and post something‐‐

"Oh, so great to have you
here, my Brazilian friend."

You definitely
tick a nerve with him.

Piquet.

Yeah, we have a long history
of fight each other.

He likes to speak badly about
other drivers in the press.

So every time he says
something bad about myself,

I reply.

And that creates clash,
of course.

‐ I beat him in F3,
I beat him in GP2,

I took his place in F1.

So he got a bit, uh...
he got a bit, uh,

how you call it, uh...

what's the right word, um...

Bitter about it.

My generation in Brazil
when I was a kid

was myself, Nelson Piquet,

and Bruno Senna.

So I had
a Senna and a Piquet

racing against me.

So I never had any sponsorship.

All the sponsorship
from Brazilian companies‐‐

they would go either to Senna
or to Piquet, of course,

because of the names.

My family does not come
from autosports,

so I went the hard way.

And Nelson, on the contrary,

he had everything
very easy in his life.

The father
set up his own team.

He never had the pressure
that I had.

He had a very easy life
on this topic,

because the father knew
exactly how to do it.

Obviously,
I had my dad's influence.

He gave all of us
the same opportunity‐‐

you can race if you want to.
Here's a go‐kart.

Let's see how it goes
for a couple of years.

And if you notice that
you don't love it to your bone,

then he said, "Look,
this is not your thing.

Let's go find something else
for you."

But I loved racing.

So I ended up doing go‐karts
with my mechanics.

My dad was always working,

my mom just taking care
of her own life.

I probably spent more days
with my mechanic

than my dad, for sure.

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♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh ooh ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh ooh ♪♪

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JEAN‐ÉRIC: This city,
you see you can barely see the mountain.

I'm sure it would look
beautiful,

and all you see is pollution.

If you come by here
in 15 years,

this city's on
the electric car,

I can be 100 % sure you're gonna
be able to see the mountain.

How do you feel
about how André's been doing?

‐ You know, he's been unlucky
so far, uh, not scoring points,

but, uh, I know that,
for example,

in the race in Marrakesh,
he was really quick before the car broke down.

And, uh, he will be there,
you know?

He will be as fast as me. I'm very,
you know, I'm sure of that.

Yeah, but you know,
that's motorsport,

that's sport as in general.

You do a good race, you know,
you're the king.

You win a race,
you're the king.

The next race,
you do a mistake...

the second race after,
you also do a mistake,

people start thinking
you're not good anymore.

Some teams, they will be
thinking of

actually replacing you,
which is completely nonsense.

♪♪ ♪♪

They had really
high expectations for me,

obviously, with the results
I had in the past.

The people have no patience
in this sport, you know?

Doesn't matter‐‐
even if you're a rookie,

you always want to be
on the top.

I just need to put
everything together

and it's gonna come.

Welcome to
the inaugural Santiago ePrix.

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

There's our race leader,
Jean‐Éric Vergne.

Second, Nelson Piquet.

In third, the rookie,
André Lotterer.

The Techeetah
of André Lotterer...

Here comes Jev!
- The corner and up the inside...

and Lotterer passes Piquet!

And look at Lotterer.
He's caught up to Jev.

André Lotterer trying to go around the outside of Jean‐Éric...

And the two Techeetah cars
almost collide!

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
Guys, what the fuck was that?

Watching André
and Jev fight...

that was extraordinary
in motorsport‐‐

Don't take out your teammate
is the absolute rule.

And his teammate,
André Lotterer,

is right behind!

Oh, no!
- He's hit him!

The two Techeetahs
hit each other!

And Vergne, does he make it
around the corner yet?

You don't do that
to your teammate.

‐ Usually, the two drivers
from the same team,

they don't touch each other.

He's‐‐he's not touching him.
He was on the top of him.

On the top of him.

Jean‐Éric Vergne
takes the checkered flag,

and for the first time
in Formula E history,

a team takes both first
and second place.

‐ Whoo‐hoo!

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
Yeah, baby, that is so good.

First one, two
in Formula E history.

♪♪ ♪♪

I was running fifth
on the way to a podium.

And then we had another
reliability problem,

and the car stopped.

Oh, di Grassi's
got a problem!

You've got to be kidding me.
- Oh, my goodness.

And that what
happened in Hong Kong.

Lucas di Grassi

pulls over at the side
of the circuit.

And what happened
in Marrakesh.

I have no power again.

No power, no power again.

So all the preparation,
everything that we've done,

all the simulation,
all the training‐‐

everything gone in...
one second.

‐ Nelson, it's been another
successful one for you.

Well done. ‐ Yeah,
I must say I'm really happy

with, uh,
with everybody in the team.

Every weekend, we're gonna
be stronger and stronger.

We need to build up
and, uh, we're gonna be there.

Soon we're gonna be there
back on top of the podium.

‐ I reckon they won't
stay friends like that

for a long time.

‐ Yeah, there's a lotta love
going on there at the moment.

‐ At the moment, yeah, but...
‐ A lotta love.

‐ That's‐‐we'll leave it
to them.

Because they‐‐
Soon it's gonna be‐‐

‐ They're both
very good drivers

and they both have
a very good car,

and they will both be
fighting for the same thing,

and... it doesn't work.

‐ You've always gotta try
and keep your teammate

beneath you, you know,
it's, uh...

It's a funny kind of sport
in that respect.

Your teammate‐‐
you're in a team with him‐‐

and if it's like, you know,
most other team sports,

you know, you're all working
together for a common goal.

In this sport,
you do everything together for a common goal

until the moment on which
you get on the track,

and then you tryin' to beat
the other guy.

There's not many other
sports like that.

Him and André
are best pals,

and it's great that they've‐‐
they've got that.

But, look,
Jev was my teammate.

He was a different person.

Man, that guy had some issues
that year, like mentally.

There were genuinely
times where

at the beginning
of the weekend,

wouldn't say hello
to each other.

We'd just walk in.

It was really strained.

He was in a very dark...
place.

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
Looking where I come from,

I went from, you know,
the little kid that was‐‐

his dream was to go in
Formula 1, and I succeeded.

I was on top of the world,
and I went down to zero.

You know, no more contract,
no more salary,

no more anything.

And, uh... all the friends
I had around myself...

nearly all of them disappeared

in less than one month
when I was out of Formula 1.

Everybody disappeared.

I had to start from zero.

It was disappointing,
and, um...

Yeah, 2014 was really...

shitty for us.

I mean, he lost his dad.
I lost Formula 1.

I...

Lost a friend in Formula 1.

Yeah, it was hard.
Ha.

Who‐‐
who was your friend?

‐ Uh, Jules Bianchi,
French driver.

We started racing to‐‐

Sorry.

One moment.

Was he on your team?

‐ No.

No, no.

It was a hard year, yeah.

No, it's, um...

He was, um...

Sorry, I come back.

I was filming at the time.

It was a horrible day
for‐‐for everybody.

Horrible day.

The weather was very,
very, very bad.

It was raining a lot.

Jev was driving on the track,
and there was a crash.

Sadly, you know, he's‐‐

Jules lost the control
of his car because...

I don't know why.
He lost the control of his car,

and‐‐and his car went
under the crane.

Jules was like
the little brother of Jev.

They were very, very close.

JEAN‐ÉRIC: We grew up together in karting.

We were always
fighting each other.

We were the two French guy
that, you know,

that were gonna make it
to Formula 1.

You know, we felt invincible,
like nothing can happen to us.

And, um...

I was the car in front of him,

and I nearly had exactly
the same thing that he had.

That's why people have seen,
you know, a huge change in me

just because now I take
nothing for granted.

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♪♪ ♪♪

And we go green
in Mexico City!

♪♪ ♪♪

And we go green in Uruguay!

♪♪ ♪♪

Piquet's in the wall!

Oy!

The Jaguar is in the wall.

As they come through
the final corner,

Jean‐Éric Vergne wins

and takes the lead
of the championship.

‐ Aah!
‐ Bravo, bravo.

♪♪ ♪♪

And we go green in Berlin!

It's a decent start
from Daniel Abt.

Lucas di Grassi
looking to the inside...

Oh, Piquet's throwing it away!
- Again!

That's going to cost him
in the standings.

But Lucas di Grassi finishes the race in second place.

Do I sense a comeback?

And Sam Bird
hangs on to third place

in the championship.

Nelson Piquet very frustrated
with his performance.

The season is really starting
to slip away from him.

But Jean‐Éric Vergne
now leads the championship

with five races to go.

♪♪ ♪♪

‐ Spencer.
- How you doing?

‐ Yeah, how are you doing?
‐ My pleasure.

How're you doing?
‐ Rene. Nice to meet you.

Today we're finally
getting our first real look

at the new battery.

Can we see it or not?
‐ Well, let's see.

I don't know if they're operating there.
- If the lid's on.

But we still have to install it in next season's cars

to see if it works.

So this is part of
the chassis, actually.

‐ That's part of
the structure of the car,

so the battery's‐‐part of the body of the car is the battery.

And the technology
has allowed to

double the range
with the same volume.

So with this battery,

we're going to be able
to go twice as far

and much faster‐‐
from 220 to 280 kph.

The dream will be
if this can weigh 2 kilos

instead of 300.

And then you take it from your car,
you put it in your house,

you charge it on the‐‐
like your mobile phone‐‐

you put it back in your car,
and you drive.

That will be
a huge breakthrough.

‐ It's interesting. I didn't know that,
so he adds more‐‐

‐ He's gonna do it. He's gonna do it.
‐ He adds more pressure.

‐ These guys are gonna do it.

In three years, we need
these one in half the size.

Yeah, okay.

This championship,
when we started,

we had to compromise.

Electric racing cars
didn't exist.

We had to do one very fast.

So we did the best we could
with very little time

and also not so much money.

But now, the moment of truth
is coming

to test that battery
and see if it works.

And that's a very visible
demonstration

of how fast
this technology's going,

and it's happening
inside Formula E.

...to get back.

So here we have like
all the accounting,

lawyers...

Two things
that Alejandro had

that made it possible for him
to have built the series‐‐

the first is that
he is an entrepreneur.

But the other thing
is that he's an ex‐politician.

Motor racing
is my second career.

So my first career,
I always loved politics.

This is a compromise...

When I was 25,
I was one of the three aides

of the prime minister
of Spain.

28, I got elected.

I was the youngest member
of European Parliament ever.

That is when I met my wife.

Her father at the time
was prime minister,

so she was the daughter
of my boss.

Very quickly, I realized
that I had to choose

between my political career
or my future wife.

Then I stopped politics.

I resigned
from all my positions.

But having had a past
in politics

can help you for
any profession you do.

Okay, bye.

To negotiate
a city center circuit,

you talk to politicians,

and that's something that Alejandro can absolutely do.

♪♪ ♪♪

There had been
no racing in Rome

for a really long time...

certainly no racing
in the city center.

And Italy is the home
of the Tifosi.

It's the home of Ferrari fans.

So electric racing
seemed impossible.

♪♪ ♪♪

But Alejandro is incredibly
sheer bloody‐minded,

and if you say, "You can't
make electric racing a thing,"

he'll be like, "I will do it,
but like three‐fold."

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

‐ No, no, no, no.

Thank you.
No, no, no.

Sometimes I try to find
a reason

why Formula E has had
this really fast growth.

So I got inspired
by this thought.

Haven't you noticed
how much the people

that travel back in time

worry about the consequences

of what they do
when they are in the past

that happen in the present?

I haven't met anyone
that went back in time.

But I have seen a few movies

that people go back in time.

I mean, I can think of two
right now.

One is obviously
"Back to the Future."

The other one is
"The Hot Tub Time Machine,"

which I...

think that many of you
have seen,

but it's pretty good,
actually.

But nobody really thinks
the huge consequences

that what we do today
can have in the future.

And I always go
to the optimistic view.

If something good happens now,

then it can have huge
consequences for the future.

And we go green in Rome!

♪♪ ♪♪

Rome sold out
in five minutes.

More and more people
were trying to pack crowd

every available corner...

Ah!

For every person
who says

nobody wants to go to this,
nobody wants to watch it,

Rome was like a massive smack
in the face.

It looks like
it's going to be Sam Bird

as he takes victory
in the first Rome ePrix.

Sam Bird!

Sam Bird surprises again.

He's going to launch himself

up into second place

and the championship!

Sam Bird
is as good as the...

kind of the lower category
of drivers in Formula 1.

But he was in contention
for the championship

in the junior categories that would have really put him on the map.

And he had a bit
of a meltdown.

Sam Bird's been taken out
by Oliver Turvey!

This is to stop Sam.

There's Sam‐‐he's distraught.
He's absolutely distraught.

I didn't come from
a super wealthy background

and then spend millions.

My dad had to really sacrifice
his and my mum's life.

At one stage, they actually
had to remortgage the house.

So...

it was a tough time,
tough time.

Tough time, Fish.
Wasn't fun.

After that, I became
the reserve driver

for Mercedes F1, 2010.

But it's not like they're
gonna give me Lewis Hamilton

or Michael Schumacher's car‐‐

"Just go on, then.
You‐‐you race this one."

So I was the reserve.
I would go to every race.

I'd do the simulator
back in Brackley‐‐

What did you do
during the races?

‐ I drunk so much coffee
every race weekend.

I was the Chief Coffee Drinker
in Mercedes Formula 1.

I was sat there on the
sidelines for four years

with the team
waiting for somebody to say,

"Do you know what?

"Go, get in our car,
have a seat.

You are good enough.
You're quick enough,"

and it never happened.

So now it's basically
between you and Jev.

Do you think you can beat him?

‐ I've never not beaten Jev.
This would be the first‐‐

If he beats me this season,
it would be the first time

he's ever beaten me
in a championship.

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
Ahh...

Oh, I gotta...

Rule number one
is very simple.

Be the fastest,
start on pole,

win the race,
go on the podium,

drink champagne,
and redo it again.

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♪♪ ♪♪

Yes, sir.

From the heart
of the City of Lights,

Paris, France,

this is round number 9 of 12.

♪♪ ♪♪

He's the man
this year.

I keep telling you, man,
it's your year.

He can do it.

He was awesome with me at the beginning of the championship,

so he'll have all my help.

‐ Um... I don't know.
And I'm not gonna tell the TV,

'cause then he might watch it.

Championship leader Jean‐Éric Vergne on pole position.

Sam Bird right behind
in the number two spot.

And we go green in Paris!

And André Lotterer is
causing trouble for Sam Bird

from the start.

Seven laps complete
here in Paris,

Jean‐Éric Vergne and Sam Bird
have pulled away

by over a second
over André Lotterer.

Lotterer may not be
close enough to make a pass,

but he's certainly close enough to fill up Sam Bird's mirrors.

Look how close Lotterer is.

He's right there.

That's a bold move
from André Lotterer.

Sends it‐‐is it gonna
get a stop‐‐

Oh, the two clunk
into each other.

Ridiculous move.
Ridiculous.

And it is
Jean‐Éric Vergne,

the Parisian leading the way

on a four‐second margin
over André Lotterer

in second place.

And Lucas di Grassi
is in third.

But now here comes di Grassi.

Lotterer does not
want to let di Grassi through.

He's bumping into di Grassi!

Lotterer's
protecting his teammate,

I think, at this point.

Going into the final lap.

Di Grassi has got more energy.

Can Lotterer
even make it to the end

because he's got such little
energy remaining!

Did Lotterer
run out of energy?

Jean‐Éric Vergne!
The Parisian wins in Paris!

Bird is in third,
but he hasn't got a front right wheel!

‐ Then he run out of energy,
like with you,

I went to overtake him,
and he again did like this.

Without energy.
Why would he do that?

Lucas will trash talk
anyone,

but I have never seen
Sam Bird angry.

He was really furious
with André.

‐ I don't know what
you guys thought of it,

but you can't‐‐you can't
change direction

when a car is much quicker
than you like that.

If you've run out of energy,
tough, you know?

You can't just do
what he did, so...

I'm disappointed by that,
by his driving standard

and I'm disappointed
I've destroyed the car,

but I'm happy with the podium.

‐ Ah, yes!

Bonjour.

♪♪ ♪♪

Nelson, what happened
with you in Paris?

It's been
a tough year for me.

It just takes
a tiny bit of something

for things not to go right,

and it can go down
very quickly, you know?

♪♪ ♪♪

I was really pushing hard
in first practice

and then lost control
of the car

on a very quick corner
and hit on the wall.

I'm really sorry for that.

Not a big happens,
but unfortunately,

the wheel hit the tub,

and that's the worst thing
that can happen.

When that happens,
they tell you you have to change the whole tub,

and literally, they have to
do it in, like, four hours.

And then, to make it worse...

Went out, second practice.

Pushed really hard again
and then...

I brushed the wall again.
I can't believe this.

Can I damage the tire
and just come in?

Uh, stop where you are.
We need the tires.

It was one of
the most stressful moments

in‐‐in my life.

The problem is,
I had all my guys fixing the first car.

Now we had the second car
that was damaged,

and we had to get it ready
for qualifying,

and we didn't manage.

You wanna hide in a hole
at that point.

You don't want to look
at anybody and just‐‐

just go black.

Like, I couldn't say that,
you know,

personal life, either racing
at this moment

is going very well for me,
so, um...

Personal life not either?

‐ Well, like I said, I mean,
it's not like, you know,

when these things happen,
I have the support of my dad.

He's there and this and that,
you know?

Has your dad come
to see you race in this series?

‐ He's never been
to a Formula E race.

Wow.
And you've invited him?

Yeah, I‐I‐‐ When I won the championship in London,

I begged him to come
to the last race,

'cause he was in Europe,
actually,

and, uh, he said, "I have
to go back to Brazil,"

and, uh, so, it was‐‐
I got‐‐I got pretty upset

because of that
because I won the championship

and it would have been great
to have him there.

But it is what it is.

♪♪ ♪♪

I simply have to beat
Jean‐Éric Vergne this weekend.

And if I don't,
the championship's done.

‐ Thank you.
Good luck.

We probably don't have the speed and efficiency of his car.

But he's had the cleanest
season you can imagine.

There's three races to go.

Something has gotta happen.

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
People tell me they impressed

to see me being calm
and everything,

but the truth is,
I'm fucking dead right now.

I'm wasted.

But you have to keep pushing.

Welcome to Zurich,

race 10 of 12.

It's time for qualifying.

It's all about the fastest lap
to decide

which driver will start at the front of the grid for the race.

You get one lap up
to get that pole position.

The pole position
in most sport,

and the end of the day,
you start the furthest forward.

You are ahead from
the very start of the race.

So here comes
Jean‐Éric Vergne,

the master of sticking
that car on pole.

Jev has always been
good at taking poles

in Formula E,

but he's an emotional driver.

Jean‐Éric Vergne, the man
with eight pole positions

in Formula E to his name.

This is his qualifying run,

and the rear wheel
is getting off the ground

as he swings
into the first corner.

...right up
against the wall.

He's slower
than Felix Rosenqvist,

though, in sector one.

Also slower than Daniel Abt.

Very uncharacteristic
for Vergne.

♪♪ ♪♪

Across the line
comes the Frenchman

half a second behind
Sam Bird.

Can't see him starting
in the top ten with that.

Look at him shaking his head.

That's not just the bumps.

The worst ever Formula E
qualifying performance

for Jean‐Éric Vergne,
the championship leader.

He seemed disappointed
and frustrated,

Jean‐Éric Vergne...

‐ There you go.
That's a racing driver.

No‐‐we're feeling
the frustration.

It's Mitch Evans
on pole position,

Lotterer alongside him
on the front row.

Third place man is Sam Bird.

He trails 17th place man
Jean‐Éric Vergne by...

I'm sure it was
very frustrating for Jev.

And we go green in Zurich!

It is a good start from
Lotterer on the run down...

I'm sure he was
cursing himself and the team

and everything else.
He's had to come across.

The checkered flag falls!

Di Grassi wins the first
motor race in Switzerland

for 64 years!

Sam Bird across the line
in second.

It's tenth place
for Jean‐Éric Vergne.

He had a 40‐point lead at
the top of the championship.

It has been slashed to 23.

The little guy's
still in contention.

Sam Bird's
still in contention.

♪♪ ♪♪

JEAN‐ÉRIC: Merci.

So that was a tough
race for you, huh, Jev?

‐ I guess as soon as
I leave this country,

I will feel better.

So you guys have
a three‐week break,

and now you're gonna do
a different race?

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
We're going to Le Mans.

It's a full week of racing.

Are you rooting
for each other?

‐ Yeah, sure, I mean, I'm‐‐

I look what he's doing, and...

Guess he's...
not rooting for me.

You gonna laugh
in a bit.

There's this‐‐
the most dedicated fan

you can ever imagine.

She's been my fan since‐‐
I mean, she's from Japan.

She comes to all the races
all the way from Japan.

She's like,
"I'm going to Le Mans.

I take the night train
or the bus."

I'm thinking... we have
two seats, right, in the jet.

I'm like,
"Just come with us."

This is Sanhe.

‐ My number one fan.

Oh, yeah, coffee.

He‐‐he gets moody, huh?

Well, I told him that.

When you're in a bad mood,
man, it's...

He's younger, you know.

The difference between us
is almost ten years,

and my career is made.

I was probably a bit more
like that before, too,

when... stuff wouldn't
go my way and, uh,

you get robbed from things
and it's‐‐

it's just intense, it's‐‐

You live it super strong,
and so, um...

I understand.
It's fine.

It's just... it's better
when you know someone

because
if you don't know someone

you're thinking, "What a dick
is that person," right?

But I know exactly,
so it's fine.

‐ Hi, guys.

Whoa! What happened
to your eye?

‐ This guy came
with this T‐shirt last night.

It said, "I love fossil fuel."

He sit next to me,
he start saying something‐‐

what the fuck, whatever‐‐
and throws a cha‐‐

breaks a champagne glass
on my face.

Freak.

Fossil fuel freak.

This is really incredible.

We go to New York exactly with the same differential points

between first and second
that we did last year

going to Montreal
to the last race.

And in the last race,
we saw what happen.

Lucas was second
23 points behind

and won the championship.

So Sam Bird could really
now win the championship.

I think what's gonna be
really tough for Jev

is the mental pressure.

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

Every single year,

I go into the championship
at the end

and‐‐and I'm there
and I'm fighting.

But I've never...

I've never really‐‐
I've never won it.

I'm always a fucking
bridesmaid,

and I'm a bit sick of it.

Now, I know that this is gonna be tough this weekend.

Like, I need him

to have a shit Saturday.

That's what I need
to really take it to Sunday

and for it to be
really interesting.

And I'm pretty sure André's
gonna be helping Jev.

Those two work as a team.

Is it weird

that it's you
against your former teammate?

Yeah, we had‐‐
we had a tough relationship.

Two years ago, I was still
fighting for third

in the championship,

and Jev got in front of me.

And Sam Bird now is trying
to get past Jean‐Éric Vergne.

And I desperately needed
to finish ahead of Jev

so I could have stayed third
in the championship.

Tell him
to get out of the way.

‐ And I felt like he was told
to move over,

and he didn't.

Oh, here's a move‐‐
on the inside goes Bird,

and the two DS Virgin guys
hit each other.

JEAN‐ÉRIC:
What the hell was he doing?

‐ And then chaos broke out
after the race.

I'm calling him fucking this
and fucking that

and he's calling me the same.

And we didn't speak
for the rest of the season.

You ready?
JEAN‐ÉRIC: Yeah, ready.

Here we go.

What was it like
to be a teammate of Sam Bird?

Ooh.
- Ha ha ha ha.

JEAN‐ÉRIC: The truth is,
I've been in the dark place

for a while, you know,
in the last few years.

But I realize
the difference between

wanting it badly

or really wanting it
at any cost...

as bad as you fucking
wanna breathe.

Probably safe
to say there has never been

a more important
qualifying session

than what we're about to see.

Jean‐Éric Vergne can clinch
the driver's title today.

Sam Bird cannot.
He hopes only to move it

to the final race
of the season tomorrow.

♪♪ ♪♪

Now here comes
Jean‐Éric Vergne

on his qualifying lap.

First sector times
coming through.

28.6
- That's a good first sector for Vergne.

Fasters first
and second sectors

for Jean‐Éric Vergne.

And Vergne is quickest!

Jean‐Éric Vergne
has taken a huge step

is sealing the Formula E title.
‐ Wow.

Astonishing news

from the stewards.
I cannot believe that it is.

Bob, I can't
even bring myself to say it.

Jean‐Éric Vergne

has had all of his
qualifying times

canceled by the stewards...
- Ohh...

For exceeding

the allowable 200 kilowatts
of energy.

So he used more
than he is allowed to use.

And that was part of
a software upgrade

they just sort of assumed
it would be fine.

Yeah, and it wasn't.

‐ I don't know, but‐‐

Jev is pissed, man.

‐ Oh, yeah,
I would be killing everyone.

And he went after
Alberto, too.

‐ Yeah, he‐‐drivers,
when they're nervous

and they're, you know‐‐
He's now saying,

"Oh, you want me to lose" and
you want me to this and that,

but that's, you know,
that's the‐‐

You know,
these drivers sometimes are like little babies.

‐ Yeah.
Big mistake from the team.

It's okay.
It's gonna be a fun race.

We start last.

♪♪ ♪♪

And this is it.

The cars are lining up.

Championship leader
Jean‐Éric Vergne

starts 18th on the grid.

If Vergne then goes on
to finish in sixth place,

he wins the title today.

That is a big ask
on a circuit like this.

Surely, this championship

will go down
to the wire tomorrow.

♪♪ ♪♪

And we go green
in New York City!

♪♪ ♪♪

Bird is up to 12th place and past Antonio Felix da Costa.

Bird making his progress,

and Vergne still last.

What is going on
with Vergne at the back?

Here we go then.

This is where
it gets very, very busy

in the pit lane.

Jean‐Éric Vergne coming in.

Jean‐Éric Vergne
has a lot of ground to cover

if he's going to seal
the championship today.

Strategy 24, Jev.

Jev has
gained a few spots.

He's up in 16th now.

Sam Bird up inside
of Nico Prost.

Decisive move
from the Englishman,

and that is one place
gained up into 9th.

Here's André Lotterer
going past at a clip.

Oh, if you're Sam Bird,

you look in the mirror
and you see André Lotterer

you think, "Oh, crikey!"

And here comes
Lotterer on Bird.

Pushes Sam Bird
down to tenth place.

Look at that‐‐
he's slowing him up as well.

This is gonna be
a tough weekend now

for Sam Bird.

Here comes Jean‐Éric Vergne,

and he is carving his way
through the back.

Jev has advanced
all the way to ninth!

I tell you what‐‐

this is a different
Jean‐Éric Vergne.

He's handling the pressure
so well.

Lotterer then, ahead of Bird.

Ahead of Lynn, ahead of Vergne
in that black dog, Techeetah.

Jev up the inside
of Alex Lynn!

And now he's right behind
Sam Bird.

♪♪ ♪♪

That's a horrible feeling‐‐
you look in the mirror

and you see the championship
contender,

the guy you do not want to see
gaining on you.

And here comes
Jean‐Éric Vergne

up the inside of Sam Bird.

And he's through!

Hey, there's not much I can do.
We're just not efficient.

So Jean‐Éric Vergne
now seventh place.

Only one spot away

from where he needs to be
to take the title.

And the man in that position

is his teammate
André Lotterer.

And Lotterer slows down
to let his teammate pass.

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

The checkered flag falls!

Jean‐Éric Vergne across the line in fifth place!

Seals the season four
Formula E championship!

‐ Whoo‐hoo‐hoo!

Ah!

God, it feels good.

Ahh!

I'm here with Sam Bird.

Sam, so close.
So close.

‐ One, two, three...

Jev!

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

How important
is winning?

‐ Winning is, uh...

that's what we're there for,
it's the only reason.

Everybody, the whole
paddock is there

just for that single guy
who's gonna win the race.

When I was young
and I finished second,

my dad would say,
"Oh, here's our first loser."

You know?
There's only one winner,

and he goes home victorious.

♪♪ ♪♪

‐ The world is gonna change.

The world has to change
to a more sustainable

way of living.

The energy
won't be coming from oil.

And combustion energy
is for sure going to die.

The question is when?

Okay, guys.
Good to go.

‐ Are we gonna be quick enough
to save the plan‐‐

I mean‐‐by the way,
"save the planet" isn't a question.

The planet is not in danger.

What is in danger
is the humans in the planet.

Planet doesn't care
if we're here or not.

But are we gonna be on time
to save the planet

as a‐‐as a‐‐

as a good place
for humans to live?

That is the question.

Cool, huh?

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life ♪♪

♪♪ Waiting for this moment
to begin ♪♪

♪♪ And now it's over ♪♪

♪♪ But you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ I'm having visions ♪♪

♪♪ Infinite visions ♪♪

♪♪ The same ones as you ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ I try not to worry ♪♪

♪♪ But I always worry ♪♪

♪♪ Till all I can do ♪♪

♪♪ Is wish I could stay here ♪♪

♪♪ Feeling forever ♪♪

♪♪ Before I must go ♪♪

♪♪ Wish we could change it ♪♪

♪♪ To before we changed it ♪♪

♪♪ What did we know? ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ 10,000 eyes and 400 hands ♪♪

♪♪ And all of my arms
are made of the sands ♪♪

♪♪ And oceans have all been
dried up and left ♪♪

♪♪ They became the skies
and then they all wept ♪♪

♪♪ The first time they heard
the song from Tom Petty ♪♪

♪♪ The one where Johnny Depp
plays the rebel named Eddie ♪♪

♪♪ The sky was the limit ♪♪

♪♪ And then
it came crashing down ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life ♪♪

♪♪ Waiting for this moment
to begin ♪♪

♪♪ But you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ But
you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life ♪♪

♪♪ Waiting for this moment
to begin ♪♪

♪♪ But you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ But
you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ I'm having visions ♪♪

♪♪ Infinite visions ♪♪

♪♪ Of something new ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ You feel it changing ♪♪

♪♪ Slowly, but changing ♪♪

♪♪ About to break through ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ 10,000 eyes and 400 hands ♪♪

♪♪ And all of my arms
are made of the sands ♪♪

♪♪ And oceans have all been
dried up and left ♪♪

♪♪ They became the skies
and then they all wept ♪♪

♪♪ The first time they heard
the song from Tom Petty ♪♪

♪♪ The one where Johnny Depp
plays the rebel named Eddie ♪♪

♪♪ The sky was the limit ♪♪

♪♪ And then
it came crashing down ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life ♪♪

♪♪ Waiting for this moment
to begin ♪♪

♪♪ And now it's over ♪♪

♪♪ But you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life ♪♪

♪♪ Waiting for this moment
to begin ♪♪

♪♪ And now it's over ♪♪

♪♪ But you're not tired ♪♪

♪♪ Can you feel the lightning ♪♪

♪♪ Covering your skin ♪♪

♪♪ It's a nightmare ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you're on fire,
you're on fire ♪♪

♪♪ You went your whole life
waiting for...♪♪