Thank you.
Welcome to my car.
Is it true you just got your driving license?
I don't have a license.
You don't have a driving license?
I don't have a driving license.
Do you?
Thank you for helping me to learn to drive today, Carlos.
I really appreciate it.
Just to be clear, I'm jumping in a Mercedes.
What do you mean?
In a wet Spa-Francorchamps.
Yeah, what's the problem?
With someone that doesn't have a driving license.
Yeah.
And we have to go through some cones.
Well, you're making it sound like it's a bad idea.
You tell me, are you confident in your abilities?
I'm really confident at the moment.
I'm really confident.
How often do you drive a car?
I don't drive.
Never?
No.
Well, I have been driving with some of the other drivers.
Ah, you've been practicing then?
Yeah, I've been practicing.
Were they confident?
I was better than them, I think.
Don't you think confidence is key to being a good driver?
100%.
But no overconfidence.
Oh, okay.
I can sense a bit of overconfidence.
You've been believing you're better than F1 drivers.
Okay, well, you haven't seen me drive yet.
Okay.
I'm just saying.
Okay, so how do we turn it on?
No, please.
Don't tell me.
It's an automatic car.
It should be easy.
Is it on or not?
Is it on?
Let me see.
It's on.
It was on.
It was on?
It's hybrid so you don't hear the engine.
There we go.
Okay, now.
Right foot only, please.
Right.
Release the brake and I will start moving.
Be confident.
It's not moving.
Are we in drive?
No, we're not.
You're right.
Now it will move.
It's not moving.
It's moving.
Okay.
I thought I was supposed to distract you and not help you.
You are distracting me.
No, no, I'm helping you.
Well, now we're stopped.
Why are we stopped?
The pedal's not working.
Release the brake pedal.
The brake is being released.
Fully, fully, fully.
Fully?
Fully.
You see, it's moving.
Okay.
And now you're going to use the accelerator.
Go through this first gate, please.
No, this is too fast already.
No, it's not.
Come on, turn right.
Turn right, please.
I'm turning right.
I'm turning right.
Okay, cone is clear.
Now go left.
Go left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left.
This is good.
You think this is going well, isn't it?
I think it's going slowly well.
I feel safe at least.
No major incidents will happen at night.
You're going through the cone.
Yeah, you're meant to go through the cone, Carlos.
No, you're about to hit the cone.
No, I didn't hit the cone.
I think we're going a bit fast here.
That's another gate that you just missed.
Oh, yeah.
Should I stop?
No, I think you should let me drive.
Wait, how do I stop the car?
How do I stop the car?
Hit the brake.
Hit the brake.
Hit the brake now.
God, I actually feel like I wasn't breathing for the whole time there.
We didn't go past 5 kph.
You cannot be stressed.
Sorry, were you not stressed about that?
I was stressed watching you being stressed, but I was not stressed.
You look stressed.
No, no, you look stressed, so that means you're stressed.
You look stressed.
I don't look stressed.
I don't look stressed.
Okay, my turn.
Right, okay.
When you have your sat-nav on, is it in English or Spanish?
You know what?
I never put the voice on.
You don't?
It drives me crazy.
Really?
I don't like... In 500 metres turn right.
I hate that.
What if it was my voice on the sat-nav?
Would you enjoy that?
That'd be pretty good.
I think it would be even more annoying.
What?
Okay, now we need to do it again, but you need to do it really fast.
Well, not really fast.
Jesus Christ!
Oh my God!
Oh, we have all the alarms of the car ringing.
Oh no!
Okay, well let's go for a lap.
This is giving me an opportunity to see the track.
This is the first time you've seen the track this weekend?
This weekend, yeah.
But you know it's going to rain this weekend, so it's actually good to get a first look at where all the puddles are going to be.
Oh, the puddles.
Yeah.
Trying to get a competitive advantage here.
You are.
Definitely.
That's what I'm giving you.
Do you like driving with puddles?
I like driving in the rain.
It removes a bit the car factor.
So, which car you have, it's more down to the driver.
Take risks.
That makes sense because you know we are drivers but we have a car.
So it's not like running 100 meters and see who's the fastest.
We also depend on machinery 100 and I heard that.
Well, I heard.
It's all about the car really, Or is it all about the driver?
You need to think that drivers, we are all within two or three tenths of a second in F1.
We are supposed to be all the best drivers in the world.
So it's very close between us.
But then the cars are like one second apart.
Do you think I'd make a good F1 driver after what you've just seen?
I think you're a bit risk-averse, you say?
No, I feel like that.
And you need to be actually confident, like more like... No, I feel you.
I think I could be more confident generally in my life.
I think often people struggle with confidence.
But driving is a very simple thing for me.
It's just a pedal and a steering wheel.
You just need to be confident that whenever you're gonna turn, the car's gonna turn, and whenever you're gonna brake or accelerate, you're gonna brake and accelerate.
I heard you were with Oscar, George, and... Yeah, he went faster than you right now.
No, well, he probably was driving a faster car.
Whoo!
Do you think I'd be good at driving the safety car?
No, no.
Give me the gossip.
Who do you like?
Well, I've had lessons with Ollie.
The mirror's not on.
Not on?
The mirror's not on.
Oh, jeez.
Oh, right, it's just dark.
Oh, right, sorry.
George.
Are we in Drive?
You're in Drive.
You've got my big D. Big D. OK.
And I've had lessons with Oscar.
So will you dedicate your win this weekend to me, maybe?
Who did you get on the best with?
Don't you think Ollie's really sweet?
I feel like you've got winner's energy.
Really?
No.
Oh.
I got on very well with him.
We're cycling buddies.
You're cycling together?
Yeah.
What, on a bicycle?
Yeah.
And then Oscar was quite nervous because I was driving.
Should I go a bit faster?
Probably not.
Okay, I'll just carry on.
Oh, I've brought my safety car out.
This is the safety car.
Is it quite stressful, driving with me?
A little bit.
Want me to give you some positive affirmations?
Please.
You're a great passenger princess, and you look great in the passenger seat.
Thank you.
And everything's going to be fine.
Yep.
Thank you.
And then my time with you, you know, it's been up and down, I would say.
Yeah.
It's been good.
Jeez.
Can you do...
Can I just say Carlos, that's my least favourite type of parking, when you go all the way through and then you go back like that.
And I just did that.
You just did that.
I don't appreciate it.
I like being aggressive on the brakes, you know.
You need to be aggressive on the brakes.
It's terrible for the passenger.
Shall we check how close I am from the cone?
Where are you?
How close is he to the cone?
Oh, that's pretty good.
That's pretty good.
No, I didn't hit the cone.
Did I hit the cone?
I think you just did.
Did I hit the cone?
I think you just did.
Well, that was your fault, wasn't it?
