(somber music)
- [Man] Never in our wildest dreams,
we- we would've thought
that we would've been
winning the championship.
(engine revving)
- Nothing really feels like winning does.
(laughs)
It's hard to put it into words.
(engines roaring)
Like when you're watching
on TV and your favorite
driver wins, that's pretty cool.
But, it's just up
another level when you've
actually worked on the car.
(engines revving)
- [Man] This is what I
like about Formula 1,
it's not just the driver,
it's an engineering race.
- There are stories which the group
outperform larger and richer teams.
In a way, that has been our history.
- I don't think we were considered
a threat at the start.
(soft piano riff)
- Where we started our adventure
As Renault F1 Team,
Uh, the first two years
were really difficult.
- Ferrari was so dominant,
you couldn't possibly
see anybody else really
challenging them for the title.
- [Alan] The aerodynamic
equation on a Formula 1 car
is huge. It is absolutely
the primary performance
differentiator between cars.
And in 2005, Dino Toso
was head of aerodynamics.
- [Luca] You know Dino
was the one who told me
for the first time that
there is no I in 'team'.
He was really curious and confident about
the possibility of using
computer processing power
for aerodynamics.
- In a wind tunnel,
you can do only so many
tests, with a computer, you
could do all those changes,
you could test so much more.
- [Luca] He believed
that in the long term,
it would be the right choice.
And he was completely right.
- [Alan] The 2005 car was a special car.
The biggest thing going for
that car was its aerodynamics.
(heavy metal music)
- [Luca] I remember the
first test when, uh,
Giancarlo had the first
go, he had the- he went out
for an installation
lap, when he came back,
Giancarlo had a big smile on his face when
he took the helmet off, and he said,
(speaking Italian)
We are going to win the championship.
(engines roaring)
(man screaming)
- [Alan] And then we
went on to win the first
four or five races of the season.
(heavy metal music)
- [Luca] You start feeling
in your blood, we had
not only the dream, but
now the 2005 championship.
It's a real possibility.
(intense music)
- [Luca] Yeah, Dino was
diagnosed, and uh...
I just don't want to talk about it.
- [Paul] Everyday, he'd
come back from chemo
and he'd be, he would look so bad,
but he'd still be in and still be working.
And, uh, yeah, heart and soul.
We were outperforming where
everyone (unclear) you,
but with the resources that we had,
compared to the resources
of, you know, the other
bigger teams, there's al-
they're always gonna catch up.
The main drive, of course,
was- was to win the-
win the Constructors Championship there.
- And that came down to China.
(intense music increasing)
- [Paul] To go into a
race, trying to win a
championship is ridiculous.
It's the longest race of your life.
- [Luca] You know, you're
fighting against some of
the most competitive
engineers in the world.
- You get one shot at it,
because it's the championship.
(intense orchestral music)
- [Piero] They ended up pitting before us,
which used to be our tactic.
And by the time Fernando was back on track
after the first big stop, he was still in front
only a mechanical failure
would've robbed us of the title.
(intense orchestral music)
- [Announcer] (unclear) victory here.
- It's an amazing moment, it's just, uh,
I don't think it can be described.
(announcer speaking)
[Announcer] Fernando Alonso!
Number seven victory of the season!
He's won at the start, the
middle and the end of the season.
(intense music fading into gentle music)
(We Are The Champions begins)
- [Male] Absolutely
brilliant job. Thanks from Renault
- [Luca] You know, I think
if Dino saw that plaque
that is outside this building,
I think he would be surprised.
Because he was like... a
person like that, really.
(reverent music)
[Announcer] Hello ladies and gentleman,
Double world champions,
double winners tonight.
- It was hard, um, but I
think, credit to the team
performed right up until
the end, a team sport.
There's a real commitment
in the team to say,
well, you know, if they
don't want us to win it
we'll win it.
(peaceful light music)
(peaceful music becoming louder)
(engine revving)
- [Luca] Stereotypes that
there is no I in team,
is visibly true in Formula 1.
And it's everybody is engaged in this
Choral effort to achieve that.
And that includes everybody in the team.
That includes, also, our partners,
that give us technology.
- [Kayleigh] Every second matters on
the race track and even
fractions of a second,
so we look at all aspects
and improve all aspects.
(intense orchestral music)
(engine roaring)
- It's not just about how
much horsepower we can-
we can throw at the problem.
We have to understand
what makes a real car
go around a real race track.
- At the core of it,
it's people working hard.
(various mechanical sounds)
- We always say, beginning of the season,
clean piece of paper, we
got a shot at it. Let's go.
(engine roar fading)
(engine roar)
