2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Race Highlights
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A finale to remember under the lights at the Yas Marina Circuit!
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That honor lap of Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel was one of the best things i've seen in F1 💕 #Respect
Now the youtube comments section needs to understand what respect is then we'll all be happy
And props to F1 for the videos throughout the season. Excellent job. These are what get me through the winter with no F1.
Especially vettel and alonso synchronized
@@helikopter4786 Yeah, the timing from them for the last donuts was perfect 👌
Antonio Padrón at one point there was 2 other drivers i think they made a star shape to symbolise hamiltons 5 championships; i know sirotkin was one of them, sirtotkin best driver.
0:11 Max verstappen on the.... insjbludblbla
AlwaysKjoel lol
What on earth is he trying to say?
I didnt catch that while watching the video. It gets funnier if you replay it a lot of time lol
On point mate
He saying “ Max Verstappen I don’t think he’s got the [best start]” lol
Alonso, vandoorne, Icon, Ericsson in F1...
Riccardo at Red bull...
Seems like a million years ago
Ocon gonna return as driver for renault with ric
Ricciardo: moves to renault
2020 season: Ocon moves to renault to drive with Ricciardo as teammate
Max: *"traitor"*
Tell me about it
Sirotkin!!
@@shaikolm Icon is autocorrect for "everybody else understand who is meant".
So Kimi's only Wolrd Championship with Ferrari came in '07.
Since his return to the Scuderia in 2014 he had the number 7.
And in his last race for Ferrari he retires on the 7th lap.
WOW.
Illuminati confirmed.
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED, SPONSORED BY MERCEDES
Wait i thought he retired from f1 is he just going on another team?
@@argyrhsg.1935 yes sauber
And he joined Sauber with the number 7
1:35 who would have thought that verstappen would win the wdc 3 years later in the exactly same move as he overtaked ocon in 2018
Ohhhhh😮😮😮
@damarfadlan9251Hi Damar. Here again after Max won his third championship (strong prediction)
@@jonah3236he deff winning, and Even break Vettel's record, Bros winning championship maybe until 2026, who knows 🤷
@@jonah3236 Hi Jonah. Here again after Max won his fourth championship (strong, and i mean strong, prediction)
That cool down lap was really special. The 3 greats of an era together on track for the final time. Will for sure be one of the most iconic moments in this era of Formula 1
Would've wanted to see kimi there tho i think he wouldn't have done that
@@JohnDoe-ud3ue yes but i would've wanted to see all champions and biggest legends there
@@JohnDoe-ud3ue yes lovely, really hope we'll get that when kimi ends his career with champions of that time, we'll see if its just hamilton, kimi and vettel
absolutly 100 % right
I will miss Fernando Alonso. His Team Radio 😢his fights. Luckily Hülkenberg is Ok.
#NoHalo
@@Spyker8921 the halo saved lives
Another Era Awaiting For F1 2019??
fernando is a old man 1981
@@Lamster66 What? It literally saved his life
Such a shame that Kimi retired in his last race for Ferrari. He could have finished third.
Untasfasfled Same with Ericsson honestly, he was fast at Brazil
Untasfasfled Yeah, you never know. Wish him the very best at Sauber!
Another Era Awaiting For F1HD 1630 in 2019?
I'm sure he didn't mind, got to his family faster and didn't have to go through the boring podium ceremonies, what with no alcohol served and all.
kimi raikkonnen old man
Not really fan of F1, until i watch the documentary F1 in netflix
Damn this is soo Good
Me too, how have I been missing this insanity for so long!?
Same here never paid much attention then watched the Netflix documentary now I’m addicted cant wait for the 2019 season to start !
At first i really thought this is just nothing but individual racing skill.
There is so many factors involve to it, contracts, team, weather, influence, race track, positioning, money and money.
In the grand prix, where every team's effort can be seen. Whether for the best or for the worst, everything change in a matter of split second. And the 20 drivers are ought to give out their best with everything they got
F1 is the ultimate race. Hands down!
2:33 Rumour has it, Checo spent hours studying this move on Lewis for the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP 😅
@@instinctivelycorner sometimes being late is better
Gonna take a while readjusting to the new drivers, but let’s hope it’s for the better.
#NoHalo
@@Spyker8921 OH MY GOD GROW UP YOU ENTITLED LITTLE CHILD
Emilio Fernandez hope he returns in 2020
@@RizeF1X It saved him I agree...
@@Spyker8921 The twat you are... It saved him for ferks sake...
*What a race, much more exciting than we expected!*
Respect, Hamilton, Vettel and Alonso :')
If only vandoorne drove like that earlier in the season...
I still think his car was a bit underperforming than Alonso's ..cuz he even failed to outscore every practice session to lando in alonso's car ..
Mclaren gave him a joke car so he couldn't show his talent
Real shame because that was a nice battle that proved that he has good potential
He might have a comeback chance so he still has potential
I hope he comes bavk, with alonso in another team and proves himself
If Vandoorne drove like that earlier in 2017
6:16 Even Crofty sounds tired of Lewis winning over and over again.
Na site im e preku kur
@@mrbungle3310 tocno
DarthZero85 yeah Mazepin will win the championship
@@mrbungle3310 isti kur ke bide i sea kako so trgnalo....
@DarthZero85 no…
Will Smith wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Just like he taught himself.
Get In There, Mr. Will Smith! You Are The Man! YOU. ARE. THE. MAN!
Seems will smith was the special finisher
Lewis hamilton not will Smith
yes he will
“Im hanging here like a cow” way to end the season with the best team radio
"hanging like a cow" ?? when do cows hang ??
@@Blafard666 I dont know ask Hülkenberg
Blafard666 as in dead cow hang in a meat locker
@@Blafard666
Waiting to get cooked.
@@Blafard666 at the abatoir
When Vandorne has his last race, he shows how good he actually is
He's been driving like this since he got dropped
By finishing second last?
Lol, too little too late. Shown only how shit he has been all season
@@gjna5143 you mean how shity the car has been for 3 years ...
@@DoorTechnicianRick Yeah, but him too. Hasn't out qualified Alonso once or had finished before him. If Max would have been in that car, he would have achieved a lot more and probably would have beaten Alonso as a teammate.
TOP F1 HIGHLIGHTS 2018
That's raidillon actually
Last name
It was Ericsson's fault
Hass puns
Neowwwwwwwww
$troll
Wingman
Silly season
Daniel ricciardo DNF
Vettel spins lap 1
Fernando & kimi team radio
Verstappen vs Ocon too
Kimi wins a race
that haas to be a joke u spelt haas wrong
Valtteri it's James ...
No, Kimi, you cannot have the drink
"let's go win the triple crown"
6 months later
Alonso doesn't qualify for the Indy 500
SMH 🤦
At least he has claim one more crown jewel
He will, he will
I wanna bet Vettel wins a triple crown before Alonso does.
@@Firemarioflower he'd have to retire, win LeMans and win the Indy 500 before Alonso just wins the Indy 500 lol
@@Firemarioflower I bet you're joking..
Charles Leclerc in that Sauber was something else
GRACIAS FERNANDO. 2003,2005,2010,2012 You were The best. Champ. The magico. We Will miss you😢
He only won two years. Why do you have four listed???
Because he was best in those season
ApeliusJ F1 and in 2005 he wasn‘t the best
@@leandergall4629 yeah Kimi was fastest but still
Top nice guy
Next season starts in 112 days 🙄
it sounds better than saying it needs 4 months
@@enst8345 easy to count those days down to hype yourself up
I tought it was 111
@@epa4352 Really? In the press conference a journalist said 113 days if I remember correctly.
@@epa4352 It's 112 :)
Really Sad to see Fernando go i am gonna miss him for. 1 funny team radios. 2 Amazing overtakes and wheel to wheel racing. But what a career he has had its so unlucky he didn't stay with Ferrari for 2015 onwards or we could have seen a different story in F1 today.😭
He was forced out wasn't he?
@Victor Nag I have recreated the crash
I love how you mentioned his funny radio first
@@helikopteri123 He forced himself out by burning too many bridges.
Nekrews 51 i
Hulkenberg at the end of last season: out of race.
Hulkenberg at the end of this season: out of an F1 seat.
Poor guy, I do really feel bad for him especially after his amazing season last year.
Me too😢
Hulkenburg was best of the rest in 2018, he comfortably beat Sainz
@@Duval-In-The-Wall Yeah, although to be fair Sainz complained that he didn't feel comfortable with the Renault car until the second half of the season.
@@Duval-In-The-Wall now
'I'm hanging here like a cow!' How can Nico say something so brilliant after a scary accident like that? That is a treasure! Glad he was ok after that. I enjoyed that race. It was far better than I thought it was going to be. Fair play. Thanks for such a great season, all of you. :)
A detail I really, really appreciated is that the first thing Grosjean says after the incident is asking for Nico's status. Didn't care about who was to blame, or what went wrong first. Insane props to him.
THEY NEED TO GET RID OF THAT HALO!!! He could've had a Niki Lauda moment!!!
@@hyperfuryxdbs6665 Seen Hartley taking a big hit in Canada 2018?
@@hyperfuryxdbs6665 They just need to stop crashing. The halo impacts the balance, it's bad for visilibility, and it doesn't aid anything. Grosjean would've gotten out of the car easier without the device which would have maybe meant less severe burns.
Bruh, you are completely brainless, stop talking.
0:47 my mom when I go 1 kmh over the speed limit
6:04 My mom when I go 1 mph (because I live in the US) over the speed limit.
XD😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Made my day
But its a mix of all four of them
A new meme is born
1:09
Now this is a story
all about how
a car got flipped,
Turned upside down
And i‘d like to take a minute,
Just sit right there
I‘ll tell you how Hulk became the flyin‘ german
Of a track called Bel Air
How great would it have been if Will Smith came out with that? He seemed to be everywhere today, that was his opportunity lol.
LMFAOO
Goddamn and Will Smith was there too
FUCK HALO!!!
Take my like you genius monster
The safety of this cars is incredible!! 👌👌👌
👍👍👍
@Mr.Silence Dogood there are the stewards with fire estinguishers
The crash wasn't hard. It's the fear of the car catching fire, because he couldn't get out.
Halo is a death trap
you guys think ur the smartest people still complaining about the halo
firstly, it has been tested and proven that in most situations the halo doesnt make it too much harder to get out of a flipped car, they test this stuff
secondly, without the halo we might have lost one or two drivers this year
I’ve been watching my idol for 15 years. Really sad to see him leave F1. Thankyou Fernando, I really hope to see you come back.
yup, he's back alright
he is back defs
5:08 What an move by Max Verstappen 😰😰
Yup
he is soo facking smart
Very true, more than what he needed to do to overtake Botas with that awful line haha
My nan could’ve overtaken Bottas with that racing line
@@DarbsPlaysGolf cry
Carlos sainz finally wins his first formula 1.5 race this season
And Renault won the formula 1.5 championship
wat is happening i don't have power
Never change Kimi. Please
Haha You should have put "Watt"
".....can you hear me ?"
-Kimi
What is so funny about that? Pretty standard thing to say.
hey ! heeeey ! my steering wheel ! someone tell him to give it to me ! come onnn !!!
Idk wats funny
Let’s hope Vettel/Leclerc can challenge Mercedes for the title next year! Sure it’s great to see ham win again but it’s just been so long
#NoHalo
What about leclerc he is amazing even though he has a sauber i think he will surprise us in 2019
Vettel and Leclerc will be a going at each others heads .
I am looking forward to seeing LeClerk in a really competitive car. He has been slowly improving this year, so let's hope there will be a big improvement. We might also hope that Ricciardo has learned from this season that he is not as good as he thinks he is. He is going to a car that isn't as good as the one he had this year, so he may want to stop talking about how good he is and just concentrate on driving. I also think we will hear a lot more about Verstappen next year. He is getting older and more mature, and his results have improved accordingly. Next year should be interesting to say the least.
@@davidedwards3361 Renault is investing a lot for 2019 and are making solid progress for next car I wouldnt call bad car straight away lets wait and see
nobody's talking about this amazing exchange at 3:30? what a beautiful piece of racing.
LeClerc keeping up with the top 6 was an amazing sight to see
i cried at the end with joy and 3 champions doing donuts was amazing to see, they all have mad respect for each other.
Season 2019 will be interesting with so many changes!
Prime Minister
They say that every year...
*queue Finnish national anthem
Why am I even watching this, i did watch the race live..
yeh lol but still i didnt saw the fire on hulkenbergs car live on tv for some reason and now i did so yeah idk
Can you really have too much F1?
For the comments
i did until lap 23 then i slept in front of the tv until the finish
David Edwards nope
One year ago today, Fernando Alonso completes his final ever race in F1, Kimi in his last for Ferrari, Ricciardo for Red Bull and Final entry for original Sauber F1 Team
hülkenberg's last barrel roll
Not anymore
Let’s fucking gooo💪🏼💪🏼🔥🔥🔥
"Final ever race"
*lol that's cute*
*this didn't aged well*
@Cosimo D'Errico Alpine
*0:52** ""I'm hanging here like a cow!!""*
Yep, copy!
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
The legend Fernando legt F1. I’m crying
This race summed up Bottas’ year.
Started out well and then went down from there.
Mohamed Hopefully he will have better season next year
5th in the WDC with the top team is unaceptable
what the hell happening to him during this race, was it the car? what happen?
@@reapov2665 All your base are belong to Hamilton.
@@alexcov05 if you count the 7 pts he would get in russia for winning w/o the mercedes call he would have been 3rd
Kimi last race with Ferrari: DNF
Kimi last race in F1 : DNF
Leclerc had a great race. (Up until he pitted) He’s gonna be amazing to watch at Ferrari
Now....
@@shilpachowdhary585 now…..
Aged so well
Verstappen got no pole this year
Bottas got no win this year
vettel got no title this year, but got a good lesson in karma being a beotch
Well for me bottas won in one race this season..
@@alexracing4180 agreed, but then again. A true racer would have refused to give the position. Something I appreciate Max for, saying NO. I miss that pure egocentric racing mentality with him that all Champions have. 2 years ago hamilton tried to push Rosberg into Vettel to win the Championship. Bottas has not got the mentality it takes to win it.
Verstappen 2 wins 11 podiums... 0 points for pole..
Bottas still got three wins last year and Kimi got NONE, so he's still better than Raikkönen
*_I miss Fernando Already..._* 😢
KARMA
Who is Fernando? And where did he go?
finally got out that guy from F1...one of the most overrated Driver...always bringing the best Teams to the down..only it will work with F.Briatore with some special tricks, until they come out :)
@@goigbi WOOOSH
@@u4always Agree, and what a hypocrite. Always complaining about how others race but he always ignores blue flags when it's Vettel or just pushes people off the track like with Palmer 2 years ago.
Driver of the Day
GRACIAS FERNANDO ! ❤
#legend
that's a yoke, a yoke!!
The foreshadowing in that thumbnail...
"No Michael! No! No, Michael! That was so not right!" - Toto
5:13 now thats a gamer move!
ocon and alonso barely gained any position but were given 5 sec penalty, and bottas cuts the chicane,gains advantage on max and was not given any penalty...
really?? i know any time penalty for bottas wouldn't have made a difference for him but still..
I think it's because Verstappen got the place anyway.
Ocon deserved it but for Alonso, yes what was the difference?
@@PragmaticAntithesis yeah but a while later after he lost valuable time behind him, race control was very slow to react here.
@@PragmaticAntithesis bottas incident wasn't even investigated
@капіталістычны the 2nd time he gained no position, no one was around him
Love how Leclerc has been performing this season. Excited to see what he has in store for us next season with Ferrari!
Are you still excited about it...?
Lmao
@@xabippu still bored?
Never understood why people believed in Ferrari
He wins in Spa, he wins in Monza
Will smith was everywere, Couldn't stop laughing 😂
What an incredible season. I love F1 so much. Congratulations to Lewis on all your achievements, I will really miss Daniel being on Red Bull, thank you Fernando for everything you did for the sport, and good luck on Sauber next season Kimi. 👏🏼🍾🏆
the thumbnail predicted it
Still don’t know how Stroll is getting a drive next year
His dad bought him a team that's how
His dad is a fucking billionaire... It's mostly a rich kids sport.
"daddy, I'm just the worst driver EVER! can you buy me a team so they don't kick me out? and also another pony, love you"
Lol cry some more
+Andrés Hernández - Come on, that's not fair. He's been in an atrocious car this year; all things being equal he would not be the worst driver on the grid, not remotely. He's outscored Hartley and Sirotkin over the course of the season, and when factoring in the quality of the car, Stroll pushed more performance out of that Williams than Ericsson did out of his Sauber or Bottas out of his Mercedes. Lance Stroll is a decidedly average driver on this current F1 grid, he's not the worst, and certainly not the worst ever.
Cant wait to see what Charles is able to do with a Ferrari. It sucks because im Vettelfan but i like this kid. Its a real talent!
vettel's going to mop the floor with him
let's hope he neutralizes max
Andrés Hernández No need. Thats the Job of the Hondaengine
@@artic8516 hahahaha, good one
All he had to do was beat Ericsson..... The Alfa is a good car. If he was up against Wehrlein, THEN I would be impressed. I"m glad that stinker Marcus goes away. He's only there cuz of money.
4 drivers had retired for mechanical issues. Ricciardo finishes the race. What is going on guys?
that's probably what they were asking themselves in red bull
This was my first formula 1 season.
I'd like to thank the guys over at r/Amd and r/Ayymd, and Steve over at Hardware Unboxed for introducing me to this marvelous sport.
I'd also like to thank Chain Bear F1 and WTF1, for making the sport more accessible to newcomers like me by making quality content, also thanks to Tiametmarduk for the career mode videos which made me understand the sport even more by viewing it from a driver's perspective(yes, it's a game, I know.)
My only regret was that I didn't start following this sport sooner, missed out on so much of Kimi and Alonso.
1:20 note how Max lift and back off to claim the inside line. beautiful. smart.
I Will miss Alonso’s Brilliant Radio’s
Another Era Awaiting For F1HD 1630 in 2019?
Joah, no apostrophe, unnecessary capitalization
*I’m already waiting for the F1, 2019*
Richard WILSON : It will be back on quicker than you think
@@adamgordon2572 For sure!
@Gaming User it isnt that bad with 1 race to go
Every time I see this in my feed, I think i missed the race
Me too
*3:30** This battle with STOFFEL ...* 😍
6:15 he comes home to win *sigh* the abu dahbi grand prix
lol
5 drivers leave F1
2 drivers makes a comeback
3 new drivers
5 driver seat switches
1 new regulation change
2019 is gonna be awesome!
😂 Nah. Unless you call choas awesome.
Only kvyat makes a comeback. Giovinazzi only replaces wehrlein in 2 races
@@aslamnurfikri7640 *Kubica Will make a comeback.*
Exactly, chaos is not what we want. It has to make SENSE and that rule is just super dumb and introduced to once again favor Mercedes. Thank you Federation Internationale AMG.....
6 leave (Alonso, Ocon, Ericsson, Hartley, Sirotkin and Vandoorne)
2 comebacks (kubica and Kvyat)
4 new (Russel, Albon, Norris and Giovinazzi)
Farewell Sirotkin. You will be missed😢
Really?😂
not anymore, he's returning home to his family
2:28 VER was making HAM run for his money already back then.
Imagine if this overtake actually happened on 12 December 2021...
Underrated championship battle. Mercedes and Ferrari both had faster cars at portions of the season and Vettel and Lewis were brilliant
4:53 AS HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL ON VALTERRI BOTTAS!!! MISSED THAT HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL
F1 Animation
1:40 Kimi: "What's happening, I don't have power?"
2:55 Bottas gets undercut attempt.
Lol
What a fantastic move by Vandoorne. Last couple of races he’s been great!
Everyone gangsta until it rains at Yas Marina
I could hear F1 racing from my home. I'm not joking.
My family is always like "there they go again" the good thing is that it doesnt really last long 😂
Every driver should make donuts for Sebastian in this year's race.
Alonso 2020 f1 world champion
@D K he still wouldnt win the title a mister hamilton would destroy him just like 2007 when hamilton was a rookie
Red Bull should have taken him over Gasly even though he's not in the program
nufc forlife doubt it look at 2010-2013, Hamilton had the better car but alonso still managed to beat him
@@datjoshguy1968 stop talking utter shite that McLaren was dog shit and you no it a rookie hamilton embarrassed alonso 2007 so he started blackmailing Dennis that is a cold hard fact. just look at Hamilton's Singapore qually lap this year that is all you need to see who the best driver is you tell me when has alonso ever done lap like that in his career never thats when
@@nufcforlife548 tbh ferrari 2012 was even more dogshit
1:50 it seemed that Leclerc was already in Ferrari
Car upside down and it’s a sc, now in 2022 a car gets a puncture and we have a red flag
Leclerc right behind the RBs and Ferraris in his debut year, amazing
0:31 rolling out of the F1 grid like....
CalebJackson2000 ... *""I'm hanging here like a cow""*
We all gonna ignore Vandoorne’s fantastic defending?
Four legends, one race.
Thanks for all the good time Alonso 🙏💕
@moi paslui stfu about sirotkin. He couldn't even beat Stroll, he's garbage yet you internet losers have turned him into a meme for no reason.
Hugo Stiglitz Holy shit calm down salty kid. The man was just making a joke and your’e getting angry for nothing
This is in my recommended before the 2019 GP😂🤣
Gracias Fernando. You are the greatest.
Laps 8 & 9 - similar scenario to 2021 final grand prix with the opposite result and mercedes pitting as soon as the VSC was notified. How times flies and changes....
2:31 Max Verstappen is rehearsing for the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in 2018...
How did Bottas not get a penalty? I’m not one to say FIA Mercedes but wtf.
Because max could past him after bottas leaving the track and daniel could past bottas also.
Ocon and Alonso did got a penalty for it
Because Mercedes give the FIA $$$
Appear - Because he didn’t get an advantage by leaving the track.
Joseph Blow Quite clearly, he did.
*SIROTKIN P15 !! NOT BAD FOR MY DRIVER OF THE DAY !!*
I want this grid back
Bottas' disappointing season kind of puts into perspective just how good Nico Rosberg was.
And it shows how much mental stress Nico rosberg had Competing with Lewis Hamilton.. Bottas is learning..
Rosberg ran, he couldn't handle another season racing against Hamilton.
Rosberg is smart. He knows , so much luck he had like 2016, will never happens.
@Samanthaflower Oh, shut up with your conspiracy theories about Rosberg having the title handed to him. You're an idiot if you actually believe that.
@@jasonschmid6979 leave him alone, it's actually Firemarioflower's super secret alt account!
Beautiful racing from Max!!
That is what the pure racing!
not so much really, he's still irresponsibly aggressive, when he passed ocon he purposely hit him, he was lucky neither of them got damage, pure racing also has to include respect for other drivers which he doesn't have but somehow feels HE deserves, he still has a lot of growing up to do
Max didn't go into Ocon at all. Would have got 3rd in the driver's standing if it weren't for Ocon.
Millenix29 LFT 1:36
Ohhhh, in this race. I thought he meant the last one. My bad, you are right.
@@andreshernandez1180 this aged well... LOL
best highlight: a honda oilburner engine breaking down infront of max verstappen.
ThaDutchDK1989 not a good sign for 2019.
Dont mind me I'm just chilling here after the 2019 season ended
I can get use to watching these guys...what an amazing track..that stadium is absolutely stunning..
I just think that if the halo wasn't there, maybe hulkenberg's head would have been smashed
Good bye everybody... See u in 2019!
Yes Fernando driver of the day #bestmomentoftherace
For what? He did nothing All race
@@alexanderkofoed9891 For a fitting farewell and great career
@@alexanderkofoed9891 said no one ever
@@Lukas-yj1iw TF u on about? I just said it, and stop liking your own comments goddammit
@@alexanderkofoed9891 how can you hate Fernando? I'm a Vettel fan and not an Alonso fan for the reference but you just can't hate people like Alonso, similarly to Riccardo
0:53 “I’m hanging here like a cOw!”
That is real sportsmanship by Grosjean. Not complaining about his collision with Hulkenburg but instead asking if he's alright. Much respect, Grosjean 👍👍👍
Thank you guys for one of the best seasons in F1- to the organisers especially- WELL DONE!!! Keep going- Speed Thrills!!
In 3 years that Dutchman will be champion in a very “unique way “
Valtteri receives a call on Christmas Eve: "Valtteri, its James"