99!
Point for me. Can I throw?
No Matt!
Go for the white balls.
Hello and welcome to ‘Beat The Challenge’, brought to you by Shell - the Innovation Partner of Scuderia Ferrari.
And today, I am joined by none other than Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Hello.
Are you good?
All very good.
Are you ready for this? This is the challenge awaiting you. It is… Transfer.
Get a good feel. Get the weight. You know you’ve got to get used to this because this challenge is inspired by the Shell V-Power race fuel.
The rules are very simple, right? So, you have 45-seconds to get as many of those balls into your designated box.
There is a few other twists and turns along the way. The balls are different colours. Red is one point, yellow is two…
Shell colours, also!
And then the white is three points.
Oh my god.
Okay? Any kind of strategies here?,
Yes. I’ll start by the red…
That are worth one point?
Yes to train because there are not too many white ones.
What about you, Carlos?
I don't know.
You don’t know? You’re not going to give away your game plan?
Charles Leclerc: Just throw and see.
So to determine where your box starts I am going to ask you a series of multiple choice questions, okay? Yeah.
If you get it right, I will move your box a little bit closer to you, okay?
Carlos, are you listening?
Yes, of course!
Okay, so these are based around Shell’s work in F1 and with Scuderia Ferrari.
Okay, limbering up… I love to see it.
Okay, the first question… are you listening?
Yes.
Here we go! Scuderia Ferrari uses Shell V-Power race fuel. What percentage of that fuel-
99!
I said after the three options!
Point for me. Point for me! Bring it… But no, I feel like that’s a disqualification here, what’s going on? I said after the third answer!
Yeah, but he clearly didn’t listen! This is multiple choice. I’m going to give you both half, there we go.
So, I’m going to say the three options and then as soon as that last syllable comes out of my mouth, that’s when you can answer it.
Question number two. Shell sources second-generation bioethanol from Shell JV, Raizen. What do they use to produce ethanol? Now, now wait…
Is it A, sugarcane waste? B, rose petals? Or C, fish fingers?
Can we answer? A!
Yes! …Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Can I throw? Or can I…
Not yet, not yet.
And, now, the final question. What percentage of the same compounds feature in both Shell V-Power race fuel and road fuel?
Okay… woah, woah… A, 90 percent, B, 95 percent or C, 99 percent. 99!
I won!
I feel like I said the last syllable and I feel like you went halfway through. Yes!
No… no, no. No, Matt! We'll give you both a point, okay?
That is where we’re starting. How do you feel, Carlos? You’ve got a slightly closer box.
I feel ready for this.
45 seconds on the clock. The challenge starts… now! Chime dings to signal the start of the challenge.
Okay, gone for the bounce break. That’s three points… that’s six points already. You're absolutely...
Carlos?
Yes?
Okay, you’re using the closer distance to your advantage!
Of course!
Go for the white balls, Charles; they’re worth three points. Here we go, okay-
Can you leave me alone?
Okay, okay. Here we go then. There’s an extra challenge now.
Eh, no no no!
Here we go. I’m so sorry, I was told to do this! Okay, here we go…
Matt, Matt… I will invite you to the paddock! I will invite you to the paddock.
I like this, the bribes. Okay…
Ah! Distracting. You’re distracting me!
Okay, we’ve got five seconds left! Come on! Come on!
And it is over.
Okay, I don’t think… oh, one of those went in!
Ohhhh!
We’re now going to tot up the scores and find out who won, although I think we might be able to work this out quite quickly.
I don’t think you need to count!
This challenge was inspired by Shell V-Power race fuel. This fuel used by Scuderia Ferrari contains 99 per cent of the same types of compounds used in Shell V-Power road fuel. You had 99 balls. I have the results. Who do you think-
And the winner is...
Won?
Obviously me.
The winner of the first challenge, Transfer, was Carlos!
Yes, yes, yes.
42 points. Charles, you got 37. I’m so sorry.
47? 37
How do you think you could have maybe improved, Charles? Maybe have gone for the white balls first? Or?
Strategy, no?
I actually wasn't watching; I was just going for precision.
We will see you very soon for episode two.