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...that, of course, is entirely up to you.

But it will make no difference.

As long as you're my husband...

...the company will have the prestige

of your name...

...and whether or not you ever step

into one of these again.

And you will always be my husband.

You know that, don't you?

This one,

she may be different to you...

...but not to me.

To me, she is just like all the others.

And we will always be married,

you and I.

Stay away from me, Monique.

Let me alone, please.

Tell me. What terrible thing

have I done to you...

...that makes you want to nail me

to this absurd life we have together?

What terrible thing, Monique?

Do you think it's been worth it, Pat?

All the effort,

even if I win tomorrow?

Worth it to you?

Only you can know that, Scott.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Well, let's go and have a party.

Scott, are you sure you want to go?

Wouldn't you rather rest?

After tomorrow, I shall be

a long time resting. Come on.

Have I thanked you?

For what?

For being here.

Thank you.

Hey, sayonara.

My goodness, Nino. I thought

they belonged to the Yamura boys.

I have them on temporary loan.

- Really? Two of them?

- They are very small.

See you later, maybe.

Can I buy you a drink?

I don't drink.

I don't smoke.

The end?

The end.

I looked at the photographs last night.

Very good.

Thank you.

And what you wrote,

also very good.

Well, your work may be finished,

but mine is not.

It's time.

I don't want to see the race, Jean-Pierre.

Why not?

Because I'm ashamed.

Ashamed?

Of what?

Of what it's meant to be, I suppose.

The racing.

And now, knowing

what it means to you, the uncertainty.

I don't want to watch anymore.

Ever.

You're being very foolish, you know.

Let me be foolish, then.

I'm going to win today.

You don't want to miss that, do you?

Please, Jean-Pierre.

I don't want to go.

Well...

...to work, then.

I love you, Jean-Pierre.

And I you.

We'll have to discuss the consequences

of those terrible words, huh?

Hey, where were you last night?

- Where were you?

- Come here.

Am I expected to account

for my whereabouts at every moment?

- Am I?

- It is not the same thing.

You are a woman.

- I'm leaving you.

- Leaving? For how long?

For always, you fool.

Forever.

I met a boy, an American...

...who wants to go to the Greek islands

and dive for relics.

In the first place,

diving is a great bore.

How do you know?

Have you ever done it?

Some things one can tell

without doing them...

...that they will be a great bore.

Underwater is for fish, not people.

In the second place,

they are not relics at all.

I have on good authority

from a close friend...

...that these things are manufactured

and then dumped into the water...

...to be found by foolish

American boy tourists.

And the girls who are foolish enough

to go with them.

This is the most ridiculous thing

I ever heard.

I have it on very good authority

from a close friend.

Do you want me to stay?

You are old enough

to make your own decisions.

Then I'm going, all right?

Yes, I definitely think you should go

to the Greek islands...

...with your American boyfriend.

I think you should go to hell.

You gonna be in the pits today?

The last time this combined circuit

was used was in 1961.

There were objections

from drivers who thought...

... the light one-and-a-half liter

Formula 1 cars of that time...

... were not suitable for the strain

imposed by the banking.

Bearing in mind, the suspension

had to be a compromise setting...

... to allow for effective cornering

on the road section.

The bigger cars

of the present formula...

... should be better able

to stand up to the conditions.

Hi, Pat.

How are you?

- Okay. You?

- All right.

Hope he beats you

by at least 10 laps today.

I'm glad you feel that way.

What if he doesn't?

We'll survive it one way or another.

Good luck.

Scott Stoddard has 27 points

in the championship...

... exactly the same as Jean-Pierre Sarti.

In the lead with 28 points is Nino Barlini,

while Pete Aron has 26.

In just two hours, one of these men

will be the new world champion.

They're off.

Sarti is stalled.

He can't get away.

Go away! You will disqualify me!

No, no! No!

Sarti's away at last.

Leaders are onto the banking

for the first time...

... with Barlini's Ferrari in front

of Stoddard's BRM and Aron's Yamura.

Then Brabham, Gurney and Scarfiotti.

The order's Barlini, Stoddard,

Aron, Brabham, Gurney, Scarfiotti.

And tell me, Scott...

... are there any particular problems

in driving on the Monza banking?

The banking?

Well, it's just so damn rough up there,

that the car flicks all over the place.

We're never below 180, you know.

At that speed, your reactions

can barely keep up...

... with these sudden changes in direction.

The trouble is, the high centrifugal forces

push the car into the banking...

... and use up

all the suspension movement.

So, what you're driving

becomes a car with no springs.

It feels like you're getting a series

of punches in the back.

I hate it. I'm sick of pain.

But it's what the car is suffering

that really worries me.

Because no matter how the car

is set up...

... it bottoms at several places

on both bankings.

The underside of the car just comes

crashing down onto the biggest bumps.

Everything's shaking

and banging all the time.

Sometimes you could swear

the whole thing's falling to bits.

Well, none of us

like Monza very much.

It's so damn fast

and they run so close together...

... it requires fantastic concentration

and rather special skills.

Slipstreaming, for instance.

At speeds reaching 180 miles an hour,

race car's making a big hole in the air.

As the car goes through, the air rushes back

into the hole and creates a hell of a draft.

And that draft's strong enough to pull

a following car along at...

Oh, 10 miles

more than his usual top speed.

If yours is the last car in a bunch,

you can get a terrific tow.

You can back way off the gas pedal

and maintain the same speed.

Then you can put your foot down...

... pull out of the slipstream and maybe

overtake two, three cars at once.

The only thing to do here is to drive

just as fast as you know how...

... and hope your car doesn't break.

At the end of the fifth lap,

Barlini's in the lead by five seconds.

Now both Stoddard and Aron

have lost the Ferrari's slipstream.

And they're dropping back

in their great dice for second place.

Coming up the main straight is number four,

Jean-Pierre Sarti's Ferrari in 14th place.

With 10 laps gone

and only 18 seconds behind Barlini...

... after losing nearly half a minute

when his engine stalled at the start.

With 40 laps to go, Sarti could still

catch the leader and win the race.

Are you never afraid?

Not ever.

Why?

Because I am immortal.

Why do you drive racing cars?

Or do you not think about it?

Well, Mr. Yamura,

I don't think there's one of us...

...who doesn't ask himself

at least once in the middle of a race:

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