WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:0 00:01:19.127 --> 00:01:24.433 POLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FORMULA ONE THIS IS THE CIRCUIT HE WILL HOPE TO 00:01:24.433 --> 00:01:27.087 CONVERT THAT POLE INTO VICTORY ON 5.4 KILOMETRES 00:01:27.287 --> 00:01:32.727 FOR THE DRIVERS TO USE AND WE ARE SEEING THE FASTEST LAPS EVER SET AROUND HERE THE POLE 00:01:32.727 --> 00:01:39.467 POSITION THE FASTEST EVER MARK THIS CIRCUIT THAT WAS OSCAR WITH THE 13641 00:01:49.107 --> 00:01:55.707 FIRE THEM UP AND CRUCIALLY HOW YOU MAKE THEM LAST IS GOING TO BE THE DEFINING STORY OF THE DAY 00:02:09.767 --> 00:02:14.977 19TH POSITION THE REIGNING FORMULA 2 CHAMPION MORE ROOKIES NOW WITH JACK DOOHAN IN 18TH 00:02:21.007 --> 00:02:26.207 GASLY HAS GONE OUT IN BOTH Q1S SO FAR THIS WEEKEND HE'S NEXT TO CARLOS SAINZ WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH 00:02:26.207 --> 00:02:30.492 THE BALANCE OF THAT CAR LANCE STROLL WAS OF A SECOND BEHIND FERNANDO ALONSO ONE 00:02:39.727 --> 00:02:43.887 STEP FORWARD FROM MELBOURNE TO SHANGHAI ALEX ALBON IS NEXT TO YUKI TSUNODA 00:02:45.487 --> 00:02:50.767 MEGA LAP HAD A MISTAKE AND WASHED WIDE ON THE EXIT OF TURN 13 KIMI ANTONELLI IS IN 00:02:50.767 --> 00:02:56.647 8TH NEXT TO ISACK HADJAR WHO STARTS HIS FIRST GRAND PRIX IN 7TH POSITION AFTER A DNS 00:02:56.647 --> 00:03:01.787 LAST TIME OUT FERRARI FIND THEMSELVES IN 6TH AND 5TH DID THEY BUY US THE CAR TO 00:03:08.464 --> 00:03:10.127 NORRIS WAS A LITTLE BIT DOWNBEAT AFTERWARDS 00:03:30.713 --> 00:03:34.207 WHAT IS GOING TO BE AN ENTHRALLING GRAND PRIX BY JOLYON PALMER 00:03:34.247 --> 00:03:39.767 AND FIRST TO DAVID COULTHARD GENTLEMEN YOU'VE BOTH RACED AROUND THIS CIRCUIT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S 00:03:39.767 --> 00:03:45.327 GOING TO BE SOME TASK TO KEEP THE TYRES ALIVE TODAY FOR THE TALENTED DRIVERS ON THE GRID 00:03:45.327 --> 00:03:50.887 EVERY THROWS UP DIFFERENT DEMANDS AND THIS IS THE CLASSIC MANAGE YOUR TYRES 00:03:59.864 --> 00:04:04.207 REQUIRED SO I SEE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT MORE LIKE A CHESS MATCH WE MIGHT NOT 00:04:09.927 --> 00:04:15.247 THIS IS A MARATHON RATHER THAN A SPRINT THIS 1 56 LAPS AND I I I DO AGREE I THINK WE'RE 00:04:21.087 --> 00:04:26.197 THE FINAL BIT WILL BE A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES ALL COMING TOGETHER AND WE'LL SEE WHO'S CALLED IT RIGHT 00:04:26.527 --> 00:04:30.879 THE CLOUD IS HAS ACTUALLY COME OVER US AS I WAS WALKING UP TO THE COMMENTARY BOX 00:04:39.967 --> 00:04:44.895 HARD GRUELLING DAY FOR THE LEFT FRONT TYRES IT CERTAINLY WILL BE THE SPORTING 00:04:45.247 --> 00:04:51.477 CLICHES ARE BEING USED IN THE COMMENTARY BOX WE'VE GOT A CHESS MATCH WE'VE GOT 00:04:51.927 --> 00:04:55.906 A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT I'M SURE THERE'S SOME MORE COMING OUR WAY IN A FEW 00:04:57.647 --> 00:05:02.797 TIME IN FORMULA ONE OSCAR PIASTRI HAS WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT IT WILL BE HIS 48 START 00:05:02.997 --> 00:05:08.437 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE GRAND PRIX FORMAT BUT THE CLOCK STRIKES 3 LOCAL TIME 00:05:08.437 --> 00:05:13.690 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FORMULA ONE OSCAR WHO HAS DONE THIS IN A SPRINT FORMAT HE'S A 00:05:13.967 --> 00:05:17.927 GRAND PRIX WINNER BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S EVER LED THE FIELD AWAY 00:05:22.447 --> 00:05:28.867 THIS FORMAT FOR THE MAIN RACE SINCE FORMULA 2 WHEN HE WAS THE CHAMPION OF THAT CATEGORY BACK IN 2021 00:05:48.855 --> 00:05:51.611 STOPPER BECAUSE OF THAT HIGH DEG ON THE ON THE 00:05:55.311 --> 00:05:57.567 AT THE START OF THE LAP TURNS 1 00:05:57.567 --> 00:06:03.127 AND 21 LONG DECELERATION ZONE AND THAT TAKES THE THE THE POUNDING 00:06:18.323 --> 00:06:21.887 IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW OVER THE RACE TRACK FOLLOWING THE ACTION 00:06:22.227 --> 00:06:27.607 THE CARS THESE CARS THEY THEY LOVE SPEED THAT'S WHERE THEY GENERATE THE DOWNFORCE THEY'RE ACTUALLY 00:06:38.607 --> 00:06:44.407 BOX WINDOW DC WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FRONT RUNNERS ON THE BACK STRAIGHT THEY WERE ALMOST PARKED UP 00:06:52.037 --> 00:06:57.407 6 SO VERY SLOW PACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK NOT WHAT YOU WANT AS THE LEADER 00:07:03.007 --> 00:07:07.021 LAWSON IS JUST COMING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE LAP TURN 9 AND WE'VE GOT THE 00:07:08.527 --> 00:07:13.727 THROUGH THE FINAL TURN SO A MUCH MORE SPACED OUT AND MUCH FASTER GRID RUN 00:07:13.967 --> 00:07:18.209 FOR THOSE MIDDLE TO BACK OF THE THE STARTING PACK AND THE MEDIUM TYRES WON'T 00:07:27.407 --> 00:07:31.444 RIGHT-HANDER TRICKY BALANCE OF THROTTLE AND BRAKE CARS ALL AROUND THEY'RE EASY 00:07:38.517 --> 00:07:44.014 JUST POINTING PIASTRI PULLING UP ONTO HIS GRID SLOT NOW LAWSON JUST APPROACHING 00:07:44.687 --> 00:07:49.583 INTO TURN 14 THIS MAY GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OFFSET AND THE GUYS FURTHER 00:07:58.527 --> 00:08:04.167 AN OIL SPILL IN ONE OF THE SUPPORT RACES EARLIER ON AND THAT HAS LEFT A MARK ALL 00:08:04.167 --> 00:08:09.737 THE WAY DOWN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE GRID YOU CAN SEE IT NOW AS ANTONELLI PARKS 00:08:09.737 --> 00:08:16.107 UP THE 18 YEAR OLD FROM NORTHERN ITALY STARTING THIS GRAND PRIX FROM 8TH ON THE GRID 00:08:35.897 --> 00:08:42.523 IT WILL BE A LONG HARD STARE AT THE 5 RED LIGHTS WHEN THEY GO OUT 2ND GRAND PRIX 00:08:42.523 --> 00:08:44.267 OF THE YEAR WILL BEGIN 00:08:47.527 --> 00:08:53.167 THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX IS UNDERWAY WITH A GOOD REACTION TIME FOR GEORGE RUSSELL WHO'S CLAIMED 00:08:53.167 --> 00:08:58.867 THAT INSIDE LINE HE'S GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE INSIDE BUT P WAS BRAVE AND HE CHOPS 00:08:58.867 --> 00:09:04.007 ACROSS GEORGE RUSSELL WHO'S VULNERABLE AND LOSES OUT A SECOND POSITION RUSSELL WILL TRY AND REGATHER 00:09:04.007 --> 00:09:10.007 HIS THOUGHTS BUT HE'S LOST THE PLACE TO LANDO NORRIS WHO IMPROVES UP FROM 3RD TO 2ND THEN NORRIS RUSSELL 00:09:45.405 --> 00:09:49.867 AND LANDO COULD SWEEP AROUND THE OUTSIDE FURTHER BACK MAX LOSES OUT TO BOTH FERRARIS 00:09:53.837 --> 00:09:59.537 INSTANT RADIO FROM MAX VERSTAPPEN I CAN TELL YOU THE 2 WENT WHEEL TO WHEEL AND IT'S YUKI 00:10:03.513 --> 00:10:05.217 THINK YOU CAN SEE THE LEFTHAND 00:10:20.022 --> 00:10:23.737 FOR THE FERRARI DRIVER CURRENTLY IN 5TH YEAH WELL THE QUESTION IS WHERE WAS 00:10:23.747 --> 00:10:27.928 THE CONTACTS WAS IT WITH MAX WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE REPLAY TO 00:10:29.497 --> 00:10:34.737 ? MY INFORMATION IS THE 2 FERRARIS HAVE MADE CONTACT AND IT'S COMPROMISED THE 00:10:34.737 --> 00:10:40.337 MAN FROM MONACO'S RACE LET'S TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ORDER IN ITS ENTIRETY ON LAP 2 WE'VE GOT OSCAR 00:10:40.337 --> 00:10:45.817 PIASTRI LEADING HIS TEAMMATE LANDO NORRIS BY SECOND RUSSELL WHO WAS DUKING IT OUT FOR THE LEAD 00:10:53.817 --> 00:10:59.297 AND LECLERC HAVE COME TOGETHER VERSTAPPEN LOST A COUPLE OF PLACES HE'S DOWN TO 6 7TH FOR ANTONELLI THE 00:11:04.737 --> 00:11:10.038 THIS IS CHARLES LECLERC ON THE INSIDE HUGGING AND THE CURB HAMILTON AHEAD VERSTAPPEN 00:11:10.417 --> 00:11:15.697 ALONGSIDE NOW I OVERSTEERS OVER THE CURB AND IT JUST KNOCKS HIM WIDE INTO INTO HAMILTON 00:11:23.777 --> 00:11:27.416 OK FOR THE MOMENT PROBLEM IS YOU'RE GOING TO START TO LOSE FRONT DOWNFORCE WITH 00:11:34.777 --> 00:11:39.322 JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER CAMERA ANGLE OF THAT FERRARI FRONT WING IT LOOKS 00:11:40.837 --> 00:11:46.284 BUT AS YOU SAY EVERYTHING CRITICAL THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE AIR IS THAT FRONT WING 00:12:14.945 --> 00:12:18.127 AROUND THAT MARGIN YELLOW FLAG IS OUT ON THE RACETRACK DRS 00:13:17.469 --> 00:13:21.747 PROBLEM IS I JUST THINK THAT THE TYRE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH WORSE MISSING 00:13:27.347 --> 00:13:32.827 MANAGE FOR LECLERC HE WILL BE THINKING OF ALL THE CIRCUITS OF ALL THE RACES THIS IS NOT THE 00:14:16.487 --> 00:14:19.487 THOSE BRAKES RIGHT NOW BUT YEAH GOOD GASLEYS NOW 00:14:19.607 --> 00:14:25.487 ALONSO HE'S BACKED OUT OF IT ALONSO SLOWING HAVING HAD A BRAKE FIRE REPORTED 00:14:25.487 --> 00:14:30.597 BY ONE OF HIS COMPETITORS AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK WHO STARTED THIS 00:14:51.347 --> 00:14:56.607 YEAH WELL IT'S A WIRE SYSTEM ON THESE CARS WOULD GET A CHANCE TO 00:14:56.607 --> 00:15:00.502 SEE THE START GEORGE RUSSELL GOT A GOOD REACTION AND A GOOD DRIVE WE SAW OSCAR 00:15:02.207 --> 00:15:06.257 POSITION AND WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT THAT ALLOWED LANDO TO FIND HIS WAY ROUND 00:15:07.607 --> 00:15:11.370 IS RUSSELL WAS SO HELLBENT ON GETTING THE FIRST CORNER FIRST THAT BY THE TIME 00:15:13.127 --> 00:15:17.107 WHITE LINE HE WAS VULNERABLE TO NORRIS SWEEPING AROUND THE OUTSIDE VERSTAPPEN 00:15:47.778 --> 00:15:50.811 ABSOLUTELY WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO COME BACK TO THE APEX GOOD 00:15:51.097 --> 00:15:56.727 GETAWAY FOR LEWIS WE'VE GOT MAX JUST AHEAD OF HIM SO HE'S WATCHING THE ACTION UNFOLD MAX IS 00:15:56.727 --> 00:16:02.397 HAVING HIS ISSUE WIDE AND THEN WE LOOK FOR CHARLES COMING THROUGH THE INSIDE AND THEN 00:16:02.687 --> 00:16:08.587 THERE'S THAT CONTACT WITH THE FRONT WING MUCH BETTER VISIBILITY ON THAT END PLATE 00:16:09.877 --> 00:16:13.998 YEAH WELL THAT'S WHAT WE CALL FRIENDLY FIRE YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY YOUR TEAM MATE I 00:16:15.287 --> 00:16:20.767 ON TRYING TO GET THE INSIDE OF OF VERSTAPPEN MORE THAN HAMILTON BUT JUST HAD THAT OVERSTEER AND YOU 00:16:26.247 --> 00:16:31.727 VERSTAPPEN WHO'S RIGHT WITH NORRIS TURNS IT IN AND THERE JUST HAS TO CORRECT THE CAR AND THAT SHUFFLES 00:16:39.827 --> 00:16:43.698 BY MAX PROBABLY PRETTY QUICKLY NOW BUT HE'S STILL AHEAD YEAH I THINK IT'S MORE 00:16:45.247 --> 00:16:49.980 FRONT WING OF THE LECLERC THE ACTUAL WING WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND AS WELL SO 00:17:03.687 --> 00:17:07.819 OTHER SAUBER NICO HULKENBERG STARTED 12TH IS ALSO AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD I 00:17:09.197 --> 00:17:13.131 ARE RUNNING ROUND NOW ON THEIR OWN AT THE BACK LAWSON STARTED FROM THE PIT LANE 00:17:14.607 --> 00:17:19.727 RETIRING FROM THE GRAND PRIX IT IS WORTH SAYING AS WELL THAT AHEAD OF THE RACE 00:17:19.727 --> 00:17:22.607 HULKENBERG WAS NOTED BY RACE CONTROL FOR DOING PRACTISE 00:17:52.687 --> 00:17:58.127 EYES PEEL THOUGH BECAUSE WITH NORRIS VERY MUCH IN THE DRS AS I SUSPECT WILL BE ON THE RADIO TO 00:18:07.127 --> 00:18:10.699 YEAH THEY ARE WITHIN A SECOND NORRIS WILL NOT WANT TO DAMAGE THOSE TYRES YOU 00:18:12.367 --> 00:18:15.838 THROUGH THE FIRST STINT AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE YOURSELF STRATEGIC OPTIONS 00:18:18.047 --> 00:18:23.017 A LARGE PART IN THE RACE TODAY YELLOW FLAG WAS MOMENTARILY OUT ON THE RACETRACK 00:18:28.927 --> 00:18:34.105 AWAY FROM LECLERC SO LECLERC IS DOING A GOOD JOB MISSING THE 20 TO 30 POINTS OF 00:18:58.987 --> 00:19:03.323 BEHIND AND YEAH I AGREE I THINK THIS HAPPENED IT'S ABOUT LONG GAME HERE AND 00:19:03.323 --> 00:19:06.847 TRYING TO TAKE IT AS LATE AS YOU CAN INTO THE GRAND PRIX 00:19:12.567 --> 00:19:18.287 FROM DRIVERS ON THE RADIO I'M HEARING FROM THE GALLERY SO THERE IS ALREADY A DROP OFF ON TYRE 00:19:18.287 --> 00:19:23.727 GRIP AROUND THIS CIRCUIT THAT RUNS TO 3.3 MILES 5.4 KILOMETRES 16 00:19:42.777 --> 00:19:48.287 IT'S QUITE CLEAR WELL YUKI IS IN THE CAR AND ACTUALLY IT WILL TURN OUT WE'LL 00:19:48.287 --> 00:19:53.807 FIND OUT IN TIME WHETHER HE'S MAKING THE RIGHT CALL OR NOT THE END OF THE DAY THE ENGINEERS CAN GUIDE 00:19:53.807 --> 00:19:58.813 BUT THE DRIVERS HAVE TO DRIVE AS WE SEE FERNANDO ALONSO THERE GETTING INTO THE DEBRIEF FOR THE TEAM 00:20:14.087 --> 00:20:19.567 ENTIRE FIELD A LINE ASTERN ON THAT STRAIGHT YUKI TSUNODA IN 8TH PLACE SAYING HE WANTS TO USE MORE 00:20:19.567 --> 00:20:24.288 OF THE FRONT TYRES THAT IS YOUR MASSIVE LIMITATION AROUND THIS CIRCUIT BUT HE 00:20:24.288 --> 00:20:26.987 BASICALLY WANTS TO GO AND CHASE AFTER ANTONELLI 00:20:27.657 --> 00:20:33.177 I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ALSO THE TYRE GAMBLE DID NOT WORK OUT FOR RACING BULLS ONE WEEK 00:20:52.517 --> 00:20:55.817 DOWN I DON'T RECKON YUKI GOES OUT FOR DINNER MUCH WITH HIS ENGINEER BECAUSE HE'D 00:20:58.657 --> 00:21:03.038 YEAH OK WELL MEANWHILE AS WE GO ON BOARD WITH 00:21:04.087 --> 00:21:09.357 THE RACING BULLS THIS IS THIS IS A STRONG PERFORMANCE FROM HADJAR THIS WEEKEND HE'S JUST RUNNING 00:21:09.527 --> 00:21:15.047 SLIGHTLY OVER 2ND BEHIND HIS TEAMMATES IN ORDER AND THIS THIS IS IMPORTANT ISN'T 00:21:15.047 --> 00:21:20.347 IT? WITH LIAM LAWSON HAVING DIFFICULTIES BOTH THESE GUYS ARE LEFT 00:21:22.327 --> 00:21:26.257 YEAH WELL THAT'S GOING TO TO BE THE CASE IF YOU'RE RUNNING UP THE CHUFF OF YOUR 00:21:32.507 --> 00:21:38.017 YEAH PLENTY OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE ORDER ISSUED BETWEEN THE 2 MCLAREN 00:21:38.017 --> 00:21:43.507 DRIVERS A WEEK AGO GETTING THE INSTRUCTION NOT TO RACE UNTIL A LATER PHASE OF THE RACE I DIDN'T 00:21:49.107 --> 00:21:54.737 HE WAS FRUSTRATED BY THAT AND HE'S COME IN TO THIS RACE WEEKEND A LITTLE BIT ANGRY AND SO FAR 00:21:54.737 --> 00:21:59.654 IT'S SERVED HIM WELL I THINK EARLY THAT WAS A SHORT TERM PUSH TO TRY AND GET THE 00:22:02.397 --> 00:22:06.230 COULD GET THE LEAD HE CAN CONTROL THE RACE BUT IT WAS A LITTLE ATTACK THAT 00:22:18.947 --> 00:22:24.307 YEAH WELL MAYBE THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY IF THE WING WAS ALL INTACT 00:22:24.427 --> 00:22:28.544 MAYBE IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ON THE NOSE AND ACTUALLY LOSING 00:22:49.007 --> 00:22:54.927 THAT 9 LAPS LATER AND HE IS BREEZING IT WELL WE ALL KNOW HE'S ONE OF THE LOVELIEST GUYS 00:22:54.927 --> 00:23:00.207 IN THE PADDOCK BUT DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THAT SORT OF FEISTY CONFIDENCE THAT THAT 00:23:00.207 --> 00:23:03.923 TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT A RACING DRIVER'S PSYCHE HE FEELS HE'S GOT IT UNDER 00:23:19.167 --> 00:23:27.547 ON HOW WOULD HE FARE ALONGSIDE A PROVEN GRAND PRIX WINNER AND YOU'VE GOT TO SAY SO FAR SO GOOD 00:23:27.737 --> 00:23:32.907 THE FERRARI THING'S INTERESTING ISN'T IT? LE LECLERC 7 TENTH BACK FROM HAMILTON AND 00:23:49.527 --> 00:23:55.287 HE'S LOST LOAD BUT IF IT HAS BROUGHT IT INTO BALANCE THEN THAT'S ALL YOU NEED BEING THE 00:24:03.037 --> 00:24:08.212 TYRE STOP SO I THINK I'D BE INCLINED FOR THE BIG PICTURE FOR FERRARI TO LET 00:24:08.212 --> 00:24:13.387 LECLERC CLEAR HAMILTON WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE PIT STOP HE'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER 00:24:13.607 --> 00:24:17.997 I DON'T KNOW IF I'D BOTHER CHANGING THE FRONT WING AT ALL AT THIS STAGE IS THE OTHER OPTION 00:24:24.567 --> 00:24:30.487 PHASE HERE? ARE WE IN A MONACO GRAND PRIX PHASE HERE WHERE POTENTIALLY THE DAMAGE TO CHARLES LECLERC'S 00:24:30.487 --> 00:24:35.985 CAR AND THE EFFECT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON HIS RACE IS BEING MASKED BY THE FACT 00:24:43.177 --> 00:24:47.067 OK SO PLAN A 00:24:56.007 --> 00:25:01.354 LECLERC OUT OF POSITION TO TO SWITCH TO A TO A ONE BEFORE THE RACE TO DO 00:25:23.897 --> 00:25:27.807 BUT BY HAVING THE WING COME CLOSER TO THE GROUND YOU'RE GAINING DOWNFORCE 00:25:28.457 --> 00:25:34.007 THROUGH A PIT STOP FOR PIERRE GASLY THERE IS HE GOES PAST OUR COMMENTARY BOX WINDOW HE HAS PULLED 00:25:41.187 --> 00:25:44.371 SO CHARLES LECLERC BEING TOLD LOVELY IDEA BUT WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU WOULD 00:25:46.707 --> 00:25:52.147 THE FRONT 3.1 STOP FOR THE ALPINE WILL EVERYONE NOW RESPOND TO GASLY WHO ON 00:26:03.227 --> 00:26:08.270 THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE AND THERE WAS THAT ANGLE OF THE FRONT WING DRAGGING ON 00:26:11.127 --> 00:26:16.657 THE AND MAYBE IT'S GIVING HIM THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF DOWNFORCE WITH THAT 00:26:16.657 --> 00:26:22.147 AMOUNT OF DEFLECTION I THINK THE END PARTS BROKEN CLEAN OFF SO THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE 00:26:22.147 --> 00:26:25.653 IF THE FIA DEEM THAT IT'S ACTUALLY DANGEROUS HAVING THE FRONT WING DANGLE LIKE 00:26:27.947 --> 00:26:31.567 DO THE MECHANICAL FLAG AND THAT IS WHAT FERRARI HAVE GOT TO WEIGH UP WHETHER 00:26:33.257 --> 00:26:38.909 OR 5 SECONDS TO TO CHANGE THE THE FRONT WING OR DO YOU JUST RISK IT BECAUSE THE 00:26:41.147 --> 00:26:47.327 THAT YOU DON'T GET GET CALLED IN ANYWAY YEAH LOOK ANY CLOSER AND BE ABLE TO THE REAR WING OF HAMILTON 00:26:55.667 --> 00:26:59.451 I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ALEX WITH YOUR YOUR SENTIMENT BEFORE THERE IS 00:27:00.907 --> 00:27:06.307 ACROSS THE FIELD AND THAT IS I THINK CONFIRMATION OF IT PLAN TRY AND SHIFT THE PIT STOPS LATER 00:27:06.307 --> 00:27:11.477 AND LATER THAT MIGHT CHANGE NOW BECAUSE YUKI TSUNODA HAS JUST PITTED FROM INSIDE THE TOP 10 00:27:14.527 --> 00:27:17.267 HE WANTED TO USE THE FRONT TYRES MORE AND THAT'S WHY 00:27:17.267 --> 00:27:21.636 HE'S THE FIRST OF THE MAIN RUNNERS TO PIT SO LET'S SEE AS PERSONAL BESTS ARE 00:27:25.207 --> 00:27:30.062 TSUNODA RESPONDING OCON RESPONDING 2 AND 1 LAP LATER THAN HIS TEAMMATE 00:27:30.787 --> 00:27:35.577 GETS STOP THAT'S 4/10 OF A SECOND FASTER GASLY GOES THROUGH 00:27:36.287 --> 00:27:41.947 AND HE'S GONE TO THAT FRESH RUBBER EARLY THAT'S GOING TO TO GIVE HIM A GREAT GRIP ADVANTAGE 00:27:41.947 --> 00:27:45.887 COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO WILL TAKE THE PAIN OF HAVING BEEN THE FIRST 00:28:11.867 --> 00:28:16.521 EARLIER ON SO JOLYON JUST ON THOSE EARLY STOPS FOR SOME OF THE SORT OF MID TO 00:28:16.521 --> 00:28:19.807 BACK END RUNNERS IT GETS THEM SOME CLEAN AIR BUT YOU WOULD 00:28:19.927 --> 00:28:25.727 TEND TO WANT TO WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN GO A BIT LONGER IF YOU'RE IN THAT PART OF THE GRAND PRIX SO 00:28:28.823 --> 00:28:30.887 OF RACE BECAUSE THE UNDERCUT'S GOING TO BE REALLY POWERFUL 00:28:49.827 --> 00:28:53.812 ARE RIGHT WITH YUKI TSUNODA THEY'VE GOT TO COVER HIM OFF OK IN COMES ANTONELLI 00:29:06.527 --> 00:29:11.887 TIME YUKI TSUNODA WENT FOR THE UNDERCUT WENT FOR THE EARLY GRIP THERE'S THE REWARD HE WANTED 00:29:19.847 --> 00:29:24.083 WHY YOU'D WANT TO PIT EARLY NOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM OF PITTING EARLY? AND THAT IS 00:29:25.407 --> 00:29:31.167 FRESH BY JUST ONE LAP BUT HE WILL HAVE BETTER TYRES LATER ON IN THIS STINT AND IT'S THE TRADE-OFF OF 00:29:31.167 --> 00:29:35.512 HOW EARLY DO YOU GO? PITTING EARLY GIVES YOU A GAIN BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE 00:29:35.512 --> 00:29:41.307 PUNISHMENT LATER ON OF TRYING TO HANG ON TO THAT OLD YEAH ANTONELLI NOW NEEDS TO USE THOSE NEW TYRES 00:29:49.017 --> 00:29:54.567 BY THE WAY ANTONELLI SPENT 19 LAPS YESTERDAY IN THIS POSITION ABOUT HALF A SECOND AWAY FROM 00:29:54.567 --> 00:29:57.939 TSUNODA SO I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO BE DELIGHTED AT BEING JUMPED THERE BY THE 00:30:00.047 --> 00:30:03.559 LEAVING HIM JUST ONE LAP LATER THERE'S NOT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TYRE FRESHNESS 00:30:11.087 --> 00:30:14.687 OF CORNERS ONTO THE MAIN PARTICULARLY CLEAN AND HE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT 00:30:20.457 --> 00:30:26.407 IN COMES HAMILTON VERSTAPPEN AS WELL CLEAN PIT STOPS VITAL YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD CHAMPION 00:30:46.896 --> 00:30:50.447 THEN YOU'VE GOT TSUNODA BATTLING WITH ANTONELLI WHO WILL KNOW THAT HE'S RACE 00:30:50.457 --> 00:30:56.327 ON CLEARING THE RACING BULL DRIVER SO WHO'S GOT HIS MIRRORS FULL OF ANTONELLI TO TO CARE ABOUT VERSTAPPEN 00:31:01.567 --> 00:31:09.307 HIM CLEAR OF THESE GUYS THAT PITTED EARLIER WE JUST SAW THE CALL THERE FROM PIASTRI'S 00:31:16.517 --> 00:31:21.147 THE COCKPIT IT'S A VERY EARLY CALL MIDDLE OF THE LAP TO TELL THEM TO BOX 00:31:24.857 --> 00:31:29.987 AND DECIDING TO COMMUNICATE NICE AND CLEARLY EVERYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN CODE GEORGE RUSSELL SAYING 00:31:30.517 --> 00:31:35.997 OH I THINK IT'S A ONE STOP TRY A LITTLE BIT OF IS HE TRYING TO FORCE A MOVE? IS HE CONFIDENT 00:31:35.997 --> 00:31:41.567 ? EITHER WAY RUSSELL'S IN 3RD MCLAREN ARE OUTSIDE OUR COMMENTARY BOX READY TO RECEIVE THE RACE 00:31:41.567 --> 00:31:47.947 LEADER OSCAR IS ABOUT TO HIT HIS MARKS CRUCIAL PITSTOP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GRAND PRIX 00:31:49.447 --> 00:31:52.679 THESE ARE THE PRESSURE MOMENTS FOR MCLAREN THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPIONS AND IT'S 00:31:54.917 --> 00:31:58.700 3.8 SECONDS POTENTIALLY I KNOW HE'S GOING TO GET FRESHER RUBBER AS RUSSELL 00:32:11.467 --> 00:32:16.121 DOESN'T GET ANY TRAFFIC AS HE COMES OUT OF THE PITS AND HE DOES STAY AHEAD OF 00:32:25.247 --> 00:32:30.997 ON FRESHER TYRES AND STAYS AHEAD OF STROLL SO DOESN'T HAVE TO SIT BEHIND THE ASTON MARTIN CAN RUSSELL 00:32:35.927 --> 00:32:41.407 WASN'T IT? SO DOWN THE INSIDE FOR GEORGE RUSSELL HE WASN'T SPEAKING IN CODE THEY NEVER SAY ONE STOP 00:32:41.407 --> 00:32:46.147 IT'S CLEAR AS DAY IT'S NOT THE NOT THE BEST BLUFFING I'VE HEARD ON THE RADIO 00:33:15.687 --> 00:33:21.757 IF THAT'S THE WHITE LINE I DON'T WANT YOU CUTTING MY GRASS MY TENNIS COURT BRAVE COMMITTED 00:33:21.757 --> 00:33:26.437 AND YEAH KEPT HIS FOOT IN 200 MPH FULL 00:33:27.247 --> 00:33:32.127 FLAT TO THE FLOOR SO 3 SECONDS I THINK WAS THE GAP WHEN PIASTRI HIT IT'S 00:33:32.127 --> 00:33:37.567 AROUND 2 SECONDS ON THE RACETRACK LET'S SEE 2.2 BETTER STOP FOR NORRIS EXPECTING HIM 00:33:37.567 --> 00:33:42.307 TO BE AROUND 2 SECONDS IN PROXIMITY TO PIASTRI WHEN IT COMES OVER THE LINE BUT 00:33:45.587 --> 00:33:49.337 HE WILL GET THERE NOW CAN NORRIS GET OUT AHEAD OF THE TRAFFIC? CAN GEORGE 00:33:51.087 --> 00:33:54.562 GOT AT THE START TYRES WON'T BE THE SAME TEMPERATURE AS WELL RUSSELL'S WILL BE 00:33:56.647 --> 00:34:02.207 THE WAY IN THE WORLD AS WELL RUSSELL GETS AHEAD CRUCIAL MOMENT GEORGE RUSSELL 00:34:07.567 --> 00:34:11.567 OF THE WAY THEY'RE RACING FOR POSITION RIGHT NOW WE MIGHT HAVE OLD TYRES BUT 00:34:37.597 --> 00:34:41.582 BATTLING STAFF FROM RUSSELL THEY KNEW THAT THAT WAS HIS CHANCE SO HE'S HE'S 00:34:41.582 --> 00:34:45.567 CALLED THE SHOTS TO THE ONE STOP BLUFF AND HE COMES GETS THE UNDERCOVER 00:34:45.727 --> 00:34:51.407 CHANCE ON NORRIS AND THAT IS THE ONE CHANCE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE ADVANTAGE THERE AND HE'S HAD STROLL 00:34:55.232 --> 00:34:56.807 SCRABBLING AROUND HE'S ALMOST TIPPED THE ASTON 00:35:01.069 --> 00:35:03.627 GETTING PAST LIAM LAWSON WHO HAS YET TO STOP 00:35:10.967 --> 00:35:14.987 AND NOW DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN WITH THE YET TO STOP OLIVER BEARMAN 00:35:15.187 --> 00:35:20.927 AND LECLERC WILL GET BY SO THE FERRARI'S STILL BEING LED BY LEWIS HAMILTON WINNER OF THE SPRINT 00:35:26.257 --> 00:35:33.067 STOP BUT HE HAS EXTENDED LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE HE'S ON LAP 17 STILL RUNNING THE MEDIUMS 00:35:33.997 --> 00:35:39.457 LECLERC STILL RUNNING THE DAMAGE FRONT WING BUT HE'S ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT FIRST STINT I THOUGHT THE 00:35:39.457 --> 00:35:43.507 FERRARIS WERE GOING TO START TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE TOP 3 AT THE END OF THAT 00:35:44.937 --> 00:35:51.057 TEAMMATE JUST BEHIND LECLERC'S ONE LAP PRESSURE ON THE TYRES AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF BAFFLINGLY 00:35:51.057 --> 00:35:56.017 WELL WITH THIS DAMAGED FRONT WING YEAH I THINK IT CAN ONLY BE NOT THAT I'M SUDDENLY STEPPING UP 00:35:56.017 --> 00:36:01.389 TO JUNIOR BUT SEALING THE GROUND IT'S A GROUND EFFECT AND THAT FRONT WING AND 00:36:03.907 --> 00:36:09.727 IT'S BEEN DONE AND HE IS NOW STEERING UP THE GEARBOX OF HAMILTON YET AGAIN THIS IS THE MOMENT 00:36:09.937 --> 00:36:13.548 WHERE LANDO NORRIS EXITED AHEAD OF GEORGE RUSSELL RUSSELL WITH HIS TYRES FIRED 00:36:14.937 --> 00:36:20.457 NOT HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY HERE HE'S YET TO STOP HE'S NOT BEHIND BY A LAP OH HOW CLOSE 00:36:26.097 --> 00:36:30.257 DESPERATE TO MAKE THAT MOVE STICK ON ON NORRIS IT'S A IT'S A PERFECTLY EXECUTED 00:36:50.397 --> 00:36:54.128 GRAND PRIX FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GEORGE RUSSELL WAS 00:36:56.137 --> 00:36:59.891 RECLAIM THE POSITION HE KNOWS IT'S VITAL IF HE'S GOING TO WIN THIS GRAND PRIX 00:36:59.891 --> 00:37:03.897 HE'S GOT A CAR IN BETWEEN HIM AND HIS TEAMMATE HE'S DIVING TO THE INSIDE AND 00:37:29.732 --> 00:37:33.897 TODAY ARE THEY? THEY'LL GO OVER THE GRASS THEY'LL DRIVE RIGHT TO THE WHITE LINE ON THE 00:37:34.177 --> 00:37:39.607 INSIDE AND NORRIS UNDO THAT GREAT MOVE THAT RUSSELL PUT ON HIM WITH A NICE MOVE OF HIS OWN 00:37:39.607 --> 00:37:44.591 HOW LONG CAN LECLERC STAY THAT CLOSE TO HAMILTON CLEARLY FERRARI ARE 00:38:08.387 --> 00:38:13.967 I BELIEVE THE FERRARIS HAVE CONSIDERED THE SITUATION AND I BELIEVE THE INSTRUCTION IS TO SWAP 00:38:34.270 --> 00:38:38.367 RUNNING HIGHER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT THEY'VE YET TO STOP IN THIS GRAND PRIX AND 00:38:38.377 --> 00:38:41.953 WE'RE EXPECTING A FERRARI SWAP ACCORDING TO THE RADIO CHATTER AND IN THE END 00:38:43.997 --> 00:38:49.301 STROLL DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE'S ABLE TO DO AND ALLOWED TO DO BUT OF COURSE IT'LL BE FRUSTRATING FOR LECLERC 00:38:49.567 --> 00:38:54.720 BUT IT'S JUST MEANT HE'S DROPPED BACK SLIGHTLY BUT HE MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN A SLIGHTLY 00:38:55.007 --> 00:39:00.447 CLEANER AIR NOW AND GET THE MOMENTUM THROUGH THAT SECTION ONTO THE LONG BACK STRAIGHT 00:39:08.407 --> 00:39:12.385 DO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HE'S KEEPING THESE TYRES ALIVE REALLY NICELY SO NOW 00:39:14.047 --> 00:39:17.460 GOING TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH IN THE HIGH SPEED JUST YET BUT WE'LL BLAST 00:39:19.807 --> 00:39:25.052 BUT 1 2ND LAP SLOWER THAN VERSTAPPEN WHO HAS PITTED FROM THAT DISTANT GAP 00:39:30.367 --> 00:39:35.700 A PIT STOP YOU SAVE 24 SECONDS THAT'S A LOT SO EVEN IF YOU'RE DOWN FOR FOR 20 00:40:00.397 --> 00:40:07.149 AND WE FIND OURSELVES WITH NORRIS UP TO 2ND PLACE ALBON HEADING TO THE PIT LANE AND 00:40:16.407 --> 00:40:20.411 WITH MCLAREN WITH MERCEDES AND NOW WITH FERRARI AND STILL CONTINUES TO LEAD THE 00:40:22.127 --> 00:40:25.557 FRONT WING THEY'RE HAVING A CHAT I CAN TELL YOU ON THE RADIO WE'RE NOT HEARING 00:40:27.487 --> 00:40:31.379 ME THAT THEY'RE HAVING A CHAT ON THE RADIO ABOUT SWAPPING POSITIONS AND STILL 00:40:33.047 --> 00:40:38.467 THING HERE IS THAT HAMILTON HAS BEEN QUICK QUICKER THAN LECLERC ALMOST EVERY LAP OF THE WEEKEND FARING 00:40:44.757 --> 00:40:50.367 WELL IT'S NOT HAPPENED YET THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ON THE LAST LAP YEAH SOMETIMES YOU DEVELOP RADIO PROBLEMS 00:40:50.367 --> 00:40:56.127 WHEN THE TEAM ASK YOU THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR DID YOU EVER DO THAT JOLYON PALMER? 00:40:56.247 --> 00:41:01.807 JOLYON RESPONDED TO ALL INSTRUCTIONS WITH AN IMMEDIATE YES IT IS THE WORST 00:41:01.807 --> 00:41:05.533 THING ISN'T IT WHEN YOU GET THE THE TEAM ORDERS BECAUSE YOU WORK SO HARD TO GET 00:41:07.507 --> 00:41:12.527 AS SOON AS YOU'RE GETTING SHUFFLED OUT OF THE WAY IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE SPIRITS UP SOMETIMES 00:41:18.727 --> 00:41:23.099 CONTRACT IN FERRARI HISTORY THERE WILL BE A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY IN 00:41:26.137 --> 00:41:32.047 IN FORMULA ONE HISTORY THAT IF YOU CAN IT AROUND YOU IT CAN GET POLITICAL AT FERRARI EVERY 00:41:32.047 --> 00:41:37.467 MOMENT WHERE THEY'RE TOLD TO SWAP OVER LIKE THAT 00:41:42.627 --> 00:41:47.877 SO IT'S ACTED AS A HURRY UP THAT IS THE THE DRIVERS AHEAD RUSSELL'S PAST ALBON THERE THEY ARE AND 00:41:47.877 --> 00:41:53.307 ALBON IS NOT PITTED AS WELL JUST YET WE WE HEARD THE CALL FOR HIM TO TO DIVE IN BUT HE'S STAYING 00:41:53.307 --> 00:41:58.707 OUT AND HAMILTON IS HAVING TO GO FOR IT NOW ALBON PITS AND IT GETS OUT OF THE WAY SO 1.6 SECONDS 00:41:58.707 --> 00:42:05.227 BEHIND RUSSELL 3.23 SECONDS AWAY FROM FROM NORRIS THERE'S THE SWAP FOR THE FERRARIS 00:42:35.567 --> 00:42:39.061 TOO LONG IN THIS RACE AND EVEN THOUGH LEWIS HAS LOOKED BETTER THROUGHOUT SO MUCH 00:42:39.061 --> 00:42:43.487 OF IT WON THE SPRINT TOOK SPRINT POLE HAS BEEN THE HERO THIS WEEKEND CHARLES HAS THE BETTER CHARLES 00:42:49.057 --> 00:42:54.927 UP TO TO GEORGE RUSSELL AND THEN HE MIGHT GET THE PAYBACK JUST FOR REFERENCE CHARLES LECLERC IS 7.8 00:43:10.387 --> 00:43:13.142 AND THE 19 LAP RACE APPLIED IT SOME 00:43:24.527 --> 00:43:30.277 THE RUBBER SPEAKING TO THE CAR IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WITHOUT AN END PLATE ON HIS FRONT WING 00:43:30.277 --> 00:43:35.658 CHARLES LECLERC IS THE FASTEST DRIVER CAN HE PUT THE PRESSURE ON GEORGE RUSSELL GEORGE RUSSELL FOR 3RD 00:43:41.557 --> 00:43:46.796 GOOD TO SEE DO HAVING A STRONG RACE JUST A COUPLE OF 10 A COUPLE OF SECONDS 00:43:50.707 --> 00:43:54.897 LECLERC CUTTER HAS TO PROVE IT NOW DOESN'T HE? ONCE YOU GET TEAM ORDERS IN YOUR 00:43:56.207 --> 00:43:59.632 SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH BUT YOU'VE NOW GOT TO PULL AWAY OTHERWISE YOU IT SORT OF 00:44:07.127 --> 00:44:12.687 MILES AWAY FROM NORRIS SO YOU'RE RIGHT ALL OF THESE TOP 5 ARE ARE NOT MILES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER 00:44:12.687 --> 00:44:16.670 GENERALLY 4 SECONDS CLEAR OF OF LANDO AND VERSTAPPEN'S STILL 3 SECONDS BACK 00:44:33.677 --> 00:44:39.087 YEAH SO THAT'S CHARLES'S ENGINEER GIVING IT LOOK WE'VE 00:44:42.713 --> 00:44:44.527 THE TRAFFIC AHEAD AND R RUN 00:44:44.527 --> 00:44:52.427 HIS RACE BUT LOOK AT THAT FRONT WING AMAZING THAT HE'S ABLE TO STILL DELIVER THE PERFORMANCE 00:45:17.177 --> 00:45:20.852 BETWEEN EACH OTHER THEY'VE YET TO STOP AND STROLL HAS ALREADY PLAYED A PART IN 00:45:20.852 --> 00:45:25.017 THE UPPER REACHES OF THE GRAND PRIX EARLIER ON WHEN NORRIS CAME OUT OF THE PITS BUT 00:45:25.097 --> 00:45:30.617 BEARMAN HAVING A MUCH BETTER SECOND ROUND THAN 1ST ROUND OF THE SEASON I QUITE LIKE THE ONE 00:45:34.425 --> 00:45:36.057 THOUGHTS AND THE THOUGHTS WEREN'T BAD 00:45:52.007 --> 00:45:57.727 YEAH WELL IT'S ALL GOING TO BECOME CLEAR ONCE THE 2 STOPPERS FINALLY GET AROUND TO 00:45:57.727 --> 00:46:02.827 MAKING THEIR STOP WE'VE GOT THE LECLERC NOW WITHIN A SECOND OF 00:46:03.047 --> 00:46:07.947 GEORGE RUSSELL SO WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOME ON TRACK ACTION BETWEEN THOSE 2 00:46:20.447 --> 00:46:26.307 YEAR A REMINDER THAT NO ONE HAD RUN THE HARD TYRES BEFORE THIS GRAND PRIX SO AS A RESULT 00:46:26.307 --> 00:46:31.389 THE DRIVERS WHO STARTED ON THE HARD HAVING A BETTER TIME THAN PERHAPS EVEN THEY THOUGHT THAT'S THE SITE 00:46:35.670 --> 00:46:39.417 GIVEN HE'S GOT FRESHER RUBBER THAT WAS HIM GETTING PAST THE ALPINE OF P 00:47:06.786 --> 00:47:09.417 16 TURNS BEARMAN RACING HERE TODAY FOR THE FIRST 00:47:11.847 --> 00:47:17.447 A 5TH GRAND PRIX START FOR THE BRITISH DRIVER IT'S HIS FIRST FULL SEASON IN FORMULA ONE 00:47:22.807 --> 00:47:26.346 AWAY FROM THE ASTON MARTIN DRIVER AND THIS IS GOOD INTEL FOR EVERYONE ELSE 00:47:46.847 --> 00:47:52.207 WHY HE'S DROPPING AWAY NEARLY 2 SECONDS BACK FROM LECLERC AND WONDERING WHY EXIT OF 13 THAT 00:47:52.207 --> 00:47:57.040 IS THE LONG CORNER ONTO THE BACK STRAIGHT WHERE CHARLES LECLERC IS RIGHT NOW AND 00:47:57.040 --> 00:48:00.907 IT'S A CRITICAL CORNER WE JUMP ON BOARD LEWIS HAMILTON THROUGH THERE 00:48:01.767 --> 00:48:06.957 HAMILTON JUST THE 2ND GRAND PRIX WEEKEND SWITCHING FROM MERCEDES TO FERRARI 00:48:13.607 --> 00:48:18.897 YEAH IN THE CASE OF WHEN I WENT WHEN I WAS 9 SEASONS WHEN I WENT TO RED BULL I I BASICALLY 00:48:18.927 --> 00:48:25.664 HAD RED BULL BY THE TECHNOLOGY AS YOU SEE A LOCK-UP AND AN ATTEMPT AT A PASS 00:48:25.664 --> 00:48:29.627 DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT RETAKES THE PLACE AND WELL 00:49:13.367 --> 00:49:18.547 SUGGEST MECHANICAL SORT OF TRANSITION TO AERO AND THE LAUNCH FROM OLIVER BEARMAN 00:49:18.847 --> 00:49:23.595 AND YET BE DOING HIS OWN THERE MAKING SURE HE DOESN'T DAMAGE THAT FRONT FRONT 00:49:23.595 --> 00:49:28.027 TYRE WELL 11 OUT OF 10 FOR EFFORT DIDN'T QUITE MANAGE TO FULLY EXECUTE 00:49:28.447 --> 00:49:33.607 FURTHER BACK IN THE FIELD THIS IS CARLOS SAINZ IN THE WILLIAMS HIS NEW TEAM FOR 2025 00:49:33.807 --> 00:49:39.367 OUT DRAGGING JACK DOOHAN AND TAKING THE PLACE AWAY IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY TIME FOR CARLOS 00:49:39.367 --> 00:49:44.687 SAINZ HE'S STILL WORKING HARD TO DISCOVER THE CAR BUT THAT WAS A MOVE FOR P15 HECK OF A 00:49:44.687 --> 00:49:50.127 SEND FROM FULL CREDIT FOR JUST AT SOME POINT SENDING IT AND SEEING IF IT 00:49:58.227 --> 00:50:03.687 AND THE FACT THAT BEARMAN ARE ABLE TO PUSH AND PUSH AND PUSH NOT CHEW THROUGH THESE HARDS I THINK 00:50:19.637 --> 00:50:25.350 WELL YOU LOSE THE THE AMOUNT OF RUBBLE THAT'S THERE AND THEREFORE YOU REDUCE THE CHANCES OF 00:50:25.687 --> 00:50:32.107 CREATING THAT GRAINING SO IT'S DEFINITELY WORKING WELL FOR THEM AT THIS STAGE AS WE SEE CHARLES LECLERC 00:50:32.117 --> 00:50:37.727 EVER CLOSE TO GEORGE RUSSELL BUT WITH RUSSELL HAVING SUCH GOOD TRACTION OFF 00:50:37.727 --> 00:50:43.227 ONTO THE BACK STRAIGHT DRS NOT AS EFFECTIVE HERE AS WE'VE SEEN AT OTHER RACE 00:50:54.507 --> 00:50:59.371 BECAUSE HE HAS TO STAY CLOSE IN THIS PART OF THE CIRCUIT WE'RE THROUGH THE HIGH 00:51:02.227 --> 00:51:04.927 IN 12 WHERE CHARLES HAS BEEN BETTER THAN LEWIS BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT GEORGE 00:51:07.627 --> 00:51:11.461 THE CURB THERE AND LOST A BIT OF DRIVE YEAH THAT DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE UNSETTLED 00:51:25.607 --> 00:51:28.667 WELL HE'S LOOKING FOR A PIT STOP HE IS INDEED 00:51:31.845 --> 00:51:34.407 OF THE ASTON MARTIN REAR WING ANYMORE BACK TO THE BATTLE AT 00:51:34.407 --> 00:51:39.487 THE FRONT OF THE RACE IT'S TURNING IN TO A 4-CAR BATTLE AT THE FRONT OF THE RACE THERE GOES OSCAR 00:51:54.817 --> 00:51:58.847 COUPLE OF CORNERS HE ATTACKS HE CLOSES RIGHT UP BUT THERE'S NO WAY 00:51:59.047 --> 00:52:03.096 REALLY AT THAT PART YOU'VE GOT TO BE A LONG SIDE INTO THE CORNER INTO THE PITS 00:52:04.447 --> 00:52:10.257 HE GOT THE STOP AND STROLL CONTINUES TO RUN ON THAT HARD TYRE ON LAP 27 OF 56 00:52:15.517 --> 00:52:20.887 AND YEAH HIS ANSWER HAS BEEN AS ARE HIS QUESTIONS EXCUSE ME HAS BEEN ANSWERED 00:52:20.887 --> 00:52:26.302 HE'S GOT A NEW SET OF THE MEDIUM TYRES NOW TO GO OUT AND HIT AND EXPLOIT THE PERFORMANCE 00:52:26.747 --> 00:52:32.347 AS IT DOES LOOK LIKE LECLERC JUST UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING RUSSELL 00:52:40.989 --> 00:52:43.577 ON RUSSELL THAN HAMILTON COULD DO IN THE 1ST 00:52:57.817 --> 00:53:03.727 AND I HAD THEM BUY THE TECHNOLOGY FROM MCLAREN FOR THE STEERING WHEEL SO I HAD THE SAME OPERATING 00:53:03.727 --> 00:53:08.887 SYSTEM AND I HAD THE SAME SEAT IT WAS THEN JUST ABOUT MECHANICAL AND DOWNFORCE FIELD AND SO 00:53:08.887 --> 00:53:14.101 I MINIMISE THE TRANSITION LEWIS HASN'T GOT THAT BENEFIT THERE'S NO WAY MERCEDES 00:53:42.507 --> 00:53:46.287 SPEED COMES OFF THE CAR AND YOU CAN THROW 1 INTO 2 AND THOSE LITTLE 00:53:46.447 --> 00:53:51.647 SNAPS ON THE STEERING OF CORRECTION THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAJOR MOMENTS FOR A RACE DRIVER AREN'T THEY? 00:53:57.807 --> 00:54:03.327 JUST IN SMALL TABS OF OPPOSITE LOCK TO KEEP IT POINTING AS AS NEAT AND TIDILY STRAIGHT AS YOU POSSIBLY 00:54:12.227 --> 00:54:16.287 MATE AND HE'S GOING QUICKER AGAIN ON THIS LAP SO I THINK THIS IS THE CHARGE NOW 00:54:16.327 --> 00:54:22.677 LANDO YEAH WELL NEXT STOP THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE COULD BE ALL POWERFUL WE'VE SEEN THE 00:54:22.967 --> 00:54:27.147 JUST THE PERFORMANCE GAIN OF WHAT THAT UNDERCUT CAN GIVE YOU ON NEW TYRES 00:54:41.007 --> 00:54:46.487 SO WILL JOSEPH ON THE RADIO SAYING YOU WANT TO STOP PUSHING THAT'S NOT BECAUSE MCLAREN WANT THEIR 2 00:54:51.967 --> 00:54:55.792 TO A PLAUSIBLE SECOND STOP HERE TO GO TO THE END THEY DON'T WANT TO BE UNDERCUT 00:55:32.417 --> 00:55:36.684 SEEING CHARLES LECLERC IN THE WHEEL TRACKS AND YOU WERE CHECKING IN ON THE 00:55:36.684 --> 00:55:41.867 ALPINE BATTLE IN THE MAIN PICTURE FURTHER BACK IN THE FIELD CURRENTLY OUT OF THE POINTS 00:55:42.007 --> 00:55:47.293 LANCE STROLL HAS JUST DONE HIS BEST LAP OF THE RACE AGAIN HONOUR ON THE HARD 00:56:19.567 --> 00:56:24.551 ALL OF THE DATA GATHERED ACROSS THE WEEKEND WAS DONE IN BLAZING HOT SUNSHINE 00:56:25.077 --> 00:56:30.927 AND THE CIRCUIT CURRENTLY IN OVERCAST CONDITIONS HERE AT SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL 00:56:30.927 --> 00:56:35.519 THE 2ND RACE OF THE YEAR GABRIEL HAS THE FASTEST LAP OF THE RACE 00:56:35.967 --> 00:56:41.687 HE'S JUST TAKEN ON A NEW SET OF THE HARD TYRES LECLERC FALLING AWAY NOW FROM RUSSELL 00:56:47.127 --> 00:56:51.460 AND SLEWED INTO AN OVERSTEER AND DROPPED BACK I THINK STARTED TO GET A BIT 00:56:58.147 --> 00:57:04.647 STILL CLOSE OUT FRONT ISN'T IT? YOU'VE GOT PIASTRI MANAGING THE RACE BUT LECLERC WHILE ONLY 7.8 00:57:04.647 --> 00:57:09.087 SECONDS BEHIND I SHOULD SAY IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S JUST STARTED TO TO 00:57:09.087 --> 00:57:15.593 LOSE THAT BATTLE WITH RUSSELL BUT IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH IF THEY HAD A TARDY STOP 00:57:19.017 --> 00:57:24.697 SO ALEX ALBON WAS TAKING ON THE HARD TYRE AND WAS LOOKING FOR 35 LAPS FROM THAT HARD TYRE 00:58:13.153 --> 00:58:17.247 STROLL WILL HAVE TO STOP BECAUSE HE'S MANDATED TO USE A MEDIUM AT SOME POINT MIGHT BE TRICKIER 00:58:20.762 --> 00:58:22.887 POINT IS THE TYRE HE'S ABOUT TO TAKE ON WILL NOT 00:58:22.887 --> 00:58:28.327 BE AS DURABLE AS THE ONE THAT HE'S RUN AND ALSO NO ONE IN THE FIELD KNEW ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE 00:58:32.117 --> 00:58:33.887 TRY THE UP AND UNDER TRYING THE 00:58:40.267 --> 00:58:45.827 ANOTHER HALF A SECOND LAWSON DIVES STRAIGHT TO THE PIT SO SECOND STOP FOR FOR LIAM LAWSON STARTED 00:58:45.827 --> 00:58:51.539 ON THE HARD BOLTED ON A MEDIUM PRESUMABLY WE'LL GO BACK TO A HARD TO THE END OF 00:59:24.137 --> 00:59:29.707 DOWN BUT DRIVING UNDER A CLOUD ACTUALLY JUST GIVES YOU PERFORMANCE IT JUST TAKES THE HEAT OFF 00:59:50.327 --> 00:59:54.617 AND THE MAN WHO WAS A FORMULA 4 CHAMPION IN ITALY 00:59:54.847 --> 01:00:00.487 SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE HE'S GOT HIS DAD DAVID IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL ENJOYING THAT MOVE 01:00:13.027 --> 01:00:18.287 WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH ACTION SO FAR THIS WEEKEND OSCAR PIASTRI GETTING A MAIDEN GRAND PRIX POLE POSITION 01:00:18.287 --> 01:00:23.496 2 QUALIFYING SESSIONS 2 ERRORS FOR LANDO NORRIS SO FAR THIS WEEKEND LEWIS 01:00:23.897 --> 01:00:29.227 HAMILTON GETTING HIS FIRST WIN OF ANY DESCRIPTION WITH FERRARI AND YET 01:00:29.357 --> 01:00:34.887 MCLAREN WERE EXPECTED TO BE THE FORM TEAM MCLAREN HAVE THE RACE LEAD PIASTRI HAS BEEN GIVEN THE HURRY 01:00:34.887 --> 01:00:40.327 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TRY AND EXTEND THE GAP AWAY FROM GEORGE RUSSELL IN 3RD HE HAD A DIFFICULT 01:01:34.025 --> 01:01:38.367 THEY'RE WHAT WE CALL FLYAWAY RACES RED BULL WILL BE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT TYRE LIFE INTENTLY NORRIS 01:01:43.967 --> 01:01:51.657 OLIVER BEARMAN PUSHING ON FRESHER RUBBER TRYING HIS FAVOURED MOVE HE IS ENJOYING THE SUPERIOR TRACTION 01:01:52.007 --> 01:01:57.697 ON THAT LONG FIRST STINT AND HE POWERS BY BEARMAN GETS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM HIS 01:01:57.697 --> 01:02:02.937 AMERICAN TEAM HE'S UP TO P15 THAT'S A LOT OF FUN WHEN YOU HAVE NEW FRESH SOFTER TYRES THAN YOUR 01:02:02.937 --> 01:02:07.187 COMPETITION AND YOU CAN JUST PICK THEM OFF LIKE THAT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE INTO THE 01:02:21.827 --> 01:02:25.703 GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THOSE FRESH ATTIRES SO HE'LL GET THE PASS 01:02:33.494 --> 01:02:36.607 PAST NICO HULKENBERG WHO HAD THE CONTACT ON THE OPENING LAP 01:02:39.917 --> 01:02:44.857 THERE'S A THERE'S A FASCINATING DYNAMIC HERE THE 2 MCLARENS SPREAD OUT BY NOT VERY MUCH 01:02:45.247 --> 01:02:51.007 BUT LANDO ACTUALLY WANTS HIS TEAMMATE TO STAY A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME AHEAD OF HIM HE'S MORE WORRIED 01:02:51.007 --> 01:02:54.799 ABOUT COVERING OFF RUSSELL IN THE MERCEDES YOU CAN SEE BACK OF SHOT THAT IS 01:02:56.317 --> 01:02:59.765 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE COVERING OFF THEIR 12 RATHER THAN LANDO 01:03:20.927 --> 01:03:27.767 LIKE IT'S WHY WOULD NO NOT BE WANTING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO PUT UNDER PRESSURE 01:03:28.207 --> 01:03:34.907 THIS IS YEAH A LONG SEASON A LONG GAME STILL A GOOD RESULT BUT YOU'RE IN IT TO WIN IT 01:03:35.287 --> 01:03:39.645 YEAH HE WANTS TO KEEP THE TYRES ALIVE IS IS YOU KNOW THE REASON HE'S NOT GOING 01:03:40.927 --> 01:03:46.233 YOU'RE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY HE'S NOT TRYING TO GET MORE PRESSURE ON ON OSCAR AND 01:03:47.287 --> 01:03:54.747 RISK A LITTLE BIT MORE THE GAP TO MERCEDES BEHIND HADJAR MAKING A STOP IT WAS 2.5 SECONDS IN LENGTH 01:04:05.967 --> 01:04:11.082 IT'S ALMOST LIKE STROLL AND 7TH HAS FORGOTTEN WHERE THE PIT IN IS HE'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR 01:04:11.367 --> 01:04:17.467 SO LONGS DOING AN AMAZING JOB HE'S JUST HE HE IS THE GUINEA PIG FOR EVERYONE ON A HARD RIGHT NOW 01:04:26.447 --> 01:04:31.957 SO THAT IS TEAM NORRIS TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THIS PART OF THE RACE COVER OFF 01:04:31.957 --> 01:04:37.557 RUSSELL FROM A POTENTIAL ONE STOP AND THEN GO AND ATTACK 2 SIDES OF THE MCLAREN GARAGE 01:04:37.557 --> 01:04:42.826 AND THAT IS THEN WILL JOSEPH ON THE ON THE RADIO ONCE AGAIN TO TO LANDO WHICH GIVES US AN INSIGHT 01:04:43.077 --> 01:04:48.037 INTO WHY LANDO DOESN'T WANT TO CLOSE UP JUST YET BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THIS POSITION IN 12 01:04:56.407 --> 01:05:02.047 TYRES RACING EACH OTHER HAVE TO PIT AGAIN AND THEN RUSSELL DOES A SPA LAST YEAR AND COMES 01:05:02.047 --> 01:05:05.680 IN AND WINS THE RACE FROM NOWHERE I WAS GOING TO REFERENCE THAT HE DIDN'T KEEP 01:05:27.047 --> 01:05:31.367 ARE THE 2 JUST BEHIND AND THEY GOT PREVIOUS FOR THIS SO MCLAREN HAVE GOT STILL 01:05:44.287 --> 01:05:48.560 IN MELBOURNE ONE WEEK AGO WHEN A RAIN SHOWER CHANGED EVERYTHING LATE ON WELL 01:05:50.087 --> 01:05:55.317 MORE THAN JUST RADAR THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE UP WIND THAT'S FEELING USUALLY A MAN WITH NO 01:05:55.317 --> 01:06:00.927 HAIR AND HE'S FEELING A FEW DROPS OF RAIN ON HIS HEAD 01:06:00.927 --> 01:06:06.272 BUT ANYWAY THAT'S A FEW LAPS OFF MEANWHILE RIGHT NOW WHAT IT HIGHLIGHTS IS ONE 01:06:35.247 --> 01:06:38.767 THAT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE GOT NOW SO NOW THE LOVELY LATE 01:06:39.047 --> 01:06:44.287 MOVE FROM OLIVER BEARMAN WHO'S MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC HE'S OPERATING ABOUT 01:06:44.547 --> 01:06:50.347 A SECOND FASTER THAN LANCE STROLL ON THAT OLD HARD TYRE SO THAT MEDIUM IS GIVING HIM THE ADVANTAGE 01:06:50.347 --> 01:06:55.307 AT THE MOMENT HE'S PASSING CARS AS WELL THEY IN CHECKING THE MIRROR AND SEEING CARLOS SAINZ IN 01:06:55.307 --> 01:07:00.737 IT AND HE'S FIRING UP ANOTHER MESSAGE ON THE RADIO TSUNODA'S COME IN 01:07:00.777 --> 01:07:06.337 AND THE UNKNOWN COULD PLAY A HUGE PART IN THE MAJOR PLACES OF 01:07:27.150 --> 01:07:30.461 IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR HIS MEDIUMS YEAH THIS IS A GOOD 01:07:30.857 --> 01:07:36.257 PERFORMANCE AND HE'S WELL YOU MENTIONED EARLIER FIRST RACE START IN A GRAND PRIX 01:07:43.607 --> 01:07:47.500 YEAH VERY STRONG START TO THE CAMPAIGN THEY WILL LOOK TO TRY AND KEEP IT GOING 01:08:02.287 --> 01:08:07.797 DRIVE TO GET ALL THE KNOWLEDGE POSSIBLE TO TRY AND FIRE THEMSELVES UP THE ORDER AND YOU HAVE 01:08:08.247 --> 01:08:13.527 YUKI TSUNODA LEADING ISACK HADJAR ON TRACK SEPARATED BY 1.6 SECONDS 01:08:13.527 --> 01:08:18.763 AT THE MOMENT AS THIS STINT JUST GETS LONGER AND LONGER WITH THE UNEXPECTEDLY 01:08:58.027 --> 01:09:01.575 AND I I THINK YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TRY AND GO TO THE END IF YOU'RE THESE FRONT 01:09:08.977 --> 01:09:14.469 MESSAGE GP TO VERSTAPPEN 20 LAPS REMAINING THAT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE 20 LAPS PLUS 01:09:16.847 --> 01:09:21.917 TAKE THE PACE YOU'VE GOT FROM THESE TYRES WELL COMPLETE CONTRAST TO WHAT WE SAW EARLIER ON 01:09:22.287 --> 01:09:27.747 IT WAS WIDELY EXPECTED TO BE A 2 STOP FERRARI GETTING READY IS HAMILTON GOING TO PEEL IN? YES 01:09:27.777 --> 01:09:32.135 HE DOES SO VERSTAPPEN'S RELEASED UP INTO FIFTH PLACE AND HAMILTON IS THE 1ST OF 01:09:32.135 --> 01:09:37.947 THE FRONT RUNNERS TO TO TAKE A 2 STOP SO HAMILTON GOES TO THE FRESHER RUBBER DOESN'T HAVE THE PERFORMANCE 01:09:38.297 --> 01:09:43.947 ON THE HARD TYRE AND WILL LOOK TO TRY AND TAKE ON THE MEDIUM AND ATTACK FURTHER ON 01:09:44.327 --> 01:09:49.767 HE WILL HAVE SUPERB PACE AS HE MOVES ON YOU SET OF HAMILTON BUT HE'LL JUST HE'LL JUST HAMMER 01:09:49.767 --> 01:09:54.034 THAT OUT NOW TO THE END OF THE RACE 18 QUALIFYING LAPS I THINK HE CAN DO ON THAT 01:10:06.327 --> 01:10:11.238 UNDERCUT THEM OR JUST HANG ON FOR A FOR A REALLY LONG ONE STOP YEAH IT JUST 01:10:14.207 --> 01:10:18.095 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY WHERE THERE WERE SORT OF GETTING EVER CLOSER TO A CLIFF 01:10:19.797 --> 01:10:25.108 HERE THE PRELI IN THE LAST COUPLE OF LAPS WERE JUST THEY HIT THE CLIFF AND THAT 01:10:25.108 --> 01:10:28.857 WAS IT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT THIS FEELS LIKE THE ONE STOPPER 01:11:09.357 --> 01:11:14.847 RAININGS COMING LATER ON THAT TYRE NORMALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE THE SORT OF GAUGE WORN DOWN 01:11:35.442 --> 01:11:39.247 THE TIME AND DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE PLACE VERY VERY TIGHT LINE 01:11:39.407 --> 01:11:43.407 INTO THE FINAL CORNER IS GOING TO MEAN THAT HE'S VULNERABLE TO TURN NUMBER ONE 01:11:50.607 --> 01:11:55.317 IN ITALIAN IS IT THE SAME? IS IT OW FOR BOTH? LET'S SEE WHETHER HE IS ABLE 01:12:01.487 --> 01:12:06.560 INTO THE FIRST TURN AND TAKES ANOTHER LAP IN THE DIRTY AIR OF GASLY BUT IT'S A 01:12:15.417 --> 01:12:25.147 AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AND HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE IF WE HAD GASLY CAME ON THE RADIO AND SAID REVOIR 01:12:15.417 --> 01:12:25.147 AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AND HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE IF WE HAD GASLY CAME ON THE RADIO AND SAID REVOIR 01:12:30.887 --> 01:12:36.447 AND WAS HUGELY CONFIDENT IN WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO EARLIER ON OCCUPYING 9TH POSITION HE'S 3 01:12:36.447 --> 01:12:41.927 SECONDS OFF THE BACK OF ANTONELLI AT THE MOMENT BUT HE'S GOING HALF A SECOND QUICKER 01:12:41.927 --> 01:12:47.507 THAN THE MERCEDES DRIVER ALEX TALKING A GOOD GAME ON THE RADIO AND BACKING IT UP AS WELL 01:12:55.387 --> 01:12:59.512 UNDERSTAND WHY THE CAR WAS DEGRADING SO MUCH CHANGED A LOT OF IT FOR FOR 01:13:00.887 --> 01:13:06.003 TOP 10 THEY'RE HAVING AN EVEN BETTER RACE BEARMAN TO THE OUTSIDE OF 01:13:06.397 --> 01:13:10.997 OF PIERRE GASLY GOING AGAIN FOR IT UP AND UNDER ON THE EXIT SQUEEZE ON THE 01:13:10.997 --> 01:13:15.022 THROTTLE WITH FRESHER TYRES BUT HE'S ON THE OUTSIDE AGAIN FOR THE FINAL CORNER 01:13:17.067 --> 01:13:22.487 BURST OF TRACTION ON THE MEDIUM TYRE AS HE MADE HIS WAY OUT LET'S SEE IF HE CAN BE BRAVER 01:13:28.127 --> 01:13:33.607 BEARMAN ATTACKING AND BEARMAN FINDING HIS WAY PAST THE ALPINE UP TO TENTH 01:13:40.807 --> 01:13:46.927 YEAH THIS IS A GREAT DRIVE ISN'T IT? HE'S LOVING IT AND WHEN YOU FIND A WINDOW OF PERFORMANCE 01:13:47.107 --> 01:13:53.087 YOUR CONFIDENCE GROWS AND YOU JUST FEEL YOU CAN PUT THE CAR ANYWHERE ON THE RACETRACK 01:13:53.727 --> 01:13:59.207 SO HAMILTON PITTED FOR A SECOND STOP HE'S DONE THE FASTEST LAP BUT HE'S ONLY 6 TENTH 01:13:59.207 --> 01:14:04.190 QUICKER THAN VERSTAPPEN HE'S NOW 195 SECONDS BACK FROM MAX THE SECOND STOP 01:14:06.317 --> 01:14:12.683 THE FRESHER HARD TYRE IS GOING TO TO GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE OF THE FRESH AND 01:14:16.127 --> 01:14:21.352 A SECOND THAT'S A REPLAY OF HEADING INTO THE FIRST WITH OLIVER BEARMAN AS HE CLIMBED INTO THE POINTS 01:14:21.627 --> 01:14:27.685 GRAND PRIX WELL APPRECIATED BY HIS FATHER THERE YEAH OF COURSE WE CAN ALL 01:14:27.685 --> 01:14:30.714 UNDERSTAND THAT EMOTION SO THE QUESTION IS 01:15:01.977 --> 01:15:07.587 YEAH WONDERFUL COMPOSURE AND REALLY BUILDING A MASSIVE GAP IN THE SPRINT RACE TO TAKE VICTORY NICE 01:15:07.587 --> 01:15:11.528 MOMENT FOR HAMILTON AFTER THE DIFFICULTIES OF MELBOURNE HE NOW HAS AS YOU WOULD 01:15:13.217 --> 01:15:18.517 POINT FOR THE FASTEST LAP ANYMORE IN FORMULA ONE BUT THE RACE HAS TURNED TO A ONE STOP 01:15:18.517 --> 01:15:23.626 GEORGE RUSSELL SAID THAT EARLIER AND THEN THEY THEY BROUGHT HIM IN VERY VERY EARLY 01:15:24.257 --> 01:15:28.586 IN THE GRAND PRIX TO GET HIM ONTO THAT HARD TYRE IT'S AN INTRIGUING RUN IF YOU 01:15:35.897 --> 01:15:41.377 7TH AND 8TH FIGHTING WITH WITH STROLL AND NOW THEY'RE 15TH AND 16TH 01:15:41.377 --> 01:15:46.777 AND REALISING THAT ACTUALLY ONE STOP MIGHT BE THE WAY SO I SAID THAT I THOUGHT STROLL WAS IN CONTENTION 01:15:57.537 --> 01:16:02.964 THAT TYRE ALERTED EVERYONE ELSE TO STAY OUT YEAH THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S WHAT 01:16:05.507 --> 01:16:10.967 IS OF INTEREST BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE DATA ON THE DAY AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW 01:16:11.017 --> 01:16:15.472 YOU'D BE SAYING RACING BULLS IT WOULD HAVE MAYBE HAVE BEEN GOOD TO SPLIT THOSE 01:16:16.957 --> 01:16:21.692 THIS WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE RESULT FOR THEM QUALIFIED BOTH CARS IN 01:16:22.057 --> 01:16:27.537 THE TOP 10 TSUNODA COULD HAVE BEEN ON A PAR WITH VERSTAPPEN HE WAS THAT QUICK LOST POINTS 01:16:40.807 --> 01:16:46.447 THEY ARE LOVING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE RED BULL PIT WALL FROM MAX VERSTAPPEN WHO FINDS 01:16:46.447 --> 01:16:51.447 HIMSELF PUTTING CHARLES LECLERC UNDER PRESSURE HE WAS 4/10 OF A SECOND QUICKER ON THE 01:16:51.447 --> 01:16:56.717 LAST LAP HE'S NOW 3.8 SECONDS AWAY EVERY POINT HE CAN CLAW BACK 01:16:57.247 --> 01:17:02.767 SO IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HE WON HIS 4TH TITLE BY TURNING 01:17:02.767 --> 01:17:08.143 6TH PLACES INTO PODIUM FINISHES THAT'S HOW HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE SUPERIOR 01:17:31.967 --> 01:17:36.257 REMEMBER LECLERC? IT'S A DOZEN LAPS OR SO AGO NOW WAS RIGHT ON THE BACK OF 01:17:43.917 --> 01:17:49.017 NORRIS IN 2ND RUSSELLS AHEAD OF LECLERC AND IT DOESN'T LIKE THE FERRARI HAVE GONE FROM BEING 01:17:49.017 --> 01:17:53.364 THE BIG THREAT ON PAPER TODAY AFTER WHAT THEY HAD IN THE IN THE SPRINT HAMILTON 01:17:53.364 --> 01:17:58.527 COASTING TO VICTORY TO ACTUALLY BEING THE WORST ON THEIR TYRES OF THE OF THE TOP 4 TEAMS TODAY 01:17:59.507 --> 01:18:04.767 MCLAREN RUNNING 1 AND 2 GEORGE RUSSELL FINDING HIMSELF 5 SECONDS BACK 01:18:05.047 --> 01:18:10.313 ON THE MCLAREN PAIR LOOKING FOR BACK TO BACK PODIUMS CHARLES LECLERC LOOKING TO 01:18:10.313 --> 01:18:14.827 MINIMISE THE TYRE SLIP ANGLE THE WHEEL SPIN EFFECTIVELY OF HIS FERRARI 01:18:17.782 --> 01:18:20.607 SAID THEY WERE IN TROUBLE UP AGAINST THE RED BULL HE'S 01:18:20.607 --> 01:18:26.347 GONE FOR ANOTHER STOP AND HERE'S A MOVE TO THE INSIDE AND ROARING THROUGH LANCE STROLL UP TO 12 01:18:44.527 --> 01:18:50.521 BOTH ON FRESH ATTIRES IN TENTH GASLY WHO WAS A BIT OF A PROBLEM PASS FOR OLLIE 01:19:08.937 --> 01:19:13.077 LECLERC AIR OUT FRONT BUT I LOVE THE COMMUNICATION JUST CRYSTAL CLEAR 01:19:13.447 --> 01:19:18.837 I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE END SO IF YOU'RE TOM STALLARD RACE ENGINEER YOU THEN KNOW 01:19:24.607 --> 01:19:31.727 AND NOW HE'S OPENING THE GAP UP AS WELL TO TO LANDO 4.5 SECONDS AND 6/10 QUICKER ON THE LAST LAP 01:19:45.317 --> 01:19:49.522 EXPERTS WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO REFLECT ON HOW THE RACE IS PLAYED OUT BUT 01:19:50.837 --> 01:19:56.197 FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE ALL ASSUMING WHEN THEY WENT INTO THIS RACE THEY ASSUMED IT WAS MORE 01:19:56.197 --> 01:19:59.877 LIKELY TO BE THE 2 STOP YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT IT'S COOLER CONDITIONS TRACKS 01:20:01.717 --> 01:20:06.373 ACTION HERE WITH SUPPORT RACES SOMETIMES WE'RE AT TRACKS WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY 01:20:13.407 --> 01:20:20.747 OSCAR PIASTRI LOOKING FOR HIS 3RD CAREER WIN AS A 4.7 ADVANTAGE OVER LANDO NORRIS 01:20:36.597 --> 01:20:41.867 MENTIONING THAT IS PIRELLI HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE TYRE PRESSURES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND 01:20:42.177 --> 01:20:47.547 EFFECTIVELY PUMPING UP THE TYRES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN DO THE DISTANCE 01:20:53.027 --> 01:20:58.437 OF THE RACE AND SO HE'S GIVEN HIS DRIVER A BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT THERE ON THE BASIS THAT 01:20:58.437 --> 01:21:02.308 THESE HARD TYRES I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED TO STOP AROUND THE LAP 15 MARK 01:21:45.477 --> 01:21:48.557 TO USE A DIFFERENT LINE IS SOMETHING ELSE RATHER THAN JUST 01:21:48.567 --> 01:21:53.947 PURE FACT OF LATER OR OR GET ON THE THROTTLE OR THERE'S A CERTAIN AREA BUT 01:21:59.647 --> 01:22:05.674 MY ENGINEER TELLING ME THAT NOW IS NOW IS THE TIME TO PUSH AND THE RADIO AND 01:22:13.667 --> 01:22:19.507 WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE DRIVER COMING BACK ON THE RADIO PROVIDING A RESPONSE CHARLES LECLERC 01:22:19.507 --> 01:22:23.495 KNOWS THAT HE'S IN A BATTLE WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN HE KNOWS THAT ONE LOCKUP ONE 01:22:48.337 --> 01:22:53.817 WHEN IT GETS A BIT CLOSER POSSIBLY BUT WE'RE STILL 10 LAPS AWAY AND A HALF IS PRETTY MEANINGLESS 01:22:53.817 --> 01:22:57.867 ALSO I'D RATHER NOT KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE WRAP UP TO THE 01:22:59.387 --> 01:23:05.717 UNDER AN UMBRELLA YEAH AGREED GETTING VERY VERY TIGHT THERE BETWEEN HADJAR AND 01:23:06.087 --> 01:23:11.214 THAT WAS AT THE HAIRPIN 2 AND STILL AHEAD HADJAR TRYING TO GO THE LONG WAY ROUND 01:23:34.918 --> 01:23:38.644 DEFINITELY IS NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM A PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE LIKE WE'VE SEEN FROM 01:23:58.627 --> 01:24:00.527 I DON'T THINK HE DIDN'T TOUCH HIM DID HE? 01:24:00.917 --> 01:24:06.217 NOT THAT WE'VE SEEN AND I'M SURE IF IT IS THE CASE WE'LL GET A REPLAY OF THAT PRETTY SOON 01:24:10.044 --> 01:24:13.871 BE THE END OF YUKI'S CHANCE AT ANOTHER WEEKEND GOING BEGGING FOR HIM AT LEAST HE 01:24:15.787 --> 01:24:20.927 SO THAT'S JUST DEFENDING ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE EXIT THERE 01:24:20.927 --> 01:24:24.964 AND HADJAR LOSING OUT AND RUNNING WIDE NO CONTACT THERE AND HADJAR STILL GOING 01:24:31.887 --> 01:24:35.134 OF COURSE IF HE DOES LOSE THAT ELEMENT FROM THE FRONT WING IT COULD GO UNDER 01:24:37.367 --> 01:24:42.461 SWAP OVER AND WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A 7TH PLACE IN THIS 01:24:50.043 --> 01:24:54.907 MANNER OF POINTS AT THE START OF THE YEAR WITH THE CAR THEY'VE GOT 01:25:04.967 --> 01:25:10.292 DIFFICULT TO SEE IT MAY JUST BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD WING FAILURE 01:25:10.777 --> 01:25:17.579 I THINK IT IS THAT I THINK IT ISN'T CONTACT WITH SAINZ AHEAD THAT'S NOT BEEN REPORTED BACK 01:25:25.071 --> 01:25:29.761 BACK IN FAENZA TSUNODA WILL BE BACK INTO THE RACE BUT WAY DOWN THE ORDER HE'S 01:25:50.247 --> 01:25:56.237 YOU REALLY FIND OUT HOW IT PERFORMS IS IN CLOSE COMBAT YOU CAN SEE THE VIBRATION 01:26:22.167 --> 01:26:25.832 IT'S GETTING A BIT FRAUGHT ON THE RADIO BETWEEN DRIVER AND ENGINEER THERE NORRIS 01:26:27.927 --> 01:26:32.035 IF HE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES HE'S ABOUT TO DO HIS BEST LAP OF THE RACE SO 01:26:33.117 --> 01:26:38.472 YEAH LOOK YOU NEVER ENJOY BRAKE PEDALS GETTING ALONG IT'S PART OF THIS MODERN FORMULA ONE 01:26:38.807 --> 01:26:43.967 WITH A BREAK BY WIRE THAT THERE IS A A LONGER MOVEMENT AND TRAVEL IN 01:26:50.487 --> 01:26:54.748 AND IT JUST PUTS A DOUBT IN YOUR MIND DOESN'T IT? IT'S THE PETALS GETTING LONGER 01:26:56.897 --> 01:27:00.409 YEAH WE WELL FERNANDO ALONSO RETIRED VERY EARLY ON WITH THE BRAKE ISSUE DIDN'T 01:27:07.498 --> 01:27:11.627 RUNS WHERE THE BRAKES COOL DOWN AS THE SPEED BUILDS UP AS WELL 01:27:37.527 --> 01:27:41.067 WHEN YOU HAVE A SPONGINESS THERE IT'S IT'S JUST DISCONCERTING 01:27:43.287 --> 01:27:46.316 CHARLES LECLERC IS GOING TO COME UNDER REAL PRESSURE FROM MAX VERSTAPPEN THERE'S 01:27:54.007 --> 01:27:59.677 STAYS AHEAD THE AUSTRALIAN DRIVER LEADS THE FRENCHMAN AND STILL HE'S GOT 14TH POSITION 01:27:59.677 --> 01:28:04.593 BUT 2.2 SECONDS NOW BETWEEN MAX VERSTAPPEN AND CHARLES LECLERC YEAH THAT RACE 01:28:04.593 --> 01:28:09.888 IS ON AS WE LOOK BACK FROM DOOHAN'S CAR DO RACING FOR HIS CAREER 01:28:16.847 --> 01:28:20.687 ROUND AT THE FIRST COUPLE OF CORNERS AND HE'S NOT MADE IT THROUGH THERE THIS IS 01:28:22.607 --> 01:28:27.817 IS 11TH UP THE ROAD HADJARS ARE MUCH FRESHER TYRES AND IN THEORY COULD GO HUNTING 01:28:28.107 --> 01:28:33.703 FOR THE FRINGE OF THE POINTS I DON'T THINK HE CAN WITH THAT SECOND STOP IN TRUTH 01:28:33.703 --> 01:28:36.667 BUT DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN PEDAL WILL GET ALONG 01:28:44.447 --> 01:28:51.547 SO DESCRIBE THAT SENSATION FOR US ALL DEEPLY UNCOMFORTABLE 0.5 MILLIMETRE IS 01:28:51.647 --> 01:28:57.167 WELL IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT IN RACING TERMS YOU YOU DO A FRONT RIGHT HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BY 0.5 01:28:57.167 --> 01:29:01.114 MILLIMETRE YOU FEEL THE LOAD YOU FEEL THE INCREASE OR OR OR DECREASE AND IN 01:29:02.957 --> 01:29:07.894 THE BRAKE PEDAL IT'S YOUR IT'S THE OTHER GREAT SORT OF GAUGE OF WHERE 01:29:08.247 --> 01:29:11.565 YOU ARE IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE ON THE RACETRACK THE DECELERATION THAT YOU'VE 01:29:37.947 --> 01:29:44.507 HADJAR AND ARE CONTINUING TO SCRAP IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR PITCHER AND JACK DOOHAN 01:29:55.807 --> 01:30:00.944 IF THEY CROSS THE LINE IN THIS ORDER YEAH THAT WAS THAT SCRAP AT TURN 14 A WHILE 01:30:00.944 --> 01:30:05.797 AGO NOW FRUSTRATING HADJAR WENT TO THE OUTSIDE THERE RELEASE THE BRAKES AND AND FORCED HIM OFF 01:30:22.487 --> 01:30:26.634 YEAH WE SAID A COUPLE OF THOSE MOVES AS WELL ONE ON THE BACK STRAIGHT AND ONE ON 01:30:28.247 --> 01:30:33.797 SLIGHTLY AS HADJAR WAS GETTING CLOSE NOT PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH THAT 01:30:34.017 --> 01:30:39.797 CONFIRMATION OF THAT 12TH TIME PENALTY FOR JACK FOR FORCING HADJAR OFF THE ROAD AT THE HAIRPIN 01:31:06.427 --> 01:31:12.027 MCLAREN ARE TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS LANDO WANTS TO GO HUNTING THE WIN BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY 01:31:20.097 --> 01:31:26.067 UNDERSTAND WHY THE TEAM HAVE ISSUED THAT CALL TO LANDO NORRIS THEIR LEAD DRIVER IN THE CAN'T IN 01:31:26.067 --> 01:31:31.187 CONTENTION FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP YEAH ABSOLUTELY THEY'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH THOSE BRAKES 01:31:44.327 --> 01:31:50.187 THE DISDAIN ON THE RADIO NOW HE'S SO SASSY WITH BRYAN BOZZY COMPARED 01:31:50.187 --> 01:31:55.387 TO WHAT WE USED TO HEAR WITH THESE OLD ENGINEER 2.9 SECONDS 2.8 SECONDS FOR THE 01:32:01.017 --> 01:32:05.202 CHARLES LECLERC WHO WAS TOLD WHERE HE WAS LOSING TIME AND NOW DARTING AROUND 01:32:06.697 --> 01:32:13.906 MAX VERSTAPPEN TRYING TO CLAIM 4TH YEAH IT MAY SOUND TOUGH ENGINEER BUT WE'RE OFTEN TOUGHEST THAN THOSE 01:32:24.678 --> 01:32:28.427 BUT IN THE END I THINK WITH 4 LAPS TO GO 01:32:30.937 --> 01:32:36.377 PRETTY UNDERWHELMING GRAND PRIX FOR FERRARI GENERALLY ISN'T IT? HAMILTON'S SECOND STOP DRAGGING HIM 01:32:36.377 --> 01:32:42.457 OUT OF ANY CONTENTION HE'S NEVER GETTING BACK TO THE BACK OF THIS BATTLE AND LECLERC NOW DEFENDING 01:32:42.457 --> 01:32:47.377 FROM FROM VERSTAPPEN WHO'S BEEN HAVING A VERY QUIET GRAND PRIX ALL THE WAY THROUGH 01:32:47.377 --> 01:32:51.243 FOR 52 LAPS NOW LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO PICK UP ANOTHER COUPLE OF POINTS PERSONAL 01:32:53.177 --> 01:32:57.399 FOR OSCAR PIASTRI TAKING THOSE HARD TYRES ALL THE WAY TO THE END THE FUEL 01:33:16.462 --> 01:33:20.427 HAVING TEAM ORDERS REALLY WITH A RELIABILITY AS A SORT OF SHIELD FOR THAT 01:33:20.487 --> 01:33:26.047 LANDO NORRIS LED THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BY 2 POINTS COMING INTO THIS RACE 01:33:26.047 --> 01:33:31.397 OF LOSING A FEW IN THE SPRINT TO MAX VERSTAPPEN MAX VERSTAPPEN FINISHED IN 3RD NORRIS 01:33:31.647 --> 01:33:36.972 REALLY STRUGGLED ONLY GOT THE FINAL POINT IN 8TH AFTER A TOUGH QUALIFYING SESSION NORRIS 01:33:37.327 --> 01:33:42.527 WANTS EVERY POINT HE CAN GET BUT WANTS TO BE A CONTENDER FOR THIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 01:33:46.239 --> 01:33:50.199 TRIES TO GO THE LONG WAY ROUND TO TURN THE OUTSIDE LINE INTO THE INSIDE LINE 01:33:50.487 --> 01:33:56.087 KNEW HE WAS TRYING TO DO THAT AND HE ROARS AROUND THE OUTSIDE DOES HE GET THE PLACE? HE DOES 4TH 01:33:56.087 --> 01:34:01.607 POSITION FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE RACE YEAH LOOK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PASS 01:34:07.187 --> 01:34:12.288 THEY'VE GOT AWAY WITH THAT ONE THAT WAS SUPER LATE ON THE BRAKES FOR THE MAN 01:34:12.607 --> 01:34:16.527 FROM MONACO THEY'RE NOT SEPARATED BY MUCH BUT THE PLACE NOW BELONGS TO 01:34:20.647 --> 01:34:23.978 OUTSIDER THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE 01:34:26.477 --> 01:34:31.299 WHICH HE THEN HAD SECONDLY THEY'RE QUITE A BIG MOVE ON TO THEM FOR MAX JUST DIVING 01:34:31.567 --> 01:34:37.157 STRAIGHT TO THE INSIDE TO CUT OFF THE FERRARI YEAH SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU COULD IMAGINE 01:34:37.157 --> 01:34:40.289 BUT IT'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYED OUT JOLYON I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT WE'VE NOT 01:34:42.527 --> 01:34:46.487 TOO AND THEN DROP DOWN THE HILL THE LECLERC COMPROMISED LINE HAD TO GUARANTEE 01:35:12.447 --> 01:35:16.576 ARE SITTING IN THAT COCKPIT THEY ONLY CAN KIND OF TELL WHERE THE THE OTHER CARS 01:35:16.576 --> 01:35:20.447 ARE BASED ON THOSE LITTLE MIRRORS THAT ARE HANGING OUT THE SIDE OF THE CORK 01:35:20.887 --> 01:35:26.297 WE GET THIS AMAZING VIEW BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE LIVING ON THEIR INSTINCTS AND AS 01:35:26.297 --> 01:35:31.387 MAX CUT TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF LECLERC HE WOULD GO OUT OF HIS MIRROR LINE 01:35:35.497 --> 01:35:39.220 HE'S STILL VERY QUICK DOING SO HE JUST SAID HIS PERSONAL BEST OF THE ENTIRE 01:35:41.207 --> 01:35:46.727 MUCH QUICKER THAN OSCAR PIASTRI CONSIDERING IT'S ONLY 25 SECONDS HE WAS 3 TENTH QUICKER 01:35:46.727 --> 01:35:51.908 THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE LAP BUT IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE LAP PIASTRI 01:35:51.908 --> 01:35:54.347 RESPONDS AND GETS THE GAP OUT TO 3.1 01:36:21.593 --> 01:36:24.447 THE INSIDE HE'S TRYING TO DO WITH A IT'S NOT 01:36:54.597 --> 01:36:59.727 AND STRATEGICALLY THEY'VE PLAYED A BLINDER AND SOME GREAT GREAT PASSING FROM BEARMAN 01:36:59.997 --> 01:37:03.657 THEY WERE SO DOWNBEAT LAST WEEK AS WELL DIDN'T REALISE THEY WERE GOING TO BE AS 01:37:05.487 --> 01:37:10.709 SOME SETUP CHANGES AND IT'S BROUGHT THE CAR TO LIFE AND THE BRAKE SITUATION HAS 01:37:17.727 --> 01:37:23.327 ABOUT A MINUTE AGO? HE'S SAYING THE PEDAL'S GOING FLAT HE'S NOW DROPPED BACK TO 5 01:37:23.327 --> 01:37:29.197 SECONDS BACK SO HE HAS EVENTUALLY CONCEDED DEFEAT OSCAR PIASTRI IF THE RELIABILITY 01:37:34.487 --> 01:37:39.767 NORRIS WILL JUST TRY AND BRING IT HOME TO THE FLAG HE'S GOT A SIZEABLE ADVANTAGE OVER GEORGE RUSSELL 01:37:39.767 --> 01:37:47.567 BY 7 SECONDS HEADING IN TO THE FINAL STAGES OSCAR GOT 2 CORNERS AND 1 LAP TO GO 01:37:47.727 --> 01:37:52.237 WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHAT HAS BEEN A FEROCIOUS BATTLE BUT IT'S A BATTLE OUT OF THE 01:37:53.647 --> 01:37:58.757 AS CONTINUES TO FIGHT THE ALPINE BUT REMEMBER DOING HAS A 10 SECOND PENALTY 01:37:58.757 --> 01:38:03.667 GO HAMILTON IS WITHIN 6 SECONDS OF HIS TEAM MATE RUNNING WELL 01:38:04.077 --> 01:38:09.364 2 SECONDS FASTER ON THAT LAST LAP WHERE LECLERC WAS HAVING THE BATTLE WITH VERSTAPPEN 01:38:09.717 --> 01:38:15.128 SO WILL HAMILTON GET A LITTLE BIT OF JOY OF HAVING DONE THAT EXTRA STOP BY 01:38:15.477 --> 01:38:21.107 GETTING RIGHT WITH HIS TEAM AT 7 SECONDS OFF THE BACK NOW NORRIS REALLY STRUGGLING CLEARLY 01:38:21.107 --> 01:38:26.627 IT WAS 2.8 A FEW MOMENTS AGO CAN RUSSELL PUT THE PRESSURE ON ON THE FINAL 01:38:26.627 --> 01:38:31.987 LAP OF THE RACE THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF CORNERS THAT ARE BIG STOPS AROUND THIS CIRCUIT ONE IS COMING 01:38:31.987 --> 01:38:36.089 UP NOW IF WE STAY ON BOARD WITH LANDO UP TOWARDS TURN 6 THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO 01:38:38.147 --> 01:38:43.867 HE'S YEAH LIFTING RIGHT OFF IT YEAH HE IS THAT IS MISSION CRITICAL 01:38:49.527 --> 01:38:53.194 DOWN BY RUSSELL WELL AT SOME POINT THEY MIGHT NOT WORK AT ALL IN WHICH CASE 01:38:55.487 --> 01:38:59.257 THAT'S THE CRITICAL ONE FOR LANDO NORRIS HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THE 01:39:00.907 --> 01:39:05.957 CLEAR OSCAR PIASTRI WILL FORGET ALL ABOUT THE RAIN SPINNING OFF AT 01:39:05.957 --> 01:39:13.887 TURN 13 HE'S ON HIS WAY TO A 3RD CAREER WIN HE'S LEFT HIS TEAMMATE BEHIND MAIDEN GRAND PRIX 01:39:14.327 --> 01:39:19.647 YESTERDAY AND JUST HIS 3RD VICTORY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS NORRIS HAS A CRITICAL TEST 01:39:25.127 --> 01:39:30.807 THE FINAL CORNERS THEN IT'S HIS TEAM MATE LANDO NORRIS AND THEN IT'S GEORGE RUSSELL AFTER THE MISERY 01:39:30.807 --> 01:39:36.767 OF MELBOURNE OSCAR PIASTRI WAS CONSUMED WITH RAGE YOU ARE WATCHING HE'S EMPHATIC 01:39:36.767 --> 01:39:43.887 RESPONSE A DRIVER WHO WILL NOT WAIT HIS TURN FOR PIASTRI THE TIME IS NOW OSCAR 01:39:55.087 --> 01:40:02.109 LEFT BUT HE'S GOT 2ND PLACE GEORGE RUSSELL GOT WITHIN 1.3 SECONDS OF NORRIS HE 01:40:05.487 --> 01:40:11.117 OSCAR IT'S DESPAIR TO JOY IN THE SPACE OF 01:40:11.117 --> 01:40:17.007 7 DAYS LEWIS HAMILTON COMES HOME IN 6TH POSITION CHARLES LECLERC 01:40:17.007 --> 01:40:25.307 IN 5TH AND MCLAREN HAVE WON THE OPENING 2 GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR BUT IT NEVER SEEMS SIMPLE 01:40:17.007 --> 01:40:25.307 IN 5TH AND MCLAREN HAVE WON THE OPENING 2 GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR BUT IT NEVER SEEMS SIMPLE 01:40:26.087 --> 01:40:31.167 GREAT DRIVE FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE SIMPLE I THINK THE THE 2ND PLACE 01:40:31.167 --> 01:40:36.647 FOR LANDO THEY'RE JUST CREPT IN AHEAD OF RUSSELL BRILLIANT WEEKEND LET THE TEAM 01:40:44.167 --> 01:40:48.580 YEAH IT'S BEEN A BRILLIANT WEEKEND OF GRAND PRIX RACING I WOULD SAY WITH 01:40:50.157 --> 01:40:55.207 BRINGING BACK THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MELBOURNE THE RACING CONTINUES HERE TO THE 01:40:55.207 --> 01:41:00.017 FINAL CORNER BUT THESE 2 CAN'T BE SEPARATED UNTIL WE APPLY THE PENALTY 01:41:00.807 --> 01:41:06.248 WITH ALL THE DEFENCE HADJAR WITH ALL THE EFFORT APPLY THE 10 SECONDS AND IT'S 01:41:06.248 --> 01:41:11.327 HADJAR WHO FINISHES IN 14TH ON A DAY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR 01:41:11.607 --> 01:41:18.347 THE RACING BULLS TEAM BUT IT'S ON TOP WELL DONE OSCAR GREAT DRIVE REALLY GOOD 01:42:30.167 --> 01:42:35.687 COMING UP AND I THINK HE'LL BE VERY HAPPY STILL WITH 2ND 2 CONTENDERS FOR THE TITLE MAYBE 01:42:41.537 --> 01:42:43.487 HAMILTON'S TAKEN THE SPRINT 3 01:42:43.727 --> 01:42:49.247 RACES SO FAR TO START DIFFERENT WINNERS AND DRIVER OF THE DAY 01:43:09.791 --> 01:43:13.487 WHO RETURNS HIS WILLIAMS TO THE POINTS YEAH WELL THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN 01:43:19.087 --> 01:43:24.319 OCON WHAT A GREAT ONE FOR HAAS YEAH HIS FIRST POINTS FOR THE AMERICAN TEAM AND 01:43:24.647 --> 01:43:33.307 OSCAR OUT OF THE CAR AS A GRAND PRIX WINNER TOOK THE POLE TOOK THE WIN IT WAS LANDO NORRIS 01:43:33.387 --> 01:43:35.867 WHO THAT APPLIED TO IN MELBOURNE 01:43:35.897 --> 01:43:41.567 A WEEK ON OSCAR PIASTRI FINDS HIS WAY TO THE TOP STEP OF THE PODIUM HE SAID HE NEEDED 01:43:41.567 --> 01:43:47.167 THE HAIRPIN OF HIS LIFE TO TAKE HIS FIRST POLE AND IT WAS A CALM COOL 01:43:47.167 --> 01:43:52.357 DRIVE JUST LIKE THE MAN HIMSELF TO THE FLAG GEORGE RUSSELL BACK TO BACK PLACES 01:44:02.589 --> 01:44:05.887 THAT BRAKE ISSUE RUSSELL IS DRIVING GREAT AS WELL ISN'T ISN'T HE? 01:44:05.897 --> 01:44:11.607 THE START OF THIS YEAR SOLIDLY AHEAD OF ANTONELLI THE ROOKIE WE DON'T KNOW WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO 01:44:11.607 --> 01:44:17.127 EXPECT BASICALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT MERCEDES THOUGHT BUT RUSSELL HAS DEFINITELY STEPPED INTO THAT 01:44:17.127 --> 01:44:22.197 TEAM LEADER ROLE AND IT'S JUST VERY CONSISTENT CONSTANTLY GETTING HIMSELF IN THE TOP 3 01:44:22.407 --> 01:44:27.887 AND ANOTHER HAUL OF POINTS LITTLE QUIRK IF GASLY HAD HAVE FOUND ONE MORE POSITION THERE ALL 01:44:27.887 --> 01:44:33.781 10 TEAMS WILL HAVE SCORED POINTS IN THE FIRST 2 GRAND PRIX WEEKENDS HAWKEYE 01:44:35.967 --> 01:44:41.807 ISN'T IT IT'S LAP 38 AS WELL HE'S BEEN DESPERATE TO GET THAT ONE OUT IT DOES DEFINITELY 01:44:41.807 --> 01:44:46.447 SHOWS HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS FORMULA ONE HAS RARELY BEEN LIKE THIS 01:44:46.887 --> 01:44:52.419 IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND THE STRATEGIST AT HAAS WILL BE 01:44:52.419 --> 01:44:56.107 DELIGHTED BUT NOT AS HAPPY AS ZAK BROWN AND OSCAR 01:44:59.467 --> 01:45:04.587 THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT RACE TEAMS DREAM OF 01:45:05.207 --> 01:45:10.027 EVEN IN A WINNING CAR EVEN WITH THE BEST CARS GEORGE RUSSELL 01:45:16.137 --> 01:45:20.027 AND IT'S NICE I THINK TO HAVE 2 HAPPY DRIVERS I THINK I THINK NORRIS IS 01:45:21.487 --> 01:45:25.447 PLACE SO HE'S NOT FEELING LIKE HE'S LOST THIS ONE HE'S SALVAGED SOME GOOD POINTS 01:45:27.137 --> 01:45:32.657 I THINK IN THE END HAD THE ADVANTAGE OVER LANDO IN THE CRUCIAL MOMENTS AND AFTER 01:45:32.657 --> 01:45:36.813 LAST WEEK HE HE DESERVES DOESN'T HE? THAT RAIN DIDN'T COME DIDN'T CHANGE THINGS 01:46:11.417 --> 01:46:16.987 IT'S PIASTRI WAITING TO GIVE US HIS THOUGHTS WE WILL HEAR FROM THE TOP 3 01:46:17.867 --> 01:46:23.547 AND A FEW MOMENTS' TIME AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD WE HAD THAT GREAT OVERTAKING 01:46:23.547 --> 01:46:28.970 BATTLE BETWEEN RUSSELL AND NORRIS WE HAD CONTROLLING THINGS OUT FRONT BUT NO ONE 01:46:49.547 --> 01:46:51.887 AND THE MCLAREN BOYS ARE GOING TO TO WALK PAST 01:46:55.177 --> 01:46:59.727 AND THEY'LL TAKE HUGE ACCLAIM THE MAIN GRANDSTAND SOLD OUT AS WELL IT'S BEEN 01:46:59.727 --> 01:47:03.627 WONDERFUL SUPPORT ACROSS THIS CHINESE GRAND PRIX WEEKEND PLENTY OF ACTION FOR 01:47:05.627 --> 01:47:11.257 AND IT'S FINISHED PIASTRI NORRIS RUSSELL VERSTAPPEN WHO FINISHES WHERE HE STARTED LECLERC 01:47:11.257 --> 01:47:16.243 HAMILTON OCON THE LAST OF THE POINT SCORERS ALBON AND BEARMAN 01:47:22.577 --> 01:47:25.697 I'VE NOT SEEN THIS HAPPEN FOR A WHILE HE'S HUGGING HIS TEAM AT THE MOMENT WE'RE 01:47:27.647 --> 01:47:33.370 YEAH WE CAN SEE IT ALL UNFOLDING WE ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR WINNING DRIVER 01:47:34.127 --> 01:47:39.467 YES THEY'RE LINING UP NOW AND WE WILL HEAR FROM GEORGE RUSSELL LANDO NORRIS AND 01:47:50.577 --> 01:47:55.947 TEAM A GLUG OF WATER FOR LANDO NORRIS AND THERE'S A BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT TO 01:48:04.387 --> 01:48:09.867 FROM THOSE WHO FINISHED IN THE TOP 3 AND WE CAN NOW HEAR FROM THE DRIVERS 01:53:09.767 --> 01:53:15.007 WHO WAS INTERVIEWING LANDO NORRIS AND OUR RACE WINNER FOR THE 3RD TIME IN 01:53:15.007 --> 01:53:17.627 FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX HISTORY OSCAR PIASTRI 01:53:17.987 --> 01:53:22.927 LOTS OF FANS HAVE ENJOYED THIS ENTIRE SPRINT WEEKEND BUT THE 01:53:23.377 --> 01:53:29.187 PERSON WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON THEIR FACE THE MAN FROM MELBOURNE 16TH AND FINAL TURN EXACTLY 01:53:35.107 --> 01:53:39.907 WITH OSCAR PIASTRI A 3-TIME GRAND PRIX WINNER A WINNER UP 01:53:39.907 --> 01:53:47.827 AND RUNNING IN 2025 DON'T LEAVE HIM HANGING NOT WHEN ANDREA STELLA IS DELIVERED ANOTHER WIN AS 01:54:06.707 --> 01:54:10.187 HE FINDS HIMSELF ON TOP OF THE CAR FOR THE 3RD TIME 01:54:10.907 --> 01:54:14.907 AND HE WILL BE HOPING TO ADD TO THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 01:54:23.407 --> 01:54:29.187 FANTASTIC SET OF INGREDIENTS FOR A LONG AND ENTHRALLING FORMULA ONE SEASON 01:54:29.447 --> 01:54:34.667 HAD THE HAMILTON VICTORY AS WELL IN THE SPRINT WE'VE GOT PLENTY UNDERNEATH THE PODIUM 01:56:34.707 --> 01:56:38.587 TO THAT PERFORMANCE AND GRAND PRIX WIN TODAY 01:56:42.887 --> 01:56:48.407 OUR DRIVERS JUST TO COMPLETE THE TOP 5 OSCAR PIASTRI IN 4TH AS YOU SAW JUST BEHIND GEORGE RUSSELL AND 01:56:48.407 --> 01:56:53.967 ANTONELLI ON 18 CHARLES ON 18 LEWIS HAMILTON ON 17 POINTS TOP 10 COMPLETED BY ALBON STROLL AND 01:56:58.828 --> 01:57:01.867 THREE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ROSTRUM 01:57:02.647 --> 01:57:08.816 AND GEORGE RUSSELL KNOWS THAT FEELING HE'S BACK THERE AGAIN IN 3RD PLACE 7 DAYS 01:57:14.887 --> 01:57:19.027 LANDO NORRIS WITH HIS 28TH CAREER PODIUM HE WANTED MORE 01:57:19.147 --> 01:57:25.067 BUT HE KNEW THAT PIASTRI WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO BEAT TODAY A MOMENT TO SAVOUR 01:59:23.847 --> 01:59:29.627 WONDERFUL MOMENTS FOR MCLAREN AND OSCAR THEY'VE TAKEN VICTORY AT THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 01:59:39.337 --> 01:59:45.227 BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THE PACE OF HIS TEAMMATE TODAY BEFORE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT LONG PIASTRI 01:59:45.387 --> 01:59:51.067 SHOWING THE GRANDSTAND AND HIS TEAM THE LARGEST TROPHY 01:59:52.867 --> 01:59:56.277 MOTOR RACING CAREERS THAT START SO YOUNG 02:00:28.407 --> 02:00:35.278 BACK WHEN IT WAS BUTTON AND HAMILTON WITH THE TEAM IT'S NOW PIASTRI AND NORRIS 02:00:39.047 --> 02:00:45.673 THAT WILL PROVIDE ITS JOY ADAM NORRIS LOOKS ON AT HIS SON LIFTING THE 2ND PLACE 02:00:55.467 --> 02:00:59.707 GEORGE RUSSELL BRINGING HOME ANOTHER TROPHY FOR MERCEDES 02:01:10.807 --> 02:01:16.237 AS WELL THEIR 50TH IN THE SPORT THE 1ST WAS BACK IN 1968 02:01:16.447 --> 02:01:21.637 WHEN IT WAS DANIEL BEATING TEAM FOUNDER BRUCE MCLAREN 02:01:23.937 --> 02:01:29.807 AND IT HAS BEEN A RELENTLESS RUN FROM MELBOURNE TO SHANGHAI SO MUCH 02:01:35.017 --> 02:01:40.347 VERY VERY TIGHT AND CLOSE MCLAREN HAVE THE ADVANTAGE THEY'RE TAKING BOTH GRAND 02:01:53.804 --> 02:01:55.207 RETAIN HIS TITLE BUT MCLAREN 02:02:28.057 --> 02:02:30.347 WE SEE THE ENORMOUS GRANDSTAND 02:02:30.527 --> 02:02:36.207 WELL IT WAS A CONSUMMATE PERFORMANCE FROM OSCAR HE DID THE JOB AND TOOK 02:02:36.207 --> 02:02:41.633 GRAND PRIX VICTORY HERE IN CHINA MY THANKS TO THE WHOLE TEAM ON SITE AND BACK AT