00:00it's lights out and away we go Bottas gets away well he's alongside Lewis Hamilton and he's making
00:08a good progress and they're back inside Daniel Ricciardo losing his front wing going into turn
00:13one Bottas ahead of Hamilton Vettel ahead of Leclerc Verstappen going around the outside there's
00:18carnage in the midfield as the two Ferraris are separated by man you can see where the service
00:23road is the grass is quite high he's a little bit unlucky but at the same time yeah he's very
00:28unlucky with that because he's barely off the road is he he's barely off the road so I think
00:33and that was Robert Kvitsa George Russell I should say running over at that front wing of Danny Ricciardo's
00:41a bit of a train running here of DRS assisted cars and Stroll in third time and Domano is toppling a
00:47little bit they've got to get a bit further yeah I think before they want to think about parting coming
00:52because these tyres in the top 10 have done qualified management does he think he'll get some payback
00:56later on and they're also comfortably dropping the two Ferraris this was exactly the sort of start
01:03that Valtteri Bottas would have wanted for this season of course as well Charles Leclerc turns a
01:09very expensive Ferrari into a very expensive grass cutter and that's not the way you want to be
01:15going to after the track temperature 42 degrees just coming down
01:21and a puff of smoke there from Carlos Sainz going through turn 13 and I think there's a fire
01:26at the back of Carlos Sainz's McLaren he's pulling into the pit lane and there's a bit more smoke
01:32and this is the first retirement of the Australian Grand Prix and it's Carlos Sainz and the McLaren it's a warm day but
01:39a very fundamental failure inside that McLaren
01:45before today he had a 100% point scoring record in four starts here moving to one side when it cools down a little bit
01:53that's where we first saw the pups move
01:54and you wind and you're trying to park it somewhere near
01:58Hülkenberg would have been clear
02:00Mike is having for an overtake now going round the outside and Kevin Magnussen
02:03no love lost between these two and he's on to the dirt
02:06Nikko Hülkenberg as Magnussen defend out of turn two
02:09remember those warm fishers we were talking about
02:12Albon's going to get a wheel to wheel with Grosjean now
02:14he's got the inside line Albon tries round the outside
02:17real brave move there from the uptight driver
02:20tight but he's managed to squeeze that Red Bull
02:23through and ahead
02:24for the Grand Prix so he holds that point at the moment
02:27and so
02:29little got out of shape in the first corner
02:31now up to 10
02:34we've lost in this race by the way Carlos Sainz
02:37with Zach Brown
02:39saying early indications at McLaren
02:41oh a big lock up there from Lance Stroll
02:43that's going to give Danny Kriya a bit of hope isn't it
02:46at NGUK
02:46and going to make a little down the inside
02:48in the turn three
02:49he gets close
02:50but not close
02:51and Alfa backs up just before the racing point
02:53comes across his front wing
02:55and potentially causes a bit of damage
02:57I don't think he's got enough straight line spin
03:00it'll be dramatic
03:01oh and he's gone off
03:02he has Danny Kriya
03:04off onto the gravel
03:06oh dear that's down at turn three
03:09and that's undone
03:10all of his good work
03:12he's lost a massive chunk
03:14as he went down the inside
03:15and went in way too quickly
03:18curiously
03:19it disrupts
03:20if they all jump out of the way
03:21it disrupts this fighting again as well
03:23I'm not going to take the opportunity
03:25in the first race of this
03:26got to ask then
03:27oh Willie
03:28Lewis Hamilton
03:29that's cost him time
03:30that's spoiled the party
03:31all the fun and games
03:34the volvox
03:35what he had to do
03:37and come back
03:38to the Melbourne Grand Prix
03:39and to start the year like this
03:40it could be a dream come true
03:42I promise you I'm not getting ahead of myself
03:44but every time a team has finished 1-2
03:46in the first race of the season
03:48that team has gone on
03:49to win the Constructors Championship
03:51and the driver who's won that race
03:53has gone on to win the World Championship
03:56but this will mean the world
03:58for Valtteri Bottas this afternoon
04:01he's the man who started well last year
04:04but just didn't get the luck
04:05could have won in China
04:06of course
04:07could have got a one in Baku
04:08where he suffered that puncture
04:09when he was leading the race
04:11he's refreshed himself over the winter
04:13after a disappointing end to the campaign
04:15he got seven
04:17seven places
04:18during the course of 2018
04:20he was second on the grid
04:22to Lewis Hamilton
04:23at the start of the Australian Grand Prix
04:25but when he sees the chequered flag
04:27he knows that he's the number one
04:29in Melbourne Park today
04:30it's Valtteri Bottas
04:32who wins the Australian Grand Prix
04:35and he wins it
04:36quiet distance
04:38Lewis Hamilton
04:39new season in Formula 1
04:41the champagne is still there
04:43but for Valtteri Bottas
04:45what a start
04:46the championship is on
04:49the man on board
04:50didn't win in Australia
04:51his teammate took it
04:53Ferrari
04:54in the end were nowhere
04:55Mercedes finished 1 and 2
04:58and Red Bull
04:59are there to complete the trio
05:01on the podium
05:01game on in 2019 then
05:03inaudible
05:12the
05:25and
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