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00:00ready now though green flags waving we got five lights on and it's lights down away we go that
00:06was a better start from lando norris but in the second phase max verstappen is away and clear and
00:11into turn one from norris on the inside swooping around the outside comes charles leclerc and
00:15norris gets just a big compromise behind verstappen that allows leclerc to get better traction and
00:20into second place and already oscar piastri is above and ahead of george russell in the mercedes
00:27lewis hamilton is also ahead of russell who had a poor start but verstappen getting the job done
00:32just like he did yesterday there's verstappen at the start pointing towards norris i think
00:38norris got an initial good getaway but verstappen in the second phase had him well covered yeah
00:43there's four meters between the grid slots and you can see leclerc with the grip with the confidence
00:49and the quicker line around the outside as as you pointed out at the time norris slightly tucked up
00:55underneath underneath the rear wing of max verstappen and that could well be a very pivotal
01:00moment in this grand prix there is the mercedes of kimmy antonelli on the left hand side of your
01:06screen and he's facing the wrong way he's been spun around there's debris down there at turn 15
01:12at least he's got going again and that's good to see while that's going on esteban ocon's been noted
01:17for a false start moving uh before the lights went out but kimmy antonelli running in the top seven
01:23now running plum last in this grand prix as we see a bit of contact there george russell uh going
01:31perhaps into the back of uh is it piastri is it piastri and there antonelli is stopped by the side of the
01:38track and i think antonelli has been hit by carlos sainz that is carlos sainz there and by what happened
01:46turn 15 sainz down the inside on antonelli who comes across him and well we saw that yesterday
01:51with piastri and hulkenberg didn't we if someone's coming through on the inside you get contact like
01:56that and it never ends well but i think antonelli there was just taking his racing line and did he
02:03have the right to the corner yeah copy saw that mate
02:06look like antonelli's corner first yeah yeah carlos wasn't uh far enough alongside um and unfortunately
02:18when you turn the car live out you cannot i mean he's he's he's quite a long way sorry guys there
02:25i'm totally just turning right there at the end yeah um he was reasoning alongside but i mean the
02:31mirrors are about as useful as a chocolate fire guard to be honest so in front max verstappen four
02:36seconds clear we haven't mentioned him for a while he's just having a very comfortable sunday afternoon
02:42track limits for norris i think that was spotted don't worry charl let every lap half a second
02:50and now we'll see that gap come down as lando norris gets ever closer to the ferrari here he
02:55comes here he comes leclerc pushing him towards the outside tries to switch back lando norris that's
03:01really nice on the exit he's alongside the ferrari he's trying to hang that out around the outside
03:07now we switch right-handed and go right again towards the left-hander at turn 15 leclerc defending
03:14for all his might norris is going to try to switch back again this time the ferrari gets a better exit
03:20and still stays in second as the drs is open now 21 kilometers an hour of extra speed now he's
03:26gaining he's gaining leclerc is going to force him wide this time around lando norris is wheel to
03:31wheel but leclerc can go deeper into the corner the switchback didn't work there norris tries to go
03:37around the outside looking good for him and leclerc absolutely closes the door slam shot says you ain't
03:43coming in the ferrari has been hanging on to that second place now under four tenths between
03:49leclerc and norris when the drs opens this time he'll get alongside surely he's going wheel to wheel
03:55he's got a head charles leclerc has to settle for third place as they go through turn 12 on lap 21
04:01he's finally lando norris got the job done i know you're busy we just had our third strike track limit
04:07turn 13 we think you were pushed off but we had a black and white flag so be careful i know i know
04:12i know i know i know yeah yeah we we have to tell you we know you don't want to hear it but just so
04:19you know i think is that message there he's going to do do it for himself isn't he but charles leclerc's
04:24not going to make that easy is he well he's not at all he's not making it easy in the slightest
04:29uh the switcheroo from lewis hamilton leclerc forces him wide they almost make contact the two ferraris
04:35scrapping away just like they were in the sprint race yesterday when hamilton did manage to get
04:40past on this occasion it hasn't happened yet but let's try the old switchback the pass between him
04:45and leclerc mercedes have played the do whatever he doesn't do and stayed on track as george russell
04:53doesn't stay on track down at turn 12 uh and yes that means then that um that piastri has he's got
05:01to babysit those tires a little bit towards the air but he'll he'll have track position
05:06as long as he doesn't bearman and sonoda now it's gonna be quite a tussle couldn't it
05:10ollie bearman has been on his tires for three laps and yuki sonoda before and he goes straight across
05:14there and spins around and somehow yuki sonoda manages to avoid him and that could have been both
05:21cars making contact and out of the race as we look at the replay now a lot of dirt
05:26yeah bearman will say look he changed direction uh he changed direction while i was in mid maneuver
05:33there's a little swerve to the left
05:35yeah so yeah there you go he moved under braking says ollie bearman he did he did and then he moved
05:46back again but it was too late by that stage yeah and ollie had to go on to the grass i wonder if the
05:50stewards will have a look at that sadly we didn't get to look at nika hulkenberg and ollie bearman
05:55as that carried on so you don't think lando was bluffing in any way shape or form about those
05:59tires no too hot
06:01and that's the state of the tires and that's the slide in slow motion that you can see and every
06:09time that happens it puts more heat through the tires and it yeah they're just starting to miss
06:14a little bit of traction and that will give norris all the confidence he's gone down the inside on
06:21charles leclerc i thought it might happen martin charles leclerc saw that coming felt that the
06:26switchback was the right way to defend but that's the first time we've seen lando have a go at charles
06:31leclerc down at turn one or up at turn one as we should say yeah charles leclerc wants in this race
06:38to take second place and is now trying to do it to make it count to the checkered flag norris down the
06:43inside and he takes that second place away from the struggling ferrari it's taken him a while
06:49he'd almost given up mentally he was told by the pit wall just hang on in there chances will come
06:55your way they have it's verstappen from norris once more it's called the into turn one but you're
07:02always going to run a little bit wide if you take that line on the way in and as always the front
07:08runners and this is the overtake look at that it was a little dummy and look how dirty his tires are
07:13or picking up the rubbish but that'll he'll struggle a little bit for a few corners with dirty tires like
07:19that he's come to this track where he's won three times before and he's about to make it a fourth
07:26grand prix win in austin for a seventh win in the united states while that's happening hamilton's
07:34struggling piastri's gaining verstappen crosses the line wins the u.s grand prix and it has been max
07:41attack and max success all weekend long for him lando norris finishes second charles de claire will
07:49be third can lewis hamilton hang on to fourth place he thinks he's got a puncture piastri is gaining
07:55on him we're on board now as charles de claire finishes third and picks up that podium look how wide
08:01hamilton went around the final corner he is gonna get to the line in front because the line comes
08:07at you quickly hamilton holds on to fourth oscar piastri finishes fifth george russell sixth yuki
08:14sunoda will come home seventh and the fight is going on for the final point scoring place
08:21what a weekend he's missed out on the fastest lap here so he he doesn't do the the double grand
08:27chalem as it were in the sprints at the grand prix which no drive has ever done but uh it was another
08:32very impressive weekend max extremely well done uh enjoy the celebrations i'll see you next year
08:39yeah well done mate unbelievable weekend really really good thank you very much everyone
08:47and uh yeah we can fly back mate well done max that was proper domination what to say um you you got
08:55everything this weekend yeah really uh really happy about that let's uh try keep this momentum up
09:02and well done to ferrari great strategy today from them and charles de claire and p3 well done nice drive
09:10uh good job good recovery this weekend uh yeah it's good to be back on the podium and i think we
09:19worked really well this weekend so good job don't worry charles we will yeah
09:26you
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