00:00Oh, I can't believe it! I can't believe it!
00:02Charles Leclerc has gone off the road on the formation lap!
00:07Absolutely extraordinary!
00:09No, I lost the hydraulics. I lost the hydraulics.
00:12Why the f*** am I so unlucky?
00:15This is the formation lap. That is what happens.
00:18Everything seizes up, spat into the wall, nothing he could do.
00:22Passenger, look, he's just warming tyres, getting into the temperature window.
00:26Everything locks up, straight to the scene of the accident.
00:29His Grand Prix over, before it had even begun.
00:33We are down to 19 on the grid.
00:36The demise of Charles Leclerc is over.
00:38Green flag at the back.
00:39The São Paulo Grand Prix is five lights away.
00:44Formula One goes racing in São Paulo.
00:47Once again, good reaction time for Lando Norris.
00:50Has an opportunity to go past all of them.
00:52Big crash in the middle of the pack.
00:54I think Alex Albon is into the wall, along with the Haas as well.
00:57That is real disappointment for Kevin Magnussen.
00:59Who's found the barriers.
01:00We will almost certainly need a safety car immediately.
01:03It is an incredible getaway for Lando Norris, who's up to second position.
01:08Unbelievable stuff.
01:09The safety car is out.
01:10What a dramatic opening.
01:12Few moments of the São Paulo Grand Prix.
01:15There's the contact further back.
01:16And he got Hülkenberg as well, got hit by that flailing tyre.
01:20And it's Magnussen that comes across, squeezes Hülkenberg towards Albon.
01:25And it's Hülkenberg and Albon that touch.
01:27And Magnussen then is collected by the Williams that's then way out of control.
01:30Yeah, debris hit my rear wing.
01:33It's broken.
01:34Yeah, I tried to miss it.
01:35I think it was a piece of a tyre in the air, but it got my rear wing.
01:39And the red flag is flying at Interlagos because it's a big cleanup.
01:44The São Paulo Grand Prix resumption is five lights away.
01:48Formula One is racing once again.
01:51And it's a good launch off the line for Max Verstappen.
01:54Exactly what he needed.
01:56The two Brits go wheel two wheel into turn number one.
01:58Lando Norris, I think, will hold second place and he does so.
02:00Hamilton maintaining third, but he's going to have the advancing Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso
02:06all over the back of him down to turn number four.
02:08Good run at this point.
02:09No DRFs at this stage.
02:11Fernando Alonso against his old racing rival.
02:13To the inside of four.
02:14How brave is he feeling?
02:16There's your answer.
02:17He's up to third place.
02:18Really good move from Alonso there.
02:20Wasn't given a lot of space.
02:21Hamilton couldn't fight back, but this is tricky up towards turn six.
02:24Quick right-hander and Lewis has to back out.
02:28Look at this at nearly 200 miles per hour down to turn one on lap number eight.
02:33And that is a defensive shape thrown by Max Verstappen,
02:36who is under pressure from his great friend.
02:39They're at the front of the field.
02:40They're battling now for the lead in Sao Paolo.
02:44Only once has Max Verstappen won at this configuration.
02:48Lando Norris has never taken the win in a Grand Prix.
02:50And he's going around the outside or at least trying to.
02:53Brilliant effort from Lando Norris.
02:57Here's the move for Perez.
02:59It's been coming for a while.
03:00And the Mexican driver finally dives to the inside.
03:03The tactics were good from Mercedes.
03:05Can George Russell fight back?
03:07They were working as a team.
03:09He will now get the DRS this time from Perez, who's cleared him.
03:12But can he stay ahead?
03:13Millimeters between them.
03:14Russell places the car well.
03:16Perez fights back in the braking zone.
03:17And he tries the up and under.
03:19He nearly nudges into his rival.
03:20But Perez is up to fifth.
03:24This is driver's eye view with the man who is trying to turn fifth into fourth.
03:27And he will do so.
03:29Sergio Perez, fine drive yesterday into the top three of the sprint.
03:32They're cheering for him at Interlagos because he's made his way by.
03:37Stroll in good position.
03:39Stroll in great position to improve 10th place to ninth.
03:42And that was not even a fight.
03:44Those guys have both pitted.
03:45That's Stroll on Russell.
03:46That's for position.
03:48And Mercedes is struggling so much here.
03:52Lance Stroll having a race of it at the moment.
03:54Lance Stroll, he's overtaking for fun right now.
03:57Fernando Alonso in third.
03:58Lance Stroll in fifth place.
04:02Gasly Express continuing to motor out there.
04:05Valtteri Bottas was ahead over the line.
04:07That's no longer the case.
04:08And Gasly moves up to ninth position.
04:12Well, this is going to be slam dunk stuff on the evidence of the rest of the weekend.
04:16Oh, it's not even a contest.
04:18Carlos Sainz easing by and will set off after Lewis Hamilton as well.
04:24Carlos Sainz has the run on Lewis Hamilton.
04:26Pulls out of the slipstream and takes the second Mercedes that he's been trying to overtake as easy as you
04:33like as the first.
04:35This is P.A. Gasly with his foot pinned to the floor.
04:38He dips out of the slipstream and he says thank you very much.
04:41That's not a contest.
04:42That is slam dunk Alpine past Mercedes and they are having a day to forget and then some.
04:50Hamilton reporting after being given the hurry up.
04:53I am pushing on these tires, but after just one practice session, you had to lock in your settings the
04:58entire weekend and Mercedes do not have the speed to fight.
05:03We normally get quite excited on an overtake for an Alpine getting past the Mercedes, but that is not a
05:08contest at all.
05:09Gasly efficiently getting by.
05:12Russell comes in to end his miserable day after 59 laps.
05:16Yeah, retiring the car after seeing something on the data at risk of imminent failure.
05:20George Russell retires from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
05:23Was going to tumble out of the points anyway.
05:26This is the best run so far for Perez.
05:29He's deploying everything he's got at this stage of the Grand Prix.
05:32Diving to the inside.
05:33He's got the inside line.
05:35Sergio Perez went brave, went bold and gets third place in the race.
05:39He'll have to fight back up to turn four, I think, although he's managed to stretch his legs through three.
05:44Alonso picks up the DRS and he can attack again.
05:47How aggressive is Fernando Alonso going to be?
05:50Goes for the inside move.
05:51It's defensive for Perez who makes the corner.
05:55Here we go.
05:56Is there a chance to respond for Fernando Alonso?
05:59Forces a defensive move.
06:01That's not what Perez needs.
06:02If he goes off the racing line, he could be vulnerable to four.
06:05And all the while, Max Verstappen is nearly in the final corners of the last lap.
06:10Alonso is going to get the run down to turn number four.
06:12This is going to be super aggressive between the two of them.
06:14Alonso has fought his way back through.
06:17What a move Fernando Alonso on the last lap and the crowd absolutely loved it.
06:23The old master takes back the place.
06:27The current master of every driver in the field.
06:30The reigning world champion is on his way to win number 17 of the season.
06:36Max Verstappen wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix with a superb drive across the line.
06:42It will be second place for Lando Norris.
06:45But the question mark we have, the question mark that remains is who will stand on the podium with them.
06:51Will it be Fernando Alonso? Will it be Sergio Perez?
06:55Perez will try to respond.
06:56There's that wide line from the Aston Martin driver time and time again.
07:01He will go up through the gears.
07:02They're both planted to the floor.
07:03And you have just seen a brilliant race from the top two.
07:07But it's going to be Fernando Alonso across the line.
07:11He gets close.
07:12He just hangs on in a superb finish to the line.
07:16It was decided for third place by 53 thousandths of a second after an entire Grand Prix distance.
07:25And look what it means to Aston Martin.
07:28Well done, Max.
07:29Fantastic job.
07:30You had to get, mate.
07:31Well done.
07:31Yeah, thanks, guys.
07:33That was, I think, a very good performance.
07:35Very nice, good race, well executed, good pit stops.
07:39Well, what a Grand Prix.
07:40Dramatic at the first turn.
07:42Dramatic to the last moment of the last lap.
07:45Formula One at its finest.
07:47We have seen a demonstration run brilliantly converted from pole to the victory for Max Verstappen.
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