00:00Green flag at the back, the long run to turn one is five lights away
00:06And the Mexico City Grand Prix is go with a good reaction time for the Ferraris
00:10But Max Verstappen is trying to dart between the pair of them
00:13The slipstreaming that we normally see is not happening
00:16Verstappen's got a good launch, he's already up to second
00:18I reckon that's the race lead in the inside line
00:20Checo Perez trying to go around the outside, he's made contact
00:23He's made contact with Charles Leclerc into the first corner
00:26Perez spins round, Leclerc goes over the road and takes back P1
00:30But he overtook on the grass and he's got damage at the front of the car
00:33Max Verstappen turns P3 on the grid to the lead in Mexico City
00:38Dramatic opening corner of the lap as Daniel Ricciardo goes wheel to wheel with Lewis Hamilton
00:43Ricciardo will stay ahead of the seven-time world champion into turn five
00:47But Hamilton getting on the power, trying to keep all four wheels on the road
00:50He finds himself upper place to fifth position
00:53Great launch from both the Red Bull cars, no draft needed, no slipstream needed for Max Verstappen
00:58Just split the Ferraris and you see Checo Perez with that draft
01:01Tries to go three wide and redo what Max did back in 21
01:04Late on the brakes on the outside
01:06But it's just, there's just not enough room
01:09He tried to force the issue a little bit, tried to squeeze Leclerc down
01:12But he had Verstappen on the inside of him
01:13Maybe he didn't know they were three wide at the time
01:15And yeah, look, he drove straight down the middle of the racetrack there
01:19No fault can be apportioned to Charles Leclerc
01:22Meanwhile, Max, clean apex
01:24Not even locking up as he braked into the first turn
01:27This is not good at all for Checo Perez
01:30No!
01:33So this is further back in the field, this is going to be the yellow flag, isn't it?
01:37This is going to be Yuki Tsunoda trying to overtake Kevin Magnussen
01:39He knows he's got the speed in that car this weekend
01:42But went outside of the power unit component allocations
01:46Late on the brakes, too late on the brakes
01:47That was why we had the yellow flag
01:49Over the road he goes and rejoins, very tight
01:54Oh, is Hamilton going to take a look here?
01:56Hamilton going deep to the inside, to the dirty part of the racetrack
01:59And Hamilton makes the move that has been coming for a couple of laps now
02:02He fights his way by
02:05Clean stop from the Red Bull crew, 2.4 seconds
02:09Our best bet is to extend and go optimal one stop
02:13I agree
02:13Copy
02:16How many more laps you can do at this pace?
02:19Question
02:19Everything feels good, everything is under control
02:22Might not be for Lando Norris going the long way round
02:24Valtteri Bottas runs out of tyres, that is a tidy pass
02:27That's the sort of thing you need to do if you're going to efficiently make your way through the field
02:32You're seeing Lewis Hamilton on the side of your picture
02:34To see where he is in relation to the Ferrari team
02:382.3 seconds stop is decent
02:40But Lewis Hamilton is disappearing down the main straight
02:42Lewis Hamilton came in earlier on to get the benefit for the fresher rubber
02:46And he has track position over the Ferrari driver
02:50Unusual for Lando Norris
02:52Because he's been fighting at the front for the last half of a season
02:55But today he's fighting from the back
02:57Not what he wanted to do, but these passes have been clean
02:59And there's another one
03:00Past Alex Albon and up to 8th place
03:03We're on board with Kevin Magnussen
03:05Around the final corner
03:07Does he get wide through there?
03:09Oh, it's dusty and dirty out there if you get wide
03:12And K-Mag taking the route that I took to the commentary box
03:15And he was lucky with all the marbles, all the dust
03:17To keep it pointing in the right direction
03:21We go on board with a man from Monaco about to hit his marks
03:25The team will go to work
03:26How quickly can they service the car?
03:29Can you?
03:29Hard tyres being bolted on 2.4 is strong once again
03:34And Kevin Magnussen has had a big crash
03:37Kevin Magnussen off a moment ago
03:40This time he's off again, but far more significant
03:43And on lap 33 of 71, Magnussen finds the barriers
03:48And this could change the complexion of the Grand Prix
03:53Something let go
03:54Yeah, something let go for sure
03:56Failure on that car
03:58Oh, you can see it
03:59Oh yeah, there you go, left rear
04:00Had the wide moment on the exit at turn 17
04:02And then into the barriers at turn 8 on the next lap
04:06The red flag is understandably flying around this circuit
04:10The barrier is damaged
04:11Most importantly, the driver is okay
04:13But a big impact with the wall for Kevin Magnussen
04:17Here come the lights for the second start of the Mexico City Grand Prix
04:21And the race is on once again
04:23Max Verstappen will cut across Charles Leclerc
04:26Charles Leclerc is under pressure though for Lewis Hamilton
04:28Great reaction time for Carlos Sainz
04:30Sainz wasn't able to do anything with it
04:32And now Daniel Ricciardo is looking to try and go down the inside
04:34No one's been able to get past Max Verstappen
04:36Who leads into turn 1
04:38Then it's Charles Leclerc
04:39Then it's Lewis Hamilton
04:40Sainz makes his way through
04:41And it's Russell who gets past Daniel Ricciardo
04:44Ricciardo doesn't want to give it up though
04:45And they will make their way through turn 3
04:47It was mighty close though
04:50Just horrific start from Lando Norris
04:52Was slow off the line and lost, I mean, four spots
04:54He was really the big loser on that one
04:56So all the progress that Norris had made so far in the race
04:59Has been undone as side by side here
05:00Hamilton to the inside
05:02Hamilton to second position
05:04He gets past Charles Leclerc
05:05The crowd no longer have Sergio Perez to clear
05:08But they enjoyed that move at the first turn of the racetrack
05:11Hamilton going for that medium tyre early
05:15Oh, it's going to be very tight
05:17Contact between the two of them
05:18Yuki Tsunoda trying to get past Oscar Piastri
05:22Piastri on a different part to the racetrack
05:24It is dirty and dusty off the racing line
05:26Driving on his mirrors now
05:28The rookie Australian Yuki Tsunoda
05:30Trying to force a way by
05:32These hard tyres could allow him to attack
05:34In the final stages of this Grand Prix
05:37Maybe I was a bit early with was there contact or not
05:40Certainly we had Oscar
05:41Oh yeah there was
05:42Tyre to tyre touch there
05:45Oh and this is tight once again
05:48It's contact once again
05:49And round goes Yuki Tsunoda
05:51Contact at turn two the lap of four
05:53Contact this time at turn one
05:55Alpha Tauri are so so desperate to put two cars in the points
06:00But that chance has disappeared
06:06Around the outside of turn number four to get the apex for five
06:10Lando Norris goes past another car
06:13What a cameo he is having in this second part of the Grand Prix
06:19Is this going to be the swap?
06:20The answer is yes
06:21They swap positions
06:22Yeah that was smart from Oscar as well
06:24Having a small lift just backing off on the street
06:27Cost you much less time than you would imagine
06:30We're on board with the British driver
06:31Up against his old teammate
06:33Who's starting Grand Prix 246 today
06:36So he knows how to defend down into turn number four
06:39Norris trying to go all the way around the outside
06:41Outside of four
06:42Inside of five
06:43Another move completed
06:45What a second stint this has been in the Grand Prix
06:49And we see Lando Norris
06:51Forcing his rival off the racing line
06:53To parts of the racetrack he doesn't want
06:55Tries the up and under
06:56Is it going to be another classic move?
06:58Elbows out
06:58Lando Norris has done it again
07:00The crowd adore it
07:02It's another fine overtake
07:04And a great way to take fifth place
07:08Into the 13th corner
07:09And that is going to be a spin round for Lance Stroll
07:13And Bottas making contact with the Aston Martin
07:15And that is clumsy stuff
07:17But great action for the 30,000
07:19Sat in this part of the racetrack
07:22It's going to be the sweetest 16th victory of the season
07:26For Max Verstappen
07:27Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix
07:30Across the line for second place comes Lewis Hamilton
07:33With the fastest lap on the 71st and last tour
07:37To take another podium
07:39Just a fourth podium finish of the season
07:42For Charles Leclerc
07:44And a topsy-turvy race in the end claimed by Max Verstappen
07:48Bold move at the start to turn P3 into the lead on lap one
07:51He never looked back
07:51Lewis Hamilton with a fine pass for second place
07:54Charles Leclerc returning to the podium
07:56For only the fourth time this year
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