00:02And the US Grand Prix is go! Mighty reaction time for Lando Norris in the Papaya McLaren.
00:07He's going to get the lead before we get to turn number one. Lando Norris takes the lead at the
00:12US Grand Prix.
00:13It was close to contact between Charles Leclerc and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, but they made it through.
00:18And Hamilton has gone down a position. Up goes Carlos Sainz to P3 as they sweep through the S's on
00:24the first of 56 laps.
00:25But it's a dream getaway for the man who's turned second place in the grid to first in the race.
00:30Lando Norris leads.
00:31Yeah, that was a great start from him. I think there was some contact. We saw a little puff of
00:35smoke, but no visible damage.
00:38And yeah, what a great, great start for Lando Norris. He now needs to manage those tyres with the car
00:44heavy with fuel.
00:45Max Verstappen gained a position. He is up to fifth. They are debating into the braking zone.
00:49A move there with Gasly trying to find his way by. It's Ocon ahead of Russell for the moment.
00:56Gasly down to tenth position. His teammate has improved up to that position.
00:59Now, Charles Leclerc has lost the lead. He's got his teammate for company as well.
01:03Max Verstappen is trying to pass. The two Ferraris go wheel to wheel. Will they make it through turn 12?
01:08That is mighty close between the two of them.
01:13There he goes. That's the Mercedes of Russell. Down the inside into turn 11. Can Ocon come back on him
01:19now?
01:19This is going to be a melee. Down to turn 12. Build up the speed all the time.
01:23The detection point is ahead of the corner. So that is why DRS belongs to George Russell.
01:28But it's a good launch off the line. Are we going to go three wide?
01:31We're on ball with Sergio Perez. Who is going to lead into this corner?
01:34It's George Russell who manages to get past and Perez gets through as well. Down goes Ocon.
01:42Here's the opportunity for Lewis Hamilton. He's within a second. He's within DRS.
01:46Wants to clear both Ferraris. This is the first of them.
01:49Carlos Sainz who got the jump on him in the opening corners of the race.
01:52And that was not a contest. Down to turn 12. Hamilton easily taking third place in the race.
02:00Here's a lunge from Max Verstappen trying to take fourth place away. And he does so.
02:05So that was as easy as Hamilton's move was one lap before.
02:10This might be a pretty standard one. Are we going to see more of a defense than Carlos Sainz did?
02:14Yes. But he's got the momentum. Can he pull it off on the outside?
02:18No problem there for Lewis Hamilton. And now the chase is on.
02:23Esteban Ocon who has the most retirements of anyone in the field.
02:27In Formula One 2023 is going to extend that unwanted record for the sixth time this year.
02:33He will not see the flag. The team have told him to retire the car.
02:39Oscar Piastri ailing on the race track.
02:42Oscar, recharge on and no full pedal. We need big lifts. I'm afraid we've got to retire the car.
02:50Charles Leclerc leaving a car's width for Max Verstappen. Off the road he goes.
02:55Verstappen will apply it flat to the floor. And still they go side by side.
03:00Can Verstappen turn it into a traction race? He goes around the outside of the Ferrari.
03:04He takes third place in the Grand Prix and he sets up. He's bid for victory as he finally is
03:10able to take the position.
03:12but Charles Leclerc looks like he doesn't want to give it up.
03:15Little defense here, both on the brakes.
03:18You're just sort of rolling off the brake pedal at this point, aren't you?
03:20Just kept it on track.
03:24He goes first, trying to force the hand of Hamilton and Norris ahead.
03:29A reminder for you, he was 6.4 seconds away from Lando Norris.
03:35So he's extended the stint.
03:37Verstappen will come out.
03:38He's got all things being normal for Verstappen ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
03:43I was just about to go and say, look, he's the great pretender.
03:46This is all part of their script.
03:47They've got it under control and this could be the masterstroke.
03:51But indeed, here's the change.
03:53Yeah, there you go.
03:54He's behind as they run out of the pit lane.
03:58He goes for it.
03:59He goes to the inside and Norris thinks about his own race.
04:03He tries to come back now.
04:04Side by side they go.
04:06And to the apex first gets Max Verstappen, who has the lead on track.
04:10And now he's got to build a 20-second gap and come back against Lando Norris, who's trying to respond.
04:18Lando Norris comes into the pits.
04:21All of the expectation of a one-stop.
04:24And suddenly the British driver abandons that plan.
04:27They were thinking of plan B, but they didn't execute it.
04:31And Norris dives for early fresh rubber to change the entire complexion of the Grand Prix.
04:38Hit the marks.
04:40The team goes to work.
04:41It's slow.
04:43Slower than he would have wanted.
04:443.3 is not a disaster.
04:47Verstappen takes the pit lane limiter off.
04:49We'll have to bring those tyres into temperature.
04:51They're hard tyres, so they'll take a little while to fire up as well.
04:54He's got track position over Lando Norris.
04:58Carlos Sainz fighting his way past George Russell into the braking zone.
05:02And Carlos Sainz gets by.
05:05That's up to fifth position.
05:07Lewis Hamilton comes in.
05:09Pivotal moment in the Grand Prix.
05:11Lewis Hamilton couldn't do a one-stop.
05:13And it will mean that this is now the battle for the lead with Max Verstappen looking for the half
05:18century of victories today.
05:20He goes to the apex first.
05:21He gets past the Ferrari.
05:23And Max Verstappen takes the lead at the US Grand Prix.
05:27He's turned sixth on the grid to the lead in the States.
05:31As we go on board with the McLaren looking to make the pass.
05:35That's what it looks like to improve up to second place in the Grand Prix.
05:40Lando Norris is in P2.
05:43So Hamilton takes the slipstream.
05:45Leclerc closes the door.
05:46But there's nothing he can do.
05:48It's third place in the Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton.
05:52Fernando Alonso on the charge of that piece of tarmac.
05:55We've seen that go wrong before.
05:56But this time it's a sweep by Yuki Tsunoda.
06:01As we go on board with Lance Stroll.
06:03Who's endured a tough couple of races.
06:05But he's just fought his way past Yuki Tsunoda for the final point.
06:10Is this a rounder outside?
06:11Yeah, it is indeed.
06:12Brave.
06:13And great.
06:14Very light moves, man.
06:17This is for second place in the Grand Prix.
06:20Can Hamilton dive to the inside?
06:21Oh, late move from Lando Norris to go to the inside.
06:24You can make one move.
06:26It was decisive.
06:27Hamilton tries to fight his way by.
06:29And will he get ahead?
06:30Brilliant action between the pair of them.
06:32Lewis Hamilton takes second place in the Grand Prix.
06:36The two scarlet Ferraris are bound to go side by side.
06:40And there's no battle there for Charles Leclerc.
06:44Fernando Alonso retires the car and we now know they're seeing on their data logging that he's got some dropouts
06:51and floor performance.
07:20Let's see.
07:22And at the end, Lando Norris takes his 12th career podium.
07:25The top three with outstanding performances.
07:29It's a tough race, isn't it?
07:30It's still hot, so that's good.
07:32Max Verstappen, another win.
07:34He's fifth in a row.
07:34Lewis Hamilton got the gap down to 2.2 seconds across the line as he claimed second place.
07:39And Lando Norris with a sixth podium visit of the season.
07:43Carlos Sainz two-stop to good effect and claimed fourth.
07:46Sergio Perez moved from ninth to fifth.
07:48Charles Leclerc was in sixth and it was George Russell.
07:50Pierre Gasly, Lars Strong's first points since before the summer break.
07:54Yuki Tsunoda becomes just the third Japanese driver to score the fastest lap.
07:58And he gets 10th place as well.
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