00:00And the Singapore Grand Prix is underway!
00:04Good reaction time for Lando Norris, who will hold the lead
00:07down to the 90 meters to turn number one.
00:09Good start for Lewis Hamilton, but Max Verstappen edged him out.
00:12Off the road in the background goes Fernando Alonso,
00:16who now rejoins along with Charles Leclerc.
00:18Did they keep the right-hand side of the bollard?
00:20Otherwise, race control will have a look.
00:21Top three, top four, as they were.
00:23Up a place on the opening lap goes Nico Hülkenberg,
00:26who is running in fifth position.
00:27But Lando Norris got the launch that he needed.
00:30Can he keep it all the way across the line on lap one
00:33for the first time in Formula One,
00:34as Piastri tries to dive to the inside,
00:37and he takes back that place that he lost off the line.
00:41There was a good launch from Norris this time.
00:44Verstappen couldn't get the traction down.
00:47And look at Hamilton, has the better start of the top three.
00:49It's not enough, but he tries to go racing with Verstappen momentarily
00:52on the outside, cannot make it through.
00:54Russell and Piastri were very, very close as well,
00:57which gave Hülkenberg the door to come past the McLaren.
01:00And that was Hülkenberg briefly up into fifth place.
01:03We're going to get a nice shot of it now,
01:05looking back from George Russell starting fourth.
01:07That's a nice angle, isn't it?
01:08You see the decision of the cars behind.
01:10Not as dusty on that inside line as maybe could be expected.
01:14And then look how dusty it is offline, though,
01:17as that accident uses the escape road, followed by the Ferrari.
01:22As you see, Oscar get that place back down in the braking zone.
01:27So he'll be relieved to have cleared that house so early.
01:59Alvin's got an issue.
02:00Lando Norris, but you're still pushing all the way here
02:03and on an old tire that's not in perfect condition.
02:06Maybe front wing damage was the call on the radio for the race leader.
02:10Here we go.
02:11Key moment on board with Lando Norris.
02:12This could have changed the outcome of our winner today.
02:15This is back on lap 29.
02:17Lock up and he brushes the barrier.
02:20That was so close to the end of his Grand Prix.
02:23Wow, wow, wow.
02:24And it shows how quickly things can change.
02:27Looking like a just stroke at home dominant position.
02:32And then that under rotation in the front axle
02:35in a corner where there's no runoff.
02:38Right, let's inspect what Lando Norris has got at the front.
02:41High pressure pit stop for McLaren.
02:43They're trying to tick off the things that might deny them victory
02:46because the pace of the car
02:47with the driver that you're looking at has been superb.
02:51And they'll be glad to be back into the Grand Prix.
02:53That is late on the brakes.
02:54A position changed for Max Verstappen.
02:57He lost third on pit exit, but those are fresh hard tires
03:00and he moves past Charles Leclerc.
03:02So this is a high pressure stop.
03:05They scrub off the speed.
03:06The team go to work, stabilizing the car.
03:09The new Pirelli's fitted.
03:11Say goodbye to those mediums.
03:13And now can the McLaren man with a 2.2 second pit stop
03:17get out ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
03:20There goes one Mercedes.
03:21That's George Russell.
03:22Here comes the second one.
03:23It's going to be tight, but it's going to be track position
03:25for the seven time world champion.
03:27And Oscar Piastri will have to go on the attack
03:29in the remaining laps of this race.
03:32Will he defend the inside?
03:34Forcing Piastri around the outside and the brakes.
03:36He does go around the outside.
03:38That fresher rubber put to brilliant use
03:41and Oscar Piastri clears the Mercedes at the first attempt.
03:48Alonso soaring left, soaring right,
03:50trying to keep the Ferrari behind, but this time
03:53Charles Leclerc is able to get ahead.
03:55Entertaining battle between these two,
03:57but Charles Leclerc moves on by.
04:00Piastri is close.
04:01We've got DRS again, and he's really close.
04:04Look at this shot.
04:05Nibble of some curve, little slide at the rear.
04:08This is going to be a big chance.
04:09Now, this is where he got Lewis Hamilton
04:11a couple of laps ago.
04:13Will he be forced to go the long way round again?
04:15He is, but he pulls it off once more.
04:18Russell hung in there, but Piastri gets past the second Mercedes
04:23up to third position.
04:25This is on board with George Russell as Piastri went by.
04:29I love the sparks.
04:31Sparks in the face of the Hunter.
04:34And, well, George, we don't see from the angle.
04:36He tried to hang in there.
04:39There wasn't much room for his front wing
04:40as they ran side by side through the apex.
04:43Beautifully judged overtake.
04:46This is on board with Daniel Ricciardo
04:48heading through turn 10,
04:50and Esteban Ocon elbows his way by.
04:53It's easy to forget.
04:54Well, so does Magnussen.
04:57Oh, don't see too many coming through there.
04:59Sneaking past Norris.
05:01Oh, did he tap the wall?
05:03Was that a Russell moment?
05:05Remember Norris did this on the final.
05:07Oh, my word.
05:08What is going on?
05:12Here's Charles Leclerc.
05:13We're on board.
05:14Which we were, as the Ferrari driver goes through
05:17and up to fifth position.
05:19And he will now try and close down that eight-second gap
05:22as he gets past Lewis Hamilton.
05:25And Charles Leclerc has gone from ninth on the grid
05:27to fifth in the race.
05:30So this is the replay.
05:32Will this be the moment where brushes out?
05:36Well, if that was the moment, it was the tiniest of touches.
05:39Well, you think how lucky so many other drivers have been
05:42because K-Mag is not the only driver
05:44to be brushing that wall.
05:45In fact, the rare driver that hasn't brushed a wall
05:48around this circuit today.
05:49Yeah, that angle actually, yeah,
05:51it was a bit more obvious, the contact.
05:56Let's see, is this Russell brushing the wall?
06:00I'll tell you what, it's a sloppy one from George.
06:03Just exiting, trying to get that steering wheel straight,
06:06coax the rear tires back and literally just drives
06:09towards the barriers there on the outside.
06:12And there is Kevin Magnusson,
06:15who finds himself being pushed out of the Grand Prix.
06:20Lando Norris can stop hearing about his starts
06:22and start enjoying his finishes for the third time in Formula One.
06:27Lando Norris takes the chequered flag,
06:30a dominant drive complete.
06:32He has taken points out of Max Verstappen,
06:36who will come home in second place,
06:39qualifying crucial yesterday,
06:41but the margin comes down once again.
06:44And over the line comes Max Verstappen
06:47to claim second position
06:49and then a further 20 back.
06:52It will be this man, Oscar Piastri,
06:54who will find himself on the rostrum once again this year,
06:59as he completes the final two corners
07:02and Piastri will claim his seventh podium finish of the season.
07:07Across the line, 1-3 for McLaren.
07:22A third Grand Prix victory in Formula One for Lando Norris,
07:26who beats Max Verstappen by just under 21 seconds.
07:30Oscar Piastri completes the podium.
07:32George Russell had an entertaining battle
07:34and beat Charles Leclerc to fourth place.
07:36It means in the Drivers' Championship,
07:38the gap has come down between Verstappen and Norris to 52 points,
07:42as McLaren extend their lead in the Constructors' Championship.
07:46The Economist
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