00:00We're ready to go racing at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
00:05Lights out, away we go. Max Verstappen getting off the line, but it's a good start by Norris.
00:11A very good start. Lando Norris leads. Piastri's trying to take second, but Max Verstappen around the outside.
00:16But it is Lando Norris who leads from Max Verstappen in second place.
00:20And Piastri now having to defend from Charles Leclerc as Hamilton goes very, very wide and loses a bunch of
00:27places.
00:27Yeah, Hamilton's lost out. Russell's gained one place in the Mercedes as well on those softs.
00:31But what a start from Norris. Just got the drive. Verstappen's lost the lead.
00:35Did well to hold on to second, but Piastri is so close down to Brooklands.
00:38Yeah, Piastri's actually having a little look around the outside, but Verstappen being a little cautious.
00:42He knows he's got a rapid car.
00:44I mean, Piastri was just as quick off the line as Norris.
00:46He just had nowhere to go as he tries to make it work around the outside.
00:49Max isn't going to let that happen there.
00:51He's not got grip, Max. He's struggling on the rear end.
00:53And was really sideways coming into Brooklands and Piastri's coming again towards Cobb's corner.
00:58It's a risky place to try and go down the inside, as we know.
01:00Oh, Verstappen going onto the dust. I wondered if he would make a mistake. He held it well.
01:04Both of them launched, but one of them is now launching at a much higher speed.
01:08And Norris, dream stuff for the Brit, leading at Silverstone.
01:13And Norris has got to be ready for this. Five laps into a 52, and he's got his mirrors full.
01:17And Max is closer this time.
01:19That was a good exit too, wasn't it? Because both of them got a little bit of rear end movement.
01:23He didn't get any this time. He's got a really good run with the DRS.
01:25He's going to go for it down the inside into Brooklands.
01:28And Max Verstappen has taken the lead from Lando Norris.
01:31So Lando leading the early stages. He hasn't given up yet, but I think Max now has the pace.
01:38As he comes out of the left-hander, he was out of slipstream too, so he still had decent downfalls.
01:43He's in a good place now. DRS is open. Really good opportunity to get past Fernando Alonso.
01:49Lewis Hamilton dives past, and he has gained a place.
01:52He is up to seventh position. Still a lot of work to be done here.
01:55He's going chasing after Carlos Sainz.
01:59Oh, just a little bit of a lock-up there for, yeah, Hulkenberg.
02:03And that's Perez going through. So Perez getting past. So he's up to 13th place now.
02:08A little bit of contact there with the front wing for Nico Hulkenberg.
02:11It doesn't appear to be damaged as we see Nick DeVries now.
02:15Oh!
02:16Contact with Hulkenberg. So Hulkenberg in a big battle at the moment, isn't he?
02:19And he's come in. He's come straight into the pits.
02:23This is a chance for George Russell. He's right in the DRS zone.
02:26LeClaire's going to go defensive to the inside.
02:29It's always a tricky one to go around the outside, but he is putting the attack on.
02:32And now he goes around the outside into Luffield.
02:34George Russell. Beautiful move. He gets past Charles Leclerc. Perfectly done.
02:39What a move. What a move, George.
02:42I imagine he's on the radio right now telling the team how great it was.
02:45But that one was pretty honest as Leclerc tries to fight back now into Stowe.
02:49Not going to happen there.
02:51The Haas in trouble there. The Haas, that's Magnussen.
02:54Oh, and it's a fire off the back.
02:56Kevin Magnussen's car. It stopped yesterday in qualifying, and now it's stopped in the race.
03:00So here's your safety car, and this is pit stop time for the top three, top four even.
03:06Just passes away for him, and that's the end of the day for Kevin Magnussen.
03:10It's not a good day for Haas in general.
03:13Soft tires for the Red Bull there.
03:15Yeah, just to use that, I don't know how else you can play this.
03:18But no, there's hearts going on the McLaren.
03:20Not that many laps to go. We're under full safety car.
03:22There's 18 to go. There might be 15 when we go racing.
03:25That's a big call there for McLaren.
03:27They're not going to warm up very well at the end of the safety car period.
03:29See what Hamilton does.
03:31You're soft.
03:31You're soft.
03:32Yeah, so that's what we thought, a reverse of what Russell did.
03:35It's racy, and I like it.
03:36I really like that.
03:37And Ferrari getting ready now with Sainz as well, who's going to go on to a softer thing.
03:41Still a poor, not a great stop.
03:433.2, better than Russell's, but Mercedes are not on it as well.
03:45And he's ahead of Piastri.
03:46Hamilton is ahead of Oscar Piastri.
03:48So he's leapt up into a net, top three.
03:52Hamilton is close to Norris.
03:53Perez is close to Sainz.
03:54And this is the hard tyres not firing up.
03:56Second place is Norris.
03:57Here they go, flashing through.
03:58Hamilton is right with him, and we're going to have a big braking zone after this corner.
04:03Yeah, carry on.
04:04They say the only benefit that Norris has right now is DRS still not enabled.
04:07First lap after the safety car.
04:09So it's all about getting a good exit right here out of turn four.
04:12But man, Hamilton is close.
04:14He's got so much more grip.
04:16Is there a chance?
04:16As you say, DRS not in play yet.
04:18Lando Norris going defensive immediately.
04:20Goes to the inside over the dust that has been put down for any oil that was put down.
04:24And he's trying to go around the outside.
04:26But Lando breaks late enough.
04:27Now, can he do what George Russell did?
04:29Go around the outside through Luffield corner.
04:31He can't quite do it.
04:32Lando Norris holds him off.
04:33With every corner, Norris's chances improve on that hard tyre.
04:37It will fire up, and it will find some grip.
04:39But still Lewis is here.
04:40Down towards Cobb.
04:40So we're going to see a move again.
04:42Into Cobb's corner.
04:43He goes in on a wider line.
04:45The tighter line for Lando is difficult, but actually he didn't lose much time by doing that.
04:51No doubt they will be thinking ahead to the DRS opening up on the next lap.
04:55That was a late break from Lewis Hamilton.
04:57Oh, he's looking at the inside.
04:58He's got a chance.
04:59Oh, he's got a chance.
05:00Lewis Hamilton alongside Lando Norris.
05:02Now they're going to be running side by side through the kink of Woodcut.
05:05And he's still got that inside line.
05:07Will he go for it?
05:08This is a brave place to try and overtake.
05:10We saw it go wrong between Hamilton and Verstappen a couple of years ago.
05:13He backs out.
05:14Follows him through.
05:16You're on board with Sergio Perez.
05:18Very much closer now to Carlos Sainz.
05:20Look how close Sainz is to Alonso as well.
05:22Perez is really close.
05:23He's going to have a dive here towards Vail.
05:26Down the inside.
05:26Sergio Perez has a look to try and get past Carlos.
05:29Carlos gives him space.
05:30And thankfully they don't touch.
05:32But he's now got it on the exit.
05:33And he's through.
05:34Nicely done, Checo.
05:36And now the Williams of Alex Albon is going to try to capitalize on the Ferrari.
05:39Side by side into Stowe.
05:41Wow.
05:41He's done it.
05:42Alex Albon gets past Carlos as well.
05:44Alex has gone up into eighth place.
05:46Oh, yes.
05:47From Alex Albon.
05:48Really good commitment at the first corner.
05:50Now it's Leclerc around the outside of his teammate.
05:52Creeps over track limits.
05:53But we'll have the inside for Turn 4.
05:55And that one fire up the inside from Sergio Perez.
05:58But Sainz way offline.
05:59Left invulnerable.
06:00The Red Bull came through.
06:01The Williams came through.
06:02Now his teammate has come through as well.
06:06Sainz are way out of line there.
06:09Oh, this is another one he could lose from Pierre Gasly.
06:13Gasly goes around the outside.
06:14And Pierre Gasly on target for 10th position.
06:17Oh, look at that.
06:18Did they touch almost?
06:19Sainz coming back up the inside of Gasly into Cop's corner.
06:22That's brave and that's good from Carlos.
06:24So you can make it through if you're there on the way in.
06:27And he's committed enough.
06:28Gasly not defending the inside.
06:32Oh, we've got contact.
06:33Gasly.
06:33Yeah, is he broken?
06:35He's got a broken resuscation, I think.
06:38Stroll's come from off the track there and launched in at the next corner.
06:41There was space to stay on the track.
06:42So that's Stroll for me.
06:44So I think Lance will get a pen for that.
06:46Second and third in the championship, these two as well.
06:49Perez trying to pick up that slipstream.
06:51Here we go, Sergio Perez down the inside.
06:53Makes the move up into sixth place.
06:55Gets past Fernando Alonso.
06:56He had the straight line speed he needed.
06:59Max Verstappen comes out of the final corner.
07:02Max wins the British Grand Prix.
07:04It's the first time he's won it as the British Grand Prix.
07:07The second time he's won here at Silverstone.
07:08Lando Norris finishes in a brilliant second.
07:11Lewis Hamilton in third.
07:13Two British drivers will be celebrating on the podium.
07:17Piastri finishes in fourth.
07:19His best finish in Formula One.
07:20Fifth place for Russell.
07:22Perez sixth.
07:23Alonso holds on to seventh.
07:25Ahead of Alex Albon, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
07:29What up, mate?
07:29That's our first win here since 2012.
07:31And it matches a record of McLaren of 11 wins in a row.
07:35So, yeah, mega day for the team.
07:37Well done.
07:38Yeah, great job.
07:39Eleven in a row.
07:40That's pretty crazy.
07:42Well done.
07:43It has worked perfectly for the Red Bull team.
07:4822nd win from pole position at Silverstone.
07:50Just like Carlos Sainz did last year.
07:53This time it was Max Verstappen's example.
07:56It will last year.
07:58It was so kind of fun.
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