00:02And the Canadian Grand Prix is go! Max Verstappen's got a good start, so is Lewis Hamilton straight up to
00:082nd position,
00:09past Fernando Alonso he goes, watch Ocon trying to improve as well now, can he get to the inside of
00:14the Haas?
00:14Verstappen, then Hamilton, Russell trying to out-drag Fernando Alonso, who's fighting the car as he gets on the power,
00:20this will be close for 3rd place as we go into turn 3, Alonso loses a position, it is Verstappen,
00:26then Hamilton, then Alonso,
00:27will they all fight their way through, it's a position game for Ocon, he did make it up to 5th
00:32place.
00:32Perez in the thick of it as well, in the midfield on those hard tyres, but the gainer there is
00:36Hamilton,
00:37got great traction off the line on his mediums, and just got the drive down the inside of Alonso,
00:42there was nothing the Spaniard could do about Lewis Hamilton getting to 2nd place,
00:46and he did well actually to keep Russell back, Ferrari in a red bull, that's Sainz and Perez.
00:50Sainz trying to go around the outside, does he have the room? Oh, it's a miracle he made that corner,
00:55but he went over the kerb and that gives the place back to Sergio Perez.
00:59Still they go wheel to wheel, better traction onto the corner, oh and into the wall, into the wall goes
01:04Magnussen,
01:05who has to rejoin, and he finds himself dropping down, doesn't look to be damaged,
01:10but he's lost the place to the home favourite.
01:12And this was the move for Carlos Sainz, trying to improve past, and he did get past the red bull,
01:18as avoiding action taken by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
01:23Stop the car, park the car, park Nick to Marshall Post, critical message.
01:27Logan Sargent out of the Grand Prix.
01:31We see the move from Piastri on Hulkeberg, I love a bit of that.
01:34Nice move from the Australian rookie to the inside, and the crowd loved it.
01:41Oh, George Russell has hit the barrier, there's front wing further back down the racetrack,
01:47and Russell, in this gaggle of the top four, has made contact with the wall on the exit of nine.
01:53Got a right rear puncture, he's obviously got the front wing hanging off,
01:55he might be able to get that round to the pits, and there's a safety car as well now.
02:00So Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso in the pits for the stops, let's just check it's the same order.
02:05Pressure on the crews here, that's why they practice all the time.
02:09Hamilton was tight ahead of Alonso, Alonso hand off the steering wheel.
02:13So he goes into eight, we're heading to nine now, this is the moment.
02:17He said over the kerb, yeah, he launched it over the kerb,
02:20unsettled the rear end and then lost the car, and was pitched real smack into the wall.
02:27I'd be amazed if he's not done the suspension there as well.
02:31Oh, it's tight, it's on the limit.
02:35Caution, caution, you're just ahead, just ahead.
02:39I think that'll be all right, that's okay.
02:44You had to break there, yeah, it looked pretty dangerous to me.
02:46This is going to be Lando Norris backing it up, and he's building a gap,
02:50because at that stage of the race, his teammate was ahead of him, and he dropped back too far.
02:55Norris giving that five second penalty.
02:58This is going to be on board with Lando Norris.
03:00We're heading down to turn ten, it's the hairpin.
03:02Is he just going to launch one?
03:04Look at this from miles back, to take the place from his teammate.
03:09And he's had a problem for Bottas, either way, he can't keep the place.
03:13We're drooling in the background as well.
03:14Albon had a run, off the row goes Oscar Piastri.
03:17He rejoins correctly, but his momentum will be slowed, and there's an opportunity now.
03:21There's a place gain for Alexander Albon, who's up to 11th.
03:25Okay, Kev, we need to drop a place back behind Ocon.
03:28We need to drop back behind Ocon.
03:31It's a safety car pit lane exit infringement.
03:33Okay.
03:35So that message, first of all to Bottas, then to Magnussen, and a position regained for Esteban Ocon, sorted out
03:41nicely by the teams.
03:42And the two drivers who had to let Ocon through, and suddenly Bottas absolutely torches past the Haas.
03:48Yeah, that was a good opportunistic move then from Bottas.
03:52He's going to have to defend into the next corner.
03:53They're all really, really close and bunched up now.
03:56On board with Norris, looking at the pair of them in the McLaren.
03:58There's a much better tyres around the outside.
04:01Does he have the room?
04:02Oh, that's magnificent from Lando Norris all the way around the outside of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
04:09Now, this is one of the best opportunities he's had all race long.
04:13Does he dive to the inside?
04:15Fernando Alonso fights his way through.
04:17Gets past Lewis Hamilton and takes second place, but it's not done yet.
04:21And he knows it.
04:22He's looking in the left hand mirror because Hamilton's trying to retake it.
04:25The two old masters wheel to wheel.
04:27And Alonso takes second place.
04:32Here's Nick de Vries.
04:33Here's Nick de Vries with the pass to the inside.
04:35Can he get it slowed down?
04:37Oh, they're close to banging wheels.
04:39Does that open the door for George Russell to fight his way by?
04:43And after a tough moment earlier on, Magnussen and de Vries still going at it.
04:48Lock up and contact again.
04:50They're banging wheels in both corners.
04:52And how do they get out of this one?
04:54Yellow flag is out in the first sector of the race track after two wheel banging moments in a couple
04:59of corners.
05:01So then De Vries goes to the inside.
05:03And then it's just quite rude from De Vries trying to usher K-Mag wide at turn two.
05:08So dirty on the inside line.
05:09They just couldn't get the car stopped.
05:11K-Mag then couldn't turn in because there was an AlphaTauri there.
05:14And look, he just has to turn out in the end.
05:17Sergio Perez trying to rescue another Sunday for the third race in a row.
05:22But at this track you can overtake and he's proving it once again.
05:25It's a pass for Sergio Perez.
05:28That's it for some classic Albon defending.
05:30He got the straight line speed.
05:31That's a nice cheer for Alex Albon.
05:34They know what he can do at Williams.
05:35He's had some decent points finishes from getting his elbows out and just defending as hard as he can.
05:43Oh Russell in the Mercedes finds himself being passed by the gaggle of cars.
05:49And what's the issue for the British driver?
05:51So we think we're going to have to retire this car.
05:54Front left brake wear is too high.
05:57Out of them late lunge, really late lunge.
06:00Philando Norris who's done it again.
06:02Does he have the momentum to take the place?
06:04Oh Norris is so late on the brakes into the hairpin.
06:07But Valtteri Bottas will try to fight back.
06:09Finally, someone is able to force a move in this battle.
06:12Up a place for the moment goes Norris.
06:14To P9, wheel to wheel into the final chicane.
06:17But it's Norris later on the brakes.
06:19It's Norris going through.
06:21And that's a fine way to get past.
06:24I almost locked myself out on that curve.
06:28You know he's relaxed when he's laughing about this moment over the curve.
06:33The rear wing is loose on the Alpine.
06:35It's going to fall off at some point.
06:37Doesn't think it's pretty dangerous.
06:38Understood we're on it.
06:39Now that is looser than you'd want on the rear of the car.
06:43What that is from Lando Norris is an appeal to get the black and orange flag being waved at the
06:48Alpine.
06:49But that is an unusual sight.
06:51For Red Bull though, a journey that began in 2005.
06:55We'll see a crowning moment in 2023.
06:59Max Verstappen wins the Canadian Grand Prix to give Red Bull their 100th victory in Formula One.
07:06And now it's Mercedes, Williams, McLaren and Ferrari members of the 100th victory club.
07:13Alonso has come home in second place.
07:15Hamilton completes the podium in P3.
07:18But it's wheel to wheel all the way to the end.
07:21The McLaren and the Alpine.
07:22Will they have any room?
07:23Norris bails out of it.
07:25And what a defensive drive from Alexander Elbon who gets his best finish of the season.
07:30And just his second point scoring result.
07:33Over the line we go.
07:34And Lance Stroll finds his way past Valtteri Bottas.
07:38Over the line.
07:39They'll both be in the points though.
07:41Stroll P9 at the end.
07:43And Verstappen with an enormous lead in the World Championship now.
07:48As he matches Ayrton Senna's win total today,
07:50he chases his championship total by the end of the year.
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