00:00We've got an Alpine in the garage and unfortunately for Logan Sargent his crash in the shootout means that he
00:06is watching with the rest of us.
00:09Five red lights in Azerbaijan and Formula One is sprinting away in Baku with Charles Leclerc maintaining the lead into
00:17turn number one.
00:18That looked like a good launch for Lando Norris, he couldn't do anything on that soft compound of tyre.
00:24That's George Russell to the inside and Max Verstappen, that is so close to contact and somehow they kept it
00:30out of the wall.
00:31Leclerc, then Perez and through goes George Russell checking the mirrors because he's got Carlos Sainz and company as well.
00:38This is the battle for P3, the first two as they were.
00:41Russell won't give up on this one, neither will Verstappen and Verstappen is shown the wall.
00:46What a move George Russell!
00:49This is the replay of turn two then and the little tap that sent Max towards the wall but not
00:56into it.
00:57And then they go wheel to wheel for the final time here and again Max is right up to the
01:01wall and he hits it on his own.
01:04So yellow flag in the second part of the race track as Charles Leclerc brings us on.
01:08Oh and there's a tyre carcass, it's the AlphaTauri at the back of the field of Yuki Tsunoda who's having
01:14a torrid day.
01:15Whoa!
01:17Is he had a car failure there? That's a flat out corner that he's just understeered clean into the wall.
01:24Is the front wing dropped or something and it's got stuck or he's bottomed out and hasn't been able to
01:28turn?
01:29Full safety car is now deployed, that's a flat out section, they need to put marshals on the circuit.
01:36Okay Max, we have picked up some floor damage, just waiting for the balance shift.
01:40How?
01:41How do you think?
01:41Did he really drive into the side of... I don't understand how he can keep the position and he's damaging
01:48my car.
01:49It's quite ridiculous.
01:52And you can see he builds his speed up and immediately tries to break the toe.
01:56Perez is going to go with him. Verstappen immediately on the cusp of going alongside George Russell.
02:01And Max Verstappen wants that place back. That's the move that we're going to get into turn number one.
02:05Won't be the only one. And Sainz gets past Hamilton as well. Verstappen past Russell. Sainz gets past Hamilton.
02:13Aggressive stuff on the restart. And through goes Fernando Alonso past Hamilton down to seven.
02:19Lovely job Max. Without contact as well. Nicely done.
02:22Yeah I know how to do that.
02:26One red bull is chasing. The second one is behind. Perez is going to have a great opportunity to take
02:31the lead here.
02:31Can he take his chance? It's the DRS. Charles Leclerc is checking the mirrors but there's nothing he can do.
02:36And Perez roars past to take the lead.
02:40This is Oscar Piastri. It's going to be his team mate. In front this is Lando Norris on the right
02:44hand side.
02:46Disappearing back. And Piastri with the run. With the momentum. With the pass. Down to turn one.
02:54It's starting to melt.
02:56Whoa! That was a late lunge and a half from Lance Stroll who's got some overtaking reel of moves this
03:04season.
03:05He went right around the outside of Sainz on the opening lap in Jeddah.
03:08And that was from miles back to take the final point.
03:13This is going to be Hulkenberg losing a position to Joe Guanyu.
03:17The Alfa Romeo driver fights his way through to 12th position. He's up a couple of places from where he
03:22started.
03:24Moving the background out of the slipstream for Nick De Vries.
03:28As De Vries making his way in his first full season of Formula 1 finds a way by.
03:35Out of the final corners for the final time. The man who has been on the podium here more times
03:40than any other circuit on the Formula 1 calendar
03:43is going to get another brilliant result in Baku.
03:46Sergio Perez wins the sprint and takes the chequered flag for Red Bull.
03:52Charles Leclerc scores more points right now than he has done for the rest of the season with second place.
03:59And Max Verstappen completes the top three after a bit of argy-bargy with George Russell in the opening laps.
04:06Good job guys. Well done there. And we will get them tomorrow again.
04:10Good job guys there. Looked like very small contact. It looked like really small contact.
04:16Initially.
04:20Mate, we all have no grip. You all need to leave a little bit of space.
04:23Yeah, what's your point?
04:24Yeah, sure.
04:25But expecting it next time the same, you know.
04:29Let's confirm the order then for the first sprint of the season, which saw Sergio Perez take his first sprint
04:35win.
04:36Charles Leclerc at seven points for second position and Max Verstappen in third place.
04:41Let's go.
04:44Let's go.
04:45Let's go.
04:47Let's go.
04:48Let's go.
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