00:00Five lights on ahead of the drivers.
00:02It's lights out and away we go. Leclerc gets away well,
00:05ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen.
00:07And then you've got Sainz and Gasly scrapping away behind them.
00:11But it's Charles Leclerc with a clear lead going through Turn 1.
00:13He's got the start, he's got the pole, and he's got away from Lewis Hamilton.
00:17And they're looking up. Sainz, Gasly ahead, Sergio Perez making up places as well.
00:22The two McLarens getting bogged down in the midfield.
00:24And the charge is on now, down towards Turn 3.
00:27Charles Leclerc leads the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from Hamilton.
00:31And then comes Verstappen and Sergio Perez ahead of Gasly, but only just.
00:35The two going through into Turn 3, separated by inches and making it.
00:40The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc has Lewis Hamilton right behind him.
00:43And Leclerc has been leading throughout this race, but not for long,
00:46because Hamilton's got the toe, he's got the slipstream, he doesn't need DRS.
00:50And he makes the pass to take the lead of this race.
00:53Leclerc is going to try and fight him back, going into Turn 1.
00:55But it's Hamilton now ahead of Leclerc with Verstappen in 3rd.
00:59We're watching Yuki Tsunoda in 8th as well.
01:01And we're watching Charles Leclerc under massive pressure from Max Verstappen.
01:05He's had to wait a few laps to get past the Ferrari.
01:07It's happened now at the beginning of lap 7.
01:11Hamilton leads, Verstappen is now 2nd and chasing after the Mercedes.
01:14Leclerc down to 3rd, and there's Yuki Tsunoda.
01:17Is he going to get past Fernando Alonso going into Turn 1?
01:20Do you know what? Yes, he is.
01:23Look at Sergio Perez, straight there for protection.
01:25This is exactly what Red Bull need, isn't it?
01:27Up to 3rd place. What a drive so far.
01:29In the space of a single lap, Charles Leclerc is now out of the podium at places.
01:35What's happened in Sector 2? We've got a yellow flag.
01:37That will attract the attention of the strategy engineers on the pit wall.
01:42And it is a Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, who's gone off into the runoff area.
01:46Hamilton comes in. Verstappen and Perez stay out.
01:50Hamilton, it's a slow stop again.
01:52But he had to wait for the other car that was coming down the pit lane.
01:57We've not seen drivers have problems here.
01:59But on the hard tyre, he locks up and has to bail out.
02:03Sorry, guys.
02:05And he's boxing. Ted, down to you.
02:06Yeah, I can see it. Just a couple of garages down.
02:08Let's have a look. Yeah, going well so far.
02:10That's not the 1.8 I've seen.
02:13But what was it? About the 2-second mark.
02:15Very, very solid. White tyres on hard tyres.
02:17I'll tell you what, Ted.
02:18Max Verstappen is away and he is going to be ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
02:22That's the crucial thing here.
02:24Hamilton's slow stop has cost him track position
02:26after the pit stop to Max Verstappen.
02:29Hard compound tyre.
02:31For Sergio Perez, there was a problem at the rear.
02:33We'll get Ted Kravitz thoughts on that in a moment.
02:364.3-second stop for Perez.
02:38That's undone all his good work.
02:40As you see, Max Verstappen going into Turn 1.
02:43Where's Hamilton now?
02:44Coming through Turn 1.
02:46Sergio Perez comes out in second place.
02:49Still ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
02:50Verstappen is ahead.
02:52Sergio Perez behind his teammate.
02:54Hamilton behind now both Red Bulls.
02:57Oh, no. And that is an accident.
02:59And it is Lance Stroll.
03:01And Lance Stroll, who might well have been coming into the pits,
03:04has left a huge amount of debris on the track.
03:07He's moving around in the cockpit.
03:09That's great to see what happened to Lance Stroll.
03:13And, yeah, absolutely no chance of avoiding the accidents.
03:18I said, potentially coming into the pits.
03:22Oh, that is a...
03:23That's an impact, isn't it?
03:25We are going to get racing here in Bacca.
03:27And now Verstappen's gone.
03:29And Lewis Hamilton has got a really nice toe behind Sergio Perez.
03:33Pierre Gasly locks up.
03:35Charles Leclerc could get interested here.
03:36Sebastian Vettel down the inside of Charles Leclerc.
03:39Gets past the Ferrari.
03:41Sergio Perez is under pressure from Lewis Hamilton.
03:43There's a huge lock up by Charles Leclerc.
03:46He almost goes into the back of Sebastian Vettel.
03:48Somehow, the Aston Martin doesn't make contact.
03:51Now, Sebastian Vettel's looking to have a go at Pierre Gasly as well.
03:55As Hamilton is trying to make a move on Sergio Perez.
03:58Perez goes through second.
03:59Gasly goes ahead.
04:01It stays ahead, I should say, of Sebastian Vettel.
04:03High drama at the restart there.
04:06And Charles Leclerc very nearly coming a cropper.
04:10Sebastian Vettel getting a nice one off Pierre Gasly.
04:12He's going to get it done.
04:13He's got the toe.
04:14He's got the fresher tyres.
04:15He's got the pace.
04:16Sebastian Vettel's got fourth place.
04:18Here in Baku.
04:19He loves this track.
04:20Started in the top four in every season that he's come to Baku before.
04:24He's finished third.
04:25He's finished fourth.
04:26He's finished fourth.
04:27He's finished second.
04:27And guess what?
04:28In 2021, he's fourth again.
04:31It can go right down to the checkered flag.
04:35Oh, and that's Max Verstappen.
04:37Max Verstappen on the main straight.
04:40Leading this race.
04:41Now out of this race.
04:42Sergio Perez leads from Lewis Hamilton.
04:46Pierre.
04:50That is a 200 mile an hour crash for Max Verstappen.
04:55And that is also Red Bull's first one-two in many a long year taken out of them as well.
05:03And the red flag has now come out.
05:05The race is now going to stop.
05:09Brakes smoking on Lewis Hamilton's car.
05:12Perez on pole.
05:13Hamilton alongside him on the front row.
05:15Perez gets away well.
05:16Hamilton will wheel spin.
05:17Sebastian Vettel is coming at them as well.
05:19Perez tries to cut off Hamilton, who locks up and goes straight on.
05:22Perez leads from Sebastian Vettel.
05:24And then comes Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc.
05:27And Hamilton has gone from second in the race to falling out of the points as they tiptoe their way
05:34around turn two.
05:35We lost the championship leader with a crash.
05:38We lost his main rival with a lockup and the restart.
05:42This has not been a good day for the top two in the championship.
05:45Under pressure now.
05:47Pierre Gasly has got Charles Leclerc right behind him.
05:49Looks like Charles Leclerc is ahead of Pierre Gasly.
05:52Leclerc goes back up into the podium places.
05:55He started on pole.
05:56He may yet finish on the podium.
05:58Gasly is going to come back at him again, though.
06:00The Alpha Terry goes a bit deep and gets past Charles Leclerc.
06:04Out in front, Perez from Vettel.
06:06This scrap's still going on behind them.
06:08Lando Norris waiting to pick up the scraps here.
06:11But Lewis Hamilton, 54 points scoring finishes in a row.
06:15And he fails to score points today.
06:17As down the inside goes Gasly.
06:19Stays ahead of Leclerc for one brief moment.
06:22Lando Norris thought he had a chance.
06:24Gasly cuts him off aggressively.
06:26Going through turn four.
06:29Sergio Perez moved teams over the winter.
06:32Went to Red Bull in his sixth race for his new team.
06:36Sergio Perez wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
06:40Sebastian Vettel moved teams.
06:41He picks up his first podium for Aston Martin.
06:44And their first podium in Formula One.
06:47Pierre Gasly's back on the podium, too.
06:50For Alpha Terry as he comes home third.
06:53What a Baku race it was.
06:55Plus one in Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
06:57Perez picks up the points.
06:59Verstappen and Hamilton, the championship contenders.
07:02Both fail to finish.
07:04It's Baku to the drawing board for them.
07:06It's celebrations for Perez tonight.
07:08器 ri think and Ricoh ceviche.
07:17Very darn good since it's possible.
07:19We'll see you at that next page.
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