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25:15но я надеюсь, что они в моменте.
25:17Топ-4, Ле-Клэр, Руссель, Хамилтон, Антонелли не остановились.
25:21То есть, вертолельная машина, значит, что вы должны держать дельтатайм на руке.
25:26В первую очередь, когда вертолельные моменты,
25:29то есть, что они не должны уничтожить или уничтожить
25:33ни тракта позиции, или тракт-дистанции, я должен сказать.
25:38Но, да, и причина, конечно, что вы уничтожите
25:41только половину времени на вертолельную машину
25:44из-за того, что все остальные еды гораздо быстрее
25:47в том, что вы в Пит-Lane.
25:48Берни-Коллинз, мы приедем к вам в 2 секунды.
25:51Давайте просто слушаем его с Исаак Хаджар.
26:02Да, все остальные ойли-биты вместе с другом, я боюсь.
26:05Ну, это не было хорошо.
26:07Он прыгнул из-за его машины, и его ручка идет.
26:11Пит-Lane-Коллинз
26:38они еще выбраны на вертолельную машину.
27:14История-Коллинз
27:16не бывает.
27:21История-Коллинз
27:22Да.
27:23Да.
27:23И, Луис, абсолютно верно.
27:26Маршалов должны быть обратно в позицию.
27:28Это будет иметь еще 10 секунд или так.
27:31Будет будет «туч-н-го» если Феррари хотят сделать остановку.
27:34Если я был Луис Хамилтон, я бы сказал, что я хочу приехать.
27:37Потому что у них есть, что они вокруг, и они хотят быть на одинаково.
27:41Но давайте посмотрим, что происходит.
27:43И что он будет делать?
27:44Он будет приехать в пит-лей?
27:45Нет, он не будет.
27:46Он будет приехать в пит-лей?
27:47Нет, он не будет.
27:48Ну, он не будет.
27:49Вы знаете, что они думают, что он будет приехать.
27:51Вы знаете, что они работают?
27:53У нас есть маленький пар, не они.
27:55Да.
27:55У них будет дальше пошелом на рейке.
27:57Я думаю, что вы имеете в виду, чтобы кто-то был на самом деле,
28:00что он говорит, что «ну, это слишком мощно.
28:02Это ВСЦ может раздать в любом случае».
28:05У вас есть какая-то маргинь сейчас.
28:07И да, красиво.
28:09И если вы приехали, вы могли бы вылить краску.
28:12Вы могли бы из-за потатора.
28:13Вы могли бы уйти краску.
28:14Они бы не было подпит.
28:16Они бы сейчас пошелом.
28:16ВСЦ ending, но они бы у них был.
28:18Они бы отменялся.
28:19Но я думаю, что это касается риск.
28:23Тракция чистая, и мы будем расти.
28:25Сейчас, как и феррарис, шуток сейчас с маленьким турбом, и они могут идти.
28:29Да, и они должны быть очень внимательны на эти рестарты, с холодными тюрьмами.
28:34И не на температуру, не на температуру, не на температуру,
28:36и все, что энергия над их правой.
28:39И они учатся, они учатся очень много, все вместе.
28:45Итак, мы проведем три лапы в СССР, там, Мартин.
28:48Before Hadja's engine went, we had seven changes of lead in the first ten laps.
28:54If you're just joining us, seriously, you should have set your alarm clocks in the UK and Ireland just a
28:59little bit earlier.
29:00Because you've missed so much.
29:01But, you know, stick with us.
29:03There might be more to come yet.
29:04It's all smooth out and these regulations are a little bit fluid.
29:08But I'm pleased that those overtakes, the drivers still had to make it happen when they got there.
29:14So, that bodes well, but we will be smoothing these regs out.
29:19I have no doubt about that.
29:20We have an issue.
29:22Fernando Alonso being told to stop the car.
29:25Where is Fernando Alonso?
29:27He might be in the pits.
29:28There he is.
29:29I couldn't see him at first, but he's on our screen now.
29:31They weren't expecting to finish the race.
29:33Sadly, the end has come on lap 15 for Fernando Alonso.
29:38And that will be his fourth retirement from the Australian Grand Prix, his first one back in 2003.
29:44So, of the top nine, only the two Mercedes and Norris pitted.
29:51Lando Norris was going nowhere fast, wasn't he, down in seventh place.
29:54Didn't appear to have a great amount of speed.
29:57So, he's on the hard tyre now, Lando Norris, after his pit stop.
30:02That's the Cadillac that he's passed.
30:09He's not entirely sure what that was telling us.
30:12Yeah, but it was nice to see.
30:14Max Verstappen didn't pit either.
30:16But he started on the hards, didn't he?
30:17Yeah, he wants to get as much out of those tyres as he can.
30:21So, Leclerc leads.
30:22Hamilton, second.
30:23Haven't pitted.
30:24Russell, third.
30:25Has pitted.
30:26Lindblad, fourth.
30:28Hasn't pitted.
30:29Antonelli, fifth.
30:30Has pitted.
30:31Verstappen, Behrman, Portoletto.
30:33Haven't pitted.
30:34Lando Norris, from ninth, down to Carlos Sainz.
30:38And thirteenth have pitted.
30:40And that's a ten second, Gian.
30:42How are they only ten seconds?
30:45So far we are on plan.
30:46We are focusing on plan A.
30:48Plan A.
30:49Which was a one-stop strategy.
30:52So, we're not going to bring you early to go into a two-stop strategy.
30:55Colopinto has been into the pits, but I don't think he's changed tyres.
30:59Oh, no, he has.
30:59He's gone hard, hard.
31:00And then Stroll and Bottas have pitted.
31:04We're on board now with the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli.
31:08Chasing Arvid Lindblad and catching Arvid Lindblad.
31:11And going wheel to wheel.
31:12And then ahead of Arvid Lindblad.
31:14And into fourth place.
31:15The Mercedes were guaranteed to be only ten seconds behind.
31:18Because you lose a bit over ten in a virtual safety car pit stop,
31:22as Ted was pointing out.
31:24And they were ahead of him anyway by a second or two.
31:26So, it's virtually guaranteed.
31:29But Ferrari, a Ferrari seem confident that they're doing the right thing.
31:32We'll stick with, I mean,
31:34if there's another safety car, which is highly, highly possible this afternoon,
31:39then there's many more safety cars, actually, given the newness of these cars.
31:43But that'll play into Ferrari's hands a little bit.
31:46But that's it.
31:48You're leaving your destiny in somebody else's hands at that point.
31:52I'm just wincing a bit watching Liam Lawson and Sergio Perez at the moment down the main straight.
31:56And I think Lawson is like, can I get past him?
31:59Can I get past him?
32:00I'm going to try it into turn three.
32:01They're banging wheels down at turn three.
32:03Perez is still ahead of Liam Lawson.
32:06That's been a right old scrap, that has.
32:09These two, these two, when they get on the track together,
32:13there is a bit of excitement that follows.
32:15And Benny Collins, he's on the hard tyre, Luke.
32:19Some parents on the medium.
32:19But those that have put the hard tyre on behind the virtual safety car,
32:23can they go to the end?
32:24Well, this is the thing, Crofty.
32:26We just do not know.
32:28We think these tyres are holding on a little bit better than last year.
32:32But teams were concerned about greening.
32:34And the reason that we're seeing these different strategies,
32:37for example, between Lawson and Perez, Lawson is stopped, Perez is not.
32:41That's why Perez is ahead in that slower Cadillac.
32:44Clockwise circuit, more rights than lefts.
32:47Max Verstappen's front left tyre looks horrible.
32:50Look at it.
32:50Look at the dull bit, that is grainy.
32:53Because it's got three and a quarter degrees of camber,
32:56the top leans in.
32:57You work the inside of the tyre.
32:59And that's exactly what we're seeing there for Max Verstappen.
33:02And so the hard compound tyre, they can start to clean that graining up.
33:08But that doesn't look particularly good.
33:11That's not good news for Mercedes if they're trying to go to the end
33:15and now on the hard tyre.
33:16We have some graphics.
33:17We have some battery graphics to show you when it's been deployed
33:20and when it's been recharged.
33:21While we watch those, Ted has words from the pit lane.
33:24I think it's about right that Red Bull don't think that Mercedes
33:27can do the rest of the race, 45 laps on the hard tyre.
33:30So they're looking at a two-stop.
33:32I think they were all open-minded on tyre strategies, Crofty.
33:35It was probably the least of their worries, wasn't it?
33:38Given all the demands from the power unit.
33:40So I'm expecting to see Max Verstappen in on five or ten laps time
33:44and then we'll sort out the second stops later in this brilliant race.
33:48Thanks, Ted.
33:49Now, Arvind Lindblad might be a bit vulnerable here
33:51because Max Verstappen has way more battery power than Arvind Lindblad
33:55as overtake is enabled for him as well.
33:58So there's an extra half a megajoule from that
34:00but his battery is more topped up even going into the detection.
34:04Into that corner, see when they put the brakes on
34:06how the battery tops up.
34:07Lindblad has just got a little bit more back than he needed.
34:11Verstappen using a bit more energy
34:13as he was gaining towards Lindblad down the main straight.
34:16Russell massively faster than the two Ferraris on the previous lap
34:20and homing in on them and...
34:22This is Lawson and Ferraris again.
34:23It's amazing that one of them hasn't lost the barge board.
34:26They're rather massive on the side of the car
34:28that's so critical to the airflow
34:30and this was where it's going to happen
34:33if it's happening anywhere.
34:35And look, the wheels intertwined
34:36and somehow neither of them went round.
34:40There's no love lost between those two ever, is there?
34:42That was a little return.
34:45Ah, Cadillac, Valtteri Bottas.
34:48We've lost one Aussie before the start.
34:50We might have lost the honorary Aussie on lap 18 here.
34:53Customer Ferrari engine in the back of that one at the moment
34:59and Ferrari will be very happy about that indeed
35:01as long as they don't close the entry of the pit lane.
35:05I was just about to say that, Martin.
35:06Will they close the pit lane entry?
35:09Another virtual safety car.
35:11So Bert Myerlander's still waiting to get out on the track
35:13in his 500th Grand Prix in the actual safety car.
35:16Ah, and that's such a shame
35:17for Valtteri Bottas and for Cadillac.
35:20The 167th constructor to enter into Formula 1,
35:25the first full start-up team since Haas made their debut.
35:28In 2016, the entry is not closed,
35:31so they're all going to barrel in.
35:33Lindblad, Verstappen and then Oli Behrmann coming into the pits
35:36to make their first pit stop.
35:39Bortoletto's coming in too.
35:40Lindblad's first ever pit stop in Formula 1
35:43and he was taking it carefully.
35:44And Max, ooh, what's happened there?
35:46They had to hold him briefly to find a gap for him to feed back into.
35:50But so Lindblad obviously treating the speed line
35:54a little bit cautiously
35:55and Max was very angsty behind him,
35:58wanted to make the most of it.
36:01Now, Lance Stroll is out on track in the Aston Martin.
36:05Charles Leclerc is right behind him currently.
36:08Stroll is a long way off the pace
36:11and about to be lapped.
36:13Don't know if you can lap a car under the VSC.
36:16I would have thought you actually can't.
36:17You can't have a take.
36:20I'm surprised Ferrari didn't come straight into the pits.
36:23I'd have thought the timing was absolutely right
36:25for them to make a pit stop.
36:27But maybe they just wanted...
36:29Maybe they thought there was at least a couple of laps behind this VSC.
36:32So I'll tell you what,
36:33we'll use one on the old tyres and one on the new tyres.
36:36Bernie?
36:36Yeah, I need to go back and track through it properly,
36:38but I think they were just too far ahead of the pit entry.
36:41So they didn't have the opportunity that others did.
36:43I'm hearing their lead strategist,
36:45also known as Lewis Hamilton,
36:47is not at all happy about this.
36:49The pit lane entry is now closed.
36:52So Ferrari didn't see that one coming, did they?
36:55Well, it's funny, you did.
36:56Do you want the job of lead strategist?
36:57I'll tell you why I did.
36:59Because Bernadette Collins, the strategist, told me.
37:02So I won't claim that for myself.
37:05Yeah, she knows a thing or two.
37:08Marshall's on the track, so they have to close it now.
37:10This is why Valtteri Bottas...
37:12Well, what happened to Valtteri Bottas?
37:20And I think he was told to stop.
37:22No, he didn't just trundle into the Aussie V8...
37:25Sorry, the F2 supplementary pit lane.
37:28He was told to stop immediately,
37:30and that's why he did comply with that.
37:33Now, this is bad news for Ferrari,
37:35who are leading this race,
37:36but haven't stopped yet.
37:38The VSC is ending.
37:40They need to start building up a bit of a gap here,
37:43if they can,
37:44as Max Verstappen is right on it,
37:47behind Arvin Lindblad,
37:48who moves over to the left-hand side
37:50and slams that door shut
37:51in the face of the four-time world champion.
37:54Rookie against four-time world champion here.
37:57Sister cars, a sister team, of course,
37:59but Lindblad, in his first Grand Prix,
38:02will not be intimidated by Max Verstappen.
38:04He's gone very wide in Turn 3,
38:05but recovers it.
38:07So the 18-year-old is keeping his head,
38:10under extreme pressure.
38:12And there's nothing between these two teams anymore
38:15where they say,
38:16just let my man through, would you please?
38:18It's not like there's a world championship
38:19anywhere near at stake at the moment.
38:21Max Verstappen,
38:23who is Formula 1 world champion
38:25for, what, 1457 consecutive days,
38:28pulling off overtake after overtake,
38:30at will sometimes,
38:32and he's going to try and pull off another overtake here
38:34on the young rookie Arvin Lindblad
38:36into Turn 9.
38:37He's got his red ball ahead
38:39and up into 6th place.
38:40While that happens,
38:41Esteban Ocon goes past Gabriel Bortoleto
38:44and moves up into 9th place.
38:47Ferrari better hope there's another virtual safety car,
38:50but Bernie said she thought they were
38:54too far past the pit entry to use that.
38:58My tyres are still okay.
38:59Do not box me at the same time.
39:01And Lewis is thinking,
39:03how can I just gain a bit of an edge
39:04on my teammate here?
39:06Do not box me at the same time.
39:07I do not want to sit in the pit lane
39:09waiting behind him, thank you very much.
39:11Yeah.
39:11And then you've got to get all your restart
39:13sorted out with your turbo.
39:15So, Lewis, yeah,
39:17and quite a bit of graining on his front left,
39:20but he's just saying,
39:21don't stack us.
39:23Don't stack us.
39:24I think the thing is, Martin,
39:25everyone will have to stop again
39:27of the leading contenders.
39:29So, whilst it might look like Ferrari
39:31have lost out a bit
39:32as Pierre Gasly right behind Esteban,
39:34Ocon tries to squeeze down into Turn 3
39:36and Ocon gets hit by the front left tyre
39:40of the Alpine and then has to move off
39:41and out of the way.
39:42Gasly's up in a 10th place.
39:44But Ferrari, they need to stop.
39:47They haven't stopped yet.
39:48The other leading contenders
39:49are all going to have to stop again.
39:51Might be that they've not lost out
39:53if they can put a decent pace
39:55into these next few laps.
39:56And that could be a big if
39:58looking at the pace of the two Mercedes.
40:01And Antonelli flying along nicely,
40:04but we'll see how they settle down again.
40:06So, the Ferrari's in the 1.23s.
40:07Russell, 1.22.6 on his fresher tyres.
40:12So, you can't help but think
40:14that the Mercedes is the faster car
40:16in this race,
40:17but Ferrari have done well
40:19with getting track position,
40:20mostly because of the start.
40:22Leclerc leads from Hamilton.
40:24One and a half seconds, give or take.
40:27The gap.
40:28George Russell catching Lewis Hamilton.
40:31In five laps' time,
40:32he's going to be right on the tail
40:33of his former teammate.
40:35Kimi Antonelli runs in fourth.
40:37Lando Norris fifth,
40:38and Max Verstappen up to sixth
40:40after starting 20th on the grid.
40:42Arvid Lindblad is seventh,
40:43and only Behrman is eighth,
40:44and there are five British drivers
40:46in this race.
40:47Currently, the five British drivers
40:49are all in the top eight.
40:50Apologies to the 15 other,
40:52or the 14 other nationalities
40:53in this race.
40:54You know, but it's why the union flag there.
40:57One of them.
40:58Oh, the reigning world champion
41:01is not, hasn't got any speed.
41:03Lando Norris.
41:03Max Verstappen's catching him
41:05very quickly in every sector of the lap.
41:08So, for some reason,
41:10and we haven't really seen
41:11any lightning pace from Norris
41:13and his McLaren today.
41:15I just wonder as well,
41:16with what happened to Oscar Piastri
41:18on the laps to the grid,
41:20have McLaren had to be a bit cautious
41:23in this race
41:24to try and prevent anything like that
41:27happening to Lando in the race
41:29is the only McLaren in it.
41:30And you want to get to the checker flag,
41:33but...
41:33You do, but no,
41:34I think it was a very specific thing,
41:36wasn't it,
41:36with Piastri going to the grid.
41:38So, yeah,
41:40Leclerc and Hamilton then
41:42running still in the mid-23s,
41:44two Mercedes in the late 1 minute 22s,
41:48and then a big gap to Norris
41:49in the late 1 minute 23s.
41:52So, he's on the 23.6,
41:53his best lap of the race now,
41:55Lando Norris,
41:55but it's still,
41:57it's still off the pace.
41:59So,
41:59we'll see how the rest of the afternoon unfolds.
42:02Oli Behrman is right on the back
42:04of Arvid Lindblad as well now.
42:07Oli Behrman in his second full season
42:10in Formula 1,
42:11and having a much better Australian Grand Prix
42:13than he had down here in Albert Park
42:15last year,
42:16where he didn't take part in qualifying,
42:19started from the pit,
42:20they'd only finished a 14th in the race.
42:24Oscar Piastri speaking to the media,
42:26we'll hear from him with Rachel Brooks
42:28in a short while.
42:30He'll be absolutely devastated,
42:31I'm sure,
42:32with what's happened,
42:32but he'll pick himself up,
42:34go to China
42:34and try again,
42:36under investigation,
42:38Sergio Perez
42:39for forcing another driver off the track
42:41with Liam Lawson.
42:43Stewart's having a little look at that one.
42:45Gap in the front,
42:461.7 seconds
42:48between Charles Leclerc
42:49and Lewis Hamilton
42:50make that 1.6
42:51as Lewis crosses the line.
42:53The gap back to George Russell,
42:544.1 seconds,
42:56give it another three laps.
42:57The clever computer says
42:58he'll be right on the tail
42:59of Lewis Hamilton.
43:01Bernie Collins to you.
43:02Yeah,
43:02just going to come in quickly
43:03on what you said there
43:04about Landon Norris,
43:05his pace looking a little bit off.
43:06They have been discussing
43:07how he can improve that pace
43:09and he's just been told
43:10directly from the pit wall,
43:11I know you're worried
43:12about the front left,
43:14push a little bit more,
43:15we're making this a two-stop.
43:16So it seems like Norris
43:18was a bit unsure
43:18how much management
43:19he needed to do
43:20on that front left tyre
43:21as we heard Martin
43:23describe earlier
43:24from Verstappen's car
43:25and Norris has been told
43:26we're committed to the two-stop,
43:28let's push on on this tyre
43:29a little bit more.
43:30And he responds
43:31with his fastest lap of the race.
43:33Thanks, Bernie.
43:35Yeah,
43:35well,
43:35that makes sense of that
43:36but he's still not in the 122s
43:38like the Mercedes
43:40where he needs to be.
43:42So Ferrari then,
43:45because they're deploying
43:47and regenerating
43:48obviously in exactly
43:49the same way
43:52and unsurprisingly
43:53they're circling around,
43:55circulating
43:55at a very consistent distance
43:58with the package
43:59they've got
44:00and they obviously
44:00now want to try
44:01to get these tyres
44:03somewhat further
44:04into the race
44:05but Hamilton's front
44:06looks ugly,
44:08his front left tyre
44:09you can see
44:10that sort of dark
44:11stripe on it
44:13as he comes down
44:14the pit straight now
44:15his front left.
44:16It's not pretty,
44:18is it?
44:18and he was 7 tenths
44:19of a second slower
44:20than Charles Leclerc
44:21on lap 24.
44:24Charles Leclerc
44:24leading this race
44:25trying to do something
44:27that no one has ever done
44:28in the hybrid era
44:30here in Albert Park
44:31and that's win this Grand Prix
44:32from outside
44:33the top three
44:34on the grid.
44:35He started fourth
44:35in this race.
44:37And the 1-2-3
44:38on this grid today
44:39was George Russell,
44:40Kimi Antonelli
44:41and Isaac Hadjar.
44:42Hadjar's out of the race
44:43so still
44:43the 1-2-3
44:44have never finished
44:45in that order
44:46in an Albert Park F1 race.
44:47This is Pierre Gasly
44:48and his battle
44:50with Esteban Ocon.
44:51There's a history
44:52between those two
44:52isn't there?
44:53Yeah, there is.
44:55Here at Albert Park
44:56where the teammates
44:57crashed into each other
44:59and were out
44:59of the race of ruin
45:00what would have been
45:01a sensational finish
45:02for on that day.
45:02They're under investigation
45:05by the stewards
45:06Esteban Ocon's
45:07been noted
45:08for driving
45:08unnecessarily slowly
45:09and that was
45:10the box box shout
45:12from Ferrari
45:13to your race leader
45:14Charles Leclerc.
45:15Box and stop,
45:17box and stop.
45:17It is the international
45:20phrase for
45:21we want to see you
45:23in the pit lane, please.
45:24Ted is down there,
45:25I know,
45:26as Charles Leclerc
45:27navigates his way
45:28into what's quite a
45:29long entry
45:30before he gets
45:31to the speed limit line
45:33and there it is
45:34and take it away, Ted.
45:36But they've given away
45:3610 seconds of race time.
45:38They've given,
45:38Ferrari have given away
45:39race time
45:40that they could have had
45:41by stopping now.
45:42Yes, it's onto the hard tyres.
45:44Yes, this is target lap
45:45for a one stopper
45:46going medium to hard
45:48but they've just given away
45:49loads of lap time
45:50to Mercedes.
45:51We'll see what happens
45:52to Lewis Hamilton.
45:53He'll be praying
45:54for a VSE.
45:55I don't know
45:55whether he's going to get it.
45:56Where he might get it,
45:58Martin,
45:58is that the Aston
46:00has rejoined the race.
46:02Fernando Alonso
46:03has had a nice little time
46:04in the pits.
46:06He's got the feeling
46:07back in his hands
46:07and has rejoined the race.
46:09Yeah.
46:10Some, how many laps down?
46:1110 laps down?
46:12Yeah, it still says
46:12on our timing screen
46:13that he's in the pits
46:14but you're right,
46:15I can see him now
46:16out of the track.
46:16He passed me,
46:17I'm absolutely sure
46:18he's rejoined the
46:19soft tyres
46:20and well done to Lance Stroll
46:21for making it past
46:22the 15 laps.
46:23In fact,
46:24we're now 25 laps
46:25where he felt
46:25he couldn't continue
46:26because of the vibrations
46:27causing nerve damage
46:28to his fingers.
46:29Well, look,
46:29there's four drivers
46:30definitely out of this race.
46:31If they can finish
46:31Aston Martin,
46:32that might be
46:33very, very important
46:35later on
46:36in the season.
46:37Lewis Hamilton
46:38yet to pit.
46:39Don't forget,
46:40of course,
46:41Ferrari sticking
46:42to their guns
46:43and the strategy
46:43that they wanted
46:44going into this race.
46:46and Russell and Antonelli
46:47are still going to
46:48have to pit again
46:49and if you haven't
46:50got the pace
46:50of the Mercedes
46:51and Hamilton's
46:52carrying on again,
46:53if you can't beat
46:54Mercedes pace for pace
46:55throughout the race,
46:56you've got to try
46:57a different strategy.
46:58You have,
46:59but it feels like
47:00a mistake,
47:00doesn't it?
47:01Because they're now,
47:03if Mercedes
47:03have got to pit again,
47:05which we expect
47:06they will,
47:08they'll have
47:09much fresher tyres
47:09at the end
47:10of the Grand Prix
47:11anyway.
47:11So there's the grainy
47:12you can see
47:12on his front tyre.
47:14Lewis was really
47:15wrestling that car
47:16on the previous lap.
47:17I was somewhat surprised
47:18that he didn't come in
47:20to the pit lane.
47:21What he's trying to do
47:22is get a tyre offset
47:24against his teammate.
47:25If he can get
47:26two or three laps
47:27further on these,
47:28he'll have fresher tyres
47:29and a better chance
47:31of getting to the end
47:32than his teammate
47:33Charles Leclerc.
47:33Bernie Collins.
47:35Yes,
47:35and just as that graphic
47:36shows there,
47:36the difference
47:37between the Ferrari
47:38and the Mercedes strategy.
47:39Mercedes game
47:40that was 10 seconds,
47:41as Ted said,
47:42during the first VSC
47:43and what they're hoping for
47:44is that their second pit stop,
47:46if they gain a second,
47:48manage to get another VSC
47:49or another safety car,
47:50they'll save that time again
47:52and that's what
47:52they're banking on
47:53on this Australian Grand Prix
47:54is the uncertainty
47:55that we know
47:56is coming with
47:57lots of retirements
47:59that we're seeing
48:00throughout it.
48:01So the Mercedes,
48:02if they get another safety car,
48:03will have saved
48:04a full pit loss
48:05effectively
48:06and have quicker tyres
48:07for the stints
48:08in between.
48:09Aston Martin decided
48:10to bring Fernando Alonso
48:11back into the garage
48:12after making some adjustments
48:14to their car.
48:15That's why he's rejoined
48:16the race.
48:18And here's the race
48:19for the lead.
48:20Lewis Hamilton
48:21hasn't pitted yet.
48:23Lap 27 of 58
48:25and he's got a gap
48:26of about 9 tenths
48:27of a second
48:28to George Russell.
48:30Russell has pitted.
48:31Every single driver
48:32has been into the pits
48:34in this race
48:34other than Lewis Hamilton.
48:36Two-time winner
48:37here in Albert Park.
48:40And whilst we've
48:41watched this battle,
48:42Sergio Perez
48:42has just been noted
48:43for ignoring blue flags.
48:44I know he's been away
48:45for a year, Martin,
48:46but he must remember
48:47the blue flags.
48:47Yeah, so he's not been
48:49letting the leaders through.
48:50He doesn't seem very happy.
48:51He didn't seem happy
48:52when I spoke to him
48:52on the grid either,
48:53did he, Sergio Perez?
48:55But we're approaching
48:56half distance
48:57and we've still got
48:58eight, as Lance Stroll
48:59pits the Aston Martin,
49:00we've still got 18
49:01runners out on the track
49:03and also still hasn't
49:04got past Bottas
49:05yet in terms of laps.
49:07George Russell hasn't
49:08got past Lewis Hamilton
49:09yet, but it's coming.
49:10It really is coming
49:11and there's a gap
49:12on the inside.
49:13Russell's going to take it.
49:14George Russell retakes
49:16the lead of the
49:17Australian Grand Prix.
49:19It's another Ferrari
49:20he's had to overtake.
49:21Not Charles Leclerc
49:22this time.
49:22He's pitted
49:23and he's down in fourth.
49:24George Russell
49:25breezes past Lewis Hamilton
49:27who's been running
49:28those tyres now
49:29for 27 laps
49:30and let's see
49:31what he can do now
49:32out in front
49:33and not under pressure
49:35from a car
49:36right up his gearbox.
49:37Yeah, and that's
49:38not necessarily
49:39about battery.
49:40That is, as Lewis Hamilton
49:41does peel into the pit lane,
49:43that is just getting
49:44much better drive
49:45using 1,000 horsepower
49:47off the corner
49:47getting much better drive
49:48out of the corner
49:49with traction
49:50with the tyres.
49:52Talking of tyres,
49:53Max Verstappen
49:54has just been on the radio
49:54saying his tyres
49:55are terrible.
49:57Nine lapses
49:58have those mediums
49:58on four.
49:59Hard tyre for Lewis Hamilton.
50:00Listen how
50:01has to keep the rev
50:02so high
50:03when he's in that pit box
50:04and he comes out
50:05behind his teammate
50:07Charles Leclerc
50:08but Charles Leclerc
50:09has been running
50:09his hard tyres
50:10for three laps
50:11so Lewis has
50:12what is called
50:12a three-lap
50:13offset strategy.
50:16Okay, I think
50:16the one-stop
50:17is viable.
50:18Copy that.
50:19If there's anyone
50:20who can do it
50:21it's George Russell,
50:22Martin.
50:23Yep,
50:24the tyre whisperer
50:24when he needs to,
50:25isn't he?
50:26and of course
50:27they don't have to,
50:28remember he got
50:28disqualified in Spa?
50:30He got disqualified
50:31in Spa
50:32because he won the race
50:34but he basically
50:35used the tyres
50:35for twice as long
50:36as anybody thought
50:37they could
50:38but that doesn't
50:39matter anymore
50:39because the car
50:41is weighed
50:41and then the weight
50:43of four tyres
50:45is added to it
50:46so it doesn't
50:48that's not a concern
50:49if you wear your tyres
50:51thin now.
50:527.24 kilos
50:54plus the mass
50:54of the tyres
50:55you're right
50:56Arvid Limblad
50:57with the lock-up there
50:58Oli Behrman
50:59will see that
50:59and think
51:00ooh goody
51:00might just be on
51:02for a little overtake
51:03coming up
51:04Alex Albon
51:05is behind his team-mate
51:06Carlos Sainz
51:07Williams 12th
51:07and 13th
51:09currently
51:09and I reckon
51:10it's about 44 laps
51:12that George Russell
51:13has got to put in
51:14maybe 42 laps
51:15that he's got to put in
51:17to go to the end
51:19of this race
51:19on the tyres
51:20that he's currently running
51:22so that is a whisper
51:24and a half
51:25that is.
51:26Well we'll see
51:27what his pace is like
51:28now the Ferraris
51:29are in the 22s
51:30and George is in
51:31the 1 minute 23s
51:33he's got
51:34he has just passed
51:35Colin Pinto
51:36but traffic
51:37actually the 18 runners
51:39are nicely spread out
51:41around the track
51:42to an extent
51:43at the moment
51:43so picking off
51:45the backmarkers
51:46not too much
51:47of a problem
51:47okay
51:48Virginia Water
51:50the birthplace
51:51of Arvind Limblad
51:52Chelmsford
51:53the birthplace
51:54of Oli Behrman
51:56it's Surrey
51:56against Essex
51:58out on the track
51:59currently
51:59rookie
52:00against
52:01well
52:02driver
52:03going into
52:04his 28th
52:05Grand Prix
52:06Arvind Limblad
52:07I think's done
52:08really really well
52:09so far this weekend
52:10he led his team-mate
52:10Liam Lawson
52:11for every session
52:12practice and qualifying
52:13right up until the last lap
52:15in Q3
52:16but he's now racing
52:18he did more laps
52:18than anyone else
52:19in Bahrain
52:20in the second test
52:20he can cope with
52:21the demand of these cars
52:22but under racing conditions
52:24it's different
52:24super impressive
52:26and he's coped
52:28with the
52:29with Verstappen
52:30in his mirrors
52:31he's coped
52:32with the start
52:32the first lap
52:33and
52:35he's just done
52:35an outstanding job
52:36but Birdie
52:37has more news for us
52:38yeah
52:39I was just going to
52:39come in quickly
52:40on the Ferrari
52:41V Mercedes
52:42race
52:43how it stands
52:43at the minute
52:44at the moment
52:44Russell would have
52:45a safety car window
52:46over the two Ferraris
52:48but that's not
52:49going to last for long
52:50because the two Ferraris
52:51are currently around
52:51five tenths of a second
52:53quicker a lap
52:55with that much
52:56fresher
52:56hard tyre
52:57and that's what
52:58they're banking on
52:58they can close
52:59that safety car window
53:00and force the Mercedes
53:02into another pit stop
53:04or to emerge behind
53:05under a safety car
53:06so hoping that tyre offset
53:07will bring them good
53:09just explain
53:09for our audience
53:11what a safety car window is
53:12exactly
53:13sorry Martin
53:14so a safety car window
53:15is the gap
53:15where would you come out
53:16on track
53:17if there was a safety car
53:18we reckon that gap
53:19is around ten seconds
53:20so you can see there
53:21on the left hand side
53:22between the leader
53:23and Charles Leclerc
53:24is 14.4 seconds
53:26so at the moment
53:27Russell would stop
53:28and come out ahead
53:29of Charles Leclerc
53:30however
53:31if that drops below ten
53:33at that point
53:34under a safety car
53:35Russell would have
53:36emerged behind
53:37Charlotte
53:38and they are pushing now
53:39half a second a lap
53:40get that safety car window
53:42closed
53:44meanwhile
53:45from the informative
53:46to the ridiculous
53:47have you noticed
53:48that Ollie Behrman
53:49has changed the bear
53:50on his helmet
53:51just for Australia
53:51and we've got a little koala
53:53sat there
53:54in his eucalyptus tree
53:55just for Australia
53:57well done
53:58to the Behrman
53:59for that
54:00Lando Norris
54:01won last year
54:03from pole position
54:0412 months on
54:05for the defending champion
54:06it's been a very different
54:07Australian Grand Prix
54:09Max Verstappen
54:10is right
54:10right on his tail
54:12now
54:12and it's getting
54:13a bit windy
54:14for George Russell
54:15gusts up to 25 kph
54:17we're quite near
54:19Port Phillip Bay
54:20and the wind comes off the sea
54:22here Martin
54:22that could be
54:23something to take
54:24into consideration
54:26Lando's front left
54:27was horrible
54:28absolutely horrible
54:29now
54:29so he is
54:31well over a pit stop
54:33behind George Russell
54:35so I think
54:36we're somewhat confirming
54:37McLaren struggling
54:38for pace
54:39but we're going to see
54:40every weekend
54:41we go 4-1 racing
54:42we're going to see
54:43updates
54:44developments
54:45aren't we
54:45it's going to be
54:46rapid
54:47the first half
54:47of the season
54:48in particular
54:49there's a lot to learn
54:50for the teams
54:51going into this race
54:52so much to learn
54:53going into next week
54:54even more to learn
54:55on a different track too
54:56and it's a sprint weekend
54:58it's a sleep deprivation zone
55:00if you are back
55:01in the UK
55:01and Ireland
55:02and hopefully
55:03it's been well worth
55:04the early alarm call
55:05on this Sunday morning
55:07lap 32 of 58
55:09George Russell
55:10who won the only two
55:11Grand Prix led
55:11last season
55:12and Canada
55:13and Singapore
55:14is back in the lead
55:15and 6 seconds clear
55:16of his teammate
55:17Kimi Antonelli
55:18we should talk about
55:18Bortoletto in the Audi
55:20in 9th
55:21decent lap times as well
55:22in the world championship
55:24points at the moment
55:25so whilst
55:27Nick Hulkenberg
55:28sadly
55:28has long retired
55:30the Audi
55:32in its first Grand Prix
55:33is in the points
55:34Gary Barlow
55:36in the McLaren garage
55:38Lando Norris
55:39just needing
55:39a little patience
55:40so far
55:41in 2026
55:44thank you
55:44we're thinking
55:45of going to the end
55:46but let's know
55:46what you think
55:47about tyres
55:47that's gonna be brave
55:49okay copy
55:51we'll monitor
55:53well fortune favours
55:54the brave
55:56yeah
55:56George
55:57George feels
55:58it's doable
56:00Kimi's
56:00not quite so sure
56:03but
56:03yeah
56:04I mean
56:05if they pitted
56:06if George pitted
56:07now
56:07he'd come out
56:08just behind
56:08Lewis Hamilton
56:09but of course
56:11how long has it
56:11since Hamilton
56:12pitted
56:13Lewis Hamilton
56:14has been running
56:14his tyres for four laps
56:16yeah
56:17not exactly
56:18worn out
56:18are they
56:19so
56:21they're bang on
56:22the one-stop strategy
56:23at Ferrari
56:24aren't they
56:25could you do
56:2526 laps on a major
56:27no not at this rate
56:28because I just rode the tyres
56:29after 10
56:32that's not even a maybe
56:33from Lando Norris
56:34and I like that
56:35it's affirmative
56:35no
56:36not gonna happen
56:37you're gonna have to
56:38think of something else
56:39meanwhile
56:39Max Verstappen
56:41chasing down Lando Norris
56:43got a bit more
56:44battery deployment
56:45on this section
56:46towards turn 11
56:47at his disposal
56:48Lando Norris
56:49has drained his battery
56:50and Max
56:51can gain a lot of
56:52grounds
56:53behind him
56:54going into that corner
56:55let's see though
56:56out of it
56:57if Lando Norris
56:58can stick ahead
56:59and while we watch
56:59this battle
57:00Ted's got some news
57:00so if there are gonna be
57:02some second stops
57:03then that's gonna be
57:04in about three
57:04or four laps time
57:06that's the
57:06that's the premium time
57:07that's the spot-on lap
57:09and I can see some action
57:10down here
57:10in various pit carriages
57:11which is
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