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00:00:00We're approaching half distance, and we've still got eight, as Lance Stroll picks the estimate, we've still got 18 runners
00:00:05out on the track, and also still hasn't gone past Bottas yet in terms of laps.
00:00:11George Russell hasn't got past Lewis Hamilton yet, but it's coming, it really is coming, and there's a gap on
00:00:16the inside, Russell's gonna take it, George Russell retakes the lead of the Australian Grand Prix, it's another Ferrari he's
00:00:23had to overtake, not Charles Leclerc this time, he's pitted and he's down in fourth, George Russell frees his
00:00:29past Lewis Hamilton, who's been running those tyres now for 27 laps, and let's see what he can do now,
00:00:35out in front, and not under pressure, from a car right up his gearbox.
00:00:41Yeah, and that's not necessarily about battery, that is, as Lewis Hamilton does peel into the pit lane, that is
00:00:47just getting much better drive, using 1,000 horsepower off the corner, getting much better drive out of the corner
00:00:53with traction, with the tyres.
00:00:55Talking of tyres, Max Verstappen has just been on the radio saying his tyres are terrible, 9 laps has had
00:01:01those mediums on, 4, hard tyre for Lewis Hamilton, listen how he has to keep the revs so high when
00:01:07he's in that pit box, and he comes out behind his teammate Charles Leclerc, but Charles Leclerc has been running
00:01:13his hard tyres for 3 laps, so Lewis has what is called a 3-lap offset strategy.
00:01:20OK, I think the 1-lap offset is viable. Copy that.
00:01:23If there's anyone who can do it, it's George Russell, Marcel.
00:01:26Yep, the tyre whisperer when he needs to, isn't he?
00:01:30And, of course, they don't have to, remember he got disqualified in Spa, he got disqualified in Spa, because he
00:01:37won the race, but it basically used the tyres for twice as long as anybody thought they could, but that
00:01:42doesn't matter anymore, because the car is weighed, and then the weight of four tyres is added to it, so
00:01:50it doesn't, there's not a concern if you run, if you wear your tyres thin now.
00:01:567.24 kilos plus the mass of the tyres, you're right, Arvid Limblad with the lock-up there, Oli Behrman
00:02:02will see that and think, ooh, goodie, might just be on for a little overtake coming up.
00:02:08Alex Albon is behind his teammate Carlos Sainz, Williams 12th and 13th currently, and I reckon it's about 44 laps
00:02:15that George Russell's got to put in, maybe 42 laps that he's got to put in, to go to the
00:02:22end of this race on the tyres that he's currently running.
00:02:26So, that is a whisper and a half, that is, you'll see what his pace is like, now the Ferraris
00:02:33are in the 22s and George is in the 1 minute 23s, and he's got, he has just got to
00:02:39call it a pinto, but traffic, actually the 18 runners are nicely spread out around the track to an extent
00:02:46at the moment, so picking off the back markers, not too much of a problem.
00:02:51Okay, Virginia Water, the birthplace of Arvid Limblad, Chelmsford, the birthplace of Oli Behrman, it's Surrey against Essex, out on
00:03:02the track currently, rookie against, well, driver going into his 28th Grand Prix.
00:03:10Arvid Limblad, I think, has done really, really well so far this weekend, he led his teammate Liam Lawson for
00:03:15every session, practice and qualifying, right up until the last lap in Q3, but he's now racing, he's did more
00:03:22laps than anyone else in Bahrain in the second test, he can cope with the demands of these cars, but
00:03:26under racing conditions it's different.
00:03:28Super impressive, super impressive, and he's coped with the, with Verstappen in his mirrors, he's coped with the start, first
00:03:36lap, and he's just done an outstanding job, but Bernie has more news for us.
00:03:42Yeah, we're just going to come in quickly on the Ferrari V Mercedes race, where it stands at the minute,
00:03:47at the moment, Russell would have a safety car window over the two Ferraris, but that's not going to last
00:03:53for long,
00:03:53because the two Ferraris are currently around 5 tenths of a second quicker a lap with that much fresher hard
00:04:00tyre, and that's what they're banking on, they can close that safety car window, and force the Mercedes into another
00:04:07pit start, or to emerge behind under a safety car, so we're hoping that tyre offset will bring them good.
00:04:12Just explain for our audience, what a safety car window is.
00:04:16Exactly, sorry Martin, so safety car window is the gap, where would you come out on track, if there was
00:04:21a safety car.
00:04:22We reckon that gap is around 10 seconds, you can see there, on the left hand side between the leader
00:04:27and Charlotte Clare is 14.4 seconds, so at the moment, Russell would stop and come out ahead of Charlotte
00:04:33Clare.
00:04:34However, if that drops below 10, at that point under a safety car, Russell would emerge behind Charlotte Clare, and
00:04:42they are pushing now, half a second a lap, get that safety car window closed.
00:04:48Meanwhile, from the informative to the ridiculous, have you noticed that Oli Behrman has changed the bear on his helmet
00:04:54just for Australia, and we've got a little koala sat there in his eucalyptus tree, just for Australia.
00:05:00Well done to the bear on his tail now, and it's getting a bit windy for George Russell, gusts up
00:05:19to 25 kph, quite near Port Phillip Bay, and the wind comes off the sea here, Martin.
00:05:26That could be something to take into consideration.
00:05:29Landers' front left looks horrible, absolutely horrible now, so he is well over a pit stop behind George Russell, so
00:05:39I think we're somewhat confirming, McLaren's struggling for pace,
00:05:42and we're going to see every weekend we go through one racing, we're going to see updates, developments, aren't we,
00:05:49it's going to be rapid, the first half of the season in particular.
00:05:52There's a lot to learn for the teams going into this race, so much to learn, going into next week,
00:05:58even more to learn on a different track too, and it's a sprint weekend.
00:06:02It's a sleep deprivation zone if you are back in the UK and Ireland, and hopefully it's been well worth
00:06:08the early alarm call on this Sunday morning.
00:06:11Lap 32 of 58, George Russell, who won the only two Grand Prix-led last season in Canada and Singapore,
00:06:18is back in the lead of six seconds clear of his teammate, Kimi Antonelli.
00:06:21We should talk about Bortoletto in the Audi in ninth, decent lap times as well in the World Championship points
00:06:28at the moment, so whilst Nicker Hulkenberg sadly has long retired, the Audi in its first Grand Prix is in
00:06:37the points.
00:06:39Gary Barlow in the McLaren garage, Rando Norris just needing a little patience so far in 2026.
00:06:48Now, Kimi, we're thinking of going to the end, but let's know what you think about tyres.
00:06:52That's going to be brave.
00:06:54Okay, copy, we'll monitor.
00:06:57Well, through to your favours, the brave.
00:07:00Yeah, George, George feels it's doable.
00:07:03Kimi's, you're quite sure.
00:07:06But, yeah, I mean, if they pitted, if George pitted now, he'd come out just behind Lewis Hamilton, but of
00:07:13course, how long is it since Hamilton pitted?
00:07:16Lewis Hamilton has been running his tyres for four laps.
00:07:19Yeah.
00:07:21Exactly.
00:07:22Well, now, are they?
00:07:23So, um...
00:07:25Yeah, it's just...
00:07:26They're back on the one-stop strategy.
00:07:27Yeah.
00:07:29Could you do 26 laps on a major?
00:07:31No, not at this rate, because I just rode the tyres after 10.
00:07:35That's not even a maybe from Lando Norris, and I like that.
00:07:39It's affirmative, no, not going to happen.
00:07:41You're going to have to think of something else.
00:07:43Meanwhile, Max Verstappen chasing down Lando Norris.
00:07:46He's got a bit more battery deployment on this section towards turn 11 at his disposal.
00:07:52Lando Norris has drained his battery, and Max can gain a lot of ground behind him going into that corner.
00:07:59Let's see, though, out of it, if Lando Norris can stick ahead.
00:08:02And while we watch this battle, Ted's got some news.
00:08:05So if there are going to be some second stops, then that's going to be in about three or four
00:08:08laps' time.
00:08:09That's the premium time.
00:08:11That's the spot-on lap.
00:08:12And I can see some action down here in various pit garages, people thinking about it.
00:08:17Crofty, do interrupt if the old Norris-Vestappen rivalry is going to be revisited.
00:08:22Let me tell you about Pierre Gasly, going really well in the Alpine.
00:08:25Alpine have not had a good weekend so far.
00:08:27Oh, virtual safety car, Ted.
00:08:30And we've got some debris on the track, and that's why we've got a VSC.
00:08:35Turn 8, marshals are just collecting a piece of carbon fibre that's on the outside.
00:08:41No, you can't put people out there.
00:08:43You cannot put people out there.
00:08:45Not even under...
00:08:45Oh, well, they have.
00:08:47Well done, Kimi Antonelli.
00:08:49The staying way to the left of Fernando Alonso with Lance Stroll 2.
00:08:53If this lasts, this is a gift for Mercedes.
00:08:56Poss...
00:08:57I think it's going to end quickly.
00:08:59George Russell's coming to Turn 11.
00:09:00The debris came from Sergio Perez and Cadillac.
00:09:05Yeah, it was the barge ball we were talking about earlier on that eventually made a bid for freedom.
00:09:09Ted, VSC is ending, and George Russell hasn't made it to the pit lane yet.
00:09:15Why I said you can't put people out there, because how blind that corner is.
00:09:19How blind in the drivers and the pitchers are a lot, making adjustments to the...
00:09:24Especially in VSC conditions.
00:09:26Anyway, we're fine.
00:09:28Max Verstappen, we'll come back to you in two seconds, Ted.
00:09:30Max Verstappen here is right on the tail of Lando Norris.
00:09:33He's thought about a late break into Turn 11 for just one split second and nothing doing.
00:09:39Swoop it now.
00:09:40Into Turn 12 we go.
00:09:42Verstappen, who started this race in 20th, looking for the top five currently.
00:09:48As Lando Norris comes in to make his second pit stop in this race.
00:09:53His tyres had gone.
00:09:54No point continuing the battle with Max Verstappen, it wasn't one that they felt he was going to win.
00:09:59So now a pit stop.
00:10:01But here's McLaren, 1.8, 1.9 seconds they were doing in previous years for pit stops.
00:10:07There go the refs.
00:10:08And out he goes in 2026.
00:10:12Let's get the stopwatch on the stationary time.
00:10:14Two and a half seconds for Lando Norris.
00:10:16It looked really slick.
00:10:17It did.
00:10:18The wheels and tyres are a little bit smaller and lighter, of course, which should help that process.
00:10:23So when they really get up to speed, I'd expect them to be under two seconds again later this year.
00:10:29All the teams.
00:10:29Ted, let's go back to you.
00:10:30Yeah, so the people who did pit, along with Lando Norris, both Williams and Sainz had a very slow pit
00:10:36stop.
00:10:37He's having enough troubles as it is, saying on the radio he can't race like this.
00:10:41I wonder if he was told earlier, when he was right behind his teammate Alex Albon, to hold station.
00:10:45They were pretty slow anyway, the Williams.
00:10:47Now he's dropped loads of a couple of positions, has Carlos Sainz.
00:10:50Lawson, I think, has overtaken him, Crofty, in the Racing Bulls.
00:10:54Yes, he has.
00:10:56Fernando Alonso has come back into the pits again.
00:10:59Whether he comes out, we shall see.
00:11:01And we're on lap 36 of 58.
00:11:03There's your strategy so far.
00:11:05There's your race leader and tyre whisperer, George Russell, trying to go to the end on a set of tyres.
00:11:11There's a set of hard compound tyres to see if he can win this race and put in 46 laps
00:11:18of them.
00:11:19That's a gamble.
00:11:21That is a gamble now.
00:11:23Because unless they can get the luxury of another safety car pit stop, they've got to go a long way.
00:11:32And the pendulum's swinging back a little bit towards Ferrari here.
00:11:36A 1.23.0 from Russell on the previous lap.
00:11:40A 1.23.5 for Leclerc.
00:11:42A 1.23.3 for Hamilton.
00:11:44But any gains that Russell makes now are going to be offset by Ferrari having much fresher tyres towards the
00:11:51ends of this race.
00:11:53Verstappen, you feel, is going to have to pit again as well.
00:11:56He's on 17 lap old medium tyres.
00:11:58They're committed to a two-stopper.
00:12:00But that front left to George Russell, that looks to be graining quite significantly.
00:12:05Unless he can burn through that.
00:12:08But, yeah, that's a tall order for him to do that.
00:12:12And he's in the 22s now, though, again.
00:12:15But if you can't make it, you've got to pit early enough.
00:12:20You can't start losing time.
00:12:22And then leave yourself not enough laps on the fresh tyres to compensate for a pit stop.
00:12:29So, if George stopped now, he'd come out side by side with Lewis Hamilton.
00:12:33But behind Antonelli, who we assume has stopped again as well.
00:12:38But actually, both Mercs are now into the 22s.
00:12:42Leclerc just had a scrappy lap.
00:12:44A 1.24.3.
00:12:45And looking at the driver track, that does not appear to have passed anybody or had to get through traffic.
00:12:50I think he was trying to lap Franco Colapinto.
00:12:53And that's what cost him a little bit of time.
00:12:55Fernando Alonso's out of the race to conserve components.
00:12:59Aston Martin have retired the Spanish driver from the Australian Grand Prix.
00:13:05Lindblad, Behrman, Norris.
00:13:08Three British drivers.
00:13:096th, 7th and 8th.
00:13:11Norris catching them at a rate of knots.
00:13:14Only Behrman hasn't been able to get up close to Arvid Lindblad in the Racing Bulls.
00:13:19And I think Lando Norris, after his second pit stop, should make light work of this.
00:13:25You would have thought.
00:13:26It was moving around.
00:13:28And we're hearing Lance Stroll is retiring as well.
00:13:30But the McLaren moving around under acceleration.
00:13:33But I guess what Lando's got to be sure he doesn't do on the brand-new tyres
00:13:37is actually just open the surface up straight away.
00:13:42Bernie Collins, what's he got for us?
00:13:43Yeah, I was just going to say, now is a big moment of decision for Russell out in front
00:13:47leading at this race.
00:13:48The one or two stop, they need to make a call on it quickly.
00:13:52The reason being, Lewis Hamilton in P4 is 22.3 seconds behind.
00:13:58And the pit window is...
00:14:0123 seconds.
00:14:0220-ish, I was going to go with.
00:14:05I was allowing for slow pit stopping.
00:14:06Well, yeah.
00:14:07So I think that Lewis has just been released from a lot of cars with blue flags.
00:14:11So if Russell wants to cover Lewis, not under a safety car,
00:14:15he probably needs to be in the next lap or two.
00:14:18How confident are they in either a one stop working from here or another safety car?
00:14:24Or a bigger tyre offset and leave it a few laps and get an overtake done?
00:14:28What would you do, Martin?
00:14:29I think they're going to try and get to the end.
00:14:32And while they're still lapping, both of them faster than both Ferraris,
00:14:36just at the moment, they're fine.
00:14:38But if they start losing lap time,
00:14:40as Lewis sails past Beermann down the back straight with some battery deployment,
00:14:48yeah, it'll spin on its head.
00:14:49That's why I'm saying I think the heading pendulum has swung back towards,
00:14:54towards Ferrari's favour.
00:14:56Lawson's just got past Colapinto.
00:14:59Don't forget, Russell got past Hamilton with that big tyre offset.
00:15:03We might see it swing around.
00:15:04This is Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.
00:15:07As you said, round here, these two leave nothing in the locker.
00:15:13And getting a nice slipstream.
00:15:15And then, when the Alpine just starts to start recharging the battery,
00:15:20then Ocon decides that's the moment to not think about recharging
00:15:23and to think about overtaking because you can deploy that little bit extra.
00:15:28That's the sort of tactics you're going to have to employ in 2026.
00:15:32Sainz is catching Colapinto.
00:15:33The players just set a fastest lap of the race.
00:15:35Norris is now after Lindblad.
00:15:37Yeah, Ferrari, what Ferrari decided to do is go and put Mercedes under pressure,
00:15:43force them into doing something they may not want to do,
00:15:47pushing these tyres harder or pitting.
00:15:50There goes Lando Norris pulling out from behind Arvid Lindblad,
00:15:54and he's back ahead of the racing bulls.
00:15:57He's behind Max Verstappen.
00:15:59He's lapping significantly quicker than Max Verstappen.
00:16:01He's racing Max Verstappen in this race currently.
00:16:07And that is Gabriel Bortoleto getting past Esteban Ocon and up into 10th place.
00:16:13So, we've got all these, all the new rules of regs
00:16:15and the way that we go racing is very different.
00:16:17We've got a tyre offset, a pit set strategy offset as well.
00:16:21Combining, Martin, to give us one of the more interesting
00:16:25Australian Grand Prix's without the aid of rain we've heard for a while.
00:16:28Yeah, I would agree with that. I would agree with that.
00:16:31Because the drivers are having to get the move done themselves.
00:16:34The battery's putting them there.
00:16:36And then they're having to sort it out when they get there.
00:16:39They're going to be quite feisty with their defence as well.
00:16:42So, and Hamilton now in the mid-22s as well, new fastest lap.
00:16:47So, yeah, they've been told,
00:16:50OK, we've got to now go and force Mercedes to either pit
00:16:55or push the tyres harder than they want to.
00:16:58Bernie Collins has said to me,
00:16:59the drivers are doing this all by themselves,
00:17:01not with the aid of strategists.
00:17:03Get rid of the strategists.
00:17:05That's what we need in Formula 1.
00:17:06Is that right, Bernie?
00:17:07Is that what you said?
00:17:08Let's see when Mercedes Ferrari plans out at the end of this race
00:17:12before we say that, Crofton.
00:17:14I said that Ferrari should stay out.
00:17:16I said they shouldn't have a pit stop.
00:17:18Oh, that was Oli Pearman behind Arvin Lindblad.
00:17:21He left that a little bit late, didn't he?
00:17:23What houses?
00:17:26Now, watch the exit from the corner
00:17:28because he's used up a lot of battery,
00:17:30has Oli Pearman there.
00:17:32Lindblad's come back at him.
00:17:34Pearman's got the inside line
00:17:35and he's just about held on to that seventh place.
00:17:38So, get the overtake done, prepare to defend,
00:17:42and then have to start accelerating out of the corner.
00:17:45And while that's going on,
00:17:46Sainz and Colopinto are having an equally absorbing
00:17:49and post-fault scrap over 14th place.
00:17:52These youngsters, they've come through F3 and F2,
00:17:55they're bandits.
00:17:56They'll have a go at overtaking anywhere, anyhow,
00:18:00and they don't mind.
00:18:01Give me the sweets, says Arvin Lindblad.
00:18:04Oh, that's sweet, isn't it?
00:18:05Round the outside, a turn eight,
00:18:08but into the corner.
00:18:09Under braking goes Oli Behrman.
00:18:12Wow, that was really rapid through nine and ten.
00:18:15But now he's having to start recharging
00:18:17really, really early,
00:18:19and that then allows Lindblad to come back at him.
00:18:22So, just think,
00:18:23what the Lord giveth he taketh away
00:18:25when it comes to battery usage here.
00:18:28And if you can understand that,
00:18:29you've got a prayer of getting an overtake done.
00:18:32Yeah, Arvin a little bit trigger-happy on the throttle
00:18:35we saw coming out of a couple of turns as well.
00:18:37He needs to just calm that down now,
00:18:40keep his head calm,
00:18:41and see if he can come back at Oli Behrman.
00:18:43Pierre Gasly.
00:18:46On that same stretch of track
00:18:48that we saw Behrman and Lindblad scrapping away,
00:18:52getting past Esteban Ocon.
00:18:55Bortoleto is between the two of them now.
00:18:57You can just see the Audi pulling out behind Ocon
00:19:01and going wheel-to-wheel down the straight.
00:19:03So, from top to bottom,
00:19:06there's places swapping all the time.
00:19:08And let's just keep you up to date
00:19:10with a gap out in front.
00:19:11Six and a half seconds, Russell and Antonelli.
00:19:13Charles Leclerc 16 seconds back in third,
00:19:17and Lewis Hamilton's now 21 and a bit seconds back
00:19:20and George Russell in fourth.
00:19:22Ferrari going for a one-stop strategy.
00:19:25Russell's tyres looked pretty angry.
00:19:28Can he get them to the end,
00:19:30or is he going to have to stop again?
00:19:31Let's try to get them one more time.
00:19:35Go on, then.
00:19:36Lap 42.
00:19:37Anything could happen on lap 42.
00:19:40He might be a bit far back on this time around,
00:19:42but Max Verstappen's coming in,
00:19:44as expected, on the medium tyre.
00:19:46That'll promote Landon Norris.
00:19:48Back up into fifth place.
00:19:51Ted Kravitz.
00:19:52Here comes Max.
00:19:53Yeah, this was not unexpected, of course,
00:19:55because he did start on the hard,
00:19:57went to the medium.
00:19:58That medium was never going to make it to the end.
00:20:00And now on to the hard tyre again.
00:20:02But, yeah, Martin Crofty, Bernie,
00:20:04if you're waiting to see if Mercedes
00:20:06are going to box either Russell or Antonelli,
00:20:08I've got to tell you,
00:20:09a bit of tumbleweed down here
00:20:10has just passed through the Mercedes gearbox.
00:20:12Nothing at the moment.
00:20:14There might be running out of laps.
00:20:15I'm not going to say it's not going to happen,
00:20:17but not at the moment.
00:20:19Thank you very much, indeed.
00:20:22Ferrari keeping them on the toes there at Mercedes.
00:20:25They're definitely keeping the gap
00:20:27pretty much identical.
00:20:28They're a long way ahead then
00:20:30of Norris and Verstappen.
00:20:32So they'll be fighting over fifth place.
00:20:35You've got to assume Verstappen
00:20:36will quite easily repass Norris
00:20:38given the fresh tyres.
00:20:41But we'll keep an eye on that.
00:20:43But it's really tense at the front.
00:20:46And if Mercedes start to hit the cliff,
00:20:48and start losing grip on those tyres,
00:20:50Ferrari will be all over them.
00:20:52Yeah, they're making inroads slowly,
00:20:54but surely.
00:20:55This battle for tenths is not done.
00:20:57The battle for fourteenths
00:20:59has not played out either.
00:21:01Sergio Perez is...
00:21:02I don't think he's got much use
00:21:03of his wing mirror at the moment
00:21:04after losing that bit of barge board.
00:21:07And he's really struggling
00:21:08out on the track.
00:21:09And Stroll, Alonso, Bottas,
00:21:12Hadjar, Piastri and Hülkenberg all out.
00:21:15But Piastri on the lap to the grid.
00:21:18If he weren't with us
00:21:19as the cars left the pit lane
00:21:22for the first time
00:21:23and had a spike of torque
00:21:24and it spat him out
00:21:26across the track
00:21:28towards the wall
00:21:29on the grass verge
00:21:29and into the daisies.
00:21:31And that was the end
00:21:33of Oscar Piastri's
00:21:34Australian Grand Prix.
00:21:35Absolute heartbreak for him.
00:21:38Isaac Hadjar had an engine failure
00:21:40to equal heartbreak
00:21:42and Nico Hülkenberg
00:21:43didn't even get going.
00:21:44So some tales of woe
00:21:46from three, at least,
00:21:48of those that have not made it
00:21:49to the chequered flag so far.
00:21:52Car heading the ground there.
00:21:54So just to remind you,
00:21:56Russell and Antonelli
00:21:57are 31 laps
00:21:59into these tyres already.
00:22:02And Leclerc's 17 into his
00:22:04and Hamilton just 14.
00:22:06We saw him getting that offset.
00:22:08So they're sitting there.
00:22:09They're sitting there ready.
00:22:11And...
00:22:11But Russell and Antonelli
00:22:14can still pump in
00:22:15late one-minute 22s.
00:22:17But Hamilton again
00:22:18in the mid-22s
00:22:20and beginning to edge
00:22:21back towards Charles Leclerc too.
00:22:23Laura Muller,
00:22:24race engineer for Esteban Ocon,
00:22:27keeping him on the straight
00:22:29and narrow
00:22:29and keeping him abreast
00:22:30of exactly what he needs
00:22:32to try and get back
00:22:34past Pierre Gasly
00:22:35and up into the points
00:22:38once more.
00:22:39Laura Muller and Hannah Schmitz,
00:22:41the recipients of a brilliant honour
00:22:43on this International Women's Day.
00:22:46Corner six, turn six
00:22:48in her corner.
00:22:50Corner.
00:22:50For forever and ever
00:22:52the first two recipients
00:22:54to have a corner named after them
00:22:56here at Albert Park
00:22:58on, as I say,
00:22:59International Women's Day.
00:23:00Max Verstappen
00:23:02is the fastest man on track.
00:23:04Just looking at the way
00:23:06the cars are all spread.
00:23:07George Russell is soon
00:23:08going to be coming up
00:23:09behind that Gasly Ocon battle.
00:23:11I just wonder
00:23:12if they are thinking
00:23:13of pitting George Russell,
00:23:15do they need to do it?
00:23:16Mercedes kind of now
00:23:18before he catches them
00:23:19and loses even more time
00:23:21potentially, Martin,
00:23:22with the blue flags.
00:23:23Well, if they do that,
00:23:24he's going to have to pass
00:23:25both Ferraris
00:23:26at the end,
00:23:28towards the end of the race.
00:23:29So, they should get out of that.
00:23:32Yeah, it's always risky
00:23:33when two drivers
00:23:34are really fighting each other.
00:23:36A, they're reluctant
00:23:37to lose any time
00:23:38and B, you know,
00:23:40they don't always
00:23:40immediately recognise
00:23:43the blue flags
00:23:44if they're focused
00:23:44on each other,
00:23:45especially if they're
00:23:46very close together.
00:23:46Yeah, while we just
00:23:47debate that one,
00:23:49Marcus Dudley
00:23:49has just been
00:23:50on the team radio
00:23:52to George Russell
00:23:53to say
00:23:53we are going
00:23:55to the end.
00:23:57Standby for action, then.
00:24:00Because the Ferraris
00:24:01are going to have
00:24:01to pick up some pace here.
00:24:03Yeah.
00:24:03They've got a lot of data
00:24:05off the car, of course,
00:24:06including
00:24:08the tyre,
00:24:09a huge amount of data
00:24:10about the tyres.
00:24:11So,
00:24:12it's not,
00:24:13the driver knows
00:24:14what it feels like,
00:24:15but they've got enough
00:24:16knowledge of temperature
00:24:18and how that all relates
00:24:19to tyre wear
00:24:20across the surface.
00:24:22So,
00:24:23they're saying that
00:24:24from a position of knowledge
00:24:25rather than a bit
00:24:26of a gung-ho matter.
00:24:30So,
00:24:30Russell and Antonelli.
00:24:32You'd imagine
00:24:33Antonelli
00:24:34going to the end, too.
00:24:37And Verstappen
00:24:38is pushing hard.
00:24:39He knows now
00:24:40is his best chance on you.
00:24:43No reply
00:24:44that we hear
00:24:45from Lando Norris
00:24:46on the medium tyre
00:24:47and has been
00:24:48for 10 laps.
00:24:49Max Verstappen
00:24:50back on the hard tyre.
00:24:52They say
00:24:52two sets of hard tyres
00:24:53at Red Bull,
00:24:54which might have been
00:24:55a very good decision
00:24:56and really catching
00:24:58Lando Norris now.
00:25:00I don't think
00:25:01Lando will have an answer
00:25:02to be honest
00:25:03when he gets there,
00:25:04but
00:25:04we're about to find out.
00:25:07Hamilton then
00:25:07still doing
00:25:08personal best
00:25:09in the mid
00:25:091 minute 22s
00:25:11and the gap
00:25:12down to just
00:25:13four seconds
00:25:14to Nucleina now.
00:25:15He's really bringing
00:25:15himself into play
00:25:16there,
00:25:17Lewis Hamilton.
00:25:18And if the Mercs
00:25:19can get to the end
00:25:20and carry this
00:25:22kind of speed,
00:25:23George Russell
00:25:23just had a 23-4
00:25:24but that includes
00:25:27lapping one car
00:25:29with a lapping
00:25:30two cars actually.
00:25:31So that's why
00:25:32George is a little
00:25:33bit steady.
00:25:34In fact,
00:25:35it's not a bad lap
00:25:36because he's just
00:25:36got past two cars.
00:25:38Into turn one we go.
00:25:40Norris ahead
00:25:40of Verstappen
00:25:42battling the fifth
00:25:43and four six.
00:25:45As you can see
00:25:47how the gap
00:25:48has been closing
00:25:49over the last
00:25:50three laps
00:25:50with Max Verstappen
00:25:52since he made
00:25:53that pit stop.
00:25:54Sergio Perez
00:25:55has just come in
00:25:55for another pit stop
00:25:57at Cadillac.
00:25:57Their first race
00:25:58in Formula One.
00:25:59They've been
00:26:00simulating races
00:26:01all of last season
00:26:02back at the factory
00:26:03in Silverstone.
00:26:04This time
00:26:05they're doing it
00:26:06for real.
00:26:06They've got one car
00:26:07left after Valtteri Bottas
00:26:08was told to stop
00:26:09just before the pit lane.
00:26:12We can keep
00:26:12focusing on Gasly
00:26:14and Ocon once again.
00:26:15As Ocon's
00:26:16catching Pierre Gasly
00:26:18you know,
00:26:18just taking his time,
00:26:19fighting his time,
00:26:20cooling off his tyres
00:26:20a little bit
00:26:21and now going for it
00:26:22once more.
00:26:22But it matters
00:26:23it's for the
00:26:24final world championship
00:26:26point at the moment
00:26:27in 10th place
00:26:28that will be critical
00:26:29for both of those teams.
00:26:31Yeah,
00:26:31and we've been talking
00:26:32about that
00:26:32Coler Pinto science fight
00:26:34that will add
00:26:35and O'Rourke
00:26:35and Max Verstappen
00:26:36are about to get
00:26:37a real close up
00:26:38ringside seat
00:26:39for that one
00:26:40because they're
00:26:41right on their tail
00:26:42and maybe about to lap
00:26:44but Bernie Collins
00:26:45to you.
00:26:46Jay,
00:26:46I'm just going to
00:26:46come in quickly
00:26:47crafty.
00:26:48Lewis Hamilton's
00:26:49actually lapping
00:26:49a little bit quicker
00:26:50than Charles Leclerc.
00:26:52Somewhere between
00:26:53two to five tenths
00:26:54a lap quicker
00:26:55consistently.
00:26:56So when he gets
00:26:57to Leclerc,
00:26:58now they're both
00:26:58in free air,
00:26:59when he gets there
00:27:00is Lewis Hamilton
00:27:02the best chance
00:27:03of chasing down
00:27:04these Mercedes
00:27:04and what will Ferrari
00:27:06do?
00:27:06Hopefully,
00:27:07they're already
00:27:07discussing it.
00:27:09Carla Sainz
00:27:10came into the pits
00:27:11so that was the end
00:27:12of a close up
00:27:12ringside seat
00:27:13for those two
00:27:15for Norris and Verstappen
00:27:17with Coler Pinto
00:27:18and Sainz.
00:27:20Yeah,
00:27:20what's the lap times?
00:27:211.23.7
00:27:22George Russell
00:27:23last lap,
00:27:231.23.0
00:27:25Antonelli,
00:27:26Leclerc and Hamilton
00:27:27in the high 1.22s.
00:27:29Ted,
00:27:30let's go down to you.
00:27:31So Sainz
00:27:32had a damaged
00:27:32front wing.
00:27:33I don't know
00:27:33if we saw that
00:27:34Crofty
00:27:34or whether there's
00:27:35any Williams debris
00:27:36but with these
00:27:37front wings
00:27:37now being attached
00:27:38with various hydraulic
00:27:40and electric lines
00:27:41going in
00:27:41so that they can
00:27:42drop the front wing
00:27:43up and down again
00:27:44with a link.
00:27:45It took them
00:27:46about 15 to 20 seconds
00:27:47to change that front wing
00:27:49of Carlos Sainz.
00:27:50So this year
00:27:51with those front wings
00:27:52and the complexity
00:27:52having to get the connectors
00:27:53all lined up,
00:27:55there really is
00:27:56much more of a penalty
00:27:57if you have a clunk out there
00:27:58and need to come and box
00:27:59and change your front wing
00:28:00like Carlos Sainz there.
00:28:02What a miserable weekend.
00:28:03How much was hoped
00:28:05for Williams
00:28:05for this weekend?
00:28:06Carlos Sainz
00:28:07is going to rejoin
00:28:08second last
00:28:09to Sergio Perez
00:28:10who's already a couple
00:28:11of lapsed in.
00:28:11Thanks, Ted.
00:28:12Antonelli having a horrible lap.
00:28:14He's passed Ocon
00:28:15but he still hasn't
00:28:15got past Gasly yet
00:28:17and he's done that now
00:28:19but I think he'll
00:28:20be falling back.
00:28:22He lost three tenths
00:28:23in the first sector
00:28:24to Russell.
00:28:25The second sector
00:28:25not too bad actually
00:28:26but so then of course
00:28:29the Ferraris
00:28:30have got to get past
00:28:31including Sainz
00:28:32as well now.
00:28:33Sainz came out
00:28:34in front of the pits
00:28:34behind the two Mercedes
00:28:36so they didn't have to
00:28:37lap him.
00:28:39Max Verstappen
00:28:41that two car lengths
00:28:42between himself
00:28:43and Lando Norris here.
00:28:44You're right Martin,
00:28:45Lando's not really got
00:28:46anything to fight
00:28:48Max Verstappen with.
00:28:50Red Bull were targeting
00:28:52top eight finish
00:28:53for Max Verstappen
00:28:54given that the four
00:28:55big teams as it were,
00:28:56the top four teams
00:28:57had a pace advantage
00:28:58over the rest.
00:28:59from 20th on the grid
00:29:01a fifth place finish
00:29:02for Max
00:29:03will be I think
00:29:05about cause
00:29:06for a ripple
00:29:07of applause
00:29:08but they'll be worried
00:29:09about that power unit
00:29:10issue that happened
00:29:11to Isaac Hadjar
00:29:12and why he had to
00:29:13retire from this race
00:29:14a long long time ago.
00:29:16So Lando's doing
00:29:1822 sevens now
00:29:19which is quicker
00:29:20than all four drivers
00:29:22in front of him
00:29:22on the last Labyrinth
00:29:23so he's definitely
00:29:25now the fuel load's
00:29:26gone down
00:29:26and with the fresher tyres
00:29:28and he's holding Max
00:29:29at bay
00:29:30better than I
00:29:30perhaps feared he would.
00:29:32So we're into
00:29:33the last ten laps
00:29:34of this race.
00:29:35George Russell
00:29:36set for a sixth
00:29:38career race victory.
00:29:39Look how leery
00:29:41that Red Bull was
00:29:41on the exit
00:29:42of the final turn.
00:29:44Mercedes set
00:29:44for a one-two finish
00:29:46and their first
00:29:48one-two finish
00:29:49without Lewis Hamilton
00:29:51involved
00:29:52since 1955.
00:29:55That'd be
00:29:56Fanger and Moss
00:29:56would it?
00:29:57It certainly would.
00:29:58well remembered
00:29:59sir.
00:30:01It's incredible.
00:30:0261st one-two finish
00:30:04in total
00:30:05and only their third
00:30:07since the start of 2020.
00:30:08If there's one thing
00:30:09I am definitely sure
00:30:10of this weekend
00:30:11Mercedes are very glad
00:30:13to say bye-bye
00:30:14and now Fideszain
00:30:16to the ground effect
00:30:17regulations
00:30:18that they never really
00:30:20enjoy very much.
00:30:23He's still got a few
00:30:24laps to go.
00:30:25This is encouraging
00:30:27for Mercedes
00:30:27that with the nine laps
00:30:30to go including this one
00:30:31they're still pumping in
00:30:32one minute twenty-twos.
00:30:34If you're Max Verstappen
00:30:35do you fancy
00:30:36a little late dive
00:30:37on the brakes here
00:30:39to try and get past
00:30:40Lando Norris
00:30:41who's already harvesting
00:30:42energy
00:30:42long before they get
00:30:43to the corner
00:30:44and Verstappen didn't fancy
00:30:46on that occasion
00:30:47a chance to dive
00:30:48down the inside
00:30:50but he's gaining
00:30:51and gaining
00:30:52and thinking to himself
00:30:53where can I
00:30:54find a way past here?
00:30:56where can I use
00:30:57my skill
00:30:59my tactics
00:30:59my battery
00:31:01and my foot
00:31:03flat to the floor
00:31:04to try and get
00:31:05this top five finish
00:31:07he's the fastest man
00:31:08on the track
00:31:09towards the end of this
00:31:10what a different race
00:31:12it could have been
00:31:12had he not had that issue
00:31:14into turn one yesterday
00:31:16that saw him out in Q1
00:31:17and an incident
00:31:18the team are still
00:31:19investigating
00:31:20to find out
00:31:20exactly what did go wrong.
00:31:22Yeah because they two stopped
00:31:23and the four ahead of them
00:31:24have only one stopped
00:31:25there
00:31:2753 seconds
00:31:29off the lead
00:31:29now Norris
00:31:3054 for Verstappen
00:31:32that's a turnaround
00:31:34from the last
00:31:34couple of seasons
00:31:35isn't it?
00:31:36It certainly is
00:31:39Arvid Lindblad
00:31:40being told that the boost
00:31:42is not available
00:31:43to him
00:31:44that's going to cost him
00:31:45a lot of horsepower
00:31:46and currently in 8th place
00:31:49with Gabriel Bortoleto
00:31:50behind him
00:31:52last lap
00:31:54Bortoleto
00:31:54so it was about
00:31:55a tenth of a second
00:31:55slower
00:31:56but I think
00:31:56the boost isn't available
00:31:58it's come on
00:31:59this particular lap
00:32:00that 51 of 58
00:32:03we've lost Alonso
00:32:04Bottas
00:32:05Hadjar
00:32:05Piastri
00:32:06and Hülkenberg
00:32:06Stroll is back out
00:32:0712 laps down
00:32:08he's back out
00:32:09on the track
00:32:10the gap between
00:32:11Russell and Leclerc
00:32:1215 seconds
00:32:13the gap between
00:32:13Russell and Hamilton
00:32:1418 seconds
00:32:16Ferrari haven't got
00:32:18the pace
00:32:18of the Mercedes
00:32:19and they're not
00:32:20making inroads
00:32:21in fact
00:32:22just looking at
00:32:23where the two
00:32:24Ferraris are
00:32:24they're trying
00:32:25now to lap
00:32:26Ocon and Gasly
00:32:27with Charles Leclerc
00:32:27and that might be
00:32:28costing him
00:32:28just a little bit
00:32:29of time
00:32:30Lando keeps
00:32:31bagging in
00:32:32keeps bagging in
00:32:33quick lap
00:32:34after quick lap
00:32:35and he's keeping
00:32:35Max Verstappen
00:32:36very much at bay
00:32:37here
00:32:38just 3.2
00:32:39behind Charles
00:32:40Leclerc now
00:32:41so
00:32:41is
00:32:42edging
00:32:43anywhere
00:32:43closer to him
00:32:44than Max's
00:32:45to Lando
00:32:46Norris
00:32:47so Max's tyre
00:32:48is just 9 laps
00:32:49old
00:32:49Lando's
00:32:50the medium
00:32:5016 laps
00:32:52old
00:32:52compare that
00:32:53and it's ominous
00:32:55because Mercedes
00:32:55out front
00:32:56have done
00:32:5638 laps
00:32:58on their tyres
00:32:58and they're all
00:32:59lapping
00:33:00around the same
00:33:01lap time
00:33:02so it just
00:33:02shows you
00:33:03how good
00:33:04that Mercedes
00:33:05is
00:33:05Max Verstappen
00:33:06he's going to
00:33:07try something
00:33:08here
00:33:09to get past
00:33:10Lando Norris
00:33:10and maybe
00:33:11go a bit
00:33:12gung-ho
00:33:12with that boost
00:33:14to give him
00:33:15that extra
00:33:16pace
00:33:17and try and
00:33:18put Lando
00:33:18under pressure
00:33:19you can see
00:33:20how much
00:33:20these drivers
00:33:21have learned
00:33:21during this
00:33:22Grand Prix
00:33:22how to manage
00:33:24these new
00:33:25power units
00:33:25because they're
00:33:26you know
00:33:27they're just
00:33:28looking much
00:33:29more normalised
00:33:30isn't it
00:33:30than the opening
00:33:31few laps
00:33:31now they're
00:33:32beginning to
00:33:33work out
00:33:34where they need
00:33:35to charge
00:33:36where they need
00:33:36to deploy
00:33:37and you've
00:33:38still got to
00:33:39carry the speed
00:33:40you've still
00:33:40got to
00:33:41ace the braking
00:33:42and it
00:33:42they're so hard
00:33:43to drive this car
00:33:44because you
00:33:44turn up into
00:33:45corners
00:33:45at very
00:33:48dissimilar speeds
00:33:49yeah
00:33:50you know
00:33:50you really can
00:33:51be 30 miles
00:33:53an hour faster
00:33:54seven laps to go
00:33:54keep pushing
00:33:55doing well
00:33:56yep
00:33:57thanks
00:33:57thanks
00:33:58hasn't had a podium
00:33:59Lewis Hamilton
00:33:59here in Australia
00:34:00since 2023
00:34:01he's won places
00:34:02off the podium
00:34:03currently
00:34:03Zach Brown
00:34:04watching
00:34:05tensely I'm sure
00:34:07from the McLaren pit
00:34:08wall here
00:34:09Lando's doing a
00:34:10decent job of
00:34:10keeping Max
00:34:11at Bayzak
00:34:12but Max
00:34:12is getting that
00:34:13bit closer
00:34:14I think
00:34:14here
00:34:14yeah
00:34:15Lando's doing
00:34:15a great job
00:34:17this is going
00:34:18to be tough
00:34:18I'm not sure
00:34:19but you know
00:34:20who I'm cheering
00:34:21for
00:34:22so Lando
00:34:23seems to sort
00:34:24of found
00:34:24much more
00:34:25of a rhythm
00:34:25in the second
00:34:26half of the race
00:34:27and sort of
00:34:27race leading pace
00:34:29I know he's got
00:34:29fresher tires
00:34:30but it just
00:34:31he seems to have
00:34:32found something
00:34:33or learned something
00:34:34or was he carrying
00:34:35an issue
00:34:35no issue
00:34:36I think we are
00:34:37we're learning
00:34:38as we're going
00:34:39here on
00:34:39all this deployment
00:34:41and where to recharge
00:34:42so he's doing
00:34:43a great job
00:34:44five to go
00:34:45but Max
00:34:46looks like
00:34:47he's sizing him up
00:34:49and have you
00:34:49had a chance
00:34:50speak to Oscar
00:34:50since he got
00:34:51back to the pits
00:34:53yeah I did
00:34:53very briefly
00:34:54before the start
00:34:55of the race
00:34:55obviously
00:34:57but now
00:34:57don't do
00:34:58shake it off
00:34:59we've got
00:34:59another race
00:35:00coming up
00:35:01and yeah
00:35:01disappointed
00:35:02with Graham
00:35:03and the team
00:35:03but 23 more to go
00:35:05can you give us
00:35:06any indication
00:35:06of what happened
00:35:07was it a
00:35:08combination of
00:35:09cold tires
00:35:10driver error
00:35:11spike in torque
00:35:12what was the
00:35:13situation Zach
00:35:15we didn't see
00:35:16anything on
00:35:16the data
00:35:17I think
00:35:18there was
00:35:18a spike
00:35:19the torque
00:35:21and of course
00:35:21your tires
00:35:22aren't fully
00:35:22up to speed
00:35:23so we've got
00:35:25to do a full
00:35:25download with him
00:35:26and look at the
00:35:27data
00:35:27but that would
00:35:28maybe be our
00:35:30early guess
00:35:31thanks ever so much
00:35:32Zach
00:35:32I'll let you get
00:35:33back to watching
00:35:34the battle unfold
00:35:34I think Max
00:35:35has used that
00:35:36boost
00:35:36and he is trying
00:35:37to force Lando
00:35:38to use the boost
00:35:40himself in retaliation
00:35:41and take him to a
00:35:42place he might not
00:35:43want to be
00:35:43we haven't got the
00:35:44data
00:35:45for these two
00:35:46but that's the
00:35:47turn six
00:35:48through seven
00:35:49now
00:35:49but where you
00:35:50need your
00:35:51battery as high
00:35:53and look at that
00:35:54how much Lando's
00:35:55pulled out
00:35:55by obviously
00:35:58charging nicely
00:35:59through the slower
00:36:00corners
00:36:01and he's given
00:36:01himself a real
00:36:02breathing space
00:36:03for now
00:36:04for now
00:36:05meanwhile out in
00:36:06front
00:36:06George Russell
00:36:08is threading his
00:36:08way through
00:36:09some of the
00:36:10back markers
00:36:11or those are
00:36:12on the fringes
00:36:13of the points
00:36:14and that's given
00:36:14Kimi Antonelli
00:36:15a chance just to
00:36:16close the gap a
00:36:16little bit
00:36:17four and a half
00:36:17seconds
00:36:18just under now
00:36:19for him
00:36:20if Antonelli
00:36:21can get through
00:36:22Bortoletto
00:36:23Colin Pinto
00:36:23nice and quickly
00:36:25so he might be
00:36:26within striking
00:36:27distance in the
00:36:28last couple of
00:36:29laps
00:36:30Limblat
00:36:31and Behrman
00:36:33I think are the
00:36:33next ones for
00:36:34George Russell
00:36:34to get past
00:36:35and he has just
00:36:36done that
00:36:37meanwhile on
00:36:38board with
00:36:38Liam Lawson
00:36:39on the soft
00:36:40comp outside
00:36:40he's catching
00:36:41Alex Albon
00:36:42as Lando
00:36:43Norris
00:36:43putting a
00:36:44respectable
00:36:45distance for
00:36:46himself
00:36:46and his
00:36:47heartbeat
00:36:47I think
00:36:47between himself
00:36:48and Max
00:36:49Verstappen
00:36:49yeah he just
00:36:50gained 8 tenths
00:36:51a second
00:36:52in the previous
00:36:52lap
00:36:53and then a
00:36:541.22.3
00:36:55it's really
00:36:56settling down
00:36:57actually
00:36:58for Norris
00:36:59and the McLaren
00:37:00but they are
00:37:01on fresher tyres
00:37:02just set the
00:37:03fastest final
00:37:04second
00:37:04of this race
00:37:05so far
00:37:07just watching
00:37:08as well
00:37:09the timing
00:37:10screen
00:37:10and the
00:37:11action
00:37:12on the track
00:37:13George Russell
00:37:14I would imagine
00:37:15has got into
00:37:16a nice
00:37:17cool rhythm
00:37:18and a decent
00:37:19zone
00:37:19now
00:37:20the threat
00:37:21that might have
00:37:21been coming at
00:37:22him
00:37:22from Ferrari
00:37:23who stopped
00:37:24that much
00:37:24later
00:37:25with their
00:37:26pit stop
00:37:27seems to have
00:37:28dissipated
00:37:28now
00:37:28he's got a
00:37:29Mercedes car
00:37:30that's giving
00:37:31him the power
00:37:32and he's got
00:37:33the talent
00:37:33that's going to
00:37:34take him on
00:37:34to get the glory
00:37:35here I think
00:37:35and of course
00:37:36Ferrari stopped
00:37:37under green flag
00:37:38conditions
00:37:39didn't they
00:37:39so they
00:37:40took the
00:37:40full pit stop
00:37:41penalty
00:37:42and Mercedes
00:37:44have punished
00:37:44them
00:37:44punished them
00:37:45hard for that
00:37:46yep
00:37:46and even if
00:37:47they had taken
00:37:48it under a VSC
00:37:49take off 10 seconds
00:37:50they'd still be
00:37:51behind Antonelli
00:37:52they'd still be
00:37:53behind Russell
00:37:53but
00:37:54they might have
00:37:56been that much
00:37:57closer
00:37:57but they haven't
00:37:58got the answers
00:37:59to Mercedes
00:38:00here
00:38:00and a track
00:38:01that will suit
00:38:02this car
00:38:03it's a power
00:38:03track
00:38:04if you've got
00:38:04the best power
00:38:05unit
00:38:05then you should
00:38:06be making
00:38:07these sort of
00:38:08results
00:38:08yeah
00:38:09what they gave
00:38:10up was track
00:38:11position
00:38:11they've lost
00:38:12control of the
00:38:13race
00:38:13that's the
00:38:13critical thing
00:38:14with Ferrari
00:38:16sort of tactics
00:38:17as well
00:38:20Hamilton just
00:38:212.5
00:38:222.3
00:38:23sitting up there
00:38:24now
00:38:24behind Leclerc
00:38:25he'll be right
00:38:26on Leclerc's
00:38:27tail
00:38:27won't he
00:38:27but probably
00:38:29not close
00:38:29enough
00:38:30as we
00:38:30home in
00:38:31on these
00:38:31final laps
00:38:32and the
00:38:33final lap
00:38:33Martin
00:38:34we've been
00:38:34talking about
00:38:35the battery
00:38:36and the
00:38:36boost
00:38:37and the
00:38:37overtake
00:38:38mode
00:38:38you can
00:38:39drain that
00:38:40down to
00:38:40zero
00:38:41to the
00:38:41chequered flag
00:38:42so on the
00:38:43final lap
00:38:44anything goes
00:38:45right
00:38:45just go and
00:38:47rave the
00:38:47sweet shop
00:38:48and take as
00:38:49many chocolates
00:38:49as you want
00:38:50out of it
00:38:51and leave
00:38:51yourself with
00:38:52nothing when
00:38:53you cross the
00:38:53line
00:38:53so
00:38:54stand by
00:38:55for a
00:38:56grandstand
00:38:57finish
00:38:572 seconds
00:38:58the gap
00:38:58now between
00:38:59Leclerc
00:39:00and Hamilton
00:39:01four and a
00:39:02half seconds
00:39:02between
00:39:03Russell
00:39:03and Antonelli
00:39:05who if he finishes
00:39:06second and is
00:39:07looking a very good
00:39:08bet to second
00:39:08will tie his
00:39:09career best finish
00:39:11from Sao Paulo
00:39:12last year
00:39:13Verstappen's dropped
00:39:15out of the
00:39:15overtake zone
00:39:16now
00:39:16anyways
00:39:171.7
00:39:18shows 2.1
00:39:19up on the
00:39:20screen
00:39:201.7
00:39:21in here
00:39:23and you can
00:39:24you can see
00:39:25where Verstappen's
00:39:26hard compound
00:39:26tyres have
00:39:27opened up
00:39:28again
00:39:28started graining
00:39:29and he just
00:39:30lost some grip
00:39:31shout out and
00:39:32a mention to
00:39:33Gabriel
00:39:33Bortoletto
00:39:34before we go
00:39:35into the last
00:39:35couple of laps
00:39:36running in
00:39:37ninth for
00:39:37Audi
00:39:37Sauber
00:39:39thank you very
00:39:39much indeed
00:39:40so many good
00:39:41memories of
00:39:42that team
00:39:43their first race
00:39:44here in Australia
00:39:451992
00:39:46well the 166th
00:39:48constructor is
00:39:48Audi
00:39:49they've replaced
00:39:49Sauber
00:39:50and on their
00:39:51debut they look
00:39:52like they're going
00:39:52to score a couple
00:39:53of points
00:39:53it might even be
00:39:54four if Bortoletto
00:39:56could get past
00:39:57Arvid Lindblad
00:39:58who's run a
00:39:59super race himself
00:40:00but there's the
00:40:01gap on the track
00:40:02between Arvid Lindblad
00:40:03and Gabriel
00:40:04Bortoletto
00:40:05two real stars
00:40:06for the future
00:40:07and for the
00:40:08present as well
00:40:10just a lap
00:40:12and a half
00:40:12really
00:40:12or a lap
00:40:13and two thirds
00:40:14to go
00:40:14for George Russell
00:40:15and Kimi Antonelli
00:40:16for a Mercedes
00:40:18team
00:40:18that's well
00:40:20haven't finished
00:40:211-2 in a season
00:40:22opening race
00:40:22since 2019
00:40:24when they won
00:40:25both championships
00:40:26that year
00:40:28yeah very ominous
00:40:29isn't it
00:40:29but it does look
00:40:31to me
00:40:31as if Ferrari
00:40:32will run them
00:40:33close
00:40:33if they ace
00:40:34everything
00:40:35I think we've
00:40:36got to expect
00:40:37Claren and Red Bull
00:40:38to develop
00:40:41they'll develop
00:40:41their way
00:40:42into that gap
00:40:43as well
00:40:43and close the gap
00:40:44down
00:40:44so we'll see
00:40:46every track
00:40:47is going to be
00:40:47a different story
00:40:48this year
00:40:48as well
00:40:48very different story
00:40:51you'll be getting up
00:40:51early next week
00:40:52will you
00:40:52watch the Chinese
00:40:54Grand Prix
00:40:55and the sprint race
00:40:57to come as well
00:40:57two qualifying
00:40:58two races
00:40:59one practice session
00:41:00it's not a lot of time
00:41:02for the teams
00:41:02to do their learning
00:41:03next week
00:41:04the only Charlie
00:41:05the only Charlie
00:41:05Leclerc there
00:41:06very wide
00:41:07in turn 10
00:41:08as he can now
00:41:09see
00:41:10the Ferrari nose
00:41:11of his teammate
00:41:12coming up
00:41:13behind him
00:41:14but Lewis is going
00:41:15to run out of time
00:41:16isn't he
00:41:17in distance
00:41:17but he's definitely
00:41:19looked faster
00:41:20to me
00:41:21of the two
00:41:22Ferrari drivers
00:41:23this afternoon
00:41:24just getting caught
00:41:26out a little bit
00:41:27with pit stops
00:41:28and running wide
00:41:30in the first corner
00:41:31cost Lewis
00:41:33some time
00:41:34he had to
00:41:34re-navigate his way
00:41:35past those cars
00:41:36yep
00:41:36he was into the daisies
00:41:38sadly for him
00:41:39and that did cost him
00:41:41right at the start
00:41:41Hamilton on for a
00:41:42fourth place finish here
00:41:43for what would be the
00:41:44fifth time since
00:41:45joining Ferrari
00:41:46he's not been on the
00:41:47podium yet
00:41:48but we're on the
00:41:49final lap
00:41:50so what has he got
00:41:52at his disposal
00:41:53and look how the gap
00:41:54is continuing
00:41:54to come down
00:41:56just a little bit
00:41:57is he gonna
00:41:58has he got
00:42:00more boost
00:42:00available to him
00:42:02can he
00:42:03just throw everything
00:42:05at the electrical
00:42:06deployment
00:42:06and see if he can
00:42:07close down
00:42:08on Charles Leclerc
00:42:10meanwhile
00:42:11further on up the road
00:42:12is George Russell
00:42:14and he's been
00:42:15further on up the road
00:42:16since Saturday morning
00:42:18in FP3
00:42:19where he started
00:42:20to show why
00:42:21everyone thought
00:42:22Mercedes were the
00:42:23pre-season favourites
00:42:24and why he
00:42:24was the favourite
00:42:25for the drivers
00:42:26championship
00:42:26he went and took
00:42:27pole
00:42:27by a massive margin
00:42:29he's had to survive
00:42:30people coming at him
00:42:31and overtaking him
00:42:32for the lead
00:42:32but since he got it
00:42:33back again
00:42:34midway in this race
00:42:35he's not looked like
00:42:36letting it go
00:42:37and George Russell
00:42:38wins the Australian
00:42:39Grand Prix
00:42:40and starts 2026
00:42:42in absolute
00:42:44flying fashion
00:42:45for Mercedes
00:42:46it's a 1-2
00:42:47victory
00:42:47as Kimi Antonelli
00:42:49who started on the
00:42:50front row
00:42:50alongside George
00:42:51takes that second place
00:42:52and for Ferrari
00:42:54it's 3 and 4
00:42:55Charles Leclerc and
00:42:56Lewis Hamilton
00:42:57separated
00:42:58by just 6 tenths
00:42:59of a second
00:43:00as they get to
00:43:01the chequered flag
00:43:02the wait for a podium
00:43:04at Ferrari
00:43:04carries on
00:43:05for Lewis Hamilton
00:43:06the wait for a win
00:43:08in 26
00:43:09was but a brief
00:43:12minuscule moment
00:43:13for Toto Worf
00:43:15and his team
00:43:15they have confirmed
00:43:17why people think
00:43:18they're the favourites
00:43:19this year
00:43:19there's a long way to go
00:43:21but what a start for them
00:43:22I enjoyed the race
00:43:24and what did I
00:43:25predicted 10 or 12
00:43:27finishes yesterday
00:43:28and we've got
00:43:29we've got 16
00:43:31I think strollers
00:43:32is classified
00:43:34a finisher
00:43:35but he's not running
00:43:35we've got 16
00:43:37runners at the end
00:43:39which is
00:43:40a little more than I expected
00:43:41it's absolutely
00:43:42it's superb
00:43:43given the job
00:43:44the teams have had to do
00:43:46for 91 days only
00:43:48between Abu Dhabi
00:43:49and the Australian Grand Prix
00:43:50a short winter
00:43:51a lot to do
00:43:52for Russell
00:43:53a lot to celebrate
00:43:54great job
00:43:55awesome drive
00:43:57awesome weekend
00:44:02very nice
00:44:03very nice
00:44:04I like this car
00:44:06I like this engine
00:44:06great job
00:44:08that'll be the star
00:44:10on the front
00:44:13George Russell
00:44:15as I say
00:44:16it's celebratory mood
00:44:18a sixth career
00:44:19win for him
00:44:21your race winner
00:44:22today
00:44:23behind Hamilton
00:44:24Lando Norris
00:44:24held off Max Verstappen
00:44:26superbly well
00:44:27and put three seconds
00:44:29between himself and Max
00:44:30by the chequered flag
00:44:31Max in sixth place
00:44:32Oli Baermann
00:44:33points
00:44:33for Haas
00:44:34in this opening race
00:44:35of the season
00:44:36Arvid Lindblad
00:44:37on debut
00:44:38eighth place finish
00:44:39magnificent
00:44:40Gabriel Bartoletto
00:44:42ninth
00:44:44and Pierre Gasly
00:44:46tenth for Alpine
00:44:48and do you know what
00:44:49that was
00:44:50your boy
00:44:51nice work there
00:44:53Kimi
00:44:53great recovery
00:44:54felt a little bit
00:44:56tense at times there
00:44:56mate
00:44:57but yeah
00:44:57great job
00:44:58bringing it back
00:44:58thank you everyone
00:45:00what a start of the year
00:45:03thank you
00:45:05Alpine
00:45:06Alpine scored two points
00:45:07in the final 11 Grand Prix
00:45:08last season
00:45:09Gasly's opened up the season
00:45:10with a point there ahead
00:45:11of Esteban Ocon
00:45:12Albon Lawson
00:45:13Colopinto
00:45:14Sainz
00:45:15Perez
00:45:15finishing the race
00:45:16three laps down
00:45:17but well played him
00:45:18and Cadillac
00:45:19Lance Stroll
00:45:19finished the race too
00:45:20to take 18th
00:45:22and we lost
00:45:22Alonso and Bottas
00:45:23Hadjar
00:45:24and Hülkenberg
00:45:26and Piastri
00:45:27even before the start
00:45:28driver of the day
00:45:29Max Verstappen
00:45:30the salesforce
00:45:31driver of the day
00:45:32he deserves that
00:45:3320th up to 6th
00:45:35and we're up and running
00:45:36in 2026 Martin
00:45:38I'll tell you something else
00:45:39that I'm seeing
00:45:41and feeling strongly
00:45:42is that
00:45:44Kimi Antonelli
00:45:45is going to keep
00:45:46George Russell
00:45:47on his toes
00:45:48when you consider
00:45:49the big smash he had yesterday
00:45:50how he recovered
00:45:51the poor start he had today
00:45:53how he recovered
00:45:54he was right there
00:45:55Georgi
00:45:56Georgi
00:45:56congratulations
00:45:57well done
00:45:58it's a good start
00:45:58kind power unit
00:46:00and the driver
00:46:01combination
00:46:01really good
00:46:02congratulations
00:46:03really well done
00:46:04we're all super thrilled
00:46:07yeah great job
00:46:08everybody
00:46:09been a long time
00:46:10since
00:46:11we've been here
00:46:12so
00:46:14very well deserved
00:46:15for all the efforts
00:46:18George looked so composed
00:46:19all weekend
00:46:19didn't he
00:46:21in pre-season testing
00:46:23in Bahrain
00:46:24he wandered
00:46:25he wandered down
00:46:26the paddock
00:46:27in his short shorts
00:46:28and his sports top
00:46:29and he just looked like
00:46:30looked like a man on holiday
00:46:32not a man who's gone back to work
00:46:33I'm not saying
00:46:34he wasn't doing any work
00:46:35he just had that air of calm
00:46:36about him even then
00:46:38he knew
00:46:39even at that stage
00:46:40what the team had created
00:46:41now
00:46:42others will catch up
00:46:43for the Mercedes
00:46:45power unit customers
00:46:46they are learning
00:46:46this engine all the time
00:46:47there will be development
00:46:49going on for the teams
00:46:50but
00:46:50you've got to take
00:46:52the opportunities
00:46:52when they come
00:46:53and Mercedes
00:46:54have done that today
00:46:55with a one-two finish
00:46:5715 seconds clear
00:46:58of Charles Leclerc
00:46:59was George Russell
00:47:03Kingsland's fastest
00:47:04Formula One driver
00:47:05sadly
00:47:06well
00:47:07I think you've never had the car
00:47:09that's the trouble
00:47:09by then
00:47:10he's driving beautifully
00:47:11he really is
00:47:12and he knows
00:47:13there will be a lot of moments
00:47:15this year
00:47:15with safety car restarts
00:47:17or changeable weather
00:47:19there's going to be
00:47:20a lot of bizarre things
00:47:21happening
00:47:21and George has got the experience
00:47:22he's done the hard yards
00:47:24hasn't he
00:47:24Williams
00:47:25joined Mercedes
00:47:26just as they stopped
00:47:27dominating
00:47:27kept his head down
00:47:29and now it looks like
00:47:30he's going to get the reward
00:47:31absolutely
00:47:33after finishing 2025
00:47:35his most successful season
00:47:37in Formula One
00:47:38he's started out
00:47:39with victory here
00:47:40in Albert Park
00:47:42has George Russell
00:47:43and last year a podium
00:47:45a third place finish
00:47:47this year
00:47:4825 points
00:47:49and victory
00:47:50and with it
00:47:51the lead of the world championship
00:47:53for the first time
00:47:54in his career
00:47:56but there's a long way to go
00:47:57until we crown a champion
00:48:00for this season
00:48:01Mercedes 43 points
00:48:02Ferrari 27
00:48:04McLaren 10
00:48:05in the constructors championship
00:48:09the debrief begins
00:48:11got to say
00:48:12Leclerc and Russell
00:48:13what a great
00:48:15first few laps we had
00:48:17maybe the virtual safety car
00:48:19spoiled things a little bit
00:48:20because that might have carried on
00:48:22and on and on
00:48:23and Ferrari took a different route
00:48:26strategically
00:48:26and never
00:48:27after conceding that track position
00:48:29never really looked
00:48:30sadly in hindsight
00:48:31like getting it back again
00:48:32it was punch and counter punch
00:48:34wasn't it
00:48:34you've got to
00:48:35you've got to think
00:48:36the whole lap
00:48:37you've got to think
00:48:39at all times
00:48:40because you'll get payback
00:48:41probably
00:48:41two three miles later
00:48:43if you get it right
00:48:45and you can carry speed
00:48:46and do the right things
00:48:47inside the car
00:48:48and really get some payback
00:48:50at some point
00:48:52I mentioned
00:48:52David Lindblad
00:48:53the 70th driver
00:48:55to score points
00:48:56on his world championship debut
00:48:57and what was the 400th race
00:48:59for the team as well
00:49:00all five British drivers
00:49:01scored points
00:49:02and the three time British winner
00:49:03of the Australian Grand Prix
00:49:04has the mic in his hand
00:49:06Jensen Buck
00:49:06congratulations George
00:49:08you just won the Australian Grand Prix
00:49:10but not only that
00:49:12you've also just won
00:49:13the first F1 race
00:49:14of the new era
00:49:15how are you feeling?
00:49:16feeling incredible
00:49:17it was a hell of a fight
00:49:19at the beginning
00:49:20we knew it was going to be challenging
00:49:21I got on the grid
00:49:23I saw my battery level
00:49:24I had nothing in the tank
00:49:25made a bad start
00:49:26and then obviously
00:49:27some really tight battles
00:49:28with Charles
00:49:29so I was really glad
00:49:30to cross the finish line
00:49:32but honestly
00:49:33thank you so much
00:49:33to the whole team
00:49:34because it's been a long time
00:49:35coming to have
00:49:36this car beneath us
00:49:37and I'm
00:49:38yeah
00:49:39going to start off
00:49:40in a better way
00:49:40if you look at the results
00:49:42after the race
00:49:43if you hadn't watched the race
00:49:44you'd think
00:49:44oh Mercedes just had it easy
00:49:46George just walked away with it
00:49:47it wasn't quite like that
00:49:48was it
00:49:49and it was so nice for us
00:49:50as fans
00:49:50to see you guys
00:49:51fighting out there
00:49:52I'm glad you guys enjoyed it
00:49:53it was
00:49:55we had this suspicion
00:49:56that it was going to be
00:49:57a bit of a yo-yo effect
00:49:58and as soon as one of us
00:49:59got in front
00:49:59it just felt impossible
00:50:00to hold it
00:50:01and obviously
00:50:02with this
00:50:03straight mode
00:50:04we lose a lot
00:50:05of the front end
00:50:06on the car
00:50:07so we're sort of
00:50:07just understeering
00:50:08a lot around these corners
00:50:10so I'm sure
00:50:11you know
00:50:11the FIA are going to have
00:50:12to improve that a little bit
00:50:13because it was
00:50:14a bit sketchy
00:50:15but yeah
00:50:16made it in one piece
00:50:17and just yeah
00:50:17glad to be 1-2
00:50:19you started the year
00:50:20as you had hoped
00:50:21I'm sure
00:50:21so congratulations
00:50:22thank you
00:50:23Kimmy
00:50:24that was a very up and down race
00:50:26but congratulations
00:50:27on coming home P2
00:50:281-2 for the team
00:50:29how are you feeling?
00:50:31yeah I mean
00:50:31it was the best start
00:50:33we could have wished for
00:50:35unfortunately
00:50:35the start was really bad
00:50:37and I lost a lot of pace
00:50:38I'm in a lot of places
00:50:39and I find myself
00:50:41you know
00:50:42that I had to recover
00:50:42but overall
00:50:44it was a good race
00:50:46the pace was very strong
00:50:47especially at the end
00:50:48and yeah
00:50:49just looking forward
00:50:50to next week
00:50:51I think every time
00:50:52we watch the screen
00:50:52you were overtaking another car
00:50:54so it's nice to see
00:50:55in this new era
00:50:56that there is that opportunity
00:50:57to overtake
00:50:58yeah I mean
00:50:58the racing was incredible
00:51:00the first few laps
00:51:01you know
00:51:02with the overtake
00:51:03is so powerful
00:51:04that it can
00:51:05you know
00:51:05give a lot of action
00:51:06so it was really good fun
00:51:08at the beginning
00:51:08and yeah
00:51:10now a bit of rest
00:51:12and looking forward to China
00:51:13congratulations
00:51:14thank you
00:51:15Charles
00:51:15first of all
00:51:16thank you for making that race
00:51:18proper exciting with George
00:51:19how was the car
00:51:21how was the race
00:51:22how was this new era of F1
00:51:24it was it was a very very tricky race
00:51:26I mean
00:51:28honestly at the start
00:51:29I don't think anybody of us
00:51:30knew what to expect
00:51:31with the fights
00:51:32with the energy
00:51:33and then
00:51:34it's even more tricky
00:51:35for the overtakes
00:51:36to defend
00:51:37you don't really know
00:51:38when your engine
00:51:39your battery is going to cut
00:51:42in the straight
00:51:43so while defending
00:51:44there's massive
00:51:45speed differences
00:51:46so it's been
00:51:47quite challenging
00:51:49but I was happy
00:51:50to get out of this battle
00:51:51in first
00:51:51unfortunately
00:51:52that didn't help us
00:51:53for the rest of the race
00:51:54but it was a fun
00:51:55first part of the race
00:51:56then P3 is the best
00:51:58we could do today
00:51:59yeah that start
00:52:00was kind of what
00:52:02everyone expected
00:52:02from Ferrari
00:52:03but you just
00:52:04you made the move
00:52:05on George in Tour 1
00:52:06it looked like
00:52:06it was actually on the brakes
00:52:07rather than acceleration
00:52:09yeah and I think
00:52:10the person that is
00:52:11switching off the lights
00:52:12have been quite cheeky
00:52:13because for the first
00:52:14start of the season
00:52:15with these cars
00:52:15to go so quick
00:52:16lights off
00:52:17was I think
00:52:18it took us
00:52:19everybody by surprise
00:52:20and we're always
00:52:21very much on the limit
00:52:22with the power units
00:52:23so I think that played
00:52:24a little bit in our hands
00:52:25but it's part of the game
00:52:27I have to ask
00:52:28without the virtual safety car
00:52:29do you think you
00:52:30would have had an opportunity
00:52:32to fight George
00:52:33for the win
00:52:33I don't think so
00:52:35but maybe I'm wrong
00:52:37yeah it looked like
00:52:39Mercedes maybe had
00:52:40a bit more pace
00:52:41than us today
00:52:41but maybe not as much
00:52:43as what we saw yesterday
00:52:44so that's a good thing
00:52:45but I don't think
00:52:47we could have one
00:52:47congrats guys
00:52:53congrats guys
00:52:54Fred Vassern
00:52:56waiting under the podium
00:52:57for Charles Leclerc
00:53:00to come out
00:53:01and take
00:53:02a piece of silverware
00:53:04back home
00:53:04to Maranello
00:53:05but as they make
00:53:06their way to Marano
00:53:07or back again
00:53:08eventually
00:53:08questions will be asked
00:53:10why didn't they pit
00:53:12at least one car
00:53:13under the virtual safety car
00:53:15or under the second
00:53:16virtual safety car
00:53:17they had two stabs at it
00:53:18but decided
00:53:19we'll stick with
00:53:20our original plan
00:53:21yeah I mean Lewis called it
00:53:23didn't he
00:53:24yes they were a little bit
00:53:26faster than Mercedes
00:53:26but as I said
00:53:27in commentary
00:53:28during the race
00:53:29what Ferrari did there
00:53:30was give up
00:53:31track position
00:53:32give up control
00:53:33of the Grand Prix
00:53:34at that point
00:53:36and it gave clear air
00:53:38then to George Russell
00:53:40to babysit his tyres
00:53:41and get to the end
00:53:43of the Grand Prix
00:53:44without having to stop again
00:53:45he has an ability
00:53:47George Russell
00:53:47and a fine ability
00:53:49as well
00:53:49to put in performances
00:53:52like this
00:53:5246 laps
00:53:53on that set
00:53:54of hard tyres
00:53:55as Kimi Antonelli
00:53:56in his second season
00:53:57did exactly the same
00:53:59and will be helped
00:54:00by the likes of Bono
00:54:02who's race engineer
00:54:02who vastly experienced
00:54:05that George
00:54:06the data would have been
00:54:08coming from George
00:54:09as well
00:54:09and the initiative
00:54:11to do that
00:54:12one-stop strategy
00:54:12and he's so kind
00:54:14on his tyres
00:54:14and that might
00:54:15pay dividends
00:54:16for this year too
00:54:17and George called it
00:54:18didn't he
00:54:18a long time ago
00:54:20yeah I can get these
00:54:21I think we're okay
00:54:22to get these
00:54:23to the end of the race
00:54:24so
00:54:24and what a turnaround
00:54:25that is
00:54:25because Mercedes
00:54:26really struggled
00:54:27through the ground
00:54:28effect here
00:54:28the last four or five years
00:54:30when they were the ones
00:54:32smashing their tyres
00:54:33to bits
00:54:34but today
00:54:35their tyres lasted
00:54:36much better
00:54:37than the
00:54:39for example
00:54:40the McLaren
00:54:41and the Red Bull
00:54:42and Ferraris
00:54:43looked like
00:54:43they could look
00:54:44after their tyres
00:54:44quite well
00:54:45so
00:54:45Ferrari or Mercedes
00:54:47weren't threatened
00:54:48by a Red Bull
00:54:49today
00:54:49Isaac Hadja
00:54:50had what we think
00:54:51was a power unit
00:54:52failure
00:54:53for a new power unit
00:54:54Formula 1
00:54:55they got three
00:54:56of the four engines
00:54:57to the finish
00:54:57but they'll be worried
00:54:59by some of the gremlins
00:55:00that they've been seeing
00:55:01this weekend there
00:55:02and what would
00:55:03Isaac Hadja have done
00:55:04to influence
00:55:05the outcome
00:55:06potentially of the
00:55:06top three
00:55:08they've already put
00:55:09George Russell's name
00:55:10up there as well
00:55:11someone was
00:55:11painting fast
00:55:13he might have started
00:55:15ten laps from the end
00:55:15I don't know
00:55:17and you do feel sorry
00:55:19for the vast majority
00:55:21of the fans here
00:55:22who have sold out
00:55:24Albert Park
00:55:24nearly half a million
00:55:25people this weekend
00:55:26lots of Oscar Piastri
00:55:28caps sold
00:55:29they all wanted to see
00:55:30what Oscar could do
00:55:31sadly he didn't even
00:55:33take the start
00:55:34but I didn't know where
00:55:57Hajar was so I was looking in my mirror for Hajar and use
00:56:05You had a problem with the battery.
00:56:06We both started on the grid, 0% battery.
00:56:10But I think Hajar as well.
00:56:12I was like 20, I had a bit more than you, but...
00:56:26I screwed up here, I didn't press my overtake here.
00:56:28Yeah, I thought it was done and I didn't press the overtake, the boost.
00:56:34Yeah, look at the bottom of it now.
00:56:46Yeah, and this.
00:56:49Oh, that was good.
00:56:56There was a woman doing the flag on the ground, not baking on the ground.
00:57:01But you guys weren't slow.
00:57:03You were not slow.
00:57:07Yeah, but yesterday guys.
00:57:08Yeah, and I think you guys screwed up Q3, because nobody really proved it except we went miles faster.
00:57:20Yeah, you were good.
00:57:22The debrief podcast featuring Russell Antonelli and Leclerc.
00:57:27Was that Pierre Gasly on the screen?
00:57:30And a start where we've not seen that clip yet.
00:57:35I don't think it came up on the race replays at the start.
00:57:37Now the fans can come onto the track and celebrate under the podium.
00:57:40Brilliant.
00:57:41But that looked like a very, very close call.
00:57:45Yeah.
00:57:45That's what we were talking about, wasn't it, before the start.
00:57:48The scary stuff is when somebody just doesn't get away.
00:57:51Because your rate of acceleration in football cars is massive.
00:57:55And you're carrying your full tank of fuel, and there's a lot of energy going on.
00:58:01But, yeah, well, look at that.
00:58:04The fans know they've got to sprint the wrong way down the pit straight to be closest to the podium.
00:58:11They're just getting there on time.
00:58:14Yeah, there was so much energy on the grid with Oscar Piastri fans in the Granstein.
00:58:18And they just all slumped in their seats as they saw what was unfolding.
00:58:22They were queuing up in the early hours to get into Albert Park.
00:58:25And good to see that the fans, the ones we can see at the moment, have got enough energy to
00:58:29make a run towards the podium.
00:58:31Hurry up, everybody. The race winner has made his way out. Jane, who else is that?
00:58:37Hugh Thomas, isn't it, from HPP, has come out to receive the Constructors' Trophy.
00:58:42And it is George Russell on top of the podium.
00:59:10And that's so sweet.
00:59:31I have a question.
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