00:01and it's lights out and away we go decent start from Charles Leclerc and he gets ahead then of
00:07Max Verstappen with Sergio Perez coming at his teammate there's Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
00:11down the inside Leclerc through for Verstappen Lewis Hamilton has moved his Mercedes up and into
00:17a further place as we head now down towards turn three there's Esteban Alcock having a move on
00:22Daniel Ricciardo Leclerc goes through for Verstappen then Hamilton ahead of Perez then in third
00:26then comes George Russell Lando Norris gets slightly compromised Daniel Ricciardo all over
00:31the back of his teammates rear wing Carlos Sainz bogged down there behind the fast starting for once
00:36Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas as we now head through the little flick nine and ten and going wheel to
00:43wheel side by side Valtteri Bottas and the AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda Bottas is in 11th Tsunoda's 12th Alonso's
00:50dropped to 10th Ocon in eight and they're all just compressing up but now at turn 11
00:55and Carlos Sainz he's struggling a bit in these opening laps and barging wheels there with
01:00Mick Schumacher Sainz trying to go around the outside remember Sainz and Alonso on the hard compound
01:06tyre just uh watching Sergio Perez and his start and watching closely once again how he has to pull
01:13out before he collects his teammate Max Verstappen yeah he had to be cautious there didn't
01:19he this visor cam is going to be very interesting later on in the race as the sun starts to
01:24go down and we'll
01:24see how the sun can impact the driver's vision out around here just constantly checking his mirrors
01:31isn't it constantly that is Carlos Sainz who looks like he's beached that Ferrari in the gravel on the
01:39exit of turn 10 past Mick Schumacher and then well it's going in a little bit too hot couldn't keep
01:47it on the tarmac and that grass not exactly grippy even though we haven't had much rain around here yes
01:52he's gone in a little bit deep had to turn in and correct a slide across the grass and he's
01:57had a
01:58miserable miserable weekend oh and going off Sebastian Vettel who's only had 26 laps around
02:05Albert Park this weekend this is down at turn 11 we saw the results and that was the cause
02:14yeah sorry about that it's so difficult to test that car under free
02:21he's tipped in look gone in deep
02:30Daniel Ricciardo coming out well the Williams get in Ricciardo's way oh almost going into the back
02:36Alex Albon on Daniel Ricciardo and Albon is now getting a little bit squeezed by Lance Stroll and
02:41Aston Martin there's three of them trying to go into turn three now Ricciardo on the inside Albon goes
02:46the long way around the outside he's going to lose out to Lance Stroll who really picked his moment well
02:53the warm-up is bad on this tire just do what you can
02:57as Lewis Hamilton sees the Red Bull going around the outside trying to pass it going into the chicane
03:03and he has done that Sergio Perez he had the pace advantage going around the outside gets a ripple
03:09of applause from the crowd now the safety car is out because Sebastian Vettel has stopped by the side
03:16of the track George Russell has come into the pits George Russell out again and up into third place
03:25he was right behind Alex Albon oh no he's on the exit of turn four that's highly unusual
03:32he's dropped it coming off the curb
03:37holy cow that was close yeah understood whoa
03:44Charles Leclerc now we're going green did not get away well and Max Verstappen is right on his tail and
03:50they're going to go wheel to wheel into turn one here Charles Leclerc has been leading this race
03:54Verstappen fancies his chances Leclerc stays ahead but now we've got the rundown towards turn three
04:00can Verstappen get a slipstream behind the Ferrari and make an impression and take the lead of this race
04:05Leclerc under braking Verstappen second Hamilton and George Russell I should say all over Max Verstappen
04:11behind him comes Fernando Alonso as well and what an exciting restart this is
04:18George Russell got into the dirt a bit there Sergio Perez thought he might go around the outside
04:22into turn nine now we've got the run down towards turn 11 and Perez much closer than he has been
04:28before
04:28Russell's looking in his mirrors sees where Perez is Perez well he doesn't need to look at his mirrors now
04:33Sergio Perez has got past
04:38Max Verstappen has pulled over to the side of the track
04:42okay Max stop the car please
04:44oh and is this another
04:45power unit issue
04:47for Red Bull and Red Bull
04:50powertrains
04:56well that's did he shut that off uh the engine off himself
05:00yeah
05:02that's now some weird fluid
05:03god everything is shitting itself
05:06so he smelt it
05:07turned the engine off was told by the team to turn the engine off and pulled
05:11over at turn two
05:16this is Valtteri Bottas
05:18oh getting very very close indeed
05:21as the uh the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll
05:25squeezes his way down the inside
05:27Stroll made me to go off the track
05:30just a bit of review
05:32overtake
05:32I missed it
05:34I missed it
05:35good question
05:37Pierre Gasly has locked up into turn 13
05:40there's another one uh that has uh gone on to the grass
05:43and as a result Gasly has been passed by Valtteri Bottas
05:46here he is
05:47nice gap on the inside
05:48don't mind if I do
05:50Charles Leclerc
05:51keeping up Ferrari's happy hunting ground
05:54in Australia
05:55his three previous career wins have come from pole
05:58make that four career wins from pole position
06:02as Charles Leclerc
06:03takes the fastest lap of the race
06:06and wins
06:06the Australian Grand Prix
06:09Perez
06:09finishes on the podium
06:11takes second place
06:12and for his first podium of the season
06:15George Russell
06:16comes home to finish in third
06:18ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton in fourth
06:20fifth for Norris
06:21sixth for Daniel Ricciardo
06:23good finish
06:24for Pierre Gasly
06:26they lost time in the early pit stops behind the safety car
06:29and it's a good recovery there
06:30Alex Albon taking the final points of the day
06:34well done Williams
06:35very good strategy
06:36left him hanging on 57 laps
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