00:01And it's lights out, and away we go! Decent start from Charles Leclerc.
00:06And he gets ahead then of Max Verstappen with Sergio Perez coming at his teammate.
00:10There's Lewis Hamilton and George Russell down the inside.
00:12Leclerc through from Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton has moved his Mercedes up and into a further place.
00:18As we head now down towards Turn 3, there's Esteban Ocon having a move on Daniel Ricciardo.
00:23Leclerc goes through from Verstappen, then Hamilton ahead of Perez, then in third.
00:26Then comes George Russell, Lando Norris gets slightly compromised.
00:29There's Daniel Ricciardo all over the back of his teammate's rear wing.
00:33Carlos Sainz bogged down there, behind the fast starting for once, Alfa Romeo and Valtteri Bottas.
00:39As we now head through the little flick, 9 and 10.
00:42And going wheel to wheel, side by side, Valtteri Bottas and the Alpha Tauri of Yuki Tsunoda.
00:48Bottas is in 11th, Tsunoda's 12th, Alonso's dropped to 10th, Ocon in 8th.
00:53And they're all just compressing up now at Turn 11.
00:56Carlos Sainz, he's struggling a bit in these opening laps.
00:59And barging wheels there with Nick Schumacher.
01:02Sainz tried to go around the outside.
01:03Remember Sainz and Alonso on the hard compound tyre.
01:07Just watching Sergio Perez and his start, and watching closely once again how he has to pull out before he
01:15collects his teammate Max Verstappen.
01:17Yeah, he had to be cautious there, didn't he?
01:20This visor cam is going to be very interesting later on in the race as the sun starts to go
01:24down.
01:24And we'll see how the sun could impact the driver's vision.
01:28Oh, crowd here.
01:29He's constantly checking his mirrors, isn't he?
01:32Constantly.
01:34That is Carlos Sainz, who looks like he's beached that Ferrari in the gravel on the exit of Turn 10.
01:43Past Mick Schumacher and then, oh, just going in a little bit too hot.
01:47Couldn't keep it on the tarmac.
01:48And that grass, not exactly grippy, even though we haven't had much rain around here.
01:52Yes, he's gone in a little bit deep, had to turn in and correct a slide across the grass, and
01:57he's had a miserable, miserable weekend.
02:00Oh, and going off Sebastian Vettel, who's only had 26 laps around Albert Park this weekend.
02:09This is down at Turn 11, we saw the results, and that was the cause.
02:14Yeah, sorry about that.
02:15It's so difficult to adjust, I can't operate.
02:22He's tipped in, look, gone in deep.
02:26Oh, okay, Kevin.
02:27Yeah, my bad, sorry.
02:30Daniel Ricciardo coming out.
02:32Will the Williams get in Ricciardo's way?
02:33Oh, almost going into the back.
02:36Alex Albon on Daniel Ricciardo.
02:38And Albon is now getting a little bit squeezed by Lance Stroll and the Aston Martin.
02:42There's three of them trying to go into Turn 3 now.
02:45Ricciardo on the inside.
02:46Albon goes the long way round the outside.
02:48He's going to lose out to Lance Stroll, who really picked his moment well.
02:53The warm-up is bad on this tyre. Just do what you can.
02:57As Lewis Hamilton sees the Red Bull going round the outside, trying to pass it, going into the chicane.
03:03And he has done that.
03:05Sergio Perez, he had the pace advantage.
03:08Going round the outside, gets a ripple of applause from the crowd.
03:11And now the safety car is out.
03:12Because Sebastian Vettel has stopped by the side of the track.
03:18George Russell has come into the pits.
03:21George Russell out again and up into third place.
03:25He was right behind Alex Albon.
03:28Oh no, he's on the exit of Turn 4.
03:30That's highly unusual.
03:32He's dropped it coming off the kerb.
03:37Holy cow, that was close.
03:39Yeah, understood.
03:41Whoa!
03:44Charles Leclerc, now we're going green, did not get away well.
03:47And Max Verstappen is right on his tail.
03:50And they're going to go wheel to wheel into Turn 1 here.
03:52Charles Leclerc has been leading this race.
03:54Verstappen fancies his chances.
03:55Leclerc stays ahead, but now we've got the rundown towards Turn 3.
04:00Can Verstappen get a slipstream behind the Ferrari
04:02and make an impression and take the lead of this race?
04:05Leclerc under braking.
04:07Verstappen second.
04:08Hamilton and George Russell, I should say, all over Max Verstappen.
04:11Behind him comes Fernando Alonso as well.
04:13And what an exciting restart this is.
04:18George Russell got into the dirt a bit there.
04:20Sergio Perez thought he might go round the outside into Turn 9.
04:24Now we've got the run down towards Turn 11.
04:26And Perez much closer than he has been before.
04:28Russell's looking in his mirrors, sees where Perez is.
04:31Perez, well, he doesn't need to look in his mirrors now.
04:34Sergio Perez has got past.
04:38Max Verstappen has pulled over to the side of the track.
04:42OK, Max, stop the car, please.
04:44Oh, and is this another power unit issue for Red Bull?
04:50And Red Bull powertrains...
04:56Well, that's...
04:57Did he shut that off, the engine off himself?
05:00Yeah.
05:02Well, it's now some weird fluid.
05:04God, everything is shitting itself.
05:06So he smelt it, turned the engine off, was told by the team to turn the engine off and pulled
05:11over at Turn 2.
05:16This is Valtteri Bottas.
05:18Oh, getting very, very close indeed.
05:21As the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll, squeezes his way down the inside.
05:27The Stroll made me go off the track just to review the overtake.
05:33Understood, understood.
05:35Keep pushing.
05:37Pierre Gasly has locked up into Turn 13.
05:40There's another one that has gone onto the grass.
05:43And as a result, Gasly has been passed by Valtteri Bottas.
05:46Here he is.
05:47Nice gap on the inside.
05:49Don't mind if I do.
05:51Charles Leclerc keeping up Ferrari's happy hunting ground in Australia.
05:55His three previous career wins have come from pole.
05:59Make that four career wins from pole position.
06:02As Charles Leclerc takes the fastest lap of the race and wins the Australian Grand Prix.
06:09Perez finishes on the podium, takes second place.
06:13And for his first podium of the season, George Russell comes home to finish in third.
06:18Ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton in fourth.
06:21Fifth for Norris.
06:22Sixth for Daniel Ricciardo.
06:24Good finish for Pierre Gasly.
06:26They lost time in the early pit stops behind the safety car.
06:29And there's a good recovery there.
06:30Alex Albon taking the final points of the day.
06:34Well done, Williams.
06:35Very good strategy.
06:37Left him hanging on 57 laps on a set of hard compound tyres.
06:42And they fitted him right at the final moment.
06:46Charles Leclerc started on pole.
06:47And he came home to take the win as well.
06:50It has been a bumper weekend of motorsport festivities here in Albert Park.
06:55What a weekend as Formula One returns.
06:57I mean, the woman has been a great deal.
06:57So of course there's a great deal.
06:58It has been a great deal.
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