00:00Hamilton's a bit further back than he was, running in 12th place, well it'll be hurting his tyres a bit
00:07though, well do you let Ralfrey Bottas through, lap 24 out of 53, Ralfrey Bottas you can see with the
00:15fastest lap, Red Bull into that chicane, how Lewis Hamilton would wish there's another TRS over come, he's got enough
00:21raw pace in that Red Bull and these tyres, Charles Leclerc, properly around, 14th or 15th around, Fernando Alonso,
00:29Martin, yeah, well behind down, on lap 14, in the Ferrari, well, the hard tyre, per any save, should, Verstappen
00:36trying to stay out of his turbulent air, and keep the pace up, now, in the battle for points, he's
00:44passed, to a team principal, earlier today, Martin Ted and myself, and we were told the undercut is huge, how
00:49open, so that's the likes of Metal and Stroll, who started on the, uh,
00:54they're fresher, they should be extremely good, they look good at the moment, and we know he was told to
00:58go to mode, the pit stops, uh, have Red Bull, but Hamilton is still
01:02fighting back, and he's got the DRS zone in the data, whilst in the cockpit, uh, behind the visor, the
01:07gladiators scrap quicker, than the leading three,
01:11it's all about track position, isn't it, Lewis looks like he's behind him, that's Gasly on the, uh, Alfa Romeo
01:18of Antonio Giovinazzi, yeah, you've got to be completely
01:21alongside, before you're going to get up the inside of scene, and you get it, it's all today, like, I'm
01:25getting the feeling, Martin, that anything really could still happen here, yeah, it's one of those races, I look, consistently,
01:30quicker than the top three, uh, behind the top four, well, apex corner, that one, so the more you do
01:37that, the more the tyres sliding against the,
01:39that's for sure,
01:41they might, uh, you might need to, Max, because that's the, tyre-wise, because I can't imagine, he, he can't
01:47keep that up until the end of the, uh,
01:49the back straight with the RX compared to the lower downforce that Red Bull choose to run, and of course,
01:54part of the Mistral straight, Lando Norris does slide the Papaya McLaren through, and past the,
01:59Lewis, Verstappen doesn't think these tyres will last to the end, if you keep this pressure on,
02:04really starting to struggle, this was the close,
02:06he forced me off, what's this idiot doing, he even went off himself,
02:12well, Norris, uh, seemingly more patient, look at the state of his,
02:16lap 14, 16 laps later, the Ferrari is burned out, it's hard tyres, that,
02:21in-play going on there, uh, they'll, they want to stop first, I mean, Lewis saying, well, get, get,
02:26what's going on with Mercedes here, because they are losing pace, let's head to Paul de Resta,
02:31they're all on the grid, one, two, three, four in this race, but it is not a one, two, three,
02:36four,
02:36where he started this race, and he's back where he started, uh, but he's still got another 21 laps,
02:55sir, let's watch the tyres go on, it's mediums to the end of the race,
02:58no problem with that pit stop, and he's back at Hamilton and Bottas out there,
03:01and Lewis's got 21 laps remaining, let's know what you think,
03:05I'm flat out, I don't think the tyres will live with it,
03:08I think, in the dirty air of the Red Bull, it's been sliding around,
03:12it's fresher tyres, having pitted that much later, we're also seeing Pierre Gasly,
03:16uh, catch up to Mercedes, what we're saying, it's very rare, uh, that you get,
03:20uh, a few teams suffering with radio, that's, then, makes it a little harder,
03:25uh, for Verstappen to get past Hamilton, dead or hard tyres, same for Lando Norris as well,
03:30Daniel Ricciardo, will he fade away a bit, because,
03:32but, there's no doubt about it, those chunks of two seconds per lap,
03:37Bottas checking out, how's my team mate's tyres, how's he fairing on this one,
03:43Bottas, no pain, no gain, and it could be six laps of pain for Lewis Hamilton,
03:47and Durk in here, the risk of rain was only 10%, but it's just been one of those muggy days,
03:51we had a rain, comes Max then, Max has got both Mercedes clearly in sight now,
03:56Hamilton does it, that's Verstappen and Perez, that's the top four at the moment,
04:00you can see the margins on your screen, and Perez predicted to catch up in the last four laps,
04:07your second Valfrey in this race, it's 1-2 for Mercedes, as it was the last time we,
04:12Verstappen turns up on the scene, yeah, as he is coming at you,
04:16let's head down to you, it's one of that, so,
04:22racing,
04:27this is going to decide for me, this will decide who's going to win the race,
04:31how long it takes,
04:32he gains on the Mercedes, he gains on the Mercedes,
04:34can't get past the Mercedes, but he's got wide,
04:37Bottas with Verstappen in second place,
04:39yeah, Valtteri was so busy watching Max,
04:41he outbraked out, so, uh, that, it was, uh, Bottas,
04:45who did that, 1 minute 39.4, lost all the time,
04:48and Perez is now only 3.6 seconds behind,
04:51the gap now between Hamilton and Verstappen first and second,
04:55is still five seconds for the race in,
04:57and Alonso has put his personal best lap of the race in,
05:00to keep the pressure on Pierre,
05:05that's a fair comment, he said it,
05:06ah, only four tenths on the last lap,
05:09it is going to be so close,
05:11Verstappen's going to have to,
05:11said it was a two stopper,
05:12and they didn't agree with him,
05:14and left him out for a one stopper,
05:16was aiding on Valtteri Bottas quite significantly,
05:19whilst out in front, Max Verstappen still get,
05:21the ability, doesn't it?
05:23Right, tyres are finished,
05:25Poppy, we understand.
05:41Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:08Oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:54Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:04Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:19Oh, mate, it is sweet,
07:24being a Hunter,
07:25you've won that race,
07:26excellent job.
07:32Well done mate, payback, well done. Great job, great job.
07:37I hope you guys can hear me, but what a race man. Thank you so much. So good.
07:44Half of the grid, how that stacked up. So in P11, it's Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari.
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