00:01The Saudi Grand Prix is underway and it's a good launch off the line for both Red Bulls.
00:07Charles Leclerc is under threat now for second place, Verstappen leads, Perez will get his nose ahead, Perez will get
00:12second place.
00:13Charles Leclerc has got the grippy line, has he got the room to fight back as they all make their
00:16way through the first corners of the first lap?
00:19It's Verstappen, but Charles Leclerc fights back into second position. He went aggressive and he maintains P2.
00:25That's Behrman off the road as he begins life in Formula One, slightly on the defensive.
00:29It's Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Alonso, Piastri and Norris, the top six.
00:34Well managed from Leclerc in those opening corners. Perez looked like he had got the job done,
00:38but Leclerc swept back around the outside at turn two, which he can do because it gives him the inside
00:43for four and he made it stick.
00:44The rest of it looks fairly unchanged further back, but I'm pretty sure Lando Norris jumped the start.
00:49Perez had a great opportunity here to take second place, David.
00:52He did indeed, and you'd think he did all the hard work, but just when it came to sort of
00:57closing that space down,
00:59Charles Leclerc wasn't intimidated, and this is when it comes down to knowing your competitors.
01:04If that was Max Verstappen alongside Charles Leclerc, Max would have just run the card a little bit wider,
01:10making it absolutely clear that there was no space for Charles.
01:13Lando Norris at the start, no further action.
01:19Behrman is starting his Formula One career on the front foot, but he's got to remember to stay to the
01:24right side of the line,
01:25as around the outside goes Oscar Piastri on Fernando Alonso to take fourth place,
01:31and they're fighting all the way by as Behrman had to hobble all over the curb to keep his front
01:36wing.
01:38Here we go with Perez, this is the battle for second place, he's diving to the inside,
01:42and Sergio Perez finds his way by with the first opportunity that he had in the Grand Prix.
01:48Looked like he was going to take second place on lap number one.
01:51Lap number four, he's got 2.1 seconds between him and his teammate in the lead of the race.
01:57This is into turn 22, look at how...
02:00Oh, push!
02:00Off the road and into the wall, a heavy one at turn 23, Lance Stroll into the barriers and out
02:07of the race.
02:08Hit the wall.
02:09Okay, can you bring it back Lance?
02:11No.
02:12Alright, copy that.
02:15Easy to criticize, difficult to do, but he isn't a rookie.
02:20Yeah.
02:22Everyone is coming into the pits, this is going to be so busy, they're going to stick on a hard
02:26set of tyres,
02:26and maybe try and go to the end from here, really long-ranging one stopper.
02:31Crucially gets out before the Ferrari, and in this situation, there'll be no question of unsafe release.
02:37Yeah, and Perez flung into the path of Fernando Alonso, as it is incredibly frantic stuff down there in the
02:46pit lane.
02:47Oh, I need a crash with a red ball. So close.
02:51Sergio Perez gets a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.
02:56Here we go again, it is very tight between Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc for fourth.
03:02Lando Norris leads, then it's Max Verstappen, and that is very tight as Charles Leclerc stays ahead and fends off
03:08the Australian driver,
03:10Alonso trying to profit from it in the green Aston Martin.
03:12Has he got momentum to try and retake the place that he lost from Piastri earlier in the race?
03:17The answer's no, and they're close, but there's no change for position.
03:22Side by side, Albon goes, that is a tap, that is damage, and Ocon profited.
03:27What is he doing?
03:29Kevin Magnussen has been given a ten-second time penalty.
03:33This is the Behrman move, little dummy shimmy to the inside, go on then.
03:38I like that, I like that expression, the Behrman move.
03:44Max Verstappen in the unusual position of being in second place, not for long.
03:49Max Verstappen moves past and takes the lead from Lando Norris.
03:54He's back in the lead of the race, and he's not the only Red Bull on the move.
03:57Perez improves to third.
04:01Charles Leclerc trying to go past Lewis Hamilton, outside line to the inside line.
04:04Got to be brave to make that work, is the room?
04:06There is, and that's a great angle to show you that getting to the apex first has worked for the
04:11lead Ferrari driver in the race.
04:13He's 1.7 seconds away from Sergio Perez.
04:18He's going to have a good opportunity now to build up through the gears, to try and make his way
04:23by.
04:24The Haas is in the way, but only for the moment.
04:27That's the pass he's been looking for, and the man on debut in Formula 1 is up to ninth.
04:33Kevin Magnussen has been given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
04:38Oh, you are kidding me, aren't you? Ten seconds for that.
04:43That's harsh.
04:45And the chance of a safety car with these four brawling in the way that they are,
04:50well, it goes up when they go side by side.
04:53Tsunoda's been looking for that pass, lap after lap.
04:56Magnussen doesn't want to give it up. Brilliant racing from the pair of them.
05:00Magnussen knows that he's not going to score a point in the race.
05:02That is defiance, and it's cost Yuki Tsunoda because Esteban Ocon
05:07finally gives Alpine something to smile about.
05:11So this drive from Magnussen is going to earn Haas a point,
05:14because Hülkenberg, at the end of this lap, should have a pit stop window to come in and clear his
05:19teammate.
05:20Whoa! That's a seven and a half for Alexander Alvin.
05:24Patience ran out at turn number one. It's only 14th, but it looked great on board.
05:29Yuki Tsunoda will not want to go backwards.
05:32The driver who started in ninth position on the grid is passed again.
05:37As Hülkenberg comes into the pits.
05:40We talked of that pit window a few moments ago.
05:42And Hülkenberg is going to blend out onto the racetrack.
05:46And Haas might have engineered a chance to get Hülkenberg into the point.
05:53We've had plenty of chapters of this battle time and time again.
05:56This is the best run for Oscar Piastri through the entire race.
06:00And Hamilton's defense comes to an end, or does it?
06:03Piastri locks up, takes the place, won't be able to overtake like that.
06:08He had the momentum, he had the overspeed, but he couldn't slow down the McLaren.
06:13And still they battle over fifth place.
06:18Behrman, if he keeps this consistency, he's actually just done his best lap of the race.
06:21He's only a tenth and a half slower than Norris.
06:23Absolutely cracking drive this from Oli Behrman.
06:26Norris struggling a bit with tyres there.
06:28He's fighting with Hamilton as well. We can do it.
06:30Great encouragement for the British driver.
06:3318 years of age, looking for points in debut in Formula One.
06:38This was Daniel Ricciardo running in 16th place.
06:43And round he goes.
06:44Clouting an apex curve, rear tyres that were probably on the limit already.
06:49Max Verstappen is going to win the opening two Grand Prix of the year.
06:53A ninth consecutive win.
06:55Max Verstappen eat, sleep, win, repeat.
06:59But Verstappen takes the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to lead home a Red Bull 1-2.
07:06An outstanding result for the team.
07:08Once again, the Mexican fans celebrating in that grandstand.
07:13Verstappen wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with another drive of distinction.
07:19As Charles Leclerc comes home for his first podium finish of the season.
07:24And look at this moment for the 18-year-old from Chelmsford.
07:28Points on debut for Oliver Behrman.
07:32Ferrari's youngest ever Formula One driver is a point scorer at the first attempt.
07:39The stars of the show on a day that they went past the great Williams name.
07:44Fourth all time in Formula One behind Mercedes, behind McLaren and behind Ferrari.
07:50They have earned their place there.
07:53And it's another 1-2 for the team.
07:56We hope we can go to this game?
07:57What kind of shoe-shop do we not necessarily recommend?
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