00:00Brand new season, brand new dawn for Formula One, it's the Bahrain Grand Prix
00:07and it's lights out and away we go!
00:09Brilliant start then for Charles Leclerc
00:11and Lewis Hamilton already trying to get past Carlos Sainz
00:15but it's Leclerc on the inside ahead of Verstappen
00:17Carlos Sainz stays in third, Perez on the inside now with Lewis Hamilton
00:20there's a little bit of a kerfuffle going on through Turn 2
00:23but Leclerc makes it into the lead
00:25and Hamilton has got half a car length, now a whole car length
00:28ahead of Sergio Perez and now he's been challenged as Perez by Kevin Magnussen
00:32Leclerc into Turn 4 from Verstappen Sainz
00:35Hamilton on the inside then of Kevin Magnussen and then comes Perez and Russell
00:39Yes, Perez got out of shape coming out of Turn 2
00:43had to get out of the throttle, that cost him 2 places in the end
00:47as he tried to get back up alongside Lewis Hamilton
00:52Meanwhile the FIA stewards have decided Esteban Ocon should be given a 5 second penalty
00:58for causing a collision, that I think goes along with what the FIA were saying from those guidelines
01:05Sergio Perez is trying to get a bit closer to Kevin Magnussen himself
01:08and we'll see with these new regulations whether it is much easier to follow
01:12as a lock up there from Kevin Magnussen going into Turn 1
01:15gives half a sniff to Sergio Perez to try and get past
01:19he couldn't do it out of Turn 3 but he might on the run now down to Turn 4
01:23Magnussen moves to the inside to try and cut him off
01:25Perez is going to have to go the long way round
01:27Magnussen's got that one covered
01:29unless Perez can get him on the exit of Turn 4
01:31and Perez the wily old campaigner might be a front tyre ahead going down the hill
01:36he's now a whole car ahead going down the hill
01:39Magnussen gave him the chance, Perez said thank you very much
01:43as Sergio Perez there getting...
01:46that's Hamilton and Perez, look Hamilton's got DRS here
01:48he's going to have a go into Turn 4
01:50that is an awful lot easier than it might have been this time last year
01:54a Red Bull and a Mercedes going wheel to wheel into Turn 4
01:57Perez stays within the white lines
01:59Max Verstappen couldn't manage it 12 months ago
02:01Perez up to 4th place
02:05lap 17 and the fastest lap of this race goes to Max Verstappen
02:09who's going now for the lead of the race
02:11and in a shower of sparks
02:12makes his way into Turn 1 ahead of Charles Leclerc
02:16tried to get past Leclerc as he came out of the pits
02:19had to wait a lap
02:21but now can Leclerc with DRS get back in Verstappen
02:24we're heading towards Turn 4
02:26this has been a bit of a problem for these two in the past
02:29no problem this time for Charles Leclerc
02:31can he stay on track then it's just
02:33as he retakes the lead from Max Verstappen
02:38and Leclerc immediately tries to move around to break the slipstream
02:42and you can do that gently
02:44once or twice but you can't do it at the last moment
02:48and has he covered the inside
02:49he's doing it again, he's going for it again Max Verstappen
02:51and he's got a quarter of a car length in front
02:54now they come out of Turn 2
02:56and he's got a couple of car lengths in front Max Verstappen
02:59that was so far back
03:00but once again Leclerc's got the DRS
03:03this time he's got the inside line
03:05forces Max a little bit wide
03:07goes into Turn 4
03:08Leclerc for the second lap running
03:10has retaken the lead
03:12and has come out of Turn 4 ahead
03:14this is absolutely epic
03:18Leclerc's using his battery pack in an attack
03:21or defensive mode rather
03:22here he goes, here he goes, here he goes
03:24he's doing it
03:25it's miles different
03:26oh that's a big old lockup Max
03:27well this time he locks up
03:28and did you hear the cheers of the crowd
03:30who are absolutely loving this under the lights in Bahrain
03:34at this time around
03:35Charles Leclerc with the aid of that lockup
03:37has got the advantage going into Turn 4
03:39and he should be far enough ahead
03:40to keep that advantage as well
03:43Max, is the wheel heavy in both directions?
03:47so both left hand and right hand
03:48everywhere, everywhere, it's not even smooth
03:51well it's going to slow down
03:52because we're going to get a safety car here
03:54because Pierre Gasly's Alfa Tauri
03:56has overheated and has caught fire
03:59the marshal straight on there with the extinguisher
04:01but that is a very, very hot Alfa
04:05real disappointment for him
04:06and we could see Martin
04:08yeah it's a complete power failure look
04:10from his dashboards gone completely
04:12so it's not an engine blow
04:15and this is Max's favourite trick isn't it?
04:17yeah
04:18trying to hustle the guy
04:19who's about it
04:21and he's left himself very tight on that last corner
04:24actually has Max
04:24so no wonder the Ferrari disappeared
04:27it's not helped
04:28and look Sainz is right on the tail of Max Verstappen
04:31as they head down the straight
04:32Leclerc is away
04:33and off into the distance
04:34Sainz is alongside Max Verstappen
04:36Leclerc leads
04:37Verstappen on the inside
04:38Sainz on the outside
04:40Verstappen stays ahead
04:41going into Turn 1
04:42Sergio Perez
04:43almost collected by Lewis Hamilton
04:45who was arriving
04:45at a rate of knots
04:47but now it's Leclerc
04:48towards Turn 4
04:49from Verstappen
04:50then comes Carlos Sainz
04:51and Sergio Perez
04:52Hamilton, Russell
04:53and then Kevin Magnusson
04:56what's going on with the battery?
04:58battery fine
04:59no it's not
05:00can I have no room
05:01what the f*** is this?
05:02Carlos Sainz
05:04pulls out to the inside
05:05and overtakes Max Verstappen
05:07and it's a Ferrari 1-2
05:09here in Bahrain
05:10as Carlos Sainz
05:11moves up
05:12into
05:13second place
05:1546 races
05:16since they last won
05:17Ferrari
05:18a 1-2 here
05:19we can't see the issue Max
05:21it's not battery related
05:23what do you want me to do?
05:25there's not a lot we can do
05:26and will Verstappen
05:28now be passed by his teammate
05:29Sergio Perez
05:30yes he has been
05:31and he's been passed by Hamilton
05:32and he's been passed by Russell
05:34I can try to make it into the pit
05:37there please
05:37Max Verstappen
05:39is out
05:40of the race
05:44Hamilton's got DRS
05:46once again
05:47and can he get close enough
05:48to Sergio Perez
05:49not on this occasion
05:50you can see the bumps
05:51of the porpoising there
05:52that is just unsettling the car
05:54into that
05:55first braking zone
05:56and Perez
05:56has been spun round
05:57Sergio Perez has lost it
05:59on turn 2
06:01Hamilton
06:02looking for damage limitation
06:04has seen the damage to the Red Bull
06:06and he's gonna pick up another podium
06:08this is incredible
06:09and it was just
06:12under traction
06:13I love the f***ing engine
06:16Charles Leclerc
06:17who's won twice in Formula 1
06:19before from pole
06:20is gonna win from pole again
06:22and start the season off
06:23with celebrations for Ferrari
06:26Charles Leclerc
06:27wins the Bahrain Grand Prix
06:29and it is
06:30a 1-2 finish
06:32for the Scuderia
06:33Carlos Sainz
06:34comes home in second
06:36Lewis Hamilton
06:37adds to his podium tally
06:39he comes home in third
06:41let's go
06:44let's go
06:45come on
06:46that's exactly how we should start a season
06:49come on
06:491-2 baby
06:511-2
06:52yeah
06:53we'll be in Jeddah
06:55in 7 days time
06:56for more racing
06:57Ferrari
06:58go into it
06:59with a perfect start
07:01to the new season
07:02win
07:03second place
07:04fastest lap
07:05and all the smiles
07:06belong to the Scuderia tonight
07:08lights
07:08strong
07:09you
07:10you
07:11you
07:17you
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