00:00We're ready to go racing at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
00:05Light out, away we go, Max Verstappen getting off the line, but it's a good start by Norris, a very
00:11good start, Lando Norris leads,
00:13Piastri's trying to take second, but Max Verstappen around the outside, but it is Lando Norris who leads from Max
00:18Verstappen in second place,
00:20and Piastri now having to defend from Charles Leclerc, as Hamilton goes very, very wide and loses a bunch of
00:27places.
00:27Yeah, Hamilton's lost out, Russell's gained one place in the Mercedes as well on those softs, but what a start
00:32from Norris, just got the drive,
00:34Verstappen's lost the lead, did well to hold on to second, but Piastri is so close down to Brooklands.
00:39Yeah, Piastri's actually having a little look around the outside, but Verstappen being a little cautious, he knows he's got
00:43a rapid car.
00:44I mean, Piastri was just as quick off the line as Norris, he just had nowhere to go as he
00:47tries to make it work around the outside, Max isn't going to let that happen there.
00:51He's not got grip, Max, he's struggling on the rear end, was really sideways coming into Brooklands, and Piastri's coming
00:56again towards Cobb's corner.
00:57It's a risky place to try and go down the inside, as we know, oh, Verstappen going onto the dust,
01:02I wondered if he would make a mistake, he held it well.
01:05Both of them launched, but one of them is now launching at a much higher speed, and Norris, dream stuff
01:10for the Brit, leading at Silverstone.
01:13And Norris has got to be ready for this, five laps into a 52, and he's got his mirrors full,
01:18and Max is closer this time.
01:19That was a good exit too, wasn't it, because both of them got a little bit of rear end movement,
01:23he didn't get any this time, he's got a really good run with the DRS, he's going to go for
01:26it.
01:26Down the inside into Brooklands, and Max Verstappen has taken the lead from Lando Norris, so Lando leading the early
01:33stages, he hasn't given up yet, but I think Max now has the pace.
01:38As he comes out of the left-hander, he was out of slipstream too, so he still had decent downfalls,
01:43he's in a good place now, DRS is open, really good opportunity to get past Fernando Alonso.
01:49Lewis Hamilton dives past, and he has gained a place, he is up to seventh position, still a lot of
01:55work to be done here, he's going chasing after Carlos Sainz.
01:59Oh, just a little bit of a lock-up there for, yeah, Hulkenberg, and that's Perez going through.
02:05So Perez getting past, so he's up to 13th place now.
02:08A little bit of contact there with the front wing for Nico Hulkenberg, it doesn't appear to be damaged, as
02:13we see Nick DeVries now, oh!
02:16Contact with Hulkenberg, so Hulkenberg in a big battle at the moment, isn't he, and he's come in, he's come
02:21straight into the pits.
02:23This is a chance for George Russell, he's right in the DRS zone, LeClaire's going to go defensive to the
02:28inside, it's always a tricky one to go around the outside,
02:31but he is putting the attack on, and now he goes around the outside into Luffield.
02:34George Russell, beautiful move, he gets past Charles LeClaire, perfectly done.
02:39What a move, what a move, George.
02:42I imagine he's on the radio right now telling the team how great it was, but it was, that one
02:46was pretty honest.
02:47As LeClaire tries to fight back now into Stowe, not going to happen there.
02:52The Haas in trouble there, the Haas, that's Magnussen, oh, and there's a fire off the back, Kevin Magnussen's car,
02:57it stopped yesterday in qualifying, and now it's stopped in the race.
03:01So here's your safety car, and this is pit stop time for the top three, top four even.
03:06Just passes away for him, and that's the end of the day for Kevin Magnussen, it's not a good day
03:11for Haas in general.
03:13Soft tyres for the Red Bull there, I think, yeah, just to use that, I don't know how else you
03:17can play this, but no, there's hearts going on the McLaren.
03:20Not that many laps to go, we're under full safety car, there's 18 to go, there might be 15 when
03:24we're going racing.
03:25That's a big call there for McLaren, they're not going to warm up very well at the end of the
03:29safety car period.
03:30See what Hamilton does.
03:31You're soft.
03:31You're soft.
03:32Yeah, so that's what we thought, a reverse of what Russell did.
03:35It's racy and I like it, I really like that, and Ferrari getting ready now with Sainz as well, who's
03:39going to go on to a softer thing.
03:41Still a poor, not a great stop, 3.2, better than Russell's, but Mercedes are not on it as well.
03:45And he's ahead of Piastri, Hamilton is ahead of Oscar Piastri, so he's leapt up into a...
03:50...the net, top three.
03:52Hamilton is close to Norris, Perez is close to Sainz, and this is the hard tyres, not firing up.
03:56Second place is Norris, here they go, flashing through, Hamilton is right with him, and we're going to have a
04:01big braking zone after this corner.
04:03Yeah, carry on.
04:04They say the only benefit that Norris has right now is DRS still not enabled, first lap after the safety
04:08car, so it's all about getting a good exit right here out of turn four, but man, Hamilton is close.
04:14He's got so much more grip.
04:16Is there a chance, as you say, DRS not in play yet.
04:18Lando Norris going defensive immediately, goes to the inside over the dust that has been put down for any oil
04:23that was put down, and he's trying to go around the outside, but Lando breaks late enough.
04:27Now, can he do what George Russell did? Go around the outside through Luffield corner.
04:31He can't quite do it.
04:32Lando Norris holds him off.
04:33With every corner, Norris' chances improve on that hard tyre, it will fire up, and it will find some grip,
04:39but still Lewis is here, down towards Cobb, so we're going to see a move again.
04:42Into Cobb's corner, he goes in on a wider line.
04:46The tighter line for Lando is difficult, but actually didn't lose much time by doing that.
04:51No doubt they will be thinking ahead to the DRS opening up on the next lap.
04:55That was a late break from Lewis Hamilton.
04:57Oh, he's looking at the inside.
04:58He's got a chance.
04:59Oh, he's got a chance.
05:00Lewis Hamilton alongside Lando Norris.
05:02Now they're going to be running side by side through the kink and woodcut, and he's still got that inside
05:07line.
05:07Will he go for it?
05:08This is a brave place to try and overtake.
05:10We saw it go wrong between Hamilton and Verstappen a couple of years ago.
05:13He backs out, follows him through.
05:16You're on board with Sergio Perez, very much closer now to Carlos Sainz.
05:20Look how close Sainz is to Alonso as well.
05:22Perez is really close.
05:23He's going to have a dive here towards Vale.
05:26Down the inside, Sergio Perez has a look to try and get past Carlos.
05:29Carlos gives him space, and thankfully they don't touch.
05:32But he's now got it on the exit, and he's through.
05:34Nicely done, Checo.
05:36And now the Williams of Alex Albon is going to try to capitalize on the Ferrari side by side in
05:40the stow.
05:41Wow, he's done it.
05:42Alex Albon gets past Carlos as well.
05:44Alex has gone up into eighth place.
05:46Oh, yes, from Alex Albon.
05:48Really good commitment at the first corner.
05:50Now it's Leclerc around the outside of his teammate, creeps over track limits, but will have the inside for turn
05:55four.
05:55And that one fire up the inside from Sergio Perez, but Sainz way offline, left invulnerable.
06:00The Red Bull came through.
06:01The Williams came through.
06:02Now his teammate has come through as well.
06:06Sainz are way out of line there.
06:09Oh, this is another one he could lose from Thierry Gasly.
06:13Gasly goes around the outside, and Thierry Gasly on target for tenth position.
06:18Oh, look at that.
06:18Did they touch almost?
06:20Sainz coming back up the inside of Gasly into Cops' corner.
06:22Oh, that's brave, and that's good from Carlos Sainz.
06:24You can make it through if you're there on the way in, and he's committed enough.
06:28Gasly not defending the inside.
06:32Oh, we've got contact, Gasly.
06:33Yeah, is he broken?
06:35He's got a broken base of suspension, I think.
06:38Stroll's come from off the track there and launched in at the next corner.
06:41There was space to stay on the track, so that's Stroll for me.
06:44So I think Lance will get a pen for that.
06:47Second and third in the championship, these two as well.
06:49Perez trying to pick up that centrum.
06:51Here we go, Sergio Perez down the inside, makes the move.
06:54Up into sixth place, gets past Fernando Alonso.
06:56He had the straight-line speed he needed.
06:59Max Verstappen comes out of the final corner.
07:02Max wins the British Grand Prix.
07:04It's the first time he's won it as the British Grand Prix.
07:07The second time he's won here at Silverstone.
07:09Lando Norris finishes in a brilliant second.
07:11Lewis Hamilton in third.
07:13Two British drivers will be celebrating on the podium.
07:17Diastri finishes in fourth.
07:19His best finish in Formula One.
07:20Fifth place for Russell.
07:22Perez's sixth.
07:23Alonso holds on to seventh.
07:25Ahead of Alex Albon, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz.
07:29Well done, mate.
07:29That's our first win here since 2012.
07:32And it matches a record of McLaren.
07:34Of 11 wins in a row.
07:35So, yeah, mega day for the team.
07:37Well done.
07:38Yeah, great job.
07:3911 in a row.
07:40That's pretty crazy.
07:42Well done.
07:44It has worked perfectly for the Red Bull team.
07:4822nd win from pole position at Silverstone.
07:51Just like Carlos Sainz did last year.
07:53This time, it was Max Verstappen's example.
07:56We'll be back in the final half.
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