00:00Here come the lights, we've got four, five red lights in Spa, and the Belgian Grand Prix is go, with
00:07a great reaction time for Leclerc, who's got the lead, and Perez had to chop across Lewis Hamilton, that's a
00:12lock-up for Carlos Sainz, he's very close to being tipped into a spin there, there is minor contact there,
00:17with Oscar Piastri, who's damaged the front wing, it is Charles Leclerc who has the lead, it is Sergio Perez,
00:22who's got a mammoth run, and dropping back through the field is Piastri, with damage to the front of the
00:26car, look, they're all being slowed as they go through Eau Rouge, not what you're doing,
00:29you want to see, as you make your way through there, and now we've got a battle for the lead,
00:33the Red Bull pulling out of the slipstream, Sergio Perez going to the lead of the race, fine margins between
00:39them as he gets past, nothing Charles Leclerc could do, and Verstappen does the same move on Carlos Sainz, just
00:44behind, so Max Verstappen up to fourth position, it's a little bit brave I think from Piastri, coming in on
00:51the inside here with Sainz, he's just pinched between the Mercedes and the McLaren, Sainz locks up, and Piastri doesn't
00:56want to be sticking a nose in here, I don't know what he was doing, I was
00:59there and just turned in like I didn't exist, not there enough, I don't think, sticking a nose in on
01:04the inside is, you're always liable for that sort of position, and Carlos didn't have another opportunity not to do
01:10that really yet, Hamilton on his outside, he's going to have a good chance to pass Carlos Sainz, there they
01:15are, top of shot now, DRS open,
01:17and Fernando Alonso pulls out of the slipstream, goes to the inside, that is slam dunk, that is fifth place
01:24big move on Carlos Norris, strong laid on the brakes, he sent that from downtown, that was miles back
01:32so Norris is really dropping as well in this part, he was seventh behind Alonso earlier on, he's going to
01:38get done by Russell now
01:39Russell will get to the apex first, Lando Norris, second in the last two Grand Prix, has found himself
01:45on the back foot all weekend long, Norris goes up to tenth, but Alex Albon in a straight line, it
01:51is preposterous
01:52that Williams, it's 12 miles an hour, or 20 kilometers per hour, faster than anything else, and now further back
01:59Aston Martin versus Mercedes, Stroll versus Russell, we've got loads of moves here, Yuki Tsunoda is going around
02:06the outside of Carlos Sainz, and Stroll is going to hang on to the place, but he goes deep, will
02:10Russell
02:10be able to come back, he's soaring away, but there's no way through, and the Aston Martin is still ninth
02:16and he's got the move to the inside, at the final chicane, the limping Ferrari has no way to defend,
02:22Sainz is going to tumble down the entire field here, he's staying with it, but that is going to be
02:27a really, really tough afternoon for him at this point, Lando Norris pits then from 11th place
02:33Stappen to the inside of Lewis Hamilton, who tried to close the door, but that Red Bull
02:38is rapid in the hands of the driver, chasing eight Grand Prix wins in a row today, and that
02:42move will go a long way to securing it, and Hamilton in theory could have defended the inside
02:46there, but it's just no point, he'll fall further away from Leclerc in the next corner, he'll
02:50be a sitting duck for the Red Bull again, so let's see then, he's going to open the DRS
02:55shortly, the Ferrari is pretty good in a straight line, but the Red Bull surely is going to be
02:59coming at him with the DRS, so gaining with every metre, but will he be set the long way
03:03round, is there a chance of defence, will we go wheel to wheel, Charles Leclerc can offer
03:07no defence, it's a Red Bull 1-2, Max Verstappen, he's now gone from 6th on the grid to 2nd
03:13in
03:13the race, we want to see if Albon can get past Yuki Tsunoda, because we're looking further
03:18back out of the points, but in the points I can tell you, it's 3 tenths of a second between
03:22Albon in 11th and Tsunoda, and here's the move, here's the chance, and there's the pass, and that
03:27could be for P6 in the Grand Prix later on, as Ocon making his way by, he's in 12th, and
03:33there's the move for Daniel Ricciardo, getting past his old teammate at turn 5.
03:40Hülkenberg's going to have a run at Alonso, these two had a bit of a fight yesterday, and
03:43Hülkenberg is not in the same race really as Alonso, hasn't pitted yet, he'll be much
03:47slower now, but he's going to frustrate Fernando.
03:49Around the outside goes Yuki Tsunoda, for one of his best moments of the entire season,
03:56Albon's got a rocket ship on his hands, but Tsunoda had the drive, had the DRS, and he
04:01retakes the position that he lost through the pit stop sequence.
04:06The man who started in 6th position last year, he won here from 14th on the grid, 6th today,
04:11looking to take the lead on lap 17, we ride through Radeon Corner, we're getting closer to the back of
04:17his team-mate with every meter that we run,
04:19now we're going to get DRS, and there will be nothing that Perez can do, Max Verstappen takes the lead
04:24of the Belgian Grand Prix,
04:26easy as you like, first place in the race on lap 17 for the driver who started in 6th.
04:33Russell's finally going to clear Lance Stroll as he Stroll defends the inside, Russell to the outside.
04:38Stroll doesn't want to give it up, oh that was close, as the Mercedes sweeps by, and Russell does clear
04:43the Aston Martin.
04:46And this rain will last for around 10 minutes.
04:50Umbrellas are up on the Kemmel straight, that's a long way from Stavolo, this is the longest lap of the
04:55year,
04:56here's a chance for the overtake, Stroll in 7th, Gasly in 8th, no longer.
05:00The driver who was third yesterday moves up to 7th in the Grand Prix, but still yet to come in
05:05and make his stop.
05:07We're on board with Max Verstappen, the rain is coming down, are we about to see a big moment as
05:11he goes through?
05:14And that's how easy it is for your Grand Prix to end.
05:19Norris versus Sargent, the McLaren straight line speed is absolutely appalling compared to the Williams.
05:25He's gonna have to get it, he's gonna have to get it!
05:27Around the outside, can he find his way by? Sargent tries to close the door, but Norris to the inside
05:33of 9th,
05:34and even though it's raining out there, he will comfortably make his way through.
05:39It's been coming down for a while now, they're waiting for it to stop, and George Russell comes in.
05:44Are they gonna go for Inters or are they gonna go for a new set of Slicks?
05:47It's gonna be Slicks, it's gonna be the soft tyre.
05:50They're all just trying to make their way through the rain.
05:54Everyone is on the same page at the moment.
05:57It's Yuki Tsunoda up against his old teammate.
06:00These two gone along famously when they were part of the AlphaTauri setup,
06:04but it is Pierre Gasly being passed by the Japanese driver who is having a superb run, and he's up
06:10to 6th.
06:13Fastest lap for Max Verstappen, he just ticks the last box remaining, having taken the fastest time in qualifying.
06:20Is there a chance for the wheel down there? That would be brave if Gasly tries it.
06:24Albon, fair, gives him the room, they're still side by side, and Gasly will surely take the place if he
06:29can get on the power earlier.
06:30And he does so, tidy move Pierre Gasly.
06:36Ocon had a good run, whoa, he's feeling really brave.
06:38What a move that is from Esteban Ocon!
06:41That is absolutely outstanding!
06:44He just pressed fast forward.
06:46That is extremely clever car placement for the Frenchman Esteban Ocon with his best overtake of the year so far.
06:54This is a review of Esteban Ocon taking the place away from his good friend Lance Stroll.
06:59They get on very well outside of the racetrack.
07:04The Dutch driver will see the checkered flag first once again, and he celebrates across the line.
07:11Max Verstappen wins the Belgian Grand Prix.
07:14Eight Grand Prix victories in a row, only the second time in the entire history of Formula One that that's
07:21happened.
07:21It will be a 1-2 for Red Bull Racing.
07:25Sergio Perez coming home for podium finish number 33 in Formula One.
07:30Charles Leclerc comes over the line to confirm that third place finish.
07:33Hamilton is about to complete the 19th and final corner to see whether he can take that fresh medium tyre
07:39all the way to the end and steal the bonus point for fastest lap.
07:43And the answer across the line is that Hamilton manages to do so.
07:48No one has an answer to Red Bull.
07:50The RB19 is well on its way to being the greatest Formula One car ever designed and Max Verstappen behind
07:57the wheel.
07:57Well, you can start him anywhere you like and he is fighting his way to the front.
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