00:01and Formula One in 2023 is go! Paul gets away for Sergio Perez great launch off the line from
00:07Charles Leclerc and they're very nearly making contact into turn number one Verstappen leads
00:12Leclerc is up to second place Sainz is going to battle with Sergio Perez Perez did not get a good
00:17launch off the line as they all battle through the opening corners it's Verstappen then it's Leclerc
00:21down a place goes Sergio Perez they're fighting in the background now the soft tyre works that's
00:26an ambitious move to the inside that's a way through Lewis Hamilton getting past contact
00:31between the Astons and the Astons and that was very very very tight so through he goes George
00:35Russell trying to follow his teammate through Alonso losing a couple of places it's Verstappen
00:40then Leclerc Perez Sainz up two places goes Lewis Hamilton Russell in sixth and Alonso did not get
00:46the opening lap that he was looking for on board with Stroll and he's fighting the Mercedes of
00:51Russell and that's a whack that's a whack on the right rear of Fernando
00:57big opportunity now for Fernando Alonso and George Russell knows it
01:00he goes defensive to turn number one parks it up and Alonso will get another dose of DRS he takes
01:07a
01:07different line soaring left soaring right they're climbing the hill now and Alonso knows he's got to
01:12get the move done Russell's run out of tires Aston Martin versus Mercedes and through goes
01:18Fernando Alonso to take fifth place oh he gives him room and it's going to be tight as they go
01:24through their side by side who blinks first here and it's Alonso who manages to keep hold of the
01:30position he won a couple of corners ago that's Bottas ahead of both of them by the way this boss
01:36that is genuinely just jumped Alonso and Russell stopped early and uh on the hard tyres no one really
01:42noticed him stealth his way into a genuine p6 right now Alonso is surely going to be lining up Bottas
01:50for
01:50the pass here Alonso out of the wheel tracks and ahead of the Alfa Romeo up to sixth place goes
01:57Fernando
01:57Alonso a simple pass and he makes his way through we saw Alonso get past Bottas last time around that's
02:05the task ahead of George Russell fantastic sight of the sparks out of the back as we go down to
02:11turn
02:11one and Russell will line him up try and do what Alonso did up the hill to four these two
02:15aren't best
02:16buds are they what that's used to be in this car and they had a bit of a infamous moment
02:21at Imola this
02:22one should be fairly straightforward for Russell on the on the outside but Bottas is fighting it all the way
02:27and around the outside goes George Russell he backed the grip and he backed the fact that uh his old
02:35teammate was going to make the corner this is the battle for second place in the grand prix this is
02:42Perez to the inside of turn number one and through he goes no defense offered at this point but there
02:48will
02:48be now a chance for Charles Leclerc to do what he did one year ago and re-pass into turn
02:54four but does he
02:55have the traction off the corner he's gonna go he's gonna launch it to the inside but Perez has the
03:00place and it's a red bull one two through goes Sergio Perez it's 3.8 seconds between Leclerc and Perez
03:07at
03:08the moment last time around two tenths of a second we're going to get a battle on track between Ferrari
03:13and Red Bull like we had last year battle on track right now is Lance Stroll who's overcome the injury
03:19to
03:19both wrists I think the speed of the Aston Martin has absolutely hastened his return I think
03:28Russell now coming in to cover off Stroll and this could be pretty close because Stroll's done a good
03:33outlap he's done the fastest middle sector of the the entire race so far and he was close behind George
03:38Russell's left covering each other off so Russell is going to have to bring those tires to optimum temperature
03:43it's going to be fairly tight for Russell he knows it as well Aston Martin directly behind tires happier
03:51on Stroll's car as he climbs all the way through now Russell having to defend this is very important
03:57for his race and George Russell knows it can Stroll go around the outside that's the difference in the
04:02tire temperature and through goes Lance Stroll past George Russell with the fastest lap of the race and you can
04:10bet that these two are going to be aggressive out there the first dart out of the racing line for
04:14Alonso who will now climb the hill and try and get past his old teammate and racing rival it's going
04:21to be really tight it's got DRS again Hamilton's got to cover the inside and he doesn't enough oh to
04:25the inside goes Fernando Alonso that famous message all those years ago all the time you have to leave a
04:31space and that was so close on the inside Hamilton did leave a space Alonso slithered to the inside
04:38and it was very slow on the apex and it's Alonso behind Hamilton what a strange moment at turn four
04:47again that wide wide wide line just soaring the Mercedes in half better traction millimeters
04:54between the pair of them as they go side by side he's not going to try around the outside
04:59but he is going to try the inside of turn 10 what a superb move from Fernando Alonso absolutely brilliant
05:07and i think that was just absolute top shelf from Fernando Alonso yes let's go oscar piastri
05:17it's the only retirement from the grand prix so far no but as i complete that's it and
05:21Charles Leclerc is coming to a stop no no no oh come on what happened guys no power
05:29Charles Leclerc retires from the opening grand prix of the year two retirements now Ferrari's reliability
05:36problems strike once again and it's not the start the monogast driver wanted it's not the start the
05:42Federer wanted and it now means that Sainz and Alonso will scrap over the final podium place
05:49Pierre Gasly took ninth position in the grand prix sending it down to turn one love a move on the
05:54brakes and he swept all the way around the outside as well you don't see too many of them
05:59Yuki Tsunoda on the fresh soft tires in a brawl with Joe Guanyu and his teammate as they climb the
06:07hill
06:07this teammate's defensive Joe allowed Yuki to sweep past both of them and they went very very close
06:12the Alfa Tauri's up here and Sainz Oda took the place with the demise of Charles Leclerc
06:19Fernando Alonso's maximum he knew at the start of the day was going to be a place on the podium
06:24when
06:25his teammate hit him at this corner he would have thought that it was falling away from him but what
06:29sort of traction has he got now oh he's getting into the back of his rival as they go down
06:34the hill and
06:35Alonso had such better traction that he nearly creeped right into the back of Carlos Sainz I tell you
06:40we've not only learned it's a fast car we've learned it's a strong car because we had his teammate
06:45whack him is he is he going to do the same as he did to Hamilton is he going to
06:49go to the outside
06:50to the inside there he tried again oh and Sainz was wise to it but the lock up is going
06:56to mean that
06:57they're basically parked up as they apply the power now and Alonso gets a little bit of slipstream
07:02and he's making the move Sainz is nearly driving him off the road but Fernando Alonso
07:07is on to the podium once again in Formula One what a debut he is having with Aston Martin
07:15in 2021 Verstappen came into his first title fight with 10 career wins in six seasons two years later
07:23he's heading to victory number 36 Max Verstappen dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix and takes victory
07:30at the season opener of 2023 with a superb drive to lead home a Red Bull 1-2 that has
07:38got to be a
07:39satisfying feeling for the Constructors champions of the world please welcome back to the Formula One
07:45podium for the 99th time Fernando Alonso who weaves across the line and celebrates a dream debut with Aston
07:53Martin Alonso Alonso heading back to the Rostrom heading back to the podium having provided us with some
08:01phenomenal overtakes along the way
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