00:00Green flag at the back, the long run to turn one is five lights away
00:05and the Mexico City Grand Prix is go with a good reaction time for the Ferraris
00:10but Max Verstappen is trying to dart between the pair of them
00:13the slipstreaming that we normally see is not happening, Verstappen's got a good launch
00:17he's already up to second I reckon that's the race lead in the inside line
00:20Checo Perez trying to go right outside he's made contact
00:23he's made contact with Charles Leclerc into the first corner
00:26Perez spins round, Leclerc goes over the road and takes back P1
00:30but he overtook on the grass and he's got damage at the front of the car
00:33Max Verstappen turns P3 on the grid to the lead in Mexico City
00:38dramatic opening corner of the lap as Daniel Ricciardo goes wheel to wheel with Lewis Hamilton
00:43Ricciardo will stay ahead of the seven-time world champion into turn five
00:47but Hamilton getting on the power trying to keep all four wheels on the road
00:50he finds himself upper place to fifth position
00:53great launch from both the Red Bull cars, no draft needed, no slipstream needed for Max Verstappen
00:58just split the Ferraris and you see Checo Perez with that draft
01:01tries to go three wide and redo what Max did back in 21 late on the brakes on the outside
01:07but it's just there's just not enough room he tried to force the issue a little bit
01:10tried to squeeze Leclerc down but he had Verstappen on the inside of him
01:14maybe he didn't know they were three wide at the time
01:16and yeah look he drove straight down the middle of the racetrack there
01:19no fault can be apportioned to Charles Leclerc
01:22meanwhile Max clean apex not even locking up as he braked into the first turn
01:27this is not good at all for Checo Perez
01:33since he's further back in the field this is going to be the yellow flag isn't it
01:37this is going to be Yuki Tsunoda trying to overtake Kevin Magnussen
01:39he knows he's got the speed in that car this weekend
01:42but went outside of the power unit component allocations
01:46late on the brakes too late on the brakes that was why we had the yellow flag
01:49over the road he goes and rejoins very tight
01:54oh is Hamilton going to take a look here
01:56Hamilton going deep to the inside to the dirty part of the racetrack
01:59and Hamilton makes the move that has been coming for a couple of laps now
02:03he fights his way by clean stop from the Red Bull crew 2.4 seconds
02:09our best bet is to extend and go optimal one stop
02:13I agree
02:14copy
02:16how many more laps you can do at this pace question
02:22might not be Philando Norris going the long way around Valtteri Bottas runs out of tires
02:26that is a tidy pass that's the sort of thing you need to do if you're going to efficiently make
02:30your way
02:30through the field
02:32you're seeing Lewis Hamilton on the side of your picture to see where he is in relation
02:36to the Ferrari team 2.3 second stop is decent but Lewis Hamilton is disappearing
02:41down the main straight Lewis Hamilton came in earlier on to get the benefit
02:45for the fresher rubber and he has track position over the Ferrari driver
02:50unusual for Lando Norris because he's been fighting at the front for the last
02:54half of a season but today he's fighting from the back not what he wanted to do but
02:58these passes have been clean and there's another one past Alex Alban and up to eighth place
03:04we're on board with Kevin Magnussen around the uh final corner does he get wide through there oh
03:10it's dusty and dirty out there if you get wide and K-Mag taking the route that I took to
03:14the
03:14commentary box and he was lucky with all the marbles all the dust to keep it pointing in the right
03:19direction we go on board with a man from Monaco about to hit his marks the team will go to
03:26work
03:26how quickly can they service the car brand new hard tires being bolted on 2.4 is strong once again
03:34and uh Kevin Magnussen has had a big crash Kevin Magnussen off a moment ago this time he's off again
03:41but far more significant and on lap 33 of 71 Magnussen finds the barriers and this could change the
03:50complexion of the Grand Prix oh something let go yeah something let go for sure failure on that car
03:58oh you can see it oh yeah there you go left rear had the wide moment on the exit at
04:02turn 17 and then
04:03into the barriers at turn eight on the next lap the red flag is understandably flying around this circuit
04:10the barrier is damaged most importantly the driver is okay but a big impact with the wall for Kevin
04:16Magnussen here come the lights for the second start of the Mexico City Grand Prix and the race is on
04:22once again Max Verstappen will cut across Charles Leclerc, Charles Leclerc is under pressure though
04:27for Lewis Hamilton great reaction time for Carlos Sainz, Sainz wasn't able to do anything with it and now
04:32Daniel Ricciardo is looking to try and go down the inside no one's been able to get past Max Verstappen
04:37who leads into turn one then it's Charles Leclerc then it's Lewis Hamilton Sainz makes his way through
04:41and it's Russell who gets past Daniel Ricciardo Ricciardo doesn't want to give it up though
04:45and they will make their way through turn three it was mighty close though just horrific start from
04:51Lando Norris was slow off the line and lost I mean four spots he was really the big loser on
04:56that one
04:56so all the progress that Norris had made so far in the race has been undone as side by side
05:00here
05:00Hamilton to the inside Hamilton to second position he gets past Charles Leclerc
05:05the crowd no longer have Sergio Perez to clear but they enjoyed that move at the first turn of the
05:11racetrack Hamilton going for that medium tire early
05:15oh it's going to be very tight contact between the two of them Yuki Tsunoda trying to get past
05:21Oscar Piastri Piastri on a different part to the racetrack it is dirty and dusty off the racing line
05:27driving on his mirrors now the rookie Australian Yuki Tsunoda trying to force a way by these hard tires
05:33could allow him to attack in the final stages of this Grand Prix maybe I was a bit early with
05:39was there contact or not certainly we had Oscar oh yeah there was tire to tire touch there
05:46oh and this is tight once again it's contact once again and around goes Yuki Tsunoda contact at
05:53turn two the lap before contact this time at turn one Alpha Tauri are so so desperate to put two
05:59cars in
06:00the points but that chance has disappeared
06:06around the outside of turn number four to get the apex for five Lando Norris goes past
06:12another car what a cameo he is having in this second part of the Grand Prix
06:19is this going to be the swap the answer is yes they swap positions yeah that was smart from Oscar
06:24as well having a small lift just backing off on the street cost you much less time than you would
06:29imagine we're on board with the British driver up against his old teammate who's starting Grand Prix
06:36246 today so he knows how to defend down into turn number four Norris trying to go all the way
06:41around
06:41the outside outside of four inside of five another move completed what a second stint this has been in
06:47the Grand Prix and we see Lando Norris forcing his rival off the racing line to parts of the racetrack
06:54he doesn't want tries the up and under is it going to be another classic move elbows out Lando Norris
07:00has
07:00done it again the crowd adore it it's another fine overtake and a great way to take fifth place
07:08into the 13th corner and that is going to be a spin round for Lance Stroll and Bottas making contact
07:15with the Aston Martin and that is clumsy stuff but great action for the 30 000 sat in this part
07:21of the
07:21racetrack it's going to be the sweetest 16th victory of the season for Max Verstappen Max Verstappen wins
07:29the Mexico City Grand Prix across the line for second place comes Lewis Hamilton with the fastest lap
07:35on the 71st and last tour to take another podium just a fourth podium finish of the season for Charles
07:43Leclerc and a topsy-turvy race in the end claimed by Max Verstappen bold move at the start to turn
07:49p3
07:50into the lead on lap one he never looked back Lewis Hamilton with a fine pass for second place Charles
07:54Leclerc returning to the podium for only the fourth time this year
07:57you
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