00:02And the Canadian Grand Prix is go! Max Verstappen's got a good start, so is Lewis Hamilton, straight up to
00:08second position, past Fernando Alonso he goes, watch Ocon try to improve as well now, can he get to the
00:13inside of the Haas, Verstappen, then Hamilton, Russell trying to out-drag Fernando Alonso, who's fighting the car as he
00:19gets on the power, this will be close for third place, as we go into turn three, Alonso loses a
00:24position, it is Verstappen, then Hamilton, then Alonso, will they all fight their way through?
00:29It's a position gained for Ocon, he did make it up to fifth place, Perez in the thick of it
00:33as well, in the midfield on those hard tyres, but the gainer there is Hamilton, got great traction off the
00:38line, on his mediums, and just got the drive down the inside of Alonso, there was nothing the Spaniard could
00:44do about Lewis Hamilton getting to second place, and he did well actually to keep Russell back, Ferrari in a
00:49red ball, that's Sainz and Perez, Sainz trying to go around the outside, does he have the room? Oh, it's
00:53a miracle he made that corner, but he went over the curb, and that gives the place back to Sergio
00:58Perez,
00:59Still they go wheel to wheel, better traction off the corner, oh and into the wall, into the wall goes
01:05Magnussen, who has to rejoin, and he finds himself dropping down, doesn't look to be damaged, but he's lost the
01:11place to the home favourite.
01:13And this was the move for Carlos Sainz, trying to improve past, and he did get past the red ball,
01:18as avoiding action taken by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
01:23Stop the car, park the car, park Nick to Marshall Post, critical message.
01:26Logan Sargent out of the Grand Prix, we see the move from Piastri on Hulkeberg, I love a bit of
01:34that. Nice move from the Australian rookie to the inside, and the crowd loved it.
01:41Oh, George Russell has hit the barrier, there's front wing further back down the racetrack, and Russell, in this gaggle
01:49of the top four, has made contact with the wall on the exit of nine.
01:53Got a right rear puncture, he's obviously got the front wing hanging off, he might be able to get that
01:57round to the pits, and there's a safety car as well now.
02:00So Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, in the pits for the stops, let's just check it's the same order, pressure on the
02:06crews here, that's why they practice all the time.
02:09Hamilton was tight ahead of Alonso, Alonso hand off the steering wheel.
02:14So he goes into eight, we're heading to nine now, this is the moment, he said over the kerb, yeah,
02:19he launched it over the kerb, unsettled the rear end, and then lost the car, and was pitched real smack
02:27into the wall.
02:27Oh, I'd be amazed if he's knocked on the suspension there as well.
02:31Oh, it's tight, it's on the limit.
02:35Caution, caution, just ahead, just ahead.
02:39I think that'll be all right, that's okay.
02:44You had to break there, yeah, it looked pretty dangerous for me.
02:47This is going to be Lando Norris backing it up, and he's building a gap, because at that stage of
02:51the race, his teammate was ahead of him, and he dropped back too far.
02:55Norris, given that five-second penalty.
02:58This is going to be on board with Lando Norris, we're heading down to turn 10, it's the hairpin.
03:02Is he just going to launch one?
03:04Look at this from miles back, to take the place from his teammate.
03:09And he's had a problem for Bottas, either way, he can't keep the place, we're drooling in the background as
03:14well.
03:14Albon had a run, off the road goes Oscar Piastri.
03:17He rejoins correctly, but his momentum will be slowed, and there's an opportunity now.
03:21There's a place gain for Alexander Albon, who's up to 11th.
03:25Okay, careful, we need to drop a place back behind Ocon, we need to drop back behind Ocon.
03:31It's a safety car, pit lane, exit, infringement.
03:34Okay.
03:34So that message, first of all to Bottas, then to Magnussen, and a position's regained for Esteban Ocon, sorted out
03:41nicely by the teams.
03:42And the two drivers who had to let Ocon through, and suddenly Bottas absolutely torches past the Haas.
03:48Yeah, that was a good opportunistic move then from Bottas.
03:52He's going to have to defend into the next corner.
03:54They're all really, really close and bunched up now.
03:56On board with Norris, looking at the pair of them in the McLaren, there's on much better tyres.
04:00Oh, does he have the room?
04:02Oh, that's magnificent from Lando Norris, all the way around the outside of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
04:09Now, this is one of the best opportunities he's had all race long.
04:13Does he dive to the inside?
04:15Fernando Alonso fights his way through, gets past Lewis Hamilton, and takes second place, but it's not done yet, and
04:21he knows it.
04:22He's looking in the left-hand mirror, because Hamilton's trying to retake it.
04:25The two old masters wheel-to-wheel, and Alonso takes second place.
04:32Here's Nick De Vries, here's Nick De Vries with the pass to the inside.
04:35Can he get it slowed down?
04:37Oh, they're close to banging wheels.
04:39Does that open the door for George Russell to fight his way by?
04:44And after a tough moment earlier on, Magnussen and De Vries still going at it.
04:48Lock up and contact again.
04:50They're banging wheels in both corners, and how do they get out of this one?
04:54Yellow flag is out in the first sector of the racetrack after two wheel-banging moments in a couple of
04:59corners.
05:01So then De Vries goes to the inside, and then it's just quite rude from De Vries trying to usher
05:06K-Mag wide at turn two.
05:08So dirty on the inside line there, just couldn't get the car stopped.
05:11K-Mag then couldn't turn in because there was an Alfa Tauri there, and look, he just has to turn
05:15out in the end.
05:17Sergio Perez trying to rescue another Sunday for the third race in a row, but at this track you can
05:23overtake, and he's proving it once again.
05:25It's a pass for Sergio Perez.
05:28That's it for some classic Albon defending.
05:30He got the straight line speed.
05:32That's a nice cheer for Alex Albon.
05:34They know what he can do at Williams.
05:36He's had some decent points finishes from getting his elbows out and just defending as hard as he can.
05:43Oh, Russell, in the Mercedes, finds himself being passed by the gaggle of cars, and what's the issue for the
05:51British driver?
05:52So we think we're going to have to retire this car.
05:54Front left brake wear is too high.
05:58Out of them, late lunge, really late lunge, Philando Norris, who's done it again.
06:02Does he have the momentum to take the place?
06:04Oh, Norris is so late on the brakes into the hairpin, but Valtteri Bottas will try to fight back.
06:09Finally, someone is able to force a move in this battle.
06:12Up a place for the moment goes Norris to P9, wheel to wheel into the final chicane, but it's Norris
06:18later on the brakes.
06:19It's Norris going through, and that's a fine way to get past.
06:25I almost knocked myself out on that curve.
06:28You know he's relaxed when he's laughing about this moment over the curve.
06:33The rear wing is loose on the Alpine.
06:35It's going to fall off at some point.
06:37I think it's pretty dangerous.
06:38I just understood we're on it.
06:39Now that is looser than you'd want on the rear of the car.
06:43What that is from Lando Norris is an appeal to get the black and orange flag being waved at the
06:48Alpine,
06:49but that is an unusual sight.
06:51For Red Bull, though, a journey that began in 2005.
06:55We'll see a crowning moment in 2023.
06:59Max Verstappen wins the Canadian Grand Prix
07:01to give Red Bull their 100th victory in Formula One.
07:06And now it's Mercedes, Williams, McLaren and Ferrari, members of the 100th victory club.
07:13Alonso has come home in second place.
07:15Hamilton completes the podium in P3.
07:18But it's wheel to wheel all the way to the end.
07:21The McLaren and the Alpine, will they have any room?
07:24Norris bails out of it.
07:25And what a defensive drive from Alexander Alban, who gets his best finish of the season.
07:30And just his second point scoring result.
07:33Over the line we go.
07:34And Lance Stroll finds his way past Valtteri Bottas.
07:38Over the line.
07:39They'll both be in the points, though.
07:41Stroll P9 at the end.
07:43And Verstappen with an enormous lead in the World Championship now.
07:48As he matches Ayrton Senna's win total today,
07:51he chases his championship total by the end of the year.
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