00:01The Saudi Grand Prix is underway! And it's a good launch off the line for both Red Bulls.
00:07Charles Leclerc is under threat now for second place. Verstappen leads. Perez will get his nose ahead.
00:12Perez will get second place. Charles Leclerc has got the grippy line. Has he got the room to fight back?
00:16As they all make their way through the first corners of the first lap. It's Verstappen.
00:20But Charles Leclerc fights back into second position. He went aggressive and he maintains P2.
00:25That's Behrman off the road as he begins life in Formula 1. Slightly on the defensive.
00:30It's Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Alonso, Piastri and Norris, the top six.
00:34Well managed from Leclerc in those opening corners. Perez looked like he had got the job done.
00:38But Leclerc swept back around the outside at turn two, which he can do because it gives him the inside
00:43for four.
00:43And he made it stick. The rest of it looks fairly unchanged further back.
00:47But I'm pretty sure Lando Norris jumped the start.
00:50Perez had a great opportunity here to take second place, David.
00:53He did indeed. And you'd think he did all the hard work.
00:55But just when it came to sort of closing that space down, Charles Leclerc wasn't intimidated.
01:01And this is when it comes down to knowing your competitors.
01:04If that was Max Verstappen alongside Charles Leclerc, Max would have just run the card a little bit wider,
01:10making it absolutely clear that there was no space for Charles.
01:14Lando Norris at the start. No further action.
01:19Behrman is starting his Formula One career on the front foot, but he's got to remember to stay to the
01:24right side of the line.
01:25As around the outside goes Oscar Piastri on Fernando Alonso to take fourth place.
01:31And they're fighting all the way by as Behrman had to hobble all over the curb to keep his front
01:36wing.
01:38Here we go with Perez. This is the battle for second place. He's diving to the inside.
01:42And Sergio Perez finds his way by with the first opportunity that he had in the Grand Prix.
01:48Looked like he was going to take second place on lap number one.
01:51Lap number four. He's got 2.1 seconds between him and his teammate in the lead of the race.
01:57This is into turn 22. Look at how... Oh, gosh!
02:01Off the road and into the wall. A heavy one at turn 23.
02:05Lance Stroll into the barriers and out of the race.
02:08Hit the wall.
02:09Okay, can you bring it back, Lance?
02:11No. Open the wall.
02:12All right, copy that.
02:16Easy to criticize, difficult to do, but he isn't a rookie.
02:20Yeah.
02:22Everyone is coming into the pits. This is going to be so busy.
02:25They're going to stick on a hard set of tires and maybe try and go to the end from here.
02:29Really long-ranging one-stopper.
02:31Crucially gets out before the Ferrari.
02:33And in this situation, there'll be no question of unsafe release.
02:37Yeah, and Perez flung into the path of Fernando Alonso.
02:42As it is incredibly frantic stuff down there in the pit lane.
02:47Oh, I need a crash with a red ball. So close.
02:51Sergio Perez gets a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.
02:57Here we go again. It is very tight between Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc for fourth.
03:02Lando Norris leads. Then it's Max Verstappen.
03:04And that is very tight as Charles Leclerc stays ahead and fends off the Australian driver.
03:10Alonso trying to profit from it in the green Aston Martin.
03:13Has he got momentum to try and retake the place that he lost from Piastri earlier in the race?
03:17The answer's no. And they're close, but there's no change for position.
03:22Side by side, Albon goes. That is a tap. That is damage. And Ocon profited.
03:28What is he doing?
03:29Kevin Magnussen has been given a ten-second time penalty.
03:34This is the Behrman move. Little dummy shimmy to the inside. Go on then.
03:38I like that. I like that expression. The Behrman move.
03:44Max Verstappen in the unusual position of being in second place. Not for long.
03:49Max Verstappen moves past and takes the lead from Lando Norris.
03:54He's back in the lead of the race. And he's not the only red bull on the move.
03:58Perez improves the third.
04:01Charles Leclerc trying to go past Lewis Hamilton.
04:03Outside line to the inside line. Going to be brave to make that work.
04:06Is the room there is?
04:07And that's a great angle to show you that getting to the apex first has worked.
04:11For the lead Ferrari driver in the race, he's 1.7 seconds away from Sergio Perez.
04:18He's going to have a good opportunity now to build up through the gears to try and make his way
04:24by.
04:24The Haas is in the way. But only for the moment. That's the pass he's been looking for.
04:28And the man on debut in Formula One is up to ninth.
04:33Kevin Magnussen has been given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
04:39Oh, you are kidding me, aren't you? Ten seconds for that.
04:43That's harsh.
04:45And the chance of a safety car with these four brawling in the way that they are.
04:50Well, it goes up when they go side by side.
04:53Tsunoda has been looking for that pass. Lap after lap.
04:56Magnussen doesn't want to give it up. Brilliant racing from the pair of them.
05:00Magnussen knows that he's not going to score a point in the race.
05:03That is defiance. And it's cost Yuki Tsunoda because Esteban Ocon
05:07finally gives Alpine something to smile about.
05:11So this drive from Magnussen is going to earn Haas a point.
05:14Because Hulkenberg, at the end of this lap, should have a pit stop window to come in and clear his
05:19teammate.
05:20Whoa! That's a send and a half for Alexander Alvin.
05:24Patience ran out at turn number one.
05:26It's only 14th, but it looked great on board.
05:29Yuki Tsunoda will not want to go backwards.
05:32The driver who started in ninth position on the grid is passed again.
05:37As Hulkenberg comes into the pits.
05:40We talked of that pit window a few moments ago.
05:43And Hulkenberg is going to blend out onto the racetrack.
05:46And Haas might have engineered a chance to get Hulkenberg into the point.
05:53We've had plenty of chapters of this battle time and time again.
05:56This is the best run for Oscar Piastri through the entire race.
06:00And Hamilton's defense comes to an end, or does it?
06:03Piastri locks up, takes the place, won't be able to overtake like that.
06:08He had the momentum. He had the overspeed, but he couldn't slow down the McLaren.
06:13And still, they battle over fifth place.
06:18Behrman, if he keeps this consistency, he's actually just done his best lap of the race.
06:21He's in a tenth and a half slower than Norris.
06:23Absolutely cracking drive this from Oli Behrman.
06:26Norris struggling a bit with tyres there.
06:28He's fighting with Hamilton as well. We can do it.
06:30Great encouragement for the British driver.
06:3318 years of age, looking for points in debut in Formula One.
06:38This was Daniel Ricciardo running in 16th place.
06:42Around he goes.
06:44Clouting an apex curve. Rear tyres that were probably on the limit already.
06:49Max Verstappen is going to win the opening two Grand Prix of the year.
06:53A ninth consecutive win.
06:55Max Verstappen eat, sleep, win, repeat.
06:59Verstappen takes the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to lead home a Red Bull 1-2.
07:06An outstanding result for the team once again.
07:09The Mexican fans celebrating in that grandstand.
07:13Verstappen wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with another drive of distinction.
07:19As Charles Leclerc comes home for his first podium finish of the season.
07:23And look at this moment for the 18 year old from Chelmsford.
07:29Points on debut for Oliver Behrman.
07:32Ferrari's youngest ever Formula One driver is a point scorer at the first attempt.
07:39The stars of the show on a day that they went past the great Williams name.
07:44Fourth all time in Formula One behind Mercedes, behind McLaren and behind Ferrari.
07:52They have earned their place there.
07:53And it's another 1-2 for the team.
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