00:02And the U.S. Grand Prix is go! Mighty reaction time for Lando Norris in the Papaya McLaren.
00:07He's going to get the lead before we get to turn number one. Lando Norris takes the lead at the
00:12U.S. Grand Prix.
00:13It was close to contact between Charles Leclerc and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, but they made it through.
00:18And Hamilton has gone down a position. Up goes Carlos Sainz to P3 as they sweep through the S's on
00:23the first of 56 laps.
00:25But it's a dream getaway for the man who's turned second place in the grid to first in the race.
00:30Lando Norris leads.
00:31Yeah, that was a great start from him. I think there was some contact. We saw a little puff of
00:34smoke, but no visible damage.
00:38And yeah, what a great, great start for Lando Norris. He now needs to manage those tyres with the car
00:44heavy with fuel.
00:45Max Verstappen gained a position. He is up to fifth. They are debating into the braking zone.
00:49A move there with Gasly trying to find his way by. It's Ocon ahead of Russell for the moment.
00:55Gasly down to tenth position. His team mate has improved up to that position.
00:59Now, Charles Leclerc has lost the lead. He's got his team mate for company as well.
01:03Max Verstappen is trying to pass. The two Ferraris go wheel to wheel. Will they make it through turn 12?
01:08That is mighty close between the two of them.
01:13There he goes. That's Mercedes. The Mercedes of Russell down the inside into turn 11. Can Ocon come back on
01:18him now?
01:19This is going to be a melee down to turn 12. Build up the speed all the time. The detection
01:23point is ahead of the corner.
01:25So that is why DRS belongs to George Russell. But it's a good launch off the line.
01:29Are we going to go three wide? We're on board with Sergio Perez. Who is going to lead into this
01:33corner?
01:34It's George Russell who manages to get past and Perez gets through as well. Down goes Ocon.
01:41Here's the opportunity for Lewis Hamilton. He's within a second. He's within DRS.
01:46Wants to clear both Ferraris. This is the first of them.
01:48Carlos Sainz who got the jump on him in the opening corners of the race. And that was not a
01:53contest.
01:54Down to turn 12. Hamilton easily taking third place in the race.
02:00Here's a lunge from Max Verstappen trying to take fourth place away. And he does so.
02:05So that was as easy as Hamilton's move was one lap before.
02:10This might be a pretty standard one. Are we going to see more of a defense than Carlos Sainz did?
02:14Yes. But he's got the momentum. Can he pull it off on the outside? No problem there for Lewis Hamilton.
02:20And now the chase is on.
02:23Estevan Ocon who has the most retirements of anyone in the field in Formula One 2023 is going to extend
02:30that unwanted record.
02:31For the sixth time this year he will not see the flag. The team have told him to retire the
02:36car.
02:39Oscar Piastri ailing on the racetrack.
02:42Oscar, recharge on and no full pedal. We need big lifts. I'm afraid we've got to retire the car.
02:50Charles Leclerc leaving a car's width for Max Verstappen. Off the road he goes.
02:55Verstappen will apply it flat to the floor. And still they go side by side.
03:00Can Verstappen turn it into a traction race? He goes around the outside of the Ferrari.
03:04He takes third place in the Grand Prix and he sets up. He's bid for victory as he finally is
03:10able to take the position.
03:12But Charles Leclerc looks like he doesn't want to give it up.
03:15Little defense here. Both on the brakes. You're just sort of rolling off the brake pedal at this point.
03:20Just kept the track. Just kept it on track.
03:24He goes first. Trying to force the hand of Hamilton and Norris ahead.
03:29A reminder for you. He was 6.4 seconds away from Lando Norris.
03:35So he's extended the stint. Verstappen will come out.
03:38All things being normal for Verstappen ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
03:42I was just about to go and say, look, he's the great pretender. This is all part of their script.
03:47They've got it under control. And this could be the masterstroke.
03:51But indeed, he has a change.
03:53Yeah, there you go. He's behind as they run out of the pit lane.
03:58He goes for it. He goes to the inside. And Norris thinks about his own race.
04:02He tries to come back now. Side by side they go.
04:06And to the apex first gets Max Verstappen, who has the lead on track.
04:09And now he's got to build a 20-second gap and come back against Lando Norris, who's trying to respond.
04:18Lando Norris comes into the pits. All of the expectation of a one-stop.
04:24And suddenly the British driver abandons that plan.
04:27They were thinking of plan B, but they didn't execute it.
04:30And Norris dives for early fresh rubber to change the entire complexion of the Grand Prix.
04:38Here are the marks. The team goes to work.
04:41It's slow. Slower than he would have wanted. 3.3 is not a disaster.
04:47Verstappen takes the pit lane limiter off.
04:49We'll have to bring those tyres into temperature.
04:51They're hard tyres, so they'll take a little while to fire up as well.
04:54He's got track position over Lando Norris.
04:58Carlos Sainz fighting his way past George Russell into the braking zone.
05:02And Carlos Sainz gets by. That's up to 5th position.
05:07Lewis Hamilton comes in. Pivotal moment in the Grand Prix.
05:11Lewis Hamilton couldn't do a one-stop.
05:13And it will mean that this is now the battle for the lead with Max Verstappen.
05:17Looking for the half-century of victories today.
05:20He goes to the apex first.
05:21He gets past the Ferrari.
05:23And Max Verstappen takes the lead at the US Grand Prix.
05:27He's turned 6th on the grid to the lead in the States.
05:31As we go on board with the McLaren, looking to make the pass.
05:35That's what it looks like to improve up to 2nd place in the Grand Prix.
05:39Lando Norris is in P2.
05:42So Hamilton takes the slipstream.
05:45Leclerc closes the door.
05:46But there's nothing he can do.
05:48It's 3rd place in the Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton.
05:52Fernando Alonso on the charge of that piece of tarmac.
05:55We've seen that go wrong before.
05:56But this time it's a sweep by Yuki Tsunoda.
06:00As we go on board with Lance Stroll.
06:02Who's endured a tough couple of races.
06:05But he's just fought his way past Yuki Tsunoda for the final point.
06:10Is this a rounder out?
06:11Yeah, it is indeed.
06:12Brave and great.
06:14Very light moves, man.
06:17This is for 2nd place in the Grand Prix.
06:19Can Hamilton dive to the inside?
06:21Oh, a late move from Lando Norris to go to the inside.
06:24You can make one move.
06:25It was decisive.
06:27Hamilton tries to fight his way by.
06:29And will he get ahead?
06:30Brilliant action between the pair of them.
06:32Lewis Hamilton takes 2nd place in the Grand Prix.
06:36The two Scarlet Ferraris are bound to go side by side.
06:39And there's no battle there for Charles Leclerc.
06:43Fernando Alonso retires the car.
06:46And we now know they're seeing on their data logging that he's got some dropouts in floor performance.
06:54Let's see.
06:55The up and under should be a change of position.
06:57And it is.
06:57That's the difference between fresh tyres and old tyres.
07:00That's the difference between 6th and 5th in the Grand Prix.
07:04This is the final corner of the last lap.
07:07The Dutch driver looks up and sees the chequered flag first for the 50th time in Formula 1.
07:13Max Verstappen takes victory.
07:14He wins the US Grand Prix once again.
07:18Lewis Hamilton got the gap down to 2.2 seconds.
07:21At the end, Lando Norris takes his 12th career podium.
07:25The top three with outstanding performances.
07:28Top three, isn't it?
07:30Still one.
07:30So, that's good.
07:32Max Verstappen, another win.
07:33He's 5th in a row.
07:34Lewis Hamilton got the gap down to 2.2 seconds across the line as he claimed 2nd place.
07:39And Lando Norris with a 6th podium visit of the season.
07:43Carlos Sainz, 2-stop to good effect and claimed 4th.
07:46Sergio Perez moved from 9th to 5th.
07:48Charles Leclerc was in 6th and it was George Russell.
07:50Pierre Gasly, Lars Drogh's first points since before the summer break.
07:54Yuki Tsunoda becomes just the 3rd Japanese driver to score the fastest lap.
07:58And it gets 10th place as well.
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