00:00And our battle in Brazil begins when the five red lights go out.
00:04The Sao Paulo Grand Prix is underway and we're racing down to turn number one.
00:09Antonelli does not get the launch off the line, but Lando Norris felt the need to go to the inside
00:13line.
00:14He chops across. It's very, very close between Hadjar and Piastri.
00:18And Hadjar backs out of it there significantly, knowing that he was racing a championship contender.
00:24Liam Lawson has got up to sixth position. Antonelli's weaving to try and get temperature in the tyres.
00:29Still Hadjar puts the pressure on Oscar Piastri, but he's maintained fourth position.
00:33Norris, Antonelli, Leclerc and Piastri the top four.
00:36That's George Russell trying to go side by side with Pierre Gasly, who pinched the position off him.
00:41And Russell's back up to P7.
00:42But he's lost a place to Liam Lawson, who's come through.
00:44So both racing bulls went on the offence from the start.
00:48Alonso's running wide, will rejoin there, but also trying to scrap for a place in the top ten.
00:53Brave from Piastri on that first lap. Hadjar's got nothing to lose.
00:55He's on a soft tyre. They went wheel to wheel and turning it in for the right-hander at turn
00:59two.
00:59Just felt like a risky move, but he left the space and is rewarded with fourth position still.
01:04Oh, the home favourites in the barrier.
01:08We had a mixed-up grid. We got a safety car.
01:11There's Lewis Hamilton with loads of damage in the background.
01:13So Hamilton has tripped over someone.
01:17Oh, and that is such a shame for Gabriel Bortoleto.
01:20That's the closest a barrier is really at any part of the infield section.
01:24And then, in the end, the contact with the Aston Martin.
01:27Ah, it's still pushed me out.
01:29Yeah, he just turned if I was not there.
01:33Oh, that's big speed.
01:34Fifteenth and final turn of the racetrack.
01:37Hamilton trying to pull out of the slipstream and get past the Alpine.
01:41This is what it looked like on board.
01:42Colopinto is the car ahead.
01:45Oliver Behrman getting to the inside of Pierre Gasly.
01:48Behrman hoping for more yesterday.
01:50Still equaled his personal best in Formula One qualifying.
01:55And here he goes.
01:56But I don't think there's going to be much breathing room down to turn number one.
01:59Charles Leclerc's got to run.
02:00Oscar Piastri's got to run.
02:02Three wide into turn number one.
02:04How brave is Piastri feeling?
02:06He hits Antonelli, who hits Charles Leclerc.
02:08And Piastri will be up to second position.
02:10But that's a dramatic moment and there's no tyre on the Ferrari for Charles Leclerc.
02:14Piastri went all in and contact with the top two.
02:18As they plumb it down the hill, it's Norris and Piastri the top two in the race.
02:23Antonelli holds on ahead of Hadjar.
02:25So the racing bulls move on even more.
02:27Has he got damage?
02:28Hadjar applying pressure.
02:29Lawson applying pressure too.
02:30Oh, it was a brave move from Piastri again.
02:32I think he had to go for it there.
02:34He had such a good run on the safety car restart.
02:36So it's a bad restart from Antonelli.
02:38That allows Leclerc.
02:39But Leclerc has to back off because he's going to clear Antonelli before the start-finish line.
02:43Piastri's down the inside.
02:45It's obviously unlucky there for Leclerc.
02:47There's a tangle between Antonelli and Piastri.
02:49Piastri is there on the inside.
02:51He locks up in the end because he realizes Antonelli is going to come across and he doesn't want to
02:55tangle.
02:56Oscar Piastri has been given a 10-second time penalty.
03:01This is Yuki Tsunoda.
03:02Oh, with the incident.
03:04And then he's going to tag ground stroll.
03:07It's a 10-second time penalty for Yuki Tsunoda for causing a collision.
03:13Verstappen has come into the pit lane and he has changed to the medium tyre.
03:16So we think we picked up a front-ride puncture max.
03:19And that was the reason for the box.
03:21The virtual safety car is ending.
03:23It can be withdrawn at any moment.
03:25It's not the start-finish line for this.
03:26And the two contenders for the title are separated by hardly anything down at turn number one.
03:31Lando Norris having to check his mirrors because Oscar Piastri will just continue the aggressive form.
03:37He's got no choice now.
03:39DRS is enabled.
03:40There are a crucial couple of laps coming your way.
03:43Russell's just cleared Lawson.
03:44That's what's happened on that restart.
03:45So Lawson dropped back.
03:48Russell's got more grip and more speed and he'll get DRS again.
03:51And this time he's got an inside line which is dry in sharp contrast to yesterday.
03:56Through goes George Russell to fourth position.
04:01Verstappen on Hamilton.
04:02This is the battle for 15th position but Hamilton's looking for moves.
04:05That's a late-breaking move from Oliver Behrman to take P6.
04:09And if we wait back, we'll see Max Verstappen doing the same thing.
04:1315th position for Max Verstappen.
04:15He gets past Hamilton who's got damage on the car.
04:19Another position about to be gained by Max Verstappen.
04:23Oliver Behrman has come into the pits.
04:24Carlos Sainz has come into the pits.
04:26And it now means that Max Verstappen takes his place back in the points.
04:31The reason that they built this racetrack at this part of the world
04:35is because the ground shifts all the time.
04:38Another position shifts for Max Verstappen who's gone from the pit lane to fifth.
04:42As to the inside at turn one goes Nico Hülkenberg.
04:45He goes past Fernando Alonso.
04:49Nico Hülkenberg here for a breaking down into one.
04:52That was defensive from Alexander Albon.
04:54Oh, it's tight between the two of them.
04:56But Hülkenberg gets by and takes P6.
04:59Both drivers yet to stop.
05:01Another great move at the first turn.
05:04This will be agony for Oscar Piastri.
05:07And then it is going to be such an important stop for McLaren.
05:11An exit of the pit lane.
05:13Max Verstappen takes the position on track.
05:16The driver who started from the pit lane goes past the man who started P4 on the grid.
05:24Oh, is there going to be a gap?
05:25Always epic when we cut to it late.
05:28Oliver Behrman getting to the apex.
05:29Got to leave a width for a car.
05:31Behrman trying to get past Hülkenberg.
05:33Hülkenberg who's been on these soft tyres for 12 laps.
05:36Behrman on the more durable medium and it's fresher.
05:39Now can he go around the outside as we go to turn four.
05:42Behrman's run continues.
05:44There was room.
05:45And Behrman gets by.
05:46He's up to P7.
05:49And Verstappen having held the lead from starting in the pit lane.
05:53Hands it back to Lando Norris.
05:55Lando Norris takes back the lead.
05:572.5 seconds.
05:59Antonelli up to second.
06:00Where does Verstappen come out?
06:02It's been a fairly vulnerable tyre this match.
06:04So, yeah, do your best.
06:06I'll take the list.
06:09And Oscar Piastri is P6.
06:11This weekend looked really promising at the start.
06:14He was back to a good pace in practice.
06:16Going for the dive bomb move on Liam Lawson.
06:19Those two made contact one year ago.
06:21No problem this time.
06:2336 lap old medium tyres belong to Liam Lawson.
06:27That's why there's no contest for Oliver Behrman to get by.
06:31The driver who started from the pit lane.
06:33Who is currently in P4 with a DRS open.
06:37Heading to 200 miles an hour with Russell hugging the inside line.
06:41And Max Verstappen getting by from the pit lane to the podium.
06:47It's inspired stuff at Interlagos once again for Max Verstappen.
06:53Fast is in practice.
06:55Sprint pole.
06:56Sprint victory.
06:57Grand Prix pole.
06:58And the Grand Prix win.
07:00Lando Norris wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
07:03Kimi Antonelli in the final metres.
07:05But Max Verstappen is charging up behind.
07:08It's the final metres of the Grand Prix.
07:11And it's Kimi Antonelli who hangs on by three tenths of a second.
07:17Amazing job mate.
07:18Amazing job.
07:19The whole weekend.
07:20On it.
07:21Yeah well done.
07:22Nice race.
07:23Well executed.
07:24Good job all weekend.
07:26Not quite a big enough gap for my liking though.
07:28So definitely some things to look at.
07:30Let's keep it going.
07:31Thanks guys.
07:33Many were praising Mexico City as his finest drive.
07:37And he acknowledges the team with another weekend to be so pleased with.
07:41The message on the radio though conveyed that he knows it is not yet done.
07:45His supporters in the crowd euphoric with that one.
07:49And this was the Grand Prix last year where he knew his title chances were over.
07:54Have been enhanced one year on.
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