00:00Lights out and away we go for the British Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc got a very good reaction off the
00:05line, he's already ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis, Hamilton is coming up on the Mercedes and it's Ferrari 1
00:10-2 going through the first corner, Charles Leclerc leads from Hamilton, Antonelli then comes Russell with Hadjar on his outside,
00:17good start from Armin Lindblad who has to go wide and Max Verstappen keeps him at Baylando, Norris has lost
00:23places as Russell and Hadjar swabbling away through the loop.
00:27Oscar Piastri thinks he's got damage, last year's runner-up here who led for the first part of the Grand
00:33Prix, Charles can't force his way through.
00:35And this is giving Russell the breathing space he needs as Piastri has a whole new nose and front wing
00:41assembly on, looks like there's some other damage as well, they struggled to get the old nose off, so it
00:47must have been very badly damaged for Oscar Piastri who's down and out really effectively.
00:52He's finished 14th in the last two British Grand Prix, he leads this one and he got a really good
00:58reaction and then the wheel spin kicks in and you see Kimi Antonelli getting swallowed up by the two Scarlet
01:03Reds.
01:04Antonelli leading the World Championship quite smartly did not just plunge up the inside of Lewis Hamilton, he just let
01:11it go and thinking he can play the longer game.
01:15This is Alex Albon, Oli Behrman is the car alongside him and Oli Behrman getting spun around and that has
01:23cost Alex Albon a 10 second time penalty for causing a collision.
01:27Fair cop, he lost control of his car by locking the front axle and took another driver out.
01:32And there's your damage on Oscar Piastri's front wing, that wasn't going to make it to the end of the
01:37race.
01:38And it is confirmation of a five second time penalty for a full start moving before the lights went out
01:44for Lewis Hamilton.
01:46A little look here, four lights and now five.
01:49Wow, just that, he just anticipated it, but he didn't actually, when the lights went out he was not moving,
01:57hence the smaller penalty.
01:58He's really under pressure now.
02:00Right, into Copse we go, Kimi Antonelli has sprung the surprise overtake and has got past Lewis Hamilton.
02:08On the inside at Copse, Antonelli up into second place.
02:11We were maybe expecting it at Stowe, we were maybe expecting it at Brooklands.
02:16Well, if Lewis Hamilton was expecting there, he might have got called out a bit because that was very opportunist
02:21and very nice.
02:22I'm ready for two lefts now, I hope it's not ready to, but the chances are so...
02:28Walk's going along really quite nicely.
02:30Here he comes, George Russell's not going to defend this, went to the inside.
02:34Verstappen for one moment, thought about doing the same, then switched to go around the outside at Copse.
02:39And we've had two overtakes there.
02:41Kimi Antonelli on Lewis Hamilton, now Max Verstappen on George Russell.
02:45Total safety car, pit lane's going to get busy now.
02:47It really is, because what you lose, round about 18 seconds for a pit stop under normal conditions, eight seconds
02:55for a virtual safety car.
02:57It's an umbrella, believe it or not.
02:59Blimey.
02:59So, this means that will be gone in a heartbeat.
03:03So, if you're not anywhere near the pit lane, you won't get the benefit because it's ending.
03:08Just about all the time.
03:09So much on this air, it's very easy.
03:11Car just won't turn.
03:14Box, box.
03:16My ties are still good.
03:17My ties are still good.
03:21Well, that is a really interesting call, because from what we've heard of the radio so far, Lewis Hamilton was
03:28complaining about his car.
03:31Penalty to be served.
03:32Complaining about the tyres.
03:34Ferrari have now brought him in, but he might have wanted to stay out.
03:37George Russell has pitted too.
03:39And Lewis Hamilton, as you can see, comes out behind George Russell.
03:43Ted.
03:43We are P6.
03:44We are fighting for the podium, P3.
03:48So, go get George.
03:50And in that battle, it's very much hammer time.
03:52Anthony, three overtakes into cops so far.
03:55So, I wonder if he got another one coming.
03:57Because here's Lewis Hamilton going round the outsider cops of George Russell on the track.
04:03Not exceeding track limits.
04:04And now, through into maggots, it's wheel to wheel.
04:08And Hamilton just ahead of George Russell.
04:11Wow.
04:12Was that exceptional driving from both drivers there to push it hard and not collide.
04:18And George Russell retakes that position from Hamilton down the hangar straight.
04:24Hamilton using it.
04:24Right behind the silver arrows of George Russell, who tries to break the toe, but he doesn't.
04:29Hamilton round the outside of Brooklands.
04:31And he's got past his old teammate once more.
04:34He's up into fourth place.
04:36Can he make this one stick, though?
04:39Because Russell's right with him.
04:40And if Hamilton has used too much energy and has been too trigger-happy on the boost, he's going to
04:45be vulnerable.
04:46And he is vulnerable.
04:48Because here comes George Russell into cops.
04:51You, sir.
04:51Me, sir.
04:52You, sir.
04:52Me, sir.
04:53I'll have it.
04:53Thank you very much.
04:54George Russell's back in front.
04:55Right left.
04:56To overtake down into Stowe.
05:00Who?
05:00Me?
05:00You do.
05:03Oh, no.
05:05Oh, no.
05:06This is such bad news for George Russell, who was honing in on Max Verstappen.
05:11But he's going to have to come into the pits and change those tyres.
05:14Hasn't pitted yet.
05:15Here comes George Russell on Max Verstappen.
05:18Wow.
05:19He's used a lot of boost there to get through and get past going into Stowe.
05:23Verstappen runs wide and off the track.
05:26Manages to get that place back again before Russell dives into the pits.
05:29Absolutely flying in the 1 minute 31s.
05:33Here comes Lewis Hamilton once again.
05:34This time Max Verstappen might not be able to close the door.
05:37He can't.
05:38Doors open.
05:39Hamilton has barged his way through using the boost down the Wellington Strait.
05:44Just pulling off at Cox.
05:46He had a box full of neutrals on the pit stop apparently.
05:50So presumably that could be another gearbox issue.
05:52But I think Lewis has got the tyres now.
05:56And they can leave that there.
05:58It's out.
05:59It's completely out of the way.
06:02It's not even broken in the car.
06:05There you go.
06:07Kimi Antonelli slowing down as Lance Stroll passes him.
06:12And this is looking bad for the championship leader.
06:17Everything was looking good up until this moment.
06:19He's coming into the pits.
06:21OK.
06:22Any more info?
06:22Nothing broken.
06:24Copy.
06:24Any more info?
06:25The guys like this kind of...
06:27I don't know.
06:30Oh, no.
06:31Could this be another Barcelona with a mechanical failure for Kimi Antonelli costing him dear?
06:38Ted Kravitz is down there.
06:40They've got a new front wing.
06:41I'm having a look at the suspension.
06:42Is there anything in the way?
06:43No.
06:44The tyres are being changed.
06:45Oh, as time ebbs away from Kimi Antonelli.
06:48I think maybe there was a broken brake duct on the front.
06:51But he rejoins.
06:53And that's going to be a loss of, what, 20 seconds?
06:57That might even put him off the podium.
06:59I think he's got other issues, hasn't he?
07:01And this other issue might be getting even worse for him.
07:04Because the other issue he's got is Lando Norris, who was right behind him.
07:07And he's now ahead of him and he's gone straight on.
07:09I think he's got some...
07:10I think I noticed his steering wheel wasn't straight as he was...
07:13Oh, Vader, suspension is broken.
07:16OK, copy, copy.
07:19I noticed when he came into the pits,
07:20his steering wheel wasn't straight at one point
07:22when he was heading in a straight line.
07:24So it seemed inconceivable he'd have to pit immediately.
07:28Right-hand side, do you look at the straight line?
07:29Oh, there's something fundamental, mate.
07:318-9, it's the cartel in turn.
07:33Copy.
07:34So we'll box the car.
07:36So we'll retire the car.
07:37Yeah, you can see his left.
07:39I can try to shut the point at least one point.
07:44Oh, he's pleading with the team to carry on here.
07:49See, now, if they can rip that off, then he's got a chance.
07:53Ah, there it is.
07:54It was on the serrated curb on the outside of Cox, has broken it.
07:58And what that will also be doing is trashing the aerodynamics
08:02down that side of the car.
08:04And Hamilton, Ferrari, going very nicely.
08:09Kimi, we're getting track limits for all the excursions we've had.
08:14Oh, into the gravel goes Max Verstappen.
08:18And Verstappen looks like he is out at Stowe of the British Grand Prix.
08:24Ferrari, now he's kept the engine running.
08:27Has the car beached?
08:29Can he get some traction out of that gravel?
08:33Safety car now deployed.
08:35Full safety car deployed.
08:37George Russell didn't come into the pits.
08:40And has he bypassed Lewis Hamilton on the track and into second place?
08:44Yeah, he's staying out.
08:45It looks like he has.
08:47Yeah.
08:47So by pitting Lewis Hamilton, George Russell has moved up in the second place.
08:52Ferrari, by pitting Hamilton, might have cost him a runners-up here.
08:55And, whoa, just got sideways, corrected it.
08:59And unusual for Max Verstappen.
09:01Back end got away from him as he turned in.
09:04Now that rear wing reattached to the very late moments there.
09:09And I wonder if that had an influence on what happened.
09:12Yeah, he was, he had to counter-steer into the slide.
09:16And the front axle just bit, and off he went.
09:19We saw that recently with somebody else, didn't we?
09:21Did a similar thing.
09:22That's a great f***ing this car.
09:25Unbelievable.
09:27F***ing this.
09:28You have a five-second penalty for track limits.
09:32Yeah, but that's a joke, mate.
09:33I didn't do it on purpose.
09:35I know.
09:35Like, the car was broken.
09:38Yeah, understood.
09:39Like, I wasn't even getting time.
09:42Yeah, no, I know, mate.
09:43I know, mate.
09:44Safety car's been redeployed.
09:45We're going to finish behind the safety car.
09:48So that one lap of racing that we're all looking forward to, we are now not going to get.
09:54This is since Austin in 2024.
09:58Charles Leclerc is victorious.
10:00He wins the British Grand Prix here at Silverstone.
10:04George Russell on the podium for Mercedes on the day that his teammate is going to finish out of the
10:10points.
10:11And Lewis Hamilton, for a 16th time here at Silverstone, makes up the podium places by coming home in third
10:19place.
10:19Tough times never last.
10:21Tough times never last.
10:21Let's go!
10:22Only tough people last.
10:25Let's go!
10:25Let's go!
10:25I will go.
10:26Let's go!
10:26Let's go!
10:26Let's go!
10:30Let's go!
10:32This one felt particularly good, even though I wished a bit of a more normal ending.
10:42Hard work stays off.
10:44And as you said, tough times never last.
10:47Only tough people last.
10:49Oh!
10:49Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop!
10:50I can't break them off.
10:50You can't.
10:50You can't.
10:51I can't.
10:51Oh!
10:52You can't.
10:522, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3.
10:52That I can't.
10:52I can't.
10:53Nothing.
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