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00:00And we've got five lights on ahead of the drivers, it's lights out and away we go, Norris gets a decent start, and also one of the Ferraris there, Charles Leclerc getting an excellent launch too, and now, on the run, down towards Turn 1, Verstappen's got the inside line, George Russell's coming to join the party, Lando Norris has to back out, George Russell takes the lead of the race, from Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, then comes Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, thanks for Lando, Alonso going wide,
00:28Oscar Piastri round the outside of one of the LPs, but what a start for George Russell,
00:33George Russell is gonna have a fight on his hands, might be our best opportunity now Max,
00:38likewisely, or just go for it, and I think just go for it is what he's trying to do,
00:43Russell tries to break the tow, forcing Verstappen round the outside, Verstappen says thank you,
00:48I'll do just that, and Verstappen swoops past George Russell, and on lap three,
00:53takes the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix, let's look at the start, Verstappen pointing
00:57towards Norris, yeah, Norris covered him there, trying to go across, but it was too late,
01:01Verstappen was already there, so Norris couldn't defend, now watch George, he's picked up that
01:05little bit of a tow, then goes left, but it was super tight with Leclerc, he managed to just
01:10squeeze through, Leclerc had to check himself on the exit of Turn 2 behind Norris, that dropped
01:16him behind Hamilton, Lewis has a wobble there, but in the end it settled down, now watch this,
01:21Verstappen, crucially, there properly, he's alongside, at this point, Norris has to leave
01:26a car, he gave him a bit of a squeeze, but in the end there, George with the momentum
01:35to get round, unfortunately for Lando, it all started with the actual getaway, yeah, he didn't
01:41get a good enough launch after that second phase of the start, as they call it, third full gill,
01:47and now watch there, slipstream, slipstream, gone, clear air, clean side, down in the lead,
01:52opened up nicely for him, but behind the front two rows, Lewis Hamilton, the two Ferraris,
01:58swapping places and switching around on the track, and this is Fernando Alonso, starting
02:03on Row 5, he's getting a slipstream behind Oscar Piastri, and what happens to Fernando Alonso
02:09going into turn one? Oh, get tagged from behind, I saw that he went wide, he might well have been
02:17tagged, and that's why he lost a couple of places and ended up behind Sergio Perez, and this is the
02:22moment that George Russell's lead of the Spanish Grand Prix disappeared, by the time he tried to
02:28cover off the inside line, Verstappen had guessed which way he was going, and was swooping around
02:33the outside, and the two Ferraris, mention having a good scrap here, Sainz and Leclerc,
02:38so Sainz going around the outside of Charles Leclerc, and yeah, they did touch, Sainz then had to go
02:43onto the runoff, but as long as he comes back the right way, to the left of the bollard, that should
02:48be okay, and let's have a look again, that's where they were running, and the stewards are having a
02:54look at this, no further investigation they've said, for leaving the track and gaining an advantage,
02:59this is Valtteri Bottas, and so it's the overtake on the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso,
03:06but he's got DRS, he's picking up the slipstream, that, that was very easy, and now we can go back
03:11and have a look at Fernando Alonso, who's not enjoying the happiest of Spanish Grand Prix's,
03:16as he heads off into the gravel there, in what is his 21st race at the Circuit de Catalunya,
03:22you don't want to be going there too often, he's having a pretty miserable time so far, isn't he?
03:2710 seconds slower than pole time, that's how much they're managing the tyres currently, and they're
03:33into the first corner, goes Sergio Perez, on Nico Hülkenberg, who's now into the pits himself,
03:39so to answer your question on, had a bit of a moment in 7th, oh he did,
03:45Russell's in, so George Russell's in, Landon Isis, Freedom Russell slams on the brakes at the latest
03:51possible opportunity, to gain the most amount of time, or not waste as much time as he can,
03:56when he has this pit stop, Neat and tidy, medium tyres going on site, oh I say Neat and tidy,
04:02at the rear, there was a little bit of a problem, and Carlos Sainz who came in,
04:07after his pit stop, which was three seconds quicker, almost ahead of George Russell,
04:12and now at 80 kilometers an hour, they can head down the pit lane, before they can start to get
04:17going again, and that nearly cost George Russell there, and it still might cost him, going into
04:22Turn 1, no Sainz can't make the move, Lando, it's possible we could cover Russell this lap,
04:26what do you think? No, I think we need to go good, Max.
04:32Okay, that's where you're headed then, Hamilton though, really putting the pressure
04:36on the Ferrari down the straight, couldn't quite make the overtake, but this is going to be a bit
04:40tasty, going through Turn 3, Hamilton almost touches the rear left tyre of Carlos Sainz,
04:46has to back out a little bit, but he is still keeping his foot down, and still trying to muscle
04:52past the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, but Hamilton's got that speed advantage with the DRS, Sainz tries
04:57to force Hamilton down to the inside, he does force Hamilton down to the inside, Hamilton
05:02squeezes through, Sainz goes onto the kerb, Hamilton's made that move, it wasn't without
05:07contact, but he's up in the sixth place. So Norris and Leclerc and Piastri, they're extending
05:13this first stint, the chasing pack, last lap round, George Russell at 19.5, Norris at 20.4,
05:20as you look at his replay here, so Norris up at the front, but let's look, that's Hamilton down
05:26the inside, squeeze, squeeze, good racing room there, gave each other fair space, didn't force
05:32Sainz to go across that run-off area.
05:41I hope, I hope, I hope not, I think it's, I think it's hard, you know, he gave him
05:49just about room, I mean there's nowhere for Lewis to go, right, there's an inside kerb there.
05:54Now he's noted and reported to race control, they are looking to it.
06:00Yes, not, not with the stewards as of yet, but it has been reported by race control,
06:04this is Max Verstappen on Oscar Piastri, Piastri hasn't pitted yet, Verstappen has,
06:10pretty easy move that one, Verstappen up into third place, right, this is Oscar Piastri
06:16a little earlier behind the Haas of Nico Hülkenberg, and another spot to make the
06:23overtake. You know, that's, that's the sort of calculation they're trying to do, is a,
06:27is a net gain across the strategy. Logan Sargent goes a little wider than he would have wanted,
06:33Alex Albon says thank you very much, and that's 19th place for him, as two teammates
06:38swap positions, and that's Joe Granul getting past Valtteri Bottas, much closer as they swing
06:44around. Why are we on plan A? We're in line with everyone else, that was the choice.
06:52And Charles Leclerc is questioning just what is happening to his strategy, today as Lando Norris
06:57swoops past the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, and up into fourth place, Charles Leclerc meanwhile,
07:041.19.3 on that last lap, it was a 1.19.8 for Norris, Leclerc is now past Gasly and up at the
07:11They haven't been able to challenge against Verstappen, as we get a replay here,
07:16Piastri with that DRS, the extra 11 mile an hour, down into turn one, Candy from a baby there.
07:30Mercedes could really help their chances at this race, with a little bit of teamwork there,
07:35and very much for straight, what Norris is trying to do, and we can see once more,
07:40and here once more, that headwind down that main straight, as Lando Norris makes the move into turn
07:46one. Yeah, so he was three tenths behind, and it was quite easy, so even at four tenths, then you're
07:51diving on the brakes, as Perez is probably going to try and do here, around the outside of Ocon,
07:56into turn one. Anything's possible, here comes Lando Norris on George Russell, Russell once again
08:01wants the McLaren to go round the outside, here's Lando Norris, playing that patient, calm, waiting
08:07game, and going around the outside at turn three, to take second place, yes he is, and George Russell
08:14did his best to defend there, but Norris knew exactly what he was up to, and where he was going,
08:18Russell will try and fight this, and keep fighting this, and does a very nice job,
08:23round the outside at turn four, to take that second place back again, but now, through turn five,
08:29and rolling down the hill, Norris has the inside line, and can this be a position change, number
08:35three, yes it can, second place is Lando Norris's, and wow, getting wobbly on the power, let's talk
08:42through this here properly, so Russell went a bit deep, Norris did the switchback, great bit of fair
08:48racing around turns two and three, caught in front here, and then Russell said, hmm, I'm not, I'm not
08:55done yet, let's have a throw around the outside, and actually, I thought Lando was quite generous
09:00with him there, on the way in, it could have, could have just been a bit firmer, and then when we get
09:06down to five, does the switchback, George smart, tried to use a tighter line, George, didn't use all the
09:11wind, squeezed Lando a little bit on the inside, but ultimately into turn seven, the move was done and
09:17dusted, this tyre does not feel good, sliding already, that's good info for the other drivers
09:24and teams, isn't it, that the hard tyre isn't quite working, Verstappen has pitted, this is our chance now,
09:31so Lando Norris stops now, they get to work, off go the medium compound tyre, off goes the soft tyre,
09:39that looks a bit slow, 3.6 seconds is not going to help, get ahead of Russell or Hamilton,
09:45through goes Max Verstappen, into the lead, down the main straights, come the Mercedes, Lando Norris
09:52is in second place, but George Russell is gaining on him, gaining on him, it's super tight, Lando Norris
09:58just stays ahead of George Russell, that could be key for the end of this race, because he's not now
10:05got the Mercedes to try and overtake, to get back near Max Verstappen once again, he has done it
10:11by about a car length, despite the slow pitstop, and that DRS, as we said, worth 18 kilometers an hour, once again
10:18George Russell forces an opponent to go around the outside, and by the time he tried to react to it,
10:23Lewis Hamilton had danced around the outside, and is now dancing off into the distance, and that was
10:28nicely worked out, third place for Lewis Hamilton, there's been a cut above everybody else in this race, in fact
10:35Oh, that's Alex Albon going off onto the gravel there, as he was chasing with Yuki Tsunoda,
10:43manages to keep the car going, keep it straight, and get back out onto the track, what the hell was that?
10:49I don't know if it's all okay from outside, no it's not okay, don't just say that, oh there's five seconds
10:56That's basically a driver saying, what happened to my car there, that was odd, it shouldn't have happened,
11:02don't give me the automatic response, which you can kind of understand, given the speed he would
11:07have been going at, as the gravel track got ever near, in 2022 Max Verstappen took over the lead
11:12of the Drivers' Championship, he has not relinquished that lead since, and for the third year running
11:18in Barcelona, it is Max Verstappen who wins the Spanish Grand Prix, Lando Norris started on pole,
11:27is second for him, and second in the championship too, it's not quite the result he wanted, but it's
11:34a significant movement forward for McLaren, Lewis Hamilton will come home now to take third place,
11:41and his first podium of the season, his teammate George Russell just holds off Charles Leclerc
11:47Congratulations mate, that was hard work, but yeah, you made that race for yourself, I think down to
11:53turn one, and the overtake on Russell, two laps later, nice job, yes, nice, yeah, we definitely
12:01not the quickest out there today, but we did everything by our strategy, so yes, well done Max, that was a
12:09brilliantly executed race, you made it count at the beginning with George making that move,
12:14and yeah, really well executed race, well done, Lando will probably rue his getaway,
12:21when he tried to fight back, P2 as you know, fastest lap, yeah, it doesn't matter really,
12:28does it, I should have won at the start, the car was amazing, well done, deserved more,
12:36get in there Lewis, that's P3 bud, that was a real great drive mate, great job guys,
12:44mega, what a great surprise to come here and get these points, we're making improvements, let's keep
12:50pushing, we're nearly there, Lewis, that was quite some moves, well done, great to watch, thanks Toto
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