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00:0056 laps to come, here at the circuit of the Americas is the U.S. Grand Prix, it's lights out and away we go, Norris gets away slightly better, Max Verstappen's coming at him, and Carlos Sainz is ahead of Charles Leclerc, down the inside though goes Max Verstappen, Lando Norris gets false wide, through goes the Ferrari, it's Charles Leclerc, from 4th to 1st at the 1st corner, Leclerc leads the U.S. Grand Prix, from Verstappen, from Sainz, from Lando Norris,
00:29who's now battling just ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri, who's going wheel-to-wheel with Pierre Gasly, Hamilton P12, he's had an excellent start, there was a right old kerfuffle at turn 1, and Alex Albon hit the Alpine, that's what sent Esteban Ocon around, it's Leclerc from Verstappen, here comes Carlos Sainz though, on Max Verstappen in these opening stages, now Verstappen's got the inside line, switchback here from Sainz, can't quite get past.
00:57Verstappen surely has to get that place back, he was way, way, way off the track, he'll say, well so was Sainz, and he pushed me out there, he must keep his tyres cool.
01:06Someone's had a bit of a moment in the final sector, and it's Lewis Hamilton, and he's off into the gravel, and that is Lewis Hamilton out of the U.S. Grand Prix, he has beat that Mercedes!
01:19And we'll look at it from lights out, Lando Norris did get away well, but Verstappen in the second phase came out of it...
01:27Lando had it covered, but he just didn't cover it enough.
01:30Too tentative?
01:32Just not aggressive enough, he really needed to close Max off, and that then left them sort of scuffling amongst themselves, and Leclerc, in particular, filled his boots.
01:46I tell you what, Piastri and Gasly came very, very close to contact, but there was contact with an Alpine, Alex Albon hitting Esteban Ocon and sending him spinning.
01:56Let's have a look at how Charles Leclerc went from 4th to 1st, and it just opened up so beautifully for him, Martin.
02:04Yeah, see Lando went to cover it, but he just didn't cover it enough.
02:08I don't think he realised he was fully ahead of Max, he could have gone all the way over, and you know, that's birthday and Christmas all at once, isn't it?
02:17He did what Lando did in the sprint yesterday, he stuck to the inside of that corner.
02:21Now, you've got Alex Albon, and ahead of him is Esteban Ocon, there's Lewis Hamilton on the inside, and there is how Esteban Ocon got spun around.
02:32I'm afraid that's a T1 Austin classic start issue, that particular contact.
02:38And this is Lando Norris, who just had a moment where he could have slammed that door shut, didn't do it, and he paid the price.
02:46He would not enjoy watching that.
02:48He was too cautious, a little bit like the start in Monza, where he was too cautious into the second chicane, and his teammate was like, well, on that occasion, well, I'm going through then.
02:57Now, this is Lewis Hamilton, and what happened to him?
03:00Through turn 18 we go, we know where the car ends up, but how did it get there?
03:06Oh, and all by himself.
03:10Nothing he could do about that, he just turned in normally.
03:21That doesn't sound at all good, especially when his team said to him, nothing we can do about it at the moment.
03:27And, of course, the first corner incident between, well, not an incident really, but between...
03:30Oh, that is Joe Guanyu going for a spin, finding no grip whatsoever, and moving from 15th down to 19th and last in this race.
03:41Max heads up, found a bit of an issue with the car this stint, hopefully we'll sort it out at the stop.
03:46So just hang on in there the best you can this stint.
03:51Wow, sounds like a slightly longer pit stop than normal then, doesn't it?
03:55If he just runs off the track, you're going to get a five second penalty, it doesn't make any sense to me.
03:59Well, here we go, George Russell, when's he ahead, when's he ahead there?
04:04And he's already ahead of Valtteri.
04:08So if Valtteri had chosen to get out of it, but...
04:11So you can basically almost ensure your rival gets a penalty with those rules.
04:17So, George, we got a five second penalty for forcing Valtteri off the track.
04:25Esteban Ocon, Franco Colapinto, Liam Lawson, George Russell and Norris of Piastri.
04:31And this looked like it was off the track, Martin, let's have another look.
04:36Yep.
04:37Sure was.
04:39Yeah, you're obliged to give that straight back.
04:42And this time with DRS again and Sergio Perez can't get past the Williams and here goes Fernando Alonso
04:47behind Valtteri Bottas, switching one way and the other before making the move.
04:54That particular scrap.
04:56Meanwhile, this penalty here, Alex Albon and Yuki Tsunoda.
05:01Well, there you go.
05:02The stewards have been consistent.
05:05This is so good.
05:07I can't brake.
05:08I can't attack anything.
05:10Bit of a gap to go on the cars in front of him.
05:14He's got a new set of tires in which to do it.
05:16Lawson up in a tent because he'd already got past Pierre Gasly.
05:21He's one of the few drivers in the midfield without the five second penalty as well.
05:27But we got a yellow flag, it's sector one and that is Yuki Tsunoda, spun around at turn one.
05:34As we look at Yuki Tsunoda.
05:41Joe Guainu went spinning around there all by himself a little earlier in this race.
05:46That's unfortunate there for Yuki Tsunoda.
05:48It'll be the fourth race in a row that has him scored.
05:51What's happened here?
05:52Magnussen and Colapinto.
05:57Tsunoda having his moment and that's when we rejoin the battle.
06:02Half a second difference is where Verstappen could be vulnerable by the ends of this back straight.
06:08He'll be deploying extra energy.
06:10TRS for Lando Norris, who's going to have to go the long way round, is he?
06:14Unless he forces Verstappen to go deep into that corner.
06:16Great placement by Max Verstappen.
06:18Norris knew it was coming, but now this battle will continue for the next four corners.
06:23And Verstappen goes wide.
06:24Norris tries to dive down on the inside.
06:26Can't go around that way.
06:28Turn 15 coming up now.
06:30Verstappen has just got half a length advantage.
06:33Norris is coming at him.
06:35Has to concede for the time being.
06:37But here comes the TRS advantage in the second phase of this straight.
06:41And look how he's gaining.
06:42And this time around, he might just be able to go for the overtake, Lando Norris.
06:46But once again, Verstappen places that car brilliantly.
06:49Now, almost shoving the Red Bull forward.
06:52The McLaren right on his tail, trying to dive down the inside.
06:55There goes Lando Norris!
06:57Verstappen's got the inside line at turn 15.
07:00As now, switching back, Norris wants to get better traction past the Red Bull.
07:05Didn't quite happen, but all the while, Verstappen's tyres are getting more and more worn.
07:10And those fresher tyres of Norris are keeping him in touch.
07:13He's been threatening this for a few laps now.
07:15Lando Norris trying to get past Max Verstappen.
07:17They're dicing which way and the other.
07:19Down the main straight, back straight.
07:21Down on the inside goes Verstappen.
07:23He forces Lando Norris wide off the track.
07:25Norris comes back onto the track ahead of the Red Bull.
07:29Right, let us see.
07:31Once again, on board with Lando Norris here.
07:34Verstappen almost makes a second move towards the braking zone.
07:39He did, but I don't think Lando needed to move too much.
07:44I think he'll take a penalty for that.
07:46I think he'll be told to give that place back.
07:48Yeah, he wasn't ahead, was he?
07:51Also, Max, Lando has exceeded his track limits.
07:54Expecting a penalty for that alone.
07:56So, flat out.
07:59Lando Norris has got a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage
08:04in his battle with Max Verstappen.
08:06Can he make up another second and a half
08:08to make that penalty irrelevant between now and the end of the race?
08:11It's been his birthday week here in Texas.
08:14He's the lone star at the Circuit of the Americas this afternoon.
08:18Ferrari win, Charles Leclerc wins the US Grand Prix.
08:22What a performance from the Scuderia,
08:25who, for the first time since 2006,
08:28take a 1-2 finish at the US Grand Prix.
08:31Carlos Sainz comes home for second place.
08:34And all eyes now are Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.
08:38Norris crosses the line,
08:40and he was, I think, four seconds ahead of Max Verstappen when it happened.
08:45So, the places are reversed.
08:47Verstappen increases his championship lead over Norris.
08:50And that's my boy. Another win.
08:53Let's go.
08:54Come on.
08:55Me again. No, me again, me again, me again.
09:04Come on, you can do it.