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00:00here in the entertainment capital of the world it's lights out and away we go that's a great
00:05start from george russell charles leclerc is wheel-to-wheel with pierre gasly russell goes
00:10into turn one in the lead swooping down the inside here comes charles leclerc leclerc has
00:15got past the alpine leclerc's got past carlos sainz and he is in the second place going wide
00:21there was oscar piastri lando norris follows max verstappen george russell leads them away
00:27through turn 11 you're saving too much here comes charles leclerc neck and neck with george russell
00:34can't get past him but verstappen can get past pierre gasly and he moves up into fourth place
00:39puts the car between himself and lando norris and there might be a bag stuck on that mercedes
00:44of george russell he's certainly struggling here with leclerc who almost managed to get past him
00:48going around the final corner into turn one we go now russell's got that inside line they almost
00:54come together he almost gets pushed off the track charles leclerc and stays in second place let's
00:59have a look at the start here one thing charles leclerc likes is an inside line into a tight
01:03first corner and watch him come from fourth in the second and a great launch from george russell
01:08yeah i think science got wide was busy looking at gasly and his teammate leclerc shot through
01:13instead the young monogasc there beautifully placed on the inside of turn one as you say
01:18saw lando norris and max verstappen coming perilously close which you pointed out at the
01:23time martin we might go back to that in a moment but this is how charles leclerc moved from fourth
01:28to second this is a textbook start for all you young racers out there get inside you're out of
01:34trouble then and pick up the throttle oh yeah back end complaining a bit left a bit of space on the
01:40inside yeah this is going to be tight i think with lando norris on the inside so max gets a good start
01:48and then very cautious very sensible and that then is where you can see lando norris up the
01:54inside there but verstappen then has the inside line for turn three which becomes turn four at a
02:02point where you can't really tell and there's no track limits on the exit of turn four either
02:08that got taken away yuki sonoda who fancies his chances for a red bull seat for next season got
02:13perilously close to the rear of max verstappen uh going into uh turn one and that was the view
02:19from lewis hamilton's ferraris we see the live action george russell pulling ahead
02:24of charles leclerc and that bag that might have got stuck on the mercedes we think
02:29has been cleared away moving the straight line when i was drifting you know he was reacting
02:37and the stewards said no further action but leclerc has dropped back behind his teammate
02:42carlos sainz here and leclerc might be in a bit of trouble here comes max verstappen
02:46down the las vegas boulevard 1.9 kilometers a full blast full throttle and that is more than
02:52enough for verstappen to move up into the podium places as hamilton at the same time gets past oscar
02:58piastri ferrari are going to bring the other contenders carlos sainz in for a pit stop too
03:04which will be leave max verstappen moving up in a second and george russell still about eight seconds
03:09down in front but you know what verstappen might be second even before carlos sainz comes into the
03:13pit that red bull certainly better on his tires on these medium tires in the opening stages of
03:19this race it's taking a while but he's got plenty of straight line track to do it max verstappen
03:24moves into second hamilton moves into fourth and gets past pierre gasly he's extremely worried and
03:30that is not a pit limiter that's gone wrong that is an engine that's gone wrong for pierre gasly
03:36you can see the smoke but fortunately for him and i think for this race as well martin
03:41he can come into the pits because he was close enough to it otherwise that might have been a
03:44safety car and surely that's good night thank you unfortunately for pierre gasly after a stunning
03:50qualifying performance that is going to be a gremlin deep inside there and with that amount
03:57of smoke coming out
04:01on board now with charles leclerc sergio perez is the car in front of him
04:06perez they need to bring him in martin he's he's just not competitive out there with the
04:12grip that he's not getting at the moment it's down the inside go charles leclerc and up into
04:16four yet to pit sergio perez uh he's certainly been passed and he's going to get passed again
04:22here by lewis hamilton down the las vegas boulevard they go 15 000 miles of neon tubing
04:30illuminating the skyline here as lewis hamilton lights up the track with another pass of lando
04:35norris gets past perez too what are we looking at here we're looking at staff and having a lap
04:40time deleted he went straight on there turned seven uh which isn't necessarily going to ruin
04:46his race but just shows uh the lack of grip that he had in his tires at the time it lost a second
04:53with that move across the runoff area as sergio perez makes another move up in the ninth place
04:59and passed joe guangyu and this is carlos sainz yeah that's a slam dunk i'm afraid so
05:07yeah that that's sort of one of the fundamental rules and finally he does come into the pits
05:16wake up guys come on
05:21you're not ready well that's honesty but that's not what you want to hear as a driver isn't it
05:25weren't ready for you how many laps have you been saying i want to come in surely they've
05:30been on tenterhooks and primed and ready for it to appear and he's just homing in on the back of
05:36that red bull this is looking sweet max they're messing around stays on his part of the racetrack
05:43not his fight tonight an easy move for that for lewis hamilton and away he goes i don't wish a
05:50penalty on him at all there goes sergio perez down the inside three into one corner doesn't normally
05:58go it did this time thank you sergio perez that was absolutely magnificent this time last year
06:05perez was the car in front charles leclerc was the car behind and leclerc did this it got to a point
06:11it got to a point where sergio had to do the double overtake there was no backing out of that
06:17but beautifully done well done this is what it looked like from the rear wing of liam lawson
06:22who's like whoa what's going on here breathe in lads i fully expected one of those cars to go up
06:28in the air that was on the right hand side towards the mgm grand they go the famous hotels of the las
06:34vegas boulevard and looking to book his place into a new room goes carlos sainz and that room
06:41is p3 on the road in the vegas grand prix he came out wanted to pit but came out a different place
06:46is his teammate charles leclerc he's going to go down the outside and the inside on max verstappen
06:51he goes down the inside he makes the place on max verstappen ferrari run three and four max
06:57verstappen down to fifth still good enough to win the world championships lewis hamilton the battles
07:03have been going on behind the race leader throughout the night russell has really had this
07:09in control from start to finish and beautiful control from charles leclerc to slide his way
07:14down the inside keep it together for four championships four championships await for him
07:20another victory awaits for george russell it is victory in vegas for george russell he wins the
07:28vegas grand prix it's a one two four mercedes lewis hamilton from tenth on the grid comes home
07:35to finish second carlos sainz finishes on the podium ahead of charles leclerc and that man
07:41has hit the jackpot in vegas tonight max verstappen a four-time champion of the world
07:49that is four in a row max four in a row congratulations max verstappen you are a
07:56four-time world champion that is a phenomenal phenomenal achievement you can be incredibly
08:02proud of yourself as uh as we are amazing well done oh my god man what a season four times
08:13thank you thank you guys thank you to everyone i mean it's a little bit more difficult than
08:17last year but we pulled through and we gave it all thank you so much guys
08:33viva las vegas baby
08:35viva
08:43well done mate superb drive today faultless
09:05so
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