Relive the incredible action from the Australian Grand Prix, which featured multiple crashes, changing weather conditions, Safety Cars and a late-race downpour that caused drama until the final flag.
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00:00The time is now we have moved to the formation lap and all McLaren front row as we leave the line
00:06So we talk about caution and get one off already. No, no way Isaac Hadja
00:12We were talking about the rookies and he has gone
00:15Into the wall the restanding water out there. This is surely going to delay the start, but on those intermediates
00:21He's driving also slowly and just listen
00:24The lines around this circuit aren't all FIA paint
00:28It's a street circuit 51 weeks of the year. That is absolutely
00:33Brutal ahead of what should have been his Grand Prix debut
00:39Formula one in
00:412025 begins when the five red lights go out the new season is
00:47Underway and we're racing to turn number one. Max Verstappen's got a good launch. Lando Norris knows it covers him off
00:53Do we go three wide in the turn number one? Can Max get around Oscar?
00:57No, he can't. Lando Norris, then Oscar Piastri. Max Verstappen with good traction though
01:01Trying to move up and he roars by
01:03To take second place in the opening meters of the Grand Prix
01:06Much better traction through there as we see Verstappen gain a place on the opening lap the home hero down to third
01:12George Russell maintains fourth and Charles Leclerc has improved two positions
01:16He's got past Yuki Tsunoda and he's into fifth
01:19Ironically, it was the Hajar exit line that Max had wasn't it? Slightly wider off the conventional rubber
01:24Oh big moment into the wall and the Alpine finds the barriers
01:28Jack Dewan on debut gets no further than the exit of turn number five the home hero brings out the safety car
01:36Most importantly he's okay, but we've lost two of the full season rookies by turn five of the first lap
01:44Carlos Sainz has found the wall. It's not just the rookies. He's all right, but this is an
01:49Extraordinary start to the season. I think that's a car issue there for for Sainz rather than anything else
01:55That's a bizarre one and it's under safety car as well. Yeah, I've never seen something like that
01:59It's such low speed and those final two corners. I had like a
02:03massive torque surge
02:08The green flag flies around Albert Carlos Sainz
02:11The green flag flies around Albert Park once again and on lap seven
02:16We will move to lap eight of 57 with Lando Norris checking the left-hand mirror to see where Max Verstappen is
02:23We're going racing once again in Melbourne. Can we find a clean lap?
02:27Can we make use of the 30 minutes where it's not expected to rain?
02:33Let's take another look at how Antonelli got past Hulkenberg
02:36So he's got DRS. He's got a Mercedes and he's up against a Saubert, but it's nonetheless a tidy pass for for Antonelli
02:45Antonelli's had a moment. He's dropped back behind Hulkenberg
02:48He's heading into turn number four and he's done what his teammate did in practice dip to wheel gone round
02:54Avoids the wall and he's back in the Grand Prix
02:56Yeah easy mistake to make I say easy to make your car doesn't suddenly get any wider
03:01He's a lucky boy
03:02Keeps it going just before the barrier greets him there and he's back in the race just losing one position
03:10The man from Melbourne is chasing down the world champion who is beginning to get braver and braver with the exit curbs
03:16We are heading down from 10 to 11 heavy on the brakes down from 180 miles per hour and Verstappen is off
03:23Verstappen goes deep brushes the gravel through goes Piastri Oscar Piastri up to second
03:28Just
03:30Lock he's pumping the brake pedal there to keep the rotation going not have a massive flat spot and end up making it even worse
03:36It's a good recovery from a mistake that could have cost Max a lot more
03:40But it does unleash now Oscar into second place and it's a McLaren one too
03:45That is Kimi Antonelli going back past the Saubert and he's back up to 12 having spun away that position a few moments ago
03:52McLaren started this weekend by announcing they've got both drivers signed up long-term
03:57Oscar Piastri has a bumper contract and he has the race leader close ahead of him
04:03Look at the distance between the two McLarens. That's what three-tenths of a second looks like
04:11I would imagine purely because this is the this is the boy. Oh, he was deep into six
04:16He was deep into six and that has extended the gap
04:19Just wide into the sixth turn of the racetrack and he's lost a load of momentum
04:23The driver in the suburb of Brighton a few miles away from here where he heard the engine the roar of f1 engines
04:29growing up as a kid
04:33Yeah, it's one of the most difficult parts of the management
04:37Into the wall we go
04:38Fernando Alonso hits the barriers to bring out what will be a virtual safety car at minimum
04:44What will be a virtual safety car at minimum and he was coming out of turn six the Aston Martin
04:50Clatters the wall and we have our fourth retirement from the grand prix
04:56So ran on the wet line on the way down into six
05:00Actually, you can't really say he was offline as he went through the exit of that kerb and six but there was a
05:07Gravel or something on the no
05:08He didn't actually go as far over the line and that seems to be enough to have broken traction
05:15So talk about the difficulty of keeping temperature in the intermediate earlier in the grand prix
05:19This is going to be challenging hard tires as well for the mclaren boys out goes norris
05:25Slower stop for piastri, but it won't matter. He should still come out ahead of the stappan who dives in as well
05:33As we cross the line and we go racing once again lando norris leads oscar piastri trying to take it away
05:39And trying to take home victory max
05:41Verstappen trying to be more effective on the slick tire than he was on the intermediate and we go racing once again
05:48The top three going to battle once more
05:51In three laps class three rain expected lasting for two laps
05:57Class three is a lot. Yes. This is what we see for the radar, but we'll have to wait for it
06:02Here comes the rain. Yeah. Well, they've all committed as far as I can see. Everyone's gone by that was a half
06:07Look, there's the lock up. Can he rotate the car yuki sonoda? He can so we're forecasting that
06:12We won't be able to stay out on dry tires. We think it will be heavy enough for inter
06:17If you find yourself trying to scurry around for one lap more on the slick
06:21You could lose tens of seconds charles eclair trying to come back. Remember the medium tire is off go the mclarens
06:27First of all lando norris then oscar piastri and max verstappen is on nine to take second place and he does so
06:32As the australian driver spins at the penultimate corner of the racetrack. Can he keep the car going?
06:37Is that the moment that home victory dreams are dashed for oscar piastri and verstappen seed out verstappen leads the grand prix
06:45Lando norris comes into pit and it's max verstappen who rolls the dice along with yuki sonoda who is up to second place
06:52Lewis hamilton third for ferrari on debut and that might have been a slow stop for lando norris
06:59Oscar piastri was in second place and then the rain came both mclarens off the road
07:05Yeah, and then crucially lando got it back on the tarmac earlier
07:08Oscar when he rejoined just too much momentum and off he went to the grass
07:13Yuki sonoda was able to get past charles eclair. He had a spin whilst we were watching the mclarens
07:19The ponchos are down verstappen might not pit he might have just gambled this and he doesn't pit he stays out
07:25Hamilton passes sonoda for second and third. I think they've stayed out as well
07:29It's a gamble for those that have pitted. It's a gamble for those that stayed out
07:33Looks like the rain is coming here now. We need to make a decision
07:36I'm, just the max we will let you know
07:39And now lewis hamilton so ahead of yuki sonoda
07:44He's losing massive amounts of time, but the team have decided to stay out all or nothing for verstappen and redbull
07:50They're all in for the win. No, he peels in he peels in they can't hang on on slick tires on a wet track
07:58Any longer will lewis hamilton try and do the opposite to try and get a win for verstappen and redbull?
08:04I think he's going to try and get a win for verstappen and redbull
08:07On slick tires on a wet track any longer
08:10Will lewis hamilton try and do the opposite to try and claim victory on debut for ferrari?
08:16Surely he's going to be losing too much time if he stays out
08:21Lewis hamilton leads on ferrari debut charles leclerc is second lando norris is in the intermediate
08:28Tires and he's got a chance to catch them and reclaim first place in the race. The rain comes down
08:33Yeah, norris is already with hamilton is not going to work
08:36Claire to second place and now norris is close to the back of lewis hamilton ferrari stayed out on the slick tire
08:43Extraordinary grand prix amazing. They both stayed out
08:47You are leading the race
08:49Yes, very sippy mate. It's more ranking me down
08:52Norris leads into the wall goes liam lawson
08:56He's done the same thing at the first couple of turns on the racetrack that kiwi has hit the barriers
09:01This will be a safety car again. Okay. Well a safety car changes things again and off the road
09:06We go with gabriel bortoletto the rookie struggling in the wet again
09:12Bortoletto wheel on the curb and that momentum we've seen that a lot this weekend
09:16We have indeed the reigning formula 2 champion making his first start in formula 1
09:21And that's the moment that the traction broke on the salvo into the barrier and another incident at turn 13
09:28We've seen plenty of them the clunk into the barrier for the second red ball liam lawson finding himself out of his 12th
09:35formula 1 grand prix
09:40Lewis hamilton pitch from second place. He doesn't think it's the right tire even though they were slowed down by the safety cars pace
09:48Well
09:51What balance have you got on lap 52 of 57 with it going the distance with the win in the balance
09:58Can lando norris break clear? They're all fighting the cars dc
10:02Yeah, max verstappen had to lift out
10:03That's given george russell a clear sight and slipstream as they run down into turn three pressure off lando norris
10:11Lewis hamilton charles leclerc on the restart super close together heading into turn two and charles leclerc
10:19Able to get past his teammate and up to ninth place
10:24And how about that lap from kimmy antonelli he's putting albin under massive pressure for fourth position right now
10:31The driver on debia in formula 1 as over the road goes gasly and he blocks the path of leclerc
10:36Which will bring hamilton into play
10:38Yeah, hamilton will have momentum and will he follow his teammate through?
10:41Yep
10:42round the outside on the brakes leclerc gets by hamilton gets by and that error into the first turn of the racetrack costs pierre
10:48gasly who drops down to 10th
10:53Piastri trying to take at least a point away from what will be a day of hurt a day where
10:58He could have found himself at the front
11:01The
11:03Gap under a second as we head into the high speed turns at nine and ten with verstappen getting so close
11:11Yeah, but he's in the dirty air through these high-speed chicanes. This should just be enough for lando to break free
11:17He looks into the left mirror. He sees a four-time world champion
11:22He's not had the opportunity for a late send norris has a couple of corners to go
11:28Antonelli has a five second time penalty for an unsafe release that will drop him down behind alex albon
11:34But lando norris was checking his mirrors a few corners ago
11:38Now he sees the crowd rise to applaud him as the winner
11:44Norris weathers the storm the british driver sees the chequered flag first lando norris wins the australian grand prix
11:52In a brilliant battle all the way to the flag
11:55He beat max verstappen by eight tenths of a second george russell completes the podium
12:00And kimmy antonelli comes home in fourth position apply the five second penalty and it drops down to fifth
12:07Amazing points for alexander albon in fourth place for williams
12:10That's still an incredible debut for antonelli, but norris withstood the pressure norris our opening winner of the year
12:19Oscar piastri got past lewis hamilton on the last lap
12:23And this is how he did it going all the way around the outside
12:27What a move wow
12:30That is commitment that is bravery that is anger that is frustration
12:36And that is no respect for a seven time world champion
12:39It's dark overhead and the rain is pouring in so what's a little bit more spray out there on the racetrack on the podium
12:47a
12:48magnificent motor race and victory for lando norris
12:52You