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00:00 It's a random sequencing in terms of the time, but we are all set now here in Shanghai
00:06 For the Chinese Grand Prix 56 laps. It's lights out and away we go
00:10 And there does go Max Verstappen and here comes Fernando Alonso alongside Sergio Perez
00:15 Verstappen leads into the first corner now Alonso's ahead of Perez who has got the inside line here
00:20 But I think the Aston Martin might just slam the door shut on Sergio and that's a fabulous start from him
00:26 We're riding on board with Lando Norris. Verstappen goes wide on the outside and in the lead here
00:32 Alonso slots behind him then comes Perez, Norris and already getting ahead of Oscar Piastri and moving further ahead of Oscar Piastri
00:40 They're bunching up a bit Valtteri Bottas under braking getting very close to Nico Hülkenberg at turn six
00:46 But look how Verstappen is flying away. But what a phenomenal job by Alonso around the outside there. That was beautiful
00:53 Beautifully done. George Russell making up places at the start. There goes Joe Guan Yu trying to make a move on Kevin Magnussen down the inside
01:00 He thinks he's got that one done. Nice move from him
01:04 Lewis Hamilton didn't get the best of starts down in 19th
01:07 Already lost a place in this race as down the back straight we come
01:11 It's Verstappen leading who is going to be last on the brakes to try and make an overtake here
01:16 Charles Leclerc is having a look at Nico Hülkenberg and behind them
01:20 I think Daniel Ricciardo getting involved in a potential overtake too
01:23 But there is Charles Leclerc down the inside on Hülkenberg and now Carlos Sainz on the exit of the corner
01:29 Trying to get past the Haas too. George Russell looks at a good spot in six as he chases down Oscar Piastri
01:35 The gap Verstappen to Alonso at the end of lap one
01:38 1.6 seconds. What a terrible start by the two Ferraris
01:42 I look forward to seeing what happened to them. Big battle here trying to go around the outside
01:47 He's gonna make that stick that's gonna work out fine. Yeah, Carlos Sainz keeping ahead there
01:52 Oh just from Nico Hülkenberg who backed off a bit before I think he
01:56 Ran the risk of damaging his front. You can go looking for different lines. Look at look at the exit there
02:02 This is good
02:05 As McLaren believe their battle today is with the Aston Martin as Sergio Perez goes down the inside
02:13 At turn six and as they make the exit from the corner, that's Perez back up in the second place
02:18 Yeah
02:19 That was Fernando just realizing also that he's really hurting his race here because he's he's having to drive the car much harder than he
02:25 Would like to keep Perez behind so he decided okay. I'm not gonna fight this any longer
02:29 Perez go for it and and then now his race is on with Lando Norris. Hello to everyone in Woking
02:35 Here we go first opportunity. Yeah, here comes Lando Norris with that DRS then he pulls to the inside
02:41 Fernando Alonso's got a watch out here Lando Norris was already there by the time Fernando wanted to turn into the corner and he had
02:47 To back out of that one. Otherwise, there would have been contact and that was neatly done by Lando Norris
02:53 He's up into the top three. Very very nice overtake super over there
02:56 you know, he also blocked him off a little bit because the Fernando was gonna go for the cutback and Lando just
03:02 Put him blocked him off really nicely there sort of move that Lando might have learnt
03:08 Spending those years at McLaren watching Fernando Alonso and learning from him
03:12 Meanwhile, we mentioned about Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon
03:16 But that looked very very similar to Carlos Sainz's move on his teammate Charles Leclerc yesterday which didn't get a penalty
03:28 He's got to stick with him for a lap here and stick as close as he possibly can or maybe even try around the outside
03:34 At Turn 1 and look at that with that DRS down the main straight Charles Leclerc gets past George Russell move isn't finished yet
03:41 Though now it is as Leclerc closes the door on the Mercedes
03:45 You have to hang it out through Turn 2 and then hope you're far enough ahead
03:49 To then cut the driver off behind and that's exactly what Charles Leclerc did and while that's happened
03:55 The stewards are gonna have a look at that Alex Albon-Pierre Gasly incident
03:58 It won't help the grip if it's on the racing line here. Oh late defending there
04:04 from
04:05 the McLaren as
04:07 Charles Leclerc steams down the inside on Oscar Piastri gets the move done Oscar wanted to defend but
04:14 Just defended a bit too late
04:15 I think that had to back out of it a little bit Nico before the two cars came together
04:20 Yeah, I mean it could have gone a little bit earlier a little bit more aggressive
04:22 But then again, I mean look there is just so quick now
04:26 So it was always going to be difficult. Canic's just a bit bashed up and bruised
04:30 He's okay, but it caused a right old fuss down here at Alpine. It's all sorted out now
04:35 They got the tire on everyone's alright, and he's on his way
04:38 Just seen a replay of Yuki Tsunoda's stop you told us about it first Ted
04:43 Now he just had a slam on the brakes. He was released but almost released straight into the path of Joe Guan Yu
04:49 This is Lance Stroll. He's the Aston Martin who's now currently behind George Russell
04:55 I'll tell you what that was a little bit closer than it needed to be as the race
04:59 Such was his pace advantage there Nico
05:01 I think he almost got a bit caught out coming out of turn four
05:04 Is he gonna make a move down into the hairpin Charles Leclerc is?
05:07 Leaving the gap open on that inside and is not fighting that one little bit that would have been a bit pointless
05:14 And when we say pointless, pointless because he's not gonna keep Max behind for very much longer
05:21 And you just don't want to go overdoing your tires
05:24 Scraping them against the surface putting too much energy through them because you're just gonna need that performance to try and protect what they hope
05:30 Will be a podium at the ends of this race
05:34 Yes
05:38 Even the the cutback the the old switcheroo that wasn't gonna work there probably gonna happen into the hairpin now
05:44 Yeah, you see he gets better traction coming out of the final corner as well
05:48 He's got that DRS extra 20 kilometers an hour of extra speed
05:52 Landers kept it going all the way through the straights and then Max Verstappen does get into the lead had to get onto the
05:58 Dirty side of the track there and onto the marbles, but that didn't bother him too much and he's
06:04 Swooping now back out into the lead of this race lap 19 of
06:08 56 beautifully out there
06:11 So now we get a good reference. Oh off goes Valtteri Bottas as you can see and is that car?
06:19 It's gonna be stationary for long. You can see it's getting very very hot at the rear
06:24 But has he got a mechanical problem here Valtteri Bottas if he can find reverse and he's kept the engine going
06:30 Well, that's not that's answered that question
06:35 I think spun round and it looked like one of the RBs and it is one of the RBs and is
06:41 Sadly for him at Yuki Tsunoda
06:45 now there was a lot of jostling around and
06:48 Yuki Tsunoda has got involved in an incident there and he is out of this race as Hamilton gets past Ocon and up into
06:55 11th place we can see him just coming towards
06:58 Towards us now Ocon behind and that is Logan Sargent defending quite vigorously against Joe Guan Yu
07:05 So yellow flags as Yuki Tsunoda goes off onto the runoff area and Kevin Magnussen also involved in that incident
07:13 He's got a puncture. He's limping home to the pits. Let's have a look at the replay
07:17 So we're onboard Lance Stroll here.
07:20 Oh it's before oh my goodness. It was well before the restart they bunched up again into the hairpin there
07:28 But that was Daniel Ricciardo
07:30 That got hit that's into Ricciardo. That's not into Yuki Tsunoda safety car deployed again
07:39 So that was Daniel Ricciardo that got hit
07:43 It's just an unfortunate bunching up and they were all too aggressive too hot on that restart
07:49 So you wonder who is it? Fernando locks up
07:53 Maybe it's Fernando actually who punches up everything because he locks up so he has to slow more than a more
07:57 Yeah, it's just a concertina effect
08:01 Essentially and they're all you know, they're all raring to go look at that because it's not that he just slammed on the brakes
08:08 Ricciardo had to stop himself as best he could from going straight into the back of Oscar Piastri
08:13 And I think they might have touched anyway and Lance Stroll had no chance of avoiding that
08:17 This is what happened to Yuki Tsunoda. All right, Kevin Magnussen. That was seriously
08:23 Ridiculous, like that was not good. Like that was so aggressive and so unnecessary
08:28 Like what Yuki can't do anything even less all the space
08:32 There's nothing that Tsunoda could have done and that's cost Magnussen as well as Tsunoda
08:37 I mean, I mean, it's not a hobby
08:39 Take another look where he's come from miles away and then knocks him out
08:45 That was not good. That was really poor driving. Well, that was the resultant and the result of that incident Yuki Tsunoda
08:54 with damage and
08:57 Ted Kravitz he came into the Sgt on the right hand side of the track ahead of Daniel Ricciardo Sgt's got a ten-second penalty for a safety car infringement
09:06 Which is a shame because he was having a decent race there Sgt ahead of Joe Guadagno in the middle
09:12 It's Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll has now got a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision
09:20 Sgt leads Gasly
09:22 Leads Joe round that final corner
09:24 So two ten-second time penalties one for Sgt one for Stroll and was that diving into the pits there Daniel Ricciardo?
09:31 Ted down to you
09:33 It is gonna be Daniel Ricciardo the RB mechanics already out in the pit lane. Oh poor Danny Rick not his fault at all
09:41 Back-ended by Lance Stroll the diffuser is absolutely shot. No to understand no doubt. I can see it. There's half a diffuser there
09:49 There's nothing there. No, no reason. No absolutely understand why he says he's got no rear grip
09:54 He's out of the race both RBs out of the Chinese Grand Prix horrendous race for them
10:00 RB stands for really bad in terms of their
10:03 Shanghai weekend I'm afraid three out of this race Ricciardo, Sonoda, Bottas
10:09 Three now penalties for Sgt for Stroll and also for Kevin Magnussen for causing a collision
10:16 Lance Stroll gets past Kevin Magnussen and Nico Rosberg
10:20 I think agreeing with the stewards as Magnussen tries to fight this back and
10:24 Stroll gets onto the grass and these two are not going to give up this battle very easily
10:28 That's round the outside goes Lance Stroll almost goes completely off the track
10:33 Somehow manages to stay on it, but has that now compromised him as they make the exit and onto the back straight
10:39 He is just ahead of the Haas. This is a battle for 16th place
10:43 And it's like both drivers are fighting for the lead of a race. It's absolutely fantastic
10:48 Magnussen has got the DRS though Stroll who was the fastest in the speed trap on the Friday
10:55 Keeps with him dives down the inside and gets back that 16th place, but on exit Magnussen thinks
11:02 I'm not going to gear it up just yet
11:04 I'm going to carry this on and finally through the final corner just has to bail out
11:08 But we'll now get DRS to carry it on. This is awesome
11:11 I mean Magnussen just never gives up this guy is just relentless and wheel-to-wheel. Let's see if he...
11:17 No, he doesn't have the grip anymore. Doesn't have the grip anymore to compete with an Aston Martin obviously. Denmark against Canada
11:24 It is the Viking spirit
11:26 But finally the Mountie gets his man and Lance Stroll takes 16th place. Still a chance
11:31 I think for Williams to get a point here this afternoon
11:33 Still a chance to get on the podium for Sergio Perez and he's gonna take that chance
11:37 Isn't he? At the hairpin at turn six down the inside on Charles Leclerc
11:41 He finally gets past the Ferrari who will try and fight this for a little bit longer, but the Red Bull now pulls away
11:47 Yeah, what a brilliant move that was there. Very clean perfectly executed
11:51 No chance for Charles Leclerc. With DRS as well down the back straight we go
11:55 Onto the right-hand side of the track. Alonso is clearly ahead of the Haas by the time they get into the braking zone
12:01 So that late pit stop is actually working very nicely for Fernando Alonso at the moment
12:06 His pace as I say two, two and a half seconds faster than those in front of him and Lewis Hamilton
12:12 I think is gonna have to watch out because Alonso will be on him in a couple of laps
12:15 So it's been a double victory weekend for Max Verstappen
12:19 Who's gonna win on a 26th different circuit and for the third successive sprint weekend
12:24 He's gonna take the sprint and the marathon on the Sunday. It's another Grand Prix victory
12:29 It's first in China. Max Verstappen wins the Chinese Grand Prix here in Shanghai
12:36 And coming around the final corner as Max starts his celebrations
12:42 Lando Norris, what a performance from him. Another podium to add to his collection
12:48 Lando Norris's second place here today to add to his second place is in Italy in 2021
12:54 Silverstone, Hungary, Singapore, Japan, USA and Brazil in 2023
12:59 It is Lando's 15th podium in Formula 1
13:03 Sergio Perez comes home ahead of Charles Leclerc to take the final podium spot
13:08 Carlos Sainz in fifth place ahead of George Russell and Fernando Alonso
13:13 Who picks up the fastest lap point and finishes in seventh. Oscar Piastri will hold on to that eighth place
13:42 Verstappen with his celebrations there
13:45 And we pull away from our race winner just in time to see Joe Guan Yu cross the line in 14th place
13:52 We missed Oscar Piastri holding off Lewis Hamilton by 1.7 seconds to take eighth
13:58 And Nico Hülkenberg does take that last points finish in tenth place
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