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00:00and it's a long way down towards turn one as it's lights out and away we go and Piastri gets a great
00:07start but so does George Russell and look at him coming at Charles Leclerc now the soft tyres
00:11working well for the Mercedes into the first corner Russell locks up and nearly hits Oscar
00:17Piastri and that could have been calamitous for both Piastri leads from Russell Lando Norris what
00:22a start he's going wheel to wheel now with Charles Leclerc and Norris looks like he's gone up into
00:27the top three then comes Kimi Antonelli just about holding on Pierre Gasly as round the outside
00:33goes Lando Norris and into the top three Carlos Sainz gave him just enough room made it tough for
00:38him and didn't give it up but Carlos Sainz now has Max Verstappen for company pushes Verstappen
00:43forces him to the wide extremity Verstappen looked like he went off the road he did dipped a tyre
00:48into the gravel did he go all four wheels off the track there as he muscled his way past Carlos Sainz
00:54and up into seventh they've widened that white line did he stay on the line Martin
00:59he doesn't leave me a car's width this leaving a car's width on the outside of the corner very
01:06much depends where you were at the apex whether you're whether you've earned the right to some
01:11space on the outside they've changed the rules for this year and we'll see how the stewards interpret
01:16that now look at how Lando Norris threaded his way past the Mercedes and the Alpine George Russell
01:21locks up and as they arrive at the apex of turn one Charles Leclerc has got him for company
01:25yeah and they go side by side all the way up to turn four and Lando just hangs it out around the
01:33outside to secure that third position there you can see at the top of your screen and that puts
01:39him in in a lovely place compared to where he was after qualifying now here is Lando Norris on the
01:44right-hand side of the screen Max Verstappen like he did in Qatar last year spotting something and
01:52he's right he was absolutely over that white line did he have a bit of tyre on it he's certainly a long
01:58way forward in his grid box and and he didn't intend to be out there the car crept forward when he
02:03grabbed first gear so Lando we've been given a five second penalty for out of position on the grid
02:07if we can get past Russell we need to try we will recover these positions
02:12we'll ask you Martin what he can do as we watch Lewis Hamilton making a move on Carlos Sainz here
02:19switch to the inside Sainz wants to force Hamilton wide around the outside at turn four so he can make
02:25a move to get back down the hill and that's exactly what he has just done the man who used to be sat
02:30in the seat we're riding on board with now let's just have a little look at what happened here to
02:35Max Verstappen there was a red light on so he was held at the pit box
02:43just watch the lights tyres come off it's still red let's just have a little look at Yuki Tsunoda's
02:53pit stop and we saw potential malfunction for Max Verstappen did they bring a spare light down
03:00remember what's rushing them oh my god yeah so the their exit lights are not working both
03:08drivers fairly underwhelmed by that Lewis Hamilton down that main straights with fresher rubber than
03:14Jack Doohan who has completed 12 laps on those medium tyres Hamilton down the inside on Jack Doohan
03:22and makes that overtake he made his pit stop a lot later and has only been on those tyres for four
03:27laps now yeah I can't even brake anymore it's just some ticklers yeah that's it Max but you can see
03:33very clearly on the Ferrari Norris now will start to struggle there goes Charles Leclerc late braking
03:39down at the turn one as he outbraked himself a little bit Lando saw it coming so thanks ever so
03:44much I'll just pick the place back up as I get the throttle down out of turn two it's having a huge
03:49effect on Lando Norris's race he he could be on at this rate for a three-stopper yeah into the pits
03:54comes Max Verstappen come off yeah finally gets rid of those hard tyres but they didn't
03:59want to come off very easily and he's lost even more time 4.7 seconds in the pit stop
04:05and now 6.2 seconds in the pit I think two is the way forward for pretty much the whole grid
04:09and that's where we are as well thanks ever so much James back with you in a little while the
04:14black and white flag already shown as we said to Hadja and to Antonelli and that is Yuki Sonoda
04:20and with Carlos Sainz now James Vales sounded a lot more calm as those two were making that move
04:29and you just yeah yeah he's got him now it didn't mention the debris and the bits flying off the cars
04:35we've got a safety car this might change things around a bit it suits a lot of people then who were
04:40desperate to get some tyres on he's gone early and Lando Norris has gone with Charles Leclerc and is
04:47right towards the gearbox of Charles Leclerc and now getting that slipstream it's a very good restart
04:53for Oscar Piastri it could be a good start for Lando Norris here as well Russell in second Charles
04:58Leclerc with Lewis Hamilton going around the outside of his teammate and getting past Lando Norris
05:04there comes Oscar Piastri then George Russell and then we have Charles Leclerc with Lewis Hamilton
05:09ahead of Norris who just got a bit boxed in I think behind the Ferrari after initially making a
05:15really really good getaway when we had the restart going off the track then going off the track that
05:20looked like Kimi Antonelli and Alex Albon as we see the replay here of Lando Norris and Hamilton
05:27down into turn one Hamilton just found a nice gap opening there to slot in behind his teammate
05:35Lewis gave him all the space he possibly could on the inside to trip over each other and then just
05:39got on the throttle and if Lando's gone off the track here he wants to get that place back
05:45right now difficult to see from that angle because you're looking at the blue line then comes Charles
05:51Leclerc and I mentioned Antonelli and it was Carlos Sainz not Alex Albon down the inside goes Carlos
05:59Sainz and the Mercedes had to make way because locking up his brakes Sainz was coming through come what may
06:07down there up and now in sixth place he stayed out during a safety car period and didn't pit and got
06:14track position here's Lando Norris at the top of the hill turn four this time getting past on the track
06:20and on the white line Lewis Hamilton and up into third so George we have an issue affecting DRS it's
06:26a timing issue only I can give you a default to override it yeah once we do it you have to wait
06:34till I tell you you can use DRS the Ferrari of Leclerc is using his battery well in defense and here we go
06:43so Lando's got it oh Lando that's the last thing he needed to do that's going to lose him a lot of time
06:49the move was for a fraction of a second the move was on and then it definitely wasn't because there
06:54wasn't enough straight left so this time can he get better traction than Leclerc and pick up the slip
06:59stream and use his DRS on the shorter run towards turn four and make a move here and look at the speed
07:06difference between the Ferrari ahead of the McLaren Norris trying to go around the outside and
07:12eventually goes off the track because there wasn't room and Leclerc didn't have to give him room because
07:17he wasn't alongside he's got a better chance now he's got a much better chance he's gonna have to
07:21go to the inside surely so Leclerc goes to the inside to try and cover him off and they almost touch
07:27at the top of the hill and around the outside goes Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc just hasn't got
07:32the grip to try and live with a McLaren and he went the long way round and it's taken a long time
07:38to do it but finally Lando Norris is up in the third so this is the big chance for Lando Norris
07:44into turn one chasing behind George Russell as they start their final lap could it be a McLaren
07:51one two Russell goes to the inside Norris tries to force his way around the outside and they go wheel
07:56to wheel and they almost touch and Norris has tobacco Piastri and the lights on Saturday night
08:02was the first repeat pole sitter in 2025 he's the first repeat winner as well the checkered flag
08:09is his Oscar Piastri wins the Bahrain Grand Prix and gives McLaren their first ever victory here in
08:17the kingdom of Bahrain George Russell started one place behind the front row after a penalty finishes
08:24one place above the front row it's second place for him and a super drive at the end and Lando Norris
08:31made up places in the Grand Prix but he couldn't quite make it that one two for McLaren
08:36the first time we've won our second home Grand Prix uh you've been pretty flawless all weekend so great job
08:49mega weekend everyone mega that was pretty damn fun so thanks everyone for the car pretty special to do it
08:58in Bahrain so thanks to everyone uh that supports us out here it's a busy weekend and uh yeah thanks for
09:07for your support it's been a long road to get here
09:10is
09:19yeah