00:00And it's lights out, away we go, Lando Norris does get away very well, Daniel Ricciardo too, and Norris now leads George Russell, who's ahead of Carlos Sainz, with Ricciardo coming up alongside him, and Sainz is getting a good slipstream, Hamilton trying to go down the inside, into the first breaking zone we go, Carlos Sainz locks up, going straight on is Fernando Alonso, it's Sainz in the lead from Lando Norris, then comes George Russell, and then a very good start for Lance Stroll,
00:25Lewis Hamilton is wheel to wheel with Daniel Ricciardo, and towards Turn 4 we go now, and it's Sainz out in front for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton is now along just ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, Sainz from Norris, then comes the Williams of George Russell, and then Fernando Alonso just behind Lance Stroll, with Hamilton on the inside.
00:43Here's the start, look at the start that Russell's got, but Sainz actually gets a poor start, and it must be in the second phase, he picks his slipstream up, look how the difference it is here, and Lando Norris giving him that, and opened it up, there goes the challenge, Norris is on the dirty part of the track, and Sainz getting his way through here.
01:01Here comes Hamilton, here comes Hamilton, round Turn 3, he's taking the long way round as he got the momentum to try and squeeze ahead, as into Turn 4 they go, Hamilton has got past Fernando Alonso, and made a move up into 6th place.
01:14On board now with Max Verstappen, is he going down the inside? He's going to try, you know, and he's going to succeed as well, Verstappen has cleared Valtteri Bottas, that's a big move for Max Verstappen in the championship battle.
01:27Oh no, Verstappen was trying, an opportunist move down the inside there, and had to back out, but he has got ahead of Charles Leclerc, who goes wide.
01:39Verstappen can see what is going on ahead, as Leclerc goes down the inside of Vettel, goes too deep, Vettel thinks I'll get you back, thank you very much indeed, and now Verstappen, he's just going to go on the inside, and he might have touched, you know.
01:50Norris leads the race, Lando Norris has got past Carlos Sainz, he's been trying for a while, dropped back just a touch, complained about his tyres, but has now managed to get enough grip, to put the brakes on late enough, to get past Carlos Sainz, and go on to take the lead of this race.
02:09Got it.
02:13Daniel Ricciardo, I think, is the McLaren.
02:19Oh, they're slow, it's a slow pit stop, Crofty.
02:22We can see, he's still stationary, finally, Daniel Ricciardo is released.
02:30Hamilton's coming in.
02:31Karun, take us through the pit stop.
02:32And Red Bull in the pitch as well, Crofty, we've got Red Bull and the mechanics, with a set of the medium tyres there.
02:37Hamilton is in and out, as the Red Bull is getting service at the same time.
02:43It's a bit slower there for Max Verstappen, as he comes back out.
02:49Okay, Lando, we will be boxing this lap, we are going to box this lap.
02:53Confirm.
02:55So Norris now stops, and they get to work, tyres serviced nicely, and that's a much more efficient, faster stop for Lando Norris, who can come back out onto the track again.
03:05He'll be behind Charles Leclerc, down that main straight.
03:09Hamilton has got fresher tyres, and he's got better pace than Carlos Sainz, and into the first braking zone they go.
03:16At turn two, Hamilton makes the move on Carlos Sainz.
03:20Mercedes is absolutely rapid in a straight line, isn't it?
03:23Lewis, you can win this race.
03:24We'll see how Alonso got past Verstappen.
03:32And now we approach the part of the track where we're near the seafront, where it is going to be at its wettest.
03:38You can see the rain signs there.
03:41Hamilton is getting so much closer to Lando Norris.
03:44These next two corners are really critical, as Lando Norris goes wide, and you can see just how slippy it is for both Norris and for Hamilton.
03:51Norris hasn't got as much experience in this sort of situation.
03:55Hamilton has.
03:56Now what's going to win out?
03:57This is the part of the track where it's wetted.
03:59Do you stay out in slicks?
04:00Do you stop for enters?
04:01What do you do?
04:02Because you're going to benefit later in the lap.
04:03You can see they've already got the grip back.
04:06So if you're Verstappen, do you gamble?
04:08Do you fit the enters?
04:08Of course, Red Bull will be watching that.
04:10The rain is increasing out there on the track.
04:15What's Vettel done?
04:16Is Vettel having a spin?
04:17Well, that's his teammate, Lance Stroll, just ahead of him.
04:20Whoa!
04:21And Stroll, wandering over to the left-hand side, puts his teammate into the wall.
04:26Has that broke the steering arm on Stroll's car if we watch?
04:29Well, no, they both got away with it.
04:32Perfect.
04:36Lando, what do you think about it in Inter?
04:38What do you think about it in Inter?
04:39No!
04:40Now, is that the right decision or the wrong decision?
04:43We'll only find out at the chequered flag what Hamilton loses by making this pit stop.
04:48Will he be able to make up as Norris continues to struggle out on the track?
04:52And all the lap times have got that much slower.
04:56Damage for Lance Stroll as he slides his way off the circuit and into the barriers.
05:03Yeah, he managed to get out, but you can see.
05:05Oh, and that might have been an earlier moment with Pierre Gasly.
05:11And it's now just four seconds between Norris and Hamilton.
05:14Verstappen could finish P2 here.
05:16And Hamilton takes the lead of the races.
05:19As Lando Norris slides off the track and avoids the barriers, manages to keep going.
05:25But Hamilton takes the lead.
05:27Meanwhile, Max Verstappen, who's on the intermediate tyres, is making his way through the field.
05:33This is how the lead swapped hands.
05:35Absolutely incredible.
05:36I feel so sorry for Norris.
05:38He had everything.
05:39But that's the benefit of being second.
05:41You can hang it out or go forward.
05:43Has he crossed the line?
05:44Is he going to get another penalty?
05:45No, no, no.
05:45Oh, you can't come back.
05:46And he's gone back into the pits and that is going to earn him a penalty.
05:52For Lewis Hamilton and his personal milestone,
05:54he is going to become the first ever driver to reach 100 victories in Formula One.
06:01Brazil and their amazing world champions have only ever produced 106 victories between them.
06:07Hamilton is going to get 100.
06:09He came into this race as a gladiator.
06:12He finds the chequered flag as a centurion.
06:16Lewis Hamilton, it's 100 race victories.
06:19He wins the Russian Grand Prix.
06:21And he retakes the championship lead.
06:25Getting there, Lewis.
06:27That's it, mate.
06:28That's the 100.
06:29Yeah, well reacted at the end there, Lewis.
06:32Beautiful drive, mate.
06:34Great effort, guys.
06:35That was hard work, man.
06:39It's taken us a long time to get that 100.
06:42But so grateful for all of you for all the work.
06:44Back in the factory and here.
06:46Thanks so much for not giving up on me.
06:49Well done, Lewis.
06:49Great job, man.
06:50Really well done.
06:51Behind the top five, Fernando Alonso.
06:54Sixth place for him after starting six on the grid.
06:57Lando Norris, seventh.
06:59Behind Norris, Kimi Räikkönen picks up his best finish of the season.
07:03Eighth ahead of Sergio Perez and George Russell, who takes the final points place.
