RACE HIGHLIGHTS! 2023 Australian Grand Prix

in a few moments we have the green flag and in front of a full crowd five lights are on, lights off we go over things and we get away well, so does George Russell Lewis Hamilton under pressure for Fernando Otto Russell has the inside behind entering the first corner Russell just overtakes the Maxwell staff member and Russell takes the lead Fernando and we are trying to go around the outside also from Lewis Hamilton what a start must happen from George Russell Max trying to come back and now defending as Carlos Science comes in action on the inside, Hamilton goes and there is a free shoulder for the winner of last year's

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to exit into turn three.

The incident between Lance Stroll and Charl Leclair that caused Claire's retirement has been analyzed and certainly Leclair was tagged by what appears to be the Aston Martin, yes he did it just as he tried and spun, there was a bit of overlap, let's see if we can see it better from this view, well, science almost meets with Alonso Leclair turns and Lance walks. he has another tire it's kind of like he has nowhere to go he has his teammates on the right uh that was a little naughty that's from Carlos and yeah, he had nowhere to go he couldn't move to the right to get out of the road, so this is one of those

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incidents, there is no further investigation, say the race stewards, they agree with Jetson, but the safety car period is ending.

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, it's like the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, isn't it from last year? We turn green once again and can resume the race George Russell guides them down the main straight Lewis Hamilton has Max Verstappen behind him Carla Sites and her partner are so far behind him Alex Alban Under pressure a bit from the last ride and then comes Pierre Cassie Nikka Hulkenberg and Yuki Sonoda as we run now into turn three and that's a very good restart from George Russell that puts him some distance between himself and his teammates. How long can Hamilton hold off the fastest Red Bull in Bay we'll find? and that's Alex Alban from and Alex albon Allison, as you can see, he also lost his front wing and that's a Williams stranded on the sidewalks and it's no surprise that the safety car has appeared for the second time in this race and Alex albon, who I was having a brilliant race after spending a lap in the top six all last year running in the top six here, unfortunately, out of the race with one start, that's it, that's a great opportunity there, also, in the turn seven I lost the back of the car uh oh devastating for him that's the highest they've been running in P6 that was a great position actually oh okay yeah I'm fine uh George Russell, the race leader is entering the Kravitz is down there in the pit lane Ted, let's see if we can get down here, it's a little earlier than they would have liked, but you can't look at a gift horse's mouth, he's a little slow because of his back, they had to take this, obviously I haven't seen it.

Lewis Hamilton, so Hamilton was left out, but Stefan was left out, yes Louis, but then George Russell, as far as the long-term race is concerned, this is a win for him, let's see how it plays out. I think it's a sensible decision, but what he loses. In the short term and we're on lap eight of this race and that safety car is going to be what in another three or four laps you would have thought, Jensen, those hard tires can easily make it to the end of the race for George Russell, yes they can. and as we have seen many times with Mercedes when they were dominant, they have both strategies covered, they have a guy who is still leading the race, Lewis Hamilton, now this is Alex Alban, there is absolutely no chance of avoiding that accident that he had.

Heading into the tire barriers and he was a bit of a passenger, now the red flag came out and the course of the first part of this race and the destination has changed 180 degrees here we are down and George Russell's race has gone from the top to somewhere near the bottom because now anyone who hasn't stopped in the pits has the freedom to choose to change tires during the red flag period, yes, here's the incident, something big, a pretty big impact too, isn't it So? George, yes, George it is. now seventh place on the restart, so he has gone from leading the Grand Prix in an incredible position to p7 in just the blink of an eye, this was the last ride following Alex Albon in the second part of the Australian Grand Prix and the lights of

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Come on, Hamilton has a better start in pace, but Alonso also has a decent start and is already trying to go wheel to wheel and now taking evasive action as Verstappen Jinx heads left. Hamilton takes it from Verstappen Alonso and here comes Pierre Gasly. that looks like George Russell in front of the last straw, they are very different starts there Lewis Hamilton manages to turn three in front of Verstappen of Alonso and then of Gasly behind that cancer eh, ride of George Russell and there is contact at the back and that looks like Víctor Fries , which has had a moment in the alpha Terry and you can see Valttery's butt coming off the track at the back of the field, yeah, full of action as we expected, trying to get these cars into turn three, it's very tight around over there. and these cars are a lot bigger than they used to be, but yeah, great start from Lewis, Max wasn't so good coming off the line again, but Fernando dropped back into turn one.

I think they are struggling to get the tire temps on the Aston Martin. The staff is also very aggressive in their defense and Alonso, with some reactions on his Armstrong in front of Nico Hulkenberg's House, is now running in seventh place. George Russell is ready to fit in, so he outperformed an Aston Martin and also outperformed the house. That's a much better start from George Russell than those around him. Stefan tries to get around Lewis Hamilton on the outside to take the lead in this race and does so before reaching turn nine. Such was the pace of Red Bull with DRS that we have a new race leader he is the man who started from pole originally in this race he is Max Verstappen we know the Rebels got Pace we know DRS is effective but look how effective it is here this is one of the easiest overtakes that Maxima Stafford ever had with Lewis Hamilton, yeah, it was easy, right?

I mean, there's a lot of straights there, um, and the DRS was open for a long time, but, yeah, it was a sitting duck. I got older, of course, because of the headwind on that straight, which gives me a little bit more of an advantage, but, gosh, a little bit like Jeddar two weeks ago. George is going to have a race now in a petrol in exactly the same place where Max overtook Lewis. George Russell trying to get back to the top of the field where he. He was leading this race in the early stages, he can't go wheel to wheel on the throttle, he almost pushed it through turns nine and ten, now he has DRS once again and is walking behind him.

Gaz is under pressure from one and two cars. Here, while George Russell makes the move and the last straw has to sit behind him. Russell up to fourth gas, fifth ride, currently six, but how much longer could Pierre Gasly hold out here? What is this thing that's a car on fire and it's George Russell who has the power? unit issued for George Russell, you need to stop that car, stop in a safe place and let the deputies put the fire extinguishers on you. George Russell, who was leading the early stages of this Grand Prix, is now out and Jensen Button already knows what it is.

When a car catches fire and your hopes are dashed, yes, exactly the same as the last corner. I had a fight at the end of the race and I think he was fifth too, so yeah, it was tough for George, what was so promising? um, it's uh, it's game over so early, oh, inside the front, oh, and it was almost a massive theory, it's okay to unlock there, it's really okay, there's a rebel in almost every seat that this end of week, Jensen, I mean, that was a great moment, it wasn't just blocking. I got up and drove back and it's the end of the day for that guy over there, Kevin Magnuson, he lost his right rear tire that hit what I'm wondering and when he starts and finds a safe place to pull away, the safety car comes out. the yellow flags have stops, there is a screen, oh no, they have to do something with that tire that is right there on the track, the yellow flag is still waving and it has hit the concrete, maybe coming out of turn two now yeah you got damage you got damage the rear suspension is broken oh so maybe he actually lost it coming out of turn two and hit the wall on the left before turn three either way he absolutely hit the wall right there , right next to the Peretti tire advertisement, that is.

What happened to Kevin Magnuson? Well, they just threw the beard on the concrete. That's so strange. I don't know if it was the sun in his eyes and he couldn't judge the exit, but that tire mark we saw on the wall was actually it. from The Bouncing Tire along the circuit, so it wasn't really him spinning or hitting the wall. Ted Kravitz to you. McLaren must have heard you if their 81 Oscar Piastri car from Melbourne comes into the pit oh it's slow at the front and On the left they won't lose much time because it's under a safety car but those are the soft tires oh there's the field of repetition, oh, that's just dramatic.

I think everyone else is thinking the race is going to end, probably crofty, but uh. well those who really have nothing to lose Valkyrie bought us and so far piastri enters the field Joe grang Yoo is also in the pits but I guess Fernando Alonso Louis oh it's also a slow stop for Joe grangu that's frustrating for Al from us Alba and Yuki sonoda Pitts two seconds Ted, uh, there's so much debris here, okay, copy here, just choose your path. I think everyone thinks time will run out, aren't they clever? Look, there's quite a bit of debris outside the runway, we can see too.

In the replay and on board with Joe Granu, we could see the tires bouncing as well, but the sun would have been in Kevin Magnus's eyes. We were talking about it a couple of laps ago and they red flagged the race. We are all in line for the third time this afternoon five flights are underway slides down let's go Hamilton escapes from the staff and approaches to try to cut him off and he does Verstappen leads Fernando Alonso tries to round the outside of Hamilton in second and his contact friends Fernando Alonso around the two Spanish drivers making contact and it is estimated that there is isopia outside of this race it is also chaos as that direct conversation becomes much stronger in turn three Aston Martin has seen its hopes of a double podium or a race win completely evaporated we have another red flag that should be the race over now bernesto van okong and Pierre gasly defeated each other oh dear Aston Martin and Alpine having a restart nightmare here verstappen stayed ahead Hamilton and Science in third Nico Hulkenberg to fourth Yuki Sonoda fifth Norris Piastri Joe Bottas and Perez will score points if we don't restart here but it was absolute chaos at the start Verstappen crosses to cut off Lewis Hamilton Alonso then thinks there is a gap around the outside sites inside, here Gasly locks himself in, he only avoids Alonso, science tags his compatriots, he turns Czech Pérez is avoided and then we see the two of them, the two Alpines joining together, yes, everything was caused by the contact of two cards and Fernando, I don't know where. the two LPS got in, ah there they are, that's right, that was all that happened at the restart, there we see cars skidding towards the ground, Perez losing his head and that's the contact with the two planes.

Talk to our staff now, at the pit wall, your reaction to what happened to your cars please yes it is very sad to see Crafty. We had a really good race and I mean, it's chaos at the beginning like this and, you know. It's, uh, it's just a huge gamble with cars going up everywhere and having to avoid them, yeah, I doubt it, I doubt it. Pierre even saw Esteban there. I don't think he did it. We just watched the replay from on board with uh. Esteban and what do you understand are the rules here? We went through a sector before the red flag and the FIA ​​will have to go back to what was on the grid to determine what the classification is currently.

Yes, this is deja vu all around. Again Crosby, I'm not sure we've gone through a sector. Don't know. I'll have to ask Alan, the sporting director, what we'll do next. Yes, he's your rules and regulations guy, but that's definitely what happened on Silverson after the first lap. incident, I remember yes, what happens here, I have no idea, but if they went through a sector, that is a very costly incident, even if it is a racing incident between their two drivers for their team. The positive thing is that Pierre had a brilliant race and so did we.

He had good pace, there are another 20 to go Stafford then makes his way in the last corner and they go up for Max Verstappen and they go up for Lewis Hamilton and they go up for Fernando Alonso three world champions occupying Verstappen's first three wins the Australian Grand Prix that Hamilton obtains second Alonzo, third, sign four, then comes the walk through the streetsPérez and Pía and, when everyone passes the line, Carlos' place finished 12th according to our timing screen and well done, yes, it took a while, but when it's a win, you take it.

I could make it yeah no world I made was a bit long what you want but the world sailed for our first winner since 2011 so and your first one obviously very well done and enjoy it yeah it's a very good weekend for us. we will be happy with that