00:01Three, four, five red lights in Baku.
00:05And the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is underway.
00:08Verstappen chops across and he got the launch that he needed off the line.
00:11Piastri is the back of the field, he's not got away at all.
00:14Oscar Piastri didn't get the launch from the middle of the pack
00:17and the championship leader is at the rear of the field.
00:19Max Verstappen held the lead, that's what he needed to do.
00:21Lando Norris is side by side with Isaac Hadjar.
00:24He continues on, but a horrible getaway for Oscar Piastri.
00:29P20 right now.
00:30Leclerc tucking in behind Norris.
00:32Hamilton trying to make progress as well.
00:33The top four are as they were.
00:35That's late on the brakes from George Russell to get back past Yuki Tsunoda,
00:38who jumped him in the opening corners at the Grand Prix.
00:41Yeah, Piastri just went absolutely nowhere as the lights went out.
00:45It was like he just had an anti-stool, but I didn't even see the car move at all
00:48from ninth on the grid.
00:49He is plum last and Norris has held position.
00:52In fact, no, he's lost one to Hadjar as well,
00:54so not a good start for either McLaren, but Norris in eighth still at least.
00:58That is a match.
00:59He's in the wall.
01:00He's out of the race.
01:01Oscar Piastri into the barriers and his Grand Prix ends on the opening lap.
01:07Piastri moves before the lights.
01:09Wow.
01:10He does by a long way.
01:11Then he stops and then it looks like he has anti-stool as he goes.
01:14They were being given a five-second time penalty for jumping the start.
01:18Yeah, top in.
01:19They react to the Astri, sorry.
01:21So he is 20th at this point.
01:24Looks to the outside.
01:25It's just slippery out there.
01:27Oh, no.
01:28Oscar, are you okay?
01:29Yeah.
01:30Yeah.
01:31So Ocon is one of the drivers that pitted.
01:33There's Ocon.
01:34Yeah.
01:35And there's the collision.
01:36They both continued.
01:37Ocon came into the pits.
01:38Yeah, that's a bit of a classic Baku first lap incident, that.
01:41And here we go.
01:44Great launch.
01:45And he takes us back.
01:46He checks the mirrors and signs isn't close enough to shape for the move,
01:49but there are loads further back.
01:50The two Mercedes side by side.
01:52Oh, they're going to make it through that first turn.
01:54And that was punchy stuff from Kimi Antonelli, who takes P4.
01:59Thought Russell was going to have that around the outside.
02:02He's shaped for it, but didn't fancy trying to chance his arm on the exit
02:05as the barrier pinches in and Antonelli holds him back.
02:08And once again, Tsunoda is able to go.
02:10And Tsunoda is able to get past Russell on the opening tour.
02:14Oh, wakey, wakey, Lando.
02:16Wakey, wakey.
02:17Look at that gap.
02:18It's a horrible restart from Norris.
02:20Where's he looking?
02:21What's he thinking?
02:22Through goes Charles Leclerc.
02:23That's nicely judged by Leclerc.
02:24That's how he took the position.
02:28Let's have a look visor cam with Lando Norris.
02:31Is there a problem there?
02:32It's Hajar going slowly just ahead.
02:33He's backed off.
02:34Has he got an issue here with his car?
02:35He reported problems on the laps to the grid.
02:38He said the throttle was not responding as he expected.
02:41Charles Leclerc has moved up to seventh place.
02:43Hajar, does he have the full power?
02:45Lando Norris trying to take that place away as well.
02:48And Hajar tumbling down now because Norris has gone by.
02:51Hajar sticks a wheel in.
02:52Nothing he can do.
02:54It was tight.
02:55But Norris makes the move that he needed to.
02:59Again George Russell looking for the move.
03:01He's not the only one.
03:02Lando Norris trying to reclaim the place.
03:04Lewis Hamilton diving to the inside and getting past Isaac Hajar.
03:08Lando Norris trying to get past the other Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.
03:11Up to ninth goes Hamilton.
03:14Well Russell another driver who is targeting the podium.
03:17Look at this.
03:18It's hard tyres to hard tyres.
03:20So it's important because both of these drivers want to go long.
03:22And Russell's close here for a move at three.
03:24So that's the aim.
03:25Tsunoda goes early.
03:26Picks his inside line.
03:28The DRS takes Russell past.
03:30And he reclaims fifth place again.
03:35Stuck with his thoughts.
03:36Watching on with the rest of us.
03:38His first retirement of the season.
03:40There are 25 for a win.
03:42In Formula 1 Alex Albon's going to make contact.
03:44And he does.
03:46Albon into the back of Colopinto.
03:48The yellow flag out.
03:49And Colopinto crucially for so many people's races.
03:53Kept it going.
03:56Albon with the qualifying error yesterday.
03:58Trying to make the move.
04:00No way by.
04:01No.
04:02Never on that one.
04:03And you know who would have had a great view of it?
04:05Oscar Piastri just sitting behind that barrier over there.
04:07Ten second penalty for Alex Albon.
04:09One chasing podium number one in Formula 1.
04:13One chasing podium number two.
04:15Antonelli in the slipstream.
04:17Gaining all the time.
04:18This is the best momentum that he's got.
04:20And Antonelli makes the move.
04:22He's roared by.
04:23Oh my word.
04:24What series is Antonelli in?
04:27The driver second in the World Championship with a pit stop.
04:30That can maximize the chance with his rival out.
04:33Big moment for McLaren now.
04:34More importantly.
04:35Oh, it's not a good stop either.
04:36It's a horrible stop.
04:37Once again.
04:38Lando Norris having a slow stop at a crucial moment.
04:424.1 seconds was not what they needed.
04:44I was going to say more importantly.
04:45Where's he going to come out compared to these two.
04:47Who sweep straight past him.
04:48So not going to pass Tsunoda with that.
04:50And he's not going to pass Lawson or Leclerc.
04:55Stops pretty well on his marks.
04:57And again, just slow on that right front.
04:59Well, can Red Bull punish that error with a clean stop that launches Yuki out ahead.
05:08These two drivers that swap seats for the third race of the year are close now heading to turn number three.
05:14It's Yuki Tsunoda versus Liam Lawson.
05:17Liam Lawson with the momentum with the DRS and with fifth position as it stands.
05:23He's jumped the man who replaced him at Red Bull.
05:26This is how George Russell and Mercedes with a great stint from Russell who's on for his seventh podium of the season.
05:35They needed the tidy stop back into the race.
05:38But that was a change of position.
05:39That was second place for Russell ahead of Carlos Sainz.
05:45Great chance now for Lando Norris.
05:47This is the best opportunity he's had since he was passed by Charles Leclerc at that restart.
05:51He's waited a while for this move and the move is on.
05:54Charles Leclerc has fallen out of DRS range and Lando Norris in the McLaren is moving by.
05:59The sparks flying and he's finally reclaimed the place. P7.
06:04Tsunoda now checking his mirrors rather than looking ahead.
06:07Lando Norris has one clear opportunity left really unless he's a drag race to the line.
06:12And it's right here.
06:13We're heading to turn number three.
06:15But still Tsunoda has that DRS.
06:17So has Norris got anything?
06:19Has he got extra energy?
06:20Has he got the momentum?
06:21The answer is no.
06:22And Lando Norris is stuck in seventh.
06:26Max Verstappen with another masterclass.
06:30The Dutch driver will look up and see the checkered flag first.
06:34And weaving across the line to celebrate victory is Max Verstappen.
06:40Max Verstappen wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
06:44And he punches the air with delight.
06:46That's two in a row for Red Bull.
06:48A superb performance.
06:49And the same applies to George Russell, who made the key moves.
06:53And he is second across the line for his seventh podium of the season.
06:58But for the first time with Williams, Carlos Sainz will stand on the podium.
07:03It's Williams' first podium since 2021.
07:06Kimi Antonelli is in fourth.
07:08Liam Lawson will get his best ever Formula 1 result in fifth.
07:13Yuki Tsunoda's best of the season is P6.
07:16Lando Norris takes six points away from his nearest rival Oscar Piastri.
07:21Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Isaac Hadjar complete the top ten.
07:26Let's go! Let's go!
07:28Best podium in my career, guys.
07:30You cannot imagine how this pays.
07:32Thank you so much.
07:33I just wanted to say this is my first smooth operation in Williams.
07:39And not the last. And not the last.
07:42Max Verstappen, a Red Bull resurgent.
07:44Rule nothing out in Formula 1 2025.
07:47He controlled things for the win.
07:49A fine, fine second place for George Russell.
07:52And a podium to revel in for Carlos Sainz.
07:55The World Championship leader, Oscar Piastri, didn't finish.
07:58But he still leads by 25 points.
