00:00Here come the lights, two, three, four, five red lights in Singapore, and we go sprint racing to turn number
00:09one, better launch off the line for George Russell, who's got the lead immediately in his Mercedes, he takes the
00:15lead from Max Verstappen, who's P2, Lewis Hamilton up to P3, then it's Charles Leclerc in fourth position, Oscar Piastri
00:22going backwards, Max Verstappen going backwards, as we make our way through the really slippery stuff now, who can find
00:29the grip?
00:29As they will cautiously tiptoe through, it will dry up, remember, as you make your way out of turn number
00:35eight, but it is heavy spray as we make our way down to the seventh turn of the racetrack, with
00:39George Russell in the lead.
00:41Yeah, great, and again, consistent start from the Mercedes, George Russell in these damp conditions, Lewis Hamilton will be licking
00:48his lips and getting himself up into third place.
00:52Let's have another look then, Russell just straight away through, Hamilton also just found drive in the first part of
00:58the start, and got ahead of his teammate, and Oscar Piastri, who couldn't follow suit from the inside line, and
01:04fourth on the grid.
01:05This is the launch, feed it in, finding traction up the inside, decent on the brakes too.
01:14It's going to be interesting to see what the Ferrari's performance is like, use their aero as well, and one
01:19off!
01:20Oh, into the wall, George Russell, into the wall and out of the race, and everyone will have to take
01:25avoiding action, as he pings off the pit wall, and across the racing line, Max Verstappen leads, Lewis Hamilton is
01:32in second, Charles Leclerc is in third,
01:34and George Russell, coming round the 19th and final corner of the racetrack, goes off the road, spins around, into
01:41the pit wall, and out of the race, and the safety car is out.
01:47Heading to the final two corners of the racetrack, first on the scene.
01:51Looking for white lines, and I'm finding one on the exit, it's the curve in fact, that he's just accelerating
01:55on, it's a faster corner, you've got a lot of lateral load, and he just gets that right rear onto
02:00the curb.
02:01Let's have another look at it, there we go, it's on the curb, it's a classic, wet weather, feeling grip,
02:06the curbs are slippery, as soon as he finds that, just spins up the right rear, and pitches off into
02:12the wall.
02:14Sorry, you're alright?
02:16Ah, yeah, I'm fine, sorry, sorry, sorry.
02:22There's Perez to the inside of Stroll, heading into turn 16, and there was no room and contact for both
02:28of them, Stroll is out.
02:31Perez clearly on the inside, so, what has Stroll done here, I've got to say, for me, Stroll has turned
02:38in, and expected Perez's car to disappear.
02:43And out goes Hajar from the sprint.
02:46Hajar is pulling to the side of the road, and he departs at turn 5.
02:52Yeah, the engine braking is dying, yeah, but I don't know.
02:55Okay, stop the car, stop the car, stop the car, stop here.
03:02Arvid Lindblad, that was in 17th.
03:06Let's have a look, what's befallen him?
03:08Oh, around he goes!
03:09Did the right thing, when it started to spin, this off the brake momentarily,
03:13so the tyres find their own grip, and he slides down the circuit.
03:19Max Verstappen takes us back to green flag conditions.
03:22Let's go racing once again, as we find Verstappen over the line.
03:26Now you can overtake across the start-finish line.
03:28Verstappen, Hamilton, then Charles Leclerc, Piastri and Norris.
03:32Antonelli, the championship leader, is in P6.
03:35To the inside we go with Ollie Behrman.
03:36Will there be room?
03:37Gasly hangs on to it, hangs on to the place.
03:40Behrman with real confidence in these conditions once more,
03:43and he's trying to improve to 8th position.
03:45Stand on the power, what grip have you got?
03:47Looking good for Behrman, who has got the best opportunity to go past,
03:50and he has the momentary position.
03:53Let's cycle through, does he appear?
03:54He does, and he's up to P8.
03:56That's superb for Behrman to take advantage of a restart.
03:59The Haas team have been falling down in the pecking order.
04:02A point for them would be huge,
04:04and Behrman has managed to snaffle that last point position away from Gasly.
04:11Albon into the back of Bortoleto, Bottas into the back,
04:14as they all misjudged, I think, when the race leader was going,
04:17and then they all just bottled up into the final chicane.
04:19So no strategic pit stop, just damage all round.
04:22And that collision, understandably, has been noted.
04:28On board, Nico Hülkenberg, getting past Pierre Gasly,
04:31or at least trying to.
04:32First turn of the racetrack, Gasly giving the space,
04:34and having to bail out of it.
04:36He'll rejoin on the other side of the bollard.
04:38He pushed me wide.
04:40He came back, he didn't leave me space.
04:45He's going to come under pressure here, Leclerc.
04:47He really is stuffed on his tyres.
04:49Yeah, Hamilton was two seconds quicker than Leclerc on the last tour.
04:53So, Norris trying to put pressure on Piastri.
04:56Antonelli's right with them.
04:57And the prize here is third place in a sprint.
04:59An extra point for Piastri if he can make it through.
05:03Charles Leclerc measuring it.
05:04We are on the penultimate lap.
05:07Leclerc is two and a half seconds off Hamilton on the last lap.
05:10I would be interested to see what Norris can do,
05:12because he's really hustling the back of Piastri.
05:14But McLaren don't seem interested in team orders in this sprint
05:17for a point or two's difference.
05:21Well, we go across the line with our gaggle fighting for third.
05:25Our top two are a long way down the road.
05:27Max Verstappen moving through turn five.
05:30Lewis Hamilton into the same corner now.
05:32And we're bunched together as we come through turn three.
05:35Squeeze on the power.
05:37Is there a last lap attack from any of the McLarens?
05:40Look into the inside.
05:41A turn five is bold.
05:43And contact between the two of them.
05:46Lando Norris hits Oscar Piastri.
05:48Let Charles Leclerc off the hook and elevates Kimi Antonelli,
05:52Liam Lawson and Oliver Behrman to sixth position.
05:56Through goes Hülkenberg as well.
05:58Piastri is out.
05:59Surprise move launched by Norris.
06:01And contact between the McLarens.
06:04Well, if you don't have team orders, you let them race.
06:06That's the risk for McLaren.
06:08Let's have a look.
06:09We were crawling out of the second and third turns.
06:13And then Norris is going to send it into turn five.
06:15So we're down the inside.
06:16I have to say we're a fair way down the inside on the entry.
06:21Let's have a look again.
06:24In the end, the contact looks pretty bad for Norris.
06:27He does get a decent chunk of his car down the inside.
06:32We're out.
06:33Okay.
06:34There was no gamble for a while.
06:36And then there was a gamble at the end.
06:38To the inside of turn five.
06:40Norris thought he had the room.
06:42Contact with Oscar Piastri.
06:44And they go from looking at fourth and fifth to eighth place with Lando Norris.
06:48Piastri is out of the points.
06:50And further up the road.
06:52Finally for Max Verstappen.
06:55This is his tenth Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
06:59And for the sprint, he will see the chequered flag first.
07:02It's victory in Singapore at last for Max Verstappen.
07:06Who beats Lewis Hamilton to the flag by 2.5 seconds.
07:10A dramatic sprint race in Singapore.
07:13Won by Red Bull.
07:14And Max Verstappen.
07:16Charles Leclerc hangs on just to third position.
07:20Antonelli three-tenths of a second away.
07:22And it's party time for Liam Lawson, Oli Behrman and Nico Hülkenberg.
07:28Behrman up seven places from where he started in a 20-lap race.
07:33And Norris taking the final point.
07:36And Max Verstappen out of the car as the winner in Singapore.
07:39He's chasing the Grand Prix tomorrow, of course.
07:43But gets that win in the sprint format.
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