00:00It's lights out and away we go, George Russell gets a very slow start, it's a good start from Lewis
00:05Hamilton, now they're trying to find the slipstream and Russell is right behind Hamilton, Leclerc too, and this could be
00:11three abreast going into the first corner, Hamilton's got the advantage, Max Verstappen is coming up on George Russell who's
00:16losing places, round the outside goes Charles Leclerc, the two Ferraris going wheel to wheel, staying on the track, Hamilton
00:22still in the lead, now the run down to turn four, is Leclerc going to try round the outside of
00:27his team mate?
00:28You bet he is, Charles Leclerc goes off the track though, he's going to have to come on and give
00:32a place back, but how many places does he give back, Max Verstappen on the inside of Lewis Hamilton, takes
00:38second place, the door was wide open, and that's Isaac Hadjar spinning around, chaos on the opening lap, and it
00:48is going to be a double retirement as Lance Stroll is asked to stop the car, and this, well, he's
00:56managed to park it right by an opening,
00:58here, and I'm just wondering, are we going to need a virtual safety car, a full safety car, or can
01:04they push that car away?
01:06Oh, the VSC has been deployed, because of the way it is parked, watch Max Verstappen, great start from him,
01:13George Russell gets bogged down, and then they've got a long time to try and sort this out.
01:16It wasn't the launch for Max, was it, actually, it's this positioning, it's this placement, it's this spatial awareness, look,
01:23slides between the two Mercedes drivers, goes left, goes right, finds the gap, and then he's up into third place
01:29already, watching how the two Ferraris are going to do their ding-dong, this is the key moment, Nico, up
01:34at turn four.
01:35Yeah, incredible, I mean, already Leclerc was a bit too aggressive there, I have to say, now here, Lewis is
01:40closing, Leclerc, amazing job from Leclerc, around the outside, let's see if they both go off track, yep, so it's
01:45done.
01:45I think we can watch now, on board, with George Russell, what happened, so there's a contact with the Red
01:50Bull, there's not going to be much room now, is there, George?
01:53And Isaac Hadjar comes across, too far back, too far back, yeah, okay, he was in there.
01:59He says they are alternating races between now and the end of the years, Oscar Piastri, he's made a great
02:03recovery, Crofty, isn't he, up into seventh place now, five places up from his disappointing qualifying.
02:09The stewards have given Charles Leclerc a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
02:15And a ten-second penalty for George Russell for causing a collision, so that'll seem like a whole eternity for
02:24George Russell, as he is stuck stationary in the pits for ten seconds.
02:29Okay, Leclerc's been given a five-second penalty, I mean, Hamilton's already five seconds behind him.
02:36The new penalty's for ten.
02:39And Charles got the five-second penalty.
02:42The problem with the five-second penalty is he's got clean air, he doesn't have to manage like the rest
02:47of us, he should just give the positions back.
02:51I think that is a fair point.
02:52But, yeah, just to underline that this has always been a track position race, hasn't it?
02:57And what's frustrating for Hamilton is also frustrating for Max Verstappen.
03:01The stewards have basically handed Charles this win.
03:04We agreed.
03:07The driver's breathing.
03:10But was the plan for Charles to be putting him under that much pressure before the lead to that?
03:15It's Alex Albon, by the way, making the move on the camera.
03:18Charles Leclerc, who is coming into the pits, as you can see.
03:21So he will stop on his marks, and Max Verstappen is going to stop on exactly the same lap.
03:27So Max Verstappen will take the net lead of this race, because his pit stop surely will be faster than
03:35Charles Leclerc.
03:35By the time they have finished servicing Max Verstappen, they then get to work on Charles Leclerc, and Hamilton takes
03:43the lead of the race.
03:44But the net lead is now with Max Verstappen.
03:46But as Verstappen and Leclerc make their way around the final corner, it's not fast enough to get Lewis in
03:52and out ahead of Charles Leclerc.
03:54He's going to need one of your Magic Mexico steps here, Max.
03:58Just do enough to keep him behind.
04:0113 seconds, and that's about the gap.
04:02So, you know, it's worth staying out if he's not losing time, as Bernie highlighted.
04:07Piastri again at turn 12.
04:09He spent the whole lap behind Albon as a blue flag.
04:12Ah, that would be why his lap times dropped then.
04:17Lando with a slow stop.
04:18He is out ahead of George Russell.
04:21As we watch Oli Behrman coming into the pit, that was right in the last minute.
04:27He almost hit the bollard.
04:30Almost, almost committed a bit of an infringement there by going over that wide line.
04:34Oh, into the barriers.
04:36That is the Cadillac of Valtteri Bottas.
04:39Now that is down at turn one.
04:42That will be quite the impact for Valtteri Bottas.
04:46And this might change things dramatically.
04:49The safety car is going to be thrown.
04:52Charles Leclerc is just making his way around the final corner.
04:55Lewis Hamilton's behind him.
04:56Lewis Hamilton's coming into the pits.
04:58Verstappen carries on.
05:00Leclerc carries on.
05:01Hamilton is taking the opportunity to get rid of those medium tyres that he doesn't like.
05:06And to put a set of soft tyres on that he probably would prefer.
05:10Valtteri Bottas crashing at turn one has just thrown a little twist into the outcome of this Mexico City Grand
05:19Prix.
05:20They have red flagged this race.
05:22Oh.
05:22There is a red flag from that Cadillac.
05:25We've got big problems.
05:26Big, big problems.
05:33Lewis Hamilton is showing no signs of his mood improving at all today.
05:38Would you like me to explain that and translate?
05:40Watch the front left wheel here of Valtteri Bottas' car as he jumps on the brakes for the first corner.
05:46Oh, no!
05:48Suspension failure on the front left corner.
05:50And that is a hefty impact.
05:52I have to say Crofty.
05:53They're doing 320 kilometres an hour at the end of that star fenestrate.
05:58And he is a lucky boy to get away with that.
06:02It's so good to see him walking out unaided because that would have been a massive impact, Nico.
06:08That's a big one, yeah.
06:09That really hurts.
06:11It's horrible for a driver to have a failure like that at full speed that takes so much of your
06:16confidence away.
06:16We're racing to 71 laps in Mexico City.
06:19It's lights out and away we go.
06:21That is a very good start from Max Verstappen.
06:24Not so from Charles Leclerc.
06:25Hamilton is already past him.
06:27That dirty side of the grid didn't help Charles Leclerc.
06:30As now he pulls out from behind the slipstream of Verstappen, who's got the lead.
06:34That's a big lock-up from Charles Leclerc.
06:36He somehow manages to keep on the track.
06:38But Lewis Hamilton just pushed wide.
06:40I think stayed on the track.
06:42Leclerc stays in third place.
06:43Antonelli in fourth, Lando Norris and George Russell.
06:46But that was a real skirmish going into turn one.
06:50And somehow they all avoided each other.
06:52Antonelli's gaining on Charles Leclerc.
06:54Is he going to go for the move?
06:55You bet he's going to go for the move.
06:57Down the inside.
06:58Kimi Antonelli pushes Charles Leclerc wide and squeezes up ahead of the Ferrari.
07:03That was a super move.
07:04This is where Nikahogmo's run into the back of Oli Behrman.
07:08Oh.
07:09Well, you can understand why the stewards didn't take very long to give a 10-second penalty for that.
07:14He's got to break it.
07:15It's just changing completely.
07:17Copy that.
07:18Oh, two seconds.
07:18So, Lando, in our photos, Leclerc has a flat spot down to the canvas.
07:23He's got four.
07:23Yeah, I know that.
07:24I saw it.
07:28And that is Arvid Lindblad.
07:30Oh, no.
07:30In the racing balls, and he's hit the wall.
07:33As you can see, on the left-hand side, there is damage to his car, and Arvid Lindblad is out
07:40of this race.
07:42I think this is his first official DNF as well in Formula One.
07:47He sort of did not start his first official DNF.
07:49There's Piastri on the outside, gets forced wide, and then they touch.
07:55And that can happen when you're running so close.
07:57I mean, he moved on the braking, and then I had to go on the outside, and he just left
08:03me no space at all.
08:05No, it's fair.
08:06I mean, he should have left Oscar more space.
08:09Oscar has a right to be there on the outside, and...
08:12Yeah.
08:14Was Oscar far enough?
08:16Yeah, you're right, Drafty.
08:17You need to...
08:17Because, again, like with Max, Arvid, as long as Oscar is not ahead at the apex, which is not,
08:23but Arvid is allowed to use the whole track.
08:27Oof.
08:27Mercedes, who two years ago swapped a goat for a kid,
08:32are now seeing the kid write his name in the championship history of Formula One.
08:38Kimi Antonelli will celebrate.
08:40Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix.
08:42Lewis Hamilton comes home for second, and at 20 years and 68 days,
08:48Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the youngest ever champion of the world.
08:54Listening to the reaction, you can see the emotions pouring out of his eyes.
08:59An amazing day for world sport, you know, to see a new world champion.
09:04Get in there, Kimi.
09:06Champion of the world.
09:18World champion, we did it.
09:22And flowing almost as much as the tears are now.
09:25Thank you so much.
09:28We did it.
09:29We did it.
09:29Thank you so much.
09:32Beautiful work, Kimi.
09:33Been a real pleasure being part of the journey with you, mate,
09:35but, yeah, this is just the first chapter.
09:37So, champ, you're going to be pulling up in the stadium section.
09:41We're aboard there with your new title.
09:45Yeah, thank you.
09:49Thank you very much.
09:52Thank you,스를.
