it will be a long hard stare at the five red lights when they go out second Grand Prix of the year will begin the Chinese Grand Prix is underway with a good reaction time for George Russell who's claimed that inside line he's got an opportunity to die to the inside but pastri was Brave and he chops across George Russell who's vulnerable and loses out to second position Russell will try and reather his thoughts but he's lost the place to Lando norrris who improves up from third to second pastri then Norris Russell had a sight of
the lead but drops down to third Hamilton improved up to Fourth charlot Clair is in fifth Max a stap and drops down a couple of places yeah that's a brilliant start for Landon Oris and that will be reassuring that he lost a bunch of places last year but feisty got his a and here comes George Russell back at him Brave stuff to do that into seven here we go into turn number eight that Mercedes is fast in a straight line but if you have a half look you could endanger yourself to Lewis Hamilton behind well
that's exactly what happened to George at the start he was desperate for that inside to get the lead in the clear air but had himself pinned to the inside line and Lando could sweep around the outside further back max loses out to both Ferraris this is Russell and he has the overlap which is just so enticing to go throw your car but it's not a big enough Breaking Zone to launch a lunge and and he was right to back out of it but it was just too late this is charl Clair on the inside hugging
the white line and the curb a over over the curb and it just knocks him wide into into Hamilton Gabriel B letto was towards the back of the field starting this one in 19th he's still running in the Grand Prix but the car heavy with fuel on the opening lap and round he went breaks on fire for Alonzo Alonzo slowing having had a break fire reported by one of his competitors and the Man in the middle of the pack who started this race in 13th is surely trundling back to the pits to become our first
retirement of the Grand Prix Oscar piastri is a about to hit his marks crucial pit stop in the context of the Grand Prix these are the pressure moments for McLaren the reigning world champions and it's not as efficient as they've managed in the past 3.8 seconds potentially I know he's going to get fresher robber as Russell comes in as well and now Lando Norris knows he's got an opportunity to make the difference 3.8 seconds little bit vulnerable but there will be fresher rubber for piastri crucial that he doesn't get any traffic as he comes out
of the pits and let's go to estan okon he's made the move on the mistake has he because that was the car in front aong going super Brave and he's got to the inside exactly a car's width left and he took the chance let's see 2.2 better stop for Norris expecting him to be around 2 seconds in proximity to pastri when he comes over the line but let's see how close the two McLaren are and important outl for piastri he will get there now can Norris get out ahead of the traffic can George Russell get
back the place that he got at the start tires won't be the same temperature as well Russ Russells will be in a better window they've got the marker in the way as well Russell gets ahead crucial moment George Russell Brave they were battling up against the driver who's meant to be leaping out of the way and stroy doesn't have to LEAP out of the way they're racing with position right now he might have old tires but he's allowed to race a position no blue flags and a crucial moment of hesitation rewards George Russell with what
will be second place and then you see surely Lon Norris will sweep by he does sweep by stroll yet to stop through goes Russell up to second place and Norris having the option to take second again net second on the road finds himself falling behind the Mercedes man can Lando Norris reclaim the position he knows it's vital if he's going to win this Grand Prix he's got a car in between him and his teammate he's diving to the inside and Lando Norris takes back the place a crucial move if he's going to win the Chinese
Grand Prix that could be defining for who takes home the last trophy today we want to swap this now this lap swap now yeah it makes sense lair's been too close for too long in this race and even though Lewis has looked better throughout so much of it charl has the better chance from what we've seen so far so Lewis has got to try and prove that wrong and stay with his teammate now and both catch up to to George Russell and then he might get the payback this is Oliver bman we're getting a replay
of the British driver getting past the New Zealander under breaking at the head or at least the lap before he was a there you go so this is Oliver bman pushing on fresher rubber trying his favored move he is enjoying the Superior Traction on that long first stint and he Powers by bman gets a round of applause from his American team he's up to p15 it's another lovely late breaking move from Oliver bman who's making his way through the traffic he is operating in about a second faster than Lance stroll on that old hard tire
so that Medium is giving him the advantage at the moment he's passing cars as well bman checking the mirror and seeing Carlos signs in it so Hamilton goes to the fresher Robert doesn't have the performance on the hard tire and will look to try and take on the medium and attack further on he will have superb Pace as he moves on new set a hard hamon but he'll just he'll just Hammer that out now to the end of the race bman to the outside of uh of Pierre gazley going again for It Up and Under
on the exit squeeze on the throttle with fresh a tires but he's on the outside again for the final corner so he's not getting the same burst of traction on the medium Tire as he made his way out let's see if he can be braver on his way down pulls out of the slipstream didn't know when he was going to be able to and straight by this time so bman attacking and bman finding his way past the Alpine up to 10th position wait front we damage from what I don't know how codas picked that up
was okay was trying to get up to the to the back of science was very close to the back of science coming into turn one oh yeah look it's just through the turbulent air of the car in front you you go through all sorts of Crash testing ahead of putting your car on the racetrack but the only way you really find out how it performs is in close combat Norris wants every point he can get but pastri wants to be a contender for this world championship you are looking at the current world champion we're on
board nose cam as he tries to go the long way round to turn the outside line into the inside line lir knew he was trying to do that and he Roars around the outside does he get the place he does fourth position for Max for stappen in the final stages of the race yeah look that that's a beautiful pass no question about it as Charles comes back can they make their way through turn number six they've got away with that one that was super late on the breaks for the man from Monaco they're not separated
by much but the place now belongs to ven after the misery of Melbourne Oscar piastri was consumed with rage you are watching his emphatic response for piastri the time is now Oscar piastri wins the Chinese Grand Prix for only his third Grand Prix Victory and Lando Norris nurses home the McLaren he might not have a break pedal left but he's got second place George Russell got within 1.3 seconds of Norris he completes the podium the champagne flows for McLaren and Oscar piastri Lando Norris making it a onew as well their 50th in the sport the
first was back in 1968 when it was Denny whom beating team founder Bruce McLaren [Music]
