And the Austrian Grand Prix is underway

Perfect reaction time for Max Verstappen. He's got what he needed off the line

George Russell will put pressure on Lando Norris

But the top three were as they were that was brave around the outside for Lewis Hamilton

But did he overtake off the road when he was battling Carlos Sainz?

They'll work it out later for second place. We go with George Russell momentarily ahead

But Lando Norris with the inside line. Can Hamilton get the job done against Carlos Sainz?

He can but there'll be a question of whether he did so off the road. Max Verstappen checking out out front as Oskar Piastri

Goes wheel-to-wheel with Sergio Pérez

It's Verstappen, then Norris, Russell, Hamilton up a place, Sainz down one and Piastri climbed up to sixth position

Perfect start once again for Verstappen. Piastri's ushered wide to the gravel

He's gonna lose a place to Leclerc as well and Pérez has made two places in that right down in sixth place

Nose change for Charles Leclerc

Let's see on board with Leclerc now. That's his teammate ahead, Hamilton on the side, Leclerc gets the whack with Piastri then

At the moment Lewis Hamilton trying to make the pass

He's been so racy at the start of this one. Past Carlos Sainz on the first lap, on the third lap

He's gonna be past his teammate and Lewis Hamilton is up to third position

His best start to a Grand Prix so far this year in terms of places gained

He's on the attack, but George Russell wants the place back. Will they play fairly? Wasn't even a contest. Russell retakes P3

Okay, looks like we're under investigation for turn one, so we need to let Sainz past

So there was the instruction on the radio from Pete Bonington, the race engineer for Lewis Hamilton

He actually is still benefiting from that move at the start because Sainz has not got the DRS from Russell that he otherwise might have had

So now he's vulnerable and here comes Hamilton on the outside

Sainz hugged that inside line, desperate to hang on to it and he keeps track position for the moment

Yeah, both of them will be losing lap time. You see the battle Piastri and Perez and well

We know Piastri is not happy, looking to go around the outside. Can he do it?

Yes, he takes the place and Piastri forced to go the long way round and he gets the position back

Let's see what happened to Joe. Through goes Daniel Ricciardo

Oh, and a hit. What the f*** is he doing there?

So we believe it was Alonso. It was Alonso. Alonso into the side to Joe

Joe not happy at all as he rejoins

Alonso has been given a 10 second time penalty for causing a collision with Joe Guarniú

These two Alpines, they're not the best of mates, are they?

So Ghazi has a look to the inside and Arkon just sort of wafts towards the inside, says don't try that one

It's so easy to have a lock up there and clatter into the car ahead

But Ghazi managed to measure that one quite well

He's got to pass Fernando, faster or lose external

Copy that

Arkon finally does pass Fernando Alonso

Yeah, did so at turn number one. Alonso trying to come back. Huge amount of speed

One Alpine has gone through, so has the second one

Alonso has run out of tyres as we run wheel to wheel

And again the Alpines are providing us with on track action

The team won't like it, but it's brilliant entertainment for us

Arkon on the left hand side on board with Pierre Gasly

One driver on the left leaving the team

And that was a chop across the bowels there of Gasly

Who's now trying to go to the outside line

He's trying to keep two wheels on the racetrack

He's done that

The outside line will become the inside line

And Arkon can't stay in the battle

Gasly gets by and takes 8th place

That is Oskar Piastri getting to the apex first

And Piastri worked hard for that move

Coming through and taking what is currently 3rd place away from Lewis Hamilton

Just up and sweeps in

Norris sweeps in just behind

Lando's got a set of mediums

Hold on, was that slow? Was that slow?

Sorry, Charlie, I'm cutting across

Was that a slow stop?

They waited for the release

Took no chances

So that will definitely have played to the advantage of McLaren

Yeah, left rear, very slow coming off

And then, because it was slow

He then had to wait for Norris as well once the left rear was attached

They've had the helping hand of a slow stop

He's gone wide

Oh, he did lock up

Did he make the corner?

Oh my word

Pushing on the outlap there

The gap was 7 seconds

It's now 1.7 seconds

This is where he got past in the sprint yesterday

Lando Norris, is he brave immediately again

This time Verstappen covers it off

This Grand Prix has come alive

Is it late again?

Is it great again for Lando Norris

Who tries to slow it down

But he overtook him off the road

What a late lunge it was

But he'll have to give that place back

And he knows it

He can't keep moving after I've moved

It's just dangerous

Oh, we've got to have a big shot

He forced me to go wide and lock off

Battles for the lead

Decided late on here

Between Verstappen and Charles Leclerc

It went to the last lap in 2016

Between the Mercedes pair

And now on lap 63

Lando Norris slows it down

That one will count if he can stand on the power

Max Verstappen was off the road to maintain the place

There'll be all sorts of investigations there

What a battle between the top two in Formula 1

Yeah, he has to give the position back

I was ahead at the apex

Yeah, and he went off track

Game on once again

This time it's the outside line

Oh, they make contact

He's got a puncture

He's damaged his front wing

The leading contenders for the World Championship

Come together at turn 3

The crowd can't believe it

And George Russell will be looking at the gap

He's the man in third after Verstappen

And Norris come together chasing the lead

Incredible

Norris has got a puncture as well, has he?

Or is he just going around Verstappen who's crawling?

Verstappen's going to tumble all the way down

I think Norris is struggling

Norris gets to the lead of the race

But what condition is the car in?

George, you can win this

You can win this, George

Just have a f***ing drive

And Norris is struggling

George Russell is catching the pair of them

The man who's got one victory in Formula 1

Might be about to take the lead

Nice

Oh my God

There it is

There's the moment

George Russell into the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix

Can you believe what we're seeing?

Verstappen and Norris fighting lap after lap

And it's the door swung wide open

For George Russell who leads Carlos Sainz by 2.2 seconds

On board with Oskar Piastri

Going alongside, trying to take second place

This is absolutely unbelievable stuff

Piastri, now a contender to win this Grand Prix

He's up to second

What a move

And for just the second time in Formula 1

The British driver will see the flag first

And George Russell wins an amazing Austrian Grand Prix

He beats Oskar Piastri home by 1.9 seconds

Carlos Sainz is back on the podium for the first time since Monaco

Another Grand Prix to remember round here

Something about this place into turn number 3

Just provides endless action

Endless drama

And the beneficiary, the winner

George Russell

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