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The big news here at Interlagos today,
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Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Qualifying yesterday,
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sent to the back of the grid, a breach of the technical regulations
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regarding the DRS gap in his rear wing.
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24 laps to come around Interlagos on this Saturday afternoon.
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It's lights out and away we go.
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Bottas does get away well, Verstappen is moving over to cover him,
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but I think Bottas is away and into the lead. Into Turn 1 goes Valtteri Bottas,
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ahead of Verstappen, on the inside there is Carlos Sainz,
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ahead of Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc.
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And then the McLaren under pressure from Pierre Gasly.
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Lando Norris going wheel to wheel with Gasly,
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and we see Yuki Tsunoda ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi.
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- Already Hamilton has made up four places. - But so has Carlos Sainz,
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also on those soft tyres, and Verstappen goes wide,
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comes back on in front of his team mate.
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The soft tyres were brilliant away from the line.
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And Verstappen getting a hefty hit over the kerb as he came back onto the track.
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So Bottas leads then from Sainz, then Verstappen, and then Perez,
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then comes Leclerc, Norris, Gasly, Esteban Ocon,
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and then Vettel ahead of Ricciardo, who has dropped back a few places.
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As we can see what happened down at Turn 1 locking up, Kimi Raikkonen,
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on the inside was his team mate, they probably made contact, the Alfa Romeos,
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sent Kimi facing the wrong way.
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- Who was it? - That was Antonio.
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With DRS, here comes Max Verstappen looking to make a move
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on car number 55, Carlos Sainz,
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and that is a move that he makes with great aplomb into Turn 1.
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Max Verstappen up into second place now,
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chasing after Valtteri Bottas, here goes Hamilton on Tsunoda,
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this is a battle for 13th place, Hamilton's made it,
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goes right the way around the outside.
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I'm watching Hamilton on the main straight with DRS, I think, into Turn 1.
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Lewis Hamilton has got past Fernando Alonso.
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That, Martin, is a crucial move for him.
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There goes Lando Norris, birthday boy, putting on the show with Charles Leclerc
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going into Turn 1, Leclerc defends mightily against Lando Norris
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through the Senna S's. That Ferrari is sliding all over the place.
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That will give Norris hope then, that he can get him going into Turn 4.
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Leclerc moves over to the left, Lando Norris stays exactly where he is,
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Leclerc tries to cut him off, Lando Norris has already moved past.
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And that's a super battle going on there. Lando Norris up to fifth.
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Look how he's almost pushing the McLaren across the line as they do cross the line.
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They're wheel to wheel at the moment, Hamilton's ahead by a car length.
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Hamilton, on lap 13, finally gets ahead of Daniel Ricciardo.
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Now he's into the top ten.
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Hamilton is gaining, as you can see, on Pierre Gasly,
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gets a lovely slipstream, gets DRS as well,
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powers past the AlphaTauri of Gasly, and now he is up into 7th place.
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We're on lap 17 of this race.
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The Ferrari no match for Hamilton.
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Little unsteady into the braking zone into Turn 4.
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But that is a very good sight for fans of Lewis Hamilton.
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There goes the rear wing open of Lewis Hamilton.
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He's a long way back. It'll be a big lunge from there.
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And he's going to try and make that lunge!
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And he does make that lunge down the inside,
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Lewis Hamilton, that is the best move of the lot.
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Hamilton, on Lando Norris, the crowd absolutely love that.
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You can hear the cheers ringing out of your TV set.
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They appreciate good racing at Interlagos, they got it right there.
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Bottas is going to pick up pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
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He wins the Saturday Sprint! Mercedes pick up three points.
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Verstappen, the Championship leader, extends his Championship lead
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by picking up two points for second place.
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As Sainz finishes third, Perez fourth,
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and that is a mega sprint drive from Lewis Hamilton to come home in fifth place.
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- Pole in Brazil!
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Well done, Valtteri.
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*** the tyres were kind of dead.
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- It was just the right amount of laps. - Great job, Valtteri. Great job.
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Bottas will take pole, Verstappen will be alongside him.
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Hamilton will start 10th on the grid. He's never won from 10th.
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And if that is a 100 kilometres little foretaste
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of what might be to come tomorrow,
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might get three times the excitement over the Grand Prix race distance.