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We've got cars picking their way through the circuit. And that's Valtteri Bottas quoting the driver on the left-hand side. How is the wind? Because the car is pulling in all directions. Wind is in line with the predictions. Yeah, but what is it going? I want to know what's going on, on the prediction. Yeah, so in which area of the track do you want to know? It's a headwind up to turn one. Yeah, so intensity is as measured 20 kph. I nearly crashed in four and five. Everyone slow down. Norris is getting in the way of everyone here. I don't know what the hell Norris is doing. Yeah, they're all getting a lap. Yeah, they're all getting a lap now. What's our position? Okay, so we're P7 at the minute. Why are they all pushing when I'm slowing down? I don't get it. So everyone went for double cool on the second one. Absolutely, because of all the traffic. Checo is out. Sergio Perez, P16. I don't know what's going on there. It's qualifying, not the race, but they were arguing over the same piece of tarmac. I don't understand why we're so rushing in this qualifying, honestly. I don't understand. I don't understand, man. Yeah, I copy you. I hear you. We're a bit short. Yeah, you don't hear me, man. It's a nightmare. I have no idea. Tell me a bit more cars behind. Yeah, they're quite a few cars, I know. Now, next car pushing is Piastri. All of these are slow cars now around you. Piastri is seven. I don't get it. Piastri is seven. Tell me the cars that are fast, please. Yeah, Charles, I know there are many cars. I'm trying my best. Time to quickly go to the bathroom. Yeah, you've got seven and a half minutes till the next session. What can Russell do? He brings the Silver Arrow across the line and he goes to second. Well done, well done. Is that P2? P2, yeah, that's P2. Good job. 60 milliseconds to Norris' first. Yeah, well done, everyone. Car was nice to drive in this session. Well, over-serious for number seven. Verstappen going a little bit backwards at the start. Hulkenberg's managed to jump him. Gasly up into seventh place. Russell's gaining as well. And that is a bold look to the inside. Can he force Piastri off the racing line? Just turn into me. George Russell is going to have another lunch. On board with the driver. Currently in third. Will he be given a car's width? Aggressive defence from Oskar Piastri. Hey, that was late. Twice now. Please, next lap, last lap. Yes, but don't worry about that. Oskar, 1.5. Please give him DRS. Russell's close. We finish in this order. Finish in this order will happen. It will be back-to-back sprint victories. And Oskar Piastri takes the sprint win at the very end. Yeah, thank you for the teamwork. Much appreciated. And a great load of points. So thanks, everybody. Cheers. Yeah, that's how racing can be won in F1. It's pretty boring. Yeah, shame about that today. I feel like you had a lot more pacing out there. I was so excited to get racing there and get battling. That was just... Don't know what that was. Can't make that up, bub. Strap 40. Not fun. You watch Hamilton starting to push right now. Hamilton, 1 behind. Gasly, 4 behind, starting to push. Watch for Gasly, 3. And then Kevin. Watch for Kevin. Kevin's in sync. It's not going to work out, is it? No. So we are safe. We're boxing this lap. That was not good, guys. I want a clean run in Q2. That was not good. There was too much traffic there. So we'll do a better job. And we are through. Thank God for that, man. It wasn't clear to read your message. Copy that. We are through. Good job. Hey, Alonso purposely slowed up from 9 and 10 when he avoided his lap. It just sucks, man. That was troll. Okay. Okay, you are through into Q3. How about that? Nice one. Absolutely no grip. Okay, mate. Recharge on. Are we through or not? Okay, mate. Portuguese P11. Did a bad job. So, obviously, there'll be a bit of waiting. We've got four cars. Watch out. Russell's pushing. On a slow lap. He's pushing on a slow lap, is what I'm trying to say. Super dangerous by Verstappen. Final corner for Max Verstappen. Chasing his first pole position since Austria earlier in the year. And he's got it. That's an excellent turnaround. That's pole position. Let's go, guys. Well done for the turnaround. Yes. Yabba-dabba-doo, Max. That is the first official pole since Austria. Well done. That was a mighty qualifying. Well done, mate. Half a tenth to George there. So, close. Yeah, last corner, a little drift, but it worked. Yeah, excuse my French, by the way. Well, it sounds lovely to me, that French. How close? It's P2, 55 milliseconds to Verstappen. How about it, guys? Good effort again. Yeah, good job. Good driving. We have time to change Balaclava. The Mokola is broken and I cannot drink. So, Charles, we don't have time. So, you need to keep it like this. This is quite a system we need to work on now. Let's think about it later. Good comps once again. Let's be on it with the tyre. It's going to be slightly harder today. So, let's have some good communication and do it. And the Qatar Grand Prix is underway. Ocon and Colopinto stranded at turn one. And they are out at the first turn. Are you okay? I think it's a f*** for us. Thank you. A lot of damage. Let's peel off. Really switch off the car. Drift clear. We've got damage to the rear left. I think the car is okay, just the tyre. It's going to go slow. Round goes Albon, further on lap one. Alston hit Westro. Yeah, copy that. I knew he was going to do it. Mate, it's Alston. What the f***? Check my car. I cannot believe it, man. Two years with the same problem on the straights. How far are we off the front, man? So, 1.2 to the front. Is the car broken? No, we're just underbalanced. A little bit loose, just underbalanced. Why have we put hards on? Why have we put the f***ing hards back on, man? Magnussen running side by side with Alonso. What up now, man? Are we able to do that? Can we do what Alonso did? Just checking, Kev. If we can, we should. I have no information at the moment, Kev. Yeah, there are still some lights there. I mean, that's... Look. Yeah, okay. Standby. I don't know what to do. Okay, just break by yourself, Max, for the moment. Assume a restart. Okay, the light's now off. Sorry for the delay. I think the light malfunctioned. The safety car lights never went off. This is Sergio Perez. Let's listen in. I simply lost drive. I lost drive. Yeah, I lost drive. Get to an opening. Probably make it back to the pit lane. Alex Albon making contact up against the Haas of Magnussen. Albon just revved me. Copy. Oh, he's not going to go around the outside. He was barged out of the way before. Gloves off stuff. Come on, man. They didn't even look at that. Copy that. You've got to get onto the FIA right now. They're on it. Previous incident also under investigation. It's a 10-second stop-go penalty for Lando Norris for failing to slow under yellow flags. Lando, we have been given a 10-second stop-go penalty, which we will take this lap. For what? Failing to slow under the yellow flag. Alonso 25.5. Leave me alone, mate. Okay, Lewis, we've got to drive through penalty. We're speeding in the pit lanes. Looks like we forgot to press the button on that first time behind the safety car. I'll retire the car, mate. Okay, so we'll serve the penalty this lap. Park the car, mate. Negative. I'm switching off when I get in there, mate. That's fine. If you want a five-second penalty next race, that is fine. We only have to do one more lap, but we will drive through the pit lane. Last one, Kev. If ever a team radio message summed up a Formula 1 career, it's that one. Max Verstappen wins the Qatar Grand Prix. Simply lovely, guys. Yes, yes, yes, yes. What an unbelievable race again. That was really fun. Let's go, let's go! That's P5, mate. Well done. Oh, that's great. Okay, that's great, mate. So, Magnussen, P9. That's P5 for us. Well done, mate. So, we are back in front five points, right? We are back in front, yes. Yeah, that was pretty intense, but the car was absolutely amazing today. Quite a lot better than yesterday. So, very good job. Very enjoyable. That feels very nice. So, congrats, guys. And welcome back to the top ten, Jogwan, you and Sauber. And you have P8. Great job, mate. Great job. That's for you. Yes, I would say. Let's go! Come on, guys! Come on! Oh, my God. What a race, man. What a race. It was good. The car was mega. I said I would make up for it. I would make up for it. Thank you. Great reaction. That was mega. That's your day. Driver of the day. Amazing. Well done. What a weekend. Alessandro for Joe. You write a page of our history of this season today. Thanks to you. All the people in Inville here are happy. You've done a great job. It's a big reward for our people, for everyone working together this season. Thanks, Joe. You must be proud. Thank you from everybody of us. Thank you.