Radio Rewind | 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Paramount+

I think you are not understanding the situation. At the Wolfram, look. You sound a bit emotional, are you OK? I don't really care, it's such a nice place. And the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is underway. Blue mode one, blue mode one. Piastri is the back of the field, he's not going away at all. Max Verstappen held the lead, that's what he needed to do. Lando Norris is side by side with Isaac Hadja. That's not too bad. That's late on the brakes from George Russell to get back past Yuki Tsunoda, who jumped him in the opening corners of the Grand Prix. Oskar Piastri into the barriers and his Grand Prix ends on the opening lap. Oskar, are you OK? Yeah. I'm safe, Oskar. And safety car deployed, safety car deployed. We are staying out. Piastri. And Alonso jumped the start. Copy that, saw that. And they were being given a five-second time penalty for jumping the start. A five-second time penalty. Yeah, copy. Yeah. I react to Piastri, sorry. No worries, mate. Stay focused, there's a lot of race remaining. Mode race. Contact front right, check. And Nico, so far, tyre pressures are OK for us, tyre pressures are OK. Yeah, it was more the front wing. OK. The corner, I couldn't avoid it. Axiom six to check the front left corner. Got hits on the rear right. Yeah, we're checking. So far, no damage. OK, mate, we're just waiting. The stuff is still holding. Still holding. And going. Oh, wakey, wakey, Lando. Wakey, wakey. Look at that gap. It's a horrible restart from Norris. Where's he looking? What's he thinking? Through goes Charles Leclerc. Mode six, click of attack. Lando Norris trying to take that place away as well. And Hajar tumbling down now because Norris has gone by. Head down now. Oh, sorry. Mode nine, mode nine, copy. Push on 1.1. Let's work improving exit 10-16. Let's radio. Overtake would be available. Kimi, don't be back after that corner. Both of these drivers want to go long and Russell's close here for a move at three. Sunoda goes early, picks his inside line. The DRS takes Russell past and he reclaims fifth place again. Good job, mate. So Kimi now, 2.6 ahead. Just on tyres, Fernando, they do all look OK from our side. Thanks. I think you are not understanding the situation. How bad it is. Attack currently. I overtake available. Alex Albon's going to make contact. And he does. Albon into the back of Colopinto. He just moves mid-routine. Pressures are OK. No overloads on suspension compared to our front wing. I keep hitting him. I know, mate. That was just a bad move. It's got my heart. It probably was, I mean. Everything's looking OK outside here. So, as you can see, medium runners now pitting onto the hard. Lawson and Leclerc was previous lap. Lawson has pitted. If the next lap I am not quick, I think we should cover. OK, we just need to open the pit window to Adler. It's still two to three seconds in the pit window. 46.3. Where am I losing? Exit 7 to improve lap time. Where else, mate? Come on. Exit 7 and 16. I have a 0.5. I overtake available. Antonelli in the slipstream, gaining all the time. This is the best momentum that he's got. And Antonelli makes the move. He's roared by. Antonelli. How is this lap? Pace-wise, how is it? Pace is good. So, Russell 4.3 is just quicker sector 2. Still 4.2 seconds behind. 29 to go. Of course, Russell is so hard. Yeah. AFM, 45 for Russell. This is brilliant pace, mate. Keep pipping away. Signs 45.9, Russell 45.7. I wouldn't let Russell get within undercut. AFM. Back out of the pit window. You're clear of it. Clear of it. 2 seconds ahead. Carlos Sainz with a crucial stop. Gets rid of those medium tyres. Bolts on the hard tyres. This tyre feels good, I think. Just keep extending. Yeah. AFM, I was just going to say the same thing. So, Sainz was 45.1 on his first lap. But we'll just keep extending and building this tyre offset. I'd like to have thoughts on the front wing. Just maybe up 2. Up 1. And box to overtake Tsunoda. Box to overtake Tsunoda. Once again, Lando Norris having a slow stop at a crucial moment. 4.1 seconds was not what they needed. So, not going to pass Tsunoda with that. And he's not going to pass Lawson or Leclerc. Displace 6, position 1. Let's go. He can be boxing this lap. Boxing this lap. He's strapped 12 in the pit lane. Strapped 12 in the pit lane. Well, can Red Bull punish that error with a clean stop that launches Yuki out ahead? It's a bit close at Lawson at the exit. Let's go. Battery's good. These two drivers that swap seats for the third race of the year are close now heading to turn number 3. Liam Lawson with the momentum, with the DRS, and with 5th position as it stands. On 6. Good job, man. One second behind Sainz on exit. Overtake available on exit. Watch the white line. Second place for Russell ahead of Carlos Sainz. A bit of a second behind. Yeah, it was a very good pit stop. So, currently you're P3. Russell on fresh rubber with car pace. It would be difficult to keep it. We have nine laps advantage on Anthony. Currently 1.6 behind. I think that's your race for P3. 11 to go. Copy. Give it to me, please. There's a hold available. Charles Leclerc has fallen out of DRS range and Lando Norris in the McLaren is moving by. Lawson on old, hard tyres ahead. Car behind, now Norris. Charles, we want to swap the cars in turn 1 and let Lewis try with the mediums. Thank you. Lawson lap time 44.9. Autowide, I'll be position 1. Very good pace, keep it up. At the wall, front left. Pretty hard. Check the wheel. Yeah, copy. We're looking. Tyre pressures are OK for now, Niko. Keep checking. Pretty hard bank. Copy that. We're looking. Blue flag for Stafford. OK, so Pierre has a solid blue for Stafford. He's going to now be the car behind. He is the race leader. OK, solid blue for Stafford. Let's be sensible with this one here. Let's try and pick up DRS. I lost so much time for that. Yeah, just eyes behind. Colopinto may decide to use DRS. Yeah, so Colopinto will be on DRS, so just eyes behind. You've got two cars approaching you very quickly. One more lap remaining after this one. If Lewis cannot pass in front, are we swapping back or are we keeping trailing? I will come back to you. Just one more lap. Lando Norris has one clear opportunity left, really, and it's right here. We're heading to turn number three. Has he got extra energy? Has he got the momentum? The answer is no, and Lando Norris is stuck in seventh. We will swap back at the end of the lap on the main straight if Lewis doesn't overtake. Max Verstappen wins. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix. That's two in a row for Red Bull. Another great drive, Max. Fabulous work, mate. Congrats. Yes! What an unbelievable race, guys. On fire. In Hong Kong paths. Really well executed. Really, really well done the whole weekend. Another incredible weekend for us, so well done to everyone involved. A superb performance and the same applies to George Russell, who made the key moves and he is second across the line. But for the first time with Williams, Carlos Sainz will stand on the podium. It's Williams' first podium since 2021. OK, that's a flag. P3. Enjoy, mate. Enjoy. Brilliant race. Vamos! First time in my career, guys. You cannot imagine how this feels. Thank you so much. Carlos, I've had the pleasure of having many podiums, I assure you. This was not fair for me. Well done. Vamos! Absolutely incredible. Come on. Let's go. Come on! This is the beginning of something nice, guys. Something great. Thank you so much. I knew this was coming. I told you a few races ago. I knew it. You just need to believe. Thank you. I just wanted to say this is my first smooth operation and not the last. And not the last. Loving it. You sound a bit emotional. Are you OK? I can confirm he is. Kimi Antonelli is in fourth. Liam Lawson will get his best ever Formula 1 result in fifth. Nice job. E5. Charge on. Lift off. E5. These ten last laps, man. Masterclass. Jesus Christ, man. That was really hard. Yeah. Let Charles by. He's one and a half behind you. This is the last lap. And behind him is Agile. Two seconds. Charles, 1.5 behind. Let him by. Sorry about that. I don't really care. It's for a nice place. It's OK. He can enjoy that P8. It's just stupid because he's not there, but again, I don't mind. Honestly. P8 or P9 is really difficult to recap. Is Carlos on the podium? Yes, he is. P3. Ah, good job, too. Max Verstappen, a Red Bull resurgent, ruled nothing out in Formula 1 2025. He controlled things for the win. A fine, fine finish. Second place for George Russell and a podium to revel in for Carlos Sainz. The World Championship leader Oskar Piastri didn't finish, but he still leads by 25 points.