28 Times Drivers Made Breathtaking Saves!

Oh, he's made a miraculous save! Oh my word, that was nearly Grand Prix over. On earth, was that not more of a major accident? Cannot rotate. Oh, he nearly dropped it from the gravel! At this stage, you think he's out. Oh, wow. And then all of a skill to say nope. Oh, fully off the throttle. Your stomach goes as you realise that you're absolutely on the angle of no return for a Formula 1 car, and you think, this is it, this is me gone. And he has somehow scooped in an arm of opposite lock, everything going into that, and the car's returned. Through Turn 1 here, Charles Leclerc. And that was nothing to do with the rain whatsoever, but that was a perfectly executed pirouette. I think his middle name is Lucky today. His tyres won't agree with that, mind you, having a pirouetted day. Oh, and there is the Red Bull! And Sebastian Vettel almost doing what Sergio Perez did, but somehow managing to stop and control the car before he made major contact with the pit wall. Right, let's see, Martin, what happened to Vettel there. Onto the Astro, round he goes. Oh, lucky boy. Well, he's picked up the toe there. He's getting close. And Mansell's going to go for the lead right now, and he pulls... Oh, don't flat the tyres! Well, Berger should have seen him. Well, that was out of order, but Mansell should have backed off, but I think flat was down to Berger, and he didn't see him, and that was bad driving, because Berger is not the man, or not the man I know, would have done that deliberately, but Mansell is just in the blind spot there. He's out of the mirror, and Mansell, well, at that speed on full power, they're not easy to control on the grass. The gap now, eight tenths of a second between Raikkonen and Kvyat. Oh, and going straight on there is Danny Kvyat. How on earth was that not more of a major accident? I really don't know, but he just went straight on and on and on, and was gaining on Kimi Raikkonen, but he can forget about that for a moment. That was a real heart-stopper. Arrived on the scene just travelling too fast, wrong-footed, unsighted. A bit of a new boy error, that one, I must say. You see that in GP2 and GP3, not the sort of thing you necessarily expect to see in F1. Ferraris are very close. Lewis Hamilton pinched to the inside. Hamilton tried to attack. Watch what just happened. Who's on the outside? Who's locking up? Who's going deep and off the road? It was a wild start to this one. Barely keeps it out of the wall. He was braking on the kerb. Car fat with fuel at the start of the Grand Prix. That is full commitment, full confidence out towards the gravel, but then there's no grip, and off he goes, pirouetting. Voilà. Sorry. Run a little bit wide there, and Kubic has gone through there, and this could be a chance for Jenson Button, and it is! Button is past. Vettel goes off onto the grass, and that could have lost him control as well. Has he managed to get ahead of Kubic? No, he hasn't. That lost him there. Is Gabriel Bortoletto? Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Mate, something... You OK, mate? Are you OK? I saved it. Something broke in the tyre. This is Max Verstappen. Oh, Max Verstappen! Can he keep it out of the barriers? Just! How has he managed to keep that away from the arm coat? He loves going right round the outside where you get all the dirt and rubbish. He thinks he's got more grip. Yeah. OK, well held, Max. Well held. Yeah, our feet went a bit higher there. Fernando Alonso up into the podium places, but as the light, damp drizzle comes down, Alonso squirming! Oh, he's made a miraculous save to keep that car on the road. Joe Guan Yu behind Yuki Tsunoda. He's actually going for the move, but going straight on. Oh, and nearly going into the side. That's another fabulous save. Yes, that might even be better than Sainz's. Let's have a look on board. Whoa! Tight lines. I need the new pads after that. They went way too deep into the first part of Pouhon. Did an incredible job to save that one. Oh, very lucky, boys, to get over the wall. That could have been easy. If he carried on spinning around, the rear would have been shot backwards. That would have been quite a hefty whack into the rear of the car, into the barrier. And Verstappen is being compared to Ahas. He was behind Ahas in the Qatar sprint. Can he get ahead now? Oh, he's dropped it out of the final corner! And he's still going quickest! This was nearly the end of his session. Let's just join him on board for the wildest of rides. And with that start-finish line and the timing beacon being so close to the final corner, he's got the presence of mind to keep his foot in and keeps, crucially, the front axle inside the white line as well. Carlos Sainz and the race leader compromises Sainz! What a save from Carlos Sainz that was! And that is the save of the season from Carlos Sainz. What sort of slipstream can Lando Norris get with his teammates ahead of Verstappen? And he drops it! And Charles Leclerc has to wait for the start-finish line and does wait for the start-finish line to improve up to third position! There's the swap! Oh, wow! Oh, my word! That was nearly Grand Prix over! That was absolutely sensational car control for him to keep it out of the barriers. That would have been an almighty crash!