They were drawn towards the closing laps from different teams, in different cars, via different strategies: with 15 laps to go, though, it was never closer: only five seconds covered George Russell (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Red Bull-Honda) and Kimi Antonelli in the other Mercedes. Then came the two McLaren-Mercedes of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Nothing seemed certain...until... In this video, Peter Windsor looks at what happened next - and at F1's first non-McLaren podium of 2025.
NOTE: this video now also available with Italian and Spanish audio tracks
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Images: Oracle Red Bull, AMG Mercedes, Scuderia Ferrari; Eddi Laumanns (aka RX-Guru), Alpine, Peter Windsor and Pirelli
Drawing of Gilles Villeneuve: Chuck Queener
Studio background image of the 1959 TT start at Goodwood: Jesse Alexander
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