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This is Five-life sport.

5-life Formula One.

3 winners, 4 races.

It's the 2017 Formula One season and we're on to round five, Spain, Barcelona.

I'm Jenny Gao and along with me today this Wednesday evening before we fly to

Barcelona is the BBC's chief formula one writer Andrew Benson

and we also have of course former F1 driver Alan McNish to give his expert opinion

on the goings on. Now last time out in Russia we had a new name on the top

step of the podium. Andrew Benson, Valtry Botas, is a Formula One race winner, another fin on the top step. How impressed were you by him?

It was a very, very strong drive. Mercedes were on the back foot in Russia and he pulled it out

the bag with thanks mainly to a brilliant start and then he

controlled the race from there massive pressure from Vettle towards the end and

took a well-deserved first win the big challenge for him now is can he keep that up or is it going to be

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