You have radio check.

Yeah, I'll turn it off.

Okay, so we'll keep with the procedure, Max, for long burnouts.

Last car approaching the grid.

Red flag, Max. Red flag. OK. Red flag. Drive directly to the pits. Do not stop in the box. Stay in the fast lane and park in the order you arrive, leaving a 5 metre gap to the car in front.

You can hop out of the car once you're stopped, Max.

Gap, ready to attack. Gap.

I think we did a right one, fine.

10 seconds.

And you are able to overtake the Saitamax.

OK, Max. Can confirm the tyre switch for the top 8 already. So, Leclerc to Norris on hard now. Yourself, Russell, Hamilton on medium. And Tsunoda, Albon behind on hard.

Mode 12.

Get the tail car still at turn 5.

OK, Max said three burnouts. Three burnouts.

And low grip release.

Last car approaching the grid.

Gap behind 2.4 max. Ease in gently.

DRS enabled. Probably don't need to follow that closely anywhere at this stage.

And max mode 5 when you can. Mode 5.

OK, so Leclerc 21-1.

And strapped for when you can, Max.

Leclerc, 20.9.

21-0.

OK, Leclerc, 20.1.

I'm not entirely sure why Russell's going so slowly. He's just giving them a free pitstop gap eventually. Keep it there for the moment.

So, Leclerc 20.7.

21-0 for Leclerc.

20.2 for Leclerc.

19-0 for Leclerc.

Another two or three laps and Norris will have a VSC stop on Russell.

19.9 for Leclerc.

So, Norris to Russell, eight seconds, just one second shy of a safety car stop.

Strat 7.

Leclerc last lap, 19.8.

Norris, Russell, 8.5.

20.1 for the lap.

Norris to Russell, 8.8. Norris to Russell, 8.8.

Leclerc 20.2.

Leclerc, 19.5.

Leclerc 18.8.

Lando now has a safety car stop on Russell. That's madness, really.

Yeah, there's not much we can do. I'm trying to just sit there, not too close. Yep, roger that.

Fuck me, this is boring. I should have brought my pillow.

18.7 for Leclerc.

Final update on the Norris-Russell gap. That's now 10.5 and increasing.

OK, Max, believe it or not, there's still 57 laps remaining.

Leclerc 18.4.

Strat 8. Strat 8.

18.6 for Leclerc.

Leclerc, 18.4.

Leclerc now on our standard pit stop window.

Leclerc, 18.9.

Leclerc 18.4, Russell 19.0.

Max, just a note, for a relatively similar lap time, we were much quicker than Russell in 3 and 4.

Probably giving away too much under the braking zones into 5-6.

Climb it to 10.

That's 39.0 completed, Max. 39.0 remaining.

Still losing two or three tenths into the braking zone at turn 10, Max.

Turn off the GPS, sir. OK, understood.

Blue flag, Zhou. Ahead.

Sergeants ahead.

How are the tyres, Max?

Well, not too bad.

OK, so Hamilton in max. Push up for the moment. Push up to Russell.

Do you want me to push? Yeah, just this lap for now.

I don't think there's too much drama either way, Max.

Box and pit confirm, Max. Box, pit confirm. Strat 12 in pitlane.

Strat 9 and yellow line on the exit. Strat 9, yellow line on the exit. Could be closed with Hamilton, although I don't think so. Could be closed there. Yellow line on the exit.

That was a nice lap, Max. Well done. So, let's push on now. Push on.

At mode 6.

So three blue flags ahead. Stroll first, then Zhou, then Sargeant.

Hamilton, first.

24 laps remaining, Max.

Russell, 18.2.

17.3, Russell.

And the gap is 10.5.

Hamilton, last lap was a 14.4.

Russell, 16.9.

So, 5.6 to Russell.

Main battery, no one is watching it again.

Strat to 10.

And mode 7.

Okay, gap ahead 3.5.

Pace behind 14.2.

We will give you full performance once you close up on Russell Max.

Engine 7, position 2 when you can. Engine 7, position 2.

For reference, Hamilton is just playing the slow, fast, slow game, just interested in a purple lap. Focus on the car ahead.

Mode 9 and strat 13.

So, Tsunoda and Albon ahead.

That's 15 laps to go.

And bow 10. Bow 10.

I can't get close, mate. I'm like floating with the wind, so I'll just land here.

OK, understood. Maybe give yourself a breather then and look for a faster slap if you're interested.

Currently purple lap is at 14.1. That's minus 0.4 on your dash.

OK, let's take a breather, Max, for two laps. Cool the front brakes.

Lewis Hamilton at 1.5.

Job ahead, blue flags.

Mode 10 when you can.

10. Mode 10.

There are four laps remaining. Four laps.

OK, next lap will be the final lap.

Okay, last lap. Well done, mate.

I thought the ride was bad yesterday, but this is another level.

My body is completely broken.

Yeah, tough weekend. Max Penny to take out of it. Probably one of the world's most boring races, unfortunately. Yeah, that red flag completely destroyed any kind of strategy or what. It was really, really boring there. Just trying to save those tyres in the end, you know. Yeah, I think the only car to make an overtake was Stroll.

Did you fall asleep, anyone?

It's a shame that Mercedes and Russell gave up the guys so quickly in the race.

Yeah, I mean, there's nothing... Look at the pace of our...