Radio check.

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Thanks. Not straight in my eyes.

Start tyres.

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And clutch on target.

So keep working those tyres.

And coasting from turn 13.

And it will be four burnouts at the DRS line with double spacing.

Final burnout, P12, Ricciardo.

Last car approaching the back of the grid.

Red flag, red flag. So delta positive. Strat 1.

So we'll be following the cars into the pitlane. Make sure you stay in the fast lane. Get the blankets ready. Ok. Wrapped ASAP.

P1 or P2? P1.

Tyres came out of the blanket. It's very cold.

Radio check.

And again, radio check. I can hear you.

Now, rodeo check.

Question, what are we doing on my clutch target?

Copy. Number of burnouts?

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What tyres are everyone on?

It looks like everyone has changed tyres apart from Sargeant.

So, keep working those tyres.

So coasting down from turn 13.

And it will be three burnouts starting at the gate after turn 19. The final burnout will be P12, Ricciardo.

Last car approaching the back of the grid.

That'll be DRS end of this lap. Let's settle into the management now.

George, no need to stick this close to Norris. Just manage these tyres at this stage.

This is the only opportunity. So Max has been told to back off from you a little bit as well.

I mean, this pace at the moment must be three and a half, four seconds off.

And we think that's the right thing to be doing at the moment.

72 laps remaining at the end of this one.

So we will be taking this tyre to the end.

Let me know if you want me to manage everywhere or just 3, 4, 5. If I continue at this pace, we're going to open a pitstop for them.

So, management at 3-4-5 and at 12-13-14.

Strat 11.

Please can you confirm you are happy with this? Please can you do a bit more pace with this pace? Would you do a bit more pace with this pace?

I recommend about three seconds in the pocket here. Just tootling around currently.

Just discussing, one second.

And I'm currently managing it everywhere. I can increase the pace in some places and decrease further in others if you wish.

So, George, at this stage we gain nothing from driving faster.

So Norris currently 20.9. We're happy to manage that.

What is that, Medota? What is that, Medota?

0.5 on the delta.

So Norris now dropped the pace to 19.8.

Can you just tell me what you want me to do?

So, keep doing what you're doing.

So George happy to reduce management 15, 16, 18, 19.

And George, oxidation warnings are no issue, so don't worry about those, just follow my orders.

How hot is the front left at turn 8?

So surface temp at turn 8 is below the window.

So are you scared of me sliding it there or not?

Yeah, we don't want to be sliding the tyre too much there. Turn 8.

Dangerous shout, Verstappen, get in there for one second.

Because we're driving so slow, I think it could be easy just to pounce in a sector and gain a second and a half or so.

Oh, runny. Gaps opening up behind. So the gap to Tsunoda is opening up behind us.

So you've got Verstappen at 1.2.

Only under one second, please.

Yeah, copy that.

Check for you. Didn't feel like it was pulling properly into one.

Yeah, we're looking at that.

No issues on PU.

One sliding on the front left.

So, we're happy with the sliding level. Turn 1 on that front left is still below the window.

Yeah, but below the window causes graining, does it not?

We're happy where you're at with it.

The front in turn 7 and turn 8 turned really well this lap. I think that's after no front locking in 6.

We can reduce some of that management. 12, 13, 14 now.

Knockout with downshifts.

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So, George, groaning is still a risk. Stroll did 19.3, 19.0, then groaned front left.

I'll follow your orders. You tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it.

Yeah, copy that. We're happy with what we're doing.

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Be happy with the lips, still in 9.

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So, we are in the safety car window.

At least I had a brand new. Wouldn't need a box. Yeah, I understand.

And slightly smaller lift in turn 9 this lap.

49 laps remaining.

We were happy with that turn 9.

And Leclerc is just matching your lap times to avoid a pitstop gap opening.

Would it be good for us if there was an opening for them?

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No, we just concentrate on doing our thing. Just keep doing what you're doing.

Juice can be posted, Verstappen.

Yeah, A-firm. He's at 1.3 at the moment.

The only chance we can get anything to happen is if I drop the pace more and those guys bunch up.

So, it will be 42 laps remaining at the end of this lap. Just keep on top of those tyres.

Yeah, tyres are pretty fine.

The only problem with the tyres is going to be going too slow and make it too cold. Yeah, exactly. And starting to lose the pit gap to Tsunoda. He's doing 18.9.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about Tsunoda.

Yeah, we just want to keep that for tactical reasons, George.

Marker for steering vibration.

40 laps remaining.

Are you still happy with 3 and 4?

Out of 5? Yeah, 8 firm with those.

Check PU again after the start line. Copy.

George, we can see what you're talking about, but all looks normal on the PU and expected.

Are you still happy with the job I'm doing with the tyres? Happy to pick it up a bit at 3.5 kph.

And there's a gaggle of five backmarkers 11 seconds ahead.

I think I've lost shift tones.

This need to be packed.

Mark up for downshifts.

A little bit of abrasion on the front left. Don't they're crazy?

So we've got three blue flags, four seconds ahead.

So, Stroll lost a tyre somewhere. Don't know if you saw it. Gap behind 1.1. Gap behind 1.1. 1.1. 2. So, the tyre is in the pantry. Step out of the pantry. Copy. Thanks for watching.

Can I have a countdown on the pit board? I'll get that for you.

So Lewis has pitted Verstappen being told to push now.

Gap 0.7.

Happy to back up Verstappen a bit here.

So do what you can.

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So we are staying out, staying out, going to the end.

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Let me know what pace you want me to target.

25 laps remaining.

So rather than target lap time, it's just that number of laps getting it to the end.

And George, there was plenty of rubber remaining on Lewis' fronts and rears.

I don't know if you were happy with that last lap.

We are happy with that last lap, George.

So Verstappen on that new hard doing a 15.4, but let's just concentrate on ourselves.

Let me know if you want me to pick up the pace.

So Verstappen car behind four and a half seconds. He will catch us. So it's just about having these tyres in a good enough state to defend.

George, no concerns at all on brakes. I don't need to worry about those.

George, just keep turn 3 speeds in check.

Gap 0.8. He has DRS.

Gap 0.7.

Gap 0.7. Happy to ignore those oxidation warnings.

Gap 0.8.

Gap 0.7.

Gap 0.8.

Ten laps remaining.

Gap 0.9.

Gap point 6.

Gap of 0.7.

Five laps remaining.

Gap 0.7.

Gap 0.6.

That's Strat 9. Final lap.

Gap 0.6.

Good job there, mate. Well done. P5. Green 1, position 12 and strat 14. Nice driving all weekend. Really good job.

Yeah, thanks guys. Shame about what happened at the start. I think we had a real challenge today on the offset strategy, but good points. Car's feeling great and thankful for the hard work bringing these upgrades.

Yeah, AFL, we'll copy that. Thank you.

George, you will be surprised to hear. Very, very, very well driven. No surprise, I guess.

The surprise is the compliment from you. Where compliment is due.

If we just keep the car speed up.

Piastri was struggling at the end there, so we actually only finished six seconds behind him. Closing in quite quickly towards the end.