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Radio check. Yes. Good. Good for me too.

OK, it's just starting to rain again, as expected.

Could you switch the limiter off, please, Kevin?

Kev, could we have multi-function Bravo 4 to position 5, please?

So, all other cars apart from yourself and Nico are on intermediates. The rain is going to stay light until just after the race start and then we expect it to get much heavier.

Standing water at the kerb at turn 2 on the outside. Everywhere else is just wet. Thanks for watching.

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Limiter on, please, Kev.

OK Kev, remember mode RS for the start.

Last car is on the grid.

Mode push, please mode push.

BC5 when possible please, BC5.

Nice work, Kev. I believe you're currently P8.

Much heavier rain falling now, obviously.

That's Hamilton P6 ahead of you.

Alonso, P5 ahead again.

The rain is easing now.

Okay, that's Piastri, P4 ahead of you.

Norris in P3, three seconds ahead.

Norris is 1.8 seconds ahead. Norris is 1.8 seconds ahead. You are lapping around three seconds lap faster than most of the cars on inters.

Okay, to give you a picture, if you were to stop now, you'd come out behind Tsunoda who is in P12, so that would be P12 for you, so that would be P12 for you.

You're still lapping quicker than most cars on the track. Verstappen's most cars on the track are his cars. 33.9 on his Inters.

B-C-2 at possible, please cap.

Safety car window is open. And VSC. Safety and VSC. Copy.

I pick up leading two cars. I pick up leading two cars that are faster than you, but you are still quicker by one surrogate expense over who we are racing.

Box, Kev, Box, please confirm. Box, Box, Box. Box, Box, Box, Box. Boxing for inters.

Tyre 4, please, Kev. Tyre 4.

Well, I didn't wait a lap if it weren't ready, guys. We should have been ready. I don't know what went wrong. We should have been ready. Something went badly wrong. Sorry, Kev. OK. BC7, please. BC7. Flight with Ocon at pit exit. There's Sainz ahead of you. That's Albon ahead of you.

I'll give you a P14, Ocon, two and a half seconds behind.

BC2 if possible, please. BC2.

Sector 1, you're now faster than two cars ahead of you.

And you're two tenths faster in sector 2 as well.

Sainz is 3.9 seconds ahead of you.

Sainz three seconds ahead.

Sainz 2.5 seconds ahead.

Brakes are virtually not working. Copy that. But you are doing a fantastic job, Kev. Keep it up.

Okay, front brakes are too hot, rear brakes are too cold, so a little bit of lift at coast would help the fronts.

And BC4 when possible to help the race.

So you are P13, Sainz half of one second ahead of you.

For reference, we have light rain expected in just under 20 minutes, heavy rain in about 25 minutes.

So that's heavier rain expected in about 16 laps.

Suggest going one click rearwards on brake balance to help the front brake temperature and improve overall efficiency.

BC2, please cut. BC2.

Excellent job so far, Kev. Ocon's dropping back. You're on par. Same pace as Sainz ahead.

So we're still expecting light rain in about 10 laps.

DRS is enabled.

BC1 when possible.

Bravo 4, position 4, please carefully. That's Bravo 4, position 4.

52 laps to go.

OK, lift and coast would help tyre temperature. Lift and coast would help tyre temperature.

It's close, the slicks will be quicker now.

I think they would. But we have light rain in about five laps.

The best thing to do at the moment is keep these tyres as cool as you can and keep going.

I'll spoil it for him. Copy.

Rain expected in four laps.

Still doing a great job, Kev. Try and manage the slip a little better if you can. Just keep those temperatures down.

I have Leclerc ahead of Sainz struggling.

Slicks would be so much faster right now. Just saying. Copy.

And these tyres will be so bad in the wet.

Remember, Kev, everyone else's tyres are seven laps older than yours, so your tyres will still be better than theirs.

We expect the race to be around 7 and turn 8 very shortly.

Everyone's tyres are the same because they did those laps in the wet.

We've got yellows at 3 and 4. Double yellow 4 to 5. Sargeant has lost it. He is between 4 and 5. Safety car, safety car, safety car.

Follow your delta. Follow your delta.

Is the rain expected to be big? Not initially. Light rain initially.

Light wind for about 7 minutes. Light rain for 7 minutes imminently.

And then after that, is it looking big or...? Yeah, there's some heavy rain coming in about 8 minutes. We're staying out.

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Box, Kev, box, please confirm. Box, box, box, box. Boxing for enters.

You'll need to look after them, obviously, with the track being very dry still.

Copy. Back in touch.

It's really important that you look after these tyres. Really important. Obviously follow the delta.

Mode W, please, Kev. Mode W.

I believe you've only got once past, so it's still following the Delta Kev.

Driver, default alpha 0-1-OK when possible.

One more time. Driver default alpha. Sorry, 0-1-OK.

Still double yellow where you are. Yep, still double yellow.

OK, Kev, we've got the recovery vehicle on the track at turns 4 to 5. Just be very careful through there, please.

Copy.

Sainz is 2.6 seconds ahead of you. You're catching him very quickly now.

Sergeant's car is off the track now.

Verstappen is with a safety car approaching turn 1.

Still double yellow between... OK, safety car will be in at the end of the next lap. Safety car in at the end of the next lap.

Kev, mode RS is available for the restart, otherwise mode push.

It should be raining, Kev, so it's having us over again, but it's right on top of us according to the radar.

Copy that.

We've got a yellow flag showing on the start. All clear, track is clear, so expect the restart imminently. Verstappen is in charge, he's at turn 13.

Verstappen is going.

Mode push, please. Mode push.

Is it looking like more wet's coming or...?

Only for about one to two minutes it's not getting any worse than this.

Leclerc went on hard tyres and has gone off the track.

Gasly fighting with Perez behind you.

There'll be 37 laps to go at the end of this one. The rain has almost settled.

And the rest of the podcast... No more rain expected.

Suggest EB4 to help with understeer if that's your problem, Kev.

Kev, we've got Ocon on 35 lap alt inters, holding up the queue ahead of you.

Bottas, three cars ahead, also on 35 lappeters.

You are currently P15. Ocon is P10. He's four seconds ahead of you.

Please press oil pump up when you can.

How close are we for dry tyres, Kev? How close to dry tyres?

Five laps or so. Five laps maybe. Copy.

Suggesting some lift at coast to help tyre temperatures cover.

Use wet on the straights where possible.

I think we can do it this lap. Copy that.

Gasly boxed and went off at turn 2. Turn 2 is the difficult place, Kev, for dry tyres. Yeah, but it's the only one I want to go. I want to go.

Box, Kev, box, please confirm. Box, box. And which compound? C4, C4. Copy.

Tyre 1, please, before you stop. Tyre 1, before you stop. 28 laps to go.

Very wet pit exit. Just be careful off pit exit.

Be very careful on your pit exit, Kev. This is a great opportunity.

Track is clear behind.

Gasly six seconds behind on the same tyres.

Gasly on hard. There's 28 laps to go, including this one. Just look after the left front through turn 5.

Multifunction A, K, position 10, please. That's A, K, position 10.

Gasly one second behind on hards.

Gasly has DRS.

A lot of cars boxing could come out around you, Kev.

Bottas ahead on mediums. One lap newer than yours.

Multifunction B12, position 1, please.

20 laps to go at the end of this one.

I think I view a P17. Albon in P10 is seven, no, 12 seconds ahead. 12 seconds ahead to P10.

Suggest left toggle for turn 10 to help front locking and understeer.

Yellow, turn 6 and 7. Perez. OK, track clear.

Multifunction Bravo 10, position 3 when possible. Please be careful.

Watch out for debris on the track. Turn 9-10 where Perez had his incident. It's falling off his car still.

Yellow, turn 6 and 7.

Albon and Sainz off the track. Just be careful where you are.

We're staying out. If there's a safety car, staying out.

Safety car, safety car, staying out.

Stay as close to the delta as possible, Kevin, in case people box.

Mode slow, please. Mode slow, but stay as close as you can to the lap time delta.

OK, no cars have boxed. No cars have boxed.

So, Albon stopped.

Box kept. Box please confirm. Back to box.

Fitting C4s. You will not lose position.

We're two times past Kev, so you don't need to follow the Delta.

Bottas, 18 seconds to debut.

Mode W, please, Kevin. Mode W.

Stay right through 7 for debris. I think you've already been through, so you know.

You're 20 seconds behind Bottas. He's pushing to catch up with the pack that's four seconds in front of him.

Mode push to catch up, Kev. Mode push to catch up.

So, the pack is ahead of you. Five seconds ahead.

So, ahead, Zhou is being allowed to overtake the safety car because he's a lap down.

So that's Bottas ahead of you on 14 lap mediums. Nico in front of him, 12 lap mediums. Gasly ahead of Nico is on 16 lap hards.

Multifunction Bravo 4, position 1, please, Kev.

So there's going to be at least one more lap behind the safety car after this one.

Safety car will be in at the end of the next lap.

Copy that. Mode W again until turn 10, please. So please go to mode W until turn 10.

And then you'll need to go to mode RS to cross the start-finish line at the start.

So all the cars ahead of you have tyres that are at least 10 laps older than yours. Up to Russell in P4.

Verstappen dropping back from the safety car, exiting turn 10.

So it'll be mode RS for the restart, please.

Brake temperatures are good. Good shape.

Verstappen going, Verstappen going.

I'd push, I'd push.

Eleven laps to go at the end of this lap.

DRS is enabled.