Alex, radio check.

Yes, all good. Copy.

A few spots of rain at the moment, but this will fizzle out fairly quick.

Limits are on.

I'm going to leave that on until past that Rolex tower.

Potentially a bit of standing water at turn 2, otherwise the usual wet conditions.

Last 15 seconds. Everyone on inter, apart from the two Haas that are on the full wet.

P5. Remember, go full.

Confirming 8 burnouts. Grid launch was 2% deep.

Go race when you can. Potential debris exit turn 2.

Tell me the gap is behind because I can't see shit.

Copy that, it's Logan point seven. It's just those two houses on the full wet. I'll come back to you. Don't worry about that.

Go defend to get some rear brake temp. Go defend.

A few minutes of rain like this, then things will clear up.

So Logan 0.9 behind.

Find it. Two seconds to sight.

There's an uplifting mode available on blue 1 position 3. Blue 1 position 3. It's not really worth it. Yeah, OK, fine.

Brake should start to improve now. Condition should improve. Front tyres are coming out on 10. Gap behind at 1.2.

Haskell's on the full wet now, slower than the inter. Gap behind at 1.1 to Sainz.

Potentially a Magnussen pit exit on an inter with a slow start.

Gap to Sainz at one second.

When you can, HPP on.

Check the front right and rear left. Rear right, I hit the wall.

Feels okay. Pressures are okay. Pressures are okay.

All OK outside. Aero's good. Loads are good.

Leclerc, two cars ahead, has a PU issue. He's half a second slower on the straights.

Gap behind 0.6 to Sainz.

The head of this train is Hulkenberg still on the full way.

Delicious!

Gap behind 0.6.

Yeah, I don't need it.

Let's go back to go race. Go race.

Okay, like I say, potential rain in 20 minutes. Front tyres are there or thereabouts. Rears are off. Starting on the hotter side now, so we can look for a little bit of cooling where we can. I'm already doing it. I'm doing it.

Skidding closed. Understood.

Expecting rain in 9-10 laps. Think about some lifting coast if we can. I'm not sure about this. When it rains again.

DRS now enabled. Gap behind at 1.5.

Has anyone got 6 yet? Negative. All on enter. Expecting level 3 rain in about 8 minutes.

I mean, I know it's wet and drying and everything, but he's moving...

OK, nice work.

Sergio Leclerc loses half a second on the straights, even without the DRS.

OK, away we go. Expecting rain in three to four laps.

Has anyone done it yet?

Negative. They're holding out for the rain that's expected in the next two laps or so. Gap behind at 1.5. Let's go mode 11, mode 11, to bring the pack back up, mode 11.

The rain is coming but still a few laps away. Gap behind at 1.8. P9 with 48 to go.

Pace is good. Stroll five and a half ahead.

Take switch is like take zero. Copy that.

Safety car window is closed. Safety car window closed.

Currently double yellow. Entry 34.

So, Logan, mid-track exit 4.

OK, it's a safety car. We'll stay out.

I'll let the tyres recover for a little bit.

If it does rain, obviously, it would be nice to have tread.

I just don't expect this tyre to perform like a normal tyre when it rains again. Understood. Happy on flap. Yeah.

Stand by, stand by.

Rear level 1. Perfect.

Box, box, box.

OK, so it's in turn, you start with your second gear, launch with the box.

Just push to a C2 when you can.

Okay, straight to tyre warming.

Okay, so I had a new Ocon. He stayed out. He's on 25 laps, enters now. So did the racing bulls.

So both racing doors have pitted. We'll just be as close as we can on the delta.

Once you're past SE1 you can push, because it's twice past, so once you go through SE1 you can push to catch the safety car.

Go race if you can. Push and catch the pack.

Just give me a bit of a rundown. How's the pace before the safety car? Sir?

Okay, pace-wise we were looking good. Matching Stroll and erasing Bulls. That's Ricciardo on the new inter, obviously, but Tsunoda stayed out.

Ocon, stay out as well.

I'm expecting level 3 rain in the next few minutes.

There is a recovery truck on track exit 4.

The mode's good for the restart when we get one. So there's three cars that stay down. That's Tsunoda, Ocon and Bottas. Bottas in P13, currently P11.

I'll set Go Defend just to get some rear brake temp.

The safety car will be in this lap.

Is Charles behind? Does he still have the issue?

It looks like he's out cycled the car so he's back in the pitlane. It looks like he might be on a hard tyre now. So he's 20 seconds back. The rain is coming in the next 3-4 minutes. It's a little bit late. So the safety car is in this lap.

Switch is good, safety car approaching SC1 now.

I can't see anything in my rearview mirrors with the dirt, so just give me a heads up.

It's Bottas and Oldin to point six.

That's Stroll 1.7 ahead.

Front tyre temp still climbing. Rears are in a good shape. Gap behind at 2.2. Gap ahead at 2.1.

Half a second in front of Stroll is Tsunoda on the old inter.

Not expecting any more rain. The race is 37 laps to go.

My fronts are just really poor.

They are only working when the track is completely dry.

Turn to me about five degrees short on the front from where we want.

When we get to the right conditions, we're looking to go medium to the end on the right conditions.

Just going mode 10 for a few laps, mode 10.

Go race when you can.

Rear tyre is on the hot side now, Alex.

So, Alex, at the right time, the medium potentially would add one turn point. Feedback if you can. Yeah, OK.

DRS enabled. There's 31 laps to go.

Can you give me feedback on track conditions? Primarily sector 1.

It feels a bit tight to go now. Victory 1 is about two seconds off.

Copy that. All cars still on enters.

So Gasly has just pitted for the hard tyre.

Braking next lap.

Yeah, copy. He made a mistake pit exit.

That's Zhou pitted for the medium. Slippery pit exit.

Yeah, looking at it, it looks like you're going to get overcut for the minute with the Patuxent.

Gap behind 0.5 to Ocon. He's still on those old tyres.

I can't see anything. Where are my rear view mirrors?

Gap at point six.

Gap at point 2. Gap at point 2.

My rear is gone. I prefer to do an upgrade. Understood.

Just go mode 9 and box this lap. Pit stop critical. In lap critical.

Easy overtake on the way in. Easy overtake.

I'll switch to D1 when you can.

Set tyre switch to D1. D2, launch again.

Okay, Ricciardo on track, four seconds behind you currently.

He's currently four seconds back.

So he's had a lap head start on the warm-up, currently two seconds back.

Gap behind at 1.2.

Gap at point 4 to recover.

If you can, go mode 10 and just cover yourself when you overtake. Exit 10.

Can I help you come back up the pack? Okay, quite wide.

OK, Sainz, next car back behind you, 0.3 behind.

Sainz behind 1.3.

Race when we can. Go race. Stroll two cars ahead on a hard, struggling on warm-up.

For extra deployment of 10, I'll give you a switch change.

Gap behind at point 7, so the switch change will be blue 1 position 1 when you gap. Blue 1 position 1.

Currently P10 with 21 laps to go.

Gap behind over a second.

With the anti-air doing, we're good for an early overtake every lap. Exit 10 if you need.

Gap at 0.6 behind. The mirror is better now, you see.