Radio check. Cool. Yep, that is loud and clear.

Lando, tyre inflow. Medium starters are Hamilton and Albon. Other new soft starters are the two Ferraris and Fernando in the top 10. Everybody else in the top 10 starts used soft.

Correct, Lando. Hamilton is on a U-soft.

30 seconds to go.

10 seconds to go.

Okay, Lando, no full pedal from now on and a big lift into turn 10, please.

Launch me back. That was on target.

And a big lift into turn 13 if you can.

And Lando, if you could target minus two on the dash. Target is minus two on the dash.

And Lando, to be clear, the launch target is the same.

Last car approaching the grid.

Suggest red A6. Red A6.

And DRS now available. Suggest strat 13. Strat 13.

And Hamilton will have DRS behind him.

And we still think plan B, target plus 10. Target plus 10.

And I now suggest left-hand paddle from turn 4 through to turn 7. That's left-hand paddle turn 4 to turn 7.

Minor, ACS button press.

And Lando, opportunity. Mind late under rotation at turn 5. Russell has been told to push. How's the tyres? How's the pace? Yeah, all good. It's just too much dirt here at the minute. I can't do anything.

And I'm at minor. White H2, position 1. White H2, position 1. And then you can use Strat 12. Strat 12.

Hamilton does not have DRS. Lando, how much pace do you think you have in 3R? I think a decent amount more. I'll just say a number.

And suggest strat 12. Strat 12.

And I know some of the cars at the back have begun to hit. Doesn't change our race.

And at a minor, white H8, position 5, please. White H8, position 5.

Lando, if we think rear might help, we're considering box for overtake.

Yeah, I'm very quick. I'm stuck. Let's do something.

OK, Lando, let's try. Box to overtake. Box to overtake.

Lando, stay out please, stay out.

And there are other cars beginning to pit, so Stroll who's down in 8th is currently 19.2, 19.2.

Okay, back for you. Let's go.

So that was Russell and Sainz have stopped.

Lando, it's possible we could cover Russell this lap. What urge do you think?

I think we need to go a good max.

Okay, max is 5.0. He did a 21.0 last time.

Suggest strat 7. Strat 7.

And Lando, both safety car windows are open. Please confirm that. Confirmed. Okay, you will have seen Max has stopped. You, Leclerc and Oscar are still out.

I think I have one.

Understood, Lando. Up one. We're trying to get a lapse of delta.

Lando, this pace is really good. We'll keep this up.

And Lando, keep talking to us about this pace. Yeah, it's, I think, similar. Maybe dropping ever so slightly, but pretty similar.

Okay, Lando, just be careful overpushing turn 7 braking. That's turn 7 braking. The situation is we've lost position to Max, Russell, Hamilton, Sainz, but we're picking up a good tyre delta. Six laps in some of them already. Keep going.

So, Lando, this could be Germany's situation, so we just want to keep going. The medium looks good, so that's the tyre we'll put on. Gap to Carlos is now 20.7.

Yeah, I'm a scott.

Understood, Lando. Suggest we box this lap then.

And box this lap, box this lap.

Brakes on when you come to a stop.

Launch map, launch map, launch map. For Lando, we want out lap 2, stint 2. We're going to come out behind side. The other cars have pushed a lot. This is our advantage.

Minor. Purple C7 position 1. Purple C7 position 1.

And that goes for 12, for 11, for 12, for 11, for 11, for 11.

Strat 12. Strat 12. Strat 12. Strat 12. Strat 12. Strat 12. You have eight laps tyre advantage on these cars. Couple less on Verstappen. We're thinking target lap again. Target lap.

Lando, to get the pack up, we could use Strat 11 for a lap.

I suggest red A6, red A6, keep the toggles the same.

And Lando's just strapped 12, strapped 12. So Verstappen is 8.8. Last lap he did a 19.9.

And Lando. Strat 7, please. Strat 7. So Russell and Sainz both hit it. Pushdown now 8.2. No snaps. So turn 7 last time. None of that, please.

And I know other cars are fitting the hard tyre for your awareness.

And I suggest red A5, red A5. Yeah, I need blue flags, please. OK, we're on it. And look after the rear. Don't make John upset.

Russell and Sainz are on the hard, they're struggling. Russell 24.4. Yeah, it's not the tyre, it's not a good tyre.

Verstappen has pitted. This is our chance now. Hamilton has also pitted onto a soft. He's 28.1.

Fernando, just checking you're happy with the radio volume. White 8-12, position 12. White 8-12, position 12.

If we wanted to cover Hamilton, we'd have to do it soon. Do you think if we had some delta, we'd pass them again?

Yeah, I'll pass it.

Avanço!

Defence. Defence first, offence.

Lando, if we want to cover Hamilton, it needs to be this lap, so we're deciding now.

Lando, box this lap, please. Box this lap.

Launch map on in the pitlane.

Launch back, launch back, launch back. Could be close to Russell at exit. We're going to consolidate position and then it'll be stim 2.

Russell, be close to the left.

Okay, mate, just introduce the tyres a bit so we can try and catch Verstappen to the end.

And now they're minor. White H12, position 12, please. White H12, position 12. Gap to Verstappen, 6.8. He did an 18.2 last time.

And Lando, minor. Purple default 9-9. Purple default 9-9.

Verstappen is 5.5. There's 13 laps to go after this one. We're going to need tyres all the way to the end.

Suggest red A6. Red A6.

Ten laps to go.

Yeah, I just turned up the pace.

Lando, suggest strat 6. Strat 6. Verstappen struggling.

Alright, this is the last lap.

And Asiatic button press, please. Then white H12 position 3. White H12 position 3 and leave recharge on.

P2, as you know, fastest lap.

It doesn't matter, it really doesn't. I should have won, I fucked up the start. The car was amazing, well done. Deserved more.

Okay, Lando, you'll be stopping in the same place as in qualifying and driver of the day.