Radio check.

I tried to fix it at 10. Was that better or worse? It's very aggressive where we are.

Wind wise, are we similar?

We are plus two.

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Clutch was off target.

Confirming five burnouts. Five burnouts.

And last car approaching the grid.

Hulkenberg 0.4 ahead, Ocon 0.5 behind.

DRS has been enabled.

Piastri, point four ahead, Ocon, point nine bound.

Wait a minute.

Copy Lewis, DRS train at the moment 0.6 ahead, Piastri 1.2, Ocon.

And happy with that switch change. And just think about the management at turn 11. Stay on top of it.

It looks like we have HPP shift position 4. Shift position 4.

Piastri in point eight ahead, 1.2 behind. Braking losses at turn 5, 12, 14.

Piastri, 0.6 ahead. He is under investigation for a false start. Ocon, 1.4 behind. Still time to find braking. Turn 5.

Piastri 0.5, Hulkenberg 1.4.

Gap at point three. Yes, we just went off turn three, yes. Copy.

Lewis, recommend holding 4th gear, turn 6 to turn 9. That will help the PU temps.

Nice work, Lewis. Tsunoda next car ahead. Looks like Ferrari are dropping off the tyre already.

Gaps enabled at point three.

OK, well done Lewis. This is Gasly, next car.

Gasly, point three ahead.

OK, let's up to P4 now. So, next car, Verstappen. It's actually Sainz now.

Sight in the pitlane now. Verstappen, George still out. Verstappen at 40.0, George 38.7.

I'm really happy with the sliding powers, Lewis. Doing a great job there.

HVP3, position 2 when you can. 3, position 2.

That's a T-Rex.

Verstappen in the pitlane. Verstappen in the pitlane. Just keep going. Just keep us up-to-date on the tyres. Doing a great job.

How's the pace? The pace is looking strong. George, 38.7 last lap.

Only loss is turn 9 mid-speed.

So, George at a pitlane now.

DRS, it won't be long, so just use the tyres. Tyres are still OK.

Yeah, we've got three cars just about to enter our pit window. They're doing 38.0.

It's a warm spot. Just let us know if you need a flap adjuster. Safer side. Are you sure? I don't feel like coming in.

Yeah, we're sure. So box, box, hard is the best tyre. Going to lose three positions. So watch the white line.

Tyres are coming in by turn five.

Traffic with Valtteri.

What the hell, man? How many places have I just lost?

So, currently P7 where the other place is if we'd hung out any longer.

So, Norris ahead one second before offset. Norris just went off again. Okay, copy. 39.8 for Norris.

Circuit up to Norris at point 6, may be oiled down at 16 to pit entry.

Great stuff, Lewis. Leclerc next car. Full lap offset on the time.

So, ahead of Leclerc is Perez. He's on his original hard tyre, so he's yet to stop.

So, Perez point two ahead, point four behind from Norris.

Norris, follow you through. You've got Leclerc 1.3 ahead.

So, Leclerc at point six.

For reference, Perez pitted 18 lap on hard tyre with some grain invisible.

Leclerc 0.7 ahead, 1.5 behind.

Currently P5, also holding the fastest lap.

Are your tyres hot? Yep, tyres look good on temp and sliding power.

And for info, P2 is just six and a half seconds up the road. They're doing 37.8.

Leclerc 0.7, Norris 2.2 behind.

Go ahead, we're going over to the turn 3. Copy.

He's got the fastest straight.

Yeah, copy. We think we need a 0.5 gap. That last one was 0.7.

Yeah, that was another purple lap there.

Gap at point 7. Gap to P2 now down to 5 seconds. Verstappen doing 37.7.

Go ahead. Wide exit, turn 3. Thank you.

Only loss to Leclerc. Braking, turn 12.

Gap to 0.6.

Gap at 1.0 to Leclerc. He's got Sainz right ahead of him.

One way of getting a bit more charge is third at turn one.

Shit, I've got something locked in back. Something's blocking it. It's something in my front right brake duct. Stand by, we'll have a look.

Box, box, box, box. Sainz is coming in too. Go for it. Box, box.

Sainz, cut the pitlane and then exit it.

Good call, guys. Sainz came into the pitlane but then he cut over. Copy. Just look for traffic with the Tsunoda on exit. He should be ahead.

So this is outlap critical. Just maintain the management you've been doing. Turn 11.

We'll have to go strat mode 5.

We're on the bubble with Leclerc, so Leclerc just on our window.

So Sainz in, Leclerc has stayed out. Sainz just inside our window now.

Still zero to Leclerc.

Thank you for watching.

Leclerc stayed out, so 37.9 for Leclerc.

So now one second safe to Leclerc, so they will probably extend. That was a purple lap.

Only lost Verstappen. Turn 9, mid-speed exit.

Gap to Verstappen at 1.2.

How big is the gap ahead of him?

So ahead of Verstappen we've got Norris, another four seconds. He's stayed out, he's 39.0.

Nice and loose there. Leclerc in pitlane now.

A long way to go.

How's the wear on the last set? So wear is low. Wear is low. Just got to be careful opening them up, but you've been doing a great job on the sliding energy. So looking good. Fastest lap.

So, George at a pitlane now.

So that gap with George should be about 12 seconds.

And let's just check your strat mode. Currently in strat mode 9.

Just for info, we only have soft tyres remaining for a safety car, so just look after this set. Everyone else is in the same boat, two-stopping on the hard tyre.

That's it.

Gap ahead. 11 seconds.

Piece of shit!

Just waiting for George to complete the lap, but it will be in the high 37s. He's bringing the tyre in gently.

Sixteen laps when you cross the line.

George's last set, some front right graining, that was 20 laps old.

I have no grip under braking at turn 12.

Last lap was strong. Gap 9.7.

I seem to lose a lot of time at this turn. 14, let me know.

George, 37.2. Last lap, purple for you.

Turn 12, braking, forward five metre later, peak.

Turn 14. Higher peak. Coming off a bit quicker.

So those are both good improvements. George, 37.0.

Ah, 5th chance.

Happily, the top speed is 8.3.

George, 36.8. Gap at 8.1.

Gap ahead. Gap at 7.8.

George, 36.4.

I've only lost to George at braking at turn 12. He's just braking later.

Gap. Gap is at 7.4.

George, 36.3.

And that's another purple lap.

Gap. Gap at 7.1.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90.

So it needs about 7 tenths a lap just to catch.

George, 36.3. Gap is 6.3.

Gap 6.4 to George, you've got Valtteri for an overhead as traffic.

So, gap now 5.8 to George.

Last lap, he was at 36.5.

Georgia 36.3, gap 5.2.

Gap at 5.3.

George, 35.9.

Gap at 5.1.

George, 35.9.

Gap ahead. Gap at 5.1.

Five laps remaining. Gap at 5.0.

George, 36.1.

Turn right at base.

So four laps remaining. Gap 5.1 ahead. You've got over 10 behind.

Don't talk to me in the braking zone, mate.

Yeah, it's not impressive.

Well done, Lewis. That's P2, mate. Just remember to pick up a load of rum for us. It'll be strat mode 14 and then HP1 position 12.

Fantastic effort this weekend, guys. You really deserve it. It's been a long, long year and results like this have not come easy. So I'm really proud of you all and I'm grateful I could get up there for you. Great work, Lewis. That's an excellent recovery today. Real great drive. And you'll be going to the grid.

Just to remind you, go into the grid.