Radio check, Lance.

Yep.

That's loud and clear. So, seven minutes to a go. Track temp is between 48 and 50, depending on where we are on the track. So, that's what we expected, a bit higher, and then obviously itself the wind is a bit higher compared to the previous days.

Okay, so it's just over five minutes until we go about. That's five minutes.

Hey Lance, so it's just over three minutes till we go. Just for the burnouts plan, it'll be three standard burnouts after the control line. I'll remind you when we come around.

OK, Lance, two and a half minutes. Five hard starters behind us. Starting on hard is Hamilton, Antonelli, and further back, Hulkenberg, Bearman, Tsunoda.

We'll be monitoring all that and figure out what's the best thing to do.

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Let's make some space, make some space and then we'll have high-speed weaving on the straight up to turn two and then brake at turn two. And then good weaving here, please, good weaving, and then a lift. Four, five, six, a lift. Thanks for watching.

OK, then weaving here, brake for seven and then make space in seven if you need. Make some space here.

I have weaving up to turn nine, so I make some space. Weaving up to nine and then a lift before nine.

Weaving and a lift before 11.

A weaving here and then a lift and then a brake and scrubbing 14.15.

A weaving and then a 25 meter lift and then a brake into 16, your final brake.

OK, Lance, you were target minus 13 on the formation start.

I have three burnouts. Remember to hold K-0. Three burnouts.

To the control line.

Bear the K-0 button.

Remember, run, switch, race.

Oscar on green.

DRS enabled.

Leclerc behind. Strat 7 now. Strat 7. Leclerc no DRS.

DRS ahead and behind.

Current five will help current seven.

Managing very good. Leclerc will have DRS this lap.

I'm afraid to drive on the rear straight now. Yeah, understood. Everyone has the same complaint. Everyone's managing a lot. You're doing really good though.

That's with this brake balance. No white button. Turn 14. No white button.

Third DRS. It's all looking good though. We're on plan A plus.

Traction turn 15. Traction 15.

A couple people have pitted, so we're watching the windows, but we're OK for now. Pace is good.

Leclerc boxed. We're all okay. We're still plan A+.

Lots of boxing action. We're watching everything.

Plan A minus. Plan A minus. So use those tyres.

Laps are good, Lance. This is giving us options.

HPP on. HPP on when you can.

That's reset brake balance. Reset brake balance.

Box now, Lance, box now. Pit confirm.

Tyre, green, dry, R. Tyre, green, dry, R. Racing Gasly at the exit. Need to get ahead of him.

Energy available on exit.

Let's have a look at trying to get around him and then we'll get into managing.

Five lap newer tyres for you.

Commission hold available out of 18. Let's try it.

Job, work A-0s when you can.

OK, let's stabilise our position. We're OK on stock now, Energy.

We're inside of Hadjar's pit window. If we can do high 28s, we'll be able to stay there. Good job, Lance.

I-21.

Good job, Gasly. No DRS.

Pace is good. First stint tyres looked very good, so it's really just surface temp, really just the surface we need to take care of. First stint was great.

Yeah, Jun said it was pick-up, not graining, so it's really about the surface temp. Good job, Lance.

It's all about slips and surface temps. You're doing a very good job.

Focus on traction slip out of 15. That's our biggest slip.

This pace, 22.0 is good. Hadjar is doing 22.4, so we're safely in his window.

Good job. Only loss to Fernando is turn 2. He's braking a little later and a little more apex speed.

Flighting speeds are good. Everyone's struggling on traction. Just keep focusing on traction.

For the last time, does Gasly do it? Yes.

22.5, 22.5 for Gasly.

This is the peak of the tyre temp slant, so this is the worst of it.

Hadjar is the only medium who hasn't stopped yet. He's safely inside his window. So it's just the hard runners that we'll have to deal with later.

Right now it's all looking good. We are all on track for a good result.

The stake for everyone is higher than we expected, but still plan A, still plan A.

Prioritise exit turn 12. Gasly, 22.4.

Hadjar medium is holding up the hard runners Antonelli and Hamilton. That's very good for us.

I know it's not easy. Control traction 12 and 15.

Yeah, I mean, first tyre is hard. Third lap is all done. Yeah, understood, but these first 20 is the worst, and then it'll come back a bit, so hang in there. Five or six to go before it comes back.

Is that better for 12s?

Yes, we think that was better turn 12. There's a yellow in 7. Ocon has stopped on 7 exit.

VSC, VSC, slow down, get plus positive, positive on delta time.

Positive now. OK. So it's a yellow 6-7. It's a double yellow 6-7. When we get to the safety car lines, be very close to zero, but make sure you're positive.

Go to run switch safety car and we'll try and cool the tyres. Double yellow through here. Ocon stopped on the right exit in the grass, I think.

Stay on the racing line through here, please.

Well, good job, Lance. So when we get to safety car line one and line two, just be very close to the delta, but make sure you're positive, just positive.

Does it not make sense to stop? No, we don't have a better tyre.

It's not a full safety car, so these guys don't get the big gain. Just be very close to zero, because lots of people are stopping that we haven't stopped yet.

Make sure you're close to the 4-0, especially at safety car line 2.

So you cover the pit exit, you're all good.

Stop there, Lex. Still double yellow.

The tyre itself has plenty of life left. It's going to be good.

It's going to be good and just gets the temps down so it kind of resets our clock. It's really good.

Leclerc behind, he fitted new hard, and then you've got Hulkenberg behind him.

The track is clear, so let's go back to run, switch race, VSC ending, VSC ending, energy available.

Brake balance minus two clicks for colder fronts.

DRS is enabled.

That's for still P10, still P10.

Hulkenberg DRS, but he's one second behind.

That's a burn.

Russell behind now on hard.

I'm just going to try and come back to help you.

That's Tsunoda. New soft behind energy available.

OK, let's try and get back into rhythm. Colapinto's on the same age tyre as you. He didn't get a new tyre. Rhythm, rhythm. Fucking rubbers.

Good job, Lance. Colapinto, no DRS.

We need some kind of miracle or something. Keep going. Good job.

Pinto's doing 23.28, so you're opening the gap.

Fernando is doing 22.8 with Tsunoda there.

Peter Verstappen will be at blue in maybe five laps time. We think Gasly and Colapinto are going to swap behind, so we'll have Gasly behind soon.

Gasly, as same as you.

OK, Gasly is on a hard, but he stopped under VSC, so it's a 10 laps newer hard.

Braking is good, just traction 7 and 15, whatever you can do there.

Nearly going slow.

Safety car. Safety car. Slow down. Get plus positive on delta time. Stay out for this lap. Get positive on delta time. We're going to stay out so we don't get lapped.

Get close to zero, but positive on delta time as you go past.

Stay out, stay out.

Let's reset brake balance.

It's double yellow turn seven.

And so I'm going to keep the balance the same. Is that OK for a medium? Yep. Copy that.

And make sure you're close to the delta time, just above, close to it.

Run switch race now. Run switch race.

We're going to box now, Lance. We're going to box now. Both cars are boxing. Both cars. Watch your delta time there.

Max will have energy available on exit.

You don't have programability time.

OK, so we're ahead of the safety car. We're OK to push now. You can push. Stay ahead.

You're good on delta times, no need to follow deltas.

Still double yellow turn seven, so we need to go slow through turn seven, double yellow.

Double yellow through here.

So what's the situation in front? Did everyone stop for tyres? No, so you and Fernando stopped. P9 to P13 did not stop, so you both have better tyres than Hadjar, P9, Hulkenberg, P10, Tsunoda, Gasly, Lawson.

You have a good tyre advantage all the way up to P9.

Lupito hard, Bortoleto medium. Yeah, I'd say we still have a good chance here. We'll go run-switch-race now, run-switch-race.

We're all still catching up to the pack. The safety car with the leader is going into 14.

14. It's still double yellow in seven and there's a recovery vehicle on track.

Once we get going, we suggest plus two brake balance and left and coaster

Red press all done now. Break lap.

They're still unlapping some cars and they're finally moving the car, but there'll be another lap or two at least.

We've caught the pack now, so directly ahead of Fernando is Lawson on Old Hard and Gasly on Old Hard.

Koda is on old soft. Double yellow 7 up to 8 now. So double yellow 7 all the way up to 9.

The 13 laps to go at the line, and they're finally getting the vehicle recovered.

Bit higher advantage all the way up to P9.

Quicker than the cars behind them. We have margin on front brake temps now. We need to use it to keep the front tyres up.

Build double yellow into turn nine.

Yellow up to turn nine.

They'll have to do an unlapping, Lance, so it'll be another lap at least.

Right now, 12 to go, 12 to go at the line.

They're letting the only laps car, Bearman, he's unlapping now.

I have brake into 12 to help square up our front brake temps from last little cold.

It's still going to be one more lap under safety car, not be this lap.

Take strong straight-line braking on this last lap to get the temps up.

It's 11 laps to go at the line, 11 to go.

Waiting for confirmation on safety car. Okay, so safety car will be in this lap. Safety car in this lap. It's a bit those brake tips, great line braking.

We'll have lots of energy available. We'll go to run switch race out of 15, out of 15.

Safety car has left the leader, so leader Verstappen is going slow out of 15. You can go run switch race now.

Up and slow going down the hill. Safety car in 17.

Car is going into 18 now.

See car at mid-entry. Track clear.

Energy is still available. Nine to go at the line.

DRS enabled. Energy still available.

One more push and hold still available.

Push and hold available. Five to go into the line.

Cushion hold available.

A05911, if you can.

A0 here, if you can.

Early energy available.

Just stop here a minute.

Yeah, copy that, Lance. Couple more K-zeros and we'll get another go at it.

I need a K-0 into 14.

Two laps to go.

Take K-0 everywhere so you can use something on the last lap.

Another K-0.

We'll be starting the last lap at the line.

Parking, last lap.

Cushion hold available.

Checkered flag, Lance. Checkered flag.

Bob Lance, very unlucky with the VSC. That ruined it for us. Unbelievable, man. Every fucking week it's the same shit. Yeah, you did your part, man.

Okay, we'll have HPP button off. HPP button off.

Run, switch, warm up. Run, switch, warm up.

Finally, MFB, EU1 to position 12. EU1, position 12, and we'll take a pick up.

Right, switch is all good. Good job anyway, Lance. You did a very good job. We just got no luck there. Fernando finished 11th.

Hey, good job. Good job all weekend, Lance. We'll keep going. Keep working on this car. Just remember, be zero.