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Oscar, I didn't get your radio check. Radio check. Yeah, that was loud and clear. There's the updated clutch target on there. Do you want me to suggest you practice that? Yeah, OK. And drinks are good as well.

Oscar, the formation lap will be started behind the safety car.

1.5.

4.7.

1.7.

1.3

1.2.

1.6

Four point four.

Soska, we're starting behind the safety car. The FIA have said the safety car will pull a lap away. Cars from the front rows can leave at the gap and push turn 1-2 if they want to.

Yep. OK. And I think you can probably see from your height, but it looks like there's a bit of a wet patch under the repeater light, start gantry.

In terms of weather, we're expecting a patch of rain, last 2 to 3, last 10 minutes or so, starting sometime between lap 11 to 16. At the moment that's pushing later, but expected window lap 11 to 16.

Let's get tyre information.

All cars start on enters.

Yep, I think if the sun stays out like this we could be on slicks before rain comes.

20 seconds. Remember, you can let the safety car pull away.

Turn.

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Exit of turn 4 is dry. Copy.

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It will be a stunning start, Oscar.

How are the conditions, Oscar? Dry patches in quite a few places so far. I think if you were on a slick right now, you'd just about be able to survive. Copy. Some cars are considering pitting, Oscar. We can't go behind the safety car into the pitlane.

At the moment I'm quite tempted. Oscar, rain is now later. Expect lap 16.

We can go plume mode 1, Oscar.

If it's quicker, we can pit.

It's still wet in the high speed a bit, but I mean it's going to be slicks very quickly.

Surviving the high speed will be very tough. Pit loss is 20 seconds. We will stay out, Oscar, we'll stay out. Copy. So, launch feedback, your clutch drop was 3% shallow. Clutch timing 0.2 early.

And Oscar will be at bite point find after turn 17. White H14 position 11. Two burnouts from P19. Reminder, second gear launch.

The last sector is just too wet for slicks. That was the last sector, too wet for slicks.

Thos car is reversing the grid.

Launch map off.

BSC, Oscar, BSC. The double yellows are in the middle of the Wellington straight, in the middle of the straight between 5 to 6. Lawson has stopped there. Delta positive.

Oscar, how many laps do you think before slip, guys? How many laps do you think?

Lawson is on the right ahead here. Take care through the double yellow zone.

He's getting out of the car now. Copy. Last sector is still way too wet for sticks. Copy. Head out. Copy.

The last sector still looks pretty difficult for the cars on slick. Lead car on slick is Russell and then Leclerc behind him.

Oscar, we think the correct thing here is to stay out with a virtual safety car. If it becomes a full safety car, I'd suggest a box.

At the moment, Antonelli has taken this virtual safety car. Everyone else stay down.

Yeah, I mean, there's still debris all over the track at turn 5. It needs to be cleared. Copy.

I have no idea. I think it will be a while.

Exit of 13 is drying out now. It's very, very, very close to slicks. Copy.

15, still quite wet. I still think stay out for now. We think sector 3 could be pretty difficult.

Yeah, sector 3 is still too wet. There's no dry line at all.

PSC ending. Recharge off. Reminder for overtake.

There are yellows turn 9. Bortoleto stopped on the right out of turn 9.

Brake expected in 10 minutes. Try now quicker turn 6-7. Nowhere else.

Delta positive recharge on is good. No overtaking. So Russell now quicker in Maggots Beckett. This is for Bortoleto. Stopped on the exit of turn 9. Oscar Raine expected in...

In five to seven minutes.

Copy. Yeah, I mean, I don't think it makes sense to pit for slicks if it's going to rain again, but my front left looks pretty bad.

Most of the track is dry apart from the last sector, so I think the tyres are pretty beat up.

Consider red mid 1, red mid 1. Both safety car windows open for another inter.

Good pace, Oscar. Yeah, not sure I'd come up on wing anymore. Copy.

The pace is good, quicker than all the cars who are on inters.

Brake getting heavier. Manage the time.

Suggest bow plus two for stability. Bow plus two for stability.

It'll be a similar result at 8.9 when it's around here. It's going to be pretty sudden, I think.

Close a half in pitlane. Close a half here.

Hurry up, we're just picked up. Copy.

Be careful, you've got a six second buffer behind.

Yeah, I think it's probably time for a new inter. It's quite wet here.

Remember, the pitlane may be wetter. Pitlane may be wetter. Box now. Copy. Copy, box. You'll be racing cars at exit.

Verstappen and Lando pitted. Should be clear at exit. Most cars pitting.

Albon stayed out. Verstappen and Lando are behind him.

You are quicker than Verstappen and Lando in high speed. Turn six and seven. It's very, very wet. It's raining a lot more than class two.

Yeah, it's raining a lot. Copy Oscar.

Mid six, red mid six. This rain will last seven minutes. Pitstop now would come out behind Stroll.

I think better to stay out if you can.

Mate, this rain is ridiculous. I can barely see where I'm going, so I don't know how anyone else can.

Take care of turn 5. Turn 5 seems wet.

Safety car, safety car, Oscar, safety car, delta positive.

So, take care of the aquaplaning. Heavy rain now. It is brightening up. I can see blue sky. This safety car should get us through the period of full wet running, I think.

1-2. Seems a little bit better as well, but the track is completely soaked.

Oscar, is this tyre OK? We have a pit loss but it would be tight. Suggest to stay out to avoid risk. Yeah, I'm happy to stay out. I think the rain is clearing. It seems to be more in sector 3 now and sector 2 seems a bit better. So I'm happy to stay out. It's not too bad on this tyre.

We're expecting it to be stopped all round the circuit soon. There's blue sky as well, so it may dry a bit quicker now.

And Oscar, your driving instinct 1's been really strong, so very happy with that. Just looking for more of the same.

Copy. So take care through places like that then.

Offline is still super wet. If you go off the tram tracks at the moment, you're going to aquaplane massively. Turn 2, there's a massive puddle. I mean, the safety car's nearly just lost it. So, still a fair way off being raceable. Copy.

Safety car in this lap. Safety car will be in this lap. Close.

So, switches are good. Let's go. Bal minus three. Bal minus three. Recarge off when you're ready.

I think the car is in pit entry now.

Safety car, safety car, stay out.

This is a car in the barrier, turn 9. Hadjar in the barrier, turn 9. Trying to keep temperature in the front. Just drive to the delta.

You can go recharge on if you want.

So there's currently double yellows all through turn nine.

So, with the sun out, things are warming up quite quickly. The ad board behind me in the pitlane has started steaming. We're expecting this to dry out.

Steaming. Expecting this to dry quickly. This is the correct time for the restart. Remember what happened at the end of the interstint.

There's still a lot of standing water, but I agree. With the sun out, it will dry pretty quickly.

Exit of 13. Exit of 14 on the left-hand side. Copy.

Copy. And you want it strapped 11, correct? Strapped 11, yeah, that's best for the restart.

Yeah, this puddle in turn 2 is a problem. Bernd has got his work cut out for him, even in the safety car, so it's not very nice in F1 car.

Right, mates, let's see if you can just hit a bunch of debris.

I need to clear exit of 14.

Safety car in this lap. Safety car in this lap. Bal minus two. Bal minus two. Let's go, recharge off.

Structure is live. It's OK.

Verstappen lost several positions. Car behind Lando, 3.3.

Turn seven. Back off. Entry. Focus on exit.

Opportunity turn 7. Stop the car in entry. Wide line in exit. Pick up speed earlier. Carry more speed through exit.

Safety car restart. We've been given a 10 second penalty for the braking on the straight before the safety car restart. You have a 17 second gap for Stroll. Head down. We want to try and pull as much of a gap as we can.

Set up turn 7 better, less entry speed 6.

It's the main lap time loss to the other car. Harder brake, stop the car, turn seven exits where you're losing out a bit.

I think we'll be okay, but I think anywhere would be faster.

Manage front left, turn one. Other car using full lift, turn one to manage front left.

Stroll last lap. 44.1. Gap is 17.1.

It's drying but very slowly. Still not close to slicks.

Captain Lando's 2.7 pace. Differences in the middle sector 2.3 tenths.

Bal plus one. Bal plus one.

We need to start considering the point we would take a slick under a safety car.

Keep an eye on front left, turn 9, throttle picked up.

Gap to Hulkenberg in P3 is now 28.8.

I think turn 7 is still beautiful.

Pace is good, Oscar. Front left is worn out, so just be careful with braking to the left.

Chris, we did the next couple of laps I think.

If it gets quicker, turn 3-4. That's ready.

Russell on hard, Alonso on medium. Rethink hard. Stay out, but rethink hard when you pit.

Turn 15. Back off braking. Focus on throttle.

We need to keep Lando out of DRS. If he gets in DRS with our penalty it will be do not make it too difficult.

Alonso doing 42.6 on medium. We think maybe medium, Oscar, ten laps after this.

Yeah, I agree. I think it's medium now.

Alonso looking okay now. Oscar, do you want this lap? No. Staying out.

So, many cars have now pitted. There's only five or six of you still out.

Guys, now faster turn 3-4.

Copy. I think it's time for 6. Copy.

Silver entry 6. Silver entry 6. We're boxed this lap. Copy, we're boxed.

We'll serve the penalty, Oscar.

Launch my pop. Launch my pop.

Greenish A3. Brake valve at 50 percent.

Clear on exit. Tsunoda three and a half seconds behind.

Debris reported to turn 6. I think it's off the racing line. Strat 6. Track's slippery.

Fernando will put this lap.

Leclerc ran wide in turn 50. Take care in the damp.

Red Bit 4. Red Bit 4. Lando's in the pit now.

I don't think the penalty before was very fair. I mean, I know it's a big question, but if you don't think it was fair either, I think we should swap back and race.

Car seems OK after that, Oscar.

Track still looks slippery in turn 6. Possible debris.

Turn 4, focus on exit.

Flight 811 position one. Flight 811 position one.

Top right, Proggle, turn three and four. Prepare turn four better.

Oscar, we're not going to do any team orders. It's just five laps to the end.

Turn 16-17 as we worked on in low fuel. Opportunity.

Three laps to go.

Turn six, less entry speed, better speed in the transition.

4-speed in the transition. Stop the car for 7.

It's a good lap and this is the last one.

OK, that's the chequered flag, Oscar. Chequered flag. Well done, mate. Good race. Good race. I think that was unlucky. Can I have ACS off and recharge on? Oscar, I know how you feel about that.

Let's talk about it once we're out of the car.

Yep, I think I'll get myself banned for the year if I say anything here. Thanks for the effort.

At least Hulkenberg got a point here. Not everything was fair, T.

Yeah, that's right. So, finishing order was yours, Lando, yourself, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Verstappen, Gasly, Stroll, Albon, Alonso, Russell.

So we've boxed this lap, Oscar, boxed this lap. The boards will be under the podium.

And once you get to the board, remember to turn the car fully off. So that's switch off the engine, wait five seconds, and then switch the car fully off. Well done, mate. You drove really well.

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