Yeah, radio check.

OK, Max, so just over two minutes to go now. We've got some feedback, you are free to make a gap at turn one, or on the way into turn one, to allow you to have a bit of a quicker run down the hill to turn three, if you wish, on this first formation lap.

OK, update from Michael. We'd like a gear 2 and a low grip release, please. Low grip release for this one.

Max, we'll do the static bike point, please, when the blankets are off and you get rolled back. Static bike point, please.

Now 60 seconds to go. 60 seconds.

Max, we will get at least 10 minutes' notice. I don't think we're getting out, but you can if you wish. Yeah, I'll get out then.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. Thanks for watching!

Thank you.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90. Thanks for watching.

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Radio check.

You take a little bit of two laps behind the safety car.

OK.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

Engine 13, position 3 when you come. Engine 1-3, position 3. Engine 1-3.

Ready at check turn nine. Yep. OK, so engine 13, position 3. Engine 1-3, position 3. When you come.

OK, mate, it's just a reminder to drive over your grid slot. I'm sure you're happy to drive over your grid slot.

Strat 7. Strat 7.

You can go to display 8. Display 8.

OK, so for the start, we will recommend either two or three clicks more rearwards brake balance. Two or three clicks more rearwards brake balance. Potentially B-Bal five as well, just to help you.

And we'll go to mode 3, please. Mode 3. So safety car now at turn 16. So this will be rolling start.

All your switches are good. Safety car. Approaching turn 80 now.

Albon, 0.5 behind.

On mode 6 when you can. Mode 6 when you can.

OK Max, I know you're looking ahead, but just for info, Russell next car behind at 1.8. 1.8 behind to Russell. For info.

I can barely follow. Very tough. Understood, Max. How's the track condition? Well, I'm settling out.

Yeah, understood. Strat 2, please. Strat 2.

That is a bit of a switch. Offset.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

How are the conditions now, Bucks? Still too wet, I think. Just keep an eye on it.

That won't be for long, I guess. Yeah, understood.

See how they survive the nasty cage? There, it's up to one.

Just for info, Max, Hamilton is boxing. Hamilton has boxed the medium. I'll keep you updated.

Yeah, just keep an eye in turn 5-6 and brake. Understood.

I'll take control of the ground.

Please repeat, Max. Please repeat. I think we can, Fox. OK, understood.

OK, box, box, box, box this lap.

Leclerc is also boxing. Box this lap.

Tyre 820 can. Tyre 820 can. It is wet in the pitlane.

Strat 12 when you can.

Strat 14. Strat 14. Strat 1-4.

Tyre 8 when you can. Tyre 8 when you can, please.

DRS is now enabled. DRS enabled.

Russell at point seven.

Display 10 position 1 when you can. Display 10 position 1.

Russell behind at point five.

Gap 0.6.

Mode 7. Mode 7 when you can.

Russell at 1.0.

The clipping on the main straight is shockingly shit. It's so bad. Understood. Russell at point nine.

Engine 7, position 4, when you come. Engine 7, position 4.

Strat 1, please. Strat 1.

Russell at 1.1. He does have DRS.

Cap to Russell 1.1.

Russell does not have DRS.

Gap to Russell 1.7. 1.7.

Okay, mode 6. Mode 6. We suggest pull toggle for turn 1. We suggest pull toggle for turn 1.

Gap to Russell 1.6.

OK, Mark, so temperatures are starting to stabilise now. How are the tyres? How are the tyres?

I don't want to pay. Just sit with me on the side.

I go to Russell 1.7.

I gap to Russell now 2.1.

Russell now at 2.7 behind him.

Max, we don't know if you'd change your line in turn 8 that lap, but you could consider the pull toggle for turn 8 as well. Up to you. Yeah, it's the car's superchasseur. With the line there's still a bit of daft bodge, so there's no danger at turn 11 where the car just loses a lot of grip. Understood, Max.

Strat 6. Strat 6. Race update. Piastri leading. He's 18 seconds ahead on medium. Norris is eight seconds behind him on the hard tyre. They're doing a similar pace at this point.

Behind you, Russell is falling away a bit. He's around three or four tenths slower than you at this point.

Yeah, I'm trying the same with Charles.

Maxima completed 13 laps on these tyres, around 19 laps remaining, just for info.

OK, Max, we're just a bit at the top of the battery, which is limiting our recovery. So we'll go mode 5 for a couple laps, please. Mode 5.

How are your tyres, Max? How are the tyres? Yeah, front lift is not weak. Just rotation not good.

Pressure is more balancing also. Yeah, understood.

You could consider going to B-Bal 3. Keep the same toggle usage. Good try, B-Bal 3.

What's that?

That is rearwards peak and matched migration. Rearwards peak, matched migration.

Max, if you want more front in the low speed, so 1-18-19, you could try torque 5 for more front in the low speed.

OK, that's 30 laps completed. 14 laps remaining.

We've done 18 laps on this set so far. 14 to go.

Ah, mode 6. Where did he come from? Mode 6.

Yeah, so just for info, McLaren's are doing 46.2s, 46.3s at front, you and Leclerc are both doing 46.4.

OK, Max, there's 10 laps to go, 10 laps to go. We can see the left front is starting to reduce in temperature. If you are saving that front, maybe you could push a bit more on it, try and build a bit of temperature.

Yeah, it's... I have no grip on it. Yeah, OK, understood.

OK, Max, so we could consider going one click rear to our brake balance, just to try and give us a bit more margin on the front tyres. Just worried about a bit of locking.

OK, so there's eight laps to go. Eight laps to go.

We can see there's quite a lot of dark clouds coming in and temperatures dropped, but we don't see any rain on the radar at this stage.

I know you're pushing hard, mate. Let's keep that pressure up.

I just watched the kerbstrike at turn 19 apex. Suspension loads are high, so just watch your left front at turn 19 apex.

That's 1.2 to Leclerc ahead.

All right, gap at 1.2.

What's the gap here? Gap 1.1.

OK, engine 4 when you can please. Engine 4 when you can.

Got that. Fail 3-fail. Fail 3-fail.

Back to engine 8 when you can.

Gap now 1.1 again, 1.1.

Right, there's now three laps to go. Three laps to go.

Gap now 1.4.

I have no front.

OK, if you can, we suggest one more click rearwards on brake balance just to help front locking. One more click rearwards.

OK, this is the last lap.

OK, fail 84, fail please. Fail 84, fail. And we're coming back in the pit. Exit please. Back in the pit. Exit.

OK, that was P4. Piastri, then Norris, then Leclerc, then us in P4. Behind you, Russell, about 13 seconds behind you. And Albon, 6th. Hamilton, 7th. He stopped one lap earlier than everyone else for dry tyres. It looked like he got a big win out of that. And then Lawson, 8th. Bortoleto, 9th. And Gasly, P10. Yuki was P12.

Copy. Yeah, it's tough. Basically similar, you know, to my confidence in qualifying that happens in the race, but we'll have a look. Yeah, understood. I think, obviously, if we didn't know the conditions were going to be like this, that we wouldn't have done any driving in the wet much, then, yeah, it would have changed our rooming choice. I know we made it tough.

Yeah, that was also not ideal. I mean, basically, did not race, so yeah. Yeah, exactly. Anyway, still some decent points.

Thanks, Max. It was a tough one, spending all the race behind Charles like that and very little wet running, but you tried everything. It was nearly impossible to overtake today and you tried everything you could do. Thanks for that. Yeah, thank you, Laura. We'll keep going, keep trying to go faster.