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Yannick, come here. Look when I look right, the cables here will get twisted.

Yep, I don't care for B. Just brake balance for the formation lap, just so you know.

What about somewhere? Are you expecting some rain at some point now or not? Some pretty dark clouds at the back there.

Thanks for watching.

I think I clipped a little bit of Colapinto at turn 3, but we can play baby. Have a look. Yeah, copy that. We're checking. Car behind is Gabi. DRS is enabled.

Car in front says Ocon on hard.

Nico, we do expect some rain coming in around five laps. It should last for 10 minutes.

That's Gasly in front on medium.

And state position nine when you can. State nine.

The balance is a bit all over the place, to be honest. I have a lot of, er, no axles.

Yeah, copy that Nico. We think special 2 would help at turn 90. Special 2.

And the safety car window is open.

I think it's just the usual traffic effect that makes it feel so bad.

OK, copy that, Nico.

That rain is getting close now. It should hit turn 13 and 14 first. And some others have discussed trying to stay out on slicks and survive it.

State position 10 when you can. State 10. Stroll stopped for hard.

Feedback on tyres when you can, please, Nico. Unstable. OK, copy.

What is that with the gun hit?

Yeah, we have reports of drops at times right now.

Other drivers are reporting drops now. Could be slippery sector 3.

I have understeer at the high side.

A little bit of power, but the rear is quite loose, I think. General. OK, understood.

Entry plus one when you can.

Something good, maybe a bit more off. I don't know. Yeah, I was thinking minus three. Let me know what you think.

And a bit more rain in the pitlane now.

It all still seems to be quite light. It might not get any heavier than this.

OK, copy that.

Nico, we do expect this level of rain for the next eight to ten minutes. Let me know if you think you can survive it on slicks.

Like this, it's nothing. It's fully dry. It's just really spitting.

OK, copy that.

The current front now is Colapinto. Looks like he's also struggling on the soft.

Base foot position, like three laps ago. Understood.

Alonso is in the pitlane.

I don't know what we're waiting for.

And box, Nico, box.

Well, Nico, let's go for a easy introduction. We will try to take this set to the end.

And keep me updated on track conditions, please, Nico.

Yeah, this is still a straight. Can't feel this, right? OK. Copy that.

And that's a safety car. Safety car. Hamilton's got to the eastern tree.

Oh, wonderful. Yeah.

Gabi has the green light. We'll take the safety car, I think.

OK, copy that.

And bow to SC please. Bow to SC. Start button off.

Oh man, I think we got royally screwed here, didn't we? Yeah, we did, yeah. Gabi had only crossed the line once, so we couldn't push.

OK, Nico, so update on race situation. Safety car is in turn 13 now with the leaders. When they cross the line, there will be 47 laps remaining. We are currently in P19, that's Gabi in front. Gabi has hard tyres, he just put them two laps ago. Then in front of him is Colapinto and Gasly. Colapinto five lap old and Gasly one lap old hard.

There are two guys, the Haas, Ocon in P9 and Bearman in P13 that are still out on their race start hard set. And there's also Stroll in P12 that's on quite old hard, 17 laps old.

I think all the other cars changed tyres under this safety car, and everybody is on hard except Verstappen, P3 on medium.

Could you tell me there is some rain coming, please? I wish I could.

And safety car will be in this lap.

I think I'm just going to hang back at the beginning, save tyres and try the F-Door. I think if this big train is… Yeah, agreed. There's no point in pushing a lot now. We expect everyone's going to try to go to the end and we're having a look now if we can do something different.

And you can use mode RS for the restart, if you prefer.

That was Lawson and Sainz, both with punctures.

DRS is enabled.

So, Nico, the seven cars in front will be held up by Ocon, who is still on that race start set part. And for tyres, we could start to reduce management now.

Yeah, but there's just no point to release management. You're just running dirty here. It's quite inefficient.

Yeah, agreed. Was more information than a request. As long as you can close that gap comfortably, I think we're fine holding back a bit.

I have virtual safety car, virtual safety car, just for debris on the main straight.

We will stay to the left on the main street.

And should clear very soon.

Some gravel reported in turn 13.

Entry minus one, entry minus one.

And state position seven. State seven.

And driver default delta zero zero on when you can. Delta zero zero.

Alonso in the pitlane.

So, I think full stop. I think we should consider that too, maybe. Get up. Get up this. Yeah, we are discussing.

And the two Haas have still not stopped yet. They would be able to cover us. We would be stuck behind them.

Do you mean if they stop, they still come out in front of us? We stop first, yes.

Is there a straightaway going nowhere? Yeah, we expect it will pick up pace once the two Haas box, but for now we're stuck behind them.

But how? Erste gave up that track position. Alonso was out of the points already.

Overall degradation very low. All cars are still going green.

It's just a point to push on in that train.

Yeah, understood. We're not gaining anything by overdoing it now. We have plenty of gap to the two Haas. When they stop, they will come out behind us.

And Alonso is six seconds behind. He's on a new heart.

Alonso three seconds behind. Obviously it will be easier to keep him behind when we have DRS.

Both defend, if you can.

How is the balance, Nico? Not now.

Safety car window is open.

Safety car, safety car.

Watch turn three exits. Think left hand side car on track.

Update on balance when you can, Nico.

The high speed is starting to be a bit understeer. It's 8 especially, 13 a bit. Copy.

Bit more understeer in general. Just turned one mid to exit, very limited for some reason today. Very poor there. I think we could add some now if we even... Yeah, understood. Would be 19 laps remaining as you pass this time. Tyre would obviously be the medium. We were thinking to do plus two, maybe we could do plus three. Yeah, I think plus three is okay as well. Okay, copy. Why is this guy, he's going slow, he's taking a gap obviously. I think he doesn't need to be building a gap to his teammate. Yeah.

And we are boxing this lap, Nico. I will do plus three for the medium.

And we would go state position 6 for turn 13.

Gabi, he's got a pit as well or not? He's currently P10. I think it's going to be difficult for him to maintain this position, but they are discussing now. Bearman is behind him on new medium.

I'm a bit confused now because I just overtook him and I had fresh, fresher tyres with all the saving I did. Yeah, understood, Nico. Stay in the middle, in turn 3, please, stay in the middle of the track. Didn't know, you know, we're going to be in with P10. Yeah, it wasn't clear to me either, to be honest.

And driver default delta zero zero off. You can delta zero zero.

So, Nico, the five cars in front of you also stopped there. It's Colapinto, then Ocon, both on medium. Tsunoda on soft. Stroll on hard. And Bearman on medium behind Gabi.

And then Gabi P10, Alonso P9 on 15 lap old hard. And then Gasly P8 on 32 lap old hard.

We have some cars that need to un-lap themselves. We'll be a few more laps.

And it's Sainz and Lawson that will unlap themselves this lap.

Why is that? Where do you think that helps? I heard one.

Difficulty, turn 1 is mid to exit, not the entry.

DRS is enabled.

What position are we? Apparently P15.

Oh man, this is fucking DRS, mate. Yeah, it's painful.

There's a yellow in turn 9 car on track on the right-hand side. Safety car. Safety car.

Man, I don't know if he can get it. More unlucky than this. Every.

And stay out, Nico, stay out.

So currently P13, that's Ocon in front on medium, one lap older than you. And then Tsunoda on soft, same tyre age. And there's Gasly, P10, that was holding up the train. He's got 42 lap old hard.

And double yellow, turn nine car is still there.

And Antonelli has a 10 second penalty, maybe 15 seconds. He's currently 14 in front of us.

And there's a double yellow in turn three. Keep left on the exit.

Safety car is in turn 12 with the race leader Piastri. Car behind is Colapinto. Colapinto on new soft and then Lawson behind him on soft, same age as yours.

Safety car is in this lap. You can go mode RS if you want.

B4 laps remaining.

Hello. Can you help me up there? Yeah, I copy.

We need driver default delta zero zero, Nico. Delta zero zero.

And that's the chequered flag.

14. Well, I don't know. I don't know if we just got unlucky a few times or if we were just always on the wrong side of it. That feels like a missed opportunity, that's for sure.

Yeah, that's understandable, Nico.

If you see where Bearman is and Estes Stroll. Yeah, exactly. Bearman stayed out and was fishing for a safety car. Got lucky.

Not a whole lot you could have done better, Nico. Well done, your side.