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Radio check.

Radio loud and clear from the garage.

Wasn't all pretty clear. Catch you. 1-2-3. Yep. Rest up.

Five minutes to formation lap.

So, tyre info. From P1 to P15, everyone is on new mediums, but we don't see Red Bull's tyre info at the moment. I'll let you know once that's available. P16 Colapinto, P17 Hulkenberg are soft new tyre.

Three minutes.

So, ripples are on new soft tyres.

Two minutes to formation lap.

So, we do have a rain on the radar. Looks to be about 15 minutes out at the moment. 75 seconds. Fire up.

Limiter on.

One minute.

Forty-five seconds.

Fight point defined. 25 seconds.

Fifteen seconds.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

That was 1% shallow.

So, keep working those tyres.

So, targeting 1-0-2-13.

And so we expect a relatively light rain around lap seven or eight. Duration would be about seven laps, but I'll keep you informed as the race continues. I'll be coasting from turn 13.

So it'll be five burnouts starting at grass on the left-hand side. Final one will be P12, Tsunoda.

Last car approaching the back of the grid.

There's no gap ahead of Leclerc.

DRS enabled.

Up ahead, point three.

Gap ahead 0.6.

Gap ahead 0.6.

So, we'll have DRS.

So still forecasting this rain in about six laps, George. Gap ahead 0.8.

So, we're expecting this range to be light initially, but we'll last seven to ten laps.

3-position-2. Reining two laps.

And so seeing the gusts increasing up to 20 to 25 kph with this weather.

Full stop. Bye, Chen.

I can't, I can't, I can't. I'm afraid to put myself in a tense.

So, EB available, 11-12, just think about compromising 7-8.

It's more of a time one, time three, I'm breaking a lot.

So George, looking at lap time losses, mainly turn 9, turn 10.

So this red still looks about two laps away. Would hit turn 13, 14 at first.

I've got half. 1.5 in the back, shortly.

So, report of debris at 12 to 13.

I'm only expecting this very light level of rain for around 10 laps.

So, George, I recommend diff high speed 2 for turn 7a, just to look after those front surfaces a bit more.

So that's target plus three.

Sir, Hadjar, Leclerc ahead, both 16.5, 16.6.

And another four or five laps of this level of rain.

Add tyre update when you can.

To the front left, I'm already shooting with balance. Otherwise, you're a clown.

So we still see more margin for compromise turn at 7.

And are we still talking 0.7 of balance? Yeah.

Keep an eye on these circuits. I'll drop in.

Expecting this rain for another lap or two here, George.

OK, so you've seen that Leclerc is in. Happy with what you're doing at turn 8.

Safety car, safety car, so delta, positive, strat 1.

It will be bucks, bucks this lap.

So it's Lewis, turn three. He's off track. Give me the target speed.

The 200 at safety car line one.

So, a reset, diff and e-brake.

So, Leclerc over the finish line now, three ahead.

Lewis on the exit of turn three on the outside of the corner.

I don't know where you are.

Safety car currently between turns 10 and 11.

High speed at E-Big.

So, this level of rain for about two laps behind the safety car, so about five minutes.

Not seeing anything behind it at the moment. The safety car is exit of turn three.

Still double yellow at turn three.

So just try and keep these tyres where they are. Safety car. Entering turn nine.

We've got a recovery vehicle on track. Turn three.

Now we've got a safety car in this lap.

So, when we get going, we'll be 46.

Are we on plan A or B? Plan A here, George. It'll be Strat 5 for the restart.

Safety car 13.

The upper head of Hadjar is 0.9 DRS enabled.

Gap at 1.3 doesn't have DRS.

Front's nicely at the window, just rear overheating currently.

We have an underbraking.

Gap ahead. 1.0.

Gap is at 1.0.

VSC, VSC. Delta positive. Strat 1. I'll be staying out. There's debris on the main straight in the middle, so I recommend keep left.

It is black, the debris, so it will be difficult to see, but I recommend staying left on the main straight.

It's going to be a short VSC once all the cars have gone past.

Hulkenberg is going over the start-finish line now.

So VSC ending Strat 5. It'll be green 15 followed by green 8.

We need a spot of track, surely.

I'll have a look down my derailleur.

Pressures look OK. I'll feed back on the data in a second.

I need to check his telephone. I was there when I dashed and he was...

Look, I'm not sure how that's possible. Copy that.

So, Kimi now, car behind 1.5.

So track is all clear now at turn 30.

So, turn 12 is under investigation now, George.

Yeah, I got it. Have a seat mate. No need to tell me if he delta as well because I was a second ahead of him. Yeah, we fed that back.

I'm not too sure what's going on with the tyre. It's not really braking. Maybe an F75? Yeah, A-firm. Well, we do have car damage at the moment.

Diff mid 1 available if you need that.

So we think we're missing 0.4 to 0.5 of balance.

Copy. Evening with the tyres already manipulated.

I have a stiff one, I just thought I'd bite him.

KTU, there's some sort of weird rumble above my head.

Like a load, like a load, load back. I'll be going in or going out with the M-Ocean.

Understood. We're checking.

So, George, with this damage on the car, I think the best opportunity for the team is invert cars at turn one.

We don't think we'll be able to keep up with Leclerc here, so...

Well, what the devil. Could be the worst thing with a DRS, but...

So, Albon three seconds behind. Last lap was a 15.3.

So, George, for tyres, we need more management. Turn seven.

28 laps remaining. We have seen that damage increasing.

So it looks like we're missing more like 0.7 on balance now.

Turn 7 management looks good and that has helped. Turn 9-10.

George said I think we could help with balance at the next stop.

1.0 DRS enabled.

25 laps remaining.

George, for what it's worth, main loss to Kimi. Turn 1 braking. Just wondering if tacking the braking there would help.

So we've got Kimi in the pitlane now.

Fernando Leclerc in the pitlane now.

WLO turn 3. Safety cars, safety cars. Strat 1, delta positive. There'll be box, box, just confirm. Balance adjust. That's how we can do the balance, it's all over the place. OK, copy that.

Alexander, flap or tyre? Soft tyre. It'll be soft tyre.

Alright, plus point three.

Keep on top of that delta and it'll be Spock's.

A reset dip in high speed.

So, reset that diff and E-B. So, it's Leclerc exit turn three. Again, he's on the right-hand side. Clear on track.

That's safety car braking. Turn 11 now.

So it was contact with Kimi and Leclerc. Kimi had a puncture then at the front right, so he has boxed. Let's change again.

So we need to stay in the middle of the track on the exit of turn three. So middle of the track, turn three. You've got marshals on both sides of the circuit. Safety car is at turn five. Double yellow where you are.

Information, so before the safety car, we were happy with your turn 7, turn 8.

And just make sure you follow the safety car around turn three.

Did you have a bit of a flat? Yeah, A-file.

So lap cars may now overtake.

Got two cars coming through.

Any rain on the forecast? Looks a bit dark. Power 13. No, nothing on the radar currently, George.

So we've got a safety car in this lap.

Safety car currently turn seven.

Sir, Kimi behind is the car behind Albon. He currently has a 10 second penalty. Understood. Just make sure you're still past Alex.

We'll be Strat 9 for the start. Strat 9.

Gap behind 0.6. 14 laps remaining. DRS enabled.

Can I go in flat 12?

And ten laps remaining.

Can you give me the gap of one second? Do you think it's just in the braking part, Norley? Affirm.

Norris, over to you.

Say, turn 9. Slow at turn 9.

Safety car, safety car. So, strat 1, delta positive. Stay out, stay out.

That's a sick car, currently turn 4.

Maybe some oil on track, turn 5, around to turn 9.

So safety car now turn 8. It's double yellow at turn 9.

And you would have seen it, but the car is parked to the right.

Top of the yellow where you are.

So keep left exit turn 3. Step it up. Left exit turn 3.

Piastri reporting a line of oil around turn 3. Recovery vehicle on track turn 9. Double yellow.

Do what you can to keep tyres where they currently are, please.

So, continue to follow the safety car through turn three.

Track is showing as clear at turn nine.

So we've got Safety Car in this lap. Safety Car in this lap. It will be Strat 9 for the start again. That will be four laps to go when you cross the line. Piastri controlling the pace. Safety Car turn 12.

Safety car at 13.

DRS enabled.

Strat 12 available.

Expect a few spots of rain at turn 10 next lap.

So, one more lap. Early overtake. Turn 3, turn 13.

OK. Nice work today. So that's P4. Good job with everything that was going on and the damage. We'll have plenty of rubber. Plenty of rubber and green 1, position 12. Strat mode 14.

Yeah, very miserable race that was. Damage limitation, I guess.

It takes an awful full race only to understand that you've missed it once.

So, Piastri, Verstappen, Hadjar, Albon, P5, Bearman, Stroll, Alonso, Tsunoda and Ocon in P10. Kimi ended up with 15 seconds penalties, so got back to P16.

A tough day. A lot of damage picked up. It just looked like Leclerc was fully off track when he sent it down the inside there.

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