Radio check, Lance.

Yep. I hear you.

That's loud and clear, I hear you too. Six minutes till we go. Okay, track temp is 56, so again that's like plus 20, so we'll be getting into the lifting post right away. It'll be the most at the beginning of the race and then we can taper off.

What's the track temp, sir? Track temp is 56.56. That's plus 20 from FP2.

Okay, Lance, those clutch drops look good. It's five minutes till we go. Five minutes.

I'll do a bite point find. When you arrive on the grid, you don't have to do a bite point find. We'll just do it before the formation. I'll check. Two seconds.

Yeah, yeah, sorry. When you fire up, you do a bite point fine. When you arrive back on the grid, no bite point fine.

Three minutes till we go. Three minutes.

Two minutes till we go. Two minutes.

Okay, Lance, we have tyres. Colapinto, hard. Gasly, medium. Albon, hard. Bortoleto, medium. And then the next three cars are soft. And then the head further up is a mixture of soft and medium. The top four cars are on soft. So again, around you. Bortoleto, medium. Albon, hard. Gasly, medium. Colapinto, hard.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

OK, let's make a gap. Make a gap. Then we'll take plenty of high-speed weaving on this straight.

Really good high-speed weaving.

We're target minus nine on the formation lap start.

Nice, nice big high-speed weaving here and then a 200 meter lift into one. You can keep weaving.

Two hundred meter big lift for turn one.

Push through 1-2-3 and then again high speed weaving up to 4.

Fifty metre lift into turn four and then make a gap of four or five.

Make a gap here.

And then weaving up to seven, little lift in seven, push through seven, eight, nine.

Weaving when you can, then 100m lift, then brake into 12. 100m lift and brake into 12.

And hard scrubbing here while you're in this traffic. Hard scrubbing on the racing line.

Thanks for scrubbing, please. Yeah, good job.

Okay, Lance, it'll be K-0 hold, three burnouts. Three burnouts.

Burnouts with steer, please.

A-0 hold. Three burnouts with steer, please.

Remember, run, switch, race.

Car all looks OK.

OK, Lance, some fresh air. We'll still get into the lifting coast. We'll catch up to this pack no problem. You'll come back to us, we'll be OK.

Plus three on brake balance. Plus three on brake balance. DRS enabled.

Turn one possible debris. Debris flag turn one.

OK, Lance, you can consider left toggle for turn 7. Understeer if you want. Left toggle.

That's Albon ahead on a hard. Ahead of him is Gasly on medium.

Consider brake balance rearwards.

Good on brake balance, yeah.

Good job, Lance. Good job. Albon's on a harp. Thank you.

Plenty of energy. Energy good.

Think about the brake balance minus two for attacking.

Good job, Lance. Good job. We'll take K-0s when you can and we'll catch this pack, no problem.

So we'll watch sliding seven and nine and we'll take brake balance one click forward.

Safety car window is open, Lance. Safety car window is open.

HPP off, HPP off. To the cars ahead, you're only losing time from not having the tow, so your lap is good.

High-speed management is at the limit, so don't push anymore.

Turn nine, just delay the full throttle a little bit.

Brake balance one click rearward. Brake balance one click rearward, please.

Ahead of Fernando is Sainz. Sainz is doing 24, so we are reeling them in.

Turn 9 exit. Rear slip is high.

Is Sainz on? Sainz is on a medium. Sainz is on a medium. For info, the hard is not good, the soft looks good, the medium is okay. So we're on plan A plus. Plan A plus.

More like plan B. Plan B.

I tend to oversteer at turn 6 for that rear sliding. OK, we'll check.

It'd be right toggle for turn 6, right toggle for turn 6, and that turn 9 sliding is still the peak sliding. You're faster than those guys ahead, but they just have the DRS in tow.

Good job, Lance. Pace looks good. You're catching those two ahead, Sainz Alonso.

Last lap, Sainz 24.2.

So, Lance, safety car and VSC windows are open.

Strat 7. Strat 7.

Sainz had brake problems, so he was slow, so probably Fernando's pace will pick up and you guys together will catch the two cars ahead.

If attacking, remember brake balance. Think about brake balance rearward.

Good job, Lance. Good job. Fernando's going to box.

Who's in front of me now? Next car is Bortoleto. He's been doing 24s and then Hadjar. Bortoleto doesn't have DRS.

You're looking really good on this soft, so we'll extend. We'll reel in these tyres ahead and then we'll keep going. Good job.

Okay, Lance, two clicks rearward brake balance, two clicks rearward. Front is more the limit, so we're just going to help that out a bit.

Bortoleto 24.1.

Probably front left is the kind of wear limitation, so we'll hope for the front left.

Antonelli will be coming out around four seconds behind. He's a quicker car, so we won't lose race time with him. He's not really our race.

Tyres are looking good. Managing is looking good.

Yeah, when I go rearward with the brake balance, I'm overheating the rears.

Yeah, copy that, Lance. We're happy. We'll just manage in the high speed. Don't hurt the rears. Go with your feeling. So Antonelli, 1.1 behind. Much quicker car, so don't lose race time with him.

Two more pitting. Bearman just ahead. Piastri will come out behind.

Good job, you're still quicker than Bortoleto and he'll have all these cars coming through as well. He'll have two cars coming through soon.

The rear left feels like it's slipping in the tyre.

Yes, copy that, Lance. So, we agree now. We agree the rear left is the limit. Russell is... I don't know what happened there. I was just like in a cliff. Okay, we'll take a look at things. Russell 1.7 behind again. Faster car.

Really started to struggle with the rears.

Box now, Lance. Box now. Box now.

And box now, Lance, box now.

Tyre, green, dry, R. Tyre, green, dry, R. Remember, hold the brake pressure.

Let's use some tyre now. Undercut Bortoleto. These guys are slow, so okay to push a bit.

Brake balance two clicks rearward. Brake balance two clicks rearward.

Brake balance two click rearward.

HPP on. HPP on.

Next car is Gasly. He's also on race start medium, so very old tyre.

Good job, Lance. Good job.

Okay, good job, Lance, good job. We'll take this tyre as long as we can, but we're considering all options. Considering all options right now.

So Lance, we boxed to avoid all that leader traffic. His lap time 22.8. So basically we're on a two-stop now. Two-stop. That's not so fair.

Both cars are on a two-stop. We tried to extend, but with all those leaders coming through, we would have lost way more race time. So this is the fastest race time. You're a bit quicker, so we'll just see what happens.

Gain, losses, exit turn 10. Don't carry so much speed into turn 10. Focus on the exit.

Fernando, 22.6. I need MFB EU7 to position 3. MFB EU7 to position 3 for performance.

Brake balance three clicks rearwards.

Lance, we've asked to swap position into 4.

Okay, good job Lance, let's use the free air, let's use your pace. You're catching those cars ahead.

OK, Lance, we're happy to push in the high speed to what you feel is OK level. We don't have to manage too much.

Who's that in front of me? It's Albon on race start hard. And then ahead of him is Ocon. The snap in turn 1 last lap was from front right under rotation. So just brake a little earlier and come off the brake earlier.

Ocon's on same-age medium but Albon race start hard. 23.8.

Brake balance one click. Rearward OK.

Plenty of energy available.

Good job, Lance. Good job.

Who's next? Ocon three ahead, same tyre age, doing low 23s, I think.

Let's go brake balance one click rearward, please. One click rearward. So cars that we're racing who may be on a one-stop, we just go as fast as we can on this tyre, we'll go as long as we can, and then we'll have a tyre advantage at the end.

Just keep doing what you're doing. Do your best pace on this tyre without over sliding it.

Ocon, 22.5. The first in, he was similar pace to us, but you have a little bit of pace on him.

HPP off. HPP off.

Ocon 22.5. If you need more entry stability, consider diff entry 6. Diff entry 6 for entry stability.

Turn 6, I need something. Copy, we'll check.

Let's try mid-six. Mid-six. It will affect everywhere, but let's just see what it does for turn six. So mid-six.

Car behind is Hadjar. He's on a soft, like a five lap old soft. He may be on a two-stop. He's a bit quicker.

I also have understeer.

Yeah, we're checking. We see something. We're checking.

Something's going on with the gear. OK, yeah, we'll check.

Engine cuts are caused by wheel spin, so everything is OK. It's just from wheel spin.

Box now, Lance. Box now. Box now.

Hold brake pressure. Racing Albon at exit. Hold brake pressure.

Be close behind Albon at exit.

Tyres OK. Car's OK. How many laps? Both tyres? This is just scrub.

Not him. He's on brand new soft, two laps. So same tyre, basically. Where is he?

Brake balance, one quick rearward if attacking.

How many seconds was the pitstop?

4.1, Lance, 4.1. It's alright. You and Albon are going to catch the cars ahead around one stop. We still have a chance. Just drive your best, cleanest laps.

Well, there's no point for me to attack him because he's just going to kill my tyres, so I'll just cut to my job.

OK, Sainz will be coming out close to Albon. Sainz coming out right ahead. Watch for Sainz.

HPP on. HPP on.

Yeah, I understand, Lance. I totally understand. Tell me what's going on. I understand. I agree. It's our bad.

So, surface overheating, it'll calm down.

With this gap, the tyres will come back. And we've got Norris 1.6. He'll be at blue. But you're kind of a similar lap time, so if you can stay ahead, that'd be good.

Even like crank balance, you know, I have zero for like balance four laps.

Understood, Lance. Blue flag Norris. Blue flag Norris.

Spoiler one second, no? It's 1.2 and that's the margin, 1.2. So blue flag Norris.

OK, Lance, he's on a much older tyre, so he's on similar pace, so you'll be able to stay with him. Just have a little gap for your tyre's health and then you'll be able to stay with him.

You're inside the Alcon pit window. Go low 21 will keep us in that pit window.

The car is getting lighter. The downslope is getting very bad.

Yeah, copy that, Lance. Copy.

My tyres are so dead!

Yeah, copy. You're matching the pace of all the other cars, but yeah, understood, understood.

Lance, energy is good, so we can use early energy every lap out of 17. Early energy every lap out of 17.

We're catching... Can you give me a bit of a picture? Yeah, we're catching P10. They will get some blues.

Well, the 10th, 11th pack, they're doing like 22.3 and they will have blues that we won't have, so we will catch them.

How many laps to go? 16 to go at the line, 16. Yeah, but how many laps will it be in the back of them? Yeah, checking, checking.

We think with four to five laps to go, we're all going to pack up. Hadjar's going slow, now Bortoleto's caught him, so then the Williams are catching them. So it's becoming a good pack ahead, and they all have to have Norris come through as a blue.

Let's keep the lift and coast. Let's increase lift and coast. The surface is still high.

The track temp is still very high, so let's increase the lift and coast, that will bring the surfaces back and you'll be in a better position then.

I could use early energy out of 17.

Sainz has a drive-through penalty. He's driving through now. He'll be six seconds behind. He had good pace, but he's quite far behind.

We still can increase lifting coast one and twelve and you are still catching Hadjar, Bortoleto, Tsunoda.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90.

Basically, that group's doing around 22.5.

So, yeah, I'm not actually very good at this site.

Yeah, copy that. 21.5 would be what we need. So understood.

They are all very close together and fighting, so they will start losing lap time from that. So let's see what we can get.

Use early energy out of last corner.

Definitely fighting ahead now and bunching up. That was 22.2, but now they're really fighting each other.

As the fuel comes out, man, it's just crazy how that bounces. It's just horrible. Yeah, I copy that. I have an MS. Insane.

Lance, MFB PU3 to position 2. MFB PU3 to position 2.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90.

Okay, nine to go. Nine to go. Consider diff mid five for more mid corner rotation if you need it. Diff mid five.

This was a one-stop race. Screwed it up.

Yeah, copy that, lads.

Use early energy every lap last corner.

OK, that's 8 to go, 8 to go.

He's three behind, he's doing 21.6, so you should be able to stay ahead of him. And there's still a big group ahead, so there could be trouble ahead.

Turn 13. Signs 21.5.

Are the energies still available? Yeah, they're bouncing, I swear. It's like danger or something.

Yeah, copy that, Lance, copy that.

Sainz DRS. Brake balance three quicks rearward if you need it. Brake balance three quicks rearward to be zero.

Energy is still good. Plenty of energy.

Brake balance, two clicks rearward. Sainz, one behind but he has DRS. Nobody two clicks rearwards, man. I just... no chance.

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Three to go, Lance. Two to go. Sign spun.

You are catching Hadjar ahead. It's two to go.

Single yellow, turn 12, double yellow, 13-14. Single yellow and 12, double yellow, 13-14. B-S-C, B-S-C, slow down, get plus positive on delta time. Positive and stay out, stay out. There'll be one lap to go at the line. Just be positive on delta time.

Yeah, just positive on delta time. That's fine. And go to run switch race. This is the last lap of the race.

Just check run switch here in race. There you go. Good. Thank you.

VSC ending. VSC ending. Be close to zero on delta time but positive.

Checkered flag, Lance. Checkered flag. Good try there. Good try.

OK, Lance, we'll have run-switch warm-up and we'll take all the pick-up. Take the pick-up.

Run switch warm-up when you can and HTP off when you can.

Well, that's, remember, P1 and then down to P0. Remember P0.