So it's five minutes to formation lap.

So, time for everyone around us up to P10 Gasly on medium tyre. First car on hard tyre is P11 Hulkenberg. Second car, P15 Colapinto. And the car on soft tyre is Kimi only.

Three minutes.

Two minutes.

75 seconds. Fire up.

Pit limiter on.

Forty-five seconds.

I'm going to start in mid three, Capsu. Move that up. Affirm. I'll let you know.

Fight point find. 25 seconds.

Fifteen seconds.

Clutch was 2% deep.

And Strat 1.

So keep working those tyres. Doing a good job so far. Targeting 1-0-2-7-14. Just need a bit of work on that.

So, still on plan. We'll be posting from the 100 metre board or pit entry and then five burnouts, starting at safety car one line, a longer first burnout. Final burnout, P10. Where's the start of the final straight? Safety car one line, so the safety car line.

And the final burnout will be P10 Gasly.

And I see Strat 5.

And last car. Stopped.

Captain Norris, point seven.

Check tyres. Brake.

Pressures all look fine.

Check. Green surface. Double yellow turn 1. Eyes out for debris. Turns 1 to turn 5. Stroll stop to turn 5. Off track.

There's debris everywhere here.

Surface is coming into the window now, George.

Gap 1.4.

So VSC, VSC. Strat 1. Delta positive. Keep tyres where they are.

Still double yellow turn 1 to turn 4. We are staying out. Staying out.

There's a bit of debris before 3, but kinked.

Let me know brake temp so I see him behind.

Happy where they are at the moment.

And magic available for front.

It's still showing us double yellow, turns one to four. I'll let you know when that does clear.

Green 3, position 2.

Double yellows have now cleared. So VSC ending Strat 5.

We're happy with the management you're doing at the moment. You're doing the most of anyone around you.

Gap there was 1.01.

I have a tyres run.

So we are doing less management than Verstappen currently.

Norris also managing more in turn 3.

So, I can see you're doing it already, but Mars isn't on. We'll just get into this tyre management. A lot of racing ahead of us.

Green 7. You're on my position 5. Well, I'm exactly where the DRS has mentioned in entry 1.

So you've got protection, exit of turn 2 and halfway down the straight.

And the tyres are stabilising. The difference is between me and 12 confirm. This is over. Yeah, A-firm.

Braking and minimum speed, turn 12.

Great picture. Still target plus zero.

So, Piastri currently complaining of graining.

I have a bad slammy. The brakes are not moving. Understood.

So front surfaces are nicely in the window. Rears are just overheating on exits.

Yeah, I'm just losing a bit of grip on the rear tyre. Not massive.

So, Leclerc just overtaken Piastri. Steering. Steering, same again.

For fuck's sake!

Potential debris end of this straight. You've already been past it once. Keep right. And target plus three.

B-S-C, V-S-C. Strat 1, delta positive. This could be short.

Wow, we're coming.

It will be a good time to box.

So marshals are on track clearing that debris now.

Tyres are OK. They are definitely dropping, but not massively.

Minus 0.2 on balance. Are you clear? 0.3

Reminder of the speeds. A-firm. So we've got double yellow showing. That's now cleared.

BSC ending, so it'll be Strat 5.

That'll be target green seven.

Gap 1.1 behind.

I can extend if you want.

Box, box, box, box.

So, white line on exit.

Check is clear.

So we'll just introduce these tyres.

So currently 0.9 safe to Norris.

And now point 0.7 safe to Norris.

Strat 5 available.

Norris is staying out.

So we can go back to strat 13, if you're happy.

7-0 in turn 3.

So, gap to Norris now at point two.

Gap at point six. Happy with that turn three.

Halftime is over, Hadjar.

37.4

Nice job, sir. Gap to NOS still around that 0.7.

Piastri ahead. Last lap was a 36.7.

Gap to Norris is now one second.

All tyres stabilised. So, Norris starting to drop now, gap in 1.4.

And we need one more lap before stabilised.

So, Norris in the pitlane.

I expect this to be 1.5 behind.

Tyres have stabilised. Leclerc at 36.2.

So doing a good job on sliding powers. Both axles are nicely in the window here.

Last time to comply, 0.6. 36.7 last lap. He may be coming in this lap.

So Leclerc is coming in.

Expect Verstappen in this lap. Two seconds ahead of you.

Verstappen in the pitlane.

Management level versus Norris.

So, Norris is managing board yourself in 10 and 11.

Let me know if it's right turn 7. My tyre could be empty though, quite a lot.

Sir, are I still managing board and flat? That's 10 and 11. Yeah, but you need to let me know what you see on the data. Are you happy or are you not?

There'll be 23 laps remaining.

And check rear left hand brake.

So obviously this race will come at the end. We need to have tyres at the end. Norris was quick end of his first stint. He is doing more management than us, 10 and 11.

Give me a new spoke but not a statement.

So, more management, turns 10 and 11. And you're happy with 3 and 6-7.

Four hundred and three.

Turn 6 is good.

So, turn three was good.

Mark it for 10 years more and it's a good investment. Copy that.

And we need to increase saving turn 11.

Brace kitchen. Are we safe if I over-push and we have to do a second slot for whatever reason?

So, this is your race to the end. We don't think we'll recover a second stop.

I mean, we'll come back to the podium.

Currently you've got four cars in the window, but I'll keep you updated.

Well, I can't say that, but it's all right. I think we're great. I'll do what I can to defend from them. I don't want to do something stupid. First to 30.

Gap point nine.

I need some feedback now. I've got a frozen throttle. The front brake is opening slightly.

Gap 0.5.

So 16 laps remaining. The important thing now is get these tyres to the end.

I don't think it's going to be straightforward. The car behind is Kimi, 12 seconds.

So, Kimi behind on 32 lap hold hard. He's stabilised. He's on 35.1s.

Give me a bit of damage. Let's just see what you can do here.

So, gap to Kimi still at 12 seconds and 14 laps remaining. Kimi, 35.1.

That front right didn't feel great. Check the turn 7. I don't think my pushing level there is good.

So, we are happy with turn 7 in the data.

Probably turn 3-8 off. Everywhere.

These fronts are dropping slowly from the air.

Open the door!

So we can come down on dip high speed.

That's my speed, that guy is over my speed.

So 11 laps remaining. Gap behind still 12 seconds.

I really think he's not far away from dropping.

Understood, George. At the moment we just need you to keep going.

Just let me know where you think the best place is. Turn 6-7 or 11 or both.

Ten laps remaining.

So turn 6-7 would be where to increase the management.

So it'll be nine laps remaining. Gap behind 10 seconds. Kimi last lap was a 34.4. Main lap time was turns 2-3.

So, turns 1 and turns 5, braking at minimum speed. The main loss is Takimi currently.

Well, I'm just flipping this home now. It's getting worse lap by lap.

Copy. Seven laps remaining.

Stay on course. Thank you, sir.

So six laps remaining. Gap at eight seconds. Not forecast to catch.

Stop for a minute. It'll be four laps when you cross the line.

So four laps remaining. Strap five over the line.

Strat 7. Correction, strat 7.

So, gap to Kimi is four and a half seconds. He has a five second penalty.

So we don't want to push him back at all at the end of this race.

Lap remaining after this.

So it'll be two laps remaining. Strap five over the line now.

Fuck you! You have a weird seat in that car.

What's happened to Norris? I think he's struggling with fuel. Lots of lift and coast. One more lap.

Early overtake. Press exit at turn 12.

Is that the flag? Yes, checkered flag. Nice job. So green 1, position 12, strap 14, pick up rubber. Good job, mate. So P3.

Yeah, that was tricky. That front right gone. I think it was for the two laps I was trying to pass Verstappen. So just make sure you're picking up rubber. Yeah, good job. So Verstappen, Norris, yourself, Piastri, Kimi just dropped the one position with his five-second penalty. He finished P5 ahead of Leclerc.

Yeah, George, congratulations to the podium. Really, really good. I agree with you. Probably those two laps with Verstappen, that's what did the damage. But a podium is a podium.

Yeah, exactly. Didn't change the result. Never had to try it.

So, coming back into the pitlane.

Just caution at the pit entry road.

Just caution on entrance to this pitlane.

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