Radio check.

OK, let's have a good comps.

First few laps.

Any more on the showers or clouds?

Go to showers. Clouds around.

Any more information?

Any more info on the showers around or nothing?

OK, mate, if you blow with me now, it'll be strat 7.

It'll be pretty stark revs as soon as those blue lights come on.

Same as normal from there.

Last car forming up now.

Yeah, I'm not following this. Yeah, understood mate, sorry. Is there anything I can do?

OK, mate, we're back at the top of the pack. Push and hold is available for one of these straights.

OK, I'm going to head down south into it. Hulkenberg behind.

Yeah, Bortoleto, squeeze me onto the...

Pushing me off the track. That was fucking dangerous.

Hopping, looking at it now.

I almost clipped as well.

Copy that, mate. Just keep a calm head. He's panicking.

He's panicking. Boost available still.

Press and hold available.

OK mate, so tyres looking OK at the moment.

Management looking good as well. Lawson possible problem. Three cars ahead.

HPP 12, position 3.

Well, position three has helped me a lot.

There's one click up. Three that I hope lag at one and four.

Bortoleto has been noted, friend.

OK, my brakes are a little off the warp side. I'll let you know if we need any action.

Present holidays available as you want. Suggest rainfall.

Tyres at high speed, all of them.

Now let's just focus on rear-saving traction 1-3-4.

If you can use second gear at turn one, that will help with boost load, give you more energy.

OK, mate. Tyres all stable, looking good.

OK, you can single press boost out of 1 and out of 3. Suggest we give that a go this time.

Hulkenberg 0.3 behind.

Dammit, let's keep the pressure on Ocon.

Let's use that boost.

Come on, let's go strat 4, please.

Let's go Strat 4, please. Strat 4.

Strat 4. Get past Ocon.

Strat 4, please.

That was good. Keep the pressure up.

Let's try anti-boost 8.

Single press available every straight.

Box, box, box, box, box.

Hard tyre.

Hard tyre, no adjust.

I'll adjust throttle after the start.

Out throttle after the stop.

SM on exit.

OK, there's a bit of breathing room here now. Stroll and Alonso, the car's in front.

So just keep up the high speed management.

Go to Sainz. The next car to box is in the pitlane now.

OK, a bit more management 6 and 7 this time, please mate.

Alonso in front both on 14 lap old mediums.

Stroll, Alonso, 16.0 lap times.

This lap management, very good. Repeat that please, keep that up.

Press and hold about.

Here we have overtake tyre management. Good.

Second variant is clean air. We think Bortoleto is going to pit. He will come out in front of us.

And again, time management all good. Let's just keep this up now.

OK, mate, keep that second up at turn one, please. That's good. Second gear, use turn one. Bortoleto, leave in the pits now.

So, Hulkenberg, Ocon, those guys lost a lot of time with all this, so I'm doing well. Nicely in front of them now.

1-0. First in.

One lap on the mediums. I'll keep you informed of his lap times. Everyone else lapping around 15-0, 1st and 2nd.

Yeah, mate, tyre management all good there.

Plateau four in front. Two seconds in front of him is Franco.

So Ocon, this box has come out a long way behind us.

So Bortoleto now tucked up behind Franco.

So in front of Franco, we've got Bortoleto and Lim.

Bortoleto and Liam Lawson.

Floor test on the medium, Lawson and Lindbergh on the hard, I'll keep you informed on their lap times.

Leclerc on the hard tyre, 13.5 last lap.

Tyre management is good and everything is now stable.

Bearman out of the car in front. He hasn't stopped yet.

All right, so one sperm is out of the way.

Out of the way. Bortoleto, Lawson, Lindblad, Hall, Sainz. Stay out of the races. That's my race.

So press and hold is available down to three.

Down to four. It is sustainable.

So Lawson and Lindblad, about 12.8 to 13.0 lap time.

They're in clear with this as well, so that's good.

Good. Keep working on getting past Ben.

Good job. Confirm status once you've got a clean lap, I give you that.

Zero.

OK, mate. Understood.

For the moment, high speed, it's all looking good, tyre energy, so keep up.

Double yellow start-finish straight with a car stopped on the right-hand side on the start-finish straight. Could be VSC or sector car here.

So, VSC, VSC, we are staying out.

Staying out. Let's get just positive on the delta.

We've got double yellows just before.

Let's go. Recharge off, please, mate.

So, on the start and finish straight, we'll stay left.

We'll stay left. You've got to watch that double yellow delta.

From entry to turn.

So watch that delta here. Keep to the left hand side please. Signs are getting out of the car now.

It's your clear pit exit, so just staying positive on that delta.

Okay, mate, so...

Porto, Bortoleto, Lawson and Lombard all quite close together within second and a half.

Close together within a second and a half each other. Five seconds.

Another five seconds of the road.

Southern route. Ice was looking good for the last time.

OK, you're still on the last lap.

So, before the yellow flag...

For the yellow flag.

Limbaugh did a 12.6, but they were oversteer.

Limbaugh at least was in clean air with that.

Bortoleto's time.

Close time at 12.04.

About 12.

About 12, er, 12-4, 12-4.

P5 for the last lap.

The last lap, we're going to get a bit of a bigger...

We're going to get a bit of a bigger gap in front of him.

That's close. Where am I losing?

The gains really are turn six and seven, the biggest losses for everyone.

But we're just talking about...

We're just talking about that. See if we can...

And reduce that slightly.

Limited balance, limited...

Delta, please stay to the left-hand side.

Stay to the left-hand side on that start-finish straight, marshals on track there.

Exit for caution. The pitlane entry is now closed as well.

Brake temps are looking in a good window now, turn 10.

10 is now labelled as clear.

We'll go recharge it. Off.

When we get the same.

And we get the safety car ending.

VSC ending. Recharge off.

Off. Avoid the 50-90% throttle.

Expected to clear halfway down the straight.

Don't see that. Head down. Let's go.

Um, pit turn is a guy to gain a lot of...

Copy that.

We'll look into that. In the meantime, we can just settle down at this point.

I had a barrier, so don't shift to 2nd or 3rd.

Understood. We'll have a look at that.

Recommend going up on diff mid to help stabilise low speed late entry apex.

OK, mate, slight delay on those downshifts. We'll just make them a little bit smoother.

Left blade and Lawson lapping 12.8. Last lap.

4.8. Last lap.

Grace behind us. This is Hulkenberg. He's 11 seconds back.

Okay, mate, so only real-time losses turn six and seven. I know you're struggling with balance, but we'll have to push those a bit more if you can.

Fine and to pen. Last lap as well.

I'm almost twice empty and I have no fucking grip.

Understood.

Descending to high speed. I think I might have a fifth exit at 8.

Come on, just keep your head down, focus on it.

Just keep your head down. Focus on exits at those high speeds.

Bortoleto in front, last lap 12.9.

Really good that last lap. Just focus on 9 into 10. Try and focus on the exit. Sacrifice on entry.

Bortoleto, last lap 12.9.

I've got tyres five, six laps newer than us, so that will be helping.

I have no grip.

No grip, no traction.

Just stay where they're placing.

Dagon, no pace, no rear, sliding everywhere.

Yeah, understood, mate. We're looking at it, working out what we can do.

At the moment, mate, I think we're just going to have to stick with it, alright? So, head down.

Head down. Keep focused.

We're playing the long game here, alright?

So I suggest diff entries have... Watch Franco's face.

So Franco's currently in blue flags at the moment. He was lapping similar to you.

I'm losing a lot of grip.

Understood.

Okay, just suggest going up diff mid. Keep watching.

Up diff mid. Just keep watching those tractions as best you can. We can stick with it for now, please.

Working on it to see what we can do.

Let's see what we can do. I'll stick with it.

OK, so Hulkenberg now seven behind. He's going mainly in the high speed.

Lance, don't fuck with me.

Yeah, I'm working on it, mate. Just head down.

Just head down, please.

Thirty-five laps to go at this point.

We are about 12 seconds behind.

And no, it's difficult, mate, but we just need to stick with it. I'll explain in a second.

Just give me better tyre. Don't kill me, son. Yeah, we will do, but we can't do it yet. We're just going to drop you straight in front of the leaders otherwise.

I'll just stick with it, please, mate.

Do one more lap, please. Do one more lap.

I'd like to press and hold boost three to four, please. Press and hold boost three to four.

Bortoleto's pace dropping off as well in front.

OK, let's use the tyre.

Press and hold boost. Exit 7.

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OK mate, so medium tyre, park throttle on exit.

SM up the hill.

I slam up the hill.

You're going to come out just behind Franco.

I'm behind Franco. He's going to let you through.

Franco, actually behind us, so all good there. So Franco behind.

Antonelli.

Next blue flag, five seconds behind Piastri.

What's Cassie's face?

Piastri, last lap, 12-0. 12-0 on a Harden.

So, think about high-speed management here, particularly 9 and 10. Bring these tyres in gently.

Managed with 9.10.

So, 31 laps to go.

Laps to go. Piastri now.

Piastri now, two and a half seconds off.

So, Lim, Vlad, Lawson, Bortoleto, all those guys, their pace dropping quite heavily now, lapping in the mid-14s.

My management is through all that. Very good. Let's keep that.

Flat. Very good. Keep that up, please. That's the baseline.

So, Franco three seconds behind. He's got a blue flag for Piastri. Behind Piastri, 1.2 seconds is Hamilton, so we'll get blue flags for both of them.

Piastri, the car behind.

Well, race is better from the front. 16 laps, hold hard.

It's only stop 1, sir.

That's 3.4 behind.

Style one and three are quite efficient.

Manage your point of view. Okay, boom.

Hamilton and Piastri both boxed.

Next blue flag is Norris Tensa.

I'll overtake and I'll boost available.

Very nice job.

Well managed there. Tyres are stable.

George Russell is on the outlap now. Seven seconds.

Lindblad, Bortoleto lapping around 14th, below 14th at the moment.

Keep a nice steady driving. Keep a smiley grin on and we'll be alright.

OK, Bortoleto in pitlane now.

Should be just in front of us, pit exit.

Clear exit.

Bortoleto, Hugh Hards, Honey, Cheston, Farris.

Focus.

Last to go, Russell 3.5 behind.

3.5 behind that one.

So we'll get a blue flag for Russell, three points.

Russell 3.3 behind.

And another blue flag five seconds after him.

All looking good again, mate. Just keep it up.

OK, so Russell 2 behind now. Russell 2 behind.

So we've got Russell 1.8 behind, 6 behind him is Hulkenberg, he's just stopped.

Menvelo just stopped as well as in front of us, so all cars in front have done their stops now.

Blue flag Russell. Blue flag Russell.

So no other blue flags behind him.

23 laps to go. Hulkenberg six and a half behind now.

He's on the hard tyre. No more blue flags for a while now. Next car's 14 seconds behind.

What tyres are the guys on in front?

Box and mediums. They're all three laps old.

Limblad and Lawson in clean air on their third laps.

Twelve point one five.

1-5 for 12.1.

Very good. Keep it up.

Mode 6, please, mate. Mode 6, that's bottom of the multi.

Bottom of the multi. Two clicks down when you get there.

One lap to go, including this one.

OK, mate, so we think this tyre's holding on a little better than the previous.

Stop away. Just manage traction as best you can.

Go left.

Four seconds back, we'll get a bloop back for you.

Hulkenberg 6.3 behind now.

BSC, BSC.

VSC. VSC. VSC. Speedway box. Speedway box.

Box, box, box.

Thanks.

This is soft tyre, soft tyre.

Soft tyre, no adjust.

BSC ending.

Should be towards Pit exit.

Could be close with Hamilton, safety car line.

Track clear. Go, go.

So we will get blue flags for Hamilton and Leclerc. They are one second behind close together.

Not too stressed.

They're racing. They've got Hadjar, who's second.

I've got Hadjar a few seconds behind.

They're on 10 lap hold hards.

Leclerc close behind him.

1.3 behind. That's six and a half behind him to Norris.

And blue flag Hadjar. Blue flag Hadjar.

A bit of breathing room. Hulkenberg, few cars in front, is getting all these blue flags now.

As long as there's tyre, then we can go.

Hadjar lapping 11.6 before.

There's 17 laps to go at the end of this one.

Follow these guys all the way to Hulkenberg, who's about six seconds up the road.

Norris behind is lapping 10.9.

0.9, 0.9, last lap.

Tyre management is good so far.

So Bortoleto, Lindblad, Lawson are quite well up the road, but we do expect them to deg towards the end of their stints.

Let's see what we can get.

Hulkenberg getting a blue flag for Hamilton shortly.

Norris 2.6 behind now.

Last lap, 11.6.

Blue flag Norris. Blue flag Norris.

Blue, black, Norris.

Black Norris, I'm behind them.

Oh, there's one behind now. Blue flag.

Stay as close as we can. Hulkenberg lapping.

What pace did you say? 11.8.

Seven point seven for Hulkenberg.

Verstappen for Hulkenberg.

But he's getting blue flags now.

That is on 12-lap hold hards.

I expect my player to box this lap.

Right there, push up now.

Hulkenberg will get another blue flag for Hadjar shortly.

Hulkenberg, last lap 12.1.

And 11 laps to go at the end of this one.

Hulkenberg's going to get the Hadjar blue flag at the end of this lap, we think.

We were half a second quicker than Hulkenberg. It was increased.

OK, so tyre management is all good.

We have a car in front. We think he's having to fuel save.

Nine to go.

Down to 3.3.

Boost available.

2.4, didn't need it. 2.5 now.

Boost into one and three. We think that's for fuel saving.

If you need it, you can press and hold.

One and out at three on the same one.

Throttle gap 1.4 now.

Seven laps to go, 1.2.

Go 1.3, the gap only just outside overtaken.

Sixty.

Okay, we've got one second.

One second. We have overtake.

Good to go. Good to use press and hold once this lap if you want us to get a bit closer.

Four to go.

I feel like I'm going to crash every corner.

Three together.

OK, that is the checkered flag.

What do I need to do first? OK. Strat 13.

P1, please.

Turn 14, please.

Sorry about those changes for switches.

Use for... Sorry, who's that coming?

OK, mate. Soft on there.

Yeah, thanks for the pitstops.

Good.

Roger, that's good.

And I will try all that much.

He's here with the rear brake.

I'm searching over a grip on race 1.7.

Very tough.

Check-up and any full throttle you can do on the inbound, please.

Full throttle now.

Struggled out there, but it wasn't easy, so...

I'm sticking with it. I know it wasn't easy.

Yeah, it's a shame about the start already, like...

No power at all.

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Position in a stupid or silly way a bit, but...

I'll review everything.

I'm shitting.

Absolutely. Good thing as we get to race again next week, so...

Thanks a lot. Bye.

I'll try to get back to the points next week.

Absolutely right. That's the story.

Hopefully you can get before...

We'll probably get on into Parc fermé.

Thank you a lot. No problem.

Yeah.

I hope so, they're going to check the weight.

Out of the Audi's.

Seems a bit out of fuel.

All over the grass also.

We'll save him. Clearly something they were struggling with there.

I'm struggling with that.

So normal switch-off procedures and...

We'll speak to you shortly.