Gents, can I go for a close call, please?

Gems, can we go for a fire up at the U.S. airport?

OK, just on 12 minutes to go. I'm having some radio issues so there might be some dancing. You guys know the grip procedure so I'll try and make it clear what to do.

Can I go for fire, please?

Gems, can I go to fire, please?

OK, we can remove the wheels on the car.

That may be clear, Cedric.

Second, radiation was channel 5.

So when I do this one, you get Mac and driver.

So that is past nine minutes to go. Hopefully the fire-up is finished. We can fit the race tyres set 8-1-2-2. Pressure check with the tyres on the ground. Check the tyre blanket switch on and blanket cords are not trapped.

And that's six minutes to go. Remove all fans, coolers and bungs. Leave the ECU keel fan fitted. After the steering wheel is fitted, system tech confirm all OK. Pembert. Switches, launch map on, pit limiter off and then disconnect the umbilical. And Oscar, radio check. Radio check. I just learnt a lot about our procedures. Thank you. Yes, apologies for that. We're having radio issues on the grid, so I'm having to double up on it. Thank you.

No worse.

Oscar, are you hearing from me? It's very loud, but yes, I can hear you.

That's a bit nothing.

It's also quite crackly and bad, but I can just about understand you.

So, assuming everything goes normally, Adrian will just talk you through the routine commands. If anything weird happens, I'll come up and talk to you later.

Chaos Car Tyre Info. A majority of cars on soft tyres. All the cars ahead of you are on soft. On medium tyres are Magnussen and Hulkenberg immediately behind you. And Sargeant last. Have a good race. Thanks. Do you know if anyone is on new, soft? Yes, so new starters are Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Bottas and Zhou. OK.

And Oscar, a final word on wind. It's still quite variable and gusty. At the moment it's a tailwind into turn 4.

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Pitlane withdrawn, Oscar.

30 seconds. Roll the car back and clear the grid.

20 seconds to go.

10 seconds.

And Oscar, your clutch drop was on target.

And white H14 position 1. H14 1. And it will be two short burnouts. Two short burnouts.

And last car warming up on the grid.

Gasly 0.8 behind.

DRS enabled.

I don't know if I had contact on the first lap. Data looks OK.

Gasly, point six. Oscar from on board. There was no contact.

Strat 10, Oscar. Strat 10.

I suggest yellow Diff 2. Yellow Diff 2 should help in this following.

Sainz ahead has lost DRS. 15 laps to go after this one.

Sights ahead does not have DRS.

Twelve laps to go.

Big push up here, Oscar.

Point six. Great job, Oscar.

So, Oscar, nine laps to go. Sainz is in P8. There's our point. Let's go get him.

Point six and white H8 position six. White H8 position six.

And ACS button press, point six.

Point 4. Suggest top right toggle for turn 12.

Five laps to go.

Alonso the car behind one second.

One lap after this one.

Point 2. Point 3.

And this is the final lap, Oscar.

ACS button press.

And white H11 position 13. Look after the fuel on the in-lap and leave recharge off.

And purple C4 position 3.

Okay, Oscar, that's P10. Look after the fuel on the in lap.

That was a great start. Shame we couldn't make that stick in turn 4 and we've got some learning for tomorrow, but a bit more understanding on these tyres. We'll go again tomorrow in the race.

And Oscar into the pitlane, lifting Cos to a stop.

So I'll just go finishing positions. Verstappen, Lando, Perez, Russell, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Sainz, Ricciardo, yourself.

As soon as you stop the car, engine off, wait five seconds and then turn the car fully off.