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Brake check, brake check.

Yeah, loud and clear, you can hear me? Yeah, Vince, you can go ahead. Radio check, Fernando. Yeah, both loud and clear. Yeah, you're loud and clear too.

OK, Fernando, so P1 to P9, including us, is medium. Hamilton and P10 is hard. And then P11 down to P14 is medium again, with Piastri P15 hard. Ocon medium. Zhou 17 hard. And then the two guys at the back, Lance and Tsunoda, soft. So there's three hard tyre starters, which is Hamilton, Piastri and Zhou, and two softs, which is Lance and Tsunoda. Copy.

Okay, so once Mikey gives you a signal, you can do the single bike point.

Caboche.

Minus 14. Minus 14.

That was 4 over. 4 over. Make a little gap and then you can lean on the tyres as best you can through there and some high speed weaving down to 5.

And then we'll have a 100 metres lift followed by a good break into turn 5.

Just careful with the combined on the tyres in this low speed so don't cause any damage to the tyres in low speed.

And then we'll have a 50 metre, small 50 metre left into 12 with some good braking after that.

And that's a good high speed weaving all the way down this straight and again at the end another 50m lift and a good brake.

Fernando, I need a MFA, MFA, yellow, bite, position 4.

You've got that, that's good.

You can have a short lift when you catch the back of the pack. And that'll be four burnouts, four burnouts with your lateral steer input.

OK, so that's four burnouts and then careful with your grid box position.

OK, and then it's run, switch, race. One by point find. Back to neutral.

I am watching.

Last car is approaching the grid. Last car is on the grid.

Minus 16. Minus 16.

Do you think you can get going again?

So reverse is a down, that's it.

Clear from wind damage. Copy that, copy that. Box is lapping, I know we'll be ready. Just check the steering.

So the front wing is definitely broken. We'll be pitting this lap for the front wing and tyre change. Yeah, copy.

OK, Fernando, you can do HPP bunt off. HPP bunt off.

Virtual safety car, so slow down, Fernando, slow down, get your delta. Positive.

Yeah, and then just go back to go 1 for pit entry. Back to go 1. Oh, brace, sorry, brace.

I think we need full safety car for debris.

Yeah, lots of debris, should be safe to go.

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So you can push on the pit exit, but then it's safe to follow him on, get your delta back.

Careful with these tyres when they're cold.

Okay, so you're still on the delta.

You can go back to cool.

And you can go to strat 7.

Can I go back to strat? No, sorry, out 2. Out 2.

Ending, ending, so you can go back to race.

OK, so the brakes will be a bit cold into 14. Tyres still well under 10.

Safety car. Safety car. Slow down. Slow down. Double yellows at turn 12. See I was a slower delta at turn 12.

So turn 12 is double yellows. Norris is off the track.

OK, so there will be a lot of people pitting now, so be close with your Delta as you come past the pitlane. We're staying out.

The pitlane is clear now, Fernando. Don't take any risks. Be just positive.

So Fernando, after turn 9 all the way to 12, if you keep to the left, so 10, 11, 12, there's some debris around.

Okay, so you'll catch the back of the pack before 11, Fernando, so just be careful there. Keep an eye out for debris and keep tyre temp as best you can.

We've had reports from Norris that he spun because of potential bottoming in turn 10 and 11.

With the low tyre pressures, so this safety car, we will have cold tyres, low pressures, so just a bit of caution there.

Maybe we want to stop.

Now, so only four cars stopped. The cars ahead of you are all on hard. You've got Sainz there, Perez, then Lance, and then Zhou's on hard from the start. So these guys in front, they did stop? Yeah, the guys in front of you stopped, exactly, Lance included, but Zhou, ahead of Lance, did not stop and he's on hard.

Okay, so you can ignore the Delta. Just keep up with the guys ahead. These tyres are going down, so everything you can do. Obviously, they're very peaky.

So, you know the plan from here. We're not in a bad position now with this safety car and anything can happen through this race, so it's a bit of caution while we get the tyres up to temperature on the restart.

Okay, Fernando, you're just about holding these temps, but we just do everything you can. You're doing a good job.

There is room to build up more brake dip. Can build more brake dip.

So we've had a message that it is clear now in turn 11-12.

So it might be this next lap.

Yeah, so safety car is in this lap. Safety car is in this lap.

Doing a good job on the fronts, Fernando. The rears you can still work on.

So Verstappen's leaving a big gap now, so he might go early. So I'd go to race now. Go to race now. And I'll tell you when the safety car's in the pitlane.

OK, the safety car is in the pitlane.

OK, you've got lots of energy if you need it.

OK, you've got lots of energy if you need.

DRS enabled.

So, Tsunoda ahead of this train on his soft is about to pit, we think.

And if you can cool the car, cool the engine a bit where you can.

So the best place to cool the engine is just before 5 because it's hottest out of 9. So you don't need to do lift the coast here or into 12.

OK, Sainz 1.1 ahead.

Okay, so you've got DRS. HPP button on. HPP button on. It's fine for the temps.

Yellow. OK. OK.

Some of the front runners are hitting now.

OK Fernando, last lap you were the fastest car on track, fastest lap of the race. Joe ahead of Lance is struggling now.

The cars at stop will come out behind us, including Verstappen.

Consider right toggle for turn 7 and left toggle turn 12.

Hamilton is slow ahead of Sainz. He is slow ahead of Sainz.

OK, Zhou's 0.9, you'll get DRS. Russell's 1.6, he's the race leader at the moment.

You pull out here from Zhou. Pull out to cool the engine a bit here. It will help later in the lap.

OK, 2.6. Russell behind is 1.0.

Consider minus one on the brake balance.

OK, Fernando, let me know what you think on the tyres. Which axle is more limiting? The medium tyres were complaining of front limitation, but that was medium.

Both exits. Copy.

Can consider mid 4, if you want a bit more rotation.

OK, Fernando, so all safety car windows are open. All safety car windows are open. There's nothing on track at the moment. Russell's 0.7 behind, but you are catching Lance and Sainz here.

Consider minus one on brake balance.

Yes, struggling with the front a little bit now.

Yeah, copy Fernando, you can use the energy if you need to. Russell and then Verstappen close behind. The white button will give you more rotation, so use white button.

Verstappen is 0.6 behind Russell.

Definitely the front is straggling.

Yeah, copy. We'll go up on airbounce. How much more would you take?

Yeah, I don't know.

What are you thinking? 0.6 maybe? Yeah, 0.5, 0.6 I was thinking, yeah. The other car, Lance, has got similar front graining problems. The best thing for our race is to continue a bit longer though on this set, so use your tools to help you.

OK, so from plan B, Parc fermé. Stand by, just working out, stand by.

So, Franny, ideally plan B plus seven at least. Plus seven. Copy.

Sainz still ahead of Russell at the moment. He's four ahead of you. Four seconds.

So the fronts might start to come back now. If the graining was light, the fronts might come back.

So Sainz is three ahead now. Three ahead. You're on lap 25, halfway through the race.

There was some debris there.

All safety car windows are open. We are ready.

So, Fernando, use the tyres now. We might pit this lap to be ahead of Hamilton. Is the front coming back, just in terms of the aerodynamics? Maybe a little bit, but yeah, not too much.

Just let us know if there's any debris. Yeah, coming back a little bit. Copy, understood. Let us know if there's any debris.

Yeah, there is some... Safety car, safety car, we are stopping for a minute. So it's a safety car. Slow down. Get your delta positive.

What is Lance? So Lance is eight ahead of you, so you're okay. So you just want to be just positive at safety car line one, then push to pit entry. Stay in race on the run switch, so we're ready for that.

OK, so we're boxing.

Bit just positive. Let's save the car and I'm 1-0 down to it.

It's a push to safety on turn 2 and then watch your delta.

OK, so now watch your delta and try and put some tempo in where you can. There is a double yellows at 12, so you have to watch the slower delta in turn 12.

Consider resetting diff mid to 5.

So, Fernando, Sargeant ahead of you and Albon have not stopped. And there's a few more at the front. Six cars ahead of us that have not stopped.

So Fernando, just a reminder, I'll tell you when we restart but maybe with the low pressures the bottoming in turn 10-11 could be a bit worse. At the end of this you'll have 23 laps to go, 23.

There's a few cars ahead of also under investigation possible penalties, so we've got a good chance here.

You can ignore the delta now, but the double yellow in turn 12, you'll have to watch it there.

Keep working on tyres. You can build your brake temps more if you can.

Just for info, Piastri in P4 has to stop again. He's only used hard tyres so far, so he does have to stop again.

OK, so the track is now clear in turn 12. There are no more double yellows there, so you're all fine. And safety car is in this lap. Safety car is in this lap. Max tyre warm-up.

And then just a reminder on low pressures for this first part of the stint, just be careful with the bottoming. 10 and 11.

OK, so Leclerc is slowing down now to let the safety car go.

Go to run switch race and there'll be 22 laps to go.

These tyres will take a bit of warming up, but you're doing a good job.

Sargeant's 11 lap hold. There's a run to each race.

OK, safety car is in the pitlane. Safety car is in the pitlane.

Run switch race.

So, Sainz ahead. He can do a lift. We'll have a lift into 5.

And shape 3. Shape 3.

So, tyres are still cold. If you control slip now, it will help later.

DRS enabled. Science 0.8, Zhou 0.6.

Fernando, the wind is stronger now. The wind gusts are stronger.

Okay, so you don't need to do the lift into turn 12 or 5. You're okay for the engine temps now.

OK, so head of Lance is Albon, Ocon and Gasly on older hard tyres. Lance is putting the pressure on them to try and get past. You've got Sainz and Russell ahead on same age tyres as us.

So, Russell is 1.8 ahead of you. He's got a five-second penalty.

OK, Sainz was 1.0 there, so only just missed the DRS. Zhou 0.8 behind with the DRS.

OK, so just so you know, Hamilton is behind Zhou but putting the pressure on Zhou.

So, at the end of this one it'll be 13 laps. 13 laps. Albon ahead of Russell is struggling a bit.

And now Hamilton car behind, 0.6 behind.

Signs point 8. Hamilton's got the same age tyres as us.

OK, so Hamilton is 1.4 back, Sainz 0.6 ahead, Russell's 2.4 ahead.

So at the end of this one it'll be eight laps. Eight more laps. Currently Russell 2.2 ahead. Gasly's dropping back. He's 3.5 ahead of you.

So Sainz 0.9, Hamilton 1.2, Russell's attacking Gasly now.

Piastri ahead has pitted. He should come out in some traffic. I'll let you know.

OK, you've got loads of energy.

OK, mates. This is Sainz 1.5, Hamilton 0.8, Russell 4.3.

So at the end of this one it'll be five more laps. Sainz 1.8, Hamilton 0.7.

OK, Hamilton, point five.

Use the late press energy button. I'm up to 0.3.

At the end of this one, it's three more. At the end of this one, it's three more laps.

Hamilton point nine one point zero. Your radio's breaking up so just try again in the slow speed.

We are position 9-9. Russell's 5.7 ahead.

OK, two more laps, two more laps. You can go to strat 6. Strat 6.

OK, so Piastri is five behind, five behind on fresh mediums.

OK, at the end of this one, it's one more lap. End of this one, one more lap.

Yeah, confirm Fernando, this is the last lap. This is the last lap. Piastri still four behind.

Russell 7 ahead.

My headlamps look different.

Yeah, he's trying. Hamilton 3.5 ahead.

You can push energy to use all the battery. You're all clear behind Piastri, still 3.8 back.

Can you use energy again?

OK, mate, that's checkered flag. Checkered flag.

That was P9. Well done. Lance got P5.

You've got to cool down, Fernando.

And then we can have MFB blue override position 14. MFB blue override position 14.

Verstappen, P1. Leclerc, P2.

Perez P3, Ocon 4, Lance 5, Sainz 6, Hamilton 7, Russell 8, P9 for us, Piastri P10.

And HPP button off.

So, Fernando, there is some yellows up in the pitlane entry. Possibly spectators, I'm not sure. Nice and slow in. Take the pick up.

OK, so there is yellows at the pit entry. I'm not sure what the problem is, but just careful, don't...

Fernando, it's very hard to hear you with the radio problem.

1-2-3. Past under yellow, did you say, Hamilton? Yeah, now entering the pit. OK. Entering pits, copy. P0 please, full power off.