Radio check. Radio is loud and clear. Loud and clear from the garage.

Tyres OK? Yeah, copy. We're all good here.

I'd like a hand wipe or something.

And three minutes to the formation lap.

Okay Lewis, so we have the tyres populated. So all the cars ahead of you are on medium. And then the cars behind you on medium to P17, Zhou, hard, Piastri, hard, and P19, P20 on soft.

Shaded HPP switch.

It had very little effect in free practice, but happy for you to use it. Yeah, just remind me to turn it down. Yeah, AFM. So I'd probably recommend going to 4 rather than 5, but feel free to play with it.

OK Lewis, so two minutes to the formation lap.

90 seconds. Fire up.

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60 seconds. Enable pit limiter.

30 seconds, single bike point find.

15 seconds and I can see strat 1 is selected.

At 5.

Confirm. Confirm. Confirm.

So front tips look a bit on the cold side.

And we're going to go for five burnouts. Five burnouts.

Okay, so we'll target shallow and recommend B-Bal 51.

Last car approaching the grid.

I got hit from behind.

Okay, look like wheel contact. We'll keep an eye on pressures.

O-Cal suspension loads.

Everything looks OK on data.

Sir Piastri ahead, Norris behind.

So VSC, VSC, keep the delta positive.

Hard position overhead. P15. I'm probably debris around 1.

So Perez has come through the pitlane, so now P40.

I lost so many paces when I got hit.

Yeah, copy Lewis. It's all shuffled a bit.

So, VSC ending. VSC ending. So, strat 7.

DRS has been enabled. Norris point 5 ahead.

Norris, come off. His debris came off, hit my front wing. OK, copy. We'll have a look.

Safety car, safety car, delta positive.

From window it looks OK so far. Just a bit came off and hit the nose. I think it's OK. It wasn't that big a hit. OK. Copy. Yep. Data looks fine. So we'll have strat mode 1.

You've got HVB 12 if you need it.

So, we're staying out.

Lewis, if we can have HVP3, position 2, when you get 3, position 2.

If you just check your high-speed switch, it's an error.

Okay Lewis, so a few cars have stopped under that VSC and this safety car, so yeah, we've got Sainz and Perez, the main ones, have stopped, so they're on hard tyres, so a lot of hard runners around you now.

Is that ahead or behind? Piastri, he also starts the hard, so he's car ahead, but then there's a few cars B14, B19, they're on the hard tyre as well.

So it's just Ricciardo. He's the car directly behind. He's the only one that's on medium. All the rest are on hard.

No grip out here. Stop it.

Copy. Yeah, we're getting that from other cars as well.

This pace is so slow. Yeah, copy, it is slow. Just be careful on the brakes. We're going to end up overdoing it too much. OK. This pace is so slow, it's dangerous for us. Yeah. They need to either speed up or stop this, because you're going to see more cars do that. Yep, copy Lewis, we're in agreement. That's all we can do.

Brakes OK? Brakes OK. I was going to be in this lap.

Brakes OK? Yeah, brakes should be OK. We will be restarting this lap.

It's HB3, position 3. I just changed it accidentally.

Yeah, 3-2, so safety car is now lights out, so we'll go strat mode 5 and overtake is available.

So safety car through 14, 15, now 16.

Can't overtake until turn 1, huh? Keep the line.

Safety cars in.

Tsunoda ahead at soft tyre.

Nice look, Lewis.

Just stay on top of the turn 10 management.

And Hulkenberg ahead. Medium pressure issues.

So, radio is breaking up. DRS has been enabled. Observation OK or not? Standby.

So we'll stay where we are on the oxidation numbers.

Sedation, OK?

So oxidation is about the highest we want it to be.

There's Piastri ahead. He's also on the hard.

Transition.

I have it far back.

Get reports of grading on the medium runners.

Ready to catch at the moment.

Yeah, so we've got the cars ahead on medium hour graining, so they're mid-39s.

Tyre taps OK? Yeah, happy with tyre taps.

Just stay on top of the turn 10-11 management, that's important.

So yeah, those medium runners are really opening up now. 40.0 for Albon.

Piastri ahead talking about graining the front right on the hard.

Smoke, smoke, smoke.

Small abrasion left rear. OK, copy.

I have been hit. I'm at my left-right rear. And, oh shit, I might have a puncture. I got a puncture. Fuck. Shit.

Okay, so diff mid 12.

Oh, damn.

OK, so you've got Stroll behind that at 1.4.

That's Stroll car behind.

And now Sainz, a car behind. Don't match understeer, Leans. OK, copy. Still got Sainz with you.

Cars off the pit.

And you've got Zhou, car behind then Alonso.

OK, mate, just do what you can. We're ready for you.

It's still got a little bit of air in it, but there's not much.

Okay, so Verstappen 1.3 behind.

So just watch the line on entry.

Nice and steady into the box.

CB all clear on exit. We can go strat mode 7.

Just a diff-mid 2 recommendation.

Will be last now. Yes, I'm afraid we are, Lewis. You never know what's going to happen next.

Not far ahead of the car ahead.

So you've got Ricciardo Carahead five seconds ahead of Tsunoda and then Apac six ahead of him.

So it looks like we can have a bit more management 10 and 11 compared to last lap. Tsunoda 4.7 ahead, he's on a medium tyre, 8 laps.

OK, that's it.

P18 with Norris Retirement. So that gaps Tsunoda down to four seconds now.

Gap now down 2.9, Tsunoda. Gap ahead of him. 7 to Hulkenberg.

I've got to make this tyre go to the end.

Lewis, no, we don't think the medium will get that farm. Others do struggle on it. We're going to wait for an opportunity, get ourselves back in the game.

Do what you can, save it through 3.

And turn 10 again. Saving required. What?!

Yes, I need a bit more through turn 10.

Yeah, it's a 9.8 out of the Hulkenberg. Hard tyre.

That circuit is so fucked up.

Pace the cars ahead. That gap's now closed down to 8.1.

So yeah, second fastest car at the moment. Valtteri is doing 42.1, Hulkenberg 39.8.

It looks like Valtteri is dropping 20 lap hard tyres.

Gap now seven ahead.

Management is very good. The more we can do with this, the longer we can go. It opens up opportunity.

So Valtteri's a 41.2, Hulkenberg a 39.2.

Gap in front of Valtteri. That's at 5.3, that's the Hulkenberg. He's 30.92, 11 lap hard tyre.

Position alive.

We're still currently P17.

And we may have debris at turn 12 on the line.

That's my pit.

Pace. So Hulkenberg, 39.6 last lap.

Gap to Hulkenberg, 5.2. Just stay on top of the management. Turn 3 is creeping up.

Safety car, safety car. Keep the delta positive.

So we'll go strat mode 1 and we will box box.

Sure, my tyres are good.

That's what you had to last.

I used to drop her one place, but yeah, I don't think this tyre would last much longer.

Not much longer. Got to take this opportunity.

That was my facepin.

Yeah, pace has been strong there, Lewis.

And on top of that, yeah, management was really good.

No position to buy.

So, we are P17. We've got Hulkenberg ahead. He's also stopped. So, hard tyre. Then Ricciardo ahead again. Nine lap hard tyre. We've got a round run to do.

So, this will be 23 laps remaining at the moment.

These are all going to the end, these guys.

I think most of them will attempt to go to the end.

Looks like Albon may have to stop again. Are there many people on fresh tyres?

Near about half the field.

Half the field ahead of me, down. Your pace has been strong. The safety car is going to be in this lap.

So this will be strat mode 6 and overtakes available, so strat 6. So the leader now has control.

Observation is up again. Yeah, copy. We'll be back up to racing speed soon. So, safety car 14, 15, now 16.

And wind has suddenly picked up.

So that Hulkenberg, then Magnussen and Sargeant ahead of them should be pushing them back.

0.7 ahead Hulkenberg.

DRS has been enabled.

0.8 ahead, Magnussen.

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So gap of 0.9 ahead and seeing a real strong tailwind into turn 1.

That's a 2.0 lap, Sergio.

Nice work, Lewis. That's Joe car ahead 1.2, currently P13.

Go ahead. Yes, contest.

Now maybe he didn't run us ahead. Just joke.

I have no grip.

Missed that last transmission. Zhou was 37.9 last lap.

That lap was pushing a bit too hard through 11.

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This radio is really poor on the back straight.

Nice work, Lewis. Alonso, next car ahead, 37.8.

Radio is still poor. No need to worry about oxidation at the moment.

Who is ahead of me?

Alonso, Sainz, then George.

Fuck, I was ahead.

Is this right?

So, currently P12. We've got Alonso, Sainz, George all on the same age. Hard tyre. Albon ahead of them. 22 lap. Hard tyre.

I need to get through, because I haven't got close.

Yeah, copy Lewis. Yeah, if you need to. That's probably wise. We've got 11 laps remaining when you cross the line.

So, currently P11. Got Alonso 1.4 ahead.

So they're all on the same age hard tyre.

I might need to pick up pace.

Yeah, I reckon we can start to pick up the pace. Turn 7 to 9, the biggest loss, Alonso.

So, with Alonso, Sainz, George cars ahead. George has a five second penalty. It is currently 3.8.

We'll get out of the helicopter.

Alonso 36.7, Sainz 36.8.

George, 36.7.

So, Gasly in P7 at the moment. 24 lap hard tyres. He's 38.8.

Alonso 36.6, Sainz 36.5.

Too hot to get close to the point.

Still staying through 7.

So no need to save it through 7.

So, Alonso now without DRS.

Position.

Currently at P9. George still has that penalty.

So that's 2.3, 2.3 sites. I pace good for him.

Let's see what you can do in free air.

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Gap ahead, mate. Gap at 2.9. Main loss is min speed turn 3, braking turn 5.

Let's see if pacewise is faster. It was 36.2 last lap.

So we had lap deleted for track limits.

Gap ahead. It's at 2.3. We have a yellow down at turn 14. That has just cleared.

What position am I?

Gap to George. Gap to George, 4.0.

36.4 for Sainz, 36.4 for George.

Radio is still crap. It's a 1.9 to Sainz. You're going to have one more lap when you cross the line.

You can go strat mode 5, strat mode 5, and it'll be all good.

Gaps, George, at 3.8. We'll have overtaking press out of turn 12.

Is that it? That's it, mate. Well done. That's been a tough day at the office, mate. What could have been? That was just awesome pace.

About P7, considering everything that's gone on, but yeah, that's a half-decent result there, mate.

Yeah, sorry about that, guys. We could have had it much... Could have been much higher than that. Oh, definitely, yeah. Management looked spot on. Yeah, really looked after him and, yeah, that paid back. Oh, yeah.

Did we lose Western Ferrari?

Yep, copy.

Can we have HPP 1, position 14. 1, position 14 and then 10, position 13.

And we'll stay strat 5.

If you just check, A3P10, should be position 14.