Radio check. Radio check.

Yep, loud and clear. Can you hear me? Yes, yep. OK, Vince, go ahead. Radio check, Fernando. Yep, loud and clear, both. Yep, you too.

OK, Fernando, so everybody ahead is on medium. Hamilton behind you is on a soft. All right. That's good news, maybe. Yeah, I think so. The other people that are on hard is Hulkenberg P16, Zhou P19 and then Ricciardo on a soft P18. Zhou's pitlane on the hard. So three hard starters, which is you, Hulkenberg, Zhou, two soft, which is Hamilton, Ricciardo. Ricciardo P18.

Copy.

I think they will go in a very different strategy if we do our race. Yeah, if we do our race.

Do you want the buy point? Yes, please.

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OK, that's good. Just two over. If you make a bit of a gap now and then you can accelerate and brake for turn 1.

May you can restart your weaving and then a good break into 3.

You can make a bit of a space in 3 and then push all the way to 6. Keep pushing through 6 and then high-speed weaving.

Good high-speed weaving and then a 100-metre lift into 9.

B-Bal offset plus one.

Keep the speed up, good weaving, and they're going slow before 11 ahead of you.

B-Bal offset plus one.

Have one more break into 12 and then try and scuff the tyres whilst staying on the racing line.

And four burnouts. Four burnouts. But use the K0 button before you start. One second before you start.

Watch your grid box position as you pull up.

Run, switch, race. One bike confined. Back to neutral. First gear.

The last car approaching the box now. Minus 50.

Strat 11 is free. Strat 11 is free, but just watch Bottas, 0.3 behind.

So you will all get DRS. Everyone's got DRS.

Bottas still 0.3.

Consider the left toggle for turn 3.

Verstappen's very slow ahead. He's dropping back ahead. He's got a problem.

Okay, 0.9 to Hamilton now.

There's some debris. Apex of 13 on the right-hand side.

OK, consider MFA diff, MFA diff position 4 to help high-speed understeer.

So the cars around are starting to box already.

OK, all good.

The gap to Tsunoda, 1.5.

Consider left-toggle turn 1.

OK, so car ahead is Perez, three seconds. Car behind is Hulkenberg, also on hards, eight and a half seconds back. So we're still looking at plan A plus five if the tyres are good.

Copy. A bit of understeer.

Yeah, copy. Consider entry 5 and aerobalance adjusted plus 0.4. That's it. Yeah, copy.

The pace is good, Fernando. Just protect the rears where you can.

Fernando, that lifted coast into 11 is good and a bit more into 3 will help.

There's nothing happening on track but full safety car windows open and BSC window open.

It's good to have free track. Yeah, exactly. Just keep going as long as you can. At the moment Hulkenberg's dragging the people back to the stop, so Russell and Hamilton and Lance.

Safety car window is open.

Say again? The safety car window is open, just in case. Hamilton is very slow, entry to 9 at the moment. Sainz on exit.

Hamilton has stopped. Exit of turn 10 on the right-hand side.

Virtual safety car, slow down, get the delta positive. We are boxing this lap.

Gap again. Gap again.

And just check aerobalance for a medium now. Still take the extra bit of aerobalance, 0.3.

Just keep watching your delta. You'll be just positive for the moment. Box, box.

So, we'll still be BSC. So, once you've gone past safety car line 2, just watch your delta. Keep it positive. You're clear on the way out. Virtual safety car will be ending. So, get back to run switch race. You're good. You're good on switches. Be just positive at the restart.

Okay, green, go.

So we want to use the gap behind just to give this tyre a gentle introduction. P5 at the moment with Russell six seconds behind.

What was the limited axle for Lance?

So there was a bit more rear graining on his tyres, a bit more rear graining, but for him the balance was OK.

I have understeer.

Yeah, on the medium that you're on now, I'm talking, Lance, it's a bit more rear-limiting and draining. He was quite okay with it in the box.

In terms of plan, we're basically on plan. Next stop will be on our plan.

Copy. Hopefully plus five or something. Yeah, safety car you saw. Anything can happen.

Exactly, and if anything, Russell's struggling a bit with Perez behind him, so we can use that gap for protection looking after these tyres.

OK, so now Perez is car behind on hards. Three lap hold at hards for us. 4.8 seconds.

At the moment this pace is good. You're about four or five tenths faster than Russell and Lance on the hard tyre. Perez is obviously quick with the newer hard.

You're watching it, but Perez 1.7 behind. A little bit more management in 5 would be good. A little bit more management in 5.

There is DRS behind.

That's Perez 0.4 DRS.

Russell still 7.7 behind. Last few laps have been similar lap time.

Last lap you were 8 tenths quicker than Russell. All safety car windows are open. Both safety car windows are open.

Can I just check aerobalance on this tyre? Aerobalance?

Better than before. It's OK, I think. Copy. And do the tyres still feel OK? You're pulling away from Russell? We are opening the rear graining, but obviously we are fast now, so I think we keep doing what we're doing.

Yeah, I think so. It's looking good.

I think Russell is slightly quicker than us, so we need some tyre delta for later.

Copy, Fernando. Copy.

Box opposite Perez. Box opposite Perez.

I don't think it's our race. Yeah, coming.

Consider mid 5.

HPP button on.

I'll be close with Piastri coming out now.

Use everything from the tyre. AFG to 1.3 back.

We will box this lap. Box this lap.

Bratwurst.

Track is all clear. Track is all clear. 17 laps to go. 17.

H-P-P button off, H-P-P button off. Just the key management corners but then good pace, just in case Russell tries one-stopping.

Tell me about the race situation. What are the threats on Ian Russell?

So basically Russell's our race. If he tries to one-stop, he's currently 18 seconds ahead. I'll keep you updated on the gap. Yeah, another threat.

The car behind is Lance, 10 seconds back. Same strategy as us, but older tyres.

First set, what was the actual limitation on this compound?

So it was very balanced, Fernando. Good balance. We've added the 0.3% since that first int.

Gap to Russell.

Last lap, Russell. Same lap time as us.

Wow!

Why HPP is off?

Russell has boxed. He should be ahead. Be ready to use energy.

2.8 seconds, three seconds ahead of Russell.

Why HPP is off? Just checking with the guys nearby.

Get to Russell's three. You can put HPP burn on for three laps. We'll see. HPP burn on.

Well, I will need it when he comes, so you tell me why it's off.

Fernando, the button is just for fuel burn, yeah? That button is just fuel burn, it's not ACS. So you've got all the energy, you're good.

I have a lot more to rate than before.

So my question is if you want to save fuel, tell me. It's very easy. No, no, we're good Fernando, we're good. All good.

All good. Just try and keep the pace up. We've got 11 laps to go at the end of this one.

So that's two seconds back. Eleven more laps.

So anyway, to have more energy when he comes.

Negative, Fernando. We've got the most energy we can get. We'll just come down the strat switch if we have to keep using energy, but we've got most energy we can get.

So these tyres are good to the end, Fernando, so we don't need to do the lift and coast.

Six more laps. Six more laps.

DRS for Russell. He's just got it that time.

Got energy if you need it.

Four more laps. Four more laps.

Three miles. Three miles.

Strat 10. Strat 10 is the right thing to do. Two more laps.

That's it. You are all clear behind now.

I have problems on the throttle.

Virtuals have to go. Slow down, slow down, get your delta positive.

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Russell has reported that he's OK for now. It's a virtual safety car, just positive safety car. You're good on your delta. Nobody's in the pits.

So there's one more lap to go. One more lap.

Check the throttle.

I think something is stuck.

Maximum of my strength.

It's a double yellow now, so go slow through here.

Wow. Is he OK? Yeah, he's reported that he's alright. He has come on the radio and said he's OK.

Russell is out of the car.

Okay, mate, if you can get it to the end, I'll be mad. We've got the checkered flag coming up now.

Can I have MFB blue, MFB blue, override, position 12. MFB blue, override, position 12.

I don't know if I will make it.

We are not damaging engine or something. Just checking. I've been told that you can get it back if you can. Just checking.

So we're happy it's not damaging anything, Fernando. Double yellows here, obviously.

OK mate, well done. We'll have to have a look at that. I'm not sure exactly what's happened. You finished P6, Lance P7. Good job.

And P0, Fernando, P0.