Yes, Lada clear.

Copy. Woody, what do you think on doing the diff for the first laps?

Yeah, all open. Yeah, as per FP3. Yeah, one step. Do one step for the first probably one or two laps. And then back to it.

I'm back to this play 8 or 9.

Display 2, position 6, done.

And finally, think about bias offset for the start. Two minutes until formation lap.

Sixty seconds.

Clutch release was good.

Last car is drawing back of the grid now.

Red flag. Red flag. Be charged. Red flag. Drive directly to the pits. Do not stop in the box. Stay in the fast lane and park in the order you arrived.

So recharge on and cancel handbrake.

So Daniel and Alex crashed at turn 3. All OK.

So again, do not stop in the box. Stay in the fast lane and park in the order you arrive. Leave a 5 metre gap to the car in front.

Can I jump out? Yeah, you can jump out.

Yes, we go back on the diff.

It will be two laps left, less or three?

Okay, Checo, we will need to sync 8th gear. 8th gear, if you can, on formation. Yep, no problem.

Two minutes.

Sixty seconds.

Once we've fired up there will be a by-point find. But no practice start.

30 seconds.

10 seconds.

Bye.

8th gear reminder. Confirmation of the standing.

Stick with four burnouts. Four burnouts.

Go for it.

Last cars joining back of the grid now.

Mode 6.

And display 8. Gap in front 1.6, behind 1.9.

Okay, point nine in front, point nine behind.

DRS enabled.

I'm one second behind 1.1.

Strat 3. Strat 3.

Gap in front 1.2, behind 1.4.

I don't think we'll make it to turn 9.

Just give up a bit in turn 8 to help turn 9. Give up turn 8 to help turn 9.

Pits and portals.

Max's last lap, 37.0. Norris, 37.7.

Gap in front 2.4, behind 2.7. Flap update for the next stint.

Keep it hot now, keep it hot.

So, Norris' last lap was a 37.8.

Go on, Max. Max at 37.3. Max doing more management. Entry turn 1, 2.

Tyre 10, tyre 10. Gap to max 3.4, behind to Norris 3.2. Main losses to max are entry, turn 11.

Strat 5 for more energy. Strat 5. Confirm flap offset and update for another stint.

Yeah, I can't have two clicks.

So Lando has pitted Sainz the car behind. Four seconds.

Max this lap 37.7.

Torque, 9. Torque, 9.

OK, this is lap 13. We're still on plan A.

So max 37.7, Sainz 38.3.

37.9 for Max, 38.5 for Sainz.

This is lap 15. Plan A, plan A.

Confirm up 2 on the flap. Yeah, copy.

Box, Checo, box. Strat 12 in the pitlane.

Start 8. Start 8.

Tracks clear. And strat 5.

Norris in front at 3.7 on the hard.

Sainz also pitted onto the medium.

Okay, so I find we've got Norris at 1.8 and Hamilton at two seconds, Russell a second and a half in front of them. Russell and Hamilton yet to pit doing mid 38s.

And Max has come out between Russell and Norris.

So don't take too much out in the early laps.

Mode 8. Mode 8.

We can go mode 7. Mode 7. Gap to NOS 2.7. It's the first lap of the year, 36.4.

Norris on four-lap-older hard tyres.

36.7 for Norris.

Gap 2.3.

Mode 6. Mode 6. Gap 1.6.

Car in front is Leclerc. He's yet to pit. Doing a 37.7.

Balance update.

Yeah, I'm lacking a little bit of front end. Which speed? High speed. High speed mainly.

Handbrake is the best tool for the high speed. Handbrake. And flat offset for the next stint. Yeah, it's hard. I don't know then.

If it was a medium, I would go up. Two clicks.

What's the pace for box?

Last lap, 36.2.

OK, Max doing mid 36s. Do you want high speed diff to be open? Open the diff. Diff.

Okay, for the full handbrake effect, display 5, position 1. Display 5, position 1, minus 4.

And then cancel handbrake. Cancel handbrake.

I need a low speed handbrake. It's a little bit too much. Speed to 11.

Okay, so cancel handbrake usage. Cancel handbrake.

Max's lap, 36.5.

Sainz doing 37.0. He's 5.3 behind.

36.6 for Max. Main losses. Turn 7, turn 9.

37.1 for Sainz. Gap 5.3.

So, scientist lap time 36.9.

We're on plan A plus four. This is lap 32. Plan A plus four.

And update on the flat for the next stint.

Yeah, I mean, it's only going to be from the high speed. It goes better with the deep now.

Mode 5. Mode 5.

Box, Checo, box. Strat 12 in the pitlane.

Strat 8. Strat 8.

Should be between Norris and Russell, we're close here.

Norris on 7 lap. Older hard.

Leclerc at 1.1 second. Seven lap older hards.

Strat 5, all ready.

Mode 7. Mode 7.

It's Sainz's boxing this lap. He'll come out behind the Mercs. Just a bit fresher tyres. He's our main threat.

Mode 7. Mode 7.

It's Gasly at back marker.

What is the pace for Max?

Max's first lap on the hard 34.6.

Max's last lap 35.0.

So Sainz will be the main threat here. His tyres are three laps fresher.

Gotta make sure we call something at the end.

Mode 6.

All ready, Sainz? Sainz at 11.5 seconds.

Could be close at the end. Mode 6. Mode 6.

Where is the pace?

So yellows, double yellows.

OK, Sergeant is going again. Track is clear.

Help him. Where's your face? So Max doing 34.3, Sainz doing 34, mid 34s.

I was biting gravel at turn 9.

Ok, where we are? That's a face.

Some people are doing mid-34s.

And Sainz at 10 seconds at the moment.

So, there's ten laps to go.

So Sainz still 10 seconds back. Let's have a look at a bit of management turn 15. So hold 7th gear and a bit of management through turn 15.

Sainz now a car behind at nine seconds.

It's a bit more in turn 15. Slightly bigger left in 15.

I lock the left, gyration-wise. That's it.

So on tyre management in turn 15. A longer lift, a longer lift through turn 15.

So, management, turn 15. Yes, I am.

35.5 for Sainz. 35.0.

Gap 9 seconds. Unstable. Do you want a long lift? 8 to 50?

Yeah, that's good.

Five laps to go.

Four laps to go.

Three laps to go. Bottas, backmarker in front, three seconds.

So it's Bottas and Magnussen fighting.

What is the front end lap?

It's minus 0.25 on the delta. That was with DRS.

I think these tyres are too old.

And that's Max Mithers within the team.

OK, mate. You too.

1-2 in quali, 1-2 in the race. Tidy.

Good job, guys. We suffered a bit too much on the medium. But good job, guys. Nice result for the team. B-Charge on and then fail 84.

Well done, Checo. That's been a very, very strong weekend for you. Well done. Great team performance, Honda's home race as well. So, yeah, fantastic. Yeah, fantastic. Very, very happy for Honda and all these fans. Well done, team. Let's keep it up.

OK, so finishing order. Max, yourself, Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Alonso, Russell, Piastri, Hamilton and Tsunoda.

Three points finishes for Honda. Yeah. I'm for Yuki in Japan. Well done.

OK, checker, you're all into the pitlane.

There you are. Three hunters together.