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OK, Lance, ready to check. Yep.

OK, Lance, so just to give you the overall picture now, it's around three minutes until we're green. Just to remind you, we'll leave the pitlane and it's essentially a normal formation lap. There's no safety car, you'll just leave the pitlane and do a normal formation lap. Come round to grid and do a standing start.

Yep.

30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds.

That's 10 seconds for info. Both Alpines ahead aren't hard. Both Alpine are hard.

So, just a reminder, watch the white line on pit exit. Build a bit of a gap. I'm happy to push through sector 1, but just don't overslide.

We can keep leaning on tyres through 89.

I'm going to do a big lift into 10 and take it easy for 11. Build a bit of a gap.

So we do some weaving and lean on tyres for turn 12 and it'll be a big lift into 13 and a brake.

Take it easy through 13-14. You need some good straight line speed and a bit of weaving into 15.

A little bit of weaving if you can before 16. Big stop. Just a reminder, start will be left-hand side, P15.

It will be five burnouts, Lance. Five burnouts.

Just remember, run, switch, race. When you stop, run, switch, race.

For info, Bottas ahead is soft, Ocon is hard.

DRS is now active. DRS active.

Ocon is struggling on the hard. He's got poor traction. It's important for us to get past him if we can.

You can use overtaking into turn 1 if you need.

Good job. Car ahead. Bottas is soft.

So, you can see Bottas' box there. So, I'm going to have to extend a little bit. Currently 7, but this is now lap 7.

That Tsunoda ahead is soft. Alpine's behind are pulling people back. That's good for us.

So, Tsunoda has pitted. That's good for us. We'll look to extend if we can.

OK, Lancer, safety car window is open. Safety car window is open.

This is good. Now on lap 9, we're thinking plan A plus 7.

So, Lance, this free air is very good for us. We'll take some tyre feedback when you come. Yeah, it's making a bit of a swerve. It's over here on some progressively dragging.

Lance, we're happy to start pushing a bit more now. Start pushing, taking more out of the tyre.

And I'm kind of missing.

So, Norris has stopped behind you. He's on a hard tyre. We don't want to lose too much time with him, so it might not be too long.

OK, if I just push and go forward. OK, we'll box before. Box, box.

Perfect.

Fire green, drive on, green, drive on.

So, straight into management on the outlap. We don't need to push sector 1, so just gentle introduction. Pit exit's clear.

So, Gasly, two cars ahead. He's on the hard from the start. And you've got Hulkenberg on 7-fold hard ahead.

Quick vote. Tsunoda car ahead. He's on five-lap-older hard tyres.

You've got energy if you need. Tsunoda has DRS on Ocon.

So, good move mate, well done. So on the front of this train you've got Sargeant, he's doing the same thing as Ocon, so he's 11 laps older Hans.

Well, no free air.

Yeah, copy that. You're doing a good job though. I'll take a balance feedback, Lance, and you can use energy into turn 1. No, it's not. The balance is bad because I'm behind four cars.

Let's do Strat 7, Strat 7, just to give us more energy later on. Strat 7, just to give us more energy later on.

We are happy to come down on diff high speed, so multi-a green diff if you need sector one balance.

This is no free air. There's a problem here. The airstream, no free air.

Box this lap. Box this lap. Let me know. Flap adjust.

They're all in. You'll need to blend, Lance.

So plan B, go straight.

We have Ocon at the pit exit as well. Ocon pit exit.

Lovely work, mate. Lovely work. Well done, Tsunoda. Hard ahead.

Frankfurt airport, currently NET P11.

Use energy, Lance. Use energy again.

That's K0 would help now, K0.

It's late overtake only, Lance. Late overtake only. A bit of K0 in the lap will be good.

So quick on a straight line.

Yeah, copy that. We can just take a breath for a minute, get a bit of K0, get the pack back up.

I don't think it will be challenging.

OK Lance, I understand that message. We are thinking about plan B for info. Thinking about plan B.

Okay, loads of energy has recovered as well, so we're happy to start using energy again if you need.

Lose tyre grip. Brake behind. Close cut.

Copy that, Lance. Understood. For info, it's turn 14 is the most penalising lap time, Tsunoda. Turn 14 to maybe compromise 30 seconds. Yeah, I'm trying, girl, but it's not working.

So, Lance, just for the grip level, we're happy to come up on entry in mid if you need.

Hulkenberg ahead is 26 laps old. Hard.

That's 20 laps remaining. 20 laps remaining.

These tyres are dumb, man, and I'm never in free air. I don't understand.

Okay, Lance, we understand. We are looking at plan B. I don't think so, because it's ridiculous. I can't pass Tsunoda. It's not possible.

Lance, think about flap. We box opposite today. Yeah, it's fine. I'm fine. So box this lap. Box.

Box opposite, Tsunoda. Box opposite, Tsunoda.

So we'll be racing Hulkenberg at pit exit. Once we get in we need to manage, but we are racing in Hulkenberg at pit exit.

Hulkenberg is on hard. He's free back.

We are ahead, so gentle introduction now.

So you'll have 18 laps to do on this trial, Lance. 18 laps to do it.

So, Lance, we don't think Tsunoda's a threat for now. We'll need to make this tyre go to the end. I think the slips are too high at the minute, so just make sure you're gentle to look... What do you mean you don't think it's a threat? You think I'll get up easily?

Tsunoda is already in our pit window. We either have tyres at the end to get him or he stops behind us. We don't need to push these tyres now to manage them.

Okay Lance, so big picture, there are three cars ahead on 13 lap hard. They're all going to the end. So the first one is Bottas, he's 12 ahead. So he's going to creep up to the back of them and have tyres at the end.

For info, Bottas doing a low 38 at the minute, a low 38.

That's the start of that management. So what I do with management generally is just entry 13 and also turn 8. So take it a bit easier in 13 now and also easier in turn 8.

Lance, we think we can save a bit more in 13 and 6. For info, 38, 1 minute 38 for Bottas last lap. So we are catching these guys, just need to make sure we've got a tyre at the end.

Let's just watch traction at turn 9. A bit more managed traction at turn 9. Brake balance plus one.

So that's now 12 to go. 12 to go. The gap ahead is 6. So that's Magnussen, Bottas ahead on old hard, 18 lap hard.

I have understeer at turn 8.

You easily have the pace to catch Tsunoda. It's just about having tyres at the end. Yellow at turn 9. Think Sargeant is off.

Safety car window is closed, Lance. Safety car window closed.

It's clear at turn 9, but there's a bit of gravel at turn 9 mid-exit, so just take care in turn 9.

Just make sure we manage turn 7 slip as well. Just make sure we're saving these tyres. Easily got the pace. You can see we're going to catch at least the two in front and we'll probably snow as well.

I don't see the scenario.

So we are catching Tsunoda a second a lap. He's a few seconds ahead of these guys, but for now just need to get through Magnussen and Bottas if we can, so they are 21 lap old hard lengths.

So it's eight laps to go, Lance. Eight to go.

Excellent move, Lance. Good job. That's just Magnussen. 22 lap hold hard, so 12 lap hold up, tyres than yours. Let's get him.

Energy is good.

It's unbelievable how bad our speed is on the straight, but, like, it's a different category.

Awesome, mate. So we got that corner right. That was awesome. So, Tsunoda, we are catching by a second a lap before we got these guys, okay? So he's seven ahead. Just want to get some tyres at the end, okay? That's our race.

So it's six laps to go. Six to go. We'll get a blue from Verstappen maybe in two laps. I'll let you know. Just make sure you get back on top of management now. So easy in 1.13 and traction.

So, Lance, limitation will be rear left of me. Just make sure you think about traction slip for now. Traction slip final corner.

What a frickin' horrible race car.

Yeah, it's not over yet though. So you've got Verstappen, race leader, he's the car behind, so they'll get a blue soon, I'll let you know.

OK, that's a blue flag for Verstappen. Blue flag.

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

So that's a blue for Verstappen. It'll be four laps. Blue for Verstappen. It'll be four to go. You're up here, Lance Tsunoda is. You're up to six seconds ahead. Blue for Verstappen.

Hulkenberg is the car behind. He's 14 laps hard.

OK, that's three to go, Lance. Three to go. We're happy to use the tyre laterally. Just manage traction.

So Hulkenberg has...

So this is the final lap. You are P11, Lance. Final lap. You can do brake balance rearwards if you need.

The reverse width that we have on.

OK, that's the flag, Lance. That's the flag.

Unlucky, that was a hard race. I didn't really get the free area I wanted to. That's P12 in the end, P12.

Okay, so we've got some switches, Lance, just if you don't mind. So it's run, switch, race, run, switch, race. MFB, PU1, position 12. MFB, PU1, position 12.

If you can, it's HPP off.

Switches for run, switch race, MFB, PU1, position 12 and also strat 14 as well.