Heh Santilla selvästi alkoi olemaan kusiaisia housuissa kun päästiin vikalta stopilta, mutta huima ero kaiken kaikkiaan viimevuotiseen kisainssiin.
Santi: “Virtual safety car, virtual safety car deployed. Stay positive, stay positive.”
Santi: “And mode safety car.”
Santi: “Flap adjust update.”
Hamilton: “I think for a hard tyre, you’ve got to put some wing in.”
Santi: “Understood.”
Santi: “And watch your delta. Watch your delta.”
Santi: “And will be double yellow in Turn 9.”
Hamilton: “What is the gap behind us?”
Santi: “If the VSC remain, we pit.”
Santi: “Twenty seconds to Russell.”
Hamilton: “What does that mean for us?”
Santi: “That you are doing good. Watch your delta.”
Santi: “I’m adding two clicks.”
Hamilton: “Yeah.”
Santi: “So box, box, box.”
Santi: “Brake balance.”
Santi: “First gear and K2 reminder.”
Santi’s tone of voice becomes increasingly excitable as he realises that Hamilton will be close to Russell when he rejoins.
Santi: “Watch for traffic, watch for traffic!”
Santi: “You are fighting Russell pit exit! You are fighting Russell pit exit!”
The Ferrari re-emerges 1.9 seconds ahead of Russell’s Mercedes, with the ‘VSC ending’ signal appearing just as he rejoins in front.
Santi: “And you are in front!”
Santi: “And virtual safety car is ending.”
Hamilton: “Great job, guys!”
Santi then advises Hamilton to disengage straight-line mode manually around the lap, with the driver anxious to know how many laps remain until the finish.
Santi: “A reminder: SM off manually.”
Hamilton: “Where? Everywhere?”
Santi: “Everywhere, yes.”
Hamilton: “How many laps left?”
Santi: “Everywhere.”
Hamilton: “How many laps?”
Santi: “Five laps advantage to Russell in terms of tyre life.”
Hamilton: “Yeah, how many laps left?”
Santi: “Twenty-four!”
The remainder of Hamilton’s race went off largely without incident, with the 41-year-old asking on Lap 51 of 66 whether he should ease his pace having established a handsome lead.
Santi: “Eight-second gap from Russell.”
Hamilton: “Should I back off?”
Santi: “Fifteen laps to go. You are doing a good job, so you can go on.”
Hamilton: “Understood.”
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