With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.
... the lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact it's just under 7 seconds
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.
And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.
The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick.