{Outlap[1] critical,} James said on the radio.
Fatih, on the other hand, came out of the pit lane[2] heading to turn three with a smile on his face. He knew he had completed the overtake since Apollo's pit stop was going to be the total of his pit stop time [3]plus one second. He could be said to have completed the overtake and be the net race leader[4], despite Apollo being 23 seconds ahead of him.
Despite being the net leader, he didn't ease up at all, as he had no information on what Apollo was doing at the moment. Since he couldn't ask the pit lane, the only option was to go out, guns blazing, as he started the process of getting the tires to temperature, but not going too slow as to lose time.
