"Right, let's get a gap to him then stroke it to the end," Max Verstappen was told over the radio after he'd passed Lewis Hamilton to take command of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
He'd done the hard work to climb from fifth on the grid, there were no more pitstops to make, and Hamilton's Mercedes team was focused more on getting him to the end amid engine problems than fighting back. The race was won.
Verstappen's lead over Hamilton crept up to 2.8 seconds by the start of lap 44 of 71, four laps after the pass, but having been told "we don't need any pace" there was no need to pull away any more dramatically than that.