OK, Nico, two and a half minutes. We'll switch off, please. Switch off and I'll tell you when to fire up with about a minute to go.

And then after you switch off, you can go back into P2 ready to fire up.

If people go really slowly in the fast lane, can I overtake them on the right, on the Aramco? I'll get back to you on that, Nico. And then just, can you see, Kevin is to your right, can you try and hold the gap and let him in when we go? Copy.

But if he just slots in behind these guys, then it's even more back up for me. Yeah, understood, Nico.

If he could do it, if he could. We're trying to reposition him better.

OK, Nico, you can fire up. What about the going on the Aramco? Yes, on the overtaking. So tell Kevin to do that as well then, if they all just go slowly in single line.

OK, 30 seconds and copy that.

OK, don't let... Nico, you have to just go. Don't let Kevin in. Kevin can't jump the queue, OK? So don't leave any gap for Kevin. Just follow the Alfa Romeo ahead, the green one.

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B-Bal offset plus one.

Mode K2, K2.

So there's no one ahead of Gasly. So it's just Gasly and Tsunoda ahead of you and the gap behind.

We have a big temp split on the brakes, so if you can get a good brake event in before starting the lap, that's good.

OK, reset, big adjuster, huge gap behind, Tsunoda and Gasly still close together.

Okay, Tsunoda is going. Gap to Gasly is 4. Gasly is going. Gap is 5, 6.

Okay, charge on. Watch Norris close behind. Starting to push. Norris behind.

Next pushing car, Piastri, is like 20 behind, so we'll box end of this lap, drive through pitlane, stop in the box for a flap adjust.

I think we can put a bit more flap for sure. Yep, we agree. It's a tailwind into turn 14 for reference. I think we should put like 0.4. Yeah, copy.

The car behind is Ocon on a back off.

First pushing car is Piastri, 15 behind.

Piastri pushing 13 behind.

He was actually not very helpful at turn 14. He just stayed on the racing line.

Box now, Nico. Box now. Watch waybridge lights. Watch waybridge lights and then we'll stop you in the box to do the flap adjust.

Nico, Ricciardo is on the pit straight. That's ok. So Piastri, just make a gap to Piastri or stay with him. Your choice. No one pushing behind. Ok, behind.

So Piastri is on an outlap and then he has Albon six seconds ahead of him on an outlap.

Okay, so Piastri is going to outlap. Piastri is going to outlap, where is that? There it is. Back off ahead of him on a straight to head. Back off and then Albon straight to head.

Only loss to Kevin is turn 7, turn 8, apex speed.

Go-mode push after turn 14 for maximum energy. So the back-off flap cars are evenly spaced. Piastri is 2 ahead of you, Perez 7 ahead, Albon 12 ahead.

Reset big adjuster. OK behind. Albon's going.

Perez box, so Piastri is clear. So Piastri should be going. Gap to Piastri is 3. Remember charge off mode push. Gap is 4. 5.

OK, press N button. Box now, Nico. Just for time, you can push a bit on the end lap.

OK, good improvement. Currently P8.

Am I going to need feedback there? The left toggle is closer rather than 3. Copy that, we're checking now.

Turn 9 apex understeer is also massive. 9 apex understeer, copy.

Okay, box now, Nico, box now. Watch weighbridge lights.

I smell brakes.

OK.

You can feed back to me on the outlap.

No pushing cars on track. It's Sargeant, Kevin, then you, so just make the gap you need.

Norris on track is finishing a push.

Okay, so that Norris behind just finished a push. He's on a back off. And gap to Kevin is 7. And Kevin's gap to Sargeant is 7, so 14. So gap is good.

If turn 3 understeer is your problem, it's left toggle.

If it's the entry to 1, it's Funk 2.

Copy. Think Norris will box, so go again.

He's going to probably push again because there's only two minutes left. He... OK, we think he might box, sorry. OK, gap to Kevin is 3 and Kevin has a huge gap ahead.

OK. Gap to Kevin is 4.

4.5, remember mode push. Gap is 5.

Yellow, 8-9, yellow ahead for Sargeant. It's a yellow through there, Nico. Track clear.

OK, press in button. Box now. Mindful on delta time. Good job on that lap.

I definitely left something there at turn 8-9. I wasn't pushing. Yeah, very clear in data.

OK, box now. Nico, watch weightbridge lights. Box now. Nico, watch weightbridge lights.

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Press in button. Box now Verstappen, one behind starting a push. And after Verstappen, Leclerc, eight behind starting a push.

Do you see that snap at turn 8? That's right on the...

And then, next one is Perez 15, so Leclerc still 5 behind me.

Leclerc 3.5 pushing and then Perez 14.

Leclerc 2, Leclerc 1.

Perez, 11, next pushing car and then Sainz, 16.

OK, box now, Nico, box now. Watch way, bridge lights.

Weighbridge, Nico, Weighbridge, we've got plenty of time, so take your time.

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XCAR Alonso is 13 ahead.

He's got someone ahead of him. He's got an 11 second gap ahead of him to Stroll. And then Stroll has a huge gap too, so everyone's spaced out ahead.

Alonso's 12 ahead. Stroll 24 ahead. OK behind. No one pushing.

Okay, gap to Alonso is 10. Remember to reset big adjuster.

Bad push, bad push.

Checkered flag. Press in button. Box now. Negative on delta time.

Good job, Nico. You're through.

Flip-flap.

Is it time for me to jump out to go to the bathroom?

Yeah, we'll have time, Nico. Do you want to do a used run or not?

Just discussing that.

Okay, so box now. Watch way-bridge lights.

OK, Nico. So Bottas is through in Q3 as well, so we'll definitely do a new tyre run. Do you want to use tyre run first or not?

What do you think for used run then, Nico, before the new run?

I guess if we do the nil red at the end, then...

We'll prep for the used run, jump out and then we'll come back.

Still 10 seconds, 10 seconds till the green, 10 seconds.

B-Bal offset plus one.

B-Bal offset plus one.

Okay, so the last car on track is in turn 1 and they are evenly spaced throughout.

OK, remember your big adjuster.

Mild push, mild push.

OK, box now. Press in button. Hit minus on delta time. OK, behind.

OK, that was good because it's 0.2 quicker than Russell, who's the other used tyre runner. It's a good lap unused.

So we're kind of 0.6 slower now than we were, right?

0.7, yeah, 0.7.

And Russell was one second slower.

OK, box now. Yeah, yeah. Maybe not so bad, the lower value.

I'm going to watch Weybright's lights.

Nico, it looks like people are not improving much, if at all, so this is not like a big track improvement anymore.

You want to keep this or put on the 0.2, 0.3 we took off, we used?

I think it's stopped.

There may be some gravel on the turn 16 exit curb, but it's not where anyone drives, just for info.

Okay, you know, you've got your delta time fine. Last cars leaving pitlane now.

Two leaving pitlane now.

OK, last car is leaving pitlane. OK. Remember to reset big adjuster. There is gravel on the turn 16 exit where people run. OK. And all OK behind. And, yep, last car is in turn 2. Reset big adjuster. Mode push. Mode push.

Okay, press in button. Box now. Negative on delta time.

Okay, good job, Nico. P9, you beat Bottas by 0.06 and then Norris was P8, point.

Sorry. Perez P8.13 ahead. So yeah, really good job. Beat Bottas. Well done.

Yeah, good job guys. Good recovery from this morning. Hopefully tomorrow is a bit better than this morning. Yeah, copy that. Good drive, Nico.

OK, box now. Box now.