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Radio check.

It does smell fuel quite a bit.

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And radio check. Landing clear. Copy that.

DRS enabled this lap.

Gap behind 0.5.

I have understeer at turn 5 and oversteer at turn 8.

Happy to drop the flap again at the stop. Change of engine at the start.

Ok mate, understood. Gap behind point 9.

Albon does not have DRS.

Gap behind 1.1. Good job.

Albon gap 0.9. He has DRS this time.

And seven laps completed.

Tyre phase update, please. Tyre phase update.

Max push, please. Max push. Push, push.

Two cars have boxed.

And keep up that max push. Keep pushing.

And box, box, box, box.

Albon in. Ok, hard tyre, two turns down. Watch the traffic lights. Albon in also.

Status 0.

Close with Tsunoda.

Tsunoda 1.3 behind medium tyre, one lap old.

Cars behind Tsunoda, then Albon, then Hamilton and in front Bottas and Hulkenberg.

The three cars behind are on medium tyres, all new.

Gap behind 2 seconds. Status 2 please. Entry to 1 and 8. The saving.

Okay mate, pulling away nicely from the cars behind. Three cars in front is Stroll on a medium tyre, so we'll have to see how that lasts. Keep us updated on tyre condition, please.

Fail B, 0-0, OK. Fail B, 0-0, OK.

Car behind now Hamilton. 2.6 seconds on the medium tyre. Three laps hold.

OK, 14 laps complete.

Gap stable with Hamilton at 2.1 now. His last lap was a couple of tenths quicker.

Okay Esteban, we're thinking plan B at the moment. Plan B, what do you think to that?

I'll fix it.

OK, so how is the balance, please?

He's OK. Copy that. We should probably not touch. Understood.

PU2 position 5, PU2 position 5.

This is one second more clipping.

Gap behind 2 seconds.

But that's gone straight on. Copy. Monitor the situation.

OK mate, safety car window is open. Safety car window is open. Don't slow down at the pit entry.

Okay, so single yellow between turn 11 and 10 at the moment.

Phase update when you can, please.

Single yellow, 11.

And VSC, VSC. And we are staying out.

Okay mate, so we, as we approach the pitlane, we need to be as close to zero on that delta as we can. We're going to stay out unless a full VSC comes out, okay? So full safety car window is open.

If we come in, keep the flap the same. Yeah, already planned in, mate. It's plan B, same flap angle.

Okay mate, so we are staying out unless we have a full VSC. As close to zero on the delta as you can, approaching the pitlane please.

Stroll has boxed, frankly.

Okay, mate, so still yellows in the same place are still trying to clear that car.

So, Hamilton and Stroll both boxed. So, Stroll is three cars back now. He's on a new hard time.

Hamilton, new hard tyre also. He's towards the back of the field with Pierre and Magnussen.

Currently we're running in P10 for info.

Okay, so coming up to yellow flags.

OK mate, so safety car window is still open. We want to be as close to zero as we can.

Near the pitlane, particularly pit exit.

Okay, so they're still trying to recover that car, so same again please.

And safety car, safety car.

So we're staying just positive on the delta, please.

Are we boxing? We are going to box, Esteban. We are going to box. So box now.

Okay, Esteban, so we're boxing now as close to zero as you can at safety car line, please. Safety car 1 line.

It's a box now. Box now.

Guest man, hard tyre, no flap adjust, watch the lights, could be a busy pitlane.

Watch the lights. Albon in also.

Okay, very good. Push to safety car line 2.

Okay, stay positive on the delta, please. Stay positive on the delta from now. We've passed safety car line 1 once.

Okay, well managed there. Safety car is currently at turn 11, so we're just staying positive on the delta.

OK mate, so safety car at turn 14. So in front we have Hulkenberg, new hard, and then Sargeant on an 11 lap old medium. He hasn't stopped yet. And then Stroll in P10, 2 lap old hard. Cars behind are Hamilton, Magnussen, and Tsunoda in that order. All hard tyres. Magnussen's are 6 laps old. Everyone else new.

Okay, so as we approach safety car line 1, we need to be just positive on the delta, please. Just positive and then we're pushing to safety car line 2.

So, as close to zero as you can, safety car line 1, recharge on and push to safety car line 2.

Okay, you're clear Pit. Exit's recharge off.

Okay, so safety car at turn 7. We're just catching the group now.

Okay Esteban, there are 31 laps left at the end of this one. It's going to be at least one more lap of safety car, so it could be 30 racing laps. What do you think about that on this set?

Sounds like you're not. OK, mate. Understood.

We are not the only ones, are we? I think there's going to be a lot of people having the same discussion right now, yes.

Your time management and everything looked very good, so that puts us in a good place to begin with.

I think let's keep in touch as we go.

Okay, safety car in this lap. Can we reset phase, please? Back to phase 1.

Crescent hold overtake available at the restart. Alpha Tower, it didn't stop or...? So, Ricciardo still on 11 lap hold mediums.

So he did not stop under the safety car, no. They're going to have to stop again.

So currently we're P12. P10 is within shout. Hamilton behind four-lap hold hards as a reminder. Let's focus on the restart.

Recharge can go off now.

Car behind Albon, 1.6 seconds. Tsunoda off at turn 6, yellow flag there. And safety car, and we are staying out. Safety car, stay out.

Recharge on, please. Recharge on.

Keep to the right at 14.

On the restart, they went behind and then they passed me again. Okay, understood. We'll investigate that now.

And he has the hand plate going away, Ricardo. Understood.

OK, so we're behind the safety car now, as you can see. PU2, position 2, please. PU2, position 2.

Okay, so we're P12 at the moment. Hamilton, then Hulkenberg, then Ricciardo. Ricciardo obviously a lot of damage on old medium tyres. He's likely to be slow.

Track is clear after turn 6 now. Expecting one more lap under the safety car. Stroll was damaged, pitted. He's now right at the back with a slow stop.

So we think at this point most people try and go to the end. When the safety car comes in there will be 27 laps to go. 27 laps to go.

And when Ricardo boxes, that will put us P11 as we start.

Cars behind are Albon, then Sargeant, then Zhou. All hard tyres, all the same age as yours.

Okay, so it's going to be one more lap under the safety car. That means it will be 26 racing laps to go. We think most people are going to try to go to the end. Almost everyone on hard tyres the same age as yours.

OK, Esteban. Fail B-0-0. OK. Fail B-0-0. OK.

That'll give us three laps or so of increased performance. We'll be asking you to make that same switch change again in three or four laps time.

Okay, safety car looks like it's staying out once again.

So it'll be 25 racing laps on the restart, assuming it's next lap.

Okay, safety car is in this lap. Safety car in this lap. Brake temperatures are about on the limit at this point, so just keep an eye on those, please.

OK mate, so status 0 at the restart. After a lap we'll need to go to status 2, please. Status 2, same in the same place as before.

Just need to recharge off before turn 14. Temps are good.

Free charge off.

P11. 24 laps to go.

DRS enabled.

Let's introduce a manoeuvre in turn 7, please. Speed by 10 kph there.

Push more exit turn 9 if you can.

Gap behind 1.4 seconds. Albon complaining of a lot of understeer. Thinks he's in trouble.

Gap behind 1.4.

20 laps to go. Gap behind 1.5. Stable.

Gap behind stable 1.5.

Okay Esteban, tyre management looks very good. We may reduce status soon.

Gap behind stable. Piastri, three cars ahead, has significant damage. They're going to struggle towards the end. Let's keep going.

And phase update, please. Phase update.

Sixteen laps to go.

OK mate, so our race is with Hulkenberg now. 2.2 ahead. Keep managing turn 7.

Okay, pulling away from Albon behind, closing on Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg is under investigation as well. Let's try and stick with him.

13 laps to go. Fernando has boxed. This puts us P10.

Fail B-0-0-OK. Fail B-0-0-OK. No lifting coast required on our side from now. Yeah, it's moving!

Copy that, there's about 12 laps to go.

Alonso, fresh mediums, three seconds behind.

Okay, mate, so we need to lose as little time as possible. Fernando comes through, he's much quicker than us. Let's see if we can capitalise when he attacks Hulkenberg. Okay.

Okay, so Fernando 1.1 behind. We are racing him. Let's not lose time with him.

OK, well managed.

Ten laps to go.

Okay, so nine laps to go. Stay to zero all the way, please.

Pierre is four cars back on nine-lap-old mediums. He's lapping just over a second a lap quicker at the moment. Let's keep pushing.

Eight laps to go.

PU2 position 5, PU2 position 5.

Seven laps to go.

Six laps to go.

Ok mate, so Pierre is 10 seconds behind, lapping just over one second a lap quicker. Let's keep pushing.

Five laps to go.

Four laps to go.

Three laps to go. Let's keep pushing. Gap to the end, nine seconds.

Sock 2. Sock 2.

Two laps to go.

De Vries, halfway down the back straight. Follow the cars in front.

And SOC 1, SOC 1, last lap, last lap.

Single-press overtake. Exit 13.

And that's the chequered flag. Scenario 12, please. Scenario 12 and max fuel saving. Scenario 12 and max fuel saving.

Okay mate, well done. So P11, our best result so far.

Not far from P10 either.

Yeah, copy that. Fair result, looking at our weekend really, so sorry for that guys, but yeah, good effort this weekend. It's been our best result, so yeah, as you said, we keep going and yeah, thank you. The quicker car this weekend.

Yep, good effort from everyone.

Okay, so normal in-lap procedures please. Let's drive offline where we can. Again, maximum fuel saving on the way in.

Okay, so we have Norris stopped and rolling backwards at the pit entry. Watch for him, please. Copy. Correction, he's going again now.

He was supposed to go to the grid because he finished second and didn't.

Okay, so coming in the pit entry and then normal switch-off procedures, please.

OK, going to P0. Very good, thank you. I'll see you back in the airbox.