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Okay, so Magnussen in front, Piastri behind. Let's radio check and sync gears. Yeah, nothing to the other one. Gap's good for me.

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All cars out on track so far on the hard tyre. A couple of cars just leaving the pitlane now on the medium.

OK, so recharge off at 17. I'm pushing next lap.

Okay, so we have Verstappen car behind starting a time lap now. I don't have gap information. I'm going to guess three seconds.

Sun coming through now. Estimated two seconds.

Gap behind him to Perez. Five seconds. Perez pushing. Gap information all. Estimates. Perez. Two seconds. Car behind now. Stroll out lap.

Next car coming through, Russell. Five seconds, timed lap.

And then we have Hulkenberg as well, just behind him, about three seconds back now. Hulkenberg, I think, timed. Clear behind Hulkenberg. Pierre's first lap, 32.2. A tenth and a half quicker.

Stroll behind outlap.

Next car back is Piastri, slow lap, so we're okay for traffic for now.

Okay, so only real time going for Pio's turn 3. Just a very, very small lift for him through there.

It's a little bit through the 11-12 sequence as well. Just a bit of a loss through there. Just on exits mainly. Clear of traffic behind at the moment. Only two cars to go in front.

Just Stroll to go. Clear of traffic.

Recharge off and good to go. Tire temps are good.

Yellow flag turn 13, it might clear.

Yellow 13, track blocked. Exit 16. Copy. I'm backing off. Yeah, understood. There's a car stopped sideways of the track. He is moving, but it's going to take a bit of time to clear. You might need to pause here. There's a bit of a queue.

Okay, we're okay on temperature.

If you can make your way through, it would be good on the left-hand side.

Okay, so we have to recharge next lap, Esteban, for energy. I'm not sure if this is even going to clear at this stage. Yeah, that's fine.

Let's stay out hoping it clears.

So some cars might try to push now. Piastri is the car behind about three seconds. Just have to watch for them as we go through again. We are recharging this time.

Yeah, it's going to take you a while to do the U-turn. Yeah, I think so. Okay, so watch for Piastri. About five seconds. Could be pushing now.

Okay, gaps again all estimated. Car behind is Pierre, I think, going slowly this time. I'll let you know if he's pushing. Okay, Pierre is pushing. Five seconds and red flag, red flag. Okay, so no overtaking and box now. Red flag, no overtaking and box now.

Copy that. OK, so in terms of bouncing, I don't really have much in corners. It's just before the finish line, you know, there's a little bit there. And a little bit in the main straight, the biggest one, where I am now, currently. But otherwise, very flat. And in the section, there's a little bit of a harsh ride, a little bit in the middle, but it's not too bad. And no bouncing at the high speed at the moment. Grip is good. OK, understood. Any initial feel on low to high speed balance? Just watch car exit 16 as well, he's just getting out of the car now. Yeah, copy that. The traction not the best, but the balance seems good at the moment.

A bit of understeer in 7, 8, sorry. Understood. Keep to the left, 316, there again, just watch as he's getting out.

Okay, mate, so we are boxing now. We're going to do a practice pitstop.

Yeah, check the other car's right to see if the bouncing is much worse. Yeah, copy that. Into the slow section, especially. Copy that, understood. OK, so boxing now, practice pitstop.

Pit stop practice, no launch, no launch.

It should be clear pit exit. Might need a bit of a quicker outlap. We'll just see where tyre temperatures are. Still don't have gap information. Fernando, next car back at turn 2 now.

Okay, mate, so no DRS usage. We can do some low-frequency weaving. Fernando about four seconds behind estimated. Timed lap.

Yeah, I do have that on the dash. Okay, understood.

Ok, so Fernando pushing behind 2.5.

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Next car back is Stroll. That's six seconds.

Keeping still. No DRS. Big spaces behind so Stroll can come past.

Gap behind 4 seconds. Happen to go straight into a push lap if you want.

OK, recharge on. P4 with that time so far. Just watch for Sainz. Starting a time-lapse now. 7 seconds. Sainz, 7 seconds time-lapse. Copy. A little bit of understeer. Low speed. At the moment apex. Understood. Watch for Sainz coming through now. Clear behind him. We'll see if there's anything we can do to help on the diff switches. Just for that to start with.

Albon behind on an out lap.

And then behind Albon, Tsunoda, I think is pushing now.

Okay, so Tsunoda, I think, pushing now. Watch for him. Three and a half behind. And then big gap behind him.

Okay, so Pierre's yellow turn 13 at the moment. And track clear, track clear.

Okay, Pierre's fastest at the moment 31.1, 31.1.

Next car behind is Fernando. Timed lap.

Two cars to start laps in front. Gap behind Fernando is about six seconds to Hamilton. Hamilton pushing. He's pushing Fernando, yeah? Yeah, Fernando pushing and then Hamilton pushing six seconds behind him as well.

So watch for Hamilton. Four seconds. Time lap he is pushing. Big gap behind him if needed.

Just recharge off and let's go.

Ok mate, so we've got Zhou four seconds behind. Watch for him starting a time lap.

We might have a couple of cars coming through at Sainz as well. 7 seconds behind Zhou pushing.

Sainz, four seconds time lap and then Verstappen behind him is sustainable running. Verstappen, four and a half, time lap.

Big gap behind Verstappen. Two and a half now.

Okay, so Pierre's fastest lap of 30.6 so far. 30.6. So we'll do this cool lap, one more push and then we're going straight into sustainable running. Next car behind Magnussen. Copy. The balance still apex of brev. Dying in the middle of the corner, understeer. And at high speed, so sharp on turning, but then understeer. Understood. Watch Magnussen. Okay, big car behind now. 13 seconds to Sargeant.

OK, sharp on turn in, then understeer in high speed. Understood. Then understeer mid-air. Yeah, OK.

So, Sargeant behind sustainable running seven seconds. If he comes past us, we're going to need to leave a decent gap to him if we can before next push lap.

It would be sensible probably to stay in front of him.

Magnussen sustainable running as well in front. He's nine seconds now. Sargeant three and a half. Let's try and stay in front of him. One more push lap. At the end of this next lap we'll be going straight to scenario three and keep pushing. Gap behind three seconds. Recharge off and go.

Keep pushing. Scenario three. Scenario three, four laps.

Okay, fail a 1-0 okay to disable DRS tones. No DRS use.

Have a look, second to third last corner. Upshift, a bit harsh on the time-lapse. Roger.

Yeah, copy that.

Some bouncing in 7. Dropping.

OK, one more time lap after this. Keep pushing.

One more time, Blake.

Okay, Esteban, on the next lap, it'll be the in-lap, I want to keep pushing to turn 11 please.

I got traffic though.

Yeah, that's okay, it's just temperature that they're together.

Recharge on S-Bend. Recharge on and box this lap. Aero cruise after 16, please. Aero P4, 5th gear. Watch for Norris behind 6 seconds.

So, aero P4, 5th gear, and then we are boxing now.

Clear behind Norris and box now please. Box now. No pitstop this time.

And box now. Stop on the marks and switch off. The area's in the box currently. It'll be moved out the way shortly.

I'm just rolling behind.

OK, so nice and steady, just rolling behind Pierre, please.

OK, we'll get some comments when you're back in the garage. I'll explain what we're going to do.

Okay, so once we're plugged in, I'll explain our option quickly and we'll fire into it if you...

Okay, we might have Bottas at pit exit. I think he's going into another slow lap. He's on the start-finish straight now, so I think Bottas slow lap. He is slow lap down to turn 1, so we're in a good spot here. Nine seconds in front.

I think there's going to be a mix of single and double calls here, so the main thing is just to get a feel of balance. Pierre's lap time 29.1 for info on the software. 29.1. We do have Sainz coming through as the first car, pushing eight seconds behind.

Sock 5, please, Esteban. Sock 5 and recharge off for five seconds.

Sainz pushing behind 5 seconds and can we have the multi in tyre please? Multi into tyre.

Sainz, three seconds, pushing.

Fernando on the back straight, halfway down, going very slow.

Fernando could be pushing this time. He's just picked his pace up. Let's make a gap. No traffic behind. Albon behind. Slow lap. Make a gap. Five and a half, six, good to go.

Yeah, no comment on that. Yeah, sorry mate, we've got a second lap here, don't worry. So, we'll have a couple of cars pushing this time, but it's going to a double cool now.

About a 50 seconds margin, so plenty of time here. We have Pierre next car behind, he's pushing 10 seconds back.

Okay, six seconds to Pierre. Let's make sure we get out of the way. P8 with that time. Any more room for improvement as well. Three seconds to Pierre. Good job, thank you. Yeah, that's moving out the way. Yes, it is, yeah. Don't worry. Okay, so Perez behind five seconds, time lap as well.

Perez is pushing. Sorry, most important thing, that we got a feel for the car and the places it counted. So let's do a lap as well. Yeah, copy that. So the rear felt quite lively, but moving on the tyre itself, on the high speed, it was a bit weird on the back. Understood. It'll be interesting to see what it's like on the second lap with the different temperatures in there. Let's see what we get. So we can go to stock 4 for the next lap.

Next car behind is Albon on a timed lap of 10 seconds. A few cars leaving the pitlane now on outlaps.

So we should end up being in sync with the other car. Seven and a half seconds timed lap and going into a second cool lap after this.

Pierre's second lap on sectors at the moment was slower, a tenth and a half slower for his second lap, 29.3. Clear behind Albon, coming through now.

Okay, so we've got plenty of time. Second cool lap, no traffic behind.

Yeah, remind me about brake 5. Copy that, will do.

OK, mate, we're happy with this pace of outlap at the moment. We think maybe use DRS on the back straight. Just help the fronts will lean.

Clear of traffic at the moment. Cars in front are Magnussen. He's on his second cool-up as well. And Stroll, also second cool-up. So they should both be pushing this time. There is a 10 second gap in front of them.

Next car back Verstappen. Six seconds. Time lap.

Verstappen, three seconds time lap and then seven seconds behind him to Bottas.

Bottas pushing. 5.5.

Plenty of time.

Bottas, two and a half. Time lap. Clear behind him.

Next car behind is Hulkenberg on a slow lap.

Okay, happy to use DRS on this back straight if you can. We do have Fernando eight seconds behind. He's sustainable running, so we want to stay in front of him if we can.

Five seconds in front.

And brake reminder.

OK, recharge on. That is the chequered flag. So we are going to the grid to do a start. Scenario 1, please. Scenario 1.

Okay, so I think everyone's finished their laps there, so it puts us P9, so nice job with that.

Copy. And yeah, Pierre didn't improve on his second law. In fact, he didn't do a third lap even.

Sock 6 please and focus on recharge on the way to the grid.

I didn't necessarily feel the best grip on the first lap in turn 1.

And then the rear is a bit sharp on turning after high speed.

Okay, I might have understood.

The understeer at turn 12 helped. Now it's better. OK, that's good then, so that's some improvement there. So the plan just for the rest of this now, so we're going to the grid. I'll let you know burnouts in a second. We will do the start and push to pit entry. The plan is to do a pitstop.

I'll let you know based on traffic in the pitlane and where the other car is. He's in front of us so he'll stop first and then us if there's time.

Okay, so it'll be two burnouts for us and a start on the left-hand side and then push to pit entry.

Two burnouts, yeah? Two burnouts, please mate, yeah.

Work on that aero cruise as well.

What did you say on aero cruise? You managed to hold your speed at exactly aero cruise level, so nice job with that. OK.

I'm losing the front of the halo. Understood. Box now, practice pitstop.

Turn in. OK, practice pitstop, no launch, no launch.

Okay, last job. We'll get some comments when you're plugged in.