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Fernando Alonso
20:06:01
Gasly is 0.3 behind. He's got loads of energy.
20:06:57
Hell behind us, Albon.
20:08:07
You need to turn left toggle off. Turn left toggle off.
20:09:43
So Fernando, last lap you had touched the brake pedal, you were resting your foot on the brake pedal down here, so just keep your brake pedal foot completely off when you don't need it.
20:12:50
And left toggle off. Left toggle off. And just so you know, you are touching the brake very slightly when you open DRS, both straights.
20:13:01
Negative.
20:13:07
We're just seeing a little bit of brake pressure, but we'll find out what that is.
20:15:25
Fernando, we think one-click rear brake balance is good. One-click rear is from where you are now.
20:17:36
It's Albon behind us, lost DRS. If you can avoid the exit kerb of 8, that is good for tyres.
20:19:29
Can't consider down one-click diff high-speed.
20:24:06
Deployment is strange on the back straight, I think. It's related to the brake pressure noise we can see.
20:24:18
Well, we've got a sensor default or something. Yeah, yeah, we're trying, mate. We're trying. There's not anything we can do just yet.
20:25:02
It's only there or there are more places? It's only there and a little bit before 11.
20:25:21
You want me to press energy?
20:25:24
No, negative. Can you just try holding the brake pressure, holding the brake pedal by point, like two bar, three bar, just to stop it bouncing. The brake pedal's bouncing.
20:25:48
So that was a lot better, Fernando. So if you could just hold your foot on the brake pedal. Just a little bit like that. Point 2 bar, 3 bar. Only there, isn't it?
20:26:24
So you can do a little bit. You'll need it at the end of this straight. So at the end of this straight, for the last 200 metres, 2 bar on the brake pressure. That'll be good. This straight is not as bad as the other straight.
20:26:44
Yes, that's good. That's good.
20:29:03
He's obviously not super happy with his tyres, so think about the strategy.
20:30:34
Perez is just exiting the pits, probably just ahead.
20:31:08
So, Fernando, we are watching it. We are all within our limits at the moment. I know it's not pretty, but stopping now is not worth doing now.
20:31:47
So, Fernando's safety car and VSC windows are all open. Safety car and VSC open. There's nothing on track.
20:32:49
We should have diff mid 7. Diff mid 7 for the lesbians.
20:36:09
Some debris out of 15. Some debris on track out of turn 15.
20:36:17
He's in the middle of the track. Stay on the racing line, you'll be OK.
20:36:25
Fernando, can I just check aerobalance? Aerobalance? No, it's difficult.
20:36:32
Maybe 0.3 more. What do you think?
20:36:40
I just don't know why that one VSC hadn't set it up as I hoped.
20:37:34
At the exit of 16 there's a cone. You can still go to the right of it on the exit of 16.
20:38:16
Virtual time to go. Box, box, virtual time to go. Slow down, be positive at safety car number 1 and then you can push the entry. Go back to, stay in go 1.
20:38:29
Yeah, pitlane. Copy mate, we're ready.
20:38:48
So you can push the exit and then we'll get the delta positive.
20:38:57
Okay, so first you say to car is ending, just stay where you are on the switches. Make sure you're just positive at the restart. VSC is ending. Rock along.
20:39:23
You should be fine with the brake pedal. You don't need to do the brake pedal thing.
20:39:33
34 laps to go. 34.
20:41:00
You can go one-click rearward on brake balance, one-click rearwards.
20:41:56
So we'll be racing Russell. I think he's a bit ahead. Racing Russell exit.
20:43:29
Confirm if the pedal is OK. It's all good. All good, Fernando. All good.
20:45:34
So, overall, Ricciardo and Zhou ahead have both got to stop them.
20:45:43
30 laps to go at the end of this one. 30.
20:47:23
Safety car, safety car. Slow down. Get the delta positive. Happy to let the tyres cool a bit first.
20:47:56
Find a new way of staying out. Stay out.
20:48:16
So make sure you adjust positive set car 1 and the same set car 2.
20:48:37
You're okay on the exit, sir.
20:49:38
So, Fernando, what that safety car has done is just let Tsunoda stop and get out ahead of us. So we are now P11.
20:49:50
Just while I've got some time, if you went on another medium, what would you do for aerobalance? Based on those first five laps? Seems OK in the high speed. A bit of steering in the low speed. Copy. Copy. You can go to strat 11.
20:50:24
We have had a bit of noise on the diff that we've seen in the past. Could consider mid-eight.
20:50:49
And HPP burn on, HPP burn on.
20:51:06
So, Fernando's been a bit of a mess with his safety car. They haven't got Norris, who's the race leader, so it's probably going to be a long safety car this one.
20:51:17
So, what is the race order now?
20:51:25
Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Perez, Senegal P7, Hamilton P8, Russell P9, Ocon P10. The car behind is Gasly and then Albon and Zhou.
20:51:38
Gasly behind is on 17 lap old hard, so 10 lap older than yours. Albon is on 19 lap old hard, so 12 laps older than yours.
20:52:06
So, Zhou, who's three cars behind you, is on a soft turn. New soft.
20:52:54
In terms of tyre temp targets, where you are now is OK. In the front maybe a couple of degrees cooler is OK. I'm happy to let the rears drop a little bit more.
20:53:04
So the moment the safety car has slowed down, he's still on the back straight before 17.
20:53:10
I suspect by the time we get there, we'll have caught him.
20:54:48
Just to confirm, you can see that Russell and Ocon ahead are on the same age tyres as us, but they are hards. Gasly and Albon behind are on older hards.
20:54:59
And in front, anyone with very old hards? No, afraid not. The oldest is Leclerc in P3, 12 lap old hards. And the safety car will be in this lap. Safety car will be in this lap.
20:55:16
So when you restart it will be 25 laps to go.
20:56:03
So at the moment Fernando Norris is just slowing down ahead of you, so he'll start slowing down ahead now. He's making the gap to the safety car. Go to run-switch race. Run-switch race.
20:56:14
Tyre temps are good. Brake temps are good.
20:56:19
Safety cars just entering the pitlane now.
20:57:44
Still good on energy, loads of energy.
21:01:47
Fernando, we've had two track limits now. We've had two track limits. First one was turn 5 and the last one, last lap, was turn 7.
21:05:00
Left toggle is on. You can turn left toggle off.
21:10:09
There might be a bit of debris in turn 17, but I think you've already driven past it.
21:11:06
Fernando Piastri's had to pit with a front wing problem, so we are now P10. Piastri's 21 seconds back, so we should be OK.
21:17:49
Go to strat 10, it'll just stop it charging up too much. Strat 10.
21:20:24
Left toggle off. You've done it, you're good.
21:20:53
He's still good on energy. You can do a late press, but Ocon's 0.8 behind. I think he'll be OK.
21:21:18
Nine more laps. Nine more laps.
21:23:24
Fernando, Strat 7. We suggest Strat 7. It will help charge up the pack.
21:25:56
Six more laps. Six.
21:27:28
Five more laps. Five.
21:28:33
So, Fernando Russell's had two slow laps where he's locked up. He's 3.9 ahead. We can have HPP button off. HPP button off.
21:28:59
Four more laps. Four more laps.
21:32:01
Strat 6. Strat 6. Two more laps. Two more laps.
21:32:06
Repeat, repeat. It's all OK. Carry on. All OK.
21:32:34
OK, so there's two more laps. Two. Including this one. And you can go to strat 6. And if you want to reduce the understeer, mid 7. Mid 7.
21:32:48
And fuel we are okay.
21:33:04
Still, I hope we're okay on fuel. Yeah, we're okay. We're just okay. It's bang on plan.
21:33:33
Go to strat 5. Strat 5. One more lap. One more lap.
21:35:07
OK, let's check the flag. Check the flag, well done. P9.
21:35:15
Can you go run-switch warm-up, please? Run-switch warm-up. Nice and slow on the way in and take lots of pick-up. So run-switch warm-up and then I've got a multi-function.
21:35:28
Okay, so I have MFB, blue, MFB, blue, override, assist.
21:35:38
Position 2-Alpha, I understood. So, multi-function B, multi-function B.
21:35:44
Function B. Blue. Override. Position 12.
21:35:51
Again, blue, override, give me the position, 12, ok, ok.
21:36:00
Every car is going through the straight. I miss your voice. Lots of background noise. Well done, guys. Tough race. Yeah, tough weekend.
21:36:21
Clearance order. Yeah, said Norris P1. Verstappen P2.
21:36:35
Leclerc, Parc fermé, Sainz, P4, Perez, P5, Hamilton, P6, Sainz, P7, Russell, H, Leclerc, P10, Bernoulli.
21:37:42
OK, Vanessa, take the last of the pick-up.