Let's push up to the car in front, please.

Okay, mate, so just under two minutes to wait. It's going to be a little while, but I'll make sure we get up with this first group.

Can we go brake 5 now please, just to help the front warm up.

OK, just over a minute left.

Okay Esteban, so with these engine modes we can do out prep and then two consecutive fast laps with these switches. So it might be advised we give that a go.

So, 25 seconds to go.

Five seconds.

Yes ma'am, so just to confirm, we're thinking out, prep, fast, fast.

The clutch feels like very grippy when I drop.

Have a look at that.

Okay, so the first car of the group is Hamilton. He's at turn 12 now.

Hamilton, turn 18.

Clear pit exit.

Okay, Hamilton pushing behind seven and a half seconds. No traffic behind him at the moment.

Hamilton five seconds behind time lap.

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Only Gasly to go in front. Good gaps. Hamilton four seconds timed. So we're going into a prep lap.

Car behind Magnussen. Hamilton will be pushing this time. Magnussen, four and a half. Magnussen just finished a timeout.

Magnussen three seconds behind. Should be on a slow. Just keep your eye on your mirrors, please.

Magnussen 1.5 behind. Looks like he's still pushing.

Gap behind four seconds. Hamilton pushing.

Okay, Hamilton two and a half behind. Time lap.

1.5 cars doing consecutive laps at the moment.

Big gap behind Hamilton. Next car Sainz. Time lap 7 seconds, so we're good here.

Brake 3, recharge off and let's do two consecutive laps.

Let's push.

Keep pushing, Esteban. Keep pushing. One more lap.

Happy to keep pushing for now.

OK, so I can do one more lap. One more lap.

Traffic, traffic. Okay, understood. So let's cool and I think we'll go for a double push after this. Car behind Ricciardo. Timed lap now, four seconds. We're P8 at the moment.

Okay, Ricciardo, three seconds. Timed lap.

Ricciardo, 1.5. Gap behind him. Seven seconds to Perez. Perez, time lap five seconds now. Okay, mate, so tyres were about in the window towards the end of that lap.

Okay, gap behind three seconds now. GPS isn't great, so keep your eye on your mirrors, please.

Two seconds to Perez.

Gap behind to Verstappen, five seconds.

Behind Verstappen is a big gap. Nine seconds after him.

OK, mate. Last few deep breaths. Two push laps consecutive.

OK, let's keep pushing. One more lap, at least.

Keep pushing. Last lap. Keep pushing. Last lap.

Okay, mate, let's go recharge on and we're going to box now. Recharge on, box now. We've got Leclerc behind. I've just finished a time lap.

Leclerc, three seconds, just watching Cosey, keeps his pace up. I think he's backed off.

Busy run that, well done. Clear of traffic behind. Few cars starting to box now, so we're in sync with them. No traffic behind. Take a breather. And we're boxing.

Yeah, we need to try something because too many laps, huh? Yep. So we'll see what we get on the next compound.

Yeah, we can never back off at this point. Yeah, certainly on this tyre. Yes, absolutely.

Okay, mate, so we are boxing now. We're going to do a practice pit stop. Okay, practice pit stop, no launch from the box.

Box, box, practice pitstop, no launch.

OK mate, so we'll get some comments when you're plugged in.

OK. Last lap was 13.3. He went into a fast, slow, fast type run.

Okay, so Hulkenberg going into turn 1 now. Car behind is Stroll going into turn 1. He's on a time lap, I believe. 2.5 behind. Stroll 1.5. Let's let him through. Clear behind Stroll.

Car behind is Magnussen on an outlap. Plenty of space behind him.

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Still clear of traffic behind.

So we'll go recharge on at the end of this lap to go into a prep. We expect Magnussen behind to do a prep lap as well.

How slow the slowdown should be.

Similar to your prep for the first run, I'm happy with.

We're going prep lap now.

OK, Magnussen is pushing behind four seconds.

OK, so Magnussen, two and a half, time lap.

Clear of traffic behind 14 second gap to the next car pushing.

Stroll in front on a slow lap. He'll be pushing next time.

Okay, mate, this is looking good for the first lap for temps. So happy to push next time. Scenario 7 is there if you want.

Let's go, brake 3. Scenario 8 lap now. Fast, slow, fast. Clear from traffic behind.

Let's push.

Okay, clear from traffic behind. Okay, mate, so next lap, scenario 7 and sock 6. Scenario 7 and sock 6.

Okay, so clear of traffic behind.

So, I think Pierre got traffic on his first lap, so he's done a second prep lap. Watch the car behind is Bottas on a slow lap correction. We will have Magnussen coming through on a timed. He is about seven seconds behind now.

Sainz and Fernando should both be pushing next time. Only car pushing behind is Magnussen. Four seconds.

Once Magnussen is through, clear of traffic. Bottas behind slow lap.

Okay, we've got Hulkenberg six seconds pushing behind.

Okay, so I'm recharge on. Russell behind two, three seconds. Timed lap. Give me one more. Oh yeah, we're doing another couple yet. Don't worry. Okay, but we recommend a slow, slow lap, please. Just watch for Bottas. I think should have backed off two seconds behind.

Change the diff into turn 3. Okay, understood. We'll advise now. Once a nice steady slow lap, please no rush here. We're going to bring everything down in temps and then push again next time. We'll need scenario 8, please, scenario 8.

Okay, so sight two seconds. Timed lap.

Okay, SOC 12 when you can please. Norris pushing behind now. Three and a half.

Once Norris is through, we're clear for a bit. One more switch change to make. Exit 3, please. Exit 3.

Clear from traffic behind. Plenty of time. That will return turn 3 back to standard.

Ok mate, we're all good on switches, just recharge off and good to go.

OK, recharge on. Happy to go for another slow push. Russell behind timed lap 3 seconds. Slow lap pace, very slow please. Let's cool everything right down. Russell coming through now, 1.5.

Okay, so in no rush here. Car behind is Bottas on a slow lap.

So, no traffic behind. Lap times? Okay, mate. So, we're P17 at the moment with that 12.8. Pierre hasn't really set a time on this tyre yet, so his fastest is still on the medium, down to traffic. We're going to give you some driving advice on sector 1 shortly, because he's just found a tenth on us there. I'll let you know on that one. Car in front. In fact, a tenth would get us three places up to 14.

OK, Spans, so we think a single call is the way to go, so we're going to push next time. We have Hulkenberg four seconds time lap. He's the only car pushing behind.

We're looking for minimum speed turn 3 and 4 is the main difference.

And we can push braking turn 5 later, that's where Pierre found the time, those three.

Consider yellow modifier turn 5. Let's go.

And another push, Esteban, in a minute. We're going to focus on this low fuel running so we can, again, do a nice, steady, slow lap. Bottas behind has just finished a timed.

We will have Tsunoda on a push lap coming through. He's about five seconds back. So again, nice, steady, slow lap. Tsunoda three seconds back.

So, yeah, it's finally set a time, 12, 1 minute 12.75, so less than a tenth quicker.

It's all clear of traffic behind. We recommend a single course still. It's nice and steady. Yeah, we'll have to recheck corner weight. Seems to be a bit to the right. Understood. We will do. Let's try for another lap. Let's see what we get.

So, only difference to Pierre, minimum speed turn 12. He carried a little bit more in there. And also turn 4, again, minimum speed. And again, just pushing that braking a little bit to 5. I've got Fernando on a time lap 5 seconds back.

Clear behind Fernando.

Clear of traffic behind. Next car pushing is Magnussen. Five seconds.

And recharge on. OK mate, we're going to call it there and box now please, box now.

Okay, so car behind is Bottas on a slow lap of seven seconds.

Okay, lots of cars improving towards the end of the run, not just us, so again well managed for everything there. P16 without at the moment, a tenth would get us to the P15-14 region.

OK Esteban, we are happy to extend this to one more lap if you'd like. Your pace has been good so far this time, so we can still slow it down at the end and go for one more push. Are you happy with that? Yeah. OK mate.

OK mate, so switch is all set. Just need recharge off. One more push. Let's bring it all together.

OK, recharge on. Now we're boxing. P14, there we go. Right, so we've got Hulkenberg, high fuel behind. We need to watch for him, please. Five seconds back.

If we can keep the inlap pace up please, that would be helpful as well. Hulkenberg, three seconds timed.

Clear behind him on 9 second gap to Bottas on a slow.

And box now, box now.

Turn in. Pit stop on the marks and switch off. No pit stop.

And so we'll get some comments when you're plugged in. It's going to be a short turnaround, this one.

I think we'll get about somewhere between 6 and 7 time laps on high fuel, so it won't be a long run, this one. Yeah, I know.

Okay, so we've got a few cars on the start-finish straight here. I'll let you know where we are. Get us into a gap. We've got Perez behind going into turn 1 now. If we let him through, there's a five second gap behind him to Leclerc. Make a small gap to Perez, three seconds behind to Leclerc, and we can start pushing now.

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So if needed, behind Leclerc is an 8 second gap.

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Car behind Hamilton, three and a half seconds. Should get six time laps from now.

For reference, Albon lapping 15.9.

Okay, Hamilton three and a half behind. Pierre's best 16.1 so far, 16.1.

Three more timed laps. Three more.

Two more time-lapses.

And last timed lap.

And that is the chequered flag. OK, so if we can cool the brakes first off, please, on the way to the grid. Front brake temperatures are on the upper limit.

Yeah, it's like front left, er, graining. Yeah, copy that. It's on our radar. A lot of cars out there complaining of graining, some much worse than others by the looks of it.

We start to see some on our stats.

Okay, so just continue to cool the car, brakes and tyres. We're going to the grid now to do a start. It'll be on the right-hand side for us.

Okay, so I'll let you know burnouts in a moment. We'll be doing a start on the left and because we've got a fairly clear track ahead, we'll be pushing to pit entry.

We'll do a practice pitstop as well as we are the first car.

OK Espanso, three burnouts please. Correction, start on the right please. Three burnouts and a start on the right hand side.

Push to pit century.

Box, box. Practice pitstop.

OK, so we're going to bring the car back in the garage and then we're going to try and do a pitstop with Pierre as well.