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OK, so recharge on at turn 3.

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Recharge off to 10.

Press OK twice, please. Press OK twice.

OK, brake 3. Brake 3 and good to push.

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OK, recharge on. We'll go for a cool lap now. Car behind Pierre. His first lap 15.2. So Pierre slow behind. We'll have Leclerc coming through on a timed lap now, seven seconds behind.

OK, mate, how's balance initially? Initially OK. Not the best grip yet. Understood. It'll keep building. Leclerc four seconds behind timed lap.

Leclerc two and a half and then a six second gap behind him to Perez pushing.

Perez, five seconds behind time lap.

Perez coming through behind him. Norris. Timed lap. Two and a half seconds. Clear behind Norris.

OK, let's go. Brake 3. Good to push again next lap. Clear of traffic behind.

OK, brake 5, brake 5. Single cool lap again. Leclerc four and a half behind. Timed lap now. Clear behind Leclerc. Happy to slow this slow lap down a little, sorry. Leclerc 1.5, timed.

Okay, mates, so we can go nice and steady on this slow lap. P7 at the moment, 14-0. Pierre 13.9 his last lap.

Was that with semi on 7? Yes, it was. We were just checking that. So, main losses, a little bit entry to turn 3. He's carrying a bit more speed in there. Minimum speed turn 12 as well. Braking a couple of metres later and minimum speed through there. Other than that, it looks decent. We're better through the last few corners. Clear of traffic behind at the moment. Nice and steady the rest of this lap. Thanks for watching.

Fernando did a double cool. He's pushing behind now. Six and a half seconds.

Let's go brake 3 now, Esteban. Two cars to go in front. Fernando three and a half behind. Big gap behind him.

Okay, so we think double cool from here, double cool. So watch for Verstappen possibly starting a time now.

Next car, Sargeant. Let's go brake 5 now, please. Sargeant, three and a half. Time lap.

Next car, Russell, four seconds, timed.

Did you feel any rear tyre dig towards the end of the last push lap? No. Okay, understood.

Okay, Leclerc, three and a half, time lap.

You don't want to go again? Yeah, double cool is preferred, so we're going to go for one more cool-up and then push. This should keep us in sync with the cars that have gone past us now anyway. We do have Fernando finishing a time-lap five seconds behind, so we'll just watch for him. I believe the other car also doing double cool.

Fernando, two and a half.

OK, so second cool lap, yellow turn 1. Piastri ran deep there.

And that is now clear.

Okay, so clear traffic behind. Should be in sync with cars around us.

Fernando in front. He did a single cool lap last time, so should be pushing again this time.

Clear traffic behind, let's go brake 3 and good to push next time.

Okay, no traffic behind.

Ok, understood. Let's try single then. Let's go brake 5 please, brake 5.

Clear traffic behind at the moment. Correction, Russell now pushing four and a half behind.

OK, Russell, two seconds time lap.

Next car back, Leclerc, timed 6.5 seconds.

Leclerc, four seconds, time lap.

Clear behind Leclerc.

Okay, mate, so we want five laps in the last run. We need to make this our last time. So let's do this lap, see where we are. Copy.

Let's go, brake 3. Clear of traffic behind. Pierre also going single cool this time. His best lap 13.4.

Three cars to go in front. Correction, Pierre deciding to go double cool. We do have Ricciardo coming through. Seven seconds timed. Five seconds. Four. Three. Two.

I recharge on.

Okay, mate, so we've got Russell probably time-lap now three seconds back.

Russell, two seconds, timed.

Okay, so if you think you've got a feel and want to make a change, now is the time to box, I think. If you're happy with the... Let's box now. Okay, understood. Let's box now then, please. Box now.

Leclerc seven seconds behind time lap.

Leclerc, four seconds.

Leclerc, two seconds. Timed lap clear behind him. We're boxing now for a practice pitstop.

Yeah, pushing behind four seconds. Yeah, time lap four seconds.

Esteban in. Practice pitstop, no launch.

There was a bit of asymmetry with the brakes now.

OK, I understood.

Yeah, we see a little bit just coming in the last couple of stops at the end of that lap. Okay, we'll get some comments when you're plugged in. We'll decide what we do from here.

So Pierre has just finished his, what I believe is his last time lap.

OK, so straight out, recharge, off to turn 3. We've got Joe, start finish straight, he's on a time lap now, going into turn 1.

Cars behind out or slow laps. OK, recharge on.

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Clear of traffic behind. Recharge off 8 until braking of turn 10. Can introduce some weaving as well.

Recharge all.

Okay, three cars to go in front.

Brake 3 now.

Two cars to go.

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Recharge on at brake 5. Happy to stick to the delta lap time for this slow lap, please.

Stay just negative on the delta on the way round. Piastri just finished a time lap behind. We will have Verstappen coming through time now. Five and a half seconds. So Pierre's first lap on this set was 12.7. 12.7. Verstappen 1.5 behind him.

Small amount of minimum speed at turn 1 and 4 as well, but just small there.

OK, recharge on brake 5. So P12 at the moment with that. Pierre went double cool, he'll be pushing this time. So these slow laps now, we can slow right down.

Similar to before, if not slower. We should have time for three more fast laps here. We've got Piastri, I believe. Correction, Piastri slow lap behind, no traffic other than Pierre who's about 10 seconds back.

Okay, so Pierre, time lap 6 seconds behind. He's the only car that's any traffic.

OK, mate, so, er...

Time gain or time to gain still. Again, just that little bit of entry speed into turn 3. Mid-corner speed of 12 is not bad. We're just losing a little bit on the exit. Looks like you were kind of apexing earlier there. Small numbers at the moment.

Okay, we should be clear to push the last couple of corners. Let's go brake 3 now. Brake 3 now, prep the surface and push next lap.

Brake 5 and recharge on. Clear of traffic behind at the moment.

Lap time. So Pierre's last lap 12.15, 12.15. Next car back pushing Magnussen 8 seconds.

Okay, so Pierre gained time. Exit turn 6 and through 7 and 8 on that last run. Magnussen, four and a half time lap. Turn 12 as well. Yeah, but he did move out the way also down there, man. Yeah, understood, mate. Okay, so watch for Magnussen. Two seconds back, clear behind him. Let's try to do a double coul now. Yeah, understood. That's still the tyre group's recommendation, so happy with that. I'll let you know what we can do. It could be the next lap is the last one, so standby, please.

OK, let's go into double cool.

Okay, so Ricciardo, six seconds time lap. Let's go double cool.

Okay, so Ricciardo, three seconds. Ricciardo has just finished a timed... No, he's finished a timed now. So I think, Esteban, we should be able to do fast, slow, fast, from now. That's the most number of time laps we can do. We've got Pierre, time lap, five seconds.

Okay, so just Pierre to come through, three seconds.

Okay, so clear of traffic behind. We'll be pushing next time. Fast, slow, fast. We've got margin for that.

Should get the flag with about 30 seconds to go, I think.

Let's go brake 3 now, Esteban, and we should be able to push the last couple of corners. Sainz should be pushing next time, five seconds in front.

Okay, I just need recharge off.

Clear traffic behind. Do you want to try for another lap?

No, the tyre is fucked. Okay, understood. Let's box now then. Action correction Esteban, we'll stay out, we'll take the flag and do the start. So it's three minutes till the flag.

Okay, so what we're going to do is pitstop onto the other set of tyres. I don't think we're going to have time for a time lap, but we're going to try. If not, we'll do the start at least. So box now for a pitstop. Yeah, box now for a pitstop.

Box, box.

Just the front right, worst case. Yeah, we're changing the lot.

OK, so let's go fast down to turn 3, please recharge off. We should get another time lap here. Watch for Magnussen to turn 1. Magnussen pushing behind now. Clear of traffic behind, so recharge off down to 3. I want to warm this setup as best we can.

Not a huge margin here, so I suggest pushing through cars in front or on outlaps.

Just warm this up as best you can. We've got Sainz's time lap four seconds behind.

Signs 1.5.

X-Carve back Verstappen. Time lap 6 seconds.

Five cars to go in front. Verstappen timed three seconds.

Clear behind Verstappen. Three cars to go in front. Should have margin here.

Okay, 20 seconds to the flag.

OK mate, so that's the chequered flag, so we're going to go to the grid and do a start.

Let's go scenario 1, please, for the start. Scenario 1. Copy. And we'll just have recharge on at turn 1 after the start as well.

Okay, so Pierre did not improve for any of the last laps.

Yeah, we have to check our rotation at low-low speed, like turn 10-11. I lose a lot of traction towards the end. Maybe I have compromised a bit aggressively. Yeah, understood. OK, we can review that.

We know we're not far off. That's also why I'm locked up. Yes. That's also why I'm locked up. Yeah, absolutely. We're looking at that now as we speak. The brakes are not good since the separation. So I need new ones. Yeah, understood. We'll sort that as well.

Sorry mate, we can sort all these things.

Okay, so going to the grid. We'll be starting on the left-hand side. I'll let you know about burnout shortly. Tire temps are very good and representative here.

Okay, so three burnouts and a start on the left, then only pushing to turn one.

OK, watch for car still pushing behind to Perez, one and a half pound.

And we'll be boxing now.

And box now.

No pitstop, just rolling in behind Pierre at the moment.

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