Sessions · AutoLAP

12:55:04

Radio is good. It was on, now they took it off.

12:55:14

The track temperature is 41 degrees, so it's very similar to how it was at the start of FP3.

12:55:26

And car bounces, also very similar.

12:55:36

So just remember your tyre management. That's the main thing.

12:57:34

Should have reminded you, but Albon's starting from the pitlane, so there's only three cars behind you.

12:58:11

All cars are on softs on the grid. Albon on medium starting from the pitlane.

12:58:31

Piastri, Ocon and Gasly are on used softs because that's all they've got left.

13:03:23

Mode RS for the start.

13:03:28

Last car is off the grid.

13:04:28

Don't push, please, Kev, don't push.

13:05:29

DRS is enabled.

13:06:02

Show point 4 behind.

13:06:30

Troyes still 0.4.

13:07:18

2.6

13:07:51

Show 0.8.

13:08:14

A bit over the limit at 13 and 14 but I understand what you're trying to do.

13:08:46

Show 0.6.

13:09:15

Show 0.8.

13:10:06

Four. Two. One.

13:10:35

Show 0.6.

13:10:55

Nicely done, Kev.

13:10:59

Bottas one second ahead.

13:11:59

Tsunoda 0.8 behind, Bottas 1.6 ahead.

13:12:39

Car ahead is Alonso. 1.1 seconds.

13:12:51

Zhou 1.5 behind.

13:13:23

Show 1.2 behind.

13:14:16

Yeah Kevin, I know it's difficult but if we can increase the lifting coast a bit to try and help the rear tyre temperatures, that will help.

13:14:43

Zhou, 1.5 behind.

13:15:04

Safety car window is open.

13:15:23

How are the tyres, Kev? How are the tyres? Better than Alonso's. Copy.

13:16:06

Zhou has boxed. Zhou has boxed. Great.

13:16:16

Mode T4, Kev, mode T4.

13:17:21

Box, Kev, box, please confirm. Box, box, box.

13:17:28

Box, box.

13:17:32

We'll be close with Zhou on exit. We'll be close with Zhou on exit and Tsunoda.

13:18:15

Mode push when possible. Mode push.

13:19:14

Tsunoda 0.4 behind, Zhou 3 seconds ahead.

13:20:32

Tsunoda, 1.3. That's Bottas.

13:21:29

OK, Kev, try and manage through 9, 3 and 14. Bit over the limit on these tyres.

13:21:50

What lap time are the guys up front doing?

13:21:55

Bottas just did 19.6.

13:22:00

Yes, I can't manage! Copy.

13:22:12

Zhou ahead of Bottas doing 20.7.

13:22:17

OK.

13:23:19

Yeah, this tyre is really not good. Really not good. Copy that, Kev.

13:23:32

Car ahead of you is Zhou doing 21.9.

13:23:37

You have a five second penalty for a jump start.

13:24:11

And for reference, Nico is doing 20.7. He stopped two laps later than you.

13:25:59

Capture some feedback. Nico is gaining on us. Turn 7 entry and exit. And turn 9 and 10 exits because he's able to get on the power a little bit earlier than you are.

13:26:20

Zhou's last lap 21.4. Nico's last lap 21.1.

13:27:11

Stroll boxing. We should come out just in front of him.

13:27:45

Stroll 1.5 behind. Fresh medium.

13:28:43

Stay left through turn 1 possible debris. Stroll 0.7 behind.

13:29:33

Stroll 0.5. You're currently P15. Slap slower. Three tenths lap slower.

13:30:03

Stroll 0.4.

13:30:24

Hang in there, coach.

13:30:35

Two tenths quicker than Nico last lap.

13:30:58

Only lost to Nico now at turn 10. He's getting the car rotated a little bit earlier.

13:31:25

Alonso 2.8 behind on fresh medium.

13:32:19

OK, Kevin, just a little bit over the limit on the rear left through 3 and 9. You're doing a great job.

13:33:41

Alonso one second behind with DRS.

13:34:09

Velocity 0.3.

13:35:04

Next car, Ricciardo, 4.4 seconds behind. He's doing 20.8 on 6 lap mediums.

13:36:43

Safety car window is open.

13:36:57

Ricciardo 3.4 behind.

13:37:49

Ricciardo 2.9.

13:38:16

40.40 laps to go. We're thinking of no change on aerobalance.

13:38:23

Stay here.

13:39:25

Suggest EB6 to try and help raise stability.

13:39:36

Mercado 2.1 behind.

13:40:45

Maybe you can reduce throttle lift through 14 to help lap time curve.

13:41:01

Esteban Ocon. Copy.

13:41:23

Ricciardo is 1.4 behind, Bottas 2.6 ahead.

13:41:52

Bottas on 16 laps off. His last lap was a 23.4.

13:42:26

Yeah, so, we're not undercutting him. Copy.

13:42:43

The hard will be in the 18s. One 18s. Copy.

13:43:02

What did Bottas go to?

13:43:08

Standby, he's on hards. As is Tsunoda.

13:43:16

So let's go for it.

13:43:32

Box, Kev, Box. Remember, five-second penalty. Box, Kev, Box.

13:43:48

So remember, it's a five-second penalty, mode RS for the restart.

13:44:38

Light push, Kev, light push.

13:44:51

That's the lead of Verstappen, 2.3 seconds ahead. His last lap was a 19.8.

13:45:06

Remember, we still need to manage these tyres, Kev, we still need to manage these tyres.

13:45:56

Tsunoda six seconds ahead on three lap hards. His last lap at 19.8.

13:46:27

Bottas ahead of him on his two-lap part doing 20.2.

13:47:15

Sergeant and Albon yet to stop. They will come out behind you.

13:47:47

Ricciardo yet to stop doing 21.5. He's currently going to stop and come out about three seconds in front of you.

13:48:14

Tsunoda 5.6 ahead. Last lap 20.3.

13:49:35

Tsunoda 5.2 ahead. His last lap was a 20.2.

13:50:13

When you camp, Kev, how are the tyres? Good.

13:50:27

So, Tsunoda is just 1.4 seconds behind Sargeant on 19 laps, mediums doing 22.9.

13:50:54

Sergeant has boxed, so you are now P19.

13:51:33

Be careful, we're pushing the left rear quite hard in 9 and 14.

13:51:48

Gap to Tsunoda, 5.1.

13:52:15

Gap to Tsunoda, 4.8. Gap to Bottas, 8.2.

13:52:54

Tsunoda has blue flags for Verstappen. Three seconds ahead now.

13:53:26

Tsunoda does not have a tow from Verstappen. He's 2.5 ahead of you.

13:54:29

Tsunoda 2.5 ahead.

13:54:56

Please press the oil pump up, Tsunoda 2.4.

13:55:33

28 laps to go, including this one.

13:55:48

Second place Norris is 2.2 behind. Tsunoda 1.9 ahead.

13:56:15

Tsunoda 1.7

13:57:36

Blue flag for Norris, 0.9 behind.

13:57:42

4.6 second gap behind Norris.

13:57:57

Car behind is Hamilton, 4.3 seconds behind.

13:58:57

Suggest EB4 to help stability. Tsunoda just one second ahead. Hamilton 3.3 behind.

13:59:52

Safety car window is open.

14:00:40

Car ahead is Zhou on fresh hard tyres. Bottas is 2.3 seconds ahead of you. Same tyre age as you.

14:03:56

FYI, Leclerc 3.2 seconds behind.

14:06:06

Leclerc 1.5 seconds behind.

14:07:06

Leclerc has boxed. How are the tyres? Yeah, they're okay.

14:07:59

Verstappen 1.1 seconds behind after his last stop.

14:08:07

Blue flag for Verstappen.

14:09:51

Some info, Kev. Nico is taking time out of his exit turn 10 by running wider from mid to exit.

14:10:41

For info, Kev, you're currently P16. Norris is 1.8 seconds behind.

14:11:08

Blue flag for Norris. Blue flag for Norris.

14:11:14

Russell is three and a half seconds behind Norris.

14:12:03

Kev, don't know if you're doing any saving through 13 and 14, but if you are, you can push a bit harder there.

14:12:33

That's 1.6 behind.

14:13:09

Blue flag for Hamilton. Russell immediately behind him.

14:13:27

Next car is Sainz, three and a half seconds behind.

14:13:53

Fourteen laps to go.

14:13:58

Ricciardo behind us, 5.8 seconds. He's doing 19.6s on 9 lap paths.

14:15:05

Blue flag for Sainz. Leclerc 1.8 seconds behind him.

14:15:18

Blue flag for Leclerc. Ricciardo 2.4 seconds behind Leclerc. We're racing Ricciardo.

14:16:11

There'll be no more blue flags for about five laps.

14:16:38

Blue flags are dropping front tyre temperatures. Reduce lift and coast to try and help us.

14:17:32

Ricciardo, point eight.

14:17:59

Ricardo, point 5.

14:19:10

Cargo 0.7 at the moment.

14:19:21

0.8. Another 0.8.

14:20:12

We've got 0.7. We've got 0.7.

14:20:39

Ricardo, point 3.

14:21:20

Car behind is Piastri. One second.

14:21:26

Blue flag for Piastri.

14:21:35

Albon is two seconds behind Piastri. We're racing him.

14:21:52

Albon is on a 13 lap soft.

14:22:23

Albon's pace was 20.2 before blue flags.

14:23:22

Albon had an incident, so he's 10 seconds behind now.

14:23:29

Seven laps to go.

14:25:38

Bottas 1.5 ahead.

14:27:25

Four more laps, four more laps.

14:29:56

We can use SOC 4 from the end of this lap and still have some available for K1 usage.

14:30:07

Two laps to go.

14:31:28

Starting the last time lap.

14:32:51

Thank you, Kev. That's the chequered flag.

14:32:57

We've finished B17.

14:33:06

Mode N, please, Kev. Mode N.

14:33:18

So Verstappen won the race from Norris, Hamilton 3rd, Russell 4th, Leclerc 5th, Sainz 6th, Piastri 7th, Perez 8th, Gasly 9th and Ocon 10th.

14:34:30

Okay, so, as usual, when you come to a stop, P2 to P1, and then a pause before P0, please. Thanks, Kev. Sorry, it was a pretty dismal race.