Keep nice and close to the car in front.

Okay, so 15 seconds, we'll start the session.

And we're all good. We're temperature green light now.

I cycle most of all cars so far on used tyres.

Okay, good gap in front. Albon and Sainz the cars behind.

Okay, so keep that 240 reference.

Stay on plan 1.30 through 6 and 7.

240, down to 9. Just keep an eye on that delta. Just need to recharge off good to go. No traffic behind me.

Watch for Sargeant. Three seconds behind time lap. Sargeant is three behind. I'm pushing now.

And we are boxing now. There's a Sargeant coming through now, time lap. Car behind him, Albon on a slow.

Clear traffic behind at the moment, so staying negative on the delta and boxing now.

Pierre's first lap time 6.85. Next car pushing Hulkenberg seven seconds behind.

Hulkenberg, four seconds. Three.

Hulkenberg through. Car behind. Slow. Albon and Sainz.

Let's keep our pace up on the way in now.

Box now. Watch for the white bridge lights on the way.

Weybridge, Weybridge, Weybridge.

OK mate, so normal procedures here. So go to P1. Only go back to P2 once you are clear of the scales.

Esteban, would you like a flap adjust for the next set?

I would say half a turn more, maybe. Half a turn more, understood.

P2 please, Esteban. P2 on the switch.

Okay, so plenty of time in hand here.

Can we go SOC 7, please? SOC 7.

So, on track we have Hamilton and Russell. Hamilton's going into turn 1. Russell's five seconds behind him. They've just completed time-lapse. We think they'll be boxing now.

Russell at pit exit. Should be boxing this time.

So Russell and Hamilton in front should be boxing, so normal outline procedures please, no traffic behind.

First car pushing is Verstappen. He's at turn 1 now.

And same reference through 6 and 7 please.

Verstappen 11 seconds behind pushing.

Both Mercs are boxing.

Mercs are boxing, yeah? Mercs are boxing. Verstappen, 7 behind timed lap.

I just need recharge off. Good to go.

OK, recharge on and box.

Cars behind should be on in-laps at the moment. First car pushing is Piastri, about nine seconds behind.

I'm going to keep my pace up and focus on recharge on the way.

Okay, so P6 for that time so far. Pierre's last time 1 minute 5.9. 5.9. Piastri, 4 seconds timed.

Piastri, three and a half times. Bottas is quite close behind him, also pushing. Three seconds. Another to Piastri, two. And then Bottas, another three. Behind Bottas. One second gap behind Bottas. Four seconds to Zhou. Zhou pushing.

Big gap behind. Who's down behind? Zhou. Two seconds left.

It should be good there. Box now. Stroll behind. We'll be on our own lap.

And box now. Watch for the waybridge lights, please.

Okay, I'm stopping outside the front of the garage.

Gasman, what do you think on flap for the next set? And P2, please. P2 now.

Having another half a turn. Understood.

OK mate, so we're happy with that lap procedure. Same again.

Four minutes till the chequered flag, so plenty of time. No cars on track.

Is my rear left normal temperature? Don't worry, it hasn't registered yet. All is fine there. Hulkenberg and Magnussen in the cars behind. So let's make that gap. And same outline procedure as before.

Ok mate, all on plan here, 130 reference.

No traffic behind.

Okay, watch Leclerc starting a time. He's letting through. Gap behind 6 seconds to Hulkenberg who's just finished a time lap.

Okay, and we are boxing now. No traffic behind P7 at the moment.

Clear of traffic behind, Pierre is best. 1 minute 5.6, 1 minute 5.6.

1 minute 5.598, so he's four positions behind. Three positions behind. Watch for Stroll coming through now on the time lap. He's about four seconds back. Stroll three.

Next car, Fernando, seven seconds.

Ok, Fernando pushing 5.5.

Okay, mate, so we're safe and through. Watch for Fernando. Three seconds behind him, Magnussen is on an in-lap.

So we are boxing now.

OK, mate, so we're stopping outside the front of the garage here.

I'll explain what we're thinking when we're looking.

Snap on the entry there. Yeah, I think I was too hard on traction exiting 3. Understood.

Guess what? 15 seconds till session start.

And green light in 2, 1 and green.

No weighing around that scale, but it...

Okay, same outline procedures.

Okay, 130 reference, all looking good.

Okay, we'll just make up that time at the end of the lap.

Clear pit exit. Recharge off. Good to go.

Okay, recharge on and keep your pace up on the inlap, please. Pace up on the inlap.

Okay, so we're boxing now. We're going to focus on recharge as well, keeping our pace up on the way in.

Okay, so Pierre's last lap 105.65, so just under a tenths of a second.

How much of a limitation is high speed understeer at the moment?

It's okay. Understood. So box now, please box now.

Watch for the waybridge lights. Box now.

Turn in. Stop me outside the front of the garage.

It's P2, please. P2.

Esteban, any flap adjust? No.

OK, so we've got Hamilton going into turn 1 now, starting a time-lap. A few cars pushing this time, effectively at the back of the queue. Russell about four seconds behind starting a time-lap as well, going into turn 1 now. No cars out laps in front. Russell time-lap behind coming through.

And the next car behind pushing is Ricciardo, 4 seconds. Correction, Ricciardo, 7 seconds.

Ricciardo, three-and-a-half time lap.

1.5. Next car back Piastri, 10 seconds.

Stick to plan 3-6-7. Just need to pick up pace a little towards the end of the lap. We were a bit close last time.

Piastri, six seconds timed and then an eight second gap behind him. Piastri, four and a half.

Piastri, three, two seconds Piastri, nine seconds gap behind him.

OK, recharge off and we're good to go.

OK, recharge on and box. Keep your pace up, please, for this end lap.

Okay, so pace up all the way in.

No traffic behind.

Okay, no traffic behind. Would you like a flap adjust for the next run?

Okay, I'm in Boxing now.

Box now watch for the waybridge lights. On the way.

Okay, stopping outside the front of the garage.

P2 please, P2.

If you think you're suffering from any front overheating, 6 and 7, on the flying lap we could just... We'll just have to pick pace up elsewhere to make up the time.

OK, no cars on track.

Okay, let's stick with the baseline out lap.

Plenty of time in hand.

OK, 130 reference. Stay on plan. Just make sure that time doesn't get away from us at the

Perez has gone in front.

Tracks all yours. Recharge off. Let's go. I think you go off.

OK, recharge on and box. Recharge on and box.

Watch for Fernando behind time-lapse for three seconds.

Next car, Ricciardo, five seconds pushing. Few cars going to come through this time. Ricciardo, four seconds timed.

Two seconds, Ricciardo. Clear behind him, Hamilton and Tsunoda, both on slow laps.

Coming up with P10 at the moment. I know where we finish up.

Okay, car behind Pierre. Six seconds time lap.

P5.

You have four and a half.

Four seconds, Pierre.

Three seconds, three seconds timed. Clear behind Pierre.

And box now.

OK, stop outside the front of the garage.

Where are we? So P10 at the moment. Pierre was P12 and just had his last lap time deleted. OK. Standby.

OK, we are through, Esther. Well done. Yes! Just.

It's a shame, nearly at 10.

Okay, so Hulkenberg in front.

Almost all cars fired up behind now.

Normal outlet procedures.

Okay, so 130 reference still.

Let's make sure we keep up with that time at the end of the lap, please.

Recharge off and we are good to go.

OK, recharge on and box. Keep our pace up on the in-lap. Leclerc pushing now, six seconds behind.

For info, Hulkenberg's first lap, 1 minute 6.0 on a used set. Leclerc, four seconds timed.

One second now. Next car, Perez. Eight seconds timed.

Perez, six and a half.

All right, so two.

Okay, clear behind 13 seconds now. We should be good to box.

It's a box now. Watch for the white bridge lights.

Does he have the new set or no?

So I believe Hulkenberg does have a new set again.

So what can happen here?

So, next question. Flaps, would you like to go up or down on that? Keep the same. Understood. And P2, please. P2 now.

Am I the only one? You're the first car to go, yeah. Everyone's going to follow now.

OK, so the next car is just about a pit exit now.

Can we go socket 6, please? Socket 6.

OK, tyre temp is much better on this set.

Alright, stick it to plan B.

Let's just make up the time at the end of the lap. Recharge off, no traffic behind me.

Let's give it our all.

OK, recharge on and box. Recharge on and box.

So Perez pushing now six seconds behind.

There is five seconds, four, three now.

Gap behind in eight seconds to Leclerc.

Leclerc, six and a half.

Leclerc. Six seconds still.

Four seconds now.

Two seconds clear behind Leclerc.

And focus on fuel saving on the way in, please, and box now.

Fuel saving on the way in. Box now and into Parc fermé.

Hamilton, 7 behind is pushing. Should be OK.

Okay mate, and switch off procedures in P5 as normal.

Okay, so as it stands, we are P10. Okay. But yeah, we've only used sets, so Hulkenberg P9 improved to 1 minute 5.38. Yeah, it was a good lap to use one, to be fair. It was, yeah. So we're still a couple of tenths off of our best. Let's see what we can do tomorrow, okay? Well done, mate. Good job. See you back shortly. See you.