We can do two consecutive laps to start this run as well, so you can be pushing off for the first time.

Can I advise caution on kerbs as well, please?

Ryan Cubs. Just in case it's still damp out there, that's all.

Stroll in front, Tsunoda behind. Almost everyone on the hard tyre.

Use DRS down to 15, please.

Okay, let's start the build, recharge our batteries.

Happy to push into a second lap. Good gap in front.

Okay, we're still going to a cool. So, fastest time on the soft at the moment 29.9, that's for Verstappen.

And now 29.8 for Tsunoda. He's the car behind. Should be on a cool lap now. How's the balance initially?

Pretty good. OK. The traction is not great. Out of 7.

Okay, we'll have a look at that. Any braking issues at all?

On the outlap, otherwise no. Okay, very good. Alright, so we're going to go into a sequence of fast, slow, fast.

Should be able to get maybe four push laps in from now.

How do you feel balances turn 15 and 13, just with a diff? Yeah, we have good front end there, so all good. Okay, very good. Alright, so car's reasonably well spaced in front, Tsunoda on a slow lap behind.

So the next car coming through on a timed is Zhou. He's at turn 9 now, about 11 seconds behind. Three cars to go in front.

And behind Zhou is Hadjar, four seconds behind him.

Okay, so only Hulkenberg to go in front. Zhou eight seconds behind pushing.

We're in a good spot here, just need to recharge off. Zhou 5 behind now.

Okay, we've got Tsunoda off at 7. Could be a red flag. He's stuck in the gravel. Keep going for now.

And red flag, box, box. Red flag, box, box.

Okay, so we are boxing now.

OK, so we're stopping on the box.

And then we'll switch off.

I hope so, going straight out.

And we'll plan to do fast, slow, fast on this set.

Tyre temps aren't too bad from what I can see, so first lap should be decent still.

And we'll use DRS on all straights, please.

Cars in front, Hadjian, Albon, we need recharge on now, please recharge on.

Okay, so four cars to go in front, no traffic behind.

Okay, cars in front to go, Albon, hedge up.

Okay, just need to recharge off and then fast slow fast.

OK, so recharge on. So we're going for one more push lap after this. No traffic behind at the moment. P5 currently. Leclerc 29.0, the car in front of us. Fernando 29.46 behind us in P6.

Had Jarv behind, he could still be pushing now 7.5 seconds back.

The same with Colopinto, who's behind him as well.

Metier France 1, we might see drops at times. Sector 3 in particular, Hadjar, two seconds behind now, pushing.

Same with Colo Pinto, just behind him, two seconds, then a gap.

OK, next car behind is Bottas, eight seconds. He's on a slow lap.

So, no traffic behind us.

Both the cars in front should be on slow laps next time.

Although it's not impossible, they keep pushing, so I suggest we make a decent gap to them. Bottas behind. Slow lap.

Car behind now Leclerc. 8 seconds. Looks like he's pushing at the moment. And then an 8 second gap behind him. So if Leclerc comes through. Let him go. Hadja's boxed. Leclerc pushing 3 seconds behind.

OK, recharger. OK, car behind Hamilton. Six seconds. Starting a time lap now.

Now we'll turn three and a half now.

And we'll turn three seconds. Okay, mates, so we've got the option here, if we want to do five time laps on the next tyre, on the next run, so low fuel, we need to box now. If we're happy to just do fast, slow, fast on the next tyre, we could do one more lap on this set. I don't know if you've got a preference.

Three-time lap would be good on the other one. Okay, then in that case we're going to need to come in now just so we can get balance adjusted. Watch for Colin Pinto behind three seconds. Currently P8 still.

I've got a bit of time lag behind me.

Okay, so that's clear from traffic behind. We're boxing now. We're going to do a practice pit stop as well. Copy. I picked up a little bit more understeer in the medium speed corners.

Okay, understood. It's good to know. Let's box now please. Practice pitstop, no launch.

OK, steady into the box. No launch, no launch.

Okay, very good. So I'll explain the plan when we're back in the garage.

Okay, you'll be clear pit exit.

Okay, a bit of a mix on tyre usage at the moment. Some on the medium, some on the soft. Sainz, the car behind, outlap.

Okay, so we're going for 130kph through 13, just remember to coast down through that.

And no DRS.

In sequence with Hulkenberg and Sainz in front and behind. Only Hulkenberg to go.

We'll go into 5 time-lapse. Just make that gap. 5. Recharge off and good to go.

OK, recharge on.

Okay, so Sainz just finishing a time lap on the medium behind, so clear of traffic currently. We'll have Verstappen coming through, pushing now, he's about 10 behind.

It's fairly slow, please. No need to rush them.

Verstappen, six seconds time to lap. All cars behind on slow outlaps at the moment. We'll have Hamilton coming through as well. Verstappen, 1.5. Check floor on the left side for turn 9. Understood. Watch for Hamilton now. Four and a half.

Hamilton 1.5. Zhou behind him, out lap.

OK, we see nothing on the floor, so we're quite happy with that at the moment. How was balance, please? Balance was OK. It was a bit more difficult turn 9 for some reason. And some understeer at 16.17. OK, understood. So, at the moment we're P7. Hulkenberg did a 28.1, just under 28.1. Bottas 28.35, so a tad slower. Piastri behind outlap. So, nice and steady on the way around. Going for another push after this.

Clear of traffic behind now. In terms of cars, everyone that's done a second lap on the soft so far has improved. Bottas improved even on the third lap with a very slow lap. So we'll stick to single cools for now.

Might just slow this next one down even more. Two cars to go in front. Clear of traffic behind. Only Piastri to go now.

Gaps good. Recharge off.

OK, recharge on. OK, so nice and steady on the slow laps, please. We're just going to go for a single cool. Albon, the car behind now, he's just finished a timed five seconds back, so no traffic.

Okay, so we think a double call is worth doing for this one. Yes, because I can't recharge. Yeah, exactly. So what we're going to do is box at the end of this lap and do a launch from the box though. That's ideal for the start at the end of the session as well. It'll have no impact on tyres but will help recharging. Watch for Hulkenberg, 5 behind.

Hulkenberg 4 behind, pushing.

The other thing is the sharpness on first first turn in rally of 9 and 6 and the high speed 13 as well. Do you want to try a flap adjust with this then as well? No, no, no. Okay, understood. Watch for Colopinto behind. He's on a slow lap actually but keeping his pace up. We're going to box now and do a launch from the box.

Yeah, copy. It's fine in the corner, it's just the turn in. Okay, understood. We'll have a look and see if there's anything we can help with switches there. We've got Ricardo on a push lap now, 5.5 behind. We just need to watch for him. He's the third car back, the two directly behind are on slow laps. Ricardo now 3.5 behind.

Ok mate, so stopping on the marks, we'll do a static right point find and then a launch.

OK, so straight out. We've got Sainz just going into turn 1 now. He'll be starting a time-out.

And clear pit exit.

OK mate, so we're going to focus on keeping the front tyre temperatures up, they're the ones that have dropped.

Okay, so we won't use DRS down to 6, we might use it down to 15, subject to how these temperatures come up. Still P7 at the moment.

It's only the top guys in front of us on a mix of medium and soft at the moment.

Any wide modifier suggestion last corner? Yeah, we can try that in the last corner. Yeah, we're happy with that. We're happy to keep brake at 5 as well. We'll ask for that off after 15. Fernando behind on an outlap.

We will have Jack coming through on a timed lap this time. He is going into turn 7 now.

Fernando, slow on. Yeah, Fernando, slow. I've got Jack behind seven seconds timed.

DRS down to 15 if you can.

Jack coming through four seconds. Let's not hold him up. Clear behind him.

OK, car behind now, collar pin tow, 8 seconds. So just two cars to go in front.

Colopinto behind outlap on the soft. It's a mess in front. It's alright, let's just make that gap, let's let him go. Colopinto behind outlap, no traffic.

Right, recharge off and see what we get.

Okay, recharge on and box. Recharge on and box. If we can have an aero cruise off to turn 5 as well please. Aero P3. That's 240 kph. Happen to go recharge off. Totally go up to speed there.

Collar pins are behind slow lap, so no other traffic.

That's good and we can keep our pace up on the way in. Boxing now. Should we do it on the soft, the long run? Yeah, that is the intention at the moment. It's not going to be the longest long runs, looking at five or six time laps.

We'll have a chat about how we treat the tyres when we're back in the garage.

Have a look at bouncing turn 15. Let's show that we're bouncing. Okay, understood.

I don't know the aero cruise now because it was traffic, the other one. OK, understood. We've got Albon coming through 7 seconds behind him. We'll do a practice pitstop as well, please. Albon 6 behind.

And box now, practice pitstop, no launch.

No launch, no launch.

Okay, very good.

Alright, so we are P10 at the moment, just outside of a tenth up to P7, which is Hamilton. Leclerc and Sainz, the cars in front, so not looking too bad. Okay, it's going to be a prompt turnaround. I'll let you know what we're doing when we're plugged in.

Okay, so watch for a colour pinto just coming through now and clear behind.

Okay, so status 3 reminder.

Okay, so three time laps, lifted to one.

Have we known if that worked, what I did? Yeah, we're just discussing that, we'll advise accordingly.

Okay, Spencer, we'd like to lift on the next one so we get a straight compare, so that's useful.

OK, so lift through 1 this time.

Okay, that's good, so no more lifting or anti-overtake fuel.

OK, we're only going to get one more time lap after this one. So, one more lap after this.

Okay, so that's the chequered flag and we're going around to the grid to do a start.

Okay, so just going to cool the car on the way round. We can go recharge on as well.

Okay, can we put the multi back into tyre as well, please?

OK, so going to the grid. I'll let you know about burnout procedure when we get there. I've got a read on the tyre temps.

Okay, so going into the grid, we'll be doing a start on the left. We'll let you know about burnouts in a moment. And then pushing to pit entry as well. Jack's about, he's the third car behind. We plan to do a pitstop with both of you. Copy.

Okay, so three burnouts, three burnouts and a start on the left.

Alright, box now, practice pitstop. Box now, practice pitstop.

Turn in. No launch, no launch.

OK, so just do the pitstop with your car, then we'll bring you back in the garage. Just keep radio comms down for a second, please.

Okay, very good. So we'll get some comments when you're plugged in, in a moment.

Alright, so any comments on that?