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Okay, Pierre, we're going to go straight out. There'll be no start.

OK, Pierre, you got 14 cars ahead of us. First car is currently Tsunoda. He's in turn 12.

Steering is slightly bent right hand side.

So let's go recharge off if we can. Thank you.

Recharge back on again.

So still no threats behind. Tsunoda only just opening his lap now.

Most cars out on the medium tyre.

Is Verstappen pushing? All cars behind you on an outlap, so there's no threats behind. Two cars ahead of you still to go.

Reminder, we'll go recharge off before starting the lap.

Ok, Pierre, let's go recharge on, recharge on and cool the tyres. Stroll the car behind. Completed a timed lap.

So that lap currently P10. Esteban's lap was at 28.99, so 29.0.

So we've got Hulkenberg appears to be on a time lap. He's five seconds back, three seconds.

Two seconds to Hulkenberg.

Okay, Magnussen behind on a slow lap. So most cars around you are in sync.

Car feels pretty sharp through turn 1 and 9. OK.

So next car pushing would be Perez. He's 11 seconds back. Are you happy with the aero bounce? Happy to do another lap to get another feel for it? Yeah, yeah, of course, but it's for feedback. Copy that.

So we've got six seconds to Perez.

Two seconds to Perez.

Okay, next car pushing is Tsunoda. He's 20 seconds back.

Tyre temps looking good for us. We've got a group of cars waiting to open their lap. About six cars.

We've still got 12 seconds to Tsunoda.

Six seconds to Tsunoda. Two cars to go. Three seconds to Tsunoda.

Okay, so let's pick a gap to Piastri. He's currently three seconds ahead.

Okay, we've got five seconds to Perez.

Good, three seconds to Perez.

OK, Pierre, we're thinking that maybe a double cool could be useful for these tyres. Not sure if you're interested in that. I'll do that, yeah. OK.

We've got a lot of different temperature between right and left tyres. Copy that. We'll get some feedback on this double cool sequence. I'm still watching Norris. He's about 7 seconds now.

Five seconds to DORIS.

Two seconds to Norris.

Okay, next car will be Tsunoda. He's nine seconds back.

We've got five seconds to Tsunoda.

Lufthansa Boeing 737-800K, another cool, we've got Verstappen behind us, finishing lap 4 as a contact. Thank you, Verstappen.

Two seconds to Bottas.

Okay, so Bottas just finished the time lap. There's some time to gain. Turns 3 and 4 mid-corner and braking for turn 15, but we're looking good in the high speed.

Out of turn 5, if we could go recharge off for temperatures and we can use DRS.

Okay, let's go recharge back on.

OK, we've got Stroll five seconds back on a time-lapse. I've got a bit of a dead-pan on the brakes. OK, we'll have a look. We're looking at three seconds to Stroll now.

1.5 to Stroll.

So we can see the dead band. That's not at a concerning level for us.

If you could use DRS. We've got three seconds to Sargeant.

And you've got three cars ahead. No, that's two ahead to open a lap. Watch out for Sargeant.

Okay, so we'll get a gap to Norris.

OK, let's go recharge on. So that lap puts us P12. Esteban P11 with a 28.72.

So, Russell will be the car behind, pushing. He is 10 seconds back.

And we're thinking double cool again. OK, let's do that. And then we'll try and get one more lap on these. We've got four seconds to Russell.

Two seconds to Russell.

OK. Too much rear lock in turn 4.

Locking the rear straight away. I feel like the front in turn 6.

Copy that, we'll have a look.

Ricciardo pushing. Ricciardo and Tsunoda behind on slow laps. Perez will be the next car pushing. He is 11 seconds back still.

Looks like Perez has backed off.

So, all cars behind on slow laps. Should I keep my position or with how many cars I had? Not clear what they're doing, but we're going to go around for another cool.

Yes, so we're not concerned behind Verstappen is clear track for 40 seconds.

Okay, for a rear lock at turn 4, we could go torque 10.

Yeah, I really feel it's at the peak when I hit the brakes, so...

OK, we'll have a look. I do think torque would be a good option.

So let's just watch out for Perez. He looks like he's opening a lap behind you.

Alright, now we have Hamilton. He's 3.5 behind Hamilton on the right.

We can watch out for Hamilton and then we can go recharge off.

So Russell is the car behind on the scrubbed medium on an outlap.

Go through. 1-0 to the left. Go through.

We're currently 9th in sector 1, sector 2, 12th in sector 3.

Are there any specific corners? Yeah, fairly balanced.

Stand by for more detail.

And if we could use DRS down the back straight.

So we've got a little bit of time in braking for 3, 6 and 15.

I'll just push next lap. Locked up. OK, go recharge on. Watch out behind. Russell's 12 seconds back.

I struggle to keep temperature in the right tyres. OK, copy that. We've got five seconds to Russell.

Okay, so you got no threats behind. Russell ahead, completing the time lap.

Okay, Pierre, let's go recharge on boxes now.

If we could keep the speed up on the A-Lap, we would like an aero cruise out of turn 5, that's aero P3, 6th gear out of 5.

Thanks for that, so let's box this lap. Just keep the speed up if you can, please.

Thank you for your info. Compared to Esteban, still a little bit of time in sector 1.

And that's where I'm struggling the most in the finish. Bit of through corner balance in 3 and then same in 4. Bit of understeer at the end of the corner.

Bit tricky at Parc fermé. Braking's not too bad.

Yeah, guys, I deal it.

All clear, all clear. Can I have... I need someone there. Yeah, we'll get someone there for later this weekend. Can we go scenario 7, please? Scenario 7.

OK, so you've got Leclerc in turn 16 getting ready to start a lap. No other traffic at the minute.

That's a reminder, no DRS.

B-Bal offset plus one.

I have to recharge off briefly.

So Leclerc is the only car pushing behind 8 seconds back.

Four seconds to declare.

Two seconds.

Okay, Sargeant behind on a slow lap and then we've got Russell behind him 14 seconds back on a time lap.

There's two cars ahead opening their laps, so you should be clear when you get there.

Just a reminder, we'll go recharge off.

Climbing to the overhead, the tyres.

Clearly something wrong with the tyres. We'll take a look.

We've got 4 seconds to Tsunoda and 2 seconds to Tsunoda behind. I lost everything from turn 9 onwards.

Full wheel slide and then the front completely gave up. Front completely gave up after that. Okay, are you happy with aero balance? We could do a flap adjust. Alright, so we've got Hamilton and Albon behind on time-lapse. Hamilton is 7 seconds back.

Five seconds now.

And now Albon three seconds back.

1.5 to Albon.

No threats behind for a while.

And if we can go scenario 8 for the next lap, we'll go scenario 8. We're still going to go around and do another cool.

I have a couple of degrees, a good 3-4 degrees on the wheel.

Right hand side down. I'm missing a couple of drops off right now.

Still no threats behind.

Is the rain on the radar? We don't expect the rain to hit us currently, but we're checking.

So the rain update, we believe it's still 15 minutes away. Small cell just missed us.

So Perez, the car behind, just completed a time lap, so he is backed off.

So the first car pushing now is Verstappen. He's 17 seconds back but he appears to be on high fuel.

And then he's got a nine second gap to Alonso, also on high fuel.

There's nobody behind Alonso. We still have 12 seconds to Verstappen.

We can use DRS down the back straight. We still have six seconds to Verstappen.

We have four seconds to Verstappen.

So we can try and keep track position to Verstappen.

I can't box now. Ok, let's box then. Recharge on.

And you've got no threats behind that box.

It's coming, so as fast as we can get out, the better. So we'll just wait until we're plugged in to talk.

We've got Stroll coming down the front straight now. Let's watch out for Stroll on exit. Sainz, the car behind, five seconds back.

Sainz on the soft tyre as well as Stroll.

So, Sainz behind, lapping in the high 32s.

I'll mid-lap until I get...

Looks like we can get about 10 laps.

Latest rain update is rain expected in 8 minutes.

What's the face like?

So, Hamilton and Russell on soft, hovering around 32.0 region.

Ricardo on the soft. He is the car behind you. He's doing 33.3.

Yeah, I can't think, mate. I didn't hear.

OK, we can afford to push more, Pierre. We're happy to go status 0. OK, copy. So, Ricciardo behind is doing 33.3.

And Hulkenberg doing 33.0.

Latest forecast expects rain in three minutes.

The grip is 0.4 at turn 3 and 4.

Okay Pierre, so we could try the back left for turns 3 and 4.

Okay, Pierre, so rain could come any minute now. It'll hit sector 3 first.

We are running now.

And Pierre, please repeat.

Ready, Carlos, corner. OK, so we don't want to take any risk.

So we do have rain now on the front straight, so that's box clear, so we can go recharge on.

Still got cars pushing behind. Esteban, the car behind, 3.5 back.

So still 3.5 to Esteban. He is going to box as well.

Most cars slow it down behind, so let's box this lap.