Okay, Piers will be driving straight out. Currently no traffic. Stroll in turn 12 on an outlap.

And if you need to go recharge off to single gear as we can, just remind her to go recharge on once you have 80.

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Okay, so let's go recharge on. We've got Stroll coming behind on a push lap. He is eight seconds back.

Stroll now five seconds.

Three seconds.

1.5 to Stroll.

OK, so next car back is Albon. He's on an outlap. The only car pushing behind Bottas, but he's still 30 seconds back, so not an issue.

Just a reminder to reset your shape and we'll go recharge off before opening the lap. Copy. Terminate the pace on the soft. Esteban, first lap was an 18.8.

OK, let's go recharge on and we'll go double cool. It's that lap currently P4. Bottas on soft did an 18.2, so he did an 18.2.

So we've got Piastri opening a time lap.

He is four seconds back.

Two seconds to Piastri.

Okay, next car pushing is Sainz, but he's 20 seconds back. How's the balance so far?

Yeah, good step forward.

Okay, and front wing. I'm happy, I'm happy. Need another lap. Okay, so let's drive through the pitlane on this double cool sequence. We won't adjust front wing. Sainz coming through is 8 seconds.

Not bad in the last sector. Four seconds to Sainz.

And we've got four seconds to Hulkenberg on a time-lap.

Two seconds to Hulkenberg.

OK, Hamilton is the next car on the time-lap. He's seven seconds back.

Four seconds to Hamilton, so let's box this lap for a drive-through.

OK, Pierre, if we can get PU4 position 6, we need PU4 position 6.

That's not quite slow, it's straight on that thing. Okay, copy that, we'll have a look. So sector 1, there's some time in braking.

So car behind is Zhou, he just finished a timed lap. So braking for 1 and 2, there's some time to gain compared to Esteban.

So Perez will be pushing. He's five seconds back.

Three seconds to Perez.

OK, next car coming through is Stroll on a time lap. He's six seconds back.

Four seconds to stroll.

Okay, Leclerc now six seconds back.

Four seconds to Leclerc.

And then the next car we have is Bottas. He's 10 seconds back.

Still got over 7 seconds to Bottas, so reminder to reset your shape and we'll go recharge off.

I don't know what's happened, but I'm pretty good.

Completed. Flap 3. OK, let's go recharge on Bottas. Completed a time-lap behind.

It's not OK. Front tyre is destroyed now.

Alright mate, we're taking a look, so let's go recharge on and for the minute let's box.

So we've got Verstappen five seconds back on a time lap.

Three seconds to Verstappen.

4.5 for Verstappen.

OK, for now, most cars behind on slow laps.

Okay, Pierre, so we'll take a look at that. Let's box this lap.

And still no threats behind.

I need to check if the front's just glazed because of these cool-down laps.

Yeah, we'll spend a bit of time in the garage for this one. A couple of things we're looking at now.

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Okay, Pierre, you're driving straight out.

Left tyre seems to be altered. No threats behind, so let's just focus on the tyres.

And if we could just stick to the delta, try and stick to our delta if we can, please. Yeah, but the tyre is too hot, so...

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So still no threats behind. So let's remember to do some weaving. And if we can start to pick the pace up, work the tyre. Reminder to reset your shape. And we'll go recharge off before opening the lap.

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Okay, Pierre, let's go recharge on and we'll box this lap for a drive-through.

That lap puts us P12.

And how's the balance?

Fortunately, it's good.

Okay, so no threats behind currently. Two cars behind on outlaps.

So, currently Norris has the P1 with 16.1.

I don't understand how we're losing all this time.

Still no threats behind, so we'll box for a drive-through.

So sector times for the happy in sector 1, P9 at the minute, but we're 14th in sectors 2 and 3.

And if we could have SOC 7 for the next lap. SOC 7. And we'll box for a drive-through.

Okay, so we're clear on pit exit.

We've got Bottas opening the lap now.

Correct. Yep, correction. Bottas in the box.

There we go.

Norris appears to be pushing. He is three seconds back.

Let's just watch out for Norris. He might have backed off. Yeah, looks like he's going slow now.

So we've got Perez now on a time lap. He is seven seconds back.

Four seconds to Perez.

Alright, then the next car would be Tsunoda. He's 10 seconds back still.

It's a reminder to work the surfaces. What's that guy in front of me gonna do? Mag is the car in front. Let's watch out for Tsunoda still five seconds back.

Two seconds to Tsunoda. Magnussen looks like he's on an outlap.

So, I'm going to recharge off.

So we've got a double yellow in turn 9.

Yellow still in 10.

Okay, Hamilton's moving again.

Alright, so let's go on round, recharge on, we'll start our series of double cool.

So feel free, we can drive through the pitlane if you like. Otherwise, stay out.

And how is the balance so far?

Balance is good.

I think we are more or less there with the flag. Maybe half a click down, but we are there. OK, copy that. For the next time, we're going to need scenario 8. So on pit exit, we need to watch out for Alonso.

Alonso, I believe, just finished a time lap.

We do. And we've got Bottas and Sargeant behind. So Sargeant now two seconds back.

Sorry Pierre, please repeat question. Do you want to push next lap or in two laps? For the plan to take the chequered flag, we could go around and do another cool. Copy. Otherwise we could push now and then maybe try a single cool and then a fast at the end, but probably won't be very good.

Yeah, I'll see you on the tyres by the end of the last sector. And if we can have SOC 10, we need SOC 10.

Is Alonso on the first or second cooldown? I'll double check. Pierre, we won't have time to do fast-slow-fast from here. Ok, so yeah. So ideally let's just do another cool lap and then we'll give you some feedback on tyre temps.

So we're just watching Albon. Albon behind on a time lap six seconds back.

Two seconds to Albon.

Okay, so we just got Stroll on pit exit.

Stroll on a second cooldown lap.

So, we've got Ricciardo pushing, but he's still eight seconds back.

And we've got four seconds to Ricciardo.

Two seconds.

So, some time to gain exit of turns 6 and 7.

And we've got Piastri four seconds back on a time-lapse.

Two seconds now to Piastri.

I'll warn Piastri if he can do some weaving and then let's prep the tyre. Braking for 12 and 13. Another place where we could gain some time. So let's reset our shape. We'll go recharge off.

Okay, let's go recharge on. Recharge on, that's the checkered flag, so we're going to the grid for a start. If we can get an aero cruise out of turn 3, that would be aero P4, 5th gear, out of turn 3.

OK, thanks for that. We'll need to go to scenario 1 for the start. Scenario 1.

And that'll be scenario one and sock six.

If we could do another aero cruise out of 11. Aero P4, 5th gear, thank you. Once we get to the final corner, we'll do a single burnout out of turn 14 and then we can pull up on the right-hand side, do a static bite point learn and then a start from the grid.

OK Pierre, if we can go recharge on, recharge on. If we can do a big lift off. We need to create a small gap.

Boxing this lap.

That's good for us, so that's box. Now we'll do a practice pitstop.