Radio check. Yes, loud and clear. Likewise.

Okay, that's Leclerc ahead of you in track. Oh, caught behind.

We are car 8 on track.

And radio check on track. Yes, likely. Yeah, likewise.

Sync is good.

So you've got Sainz, he is nine seconds ahead. He's got Max five seconds ahead of him.

They may bunch back in two. There's three cars ahead of them that are fairly closely packed.

Max is just making a bit of a gap now, so you can build a gap here. Sainz is currently six ahead.

Max, still to go. Sainz is right up his tail, so give him a good gap here. Hold position until Glerry's coming back.

Sainz just waiting to open his lap.

So let's just open his lap and we'll recharge off when you're ready.

OK, recharge on, recharge on. Currently no threats behind.

Yep, getting used a little bit to the new pass.

What's the change in low speed? It's very light. Leclerc in orange now. Leclerc is sustainable. He'll be coming past. He's at 2, 1. Coming past. He's sustainable.

Okay, no thirds behind. Tsunoda currently approaching Eau Rouge. He is on a fish lap. Just repeat your low speed comment. Yeah, it all feels very light in terms of the feedback that I'm getting.

Okay, Tsunoda's at five seconds.

3, 2, 1, coming past. No further threats behind. OK, and then how is medium speed, high speed, entry stability? Yeah, seems to be OK. Entry stability. I think the biggest thing now is getting used to...

OK, copy. So focus on your tyres. Targets are the same as before, plus three.

You're doing a good job on the tyres here.

You've got Ricciardo in a timed lap. He's four seconds back. Three seconds. He'll approach quickly. Two, one, coming past.

OK, so build your gap to the three cars ahead. Piastri's just to be open in his lap. We've got Gasly and Bottas ahead of him. Don't let Hamilton past. This is our gap.

Gasly's going to open his lap now. Then you've got Bottas ahead of you. Good gap to Bottas.

I'll let you know when. Is it 2?

OK, recharge off when you're ready.

Recharge on, recharge on. Sergeant may be fishing behind. I'll let you know.

Yeah, mate, I'm struggling quite a bit with the feeling. It's really light on the entry.

Sargeant is three seconds back. I don't think he's pushing.

So we'll go for another official. Cool your tyres. Sargeant's at 2.

That's section 3, section 1.

Got Norris closing relatively quickly. He's at three seconds.

OK, Lando Norris is back down.

Okay, our main losses to Max just now are 7, 9 and 10, just losing throughout the corner.

Perfect. For your reference, you are competitive with Max at turn 1 and turn 18.

OK. Yeah, there is no feeling on the entries. Hamilton has co-passed. He's two seconds back. Hamilton pushing. Hamilton one. Co-passed.

Next threat is Daniel. He's nine seconds back. Grip mode 2. Mode 2.

Daniel at 4, Daniel at 3, 2, 1, climb fast.

And recommend handbrake turn 1, 8 and 18. Handbrake turn 1, 8 and 18.

So no further threats behind. How's the medium high speed?

Mode 4.

OK, recharge off when you're ready.

OK, recharge on, recharge on. You can keep up the pace. We're boxing this lap. Keep up the pace. So just quick heads up on balance. You still OK with balance in general? It's just getting used to this new pass. Yeah, really. It's really the pass.

Okay, so without talking about it on the radio, I think we do not do the setup changes discussed pre-session. We'll go on to the softs so you can get a better feel for this pass.

Let me know if you disagree.

I don't think they're learning the setup. I think it's just the feeling on the entry.

Okay, well, let's talk about it back in the garage.

We should build a small gap here.

Just preparing for a double stop practice. Good. Daniel at three seconds. He'll close quickly here. Daniel at two.

One. Coming past now.

We're going to recharge off and attack the box here. Recharge off and attack the box.

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OK, track will be clear. Track will be clear. We've got Russell just waiting to complete a lap. I presume he's out of fuel. And behind we've got Hulkenberg on out lap. He's currently just at pit exit.

All cars apart from Hamilton are on push laps ahead. Hamilton is currently 18 seconds up the road. So you need to focus on your tyres.

Okay, you've got Norris who's aborted the lap. He's currently in turn 10. He'll be trying to cool his tyres. We may come across him.

He's currently 12 seconds ahead.

You do what you need to do for your tyres.

Norris is still 12 seconds ahead. We've got Zhou at 5 seconds. He looks to be having quite an aggressive outlap.

No stress though, there's a good gap behind him if we need it.

If we stay ahead, we'll have a wake-up at the brakes at 18.

He seems to have backed out. He's four seconds. That's stabilised.

Norris just did the final chicane, so be waking up your brakes into 18. Recharge off when you're ready.

Recharge on, recharge on. I've got Piastri, he'll be opening a lap behind you. Piastri at 4.

3, 2, 1. Going past. No threats behind. Albon leaving the box. He'll have a faster outlap than us.

We have engine grey 8, position 11, plus one. That's engine grey 8, position 11, plus one.

So that's Albon behind. As I say, he's leaving the box, so he'll be a bit faster than us. You focus on your tyres. We've got no other threats behind. We go for another lap? Yeah, if you think you're going to learn something. How was that lap? How was the balance?

I'm still quite numb with the balance, with the grip. Into the low speed, like low speed turn 1. I don't have much of a reference in terms of feeling. It is getting better, but I think I'm really struggling to know what the car is doing on entries. Is that mainly low speed? All speeds, low speed and medium. I don't have the feeling of what's going on.

OK, copy. In terms of sector times, we're relatively competitive to Mach sector 1, sector 3. Sector 2 is our biggest loss. And all of that loss is coming in turn 7.

So, think about compromising your line through 6 for turn 7. It looks like it's line related into turn 7. We've got Magnussen on a push lap. He's four seconds back. Magnussen at 3, 2, 1. Coming past. Next straight is Stroll. He's currently in turn 7.

I'm of engine grade 9, position 4, plus 3. Engine grade 9, position 4, plus 3.

OK, so let's build a gap to Hamilton. He's obviously going slow for a second push. Good. Zhou, he's 11 seconds back. Stroll is still a fair way back. He's turned 12.

If you want, take position to Hamilton. He's also going slow. Take position to Hamilton.

OK, Stroll at 6 seconds back. Heel close quickly, so Stroll at 4, 3, 2, 1, coming past. Let's open up here, we've got Bottas closing as well, it's 4 seconds back. 3, 2, 1, coming past. You recharge off when you're ready.

Look at that, Hulkenberg's on a lap. He's one second back. Hulkenberg coming past.

Hamilton is four seconds back. Hamilton at two, one, coming past. We've got Jewell four seconds back. Three, two, one, coming past. Then we've got Sargeant five seconds back.

I think we get on with the program. You know how important high fuel is.

Sargeant at 2 seconds. Sargeant at 1 coming past. And Daniel 7 seconds back from that.

Five seconds to Ricciardo.

He looks like he's back. He's still going past. He's two seconds back just now.

One second to go. Tsunoda quickly behind Timmy. Two seconds. Tsunoda now at one.

Tsunoda going fast. OK, Checo, we'll box this lap. We'll crack on with the programme.

What if we try another lap and we don't complete it?

Yeah, copy. Open this lap and we'll box the end of it.

So, cancel handbrake and we recharge off to open your lap when you're ready.

OK, recharge on, recharge on. Push into the box.

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Okay, Checo, you should slot it just behind Piastri here.

There's a good gap to gather behind him, so that'll be our gap. We'll be recharge off out of the pitlane and straight into it.

So, Piastri alongside now. Slotted behind him. Gap to Gasly is nine seconds. Let's use that up.

See you. Don't build a gap yet.

How many laps will we get?

We're looking at 7, Ty, but keep up the pace here and we'll build the gap at the end of the lap.

Free reference, Gasly's on a charged lap behind. He's not sustainable.

So this is Alonso ahead. He has been doing fast, slow, fast.

But let's not take any risk here.

Fernando's probably boxing.

Piastri, who is six seconds ahead of you. Give him an extra couple of seconds here. OK, and then straight into consistent running.

The medium speed is going quickly. 5-6-7. Into the rear.

Copy, balance 5-6-7 going to rear.

Recommendation, B-Bal 4.

So we see what you're doing with the bias offset. Recommendation to increase that for rear stability.

Where's the cut-off place?

Very similar to other people in a similar state.

Max is at 50.3 for a similar length of stint. Norris, 50 dead.

OK, tyre temps have begun to stabilise. How is the balance? It's going up more to the rear. Medium speed.

Copy. And low speed.

We'll have display yellow 5, position 10, plus one. That's display yellow 5, position 10, plus one. More diff locking.

I cannot turn. It's got a lot of understeer with this. It's 12.13.

To go back on the change, it's display yellow 5, position 9, minus 1.

OK, switches are good. This is our final time lap.

Strat 14.

Okay, we can go mode 12. Mode 12.

And we'll have display 7. Display 7. We'll reset our bias offset just now and B-Bal 3.

Yeah, we grain a lot in the front axle. Understood.

B-Bal three, reminder, B-Bal three.

And we'll have formation lap procedure out of 15, so it's lift off before 16 and no more than 50% throttle after 16.

Checo, OK, it'll be one long, one short burnout. One long, one short, and we start on the right-hand side.

Okay, we can keep up with pace on the way in. It'll be mode 6. Mode 6.

Recharge on, recharge on, but keep up the pace.