OK, let's go.

Track clear behind. Leclerc's just finished a timed lap. He's six and a half seconds behind. No immediate threats. Braking check. Braking is good. Into GX3, please.

Mode K2 plus, please.

Leclerc four seconds behind. He's not on a push lap, but it looks like he's going to want to come past. Three seconds, two and a half seconds, two seconds, one and a half seconds, one second.

One second behind you. Coming past. Zhou is on a slow lap behind you. Got Tsunoda on a timed lap. He's 12 seconds behind.

Russell on an outlap three seconds ahead of you.

Tsunoda is backed off, so no threats behind.

Okay, Kev. Third push, you are good to go.

Charge up for cooldown lap.

No threats behind at the moment.

Stappen on hardest at 44.7.

Sainz on a time lap 9 seconds behind.

Sights 5 seconds.

Four seconds.

Two seconds. One second coming past.

This current time lap is Leclerc. He's 16 seconds behind.

Leclerc, eight seconds time lap.

Cleared for 5 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second coming past. No other threats.

Got Zhou on a slow lap, one and a half seconds behind.

OK, next car behind you is Piastri. He's on a slow lap as well. He's eight seconds behind.

Gas to be six seconds. Honest, slow lap. Five seconds.

Four seconds, Piastri, slow lap.

Two seconds. Piastri, slow that.

Also Bottas, four seconds on a slow lap.

So Bottas, I believe he's on a slow lap. He's one and a half seconds behind and going quicker than you. Brake warm-up, please, Kev. Brake warm-up. Hamilton, time-lap, seven seconds behind. Brake warm-up, if possible, Kev. Hamilton, five seconds, time-lap, four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second, coming past. And we've got Ricciardo, 11 seconds behind, time-lap. Bottas is coming past you, Sargent, on a slow lap, one second behind. Then Ricciardo, five seconds, time-lap.

Ricciardo, four seconds. Three seconds, Ricciardo.

Two seconds, Ricciardo. One second, Ricciardo. Coming past. No other threats. Let's just make a gap. Set mode push.

Good to go, good to go.

Hamilton starting a time lap. Five snowies in the pitlane, all clear behind. Charge on.

No immediate threats. Sargeant behind you. Think he might be on an in-lap. He's coming past. Verstappen's just completed a time-lap. Four seconds behind you. Three seconds. Two seconds. He's on a slow lap but might be boxing. One second.

Past 15 second gap to Perez.

Perez is not on the timed lap.

Looks like Perez is boxing. He's coming up quickly behind you, but he is on a slow lap, so Perez boxing four seconds behind.

Perez, one and a half seconds. One second.

We've got Norris going quickly, but again, slow lap, so not a time lap. Norris four seconds behind, but not time lap.

Norris 2 seconds, not time-lap. Got Ricciardo time-lap 8 seconds behind.

Ricciardo's six seconds timed lap.

Four seconds time-lap. Three seconds, two seconds, one second coming past. And then we've got Gasly time-lap 15 seconds behind.

If understeer is your main problem, EB7 could help. EB7, Gasly six seconds behind time lap.

Gasly 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Coming past. Cleared behind.

Brake warm-up reminder.

Compared to Albon and Bottas, turns 5, 7 and 12, general speed through, are our biggest losses at the moment.

Another brake warm-up. Reminder please, Kev. Got Stroll and another car. It's Alonso, four seconds behind, showing a slow lap.

No cars in time-lapse.

So, Stroll and Alonso just one and a half seconds behind together. Both coming past you.

Albon on a slow lap, eight seconds behind.

Albon five seconds behind on the slow lap. Alonso four seconds ahead.

So mode push. Sainz nine seconds behind time lap. Just make a gap to Alonso.

It's like six seconds, five seconds, four seconds. Good to go, good to go.

Charge on. Boxing this lap.

Sorry, can mode in please? Mode in, no threats behind.

And please could we have a CSL up to turn 5 please. CSL 6 to turn 5.

So we have Gasly time lap 20 seconds behind.

Gasly, 14 seconds time lap.

OK, cap. Boxing. Box, box.

Stopping on the marks and going to P1 please. Before you go to P1 can you do a pre-start revs check please. Pre-start revs check and then P1.

100. Long there, Kev.

I just need to go to the toilet. Yeah, no worries.

Are you able to give us some quick feedback comments before you do that, just so we can look? Yeah, very different balance in the new tyre method.

So, mode RS start, please, Kev, thank you.

Norris coming past you, time lap. Then we've got Perez, 17 seconds behind, starting a time lap.

Mode K2 plus, please. Mode K2 plus. Perez, eight seconds time lap.

Six seconds time-lap. Five seconds. Four seconds. Three seconds. Two seconds. One second. Coming past. Then the next car, seven seconds. Zhou, time-lap. Six seconds. Five seconds time-lap. Four seconds. Three seconds. Two seconds.

One second coming past. Nico, time lap 10 seconds.

Nico, six seconds, five seconds, four seconds.

Three seconds, Nico, time lap. Two seconds. One second. Coming past. And we've got Ricciardo nine seconds behind time lap.

Six seconds, Ricciardo.

Four seconds, Ricciardo, time lap. Three seconds. Two seconds. One second. Coming past.

Tsunoda, 5 seconds time-lap, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second, coming past, then Sargeant, 3 seconds time-lap, 2 seconds, brake warm-up when possible, 1 second, coming past. Track is clear behind.

Right, push.

Charge on. Cooldown lap. Norris starting a time lap 8 seconds behind.

Norris, two seconds. Norris, two seconds. Time-lapse. One second.

No threats at the moment, Kev.

Perez, 13.12 seconds behind time lap.

Nine seconds time-lap. Seven seconds time-lap. We think that you're slowing the car, trying to get it rotated at 5, but we're not actually gaining from it. We're losing time there compared to Nico. Perez, four seconds time-lap. Nico is right behind him. Two seconds, one second coming past. Perez seems to have backed off. Hamilton time-lap. Three seconds, two seconds, one second coming past. Zhou, four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second coming past. Sargeant, two seconds, one second coming past.

We lost four tenths in the last corner, Kev Tanika. Ricciardo, one and a half seconds, time lap, one second coming past. And need to get a tighter apex at turn 1 apparently. Tsunoda, three seconds, time lap, two seconds, one second coming past. No other threats at the moment.

Leclerc time lap 10 seconds behind.

Leclerc 6 seconds, 5 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second. Coming past, no other threats at the moment.

Turn 1-5 and the last corner with the losses on that last lap. Alonso on an outlap is right behind you. There's nobody on a time lap. Brake warm-up reminder.

So you've got a collection of cars on slow laps or in laps. Stroll coming past. Then Albon coming past. Then Russell coming past. Bottas right behind you. Coming past. Sainz seven seconds behind on a slow lap. No other threats.

So, mode push. We'll just make a gap to these cars ahead. Most of them have gone in the pitlane.

Good to go, good to go.

Okay, moded. Box this lap.

No immediate threats.

Zhou time lap 11 seconds behind.

If possible, a CSL 6 up to 5 would be good. I've just got Alonso 1.5 seconds behind. Zhou, time lap 7 seconds, 6 seconds. Zhou, 5 seconds, time lap, 4 seconds, time lap, 3 seconds, time lap, 2 seconds, 1 second coming past. Sorry Kevin, GPS is playing up.

No other threats.

OK, gap. Boxing this lap.

Fox, Fox.

Stopping on the marks and going to P1, please.

100 long there, Kev.

OK, let's go.

So, start in mode RS, please.

Piastri, two seconds behind. Heavy fuel time lap, one and a half seconds. Pushing immediately, Kev, so mode push when you can.

Piastri just over a second behind. There's a full second gap behind him.

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Looking for a first lap time of about 1.50. Suggest using the right-hand toggle to lock the diff at the last chicane, Kev. It looks a bit loose on the diff there.

Four-time laps.

Okay, Kev, we'd like you to look after the tyres more in turn 10, please.

Please use DRS on the next lap.

Be careful, we still think speed in turn 10 is too high for a race stint.

And that's the chequered flag.

So, mode slow please, and we're doing our lap to the grid now.

Piastri coming up quickly behind you. He's on a lap to grid as well, but he's coming up quickly. Come past.

I've got Gasly two and a half seconds behind.

Two seconds, Gasly. One and a half seconds.

One second. Coming past Perez. Two seconds. One and a half seconds.

Perez looks like he's going to come past.

No, he stopped behind you.

I've got Bottas coming up quickly behind Perez.

Okay, when you come to the grid, we'd like you to do two burnouts before you stop and on the left-hand side, so start from the left-hand side and then pushing to turn 5, please.

Copy.

And mode in, please mode in.

So, Kevin, as usual, practice your pitlane entry, please, and then when you stop on the marks, the guys will do a tyre change before going to P1.

Kevin, thank you. You did slide a little bit long on that one. I don't have a measurement unfortunately.