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Lewis Hamilton
12:49:28
B-Bal offset plus one.
12:54:01
Radio check.
12:54:05
It's pretty tight. It's good.
12:55:24
What do you think we should do that last win today?
12:56:04
Yes, Lewis, we're in that intermediate step. I'm pretty happy with where we're at. Track is around 30 degrees. I think it's just dropped 29, so it's a little bit on the cooler side. It's now 27.5.
12:56:20
Is he going to be calling? No, I think he's probably going to just hang around about this temp, depending on what cloud cover we've got.
12:56:32
Good.
12:56:43
How's that B-Bal, you think?
12:57:58
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12:58:49
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13:00:55
Aircraft traverse on target.
13:01:02
B-Bal offset plus one.
13:02:19
OK, so we'll go for five burnouts. Five burnouts.
13:03:18
And last car approaching the grid.
13:05:07
So DRS has been enabled.
13:05:21
Valtteri is the car behind.
13:06:02
Sir Hulkenberg, next car ahead on 1.2.
13:06:13
Gap behind 0.92, Loda.
13:07:52
Hulkenberg was 17.2.
13:10:25
DRS checked. DRS copied.
13:13:01
Too slow on the straight.
13:13:30
And you think about strat 8 at the overtake.
13:15:35
Nice work Lewis, you've got Stroll ahead 0.6, Alonso, car ahead of him.
13:19:04
Notice if he gives a balance check when you can.
13:19:18
That's a good one.
13:19:59
There's Strolls without DRS though.
13:20:34
There's a lot so 1.6 ahead.
13:20:46
Alonso, set T1 last lap.
13:21:41
Tyres are very good.
13:23:17
Gasly 2.3 ahead last lap. He was a 17.1. Gasly not strong in the final corner.
13:23:47
Loose with this progress. We're at target plus four at the moment. Maybe more.
13:24:14
Gasly, 17.0.
13:24:35
Audi Aero lost to Gasly. Exit 10.
13:25:30
So, gap 1.7. Gas needs 17.3.
13:26:41
Last pace. See if I can catch him a bit ahead. Verstappen, 16.9, George, 16.6.
13:28:02
Think about going plus one on B-Bal.
13:28:26
Looks like you can update your tyre switch when you're ready.
13:29:21
So that gap about 0.6.
13:30:13
OK, copy.
13:31:28
This pit window has three cars in it at the moment, so just wait for them to clear out.
13:32:18
Nice and wimpy, love.
13:33:00
OK, so box opposite to Gasly.
13:33:26
Strat mode 5, this will be outlap critical.
13:33:40
I have to see an ogre ahead.
13:33:44
Synoda, 8 lap offset.
13:34:26
Safety gas defi, half second.
13:34:59
And now dropping back into the mid-race. Into some management now.
13:35:10
Gasly pit. Gasly stayed out, so one second safety for him. So now into management.
13:35:42
Have you got this out of me?
13:35:54
So he's four cars ahead, haven't he?
13:36:00
He said I have, yeah.
13:36:14
So, Ocon car ahead yet to stop. 25 lap hold medium tyres. Hulkenberg ahead of him has.
13:36:26
A4, safe to gas the other. A4, safe to gas it.
13:37:31
So Hulkenberg ahead doing 16.7 is 7 laps offset on tyres.
13:37:43
Correction, 9 lap offset on tyres and think about strat mode 7.
13:38:26
Do you have a detour map?
13:38:37
Yeah, currently staying on plan.
13:38:49
What tyre do I need to be doing?
13:39:30
So we're just debating plan A, plan B?
13:40:16
Just let me know what kind of handling is there, man. I can push more as soon as I push it. Target lap time 57.01.7. Head to Magnussen.
13:40:45
Magnussen yet to stop. 17.1 last lap.
13:41:30
Next car, Stroll, four seconds ahead. Yet to stop, 18.0.
13:42:23
So, lost to George. Mid-speed turn 13. Maybe pushing a little bit too much through 7 and 8.
13:43:15
So we now have Sainz power ahead, 4.6. He has just stopped, so he is on hard tyre.
13:43:37
I'm a bit lost as to where my target is right now. Just trying to catch up, guys.
13:43:49
So it looks we're flexible on plan at the moment, erring towards plan B.
13:44:02
So we will race Sainz car ahead at 3.5 seconds.
13:44:31
So now happy with turn 7 and 8. Turn 13, good improvement.
13:44:57
Sainz is 58.
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And a gap of 3.3 to Sainz. He's got fresher tyres, I think.
13:45:58
Affirm, but pace looks good.
13:46:12
Sightseeing. 53.
13:47:22
Gap at 3.6. You can pull back braking. Turn 1 for better exit. You are strong through turn 2-3.
13:47:47
14.9, last lap.
13:47:51
Yeah, I can't match his tyres right now, mate.
13:48:39
Let's think about earlier lifting to turn 7. It's ISO lap time for lower energy.
13:48:52
Same lap time as Sainz.
13:49:50
That was the guy that made me burn away, yeah?
13:49:56
Sights are 14.7.
13:50:05
At the front, they're on similar age tyres, so they're doing 15.3s.
13:50:46
It looks like Sainz and Perez may be pushing each other quite hard, so they may come back to us.
13:51:11
Perez 15.1, Sainz 14.7.
13:52:25
So Perez 51, Sainz 14-7.
13:53:37
Gap at 4.5. Perez at 15.0. Save for sights.
13:54:33
Be careful out of the centre of the grid.
13:54:44
Lewis Loftus, Sainz, Perez is exit turn 12.
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Perez, 14.8. Sainz now has DRS.
13:56:10
Perez at 14.9.
13:57:22
George is nine seconds up the road in P5. He's 15.4 last lap.
13:58:16
So let's start introducing some lifted coast into turn 11, into turn 7. Just need to get on top of the fuel.
13:58:40
So, George at 15.6, Perez at 14.9.
13:59:52
Sergio at 15.3, Perez at 15.1, with you at 15.3, Perez at 15.1, standing by for turn 2.
14:00:15
Yeah, I've got a big flat spot now.
14:00:27
Vibrations look OK at the moment.
14:01:31
I have understeer at turn 5 and oversteer at turn 8.
14:02:01
Sergio Perez on side 15.1.
14:02:14
OK, let's start the job. Start the engine. Let's go.
14:02:23
OK, copy. Yeah, we have free pitstop anyway.
14:03:41
Sir, side's 51, Perez at 64.
14:04:45
OK, so box, box, box, box.
14:05:18
So this will be outlap normal.
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And it will be Hulkenberg should be car behind on exit. That should be clear.
14:05:39
So, 23 laps remaining. So, outlap normal.
14:06:09
4 to go. So fast this did to the end.
14:06:22
Cab ahead.
14:06:28
Now we can go strat mode 9 and attempt the fastest lap, but we're aiming to catch Perez in 26 seconds.
14:06:59
Fuck yeah!
14:07:23
That whip feels like it's picked up considerably.
14:07:42
I've got a hard turn. Thank you.
14:07:47
OK, wheel applies, so Perez at 15.3.
14:08:08
What times do I need to be doing some catch-up?
14:08:14
Standby, OK, you're talking.
14:09:00
At the moment thinking 14-0.
14:09:23
Gap.
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23 seconds.
14:10:14
Sergio Perez at 15.2. George at 15.2. So I have the fastest lap on track.
14:10:25
Yeah, A-frame, you do.
14:11:29
And Perez at 15.3 last lap.
14:12:20
So George in the pitlane now. He will come out just ahead of us.
14:12:42
Perez at 52.
14:12:54
So that's George car ahead, Perez at 21.
14:13:06
George has got used soft.
14:13:58
Perez 15.5. Gap to George 2.9.
14:15:12
Perez 15.5. George 14.0. Five lap offset on tyre.
14:16:25
And Perez at 15.7. Gap to him now 17 seconds. George is at 14.0.
14:17:40
Now press 16.2. Gap 16 seconds.
14:18:54
Perez now in 15th. Now he's cleared the traffic. George, 14-1.
14:20:10
Perez. How will it get, mate? George at 14.1.
14:20:20
So happy with the sliding powers. I think he's going to be close to catching Perez. Maybe not enough at the moment.
14:21:19
What time do you need me to do, man? Don't tell me I'm not going to make it. Tell me what I'm going to do.
14:22:13
So let's see if we can achieve 13.7, 13.8. We have a chance. You can drop the lifted coats of fuel now. So just anything you need for tyres.
14:23:01
And that was another fastest lap.
14:23:52
So Perez at 15.1.
14:25:09
Perez is now 14.7.
14:26:22
Gap is George's at 1.6.
14:26:32
George, 14.3. Last lap Perez, 14.9.
14:27:37
Gap from 1.4. George, 14.4.
14:28:52
It's very, very heavy.
14:29:12
Yeah, so Perez at a 14.8, so he has found some pace. He's nine seconds up the road.
14:31:22
Sir, Georgia is a 14.1.
14:31:33
Last lap, OK?
14:31:41
You still have fastest lap.
14:31:45
Do I need to go again?
14:31:49
Next, if we don't take, sorry.
14:32:34
I've only got two more laps.
14:33:36
Strat mode 9. Strat mode 9. One more lap.
14:33:48
And then exit turn 3, exit turn 10, we can have overtake press.
14:35:07
Well done, Lewis. So that's P8, mate. P8. Just lost fastest lap by half a tenth to Norris. He just went for it on the final lap. Good recovery, mate.
14:35:26
I did ask you about that.
14:35:31
I don't think I had it in the tyres anyway, is there? No. All good. I gave some switch changes in strat mode, but yeah, I don't think I had it in the tyre.
14:35:45
And if we can have 851 position 12 and then strat mode 14.
14:36:02
Good effort, guys. Sorry for such a bad qualifying. I think the pace was not bad today. If we had qualified higher, naturally it would have been better. But anyways, let's keep pushing.
14:36:16
Yep, no way to go.
14:36:20
Yeah, thanks Lewis. Yeah, I think that's much better reflection.