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George Russell
12:52:46
Radio check.
12:53:12
Just needs a little bit of angle.
12:54:21
Maybe try and pull it from the other side, I don't know.
12:54:33
Need to go a bit up. OK. If we let go, err, a little bit down. Yeah, OK. Need to try and just get a bit more angle. It always feels like we're on the maximum.
12:55:19
Five minutes to formation lap.
12:57:19
Three minutes to formation lap.
12:57:27
So, start tyres from P1 to P10, everyone is on medium tyres. And only soft tyre starters are P11 Tsunoda, P14 Lewis and P16 Bottas.
12:57:47
And Magnussen is starting on her tyres from her pitlane.
12:58:19
Two minutes.
12:58:49
90 seconds. Fire up. Pit limiter on.
12:59:19
One minute.
12:59:34
45 seconds.
12:59:47
Bite point find, 30 seconds.
13:00:04
Fifteen seconds.
13:00:13
Five.
13:00:17
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13:00:21
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13:00:40
That clutch was shallow.
13:01:31
Keep working those tyres. I'm coasting from turn 11 entry.
13:01:45
You happy for a little bit of full load?
13:01:52
Negative, we need to keep it for burnouts.
13:02:05
So I have four burnouts starting at the pit entry line. Final burnout, P11, Tsunoda.
13:03:17
Last car approaching the back of the grid.
13:04:25
Norris ahead 0.9, Piastri behind 0.6.
13:04:49
So gap ahead 0.9, behind 0.9 with DRS off this lap.
13:05:07
DRS enabled.
13:05:43
Piastri does have DRS.
13:06:00
Yeah, 1 second does have DRS.
13:06:06
Let me know how much you think he's closing with the RS.
13:06:59
So, three and a half attempts. Piastri still has DRS.
13:07:19
Ashby, point 7, will have DRS.
13:08:28
Gap behind 0.6.
13:09:33
Gap one second. We'll have DRS.
13:09:46
Gap 0.9.
13:09:57
That gap was one second over the line.
13:10:49
One second, we'll have DRS.
13:11:02
Yeah, 1.0.
13:11:09
We'll have DRS.
13:11:46
Both managers are lacking the high-speed pressure to get others.
13:12:05
Very similar to Norris at the moment.
13:12:18
Gap 1.1.
13:12:25
It doesn't have DRS.
13:13:21
So, management, 7-8 looks very similar to two cars ahead. Piastri was pushing quite hard early on.
13:13:35
Gap 1.3.
13:13:45
All good on the gap, just a bit left on 1.1. Yeah, 8.5, I got it.
13:14:10
Oh, that's pretty similar to FP2 at the moment.
13:16:09
Gap to 1.1.
13:16:19
So, main lap time losses at the moment are turns 2 and 3.
13:18:47
And George at this stage in the race said we just want to keep this gap to Norris where it is currently 3.6. Just let me know if you don't think you can do that.
13:19:15
The only place I can increase pace is at high speed, but I don't think that's good.
13:19:26
Can't be that happy with what you're doing there at the moment.
13:20:07
And, George, we suggest looking at fourth gear at turn 3. Fourth gear at turn 3. For fuel.
13:22:42
Verstappen at the front. Last two laps have been 16.5, 16.2.
13:22:53
He's coming under a bit of pressure now from Norris.
13:24:24
Fuck, you're not...
13:24:30
Target plus eight.
13:25:35
Verstappen now car ahead.
13:26:25
Gap behind 1.6. We'll just keep eking this out lap on lap.
13:28:39
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13:29:00
For the last couple of laps I was going too quick into high speed and lost a lot of grip.
13:29:07
Yeah, copy that. Main lap time lost at 2.3.
13:30:10
Gap 4.1.
13:30:19
Doesn't have DRS, he's just coming under a bit of pressure from Leclerc. We still need to be using 4th gear turn 3.
13:30:43
There is scope to come up with high speed in 7.8 if that helps the balance.
13:32:48
George, just give me a tyre update on the switches.
13:33:16
So target plus five.
13:33:24
I think overtaking is difficult. I don't know what's going on back at the back of the pack.
13:34:09
Yes, George, we agree. It does look that way. Gap 1.1. So Leclerc has just pitted.
13:34:34
Box. This lap. Box. This lap.
13:35:02
Just give me any update on flap. All good. It will be tight on exit with Leclerc.
13:35:17
So, box, box, 60 kph.
13:35:45
So, reset diff entry, diff high speed and overtake available on exit. So, we've got Alonso and Leclerc side by side.
13:36:05
Not even close.
13:37:07
Currently about half a second safe to Piastri.
13:38:18
So there will be 45 laps remaining. Let's go to the end of this lap.
13:38:32
Still on plan A.
13:39:12
So, we've got Piastri now two and a half seconds inside our window. Just need to look after these tyres to the end.
13:39:31
I'm getting a lot of D-brakes here. Can we pass our team? Affirm. Affirm. Pass our team.
13:40:50
So, Piastri at last lap at turn 16.1. He's just going to build a tyre offset plus. We just need to have these tyres in a good window for the end of the race.
13:42:07
I feel as though I've been out of the pace here. I don't know where I can improve.
13:42:22
Still a long way to go, mate.
13:44:40
So, 40 laps remaining. Three seconds safe to Piastri.
13:45:05
I feel like I'm doing too much, actually. The tyre doesn't feel like it's biting.
13:45:51
Piastri in the pits now.
13:47:10
So main lap time losses at the moment are turns 2 and 3. This is to Lewis.
13:47:32
That last lap was looking better, so Lewis doing 15-0s currently, 10 lap hold, hard tyres.
13:50:57
That's 35 laps now remaining.
13:52:03
Gap to Piastri 1.2.
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Gap 0.4.
13:53:51
So Perez at five seconds. He's doing 15-0 currently on four lap newer hard tyres.
13:54:20
So Perez and Sainz cars behind our current threat.
13:54:38
What are we missing here? I mean, this page is not right. We're doing too much with too little high-speed manoeuvres.
13:54:54
Tyres are just not biting at all, just sliding.
13:55:08
So, we're happy to start pushing more through 7-8 now.
13:55:59
So Lewis is pushing more turns 7 and 8, still doing 15-0s.
13:57:14
Still more scope, 7 and 8. Not seeing any overheating.
13:58:31
So, Lewis, last two laps for a 14.8, 14.7.
13:59:23
I've just got no grip, mate. The thing is sliding every corner.
13:59:30
Plague in my eyes.
13:59:35
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13:59:48
Yeah, understood. We are looking.
14:03:08
Keep doing what you're doing, mate. This is good. Lap times are looking better now than Leclerc and Perez.
14:04:41
Okay, it's going to be pump B. Yeah, understood. We're looking at all options.
14:05:16
Just soaked for down.
14:05:37
Yeah, understood, wind has picked up.
14:07:16
So, this pace is strong, George. This is faster than all the cars around you and ahead of you, apart from Norris.
14:08:34
So, Lewis had a little lock-up and he's pitted now onto the new soft.
14:11:54
Just give me a balance update.
14:11:58
It's OK.
14:12:08
So, box, box, 60 kph.
14:12:43
So we'll have Lewis two seconds behind on exit.
14:12:53
So that's 18 laps remaining. Gap behind 2.6.
14:13:31
So we just want fastest stint to the end. Forecast to catch Perez right at the end.
14:13:51
Gap to Perez, 18 seconds. Currently doing a 15.4.
14:16:21
So Perez last lap was a 15.7, currently forecast catch on the final lap.
14:16:48
Does not feel good, this tyre either.
14:17:33
Yeah, understeer in this case and it looks pretty good, but still. I have no grip in this case and it looks pretty good, but still.
14:19:01
Perez, last lap, 15.3 now in clear air.
14:20:05
12 laps remaining. Gap to Perez at 9.9.
14:20:15
Perez, last lap was a 15.2.
14:22:30
So it'll be 10 laps remaining. Captain Perez now 9 seconds. He's doing 15-0, 15-1.
14:23:45
So we can start using 3rd gear, turn 1 and turn 3 again. That will give you more energy.
14:25:05
George Lewis has been given a target of 13.8, but he can't achieve similar.
14:25:19
Repeat. Lewis has been given a lap time target of 13.8. He's done a 13.9 and then he's been in traffic.
14:27:08
Gap behind 1.2.
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Five laps remaining.
14:31:16
Three laps remaining.
14:33:34
Strat 9.
14:33:45
So, warp all up.
14:33:56
Exit 3 and 13, early overtake press.
14:34:47
There will be no overtake at press out of 13.
14:35:04
Okay, not quite the afternoon we were looking for at P7.
14:35:11
Green 1, position 12.
14:35:19
Yeah, very, very tough afternoon. A lot to look into and understand.
14:35:32
Yeah, AFM. It's a tough one, isn't it? We learnt the most from.