Radio check and check your drinks.

It's going to be soon six minutes. There's going to be a fire-up after this fire-up. You can do clutch drop, not before. I'll confirm. So remember, we expect it to be more rear limited than anticipated. So maybe more rear management. The LACO you were doing was only half what we were targeting. So we need to be more into LACO straight away. Another one to preempt on that stint. And lateral management on 6-7, you need to do more as well. So preempt well both LACO and lateral on 6-7. Otherwise I'll get you there. OK.

Yeah, copy that mate, copy.

When I get low clutch drops, just let me know after the fire-up. Yes, but wait for the fire-up, there's a delay. OK, can you fire-up yourself, please? I will need you to fire-up.

Yuki, power up, please.

We have a problem on our side of the road.

And try again, please. Try to power up. It's not five minutes to go.

No, it's not working. Ah, there you go.

Follow the instructions from the guys. I need to go.

Copy. Copy that.

I keep it a bit too.

OK, Francois, I think we're back on the controller. I'll let you know. Remember, before the last power-up, that is at 90 seconds, you will need to have pit limiter off and only switch it on after the last power-up. So pit limiter should be off now. Can I have an umbrella or something? You will have an umbrella soon, yes. Thank you.

OK, Franco. Rear check from the engine island.

Franco, radio check from the engine island, please.

Radio check, I'm not hearing. Radio check, can you hear me? From the engine or not? Yep. Okay. Yeah, I can hear you. So, that's 2 minutes 30. Tyres, cars around you, majority is on hard. There's only Zhou P20 behind on medium. Gasly P14 ahead on medium. The other cars around you are on hard. Otherwise, for the grid, there's a majority of medium. Back of the grid is more hard starter. And at the front of the grid, the only hard are Perez and Verstappen. Okay. So, majority are hard around you, apart from Zhou. And if you have any other interference with people on medium, I'll let you know. Remember, you might be in different management race that the people on hard for the tyres. Focus is to manage your tyres. So, remember the Lyko and the management in sector 2 we discussed.

Copy. Copy that.

That should be the last fire-up. Once fire-up, pit limiter on and confirm.

Okay, so focus on tyre warm-up in 2-1, in 2-4. I'll let you know if you need more, if you need more, you cooling second part, okay?

Copy that.

Bumper perimeter on and confirm. We cannot see it. Last 45 seconds.

Copy that. Pit limiter around. Pit limiter is on.

And that's 30 seconds.

Okay, last 20 seconds. Don't worry. Big breath before it starts. You know what you're doing. You've done that your whole life. It's just different people, different race. I'll guide you. 10 seconds. Have a good one, buddy. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Remember, pitlane speed limiter until after pole position.

Shall we go FOM, please? Go FOM.

Focus on this tyre warm-up, tyre warm-up, so I know straight speed and long wheel, low frequency wheel. You were 4% shallow on the drop.

Keep warming up your tyres. We're going to start p-cooling. Please focus on p-cooling from now on.

So, P, you're cooling, but keep doing this weave and warm up your tyres, please. And close the gap ahead, please.

I will do two burnouts. Two burnouts. P-retamp. OK. And please be on your quick flick for turn 1. Quick flick for turn 1. Remember, you're right-hand side. P18. And when you stop, be ready for the start. You're on the back of the grid, so from the moment you stop, be ready for the start procedure.

Okay, last car on the grid, last car on the grid.

Go race, go race, you're doing good.

Okay, let's think about the tyre. I like going lateral management. Bottas, stroll behind point 4, Bottas behind point 3.

Leclerc went wide before Ascari, he's slow ahead.

That would be mode 7, mode 7. Stroll 0.2 ahead, Bottas 0.4 behind. Doing really good. DRS enabled, DRS enabled.

OK, some additional feedback. You can go ahead on medium. Stroll, Bottas behind on hard.

Gap 8.6, gap behind 0.4. Try to stay into DRS terrain and manage these tyres.

And gap behind P5.

Gap behind point 4. Doing good.

Gap behind P5. When you start losing the rear, you can close diff mid.

Okay, gap behind 0.6, gap ahead 0.8. Leclerc is going to attack Tsunoda.

Gap behind P5. Doing good. Keeping what you're doing, lateral management. 6-7 is good.

Behind P5.

You've got four laps 49 to go.

Focus on rear. Exit slip turn 2 and 5. Exit slip turn 2 and 5.

Ducamber potential front wing damage. Gap behind 0.7. Reducamber 0.6. Doing good.

OK, 48 to go. Gap ahead, 0.3 behind. 0.6. Hulkenberg just beat it, so Ocon 2.2. You lost DRS, might be vulnerable to stroll.

B11, position 3, please. B11, position 3, PU performance.

Okay, so Ocon red lapping 26.6, gap currently 2 seconds short, 0.6 behind you, doing good.

OK, watch out, Stroll, 0.2, 0.2, unsafe, you're allowed to defend turn 1, late overtake available.

Okay, that's fine. Just stay with Stroll. You have an opportunity or you just use his DRS to manage your tyres.

Can you help me to close a bit everything? I'm losing the rear.

Green 10, position 7. Green 10, position 7. Need to work on exit slip. Exit slip is turn 2 priority.

Okay, that's 7 laps. Diff exit 9 to help the entries. Diff exit 9, please. And just manage your tyre, control the slip, use the DRS from Stroll to keep the pace.

OK, let's try to increase Lyko to level 3. Let's get the tyre back under control. Gap behind 1.9, Bottas at 1.4 throttle. Increase Lyko to level 3. Last lap was level 2.

OK. Diff exit 11, please.

Repeat.

Diff exit 7. Watch out for rear exit turn 7.

OK, Bottas behind 1.9, Stroll ahead 1.6, to reference Alex 25.7.

If you can take it, happy to move brake balance forward plus one.

OK, Stroll ahead. Gasly is pitting. We are following plan A. You've done 10 laps, 43 to go. Gap behind 1.8. Still stable to both us. Doing good.

Okay, we still need diff exit 11. Diff exit 11 and keep managing the exit slip turn 2, turn 5. Exit slip 2 and 5, please.

Safety car window is open.

Okay, I'm driving more or less on feedback. Turn 11, exit to improve.

And on previous lap, you brake too late, so too deep. Focus on not braking too late on 11. Improve exit.

OK, happy to reduce management. Turn 6, 7. We need to make sure we have good management. Exit slip, turn 2, turn 5.

Might be on 1.5. Keep doing what you're doing.

And I moved down 14 laps, 14 laps. Still on plan A.

Can I have green 3, position 2, please? Green 3, position 2.

OK, 39 to go. Bottas point 8 behind is now within DRS range.

Bottas 1.2. Bottas is especially strong in turn 11. He's catching quite a lot on you.

You're doing good. Bottas 1.1. Solid stint so far. Keep doing what you're doing. Try to improve exit 10-11.

OK, Bottas, P9. Both safety car and VSC window are open.

A bit more high speed and he turned ahead of you, just left the pitlane. He has pitted for fresh art. So you're not racing, you're just racing Bottas from 8. Keep working on that exit slip turn 2, turn 5.

I need less blood for water, I don't need a stop.

Box, box, box, box. Watch out, white line. Pit limiter.

Okay, copy pitlane. Remember, take it easy on entry. It's a live stop. Switch to D1. Foot on brake. Foot on brake. Watch the light.

Okay, mode 5. Use overtake on pit exit. Watch out for white line. Racing reconveying to turn 1. Racing early. Racing for position. Overtake on pit exit.

Late overtake turn 4. Defending to Hulkenberg on 4. Then you have that method on rubber is all the tyres. 11 laps.

Tyre advantage to Hulkenberg is one second, one second, so if you up the pace, it will struggle to be a danger for you, so just do what we discussed about the tyres, give us feedback.

Hulkenberg, P5. Hulkenberg, P5. It might be just unsafe, so be ready to defend.

Okay, let's come back on 8. You're doing good. Doing good, mate.

Bmig 8 for migration. Turn 1 for Bmig 8. You come back. Lost DRS. 1.1.

Hulkenberg 1.4, Ricciardo 4.5 seconds ahead, has a 10 second time penalty. Currently P17 following plan A, 35 to go.

Racing Stroll on pit exit. Racing Stroll. I think you'll be ahead.

Okay, current Lyko and exit slip are good. Keep that up. I will still need to control that even on the hard. It's going to be 33 to go, so 1.4 behind. Constant lap, tyre management, no mistake.

BMX 7, please BMX 7.

OK, Stroll 1.3. Hulkenberg lost contact with us. I just received Stroll immediately. We're doing good lap times. It's 1.3 behind.

Important information, Stroll will have to stop again. He's on a two-stop.

Coffee.

I'll give you the feedback. Stroll behind 1.2. 31 to go. Alonso, Hulkenberg, Stroll. We think on a two-stop. Bottas yet to pit ahead of us. Ricardo with a penalty. You're P16. So I think we're playing for P12, P13.

Control 1.2. Time and run you think is good and pace is good.

Okay, you're doing really good. 29 to go. Can I have just a bit more management? 6-7, just a touch.

Yeah, copy that.

28 to go, so Bottas ahead. He's holding a few cars. He's doing good. Let's try to move brake balance point 5 forward to help the rears.

I don't want more brake balance forward. I feel what Alex was saying yesterday about the brakes hot, but it's like too much. Maybe more migration.

This is the end of the first race. Subscribe if you want to see the second race on the rear. Don't want to miss it. Watch where we are. Face the mirrors. Let's see where we are. This is good, mate.

Currently, Ricciardo, Fibonacci, Faberhead, Bottas, T13, everyone, Bottas, Lapin, 26.8.

OK, Gasly 2 ahead. Potential problem for him, so just watch out. Stroll, P9 is now within DRS, number, he's on the stop.

Okay, from the first set of tyres, we think the real life would be the limitation for us, so keep working that slip under braking, turn 1-4 and exit turn 2-5.

OK, Franco, you should have DRS soon from Gasly. We do not want to push to pass, so stay in the DRS lane. Use the DRS to stay protected from Stroll and manage your tyres. Focus on the rears.

Gap to Gasly 1. Stroll 0.6 behind. Number DRS detection. Exit turn 11.

That's 25 to go. Doing really good with P16.

Remember what we said. Just sit in the train. Manage your race. Use DRS to stay where you are.

OK, I need to push to get Gasly and then Bottas. He's on old tyres, 28 laps out. He went through some graining phases but recovered. Stroll 0.3 behind.

Gasly, P3. Watch out, man, to defend turn 4.

Bottas, one ahead. If you need more stability, turn 8 to 10. You can use the top left quick-flip. More stability overall.

Let's go for Bottas. Big tyre advantage.

Okay, mode 7, mode 7. Try to charge the back and go for a mid-air overtake if required in turn 1. Next lap.

Let's go for Bottas. Work that exit and early overtake turn 11. Let's go for him. You have the tyres.

Late overtake. Late overtake.

Okay, mode 5, mode 5, scroll 0.5, 0.5, remember your bracing limit is only 2 stops. 21 to go, so we pushed to pass Bottas. Let's get everything back under control. Focus on rear left.

Stroll point 6. Should be OK, but quite tight in turn 1, so just watch out for your mirrors. Stroll point 6.

I think you're good.

Stroll, point 4, lap time target low, 25.

Stroll point 6 behind. He's doing good. I just want to avoid being told to try to overtake him. Feedback you on the gaps and if it's in danger.

OK, stroll gap 0.7, 0.7, so I might use a bit of energy, so just watch your mirrors.

Nice short one, P5.

Lance Stroll, point 4. Just watch how you mirror us into 8.4.

Stroll, P5. Doing really good. 19 to go.

Stroll point 6.6.

I need to open in low speed. Can you help me for rotation in low speed?

Remember, he's on a different strategy. We need to protect the rear, so we have to be cautious when we do low speed.

Currently keeping that B with what you're doing, so 0.6 throttle.

OK, I'm at 12.7, 12.7, slowly catching up on Ricardo, 4.3 ahead. He still has his 10-second penalty. Alonso not behind us, he had just pitied for a second stop.

Stroll point 6.

OK, Stroll 0.7. You're good. 0.7. 17 to go. Stroll has pitted.

The only thing we'd like to give on 2 for low speed is hit mid 1.

Diff mid 1. Repeat. Yes, diff mid 1 and you're doing really good.

HPP on, please, HPP on.

OK, 60 to go. The first car behind you, Alonso, you can be P11. He's on pressure hard, gap 6. I'll just let you know where he's closer for the moment, do your thing.

That's 15 to go. Doing good. 15. Alonso 5 behind.

My left front is fully open.

OK, copy. That's 14 to go. We have P4 tyres to the end. So keep doing what you're doing. We'll feed back in minute 12. The cars ahead, Ricciardo has a penalty.

We're currently racing Alonso 4 behind 4 P11. Just keep doing what you're doing, okay? Consistent lap, no mistakes.

I would like to reduce LACO to level 2, currently between 2.5 and 3.

And Alonso, two seconds behind. He has a 1.5 second pace advantage on him. So we don't want to overly lose time, overly defending on him. But we don't want to give the position easy either.

The key bit is Ricciardo ahead, gap 4.7 as a 10 second penalty. So you are saying Ricciardo ahead with gap and Alonso behind for position.

Alonso 1.6, keep doing what you're doing.

And that's 12 to go, 12 to go along the 1.4.

Okay, happy to increase pace. High speed for front tyre temp. Alonso, P9 within DRS.

Mode 13, mode 13.

And a late overtake into one. Alonso, point four, defending to him. Late overtake into one. Try not to pick up dirt on your tyres.

Let's go mode 6, mode 6 and try to use the slipstream to recharge the pack. Lap time target I24. You're doing great. 10 to go, 10 to go.

Okay, we're 10 to go. 10 to go. The leader 12 behind. I'll let you know if there's a blue flag coming. Tyres are good to the end. I'll monitor the gap to Ricciardo. Keep doing what you're doing. Go back to rhythm.

OK, 9 to go. 9 to go, Leclerc. 10 behind. Maybe a blue flag close to the end, but I'll let you know.

He's happy to push more. Turn 9, 10, 8, 9, 10. And no more Lyko. No more Lyko.

Mode 7 on start-finish, mode 7.

Remember, you have the top left stabiliser for turn 8, 9, 10, if you need to use it. Yeah, I copy.

OK, Ricardo at 4.6 ahead. Ricardo, you're doing good. Keep your rhythm, keep your focus. Seven to go.

Okay, let's try to target 24.6 or 24.7, please. 24.6, 24.7.

Just for feedback, Alex 20, 24.5 and 6 to go.

OK, just for pace, 24.6 is critical for position to the leader, Leclerc, 6 behind.

Happy to stop. No more management. Has 5 to go. Leclerc 6 behind.

HPP off, please. HPP off.

Green 10, position 8. Green 10, position 8. 4 to go. Leclerc 5 behind you, doing really good.

Doing good. 3 to go. Leclerc 4 behind.

OK, with two to go, doing really good. Should be safe. Leclerc is on his last lap. You have two laps to go.

Okay, can I have mode 5, mode 5. You're opening your last lap. Early overtake, exit turn 11.

Early overtake, exit 7.

Push and hold exit turn 11 to take the flag.

Okay, taking the flag.

Okay, good job, good job. B12, B12. So, mode 14. Pick up rubber, please, mode 14. Go race.

Okay, that's a very solid race. Blue 1, position 12, please. Blue 1, position 12.

Franco, that is a fantastic first race. You really didn't put a foot wrong. You finished a few seconds behind Alex. I think, you know, let's reflect on it this weekend. You had pace in qualifying. If we keep it clean, you're there and you're able to fight. Well done. This is your first race and I can't wait to see how we build together. Thank you, James. Thank you for this opportunity. I really enjoyed it. I really, really enjoyed this weekend. A lot of new things, but yeah, building on very good with the team. Thank you, Gaetan. You've been very, very helpful, mate. I learned loads this weekend. Thank you for all the info and thank you for keeping it. Thank you for helping me all this race to keep it clean. Thank you, guys. Let's focus on the next one now. My pleasure. My pleasure. So remember, slow in, pick up rubber and you're going to go back to the pit lane and the back from it. When you're back in the pit lane, switch off fully the car. When you jump out, steering wheel back on and go way to safe first thing, please.

Yeah, copy mate. You were right. I was gonna have pain after this race. Wow. I never had so much pain in a race car before. I think we need to do a few things in the seat. But I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much. I'm sure we can find some fix and you buddy will get used to that. It's quick cars these, huh? Welcome to Formula 1.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. True record.

Let me know everything I have to do when I stop the car at Parc fermé. Yes, I'll remind you, don't worry. Copy.

Okay, so box, box, back into the pitlane, and you'll stop on the Parc fermé where all the cars are. FIA will guide you. And when you stop, you just switch off fully the car, and jump out, and turn it back on, and go to the FIA scales to weight yourself.

Shall I go to P0 or P1 only? P0 to switch off fully, P0 please.

Copy. I'm in P1. I wait a few seconds now.

I can go P0 straight away. That's fine. Just P0 to trip fully off.