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Okay, car ahead is Russell.

Okay, there's a fair gap ahead of Russell. He's got five seconds to max, but there are three or four cars ahead of him pretty closely bunched, so build a gap here so we can get a clean run to 15. We do need to sink an eighth.

So, good gap here so we can sync gears to turn 15.

Gap to Russell is currently four seconds.

OK, sync is good. The car ahead is now Ocon. He's got Russell ahead of him. We've got a good gap here, so it's four seconds to Ocon. Five seconds. This is a good gap.

Be reached when you're ready.

OK, recharge on, recharge on.

It's currently P2. Three tenths off Leclerc. P1. Similar lap time to Piastri. P3. Yeah, the track is nowhere. Let's think about the program because it's nowhere. Yeah, copy. So cool your tyres. A single cool here.

So Sainz the first threat. He's in turn 4 now. He's six seconds back.

Sainz at four seconds.

Signs at 3.

Sainz at 2.1. Max, next car, he's five seconds back. Don't hold him up.

So, max at 4.

2-1-2. Hold them up.

Okay, next set. Yeah, Biermann, he's in. He's 12 seconds back, just now.

Tyres are still quite warm.

It's got to be a minute, five seconds. Bottas might try and pass you off ahead of him. You happy to go for this lap?

Yes. Recharge off when you're ready.

OK, recharge on, recharge on. You've got Leclerc and Russell opening a lap behind.

They're five and ten seconds back.

Clear at 3 seconds.

I've got one going past. Russell six seconds back.

Russell at 4, 3, 2, 1. Counting past. And then Norris's next car, he's 7 seconds back. Just exit at turn 2. Norris at 4, 3, 2, 1.

2-1. We're coming past an exit. Sainz's next car, he's five seconds back.

Two, one, coming past. Do you want another lap?

Yes. Copy. Max next car. Max six seconds back. He's just exiting turn 5 now.

Just got max three seconds quite fast on this straight.

And next is Bottas. He's exiting turn 6 now. He's four seconds back.

2, 1, co-pass and exit.

No immediate threats behind. You've got Albon on outlap. He may come past in a faster outlap. Good gap behind Albon.

You've got nine seconds back to Alonso. Beerman is on a lap behind him.

I think this would be a good place to open up here.

He's got a pyramid still to seven seconds. We're a little bit ahead of him.

Albon's keeping it a sensible ahead. He's waiting to open his lap. So we recharge off when you're ready. Bear with me for three seconds. Let's open ahead of him.

Red flag, red flag. Recharge on, recharge on.

Currently not sure what the red flag is for, so just be cautious on your way round. Try and avoid any manhole covers, just in case.

So there was some debris in turn 12. I'm not sure if you saw it, but that was the reason for the red flag.

No, I didn't. Copy.

Okay, box check. It'll be a practice pitstop. Focus on your marks.

I've got Behrman just opening the lap. He'll be coming past you at the exit. That's Behrman coming past now.

Nico Norris in turn 1. He's also on the lap. Norris in six seconds.

Norris at 4.

Norris at 2.1. Crampast on exit.

OK, no threats behind. Focus on your outlap. Hamilton on cool, Zhou behind him, also on cool.

OK, that's Ricciardo ahead of you at turn 15. He has just done a second cool-up. He's likely to be opening his next time. Give him a gap though. That's four seconds to do, Ricciardo, currently. Let's look for six. That's five.

Six seconds now. Recharge off when ready.

Red flag, red flag. Recharge on.

Okay, we've got Leclerc who's made contact with the wall at turn 15.

Yeah, I got it. Oh, OK.

OK, so you've got the shortcut at turn 15. Take the inside line at turn 15. Bypass the apex. Just avoid any debris there.

It'd be box and a practice pit stop. Call Sergio Marx.

I just pegged the turbine there as well.

OK, that is Hulkenberg ahead on a fresh set of softs.

I hate him and his Daniels while we're on the same fresh set of signs.

It's all fairly well behaved ahead. I think Hogwarts might back into you a little bit. He's pretty close to Daniel.

He's making his gap here, so we should make our gap.

Okay, Hulkenberg at five seconds. It's a good gap.

Ok, build a gap here for a clean 16. Build a gap for a clean 16. Tsunoda behind in 3 seconds.

Bearings at 3, assist at 5, bearing at 4, 5, good to go.

OK, recharge on, recharge on.

First threat's likely to be Zhou. He's just away to open his lap. He's 15 seconds back. How is the balance?

Yeah, I'm stalling a bit to brake. I feel that the front pitch is coming in somewhat from... Jew at turn 2.

We can go a bit rewards with the Viva.

Yeah, I think that's the main thing, that just getting up to speed with the braking. Turn 5, 2 and turn 3.

Two laps. Three seconds. Two. Can't pass along this straight. Then you've got Max. Max currently approaching turn four. We could let him through on the run to turn seven. So Max at five seconds. It's double cool for us as well, so we've got time. Double cool. Max at four.

3, 2, 1, coming past. So all cars behind. First threat is Hamilton in turn 3.

Okay, Kuki's recommendation is minus one on the offset, minus one, and continue using handbrake as turn 2, turn 3.

How is the tyre to open that lap?

I felt that the grip was a little bit less.

Copy. Hamilton exiting turn 12 now. He is five seconds back.

Hamilton at 3. You could use an exit rule at turn 15. Hamilton at 2. 1. Going fast.

OK, so double cool. We're not sure what the cars behind are doing, so they may be opening laps. I'll give you some information. Sainz is backing up, so he's likely to open behind you. Yeah, Sainz will be opening a lap behind. He's in turn 16. Stay offline through this section. Stay offline through this section.

So it's Sainz at 2.1. He'll close quickly. Coming past. Gasly, three seconds.

Two seconds. Red flag. Box, box if you can. Box, box if you can.

Okay, you have Tsunoda who's opening a lap, coming past you up at exit and Behrman close behind him. So that's Tsunoda passing you now and Behrman three seconds back.

Bearwind climb pass.

Behind you, you've now got Albon at seven seconds, Hulkenberg closely behind him. So those cars are within two seconds of each other. Albon's at five seconds.

Now turn 3, he's four seconds back.

Okay, Hulkenberg's now a car behind. Hulkenberg at five seconds.

Hulkenberg's at four seconds, five seconds. He's probably at high fuel, so let's try and stay ahead of him. That also means Biermann's at high fuel though.

Tsunoda boarded ahead of you, so Tsunoda's on a cool lap.

Biermann is five seconds ahead. Putting a good gap to him.

OK, so Hulkenberg at one second.

Zhou behind him in a timed lap. Zhou behind two in a timed lap. Coming past Bottas behind him on three seconds. Two seconds one. Good gap behind. Max next lap here.

And we charge on. Russell opening a lap behind.

Russell approaching turn 1 now. So let's really back out this lap. I think we'll only have time for one slow. So really back this lap out. Russell's gone long at turn 1. Tsunoda could be high fuel at turn 2.

OK, Tsunoda is high fuel. He'll come past you now. He's two seconds back. One, coming past.

No immediate threats behind.

Stroll could be on a tight lap here.

OK, so there's three and a half minutes to the chequered flag. I want to cool the tyres as much as possible but I want to wake them up through 15 and 16.

No threats behind.

If you go Russell and Sainz behind you, they'll probably come past. Sainz at 2 coming past.

That's Russell going past now. So recommendation for cooking is handbrake, turn 2, turn 3.

You've got the two Saibars behind you and they're also uncool when they come past you.

Still two and a half minutes until chequered flag. Our focus is on a clean 15-16 to wake up the tyres again.

So it's Stroll going to come past you now as well. Norris on a time lap now. He's four seconds back. Norris is a threat. He's on a time lap. Norris at 2.1 coming past.

Last car to come past you is Albon. He's three seconds. Behind him is Daniel. He's 18 seconds back on high fuel, so we want to open ahead of him.

So, I'm going to clean round here. Stay ahead of Albon. Still got three cars to go. Two cars to go now.

Stroll is the final car to go. He's in turn 16. You can see him now.

OK, Stroll's gone. Recharge off when you're ready. Daniel at three seconds. It's open ahead of him.

Recharge on. Recharge on.

We'll circulate to take the start.

Okay, so targets are plus 17 all round, so the tyres are a fairly good window.

Okay, we've finished the session. P3. That's just three tenths to max on that final lap.

Main losses, we'll cover it in the garage.

Okay, so mode 12, mode 12.

Strat 13. Strat 13.

I will have recharge off, recharge off. I will have no more than 50% throttle after turn 18. No more than 50% throttle after turn 18.

I'll have three long burnouts, three long, and start on the right-hand side, right-hand side.

OK, Checo, recharge off and we'll attack the box from here, attack the box from here. No, sorry, Norris ahead. Just give him some gap so he can attack the messy one.