Okay, so it should be clear pit exit. We've got Albon turn 20 now. He's the only car pushing. Everyone else on slow laps. So Albon 14 behind. He'll be pushing this time. If we keep our outlap pace up, we should keep in front of these guys starting their laps now. Okay, so Albon 8 seconds behind timed lap. Keeping recharge off until braking turn 5.

B-Bal offset plus one.

B-Bal offset plus one.

Okay, recharge on and Albon four and a half behind timeline. Clear behind it.

I'll block the 3-pounder.

Alpha 2.

Clear behind, Albon. Only Hulkenberg to go in front.

And brake 3.

OK, next car pushing behind. Zhou, 10 seconds.

Gap behind 8, 7, 6, 5, behind, no, no, 3 sec gap behind it.

I would recharge until 20.

OK, recharge on. Clear track behind. 17 seconds to Verstappen, who's finishing a lap now.

OK, so we can keep our pace up a little bit. Try and keep some temperature in these tyres.

All cars out there at the moment between turns 12 and turn 4. Guys, Hulkenberg's the back of that group.

A few cars doing double cools here.

Copy. OK, mate, everything feel alright to start with? Yeah. OK, understood. So, P10 lap time on a medium is a 46.4 for info, just as a bit of guidance. Fastest lap time 44.6, which is Perez. Pierre hasn't set a time yet.

I think it's going to be a bit of a mixed bag of what people are doing in front here. Four cars between you and the start of the lap.

Next car behind is Joe Pushing, 11 seconds.

OK, four cars still to go. Zhou eight seconds behind. And then he has a four second gap behind him to Bottas who's also pushing.

So, Joe, five and a half.

Four and a half and a three and a half second gap to Bottas.

Going through Bottas, three seconds.

OK, recharge on. I've got Perez starting a time lap now. Three and a half seconds. Albon behind him is finishing a timed.

Perez pushing now. Albon behind slow lap. Okay, mates, so we'll keep our pace up on this lap again. We can go brake 5 and add some weaving in as well, where possible.

I think I was losing the rear already. Understood. We've got Stroll coming through on a time now, three seconds back. And then behind him, Hamilton also pushing. So Stroll coming through, then four seconds to Hamilton timed.

Okay, so we'll continue with the weaving in brake 5 and we can just slow the pace down and help calm those rears. Next car back, Zhou, 8 seconds. He's pushing now. And then a big gap behind him. And Zhou has gone deep at turn 3, so clear behind him.

Ok, so for info, Pierre has just left the garage for his first run. So at the moment P10.45.8.

OK, so the next lap will be our last timed on this set and we'll be coming in for a change. Let's have a think about ride balance limitations on the way in. One more time lap, please. One more push lap. Clear for traffic. Copy.

We recommend the B-Bal offset.

Okay, so white modifier, turn 1 to 5. No traffic behind.

Albon could be double cooling in front. He did double cools last time. Let's go. Brake 3. Recharge off at the bridge and we're good to go.

Okay, mate, so we're going to go straight into an aero cruise after turn 2. Please aero P3. Aero P3. You are clear behind.

OK, so next car back is Pierre. 14 seconds. He's just finished a time lap. For reference, he's done a 46.8 on the medium, 46.8. OK, thank you for the AeroCruise. So we're going to box now. Keep your pace up on the way in and we'll do a pitstop as well.

Clear of traffic behind.

I think we have a little bit too much front-end in the car at the moment, but that might be fine for the soft. Understood. We are hoping to see some track EVO as well. I think anything we can do to keep the next turnaround short will help us in the long run with lap counts. Let's have a chat when you're back in. Copy. Clear of traffic behind and boxing now. Practice pitstop. White line reminder on pit entry as well. Keep to the left.

Turn in. Practice pitstop. No launch. No launch.

Can I still get a couple of comments when you're plugged in?

Okay, so straight out. We've just got Fernando going into turn 1. Now he'll be starting a time lap. If I keep the whole lap, is that a problem? No, that's fine. We can do that. So, Fernando is through. Albon just come round turn 1 to finish the time, so we're good there. No traffic behind. Everyone behind on slow laps. We can go recharge off down to braking turn 5 once again. Okay, so we're in phase with everyone around us here.

Okay, so clear of all traffic behind. I think about three cars in front of you before the start of the lap. Let's go, recharge on please, recharge on.

Okay, so next car coming through, only Carlos Piastri, five seconds.

Okay, Piastri two and a half behind time to clear behind him. Okay, so we've got one lap of Scenario 7 to use this run. I propose we use it on the second lap, so we're in the right settings now, if you're happy with that. Russell behind on an outlap, no traffic.

Let's go brake 3, brake 3 and then you're free to use the white modifier wherever you like.

Colopinto will be pushing next time. No traffic behind. Let's make a decent gap.

Okay, I'll be recharged off at the bridge.

OK, let's push.

Okay, mate, so we're going for a single cool lap. Nice and steady on this one. No need for weaving and clear from traffic behind.

So, we're going to go brake 5 now. Please brake 5 now. And we recommend forwards 1% on the dash, so it's a plus 2 on the dash.

Okay, car behind is Stroll. He is on a time lap now, nine seconds.

Car behind him is Pierre. He's on his first time lap as well. So Stroll, five seconds now timed and then seven seconds gap behind him to Pierre.

Okay, Pierre, time lap 5 seconds now and then clear behind in big gap 20 seconds.

Yes, three and a half.

Okay, so P10 lap time 44.7 at the moment. Pierre hasn't set a time on the software.

Okay, so what we'll do is finish this lap at push next time and then we'll see where we are if we need to double cool after that.

Ok, let's go brake 3.

And we can go scenario 7 for the next lap if you like as well. There is a third one, no? There is a third lap, yeah, if you want to save it for that, that's fine. Perez pushing behind 8 seconds. So we're pushing this time. Recharge without the bridge.

Yeah, double cool. Yeah, absolutely, double cool. That's fine. We've got a yellow flag turn 7, turn 8 at the moment. It will clear.

Track now clear. Sainz gone deep at turn 3. Single yellow there. Let's go brake 5, please brake 5. Clear of traffic behind.

OK, mate, let's go SOC 4 as well. OK, so we're going to keep cooling these tyres down. Stroll behind, I believe, on a cool lap.

Four seconds.

He's on a second course so no need to hold him up if he looks like he wants to get past.

SOM, do you need a flap adjust for the next lap?

The problem is the traction. I have no traction going in other corners. Okay, understood. We'll see if we can do anything with switches to help. Okay, so we're going into a second cool lap from here. Stroll behind will be pushing this time. He's four seconds back. And then we've got Pierre another seven seconds further behind. He'll be pushing this time as well. He's on a slow lap currently.

Okay, so Stroll will be starting a time lap this time, as will Pierre, who's now the car behind. We're going to another cool-up.

Okay, so Pierre four and a half behind now. He'll be pushing this time.

Leclerc 1.5. Correction, Gasly 1.5, then Leclerc 8 seconds behind him. Leclerc is pushing at the moment.

OK, so Leclerc five seconds behind timed lap.

Two seconds, Leclerc. The next car back is Russell, pushing on a hard tyre. Seven seconds. We can introduce some weaving where possible as well.

So, Russell, four seconds.

Russell could be keeping his pace up, so just watch him coming through. One and a half.

Okay, so a suggestion to help with braking and traction would be to use brake 4 as the default and then use the yellow modifier everywhere you were using the white. We think that could help.

OK, mate, so we're going to pick up the pace a little from 7. Help prep the surface. Car behind Fernando, he's on a high fuel. 17 seconds. We'll try and stay in front of him if we can.

Unsure if Leclerc is going to do double cool in front. This is his first slow lap. Track is cleared in front of him.

So, we'll go brake 4. Reminder, brake 4 and the yellow modifier everywhere you'll be using the white.

Okay, so it'll be recharge off the bridge, plenty of space behind. It'll be recharge off the bridge, plenty of space behind to make a gap. No traffic behind.

OK, recharge on and we're going to box now. If we can have an aero cruise after turn 2 please. That's aero P3 once again. Aero P3, 7th gear. Correction, aero P3, 6th gear.

Clear of traffic behind.

OK, that was perfect, thank you. And we can keep our in-lap pace up and boxing now.

So, we have Fernando 14 seconds behind high fuel.

Any intention of running the hard now?

We're sticking to plan at the moment. So we are boxing now. No practice pitstop this time.

Stop on the marks and switch off.

Okay, mate, we're going to do a quick turnaround.

Esteban, we're going to not do a start and see if we can squeeze an extra lap in, alright? So straight out and push, please. Clear pit exit.

B-Bal offset plus one.

B-Bal offset plus one.

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Let me know if you have a smoother shift, second to third. Understood. I'll let you know.

Mainly this corner here. Copy that. Damp 8 on the multi, so damp 8. On the left-hand side.

Yellow flag, single yellow in front. Hulkenberg deep in the corner.

Okay, I got double. Okay, understood.

It's going to be close. We're going to try for seven time laps. Tyre on the multi, please. Tyre on the multi. Good to go.

Leclerc in front is on low fuel. He's going to pull away this time. Push.

Okay, so if you can have a look for the pit board on the start and finish straight on your way through.

Double yellow, turn 1.

Go to P4, exit of that corner. Press OK at the previous lap.

OK mate, understood. We're looking.

Behind Hamilton is an eight second gap to Verstappen.

OK, three more laps at the end of this one. Three more laps.

Pierre lapping 50.5, 50.5 for reference on the medium.

Two clicks forwards on brake bias. Two clicks forwards.

And SOC 13.

Two more time laps.

Last tight lap. One more lap.

Okay, and that is the chequered flag. Okay, so we can call the car and we're going to go around to the grid and do a start.

Ok mate, so that last string of lap times looked pretty good actually for reference. Pierre's last lap was a 49.9, that was his fastest. Copy. Similar times to...

A few other cars out there, so not too bad. How was the balance, please? Yeah, similar to the short run, really. Struggled with that torque hole I talked about. I think the gear topic better. Probably we should keep that. Okay, understood. And the torque as well, I think that's another thing we should have put for the low fuel. Yeah, understood. Okay, well, we've learned a bit there. So, yeah, it's a start. So we're going to the grid. We'll be doing a start on the right-hand side for us this time. And I'll let you know about burnouts when we get there. We'll be pushing all the way to pit entry and doing a practice pitstop as well. We're the first car, Piers, behind us, so we'll do the stop and then push you through the pit box. We'll just wait for the extra bit for him to do his.

Okay, mate, so we're going to do three burnouts and a start on the right, but a reminder, these burnouts need to be representative to what you'd normally do on a race start, okay? Yep. Okay, very good. Three burnouts, start on the right, and then push to pit entry.

Turn in. Now launch.

Okay, so just going to push you forward, Pierre, we'll do a stop in about 20 seconds time and then we'll get you back in.