Radio check, Nico. Yep, good. Loud and clear. We have Stroll behind in the pitlane. The first pushing car will be Hamilton, like 15 behind.

These are new brakes, are not they? Yes. OK, we can go to mode K2. Yes on new brakes. First pushing, Hamilton 8 behind.

That was 38.0 bar. Hamilton 7.0 behind. You can go to GX3 when you can. Hamilton 6.0 behind, pushing. He's the only pushing car. 23.0 bar. Hamilton 4.0 pushing.

Hamilton, three.

That was Hamilton 3. Last brake was 29 bar. Good. Hamilton 2. 1. After Hamilton, you're OK. Next pushing is Norris, 12 behind.

Brakes are OK. And remember, mode push, mode push.

Very low grip and very bumpy. Copy that. Charge on. Piastri 2 behind. Piastri pushing 2 behind 1.

Piastri one. After him is Stroll in sync.

We have a steering like this balance to the left. The car, the steering load is less than to the right. Feels a bit weird. Okay, understood. Asymmetric steering load feel. We're checking. Stroll behind is in sync. Alonso behind in sync.

We can go to SP2. SP2 for next push.

And there was a big bottoming out of turn 3 on that lap. Copy that, Nico.

Okay, we're in sync with cars behind. Back off car ahead is Russell 12 ahead and Gasly 18 ahead. That's it for back off cars ahead.

On wind, we have a big tailwind into turn 8 and then it goes from tail to head through turn 12. But where I'm now here, turn 8, to the right is way heavier than to the left. OK, understood.

Okay, you're in sync. Russell's on a back off ahead and no one pushing behind. Gap to Russell is 5. Remember, charge off mode push gap ahead is 5.5.

Okay, press in button box now. Ocon behind is on a back off, so it's Hamilton 5 behind pushing. And we'll box end of this lap for wing change. It's unbelievably bumpy.

OK, Zhou four behind pushing. Zhou's the only pushing car.

Joe 3.

Zhou 2. Zhou still 2. After Zhou we're OK and we'll box Zhou 1.

Box now. Nico, box now for front wing change.

Still felt quite high levels of understeer.

Copy that. With this wing change I'm just going to keep the same balance because we're trying to check that. Okay, so we can do mode RS start from here and then I'll let you know if we can do one down at the bottom.

OK, Nico, we can do a practice start.

OK, first pushing is Olli. He's in turn three now.

All E5 behind.

Olli pushing 3.5. He's the only pushing car. Olli 2. Olli 1.

Okay, cars on outlap is Perez and then there's four cars between turn 9 and turn 12, so there will be some backup. You're in sync behind.

Losses to Albon in P9 is turn 1 and then last corner where you had traffic.

OK behind. Leclerc is in turn 12, then Stroll, Perez. Leclerc is going in. Car behind is Verstappen on an outlap. First pushing car, Norris is 20 behind, all OK. Stroll is gone, Perez is going. Gap to Perez, 4, 5, 6. Remember, charge off mode push. Gap is 7.

First pushing car, Verstappen, 15 behind. We'll go Spark 1 for the next push.

And we can go SOC 1.

I don't know, Nico, if you think the tyre temps are too high, we could do a drive-through just to drop some more temp. OK, watch for Verstappen, four behind pushing. Verstappen's the only pushing car. Verstappen, two. Verstappen, still two. Verstappen, one. What do you think, Nico, for cooling down?

Yeah, let's do it. Okay. One more. Through the pitlane or just straight?

I'm okay, just drive through the pitlane, no stop.

I think also just stay on track is also okay. That's fine, Ben. Just stay on track. Save a little time. So Perez behind might be starting a push. Watch for Perez behind.

I don't know what he's doing.

I guess he's doing another back-off, OK.

No one pushing behind right now.

Only loss to Albon is 9, so brake earlier for 9 to have a better exit. Albon's in P5.

And we recommend to go mode push out of turn 12. That manages the energy better. So go mode push earlier. First pushing, Leclerc 13 behind. We have a big gap ahead.

OK, Leclerc 7 behind.

Leclerc 5 pushing and then Sainz 14 pushing.

Leclerc 4. All OK ahead. Remember, charge off, mode push. Leclerc 2.5.

OK, press in button. Box now. If you could do CSL 6, 6th gear out of 3, between 3 and 4.

Copy that, Nico. We're planning to lift.

And also a huge amount of understeer, especially at high speed.

Okay, understood, Nico.

Box now, Nico, box now.

Good on the marks, Nico.

Okay, remember mode RS for a practice start. Colapinto is at start-finish now, starting to push.

First pushing is Alonso 6-5 behind. Alonso 5. Don't know what kind of running he's going to do. Alonso 3. Yep. There's a bit of clutch dragging when I stand still. Before the start the car is pulling forward. Copy that, Nico. We'll look at it now. That's Alonso pushing. Next pushing is Stroll 11 behind.

Next pushing is Lassen, 12 behind. Ahead is OK.

Loss in 11 behind is on a long run. All OK ahead.

Remember, mode push, mode push.

First pushing is still loss in seven behind doing continuous running.

OK, Lawson, five behind, continues sustained running.

OK, remember, charge off, no push.

OK, charge on, Nico. Lawson 7 behind is still on continuous running. So I think, Nico, maybe we just do this charge lap and then go into our continuous running now, because it's kind of past the peak. OK, so we'll do this cool-off lap, and then when you're ready, go into song 6. OK, Lawson 4 behind, sustained running, and then Albon 6 behind. Albon's on a single push, I think. So watch for Lawson and Albon coming now. They're both on sustained, I guess, Lawson and Albon.

Okay, there's Albon. After Albon is Bottas, four behind. Bottas is also doing continuous running. So all these guys are continuous. Watch for Bottas, three behind.

Valt has one, pushing.

Okay, then Ollie four behind single push. He'll do a back off next lap. Watch for Ollie three behind pushing. Ollie two. Ollie one.

Norris, six behind.

Norris, five behind still on a single push. Ocon's on an outlap there.

OK, Norris aborted. Gasly pushing. Gasly 3 behind. Single push. Watch for Gasly 2 behind. Charge off mode push.

Turn 15 actually is also the front. It's touchy.

Copy that, we agree. Front needs to come up too.

This run now with the great tyre, it's not going to be very useful, to be honest. Copy, it's just getting us wear data with no DRS, brake temps, and just do some lift in coast 1 and 4. We'll just do 3 or 4 laps, 2 or 3 laps.

For the race we would manage more at 6-7.

Are you happy? Is it up my whip?

Copy that, Nico. We can box and just make a gap because we're hot on temperatures. Box now, Nico. Watch for Norris 4 behind. Norris sustained running 4 behind, then Tsunoda 8.

OK, Norris, three behind.

OK, press in button. Box now. Norris 2 behind. Finishing push. Norris.

Okay, that's Sainz, so he'll be ahead on a push.

Hamilton on track. He's like six behind. He's doing sustained running, so we'll have to make a gap to him. Hamilton four behind pushing. Hamilton three.

Hamilton 2, pushing, sustained. Hamilton 1.

Alright, traffic ahead. There's three, four cars between turn 8 and turn 10. OK behind, no one pushing behind.

Gap to Bottas, Stroll ahead is 8. They have Hamilton coming through now, so Bottas, Stroll are both stopped in 10. That's Bottas 3 ahead, you're still OK behind.

Okay, so your only outlap traffic is Stroll, Bottas, Bottas three ahead, Stroll six ahead. Just get a little brake temp. Stroll is going. You're still okay behind. First pushing Lawson, 13 behind, Stroll is going, Bottas five ahead, Bottas is going, gap to Bottas is five. Remember, mode push, mode push, okay behind, gap ahead is six.

Okay, charge on. We can do a drive-through and stop in the box for temps.

Ok, you're in sync. Tsunoda behind is on an outlap. Norris, 7 behind, should be on a backoff.

First pushing car, Russell, nine behind doing sustained running.

Russell six behind.

Russell, 5 behind, will box into this lap.

Russell 3.

Russell 2. Russell 1.

Okay, so we'll box now. Biggest loss to Olli is turn 4 and a little bit turn 9 entry. What do you think about aero balance? Turn 4 was a lot of understeer. Yeah, I know. It was pretty poor, but everywhere else it's pretty busy and hectic on the rear. So turn 4 is a standout really. Okay, so box now.

How do we compare the cars to their bots?

Very similar across cars, not a big difference. So maybe we'll just leave it with the second lap anyway.

You want me to stop? Yeah, we'll stop on the box, drop some temp. We've got plenty of time.

Let's try and add some aero balance. Put on like 0.4 or something. Copy that.

Hamilton on track, still sustained running. He'll be ahead. First pushing car will be Bottas, 9 behind.

Brake balance 1% rearwards. We recommend Bottas 5 behind, pushing. Single push lap. Bottas 3, 2, 1.

Okay, so Zhou is on a back-off lap for ahead, and Zhou has a big gap to the next traffic cars, so it shouldn't be too bad on traffic.

The only other place other than turn 4 was turn 9. Pushed the entry too much.

First pushing is Russell, 15 behind. Zhou should be pushing next lap. We need to go. It's 45 seconds to start the lap. Should be OK. Russell, 10 behind.

Okay, gap to Zhou is six. Okay, behind. Charge off, mode push.

Checkered flag, Nico. OK, so you can press in button, then we'll go around for the start.

So, we'll have mode slow. Spark 2. We'll have one burnout. Please start on the right-hand side.

Okay, the gap to Ali is 13, so we just need a little bit bigger gap so we can do a pit stop as well.

Always in turn 12 to box. Gap is 15.

Okay, always at pit entry. Gap is 17.

Okay, should be okay, Nico. I'll tell you when the box is clear. Box now, Nico, box now. Practice pitstop.

Box is clear.