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Alexander Albon
10:25:38
OK, so that's four and a half minutes to the green light. OK, you're going to be first in queue, I think.
10:25:47
Okay, I want to get to the pitlane and you can switch off.
10:27:17
Three minutes to the green light, so everyone in the queue behind you is on the full wet.
10:27:27
And at the moment, our baseline plan would be to complete one time lap on this full wet. Well, at least one time lap. Just see what you think of the track conditions then.
10:27:46
Yeah, so the earlier, there's a point at which we want to go to the inter early, but then there's a point where we don't.
10:28:01
That's correct. I imagine with the conditions now, we'll probably be on that earlier side. It's probably going to go dry quickly, I'd imagine.
10:28:15
We're ready for either scenario. And that's two minutes to the green light.
10:29:17
Sixty seconds.
10:31:37
Inter, go switch to go push when you're ready. You may hit a bit of traffic.
10:32:31
WL in turn 12. Hope it clears.
10:33:26
We're happy to keep pushing for another lap.
10:34:42
Happy to push next lap. Double yellow, just the way you are.
10:34:48
Watch Stroll just ahead.
10:35:03
Happy to keep pushing if you've got the gap.
10:35:11
I don't see him. Yeah, copy that.
10:35:16
Okay, so let's just try to drop three attempts.
10:35:22
We're very unstable. It will feel way, way too low downforce. Hamilton just behind. Watch for Hamilton.
10:35:32
Yellow, where you are now. Piastri pushing two back.
10:35:46
Piastri with you now. And then Hulkenberg 4. Give me a gap where I can get into.
10:36:02
Okay, so we'll drop behind Hulkenberg and Verstappen. So Hulkenberg 2 back, and then Verstappen 6, and then the gaps behind in phase.
10:36:11
Okay, so, yeah, Hulkenberg coming past. That was Verstappen, four.
10:36:18
Verstappen looks overboarded, but if you just stay in this gap. So next car behind is Norris three. He's in phase.
10:36:32
Verstappen is creating a gap ahead, so just create a gap to him. Olicar is pushing his Ocon full back.
10:36:39
Ocon three. Just close to two behind you now.
10:36:49
It's the best gap we're going to get, so just go push when you're ready.
10:37:07
Why are the fronts so bad?
10:37:18
So, Ocon, just with you now, so the fronts are just coming into the window, so they will improve.
10:38:09
Happy to push next lap. Gap ahead five.
10:39:11
What the fuck?
10:39:16
Copy, let's keep pushing if we can.
10:39:30
Red flag, red flag. No overtaking. Come in slow.
10:39:43
You guys haven't really been giving me much help with the front locking or anything. OK, set, go in. Yeah, we'll have a look at it.
10:40:03
OK, so box, Alex, box.
10:40:19
Okay, we'll drive straight through the box and stop in front of our garage.
10:44:36
OK, that's two and a half minutes to the green light.
10:44:43
OK, so two and a half minutes, you can switch off.
10:45:27
That's just under two minutes to go, so go send, please.
10:45:44
OK, 90 seconds, so go back to P2, please.
10:45:51
So, we expect front tyres, rear tyres are going to be okay, it's just the front we need to work on this outlap. And we expect to have time for five timed laps, so thinking something like double fast, slow, double fast.
10:46:08
I just need to get a lap on the board over.
10:46:12
Yeah, yeah, copy that.
10:46:20
One minute to go.
10:46:38
Forty seconds to start firing up.
10:46:44
And Tsunoda, just ahead of you, does have a wheel over the line, so you're going to have to give way to him when the queue leaves.
10:47:13
That's five seconds.
10:47:19
Should be the green light.
10:47:32
Some of the other cars are going tight at turns 6, 7 and 9.
10:47:43
Yes, copy.
10:49:08
Okay, so remember we can open the gap on this outlap. First push of the car is Gasly ten back.
10:49:24
With that queuing, we expect to have time for four time laps.
10:49:46
Set, go out. Gasly, 8 back, pushing.
10:49:59
OK, Gasly 6, so he's going to keep pushing next lap, so stay ahead of him.
10:50:06
Gasly's five, this is good.
10:50:11
Good for what? Good to push next lap.
10:50:15
Somebody ready? There's a god fucking car right behind us!
10:51:58
Keep pushing next lap. That's P7.
10:53:27
Okay, next lap will probably be a call, but keep pushing the first sector.
10:53:52
Okay, so watch for Tsunoda and Stroll pushing too behind. Set go cool when you can.
10:53:59
Where is he? And there's Russell in phase. Behind him there's an eight second gap.
10:54:12
Okay, so we've got two minutes to go. We've got two minutes to go so we can have time for one more time lap. So set mode 2 now. So Russell just behind you. Behind him there's eight seconds to Gasly in phase. First pushing is Behrmann, nine back.
10:54:46
Okay, so Behrman four back pushing. Russell's now creating a gap so we can drop back towards Russell if you want. Gap ahead is four to Tsunoda. Behind Behrman three pushing.
10:55:01
Tsunoda's going. Behrmann 2. So if you drop behind Behrmann, you should be in a good gap. Okay, go push when you're ready.
10:56:53
And that's a chequered flag, a chequered flag to go in.
10:57:04
Okay, good job, Alex. So we're safe, obviously. That's P1.
10:57:25
Take out the rest of the flat. OK, understood. So, yeah, when you get back in, we've got a couple of minutes to talk about it.
10:57:43
Do you want the hot car now?
10:57:48
Yes, as much as you can, please.
10:58:23
Box, Alex, box.
10:58:39
Same as before, drive straight through our pit box and stop in front of our garage. Just follow Gorka.
10:59:13
Can you get me a maximum board or at least just help me?
11:01:36
Okay, just over 90 seconds for green light so you can switch off.
11:02:13
I feel like a lot of the cars are on the used way. That's 60 seconds.
11:02:25
So, the rain does look like it's eased off now. So, potentially, the best conditions will be now at the start. And the track may be heading towards Inter, so we are ready for that. And at the moment, we'll go up one turn. Let's see what you think. And that's 35 seconds. Superstar firing up.
11:02:50
Okay, when you're all fired up, you can set mode 11, please.
11:03:00
I think it's now push-pull, push-pull, but up to you.
11:03:07
Yeah, we'll leave it at 11, I guess. Copy. We'll see how it is on the first push. Last 10 seconds.
11:04:15
So from our side, you could consider push toggle for turns 4 and 6-7.
11:04:22
I'm just worried about the rear lock, er, the front lock.
11:04:37
Braking into turn 4. Are cars braking off-line or braking on-line? We're checking.
11:04:57
Okay, car behind is Perez in phase eight seconds.
11:05:08
Go switch to go out. And for turn 4 people are braking on the racing line.
11:05:20
Warm-ups looking good on these tyres, so it should be in a good window. So Alonso ahead is just creating a bit of a gap. Behind you've got five seconds to Perez and then there's another 11 back to Ocon, so you can start to drop back towards Perez to create a gap. Whenever you're ready, go switch to go push.
11:07:22
We're happy to keep pushing next lap.
11:07:54
You've got to help me in turn 4. I literally can't do that corner. It's incredibly bad. It's locking all fours or what? Rears? Fronts?
11:08:06
Okay, copy. Yeah, it's front locking, so we'll have a look. So, at the moment, Piastri is going to enter. He's the quickest car on track, so we're thinking about stopping this lap. Okay, box set, yeah.
11:08:22
So let's keep on pushing on the in-lap and we'll box this lap and we'll go up one turn's lap.
11:08:57
Box, Alex, box for inter.
11:09:08
Okay, so set tyre switch to enter. Watch the traffic lights. There may be some traffic in the pitlane.
11:09:40
Okay, so Piastri's in turn 2 now. He should be behind to protect it. And then it's clear behind.
11:09:53
No-one pushing behind.
11:10:09
What's Piastri doing? Is he improving on his second push? Let me know.
11:10:17
So he's still improving on his third push, so we're thinking of doing three push, then a slow, then a push, for five time laps. Yep.
11:10:39
Let's go. Go ahead. Behind you, you've got a 13-second gap. It's just Alonso to go ahead of you. Still 10 behind, so that's good. Gap ahead is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
11:10:54
Six seconds ahead. Seven. This is good. Just go push when you're ready.
11:11:30
Tyre temps are a bit low this lap, so they will keep coming up if you keep pushing.
11:11:39
M&L flat spot, sir.
11:11:46
OK, copy that, Alex. How bad is it? We can stop for another set if you need to. It's OK.
11:12:02
So Perez three back pushing. Stay ahead of him if we can.
11:12:28
Red flag, red flag. So just slowly box this lap. This is Sainz who's off at turn two.
11:12:47
Why are we so bad on the front tyres?
11:12:57
Yeah, copy that, we'll have a look. So, just drive through the pit, the box and stop in front of our garage as before. And we are checking on the front.
11:17:23
OK, that's three minutes, the green light.
11:17:29
Okay, I'm in third in the queue. You can switch off.
11:18:16
That's two minutes of the green light. So, as we said, time for three push laps. At the moment, we'd target pushing on all three laps, but potentially the middle one would just be trying to get track position for the final push. But baseline plan is just keep pushing to bring temps up.
11:19:17
And that's one minute to the green light.
11:19:23
So, driving line feedback. Everyone is using the dry line in turn 4.
11:19:32
And others have been struggling in turn 1 as well. I think locking is an issue there in turn 1. That's a 40 second suit start firing up.
11:19:57
Yeah, that's 20 seconds.
11:20:01
And looking at Piastri's lines, he's hugging the kerb more. Turn 6-7 now in these conditions. 10 seconds. Yeah, I'm trying to do that. I just oversteer off.
11:21:16
Same as last run, the fronts are a little bit on the low side, so maybe a little bit of struggling to one, but they will come up for the next push. Go switch to go out. And ahead of you is five seconds to Tsunoda and behind five to Lawson.
11:21:34
So, ahead of Tsunoda is Norris. He's in the final corner now, so he's just going. So Tsunoda shouldn't slow up too much.
11:21:42
Tsunoda's there now in the final corner. He's going. Gap ahead five. Six seconds. Seven. Just go push when you're ready.
11:23:33
Happy to keep pushing sector 1.
11:23:52
And that's P5.
11:24:26
Go switch to go cool mode 2. Really? Yeah, go and get one push at the end.
11:24:49
Are we pushing? Push next lap.
11:24:54
Is this lap or next lap? Okay, so keep pushing out. This is going to be a double yellow round at turn 2. Okay. Okay, currently P4 though.
11:25:17
Guys, if we lose out now, I'm going to be fucking pissed.
11:25:24
OK, that's a red flag. Red flag.
11:25:27
Yeah, go in. Alex, we understand.
11:25:32
Let's let go of the safety car, please. Sorry.
11:26:47
Okay, so box, Alex, box. When you arrive, through the box, stop in front of our garage.
11:27:26
OK, I think the tools are in a good place, so that's positive. The front locking felt better.
11:34:19
OK, that's three minutes of green light, so you can switch off.
11:34:34
Just have a look at the, um, it feels like the brake disc is, um...
11:34:42
There's like a kickback, like it's not straight.
11:34:48
It's like it's pulsating on my foot. Is that just now, leaving the garage, or has that been on the last run as well? I noticed it now, but I'm not sure if it's been there before. OK, we'll check back. So set P2, please. Yeah, we'll have a look back and see what we can see.
11:35:50
Ninety seconds.
11:36:16
60 seconds to go to green light and on these brakes from outside we're happy that they'll be fine when you're on track.
11:36:24
DRS has been disabled.
11:36:41
35 seconds until you can start firing up.
11:36:59
Twenty seconds.
11:37:06
10 seconds and we're happy with our plan for the session.
11:38:03
So temperature similar to the last run, just slightly colder on the pit.
11:38:23
Switch to go out.
11:39:33
Piastri three back. Piastri two pushing.
11:39:39
OK, now there's 10 back. So still happy with our plan.
11:39:59
Okay, so expect Piastri ahead to push again. Behind, there's seven seconds to Norris pushing.
11:40:14
Piastri now three ahead and seven back to Norris. Piastri four. Go switch to go push when you're ready. 4.5 ahead. Five.
11:41:54
Accept mode 9 and keep push next lap.
11:42:19
Red flag, red flag. Come in slowly.
11:42:27
This red flag is for Alonso off at 11.
11:42:34
Go, switch to go. Safety car.
11:42:38
Okay, so at the moment P2. P1 is Norris at 24.2. So half a second.
11:42:49
It's all about the front tyres. We're a third post on the fronts. We need the three laps if we can. Okay, understood, Alex.
11:43:03
If there's anything we can do for a front tyre tip, we must take it.
11:43:11
Yeah, copy that, Alex. Chatting with Jack. So, just turn 11. Especially the front left. The front right's okay. Yeah, copy that. So, turn 11 to watch Alonso's off on your right-hand side. So, probably double yellow.
11:43:27
Okay, that's good, so you can pass him now. So, box, Alex, box.
11:43:42
Okay, so box, box.
11:44:00
So, same as before, drive through the box, stop in front of our garage.
11:50:05
Okay, so four minutes.
11:50:13
That's four minutes, so you can switch off.
11:50:29
Okay, so you're third in the queue, so that means we should be good for the four push laps.
11:51:01
Set P2, please.
11:51:18
Three minutes.
11:52:16
Two minutes to green light.
11:52:47
Ninety seconds.
11:53:17
One minute.
11:53:38
Forty seconds, so you can start powering up.
11:53:57
Twenty.
11:54:07
Ten seconds.
11:55:04
A bit drier than before.
11:55:09
Yeah, copy that, Alex. A bit drier. And these tyres are a little bit lower than the last set coming out of the garage, so take it a little bit longer to come up.
11:55:29
Okay, go switch to go out. And we're expecting the weather to stay the same until the end of the session, so just a couple of drops, but nothing major.
11:55:41
Bushy six ahead.
11:55:49
Switch to go pro.
11:57:25
Tyres are coming up well, so push next lap.