Colapinto about two seconds ahead of you. He's got a 10 second gap ahead of him. Radio check. Radio's good. Yeah, good for me too.

Okay, car ahead, Bottas, 10 seconds.

GX3, GX3.

Mode K2 plus.

Bottas 12 seconds ahead. But there are a number of cars close together up there, so there will be a queue.

Brake warm-up, please, Kev, brake warm-up.

It's even worse than F31 last year. Copy that.

Bottas, seven seconds ahead. We'll be going in about a couple of seconds. Mode push. You're good to go.

Tyre temps are low, Kev.

Bottas, six and a half ahead. Getting into another push lap. Tartemps still low.

Charge on, Kev, charge on.

You are currently P1 Kev. 42.6, Verstappen 44.2. Obviously conditions very poor. Tsunoda five seconds behind time lap. Four and a half. Okay, apparently he's backed off.

Tsunoda, three and a half seconds.

Tsunoda pushing three seconds behind. Two and a half seconds. Two seconds. One and a half seconds. Sorry, two seconds.

Tsunoda close behind time lap.

No more threats.

Suggest EB5 to help stability.

Can you go to Soch 1, please, Kev? Soch 1. Leclerc time lap seven and a half seconds behind.

37 seconds, time lap.

Probably worth making a gap to the car ahead. Leclerc's six seconds behind.

Good to go, good to go.

Mode in, please get mode in. Bottas seven seconds behind time lap.

Bottas, five seconds time lap.

Four seconds, Bottas, time lap. Three seconds, two seconds, one second coming past. Leclerc, eight seconds.

Complete five seconds time lap.

Four seconds, Leclerc.

You've got two seconds.

One and a half seconds, Leclerc.

And then we have Norris five seconds behind time lap.

Norris, three and a half.

Norris, two and a half.

Norris coming past. Colapinto, five seconds time lap. Four seconds.

Colapinto, three seconds, two seconds, one second. Clear behind. Would you like a front wing adjustment, Kev, when we stop on the box? No. Copy.

So, boxing to do a start from the box, please.

Hotflux. Copy.

Mode slow. Mode slow for two burnouts before stopping. And then a mode RS start from the box, please.

Just watch out for Perez as you leave the pit. He's two and a half seconds behind time-lap. One and a half seconds time-lap coming past. OK, next car, Hamilton, has just completed a time-lap. He may still be pushing. He's 4.4 behind. No, he's 4.8 behind. He's backed off.

Mode K2 plus, mode K2 plus. Russell, five seconds time lap.

Russell, four seconds time lap.

Okay, he's actually dropped back to 3.5. Four seconds he appears to have backed off. So tyre temperatures are still on the low side, Kev. Question whether you want to do a prep lap before doing the time lap.

It's the fronts that are on the low side particularly. But you're quite low all round.

Let's take it on a slow lap ahead of you.

No threats behind.

See you in mode push.

Okay, gap mode in. Box this lap, please. If possible, a CSL6 after turn 4.

Russell, three seconds on a push behind. Two seconds. Russell, two seconds time lap.

Russell's backed off. Perez, three seconds time lap.

Two seconds, one second coming past.

You've got two cars on slow outs behind and then Piastri is about six seconds behind on a time lap.

Piastri still five seconds.

Reference, you're currently P5. Piastri still four and a half seconds behind time-lap.

Mastering four seconds time-lap.

Yeah, street two and a half time lap.

No other threats.

Perfect. Box off to start. Box, box.

Nico's going to stop on the marks to do a start from the box, so please stop in front of your garage where the guys are.

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Kevin Norris is eight seconds behind. He has just completed a time lap. Not sure what he is doing. Seven seconds now.

OK, Norris is back top, six seconds behind.

So, first car on time-lapse a long way behind, about 30 seconds behind. So I suggest we should stay in mode K2 plus for a prep lap after this lap.

I think the tyres will be ready. OK, if you want to go, that's fine. Bottas is 15 seconds ahead. Brake 1, if possible, is the only thing.

Mode push. You are good to go.

Charge on for cool-down lap. Next car 13 seconds behind.

Feedback is that may be able to carry a bit more apex speed at turn 3, that's all. So Norris time lap eight and a half seconds behind.

Norris, five seconds time lap.

Three seconds, Norris.

Two seconds, one second coming past.

Leclerc is pushing. He's on a prep lap. He's four and a half seconds behind. Nico on a time lap two seconds behind him. Leclerc prep lap three seconds behind. Two seconds behind. Nico time lap coming past Leclerc. One second behind you coming past now.

Anyone coming? Negative. Stroll on a slow lap right behind you. He's going quicker than you, but he's not on the time lap.

And then Albon eight seconds behind on an outlap.

So, Albon, outlap five seconds. He's pushing to get tyre temperature. Four seconds. Three seconds. Two seconds. Outlap also pushing for tyre temperature. Five seconds.

Four seconds Hamilton. There's an eight second gap behind him. Three seconds.

Gap 12 on isn't big enough, so you need to back off, let Hamilton through, drop behind Hamilton. Hamilton's backed off, so you go to mode push, just wait.

Good to go. Good to go.

OK, Kev, charge on. Albon badly held you up there. Sorry about that.

Yeah, I think it's just a consecutive running or it was a prep lap? Yeah, you just done an outlap, so I guess it was a prep lap. Driving. Hamilton, four seconds. Three seconds. Hamilton, time lap. Two seconds.

Traffic, no threats behind. Zhou on a slow lap, I'm told. Yep, six seconds behind is Zhou. Piastri on a time lap 12 seconds.

Piastri, 10 seconds time lap, 8 second gap behind him to Russell.

Piastri, five seconds.

Four seconds. Three seconds.

Piastri, one and a half seconds.

Coming past. Brake warm-up when possible.

Russell, seven seconds.

On the countdown. Four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second. Coming past then Colapinto, six seconds time lap, five seconds.

Four seconds, Colapinto. Three seconds. There's a yellow corner ahead of you, Colapinto, coming past. Should clear. No other threats behind. Just brake temperature, please, Kev, brake temperature. Zhou, on a slow lap, three seconds behind you. No threats behind him.

Colapinto five seconds ahead. Mode push. Good to go.

And auto slow. Copy.

Mode, charge on please. Zhou pushing 5 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second coming past, no other threats.

Sainz time lap 14 seconds.

Twelve seconds. Eleven seconds.

Nine seconds, Sainz time lap. Eight seconds.

Still five and a half behind.

Five seconds, thanks.

Four seconds. There's a six second gap behind Sainz to Bottas. Also time lap. Sainz is four seconds behind.

Sainz time lap three seconds.

Two and a half, two seconds, coming past, then Bottas five and a half, five seconds Bottas, four seconds Bottas, mode push, good to go, good to go, good to go.

Mode in. Box this lap. No threats behind. Please could we have a CSL6 after turn 4. Next car 11 seconds behind.

Zhou, time lap eight seconds.

Seven seconds.

Six seconds. Five seconds. Four seconds. Three. Two. One. Coming past. Verstappen slow lap, seven seconds.

Ocon, six seconds on some sort of slow lap.

For reference, you're currently P4, 36.8, Sainz 36.2 is fastest.

Bottas' time lap, he's eight seconds behind. He's got two cars to pass.

Bottas, six seconds.

Bottas, still five seconds. Correction, six seconds.

Bottas, four seconds time lap. Three seconds. Two seconds. They've all backed off. All the cars around you have backed off.

No threats behind.

Box, box. Copy that.

Okay, box should be clear. Stopping on the marks and then going P1, please.

Watch out for the Saab Accru.

Stop in position was good there, Kev.

No threats behind at the moment. And reminder for no DRS.

Still no threats behind.

Unfortunately, we're only going to get four time laps.

We'll do tyre management for two laps and then we'll do two laps of normal driving, one of them at the end with DRS.

So one more lap with tyre management, please.

So happy to reduce management 3, 6 and 10. Lifting coast is your discretion.

Next lap is the last timed lap. Please use DRS on the next lap.

Spark three, please, Kev, spark three.

Okay, that's the chequered flag. So mode slow, please. And if we could have a CSL 6 after turn 4, that'd be great.

Zhou, two and a half seconds behind. Copy. Zhou, two seconds, just for reference.

Coming around to do a start from the grid.

Okay Kevin, so it'll be two burnouts and then a mode RS start from the right-hand side of the grid. After the start, please push to turn 5.

And spark two, please, Kev, spark two.

Pitch to the right-hand side. Right-hand side, please, yeah. Right-hand side. Copy.

Mode RS for the start.

End button, please, Kev. End button.

Good opportunity to practice the pit entry.

When you stop, the guys will do a tyre change and then it'll be P1.