Radio check, Gary.

Radio check, Gary. Loud and clear, Nico. Six minutes till we go.

Four minutes to go. We're still good on six burnouts, but we'll monitor obviously when we come around and we'll update if needed. You can do some practice if you want.

OK, Nico. All other cars are on medium.

You must be the only right one. You must be the only right one.

Nico, multifunction A, grip 11, grip 11.

Confirm 6, Nico.

We've got damage to the rear left. I think the car is okay, just the tyre. Going to go slow. Copy that. Yeah, rear left is punctured, so mode punk. Mode punk.

Yeah, check the mode. We need mode puncture. Mode punk, there you go.

Nico, do you think the front wing took a hit? We think maybe the front wing... There was a knock, I'm not sure. OK, safety car, Nico.

So the other two cars are out, Nico, and the pack is only 13 seconds ahead, so we'll get another set on, and then we'll probably change the wing, we'll quickly assess the condition.

Right.

Okay, box now, Nico. Box now for tyres and possible nose change. We're staying on C1.

Okay, still, it's still a safety car. You've won time by, so you have to obey the delta time. Be plus positive on delta time. The safety car has a leader at 10, so you'll catch up no problem. Just be positive on delta time.

How far am I behind the field? You are 25 seconds behind, but the leader has the safety car in the last corner. So I think you'll catch up easily. It's still a safety car. They're not going fast, so you'll catch them. Gap is 20 seconds ahead.

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Okay, so it's 12 seconds to catch the pack, Nico, so you're going to catch them fine.

Okay, so that's Stroll ahead and that's two times by the safety car line, so you don't have to obey the delta anymore, but that's the pack going into 1. And it's still double yellow turn 1, still double yellow.

OK, Nico, the track is clear. So you're behind Stroll. Stroll just pitted for a hard, and then everyone ahead of him is still on medium. So you've got Stroll ahead, then Albon, Zhou, Lawson, Bottas, Gasly, and Kevin's in P11. Yeah, we just definitely have to make the one-stop work, no? We lost the other hard set. That's correct.

And we can go SOC 7 now.

Still safety car with Verstappen in last corner, so it'll be another lap of safety car. Yeah, we could just stay SOC 6. SOC 7 is available to you if you need that situation.

OK, Nico, safety car in this lap. You can use mode RS for the restart and then back to push. The safety car is in 7 with leader Verstappen.

We'll go mode push into turn 1.

Mode push into turn 1. Yes, and that will give you a K1 available out of three.

Okay, the safety car has left the leader. Leader Verstappen in 13 going slow. Stroll ahead on hard, everyone else on medium.

Just the warm-up on the hard didn't feel amazing, just FYI, on the formation lap. Copy that Nico, we'll pass that on. Verstappen still going slow, coming into 15 now, still going slow.

Saving the tyre now. Copy that. DRS enabled.

Loss in behind now.

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So, loss in behind was told not to manage and just catch up, but we're happy with our plan. We'll get as far as we can with this tyre.

Doesn't feel super easy for the front.

Tyre sliding levels are good, Nico. How does it feel? Yeah, it feels okay. It feels stable, but fragile. I think if I would push more, tyres wouldn't like that so much. Copy that.

Very inconsistent front end in turn 1, through the whole apex. Front is just in and out, in and out. Copy that.

The low set behind is a medium, right? That's correct, medium.

So, the medium tech so far doesn't look bad. Yeah, and Kevin says the tyres feel fine.

Is the car healthy otherwise or we had some damage? Car is all healthy.

For info, lost in behind has a 10 second penalty from causing a collision.

Nico, the pack ahead is starting to slow. Tsunoda, Bottas, they're doing 28s. You are catching them, but you were over the limit in high speed that lap.

So Tsunoda is holding up Bottas and Albon because Tsunoda is struggling.

How does it feel, Nico? Because you're over the limit, but if it feels OK, you know, you keep going. Yeah, it feels OK. Turn 1 feels very bad. I don't know what's going on there.

I guess only in high sprints with a little bit of grip. That's right. 12, 13, 14. If you can pulse back there, I would help.

So turn one looks better for Kevin because he's in free air. So I guess the main issue is just following a car. Turn 13 you were over. Everywhere else was good.

I can't make progress here. As soon as I get closer it's like I'm hitting a wall.

Copy that. Best option is to get long with this tyre then.

What lap time is Kevin doing? 26.6 in free air.

Go, I have a multifunction B on the straight.

Speak up a bit. You're quiet on this race. B9 to position 10. B9 to position 10.

Medium runners should start pitting in the next few laps and we would aim to go around 10 laps beyond that.

OK, Nico, the medium runners are starting to box now. You have saved much more than them, so hopefully we'll be able to extend a little bit, find some time.

Kevin, pitted yet? Not yet.

It's definitely in the window for all these medium runners. Hopefully these two ahead of you go soon and you get some free air.

For fuck's sake!

Copy that, Nico. Kevin pitted. He's eight behind.

Bottas was the first one to go on the hard. He's doing 26.9.

Nico, stay left towards turn 1. There's a mirror on the middle of the track.

So near exit, there's a mirror in the middle of the track.

If tyre life is good, we need to switch it around now.

Well, tyre lab is very good, so... Yeah, copy. Discussing.

Come on. Be bossy. Yeah, understood.

First lap I would keep as is. Copy that.

Oh, I don't know. Do what you think. Just a small amount. A small amount.

I haven't filled the car in clean air, obviously. Yeah, copy that.

Okay, box opposite, Albon, box opposite. Box now, box opposite.

Okay, member mode RS.

Close to Bottas on hard on exit.

OK to push on outlap for undercut and then we'll get into managing.

Mode push, mode push.

They stayed out, Nico.

Ok, good job Nico, you opened a good gap to Bottas. Piastri, 3.5 behind will be a blue and then Leclerc.

And you are eating into the Tsunoda-Albon pit window. Good.

Ok Nico, Tsunoda and Lawson are still in like 26.4, so you've got some pace margins, so you can help us in 9.

Both Sainz and Hamilton have had punctures on their long runs.

Too much load.

Yep, copy that.

Safety car, safety car. Stay out, stay out. Get plus positive on delta time. Ai, ai, ai. Fuck's sake. Of course. Yeah, of course. But, it's alright. This will give you a little more tyre life out of this tyre. We'll gain some track position eventually.

So stay close to the delta time. Some people coming out of pits.

We'll just be close to delta time because I'm sure those Tsunoda and Albon will box.

Okay, so the safety car has leader Verstappen behind you, six seconds behind you, so you're good. Stay close to zero but above on delta time. All those guys who haven't stopped will stop, which will probably be just ahead, but stay close to zero on delta time.

Tsunoda and Albon are in the box now.

Second time is a kaput. That's two, you can push. Reset FUNC.

Okay, they're three ahead. They are still under the delta behind because they've only gone one time in the past. That's Tsunoda, Albon ahead, and they still have to go slow.

Ooh, well done on soft. Well done on soft.

Tsunoda went on hard. Nico, the safety car is taking everyone through the pitlane, so you'll have to go through the pitlane. What's going on? There's nothing on the straight. I don't know. There was a wing mirror on the straight. I don't know if that's the issue. I don't know what the safety car was for. It's debris on the pit straight. The Sauber ran over the wing mirror and damaged their car, so there's a lot of debris on the pit straight.

OK, Nico, so we're going through the pitlane. Remember the pitlimiter.

OK, pit limiter. And then those guys are now at two times past. Remember, pit limiter at two times past.

How is Kevin getting on? What position is he racing for? Unfortunately, he's around P11 right now.

Gasly was able to pit under the safety car, so he's looking better for himself. OK, so they're two times by now, so they can push. The leader is in 10. And I need an oil button when you can. Press oil pump button.

OK, so right now Alonso is in P10 on a medium, on his second medium, but he also put a hard on already, so he's on his second tyre and he can go to the end technically. So Alonso medium, Kevin hard, and then Tsunoda P12 on hard, then Albon. George Gasly, P9 or what? Gasly is up in P6 because he pitted under safety car when all his other people pitted before. Gasly's on a hard.

You're P14 and Albon is P13 and he's on a soft brake, you saw. And still going through the pitlane, still going through the pitlane. Remember, pitlane speed limiter.

So it's 20 laps to go from now and you did like one and a half push laps on that tyre. Four. It was three full laps. Not one and a half. Copy.

Hello, for real?

Safety car will now go on the main straight. No more pitlane.

So, from the people we've seen, the medium pace is better than the hard pace, so it's good to be on the medium now.

So car is behind Lawson. It's on a hard and then Bottas pitted again. So Bottas is on a medium way behind and Hamilton's back there as well because I don't know why but anyway he had a penalty or a puncture so Hamilton's on a hard.

Behind Lawson.

Okay, so safety car is taking the main straight this time.

Let me know if I need to do some charge still before we restart. Now I like the speed for warm up.

Understood, Nico.

OK, Nico, safety car will be in this lap. Safety car is in 3 with Verstappen. So you can use the sock 7.

Safety car going into 7 with Verstappen.

Okay, so safety car is away from the leader. Leader Verstappen in 14. Okay, Verstappen is going slow, packing up.

Remember, mode RS, mode RS.