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OK, Kev. So there's just over a minute to go. One minute ten till we can go.

One minute to go. One minute.

So, Kev, there's a couple of cars in front of you in the queue. The Aston Martin at the front of the queue has quite a lot of aero rakes on, so I imagine they'll be doing a load of aero mapping runs, so hopefully not too many cars ahead of us.

And the two cars behind us got loads of brakes on as well, so they'll be doing mapping runs.

OK, green light's coming now.

Radio check. Pit exit. That is good. Yep, I hear you well too. OK, so build up the tyre temps the best you can on the outlap. And remember brake warm-up procedure.

Just one car ahead and it's Alonso and you can go to GX3, GX3.

And we can go to mode K2+. Mode K2+.

Petrovic five and a half behind on his outlap. Five second gap to Alonso ahead. Let's try and keep a decent gap like that for the first lap.

Tyres are coming up nicely.

Brake taps look good.

Gap ahead is good. Remember, no push, no push, just a little sill-up.

Charge on, charge on. Good gap behind.

First pushing car will be Hamilton, currently 11 seconds behind.

Correction, Hamilton 8 behind pushing.

Hamilton five behind pushing. Hamilton three behind pushing. Two behind. Watch for Hamilton coming past you now. And then we have a ten second gap to Russell, the next pushing car.

There is a yellow flag showing up at turn 6. We have Russell 4 behind on a push. Russell 4 behind on a push. Russell 3 behind on a push. Russell 2 behind pushing. And the track is now clear at turn 6. Watch for Russell 2 behind still pushing.

OK, the next car behind is doing. He's eight seconds back. Seven seconds back on an outlap.

How do you feel the tyres are at the minute, Kev? I see temps are still high. Yeah, they're pretty high. We can do a second lap. They're not really cooling down. We can box, drive through for the practice start, and then go for another push.

I still think I prefer to do another push after this and then a double after that. Copy. Watch for Perez. Four behind pushing. Perez three behind pushing. Perez two behind pushing. Perez coming past you now. Then in sync with cars behind after Perez coming past you now. I copy that. So staying out for another push.

Okay, all cars in sync. You have Luke Browning in the Williams, three behind. But he is on a lap. On a push. Now he's outlapped, mate. Outlapped, so he's all in sync. Gap to do in is currently four seconds. Browning coming up behind you now. All in sync behind. No traffic threat from behind.

I had five and a half, so good to launch, both push.

OK, Kev, charge on, charge on. Tyre temps actually came down OK, so I don't think we need the double. So we'll go for another single cool down now. We've got Luke Browning, I think he's finishing a time lap now in sync with you, 11 seconds back in the Williams. How's the balance from your side?

It's pretty stable. A bit too much understeer, I would say. Mid-corner of all corners. Mainly, I would say, medium and high speed. Okay, the guys are looking for some tools now to try and help with that. They thought the same. So we'll come back to you on that. So Browning behind in sync and Bottas also in sync. He's behind Browning. So we'll push on the next lap, I think, based on what the tyre temps did that time. And we can go to SOC 1 on your side, please. SOC 1.

Coming. And let's try P8.

Okay, all in signal those cars behind and no traffic threats from behind at the minute.

And some driving feedback from Ed. If we could bring braking back at turn 1 and turn 12. Just help the mid-runner.

And in terms of where you are at the minute in the lap table, so you're currently P2, Nico P3 about a tenth behind you, and Russell did a tenth ahead of you in first.

First marker 15, 20 seconds back. I'll keep you posted.

OK, Lawson around 8 seconds back now. He's just coming out of turn 7 on a push. He has to come through Russell and Bottas who are behind you and they are in sync with you. Russell closing quickly though. OK, Russell's past, so Bottas now. Watch for Lawson, two behind, one behind. Lawson coming past on a push and no other threats.

Tyre temps are coming down to a similar point they were before, so it will be good to push on the next lap and in sync with all those cars behind.

Hamilton behind is closing quickly on an outlap. He's three behind.

Hamilton coming past now. He's out lap. So in sync with Nico behind. He's three behind you on a cool down. First pushing car is Norris. He's around 12 seconds behind you.

I imagine Hamilton will push this next lap, so let's build a good gap to Hamilton. Nico will box, but watch for Norris pushing four behind. Norris pushing three behind. Norris pushing two behind. Okay, no traffic threat behind. Alonso behind you is on outlap, so get the gap you need. Which should be good now, should have a good gap. And okay to push, charge off.

So if I back off now and go again, will we have time for that? We have time, so yeah, back off now, charge on, I'll just check on the charge side. Just watch for Alonso, 7 behind.

Alonso behind has backed off. He's three seconds behind you.

Alonso coming past you now in sync. Hamilton also in sync. He's closing quite quickly with three seconds. Two seconds, but he's in sync with you.

Okay, confirm we will be okay on stop to push again. You've got Drogovic two behind. He's on an outlap. Outlap Drogovic coming past you now quite quickly. Norris in sync, no traffic verts behind.

OK, next pushing car, Colapinto and William, six behind. Colapinto, five behind, pushing. Colapinto, three behind, pushing. Two behind, pushing. Watch for Colapinto, I want a push coming past you now. Then the next pushing car is Hajar. So we have Gasly behind and Hirakawa, armed, pushing. So the two cars behind you are in sync. So they're in sync. We're watching for the Red Bull of Hajar, five seconds behind. Four behind. Three behind. Gap ahead is good.

OK, Ken, good lap, good lap. We'll box at the end of this lap. Box at the end of this lap.

We'll do CSL position 6 6th gear out of turn 5.

Okay, so CSL 6, sixth position. Good gap behind.

For reference, currently P5 on the 26.8, Nico P3, 26.4.

They'll be coming for more front. Yeah, they did. They boxed for extra flap. We're thinking a combination of aero and mech. We'll chat it through when you get it.

Are you worried about running out of flat ball? No, we're OK.

OK, so I'll just slide the rear. Let's talk about it. Sounds good. I'll just confirm your boxing now. Yeah, punch, punch.

And we stop in the box for a pre-start rev check, please, Kevin.

Sorry, Kev, we thought that was there.

OK, we'll just hold for a gap. We've got the first soft runners out there now. It's about the right time to go and wait for a good gap. OK, so you've got the Mercedes of Russell. He's ahead of you about three seconds. He's going out on the soft as well.

No traffic threat behind. Can you exit the pitlane?

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Okay, so Russell had outlap, same as you, so he'll be pushing next lap. And you got Perez behind, nine seconds behind you. He's outlap as well, also on the soft. All the guys are going out of softs now, so we're in sync with everybody.

Brake temps are looking good. Tyre temps are close to target.

Current gap to Russell, four seconds. Let's get a good five second gap on him before we launch. No traffic threat behind, so make your gap here when you're ready. And remember, mode push, mode push.

First pushing car, Kevin Gasly, three behind, so Gasly is close behind pushing, followed by Zhou. Zhou also pushing close behind him, so watch Gasly, Zhou, Perez should be finishing the lap, but just watching, closing quickly. OK, and then no threats behind at the moment.

And we'll box at the end of this lap. Box end of the turn. Got a yellow at turn 3. Track's clear. Track clear. So yeah, box the end of this lap. Roger, box. And we have Drogovic two and a half behind. Not sure what he's doing but he is closing on you quickly. So Drogovic two behind. Drogovic one and a half behind in the Aston Martin. Watch for him coming past you. Would you like a balance adjust when we stop?

I'm just thinking. OK, copy that. I'm going to go mode in, mode in.

We have Alonso exiting turn five. He's currently six seconds behind. Alonso's first pushing car. You're in sync with Lawson. Lawson coming past in Hamilton outlap, but Alonso is pushing. Alonso two behind. One behind. Alonso coming past you now. Okay, then we have Leclerc in the Ferrari. Five behind. Four behind. He's on to a sustained high fuel running. Three behind. So watch for Leclerc coming past you. He's two seconds behind.

Next pushing car is Leclerc senior in the Ferrari as well. So he's 13 seconds behind on a push and any thoughts on a balance just when we stop in the box?

OK, Leclerc four behind on a push. Leclerc three behind pushing, two behind. Leclerc coming past you now. Go up 0.4 please. OK.

OK, Kev, so confirm you're boxing now. Thanks, folks. And we'll have one burnout, one burnout before you stop in the box for practice start. So move slow for the burnout.

Mode slow for the burnouts.

No burnout. OK.

OK, Kev, you're going to be close to Luke Browning in the Williams up-pit exit. He should be on a cool-down. We're just watching him. He's just finished his lap. Mode K2, mode K2. So you have Browning one and a half behind. He should be on a cool-down.

Yeah, he's backed off, so yeah, he's in sync with you, one and a half behind.

And confirm the flap adjust was done.

First pushing car is Owassa.

He's five behind.

So we have Iwasa four seconds behind in a Red Bull. So watch for the Red Bull. Three behind pushing. Two behind pushing. And then one and a half behind pushing. Coming past you now.

Okay, we've got a good gap now until the next pushing car. And let's work the brakes a bit if you can. Tyre temperature has come down nicely.

And we can consider the left toggle for understeer at turn 9. Copy.

OK, Hadar in the red bolts. First push of the car, 13 seconds back.

Lawson behind you is in sync.

Hajar eight behind pushing in the red bull. So much for red bull car pushing six seconds behind you now. After him, everybody enters the sink.

So, Hajar four seconds behind in the Red Bull Pushing.

Three seconds behind pushing. Two behind pushing. Coming past you now. In sync with all cars around.

Both push when you're ready. Drogovic behind in sync. And launch lap when you're ready.

Thank you, Kev. That's P6. P6 will box at the end of this lap. Box at the end of this lap.

Currently no drugs set behind.

Hamilton moving the pits behind you now. No traffic threats. I have a CSL position 6-6 gear out of turn 5, please.

Drogovic closing quickly. Three behind. Watch for Drogovic. Three behind now. Drogovic, two behind. Drogovic is on a push. He's two seconds back. Watch for Drogovic coming past you in the CSL.

Box, Kevin, box. Box, box.

Williams is pulling away quite a bit in the pitlane. Just check the speed. OK, we can do that. I see there is a black and white flag, so we'll investigate.

For who? Not for you, sorry. For that Williams.

Should be exiting onto clear track. Browning ahead, out lap as well.

OK, Kev, I think you're going to get around 7 time laps, 7-8 time laps.

Hamilton leaving the pits ahead of you.

So far all happy with the management you're doing. Good job.

Thank you, Kev. We think pace relative to others is really good. If we can maintain this, this is looking good.

And we could try EB9 to help understeer mid-corner.

Okay, so we see your pace picking up. We think this is still good. So the level of pushing you're doing is about spot on. Good job. Keep going as you are.

Okay, careful. Right on the cusp again. Three more times. So, but just watch traction turn seven. Watch traction turn seven. Otherwise all good.

You should get two more time. Two more time.

Showing where we got Leclerc close behind. DRS.

OK, starting last lap, starting last lap, so use DRS please and no lifted coast. So use DRS and no lifted coast.

Okay, Kev, that's you to take the checker. Then keep pushing up to 5 and then we'll do the CSL out of turn 5.

So, CSL six, sixth gear. You have Hirakawa five seconds behind.

Okay Kevin, go mode slow, mode slow. So current plan is two burnouts and the start from the right-hand side.

I'm going to go RS for the start.

Stay. Mode RS to turn 5. Mode RS to turn 5.

And we can do another CSL out of turn 5.

And we're going mode in now. Mode in.

Box, Kevin, box for practice pitstop and switch off. Rog, Rog. And the box is clear.

Watch for the Saab on entry.

Switch off, please. Switch off. Switch off. No shift. Thank you. We have a possible hydraulic issue.