So, most of the cars out there have left around a seven second gap.

So, Albon coming through turn 1 and then Hulkenberg 5 behind him, Hulkenberg now at turn 1 and then it's Bortoleto 4 behind him.

Bortoleto through and then into Bearman.

Now it's off on next car at seven seconds. Target plus five.

Ocon at five seconds on a lap.

Ocona, three seconds on a lap.

And 2.

Colapinto at four seconds now on a lap. Norris is seven ahead.

Colapinto is three and a half.

Norris still seven ahead.

Colapinto at three. Now two seconds. And then it will be Sainz at 12 seconds.

Keep building temps. Norris now six seconds ahead.

This will be Strat 2 next lap. Norris five ahead. He's gone.

Approach.

43.1 for Bearman.

Just keep eyes on Bortoleto. Two seconds.

Strat 1. Box. Box.

I'm going to go red. Copy that.

So, red flag, red flag. Delta positive.

Consider if you'd want to do another lap on this soft tyre.

Yeah, we're just discussing the options here, George.

So currently P6, Leclerc P1 on a 42.0, that's on a soft tyre. Verstappen on the medium was a 42.2.

Box, box, box. Stop on your marks and switch off.

So we can switch off down the end.

Christopher, DACA reset.

Yes, A firm. So it's now your first lap there.

So, George, based on the position in the queue, we think we advise going for lap one.

I think it'll be tight to get that fifth lap in.

So that's 40 seconds to green light. We can fire up.

Image of a soft tyre from R1 is back in blankets. Yeah, affirmative.

Target plus six.

Stroll's got nine ahead of him to Alonso and ten ahead of Alonso.

So, George, we do have time for a prep lap and then a push lap if we need that.

Yeah, the tyre isn't gripping at the moment.

No problem, I'll do one and see what happens. Yeah, anything.

Kimi at eight seconds on a lap.

So, keep tyres where they are. Obviously, Stroll ahead. Expect him to go next lap. Kimi now seven seconds on a lap.

Five seconds to Kimi on a lap.

And then it's eight, seven seconds to Tsunoda.

Five to Tsunoda.

Three. I've got two cars at sector three here.

Two seconds to Tsunoda. Stroll just round the corner.

And then Leclerc at seven seconds. Stroll ahead five.

So, red flag, red flag. Got Hulkenberg off at 4.0. Belt positive and strap 1.

Start lap time is still good.

George, are you happy to keep this tyre set?

Just over three minutes till green light.

So, we've got two and a half minutes to a green light. At the moment, we're looking like we'll get two more laps, so whether you go for it on lap one or prep and push, I'll leave it to you.

It goes without saying, but don't let anyone else push into this queue here.

So, 40 seconds of fire up.

So, still target plus 15. Still timing the plan to do a prep push.

Oh, we're going for... I'll go for 6-1 and make a decision thereafter. Yeah, A-fab. Happy for you to do that.

So, cars ahead have all got seven second gaps.

Go behind. Two seconds, Bortoleto. And keep the pace up on the slow lap. So Bortoleto opening a lap two and a half.

Bortoleto now, two and a half, now two.

So keep the pace up. We'll do a single slope. Try and go for another lap. Currently P1.

Stroll on a lap at six seconds. Target minus 10.

Stroll at 5.

I don't want to do a lap for no reason.

Stroll at three seconds.

Just discussing it, George. Stroll now at two seconds and they've got Alonso at eight seconds.

Alonso now, 5.

Onto L3.

Alonso, two seconds on a lap.

Yeah, we can box at the end of this lap, George. We are safe.

It's a double yellow now, 3-4.

Red flag, red flag.

Leclerc, currently turn 15. Got eight ahead to Piastri. Piastri is plus five. All cars ahead have got around six to seven second gaps and Piastri has 13 ahead of him.

Oh, 30 seconds to Leclerc. He's just gone down the escape road turn one. Lewis first car on a lap.

We'll be all clear in sector 3.

No threat behind.

I will be strat 2 next lap.

Seven seconds to Verstappen starting a lap.

Strat 1, go double core here. And target minus 12. Snapping now six seconds. Five, four, three, two, one.

Two seconds. Single or double, sorry. Double call. Double call and we can pass through the pitlane if you want.

Tyres are good.

Main loss, minimum speed, turn 11. That's Norris and also Kimi. Consider putting the Q1 medium set on. It's obviously just a few more kilometres.

So, George, we want to stay on this tyre. We will stay on this tyre.

And George happy to pass straight through the pitlane. That's best for tyres. No queue in the pitlane.

Still targeting at minus 10.

Okay, minus five.

Twelve seconds to Lewis on a lap. Ten. Nine. Eight seconds.

Six seconds to Lewis at five.

So next car would be Sainz.

Correction, Alonso at 26 seconds.

Strat 1. Box. Box.

1-0.

Thank you.

No-one pushing behind George.

So, Kimi improved half a tenth on lap 2. Verstappen also improved two tenths after a double slope.

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Gaps between the cars ahead.

So currently six seconds between Lawson and Sainz. Hadjar's gone for a smaller four second gap.

I'll get plus five.

First set of entry. Cars ahead, Nels, in five and six second gaps.

A few spots of rain being reported.

That will be Strat 2. It's still five seconds.

And Norris, eight seconds coming to turn four.

Braking a lot.

And then after Kimi it's Piastri. Seven seconds. How are the tyres?

Tyres are fine. Piastri, six seconds.

Piastri, 4-0.

Four seconds, so we're boxing end of this lap, George. We've got fuel for three laps. Negative, so box end of this lap. Piastri at three seconds.

Piastri now, two seconds.

And will beat Leclerc at seven seconds.

Got Leclerc gone at turn 15. Red flag, red flag. Strat 1, delta positive.

That's Leclerc in the wall at turn 15.

Consider it a soft tyre.

Is there enough time for three laps now?

Forty seconds to green light.

So, I'll be going for five second gaps here.

Pocket plus eight.

So be strapped to next lap. Gap's now four seconds.

Is that a red flag? A red flag. Strat 1. Delta positive.

That'll be B. These tyres aren't working.

Do you copy my comment on this tyre? Affirm. I'm just trying to talk to others at the moment.

And George, just confirming you're wanting to go soft tyre here. That's not exactly what I'm saying. I'm just saying this tyre, for whatever reason, I cannot get to work. I'm just sliding on the surface. So if we're short of a medium tyre, I need to do something different. OK, so box, box.

On the way to put the salt on. I think it also depends if there's any rain to be had. Yeah, I think we've got some time to discuss it as well.

It just feels like these tyres are starting my lap 5, 8 degrees too cold and then I'm just sliding the surface and it's just not working.

Hang on. Fifty seconds.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

Target plus six.

OK, so Strat 1, target north point 4, target dash.

Braking, no grip.

Can't be helped, just waiting for others to complete their laps.

OK, so that's P5.

So it was Verstappen on pole at 41.1, Sainz at 41.6 on his first run, then Lawson P3, Kimi P4 and myself P5.

What tyres were people on? So Verstappen on the soft, Sainz medium, Lawson soft, Kimi medium.