This is a radio check on Sainz's car. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Radio check on Sainz car. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

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Radio check, radio check. Yeah, loud and clear. Can you hear me? Yeah. Okay, good. We have comps. So just to confirm, aero was happy with a plus one, so we took plus one at the moment.

Copy. You have room to lock your tools? Question? Yes. What are we doing in the end with the rear? Boosted.

So, just for you, turn 90 laps to grid. The chief behaviour was because we were eco start. There's nothing wrong with the chief.

Okay, so you can remember the race. Remember, let's be clever when we are racing. Once we settle in our race, we'll understand the pace and the delta pace with everyone, the tyre management, and we can understand what our race is. Be diligent in the straight line, managing the bumps will be quite important as we discussed today.

Yeah, just in case we lose radio, two clicks on the OK button is I suggest to box. Five clicks means I am boxing. Copy. So be ready for me. Two clicks suggest five, I am boxing. Copy. So if I suggest and then you put on the pit board box, then the next lap I will box. Yeah. So I suggest you agree.

If at some point we lose cops, just make sure you watch footage for any potential P.E. message.

For any what? Vessels from P1 side, you could have intervention.

The one that may appear as car too hot, then that means you need to brake good toward these kind of things. So 45 seconds, six minutes fire up, then you can do drop. Remember the drop, one's one on target, one steep minus three.

Let's do a radio check on the formation lap anyway. Thank you.

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Can you press the OK button once, please? Press the OK button once and then you can do close-up.

OK, I'm going. For the moment we have radio. Remember the good comms around the tyre behaviour. Be careful of the race, OK? Have a good one.

Ready to check for DG in Ireland? Yeah, all good. Ready to check. Clear, clear. So for me 20, tyre feedback. So top 9 is on medium. First hard are P10 Gasly, P11 Hulkenberg, P15 Colapinto, P16 Alex, 18 Bortoleto, 19 Hamilton. Only soft start Antonelli, P17. So you're on the same compound as all the cars around you. Three minutes. Thank you.

1 minute 40.

64, Carlos.

Quick pause.

Still cars.

That's complicated.

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B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

Stop behind you. Lawson.

Full race when you can. Full race.

Full race when you can. Oscar behind. I'll drag up on 4.

No, I said 0.8. I dropped 0.4.

Turn right. Turn right. Turn right. Turn right.

Careful with back chair.

I've got a bit of pressure. A bit of pressure, I could offset.

Now we're at point 9, I'd say point 6.

Gap on 6. Norris 1-0. Your pressures are good. Aero is good. Radio check, please. Yeah, radio is good. OK, radio is good, even at that speed. Gap on 7. VSC, go SC, go SC. No overtaking. Keep delta positive. Work your tyres and stay out.

Focus front. Stay out. Delta positive. Do not know how long the VST will be, so just make sure you're close to zero.

Yeah, great. That's a good turn.

Your turn on a one full of debris.

So we've raised all the stop tyres. We are committing to plan A. Stage 4, please.

Close to your delta. Not sure how long it will take.

I have a plastic bag stuck on my mirror. Copy. Plastic bag on your which side? Right hand side. Right hand side. Plastic bag on mirror.

If you're not, your tyres can work it out.

I feel quite low rear grip, so for next set we can be a bit brave.

You need to back on tools for that rear grip. I'm good. I'm handling it.

ESC ending. Go race. Exit turn one for restart. Watch out exit turn one. Go race.

Strat mode 1-0.

I need to push. Copy, I drop on 8.

When you shutter the new pace, please confirm status. Yeah, status 3.

Hadjar is getting closer to the DRS zone. Not in corners.

A 9-month wedge stronger than Hadjar. Closing lap 5, 46 to go.

Eight. Norris is pulling away. Gap two. Norris is with a cloud moment.

I drop on 9. Just see if we can take it.

Just if you can take more management than 11, we'll take it. Rest OK.

Ajar 1-0. So situation is Hadjar last lap 37.5 behind Hadjar, Piastri not attacking, Hadjar 37.6 and Leclerc 37.7 and Berman 38.3. Pace is good.

3.0. Pace is good, we're just managing to capture Hadjar, but as DRS and Toto help, stay with us.

Forward footer on.

Yeah, you're talking too much, Cato. All good with the tyres, a bit weird with it, but I'm good.

Let me know when he's south of the Urus.

Piastri not catching Hadjar. Hadjar 0.5.

Question, 98 plus 5, possible? For the moment, yes.

At A9, watch for clock turn 1.

Turn country 1.1. May lose DRS. I'll confirm. The situation is a little Verstappen eight seconds ahead of you. That's the first group. You're with the second group that has four cars. Hadjar, Piastri, Leclerc. And then around 10 seconds behind you, the third group with Bearman and Alex.

How is Neffard looking on Alex? I don't want more money. I've lost DRS. I'll put it back on the hard.

That's lap one from 6.18. Good. Now without DRS he's struggling. Good job.

OK, some feedback from Alex. Warm-up OK. Training OK.

It's quite a bit of traffic. I'm waiting. We have Antonelli on his own. I'll be back.

So you're pulling away from one car under the pressure of Leclerc. 38 to go. You're doing a good job. Stay just when you can.

Stay to split 50. Just in between.

Apple button on. Apple button on. Hadjar 2.2. Confirming plan A plus 5.

Oscar Bernoulli, Leclerc, 2.5 plus 8.0. We're ready at that moment. 37 to go.

So Leclerc 2.2 behind. Let's see when he catches, but we believe we're not racing Leclerc.

We've been stuck in space. There'll be a dismount for lap time hitters. Already alpha second quicker. Watch out, debris in 14.

Be ready, could be a VSC or a safety car next lap for the debris.

Last lap, 36.8.

He's pushing hard. Five tenths of a second or two.

OST. Watch your delta. Watch your delta. Stay negative.

We box if it's still fierce. Understood.

Close to a dead man's positive. I close to a dead car. Stay positive.

DSC ending, DSC ending. Restart just after turn 13. The left king. Go race, go race. We stay out. Third attempt far good.

Green 12, position 1. Leclerc 2.5 at 4 restart. Green 12, position 1.

Where is Hadjar on the midfield? Hadjar is three positions behind you. Leclerc 2.2. Leclerc reporting, draining, starting. Russell has kitted for hard. We want to commit to plan A plus five. Feedback on tyres, please. Hadjar six behind. Copy. We're six behind and he's the first on the midfield.

Copy, tyre's stuck. We've got to keep going. Copy, look at 2.2.

There is a bit of graining, but it's not affecting the lap time too much.

Leclerc 1.8. Leclerc quicker than us, but we think we can race him. Last lap, Leclerc MTRC 36.2, Hadjar 37.4.

Okay, we don't let the Hadjar undercut us and we try to race like Leclerc and Piastri but without doing anything crazy, so keep 31 to go.

Closing lap 20. Plan A plus 5. Pinkling is standing further.

Copy. Happy to do that.

Leclerc on 8, on 8. A bit of braking time.

Up on 6, up on 7. You're ready to descend.

I'd like to keep him at his one more lap behind. Seven tenths quicker than sector 2. Rest of the lap we're good. Yeah, it's because of the front braking is starting to pick up quite a lot. Copy. Leclerc on 6. Watch your mirrors.

Where is the Leclerc overtake spot? It's 14, yeah? 14, I think. 14. B-Bal, rotate with 10 for rotation 7 to 9.

Brake earlier at 12. Focus exit. Use energy. I think we should box.

Where is he next?

Box, tyres are finished. FM on box. Leclerc 0.4. Stefan on him.

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All brakes, watch the light, going up one on the flaps, that is opening the stint, racing, Kersti, exit.

Bracing Piastri. Exit overtake available at turn 5.

I don't. Piastri at 5 behind.

Status 2. Hadjar 5 behind. Has pitted two laps ago. His last lap was 36.4.

What did we do about the rear?

Leclerc has pitted. He'll be ahead of us, but we can have him with a warm-up, so prepare to overtake on Leclerc with his warm-up.

Energy available. Look back 1-0. 2-1 as great as hard. Take is looking good.

Okay, she's back. Antonelli, 23 laps old, hard, 35.5.

Gasly at 35.4.

OK, so we're happy with the way the tyres have stabilised. We should want to go straight to straight. Hadjar is slower than us. Last lap 36.1. 25 laps to go. Currently our race is with Antonelli. He's currently on the old hard 23 laps.

...continually line ahead, may attempt to go to the helm.

He already pitted there.

Mode 7 when you can. Mode 7.

Closing lap 27, 28 to go. Antonelli, 35.3.

Happy to open the entry if we need rotation.

Antonelli, 35.7, Gasly, 35.1.

Sorry, we have understeer at turn 12. Copy, we'll help you. At turn 12, Hadjar behind, lapping three tenths slower, so race is ahead more than behind with Antonelli.

Suggestion, left fogon. Left fogon.

That's way better exit this lap. Good job.

Previous lap, Antonelli 35.6, Hadjar 35.4.

Watch out for the lock. Turn 5 and you use a higher gear. Turn 7. Third gear better.

What's that? Rear slip exit one of the bike.

Piastri made a few mistakes. He's now under pressure of Leclerc. Antonelli is seven seconds ahead of us. His last lap was a 35.7. We have 19 laps to go. At that rate, if he fights Piastri and Leclerc, we'll catch him.

Kipi Antonelli, pace 72 laps, 35.5, Verstappen.

Antonelli has a five-second penalty, yet to be served.

Good turn to help this lap with higher peak. Hadjar last lap 35.3 is now 5.5 seconds behind Antonelli 6.48.

Suggestion, unfit on 1, back off braking for snap.

We're happy to use more rear slip on braking. We're happy to increase the peak.

Question, 16 to go. In case of safety car, can you feedback us on the tyres? Currently, we would lose two positions if we box.

Uh, tricky one. Those tyres are still good, but the new tyres will be quicker, no?

Can you tell me how much softer I would be on a new car? I see back. This is a strong lap. Antonelli, last lap 25.1.

A compression we think will be a warm-up issue. Currently measuring negative drag on board.

Yeah, but that's not the question. I know. The question is on a new tyre, how much quicker it would be. I'll try to keep out the country. I don't have a good number. We'll pack as soon as I have one.

We believe half a second. Best estimate, half a second.

Closing lap 37. 13 to go, 13.

Antonelli is now in the 5 second window. He doesn't want to do it.

Closing lap 39.11 to go. Suggestion to open to high speed.

Sliding. I'm happy there. Copy.

Suggestion, mode 7. Mode 7.

It was last lap, Antonelli, 34.4. He's now back at 5.1 seconds ahead of us, just outside of the 5 seconds we took. The thing is, the race, he could not keep again and stay 5 seconds ahead of us, pushing us hard, and that's with Leclerc behind him.

21.9 to go. 34.7.

Yeah, this is sick. Well, he loves it.

Elite 34.5, 34.5.

Suggest early and mid-web from sliding. So previous lap you were 4.9 away. Antonelli currently gap is at 5.0. He's going to try the lap to the end.

Antonelli, 4.8, last lap 34.6.

If you want to take another step down on entry for rotation, 6 to go. Antonelli 34.4.

You head down to the little 5.6.

You need more rotation, low speed, take left button, left button.

Try higher peak, earlier release to help Antonelli not pulling away at Piastri.

Yeah, my flaps are greater.

Try to keep slip in the rear. You're braking, use the slip in the rear. I think Antonelli is getting better and better right now. He has quite all power, potentially went through the greening and not cleared it.

Suggest B-Bal 11, turn 7 to 9 rotation. B-Bal 11. Anthony, 34.4. He has got a charge to him, 34.0.

We need Piastri to pass him, because my pace is not good enough. Let's keep pushing as close as we can.

What does that mean? Can we slow down?

No more qualifying laps. Copy.

Wait, what's the position I'm waiting in? 457, 57.

Not early, not fast, not fast here as well, so I think we will settle to P7.

Now 4-5, 4-5. Opening the last lap.

We have early overtake exit at 12 and exit at 14.

Not early overtaking.

It will be go that, go that, pick up rubber, pick up rubber.

Blue 1, position 12. Blue 1, position 12.

That's P7. P7. First car of the midfield. Ten seconds ahead of Hadjar. So... Clear. Best car of the midfield. That was a solid race. Just the cars around were just a touch quicker. And he looks like the heart. He did really well. Solid race, mate. Solid race. Yeah, great. I think that was the maximum today, guys. So, good job. Good job. Yeah, Carlos, great. That's the best that was in it. Thank you for doing that. Brilliant drive. P7. Four points. Points to Vikham. Let's give some more next week.

Alex retired. Alex retired. I think he had a contact that had a four-point puncture, then further damaged, further punctured and then retired.

Leclerc, P6, Seven, Hadjar, Eight, Hulkenberg, Abitbol, Offset.

Box and pit confirm for Verstappen. Verstappen, yes.

Ahead of Russell or Lando? Lando.

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