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Yeah, I think I'll just keep it as it is. Brake balance.

I'll see what happens to Verstappen. We can react.

It's the first lap, there is traffic, etc. So we've got to be a bit more on the frontier.

B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

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B-Bal offset plus one hundred. B-Bal offset plus one hundred. B-Bal offset plus one hundred. My drop was off. B-Bal offset plus one hundred. B-Bal offset plus one hundred. B-Bal offset plus one hundred.

Okay, mate, so let's keep rolling now. I warm up very good, despite the gap in animator.

So we're looking for five burnouts starting 20 metres before the DRS line.

Last cars forming up.

Focus job running P9. Leclerc 0.5 behind.

Hulkenberg behind on the soft DRS enabled.

Yeah, understood. We're looking.

I understand. We're looking. Now open up the switch if you need. Understeer.

Fair play. We think we see some damage on the front floor as well. Hulkenberg 0.4 behind. Stick with it.

Hulkenberg, 0.5 behind. We've got approximately 10 points of damage. Error balance around two turns rearwards.

Yes, mate. Stick with it. Keep going.

Gap behind 0.5.

Fire energy is OK.

I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it.

I've got damage. Oh, for fuck's sake. Damage. OK, understood. Can you keep going? Diff mid 14. Diff mid 14. Can't feel it. Box please.

Watch for traffic behind. Three more cars come through.

OK, safety car, safety car, let's try and bring it back. Recharge, please.

Oh dear, we are boxing now.

OK, mate, so we're going to box, going to pit another set, see what we get.

Okay, mate, so we're going to go back down a bit mid on exit. Hard tyre, one turn up, damage.

OK, mate, so we're going to see where we are with this damage for now. You're just going to stay positive on the delta.

Okay mate, so just positive. We're going to assess aero as best we can. Now we're going to continue.

Fail B, 0-0, OK when you can. Fail B, 0-0, OK when you can.

OK, mate, so we're looking to be just positive on delta. We've got hop-on in the pits at the moment.

Stoke-de-Kar line-up 1. We cross for the second time now.

Double yellow, turn one still.

Okay mate, so hold this position for now. So we think from a mechanical side we're all clear, everything looks square. We're assessing aero as we speak.

So that means that we are somewhere between one and two turns down at aerobalance. Reverted.

OK, tyre energy is all good, all under control. Let's keep going.

Just brake shape one for the next lap.

Turn 15, it's the first turn.

Yeah, we'll work on it. Now, mate, the pace of the midfield is around 27.6, so we're not far off. Right, let's just keep going for now. We'll keep looking.

Tyres are now stabilised. Just a bit of a lost turn. Seven that lap. Other than that, we're not far off. Let's keep going.

Fire energy is stable, eh, consistent.

Pit pipe left at 27.6.

On it, how's the balance? Any major limitation we can help with? No.

I have understeer at turn 80 and oversteer at turn 90.

FF back left available. We can go up a bit and try and help in those places.

Oh, I'm stepping on stuff. I'm inconsistent.

Yeah, I appreciate it's difficult, mate. We can see in data as well. But no, let's just keep going as best we can. That's all we can do.

I'm basically still in line with four cars in front of me. Keep going.

Six laps to go. A lot of cars in front of DRS at times are still respectful. Let's keep it up. Good job.

All right, please. Stable. Persistent.

So Hamilton, five cars in front, currently lapping 27.8.

OK mate, so Stroll pops last lap. He's 21 seconds behind. He's going to have to stop again. I guess that's the taxi pop, isn't it?

Headpack laughing, 27.3. You're on target.

OK, we're going to be stopping in around six laps time. Most cars will be doing the same.

OK, guys, best you can. Almost everyone's going to be stopping at the same time. The opportunity's there.

Right, we'll be bocking in four laps time.

So we're going to a medium tyre at the start. We'll be thinking an up-offflap for the compound. Are you happy with that?

Good luck. Good luck with this, Phil.

Okay, mate, we are going to box at the end of this lap. I want to make a five-second gap to Franco. Currently it's 2.5. Drop back through this lap gradually.

We have to prep for four seconds. Let's go for another half a second. It'll be a busy pitlane.

It's on pace info. Medium tyre. We're still going quicker for every one at the end of that last step. We want a 6.12 on the medium now.

Fuck on Fox, you have a slow stop. Worth an overtake here.

Mid-pack lasting 25.7.

Twenty-one laps to go. Twenty-one.

Tyre energy is all stable, no concerns.

Tyres now stable. Bearman in front with a 10-second stop-go penalty, so he'll be boxed in the next two laps. Stroll also has it boxed again. He'll come up behind us.

Mid track lap in 25 seconds.

17 kph, last to go.

OK, mate, we see a little bit more sliding at turn five on the front axle. We're just going to keep monitoring that to let you know if we need to action anything.

OK, we think a little bit of management in turn 5, just on the front axle.

12 to go and head back to the left. 25.5.

So Stroll will be boxing in about two laps. He'll come out eight seconds behind us.

So Verstappen, the race leader, nine seconds behind, about two seconds a lap quicker. He'll come past us in around five laps.

38 laps to go. Assume Verstappen comes past.

Height left 25.5.

So, Stroll in the pitlane. Right, right. Behind us.

I've got another half a cent of rear-wheel drive to protect against my pocket.

Verstappen 3.4. If I know, we will get a blue flag.

Still three tenths quicker on the two cars in front. Just keep going.

Stafford 2.5, flashing blue.

I'd like to go one on the pistol. Right. Gap behind two seconds.

I have no flashing lights, nothing on the road. Blue flag now, blue flag now. Sorry, all good.

Stroll eight seconds behind. Two seconds a lap quicker.

Three laps to go. You'll be safe.

Two laps to go. Piastri in P2, now 8 behind.

Hadjar, slow ahead.

Left-hand side, main street, debris on the right-hand side. Last lap.

Press recharge, please.

I'll turn away in this one.

I'm highly sure there's a lot to be sorry for, honestly. It's a bit of bad luck, unfortunately, but that's what it is.

Yeah, I mean those lap times, we've been somewhere sort of around 10 points maybe is our best estimate at the moment, but I think that's not bad at all. So you're matching everything from sort of P11 down quite comfortably, most of it.

Anyway, I'll manage. I don't know how inconsistent that was, but at least it looked to us anyway.

P4. Both Gastri and Norris stayed out in that first safety car. Antonelli, fifth. Russell, sixth. Alonso, seventh. Leclerc, eighth. Lawson, ninth.