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George Russell
15:53:38
Radio check.
15:53:56
You should pop your head in the car, please.
15:55:10
Five minutes to formation lap.
15:55:25
So, tyre-wise, everyone around you is on medium tyre or new tyre, and the first car on soft tyre is P11 Hulkenberg, and the first car on hard tyre is P14 Albon.
15:57:10
Three minutes.
15:58:55
75 seconds. Fire up.
15:59:07
And keep the meter on. One minute.
15:59:25
Forty-five seconds.
15:59:30
Is that rear right temperature correct?
15:59:37
Negative.
15:59:45
Light point find. 25 seconds.
15:59:55
Fifteen seconds.
16:00:30
Clutch was on target.
16:01:22
Targeting 100 at turn 12.
16:01:27
Keep working those tyres. Doing a good job so far.
16:01:46
So coasting from turn 16 entry.
16:01:56
And that temperature looks good now for water.
16:02:01
So, five burnouts starting at timing line. Longer first. And final at... Can you show me one of five?
16:02:11
AFM 5 burnouts. Final one at P10 Leclerc.
16:02:53
I see Strat 5.
16:03:23
Last car. Stopped.
16:04:25
Right, I've got no clutch. Yeah.
16:05:06
Front temperature is still below the window. Rears are in the window now.
16:05:40
DRS enabled.
16:06:06
Gap ahead of Alonso, 0.7.
16:06:32
So, Alonso will have DRS.
16:06:59
Can't be pushed, I've worked out.
16:07:34
Alonso, gap 0.8.
16:07:54
Alonso, gap was 0.9, so we'll have DRS.
16:09:03
The upper head is one second.
16:09:22
Gap 4.1.
16:09:28
It doesn't have DRS.
16:10:11
The gain on the straight is 0.3.
16:10:51
Gap 1.1.
16:11:59
Gap 1.3.
16:12:18
1.5
16:12:29
So, casing temperatures at this stage in the sprint were three degrees cooler.
16:13:07
So double yellow turn two, Hulkenberg off.
16:13:17
I know what we're doing. I guess.
16:13:25
Flap update.
16:13:34
Green 3, position 2.
16:14:01
So, box, box, box, box.
16:14:44
So, everyone pops there apart from the two McLarens and Ocon.
16:15:41
What is the distance length from this tyre? 25? AFL.
16:16:31
It's a bit more complicated this time around.
16:16:41
Just keep working the tyres as you're doing.
16:16:52
Keep your eyes out for debris still at 2-3.
16:17:02
What position are we?
16:17:06
So, currently P8.
16:17:44
So, I mean, everyone's going to be pitted on the exact same lap now, right? Affirm, that is correct.
16:17:57
Obviously, Piastri and Norris, who are still out there, still have two stops to do.
16:20:15
Safety car in this lap.
16:20:19
So we'll be strat at 5.
16:20:26
Piastri in control of the pace. Safety car for the team.
16:20:41
Safety car, turn 15.
16:22:40
So, strap 12 into turn 1. Just drive it as we did in the sprint. This will come to us, end of the stint.
16:23:03
DRS enabled.
16:23:38
Gap ahead of Hadjar, 0.8.
16:25:25
Gap point nine. We'll have DRS.
16:26:52
Point nine, we'll have DRS.
16:28:53
Acing temperatures have now stabilised.
16:34:09
Gap 0.8.
16:35:48
So we've got another 12 laps of this stint.
16:38:43
I have a clown getting on me.
16:38:46
So they've pushed very hard and it starts to drop now.
16:39:04
Piastri has already cleared us. Norris is very close.
16:40:09
Piastri was 24.0.
16:41:08
One second. Piastri in the pitlane now.
16:41:35
So, Norris will be in this lap. Expect him to come out around Alonso, maybe behind him.
16:42:35
0.9 DRS in the pitlane now.
16:43:04
Norris at pit exit.
16:44:21
Gap 0.9.
16:44:35
So six more laps of this stint.
16:45:48
Gap 1.2.
16:47:27
Four laps of this stint.
16:48:50
Copy that, we'll go plus 0.4. Three laps of this stint remaining.
16:50:20
Two more laps of this stint.
16:52:07
So we have had one strike at turn 10. Last lap.
16:53:01
A-firm, so box, box.
16:53:32
So, reset to entry mid-high speed.
16:53:43
Stroll off the start-finish straight. Gap four seconds.
16:54:01
Strat 12 available.
16:55:04
So, 24 laps remaining. Previous set had very light draining on the front.
16:56:29
Green seventh position five.
17:00:16
Gap 1.3.
17:00:35
Gap 1.0.
17:00:41
We'll have DRS. And we had another lap deleted. Turn 10.
17:02:01
Capital 1.41, push and hold available.
17:03:36
So, where on that first in front left inside shoulder was down to zero, but there was remaining rubber on the outside shoulder.
17:06:51
Alonso, point A. There it goes!
17:06:55
I was there at the apex.
17:08:52
So that lap was deleted. We are talking to the FIA.
17:08:58
The lap when I go through the gravel. Affirm. What? We are talking to them.
17:09:21
Fourteen laps remaining.
17:12:08
So, the FIA have reviewed it and it still stands, so we have a black and white flag for track limits.
17:14:30
So, we see margin on sliding powers. If you feel you can push the tyre more.
17:15:01
10 laps remaining.
17:19:34
McLaren already pitted.
17:19:43
Hey, but everyone has stopped.
17:20:38
Six laps remaining.
17:24:51
Three laps remaining.
17:25:02
I've got a debris that came off Bob.
17:25:06
Hadjar's car, I think it needs a BSC for the straight. Yeah, Hadjar's car.
17:25:21
There's debris in this area. I'm going to need to find a safe car to be a seat.
17:26:06
The bridge is still fine and straight.
17:26:16
So, two laps remaining. Very good.
17:26:37
And just a reminder of that to flag the track limits.
17:27:13
The difference between them, my God!
17:27:38
So, one more lap.
17:28:25
Overtake exit 10 and 16.
17:29:05
OK, so green 1, position 12, strap 14, get rubber where you can.
17:29:19
Sorry about that stop. Bit of a follow my leader.
17:29:27
Yeah, we'll go through the start and analyse it.
17:29:45
What was the lap time of Verstappen in the last two laps?
17:29:50
I did a 24.4. But it's like, maybe not the last two exactly, but his general lap time is... You were right up there, George, at 3.0. Yeah, his fastest was a 23.5. OK. I can't believe it. One second again in clean air. It's crazy.
17:30:16
Yeah, copy. Just how difficult it is to overtake around here. Yeah. Point situation for constructors? So we go on to Abu Dhabi. Good thing is we get to do that next week.
17:30:32
Yeah, so 33 ahead at the moment.
17:31:32
Was that a puncture for Hadjar or what? What was it? Yeah, puncture. Left puncture.