Williams, unsafe release there.

Copy.

So we've got Norris starting a time lap 20 seconds behind. Then Piastri 8 seconds behind him.

Mode push, please, Kev. Mode push. Leclerc 7 seconds behind. Also outlap.

Norris is 16 seconds behind time lap.

Leclerc, 6 seconds. OK, you're in front now. You've got a 10 second gap in front of you to Hamilton. He's got a 4 second gap in front of him, so I expect he'll back up.

Norris is not showing.

I don't know where Norris is. Keep your eyes on your mirrors because we've lost Norris on GPS. Okay, is Piastri 15 seconds behind? Piastri is 15 seconds behind.

Four second gap behind to Leclerc if you need it. OK, you're good to go.

Yellow flag, yellow flag, Perez slow. OK, clear.

11 second gap behind Gasly if you need it.

Gasly nine seconds behind time lap.

OK, Gasly's aborted. Sargeant 12 seconds, 13 seconds behind time lap.

Correction, Gasly is pushing. He's six seconds behind. Gasly pushing six seconds behind.

Gasly three seconds behind time lap. Sargeant four seconds behind him.

OK, Sargeant four seconds, three seconds time lap. There's a four second gap behind him to Russell, also pushing. Sargeant one and a half seconds behind time lap.

Sergeant about to come past, then Russell three and a half seconds behind time lap, two and a half seconds, Russell two seconds, then there's a two second gap to Ricciardo after Russell, and then there's a five second gap behind Ricciardo.

So, Ricciardo, one second coming past, then Leclerc five seconds behind. Time lap, four seconds, three seconds. There's a five second gap behind Leclerc to Nico.

Nico, 5 seconds. There's a 6 second gap behind Nico. Nico, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second, coming past. 6.5 second gap to Ocon time lap.

Four seconds to Ocon time lap.

Three seconds, two seconds, two seconds, one and a half seconds.

So, two more time laps, Kev, so you could back off if you want. Tyre temps around 90 degrees, just over at the front.

If you do...

One more time lap, Kev. One more time lap.

It's okay to do a cool-down lap. Sorry, if you want to do a cool-down lap, lock on two seconds behind time-lap.

Russell five and a half seconds behind time lap. Four seconds time lap.

Three seconds, two seconds. OK, then Leclerc seven seconds behind time lap. And then a six second gap behind Leclerc. Leclerc four seconds, three seconds.

2 seconds Leclerc, 1.5 seconds coming past. Then 5 seconds to Alonso time lap. 8 second gap behind Alonso. That's to Nico. Alonso 2.5 seconds, 2 seconds, 1.5 seconds.

Coming past, so eight and a half second gap to Nico, time lap.

Nico's 5.5 seconds behind. 5 seconds. 4.5 seconds. There's a 5 second gap behind Nico. 3 seconds Nico. 2 seconds. 1.5 seconds.

OK, four and a half second gap to Stroll on a time lap. Suggest EB1 to help stability. Stroll three seconds behind. Two seconds time lap. One and a half seconds time lap. OK, coming past next car is Bottas on a slow lap, so no more threats behind.

Bottas four seconds behind on a slow lap. He is catching you quite quickly.

There's a 17 second gap behind him. And Soch 2 for the final time lap. Soch 2.

You're already in sector 2, apparently. Strollers back try off. He's in. Hit the wall. Strollers hit the wall. Yellow flag where you are.

No, he's not into the wall. He's just turning around. Good to go then.

Okay, mode in. We'll box this lap to do a start from the box. Bottas, six seconds behind. I'll keep an eye on him. We did a time lap. I'll keep an eye on him.

Looks like Bottas has backed off. Just for reference, you're currently in 6.39.4. Quickest time is Leclerc 38.3.

So Bottas seven seconds behind. He's on an in-lap.

Got Nico on a time-lap, 12 seconds behind.

So, Kev, if possible, I'd like you to push from the exit of 16 to the pitlane entry.

Nico is 11 seconds behind. What mode? Go mode push for that.

If Russell's in the way, not a problem.

So confirming boxing this lap to do a start from the box.

Thanks, Brooks.

So, stopping on the marks. Sorry, mode slow. If you've got time to do a couple of burnouts would be great, if not, no worries. After the start, if you could push on the exit to end of sector 1, that'd be great. Mode slow for the burnouts, if you're doing them. Too late.

Right, clear B.

Push into turn 7, please. Push into turn 7.

Okay, mode in where possible. Piastri eight seconds behind time lap.

Piastri still eight seconds behind.

Piastri still seven and a half seconds behind.

Okay, keep boxing this lap.

Box, box.

Just got Nico about to do a launch from the box, so I've stopped just behind him.

Okay, box is clear, so stop on the marks and E1 please.

Stopping position was good there, Cap.

OK, Kevin. Ready for comments when you are, please.

OK, gap track cleared behind. That's Gasly on an outlap just in front of you.

23 second gap behind to Bottas who's just completing a time lap.

OK, so the next car is actually Nico. He's got out just in front of Valtteri Bottas. And he is 22 seconds behind you.

We can go mode push if it'll help tyre temperatures. No, we can't, sorry. Apologies. Correction, do not go mode push. Apologies.

Gap behind still 21 seconds to Nico. Verstappen on the time lap is 28 seconds behind.

Captain Gasly, four and a half seconds.

If possible, it would be good to make another couple of seconds to Gasly.

Bye, Puck.

OK, Russell behind you on an outlap. Six seconds, no threats. If you need to make a gap, going into another push lap.

Tyre temp still low.

Still no threats behind.

Charge on. Killdown lap. Russell seven seconds behind. Not sure what sort of lap he's on. Finishing a time lap but maybe pushing it to another.

Russell four seconds behind. Yeah, he may still be pushing.

Okay, Russell is backed off, as has Sainz behind him, so no threats behind.

Russell two seconds behind on a slow lap. Possible boxing.

Russell just behind you.

He is on a slow lap. Sainz's foot backed off. He's nine seconds behind.

Next car on the time lap is Bottas and he is over 25 seconds behind.

So, happy to do another fast-slow-fast sequence, if that's okay for you.

Yeah, coped that.

And we can go to SOC 1. SOC 1, please go. Still no threats behind. OK, we've got Bottas 10 seconds behind on his time lap for reference. You've got an 8 second gap in front of you.

So mode push, you're good to go. Bottas still eight seconds behind.

Charge on for cooldown lap. Clear behind. Next car 14 seconds behind.

OK, next car, Piastri, six seconds behind time lap. Ocon behind him is on an outlap. Piastri, four seconds time lap.

Piastri, three seconds time lap. Two seconds, one and a half seconds coming past. Next car, Ocon, on an out lap. And then there's a five second gap behind him to Norris on a time lap. So that's Ocon right behind you on an out lap.

Norris three seconds behind Ocon. Timed lap.

Norris, coming past Ocon, going to come past you, so no other threats.

So, Sainz on a slow lap. Sainz on a slow lap behind you. No threats behind.

So we'd suggest shape 3 for front locking late entries. So Nico behind you is also on a slow lap, not a threat. And Stroll, 10 seconds behind time lap.

There's a seven second gap behind Stroll.

So that's Nico's slow lap behind you. Stroll seven seconds behind time lap.

Nico is boxing, Nico is boxing. Stroll four and a half seconds, time lap four seconds.

Three seconds Stroll time lap, then Hamilton six seconds behind him time lap.

There's a big gap behind Hamilton. Mode push making a gap.

Hamilton, right behind. We're about one and a half seconds behind you.

Stroll finishing his time lap.

OK, charge on. Box is slapped. Sorry, I didn't realise Stroll was going into another push lap. Apologies. 9 second gap behind. If we could do a CL6 after turn 4, that would be great.

Hamilton six and a half seconds behind. He's just completed a time-lapse.

Oil button when possible. Correction, Hamilton time lap 4 seconds behind. Hamilton 3.5 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds. Coming past now and then you've got a gap of 11 seconds behind. No threats.

Still both threats behind, Kev.

Still clear behind.

OK, Kip, boxing this lap.

OK, Kevin, stop me on the marks going to B1, please.

And stopping position was good there again, Kev.

Track is clear.

Set no threats behind Kevin.

OK, Captain, so Alonso has just done fast, slow, fast, slow, fast, and he went quicker on each push lap.

By 4 tenths, so big improvements on each lap.

Still no threats behind. Got a 10 second gap in front of you to Piastri on an outlap. Alonso 7 seconds in front of him on a slow lap, so presumably going into a time lap or boxing.

Going into a prep lap.

Stilt bike perhaps a bit high.

Where's Alonso? He's boxed. Alonso has boxed. Car in front of you, Zhou, on an outlap. Still no threats behind. Zhou is 8.5 seconds in front of me on his outlap. Obviously he may be going into a prep lap. Not sure, so we need to give him plenty of margin.

You've got 35 seconds behind you to sights on outlap.

Zhou is 13 seconds in front.

Boat K2, please get Boat K2.

So Zhou has Piastri three seconds in front of him and may be going into a prep lap. You've got a 14 second gap so that's probably okay. Sainz 27 seconds behind on a timed lap.

Zhou is going to push now apparently, so he's 13 seconds in front. That's all good.

So, both push. You are good to go.

Charge on. Cooldown lap. No threats behind.

Albon on an outlap five seconds behind those threats. Sorry, that was Norris on an outlap as well with you.

So I'm guessing you already know but 8 and 9 were a little bit scrappy and we lost about a tenth and a half to Nico through that. So that's Albon and Outlap behind you. No threats. Stroll and also Outlap 18 seconds behind.

Then we've got Ocon on a time lap. He's just past Stroll, so he's 18 seconds behind.

Ocon 14 seconds behind time lap. There's quite a lot of cars in front of you, Kev, so I think we're going to end up having to let Ocon through because of the queue ahead potentially.

Ocon is eight seconds behind time lap. There are no other threats behind him. Just Stroll on an outlap.

Stroll is one and a half seconds behind. Ocon, he might be doing a prep lap after his outlap. Okay, the gap in front is good at the moment. Oh, they are queuing. But mode push and just wait. Ocon, four seconds behind. Okay, those cars are going. You're good to go. You're good to go.

Ocon coming through, Kev. Sorry, didn't realise you'd backed off. Ocon right behind time-lap. Sorry. Didn't realise that was all...

So, Stroll time lap four seconds behind Albon. And behind him? Zhou on a slow lap.

So you're going to need to do a slow lap now, Kev. So stroll two seconds. Coming past.

OK, Zhou's on the slow lap behind you. He might be starting a push lap.

Loads of cars in front of you. Don't know what they're doing.

So if you're ready to go, you can because Gasly's five and a half seconds in front. Otherwise, cool down lap. You know, your battery isn't charged, Kip. Your battery isn't charged. You're going to have to do a charged lap.

So, got Joe starting a time-lap four seconds behind. Joe two and a half seconds behind time-lap. One and a half seconds. Russell is two seconds behind Joe. He's time-lap. So, Russell two seconds time-lap coming past. Then you got seven seconds to Ricciardo time-lap. Six seconds Ricciardo time-lap. Bottas three seconds behind Ricciardo. Ricciardo two and a half seconds, two seconds coming through. Then Bottas three seconds behind him. There's an eight second gap behind. Okay, Bottas, Bottas behind you time-lap. Then an eight second gap to Alonso time-lap. Behind Alonso is a 24 second gap.

Alonso five seconds behind time lap.

OK, sorry, he was 6 seconds, it's now 5 seconds. Alonso 4 seconds behind time lap.

Alonso, three seconds time lap, two and a half.

Alonso coming through. 23 second gap behind you now to Sargeant. Obviously we need to try and give all these cars in front a wide berth.

All these cars will be doing slow laps, so we need a big gap.

Can you go multi-A, QR, position 3, Kev?

We need to drop all the way back to the sergeant, who is on the timed lap. He is currently... He's not a fast, slow lap though. I don't know what he's doing. He's 14 seconds behind, so let's just try to drop back to autumn.

Sergeant 12 seconds. Sergeant 11 seconds. So mode push but make a gap. Still need to make that gap. Sergeant heavy fuel apparently. Just wait.

Good to go as soon as you're ready.

Charge on and box this lap.

Ricciardo, four seconds behind. Time lap, three seconds now. Two and a half seconds. Ricciardo, there's a seven second gap behind him.

Ricardo coming past, then Sargeant six seconds behind time lap.

There's a 10 second gap behind Sargeant. Sargeant is four seconds behind time lap. Two seconds.

Coming past, so nine seconds to Hamilton time lap.

7 seconds Hamilton behind time lap. There's a 30 second gap behind him.

Hamilton is five and a half seconds behind time lap.

Okay, Hamilton three seconds behind time lap. I was going to say, if you think you can do another time lap, I'm happy to go for it, but we'd have to be smart too. Hamilton two seconds behind. Hamilton opens first. Okay.

Alright, I'll do another. Okay, there's a big gap behind 27 seconds, but we'll have to be sparked to if you haven't done that already. Zhou's backing up in front of you.

So big gap to Albon on heavy fuel behind, so we can make a big gap.

So let's just wait for Zhou to get out of our way. He's going now.

Good to go, good to go.

Box, box. Copy that. Sergeant on an outlap seven seconds behind. Mode in, please. Mode in.

So Sargeant's on an outlap but it's a heavy fuel pushing outlap. He's six and a half seconds behind and then there's a nine second gap behind him to Albon. Sargeant four seconds pushing, three seconds, two and a half seconds.

Sargeant coming past and then 10 seconds to Albon also pushing.

Albon 7 seconds pushing.

Confirming boxing this lap. Albon four seconds behind to lap.

OK Kev, stopping on the marks, going to P1 please.

Copy. Just for reference, we've taken the gurney flap off the rear wing. The other car is also running without that gurney now.

So, Albon time lap five seconds behind.

But you're pushing, so it's not really relevant.

So Kev, we're looking at gentle introduction on the next lap, but obviously with the low tyre temperatures it might not be so relevant.

Look out for graining through turn 11 though. Turn 11 can hurt the tyres.

8 more time laps, 8 more time laps after this one.

OK, Kev, can we have mode W for the next lap? It'll just save a bit through turn 11.

And back to motor push, please, Kev. For reference, Nico, 9.8 seconds behind you.

Five more tight laps.

Four more laps.

Suggest diff 31 to reduce mid-corner understeer.

Yellow flag, turn 5. On the left hand side.

OK, that car is moving. All clear.

Three more tight laps.

OK, Kev, appreciate you struggling out there with the tyres, but can we have mode F1, please? Mode F1. Two more time laps.

OK, Kev, you've got three cars right behind you all doing time laps. Appreciate your tyres have gone, so no problem just to let them through. Just need to complete this lap so we can do the lap to the grid for the start.

Leclerc's 9 seconds behind you just for reference. You're about to take the chequered flag.

OK, Captain, so let's have mode slow, please. Going to the grid to start.

OK, could we have multi-A grip 4, please?

OK, Kev. We'll be doing the start from the right-hand side of the grid. If you could please do two burnouts and then do that start from the right-hand side, then push as much as you can to turn 5, please. Copy.

Did you say right hand side? Yes, please, Kev. Right hand side.

Hand mode in. Lease cab mode in.