Okay, so we'll stay recharge off down to turn 5. We'll sync gears on radio check.

Yep, radio check. Yep, radio check live and clear. Piastri 16 seconds ahead. Most other cars rolling down the pitlane now.

B-Bal offset plus one.

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OK, so recharge off 12 to 13. We'll have some weaving as well.

Press OK button twice, please. Press OK twice.

We recharge off at the safety car 1 line and good to go. Car in front 20 seconds.

Norris is slow onto it. Yeah, copy that. Engine problem, we thank you.

Gap in front 10 seconds. Let's keep building.

OK, surface temps still low. Let's keep building. Gap in front 8 seconds.

P5 so far. Fastest, medium time, 41.9 Verstappen.

Gap behind 5 seconds to Fernando.

Gap in front 2.5 seconds for reference.

Gap behind three seconds to Fernando Alonso. Keep pushing.

OK mate, we'd like to keep pushing. Time to gain braking, turn 12.

Okay, Esteban, we can keep pushing the next lap in scenario 8 and SOC 8. I think we do fast-slow-fast from here. Scenario 8, SOC 8, push next lap.

SOC 8, SOC 8, P7 so far.

OK, recharge on, do a cool lap, then one more push. Gap behind 7 seconds to Sainz.

Quite a few cars out there going into fast, slow, fast.

Sainz four and a half behind, still pushing, and then five seconds behind him is Ricciardo.

OK, car behind Ricciardo. Four seconds time lap.

Ricciardo, three seconds and then there's a big gap behind him.

So, Sargeant in front is on a slow lap. He's going to push next time.

So currently P7, fastest medium time Verstappen with a 38.6, then Perez 39.1 and then you 39.8.

Okay, so Sergeant in front should be pushing next time.

I might recharge off at the safety car walkway.

Nine seconds behind to Fernando, who's on a slow lap.

Correction, Fernando pushing five seconds.

OK, recharge on and box. Gap behind 8 seconds to Fernando.

I got blocked there. Yeah, we saw. Sorry about that.

Okay, so P9 as it stands, clear from traffic behind. We have some aero cruises to do after turn 12.

So, after turn 12, we'd like aero P6, third gear. Aero P6, third gear.

And after that it will be aero P2, 7th gear.

Okay, so gap in front four seconds. Good spot there.

So, aero P6, third gear, aero P6, third gear.

And aero P2, seventh gear. Aero P2, seventh gear.

Ok, that's good. And box please, box. We've got Sargeant two seconds behind on a slow lap. Just watch for him if he wants to come past.

Okay, box. Please box now.

Turn in. OK, stop at the box and switch off, please.

OK mate, just while I bring the car in, we'll see main balance limitation at the moment.

I would say grip in general.

Okay, so we might have a little bit of traffic to manage. We've got Piastri just going into turn 1 now, starting a timed lap. And then Hulkenberg just behind him. He's just finished a timed. So Hulkenberg behind 1.5 seconds. Should be on a slow lap.

And then 5 behind him is Norris on a time lap as well.

Car behind Norris. Five seconds time lap.

Norris, three and a half, clear behind him.

OK, next car is Sainz, 3.5. His pace is a little down. He could be running sustainable, so just watch for him, please, if he wants to come past. And then clear behind him. Recharge off after 12.

OK, Sainz four and a half behind, looks like he's backed off.

Okay, so we're going into a prep lap.

Okay, so gap behind 11 seconds to Hulkenberg. He could be starting a time lap. Recharge off four to five, please.

Okay, gap behind 15 seconds to Stroll. Recharge off 9-10 please. Recharge off 9-10.

Recharge off and then recharge off again 12 to 13.

Okay, gap in front 10 seconds.

Okay, and we'll push next lap. Recharge off safety car line 1.

Come out, let's push next lap.

OK, recharge on. Just watch for Albon, car behind. He should have finished a time lap. Just watch for him keeping his pace up, please. OK, mate, so...

Okay, mate, so we'll go recharge off 9 to 10. Try and keep some energy in. And then 12 to 13, same again. And we'll go scenario 6 and sock 3, please. We're going to push next lap.

OK, so switches are good, so recharge off 9-10. Clear from traffic behind.

So Pierre did a double cool and then a fast. He did 38.3, so 0.03 quicker than you. That was his second lap. So still got plenty more in the tank with scenario setting as well. Recharge off 12 to 13. We'll be pushing next lap.

Okay, I'm not sure what Norris is planning in front, so let's make a little gap to recharge off at safety car 1 line. Switches are good. Let's push next lap.

Recharge all.

Okay, let's go aero P4 5th gear, please. Aero P4 5th gear after turn 4.

Got Norris about five seconds behind. Might be starting a time-lap.

Okay, Norris, three seconds.

Cleared behind Norris. Okay, that's good. We're going to box now. No more error cruises. P9 with that lap time.

P8 is Perez with a 37.2.

OK mate, just a couple of quick comments if you can on braking. How is that at the moment? Feels OK. Maybe a little bit more front on the rotation and on brake. But better on peak I would say. OK mate, that's good. We'll have a look and see if there's anything we want to try for the next run. In the meantime, no more overcruisers. We're going to box now.

I'll let you know what we're planning when we're back in the garage.

Stop on the marks and switch off please.

Coming up, we'll get some comments in a moment.

Okay, so we've got Sainz going into turn 1 now. He's just finished a timed lap. 18 second gap behind him.

Check the pitlane limiter. I think it's oscillating a bit. Yeah, copy that. We could hear that. We'll have a look. Can we just go back to tyre on the multi, please? Tyre on the multi. Gap behind 10 seconds to Bottas, who's just finished a prep lap. 30 seconds gap in front of Sainz.

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OK, so we'll go recharge off 9-10. We've got Bottas 7 seconds behind on a time lap. We'll have a couple of cars coming past this time.

Bottas, six seconds.

Bottas, five and a half. Recharge off 12 to 13.

Bottas, four and a half. He has a five second gap behind him to Leclerc, who's also pushing.

Gap behind four seconds.

Going into a prep lap next time. Gap behind 3.5 seconds to Bottas.

So into a prep lap, we'll have a recharge of 4-5. Gap behind 2 seconds.

Gap behind 1.5.

So Bottas has finished his timed lap now.

Should be clear of traffic behind Stroll in front outlap. Recharge aft to 5 please.

And we'll have recharge off 9 to 10 once again. Clear of all traffic behind.

Okay, and then recharge off 12 to 13 as well. We've got Magnussen seven seconds in front on a slow lap. Might be able to follow him if we're lucky.

There's a queue of cars at turn 15.16. Gap in front four seconds to Magnussen. I think this could be a good one to follow. No traffic behind. We'll have recharge off at the safety car 1 line. Good to push.

For fuck's sake!

That's okay mate, let's just finish the lap. We'll stay in sequence.

Keep adding tyre temp, it will help later.

OK, so recharge on. We might have a couple of cars coming past this time. Perez four seconds behind. We are not in sequence, are we? We're going to see where we are at the end of this lap. So watch for Perez three seconds behind, please. Recharge off down to five just to keep energy going in.

Behind him, three seconds, is Albon.

Albon two seconds now and then Stroll behind. Could well be pushing as well.

Okay, so Albon behind is on high fuel on the hard tyre.

Behind him, Stroll. He is on a fast lap by the looks of it. Correction, Stroll's slow lap here.

It's going to be tricky with traffic. We've got about five cars within 20 seconds behind us as well.

Let's go for another slow lap, see if we can get ourselves back into some sort of sequence. Yeah, copy. Sorry, it's not going to be ideal, but let's see what we can do. So, let's go for another prep lap please, we'll have some switch changes coming in shortly. Recharge off 4-5 again.

Ok, so recharge off down to 5 please.

Okay, mate, then we're going to go scenario 6 and sock 1. Scenario 6 and sock 1. Stroll on a time lap, seven seconds behind.

Okay, there's six cars in front between you and turn 10. Happy for you to push through those.

OK, so Stroll five seconds behind time lap. The only car we need to watch for in front is Albon, who's on high fuel. Going to need to leave a gap to him at the end of the lap. Stroll three and a half behind time lap.

Leclerc in front. Slow lap.

So Leclerc, two and a half in front, slow lap.

Should be pushing next time. Stroll three seconds behind timed lap.

OK, let's push next lap.

10 minutes, so we are going to box this lap. Box this lap.

OK, mate. So, Russell seven seconds behind. He's high fuel running. We're going to box this time.

OK, Russell, 5.5 behind. We're going to box now and do a practice pitstop. You can attack pit entry.

Russell four seconds behind.

Box, box. Practice pitstop.

OK, mate. Very good.

Okay, we'll get a couple of comments when you're back in the garage.

Stay within the pit limit. Yeah, copy that. We'll have a look. I've just got Verstappen going into turn 1. Five seconds behind. He's high fuel running. You're good to push now.

Okay, pushing from now. Gap behind three and a half seconds.

We just need SOC 6, please, SOC 6.

Okay, so it should be nine more time laps after this one.

Okay, can we go display 2, please, when you can? Display 2 on multi.

Braking already. Copy that.

OK mate, let's just keep trying to manage that front right as best we can.

OK, my tyre temps have stabilised at this point.

Who's in front? Fernando in front.

Okay, most cars on the medium lapping around 41.0 for reference, so pace is reasonable at this point.

OK, five more laps after this one.

OK, four more laps. We're happy with management at the moment. Pierre on the soft, lapping mid 41s.

Sixteen second gap behind in case you need to back off.

Three ball-ups.

And SOC 10, SOC 10, less clip into 5 and 14.

Last time lap. Last time.

Okay, that is the chequered flag. That's the chequered flag.

So we're going to stay out and go to the grid. Let's go recharge on, please recharge on.

OK, mate, so recharge on, recharge on. We're going to the grid to do a start.

Radio check, Esteban. Radio check. Yeah, nothing, clear. OK, we need recharge on, please. We're going to the grid to do a start. Recharge on.

OK, mate, so call the car on the way to the grid, please. We're going to the grid to do a start. You've taken the chequered flag already.

We need SOC 6, SOC 6.

Okay, so we'd like to do two burnouts and a start on the right-hand side, please. You'll be the third car to get to the grid. So, two burnouts, start on the right, and then we'll be pushing to pit entry.

Two burnouts. Start on the right and push to pit entry.