Radio check, Nico. Yep, radio's good. Loud and clear. Five minutes till we go. As you already felt, the wind is gustier. And, yeah, so there's some reasonable yaw angles, some of the low speed stuff.

OK, Nico. So 1 through 9 is on medium. Hamilton's on hard. And then everyone around us behind is on medium. Until Zhou and Piastri hard and Tsunoda, Stroll, soft at the back. Two minutes till we go. Two minutes. When we fire up, we'll put you on the deck. You'll do the static bite point learn, then you switch on the pit limiter. Keep the pit limiter until the line and then mode RS for the start. Thanks for watching!

Nico, just charge off. Make sure you're in mode slow. Charge off.

Mode push. Mode push.

VSC, VSC, stay out and get plus positive at delta time positive.

Okay, not sure what it's for, Nico. Just keep your tyre temp. Good job.

Carburetor behind is Tsunoda. He started on soft.

And Stroll ahead also started on soft. Ahead of him is Ocon at medium.

Currently P10.

We guess the VSC is for debris. There's a couple of cars doing nose changes.

So, Alonso, Bottas and Perez all boxed at 5.

They're all on hard now. They're all at the back. VSC ending. Charge off mode RS. VSC ending.

DRS enabled.

Car, stay in the car. Stay out, Nico. Stay out and get plus positive on delta time.

Norris crashed in turn 12.

We will stay out.

Okay, just be close to zero at the exit safety car line 2. Some people are pitting, Stroll pitted.

So it's double yellow and 12.

There could be debris on the right.

There's quite a lot of debris all along that wall. Copy that, we'll feed it back. Basically, Norris spun, bounced along the wall and then went off in 12.

Nico, can I have multi-function B12 to position 1?

Is it done?

Yeah, that's good, Nico. Okay. So, we can see other people are pushing more and already hurting their tyres. So, if we just really take care of things, it will work out for us here. So, as a team, we'll just make sure we take care of our tyres.

Brake temps are OK, so what you're doing on tyre warming is good.

It's going to be tricky. We're losing. Drop at Thames. Yeah, copy that.

If I do brake balance rearwards, is it going to help the rear a lot or not to keep temp? What we can do is go to BC3 and then you can use brake balance forward actually and that will get more temp overall.

So the brake lever for what? 68. Yeah, brake balance forward. Just be aware that it's forward and then go up on BC.

And B-C5, we can go B-C5. So hopefully that will generate a bit more brake temp. And that's two times by the safety car line 1. Safety car has leader Verstappen in 12.

So right now you're P9. Tsunoda behind in P10 still has his race start soft. And then behind him, everyone else is on a hard, with the exception of Ricciardo still on his medium.

So I believe the track is clear now, so we'll see what they're going to do on a restart.

Safety car is in this lap. Safety car in this lap. So let's go back to BC1. Reset the big adjuster. You can use... Not yet, not yet. That's fine, just remember. And then we'll use mode RS.

Just check your radio. So everyone ahead's on a medium, Tsunoda behind on a soft, and then most everyone behind them are on a hard, so they'll have an even more difficult time.

Okay, the safety car has left Verstappen.

It'll be charge off and mode RS for the restart. Safety car is in 14.

Safety cars approaching pit entry.

Well pushed, well pushed.

Wow, the back lever is very fast on hard.

That seemed like no problem.

Yeah, copy that Nico. Noted.

Nico, we need some lift in coast for temperature, where it's easy for you, and avoid slipstream where you can.

I think the front braking is starting to kick in. Picking up understeer. Understood. Copy that.

What do you think balance on the hard? What's the baseline balance like?

It's just quite poor grip all around me.

Copy that.

Probably too much understeer. I think we need to kill somebody understeer.

Copy that, Nico.

How quickly is the tyre going, Nico? Yeah, we're slow. Really slow with that understeer.

OK, you can't go brake balance, half percent rearward. Perez on hard, next car behind.

Yeah. Feels like it's coming in quite aggressive, this grading. Yeah.

Let's box off this, please. As soon as possible. Understood, Nico. Mode T4. Mode T4. We're going to put on point 4.

Okay, that's enough. Take more. Understood.

Box now, Nico. Box now. Copy. Put on like 0.8, is that it? Yep, we got it.

OK, remember, hold brake pressure, mode RS, EB4.

OK, Nico, we need a nice introduction on these. It'll work better, but we still need a nice introduction. Tsunoda, five behind, is already on... He's on a medium from four lap old medium. And reset, funk, reset, funk. The pack is 14 ahead. Nice introduction on these. Mode push when you can.

OK. Introduction looks good, Nico. Just for info, Tsunoda is doing 39.9. This introduction is good.

There's a surface warning into turn 15. Maybe there's some debris along that stripe.

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Kevin just boxed. He'll be three ahead.

Nico, when you can, multifunction B10 to position 3. B10, position 3.

So still a debris flag going into 14. There's some carbon somewhere, no idea where.

Car ahead of Kevin is Sargeant. He's on his outlap on the new hard. Tsunoda is much slower than behind you. Tsunoda on medium. Behind you, Tsunoda on medium.

Four medium runners are pitting now and Piastri also pitted off of a hard.

Shape 2, shape 2. Piastri just pitted off of a hard onto another hard. He had grainy.

OK, turn 3 and turn 11. Keep managing because people are struggling with graining on hard. Yeah, copy.

And then please get free air when you can, we're still on the edge on temps.

What's the situation behind me? I'll come back to you.

So, Tsunoda still behind on his medium, 7 behind. There's Ricciardo on a new hard further back, and Hamilton, who had a puncture after incident with Piastri, he's on a medium.

I wonder if I take it really easy, if we can once wheelie it from here.

We should try that. Kevin can do it. Yeah, copy that.

Yeah, we're happy with that. Nico, let's give it a go. Tsunoda is doing 40.5 for info.

Brake balance half percent rearward. Managing is very good. It's helping our temps as well. And you're still quicker than Tsunoda. He's doing 41.

So, Bottas ahead. He's on an 18-lap-old hard and he has front-right graining.

OK. Good job, Nico.

How are the tyres, Nico? Yeah, they're OK. Stable. OK, yeah. Good job.

Possible debris, turn 12. Possible debris.

So Bottas boxed. The next car behind is Hamilton on a medium. You're inside... Gap. Gap to Hamilton. Gap to Hamilton is 6. OK. Keep me updated on that. Research. I'm going to come. Copy that.

So Hamilton's on an 8-lap medium, currently doing 38.3. Gap is 5.

Safety car, safety car. Stay out, stay out. Keep your tyre temp.

So I think it's for this debris at 12, so just watch for debris.

So, we can do BC5, the big adjuster, forward again.

So, Nico, Hamilton started on the hard and now he's on the medium, like 10 laps, so he will be stopping again, so he's not really in the same race with us.

Copy. I think we should one of us should box still. Split the cars.

Goodbye, Foxy. Okay, yeah, we're thinking both. How much more flap do you want? How much more flap?

Okay, it's going to be a double. Box now, Nico, box now.

Remember to hold brake pressure.

Okay, back to mode push and then charge on.

Where is the pack? Safety car is in 12 with the pack, so you'll catch up easily. You're fine, just close to the delta time. So the back of the pack is in 12. Kevin's catching up, then Ricardo, then you. Hamilton behind just pitted, and then Bottas and Tsunoda are at the back, having previously pitted.

So Ricardo stayed out, right? That's right, he stayed out and he's on like a 10 lap hard.

Hamilton behind on a new hard.

Ricardo is going really unnecessarily slow. Yeah, will report it.

Okay, Nico, so this set will get us to the end. We had moderate front right greening on the last set, but it was pretty good.

That's two times by the safety car line. The safety car is going into 5 now.

What for B-C? B-C5? Yes, please. Forward? Yeah, B-C5, big adjuster forward.

Okay, so on the pitstop we did not add any flap. So we're still on the same aero balance, so we just have to deal with that. I've got tools. It's not the highest speed, we don't have tools. 10-11, pretty understeer. It's not ideal. Yeah, understood. Definitely not ideal. Okay, the safety car is in this lap. You have Ricardo ahead, Hamilton behind. Safety car is in turn 12 now. Thanks for watching.

Safety car still has leader Leclerc.

So, Ricciardo is still on the 10-lap hold hard. He's trying to go to the end. Everyone else is on going to the end like you.

Zhou and Albon are the only cars not on hard ahead. Perez... I don't know who the leader is. Anyway, the leader is going into 14 now. Safety car is at pit entry. Remember, mode RS. Charge off.

Mode push. Mode push.

Press oil pump button, pump button.

DRS enabled.

Turn 11, more managing to get to the end.

It's okay, Nico. If you can do what you did on the last set, you will go longer. Your tyre will be better at the end than all these guys. They're going to push too much. Yeah, copy.

If you can get free air on the straights, that will help our temps and a little lift in coast where you can do it.

Last lap, Ricciardo was 39.0 slower than you.

Wind is picking up a lot, Nico, getting much more gusty. Yeah, I can feel it. I was being really close to the ramp. Copy that.

Ricciardo 38.5.

Shape 2. Shape 2. It will be 15 to go at the line. You're matching lap time with Ricardo behind, keeping the gap. Sainz in P10 is six seconds ahead.

Sergeant ahead of Kevin is on same tyre life.

What position are we? You're P16.

Sergeant ahead there is struggling, so is Zhou. And Albon is on a very old hard going slow, holding everyone together.

Ricardo is caught up now because of Sargeant here.

We've, uh, I think Kevin and I, we have a lot more space, so we need to get by, but they're quick on the straight. Yeah, copy that. It's the same for Albon, who's in P8, seven seconds ahead. He's holding everyone up too.

It's 11 to go to the line. The tyres are looking good to the end.

Good job, Nico. Eight to go at the line. Albon and Zhou are the next struggling cars. They're two seconds ahead of Kevin.

7 to go. Piastri had the box, so that's a position.

Piastri, one second ahead.

So Piastri is just ahead of those slow cars.

Shape 3, shape 3.

E-B 6 or 7.

5 to go at the line. That Zhou is on a 19 lap old medium. Piastri is P11. He just pitted.

P10. Gasly is 10 seconds ahead, but there's lots of cars close together.

Something is gone. Engine is gone.

Gearbox is up. OK. Understood, Nico. Sorry, Matt.

OK, car is safe, Nico. Sorry, man.