On the pit exit and then he will pull away from you.

So the Red Bull behind you has got a big rake as well, so he'll probably do the same as us.

OK, so there's one minute to go. One minute.

McLaren behind them have got rakes, so we'll be all good.

OK, 30 seconds, 30.

10 seconds, 10.

OK, so that's green now.

OK, so Lance is 6 ahead. That's all good.

OK, so you've got a good gap ahead. You're all in good position. Brakes are cold. And exit of turn 5, we'll go to limiter 2, 5th gear. Limiter 2, 5th gear is 200kph. You're all clear behind.

That's good. Once you've done four seconds, you can go back to limit to one and accelerate up.

OK, that's good. So now it will be limiter 3, third gear. Limiter 3, third gear. You are clear behind.

Once you've done four seconds, you can limit to one and accelerate up.

So you've got Hadjar still two and a half seconds back. You're all okay. Ideally we stay ahead of him and we're staying on track.

Yeah, copy that. Yeah, radio is loud and clear, all good.

It says stay on track. Stay on track.

Just a bit of careful 230 kph through here. There's a max.

Ok, so you're all good, you're all clear behind. Out of turn 5 it's limited to 5th gear, limited to 5th gear.

Yeah, you're all clear behind, all clear. Once you're done, four seconds, limited one, accelerate.

OK, so Hajar is four behind, but we can still try and do our limiter before he comes past. So out of seven, it's limiter three, third gear. Limiter three, third gear. And just keep an eye on your mirrors. Hajar is three behind.

Two behind you, I'll go around you. That's okay.

OK, so you can make a bit of a gap to Hajar. You've still got 11 seconds behind you. Clear. And we'll be boxing this lap. Boxing.

Yeah, copy. Box, box.

She's still all clear behind. All clear.

And box, box, box, box. All clear behind.

Just stop in the box, Felipe. Stop in the box.

OK, Philippe, it's the same procedure. Just that Sainz is going to come past you. He's actually slow, so you're all good actually. Yeah, Sainz is very slow, so you're all good actually. That's a perfect gap.

Yeah, so you're all clear behind. Just slow down a bit in 5 to make a bigger gap to Magnussen ahead. So Magnussen's currently 5 ahead and it'll be limited to 5th gear again. You can offset your position on track to Magnussen ahead. Still all clear behind, all clear behind.

Once you've done four seconds, you might push past Magnussen.

Yeah, that's good. That's good. So out of 7 it'll be limited to 3rd gear. All clear behind for now. But Sargeant will come through before turn 9 probably. No, Sargeant's fine. You're all clear behind. Sargeant's 5 behind you. So Sargeant is pushing. So let Sargeant pass before 9. He's 2.5 behind.

There's an eight second gap behind Sargeant once he comes through you. He's coming through now. That's good.

So we're staying on track. Staying on track.

So Hajar is still five seconds back. He might call next lap, so I think we can stay where we are. We're good. Stay on track.

So we will catch R4 behind. I'll let you know if he's pushing. Sergeant ahead is cool, so you'll go past Sergeant. Yeah, I can pass him. Yeah, that's good.

I'll do limited to fifth gear, limited to fifth gear.

Hygiene will probably come past you before 6.

After hijack it's all slow cars.

So don't accelerate up now. Let Hajar go past. Try and keep Sargeant behind you.

You can make a bit of a gap to Hajar. You're still all clear behind. And then we'll do a limit of 3 out of 10-7.

Yeah, all clear behind, all clear behind and then limited to 3rd gear. That's good.

OK, so Magnussen is pushing 6 behind and we're boxing this lap. Box, box.

Magnussen still three behind. Magnussen two behind. That's good.

All clear behind the box box.

OK, Philippe, you can stop in the pit box. Engine off.

Okay, so Tsunoda's three ahead of you. So, O. Ward is just coming out of one. He's on a fast lap, so you can lay him past before 5 and then after him it'll be clear. So, O. Ward coming through.

It's all clear behind now. All clear. This is our gap.

If Tsunoda goes real slow, you can probably get past him. You are all clear behind.

Yeah, you're all clear behind. Yeah, that's good.

Okay, so you've got O-Ward 9 ahead of you. He's just finishing a lap. So we're in a good position here. Tyres will be a bit cool for the first lap.

Bobby, go 1. Go 1.

He can get a cool. Tsunoda is 4 behind. He should be going into a cool, but I think he's already. Yeah, Tsunoda's slow. So we're OK. Cool the tyres a bit now, so nice and steady through here. Tsunoda's still 3 behind. I think he's slow.

He might push past you. He's two behind.

He's definitely slow, but he'll push past you. He might be boxing. All clear behind now.

So Lance is pushing nine seconds back.

Yeah, copy that. You're currently P10.

He said he's going to box, right? No, not confirmed, not confirmed. So Lance is 3 behind pushing. So you can let Lance through. Still happy to let his tyres cool a bit more.

So Lance coming through now and then you're clear behind.

So you're all clear behind. We'll make a gap to Tsunoda, but we believe he is boxing.

I'll just put a bit of brake temp in now.

Tsunoda's 5. You're all clear behind. And it will be going in. Tsunoda's boxed. You're OK. Go on.

OK, so we'll have a big cool-down lap, so nice and slow, but you are clear behind.

Sainz just coming out of the pits on his out lap.

Happy to let these tyres cool now. Let them cool.

All clear behind. I think it's worth trying left toggle for turn 9. Try the left toggle turn 9.

So from here, Felipe, you've got Duen is pushing nine seconds back, and then there's a nine-second gap to Lance, who's also pushing. From here, I'm thinking push, cool, push, cool push, three more pushes, but one of those will do with no DRS, but the next one you can use DRS. Duen pushing six behind, and then Lance is 15 behind you.

Yeah, copy that.

So Dune coming through, he's two and a half behind.

So, Lance pushing seven seconds back. Ahead, Sargeant is about to start his lap, so he should be okay and doing his finishing. So, Lance is five behind.

Brake. Sargeant's actually just waiting. Sargeant's only three ahead. Just careful of Lance.

Hagia is fast next lap, so exit of one, you can let him past. Hagia one and a half behind.

Okay, Philippe, let's go for a double cool this time and if you'd like a flap adjust you can come through the pits.

And then we'll do a push-through push from there.

It's a double cool, you're all clear behind.

They're nice and slow, Felipe, nice and slow. Let's cool the tyres.

Yeah, copy. I'm having quite a lot of entry instability, but to the slow corners especially.

OK, we'll give you some switches. Stand by.

Let's go up on Diff Entry. Diff Entry 7.

So consider one-click rearward and a brake balance. You're currently at plus two on the baseline, yep, so now you're plus one, that's good. Doing is pushing seven behind. We're doing a second call. Second call. So Doing is pushing six behind.

So 2 and 3 behind fast.

Turn nice and slow again. Still happy to let these tyres cool. Front and rear.

Still all clear behind. Everyone behind the slope.

So still slow down here. And then we'll get a bit of brake temp towards the end of this lap.

So first pushing car is Schwartzman, 17 seconds back.

OK, so we'll have a bit of full throttle down this straight and then brake for 9. Short and still 11 seconds back.

Ahead there's two cars to start the lap. If Schortzman catches us, there's a 10 second gap behind him.

Directly behind you is Dune on a cool lap, so ideally he stays behind.

Schurzmann is pushing five and a half seconds back.

Okay, so you hold this gap. You're good. You're good behind. Schwarzmann still three behind. It will be go one. Car ahead is four ahead. It's a little slow. Just be careful with Schwarzmann behind. He's still two behind. Go one.

OK, big cool now, so let's go much slower on this cool lap because it's a single cool. I want to be 30 seconds slower than you've done on your other cool laps. Gasly starting six seconds behind you. He is fast.

So, Gasly will come through. He's four behind you fast.

Gasly, fast, two behind. So nice and slow, nice and slow. You're clear behind now. Felipe, this time there's no DRS in the final lap, so...

Tyre orange. Tyre switch to orange. That just turns DRS off. You're good, mate.

It's a nice and slow big break. Sainz is pushing 8 behind. You can let him through when he gets to you.

And shorts when there's four behind him, so we can let both Ferraris through.

We think it's better to slow the entry to 6. Sainz pushing 2 behind. Sainz coming through now and then Schwarzmann is 5.5 behind you. Probably a bit slow on the entry to 6 for a better 7. Schwarzmann 2.5. After him we're in a good place.

So just a bit of brake warming now. Magnus is still 5 behind.

Russell's waiting to let the Ferraris go, so you might need to let Magnussen through. Magnussen three and a half behind, but he's the only one who's fast. He's already gone, so Russell's gone ahead. He's already gone seven ahead. You're good to start your lap. All clear behind, all clear. It will be go 1.

Sir O'Sullivan will be putting next lap. So if he doesn't come past now, straight after turn 1, you can let him pass.

Every time I release the brakes, I have a lot of oversteer. Into 5, into 12, also into 6 a little bit. Copy that. We'll box this lap. Box this lap.

So everyone behind is slow. You're all clear behind.

So it's still all clear behind. All clear.

Box, box, box, box.

OK, so track is clear but Piastri will come through on a fast lap. Piastri is currently six seconds behind you. Just be careful, Piastri will be pushing. You can maybe let him pass before the pit exit. Piastri is coming through two now. That's good. OK. So next fast car is Bottas three behind. So let Bottas through, exit here. Bottas fast.

2. You're all clear behind now, all clear.

So tyres have got plenty of temp, so we're happy with the tyre temp. We'll just get a bit of braking before turn 9. So you're all clear behind. You've got Swatchman 10 seconds back on an outlap. You're all clear behind. Ahead we've got Dennis in a Red Bull, going to start a lap. He's 10 ahead of you at the moment. So we've got plenty of tyre temp. And then we'll just scrub the surface of the tyres, front and rear, on this last part of the outlap.

Okay, so you're all clear behind. You've got Denis to start a lap. He's six ahead of you, so we're ideally going to have a nine-second gap to Denis.

So Dennis is going a bit slower now, so you can be a bit slow. You can just scrub the surface of the tyres and go over the surface on the front. Ahead of Dennis he's got a good gap so he shouldn't mess around too long. Tyre temps are good. Brake temps are good. So all clear behind. Dennis is only three ahead so we'll look a bigger gap to him.

Okay, so if we go nice and slow, nice and slow, we'll do a double cool.

Still got a couple of outlap cars coming out of the pitlane.

Okay, currently P2. Good job so far.

Piastri is on an outlap behind you. We're going to do a double cool.

Very slow here, Philippe. Let's go nice and slow.

Tsunoda is the only one pushing six seconds back, so he'll come through.

Tsunoda four seconds back.

Philippe, do you want to flap adjust? I'm going to come through the pits for flap adjust. Are you OK?

I still have quite a bit of understeer in turn 9, so you might as well just try something. Yeah, I'm keen. I'm keen. Let's come in and we'll add a bit of aerobalance. Just for your info, the tyres are not necessarily better on a second push, but it'll be good learning. So we'll box this lap and we'll do a flap adjust.

Yeah, I don't think it's going to be better either, but we'll try. Yeah, copy that.

So Dennis is pushing 5 behind.

I'm directly behind you, George, when he's slow. Dennis is pushing through you behind.

Hopefully we still have loads of temperature in the tyres, so loads of temperature in the tyres, we can let them cool.

So Russell is just coming out of the last corner. He's on consecutive pushes so he might come ahead of you before you get to the pitlane exit. Russell, yeah, coming out of turn 1 now.

OK, so Sargeant is pushing 4 behind. So be careful, Sargeant. Get past turn 3. Then you can let Sargeant through. Then you can let Sargeant through. After Sargeant, you'll be all clear. After Sargeant, you'll be all clear.

Off-gear behind now, off-gear. It's OK behind now, off-gear. It's cool a bit more and it will get a bit of brake temp towards the end of this helmet.

So, there's three cars behind, you're going to push through. They're all on high fuel consumption. Magnussen sticks behind and then there's two others right behind him. So, after turn 7, let them through.

Three cars pushing behind you, probably let them through before 9.

Position now. Next car pushing is Tsunoda eight seconds back. So we'll drop right back to Tsunoda. He's high fuel, but stay ahead of Tsunoda. Get a bit of a chance before throttle here and a brake. Tsunoda's still six seconds back and we want to stay ahead of him.

Hajar ahead of you, slow. Double yellow there, double yellow, but... It's OK. Tsunoda 3 behind.

Yeah, that's good. Good job. So it will be go one. Will be go one.

OK, be cool now. Be cool.

That was good, despite the traffic at the end there. So, we've got a single corner and another push, but I think the tyres won't work. But let's just do it for learning. You're still P2 in the ranking, so this final push is just being careful. Tsunoda's pushing one and a half behind. Tsunoda pushing there now. That's good.

Yeah, copy that.

So you're currently all clear behind. It's a single cool and in this next push we'll just be careful.

Is there anything you want me to try differently? Yes, standby.

I think it's worth trying right toggle turn 12. Right toggle turn 12. Still all clear behind.

Yeah, I copy that. And then Dennis is pushing 6 behind. You've got Lance on a slow lap 4 ahead.

Happy to go a bit slow. Let Dennis through. Let's go a bit slow. Let Dennis through.

And then just a bit of brake into 12.

So Denis will call next lap. Abirman is six behind, so I'd say he'll call next lap.

It will be Go 1. Go 1. Bim is still four behind.

So, we just missed the flag, Felipe, so we'll go around one more time. You can do it slow, staying cool. Everyone behind you is taking the flag.

Yeah, I copy that. So we're going to just stay on track. You'll go around. This time take the chequered flag. And then we'll go around again and then we'll stop on the grid for the start.

So that's it. Good big lifts. So you can do the big lifts to cool the engine.

You can go to strat 10. Strat 10, that's ready for the start. Strat 10.

So it's still all clear behind everyone behind the slope.

What lap time was Russell on? 26.0, standby. So you're not stopping this time, so you're going through to take the chequered flag.

Virtual safety car. Virtual safety car. Slow down. Slow down and get your delta positive. And then in the double yellow here at turn 2, there's a double yellow at turn 2. It's just a track test. You go even slower. So just keep an eye on your delta. Make sure it stays positive. It resets now. It's still positive. Yeah. All good.

OK, so that's the end of the double yellow sector.

So for the end of this lap, you can just get a bit of brake temp so that when we do the start, I'd like you to push until turn 9 if possible, but obviously no overtaking during the VSC.

Russell did his lap time on soft as well.

Okay Philippe, so we can do three burnouts. Three burnouts and we'll be lining up on the left side of the grid. Left.

Should I go run, switch, race? No, after the burnouts. So you do the burnouts in this one and I'll talk you through the switches. So three burnouts, left-hand side of the grid. Make sure you pull up to the furthest forward position possible.

Okay, and then you can go to run switch race, run switch race, one by point find in the box. Then it's first gear. Well, then it's neutral, then first gear.

OK, that's good. You can watch this crew. Watch this crew.

And we'll be boxing this lap. Box this lap. And we will do a pitstop.

Yeah, copy that. So, out of 14, you can go back to go 1, just so the brake balance is good. So go back to go 1 now. And we'll do a pitstop. Once the pitstop, finishing, finished, engine off.

And engine off.

I'm in the car. Ah, radio check. Loud and clear. All good. So we have 13 minutes now until pitlane open. Car's expected to be released in about three minutes.

Copy, copy.

Sainz, there's still a few cars being pushed across the track for the guys over an MP1, so maybe a little delay on that, but we'll just let me know once you're leaving them.

Eugene, did you do your brake flies?

Yeah, I'm doing it right now.

Good, good. And while you're doing that, wind is a little more westerly than it was this morning. So that means a bit more of a side wind on the back straight. So not quite as much headwind. Bit of wind to it, reasonably strong. So you may feel a little bit through turns 2 and 3 as you just pop over the hill there. You may feel a little bit of that, because it's sort of dead head-on as you come from 2 into 3. Sort of the wind will be directly ahead of you. So you may feel as you pass through it, just a little bit of change there, but don't expect it to be too bad. Will it be headwind or tailwind in turn 2? Headwind. So we get a little bit more downforce from the front wing on that. But I don't think it will be massive, but you might just feel a little change as you go through there.