Radio check, Gary. Radio check. Loud and clear, Nico. Six minutes till we go.

Do you want the brake balance adjusted forward on the formation lap? Maybe not bad.

If you can handle it, we'd prefer it. I'll remind you to go back. After we fire up, we'll put the pit limiter on. No static bite point learn. And the other request on the formation lap is to cool the car from turn 24. And then remember to go back to mode RS for the start. And then still five burnouts, starting a little bit after SC1. That's correct.

OK, Nico. Everyone is on a medium except for Behrmann is on a soft and Bottas on a soft. OK, two and a half minutes till we go.

Two minutes till we go. Two minutes.

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I can reset big adjuster.

OK, Nico, cool the car to the grid. That start was 5% too deep.

Malpush, Malpush.

DRS enabled.

I will not push it wider, 2. I will not push it wider, 2. Yeah, copy that.

Trifunk 2 for turn 27 if you need it. Who is the guy behind me? Ricardo.

Yeah, it feels like we're just in a drain here. But we're best to save tyres.

Copy that, Nico.

Actually, turn 9, 10, 13, feel pretty understeered like that.

Yeah, copy that.

Funk 3 is available at that high speed. Cleared for takeoff.

It's early yet, but does it feel underbalanced then if we think about the next tyre?

Yeah, probably just a bit.

Oh, crash 22.

Yeah, copy that. Don't know why there's no flag.

Safety car, safety car. Get plus on positive on delta time and for now stay out positive on delta time.

Nico, I need multifunction B9 to position 7. Multifunction B9 to position 7 and we are staying out.

It's double yellow, turn 20 through 23.

Check if that should be good now. That's correct. All good.

Okay, Nico, so we're staying out.

Certainly others will be boxing, so just make sure you're close to zero but positive at the SC1 and SC2.

What about Kevin?

Was that the second time or can I go flat now? That's one time, one time. Still have to obey the delta. People coming out of pits now.

OK, back to boat slow, please.

OK, Nico, so the safety car has the leader going into 13. Car ahead is Alonso, just pitted onto hard.

Car behind is Russell. Also just went onto hard.

It's still a double yellow and there's a recovery vehicle on track at turn 22.

You're doing fine on tyre temps. Brakes are OK.

So you're currently P8. Leader Norris didn't pit. Verstappen's on a hard. Hamilton didn't pit yet. Then Perez, Leclerc, Piastri, Alonso ahead, all on new hard. Russell behind new hard. Then Zhou still on his medium. Then Tsunoda, new hard. And Behrman still on his soft. And then Kevin's in P13 on the hard.

That's two times past. Safety car has leader Norris in turn 2.

So the first car behind is Russell on the hard, then behind him is Zhou in the same situation as us, still on the medium. So hopefully we have a bit more pace to him.

Okay, the track is clear.

Brakes are OK. You're doing what you can on tyres, I see.

Safety car in this lap. So remember to reset big adjuster and we'll use mode RS for the restart, then back to push.

Okay, so the leader has the pack now. The safety car is in the last corner. Norris has the pack. Reset big adjuster. Good.

Mode push when you can.

DRS enabled.

Remember, you have FUNC 3 available.

Are we getting too behind Russell?

Yes, you're opening a good gap to Zhou. You're much quicker than him.

Zhou is too behind Russell, too behind.

Bearman now 1.8 behind. He overtook Zhou.

Bearman behind. He did stop. He's on the hard. He's 1.6 behind.

Tyres don't feel amazing anymore. Copy that.

Okay, so Bairman's one behind, but you're still opening the gap to Zhou. It's like four behind now, so as long as we're opening that gap, we're good.

Bumpy.

Quite a bit of understeer building, so a bit of a flap.

That's a loop from the other side.

It's all going good behind Nico. We see the balance is stable. Little understeer aside, but it's OK.

The tyre is looking good. We'll be able to take it long and that's what we need to do.

What do you think? Brake shape 1, Mike. Brake shape 1. Had to brake similarly.

Yes, shape 1. You can try shape 1 for stability.

It's all good Nico, you still have a good 4 second gap to Zhou and just get into a rhythm.

Everyone's bunched up behind Zhou, so hopefully that will open up the gap a little bit.

Zhou's picked up his pace a bit. The gap is 3.5. Your sock's coming back to normal, so that will come back to you.

We'll have brake balance half a percent forward to help front tyre temp. Still trying to go as long as we can on this tyre.

This pace is very good. You're opening to Zhou and then a bigger gap to a big group behind.

The situation is getting better and better. We have a chance here.

Very good laps, Nico.

So what do you think about this balance and the balance on the hard? We're still planning to add like 0.5 for the hard.

It's still pretty front limited. I don't know if half a percent is enough. Sounds a bit low for me.

Copy that, Nico. 25 laps complete, so that's halfway in the race.

Excellent laps. Gap to Zhou is 5 and then the gap to the next big pack is 11 seconds.

OK, Nico, so the safety car window is open. Zhou is 5.5 behind and then the next big pack held up by Kevin is 12 behind, so that's good.

Shall we?

Gap to Zhou, 5.8. Into the big gap. Gap is now 14 seconds. Gap is opening well.

We suggest left toggle for turn 16.

Bert, do you agree with the aerobalance? What do you think is aggressive? Plus one. Set.

Yeah, we have 0.9 so we can go up. Gap to Zhou, 6.3 and the other cars are 15 behind, so all going well.

Yeah, we'll go plus one percent.

Gap to Joe 7. Gap to the big pack 17. It's OK. Just let it roll.

Press oil pump button.

Really good laps.

Box now, Nico. Box now.

Remember mode RS. Hold brake pressure. Think about EB.

Okay, we went plus one percent. Kevin is two behind holding up the pack. Reset, funk.

Reset funk.

Tyres are all good. OK to push to the end.

Zhou is 11 ahead, but he has to stop again. He'll stop into traffic. We have Kevin behind us.

Okay, good. You're inside Zhou's safety car window. He's still doing 34.5, so you'll keep closing that gap. You'll be 15 to go at the line. The tyre's good to the end.

We have F3 available.

Last lap. Third position. Third position, I win. P11 and Zhou has to box and he's doing 34.3. Zhou is in P10.

I suggest left toggle turn 16.

Gap behind. Gap behind is 3.8 and it's opening.

Zhou is the only person left to stop. The car behind is Kevin and he's in front of a pack and they are all slower than you.

13 laps to go. Last lap, Zhou 34.1 and he still has to stop.

You can try Funk 2 in turn 27. Gap to Zhou 6.5. Gap to Kevin behind 4.

Gap ahead 5.5 to Zhou.

Ten laps to go at the line. Zhou's doing 33.6. Kevin and the group behind are doing 33.2.

Nine laps to go at the line. Zhou 3.8, Kevin 4.4 behind. All OK.

Tyres looking good to the end.

Eight laps to go. Currently P10. Everyone stopped.

7 to go. Kevin behind doing 33.0. Next car ahead is 29 ahead.

Okay, so Kevin needs to increase his pace for a penalty situation. He's doing 32.9, he's still 4.6 behind.

Five more timed. Kevin's doing 32.6. Good laps.

Sock 4, Sock 4, 4 to go at the line.

Two to go. Gap behind is six. All good.

Starting last lap, Nico. Gap behind is 7.

Checkered flag, Nico. Checkered flag. That's P10.

Brilliant drive, Nico. Press in button.

Kevin had some penalties, so he was able to help us out with that gap behind. A really good team result. P10. Great job.

Yeah, thanks guys. Points on the board. It's always nice in the second race. Yeah, pace not too bad. Obviously some things to work on, but I think not bad for here. Good job everyone. Thank you. Yeah, good job. Thanks a lot Nico. Really good pace.

What's the... give me the top ten please, Gary. Yeah, sure, sorry. P1 Verstappen, 2 Perez, 3 Leclerc, 4 Piastri, 5 Alonso, 6 Russell, 7 Behrmann, 8 Norris, 9 Hamilton, your P10. And then it's Albon behind and then Kevin had... What was the gap to Hamilton in front? Like 30 seconds or more? It was 30, yeah, 30 at the end.

Great job, Nico. Really happy to get first points of the season. Nice work.

Yep, thanks AO.