Track is clear.

Radio check.

Yes, copy.

OK, get back down. Tyres from our side are still slightly under. You've got an 18 second gap to Leclerc.

Looks like he's reported or prepping.

So Leclerc reported his first push on the medium so he can stay and go out and prep. Check position has to be good.

At this point we're happy to go with mode 2 now instead of mode 5.

Okay, it's clear behind. You've got Sainz slow 10 ahead. So back off now and then push the final two corners. There's no threat behind. Sainz should push next lap.

Slightly still 9 ahead.

Okay, go push.

Okay, close the lap. Then it's plus five on the dash. Maintain the front, drop the rear. You've got seven seconds back to Hamilton, who is opening a time-lapse soft tyre now.

Feels like the rears are grainy. A little bit. And the fronts still weren't ready to turn to 1 or turn 3.

Copy. I'll just clear behind now. Or quiet behind.

Just the tyre feels stiff and then it softens up through the lap.

Let's use the anti to try and help the pack. Let's watch the throttle. We've got Sainz in front of you on a cool lap on medium. Thanks for watching.

OK, you are clear to open the lap. There's no cars in front, no threat behind.

Okay, we'll close it up. The next target is 15.15. Again, maintain the front, drop the rear. And where we can, let's keep the brakes ticking over with some decent stops. If you can press the anti, we were almost full charge, but anti will help. That's Ricciardo, Outlap, Arnault Soft.

Lacking some rear grip in high speed. Turn 1, turn 6, turn 9, 10. Floating on the rear. The front's so much better on that second lap, especially in low speed.

Start time flat 1.0. Much faster through 3 and 4.

So, you've got Sainz in sync with you, just one second back. So we're planning this low fuel lap into a few consecutive non-DRS laps, so best to be in mode 5 for that now.

FUKA 16 cars on track while on outlap soft.

Potentially Sainz will be pitting. Piastri behind you. Outlap, soft tyre, 6 seconds back.

Blue 7, position 5. Blue 7, position 5.

There's no shirt behind you.

Okay, so straight into Consec once you close it out of the non-DRS and start to manage turn 12 from left.

I'll just have to manage some traffic. There's three cars ahead on cool-ups.

Yeah, I mean I'm not going to learn much. It's going to lose me confidence with this long one basically.

The drivability is really bad in my time. Four cars in fourth and fifth gear everywhere.

Okay, George, closing in on that behind you. You should pull, er, you should drop back.

OK, go switch to go in, we're happy. We can box this lap. Go switch to go in.

Yeah, box, box, stopping the box engine off.

Box position is good.

Got to push.

Okay, we'll go with a double call. Zero on the dash. Just need to keep... It's totally gone. Totally gone after turn 9.

Okay, so you've got to look to look. Potentially I'm going to sack. He's in three seconds back now. There's a gap behind him.

I think that's a thermal thing. Any comments about the rears? I haven't done enough laps to tell you what it is. It's just I feel like a front start there into turn 3 and 4 and then it's the rears overheating from turn 9.

It feels like we put a lot of energy on the car, on the rears, on braking everywhere.

Particularly into turn 11, there's a lot of rear locking and it's killing the rears. Interceptor 3.

OK, so stay in cool, Nico Piastri, fall back.

He's potentially pushing.

He's in 2 now and it's clear behind him.

Okay, so it sounds like this is going to come down to, similar to last year, the trade of front and rear and managing rear through the lap, as to where you choose to manage to maximise the rear towards the end of the lap. My feeling is we are pushing too much for the front on the out lap, and then the rears are just too hot already to start the lap, and we're killing the rears before we even start the lap to get the front in the window.

There's a couple of cars on outlaps behind you. I need a blue 8 position 7 as well, when you can. Blue 8 position 7.

Only good decent stops on the brakes. Alex, potentially we could split these runs up like we spoke about earlier. Just complete this next lap and then pull the car back in the garage, reset the tyres and try something else. I know it's still used tyre but maybe there's something to learn there.

The dash is not working. Behind you, outlap, four seconds, Norris, Newsoft, you've got two cars in front, Hamilton and Stroll, bound to push on Newsoft.

How important is the blue, Sergio?

Yeah, gonna need it. Blue 8, position 7. Blue 8, position 7. Sorry.

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OK, Norris in 3. Let's get some decent stops on the brakes. OK, you've got a 17 second gap to Alonso behind.

So I plan to do one push lap and then come back in the garage and reset. So I think Norris will push next lap. He aborted the first push. You've got Alonso on a push in 5.

There's no threat. Alonso in 3.

Hey, how are you boys?

Second. My elbow was in front of the gauge. Yeah, I found it. So it's just go pressure.

OK, clear behind. Box this lap.

Do you want a quick one or a slow one? Sorry again, Alex. Do you want a quick in left or it doesn't matter? That's okay. Just do it. We've got VLM 27 gear now. It's clear behind. It's clear ahead. VLM 27 gear.

OK, back to V1 and let's box this lap. Stop in box. Engine off.

Bit of a mix on track. Push and cools, I'll let you know.

Use DRS on the outback for blokes.

So we've got George pushing in 5, so there's a bit of a mixture in outlaps here, just to get this lap done and back in.

Georgie, 2.

Okay, Alex looking at comparators across the field there. Second through turn 10 in terms of speed, so potentially we can manage a bit more there. Not lose too much time and then tyres are in better shape for sector 3. You've got Ricciardo in 5 on a push lap. There's three cars ahead of you to open the lap, so it's looking a bit busy. Ricciardo in 3 and then Leclerc in 12. But for now, so just try and manage through 9.10 to then hopefully get some more lap time out of sector 3 if we can.

Asset mode 2. Mode 2.

Leclerc inside.

Mode 2. Leclerc in 3. Go push.

B-Bal offset plus one.

Okay, go switch to in. We are boxes lap for a live stop for the medium for the grid start.

Blue switch, blue 7, position 5, blue 7, position 5.

Set mode 7 when you can.

OK, so we now box this lap, those two McLarens around you on scrubbed, soft. Box this lap for live stop and straight out.

We'd like to do a start in the pitlane. Stand by.

Turn out as many as you can or do a start in the pitlane. Target 35.

Verstappen and Perez around you.

Perez, pull back.

Paris should be in 2nd gear.

Stroll within three, not sure what he's doing.

Okay, Alonso pushing in 7. We're going round to take the flag and then round again for grid start.

Alonso in 4.

With you now, Gasly in 6th.

Gasly in 2.

OK, so stay out, take the flag.

So that's PU calling from turn 11. Pitlane launch was spot on.

So rear tyre targets at zero.

There will be three burnouts on the grid. Choose a site. Same target.

OK, you've got Stroll at 11, otherwise it's quiet ahead of you. You can practice pit entry live, stop and engine off. If you want to adjust brake balance for the rear lock on the pit entry, that'll start around.

You can select Go Race if it helps.

Switch off.