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Practice 1 · 5 Oct 2018

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10:00SAISainzPitPitOk, so it will be two burnouts.0:0810:01SIRSirotkinPitPitIf we prepare the next VLIM, exit of turn 14, so that's VLIM 2, 2 .14, 6th gear, exit of 14, you can hold it through 15.0:1410:06RAIRaikkonenYou can change the gear box if you'd like.0:0810:07RICRicciardoPitPitHow was the bounce? Yeah, not too bad. Probably more on the understeer side. But, yeah, more on the understeer, I guess. OK, understood.0:1710:08RICRicciardoPitPitWe'll go to charge 6 please, charge 6, battery is a bit low, and we'll go reverse off.0:0910:10RICRicciardoPitPitOk, reverse on, reverse on. I'll try and top up the battery a little bit more this time. Your front temperatures to start that last lap were identical to the first time, for info. Any change in the balance? Ok, very similar.0:1810:11VERVerstappenPitPitJust keeping an eye on your temperatures. I think you can afford to bring them down a little bit.0:0810:12PERPerezPitPitCheckout tyre is OK. It will be practice. You clear ahead. Practice.0:0910:13RICRicciardoPitPitI will box this lap. Keep up a reasonable pace on the way and please keep a bit of temperature in the tyres.0:0910:14RICRicciardoAudio only10:14RICRicciardoYeah, so the trend was increasing, the balance I had. Ok, understood.0:1310:15VERVerstappenPitPitOk Max, box and confirm please. Box, pick and confirm.0:0610:17OCOOconPitPitSo a little bit of brake temp, but cool tyres somewhat.0:0710:18PERPerezPitPitIn cool, in cool, box this lap, box, box, pit confirm, white button is latched, Esteban 25 behind will be fast.0:1410:19BOTBottasPitPitOK, so it'll be a start, just remember the location.0:0810:23VETVettelPitPitCan use K1 to open the lap, K1 to open the lap, and you can push, track is clear.0:1010:23HARHartleyPitPitCheck the engine, I had a little bit of loss of power before turn 1. It was a clip, going to recharge, we'll have a look. Copy. It was before I had the recharge. OK, back to constant speed 1, on torque 1. Yep, all good now.0:1910:25HARHartleyPitPitYeah, the tyres were a lot too hot starting the lap, so I needed a slow cool -down. Copy that. Yeah, so I had some instability at the entry at the high speeds, going to an understeer mid -corner, but the entries were quite loose.0:1710:28NORNorrisPitPitDo you want to try more front wing? Yeah, definitely more front wing, another two and a half holes or something, two holes. Copy.0:1210:28HAMHamiltonPitPitTurbine lost to Valtteri two tenths into turn one.0:0810:30SIRSirotkinPitPitWe just need a couple of good stops to get some energy into the brakes.0:0710:31RAIRaikkonenPitPitAnd we will pass through the pit lane for a start. We don't need burnout, so it will be Latbond race and K2 on. It will be clutch attuation, by -point, clutch attuation, K2 on and start with one red.0:1810:33NORNorrisWhat areas do I need to improve on? Last lap, obviously you lost well over half a second exit the final chicane. Could be a little time to find entry turn 1, turn 2, between turn 1, turn 2.0:1910:40RICRicciardoI feel they've been on a bit of a knife edge the whole time, both axles, but they're hanging on.0:1210:47ALOAlonsoPitPitAbbey, bi -point find, launch, second gear, target 37.0:0810:48ALOAlonsoPitPitOK, Fernando, you're the only car out on track, so drive the outlap as you want it and lots of brake warm -up, please.0:0810:50BOTBottasPitPitAnd all tyre temperatures are reading correctly.0:0710:51HAMHamiltonPitPitSo we had Alonso through the gravel at turn 9, so just be careful, he probably dragged a load of stuff onto the track there.0:1010:54HAMHamiltonPitPitIs it looking cleaner into 8? We've probably had about another 5 cars go through.0:0910:56NORNorrisTyres feel like they've gone off already slightly, I'm happy to box now and do the next run, unless you want me to do another one. OK, if you're confident with where the car is, let's box now, we'll get into the change. Box this lap. Copy, box this lap.0:1910:58STRStrollPitPitOK lads, we can try, we can try again. Now we're going on with the tyres, we'll target plus 50 seconds, plus 5 .0, again, that's plus 10 on the delta, it's just trying to drop as much rear as we can, which is proving quite difficult, so on the straights, we don't need to go to full throttle, we can just take it easy on the straights.0:2010:59STRStrollPitPitI think it's going to be a traffic jam into the final corner so we can drop back.0:0711:01GASGaslyYeah, I'm OK. I don't know why I had a massive snap. I lost in big time. Are you OK to keep going or you want to box? No, I'm OK, I'm OK. Can you describe what happened when you went out? The brake turned through, I just turned in and I had a massive snap. Like the rear completely stepped away.0:2811:06HARHartleyPitPitWhat's the main limitation, Brennan? Yeah, stability started to get better. Watch out, McLaren understeer was there. I think that this entry... sorry, this... Sorry, engine brake up was better for the mid -corner. But I started losing the tyres too much. Think about roll stiffness, box, box. Pit entry test and box. Copy.0:2711:09GASGaslyPitPitAlonso behind is face to you, face to you.0:0611:11OCOOconYeah, check front wing, because of the last chicane, the kerbs. Copy that, will do.0:1111:12RAIRaikkonenPitPitAnd engine 6, give me engine 6.0:0611:13ALOAlonsoPitPitAnd Fernando positioning wise, the front was in the middle, but the rear was towards the garage, so he was facing out towards the pit lane, the rear was about 20cm to the right.0:1311:15RAIRaikkonenBox this lap. Copy, copy, box.0:0611:18HARHartleyPitPitWe need a bit of weaving, we need a bit of weaving, high speed weaving.0:0711:20OCOOconSo front wing was fine, yeah? Yep, front wing was fine, yes.0:0811:21NORNorrisPitPitLando, suggest, let's try some continuous laps, suggest to try some continuous laps, as the tyre seems like there's not much left in it for push -cool -push. OK, copy. So, let's do scenario 8, scenario 8 and sock 7, scenario 8, sock 7. And remember, left -hand side toggle, sector 1, left -hand side toggle for sector 1.0:2511:27GASGaslyPitPitAnd we need to synchronize 8th gear in the back straight before the chicane. Synchronize 8th gear. But with the recharge I cannot go up to 8th. We can do short shift, we can do short shift to 8th.0:1811:28RICRicciardoPitPitHow are the tyres, Daniel? How are the tyres? Yeah, very similar to the soft.0:0911:29OCOOconPitPitHow's the balance? Understeer mid, oversteer exit.0:0911:29GROGrosjeanPitPit5th gear through the S's is better like you did last lap, this lap.0:0811:30RICRicciardoPitPitSo on this lap, just focus on topping up the battery, ready for the next session. Understood.0:1011:31OCOOconThe portal is taking a tour around Suzuka. Holiday tour.0:0911:32PERPerezPitPitBox, box, pit confirm. We will do a pit stop. We will stack. Your teammate is 20 seconds ahead.0:11

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