Both VCABRBS have pitted. Both pitted soft.

There's a band forming already on the front left.

Looking at Plan A plus 8 now.

ALEX: You're sure everything's okay, yeah? PIT: From what we can see. PIT: If you can give me feedback from your side?

ALEX: It would be nice to know about the car. PIT: Looks okay. The pressures and floor is fine.

Safety car is in this lap.

ALEX: I'll pass the pit lane close to you. PIT: If you get some free air on the straight, it might help us diagnose any issues, but tyre pressures are okay.

OK, two minutes.

I think that's a good recovery compared to SQ. Much closer to Alex. Still losing a few places. Turn 1, turn 10 on this lap where we lost.

What was that snap in the last corner? That ****** me up.

Go push.

OK, go go...

Thanks, Alex. It sets us up well for qualifying this afternoon. I think a little bit of learning there.

I think that was good pace. Difficult to overtake, we know that, especially with the DRS train. But we gathered some good data, we talk when you're back. JAMES to FRANCO Yeah, it was good pace and I think also good learning this afternoon. Let's clear our heads and let's get back into it for Quali.

Alex just heads up on the wind, so it is slowly dropping now, so I think it will steadily decrease through the race.

Okay, I wanted more of it. The car is so different on the second push, it's quite hard to just nail it. Front is working so much faster this weekend.

Go push.

Going around one more time. Stay cool. Go around again. Target minus 10. Let's try and build some front temp.

Go push.

Go push.

It's hard to know if that was tyres or wind. The three-corner balance was much better.

It's weird, hard to feel the grip. Just the track's so smooth. It feels like we're under-flapped. My high-speed balance is good. Lacking mid-corner rotation.

Track's good to push again. Gap at 8 to Franco.