Brazilian Grand Prix 2018: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:59:32

   Engineer: So stay in the fast lane and we'll be leaving in order, 45 seconds until green light.

2. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:00:33

   Engineer: And the rain is on its way, important to get that one.

3. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:02:04

   Engineer: Obviously important to get the first lap so if we go green in two seconds or one second should be green.

4. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:02:18

   Engineer: Ok Kimi, wind is as yesterday, so tailwind into turn 4, tailwind into turn 4.

5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:02:28

   Engineer: Max, wind direction is as P, well similar to yesterday. Wind direction similar to yesterday.

6. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren15:04:51

   Engineer: OK, Fernando, we're currently P13. There are two cars yet to set lap times. That's Hartley and Gasly.

   Fernando ALONSO: OK, we'll be at the next set, then we'll go.

   Engineer: Yeah, we're all over it. Stop on your marks, please. Stop on your marks.

7. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:06:08

   Valtteri BOTTAS: Some nice blocking there in the last corner.

   Engineer: Yeah, copy that. Being held up in the last corner.

8. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:07:50

   Kevin MAGNUSSEN: There is some drops looking

   Engineer: pretty dark at the outside of turn 12. Okay, we are ready to go out immediately in case.

9. Sergio PEREZForce India15:08:01

   Engineer: We think rain is very close, we think rain is very close.

10. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:08:08

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Okay, we have some brain here, but it's very light

    Engineer: understood

11. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams15:08:17

    Engineer: It's

    Sergey SIROTKIN: very tiny drops already through turn 14 like just before the pit-and-trick

12. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:08:27

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, yeah, say this.

13. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:09:13

    Engineer: And we're getting reports of rain at turn 12 at the moment, let us know what you think.

    Lewis HAMILTON: There was nothing there last time.

14. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:11:23

    Romain GROSJEAN: OK, I've got no tire temp and it's raining a little bit.

    Engineer: OK, understood. We don't expect a meaningful level of rain, but understood.

15. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:12:43

    Engineer: OK, Nico, we're currently at P11, just be careful, you're likely to have it through turn 12 as well.

16. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:14:27

    Pierre GASLY: Training! Training!

    Engineer: Push, Piero, push!

17. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren15:14:44

    Stoffel VANDOORNE: Starting to rain a bit in the final corner, starting to rain a bit so I think we need to be quick.

18. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:15:11

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, big front lock, awesome bit of time.

19. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren15:15:46

    Fernando ALONSO: There are drops of rain everywhere, so tell me if

    Engineer: the

    Fernando ALONSO: people are going off.

    Engineer: OK mate, understood. People are still improving at the moment.

20. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams15:16:22

    Engineer: OK so I guess there are still some drops in Turn 12, but people are going green in Sector 2.

21. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:17:48

    Engineer: Focus on full throttle for a charge. It's

    Pierre GASLY: not going to improve anyway. Tell me if others are improving because if not it's not going to push. It's running more and more.

22. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:19:40

    Pierre GASLY: Is the rain going to increase because otherwise we need to exit through the way?

    Engineer: Yes, we are on it.

23. Lance STROLLWilliams15:20:30

    Engineer: P-19, that's the end of the session.

24. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren15:21:21

    Engineer: Enough or no? Sadly it's not I'm afraid, it's not P18, I'm sorry P18 You could wait, you could wait

25. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:22:18

    Engineer: We are P17, Gasly is P12 Yeah,

    Brendon HARTLEY: that's annoying Big flat locking on the first lap unfortunately

    Engineer: Gap to P15 is 20 milliseconds

26. Charles LECLERCSauber15:23:41

    Engineer: So there's still one and a half minutes to go

27. Charles LECLERCSauber15:24:09

    Engineer: There's still a few drops around.

28. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:24:16

    Engineer: So you can drop back from the car in front, Raikkonen's coming through, drop back, Perez two and a half seconds behind, Perez behind, Perez behind, timed lap, reach off.

29. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:25:14

    Engineer: Ok, definitely more rain is coming, so it will be important the first part if you want to use the system to stabilize the car in case rain is coming, use diff, engine braking, you know what to do.

30. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:25:59

    Engineer: The three cars in front are very close together so they will be bunching up turn 11 to 12.

31. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:26:10

    Engineer: Okay, expecting rain in four minutes or so, so this will be the good lap.

32. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:27:10

    Engineer: This is the best part of the session according to our prediction.

33. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:27:17

    Engineer: How is the drag, Kimi?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Turn nine is OK, Stu. If

    Engineer: it is dry, Kimi, we are at the stop for fitting the option tyres.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it looks dry so far. But it's raining all the time, so...

34. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:28:50

    Sebastian VETTEL: If you say that it's still drizzling, if you say it's staying like this and not getting worse

    Engineer: It's staying like this, it's staying like this

35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:29:05

    Engineer: You can

    Lewis HAMILTON: see the rain coming.

36. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:31:37

    Lewis HAMILTON: Just now Kimi, I didn't know which way he was going.

37. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams15:31:42

    Sergey SIROTKIN: Yeah, I was screwed with a loose

38. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:31:51

    Engineer: We probably need to push on the outlapper, because we are expecting rain soon.

39. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:32:16

    Sebastian VETTEL: Bit more rain now. Now it's heavy rain, 13, 14. Quite big drops. OK,

    Engineer: copy.

40. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:33:54

    Engineer: Can we box? Push, push. Another push. We

    Pierre GASLY: need to communicate better, guys.

    Engineer: Box, box. Stop in front of the garage.

41. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:34:48

    Engineer: So a rain in the pit lane now

42. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:37:16

    Engineer: What is it now? I can't see anything from here, so if you look out and put your hand out. Yeah, it's raining now.

    Sebastian VETTEL: Not

    Engineer: heavy rain, but it's raining, so I reckon it's worth to go out with interest to have a look.

43. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:38:30

    Engineer: Rain is decreasing now.

44. Charles LECLERCSauber15:39:05

    Charles LECLERC: it's raining, raining too much, raining too much, no no no I want to stay out, we go for one more and I try

    Engineer: no, we don't have the fuel for this so, come

    Charles LECLERC: on, why did we put the fuel for only one time lap with these conditions

45. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:39:34

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Just not.

    Engineer: Hard luck mate, 200s, 200s. Hard luck pal, it's alright, it's a good effort. Box, box and confirm.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: That's

    Engineer: a

    Max VERSTAPPEN: good effort, I don't think that's decisive though Max. Yeah, would have been nice.

    Engineer: Do you think conditions are good enough to try again?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm not sure mate, I don't think so. It's definitely turning harder lap by lap, so I don't think so.

46. Charles LECLERCSauber15:41:24

    Charles LECLERC: Wow, what a life. I'm happy this time.

47. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:41:58

    Engineer: Yep, that was a faster lap time Nico, but unfortunately not enough to improve our position, anyway it was worth doing it

48. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:42:54

    Engineer: Ok, Pierre, P10, P10 Is

    Pierre GASLY: it clear?

    Engineer: Yes, we are Nice,

    Pierre GASLY: very nice Let's finish the job now

49. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:43:55

    Sebastian VETTEL: They want me to stop at FIA bridge. Hop,

    Engineer: speed

    Sebastian VETTEL: up! Come on, speed up!

50. Sergio PEREZForce India15:44:36

    Engineer: OK, checker, yep, so obviously not gaining there, so we just saved that last half a lap of call mode, so I'm afraid P12.

51. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:53:28

    Engineer: So you're aware, Max, Leclerc has set his fastest first sector, and, well, he's within scatter on his middle sector, so track looks good.

52. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:54:40

    Lewis HAMILTON: That's

    Engineer: a

    Lewis HAMILTON: good balance. Let's try and get that again

53. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:59:17

    Lewis HAMILTON: Too close to these guys

54. Romain GROSJEANHaas16:00:19

    Romain GROSJEAN: Nope

55. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes16:02:12

    Engineer: Get in there, mate. Awesome job. That's the pole. Oh, awesome work. Awesome work, mate. So, yeah, just under a tenth of a better P2, Valtteri, tenth and a half.

56. Sebastian VETTELFerrari16:04:19

    Engineer: And P2, P2 confirmed. Ah,

    Sebastian VETTEL: lost it in turn 8. Mamma mia, I tried. Beginning of the lap was mega.

57. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:04:33

    Engineer: Okay, so it's P3

58. Marcus ERICSSONSauber16:05:43

    Engineer: Yes! That was a good lap. P7. Well done mate. Well done. Charlie's P8. Woo! Yes! Mode Q in and box.

    Marcus ERICSSON: Nice.

    Engineer: Nice. Nice one. Thank you. Thank you. Okay.

59. Romain GROSJEANHaas16:06:52

    Engineer: Okay, dude, so it's finished. So your P9, Gasly's P10.

    Romain GROSJEAN: It's funny, the delta between that Q2 and there, something happened. It

    Engineer: feels weird, huh? Yeah.

    Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, it's not the same car anymore, you know? Very strange.

    Engineer: Copy that. We'll look into it.