Chinese Grand Prix2018 · Race team radio

EngineerWe are okay with temperatures. We are okay with temperatures. I will keep you posted

EngineerOK, so nice and slowly through the pit lane, it's very busy so keep your eyes out. OK, nice and slowly, we need to back up, there's a lot of cars queuing.

Lewis HAMILTONGot time to stop and put some wing in?

EngineerIt will be tight, we'll update you. How much do you want?

Lewis HAMILTONTake out three holes.

EngineerSo leave the engine running, stop short.

EngineerRemember to go to the grid, please confirm that you are going to the grid. And cool down the engine. Okay, going to the grid. Okay, cool down the engine as much as you can.

EngineerSo I just look for the guys and when you're on the back turn off P2 without brake pressure.

EngineerAnd we'll have a PU calling now and you're going to the back of the grid boys will meet you there

EngineerSo just to be clear, so he had two holes more taken out than us to start with. We had two more than him to start. We then came down three. And now if we've gone back up one and a half, we are half a hole more than Valtteri is at this very moment. He went to the grid, didn't change the flap angle at all. Relatively happy with the balance. He's going to stay where he is. So he is 55.5, we are 56.0. So just half a turn in it. I don't really get that. We put two holes less, then we put another three holes. That's five holes. That's five holes less I had just now. We were two holes more. Yeah. Then came down three. Is he happy with the balance? Yep, he's happy with his balance. He's staying where he is.

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONdefinitely wouldn't be surprised that it would be a one-stop with the way it was just feeling just there.

EngineerFernando, tyre info, prime starters are Vettel, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen, Ocon, Yourself, Stoffel, Sirotkin, Stroll, Leclerc and Ericsson. Backup starter, Gasly, everybody else option.

Max VERSTAPPENSee you f***ing Ludo, sir.

EngineerAlright, don't get greedy now, mate. That's good. Settle down.

EngineerDo

Esteban OCONyou see how many places we lost because of Sergio right now? Unbelievable.

EngineerCopy that.

EngineerDriver swap, driver swap before turn 14. Driver swap now.

Brendon HARTLEYSeriously? Okay, I'm letting him fly.

Kevin MAGNUSSENReal man is losing pace.

EngineerOk, copy.

Kevin MAGNUSSENGuys, he's holding me up.

EngineerOk, messenger received that.

EngineerLet Kevin buy before 14. Let Kevin buy before turn...

Romain GROSJEANCome on, it's lap 6!

EngineerThank you, Roman. We'll square it up. We'll square it up.

Fernando ALONSOFrom the feeling so far, plan B I think is better.

EngineerOK, Fernando, I understand. I'll get back to you.

Romain GROSJEANI'm on massive dirt here.

EngineerYep, understood, understood. Just look after the tyre as best you can.

Romain GROSJEANThe blast is not helping me. It's not pulling away.

Lewis HAMILTONSorry to lose your place guys, keep being quite aggressive

EngineerNo stress Lewis, just keep your head down mate

EngineerI think we need to get off this compound as soon as we can.

EngineerPush push

EngineerBig lap required, big lap.

Lewis HAMILTONHere we've got some debris on my left front. Big vibration.

EngineerOK, we think the vibration is coming from some pick-up, so hopefully it should clean.

EngineerI think we are we are in temperature we are in temperature come on let's do like that is very good

Kevin MAGNUSSENI'm saying they're getting better yeah

Engineertires are getting better more grip yeah I know I know that's great for us

Max VERSTAPPENThey're still faster than Kimi, right?

EngineerYep by a tenth or two. That's what we need at this stage. Keep going

Daniel RICCIARDOThere's not much more I can lean on them. They're holding up, but I can't really get any more out of it.

EngineerOK, mate, understood. You're doing a good job, mate. Let's keep it going.

EngineerSo how much are you being held up to Nick? I don't

Lewis HAMILTONhave, I'm

Engineerjust

Lewis HAMILTONpushing, trying to keep up.

EngineerBox, Daniel box, box this lap. Okay it's gonna be a double stop but he will be out of your way

EngineerBox, box, box, box. Do the opposite to Raikkonen. Do the opposite to Raikkonen.

EngineerOkay this is plan A, plan A, maximum pace. And Fernando Grosjean went back up, we think he'll try and one-stop.

EngineerPush hard now, give it everything.

EngineerPush now, push now, close to Bottas, engine 1, engine 1, and box, Sebastian, box, very tight.

EngineerOk Marcus, your race pace is good, keep pushing.

Marcus ERICSSONI think we can extend if that's good for strategy.

EngineerCopy that, very clear.

EngineerGood job

EngineerSo you need to stay in front of Vettel. 36 laps remaining.

EngineerBox to overtake Stroll, Box to overtake Stroll

EngineerWe need to increase our pace, 4 tenths, 4 tenths, Ocon is doing 39.5.

Kevin MAGNUSSENThat's not possible, not possible.

EngineerAnd Fernando, how is the balance? How is the balance?

Fernando ALONSOStill mainly oversteering, but the front left is nearly finished.

EngineerOK, Fernando, we understand the feedback. Ideally, we would like to extend.

Fernando ALONSORunning in traffic was a killer. So we need to be careful with the strategy. Happy to stay, if for you it's OK.

EngineerSo

Fernando ALONSOif for you it's better to stay, I'm happy. We just need to monitor the R4 if it arrives. So far it's consistent. It's quite warm to the front left, but OK to keep running in this lap time.

EngineerAnd mode push, mode push, excellent job so far.

EngineerSurat Kinnahead has not stopped yet. Yeah,

Romain GROSJEANbut I'm

Engineergoing

Romain GROSJEANto think f***ing time here.

EngineerCharles Hall, OK?

Charles LECLERCYeah, but the balance is so difficult to drive.

Pierre GASLYWhy the f**k are you closing the door? What is that?

Brendon HARTLEYI just got hit by Gasly.

EngineerI

Brendon HARTLEYthink there's a lot of damage.

EngineerWhere did you hit? Where did you hit? He

Brendon HARTLEYhit me on the rear. He hit me on the rear. Okay, I definitely have a problem.

EngineerYeah, I think we need to safety guard, there's 20 degrees

EngineerSafety car, safety car, box this lap Daniel, box this lap, box this lap.

Pierre GASLYI have front wing damage guys, I'm really sorry guys, but what is that you said, you lifted to let me pass and then suddenly closed, stay

Engineerpositive and keep focus, stay positive keep focus,

Pierre GASLYI have front wing damage, front left

Brendon HARTLEYI'm not sure on the damage. It doesn't feel too bad now that I'm up to speed.

EngineerAlright, so Infomax. Hamilton on a 14 lap old set of medium tyres. He'll have to try and restart after this safety car. Vettel 12 laps and Bottas 13 laps. He's got a fresh set of soft.

EngineerJust confirm that you received this message, lapped cars may now overtake.

Kevin MAGNUSSENYeah, but there's no lapped cars behind me either.

EngineerOkay, good point.

Lewis HAMILTONFrancis Supercold

EngineerIs

Lewis HAMILTONit me or have I got a bunch of cars that have new tyres on behind me?

EngineerSo it's Verstappen is the car with new softs, then Raikkonen and then we have Ricciardo against new softs Shoot,

Lewis HAMILTONwhy don't we stop at new tyres?

EngineerBecause they'd then be in front of you

EngineerMind your safety car, line 1 is before pit entry, as you know, keep working on your tyres.

Romain GROSJEANIt's too cold.

EngineerOkay, nice job. Let's keep pushing now.

EngineerRight, let's get off to Hamilton. Let's get in.

EngineerWe're losing massive race time. Copy, copy. He's struggling a lot. Ok Marcus, we will swap position at 10.14 and keep pressing on him, keep pressing on him, we will swap position. This is just killing both our tyres. Copy, we will swap position.

EngineerNice job mate, let's keep pushing. Alright next one's Vettel, let's get him.

EngineerWell done mate. Easy pickings. Let's push up.

Lewis HAMILTONGuys we should have had these new tyres

Max VERSTAPPENYou locked up and then just turned in very sharp.

Sebastian VETTELI don't think I need to say anything here.

EngineerCopy that.

EngineerNice job, mate. This is sweet stuff. Keep going.

EngineerGo on.

Daniel RICCIARDOGet it, kiddo. Get it.

EngineerDon't give up. You can pass through the camera.

Romain GROSJEANIt's all falling apart.

EngineerSo the stop and extend second penalty to be had at the end of the race, if you posted on gap.

Sebastian VETTELWas worth it then.

EngineerAnd Verstappen at 0.8 Just

Lewis HAMILTONleave me to it man

EngineerAll right Max, so we've been given a 10 second time penalty, so we just need to maximize this result. Okay, no more mistakes maximize this result

EngineerSo Lewis, 8 laps remaining when you cross the line, need to stay within 10 seconds of Verstappen.

Lewis HAMILTONEasy to say when you've got tyres on!

EngineerCopy, understood.

Engineerokay stop I think these Force Indias in front are going to struggle at the end they're fighting each other so that's costing them time and they will struggle at the end

EngineerOK, we've now got Alonso behind Vettel. He's 7.2 seconds behind you. Yeah,

Nico HULKENBERGbut a bit more, come on. Peace, blah, blah, blah.

EngineerHis pace is two tenths slower than yours. Vettel is dropping away at the moment at six tenths per lap.

EngineerYou are keeping both Force India at bay, come on keep on pushing man, we can do it

EngineerBox this lap we have to retire the car

Kimi RAIKKONENI'm losing so much grip behind him.

Stoffel VANDOORNEI mean, the sound and the feeling is quite worrying.

EngineerCopy, Stoffel, we see an issue, but it is OK to continue, we see an issue, it is OK to continue.

Sebastian VETTELHe can't just run me off the track like that, it was intentional, you saw he just made the corner

EngineerNice work Fernando.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, I think he was too optimistic.

Engineerentry seven entry seven let's give it the best lap of our race now mate best lap of our race

Engineeryes

Daniel RICCIARDOboys nice job mate nice

Engineerjob

Daniel RICCIARDOamazing

Engineerjob mate that was absolutely clinical clinical moves cutthroat scary nice job absolutely brilliant mate well done Daniel that was absolutely amazing you were you were incredible today fantastic and Genti for doing all that hard work he's going to go up and represent the boys in the garage today so he'll be joining you up on the podium so congratulations well done oh

Daniel RICCIARDOI'm speechless what a turnaround happy to see Genti up there thank you guys

Engineerenjoy every minute of it you thoroughly deserve it amazing mate those moves are amazing absolutely brilliant I can't stop smiling that felt

Daniel RICCIARDOgood thanks again guys

Engineerthat was that was a very very good job there mate

Daniel RICCIARDOfat lip and all

EngineerI think you might have a bit of a thick head as well tomorrow you got the fastest lap of the race by half a second well done

EngineerThat's a great job Valtteri, great job. Unfortunately the safety car just allowed other strategies to come into it, but really good job there Valtteri. So P2, P2. Safety car was so unlucky for us. Yeah, copy that, copy that. We did the best we could though, first of the one stoppers.

EngineerOkay Nico, wow, the gap was 10.7 seconds. Anyway, fantastic job Nico, absolutely brilliant drive there, thank you very much. Superb effort.

EngineerAnd great racing Fernando, great racing. Well done mate, good race, good race. We finished P7, P7.

Fernando ALONSOYeah great guys, P7 again, good comeback.

EngineerYeah indeed mate, great race, P7 again, beginning to become a lucky number. Let's try and get ourselves a lower lucky number shall we?