Japanese Grand Prix2018 · Practice 1 team radio

EngineerOK, so it will be two burnouts.

EngineerIf we prepare the next VLIM, exit of turn 14, so that's VLIM 2, 214, 6th gear, exit of 14, you can hold it through 15.

Kimi RAIKKONENYou can change the gearbox if you'd like.

EngineerHow was the bounce?

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, not too bad. Probably more on the understeer side. But, yeah, more on the understeer I guess.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerWe'll go to charge 6 please, charge 6, battery is a bit low, and we'll go reverse off.

EngineerOK, reverse on, reverse on, 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,

Daniel RICCIARDOvery similar.

EngineerJust keeping on your temperatures that you can afford to bring them down a little bit

EngineerCheck your tyre is okay, it will be practice, you clear ahead, practice.

EngineerI will box this lap, keep up a reasonable pace on the way and please keep a bit of temperature in the tyres.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, so the trend was increasing the balance I had.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerOkay, Max, box and confirm, please. Box, pick and confirm.

EngineerSo a little bit of brake temp but cool tyres somewhat.

EngineerIn cool, in cool, box this lap, box, box, pits confirm, white button is latched, Esteban 25 behind will be fast.

EngineerOkay, so it'll be a start, just remember the location.

EngineerYou can use K1 to open the lap, K1 to open the lap, and you can push, track is clear.

EngineerCheck 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.

EngineerYeah, 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.

EngineerDo you want to try more front wing?

Lando NORRISYeah, definitely more front wing, another two and a half holes or something, two holes

EngineerCopy

EngineerSo the main loss to Valtteri, two tenths into turn one.

EngineerWe just need a couple of good stops to get some energy into the brakes.

EngineerAnd we will pass through the pit lane for a start. We don't need burnout, so we'll be landbound race and K2 on. We'll be crash attuation, buy point, crash attuation, K2 on and start with one red.

Lando NORRISWhat areas do I need to improve on?

EngineerLast lap obviously you lost Well over half a second exit the final chicane Could be a little time to find entry turn one turn two between turn one turn two

Daniel RICCIARDOI feel they've been on a bit of a knife edge the whole time, those axles, but they're hanging on.

EngineerThat'll be bipod find, launch, second gear, target 37.

EngineerOk Fernando, you're the only car out on track so drive the outlap as you want it and lots of brake warm up please.

EngineerAnd all tyre temperatures are reading correctly.

EngineerSo we had Alonso through the gravel at turn 9, so just be careful, you've probably dragged a load of stuff onto the track there.

EngineerIs

Lewis HAMILTONit looking cleaner into 8?

EngineerWe've probably had about another 5 cars go through.

Lando NORRISTires 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.

EngineerOK, if you're confident with where the car is, let's box now, we'll get into the change. Box to slap.

Lando NORRISCopy, box to slap.

EngineerOK, we can try again, we're going on with the times, 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.

EngineerI think it's going to be a traffic jam into the final corner so we can drop back.

Pierre GASLYYeah, I don't know why I had a massive snap. I lost in big time.

EngineerAre you okay to keep going or you want to box?

Pierre GASLYNo, I'm okay, I'm okay.

EngineerCan you describe what happened when you went out?

Pierre GASLYThe break went through, I just turned in and I had

Engineera

Pierre GASLYmassive snap. Like the rear completely stepped away.

EngineerWhat's the main limitation, Brennan?

Brendon HARTLEYYes, stability started to get better, watch out McLaren, I understand it was there.

EngineerI

Brendon HARTLEYthink that this entry, sorry, this engine brake up was better for the mid-corner. But I started losing the tyres too much.

EngineerThink about roll stiffness, box-box, pit entry test and box.

Brendon HARTLEYCopy.

EngineerI'll also behind this face to you, face to you.

Esteban OCONYeah, check front wing, because of the last chicane, the kerbs.

EngineerCopy that, will do.

EngineerAnd engine 6, give me engine 6.

EngineerAnd Fernando positioning wise the front was in the middle but the rear was towards the garage so you're facing out towards the pit lane the rear was about 20 centimeters to the right

Kimi RAIKKONENBox system.

EngineerCopy, copy, box.

EngineerWe need a bit of weaving, we need a bit of weaving, high speed weaving.

Esteban OCONSo front wing was fine, yeah?

EngineerYep, front wing was fine, yes.

EngineerLando 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. Okay copy. So let's do scenario eight, scenario eight and sock seven, scenario eight sock seven. And remember left-hand side toggle sector one, left-hand side toggle for sector one.

EngineerAnd we need to synchronize 8th gear in the back straight before the chicane, synchronize 8th gear.

Pierre GASLYBut with the recharge I cannot go up to 8th.

EngineerWe can do short shift, we can do short shift to 8th.

EngineerHow are the tyres, Daniel? How are the tyres?

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, very similar to the soft.

EngineerHow's the balance?

Esteban OCONUndersteer made oversteer exit.

EngineerFifth gear through the S's is better like you did last lap, fifth lap.

EngineerSo on this lap just focus on topping up the battery ready for the next session

Daniel RICCIARDOUnderstood

Esteban OCONThe portal is taking a tour around Suzuka Holiday tour

EngineerBox, box, pit confirm. We will do a pit stop. We will stack. Your teammate is 20 seconds ahead.