Mexican Grand Prix 2018: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso13:00:06

   Engineer: Okay, let's go

2. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso13:00:47

   Engineer: We need to synchronize second gear, synchronize second gear

3. Romain GROSJEANHaas13:05:54

   Engineer: Any thoughts on aero balance? I

   Romain GROSJEAN: don't know. It's very imbalanced, so it's tricky to say. But I think we can put on 0.3 and try.

   Engineer: OK, understood.

4. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:07:16

   Engineer: And just remember track limits at turn 11.

5. Sebastian VETTELFerrari13:07:41

   Sebastian VETTEL: Locked up for turn one. Box.

   Engineer: OK, copy, box.

6. Esteban OCONForce India13:09:42

   Esteban OCON: And I went off in 13 now.

   Engineer: Copy that.

7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:11:45

   Engineer: We're happy with that, Max. Thank you, folks.

8. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso13:11:59

   Pierre GASLY: I have massive tooling on braking.

   Engineer: Yeah, you need to work on brakes, work on brakes on the outlap.

9. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:13:08

   Fernando ALONSO: Aye, yes

   Engineer: Fernando, the pace is there, don't worry about it

   Fernando ALONSO: Yes, you only need to turn the stoffel on the high-speed section Only that was the job of the qualifying

   Engineer: OK, understood

10. Esteban OCONForce India13:13:29

    Esteban OCON: Balance, low speed is okay, the wheel lift is a bit of a problem

    Engineer: Copy that

11. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:13:42

    Engineer: Yeah, it's not going to work mate. You should send me out at a better position.

12. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:17:03

    Brendon HARTLEY: Can you let me by so I have a bit of protection from behind?

    Engineer: Negative, negative, we do our lap. Position is good, there is nobody behind, car behind is 10 seconds. Focus on your lap Brandon, we are in a good position.

13. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams13:21:57

    Sergey SIROTKIN: That was rubbish lip

14. Lance STROLLWilliams13:22:04

    Engineer: So it's P-19, so Sergei Peru needs P-20 don't he?

    Lance STROLL: I made it, back on the track after turn 8, it's impossible to get behind the Ballard Ok,

    Engineer: understood

15. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas13:22:27

    Engineer: So we are P18 and Romano P16, so we are both out.

16. Romain GROSJEANHaas13:22:36

    Engineer: Okay, just got bumped. No. P16, yep. 0.05 out.

    Romain GROSJEAN: Done it. And

    Engineer: a good improvement on that lap, sorry it wasn't through.

17. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:22:59

    Brendon HARTLEY: JLP is backing me up guys, what the f***

    Engineer: There is traffic in front of him Brendan, it's the same for everyone

18. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:25:59

    Engineer: So rear's in a bit better region than on the previous run.

19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:29:11

    Engineer: Okay Lou, so box, box, box, box, potential, a race start set, so just get your delta negative and look after the tyres.

20. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:29:45

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Do you think that's good enough?

    Engineer: Yep, we're happy with that. Box pick up firm.

21. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:32:02

    Engineer: It's likely to be your race start set of tires mate. That put you P1, top six on ultras, 15.6, so you lost quite a bit of time in sector three as well and it's still looking quite a little bit neutral into some low-speed turns.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, very neutral.

    Engineer: Is that just balance or engine issues?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: A bit of both.

22. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:33:51

    Engineer: Okay Fernando, on used tyres that sect one was really good so I think there's time here for us.

23. Esteban OCONForce India13:33:59

    Engineer: Esteban, how was the balance on that set then?

    Esteban OCON: It's always the entry, mainly.

    Engineer: Copy that. So, for the next set, what would you do? We

    Esteban OCON: don't have much option, do we? Drop a bit of flap probably, but

    Engineer: it's not going to help much. Copy that.

24. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:37:17

    Engineer: Ok Fernando, we are the first car out, so let's drive this out lap exactly how you want it.

25. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:41:00

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, I messed it up, sorry guys.

26. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:42:19

    Engineer: OK, Fernando, that is P12, P12, good job, well done, mate.

    Fernando ALONSO: OK, yeah, I think that's good.

    Engineer: And, Fernando, a bit of information for you, the Force Indias have used theirs prime, so Ocon is in P11, then yourself in P12, Perez in P13, Hartley in P14 and Gasly P15.

27. Esteban OCONForce India13:43:45

    Engineer: So Esteban, that's P11, P11. Good

    Esteban OCON: job, that's

    Engineer: what

    Esteban OCON: we targeted, right?

    Engineer: Copy that, copy that. We were only two tenths shy from Q3.

28. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:49:59

    Engineer: So the Renaults are on all tyres so don't let them through.

29. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:52:50

    Engineer: OK, that's P1, round 1.

30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:54:26

    Engineer: How was the balance and how was the grip on the rears through the lap?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Better like this.

    Engineer: Have you got grip for the final corners?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah.

    Engineer: Understood. Two tenths clear of Vettel, three tenths on Hamilton, three tenths on Daniel, four on Bottas.

31. Nico HULKENBERGRenault13:57:59

    Engineer: It's not good for me,

    Nico HULKENBERG: not clear in front Carlos.

32. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull14:00:29

    Engineer: Okay mate, you have P1 just for Stafford to finish his lap, it's going to be pretty close.

33. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull14:03:31

    Engineer: And he finished P1. Nice job, mate. Good lap. That was a very good lap. Nice job. Well done, Daniel. That was a mega lap. Mega lap. Well done. Thanks, Legends. Right. You need to speed up. You need to be negative. Push a bit more, please. Negative on the way in. I know you're having a nice time, but positive is not good. Speed up. I'm f***ing stoked. I can tell. Joining you on the grid will be Stafford by 300. Hamilton, 10th, behind you. Nice job, mate. And P0, please.

34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:04:30

    Engineer: No. P2. Pipped. 300 by Daniel. Pipped. Right, the last. I know it ain't the number you wanted. You've been solid all weekend. Hot two tomorrow.

35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:04:49

    Engineer: Nice work Lewis. So that's P3 mate. Awesome job there. So we've got Ricciardo P1, Verstappen P2. So you're P3, Vettel P4, Valtteri P5. Looking a lot better than we looked yesterday.

36. Sebastian VETTELFerrari14:06:15

    Engineer: Ok guys, I had to try a little bit more, it didn't come out. Ok understood, good effort.

37. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:08:57

    Engineer: That was awesome, Niko. P7. Fantastic.

    Nico HULKENBERG: Thank you, mate. Good job. That was intense.

    Engineer: Certainly was. But it went the right way for us. That was awesome. Thank you. Lovely job.

    Nico HULKENBERG: Lovely job, Lee.

    Engineer: And as you probably noticed, both houses went out in Q1.

38. Carlos SAINZRenault14:10:00

    Engineer: Nice job P-8.

    Carlos SAINZ: By how much do you mean, P-7?

    Engineer: About two tenths, Carlos.

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, that's not good enough.

39. Charles LECLERCSauber14:10:46

    Engineer: So Charlie, we have P9, P9, one tenth missing, two signs, and about three tenths to Hülkenberg.

    Charles LECLERC: I mean, I don't think I could have done much better, but from turn 12, I did a mistake.

    Engineer: It

    Charles LECLERC: was overall a good lap. The car was difficult to drive somehow. Anyway...