United States Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio

Kimi RAIKKONENIs the wind sand on this morning?

EngineerYes it is, Kimi.

Pierre GASLYHow is the wind?

EngineerThe wind is medium to low intensity and it is tailwind through the snake.

EngineerYour lap time 36.9, Gasly 36.4

EngineerWACA has already had its time disallowed for track limits, so just be careful with that.

Sergey SIROTKINCan you check the blankets for next run, please? I was very cold on the front and hot on the rear just leaving the garage Kind of opposite from what we wanted just to double check if all okay for next one. Yeah, copy that. We'll take a look

EngineerOK Lewis, so that's a P1, 3.5 tenths to Valtteri P2, so that lap is safe but we'll go again. Ferrari faster on their third lap.

EngineerThere's a piece of debris between 19 and 20 understood

EngineerSomething broke, driveshaft or something.

Max VERSTAPPENOkay,

Engineercopy. What do I have to do? Mode 1 please, mode 1. I have to get back to the pits. Pull off on the track please Max, pull off please. Made him on the pit entry. Okay, try and roll it back in please, try and roll it back in.

EngineerSo you can take a cool down lap and go again if you wish. It just reports that Verstappen had a bit of damage on his car. He hit some of the exit kerbs turn 15 as you did in the last corner. So just be careful with those big berms. So Lewis just reviewing Verstappen's damage. Probably best to box the end of this lap rather than just take the risk.

EngineerYou've got this mate.

EngineerOkay Fernando, that is P16, P16, we were 90 milliseconds off.

Pierre GASLYThe car is good, really good, it's a shame we can't continue because all looked positive and promising.

EngineerHopefully for tomorrow will be good.

EngineerTyres are on the warmer side now, tyres are on the warmer side.

EngineerSo, do I go to do another practice start, right? Yes, we do another one. I do it now, right? No, no, no, no, no, stop, stop, stop, stop. Okay, go out, go out, go out, go out.

Pierre GASLYDo I do the start

Engineeror not? Do the start, yes, do the start.

EngineerOK Lewis, so we'll go for another lap, we will go for another lap. Why is that? Because we're not close, we are too close to the cut-off.

Carlos SAINZYeah, I got held up by a guy in the last corner.

EngineerYeah, that was Magnussen.

Carlos SAINZWhatever.

EngineerSo now we are P11, so this sector we want to be used, Roman is P7, is two tenths quicker than you, mainly is the last sector, yeah, two tenths in the last sector, the first two sectors are absolutely the same.

EngineerCool right rear cool right rear right rear temperature higher

EngineerOk, pressing button, unfortunately we didn't improve the lap time, so currently we are P12.

EngineerAnd abort this lap. Abort this lap.

EngineerOK Niko, you are P10 and through into Q3, good job mate

Carlos SAINZYeah, huge oversteer in the last corner. I don't know why

EngineerIn terms of sectors, we're down a tenth and a half, sector one, you purple middle sector by two tenths, and practically zero, final sector.

Lewis HAMILTONYou guys need to have those fans on the brakes guys

EngineerAn update on the prong wing, no plugging. I think I'm reasonably happy. If you want to give it a go, you can go up one more click. I think I need it for 7, 6 and 7. OK, happy with that. A click up and a new call in one time lap.

EngineerTyres on the hot side at the moment, tyres on the hot side.

EngineerThere's some rain on the back screen. You could feel some drop, but we don't expect shower, Kimi.

EngineerIt's the Vettel V2. Beautiful work, beautiful work. Well mate, that was pretty intense.

Sebastian VETTELSorry guys, I tried everything six hundreds. Yeah, I had a snap in eight wasn't ideal

Sebastian VETTELHow much did we miss it? 60,000 60

Engineer,000 And Kimi P3 for a few thousands 32-3 for Kimi And Bottas 33-6 And Ricciardo 33-4

Esteban OCONWell done to you as well. It was not easy to understand the car for me yesterday, but we did good. Well done.

EngineerBeautiful, Nico, you are P7, P7, excellent. So Ocon pips us by 0.06 of a second for P6. Grosjean is 0.035 behind, that was fantastic.

Nico HULKENBERGThank you, mate, good job, guys. Well executed.

EngineerGreat job guys, put it into Q3, shame about that last corner. Yeah man. Very strange before the morning, afternoon, just the... Yep. OK, good job anyway, so it's P8. Yeah, I saw that on the board. Yeah. How far from P6? Very small, 0.105. It's right on the limit there, you did a good job OK, so good work, it's P8. We'll get the rest of it tomorrow.