Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas13:03:10

   Engineer: Something like a six second gap looked right for a tow in the morning.

2. George RUSSELLWilliams13:03:13

   George RUSSELL: The bite from the break feels very good.

3. Carlos SAINZMcLaren13:04:47

   Engineer: And that's a 20k tailwind into turn 11. 20k tailwind into turn 11.

4. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:06:28

   Alexander ALBON: Tractor source debris.

5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:07:36

   Engineer: OK, that put you P1 at this early stage, just a tenth ahead of Leclerc, we're a tenth, just over a tenth down in sector 1, the same as sector 2, you are three tenths faster in sector 3.

6. Romain GROSJEANHaas13:08:03

   Romain GROSJEAN: Is everything okay? I've got no grip.

   Engineer: We're looking, we're looking.

   Romain GROSJEAN: Help me with what you can, but I've got no grip.

7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:08:36

   Lewis HAMILTON: Oh, the sector's on there. Didn't feel like a spectacular lap.

8. Carlos SAINZMcLaren13:09:37

   Engineer: Stop in front of our garage they've reangled the pit box just check that as you're coming in although you're actually driving through it stop in front of the garage

9. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:09:43

   Engineer: My

   Lewis HAMILTON: seat is clicking.

   Engineer: We'll have a look at that later.

10. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:12:07

    Engineer: How is front flap, question, front flap? The

    Alexander ALBON: balance is gone, it's just so neutral low speed, but medium high speed is quite nervous.

11. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:13:03

    Engineer: there

    Lewis HAMILTON: seats clicking by my left thigh okay

    Engineer: roger we'll have a look at that

12. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:13:32

    Alexander ALBON: Maybe it's just that we were first out on track and the track was green I don't know but it was if you didn't do big steps then it's the track because it's really different

13. Romain GROSJEANHaas13:15:36

    Romain GROSJEAN: Not again, we're

    Engineer: almost spawning the beetling to avoid the guy We'll look we'll report it

14. Lance STROLLRacing Point13:16:41

    Engineer: Make a gap now make a gap now

15. Romain GROSJEANHaas13:20:29

    Engineer: Oh,

    Romain GROSJEAN: sorry boys, you deserve better. Something wrong happened.

16. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo13:20:30

    Engineer: Yeah,

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: it's just bad, no grip, all straight.

17. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo13:21:17

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it's just... bad.

18. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso13:27:41

    Engineer: Danny take it easy on tires take it easy on tires

19. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:28:10

    Alexander ALBON: Is there a reason why I'm always first? Because I lose so much on the straights.

    Engineer: Just to get our laps in.

20. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:28:23

    Engineer: Let's overwork these tyres.

21. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas13:32:03

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I don't know, I mean, it looks like the track improved a bit, doesn't it?

    Engineer: I think so, because you went quicker through most of the lap with this tyre, apart from the snap, so yeah, I think it's improved a little bit.

22. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:32:23

    Engineer: Can you improve question?

    Alexander ALBON: Yes,

    Engineer: I

    Alexander ALBON: think so, depends on the tyres. We just have no rear support mid-corner

23. Carlos SAINZMcLaren13:32:52

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, a bit of a small mistake in the last sector, but the first two sectors were nearly perfect.

24. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:33:22

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I have no rear grip, it's a big problem.

    Engineer: Ok, understood. Are you lacking front anyway?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: No, I need the front to turn the car, just the rear has no grip.

    Engineer: Ok, understood.

25. Charles LECLERCFerrari13:33:30

    Engineer: We lost at turns 13 and 14, combination 1 10th, copy, track is completely clear behind

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, thanks for letting me know

26. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:36:17

    Engineer: It looks like the wind has died down, so there was a 10 kph headwind out of 1 and 10 kph wind into 11.

27. Pierre GASLYRed Bull13:42:23

    Engineer: OK, Piazza, that's P-12, P-12, and Perez P-11.

28. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas13:42:48

    Engineer: Okay Kevin, really good improvement. Still ended up P15, just 0.1 from P14 and only 0.17 from P11, so great improvement, really good. That's all you could get with that car I think, so good job.

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, good job guys. Don't know if there was any more in that.

    Engineer: Pretty clean lap man, pretty good improvement everywhere.

29. Sergio PEREZRacing Point13:42:48

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30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:46:30

    Max VERSTAPPEN: We have to check the front left suspension because turn 5 I hit that inside kerb.

31. Carlos SAINZMcLaren13:53:41

    Engineer: Okay, that's a decent lap you're ahead of Lando and Hülkenberg we box this lap box this lap. What

    Carlos SAINZ: lap time did they do?

    Engineer: Lando 137.1 Hülkenberg 137.5

32. Alexander ALBONRed Bull13:54:41

    Engineer: Was that front flap setting better question?

    Alexander ALBON: It's better.

33. Charles LECLERCFerrari13:54:55

    Engineer: Third sector we are losing 6 tenths at the moment Oh!

    Charles LECLERC: 6 tenths!

34. Daniel RICCIARDORenault13:56:45

    Engineer: Okay, so pretty much out there on your own. Yep, let's get it boys.

35. Charles LECLERCFerrari13:59:03

    Engineer: We are a bit tight on the outlap

36. Charles LECLERCFerrari14:00:26

    Charles LECLERC: We are not going to make it, Seb is slowing down.

37. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:03:35

    Engineer: So that's it Lewis, get in there mate. Beautiful work, look at that. So that's P1, two tenths to Valtteri P2, three and a half to the snap and P3.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yes guys, that's what I've been looking for.

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: really appreciate the continued hard work, great way to end our qualifying season.

38. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:04:32

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah there was not much more in it. As soon as I want to push a bit more I just lose the rear.

39. Sebastian VETTELFerrari14:04:43

    Sebastian VETTEL: The tires were too cold, I lost it in turn 1. We should have gone the sooner. I mean, it's difficult to predict the traffic they had, but it was a bit of a shame.

40. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:05:22

    Engineer: Yeah, nice work, Lewis. Yeah, real hard graft this weekend. Really turned it around today. So yeah, fantastic job.

41. Lando NORRISMcLaren14:05:32

    Engineer: Nice one, great job mate. Well done, nice one, great job mate. Well done

42. Lando NORRISMcLaren14:05:42

    Engineer: And we finished P7 mate, P7, fantastic job, well done. Bottas qualified P2, so we get that, so P6 tomorrow on the grid, well done.

43. Charles LECLERCFerrari14:06:53

    Charles LECLERC: How much margin? Zero margin, we need to push

44. Charles LECLERCFerrari14:07:05

    Charles LECLERC: Oh, well.

45. Alexander ALBONRed Bull14:07:37

    Engineer: Good effort mate, I know it wasn't easy, P6 and we start the race on prime tyres, only 4 other cars will do the same.

46. Carlos SAINZMcLaren14:07:37

    Engineer: Carlos, that's P9, finished P9, Lando P7, 36.43, Ricciardo P8, 36.456, and you were 3 milliseconds behind him. Need to drive to the delta, delta negative... What a ****,

    Carlos SAINZ: that was

    Engineer: lovely.

    Carlos SAINZ: Oh, **** that was lovely.

47. Daniel RICCIARDORenault14:09:26

    Engineer: Sides is behind you, so that's P8, nice work mate Alrighty, close, but alright, well we were 24 hours ago, I think that's a big effort That's a huge effort Daniel, thanks a lot, huge effort, beautiful lap Awesome job mate Alright, awesome, thank you boys That's a nice one to end the season