Brazilian Grand Prix2019 · Race team radio

EngineerSo Carlos, I think you're number two in the queue. We don't want to launch, we just want to pull away from here and you can drive straight out through the pit exit.

EngineerJust a comment Nico, you were stopped for six and a half seconds at the end of the pit lane, we're likely to get some heat from the FIA if we do any more than that.

Lewis HAMILTONMy stereo has a bit of play in it. Bit loose.

EngineerJust a reminder to stay positive on the brakes and some start feedback so your paddle drop was a bit short and you crept a bit on throttle.

Nico HULKENBERGNo, front wing adjust

EngineerCopy that Niko, so driving straight through, for info both clutch drops have been perfect

EngineerOK, Max, box and confirm, box, would you like a front wing adjustment?

Max VERSTAPPENNo, that's all good.

EngineerOK, box, very busy at pit lane entry, so take care.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIThere is a lot of vibration on the brakes again.

EngineerCopy Antonio. So we will do another race start.

Daniel RICCIARDOOk, yeah I locked pretty bad into 4, so I didn't push the rest of the lap. Vibration was quite big so I didn't want to upset anything else.

EngineerYeah, ok, understood.

Daniel RICCIARDOI'll come rewards a bit more for the start.

EngineerOk, copy that.

Lewis HAMILTONGrip down there, my dog was quite high when I did the target, it just felt under engaged, so that's why I tried a little bit more on this last one. Understood Lewis, I think that is more than what will be available on the grid, but it was a good exercise. Yeah, I totally understand. I do think it's going to be more than the target though, so maybe 2%, something like that, so I practiced that.

EngineerRadio check from the garage Yeah loud and clear Where's the other car wing setting wise? They are currently the same aerobalance as us Valtteri's pretty happy with his balance Little bit on the unsteer side but he thinks he's going to stick with the wing setting he's got And yeah that track temp's still at 40 Sorry, what did you say there? He's got the same wing? Yeah, same aerobalance as us

Engineerand tracked up at the moment and steady at 49 degrees

Charles LECLERCCharlie, I think we forgot to speak about that, I mean, we did during the briefing, but I don't think I had the confirmation later on. Byte point before, yeah, for the formation lap or not?

EngineerYes, I go through all this.

EngineerOK, run through the formation lab procedures, as we've just discussed, the gearbox is not synced, so please sync that as soon as you can, preferably by turn 4, otherwise pit limiter off, we do not need a pit lane speed limiter, a static 5.5 once the car is fired up and on the ground, and then carry out your damage with launch to 3rd gear, expect wheelspin as normal, and then mode 12 before turn 1. Now, we've spoken about the formation lab pace, but concentrate on your procedures for rear tyre temperature, if you can, between 1st and 2nd gears during the formation lab for clutch learning, and then as you come out of turn 12 and over the brow, from P24 on the grid, which is 2 rows after the chevron wall ends, we are looking for 2 burnouts and 1 ramp, 2 burnouts and 1 ramp, but as ever, perform the extra ramp, rather than just coast it down into your pit box.

EngineerSo it looks like track temp is on its way down, 48 degrees, it was 49 on that metric, and air temp 20, also taken 1 degree down.

EngineerIt's a good streak here, let's keep going, pick them up one by one, gonna get some good points and have fun.

EngineerWhat

Lewis HAMILTONdo you think wing wise? Yeah I'm mindful of the rears just getting away from us, you know maybe stick half in.

EngineerLet's

Lewis HAMILTONget those front pressures,

Engineerlet's

Lewis HAMILTONdo that half a hull. Actually my diff is quite locked already, my high speed diff is quite locked already. I mean on the high speed obviously it's the amount of management that you're going to have to do in that six seven. Let's just lock it, yeah about.

Lewis HAMILTONDon't know why but I've got a big difference between the two. Front brake.

EngineerNice work Lewis, so Vettel, car behind Give

Lewis HAMILTONme two by now man, still not done

EngineerOne-click overtake available, consider offset zero. You know the target now, good job, you know the target.

EngineerSCENARIO 1 PLEASE

EngineerDRS is enabled

EngineerOK, suggest SOC 6 and use Overtake where necessary. Ah, these sub-guys.

Nico HULKENBERGQuite a lot of my group available.

Lewis HAMILTONWhere am I losing sector-wise?

EngineerVerstappen 13-0, Vettel 13-4, we'll get back to you So it's just the saving areas, so 6, 7 and 11

Romain GROSJEANI

Engineerknow, I know, Sox 7, let's go Sox 7 now to build up some margin.

EngineerSuggest diff entry 8 to help stability.

EngineerSo focus especially exit turn 12

Daniel RICCIARDOOK, your biggest limitation is just front grip at the moment.

EngineerOK, understood.

EngineerWell done, Alex. Keep hassling him if you think you can pass.

George RUSSELLCheck left hand side bodywork, I think I might have had a tear off going there.

EngineerSOC 7, SOC 7 when you can. I'm sure you feel it, surface overheating is a big issue. It's a massive issue. Yeah, understood. I'm trying to manage as much as I can. Okay, understood, understood.

Kevin MAGNUSSENF***ing idiots.

EngineerOkay, we see some left hand front wing end plate damage, but no big arrow effect at the moment

EngineerPace at the front, 13.6, gap to Vettel, 4 seconds, arrow it down to 3.

EngineerSo gap to Verstappen 2.5, Vettel 2.4, Verstappen 13.7, Vettel 14.0, and to Valtteri the only loss is exit turn 12.

EngineerJust give us an update on the tyres when you can.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, it's okay, I just picked up a bit of vibration on the left run somehow. Some bad, but a little bit.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerIt was a very good lap, 3.6 for Verstappen.

EngineerWe are on plan A plus two

EngineerAnd let us know how much front wing you wanted to stop, 1.5 maybe 2? 1, 1-0 Copy

EngineerAnd Lando, how are the tyres?

Lando NORRISYeah, they're okay, I'm just stuck behind the guys ahead. Like, yeah, the tyres are fine.

EngineerYep, okay, understood. Stroll's still the car behind, he's two seconds back.

Lewis HAMILTONTires still good copy

EngineerYeah, it's going to be difficult to pass Stroll on track. Copy, gap was 1.1 again, 1.1 this lap. Carlos, Stroll's pace is decent, his position is decent, so if there's no way past, then look after the tyres.

EngineerSo currently thinking plan B.

Valtteri BOTTASBased on the feeling at the moment, yes, agreed.

Max VERSTAPPENI wonder how long these tyres are going to go?

EngineerOK, copy Max.

Carlos SAINZWe'll have done a two-stop there, quite surely.

EngineerIt's very early to one-stop from here, Carlos. Very early to one-stop from here.

EngineerSo Verstappen 14-0 and the Vettel 14-1 Don't

Lewis HAMILTONmiss this shot

EngineerBox, pick and firm Max, box, pick and firm

EngineerYes Carlos, scenario 8, scenario 8, great job.

Max VERSTAPPENWhat the f*** did they do?

EngineerCome

Lewis HAMILTONon guys give me the information with my batteries dead

Max VERSTAPPENOK, Alex, it needs to move now.

EngineerHe's aware, mate, he's aware, great stuff. Has a fantastic outland, Max. Gap is at 1.8, Max, 1.8. Mode 7, please, Max, mode 7. So ahead will be BOTAS, gap at 3.2, yet to pit.

EngineerAnd box Sebastian, box.

EngineerOkay, you'll have boost available when you need it and the overtake

EngineerWe're expecting Bottas to stay out.

Lewis HAMILTONDo I have an engine problem?

EngineerI think everything's okay, just temps are a little hot. You are still in Strap Mode 8.

Engineerand we need you to push as much as you can so think about the tires think about the tires

EngineerTake care of the rears turn 12 watch the rear snaps there.

Carlos SAINZYeah, I'm out of three guys. I'm not gonna last very long here

Engineercopy

EngineerIt's

Lewis HAMILTONvery hard to keep up with him, man.

EngineerOkay, copy Lewis.

EngineerWe'll be racing Norris Norris coming out the pits behind you now

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, I think we've gone to the wrong tyre. Should have been on the medium.

EngineerAnd we are going to plan C, plan C.

Carlos SAINZOkay, I need maximum focus. I have some pace here. Better pace than I thought.

EngineerYeah, copy Carlos. You're doing a good job. You have Gasly behind. Gasly plus two seconds.

Lewis HAMILTONWITNESS, PICK IT UP!

EngineerOkay, copy.

EngineerGap to Verstappen is 2.4, Bettle is doing 12.4 at the moment, he's on 4 lap old medium tyres, gap to him is 11 seconds.

EngineerGap is at 2.5

EngineerSo it's all looking okay, brake, entire side, no lift-off, turn 1, no lift-off.

Lewis HAMILTONIt's got wind here right?

EngineerWe're not seeing a big increase

EngineerAnd we are on plan B, plan B, Hamilton is struggling with the soft, seems like, I'll let you know.

EngineerOk, and how is the balance?

Daniel RICCIARDOStable for now. Still a bit more front than rear attack.

EngineerOk, understood. So last lap you will want, then quicker than Perez and Grosjean.

Carlos SAINZWhat are the top teams doing, one or two stop?

EngineerLooks like the top teams are mixed Carlos, first ones fitted on lap 20, Leclerc fitted lap 29.

EngineerThey are faster than the leaders, very good pace.

EngineerWe are faster than the leaders, very good pace, boat has lap time 13.1 in free air, 13.1

EngineerTire's life is slightly less than expected, but it's all peachy at the moment.

Sebastian VETTELYeah, for now, yes. We'll start probably...

EngineerCopy.

EngineerCan it

Valtteri BOTTASbe updated on the wind? Is it spinning around because the Subaru inconsistent the balance?

EngineerVery firm VAR treaties, the other car has got the same issue.

EngineerSo we're thinking two-stop is okay to use the tires. We need to protect against undercut from album

Max VERSTAPPENI think the wind is picking up.

EngineerBoth Mercedes cars complain of similar issues actually Max.

EngineerOK, and how are the tyres?

Daniel RICCIARDOI feel, yeah, they're just hanging on, but they're OK. Just gotta manage it.

EngineerOK, understood.

Daniel RICCIARDOQuite easy to oversleep both axles, but it's OK for now.

EngineerCopy that.

Lewis HAMILTONIt's time to f*** man.

Carlos SAINZDo you mean we give up on Gasly?

EngineerCopy Carlos, focus on getting to the end, we can beat the Alphas, we can get points, that's the target.

Carlos SAINZWhere are the Alphas?

EngineerRaikkonen 18 seconds ahead.

Lewis HAMILTONWhat are you waiting for? I'll get any closer than this

EngineerSo we are raising bottles to the end is with medium

EngineerOh my goodness, Outlap critical

Lewis HAMILTONYeah man, I realise

EngineerBoost on.

Lance STROLLKeep getting a fuel alarm.

EngineerCopy, don't worry about that. We're watching that.

EngineerYou did a very good job on that last in, same again please.

EngineerOK, so that's 27 laps to the NMAX, 27 laps. You did a very good job on that last in, same again please.

EngineerOk Kimi, you can see your front left tyre on the cold side, but it's very stable. How is it going for you?

Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, the rear starts sliding.

EngineerAnd stay out, stay out. One more lap.

Lewis HAMILTONPeople power

EngineerLast lap Hamilton, 11.3, gap at 1.8

Sebastian VETTELFocus now, there's too much traffic, guys.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerLet's continue to monitor the right rear peak temperature, Max.

EngineerLost the power. Copy.

EngineerCarlos, let's use scenario 7 now, use scenario 7 while we take the sting out of Raikkonen's tyres, go and get Grosjean, he's the car in front.

Max VERSTAPPENLewis didn't slow down enough, man.

EngineerYeah, I saw that, Max.

Lewis HAMILTONI hate this too long

EngineerBox, box, opposite Verstappen.

Sebastian VETTELHow many places do we lose in the box?

EngineerWe don't have good tyres. We don't have good tyres available.

Sebastian VETTELWe have foam poly, one lap.

EngineerNo negative, because we had a damage. Stay positive, stay positive.

Sebastian VETTELThat's only one tyre. I stay out? Stay out, stay out. Okay, too late.

EngineerWhat tyre has he gone to? So he's gone to the soft tyre Are you going to give me some power? So if you pre-select Strat Mode 5, we've got everything we've got at the moment

EngineerLet me

Lewis HAMILTONsit that one out.

Lewis HAMILTONSafety car needs to speed up man, geez

Lewis HAMILTONWhat corner does the safety car usually come in? Lights go out. It'll

Engineerbe between 10 and 11 will be the lights out

Charles LECLERCTell me when cars may overtake. No, they did, but next time try to remember.

EngineerCopy, will do.

Lewis HAMILTONStruggling to keep tempo in these sides, man.

EngineerCarlos, use overtake on the main straight to discharge the pack. If you can, use overtake to discharge the pack. Pack too full, brake temperature is too high.

EngineerCarlos you may not overtake while the safety car is out you can stay close to Grosjean free pace but you may not overtake

EngineerOK, so we are expecting now to go the full race distance, and we are still OK on the fuel.

Lewis HAMILTONHow old are my tyres man? I don't know if I'm going to be

Engineerable

Lewis HAMILTONto keep them behind.

EngineerSo there, 15 laps.

EngineerAnd multifunction mix position 8, mix 8 when you can, and you are doing a good job with the tires

EngineerCome on mate, you've done this once, already on the same compound.

Max VERSTAPPENHey you slow down!

EngineerJust watch you don't pass before the line

Romain GROSJEANYeah, I've got massive issue on the engine

EngineerYou are the man, mate. Come on. Fantastic. Let's pull away.

Engineerengine 12, position 1, engine 12, position 1, gap 3.3

EngineerI'll overtake available if you need it.

Sebastian VETTELLook, tank chair, what the hell is he doing? Sorry. Tank chair. Mein Gott, muss

Engineerdas

Sebastian VETTELsein! Sei ein Fuckmister, Rauch!

Charles LECLERCthe hell come on

Max VERSTAPPENNow there's a lot of debris everywhere.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerWhat the hell?

EngineerSo just focus on keeping temperature in the front, the rears are still over optimum temperature.

EngineerCarlos, keep letting us know about debris, keep letting us know about debris.

Carlos SAINZYeah, debris are still there, no one has cleared them, so for the moment we cannot race, it's very dangerous.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerOK, let's see if we can have a strat one with the brake warming off, front calipers again, hot again.

EngineerSo we're stopping holding the pack up. Two laps to go. Let's have some fun.

EngineerThe car behind is Gasly. Final lap, Max. Final lap. Bring it home.

Max VERSTAPPENAre they out?

EngineerThey're at the back.

EngineerAlright, that's the race win. That is the race win. You absolutely bossed it. Magic today. Absolutely bossed it. Fantastic. We did this as a team, guys. Unbelievable. What a race. Oh, I loved it. Redemption, Max. Absolute redemption from last year. Brilliant race. Brilliant race. Exactly. And I think the way we fought for it made it even better. Thank you, guys. Great day.

EngineerPizzu! Pizzu! Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo!

Pierre GASLYI just did it

EngineerOh thank

Pierre GASLYyou, thank

Engineeryou

Pierre GASLYPierre this is your turn that one Unbelievable Oh my god Oh my god Unbelievable Pierre, unreal Oh my god this is the best day of my life

EngineerGuys

Pierre GASLYthank you, thank you so much Amazing You are amazing, you guys are amazing Thank you

EngineerSpare a thought for Alex, I think he was harshly knocked out at turn 10 there by Lewis, otherwise he was on for his first podium.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah that was a shame, we could have been both on the podium here.

EngineerMate honestly that outlap after the first stop, proper racing, fantastic.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah we had to.

EngineerThat's a great effort there Lewis, that's a P3 mate, sorry about that bud, a couple of bad decisions in hindsight We'll see where this all washes out

Lewis HAMILTONYeah

Engineerguys, sorry about that, I raced as hard as I could man, there was nothing left in this car

Lewis HAMILTONWe've

Engineergot to improve, that's for sure, but anyways, thanks for trying Yeah thank you mate, thank you for trying

Carlos SAINZYes!

EngineerGreat job mate! P4. Who thought it? P4. Scenario 1 Carlos, I am a big fan of your work. Oh,

Carlos SAINZcan't

Engineerbelieve it guys. Scenario 1 mate, Scenario 1. Unbelievable drive. P20 to P4. I

Carlos SAINZcannot believe it. As simple as that. What a drive. Thank you guys. Perfect execution. Good risk-reward. Amazing, amazing. Thank you guys. What do you think? Do you think that was a smooth operator? Smooth operator. I think that was the smoothest operation of my life. Yeah

Engineerman, you suck. You sent them. Yeah boy.

Alexander ALBONWe're only going

Engineerto

Alexander ALBONhave

Engineerto

Alexander ALBONdo f***ing weeks. V-Bow

Engineer2. V-Bow 2. Mate! That f***ing

Alexander ALBONhurts when you're playing.

EngineerWe're only

Alexander ALBONgoing to have to do f***ing weeks.

EngineerYeah, I know, mate. I'm sorry. Fail. 84. Fail. Fail. 84. Fail. Mate, you did an excellent job today. Hard luck. Hard luck, Alex. That was robbed at the end there. F***!

Alexander ALBONOn to the next one, I guess. Are you kidding me? To be honest, I don't know. I need to take it. I don't know.

EngineerYeah, mate. I know. It's under investigation. Just think of all the positives. You did an awesome job today, mate. Well done. Chin up, Alex. You drove a great race today.

Alexander ALBONNo. No. No. No. Well, thank you, everyone. It would have been really good. Congratulations, anyway. Well done to Max.

EngineerWell done.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIP6. Yes, guys. Yes.

EngineerGreat race, Antonio. Good job. Well done.

EngineerOkay, dude, that's the checker. That's the checker. Yeah. Yeah. Good drive on your part, dude. Good management. That was working well. You deserved a better result than that, but good job, dude. Really sorry about that, Roman. You drove very well. You drove very well, man. Heads up. Yeah, it's a science thing. Really, really not. Really not. Sportsman. Really not. Sorry, boys. We deserved better today. Sorry. Sorry. Just all that for the season.

EngineerAnd Lando it's a great result from the team. What you did with Carlos was massively helpful to Carlos's result as well and that's noted from us all here.

Lando NORRISYeah but I mean I don't do it out of choice. I do it because I'm slow. It's not your fault it's things I need to do better that's all.

EngineerSo

Lando NORRISyeah congrats for the team good result for us. I don't know what that means for the constructors if it means anything yet but now it's a tough weekend I think but we obviously got a good result together so well done boys.

EngineerMate you are not slow the hard is just a really tough tyre.

EngineerCheckered flag, checkered flag, checkered flag. P11, Kevin, you gave it a good go. Very close, man. You gave it all it had, Kevin. Just the car's not good enough out of 12. You gave it everything you had. Man, good job. Very good drive, man. Very good recover. Well done. It sucks, but well done.

EngineerP4 Sainz, then Räikkönen, Giovinazzi, Ricciardo, Norris yourself P9, then Kvyat P10 Oh

Sergio PEREZf***

Nico HULKENBERGCan you, you know, can you explain what happened in that race, how we just ended up back and back, is it just pace or?

EngineerNo I can't explain that at the moment Nico, we'll talk about it afterwards. And you were given a five second penalty for that restart, so I don't know where that puts you, further back than P12.

Nico HULKENBERGYeah, apologies, that at 300 with 18 cars around I didn't track that, my mistake, too bad.

EngineerThat was a P-10, Dani P-10 and Gasly P-2, Gret is out for the team.

Daniil KVYATYeah, well done to him.

EngineerThat's it, no drive.

Sebastian VETTELNice job

EngineerWell that was an interesting end. P13, P13.

George RUSSELLYeah, I can't feel it, I gave it everything, but... Yeah, I gave it everything.

EngineerIt's nice to have people in a position to have a battle for a bit. OK, well done. What

George RUSSELLwas your order?

EngineerIt was fairly chaotic, it was Verstappen, then Gasly, Hamilton, Sainz in P4, then Räikkönen, Giovinazzi, Ricciardo in 7th, Norris in 8th, Perez in 9th, Kvyat in 10th. Hülkenberg was under investigation. OK, that's come through as a penalty for Hülkenberg, so we are P12 ahead of Hülkenberg.

EngineerI got some debris under the floor, yep I got debris under the floor Copy that, still all ok, all pressures ok, keep going No, no, it can't Park it where safe, park it where safe, park it where safe, copy that Unlucky Lance

Lance STROLLArgh