Chinese Grand Prix 2019: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Robert KUBICAWilliams07:04:11

   Robert KUBICA: I have massive oversteer I don't know what's going on but It's unbelievable how much oversteer I have

2. Charles LECLERCFerrari07:10:09

   Charles LECLERC: Ah, it's

   Engineer: a

   Charles LECLERC: joke about traffic.

3. Nico HULKENBERGRenault07:11:10

   Nico HULKENBERG: Yep, quite pleased with that lap, not that much more in it for now.

   Engineer: Copy that, try to focus on recharge please Nico, focus on recharge.

4. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas07:13:14

   Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yes, we're at my worst.

   Engineer: Which one? Red or white?

   Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, red.

5. Lance STROLLRacing Point07:16:42

   Engineer: So the tires are slightly warmer than the last time so you can afford to do the same or slightly slower lap

6. George RUSSELLWilliams07:20:03

   George RUSSELL: Sorry guys, rubbish lap. Rubbish, rubbish lap.

7. Lance STROLLRacing Point07:21:14

   Engineer: So P16, I'm afraid, Lance, P16, 1 tenths, 15, 2 tenths gets you to 12.

8. Nico HULKENBERGRenault07:30:53

   Engineer: And, for what it's worth, Verstappen is on mediums, Nico, Verstappen head on mediums. Wind is still the same direction as described, so a headwind on the start-finish straight.

9. Sergio PEREZRacing Point07:32:11

   Engineer: Check out, rears are slightly on the lower side, so there's room for a slightly quicker outlap for rears, they are on the lower side.

10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes07:38:28

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: am struggling out here, so maybe even do the first lap and then come in or something like that

    Engineer: Yeah copy Lewis, circuit's all clear, so yeah we'll start the lap anyway

11. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo07:41:48

    Engineer: Yeah, we left our own on the straight, more than a tenth. I was just looking at that, yeah, I don't know what happened yet, come back to you.

12. Carlos SAINZMcLaren07:44:14

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I'm a bit surprised we're 14th. I thought we were gonna be 11th without lap, but yeah, not much more guys, a 10th in turn, 11th and 12th, but that's it, 1 10th, better.

13. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso07:45:45

    Engineer: F**k,

    Daniil KVYAT: we didn't kill them today!

    Engineer: P-11, Dani P-11, it was close.

14. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas07:52:32

    Engineer: so Kevin the only thing I'm thinking about is we could just do out and back in on the used tire just to keep our temps up because if we sit for a long time we might cool off a bit just in terms of brake temps and everything okay yeah so we'll do a one time by not a timed lap on the used tire okay no problem

15. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes07:54:39

    Engineer: In terms of sectors to Valtteri, tenth and a half just under sector one, pretty much zero in the middle sector. You had a strong final corner.

16. Nico HULKENBERGRenault07:55:53

    Nico HULKENBERG: How's it looking?

    Engineer: OK, you're currently P7. The cars behind have rubbed scrub tyres. You were 30 milliseconds slower than Gasly. He was 8 tenths slower than Leclerc. But all the cars behind, so the midfield guys weren't used? So Ricciardo, Magnussen, Grosjean have all been on scrub tyres, in fact some of them haven't run. So only Danny ran scrub tyres, the other two haven't run.

17. Charles LECLERCFerrari07:56:50

    Engineer: First sector, 0.07 slower, slightly faster on the second sector and 0.05 slower on the third sector.

18. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes07:58:21

    Engineer: Do not let people buy.

19. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas07:59:00

    Engineer: Okay, we're all right. So we've got plenty of tire temp. So you have Vettel is the car ahead, Gasly behind. So ahead of Vettel, there's seven cars ahead of you. So we'll back up.

20. Sebastian VETTELFerrari07:59:37

    Engineer: 10 second margin, it will be very close Understood

21. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes08:01:54

    Engineer: And that's full position Valtteri, well done!

    Valtteri BOTTAS: That's what I like to hear guys, well done guys!

    Engineer: Yeah, let's make sure we finish the job tomorrow!

22. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull08:02:48

    Engineer: Mate, you need to go now.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah mate, f***. I'm finished, right?

    Engineer: We are finished.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, those... They're such b******, honestly. Everybody's just lining up, and they're just f***ing it up. You're just trying to be nice, but everybody's just f***ing it up.

23. Sebastian VETTELFerrari08:04:21

    Engineer: Hamilton 51.5 We

    Sebastian VETTEL: had it, we had it

    Engineer: We

    Sebastian VETTEL: know why though, we know why

24. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes08:05:17

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: was up. I was up there, man.

25. Pierre GASLYRed Bull08:06:50

    Pierre GASLY: Don't make it negative

    Engineer: missed by three seconds

26. Daniel RICCIARDORenault08:08:05

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Thanks guys, good effort, good effort, good job.

27. Charles LECLERCFerrari08:09:49

    Charles LECLERC: Come on Charles! Come on!

    Engineer: Stupid!

    Charles LECLERC: What's the pole-up?

    Engineer: Pole-up 31.54

28. Romain GROSJEANHaas08:09:57

    Romain GROSJEAN: What now, we need a gap.

    Engineer: We don't have the margin. 20 seconds to go. 15 seconds. 5 seconds.

    Romain GROSJEAN: You must be kidding me.

29. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas08:11:36

    Engineer: You got eight seconds to start the lap. Should be fine. Let's push to get to the start of the lap. We didn't make it. Four of us didn't make it. Okay. Sorry, man.