Bahrain Grand Prix2020 · Qualifying team radio

Engineerokay track is clear only car on track and let's go push before the last corner

Max VERSTAPPENBrightness going to go down again.

EngineerStandby, track is clear.

EngineerOK Max, positive on the brakes now on the run to turn 14. And it'll be VVAL 3 and recharge off when you are ready. VVAL 3 and recharge off when you're ready. Nice and positive on the brakes.

EngineerSo you can manage your outlap and then just make sure you have a reasonable gap to Latifi at the end.

EngineerOK, recharge on, and double slow now.

EngineerFocus on tires and brakes, beat big braking when you can.

Daniil KVYATThe upshift lights are a bit bright. Can we do anything about it?

EngineerCarlos the big flag looks a bit calmer now difficult to judge wind with all the following

EngineerRecharge off we'll sort the B-Bell out on the straight. So B-Bell 4 please, B-Bell 4.

EngineerGood lap here, good lap, shame about the last corner. Box, box, quick in-lap please, quick in-lap. I lost a bit the rear last corner. Yeah, copy that. And I'm afraid turn 11, I think we'll have to deal with it at the moment. We haven't to fix the problem.

Charles LECLERCIt's

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Charles LECLERCmess

EngineerYeah, very nice work there. I don't hear. Very nice work, very nice work.

EngineerHappy with the flap here? Or you want to take a step more?

Pierre GASLYNo, no, I just want to stay in the box.

EngineerYeah, okay.

Charles LECLERCPlease don't send me into traffic like this

Carlos SAINZYeah, a bit of vibrations on this set from the dive

EngineerCopy

EngineerOkay out lap prep was good, so we just need to manage this to open the lap so you are the lead car

EngineerOK, so just think about your temperatures. As before, the fronts will continue to drop. Rears are not looking too bad.

EngineerSo we would have some brake temp to keep the fronts. Fronts are dropping more than there is.

EngineerCheckered flag checkered flag press in button and stay negative on the Delta time press in button stay negative on the Delta time Good lap. You are ahead of Ramon by 0.02. Unfortunately, we're outside of the 15 Just see how it all settles out. But good job. Good lap improvement there

Engineeron 18 the 18.

Romain GROSJEANyeah no big surprise there okay i tried too hard mate i wanted to enjoy it and

Engineerthat

Romain GROSJEANcar doesn't allow you to enjoy it but good job everyone thanks and hopefully it's not too bad tomorrow

EngineerRemember, mine is on target, boxes left, mine is on target.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIOne, I lost again the 5, from half-flop.

EngineerCopy Antonio. So, just, let's focus on Crawley now, we will... Again? Yeah, copy Antonio.

EngineerOK, George, we are through. We are through.

George RUSSELLWoo! Nice, nice, nice. Nice!

EngineerOkay Lance, how was that?

Lance STROLLYeah, just so much more grip.

EngineerOkay dude, in sync with, looks like behind, he's just finished, he's timed as well. We're currently P18, P18.

Romain GROSJEANYeah, no big surprise there. It's a shame I picked up that understeer in 13.

EngineerYeah, there's a snap on the way out as well, I guess, from the understeer. Just three hundredths to Kevin, P18 ahead, which has dropped down to P19.

Romain GROSJEANOkay, I tried too hard, mate. I wanted to enjoy it, and that car doesn't allow you to enjoy it, but good job, everyone, thanks, and hopefully it's not too bad tomorrow.

EngineerYeah, copy that, mate, and that's a good recovery from where we were at the beginning of P3.

EngineerOkay, let's go.

EngineerOkay, let's go

EngineerOkay, so far only Gasly and Kvyat have gone on soft, all other cars on medium. The Toro Rosso only have one medium tyre, Carlos, so no big surprise.

EngineerAnd we have headwind at turn 4

EngineerNeed to wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Good to go.

Engineeryellow turn one single yellow to double yellow turn one double yellow turn one

Carlos SAINZYeah, there's no drive it's like something is blocked at the rear like the rear tires are blocked

EngineerAnd Sainz is stopped at turn 1. He's stopped? Yeah, stopped at turn 1 and I think he's pan or something.

EngineerOn clear we will go to prime. We will go to prime on the next run. We think there is time for one run. It looks like a lot of tailwind in turn 1, the club.

EngineerSo Lewis, we will go to the other set of medium tyres. Let's use

Lewis HAMILTONthese.

Lance STROLLHow long is the red flag gonna be so

Engineerthat the red flag we don't know yet it's till they can recover science won't be long Why is that Lance

Lance STROLLCuz I gotta be And I'd be like two minutes super quick

EngineerYou can be we're gonna go on soft tires now for your info

Lance STROLLHow long is the red flag going to be?

EngineerWhy is that Lance?

Lance STROLLBecause I got a P

Carlos SAINZOK, copy. I know something broke on the car. Come on. No, don't tell me this. There's no drive. It's like something is blocked at the rear, like the rear tires are blocked. Any default I have to do?

EngineerCan you hear me, Tom? Yes, Carlos, I hear you. It's like the rear tire is locked. We're looking at it. It does look like the rear tire is locked. We're just trying to confirm. We're just trying to confirm. Carlos, the FIA are happy for us to try and restart. Stand by till I give you the call on that.

Carlos SAINZAny default to unlock the rear tires?

EngineerStand by. We're just checking the gearbox. Carlos, we're just going to check for another 30 seconds, and then I'll let you know. Carlos, you can get out, but go to P0 before you do. Make sure the steering wheel is off before you get out.

Carlos SAINZCutting that down.

EngineerFeel free to get yourself ahead of Norris if you need to for tyres, Max.

EngineerSo Lando, there's only two cars behind you at the moment, Albon and Perez, so just do what you want, doesn't matter if they come past you.

EngineerLook after this set, it's a potential race start set.

Alexander ALBONWhere am I losing the time?

EngineerIt's mainly middle sector, a little bit 6-7, a little bit 8 and a little bit 9.

EngineerDance, everyone has gone medium, everyone has gone medium, we're the same as everyone.

EngineerDo not give Leclerc a tow. Avoid Leclerc tow.

Sebastian VETTELI had a couple of bubbles

EngineerOK, you finished a P8 in that session on 28.9, obviously there was some track improvement after that, so I think that was really good in the circumstance, that was really good, excellent, there's only two cars around soft, that was Albon and Norris, both Ferraris are out, as is Stroll. Yeah,

Esteban OCONa little

Engineerbit too much front end, I think we're a bit...

EngineerThat's a P-13, Lance, P-13 Ah,

Lance STROLLthat was a miscommunication

EngineerSpeak

Lance STROLLabout it after

George RUSSELLYeah, good effort guys, I had no grip on the used quali tyre, but yep, good job anyway

Sebastian VETTELWe'll see what we can do tomorrow. Let's be sly fox mode tomorrow

George RUSSELLYeah good effort guys, I had no grip on the used quali tyre but yep, good job anyway

EngineerWe need a good braking turn 11. Make sure we get a good braking turn 11 turn 14

Daniil KVYATOkay, I think for the used tyre it was in the ballpark, the balance, so I would change a lot more.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I don't have the same rear grip, even compared to FB3, so I don't know what's going on. The tires went really hard.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerHow was the front wing offset?

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, that's good.

EngineerLeave it for the next run?

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, just don't need to slow down, don't

Engineerbe

Max VERSTAPPENa grip.

EngineerOK, understood. Main deficits I think you can see to Hamilton are turns 4 and 7.

EngineerOK Esteban, so first sector was absolutely awesome, second sector we lost a little bit of time, and final sector was good as well.

Esteban OCONYeah could be a lot of tyres. OK. For the last one.

EngineerOK, understood. Hopefully good learning for the next run then.

EngineerLast corner again is where we lose too much time, last corner again. What's the main limitation there?

Pierre GASLYI have no grip, no grip, like no rear. Same story since Q1.

EngineerOk, shall we take some flaps off? It seems to be working out for the other car.

Pierre GASLYYeah.

EngineerOk, let's try that. No need to drop in the end lap, box, box.

Pierre GASLYI don't feel very good grip, I must say.

EngineerOk, we will see for the next set.

Daniel RICCIARDOOK, actually, probably lost the front more than the rear, particularly early in the lap.

EngineerOK, understood.

Pierre GASLYLet's try to be at the front of the queue I would say Let's try to be at the front of the queue otherwise we'll have a pull out lap

Pierre GASLYThe rear left is a bit hotter

EngineerTake it is in turn 6 on turn 12 Take it is in turn 6 on turn 12 You can help us Good braking while you can

EngineerLewis, you're on pole.

Lewis HAMILTONGreat work, guys.

EngineerGood effort, Max. You got everything out of it you could. Well done.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, luckily I started on the clean side.

EngineerP-10, Dani, P-10.

Daniil KVYATAgain, more difficult with the rear, with this flap.

EngineerI

Daniil KVYATshould have done that in the end, but you never know.

EngineerStop FIA Bridge, stop FIA Bridge, P-1, wait for the signal, MP-0.

EngineerSo that's P2, I lose P1, there's a 3 tenths, there's 2 tenths sector 3, and half a tenth in the first two sectors, good job Valtteri.

EngineerWell done Alex, you can you can bring it back now

EngineerAnd recharge on, I'll keep you updated. F***ed up turn 1, sorry about that. Understood, let's have multifunction white H9, position 14 please, white H9, position 14. And you've finished P9.

Lando NORRISAlright, well

EngineerI mean I messed up turn 1, maybe lost a tenth or something, but the rest of the lap was decent so there wasn't that much more in it. Okay mate, just a reminder when you get to Park Firm A, pause for five seconds, P1, pause for five seconds, P0, key thing is we got Q2 right, well done.

EngineerP5 Checo, P5, Albon just a couple of hundreds ahead. Well done Checo. Good job guys, well done. Yeah well done, it's all very close.

EngineerJust looking at that, that is P5, nice job mate Esteban P6 P6, sorry P6 Press just jumped to P5

Daniel RICCIARDOOkay, well f*** no

EngineerCharge your battery for tomorrow, we need full throttle, we need to start with the full battery tomorrow, and stay negative

Pierre GASLYYeah that was a good lap

EngineerYou can push a bit more, stay negative Still two cars to come mate, so I will stomp down Currently P6, Albon and Ricciardo went in front Ok sorry Pierre that's P8, so we've been jumped by the Renault and the Paris So P8 for us, P10 for Danny

Pierre GASLYTo be fair I didn't have much more, it was the gap, P5

EngineerIt's a tenth, a little bit more than a tenth Very very tight, all very tight And stop FIA bridge, stop FIA bridge When you stop the car, P1, wait for the message, and then P0 Good job, good recovery, wasn't an easy one, but I think we put it together in the end Thank you

EngineerGreat job Esteban, great job mate.

Esteban OCONYeah that was close, I thought it was a good lap, just brake a bit early, in 2.13, all right.

EngineerI thought it was excellent, well done mate, really good session all round, thank you very much.

Esteban OCONYeah it's good stuff for tomorrow guys.

EngineerYep, awesome mate.