Russian Grand Prix2020 · Race team radio

EngineerAnd Kimi has confirmed tailwind into 10-2.

Engineerwind direction similar tendency to qualifying less severe

Sebastian VETTELCheck the press load left to right it seems less assistance turning left

EngineerRadio check, George from the grid, it's James Yeah

George RUSSELLRoger, all good Copy No nasties to report

Lewis HAMILTONMad Dog,

Engineerit

Lewis HAMILTONfeels like the grip could be lower. Hey

Engineerfrom Luce, we should have a little bit of margin in there once we come up to temperature, but it wouldn't hurt to just be a little bit shallow on the drop.

Lewis HAMILTONThere's all rubber here, can I go further out? Eh, aye firm. To the end

Engineerof

Lewis HAMILTONthe pit wall?

EngineerYeah, copy, probably leave enough room for cars to pass.

Lewis HAMILTONIt's a lot hotter than the other day.

EngineerSo just a reminder where the wind is light at the moment, strongest places is tailwind all the way around 5 and break in for turn 10. The rest of the place is very light but it's only 5 or 7km, not very big today.

EngineerSo, everyone on medium around you except Kibiat on hard.

Charles LECLERCEveryone behind is on a medium, like everyone, everyone.

Daniel RICCIARDOLet's do it. Let's have a good one guys

EngineerKevin, go P1, then P0, and then fire up the car again. We have to power cycle it now. Do it now.

EngineerRight mate, we're in a good position, let's f**k some s**t up.

EngineerWe've got two incidents, one is at turn 2, sign's gone off, and stroll gone off turn 4.

EngineerWhere's the debris? So debris exit turn 2, that's going to be the main bulk of it.

Kevin MAGNUSSENI've got some pretty big flat spots.

EngineerOkay, understood. They're not terrible, but they're

Kevin MAGNUSSENthere.

EngineerOkay, understood, understood.

Lance STROLLI just got hit.

Carlos SAINZI'm sorry guys, I'm really sorry.

Lando NORRISYeah, but something's definitely not right. It keeps changing like the steering goes really light to really heavy when I'm turning right

Lando NORRISCheck the car. I ran over a lot of debris to avoid car loss.

EngineerOk Kimi, so we don't really have information how long it will take, so keep doing what you are doing

Engineerokay Lando so we think this is going to be what we've got we'll keep monitoring it in the data and then just have to try and focus and do the best we can once the safety car comes in it's not going to be critical for us to push so don't take any risk build confidence in the steering

Max VERSTAPPENEngine temp okay?

EngineerYeah, all good.

Nicholas LATIFINo

Engineerattack, no

Nicholas LATIFIattack, no power, there was no power exiting the last quarter.

EngineerAnd that is two five-second penalties for Hamilton.

EngineerAnd that is two five-second penalties for Hamilton.

Engineerlet's try go defend let's try use defend and then the overtake out the last corner when we need

Max VERSTAPPENI have no real equipment to the scene.

Kevin MAGNUSSENAlmost there, it's getting worse.

EngineerOkay, understood. We need some lift and coast for brakes. That will also help tires a little bit. So start with a little bit of lift and coast and another click forward brake balance.

EngineerAnd Lewis, we have a 10 second time penalty for those start infringements.

Lewis HAMILTONWhat happened? What happened?

EngineerSorry Lewis, so yes, those starts going to the grid, we've got a 5 second penalty for each out of position.

EngineerI think my battery needs to be charging a little bit more. Copy that.

EngineerLet me know if you notice any drivability issues. We're trying to increase your energy around the lap.

EngineerI'll start closing up the gap for this.

EngineerAnd Lando be careful of pressing DRS too early you need to go 10 meters later 10 meters later

Engineerand this we're going to need to update up the pace so suggesting tag three because it won't be long we need to clear cars out of our pit window so it won't be long let's just get on with it

Daniel RICCIARDOYes, struggling more with the rail and traffic.

EngineerOk, understood.

EngineerDo

Lewis HAMILTONnot stop me, Dolly! Do not!

Lewis HAMILTONAnything to slow me down, but it's okay. I'll take it.

EngineerCar behind is Perez car behind is Perez

George RUSSELLCan this go to the end or not? Yep, managed

Engineerfront right, it will go to the end.

EngineerThis is just ridiculous, man.

Lewis HAMILTONWhy did you have to serve it? Why does it just not add on at the end of the race?

EngineerYeah Lewis, we have to serve it when we change the tyres, but let's just focus.

Lewis HAMILTONHow far have I dropped back now?

EngineerWe're currently down to P11.

Lando NORRISAlright, I've oversteered on every entry, what can I do to make it stop?

Pierre GASLYThis f***ing guy from Renault, get out of the way f***ing a**

EngineerWe'll just go as long as we can, Max. Doing a good job.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm trying, but it's not very easy to drive at the moment.

EngineerUnderstood.

Alexander ALBONSorry, gracious. Go

Engineeron, instead.

George RUSSELLI'm not too sure what's going on guys, I just can't get my tires working Really really struggling

Lewis HAMILTONWhy are you stopping so early? I have to manage now.

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONstruggle to make it to the end.

EngineerVerstappen 39.9

Lewis HAMILTONI don't want to infer anymore. It doesn't make any difference.

EngineerThe longer we can go on this tyre, the more that protects us from safety cars.

EngineerOK Span, need to let Daniel pass into Turn 2. Need to let Daniel pass into Turn 2. Instruction.

Romain GROSJEANMario is completely going. I don't know what to do

Lando NORRISRight, I have no rear but just because I have the cars got no rear not because of the tires So I think front wing is okay, maybe come down One just to try and help the entries and exits

EngineerOkay, situation is tight now with Danny on overcuts. Keep doing this. I know I'm

Pierre GASLYlosing so much time. Yeah, I know

EngineerOK Esteban, you need to push, push, push, Leclerc is stopping, he's right on our window, right on our window, push as hard as you can.

Pierre GASLYWhat's the gap?

EngineerGap to Norris behind is 3.2 I don't care behind, in front Ocon is 5 in front Ocon 5 in front

Pierre GASLYI have a f***ing Sauber in front

EngineerWe do have a five second penalty for the turn two incident.

Daniel RICCIARDOOkay, I'll drive faster.

EngineerCheers buddy.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, that's my bad. I'll make up for it.

Esteban OCONHey guys, I don't have any grip now at the moment. Can you help me with something? Am I slipping too much tires or what's happening?

Lando NORRISI'm just completely rear limited, but I'm so high on toys. I've

Engineergot

Lando NORRISundersteer mid-corner, but I just need to look after the rears, that's all

EngineerKeep this pace for 4 more laps, Verstappen 38.7

EngineerOK, Bottas last lap was a 38.4, we're losing 6 tenths in a straight line.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I'm just trying to do my own racing.

EngineerYeah, perfect.

EngineerOcon in front of Dani is struggling, so it's a chance we catch him at the end. We need some tyres for end of race.

Kimi RAIKKONENOK, the rear left is going

EngineerCopy, understood, rear left is going

Romain GROSJEANHelp me boys, I really don't know what to do. There is no rear end, it's back to Friday.

EngineerOK Kimi, you are one of the quickest cars on track at the moment, so keep pushing, P16

Nicholas LATIFIBrakes are out of the window, anything I can do will blimp.

EngineerStand by, stand by, focus on being consistent. We need to get the pace back, we need to get the pace back. Russell gap 2.1, 2.1.

George RUSSELLI've stopped Leico I've just got no grip and need to try something different

EngineerWatch for Vyat, he's closer than normal.

EngineerI

Romain GROSJEANdon't know what's going on on the car since the first lap, but I've got absolutely no rear end

EngineerI

Romain GROSJEANreally think there's not much to do, stay out, but you know better than me Copy that, we think more BC would help, rear tyres are cool I've got massive service issues, it's... So... oh f***

EngineerOh

Romain GROSJEANf***,

Engineerit's

Romain GROSJEANfully gone Fully gone, fully gone Max, max, max I've lost... BNC, BNC

EngineerBox,

Romain GROSJEANbox, box

EngineerCopy

Romain GROSJEANthat I don't know if it's the front wing, but there's absolutely nothing on this car

EngineerOk Pierre, let's go get what we deserve

EngineerAlex nice job next go-ahead Magnussen let's go after him

Pierre GASLYYeah boy

EngineerGood job Pierre, good job. Let's get Norris, he's dying.

EngineerThe TPS blue flags, the TPS blue flags. For less than that, I got a penalty.

EngineerOkay, very good job. Yeah, very good job. Sorry. We made it difficult for you

Lando NORRISAh, I'm off. Big flat spot.

EngineerThree laps to go Kevin three laps hang in there

Valtteri BOTTASYes, mates! Get in there! Yes!

EngineerF***

Valtteri BOTTASyeah!

EngineerI think

Valtteri BOTTASagain it's a nice moment to thank my critics, to whom it may concern. F*** you!

EngineerCracking job Max, could be happy with that, nice one, P2. Yeah, well done Max, that was a great job, well done, you got everything you could out of it today.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, we split the two cars again, so not bad result that, good job.

Valtteri BOTTASNever give up.

EngineerIndeed, never give up mate.

EngineerOK, that's P3.

EngineerThat's the fastest lap as well, to crown it off.

Valtteri BOTTASWell done, guys. Good rest.

EngineerAnd checkered flag. Checkered flag. Go in. Go in. That's P-16. P-16.

Sebastian VETTELWell, the car was very difficult to drive. I really tried everything, but we were going through the tyres very quickly, not much. I tried everything, but not much I could do, so I'm struggling most this session.

EngineerWe saw that you were trying very hard, so thanks for the effort.

EngineerOkay, let's check a flag.

George RUSSELLYeah, I don't know what to say guys. From start to finish. So many mistakes from my side but I was struggling so, so, so much with the car. Just could not get the tyres working.

EngineerI mean it

George RUSSELLstarted from lap one. I just had to go for it. Obviously lost some positions but from then on after I just Yeah, it was really difficult so Yeah. Tough day.

EngineerAnd P6, P6.

Charles LECLERCCongratulations, it's

Engineerthe

Charles LECLERCbest we could do today.

EngineerYou've done a good job, really good job with the tyres.

Max VERSTAPPENAh! I was straight to push that last lap!

EngineerThat's not bad at all.

EngineerWe've finished P10, it won't change anything but we got a 5 second penalty for not joining the track properly at turn 2 Yeah but they're crazy because the whole thing is damaged, they didn't know what was going on there Yeah understood

EngineerCheckered flag Kevin, checkered flag. Good drive man, that's P12. P12 from P18, good job. Got tough there with the tires at the end, you did good getting all the attempts alive and managing the rear.

Kevin MAGNUSSENYeah, good effort guys. But they were good.

EngineerYeah, just too overbalanced on that tire I guess.

Kevin MAGNUSSENNo, not really. I think we hit it.

EngineerThat's what it could do then, yeah. Okay, understood. Good managing, good using all your tools.

EngineerOk dude, that's the checker, that's the checker. Tough afternoon to understand exactly what happened this afternoon. I prefer not to say anything now and we discuss after.

Romain GROSJEANHow was the front wing?

EngineerWe think damage was light, but we will check thoroughly when the car comes in.

Lando NORRISOkay Lando, we finished P15. I think that was a very difficult race and I think you did everything you could so Good driving, good pace management, obviously very difficult to defend at the end In the end we were three tenths off the fastest lap Yeah My bad with the lock-up, it just

EngineerI

Lando NORRISdon't know Just happened, I don't know, I couldn't do anything else, but I tried, good job I think we've got a lot of work to do It was made hard obviously with my steering, but the car was so difficult to drive I don't know, it was so tough, so on to the next one, we'll try and do better Yeah, absolutely, lots of learning to take forward. I think I got your name right all the time though You did, congrats, it's the biggest biggest achievement of the weekend

EngineerOK, turn now, good job, P-11, that's young P-11, that's missed the point, motor fell, motor fell.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIYeah guys, I think that was the maximum we could do, so, yeah, thank you very much.

EngineerKQMI, that's it, mount 4 please, mount 4, solid race, good battles, you try your best, so well done

EngineerWell done, Checo. Well done. P4. P4.

Sergio PEREZGood job, guys. Solid first attempt.

EngineerYeah, Checo, the pace there is what got us the position spike, so well done. Good pace all race.

Daniel RICCIARDOAll right. Oh, thank you. I was, yeah, a little scrappy at times, so thank you for making it happen. That was quite good. Nice job, mate. It's still a good result for a team. 15th, 7th. Yep. Yeah, thanks, guys. The last stint was, that was pretty good. Everything came together nicely. Great race, Daniel. Thank you. Very good team result. Yeah, thank you. Thanks for allowing me to attack as well, so I appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you. Drink reminder as well. Yep, she's empty.

EngineerCopy that.

Daniel RICCIARDOThat was status 10.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerFail 84, fail 84, cool the brakes, good job here, good job Obviously middle of the race, a lot of bad luck, but you had a very strong race You did a good job today, a bit of bad luck in the middle We always knew it would be a bit difficult starting on this compound

Pierre GASLYHow did we finish?

EngineerWe are P9 P9 and Dan is P8, so it's very good for the team You should be pleased, you've done a good job today and your pace was really strong

Pierre GASLYWhere is Leclerc?

EngineerLeclerc is P6

Pierre GASLYIt's a shame because I'm pretty sure I was going to get him Yeah we are going to get him, but it

Engineerwent green 5 seconds too early

Pierre GASLYI know, for me I struggled because second sector, behind the red, I couldn't stay close enough They had too much downforce, so in the corners he was pulling away and then I was too far in the straight Plus all the time I got close, he had the Diablo And

EngineerPerez

Pierre GASLYas well, so still some points, but I think we had a much better pace than P9

EngineerYeah absolutely, the pace is definitely up there in the PSX P7, very much

Pierre GASLYJust have more deck on C5 compared to the other guys Perez can follow so closely, I thought he was going to damage the tyre, but in the end he didn't have any deck Even I tried to have a little gap to save the tyre I had more rear deck than them

EngineerYeah we saw that, we saw that, copy

Pierre GASLYSo we missed the fastest lap

EngineerYeah by two tenths, by two tenths, but us went faster the lap after you When you stop at the bridge, P1, wait for the message on P0

Pierre GASLYAnyway thanks for letting me try Just we gave it a shot Yeah

Engineerand thanks for recovering the P9, that wasn't easy, so thank you very much for that

Pierre GASLYNo worries

EngineerOk and once again, very strong pace, more points under the belt, so we keep pushing, we are there

EngineerWell done, mate. Well done. Fantastic. Well done, mate. That was tough. That was super tough, but you did it. Well done, mate. Thank you, guys. Oh, that was, yeah. Oh, my God. Good job, guys. Good effort on the weekend. I think, yeah, it's very strong what we're achieving at the moment. Well done, Esteban. That was super, super tough. Really difficult position to be in, but you really handled it well, mate. Absolutely fantastic. Very pleased. Very, very pleased indeed. Well done, mate. It was superb there. Well done, Esteban. Great defence. Thanks. Very good team result. We'll play attack mode in the next race. Thank you. No problem. With pleasure. Let's do it. I didn't know I could hold my breath that long, Esteban. A bit on the edge, yeah. You covered it. Superbly. A bit of rest after. Yeah. It was just superb covering on that last lap. He was obviously going to give it a go, but you did everything you need to do, so. Whew. Okay. Yeah, let's try and not have that to do. Yeah, absolutely.

EngineerP8 P8

Daniil KVYATOkay, thank you. Thank you very much for the points in my home Grand Prix

EngineerI

Daniil KVYATpushed like an animal But it wasn't enough

EngineerThank

Daniil KVYATyou very much guys. Thank you very much. The pace was good The pace was good. The car was good. You were good. I was good

EngineerYeah, you you gave me the points back from Grand Prix