Sakhir Grand Prix2020 · Practice 1 team radio

EngineerCan you do the radio check for Texas?

Pietro FITTIPALDICopy copy radio check.

EngineerI hear you loud and clear at turn one.

EngineerOkay to push, okay to push.

Engineerso it's clear behind let's give us a radio check radio check turn one turn two turn three yeah copy one two three loud and clear and turn four loud and clear turn four turn six turn seven i missed turn five copy that's all good so

EngineerCarlos, we see a 20km headwind into turn 1.

Engineerin turn six so clutch position three percent shallow box box box it'll be pistol practice break them circuit

EngineerSo I need to turn left here, no? Yeah, that's correct. Turn left there, go down this wiggly bit.

Engineeryeah all good yeah loud and clear for me you have a 28 second gap behind correction those cars pitted you're the only car on track so I need to turn left here no yeah yeah that's correct yeah turn left there go down this wiggly bit

EngineerCarlos, you're the only car to have set a time. That means you're P1, purple in all sectors.

EngineerBox, Box, Danny, Box, stop in front of the garage.

Daniil KVYATSteering wheel is slightly to the right.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerAnd can we have recharge off before the start, please, Esteban? Recharge off.

EngineerBAL1 is available if you want to protect the rears on this cool down lap.

Carlos SAINZWhat happened in exit turn 1, is the wind or the tyre going away?

EngineerIt does move to tailwind Carlos, I think it's more like the tyre, not a big change since your first attempt.

EngineerLando's on a slow lap Carlos don't worry about Lando he's seven seconds behind but he's on a slow lap

EngineerOkay and traffic wise we have Giovinazzi leaving the pits 12 seconds behind you, he's in sync so he's on an outlap as well so no traffic threat behind.

EngineerOK George, so it'll be a bike point find. Any burnouts? Yeah, two burnouts if you can manage it, and it'll be bike point find, race start.

EngineerAnd clutch position was on target.

EngineerHow was DAS usage? Yeah, DAS looked good. It's all reset.

Carlos SAINZOk Carlos, box this lap. Copy, Carlos, box.

EngineerCopy, box this lap.

Carlos SAINZYeah, where you feel the wind and the tyres going away is turn 2 and turn 4 a lot. Yeah, that's correct. Basically tailwind corners, if you don't have the rear support you're done.

George RUSSELLI'm happy to take a double call now. Struggling a little bit with the rears. End up breaking in the turbo.

EngineerVettel 4 behind pushing, Vettel 3 behind pushing, Vettel 2 behind pushing, Vettel coming past you now. Next car will be Russell, he's 9 seconds back and he's pushing, remember to go mode push into the last corner. So Russell 6 seconds back on a push, Russell 5 seconds back on a push, and now mode push.

EngineerJust a comment on the

George RUSSELLtrack, there is a lot of sand blowing through turn 6 from the right hand side.

EngineerOK, roger.

George RUSSELLSo you've got... I'm struggling a lot Ok, go ahead I'm struggling a lot, braking, end of braking, turn 1 and then a bit mid-corner understeer

EngineerOk, copy

EngineerNo more threats behind and VBAL 3 recharge off when you're ready. Increase gap to car ahead.

Engineerokay we'll take a slow lap target plus 30 so we can afford to drop back on the straights as well to get the cool down lap time plus 33 zero last time around was about 18 just watch your mirrors two seconds for Russell then Albon then Stroll potentially Albon pushing

Jack AITKENManaging the brake temps on these thrown-ups is quite difficult.

Pierre GASLYYeah, the rear is so bad in Turn 1.

EngineerDaniel 2 behind pushing, watch your mirrors please

EngineerLooks like there's more road to use exit turn 8.

Max VERSTAPPENI think my brakes are not working the same anymore.

EngineerOK, we can see a slight drop off in friction, but nothing in terms of reliability concerned at the moment, Max, so leave it with you.

EngineerOk Carlos, we can see the car is more neutral, there is only 5.5 minutes remaining in P140, so we suggest to keep this balance the same, keep the front wing the same if you want to do another lap, there is not really time otherwise. So

Carlos SAINZwe take off lap, by doing once faster should be the time.

EngineerYeah you would get one more lap if we do it, you will get one lap with the lower flap angle. Copy, down 2 or 3, maybe 3.

Carlos SAINZYeah I would say 2, 2.

Engineer2.

Lance STROLLOkay, so one more call, one more call. I just don't have the grip. Is everyone losing grip or no? No, not necessarily. Stay

Engineerin

Lance STROLLthis tyre? No. Okay, so tell me what I should do.

EngineerCan you go faster on the cool-down lap? So maintain the temperature and don't lose too much time. Okay.

Lance STROLLYeah, I'm just losing grip.

EngineerCopy that Lance.

EngineerRecharge on, got a minute and 30 plenty of time, can we have an Aero P4 5th gear cruise after turn 3 please?

EngineerPractice the pit entry from turn 10.

EngineerYou have to remember go to mode RS and pit limiter off for the start

EngineerExcellent lad mate, let's push again, let's push again.

Pietro FITTIPALDII'll cool down, I'll cool down. Okay, chill out, chill out.

EngineerAnd I suspect you will have to do quite a slow outlap, but I leave it to you.

EngineerLet's go for another cool-down lap. Let's go for another cool-down lap now.

Pierre GASLYI hit the curb, I don't know the car, felt like it was quite harsh for the cars Okay, we'll check

Pietro FITTIPALDII destroyed his tire

EngineerWatch for Aitken now. Aitken, you have Aitken, then Lando and Latifi.

EngineerOK, yeah, went through the gravel, didn't hear anything, but the tyres are a bit flat-spotted. Copy. So they're badly flat-spotted, are they, Jack? Yep, unfortunately. Alright, so we'll box in. Box, box.

EngineerBox now, box now.

Carlos SAINZStop on the marks.

EngineerDo you want me to just do a single call? I think so, Lance, at the moment. I'm based on traffic. There's a lot of traffic ahead that will be probably going next lap.

EngineerDaniel is turning in later to turn seven.

Max VERSTAPPENI don't know why but my steering wheel went during the left right hand down

EngineerYou're all clear behind checker all clear. So Jacko if you think there's no way to do another lap on this We should come in and have a look

Sergio PEREZYeah

EngineerConfirm

EngineerSo expecting you to do double cool down again and then go again.

Sebastian VETTELOk, we have time for double cool down and one more push, that would be the maximum I'd like to do.

EngineerOk, yes, we wish we do.

EngineerWe think track limits will be introduced at 7 and 8, so still respect the Y-line.

George RUSSELLYellow lights on the dash

EngineerStandby, I don't think there's anything to worry about.

George RUSSELLThey have disappeared. Yeah, copy. Please remind me to talk to you regarding The direction of the B bow button. Okay, I'd like to invert it.

EngineerOkay, roger

EngineerAnd the Turner 7.8 was faster now.

Daniil KVYATYeah, I didn't get this initial understeer in 7.

EngineerAnd place to focus is breaking into seven breaking into seven

EngineerWe've got a pretty clear track now, so just think about your tyre temperatures.

EngineerOkay temps are good for coming through the pit lane, bike point find, five burnouts and a start. The last one was

Jack AITKENtwo

Engineerpercent shallow and we just need to shorten up that plateau phase and halve the time. So we box this lap, bike point find, five burnouts and a start.

EngineerOK, everything OK Alex? OK, so you've got a clear track, track is clear, let us know about vibrations when you get rolling Next quick carve, Vettel at turn 1 now

Alexander ALBONYeah, we're fine

EngineerOK Vettel on your tail now, Vettel on your tail, please repeat message

Alexander ALBONVibrations are pretty poor.

EngineerOK, understood. Recharge on please, recharge on. So our next quick car Leclerc at turn 4 now, he is alone.

Alexander ALBONIf

Engineeryou go down to turn 10, you think the vibrations are too much, we'll box, otherwise we'll get ready for a quick lap again.

Alexander ALBONYeah, definitely.

EngineerYeah, definitely. OK, understood, box this lap please Alex, box this lap. Leclerc, 8 behind you.

George RUSSELLto talk about my seat shrugging a bit with my shoulders.

EngineerOkay, copy.

EngineerOK, and on the back straight if we can have some high steering input if you could do like when you want to warm up the front tyres, it would help if you can

Kimi RAIKKONENThere's no chance, there's too many cars, I don't know if we should... No problem, no problem, just box then

EngineerBrake warming again is fine. Let's do the brake warming again out of three. It's all clear behind

Jack AITKENI think I got the failsafe there.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerDanny, we need to try to cool the rear tires, cool the rear tires.

Engineerit's clear behind you've got 20 seconds back to norris so from sc2 so go in lap target minus one to minus three on the dash follow the same process as the pu cooling so getting the speed up and then coasting

Lando NORRISYeah, I lost deployment or something. Yes

EngineerPlease remind me to talk to you regarding the pit limiter activation on the pit entry. I'd like to see a speed on there please. OK, no sweat.

EngineerOk, how was the balance, how were the tyres?

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, just have to watch a little bit more on

Engineerthe

Daniel RICCIARDOrear, but front as well, bit of deck. Phase, probably phase 3.

EngineerUnderstood.

Pierre GASLYYeah, I have

Engineera

Pierre GASLYbig pretty big lack of

George RUSSELLStruggling a bit with downshifts into 150 with excessive waist slip.

Lando NORRISOh, do they not know I'm at a flat spot at the tyres. OK, understood. Yeah, I got a flat spot. It was Perez, I think, who was ahead of me. At

Engineerthe

Lando NORRISmoment, it looks OK. Please keep going if you can.

EngineerI

Lando NORRISneed to try down to front wing.

EngineerUnderstood. Understood, Lando. We'll box this lap down two and a half. Two and a half.

Lando NORRISConfirmed.

EngineerLando, pill in. Yep. So this is stopping on the marks for front wing adjust. You can launch from the box. You can launch from the box.

EngineerSo the other cars are five laps ahead of us are starting to dig off that last lap You did was about tenth quicker than Lance and Riccardo. Ocon one tenth faster than you. It'll be eight more laps eight more laps Try a bit slower into one for a better exit

EngineerI

Valtteri BOTTASdon't know what's going on, I keep locking the front left, it's

Engineer2 to 1

EngineerHow is the tire? How's the dig? Uh,

Kevin MAGNUSSENholding up. Sort of okay.

EngineerAnd for reference, Perez heading up to 58.7, 58.8 now.

EngineerOK, give me more charge, and that's 3 minutes into the session, so suggest box for Les Robert So that's still 2 seconds ahead of Bostor also OK,

Kimi RAIKKONENbox, box

Engineerfor Les Robert

Kimi RAIKKONENTrap, trap, trap the front wing. Copy, copy.

EngineerMax track limits at turn 8 from P2 will be the red and white kerb.

Max VERSTAPPENOkay, good to know.

EngineerOn box-box, boxy slap, static pit stop. Box-box.

EngineerBox now, box now. This will be live pit stop, engine off.

EngineerBox, box, Danny, box, pit entry test.

George RUSSELLThen I practice slow in-lamp.

EngineerSo we'll go menu 11, position 10. So you've taken the flag. Menu 11, position 10. That will give you the safety car page. So just follow that delta. Make sure you're happy with it.

EngineerOK, so that was a very tidy run there, obviously a completely different story on tyres than last weekend.