Sakhir Grand Prix2020 · Qualifying team radio

EngineerOkay, let's go.

EngineerOkay girls, that's P1 and we're boxers lap.

Kimi RAIKKONENThat's a little bit vibration from the brakes as

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Kimi RAIKKONENprogram.

EngineerOkay, copy.

Pierre GASLYYeah, traffic, it was...

Sergio PEREZOK, be on it with traffic. Yeah, copy. If it's too risky, we even pit.

EngineerCopy.

Daniil KVYATFront locking turn one man is always there.

EngineerThat's another good lap, go-in lap, push on the way in, currently P15, it's half a tenth quicker than Nicholas and half a tenth slower than Magnussen, it's clear behind.

EngineerWhat the f***

Max VERSTAPPENis that McLaren doing?

EngineerThere's still plenty of space behind, that's reset good, just cancel magic, good to go.

EngineerReally impressive dude, all weekend just chipping away and building up. Nice job.

Daniil KVYATYeah, first time lap was not bad. I just hit the inside curb in turn. 7 too much, so keep checking front left a bit in the box, but the next lap it was much better. So I had a clean lap.

EngineerAnd we are through in P9 as predicted.

EngineerAh, good effort Kev, we're just out, just out by 0.08, I think there's not many more to run, so just on the outside, P16, really good effort man, really good.

Jack AITKENSo how far off the queue are we?

EngineerLess than a 10. That was a good effort. Well done. Looked like Magnussen might have been playing hardball to open the lap.

George RUSSELLJust keep thinking about turn 1, still not happy.

EngineerOK copy, we'll have another dig through it.

Charles LECLERCWhat the ****? Yeah, I think you can report that to the Strata.

Alexander ALBONI can't go much faster than that.

EngineerYeah, understood.

Lance STROLLi made some contact over the curb at turn eight check the car

EngineerSo next car with medium is Russell P4 and we have same sector 1 and 3, 2 tenths slower sector 2.

Engineerokay Lando with a lead car so we can do the out lap exactly as you want it

Lando NORRISShould I just go around again? I'm just going to catch them so... I think it should be okay.

Lando NORRISOh s**t, I don't know, my bad, it was just messy, we went too early. Understood.

EngineerThey f***ed it up, these guys man. They all overtook you in the last, before the last corner, didn't they? Yeah. Just tell us what happened, before the last corner. Yeah, they came and overtook the Red Bull and the two Mercedes right on the braking. Copy that, check it, we're still P2. That's good. Copy that.

EngineerSo fast inlap, box box box, that's P1, obviously everybody else needs to push them up

Charles LECLERCAh, this jump was very good, it was very good, yeah it was really good

Carlos SAINZSo if we repeat the same thing with George, I think he gave me a tow on purpose because I gave him one. So it looks like we have a good relationship.

Daniil KVYATYeah, I went off in third one. Can I charge and go again?

EngineerNegative, Danny. Negative.

EngineerCurrently P2, 10th and a half of Valtry P1.

EngineerMy loss in sector 3 is mainly a bit of tow, maybe a sniff in the last corner.

Daniil KVYATAt this point don't send me the traffic with everyone

EngineerCarlos you need a decent outlap here Bottas will be behind the flag you need a decent outlap to get the chequered flag you've got 8 seconds margin decent outlap pace

EngineerPosition is good, you're safe.

EngineerIt was very close. So here's B1. Good, good. It wasn't great, but... Nice to be on pole. Thank you.

EngineerOkay, Carlos, that's P8. Finished P8. That didn't quite work as I'd planned on the final lap, but Bottas was behind the chequered flag, so it was all we could do.

Carlos SAINZYeah, no worries, mate. Not your fault at all. We tried, and I think that's as good as it can get today, so thank you.

EngineerYeah, that's a good start position for tomorrow. I'm happy with that. You needed half a tenth to catch Ricciardo, so it wouldn't have been easy.

EngineerNo

Lance STROLLgrip on the rear

EngineerThink

Lance STROLLwe lost a lot of load Could

Engineerbe the floor damage

EngineerOK, nice work George. So that looks like P2 for you.

George RUSSELLGood job guys.

EngineerSo yeah, VALTRA 3-1, it's just 26 milliseconds ahead. Yeah, very close, mate. But yeah, well done.

George RUSSELLYeah, good effort, guys. A lot of work went into these last three days. I think we can be relatively pleased with that effort. Let's hope it's not just tomorrow. Cheers.

EngineerYeah, well done, mate.

George RUSSELLYou

Engineercan go to P0.

George RUSSELLYeah, cheers, guys. After P3, I thought we were going to be out in Q1, to be honest. But yeah,

Engineerhonestly, I'm happy. I'm very happy with that. Yeah, that should be well done, mate. So yeah, knock it to P0.

George RUSSELLHow do I do that? Is

Engineerthat the bottom switch? Yeah, the bottom switch.

George RUSSELLCopy. Cheers.

EngineerCheers, dude.

EngineerOkay, so that's P9, Danny is P6, and P1 is Botas to Russell to Max.

EngineerThat's a P3, that's a really good qualifying search for Max. We'll race from there mate.

Max VERSTAPPENSo close. Well anyway, that was not bad for us I think on this track guys, so happy with that.

EngineerYeah, well done Max and you got a good good time for tomorrow, so you'll be alright. Well done.

EngineerOK Nate, that is P7, P7.

Daniel RICCIARDOUm, yeah, I'll give comments after, but yeah, just couldn't get it back out of it.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerOk Dani, that's a P-6, very good quality,

Daniil KVYATbrah. Ok man, good one, bravo.

EngineerBravo Dani.

Daniil KVYATClean lap, clean lap.

EngineerYeah, this is what we needed.

Daniil KVYATBravo bravo, mi si piaciuto, ieri e oggi, bravo.

EngineerAte.

Sergio PEREZBottas, Russell, Verstappen, Leclerc and then you p5 Good joke