Sakhir Grand Prix 2020: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo17:00:51

   Engineer: Okay, let's go.

2. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:04:57

   Engineer: Okay girls, that's P1 and we're boxers lap.

3. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo17:05:29

   Kimi RAIKKONEN: That's a little bit vibration from the brakes as

   Engineer: a

   Kimi RAIKKONEN: program.

   Engineer: Okay, copy.

4. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri17:07:05

   Pierre GASLY: Yeah, traffic, it was...

5. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:08:28

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

   Engineer: Copy.

6. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri17:11:03

   Daniil KVYAT: Front locking turn one man is always there.

7. Jack AITKENWilliams17:12:35

   Engineer: That'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.

8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull17:13:15

   Engineer: What the f***

   Max VERSTAPPEN: is that McLaren doing?

9. George RUSSELLWilliams17:15:20

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

10. Pietro FITTIPALDIHaas17:18:15

    Engineer: Really impressive dude, all weekend just chipping away and building up. Nice job.

11. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri17:19:51

    Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, 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.

12. Esteban OCONRenault17:20:12

    Engineer: And we are through in P9 as predicted.

13. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas17:20:23

    Engineer: Ah, 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.

14. Jack AITKENWilliams17:24:21

    Jack AITKEN: So how far off the queue are we?

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

15. George RUSSELLWilliams17:32:02

    George RUSSELL: Just keep thinking about turn 1, still not happy.

    Engineer: OK copy, we'll have another dig through it.

16. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:32:42

    Charles LECLERC: What the ****? Yeah, I think you can report that to the Strata.

17. Alexander ALBONRed Bull17:34:11

    Alexander ALBON: I can't go much faster than that.

    Engineer: Yeah, understood.

18. Lance STROLLRacing Point17:34:11

    Lance STROLL: i made some contact over the curb at turn eight check the car

19. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:35:35

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

20. Lando NORRISMcLaren17:37:34

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

21. Lando NORRISMcLaren17:38:45

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

22. Lando NORRISMcLaren17:41:28

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

23. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:44:56

    Engineer: They 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.

24. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:50:31

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

25. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:51:31

    Charles LECLERC: Ah, this jump was very good, it was very good, yeah it was really good

26. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:53:39

    Carlos SAINZ: So 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.

27. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri17:54:26

    Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, I went off in third one. Can I charge and go again?

    Engineer: Negative, Danny. Negative.

28. George RUSSELLWilliams17:56:39

    Engineer: Currently P2, 10th and a half of Valtry P1.

29. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:56:50

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

30. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri17:58:31

    Daniil KVYAT: At this point don't send me the traffic with everyone

31. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:59:23

    Engineer: Carlos 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

32. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:59:53

    Engineer: Position is good, you're safe.

33. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:01:08

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

34. Carlos SAINZMcLaren18:02:43

    Engineer: Okay, 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 SAINZ: Yeah, 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.

    Engineer: Yeah, 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.

35. Lance STROLLRacing Point18:04:04

    Engineer: No

    Lance STROLL: grip on the rear

    Engineer: Think

    Lance STROLL: we lost a lot of load Could

    Engineer: be the floor damage

36. George RUSSELLWilliams18:04:53

    Engineer: OK, nice work George. So that looks like P2 for you.

    George RUSSELL: Good job guys.

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

    George RUSSELL: Yeah, 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.

    Engineer: Yeah, well done, mate.

    George RUSSELL: You

    Engineer: can go to P0.

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

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

    George RUSSELL: How do I do that? Is

    Engineer: that the bottom switch? Yeah, the bottom switch.

    George RUSSELL: Copy. Cheers.

    Engineer: Cheers, dude.

37. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri18:04:55

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

38. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:05:48

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

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

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

39. Daniel RICCIARDORenault18:06:02

    Engineer: OK Nate, that is P7, P7.

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

    Engineer: Copy.

40. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri18:07:41

    Engineer: Ok Dani, that's a P-6, very good quality,

    Daniil KVYAT: brah. Ok man, good one, bravo.

    Engineer: Bravo Dani.

    Daniil KVYAT: Clean lap, clean lap.

    Engineer: Yeah, this is what we needed.

    Daniil KVYAT: Bravo bravo, mi si piaciuto, ieri e oggi, bravo.

    Engineer: Ate.

41. Sergio PEREZRacing Point18:08:16

    Sergio PEREZ: Bottas, Russell, Verstappen, Leclerc and then you p5 Good joke