Spanish Grand Prix2020 · Race team radio

EngineerAnd drink test? Drink system test?

Daniil KVYATNobody reminded me to connect it, so...

Carlos SAINZYeah, my steering wheel is a bit... the paddle shifts are not working.

EngineerCopy Carlos, copy.

Engineerso

Lewis HAMILTONthat last start was the first one and particularly the last one was really there was no rubber where where i was yeah it felt pretty poor yeah

Engineerwe saw on telly

Carlos SAINZWorth checking your drinks as well.

EngineerYeah, it's already a bit like our tea, but I'll have it. I'll take it

EngineerOkay Lewis, just a final update on wind, so it just looks like the wind's rotated a little, so showing more of a tailwind down the main straight through 123, and then a bit more onto the nose into 4.

Carlos SAINZWorth checking your drinks as well.

EngineerYeah, it's already a bit like our tea, but I'll have it. I'll take it

EngineerSo important to get through straw we can still have a race

EngineerJust ready to look after those left-hand side tires, Max.

EngineerGap is just starting to close a little bit on Lewis.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I know, but he's just driving super slow.

Sergio PEREZhow are the tires? so

EngineerCheco, the tires are looking okay at the moment but they are at the hottest so slip management now is critical

EngineerCarlos, we still think plan A. Plan A, how's the tyre?

Carlos SAINZYeah, it's OK at the moment. I'm happy with plan A. Just very low grip.

EngineerSo wind has picked up 25 to 30 kph tailwind into nine

EngineerWe have target plus one.

EngineerSo Louis is picking up the pace.

George RUSSELLPlease talk to me for these multi-changes down the street!

EngineerOkay, that was a personal best lap time last time around Hamilton 23.2 Bottas 23.6

EngineerSo let's just keep building that gap and we can extend.

EngineerAlex, we need to keep doing your liftoffs, please. Keep doing your liftoffs.

Alexander ALBONIt makes the car so much more unstable.

Nicholas LATIFIThe balance hasn't really changed, it's just poor grip. I feel like it could continue like this still for a while.

Max VERSTAPPENStruggling with beer.

EngineerCopy, Max.

EngineerOK, Esteban, although temps are good, we're a little bit concerned about wear on the left rear. It's turn nine.

Max VERSTAPPENTurn 7 is horrible now.

EngineerThat's increasing tailwind through turn 7. Entry to exit.

Max VERSTAPPENTailwind, I don't care, just f***

Engineerthe

Max VERSTAPPENtyres, they have nothing left.

Daniel RICCIARDOI'm trying to just drive to the limit of the tyre at

Engineerthe

Daniel RICCIARDOmoment, so it seems to be hanging on to this pace.

EngineerOkay, understood. Currently two tenths quicker than Vettel.

EngineerYou

Max VERSTAPPENwant me to repeat it again? This f***ing tire is dead.

EngineerYou don't need to repeat it again, Max.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm losing so much time. Who cares about that in traffic? I easily pass them.

Charles LECLERCWhy don't you ever call the opposite?

Engineerand currently seven seconds safe to Verstappen, we're just monitoring that gap about 11 seconds behind

EngineerSo obviously we're nowhere near undercut range to Lewis, so control the peaks early on. I'll keep you posted on Bottas this time.

Max VERSTAPPENNo, but how about we just focus on our race first, yeah, instead of looking to Lewis? Because clearly on the soft tyre we were not as fast as them, so we just make sure we do our job and let them do their job. Get

Engineeryour head down, Max, please.

Valtteri BOTTASThese black overalls, huh?

Daniel RICCIARDOI've definitely got a little bit more pace than Vettel.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerVatra, you've got the pace, there's plenty of opportunities.

Max VERSTAPPENIt's getting a bit dark towards 10-4.

EngineerHe's

Lance STROLLprobably going to update me about how close he's getting.

EngineerCopy that, copy that. He's supposed to be managing at the moment.

EngineerIt's okay, no problem Carlos. Stay with him, stay with him. You're still in a good position.

Alexander ALBONOkay, Alex, how is the balance? We just have four. We're so disconnected. If we hit the speed, there's no work at the top. And it moves me before I can understand. Honestly, the time's already dead.

EngineerWe are expecting rain after lap 50, we are expecting rain after lap 50.

Lance STROLLProbably going to update me about how close he's getting.

EngineerCopy that, copy that. He's supposed to be managing at the moment.

Charles LECLERCEngine stopped broken, I mean, I don't

Engineerknow

Charles LECLERCwhat happened

Charles LECLERCNo, no, no, no. There is something strange. I will box this lock.

Lewis HAMILTONPretty big dark cloud over the back end of the track.

EngineerCopy Lewis was about to say there's a risk of rain. It's only slight, but it may be thunderstorms.

Max VERSTAPPENFeels like I have less power

Alexander ALBONDangerous.

Lewis HAMILTONIt's alright, it's still okay. Remember it a little bit.

Sebastian VETTELOkay, you need to let me know now what you want to do in terms of pace.

EngineerUnderstood.

Lewis HAMILTONI wouldn't go to the soft tyre, man.

EngineerWhy are you going to go there? This tyre's fine.

Lewis HAMILTONDon't put me on

Engineerthe soft. OK, so stay out. Stay out. Stay out.

EngineerWhat do you think about going to the end with these tires?

Sebastian VETTELI asked you this before!

Sebastian VETTELI can do that, well

Engineerlet's try, we've got nothing to lose Exactly, that's P5, that's what I was asking for

EngineerPerez has been given a five-second penalty, Perez five-second penalty.

EngineerWe've got a five-second penalty. We've got a five-second penalty for Blue Flags of Hamilton.

Sergio PEREZNo way. When you told me I move out of the way, man.

EngineerI think there's still going to be a bit more action left in this race. Let's keep it focused.

Daniel RICCIARDORear start to take a hip.

EngineerAnd no more rain expected, no more rain expected.

EngineerOkay mate, let's head down now. Eight laps to go to the end after this one.

Kimi RAIKKONENLook what the f*** that idiot did. I was already turning and he almost took me off.

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONjust ran over a big piece of carbon on

Engineerthe

Lewis HAMILTONtrack and someone's weight came up.

EngineerKeep it cool, Chili. Keep it cool. Super precise with your inputs.

EngineerAnd Valtteri in the pit lane, he's going to be going for a faster slap.

Lando NORRISIt's just changing directions under braking.

EngineerOkay, we're going to report it.

EngineerGet in there Lewis, nice work mate. That was an awesome drive, such spectacular tyre management and then pace at the end, fantastic.

Lewis HAMILTONWow, that's in

Engineera

Lewis HAMILTONdifferent zone then. Didn't even know it was last lap. Awesome, thank you so much guys. The set up was awesome today Bono, great job.

EngineerBono,

Lewis HAMILTONMarcus and all the guys, thank you so much.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, all good. I think we maximized our result again, so good points.

EngineerYeah, big shout out to Team Tyres on this one Lewis. Yeah, they did a really great job

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, definitely. Fantastic. Great effort guys. I hope you're happy with that one Bono Mate, over

Engineerthe moon, over the moon. What a recovery from last week, huh? Just, just awesome

EngineerFeels like we missed a trick there a bit

EngineerAnd P7, P7, good work out there, well managed, eyes off.

Sebastian VETTELOkay guys, nothing, absolutely nothing left in these tyres. Yeah, I think it was the best call, otherwise I think there's no chance to stay in front of this bunch. Had nothing left.

EngineerYeah, it was worth the risk, it paid off, eyes off.

Sebastian VETTELHow many laps was that on the soft?

EngineerThree seven, three seven.

EngineerYeah, well done Max, that was all that was in there today, so split the Mercedes, well done, good job. Yeah, Lewis, just a little bit too good today. I think we were in a proper race with Bottas, he beat him on merit in the end, so cracking job mate.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I could see already from the beginning, on that first set, it was just difficult to keep up, so yeah. Then of course you hope maybe on the mediums

Engineerit

Max VERSTAPPENgets a bit better, but yeah, not today.

Alexander ALBONI honestly don't know what to do to manage the tides better, I literally cannot do anything on entries or exits, just snaps all the time.

EngineerOK, understood Alex.

Alexander ALBONI don't know, we just need to look at it because I

Engineerdon't

Alexander ALBONknow really where to go faster.

EngineerYeah, understood. Yeah, we'll go through it in detail Alex, don't worry, I think a dirty error as well today didn't do you any favours, you run most of the race in traffic there so I think that's done a bit of damage as well. And Vettel managed to do 37 laps on his set of softs at the end there.

Alexander ALBONThere's no way, our tyres have gone after 7 laps.

EngineerYes, Chile, that's the chequered flag. Chequered flag, mate. Good job. P6, P6. Home Grand Prix, P6. Great stuff. Good drive this afternoon.

Carlos SAINZYeah, cheers, boys. Good job. Solid weekend. Hopefully this is the moment where the smoke operator is back.

EngineerFrom

Carlos SAINZnow on, hopefully. Good job on the pit stops. It's really not easy.

EngineerYeah, Carlos, it's all come together well this afternoon. It's all come together well. It's a shame the home crowd wasn't here to see it with you, but it's been a good afternoon.

Carlos SAINZDefinitely. Thank you, boys. Thank you, everyone.

EngineerCarlos, drink your tea if you can. Drink the tea.

Carlos SAINZYeah, it's tea time in the UK, right?

EngineerWe finished p10.

Lando NORRISYeah, we had good pace I am so I just don't know

EngineerThey

Lando NORRISwere always too good out of the last chicane and I could never do anything about it I could never get close enough, but the car felt good good pace, so Yeah, good job. We'll try get up next time.

EngineerYeah, we just found ourselves stuck in a bit of traffic

EngineerAll

Daniel RICCIARDOsorted out in spot.

EngineerYep,

Daniel RICCIARDOwe'll talk up there. Thanks for the efforts.

EngineerCertainly will mate, thank you.

EngineerAnd your finishing position was P13, I'm afraid, P13, it's a tough race to get nothing out of.

Esteban OCONYeah, tough one guys, tough one, we'll come back stronger on the next one though.

Daniil KVYATWhat a f***ing frustrating race. Unbelievable. The option was working fine, he could have listened to me to start the race on what I wanted to start.

Pierre GASLYAh, that was painful.

EngineerAnyway, you've done a good job and was very close.

Pierre GASLYYeah, I struggled with the brakes. It was pretty hard.

EngineerYeah, I understood. I think we managed it pretty well in the end. We have a problem, we need to understand what it is, but we don't know what it is. It's a shame about the second stint.

Pierre GASLYI think I had a lot more pace on that second prime.

EngineerYeah, but I think we've done the right things. We've done the right things today. So we should be pleased with your race. We made it work with tyres and brakes and it wasn't easy. So you should be pleased. More points in the belt. Yeah.

Pierre GASLYYeah. Thanks guys, good job.

EngineerYeah, on you mate, on you. Very good job. You can have a bit of time off now.

EngineerSo you're good with science checker. You are good with science. 6.6 gap at the end. Well done.

Sergio PEREZThat was very unfair man. What did they want me to do? What Michael wanted me to do? Hamilton got me in the final sector. What could I have done? Where should I move? I've seen a lot worse than that. I don't know whether he wanted me to go off track or what was the reason for the penalty.

EngineerP4 Lance, P4, good drive, good drive.

Lance STROLLGood job guys.

EngineerWell done Lance, that was a good effort mate. That

Lance STROLLwas a good start, huh?

EngineerVery good Lance, yeah, very good.

EngineerHey dude, that's the checker. That's the checker. Tough afternoon, man. Tough afternoon. Good drive from you. We need to understand everything that happened with the car after Friday to Saturday.

Romain GROSJEANThank you, Jude. Sorry, everyone. We had a really good start of the weekend. Things didn't go our way. Ellie, I hope a good future for you. Enjoy the next chapter.

EngineerOoh, great job, man. Great job to hold him off. Great job to make a one-stop last. Really good management, Kevin. Great driving and a great overtake in the race. Absolutely amazing. It's P15, but it was a really great job.

Kevin MAGNUSSENYeah, thanks, man. I think we did what we could. I don't think there was any more in it.

EngineerWe

Kevin MAGNUSSENdid a one-stop. We did a good start. We had a good balance. You know, I can't say we could have done better.

EngineerYeah, you did great, and good work by everyone. Yep, thanks. Good job, Kevin.

Kevin MAGNUSSENGood job, guys.

George RUSSELLI gave everything I had, guys.

EngineerYeah, that was good pace, good management. Just a little undone with a straight line speed.