Styrian Grand Prix2020 · Practice 1 team radio

Daniel RICCIARDORadio check, race fans.

EngineerHello, race driver.

Daniel RICCIARDORadio check, race fans.

EngineerHello, race driver.

Daniel RICCIARDOAlrighty.

EngineerRadio check up the hill, okay you're incredibly quiet to hear me all I can hear is background noise we'll look at it.

Lando NORRISYeah there's something wrong with the mic.

EngineerOkay that's better that time.

Daniel RICCIARDOThe right the right mirror is a little bit warped so the vision isn't as good as the left But yep everything else okay

EngineerSwitches are good to keep pushing and we can have sock four sock four for one time lap at a time

Carlos SAINZWhat is the lap times?

EngineerSo it's only you and Albon out there. Albon's done one lap. It was a 107.6

EngineerCopy. Happy to box. Copy. Happy to box. Albon's just done a 6.3. He's on C3.

EngineerNorris apparently is on soft tyres.

EngineerThe track is clear, track clear, and we will need to do constant speeds out of turn 3. It will be FS4, 5th gear, FS4, 5th gear. Next car behind pushing is Bottas, 17 seconds behind.

Alexander ALBONMain issue is just how it feels like it's floating a bit too much mid-corner So traction is pretty poor in turn 3 and turn 4 The high speed actually feels pretty good

EngineerSo box, box, box, new purple sector 1 and 3.

EngineerI'd like to try brake two, please, Esteban. Brake two, that is. For interest, Leclerc's lap was a 6.6.

EngineerLando, how much front wing do you need? We can box for front wing this time.

Lando NORRISOne and a half holes.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerHit it, let's keep pushing and K1 hold out of turn 1. The front completely went halfway through the lap, so have a look, try to understand please. Copy that. OK, what should I do? OK, we'll come back with some feedback. Either we're far too low A-ball-wise, or I need some help with the maps or whatever, but yeah. OK, how is high speed balance and watch for the Stanton, 6 behind pushing. Yeah, I'm pushing man, I'm pushing. It's understeering high speed.

Sebastian VETTELYeah, flat for the front right.

EngineerOkay Landon, I need one more time-lapse after this cool-down lap for data.

EngineerSo watch your mirrors, GPS is struggling at the moment, it's not a clear picture for me at the moment.

Daniel RICCIARDOOkay, no worries.

EngineerWell,

Nicholas LATIFII think the engine just went or something happened

EngineerCarlos, currently yellow flags in turn 5. Currently yellow flags in turn 5. Latifi stopped off track.

EngineerVirtual safety car, virtual safety car, Carlos I think time-wise it's better to stay out in this virtual safety car, time-wise better to stay out at the moment.

Carlos SAINZYeah I couldn't see anyone, so it's

Engineerbeen

Carlos SAINZbig very long.

Lando NORRISOkay Lando, you're plugged in. It feels great to be honest. I'm struggling a little bit, I don't know what's happened with my chest but I'm really struggling under braking and under the compression of it.

EngineerRed flag, red flag, to Boxes Lab and still follow Delta, Boxes Lab.

EngineerSo the track is open again? Yeah, it will open in one minute, one minute.

EngineerWe have four cars in front, vest up and behind, and focus on tyres and brake preparation.

EngineerJust stay off the yellow kerbs. Reminder, stay off the yellow kerbs.

EngineerSo Checo you are clear behind, you're 14 clear ahead. We'll be able to do three pushing laps with calls in between so you will get three pushing laps. So Checo we're probably going to do a warm up lap because we're too cold on the fronts. We're minus 30 on the fronts. Take care with that extra bit of front brake balance we've got.

Alexander ALBONIt's like there's something strange in those beats. Just so much understeer.

Max VERSTAPPENI've locked up a 10-3.

EngineerOkay.

Alexander ALBONCan we box and do something?

EngineerI copy. Recharge on box, Alex.

Alexander ALBONIt feels like you've gone PLU forward compared to PLU rear, which is quite strange. We just have huge rush out mid-corner.

EngineerCopy.

Engineerbox and pit confirm max, box, pit confirm, cool the brakes now, cool the brakes and it'll be a practice pit stop so focus on your marks and then switch off

EngineerOK, that's one minute until the box.

Kimi RAIKKONENWhat do you mean, one minute until the box? Yeah, for

Engineerthe 14 minutes you need to push, keep pushing, we are OK, we are OK. And box, box.

Charles LECLERCCan we box for front wing address?

EngineerYes, we can do that. Track is clear behind. Just let me know how much.

Charles LECLERCPlus nine clicks.

Engineerand we'll have one more time-lapse

EngineerIt'll be strat 3. We have two laps of strat 3.

EngineerTires are good. Tires are good.

EngineerConsider high speed 2 for understeering high speed, consider high speed 2 for understeering high speed.

EngineerThat was quite a nice lap estimate, I think. P7 at the moment.

Jack AITKENWe're going above understeer, turn 4, mid to exit that time. Something I can do with the switches, maybe just come down on mid for that corner.

EngineerYep, copy that. Down on mid for turn 4 is good.

EngineerBox, box, box.

Alexander ALBONIt's still doing the same thing again, just huge understeer mid-corner

EngineerIn terms of sectors, to Valtteri, on your best laps, you're just up a hundredth, sector one, up a half a tenth, sector two, down half a tenth, sector three. Looking good to turns three and four, and also turn one.

Carlos SAINZTurn 7 looked better there, no?

EngineerYeah, turns 7, 9 and 10 looked good and as I say green sector 3

EngineerCarlos, right hand side toggle in turn six would help stabilize the car with the older tires. Right hand side toggle turn six.

EngineerHow were the switches on that lap? It's

Alexander ALBONjust different, but it's not any better. It just feels like We didn't now have relocking on entry, but we still have this understeer washout mid-corner in

Engineerthe

Alexander ALBONlow speed

EngineerCan

Alexander ALBONI do a double call?

EngineerYeah, possibly the front brake were a bit low. We don't see any big issue. No big issue Yes, you lock a lot the rear so put some temperature in your brakes now

EngineerAnd previous lap was close to track limits, turn 9.

EngineerOkay, so we've got two other cars on high fuel, Bottas and Hamilton. Hamilton doing 9.0s on mediums as well.

EngineerWatch your left.

EngineerI

Valtteri BOTTASfeel something in the cockpit on my right foot.

EngineerOkay, so cool the car and box, box, box.

EngineerOkay, and if you can give us a few updates on tires and balance, please

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah Status nice Balance a little bit just have to watch the real bit more than the front at the moment but phase

EngineerOkay understood

EngineerSo check out this is very fast paced at the moment.

Sebastian VETTELJust for your info, first gear was not synced.

EngineerUnderstood, thank you.

Daniil KVYATYeah, he's just blocking me there

EngineerOK Maxon, back it out please, back it out, target plus 5 on the dash, target plus 5 on the dash.

EngineerOkay Esteban, so the procedure is going to be that you come out of turn 10, then you're going to do recharge off before doing your burnouts, and then a start from the left hand side.

Romain GROSJEANOkay, I pressed twice the okay button during the run for two corners that were very complicated so If yeah, if you can prepare those so we can chat about it

EngineerCopy that

EngineerThis is

Charles LECLERCthe last time-lapse of Sainz and Seb.

EngineerSo last time-lapse of Sainz 9.6, Sebastian 9.7, and we go to the grid.

Max VERSTAPPENSomething is loose, I think, next to my throttle foot, yeah, definitely, something came forward.

EngineerOK, understood, so just take care for the moment.