Turkish Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
192 radio messages were recorded during race at the Turkish Grand Prix 2020, across 20 drivers. 188 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 25.
These are transcripts of real team radio audio, produced by speech recognition and presented as an archive rather than as edited prose. Radio is clipped and noisy, so wording can be imperfect. Each message is attributed to the driver or their engineer, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 25 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 15 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 14 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 13 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 13 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 13 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 12 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 10 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 8 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 8 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 7 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 6 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 6 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 5 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
Kimi RAIKKONEN: and going
Engineer: light, radio check pit exit, ok good for me too
Esteban OCON: Wait wait wait wait, I can't see anything with the visor, I think there's something inside the visor
Engineer: 2-11, I'm out of training, I'm too late OK, understood, box, so we keep this set then
Engineer: And let me know on track conditions.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, yeah, for now it's wet. I mean, I swim wet.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: I can I can turn on again.
Engineer: Yeah, try Antonio, try. So try to get out and back to the grid
Engineer: Ok, straight out, so be careful, turn 2, 3, that's double yellow, Antonio is stuck in the gravel there, between 2 and 3.
Engineer: How are track conditions, Antonio?
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: No, no for inter.
Engineer: So, OK for inter, question? No, no. OK, copy.
Engineer: And Carlos still double waved yellows turn two through to turn three.
Engineer: OK Esteban, so it's recharge on please, going to the back of the grid. Just a reminder to take it easy on the brakes at turn 12 please.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Someone can help you? Yeah, we will help, so stay in the car, they
Engineer: bring you back and then on the go we let you know.
Lewis HAMILTON: just keeping an eye on rear brakes because they're ready to be warm. I don't need this guys.
George RUSSELL: I've crashed.
Engineer: Go
George RUSSELL: and walk in speed.
Engineer: This is
George RUSSELL: ridiculous.
Nicholas LATIFI: It's too far forward, I mean I can't hit the brakes hard.
Engineer: Ok, ok. Then go back, minus two, minus two, and we need to try to generate temperature. Focus singly on the brake for the last lap. And you drive through the pit lane for one more lap, drive through the pit lane for one more lap.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, sorry guys, but absolutely unbelievable. There's no grip whatsoever. It's undriveable. Absolutely undriveable.
Engineer: OK, as I say, Giovinazzi is off track, middle of turn 2, left hand side, so he's off to yellows through 2 and 3, you need to be really cautious through there please.
Engineer: Now go slowly back to the grid slowly on the grid the fronting might fall so slowly back
Engineer: Safety car lights are off so it's a normal start.
Engineer: Sir Lewis by now we ought to have had notification that if we are starting behind the safety car haven't had that so expecting a normal start
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Engineer: Sir Lewis, by now we ought to have had notification that if we are starting behind the safety car, haven't had that, so expecting a normal start.
Engineer: so when we fill up the engine we'll have the turbo engagement okay then we do a bite point and we need heat limiter on and reminder good warm-up on the brakes
Engineer: up quite quick so
Lewis HAMILTON: those pools being dry quite quick I reckon yeah
Engineer: Louis just be mindful that even though the track may be drying quite quickly that pit entry is still going to be lethal with no cars running on it so just be careful don't want to touch a wall or anything
Engineer: OK Alexa, I'll talk you through whilst we're waiting for that telemetry to come through. All your switches are set. We haven't done any brake bounce offset from the laps to the grid, so that's all the same. We'll do the start here with the pit limiter off. And sync all the gears on the rear end, just check on your dash what you've got synced. Remember, use gear 1 when you can. It should help you out to the start. As usual, minimise full throttle time. No potter on. No potter. And work your tyres where you can. At the end of the formation lap, we want to do burnouts from the last corner exit.
Engineer: So at the moment there's nothing obvious on the radar anymore, coming
Daniel RICCIARDO: our way, so... And
Engineer: in terms of tyres, everybody extreme wet, only Williams are on Intis.
Engineer: And obviously this will be a crazy race, but I'll stay focused and f*** some s***.
Engineer: Strolls approaching the grid
Engineer: Lasgaar car is approaching the grid now
Engineer: K2 off, K2 off
Engineer: Bottas two times, crashing to me! Unbelievable! OK Esteban, understood, but less focus, there's a long way... The car's damaged now! Now the car is crashed! What's the problem? Steering, question? Yeah, steering, yeah, yeah. OK. Yeah, it's a game of puncture, puncture, puncture. Yep. Box, please, it's a puncture. We'll change tyres and you may be able to go again.
Nicholas LATIFI: I'm in the gravel
Engineer: Ok, just focus on bringing back the temperature Stay on track, focus on that Ocon has pit in, I think he will switch to the enter I think you're on the right tyre mate So focus on no mistakes, stay on track
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, but he's cutting the corner every f***ing lap. Of course he's gaining on me.
Engineer: Come on, give him the penalty. Take back on press and hold.
Romain GROSJEAN: So how good your mirrors are that we have Bottas very close behind racing? Yeah, he's breaking a little bit my balls, but I guess he does his race, but he's...
Romain GROSJEAN: I really don't know what you're doing me. Oh, yeah, I don't get much reading here
Esteban OCON: Unbelievable, twice unbelievable.
Engineer: That's not exactly true Esteban, I'll tell you later. 11 seconds to Russell, 11 seconds to Russell. Yes let's just focus Esteban, there is a long way to go in this race, long way to go.
Engineer: It's
Lance STROLL: drying up
Lewis HAMILTON: Don't give me new tires again man, that's not the right idea
Esteban OCON: The butter's two times crushing to me. Unbelievable.
Lance STROLL: Go one, go one. How many laps do you think you're plus? How much am I plus? Give me the gap.
Engineer: Six
Lance STROLL: plus six seconds. Okay, no stress, no stress.
Engineer: How's the pace compared to cars in front? Very good Esteban, very good pace, in fact you're almost the quickest car on track.
Engineer: It's
Sergio PEREZ: getting better now, getting better in the front, close the pace.
Engineer: Jacko you're still, you're joint with Lance on that last lap, good pace.
Engineer: Good stuff Carlos, big fan of your work.
Lewis HAMILTON: Front brakes aren't working really well
Engineer: OK, can you tell me the track condition? Yeah,
Kimi RAIKKONEN: it's so slippery. Almost like I'm losing the grip again. OK.
Engineer: You're catching the cars ahead, tyre temps are building, how are the tyres?
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, the rear is getting better
Engineer: You can try BC7, BC7
Romain GROSJEAN: What the f*** is that locking?
Nicholas LATIFI: Gaetan, I don't know what I can do. It's ridiculous. It's just dangerous.
Engineer: Understood, Niki. Just focus on staying on track. The track will dry up and the tyre will come.
Lando NORRIS: It's very difficult to pass as you can tell, so clean track is huge.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I'm not going to be able to go through this train ahead, so might as well try something different.
Engineer: Just for infer, there are a couple of cars at the back on inters, we are watching them. Williams are on inters.
Alexander ALBON: It will take us two knots to get them in, it's better we just stay out with these toes.
Engineer: Yeah, understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: It is enters, but the tires are still going, you know, so pointless for me right now
Daniil KVYAT: Wait, we know if someone goes on Inter.
Engineer: Leclerc on Inter now.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, how is he looking?
Engineer: He looks fast now.
Daniil KVYAT: Okay, let's go then.
Engineer: OK, so Vettel, Head and Hamilton have both pitted now. At that last lap, you were the fastest car on track. Mode 4, please, mode 4.
Engineer: I
Nicholas LATIFI: can't see anything out of my mirrors either, they're completely blocked.
Engineer: I'm going to start panning within 3 of you, I'm going to start panning within 3. We'll catch you in 10 minutes I think.
Engineer: So Orkhon ahead on ex-sweat. HBP 12 set position for when you can.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Let's not go too early on the inter.
Engineer: Lando, the Inter looks quick. We suggest boxing for Inter. What do you think? OK.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, if you think that's good then that's fine. But it's more important for clean air. I'll see if the car ahead does.
Engineer: How are conditions at the moment Max? A
Max VERSTAPPEN: bit like Q3
Engineer: Copy
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm so much faster now when I'm alone
Engineer: So should be ahead of Vettel. Vettel ahead is Inter. Sorry, Vettel behind is Inter. Lance is doing well on Inter, so it will get there. Just caution on this first lap.
Pierre GASLY: How much faster is the interest?
Engineer: 22 seconds faster
Engineer: You will be racing Perez Vettel Hamilton
Engineer: I can't see anything, so please... Understood, understood. 1.8, still 1.8.
Engineer: So all cars on inters now, Albon only ex-sweat is currently leading
Engineer: Go one go one
Engineer: Slow down, slow down, no shift, no shift, technical issue, I explain you later, slow down, slow down, no shift, and no shift, I need to stop, I need to stop, now slowly in the garage, but no shift, no shift, watch, cars behind, Grosjean, then Ocon, slowly, so slow in now, there's a gap to the next car behind, 26 seconds, and no shift, no shift, no shift, no shift,
Engineer: Stop on track Antonio, stop on track, stop now, copy, and remember full switch off procedure, ignition off, high voltage off, car power off.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: You know, we cannot just f***ing turn this tire's on. Let's just put it in the front, it's awful.
Engineer: Okay, so that car is getting close to being behind the barrier, won't be too much longer, so let's keep going, longitudinal, braking, accelerating, get some temperature going, currently still not too bad, the fronts have dropped, rears are staying quite high, fronts have dropped a bit, so work the fronts when you can.
Engineer: Just a reminder Max, this is still only lap 14, long way to go yet.
Engineer: Sector reported to be clear, might be soon, safety car ending.
Engineer: Virtua Safety Car Ending, Offset 7 and Mode 1. Offset 7, Mode 1.
Engineer: How's the balance on the inters?
Lance STROLL: Yeah, it's okay a bit rear limited, but it's okay
Engineer: Virtual safety car ending minus two brake balance and go five go five Switch it now go five
Lewis HAMILTON: Brakes aren't working man
George RUSSELL: I literally cannot see Boss Ass in the mirror with the spray, I need much info.
Engineer: Yeah that's fine, alright 0.7 it's fine, Mangus is struggling ahead.
Alexander ALBON: Come on, nice
Engineer: job mate
Pierre GASLY: I can't see a thing with this f***ing visor. I don't know what I have, it's so sticky.
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: can't see the f***ing corners, like, I'm blind.
Engineer: Gap to VIA, only four and a half seconds now, you're much, much quicker.
Engineer: Tire temperatures a good start to manage right hand side tires turn eight
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Lando NORRIS: Okay, so 10-8 is where there's starting to be a bit of a dry line in terms of cornering.
Engineer: Okay, again that was fastest lap
Engineer: multifunction a red 21 okay multifunction a red 21 okay
Max VERSTAPPEN: Flat spots, flat spots.
Engineer: So the staff are in the pits
Engineer: There's no spree attempts. Tires ain't mine!
Lando NORRIS: He started moving at the breaking just as he saw me
Engineer: You might be racing Leclerc, racing Leclerc.
Nicholas LATIFI: And I hit something apex of turn 8. There was a big judder on the front axle. Just check everything's okay. I'm not sure why.
George RUSSELL: Getting battled up by LARP, nowhere close to slicks.
Engineer: I'm
Lewis HAMILTON: losing so much time. I just can't get by, man.
Engineer: Yeah, copy, Lewis. We can see that. Just keep doing what you can do.
Engineer: Hamilton 1 second behind, 1 second, 0.9
Carlos SAINZ: I cannot see nothing on my mirrors, so let me know if we are under attack.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I'm quicker than this guy, but I cannot pass.
Engineer: Checker we're having to cool the tires on the straights, cool the tires should help
Engineer: BOTAS off in front of you, yellow flag, yellow flag
Engineer: How far off the rise are we now Lance?
Lance STROLL: Pretty far, still a lot of standing water.
Lance STROLL: I'm picking up
Engineer: a
Lance STROLL: lot of unders here
Engineer: Tire temperatures are all still good
Engineer: You're doing same lap time as Ricciardo. How is the balance now? How's the balance now?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It's okay
Carlos SAINZ: I should consider cleaning the mirrors at the pit stop and cleaning my visor
Engineer: So we just need to keep these tyres in decent state so they can transition to dry.
Engineer: So Lando, as a bit of an update, about 30 seconds in front of Magnussen is the next group of cars which is Leclerc, Verstappen, Carlos and Ricciardo.
Engineer: In charge lap time 42.4, 42.4, when you have time, update on right ILS.
Sebastian VETTEL: It's trying in some places, but it's still too deep.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Keep me an update on conditions please Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Still too wet in the last sector.
Engineer: OK, copy.
Engineer: I
Sergio PEREZ: don't see anything, man. Just give me
Engineer: a
Sergio PEREZ: push, will you?
Engineer: Okay, you're good at the moment. You're good behind. He's 1.5 back. So, Latifi should be getting blue flags shortly. So, you can use energy now. Use energy early. He's 0.7 behind you.
George RUSSELL: Striggling low speed, front end is rolling out.
Engineer: He just plunged me off the road. Yeah, saw that.
Engineer: F**k,
Lance STROLL: why is it so bad, the fronts?
Charles LECLERC: But I don't want to be the first car. Tell me when the first car is stopping for slicks.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My right front is pretty dead
Engineer: Yeah, copy that. Okay, so we're just looking to try to extend this into stint into the dry tires max I'm not expecting any more rain
George RUSSELL: 24 of the last two quarters
Engineer: Why is he because they keeping they keep those blue flags of our Charlotte, but I don't see anything There is no it's not come through the timing system. He's 1.4 behind you Okay, so they need to stop waiting those blue flags on track Okay, we have it now blue flag stroll
Alexander ALBON: It's once again completely
Engineer: And how are the tires?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Front's taken a bit of
Engineer: a
Daniel RICCIARDO: hit this lap. It was consistent.
Engineer: I'll keep you posted. Think about the entry as well, entry switch on the diff. We're not expecting any more rain.
Lance STROLL: So much wear Brad
Engineer: Copy that Lance. We're just trying to get to dries. We're trying to get to the dry
Engineer: And no more rain, no more rain expected, how many laps for dry? Ok, probably,
Sebastian VETTEL: it's still going to take a while before they are all faster, probably another inter could be a good idea.
Engineer: OK, your front right brake are very hot, we have a bit of a concern I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: have to let the cars pass if I want to do something, OK?
Engineer: I know, I know, but it's a safety concern
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, so tell me, do you want that I let them pass or what? OK
Engineer: It's a matter of taking these to the transition. I
Lewis HAMILTON: don't think there's
Engineer: going
Lewis HAMILTON: to be a transition, as slippery as that out here.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, that half a turret just squeezed my front wing on the braking move on the right. I don't know in what shape it is.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: You have water interest ready? Yes,
Engineer: we are.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: How many laps to end? 20? 20 something? I'm sure we have to stop. Box, box, box. Box, box.
Engineer: Two
Kimi RAIKKONEN: more.
Lando NORRIS: If you can't generate a tie tap for the ties then you're screwed
Lando NORRIS: um it's difficult there's still quite a few corners which are wet but yeah it just depends how much grip you got if you can't generate the tyres then you're gone
Lance STROLL: There's a dry line, but it's a frickin wet in some places
Engineer: Good job. Can we get to the dry on this tyre, Carlos?
Carlos SAINZ: I'm not sure, Dom. It's impossible to know.
Engineer: Yeah, there's a Renault just fitting an inter. Do you want more front wing for this if we do new inter?
George RUSSELL: Yes Box,
Engineer: box, box Box now, cover Box now, drop plus two
Engineer: Vettel is behind you, Vettel behind you, fresh into it.
Lewis HAMILTON: That's how you box it man!
Engineer: You've got hotter tires now, so it's funnable
Sergio PEREZ: I'm losing a
Engineer: lot of
Sergio PEREZ: time behind the lens.
Lewis HAMILTON: How long can this guy go for?
Engineer: We don't know that Lewis.
Engineer: What the
Kimi RAIKKONEN: f*** happened there?
Engineer: We tried to remove some tape on the front brake, but it took longer than expected.
Engineer: Okay Carlos that was purple sector three Verstappen is inside the window you can manage the tire
Engineer: We're going to Inter, Lance. We're going to put another set of Inter's on. Why are we doing that? Why, why, why? Stay out then, stay out.
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Engineer: Stop the car, Kevin. Stop the car. You can't be serious.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I just hope the right front will make it.
Engineer: Yeah, I think it looks worse than it is from your point of view Max. We're monitoring.
Engineer: Is the front right okay? It feels like I got a puncture on the front right, but I think it's just because it's so warm. Okay, understood. I think I'm onto the tread. I'm onto, I can see a bit of white, I think. Okay, we'll box this lap, box this lap, we don't want any risk.
Lando NORRIS: Well, I don't know.
Engineer: It feels okay, but... I'm happy to box, box this lap. Okay. Be careful entry, Carlos locked up, careful pit entry. So box now, box now.
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Engineer: And you are doing a good job, your face is good.
Engineer: OK Lewis, so that's the lead, we've just got a couple of cars in our pit window, just to pull the gap.
Lewis HAMILTON: See if you can see how my tyres are, I can't really...
Engineer: I'll be
Lewis HAMILTON: wearing down to the bow and I can't really see.
Engineer: Your tyre temps are still good so we're just going to keep going as long as we can.
Engineer: Some cars going quick and then finding graining and then going slow.
Nicholas LATIFI: These tires are not so good right now.
Engineer: If a safety car now, are you able to fit dry?
Daniil KVYAT: Is anybody on the dry or not? It's close but not yet, 100%
Engineer: Could be some rain with eight laps to go that's ten laps away, but we're not clear yet. It's not sure Carlos
Valtteri BOTTAS: I can't see anything in my mirrors, so... ...Lewis at six seconds.
Lewis HAMILTON: Looks like it's getting darker, is that more right?
Engineer: There is a risk of it, yeah, copy, it's getting darker.
Carlos SAINZ: Getting any crust into me.
Romain GROSJEAN: What the f***? Are you okay? Yeah, but f*** Watch for Norris Yeah, doing my best, but that's
Engineer: a
Romain GROSJEAN: f***ing absolute joke Ok, we have Ocon coming out of turn 10 now Yeah, yeah, I think, I'm not sure the car is not
Engineer: f***ing f***ing
Romain GROSJEAN: Anyone clean? Do you need to box? Do you need to box? I don't know, you tell me, I don't know That's absolutely ridiculous Kvyat, two seconds back
Lance STROLL: It's unbelievable that I'm doing better lap times at the beginning of the race, in full wet conditions.
Engineer: Copy that Lance.
Lewis HAMILTON: Just so you know, he's getting blue flags. I know he's a mile away, but don't
Engineer: worry
Lewis HAMILTON: about it.
Engineer: Copy Lewis, we agree with you.
Engineer: Take care of these tires, we may go to the end.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, yeah, we're going to the end, how many laps left?
Sebastian VETTEL: What do you think about dry tires?
Engineer: We are monitoring.
Sebastian VETTEL: How did the inter look that we came in?
Engineer: The
Sebastian VETTEL: set that we had last?
Engineer: Front right grainy mostly, rest was ok-ish.
Engineer: Max, what are your thoughts on conditions?
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think not ready for slicks.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Am
Lewis HAMILTON: I in the right strap?
Engineer: Yeah, copy Lewis, we're happy with that. Just stay strap 5.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tightness OK?
Engineer: Yeah, copy Lewis, we're happy with everything at the moment, you just keep feeding back to us.
Engineer: so how's the balance and tires now lance
Lance STROLL: yeah they're getting a bit better but i don't know it's still quite bad fronts fronts
Carlos SAINZ: If rain comes when in the box, it's impossible to stay out at this time.
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, okay, the brakes went again. I don't know what we did, were we a bit not in an easy place or not.
Carlos SAINZ: Mistake.
Engineer: The
Carlos SAINZ: front right tyre is on the limit.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, my tires are toast, like they're good when it's dry, but when it's any wet, that's not good.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I'm not there, but if he's next
Engineer: to me, I think I'm going to say so. Tell me if he's... Yeah, he's losing time on you. He's 3.1 seconds now.
Engineer: The Checo Leclerc's had a problem, so he's eight seconds back now. You are very fast.
Lewis HAMILTON: All I want to know is there's no concern of this tyre, any of these tyres blowing up, right?
Engineer: None at the moment, Lewis. We looked at Valtries that did a similar distance. Looked in a similar condition, but nothing to worry about.
Alexander ALBON: What happened to Max?
Engineer: I think he spanned turn 4, he's still 3 seconds behind you.
Engineer: And every rain expected for the last lap of the race, every rain.
Engineer: OK remand, box, remand, box, box, remand, box OK remand we're going to retire the car, there was a lot of aero damage Yeah I don't understand why we didn't do it quickly if that's the case, because I looked like **** out there
Engineer: Sepplach time 39.6
Charles LECLERC: Why are you telling me the gas is a bastard? Is he coming back?
Engineer: Four laps to go.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I wish it was less.
Max VERSTAPPEN: All the time when I get oversteer, the f***ing
Engineer: wheel,
Max VERSTAPPEN: I can't catch it.
Engineer: ...suggests that...
Engineer: We do expect rain to hit exit of turn 8 first. If it
Lewis HAMILTON: is indeed going to rain, these tyres will not work.
Engineer: Copy this, that's why we're going to go for a safety stop.
Carlos SAINZ: Am I quicker, or he's quicker, or what?
Engineer: Carlos, he's no threat with good pace. He's half a second quicker. Just keep concentration.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: can say that about her, I think. I hear you. It's going to be slippery in that pit lane.
Engineer: Yee-hoo!
Engineer: We had a few drivers reporting drizzle in turn 8, few drivers reporting drizzle in turn 8, consider entry 5
Engineer: fantastic job what a mate now concentrate concentrate to the end few drops of rain in turn 8 have been reported
Engineer: So this is the last lap.
Engineer: Get in there Lewis! What a way to do it mate! What a way to win your seventh world title! Mate, you have got to be proud of that! What an awesome drive!
Lewis HAMILTON: That's for all the kids out there who dream the impossible! You can do it too, man! I believe in you guys! Thank you so much everyone for your support! Lewis, congratulations for the seventh title. I couldn't have done it better! Fantastic drive with the slicks! Fantastic! It's really awesome to be a witness of that, Lewis!
Engineer: Yes, Jacko! Yes! P2! P2!
Sergio PEREZ: Oh man, one more lap and the tyre will have exploded.
Engineer: Yeah, we were holding our breath here as well. Well done!
Engineer: Can't go for it, go for it, go for it, no way, yeah, be
Sebastian VETTEL: free, be free, nearly, nearly had him, nearly had him,
Engineer: ah,
Sebastian VETTEL: yeah, thank you, it was an intense race, I think I'll sleep well tonight, ah, grazie tutti, it
Engineer: was awesome.
Charles LECLERC: You did a good job, really good job. No, I did a f***ing job, I did a f***ing job, I did a f***ing job, I did a f***ing job, that's it. I did a f***ing
Engineer: job,
Charles LECLERC: now that I come down, congratulations to Seb, it has not been a good year for him. Even if I'm so f***ed up of myself, he's done a great job and I hope you will enjoy it.
Engineer: So into the pit lane world champ
Engineer: Great drive, Carlos. Great drive, mate. Your P5. Lovely job. Really tough out there. You've done a fantastic drive. I'm really happy.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, cheers, guys. I'm proud of that. Proud of that. Proud of you guys also for turning in a good turnaround from yesterday. Hopefully we didn't lose too many points to that racing point because it was a hard turn P5. Thank you.
Engineer: No, it's a good job. Lando came eighth as well with the fastest lap, Carlos, so not a bad score for the team.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, good.
George RUSSELL: All right, guys. Finally an effort. Thanks to the mechanics for the good job before the race. That was a good pit stop. You wouldn't have known if they were the reserve. So well done. I guess we've got some understanding to do, but that's part of racing. Tough day, tough weekend. We go on. Cheers.
Engineer: Copy that. Yeah, totally agree. So the results. Hamilton won the race.
George RUSSELL: It's always on for a good result at one point in that mid-phase or early to mid-phase. The car was feeling good. Tyres were feeling good when I was behind Magnussen, but then they just dropped like a stone.
Engineer: Yeah, copy. That's the bit we need to understand, isn't it? Yeah.
George RUSSELL: I mean, I don't think anybody understands them when you get them right, when you get them wrong, but fortunately that's what we're dealing with.
Alexander ALBON: No, I really thought we could have stayed out. Honestly, the times were coming back to me again. I'm sure maybe we wouldn't
Engineer: have
Alexander ALBON: lasted like they could have, but still, like the way that they grade, you lose so much time.
Engineer: Yeah, yeah, completely understand.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, that's it, mode charge please, so Hamilton 1, followed by Perez and Vettel Ok Kimi, pox pox and remember, full switch off
Engineer: You finished P8, P8 and fastest lap there at the very end. You set the fastest lap a few times again at the very end, well done. Cheers, sorry about the start, it just all went wrong so that kind of messed us up and we obviously could have scored more but the car was good. Well done to Carlos's side as well, nice job, good points, good recovery from yesterday so nice one. Exactly mate, excellent recovery from yesterday and from the start as well. And I did have more grip now on intermediates in the dry than I did on the slicks in the dry so. And Lando that was Tanguy and Arnaud's last race so I'd like to extend a thank you to them from everyone at McLaren. From Tanguy's last race? Tanguy and Arnaud, yeah last race with us. Oh I'm gonna miss you Tanguy and Arnaud. Thanks for everything man, it's been a pleasure, gonna miss you. Well done man, very good job, really enjoyable race, shame about the start, no worries about that, good bounce back from yesterday, keep fighting like this. Very good job, thank you. Quick question, P8 or the Hamon for your birthday? P8, I don't want a pepperoni. What's wrong with the Hamon? Nothing, it's just not my favourite. That's all. I take it.
Engineer: that's P14 sorry about that bit of a disaster with a contact in the first lap not sure everything was right so Lewis won the race and seventh championship congratulations to him
Valtteri BOTTAS: so
Engineer: it stayed out on the intermediate same for Perez
Engineer: F***ing
Pierre GASLY: race. The whole weekend. The whole weekend. Very disappointed.
Engineer: Ok, I don't think Friday was so bad. Fail 84 fail. It was definitely a difficult race. Fail 84 fail. Nobody cares about Friday.
Pierre GASLY: Nobody cares. Now we've crossed so many points just because we are nowhere. Since Saturday we are sleeping.
Engineer: I don't think we are sleeping. We've tried our best. We'll try to understand what's happened. Ok Pierre, obviously we are all disappointed and frustrated as much as you are and we have to bounce back now and learn from this. So when you stop the car, P1 then P0.
Engineer: That's a P9, Hamilton, Perez, Vettel, Leclerc, Sainz. That was so ridiculous. What
Lance STROLL: the hell happened? Just no pace.
Engineer: Perez stayed out on the tyres. He stayed out. I
Lance STROLL: know, but we were struggling so much more than him on that tyre.
Engineer: Yeah, we need to go through it to understand.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, sorry I didn't have any real answers for that today. We'll
Engineer: have to come up with a dose mate, we'll look into it.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, no worries. Yeah, again, apologies for Term 1.
Engineer: From
Daniel RICCIARDO: what I remember I kind of got a bit sandwiched, but yeah, we'll have a look, but apologies nonetheless.
Engineer: Okay, understood mate.
Engineer: check reflect, check reflect P12 fuck,
Daniil KVYAT: so much struggle, nothing oh man, that's so frustrating I
Engineer: know Danny, I know but you did a good job with those tyres, they were very difficult, fail 84
Daniil KVYAT: ok, whoever is behind me, tell him I can't see anything in my mirrors, so don't
Engineer: try to overtake me behind you you
Daniil KVYAT: can still hear my blind right now, I mean
Engineer: yeah, we are passing the message
Engineer: And for info, Danny is not able to see these mirrors.
Engineer: OK Esteban, that's the chequered flag, and that's kind of the worst place of all, P11, I'm sorry for that, you did an absolutely fantastic job on those tyres, and it was absolutely no fault of your own that you got taken out on that first lap.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, sorry about that guys, I think, other than that, we had a good pace, so it's
Engineer: a
Esteban OCON: shame. Yeah, luckily I think it was the first lap because the front opened up completely, so, was it the same driver that hit me twice, or? Negative.
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