French Grand Prix2021 · Qualifying team radio

EngineerJust focus on yourself. If he goes by, he goes by.

Yuki TSUNODAMinus five, zero target.

EngineerMinus five at the front, zero at the rear, same as the morning.

EngineerWe need to put a bit of energy on France if you can

EngineerPositive on the brakes on the way in. Positive on the brakes.

EngineerCheck out red flag, delta positive, get your dash positive.

Yuki TSUNODANo gear no gear I can go first gear somehow

EngineerRelease the clutch, release the clutch, and then first gear and try to go.

Yuki TSUNODANo gear, somehow. Try

Engineerto reverse, neutral, first gear.

Nikita MAZEPINYeah, it's in the box.

EngineerCopy that. Just follow the guy's instructions, they're still outside the front of our garage.

Nikita MAZEPINCopy. From what I've seen, the balance is slightly more oversteery than before, but

Engineerall fine. OK, we'll leave the flap alone then.

EngineerRed flag, so box, box and follow your delta, so that's for Tsunoda stuck at turn 2 in the barrier.

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONwonder whether we should pull aside, this is going to be a nightmare, there's a lot of cars out.

EngineerWe'll be limited on time.

Nicholas LATIFII mean if we're only doing one lap, we might as well just let everyone go now. Just make sure we get the proper warm-up We should we should we'll have time for

Engineerthe

Nicholas LATIFIone right so

EngineerYou don't need to work those fronts.

EngineerTyres are on the cold side, so lean on them a bit on this outlap.

EngineerAnd good job in the hot lap, the others are good.

EngineerThat gives up a good gap to Hamilton.

EngineerOk, mode charge on the line and box and quick in lap please.

Valtteri BOTTASLab 2 is going to be far off, so I don't recommend it. I haven't been

Engineerto

Valtteri BOTTASa flat spot as well, so...

Fernando ALONSOOn the understeer inside, but the position we went out of the garage was terrible.

EngineerAnd push in the in-lap please, push in the in-lap for timings And think about the flap for the next tyre, we won't have much time in the garage

Pierre GASLYYes, I'm happy with the car, I don't want more because now we picked up a lot of rotation

EngineerCopy that

EngineerAfter this, so that's a P2, Verstappen P1, just over two tenths, mainly straight line differences to Verstappen.

Lando NORRISJust look at turn 1, struggling with the rear on entry, quite a big instability.

EngineerOkay Esteban, so second run, same again, do like the first one we'll be fine. So we have got Stroll just coming around to 14, he's a bit of an oddity, he's going to start another time lap so you'll have him coming up shortly.

EngineerRun switch cool. Do

Lance STROLLyou want me to report? Run switch cool. Yes, I'm doing it.

EngineerShould I go this lap? Yes, you've got to go this lap. There is no other lap. Okay, okay, okay.

EngineerOK, watch for Ricardo, are you OK?

Mick SCHUMACHERYeah, I'm OK, I'm sorry about that.

Mick SCHUMACHERAll about sorry about that, it's okay buddy put

Engineerit back together

George RUSSELLAre we through or not? Yeah, we are through. P15.

EngineerThat

George RUSSELLwas a good lap.

EngineerI

George RUSSELLwish I could have completed that one.

Kimi RAIKKONENHow much time left?

EngineerWe are out, 20 seconds, the session will not be restarted, we are P17 I'm afraid.

Lance STROLLThat's it eh?

EngineerThat's it I'm afraid, yes that's it.

Lance STROLLOh man, it's

Engineernot

Lance STROLLour day Brad.

EngineerAnd box Nikita box box Nikita box and let's go motor slow please motor slow. Copy

Nikita MAZEPINmotor slow

Nicholas LATIFIGuys, just before I forget, we've got to adjust the left hand side mirror, it keeps raising so I can't see anything out of it right now.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerSo key thing now is to focus on getting these tires warm to start the lap. You'll need a slightly harder outlap for the medium.

Daniel RICCIARDOOkay, understood.

Lewis HAMILTONYou guys ahead on the outlap.

EngineerEveryone on an outlap.

EngineerHow am I looking with the traffic? We are good for traffic. Just do what you need now. Just do what you need. We are good for traffic.

EngineerOkay, that looked like a very good lap. Yeah, very good lap. I'll keep you posted on everyone else

EngineerOur lap time was deleted track limits turn six.

Sergio PEREZIt felt quite good, the tyre, especially starting the lap.

EngineerAnd Charles, we need 3 to 4 tenths, are you happy to go on medium? At least 4 tenths we need.

Charles LECLERCUh, tricky, yeah I will try on medium.

EngineerCopy medium.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, more time to come. Let's go on the second run.

Pierre GASLYYeah, I lost everything. Here we are.

EngineerCopy that, don't worry, we have another chance.

Pierre GASLYWe have 55. Push in the in-lap, please.

EngineerPush in the in-lap. What do you need for the first push?

Pierre GASLYJust need a bit more rotation in the first lap.

EngineerOk, we will add a bit more for the next run. We will add a bit more.

Pierre GASLYNot a lot, but just a bit. Copy that.

EngineerDaniel, do you think this is a first lap tyre?

Daniel RICCIARDOYes, it can be.

EngineerSo Daniel I think looking at that two tenths from the tire sounds like we should go soft to make sure we get through

EngineerOK, uh, Lando, we'll be boxing this lap I'm afraid, we'll box this lap, I'll explain later.

Lando NORRISOK, copy that.

EngineerThere's a few cars, Esteban, that have bailed and gone on soft, so Ricciardo is one, Giovinazzi another.

EngineerAll right, here we go. Let's push. Let's go. Come on.

EngineerOkay, let's go in, go up two on the nudger and minus one to minus three on the Delta.

Sebastian VETTELOkay, the set was not as good as before didn't have the same grip

Engineercopy

Sebastian VETTELSorry there but just didn't have the same grip as the lap before. Struggling a lot with the front throughout the lap this time more than before.

Esteban OCONthe car just didn't feel as it did on the soft for some reason let's see why

Engineerno it's all good it's all right all to play for tomorrow it's all good let's

Sebastian VETTELSorry there, but just didn't have the same grip as the lap before. Struggling a lot with the front, throughout the lap this time more than before.

EngineerSol, okay, I traffic Antonio. We have P13.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIOkay.

EngineerHow far from Q3?

George RUSSELLYeah, I just struggled a bit with the rears that time. I had a big snap through 5, lost a couple of attempts.

EngineerI

George RUSSELLwas pushing hard, but

Engineeryeah, not today. Yep, nice job.

EngineerAnd we have a headwind in turn 11 last lap, which means a bit of tailwind in turn 12.

EngineerI'm obviously happy for you to overtake cars on the out lap. We'll want a faster out lap than these guys in front Cars in front are on soft

EngineerAnd we'll need a good warm-up on the brakes for last part

EngineerCars are well spread out so I don't expect any traffic in the last few corners

Charles LECLERCI'm struggling so much with those roms. So much.

EngineerCopy, understood.

EngineerIn the in-lap time is deleted, time deleted again, it was 10-6 Where?

Pierre GASLYIs it a f***ing joke?

EngineerCan you check? We are just outside, we are just about outside So we focus on the next set now, we have one more set to go

Max VERSTAPPENJust have a quick look on the left front of the front wing.

Engineerokay Daniel you are the sixth car you'll have plenty of time to the flag that's not a concern last run the wind changed a bit turn five to six so previously was a headwind there became a tailwind the wind is not strong but it is moving around

EngineerOkay Daniel, you are the 6th car. You'll have plenty of time to the flag, that's not a concern. Last round the wind changed a bit, turned 5 to 6, so previously it was a headwind there, it became a tailwind. The wind is not strong, but it is moving around.

Lewis HAMILTONHow's

Engineerthe

Lewis HAMILTONOutlap compared to Max?

EngineerPace is similar

EngineerWe need to just avoid a lap time deletion in turn 6, I guess that's the only risk here. Otherwise remember it's the soft tyre now so you're not going to have the same stability on entry as the medium but you should gain some rear through the traction phases that you can use.

EngineerHaha, yes!

Max VERSTAPPENNice job guys! That's an amazing weekend so far. Really proud of everyone. This was really enjoyable to drive. And on the track, when the pass was a bit more difficult, so really well done.

Lewis HAMILTONThat was a good lap, still over two tenths off Yeah,

Engineertwo and a half tenths, middle sector, final sector

Sergio PEREZWell done, Sergio. Good effort. Very good lap. Let's get them tomorrow, guys.

EngineerIt

Sergio PEREZwasn't a great lap there at the end. I was running wide. Sorry there. Let's get them tomorrow.

EngineerOk Daniel, that's a good lap, good step, we are P10 I'm afraid, but that's a good lap, I'm happy with that. You're starting on the tyre you wanted, and we can put together a good Sunday from here. Alright Dan, I thought that was better than 10th. Yeah, that was a good effort mate, you needed 42 milliseconds to get Alonso, and 130 milliseconds to get Lando, so we were pretty close, I think we're still making progress. Understood,

Daniel RICCIARDOwe'll put

Engineeron a fight tomorrow. Yeah the pace is there buddy, we can put on a good Sunday from here, it's all good, all good.

EngineerWhat's the line up? Great effort guys No, well done Lewis, sticking through it

EngineerYeah, nice. Well done, Max. Great job. Great job. Good to get the pole. Fantastic performance through all three sessions. You've been a class act today. Well done.

Max VERSTAPPENThanks, Christian. Let's finish it off tomorrow then.

EngineerSo that's P3, huge amperes there, so we stop in P1, 29.9, I lose at 30.2.

EngineerP5, good job.

Carlos SAINZNot a bad lap, eh? Not a bad lap. Strong quali, guys. I needed flatter too. You were good in turn 1.

EngineerJust keep it there. The

Carlos SAINZwhole quali, guys, has been amazing. Thank you. The car was really nice to drive.

EngineerYeah, you nailed it this time. Well done. Bravo, Carlos. Contento per te.

Carlos SAINZGrazie, Mattia.

Pierre GASLYThat was a lap

EngineerWhat

Pierre GASLYa lap! What a lap! YES! YES! That was a lap! Don't talk to me about track limits Multi

EngineerB2, safety car 2,

Pierre GASLYstay negative Multi B2, safety car 2, stay negative And charge your battery for tomorrow please Come on! This is what I wanna see Ok that's P6, good job P6 Very very good Thanks Yeah very good Very happy

EngineerIt

Pierre GASLYwasn't easy but I did a very good step in quality so Congrats guys, very good job And to you

EngineerOK mate, so that is P9, P9 between Norris and Ricciardo, Norris did a 31.25 OK,

Fernando ALONSOI'm happy with the lap, it was close to the maximum

EngineerCopy that mate, nice work, difficult condition with the wind changing

EngineerAnd P7, P7.

Charles LECLERCThat's the very best I could do, honestly. But, yeah, congratulations to Carlos. And, yeah, on our side, let's work a little bit for tomorrow to see what did I do wrong to have so much to understand. Anyway, thank you.

EngineerCopy. We'll check everything for tomorrow.

EngineerOK, weird box to slap. I'll keep you updated.

Lando NORRISYeah, not very good. I did put it together, so...

EngineerOK, there's P8. P8.