French Grand Prix2021 · Race team radio

Max VERSTAPPENThis medical car is on my way to do practice starts.

EngineerWhat's the reason we're not on the other tyre? Uh, we'll need that for the race I'm taking.

Yuki TSUNODAI think a lot of them want to stay in medium or high speed.

EngineerSo, clutch release was plus four, plus four, and you're a little bit slow on the second release. So, box, checko, box, through the pit lane for another launch. Do you want to flap adjust?

Sergio PEREZNo.

EngineerCopy.

Carlos SAINZYeah, I've got spotted these tires.

EngineerOh, yeah?

EngineerYeah, make sure we get the airflow

George RUSSELLsources quite disturbed when you've got the upshift tone only in one ear

George RUSSELLOn a couple of occasions there was a bit of vibration from the front axle when braking but nothing crazy

Lewis HAMILTONOur magic is trimmed down a little bit too much.

Engineerso procedures exactly as we talked about definitely no rain at all and that goes up to about lap 8 of the race as far as the forecast goes so all looks good Sun's come out a bit expect the wind might start dropping a touch as well maybe just as it clears up so yeah all looks in line with what we're expecting

EngineerSo only things to remember at this point, standard Formation Act procedures, so when the car fires up we'll put the pit limiter on, we'll have recharge off before the burnouts in the place described earlier, remember that burnout button as well, and that'll be us set for a good start I think.

EngineerYour tyre information, medium starters behind are Russell, Schumacher, Latifi and Tsunoda. The other cars are all on hard tyres.

EngineerOkay, Mick, tires, Ocon, Vettel, and Giovinazzi ahead are all C2. Russell and Latifi are C3. Kimi and Nikita are C2. Lance is C2. And Tsunoda is starting from pit lane on C3. So both Williams C3, both Alphas C2. And it's two minutes until we go, two minutes. When we fire up, we'll press K1 to wake up the turbo. When we're on the deck, we'll do the static bite point learn. And you'll switch the pit limiter on. You'll use mode slow for the outlap and keep the pit limiter until the line. And then remember to go to mode race start for the start.

Lewis HAMILTONMarcus questioning, do I go across to him on the left?

EngineerI think we should just concentrate on getting the best getaway, going straight. Yeah. If there's chance. Figure it out. Yeah, if there's chance then we can.

EngineerAnd you keep be careful a lot of people in the pit lane so obviously they will move but watch yourself as well

EngineerStaff, 1.4bhp I'm on my left rear

Lewis HAMILTONNo grip out here

Lando NORRISWhat's Daniel doing? He's giving me no space!

EngineerParis dropped two seconds behind already.

Daniel RICCIARDOJust quite low grip at the moment, similar to lapse of grip. Copy, copy.

George RUSSELLIt's in! It's in! Oh look!

EngineerOkay, Giovinazzi behind has DRS.

EngineerIf you're looking for more entry support from the DIF, display 5, position 12. Display 1-5, position 12.

Lance STROLLI'm not happy with the grip, the temperature is rising.

EngineerIt's similar for most people at the moment.

EngineerRadio is poor at the moment, try to give me the comms in the low speed.

Lando NORRISPacing is pretty slow at the moment, I don't know if the guy's ahead but yeah, pace 5 or 6

EngineerYou're doing a great job, anything is possible.

EngineerAlonso's complaining about tires.

Daniel RICCIARDOYep, yeah I've got a little bit more than him, I think he clear out.

EngineerOK.

Lewis HAMILTONTime to get hot

Lance STROLLJust stuck behind this train.

EngineerAnd Sainz is still reporting big tyre issues, big balance issues for Sainz.

EngineerLeclerc last lap was 1.41.1. There's opportunities with the cars ahead.

Daniel RICCIARDOUnderstood.

EngineerThe

Fernando ALONSOcar is very oversteering.

EngineerOkay, understood.

Lewis HAMILTONReady on the front.

EngineerI lose the reporting raining on the front yeah

Valtteri BOTTASfor me also starting tiny bit now but still not affecting the grip yet

Fernando ALONSOFrom greening.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerGood move, good move. Use the pace now.

Lewis HAMILTONTyres are dropping, left rear.

EngineerOK copy, just keep us updated on your tyre switch.

EngineerJust watch the slip angles through Turn 9 and Turn 15, just seeing the front sliding a little bit.

Fernando ALONSOI think everyone is struggling, so yeah, think about it.

EngineerYeah, copy that. Even training spot on the hard runners as well.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, plan B.

EngineerBottas is starting to struggle his lap at 39.4

EngineerWell done mate. Next one is Gasly. Gasly car ahead.

EngineerWell done mate. Next one is Gasly. Gasly car ahead. Let's f***ing go.

EngineerSo Verstappen mistake turn 1-2, that gap is now at 3 seconds, let's just keep opening it up.

EngineerKeep pushing hard, try to avoid curbs on the front left.

EngineerBring it!

EngineerSo Sebastian the four cars ahead will be probably pitting quite soon. They will get some traffic and you'll get free air It's about going along on this tire

EngineerDaniel, box to overtake Gasly. Box to overtake Gasly.

EngineerOur lap will be critical.

Lewis HAMILTONPace is still okay.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerOK Esteban, keep stroll behind us, that's the target right now.

EngineerSo it's hammer time for Staffan in the pits.

EngineerOK, and we are boxing the slab. Boxing the slab, please confirm.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, box.

EngineerAnd still on plan A.

EngineerAm I using it all up or are we coming in? We're coming in. Use it all. Got to come in. So box, box.

EngineerAgulis not sure what happened there mate

EngineerTy,

Lance STROLLis it just overheating?

Lance STROLLIt's a f***ing disaster, the rears.

EngineerGatmaid, hello! 0.9 and mode 7 please Max. Alright, calm yourself down.

Max VERSTAPPENI just want to know my Gatmaid so I know when to defend or not.

Lewis HAMILTONCome on guys!

EngineerJust keep the pressure on Lewis, you can do this!

Engineerokay Lando turn six is marginal our aim here now changes we're a little bit worried about Alonso we need to try and clear Vettel a bit he's the car behind clear Vettel a bit

EngineerRussell 2 behind Alonso 5 in front we did the 23 laps

Lando NORRISYeah, I don't know what to expect from you, I can't tell you where the tyres are going to go, I mean I'm struggling and it's getting worse, but it's not that bad at the moment, so.

EngineerWe're enjoying this, Valtteri. Keep going.

Engineerjust for info Alonso has pitted onto the hard he's about half a second quicker and just coming into our pit window but we're not going to react to that

EngineerOkay, some of the hard runners that stopped behind you are now going slower, so pace is okay at the moment.

EngineerOK, we think tyres are good and healthy. We think tyres are good.

EngineerHappy to press the overtake button

EngineerOK, nicely. Leclerc is still stuck behind Ocon. Ocon on hard from the race start.

Daniel RICCIARDOOK,

Engineerare

Daniel RICCIARDOyou happy with turn 10 in 8th gear?

EngineerTurn 10 is good in 8th.

EngineerConnect McClurk is five seconds ahead.

Lando NORRISYeah, I can see everyone, it's fine.

EngineerVery nice

EngineerOkay, Sainz then Gasly behind, 10-lap Old Hards.

Max VERSTAPPENWe cannot

Engineerkeep this up

Max VERSTAPPENtill the end of the race, that's for sure.

EngineerYeah Lewis, Mustafen doesn't think these tyres will last to the end if you keep this pressure on. I agree, let's make sure we undercut them this time.

Lando NORRISHe forced me off. What's this idiot doing? He even went off himself.

Valtteri BOTTASI'm thinking of Lampy.

Valtteri BOTTASIf I push any more than this, there's no chance to get to the end with these tires.

EngineerOkay Hamilton last lap 38.5. Gap is at 2.2, 2.2.

EngineerBox and pick and firm please max box pick and firm

EngineerAnd Lewis, we've got 21 laps remaining, let us know what you think. No,

Lewis HAMILTONthis left front's already messed up.

Sebastian VETTELI can squeeze some more laps, but times are getting quite a bit worse. Yeah, copy that.

Lewis HAMILTONMy rear is a good view, just my left front.

Charles LECLERCThe raining seems to be clearing a little bit. Won't be enough though to overtake the gas in front so fancy.

Lewis HAMILTONDoes Valtteri have any training?

EngineerVery firm

Max VERSTAPPENThank you for that.

EngineerThe race is on

Sergio PEREZThey're here to push. Let's get them.

EngineerIs he

Lewis HAMILTONexpected to catch me at this age?

EngineerCopy Lewis, depends on how easy it is for him to get through Valtteri

Nicholas LATIFII'm telling you something's wrong with this month axle, I think.

Fernando ALONSOOkay, which position are we in the real race?

EngineerCurrently, you're P10.

Max VERSTAPPENwhat's up yeah

Engineerapologies max your radio is still poor no didn't copy see if you can move your microphone at the next available opportunity

Lewis HAMILTONSerpents are catching up quicker.

EngineerYeah, copy. Have to see everyone's tyres drop off.

EngineerNo. Radio is full max.

EngineerOkay, so it will be tight with Tsunoda. It will be tight with Tsunoda. He's on 20 lap hold hards.

EngineerHow's this place?

Lewis HAMILTONCan't hear you man.

Engineer36 Verstappen

EngineerOkay, Leclerc has boxed and come out behind us going for two stops

EngineerOkay, we can just see that light band of graining on the front left starting, let's just get on top of that.

EngineerSo Verstappen is dropping off that tyre a little bit. It'll be the last three or four laps that are painful ones.

Lewis HAMILTONHow about Valtteri?

EngineerValtteri currently 38.0. The gap to him 2.8.

Lewis HAMILTONDoes he have vibrations?

EngineerNo vibrations to worry about. We're happy with you at the moment.

EngineerHamilton last lap at 38.2. Gap is at 7.2.

Lewis HAMILTONThat tyre's not doing it great.

EngineerOkay, copy.

EngineerSo the last four laps will be very difficult, so we're stopping eight lap all-medium now.

Valtteri BOTTASYeah, I have no front anymore, so it is difficult.

EngineerSo, 39.6, target lap time to go to the end, and Vettel behind 4.3 seconds, he pitted for medium.

EngineerClick overtake, click overtake.

EngineerAnd Perez predicted to catch it in the last four laps.

EngineerBottas really struggling in the first sector, he's 7 tenths slower than you, struggling with front tyres.

Lewis HAMILTONWhat time do I need to do?

EngineerIt'll just be about having the tyres to race him.

Yuki TSUNODASorry, I couldn't do it much.

EngineerCopy, Yuki. Let's keep up the pace. Ten laps to go. Ten laps to go.

EngineerSo gap still one second, doing a good job, we can see Verstappen starting to struggle with these tires.

EngineerGap 0.6, on V3, bring it.

Valtteri BOTTASWhy the f*** no one listened to me when I said it's gonna be a two-stopper. F***ing hell.

EngineerWhich

Sebastian VETTELpace is required to catch Alonso two laps to the end?

EngineerAlonso has been doing 37.8s, 37.8s, he's an 8th second ahead. 9 laps to go.

EngineerMy tires are f***ing finished. Poppy, we understand.

Fernando ALONSOGive me post-it every sector, basically.

Lewis HAMILTONZepney, just hit a big curve.

EngineerCopy, okay, we'll look at it.

EngineerWe've got 1.1. You can do this.

EngineerGap is 3.6

Lewis HAMILTONOk, just leave me to it Copy

EngineerOkay, check out this build for Scout. Nice move.

EngineerOkay, Max, that's your man ahead. Four laps remaining.

EngineerOkay, last lap for Lewis, 37.9, gap is at 1.6, I'll lead you to it, three laps to go.

EngineerNow let us know if Perez got you passing out of the track.

Valtteri BOTTASYeah, to make that corner flat he had to go off.

EngineerWalter, you're going to look into it.

EngineerSimply lovely. Come on, mate.

EngineerAh mate, it is sweet being a hunter. You've won that race. Excellent job.

Max VERSTAPPENWow, what a f***. What a strategy, guys. Amazing. Well done, mate. Payback. Well done. Great job. Great job. I hope you guys can hear me, but what a race, man. Thank you so much.

EngineerSo

Max VERSTAPPENgood.

EngineerOK Lewis, well done mate, so that's P2, so we'll have a look at what happened at that stop, but yeah, real great job, just trying to get that tyre to the end, nearly had it.

Lewis HAMILTONI did tell you this morning I'll replace.

EngineerAlright Lewis, this one's on us, thank you for doing everything you could to recover that race, you drove incredibly well. So

Lewis HAMILTONgood man, we did our best, still got good points.

EngineerThat's the checker, that's the checker. Good drive on your side mate. That was a very difficult drive to judge, pushing both the tires right to the end. But good work on your side mate, we finished close to Mick. Really good job.

EngineerCheckered flag Mick, checkered flag

Mick SCHUMACHERCopy

EngineerYou can go mode slow, mode slow, good stint there, very good laps

Mick SCHUMACHERYeah, I'm sorry about the mistake at the start That kind of ruined everything and then obviously the guitar fish became wired and the tires were dirty, it took some time to recover But overall really good, the car felt quite good on this stint, so thank you for that The quality was amazing, so also thank you for that Obviously a big thank you to the boys for getting the car back to one piece Yeah, thank you

EngineerYep, good job Good C2 stint and plenty to build on, thanks Mick

EngineerOkay, checkered flag, checkered flag, so you go in, go in, and pick up rubber, pick up rubber. That's P18, finishing 8 tenths from Reconen, around 3 seconds from Leclerc, Giovinazzi's P15, Ocon 14, Tundra 13, and Jordi's P12, George is around, I think, 12 seconds of you. Yeah, I mean,

Nicholas LATIFII really don't understand the beginning part of the race at all. Like, it didn't make any sense, there's nothing from the tyres, nothing.

EngineerUnderstood, Nicky. Will they brief? Probably a lot to learn, will they brief back in the track?

EngineerOk, that's it. So Verstappen won, followed by Hamilton and Perez. It was not easy on our side.

Charles LECLERCThis was incredibly difficult. I felt like the pace was coming back a little bit With the hard, but with a medium. Oh my god I forgot my signal

EngineerCopy, understood

EngineerMax Verstappen, I know you've been struggling with your radio throughout the race, but congratulations on the race win. You are also the driver of the day. Huge congratulations.

Max VERSTAPPENThank you very much for that. Thank you to the fans. Not even out there, but thank you for voting. I hope everyone enjoyed that race.

EngineerThat move was absolutely brilliant. You left it right to the last minute, but enjoy the celebrations. And congratulations once again, you're driver of the day.

Max VERSTAPPENThank you very much.

EngineerOver the line, Motivell, Motivell, so drive offline, we are P15 at the end, give me P17, first stop and one, Hamilton, second and Paris, third.

EngineerThere was a bit going on

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, quite exciting

EngineerAnd Checo is P3 as well, Checo P3 as well. Really nice, good job team, amazing

EngineerWell done mate, well done, great last lap.

Sergio PEREZGreat job guys, it was a good race there, good course. Let's keep it up man, let's keep it up. Well done to everyone, except pedals.

EngineerOK Esteban, that is the chequered flag, that is the chequered flag, so let's go to Scenario 12.

Esteban OCONYes, it's done. Copy that. Wasn't everything OK in the straight line compared to Fernando, because I seemed to get overtaken by everyone in the straight line.

EngineerYeah, copy that Esteban, we'll review later.

Esteban OCONYeah, copy. That was a tricky day. Clearly something difficult, yeah, but definitely something wrong today, let's see what it was.

EngineerOK, so normal in-lap procedures please, make sure you get some fluids on board. Yeah, so some other cars clearly struggled, Leclerc tried to make a two-stop work and obviously that didn't happen, Sainz struggling with pace all day as well. It just wasn't our day unfortunately, but it's alright, we'll bounce back.

Esteban OCONYeah, understand. But I think there was clearly something wrong with the car today.

EngineerYeah, well we can review that afterwards.

Esteban OCONYeah.

EngineerOkay, so actually that's before the road the Verstappen won it passing Lewis with two laps to go

EngineerCheck reflect, check reflect, P13 Yuki, P13 Fail 84, fail, fail 84, fail Yeah,

Yuki TSUNODAdegradation, the traction was quite worse, I didn't expect that Yeah,

Engineerbig step between the compound anyway, you did a good job The race was ok, and if we started in a further forward position we would win points, but Let's get this learning and move forward Check reflect, check reflect

Lando NORRISGreat job, mate. Great job. That's P5. P5, get in.

EngineerLovely.

Lando NORRISLovely job. Great job, mate. Great job. That's P5. P5, get in.

EngineerLovely.

Lando NORRISLovely job. Nice drought. What a Randy. I think it's the first time I'll... I mean, I'm sure it wasn't Randy. Will, Chris as well. Thanks, everyone. Good job. Yeah, first time, I think you did something good with the strategy. Nice. Yeah, good strategy, but you need the pace. You need the driver. That's

Engineera

Lando NORRISmessage from Andrea. Well done. Good job. Good job, mate. Same as last year. Very good recovery. Very good recovery. Fantastic drive. Sensational. Thank you very much. Well done. Cheers, Jose. Gracias. I'll see you in like two minutes when I get out of the car. Cheers,

Engineersir.

Lando NORRISAll good. Just where was Danny? Was he behind? He was behind, P6. Nice. Good job. Good one for the team. More than everyone.

EngineerAre you here? The race was difficult for everybody, a lot of cars were struggling. Stop FIA bridge, so a lot of cars were struggling with front and rear limitation, greening and so on, so you were not alone out there.

EngineerP12, lovely work, lovely work. You said you can't pass right now.

George RUSSELLGreat job guys, great great job especially after my terrible start. Great job, the car was very good today. That hard stint was very very well managed, very good job everyone, very very good job.

EngineerWe should be proud of that. Yeah nice drive, that's back to P9 in the teams I think.

George RUSSELLYeah I can't believe that's what's important. We were there on merit today, no messing around today mate.

EngineerYou should be proud of that one mate, well done.

George RUSSELLThat was a really good team effort, nice way to start the three weeks. I'm going to serve it next week, cheers.

EngineerYes, Daniel. Well done. P6. P6. ACS off for the in-lap, please. ACS off.

Daniel RICCIARDONice one. Nice one, guys.

EngineerI

Daniel RICCIARDOthink that was, yeah, that was really good with what we had. That was a good day.

EngineerWell done, everyone. Yeah, definitely. And well done for you, mate. It's been a really positive weekend, I think. We're back in the game now. We are back in the game. It's a

Daniel RICCIARDOgood day for the team. Good points. Well done, guys.

EngineerAnd P11, P11, difficult one, but you try really hard, good job out there.

Carlos SAINZYeah, I tried my best guys, but yeah, we need to understand what happened, right from Lab 1 it was very tricky, I'm sure we will find out, but tough one.

EngineerCopy that, and Charles, battle on. What happened when Charles put the medium, nothing still, but... He wasn't able to get past from cars behind and got stuck with blue flags and so on, so it was a painful one.

EngineerP7 Pierre, good job, good job. What a hard day.

Pierre GASLYYeah.

EngineerYou should be pleased. P7 in front of Alonso. Good points in the bag again.

Pierre GASLYThanks guys.

EngineerFade 84 please. I wish we could

Pierre GASLYhave done better but it was very difficult today.

EngineerI'm

Pierre GASLYhappy to take the points and McLaren, they were just

Engineertoo

Pierre GASLYfast. We beat the Alpines, Aston and Ferraris. Pretty

Engineergood day. Thank you very much. You didn't do the fail, sorry. 84 please.

EngineerWell done, Lance. Well done, P10. Good job, mate. Vettel P9 ahead. Take the pick up. On the way in, take the pick up.

Lance STROLLYeah, good job. Great pace. Good strategy.

EngineerThat's nice work mate, you got lucky there to be on the back of Ricciardo. Great race, well managed.

Fernando ALONSOYeah I think without Ricciardo it was possible, that's okay.

EngineerYeah he was lucky today.

Fernando ALONSOYeah well done guys, first 16, a lot of graining unfortunately, but good start and good strategy I think.

EngineerWell done mate, P9, P9, that was a big push all the way, Lance P10 behind Well done, well done, good points for the team Ah, I had the off in the middle of the first end

Sebastian VETTELwhich

Engineercost us probably the fight in the end of the race But anyways, well done. Thank you. Car was good in the race Strategy was good Copy that mate, yeah, you were pushing So just come in nice and slow and get lots of pick up on the tires Verstappen two stopped and he got Hamilton last couple laps And a little bit sorry for the pit stop, I think I overshot. I think the front tires were dead actually Yeah, we were pushing our luck there, I was worried Copy that