Mexico City Grand Prix2021 · Qualifying team radio

EngineerOk, now it's green in 2, 1, and

Nicholas LATIFIgreen, Niki.

EngineerSo remember, focus on your brakes, and then your hot lap procedure. Remember, turn 7 to 11, increase pace.

EngineerOkay, let's go

EngineerGo go.

Charles LECLERCIt didn't sound good to stop the third setter in the middle.

EngineerOK, we will check that.

Nikita MAZEPINYou've got to

Engineerbe

Nikita MAZEPINcrazy on this tier. High speed, slow speed everywhere. Understood.

EngineerI'm happy to lean on the front right a bit now through the high speed. And both wrists.

Carlos SAINZThe Alpha Tauri should have got out of the way. Understood. He hit me, clearly.

EngineerOK, copy that.

EngineerAre you okay, Lance?

Lance STROLLYeah, I'm okay.

EngineerYeah, happy to go again on these tires, they're

Carlos SAINZtoo new.

EngineerOk, understood.

EngineerStroll lost it, exited last corner and went into the barrier, it's fine

Lewis HAMILTONIs he okay?

EngineerYeah, copy. He's out of the car.

EngineerAnd we need some weaving in the outlap, high speed weaving for the fronts. And good braking if you can.

EngineerI have no power. He's coming.

Carlos SAINZNothing, nothing, nothing.

EngineerNo power, no power. You need to rev up, revs up. Wait phase, try wait phase. Nothing. You need to rev up in neutral. Nothing.

Kimi RAIKKONENLet's leave enough space behind the car, ok? Yeah, understood. This is gonna be that small waterway. End of the line. Yep, yep.

EngineerA bit more full pedal for recharge if you can full pedal for recharge if you can

EngineerSo a single call, we'll go for a single call.

Lewis HAMILTONSend the others, send the other tires.

Engineerwe think we're okay but we want to open a lap see if you can find any time there is time to find in turn one braking and entry speed brake pressures good Lando just braking a bit later and carrying a bit more entry speed so he gains one and a half tenths in turn one rest of the lap is very equal between you

EngineerSir, Verstappen's just gone P1, 7 tenths to him, main loss is the braking for turn 1 and turn 13.

Lewis HAMILTONBraking for 1 and 13?

EngineerYeah, copy, just with the pinches that you had.

EngineerThe front pressures look better this lap, so we strike two and you're good to go.

EngineerOK, I need to

Nikita MAZEPINovertake him because he's not the stopper.

EngineerNegative, stay behind, stay behind please. Are

Nikita MAZEPINyou having a laugh?

EngineerI'm not having a laugh, Nikita. If you want to make a space now, make a space now.

Lando NORRISWill less engine braking help turn one oversteer on entry, or is it more brake balance?

EngineerYeah, we'll take a look now, we can discuss when we're back in the garage.

EngineerSo two for Stappen, it's down one tenth, sector one, it's two tenths in the middle and nine hundredths in the final.

EngineerWait a bit, wait a bit.

Mick SCHUMACHERI have some engine push going into turn 4.

EngineerOk understood, we'll check. I'll check. Ok Mick, so just for temps, try to be just close to zero on delta time, we don't need to push too much on the syn lap, just for engine temps.

EngineerI gave it everything I had there mate. Yeah man, that was really nice. That was a good lap dude.

EngineerWe are through mate, that is P14, well done.

George RUSSELLGreat job guys, two gearboxes and an engine in 24 hours is definitely not bad going, let's

Engineersee

George RUSSELLwhat we can do in the G2.

EngineerOkay, so Lando is ahead of the two Mercedes. He's going to try and come back towards you

EngineerAnd Lando will need to try and come back towards Daniel. Yeah, no problem. Bottas and Hamilton between you two. Daniel in turn one.

EngineerAnd Lando, this is a message to all teams. We will be doing a warm-up lap and then our time lap.

EngineerTrack is going two tenths

EngineerYou can do a bit of high-speed weaving, just put the temper on the rear.

Max VERSTAPPENCan we check the left-hand side underneath the barred road, I think, the way I hit the kerb in turn 2?

EngineerOK, understood.

EngineerDaniel, are you happy this is a first lap tyre?

Pierre GASLYI don't know what's up, but I think they're looking.

EngineerBox, box, box, box.

Sebastian VETTELI've got a tear I've stuck to the rear wing copy

Engineerthat we'll get that later

EngineerYeah, so eyes on dash particularly rear left eyes on dash

EngineerOk, I think it would be a good idea to start building a gap quite early, you will have like 6 cars ahead starting a lap.

Sergio PEREZHalf the metro and that's due.

EngineerRecharge on and we can box this lap.

Sergio PEREZI think I have front wing damage on the front lift.

Daniel RICCIARDOI messed up turn 4, can I abort?

EngineerYeah, happy to abort, recharge on, box this lap, cool the car into turn 12.

EngineerI couldn't go past, because there was a yellow flag, so I couldn't pass the Cardo at that time, so I had to back off. Yeah, you weren't quite in the yellow sector, I don't think, we'll look at that afterwards, but it's okay, it's all good.

Sebastian VETTELYeah, copy. I don't know what happened at the first one, I just had no grip.

EngineerThere's two cars ahead that have got penalties, Norris and Tsunoda, so that'll be a P9 start.

Sebastian VETTELOK, well done, guys. I

Engineerknew that was a good recovery last time. Apologies for the outlap earlier.

Kimi RAIKKONENBoth sets of medium hazard timing, front lockup.

EngineerCopy.

Yuki TSUNODAGuys the car is not cold enough.

EngineerIt's okay, it's okay. We manage it

EngineerSo Lando, a thought from me. After we let Daniel through, we need to do one of two things. Either keep the pace up to try and stay ahead of cars, or drive slowly to let them go through to give us the best space for our time lap. It's not clear which is going to be better. Tsunoda likely to be in the same condition as us.

EngineerCiao John, very gentle on throttle, very gentle on throttle.

EngineerWe're asking you to keep opening the gap in the low speed to McLaren, to

Pierre GASLYavoid any... Yeah, but it's fine, I don't want him in the high speed, so... I'm rather nervous, letting him pass after turn 3.

EngineerOk, copy. Don't worry, they're still close in front.

EngineerYemen

EngineerSo currently P1, charger packs, box, box, box.

EngineerHow were the tyres and how was the balance?

Max VERSTAPPENStill not good mate, just sliding on the rear

Engineerat the moment you have yeah i mean yeah

Charles LECLERClet's let's report i mean i don't know who is the cab in front but so

Engineerit was sunoda in front we've seen that it

Charles LECLERCwon't change much for him i don't know if they have hit him on purpose or what but yeah i mean i was at one and a half seconds behind it's slowing myself down quite a lot from the last sector anyway

Yuki TSUNODAHonestly, I will do my job. I'll focus on my job for the next round, but I'm really pissed off for this one, really.

EngineerOkay, so Norris and Ricciardo at turn 2-3. Norris is towing Ricciardo, so they all come as a two. Sunoda and Gasly also now at turn 3. Sunoda towing Gasly.

EngineerSo Lando's the lead car

EngineerAnd that's pole position. Oh,

Valtteri BOTTASyes! Oh, thank you.

EngineerThat's nice

Valtteri BOTTASof you. Viva Mexico!

Max VERSTAPPENUnbelievable, we're such a dumb idiot.

Max VERSTAPPENAh f**k, what the f**k happened there in front of me?

EngineerNot quite sure, slow button on please Max. Sunoda just, don't know, parked it. Bocheco had to back out.

Max VERSTAPPENUnbelievable, such a dumb idiot.

EngineerOk cool, well done mate. When you're happy turn it off, jump out and check it's off once you're out. I don't think the FIA were expecting you back that quick.

EngineerTop of the show, man. And I'll tag us tonight. Not 30, I hope. Never give up. No way.

Yuki TSUNODAI mean, I... I let him pass really... I didn't do anything, though. OK.

EngineerBottas behind pushing, and Hamilton behind pushing, 4 seconds. Hamilton behind, and box, box, Yuki, box. Stop FIA bridge, stop FIA bridge.

Yuki TSUNODAAnything, though. I couldn't do anything, though.

EngineerUnderstand, you gave him space and couldn't do anything more. Understood. P1, wait for the message on P0. So, Yuki, we are in front of Norris and Gasly P5, so very nice job.

EngineerBox, check it.

Sergio PEREZAh! F***! That guy was never the same, man.

Pierre GASLYOk mate, that's it! P5! Fantastic guys! So happy! Very happy, very good job! Thanks to Yuki for playing a very very good part in this rally, so thanks for that and very good car as well, so we'll achieve the job now and let's do it tomorrow! And by the way, the gap to P6 is 3 tenths! Nice one! That was a very good lap! Very good lap, but a very good car! So, good job! Yeah, good job to you as well!

EngineerOk, so positions, Bottas I

Charles LECLERCknow the positions, it's ok Copy I got overtaken by Bottas, I don't know what to do

EngineerStay there, stay there behind Lap

Charles LECLERCtime of Gasly?

EngineerGasly, lap time 16.45

Charles LECLERCNow that was our position

EngineerYeah, agreed And P0 please, P0 Let's focus on the race for tomorrow

EngineerOkay Daniel, so we're P7. P7, you'll be disappointed to hear that Sainz is 2 milliseconds faster than you, but we're ahead of Leclerc. These

Daniel RICCIARDOsmall gaps, okay, that's on me. I've locked into 13, so yeah, that's on me. I

Engineermean, 2 milliseconds is a haircut, Daniel.

Daniel RICCIARDOAll right, guys.

EngineerThank

Daniel RICCIARDOyou. I think clean side of the grid will be good for us, so let's take that.

EngineerYeah, we can definitely, we can bring the fight to these guys from here tomorrow, so it's all good.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah,

Engineerthat worked very well. We're 20 milliseconds off purple in sector 1. Well done, mate. We'll speak later.

EngineerYeah, V6 confirmed, and charge P8 I

Carlos SAINZdon't understand this ****** circuit

EngineerYeah, it's what they've been talking about all the weekend so far, right? It's not a surprise to me, being in the car so difficult to drive

Carlos SAINZGood job out there It was a bad lap, I just don't know how I did that

EngineerAnyway, thank you Charge off and more slow, thank you 12 minutes, it's

Carlos SAINZa focus for tomorrow Let's go