Monaco Grand Prix2021 · Practice 2 team radio

EngineerDrive straight out, track should be green.

Nicholas LATIFICan we just check aero-wise? We're all happy. It feels a bit strange in the rear.

Lance STROLLI have no grip.

EngineerSainz four behind Raikkonen six.

Lance STROLLI have no grip with super high levels of unders here.

EngineerSo you've got currently P2, it's exactly the same time as Verstappen P1, your purple sector is 2 and 3.

Pierre GASLYI don't like the balance to N34, it's like quite a lot of force out now.

EngineerN35 will help in those corners, we have a look on the next lap.

EngineerDoes the car feel okay to you? Yeah, the car feels all right. Maybe the steering a bit to the right. Okay, understood. We can fix that later.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm struggling a lot with understeer, like the front tires are not keeping up.

Valtteri BOTTASI'm struggling with the rear internet now, so I don't know, do you suggest magic?

EngineerYeah, you can try that.

Lando NORRISOkay, still struggling with similar things, they're kind of medium and higher speed, turn 3 is like slightly better but still need a bit more really, and then this rear locking later in turn 5, like I want to push the entry but I can't.

Yuki TSUNODAUh, hit the rear.

EngineerBox, box, you're up in box.

EngineerAnd Daniel, that rear limitation, more in low speed?

Daniel RICCIARDOIt was more as the tyre just got old that last lap. Three and four was quite on the edge. So probably more to do with tyre.

EngineerOK, understood.

Charles LECLERCThe rear left has got quite a bad grailing.

EngineerUnderstood.

Carlos SAINZYou sure we can do burnouts, yeah? Oh, sorry, I was... Sorry, I... I missed it. No problem. I was going to the end of the pit lane and then I remember. Watch for Russell behind, coming fast. That was a pretty useless lap, sorry. I think there was a good description on that lap, yeah.

Carlos SAINZYou sure we can do burnouts, yeah?

EngineerGo go

EngineerOk Nikita, let's go, cool, target still plus 15, plus 15, maintaining bird dropping surface feedback on tires please and Leclerc is about to open the lap, he's boxing so no third behind, no third behind. Copy, yeah

Nicholas LATIFIjust losing the rears towards the end, it's definitely a push-cool push right now, maybe take a bit of a slow recool this lap.

EngineerI think you need to keep the bulk, keep the speed in high speed but just drop a lot in the last sector for the surface.

Pierre GASLYYou just have to steer.

Nicholas LATIFITires are gone

Nicholas LATIFIOh, I had a very weird pushing moment there in the hairpin.

Pierre GASLYThere is something happening turn 5 that didn't happen this morning. I don't know the front axle is bouncing, I'm touching something it's

EngineerIt's different than this morning. Okay, we can check

Carlos SAINZJust for the future, I'm knocking the brake balance buttons going out of the pits. So just always double check that I'm

Engineerin

Carlos SAINZthe right place because I don't want that to happen in quali.

EngineerCopy that.

George RUSSELLSummit rear slip in that middle sector turn 5, sorry turn 6 onwards. Thoughts

Engineeron

George RUSSELLreducing EB?

EngineerOK, so just torque 1, might be a small change.

EngineerYou've

Sebastian VETTELgot something in the eye. Sorry, I slowed down.

EngineerOK, that should be cool.

EngineerCompare to Antonio, turn 12 entry and turn 13 entry, we lose couple of turns there.

Kimi RAIKKONENConcentrate on the radio now.

EngineerRussell 3 seconds behind, pushing.

Daniel RICCIARDOI don't know what the f**k the Ferrari's doing.

EngineerThat's Leclerc. You still have a 12-second gap behind to Stroll.

Sebastian VETTELMy eyes. Feels like my eye is bleeding, man. If you want to

Engineerbox

Sebastian VETTELnow then... It's alright, I carry on. Either I'm just super emotional or there's something stuck in my eye.

Pierre GASLYWho is this f***ing

Engineerb***h?

Pierre GASLYCan't let me pass! Ah! Right now, charge on! Quickly! You're in Monaco, you need to f***ing open the eyes, b***h!

Max VERSTAPPENI have a feeling, I'm trying to cool the rears, but I'm feeling f***ed about my lap, because I don't have front grip.

Lance STROLLYeah, I think my hand clipped the neutral button

Engineerthat's correct Lance that's correct

George RUSSELLTo exit 3, entry 4, lots of oversteer, only at the end of the run.

EngineerOkay Daniel that is P17. We've got time for one more attempt. I think to find time then looking at what Lando's doing he's carrying the brake much less in the low speed corners so coming out of the brake more to stabilize the entry and that's enabling him to roll a bit more speed through the low speed. In the high speed corners he's much closer but Lando tends to carry a very light brake pressure to the apex which gives a little more rotation.

Daniel RICCIARDOOkay understood yeah I'll try again.

EngineerAre we good with cars behind? Yeah cars behind are in phase.

Lando NORRISJust check the steering and everything, hit the barrier, turn 4, entry, inside, but I think it's all OK.

EngineerOK, understood.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm boxing

George RUSSELLI'm

Engineergoing to

George RUSSELLput it in go race and go on with it. Yep, no problem.

EngineerOK, so if you want we can do another push, but not sure about the traffic, or we can do a pit start now and then go for the high-field Let me know if you want to try to do...

Charles LECLERCI'll do another one

EngineerCopy

Lando NORRISCan I go to the toilet? Do I have time?

EngineerIf you're desperate, yes, I would prefer you didn't. There's only 16 minutes left.

EngineerWe're looking at like nine timed on this tire around nine times laps

EngineerOK, Kimi, we need a bit of liftoff, the brakes are too hot.

EngineerSo science on fuel on the soft high footings.

EngineerOkay, press on hold, Lovatec, if you can, please. Press on hold, the battery is going now, you can... I'll be stuck behind. Yeah, the 42s. We have Giovinazzi behind you. Nowhere to go. There is no space behind Giovinazzi. There is space behind Giovinazzi. Mazepin is 13 behind him. But equally, we will have traffic in the race. Yeah, but I want to do some laps alone, so f**k it. Okay.

EngineerOkay, I'll bring it down a notch. Yeah, yellow flag, exit of four, three four now.

EngineerJust go slow. We have our punctures to go to mode Punk mode Punk Okay understood

EngineerOkay so now we've got Schumacher going very slowly through the tunnel he's on the left-hand side of the track. Schumacher going slow in the tunnel on the left-hand side of the track watch for him approach carefully

EngineerAre you happy to box to take a look to the out?

Carlos SAINZYeah, I still have a question mark on what will happen with these tires, but up to you. I don't know how long they would go.

EngineerUp to you. Okay, box now. Box now.

EngineerSo Lando, when you get back, I'd like you, so I'm in the pit wall, stay in the car please. We're just checking if they're going to restart it to allow us to do the launch.

EngineerOk Pierre, let's stand down for the comments a little bit, we'll try to push on to get ready, if we can get going again. And we'll keep the same compound for the practice starts, I think it's probably wise.