Portuguese Grand Prix2021 · Race team radio

EngineerLet us know if you need any front wing adjusts. No,

Fernando ALONSOall OK.

EngineerWind is looking notably lower than yesterday.

George RUSSELLI have hot rays, um, warning

Kimi RAIKKONENCan we stop for a chance in front window?

EngineerWe have to go back into the box to do that. I have no guys there.

EngineerOK, line up at the back of the grid, and the mechanics will see you there, all good from your side?

Esteban OCONYeah, all good.

EngineerCopy that, see you on row 3. Copy.

EngineerNext to my right ankle the padding seems to be loose, it's moving in the corners and touching my ankle on the right side. Copy, as you will have a look.

Nicholas LATIFIto whoever has the fan if they could just move slightly further away just slightly further away because it's quite strong the fan

Daniel RICCIARDOLet's make some good sh** happen today.

EngineerYeah boi.

EngineerSafety car, safety car deployed.

Max VERSTAPPENSo what happened there?

EngineerThere was a contact between Reichen and I guess another car, didn't have eyes on it. He lost his front wing, there's a lot of debris on the start finish straight.

EngineerFrom vibration that you have are still under control

Sergio PEREZHow are the tires? Should we use any potter?

EngineerYeah, let's have three potters between four and five. Three potters between turns four and five. Tires are generally in a good window. Yeah, the scope to work them a bit harder.

EngineerSo they've cleared most of the debris on the main straight but some of it's still going to be there I imagine when we start racing it'll be on the left hand side and just be careful on the opening laps.

Lewis HAMILTONOn the main straight left hand side yeah on the racing line I'll copy on the racing line

EngineerThe rear brakes are very hot.

EngineerYou're doing a good job on tires, so you keep doing that. You're doing a good job

EngineerAnd Lando, just to confirm, we still sync plan A?

Lando NORRISYep, confirmed.

EngineerAnd Daniel engine oil temperatures were a bit hot that's left hand side cool left hand side of the car if you can

Lewis HAMILTONKeep an eye on the brakes.

EngineerYeah, copy. Yeah, nothing to worry about at the moment.

EngineerThat a boy.

Sergio PEREZMaurice went out.

EngineerHe

Sergio PEREZtook advantage.

EngineerHe

Sergio PEREZwent out into turn 4. All 4 buoys and he overtook me.

EngineerCopy, we'll speak to FIA. Come on, they need to be quicker on this. They

Sergio PEREZneed to give me the position now.

EngineerYeah, we're going on to them. We're going on to them.

Sergio PEREZThat's why they are not doing anything Ben

EngineerYeah, if I hear a happy with noise, we're gonna have to overtake him on track

Nicholas LATIFIGuys, we can't do anything with this breaking performance.

EngineerIt's looking good, Daniel. I'll let you know when Vettel loses DRS to Gasly.

Max VERSTAPPENThere's just a sitting duck on this side, somebody in the room.

EngineerAnd front casing's just starting to creep up a little.

EngineerNorris is starting to get graining.

EngineerYuki, no more track limit, we got the second in turn 1 now, no more!

George RUSSELLComing back to be on the earlier side, no confidence at all behind these cars

EngineerOkay, Lando, you're the quickest of the soft runners. Gap to Sainz is stable at 3.4. Lando, be careful. Front under rotations, turn 13. Perez gets closer to the DRS, turn 4 to turn 5.

EngineerNice move

EngineerYuki, we are faster than Stroll, we are catching him.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm not in black, in front gear again, to the front gear

EngineerUnderstood

EngineerOkay, that's another good lap

Max VERSTAPPENSorry, I started on the ceiling a bit more.

EngineerUnderstood, Max.

EngineerGood stuff, Daniel. You're quick as well. You're quick as well. Quicker than the other midfield cars. Good job. Good job.

Daniel RICCIARDOUnderstood.

EngineerAnd Lando, we've had one warning, track limit's turned four.

EngineerCar ahead of German Nazi is Petal on the softy, starting to go backwards a little bit.

Lewis HAMILTONThat is a... pretty sharp

EngineerAre you happy with target lap? Are you happy with target lap?

Daniel RICCIARDOAt the moment, I'd say it's a bit of a struggle. I'll keep you posted. But, not convinced it's going to clear.

EngineerLando pitted, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Ocon all pitted.

Daniel RICCIARDOOK, I'll see what's available.

EngineerHamilton, free air, still only a 22.6 max, long way to go.

EngineerIt's

Lewis HAMILTONdefinitely a lot of wet today.

George RUSSELLI've done my best mate, but it's absolutely undriveable!

EngineerYou've got the pace here

Max VERSTAPPENI can't use that gear mate, it's just lagging.

EngineerMy

Lance STROLLtires are starting to feel really good.

Esteban OCONFires on request on floor

EngineerI recommend giving a bit of margin to the turn 8 entry kerb. You've got to help that rear left tyre.

EngineerThe gap grows above 3.5. We'll stop first.

EngineerBottas is starting to struggle, he's at 22.5

Fernando ALONSOYeah, the left front is quite weak, so I'm happy with the plan A, not the plan B. Ok,

Engineerunderstood.

EngineerOrlando Hiroshi has looked at the soft tyre, you did a very good job. On this tyre you might see some light graining, it will clear up.

George RUSSELLTake your overtake off track, up to you

EngineerIn turn 3 there is a bit of tailwind. Do a lift off to calm the car down.

EngineerSo we're looking to go long here, Jacko.

EngineerOK, Saman, we've got a long way to go here. Ghazi's going to go a long way on those mediums.

Esteban OCONOff the track again.

EngineerCopy, mate, he's clearly struggling. Confirm where he's going wide on track.

Esteban OCONLast corner.

EngineerIt's another good lap mate, that's quicker than those cars again, this is going well, this is going well.

EngineerVerstappen is boxing pick up the pace

EngineerOn the track again. Understood, we're looking at it Esteban, keep your cool, let's keep going. He's struggling, push him. Yes! Be awesome, keep it up, one of the red cars in front is struggling as well, go for him.

Lewis HAMILTONThat's OK.

EngineerOK, copy this, but we'll box box.

Charles LECLERCIt's very difficult to follow

EngineerCopy understood you think you can be faster? I think I can but yeah,

Charles LECLERCit's always the same story like you want

EngineerJust going to be a tricky bit of warm-up for first sector at least

Max VERSTAPPENYes, come on!

EngineerSo we are unsafe to Paris on a safety car.

EngineerThe

George RUSSELLcar's undriveable as soon as I get near anyone.

EngineerYou have pasta snack.

Sergio PEREZRage left is getting a little bit warped.

EngineerCopy that, check out.

EngineerThis tyre is really resilient, you can push it to the end, you're fast as man on track.

Engineer42 laps completed we can push flat out turn 1 and 7 and be more aggressive on we spin

EngineerHunt him down Walter, your quickest car!

EngineerBoth Mercedes more aggressive at turn 8, mid exit turn 8, so start to adopt that Max.

EngineerOkay, Checo, we're looking at plan A plus 10. Plan A plus 10.

EngineerLet's go and get Gasly

Carlos SAINZYeah, this is what happens when you don't give a good introduction to a tire and you push too much at the beginning.

Sergio PEREZAh, they're idiots.

EngineerGap to Leclerc is 2.9 Yeah,

Lando NORRISjust let me drive, I'm flat out so, I'm doing what I can

Lewis HAMILTONRoyal Limited for this car, good start OK,

Engineercopy

Pierre GASLYWhat the f**k happened?

Engineerconcentrate improving the last sector last corner in particular you're gonna have a stab at that

Lewis HAMILTONThanks nope

Engineeryou're racing him he's here to stop

EngineerOkay, Checo, it's managed to pace from here, let's look for fastest lap, current fastest lap, 20.9. Okay, Checo, mode 2, mode 2, let's hit the slap, mode 2.

EngineerYou've got everything you've got everything press on hold available

EngineerKeep it up mate, the pace is strong.

Carlos SAINZThe problem is I have no front lift. Even if I went to the greening, I'd zero.

EngineerUnderstood.

Yuki TSUNODAMate, this guy is so unsafe, what is this?

EngineerYou can wear a blue flag, don't worry, keep focus, keep pushing.

EngineerOK Fernando, just be careful with track limits, we already have two warnings.

Valtteri BOTTASWhat was that?

EngineerIt was an exhaust temperature sensor error.

EngineerThat was a purple lap

EngineerSo, target pace 21.1 to protect against safety car with Paris.

Nikita MAZEPINI have something loose on the left of my car. It's not a problem, but we can look after the race

Valtteri BOTTASIt's like I'm slowing straight

EngineerOn next one will be Latifi I don't f***ing

Pierre GASLYunderstand them

Lewis HAMILTONNot sure these tires have got that in it.

EngineerIf Valtteri keeps pushing hard, we might get the opportunity of a free stop.

Sergio PEREZWhat do you think if we give it a couple of laps? Bring the tyre in. A little bit nicer.

EngineerWe can give it a couple of laps. Tyres are a bit on the hot side.

EngineerOkay Checo, let's go for this next lap. Batteries in a good window, it'll be mode 2, mode 2.

EngineerYes, yes

EngineerSo box box box

EngineerThe Bottas has now appeared to go for the fastest lap.

EngineerSo you've got Bottas at four seconds, he's going to be managing his tyres on this outlap, let's go after him.

EngineerSo both Valtteri and Verstappen have pitted for soft tyres. They're both going for fastest lap.

Lewis HAMILTONShould we?

EngineerAlways worth a try. Nah, it's alright.

EngineerOkay mate, two laps to go. Let's keep it clean now, feel slow when it's fast.

Daniel RICCIARDOUnderstood.

EngineerGet in there Lewis. Awesome race mate. What an absolute fantastic race pace. That was good bro. Thanks so much Werner and all the guys. Thank you so much. Let's keep pushing. There's a lot of work to do. Yeah we know that mate but yeah. Yeah we can do this.

EngineerAll righty, done. Purple lap, plus one point. Nice job, man.

Max VERSTAPPENOh, f***.

EngineerThat

Max VERSTAPPENwas not easy.

Sebastian VETTELokay well we we tried all race ultimately we didn't have enough pace to really put pressure on the cars in front yeah

Engineerit's been

Sebastian VETTELreasonable probably a bit too much

EngineerWell, you just cut off there, I think the radio timed out, car's been reasonable a little bit. Yeah, no worries. Yeah, yeah. Just take the pick-up. Car was reasonable. Copy that, just take all the pick-up. You have the race result.

EngineerWell done Sergio, that was really solid today, well done, great job.

Sergio PEREZGood job guys, more work to do, let's get on, good job.

EngineerYeah it was good pace there Checo, we would have been right in the mix. Yeah,

Sergio PEREZI thought Norris was off the track.

EngineerWe'll review that one later.

Sergio PEREZYeah we basically lost there, we lost the race there.

EngineerYeah that hurt us, from that point on we were a match for the guys in front, pace was good, pace was there. Keep

Sergio PEREZchipping away man, analyse this one and keep working hard and we'll eventually get there.

EngineerYeah we're going in that direction.

EngineerOkay Maz, that's the checker, that's the checker. It's a difficult race with all the blues, but on the stint your pace was matching Latifi and Mick. It's a really good step from last race. Unfortunately with Perez, we did get a five second penalty for what happened down at one. But good race from you, mate. You drove well in that race.

Nikita MAZEPINCopy. Sorry, I didn't see him there.

EngineerI should have given you better warning that he would have been close at exit. My mistake.

EngineerCheckered flag, Mick. Checkered flag. Well done, man. Great driving. You put him under pressure, and he made a mistake, and you did it. Great job. So you finished P17 ahead of Latifi, and then Nikita is P19. Really good drive, man. Very hard to drive that close behind another car that many laps.

Mick SCHUMACHERYeah, the car was great. Thank you. Now on to the next one in Barcelona, I'd say.

EngineerYep. Keep ticking things off the list.

Lando NORRISGood job mate, very well controlled race that, good drive Cheers man, yeah awesome job everyone Best we could have done today so, have to be happy with that Congrats, good points, thank you

EngineerWell done Lando, great job out there, fantastic time management, that's what we took this morning, well done

Lando NORRISNah, cool, thank you I was going to say, toys were really good but, I mean I didn't really do that much Just a D6, that's it, but yeah cheers, good job Next

Engineertime we'll remove them from the car, no worries

Engineerokay George that's the flag so

George RUSSELLthat's P16 very very tough race guys that was a race of survival in the early laps just to keep the car on the track reminiscent of 2019 really difficult it's a shame but yeah positive to take away from the weekend but still plenty of work to do let's keep on pushing

Engineeryeah really solid job there mate I think you did well to handle that first few laps

EngineerP6, P6 you've done a good job.

Charles LECLERCYeah difficult first stint, it's

Engineera

Charles LECLERCshame, I don't know what happened on the medium to be honest, I struggled quite a lot more than on the hard, hard tires were really good but we need to understand what happened in the first stint, it just didn't feel great, anyway, P6.

EngineerCopy, we'll work on that.

EngineerThat was a hard one, it

Nicholas LATIFIwas a good fight, it was a good fight. I mean, I don't understand why the car was so on edge. Zero pace. I think there's still something we're missing. We solved something on Saturday morning, but we didn't solve it all because it's not normal. Car is still so on edge.

EngineerUnderstood mate, understood. We tried everything to keep Shumi behind, that was a good defense until that turn three. But that was a good defense up to there. It was a tough one, we learned from it mate.

EngineerFantastic work, well done, so that puts us in P7, and Fernando just behind in P8. Yeah,

Esteban OCONgreat job guys, great teamwork this weekend, good points, let's do the same with our Savannah.

EngineerAbsolutely, good job, okay Savannah very well done once again, a really really good strong weekend, you've earned that one, so nice work.

EngineerOk Pierre Pitten, Pitten Yeah

Pierre GASLYI think that's pretty much where we were this weekend so Pretty difficult one but Even if it's only a point it's still better than nothing but Yeah, quite difficult track for us

EngineerYeah I think it's very well summarized But I think it was useful for us this race in terms of tyre management and balance I think we made a good step compared to where we were So there is some positives there

Pierre GASLYYeah Just these last three corners they've been a nightmare all weekend Very difficult, I don't know at the end of the race they felt better Compared to the first three quarters of the race So I don't know if it's wind related or I think there are a couple of interesting things to look at To understand why we struggled so much the whole weekend

EngineerYeah very much, very much It was definitely a step better in the race We made a step forward so we'll have to look right Anyway thank you and thanks for recovering into the points at the end

EngineerAwesome job mate, that was a solid race, especially first stint, well managed.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, well done guys, it was a good weekend, we had a good car, so we deserve these double points, good job everyone.

EngineerThank you mate, awesome job from you.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, well done again, good strategy, good start, sorry for yesterday qualifying, we had the car better than PA today. But we will be there soon, well done everyone.

EngineerThank you buddy.

EngineerCheckered flag, checkered flag, B15, do you ok?

Yuki TSUNODATo be honest, like, I don't know, like really no pace for this car, to be honest.

EngineerYeah, understood, do you ok?

Daniel RICCIARDOOK. That was a good comeback guys. Good comeback. Thank you.

EngineerYeah, well done Daniel. Back in the points. P9. Great racing mate. Great overtaking. Really exciting to watch.

Daniel RICCIARDOOK. Cheers guys. I also know it's a bit of a broken record but apologies for the stop. I realise I came in quite long. Sorry for that.

EngineerYeah, don't worry Daniel. Everyone's OK. No harm done. We'll come back in a week's time and smash some stuff up.

EngineerRepeat 12 at the end, Antonio, very good race from your side, unfortunately outside the points, but really good performance, very good performance. Yeah, guys, really

Antonio GIOVINAZZIclose, but yeah, we'll do it next time.

EngineerMP11, Carlos P11, seen you try all you could, thanks for the effort, I'm sorry.

Carlos SAINZNo, we just probably tried too hard, that's it. Yeah,

Engineerexactly.

Engineerokay Lance well done mate well done it's a p14 p14