Qatar Grand Prix2021 · Practice 2 team radio

EngineerOkay, we can go.

EngineerWe need a good hard braking where you can in the last sector. We build the Megapod Delta with the small brakes.

EngineerTires are looking good, positive on the brakes here

EngineerSo you can call the fronts the rears don't need a massive amount of cooling

EngineerDo you need the flap adjust?

Pierre GASLYYeah, for me it was either the tires or I don't know, but very poor grip to start.

EngineerOkay, we try again. Single cool down.

Sergio PEREZI'm struggling a bit with front end, cannot reach the front one.

EngineerDo you want to flap adjust?

Sergio PEREZYeah, yeah, let's go up

EngineerMain losses turns 4 and 6, 4 and 6.

George RUSSELLHow was that then?

EngineerCurrently four tenths down to Raikkonen

EngineerWe go for one more push, at the moment all OK on traffic behind.

EngineerYeah front right a little bit on the cool side still

EngineerYour Purple, Sectors 1 and 3, we're half a tenth down to Checo in Sector 2.

Yuki TSUNODAI have a bit of a mistake.

EngineerI

Yuki TSUNODAwanted to change the helmet to a completely clear visor. No.

EngineerCopy, Yuki, will do. Keep up the pace in the in-lap, please. Keep up the pace. Nobody pushing behind.

Yuki TSUNODAShould I change the helmet first before you give feedback or first feedback?

EngineerSo helmet is not here yet. Actually it's here, so we change the helmet. Go ahead.

Mick SCHUMACHERYeah, it's unclear, I think at high speed it was still quite oversteery, which was limiting me a bit, but yeah, I think it probably would be the understeer because I had trouble with the rotation and the entries and mid corners and then exits were quite difficult on power.

EngineerOkay, understood.

EngineerOK, we need to keep the engine speed up please, above 8,000. Can

Lance STROLLI just use higher gears?

EngineerYes, you can.

EngineerOK, Lance, we may have a bit of damage, so it might be loss of front wing, so maybe a bit more understeery this lap, so take a margin. We can go mid-six in anticipation, mid-six to anticipate that.

EngineerOK, let me know on traffic. Yeah, yeah, so you're currently clear behind 14 seconds. First car pushing is Ricciardo, 14 seconds back. The question is, if we have to do a double call, Sebastian, that's going to eat into our high fuel quite a lot.

EngineerSo Daniel Lando did a 23.6. That time to find is all between turn one and turn six.

EngineerI really need to get on with the program lacking high fuel

EngineerDo you want to flap adjust?

Sergio PEREZYou have felt a bit too aggressive, front end.

EngineerOK, we can come through the pit lane, drop a bit of flap out.

Charles LECLERCI can do another cool down

EngineerNot for timing, we need to do the high fuel, so box is left box

Charles LECLERCCopy

EngineerYou think you can improve? Otherwise we box.

Antonio GIOVINAZZIYeah, I don't know. The terrace for sure is not anymore in good shape. I always hit traffic.

Max VERSTAPPENThey just keep talking to me because I cannot see what's behind

EngineerYeah, you've got Alonso behind on an out lap. I suspect he'll want to get by you

Antonio GIOVINAZZIYeah, check the car again, there's something, there's a statue of a boy on the left side.

EngineerCopy Antonio, we will check.

Pierre GASLYIs the wind still the same?

EngineerConfirmed, confirmed, same as previous run

EngineerEngine braking 10, engine braking 10.

EngineerSo Pistock will be in second gear, stay in first gear on limiter, make balance for the line

George RUSSELLTarget left hand sorry

EngineerIt's a mid to high 29

EngineerSo we're thinking three time laps on this tyre to get more on the medium, so three full time laps.

EngineerIt's passed through the pit lane for another start.

Pierre GASLYYeah, the grip is pretty **** out of the box.

Engineerand you are shallow by four percent on the clutch and if we can push on entry and exit

EngineerMode T4, mode T4, Gasly ahead may have a problem.

EngineerSo not many references, Alonso on the medium low 29s, Ocon on the soft high 28s.

EngineerSo practice more management in 12.13. Practice more management 12.13.

EngineerSuggest green shape one, green shape one. Vettel and Alpine are doing 29.0.

EngineerSo that was a hard pushing out lap. We're happy to do this next lap pushing reasonably hard like racing and then we need more management 12.13 especially.

Sebastian VETTELWe'll do five full time laps. We'll

Engineerget

Sebastian VETTELfive full time laps.

EngineerSo that was a hard pushing out lap. We're happy to do this next lap pushing reasonably hard like racing and then we need more management 12.13 especially.

EngineerLeclerc-Norris-Pérez and then there's a gap to Hamilton. The only option we've got Lance is to let three cars through, Leclerc-Norris-Pérez and then there's a gap to Hamilton. Is

Lance STROLLthere a gap behind Leclerc? Is there a gap behind Leclerc?

EngineerNegative, three seconds to Pérez. So we'll get three timed, we'll have three timed, target 29.1.

Charles LECLERCThey are using the S again.

EngineerCopy, understood.

Charles LECLERCWhat should I do? Keep going like this?

EngineerYes, keep pushing like this.

Charles LECLERCOk, at one point it

Engineerwill

Charles LECLERCbe useful for me to do left alone.

EngineerOkay, Hamilton building himself a gap. You've got six seconds behind Tsukimi. Use it up, make use of the last two laps. I'm gonna have strat four please. Strat four, gap Tsukimi. He's at turn 15 apex. Gap is at four seconds.

Lewis HAMILTONGo behind.

EngineerAnd you've got five seconds.

EngineerYou'll take the checkered flag this lap you can push

EngineerOne more timed after this one. Let's just push the tire to its limit.

EngineerOK, that's checking flag launch, so it will be box, box, box, box.

EngineerMax, just give yourself a good margin, pass Hamilton if you need to, give yourself a good margin, we'd like to assess the pit lane entry please, so we'd like you to push from turn 15 to the box.

EngineerOK, now maintain track position, but just give yourself good margin to the car ahead to be able to attack pit lane entry.

Max VERSTAPPENNo, impossible mate, they're pushing from behind, not pushing in front.