São Paulo Grand Prix 2021: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. George RUSSELLWilliams19:00:07

   Engineer: So just watch the light that exit, watch the light that exit.

2. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri19:00:33

   Engineer: Target 0-0 and good work on the brakes.

3. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri19:02:02

   Engineer: Good braking where you are, good braking you can push

4. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:02:46

   Engineer: Tailwind turn 10, same as FP1

5. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:04:05

   Engineer: so feedback at turn four that was okay okay but tight it was okay for lap time but tight

   Charles LECLERC: yeah it was it was quite slow i had quite a bit of margin understood

6. Carlos SAINZFerrari19:04:35

   Engineer: You can go, turn 12, phase 3, place to focus, turn 12, phase 3

7. Lance STROLLAston Martin19:05:27

   Engineer: Double cool, double cool.

8. George RUSSELLWilliams19:05:50

   Engineer: If the tyres look good, it's just go push.

9. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:07:20

   Engineer: And feedback from Race Control, Turn 4 was on the limit this last time.

10. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin19:08:17

    Engineer: So happy to let the rears cool more. Fronts probably don't let them cool much more.

11. Sergio PEREZRed Bull19:09:24

    Engineer: So I've managed to pace, let's bring the tyre temps down, I'll come through now.

12. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri19:10:22

    Engineer: Ok, position is very good, so just focus on your tires and brakes, you have margin at the rear

13. Carlos SAINZFerrari19:11:47

    Engineer: That was a mega lap. Good job.

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, look at the looks.

14. Nikita MAZEPINHaas19:12:33

    Engineer: Nice lap Maz, nice lap. Let's use the in button please, the in button Alonso launching lap three and a half seconds behind

15. George RUSSELLWilliams19:13:02

    George RUSSELL: Please check the floor. I went a bit wide turn to exit. I think it's okay

16. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo19:13:39

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: You have to be earlier with this because I'm trying to go the full speed. You tell me before. Copy.

    Engineer: So 12 second gap now to Hamilton.

17. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo19:14:21

    Engineer: I guess that was finish. I'm not really good with it. Front wing? It's not bad Kimi, so if you're not sure, we just keep the flap as it is.

18. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren19:15:18

    Engineer: There's a track way off behind. Yep, clear behind.

19. Nikita MAZEPINHaas19:16:08

    Engineer: OK Maas, so we had an issue with the front wing flap, it's fixed now then, it's fixed now.

20. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren19:17:24

    Engineer: And work on recharge. We need full pedal for recharge. OK. So, turn six, there's still a bit to find. Lando using a flatter, longer brake profile. And also trailing throttle into the entry in that corner. One and a half tenths to find in turn six. And half a tenth to find exit turn ten.

21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes19:18:48

    Lewis HAMILTON: they're all backing up in the last corner so

    Engineer: okay so Russell's gonna be coming through let's just follow Ricciardo so Russell's through now

22. Esteban OCONAlpine19:20:10

    Esteban OCON: We need to tie in that ****** thing guys, the thing I told you about in FP1, the safety thing.

    Engineer: Ok Sven, copy that, copy that. We'll sort it when you come back in, ok?

23. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes19:28:41

    Engineer: So we had the first two cows out.

24. Sergio PEREZRed Bull19:29:02

    Engineer: Okay, so tyres are in a decent window. It's positive on the brakes, positive on the brakes.

25. Sergio PEREZRed Bull19:33:00

    Engineer: Let's stay positive on the brakes. We're currently P7. B-Bell 6, B-Bell 6, positive on the brakes.

26. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:34:42

    Charles LECLERC: I have a problem out of the left corner. I always lack torque. There's like a hole when I'm going on power. If you can check, it has already happened in the lap before. I'm pretty sure it's the kerb, but we need to try and do something because I will have to take the kerb anyway.

27. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes19:35:46

    Engineer: So Lewis 8.3, it's 1 tenth, turn 1 and 2, 1 tenth, 8, 1 tenth, 9.

28. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri19:36:59

    Engineer: So the forward offset seems to help them in turn 10, turn 12.

    Pierre GASLY: So compared to my last lap, how much more are there? One percent. So that means I need to go to which

    Engineer: offset? So you will need to go to offset minus one.

29. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren19:37:40

    Engineer: Suggest right hand side toggle for outlap right hand side toggle for outlap

30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull19:38:03

    Engineer: Cars are driving unnecessarily slowly in pit exit at the moment Max, I'm not sure what's going on, but deal with your outlap as you need to.

31. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo19:38:54

    Engineer: OK, Alonso, last corner.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Everybody is dead slow here.

    Engineer: Yeah, yeah, I think Alonso will catch you, so I'll let you know. He's still far away.

32. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo19:39:45

    Engineer: Brakes are good, Gasly 9 seconds behind, 8, 7, mode push, 6 seconds, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

33. Fernando ALONSOAlpine19:41:02

    Engineer: So currently uh P9.

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah finger cross.

    Engineer: Yeah just a bit negative on the delta please negative on the delta.

34. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri19:42:40

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, I saw it out and

    Engineer: keep up the pace in the corners keep up the pace in the corners

35. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri19:51:28

    Engineer: There is lots of cars in big traffic behind you so focus on your tires

36. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull19:52:04

    Max VERSTAPPEN: How many cars are ahead?

    Engineer: Seven cars ahead, one has already opened its lap.

37. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes19:52:30

    Engineer: I've raised two and a half ahead, so no pressure from behind.

38. Carlos SAINZFerrari19:53:16

    Engineer: The wind is similar to previous map

39. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:54:00

    Engineer: Norris pushing behind at three seconds three and a half do not give him a tow

40. Sergio PEREZRed Bull19:55:06

    Engineer: How are the tyres, Checo? I

    Sergio PEREZ: struggled a bit to switch on the front, initially.

    Engineer: And

    Sergio PEREZ: then towards the end, towards the end, I was lacking some rotation into the low speed.

41. Lando NORRISMcLaren19:55:53

    Engineer: So Lando, just to get you thinking, we think the front wing addition was okay. Maybe we just can't be as greedy in 6.7. We'll talk more when we get back. We're boxed this lap.

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, confirm. I think down half anyway.

42. Fernando ALONSOAlpine19:58:16

    Fernando ALONSO: You tell me where the where are they? So we have no chance so I don't need to hurry up

    Engineer: Still got a few cars in the pits here. Mercedes has not come out yet. So duty up

43. Charles LECLERCFerrari20:01:02

    Charles LECLERC: Well, that was ******, that was a good look.

44. Fernando ALONSOAlpine20:03:32

    Engineer: So mate, that's P10, it's nice work getting back into Q3 and I'm sure we can work from there tomorrow and on Sunday.

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, let's try. Thank you guys, I know it has been a busy, busy Grand Prix with the car and everything, so good to be back in Q3.

45. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren20:05:28

    Engineer: Okay, Daniel, that's P9. Finished P9. Well done, buddy. Well done, Daniel. Another really close qualifying. I think that's a decent session.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, understood. I definitely feel from four to six. Yeah, I think that's definitely worth looking into.

    Engineer: Okay. All right.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Cheers, guys. Thank you.

    Engineer: Well done, Daniel. Another really close qualifying. I think that's a decent session. Well done, Daniel. Another really close qualifying. Thank you.

46. Lando NORRISMcLaren20:06:59

    Engineer: OK, that's P8, P8.

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, OK. I messed up a little bit, as you saw, but good improvement from this morning, so I kind of have to be happy with that.

    Engineer: Yep, definitely good improvement. The Ferraris are the two cars ahead, so we're going to get them tomorrow. I

    Lando NORRIS: like that attitude, Will.