São Paulo Grand Prix 2021: Race team radio
85 radio messages were recorded during race at the São Paulo Grand Prix 2021, across 19 drivers. Sergio PEREZ had the most, with 10.
These are transcripts of real team radio audio, produced by speech recognition and presented as an archive rather than as edited prose. Radio is clipped and noisy, so wording can be imperfect. Each message is attributed to the driver or their engineer, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 9 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 8 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 7 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 3 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 3 messages
- Mick SCHUMACHER · Haas · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: No burnout today
Nikita MAZEPIN: The drink skid tube is loose. It's loose. Can we adjust afterwards? Yep, we'll sort that. Remind to discuss when we leave onto the grid.
Engineer: Yep, will do.
Pierre GASLY: Ok, when I brake, I feel like the brake pedal is not smooth, so
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: don't know if it's normal. Ok, we've got a new brake from the car. We're
Engineer: checking, that was a very low brake pressure, we'll have a look.
Engineer: It's a nice positive on the brakes, a good feel for the balance through sector 2.
Engineer: Okay, so we haven't synced 8th gear, so just sync 8th for turn 4.
Lance STROLL: How is the balance? Balance is a bit on the oversteer side.
Engineer: Copy, oversteer.
Engineer: To the grid. Copy, to the grid, leave the engine running.
Pierre GASLY: Ok, let's see, for me I would not mind a bit more on the stairs, especially high speed, turn 6 was still quite neutral, so I think it's going to get worse.
Engineer: Ok, copy that, you can go back to offset minus 3 for the start on P0, see you on the grid.
Engineer: okay Daniel we're going to grid okay yep
Daniel RICCIARDO: understood and
Engineer: launch feedback clutch was 1% shallow the initial throttle was good
Engineer: What do you think about balance in the 2nd and 3rd push?
Yuki TSUNODA: I think I felt more understeery, in the high space basically, 10-6, and yeah, I felt the understeer a little bit increased in the last lap, yeah.
Engineer: Ok, clear. I'll come to you and discuss.
Engineer: Some nice shade on your side of the grid, on the consecutives we can straddle it to cool down the tyres. Just a question for Chris or Evan, on this side, the right hand side, there's these grooves for the rain, is that affecting the grid at all? We think minimally Valtteri. And from where you are Valtteri, you're not touching them, it's further down where I'm walking now that they come into your tyres.
Lewis HAMILTON: What would you say in Bonner then, just about wing?
Engineer: Just in terms of the temp balance that we saw on those laps to grid, just expect the rears to come up a little bit higher but if you already think that you've got a little bit of understeer in the car then maybe we just leave the flag where it is So yeah, we should be on the falling part of the slope too This
Lewis HAMILTON: is two up, is Valtteri kept the same or?
Engineer: Valtteri's stayed where he is, so he's one and a half down from where we are He said he didn't really get a feel for the balance, just with low tyre temps Yeah,
Lewis HAMILTON: mine came up quite quick
Engineer: So, just to confirm, two static on the formation lap, one rolling on the formation lap, and one static on the formation lap. Affirm, yes. So, two static now, before you leave the grid, and then when you get back around to the grid, it's one rolling, and one static on the grid. Yeah, copy.
Engineer: Okay, usual reminders for you. So we should have pit speed limiter off, recharge on at the moment. And once the engine is fired up, it will be pit speed limiter on. We'll be at first gear start, please, for the formation lap. Keep the pit speed limiter until you're past pole position. Work these tyres on your formation lap, and then we'll be recharge off before the burnouts. We'll do four burnouts from between the DRS and safety car line one, please.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: You tell me when the start happens. Yeah, yeah, don't worry, don't
Engineer: worry.
Engineer: Compute tires are ok, complete tires are ok please We
Nicholas LATIFI: are going
Engineer: to
Nicholas LATIFI: reply
Engineer: DRS enabled, DRS, car ahead is Ocon, car behind Alonso, this is P9, good start.
Engineer: it
Lance STROLL: feels like there's a lot of understeer now i think there's quite a bit of damage
Engineer: yeah copy copy if you've got understood go the other way with the diff open the diff to reduce the understeer down on diff mid as well if you need can you confirm if there's a lot of damage be more specific yes we have damage to the left hand side forward floor we're checking on the numbers but the car is okay to push for now yeah
Lance STROLL: it feels terrible there's no grip man i think i'm losing a lot of load
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yes, let's go!
Engineer: Car behind is Checo.
Engineer: OK Max, safety car is coming through the pit lane, so follow the safety car through the pit lane.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tires are on the hot side. Feeling okay?
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: Lance we're thinking we need at least two turns of flat at least two turns of flat what you're feeling yeah
Lance STROLL: for sure man we do it's
Engineer: a
Lance STROLL: disaster so much understand yeah
Engineer: copy we think it's about two turns if that makes sense to you that's what we'll plan for now yeah we'll try and with the safety car we'll try and get this tires as far as we can and then get you rebalanced as soon as we can okay yeah
Lance STROLL: what an idiot man just so far back yeah
Engineer: he was way too optimistic we saw it mate just keep cool focus and it will be still through the pit lane this lap still through the pit lane this lap
Engineer: Ok he is in this lap, safety car is in this lap, but tyres are on the cool side so just be aware down to turn 1.
Engineer: Front tyres are going to be cool in Turn 1 to take a margin.
Engineer: Mode push, mode push.
Engineer: What the
Kimi RAIKKONEN: f**k is the Williams doing? He pushed me two times off the track. F**king idiot.
Engineer: Yeah, so that's all your tires are okay, front wing okay, keep pushing.
Lance STROLL: CRS enabled.
Engineer: Negative, negative. Strat 10, Strat 10.
Engineer: And virtual safety car deployed, virtual safety car deployed, so drive to the Delta, drive to the Delta.
Engineer: and try and cool the brakes a bit hot front calipers
Engineer: Ok, it won't be long, I'm tightening that up, plus one on the delta, currently 2.7
Engineer: So, could be some carbon debris turn 89.
Engineer: So specialist for info, we're on lap 14 of the race, 14. This your safety guard ending. Go 1, go 1.
Engineer: DRS is enabled, Alonso 0.8 behind DRS enabled. Yeah, it's really difficult man, I have no load.
Engineer: Consider no white button for turn one, because he's got Darius.
Engineer: So we are pivoting at current pace, I-15, let us know if it's sustainable.
Nicholas LATIFI: Probably not, I was pushing hard out of the pits.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I'm sure something happened to my car on the ***,
Engineer: I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: can't get down on this *** Ok
Engineer: copy that, for info Tsunoda ahead has a 10 second penalty
Engineer: There we go. His tires won't enjoy this.
Engineer: So we've got the upper hand in the middle sector for the moment, just straight line deficits to Hamilton.
Engineer: And we are back to plan A and we need the status 4, status 4, increase. For
Charles LECLERC: what? For which reason do we need to push?
Engineer: We are fighting with Gasly, Gasly is behind Sainz and we want to keep this gap to him, he is faster than expected. Copy, copy.
Engineer: Okay Lance, we're going to box this lap for hard tyre. Box this lap. We're thinking plus three turns.
Lance STROLL: Okay.
Engineer: and full push now to close the gap to Alonso, he's now three seconds ahead.
Engineer: So smashing bulk temp is under control. It's just about surface. Can I have aero balance check? Come
Sebastian VETTEL: up one click
Max VERSTAPPEN: Very tricky out of 2-1
Engineer: Understood, Hamilton last lap was a 15.1 He is complaining of the same, sliding on the rear axle
Max VERSTAPPEN: OK
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, Gasly was struggling, he's in the pits.
Engineer: Copy, copy. OK, so now you've got some clear air. Last lap we matched Sainz. Let's see if we can start eking up to him. Gap 4.2.
Engineer: No overtake, no overtake.
Engineer: so Hamilton at 1.8, 1.8
Daniel RICCIARDO: okay so did take a little hit the last few laps copy debris
Engineer: is still there debris is still there okay
Daniel RICCIARDO: yeah this lap i've just done is representative that's what i've got
Engineer: understood
Engineer: Lando, this is box if VSC not ending. Box if VSC not ending. Please confirm.
Lando NORRIS: Confirm.
Engineer: Mod 6, good job here, we've done it, good job.
Engineer: Okay, so blue for Sonota and then hang on to the back of Sonota. There's a four second gap to Russell So just try and hang with Sonota get the tire temps up and we'll take this tire to the end if we can
Engineer: So we are on plan B. We are plan B. Alonso is still inside the pit with us. You're okay for him.
Engineer: Giovinazzi 2.7 behind we are plan B plan B
Engineer: Okay gap, four seconds. Let's keep on him. Use the tyres for the time being, use the tyres.
Esteban OCON: Fernando, do you know how to stop?
Engineer: Fernando is boxing now, he's going to come out behind you.
Engineer: So Daniel, closest car racing you behind is Ocon. He's 10 seconds back on the same age hard tyre as you. Okay,
Daniel RICCIARDO: just keep me posted on Ferraris times.
Engineer: as hard as possible with Ocon
Engineer: OK Lando, slight change of plan please, I'd like you to push on the tyre, push on the tyre, but no oversteer turn 12, but let's use this tyre now.
Lando NORRIS: I'm pushing, I'm paced for.
Engineer: We can push a little bit harder through turn 11.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think deck is high.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: 30 laps to go after this 30 to go understood
Daniel RICCIARDO: this is the pace understood
Engineer: the tyre temperatures very well managed Sainz last lap 14.5 Leclerc 14.3
Engineer: Hamilton has pitted, gap 2.5, so tied out at just three laps
Engineer: OK Kimi, overtake is available now, all good.
Engineer: Okay, so no just getting blues So
Engineer: And Lando, with this deployment, Overtake only works if it's early.
Engineer: Gap 0.8 with the RS. Your middle sector is half a second quicker.
Engineer: okay Lance box box we're going to retire the car box box reset brake balance and box box
Engineer: Okay, so stop in front of our garage and engine off
Engineer: Gap 0.8, Hamilton DRS.
Engineer: Torque 6 if you need it, torque 6. Bottas is at that time a 13.4. Max a 12.8. Hamilton a 12.5.
Engineer: Okay, Kimi, that's 20 laps left. How do you feel on your tires? Yeah, it's not gonna go. I think it has to go. I don't know. I don't think it's gonna last. Okay, copy.
Engineer: Track is clear track is clear. We go catch some soft butter now. Let's go get it
Engineer: Okay so head of science is Mazipin who got blue flags for you.
Fernando ALONSO: So everyone on plan B?
Engineer: Only Ferrari. So the top four in Ferrari are on plan B at the moment and then Gasly behind as well.
Engineer: And you have no real threat from behind, you are two seconds a lap quicker I'll go full speed, I'll
Kimi RAIKKONEN: go full speed and see what happens
Engineer: Nothing to lose Yeah, yeah, go, good idea
Nikita MAZEPIN: Do you think we can manage without Blues till
Engineer: end of race or not? You'll have the race leader and Verstappen, so Hamilton and Verstappen four seconds back, they will come through and possibly Norris as well.
Engineer: So turn 4 is getting better, we need a further step in turn 4, and also turn 9, try to carry more speed, turn 9.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, I need 3F, it's what I need.
Engineer: Okay, keep this pace. This is a good pace.
Pierre GASLY: I still don't see Okay,
Engineer: we're checking
Kimi RAIKKONEN: The rear left is OK, but I was up and I shut off.
Engineer: OK, we're having a look. Pressure OK, pressure OK, it's stable. I lost it completely. Yeah, yeah, sorry. Don't worry, don't worry.
Sergio PEREZ: What is the fastest lap at the moment?
Engineer: 11.9, so minus 0.4 on your delta.
Engineer: Well, good job keeping an interesting mick there at the end, that was really impressive to stay ahead. Tough luck at the beginning in the battles.
Mick SCHUMACHER: Yeah, sorry about that. First lap was good though, I hope we brought it.
Engineer: Brandy was happy with that.
Mick SCHUMACHER: Good. And again, a shame. I think we had good pace overall, so the car felt good. Changes we did were the right ones, so happy with that, thank you.
Engineer: I
Mick SCHUMACHER: just want to say I love this track.
Engineer: Yeah, it's cool man.
Nikita MAZEPIN: No, I don't see anything
Engineer: That's the checker mate, that's the checker Good drive man. Good drive battling with much faster cars at the beginning and then yeah with Latifi We tried to beat him with that one stop, but we just don't have the pace in the car We know that but really good for you mate. And to be honest, I think that was your best weekend with the team That was really good, man Motor slow, motor slow. Yeah guys, it
Nikita MAZEPIN: was a decent race
Engineer: Nice to
Nikita MAZEPIN: learn. Thanks for your feedback I'll analyze that and improve
Engineer: What
Nikita MAZEPIN: was the gap to Mick?
Engineer: So Mick had an incident. The gap back to him was 37 seconds. 37 seconds back to Mick He lost a front wing earlier in the race Pace wise, that second stint you were with him. All stints really, I think you were the same pace as Mick I think it was really good mate and you were battling with people as well. So yeah, I think that was impressive
Nikita MAZEPIN: Okay, compliment. Thank
Engineer: you. You
Nikita MAZEPIN: gave me a very good car in the race today
Engineer: Thank
Nikita MAZEPIN: you Dom, Ayo, Trev and Dave.
Engineer: Nice one dude. Thank you very much
Engineer: OK, let's check the flag, check the flag, so you P16, P16, so anti-maple, pickup rubber, and that's Russell P13.
Nicholas LATIFI: Yep, not happy with the strategy at all, guys.
Engineer: Not on the radio, mate, do not use the radio for that. That's Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Recon NP12, Giovinazzi P14.
Engineer: Richard John, and we are P15 or UKP15
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, stonkshit race, ****** race man
Engineer: Yeah it was not our race, fail 84, fail 84 fail, become stronger the next
Yuki TSUNODA: I can't believe ****** 10 seconds for that one, just he didn't look at all, I mean 5 seconds is still harsh though But it's ok, I mean, yeah Yeah
Engineer: agreed, for info he retired
Yuki TSUNODA: I think also the car damaged quite a lot, it's really hard to manage a car on the track
Engineer: Yeah very clear, very clear, actually in the first inter for a damaged car was not too bad
Engineer: West line, motor fail, motor fail.
Engineer: So that's P13, P13 Yeah
George RUSSELL: not bad going guys, that last stint felt really strong so much better than the other two really really frugal in stint 1 and stint 2 but yep, thought the last stint was reasonable, good job
Engineer: Yeah same to you mate, good job as you say, really really strong, final stint really strong
Engineer: OK Kimi, that's the chequered flag, more charge, more charge, and box this lap, well, not too bad, starting from the pit lane.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, I'm just tracking a bit speed, look at them, they're going out of the dive.
Engineer: Copy, copy, at least you had a few overtakes. OK Kimi, watch out, I think you have a slow puncture, diff mid P, slow puncture rear left. Diff mid P please. That's
Kimi RAIKKONEN: why, I mean, something happened a bit, especially under one lap, then the rear started to be a bit more tricky. Copy, copy.
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