United States Grand Prix 2021: Qualifying team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Fernando ALONSOAlpine22:41:35

   Fernando ALONSO: Oh yeah, that was a nice back straight, I tell you.

2. Esteban OCONAlpine22:41:58

   Esteban OCON: Thanks for the tow anyway. Thanks for the good teamwork.

3. Sergio PEREZRed Bull22:55:10

   Sergio PEREZ: I don't want to put any more, 211 is the limit

   Engineer: Copy

4. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull22:56:04

   Engineer: recharge on please max recharge on and box okay so first round check op one uh 3318 you're on a 3319 Bottas 33.5 Hamilton 33.5 okay

   Max VERSTAPPEN: one more click of front wing okay

   Engineer: understood are you happy on this side yeah

   Max VERSTAPPEN: let's go for this one understood

   Engineer: okay keep up the pace on the way in please max push on the way in

5. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes22:57:08

   Engineer: So Red Bull is still in the garage.

6. Lando NORRISMcLaren22:57:20

   Engineer: Okay Lando, if any rain arrives it would hit at turn one first. We think if it comes it will be class one or class two.

7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull22:57:42

   Max VERSTAPPEN: How many cars are ahead?

   Engineer: Eight cars again, they're between turns 12 and turn 11.

8. Sergio PEREZRed Bull22:58:10

   Engineer: So positive on the brakes into 11, positive on the brakes.

9. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull23:01:43

   Engineer: yes mate get in pole position yeah

   Max VERSTAPPEN: awesome

   Engineer: absolutely awesome two tenths to uh man it started started drizzling at the end oh yes this was really really good guys i think as a team also today we did a really good job nice turnaround from yesterday as well car was a lot better today so great job guys

10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes23:02:41

    Lewis HAMILTON: Sorry guys

11. Sergio PEREZRed Bull23:04:53

    Engineer: Max got 32-9 if he wants, Hamilton a 33-1, 100th. Yeah,

    Sergio PEREZ: fantastic ever Checo, that was a mega effort today, well done. Good job team, well done for that pole, we'll get them tomorrow.

12. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes23:05:48

    Engineer: Where did I lose all the time? So it's a little bit at turn 1, a little bit at 7 and yeah, 1920

13. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri23:05:56

    Yuki TSUNODA: I have massive spin out, exit of turn, last corner, what was that?

    Engineer: We'll have a look, Yuki, we'll have a look, seems quite a lot of understeer, but we'll have a look. Anyway, P10, I think more than this was very difficult for us today, so I think we maximise our chances.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, massive wheel spin out, exit of turn, last corner, that was quite costly, damaging the tyres.

    Engineer: We'll have a look, we'll have a look. So we have some drops on track from our GPS, some drops.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, but I think it's still a good step we made, so yeah, I'm happy.

    Engineer: Yeah, you should be, and tomorrow we do our race.

14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull23:07:17

    Engineer: Yeah, well done, Max. Fantastic job. Fantastic. First and third. Well done.

15. Charles LECLERCFerrari23:08:00

    Engineer: So you have P5?

    Charles LECLERC: Let's go baby, let's go! Come on! First corner I f***ed up a little bit but after that was a proper lap Good

    Engineer: job, that was a good lap

16. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri23:08:55

    Engineer: Ok sorry Pierre, that won't be enough today, but anyway, good job And charge your battery for tomorrow, charge your battery for tomorrow And stay negative Where is Bottas? It's P4, Bottas is P4 And we need to be negative, reminder please Don't start P8 Confirmed, confirmed Ok I think it's still best of the rest, we know that it was a bit difficult this weekend On very very good recovery, we've got the right tyre to start And everything else we will review after the session We have potential drops of rain just coming up on the screen

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah,

    Engineer: how much did we miss for P8? So it's 3 tenths, a bit less than 3 tenths, 2.5

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I

    Engineer: don't have that Yeah a few things we saw which changed during the qualifying Probably be an awesome break Yeah I think the wind was a bit of a killer for us today And a few things with the wheel lift in a couple of corners Box, box, box, box, stop at the bridge Anyway Pierre, once again, you should be pleased It was a good recovery, a good day And we are where we wanted pretty much So let's fight again tomorrow please Yeah, yeah, sure It's good but yeah I know what you're thinking, don't worry, I understand P0 when you have the message Yeah See you tomorrow

17. Carlos SAINZFerrari23:09:14

    Engineer: And P6, chance improvement of 33.6, was a Glostrong lap anyway, and some drops in turn 4.

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, he must have done a good lap, because my lap was good. Still a good day for the team, I guess.

    Engineer: Yeah, it's very good, yeah. Let's go from there for tomorrow.

18. Lando NORRISMcLaren23:11:30

    Engineer: okay it's currently p6 i'll keep you updated okay lando we finished p8 p8

19. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren23:13:15

    Engineer: OK, well done, Daniel. Yeah, so P7 confirmed. The lap times are very close.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Alrighty. No worries. We know we've got a good race car.

    Engineer: We'll come back. Yeah, I think we're in good shape for tomorrow. Let's see what we can do with those Ferraris tomorrow. Well done today. That was a decent enough qualifying session. Happy with that.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Cheers, guys. Thank you.

    Engineer: Well done, Daniel. You drove well today. Happy with that.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Thanks, guys. Thanks for your efforts.

    Engineer: Cheers. Yeah, tomorrow's going to be good. Rain coming in now. Get yourself under an umbrella.