Abu Dhabi Grand Prix2023 · Race team radio

Max VERSTAPPENDaniel and I have a little bromance going on here at the pit exit.

EngineerSorry Max.

Max VERSTAPPENDaniel is waving at me and making a hard sign, there's a bit of a romance going on here.

EngineerAnd I was going to measure the wind.

Kevin MAGNUSSENSo last one guys for this year Thanks for all the effort this year. No, it's been a tough old one, but

EngineerYou

Kevin MAGNUSSENknow, I just want to say huge respect for what what you guys do. So thanks for that Let's have a good good last one and good winter

EngineerGo for it again. Thanks

Kevin MAGNUSSENguys

Yuki TSUNODAThanks for the last three years and all of the reports, advices to me. Let's do this!

Logan SARGEANTWhy are my switches changing on their own?

EngineerMy

Logan SARGEANTdiff mid is freaking out.

EngineerI can just check your IP with this chain wheel. And it's latched.

Sergio PEREZDo you want to go down to the third one?

EngineerCopy.

EngineerPossible tear-off in one of the front ducts, we are checking, we may have to take some actions, I'll keep you posted.

Daniel RICCIARDOOK, understood, keep me posted.

Alexander ALBONThe wind is just disconnecting our car like crazy. That's the issue.

EngineerThis is good Oscar, bending well, tyre management looks good.

Max VERSTAPPENRight in front of us slowly, getting a bit heard.

EngineerOK, understood.

Lewis HAMILTONI've just damaged my front wing.

EngineerHe looks up ahead of me

Pierre GASLYAmbulance, push me, hit me.

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, definitely lost some front end. Front end is okay?

EngineerYep, we're looking at it, we don't think there's too much damage.

Pierre GASLYI don't get how you can undercut me with the other car, the leading car, I seriously don't understand. You'll have to explain me cause...

EngineerSo Esteban is 4.1 ahead, so we'll just focus on tyre management, still a long way to go, we can make this work.

Engineerand Sainz will let Bill by

EngineerLewis, we've been second quickest car last lap. You're quick.

Lewis HAMILTONOkay, thanks a lot.

EngineerReally good stuff, mate. We are happy with where you are on these tyres and the management you're doing.

Pierre GASLYWhere are we losing? Why are we so f***ing slow?

EngineerOK Pierre, so we did pick up some damage with that contact with Hamilton, but we are closing on the cars in front.

EngineerLouis Vast is on track now.

EngineerAnd Daniel, we believe the troll we are fighting still have to stop again.

EngineerBe

George RUSSELLsure we can make the one stop walk. Time to re-ease the boat.

EngineerWe've got a long way to go. There's 24 to go into this lap.

EngineerSo this will be out lap critical

Max VERSTAPPENYou can fucksack ahead of me if you want.

EngineerUnderstood, mate.

EngineerWe

Fernando ALONSOhave the slowest car on the street by far

Lewis HAMILTONThey just brake tested me. I got brake tested like, way before the braking zone.

George RUSSELLHow is Lewis getting on?

EngineerYeah, he's doing a good job at the moment. He's having a fight of his own. What the **** does that mean?

George RUSSELLHow are we doing in the championship? Are we good?

EngineerAll we can do is the best race that we can do. We're fine at the moment.

Carlos SAINZOh, these are waves, Ricky. I'm

Engineera

Carlos SAINZbit lost.

EngineerTry to go as long as possible, waiting for a safety cut.

Max VERSTAPPENDumpsters are pushing a lot, could we do something there or not? Yep, stand by.

EngineerAnd just a reminder, we have two strikes for track limits. Yeah, I know. Understood.

Lando NORRISHe just crashed into me. We

Engineersee.

Sergio PEREZYou just told it to me.

EngineerYeah, we saw.

Lando NORRISYeah, but that's just dangerous driving. You have loads of space.

Charles LECLERCYeah, let me know how much is the gap between Paris and Russell, so maybe we can make them tighter before closing, if we see that we are not stuck in the constructors.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerSo Perez car behind 3.2. He does have a five second penalty But he must not finish in front of us for the championship positions

Sergio PEREZBut why did he give us a penalty? I

Engineerwas ahead.

Valtteri BOTTASThis car started to bounce a lot as well. Lots of bouncing.

Charles LECLERCTell me the gap between Checo and Russell, if there's less than 5 seconds I'll give him the slipstream and I'll let him pass for the last sector, he's got 5 seconds anyway

EngineerAll missions complete. What a year. Well done my friend.

Max VERSTAPPENAnother unbelievable race guys. Very lovely. And we did it GP. Mission 8.

EngineerMax, you have been absolutely mighty this year. 19 victories. You've led over a thousand laps. You've smashed it out of the park. It's been an absolute privilege watching you drive this car. It's been built by a team of brilliant people and we're all incredibly, incredibly proud of you. And it's a very, very special in-lap. So take it in. Enjoy every moment and enjoy this last bit of RB19.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, well done there Christian. What an unbelievable year. Let's say thank you to everyone. I also want to say a quick thank you to Franz Stott. He had a lot of us under his wings and this was his last race.

Charles LECLERCWhere are we in the Constrictors?

EngineerP3

Charles LECLERCF***!

EngineerDid

Charles LECLERCI finish second or third?

EngineerP2 I'm so

Charles LECLERCdisappointed for the Constrictors but we finished the season on a high and thank you to everybody for this difficult season but I'm sure we'll be back stronger next year and thanks for the huge effort during the whole season and yes, thanks to all the guys on the track, at home

Engineerand

Charles LECLERCalso to all the fans who support us in whatever situation we are in next year we'll be

Engineerback

Charles LECLERCstronger, I'm sure I'll do some burnouts, ok?

EngineerNo burnouts please, no burnouts to the grid Not even

Charles LECLERCthis, for f***

EngineerSlower please, slower, no burnouts to the grid No burnouts to the grid

EngineerCheco, that was a mighty drive. You don't deserve a penalty for that if anything at worst looked like a racing incident Nothing different to what we saw in previous races. So Great great drive. Enjoy this last lap in RB19. It's been a absolute rocket ship of a car that The team of Milton Keynes have designed and built and yeah, it's very very special

Sergio PEREZYeah, I'm very proud of you guys, I mean we deserve the podium there on track But you know, this is Subars At F1 level, but anyway, well done. It's been an incredible year guys Really really good job. I'm very proud to be part of the best team in the history Yeah, it's been one hell of a year P2 and the drivers, you can be proud man, you can be proud Well done guys

George RUSSELLDid we do it? Yeah, good job mate. Well done. Oh my goodness gracious. Well done. That was tough. I

Engineerwas

George RUSSELLhaving to cough and spit the whole race. Go on Toto. Well done, that was hot. That was hot. And I didn't even tell you any jokes. Well done everybody. It's been a very tough season off as we did and let's go into next year. Better things to come. Better things to come. Yeah, good job mate. Well done. We've had some highs and some lows but we'll move on to next year. That's

Engineerthe

George RUSSELLFormula 1 roller coaster for you. Oh yeah. Looking forward to next year. Bring it on. Let's enjoy this off season everybody. Even though it's been a tough one I've really enjoyed working with you all. Such a good spirit within this team. And we're on the path back to the top. Come on guys. We're coming for you. Yeah, thanks for that George. Fantastic drive. Cheers Andrew. George, you made 2,500 people happy. That's what we're here for. That's mortgages, tuition fees, kitchens, it's all of that. Absolutely. You're part of this team. Going to the grid. Are

Engineeryou

George RUSSELLsure no donuts? I'm going to be the only one that's not. Simon is pretty sure.

EngineerIt was a tough race, Lewis.

Lewis HAMILTONLewis, that's B2. That's B2 in the championship. Thank you guys so much. You really deserved second place.

EngineerAnd

Lewis HAMILTONthanks for the hard, long year. We're really proud of you all. Thank you so much. We can continue to push.

Pierre GASLYNever gave up always try to maximize all the opportunity and even on the top season. We still managed to get three top threes

EngineerYeah

Pierre GASLYthings well deserved rest for all of you guys and Yeah, really need to keep pushing keep that mindset keep that mentality and I'm sure next year. We'll See each other on the podium often

EngineerOk mate, the first race in, as long as I can remember, with no retirements, no safety cars, nothing, so we come in P12 then.

Esteban OCONCopy, yeah, we've got some work to do guys. I think this race sums it up. It was tricky, but we'll get there.

EngineerYes we will.

EngineerOkay, let's check a flag, check a flag, call the car. So that's P16, P16, and we are 7th from Team Championship. And you did great with Ricardo, huh? He ended up P11, just 6 tenths of a stroll, and without your defence on him, he probably would have taken a stroll, so great job from that. I think that was a good race. Not easy, obviously, but we were racing the cars we could, and we raced hard every one we could. So, that was a good race. Thank you for this year. It was a pleasure to be alongside you this year. Thank you, mate.

Logan SARGEANTThank you guys very much. Obviously, we've had our ups and downs, but I really feel this momentum building and just getting stronger and stronger. So, couldn't have chosen a better group of people to spend it with.

EngineerAnd,

Logan SARGEANTyeah, I just hope we can continue it. Thank you, guys.

EngineerThank you, Logan. Looking forward to next year, buddy.

Logan SARGEANTLogan, well done. I'm sorry we didn't have the car underneath you today to do more than that, but your contribution this year has been excellent. It's really a proud moment to see you grow across the season so far. Looking forward to the winter together and many more. Thank you very much, James. I appreciate it.

Lance STROLLI don't know what kind of strategy that was, but it seemed very sub-optimal.

EngineerOkay, that's P10, Fernando P7.

EngineerOkay, that's the chequered flag, chequered flag, P6, Oscar, P6. Yep,

Oscar PIASTRIyeah, I just didn't quite have the pace for the entire life today, but yeah, good effort. Thank you very much everyone for the first year together, I enjoyed it a lot, and a couple of very big highlights, I'm sure there's many more to come, so thank you very much for an amazing first season, and I can't wait to keep doing it with you all, cheers.

EngineerYeah, great job Oscar, great job today, great job all year.

Oscar PIASTRIYeah, well done for people, it's just the beginning, I know we're aiming for more next year.

Alexander ALBONOK, checkered flag P14.

EngineerWell done Alex, your hard work this year is what brought us 7th in the Constructors' Championship. It's a proud moment. You can set up a tool as a result of that and look back on yourself and be incredibly proud of what you've achieved. Thank you for your hard work all season. I'm sorry we didn't have the card beneath you today to finish it in style.

Alexander ALBONNo, thank you. Thanks James. Thank you everyone.

EngineerThat

Alexander ALBONwas a hard fought season.

EngineerI

Alexander ALBONthink we did an amazing job. So everyone should be very proud of themselves. I feel like this is just the start. This is just the start of really good things. So yeah, enjoy the rest. I know I will. Thank you everyone. Does this mean I get to do donuts? Absolutely not. Well done mate, well done.

EngineerThank you.

EngineerWell, thank

Lando NORRISyou very much. Difficult race, we just didn't have the pace today, but thanks for the whole year. We took some big steps forward, a lot of hard work. I want to thank every single one of you. And we'll keep pushing, we're getting there, we're getting there. Let's keep our heads down over the winter and let's come back stronger than ever. Thanks boys and girls.

Fernando ALONSOWell done, P7, hell of a last in there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well done guys. What an incredible season we had, so thanks guys, enjoy. Have a good break, we come back stronger next year. But yeah, 12 months ago we probably only dreamed about being in this position, so congratulations everyone. Yeah, and to you mate, that's well done. We got you as P4 in the championship, drivers, well done. So we finished level on points with Leclerc, but we think countback-wise, you beat him. You had more P3 ponies. Okay, well, that's nice. Well done guys, yeah, I'm happy. Happy with the race, I'm super happy, I'm proud of you all this season. So we come back stronger next year. It's

Engineergoing

Fernando ALONSOto be easier. We don't need to do

Engineerthat. We'll

Fernando ALONSOdo the 6 feet and some accommodations we did the first few months, so everything should be a little bit better. Yeah, exactly, well done mate. So I guess I'm not allowed to do any burnouts. Negative, mate, no. Actually, I did one in Las Vegas, that's enough. That's enough, exactly.

EngineerThank you for today, this weekend and the whole season. I know it's been a very tough year But thank you for continuing to push, continuing to believe in us and we'll work hard over winter to bring you something better next year

Valtteri BOTTASYeah, thank you. Tough season for everyone Lots of work to do, but yeah, thanks for the efforts and Let's make a better car for next year

EngineerAnd

Valtteri BOTTASyes, grazie Alfa Romeo. Thank you It was a pleasure

Engineer2023 is complete now, so we'll be on to more for next year. Very good drive though.

Nico HULKENBERGYeah, yeah, thanks.

EngineerYeah,

Nico HULKENBERGjust not the pace I guess, the downforce, but go again next year. Hopefully with better tools. Thanks for this year, for all this work this year guys. Look forward for more.

EngineerYeah, copy that Nico. Good job, it's been fun.

Nico HULKENBERGCiao for now.