Belgian Grand Prix2023 · Race team radio

EngineerIt's

Alexander ALBONvery windy.

EngineerDrivers reporting strong wind and gusts.

George RUSSELLThe front brakes don't quite seem to be biting that well

EngineerAnd Oskar this time, do not use anti-overtake, you can keep pushing until turn 5 for the breaking point

Nico HULKENBERGThere is quite a bit of smoke. The power is not delivering. It's an issue.

EngineerIt is a tailwind into the last chicania around turn 16-17.

Esteban OCONThe grip of the steering wheel is falling apart It's ok for this race but I think next one we'll need a refurnish or something

EngineerOK, understood, we'll fault that.

Alexander ALBONMy main thing is just to try to get this dash to work because my numbers are all wrong on the dash, the tie attempts.

EngineerYeah, if you help out, we'll have a chat.

EngineerDo

Logan SARGEANTyou see the edge of the eye? Oh, left. I can't see. Guys. Left. By the eye. The little eye on the bottom. Oh, no. Sorry. I'm the wrong way. Back to the right. On the edge of the E. Sorry. Nope. Other edge. Yep. Right there.

EngineerNope.

Logan SARGEANTOther side of the E. Yep. And can you come a bit lower? Yep. Right there.

EngineerPerfect.

EngineerOkay, Valtteri, so a bit of split, soft and medium on the grid.

EngineerSo top four we are on soft, first one on medium is Piastri, seven cars total with medium and no one hard.

EngineerJerva they've got Cody Box in with Rupert Clarence. PS3, yep. Kuka ahead, Albon.

EngineerYeah, we do see the damage carry on for now

Oscar PIASTRII don't know what he was doing. I was there and just turned in like I didn't exist.

EngineerWe try to fix it at the P stop going down with flap nothing we can do right now get pushing

Carlos SAINZTell me the amount of damage.

Engineer5% aero balance, this is pretty big.

ZHOU GuanyuWarning! Front brake's hot!

Nico HULKENBERGFeel like I've got some face today better these guys

EngineerOkay Lando, what is the base? What is the base? Oh mate, I'm... Oh yep, oh good. Peace here, mate.

EngineerConsider EB11 one step less. EB11.

EngineerYou are doing great with the car we have, good job.

ZHOU GuanyuMy foot breaks, guys, come on. Really bad.

EngineerAt the moment, assuming no change on front wing. Correct.

Lewis HAMILTON10-9 every lap. Ferrari's been on 10-9 every lap.

Lando NORRISOne and a half,

Engineerdown,

Lando NORRISone and a half, down.

Lewis HAMILTONWe've always been on the same line every lap.

EngineerFour behind. And now the bunk car behind. Point four behind.

ZHOU GuanyuDon't break all the markers. Have a look at the mobile and don't break all the markers.

Engineersome drops. There's nothing on the radar at the moment, maybe 30 minutes away, some drops. There's nothing on the radar at the moment, maybe 30 minutes away, some drops.

EngineerCopy that. Soft runners have started boxing. We'll look at the traction.

ZHOU GuanyuMassive vibration

Sergio PEREZGenerally, the traction is going up.

EngineerSo potential rain on the radar 20 minutes away not very strong though. Nothing like yesterday

EngineerBrakes are normal now Joe, full push now. Brakes are okay.

EngineerHi, Nico. So the rear temp has peaked. The surface temp has peaked. So hopefully some of it will come back a little bit on the rear.

EngineerSuggestion, yellow G2

Lando NORRISYeah, none of this is helping mate

EngineerOk mate, we are trying here our best as well Yeah,

Lando NORRISI can't understand you Ok

EngineerOkay, Nico, the people who stopped earlier are pretty quick. Albon 3.7 behind, so let's use the tire now.

EngineerDon't forget Max, use your head please.

Max VERSTAPPENAre we photographing it

Engineeror

Max VERSTAPPENwhat?

EngineerYou just follow my instruction. I want to know if both cars do it. Max, please follow my instruction and trust it. Thank you.

EngineerOkay, Max, we're expecting rain in about nine or ten minutes. What are your thoughts? You can get there or should we box? We'd need to box this lap to cover Leclerc. I can't see the weather window, can I? I don't know.

ZHOU GuanyuMy brakes guys, unbelievable, I can't get close, I cannot touch the pedal, a lot.

Esteban OCONOkay, let's be clever your your choice

Nico HULKENBERGJesus, though, William was quick on the thread.

Engineerweather update so light rain expected in five minutes arriving from turn 14 and lasting around 10 minutes

Logan SARGEANTMaddie! What's

Engineerhe

Logan SARGEANTdoing?

EngineerRain expected in 4 minutes.

Carlos SAINZWhat is the rain intensity?

Engineer2 to 3.

Carlos SAINZWe're landing.

EngineerCopy that. There will be a few spots for a few minutes and then increasing.

Engineersuggestion green f2 green f2

Lando NORRISUp three.

Lando NORRISOh, I don't know, three down, three whatever, it doesn't make a difference to me.

George RUSSELLAlthough she came with first steering, the weird noise couldn't come to life.

EngineerAnd this rain will last for around 10 minutes.

Carlos SAINZI think both sides locked in, we'll wait for the red flag

Lewis HAMILTONGod, that's

Engineera

Lewis HAMILTONvery good moment.

EngineerSo light rain being reported around the circuit, but very light.

EngineerSo at the moment, how's the track?

Pierre GASLYRight, it's tricky.

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, copy.

EngineerWe think this is only going to last another five minutes at most.

Carlos SAINZYeah, not waiting anymore. Glad he's leaving, of course.

EngineerThat

Max VERSTAPPENwas awesome.

EngineerYou might find this lap that you meet a little bit more water.

EngineerJust another two or three minutes to get through this.

EngineerSo all cars that are staying out, all OK.

EngineerMake

Logan SARGEANTsure this time we do the undercut.

EngineerSo Oh Rouge is a bit wet from Fernando Russell just fitted slicks Russell exiting the pits new slicks This is not going to be long Lance. It's about surviving

Sergio PEREZI was hoping with

Engineeryou But

Sergio PEREZI didn't

EngineerSo settle into standard race management now Max

Esteban OCONAttraction is pretty full

EngineerCopy that, there are 20 laps remaining

EngineerOkay, so no threats behind, you can exaggerate the management, exaggerate the tyre management.

EngineerSo Norris is on already eight lap old soft so he's probably going to stop again We can come through these cars even if we let them come through our pit window

Lando NORRISYeah, Ria's already struggling a bit. Pace one.

EngineerOkay, checko, so preference soft versus medium.

EngineerSo, copy.

EngineerGood

Fernando ALONSOjob. Thank you, guys.

EngineerLance, soft or medium?

Lance STROLLMedium.

Pierre GASLYYou guys need to do something for the engine, I can't catch it in the DRS.

EngineerIt

George RUSSELLwasn't quite discovered, this one.

Logan SARGEANTI don't have the pace here

EngineerCopy, keep managing your tyres, 14 to go

EngineerHe's a lot of attire on an Outland MAX, not sure that was sensible.

EngineerFail B02. Okay, urgent.

Lando NORRISYeah, I'm gonna start to make some mistakes with the tires

EngineerThis time I had reasonable deg in the first stint. I'd ask you to use your head a bit more.

Pierre GASLYThat's not normal check my engine

Max VERSTAPPENI can also push on, let me do another stop, a little bit of mid-stop training.

EngineerNo, not this time.

EngineerWe've got to be careful dropping too much time or otherwise we've got to make it all back up.

ZHOU GuanyuAnything I can do with this break there, I'm good enough for that. The bomb I get, if you take it, I'm lucky.

EngineerHow is the Degmax?

Max VERSTAPPENNo, it's not ok.

EngineerUnderstood.

Max VERSTAPPENIt's so windy, I can't hold the wheel really tight

EngineerYep, roger that

EngineerThat was good. We need this to get these tires to the end. Norris, same situation as you. We're P8. We're trying to get to the end. Come on.

Logan SARGEANTThere's no point in me just driving around slow on your trying couch.

ZHOU GuanyuI can't press over tickets to tell my mother

Charles LECLERCGood job, good

Engineerjob. Well managed

EngineerGood job, good job. Well managed. And P3, P3, reminder no in-lap, no in-lap.

EngineerWell done Lewis, so we're coming down the pit exit, so just remember down the pit exit, so yeah, P4 and fastest lap, so well done on that mate.

EngineerI guess we just didn't have the call for this weekend, but yeah, well done.

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, sorry John, that's, yeah, let's keep pushing, we definitely have a lot to do with the cars, you know, but grateful for the hard work, enjoy the break.

Logan SARGEANTYeah, not a lot to say. Sorry, a lot of dig.

EngineerGood job, that was P6 in the end

George RUSSELLYeah good job guys, good recovery after a very tough weekend so far but the race felt good, let's reset and go again Yep,

Engineerenjoy a nice two weeks off

Alexander ALBONYeah, I just

EngineerIt

Alexander ALBONwas fun. Just I Think we just digged. I know everyone digged, but it was tricky out there I think the soft was actually not bad at the end there, but Lights are lit, you never know Anyway, well done everyone, I think

EngineerSome

Alexander ALBONwork to do over the summer break, but

EngineerA lot of people struggle with the tires, but some great overtakes today. There's quite a few of them.

EngineerAlright mate, tough one to end up just outside the points.

Pierre GASLYWe lost too much time in lap 1 with the incident and the pit stop cost us quite a lot, but it's OK, do

Engineerbetter next time. No, we'll work on that mate, don't worry. So we charge over the brake and we'll come back strong.

EngineerCheckered effect B10. Yes, Yuki boy. Yes

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, well done guys, thank you, yeah it's the last three races, it was quite tough, quite rough from my side, but yeah, it was a nice car, very nice car, amazing car, thanks guys, what a way to finish the first half of the season, let's keep pushing like this.

EngineerYeah, fantastic race Joachim, fantastic race.

EngineerWell done mate, that was very impressive, we needed one more lap unfortunately. I know, I know, one more lap would have been nice. Yeah, very good job, very good job. Yeah, nice few points, good job.

EngineerYeah, I think we just had too much traffic the whole way on that house was too fast in the streets

Daniel RICCIARDOyep even even in clearer um i'll i'll yeah i'll debrief it's okay

EngineerAnd good job, I have to say, very good job. You distracted the most we had today.

Lando NORRISOh, I would have thought, eh? Well done, nice, nice comeback. Yeah, good job. Not an ideal weekend, but it's just some good points, so thank you very much.

EngineerExactly mate. Damage limitation, well done. Well managed.

EngineerThat was P12 for us in the end today.

Valtteri BOTTASI think the pace was pretty average around everyone, but otherwise a clean race. Let's try again in a month, let's keep pushing.

ZHOU GuanyuOK, Joe, tough race, good recovery at the end, good overtakes. Yeah, we can talk about after with the second stop. Copy. Pace was really good, but the brakes was the biggest issue, man. Let's recap before, after thermal break, making sure it's all good.

EngineerCopy, Joe.

Engineer10 knots, that's P9 So

Lance STROLLbad No balance There's so much daggy It's a horrible, horrible race

EngineerI think you did a fantastic job with the car you had there, Kev. I really do. Well done, mate. Sorry for where we finished. Yeah,

Kevin MAGNUSSENlet's just get through this until we get something better. Thanks for the effort.

EngineerNo worries, Kev. Thanks for your effort. That really was a mega job with the car you've got.

EngineerTough race your your pace when the track was damp was excellent really good. Sorry. We don't have the tire life to keep it going