Monaco Grand Prix2023 · Race team radio

EngineerBox, box, box, box, and keep the pace up for timings.

EngineerBrake temps are good, can push the pit entry.

EngineerTry to do a step turn 5 to turn 8 with the steering trace.

Kevin MAGNUSSENShould we try another 0.4? Do we have time for that? Yes, we can do that.

EngineerFuel 0.1 safe.

EngineerIt's

ZHOU Guanyugoing to be less than that. It's difficult to determine.

EngineerCopy that, on drink system test before you jump out

Lewis HAMILTONThere's hot air coming out of that gun

Alexander ALBONCar feels pretty good. It feels like exactly as we left off yesterday. The same balance. It's

Engineera

Alexander ALBONbit neutral in 3 and 4 but then I think that's good for the low speed stuff. I feel quite good on the brakes so I think we just need to keep it like this.

EngineerOK Lando, a mix of medium and hard starters. On medium, Verstappen, Ocon, Hamilton, Zunoda in front of you. Behind, Debris, Albon, Sergent and the back of the grid, Hulkenmaier and Perez. On the hard, Alonso, Sainz, Leclerc, Gasly, Russell in front of you. Behind you, Oscar, Stroll, Bottas and Mangusel.

EngineerIf

Logan SARGEANTPerez gets behind me, how do you want me to race him?

EngineerWell it's Monaco, so you're racing 100%, remember it's Monaco.

EngineerClutch drop absolutely spot on, same again please.

Engineerwe'll take another break if you can happy with another break if you can we'll take another break if you can we're okay for seven burnouts we're all good

Engineer20, target minus 20

EngineerTry to push turn 12. Minus 3 on target.

EngineerPossible debris 5, 6, 7, stay on line.

EngineerPerez and Hulkenberg just already pitted for hard to go into the end, also Zoo, all clear

George RUSSELLHow are brake temps?

EngineerI look okay

Lance STROLLThere's so much contact, man. That f***ing chair disaster.

Logan SARGEANTWait, what was that? Head

Engineerdown, head down. Everybody saw it.

Nico HULKENBERGI think I hit or picked up some debris there out of the tunnel, fell on the front wing.

EngineerOkay, Nico, we'll check. Data is okay. We'll check the video too.

Fernando ALONSOby attempts. Tell me when they stabilise.

EngineerYeah, copy will do, not yet.

Engineerand Cecco at the back just pitted for hard 16.5 his lap time for info and all the field is packed

Carlos SAINZLet me know when Nopon starts struggling with knives.

EngineerNo issues on brakes, Kev. No issues on brakes.

EngineerAnd Mark's lap time. Got a beat on the nose just for your foot.

EngineerAnd Nick, we can look after the rear tyres a bit more in exit turn 11. It's the worst place, exit turn 11.

George RUSSELLLet me know when you're ready for me to

Fernando ALONSOwhich axles you're oaring.

EngineerFernando, it's all about the left rear, so we're happy to use the fronts to protect the rear.

Nico HULKENBERGPeople are grinding on the medium

Carlos SAINZLet's push him through these tires.

EngineerI'll recover them, recover them. Target the Leico, watch out your slip.

Carlos SAINZSuperb, will you early check that on wing? Broken from wing. Stay out, stay out for a moment. No damage. It's okay.

EngineerSo a quick update, so Sainz has some front wing damage he touched with Esteban.

EngineerThere's a yellow ahead, yellow on the entry to turn 2, some debris.

EngineerOkay mate, there's a yellow flag after turn one, could be debris.

Pierre GASLYTo go over the debris before 10, please just check the tires, please. Yeah, we're looking at it.

Carlos SAINZI need to know the damage, how

Engineermuch load We are checking

Carlos SAINZI think he moved a bit late on the braking to be honest

EngineerCopy that, try your best

Pierre GASLYTo go over the debris before 10, please just check the tires, please. Yeah, we're looking at it.

Valtteri BOTTASThe Williams in front of me is having some rear left grading

Fernando ALONSOMaybe a puncture on the left, right?

EngineerAll looks okay. On the front. All okay, all okay.

EngineerDo you have some contact, Fernando?

Fernando ALONSONegative.

EngineerEverything's looking okay here, Fernando. Everything looking okay?

ZHOU GuanyuAre we a little bit stuck here or not?

Esteban OCONThere was no space for both of us there so yeah

Engineercopy that

Nico HULKENBERGI'm trying to save tire as much as possible now, but

Engineerlet me know if when I need to push it up in front again

Nico HULKENBERGif someone fits

EngineerJohan, we need another step turn 18 and turn 19, 18 and 19.

EngineerSo some medium runners complaining of graining now

Carlos SAINZOk, I see a bit of front left and a bit of rear left waiting on the road. Just waiting for them.

EngineerOK understood, and we had the first strike for turn 11, track limits for info.

EngineerIf we increase those peak brake pressures that will help load up the fronts.

EngineerIf we increase those peak brake pressures that will help load up the front.

George RUSSELLYeah, but you asked me to manage brakes

EngineerSergeant's blocking for Elbon.

Engineersergeant is holding everyone up Kevin just got around sergeant so now it's sergeant stroll Perez Joe you

EngineerAnd flap update when you can.

Charles LECLERCOK.

EngineerOk, Albon has pitted for hard, mode 3 when you can Next car is Bottas, 5 behind

EngineerNice job so far, clearing a few cars behind. Next group of cars is Piastri and De Vries in P11 that we need to clear.

EngineerAnd box to overtake Ocon. Box to overtake Ocon.

EngineerVery good. Perez is seven ahead.

Esteban OCONScience has a piece of wing hanging, no?

Kevin MAGNUSSENJust let me know what I need to do

EngineerKeep looking after tires, Kev. All good.

EngineerI

George RUSSELLmean I'm getting these brake warnings every lap at the moment.

EngineerAFM we're just bobbling along at the top of the limits on the front left calliper.

EngineerAnd for info, Alonso reporting rear left graining on the hull, Alonso lap time 7.9

EngineerHow are your ties?

EngineerHappy to do less lyco

Carlos SAINZAnd for info, Alonso, report in rear left, graining on the hull? Yes, same here.

EngineerCopy.

Carlos SAINZI think that is higher than expected.

EngineerTsunoda struggling with front left. Lando, possible rain. Class 1 on lap 35.

EngineerSo we just need to increase front surface temps in those areas.

Carlos SAINZHow is the rain looking?

EngineerIn 45 minutes but it's slowing down the risk.

Lewis HAMILTONRaining is out.

EngineerLando possible rain class one on lap 35

EngineerFront left main concern watch this watch the lock here

EngineerAnd box to overtake Ocon. Carlos, box to overtake Ocon.

Max VERSTAPPENNo, front left really isn't ready.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerNow then, how's the balance? How's the balance?

Lando NORRISWell, yeah, not great obviously. The front graining is just hard to not get. The raves you have to manage a bit, but the front grain is the bigger problem.

Max VERSTAPPENWe're gonna lose a lot of time in this traffic, I think.

EngineerYep, understood.

Esteban OCONTell me when you want maximum phase

EngineerYeah, we'll do keep what you're doing for now, please Ferrari again frustrated behind to keep it up

Nico HULKENBERGI struggle to think we get to the end with this so

EngineerThere's a risk of rain towards the end of the race. People might be trying to hang on for that.

Nico HULKENBERGA lot of understeer creeping in all speeds but also traction getting very poor

Lewis HAMILTONRear. I mean, both are going, but particularly rear.

EngineerCheck my front right, I've clipped the wall, but it's

ZHOU Guanyustill good.

EngineerCopy, checking front right.

EngineerOkay Valtteri, we really need to get to Vries if we can. Try to use the blue flag to your advantage.

EngineerAnd push now everything you have

EngineerSo stay with Max.

Sergio PEREZIt's to push me off.

EngineerYeah, I saw that.

Sergio PEREZWhat the f*** with that? Is that allowed?

Max VERSTAPPENI mean it's almost unbriable now with these chicanes.

EngineerUnderstood Max. If we pit now we fall behind Fernando. I'm sure you understand the situation.

Lance STROLLI don't understand what's taking so long. It's so obvious he cut the chicane.

EngineerIt's

Lance STROLLlike ridiculous

EngineerOkay Lance, it was very clear to us the stewards are investigating, it's under investigation

EngineerAoki, if you have one or two tents in your pocket, it's the moment to use it now.

Sergio PEREZIf I had a damage, Nico just break tested me.

Logan SARGEANTFront leftist road wing at will.

EngineerExactly what I talked about, exactly what I talked about! Slow intro, Hamilton 1.4 behind, the main target there was to cover Hamilton, Hamilton 1 second behind I don't care about Hamilton, I was weak!

Valtteri BOTTASThis is getting frustrating, it's so slow!

Carlos SAINZWhat is Charles Space?

EngineerCharles Laptop 17-5 in free air I

Carlos SAINZalways win 65

Nyck DE VRIESYeah, my tires are f***ed.

EngineerCould yet be right.

EngineerSo it's currently 42 laps to go, potential risk of rain with about 20 laps to go.

EngineerAny signs of graining on any car on the house? Only very small amounts later in the stint.

EngineerYeah, there is rain in the north we think is still several minutes away if it gets in

EngineerIf anything S-man, we think the limitation will be the front left tyre, so let's try and keep on top of that with switches if we can.

Lewis HAMILTONIs anyone else still out on the hard?

EngineerCopy, those who started on it are still out.

Lewis HAMILTONReady to pick up the pace.

EngineerThis place looks okay, it's coming towards us so don't worry about it

George RUSSELLHe's actually backing me up I reckon, I'm not sure why

George RUSSELLIt's starting to get a little bit greener.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm not sure how long I can keep this up though.

EngineerUnderstood Max, so just keep us informed.

EngineerAnother four or five laps max and we could pit ahead of that train of blue flags.

EngineerSo in about five laps, we'll start nibbling at the back of those guys

Valtteri BOTTASQuite consistent, but I can't keep up with the race anymore. Copy, copy. This is the place, so... Copy,

Engineerunderstood.

Fernando ALONSOSo what are the threats basically? So

Engineermainly rain in about 15 laps potentially.

Carlos SAINZAll okay with the safety car caps, no one else. All okay, all okay.

Carlos SAINZAll okay with the...

Engineer...safety carcass, no one else. All okay, all okay.

EngineerOkay Valtteri, we're now looking at plan B. Confirm you're happy with that? Plan B?

EngineerJust seen a couple of peaks, but not too bad.

EngineerThere are some pockets of rain a few kilometers away from the track we're monitoring

EngineerJoe, how was Ka-Bang's question?

ZHOU GuanyuIt took a bit of understatement on an active siding.

EngineerOrganic heads up, we have a sail of rain developing around 10 minutes from the track, we keep an eye on it.

EngineerMaybe drop some rain around turn 6 to turn 8.

EngineerSo Verstappen has mentioned a bit of rain small spots of rain turn six to eight

EngineerShould be very light at this stage, if any at all.

George RUSSELLYeah, split in turn three

EngineerOil button. Oil button.

EngineerSuggest special two for turn six through eight.

George RUSSELLYeah, it's raining more and more.

Esteban OCONYeah, raining quite heavy now.

EngineerCopy that. Next two cars in front of Perez and Albon.

Max VERSTAPPENReading okay,

Engineeryou let me know if you need to box to stay on the track max. It's as simple as that

Max VERSTAPPENNow I have to drive super slow because my tyres are f***ed.

EngineerUnderstood Max. It might just be survival in that section of track Max, if the rest of the track is dry.

Carlos SAINZHe's leaving me no space. You need to do something about it. We're gonna crash.

EngineerAlonso has pitted for dry tires. Understood, Max. We need inters, inters. Understood, Max. We are pitting for inters.

EngineerFront right is cold, the only way to help that at the moment is maybe you can do brake warm up

EngineerYoki, it's difficult for everybody. You're doing a good job.

EngineerKevin ahead is still on drives very slow

EngineerWe're gonna box for full wets Kev, we're gonna box for full wets

EngineerSo let me know if you're ready for extremes at any point, I'll wait for your call

EngineerSo these wets are cold, Kev. No, front wing, front wing.

EngineerAnd multifunction RB position 7, RB position 7, and Gasly is 2 in front.

Carlos SAINZWhat is the forecast?

EngineerStay for 5 minutes, this kind of rain.

Carlos SAINZOnly 5 minutes, I need more to go to extreme.

EngineerThat's our best guess, but can be anything as you know.

EngineerGeorge, all cool, we're all cool, you're in a good position and we're looking at the heavy wets, we're monitoring, keep talking to us, all cool

George RUSSELLJust 6 to 1, extraordinarily wet, 3 to 6

EngineerSo we have a 5 second time penalty for the rejoin

George RUSSELLUnderstood,

Engineercouldn't

George RUSSELLsee anything

Engineerand Inter is the right tyre, so continue like this, you're doing a good job, Russell lap time 43.5

Lewis HAMILTONJust getting to a point, it's pretty dangerous out here, is the flight slippery?

EngineerOkay copy, range should start to reduce turns three to nine.

EngineerYou

Carlos SAINZtell me the forecast and I tell you to die.

EngineerWe expect to rain to stop in two to three minutes

George RUSSELLIf a clerk gets close, could we potentially invert positions and I don't go more than a five ahead of Lewis if he didn't obviously get Esteban. Don't need to answer and no obligation.

EngineerThis place is very good at the moment.

EngineerThe rain intensity is going to be reducing from here on.

EngineerOkay, Kev, to make the car less snappy on power, we're going to suggest DX2.

EngineerWhen you can engine 13 position 4 plus 1

EngineerCan

George RUSSELLI have

Engineera

George RUSSELLshot of Ocon, or is Lewis catching him?

EngineerYou can use right toggle turn 1 to stabilize. We're currently P17, so we still need some miracles, but this pace is excellent.

EngineerYeah, I will do so last lap Occam's 2.2 seconds slower than you he's got a lot of pressure from the two Mercedes behind him

EngineerJuki, we need to find some paces, mainly under braking. Let's do your best, I know it's difficult.

Yuki TSUNODAI know, but this brake sucks!

EngineerOffset 5, build it up, under braking. You can do it.

Yuki TSUNODAAre you trying to crush me or what?

EngineerSo let's be careful with turn 10-11 at this point please.

EngineerOK mate, so we've got three warnings now for turn 10 and 11, so be very careful there please.

George RUSSELLI'm going to start right up the little scare box here

Lando NORRISYeah, like the

Engineerpeople are racing against me. I know I know The car you're racing is Sainz 48 seconds

Lando NORRISSick

EngineerBreak

Yuki TSUNODAit down real, man.

EngineerBut most damage is done after the tunnel breaking for 10 and the last two corners. That's where you do the most damage to touch

EngineerDo you see anything other than an inter in these next 9 laps?

Max VERSTAPPENNo, no.

EngineerAnderson, thank you.

EngineerSynod is struggling on brakes.

Max VERSTAPPENI clipped them all a little bit with the right finger to check my fingers.

EngineerOK, we'll have a look.

EngineerI know, suggest red A7, red A7, you're one of the quickest cars out there.

EngineerSo we really think the best place to save some tyre temp is 13-14 and exit of the last corner traction.

Lewis HAMILTONI'm struggling for grip as it is mate

Lando NORRISYeah, like a

ZHOU GuanyuAre we racing to win him for head or not?

EngineerAll

Alexander ALBONthese brake changes, you're changing the way the car's feeling every single time.

George RUSSELLThe car doesn't feel right after that touch, I'm just trying to bring it home, all right?

EngineerYeah, AFIRM, you're doing a really good job, you've got three laps remaining.

EngineerYou've done it again, Max. Well done, mate.

Max VERSTAPPENVery lovely, that. That was a real monocoque.

EngineerIt

Max VERSTAPPENwas quite difficult there in the wet, but quite enjoyable as well. Thank you, guys. That was a really well-executed race, I think.

EngineerYeah, well done, mate. That is a brilliant, brilliant performance. I mean, it's nearly two hours long and you've covered all the conditions. Well done. It was a fantastic drive.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, that was a long one, for sure.

EngineerHard luck, Checo. That was a tough weekend for you this weekend, so put it behind you next week, Barcelona.

Sergio PEREZUnbelievable, what a weekend guys, sorry, it was all my fault.

EngineerFernando is bringing it home, 27.2, you are the race leader, you have nothing to prove, let Norris through please.

Max VERSTAPPENHow far is it behind?

EngineerNorris may be happy to sit behind you Max, just don't take any risks

EngineerOK, so that's P5, good considering where we started,

George RUSSELLshame

Engineerabout the trip down the escape road.

George RUSSELLAh, so sorry guys, should have had that podium, some maybe this weekend.

EngineerLooked quite tricky out there.

George RUSSELLTricky for everyone. George, nevertheless well done, you finished P5, you started P8, it was a horrible race, so right calls strategy-wise and that's good. Yeah, thanks Jose, on to next week.

Max VERSTAPPENWe are catching some of the guys in front, so it's okay.

EngineerOkay, two laps remaining.

Lewis HAMILTONLet's go. Great job, guys.

EngineerThat

Lewis HAMILTONwas a tough race. Super grateful for all the hard work everyone's put in to bring this upgrade. Let's keep pushing. We need more. I know you know that, but let's keep pushing. I believe in you guys.

EngineerThank you, mate. Yeah, we believe in you too. Yeah, Lewis really went down. And as you say, the team has done a brilliant job. The mechanics and strategy team today, the right course at the right time. So good teamwork.

Lewis HAMILTONYes, sir.

Carlos SAINZYeah, sorry guys, we got it wrong there, a small mistake, but it was very tricky out there.

EngineerOk Nick, so obviously, first stint, this middle part of the stint, we really have to understand what's happened there, and then we picked up a very good pace, so we'll review that, and otherwise, you should be pleased, clean weekend, you kept it all together, and a lot to look forward to, it was a clean weekend, a lot of work ahead of us, but a lot of positives this weekend. I

Nyck DE VRIESthink the fact that I pushed so hard on Piastri at the beginning really hurt me, because Bottas also closed the gap to me, and once he got behind me, he also lost a lot, so for sure we didn't manage this well enough, I didn't expect the mediums of it so much.

EngineerNice race Oscar, good job.

Oscar PIASTRIYep, thanks guys. Nice to have both of us in the points. Really good strategy, really, really good call.

EngineerOkay mate, that's P9, P9 Uh

Lando NORRIShuh Yeah, yeah, good job everyone Okay

Engineermate, that's P9, P9

Lando NORRISUh huh Yeah, yeah, good job everyone Good, good, little couple points Best we could do today Pace was good obviously So yeah, let's keep pushing guys, keep it up

EngineerThank

Lando NORRISyou very much

EngineerCheck the flag

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, what we did in the dry condition was everything gone Yeah

Lando NORRISYeah, yeah, good job everyone, good little couple points, best we could do today, pace was good obviously, so yeah let's keep pushing guys, keep it up, thank you very much.

EngineerOK, checkered flag, checkered flag, P14, P14, lots

Alexander ALBONof drama. Yeah, OK, I'll talk about it later but, I mean, the most difficult thing to manage is the car just all the time, anyways, yeah. Yeah, there was a lot

Engineerof people going off during that wet period, no one managed to keep it going so, well done, appreciate it, it's difficult. Alex, you did well in the conditions out there, well done for bringing it home.

EngineerBecause it's a Can say was an epic race with a lot. I think also a lot to learn with this last stint on the inter tricky condition Lots of review a lot to discuss a lot learned today Sorry guys. That was a disaster I'm sorry again as usual, it's always a discussion between the negative and the positive of course there was mistake today, but there was also some strong positive Well done for bringing home. You did well in the conditions. How about today? It was just unfortunate that a puncture that really put you out of contention everything a good learning

EngineerGood ratio p13 at the end difficult conditions, but good recovery from qualifying

Fernando ALONSOYeah, that's

Engineera

Fernando ALONSOpodium baby. Well done guys. Not an easy race. Well executed. Bravo! Well

Engineerdone mate, well done. That's P2. We're getting there. Next race, P1. Well done.

Fernando ALONSOYes, yes, yes. I'm very happy mate. I know it's not a win, but I tell you it was not easy to drive with the rain. Yeah, exactly. Well done guys. Bravo!

EngineerAnd that's the checkered flag. Yes, guys!

Esteban OCONYes!

EngineerP3. Well done.

Esteban OCONYes, guys.

EngineerWell

Esteban OCONdone, well done, well done. Oh, my God.

EngineerUnbelievable. Fantastic. Well done.

Esteban OCONThank

Engineeryou so much. Thank

Esteban OCONyou so much, guys. What a weekend. What a weekend. Finally, what we deserve. Yes! An

Engineerexpert display. Well done.

Fernando ALONSOI cannot push any harder than this, so at least whatever position we are in, this is the maximum.

EngineerThe staff has done your mate, sorry, by eight hundredths.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, well done guys, don't be disappointed, this is magic.

EngineerYeah, well done mate.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, imagine two months ago if we think about this, so well done everyone.