Saudi Arabian Grand Prix2023 · Practice 2 team radio

EngineerSo we'll do a start for now. We'll do a start. There's one minute to go.

EngineerOkay Lance, GPS is poor again for us.

Pierre GASLYIs the wind in the same direction?

EngineerAffirm, but lighter, lighter than this morning, track temp has dropped about 10 degrees

EngineerTo confirm that the wind is half the strength of FV1. The tyres will be about 10 below target. Lancer's only got two ahead to start their lap.

George RUSSELLGap Lewis to Alonso.

EngineerHe's got three seconds ahead of Alonso.

EngineerSo, how's the balance look like? Last corner was compromised a bit there.

Esteban OCONYeah, yeah, yeah. But let me do another lap. It feels OK. I feel better at the moment.

EngineerOK, that's good.

EngineerOk Nick, we're still trying to find some good data to look at Sector 2. Sector 1 was strong.

EngineerSo red button is available for double handbrake.

EngineerEveryone most people on mediums at the moment for info copy.

Pierre GASLYI got a bit of time to come

EngineerTell me, Joachim, what you want.

Yuki TSUNODAStill I feel massively like front, just feel weird, like front less grip, just rushing out, it's really strange.

EngineerUnderstood, Joachim. Do you want one more push on this tyre?

Yuki TSUNODAYeah.

EngineerCopy, let's do one more.

Charles LECLERCHülkenberg, or whoever that house is. Ah, it was a joke, huh?

George RUSSELLCan we check upshifts and can we discuss turn 1 oversteer?

EngineerHow's the balance?

Esteban OCONYeah, it feels oversteer and high speed. Low speed feels good, and medium speed as well. Less understeer.

EngineerYeah, let's think about going up on diff high speed.

Lewis HAMILTONHis targets are on me.

Nico HULKENBERGThat's pretty active isn't it?

Max VERSTAPPENThis is my headrest. I'm laying down too much. I cannot feel the car.

EngineerSo happy to build up more temperature on tyres and have a good break into the final corner. And we'll be go one. Go one.

EngineerCancel handbrake and be about six yeah,

Sergio PEREZthat wasn't ready

EngineerAnd mode push, mode push.

Logan SARGEANTI lost it, I lost it T2

EngineerOk, ok, we can do a push abort, go cool, go cool

Yuki TSUNODAHe had f***ed up, man.

EngineerHow was the balance? A

Pierre GASLYbit on the nose in the first part of the lap More like a word through corner balance, 22 was worse Sector 1, like the first two corners, the front is really bad

EngineerYeah, copy that

Nico HULKENBERGAlways a D-rate, I'm going to throw a lot of 22.

EngineerOK, we'll look.

EngineerThat traffic was a shame because that lap was coming together pretty nicely. I know we would have boxed anyway but the first corners look good.

EngineerI'm tempted to box and get onto high fuel, if you are.

Fernando ALONSOYes, box first.

EngineerCopy that.

George RUSSELLWe need to make some big changes. Yeah, copy.

EngineerAttempt, would you like to try again? You keep on a couple of attempts in the last attempt. But happy to box. The tires looks a bit damaged now.

Nyck DE VRIESYeah, coming box.

Carlos SAINZHow many laps, 5?

EngineerI really like the medium in the previous track. Ok, understood. You can target 4 time-laps and there will be 6 time-laps for the medium.

George RUSSELLChris, the top left button behind the steering wheel wasn't working.

EngineerThe sign's still at three behind. We're going to box box for a live pit stop.

Sergio PEREZThe Ferrari of the XHS.

EngineerOK, very good. All right, pushing from now, status 3, please. We're in a good spot here, 14 seconds gap ahead. Albon, 7 seconds behind Al-Lab.

Charles LECLERCWhat happened

Engineerto you

Charles LECLERCYeah, let me know if I can go power or I

Engineerwill come back to you For us. Everything is fine. You can continue

Charles LECLERCWhat if there was a problem with the clutch model?

EngineerSo Verstappen's second lap was a 35.1 and now 35.0 for him. Perez 35.5 second lap.

EngineerTire seems good, we will extend a bit this run, and we will suggest... What is the medium doing? Charles is at 35 too.

EngineerSo Verstappen's fourth lap was a 35.2, Perez 35.3, Leclerc on medium 35.5.

EngineerOscar, how's the front wing?

Oscar PIASTRINot enough, I think. I think we're going to need a couple more turns.

EngineerOscar, do you think the Hard will have a tougher front tyre and this will be okay? Not

Oscar PIASTRI100% sure to be honest. Last time the balance was very similar in my boxing.

EngineerNegative, stay out.

Oscar PIASTRILast time the balance was similar across compound, so I think for this balance I need more front wing.

Max VERSTAPPENMy dances are really, really bad.

EngineerStand by.

Max VERSTAPPENThey're just super low. They hold down to your procedure.

EngineerIs there a specific corner, Max?

Max VERSTAPPENLast corner is really...

EngineerWe're similar to Albon. Our biggest loss to Ocon, who's doing 35s, is turn one breaking point. So just see if you can find something there. We have Stroll behind. He's on 10 kilos less fuel.

Yuki TSUNODAWe're going to start to get a little bit deeper on this, east of the AT truck stop.

Charles LECLERCI've got so much traffic!

Esteban OCONKeep an eye on the vibration.

EngineerCopy that. Step back.

EngineerMost of the field doing very similar lap times Max with this time management. Keep it there for now

EngineerPérez lap time in Fria 35.0 Alonso 35.4

EngineerHow many laps I get on video, like this? It's three, four, three, four, four laps. Minimum fourth lap.

Carlos SAINZLet's do 0.3 down total, 0.2, 0.2.

EngineerSpeed confirm and box. Charge lap time 3.6, 35.6.

EngineerOkay, so it's most likely three laps from here, three full-time laps from here. It's very close to a fourth, but I think most likely it's three.

Fernando ALONSOYou tell me and I come back off a little bit.

Charles LECLERCHe's everything okay. I'll come back

Engineerto you

EngineerOkay, let us know what tires Lance tire balance feedback

EngineerOn data, we can't see anything, can you be a bit more specific what happened, or where?

Charles LECLERCNo, I think it was mainly a big surge.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerTires and sliding are all fine. So it's okay to push more in high speed if you can

EngineerSee if we can pick up Pace Sector 1. Tires look okay.

Alexander ALBONI can't. I'm maxed

Engineerout.

EngineerOkay, now if you back off by two seconds on your Delta, go down, slow down by two seconds and you'll take the flag this time. Just watch Hulkenberg, he's 2.4 behind you.

Kevin MAGNUSSENAh, thanks for copying this, NAB.

EngineerYeah, remember, we're going to do a start from the grid.

Kevin MAGNUSSENOh yeah, copy.

Nico HULKENBERGTell me a bit, how did that long run look?

EngineerWe're just on a little bit slower than, say, Williams and like Alpine. So we just need to find a little bit of pace, and it's maybe in the high speed where we can gain a bit. So we're, yeah, in the pack, but slightly on the slower side. The dig was fine.

EngineerReminded to hold position here, VSE still active, we're going to box now, we'll do a practice pit stop as well.

EngineerI think the procedure was very good, the entire procedure.

ZHOU GuanyuCopy Pitlane.

EngineerPit stop practice do not continue.