Saudi Arabian Grand Prix2023 · Race team radio

Nyck DE VRIESRadio check, radio check Radio

Engineeris good, can you please go 50m on

Charles LECLERCWhen I box, I mean when we stop on the green, please check the, I took a tear off, so just to make sure that he didn't go in the brake duct on the rear or something.

EngineerSo Lance, wind is 18 kph, headwind sector 1, so tyres are good, tyres are looking good there for now.

EngineerOkay Lance, we'll box again through the pit lane for a start. You were minus seven, drive out was aggressive but the reaction to the tone very good. Box, box through the pit lane for another start.

Max VERSTAPPENI keep sliding off my heel rest on the brake pedal, maybe we need to clean it, it's really slippery

EngineerUnderstood, thank you

EngineerAnd we were two tenths faster in high speed, same everywhere else, that's compared to Sainz.

EngineerAbort. Pull away. Abort. Go out on track. Abort. Engine. Engine. So abort. Pull on track. Gentle pull away. Out on track.

Lance STROLLWhat do you mean pull away?

EngineerI said gentle pull away. Gentle pull away.

Lance STROLLYou're good. I'm just driving.

Yuki TSUNODAI felt a bit of, just a tiny bit more understeer in this lap, in high speed especially, not in medium slow speed.

EngineerOK, so when you get to the back of the grid, switch the car to P1 and stay in P1 please.

Pierre GASLYWhy can't I synchronize the first gear?

EngineerJust checking that. OK, go to the left on the grid please.

Pierre GASLYI think it came in at the last one.

EngineerYeah, we got it, thank you.

Pierre GASLYI had to do it a couple of times before it worked.

EngineerCopy, I'll review that for the next race.

George RUSSELLFelt like a few torque spikes exiting the launch

EngineerOkay, Logan, radio check.

Logan SARGEANTCopy, radio check.

EngineerCopy, loud and clear. Remember to call the car out of turn 24 and check your drinks.

Engineerit's

Lewis HAMILTONpretty dark down here is that how you turn the lights up?

EngineerI think they did as soon as you put onto the grip they did the best a bit brighter

EngineerAll right, so we're gonna be disconnecting the blankets in about a minute and a half Firing up another four minutes Should

Esteban OCONbe,

EngineerI will confirm that with Brodie now

EngineerOK, so for the full manage in Lapland, mode 12 for the dummy launch, pit limiter on today please, pit limiter on, static 5.5 once the car is on the ground, carry out your launch, and we are looking for a minimum of plus 5 on the dash for the rears, plus 5, a reminder from turn 24, keep the boost under control, so avoid that red icon on the dash, and then after 27 no more than 50%, 50% on the dash, then from the STC bridge, looking for 5 long burnouts, and the extra ramp rather coasting into your star position, so 5 long burnouts, obvious reminder today, stationary time much reduced, should be of the order of only 15, 1.5 seconds.

EngineerHi Fernanda, we heard a message from Sergio to be managing his tyres, looking after his tyres for the first couple of laps. So there's a chance he's on a soft, but we'll see. And we've seen Ocon is medium. OK Fernanda, so everyone is medium except Hamilton P7 is hard. So Hamilton P7 hard. Leclerc P12 is soft. And Norris P19 soft. Sargent at the back, hard. So that's Hamilton P7 hard. And then Leclerc P12 soft.

EngineerAll right, mate. Let's have another good one. Let's build on what we got from last week. We're in a much better position already, so let's get some good points.

Logan SARGEANTMy hold revs still didn't feel great.

EngineerRemember we're looking for you to weave in sweatline

EngineerClick overtake, two times tyre warming, on mode 3. And I

Nyck DE VRIESget nearer to the grid.

EngineerWe can go to strat 12 whenever you're ready. Strat 12, Perez is 0.8 behind.

EngineerAnd some potential debris here, 3 to 5.

EngineerOkay Fernandes, so we have got a five-second penalty at the pit stop for grid position at the start So we will bear that in mind five-second penalty at the first pit stop

Fernando ALONSOComing

Nico HULKENBERGIt's a big piece of carbon fluid to my front wing. Check front wing.

EngineerUnderstood. Checking front wing.

EngineerExcellent move Lance. Let yellow is latched. Strat 12. Strat 12. The

Lance STROLLyellow is not unlatching.

EngineerCopy, we're checking.

Lewis HAMILTONI'm not going to sue him

EngineerYou're opening the gap to Sonoda. He's 1.2, so he's out of DRS.

EngineerI am faster, but you are restrained Copy I look after the tires, obviously

EngineerJoe, you're matching the lap times from Gasly ahead. Good job so far. Matching lap times from Gasly ahead.

ZHOU GuanyuCopy. I'm locking up in turn 13 a bit. Have a look.

EngineerCopy. We'll check.

Nico HULKENBERGI've got quite a bit more caper, he's

Engineera

Nico HULKENBERGKevin, he's sliding a lot, he's too aggressive, especially at 13, tell him.

EngineerUnderstood Niko, we're passing the message, just watch the last bit of throttle when you go up the last 10%.

EngineerAnd Lando, what pace is this, please?

Lando NORRISPace 3 or 4. Pace 3.

EngineerOK, understood. Can you do pace 2?

Lando NORRISYeah.

EngineerBut plan A, definitely plan A.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, I'm trying mate, I'm trying.

Lewis HAMILTONI've got such a good start.

Max VERSTAPPENI've let him over, so an entry to the corner.

EngineerOkay, your tires are looking good. Kevin's first set looked fine, so we're all good on tires. For plan A, would you take some more flat for the next tire?

Nico HULKENBERGProbably, yes.

Engineerokay Fernando's drop back gap now 1.5

EngineerSo Fernando the heart is not looking great so far so we'll be looking at extending

EngineerOkay, front right is our primary concern.

Carlos SAINZYeah, the air is a bit loose in traffic.

EngineerUnderstood.

Logan SARGEANTThe car is so nervous

Fernando ALONSOPapayas feel good. We can keep going.

EngineerOkay, front wing update for the next set please.

Max VERSTAPPENOne degree less I think.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerAnd flap update when you can.

Charles LECLERCFlap update.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerRun switch race, run switch race, tight with Albon, tight with Albon, run switch race, tight with Albon Albon is 12 lap hold medium Reset brake balance, reset brake balance So Albon right behind you, 12 lap hold medium

ZHOU GuanyuMan, I'm having so much understeer.

EngineerSo we will be staying out staying out

EngineerSo Flandre, the only thing you can do to save the rears a bit more is in turn 7. A little bit management turn 7 will help the rears. Russell still 7.3 behind. Also we're happy... Copy. Another click forwards brake balance, probably good.

EngineerWe've done nothing,

Lance STROLLguys. Yeah,

Engineerwe know, mate. We're monitoring it. Do the K0 when you can, middle of the lap. Do what you can. No energy presses, lads.

Fernando ALONSOStill on target, because I'm still on level 4.

EngineerLance, stop the car. Lance, stop the car. Stop on track.

Max VERSTAPPENI'm just getting more on my board than in the beginning, it was really tricky.

EngineerYeah that was the effective tailwind so I'd like a heads up on the front wing update for the next stint in free air please. Max, if you see a safety car or VSC we are pitting, okay? If you see safety car or VSC we are pitting.

EngineerOkay Valtteri, we would like to go back to the medium, we can box this lap, box box. Perfect.

EngineerOkay Kev, we're only going to lose one place, so Sunoda's going to benefit from this, so you're going to be P11. Still very good.

EngineerOK mate, so if we can... there you go, dash clear, that's good. OK, so in terms of order, even with that safety car, it's not worked out too bad for us, I don't believe. I'll let you know on order shortly. So we are racing Tsunoda, who just jumped a couple of places because of that safety car. Sergeant in front hasn't stopped yet, he's still on the hard tyre. Pierre is the car behind, hard tyre's two laps older than yours.

EngineerOkay, so race update, everyone behind us pitted, we've got yourself, Fernando, Russell, Max, Sainz, Hamilton and Leclerc.

George RUSSELLWhat was the pace of Sainz before the safety car compared to us?

EngineerSainz was high 35s and then on the hard it was hard to tell. It was in traffic.

George RUSSELLSame strategy with the tyres as we did on the medium.

EngineerAffirm.

EngineerAnd try to push from safety car line one for Hamilton, he just beat it. Xavi, you need to tell me that before. Copy. No, but come on!

EngineerOkay, so recommend mode race around turn 22.

Lewis HAMILTONOnce we had

Engineerfree air and that hard tyre came to us, it was looking pretty strong.

Lando NORRISCan you tell me where the leader goes?

EngineerI can try my best, the safety car is coming into the pit lane now, Prez is just out to the final corner.

EngineerBoat push

EngineerJust look after them until safety DRS gets enabled. Hamilton is the car behind.

Fernando ALONSOYeah tires they feel very good. I like this tire.

EngineerCopy mate copy

EngineerIf we can't get De Vries, we'll have to let Lando have a go. So let's try and get De Vries now. And if Lando attacks, do not make it too difficult.

Alexander ALBONGuys, if we have the pack like this, it's not me.

EngineerCopy, radio is not clear, but the early overtake is costly on pack.

ZHOU GuanyuThey just go off to the distance into turn 16, I really love

Alexander ALBONOh my god, brake failure!

EngineerSo this tyre is going to be very durable so we're happy to lean on it more.

Nico HULKENBERGAnd crazy amount of understeer in turn 9.

EngineerSee what we can do here.

EngineerWind is still the same, just more intense.

George RUSSELLAlonzo with a 5 second penalty here, let's play it later but let's manage to tie it a little bit now Alonzo served his penalty at the stop Ah **** Again, info I need

EngineerSo Russell is pushing on a bit now. He's 1.7 behind. He did a 34.0 last lap. So this lap he did a 33.7. He's trying to get into the DRS to protect himself from Hamilton.

Fernando ALONSOCopy. Keep me updated.

EngineerSo pace looks good at the moment

EngineerAnd we're happy to lean on the rears a bit more out of turn 13.

EngineerSergeant 1.0, you're very close to breaking the tail.

EngineerSo Russell two seconds back, he's pretty much matching that lap time.

EngineerMain loss to Max, overpushing the entry to 16, compromising apex and exit.

EngineerAnd we have one strike for track limits, turn 23.

Charles LECLERCYeah, I think the highlight is he's with ***, I don't know what to do.

EngineerUnderstood.

Fernando ALONSOhow many places we will lose because of safety

Engineeryou read our mind we were literally just talking about so if you pit now you'd lose four that's the two Mercedes two Ferraris but Leclerc is right on that bubble what's your thoughts on restarting this tyre with 17 to go I

Fernando ALONSOmean tyres feel good but the stop and grip was an over level so it was easy to pass I don't know

Engineercopy understood I

Fernando ALONSOwill try to open a little bit of margin and see how many positions we keep losing

Engineeryeah copy that

Fernando ALONSOkeep updating me on the Russell time lap

Engineerlast lap was at 33.5 Russell 33.5

EngineerKeep doing what you're doing. We'll have him. We have a plan. We'll have him stay close

Fernando ALONSOWe are much faster, so let's keep an eye on the safety car in case it happens. The rest is under control.

EngineerGap 1.3. Really good laps. Incredible.

EngineerAnd we are happy with the tyres, you are doing a good job. Sainz lap time 33.5

EngineerIt's just the b-bell offset that's left max, can't do anything on the b-bell map itself. Okay, stand by.

EngineerOK, Oscar, so there's three cars on medium in this group ahead. Sergeant Joe and Lando all on medium. Looks like the cars on medium, particularly Sergeant, are starting to struggle a bit more.

EngineerIt

Max VERSTAPPENmakes like a weird noise in high speed.

EngineerOkay understood Max, we are monitoring, I'll let you know. We are happy at the moment Max.

Max VERSTAPPENWait there's something wrong.

EngineerOkay stand by, keep going for the moment.

EngineerOkay, Max, that was track limits at 23 again. So we'd like to target a 33.0, 33.0.

EngineerLando, if there was a safety car, would you be happy with a soft?

Lando NORRISYeah, I'd take the tires to be honest with you.

EngineerMax, any more feedback on that issue from before?

Max VERSTAPPENWell, yeah, it's still there.

EngineerYeah, understood.

Sergio PEREZI'm having a bit of a long pedal. Freak pedal.

EngineerYeah copy Treco, having a look.

EngineerAnd try to do a radio reset. Radio reset.

Charles LECLERCI cannot hear, sorry.

EngineerWe're happy with the brake pedal, just a little bit of wear.

EngineerSo last lap was seven tenths quicker than everyone else seven tenths quicker you How many

Fernando ALONSOlaps to the end?

EngineerSo at the end of this one is nine more laps nine and both Ferraris are outside the safety car windows So it's just the two Mercedes

Fernando ALONSOcopy level four and not curbs

Engineercopy understood

EngineerOk, target 32.6, plus 0.4

Sergio PEREZIs Max doing the same?

EngineerMax's last lap, 32.6 I

Sergio PEREZmean, so why are you telling me 33.0?

EngineerIt's target plus 0.4, drops are good

Sergio PEREZWe are pushing without a reason guys, but, have to do

Oscar PIASTRIIf the soft looks better on others, then soft, but up to you really.

EngineerOk, soft looks poor on Bottas, we'll handle it though, all good, you get stuck into these guys.

EngineerEight laps to go, tyres are okay, to push even more, try to push even more for tyres.

Sergio PEREZRight, we don't really need this. So, we're pushing now?

EngineerYou're free to push. Free to push.

Valtteri BOTTASCan you see any damage in the car?

EngineerSo far no feedback, stand by

Valtteri BOTTASSomething is not right Copy Something is

Engineernot

Valtteri BOTTASsliding at all

EngineerLandon, I'd like to close the safety car window, please. I'm closing it.

Lando NORRISClose what?

EngineerThis safety car window is closed now.

Lando NORRISSafe car, mate.

Max VERSTAPPENWhat's the process now?

EngineerWe are not concerned about that at the moment, Max.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, but I am.

Valtteri BOTTASCan you see any damage in the car? So far no feedback, stand by There's something is not right There's some sliding error Worse? No, it's pretty... pretty stable

EngineerOkay

EngineerAHH!

EngineerAnd no, do not make it too difficult for Oscar.

EngineerSo gap ahead 4.6, Alonso has just been given the hurry up so let's push on hard, close up to him.

EngineerOkay, four laps to go, Nico, four laps. Let's close this gap to Sonoda a bit in case he falls off.

EngineerSo there could be a possible five-second penalty for Alonso end of the race gap 4.5

Sergio PEREZWhat is the fastest lap at the moment?

EngineerYou've got the fastest lap 32.1

EngineerSo currently Russell is 4.3 behind be nice to have five seconds in just in case but we think we're all clean

George RUSSELLIs he getting a penalty or not?

EngineerI'm

George RUSSELLpushing like a madman at the moment. Just keep pushing like a madman.

EngineerWicked job, wicked job.

Sergio PEREZWicked! Nice job guys, well done, excellent result for the team.

EngineerFantastic Dzeko, absolutely fantastic. Really, really amazing drive, that last time was on fire, well done mate.

Sergio PEREZWell done guys, it's been an awesome first two races. Let's keep it up, let's keep pushing, plenty more fun to have.

EngineerSo, great recovery, well done.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, not bad, that's a good

Engineerresult for the whole team. Great recovery, Max, that was a really good drive, fastest lap at the end, 31.9, 1-2 finish. Sorry about yesterday, but great points today.

Fernando ALONSOWell done guys fantastic.

EngineerYeah, well, I mean I was proper driving. Well done.

Fernando ALONSOI Still need to buy some beers in Australia. Well done guys. Well deserved

Max VERSTAPPENYou have to be a bit careful the first few laps. It's quite tricky. You gave us the willies about hearing

Engineerthose noises, that's for sure.

EngineerLouis, great recovery drive. It's getting better. Thanks, Otto.

EngineerOK, P4, the gap in the end there was 5.1 Ah, that's close.

George RUSSELLDid he get a penalty or not?

EngineerWe'll have to see after the race.

George RUSSELLWell done guys. I don't know if we'll maximise the weekend, especially off the back of Bahrain. What to do, but I think we did a really good job with the package we had. So, good job.

EngineerYeah, nice work all weekend.

George RUSSELLWell done George, we're getting there, slowly but surely. Thanks Toto.

Valtteri BOTTASI'm sorry about today, I know it was a very painful one, but we'll do a good job with the car tonight and we'll go through the data and we'll learn something from today. Yeah copy, something was wrong, for sure the whole weekend but today especially. On lap 1 I ran over some massive debris which I felt like a **** so that could be something there. Okay copy, we'll do a good check of the floor tonight.

EngineerGood

Nico HULKENBERGlap there, Nico, and good job. Didn't get any luck with the safety car timing, but holding off Sargent was really impressive with no DRS. That was a good run. Kevin got 10th, so we got the first point for Haas today. Yeah, great. Good job, guys. Happy for that. Kevin did a good race. Not bad for us either. A couple of things didn't go as good as they should maybe, but all fun and learning, eh? I felt it was not a bad effort.

EngineerLet's

Nico HULKENBERGdo it again.

EngineerGood job, Nico. Next time we have got both in the points, it's possible. Good job. Thank you for hanging in there.

Sergio PEREZThat was a wicked job, guys. Well done. One

Engineermore lap! Yeah, boy.

Sergio PEREZDid we get the first lap in the end, or...?

EngineerYou were pipped on the last lap. Ah,

Sergio PEREZgreat.

EngineerEnjoy the win. That's the number one job.

Sergio PEREZLet's enjoy it, guys. Well done. Well done to everyone, to all the boys. It's been a really tough weekend for you guys, so let's enjoy it for now.

EngineerThat's it, Kev. P10. Fantastic, mate. Superb. First points. Yep. There

Kevin MAGNUSSENyou go, guys. There you go. Nice job. Nice job. Good job, Kevin. You can be proud of yourself. You know what I mean? Yeah, you too, Gunnar. You too.

EngineerYou did a good job there, very consistent and no mistakes.

EngineerYeah Joel, so P13 at the end, good job from your side, a difficult one, unfortunately out of the points. Magnussen got the last point, P10.

ZHOU GuanyuYeah, obviously I was happy with my side and after the first set was difficult, the window, we'll discuss later. But yeah, let's keep pushing for Melbourne, thank you.

EngineerI think a typical race, it was the end of the option overall, a lot of learnings, you should be going please, a lot of learnings, second race finished, didn't do mistakes, good fights, good learnings, I can debut when you're back.

Logan SARGEANTLow goodness James, well done, well driven with what we had, we'll come back stronger next time. Thanks guys, tough one, sorry it wasn't quicker today.

EngineerOK, and that's the checkered flag, well done.

Esteban OCONCoppola, good job this weekend guys, good job, solid result. Good to score with the two cars. Season started, let's call it like that.

EngineerYep, very good job.

Engineerokay buddy that's the checkered flag uh it's recharge on with the in-lap recharge on and cool the car finished p15 well done uh squeezing past that williams that was pretty exciting there and the straight speed was a bit different to us and it was a good overtake well done

Oscar PIASTRIyeah thanks i don't really know how i lost the front wing at the start to be honest but have a look thanks

Engineerfor

Oscar PIASTRIall the effort yesterday was a very encouraging day so uh push on to melbourne

Engineeryeah i mean you've done the whole race on one set of tires pretty much so uh pace at the end was good our pace or race was good but tire management everything's good in uh in melbourne we'll try and put it all together let's go on sunday there's that park verme thing as well so when you get to the fia you need to turn the car fully off that means kill the engine wait five and uh and then switch it fully off the uh well done mate i know that that's again not the result we wanted but the pace is there and uh it's coming yeah