Spanish Grand Prix2023 · Race team radio

Nyck DE VRIESYeah, the right-hand mirror is tilted upwards, so we need to

Engineerbring it down a little bit for guns. Okay, so guys, we'll take the tours on the grid.

EngineerAnd multifunction gx position 2 when you can, gx 2 when you can.

Esteban OCONI had a quarter-pipe shift in the 3rd lane, 1st and 2nd.

EngineerSo, clutch position was on target. Track temp currently is 41 degrees.

George RUSSELLJust hit a marker where I was losing the rate I've learned a bit before

Esteban OCONYeah, not good that we didn't sink 8. Honestly, it's not enough to do just one lap.

Esteban OCONHave a look at the balance also because very understeery at high speed very very understeery like crazy understeer

EngineerOkay, understood. We'll have a look through that now

EngineerAnd Oscar, we'll need a big lift into turn 10 for PU temperatures to protect the launch. How's the front wing flap?

Oscar PIASTRICopy. Front wing feels okay. I think it's a bit on the nose but can already feel the front left a little bit so I think it's in a sensible place.

EngineerOkay Lance, tailwind entry to 4, entry to 9, headwind exit 4, up to 25 kph and we're going to the grid.

George RUSSELLYeah, I just checked gravel, um, stuff. I was just trying the wide lines.

EngineerCheck if you have any rain turn 14 pit entry box box box box

EngineerIn terms of 7 and 12, there's a pure tailwind.

Lewis HAMILTONJust like you put a lot in Ready to oversteer there

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, that was a big shift

Lewis HAMILTONIf you could just wipe my mirrors, they're really dirty.

Lewis HAMILTONIt's really hot man.

EngineerSo correction, sergeant now is at the end of the pit lane and they are telling me he's on mediums

EngineerOkay, Nico, tires, everyone is on soft, except Verstappen, Perez, Sargent are on medium, and the clerk is on hard from the pit lane.

EngineerAnd a reminder, you do have HBP 12 currently in position 4.

EngineerClutch drop was 2% too deep and held the clutch a little too long.

Logan SARGEANTI ran over debris.

Esteban OCONYeah, I didn't hit debris, don't want, let

Engineerme know. Copy.

EngineerAnd just a confirmation that everything is okay on the car

George RUSSELLI've got a lot of aero bouncing

EngineerOK, so we're doing a level 2 Leica at the moment, suggest level 3 if you can.

Alexander ALBONYeah, we're getting big feeds.

ZHOU GuanyuWe are clearly quicker

EngineerThe

Valtteri BOTTASpace feels okay, but obviously I'm completely stuck here, so... Yep,

Engineerunderstood.

EngineerPace is high and grip

Nico HULKENBERGdoesn't feel great.

EngineerAnd front left is the hotter of the two.

EngineerNice Yuki, come on.

Nico HULKENBERGWe've got to think of something. We are getting eaten alive here. The front left looks very grained and worked

Engineerup. Copy that.

Fernando ALONSOTell me when tyres are stabilised.

EngineerYeah, will do.

EngineerI think we need to box

Nico HULKENBERGand do something else.

EngineerWe stick on plan A for now.

Carlos SAINZYeah, I have been. I have busy hands.

Lando NORRISYeah, the dirty air is terrible. Just somehow frosk aside, don't box in dirty air.

EngineerUnderstood.

ZHOU GuanyuThey have so much power the house

Esteban OCONBurn to the right I think

George RUSSELLThe front left doesn't

Engineerlook in amazing

George RUSSELLshape.

EngineerAnd switch position Sierra confirmed, status 4 Stay

Carlos SAINZpatient, pace is good

EngineerOk understood, you need to pick up the pace

EngineerStill plan A, plan A.

EngineerLet me know for flap.

Carlos SAINZYeah, they have more face. They have copy. Let me know for flap

Max VERSTAPPENYou're on exit. I need three clicks more. Swing.

EngineerThey're on old tyres, 14 lap old, Ocon coming, has stopped the lap before, Ocon behind, stopped before, so he's on one lap.

EngineerI'm thinking to go to medium and box Carlos box box for medium

Carlos SAINZWhy? Okay.

Lewis HAMILTONGuys, they're still really good mate Okay,

Engineerlet's keep them that way So our pace is looking really good Lewis

Lewis HAMILTONGuys, they're still really good, mate.

EngineerOkay, let's keep them that way.

EngineerSo it's Sargent battling with Tsunoda at the moment, Tsunoda's on six lap old hards.

George RUSSELLA lot more pace in these tyres. We need to look forward, not behind. Yeah, aye sir.

Nico HULKENBERGwell it's okay we had a workout from the first few laps but

Engineerit's stable for the moment

Lewis HAMILTONCan't slowly go into oversteer, so for this run I'd probably take the one hole

EngineerYou

George RUSSELLdon't think one stop is possible? Tyres are holding quite well at the moment.

EngineerIt's not impossible. It's not impossible. I

George RUSSELLthink we need to stay out. It's your choice. The tyres are good. I'm improving the lap time.

EngineerEnjoy the free air.

Lando NORRISThe pace is terrible, isn't it?

EngineerOkay Kev, for hard tyre, we're thinking to reduce error bounce by 0.3 of a percent. Please let me know.

Kevin MAGNUSSENI don't agree, I don't agree. Stay where we are. Copy that, copy that.

EngineerAnd Oscar confirming the tyre degradation is all thermal, not worried about where, not worried about graining on this tyre, it's all about thermal management.

Sergio PEREZI can keep this pace for a bit longer.

EngineerOk, let's use that pressure now. Yuki is doing 20.6, 8 tenths up.

George RUSSELLRight, pit stop.

Nico HULKENBERGIt's very hard to say. We're fighting both ends.

EngineerThey

Nico HULKENBERGfeel equally poor, to be honest.

George RUSSELLAin't no top five.

Lando NORRISAm I racing the car ahead or, I mean, they're pushing a lot more than we used to.

Lance STROLLCan I lean on tires more in high speed?

EngineerYes Lance you can, Degg's good, Ocon 2.6 behind

Logan SARGEANTWhy am I derating so much?

EngineerWhy am I derating? We're following plan on engine usage, as per discussed. We're happy to push more turn 9.

Lando NORRISProbably just going up a little bit now.

Lando NORRISYeah, I've pitched five, the fire's probably just going off a little bit now.

EngineerAlex, do you think tyres are OK to push a little more through 3 and maybe 13?

Alexander ALBONYeah, but I just don't

Engineerwant

Alexander ALBONto be close to butters for no reason. I don't have the tire does yet

George RUSSELLIs anyone else reporting rain? I think it's sweat from the inside of my helmet.

EngineerSir, it sounds like it's just you that's reporting the rain. I suspect it might be the sweat.

Logan SARGEANTLook at my deck switch

EngineerStroll in front is going to start to struggle on the soft soon, gap 2 seconds.

EngineerYou said he was on the hard. Stroll's on the soft.

EngineerSo Alex for our stint length, I think we can close the gap to Bottas if we can.

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONthought I said we'd go down one hole.

EngineerOk Lando, we are still in plan C, we want to achieve target minus 5, target minus 5, best place to that

Pierre GASLYWe're losing too much time.

Pierre GASLYI'm chilling the tire now.

EngineerSolid work, just solid. It was pretty good

Carlos SAINZFind the best way to beat Checo

Pierre GASLYJust dead fluent! Why can't we change plan?

EngineerAnd let me know your opinion on plan A for the last stint.

Charles LECLERCYeah, yeah, plan A for sure. That'd be no way.

Carlos SAINZI'm recovering a bit of pace, let's see. Good.

EngineerOkay, album Magnuson behind yep, slow it down. Thank you

Pierre GASLYI don't tell the blue anymore. No, no.

EngineerOk Max, thoughts on this tyre?

Max VERSTAPPENOh not amazing, let's see a few more laps, I struggle a lot with under braking, the front is overheating

EngineerAnd we'll box this lap for Hart.

Charles LECLERCNo, no, no. Let's go for soft guys.

EngineerCopy that.

EngineerWe are doing hard. We are doing hard.

George RUSSELLAh, it's all very good.

Max VERSTAPPENI just complain about the fronts overheating and the braking, I need to solve that then.

EngineerSo yes, that was a recommendation, just wondering whether we could open the diff and come back on the torque bias.

EngineerOkay Oscar, this is P11. There are opportunities ahead with cars who pitted before you.

EngineerOkay, Max, that's your second warning for track limits. First one was turn nine. This one was turn five.

Max VERSTAPPENWhat?

EngineerTrack limits, two warnings.

EngineerYou

Nico HULKENBERGthink Hamilton is gonna slip again or what is his tires?

EngineerYou

Nico HULKENBERGthink Hamilton is gonna slip again or what is his tires?

EngineerYeah, he's on 20 lap media. Yeah, he'll stop again for sure not

Nico HULKENBERGideal having him in front for us

EngineerYuki, do you need stability or rotation? Just take the drive. I

Yuki TSUNODAcannot go faster than this. No limitation.

EngineerWe have blue flags. Leclerc is one second behind Verstappen.

EngineerOkay mate, so next one is Ocon, one second ahead, he's got nine lap older hard tyres.

EngineerVerstappen is on old tyres, he's not that quick Oscar, you may be able to stay in his DRS.

George RUSSELLWill we catch him at this rate? Because I can't turn it up, but you need to tell me when.

EngineerYeah, we will catch him very quickly at this rate.

EngineerLando, 100% PACE, 100% PACE Yeah, already am Understood

EngineerIt's

Max VERSTAPPENjust like these hard dies have no grip. They're sliding everywhere.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerYou've got lots of energy, lots of energy.

EngineerOkay, good job.

Pierre GASLYJust consider a blue flag, etc.

Fernando ALONSOAny threats behind?

EngineerNegative full clear behind and ahead of Lance there's a 12 second gap to the next count

EngineerTwo tenths quicker than the group ahead and behind you look low as doing 18.6

EngineerGasly 19-0 you are lapping faster than all of them

EngineerYou

ZHOU Guanyupushed me off, man.

Nico HULKENBERGWhat's my situation behind me?

EngineerAlbon 8 behind on a long medium

EngineerSo founder if you would like a bit more rotation you can try entry seven talk five entry seven talk five for more rotation Ten laps to go ten

EngineerEverything looks ok at the moment, 9 laps to go, gap 1.5 behind.

EngineerCan't lose time at Bottas. Catch and pass him.

EngineerOk mate, the car behind is Hamilton, he's doing 77s, we will get blue flags for him We should try to overtake Magnussen at Albon before we... Yeah, Albon!

EngineerOK, Max, that was a third stroke on track limits.

Max VERSTAPPENWhere?

EngineerTurn 10. You've now been given the black and white flag. You are 18 seconds ahead of Hamilton. No risks required, Max.

Fernando ALONSOTell Lance not to worry, I just want to build a gap with the cars behind in case of rain or anything.

EngineerYeah, copy, understood mate, copy. Copy for that, zero risk. Yeah, understood mate, understood.

Max VERSTAPPENWhat's my passes up?

EngineerYours is a 17-3. Like I say, you've been given a black and white flag, so we cannot afford anything.

Lewis HAMILTONHow are we doing out here? Pretty smiling, yeah.

EngineerSo the snap in 18-2, George 18-1.

EngineerAll out now. All out.

Oscar PIASTRIIs fuel okay?

EngineerFuel is okay

EngineerOkay, now can you bring it home within the white lines? Thank you.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, yeah.

ZHOU GuanyuGood pace, just two tenths missing on Sunoda. Keep pushing. Yeah, I'm keeping everything fine.

Logan SARGEANTMan, there's no tire left, I can't.

EngineerYou can reduce the light, Corp.

EngineerWell controlled, Max. Another win?

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, good race that. Again, very lovely result this.

EngineerWell done, Max. That was mega. Very well controlled, even though you went over the white lines a few times.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, just within the limit.

EngineerVery well done, very well controlled. Masterclass.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, really good weekend, so thank you very much to everyone.

EngineerGreat work, Lewis. What an awesome drive. Fantastic management there, mate. And awesome pace. So that's a P2, P3 for the team. Great result. Good to see you back up there.

Lewis HAMILTONMega job, guys. Mega job. Thank you so much for everyone back at the factory continuing to push. This is the real showing of all your hard work, so thank you. Let's keep pushing. Mega job to George as well. Awesome drive. Well driven, Lewis. Really well driven. Always under control.

EngineerWe'll be right back.

EngineerOkay, we got a checkered flag, checkered flag Watch out for that side

EngineerWe will review to try to understand.

Logan SARGEANTI don't understand why the last stint was so bad.

EngineerRight on Logan. It was still a good drive anyway. Lots of experience, lots of learning. We'll go through that last in.

EngineerGood job. Side race. That's P3. Not too shabby, considering where you started.

George RUSSELLNot too shabby at all. Nicely done from P12. This sport's a bit more fun when the car's fast, eh? Nice one, nice one.

EngineerAnd we're going to send Dave Mard up today, Max, he's been with us a long time, he'll be coming to pick the Constructors Trophy.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, hopefully we'll get it very, very wet.

EngineerA very strong step one, major race, nice stuff.

EngineerWell done, Alex. Happy with that as well. That's as high as that car was going to go today. Well done.

Alexander ALBONWell then guys, I'm quite happy with that.

Engineerthat's another one where all cars finished so 20 cars and no rain but p16 still good job

EngineerIf you want to take the positive, the car was fast, and you were good. No, I don't care about the car,

Yuki TSUNODAhonestly.

EngineerThere

Yuki TSUNODAwas a space, I didn't force. There was a little bit of space there.

EngineerThat's P13.

Oscar PIASTRIYep, tricky afternoon. Struggled a lot with pace and with the tyres.

EngineerYep,

Oscar PIASTRIso we couldn't convert yesterday's pace to anything today, but let's have a look and try and come back stronger next time. Really encouraging, won that pace, so we'll keep pushing. Cheers.

EngineerYeah, cheers, Oscar. You're right, there's still opportunities here. There's still opportunities and we know there's also upgrades coming.

EngineerP4, some nice overtakes. Decent haul of points.

Sergio PEREZYeah, Roger got the podium, cutting the first corner. What happened there, did we report it?

EngineerYeah, the FIA had a look.

Sergio PEREZYeah, well done Checo, that was a very strong recovery, well done. After a difficult day yesterday, very strong drive today, well done mate. Yeah, okay guys, let's analyse the whole weekend because I think we lack some pace throughout. So let's analyse it and come back strong for Canada.

EngineerYeah, we'll get you back on that podium next time out.

EngineerOkay, that's checkered flag, that's checkered flag, that's P6, P6.

Lance STROLLWhat a day, man.

EngineerYeah, it was a tough one. Great first lap and well managed with Ocon.

EngineerSo Mercedes second and third they had a strong car today. You did a good job

EngineerThat's a good recovery after the last two events, we're going to move forward from here, take the pickup, take the pickup.

Lance STROLLYeah, let's keep pushing them.

Lando NORRISYeah, I got it, sorry about lap 1, I just mis-stretched it or something, but Cleaning up the pace anyway today, so Let's keep it up, let's keep track

EngineerYeah, no worries for that, let's keep it up

EngineerWell done mate, good clean race, P7, Lance P6.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, well done guys. Lacking a little bit of pace, but we deliver it in the maximum.

Fernando ALONSOYeah, they didn't show that on the TV screens.

Carlos SAINZI tried my best guys, I promise, I carried on, but uh, yeah, let's talk to some more men at the hotel.

EngineerCopy that, good job.

EngineerSo that's p19 for us. Yeah, that's good, but I don't know what's going on Yep, copy that Valtteri. We'll have to understand what happened between FP3 quali and in the race

EngineerOkay Kev, sorry for the poor race.

ZHOU GuanyuJoe, that was a very good race. Excellent race from your side. Thank you very much. P9 at the end. Thank you, guys. Thank you. I think we deserved that after a hard work based off over the last few weeks. It's been tough. Let's keep going. Car was mega today. Enjoyed the race. Enjoyed the fight. But yeah, that was a bit nasty from Sonoda. He fully pushed me off.

EngineerAlessandro, Joe, I told you you can do it. Trust me, you can do it every race. Good job, mate.

ZHOU GuanyuGracias. Gracias. Thank you. Thank you so much.

Nico HULKENBERGWe don't get many safety cars these days anymore, huh?

EngineerNo, but we've got some work to do. We'll do our homework and come back better next time.

Esteban OCONCoppola, yeah, not the easiest, but plenty for us to learn there, guys, I think. Very good weekend in the whole, but yeah, more to come in the race.

EngineerOK, mate, that's a P10 for us, tough race, difficult to overtake.

Pierre GASLYYeah, I got squeezed at the start, it was just chaos, first lap I lost way too many positions. I got squeezed everywhere, and after all the time you lose in the first five laps, it's difficult to recover.

EngineerYeah, copy that mate, the times you had free air, the pace was very good, so let's keep building on that, we know we could have had more out of this.

Pierre GASLYYeah, big time.