Azerbaijan Grand Prix2024 · Race team radio

Esteban OCONSteering a little bit to the right.

EngineerOK, understood. Everything's still on the cool side.

George RUSSELLThe brakes just don't feel like they have great deceleration.

George RUSSELLThe brakes just don't feel like they have great deceleration. Hopefully they improve, but similar feeling to the start of Q1.

EngineerUnderstood.

Lewis HAMILTONUmbrella if you can, it's roasting

EngineerYeah, should be on its way

EngineerWe had a quick chat outside, but I'm just going to reiterate, 51 laps, Baku can be very crazy, it's never the end, so whatever happens to you, if you lose position at the start, if you gain position, remember we need to stay focused and everything can happen. So we have a quick car, you're driving well, we talked a lot about what to do for the time management, if you apply everything, it's going to be payday today, okay? So just focus on everything you've learned, and you're going to be doing great.

Franco COLAPINTOYeah, copy that. Yeah.

EngineerOkay, so we're now effectively on plan B, so gentle introduction.

EngineerOk Daniel, the carway has got damage, there's going to be a bit going on in the straight.

Lance STROLLSonona, close the door on me.

EngineerLando, how are the tyres?

Lando NORRISYeah, they feel alright at the minute.

Franco COLAPINTOLet me know when you want me to put him under pressure I have four points. Okay

EngineerAffirm, we'll keep an eye.

EngineerThe medium is not graining yet. If anything, it's suffering from thermal deg. You are doing a better job than the other car. They're struggling with rays.

Max VERSTAPPENI have zero bite in the car.

Oscar PIASTRIThrottling here now.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerLando, can you do anything to hold Perez up in the middle sector without hurting yourself?

Lando NORRISYeah, for how long?

EngineerOne or two laps, this lap.

Sergio PEREZYeah, we see that.

EngineerHave

Yuki TSUNODAyou seen the investigation? At least.

EngineerUnfortunately there is no investigation in the UK at the moment. I see it's frustrating. I'm sorry if we didn't call you in earlier. We were trying to do a bit of teamwork. You will see how the car is when you jump out. We have a big hole on the right side. I'm really sorry buddy.

Esteban OCONI'm struggling a lot with the reins at the moment

EngineerI'm

Lando NORRISstruggling a little bit.

EngineerOK mate, the pace might feel **** but you're doing a really good job.

Charles LECLERCThey are pushing like crazy. Or they have more grip than us.

EngineerCopy. Just keep doing a good job on tyres. It's still very long.

EngineerThere's everything you can do to get the surface temp down.

Lewis HAMILTONI'm trying.

Max VERSTAPPENAll right, brakes are not working.

ZHOU GuanyuCar feeling good at the moment.

EngineerSo we're thinking at least another 10 laps for them.

EngineerThe tyres are looking really good here mate. 25 laps remaining. We'll just let it play out ahead.

EngineerCan you

Lewis HAMILTONsee now how I have to drive this thing?

EngineerCopy that Lewis, yes it's effective though.

Lando NORRISYeah, I just don't have the pace to advance this, mate. I can't get close.

EngineerOkay, mate. We're considering doing something different, then.

EngineerKeep it nice and tidy. This is good fighting

EngineerOkay, mate, this is our time

EngineerIf you can keep this pace up, it's mega.

Max VERSTAPPENI know we're good. The car is just jumping on the rear, losing contact.

EngineerYou're one second quicker than Alonso and Colapinto in eighth and ninth.

EngineerThe Clerks tyres look worse than yours at the rear, slightly better on front.

EngineerCome on Charles keep it up

EngineerBox opposite McLaren.

EngineerWe're thinking about Plan C. What do you think?

Charles LECLERCNot stupid.

EngineerBest pace to the end in order to catch Verstappen.

Charles LECLERCLet's just stop this struggle.

EngineerCopy, keep it up.

EngineerP-10, 12 to go at the line. Good job.

EngineerAnd Lando, imagine Andrea on your shoulder saying zero wheel spin every exit.

Esteban OCONAttention all left side, check the left side Understood,

Engineerall looks okay at the moment, understood, we're looking

Franco COLAPINTOLet's use all the energy we're having to get out of here, it's

Engineera

Franco COLAPINTObit compromised later. Let's try to get from behind.

EngineerThere's back markers coming up. It's going to get messy.

EngineerCome on

EngineerYeah, Ricardo still 10.6 behind, so you're doing a good job, we're going to just hang this out towards the end, we have soft or medium available for the last stint, do you have a preference? We'll have a...

Charles LECLERCDon't realize don't realize at all

EngineerHe's weak, we're gonna go for him, gonna go for him. Be patient if you need to.

Sergio PEREZWhat the f*** is this idiot doing, man? What the f***? Is he crazy or what? F***ing idiot.

Carlos SAINZWhat happened there? What happened?

EngineerAre you okay?

Carlos SAINZYeah, but I don't get it.

EngineerYeah, boy, lovely. Lovely job, Oscar. Great afternoon. Fantastic.

Oscar PIASTRIWell done, everybody. That was probably the most stressful afternoon of my life. So well done. Yeah, that was that was a big move. So thank you very much for

Engineerthe

Oscar PIASTRIcar. What a day that was. Thanks, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

EngineerP2, not what we wanted, but some good points, thank you Yeah,

Charles LECLERCnot what we wanted and obviously very unlucky in the last laps with Carlos

EngineerWe were

Charles LECLERCstruggling so much more with the car, we were struggling so much more with the car on hards

EngineerGeorge, the second part of the race, we're really rail driven, there's so much to learn here.

George RUSSELLYeah, thanks George. Tyres, tyres, tyres.

EngineerYep.

Engineerand uh you are driver of the day as well oh

Oscar PIASTRIthank you i don't know what the thank you is but i'm not even going to attempt it thank you

EngineerAnd that is P6 mate, well done, that was a hell of a drive

Fernando ALONSOAre the drivers okay?

EngineerBoth drivers got out themselves, yep, both drivers got out

EngineerLewis, good to make it to the end, it was a horror race, I can so relate to it, we all can relate to it, let's, at least we've taken the penalty now, let's move forward, look forward. That was P9, and yeah, I understand your frustration.

George RUSSELLIt was crazy with that crash and the sun right in my eyes. I literally could not see a thing driving into into a haze Glad everyone's okay

EngineerYeah, I felt pretty scary trying

George RUSSELLto pick up some rubber but all I can find is leaves

EngineerSo P16 finish for us?

Valtteri BOTTASYes, still overall just lacking pace on that medium tyre in the beginning just didn't last

EngineerOkay, sorry Nico. We'll see you back here. We'll get on our way to Singapore

Nico HULKENBERGYou don't have to be sorry, mate. I'm sorry. I let you guys down. I let us down today And the irony is one of

Engineerthe

Nico HULKENBERGbest races here and just 120 seconds from the end unbelievable Yeah,

EngineerNico, it's brutal. We're all in it together man

Franco COLAPINTOOh my god, mate, oh this is an amazing result for us, oh my god, well done, well done on keeping Hamilton behind as well, it was tough, but we'll double it up. Yeah, that was good, congratulations, hell of a first weekend, hell of a last weekend, Monza, Azerbaijan, it was amazing, you've been everything to do your seat in Formula One, to be honest, amazing pass to race weekend, stellar job throughout this weekend, on the track you didn't know where the tyres are now, Daisy, where everybody got caught and a lot of guys crashed or made mistakes in this low grip, dirty condition, and you did amazing, taking every session, improving, I'm really happy with it, thank you so much.

EngineerRamos, Ramos, well done, just amazing. Really, really proud of you, that's a weekend, you executed perfectly, really from start to finish, you finished just behind Alex on a different strategy, you managed tyres again that were in a difficult situation, and you're now a Williams Grand Prix driver with points to your name, that will never change, no one can take that away from you, well done. Thank you, James, thank you so much, mate, I am so, so happy for

Franco COLAPINTOthese points, for giving to the team, a little bit back of what you guys gave me. Totally trust, so, yeah, it's just, I'm so, so happy, let's see if we win in Singapore, another nice challenge, but I'm sure we can, we can do a good job there as well.

EngineerYeah, we definitely can, when you go into the factory, you're going to see a sign that we put up which has your name on it and points to it, can't wait to see how we move forward together.

Franco COLAPINTOYeah, yeah, me too, I've seen the sign last week and I was like, I think that was the biggest motivation to win points this weekend. I wanted my name there, not only Alex's one.

Lando NORRISYeah, congrats. Well done. Nice to meet you.

EngineerYeah, good effort mate. Your bit in the middle there helped that, so thank you very much. You also got the fastest lap.

Lando NORRISYeah, well done everyone. Awesome points, nice result. Good comeback from yesterday. Nothing we could have done, but nice to get some points back. Thank you.

EngineerYeah, good effort mate. Great race. And do you mind if I dedicate this to someone?

Lando NORRISGo ahead Will, of course you can.

EngineerMy dad passed away 10 years ago today as I was on the way to Singapore, or just about to leave to Singapore, so this is to him who would be very proud of us all.

Lando NORRISOf course he will. Thanks mate. Awesome team result, so everyone should be very proud. Well done. Cheers dude.

EngineerWell done mate. Holding up Perez was what made the race for Oscar, so thank you from the team.

EngineerThat's P7, Franco P8. Great team effort. Well done. Alex, absolutely incredible. Well done. P7 and well earned on that point. It was a brilliant race executed from start to finish. We'll have more performance, we'll keep moving forward, but amazing. Really, really happy.

Alexander ALBONYeah, well done everyone. When I saw how little people went hard, I was a bit worried, but we made it work.

EngineerYeah, we have some more work to do, but we're going our own way.