Bahrain Grand Prix2024 · Race team radio

EngineerI

Pierre GASLYhad a really poor drivability out of turn one.

EngineerCopy that, we'll take a look.

EngineerLimit your clutches. Avoid pulling forwards.

EngineerI had to move my microphone. It was a bit out of place, so I expect the mic to be better now. Yeah, it's much better.

Daniel RICCIARDOI got a flat spot but it's fine for these laps.

George RUSSELLFeeling a bit of bottoming into 11.

Yuki TSUNODAThe balance so far is pretty... a little bit understated in high speed, but I think it's good. Most of the time, it's also actually a bit of a rotation style in slow speed, so it's not a bad place to...

EngineerCake's sliding.

George RUSSELL12.

EngineerOh, sorry.

EngineerHappy to do a launch, no burnout.

Lando NORRISWell, it's too late now, isn't

Engineerit

Lando NORRISmate? Sorry, sorry.

EngineerI'd like to stick with this green 9

George RUSSELLsetup

EngineerPut the chair of your car, but be mindful of the tires.

EngineerYou know how to manage this. Very good thinking P2. Good management. Let's get on top of everything and we'll have a good race. Good one buddy.

Daniel RICCIARDOThe wind has obviously changed direction a lot from yesterday, so just let me know if that changes through the race.

EngineerWho knows what can happen. So we'll race hard, race clean. All cars are on salt. So let's see what we can do out there.

EngineerThe drop was minus two

EngineerOkay, Pierre, front wing looks okay from our side.

EngineerRack surface slippery, turn 4, could be debris, car's behind Pierre, then Vettas.

EngineerOkay Nico, we'll just go as long as we can on this one and see what we can make of the race, so give us a good introduction here.

EngineerGreen 3, position 4, urgent.

Engineerokay Oscar now's our chance let's follow him through

Lando NORRISI'm just struggling with the rear, I have no rear.

Alexander ALBONThe drivability is totally... is at... the temp's.

EngineerRussell has been instructed to settle into time management max, but not sure how far he will be able to do that with Leclerc and Perez behind.

EngineerOscar's now the car behind, Strat 11 please, Strat 11.

Sergio PEREZI have a lot of fun to be on the final corner.

EngineerI have more base than the guys in front. Hey, good to know.

Lance STROLLYeah, it's

Engineera

Lance STROLLbit starting to lose the rears, but nothing bad.

EngineerThank you guys, come on, seriously, what do we do, is it critical or what, because if it's not critical, then let's just stick with it. Yeah, stick with it. We'll accept the couple of tenths lost, but we are running on our terms.

Lando NORRISYeah, tyre's fine. I'm just struggling with this front ride a lot. Sorry, the rears. My front's still fine.

Kevin MAGNUSSENI have a tear-off stuck on the right side part.

EngineerOscar, this pace is good. You're faster than Lando and the Ferraris ahead.

EngineerAnd Daniel Sargent ahead has been told to open the gap, they have a critical cooling issue. Heads up.

EngineerSo Oscar Objective, we just want to use whatever pace you've got now. Let's keep extending, extending some Alonzo.

Logan SARGEANTOh

George RUSSELLThink about plan A minus one.

EngineerLet's try to push one step more at 10-12, we are good on tires.

Daniel RICCIARDOLet's make the dialogue 600, yeah.

EngineerOkay, so the people that pitted early like Joe and Lance are close to our pit window, but we'll try and keep going

Fernando ALONSOYeah, where they don't race.

Lewis HAMILTONI'm getting the battery and I've got one percent.

EngineerOkay, so I'm based on tyres. We think status zero from now, please. Status zero from now.

EngineerI just cannot get out of the blocking everywhere

EngineerCan I get the thing to charge before?

EngineerThat's the best mode.

EngineerAnd you are doing a good job on tires.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, let's just let this come back.

EngineerThe motor will now lap in front battling with those guys. It'll slow them down

George RUSSELLGuys, you need to advise me what to do here. I'm tired but I've got all of this to do.

EngineerA balance update on the hard. How is it?

Sergio PEREZYeah, it's

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Sergio PEREZlittle bit more front. Limited. Medium and low speed.

EngineerSorry about Albon, I didn't see he boxed, well done Keith, in front of him.

EngineerClerk is reporting braking issues. He's a car ahead of Lando.

Engineerand just be careful of over pushing turn one the general wind speed is reducing

EngineerThat's a beautiful sight.

EngineerBack to your pace.

EngineerHigher temperatures are just about stable.

Esteban OCONWe're better now. It's okay, I thought we were better on the stairs. We're better now.

EngineerUnderstood.

Esteban OCONIt's okay, it started a little bit around the stairs, it's

Engineera

Esteban OCONbit better now.

EngineerUnderstood.

EngineerRattlerhead is struggling a bit, last lap was a 37.2

EngineerSuck six, suck six.

EngineerIt tires a little on the cool side. Use it a bit more. 10.6, 10.7, 10.12.

Sergio PEREZYou are super quiet, man. Speak louder. Sound. We need sound.

EngineerThere's a lot of containment going up, but you're doing a good job

EngineerYou can come down on dip high speed if turn 6 understeer is a problem.

Sergio PEREZWhat's

Engineerup,

Sergio PEREZPeter and Max?

EngineerAnd a minor white h2 position one please white h2 position one

EngineerOkay, Pierre, you're doing a good job with Lipton Coast. Esteban, last lap, 38.4.

Logan SARGEANTI need at least plus two tires are okay just

EngineerBiggest loss you'll ever see is broken. Okay, copy.

Lance STROLLYeah, well, this is okay. It was the biggest limitation, but I'm unsettling.

Logan SARGEANTTracks in the exit of 8, 10. Very poor, but coming from a lack of rotation.

Daniel RICCIARDOIs the wind still the same?

EngineerOn turn 12, cars ahead are doing one step less liftoff. We are losing 1 tenth and a half turn 12, last couple of laps.

EngineerLooking at plan A on target at the moment, got us a couple of tenths a lot quicker at the moment.

EngineerI'm not ever going to overtake him. Roger, got a bit of a woody dub at the minute.

Alexander ALBONIt's already tripping, it's already clipping at like a, it's already clipping halfway down every straight, it's so bad.

EngineerYeah, roger.

EngineerUK just reinforced, no need to take any risk, race is long, be patient, we are faster.

Fernando ALONSOI'm driving to get to target now, in the fastest way possible.

EngineerLando, be patient. You are quicker than I am.

EngineerAyuki, second strike, turn 13, black limit, no more now, no more.

EngineerFlandre, what would you think about red A11, a red A11 suggestion?

Lando NORRISYeah, I agree. I'm happy to try something different.

EngineerOK, Lando, suggest then... If I get ahead, I'll be able to pitch a lot more. I just can't in the studio. OK, suggest red A11 then, red A11.

EngineerBoth windows at the same time are open.

EngineerI'm going to stop you, please, and six minutes, and then we'll come.

Lewis HAMILTONOh, that's so good.

EngineerSo I copy that loose and so prioritize lifting coast turn four that'll be needed when we get a bit closer

EngineerThat puts us on plan A, target plus five. Plan A, target plus five.

EngineerGood stuff the gaps growing

Lando NORRISYeah, I'm just so I can't see nothing in the minutes

Alexander ALBONI've got absolutely no power at all.

Charles LECLERCI think we can forget about driving, pulling everywhere, I don't know what the car is going to do every time I brake.

Lewis HAMILTONI raised it to start it.

EngineerSo now they're yet to stop.

Engineerand a launch show in front still needs to stop

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, these guys are losing

Max VERSTAPPENDo you know the fastest lap, if someone goes for it?

EngineerYeah, it's mode 5 for now please Max, mode 5, sockets full.

EngineerYou will get through before turn four

EngineerOkay, can we try and let him through before turn four and then he's got Sonota 1.2 behind

Nico HULKENBERGWell, I don't know what is optimum, but I think in a few laps, well, optimal, but you know what I mean.

Lando NORRISLet's not forget about her

Lewis HAMILTONThese guys are possibly

Esteban OCONI've got a big push after I've done the gale behavior.

Esteban OCONCan I have

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Esteban OCONlook for next week?

EngineerYep, understood mate, we'll have a look.

Engineerand then minor white h8 position 5 white h8 position 5

EngineerJoel and Joe, P9, P10. They're on 10-lap older hard tyres. They'll come back to you towards the end of the race.

Carlos SAINZWhen do we expect the hard to be quicker on the soft?

EngineerI'll just come back to you.

Lewis HAMILTONLet me know if

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONneed to pull back the last, the brake in the last corner.

EngineerNo, good gain there. Keep on that.

EngineerAnd sliding speeds are still good for us in 10.6, also with this pace, good job.

EngineerYou can back to motor race and speed up in turn 12, you can reduce the management tires are fine.

EngineerOkay pier that last lap was deleted so we'll be mindful of track limits turn four

Lance STROLLStill too far away, but we still made it straight.

EngineerYes, mate. He's going to take DRS now. Do it in one.

EngineerAnd we go Bravo zero zero off fail Bravo zero zero off

EngineerWe can get PU1 position 6, PU1 position 6.

EngineerNo more lift and coast needed for fuel happy no more lifting coast

Daniel RICCIARDOWhatever the advantage I have, let's try something cool.

EngineerWe will do a driver swap this lap.

EngineerWindows, safety car windows are closed. Safety car windows closed. Copy

Lando NORRISthat.

EngineerAnd a cross car six seven and twelve is faster than us on the tire saving places

EngineerYuki driver's whoop driver's whoop.

Yuki TSUNODAAre you kidding me now?

EngineerOkay, Sonoda's arguing on the radio, so 0.6 behind Sonoda DRS.

Sergio PEREZI'm traveling quite a bit with the riddle of engine braking in the tent.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, I don't need to say anything.

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, thanks guys. I appreciate it.

EngineerAlonso now 1.3 behind, we will get blue flags for Alonso soon.

Alexander ALBONIn terms of breaking, it felt very strange.

EngineerYou too, buddy. Tiny job. Yeah, good job, guys. Checo, thank you very, very much for that. That was a very strong drive. Well done. 1-2 finish for the team. Maximum points. Best way to start a year.

Kevin MAGNUSSENThat's

Engineerthe

Kevin MAGNUSSENway to do, but already a good job, so it's only the first race Yeah, let's keep focused 10th direction forward

Nico HULKENBERGApologies for 2-1, that sucks real bad, but I guess the positive news is that we are in the mix and everybody else, so we take that as a positive into the season.

EngineerYou drove very well today Alex. We didn't give you the car you needed there. Well done for juggling really frankly a number of issues in the race. We're going to get that right next week and come back. The car isn't bad, we're just going to give you a proper package to work with.

Alexander ALBONI don't think the car was that bad during the race. I felt like we were more limited by issues.

EngineerThat was a difficult race for us today. B19 in the end.

EngineerYeah, top luck.

EngineerClose to the point. Also a good job for your side, solid race.

EngineerYeah, it was a good race, guys. I think we maximized everything. Honestly, with Joe, we missed a bit the circ level. So he got me, but his pace was too quick for me in the end, man.

EngineerLogan, well done for covering that situation. We'll have a look at it. It's been a tough, tough race, but it's good learning for us all to take forward to Saudi. Let's come back stronger next week.

Daniel RICCIARDOI've got some good, let's say, reference points to describe the feeling that I was getting, particularly in traffic. But, yep, understood.

EngineerWe're gonna try again straight away next week. So thanks for your help this weekend. It was a tough one, but you're right It's a long year

Fernando ALONSOOkay, yeah, not an easy race, but first of 24.

Lance STROLLOK, Lance, let's check with

Engineerthe

Lance STROLLedge.

EngineerGot to enjoy

Lance STROLLa nice fireworks show there on the last lap.

EngineerThat was definitely for you. Recovery drive knocked off turn one and point. Well done. That's a very strong recovery. Well done.

EngineerGood job managing the issues

Engineerp8 in the end oscar i know you'll be a bit underwhelmed with that but i think points on the board are always good uh we know the circuits coming up are gonna suit us and uh the race time management we've been working on i think you'll be pleased with that so uh i think a good afternoon or evening in general good job

Oscar PIASTRIYeah, it's nice to start the year with double points. Yeah, I hope you can start like that.

EngineerWe can see you later in the year, so thanks, everyone.

EngineerWell done Lewis, I think that's P7, it was a difficult day in the office but a really strong race pace at the end, really Norris in, just needed another couple of laps.

EngineerDifficult afternoon, lot to learn there, need to look at that data and understand what happened with those temps, that was quite hampering in the end.

George RUSSELLYeah really challenging afternoon, that first still and a half was very very tough.