Chinese Grand Prix2024 · Race team radio

Yuki TSUNODASo far, it's quite a lot to say, but I'll be happy.

Logan SARGEANTI don't know. Freaking five. Five. Five.

Logan SARGEANTYeah, break migration feels a little bit aggressive. What's the, uh, where should I go?

ZHOU GuanyuMy drink pipe is a bit too short by the way

EngineerOkay, so a dry through and a start from the end. Temperatures are okay there. I think we will need a lift into 14 on the next lap as well.

EngineerOk mate, how is the balance? It's ok at the moment, the track seems to be rubbed in quite well Understood

EngineerA lot less wind is on the outside of the M6.

EngineerOkay, Pierre, if we can get clutch six, clutch six, that's three o'clock on the multi.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, there was a little bit of smoke on the decks when

EngineerI stopped them.

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, maybe for the reference probably like two steps up or whatever I think Around there. I think especially first stint. We don't want to put too much I think

Esteban OCONI think the balance was really good. We just need to think about the new tires

Logan SARGEANTI can't push up. Something wrong with my settings.

EngineerGreen 11, position 6.

Engineerbefore you do your practice start, so you don't get caught by the red light.

EngineerAnd this last lap, we're quicker everywhere.

Logan SARGEANTSorry, I just fucked my VMAG rotary too much.

EngineerThat's fine.

Logan SARGEANTYeah, I'm happy. Some good tests there.

EngineerThank you. Dave's just noticed that your brake balance is not as it was when you left the garage. He's just making sure it's okay.

Esteban OCONIt does smell of fuel quite a bit.

EngineerYeah, let's be on it guys long

Pierre GASLYrace different strategy Skip the communication

EngineerSo trying to make a space before Turn 1 if you can. We're happy to lean on tyres on the way into Turn 1.

EngineerAnd let's go, we need lift into turn 11 and then no more full load after turn 11.

Pierre GASLYOkay

EngineerAll right, no concerns on our side from energy also no concerns on gears

EngineerOkay, Kev, one way to go. Let's just let go for those tires. DRS is enabled.

EngineerOk Daniel, one at a time. We've got the top speed compared to the Alpine. One at a time. Let's get them.

EngineerBoard pick and release for braking. Board pick and release.

ZHOU GuanyuOkay, I'm sitting at the front of the phone.

EngineerAnd consider offset 20 forward for turn 1, back for turn 6.

EngineerSo you can use the Overtake button earlier for a bigger effect.

Alexander ALBONIt's for defending, not for overtaking right now.

Logan SARGEANTAll right open up front

Lance STROLLYeah, it's not great in

Engineerthe

Lance STROLLrear.

Daniel RICCIARDOSimilar to yesterday, some low speed fun, but that's

Engineerthe

Daniel RICCIARDOrest of it.

Alexander ALBONThe traction is really bad out of 30, so I'm actually quite okay. I just don't have the grip. Very vulnerable.

EngineerAnd Lando, how are the tyres and who are we racing?

Lando NORRISI think who we expect for now, hard to know as a priority.

EngineerBeaming five, beaming five.

EngineerSector 1, same pace. You are easier on the tyres in 1 and 2, so more management in 1 and 2. You recover it in turn 3, so all good.

Yuki TSUNODAWith dirty air, I think I understand, but I think clean air is okay. I feel like. Copy.

EngineerMore from Limited than yesterday.

Alexander ALBONI don't feel that bad. I'm trying to be okay. Gasly can't get me!

Lewis HAMILTONI got my rear end on it, otherwise, okay.

Pierre GASLYIf you push me wide, don't drop me off crack.

Lance STROLLThank you. Sorry.

Kevin MAGNUSSENDon't get with Kevson Niko. Top 10.

EngineerLando suggests left hand paddle turn nine. Left hand paddle turn nine.

EngineerLet's make our race now.

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, just please come down.

Lewis HAMILTONThat was the worst time

EngineerIt's no problem, Alex. You can get them.

Alexander ALBONYeah, with my tires destroyed, yep.

Alexander ALBONSorry, but our predictions of where people are on track are just absolutely nowhere.

Lando NORRISYeah, pace is good, but Pacing's wrong. Let's maximize our race. Let's not get too hung up on the people who have boxed

Charles LECLERCHappy to go longer if we need to, but the pace is decent.

Engineerand Lando we agree the pace looks good last lap Leclerc did a 41.9

EngineerYeah, we're just trying to balance the deg loose. Deg is high. Gap to Ocon is now 2.3

Nico HULKENBERGYeah, that is stable. Feels much more solid than the medium. Now let's...

EngineerSo George just make sure you're looking after these tires to make this stint length required recommending more lifting coast turn 11

EngineerOkay, Valtteri, we can reduce the amount of management in turn one and try to match Hulkenberg in turn one.

Logan SARGEANTThis tire is much better.

Lando NORRISI think extend with them

Engineer100%

EngineerSo starting lap 17, we still need plan A minus three.

EngineerI don't know, this year just hasn't been a good year for me.

Alexander ALBONHow much later do you become a pit? Why is

Engineerit

Alexander ALBONso fast?

EngineerHe's got five laps after us

EngineerLeclerc and Sainz are incentivized to go long. Leclerc might even try the one-stop.

EngineerLet's not waste too much time with Piastri, but let's not make it too easy for him.

EngineerI

Yuki TSUNODAfeel like a James Spaceman, honestly.

Lewis HAMILTONI got no grip mates. I don't know what's wrong

EngineerYeah, it looks like rear tyre temperature just through the roof, so lifting coast will help.

EngineerAnd for him, Beaupierre, we're thinking plan B, plan B. How are the tires?

EngineerWould you be happy behind one car? Would you be happy behind two cars?

Lando NORRISI think I'd overtake both.

Valtteri BOTTASEngine is gone, engine gone.

EngineerCopy, copy.

Logan SARGEANTTires are okay, I just need some clean air.

Yuki TSUNODAThere's no point saying that, I know, but compared to Daniel Fairstein, especially, the amount of traction he has is crazy, losing a lot in traction, as well as expected from MP1.

Lando NORRISJoking me tell me about it. Oh

Yuki TSUNODAWhy we don't box too

Engineerearly for us, but

Yuki TSUNODAhow about the boxer you

Engineercan we stay out we think is better double yellow 1011

Engineersome

Alexander ALBONhuge glitches on my uh on my throttle response surging out the pit lane

Engineereveryone will go to the or try and get to the end on a hard apart from Alonso

EngineerAnd Lando, think about brake balance. Think about brake balance.

EngineerWhat do you think about break-off set, Danil? 0 or minus 1? Do you have a view?

EngineerI

Daniel RICCIARDOthink zero. Zero should be okay. All right.

EngineerOffset zero, when you want.

Fernando ALONSOWe cannot overtake until finish

Engineerline. Yeah, finish line, exactly.

Engineeruh the contact was all at turn 14. i don't know if you spotted anything as you got there there's any debris

ZHOU GuanyuLast corner today, I find it quite tricky to get it right. The car is sliding a bit too much

Lewis HAMILTONOkay, where have I been slow?

EngineerYeah, so the main point is braking, so it's turn 11 and turn 14 stand out.

EngineerPlan D for Delta for both cars. You

Carlos SAINZthink it's our best bet?

EngineerYes, we do, right now.

Lewis HAMILTONAnd give me a scan of the lap, please. Just need more info. The car won't turn so I'm trying to figure out Do bounce wise?

Kevin MAGNUSSENCan you see any damage?

EngineerNegative Kev, no damage seen.

EngineerAll right Pierre, looks like there's some debris on track that's still being cleared up. Just be careful with the cars around, there's been a couple collisions in the safety car period.

EngineerYes, ma'am. Fail B-0-0, OK. Fail B-0-0, OK.

Lewis HAMILTONHow many laps did I manage before? I reckon I can make as far as

Engineerthe

Lewis HAMILTONlast 26.

EngineerSuggestion SOC 5.

EngineerI have no words Daniel, but it was really strong there before the safety car.

Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, I could go off, but I'll save

Engineerit.

EngineerIf we can lean on the front a bit in turn 1 and 2 might help calm the car with this aerobalance.

Engineerfor low speed understeer suggest engine braking

Lando NORRISno thank you understood

Kevin MAGNUSSENThe brake pedal is very long.

EngineerSo box this lap, it'll be a 10-second penalty. Unbelievable Matt, such a joke.

EngineerOkay, so this is a hard tire. We can push this. We'll try and drag some people in later. Okay, so it's clear at FedExit. Let's crack on.

EngineerWe're going to need everything you've got to manage these rears.

EngineerGeorge, there is some scope to push entry turn 7 a little more.

EngineerOn no opportunity, the wider line, turn 3, might be better for pace and rears.

EngineerAlex, we think cars around you are also struggling here to make the end.

Fernando ALONSODoesn't feel too bad to the woman

Lando NORRISIf there was a safety car, we would lose two places, two Perez and Leclerc. Therefore, we would be keen to take it. What do you think? Probably after lap 44 or something, yes.

Oscar PIASTRIHow much damage do I have?

EngineerOscar, damage is significant.

EngineerAnd Lando suggests yellow G3, yellow G3 for late understanding.

Fernando ALONSOYou told me plan B, I guess.

EngineerIs

Lewis HAMILTONthis the right?

EngineerKeynote.

EngineerSo you will be racing everyone on old hards. We still think it's the new medium. But would you prefer one lap old soft?

Fernando ALONSONo, no, medium.

EngineerYeah, copy, good.

Logan SARGEANTWait, the front tire is gone, yeah?

EngineerVote 11, vote 11, so Alex 41-5, you are doing 41-8

EngineerAnd we need secondary KEC position 2, KEC position 2.

Max VERSTAPPENI've

Engineerbeen

Max VERSTAPPENunreligible so far.

EngineerCan we have margin on front left temperatures to use the front left a bit more just keep taking care of the rear

EngineerOkay, mate, so we need to lose as little time as possible. Fernando comes through as much quicker than us. Let's see if we can capitalize when he attacks Hülkenberg.

Esteban OCONOkay.

EngineerGood job at turns 1, 2, 3 this lap.

EngineerYes, so Pierre is four cars back on nine lap old mediums. He's lapping just over a second a lap quicker at the moment. Let's keep pushing.

Nico HULKENBERGIt's okay Gary, I see it. I don't

Engineerneed

Nico HULKENBERGto know those things.

EngineerOkay Lando, be careful with that. Six laps to go after this one, full concentration.

Logan SARGEANTThat's non-existent, mate.

Engineerface to a lot so it's looking good at the moment gap currently 10.6

EngineerGive me up 0.7 to prepare better 0.8 and 0.9. Yeah, fine, thank you.

EngineerAnd Lando, just confirming, if there was a safety car, we would stay out by default. Perfect.

Lando NORRISHas the wind changed a bit? I feel like it has.

EngineerDirectionally similar, potentially calmed down a little bit.

EngineerFull concentration, you know.

EngineerAnd Lando, the only thing we're getting worried about is locking up. So be conservative, turn six breaking. Yeah, I feel...

Lando NORRISI got it.

EngineerSo that Debbie is on this straight stay on the racing line

EngineerWell done Max, great day's work, kept you on your toes, but nice job.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah that was fantastic, I was on fire, the car was really really good. Yeah fantastic job guys, everyone, well done, great pit stops, I think we did really really well this weekend.

EngineerOkay, Kevin, it's the checkered flag. So we are a real P16. Sorry, it's such a tough race. All comes down to get qualifying wrong. Yesterday. Sorry about that.

Nico HULKENBERGYeah, good job guys, solid race, not very spectacular but a better one than none, right?

EngineerYeah, good clean job by you, nice one.

Nico HULKENBERGYeah, you're right, I think it was actually one

Engineerof

Nico HULKENBERGmy cleanest runs ever. Let's get it better.

EngineerWell done, Max. That bookends a fantastic weekend. Sprint race, pole for the main race and victory. So, yeah, 15 years after the first one. Very well done.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, two cars on the podium as well. So, really good weekend.

EngineerAnd you know your engineer's into the stats, so he's just informing that since the last Chinese Grand Prix, you've won 50% of the races that have existed. So, yeah, very, very well done. An incredible achievement.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, that's a good stat. I mean, yeah, it's just incredible what we are doing as a team. So, we can all be very proud of that.

EngineerWe'll go through here together. It was a good race for Gasly today and it's difficult circumstances but lots of learning which is mainly what we need. Let's come back stronger in Miami together.

Lando NORRISYes, Will. Should be on the grid.

EngineerMy bad. Concentrate, Will, concentrate.

Lando NORRISBreathe, Will.

EngineerWhy would we stick with that time? I didn't talk to you because it was not really relevant, but we had a 10 second time penalty,

Logan SARGEANTso...

EngineerFor

Logan SARGEANTwhat?

EngineerFor an under-safety car, we have a two-kick comeback, I don't have all the details.

Logan SARGEANTNo, I didn't.

EngineerOkay, copy, we can review, but I think that's why we got the 10 seconds.

Logan SARGEANTWell, I passed the line ahead of him, so...

Lewis HAMILTONYep, I won't make that setup change again, but my bad, yeah, thank you guys, good job on the pit stops.

EngineerIt was a tough race out there today Alexis, the best we could have done. We just needed a tiny bit more pace. We'd be there in about five seconds for the points, but well managed. Thank you everyone, thanks for all the hard work.

Alexander ALBONI think we'll be ready in Miami.

EngineerYep, well said. Let's come back stronger.

EngineerUnlucky there mate, that was going really well to start with. Yeah,

Lance STROLLso ridiculous man, just the whole train in front of me just stopped twice, even down the main straight there was like someone that braked trying to get in the hairpin.

EngineerYeah, no we saw it, so it definitely wasn't just you, it was kind of chaos wasn't it.

Esteban OCONYeah, yeah, okay

Engineerwell done

EngineerOk mate, well done, so the 11, our best result so far. Yeah,

Esteban OCONfair result, looking at our weekend really, so sorry for that guys, but yeah good effort this weekend, it's been our best result, so yeah, as you said, we keep going and yeah, thank you for the quicker car this weekend.

EngineerGood job with the damage sustained on the car there. It was significant what we see in the data So good job to get points from the weekend for us.

Oscar PIASTRIYeah Tough race Yep Not much else to say. Well done to Len on the podium Very good effort

EngineerYep,

Oscar PIASTRIlet's go again in Miami. Thank you

EngineerYep, top race out there. We had to try that at the end. It looked like it was worthwhile giving it a go. You put in some good laps. But yeah, a couple things to review from this one.

Pierre GASLYWhere did we finish?

EngineerSo we came in in P13, Esteban in P11. A

Pierre GASLYcouple of situations where we should have done better, but yeah, we'll work on it. But I think with the upgrade, we would have been in the fight with Ilk, so we just need to keep bringing more, keep developing, keep finding performance, and we'll get closer to these guys.