Mexico City Grand Prix2024 · Race team radio

Yuki TSUNODAYeah, thank you all the guys to repair my car. I built exactly same as I think yesterday Super job. Thank you very much.

EngineerI

Yuki TSUNODAappreciate it.

EngineerYeah. Thank you, Yuki

Liam LAWSONThis is through a check of the right side of the floor, just turned through a kerb, it knocked a little bit, it didn't do anything unusual, but yeah, just check.

Alexander ALBONNo, I just the

Engineerway you can

Engineerjust an update our start is under investigation

Sergio PEREZwhy?

Engineersays full start on the race control messages no

Sergio PEREZit was a great start

Charles LECLERCThe drink is, uh, he's spitting what I'm doing, zigzag, so I need to drink even if I don't want to.

EngineerOkay.

EngineerWe can just stay with Perez. You can match his pace and just go with him. And for info, he's under investigation for a false start as well.

Franco COLAPINTOWell, yeah, he had a really good start. I also had a s*** one, so...

EngineerOkay, so we have a five second penalty. We were forwards of the grid box. We were too far forwards Have

Sergio PEREZa look

Max VERSTAPPENWait, what can I do with a f***ing empty battery? What is this for a stupid moment?

Lando NORRISHey, I was ahead the whole way through the corner. This guy is dangerous. I just have to avoid a crash It's the same as last time

Lando NORRISIs it better for me to go now and get a clear lap, or

Engineerto wait in the queue?

Kevin MAGNUSSENJust remind me that we need to adjust the wing mirrors.

EngineerYou need to adjust the wing mirrors, copy that. Are you driving straight through this time? Yep, straight through. Copy that.

Lando NORRISHe overtook off the track and pushed me off the track.

EngineerSo Max, for info, you've been given a 10 second penalty for forcing Lando off track at turn 4. So head down.

Max VERSTAPPEN10.

EngineerThat's quite impressive. That was a lot of whinging. A lot.

Engineeralso a little bit tight on time so we'll get a start on the final one

Lando NORRISYeah, bit of a nervousness, I mean the raise just feels **** at the starts But nervousness into 7, 10

EngineerShould be quite visible

Carlos SAINZCome on, guys. Shots is taking the ****, honestly.

Franco COLAPINTOSorry go ahead. Can you have a look at the wind turning?

EngineerYeah, he's having a look So this time we won't do a start just drive straight through

Liam LAWSONWhat would probably be targeting for the start at least obviously we're on a soft, but yeah low speed lots of front grip

George RUSSELLGet some fountains in the front

EngineerAnd keep it clean. You have a good pace. Keep it clean.

George RUSSELLThis halo fan as stated last week needs changing a bit now we don't have the halo

Engineerwinglet

Sergio PEREZWhat the f*** is this idiot doing? Is he okay?

Liam LAWSONIs he f***ing

Engineerserious? Loud and clear, we will review it. Head down.

EngineerSo Verstappen now has a 20-second penalty.

George RUSSELLWow.

EngineerSo Max update uh you've been given another 10 second time penalty that's for leaving this track and gaining an advantage at turn eight.

Max VERSTAPPENThat's that's fine then oh that's a silly man.

Max VERSTAPPENMy tires are not holding on the guys

EngineerAnd box, Carlos, box, speed confirmed, and box. One more up, guys, come on, one more up.

George RUSSELLWhy would we do this? Surely we could have done one, two more laps more.

EngineerAll

Oscar PIASTRIright, think about pulling me out of this

Charles LECLERCIt was 30 feet off the grid and now it's 38.

EngineerYes, plus 5. We expect this to be the average probably over the stint with these clouds coming and going.

Lewis HAMILTONMikey still feels 52. Felt pretty decent. Right towards the end it starts to look a little bit at

Engineerthe

Lewis HAMILTONrear but...

EngineerOskar Taranifo, you're pretty much surrounded by hot starters, so the hot starters are Lawson, Bottas, Colapinto, Perez and Joe, Ocon from the pit lane, also on hard. Have a good race.

EngineerClouds just picking up a little bit again, so just dropped a little bit in the last few minutes

Pierre GASLYYeah, it's going to be a tight race, so let's get beyond it and get everything out of it.

Engineerreminder pit limiter on mode formation by point clutch test to red k2 on and like

EngineerReminder by Brake Finder.

Liam LAWSONIt's not working.

EngineerBrake. Reminder brakes. You need to press the brakes.

EngineerCopy, thank you.

Lewis HAMILTONWait, revs

Engineerare

Lewis HAMILTONa bit loose there.

EngineerThe end of the straight, big lift to turn 4. Keep speed high through turn 4 to turn 6.

Franco COLAPINTOSomething is wrong with the steering wheel, it's super strange, it gets stiff then goes soft, stiff, soft

EngineerOk copy that Franco, we are checking

EngineerAnd then if we can, we'll get a high slip event out of 13.

Engineerand as we think PU temperature will be better now so the weight revs should be a problem just go a little bit more gradually onto the pedal as you pick them up

Max VERSTAPPENOh, it's getting really dark.

EngineerNothing going to hit the track at the moment, Max.

EngineerWe can't see a puncture mate

Franco COLAPINTOWhat's that alarm of brake? Oh, it's the temperature, it's okay. It already dropped.

EngineerOkay, max of PU cooling. So as much PU cooling as you can.

George RUSSELLI've got very small raindrops on the bazaar.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerGo to display 8 display 8

Fernando ALONSOI cannot be with this break balance and build the break times.

EngineerI prefer to go to cool, I guess. Yeah, we can go to cool for now.

EngineerOn the straight you can stay at part throttle just stay at part throttle on the straight around 200-250 kph and then we'll do a lift at the end.

EngineerOkay, your temperatures are okay now. Keep managing, but you can go back to using full load where you want to.

EngineerHey Franco, so everything's good at the moment, so PU temps, tyre temps, they're all good, just keep doing what you're doing and that'll be okay.

EngineerRecommendation on restart be 55 bmiq2 55 bmiq2 and we'd use strut mode 10 to deploy a bit more energy

Charles LECLERCYeah, I think the pump is gone on the water bottle.

EngineerOkay, nothing we can do now.

Charles LECLERCTell me when the safety car is in, I'll try to disconnect it, I think, after the safety car, before I'm in.

EngineerCurrently, everything points towards plan A.

EngineerSo Georgia we are free to race here just make sure we give each other room

Carlos SAINZMy opinion is that we are pushing hard. Absolutely no need for the team.

EngineerCan I just be careful of any tie warm-up over the bump into 10-12?

EngineerIs it Bottas in front of Piastri or Joe? Piastri, then Joe, then Bottas, in that order.

EngineerRemember you can use early energy into one, into four.

EngineerLawson will lose DRS now so early energy into one into four

EngineerLando, Max is complaining about a lack of battery, so maybe try.

EngineerWell done call the brakes call the brakes well done

EngineerSo if we're not going to get past it, then we need to get back into the lifting coast.

Nico HULKENBERGI don't feel too happy. We always talk the same time, I mean, front is not good, but the rear also. Struggling.

EngineerVerstappen no DRS 1.4 Carlos 1.5. This is good. Let's get into the rhythm

Lewis HAMILTONCopy,

Engineertraction metrics are high.

EngineerWe are catching ghastly. Let's try to get back in that direct train. You're doing a good job.

Liam LAWSONStruggling at high speed with the front.

EngineerHave

Lewis HAMILTONyou got something to read with me?

EngineerWe need your best driving now. Let's go.

Lando NORRISYeah, I mean my tyres don't feel too good, honestly, I think the pace is reasonable, maybe not as good as the Ferrari's

EngineerAnd if we can we could manage a bit more in seven and nine. Yeah, I'm losing the DRS

Max VERSTAPPENGuys, I'm running super hard, can't brake, can't lead on the rear.

EngineerUnderstood, same pace as the leader.

EngineerHamilton complaining of rear deck. There may be debris on the track on the outside of the track limits at five.

Sergio PEREZHe kept it out of the track while I was ahead and just came back at me.

EngineerIf you want more rotation at turn 2, multib green, DX position 3.

Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I think I think he's just running too hot copy

Engineerthat max

EngineerAnd Lada, the full safety car window is open, please confirm. Confirm.

Engineertry to keep micro locks under control, base is very good, good job, start lap time 21.9

Charles LECLERCI cannot cool down the surface from three seconds of Carlos. The dirty hands riding more snowballs than I do anyway. So today is going to be tricky to get closer than that.

Liam LAWSONI honestly had not got to go.

Kevin MAGNUSSENThe tires coming back now

Pierre GASLYThe tires are recovering a bit.

EngineerOK mate, let's just keep on top of lift and coast, gap to Hockenberg 2.6.

EngineerYeah, that might be Debbie at turn 12. I

Sergio PEREZguess he's

Engineerthe

Sergio PEREZsame idiot that crashed again.

EngineerYou can watch the highlights later.

Sergio PEREZYeah, I'm watching it now.

EngineerLando, push and hold over tech here.

Lando NORRISI've got DRS talking. Okay.

George RUSSELLCount two check, Kerb uses turn three. My last two laps, I think it hasn't been enough.

Lando NORRISYeah, it's not much better now for me either, so...

Franco COLAPINTOWho needs a good penalty? My god, what has he done?

EngineerYes, this is masterclass, Carlos. Dominant weekend. Un Mastrino.

Carlos SAINZGood job. Yes! Yes!

EngineerMake a good weekend, Carlos.

Carlos SAINZThank you. Oh, this feels good.

EngineerOh, this

Carlos SAINZfeels good. Thank you, guys. Forza Ferrari. Gracias, Mexico.

EngineerThis

Nico HULKENBERGis a bit worried

EngineerSo that's just checking the tyres from the previous stint, we just need to protect the front left a bit more in the high speed if we can, so protect front left.

EngineerYeah,

Lando NORRIScouldn't have asked for a lot more, it was a good race, just, yeah, interesting one. Well done, good points everyone, thank you.

EngineerStill points to play for here

Lewis HAMILTONWhere have I been losing the outlet?

EngineerSo 10-3, 10-6, 10-11, min speed.

EngineerHard luck. We'll have a look at that, particularly that second set.

Max VERSTAPPENI mean, on the medium and 12, it's not really shocking.

EngineerYeah, frustrating race today, Max, but you gave it everything. And I thought the penalties were definitely on the harsher side.

Sergio PEREZIs she okay with the car? I feel a lot of movement on the straight line.

EngineerOkay, so clearly what we tried didn't work out. Too many traffic on overtex to make. Sorry for that. Yeah, man. No,

Liam LAWSONit's just stuck the whole race. Like, the pace in clear air, it was not bad at all, but I think I spent the whole race on a gearbox of a car.

EngineerYeah, copy that. Yeah, it looks like the traffic is still a bit difficult for us.

Lewis HAMILTONYeah, great job guys, not the smoothest of weekends, but started to come together a little bit in that second phase, let's keep pushing, great job at the pit stop,

Engineerdefinitely got

Lewis HAMILTONto look into this floor mate.

George RUSSELLTake from Wynne, something doesn't feel right.

EngineerOkay mate, good job, good job, that's the flag, so that is a P11, I know we want more, that's a really good drive, very well managed. So steady on the in-lap, we need a steady in-lap, make sure you go offline for the pickup, you can do run switch warm-up, run switch warm-up, and then it's MFB PU1 position 12, so MFB PU1 position 12. So switch is good Lance, just make sure it's nice and slow, so nice and slow, stay offline, take the pickup.

EngineerUnbelievable, man. Oh my god. What a f***ing legend. Sorry for my language. Well done, Kev. Absolutely extraordinary. Oh man, I like that. That was a hunt. That was unbelievable. Wow. Charge on, please. Charge on. Wow, wow, wow, wow. That was a strong race, man. Thanks, everyone. I really enjoyed that. I'm enjoying it now, mate. I wasn't enjoying it before that. Anyway, it's absolutely phenomenal. It's one of the best drives I've ever seen, Kev. It's as simple as that. Just legendary. Thank you very much. Yeah, thanks, man. It was pretty clean. The car was amazing. Amazing job, Kev. Unbelievable. Congratulations. Well overdue. Nice job. Yeah, thanks, mate. Thank you.

EngineerOkay, Mike, good job.

EngineerOkay.

EngineerOkay mate, good job, good job, that's the flag, so that is a P11, so I know we want more than that, that's a really good drive, that's a really good drive Very well managed

George RUSSELLTurn 10, the thing is not turn 9. The thing is not turning.

EngineerYeah, AFM, we're seeing asymmetry across the front wing.

EngineerAlright mate, so it's a tough race but well driven, that's P10 for us.

Pierre GASLYIt was good to be back in the points after quite a while, so get another four shots, thanks for the weekend guys.

EngineerIt's 35 to go so happy this is the right strategy the tire deck looks okay on the field for us on the hard tire

Carlos SAINZI feel a bit more from limited for the moment.

EngineerAnd it's still a long stint to the end many laps

Esteban OCONI can let Tiago flip me out.

Carlos SAINZYeah, this engine braking was too much.

EngineerCopy.

EngineerAnd Lando, we're happy to reduce the amount of lyco into turn one.

Franco COLAPINTOSomething is wrong with the steering, but it's super strange. It gets stiff then goes soft, stiff, soft.

Lando NORRISWhat lap time is Charles doing?

Engineer20.5.

EngineerThat was a poor 13-14.

EngineerThere's 31 laps left. We don't need a gentle introduction. Let's go.

EngineerOkay, so you're closing up to Bottas. Compared to Hulkenberg, he's got a bit of a toe compared to us. GLS actually looking similar.

EngineerYeah, nothing heavy currently forecast here, George.

EngineerSo you see the dark skies as possible rain around we don't see anything on the radar We think it's very light if it is around so you might see possible spots But we're not thinking it's a grip effect for now. Let us know

EngineerWe can go mode TS. Mode TS.

EngineerOkay Nico, 28 laps to go. There's no more hard runners to overtake, so we are where we are. Piastri behind is quicker, but he's still like 10 behind. We'll see what kind of progress he makes.

EngineerAnd for info the track temp dropped five degrees since the start of the hard stint and with the cloud cover

EngineerSo Lance, we need to drive a default. So it's MFA blue, default A30, OK. MFA blue, default A30, OK.

George RUSSELLYeah, we're just sliding, big time, just sliding all the way through that corner

Franco COLAPINTOYeah, I'm happy with the flap. Mate, I think it's

Engineera

Franco COLAPINTOlong time, huh? Don't make me lose time with the McLaren.

EngineerAlso the wind picked up a bit recently with 15 kph, his lap was good.

EngineerFrom tires we are happy with the last laps till the end of the race for info. I leave it to you to judge.

EngineerAnd Miner, purple C3, position 3. Purple C3, position 3.

EngineerPress and hold the overtake max. Three seconds.

EngineerYeah, I'm just losing now, I know we can't do anything unless you get close enough

EngineerPush and hold overtake is available.

EngineerCarlos now trying to overtake backmarkers.

EngineerWe need to control traction out of 12 next corner easy

EngineerTake care still in high speed, 20 laps to go, you will feel some weight soon.

EngineerLanders pace is dropping back so just reuse the battery in order to get the blue flags

Lance STROLLYeah, just a little rubber, you know?

EngineerCollar Pinter has been a bit naughty, press and hold overtake.

Franco COLAPINTOLawson is looking at Norris, man. Lawson is looking at Norris.

EngineerThis is an excellent pace gap, really superb job.

EngineerI think about lowering the shock again to get closer.

EngineerOkay, Hughes push and hold, down to turn one. There's 11 laps to go. If we can get past Lawson and Stroll, if we can chase down Gasly for the final point.

EngineerWe're happy to stop Lyco into 1 and 4, so no Lyco turns 1 and 4.

EngineerWe do think wind has increased during the race, so we think the tyres should come back. We think the tyres are okay. It might have just been that that you're feeling.

EngineerOK, you're in the window, but only for a full safety car. Confirm.

Oscar PIASTRICopy.

Engineerokay eight laps to go no risk on track limits Oscar now no risk on track limits from here

EngineerSlippery track reported out of 12 for those debris, and safety car windows are closed.

EngineerOkay, watch out for debris. Turn 12 in the middle of the track. That's turn 12.

EngineerAnd still debris turn 12 entry middle of the road

EngineerI

Lewis HAMILTONappreciate the tires, they're quick sir.

Charles LECLERCWhat is the best lap time?

Engineer19-5, but Perez is trying as well.

ZHOU GuanyuYeah,

Engineerwe think there was an issue rear left

ZHOU GuanyuYeah, it's impossible for me to do anything while I have to do so many lifts. Yeah, that's Mexico.

EngineerThat's Mexico. I know.

ZHOU GuanyuWe're doing more than the others, unfortunately.

ZHOU GuanyuIt's just a question because the whole weekend I've been struggling a lot on the break, so let's make sure we check in the future.

EngineerCopy that, we do.

Engineeryeah

Valtteri BOTTASsolid job uh still i mean i think we had better pace than in the previous events but still lots of work to do but positive weekend compared to some others

Franco COLAPINTOYeah, I don't think we could have done much more than 11th mate.

Franco COLAPINTOI think we had a good base, it's just those moments where I lost a lot of time.

Franco COLAPINTOwith those overtakes and all that stuff um blasphemy behind the glare pushing i destroyed my medium slide so if we have made stop well before

EngineerYeah, copy that. We were having a look at the traffic behind and where you were going to drop out.

EngineerWell done, Franco. It's really impressive to see how you overtake cars, how you fight through traffic, how you keep the tires under control. It's a really well managed one stop again. Bravo. Really well done. I agree with you. I think there's another place in it. But if we get it all together on the weekend, you've got points every weekend.

EngineerLooks like Kevin is gonna make it, right? Yes, Kevin's gonna hold on for P7

Nico HULKENBERGAwesome job team, nice weekend, very very good feeling but I don't know feeling wise we need to have a deep look because just didn't have the pace.

EngineerYeah we agree Nico, it's been the same struggle all weekend so I think we'll work on some car stuff for next week. Just couldn't quite get what you wanted out of it, so very good to get the P9.

EngineerThat's Kevin confirmed in P7, so double points again.

Nico HULKENBERGCongrats team awesome job. You deserve it. Well done. Yeah, awesome