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Abu Dhabi, 2021, Race, 12 Dec 2021

13:08, VET: Pit: So Lance 0 .5 ahead, Ryken does not have DRS behind. 0:0513:21, VET: Pit: Sebastian, when you're ready, can I have an aerobalance check? It's pretty okay, the wind is still making a difference. Yeah, copy that, copy. 0:13.413:35, VET: Pit: This fashion Lancer's box use everything now use everything. 0:0613:36, VET: how are the heart holding on for other people yeah yeah good for others. 0:8.114:04, VET: OK, just keep me posted on the times of people around. Yeah, copy that. Last lap, Lance 28 .9. 0:11.814:07, VET: Pit: So Riccardo 29 .0, Lance 29 .0, these tyres it just wants to keep as much temperature as you can all the way to the end. 0:9.914:30, VET: Pit: So there's two laps to go, two laps. I don't understand why he's not letting us through. He's just pissing his thing off. Yeah, copy. 0:13.914:50, VET: Pit: OK, checkered flag, Sebastian checkered flag, P11. Good last lap. Well, we gave it all. Yeah, well done. You know, that was a good strong pace, really. So, to let you know what's happened, so they let the four of us cars... I saw it. ...and, as it happens, won the race. Yeah, I saw that. But why did they not let us go straight away? This is what I still don't understand. Anyways, thank you. I tried everything, but couldn't get more. Yeah, well done, Sebastian. That was a good strong race. OK, so, thanks. Thank you, guys, for giving me a new home and for welcoming me the way you did. I don't think it was the best of seasons, not what we expected. Also, from my side, I'm not happy I made too many small errors. So... Yeah. Let's get a bit of a break and a fresh start next year and come out of the box strong. Thank you. Yeah, absolutely. Sebastian, absolutely. Completely agree. Thank you as well. Did we get the overtaking thing or we were snatched away? I actually don't know. Yeah, you did, apparently. You did. Well done. Well done. What's the prize? One million jelly beans? I think so. OK, thank you, guys. Cheers. Peace, Zero. 1:45.400000000000006

Abu Dhabi, 2021, Qualifying, 11 Dec 2021

12:50, VET: Audio only. 13:16, VET: What was he doing? 0:0713:23, VET: Again traffic, I mean come on guys. 0:0713:41, VET: Pit: How are we doing for time? Loads of time, loads and loads of time. Just don't let anybody else behind. You've got Bottas Outlap behind. How many? Lots of cars behind. Six behind and seven ahead. The group of seven ahead are close together. 0:21.813:45, VET: Every f***ing time is a s***. Sorry guys. 0:9.613:45, VET: It's Carnage again. 0:5.7

Abu Dhabi, 2021, Practice 3, 11 Dec 2021

10:38, VET: Pit: Can you hear me loud and clear? Yeah, very loud and clear, even on that straight. Just talk on this straight as well, all the way to 12. Sorry, I'll do the next one. Yeah, didn't get that. Okay, and it's box, box, please, box, box. Okay, copy. 13, 14. Yeah, loud and clear, 13. But you can go one. Go one, copy. 0:28.2

Abu Dhabi, 2021, Practice 2, 10 Dec 2021

13:09, VET: Pit: Planning to box if that's okay for you. That's fine Ideally I'd have another lap It's okay. 0:12.813:26, VET: Pit: Okay, tires are nowhere at turn one. Copy that, sir. 0:9.313:42, VET: Pit: So Sebastian we're trying to get out ahead of Mazepin. It might be close, but you can go to go one I think you're going to be fine to Mazepin. You're fine to Mazepin. 0:14.213:54, VET: Pit: So special last lap deleted turn 16 limits. 0:10.813:59, VET: Pit: So to get one more lap at the end of this one, you've got two seconds margin. I've got a lot of clipping this lap. Do you know why? Check -in. 0:12

Abu Dhabi, 2021, Practice 1, 10 Dec 2021

09:46, VET: Pit: Sebastian you might have seen it you picked up a bit of paint on your front left tyre out of 15 that might have hurt there's been a lot of laps deleted it in 16 so just a bit of caution there it's all clear behind at the moment. 0:14.910:11, VET: Note that I had vibrations from the off on this set. Copy that, understood. 0:7.610:12, VET: Pit: Connect the tyres, don't heat the tyres up too much on your way in. 0:0710:28, VET: Pit: So that pace was still as fast as the McLaren's. 0:8.610:31, VET: Pit: I'll be the checkered flag. Copy. Nothing happened, just lost the carpet over the kerb. Copy that. 0:9.510:34, VET: Pit: It's OK, it's slowing. Yeah, it's pretty OK, so just do a bit of lifting at the end of the two straights to help, but you're pretty OK? Yeah, OK. And then we'll push the entry, and we'll do a full pit stop. Yeah, not really, I'm not happy with the vibrations. OK, understood. 0:17.7

Saudi Arabian, 2021, Race, 5 Dec 2021

19:00, VET: Come on guys. 0:6.519:01, VET: Pit: if something falls off it's not the nicest place to do so oh it's not great to drive so we think that the sparks behind us stop now so don't think anything's dropping yeah but i think i have no grip in high speed. 0:16

Saudi Arabian, 2021, Qualifying, 4 Dec 2021

17:19, VET: Pit: AP -17 out, AP -17 out What?! Oh man! 0:8.617:25, VET: Pit: Yeah. No way. How much? So car ahead is two hundredths. Yeah. No way we lost it. Turn 22. Yeah, yeah. And traffic. Yeah. That was not great. Alonso is P15 and through, it is two and a half tenths. Ah, so it's not two hundredths. No, two hundredths to the car ahead, sorry, and it's two and a half tenths to P15. Ah, okay. The way you've been helping us as well. Still not great. Yeah, and the traffic in 22 didn't help at all. So that's it, yeah? Yeah, that's it. That's it. Still P17. Lance P18. 0:47.5

Saudi Arabian, 2021, Practice 3, 4 Dec 2021

14:27, VET: Pit: So I'm happy to lean on the rears a bit in this phase and then we'll cool them later. 0:5.814:56, VET: Pit: Yep, so cool. Let's call it why I didn't yeah, it's a snow dog lap is another behind his out lap So we'll push the next lap. 0:13.814:57, VET: Pit: Your tyres are not too hot, but we're happy to cool them a bit. Battery's good. 0:6.8

Saudi Arabian, 2021, Practice 2, 3 Dec 2021

17:10, VET: Pit: You can consider back to zero brake balance, that's just one click rearward. 0:5.717:22, VET: Pit: So you're good on front temps, don't let the front right drop anymore, rear we're happy to be a bit warmer. 0:7.417:31, VET: Pit: what's going on ahead what's going on ahead there will be some bunching six cars. 0:7.817:54, VET: Pit: Ok, so do a lot of engine cooling please, engine cooling on the lane. Schumacher is 4 seconds behind, and when you can, I know balance is difficult, but thoughts for aero balance? I would go down, because it was getting tricky for the rear at the end. So Schumacher 2 .5 behind, there's a 5 second gap behind him. Two clicks down? Yeah, two clicks down. 0:28.2

Saudi Arabian, 2021, Practice 1, 3 Dec 2021

13:40, VET: Pit: I'm happy to cool the rears a bit and the fronts a little bit. 0:5.4

Qatar, 2021, Race, 21 Nov 2021

14:23, VET: Pit: If you could just let us know where you are with tyres. The guys are pitted from the softer onto the medium. Getting better now. Copy that, understood. What's the pace on the medium runners? So 29 .7 for Lance in a bit of free air on the medium. 0:18.214:42, VET: Front left tyres start to suffer now a little bit Yep, copy we can see, so Ricciardo ahead his own 32 .1 with that overtake, he's 1 .5 ahead. 0:14.615:48, VET: Pit: That's checkered flag. Well done. Good recovery. P10. Oh, man. Sorry for all that one. That stinks. I had nowhere to go and then I didn't see when I went into turn one and lost the rear. Yeah, it was not great for my side. And then we were basically last. Yeah, exactly. It's a good recovery. Face was good. Yeah. Lance P6. Lance P6. Why did Norris pit in the end? All tyre concerns from a lot of cars, Sebastian. How was our pace? It was very strong, Sebastian. Basically, that previous lap, Verstappen and Norris and Hamilton were quicker and that's it. So, yeah, very strong. Yeah, like you said, probably a reasonable recovery. But it just stinks that I messed up the first lap and came out last. So, well, nearly. Yeah, yeah. We'll take the positives now. It was a good, fast pace. We'll get it next time. 1:19.099999999999994

Qatar, 2021, Qualifying, 20 Nov 2021

14:09, VET: Pit: So maintain the front temps now with some braking, maintain the front temps, you're clear behind at the moment. 0:6.514:29, VET: Pit: She can lean a little bit on the rear left. 0:4.115:05, VET: Pit: I'm not sure what all those yellow flags are for yeah that was for the the guy that stopped I don't know the AlphaTauri he came on the dash yeah you've got it definitely yeah so just keep it negative on the Delta please it's P10 I'm afraid. He smashed his car to bits in 15 and then 16 again so why do you need to stop other than destroying other people's laps? Yeah you can speed up a bit. I'm sorry for that. No, no no. Stopping at the end of the pit lane. What was P9 at the end? Which lap time? So I'll go on under 22 dead 22 dead. Okay wasn't in the cards I guess. Yeah it's gonna be tough anyway yep. Copy thanks for that car was good in the last round struggled a bit with the fuel. Fronts and yeah just losing a bit and then at the end I think I was gaining but had the yellow flag so P0. Yeah copy P0. 1:28.799999999999997

Qatar, 2021, Practice 3, 20 Nov 2021

11:49, VET: Pit: So Pete, from the track position point of view, we've got a few slow cars behind, what do you think is going on ahead? Yeah, it seems clear ahead. Sorry, that was on the wrong channel. Yeah, you're good. 0:16.411:57, VET: Pit: So you can reset brake balance to just to plus one and the white button turn on Go one go one. Sorry, it's left toggle turn on. 0:15.4

Qatar, 2021, Practice 2, 19 Nov 2021

14:04, VET: Pit: So you can call the fronts the rears don't need a massive amount of cooling. 0:6.314:33, VET: Pit: OK, let me know on traffic. Yeah, yeah, so you're currently clear behind 14 seconds. First car pushing is Ricciardo, 14 seconds back. The question is, if we have to do a double call, Sebastian, that's going to eat into our high fuel quite a lot. 0:18.814:44, VET: Pit: So we're thinking three time laps on this tyre to get more on the medium, so three full time laps. 0:7.314:50, VET: Pit: So practice more management in 12 .13. Practice more management 12 .13. 0:6.714:52, VET: Pit: So that was a hard pushing out lap. We're happy to do this next lap pushing reasonably hard like racing and then we need more management 12 .13 especially. We'll do five full time laps. We'll get five full time laps. So that was a hard pushing out lap. We're happy to do this next lap pushing reasonably hard like racing and then we need more management 12 .13 especially. 2:25.30000000000001

Qatar, 2021, Practice 1, 19 Nov 2021

10:41, VET: Pit: So we are okay for a call, if you agree? Copy. Okay, so Vistap and Starping are behind. Vistap and Fast behind. So that pic confirmed was not... You didn't mean that, did you? No. No, copy that. More like it confirmed the message. Yeah, copy that. 0:22.110:44, VET: Pit: You can call the left hand tyres through this high speed section, call the left hand tyres. Where's Tsunoda? Tsunoda's still 12 seconds back, he's not looking very fast. 0:14.211:01, VET: Pit: Happy to let the front right cool a bit. 0:4.511:04, VET: Pit: Sebastian, just give us your feedback on balance. You were all clear behind for that first lap. Yeah, it felt okay. Bit of understeer in 7, the rest a bit more on the nose. High speed a little on the nose. Copy that. 0:13.211:06, VET: Pit: So we think using the left toggle for the high speed is worth doing. I'll remind you at the end of this call -up. 0:7.711:21, VET: Pit: So to start this run, the fronts will be on the cooler side, the rears are pretty close. So you're good on switch and you're clear ahead and behind. 0:11.4

São Paulo, 2021, Race, 14 Nov 2021

17:23, VET: Pit: So specialist for info, we're on lap 14 of the race, 14. This your safety guard ending. Go 1, go 1. 0:1017:27, VET: Pit: Consider no white button for turn one, because he's got Darius. 0:0717:37, VET: Pit: So smashing bulk temp is under control. It's just about surface. Can I have aero balance check? Come up one click. 0:11.217:46, VET: Pit: So we are on plan B. We are plan B. Alonso is still inside the pit with us. You're okay for him. 0:7.5

São Paulo, 2021, Sprint Qualifying, 13 Nov 2021

19:28, VET: Pit: So Sebastian, three cars directly behind you, Tsunoda, Raikkonen, Giovanzi are soft. Then there's three mediums, Stroll, Latifi, Russell, medium, and then Schumacher, Mazepin on soft, Hamilton at the back, medium, and at the front, Gasly and Sainz are soft, and Bottas is soft, everybody else medium. So in front of you, Bottas, Gasly and Sainz soft, as well as Ocon to your left. 0:25.719:37, VET: Pit: So our tyre temperatures are good for pushing. You've got two cars ahead of you on soft. Ricciardo 0 .5 behind, Ocon 0 .6 ahead. 0:9.619:45, VET: Pit: So Ricciardo 0 .5 behind Ocon 0 .8. Tires are good so you can push as much as you can just matching surface Just watch Ricciardo behind 0 .3 now. He's close. 0:12.719:55, VET: Pit: Ocon 0 .8 ahead, he does not have DRS, Ricciardo 0 .8 behind. 0:6.2

São Paulo, 2021, Practice 2, 13 Nov 2021

15:01, VET: Check the oscillations in the potentiometer. Yeah, copy that. 0:0815:22, VET: Pit: So we're thinking of four more laps on this one, four more full -time laps. Rears are very hot now. So 10 .11, try opening the entry just to reduce sliding on the exit of 10 .11. 0:12.215:28, VET: Can I have error balance check? Error balance check? Yeah, let's go down. Two clicks. Copy, understood. 0:10.715:34, VET: Pit: So we think you'll need more rear tyre management, more rear tyre management, so turn 6, 7 and 11. 0:8.715:46, VET: Pit: So Giovinazzi six lap old softs ahead and Ocon five seconds behind six lap old softs. 0:8.315:53, VET: Pit: The tires are pretty good you can lean them on lean on them more in 6 .7. 0:5.9

São Paulo, 2021, Qualifying, 12 Nov 2021

19:08, VET: Pit: So happy to let the rears cool more. Fronts probably don't let them cool much more. 0:6.1

São Paulo, 2021, Practice 1, 12 Nov 2021

15:48, VET: There's some drops approaching turn four. 0:7.315:49, VET: Pit: So we'd like a bit more full throttle now just for plenum temps. 0:5.515:50, VET: Pit: Considering a double call, would you think that Celestin, Bottas too behind? Yeah, it could make sense. Yeah, Bottas is there now and then followed by Hamilton a further three seconds. The single call wasn't that bad though. 0:14.816:23, VET: Pit: any flap adjust through the pits this time Latifi is two behind fast Latifi one behind fast yeah we can come up unfriendly copy that so we'll come through the pits how much do you think copy that up a half. 0:23.9

Mexico City, 2021, Race, 7 Nov 2021

19:10, VET: Pit: So tyres are in a pretty good window. We'll take a little bit of lift and coast for engine temp just for more margin at the restart. 0:8.319:17, VET: Pit: What you're doing is good for engine temps so you are able to be this close engine temps under control. 0:9.119:20, VET: Pit: consider up on torque if you want to stabilize entries. 0:6.119:28, VET: Pit: all our temperatures are good all our temperatures are good yes good good so all our temperatures are good now tyres are going to get better from here. 0:11.2

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