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Hungarian, 2026, Practice 3, 25 Jul 2026

12:42, BOT: The rear end overall was a bit all over the place in that mountain. 12:47, BOT: Pit: Do you have any vibrations? Yes, sadly this set is gone. The vibration is too big.

Barcelona, 2026, Qualifying, 13 Jun 2026

16:21, BOT: Pit: All right, that's E20. Russ. Okay. Yeah, nice and good at the car, buddy. That was a good sector one. I had some good time there. 0:11.4

Barcelona, 2026, Practice 3, 13 Jun 2026

13:05, BOT: I lost my brake pedal, it's gone, the pedal is gone, but very lucky there. 0:11.3

Monaco, 2026, Practice 3, 6 Jun 2026

12:35, BOT: There's a lot of smoke on the front brake. It's burning. Front brake, it's getting worse. I'm just trying not to use the brakes. 0:13

Abu Dhabi, 2024, Race, 8 Dec 2024

17:01, BOT: Thank you Sauber. Thank you Ferrari. Let's do it. 0:9.517:15, BOT: For the collision, okay. I had nowhere to go so that's nice. 0:6.417:53, BOT: Pit: Well, that was s***t ending. Yeah, really not the way we were hoping for it to go. 0:6.9

Abu Dhabi, 2024, Qualifying, 7 Dec 2024

07:59, BOT: Audio only. 09:08, BOT: Pit: In front of Perez, great job Valtteri, great job. Nice, good job, that's all, all of you. 0:11.909:08, BOT: Pit: Thank you, Valtteri. Nice surprise for my last qualifying on this side of the pit lane. 0:7.618:45, BOT: Pit: Good luck. Good luck as fast as she goes. 0:7.4

Abu Dhabi, 2024, Practice 3, 7 Dec 2024

04:46, BOT: Pit: and work on your tire temps. 0:3.3

Qatar, 2024, Race, 1 Dec 2024

10:06, BOT: Pit: And do your best to keep the temperature in the tires. 0:0410:13, BOT: Had to go off the track there to avoid loss of spinning. 0:4.110:13, BOT: Audio only. 11:11, BOT: Pit: I expect our tires will be the best for the remaining laps. 0:0411:20, BOT: The front left is going. 0:03

Qatar, 2024, Qualifying, 30 Nov 2024

11:51, BOT: Audio only. 12:16, BOT: Pit: URP 14. 0:4.712:35, BOT: Same sequence, I guess. Yep, same sequence. 0:4.912:40, BOT: don't quite get where the where the placement like from my side there's nothing more so. 0:8.9

Qatar, 2024, Practice 1, 29 Nov 2024

07:57, BOT: Pit: And we suggest special two for turn six and turn ten. 0:7.616:36, BOT: Traffic paradise. 0:5.1

Qatar, 2024, Sprint Qualifying, 29 Nov 2024

12:00, BOT: Pit: Probably a bit too close to Lawson on that one. 0:4.212:00, BOT: Yeah, glad I've had to go because I've stalled. Yeah, copy. 0:6.112:00, BOT: Okay, how close to top 10? Lawson was P10 with a 22 .39. 0:7.2

Las Vegas, 2024, Race, 24 Nov 2024

00:33, BOT: Pit: So what's the pushing level? 0:4.201:34, BOT: Audio only. 01:36, BOT: Pit: Yeah, very difficult race with the tyres, as expected, Valtteri. Yeah, even Valtteri didn't expect that. So everybody two -stopped except for Magnussen. Magnussen finished P12. And Joe finished just behind him in P13. 0:19.9

Las Vegas, 2024, Qualifying, 23 Nov 2024

00:19, BOT: Audio only. 00:22, BOT: Yeah, super messy with the traffic yeah wasn't ideal for sure. 0:6.4

Las Vegas, 2024, Practice 2, 22 Nov 2024

00:12, BOT: Pit: Reminder special one for turn seven. 0:3.1

São Paulo, 2024, Race, 3 Nov 2024

08:58, BOT: Pit: Albin will not take part in the race, but his grid spot will be left empty. 0:6.412:05, BOT: Pit: Yeah, difficult race Valtteri. Seemed like we mostly struggled with tire warm -up on the restart. 0:6.112:05, BOT: Can't be too loud here. That's more I can do. 0:6.112:05, BOT: We've had some sitting ducks on the restarts with the tyre warm -up, but anyway, as well with things stabilised, we're still lacking pace. 0:10.3

São Paulo, 2024, Qualifying, 3 Nov 2024

05:21, BOT: Pit: And Valtteri, consider sacrificing turn one for a better two and three. 0:8.105:21, BOT: Pit: And Valtteri, consider sacrificing turn one for a better two and three. 0:5.705:28, BOT: Pit: Yeah, sorry to sorry to tell you but p11 p11 Well good job anyway good timings. 0:11.1

São Paulo, 2024, Practice 1, 1 Nov 2024

09:55, BOT: Pit: Would you like to take another push lap instead? Ideally, yes. 0:5.909:58, BOT: Pit: And now we should move to constant sock. I see you doing the switches already. Let's pass through the pit lane for the practice start. 0:7.8

Mexico City, 2024, Race, 27 Oct 2024

16:51, BOT: Pit: yeah solid 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. 0:19.3

Mexico City, 2024, Qualifying, 26 Oct 2024

16:41, BOT: Pit: And red flag, red flag, box, box, was a good lap, was a good lap, yeah, nice. 0:8.6

Mexico City, 2024, Practice 3, 26 Oct 2024

13:19, BOT: Pit: Do you have a balance limitation in turn 12? 0:2.713:19, BOT: Pit: No, I'll just explain it later. There's an issue with the braking. 0:4.1

Mexico City, 2024, Practice 1, 25 Oct 2024

13:46, BOT: Pit: And stop in front for a nose change. 0:3.8

United States, 2024, Race, 20 Oct 2024

13:58, BOT: Pit: Behind you, Hamilton on Newhard. 0:4.514:28, BOT: I can't do anything in Detroit. 0:0315:47, BOT: Pit: Yeah, tough one there Valtteri, but the one -stop was the right choice. The top 10 all did a one -stop. 0:7.415:48, BOT: Yeah, I don't know how our prediction was so off with the With the tires, let's have a look, but yeah Tried everything I could but just don't have to pace with the fight with the cars, especially the end of the stint. 0:17.6

United States, 2024, Sprint, 19 Oct 2024

12:46, BOT: There's fire in the brakes. The brakes are not working. Okay Valtteri, let's stop the car. Stop the car. 0:10.313:09, BOT: Pit: Let's go sock six, sock six, and pedal position four. 0:6.113:21, BOT: Pit: And Joe is breaking earlier in turn 13 and gaining in mid -corner with more break -release. 0:6.6

United States, 2024, Practice 1, 19 Oct 2024

02:09, BOT: Pit: And spark one, spark one, watch the fronts in turn eight. 0:6.2

Singapore, 2024, Race, 22 Sep 2024

19:23, BOT: Pit: And you were minus one on the last clutch drop. 0:4.1

Singapore, 2024, Practice 3, 21 Sep 2024

18:05, BOT: Audio only.

Singapore, 2024, Practice 2, 20 Sep 2024

21:57, BOT: Pit: And spark four, spark four, and special two pull up for these corners. 0:07

Singapore, 2024, Practice 1, 20 Sep 2024

17:50, BOT: Audio only. 18:04, BOT: Pit: Block by the red book. Yeah, I don't know what he was doing there. 0:6.1

Azerbaijan, 2024, Race, 15 Sep 2024

14:49, BOT: Pit: So P16 finish for us? Yes, still overall just lacking pace on that medium tyre in the beginning just didn't last. 0:12.1

Azerbaijan, 2024, Practice 1, 13 Sep 2024

11:56, BOT: Pit: Would you still like that mechanical change? Yes. On the front or the rear? I'm quite easy. Okay, I think I'll take it on the rear. The car feels quite lazy in high speed. Okay, then I'll take it on the front. 0:14.112:32, BOT: Go bleep, you're blocked by a strobe. Understood. 0:04

Italian, 2024, Race, 1 Sep 2024

15:02, BOT: Just reporting the gap the car I had left at the car ahead of him was way too big according to the wrecks. Okay, so you think Colopinto went a bit too slow there? Yeah, way too slow. Understood. 0:16.416:29, BOT: Yeah, unfortunately no luck with the safety car today, but I think we tried. Let's keep pushing. Yeah, it was a well -managed race with the tires, just lacking a little bit of pace. 0:14.4

Italian, 2024, Qualifying, 31 Aug 2024

16:22, BOT: Got this big cut off Cut off was two tenths faster than our first push. I think we would have had it. Yeah, I think. 0:11.6

Italian, 2024, Practice 2, 30 Aug 2024

17:04, BOT: A lot of understeer in turn 6. That's why I went white. Okay, understood. 0:6.817:28, BOT: Some trapping at the last corner. 0:2.7

Italian, 2024, Practice 1, 30 Aug 2024

14:26, BOT: Their tires are melting already. Big raining. Understood. 0:5.914:29, BOT: Tires are gone. Yeah, I see that. And we can go back rearwards on brake balance and 1 minute 30 left in the session. Let's try to stay out. I've got a big flat foot. Lots of vibration. Yeah, let me know if you need to box then. Watch for Joe behind. Joe is in constant pushing. Yeah, these rear tires are so grained that from the start we are not going to learn anything. Understood. 0:24.6

Dutch, 2024, Race, 25 Aug 2024

15:04, BOT: Pit: And mode race, mode race. 0:2.916:08, BOT: Pit: And you can push the tires more in turn two. 0:4.416:27, BOT: Pit: And losing two tenths to Sargent in the combo of turn two to three. Two tenths. 0:7.116:46, BOT: Pit: Yeah, it was a very good start Valtteri, but obviously a difficult race for us after that. Yeah, I tried everything I could. Pushing as hard as I can, but we're just not quick enough this weekend. But let's regroup and try next week on a different track. Yep, we will. So it's a P19 for us with Joe in P20. 0:28

Dutch, 2024, Qualifying, 24 Aug 2024

15:21, BOT: Pit: And unfortunately, that's P18 for us, L3P8. 0:4.9

Dutch, 2024, Practice 2, 23 Aug 2024

16:25, BOT: Pit: And currently P4 with just Max and Lando completing the softflap so far. 0:8.3

Belgian, 2024, Race, 28 Jul 2024

15:28, BOT: Pit: Consider special two from turn 18 through turn one. 0:8.216:05, BOT: I think you have the bigger picture now, what's happening, so I don't really know what's behind. I'm happy either way. Okay, understood. 0:1216:28, BOT: Yeah, yeah, let's have a look later if there's anything else we could have done But yeah, the medium tire, when I started pushing it, the rear just went in the end, so just overheating. 0:13.8

Belgian, 2024, Qualifying, 27 Jul 2024

16:01, BOT: Pit: And we will need to build temperature as much as possible in this outlook. 0:4.9

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