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Tony Ross
|
|
We need more fuel saving,
need level two fuel saving please for this lap.
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PR
|
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Dave Robson
|
For information the engine
deployment is quite low I have no power in the engine so… That’s normal, or…
|
PR
|
Dave Robson
|
|
OK Felipe understood we’ll
have a look into it. And RS [unclear].
|
PR
|
Dave Robson
|
|
Everything looks good on
the power unit cycles.
|
PR
|
|
Dave Robson
|
OK. Yeah is normal this
lap, is better this lap.
|
PR
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Feedback on the start.
|
PR
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
It generally felt quite
good. The last two starts were in the exact same spot. RPM dropped quite low
but generally felt good. Potentially not enough ‘G’ as I pulled away.
|
PR
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK copy that. Cool the car,
go to the back of the grid.
|
PR
|
Unknown
|
|
OK understood Nico, thank
you.
|
PR
|
|
Unknown
|
Ivan the starts were all in
the same place but they were not in the same place as free practice ’cause it
was just completely off the rubber, not much grip at all, whereas in practice
the rubber was like three metres or ten metres after the start.
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PR
|
Marco Matassa
|
|
Flap consideration?
|
PR
|
|
Marco Matassa
|
I think it’s fine. The only
place I have a bit of oversteer is exit of turn nine, because of the wind.
The rest is fine.
|
PR
|
Unknown
|
Dave Greenwood
|
On Raikkonen’s radio.
I confirm the direction of the wind, so headwind on the pit straight,
intensity a bit lower than Q but gusty.
|
PR
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Latest temperatures: 29,
46.
|
PR
|
Unknown
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
On Grosjean’s radio.
Hello Julien, it will be torque four, clutch eight. No problems.
|
PR
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Radio check from the
garage, Lewis.
|
PR
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Radio check loud and clear.
|
PR
|
Unknown
|
|
Hi Lewis, discussing the
brake balance for turn one, Jock, and we reckon 57% and B-mig 2. Might want
to open a bit the diff entry as well for lap one.
|
PR
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Is it hotter than it was?
Same temperature? OK. It feels, as I said out there I had quite a lot of
understeer, initially, over those first two laps. I’m tempted to keep what
we’ve put in on. So then you’ve got to take your normal amount out for the
next tyres.
|
PR
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK. So if we were to go
with the normal adjust, that would put us two-to-two-and-a-half turns more
than the other car I think.
|
PR
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Just have to remember that
I was kind of behind so I do need to have the front end. Still that leaves
me, even if I take out half a hole from what I’ve just driven, that still
means I’m two holes ahead, right? My diff is quite locked so I’ve got scope
to come down but as I said when I went out there I had masses of understeer.
|
PR
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Yeah I think that is the
temperature thing, the [hard] tyre we know it does need a little bit of time
to wake up. All settings should be at our maximum which is two turns more
than the other car. And then think about maybe coming down half if you
haven’t got scope on your diff to tighten that bit more.
|
PR
|
Simon Rennie
|
|
OK Daniel further news:
everybody on the grid is on [medium] tyres.
|
PR
|
Simon Rennie
|
|
Track temperature, wind
direction and strength all very similar to qualifying. You know what we’ve
done with the front wing compared to the laps to the grid? Shortly after the
start, once you’ve got past the start/finish line, we can turn the limiter
off. You can try to sync all gears on the way to turn one, sync all the way
up to gear eight please.
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Cancel RS and
feedback on the start, please.
|
FL
|
|
Tony Ross
|
Good start, little
bit of wheel slip at some point.
|
FL
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Roger that. All
gears are currently learnt. We will need to cool the engine on this lap,
please. Going to need some work on the brakes to bring those up. Tyre temps are
currently ten all round. Need a little bit of charge on the battery and two
burn-outs, please.
|
FL
|
|
Unknown
|
I had wheelspin
initially.
|
FL
|
Unknown
|
|
OK tyre temps are 104
front, 100 rear. All the cars have left the grid. Keep working the brakes, we
need more energy in the brakes, and cool the car when you can.
|
FL
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
|
OK Valtteri no change to
the clutch, stay in clutch six.
|
FL
|
Mark Temple
|
|
The only gear left to learn
is eighth, please.
|
FL
|
Unknown
|
|
So clutch six, torque three
after the burn-outs. The burn-outs will be from the exit of the last curves
after turn 16. And please make sure they’re long burn-outs.
|
FL
|
Unknown
|
|
Go for five burn-outs.
Cancel brake magic.
|
FL
|
Unknown
|
|
So check brake balance and
B-mig for turn one. Go for a three-stop bite-point.
|
|
Mark Temple
|
|
Launch map off.
|
1
|
Riccardo Adami
|
|
Start switch up when you
can.
|
1
|
David Greenwood
|
|
Start switch up when you
can.
|
1
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
And manage your ERS.
|
|
|
Craig Gardiner
|
I don’t know why but I have
a lot of vibration on my front-right.
|
2
|
Xevi Pujolar
|
|
Tyres are hot so we’ll need
to manage.
|
2
|
Craig Gardiner
|
|
So with the vibration,
Felipe, we see it, we just have to keep on going towards our first target.
|
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Riccardo Adami
|
|
Fronts and rear on target.
Pressure a bit too low, still, but we’ll be fine.
|
3
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Gap to Vettel 1.6,
just think about the tyres.
|
3
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
DRS has been enabled.
|
3
|
|
Mark Temple
|
Which position we
are?
|
3
|
Mark Temple
|
|
Fernando we are P12.
|
3
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Are the pressures OK?
Really struggling with the rear end. Traction very poor, high and low-speed.
|
3
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson, pressures are OK.
|
|
Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
Charge 12, fuel 10 to pass
Fernando.
|
4
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
It’s impossible to get
close.
|
4
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK, copy that.
|
4
|
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
Pastor touched me,
just check my front wing.
|
4
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK we are having a
look.
|
4
|
Unknown
|
|
All OK Romain, keep
pushing.
|
4
|
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
No there is a
problem with rear end [unclear].
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Gap to Vettel: 2.8.
|
5
|
Tim Wright
|
|
Be careful with surface
temperatures.
|
5
|
Dave Robson
|
|
So we see the vibrations,
Felipe. You’ll have to just stick with the pack, you’re doing a good job
right now, and then we can keep an eye on it.
|
|
Riccardo Adami
|
|
Hamilton reported it was
impossible to get close to you. Brakes are OK, brake temps OK. Tyre a bit too
high, ten degrees too high.
|
6
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Nico if you’re stuck in
traffic go to mix four and save some engine mode.
|
6
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
How is the car at the
moment, Nico?
|
6
|
|
Brad Joyce
|
Well it’s OK considering
it’s so heavy traffic. I’m looking after my tyres.
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson how are the
tyres now? Any improvement on the tyres?
|
7
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
No. Massively
struggling with the rear. I still have understeer but as soon as I touch the
throttle, the rear’s gone. Very, very different form Friday.
|
7
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Understood, Jenson.
But similar feeling from the lap to the grid?
|
7
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Yes.
|
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
What is the gap ahead of
Vettel?
|
9
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Currently 4.7 seconds.
Nico’s doing 31.5. Give us a balance check – we’re thinking of Plan B.
|
9
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Needs to be – I can’t get
close. Balance is generally good. Rears are beginning to slide a bit.
|
9
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK copy that.
|
9
|
|
Tony Ross
|
Good balance.
|
9
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Copy. So if we can just
pick up the pace by a couple of tenths, that’s all.
|
9
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
|
Give me some feedback on
tyres. Do you think Plan C is possible?
|
9
|
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
Can be possible but
difficult to expect what’s going to happen later. But so far it’s consistent.
|
9
|
Tony Ross
|
|
So you’re doing a good job
there Nico, gap is 6.7. We’re going stint or stint plus one.
|
9
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Pits this lap pit confirm.
|
9
|
|
Brad Joyce
|
Copy, box.
|
|
Mark Temple
|
|
And last lap same pace as
Sainz.
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson we think Plan B and
we think target minus five, let’s go.
|
11
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Yeah, agree.
|
11
|
David Greenwood
|
|
OK grip position eight on
the dash, grip eight, tyre temps are in the window, surface well under
control, surface looks good.
|
11
|
|
Mark Temple
|
The rear end is terrible.
But I don’t know, may be the same for everybody I guess.
|
11
|
Mark Temple
|
|
Yes Fernando I think it’s
similar for others. Our degradation looks good, similar to the cars around
us, maybe a little better.
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson box to
overtake, confirm.
|
12
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Confirm.
|
12
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Launch map on,
apply the brakes during the stop.
|
12
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK Lewis let’s close that
gap up, you’re doing a great job.
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
And let us know if you need
a flap adjust for the next stint.
|
13
|
|
Tony Ross
|
No change.
|
13
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Copy, copy.
|
13
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK let’s go. Bite point
four, It’s hammer time.
|
13
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Kvyat in front of you, used
medium, he stopped a lap later than you, same strategy.
|
13
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
|
Tyres are looking good from
our side, it’s looking like Plan C.
|
13
|
Riccardo Adami
|
|
Hamilton in the pits.
|
13
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Box, box, do the opposite
to Vettel.
|
13
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
So cancel RS and we’re
pushing hard from the out-lap.
|
|
|
Riccardo Adami
|
Are you sure front
wing plus 25? Plus one click?
|
14
|
Riccardo Adami
|
|
Yeah confirm, box
now. Hamilton’s stop was very slow. Grip seven, start switch down.
|
|
|
David Greenwood
|
OK at my pit stop a little
bit less front wing.
|
15
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Guys please tell me the
time, OK?
|
15
|
Simon Rennie
|
|
Maldonado has damaged his
rear wing, he may struggle. Let’s get into him.
|
15
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Box, box, box.
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Check your brake balance.
Nice and easy into the box.
|
16
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Is it best I eke these
tyres out now for as long as possible?
|
16
|
Tony Ross
|
|
And just thinking about the
tyres for these first few laps. Really important.
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
So remember stint plus
eight on this stint. We would like you to pass Kimi, don’t take any risks,
don’t damage the tyres.
|
17
|
David Greenwood
|
|
Box this lap, Kimi.
|
17
|
|
David Greenwood
|
OK.
|
17
|
David Greenwood
|
|
And start switch down. OK,
concentrate on position.
|
17
|
Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
We need to do everything we
can to pass Sainz. Use your switches as you need to.
|
17
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
We’re going to need to push
and attack Vettel. We’re going to need to do this on-track, mate?
|
17
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Well I can assure you
that’s pretty much impossible, Bono, so we need to come up with another
solution.
|
17
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK Lewis we are on Plan B.
So it’ll be a battle at the end of the race and we’ll be on inverted tyres.
|
|
David Greenwood
|
|
OK Kimi so could be a long
stint.
|
18
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Coming up on
traffic, you can use these opportunities.
|
18
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Please Bono, try
not to speak to me during the corners, please.
|
18
|
David Greenwood
|
|
OK check your PT position.
Bottas ahead, used [medium], Massa behind, used [medium].
|
18
|
Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
OK so it’s a better pace at
this stage, this stint. Catching Verstappen at one second per lap.
|
|
Tim Wright
|
|
Box this lap, pit confirm.
|
|
Mark Temple
|
|
And box this lap,
confirm.
|
20
|
|
Mark Temple
|
OK.
|
20
|
Mark Temple
|
|
Correction, stay
out.
|
20
|
|
Mark Temple
|
OK, out.
|
20
|
David Greenwood
|
|
Pace is very, very good –
matching the Williams. Give me a stint like Bahrain middle stint, it can get
a lot better.
|
20
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
Problem with fourth gear.
|
20
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK, we are having a look.
|
20
|
|
David Greenwood
|
What the [censored
by FOM] is this Marussia doing? He has been three corners now in the middle
of the road.
|
|
Erik Schuivens
|
|
Perez behind he is on new
[hard]. Hulkenberg ahead is on [medium] lapping 33.9.
|
21
|
|
Marco Matassa
|
OK guys this is clearly not
a race tyre.
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK Romain you need
to lift when you use the bad gear.
|
22
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
I can’t.
|
22
|
Alan Permane
|
|
Romain, if you
don’t do that, you will blow the engine up, right? You have to.
|
22
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Copy that Nico. The
only plus point is the hard is looking poor at the moment.
|
22
|
|
Brad Joyce
|
No, don’t speak on
the straight.
|
22
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Well you’ll have to
wait for your answer, then. The hard is looking poor at the moment.
|
22
|
|
Brad Joyce
|
Fair enough having
the new now but should have had the new now, I would have gone through these guys.
|
22
|
Brad Joyce
|
|
Right, this is what
you’ve got, so let’s make the best of it now mate.
|
22
|
Tony Ross
|
|
So fuel now very safe so
continue tyre saving but you can burn more fuel.
|
22
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK Lewis go strat six,
we’re going to save the engine for later on.
|
22
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Please use first gear at
one point in the next three laps just to keep sync.
|
|
Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
Good job, Dany.
|
23
|
Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
Really crucial part of the
race here, Dany. Really critical part for us. Need to get past Verstappen.
|
23
|
|
Tony Ross
|
This set is worse than the
previous one. More oversteer.
|
23
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Copy.
|
23
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Lewis you’re doing a great
job. Many engine modes are available if you find an opportunity. You are in
your Safety Car window.
|
23
|
Riccardo Adami
|
|
Rosberg reported he is tyre
saving. Rosberg lap time 1.5, Hamilton 1.7 behind you, he is reporting he
will save some good engine for later.
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Just have a think about the
balance, going to the other tyre next stint.
|
25
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Balance OK.
|
25
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Nico we didn’t manage to
keep the sync in first so please go down to first again, it’s still synced at
the moment.
|
|
Tony Ross
|
|
Bite point two. First has
re-synced, thank you.
|
26
|
Tony Ross
|
|
So Nico if you can do just
pick up the pace back to where it was. Two cars in front are lapped cars but
racing, so caution.
|
26
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
As soon as I touch
the throttle I have wheelspin. Is there anything we can do, maybe diff or
something, I don’t know. But it’s not normal.
|
26
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Try purple C3
position three, exit diff locking.
|
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
Battery’s very low.
|
27
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK it will be strat eight,
strat eight on the start/finish line. You are doing well, Romain…
|
27
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
No more power, no more power.
|
27
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK, standby. It’s alright,
Romain, it will come back. It was the strat change, all OK.
|
|
|
Mark Temple
|
I have problems
with brake. Do you see anything on trace?
|
28
|
Mark Temple
|
|
OK Fernando box
this lap, we want to have a look at the rear of the car.
|
28
|
|
Mark Temple
|
OK, box.
|
28
|
Mark Temple
|
|
And limiter, stop
on your marks, we’ll change the tyres but we want to have a look at the rear
so we’ll be slow.
|
28
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson we need to box this
lap.
|
28
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Box this lap.
|
28
|
Mark Temple
|
|
Alonso was unable to
stop in his pit box and almost sent his front jack man flying.
OK Fernando let’s switch the car off, we’re going to retire.
|
28
|
Tim Wright
|
|
Alonso is out of the race.
If we can keep close to Ericsson it’s good for us.
|
28
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Box, box.
|
28
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
Box.
|
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Launch map on, apply the
brakes during the stop.
|
29
|
Tony Ross
|
|
So that’s good Nico we’d
just like you to keep that up just to avoid any interaction at the end of the
race, we’re just looking to perfect your strategy.
|
29
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK Romain, Ricciardo in
front is not very quick, try to close the gap if you can.
|
29
|
Tom Stallard
|
|
Jenson you’ve been doing
fuel three, we need fuel one now, fuel one is enough.
|
|
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
Slightly more rear deg now.
|
30
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
|
Copy. How many laps left?
|
30
|
|
Jonathan Eddolls
|
Could be around 20.
|
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
We need a fast
stop, guys.
|
31
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
No worries Lewis,
we’re going to go for it. Bite point three, won’t be long now.
|
|
Erik Schuivens
|
|
OK Marcus lap times are
looking good, keep it up. We might stretch the stint.
|
32
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK Lewis let’s try and
close that gap, it won’t be long now.
|
32
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
Trying to, Bono.
|
32
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK mate.
|
32
|
|
Dave Robson
|
Yeah I’m struggling right
now.
|
32
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
OK Romain we are on Plan B
and remember to lift off on the bad gear.
|
32
|
|
Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
(Unclear)
|
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Box, box.
|
33
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Box, box. Do the opposite
to Vettel.
|
33
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
OK Lewis cancel RS. We’re
on Plan B so you can push these tyres. We’re going to come out with Raikkonen
and Button, we need to get past Raikkonen as soon as possible, Button is
traffic.
|
|
Simon Rennie
|
|
OK Daniel still doing a
good job, mate. Pace is good, you are pulling away from Grosjean.
|
34
|
Dave Robson
|
Felipe Massa
|
Both clicks off and you’ll
be out on a clear track.
|
34
|
David Greenwood
|
|
Massa has stopped,
we think he’s doing three stops. Hamilton behind, we are racing him.
|
34
|
|
David Greenwood
|
Yeah fine but I’m
losing the tyres, really.
|
34
|
David Greenwood
|
|
Understood.
|
34
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
Give it all you’ve got,
Lewis. Raikkonen 15-lap-old [hard] tyres.
|
34
|
Simon Rennie
|
|
Still doing a good job,
mate, pace is good, you are pulling away from Grosjean.
|
34
|
Peter Bonnington
|
|
We are on Plan B, you know
what you’ve got to do, keep pushing.
|
|
Tom Stallard
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This is fuel zero, fuel
zero OK. Fernando’s car had to retire, the problem does not affect us.
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Riccardo Adami
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We’re thinking
Hamilton is on three stops. Should go three stops. Try to do good laps now, I
know it’s difficult.
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Peter Bonnington
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So Vettel’s doing 33.1.
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Tony Ross
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So push hard now, Nico,
won’t be long.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Felt like tyre came back a
little bit this last lap.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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OK copy, keep going.
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Peter Bonnington
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Keep me up to date with my
fuelling. Doesn’t look good at the moment.
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Peter Bonnington
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You are safe to plan, just
ignore the Lars (?) bar.
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Peter Bonnington
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So Bottas car ahead, he’s
in P3, currently doing 32.7, we’re going to have to get past him.
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Peter Bonnington
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Bottas 22 lap [mediums].
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Tony Ross
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Just still trying to extend
that stint, Nico, just keep pushing.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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OK so you might be feeling
some deg but it looks like Plan C.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Try to keep it consistent.
This lap is looking better again. Just control the tyre temps.
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David Greenwood
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Seems like Bottas’s tyres
are dropping off, we are gradually catching him.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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So I think Hamilton
will get us. Just let him through, do a lift-and-cost. We’re not really
racing him today,
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David Greenwood
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Get that Marussia
out of the way as soon as we catch him.
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David Greenwood
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Copy, copy, we’re
on it.
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Erik Schuivens
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Ericsson was briefly
held up by team mate Nasr.
We’re being compromised.
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Erik Schuivens
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One lap, one lap, patience.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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The traffic in front is
slowing me down so, you think we need to stop?
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Jonathan Eddolls
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We’re watching the gap to
Raikkonen behind, it’s stable, so stay out.
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Riccardo Adami
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OK box Sebastian, box.
Start switch down.
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Tony Ross
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You’re doing a good job
Nico just keep pushing, Keep us advised how the tyres are.
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Tony Ross
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Tyres OK for now.
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Tony Ross
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OK just keep pushing then,
we’re looking for a good gap.
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Peter Bonnington
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These tyres are not liking
traffic.
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Peter Bonnington
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There’ll be some flags
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Peter Bonnington
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How much time am I
losing behind all these guys?
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Peter Bonnington
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So Vettel’s in the
pits now, you’re doing a good job, if we just clear them as soon as we can we
can push on.
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Peter Bonnington
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Blue flags!
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Peter Bonnington
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Copy
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Peter Bonnington
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This guy in front, he’s got
half his rear wing hanging off.
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Tony Ross
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Keep us advised on the
tyres, we’re looking to minimise the stint length on the [hard].
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Tony Ross
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Starting to go a little bit
more now.
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Tony Ross
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Copy.
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Tony Ross
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Nico let us know if you’re
OK to do two more.
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Tony Ross
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OK.
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Tony Ross
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Copy.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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RS mode, first gear, easy
into the box, brakes.
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Peter Bonnington
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Now we’ve got free air
let’s target 30.7.
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Tom Stallard
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Losing rear grip but seems
reasonably stable.
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Tony Ross
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We’re looking to do one more
lap after this again just tell us on the tyres, keep us advised, we can see
lap times.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Use your energy to defend
as you need to.
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
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Well done mate, great move.
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Peter Bonnington
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This pace is very good,
still pulling gap to Vettel.
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Peter Bonnington
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We’re going to extend this
stint while you’re pulling a gap.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Settle down behind Grosjean
at this stage, we still think he may have a gearbox issue. And Sainz has
pitted for [medium] tyres. So we need to keep our tyres in good condition.
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Tony Ross
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Box, box, box. Going to
[hard] tyres, standard flap adjust. And RS.
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Tony Ross
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Lewis in front is racing
Vettel, he is on a different strategy, he has one more stop to make.
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Dave Robson
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Who is this guy in front?
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Dave Robson
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Felipe Massa
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It’s Maldonado, he’s just
come out of the pits.
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Tony Ross
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So you will be coming out
behind Lewis, he has one more stop to make, so look after the tyres. Traffic,
you have Ericsson coming alongside, you should be clear of him.
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Tony Ross
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21 laps remaining. Vettel
has stopped again also on [hard] tyres, he is at least ten seconds behind,
I’ll give you an update. Lewis is racing Vettel, he is on a different
strategy and has one more stop to make. Nico just make sure you are working
the tyres hard enough, though, so that they do work.
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Peter Bonnington
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Bite point two when you
can, pace is really strong, Lewis.
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Peter Bonnington
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Strat mode three, you’re
doing a great job, we’re pushing Vettel out of the pit window, just a couple
of seconds to do it.
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Mark Slade
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OK Pastor I’m afraid we’re
going to have to box to retire the car at the end of this lap.
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Mark Slade
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OK and just stop in the box
gently.
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Tony Ross
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So just keep this gap to
Lewis, look after those tyres.
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Dave Robson
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Felipe Massa
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You’ll be coming out onto
an empty track, track will be clear. And Felipe both clicks off.
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Marco Matassa
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You’re half a second faster
than Max in front. We need rear tyres on the high side in temperature.
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Craig Gardiner
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You are one second per lap
quicker than Hulkenberg in front.
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Peter Bonnington
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Vettel now on our pit
window.
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Simon Rennie
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Watch your mirrors. Rosberg
now two seconds behind you.
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Peter Bonnington
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Fuel is good, just ignore
that Lars (?) bar.
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Peter Bonnington
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Tyres are still good.
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Peter Bonnington
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Box, box.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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So for info from data it’s
that front tyre that’ll be limit at the end of the race.
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Peter Bonnington
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Cancel RS. Should
be coming out ahead of Vettel. Diff magic on.
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Riccardo Adami
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Hamilton out of the
pits now. Can see Hamilton in front of you.
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Riccardo Adami
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Yeah, he’s gone.
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Riccardo Adami
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We lost too much time in
traffic. I know they are doing their own race but still, we are losing a lot
in traffic.
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Riccardo Adami
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OK, understood, I agree.
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Peter Bonnington
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OK Lewis so you’re in P2,
Nico 20 seconds ahead.
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Peter Bonnington
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Keep me up to date with his
pace.
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Peter Bonnington
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Will do, Lewis.
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Peter Bonnington
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Pace of the car in front?
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Peter Bonnington
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Strat mode ten. Nico doing
29.1.
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Peter Bonnington
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Are we on the same tyres?
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Peter Bonnington
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Strat mode ten. Negative,
Nico on eight-lap-old [hards].
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Tony Ross
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OK so 11 laps remaining.
Gap to Lewis is 19 seconds.
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Riccardo Adami
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Flag.
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Riccardo Adami
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OK, copy.
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Peter Bonnington
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Am I OK to keep pushing?
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Riccardo Adami
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Come on, blue flag!
Otherwise I get stuck.
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Riccardo Adami
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OK he has blue
flags.
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Riccardo Adami
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Yeah he had blue
flags for three laps,
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Keep on his tail.
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Tony Ross
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11 laps remaining, gap to
Lewis is 19 seconds.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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They are not giving space.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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Copy, we’re getting into
Charlie. Use DRS when you’re close, battery full.
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Peter Bonnington
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Bono, information,
lap times please.
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Peter Bonnington
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So Nico 29.5, 11
laps remaining. Looks like it may be a big ask to do it so may be best to
consolidate the position.
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Peter Bonnington
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Are you telling me
it’s not possible? Let me know.
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Peter Bonnington
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I don’t think it
will be possible with the remaining laps, Lewis, probably just better looking
after this one, let him have it.
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Peter Bonnington
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Is it impossible?
That’s the question.
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Peter Bonnington
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He’s going to
respond if we pick the pace up. So I think we just need to consolidate the
position. Seems to be impossible.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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Mode two when you can for
(unclear), mode two.
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Dave Robson
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Felipe Massa
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Nine more laps to go. Cars
in front still struggling so let’s keep pushing on, let’s make sure we get
everything out of these tyres.
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David Greenwood
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Blue flags for this
guy.
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David Greenwood
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Copy, they’re not
being good at all.
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Tony Ross
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Eight laps remaining, gap
to Lewis 15 seconds, he’s about a second a lap quicker at the moment.
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Peter Bonnington
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Nico 30.1, gap 15.0.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Daniil Kvyat
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Grosjean’s gearbox issue
means he will be weak exit turn five, turn twelve and turn fifteen, final
chicane.
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Peter Bonnington
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So gap down to 13.6.
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Peter Bonnington
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How many laps?
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Peter Bonnington
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Seven remaining.
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Peter Bonnington
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Pace ahead?
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Peter Bonnington
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30.0.
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Riccardo Adami
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Good lap Sebastian. Rosberg
last time 30.3.
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David Greenwood
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How many laps we have?
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David Greenwood
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Six after this, Kimi.
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Tim Wright
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Massa may be lapping Nico
and Ericsson then you within three laps.
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Riccardo Adami
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Good lap Sebastian, good
lap. Rosberg last time 30.3.
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Riccardo Adami
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Kimi lap time 32.1,
fighting with Bottas.
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Tony Ross
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Five laps remaining. Lewis
has backed off his pace slightly, gap still around 13 seconds.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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Bottas and Raikkonen behind
will be lapping us soon. Obviously Verstappen and Sainz behind the two of
them currently two seconds behind Raikkonen.
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David Greenwood
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This [censored by
FOM] Toro Rosso it just came in front of me.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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OK we do have blues now for
Bottas and Raikkonen. Sainz will be behind him.
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Dave Robson
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He’s not letting me by.
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Gianpiero Lambiase
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For info Sainz behind
similar pace to Bottas.
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Riccardo Adami
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Three laps to go, three
until the end.
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Tony Ross
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Two more laps, Nico.
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Dave Robson
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Felipe Massa
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Let’s just get past Perez
and then the trio ahead.
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Tim Wright
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Keep aware of the
front-left tyre.
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Tony Ross
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And last lap now.
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Jonathan Eddolls
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Before the last corner, go
mode one. Wait until then.
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Tony Ross
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Woohoo! Yes! Go on!
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VL
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Tony Ross
|
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Good job, Nico,
excellent race, well managed, really good job. So strat one. Just pick up
rubber and just enjoy that in-lap.
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VL
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Paddy Lowe
|
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Well done, Nico.
Absolutely fantastic pole position and fantastic race, well done.
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VL
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Paddy Lowe
|
Thank you Paddy,
also from you guys thank you, really perfect weekend.
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VL
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Paddy Lowe
|
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A good day at the
office.
|
VL
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Paddy Lowe
|
Indeed!
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VL
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Tony Ross
|
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Good work Nico, well done.
|
VL
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Peter Bonnington
|
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Well done Lewis, great job
there mate, that’s P2. Fantastic job making that three-stop work.
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VL
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Riccardo Adami
|
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Yes, P3, well done. Back to
the podium.
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VL
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Riccardo Adami
|
Woohoo! Grazie ragazzi,
grande l’amoro. [Thanks boys, big love.] Shame we couldn’t stay ahead, we
tried everything, guess we had a bit too much traffic coming out of the pits.
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VL
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Riccardo Adami
|
|
Switch down. Yes,
understood, copy that.
|
VL
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Riccardo Adami
|
Yeah. And then they were
able to jump us, they were quicker. Anyway, grazie mille.
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VL
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Jonathan Eddolls
|
|
Yes, nice one! P4. Really
good job, made the strategy work. Go mode ten please. Fantastic drive. P4.
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VL
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Jonathan Eddolls
|
Thanks guys, really well
done. Again we beat one of the red ones with a little bit slower car so bit
of a repeat from last race. Thanks guys, let’s keep pushing.
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VL
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Jonathan Eddolls
|
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Copy that. Just remember to
pick up lots of rubber. So finishing order in the end: Rosberg won from
Hamilton, Vettel – you were only 13 seconds behind him so that’s the closest
we’ve been – Raikkonen, Massa got six, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Sainz, Kvyat.
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VL
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Jonathan Eddolls
|
Copy that. The podium will
come, let’s just keep going.
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VL
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Jonathan Eddolls
|
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Copy that. It’s getting
closer.
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VL
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Rob Smedley
|
|
Well done Valtteri, that
was a really excellent drive. P4, you deserve it, as you said the podium’s on
its way.
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VL
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Rob Smedley
|
Thanks Rob.
|
VL
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Tom Stallard
|
|
JB I still don’t
fully understand what happened in the first two stints there. But pace in the
last two stints was OK, more or less where we expected it to be.
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VL
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Tom Stallard
|
Yeah I mean it was
pretty horrific. I don’t know why but [unclear] immediately snap to
oversteer. There might be something broken. Something to look at because it
was terrible, I mean I haven’t driven a car like that for a long… well, ever!
Very weird. A little bit of a set-up mistake, maybe, you would expect. Did
not have the maximum from the car, but not like that. That was a different
level.
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VL
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Tom Stallard
|
|
Yep, OK. We’ll have
a proper investigation, try to understand what’s going on.
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VL
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David Greenwood
|
|
Good race, you drove really
well sorry for all the problems during the weekend. Just remember to pick up
rubber.
|
VL
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David Greenwood
|
Yeah wasn’t a very good
weekend but at least we got something out.
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VL
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David Greenwood
|
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Copy, copy.
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VL
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Maurizio Arrivabene
|
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Well done Kimi. More than
that was impossible today.
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VL
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
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Grosjean knocked his
front jack man over during a pit stop.
That’s it, P8, well dome mate. Good points, well deserve. Strat two,
torque 12.
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VL
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
Good job, guys. I’m
very, very, very, very sorry for the pit stop. I hope no one is hurt.
|
VL
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
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No that’s fine
Romain, they are solid, don’t worry.
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VL
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
OK, sorry but well
done. Tough, tough race.
|
VL
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Julien
Simon-Chautemps
|
|
It was a tough race
but you did everything right. It’s nice to bring back some points. Well done
again.
|
VL
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Simon Rennie
|
|
Nico job today mate. Good
pace, I know it’s a bit of a quiet race for you last two stints but pace was
good, good management. So we finished P7.
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VL
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Simon Rennie
|
OK, understood. Thanks
guys.
|
VL
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Dave Robson
|
Felipe Massa
|
That’s a good drive, really
nice drive. Made some good progress at the beginning and P6 from where we
were is a good result. So in fact everybody got lapped up to us, we were the
last car not to be lapped, that’s good.
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VL
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Dave Robson
|
OK, yep, that’s good. Thank
you guys.
|
VL
|
Marco Matassa
|
|
P9 mate. Two points in the
bag. Well done.
|
VL
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Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
Sainz passed Kvyat on
the final lap, the pair made contact but the stewards did not improve a
penalty, leaving Kvyat tenth.
So as it stands P10. Hopefully it’ll be back to P9.
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VL
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Gianpiero Lambiase
|
|
Dany for your
information Charlie was made aware and I think his stance was unless Sainz
gave you the position back he would be reported to the stewards. OK? That’s
where we’re at.
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VL
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Xevi Pujolar
|
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P11. Shame we couldn’t get
that point.
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