F1fanatic: 2015 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript

2015 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	This message was played 25 minutes before the start on the pit lane feed, then during the formation lap on the main feed. Balance feels OK and the track seems to be a bit better than before. The tyre is biting better.
PR	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	OK that’s good. All looks good in data.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	The car is definitely sliding around a bit through the low-speed, the rear’s sliding. So… the front end generally feels quite good.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Pole sitter Hamilton watched footage of previous starts including last year, when he lined up second on the grid behind Rosberg, who he shared the front row with this year. Just looked at last year’s start, obviously pointing to the right.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Affirm. In Nico’s case your line-up last year was perfect. Where you are today you just want to be careful you don’t go right over the pit exit because that is a bit slippery. You want to stay just to the left of that exit line.
PR	Josh Peckett	Will Stevens	The track temp is hotter than it’s been in any other session so far, which is good for us using this tyre. No issue with the weather from our side.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Just want some guidance, really, what to do with the balance because the balance felt a little bit understeery there in the high and felt good in the low, perhaps a little bit too strong on the front, but generally felt good.
FL	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Sainz started from the pit lane on super-soft tyres. The first stint I can tell you right now the target is to go as fast as possible and to overtake as many cars as possible. Then we will start speaking about the situation when we will have [soft].
FL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	So you’ve done a good job. It will be seven burn-outs when we do them.
1	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	I finish, man. It’s finished.
2	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	I touch with Hulkenberg in turn five, I think it is OK, check anyway.
2	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	OK, understood, we’ll keep an eye on it.
2	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Got hit on the rear-left, just check the car, think it’s OK.
2	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy, keep pushing, can’t see anything in the data.
2	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	[Unclear]
2	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	See if you can get the car back, we need a front wing.
2	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Sainz passed the Manor (previously Marussia) drivers soon after starting from the pits. OK Marussias cleared.
2	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Well done mate, keep going.
3	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	So we had a look at the car, everything is OK. The car is all good. So let’s just settle in, see what we can do on this set.
4	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	How is the balance Daniel?
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Not too bad. Just got to look after the rear a little bit.
4	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Unlike most drivers, Bottas started the race on the harder soft tyres. Now the pace is similar to the car in front. Tyre still getting better.
4	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy. Good feedback.
4	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	We think the brakes are OK now.
4	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	They are not OK.
5	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	I’m losing the pedal.
5	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	You need to do some lift-and-coast if you can please.
5	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	OK we think Maldonado ahead is struggling so put pressure on him.
6	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	What’s happening is that the rear brake-by-wire system’s not working but the rear brakes are working You’re going to have a long pedal, and you’re going to need to keep the rear calliper temperatures under control. So you’re going to need to do a reasonable amount of lift-and-coast, Pastor. Lift and cost please.
6	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Copy.
6	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Got him.
6	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Good job.
7	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Verstappen is through on Maldonado, we expect him to close the gap behind, but your pace is good.
7	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Mode six. You are in the window. Give me feedback on the pace if you can.
7	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Losing a lot to the cars in the cars in front. But they obviously have [super-soft], me [soft].
8	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	The pace group ahead is slightly faster. For sure we can increase a bit the pace.
9	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	How is the pace?
9	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Pace is good, you are still pulling a gap to Verstappen, it’s good.
9	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Front-left brake is still on the warm side so any more management would be good.
11	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	How’s the balance, Dany?
11	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	All OK so far. A little bit [unclear] on the rear.
11	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Good lap, keep pushing like this. Faster than Hamilton, Hamilton lap 20.3.
11	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	This is the pace at the moment we have with these tyres. Can’t go quicker.
11	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that.
12	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Last lap data was good.
13	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	Ericsson was stuck behind Bottas. We’re losing a lot of lap time here, guys.
13	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Copy that, Marcus. We’re assessing the situation. We currently have traffic around the rear [unclear].
13	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Losing a bit of grip front and rear. [Unclear] braking, high speed, hard braking, I have too much rear.
14	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	What can I do to save these brakes? Having to drive so slow right now.
14	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	It looks like we’re very safe on rear temp if the balance can handle it. A little bit more rearward on [brake balance] would help.
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Hulkenberg was making his way past the Manors. He’s going straight at the chicane. Braking really late and going straight.
16	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Scenario five, scenario five now. Racing Ericsson out of the pits.
16	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	By lap 16 Hamilton was 4.1 seconds ahead of third-placed Vettel. Are we gapping the cars like expected?
16	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So check diff high speed. Not pulling the gap to Vettel quite as quickly as we need.
17	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	I think the [super-soft] is much faster right now.
18	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So this is lap 18. Just start closing the gap to Lewis.
18	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Ricciardo was given the standard notification that the team intended to pit him in the event of either Safety Car situation. The window is open for Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car.
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Understood.
19	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	How are the tyres, Kimi?
19	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Tyres are OK apart from [unclear]. There is no point to go closer to the car in front.
19	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Let’s start to close the gap to Vettel ahead if you can. His last lap was a 20.9.
20	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Brakes are now coming under control. You can reduce lift-and-coast.
20	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Front wing plus half a degree.
20	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Massa and Grosjean have pitted behind on the [soft]. We need to be quicker than them. I’ll give you pace info at the end of this lap.
21	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Important you start closing the gap to Lewis just in case there’s a Safety Car.
22	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	The cars in front are struggling on the [soft] tyres.
22	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	What about the tyres and balance.
22	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK. I’m managing the tyre a lot at the moment. So tyre phase one or two.
22	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	The brakes good?
22	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	The brakes now under control.
23	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	[Soft] warm-up looks a lot better than we thought. Vettel is a threat from the undercut so push to get a gap.
23	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Front brake temperatures are getting hot now so just come rearwards on the brake balance if you can, otherwise we’ll need some fuel saving for brakes.
23	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Solid job so far. Keep it sweet, keep it consistent.
24	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	For information the rear is not 100%.
24	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	OK Felipe understood, copy that.
24	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Hamilton was constantly managing his brake temperatures as he came in and out of traffic. How are my brakes?
24	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis we are now approaching the limit on brakes.
26	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Status nine. Starting to lose the rear also.
27	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Gap now at 4.3. Both cars 20.8.
27	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	On the main feed only “I lost a lot of time in that traffic” was heard. How come? I lost a lot of time in that traffic?
27	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So Nico’s just clearing the traffic as well now.
28	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	We have a similar scenario to before for blue flags. Try to take the occasion and overtake Ericsson.
28	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	I think we need to reduce the front wing for the [soft]. I’m having some understeer in the low-speed.
30	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	I’m close now.
30	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So push hard Nico, push now.
30	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So currently on lap 30. Need to get past Ericsson. Not going to be long.
32	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	So we will stay on this tyre longer and see where our gaps are. Good job.
32	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	This is all I have.
32	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	By lap 32 Hamilton was 8.3 seconds ahead of Rosberg and over ten clear of Vettel. Are other people having deg?
32	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	In terms of degradation it is low, looks like everyone’s on the same slope.
32	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Reason I’m asking is because I’m pulling away a second a lap and my tyres feel good.
32	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Yeah, sure thing Lewis.
32	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So you’re doing a good job Nico, just keep us advised on the tyres.
33	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Verstappen lost over 25 seconds with a slow pit stop which dropped him down the running order. We’ll have to close the gap and attack these guys ahead now. Nothing is over here.
34	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Good lap Sebastian. Rosberg lap time 20.5, keep pushing like this.
34	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	How are the tyres?
34	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Struggling a lot more with the rears now.
35	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	Alonso was given a five-second time penalty for colliding with Hulkenberg shortly after the incident on the first lap. Why we have the penalty?
35	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	It was the incident with Hulkenberg at the start. But thanks to your pace it hasn’t affected us, so great job.
35	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	OK. Leave it.
36	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Just really struggling with the rears in high-speed now. Starting to get close to a cliff.
37	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Box this lap, keep pushing, these sectors will count.
38	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	We didn’t make it.
38	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	You’re in front of Vettel, good job.
39	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Brake temps should come under control now we’re in free air.
41	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	OK it was a shame we lost more than a second behind a Manor, behind Merhi I think. Otherwise the gap could be a bit closer to Rosberg.
41	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Yes, agree, copy.
42	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Explain me why Ericsson pitted.
42	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	We think he’s on an alternative strategy and we may find him at the end of the race.
42	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	So we’re on the [super-soft]. Cars around us are all on [soft]. Let’s keep pushing on.
44	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	Alonso retired. The gearbox seizes, can you check what we can do?
44	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	OK Fernando can you switch off the car on the left-hand side and the right-hand side.
45	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	What happened?
45	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson we don’t think it affects us.
46	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Ricciardo is struggling ahead, he is on the same strategy as you.
46	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	These guys are really bad at getting out of the way today. He hasn’t moved for a whole lap now.
46	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Understood, he has blue flags.
46	Roberto Merhi	Nicholas Perrinn	Merhi complains he is being warned about blue flags to let the leaders past long before they catch him. Don’t tell me [unclear] blue flags, please tell me when the [unclear] close because I’m looking to half a lap or one lap in the mirror and they are not behind.
46	Nicholas Perrinn	Roberto Merhi	Copy that, Roberto, we have to tell you when we get the message from race control.
47	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Force India and Red Bull, similar pace to us, but higher deg.
49	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Everything OK?
49	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Yep everything’s fine Lewis, just keep doing what you’re doing.
50	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	How many more laps do you think on this tyre?
50	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	It could be up to ten laps.
51	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Checo we need fuel save level one all stops, all braking points.
52	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	What times are Dany and Kimi doing?
52	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	You are quicker than them at the moment.
52	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Ricciardo has picked up his pace, we think he was managing, we just need to manage our race now.
55	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	So what’s the plan, are we stopping or not? I’m losing more and more the rear.
55	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	We would like to try to go to the end. Obviously it’s going to be very difficult but if we stop then we’ll gain nothing today.
56	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Come on, where is the blue flags? Do I have to [censored by FOM] try to overtake him or what? Lapped car.
56	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Understood, Kimi.
57	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Good job Max, so next one will be Grosjean.
57	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Maybe it’s good I stay behind Vettel because it’s easier to overtake.
57	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Agreed, stay there.
57	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just be cautious with Bottas and Sainz in front, they are racing for position.
58	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	RS mode, first gear, easy into the box, and brakes.
59	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Situation is you have Rosberg and Vettel behind. And behind them is Verstappen, you are racing Verstappen, be careful when Vettel pass you. Verstappen is on new super soft and very fast. So you are racing Verstappen.
60	Josh Peckett	Will Stevens	We are OK to continue with the front wing.
60	Will Stevens	Josh Peckett	Yeah we’re OK to continue but I’ve got no grip whatsoever.
61	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	We’re going to get blue flags for Kvyat soon. That will be a real disaster so we need to get past Sainz and you need to push as hard as you can now. This is a critical phase. This is for a point, possibly two.
62	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Very well done. Keep Verstappen behind now.
62	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	OK push the engine.
62	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Losing time behind the Sauber.
62	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Understood. We’re on to Charlie.
63	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK Marcus I think your pace is good but I’m afraid we have to let him by.
63	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Tyre update when you can, Dany.
63	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	It’s all good.
64	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Verstappen and Grosjean collided, bringng out the Safety Car. You OK, Max?
64	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	I’m OK.
65	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain?
65	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Damage or not?
65	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	We are looking, keep going at the moment, he just crashed into you.
65	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	He’s a [censored by FOM] that Verstappen. That was stupid.
65	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Pick up Safety Car. You are the leader at the moment. Lewis pitted. So it’s most important, get those tyres up to temperature, yeah?
65	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Hamilton pitted and having been in the lead fell to third place behind Rosberg and Vettel. I’ve lost this race, haven’t I?
65	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Not if they lose all their tyre temp. You’ve got very good [super-soft] on the car at the moment.
67	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	At first it was unclear whether Hamilton had come out ahead of Vettel or not. What’s happening, guys?
67	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We’re just reviewing the video.
67	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	I was in front at SC1, I was in front.
67	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK, copy. Stay in front then. OK we can see from the TV, was clear, was clear from us, looking into the videos.
68	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Still a lot of debris at turn one.
68	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Yeah copy that. OK, stay on the racing line.
69	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just give us advice on what you can see in turn one. Are thy repairing the barrier? Just give us an idea of how long the Safety Car will be.
69	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	No, doesn’t look like they’re working there.
69	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	No weaving Nico, let these cars get through.
69	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis can you let us know who was ahead when you crossed Safety Car Line Two?
69	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Nico was ahead. I was alongside Sebastian.
69	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Roger.
70	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	This is like sending swimmers to swim with weights on their legs, this makes no sense. We need at least two, three laps at better pace to get a bit of temperature, I mean this is a joke.
70	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Safety Car is in this lap, Nico. Remember you control the pace.
71	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Check your brake balance, Nico.
72	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Raikkonen was unhappy about the manner in which Ricciardo passed him at Mirabeau. Did you see what that guy did? He just pushed me off the, off his front. He just hit me then I went wide, so, that’s not very nice. If that’s not a penalty then nothing is penalty. You can push each other off the line.
73	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Daniel behind on fresh [super-softs] on a different strategy, OK?
73	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel we will be released to attack the cars ahead.
73	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Do not hold him up, let him through now please, now.
73	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	OK, OK.
74	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Impossible to pass.
74	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK good, he is saying that it is impossible to pass you. That’s good. Keep going like that. Keep your head down. Six laps to go.
75	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK another good one, well done, keep doing.
76	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate you need to get stuck into these guys early.
76	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Strat mode five and you have strat mode two available.
76	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Please stop talking to me, please.
77	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Having moved Ricciardo ahead of Kvyat to allow him to attack Hamilton, Red Bull swapped the positions back as Ricciardo was unable to make the move. Is Daniel making any progress?
77	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	You don’t need to worry about that at this stage, Dany. You focus on getting to the end as quickly as you can.
78	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	This is the last lap. If we don’t overtake any cars we will be asked to give the position back to Kvyat.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Woohoo! Yes!
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Well done! Three wins in a row. Well done, mate.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Sorry about that Lewis, mate. Just going to have to have a word with the pit wall.
VL	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Yes, yes, P2, great drive, well done mate. Bravissimo.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Grazie ragazzi, grazie, forza Ferrari.
VL	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	It was a good effort, it was worth a go. Shame it didn’t work out in the end.
VL	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Yeah understood.

Lap: Refers to lap message was broadcast on. There may be a delay between messages being said and being broadcast. PR = pre-race; FL = formation lap; VL = victory lap.
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