F1fanatic: 2015 Spanish Grand Prix team radio transcript

2015 Spanish Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lapped cars frustrated several drivers during the Spanish Grand Prix, none more so than Kimi Raikkonen who swore at them on the radio.

But Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas were also among those venting their frustration at the slower cars as the team radio transcript reveals. Vettel blamed them for him losing second place to Hamilton, and other drivers were heard asking for the lapped traffic to be shown more blue flags instructing them to move over.

The difficulty of overtaking was a theme of the race. However a late change of position between Carlos Sainz Jnr and Daniil Kvyat proved controversial. The pair made contact, and at the end of the race Kvyat’s engineer seemed confident the stewards would penalise Sainz. It didn’t work out that way, however.

Hamilton spent much of the race trying to find a strategic edge to get back in front of Vettel after a slow first pit stop scuppered his first attempt to jump ahead. Approaching his second pit stop he reminded his team the next one needed to be quick. However his switch to a three-stop strategy made that less crucial, particularly as rivals such as Valtteri Bottas were being told to make way for him.

The communications also shed light on how serious Jenson Button’s handling problems in the McLaren were and how Hamilton tried to close on Nico Rosberg in the closing stages before accepting he had too much time to make up and not enough laps to do it in.

Also at end of the race, Romain Grosjean apologised profusely for colliding with his front jack man during a pit stop. He wasn’t the only driver to have trouble hitting his marks – Fernando Alonso had a similar incident which forced him to retire from the race.

The transcript of every radio communication which featured in the coverage of Sunday’s race includes over 350 messages.

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	We need more fuel saving, need level two fuel saving please for this lap.
PR	Felipe Massa	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	Felipe Massa	OK Felipe understood we’ll have a look into it. And RS [unclear].
PR	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	Everything looks good on the power unit cycles.
PR	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	OK. Yeah is normal this lap, is better this lap.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Feedback on the start.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	OK copy that. Cool the car, go to the back of the grid.
PR	Unknown	Nico Rosberg	OK understood Nico, thank you.
PR	Nico Rosberg	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.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Flap consideration?
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	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	Nico Hulkenberg	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	Lewis Hamilton	Radio check from the garage, Lewis.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Radio check loud and clear.
PR	Unknown	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	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	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel further news: everybody on the grid is on [medium] tyres.
PR	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	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.
FL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Cancel RS and feedback on the start, please.
FL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Good start, little bit of wheel slip at some point.
FL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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	Lewis Hamilton	Unknown	I had wheelspin initially.
FL	Unknown	Lewis Hamilton	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	Valtteri Bottas	OK Valtteri no change to the clutch, stay in clutch six.
FL	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	The only gear left to learn is eighth, please.
FL	Unknown	Romain Grosjean	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	Lewis Hamilton	Go for five burn-outs. Cancel brake magic.
FL	Unknown	Lewis Hamilton	So check brake balance and B-mig for turn one. Go for a three-stop bite-point.
1	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Launch map off.
1	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Start switch up when you can.
1	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Start switch up when you can.
1	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	And manage your ERS.
2	Felipe Nasr	Craig Gardiner	I don’t know why but I have a lot of vibration on my front-right.
2	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Tyres are hot so we’ll need to manage.
2	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	So with the vibration, Felipe, we see it, we just have to keep on going towards our first target.
3	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Fronts and rear on target. Pressure a bit too low, still, but we’ll be fine.
3	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Gap to Vettel 1.6, just think about the tyres.
3	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	DRS has been enabled.
3	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	Which position we are?
3	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Fernando we are P12.
3	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Are the pressures OK? Really struggling with the rear end. Traction very poor, high and low-speed.
3	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson, pressures are OK.
4	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Charge 12, fuel 10 to pass Fernando.
4	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	It’s impossible to get close.
4	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK, copy that.
4	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Pastor touched me, just check my front wing.
4	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK we are having a look.
4	Unknown	Romain Grosjean	All OK Romain, keep pushing.
4	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	No there is a problem with rear end [unclear].
5	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Gap to Vettel: 2.8.
5	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Be careful with surface temperatures.
5	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	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.
6	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	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 Hulkenberg	Nico if you’re stuck in traffic go to mix four and save some engine mode.
6	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	How is the car at the moment, Nico?
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Well it’s OK considering it’s so heavy traffic. I’m looking after my tyres.
7	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson how are the tyres now? Any improvement on the tyres?
7	Jenson Button	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	Jenson Button	Understood, Jenson. But similar feeling from the lap to the grid?
7	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yes.
9	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	What is the gap ahead of Vettel?
9	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Currently 4.7 seconds. Nico’s doing 31.5. Give us a balance check – we’re thinking of Plan B.
9	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Needs to be – I can’t get close. Balance is generally good. Rears are beginning to slide a bit.
9	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK copy that.
9	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Good balance.
9	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy. So if we can just pick up the pace by a couple of tenths, that’s all.
9	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Give me some feedback on tyres. Do you think Plan C is possible?
9	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Can be possible but difficult to expect what’s going to happen later. But so far it’s consistent.
9	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So you’re doing a good job there Nico, gap is 6.7. We’re going stint or stint plus one.
9	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Pits this lap pit confirm.
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Copy, box.
10	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	And last lap same pace as Sainz.
11	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson we think Plan B and we think target minus five, let’s go.
11	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah, agree.
11	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK grip position eight on the dash, grip eight, tyre temps are in the window, surface well under control, surface looks good.
11	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	The rear end is terrible. But I don’t know, may be the same for everybody I guess.
11	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Yes Fernando I think it’s similar for others. Our degradation looks good, similar to the cars around us, maybe a little better.
12	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson box to overtake, confirm.
12	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Confirm.
12	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Launch map on, apply the brakes during the stop.
12	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis let’s close that gap up, you’re doing a great job.
13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	And let us know if you need a flap adjust for the next stint.
13	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	No change.
13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy, copy.
13	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK let’s go. Bite point four, It’s hammer time.
13	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Kvyat in front of you, used medium, he stopped a lap later than you, same strategy.
13	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Tyres are looking good from our side, it’s looking like Plan C.
13	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Hamilton in the pits.
13	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Box, box, do the opposite to Vettel.
13	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So cancel RS and we’re pushing hard from the out-lap.
14	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Are you sure front wing plus 25? Plus one click?
14	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Yeah confirm, box now. Hamilton’s stop was very slow. Grip seven, start switch down.
15	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	OK at my pit stop a little bit less front wing.
15	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Guys please tell me the time, OK?
15	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Maldonado has damaged his rear wing, he may struggle. Let’s get into him.
15	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Box, box, box.
16	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Check your brake balance. Nice and easy into the box.
16	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Is it best I eke these tyres out now for as long as possible?
16	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	And just thinking about the tyres for these first few laps. Really important.
17	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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	Kimi Raikkonen	Box this lap, Kimi.
17	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	OK.
17	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	And start switch down. OK, concentrate on position.
17	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	We need to do everything we can to pass Sainz. Use your switches as you need to.
17	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We’re going to need to push and attack Vettel. We’re going to need to do this on-track, mate?
17	Lewis Hamilton	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	Lewis Hamilton	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.
18	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK Kimi so could be a long stint.
18	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Coming up on traffic, you can use these opportunities.
18	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Please Bono, try not to speak to me during the corners, please.
18	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK check your PT position. Bottas ahead, used [medium], Massa behind, used [medium].
18	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK so it’s a better pace at this stage, this stint. Catching Verstappen at one second per lap.
19	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Box this lap, pit confirm.
20	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	And box this lap, confirm.
20	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	OK.
20	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Correction, stay out.
20	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	OK, out.
20	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Pace is very, very good – matching the Williams. Give me a stint like Bahrain middle stint, it can get a lot better.
20	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Problem with fourth gear.
20	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK, we are having a look.
20	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	What the [censored by FOM] is this Marussia doing? He has been three corners now in the middle of the road.
21	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Perez behind he is on new [hard]. Hulkenberg ahead is on [medium] lapping 33.9.
21	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK guys this is clearly not a race tyre.
22	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain you need to lift when you use the bad gear.
22	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	I can’t.
22	Alan Permane	Romain Grosjean	Romain, if you don’t do that, you will blow the engine up, right? You have to.
22	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy that Nico. The only plus point is the hard is looking poor at the moment.
22	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	No, don’t speak on the straight.
22	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Well you’ll have to wait for your answer, then. The hard is looking poor at the moment.
22	Nico Hulkenberg	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	Nico Hulkenberg	Right, this is what you’ve got, so let’s make the best of it now mate.
22	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So fuel now very safe so continue tyre saving but you can burn more fuel.
22	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis go strat six, we’re going to save the engine for later on.
22	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Please use first gear at one point in the next three laps just to keep sync.
23	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Good job, Dany.
23	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Really crucial part of the race here, Dany. Really critical part for us. Need to get past Verstappen.
23	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	This set is worse than the previous one. More oversteer.
23	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy.
23	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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	Sebastian Vettel	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.
25	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Just have a think about the balance, going to the other tyre next stint.
25	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Balance OK.
25	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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.
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Bite point two. First has re-synced, thank you.
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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	Jenson Button	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	Jenson Button	Try purple C3 position three, exit diff locking.
27	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Battery’s very low.
27	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK it will be strat eight, strat eight on the start/finish line. You are doing well, Romain…
27	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	No more power, no more power.
27	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK, standby. It’s alright, Romain, it will come back. It was the strat change, all OK.
28	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	I have problems with brake. Do you see anything on trace?
28	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	OK Fernando box this lap, we want to have a look at the rear of the car.
28	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	OK, box.
28	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	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 Button	Jenson we need to box this lap.
28	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Box this lap.
28	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	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	Sergio Perez	Alonso is out of the race. If we can keep close to Ericsson it’s good for us.
28	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Box, box.
28	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Box.
29	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Launch map on, apply the brakes during the stop.
29	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain, Ricciardo in front is not very quick, try to close the gap if you can.
29	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson you’ve been doing fuel three, we need fuel one now, fuel one is enough.
30	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Slightly more rear deg now.
30	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy. How many laps left?
30	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Could be around 20.
31	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	We need a fast stop, guys.
31	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	No worries Lewis, we’re going to go for it. Bite point three, won’t be long now.
32	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK Marcus lap times are looking good, keep it up. We might stretch the stint.
32	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis let’s try and close that gap, it won’t be long now.
32	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Trying to, Bono.
32	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK mate.
32	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Yeah I’m struggling right now.
32	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain we are on Plan B and remember to lift off on the bad gear.
32	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	(Unclear)
33	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Box, box.
33	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Box, box. Do the opposite to Vettel.
33	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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.
34	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	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	Kimi Raikkonen	Massa has stopped, we think he’s doing three stops. Hamilton behind, we are racing him.
34	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Yeah fine but I’m losing the tyres, really.
34	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Understood.
34	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Give it all you’ve got, Lewis. Raikkonen 15-lap-old [hard] tyres.
34	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Still doing a good job, mate, pace is good, you are pulling away from Grosjean.
34	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We are on Plan B, you know what you’ve got to do, keep pushing.
35	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	This is fuel zero, fuel zero OK. Fernando’s car had to retire, the problem does not affect us.
36	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	We’re thinking Hamilton is on three stops. Should go three stops. Try to do good laps now, I know it’s difficult.
36	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So Vettel’s doing 33.1.
36	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So push hard now, Nico, won’t be long.
36	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Felt like tyre came back a little bit this last lap.
36	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK copy, keep going.
36	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Keep me up to date with my fuelling. Doesn’t look good at the moment.
36	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	You are safe to plan, just ignore the Lars (?) bar.
36	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So Bottas car ahead, he’s in P3, currently doing 32.7, we’re going to have to get past him.
36	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Bottas 22 lap [mediums].
36	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just still trying to extend that stint, Nico, just keep pushing.
37	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	OK so you might be feeling some deg but it looks like Plan C.
37	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Try to keep it consistent. This lap is looking better again. Just control the tyre temps.
38	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Seems like Bottas’s tyres are dropping off, we are gradually catching him.
39	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	So I think Hamilton will get us. Just let him through, do a lift-and-cost. We’re not really racing him today,
39	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Get that Marussia out of the way as soon as we catch him.
39	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Copy, copy, we’re on it.
40	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	Ericsson was briefly held up by team mate Nasr. We’re being compromised.
40	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	One lap, one lap, patience.
40	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	The traffic in front is slowing me down so, you think we need to stop?
40	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	We’re watching the gap to Raikkonen behind, it’s stable, so stay out.
40	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK box Sebastian, box. Start switch down.
40	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	You’re doing a good job Nico just keep pushing, Keep us advised how the tyres are.
40	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Tyres OK for now.
40	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	OK just keep pushing then, we’re looking for a good gap.
40	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	These tyres are not liking traffic.
40	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	There’ll be some flags
40	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	How much time am I losing behind all these guys?
40	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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.
40	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Blue flags!
40	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Copy
41	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	This guy in front, he’s got half his rear wing hanging off.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Keep us advised on the tyres, we’re looking to minimise the stint length on the [hard].
42	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Starting to go a little bit more now.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Nico let us know if you’re OK to do two more.
42	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	OK.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy.
43	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	RS mode, first gear, easy into the box, brakes.
43	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Now we’ve got free air let’s target 30.7.
43	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Losing rear grip but seems reasonably stable.
44	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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.
44	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Use your energy to defend as you need to.
45	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Well done mate, great move.
45	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	This pace is very good, still pulling gap to Vettel.
45	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We’re going to extend this stint while you’re pulling a gap.
45	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	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.
45	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Box, box, box. Going to [hard] tyres, standard flap adjust. And RS.
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Lewis in front is racing Vettel, he is on a different strategy, he has one more stop to make.
46	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Who is this guy in front?
46	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	It’s Maldonado, he’s just come out of the pits.
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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.
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	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.
47	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Bite point two when you can, pace is really strong, Lewis.
47	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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.
47	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	OK Pastor I’m afraid we’re going to have to box to retire the car at the end of this lap.
47	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	OK and just stop in the box gently.
48	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So just keep this gap to Lewis, look after those tyres.
48	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	You’ll be coming out onto an empty track, track will be clear. And Felipe both clicks off.
49	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	You’re half a second faster than Max in front. We need rear tyres on the high side in temperature.
49	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	You are one second per lap quicker than Hulkenberg in front.
49	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Vettel now on our pit window.
50	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Watch your mirrors. Rosberg now two seconds behind you.
51	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Fuel is good, just ignore that Lars (?) bar.
51	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Tyres are still good.
51	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Box, box.
51	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	So for info from data it’s that front tyre that’ll be limit at the end of the race.
51	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Cancel RS. Should be coming out ahead of Vettel. Diff magic on.
52	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Hamilton out of the pits now. Can see Hamilton in front of you.
52	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Yeah, he’s gone.
52	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	We lost too much time in traffic. I know they are doing their own race but still, we are losing a lot in traffic.
52	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK, understood, I agree.
53	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis so you’re in P2, Nico 20 seconds ahead.
53	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Keep me up to date with his pace.
53	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Will do, Lewis.
54	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Pace of the car in front?
54	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Strat mode ten. Nico doing 29.1.
54	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Are we on the same tyres?
54	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Strat mode ten. Negative, Nico on eight-lap-old [hards].
54	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	OK so 11 laps remaining. Gap to Lewis is 19 seconds.
54	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Flag.
54	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK, copy.
55	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Am I OK to keep pushing?
55	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Come on, blue flag! Otherwise I get stuck.
55	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK he has blue flags.
55	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Yeah he had blue flags for three laps,
55	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Keep on his tail.
56	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	11 laps remaining, gap to Lewis is 19 seconds.
57	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	They are not giving space.
57	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy, we’re getting into Charlie. Use DRS when you’re close, battery full.
57	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Bono, information, lap times please.
57	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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.
57	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Are you telling me it’s not possible? Let me know.
57	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	I don’t think it will be possible with the remaining laps, Lewis, probably just better looking after this one, let him have it.
57	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Is it impossible? That’s the question.
57	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	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.
57	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Mode two when you can for (unclear), mode two.
57	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	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.
58	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Blue flags for this guy.
58	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Copy, they’re not being good at all.
59	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Eight laps remaining, gap to Lewis 15 seconds, he’s about a second a lap quicker at the moment.
59	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Nico 30.1, gap 15.0.
59	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Grosjean’s gearbox issue means he will be weak exit turn five, turn twelve and turn fifteen, final chicane.
59	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So gap down to 13.6.
59	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	How many laps?
59	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Seven remaining.
60	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Pace ahead?
60	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	30.0.
60	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Good lap Sebastian. Rosberg last time 30.3.
60	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	How many laps we have?
60	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Six after this, Kimi.
61	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Massa may be lapping Nico and Ericsson then you within three laps.
61	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Good lap Sebastian, good lap. Rosberg last time 30.3.
61	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi lap time 32.1, fighting with Bottas.
62	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Five laps remaining. Lewis has backed off his pace slightly, gap still around 13 seconds.
62	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Bottas and Raikkonen behind will be lapping us soon. Obviously Verstappen and Sainz behind the two of them currently two seconds behind Raikkonen.
63	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	This [censored by FOM] Toro Rosso it just came in front of me.
63	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK we do have blues now for Bottas and Raikkonen. Sainz will be behind him.
64	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	He’s not letting me by.
64	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	For info Sainz behind similar pace to Bottas.
64	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Three laps to go, three until the end.
65	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Two more laps, Nico.
65	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	Let’s just get past Perez and then the trio ahead.
66	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Keep aware of the front-left tyre.
66	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	And last lap now.
66	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Before the last corner, go mode one. Wait until then.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Woohoo! Yes! Go on!
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Good job, Nico, excellent race, well managed, really good job. So strat one. Just pick up rubber and just enjoy that in-lap.
VL	Paddy Lowe	Nico Rosberg	Well done, Nico. Absolutely fantastic pole position and fantastic race, well done.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Paddy Lowe	Thank you Paddy, also from you guys thank you, really perfect weekend.
VL	Paddy Lowe	Nico Rosberg	A good day at the office.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Paddy Lowe	Indeed!
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Good work Nico, well done.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Well done Lewis, great job there mate, that’s P2. Fantastic job making that three-stop work.
VL	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Yes, P3, well done. Back to the podium.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	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.
VL	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Switch down. Yes, understood, copy that.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Yeah. And then they were able to jump us, they were quicker. Anyway, grazie mille.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Yes, nice one! P4. Really good job, made the strategy work. Go mode ten please. Fantastic drive. P4.
VL	Valtteri Bottas	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.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	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.
VL	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Copy that. The podium will come, let’s just keep going.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that. It’s getting closer.
VL	Rob Smedley	Valtteri Bottas	Well done Valtteri, that was a really excellent drive. P4, you deserve it, as you said the podium’s on its way.
VL	Valtteri Bottas	Rob Smedley	Thanks Rob.
VL	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	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.
VL	Jenson Button	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.
VL	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Yep, OK. We’ll have a proper investigation, try to understand what’s going on.
VL	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Good race, you drove really well sorry for all the problems during the weekend. Just remember to pick up rubber.
VL	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Yeah wasn’t a very good weekend but at least we got something out.
VL	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Copy, copy.
VL	Maurizio Arrivabene	Kimi Raikkonen	Well done Kimi. More than that was impossible today.
VL	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	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.
VL	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Good job, guys. I’m very, very, very, very sorry for the pit stop. I hope no one is hurt.
VL	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	No that’s fine Romain, they are solid, don’t worry.
VL	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	OK, sorry but well done. Tough, tough race.
VL	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	It was a tough race but you did everything right. It’s nice to bring back some points. Well done again.
VL	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	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.
VL	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	OK, understood. Thanks guys.
VL	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.
VL	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	OK, yep, that’s good. Thank you guys.
VL	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	P9 mate. Two points in the bag. Well done.
VL	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	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.
VL	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	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.
VL	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	P11. Shame we couldn’t get that point.