2013 British Grand Prix team radio transcript

2013 British Grand Prix

3rd July 2013, 18:091st August 2014, 11:11 | Written by Keith Collantine

The team radio messages from the British Grand Prix show how drivers and engineers tried to work out what was causing a series of high-speed tyre failures.

Drivers were urged to stay off the kerbs to reduce the risk of incurring a puncture. But some of them later admitted ignoring the advice.

Others had to make the most of races that were suddenly wrecked for reasons seemingly beyond their control: Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa both made it well into the points after their problems and were congratulated by their race engineers afterwards.

As in Canada, Lotus were apologising to Kimi Raikkonen at the end of the race, this time having missed a chance to bring him in for a pit stop during the final Safety Car period. However he did enjoy the benefit of his team mate being told to let him past.

Here’s how the British Grand Prix unfolded in over 200 radio message between the drivers and their teams:

2013 British Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	After the start it will be clutch seven, fourteen, five
PR	Pastor Maldonado	Andrew Murdoch	Copy that.
PR	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Radio check Romain, can you hear me OK?
PR	Romain Grosjean	Ayao Komatsu	Yep, radio check’s good.
PR	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	OK can we have pit lane speed limiter off please Romain.
PR	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Bottas is reminded to perform a “bite point find”, in which the ECU learns the positions of the teeth of the dog rings in he gearbox so the seamless shift function works properly. We should be in KERS 1 and we’ll go to KERS 4 at the end of the lap. Just a reminder, try to learn all of the dogs nice and early on in the lap. So we’ll check to make sure. And then cool the car and we should be able to get eight burn-outs.
PR	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	And we’ve got a static bite point once we’ve fired up here. I’ll remind you once we’ve left the grid to do the static bite point. Pit lane speed limiter on as well. Then on the lap round for the start we’ll obviously go mixture one, I’ll tell you a clutch setting. On the first lap of the race we’ll go to revs one, torque two, but I’ll remind you once we’re going. OK?
PR	Jules Bianchi	Paul Davison	OK.
PR	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	At the start for the formation lap we’ll do pit limiter off. And it’ll be in torque one, clutch fourteen, so as normal expect some wheel slip.
PR	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Just for interest the car behind Button is the first car on the grid with [hard] tyres.
PR	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Wind direction is tailwind in turn nine, changed very slightly. If anything the strength has increased.
PR	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	After we’ve fired up just pull the clutch paddle underneath and then go KERS seven, eight, seven. And as usual use 20% KERS at the start please, two-zero.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	My seat was very hot when I got inside. In future we need to keep my seat cool.
FL	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	Up to 12 and start mode off.
FL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	RS modes cancel. High gear, high speed. We need to be cooling the engine as much as we can. And we need to boost to 20 before turn 15 – we need to boost to 20 at some stage between now and turn 15. So you’re working your tyres, working your brakes, please. And make sure you learn all the gears. We’ll have two burn-outs out of seven – too late, sorry. So you need to remember to back the grid up, they’re stringing out quite a lot.
FL	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	All systems are good so tyre warming as per plan. Straight to your box, focus on KERS at the start and KERS eight when you stop.
FL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So get your brake balance for the first corner and we need three burn-outs please at the most, with three seconds between. And we’re going to stop on the grid for a bite point find, neutral, and RS modes. Brake balance for the first corner and get your steering straight. We cannot report on the last car, we have no TV feed, we cannot see much at all.
FL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Last car is on the grid.
1	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Red switch down when you can.
1	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Pedal eight.
1	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	One step rearward brake balance.
2	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Before the punctures started some teams were already keeping an eye on the left-rear tyre. So just thinking about keeping your left-rear tyre cool for the first couple of laps.
2	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Please use KERS before turn one. Beware of possible debris turns three, four and five.
2	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Webber made contact with Grosjean at the start. We can see front wing damage. It looks the same as Canada.
2	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Gap to Sutil 1.1 seconds. Need to build it.
3	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	Temperatures are in the range at the moment but watch out for turn 15 and 18 exit.
3	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	DRS enabled
3	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Left-rear is 16.2 at the moment, I’ll keep you advised.
3	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just be aware Webber has dropped back. Car behind you is Sutil. So Sutil can make your race, he could create a gap behind.
3	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Suggest tyre mode 11 for exit snap.
4	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton’s third lap is a 1’38.38. Four-tenths faster than Vettel last lap.
4	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	The time difference to Hamilton is in sector two but use your tyres wisely.
4	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Mix three when you can. One second quicker than Sutl last lap, he’s going to back the cars up.
5	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	C, thumb wheel, two
5	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	Rear-left temperature is six degrees over target, plus six rear left. Hold the Marussias but manage the pace.
5	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	DRS has been enabled.
5	Gianpiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	We are changing plan so stay out for the moment.
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Mark Slade	Maybe should go Plan B.
6	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Understood Kimi. Suggestion of Plan B.
6	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton’s fifth lap is a 1’38.19. His lead over Vettel peaked at 2.2s at this point, then began to fall at a slow rate. Two-tenths faster last lap.
6	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	This is lap six, how are the tyres?
6	Sergio Perez	Mark Temple	The tyres are going OK. I can feel some graining. But not as bad as on Friday.
7	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	How are the front tyres?
7	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Fronts feel like they’re overheating. But also the rears do. I mean, all four feel like they’re overheating.
7	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	OK, understood.
7	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Yeah front-left graining.
7	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	We have completed six laps, tell me about the balance.
7	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	Starting to feel a bit of front graiing now.
7	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Half a click pre-load to the left, let’s see if we can clean it.
8	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	Ricciardo, lying seventh, sets a 1’39.13 on lap six, half a second quicker than he had gone on the lap before. Good lap, Daniel.
8	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton’s left-rear tyre explodes on the Wellington Straight. He limps back to the pits. Tyre switch 12 and you can go mid 12.
9	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	We are in the window, confirm.
9	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton enters the pits. RS modes.
9	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Button’s lap times rise into the 1’41s on lap seven, but improved after that. Dave, we need to think about getting off this tyre.
9	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Yep, understood.
10	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Go diff mid six, high-speed seven.
10	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Yellow flags turn five and six.
10	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	I’ve got a puncture, puncture.
11	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	Just blown straight in corner five. Or corner three.
11	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Yeah I can see it here, we saw it on the data as well, it was just a sudden explosion, so?��?�
11	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Let’s go grip P8 please.
11	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Grosjean pitted one lap before Alonso and got in front of him. Track is clear. Fernando just behind you, obviously you are racing him.
12	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	We think the biggests risks are kerbs exit turn four and turn five.
12	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	People have been having punctures. Looks like the punctures are caused right-rear turn four and turn five. Be careful of kerbs turn four, turn five exit. Correction: it’s the left-rear in turn four.
12	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	And box, box, box. Boost to zero.
13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Remember your brake balance is still rearward, you’re on the [hard] tyre, you will come out in clear air. Perez is the next car behind you. He is approximately three seconds behind. You can afford to look after the tyres a little. And this rear because we obviously have these tyre failures. We’ll keep you advised on temperatures.
13	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Maximum pushing now, maximum attac.
13	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Box, box, box. Torque one.
14	Sergio Perez	Mark Temple	Box this lap.
14	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Remember to use all your KERS, we’re going to be racing cars from the exit of the pit lane. Remember to stay right of bollard and limiter. Second gear in the pit lane, launch map one. First gear, brakes on when you stop.
14	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	You need to stay off the kerbs in turn four and five.
14	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Vettel is on [hard] tyres. We believe he is on a three-stop strategy.
14	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	You’re still plus three Rosberg.
14	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Grosjean is ordered to let Raikkonen overtake him. As he does on the Hangar straight, Vergne’s left-rear tyre fails in front of them. Kimi is faster than you.
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	Phil Charles	Vergne is the next driver to head to the pits with a shredded left-rear tyre. I have a puncture.
15	Phil Charles	Jean-Eric Vergne	DRS is disabled, JEV.
15	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	DRS is disabled, for information.
16	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Vettel is receiving a routine message when the Safety Car is deployed. Protect your left-rear, build a gap to Rosberg. Safety Car! Stay out.
16	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian you had damage to your left-rear tyre previous stint. You’ve got to stay off the kerbs as best you can. There are punctures all around.
16	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Pit lane entry to pit lane exit is free.
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Mark Slade	OK.
16	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Make sure to keep temperature in the brakes and drive to the Safety Car delta.
17	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	What the hell happened on that start? Unbelievable.
17	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Understood. Got to do the best we can from here.
17	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	After this lap you don’t need to follow the delta. It’s only for this lap to the start/finish, to Safety Car line one.
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Mark Slade	Understood.
17	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	Sorry, what happened to Sebastian?
17	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	He’s still running but his tyres had some cuts. At the pit stop we found cuts in his left-rear tyre. We need to be careful of the left-rear tyre.
17	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	OK.
18	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	The issue with the tyres, we’ve had three tyre explosions in the race. They’ve asked to keep the pressures a bit higher. We had a free pit stop there so we did it, we put a new set on with higher pressures and it didn’t cost us anything.
18	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Nico if two-stop comes into question it will be 22 laps on this stint. Given the failures that they had I don’t think it’s going to happen but we keep the eye open.
19	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg’s race engineer gets his Ferraris mixed up. Just be aware there’s obviously been a multitude of rear tyre failures. It’s happening when the tyres are getting hot and we think when the tyres are running over kerbs. Alonso had a failure in turn four, that’s why we warned you to watch the apex kerb at turn four. Obviously the high-speed corner exit kerbs could cause some problems.
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	These were all tyre failures, no contact?
19	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	To my information, yes.
19	Gianpiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	We are back in this race. You’re P11. Button ahead new medium, two laps younger than yours. All other cars ahead on hard tyres apart from Sutil who chose medium tyres for the second stint and will have to go hard for the final stint.
19	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	It’s been a bit busy the last few laps. There has been some punctures on at least three cars. Mostly left-rear tyre. It’s on the inside shoulder. At this point we’re not sure whether it’s a tyre problem or a kerbing proble. So we’ll deal with the tryre problem from our side. From your side, try to stay away from the kerbs and try to save your left-rear tyre.
20	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian, try to burn up some fuel please. Low gear, high revs, burn up the fuel.
20	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	For the restart it’s mix five and KERS eight. I’ll repeat when we get closer to that. Remember Safety Car line rules. No overtaking before Safety Car line one, including the Safety Car itself. You need to drop back a lot from the Safety Car because you’re much quicker than those guys on Hangar Straight at the back. Be careful turn 16, obviously.
20	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Don’t forget, ten car lengths behind Safety Car and no erratic driving either. I know it’s not easy, mate.
20	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Keep on working on the fuel consumption, you can do better than this. Other cars are doing much better than you.
20	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Please use KERS to 50% each lap behind the Safety Car.
20	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	You’re doing a good job on the rears at the moment, Nico. Don’t get the brake temps too hot, they’re now getting a bit on the hot side.
20	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	You need to stay within ten car lengths to the car ahead, that’s just information.
21	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	It might take a little while for these guys to clean the whoel circuit.
21	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Safety Car is in this lap, keep working the tyres. KERS eight and mixture six. Remember you can overtake at Safety Car line one, before turn 16.
21	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Smedley advises Massa on how to pass Van der Garde at the restart, which he does. After Stowe we’re going to put the ED button on. And then you can overtake from Safety Car line one which is the Safety Car line at the pit entry. So from the pit entry onwards you can overtake. So you can even run at Van der Garde round turn 15.
22	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just remember looking after that left-rear.
22	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Good job. Watch out for exit kerbs, high-speed corners with your left-rear.
22	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	We think it’s high-speed exits that are damaging the tyres. Stay off the kerbs in high-speed exits.
22	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	The pressures are building up nicely, still on the low side so just continue to be cautious.
23	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	Alonso pressures Sutil for third place. Use KERS to defend.
23	Gianpiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Silverstone zero two.
23	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Target eight at the end of this lap. Rear pressures still coming up nicely, just keep looking after it.
24	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	DRS is now active.
24	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Consider coming down on diff entry and diff mid for understeer.
24	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Harvest mode three when you can.
25	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Harvest five, you’re doing a good job there. Gap to Sutil three-and-a-half seconds, we’re building it up nicely. Left-rear temperature is under control now.
25	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	When you can, boost magnettino zero.
26	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Think about tyres at turn nine and turn eleven.
26	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Make sure you open the gap to Rosberg progressively. You’re doing a good job.
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Try carrying less speed into turn seven and get more speed out of it.
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Remember to drink.
26	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg pitted to change to medium tyres on lap 25. In front of you Bianchi, Pic [hard]. Behind you Chilton, Van der Garde [hard]. Behind these ones is Vergne, he also stopped for new [mediums] this lap.
27	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Throttle/brake overlap is preventing KERS charging so just minimise that where you can.
27	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	A part-Italian radio message to Alonso indicates his next pit stop will be in three or four laps. He eventually pits on lap 30. Hard or medium?
27	Fernando Alonso	Andrea Stella	Hard.
27	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	OK
27	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Consider coming down on diff entry and diff mid. Let us know if you need a flap adjust at the stop, what kind of aero balance increase.
28	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	How are the front tyres? Are they graining?
28	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Front-left yes, a little. But I also have poor traction.
28	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	What is your current preferred tyre? [Hard] or [medium]?
28	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	[Medium]
28	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg told he might have to stay out for more than the planned three laps, You are in your safety car window. Target three at the moment but we may extend to get a gap.
29	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Be ready, line one.
29	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Debris, turn 15, yellow, turn 15.
30	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Track is clear. Not sure the DRS?��?� OK.
30	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	DRS is enabled now.
30	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Gutierrez had a front-left tyre failure on lap 29 and returned to the track on hard tyres. Show us the lap time you can do, Esteban. One more lap.
30	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Box this lap. Front wing OK?
31	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Box now, start map on.
31	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg reduced Vettel’s lead by 0.8 seconds in two laps so that it was 3.2s by lap 30, after which the gap stabilised. You’re doing a good job there to close down Vettel. You’re half a second a lap quicker than him.
32	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Engine 20, two-zero.
32	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Grosjean was passed by Webber on lap 29. OK we are racing Webber, he’s pitting this lap.
32	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	We are box this lap.
32	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Box this lap.
32	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Recommend up one turn front wing.
32	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Up one turn.
33	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Launch map on, first gear before you stop and apply the brakes. Let’s nail these marks. We wil be racing Checo.
33	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Launch map off and use KERS at the exit, we are racing cars at the exit.
33	Gianpiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Box and pit confirm please, Paul. Empty KERS.
33	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Yellow ahead. I don’t know the reason, be careful.
33	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Remember, be ready, line one.
33	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Box this lap, confirm.
33	Sergio Perez	Mark Temple	OK box this lap.
34	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	You will be racing Checo at the pit exit.
35	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Box, box, box. Boost to zero.
35	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Brake balance is still rearwards. You are on the medium tyre.
35	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Perez has jumped Grosjean in the pits. Great job before the pit stop. We’re currently P10. Massa in front is on 18-lap old tyres so he will definitely have to pit. Hamilton in P6 is also going to have to pit so we’ve got a great chance to get some points here. Let’s make sure these tyres last to the end of the race. We’ve got 17 laps to go after this one.
36	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Watch your speed, hit your marks.
36	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Cancel RS when you can you are into clear air. Looking after the left-rear important for the first few laps. There are 18 laps remaining, you are going to the end of this set.
36	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Yellow turn three ahead. You have plenty of time.
36	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Yellow turn three and four, maybe debris.
36	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Still plus three Rosberg.
36	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Box at the end of this lap.
36	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	The tyre pressures on this set are very high all round, intentionally, to protect the punctures. This might affect the balance as well as rear temperatures, so be careful. 16 laps to go.
37	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	We need to try to use less KERS to get it charged back up. So try to get down to only 90%. That’ll be down to ten on your dash, each lap.
38	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Left-rear under control, you can push now.
38	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Box, Nico, box, box, box.
38	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Copy, copy, copy.
38	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Same lap time as Sutil behind, he is four-and-a-half behind us.
38	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Nice one. Hamilton, Di Resta the cars in front now. They put the tyres on more or less the same time as us. Hamilton the same lap, Di Resta five laps earlier. Hamilton just passed Di Resta.
39	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	Pic did a 38.2 that lap so he’s pushing hard, I think his deg will be high at the end of the race. Just stick with Gutierrez, mate.
39	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rear wear is not a problem. Front is limiting.
39	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg took half a second out of Vettel’s lead on the lap after this message, then the gap rose again. 14 laps remaining. The Vettel gap 2.2 seconds so close him down, think about closing him down.
39	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Lapped cars in front of Vettel, two lapped cars in front of Vettel.
39	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Delay your boost out of turn seven by 40 metres.
39	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	We need revs position three.
40	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We’re going to the end on this tyre set. 13 laps remaining.
40	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	There’s 12 laps to go after this one. Pace is looking good, we can afford to push a little bit more but we do need to be able to have tyres at the end of the race as Hamilton is behind us but he is going at quite good pace so he may well catch us up before the end so we need to make sure we’ve got tyres we can race with at the end. We’re also gaining on the cars in front slightly, so there may be opportunities to get them toweards the end of the race.
41	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	If you don’t think you can pass Raikkonen, drop back to look after the tyres. If you can’t pass Raikkonen we need to save the tyres.
41	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	I think front-left tyre is graining again.
41	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Copy, box, in this lap.
41	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	Don’t worry, it’s OK, I can keep going.
41	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	You will not make it in the end. Front-left will not make it to the end so we better box now and not lose time.
41	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	Copy.
42	Sebastian Vettel	Guillaume Rocquelin	I lost drive, lost the gearbox.
42	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Understood.
42	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Vibration, left rear.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy that Nico, we’re looking. Let us know if it’s getting worse, Nico.
42	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Getting worse.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Safety Car. Keep the delta time positive, just bring it down, you are OK. The gap behind to Raikkonen is 13 seconds. He has to maintain that gap. So just drive to the Safety Car time and we’ll box this lap.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	It’s not clear whether this message to Rosberg was broadcast before or after the preceding exchange. We’re going to box this lap, Nico, we’re going to box this lap.
42	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Alright Safety Car is deployed, Sebastian, so you should be safe. There’s a gap in the fence right behind your car, the Safety Car board.
43	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Remember to push on the pit lane entry.
43	Kimi Raikkonen	Mark Slade	I don’t know if we made the right choice not to pit.
43	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	I don’t know, Kimi, but it’s too late now so stick to the plan.
43	Kimi Raikkonen	Mark Slade	I can overtake? Or not?
43	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	If the Safety Car is showing the green light you can overtake it.
43	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Chilton is behind you and then Raikkonen who is P2 at the moment. Still keep the delta time positive.
44	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	We think we see a start of a delamination or blister in the centre of the tread. There’s going to be less than ten laps remaining. It’s going to be really important to look after that left-rear. The car behind you is Raikkonen, he has much slower pace, so it’s just managing that gap when the restart comes. Really important to put temperature into everything at the moment.
44	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	This is going to be quite a long Safety Car because we’ve got lappewd cars.
44	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Yep that’s correct Jenson, Lapped cars may now overtake.
44	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Lapped cars are now overtaking the Safety Car.
44	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Is that it? Just two lapped cars?
44	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	A-firm, that’s it, just two lapped cars.
44	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	You’re in recovery five at the moment, we want KERS recovery four please.
45	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Perez was mistakenly told Button had pitted for fresh tyres. Webber in front and behind, Jenson, Alonso and Hamilton are on new tyres, they will be quick. But Ricciardo and Sutil in front, we’ve definitely got an opportunity to gain places there, so we’re going to push hard for the last laps after the Safety Car comes in. The tyres will be fine, we can push, just make sure tyre temperatures are good. Keep warming the brakes.
45	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just a reminder: When the Safety Car pulls in you control the pace when the lights go out.
45	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	When it does restart just need to pick these cars off one at a time. We should have five or six laps to pick these cars off.
45	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Obviously we’re on fresh [mediums], no need to look after the tyres. Do your best to get past all these cars.
45	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	It’s going to happen, mate.
45	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	KERS mode – that’s it – Safety Car is in this lap, thank you.
45	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So just control the pace, no braking and accelerating, and then just go when you want.
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	The race restarts. Remember looking after that left-rear at the start.
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Raikkonen is on 16-lap old tyres, so just looking after that tyre, most important.
46	Sergio Perez	Mark Temple	I have a puncture.
46	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	OK box this lap, R12.
47	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Be careful when you stop on your marks. We’re going to need the brakes on, launch map on in the pit lane.
47	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	So you’ve got Webber behind on newer tyres. KERs one and there’s yellow flags turn 13.
47	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Stop the car, stop the car Checo, switch off. Switch the engine off there’s a lot of damage to the car. I’m really sorry about that Checo that was a fantastic race up until then, you did everything right.
47	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Next car is Webber.
48	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Ricciardo the car in front. Alonso, Hamilton passed Ricciardo.
48	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Alonso is told in Italian DRS is disabled because of a yellow flag at turn 15.
48	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Five laps remaining. Again yellow 13 to 15. DRS disabled there.
48	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Behind Rosberg, Webber has replaced Raikkonen in second place. Yes, you need to push to keep him behind. There are four laps remaining at the end of this lap, he is on new option tyres.
49	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Massa passes Sutil. That’s good mate. Hamilton the car in front.
49	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Having been passed by Webber, Raikkonen loses another place to Alonso. Next car is Alonso, DRS disabled again. Same yellow flag, 13 to 15.
50	Gianpiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Grosjean possible damage.
50	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	KERS harvest mode five. Kimi ahead of Alonso is on seven-lap older tyres.
51	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Two laps to go, we want this sixth position.
51	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Because we’re out of points now and for safety we’re going to retire the car.
52	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Harvest seven, please. Last lap.
52	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Copy that. Left-hand end plate is completely missing. We saw the contact after the Safety Car.
52	Romain Grosjean	Ayao Komatsu	Not much, I think there was no contact.
52	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	OK.
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Yes! Great job, great job Nico. Excellent, well done mate.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Woo! Yeah! Come on!
VL	Christian Horner	Mark Webber	Well doen Mark that was a great recovery drive. Well done, really great reocvery.
VL	Mark Webber	Christian Horner	Yep, cheers guys.
VL	Christian Horner	Mark Webber	Couple more laps and I think you would have got there.
VL	Ross Brawn	Lewis Hamilton	Wonderful drive, Lewis. Sorry it didn’t quire work out but great drive, well done.
VL	Lewis Hamilton	Ross Brawn	Fantastic job this weekend, guys. It’s a shame about the tyre.
VL	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	We either got unlucky there or we made the wrong cal in terms of being on old tyres at the restart.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Epic recovery there Lewis. That’s P4. Great job there, man, I’m real gutted for you. So the final result: Nico won it, and that’s a great result for the team, we’ve got Webber in second, Alonso third, Lewis fourth, then Raikkonen, Massa, Sutil, Ricciardo, Di Resta and hulkenberg.
VL	Mark Slade	Kimi Raikkonen	Fantastic drive, mate, sorry about the strategy potential cock-up.
VL	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	Well done, Adrian, great job mate.
VL	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Smedley also read the top ten out to Massa. That’s a good drive, very good drive. Canny drive. Sixth position. So disaster at the start with that puncture and then we drove through and did well. Lots of attrition as well that we managed to keep out of. Shame there wasn’t a couple of laps longer because you were catching Kimi quickly. Good recovery, well done.

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46 comments on “2013 British Grand Prix team radio transcript”

Tomsk (@tomsk)
3rd July 2013, 18:19

That’s twice in two races – now I’m convinced “Remember to drink” is a secret code word for some strategy or setting that Rosberg uses during the race! Wonder what it is…
1. Imre (@f1mre)
  3rd July 2013, 21:06
  
  It think this secret code reminds the driver to drink is he forgets to when concentrating on driving. :)
2. Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
  4th July 2013, 5:28
  
  must be to not loose weight during the race like PDR
  1. jh1806 (@jh1806)
    4th July 2013, 8:19
    
    This wouldn’t make a difference as the fluid goes from car to driver…and both are weighed at the end.
3. andae23 (@andae23)
  4th July 2013, 5:54
  
  An explanation could be to change the fuel mixture to increase fuel flow. Whatever it is, it’s almost guaranteed a secret code – remember Schumacher’s “magic paddle”?
4. hzh (@hzh00)
  4th July 2013, 10:50
  
  I wonder if the teams have sensors to know if their drivers are drinking or not.
Eddie (@wackyracer)
3rd July 2013, 18:35

Noticed Hamilton doesn’t say anything though the race only at the start and at the finish
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  3rd July 2013, 18:42
  
  @wackyracer Remember this is only what FOM broadcast – there will be loads more unbroadcast stuff.
  
  For example when Rocquelin was trying to get Vettel to back off in Canada a few weeks ago he apparently reminded him of Senna crashing at Monaco in 1988. That wasn’t heard on the main feed or pit wall channel.
Alex Brown (@splittimes)
3rd July 2013, 18:55

Read this whilst giving my daughter her dinner.
Alex Brown: Pudding at the end of this fork-full, Lily. Pudding confirm. Lolly or yoghurt?
Lily Brown: Lolly.
Alex Brown: Do you need a balance change?
Lily Brown: Can I sit on your knee?
Alex Brown: Copy that. Keep managing your chin, use a wetwipe if you have to.
Lily Brown: Ok, Daddy.
Alex Brown: Remember to drink.
1. Alan (@dogmop)
  3rd July 2013, 19:22
  
  Haha, there’s defininitely potential for a ‘speak like a race engineer day’
  1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
    3rd July 2013, 20:24
    
    @dogmop Just begin every sentence with “OK” and end it with “look after your tyres”.
    1. Hairs (@hairs)
      3rd July 2013, 20:39
      
      “but don’t lose any time”
      1. JimG (@jimg)
        4th July 2013, 9:44
        
        “For sure.” Oh, sorry, that’s for interviews ;-)
2. caci_99
  3rd July 2013, 21:32
  
  Ha haa, good one.
  “well done, you did it”
3. SeaHorse (@seahorse)
  4th July 2013, 3:53
  
  Thanks boys! It was absolutely fantastic! ;)
Joao (@johnmilk)
3rd July 2013, 18:55

I was trying to find some information regarding the deployment of the SC after Vettel’s retirement, but no clues what so ever, anyone wants to help me with this? And if it was debris why took them so long to release it?
1. Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
  3rd July 2013, 21:25
  
  Vettel parked the car not far from a gate in the pit wall, so it should have been quick. First, the marshalls need to wait until the field is bunched so there is a large gap in the traffic to allow them to move around safely on the track. This takes a few laps (maybe two or three if the field is spread out). However, the marshalls had to abort the first attempt to recover Vettel’s car as the field led by the safety car was coming (+1 lap). The second attempt was successful. Then the lapped cars were allowed to unlap themselves (+1 lap). So overall, it took around 4-5 laps or so under the safety car, which is consistent with the commentary above (Vettel reporting lost drive on lap 42, and safety car in this lap on lap 45). So it wasn’t really that long.
  
  I agree though that the lapped drivers should not be allowed to unlap themselves. If anything, they should let themselves fall back to the end of the pack.
  1. mantresx (@mantresx)
    3rd July 2013, 22:47
    
    I agree though that the lapped drivers should not be allowed to unlap themselves. If anything, they should let themselves fall back to the end of the pack.
    
    @mike-dee I’m only guessing but maybe the reason why they have to unlap is to make sure they’ve run for the same number of laps as the cars they were fighting with, for example if car 20 was a lap down but not car 19 maybe there’s an advantage for 20 in running one less lap of the race.
    1. Njack (@njack)
      4th July 2013, 6:23
      
      Is there some reason why don’t they just drop into the pitlane and wait while the other cars go past, then rejoin afterwards?
2. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  4th July 2013, 8:17
  
  @johnmilk You can see the difficulty the marshals had recovering Vettel’s car here:
  
  https://www.racefans.net/2013/07/03/2013-british-grand-prix-fans-video-gallery/#vettelboo1
  1. Joao (@johnmilk)
    4th July 2013, 21:59
    
    cheers for the info. it is quite funny as well
andae23 (@andae23)
3rd July 2013, 19:02

Alonso pressures Sutil for second place.

Should be “third”.

Launch map on, first gear before you stop and apply the brakes. Let’s nail these marks. We wil be racing Jenson.

Not quite sure what that’s all about – you are your greatest enemy? :P
But anyway, massive thanks for putting this up so quickly, Keith!
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  3rd July 2013, 20:23
  
  @andae23 Corrected both, thanks.
Diego (@ironcito)
3rd July 2013, 19:04

Funny how they were asking Vettel to burn more fuel. Bet they won’t be saying that next year :)
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
3rd July 2013, 19:07

I laughed at JB’s conversation with his engineer. It was so calm and easy…

as if they were having tea together chatting about life…
1. Todfod (@todfod)
  4th July 2013, 9:13
  
  Dont know about that. Sounded like a lot of nagging from Jenson again –
  
  Dave Robson Jenson Button How are the front tyres?
  Jenson Button Dave Robson Fronts feel like they’re overheating. But also the rears do. I mean, all four feel like they’re overheating.
  Dave Robson Jenson Button OK, understood.
  Jenson Button Dave Robson Yeah front-left graining.
  
  Maybe they’re like an old couple drinking tea? One old nagging wife and a fed up husband
faulty (@faulty)
3rd July 2013, 19:50

Ayao Komatsu “Copy that. Left-hand end plate is completely missing. We saw the contact after the Safety Car.”
Romain Grosjean “Not much, I think there was no contact.”

Well, duh!
Steveb8721
3rd July 2013, 20:53

Anyone notice how little conversation there is between Alonso and the pit wall? I’ve noticed this for the last few weeks, there is hardly any, it’s really interesting when others are been told how to overtake, when to drink and manage the car.
Jake (@jleigh)
3rd July 2013, 21:35

Hamilton’s engineer said a hell of a lot to him on the formation lap. I have no idea what any of it means, but it worked!

Love this feature btw.
skibomax (@skibomax)
3rd July 2013, 22:11

Agreed, brilliant feature
Hamilfan (@hamilfan)
4th July 2013, 5:35

Whoa ! So technical .. especially changing knobs , diff ,looking after tyres, KERS harvest, and all this while negotiating sweeping curves at 200kmph . Respect .

Ferrari don’t talk too much (Alonso ) . Oh, Maybe its in spanish and hence not broadcast.
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  4th July 2013, 8:15
  
  @hamilfan
  
  Maybe it’s in Spanish and hence not broadcast.
  
  Actually Ferrari’s messages to Alonso seem to be in a mix of English and Italian – sometimes even combining words from each into a single sentence. For example the message referred to on lap 48 was almost entirely in Italian except for the word “yellow” instead of “giallo”.
Fash
4th July 2013, 7:47

What does “Safety Car Delta” mean exactly?
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  4th July 2013, 8:10
  
  This refers to the target time drivers must not exceed when the Safety Car is deployed, as defined by article 40.7 of the Sporting Regulations:
  
  In order to ensure that drivers reduce speed sufficiently, from the time at which the “Safety Car deployed” message is shown on the official messaging system until the time that each car crosses the first safety car line for the second time, drivers must stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU.
bosyber (@bosyber)
4th July 2013, 9:29

Not related to tyres or anything much, but I found this bit noteworthy during the race already:

20 Guillaume Rocquelin Sebastian Vettel Sebastian, try to burn up some fuel please. Low gear, high revs, burn up the fuel.

20 Guillaume Rocquelin Sebastian Vettel Keep on working on the fuel consumption, you can do better than this. Other cars are doing much better than you.

So first Vettel should burn some fuel, then he’s using too much under that first SC? Maybe he could have been told to burn a little, but not too much in the first place!
1. bosyber (@bosyber)
  4th July 2013, 9:30
  
  Or was it still about burning up more fuel, not less?
  1. Dave (@dworsley)
    4th July 2013, 12:43
    
    Yes, I would imagine both were about using up your fuel.
2. Tyler (@tdog)
  4th July 2013, 10:09
  
  @bosyber I assume that they want the drivers to burn up fuel under the safety car because their consumption is lower at the SC delta time, hence they will end up carrying more fuel than necessary for the balance of the race which they want to avoid.
3. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  4th July 2013, 22:51
  
  @bosyber What I wondered is how do they know how well other drivers in other teams are doing at burning up fuel? Perhaps they get data on how the Lotus, Williams and Caterham drivers are doing through Renault.
  1. bosyber (@bosyber)
    5th July 2013, 10:58
    
    Indeed @keithcollantine, that is a good question; Webber they obviously know. For the others, could it be they just listen to engine sounds again, coonverting that into amount of throttle and how lean an engine iis running? That seems complicated, but who knows; they have that analyis anyway over the weekend, don’t they?
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
4th July 2013, 11:12

15 Jean-Eric Vergne Phil Charles Vergne is the next driver to head to the pits with a shredded left-rear tyre.
I have a puncture.
15 Phil Charles Jean-Eric Vergne DRS is disabled, JEV.

That engineer was a bit… Slow, to say the least.
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  4th July 2013, 22:46
  
  @hunocsi Not necessarily. Vergne’s tyre failed just before the pit lane entry, it didn’t take him long to get in. I expect he got the DRS message as he returned to the track having put fresh tyres on.
Nicolette Nicol (@nico21)
4th July 2013, 13:27

Reading the last bit from Peter Bonnington to Lewis Hamilton “Great job there, man, I’m real gutted for you.”
Me thinks Lewis’ way of speaking is rubbing off a bit!
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
4th July 2013, 15:42

I also like how the drivers describe a tyre explosion as a “puncture”.
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
4th July 2013, 16:55

lot of tupos
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
8th July 2013, 21:32

The FOM race highlights video for the British Grand Prix includes a few other bits of radio which weren’t broadcast at the time including Smedley saying Massa’s tyre failure “would have to happen in the ******* worst place” and Vergne being urged to put in some quick laps just as his tyre went pop.

http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/