Felipe Massa, Rob Smedley, Ferrari, Interlagos, 2013

2013 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript

2013 Brazilian Grand Prix

26th November 2013, 17:4027th November 2013, 17:18 | Written by Will Wood

There were some emotional moments on the team radio during the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Mark Webber, who was starting his final race for Red Bull, told his race engineer it was difficult getting into the car for the last time before the race began.

At the end of the race Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali came on Felipe Massa’s radio to tell the departing driver “we love you” and “you are a world champion for us”.

In between those two messages the race featured the usual combinations of concerns over the tyres, anxious weather-watching and anger-provoking incidents – the most notable of which also involved Massa.

Here’s what was broadcast of the drivers’ team radio messages.

2013 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	Radio check, Giedo. One-two. Radio check.
PR	Giedo van der Garde	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Radio check loud and clear. Honestly. You hear me good?
PR	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	Yes, no problems. So as discussed, standard procedure. So we’ll fit front tyres, fire up, you proceed to do a clutch crop. Fit the rear tyres, then you go straight out. There will be no starting bite-point finder. And you will do a launch. Please use KERS in second gear. You can push all the way up to turn 11. And from then onwards, cool the engine, come back in. Let me know if you need a flap adjustment because we’ll be here waiting in case you need to, and we’ll repeat this twice to do three total laps.
PR	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	Just an update. We will do a rolling bite-point finder as we’re going to be far away from the pitlane, before the start position. So to come down the hill into position, you’ll do a rolling bite-point finder and then start using light sequence as usual. And we will do thre, three starts. So every lap, one start.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton arrives at the grid. You’ve got a couple of cars behind, Button, Perez. Remember the start location as advised, so it’ll be a bite-point check that can wait for RS modes.
PR	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain, same thing. Brake balance map one, clutch P11. And two static bite-point please. And KERS release from second gear.
PR	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Purple C2, position six and box this lap.
PR	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Yeah, there seems to be a hesitation when I drop the paddle.
PR	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Understood JB, we’ll have a look. And we’d like the same again please. So that’s a bite-point find, three burnouts and a launch.
PR	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Grip five, use the KERS, OK. Now we open up the top gap, driving negative on the split times.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	I have a lot of understeer. I have a very weak front. Not particularly in the lower speed. The previous start I had, not the last one, the previous one, that’s probably a couple of metres before where I started previously and then the last one was in the same place as before. And also had a lot of wheelspin.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK, copy that. So it’ll be bite-point seven. We were expecting over-engaged start on the last one. That’s good information, so we’ll have another start.
PR	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	OK Jenson and if we could cool the car this lap, please. Cool the car. You’ll need to go to purple C7 and then keep the delta negative. C7, please for dash delta and keep the delta negative.
PR	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Still the same thing, like a hesitation with the engine. Plant the throttle smoothly but there’s a hesitation that’s causing underst- er sorry, causing wheelspin.
PR	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Copy that, Jenson. We’re looking at the data. Check your drinks and then we’re going to the grid this time, so we’d like a bite-point find please, bite-point find at the back of the grid and then Lee will be there to meet you.
PR	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	OK.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, so cool the car. Cool the car, we’re going to the back of the grid. It is quite busy back there, so caution coming up the hill.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	My brakes feel very weak. The fronts aren’t stopping the car.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, the fronts are running quite hot. Contrary to yesterday, they are running quite hot, so we’ll have a look at that on the grid.
PR	?	Ayao Komatsu	Ayao, multi map one. Clutch nine. KERS second. No more KERS release after that.
PR	Ayao Komatsu	?	[Distorted] changes to KERS mode six.
PR	?	Ayao Komatsu	Confirm KERS mode six. Procedure was OK.
PR	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	OK, so can we have the pit lane speed limiter off, please. And, as discussed, for the formation lap please [think what we studied about?], OK? Two static bite points and second gear KERS release. After that, no more KERS release, OK? And procedure for race start is two rolling bite points from Safety Car line one, followed by four burnouts, OK?
PR	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	Kovalainen said after the race he made errors with his pre-start procedure Heikki, it will be clutch seven for the start, please. And there’s no sign of rain at the moment.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, so just some last minute reminders. On tyre saving, it is the front-left we expect to be doing some management with. Front-right also a concern, but that’s for graining. So front-right, turn 11, turn four and turn 12 – they’re the real corners we need to look after. So it’s in that order. Turn 11, then turn four, then turn 12 for the front-left, front-right, obviously, six and seven.
PR	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	So, it’ll be start mode one for a launch from the dummy grid. On the formation lap, concentrate on the brake temperatures. Tyre temperatures.
PR	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	And most important reminder, mate, is just enjoy it today.
PR	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	Not easy, getting in the car the last time.
FL	?	Paul di Resta	Are you happy with mid four? You’re in mid three at the moment.
FL	Paul di Resta	?	Yep.
FL	?	Paul di Resta	Copy.
FL	?	Nico Hulkenberg	Warm up tyres and brakes, learn all gears.
FL	?	Sebastian Vettel	And gearbox sync when you can. We need sync in gear six, gear seven. Gear box sync now is- ?��?�gearbox sync is good. KERS is good. No more KERS. Engine is on target.
FL	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	My visor is off, mate, my visor is off.
FL	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Multi seven, position two.
FL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Need to think about bunching the field a little bit. Bunch the field, and we’re looking for three burnouts, currently. Three burnouts. Brake temps are looking OK now. Slightly hotter on the rear than the front, but they’re OK.
FL	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	So one bite point find, burnout. One burnout, one bite point find and a further burnout. RPM one.
1	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So cancel RS.
2	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK mate, start switch up now. You should be soon out of the [distorted] that’s a great first lap. Start swtich up. We are P6 at the moment.
2	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Great job, Checo. Let’s keep doing the plan as discussed.
2	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	Diff is still latched.
3	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Tyre temps in the middle of the window. DRS has been enabled.
3	Romain Grosjean	Ayao Komatsu	Grosjean retired form the race moments later with an engine failure, which it seems he initially suspected was a problem with top gear. What is this seventh gear? It’s a disaster.
3	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	OK, copy that Romain.
4	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Rosberg 19.4. Focus on the gap. Grosjean, engine failure. Turn 12 and up the hill.
4	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	There’s a yellow, 13 and 14. There may be oil, turn 12, 13, 14. May be oil. DRS currently disabled.
5	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK, DRS is enabled. Just watch out for oil where you are now. It should be OK. Grosjean blew the engine up, he’s stopped on your left-hand side now.
5	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	OK, the track is clear ahead, but still could be slippery.
6	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	And harvest six. Harvest six when you can. You are faster than Nico at all points on track. Traction’s at 780. All the brake temps are looking good, tyres are in the window.
6	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	In Italian Pro-tab anti-clockwise on the rear end. You gained a lot on Rosberg, it will be more than a second.
7	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	Tyres look good. Tyres are looking good.
7	Pastor Maldonado	Andrew Murdoch	OK.
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Front left looks to be graining now.
8	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy Nico. Release five. Pace looks similar to guys in front and rear, good job so far.
8	Phil Charles	Jean-Eric Vergne	Entry five, be careful on entry. Gentle on entry. You are braking a lot later than Daniel.
9	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Struggling a lot with the rears at the moment.
9	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy. Suggest going further forwards on balance at the moment. So if you have a problem with the tyres, then don’t hold up Lewis, If they’re coming back, then push. Mix three.
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Marco Matassa	Suffering with right-front graining at the moment.
9	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	Copy Daniel. Be gentle on turn six to help front right.
11	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Easier on the throttle, exit 12.
11	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	What times is the Mercedes doing?
11	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Jenson, Rosberg last lap 19.1.
12	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	KERS recharge one click off. Rosberg complaining about the rears.
12	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Nico, we’d like you to let Lewis through. We think you may be holding him up. Just to build a gap to Massa. We are in your Safety Car window now.
12	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Find out why I’m struggling with the rear tyres. What aero balance is the other car on?
13	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	OK Checo, this is a fantastic drive. Let’s keep it going. Cars in front, Ricciardo, looks like he is struggling. Bottas is immediately behind him.
13	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Harvest mode seven. Watch throttle-brake overlap.
14	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Webber is now P2. You’re plus 9.7 Webber. He’s been doing similar lap times to yours.
14	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	In Italian KERS 60. Now Hamilton is fourth. We are faster. Hamilton fourth followed by Rosberg and then Felipe.
15	Pastor Maldonado	Andrew Murdoch	We need to pit soon
15	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	Copy that, Pastor. We need to stay out for the minute. There’s a risk of showers.
15	Max Chilton	Gary Gannon	Guys I’m struggling with front locking. And low traction overall.
15	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Understood. For traction, try mid five, exit ten and watch for small shower at turn 12.
15	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Nico, light rain ten minutes away possibly.
16	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	No rain expected in the next 20 minutes. It may be that will happen in the middle of the race or towards the end.
16	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Massa passed Rosberg for fifth OK that was a good pass, mate. Come on, boy. Come on.
16	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	Clutch ten. We’re leaving the wing alone.
17	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	OK Heikki, it’s going to be tight with Chilton at the pit exit. You need to push now.
17	Giedo van der Garde	Juan Pablo Ramirez	My rear tyres start to go, I have a lot of oversteer.
17	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	OK Giedo, we try to stay out. There might be a shower arriving. KERS 11 and use the top-right paddle.
18	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	OK Paul, we need to push now. Now is the time to push.
18	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian, your pace is good. You’re the fastest car on track. There are no good gaps behind you, so stay as you are. You’re doing a good job.
19	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So rain, we think, in five minutes.
19	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	OK Pastor. Keep out for the minute, stay out.
19	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So same lap times as Alonso, three tenths faster than Massa. You also have another step of EB available, torque three.
20	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	There’s a few spots of rain in the air. We don’t think it’s serious at the moment so we’re sticking to plan.
20	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	You’re much, much faster compared to all the cars in front of you.
20	Juan Pablo Ramirez	Giedo van der Garde	OK Giedo, there is a group of cars coming from behind. Do not lose time with them. Sutil is first.
20	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Just behind Di Resta, as we expected. In front of Gutierrez. We expect the rest to be pitting soon. He’s been told to push, Di Resta.
21	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Box, pit confirm, Paul. Box, pit confirm. Absolutely everything you have.
21	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	Kovalainen passed Vergne for 17th [Audible applause] That’s the way, boy. That’s great. Well done mate.
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Mark Slade	You repeat, Mark?
21	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	Just saying well done, mate. Good job.
22	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK, keep pushing mate. It will be tight with Hamilton at the minute if he pits at the end of this lap. Keep pushing.
22	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Let us know about the rain. Let us know more about the rain.
22	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	Is not much. Is just a little bit.
22	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Copy.
23	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	OK Adrian, so we want another reasonable stint length on these tyres to make our next stop lap. So now start to look after them. The temperatures are nice and high.
23	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Esteban will stop now. Shift two [distorted] nine.
24	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Looks like you’ve come out behind Jenson. In front of Ricciardo. Ricciardo has stopped, he’s on hards.
24	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Remember, brake pressure and stop.
24	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Box, box, box. Torque map one and box.
24	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	There’s a technical problem with torque three. Should I be going to torque two? I want less aggrevation.
24	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Affirm, torque two is better.
25	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So. Rear-right, 35 remaining. Front-right, 45 remaining.
26	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Good job Esteban. Now Bottas in front.
26	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	I want shift three.
26	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	OK, then you go shift three [distorted] 13.
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So temperatures now stable. You can move the brake balance forwards.
26	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	What about mix position?
26	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Mix position is good, stay at mix three.
27	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Not expecting any widespread showers. Only drops possible at times. Your pace is good. Pace is good.
27	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So you match Jenson on laptime. If you can go minus plus two, that would be useful.
27	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	What about torque position? Torque two or torque three?
27	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Avoid torque three.
28	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	Go standard mode. One of them’s got knocked.
29	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Feels like he’s got double boost. Very quick out of the last corner.
29	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Copy that Lewis you can reduce the boost out of turn two, three, save it for the main drag.
30	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK mate, this is fine. I think Hamilton has a problem with his KERS. He doesn’t use all his KERS, he uses like one light, so I think he has a problem too. Just carry on like this is fine.
29	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Target is 18. Hard is clearly slower. Hards slower. So target 18, maybe more. We had around 80% wear on the first set, so cool the front longer.
29	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	You’re too quiet. I don’t hear you so well. Front-right is going, some graining again.
30	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	Max has just stopped. He’s now 16 seconds behind, Jules.
30	Jules Bianchi	Paul Davison	It’s proper raining. Some proper rain. I can feel it.
30	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	OK mate, understood. Blue flags, Webber and Alonso.
31	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK we have a message again. Please watch the pit entry. Don’t cross the pit entry with all four wheels. We have another message.
32	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes confirmed after the race both their drivers had reported Massa for crossing the line at the pit lane entry which drivers had been told not to do. So Massa under investigation for crossing the white line
33	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Massa is given a drive-through penalty after breaching the pit entry again. Massa has a drive-through. Massa has a drive-through, so don’t challenge him. Coming up on Bianchi, he is traffic. Massa has a drive-through.
33	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	OK.
33	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	I was thinking killing the tyres.
33	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Harvest five, Nico.
33	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	OK mate, unfortunately we have a drive-through penalty for crossing the white line at then entry to the pit lane. So there you go. Can you take the penalty at the end of this lap, please? So pass through at the end of this lap.
33	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	This is unacceptable. It’s just unbelievable. Unbelieveable, FIA. Unbelieveable! Unacceptable!
34	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	OK Charles, now you can push.
35	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Referring to Massa, who has not yet taken his penalty. The Ferrari driver was slower each time from laps 30 to 32 and pitted to take his penalty at the end of lap 34. He’s backed off.
35	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, he’s obviously trying to push you back, but don’t get suckered into it. This isn’t the problem for us, so just sit tight. Massa’s going to have to come in soon.
36	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Massa has to pit this lap for his penalty. We will be racing him at the exit, let’s keep pushing.
36	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	OK Jenson, Massa’s penalty was for crossing that line, so we must follow the rules on the white line at the pit entry.
36	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Update my pit board. What is the gap behind?
36	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Five seconds. Target is ten.
37	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	Recommend you look after the front-right a little bit in turn 11.
37	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Dave can you stop talking to me in braking zones?
38	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis. Forecast shows it will be clear for the next 20 minutes, but let us know if you see anything different.
38	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	I don’t know if these tyres will last another 20.
39	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	What’s the situation with the tyres? How many laps?
39	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Err, yeah?��?� we still need another five or six laps.
39	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	The understeer is killing me. And now front locking’s coming too.
39	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy Nico. Remember the front-right is the limit. Shift three, fuel 13.
40	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Current situation with the car behind, Hulkenberg is five seconds behind and not a threat. He is slower. Hulkenberg, car behind, is slower at the minute.
41	Mark Webber	Simon Rennie	OK.
41	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	OK. At the moment pace is good. Position is good. You are pulling away from Alonso behind, same pace as Vettel. Doing a good job, mate.
41	Brad Joyce	Adrian Sutil	So we’re fastest car on the circuit now, OK? Fastest car on the circuit. Got 30 laps to go on a set of Hards on the car. So let’s see where this takes us.
43	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Raining, turn five.
43	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy, Nico, copy. For me, should be only drops, do you agree? Only drops?
43	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Aye aye, so far.
43	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	OK, OK.
43	Max Chilton	Gary Gannon	Yeah, I can see it. The last two laps it’s [distorted], but it’s not too bad.
43	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Understood
44	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	We’ve put you on a medium tyre. Twenty-eight laps to go if you can make it.
44	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Box now, mate. Box now.
44	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	It’s raining a bit, now,
44	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Stay out. Stay out. Stay out.
45	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Kill the tyres now, Nico. Kill the tyres. Front or for Hards I would keep it or even go plus one.
46	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	OK Paul, so you will be?��?� well, you are racing Massa behind. Coming up to lap Marussia ahead. Let’s not lose too much time in this. Get yourself up into the DRS of the Marussia.
47	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Getting darker and darker at the back. Rain intensity the same.
47	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Copy that message, looks like it’s five minutes away Lewis.
47	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Blue flag, Massa.
47	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	Sutil in front is on new Hards. Six laps old.
48	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	Look after front right.
49	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Bottas retired after contact with Hamilton. Message censored by FOM. That was **. I think he turned into me.
49	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that. Stop the engine. That’s it.
49	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	Keep me informed of the guys’ tyres in front. Guti stopped only once, Mediums.
49	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	Sutil Hards, stopped only once quite a while ago in front.
49	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	This message was broadcast before the following one but likely came after it. Let’s go to harvest five. We have picked up some floor damage, we’ll get a report from Kim on the aero.
50	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Is my floor OK? The car’s not handling very well.
50	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	We’ll get back to you soon as we can.
51	Paul di Resta	GianPiero Lambiase	Seems to have been a message from his previous stint, which ended on lap 47, asking for fresh tyres. Can I please have [distorted] tyres?
51	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	Copy now. Maintain that lap time for the moment.
51	Phil Charles	Jean-Eric Vergne	Twenty-one laps to go after this one, Jev. And a little bit of rain coming.
51	Max Chilton	Gary Gannon	The rain’s off again, so maybe should’ve waited
52	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Stewards hand Hamilton a drive-through penalty for contact with Bottas Can you give me an update?
52	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, I’m afraid we’ve got a drive-through. We’ve got a drive-through for causing a collision. So we want to get it out the way as soon as possible just in case any rain comes. So one more lap. One more lap and then we’ll take this drive through. Your pace is looking good, it’s only a tenth and a half off Massa. No, so stay out. Stay out.
53	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	I don’t understand. It’s not my fault.
53	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Yes mate, we don’t quite understand it but we’re going to have to take it. So just keep pushing as much as you can.
54	Heikki Kovalainen	Mark Slade	Getting a little bit heavier drizzle now, so keep an eye.
54	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	OK, understood. Hamilton is in.
54	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Blue flag, Alonso.
55	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	There’s some rain on the way to the track. It’s very localised so we need your help on this.
55	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Press the ‘ED’ button, please. Press the ‘ED’ button. Gap is stable, around three seconds to Perez. Rosberg and Button in front. So we have 18 laps to go, so think about saving the tyres a bit as you are now and then we push on in about five laps.
55	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	We have to be very careful with blue flags, that’s what Van der Garde was penalised for. Let’s let them through cleanly as you have been doing, mate.
55	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	OK, let’s get past Kovalainen, Paul. Use the overtake button.
56	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Important to maintain position in front of Perez.
56	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	OK Mark, we have to look after the rears this stint.
56	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Go mix P6. Sixteen laps to go.
57	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Rain should be getting better soon.
57	GianPiero Lambiase	Paul di Resta	We are free to push now. Especially in these conditions. We need to catch Ricciardo.
57	Marco Schupbach	Nico Hulkenberg	No risk of rain, only a few drops possibly, at times.
57	Nico Hulkenberg	Marco Schupbach	See. The Hard is a much better tyre. Much more robust. No graining.
58	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, watch for throttle-brake overlap. That’s the only way we’ll get the battery charged.
58	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Watch the rear slip. Diff seven.
59	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	OK, we’ve got 12 laps to go, mate. Pace looks good, we’re catching Pic. And blue flag, Di Resta.
59	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	OK, you’ve got blue flags for Vettel. How are the tyres?
59	Heikki Kovalainen	Mark Slade	The front tyres are going. Thr right-front is going a little bit. Understeery.
59	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	OK Heikki. You could try reducing diff entry locking and using the high-speed diff paddle.
59	Heikki Kovalainen	Mark Slade	OK.
59	Mark Slade	Heikki Kovalainen	And mix five,
62	Charles Pic	Tim Wright	Pic suffers suspension failure, ending his race Err?��?� something broke on the car.
62	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	OK Charles, understood. Can- pull off the track and kill the engine. Pull off the track and kill the engine.
62	Charles Pic	Tim Wright	Do you know what it was?
62	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	No, not yet. Turn the steering wheel so the car doesn’t run back onto the track.
62	Charles Pic	Tim Wright	I will have to stay on the car with the brake because if not the car roll back on the track.
62	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	OK, turn the steering wheel, Charles. Turn the steering wheel so the car doesn’t roll back on the track. And wave for the marshalls.
62	Charles Pic	Tim Wright	Yeah, but the steering wheel will not keep it up, I need the marshalls to keep the car.
62	Tim Wright	Charles Pic	Stay in the car. Stay in the car, help will come. Kill the car. P0.
64	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	OK Esteban, you can let him by now. Anyway, we’ll be quicker than him.
64	Esteban Gutierrez	Francesco Nenci	He is in front of me.
64	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Push, now. Push. He can get away.
64	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Italian Fernando, remember the pit entry issue. Remember the pit entry issue. It?��s still yellow.
64	Sebastian Vettel	Guillaume Rocquelin	Blue flag, come on.
66	Andrew Murdoch	Pastor Maldonado	Maldonado spins after contact with Vergne. OK Pastor, everything OK with the car? Watch the traffic coming from behind. Let Button go. Are you OK to finish? Just confirm.
66	Pastor Maldonado	Andrew Murdoch	The tyres are fine. We are OK.
67	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	The rain is going to pick up in a few laps’ time. Not enough, we think, to change tyres. But be careful – rain is picking up between now and the end of the race.
68	Max Chilton	Gary Gannon	Vibration is getting really bad, I’m not sure what it is.
69	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Where’s the rain, guys?
69	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	The rain has cleared, Lewis.
69	Francesco Nenci	Esteban Gutierrez	Sutil behind one second faster. Push, push.
70	Fernando Alonso	Andrea Stella	[In Italian] Do I have the fastest lap?
70	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	I don’t know at the moment. Two laps to go.
70	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Press the ‘ED’ button. Two laps to go. Hulkenberg 17 seconds behind. Perez six seconds in front.
71	Christian Horner	Mark Webber	One more lap, Mark. Enjoy it.
71	Mark Webber	Christian Horner	Yeah, thanks boys. I’ll enjoy the last lap, thank you.
VL	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Mate, no one has ever done what you’ve just done. In the history of the sport. Man, I’m proud.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	Guillaume Rocquelin	Guys, I’m so proud of you. I love you guys. As I said in Austin, remember this. Enjoy this, this moment. A team effort, guys. All year. All year’s hard work. Yes! We did it! This is unbelieveable.
VL	Christian Horner	Mark Webber	Applause can be heard in the background. Well done, mate. You’ve had some fantastic career. It’s been brilliant working with you. You can be proud of everything you’ve done, because we certainly are. Well done.
VL	Simon Rennie	Mark Webber	Nice job, mate. Absolutely brilliant. I know we made it pretty difficult for you, but very good drive. Good race craft, good pace. Nice job, mate. Mixture one please and use all the KERS if possible.
VL	Mark Temple	Sergio Perez	Absolutely sensational drive, Checo. P6. Awesome opening lap. Let’s use high gears, nice slow in lap. Low RPM. That was absolutely brilliant. It’s been great working with you and that was an awesome way to finish.
VL	Sergio Perez	Mark Temple	Thank you, guys. Thanks for everything and I wish you the best.
VL	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	OK Jenson, fantastic job, great result, great drive. So Jenson, yellow G3 is good, please. And please complete this in lap as normal. JB that’s a fantastic drive, P4.
VL	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Yeah, great job guys. I’m not going to say we’d have done any better starting further up, because I really don’t think we did. I think we got the maximum out of the car and that’s a good way to end the season. It’s been a tough old year for all of us and I want to say thank you to everyone for sticking with it. It’s been very, very painful, but it will defintely be a better next year. So congratulations everyone, good result with both cars. Happy way to end the year. Cheers guys.
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Mix four and pick up rubber. Good job, Nico. So order is; Vettel, Webber, Alonso, Button, yourself, Perez, Massa and then it looks like it’ll be Hulkenberg and then Lewis.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis, so that’s P9. That’s a great drive. Great drive there, man. Shame about Bottas – haven’t a clue what happened there – but secured 2nd in the constructor’s at least and got the result that we needed for the team.
VL	Stefano Domenicalli	Felipe Massa	Italian We love you. You will always be in our heart. And don’t forget an important thing, you are a world champion for us. Obrigado Feli.
VL	Felipe Massa	Rob Smedley	Part Italian. Thank you guys. Grazie mille [Thank you so much]. Don?��t say these things because I could cry at the wheel!
VL	Phil Charles	Jean-Eric Vergne	So hard luck today. Your pace in the last two stints was pretty good. I’m sorry you had the bad luck in the first two.
VL	Marco Matassa	Daniel Ricciardo	P10, Daniel! P10. Woo! Cool the brakes.
VL	Daniel Ricciardo	Marco Matassa	OK, understood. ? Grazie. Was not so easy. Struggling a lot with the right-front. Nice to at least get one point, so thank you.
VL	Giedo van der Garde	Juan Pablo Ramirez	OK guys. I don’t know what happened in the race, but I think this was for sure?��?� the leaders at least wait?��?� for me, the strategy, drive-through, I don’t know what it was. Anyway. Discuss later. A few words for the team. Mechanics, thanks a lot. You did a great job always. The car was good. Engineers, you learn me a lot. Thanks a lot. For you guys, I became a better driver.
VL	Paul Davison	Jules Bianchi	Chequered flag, Jules, chequered flag. Well done mate. Excellent job. Mix six, torque one mate. Well done.
VL	Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Chequered flag, Max. Nineteen straight finishes. Well done, dude. Great job.

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21 comments on “2013 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript”

Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
26th November 2013, 17:43
As you can see @WillWood produced the transcripts this week (as last) and did a smashing job to turn them around so quickly – I don’t think we’ve had the race one up on Wednesday before, never mind Tuesday!
He also transcribed a couple of lines Rob Smedley spoke in the Ferrari garage before the race that were audible on the pit wall channel though not via the radios:
[to an unidentified team member] “Tell Juliano on the radio about the crossing out of the list. And the message will be ‘manage KERS’. Make sure he crosses it out because when we’re there reading it out, I’ll read it.”
[to Massa] “So the corners that we talked about saving, here and here, OK? Here is a corner where you naturally carry a lot of speed on entry. You can modify them a bit by carrying a lot of speed and then being slow on the exit and saving the rears. Putting the car in the right position, OK? Tyre pressures are OK. We just have to find the right balance, because the track is ****ing green…”
Retired (@jeff1s)
26th November 2013, 18:47
This is so acceptable. It’s just unbelievable. Unbelieveable, @WillWood. Unbelieveable! So acceptable!
Thanks again for this great addition F1Fanatic.
1. Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
  26th November 2013, 19:56
  Seconded! Fantastic work, I think the thing that makes F1F so unique is the attention to detail for every facet of F1, and the team-radio articles are a fantastic example. I’ve enjoyed reading them this season. Thank you.
Nick (@npf1)
26th November 2013, 19:12
Great job @willwood, figured I’d thank the right guy this time. Alonso and Stella pretty chatty again.
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
26th November 2013, 20:01
Touching final message for Felipe there. Perez has showed a lot of class after being dropped, and his last message was totally classy. A certain Venezuelan could learn from Perez how to leave a team in a dignified manner!
1. Deej92 (@deej92)
  26th November 2013, 21:10
  Hear, hear. Perez’s attitude has been impressive since being dropped (as have his races since then). He’s been very graceful despite being in a difficult position. In fact, I’ve been impressed with his attitude throughout his short spell at McLaren. They’ve lost a good one there.
  1. Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
    26th November 2013, 22:33
    @deej92 You’re right, he’s been deeply impressive inside the car and out. He scored decent points in every race bar Japan since Singapore. He really settled down after the first half of the season and I think McLaren did him a disservice by not giving him another season. They really did lose a good one. Here’s hoping we see him at Force India in 2014!
    1. timi (@timi)
      27th November 2013, 10:11
      @colossal-squid @deej92 I too thought Perez’s attitude has been great since being dropped. But then I remembered these are drivers getting tonnes of money, not only for driving, but also for being great PR, BS machines. As a drvier for a team I’d imagine one big point in a contract would be how you represent the team, and what you say. Obviously with action being taken if you insult the team publicly, go out drunk etc etc. So I think it’s more him abiding by his contract than anything else :(
      I’d love to start an F1 team, just to have two puppets, and my hands up their…
2. Alex
  27th November 2013, 16:53
  Lol, considering some reports from people close to Perez in spanish press, Perez departure from McLaren was anything but classy, and he released his letter ahead of time to play the victim.
OmarR-Pepper (@)
26th November 2013, 20:29
Great job translating the Italian sections. Congratulations to @willwood and to @keithcollantine, I find funny you “apologize for having it late on Wednesday” when actually we can’t find this stuff anywhere else on the Web, not even in the FIA site. Congratulations to you both and thanks for keeping us informed.
PS: Will you keep working daily to inform us about the final seats confirmed during these weeks?
Waleran
26th November 2013, 21:43
Is this a complete list of radio transmissions? I ask because McLaren say their drivers reported Massa but these transmissions do not show in the list.
My main interest is to find out how many warnings were passed on to Massa before his penalty. From this list as it stands it looks as though only the final one was passed on and then without much clarity. Is this why he was so upset?
1. Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
  26th November 2013, 22:32
  Is this a complete list of radio transmissions?
  Far from it. These are the ones broadcast on the world feed or pit lane channel. I don’t think anyone but the FIA and the FOM have access to all messages. Plus most of the messages would be very boring.
2. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  26th November 2013, 22:37
  As it says in the article this is the messages that were broadcast. For example, in the article it also refers to the Mercedes driving complaining about Massa cutting the line but those messages weren’t broadcast either.
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
26th November 2013, 22:04
Respect to Will Wood, is he taking over he has uploaded loads of stuff. And less spelling mistakes…
periwinkle (@shena)
26th November 2013, 23:20
‘#PR JB: there’s a hesitation that’s causing underst- er sorry, causing wheelspin.’ It’s nothing but gave me a little chuckle!
I’m curious why Alonso asked if he got the fastest lap. Was there any other signs in the past that Alonso cared about F/L record? Don’t get me wrong. I just found it interesting, I’m not implying there’s anything wrong in that.
Speaking of F/L, without the drizzle during the later part of the race I guess Vettel would have gone for that and it would have been another grand chelem. Rosberg took the lead at the start but Vettel crossed the S/F line just ahead of him at the end of the opening lap.
Webber’s ‘OK’ on lap 41 was his answer to Rennie “You must stay away from the white line at pit entry.”, “We will get no more warnings.””
Indeed, many emotional messages after the race. Reading them doesn’t help me cope with withdrawal symptoms. :(
1. periwinkle (@shena)
  26th November 2013, 23:35
  Oh and thanks for the great work, Will Wood and Keith. These are one of my favorite features on here.
2. Whopper31
  27th November 2013, 0:52
  I think that’s just what he was trying to avoid – “another grand chelem” for Vettel.
  As some of his interviews show us, he seems to struggle with the fact that Vettel is becoming more and more a legend of the sport.
BasCB (@bascb)
27th November 2013, 8:35
Another lovely job with the team radio Keith, thanks @willwood to have included everything you have with remarks as well and to do it that fast too!
We will have to ask you to do sports cars endurance race team radio too now :-P
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  27th November 2013, 8:42
  @bascb That would be excruciating!
GeeMac (@geemac)
27th November 2013, 8:56
“Max Chilton Gary Gannon Guys I’m struggling with front locking. And low traction overall.”
Max Chilton, out Button-ing Button! ;)
Ingreen
28th November 2013, 10:06
Thank you very much for the radio transcripts. This is great stuff from @WillWood, and it shows to what extent F1 is so technical.
I have a question: how do you put your hands on the transcripts?.
Aren’t they supposed to be strictly confidential, apart from the few fragments the teams (or FIA?) allow us to hear during GP’s.