2014 Canadian GP qualifying team radio transcript

The margins between making it into the next round of qualifying and being eliminated were incredibly fine in Canada. That meant every aspect of setting a time became ultra-critical.

This was particularly true when it came to tyre preparation, which was an area of concern for several drivers as the team radio transcript below shows. Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez were among those who felt they didn’t get the lap time they could have done because they failed to prepare their tyres well enough on their out-laps.

Other drivers had more basic problems, such as Pastor Maldonado who was struck by a technical fault once again in qualifying.

Nico Rosberg’s immediate reaction to claiming another pole position was not broadcast. However several other drivers were clearly pleased with their performances – including Jean-Eric Vergne, who reached Q3 at the track where he also impressed last year.

Here’s what the drivers had to say on the radios during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

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2014 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying team radio transcript

Phase	Time	From	To	Message
Q1	15:25	Angel Baena	Marcus Ericsson	BB offset six.
Q1	15:19	Andrew Murdoch	Felipe Massa	OK, you’ve got Maldonado four seconds ahead on an out-lap, and then Hulkenberg six seconds behind also on an out-lap.
Q1	15:10	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	So we need to try and get past Ericsson – we can see that you’re trying.
Q1	15:00	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So straight out. Track is clear. For reference, wind direction has changed slightly from P3. It’s now a crosswind on the back straight. Just need to learn the gears.
Q1	12:39	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	I’ve got smoke coming out of the front-right brake pad.
Q1		Dave Robson	Jenson Button	OK Jenson, just need to learn seventh and eighth. Everything looks OK, and Yellow-G3. Yellow-G3.
Q1	11:45	Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	Pedal-12, SOC-10. Could be that the track is a little slower right now. Maximise throttle, maximise charging. Behind you is Kimi, should be in phase. Maybe is attempting another lap, I’ll keep you up to date. Keep those fronts on temp like we discussed. The rears are OK.
Q1	11:03	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So Lewis, you may be able to push for two laps, so think about that. Cancel the ‘magic’ and strat-5.
Q1	9:20	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Nico, please give us a radio check. [No response] And Nico, give us a radio check please. Give us a radio check. [Still no response] So Nico, not sure if you can hear us, we can’t hear you. So go strat-5, strat 5.
Q1	7:40	Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	Confirm lap and confirm front wing Adrian.
Q1		Adrian Sutil	Marco Schupbach	It’s a bit oversteery.
Q1		Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	OK, copy that. So we go minus two.
Q1		Adrian Sutil	Marco Schupbach	And the traction’s quite low. Front locking is same.
Q1		Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	OK, understood. Front wing will also help with traction. So we go minus two. Rosberg is three seconds behind and behind him, another three to Alonso. And Adrian, we’re thinking three laps, is that OK?
Q1		Adrian Sutil	Marco Schupbach	Yes that’s OK.
Q1		Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	OK, understood. Box, box. Rosberg I think slowed down.
Q1	6:27	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	Track seems to be slow for everybody.
Q1	5:10	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Yeah it’s still pretty similar to the morning. Still trying to fight it a bit, wonder if I should change. Front took a while to warm up.
Q1	3:35	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Car’s moving around quite a bit in braking.
Q1		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK, understood.
Q1		Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Seems to be darting about a bit when I hit the brake.
Q1		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Understood.
Q1		Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	So I’ve got time for one more, do I?
Q1		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	We have got time.
Q1	1:45	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Vettel is in P13 OK Sebastian we’re not going again.
Q1	0:40	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Perez had a spin and is currently behind you. So we think we’re going to be alright.
Q1	0:25	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Maldonado pulls off the circuit Some problem with the engine.
Q1		Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	OK, scenario two, please.
Q1		Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Stop the car, Pastor. Stop the car.
Q1	0:16	Marco Matassa	Daniil Kvyat	Ericsson crashes at turn nine and the session is stopped. Save tyres, red flag. Save tyres, red flag. Box.
Q1		Gary Gannon	Max Chilton	Red flag, Max, red flag. Come straight in, pull up and we’ll get the tyres wrapped.
Q1		Tim Wright	Kamui Kobayashi	Car is safe. OK Kamui, Maldonado, 18.3, P17. Chilton, 18.3. Then Bianchi, 18.3. Then yourself 19.3 and Ericsson 19.8. Can I have your feedback please on warm-up and balance?
Q1		Kamui Kobayashi	Tim Wright	I think it’s hard to get the grip from the fronts so I think that front warm-up could be a little bit better. I think basically, the car is front-limited into turn one, turn two. And then we’re getting more understeer through the last corner.
Q2	14:46	Marco Schupbach	Adrian Sutil	Track is clear.
Q2	12:50	Marco Matassa	Daniil Kvyat	Work on your brakes, the position is good, you can pace yourself.
Q2	12:40	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	So that’s Kvyat ahead, new super-soft, and Massa behind, new super-soft. BBW is active, Checo. OK so push Kvyat all the way and just increase your gap toward the final chicane. And it will be purple mode one before the final chicane.
Q2	10:47	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg’s radio is working again. OK just confirm you’re going for lap two and give us a radio check.
Q2		Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Affirm lap two, radio check is OK.
Q2		Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy, copy. So strat mode is good. Front brake temperatures coming up together. So we’re going for lap two. You’ve currently got 20 seconds behind you. Tyre temperatures are 11 front ant 10 rear so just remember taking it easy through turn five, turn seven. Don’t get the tyres too hot.
Q2	9:34	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull notice Rosberg isn’t pushing for a time and advise Ricciardo, who’s ahead of the Mercedes, to drop back and make use of the extra space for his lap. Rosberg looks like he’s on a build lap, so if you need to make space to Grosjean you can, Rosberg now eight seconds behind you. Mode seven. Rosberg is making space behind you, you can make six seconds gap behind you.
Q2	8:00	Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	How was the lap, Fernando?
Q2		Fernando Alonso	Andrea Stella	Good, very good.
Q2		Andrea Stella	Fernando Alonso	OK, it’s Bottas and Massa, they did a 15.8, 15.9, us 16.1. Still no problem behind us, just Grosjean in P7, watch for him. Then you 16.1, Hulkenberg 16.3, Raikkonen 16.3, Vergne 16.3, Vettel 16.5.
Q2	6:44	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	How’s the balance, Checo?
Q2		Sergio Perez	Gianpiero Lambiase	Not able to get front end on the first timed lap. I think I needed a little bit more aggressive [unclear] for the start of the lap.
Q2	4:01	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	Perez’s tyre prepration went better for his final run, but he still wasn’t able to make the cut for Q3. Tyre pressures and temperatures look better. It’ll be purple mode one before the final chicane. Weave in a straight line now, get the front tyres in.
Q2	2:44	Ayao Komatsu	Romain Grosjean	Scenario one at the end of the straight.
Q2	0:58	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Straight out. You shuold be all clear, you’ve got two cars behind you.
Q2		Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	What strategy?
Q2		Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	It’ll be strat mode eight. You’ve got brake magic on. You’ve got Magnussen and Button behind, both on out laps. Nico the car ahead, six seconds, also on an out lap. We’ll be going for one timed lap. So update strat mode it’ll be strat mode five. Tyres are 105 all round. Youve’ got Magnussen behind, 0.6 of a second.
Q2	0:00	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Vettel moves up from the drop zone to get into Q3. P5. Good job, mate.
Q2	0:00	Dave Robson	Jenson Button	We’re safely through so we can box this lap. Yellow G2, cool the brakes and box this lap.
Q2	0:00	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Less than a tenth of a second covered the cars from eighth to twelfth. Hulkenberg was eleventh. And one tenth would have seen you in P8. Just half a tenth, that’s all you needed.
Q3	11:42	Jean-Eric Vergne	Xevi Pujolar	Messages from the end of Q2. What was the result?
Q3		Xevi Pujolar	Jean-Eric Vergne	We are P10 but not finished yet. Yes, P10. Good job, Jev.
Q3		Jean-Eric Vergne	Xevi Pujolar	Yes, yes!
Q3	9:47	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	Track is clear. Think about this out-lap pace.
Q3	7:13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Just bring the tyres up a little bit more if you want. Just remember good brake into the last corner, just to bring everything up.
Q3		Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Bring the tyres up or down?
Q3		Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	You can bring them up if you’re a little bit nervous about it, more. Strat five and remember a good brake into the last corner. Temperatures are 12 front and 10.5 rear.
Q3	4:55	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton looked on course to beat Rosberg’s first lap in Q3 but lost time in the final sector. So that’s P2 at the moment, six-hundredths, it’s just that last sector with traffic by the look of it.
Q3	4:47	Jenson Button	Dave Robson	Button did his first run on used tyres. Yeah, just generally low grip as you would expect.
Q3	3:12	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Clear track ahead and behind. You’re currently P5, a tenth behind Bottas in P3. Massa is very close, just ahead of us a couple of thousandths. Rosberg is currently quickest, Rosberg is six-tenths ahead.
Q3		Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Understood.
Q3		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	How’s the balance?
Q3		Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Yeah I didn’t get as good an out-lap so just felt the fronts struggled a little bit more initially. So I think the key is a good out-lap.
Q3		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK understood. It should be easier next time with everyone on the same programme.
Q3	1:01	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	There’s a couple of tenths in the first sector, a tenth in the middle sector, and not a lot in the last sector. Sebastian do you want a bit of front wing?
Q3		Sebastian Vettel	Guillaume Rocquelin	Yes please go up three clicks.
Q3		Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Copy.
Q3	0:00	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Rosberg claims pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix. You are P1 Nico, good job, really good job, well done. Just looking after the tyres on the in-lap.
Q3	0:00	Jonathan Eddollls	Valtteri Bottas	Good effort Valtteri. So we’re P4, excellent stuff.
Q3	0:00	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Fighting the rear. It’s all over the place at the rear.
Q3		Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK, understood. We finished P6. Four hundredths away from P3, very tight. Rosberg was a 14.8, Hamilton 14.9, Vettel was P3, 15.55.
Q3	0:00	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddollls	Thank you guys. Well done everybody. Tomorrow should be good.

Phase/time: Refers to point at which message was broadcast. There may be a delay between messages being said and being broadcast. PQ = pre-qualifying.
Message: Repetitive or irrelevant messages omitted. Notes in italics. Highlights in bold.

Q1 transcription by @WillWood.

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10 comments on “2014 Canadian GP qualifying team radio transcript”

Retired (@jeff1s)
8th June 2014, 9:33

Button hasn’t articulated once over the weekend, my wife even wondered if he was drunk :P

Delighted to see JEV finally having some qualifying speed. Thanks guys.
WH
8th June 2014, 14:19

Glad these are back – they’re my favourite post-event features. Thanks to Keith and co for putting them together… Here’s hoping that the last two race transcripts surface some time. Monaco in particular should contain some gems.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
8th June 2014, 14:46

Interesting that Rosberg is asked to look after the tyres on his inlap at the end of Q3. You would think that they would not use those tyres again?
1. Martin (@aardvark)
  8th June 2014, 16:26
  
  The top ten drivers have to start the race on the same tyres as they qualified with.
  1. Andrei (@crandreico)
    8th June 2014, 17:11
    
    Wrong. All top ten start the races on the set of tyres they used to set their best time in Q2.
Punisher
11th June 2014, 21:45

Race Transcript ? Come on guy, no race transcript since Chineese GP please don’t take us for fools !
Jo
12th June 2014, 22:55

@Punisher indeed!!
the skwirrell
15th June 2014, 15:49

thanks for the transcripts. THANKS wish we could have the race ones, too.
kenneth chapman
9th July 2014, 9:36

sorry to be persistent but despite problems originally…are you ever going to release the team radio transcripts for the monaco race this year? i somehow feel as if they being deliberately withheld for some strange reason.
kenneth chapman
12th July 2014, 11:51

hello keith, any reason why you are not responding to my last email? thanks ken