2015 Austrian Grand Prix team radio transcript

2015 Austrian Grand Prix

25th June 2015, 11:5530th June 2015, 0:07 | Written by Keith Collantine

Have the current power units have become too complicated for the drivers to manage? Jenson Button and Valtteri Bottas were perplexed by two of the instructions which came from the pit wall during the Austrian Grand Prix.

In Button’s case, his instruction to change a setting he couldn’t identify came shortly before McLaren decided to retire his car to prevent damage to his Honda power unit.

Marcus Ericsson suffered persistent problems with his power unit during the race as well. He made it to the chequered flag, but his Ferrari power plant cut out on more than one occasion during the race.

In the battle for the lead, Lewis Hamilton was disappointed his bid to get ahead of Nico Rosberg during their mid-race pit stops failed and requested an explanation from the pit wall. His race engineer told him they had gambled on Rosberg getting held up behind Massa, only for the Williams driver to head to the pits.

Hamilton was at least able to salvage second place, but there were no points for Daniil Kvyat following his first-lap contact with Sergio Perez. His Red Bull suffered bodywork damage and after taking the flag he reported the race had been “like hell”.

Here are all the radio messages which were played during the television coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix.

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2015 Austrian Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Syncrhonise all the gears before turn two.
PR	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Happy for you to apply the brakes harder for turns two and three on this lap.
PR	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	And I’ll need the helmet on the grid, the visor is not sealing well, still got air coming through.
PR	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Brakes still didn’t get quite good bite but felt at least even across the axle at the moment.
PR	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK.
PR	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Pre-start revs was really bad, I guess you heard?
PR	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Yeah, saw that.
PR	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Balance feels good
PR	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that, that’s all good.
PR	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	All OK, Dany?
PR	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Yeah all OK.
PR	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Up on the front flap, another 0.25
PR	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	OK we need to go into the garage to do that Nico, look for Nath, go on wheelie boards again.
PR	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Plus 0.3.
PR	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	OK so when you get into the garage please go up one turn on the front wing, please.
PR	David Greenwood	Unknown	So, happy with balance, there was a little bit of understeer, but by going to diff-int zero we feel that’s a better approach that front wing. He tried on that lap.
PR	Unknown	David Greenwood	OK copy, for me it is more or less between zero or plus one it is up to the driver. Fuoco reported very high grip at the start in GP3.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Unknown	Jock it looks like the track goes from left to right downhill.
PR	Unknown	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis, Jocky. Yes it does but very little. And the run to the first corner is very short. So I don’t think there is anything to be gained plus or minus, you would look slightly to the right, but you would generally approach T1 from the middle, or drift to the middle. If you’re lining up you would be very slightly to the right but not much.
PR	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Quite a few clouds around, so maybe some light rain, a bit like we had this morning in the GP2 race. so you may get a bit on your visor but it won’t settle on the ground, so just to be aware there may be a few spots.
PR	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Everyone on [super-soft] except Alonso, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Perez
PR	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Kimi to the right of you, Perez ahead and Maldonado in tenth starting on [soft] tyres
FL	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Very under-engaged clutch, no initial drive at all.
FL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy that Nico
FL	Jenson Button	Unknown	Just had a false neutral, then pulled for another gear and it went to first.
FL	Unknown	Jenson Button	It’s looking OK, Jenson. OK try to learn five, six, seven and eight.
2	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Front wing. Should be OK, should be OK. No, front wing…
2	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK, box and confirm.
2	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Right, keep looking, keep watching.
2	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Is Fernando OK is he OK?
2	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Yes he is out of the car, he’s OK. Raikkonen also out of the car.
3	Will Stevens	Josh Peckett	Check for punctures there was load of debris on the track
3	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah we did get through a lot of debris as his front wing fell off, don’t know if you can see anything in the data straight after that, just before turn three.
4	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	The engine in the Manor behind me looks like it is blowing
4	Josh Peckett	Will Stevens	OK Will stop the car, park the car by the side of the circuit, stop the car.
4	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Don’t suppose you are interested in pitting, are you, for the other tyre?
4	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	I still think it’s better to take the penalty on this tyre.
4	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah but I mean not stopping.
4	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson our intent is to following the Safety Car into the pits and take the penalty immediately, as soon as the Safety Car period ends, and then effectively start the race on this tyre.
4	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	So we don’t think we can do the race on the other set of tyres? The whole way?
4	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	OK, understood Jenson, Let’s try that. Box this lap.
4	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	OK box this lap.
4	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	There might be some light spots of rain in the first 20 minutes of the race but we don’t expect it to be significant rain. But we will keep you informed.
5	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Be mindful on the restart pressures are low. Be careful wirth locking, that would really hurt us.
6	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Pretty sure it may well go this lap. Cars are clear. Remember Safety Car line one is where there’s no overtaking until. The Safety Car lghts will go out between five and six, you’ll control the pace threre.
6	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	The Safety Car is in this lap that means we are box this lap to serve your penalty. Box this lap
6	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	OK box this lap,
8	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Come on he is weaving all over the place. Check if there is any damage.
8	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	All OK at the moment, keep going.
9	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson default X5B.
9	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	You’re going to explain that one to me, I can’t find it.
9	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson slow the car please, slow the car.
9	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah there is no 5B.
9	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	OK slow in-lap, and we need to box
9	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	OK.
9	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Box this lap, retire the car
12	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Grosjean behind on the super soft. In seven or eight laps, you will be on the better tyre.
12	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	How is the balance?
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Understeer at the moment
12	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	OK front brakes are hot, need to get some free air
13	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Nasr is slowing me down.
13	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain we need to try and pass this Perez, pass Perez.
13	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Yeah but it’s not possible.
14	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Cars from P7 to P10 lapping in 1.13.4. Pick up the pace at this stage if you can.
16	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Great overtake
16	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	OK that is a good job pulling away from Sainz, he does not have DRS.
17	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	So for your info Dany, we do have quite a bit of bodywork damage which will affect your balance mostly from the front. So adjust your control system as you need to, you are going in the right direction.
18	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Good job there Lewis, closing the gap nice and steady
20	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Are you being held up?
20	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Yes a little bit, but not too much, just when I get quite close it is difficult
20	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Understood, Pastor.
20	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Clipping is getting bigger and bigger.
20	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Go to battery 7. Gap to Nasr 2.6 behind. It would be good to increase the gap behind to have margin
21	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	That is a good lap there
21	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	How are the [softs] performing?
21	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	[Softs] not as strong as this tyre
23	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	Engine breakdown
23	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK full switch-off proceure.
23	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	It’s on again
23	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK, try to continue
23	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	It just went black, the whole screen
23	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK copy Marcus, continue and stand by.
24	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	You are in the window, do the opposite of Hulkenberg
24	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	You mean box now if he doesn’t?
24	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Negative, stay out only if is a Safety Car.
25	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	I am starting to lose the rear in turn two.
25	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Balance understeer tyre phase three.
25	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	How many laps on this tyre do you think?
25	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Seven.
25	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Pit confirm and box, torque map six, watch the line.
25	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	I continue becsue Nasr stopped
26	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Ricciardo on exit
27	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Verstappen is in, we are racing Verstappen, give it everything you have got at this stage please Dany.
27	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Graining on the right-front now.
27	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy copy
28	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	The leaders are starting to pit now
30	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	How are the tyres?
30	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	The grip remains pretty stable
31	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Behind is Grosjean, Nasr and Sainz who have all pitted. You are ahead of them on track and have effective race position, OK?
32	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Engine failure or something, no power, no power.
32	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	OK standby we are looking into it.
32	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	It is coming back.
33	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So one more lap, go strat seven, push hard now. Box, Nico.
33	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Time to start picking up the pace, it won’t be long.
33	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	We need fail 11 fail again
33	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	No…
33	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Understood, Carlos.
34	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis you can have strat nine, full deploy.
34	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	OK we are trying to go as long as possible
35	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Tyres still OK
35	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK just manage those front temps.
36	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Tyre update when you can.
36	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	It’s OK I just have no grip on the front.
37	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	There is a problem with the gearbox. Yeah, I don’t have any mroe gears.
37	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Try not to change gear and come back slowly to the box.
39	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	No change no change
39	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Fail 11 fail again and blue flag to Massa behind.
39	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	No change.
39	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	OK we will box this lap. The race is over for us Carlos, sorry for that.
39	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	What a real shame, guys.
39	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Yes Carlos, you were doing a very good race on pace. You are safe to jump out, mate.
39	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Update pace
39	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Gap at 4.6.
39	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	OK Pastor strat six please.
39	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Watch the white line, watch the white line
39	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	The next two cars behind, Bottas and Hulkenberg, will not pit again.
39	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Race update: Maldonado approaching, Nasr behind on fresh [super-softs]. Perez exited the pit lane also on fresh [super-softs].
40	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Strat mode ten.
41	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK we have a penalty for crossing the white line on exit, it’s just a five-second penalty, this will be added to our race time. So that means we need to be five seconds ahead of the car behind to maintain our position.
41	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Which one did I touch?
41	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	It was pit exit, we are reviewing.
41	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	How did he get so far ahead?
41	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	That tyre’s faster, mate, straight out of the box,. Massa pitted.
41	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	What’s the reason you didn’t pit me?
41	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Massa was traffic-ing you… er, Massa was traffic-ing Nico but boxed just before he caught him.
42	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Info, Lewis has a five second time penalty added to his time
46	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So debris has been dislodged so aero balance should be back to normal
48	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	Same thing again
48	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK just restart, restart
48	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	OK I’m going again
48	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Good Marcus, keep pushing.
49	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Maldonado on [super-softs] doing 12.5 behind you. We might be racing him later on so if you can hold him up it will help.
51	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Good job Pastor, well done.
52	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Torque 1, remember this will be a five second penalty so watch the lights.
52	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Can you give us a tyre phase?
52	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Not too bad, just losing a bit of tractio nand entry stability, but it is controllable so far.
58	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK Dany so there could still be a point in it for us. Nasr we believe we may be able to catch and pass at the end of the race, so it just takesone more retirement and we’re in the points, so keep pushing.
58	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	OK. Ricciardo?
58	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Daniel we think will be effectively P10 once he passes Nasr.
59	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	We think we have more life in this tyre, we can push to the end. Ricciardo may be close behind at the end of the race.
60	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	On multi-B, MGU-H 14.
60	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	There is no button like that.
60	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	MGU 14
62	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	OK this is really good, still managing the gap to Vettel, still two seconds behind, let’s get onto the back of these two, they are getting blue flagged. Nasr and Riccirdo are racing but we are a lot quicker than Nasr, this is our opportunity to ge both of them.
62	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate it’s time to get amongst it. Need to keep status ten. May have a chance of catching Perez ahead. You are catching him. There is a chance at the end of the race.
64	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	I have very bad vibrations
64	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	OK understood, we are looking into it.
65	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	We think it is a front-left flat spot.
66	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Vibration storng on the right front, it is not a flat spot
66	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy, we’ll check metrics
67	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Perez is starting to struggle, we still might catch him, try and hang on to the back of these guys.
68	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	We are low on fuel, now, just be careful the guy behind.
68	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Tell me what to do.
68	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Scenario four.
68	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Are you sure there is no reliability concern with the tyre?
68	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Not at the moment, Nico.
68	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	All eyes on that.
68	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Absolutely, no concerns at the moment.
69	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	The closer you can stay to the cars in front, the more opportunities we’ll get, then you can pounce.
70	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	I locked up
70	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Tyres have completely gone
71	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	One more lap, look out for these two in front, they are battling.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Woo! Yeah guys, yes, come on guys!
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Great job
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Awesome car today, thank you very much.
VL	Roberto Merhi	Nicholas Perrinn	Guys thank you. The car was good all the race. [Unclear] that’s what cost a little bit of lap time [unclear] really good pit stop. The strategy was really good and not too much traffic during the race, it was really good.
VL	Nicholas Perrinn	Roberto Merhi	Yep really good mate that’s P14.
VL	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Well driven Marcus. It was very difficult especially with the electronic blackouts.
VL	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	It was not good, I think we could have been quick.
VL	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	I think we could have been quick as well, I think there was more in there.
VL	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	Really sorry, guys.
VL	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Hard luck, tough race mate. Too much damage in the end.
VL	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	It was like hell.
VL	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	I’m sorry that we let you down again with the braek cooling, for the second time in two events. It really cost us a lot there, points were possible, and I think you deserved it.
VL	Felipe Nasr	Craig Gardiner	It’s a shame. We need to fix that.
VL	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate good effort today. One more lap I think we’d have had a good chance at Perez, good effort.
VL	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Thanks guys. Was pretty good on the [super-soft] there, wasn’t too bad I thought, the balance. Was quite fun at the end.
VL	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Yeah very good pace, mate, did a good job. Looked like deg was quite low, there, on [super-soft].
VL	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Well done Checo, great job, well done.
VL	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	I had horrible vibrations.
VL	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Checo, understood about the vibration, we see it getting worse and we hear it on the radio.
VL	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Good job, very good job.
VL	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	It’s just a shame about that last position. I really couldn’t hold him back.
VL	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	I think it was a really big challenge to keep him behind for many laps.
VL	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Anyway I have to say the car was great. Super-soft and soft, the car was behaving well.
VL	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Yes, that is correct.
VL	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Finally some points again, I think that’s the most important.
VL	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Well done Pastor. Wow. Fantastic race. Absolutely brilliant Pastor, mate, well done.
VL	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Was quite close at the end. But great job, guys, Great job.
VL	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	That was absolutely superb, Pastor, thank you very much.
VL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Well done mate, P6, very good job. Great drive mate.
VL	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Thanks you gents! Obviously worked well but at the end there’s less tyre life, less margin than I thought we would have. Quite tricky in the end braking and grip-wise also.
VL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy that Nico. We was one of the very first to go for it. There was a couple of cars one lap earlier further in the pack. But we was quite early on the trigger, think it worked for strategy, just unfortunate we couldn’t beat Bottas really.
VL	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Yeah that was just too quick.
VL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Copy that, mate.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Nice job there Valtteri, P5.
VL	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Just a shame we couldn’t really race. We’re saving things. But next time.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that.
VL	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	P4, Sebastian. Good effort and sorry for the pit stop.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Yeah don’t worry guys. It can happen. Car was great all race but no way to pass him. They were too strong on the straights. I tried everything. Thank you, guys.
VL	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Rosberg P1, Hamilton second, 3.8 seconds behind Rosberg.
VL	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	Said in an ironic tone. Ah, surprise surprise.
VL	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	Fantastic job Felipe. Great job those last few laps, brilliant all weekend.
VL	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Yeah guys, very good I’m so happy. I’m so happy with how we raced, when we kept behind then we picked up the others so we didn’t make mistake. Well done guys, well done.
VL	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	Thanks Felipe and as I said absolutely fantastic job you’ve driven brilliantly there. Did all the work on Friday, that’s paid off. Nice work.
VL	Rob Smedley	Felipe Massa	Well done mate that was an absolutely great weekend. Really proud of you. I said to you a few races ago, not bad for an old man. Good lad, thank you.
VL	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Yep. Not bad for an old man.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Ok Lewis well done mate, not the result we wanted but P2, we’ll take that
VL	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	What was the gap behind?
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Oh gap was plenty Lewis, 13.7, so P2.

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32 comments on “2015 Austrian Grand Prix team radio transcript”

PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
25th June 2015, 13:04

Yeah don’t worry guys. It can happen. Car was great all race but no way to pass him. They were too strong on the straights. I tried everything. Thank you, guys.

And there are still people who keep saying he is arrogant and childish. Ecclestone might not see him as the best champion but among all those drug addicted celebrities thinking they own the world I rather see Vettel as a role model. The way he has protected, yes protected, his family from the entire media circus is worth massive amounts of respect.
1. The Skeptic
  25th June 2015, 14:17
  
  Yep. I like that kind of easygoing maturity from Vettel. he’s one of the greatest world champions ever. I’d love to see him, Alonso, and Hamilton in identical cars!!!
2. ResultantAsteroid
  25th June 2015, 14:22
  
  +1
  Just like some people kept complaining about him raising his finger to state he was the winner and number 1 whenever he won a race. When people were angry and envious for their favorite driver(s) losing to Vettel at that time, I think it was still not normal for them to feel as if he was showing them the “finger”. I mean only a person who has issues with admitting defeat can twist a number one finger to a another finger. This reflected/reflects on those people, not on Vettel.
  1. Malik (@)
    25th June 2015, 19:21
    
    @ResultantAsteroid: The reason why Vettel waive his finger after each pole position or win is that during his childhood he had a horrible accident in Spa and his right index finger (the finger he shows) almost had to be cut off. It was stitched back together and he recovered. After that he used the finger as sign of fighting back not arrogance. And it makes sense because he is the Phoenix bird of F1. I remember his comebacks after each disapponitment and reliability issues in RedBull and his heroic drive in Brazil 2012.
    1. ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
      25th June 2015, 22:25
      
      That sounds like the story of the battle of Agincourt, after which English soldiers displayed their intact longbow string-holding fingers to their enemies. Make no mistake, F1 is a war. It is a deadly dangerous business. Sebastien Vettel has proved to be a consistent force to be reckoned with.
    2. uan (@uan)
      27th June 2015, 22:31
      
      @malik
      
      thanks for that story, I didn’t know it (I knew about the finger, but I didn’t know that was why he raises the finger.)
      1. Malik (@)
        28th June 2015, 0:48
        
        @uan : You are welcome :)
  2. Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
    26th June 2015, 14:39
    
    hey, i had a long “Seb is awesome and i’m a fan of his now” comment here; where did it go?
    I know i pointed out Lewis’s shortcomings once or twice … maybe on more than one site, but still, where did my comment go; took me 10 min to write it.
3. Ed
  25th June 2015, 15:59
  
  It’s the way he is, moving his team ahead.
  A lot of times on his Red Bull days he did behave like a spoiled child, yes. I remember on Hungary 2012 he was stuck behind Button and said “i can’t overtake him! DO SOMETHING!” Cringeworthy stuff, i say.
  
  But i could not care less about this. I watch the races to see the drivers that these guys are. Don’t care about the kind of people they are.
  1. darry
    25th June 2015, 18:31
    
    Why are you commenting if you don’t care?
  2. rm
    25th June 2015, 19:57
    
    I’m skeptical that he actually said “do something” in ALL CAPS, plus boldface type, and then put an exclamation point! at the end for good measure, those all being things it is not possible to do while speaking. You’re taking some considerable editorial liberties. I also don’t think “we need to do something with strategy to get past this guy in front” is really all that “cringeworthy”, it’s a common enough thing in F1.
    1. Ed
      26th June 2015, 2:38
      
      HE could do something. Overtake. No?
      1. PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
        26th June 2015, 5:21
        
        But I guess Hamilton in Spain saying it is impossible on a straight with a two times as long straight and easy DRS in a much better car saying it was impossible so they changed the strategy was fine though…
        
        And that was with a car strong in a straight line. The RB never was, and then on the Hungaroring..
        
        Pointless comment all together.
    2. Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
      26th June 2015, 14:40
      
      He did say that; in CAPS. but i forgive him; i grew to like him; and he’s wearing red now ;P)
Matthijs (@matthijs)
25th June 2015, 13:34

“68 Max Verstappen Xevi Pujolar We are low on fuel, now, just be careful the guy behind.
68 Xevi Pujolar Max Verstappen Tell me what to do.

Verstappen is so experienced that Xevi asks Max what to do with fuel and defending ;)
Retired (@jeff1s)
25th June 2015, 13:34

VL – Sebastian Vettel to Riccardo Adami (Said in an ironic tone): Ah, surprise surprise.

I still don’t know what he meant…
1. IJW (@)
  25th June 2015, 13:45
  
  It’s a Merc 1-2; again!
IJW (@)
25th June 2015, 13:47

I thought Jock Clear had gone to Ferrari. Didn’t they poach him after the 2014 season? So, why is he still working for Mercedes?
Park
25th June 2015, 13:52

We had 22 pieces of radio from or toButon IN the race
Sainz 20
ham 19
GRO 17
Kvyat 16
Rosberg 16
Ricciardo 13
Verstappen 11
Ericsson 10
Bottas 9
perez 8
hulk 7
Pastor 6
Stevens 2
Nasr 1
Vettel 1
Massa 1
Kimi 0
Alonso 0
Merhi 0
1. Jordi Casademunt (@casjo)
  25th June 2015, 15:49
  
  Considering how early Button retired, that’s impressive.
2. DonSmee (@david-beau)
  25th June 2015, 17:38
  
  Not all transmissions are broadcast.
3. Charles King (@charleski)
  25th June 2015, 18:31
  
  It’s looking OK, Jenson. OK try to learn five, six, seven and eight.
  
  Jenson was doing warmups for Strictly at the same time, so they wanted to have coverage of that.
  1. PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
    25th June 2015, 21:16
    
    @charleski Oh, I though he was learning to count to ten.
TheBullWhipper (@thebullwhipper)
25th June 2015, 20:30

@keithcollantine could you possibly help me understand what this message means and why it’s important please.
Many thanks

20 Max Verstappen Xevi Pujolar Clipping is getting bigger and bigger.
Atticus (@atticus-2)
25th June 2015, 20:40

VL Nico Hulkenberg Brad Joyce Thanks you gents! Obviously worked well but at the end there’s less tyre life, less margin than I thought we would have. Quite tricky in the end braking and grip-wise also.
VL Brad Joyce Nico Hulkenberg Copy that Nico. We was one of the very first to go for it. There was a couple of cars one lap earlier further in the pack. But we was quite early on the trigger, think it worked for strategy, just unfortunate we couldn’t beat Bottas really.

It’s when I read things like this that I just can’t help but think teams got every opponents pace as a known quantity post-Friday and in the race especially.

Going into details, Force India could have, based on the above messages, known the exact deg of the prime as soon as another car put it on and ran two laps on it – enginerrs would work out the laptime difference, check how’s the pace of that particular car in general, subtract the numbers and get the data. Then act accordingly.

It’s just amazing the sheer size of the data flows and the amount of sensory-telemetric data streams going back and forth. It must be way higher than any of us can possibly imagine. In this sense, it’s even funnier when the usual PR machine drivers kick in their post-Friday or post-Saturday assessments with the phrases ‘we don’t know where the others are, we’re only concentrating on ourselves.’
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
25th June 2015, 21:56

Perhaps the Ferrari engines aren’t particularly easy to program? I can’t even imagine the complexity of these systems. Can we not cut Kimi some slack?
1. pSynrg (@psynrg)
  26th June 2015, 13:04
  
  @ferrox-glideh A former world champion getting paid in the region of $20m a year? Just where should the slack be cut from?
  
  He has been overrated since day one. He’s only ever mopped up when others have failed. Including his title (HAM / ALO / Stepney etc.)
  
  The only respect I have for Kimi is for how long he’s managed to blag it…
  1. Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
    26th June 2015, 14:51
    
    Not quite! He’s been amazing in 2003 – 2007;
    In 2007 when he won the title he had the most wins and most retirements of the top pack so 100% deserved.
    He’s been awesome in the Lotus since the return.
    It’s just these new Ferraris he does not get along with, yet i hope; he better change that soon, because i him to stay in F1.
    And he’s the coolest of them all (Seb is coming strong from behind).
    And he can pull a “i’m disappointed to be on the podium” face; Lewis has tried that all season long but he does not do it properly.
    1. ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
      30th June 2015, 19:23
      
      Kimi was pretty good in 2012 too.
iFelix (@ifelix)
26th June 2015, 13:24

Yeah don’t worry guys. It can happen. Car was great all race but no way to pass him. They were too strong on the straights. I tried everything. Thank you, guys.

Vettel is rising in my esteem: it was wise to be gracious even though the pit-stop problem cost him the podium. Marchionne and Arivvabene can do the shouting at the culprit (which seems to be the wheel nut designer).
AldoG
26th June 2015, 15:37

VL Dave Robson Felipe Massa Thanks Felipe and as I said absolutely fantastic job you’ve driven brilliantly there. Did all the work on Friday, that’s paid off. Nice work.
VL Rob Smedley Felipe Massa Well done mate that was an absolutely great weekend. Really proud of you. I said to you a few races ago, not bad for an old man. Good lad, thank you.

I wonder about the meaning of “doing the work on Friday?
1. Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
  26th June 2015, 17:52
  
  Car setup, setting up for pace on long runs or qualifying, verifying new parts etc.