2015 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript

2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

17th November 2015, 11:5518th November 2015, 12:49 | Written by Keith Collantine

For the second race in a row the fight for supremacy at Mercedes was as much a contest on the radio as it was on the track.

As in Mexico, Lewis Hamilton was eager for Mercedes to put him on a different strategy to give him a chance of passing his team mate, but his strategists stuck to their policy of using similar tactics for both cars.

Sergio Perez, Force India, Interlagos, 2015 — Perez: “Horrible race”

Meanwhile Nico Rosberg ahead was kept abreast of the threat from his team mate behind and, in the closing stages, the traffic he was approaching which threatened to help Hamilton get within range.

Hamilton wasn’t the only driver getting frustrated on the radio. Once again Fernando Alonso’s aggravation was clear, particularly when he was delayed when Jenson Button was given a preferential pit stop call.

Max Verstappen impressed with some of his overtaking moves in Brazil but inside the cockpit he was clearly annoyed with the irregular power delivery from his Renault which cost him some of his hard-won places.

Among those who passed him was Romain Grosjean, who had words of encouragement for his countrymen on the radio after the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday.

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2015 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	From	To	Message
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So just caution on the pit entry for team personnel.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Sainz’s car broke down as he left the pits to go on his reconnaissance lap. The car turned off by itself. I don’t know what happened.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	We will let you know, stay in the car.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Carlos we are still looking at it, stay in the car please, stay in the car.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	P1 Carlos P1, and then P0. P1, P0.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK and then P1 again or not?
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	No stay in P0, stay in P0. We will bring the car back and then we will start from the pitlane.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	What is happening?
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	It is not fully clear for us now so we are looking in the data. As soon as we will have the car back we will do some more checks. So for the moment stay in the car please, we will bring the car here in the garage, and then we will start from the pit lane.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK who is coming to pick me up and all that?
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marshalls.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	So I stay in the car?
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Yes please, stay there. We have to wait that the pit lane closes, so in about ten minutes.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Sighs OK.
PR	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah everything is OK with the car. There seems to be a reasonable amount of front grip, I think it might be the wind change.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Do you want me to go back to P0 and wait until they take me back?
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Yes please, stay in P0 and do not go out from the car. See you here in the garage, do not go out from the car please.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	It is about six minutes to pit lane close.
PR	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	OK then, we will lose communication from now on then. Ciao.
PR	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ciao.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Generally the balance feels… definitely got a strong end already. The high speed, feels like it has got a pretty good front end.
PR	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Drivers please proceed to the front of the grid for the minute of silence first, and then the national anthem.
PR	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	OK Dave we need Romain at the front of the grid, we need Romain at the front of the grid.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK so still the wind is quite low, feeling gusty into turn one. Track temp, now we have this cloud cover, is dropping so it’s dropped down to mid-40’s now so we’ve lost a few degrees already.
PR	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	OK so so far the only medium starter we have is Maldonado and Sainz will be starting from the pit lane.
1	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Marco Matassa	Having started from the pits, a recurrence of the same problem ends Sainz’s race. I have no power.
1	Marco Matassa	Carlos Sainz Jnr	OK engine off, pull off the track, pull off the track Carlos if you can.
1	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Blend one, brilliant start.
4	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	OK try to stay in the DRS with Perez.
4	Felipe Nasr	Craig Gardiner	I need more straight line speed.
4	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	AD2.
5	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Well done, keep pushing.
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Tyres feel pretty consistent, I could go a bit faster but get stuck here. It’s pretty good, a bit of understeer in the car which is good.
6	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Everything still consistent with the tyres.
7	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Good info, this is looking great. Just keep pulling away from Kvyat behind, this is working well.
7	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Try to break Hulk’s DRS Dani.
8	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Any feedback on the tyres?
8	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Holding on OK.
8	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Was a good lap, keep pushing.
9	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	We need to get through these Manors quickly.
10	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	Yeah it’s bad I have no front end in the last turn, last corner and the rear is sliding, the whole car is sliding.
10	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Understood, understood.
10	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	And we are box this lap, box this lap.
10	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	OK.
11	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel cars are starting to pit around us, might be traffic at pit exit, we might be close to some cars at pit exit.
12	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel we need to keep doing good laps now, still one or two cars will pit around us.
13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So box, box, box, remember left-hand magic.
13	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis it won’t be long now so let’s pick up the pace.
14	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Pushing two out of three to start off with.
14	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Checo we need half a second to Massa and Nico, half a second a lap.
15	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis it’s Hammertime. And box box, box box.
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Back end feels pretty poor, very unstable.
16	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Yeah high rear tyre temperatures, go up on diff, go up on diff.
17	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Those brakes don’t brake.
17	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK Kimi, race situation obviously P4. Gap to Bottas is healthy at the minute, seven and a half seconds. Our plan is to extend this stint slightly, so we will go longer than planned on this stint.
17	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	OK Felipe this is good, we are on plan A, plan A. What you’re doing is good. Very good.
18	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Just control the gap with Grosjean behind. A long stint.
19	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Lewis is trying quite hard.
21	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	In this race, my tyres are not going to last.
22	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	[Censored by FOM] these Manors are not moving out of the way.
22	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Understood Kimi, understood.
23	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	And multi-function turbo eight, multi-function turbo eight. Sorry for all the changes, we’re just trying to get this new engine set up.
24	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	And degradation Lewis looks very low on all cars, including ourselves.
24	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Impossible to follow at this track.
25	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Maldonado ahead on mediums from the start. 22 lap mediums.
25	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	From my side all OK just can’t go any quicker if we want to do plan A.
26	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that, you’re maintaining the gap to the car behind. So this is all looking good, just keep doing what you’re doing, everything is coming to us.
26	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	And Jenson state of storage is quite low, just be careful with the pack.
26	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Yeah I know but it’s a bit tricky right now.
27	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	We will need to overtake Maldonado.
28	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Get out of the [censored by FOM] way.
29	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Hamilton tried to get his team to put him on a different strategy to Rosberg. OK Lewis I think converting to plan B would be a bad idea, that would drop us behind both Ferraris who are still doing 16.6s.
29	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	OK can you get me on a different strategy then somehow? Impossible to overtake. I’m faster but I can’t get close.
31	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	They are not getting out of the way.
31	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	OK Romain your pace is still good, your pace is still good. Keep mid-three and keep Verstappen under pressure if you…
31	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Guys you need to come up with some other solution I’m telling you.
31	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis the only other real option to protect the P2 and try and go for the win, is to stretch this stint long and just put us on a tyre offset at the end. Still be on the same tyre but just different tyre age.
33	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	This is good Felipe, this is good, keep it up. Let’s get Ricciardo.
33	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Box Daniel box, keep it smooth, box this lap.
34	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Vettel switched to a three-stop strategy which led Mercedes to change both their drivers’ tactics. OK Lewis so it’s Hammertime, Vettel has just stopped so it’s all kicking off now. You can have strat mode five, one more lap.
34	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	And box box, box box.
35	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Button noticed he was about to be lapped by Hamilton and suggested to McLaren they should make his pit stop now to avoid him losing time. If you’re thinking of an early pit stop think about it.
35	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	OK Jenson let’s do it, box this lap.
35	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Box this lap? Good idea.
35	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	And box this lap, confirm.
36	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Nico, we are going plan B, we are going plan B.
36	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	What happened to Lewis at the end of the stint, did his tyres degrade?.
36	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Affirm, affirm, couldn’t keep the pace. But the stints will now be shorter Nico, the stints will now be shorter.
36	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	Alonso was unhappy that his pit stop was delayed because Button made his early. Yeah box now, you know. We’ve been lapped this lap, so I don’t know what it’s you’re waiting for or if you want me to lose even more time.
37	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	We had to let Jenson go first, Jenson had priority, Hamilton close behind.
38	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Do we have any damage?
38	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	I have quite a big hit on the left rear.
38	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK copy that, continue you’re still ahead of Button who is now exiting the box.
38	Marcus Ericsson	Erik Schuivens	How does it look on data?
39	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	We’ll check, you keep driving and keep us informed.
40	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Is there any way of making the high speed more understeer?
40	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson we are maxed out on diff, we are maxed out.
52	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	I can stay out a bit more, tyres are good. In general I prefer the [soft] and they don’t seem to have big deg.
42	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Front locking is out of control. I have a flat spot, it’s too bad I think.
42	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	We think it’s OK to carry on Dani.
42	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	I’m seriously losing so much speed on the straight.
43	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Copy that Max.
43	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	I’m losing a lot of power on the straights, I’m very slow on the straights.
43	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	OK Marcus, at the moment we are not racing anybody, everybody is quite far away.
45	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	Verstappen complained he was getting clipping due to insufficient power from his MGU-K. Seriously we have to do something, we are clipping way too much [unclear].
45	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Copy that Max, just keep calm, many laps to go.
45	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Did everybody else stay on the other strategy?.
46	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson most cars are on prime but we believe most cars are also plan B.
46	Max Verstappen	Xevi Pujolar	It’s a [censored by FOM] joke, seriously.
46	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	Many laps to go, many laps to go.
48	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Okay box Sebastian, box.
48	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So box box box.
48	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Nice work Dani, really nice work. OK so settle down, there’s a long sting left and like I say your tyres are fresher than Hulk’s, all to play for at the end.
49	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Information, Kvyat pushed his tyres hard to get Maldonado and on his first laps. Previous stint he was gentle on the introduction.
49	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Copy.
50	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So box box, box box.
50	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Maldonado was penalised for hitting Ericsson. We are boxing this lap, you have a five second penalty for the touching Ericsson, it will be a slow stop.
50	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	There is a lot of traffic to get through, we want to keep that gap to Lewis.
51	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	OK Dani so Hulkenberg has started to ramp up his pace, so probably a bit too close at this stage.
51	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Has he stopped?
51	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Yes, affirm, Lewis has stopped, he’s two seconds behind.
51	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Lewis is trying hard Nico so his wear will be the same as yours if you push at the same pace.
52	Kimi Raikkonen	David Greenwood	The McLaren should give away.
52	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	Copy Kimi, copy, he should be getting a blue.
52	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	And Jenson we’ll stick with target minus four.
52	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	Oh stop talking to me in the braking zone! You need to speak to me, you’ve got the whole straight.
52	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Push now Jenson push now. And Jenson box this lap, box this lap. [Soft] tyre.
53	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	OK Jenson we need to let Raikkonen past, Alonso close behind him.
53	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	OK but he looks so far behind.
54	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	That was fun.
55	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Yeah nice job mate, next car ahead is Verstappen, let’s get amongst it.
55	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So you’re safe to Lewis by three seconds. There’s a lot of traffic to get through, we want to keep that gap to Lewis.
55	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	It is getting quite dark, so maybe showers soon.
56	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	I think I’ve damaged my floor.
56	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK Kimi so race situation, solid P4 at the minute. Seb is 13 seconds up the road, also on [mediums], going to the end.
57	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	Let’s stick on the back of Hamilton.
57	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So gap is 1.7 to Lewis, just manage that gap.
57	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Don’t talk anymore.
58	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	This set of tyres is working better than the last one at lower temps.
58	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	Copy that, all good our side to end as well.
58	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Aero data looks fine, no problems.
59	Sebastian Vettel	Riccardo Adami	What’s the weather forecast because it is looking a bit darker now.
59	Riccardo Adami	Sebastian Vettel	Should be dry until the end, just a little overcast.
60	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Let’s go G5, G5.
60	Fernando Alonso	Mark Temple	I have no [unclear]. There is no G5 [unclear] you have to lose more time. Maybe I want to stay out, because this is ridiculous.
60	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	OK Fernando, we want to come in this lap, we will be doing the same number of laps on the next set as in this stint.
63	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate, so we’re going to have to do it again, let’s do him.
63	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	It’s getting quite dark so maybe showers soon.
63	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Copy, we’re looking into it.
64	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Checo your pace is better than Verstappen ahead of Maldonado ahead of him.
64	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	OK Felipe so we’re going to box this lap, box now.
64	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Why?
64	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	So it’s a free pit stop Felipe, free pit stop.
65	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Got to keep it clean, you know where Dani.
65	Mark Temple	Fernando Alonso	Let’s make sure we bring it home.
65	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis aero data looks fine, no problems.
66	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Always an opportunity here Dani.
66	Erik Schuivens	Marcus Ericsson	Ten more laps, keep it up.
67	Dave Robson	Felipe Massa	OK Felipe so still two seconds a lap quicker than Hulkenberg, so we will catch him on the last lap.
67	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	How are our brake temps? Because I can smell brakes.
67	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson our brakes are all good, no concerns over our brakes. Maybe it’s Nasr.
68	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Multi two, position ten, that is increased performance.
69	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	My tyres have gone off.
69	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK copy Lewis, Vettel car behind 11 seconds, no threat there.
70	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel so Verstappen and Maldonado messing around losing time ahead of us. You will catch them. Let’s do them.
70	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK Daniel so you’re going to get one more good run down the main straight so you need to be as close as possible this time.
71	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Oh, front locking is horrible.
71	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	It’s all ok with the car? I feel the rear rolling a lot.
71	Tim Wright	Sergio Perez	Checo we are looking, we are looking. Continue, continue.
VL	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Woohoo! Yeah guys! Awesome!
VL	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Brilliant drive, Nico.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	P2 I’m afraid, but we all know how hard it is to follow around here.
VL	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Fantastic job this weekend guys, thank you so much.
VL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Thanks Lewis, appreciate the thought.
VL	David Greenwood	Kimi Raikkonen	OK Kimi good job. So P4, good management of the tyres to get the two-stop to work.
VL	Valtteri Bottas	Jonathan Eddolls	Thank guys well done, just our car was not quick enough today. Good job, guys. Two weeks’ time could be better.
VL	Jonathan Eddolls	Valtteri Bottas	It will, for sure. Just for info Valtteri that did secure our third in the championship.
VL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	Chequered flag, great drive mate, well done, that’s a good job.
VL	Nico Hulkenberg	Brad Joyce	Good job on the strategy guys. Not easy but manageable.
VL	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	That was a very good final stint mate, real good job.
VL	Gianpiero Lambiase	Daniil Kvyat	Yeah hard luck, we made the strategy stick. Just not enough pace in the straight line to pass the Force India.
VL	Daniil Kvyat	Gianpiero Lambiase	Yeah I think the undercut was very costly for us.
VL	Felipe Massa	Dave Robson	Thank you guys, so I guess we are third in the championship so that’s the main thing, the most important thing. But obviously I am not really happy for the whole weekend.
VL	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	That’s it well done Romain, well done, P9. Good job Romain, good job. You did a good race.
VL	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	That was fun, that was fun. The car was good! Thank you. Sorry for yesterday but that’s good to recover some more points on Toro Rosso.
VL	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Romain Grosjean	Exactly that’s very good. I mean starting 14th finishing 9th that is very good, very good. Vive la France!
VL	Romain Grosjean	Julien Simon-Chautemps	Oui. Allez la France!
VL	Xevi Pujolar	Max Verstappen	OK Max, P10, good job, good job.
VL	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	OK Pastor, tough race again, tough race. Anyway…
VL	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Quite tough.
VL	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Thanks for your efforts, nearly got a point but not quite there. OK, thanks mate.
VL	Pastor Maldonado	Mark Slade	Quite tough with the [medium] tyres.
VL	Mark Slade	Pastor Maldonado	Yeah, understood.
VL	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate, good job today. Tyres-wise it didn’t work out quite how we expected but you did some good overtaking moves today, nice job.
VL	Daniel Ricciardo	Simon Rennie	Yeah just the last three laps, started to struggle a lot just with the right rear so I just couldn’t close up enough on Maldonado.
VL	Sergio Perez	Tim Wright	Yeah man, what a horrible race. Definitely there is something wrong with the car. Very bad balance all the way through. I mean you saw my degradation how poor it was. Yeah, a very, very poor weekend.
VL	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	OK Felipe, P14.
VL	Felipe Nasr	Craig Gardiner	P14?
VL	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	P14, P14 yeah.
VL	Felipe Nasr	Craig Gardiner	How come?
VL	Craig Gardiner	Felipe Nasr	Yeah we couldn’t keep those places when the Lotus came and the others.

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Message: Repetitive or irrelevant messages omitted. Notes in italics. Highlights in bold.

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36 comments on “2015 Brazilian Grand Prix team radio transcript”

doublehelix (@doublehelix)
17th November 2015, 13:01
Can anyone help me make sense of that message to JB:
“And Jenson state of storage is quite low, just be careful with the pack”
I guess “State of storage” refers to the battery charging level which I think is better known as “state of charge”.
But in how far can the drivers actively manage that?
1. RaceProUK (@)
  17th November 2015, 16:45
  They’ll probably be able to change the amount of harvesting and deployment via the steering wheel (within limits)
Understeer (@abdelilah)
17th November 2015, 13:26
Lewis missed his best chance in the first corner, I am not a driver but I think he should have stayed on the outside of that corner to be in the inside of the next one, he was so gentle in his attack, shame.
1. N
  17th November 2015, 14:13
  As Toto said before the race ‘theres a guy over there [Nico], who needs to finish 2nd in the championship, lewis is aware this is a team exercise’
2. Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
  17th November 2015, 14:30
  Yeah, i wished for that too; then Seb would have won!
3. RaceProUK (@)
  17th November 2015, 16:47
  You can’t win a race in the first corner, but you can easily lose it ;)
  1. Understeer (@abdelilah)
    17th November 2015, 20:09
    @raceprouk knowing that he is already a champion and that he can’t overtake on track he should have tried harder, what I mean is that his first corner attempt was not that convincing, it is like he was faking it.
    If you see kimi’s move on Schumacher in that same corner it should have succeeded (but yes the cars were different).
4. Neil (@neilosjames)
  17th November 2015, 21:00
  I’d have thought (expected?) that rather than be on the inside for the next corner, he’d have been on the run-off area. Rosberg would have found a bit of understeer and made sure of that.
  1. EF1
    18th November 2015, 14:50
    Yup, exactly. If I were him i’d be sure to let Lewis know he learnt that dirty trick from him too :-). In fact, I was hoping Lewis would try, just to see him cry foul when he was run wide. Nico be like, see…see?
5. evans
  18th November 2015, 4:13
  Nope, the best position is as left as possible on the first corner so you open up the long straight coming up after the second corner.
6. Shrieker (@shrieker)
  18th November 2015, 4:23
  One should remember Rosberg makes mistakes when under pressure, including last time round in Mexico, where the run off saved him.
  1. B
    18th November 2015, 7:52
    So did HAM, in Mexico.
ILuvSoundtracks (@)
17th November 2015, 14:26
What was going on with Kvyat at Lap 28?
1. Jerejj
  17th November 2015, 15:16
  He was probably lapping the Manors.
Chalky (@chalky)
17th November 2015, 15:47
Looked through it and I can’t spot what the BBC race report was going on about.

Rosberg drove a strong race in front of him, helped by what some might have considered coaching over the radio form his engineer, which is not allowed.
It seems quite a strong statement, but I just don’t see where Nico was coached there?
1. Von Smallhausen (@engelbertvonsmallhausen)
  17th November 2015, 16:10
  19 Tony Ross Nico Rosberg Lewis is trying quite hard.
  51 Tony Ross Nico Rosberg Lewis is trying hard Nico so his wear will be the same as yours if you push at the same pace.
  Probably those comments?
2. W-K (@w-k)
  17th November 2015, 16:20
  see the lines 10, 12, 15, 16 & 17, in http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120372 I couldn’t find a similar story from Keith, even though I am sure there was one.
3. Melvin (@)
  17th November 2015, 16:25
  “Lewis is trying quite hard.” and
  “Lewis is trying hard Nico so his wear will be the same as yours if you push at the same pace.”
  this was a message that lewis is using extra power config to catch up.
  “What happened to Lewis at the end of the stint, did his tyres degrade?”
  “Affirm, affirm, couldn’t keep the pace. But the stint’s will now be shorter Nico, the stints will now be shorter.”
  Also not sure about this one. This seems info that is not really safety related. But to me there seems to be more information in most messages, then only the words. To all drivers.
FJBH10 (@fjbh10)
17th November 2015, 16:47
When you say about irrelevant messages (At the bottom: “repetitive and irrelevant messages omitted”.) what do you mean? Give an example etc.
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  17th November 2015, 20:37
  @fjbh10 Sometimes the messages are very repetitive – an engineer might say “box” ten times, for instance. These are trimmed back.
  1. FJBH10 (@fjbh10)
    18th November 2015, 9:41
    Ok thanks.
Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
17th November 2015, 18:29
@keithcollantine There’s a greengrocer’s apostrophe in “But the stint’s will now be shorter Nico”.
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  17th November 2015, 20:37
  @jules-winfield That will not stand! Sorted :-)
Mike
17th November 2015, 22:35
Box this lap? Good idea.
Haha, yes, good idea idea team. ^_^
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
17th November 2015, 23:06
Are the team experimenting Kimi’s engine setup under the race? Do I mean this well?
1. Daphne
  18th November 2015, 0:43
  SauberS1, Kimi changed engines between qualifying and the race because of possible reliability issues, so he used some older parts in order to avoid a penalty. That’s why his engineer apologized to him during the race because they were still trying to make adjustments as he raced ;). That’s partially why Kimi’s car didn’t perform as well as Sebastian’s, they weren’t running with the exact same engine.
  1. SauberS1 (@saubers1)
    19th November 2015, 0:09
    Understood, thank you for the information! :)
2. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  18th November 2015, 14:13
  @saubers1 No, his engine was changed before the race.
  1. SauberS1 (@saubers1)
    19th November 2015, 0:13
    Thank you, I didn’t think this possibility… :)
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
18th November 2015, 1:39
I’m not really sure anything is actually achieved by publishing these transcripts other that to stir up controversy where perhaps none exists.
Given that it’s not every conversation (is it ?), there’s room for a heap of misinterpretation. I don’t mind hearing them in the race broadcast but delivering the transcripts in print afterwards?
What’s next from the FIA? “What did Nico really say to Seb in German in the holding room”?
1. evans
  18th November 2015, 4:17
  Agreed, only makes sense if all the messages are published so you have context of the message.
2. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  18th November 2015, 14:18
  @dbradock
  I don’t mind hearing them in the race broadcast but delivering the transcripts in print afterwards?
  What’s the difference?
  As I’ve said before I agree FOM should broadcast all the drivers’ radio in full because they’re insightful, informative and often entertaining. But as they don’t do that, it’s not realistic to expect people to ignore what they do broadcast.
  Besides which, I don’t see any “controversy” which has been “stirred up” here.
  1. Adrian Hancox
    18th November 2015, 16:20
    I have to say that I look forward to the publication of the transcripts – as noted before . . . we don’t see everything indeed – but it is still interesting. The controversy is not of course in the text it’s self, but in the minds of some people who read between the lines and construe things to suit their opinion or position – the discussions that ensue are also interesting in a way. I like the insight into peoples agenda’s which canbe very different based on the same statement some times – it is a priceless read @keithcollantine – Good Man
    1. Baron (@baron)
      18th November 2015, 16:51
      I agree. The transcripts are Good.
  2. mel_drew
    18th November 2015, 16:44
    Strange attitude. If you don’t see the relevance of these transcripts, why read them? I find them useful and interesting because I frequently have difficulty hearing the live broadcast.
Arahones
18th November 2015, 20:41
The story of his F1 life: “OK Marcus, at the moment we are not racing anybody, everybody is quite far away.”