2013 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript

2013 Monaco Grand Prix

Posted on

| Written by

The Monaco Grand Prix was shaped by tyre strategy and punctuated by a series of crashes. The pit radio transcript below shows how the teams reacted to it.

The transcript of what was broadcast of the drivers’ radio messages below shows how the slow pace dictated by the leading Mercedes pair in the opening laps led many of their rivals to abandon plans to make two pit stops.

Sergio Perez was involved in two disputes over drivers cutting the track: first when he did it while racing his team mate, and later on when Fernando Alonso did the same as Perez tried to pass him. The radio messages show how the drivers argued their cases, well aware that race director Charlie Whiting would be listening in.

One crash brought a temporary stop to the race during which drivers chatted with their race engineers about changing their tyres and making other tweaks to their cars.

The last major incident of the day saw Romain Grosjean run into the back of Daniel Ricciardo. “You can probably guess the driver,” said Ricciardo before climbing from his wrecked Toro Rosso.

2013 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*FromToMessage
PRPeter BonningtonLewis HamiltonLooking at three burnouts out of the last corner but don’t forget the burnout out of five and out of eight are important.
PRGianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaThe soft runners: Gutierrez and Massa behind, all other cars around you currently have super-soft.
PRGary GannonMax ChiltonBianchi was unable to do the formation lap due to an electrical problem.
Jules is stuck there so try to do a start around him if you can.
FLGuillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelReminder gearbox sync when you can and 20% KERS
FLGianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaPaul, continue to work your brakes please, you need to work the brakes, especially the rears.
FLJenson ButtonDave RobsonThere was a lot of clutch slip.
FLDave RobsonJenson ButtonCopy that Jenson, we’re looking into it. OK JB discharge KERS to 70% in the tunnel.
FLBrad JoyceAdrian SutilStill more brake temperature if you can, mate.
FLMark TempleSergio PerezYellow G1, launch map on.
FLDave RobsonJenson ButtonLast cars forming up now.
FLPaul DavisonJules BianchiMixture one, Jules.
1Tony RossNico RosbergCancel RS when you can.
2Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe’re going to want to start looking after these tyres pretty early on so just think about that.
2Pastor MaldonadoAndrew MurdochLook at the front wing.
2Andrew MurdochPastor MaldonadoCopy that, Pastor.
2Brad JoyceAdrian SutilAdrian you may have front wing damage, report please.
2Adrian SutilBrad JoyceIt’s still OK.
2Brad JoyceAdrian SutilCopy that.
3Jenson ButtonDave RobsonCheco just cut the chicane. He’s got to stop turning in on me, guys.
3Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoDRS enabled Daniel.
3Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelYellow ahead, yellow turn ten.
4Rob SmedleyFelipe MassaWatch out for debris at the chicane, watch out for debris
4Jenson ButtonDave RobsonI know we’re both team mates but he cut the chicane, when I was up the inside of him, to keep position.
4Dave RobsonJenson ButtonOK Jenson this pace is very strong, we know what we need to do.
4Tony RossNico RosbergClear in turn ten. Tyre temperatures still 11 front, 13 rear.
4Gianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaLooks like the soft tyre’s coming into its own for the cars ahead. Generally all cars at the same pace at the moment.
5Mark TempleSergio PerezCurrent pace is very good. Just maintain a nice gap to Alonso in front, make sure we’re matching him. We’re currently slightly faster, that’s good, keep the gap between one and two seconds.
6Tony RossNico RosbergSo remember the cars are going to back up behind you for this part of the race.
6Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonTry and looks after slip a bit more exit of Swimming Pool and last corner.
7Tony RossNico RosbergDiff entry six, mid five for tyre protection.
7Jonathan EddollsValtterii BottasTurn four exit slip a little bit too high, everywhere else good. Try to limit slip exit turn four.
8Rob SmedleyFelipe MassaCorner one, corner five, corner eight, think about saving tyres. Corner one, corner five, corner eight, gentle on the throttle there please.
8Tim WrightCharles PicFront tyres are at the target. Rears are over target five degrees.
9Paul DavisonJules BianchiJules we need to go half a percent forwards on brake balance for temperature.
9Sebastian VettelGuillaume RocquelinTyres are OK.
9Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelUnderstood.
9Simon RennieMark WebberThe gaps are not opening. We need to look after these tyres. Recommend a two-second gap.
9Mark WebberSimon RennieOK mate.
10Charles PicTim WrightPic stopped by the pit entrance with a fire on lap eight.
Problem, engine problem.
10Dave RobsonJenson ButtonThis pace is pretty slow for the leaders so not many gaps opening up at the moment.
10Jenson ButtonDave RobsonJust so I know, can I go straight on at the chicane to keep position?
11Mark TempleSergio PerezWe’re going to have to give the place up to Jenson. The FIA have told us we must give the place up to Jenson. Do it now. Do it before turn 12. Just be careful of Sutil. And yellow flags turn 17 and 18, stationary car.
11Dave RobsonJenson ButtonAlonso’s pace is not very good, let’s see if we can put him under some pressure.
12Mark TempleSergio PerezPerez let Button past on lap nine.
Thank you for doing that. The field is still really quite bunched up so we’ll see how the strategy evolves. At the moment we are sticking to plan A target lap. I’ll keep you updated as the race goes on. Looks like Alonso in front’s driving quite slowly to look after his tyres and that’s meaning that everyone’s bunched up behind you. There are still yellows at turn 18. Just for your info the having to let Jenson past was due to the incident at turn ten. It doesn’t affect our race, we can still get a great result here, let’s stay focused, let’s keep doing the strategy and tyre management we discussed. We’re still in a great position.
13Rob SmedleyFelipe MassaOK start thinking about target plus ten to fifteen.
13Dave RobsonJenson ButtonYellow G5, quickest way to the end.
13Simon RennieMark WebberWe need to do more saving tyres on traction.
14Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanLet’s concentrate a bit with the rear tyres, turn 18 and 19.
14Jenson ButtonDave RobsonHow are the brakes?
14Dave RobsonJenson ButtonAll temperatures are good. All currently high but all are good.
15Nico RosbergTony RossGive me some advanced notice when I need to ramp up my speed because it’s not going to be so easy to go quickly straight away.
15Tony RossNico RosbergCopy that Nico, we’ll give you plenty of warning.
16Mark TempleSergio PerezFrom the data we think the tyres are performing to plan or better. What’s your opinion, are the tyres OK still?
16Sergio PerezMark TempleYes.
16Gianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaDi Resta pitted on lap nine and came out 30.5s behind Webber. In the next five laps he gained nine seconds on them.
So we’re now coming into the Red Bulls’ pit windows.
17Tony RossNico RosbergBy lap 16 Rosberg was 1.89s ahead of Hamilton and 4.16s ahead of Vettel. Sixth-placed Alonso had fallen 11.19s behind, but began to gain from that point.
Your pace management is very good, we’re happy with the gaps you’re creating.
17Mark TempleSergio PerezThe field is still pretty bunched up behind you. We are monioring the gaps and obviously we are monitoring the tyres. Well let you know where we are but for the moment just keep going for our Plan A target lap.
17Sergio PerezMark TempleIf we can anticipate the people in front, will be good.
17Paul DavisonJules BianchiWe’re looking at at least four more laps on these tyres, Jules. Max just did a 22.0.
18Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonYou’re doing a good job, traction metrics are now looking very good. Turn four, turn eight could do with a little bit.
19Rob SmedleyFelipe MassaFernando backed off from Kimi in front, looks like he was saving the tyres, now he’s putting in pink lap times. Chilton is the car behind you, he’s two seconds behind. I would suggest that you back off from Gutierrez in front and start thinking about the tyres.
19Rob SmedleyFelipe MassaFor corner eight put the KERS later for less wheelspin. Di Resta the car behind you.
19Dave RobsonJenson ButtonThis is good, let’s stay with Alonso.
20Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanWe can see left rear tyre performance are jumping so you need to look after that as much as possible please.
20Romain GrosjeanAyao KomatsuThe problem is that I don’t get the fronts working.
20Nico HulkenbergMarco SchupbachIs it possible that the caliper temp’s a bit too high? Brakes don’t feel so good.
20Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergCopy, Nico. They are fine, they are fine.
21Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezYou are four tenths quicker than Grosjean in sector one.
21Tony RossNico RosbergSo just starting to ramp the pace up. Targetting minus point four delta time, not immediate but over the next few laps.
21Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe can start to ramp the pace up. Target 20.9, last lap 21.6.
22Daniel RicciardoMarco MatassaRicciardo was one of four drivers who started on softs instead of super-softs. He pitted on lap 22.
Really starting to struggle with the rear.
22Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoCopy, Daniel.
22Sergio PerezMark TempleJust tell me when it’s time to push
22Mark TempleSergio PerezUnderstood, Checo. The field is still quite bunched up de there aren’t good gaps at the moment so just keep doing what you’re doing, managing the tyres and the pace. I’ll let you know when it’s time to start pushing.
23Paul DavisonJules BianchiBox this lap Jules we’ll be torque five, clutch five.
23Gary GannonMax ChiltonPush now Max, Jules is coming in we need to push and build a gap push now this lap. Jules has a problem so he is in early.
23Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoWatch the yellow line Daniel, pump the brakes and reset your switches, reset differential switches.
24Andrew MurdochPastor MaldonadoWe’ll be racing Ricciardo coming from behind just watch for Ricciardo coming from behind.
25Gary GannonMax ChiltonHigh 21s for the first five laps.
25Tony RossNico RosbergBottas dropped almost ten seconds behind Hulkenberg giving Webber space to drop into after his pit stop, which comes on lap 25.
We would like to up the pace again which is reacting to things around so -0.5, not immediate but just bring it up.
25Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe can pick up the pace a little bit more. Target -0.6 on your dash. Traction 2,500, same corners as before, just try to look after them as best you can.
26Brad JoyceAdrian SutilSee if you can push up to Perez now.
27Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenBox this lap, please confirm.
27Dave RobsonJenson ButtonBox this lap.
27Jenson ButtonDave RobsonBox this lap.
27Tony RossNico RosbergYou are in your Safety Car window now. Webber has just pitted. We’re targeting -0.3 on delta time this lap.
27Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe now need to pick the pace up. Target -1.1 on your dash. Mix three when you can.
28Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenRaikkonen pitted on lap 26.
Vettel is yet to stop and pushing. He’s going to be close to us when he stops. But remember you’ve got to look after the rear tyres, please.
29Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenWe need to push hard now if we can.
29Tony RossNico RosbergTarget four, pushing now.
29Mark TempleSergio PerezBox this lap, confirm.
29Sergio PerezMark TempleBox this lap.
29Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelBox, box, box. Torque map one and box.
30Juan Pablo RamirezGiedo van der GardeYellow flag turn one, double yellow.
31Gary GannonMax ChiltonThe Safety Car is deployed on lap 31 after Felipe Massa’s crash at Sainte Devote.
That’s good pace, Max, the 21.5s. But look after the rears, if you need a bit slower, let us know.
32Dave RobsonJenson ButtonEverybody has held position. We obviously will close up to the leaders but no one has particularly gain. Order is as it was F5. Green F5 please and use KERS when you can.
32Dave RobsonJenson ButtonWe are running plan A, need to keep temperature in the front tyres.
32Jenson ButtonDave RobsonDid you do the planned front wing or not, or did we change it?
32Dave RobsonJenson ButtonWe left the front wing, we can use the switches.
33Dave RobsonJenson ButtonWe are P7 at the moment. Checo is behind us in P8 followed by Sutil and Vergne. Immediately in front of us is Alonso and Raikkonen and we’re all on prime [soft] tyres and all about the same age.
33Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelRemember Safety Car Line One rule: no overtaking before that line.
33Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe need to get these tyre temps up so work those brakes and lots of weaving.
34Gianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaAll cars ahead on new soft tyres Paul. Everyone around you has pitted. Hulkenberg behind, Vergne ahead. Ricciardo and Grosjean in P13 and P14 on super-soft tyres with 11 and 3 laps respectively.
34Tony RossNico RosbergWhen the Safety Car lights go out, you control the pace, OK?
35Mark TempleSergio PerezThis time round if you just make sure you make a visual note where the Safety Car Line is between turn 18 and 19. When the Safety Car comes in it is possible to overtake as soon as you cross that line.
35Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelLapped cars are going to overtake.
35Simon RennieMark WebberUse 20% KERS this lap.
35Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelSebastian your tyres were marginal on the last stint. Wear limited. Take that into account into the next stint. It’ll be difficult.
35Mark TempleSergio PerezCan we have green KERS F6. Your brakes are still colder than Jenson’s so lets get as much energy into them as we can. Keep warming those brakes.
36Brad JoyceAdrian SutilBrake temperatures are now cold, Adrian, so you can afford to pick those up. Tyre temperatures have lost a lot of tyre temperature now as well so we can try and increase those. Engine temperatures look a bit more under control now.
37Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergMain thing will be to watch Di Resta. He has old tyres so his restart will be difficult, and then not lose the train to Vergne.
37Mark TempleSergio PerezWe expect the Safety Car to go past potentially once more but let’s stay alert just in case. Remember to use KERS, as soon as the Safety Car comes in you can use KERS out of turn 19 all the way to the line. Let’s use a little bit now to keep temperatures in.
37Tony RossNico RosbergTyre temperatures are now very cold, very important to get some weaving in.
37Tony RossNico RosbergWe expect the Safety Car to be staying out. Nico you had 60% remaining on the rear tyres and 50% on front left so you’re evenly worn. We expect it to go green this lap so really put temperature in. Brakes are now better so brake barance forwards.
38Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenThe Safety Car comes in at the end of lap 38.
We are expecting the restart quite soon now. Your tyre temperatures are low.
38Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelSafety Car in this lap.
38Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanTyre pressures are still low so caution.
39Mark TempleSergio PerezLet’s be careful of grain risk in these first laps.
40Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelSebastian, Rosberg is not marginal on wear at all. Just maintain position. As big a gap as you need.
41Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergRecovery seven, brake balance +4.
41Tony RossNico RosbergRemember looking after these tyres, they’re going to do 47 laps.
41Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWebber ahead six lap old tyres, you’ve got to do 46 more laps on these.
41Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezDRS is enabled
42Tony RossNico RosbergFuel is good to the end.
42Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonOur pace difference to the Red Bulls is much better at the end of the stint so we need to look after these tyres.
43Gary GannonMax ChiltonLet’s use these tyres to stay with Bottas. You did the same time as Bottas last lap. Let’s use these tyres to stay with Bottas and take advantage of our track position.
43Dave RobsonJenson ButtonIs everything OK with the nose? I tapped Fernando at the hairpin.
43Jenson ButtonDave RobsonYep Jenson everything looks OK. And brake balance forwards.
44Simon RennieMark WebberHamilton being told to look after the tyres to attack us at the end of the race. Recommend look after the rear tyres more where Hamilton is not a threat.
46Sergio PerezMark TemplePerez tried to pass Alonso on the inside at the chicane on lap 44 but Alonso cut the chicane and stayed ahead.
Fernando cut the chicane.
46Mark TempleSergio PerezUnderstood Checo, we saw it.
46Sergio PerezMark TempleHe has to give me the position.
46Fernando AlonsoAndrea StellaI had to avoid the collision
46Andrea StellaFernando AlonsoYep it was clear to avoid the collision and to avoid the yellow kerb which would be a safety problem. We’ll check.
46Tony RossNico RosbergMaldonado and Chilton collided at Tabac on lap 45, causing the race to be stopped.
And it’s red flag so come back to the start/finish line. Caution in turn ten and twelve – sorry, twelve and thirteen, red flag. Come to the grid.
46Andrew MurdochPastor MaldonadoAre you OK, Pastor?
46Pastor MaldonadoAndrew MurdochI’m OK.
46Esteban GutierrezFrancesco NenciI get out of the car now?
46Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezStay there because we have to get the cooling fan out, then we’ll pull you out.
46Esteban GutierrezFrancesco NenciCopy.
46Paul DavisonJules BianchiJules you can jump out, we’ll get a ten minute warning before the restart.
46Lewis HamiltonPeter BonningtonHamilton fell behind both Red Bulls when he made his pit stop on lap 31.
Can’t believe we lost position to the two Red Bulls. Sorry about that.
46Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonOK Lewis there’s 33 laps remaining you’ve got time to jump out of the car should you want, we’ll get a ten minute warning.
46Gary GannonMax ChiltonI think they’re going to get things sorted pretty quickly. They will give use a ten minute call, we’ll just keep you in the car until we’re ready to go. And I think what we’ll do is I’ll tell you what set we’re going to go on. There’s 33 laps remaining so I’m sure we can make it to the end on these tyres. We’ll just manage our pace and watch everyone around us.
46Brad JoyceAdrian SutilWe’ll get a ten-minute countdown for the restart. We haven’t been told of a restart time yet. They’re fixing that barrier. Which tyres do you think you would want to do the rest of the race on?
46Adrian SutilBrad JoyceHow many laps until the end?
46Brad JoyceAdrian Sutil33 laps to the end of the race.
46Adrian SutilBrad JoyceThe softs gave up quite early, I had the feeling that the rear was starting to go off very quick. I’m stuck in so bad traffic it’s difficult now to do anything.
46Brad JoyceAdrian SutilDo you mean the super-softs that you were on at the beginning or the softs that we put on after the??
46Adrian SutilBrad JoyceThe super-softs. The first set were not so good. These tyres felt quite good. We should start on a new set, I think.
46Brad JoyceAdrian SutilOK Adrian but bearing in mind that the track is in a lot better condition now and the restart will be behind the Safety car as well.
46Mark TempleSergio PerezFerrari have been told Alonso has to give the place back to you.
46Jean-Eric VergnePhil CharlesHow many laps do we do behind the Safety Car?
46Phil CharlesJean-Eric VergneI’m not sure yet, Jev, we’ll update you when you’re running.
46Gianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaWe’re thinking Vergne super-soft, Hulkenberg and Ricciardo alongside and behind on softs.
46Jenson ButtonDave RobsonCan we go a bit on the front wing? Can we do that now? Yeah I had too much understeer on the option [super-soft] run so another turn would be good. Yes please. Dave, what tyres do we think other people are going to use?
46Dave RobsonJenson ButtonCheco definitely option [super-soft] and we expect everyone else will also be.
46Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonCan we go mix two. When we restart we’ll use the same procedure as a normal formation lap, so using RS modes with the pit limiter on and then cancel the pit limiter when you cross the line.
46Nico HulkenbergMarco SchupbachWill the Safety Car come straight in or will it do two laps?
46Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergThe Safety Car is supposed to do one lap if everything goes as per plan.
46Nico HulkenbergMarco SchupbachIt comes in at the end of this lap?
46Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergCorrect.
46Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonWe believe both Red Bulls are on the option [super-soft] tyres also. Both Red Bulls were wear-limited in the first stint on the option tyre. They’ve got to do five more laps on this set that they’ve got now.
46Simon RennieMark WebberRemember this lap will be behind the Safety Car. The Safety Car will come in at the end of this lap. You can overtake from SC1. Once the race settles down we need to look afte the tyres to the end, OK. I’d recommend leaving a two second gap, watch your over-slip.
47Andrea StellaFernando AlonsoWe will give the position back behind the Safety Car. So do it straight away basically.
47Fernando AlonsoAndrea StellaOK I’ll do it after turn one.
47Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonThe race restarts behind the Safety Car which pulled in at the end of lap 46.
Safety Car is in this lap, Lewis. You’re racing from the Safety Car line so brake balance for the first corner and get some tyre temperature where you can.
48Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenKERS mode seven.
48Tony RossNico RosbergVettel is on option [super-soft] tyres, scrubbed option like you. Caution in turn 12, may be slippy.
49Gary GannonMax ChiltonChilton was given a penalty for causing the collision with Maldonado.
In now Max, in now for a drive-through penalty.
49Mark TempleSergio PerezCars in front except Raikkonen are on option [super-soft], Raikkonen is on the prime [soft]. There may be an opportunity to attack him while his tyres are cold in these first laps,
49Paul DavisonJules BianchiThere’s 29 more laps, we’ll be going to the end.
49Tony RossNico RosbergBrake temperatures still a little bit on the cold side at the moment.
50Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezDRS enabled, recovery eight where possible.
50Tony RossNico RosbergGap to Vettel just over one second, temperatures 11 front, 13 rear.
51Paul DavisonJules BianchiWe need to maintain that gap to Van der Garde in front, we know he has very bad [degradation].
51Mark TempleSergio Perez28 laps to go. We’re in a good, strong position here on these tyres. Let’s just make sure that they last to the end, just be careful of the rear tyres.
51Gary GannonMax ChiltonYou’re 14 seconds behind Jules, he did a 20.6, let’s try and catch him, 27 laps to go.
52Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelHamilton is pushing pretty hard behind Mark, you might need all of your tyres towards the end.
52Gary GannonMax ChiltonIt’s all in the first sector, Jules half a second quicker in the first sector. You’re doing great though, you’re catching him.
53Tony RossNico RosbergTemperatures are 11 front and 13 rear.
53Juan Pablo RamirezGiedo van der GardeYou need to take care of the tyres. You need to slow down the pace. Take care of the rear tyres.
54Gary GannonMax ChiltonThat was 1.5 quicker than Jules, great lap, you’re catching Jules and Van der Garde.
54Mark TempleSergio PerezThis level of tyre management is very good, this will definitely get is to the end, let’s keep going.
54Kimi RaikkonenMark SladePerez tried to pass Raikkonen at the chicane on lap 53 but ran wide, forcing both to cut the corner.
That idiot would have crashed into me if I wouldn’t have gone straight.
54Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenUnderstood Kimi.
55Tony RossNico Rosberg24 laps remaining.
55Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonThink about traction, 3,800 that lap.
55Lewis HamiltonPeter BonningtonI’m trying to get past, man.
55Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonAgree with you Lewis, you just need the tyres at the end.
55Gary GannonMax ChiltonGood job, that was 0.8 quicker than Jules, you’re catching him.
56Esteban GutierrezFrancesco NenciI don’t think we will be able to finish with these tyres.
56Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezCopy.
56Gary GannonMax ChiltonKERS recovery four, you’re definitely catching Jules and Van der Garde.
56Tony RossNico RosbergGap to Vettel three seconds.
57Mark TempleSergio PerezWe’re getting indication that other teams are going to struggle with their tyres towards the end of the race. We should be in a good, strong position then so let’s make sure we’ve got good tyres at the end. You’re currntly in P6, this is really good. We need to make sure we’re able to attack those weaker cars at the end.
57Juan Pablo RamirezGiedo van der GardeOne second slower per lap, Giedo, please.
59Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonHave a think about looking after these tyres, fronts as well as rears.
59Mark TempleSergio PerezJust for more info, Sutil is the car behind, he’s been attacking and overtaking cars on the inside of Loews. So just be careful when you go through there, he may attack you in the same way.
59Francesco NenciEsteban GutierrezSutil passed two cars at turn five – turn six, sorry. Ah, I don’t know if you can try, Esteban. But make sure you don’t get any penalty, so, I know it’s difficult. Everybody’s trying to go to the end so we have to try as well.
60Phil CharlesJean-Eric VergneRelease four. Good work JEV, keep your concentration, you’re doing a good job.
60Brad JoyceAdrian SutilPerez has been given a message to defend to you at Loews.
61Jules BianchiPaul DavisonSomething happened to the front-left. I lost the brake I think at the front left.
61Paul DavisonJules BianchiUnderstood. Just go P0 with the car please, mate.
61Tony RossNico RosbergGap to Vettel four seconds, just caution, brake temperatures low left-hand side of the car at the moment, could do with more brake energy.
62Marco SchupbachNico HulkenbergRears seem to go back a bit, you’re doing well, look after those rears.
64Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonLet’s try and look after these tyres. We need to improve in turns 15, 18 and 19, also turn eight.
64Lewis HamiltonPeter BonningtonI’ve got a lot of pressure from behind and these guys in front are very quick.
64Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonOK copy that Lewis. You’re got Raikkonen behind who’s on the pime [soft] tyre, he’s going to be a threat.
64Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanGrosjean and Ricciardo collided at the chicane on lap 64. The Safety Car is deployed again.
OK Romain?
64Romain GrosjeanAyao KomatsuYes, he braked very early in the middle, I was surprised.
64Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanOK.
64Daniel RicciardoMarco MatassaBeen hit.
64Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoAre you OK Daniel?
64Daniel RicciardoMarco MatassaYep, OK.
64Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoWhat happened?
64Daniel RicciardoMarco MatassaYou can probably guess the driver. Looks like he probably misjudged it, went over the top of me.
64Marco MatassaDaniel RicciardoOK Daniel sorry for that. Anyway, well done, good effort, nice race.
64Ayao KomatsuRomain GrosjeanKERS mode four and cool the car please. We are going to retire.
65Brad JoyceAdrian SutilTyres were OK. Energy looked a little higher than we’d like but this Safety Car’s helping as well.
65Tony RossNico RosbergIt can be important as well a little bit of list and coast now. Brake temperatures reacting, a little bit of lift and coast to coo lthe calipers and cool the engine a little bit.
65Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonLet’s get these temps back up.
65Brad JoyceAdrian SutilTyre temperatures and brake temperatures are now low so if you could get some in there.
66Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenWe’re losing water from the engine because it’s too hot.
66Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonYou’ve still got some margin on the brakes. You want to push the brake balance forwards now as well that front left’s getting a little bit cold.
66Mark TempleSergio PerezJust a reminder obviously Sutil is behind he’s going to be attacking as I said before. He got past Alonso and Jenson successfully at Loews hairpin so just be careful there. He was using the inside line.
66Tony RossNico RosbergThe Safety Car came in at the end of lap 66.
Brakes will be cold as will tyres.
67Tony RossNico RosbergTyre temperatures still on the cold side especially front.
68Lewis HamiltonPeter BonningtonMy left front’s graiing heavily.
68Peter BonningtonLewis HamiltonOK Lewis you’ve got 12 laps remaining.
68Tony RossNico RosbergFront temperatures now brake temperatures are low.
69Gary GannonMax ChiltonYou’re -20 front, -20 rear. Temps are building, keep pushing.
69Mark SladeKimi RaikkonenHamilton is complaining of left-hand front graining.
72Mark TempleSergio PerezPerez tried to pass Raikkonen at the chicane on lap 69 but the pair made contact and Perez touched the barrier.
How’s the car?
72Sergio PerezMark TempleIt’s OK.
72Mark TempleSergio PerezUnderstood. Eight laps to go at the end of this lap.
72Simon RennieMark WebberSeven laps to go. Think about diff two if you have low-speed understeer.
72Mark TempleSergio PerezCan we have brake balance rearward, front brakes are getting a bit hot.
73Gianpiero LambiasePaul di RestaTry to pull out from Vergne to cool the engine as best you can.
73Fernando AlonsoAndrea StellaAnother piece off Perez is giving me loss of grip.
73Andrea StellaFernando AlonsoOK it looks the piece off Perez on our front wing went away and now the car is back to normal.
74Brad JoyceAdrian SutilJust look after the traction, we’ve five laps to go now.
75Dave RobsonJenson ButtonFour more laps to go, tyres are good, we can have four qualifying laps here.
75Tony RossNico RosbergGap to Vettel increased to four-and-a-half seconds.
76Gary GannonMax ChiltonSave all your KERS for 11, try and use it all out of 11.
76Jonathan EddollsValtteri BottasThree laps to go, push for that point.
76Sergio PerezMark TempleI struggle to brake the car.
77Mark TempleSergio PerezWe have a brake system problem. Let’s pull into the pits, we need to retire, the brakes are broken?? OK, understood, park the car, switch the engine off. That’s a real shame that was a really good effort up through that point, Checo. It’s just a bit unfortunate, I think. Never mind, we’ll debrief properly when you get back.
77Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelVettel set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, a 1’16.577, which was over two seconds faster than any other lap he did during the race.
OK two laps to go. Bring it home.
77Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelAlonso P7, Raikkonen out of the points.
77Jonathan EddollsValtteri BottasRaikkonen had to pit with a puncture with eight laps remaining. Lapping over four seconds quicker than those around him, he caught and passed Gutierrez, Bottas and Hulkenberg in the final two laps.
Raikkonen just passed Gutierrez so look out for Raikkonen behind but push to get past Hulk.
77Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelSebastian you know the score, don’t take any risks.
78Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelAlright, that’s enough. You’re not getting any more points for that.
78Sebastian VettelGuillaume RocquelinBut satisfaction rather than going slow for 77 laps.
78Guillaume RocquelinSebastian VettelThere’s no satisfaction for us in that one though. You might enjoy yourself, we don’t like it.
78Sebastian VettelGuillaume RocquelinLet’s discuss this after the race.
VLTony RossNico RosbergRosberg crossed the finishing line first on lap 78 to win the race.
You’ve done it, well done mate!
VLNico RosbergTony RossYes, come on! Monaco Grand Prix! Thank you so much, thank you so much. The car was really awesome today. This is very special for me.
VLRoss BrawnNico RosbergVery well done Nico. I can’t imagine you driving any better than today. Fantastic job. With all the events going on you managed it perfectly. Great job.

Lap: Refers to lap message was broadcast on. There may be a delay between messages being said and being broadcast. PR = pre-race; FL = formation lap; VL = victory lap.
Message: Repetitive or irrelevant messages omitted. Notes in italics. Highlights in bold.

Follow F1 Fanatic Live on Twitter for team radio highlights during all live F1 sessions.

More Monaco Grand Prix data:

2013 Monaco Grand Prix

Browse all 2013 Monaco Grand Prix articles

Image © Caterham/LAT

Author information

Keith Collantine
Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 - when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring...

Got a potential story, tip or enquiry? Find out more about RaceFans and contact us here.

113 comments on “2013 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript”

  1. Juan Pablo Heidfeld (@juan-pablo-heidfeld-1)
    29th May 2013, 13:19

    Very interesting article!

    There seems to be a bit of a mix up on laps 78 between Vettel and Rocky. I think there are the wrong way round @keithcollantine

    1. @juan-pablo-heidfeld-1 Thanks for that, got it.

      1. where did you get the transcript?
        i know there’s a very useful twitter user (f1pitradio?) who compiles the extra radio chats into a video.

        1. @sato113 I transcribed it. Some of it during the race, which was posted on F1 Fanatic Live on Twitter.

          1. @keithcollantine have you heard of this guy? https://twitter.com/F1PitRadio

            who complies the team radio in videos like this?
            http://vimeo.com/67115320
            (password: thatidiot)

    2. But satisfaction rather than going slow for 77 laps.

      It means DC is not the only one who thinks Monaco GP was rubish…

    3. @keithcollantine that was brilliant!!! How did you get this? Can this be a regular fixture on F1Fanatic after every race please?

  2. Wow… Love this new feature. Thanks @keithcollantine

    1. dodge5847 (@)
      29th May 2013, 18:00

      +3, yes thanks @keithcollantine

    2. @keithcollantine This is awesome!

  3. Excellent new feature @keithcollantine !! Very cool !!

  4. Looks like Perez talks too much and has to be Hand Guided every Lap on the Radio as Button continues his Whinning..
    Surprisingly Webber hardly talks..

    :-) Riccardio: You can probably guess the Driver.. #COTD

  5. When second placed driver gets this message on lap 40 of 78, you know there’s something really really wrong with F1:
    Sebastian, Rosberg is not marginal on wear at all. Just maintain position. As big a gap as you need.
    Give up after HALF a race, make yourself a gap and drive around :(((

    1. @gilles Yup, not very exciting indeed…

    2. Yup, not very exciting indeed… @gilles

  6. Liam McShane (@)
    29th May 2013, 13:29

    “You can probably guess the driver.” lol

  7. You can probably guess the driver. Looks like he probably misjudged it, went over the top of me.

    :D

  8. Fascinating stuff! Is this the first time the transcripts have been made public? This isn’t a complete transcription though, is it? Only there’s just six messages to or from Webber and there must be more – even if they are only ‘Box this lap’ type of stuff. I wonder if the ones with rude words have been edited out completely.
    I didn’t realise that the pit engineers micro-managed the drivers quite so much, as in “Jules we need to go half a percent forwards on brake balance for temperature.”
    Half a percent!

    1. @timothykatz This is just what was broadcast, there will be loads more that wasn’t.

      1. Is this transcript taken from the extra team radio played on the pit lane channel?

        1. Most of it is. There are a few messages which were played on the main feed but not on the pit lane channel.

  9. “Just for more info, Sutil is the car behind, he’s been attacking and overtaking cars on the inside of Loews. So just be careful when you go through there, he may attack you in the same way.”

    “Perez has been given a message to defend to you at Loews.”

    Wow, didn’t really knew they have access to radio from other teams. Cool :D

    1. Well they can certainly hear the same broadcasts as us!

  10. To think some people some regard F1 Fanatic as amateuristic. Fantastic article @keithcollantine

    1. Show me one, I’ll make sure he’ll never speak again:))

  11. Nice one! What does ”copy” mean?

    1. I guess it means They understood what the Other was saying.

    2. @sigman1998 It’s used to mean “I understand”.

    3. You need to watch the family guy sketch with “over”

      1. Thanks everyone!

  12. Haha, classic Kimi. This is such a great feature. Thank you Keith!

  13. What I found particularly interesting was the Perez one on lap 12. It was quite a long message. It must have been edited together from more than one, as I can’t imagine him being talked to for an entire lap.

    1. I had this playing on the Sky app and it came through exactly as you have it above. Not sure if they get edited together or not on that but I’ve certainly never heard a radio message that long before.

    2. Also on SKY UK they had not everything in the broadcast, it was cutted:

      Guillaume Rocquelin: Alright, that’s enouogh. You’re not getting any more points for that.
      Sebastian Vettel: But satisfaction rather than going slow for 77 laps.

      The crowd shouldn’t head that. :P

    3. John Bergqvist (@)
      30th May 2013, 9:57

      It seemed quite sequential, usually i can tell if there’s gaps in the transmission, and it’s been spliced together. Did you get all this from the FOM Pitlane channel by the way, or from the main World Feed, or both?

  14. @keithcollantine Very interesting, thanks for that.

    There’s a confusion for the messages between F. Alonso and A. Costa on lap 46: first, Alonso says
    “I had to avoid the collision” to Costa and then Costa answers to Alonso.

    1. Oups, Costa = Stella of course, sorry for going back in time!

    2. @js Changed that one too.

  15. What does the bold denote on the messages?

    1. @jh1806 Just any particularly interesting messages I thought were worth highlighting. Otherwise it would be a massive block of indigestible text.

      1. @jh1806 @keithcollantine Hah, I thought it meant the driver/engineer was shouting.

  16. @keithcollantine Very interesting article, thank you.

    “You can probably guess the driver.” – Should be quote of the GP :D

  17. Vettel’s messages at the end are quite interesting. I wonder if a lot of the other drivers also get ‘bored’ driving to a delta time rather than racing flat out for most of (if not all of) the race…

    1. Absolutely. I thought that was quite revealing, particularly the last bit “Let’s discuss this after the race.”

    2. @jh1806 Also the way FOM played it in the race,”but satisfaction” it sounded like a clever cheeky retort, but the rest of it shows that he was actually just frustrated from driving slowly, which seems they were trying to mask

      1. @mnm101 I don’t think FOM are going out of their way to manipulate it, but they do pick and choose what to broadcast probably on an pertinent topic at the time… I can imagine that it would be extremely hectic for whoever decides what to broadcast vs what not to broadcast.

        Media though, kings of misrepresenting the full story. We’re just lucky to have @keithcollantine who puts this together for us.

        Love it Keith…

  18. Really enjoyed this article, hopefully we’ll see more like it :D

  19. This transcript is a very nice surprise. Very pleased, and really good job @keithcollantine
    Thank you Keith.

  20. Great feature! I don’t have access to the radio broadcast so good to see all the messages here.

    Two questions:

    Lap 27 to ROS: “You are in your Safety Car window now.” Does this mean that he should pit immediately if there is a safety car?

    Lap 29 to VET: “Box, box, box.” Was this before the yellows came on for the Massa crash? I am just wondering whether VET came in anyway or whether it was a reaction to a likely safety car.

    1. @mike-dee

      Does this mean that he should pit immediately if there is a safety car?

      The information that the Safety Car is about to be deployed or is likely to be deployed would most likely come to the driver through his race engineer anyway, so the call to come into the pits would be made at that point. But in case of radio failure it would make a driver aware that it’s safe and advisable for him to pit if the Safety Car comes out but he can’t hear his team any more.

      Was this before the yellows came on for the Massa crash?

      The message was broadcast about four seconds before the yellow flags came out for Massa’s crash. If you have a look at the race chart you can see Webber had been out of the pits for a few laps his lap times were improving (the pace from a new set of tyres doesn’t arrive instantly at Monaco) and the cars between him and Vettel were pitting so they had to bring Vettel in.

      1. Thanks! I wonder whether Vettel would have had the time to come into the pits in reaction to the Massa crash as well (had they not chosen to pit in that lap anyway). I just found it strange at the time that Vettel came in, but Rosberg and Hamilton did not.

  21. one supeb articale.fantastic

  22. With the safety car deployed twice (plus resuming after the stoppage) and red flag thrown once I just wondered that teams don’t inform their drivers what the cause was. After Grosjean/Ricciardo crash something like “safety car for debris after the tunnel” for the driver who couldn’t see what happened.

  23. Raikkonen just passed Gutierrez so look out for Raikkonen behind but push to get past Hulk.

    I can definitely understand why Bottas thought Kimi was lapping him, very unclear message in that sense.

    Nice feature, by the way, even though it clearly doesn’t have all the messages. There was for example I think two or three for Kimi and I’m sure that, though he claims to be knowing what he’s doing, he’ll need more information during the race. A good read still, thanks!

  24. And from Silverstone GP2 will have team radio as well so we’ll get to hear 25 drivers complaining about Johnny Cecotto Jnr.

    1. And if the GP2 driver’s post race twitter feed is anything to go by they should be a lot of fun.

      1. Yes, that was a very good opening up, who knows, it might have contributed to the desicion @katederby!

    2. @keithcollantine I burst out laughing at work, lots of strange looks from people.

      I’ve got an image of the CIA monitoring radio traffic all over the world and in their command centre, all their alerts are going off as code name Johnny Cecotto Jnr flashes up on their screens with subject matter “major threat” is highlighted in bold…

  25. @keithcollantine
    Typo in the names for this exchange:
    Lap 23 – Paul Davison to Jules Bianchi:
    “Push now Max, Jules is coming in we need to push and build a gap push now this lap. Jules has a problem so he is in early.”

    Great new feature – very interesting. Thanks.

    1. @tribaltalker Changed it, thanks.

  26. Great Feature @keithcollantine
    I wish we get this for FP and Q sessions too for next rounds. It will be More Interesting to know about how they are feeling about circuit and how they improve their Car .

    1. @harsha It took a while to produce this so whether doing one for each race can be justified will depend on how popular it is. But people seem to like it so far which is always encouraging.

      Of course if anyone wants to help out writing this sort of thing that’s always welcome:

      Write an article for F1 Fanatic

      1. I definitely hope you can make it a regular feature @keithcollantine, although its clear that it takes a huge effort to write out all the messages, I remember when we had the research about what kind of things are said and broadcast and how much time it took to not every single transmission!

  27. So Prinz Vettel can command his enginer “Let’s discuss it afterwards…”

    Nice attitude.

    1. He did what he was told for 70-odd laps, probably champing at the bit the whole way.
      Yes the team worries that he’ll break the car, but on the other hand a happy driver is a better driver.
      I wouldn’t want to be his engineer, mind.

    2. Personally I see no problem in what Vettel said to his engineer, if I were in Vettel’s position and my engineer was giving me the naughty boy routine during the last couple of laps around Monaco he’d have got far worse said to him than “Let’s discuss it later”.
      The poor lad had just spent the entire afternoon maintaining a gap to Hamilton & Rosberg at his teams request and then they tell him off for having the temerity to drive an F1 car quickly for a couple of laps…

      1. The poor lad is paid quite handsomely to drive for the team, not for himself. If he bursts a tyre doing one of his glory runs he won’t look quite so clever.

        Maybe you need this kind of arrogance to become a champion, but it makes him look like a spoiled brat.

        1. @jimg I think it says rather more about those who won’t give him credit for having a racing driver’s instincts but will pillory him for saying something that was a fraction as obnoxious as what Raikkonen came out with in Abu Dhabi last year.

          1. @keithcollantine
            Couldn’t agree more, I’m not one of Vettel’s fanboys but I don’t understand the amount of vitriol some people direct at him, especially in cases like this when all he’s done “wrong” is drive a lap or two at proper racing speed after spending the rest of the race in tire conservation mode.

            When I started watching F1 drivers were praised for driving as fast as they could, these days they’re pilloried for it, especially if they’re a young German with 3 WDC’s in the trophy cabinet.

          2. Agreed. The discussion around here is usually quite measured and reasonable. Those posting ridiculous criticism based on their blind hatred should stick to the BBC comments section.

          3. Agree with that, @keith, I didn’t like the lack of respect shown by Raikkonen to his race engineer (who coincidentally or not, doesn’t work at Lotus any more). But Vettel doesn’t show much respect for his team either, as it’s clear they have told him not to do unnecessary fastest laps like he does. And I’m sure all the F1 drivers are as frustrated by the slow pace they’re having to maintain.

          4. Yes, absolutely right. I think his last conversation with the pits shows remarkable patience and maturity in not telling Rocquelin where he can do with his delta time. Vettel (and many others) tooled around all afternoon playing ‘must preserve the tyres’ which is a boring game.

          5. I think it says rather more about those who won’t give him credit for having a racing driver’s instincts but will pillory him for saying something that was a fraction as obnoxious as what Raikkonen came out with in Abu Dhabi last year.

            I’ll give Vettel full credit for having a racer’s instincts, but I think there’s more to being a great racing driver than just instincts.

            I expect that all drivers say regrettable things in the heat of the moment, but trying for the fastest lap is not a moment of madness, it’s a sustained effort and apparently against the advice of his team. Similar to going against team orders not to overtake Webber it gives me the impression of an immature driver who is thinking of himself more than the team. And I don’t care who else has also done it, it doesn’t make it right.

            While I accept that this selfishness seems to be part of the psychology of the most successful drivers it still makes them less likeable to me.

            Like they care what I think :-)

            Finally, thanks for this feature @keithcollantine, it’s fascinating to see more of what goes on behind the scenes.

          6. I agree with that @keithcollantine. It does show nicely what racer he is, and it puts a nice perspective on him ignoring all those calls to slow down (and what for really?) because the team wanted to be overly carefull. Including slowing down and staying put in Malaysia this year.

            I think its good that the driver shows HE is the one feeling the car and knowing what it can do. And its showing the real Vettel in between all the PR, so to me its only good to hear.
            Very mature that he was not going to discuss during the race though, from past experience he must know there would be a good chance that it would be played out on tv!

    3. There’s no problem with collecting the fastest lap if he’s got the tyres I don’t think; it’s part of Vettel’s character that he likes the statistics.

      He’s not stupid though: he can drive and he knows not to take huge risks when there’s a good points haul at stake.

  28. Awesome feature @keithcollantine thanks a lot! Although I think there may be a mixup between Perez and his engineer on lap 46, talking about the Alonso incident?

    1. @nackavich Thanks, they’re the right way around now.

  29. Very nice article.
    Although it’s a pity there isn’t a radio conversation from Kimi when Perez hit him.
    I think that would have been hilarious

  30. @keithcollantine great addition to the site! It really gives a proper insight. I really don’t like how the FOM (or whoever decides) just releases some radio messages on-air; it never gives you the full story and sometimes it’s out of context.

  31. Button whined in almost every radio transmission starting from the formation lap. I’m surprised his race engineer hasn’t blown his brains out

    1. I laughed at the “blown his brains out” part because that was funny I’ll give you that.

      But it seems to me like you don’t really understand the relationship a driver has with their engineer. Button is just more vocal about a lot of things and a lot easier to communicate with and that helps tremendously. Keep in mind that it’s the engineers who set up the car(or tell drivers what to do at certain situations during a race) and not the actual driver, and they do that based on the drivers feedback on how the car handles and the data they collect.

      I can’t imagine what a nightmare it has to be for a race engineer to have to work with someone like Raikkonen for example.

      Again, communicating with your engineer =/= whining. I can’t actually figure out why people would think that a driver is more interested in finding excuses rather than asking for help from their engineer when they’re communicating. That logic…

      1. It’s Todford commenting about Button….. there is nothing to understand there lol…

        1. True. But you cannot deny that out of all the drivers, he had the most to complain about as usual

          1. only we really do not know that @todfod, just that he is the driver the FOM played most radio messages of that kind on TV.

  32. excellent article!! I hope that this is gonna be a tradition after every race :) big thank you!

  33. An excellent article combining all of the broadcast radio conversation. Really a nice experience reading all these. Hats off to the efforts yo have put in to produce this one @keithcollantine

    Hope this turns into a regular feature of each race weekend :)

  34. This feature is great! Hope it stays for the rest of the season, the only problem is that the FOM doesn’t transmit messages with bad language, but I really hope this work encourages them to put out official transcripts in the future, keep it up @keithcollantine

  35. just proved how much tyre management is going on in f1 in 2013.

    a lot of those messages are drivers been told to watch the tyres, been told how to watch there tyres.

    think vettel’s comment at the end about having to drive slow for 77 laps says everything about just how utterly wrong the current tyre situation is.

  36. Fantastic article, thanks for that! Hopefully we get to read these after every race from now on. Ricciardo’s “You can probably guess the driver” really made my day :D

  37. Fantastic feature! It’s interesting to hear the contrasting comments of both sides of an argument and to see who keeps their head and who doesn’t in a race. Sutil is so calm!

  38. I’m glad they don’t broadcast more radio on the TV feed. Just shows how incredibly clinical and lifeless it’s all become.

    1. It pretty much confirms my thoughts, that the real issue is far too much Data being available on the pit-wall to allow the drivers to run their race. If you look at all the “you are a fraction this and that from your teammate, slow, speed, adjust dial xyz etc to improve” that is to me far more of an issue than the tyres (or even DRS, or fuellevels) as such.

      What if we just let Vettel feel the car and the tyres and come in when he thinks its needed, and post fast laps when its needed? He certainly seems to know when the car can take it. And let Hamilton try and get past, he knows full well that he can gain position, but might suffer later, but isn’t that drivers skill? Much the same for the rest of them. IMO that would make the racing far better.

      1. Amen to that.

  39. I really hope you will be posting the radio transcript after the Canada race too! Great feature :D

  40. Kieth, do you plan on this being a regular feature or is it just a one off? I hope it’s regular, because it gives great insight.

    Thanks

    1. @mmc Glad you like it – as for where there’ll be more, see here.

  41. Maldonado and Chilton collided at Rascasse on lap 45,
    I belive they crashed at tabac not rasacasse

  42. Great feature. Also, love ricciardos comment :P

  43. F1 summed up in a couple of sentences :

    Guillaume Rocquelin Sebastian Vettel Vettel set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, a 1’16.577, which was over two seconds faster than any other lap he did during the race.
    “OK two laps to go. Bring it home.”

    I never had seen a GP with so much drama and so little race, it felt like a soap opera, what a shame

  44. Many thanks @keithcollantine for such a great feature. It’s very useful to have a better understanding of what’s going on during a race.

    Thanks again!

  45. The most interesting article i have ever read. Fascinating, wish to have it every time. Bravo Keith.
    the bad news are that seeing every live lap times and the radio comments, we can fairly say that we are not talking about a sprint, but a pirelli marathon.

  46. Smedley’s message to Massa on lap 13 says it all about the race: “OK start thinking about target plus ten to fifteen.”
    Could have been such a good race if it wasn’t the two Mercedes dictating the pace….

  47. By the way if you need to you can link to individual laps like so:

    https://www.racefans.net/2013/05/29/2013-monaco-grand-prix-team-radio/#40

    1. Ow, that is really neat @keithcollantine!

  48. If you like this article you should follow this guy on Twitter as he watches the Pits channel during the sessions & post’s the quotes, He also post’s video & now audio edits of all the team radio comm’s from sessions-

    https://twitter.com/F1PitRadio

  49. Brilliant feature @keithcollantine! These kind of unique articles, along with the daily round-ups which elegantly summarize the days news, are what makes this site so special. Keep up the good work!

  50. WOW! What a fantastic feature! Thanks @keithcollantine

  51. Fantastic post! Nice one F1F!

  52. Wow that’s quite cool. Funny how the teams echo to their drivers what the other teams tell their drivers (or

  53. An extra fragment of Lewis Hamilton’s radio which wasn’t broadcast originally can be heard on FOM’s Monaco GP highlights video:

    Hamilton: How did I get passed by two cars?
    Bonnington: Looks like we lost time on the entry.
    Hamilton: You told me to have a six second gap.

    There’s also an extra bit of Raikkonen’s radio about Perez calling him “that (censored) idiot”.

Comments are closed.