2014 Italian Grand Prix - Team radio transcripts

Drivers were kept busy with Radio conversations from their teams

Intense battle

Between Hamilton’s starting troubles and Rosberg’s two unforced errors at the Rettifilo chicane, the Italian grand prix lived up to the current season’s story of ups and downs of the Mercedes drivers. But the battle of the race happened in the midfield between former teammates Jenson Button and Sergio Perez. The McLaren and Force India would not give each other a quarter for over 3 laps of sensational racing. Finally, the Mexican came out on top to grab the seventh position. The battle reminfed us of Vettel-Alonso’s scrap over 5th place at Silverstone beforfe the summer-break.

Given the frantic nature of the race, we saw a lot of team radio messages back and forth from the pitwall in this race. Here are a few that were transmitted and broadcast during Sunday’s race.

Radio Conversations in Monza

Lap	From	To	Message
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Just to reiterate: The opening laps of the race, overtake is free until we tell you
FL	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So if we can learn all gears, please, all the way up to eighth. RS modes cancel.
1	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	My RS modes won’t [censored by FOM] work.
1	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Yeah copy that Lewis we see it. So torque mode three.
2	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	RS mode lights are on.
2	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK we’re showing RS modes off, looks like everything’s in a muddle. Just leave it where it is for the minute.
3	Andrew Murdoch	Felipe Massa	DRS enabled. Use overtake if you need to
6	Andrew Murdoch	Felipe Massa	Do not use overtake at the minute.
6	Brad Joyce	Nico Hulkenberg	You’ve got Ricciardo behind. Chassis four, P4.
7	Max Chilton	Gary Gannon	Chilton retired after hitting a kerb at the Roggia chicane and landing in a gravel trap. Yeah I’m just a bit winded.
8	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	OK I lifted a lot, I lifted off a lot.
8	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy that Nico we can see that. So other car reporting rear tyres goind off so just be aware. Gap to Massa is four seconds. He is matching your lap times at the moment.
9	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So Nico looks like you locked front and rears together there.
10	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Tell me when I have enough power for strat two.
10	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis you may use strat two on the main straight only, exit turn eleven to turn one, strat two only for two laps.
10	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Nice work Lewis. Right, let’s get those strat modes under control.
12	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Status update if you can.
13	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Try an earlier apex in turn 11, Parabolica. Try and open the steering on exit for scrubbing.
13	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	Do not tell me the gap.
15	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	OK Lewis two-tenths faster last lap. Gap now 1.8. Nico carrying more speed entry apex turn 11.
18	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	It now looks like you’re picking up a tow so you’re slower in corners, faster on the straights.
19	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Drivers use a switch to report the state of their tyres to the team without giving that potentially valuable information over the radios. And let us know how the tyres are on the HPP switch.
19	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Copy that. All cars are getting degradation like yourself.
21	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So you’re getting close to DRS.
21	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	How far?
21	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	So it’s around the two-tenths mark, just keep it up.
23	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	Push hard now, two more timed laps.
24	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Go strat mode four, its hammer time.
27	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	I reckon the race is going to be at the end, the race will be at the end. So suggestion is we sit two, two-and-a-half seconds, get the benefit of the tow without losing the downforce. So we’re going to need the tyres at the end.
28	Guillaume Rocquelin	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian, Magnussen is within DRS range.
30	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	24 laps to go, let’s just get into the rhythm.
30	Tony Ross	Nico Rosberg	So it’s going to be important to look after these tyres to be able to attack at the end, Nico. Save a bit of fuel when we can and attack at the end.
33	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	Try to push up to the guys ahead if you can, Checo. Do not use the overtake button.
34	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	Just keep it clean, Checo. Keep it clean. Jenson wasn’t as close this time around, just keep it clean. We hope to give you the fuel performance back soon. Let’s get back to the DRS, the two guys ahead are fighting.
34	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate, excellent job, Right let’s get into them ahead.
35	Tom Stallard	Jenson Button	Jenson car behind now Ricciardo. Ricciardo stopped four laps after us.
35	Simon Rennie	Daniel Ricciardo	OK mate its going to get pretty tasty ahead of you. There’s a lot of changing of places going. Let’s get amongst it.
37	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	Checo I can’t say enough what a good job you’re doing. Just keep it up. I know I’m asking the impossible, but just control the rear tyre slip and as long as we’re in this DRS train we’re OK, OK?
39	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	OK Magnussen has a five second penalty added to his race time. So stick with his DRS and we have his position, OK?
40	Sergio Perez	Gianpiero Lambiase	You saw what he did to me?
40	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	I saw it, but that was brilliant! Brilliant. Get back up to Magnussen, settle down mate.
41	Jenson Button	Tom Stallard	He just cut the chicane. Perez just cut the chicane.
42	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	And use the overtake button if you need to to defend. Only on the start/finish straight.
44	Sergio Perez	Gianpiero Lambiase	I need more power.
44	Gianpiero Lambiase	Sergio Perez	OK Checo we just need to keep it tidy and make sure we get to the end now.
46	Mark Temple	Kevin Magnussen	And Kevin we’ve been given a five-second penalty for forcing Bottas off at turn two. We are racing Raikkonen behind so we need good pace all the way to the end to get good points.
47	Marco Matassa	Daniil Kvyat	Great mate. Keep going. The next is Raikkonen. He is seven seconds in front. We will fight for P10.
48	Antonio Spagnolo	Kimi Raikkonen	We expect Kvyat will be to us in two laps to the end. You should push if you can to close on Button.
51	Esteban Gutierrez	Craig Gardiner	I think I have a flat tyre.
51	Craig Gardiner	Esteban Gutierrez	Which corner? Preload 12. Esteban is it flat or you can continue?
51	Esteban Gutierrez	Craig Gardiner	I can continue but…
51	Craig Gardiner	Esteban Gutierrez	Interrupting. Understood.
53	Daniil Kvyat	Marco Matassa	I got no brakes. Is it last lap?
53	Marco Matassa	Daniil Kvyat	No, two laps to go. Keep pushing, keep pushing mate.
53	Daniil Kvyat	Marco Matassa	I cannot manage.
PR	Peter Bonnington	Lewis Hamilton	Nice work Lewis, get in there pal. Beautifully recovered, mate.
PR	Lewis Hamilton	Peter Bonnington	Thanks for all the efforts, guys. Great result, great recovery. So happy for everyone.
PR	Felipe Massa	Andrew Murdoch	Thank you guys. Very good, very good result. I’m so happy, I’m so happy for this result. Especially to be here in Italy.
PR	Nico Rosberg	Tony Ross	OK good job guys on a deserved one-two. That’s a great result for the team. I’m sorry for my side of the garage. Real shame.
PR	Marco Matassa	Daniil Kvyat	Again, very good drive, very good race. Bravissimo, bravo.
PR	Daniil Kvyat	Marco Matassa	Grazie a tutto [Thanks to all].