British GP: Best of team radio
Selected team radio messages from the British Grand Prix, won by Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton.
Grosjean after breaking his front wing in the pitlane
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Bottas beats Hamilton to pole
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images
Bottas: “Yes! Oh yeah!”
Team: “You just did it. Excellent.”
Leclerc misses out on a front row start
Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images
Leclerc: “Aaah *****”
Team: “Yourself P3.”
Leclerc: “I gave everything. Ah, the lap was good. The lap was very good. I’m very happy about the lap. Was just not enough.”
Leclerc is puzzled to lose positions due to safety car
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Team: “Still a long race. Anything can happen. Stay focused.”
Verstappen is informed of tyre choices
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Verstappen: “And the other way around!”
Norris is “screwed over” by wrong strategy call
Photo by: Gareth Harford
Norris: “It’s okay. Like...I got screwed over by the strategy so…”
Team: “So dude it was a very poorly timed safety car, but there’s still 23 laps to go, there’s still lots to play for here. So let’s keep it, keep it up.”
Vettel rear-ends Verstappen
Photo by: Hasan Bratic / Motorsport Images
Team: “Tyres all OK, I’ll keep you posted.”
Verstappen: “What was he thinking?”
Team: “Yeah, I’m not sure.”
Vettel: “Hey, what was he doing?”
Hamilton celebrates yet another win
Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images
Verstappen crosses the line in fifth
Photo by: Gareth Harford
Verstappen: “Yeah, unbelievable. We should have been P2 today. I still don’t know how I brought this car to the finish honestly with that hit.”
Sainz wins the Class B fight
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images
Sainz: “Oh that’s proper qualy. Oh! Thank you guys. Woo!”
Team: “Yeah, great job.”
Sainz: “Smooth operatoooor! Smooth operatooooor!”
Team: “Hahahaha.”
Kvyat returns to points
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Kvyat: “******. I know how to drive this car, thank you guys. Grazie mille a tutti. Dopo ieri era dura ma ce. Abbiamo fatta a fare una gara della madonna, and never give up.”
Hulkenberg was furious with Renault after the race
Photo by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Images
Hulkenberg: “I just don’t understand. Why we couldn't stop early? We just cost ourselves this race. I was genuinely struggling. Not playing any games or any **** like that. You just gotta believe me sometimes. ****** believe.”
Team: “Understand Nico, fully understand.”
Team: “It’s obvious, my tyres were hundred and ****** forty and still ‘no, no, it's fine, let him stay out, it’s all good’.”
Team: “Copy that, Nico, understood. Talk about it after the race.”
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| Series | Formula 1 |
| Event | British GP |
| Author | Rachit Thukral |
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