2016 Russian Grand Prix team radio transcript

It was a near-silent race on the radios at the Russian Grand Prix – at least as far as the FOM broadcast was concerned.

While the new restrictions on radio messages have reduced the amount of communication going on between driver and team there is still far more going on than gets broadcast during the races.

That much was obvious during last weekend’s race, when more than half of the eleven teams did not have any of their radio communications broadcast. Out of 22 drivers in the field we heard messages involving just six of them.

Among them was Sebastian Vettel, who supplied one of the most furious outbursts herd for some time when Daniil Kvyat ejected him from the race.

Go ad-free for just £1 per month

>> Find out more and sign up

2016 Russian Grand Prix team radio transcript

Lap*	Driver	Message
PR	From Max Verstappen	Guys I think there was a problem there, the engine just completely disappeared when I went on total, there is an issue.
1	From Sebastian Vettel	Oh for [censored by FOM] sake man! Who the [censored by FOM]? Oh I’m out! Crash! Somebody hit me in the [censored by FOM] rear, T2, Somebody hit me in the [censored by FOM] rear again T3, for [censored by FOM] sake, honestly. What the [censored by FOM] are we doing here?
6	To Lewis Hamilton	Get in there Lewis, come on man!.
9	To Felipe Nasr	We have a slow puncture Felipe a slow puncture, box this lap.
10	From Felipe Nasr	Why do we box this lap?.
10	To Felipe Nasr	We have a slow puncture, a slow puncture.
17	To Kimi Raikkonen	So this is the critical point Kimi.
22	From Sergio Perez	Do you like my pace, do you like it?
22	To Sergio Perez	Doing well Checo, pace is good.
30	From Max Verstappen	I have something with the engine.
32	From Lewis Hamilton	You there Bono?
33	To Lewis Hamilton	Affirm Lewis, we’ve got a bit on at the moment mate. so Lewis it looks lke we’ve got a water pressure issue, water pressure issue.
39	To Lewis Hamilton	Lewis the situation has stabilised.
53	To Nico Rosberg	Excellent drive Nico, well done we’ve finally done it in Russia.
53	From Nico Rosberg	Thanks everyone. Everything worked really well this weekend, thanks a lot.

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.

Russian Grand Prix data

• 2016 Russian Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops
• 2016 Russian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps
• 2016 Russian Grand Prix lap charts