The McLaren drivers fought each other on-track over the first stint of the Austrian Grand Prix and through their strategies during the rest of the race.
Lando Norris grappled with low battery levels as he faced a sustained attack from Oscar Piastri over the opening laps.
As the McLaren drivers neared their first pit stops, Piastri made one last-gasp lunge at passing his team mate, which was to no avail. He locked up a tyre as he tried to pass his team mate and McLaren told him not to do the same again.
Piastri apologised for the move on his radio after the race. “Thanks for acknowledging corner four,” replied race engineer Tom Stallard. “And that’s from the pit wall as well.”
Norris out-ran his team mate for victory after swapping messages with his race engineer Will Joseph on how he could wring every last tenth of a second out of his McLaren. On a day when McLaren’s rivals were nowhere, Norris and Piastri’s fight left them almost 20 seconds ahead of their nearest rival.
Norris and Piastri’s Austrian GP radio
Jump to:
“Gearbox temperature is getting hot”
“We’re pushing quite a lot”
“This is lap 20”
“We can’t do that again”
“Is he just quicker everywhere now”
“The dirty air is hurting me a lot”
“Gasly still manages to find a way to f*** me up”
“Thanks for acknowledging corner four”
“Gearbox temperature is getting hot”
Piastri immediately passed Charles Leclerc to run second behind his team mate. The race was briefly interrupted by a Safety Car period following the collision between Max Verstappen and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
After the restart Piastri began his efforts to take the lead from Norris. Piastri’s race engineer Tom Stallard indicated they planned to extend his stint beyond the original target pit stop lap – assuming he stayed where he was.
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| Lap: 1/70 NOR: 1’28.861, PIA: 1’30.706 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Accelerating out of turn one Minor, purple C7 position one, purple C7 position one. |
Stallard | Accelerating out of turn one Blue mode one. |
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| Joseph | And Safety Car deployed, Safety Car deployed. Lando that’s for a car stopped at turn three. You can put your purple C7 switch back to resting position. And there’s a recovery vehicle on track. | Stallard | Safety Car, Safety Car. Stay out. Recharge on. Delta positive. So there are two cars on the exit of turn three. That is Verstappen and Antonelli. Verstappen and Antonelli on the outside of turn three. There’s a recovery vehicle there moving those cars. There could be debris, so stay far right, tight to the inside from apex to exit at turn three, and there are recovery vehicles there. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 2/70 NOR: 1’53.022, PIA: 1’52.637 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | So in turn three, there’s double yellow flags and recovery vehicles on track. Verstappen and Antonelli collided, they’re out. They are to the left, to the outside. | Stallard | ACS button, ACS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 3/70 NOR: 1’10.254, PIA: 1’10.527 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Safety Car is in this lap, Safety Car’s in this lap. We’re happy with current switches. | Stallard | So it’s still double yellows at 3, but we think those cars will be moved soon if they’re not already. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Safety Car’s in turn eight. Think about brake balance for the restart. Safety Car in turn nine, Safety Car in pit lane. The race restarts behind Norris |
Stallard | Approaching turn four Safety Car will be in this lap, Safety Car in this lap. So switches are good. Strat six is good for the restart. Reminder to use early overtake press. Bal minus one, bal minus one. The race restarts |
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| Lap: 4/70 NOR: 1’09.858, PIA: 1’09.937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | DRS enabled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 5/70 NOR: 1’09.460, PIA: 1’09.340 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | DRS re-enabled. Gap behind at 0.8. Minor, ACS button press. Oscar does have DRS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 6/70 NOR: 1’09.313, PIA: 1’09.445 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Gap behind 0.9. And minor purple C6 position 11 purple C6 position 11. | Stallard | Leclerc 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Oscar will still have DRS. Minor, strat nine, strat nine. | Stallard | White H14 position 11, H14 11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 7/70 NOR: 1’09.313, PIA: 1’09.445 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | First part of message missing …tyres, go forward to brake balance. Your call on the racing situation. |
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| Lap: 8/70 NOR: 1’09.394, PIA: 1’09.454 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | For turn three suggest top-right toggle. And for turn four suggest top left toggle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 9/70 NOR: 1’09.488, PIA: 1’09.271 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And still with DRS. Lando suggest red A6, red A6. You’ve almost broken DRS, it’s 1.0, he does have it almost. | Stallard | Forwards brake balance for rear tyre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 10/70 NOR: 1’09.952, PIA: 1’09.849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | If we can we’d do Plan A target, plus five. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Check top-right toggle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 13/70 NOR: 1’10.046, PIA: 1’09.995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Oscar, gearbox temperature is getting hot with this following. You can pull out at any point, but maintain DRS, that would help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Radiator for that is in the roll hoop, so it’s clear air to the roll hoop if to can. You can do strat seven for faster recharge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 14/70 NOR: 1’11.318, PIA: 1’10.680 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | He does have DRS, still. Reminder to take a drink. | Stallard | Oscar, how’s the tyre? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Minor, strat five please, strat five. | Piastri | It’s okay, rears struggling a little bit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | You happy with the flap? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Er, yes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“We’re pushing quite a lot”
As Norris came under pressure from Leclerc, he warned his team that he was having to take a lot out of his tyres to defend his lead:
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| Lap: 16/70 NOR: 1’10.937, PIA: 1’10.889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And suggest strat five, strat five, how are the tyres? | Stallard | Suggest forwards brake balance if you can, one more click. We’re in the window both kinds of Safety Car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Yeah, well, I mean, we’re pushing quite a lot, eh? I just have no battery, I need my battery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando you can use strat six, but you might have to press the overtake if he gets close. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 17/70 NOR: 1’10.841, PIA: 1’11.064 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando both Safety Car windows are open, please confirm. | Stallard | Suggest strats seven, strat seven, anti-overtake is often too late. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando opportunity, make turn six apex, it makes it harder for the other car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 18/70 NOR: 1’10.789, PIA: 1’10.709 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando the gap’s 1.0. I want to use some of the battery to try and get this DRS gap. | Stallard | Oscar, how’s the tyre? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | I’ve got no, I’ve got no battery, mate. | Piastri | Rears are struggling, fronts okay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | That’s why I suggest strat six when you can. | Stallard | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Leclerc last lap was 11.7, pace is still good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 19/70 NOR: 1’11.043, PIA: 1’10.863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando the gap to Bortoleto is 20.3 so we’re happy to pit. If we’re going to get passed by Oscar we would pit before him, if not we just keep going. | Stallard | Russell has just pitted. Suggest green shape two, green shape two. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“This is lap 20”
Stallard told Piastri when lap 20 was beginning, while Norris’s race engineer also indicated he would pit at the end of the lap, as was no doubt planned before the race. Piastri made a last-ditch effort to pass Norris at turn four and locked up a tyre, coming perilously close to hitting his team mate.
Had he got ahead, he would have been able to claim the advantage of pitting first, and the victory would likely have been his. Instead Norris made the first pit stop and McLaren gave Piastri the option of running longer on his first set of medium tyres in order to have fresher rubber later, which he accepted.
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| Lap: 20/70 NOR: 1’13.982, PIA: 1’10.951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, use the tyre, please use the tyre. Lando, we’re going to box this lap. | Stallard | This is lap 20. Piastri locks up at turn four as he has a look at the inside of Norris |
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| Norris | Confirm. Piastri tries to pass him at turn four but locks up |
Stallard | Exit turn eight Okay Lando is pitting this lap, let’s see your pace in free air now, see what we can do. |
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| Joseph | Box this lap, box this lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 21/70 NOR: 1’27.815, PIA: 1’10.624 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Launch map, launch map, launch map. Could be out lap two. Could be close to Bortoleto, careful of white line at exit. Bortoleto start-finish line. | Stallard | Oscar we’re looking at best pace to target lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Minor, purple C2 position 10, purple C2 position 10, gap to Oscar 20.2. Lando strat seven, please, strat seven, Oscar’s going to extend by a few laps, gap is 19.6, let’s get in the groove, free air. | Piastri | Yeah, okay, I have a flat spot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Understood, let’s see how the pace is. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Flat spot in data looks okay to continue, let me know. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Exit turn eight It’s not pleasant, but it’s okay. |
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| Lap: 22/70 NOR: 1’09.921, PIA: 1’10.938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Oscar, question, better to be four seconds behind Lando with more delta or one and a half behind? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 23/70 NOR: 1’10.012, PIA: 1’11.249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando doing a good job. Oscar’s pace hasn’t really picked up, he just did a 10.9. | Piastri | Four with delta. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Oscar suggest once past, once past from here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 24/70 NOR: 1’09.829, PIA: 1’14.728 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando from early signs the hard deg possibly slightly higher than we had anticipated. | Stallard | Oscar strap seven, strap seven. Are you still happy with flap? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Er, down half for the tyre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Copy Oscar, so we’ll box this lap, we’ll come down half for the hard tyre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Go one and a half for the tyre. Sorry, it was half on top of the one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Understood, we’ll come down one and a half. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Copy, box. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Box now, box. Reminder the box entry is bumpy, you can use the blue paint. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 25/70 NOR: 1’09.645, PIA: 1’28.329 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Oscar has just pitted too, you’ll come out ahead, we can start aggressively pushing on the tyre. Do not push any more on the brakes. Stay where you are on the brake. | Piastri | Oscar pit lane. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | So Oscar’s 5.8 behind us, Hamilton and Leclerc ahead by 5.1. | Stallard | Launch map off, launch map off. Reset brake balance. You can bring the tyre in as planned. Gap to Lando five and a half. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | White default 35X. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Lando last lap 1’09.8. And we’re looking for Plan A target lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“We can’t do that again”
Stallard passed on a warning to Piastri not to take the same risk with his team mate again. The pair had collided at the previous race due to an error by Norris.
Joseph kept Norris informed on how to extract more pace from his car on the hard tyres, which were not performing as well as the team expected.
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| Lap: 27/70 NOR: 1’09.522, PIA: 1’09.520 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Okay mate, this is good, free air again. And a reminder to drink, Oscar will be bringing in the tyres, you did a 9.8 lap time. | Stallard | Both Ferraris have now pitted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando just be careful of braking too late in turn six, we want to focus on getting out of the corner. | Stallard | Oscar feedback from the pit wall, the manoeuvre in turn four with the front lock-up was too marginal, we can’t do that again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Opportunity, throttle pick-up, turn one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 28/70 NOR: 1’09.528, PIA: 1’09.519 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | How’s the pace, how’s the tyres? | Stallard | Lando 1’09.5. Turn one was good. For turn four, suggest top-left. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Yeah, pace three, I just want to have a gap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando, your pace to Oscar in all corners is reasonable, do you want his lap times or not? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | No, I’m good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 29/70 NOR: 1’09.494, PIA: 1’09.434 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando, that lap, turn four, an example, too much entry speed, focus on the exit. | Stallard | Tyre conditions looks good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | So Lando this is plan A, target lap. Plan A, target lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 30/70 NOR: 1’09.641, PIA: 1’09.343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, better in 10.4, keep it like that. Opportunity, turn seven as we talked about. Stop it more on entry. Stop it more on entry, focus on throttle pick-up. | Stallard | The car’s pace is still flat, 1’09.5, your tyres are in good condition. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 31/70 NOR: 1’09.546, PIA: 1’09.348 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando just watch out for debris turn four. | Stallard | Purple middle sector. Colapinto had a little spin turn four exit possible gravel on the exit kerb of four. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 32/70 NOR: 1’09.546, PIA: 1’09.449 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Better turn seven, keep it like that. | Stallard | Pace is still good, other cars still flat, doing 1.09.5. Car behind us Tsunoda, he’s a lap down obviously. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 33/70 NOR: 1’09.602, PIA: 1’09.440 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Getting to the apex in turn four like that is good. Keep it up. | Stallard | Tyre temperatures still look well controlled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 34/70 NOR: 1’09.561, PIA: 1’09.196 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, opportunity, main loss is turn 10, as you talked about pre-race. | Stallard | Consider green shape two, green shape 2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Good job, turn one. Tyres have stabilised, so there’s potentially more opportunity now in high speed. We’re in the window for a full Safety Car, full Safety Car only, that’s both McLarens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 35/70 NOR: 1’09.377, PIA: 1’09.443 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando the full Safety Car window is open, please confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 36/70 NOR: 1’09.309, PIA: 1’09.460 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And reminder to drink. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 37/70 NOR: 1’09.779, PIA: 1’09.482 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Suggest bal plus one, bal plus one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Is he just quicker everywhere now?”
Norris fought his way through traffic first, which allowed Piastri to close the gap, but it began to open up again as the second McLaren caught the same backmarkers.
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| Lap: 38/70 NOR: 1’09.723, PIA: 1’09.273 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Norris pressed the ‘marker’ button on his steering wheel to alert the team to a point in his telemetry And Lando doing a good job, gap to Oscar stable, about 5.3. Last lap the marker we think was tailwind there. And you turned in a bit sharper as well. |
Stallard | Lando’s approaching competitor blue flag cars, there’s a four-second gap to Stroll. Most of those blue flags are doing mid-to-high, 1’10s, so there’s opportunity approaching. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 39/70 NOR: 1’09.955, PIA: 1’09.437 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Both safety car windows are open now to you. | Stallard | Lando 1’09.7. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We’re going to have some bad traffic coming up and Oscar’s 4.7. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 40/70 NOR: 1’10.682, PIA: 1’09.637 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Oscar turn seven suggests top-left toggle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 42/70 NOR: 1’09.808, PIA: 1’09.800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Is he just quicker everywhere now or? | Stallard | Opportunity to turn three entry speed, maybe edging into the corner a bit. Car ahead of Lando now is Stroll, that’s the blue flag car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 43/70 NOR: 1’09.638, PIA: 1’10.103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | He’s mainly quicker in high speed, we’ll just see with this loss in traffic. If you want help with rotation in turn six you can try the left-hand paddle. That’s left-hand paddle. And our goal here is obvious, we just keep Oscar out of our DRS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 44/70 NOR: 1’09.641, PIA: 1’09.714 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And this lap looked better. Keep going. And Lando, if you do want rear stability into turn three suggest the right-hand toggle, right-hand toggle. | Stallard | Turn three, try to carry more minimum by releasing brake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Car just come out of the pits is Hulkenberg. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 45/70 NOR: 1’10.044, PIA: 1’10.151 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Strat six to close on Hulkenberg, strat six. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 46/70 NOR: 1’09.677, PIA: 1’10.048 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And reminder to drink. How are the tyres? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Um, yeah, I mean, the last lap I just struggled a lot with the rear for some reason. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 47/70 NOR: 1’09.970, PIA: 1’09.471 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando it may feel poor, we see that, but you’re still quick. Doing a great job, mate, keep it up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 48/70 NOR: 1’10.073, PIA: 1’10.621 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Let’s go strat seven. Need a little bit more protection for the rears in low speed. Now you’ve got clear air. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | He runs wide at the exit of turn one Lando last lap, 1’10.0. |
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| Lap: 49/70 NOR: 1’10.072, PIA: 1’10.200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Struggling a bit more with the tyres now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Okay. So Lando, now that Oscar’s got free air his pace in high-speed has recovered a bit. Obviously if we get close to Hadjar it’s going to get tough again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 50/70 NOR: 1’10.221, PIA: 1’10.073 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando you’re continuing to do a good job. As the gap to Oscar stays like this, we just want to extend. Turn four was good, try to avoid the snaps like in six. | Stallard | Lando 1’10.1. Main opportunity is turn three, minimum speed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“The dirty air is hurting me a lot”
Norris was again the first to pit, switching from hards back to mediums. As the fresher rubber yielded much quicker lap times, Piastri did not delay his pit stop.
However when Piastri left the pit he encountered Sergio Perez and Franco Colapinto fighting for position ahead of him. Colapinto failed to notice the McLaren and forced Piastri onto the grass at the exit of turn three, for which the Alpine driver was later penalised.
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| Lap: 51/70 NOR: 1’10.292, PIA: 1’10.114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Suggest red A4, entry will be fine. | Stallard | How’s the tyre? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando this is the Germany situation, Germany situation. | Piastri | The rear is struggling a bit now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Yeah, just the dirty air is hurting me a lot. | Stallard | Bortoleto just came out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 52/70 NOR: 1’13.952, PIA: 1’10.014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Yep, we get that. So the gap to Oscar we’re still happy with. | Stallard | Oscar, are you happy with the front wing, just the offset for the compound? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, use the tyre please. | Piastri | Yep. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Box this lap, box this lap. | Stallard | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | Stallard | Exit turn three Okay, Lando will pit now, so use the pace. |
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| Joseph | It’ll be launch map on once you’re in the pit lane. Launch map, launch map, Launch map. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 53/70 NOR: 1’26.125, PIA: 1’13.038 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Out lap two, stint two, could be close to Tsunoda exit, he’s just round the final corner. Suggest red A5, red A5. | Stallard | You’ll get some clearer air. Let’s use the pace, we should be in at the end of this lap. We’re box this lap, box his lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Oscar is pitting this lap. | Piastri | Copy box. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Brake balance for the stop, brake balance. Launch map, launch map. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 54/70 NOR: 1’08.989, PIA: 1’26.307 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Oscar should be behind at exit. | Piastri | Oscar pit lane. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Oscar leaving pit lane now. He’s behind the two backmarkers. | Stallard | Launch map off, launch map off. It will be close with Colapinto and Tsunoda exit. They’ll get blues. Reset bal plus one, 17 laps to go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Colapinto forces him onto the grass at the exit of turn three as he passes I made it. |
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| Stallard | Okay, 4.4-second gap to Lando, let’s go. 16 laps after this one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Gasly still manages to find a way to f*** me up”
Piastri lost more time behind the other Alpine of Pierre Gasly later in the race. He previously belonged to Alpine’s junior driver programme, before famously quitting them to join McLaren, which Piastri appeared to make an oblique reference to after passing Gasly.
Despite Norris catching another pair of battling drivers at the end of the race – Fernando Alonso and Gabriel Bortoleto – he kept Piastri at sword’s length to claim victory.
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| Lap: 55/70 NOR: 1’09.357, PIA: 1’08.558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Lando has a few blue flags to get through as well. Gasly is a couple of seconds ahead of him. Bearman is three seconds ahead of that. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 57/70 NOR: 1’08.552, PIA: 1’08.739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Good lap Oscar, last lap was purple. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Piastri | Piastri has to follow Gasly through turn one before lapping him Gasly still manages to find a way to fuck me up all these years later, huh? |
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| Stallard | Head down mate, you’ve got 3.3 seconds to Lando, 13 laps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 58/70 NOR: 1’08.326, PIA: 1’08.157 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, suggest the right-hand toggle for turn three. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 60/70 NOR: 1’08.678, PIA: 1’08.085 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando the full Safety Car window is open, please confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 61/70 NOR: 1’08.272, PIA: 1’08.162 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | Stallard | That was a very good turn three. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | I need some pace, please help. | Stallard | Purple C7 position 8, Purple C7 position 8. It’s 10 laps including this one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Okay, 10 laps to go. Lando the main pace difference right now is high-speed, hopefully linked just to traffic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 63/70 NOR: 1’08.698, PIA: 1’08.903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando, opportunity turn one, be more exit-focused, avoid the kerb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 64/70 NOR: 1’08.655, PIA: 1’08.952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, just for your awareness, we have a bit of damage on our front wing which is making the balance change a bit. Nothing we can do, just for your awareness. And reminder to drink. | Stallard | Turn six, a bit more peak pressure to rotate the car, focus on throttle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Good lap, last lap, no opportunities to the other car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 66/70 NOR: 1’09.043, PIA: 1’09.037 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Five laps to go. Minor, ACS button press. | Stallard | That’s five laps to go. Four blue cars ahead of Lando, blue flag cars, four seconds ahead of him. They’re all in the points, that one’s Bortoleto [unclear]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | Correction to that lap time, Bortoleto 9.2. Turn three slide, both axles are on the limit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 67/70 NOR: 1’09.100, PIA: 1’09.087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando, you need corner discipline, turn one, turn three, pace in high speed is good. | Stallard | Suggest strat four for a bit more deployment. Two laps to go, two laps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando, closing the Safety Car windows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 68/70 NOR: 1’09.460, PIA: 1’09.273 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Confirm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And turn one and three are good. That every lap, please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 69/70 NOR: 1’09.844, PIA: 1’09.468 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando happy with strat five, strat five, just be careful of references. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 70/70 NOR: 1’09.431, PIA: 1’10.782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | This is the last lap. Norris laps Bortoleto |
Stallard | Turn three, corner discipline, that’s front and rear locking. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | This is the last lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Thanks for acknowledging corner four”
While Norris basked in his victory, Piastri acknowledged his move at turn four had been too risky.
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| Chequered flag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Well done mate. Well done. Recharge off. Great job. | Stallard | Chequered flag, Oscar. Well done, buddy. P2. One-two for the team. Your switches: White H11 position 13, H11 13. Leave recharge off and ACS button. Well done mate, good racing. Pick up rubber where you can | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | Lando maximum pick-up please. And we come back to the pit lane. | Piastri | Yeah, sorry for the, move in turn four. Pace is good. Good fun, actually. Hope, er… well, not sure you guys enjoyed the show, but I hope the fans did. So good race, good weekend, and look forward to the team’s home one in Silverstone, cheers! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Yeah, well done everyone. Beautiful one-two. Car was great. Thanks everyone. Amazing work. Let’s keep it up. | Stallard | Yeah, thanks Oscar. Thanks for acknowledging corner four. And that’s from the pit wall as well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | I agree, mate. Follow the process. And just confirm and we come back to the pit lane. | Stallard | And confirm we’re pretty happy back here, that’s a great one-two after where we were in Canada. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Yes, confirm. | Stallard | So you’re coming back into the pit lane. So when you get to the board, it’s kill the engine, wait five seconds and fully off. Well done, buddy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||