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Unheard radio messages from the Singapore Grand Prix reveal why Daniel Ricciardo made the early pit cease which compromised his race.

In the meantime Sergio Perez discovered it so laborious to combat for positions he requested his workforce whether or not there was an issue together with his Purple Bull.

At Ferrari, Carlos Sainz Jnr and Charles Leclerc rigorously managed a swap of positions to make sure each acquired one of the best of their very totally different methods. Right here’s how these moments and extra performed out on the radios.

2024 Singapore Grand Prix radio highlights

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Norris takes controlBrake drawback forces Ricciardo inSainz pits earlyNorris grabs quickest lapPerez lacks powerLeclerc chooses his battlesSainz lets Leclerc byRicciardo pits againAlonso chases Sainz homeMagnussen forces outRussell resists LeclercNorris loses quickest lapRicciardo’s last chequered flag

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Norris takes management

For the primary time in Method 1, Lando Norris saved his lead from pole place firstly. From there he drew clear from Max Verstappen as he happy, and was in a position to wait till after the Purple Bull driver pitted earlier than making his personal tyre change.

Lap: 2/62 NOR: 1’38.480

Joseph
He does have DRS.

Joseph
And also you’ve damaged DRS.

Lap: 4/62 NOR: 1’38.446

Joseph
Okay mate the hole is growing slowly. So now 1.7. If we are able to carry on doing this, that is good.

Lap: 10/62 NOR: 1’36.830

Joseph
Okay Lando this place is basically good. Simply keep away from the snaps and keep away from the wheelspin. Hole to Hulkenberg is 15.9. He’s in sixth.

Lap: 11/62 NOR: 1’36.651

Joseph
The primary automotive, Ricciardo, has pitted. Would possibly begin the cascade. Doesn’t have an effect on our race but.

Lap: 13/62 NOR: 1’36.670

Joseph
And Lando overtaking seems to be troublesome as anticipated. Undercut energy seems to be sturdy, possibly two seconds.

Norris
Verify.

Lap: 14/62 NOR: 1’36.832

Norris
A bit of little bit of R3.

Joseph
Okay, understood.

Joseph
Lando this hole is nice. No have to push the tyres fairly as laborious, let’s cool them down a bit. Sainz has pitted as properly.

Lap: 17/62 NOR: 1’37.008

Joseph
How are the tyres?

Norris
All good. Pretty constant on the minute.

Lap: 18/62 NOR: 1’37.068

Joseph
Hamilton is pitting. Doesn’t have an effect on our races.

Lap: 20/62 NOR: 1’36.887

Joseph
Lando, Oscar is pondering of pitting to undercut Russell, so that may set off issues behind. However Lando, for our race, we simply wish to go so long as potential. So if we have to take care of tyres we are going to, we simply don’t wish to be the primary individual to pit between you and Max.

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Norris had a scare, nonetheless, brushing a barrier at flip 10 simply earlier than half-distance.

Lap: 24/62 NOR: 1’37.527

Joseph
Lando simply counsel backing off flip 18, 19 slightly bit, it’ll take care of each axles.

Lap: 29/62 NOR: 1’41.878

Norris
Entrance wing injury, possibly. Perhaps entrance wing injury.

Lap: 30/62 NOR: 1’47.073

Joseph
Keep out for now, please, keep out for now.

Joseph
Lando, how does the automotive really feel to you?

Norris
Yeah, superb.

Joseph
Lando, we’re going to counsel field this lap, field this lap. Verstappen’s pitted.

Norris
Verify.

Lap: 31/62 NOR: 1’58.408

Joseph
Out-lap free, stint free. We see a small difficulty with the entrance wing, nothing severe. Oscar’s simply out of the ultimate nook now. And Lando hole to Verstappen 21.

Brake drawback forces Ricciardo in

Daniel Ricciardo was one among solely two drivers who began on the laborious tyre compound, the opposite being Lewis Hamilton. Whereas he was at all times more likely to pit early, he needed to are available even earlier than deliberate as his workforce believed he had an issue together with his brakes.

Lap: 4/62 RIC: 1’39.545

Ricciardo
I don’t understand how it’s up entrance however tempo doesn’t really feel too gradual for the time being. The precise race tempo.

Hamelin
Copy that. Norris is pushing on the entrance. And it’s a really tight automobiles all the way in which up ’til Gasly.

Lap: 5/62 RIC: 1’39.585

Hamelin
Principal loss to Albon is braking flip seven, one tenth.

Lap: 6/62 RIC: 1’39.223

Hamelin
Okay Daniel the highest 4 automobiles pushing on, after which it’s nonetheless a really tight group all the way in which as much as P6.

Lap: 7/62 RIC: 1’39.598

Ricciardo
Understood. Yeah, tempo feels fairly excessive.

Hamelin
When you possibly can, strat one, presently in two. Albon forward simply reported one second of administration in comparison with what he might do.

Lap: 8/62 RIC: 1’39.615

Ricciardo
Understood. Yeah, I don’t have that a lot.

Hamelin
Okay Daniel heads’ up: We’re trying into a possible difficulty with entrance brakes. We might have some particles, we’re checking temperatures. We’ll maintain you posted. And in comparison with Albon it’s simply flip seven braking and every thing else is simply down the straights. And we’re simply digging by some footage Daniel to take a look at these entrance brakes. We’ll maintain you posted.

Lap: 9/62 RIC: 1’39.598

Ricciardo
Understood. Yeah rear’s my limitation for the time being.

Hamelin
Okay Daniel we have now seen the particles now, we are able to see what’s happening there. We’ll maintain you posted on the plan.

Lap: 10/62 RIC: 1’47.680

Hamelin
Okay Daniel field field, field field. We’ve acquired to clear that difficulty. Field field.

Ricciardo
Understood.

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Sainz pits early

Ferrari, in the meantime, went in reverse instructions with their drivers on technique. They introduced Carlos Sainz Jnr in early, whereas Charles Leclerc needed to sit tight and be affected person.

Lap: 4/62 SAI: 1’39.105

Adami
Lando just isn’t managing the tempo.

Lap: 6/62 SAI: 1’39.221

Sainz
I’m in a DRS prepare however I’ve quite a lot of tempo.

Adami
Understood.

Lap: 7/62 SAI: 1’39.349

Sainz
Okay I’ll push the tyre now. Try to overtake.

Adami
Yeah tyres are prepared, verify, joyful to push.

Lap: 13/62 SAI: 1’47.072

Sainz
I can’t go.

Adami
Understood.

Sainz
Get me free air.

Adami
Some [lift-and-coast].

Adami
And field, Carlos, field, reverse Tsunoda.

Lap: 24/62 SAI: 1’39.011

Sainz
Do I have to go this man rapidly?

Adami
Yeah, that’s the goal, with precedence nonetheless tyre handle ’til in the long run. However precedence is go, additionally.

Norris grabs quickest lap

From early within the race it appeared unlikely something would element Norris’ bid for victory. The workforce subsequently suggested him on when to make a bid for the quickest lap of the race to maximise his factors haul.

Lap: 42/62 NOR: 1’36.404

Joseph
And Lando the hole to Verstappen is 23. If there was a Security Automobile, we predict we might take it for a mushy.

Norris
Yeah, verify.

Lap: 47/62 NOR: 1’36.567

Joseph
Lando the quickest lap is presently a 35.6 achieved by Leclerc. We’re joyful to present it a go, however with no threat. Our largest concern can be entrance locking, entrance under-rotation. If you would like a go you possibly can used pink button into the ultimate nook. And we’d use strat 9, strat 9. However zero threat if you wish to do it.

Joseph
It’s now a 35.9, 35.9 by Leclerc.

Norris
35.9?

Joseph
Now 35.3, 35.3.

Lap: 49/62 NOR: 1’36.060

Joseph
Norris units the quickest lapOkay so full focus now, take a drink.

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Perez lacks energy

Having failed to achieve Q3, Sergio Perez had a battle on his fingers to come back away with an honest factors rating.

A great begin put him on target for tenth place, however he acquired caught behind Nico Hulkenberg after his pit cease, and located it so laborious to assault the Haas he requested if he had an engine drawback.

Lap: 30/62 PER: 1’39.589

Wooden
That’s Gasly forward of Hulkenberg. Gasly is but to field on medium tyre.

Lap: 32/62 PER: 1’38.407

Wooden
Okay mate that was two-hundredths of getting DRS. Let’s get him, he’s remoted right here.

Lap: 34/62 PER: 1’37.992

Perez
Fuck, I can’t even get shut.

Wooden
Copy. Take into consideration wider line flip 13. Wider line flip 13. Higher traction.

Lap: 35/62 PER: 1’37.858

Perez
I can’t even get shut. Is all okay with the engine?

Wooden
Yep, all okay with engine.

Leclerc chooses his battles

Whereas Leclerc ran lengthy on his authentic set of tyres, different drivers who had pitted got here up behind him. Ferrari urged him to not attempt to maintain them behind, as doing so would price him time and compromise his ending place.

As soon as he pitted, Leclerc was simply in a position to choose off Fernando Alonso and, quickly afterwards, Hamilton.

Lap: 30/62 LEC: 1’39.543

Bozzi
Verstappen behind you, laborious, don’t lose time. It’ll price you race time.

Bozzi
Verstappen passes LeclercAnd maintain driving like this.

Lap: 31/62 LEC: 1’39.214

Bozzi
Subsequent automotive behind is Russell on three-lap new laborious lapping in 37.0.

Lap: 32/62 LEC: 1’38.505

Bozzi
These laps are essential. Maintain driving like this.

Lap: 33/62 LEC: 1’38.187

Bozzi
And we must always not lose time with Russell as properly. Maintain driving like this.

Bozzi
Alonso lap time 38.4, you probably did a 38.5. We have to maintain matching these lap instances for a couple of laps. Let me know if you are able to do it.

Leclerc
Sure however converse much less.

Lap: 36/62 LEC: 1’47.084

Bozzi
And we field now and we’ll end simply in entrance of Hulkenberg. Field, field, field and flap replace.

Bozzi
Will probably be very tight with Hulkenberg.

Lap: 37/62 LEC: 1’57.168

Leclerc
Charles pit lane.

Bozzi
It’s tight.

Leclerc
Why is deg going?

Bozzi
Repeat, Charles.

Leclerc
The place is the deg happening the laborious?

Lap: 38/62 LEC: 1’36.556

Leclerc
I have to know for the gradual introduction. Please reply. Have a look at Carlos.

Bozzi
So typically steady, fairly barely in direction of oversteer.

Bozzi
So we are able to do a state 4 to the tip. You’re 1.5 seconds sooner than Alonso.

Lap: 40/62 LEC: 1’37.480

Bozzi
Leclerc passes AlonsoAnd properly achieved. Subsequent automotive is Carlos, he ought to allow us to by.

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Sainz lets Leclerc by

Sainz put up no combat when Ferrari informed him to let Leclerc by, even providing his workforce mate a alternative of which nook they might swap locations at.

Lap: 39/62 SAI: 1’37.802

Adami
Nonetheless our goal to optimise this stint ’til the tip. Struggling a bit with tyres, probably on the finish of the race.

Sainz
Yeah I can really feel it’s going to be powerful however I’ll attempt.

Lap: 40/62 SAI: 1’37.965

Adami
Let’s concentrate on managing the tractions.

Lap: 41/62 SAI: 1’38.236

Adami
Charles is at 3.1 behind.

Lap: 42/62 SAI: 1’39.534

Adami
Can let Charles by, let Charles by, he’s 1.2 behind.

Sainz
Into flip seven subsequent lap. Or I can attempt possibly flip 16 if he agrees.

Adami
Okay, 16.

Sainz
Copy.

Lap: 43/62 SAI: 1’38.602

Adami
20 laps to go, 20 laps to go. Alonso 4.5 behind.

Ricciardo pits once more

Ricciardo started to wrestle on his medium compound tyres and going through the specter of shedding time with blue flags, RB known as him in for a second pit cease. His race was ruined from then on, much more so when he was unable to un-lap himself from George Russell, whom his workforce anticipated he would be capable of go. That delay meant he was blue-flagged once more, for Leclerc, shedding extra time.

Lap: 35/62 RIC: 1’40.666

Hamelin
And what’s coming so let’s make the great work repay. Overtake accessible.

Lap: 44/62 RIC: 1’38.963

Hamelin
Heads-up: Ocon is defending towards Magnussen straight behind you.

Hamelin
Entry eight. And if we are able to, attempt to save slightly bit extra the entrance tyres to assist to stability the rear.

Lap: 45/62 RIC: 1’43.383

Ricciardo
[Unclear] for the tyres.

Hamelin
Copy that. If we pit we received’t get again into that place.

Lap: 46/62 RIC: 1’50.550

Hamelin
Field, field.

Lap: 47/62 RIC: 1’59.494

Hamelin
Okay Daniel let’s not overdo it the primary two laps. After which we go catch Gasly and the 2 Saubers.

Hamelin
Russell is three forward and he might be slower than you, so once we get there, we get by.

Lap: 51/62 RIC: 1’36.765

Hamelin
On this lap we misplaced three tenths braking flip 10. 1.5 tenths.

Lap: 54/62 RIC: 1’40.450

Hamelin
Okay Daniel something we might help you with to catch Russell’s DRS?

Ricciardo
Er, no, nothing actually. Steadiness isn’t too unhealthy simply shedding total.

Hamelin
And Leclerc is 1.4. I’ll maintain you posted.Ricciardo slows to let Leclerc lap him

Lap: 55/62 RIC: 1’38.263

Hamelin
Offset three.

Hamelin
Okay take into account EB12. Okay Leclerc is 3.5 away now, let’s get again into the rhythm.

Lap: 57/62 RIC: 1’36.357

Hamelin
Okay Daniel head down push on.

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Alonso chases Sainz house

Sainz needed to handle worn tyres in direction of the tip of the race, however efficiently resisted the charging Alonso.

Lap: 44/62 SAI: 1’37.870

Sainz
And if we field for mushy in a Security Automobile, which I come out?

Adami
We imagine all people will take it at that stage, we’ll take it.

Sainz
And in the event that they don’t? Give me a place…

Adami
4 positions, 4 positions. Additionally, if we cease now, shedding 4 positions.

Lap: 52/62 SAI: 1’38.499

Sainz
Let me know after I can push ’til the tip.

Adami
Copy.

Adami
And we’re joyful what you’re doing ’til the tip with tyres. Fernando 3.9 behind. Will probably be tight however needs to be do-able, hopefully, 10 laps to go.

Lap: 60/62 SAI: 1’38.838

Adami
SOC 4. Flashing blues for Ricciardo in entrance.

Sainz
The place are the blues?

Adami
Ricciardo in entrance, flashing blues.

Sainz
He’s going for quickest lap, no?

Adami
Yeah.

Chequered flag

Sainz
It’s a disgrace as a result of the beginning was fairly good, however then somebody did a banzai transfer in flip one.

Magnussen compelled out

Kevin Magnussen retired shortly after damaging his automotive when he clipped the wall at flip eight.

Lap: 57/62 MAG: 1’48.409

Slade
Field Kev field, please verify.

Magnussen
Field, field.

Lap: 58/62 MAG:

Slade
Cease outdoors the entrance of the storage, please. Cease outdoors the entrance of the storage.

Magnussen
Sorry about that, man.

Russell resists Leclerc

The charging Leclerc met his match when he caught Russell and located the Mercedes’ acceleration was an excessive amount of.

Lap: 60/62 LEC: 1’38.166

Bozzi
Three laps to go.

Lap: 61/62 LEC: 1’38.326

Bozzi
Two laps to go.

Leclerc
Traction is just too good for them.

Lap: 62/62 LEC: 1’38.726

Bozzi
And final lap, final lap.

Norris loses quickest lap

Norris’ excellent night was barely soured when he was informed somebody had pinched his quickest lap on the finish.

Chequered flag

Norris
Pretty jubbly. Superb automotive all weekend. Thanks very a lot, everybody. One in every of many, let’s maintain pushing

Joseph
Properly achieved. Oscar simply got here in P3 and I feel you bought quickest lap too.

Joseph
Ah, apologies. Somebody pitted on the very finish and grabbed it from you. Anyway, P1. Properly achieved, mate.

Ricciardo’s last chequered flag

RB gave Ricciardo a 3rd set of recent tyres for a late assault on the quickest lap time. Though it appears Ricciardo knew this might be his last race, there isn’t a indication he needed to take one other recent set of tyres to make a last ‘glory run’ bid for quickest lap.

Lap: 58/62 RIC: 1’44.940

Hamelin
Ricciardo is informed to make an try to set the quickest lapDaniel we’re on diff exit two for quickest lap.

Hamelin
Field field, field field. Simply forward of Sainz pit exit. Maintain the tempo up.

Lap: 59/62 RIC: 1’58.881

Hamelin
Okay you’re simply forward of Sainz pit exit. [Unclear]

Hamelin
Maintain pushing. Maintain pushing.

Hamelin
Okay Daniel heads up. After flip 14 we are going to go cost ‘on’, begin 12, mode one. Sainz 2.5.

Hamelin
Cost on, strat 12, mode one. Sainz 2.4. Offset one, one click on rearwards. Strat 12, cost off.

Lap: 60/62 RIC: 1’34.486

Hamelin
And push toggle flip 13.

Lap: 61/62 RIC: 1’39.550

Hamelin
Strat two when you possibly can.

Hamelin
Mode 10, mode 10. That is final lap.

Lap: 62/62 RIC:

Hamelin
Okay cost on, fail 84 please. Clearly we tried and nothing occurred on the market so it didn’t work out.

Hamelin
However I’m glad we tried. I feel that was a really well-managed stint on the medium. Very properly managed. You’ve achieved all the correct issues there, and also you’ve acquired the quickest lap.

Ricciardo
Understood. Yep. Thanks, guys. Thanks.

Hamelin
Okay, in order that’s Norris, Max, Piastri high three, Russell P4, Leclerc P5, Hamilton P6, Sainz P7, Alonso in P8, Hulkenberg P9 and Perez P10 he’s been making an attempt many of the race to get by Hulkenberg, didn’t handle. And Yuki completed P12 behind Colapinto. Okay mate, thanks once more for the laborious work. We’ll cease on the bridge, P1 and full automotive swap off, P0 and every thing else.

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