Why is there not more being made of VER radio messages?
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Verstappen: Check my engine, if you need to turn it down, turn it down.
To Verstappen: Understood.
And later:
To Verstappen: We have now turned the engine down, Max, for reference.
There's no more than this published on RaceFans dot net, I can find no other transcripts on line.
Can anyone point to any sites with the any messages recorded between these?
To Verstappen: Understood.
And later:
To Verstappen: We have now turned the engine down, Max, for reference.
There's no more than this published on RaceFans dot net, I can find no other transcripts on line.
Can anyone point to any sites with the any messages recorded between these?
DanielSan said:
What's to be made of it? If anything dodgy was going on they wouldn't be talking about it on the radio so obviously. Teams have been able to make engine maps available on the cars for a while now.
Yes, I know, the driver's can change the maps, and any number of other things..Bear in mind, this started from VER radio messages to the team begging THEM to turn the car down. Not "what settings should I use?" or "what do you want me to do?"
IF...IF... there was something "unusual" that RB are doing, it's possible that VER forgot about how to phrase his request in the heat / passion of leading and panicking about his car failing - he is not always the most rational driver in the car.
The question is valid - are there any transcripts of messages in between? Or does anyone have first hand knowledge courtesy of the F1 app thing?
Kraken said:
Unless the rules changed I thought they could only receive data from the car not transmit it?
True.Kraken said:
I agree that it must be something different to what it sounds like it is though as the FIA monitor the radios.
Probably true, but other than people saying it "must" be something else, I have seen nothing, from anyone, that shows this to be the case.....so;
1. Rudeness not intended, just my typing in a hurry whilst doing work at home in parallel - only one level above "textspeak" - so apologies to Deesee if I came across abrupt. The discussion about the app would only be relevant in the future - as I don't have it & didn't have it for Mexico, so only someone who had it and listened to it at the time (unless it stores the transcript) could have answered the original question (however rudely I asked it).
2. Despite this, no-one could offer an explanation for this until I DM'd Keith Collantine on Twitter, which produced the following response:
"FYI Verstappen was told “fuel four position two” between those two messages."
...so answered, though not sure why not quoted in transcript, unless considered too mundane. Case closed. Tinfoil hat put away.
Again, apologies Deesee - will put a bit more time / thought into responses in future.
1. Rudeness not intended, just my typing in a hurry whilst doing work at home in parallel - only one level above "textspeak" - so apologies to Deesee if I came across abrupt. The discussion about the app would only be relevant in the future - as I don't have it & didn't have it for Mexico, so only someone who had it and listened to it at the time (unless it stores the transcript) could have answered the original question (however rudely I asked it).
2. Despite this, no-one could offer an explanation for this until I DM'd Keith Collantine on Twitter, which produced the following response:
"FYI Verstappen was told “fuel four position two” between those two messages."
...so answered, though not sure why not quoted in transcript, unless considered too mundane. Case closed. Tinfoil hat put away.
Again, apologies Deesee - will put a bit more time / thought into responses in future.
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