"He'll have to close up" - Ferrari's Russian GP radio transcript

Ferrari sparked controversy in Sunday's ꦿRussian Grand Prix as it used team orders with  Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to try and orchestrate a one-two finish, only to trip over itself and leave its drivers frustrated.

A pre-race agreement to work together and get the jump on Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in second placಌe prompted pole-sitter Leclerc to back out of fighting Vettel at Turn 2, allowing the German driver to move into the lead.

ඣFerrari sparked contro🌄versy in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix as it used team orders with  Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to try and orchestrate a one-two finish, only to trip over itself and leave its drivers frustrated.

A pre-race agreement to work together and get 🎃the jump on Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in second place prompted pole-sitter Leclerc to back out of fighting Vettel at Turn 2, allowing the German driver to move into the lead.

But despite a number of calls from Ferrari asking Vettel to swap the places back, he did not, with the switch only coming after the team gave Lec♔lerc the undercut in the pits.

A Virtual Safety Car ironically triggered by Vettel stopping on track due to an issue ultimately cost Leclerc 🍬victory, causing him to drop to third in the final classification behind both Mercedes drivers.

Here's a look at the radio chatter betweဣen Fer🔯rari's pit wall - both race engineers and sporting director Laurent Mekies - and its drivers.

Lap 2 (SC)

Xavier Marcos Padros to Charles Leclerc: "We are looking into doing the swap partway into t♋he race."

Leclerc to Padros: "Yeah yeah, no problem, this I understand."

Lap 6

Padros to Leclerc: "Sebastian will let you by next lap."

Sebastian Vettel to Riccardo Adami: "I would have got him anyways. Bu🌠t let's break away for another two lap൩s."

Lap 7

Adami to Vettel: "Let Charles by."

Vettel to Adami: "He'll have to close up."

Lap 8

Adami to Vettel: “Let him by, gap is 1.4 seconds."

Leclerc to Padros: "You put me behind. I respected everyꦕthing. We will speak later. But now it is difficult to close the gap obviously."

Lap 10

Adami to Vettel: “You are the fastest car on-track, head down, you ar♒e doing well. We are looking into Plan 🅰C, Charles is 1.9 behind."

Laurent Mekies to Leclerc: "🌜Charles, we will do the swap later on. Lewis is a bit close, and we want to push now into the race. We will do it later, just focus on your race, thank you."

Leclerc to Mekies: "I completely understand. The only thing is t🎉hat I respected. I gave the slipstream, no problems. But then I tried to push at the beginning of the race, but it's no problems. Manage the situation."

Lap 15

Padros to Leclerc: “Sebastian in front 3.7, Hamilton behind 3.3."

Lap 16

Padros to Leclerc: “You can push now."

Lap 24

Vettel to Adami: “My rears are falling off."

Lap 25

Adami to Vettel: “We are worried about Hamilto🌌🦄n going long, Hamilton lap time 8.8."

Lap 26

Adami to Vettel: "Box now Seb, box now."

Lap 27

Vettel to Adami: “I’ve got no K."

Adami to Vettel: “Stop the car now."

Vettel to Adami: “Are you serious? Bring back f**king V12s."

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