Full transcript of Renault Singapore pit-car communication

British newspaper The Times has published the ful💃l transcript of the Renault F1 pi𒆙t-to-car radio communication in the lead-up to and aftermath of Nelsinho Piquet's controversial accident in last year's Singapore Grand Prix. It makes for interesting reading...

Pat Symonds: "I can tell you now we are not three-stopping."
Symonds: "Don't worry about fuel, because I'm going to get him (Fernando Alon♈so) out of this traffic earlier than that."

Piquet: "What lap are we in? What lap are we in?"

British newspaper The Times has published the full transcript of the Renault F1 pit-to-car radio communication in the lead-up to and aftermath of Nelsinho Piquet's controversial accident in l🎃ast year's Singapore Grand Prix. It makes for interesting reading...

Pat Symonds: "I can tell you now we are not three-stopping."
Symonds: "Don't worry about fuel, because I'm going to get him (Fernando Alonso) out of this traffic earlier than thaཧt."

Piquet: "What lap are we in? What lap are we in?"

Renault engineer: "He just asked 'what lap are we in?'"

Symonds: "Yeah, te🍷ll him t⭕hat he's about to complete lap eight."

Symonds: "No, just🙈 tell him, he is about, 🏅he's just completing, he's about to complete lap eight."

...

Symonds: "Right, I'm going to...I think we're going to stop him just before we catch him (Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima, who was ahead♑ of Alonso) and get him out of it, the reason being we've still got this worry on the fuel pump. It's only a couple of laps short. We're going to be stopping him early and we're going to go to lap 40."

Symonds to engineer following Alonso's pit-stop: "ꦍOkay right, you've got to push him really bloody hard now. If he (Piquet) doesn't get past [Rubens] Barrichello, he's going nowhere - he's got to get past Barrichello this lap."

Flavio Briatore: "Tell him, push."

Piquet's race engineer: "Nelson, no excuses now, you've got to get past Barrichello. You've got four clicks straight-line a♏dvantage. Come on, you've got to push now, you🀅 must get past him."

The Brazilian comes into heavy contact with the turn 17 wall a few minutes later.

Multiple voices at the same time: "Nelson's off. F***ing hell. Nelson's had a crash. I would say that would be a red flag. It's huge."
Piquet: "Sorry guys. I had a little outing."

Engineer: "Is he alright? Is he alright?"

Symonds: "Ask him if he's alright."

Engineer: "Are you okay? Are you okay?"

Engineer: "Fernando's just gone past it."

Engineer: "Okay, yellow flag."
Piquet: "Yeah, I hit my head in the back. I think I'm okay."
Engineer: "Okay, understood."

Symonds: "Right (inaudible), stop him."

Engineer: "Sꦇafety car, safety car, safety car, safety car. ✅Fernando, safety car, mixture three."

Symonds: "Tell him to be careful, turn 17 I think it is."

Engineer: "F***ing hell that was a big shunt."

Briatore:﷽ "F***ing hell...my every f***ing disgrace, f***ing, he's not a driver."

Symonds: "What position is Fernando in?"

Engineer: "Well, we were 20, and wꦜe're first guy to pick the safety car up."

Symonds: "Yeah, we're not..."

Engineer: "He will get away past it, but he's got to ওwait."

Briatore: "What position we are now in all this?"

Symonds: "To be honest, I don't🌌 know Flavio. It's got to have been good for Fernando, b🌸ut I honestly don't know where he is."

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