F1 2017: The best of team radio

Good, bad, or ugly, Formula 1 again didn’t disappoint in 2017 when it came to memorable soundbites and flash-points over team radio. Here are some of the best…

KIMI'S MERCEDES CONFUSION - RUSSIAN GP
Ferrari to Raikkonen: "We are 9.5 behind Bottas and eight tenths a lap quicker."

Raikkonen: "How did we end up behind him when we didn't stop earlier?"

Ferrari: "He was leading the race Kimi."

Raikkonen: "Ah OK I thought they were the other way around."

BUTTON'S MESSAGE TO ALONSO - MONACO GP

"I'm going to pee in your seat!"

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Fernando Alonso wishes good luck to Jenson Button over in an amusing exchange over Team Radio ahead of the Monaco GP.

VETTEL V HAMILTON - AZERBAIJAN GP
Sebastian Vettel: "He brake tested me! What the **** is going on?"

Lewis Hamilton: "Vettel literally just came alongside me and turned in and hit me!"

Ferrari to Vettel: "You have a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for dangerous driving."

Vettel: "When did I do dangerous driving? Can you give me an explanation when I did dangerous driving?"

Hamilton: "10-second penalty is not enough for driving behaviour like that. You know that Charlie!"

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Whilst waiting for the re-start under the safety car, Sebastian Vettel hits the back of Lewis Hamilton, then remonstrates with Hamilton by bumping into the Mercedes

THE ICEMAN'S PIT LANE MELTDOWN - AZERBAIJAN GP
Kimi Raikkonen: "Steering wheel. Gloves and steering wheel. Yeah. Steering wheel. Hey…HEY! Steering wheel, somebody tell him to give it to me! Come on! MOVE!"

RICCIARDO'S YOU KNOW WHO - HUNGARIAN GP
Daniel Ricciardo after lap one retirement: "Someone hit me. Was that who I think it was? ******* sore loser."

OCON V PEREZ - BELGIAN GP
Esteban Ocon: "Guys, what the ****! Honestly! What the **** is this guy doing? Front wing broken now. ******* idiot."

FIRST-LAP CARNAGE - SINGAPORE GP
Kimi Raikkonen: "What the **** did they do? I'm OK but it's just…ridiculous."

Sebastian Vettel: "I confirm I stop the car, correct? OK, sorry guys, P-0. Sorry. I'm really sorry."

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Watch as both Ferrari's and Red Bull's Max Verstappen crash out of the Singapore GP, gifting Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton the lead in wet conditions.

HAAS UNDER THE COLLAR - UNITED STATES GP
Romain Grosjean: "I think we should retire the car, I think we should retire the car, there's no point going to the end. I can see the whole ******* left tyre. What are we doing guys? Seriously…"

Guenther Steiner: "Shhh. Shut up!"

Grosjean: "You're not paying your life here. The tyre's completely gone."

LOVELY JUBBLY - MEXICAN GP
Max Verstappen after passing Vettel on lap one: "Simply, simply lovely."

Verstappen asked to match Bottas' lap times: "Alright son, I'll take it easy."

Red Bull: "OK so that was the same lap time as the previous lap Max..."

Verstappen (laughing): "Yeah, I'm really sorry."

And, finally...

THE VERY BEST OF FERNANDO ALONSO - VARIOUS
Bahrain GP: "How the hell can they overtake me? Three hundred metres behind me at the beginning of the straight. I never raced with less power - in my life."

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It was another difficult day for McLaren in Bahrain and Fernando Alonso voiced his displeasure over their performance over team radio before retiring.

Italian GP: "What is Palmer doing? He needs to give me back the position, he cut the chicane."

On being told of Palmer's five-second penalty: "Five seconds is a joke! A joke! What a joke!"

Alonso: "Where is Palmer?" McLaren: "Palmer has retired." Alonso: "Karma."

Mexican GP - After Romain Grosjean cuts corner to retain position: "We need the position immediately because he changed the race, very clear.

"Please, please race director, look at the race please. Please, please, it's very clear, I'm losing the race here."

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