- Radio Ga Ga - Singapore Grand Prix
'I need a drink, I'm dying here!'
Nate Saunders September 24, 2014
Radio may have been limited in Singapore but there was still enough chatter allowed for Romain Grosjean to have a meltdown and to ensure F1's bright young things didn't suffer in silence. ESPN's Radio Ga Ga brings you the best soundbites heard at the Spingapore Grand Prix.
"I cannot believe it! Bloody engine! Bloody engine!
"It's the same problem we had in Q1."
"I don't care, I don't care. It's too much….. We break our balls to make a good qualifying and you lose five-tenths ever single straight line."
In what might just be the radio meltdown of the season, Romain Grosjean fumes at everything from his Renault engine to straight lines as Lotus struggles in Q2.
"Damnit!"
Nico Rosberg does not hold back in making his emotions clear after Mercedes tells him Lewis Hamilton pipped him to pole by just 0.007s - which equates to a distance half the size of Mercedes front wing.
"I have to apologise, I think I had 45.6 in me. Every time I try to push it doesn't work."
Sebastian Vettel shows four world championships have not had any impact on his humility as he admits to Red Bull he could have been better in qualifying.
"How do I know what 6,500 RPM is?"
Nico Rosberg is rather incredulous as Tony Ross tries to walk him through how to do a pit stop with a Mercedes car without a clutch.
"I need to stop. I need a drink, I'm dying here!"
After suffering a problem with his drinks bottle prior to the race, an increasingly angry and dehydrated Daniil Kvyat starts losing the plot.
"My seat is really hot, it's burning!" ... "It's too hot, I can't drink it - it just burns my mouth!"
But he's not suffering quite as much as Kevin Magnussen as he not only struggles to drink but also contend with the rather uncomfortable consequences of a burning seat in his cockpit.
"My right rear is getting seriously worn. I'm not sure if these things are going to explode or not!"
Lewis Hamilton starts having flashbacks of Silverstone 2013 as he continues his 26-lap stint on super-soft tyres.
"Ok JEV, they have given us another five-second penalty."
"What the fuck!?"
It's safe to say Jean-Eric Vergne is slightly unhappy with the stewards after an incident with Pastor Maldonado. Unsurprisingly this broadcast originally was censored by FOM.
Nate is assistant editor of ESPNF1
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