While Kimi Räikkönen was struggling on a very used set of tyres during the final laps of the 2013 Indian Grand Prix, his teammate, Romain Grosjean, on much fresher tyres was still very much in the hunt for a podium finish. As Grosjean came up behind Räikkönen the Lotus F1 team had strong words for their soon-to-be-departing Finnish driver after he initially didn’t make it easy for his faster teammate to pass.
The following team radio communication was recorded between Räikkönen and Lotus trackside operations manager, Alan Permane.
