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French Grand Prix: Radio Ga Ga

A round-up of the best radio soundbites from the French Grand Prix, which featured an irritated Romain Grosjean and more frustration for Fernando Alonso.

"Get out of here! Get out of here quick!"

After Marcus Ericsson's crash at the end of FP1, the back of his Sauber caught fire rather dramatically, prompting this concerned message from the pit wall.

"Well done, we are in Q3, Q3 -- P10."
"Woohoo!"

Charles Leclerc was the undoubted star of qualifying, dragging Sauber into Q3 for the first time since 2015. The Ferrari junior driver would convert that into a point the following day -- his chances of driving a red car in 2019 seem to be growing every week.