Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
71 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019, across 18 drivers. 69 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Valtteri BOTTAS had the most, with 9.
These are transcripts of real team radio audio, produced by speech recognition and presented as an archive rather than as edited prose. Radio is clipped and noisy, so wording can be imperfect. Each message is attributed to the driver or their engineer, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 9 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 6 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 6 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, brake is really poorly on, I think worse than this morning.
Engineer: So we expect the brakes to be better for the next push lap.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Something is loose behind my left shoulder.
Engineer: Okay, the belts are okay, but it feels like something from the seat or something?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: No, like a big box.
Engineer: Okay, I understand.
Engineer: Okay, so we have to box Kevin because we think it's not safe.
Daniil KVYAT: Loss of power. Loss of power.
Engineer: Copy Danny, adjust the battery. It's all ok. Cool down the car. Cool down.
Engineer: Cool, tires some more, cool tires some more.
Engineer: What
Lewis HAMILTON: a problem with downshifts.
Engineer: Copy, looking into it.
Daniil KVYAT: Again, the same issue.
Engineer: Capitani, we do a bigger step for the next. Cool down on tyres.
Engineer: And we see people with hard compound seems to be improving all the time.
Lance STROLL: Rears are really going away in the last sector.
Engineer: So carry more speed into five if you can carry more speed into five
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: So just to box this lap, box this lap to go back to the other front wing. Quite
Carlos SAINZ: a lot more rear limited that lap.
Engineer: Looks like you're struggling for grip with these tyres, so maybe a reasonably swift cool-down lap.
Nico HULKENBERG: Quite low at grip, but also a bit sharp.
Engineer: I suggest one cool-down lap if the tires are okay.
Alexander ALBON: Okay.
Engineer: Leclerc is at P3 at the moment on that hard tyre How far am I off him? Delta to Leclerc, 4 tenths
Lewis HAMILTON: It's
Engineer: a
Lewis HAMILTON: big struggle
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, the brakes are on so bad, yeah, I have no bite at all
Engineer: Atlanta the best places to find time is turn 5-6 braking
Sebastian VETTEL: Note that I have vibration with this set, so consider rebalancing the set. Copy.
Engineer: Okay, so the laps look good Max, maybe just a little bit tidy enough at turns 8 and 11-12
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, quite a good lap considering the traffic on that RH.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Lewis HAMILTON: Also speak to Mad Dog, exit of turn 1, power.
Valtteri BOTTAS: So we go back to the other wing
Engineer: if that's your preference. I think better. Yep
Engineer: Are the vibrations only front or the whole set?
Sebastian VETTEL: I think the whole set.
Engineer: Copy.
Charles LECLERC: Nothing felt weird with the car obviously, yeah just to check.
Engineer: Good work on the brakes, another target for the tyres.
Lewis HAMILTON: Subtract air, I'm dropping.
Engineer: Air by about 2 degrees since the start of session.
Engineer: All
Lance STROLL: right, it's snapped.
Engineer: Still trying to improve the final part of the throttle application after 7, that's creating a lot of surface damp.
Engineer: My loss to Luis was an exit of 18
Engineer: Breaking point for turn 5 to be improved and apex speed in turn 7.
Engineer: So Verstappen is using more exit kerb out of 10-7 than new
Engineer: Think about gaining time in turn 11 and turns 18-19
Engineer: For
Robert KUBICA: whatever reason, the
Engineer: grape is terrible.
Engineer: Turn 12 and 13 more minimum speed
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: What what Madison is doing I need to do another one
Lando NORRIS: What's Lewis doing?
Engineer: Not sure what they were doing there.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: There's no grip. No
Engineer: grip, okay.
Daniil KVYAT: Hey, a gap behind, please.
Engineer: Nobody behind. You have an infinite gap.
Daniil KVYAT: There are some quite big holes in the drivability on the usual tip-in
Daniil KVYAT: There are some quite big holes in the drivability on the initial tip-in
Engineer: Press and hold overtake out of 7, then turn straight.
Engineer: On the exit of turn nine can we have four seconds overtake, four seconds of the overtake.
Lewis HAMILTON: There's often a lot of knock-off in the brake.
Engineer: We think this pace for now is pretty good. Fractionally quicker than Carlos at this point but it's good. Continue this.
Pierre GASLY: I've got Astralis behind, what should I do?
Engineer: You can keep him behind, it's ok. We focus on ourselves.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I'll just be here trying to overtake.
Engineer: OK, Lewis first lap, 42.5, you were at 42.6.
George RUSSELL: Consistently have an over-rotation entry of five.
Pierre GASLY: Something really strange happened on the engine.
Engineer: Copy, we're checking.
Engineer: Lewis is on the soft and we're in mid 42s, looks decent tyre
Engineer: We need a bit more wheel spin management, we need more wheel spin management, we are still looking at the engine problem, we are still looking to try and help you, keep you posted.
Engineer: And radio check when you can, try to talk a bit louder. Radio check, radio check, radio check. Copy, loud and clear.
Engineer: That's another good lap, Carlos. Other cars are high dag.
Romain GROSJEAN: It's a rear right, we haven't expected that.
Engineer: And I'll have a tyre update when you can, please.
Romain GROSJEAN: What the f**k was that?
Engineer: It
Valtteri BOTTAS: just did turn into wind, didn't leave any space so...
Lewis HAMILTON: Who crashed?
Engineer: Contact between Valtteri and Grosjean Valtteri was going down the inside of Grosjean at 11 and Grosjean turned in so they hit each other
Lewis HAMILTON: Could have guessed
Sebastian VETTEL: OK, is there any good slots around me?
Max VERSTAPPEN: We have other cabs on track, as soon as I slow down, he's slowing down, so it doesn't make a lot of sense.
Engineer: Five. I
Daniel RICCIARDO: feel like something switched off at turn one there. Okay, we'll have a look.
Engineer: So focus on mid to exit turn 6, don't push 5 too much.
Engineer: I've got to back off again. Understood, yeah, I know he just came out in front of you, so 7 behind. He's unbelievable. Yeah, this is bot test though, it's a different one. Anyway, stroll 7 behind.
Engineer: Okay, we've got two more laps. We've got three seconds behind to Hülkenberg.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, but when I slow down, he slows down. That's the problem.
Engineer: Suggest brake balance 1% forwards for turns 5, 6, 7.
Engineer: Okay, happy to fire up with the MGK and we have 50 seconds to leave the pit lane. Am I still in first or not? It'll sort itself out if you are, so you can do it.
Engineer: Ok Carlos, relative to the midfield that stint looks pretty good. Racing point also looking quite good at high fuel.
Carlos SAINZ: So how was the pace, if you're correct for what we know? Ok
Engineer: Carlos, relative to the midfield that stint looks pretty good. Racing point also looking quite good at high fuel.
Engineer: So we have a leak, we'll slow it up please. Copy.
Engineer: And just watch the blip.
Lando NORRIS: My blip, is that why I keep doing that?
Engineer: Yes, that's correct.
Lando NORRIS: You're saying it's something I'm doing different to any other weekend, like I've never had this all year and now I do it twice in one go.
Engineer: Yep Lando, that's a fair point, we're checking the data but for now that's what we can see.
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