Australian Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
36 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Australian Grand Prix 2019, across 14 drivers. 28 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Alexander ALBON had the most, with 5.
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
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 5 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
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Engineer: Roman, please go to Diff 12, Diff 12, this will be where we want it to be, there is a file issue.
Engineer: Roman, please go to Diff 12, Diff 12, this will be where we want it to be, there is a file issue.
Engineer: The wind is stronger and it's also come round so it feels it feels like a bigger step in strength where we are as the winds come around very slightly there's more of a crosswind on the start finish straight coming from your left hand side
Lando NORRIS: How was my braking? Was it any better at all?
Engineer: So your brake shape looks much better, it's very good. Anchor that last lap, it was a very good lap.
Engineer: Track is currently slower than where we finished in P1
Romain GROSJEAN: Ok guys, I've lost the sync on many gears.
Engineer: Ok, we need to box, remain box, we have lost telemetry too.
Sergio PEREZ: Traffic man, I can go a bit quicker I think
Daniil KVYAT: And the engine drivability is a bit poor, on the curb of exit of turn 4, very poor, I have engine cut, and poor at the exit of turn 15.
Engineer: Copy that, we look at it.
Sebastian VETTEL: Check the car in turn. Yeah, 1 and 4. Feels quite odd.
Engineer: Understood.
Sebastian VETTEL: Oh, there seems to be something wrong. Folks.
Engineer: For reference, you're currently P8, the fastest car on the hard tyre at the moment.
Engineer: Could you select PU7 position 4 please, PU7 position 4. Also, could you select damp 5 please, damp 5, that's at 8 o'clock.
Nico HULKENBERG: Group, good morning.
Engineer: How is the car?
Sebastian VETTEL: Still a bit wobbly.
Alexander ALBON: Oh my god, my finger got stuck on the headrest and I almost hit the wall three times.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, I can't get this, I can't get the rails under control, I don't think.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'm having a problem with glazing the right front today.
Engineer: Copy Lewis, yeah it looks like it's lagging just on the slow laps, seems to pick up when you go for timed.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Ok, we picked up some ****** on the rear tires from the mid-lane,
Engineer: so there
Kimi RAIKKONEN: was absolutely no grip on the line-up, and also on the first one.
Nico HULKENBERG: I often feel I'm shifting a bit too late, I think we need to adjust the lights
Engineer: Affirm
Engineer: Track temp is coming down slightly, wind intensity still very high.
Engineer: Drink system check drink system check.
Daniil KVYAT: I don't have it. You didn't put it
Engineer: copy
Daniel RICCIARDO: Are the others consistent, or are they experiencing drop-offs?
Engineer: Laptimes are reasonably consistent, Haas doing 29.4, Nico 28.8
Nico HULKENBERG: Who is in front?
Engineer: That's Danny in front of you.
Nico HULKENBERG: I looked like a horse from the distance.
Engineer: Tire info where it looks good you can push harder
Daniil KVYAT: Ok, flat spot at the tyre, big time Let's think about boxing
Engineer: Yeah,
Daniil KVYAT: no point to continue
Engineer: Slow down, slow down, slow down and box, box
Engineer: How are the tyres, Nico? How are the tyres? We'd like to carry on with these if you think they're in decent shape.
Nico HULKENBERG: They're not super fresh, but I think they're OK for a couple of more OK laps.
Charles LECLERC: There are some weird F-shifts.
Engineer: Look at
Charles LECLERC: it. I suspect something is wrong.
Engineer: We need driver default, Charlie 0.
Pierre GASLY: Problem with the engine? I lost power after... 9
Engineer: Understood Standby We can keep going, we are happy
Romain GROSJEAN: I've lost the gas sink again.
Engineer: We are looking, we are looking. Driver default Alpha 20, Alpha 20.
Pierre GASLY: Problem, problem.
Engineer: No
Pierre GASLY: power.
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