Australian Grand Prix 2019: Race team radio
55 radio messages were recorded during race at the Australian Grand Prix 2019, across 17 drivers. 54 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 7.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 3 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Lewis HAMILTON: I find that with this steering wheel it's harder to hit target compared to the practice wheel.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, just check please, the bottle of the water is leaking
Engineer: Copy that, we do
Sergio PEREZ: Well, that was close.
Engineer: Check out what's that, what's that? Drive through the pit lane, do you have any issues?
Sergio PEREZ: No, there was too many people on the pit lane and I wasn't expecting Giovinazzi to stop. I nearly went on the back of him.
Romain GROSJEAN: Test, test, test. One, one. Test, test, test. One, one. Test, test, test. One, one.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: can't express how happy I am to be here, guys. Thank you so much for being on this journey with me.
Engineer: Thank you, mate. It's appreciated.
Engineer: So, track temp we are currently reading 40, basically starting to drop now. Wind looks the same as quality.
Engineer: Daniel, so we have some damage on the right hand side as well, on the barge board, so there might be some load loss.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Understood.
Engineer: Something's broken, I think. Yeah, we lost the front wing, lost the front wing. Everything okay with the steering? Has it come off completely? Affirm.
Robert KUBICA: Left-hand side left-hand side from weak damage rest, okay
Carlos SAINZ: I have contact with Yamanashi, check rear right, rear right
Engineer: Copy, we're checking, pressure's okay at the moment Carlos, pressure's okay
Carlos SAINZ: Good, it was a good start
Pierre GASLY: I could not see the rise of my position.
Engineer: Ok, understood.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I got hit from the side in the first corner, back
Engineer: laren, so check if everything is ok. Copy that, we are checking. Ok Kimi, everything looks good on our side, so keep pushing.
Engineer: Max, can we have engine 3, engine 3, position 2, when you count, no urgent.
Max VERSTAPPEN: The engine change I did is affecting engine braking. Can I go back?
Engineer: Yep, engine 3, position 1, engine 3, position 1.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Struggling going left and right Yeah,
Engineer: copy that
Engineer: And we are very happy with the space.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Copy. Everything OK with the tyres. Just a bit of overheating,
Engineer: but
Valtteri BOTTAS: all under control.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Is the wind picking up around 3-4?
Engineer: Confirm tailwind 3-4. Confirm tailwind 3-4. I'll keep you posted on the intensity. Race update. Field spread is pretty low at this stage, so first stint could be a little bit longer.
Carlos SAINZ: No power, no power
Engineer: Copy Carlos, we're on it Stop the car, stop the car
Engineer: M-Box, Sebastian, M-Box.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I've picked up a pretty big vibration, keep me posted
Engineer: OK, understood
Engineer: And van 3, we want to do two more laps, your pace is quicker than Lewis.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, of course. Why am I not surprised?
Max VERSTAPPEN: The wind makes it really hard to drive.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: And Kimi, another info, the tear-off we found was yours, so be careful when you remove tear-off, leave it in the cockpit.
Engineer: and Lando Giovinazzi is talking about extending we need to get past him use the tire if you need to
Engineer: What
Lewis HAMILTON: was the reason you stopped so early?
Engineer: To cover Vettel, he's the car behind, 1.9 seconds
Engineer: Okay, one, two, three, box, box, box.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: don't think I'm going to make it to the end of the race on this side.
Engineer: OK copy, we'll look into it.
Engineer: Hamilton and Vettel already have 10 and 11 laps on their tyres.
Engineer: We need to build up some margin on the brakes, we are too hot with the brakes
Alexander ALBON: Guys, how am I supposed to freight when I've got no brakes?
Engineer: Critical on front brakes, front left Yeah but it's hard
Alexander ALBON: I'm freighting here
Engineer: It is critical, it is critical, I understand, but it is critical, front left, front left
Alexander ALBON: Yeah but this is stupid now, I'm stuck behind the green light
Engineer: Ok Lando, remember those laps you did yesterday in qualifying? I want those laps now please, those qualifying laps now. Copy.
Romain GROSJEAN: Ah, front suspension's broken.
Engineer: OK Daniel, so we're going to box this lap please, box this lap to retire the car, you have an issue?
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, box.
Engineer: Sorry about that mate. Yeah,
Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't really know what happened at the start but I'll have a look. Sorry it didn't work out.
Engineer: No worries mate, I'll get some point next time.
Daniil KVYAT: Sorry
Engineer: OK Lando, so Gasly has just pitted, he's going to come out in front of us. He's going to try and drive through the cars in front. So there's still a race for us here, there's going to be plenty of action in front.
Engineer: Hold overtake button. Hold overtake button. Five seconds.
Pierre GASLY: That's what I did but it doesn't give me more speed.
Sebastian VETTEL: Why are we so slow?
Engineer: We don't know at the moment.
Sebastian VETTEL: Is there a clever gap?
Engineer: Not at the moment. The problem is that we don't catch up Charles if we stop.
Engineer: We'll probably aim for 10 laps of fun at the end.
Engineer: Okay Lando, right now the best thing we can do for the tyres is to push, so I want pace zero please, pace zero, just be careful of front locking.
Engineer: The only way we can lose this race is by not having rubber for a safety car. Copy.
Valtteri BOTTAS: You're still holding the fastest lap.
Engineer: So
Valtteri BOTTAS: what's the plan in the end, are we going to stop for the quickest uptime or should I just try with these tyres in the end? V3, we are not taking any risk so we won't be stopping. Copy, but I want 26 points so I'm
Engineer: going
Valtteri BOTTAS: to try it in the end.
Pierre GASLY: Impossible to watch in the streets.
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: don't understand why.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: All right, that's purple that lap, but there's all sorts of games going on at the moment with people backing off, sorting out their calling modes, etc. You just focus on getting Hamilton.
Lewis HAMILTON: And he's
Engineer: at
Lewis HAMILTON: point bottom
Engineer: So strap mode 10 is available Lewis
Engineer: Well done, Valtteri! You won the 2019 Australian Grand Prix. Great job, bravo! How about that? Thank you guys. Well, that's payback from last year, Valtteri.
Engineer: Well done Lewis, that's a P2, not our day today but front row for Mercedes and 1 and 2 on the podium.
Engineer: Bottas just picked you at the end on a purple lap. You did what we asked for, you maximized your position, probably quicker than Lewis today as well but that's a good job, nice one. Well Max, that's a really good start, great move on Seb and to get the podium well, Honda's first one in this era so fantastic result, great start to the season.
Engineer: And P4, P4. Okay.
Sebastian VETTEL: Grazie, ragazzi.
Engineer: I
Sebastian VETTEL: had nothing left with these tires. Absolutely nothing.
Engineer: checkered flag Kevin checkered flag p6 p6 perfect race man perfect start to the season great job oh
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: great job guys great job man thanks great car just great job guys I'm so happy brilliant
Engineer: start to the season brilliant drive yeah really good management thanks
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Gary good job man you did it all same to you good job
Engineer: Fantastic job, fantastic, well done mate. That was awesome Nico, bit sweaty at the end there, fantastic job.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, that's it. Well done, P8, first point of the season.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, thanks. I think our car was pretty strong.
Engineer: Well done, Lance. P9. Great drive, mate. Well done.
Lance STROLL: Yes, good job, boys. First race, first points. Many more to come. Let's go.
Engineer: Good job, Dani. P10, P10. It was a good race.
Daniil KVYAT: Oh, f***,
Engineer: it
Daniil KVYAT: was a tough race, guys. One year and a half away, it's not easy. But I'm on it again, so thank you. Thank you for today.
Engineer: Bravo, Danilo.
Engineer: Good effort, Pierre.
Pierre GASLY: Difficult where we started. We finished B11. Thanks. Difficult. Even with the RS, almost couldn't catch up the cars in front. But anyway, let's focus on the next one. Yeah, exactly what I mean. Good job, guys. Good job for Max.
Engineer: That was a very good drive, Pierre. We saw you fought your heart out all the way through. A track that's difficult to overtake at, so it's a good effort. Thanks, Christian. You'll have a lot more days in the sunshine, don't worry.
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