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Bahrain Grand Prix2019 · Qualifying team radio

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17
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15:05 to 16:12
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39 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2019, across 17 drivers. 38 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ 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.

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  1. Alexander ALBONRed Bull15:05:150:16

    Alexander ALBONIt's twitchy Yeah, we're still struggling with over-rotation, that's for sure Let's keep it, let's keep it for the next one

    EngineerCopy that, box to box

  2. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo15:09:070:07

    EngineerOK Kimi, some issues on the TPMS, but the front left and rear right are working.

  3. Lance STROLLRacing Point15:09:220:12

    EngineerTyres looking good, tyres looking good, couple of breaks down this straight, watch out for Magnussen behind, keep him behind, watch him.

  4. Carlos SAINZMcLaren15:10:040:12

    EngineerOk Carlos, good start, recharge on and box this lap. You are P3, you're actually ahead of Hamilton. P4 now.

  5. Lando NORRISMcLaren15:10:540:09

    Lando NORRISSky just blocked me in

    Engineerthe

    Lando NORRISfinal zone.

  6. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:11:130:08

    Romain GROSJEANWe got completely

    Engineer****ed

    Romain GROSJEANby the Ferrari on the outside.

    EngineerWe saw, we saw.

  7. Sergio PEREZRacing Point15:12:410:25

    EngineerCheco give us your feedback, give us your feedback, Reichen at 6 behind.

    Sergio PEREZIt felt as if I had a puncture on the rear left. The car was rolling quite a bit and taking a lot of lightning out of the left rear. So the right hand corners were quite hard.

  8. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:14:350:06

    EngineerBox box box Valtteri, we're gonna go again with another set

  9. Lance STROLLRacing Point15:16:240:25

    EngineerWhat do you want me to do about traffic? So just let these guys go, no? No, stay where you are now. Stay where you are. Too late?

    Lance STROLLThey're going too fast. Well...

    EngineerThose cars will slow in the final sector, Lance. Tires are already OK. Fronts can cool down a bit more.

  10. George RUSSELLWilliams15:22:010:12

    George RUSSELLCopy. Tires were well out of the window. That was fuel.

    EngineerOK on the fuel.

  11. Robert KUBICAWilliams15:25:460:15

    Robert KUBICAYeah, the front tires were too cold and I saw something fluid flying away from my car

    Engineerfrom front axle

  12. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:27:560:07

    Lewis HAMILTONThey've got 10 cars in front of me

  13. Alexander ALBONRed Bull15:28:520:22

    EngineerOk Alex, same again with the traffic, open an early gap in the lap, turn 1, turn 4 in the low speed, so you can deal with it in the last sector.

    Alexander ALBONCopy, will these tyres be harder to warm up than the new tyres? Or easier?

    EngineerSlightly harder, slightly, but we are really close to target out of garage.

  14. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:29:080:03

    Audio only, no transcript

  15. Charles LECLERCFerrari15:34:160:09

    EngineerBoth cars behind you on a slow lap and box box.

    Charles LECLERCCopy.

  16. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:34:230:17

    Sebastian VETTELOkay, that was the worst spot ever.

    EngineerAnd we go again. We need to go again.

    Sebastian VETTELYou sure it's not enough?

    EngineerWe are monitoring, but we need to prepare to go.

  17. Sergio PEREZRacing Point15:36:530:16

    EngineerSomething broke on the car, on the left side, I think one of the badge ports. Check again, run switch delta, run switch delta.

  18. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso15:37:590:05

    EngineerWe need to push more, weaving, we need weaving

  19. Alexander ALBONRed Bull15:40:430:06

    EngineerOk, I'm afraid Alex, that's gonna be it for us, currently P12.

  20. Pierre GASLYRed Bull15:41:430:10

    Pierre GASLYI can't put the throttle down, I don't know why, I get snaps everywhere

  21. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:44:040:10

    Kevin MAGNUSSENbrought us massive in the way understood

    Engineerunderstood we'll report it just finished the lap

  22. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso15:46:560:06

    Daniil KVYATWhy do I have used tires?

  23. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso15:47:210:06

    EngineerOkay box box Danny box

  24. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso15:47:330:11

    Daniil KVYATCan we change the tires?

    EngineerNo, that's it. We don't have time.

    Daniil KVYATWhat was that, guys?

  25. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo15:49:540:07

    EngineerOk Kimi, we believe the oversteer you have in 6 is not due to the PT map.

  26. Charles LECLERCFerrari15:51:070:12

    Engineernext car in front Hamilton 30 seconds on an out lap and Norris behind pushing 24 seconds so you're on a good spot

  27. Carlos SAINZMcLaren15:52:500:07

    EngineerMagnussen is faster, he ran a new tyre, you're the fastest of the used tyre runners.

  28. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas15:53:590:08

    EngineerOK, Kevin, so we'll box now. Box, just watch the Weybridge lights.

    Kevin MAGNUSSENOK, box.

  29. Carlos SAINZMcLaren15:57:080:13

    Carlos SAINZI will not use Stargear I think

    EngineerDo

    Carlos SAINZyou want to go SOC 6 again? Ok, Carlos we like SOC 7 anyway, SOC 7 is good whatever gear

  30. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo15:57:480:07

    EngineerOk, we need a bit of breaks as usual, and you have a good gap to notice, 3 seconds.

  31. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:59:080:14

    EngineerCars are fairly well equally spaced, so I wouldn't expect anyone to back themselves up too much down to turn 15. Make sure you weight the tyres up. It can stress the fronts a little bit more.

  32. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo16:00:040:09

    EngineerOk, it will be more charge, more charge, not a bad lap. I'll let you know what's happening, we are P5 currently.

  33. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:00:310:08

    EngineerOk Carlos, currently your P5, Vettel, Bottas, Hamilton, there's a few cars still to set laps.

  34. Charles LECLERCFerrari16:01:470:22

    Charles LECLERCYes! Come on, grandissimi! Tomorrow is the race and it's where we score points, but it's a good beginning. Thanks guys, the car was amazing. I'll push to try and finish the job tomorrow.

  35. Sebastian VETTELFerrari16:03:000:17

    Sebastian VETTELOk, good job guys. Well done. Main thing is we got the job done.

    EngineerSo,

    Sebastian VETTELcertainly Q2 was not ideal, not having a shot in the end. We lost a bit in the second sector, losing the rear.

  36. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:05:430:11

    EngineerOkay, that's P5 just it's a decent lap

  37. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:06:590:23

    Kevin MAGNUSSENAh for

    Engineerstopping got p5 by point zero zero five Anyway, anyway, good job man. It's p6 man p6. Yeah, good job, man. Yeah, really great Really good incredible quality, man Sorry about the last lap. I should have had that good job guys

  38. Romain GROSJEANHaas16:08:220:10

    EngineerThank you dude, we are P8, P8. Good job man, good job.

  39. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:12:280:31

    EngineerCarlos with P7 Verstappen got you just at the end half a tenth so Verstappen's P5 Magnus and P6 both within half a tenth but good job mate P7 we can have a good race from there