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Brazilian Grand Prix2019 · Qualifying team radio

38
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17
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18:02 to 19:09
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38 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix 2019, across 17 drivers. 37 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Kimi RAIKKONEN had the most, with 4.

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. Robert KUBICAWilliams18:02:480:09

    EngineerCan someone clean my left-hand side mirror? It's full of water.

  2. Sebastian VETTELFerrari18:05:380:06

    EngineerGood warm-up on the brakes.

  3. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso18:06:530:07

    EngineerOk Danny, we can carry with more speed in the last corner, rest of the lap is good

  4. Carlos SAINZMcLaren18:08:090:10

    Carlos SAINZSomething went something

    Engineeron the engine. Copy, box if you can, box if you can.

  5. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:10:550:09

    Lewis HAMILTONTires are really hot as well man, need to cool them down, one lap's not enough

  6. Carlos SAINZMcLaren18:11:160:05

    Carlos SAINZSomething on the driveshaft or gearbox.

  7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:12:010:10

    Lewis HAMILTONWhere is Valtteri position?

    EngineerValtteri is P6 at the moment, you're P5, he's a tenth behind you

  8. George RUSSELLWilliams18:14:560:17

    George RUSSELLOkay, let's just leave it where it is Yeah, sure we're going

    Engineerto

    George RUSSELLget the front working, but I guess the tyres were not in the best window after the shenanigans then. Yeah, could be.

    EngineerShould be a bit easier next time around.

  9. Charles LECLERCFerrari18:18:170:05

    EngineerYou can abort. Abort the lab.

  10. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:18:540:10

    Nico HULKENBERGStill the front, not really ready, especially turn 2, doesn't feel great at all.

  11. Daniel RICCIARDORenault18:20:330:22

    Daniel RICCIARDOYeah pretty similar, I'd say on wing I wouldn't want more, but yeah pretty similar, little better out of one, but I made a little mistake. Ok

    Engineerunderstood.

  12. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso18:21:370:07

    EngineerSo P-16 and the box-box

  13. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:21:590:11

    Romain GROSJEANI picked up so much understeer. What happened?

  14. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:28:370:14

    Lewis HAMILTONCommander for us out.

    EngineerHow are you fam Lewis? So cars are starting to leave the pits now, we may have to drop back a bit just to make sure we don't trip over them.

  15. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:31:210:11

    EngineerSo, currently P2 Lewis 8.0, so it's a tenth and a half, so it's turn 10 with the lockup, it'll look good up to that point.

  16. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:32:350:29

    Nico HULKENBERGStill struggling a bit with turning into turn one and two.

    EngineerCopy that Nico. I

    Nico HULKENBERGthink maybe just that slowing right down at the end, I don't know, it

    Engineerdoesn't feel that great. That's impossible to predict though, that's the problem. So we need to work the brakes harder on the outlap or something like that to try and generate more front temperature.

    Nico HULKENBERGAlso a bit rear, like starting that lap I had quite a bit of slip exiting the last corner. Copy

    Engineerthat Nico.

  17. Lando NORRISMcLaren18:33:210:10

    Lando NORRISGimmy just came out, right into the side of me.

    EngineerOK, we'll look at it.

  18. Lando NORRISMcLaren18:39:070:11

    EngineerOK, Landers, I've tried to let the lead group of cars get away from us a bit. It's likely we will catch people in the final sector before we open our lap, but that's going to be OK.

  19. Lando NORRISMcLaren18:41:280:11

    EngineerAnd Lando, we are P11.

    Lando NORRISYeah, I know. Sorry about that. Didn't put it together.

  20. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo18:42:280:03

    Antonio GIOVINAZZIIt's all

  21. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:42:390:11

    EngineerOK, Nick, I'm afraid we are out of qualifying now. So

    Nico HULKENBERGwhere are we?

    EngineerWe are P14.

  22. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo18:51:030:08

    EngineerOk Kimi, everything looks good, but push when you're ready.

  23. Sebastian VETTELFerrari18:51:350:04

    EngineerAnd north-right from behind.

  24. Pierre GASLYRed Bull18:52:550:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  25. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo18:52:560:07

    EngineerOk Kimi, everything looks good, mode push when you're ready.

  26. Daniel RICCIARDORenault18:53:020:06

    EngineerClear from traffic behind

  27. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:54:000:08

    EngineerNot a great lap, still put your P1.

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, it was a big f*** up.

  28. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:54:460:14

    Max VERSTAPPENWe have to check the front wing, I think on the right front.

    EngineerOK, we'll have a look. Thoughts about balance?

    Max VERSTAPPENThat's fine, just leave it like this.

    EngineerUnderstood.

  29. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo18:57:470:04

    EngineerGo go go go go go

  30. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:58:300:06

    EngineerAll good on time. Plenty of time to get around. Over two minutes to get around.

  31. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:58:530:04

    EngineerSo remember to warm your brakes warm brakes

  32. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo19:01:030:06

    EngineerOk Kimi, more charge, more charge and we are boxing this lap.

  33. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull19:01:490:27

    EngineerThat's it mate. You've done it. Every session.

    Max VERSTAPPENYes boys, that was really good, really good. The car was on fire. And I hope that was a nice birthday present, Christian.

    EngineerThat was the best birthday present you could have given me. Well done. Brilliant, all three sessions. So yeah, thank you very much for that.

    Max VERSTAPPENNo worries.

  34. Charles LECLERCFerrari19:05:220:20

    EngineerOk, so Verstappen P1. Yeah, I saw, I saw, I saw. Copy. Did

    Charles LECLERCVerstappen improve on the second timelapse?

    EngineerYes, he improved by one tenth.

    Charles LECLERCThe first timelapse was good.

  35. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull19:06:230:13

    Max VERSTAPPENWell done GP, well done Hugh as well. Good job mate, the whole team. Also, I think that was good, really good.

    EngineerYeah, absolutely bang on mate. Great stuff.

  36. Sebastian VETTELFerrari19:07:470:13

    Sebastian VETTELDamn it. It was the last corner on the first run, but the second one I just didn't have the same undergrip.

  37. Pierre GASLYRed Bull19:09:300:26

    EngineerP7 very good job. Really, please.

    Pierre GASLYYeah, that's

    Engineergood I know I know Yes Yeah

    Pierre GASLYThanks for the car guys

    EngineerReady please ready please

  38. Romain GROSJEANHaas19:09:341:02

    EngineerYou look pretty close, you look pretty close at the start of the lap. Yeah, that's the problem. Currently P8, we're just watching for the others to finish. Confirmed P8, P8, Räikkönen P9, Kevin P10, good job dude, awesome job. Nice job everyone, very proud of you, getting two cars in Q3. That is a good job, with what we got, very, very, very happy for all of you. How far from P7? Two hundredths. Ah, shut up. And with the penalty for Leclerc, there will be P7 on the grid at the minute. Perfect, good side of the road. Good job Romain, grande, grande. Thank you Annie, thank you Dave, good job on all the switches, really good job. Box Romain, box.