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British Grand Prix2019 · Qualifying team radio

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12
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13:47 to 15:11
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39 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the British Grand Prix 2019, across 12 drivers. 32 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 10.

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. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:47:520:02

    Audio only, no transcript

  2. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:47:540:04

    Audio only, no transcript

  3. Sebastian VETTELFerrari13:47:570:03

    Audio only, no transcript

  4. Sebastian VETTELFerrari13:49:020:02

    Audio only, no transcript

  5. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:49:040:02

    Audio only, no transcript

  6. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:49:070:04

    Audio only, no transcript

  7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:49:370:04

    Audio only, no transcript

  8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:07:520:07

    Max VERSTAPPENIt's still having lag, man. Unbelievable.

  9. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo14:07:580:11

    EngineerOk, still everyone in face, no one pushing, we are currently P4

  10. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:09:390:18

    Engineerengine 11, engine 11, position 8, okay that lap currently put you P3, same lap time as Norris, slightly ahead of you Vettel, half a tenth behind and Leclerc P1 25.6

  11. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:11:190:10

    EngineerSo your P1, Leclerc P2, just a tenth behind. Leclerc on the medium tyre, he's going purple this lap.

  12. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:14:530:06

    EngineerYou can do one more lap for learning, we think you're safe with that time.

  13. Sebastian VETTELFerrari14:17:430:41

    EngineerOK, update on flap angle, in case we are going again. Pretty happy actually. OK, we are going with soft. Yeah, I don't think we have to. OK, it's monitoring it. So, flap angle will go up a click between the two compounds. Yeah, I'm with you. So, main struggle has been a bit of snap in three, a bit of understeer in six, a bit of snap into seven, and then a bit of understeer in the higher speed to finish the lap. OK, copy.

  14. Carlos SAINZMcLaren14:18:490:06

    EngineerCarlos, we're safe, we're safe. We can box this lap. Cool the car, turn 15.

  15. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso14:19:440:10

    Daniil KVYATYeah, I guess that's it. It felt like it was really poor, so...

    EngineerYeah, down in P17.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:25:450:15

    Lewis HAMILTONThe last lap felt like it was better, but it was slower, so let me know where it is slower, is it slower because I'm not

    Engineerbraking

    Lewis HAMILTONlate enough, deep enough? OK, I'll have a look.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:26:180:04

    EngineerTrack temp has dropped 3 degrees.

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:27:330:05

    EngineerLet's get some temperature in these tyres.

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:29:220:06

    EngineerYou are down sector one and two by four hundredths to Valtteri.

  20. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:30:480:08

    EngineerI think trying to run through corners any closer than that to the current front is going to be a problem. You were 3.5 at the start of the lap.

  21. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:34:020:07

    EngineerOkay, so just look out for these sides likely race start set

  22. Alexander ALBONRed Bull14:34:400:07

    EngineerGood work on the tires, good work on brakes and tires, same again, front left is the limitation

  23. Romain GROSJEANHaas14:37:300:08

    EngineerI

    Romain GROSJEANreally don't understand what's going on, it's not the same tires.

  24. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:41:020:06

    EngineerOkay Nico, we are currently P8 and I think we're safe.

  25. Carlos SAINZMcLaren14:41:290:10

    EngineerCarlos, we've finished P13, P13

    Carlos SAINZYeah, and I was surprised

  26. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:43:480:10

    EngineerOK Nicky, question is, should we go for a, I think we should go for a used tyre run in case of the rain appearing unexpectedly.

  27. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo14:47:030:32

    EngineerOk Antonio, we are P11, P11, and box this left, box, box. Copy. How much from P10? It's about a tenth to Alban, Alban is P10, and basically a tenth as well to her comeback, they are quite close. Yeah, so Remy is taking the last spawn, stupid. The Kimi is P12, one behind.

  28. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes14:50:480:12

    Valtteri BOTTASwhich way we're going.

    EngineerYep, we'll get back to you. And flip around so we don't lose bite.

  29. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes14:52:520:05

    EngineerSo our main losses were 3-4 and turn 16.

  30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:54:130:33

    EngineerOK, that puts you P3 for the moment. Leclerc still set a time. OK, he has set a time, he's a tenth behind you. Still P3, a tenth behind Hamilton and four tenths behind Bottas. How's the balance?

    Max VERSTAPPENThere's something weird going on in turn 6, a lot of understeer, and the last corner is 17.

    EngineerOK, front wing wise?

    Max VERSTAPPENI think we can go two clicks more. Understood.

  31. Charles LECLERCFerrari14:55:120:08

    EngineerYeah, I did quite a big mistake in the last corner. I tried something.

  32. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:56:440:20

    EngineerSo two and a half tenths to Valtteri, you are faster in sectors one and three, it's just that middle sector How

    Lewis HAMILTONmuch was I down in the middle sector?

    EngineerJust over three tenths to Valtteri

    Lewis HAMILTONThat's just too deep into six

    EngineerCopy, too deep six

  33. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:58:550:10

    EngineerWe think Albon's gonna do another lap. Looks like they're doing fast slow fast and Norris is just in front of Albon So we think the two cars in front of you are doing fast slow fast

  34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:00:210:10

    EngineerWe are currently on the 25 seconds margin, Max. 25 seconds margin. You're the last car on the train.

  35. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:01:520:10

    EngineerRight, so that's pole position, Valtteri. Well done. Yes! We just needed that. Oh yeah!

  36. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:03:360:16

    EngineerThat's close Lewis, real close mate, just six thousandths, so P2 at the moment. OK, so that's the front row. That

    Lewis HAMILTONwas P2, Q2 did not help.

  37. Charles LECLERCFerrari15:05:450:33

    EngineerSo, positions both as P1, 25.0, Hamilton P2 Ahhhh, I gave everything, the lap was good, the lap was very good, I'm very happy about the lap It was just not enough, ah! Stay negative, stay negative, you did a really good job

  38. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:07:200:46

    Max VERSTAPPENHard luck, Max. Massive luck.

    EngineerHard luck, mate. That is a fantastic effort. P4, tenths behind Leclerc, two tenths behind the Mercs. Gasly P5, you're three tenths ahead of him. And Sebastian P6, half a second ahead of him. Oh, man. This is so disappointing.

    Max VERSTAPPENBut anyway, after the difficulties we've had so far, it's not a bad falling.

    EngineerNot at all. Not at all. Good job. Yeah, good job, Max. With what you got, you got the most out of it. So we're going to have a competitive race from there. Well done.

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, exactly. We can definitely race from here.

  39. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:11:400:32

    Engineerand P6, CELANSTON P6 ok

    Sebastian VETTELcopy well I don't know what to say really, I just didn't want to come I struggled with the rear actually more than the front ok

    Engineerunderstood BNSF there will be days which are better than today, don't worry keep pushing

    Sebastian VETTELthank you, thank you all