Chinese Grand Prix 2019: Practice 1 team radio
21 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Chinese Grand Prix 2019, across 12 drivers. 17 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 3.
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
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 2 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Nico HULKENBERG: Is the speed limit, kph, 60 in the open line here, not 80?
Engineer: I believe it should be 80.
Nico HULKENBERG: Or was it 60?
Engineer: Copy.
Charles LECLERC: On my dash I don't have the right temperatures, I have the overall temperatures, not the delta.
Engineer: Copy, we check that.
Lance STROLL: Spun. I need more temp in the tires, they're freezing cold.
Engineer: And wind confirmed to be headwind into turn 6, just less than 10 kph, so tailwind on the big straight.
Engineer: And we need you to push a bit.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: So currently P1, just four hundredths to Valtteri P2, remember you're both on the soft, most cars on either medium or hard.
Engineer: Okay, so the front tyres are in a weak reasonable window, just concentrate on dropping the rear temperature.
Engineer: OK, and how was the balance?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it was pretty similar. I'd say overall balance more or less the same. Picked up some expected grip. I'd say still limited by the same things.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Engineer: I think we should try more front wing. So just to try more front wing?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, definitely.
Engineer: So box this lap, box this lap for front wing adjust. Carlos, how much do you want to try? Two holes, maybe even three holes? I
Carlos SAINZ: think one, so let's try three.
Engineer: Copy, three holes.
Engineer: So just had Vettel go fastest now on the medium tyre, two tenths to him, loss is all in the final sector, no GPS unfortunately.
Engineer: So just keep your eyes on dash, particularly the rear axle.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And I need no DRS from now onwards, please.
Engineer: Okay track is clear and I think we should manage six time-lapse, six timed.
Engineer: And how was the balance?
Daniel RICCIARDO: It's slowly dropping away, I'd say deck pretty even on both axles.
Engineer: And recommending slower entry to 12 for a better exit That
Lewis HAMILTON: one's closed as well
Charles LECLERC: Can you maybe tell me, on the next start, tell me before I leave, can go now or car coming, because it's very difficult with the speed exit. Ok, will do.
Engineer: You can push the rears more out of turn 13
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