Chinese Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
28 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Chinese Grand Prix 2019, across 14 drivers. 27 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 6.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 3 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And she will downshift. Vettel car behind. OK copy, we'll look into it.
Engineer: You
Nico HULKENBERG: can tell Martin and Schumann to prepare the dark advisor please for the next run.
Engineer: Copy that Nico, dark advisor for the next run.
Engineer: And you're still the only car out on track, would you like another lap?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, yeah.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: What the
Engineer: f***? Yeah, I saw it. Not good.
Engineer: Why don't you go one-click forward brake balance, because you're still in that relatively rearward, and we'll be pushing next lap. We're okay from behind, and just remember to warm your brakes. And remember, mode push, mode push. Good position.
Engineer: OK man, we need to box, we have a rough front wing issue.
Romain GROSJEAN: OK, is that happening in turn 14? A very strange front lock.
Engineer: Yes, confirmed, it was before turn 14.
Charles LECLERC: And box now.
Engineer: Yeah,
Charles LECLERC: tires are completely gone. Copy, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Nice drift that
Engineer: Okay, first car that is on a time-lap is Hulken... Hulkenberg? No? Yeah, his name is Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg is in turn 4 now. He's on a time-lap. He is 31 seconds back.
Engineer: Compared to Max, 2 tenths in sector 1, 2 tenths in sector 2, and then getting sector 3 correct, he's 3.5 tenths, 4.5 tenths quicker, so he's done a 33.5.
Engineer: Try DRS carefully, try DRS carefully in the back straight.
Daniil KVYAT: Seems to work okay, so... Okay, all good.
Engineer: Wind is still low intensity, tailwind in turn 1
Engineer: It
Lance STROLL: keeps saying Torque Rejected when I go for the blue button. Copy that.
Sebastian VETTEL: I don't know what the Force India is doing. Yeah, we are reporting it. Well, he doesn't need to report. He can do what he wants. It's just that they race harder on Friday than they do on Sunday.
Engineer: And Lando just be careful over stressing the tyre, turn 1-2, ideally we go forward 10 more laps, 10 more laps on this tyre.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, just the brakes are pulling a bit to the side on my last stop, they are a bit too...
Valtteri BOTTAS: So you've got a stall.
Engineer: Yeah,
Valtteri BOTTAS: balance is quite understeery, except turn 10, 13, but the tyres there are also very weak, so I think the hard will be more robust, so key to save some.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Can you give me some recommendations for different upshifts and downshifts?
Engineer: In terms of quality or gear number?
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, the quality.
Engineer: Understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean, I know I have eight gears.
Engineer: OK, that was a downshift test, are you happy with that?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, that's better.
Engineer: OK, display 3, position 6 now for upshift.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Shifts are better now, up and down, so that's very good.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Mode race, mode race, and the traffic light doesn't work, so follow your front left guy, the front left guy will tell you when to go.
Engineer: Max, have you felt any difference in drivability this lap?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I think it's a bit nicer at the lower speed corners.
Engineer: Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My seat is getting a little bit hot on the right-hand side.
Engineer: Understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Mate, something is not right. I go into a clutch, the clutch is catching, I don't know, it's weird.
Engineer: It
Max VERSTAPPEN: feels like the car is broken, maybe it's like a diff or something.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: Have you been stopped at the bridge?
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, sorry. My brakes are on fire there.
Sebastian VETTEL: Help them, help them with the fans, help the Toro Rosso.
Engineer: Sorry for the mess, but I was just busy
Sebastian VETTEL: on the display and just
Engineer: the last second I saw that I got pulled.
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