French Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
50 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the French Grand Prix 2019, across 15 drivers. 49 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Romain GROSJEAN had the most, with 9.
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
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 9 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 6 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 4 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: and easy on tires easy on tires
Engineer: Kvyat coming onto the main straight now, he's done a very slow out lap, he's the only car on track though.
Engineer: Check the vibration level. We are looking. I think we need to box based on the vibration. Mate, I'm going to do a couple of throw laps. See if it clears off. Because I don't want to stop now. Understood.
Engineer: It's a f***ing
Romain GROSJEAN: joke, did we get touching? Why is the outside wheel just locking like this?
Engineer: No touching, it's not touching related. Roman, we need to abort this, we need to box, the loads are too high.
Romain GROSJEAN: I don't really care.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, I'm getting some fuel under the cylinder, 6 for example, and 11 tires vibrating in the bed.
Lando NORRIS: Can you tell me if there's
Engineer: a
Lando NORRIS: difference in wind or not compared to P1?
Engineer: We think the direction is the same, but potentially it's stronger. So direction the same, but stronger.
Engineer: Huge
George RUSSELL: amount of over-rotation and the brakes.
Engineer: Copy that, I'll get back to you. It
George RUSSELL: feels more aero than anything we can do with maps. Just lack of load. And apex understeer.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, the Williams was quite nice, the parking at the exit of turn
Engineer: 11.
Engineer: How was the balance? How was the car? Any different from the morning?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, it was, well,
Engineer: it was okay. Okay, there's a fair bit of gustiness out there even in the last sector, so that could be a factor.
Engineer: And also, good lap.
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, yeah, I feel pretty good.
Engineer: OK, and we still feel like it's 7 gear for turn 10, please.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, yeah, understood. I just thought I'd try, but understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: Front tyre's not balanced.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
George RUSSELL: Honestly, why would they be stopped on the outside of the corner there stupid
George RUSSELL: I would just say the pace is, if we completed that lap, I think I would have ended up about eight tenths ahead than the previous lap.
Engineer: Yeah, for sure you were six tenths up before the issue, so.
Engineer: We can have one more lap if you want it, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: If you can give it a try.
Engineer: Yeah, don't back off your pace too much during this recharge lap.
Engineer: And Lando, may be difficult to tell, but do you have a preference for the first or second front wing? I can't really tell the difference, the tyres keep getting better, so
Lando NORRIS: yeah,
Engineer: I don't mind. Yep, that's fine.
Engineer: Danny, what's the limitation in turn 4 and 5?
Daniil KVYAT: Understeering the power, rear pushing the front. I'm sure it will be very disallowed though.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: Okay, need some help? Yeah, we saw the snap, we're looking at it, we're looking at it. Yeah.
Engineer: More push, more push.
Engineer: Good luck, dude. Good luck.
Engineer: And let's just try and get the rear carcass temps down a little bit, especially on the front as well. Um, I kind of disagree. The balance is very oversteered to start the lap, and gets to understeer at the end of the lap, so it looks like the rears are picking up. Okay, understood.
Engineer: OK, recharge on and box this lap.
Nico HULKENBERG: I'd like to do one more.
Engineer: Copy, stand by. 8th Nico, go for one more time lap.
Nico HULKENBERG: You've got Perez... Probably just out of sync with everybody, it was great again.
Engineer: Yeah, well they all came out in front of us, yep.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah
Engineer: Yeah, I didn't mistake it, 10-6. Okay, copy that.
Romain GROSJEAN: I don't have a word. Do you want to try another lap or box? I need something. I need something here.
Engineer: Okay, we're looking. We're looking. I
Romain GROSJEAN: can't have a car which is good over the first five corners. And I got there and I'm sideways.
Engineer: And let me know if you would like to go through the pit and adjust the front wing or we proceed with the plan?
Charles LECLERC: We can proceed with the plan.
Engineer: Okay, so box now for a practice start at the end of the pit lane.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Romain GROSJEAN: I don't know what's going on in the last sector, but really the fronts are massively giving up.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Carlos SAINZ: Very strange engine problems. Exit of
Engineer: the
Carlos SAINZ: last corner, very strange engine noises during the whole lap.
Engineer: Did
Carlos SAINZ: you see it on the data? It was very strange, like
Engineer: something is... Yeah, Simone is investigating.
Engineer: Engines OK
Engineer: And Carlos, was the drivability better that lap? Was the PU better that lap?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, but still some oscillations on full throttle. Copy. But it's better.
Engineer: Louis is currently out of action, so it will be useful data the one you're collecting
Nico HULKENBERG: The rears have dropped a lot this lap.
Engineer: Copy that.
Nico HULKENBERG: Some weird upshift out of 12, sounded like a clutched upshift.
Engineer: Copy that Niko, out of turn 12.
Nico HULKENBERG: Nice spot
Engineer: Is the wind changing? Last corner is still at wind
Engineer: tyre sensors are not working so don't look at the numbers on the display for tyres
Engineer: Reminder, right rear button, reminder, right rear button.
Pierre GASLY: Louder please.
Engineer: Right rear button, right rear button, now.
Pierre GASLY: Better now.
Engineer: And how are the tyres?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yes, the rear has dropped off a bit the last lap.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Daniel RICCIARDO: The front's not in issue at the moment.
Engineer: Ok, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I lost it in 8, a little bit, so slow it up.
Engineer: Yep, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm clipping massively.
Engineer: Engine 5, position 1, engine 5, position 1, and copy that message.
Engineer: And update on tyres. Everything
Valtteri BOTTAS: very consistent. Just have a bit of a flat spot on the left which is creating some understeer on the right.
Engineer: Copy, we can hear it in your voice. Yeah!
Charles LECLERC: All the tires are gone
Max VERSTAPPEN: Is it normal I'm clipping so much?
Engineer: Stand by, I'll get you posted. K-Clips as expected Max.
Lando NORRIS: Why am I at the bottom of the pack? No I'm not, mistake, yeah I'm at the bottom of the pack.
Engineer: And Lando our initial settings weren't white correct, it should come back up now.
Lando NORRIS: No, it's doing something funny.
Engineer: Ok, can you use anti-overtake to bring the pack back up?
Lando NORRIS: I don't think so.
Engineer: You just need to use it earlier, continue to use anti-overtake and it should work.
Engineer: and we're going to hold you we need to look into the front left brake duct possible debris
Engineer: And when you can, can you give us an update on balance and tyres please?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, it's all stable for now. Started a little light on the wheel, now it's fairly balanced.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, front's dropping a little.
Engineer: Let's cool the car a bit for now.
Engineer: OK, can we go recharge on please, recharge on, and let's cool the car a bit for now.
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, understood.
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