French Grand Prix 2019: Race team radio
100 radio messages were recorded during race at the French Grand Prix 2019, across 19 drivers. 98 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 15.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 15 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 11 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 8 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 8 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 8 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 5 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 5 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Radio, check pit lane.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Radio's good.
Engineer: Loud and clear. OK, practice start on the way out.
Engineer: ok and it will be straight out no start straight out and track is clear track clear radio check around the track if you can copy
Charles LECLERC: loud
Engineer: and clear
Engineer: Does it have to be like the wreck elapse when I need to fill the car a bit? That was an urgent request Niko, sorry. I don't know if I've done it now or not, it's B11 on. Fail B03 on please Niko, please repeat.
Engineer: Cool the car and box box for another start, so strap 1.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Now it's still 12 now.
Engineer: You can stay in 12.
Engineer: Okay, Kevin, multi-grip 10, multi-grip 10 for the next practice start.
Engineer: And cool the car, cool the car for this lap.
Engineer: And Lando as you approach the back of the grid, it's going to be a bite point find and then go to P1 once at the back.
Engineer: Okay, I can see you're already cooling the car, so you're going to the grid.
Engineer: You can recharge on and go to the grid so P1 at the back of the grid and stay in P1 please.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: never thought of it, but Sam, you could be a security guard.
Engineer: We all knew Sam had an aggressive streak in him.
Engineer: What's the wind
Lewis HAMILTON: direction currently, still tailwind turn one?
Engineer: Basically a tailwind into one, similar direction to other bays.
Engineer: I'm
Lewis HAMILTON: tempted to take out half a hole, at least. Why not?
Engineer: Yeah, just a small tickle, happy to do that. I won't venture too far, but if you want to come down half, just let us know.
Engineer: OK run through your formation lap procedures, the gearbox should remain 6 on the grid once we've tied up, pit lane speed limiter on please, standard 5.5 once the car is on the ground, and carry out your demo grid launch, a reminder that will go to just 60 kph. Then into mode 12, as many times between 1st and 2nd during the formation lap, remember to work your tyres if you've been through that, and confirm gear sync before turn 1. As you come out of the final turn, from the Pirelli wall advertising on the right hand side, key click the overtake, we'll have two burnouts, that's two burnouts, and then perform one extra ramp rather than just coasting down to your grid box. Mode 3 for the race start, and stationary time today, just 4.5. 42 seconds, 4-2.
Pierre GASLY: Could you just check here in my seat I have something that scratched my back a bit
Engineer: Track temp is ramping up a bit, now we're reading 57.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Carlos if you go to h13 you can adjust the radio volume now this is the on track setting so h13 you should then be able to adjust the volume and I can keep talking so you can judge where the volume should be give me a thumbs up when you're happy otherwise I'll just keep talking rubbish at
Engineer: Okay, Carlos, tyre information. So, medium runners are Albon, Magnussen, Perez, Kubica and Russell. You soft behind you are Gasly and Giovinazzi. All other cars behind are on hard.
Engineer: Valtteri add one second Leclerc P3
Engineer: Mode 7. Mode 7. Overtake available.
Engineer: SCENARIO 1 PLEASE
Engineer: We are ok with tyres, the car is ok, let's try to get the positions back
Engineer: DRS enabled DRS enabled
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm not pulling out of the corners, there is a lag.
Engineer: Okay, stand by.
Engineer: Can we have PU4, position 11, please, Nico?
Engineer: Your front left surface temp sensor has failed, and left hand tyres are suffering the most.
Engineer: OK, let's go back to HPP shift position 4, shift position 4.
Lewis HAMILTON: Make a decision and stick with it.
Engineer: Okay, boat is in front 2.3 and behind you have burst up in at 2 seconds.
Engineer: P.U. 12, position 4, please, Nico. Leave it, leave it.
Engineer: Charles we are going to plan A, gap to Verstappen behind at 2.0, we need this gap.
Charles LECLERC: Copy.
Engineer: And on the last lap you're almost two tenths quicker than Gasly. First car is pitted, it's Giovinazzi.
Engineer: So Carlos, we see light inboard front graining, that is expected, that is expected.
Engineer: How is the tire? How is the tire?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It's difficult to keep it at low temperature.
Engineer: Recommendation for Apex rotation if you do need it is Torque 5 rather than Diff. Diff is fully unlocked. Torque 5.
Engineer: So with the current pace ahead with Robert, we expect the lead cars to be with us five laps earlier than planned.
Engineer: We are doing well, we are doing well, we are on plan A plus 2 at the moment.
Engineer: And a bit of an update for you we think plan A looking to extend Carlos is speeding up we'd like to go with him
Engineer: Be careful. Exit last corner. Exit turn 5. Look after rear tyres. Exit last corner. Exit turn 5.
Engineer: Something
Lewis HAMILTON: broke in my seat.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Kaza had a starting to struggle opportunities will come
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Pierre GASLY: I need more power
Engineer: Copy
Engineer: A
Robert KUBICA: bit of wear in front left and rear deck slightly, smaller rear deck.
Engineer: Okay, copy that, you're doing a good job.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I'm really under big pressure here.
Engineer: target lap time 35.3 35 points yeah but what is this what
Charles LECLERC: is this is this Mercedes who is doing that so
Engineer: this is from Sebastian
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I can't go faster than this all
Engineer: right just keep it up max keep this pace
Engineer: Okay Carlos Ricciardo is nine seconds outside our pit window we're going to try and get to target lap but we need good pace now
Engineer: Pace, 4 tenths quicker than Ferrari in the last two laps, looks like they started struggling with the front.
Engineer: And we see high tyre energies in sector 3, high tyre energy in sector 3 on the front, so watch those please.
Engineer: Opposite to Verstappen, watch out.
Engineer: Niko we have one lap of scenario two available when you think you've got a good chance of getting Raikkonen.
Engineer: We go as long as possible. We go as long as possible. Yeah, copy with you. I'm with you
Carlos SAINZ: How critical is the basket?
Engineer: Not critical. Priority is the tyre, Carlos. Priority is the tyre. More wear than expected on medium.
Engineer: Need to get a bit of a push on here actually, Max, for the moment.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Mate, I'm trying, but it's not that I have a magic throttle pedal.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tire's still good. Tire's still good.
Lewis HAMILTON: Now I'd say, probably going to put half a hole into a hole in.
Engineer: OK copy that Lewis, so Valtteri was a 36.5, thinking he may have had a yellow, but Vettel a 35.8.
Engineer: Okay, so box box
Sebastian VETTEL: OK, we need to box. I locked up front left, doesn't look so good.
Engineer: Copy, box. Copy, box.
Engineer: Ok Carlos, tyres are up to temperature, let's see if we can squeeze past Albon, see if you can squeeze past. I
Carlos SAINZ: feel like we could bathe later in the race if I move now, the car is very early now.
Romain GROSJEAN: May we return the track very dangerously and had to go around we
Engineer: saw we saw understood
Engineer: Concentrate on the exit of nine losing a bit of time exit of nine bit too quick through eight and nine mid-corner losing on the exit
Engineer: And Charles, can you push more than this, question?
Charles LECLERC: I could, but it's not good for the tyres, so no.
Engineer: Okay Lando, priority one is still to get to the end with good tyres. The car behind Kvyat is now Ricciardo. He's 5.4 seconds back. We'd like you and Carlos to both target 36.5 please. 36.5 so that last lap of yours was good.
Engineer: Don't forget to drink
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's not connected. I just tried
Engineer: Ok dude, let's get back into it like you were before, let's get for high 36's please, high 36's Yeah,
Romain GROSJEAN: doing my best, the
Engineer: perm is in traffic, the tires are completely under limit sir, yeah Understood, understood
Nico HULKENBERG: Jesus these guys are fast on the straight
Engineer: Push like hell mate, push like hell.
Lewis HAMILTON: This side doesn't feel as good as the other one.
Engineer: OK, copy.
Carlos SAINZ: I can see Lando pushing behind. Do you want me to pick up the pace?
Engineer: Ricciardo last lap 136.1. Let's try and match that. Lando's matching that.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I can't do anything. I'm just waiting for Carlos to do anything, so if you want to tell him to pick up the pace, then just do that. I'm just stuck behind him.
Engineer: Okay Carlos, we need 135.8 now, 135.8 and use left hand side toggle turn 12 to protect front locking.
Engineer: We can see blistering on the fronts for both cars, we don't think it's going to be an issue.
Engineer: OK Lando, we're managing a small issue. We cannot use DRS even if it's available. We cannot use DRS.
Lando NORRIS: Like it won't work or I'm not allowed?
Engineer: You're not allowed.
Lewis HAMILTON: Both fronts have blisters
Engineer: Okay, copy Lewis. So we think that should clean up but just be mindful there'll be low rubber in that region So just be mindful of flat spots
Lewis HAMILTON: The right one looks pretty deep but I'm sure it's okay
Engineer: What's the condition of the tires for you? Update? OK for now, OK for now. Copy.
Engineer: I'm having really bad upshifts really aggressive upshifts okay Lando this is part of the problem we're managing there's nothing we can do right now deal with it the best you can mate okay
Engineer: And we are on plan F, plan F, head down, keep pushing, good lap times.
Engineer: It looks like Vettel will have a free stop at the end to go for fastest lap.
Engineer: We see high loads on suspension, turn 4 apex kerb, turn 11 exit kerb, please stay off them.
Engineer: Okay, so Norris is struggling with tires and other problems with his car so he's up there for grabs
Engineer: How's the balance, Lance? How's the balance?
Engineer: The car will become unstable because of the diff first and then the steering is going to get heavier. That's going to be the problems to face, you just got to concentrate, head down and do the best. The
Lando NORRIS: steering is already getting much heavier.
Engineer: We need to retire the car, Romain, we need to retire the car.
Engineer: So Lando, the adjustments we can make to help is brake balance, so going up on B, up on B and reducing engine braking, so going up on orange E as well.
Engineer: So the car ahead, Norris, may have that suspected hydraulics issue, so just be mindful of that.
Engineer: The
Max VERSTAPPEN: tires are pretty
Sebastian VETTEL: What is the target for fastest lap currently?
Engineer: We have 33.5 at the moment on used tyres.
Engineer: And you can press and hold overtake for five seconds on two straights, only five seconds. Ah,
Lando NORRIS: ****,
Engineer: I'm sorry, boys.
Engineer: Getting there Lewis. That was an absolutely blistering drive there mate. Awesome race pace.
Lewis HAMILTON: Phenomenal weekend guys. Just so proud of everyone. Thank you so much for the hard work, continued work. Let's keep it up.
Engineer: And that's P8, P8, well done my friend, fantastic race, hope you had fun.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it was
Engineer: a
Kimi RAIKKONEN: bit hectic last corners, last lap I'll do, thank you.
Engineer: Ok, great race, well done, pick up rubber and you're on the right mode.
Engineer: Mate, I think you need to hold your head up really high here. You drove absolutely awesomely the whole weekend. From P1 to qualifying you did a fantastic job and in the race you did a great job too. I'll explain the problem later, but you drove really well, mate.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I got it. I'm disappointed because it could have been much better, you know. Apart from that, yeah, good job all weekend. It's been a good one.
Engineer: Thanks
Lando NORRIS: to all you guys and everyone back at the factory. Yeah, let's keep fighting to the next one.
Engineer: Exactly. We've proved our point. We'll keep fighting. We'll go get them in Austria.
Lando NORRIS: By the way, I think Ricciardo joined the track fairly unsafely. When he went wide, he went off the track, came back on and wasn't safe at all.
Engineer: Yeah, they're just replaying it on TV now. And Lando, you've been given driver of the day, mate. You've been given driver of the day.
Lando NORRIS: Nice. Cheers, guys.
Engineer: come in you got it we got it nice job by 20 milliseconds
Engineer: worth a try the last lap. Yeah copy Lewis yeah very close in fact. How much was I off? Couple of hundreds. You can never have a defeatist mind you always have to go for things dudes. If we had planned that then I could have got another cent quicker if we had planned it properly. Yeah copy that's a lesson for us.
Engineer: Good job, P3.
Charles LECLERC: Congratulations guys, it wasn't an easy race, but I think it's a difficult time in the P3. To do a race like this, congratulations, thank you for the car, it's all good actually.
Engineer: You did a really good job, thank you.
Engineer: Phew, nice lap there. P7, well done mate, well done, P7. That
Daniel RICCIARDO: was fun.
Engineer: Nice job, mate.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Thanks. Firstly, I apologise for the start. I had a good launch and then was just too conservative on the inside, so put us out of position. Sorry for that, I gave myself some work to do.
Engineer: No worries, mate. You did a good job.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Don't apologise, Daniel. It was a fun race to watch, from where we were. OK, thank you Cyril. Where did Nico finish? Did he get Norris?
Engineer: Nico got Norris. He's P9.
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, nice work.
Engineer: Okay Nico, there you go. P9, great job mate.
Nico HULKENBERG: Oh man, man, man, man. What a **** this traffic and this aero effect.
Engineer: You're absolutely right Nico, but you did a fantastic job there. Absolutely brilliant mate. P13 to P9 will take that. Well done mate.
Engineer: Well done Max, really well done mate. P4, you got everything out of it again. Fail 84. Not
Max VERSTAPPEN: bad that, I mean I was wishing hard so I ran out of tyres.
Engineer: Yeah, you did what you had to do. Kept in touch for most of the race, that was really good, really really good. Yeah well done Max, you got every single ounce out of that today, so well done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, we were on the hard tyre initially, I think we looked quite competitive.
Engineer: Yeah, there'll be more coming, there'll be more coming, we've just got to stick with it and the performance will come.
Sergio PEREZ: So what what I could have done different for the penalty I don't understand I Don't know what I did wrong. It's impossible for me to judge where I am on track
Engineer: Yeah, okay checker. Yeah, we copy that. Yep. We copy that you did what was asked. So yeah, we're going to it more detail later
Sergio PEREZ: Did we told them during the race that I did what I'm supposed to do that I follow the rule
Engineer: Yes, we did check I copy that. Yep
Daniil KVYAT: Yes, we did a good race. Thank you.
Alexander ALBON: OK, sorry guys, I really really messed up, I didn't expect to lose so much grip from the outside there in turn 2 and then the, yeah, that was it really, I think I didn't get
Engineer: to use
Alexander ALBON: the prime tyre properly, that was it
Engineer: OK understood, and also we'll have a look what happened after the pit stop in 5.6
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, just for me it's just no grip when I come up the pit lane
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