Hungarian Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
30 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2019, across 12 drivers. Carlos SAINZ 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
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 6 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 3 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Rain reported in this sector only.
Daniil KVYAT: 10-06 and it's still raining here a bit, quite a lot actually Copy
Engineer: that
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's drizzling all over the track so far.
Engineer: Understood.
Daniil KVYAT: Why is Grosjean braking so suddenly?
Engineer: Don't know mate, it's Alex who went out last corner
Daniil KVYAT: It is not super comfortable out here. I mean all the kerbs are quite wet and astroturf and So white lines and stuff like that
Engineer: And let us know if it's raining out there.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Still drivable.
Daniil KVYAT: See more rain in turn 5 now
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's falling a bit heavy a second sector
Engineer: Okay, understood
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's probably on the edge
Engineer: I'm happy to box if you are. Okay, understood. So got five seconds to Perez behind you in a time-lapse
Valtteri BOTTAS: Pretty constant, so sector 2 is a bit of
Engineer: a
Valtteri BOTTAS: drizzle, losing a bit of grip, but not a lot.
Nico HULKENBERG: I think it stopped a little bit now the rain
Nico HULKENBERG: It's 25 and sector 2 felt a bit fishy again, and now I have some rain again on the visor
Nico HULKENBERG: At 25 it's like the two felt a bit fishy again, and now I have some rain again on the visor
Max VERSTAPPEN: I feel like it's getting a little more, the drittles.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: That is it, more rain.
Engineer: OK, copy.
Engineer: It
Valtteri BOTTAS: is slightly more now. If it's getting worse then it's
Engineer: going to be unbearable.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, let us know if you want to box.
Engineer: And box box box
Sergio PEREZ: Very good track conditions at the moment, track is ready to go
Engineer: Ok Carlos, so front wing is set for inter, obviously we don't want to damage it.
Engineer: There's a bit more rain in pit lane now, but it's still dry for an inter-tire
Carlos SAINZ: It's raining more than ever.
Engineer: Yeah, there's heavier rain in the pit lane now
Engineer: So currently all Marshall posts are not reporting rain the
Carlos SAINZ: marshals must be having a beer then
Carlos SAINZ: Hey
Engineer: What do you think on track conditions?
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah it's intermediate, not a lot of standing water but it's wet everywhere.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: And
Engineer: I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: think my steering is a little bit on the left, left-right.
Engineer: Copy, and DRS has been disabled.
Engineer: Max I'm happy with that happy with that quickest out there by three seconds
George RUSSELL: Feels night and day better than Hockenheim, bit of front overheating I think, sector 3 But really is in a much better shape than last weekend
Engineer: We're happy to box at this point so we'll box this lap, box box, we'll make the set up change
Engineer: So, Kevin, if you have an understanding of the car balance, we can stop running or we can carry on another push if you want. Now I see these temps are getting low, so maybe it'll be hard to go again, but it's up to you. Let's learn a little bit. Okay, understood. So carry on.
Engineer: Are
Carlos SAINZ: people still improving or not?
Engineer: Last lap, yeah, people are still improving, people are still improving. Ricciardo three seconds behind.
Carlos SAINZ: Lap time, what are they doing?
Engineer: So it's a bit mixed. Fastest is Verstappen 32.6, Magnussen 32.9, Ricciardo 33.2.
Carlos SAINZ: Wow, are they doing constant laps or not?
Engineer: Magnussen is doing two laps at a time, Ricciardo similar two laps at a time.
George RUSSELL: This car is just like Germany now.
Engineer: I would say we need an end of the pit lane start now, if you're happy to don't close this one.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I'm happy. I need to get a tissue, I need a wipe, I can't see s***.
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