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Hungarian Grand Prix2019 · Qualifying team radio

32
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15
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9
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13:49 to 15:09
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32 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2019, across 15 drivers. 28 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.

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  1. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo13:49:010:08

    Audio only, no transcript

  2. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo13:49:570:04

    Audio only, no transcript

  3. Lance STROLLRacing Point14:01:510:08

    EngineerSo there's a good headwind out of one but tailwind into one.

  4. George RUSSELLWilliams14:04:330:07

    EngineerIs currently six tenths quicker than Stroll, Airways Ahead, currently six tenths quicker than Stroll.

  5. Robert KUBICAWilliams14:05:420:06

    EngineerOkay, Weybridge, Weybridge. They like us.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:10:250:07

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, it definitely feels a bit more windy out here.

  7. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes14:11:040:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  8. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas14:11:050:13

    EngineerWhat the hell was Kvyat doing? Yeah, we'll talk about it with them. Okay, so now you have Kvyat and Gasly. Watch Kvyat and Gasly pushing. Kvyat just completely didn't get out of the way. Understood. Loud and clear. We'll pass it on. So that's Kvyat now.

  9. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:12:240:11

    EngineerYeah, a little bit of traffic really, Ferrari's kind of in the way, not so much. OK copy, you've got 17 seconds behind to Perez on a slow lap, so plenty of space.

  10. George RUSSELLWilliams14:20:010:07

    EngineerThat was everything, boys. Perfect.

  11. Romain GROSJEANHaas14:23:120:09

    Romain GROSJEANMate, the f***ing Alfa, what is he doing in the... You cannot slow down here, you cannot slow down here.

    EngineerUnderstood, we will report it.

  12. Sergio PEREZRacing Point14:23:550:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  13. Sergio PEREZRacing Point14:25:500:08

    Sergio PEREZWhat the f*** is wrong with Ricardo, man? He f***ed his lap, he f***ed your lap.

  14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:27:400:07

    Engineerand recharge off, VBAL 3 and recharge off, just get yourself a gap to him

  15. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:30:490:15

    EngineerOk look after this set, it might be your race start set. Keep your dash negative though, but look after it.

    Max VERSTAPPENThais were too cold to start the lap because of their slow last sector. We are boxing, no?

    EngineerWe are boxing Max, yeah.

  16. Charles LECLERCFerrari14:31:180:14

    EngineerUnbox this lap box, everything is fine on data as before, Sebastian lap time 15.8

    Charles LECLERCCopy, I took it easy in the last sector

  17. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso14:32:310:11

    Daniil KVYATYeah, Norris was like trying to stay as close to me in turn 4.

  18. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas14:34:200:07

    Kevin MAGNUSSENUh, there's no grip.

  19. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas14:39:380:09

    EngineerKeep me updated time-wise because these guys are going to have to f*** around. You have one minute from now.

  20. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas14:42:590:07

    EngineerLooks like you caught a big tailwind there, man. Sorry about that.

  21. Carlos SAINZMcLaren14:50:210:09

    EngineerOk Carlos, so the sun's gone in, the track may cool those 3 or 4 degrees quite quickly.

  22. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:53:170:06

    Max VERSTAPPENI'm losing a little bit of battery out of the last corner he rate

  23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:01:440:16

    EngineerBetter late than never mate, better late than never, congratulations Yes,

    Max VERSTAPPENboys, come on. Yes. Oh this feels good. This feels really good.

    EngineerMate, incredible lap, incredible

  24. Lando NORRISMcLaren15:04:270:28

    EngineerWe're P7, we're best of the rest.

    Lando NORRISAlrighty, nice job guys, done.

    EngineerI

    Lando NORRISdon't think it could have been much better in terms of result, I didn't have the gap to the car ahead but I was a bit more in that lap, I didn't nail it really, so good position for somewhere.

    EngineerYeah, no mate, it was a really good job, well done, all the weekend you've been on it. Gap to Gasly, who's the car in front, it's three and a half tenths.

  25. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:06:240:09

    Valtteri BOTTASOuch, that's close. Yeah, but

    Engineergood job, Valtteri, on losing all the running yesterday.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:06:350:08

    Lewis HAMILTONHow far is it off?

    EngineerJust a couple of tenths to Verstappen.

  27. Charles LECLERCFerrari15:06:510:21

    EngineerGood job Charles. Good job.

    Charles LECLERCI'm very sorry for my mistake guys Yeah, no need to say sorry, but just thanks for the good job I think we maximized We maximized today in terms of performance on the Q3 lap at the end. Very happy with my lap

  28. Pierre GASLYRed Bull15:06:530:07

    EngineerKetchup yet in the top six and starting on primes

  29. Lando NORRISMcLaren15:07:080:14

    Lando NORRISAll righty, nice job guys, I don't think it could have been much better in terms of result, I didn't have the gap to Dakar ahead, but was a bit more in the lap, I didn't.

  30. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo15:08:110:13

    EngineerAnd we are, ah, P10, P10. P10? Yeah, confirm P10, P10. I really thought that there was more.

  31. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull15:08:140:27

    EngineerWell done Max, quickest in pretty much every session and you nailed that last one there, fantastic, fantastic first of all. Thanks

    Max VERSTAPPENChristian, it seems like we like all the ring tracks.

    EngineerMax, negative on the next please mate. Oh the car was on fire. That was an awesome lap, awesome lap, two hundredths ahead of Bottas, two tenths clear of Lewis, a half second clear of Leclerc and Bessel.

  32. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:09:250:18

    EngineerGood job, too. Good job. That was a really good lap Good job, Roman. Magistral lap, very good. Thank you, Ernie. Good job also.