Hungarian Grand Prix 2019: Race team radio
99 radio messages were recorded during race at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2019, across 18 drivers. 97 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 23.
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 · 23 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 21 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 8 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 7 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Daniil KVYAT: There is something that's blowing in my eyes, too much, like
Engineer: the wind, too
Daniil KVYAT: much wind in my eyes, and the visor is fully shut, so I don't know where it comes from.
Engineer: So Max, with every lap that we put on the tyres here, the rear tyre temperature is actually becoming more relevant, rear tyre temperature becoming more relevant to balance, front's consistent.
Charles LECLERC: It's very dangerous. They should put a marshal in the middle of the last corner to tell us that there are actually cars. Obviously I was arriving slow but I didn't expect to have cars in the middle of the corner.
Engineer: Understood, we'll take an out on that.
Engineer: We're
Lewis HAMILTON: definitely going to be struggling with the rain as it comes up
Engineer: Copy, I think we're still high 40s here
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I think in the future, I don't know, it doesn't make any difference, but maybe it's better not to leave the wheel on the sun. It was boiling hot when I took it with my hand, so I
Engineer: can be very healthy.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, that's
Engineer: a
Kimi RAIKKONEN: good point. Because it was on the top of the chassis. Sure, sure, it's a good point. We'll make sure it doesn't happen in the future.
Engineer: All cars with a free tyre choice are on medium apart from Ricciardo who starts at the back on hard
Engineer: And we can see damage on the right-hand side, battery.
Engineer: So super first light max, get behind Hamilton, 1.8, 1.8
Engineer: Something's happened. Okay, understood. Mode push, mode push. We're checking. Is it a puncture or is it a sprain? Tire's okay, pressures are okay. Did you have contact, I guess?
Engineer: Slip 3 please, that's at 9 o'clock.
Nico HULKENBERG: It's the wrong time to tell me, no time in sector 2.
Engineer: and we need you to push as much as you can
Engineer: Keep pushing Pierre, let's get past Raikkonen.
Engineer: Ok, Kimi, how are your tires?
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Oh, good.
Engineer: Ok, good.
Engineer: At the moment thinking plan A
Engineer: We are thinking P6 at the end of the race is very likely.
Nico HULKENBERG: I'm losing the connection with this power problem, getting a bit under pressure.
Engineer: Understood Nico, he's not going to get past you in a hurry. Just concentrate on the long game please.
Engineer: We have both cars, you and Charles on plan B, plan B.
Nico HULKENBERG: I don't have the luxury to save. I don't know if you don't see that. And I don't have power. Somehow I pick up more and more undersea as well.
Engineer: Copy that Nico. Just have to make the best we can with what we've got. We've got better place in Grosjean. The problem is not going to get any worse. It's stabilized.
Nico HULKENBERG: Got no power on this train mate, it's getting worse
Engineer: Giovinazzi now the car behind, Giovinazzi. You don't have to tell me everything, I know it's Giovinazzi behind me.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And purple C4, position 3. Purple C4, 3.
Carlos SAINZ: I'm in the focus, please, guys. Less comms.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Is the wind picking up?
Engineer: Only very slightly Max, same direction. So tail into two and through the infield.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: I have a problem on the rear I don't know strange sound and the car is moving a lot
Carlos SAINZ: What is priority, to push or to go long?
Engineer: Carlos, let's get to target lap, target lap.
Carlos SAINZ: And they good lap times, but the tire feels like it's not going to go up very long.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Little bit loss of grip understood
Engineer: max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I don't have the same grip as before
Engineer: copy
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: So it's good that overheating a bit behind these cars understood
Engineer: understood
Engineer: Kakimi, Gasly behind, just been told to attack you.
Engineer: Grosjean just pitted, Grosjean just pitted, that could trigger the Cascade Be patient guys, I have base
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, tires are definitely not in the best state
Engineer: Now let's just keep this pressure on now, Lewis, and it won't be long now.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Losing a lot of grip mate.
Engineer: Yep, understood Max.
Engineer: And as we go menu dash position 3, position 3, let's start managing that break, it is getting hot now.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm gonna say once again now I'm losing grip and
Engineer: we have understood max
Lewis HAMILTON: My time is actually good.
Engineer: I can keep going if needed. OK, copy. Let's go with that.
Charles LECLERC: Starting to be limited by the rear right.
Engineer: So just keep these tyres in good nick Lewis.
Engineer: Okay Lewis, it's hammer time.
Engineer: We'll extend so currently unsafe. I
Lewis HAMILTON: can't go any faster man
Engineer: boxed out, no stay out, stay out, stay out, stay out
Lewis HAMILTON: Left front locked up, there seems to be smoke coming from my left disc.
Nico HULKENBERG: Maybe we need to add aerobalance. What do you think? Just the understeer is quite high, and with more engine braking I'm recovering some lap time.
Carlos SAINZ: Are we planning to fight someone at the end of the race?
Engineer: So Gasly is the car behind now. Gasly is the car behind. You're racing him to the end.
Engineer: Okay, so Hamilton is now behind. Expect him to attack while his tyres are fresh.
Charles LECLERC: What the hell, Giovinazzi has to take over, I mean, he's always in the middle.
Sebastian VETTEL: I don't have much longer.
Nico HULKENBERG: Is this pace acceptable or what? I'm utterly slow.
Engineer: You need to go as fast as you can, mate. Can you do five more laps? Yeah,
Nico HULKENBERG: but I don't have more pace. That's it. I'm flat out all the time.
Engineer: We need three more laps for plan C, three more laps for plan C.
Engineer: And next blue flag Yes
Max VERSTAPPEN: These backpackers have to f***ing move, man.
Lewis HAMILTON: Is the car okay?
Engineer: Car's okay.
Engineer: What
Lewis HAMILTON: more can I do, man?
Engineer: Just keep the pressure on. Once you've got the temps on. I can't keep the pressure on.
Engineer: We're going to swap positions. We're going to swap positions. If you can't take advantage of it, we'll swap back later, okay? So he's going to be swapping positions with you, okay?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I have no idea what we're doing. You know, I'm not saying we're wrong, but I don't know what we're doing.
Engineer: You need to tell me more. Okay, understood. Right now, we're going to the end, okay?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, but where are we compared to other people? Give me a bit of a picture.
Engineer: Right now, we're P15. Ricardo hasn't pitted yet, so we're trying to get inside of his window so we can have him, and then we'll need a bit of luck, but we're just getting as far up as we can.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ok that was good. Did he put some damage or what?
Engineer: No I think they're just trying to bring brakes and engine temperatures under control. He will have seen the best of his tyres though.
Lewis HAMILTON: Brake temps, brake temps.
Engineer: So this is more about the wear than the temp.
Engineer: Lewis is on Max Gearbox.
Max VERSTAPPEN: You need to give me full power.
Engineer: You've got full power.
Engineer: It's slowly improving, lap on lap.
Max VERSTAPPEN: You always tell me when he has DRS or not.
Engineer: Okay, let's just close right up to Verstappen.
Engineer: I don't know
Lewis HAMILTON: if that was the right call man
Engineer: Copy that Lewis, we think you've got the pace How far is he ahead now? So the snap at 19 seconds ahead, last lap was a 20.0
Max VERSTAPPEN: If he was not straight away gaining, we should have fitted as well.
Engineer: I can confirm we would have come out behind Hamilton.
Engineer: For your information we have a helmet visor strip in the left hand louver panel on your car which we've just taken out.
Engineer: And regarding your race, now you need to go through four cars ahead, you have pace to do it.
Engineer: Verstappen will be on a tyre limit we think
Engineer: Okay, so the wind has calmed down a lot Max, the wind has calmed down a lot still same direction But a lot lighter than it was at the beginning of the race
Engineer: Verstappen at 19.5 Did you
Lewis HAMILTON: say 19.5?
Engineer: Affirm, he's now in free air now and he's turned up the PU So that forecast has now opened up to the last lap when we make the catch
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, people should learn from Russell in the service.
Engineer: All OK, Max?
Max VERSTAPPEN: As good as I can be. I'm trying.
Engineer: This is good enough for me at the moment.
Engineer: So should be clear air to the end. We've got 13 laps to go Lewis. You can do this mate, fastest man out there.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Alright, this **** is taking the **** and moving on the braking.
Pierre GASLY: I'm losing a bit of power
Lewis HAMILTON: know how much size will be left at the end.
Engineer: It doesn't matter Lewis, just give it everything.
Lewis HAMILTON: Brakes okay?
Engineer: Brakes are fine, you've got margin.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Tires are dead.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: When it comes down to it, you've got four laps worth of four-second hold on the overtake button. Four laps when you need it, four-second hold.
Engineer: OK Lewis, I don't have to tell you the gap mate, you can see it.
Engineer: Okay Nico, I know you're aware but all three cars in front of you are struggling with their tyres.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Tires are dead. I cannot finish the race like this.
Engineer: Vox and pick and firm please Max. Vox, pick and firm.
Engineer: Well done, Seth. That's 0.6 behind.
Charles LECLERC: Okay, one press didn't work for some reason.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Wow, just wow mate. What a drive, what a strategy. Only you can make that happen mate. Awesome work today. Lewis it's James, well done mate, that was an incredible drive. Really, really impressive, you earned that.
Lewis HAMILTON: Thank you so much James, Bono, you guys, thank you so much for this weekend. I know the last one was a difficult one but really appreciate you continuing to push. And James, sorry I doubted the strategy.
Engineer: That
Lewis HAMILTON: was a tall mountain. That was definitely a tall order, but grateful we did it.
Engineer: Yeah well done mate, we knew you had it in ya.
Lewis HAMILTON: Oh man, that feels good. That feels so good guys, I hope you're feeling it too.
Engineer: Yeah, they rolled the dice and it worked for them unfortunately, but you drove your heart out today, so well done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, exactly. I mean, P2 is still a good amount of points.
Engineer: Well done, mate. Well done. Keep your chin up. That was a fantastic drive. They had the option in P2 to do what they did. It goes like that. But that was an excellent, excellent race. Well done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it was flat out. There was something more in it.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yep, yep, yep, yep, buddy. Lightweight. Grazie. That was a difficult one, a tough one, a long one. But, uh, hanging in there, the first in paid off at the end, so...
Engineer: Lois, this is Toto. We nearly f***ed our pants. Enjoy. Congratulations. See you on the podium. I'm glad we don't have to clean that up then. Yeah, me too. You're pretty good round here, aren't you?
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, just too slow today, I don't know, we need to analyze more, been struggling with these hard tires from the beginning
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, understood boys, let's move on from this, we'll have a break and come back, I don't know what I could have done with that guy there.
Engineer: Alright mate, that's P14.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't know how many warnings he needs but...
Engineer: Yeah, understood, I saw you gave him what he deserved.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, the struggle for grips in Slap 1 was really difficult. I've tried many different things to understand why I was sliding so much, but the struggle was
Engineer: so
Pierre GASLY: much riskier.
Engineer: Congrats
Pierre GASLY: to the podium, guys.
Engineer: I just need
Pierre GASLY: to understand why I'm lacking a bit of grip, but I will keep working hard. Congrats to the whole team for the podium.
Engineer: Well, that's the best p13 drive I've ever seen fantastic driving and managing really incredible did amazing thing to hold on to that Not super satisfying. I'm sure but really good driving
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah Did what I could guys you
Engineer: did man? Yeah, good drive really good drive mode slow mode slow
Engineer: Great job, Carlos. P5 again. P5. If it didn't feel great last time, it must feel pretty good today. Wonderful job all afternoon.
Carlos SAINZ: You are damn right, Tomaso. Yes! Vamos, tío! Vamos! I enjoyed a lot that one. Thank you, guys. Thank you for this amazing first half of the season. We're on the run. Come on! Tom, do you know what that was? That was the smooth operator. Smooth operation.
Engineer: Carlos, check the radio. We seem to have picked up some dodgy music channel again.
Carlos SAINZ: That's better?
Engineer: Maybe.
Lando NORRIS: Well thanks guys, obviously it wasn't the best race but um yeah good first half of the season anyway I guess um just make sure we continue into into Spa it's been good so far so keep it up.
Engineer: Yeah man 12 races down and it has been an excellent start you've been quick all weekend done a really good job.
Sergio PEREZ: That is not correct mate, not correct
Engineer: He
Sergio PEREZ: damaged my suspension Crashed into me.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that checker. Yeah, we saw that we saw him smash into your right hand side. Yeah, copy that It's been noted
Engineer: And P7, P7, fantastic race Kimi, fantastic. Great first lap, great defence against Bottas. More charge, more charge. You're a legend.
Engineer: Yes, nicely driven, nicely driven, P16.
George RUSSELL: Cheers guys, I gave it all I had.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, all done guys. Good comeback from Friday.
Engineer: Yeah, you've done the hard work, mate. You've done all the hard work.
Engineer: Yes, nicely driven. Nicely driven. Feet 16. Well defended.
George RUSSELL: Cheers guys.
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: gave it all I had. It was very tricky in the early phases. The surf was overheating, the car was just sliding around like I was on ice. But in the last half it felt pretty decent.
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