Italian Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
58 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Italian Grand Prix 2019, across 15 drivers. Kevin MAGNUSSEN 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
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 9 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 6 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 4 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay, launch map off and good warm-up on brakes. Warm the brakes.
Engineer: Jakos, you should be in sync with cars around you. They're on their slow laps now. So Albon 7 behind, Ricciardo 10 behind. Ahead is Kubica Kiviat Bottas.
Engineer: So down eight hundredths, sector one and sector two, up two tenths, sector three, compared to Leclerc, he is faster on the straights, losing in the corners.
Engineer: Good lap mate, good lap. Next pushing car will be Stroll, he's two behind, so watch for Stroll, two behind.
Engineer: so look out for Ricciardo behind 3.7 I think he's on a slow lap that was purple sector 2 still purple sector 2
Engineer: So sectors to Vettel, down a tenth sector 1, up 700 sector 2, up three and a half tenths sector 3.
Engineer: it's
Lance STROLL: very bad at the turn one and two under braking the rear but then i have initial front locking switch
Engineer: to axle two axle two yellow multi-function to get to axle yep
Lance STROLL: got it
Engineer: Would you like a balance adjust?
Romain GROSJEAN: Just a normal delta, plus 0.2 Normal delta and plus 0.2 Ok
Engineer: understood, we'll likely change downforce 2
Engineer: Check how you can compromise turn 4 entry with earlier braking. Turn 4 to get better exit. Reports of light rain where you are now.
Sergio PEREZ: Yes, I can see it.
Engineer: I suggest keep push and try third gear turn two.
Engineer: Okay Nico, just be careful for rain at turn 8, 9, 10. Also on the straight from 10 to 11, if you can do an extra break before turn 11 to get some extra break, I'm sure that should help.
Engineer: Box, box, box, box, we will do a front wing change, so keep the engine running and we will do a front wing change and go out of the pit lane.
Engineer: First laps for Ferrari Leclerc on C4 at 20.9, Vettel at 21.1.
Engineer: Suggest talk seven. Suggest talk seven.
Engineer: Your lap time 22.3, Danny 22.5. We lost only braking turn 1.
Romain GROSJEAN: Okay
Engineer: Yeah,
Romain GROSJEAN: I guess we got a little bit too much able. Is there anything you can do to calm down the car especially six seven
Engineer: Okay, I'll come back to you
Romain GROSJEAN: Maybe different three or so and also if you want to go to a high fuel worth of time. I'm
Engineer: a
Romain GROSJEAN: Peter
Engineer: Okay
Engineer: Focus on let slower entry to four better exit of five for lap time
Engineer: It's raining, it's raining quite hard now so bring it back, be careful
Engineer: Two burnouts, then mode race start, then a practice start. Let us know on track conditions. If it's not okay, we'll just come back in.
Engineer: So you're following the two Mercedes, they're low fuel, they should be low fuel.
Engineer: So they could be high fuel lines we may have different information they could be high fuel loads Mercedes
Engineer: Chico, yes, we are happy to give it a go, just caution on curbs where there could be some rain, just work on brakes.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it's raining in Coral 5.
Engineer: Copy, copy, yeah, it's annoying. Yeah, it's raining on the back part of the track. OK, do you... OK, we can abort then, we can abort and get ready for high fuel. OK, if you think it's not drivable, bounce then. I don't know, I mean, is
Kimi RAIKKONEN: the B-ball stopping or what?
Engineer: No, signs, keep pushing, keep pushing, you can try if you want, here we go.
Engineer: So we've got rain and parabolica. Strat 3 when you're ready.
Engineer: OK, we have throttle 2, throttle 2, that's 3 o'clock on the multifunction, throttle 2, and that's for exit turn 5.
Engineer: People going slow in the last sector now? Yeah, last sector I think people are losing. You're doing good through the rest of it.
Engineer: So slightly bigger drops now on the pit lane.
Engineer: Okay, turn six is the only place you have a delta now minimum speed turn six compared to Roman
Engineer: Better in Lesmeaux, better in Lesmeaux, still losing a little bit, entry to mid.
Engineer: OK, only other car on medium is Vettel. He's just done 26.2 on his second time lap.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: How is tire? How is balance? Balance is fine. Tire is fine.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's only phase two. Phase two deck.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: We'd like to try defence mode, SOC 12.
Engineer: Press oil pump button oil pump button
Engineer: How's the tire? How's the tire?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It's pretty consistent.
Engineer: I
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: don't know if it will start to go off soon.
Engineer: Okay, understood. Mode ES. Mode ES.
Engineer: You have
Sebastian VETTEL: the pace of the others, on mediums.
Engineer: Nobody on mediums yet, but I'll let you know. Wachenberg on medium 25.6
Engineer: Fastest lap of the stint for Ricciardo, which came six laps in, was seven tenths faster than your last lap.
Engineer: Ok Nico, there are 14 timelapses to go in total, we will box for softs at some point, we just need to find out how long these tires can go.
Engineer: And Vettel on the medium around the 25.7 region
Engineer: Pace is good Carlos, Vettel on this tyre, 125.4, you're matching Vettel.
Engineer: Possible shower in turn 11 in 3 minutes from now.
Engineer: Yeah, so Hamilton first lap 25.5, then a 25.1, then a 24.8 for reference. Rear tyres are cold on this compound for the moment, so expect rear grip to improve.
Engineer: Carlos, 100% pace now, 100% pace.
Engineer: And K1 Plus, test when you can. And K1 Plus, test again when you can.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, but I'm already slowing down so much in the straight. Can I stop doing K1 Plus?
Engineer: Yes, you can.
Engineer: Okay Max, can we have on the exit of turn 11, boost on, exit 11, boost on, then boost off on the exit of turn 2. This is a pedal map evaluation, turn 1-2, pedal map test.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, last one was a little bit slower.
Engineer: Understood. Pace is good, keep it up. B-BAL 2 please for low speed. B-BAL 2 test.
Engineer: similar pace lap one and two, similar conditions to Albon, his next lap was similar to your fastest previous tyre
Alexander ALBON: Copy.
Engineer: Box. Alex. Box. And picking fan. Box. Alex. Box.
Engineer: we need to try tire saving at turn six and nine six and nine
Engineer: Try to brake later in turn 8, try to brake later in turn 8, chance lap time 25.3, copy that, 25.3
Engineer: Okay, give me fail alpha 26, 2-6, alpha 26.
Engineer: Good laps good laps doing a good job
Engineer: one lap for tire saving turn six and nine and then you can push the following
Engineer: and you can push again it will be box the slab box
Engineer: No more saving, push for the last lap.
Engineer: Okay, that's the checkered flag happy to keep pushing
Engineer: OK, box now Kevin, box now. Check the Weybridge lights and practice pit stop. Yep, check Weybridge lights, practice pit stop.
Engineer: We have a test item, it's go strat 8 and push overtake out of Lesma 2, so out of turn 7.
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