Italian Grand Prix 2019: Practice 3 team radio
53 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Italian Grand Prix 2019, across 17 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 8.
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 · 8 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 8 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay Niko, so remember firm use of the brakes please.
Engineer: Okay, so two burnouts and second gear start.
Engineer: OK to push, OK to push, and GX3 OK, GX3.
Engineer: And we'll come through for another start
Engineer: And box, box, follow the start.
Engineer: Alright, keep out of the face. Do not use DRS.
Engineer: Kappa traffic with stroll
Engineer: OK, we'll take the slow lap, target plus 22.0, that's Robert behind, he'll be in sync on a slow lap, here's 4 seconds back.
George RUSSELL: Copy, it does feel a bit worse for Ryde but I think he's acceptable.
Engineer: We can take it easy for the tyres, we are good for tyres, we just need good braking in the last corner.
Engineer: Lewis power corrected 25.0
Engineer: Charge on on the line, shape 5, we freeze the positions, we freeze the positions
Engineer: Hamilton is on continuous laps.
Engineer: Big stop, turn 11 for the brakes, big stop, turn 11 for the brakes. What's the lap time of Hamilton? Hamilton, high fuel, 124.2.
Sebastian VETTEL: 8... 9... 10... Copy that.
Engineer: Brake temperature is okay and mode push for last corner, mode push.
Engineer: OK this, so box box
Engineer: So you just add GM and that's it, and stroll, leave the pits behind you. If we could do cruise mode 2, 5th gear. Cruise mode 2, 5th gear.
Engineer: Okay,
Romain GROSJEAN: I've got ******
Engineer: of the Robust here, mate. Okay, understood.
Engineer: How was the balance on that lap? It
Lance STROLL: was still a bit understeer, but not bad.
Engineer: And mode charge, mode charge, Sebastian will be behind, starting a push lap, 6 seconds behind. And we need mode FW, mode FW and exit 2.
Engineer: Just losing fraction on exit lesmo one and two and parabolica
Engineer: Mode FW test. Mode FW. Shave from behind.
Engineer: It's
Alexander ALBON: quite a big circle it's taking here after turn 2
Engineer: So we need a start from the Android 3.0 link.
Engineer: Remember, downshift after the bump, turn 8.
Engineer: Okay, so Magnuson behind you in phase. He's just completed a time-lapse. Russell also. So there's no threats behind.
Engineer: clutch position was on target, so you've got Ricciardo ahead four seconds
Engineer: And any initial balance feedback?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, a bit sharp on the front, so yeah, just having to watch the reel. As far as front wing, equivalent of, yeah, two clicks.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Engineer: And box for a man box and watch for Bottas and Verstappen pushing behind.
Engineer: So P8 currently, your first of the mediums, so the clerk P1 with a 20.4, Vettel P2 20.6.
Engineer: So that's P3 at the moment three tenths to Leclerc P1
Lando NORRIS: places to focus on so
Engineer: in turn 8 late entry speed we want to focus on the exit and turn 11 yeah I had traffic there
George RUSSELL: Apologies to Vinazzi, I thought the McLaren was on a push.
Engineer: OK, you've got four seconds on the time, go and look at it four seconds back.
Engineer: Go stop on the marks please, pre-start rev check, and we'll have mode 3 before that, mode 3 and recharge off.
George RUSSELL: Got mid to exit understeer turn 6 and turn 11 exit understeer sorry not mid to exit
Engineer: Feedback is that the track is improving Danny, so it's normal to have a disundersteer, box box.
Engineer: And track is clear, track clear.
Engineer: Cleared to charge. Bottas out, left behind.
Engineer: All the cars behind you, they are on an outlap. Yeah, I need to cool down the tires, so...
Charles LECLERC: I... I won't sacrifice the tires because of the thing, so...
Charles LECLERC: Locked up. One cool down and then I'll push again.
Engineer: Copy. Next car behind pushing is Perez at 5 seconds.
Engineer: It will be mode push for last corner, mode push.
Engineer: Sectors again? So to Vettel, down 4 tenths, sector 1, tenth and a half, sector 3, you are up half tenth in the middle Lost a lot of time in turn 10 and the last corner Yeah, copy, we agree Last corner just too deep Turn 8 looked too deep Yeah, way too deep
Engineer: We need a better preparation for turn 5.
Engineer: Yeah,
Lance STROLL: there's just too much understeer, can we box and add a flap?
Engineer: So main losses, turn 5, turn 7, you are in sync with the people around you.
Engineer: If we go to Valtteri, you are a hundredth up in sector 1, a couple hundredths down in sector 2, so mainly that final sector, just over a tenth and a half.
Pierre GASLY: Okay break to cold.
Engineer: Negative you are in shape 5
Engineer: Ok, next car behind is Raikkonen, we think he is slowed down, 8 seconds.
Engineer: 8 seconds margin, 8 seconds,
Sebastian VETTEL: push.
Engineer: Ok, slow down, we cannot make it.
Engineer: Box, Sebastian Box, speed entry test, stop on the marks, full crew P-stop, copy Box.
Engineer: Watch the lights on the way in and then focus on your positioning on the marks
Alexander ALBON: I'm amazed how much the car changed. I don't know if maybe the track gripped up as well, but I had no grip at all. The thumps went nowhere.
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