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Team radio transcript

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Okay Niko, so remember firm use of the brakes please.

  2. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: Okay, so two burnouts and second gear start.

  3. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: OK to push, OK to push, and GX3 OK, GX3.

  4. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And we'll come through for another start

  5. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: And box, box, follow the start.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Alright, keep out of the face. Do not use DRS.

  7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Kappa traffic with stroll

  8. George RUSSELLWilliams

    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.

  9. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Engineer: We can take it easy for the tyres, we are good for tyres, we just need good braking in the last corner.

  10. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Lewis power corrected 25.0

  11. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Engineer: Charge on on the line, shape 5, we freeze the positions, we freeze the positions

  12. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Hamilton is on continuous laps.

  13. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    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.

  14. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: 8... 9... 10... Copy that.

  15. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Brake temperature is okay and mode push for last corner, mode push.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: OK this, so box box

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    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.

  18. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Okay,

    Romain GROSJEAN: I've got ******

    Engineer: of the Robust here, mate. Okay, understood.

  19. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: How was the balance on that lap? It

    Lance STROLL: was still a bit understeer, but not bad.

  20. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    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.

  21. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Just losing fraction on exit lesmo one and two and parabolica

  22. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Mode FW test. Mode FW. Shave from behind.

  23. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: It's

    Alexander ALBON: quite a big circle it's taking here after turn 2

  24. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So we need a start from the Android 3.0 link.

  25. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Remember, downshift after the bump, turn 8.

  26. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, so Magnuson behind you in phase. He's just completed a time-lapse. Russell also. So there's no threats behind.

  27. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: clutch position was on target, so you've got Ricciardo ahead four seconds

  28. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    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.

  29. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: And box for a man box and watch for Bottas and Verstappen pushing behind.

  30. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So P8 currently, your first of the mediums, so the clerk P1 with a 20.4, Vettel P2 20.6.

  31. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So that's P3 at the moment three tenths to Leclerc P1

  32. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    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

  33. George RUSSELLWilliams

    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.

  34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Go stop on the marks please, pre-start rev check, and we'll have mode 3 before that, mode 3 and recharge off.

  35. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Got mid to exit understeer turn 6 and turn 11 exit understeer sorry not mid to exit

  36. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso

    Engineer: Feedback is that the track is improving Danny, so it's normal to have a disundersteer, box box.

  37. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And track is clear, track clear.

  38. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Cleared to charge. Bottas out, left behind.

  39. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    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...

  40. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Locked up. One cool down and then I'll push again.

    Engineer: Copy. Next car behind pushing is Perez at 5 seconds.

  41. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: It will be mode push for last corner, mode push.

  42. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    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

  43. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: We need a better preparation for turn 5.

  44. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Yeah,

    Lance STROLL: there's just too much understeer, can we box and add a flap?

  45. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So main losses, turn 5, turn 7, you are in sync with the people around you.

  46. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    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.

  47. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Pierre GASLY: Okay break to cold.

    Engineer: Negative you are in shape 5

  48. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Ok, next car behind is Raikkonen, we think he is slowed down, 8 seconds.

  49. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: 8 seconds margin, 8 seconds,

    Sebastian VETTEL: push.

  50. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Ok, slow down, we cannot make it.

  51. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Box, Sebastian Box, speed entry test, stop on the marks, full crew P-stop, copy Box.

  52. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Watch the lights on the way in and then focus on your positioning on the marks

  53. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    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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