Mexican Grand Prix 2019: Practice 1 team radio
53 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Mexican Grand Prix 2019, across 18 drivers. Nicholas LATIFI had the most, with 7.
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
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 7 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 6 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Just a bike point find in the pit lane and then you can drive straight out
Engineer: OK Nico, so firm use of the brakes please to avoid glazing, aero P4 5th gear cruise, exit turn 3.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: The steering is not straight.
Engineer: Ok, copy that.
Engineer: Okay, and just remember to look after these tires through the high-speed corners since we may be using them tomorrow, please.
Pierre GASLY: Ok, everything good, just the track is really, really poor grip.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that, and sorry we didn't get the inter on the car for the install, we'll correct it for the future.
Engineer: Copy that Nico. So stopping on the marks for a nose change and then a repeat lap please.
Carlos SAINZ: I couldn't synchronize first gear, I don't know why.
Engineer: Okay, copy. Stop on the marks.
Engineer: Okay, another reminder for firm use of the brakes and aero P4 5th gear cruise exit turn 3 to turn 4.
Engineer: And box box passing through the pit lane for another start
Lewis HAMILTON: Check it's dry.
Engineer: Affirm.
Engineer: OK, and recharge on, and then after turn 3 will be aero cruise please, so will be aero P4, 5th gear after turn 3.
Engineer: OK, Nicholas, we'll drive straight up. Track is clear.
Engineer: Okay, Nicholas, just give us some feedback on the track conditions.
Nicholas LATIFI: Yeah, it's still very patchy. I wouldn't say there's a consistent dry line, but for the most part it is dry.
Engineer: And then straight out, start working the brakes.
Engineer: And Carlos, a lot of cars leaving the pit lane now.
Engineer: Let us know how the conditions are.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Slippery, but drivable.
Engineer: Target is plus 10 at the front, plus 10 at the rear if you can. Nobody behind you.
Engineer: Tire temperatures are on the lower side, warm-up lap will definitely help here.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, agreed. There's zero greed.
Engineer: If you need consecutive skid push in strat 5, just be careful on the kerbs.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's all over the place.
Engineer: Okay Nicholas that's good let's take a quick cool down lap so target plus 15 maintain front temperature.
Carlos SAINZ: Yes, some graining opening up.
Engineer: Copy. Carlos, is that front left?
Carlos SAINZ: Correct. There's no understeer in the car, it's just the graining. I don't know why.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: The
Nicholas LATIFI: rears are definitely starting to overheat now during that lap. Look out for stroll. Copy
Engineer: that.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, box.
Engineer: Copy, box. That's a flat spotted. That'll be the test.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Locked up, massive lock up, too much vibration.
Engineer: Yep, we are boxing this lap, boxing this lap.
George RUSSELL: that left front looks like cheese
Engineer: OK Nicky, so we'll drive straight out. Track is clear.
Engineer: OK, so we're expecting a good step in track, so over a second improvement from when we last ran.
Nicholas LATIFI: Did you say half a second of improvement?
Engineer: Over one second.
Engineer: Okay, Nicholas, we'll take a cool down there. We'll target plus 20. We'll maintain that front temperature and just try and drop the rears. I
Nicholas LATIFI: don't know where I hit some kind of wet patch at the turn 12 to completely put the car offline.
Engineer: OK, we've picked up a
Romain GROSJEAN: fair bit of understeer here.
Engineer: Copy, we see it.
Engineer: Sorry.
Engineer: Is it possible to drive back, Lance, or is it too bad? Can you get into the pits, nice and slow, into the pits, into the pits, into the pits.
Charles LECLERC: I was pretty sure he crashed
Engineer: in the last corner, but where did he crash? So he crashed in the last corner, but then he was able to continue and he came back.
Engineer: Okay Kimi, we will have green light in one minute, one minute for the green light.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yo, the front left is really cold compared to the right one.
Engineer: Copy.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: What is the McLaren doing? Because we're supposed to leave in the position we come in.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that. You're right here.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, it was a mess in the last corner
Engineer: And Carlos, I'd like to complete this lap to get the aero data on the brake duct wing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, what a mess. Sebastian, what the f*** is he doing? Everybody is waiting and he wants to go by. Unbelievable.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I'm still struggling low speed, so do you have any suggestions?
Engineer: We can go up on the different trees, that's the only tool we have in the car.
Engineer: OK, Dani, if you want, we can stay out, do one more push and then go sustainable. Are you happy?
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, I don't know how is it looking, the relative competitiveness, but I'm not happy with the rear. So if it's normal right now, then we stay out. I assume everyone is struggling with the same issue.
Engineer: OK, Dani, we are at P13 at the moment. We can, all others are on option, most of them, so we are not looking too bad. Our suggestion is to prioritise exit in the last sector and we'll be better. So
Daniil KVYAT: the entry to turn 13 is OK, and turn 12 as well?
Engineer: Entry is fine, just get some power earlier last corner. Earlier last corner is the target. OK, copy. Position is good, you can push.
Engineer: That was a good one
Engineer: Brake balance, two clicks forward. There's a lot of rear locking. Brake balance, two clicks forward, and maybe diff 23. Watch exit curb, turn 11, hitting too hard on the T-tray. For brakes, we need lift and coast, turn 4, turn 12, turn 1.
Engineer: OK Daniel, so since we're a bit unaware of the land in terms of timings, we suggest to do the front wing flap slope now. So we're planning to box for a front wing flap adjust.
Engineer: work on brakes, work on brakes for tyre temperature, caliper temperature is okay so you can work on brakes for tyre temperature
Engineer: BC3, BC3 The
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: front left is great, now it's gonna die
Engineer: So can we do the Aero Cruise please? So Aero P4 5th gear.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: The front left is great now, it's gonna die.
Engineer: Okay, checkered flag, checkered flag, okay to push for a bit, just cool the car in last sector.
Pierre GASLY: I guess he's gonna box because he's like all over the place sliding everywhere
Charles LECLERC: You can see the alarm, right?
Engineer: Yes, confirmed we can see it. No actions at the moment.
Engineer: Just for you to know the 5 long for you looks
Charles LECLERC: perfect from the car so from the car I'm pretty sure I'm perfectly on the target but actually it's 5 long
Engineer: And box box, we'll do an anti stall into the box again please.
Lewis HAMILTON: I always want to practice my start.
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