Mexican Grand Prix 2019: Practice 3 team radio
45 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Mexican Grand Prix 2019, across 14 drivers. Valtteri BOTTAS 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
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 1 message
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And tack should be green so by point find and a launch please.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Track is really red
Engineer: Understood, like is it correct for inters?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, it is inters, but it's quite far from dry
Engineer: Understood understood
Engineer: Scenario 12 Nico, Scenario 12.
Nico HULKENBERG: Seems like it's not the usual Scenario 12, we still have power.
Engineer: Recharge off.
Carlos SAINZ: I have a bit of an offset on the steering to the left
Engineer: Copy
Engineer: Copy that, Nico. Stopping on the marks. The car is not safe from an ERS point of view. So just stay where you are. When you come to a stop, the guys will be using gloves.
George RUSSELL: It's not gonna be slicks anytime soon. Yeah, there's
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: few dry patches here and there but generally very wet
Engineer: How are all conditions?
Max VERSTAPPEN: All good, drivable.
Engineer: And let us know how the track is, if it's more damp than yesterday. Yeah, definitely more damp than yesterday, no
Valtteri BOTTAS: way, with the slicks for now.
Engineer: Copy that, so box box for another start.
Engineer: How are the tyres holding up, Max? Yeah, still okay.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Why are we not doing more?
Engineer: We'll come through the pit lane for another launch for the moment.
Lewis HAMILTON: Just had a massive drop in power.
Engineer: Should
Lewis HAMILTON: I stop?
Engineer: No, we're just looking.
Engineer: Happy to continue.
Engineer: Are you staying out, Max?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Of course.
Charles LECLERC: And stop on the marks, be
Engineer: careful with the pit lane, it's a bit slippery.
Engineer: Main time loss is half a second in the middle sector.
Engineer: Mode 6, box, Alex, box.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, my left front is quite badly worn, so if we do more laps it will clean up, but...
Engineer: OK, let's try one more. We need to do some setting on the main straight.
Engineer: Decent test, we don't use them anymore, right? No, no, no we won't use these again.
Engineer: Spark 3, Spark 3, BC 4, BC 4.
Engineer: OK Kevin, so box now box, we'd like to drive through and do another practice start. So we'll drive through and do another practice start, you can go to mode slow and do a couple burnouts.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Copy that, box now.
Engineer: OK Kevin, when you get there can you do a static bite point learn before the start? A static bite point learn and then just don't drop the clutch so deep. Not so deep this time for less wheel spin.
Engineer: Carlos, happy to stay out if there's something to learn on this tyre, but we have not adjusted the rear so you'd need to still be careful on kerbs. I want to go through pit lane for another start. No problem, so box this lap for a start.
Engineer: Okay, let me know what you want to do. It's your call. Copy to box. Copy, box to slap.
Engineer: I am suggesting to stay out.
Engineer: And look for the patches to cool down the tires
Engineer: And let us know your thoughts about the track for
Valtteri BOTTAS: the video, okay,
Engineer: so box box
Engineer: Chassis weight set to position 1
Engineer: Ok Carlos, so Raikkonen on the slick has just done a 21.6, that's obviously purple in all sectors. Gasly in front of you is on a new Inter. And Carlos, we should have time to do push-cool-push on both sets, I'll keep you updated on that towards the end of the session.
Engineer: Ok Pierre, we've got many cars now going out on dry We're gonna feed the dry and go straight away and pit stop for another dry, and you keep me posted if you want to box, ok?
Pierre GASLY: Copy
Engineer: Okay, copy pit lane, tyre switch to QALY, tyre switch to QALY before you stop, and there'll be a live stop onto the new QALY tyre.
Engineer: Valtteri did a 19.1. Sector 3 looks the wettest at the moment.
Engineer: We see, we see. OK guys,
Romain GROSJEAN: I need to find something down the steer, it's massive. We're
Engineer: looking. I'll try diff 31, diff 31 to open the mid.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Big front wheel Hopping at the exits of course hopping
Engineer: at the exits of corners. Okay understood. We'll have a look
Max VERSTAPPEN: Bit of traffic, last sector.
Engineer: Okay, understood. Now that was good enough for P1 at this stage. Okay Max, can you keep up the pace please? Keep up the pace on the way in. We are going to box, come through the pit lane for a launch. Keep up the pace on the way in.
Engineer: And box, box. We'll go to the soft tyre in the box. Confirm front wing plus one. Please add two. Affirm.
Engineer: Let's have a front wing update, Max, for the next set. Front wing update.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Two clicks more.
Engineer: Understood, thank you. Plus two.
Engineer: Are you happy with the front wing? It will be a quick turn around.
Charles LECLERC: Plus two.
Engineer: Plus two.
Engineer: When you get it that displays on your left, compares on your left with Seb, you both did it on your second push.
Romain GROSJEAN: Something is broken on the car on
Engineer: the
Romain GROSJEAN: rear bar, it's not possible to have that understeer
Engineer: and
Romain GROSJEAN: that oscillation mid-corner.
Engineer: OK, we'll check everything. OK, we are happy to continue, we'll look at it after the run. Yeah, but something is not right
Romain GROSJEAN: at the rear. I've got massive oscillation into the low speed from the rear and the understeer level is huge. It's like I've got no front wing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, unbelievable
Engineer: And box now please box now. So Lando we're gonna do a live pit stop and we're gonna drive back out again so launch map on please launch map on careful the pit lane is wet.
Lando NORRIS: I can't drive out again.
Engineer: Correct sorry you'll be live pit stop engine off well done thank you.
Engineer: So P3 Leclerc and Vettel just a tenth ahead so we have a fight in our hands
Lewis HAMILTON: That was a miscommunication. I thought you said that I could do consecutive laps if I want.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: didn't understand that. I've only got time for two laps in a row.
Engineer: Yeah, sorry, you only had time to do those two laps.
Alexander ALBON: But what's
Engineer: she
Alexander ALBON: f***ing doing?
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, some good flocking by the Red Bull on that last lap in Turn 4.
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