Mexican Grand Prix 2019: Race team radio
119 radio messages were recorded during race at the Mexican Grand Prix 2019, across 18 drivers. 116 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 22.
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 · 22 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 13 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 11 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 8 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 7 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 7 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 7 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 5 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Robert KUBICA · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Which
Carlos SAINZ: set of tires is this, Tom?
Engineer: U1, run 1.
Engineer: Nice one, and radio check?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, loosey-goosey
Engineer: Okay, it's about 15 seconds to the green light.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, you sound husky and beautiful.
Engineer: I'll do my best for you.
Lewis HAMILTON: Had no power
Engineer: for a
Lewis HAMILTON: second, is
Engineer: everything okay? Yeah, copy that, everything is fine Lewis.
Engineer: OK Niko, boxing the slap, would you like a front wing adjustment? Bit late, no I'm not for now. Clutch drop was very good Niko.
Engineer: So, cool the car and let us know if everything feels okay. Everything feels
Valtteri BOTTAS: good.
Engineer: Okay, so if you want a flap adjust, let me know. Otherwise, just drive through.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, no adjust for now.
Engineer: Okay, so drive through for another start.
Lewis HAMILTON: Rears in the window.
Engineer: We've got rears leading the front currently, just in the window.
Engineer: OK, Kevin, so from Mike, please drop the clutch to the normal race start position. Drop clutch to normal race start position for this start.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Understood.
Engineer: And we need to cool down a bit cool down and box now box
Engineer: Okay, and we'll go to the grid some full throttle just to help us charge up a bit when you can
Daniel RICCIARDO: Just one for the helmet, I think I lost my straw, there's not a straw in here to drink Yeah, copy that
Engineer: And it is working from the grid. So comments from Valtteri, with the soft, he can feel already quite a lot of overeating But he thinks he will ultimately still be the front left and he was obviously quite open on the diff He can go up and back, so he's happy to stay here. Copy that
Lewis HAMILTON: My front tires weren't in the window right?
Engineer: So yeah, the front tires were below the window on those laps to grid And we had the rears so the rear surface temps were leading the fronts
Engineer: Carlos, currently no rain on the radar, no rain expected, obviously the weather forecast is still that there's a risk towards the end of the race.
Lewis HAMILTON: Can you just find out what Shubb thinks?
Engineer: Yeah, Shubb was just saying that he thinks it's going to stay hot for this first stint so he would also be keen on going down that one extra turn. Feels like the rear is going to be an issue.
Engineer: Everybody with a free choice starts medium, apart from Ricciardo, who has a hard-on.
Engineer: Alright, so final reminder, so get speed limiter off after the engine is fired up, and keep that until pole position. Alright mate, bike and Suzuka, pick them up one by one, have some fun out there, fuck some shit up.
Engineer: Check for punctures to the sentry.
Engineer: Slow button on, slow button on, everything is fine for us
Engineer: So at the moment positions behind you Sebastian Albon and Sainz
Engineer: DRS enabled. DRS enabled.
Engineer: Okay, currently we have a four second gap to clear out in P9. Let's try and make plan A work.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Take my rear tyre!
Engineer: Looks like a right rear puncture Max, right rear puncture, look out.
Sergio PEREZ: What the f**k Verstappen is doing, man?
Engineer: think about your tires doing a great job Alex
Engineer: And still we need to cool those brakes, it's critical now.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, doing my everything on that.
Engineer: Kevin, brake balance one click forward, we have a lot of rear locking, same pace as cars ahead, good job.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: No sign of graining, no sign.
Engineer: Yes understood, rear overheating very high, brake balance forward if you can take it will help, the lift and coast will help.
Carlos SAINZ: Let me know if you think I am over-managing.
Engineer: No, pace looks okay.
Engineer: OK, keep ignoring the message on the dash, all good on brakes.
Engineer: Swap position with Kimi, swap position.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Why?
Engineer: We have to cool down the car a bit.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, but why? We
Engineer: will give it back, we will give position back.
Engineer: Lando, how are the tyres? How are the tyres?
Lando NORRIS: Dropping a little bit more now. Definitely R3 I think.
Engineer: Okay, understood. Do you think plan A target is possible?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I think so. Better to be careful, better watch out.
Engineer: And Lando, could you out-pity it, we'd like to pick up the pace a little bit please, pick up the pace a little bit. Yeah, I don't have much more left, Paris
Lando NORRIS: is coming as well.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Hey Carlos, you're doing a good job, you're gapping the Williams, they're doing 1-24-3
Engineer: But do we think everybody will be on the one stop?
Engineer: How about Plan C? How about Plan C?
Sebastian VETTEL: At the moment everything is PG. Copy
Engineer: that.
Engineer: Okay, so Leclerc has pitted, Vettel car ahead, last lap, 21-3.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I certainly have no grip, it's very weird.
Engineer: Okay, so Nico is one second behind you in your DOS and for info sign stopped for hard tyres
Engineer: And as you know Charles, this is a really important stint.
Charles LECLERC: What?
Engineer: Important stint, we need to push.
Engineer: Okay Lando, I know this is **** and I'm really sorry, but our goal here is to prove what could have been, so we're going to do a really mega stint on this tyre.
Engineer: Increase liftoff turn 1 by 20 meters. Increase liftoff for turn 1 by 20 meters.
Engineer: Choco, can we go any faster? Can we go any faster? How's the tyre?
Sergio PEREZ: Yes, it seems to be coming back.
Engineer: We agree, we agree.
Engineer: Rear's getting pretty hot mate Affirm, currently Leclerc is on a two stop
Engineer: Good lap, head down, 21.5.
Engineer: And your pace is good, Albon behind at 11 seconds, his lap time is 20.8.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Alright, got you to my wing, you just turned in on me.
Engineer: Okay Lewis, so calipers are good now. Vettel last lap 21-3.
Engineer: Mode box, mode box.
Sebastian VETTEL: Let him go. What do you think of letting him go?
Engineer: Yeah, we are thinking, we are thinking and monitoring. Mode box anyway.
Engineer: Turn
Lance STROLL: 13. I need something. It's so bad there. What's bad, Lance? Tell me what's bad. I can't turn the car. I have no front end. But everywhere else I have a terrible rear.
Engineer: Diff open for turn 13, try diff open turn 13
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: so 0.9 safe 0.9 so we just need to manage these tyres now
Engineer: And we need you to push as much as you can.
Charles LECLERC: I'm trying, trying as hard, but
Engineer: they are quite different than the previous ones. Copy, understood.
Engineer: Gary Hulkenberg ahead, 7 lap old, hard tyres, his pace is a 22.7
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: don't know if
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: gap isn't up man, you come out on fresh tires
Engineer: And mind your rear tires at turn 12 and turn 6, turn 6 and turn 12.
Lewis HAMILTON: Feels like we stopped way too early.
Engineer: and let's try and find a couple of tents I want to close up to Kvyat if you can we need to get the pit window on Ricciardo we need to keep that pit window on Ricciardo
Engineer: We're doing a really good job headless. We've got track position. We
Lewis HAMILTON: stopped too early. There's a long way to go on these tyres, man.
Engineer: If you close the gap to Vettel, you have a stab at P2.
Engineer: So Vettel last lap 21.3. We got Leclerc up the road five seconds. He's on a two-stop. So it's Vettel that we're racing. Are
Lewis HAMILTON: these tyres supposed to go as many laps?
Engineer: Yeah, affirm Lewis. The deg is very low.
Engineer: Hamilton lap time 21.6, 21.6 is looking good, keep it there.
Nico HULKENBERG: You see what happened to Carlos Dave? As soon as you fight, they overheat and you're in trouble.
Engineer: Hey son.
Engineer: I'm going to be in trouble when he comes out. Yeah Lewis we know it's going to be difficult but we're on for a win if we can manage this well. Lewis it's James you can do this.
Engineer: Reminder, overtake button if that helps.
Nico HULKENBERG: Tyres don't feel that great.
Engineer: Copy that Nico, obviously if we stop any time soon the game is over.
Nico HULKENBERG: And come on any suggestion on brake balance is really ****, I'm locking everything.
Engineer: 21.8 on 32 lap hards.
Engineer: Okay, Gasly 0.5. Carlos, how's this tyre? How's this tyre? I need details on the tyre.
Carlos SAINZ: Well, it's horrible, as you can see, Tom. We have no place whatsoever.
Engineer: And free air now, free air now, head down.
Engineer: Mode box, mode box and push.
Engineer: doing great Alex 36 laps completed Watas has now stopped he is about five seconds behind us
Engineer: How is the balance? How's the balance? Balance is okay,
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: it's just losing grip quite quickly.
Sebastian VETTEL: What's the deal with Albon? He
Engineer: needs to stop again, Albon needs to stop again, Albon lap time 20.7, on use medium.
Engineer: Great job, Alex. Keep it up.
Engineer: So we are happy around 21.0 Lewis. Remember that Oldman will close up towards the back of you slowly as he is on that two stop. Vettel last lap 20.5.
Charles LECLERC: What are we waiting for, Pete?
Engineer: We are trying to build a base delta.
Charles LECLERC: My front tires are dead.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Engineer: So Hamilton is leading the race at the moment and we think we'll need to fight with him at the end of the race
Engineer: Ricciardo is still finding time on that hard.
Engineer: Carlos we need a second on Gasly his last lap 1.21.0
Max VERSTAPPEN: Are you happy with my tyre wear?
Engineer: In terms of wear, we think we would be happy, certainly it's the best option for us at this stage, pitting would put us back into that traffic, you'd have to just make your way back through.
Engineer: Yeah, my engine sometimes doesn't accelerate out of the corner because of the... the
Max VERSTAPPEN: surge.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Trucks are starting to become tricky on braking.
Engineer: So just to confirm Max, the intention here is to go to the end but we do not have concerns over tyre wear, you don't need to save in the high speed corners
Engineer: Okay, can we double the amount of liftoff please into all three turns, turns 1, 4 and 12.
Engineer: Okay Lando, back off please, back off, we need to box this lap, box this lap, careful of Magnussen, he's four seconds back, and scenario one please, scenario one, and box now, box now, okay Lando I'd like you to stop in front of your garage please, stop in front of your garage, and pause for five seconds P1, pause for five seconds P0, I'm very proud of you dude.
Engineer: Some people did 50 laps on the hard, so we open a cliff of Hamilton at the end, but it's also Could also not happen
Engineer: Okay Nico, Nico getting a bit loose in 13, 16, 17. Doing a great job though.
Engineer: Motors 0.8 behind on DRS, 0.9
Engineer: Okay, Niko, brake wear is going beyond the limit.
Alexander ALBON: Probability is getting worse.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, the engine is hot, watch your water temp, we need lift and coast.
Carlos SAINZ: Is the track 10 dropping? Because I'm just gaining a lot of grip all of a sudden.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Carlos couple of degrees it started dropping sun's gone in
Engineer: Ok, Chkimi, box this lap, box this lap, we will DNF.
Engineer: Then get up to Vettel, 2.7. Last lap for Vettel, 19.6.
Engineer: Hamilton 19.6, Bottas 20.0 behind.
Engineer: And Lewis, we have max power available if you need it.
Engineer: And we have max power overtake available.
Lewis HAMILTON: OK, leave it to it for now.
Engineer: For us, you can post at the end.
Engineer: Very good lap, you are faster than him. Five more laps, mode lion till the end.
Engineer: Rookie Ardo will have DRS, you can cancel fuel saving to help you defend and then we'll update you.
Nico HULKENBERG: I'm really starting to lose the brakes, it's
Engineer: a
Nico HULKENBERG: little brake dust.
Engineer: Copy that Nico. Just a reminder for one, press on the overtake button if you need to defend.
Sergio PEREZ: 200-8, going to move.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Tires are really done.
Engineer: Yep, we're aware of that as well, rear left.
Engineer: Kvyat and Hülkenberg in front are fighting for position. Let's just bring it home though Alex
Engineer: One to go.
Lewis HAMILTON: Leave me to it mate.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yes!
Engineer: Brilliant job, well done. P1. What a race. What a job. Well done Lewis, really well done.
Lewis HAMILTON: What a job guys, thank you so much for all your hard work. That was a tough race but we stuck in there. Fantastic job, thank you everyone for your support as always. That was the Bono!
Engineer: Woo! To your right.
Engineer: Well done Valtteri, great race, great pace today.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Thanks guys, well done. The pace was good, just tricky overtaking but... No,
Engineer: he wasn't good, he was f***ing good today. Well done mate.
Engineer: Checo, great job. Well done. P7. Top three teams all finished. P7. Well done. Checo, great job. Great job.
Sergio PEREZ: Good job, guys. Amazing job.
Engineer: Yeah, great job. Well defended there.
Engineer: Good effort Max, we should have been in that race. Your pace was very strong today so it's been a tough 24 hours. It's
Max VERSTAPPEN: unbelievable, just so unlucky there in 2-2 that we had to go off. And then also that puncture, well it's just not our day.
Engineer: That's P8 there, still a solo result mate. Awesome drive, good job on that first stint. Thanks
Daniel RICCIARDO: guys, yeah it's just a struggle just to get close enough but frustrating as **** to be honest but we got the points so thank you.
Engineer: Nice job mate. Thank you. Nice job Daniel.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Alright, well thank you. It felt like the hard found a bit more grip towards the end of the stint so yeah it felt like just getting off the corners I was struggling to match him but I think anyways it was a good idea to do what we did.
Engineer: Copy that mate and well executed as well.
Engineer: Tough afternoon, mate. We'll review all that and come back stronger in Austin.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, tough one, guys. I don't know what to say, really. There was basically no pace, I think, today.
Engineer: Yeah, Carlos, we'll look at the race trace, we'll review it all together. I don't think the pace is that far off, but we clearly didn't get things right, and we'll review it and come back next weekend.
Carlos SAINZ: I'm sure we will.
Engineer: And just to let you know that's the 100th F1 win for Mercedes.
Lewis HAMILTON: Oh that was awesome man.
Engineer: Had some big shoes to fill but I hope I've done half as good a job as Bono.
Lewis HAMILTON: You did a fantastic job man, thank you, you both did.
Engineer: Okay, so that was the checker. Really good management of the race, Kevin. Unfortunately, you did a really good drive. It's P15, but you drove a perfect race. I think that's all the car would give you.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, thanks.
Engineer: I
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: think we did a good job. Just didn't have anything to play with.
Engineer: Yep, really good management and using all the systems and everything. Good job.
Daniil KVYAT: He shut the door, in the last corner, before he shut the door.
Engineer: P12 I'm afraid, Lance P12. Hulkenberg got pushed out at the final corner by Kvyat.
George RUSSELL: Apologies about the first lap, I made a really good first three corners, I just had no confidence on the brake entry in turn four and wrong place, wrong time. Yeah,
Engineer: copy that, you can see that on the onboard.
George RUSSELL: If our positions were the other way around I wouldn't have expected you to swap the cars and obviously it did really compromise our race but we'll have
Engineer: to
George RUSSELL: discuss after. Yeah, I think we could have had them, or at least fought them, if we managed to stay ahead. Yeah,
Engineer: we were at the pace on them and certainly towards the end of the race.
George RUSSELL: Yep, it's all about that start. Alright, cheers.
Engineer: OK Robert, there's the chequered flag. Well driven from your side, apologies for that puncture, but we had to stop.
Robert KUBICA: OK.
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