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Team radio transcript

Monaco Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio

26 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Monaco Grand Prix 2019, across 14 drivers. 23 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Nico HULKENBERG had the most, with 5.

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. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Engine stop, what happened?

    Engineer: OK, we'll come back to you, we'll come back to you. OK, 12P1, 12P1.

  2. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  3. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Sergio PEREZ: I touch the wall

    Engineer: Front

    Sergio PEREZ: or rear? Front.

  4. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I think after a cool lap, it takes two laps to go again, so unless we have that, no thanks.

  5. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Engineer: seconds behind on a push lap but as two seconds

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yep, Eve is holding me up.

  7. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: So the front tyre temperature seems a bit low.

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, but I'm pushing and they don't warm up enough.

  8. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso

    Daniil KVYAT: We excited the brakes. In the small braking they are poor. No bite.

  9. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  10. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So perfect.

  11. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Ok, that's a good lap Alex, good job, shame about the wheelspin in turn 6 exit

  12. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: It

    Nico HULKENBERG: was quite a messy run, all in all.

    Engineer: Yep, copy that, Nico, but there's time in hand.

  13. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Front brakes are on

  14. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: So science will be trying again ahead.

  15. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Yep, stroller again. Thanks mate.

  16. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: understand medium-high speed

  17. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: I see a lot of brake dust, coming out of

    Engineer: the

    Nico HULKENBERG: front right.

    Engineer: Copy that Nico, we do monitor where. OK Nico, watch for the brake pedal being long when you go out, watch for the brake pedal being long when you go out.

    Nico HULKENBERG: I definitely feel that I'm losing brake efficiency.

    Engineer: Copy.

  18. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Which tire set did you put? Is

    Engineer: that

    Sebastian VETTEL: the first or the second one? Ah, that is ***.

    Engineer: Anyways,

    Sebastian VETTEL: is the second set warm? It's warming up.

  19. George RUSSELLWilliams

    Engineer: So the front temps have dropped, the front temps have dropped recently with some slow laps, now is the balance, is the limit, the limit, the front? The

    George RUSSELL: limit is four, we're sliding.

  20. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: Front tires are pretty grey now as well.

  21. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Daniel RICCIARDO: I can't get any more out of these. I could hold this for a little bit, but can't improve from this.

  22. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  23. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: sorry from the grid so we do need yeah we need to stop well what do you want me to do this is the point like this yeah but if we get it under control then you can push for a few laps at the end

  24. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Daniel RICCIARDO: The areas get pretty difficult

  25. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: OK, Nico, we're going to have to save brakes again, I'm afraid, we're going to have to save brakes again.

    Nico HULKENBERG: How long until the end of this session?

    Engineer: Three laps, including this one. I

    Nico HULKENBERG: told you earlier, the breakaway was high.

  26. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: In hindsight this was not a good decision to put these tyres on. I can't go faster, I'm just losing all the temp. I've almost lost it twice already.

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