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Team radio transcript

Singapore Grand Prix 2019: Qualifying team radio

25 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix 2019, across 10 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON 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. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Just check this as a clear visor Transmission just cut out there for a second, just repeat Just

    Lewis HAMILTON: want to check this as a clear visor

    Engineer: OK, copy

  2. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Temps are good. Big adjuster to the middle, big adjuster to the middle. No overlapping in the last corner. And remember, mode push, mode push.

  3. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And we need to maximize full throttle, maximize full throttle.

  4. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Would you like a balance adjust for the next set yeah Plus 0.5 copy

  5. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: OK, so from our side what you did with the diff on the last sector is fine, let's do the same please.

  6. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, currently I expect 30 seconds margin to the flag, but traffic will bunch up in sector three

  7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Are

    Lewis HAMILTON: we safe?

    Engineer: Plenty safe, yes.

  8. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Recharge on, dry on the cooker knob, need to be negative on the Delta.

  9. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: So let's look after the tyres, boxing this lap, no threats behind, you are still P8, that was a nice lap.

  10. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I don't know, maybe I need to do a harder outlap, because I don't have great rear grip on traction. Exit F3 is very poor. Okay, I

    Engineer: can help you with that. I will sort that out, okay? So you do a little bit bigger pushing outlap and I'll sort it out for you.

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Okay.

  11. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: I'm so close to the car in front. No

    Engineer: way

    Lance STROLL: to back up. There's two cars pressuring me on the out-tap. There's nothing I could do.

    Engineer: Copy that, Lance. I

    Lance STROLL: said no grip. I was like five seconds from the...

  12. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: How

    Lewis HAMILTON: much I'm down in, Sector?

    Engineer: Sector 1, about 2.5 tenths to Valtteri, mainly traffic by the look of it

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, cool

  13. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So currently P3 Leclerc 36.9 Lewis 37.0

  14. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: So you're P10 at the moment Nico, with your 38.58, Danny 38.399, then Carlos 38.17 in P8.

  15. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Okay, Nico, we have 15 seconds margin, 15 seconds.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: What have you got in this app?

    Engineer: Negative.

  17. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: OK, complete the lap, stay out and charge the pack.

  18. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, understood.

    Engineer: OK, so cap to call as I had there was 3.5 seconds, again, how was the balance?

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I definitely prefer clean air, just made it more disconnected, so a bit of front end real.

    Engineer: OK, understood.

  19. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Good try, man. So that's a P-15, but good. That's what you could get out of it, so you got it. Thank you.

  20. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: We did touch the wall left hand side really, but we now quickly checking and we go again. It's fine. Let me know for front wing. Should be fine. I would leave it or come up. I think...

  21. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Frags who send me without anybody, they are a pain in the ****, because having Lewis in front, it destroyed my lap completely. Copy,

    Engineer: understood.

  22. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Okay, aboard. Mastidup in 18. Copy. West Aft and D20 Pro.

  23. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Carlos SAINZ: I ran out of power, exit of

    Engineer: the

    Carlos SAINZ: last chicane Ok

    Engineer: Carlos, currently P6, keep you updated Drive to the Delta

  24. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Gullivis well done mate, that's a P2, just two tenths behind Leclerc, just a couple of hundredths ahead of Vettel, so good final lap there mate, well done.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Sorry guys, I tried.

  25. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Carlos finished p7 p7 Albon got us just at the end there well done mate so finishing order Leclerc Hamilton Vettel Verstappen Albon Bottas then you Ricciardo Hülkenberg and Lando good job today

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