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Team radio transcript

Spanish Grand Prix 2019: Practice 1 team radio

40 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2019, across 16 drivers. 35 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. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  3. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  4. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  5. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso

    Engineer: Radio check, Danny, radio check.

  6. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso

    Engineer: Radio check Danny, radio check.

    Daniil KVYAT: Radon clear.

    Engineer: Copy. Reminder, constant speed position 3, third gear. Houston 3.

  7. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Engineer: Checo, so you clear 16 behind. We need one more lap and we need an early straight line braking before turn one. We need to go to low speed with no steer. You've got Gasly 15 behind.

  8. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: And another Aero P4 5th Gear Cruise through Turn 3, please. And a final Aero P4 5th Gear Cruise exit Turn 9, please.

  9. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Pierre GASLY: Can you check I felt loss of power out of the last chicane?

    Engineer: Copy, we'll look. For your info, we will correct that issue for the next run. So continue like it is for this run.

  10. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Pierre GASLY: You're really quiet on the radio, I didn't... could not hear everything. Can you repeat?

    Engineer: We will correct your issue at the end of the lap for the next run.

    Pierre GASLY: OK, copy.

    Engineer: Radio latched.

  11. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Engineer: Before turn 9, tyre 5, 5th gear, tyre 5, 5th gear, then tyre 6, 7th gear if you can, tyre 6.

  12. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Possible gravel exit turn 12.

  13. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Jesus Christ!

    Engineer: Yep, I understand Max.

  14. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Check on board. It looked like exit of turn 15. There was something coming off or flying off from the front left corner. So if you can have a look.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  15. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Mode push, mode push.

  16. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Struggling a lot with the rear in sector 3, high speed understeer mid to exit, we could have got away with more front wing, so apologies for that. Traction is very poor.

  17. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Good lap dude, good laps. We'll use spark 2 for the next push and we'll use mode push for the next push as well

  18. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: but I'm really struggling really struggling slow speed mid to exit traction the rear feels light it's like I'm losing load through mid to exit turn 16 for example and it's obviously easy flat don't have that support

    Engineer: okay trial multi B diff exit 4 that's at 12 o'clock multi B diff exit 4

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So Grosjean has just been through the gravel, turn 7, 8, so just look out for that.

  20. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: We can go spark three now spark three

  21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Tire prep is terrible. Rear tires are done.

  22. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Ok, it was a bit of a messy lap with traffic and stuff. I'll cool down and go again. Ok, understood.

  23. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: I

    Daniel RICCIARDO: love the way they slam. Just too much understeer in the high speed.

    Engineer: Ok, understood.

  24. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: There's something when I'm accelerating Norris behind outlet coming through we

    Engineer: need to box max box, please

  25. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: Any further balance comments?

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yes, so I feel it's just the high speed understeer that's got worse and then a late engine for low speed, more turn 12, that was more difficult than the previous one.

    Engineer: OK, understood.

  26. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: You said we box this lap? Yes Miko, boxing this lap please, can we have an aero P4 5th gear cruise exit at turn 9?

  27. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Copy that. Practice your stopping position.

  28. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: What's going on with the rear entry of the corners?

    Engineer: OK, what's the problem?

    George RUSSELL: Just no support.

    Engineer: Rear temps are five less than starting the opening lap currently. They'll come up fairly quickly.

  29. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Darren it's Tom Sorry Carlos Hello

    Carlos SAINZ: Tom, I'm Darren

  30. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Cover tyre 2, tyre 2 for no DRS. OK, and go

    Lance STROLL: 1.

    Engineer: Yeah, it will be go 1, you're OK in out 2 at the moment, out 2 is good and we'll go go 1.

  31. Pierre GASLYRed Bull

    Engineer: And stay out. Straight into race run now. Stay out, race run now.

  32. George RUSSELLWilliams

    Engineer: So pace is currently good, just monitoring the DEG, it's potentially higher than others, with more management in 3 and 9 than others, more feedback soon.

  33. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: OK, I'm going to see how much it flips. Let's stay out and keep going while we can learn about the tyre. Stay out while you can.

  34. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: I've lost a mirror.

    Engineer: Did you copy regarded mirror? Yeah, AFOP, AFOP.

  35. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  36. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: OK Lando, I'd like you to drive at 101% please, 101%, do not look after it at all.

  37. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Carlos, we have the information we need. Box this lap for launch practice. Call the car in sector 3.

  38. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: Jesus Christ, I hit the grass, I'm in trouble.

    Engineer: Copy that. Car is state alpha, so you're OK to get out and normally.

  39. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: Dave, what is the default again to clear the safety

    Engineer: car beep? A56 Niko, A56

  40. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Were we okay to... there was no... on the scale, they didn't ask us on the scale?

    Engineer: No, I didn't see any lights. I will double check with Beat, why you think you saw a light or? I don't know,

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: just check now.

    Engineer: Okay, switch off. No, Kimi, normally I have an alert in my software, I didn't see anything, so... I can replay the video quickly.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, just ask them, I mean, somebody can ask them, I guess, I mean, probably there was not... He

    Engineer: was green, Kimi, we're just checking you on board, all good, all good.

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