Spanish Grand Prix 2019: Practice 3 team radio
47 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2019, across 17 drivers. 41 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 6.
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 · 6 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
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Engineer: Drive straight out
Engineer: OK, Kimi, straight out and radio check pit exit, please.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it's OK.
Engineer: OK, good for me too. So, let's remember the cruise, mode air plus, gear 3.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, yeah, can you check on the cockpit the first breaking pattern one I felt like something on my Legs so like losing a piece from from there. So maybe something
Engineer: Do not use DRS between 9 and 10.
Engineer: and mode charge mode charge
Engineer: You can go slower for tires
Engineer: We are losing at two three and ten turn us two three and ten
Charles LECLERC: Now we're doing one more push, if
Engineer: you want we can do another push, truck is clear behind.
Engineer: The plane is through the pit lane for a start, but if you want to try one more, I'll leave it to you. Yeah, I will try one more, just to revise on engine.
Engineer: OK, recharge on, recharge on, and scenario 8 SOC 3, scenario 8 SOC 3.
Engineer: Okay, Nico, we recommend top left modifier for turn four in your next lap.
Engineer: Through the pit lane for a start. Copy. Mode raised. Skip the start, skip the start, we are too hot.
Engineer: I'm stuck. Red flag.
Engineer: Your lap time, 19.2. Danny, 19.5. The track looks a bit green to us. EB4.
Engineer: Do you think we need a flap adjust?
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, I think we should have a bit less for more confidence.
Engineer: Two steps?
Daniil KVYAT: Yes.
Engineer: Copy, box, box for flap adjust.
Engineer: Kevin, just go mode ES, mode ES, and give us a little bit of full throttle just to check systems, please. Mode ES and some full throttle, please.
Engineer: We can go BC3, BC3, we'll keep it for the first push.
Engineer: All right, so Gervinazzi is approaching, starting a time-lapse, and then Raikkonen as well, so probably have to let both of those guys through.
Engineer: Okay, dude, you now have a big gap behind, big gap behind.
Engineer: Ok, so that's P3, I've got Vettel and Leclerc P1 and 2, they're obviously on the soft tyre, just a tenth to Vettel.
Engineer: And you can take one more lap, just remember you've got a diff magic available for a final sector. And in terms of sectors you were purple sector 3 to Bethel 0 sector 2, it's just a sector 1. So our main loss to Bethel was turn 4.
Engineer: We have no suggestions in terms of controls at this point, all looks good to us.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, just the tyres gone off a little bit, doesn't feel fresh anymore.
Nico HULKENBERG: No boarded that lap because I was gone deep in one.
Engineer: Copy, Chibonacci 3 seconds time-lap.
Engineer: If
Carlos SAINZ: I'm not improving I box, and we change the rear right hand mark I think.
Engineer: OK, understood. The measured loads look good.
Engineer: And that was a good effort. So let's please have scenario 9, scenario 9 and yellow G8, yellow G8. We'll stay in recharge for the moment and halfway round the lap we will come out of recharge and do three consecutive laps.
Engineer: Ok, I don't know what Carlos was doing there, sorry for that
Engineer: Checker we can do this cool and one more push just caution with Ricciardo, but he should be slow behind
Sergio PEREZ: Yes,
Engineer: you can yes you can cool the rears try and keep front bulk
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, you're clear from traffic at the moment, so can we do an aero cruise after turn 9 please, so it will be aero P4 5th gear after turn 9. OK, yup.
Engineer: And any balance feedback?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, so, start of the run didn't really feel much better, the high speed was still on the edge, but taking the wing off made the low speed more difficult, so I think the switch changes helped, more engine braking helped the low speed, and brake 3, that combination was better,
Engineer: and
Daniel RICCIARDO: it just felt like the tires became a bit
Engineer: easier
Daniel RICCIARDO: to manage the more I did the running, so by the end it was much closer to where it needed to be. Copy that.
Engineer: And you pre-select Strat Mode 3.
Engineer: Valtteri, so that's P1.
Engineer: So suggesting a double charge lap. If you want to drive through for a flap adjust, please ask for that
Engineer: Leclerc has just done 17.1. Valtteri is 17.3 on the soft tyre.
Engineer: Hamilton on a cool down, it is a 16.5 and Charles 17.1 I think I need a double cool down Position 3, multifunction mix, position 3 No way, I can make it with single Ok, copy
Lewis HAMILTON: Which area is going to be approved?
Engineer: Not many areas to approve Lewis
Max VERSTAPPEN: Unbelievable, again that last skate.
Engineer: Main places to improve turn 1, turn 4 braking and then turn 10, turn 12.
Engineer: Okay, look out for Stroll now, starting a time-lapse. Yeah, I know. F*** him. He also f***ed my lap, so he can wait as well. F***.
Engineer: You okay?
George RUSSELL: Yeah, all good. Just lost it from nowhere.
Engineer: So red flag, red flag, no overtaking, keep the delta positive.
Engineer: Thanks
Valtteri BOTTAS: guys for getting us out for a couple of laps.
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