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Team radio transcript

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  3. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  4. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  5. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  6. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  7. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Drive straight out

  8. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    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.

  9. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    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

  10. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Do not use DRS between 9 and 10.

  11. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: and mode charge mode charge

  12. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: You can go slower for tires

  13. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: We are losing at two three and ten turn us two three and ten

  14. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Now we're doing one more push, if

    Engineer: you want we can do another push, truck is clear behind.

  15. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    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.

  16. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: OK, recharge on, recharge on, and scenario 8 SOC 3, scenario 8 SOC 3.

  17. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Okay, Nico, we recommend top left modifier for turn four in your next lap.

  18. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Through the pit lane for a start. Copy. Mode raised. Skip the start, skip the start, we are too hot.

  19. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: I'm stuck. Red flag.

  20. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Your lap time, 19.2. Danny, 19.5. The track looks a bit green to us. EB4.

  21. Daniil KVYATToro Rosso

    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.

  22. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    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.

  23. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: We can go BC3, BC3, we'll keep it for the first push.

  24. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    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.

  25. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Okay, dude, you now have a big gap behind, big gap behind.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    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.

  27. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    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.

  28. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    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.

  29. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: No boarded that lap because I was gone deep in one.

    Engineer: Copy, Chibonacci 3 seconds time-lap.

  30. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    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.

  31. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    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.

  32. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Ok, I don't know what Carlos was doing there, sorry for that

  33. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    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

  34. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    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.

  35. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    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.

  36. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And you pre-select Strat Mode 3.

  37. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Valtteri, so that's P1.

  38. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So suggesting a double charge lap. If you want to drive through for a flap adjust, please ask for that

  39. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Leclerc has just done 17.1. Valtteri is 17.3 on the soft tyre.

  40. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    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

  41. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Which area is going to be approved?

    Engineer: Not many areas to approve Lewis

  42. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Unbelievable, again that last skate.

  43. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Main places to improve turn 1, turn 4 braking and then turn 10, turn 12.

  44. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    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***.

  45. George RUSSELLWilliams

    Engineer: You okay?

    George RUSSELL: Yeah, all good. Just lost it from nowhere.

  46. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So red flag, red flag, no overtaking, keep the delta positive.

  47. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Thanks

    Valtteri BOTTAS: guys for getting us out for a couple of laps.

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