United States Grand Prix 2019: Practice 1 team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:00:40

   Engineer: I see it's very bumpy already up in exit

2. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes16:01:40

   Engineer: These

   Lewis HAMILTON: bumps are insane out here, I don't know if this track is safe

3. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:02:41

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4. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:02:54

   Engineer: Okay Nika, GPS is playing up a bit so I'm not entirely sure who's around you sorry for that and we're boxing this lap

5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:05:16

   Max VERSTAPPEN: I drove already a bit to the middle and the left of the straight for the bumps.

   Engineer: Understood, thank you.

6. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:06:44

   Nicholas LATIFI: Back to VLIM 1 or VLIM 4, because I went out in 4 for the speed restriction.

   Engineer: Yeah, OK, we can do 4 now, that's fine.

7. Charles LECLERCFerrari16:07:03

   Charles LECLERC: There's

   Engineer: a

   Charles LECLERC: problem with the engine, I think.

   Engineer: Okay, we are checking it. We'll let you know.

8. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:08:29

   Engineer: I've got limp home mode Copy that, so box, box, box

9. Charles LECLERCFerrari16:08:38

   Charles LECLERC: I took the bump out of turn 9 and something, then there was something strange. I was, yeah, I was just driving normally. I don't know what happened.

10. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:10:00

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: There's

    Engineer: a

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: lot of air coming through my visor, can

    Engineer: you get Michael around?

11. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:11:10

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: And there's

    Engineer: a

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: big jump, not a bump, but a jump in the track at turn 9, exit of turn 9. Jump, exit of turn 9, yep. Yeah, and the K is switched off.

    Engineer: Okay, yeah, understood, we'll look at that.

12. Romain GROSJEANHaas16:12:20

    Romain GROSJEAN: OK, the rear end is really, really good.

    Engineer: Copy that, dude, copy that.

13. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:18:10

    Engineer: So this is the 2020 soft compound.

14. Alexander ALBONRed Bull16:22:11

    Engineer: Again on that last lap turn 19 track limits turn 19 again on that last lap

15. Alexander ALBONRed Bull16:23:53

    Alexander ALBON: Yep, okay. I didn't think I was tracking this.

    Engineer: Yeah, no, sorry. That was just the one lap of the lap before. So drive through for practice launch.

16. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:25:36

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Brakes are still pulling

    Engineer: Understood Stay posted and on your left

17. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:27:50

    Engineer: Most people on the medium have just gone quicker and quicker and quicker, so yeah.

18. Lando NORRISMcLaren16:30:33

    Lando NORRIS: My headrest just came out.

19. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:31:18

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Oh yeah, again I had an outfair just staying on front, it's not moving.

    Engineer: Yep, that was kibbe.

20. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:32:37

    Engineer: I don't know what happened there, the last car

    Nicholas LATIFI: just went into neutral

    Engineer: Yeah I have false neutral

21. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:33:55

    Engineer: I

    Nicholas LATIFI: think this is the speed I have to bring it back, if I try and go quicker, there's

    Engineer: no time.

22. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:35:07

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Didn't feel like the fronts were low.

    Engineer: Ok, then go with your feel, that's fine.

23. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:36:26

    Nico HULKENBERG: There's

    Engineer: a

    Nico HULKENBERG: bit something on with the upshifts on this lap, a lot of downgraded ones.

    Engineer: Yeah Nico, we think we have some sort of issue.

24. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:40:21

    Engineer: Carlos, are you happy that we leave the front wing alone? Are you happy to leave the front wing alone?

    Carlos SAINZ: No, it's really understeery guys, very understeery, two turns up

    Engineer: Copy

    Carlos SAINZ: It's very understeery, three turns up please Copy Carlos, up three Yeah Tom, can you check the car, it feels very soft at the front I don't know if we've changed something compared to last weekend but it feels like the car is very soft at the front in the change of direction

25. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:42:06

    Valtteri BOTTAS: So, just repeat this run, because on the sheet it says two times, then I'm focusing, but... No.

    Engineer: So, you're going to go for lap one and lap three in strat five with DRS. And then continue after that, sorry. Pay from in two consecutive after those two. OK, copy.

26. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:42:39

    Engineer: Carlos, is the car okay?

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I just lost the rear in high speed. Car is okay, tires are destroyed.

27. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:43:57

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, let's stop and check a bit everything. Yeah, that's the plan. I need to change the steering wheel. It's still bad with the downshifts.

    Engineer: Copy.

28. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes16:51:04

    Engineer: In terms of single corners it was 10s, 5s and 6s down to Valtteri.

29. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:57:28

    Sergio PEREZ: I got a little light on the right of my dashboard and it doesn't go off

30. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:58:29

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Uh, messed

    Engineer: it up, turn one. Okay, understood. Yeah, you can just back off and push again, just try and keep tyre temp, so stroll behinds and back off, Kubica is pushing, he's six behind.

31. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:58:40

    Carlos SAINZ: people improving on the second time or not generally

    Engineer: not i think carlos generally not

32. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:59:47

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33. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:59:51

    Sergio PEREZ: I picked up a very bad understeer to 11, I don't know if that was a win.

34. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:02:30

    Carlos SAINZ: How is the test tyre looking on other cars?

    Engineer: It looks like other people can get a lap time out of it, but it looks much more neutral. We've seen other cars struggling with the rear end in high speed as well, Carlos.

35. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:05:55

    Carlos SAINZ: Hey, yeah, you were right, though. This story's s***.

    Engineer: Anyway,

    Carlos SAINZ: I'll try again.

36. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:06:17

    Carlos SAINZ: I think it's interesting to keep learning about this tyre. What do you think?

    Engineer: Yeah, happy to try a lap on it Carlos, but it suggests we come down two turns. Box this lap.

37. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:12:52

    Engineer: Lewis is on the 2020 tyre, P17, 36.7

38. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:14:11

    Charles LECLERC: Guys, I cannot downshift. Can you look at it?

39. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:14:54

    Engineer: and we think it's because of the bumps

40. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:17:04

    Engineer: In the previous lap it looks like you find a lot of time in turn 11.

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, the first lap I had a mistake there.

41. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:17:50

    Engineer: Check it, we are pushing the fronts at this track temperature, that is okay.

42. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:20:41

    Engineer: so box box we're going to go for a live pit stop for the 2019 tyre

43. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:20:50

    Sergio PEREZ: one of the hashes doing the usual job

44. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:21:29

    Lewis HAMILTON: This is the pumpiest track in the world

45. Nico HULKENBERGRenault17:30:23

    Engineer: And fail B7E off please.

    Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, maybe a bit more complicated.