Skip to main contentSkip to navigation

Team radio

United States Grand Prix2019 · Practice 1 team radio

45
messages
12
drivers
8
teams
45
playable
16:00 to 17:30
on the radio

45 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the United States Grand Prix 2019, across 12 drivers. 43 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ had the most, with 7.

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.

On the radio

The rest of the weekend

Hear the next session live, as it happensLive driver radio with a transcript that colours itself by who is speaking, plus the timing tower and the track map. Free.
Get the app

The session, message by message

  1. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:00:400:07

    EngineerI see it's very bumpy already up in exit

  2. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes16:01:400:09

    EngineerThese

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

  3. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:02:410:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  4. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:02:540:08

    EngineerOkay 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 Bull16:05:160:07

    Max VERSTAPPENI drove already a bit to the middle and the left of the straight for the bumps.

    EngineerUnderstood, thank you.

  6. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:06:440:13

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

    EngineerYeah, OK, we can do 4 now, that's fine.

  7. Charles LECLERCFerrari16:07:030:10

    Charles LECLERCThere's

    Engineera

    Charles LECLERCproblem with the engine, I think.

    EngineerOkay, we are checking it. We'll let you know.

  8. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:08:290:06

    EngineerI've got limp home mode Copy that, so box, box, box

  9. Charles LECLERCFerrari16:08:380:12

    Charles LECLERCI 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 MAGNUSSENHaas16:10:000:08

    Kevin MAGNUSSENThere's

    Engineera

    Kevin MAGNUSSENlot of air coming through my visor, can

    Engineeryou get Michael around?

  11. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:11:100:20

    Kevin MAGNUSSENAnd there's

    Engineera

    Kevin MAGNUSSENbig 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.

    EngineerOkay, yeah, understood, we'll look at that.

  12. Romain GROSJEANHaas16:12:200:08

    Romain GROSJEANOK, the rear end is really, really good.

    EngineerCopy that, dude, copy that.

  13. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes16:18:100:08

    EngineerSo this is the 2020 soft compound.

  14. Alexander ALBONRed Bull16:22:110:09

    EngineerAgain on that last lap turn 19 track limits turn 19 again on that last lap

  15. Alexander ALBONRed Bull16:23:530:11

    Alexander ALBONYep, okay. I didn't think I was tracking this.

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

  16. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:25:360:09

    Max VERSTAPPENBrakes are still pulling

    EngineerUnderstood Stay posted and on your left

  17. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:27:500:06

    EngineerMost people on the medium have just gone quicker and quicker and quicker, so yeah.

  18. Lando NORRISMcLaren16:30:330:05

    Lando NORRISMy headrest just came out.

  19. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:31:180:07

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

    EngineerYep, that was kibbe.

  20. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:32:370:10

    EngineerI don't know what happened there, the last car

    Nicholas LATIFIjust went into neutral

    EngineerYeah I have false neutral

  21. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams16:33:550:10

    EngineerI

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

    Engineerno time.

  22. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:35:070:08

    Kevin MAGNUSSENDidn't feel like the fronts were low.

    EngineerOk, then go with your feel, that's fine.

  23. Nico HULKENBERGRenault16:36:260:12

    Nico HULKENBERGThere's

    Engineera

    Nico HULKENBERGbit something on with the upshifts on this lap, a lot of downgraded ones.

    EngineerYeah Nico, we think we have some sort of issue.

  24. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:40:210:31

    EngineerCarlos, are you happy that we leave the front wing alone? Are you happy to leave the front wing alone?

    Carlos SAINZNo, it's really understeery guys, very understeery, two turns up

    EngineerCopy

    Carlos SAINZIt'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 BOTTASMercedes16:42:060:19

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

    EngineerSo, 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 SAINZMcLaren16:42:390:10

    EngineerCarlos, is the car okay?

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

  27. Carlos SAINZMcLaren16:43:570:13

    Carlos SAINZYeah, 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.

    EngineerCopy.

  28. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes16:51:040:09

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

  29. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:57:280:09

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

  30. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas16:58:290:12

    Kevin MAGNUSSENUh, messed

    Engineerit 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 SAINZMcLaren16:58:400:07

    Carlos SAINZpeople improving on the second time or not generally

    Engineernot i think carlos generally not

  32. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:59:470:02

    Audio only, no transcript

  33. Sergio PEREZRacing Point16:59:510:08

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

  34. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:02:300:16

    Carlos SAINZHow is the test tyre looking on other cars?

    EngineerIt 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 SAINZMcLaren17:05:550:10

    Carlos SAINZHey, yeah, you were right, though. This story's s***.

    EngineerAnyway,

    Carlos SAINZI'll try again.

  36. Carlos SAINZMcLaren17:06:170:10

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

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

  37. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:12:520:08

    EngineerLewis is on the 2020 tyre, P17, 36.7

  38. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:14:110:07

    Charles LECLERCGuys, I cannot downshift. Can you look at it?

  39. Charles LECLERCFerrari17:14:540:08

    Engineerand we think it's because of the bumps

  40. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:17:040:09

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

    Valtteri BOTTASYeah, the first lap I had a mistake there.

  41. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:17:500:06

    EngineerCheck it, we are pushing the fronts at this track temperature, that is okay.

  42. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:20:410:06

    Engineerso box box we're going to go for a live pit stop for the 2019 tyre

  43. Sergio PEREZRacing Point17:20:500:08

    Sergio PEREZone of the hashes doing the usual job

  44. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:21:290:07

    Lewis HAMILTONThis is the pumpiest track in the world

  45. Nico HULKENBERGRenault17:30:230:09

    EngineerAnd fail B7E off please.

    Nico HULKENBERGYeah, maybe a bit more complicated.