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United States Grand Prix2019 · Practice 3 team radio

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10
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18:01 to 19:03
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24 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the United States Grand Prix 2019, across 10 drivers. 23 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Valtteri BOTTAS 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.

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  1. Lando NORRISMcLaren18:01:540:14

    EngineerAnd radio check please.

    Lando NORRISI'm moving up and down, side to side like a roller coaster.

    EngineerThought you might say that at some point.

  2. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:13:520:04

    EngineerAll clear on exit and watch out for the bump.

  3. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:14:120:08

    EngineerTail on the run down to 12, so tail into 12.

  4. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:15:310:16

    Romain GROSJEANOkay brother, I need help. It's no rear end, I don't know if it's coming from what we had.

    EngineerBut let me know if torque, ped or diff. Yes, we're looking at systems now. Hopefully the attempt should be more sensible for the next attempt.

  5. Charles LECLERCFerrari18:16:100:06

    Charles LECLERCThere's something wrong with the engine.

  6. Charles LECLERCFerrari18:16:400:05

    EngineerStop the car. Stop the car. Stop the car.

  7. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:17:520:08

    Lewis HAMILTONWait, wait, there's a car stopped.

    EngineerYeah, copy. OK, let's switch it off. We've got VSC, we'll just wipe it out.

  8. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:18:100:06

    EngineerYeah, I think we'll have to box because they're not even close to clearing Leclerc's car. It's at 19.

  9. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:18:420:16

    EngineerI mean, he stopped right at the opening, so it would have been... Yeah, they're clearing it now, and it's finally clear, unfortunately, so we'll just reset things and get going again. We'll go into QR1 now, okay, so we're just going to plug in quick, go to QR1 and go.

  10. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:24:410:14

    EngineerOk, how was the first lap? What was the main limitation?

    Kevin MAGNUSSENJust understeer and low speed.

    EngineerHigh

    Kevin MAGNUSSENspeed is so much better than yesterday. Had a bit of traffic.

  11. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:24:440:12

    EngineerAnd wind pretty gusty, so we can see gust of tailwind on the straight turning to 10-12.

  12. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:28:240:07

    Engineerfeel that it's like

    Valtteri BOTTASgiving up in the last sector you

    Engineercan take another lap

  13. Lance STROLLRacing Point18:32:030:09

    EngineerDo you want me to go quite slow for the rears, so I don't feel like they're there? Slow for the rears, yes. Try slow for the rears.

  14. Sebastian VETTELFerrari18:32:570:15

    EngineerAnd for info, the last time-lapse has been deleted for track limits, you know why. Yeah, there was traffic and

    Sebastian VETTELI lost the car.

    EngineerYeah, we saw, we had a moment there.

  15. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:43:560:15

    EngineerAnd on the previous lap we trigger the loop at 19, but the tyres were still on the red and white, so so far the time is standing.

  16. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo18:45:110:11

    Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, I don't know what the raising point was doing, it tried to block me, it stopped almost, I tried to go inside and it just turned in front of me.

  17. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:49:560:08

    EngineerYeah, that's the one, I didn't get it right yet. Affirm. Saving 13.

  18. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:51:190:05

    Audio only, no transcript

  19. Lando NORRISMcLaren18:53:190:16

    EngineerMain place to find time is still turn 1, just back off the braking a little bit, use the track and focus on the minimum.

    Lando NORRISOn the entry I can't see, it's so bumpy I can't see at all.

  20. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:56:490:23

    Romain GROSJEANSorry, but it's not the same as yesterday.

    EngineerOK, understood, good luck.

    Romain GROSJEANWe're suffering with a lot of touching in 2, 3, 4. The rear end is not as good.

    EngineerI

    Romain GROSJEANcan understand the wind is a tiny bit different, but it's nowhere near planted as yesterday.

  21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:59:390:14

    EngineerSo Lewis we've probably got time for one more lap if you need it You

    Lewis HAMILTONtold me a bit late for that, I know I would have cooled down a bit earlier Always need more laps

  22. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo18:59:570:05

    Antonio GIOVINAZZIYeah, John, the DRS is not working.

    EngineerCopy, Antonio. We will check.

  23. Lando NORRISMcLaren19:02:340:10

    EngineerThere's a little bit of space on the entry, but it's more about the braking. Alright, yeah, the entry I can't see, I just have to drive and hope that I go somewhere.

  24. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes19:03:260:07

    Lewis HAMILTONSmall improvements? Yeah,

    Engineercopy Lewis, I improved the sector 1 and sector 3.