70th Anniversary Grand Prix 2020: Practice 1 team radio
79 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix 2020, across 19 drivers. 77 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 10.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 10 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Racing Point · 6 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And just over 60 seconds to green light.
Engineer: Wind direction generally as predicted max, but it's quite low level.
Engineer: Staying out, staying out, wind direction general Can I use DRS? Negative, do not use DRS
Daniil KVYAT: Something is going on with my headrest. I can't lean my head in.
Esteban OCON: Copy that.
Engineer: Stopping on the marks and going to P1 please.
Engineer: Okay, you have Norris three ahead. We'll do CSL four, fourth gear, and then DRS check between five and six. You have Russell seven behind. Okay to push, okay to push, and you can go multi GX three, multi GX three, and we'll do the CSL four and DRS check.
Engineer: So steer at turns 3, 4, 6, 7 Tyre 7 Thank you Steer at turn 6, 7
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, box. Box
Engineer: is lapped, same procedure as last time, so you have to swing out into the fast lane please.
Lance STROLL: Radio check, turn 9.
Engineer: Loud and clear, turn 9. Take a gap from Ocon ahead. Take a gap from Ocon ahead or go by him. Multifunction A, orange. Multifunction A, orange.
Engineer: And confirming we are boxed this lap.
Lando NORRIS: Confirmed.
Engineer: And box now.
Lando NORRIS: Land the pitlane.
Engineer: And once again, this will be stop on the marks for front wing adjust. And you can do a launch, so once in the pitlane, launch map on. It'll be second gear launch, and this time brace, brace.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Right, you can see some or not at all. No,
Engineer: no all okay at the moment
Engineer: Mode push
Engineer: and win is headwind turn 10, headwind turn 10, low intensity and mode charge, mode charge
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Place to focus, place to focus, turn 13, apex.
Pierre GASLY: Temperature targets?
Engineer: 0, 0
Engineer: Reminder to work on the brakes before the last sector, and it will be shape 3, charge off last corner. And reminder, in terms of high speed balance with this compound, it could be a bit difficult.
Alexander ALBON: Just felt like the tires were gone around turn 12, turn 13
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, box for flap.
Engineer: Copy. Carlos, how much would you like?
Carlos SAINZ: Let's try two turns up.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: And we need to improve exit turn 4, we lost a tenth there.
Charles LECLERC: We've got a snap, we'll take a pic.
Engineer: And you can press select engine 6, engine 6.
Engineer: Right toggle turn 16. Right toggle turn 16.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I'm on limpo mode. It doesn't say, but I have no power.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Checker 1 overlay, it was really just turn 6. If you push the entry a bit to turn 6 and then consider 1 gear lower at the apex.
Engineer: All good now. Three seconds.
Engineer: snap in turn 15 it moves a little bit to tailwind but the wind there is not very strong
Alexander ALBON: To me it's also that the rays are just gone completely.
Nico HULKENBERG: Feels like these tyres are not really going
Engineer: well.
Nico HULKENBERG: Struggling to hang on a bit.
Engineer: Nico, just repeat that last message. It's bad
Nico HULKENBERG: for the tyres. I'm not sure a double cool, you know, feels like the tyres are going off a bit now. Even with a double cool.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: The slow lap looks to be good enough on carcass temperature from what we've seen
Pierre GASLY: I just see the front left is already a bit damaged just after two push-ups
Engineer: Time to do one more time lap if you think you're gonna gain, but we'd have to do a fairly fast in lap afterwards Yeah, I just want to try one thing in sector one.
Carlos SAINZ: I will box if
Engineer: If
Carlos SAINZ: we don't have time
Engineer: copy
Engineer: Checker 1 overlay, it was really just turn 6. If you push the entry a bit to turn 6 and then consider 1 gear lower at the apex.
Engineer: Okay, recharge on, recharge on, and we'll box this lap.
Engineer: So that is five seconds. It'll be strut three and push the first two sectors
Engineer: You'll need to push on the inlet you'll need to keep pushing on the inlet
Engineer: C8-2 is correct, 6th gear, turn 14 to turn 15.
George RUSSELL: Gap behind.
Engineer: 40 seconds, 4-0, you're all clear behind. Copy, might
George RUSSELL: get the VLIM.
Engineer: Copy. And then once we've done that VLIM then we can practice pit M3, stopping the box engine off. There's just under two minutes remaining.
Engineer: Nice lap dude, nice lap. You'll have Latifi pushing, Latifi 3 behind pushing, and more box at the end of this lap.
Engineer: Checker 1 overlay, it was really just turn 6. If you push the entry a bit to turn 6 and then consider 1 gear lower at the apex.
Engineer: There's no traffic around, no traffic around. It should be clear at the beginning of the lap.
Engineer: OK, copy, it always tends to be in that direction so another look may just be a dirty sensor.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Quite a big flat spot.
Romain GROSJEAN: Ok, a couple of things, I completely lost power out of 17 for some reason
Engineer: and
Romain GROSJEAN: pushed a bit too much the rear of the envelope
Engineer: Copy that
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I have a lock from mid to exit in turn 9, I completely lost the front
Engineer: end Ok, Ocon behind, pushing, 3 seconds, 2 seconds And after Ocon you're free
Kimi RAIKKONEN: It's not pushing Ok,
Engineer: finished the lap, so we can see on the data the balance is quite rearward for us, we need to add 3-4 clicks of lap
Kimi RAIKKONEN: It's not consistent, it comes from mid to exit We
Engineer: can try to box, just adjust the flap to where we expect to be and try one more push, do you want to try that? Yeah Copy, box this flap then, no one pushing behind And
Kimi RAIKKONEN: check that the car is ok? Sure I hit some kerbs quite hard
Engineer: Box box for flap adjust.
Engineer: Do you want to do another push lap question? Yes please. Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Wait, can you tell me please when there is another car? I didn't see that Ferrari.
Engineer: Leclerc was on a slow lap, I'm surprised he was travelling so quickly.
Engineer: Carlos, could be interesting to try one more cool-down lap. Rear is still a little bit warm. Try one more cool-down lap, probably slightly faster on the second cool-down lap.
Carlos SAINZ: Copy, to get in phase with these guys also, yeah.
Engineer: Let me know if there's somebody coming. No, no, I'll let you know. No one behind.
Engineer: and we will need to do constant speeds so the first one will be out of turn 5 track is clear behind and we need FS2 fourth gear, FS2 fourth gear
Carlos SAINZ: Everyone on the near soft improved, right?
Engineer: Yeah Carlos, everyone's improved.
Engineer: Just positive on your brakes as well just to wake the front axle up
Engineer: And mode one, now mode one.
Engineer: temperatures are now similar to the previous run you can keep pushing a little bit if you wish
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, it's just being a bit weird. A lot of understeer in 6th and 7th and then I almost crashed in 9th.
Engineer: We need the vlim, vlim 2 exit of turn 4 and vlim 3 into turn 9 please
Engineer: Okay, so we suggest going two clicks forwards and offset to start the lap, so offset two clicks forwards.
Alexander ALBON: I just want to try it because I don't have any feeling on the brakes.
Engineer: Okay, understood. And we're suggesting... Okay, you can see temperatures, they're not too bad. Rear's a little bit warm, front's are in the window.
Engineer: I'll be mode 3, mode 3, stop in the box and rev check please.
Engineer: Keep using curbs.
Engineer: We need a bit of overtake exit turn 5, we are full, press and hold overtake please
Engineer: We'd like to start pushing on the outlap and let's have recharge off.
Engineer: OK, so box, box, and we'll repeat the cruises, so it's cruise mode 2, 5th gear.
Engineer: Nicko we are happy with this level of management happy with this level of management same pace as Bottas at the moment
Engineer: Ok dude, good lap, good lap, anything we can help you with?
Romain GROSJEAN: Just turned 9 and 11-12 became a little bit on the edge, but the rest very good, I'm very happy with the car this morning.
Engineer: Seneca to help the rears a bit of lift and coast into 3, 6 and 16, bit of lift and coast
Engineer: Well, it looks like two laps ago turn 11 the sharp lift on throttle upset the rear axle. Aero looks normal up to that point
Engineer: The
Nicholas LATIFI: car feels quite unstable under braking, but I don't know if that's because of the temps or because of the test item.
Engineer: Copy that, I think temps are okay, sense within 4. Am
Nicholas LATIFI: I okay to carry on pushing, or was that okay with the aero cruise?
Engineer: Yes, open the lap please, open the lap, Ocon pushing within 6, Ocon pushing within 6. Just take careful, take caution please, take caution.
Lando NORRIS: Getting quite a few vibrations from the rear tyres, I think they're blisters.
Engineer: Front left is very hot at the moment Esteban.
Pierre GASLY: I can see the rear left is just vulnerable left.
Engineer: So one more time, lap gap behind seven seconds if you want it.
Engineer: I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: have to complete the brake, it was all gone. Stopped.
Engineer: OK, more charge, more charge, it will be tight. Yeah, you will not be able to complete a lap, but you can start a lap if you want.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, the rear left is destroyed
George RUSSELL: Big vibration with the front brakes into turn 16 then
Engineer: And we stay out for the start on the grid, pre-select mode formation, mode formation
Engineer: And we stay out for the start on the grid, pre-select mode formation, mode formation, and we will need one short burnout, one burnout, bite point and target 3 red.
Charles LECLERC: Left side or right side?
Engineer: Left side, left side, and try to be aggressive on throttle application.
Charles LECLERC: Sorry, bite point?
Engineer: Yes, bite point and target 3 red and try to be aggressive, throttle application.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Haha, I locked my rear tyres into the pits!
Max VERSTAPPEN: I already have a massive vibration on the left front, it's unbelievable.
Engineer: Understood, thank you.
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