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Team radio transcript

Austrian Grand Prix 2020: Practice 3 team radio

32 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Austrian Grand Prix 2020, across 14 drivers. Carlos SAINZ had the most, with 5.

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. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: It's a 10k tailwind braking for turn three.

  2. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Alexander ALBON: Why are we so out of sync? Can I just double close to get it to sync?

  3. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Nicholas LATIFI: Sorry guys

  4. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Engineer: I

    Nicholas LATIFI: crashed, guys. Are you okay, mate? Are you okay? Yeah. Sorry, guys.

  5. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: On this lap, can I take temperature out of the tires? Copy that. I don't want to hit the brakes so hard.

    Engineer: Yeah.

  6. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: Crepes finito!

  7. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Brakes are coming in well, just need the recharge button.

  8. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, careful with the peak brake pressure into turn three on the limit of front locking there.

  9. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Tyres do not feel very well balanced at all. Worse than yesterday.

    Engineer: Copy.

  10. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: OK, so compared to the fastest medium tyre runner, Bottas in P2 a 5.4, Ewer a 5.6, Hamilton first lap also a 5.6.

  11. Esteban OCONRenault

    Engineer: Okay Esteban, you're carrying a little bit more speed than Daniel into 7th and losing a little bit on the exit.

  12. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Alexander ALBON: Yeah we are locking a lot, I think it's

    Engineer: a

    Alexander ALBON: zero tailwind into turn 3, but we're locking, we need more migration than what we have.

  13. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: I think I have to do a hard out lap now.

    Engineer: Copy that, yeah. Front temperatures and pressures on the low side, so work on front temperature, pressures low.

  14. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, remember, cool down lap should be 10 seconds slower than run one.

  15. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Crank is clear. You can push.

  16. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: and try and warm the front tires a bit if you can warm the fronts if you can

  17. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: The only loss braking on apex for turn 4, turn 4 braking

  18. Esteban OCONRenault

    Engineer: Recharge on.

  19. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Wanna take one more, we have time, or are you happy there?

    Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I'll take one more, I'll try to bring the tyres down.

  20. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: There's a little bit of time you can find exit to turn 4. Turn 4 is just a bit of a compromise. Entry versus exit. Gain on entry, lose a little on exit.

  21. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: OK, so we're running out of time. We could take another lap with a single cool down. It'll be strat 11 if there's no point and the tyres down, we're boxing. No, the tyres are going, so box. Box, box, box. So you can drive through for a flap adjust.

  22. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: tires in good position tires in good position it will be go one

  23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Engine 5, position 2, engine 5, position 2, and it'll be a double slow lap for us mate, double slow.

  24. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Alexander ALBON: Much better. I don't know how it is in pace, but car feels pretty good Still a bit of understeer in corner in the low speed

    Engineer: Copy

  25. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Can we box? The tyres are not improving.

    Engineer: Yep, we are boxing. Pick up the pace please.

  26. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: And biggest loss was turn 3 apex speed.

  27. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Engineer: So we can afford to cool the tires a little bit more, but you need to brake temp before the end of the lap.

  28. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Alex, we'd prefer to stay out for a practice launch. We'd prefer to stay out for a practice launch. One minute until the checkered flag.

  29. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Cool the car if you can please mate.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Why am I in tyre 5 while I'm on these tyres?

    Engineer: Just follow the dash. I have to leave it? OK. Yep, just leave it there. Thank you.

  30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Then a gear one launch on the right hand side right hand side

  31. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Ok Carlos, cool the car, cool the car. We're going to stop at the FIA scales and do some checks.

  32. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Remember to keep your helmet on whilst you get weighed, and keep your helmet on whilst you get weighed.

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