Austrian Grand Prix 2020: Qualifying team radio
33 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix 2020, across 15 drivers. 31 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN 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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I have some vibration from Deus.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: And we have tailwind into turn three.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Sebastian VETTEL: I think I will not go faster on the second time, so I'm happy to turn the engine down and save it, it's more for myself.
Engineer: So did he hold you up there, the clerk?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yes,
Engineer: possibly. Understood.
Engineer: Need to push Snapped 26, okay, I'm happy to box recharge on and box Yeah, okay, so box look out for the weighbridge otherwise straight to Lee
Lewis HAMILTON: Can't fix the steering
Engineer: ready. Negative loose.
Engineer: Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go.
Engineer: Now just be mindful Lewis, it's going to get a little bit tight towards the end when cars start backing up, so don't hang around.
Engineer: Okay, currently P8.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, I took quite a lot of the kerb, exit of 7, so just be prepared. Just saw that.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: We're
Engineer: a
Kimi RAIKKONEN: f***ing
Engineer: mess now. Yeah, it was a big mess here.
Engineer: All cars around you on the soft, so your out lap might be a bit quicker.
Pierre GASLY: OK, check the front right hand plate. I went quite hard on the kerb out of turn 6 and 7.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Strat 7 and keep up the pace on the way in please. Strat 7, keep up the pace on the way in. What position is that? That's P6, P6.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Strat 7 and
Engineer: And watch the Weybridge light and sector one it looks straight line speed and sector one it looks straight line speed
Charles LECLERC: How are we safe?
Engineer: You are P10, P10
Charles LECLERC: That's crazy
Engineer: How is the balance, how is front flap, question? It's good, just leave it like this. Copy, watch the weighbridge on the way in.
Engineer: And the P10 was 3 tenths up the road, 3 tenths Leclerc in P10
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, we don't have it at the moment
Engineer: Yeah, you've done a good job, I think you should be pleased You've done a very good job today So let's wait to plug the car and we have a chat about the car please
Engineer: Let's keep working boys, only the first one, only the first one. Apologies. Let's find some more. You're five hundredths, five hundredths off Ocon mate. Good job dude, good job.
Romain GROSJEAN: Awww.
Engineer: These tie attempts are good checker
Engineer: Urgent. Default 17. Default 17. Do I continue? All good? Yep. All good from now. I can't. I've lost too much time. Yeah, no. It's cool. But everything's fine with the car. Watch out for Carlos behind. 4 seconds back. Behind Carlos is Perez. 11 seconds back. Do I have to box or can I go again? You need to box. Perez. 4 seconds back. Copy.
Charles LECLERC: Look here, there is no broken thing on the right hand side.
Engineer: Copy, we are checking.
Engineer: So check our slow round 10-7, the fronts are just coming into a good window and you have one more big brake and it'll be go one, go one. So we need one more good brake.
Engineer: Just a hundredth with that last lap.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yes, guys
Max VERSTAPPEN: So what's up?
Engineer: So that's P3. Bottas had an issue around turn 45. Hamilton at 2.9, he remains in P2. That's you P3 on a 3.4. Norris behind you 3.6. Alex P5 and Perez P6. Nice effort.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, not bad, not bad. Different tyres for tomorrow as well. So looking forward to that.
Engineer: Yeah, good job mate. Yeah, good job Max. As you say, with a different tyre for tomorrow, that's pretty decent. Well done. Just watch out for signs. I know you're slightly negative, but he's in your way. You're OK.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I followed him on the pit entry, but all good. I'm on the track.
Engineer: Understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's been a while, you know.
Engineer: Okay Carlos, finished P8, finished P8, so you're ahead of Stroll and Ricciardo. Finishing order, Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen, Lando, Albon, Perez, Leclerc, yourself, Stroll, Ricciardo.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, sorry guys, I had a poor report. Anyway, peace out.
Engineer: Carlos, it was a good qualifying session generally, good steps through the last few corners, through the high speed, through qualifying. I don't think you should be too upset with that. Starting P8 tomorrow, we can have a good race from there.
Engineer: Don't block people Ricciardo, rejoin safely, rejoin safely. Yeah, just cutting some grass here.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't know why there was a yellow. There was a yellow in two corners for nothing.
Engineer: Okay, Bottas had gone off turn 5-6.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, he stayed on the track. That was ****.
Alexander ALBON: When we do a slow out lap like that, the tyres are nowhere to turn on.
Engineer: That's a compromise of trying to get a bit of a tow versus them being screwed on tyre temps.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, that's
Engineer: what
Alexander ALBON: I meant by getting a gap, I mean I wanted to, yeah.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't know why there was a yellow. There was a yellow in two corners for nothing. OK,
Engineer: that was Bottas who had gone off turn 5-6. That's a bit unlucky there mate.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, he stayed on the track. That was ******. He wasn't off.
Engineer: OK, understood mate. That's unlucky there. Still a P10 and you need to speed up a bit please. You need to be just negative on the delta.
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