Austrian Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
124 radio messages were recorded during race at the Austrian Grand Prix 2020, across 20 drivers. 122 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ had the most, with 17.
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
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 17 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 15 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 15 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 14 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 11 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 6 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 5 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 4 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Carlos SAINZ: There's something wrong with the aero balance or with the cross weight or something, the car is pulling massively
Engineer: Copy that Carlos, boxes lap
Engineer: The drink system is leaking a lot. Copy. We'll have a look on the grid. Copy.
Carlos SAINZ: So puncture?
Engineer: Likely puncture, slow puncture
Engineer: I'm happy with the balance, I think. Understood.
Alexander ALBON: The drink system is leaking a lot.
Engineer: Copy. We'll have a look on the grid. Copy.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, I'm getting soaked here. Yeah, copy. Just make sure we have a spare balaclava.
Engineer: And I'll see you on the grid. OK copy. Tell Antti to bring the helmet screwdriver. The helmet tool.
Engineer: So wind is very calm.
Alexander ALBON: Balance feels good, just almost too good, like once the tyre stabilises I feel like it's going to be oversteer.
Engineer: OK, copy. I'll have more of a chat to you on the grid.
Engineer: Carlos, the front right pressure is low. Front right pressure is low.
Carlos SAINZ: So, puncture?
Engineer: Likely puncture. Slow puncture. Carlos, bring the car back slowly. Bring the car back slowly.
Carlos SAINZ: OK. Going to a grid, yeah?
Engineer: Negative, Carlos. Box this lap. Box this lap.
Carlos SAINZ: Copy. Box this lap.
Engineer: and for info first and second gear are not synchronized should be okay for the rest others to know when you launch on now and we will need a buy point so fire up at 1 minute 30.
Engineer: Yes, so all the cars behind you are on medium, so all cars behind you starting on medium.
Engineer: Alright then, I don't have to motivate you for this, it's been too long. Have a good one, make it count, have fun.
Engineer: Ok mate, outside of the top 10, everybody on this medium tyre, you copy that? Yeah I got it, cheers!
Carlos SAINZ: Hard contact, check right left
Engineer: Copy, copy
Carlos SAINZ: Chico, push me wide.
Engineer: It's very important, look after that car.
Engineer: And DRS enabled, DRS enabled.
Engineer: Captain Norris 1.9 1.9
Engineer: OK, that last lap was a purple lap. Bottas a 9.6. You were 9.4.
Engineer: Pérez in front at 1.1 seconds The engines of the guys in front are smoking like crazy Copy
Daniel RICCIARDO: Struggling more with the front at the moment.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Engineer: Okay, compared to Bottas, just lacking a little bit in Turn 1.
Engineer: Carlos could be a bit of time by focusing on the exit in six and seven ten six and seven copy
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, status 8, tyres still struggling a bit more with the front.
Engineer: So last lap you were 10th quicker than Vettel ahead, similar pace than the cars in front of Vettel.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Ok, phase 3.
Engineer: Ok, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: You'd still go back with this f***ing setting.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I keep saying the f***ing
Engineer: thing,
Max VERSTAPPEN: I can't change it.
Engineer: Okay, stand by, Max, we're looking.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I keep getting antistore.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I have no brakes.
Lewis HAMILTON: Am I losing time?
Engineer: So turn three minimum speed at four and a little bit in the high speed
Engineer: Lando, behind Perez is Leclerc. He's falling back four seconds behind now and you're 0.4 seconds quicker. Keep this up. I
Lando NORRIS: still think Perez is close to our expectation, but maybe not quite as much.
Engineer: Message understood.
Engineer: You're completing lap 15, we are still target.
Engineer: So it's an engine problem. We're trying to manage it. You're doing a good job, mate We're just doing a best to try and sort it here
Lance STROLL: Yeah, but I still have no power
Engineer: Okay, the car behind is now Ocon. He's overtaken Giovinazzi. He's doing a 10.7 So about 0.6 quicker, but you're doing a good job on the brakes. You're doing what we have to do on the brakes
Engineer: Ok Kimi, Antonio will let you buy at turn 3.
Engineer: Lewis you are faster in turn one but losing the same amount of time in turn three is
Lewis HAMILTON: that entry or apex or exit so
Engineer: turn three it's apex turn three it's apex Valtteri at 9.0 that gap at 6.7
Engineer: So we are target. We're going to have to go through some back markers. You've got Latifi 10 seconds ahead, predicted to catch him in four laps.
Lance STROLL: Lance,
Engineer: we'll drive you straight in the garage, straight in the garage, EASY!
Engineer: Unbox this lap box. Copy.
Engineer: Are you okay? Are you okay? Yep, the tyres The
Romain GROSJEAN: tyres are finished
Engineer: Understood, understood
Romain GROSJEAN: Box
Engineer: Copy, box I don't know mate what's happening, it's not the same car as Friday I know the track is hotter but It's, it's, yeah
Engineer: And one of the racing point cars has just retired with sensor issues. Make sure you look after your car.
Engineer: So target plus 3 VAL 3.
Engineer: Carlos, this pace is still good. Keep extending. This pace is good. Keep extending. That's Grosjean ahead now. He has blue flags. No risks behind at the moment.
Engineer: so there's curb loads okay at the moment go menu shift position six
Engineer: And multifunction on gearbox. Multifunction on gearbox and safety car.
Engineer: Safety car deployed, safety car. Recharge ban on, delta positive, delta positive. Carlos we've boxed this lap, we've boxed this lap, it's going to be a double shuffle.
Engineer: So your first stint was good. Lando currently 8 seconds ahead of you. Perez was 6 seconds. Lando plus 8. Good first stint Carlos. Double shuffle.
Engineer: So everyone has stopped. Everyone has hard compound except Perez in front, which is on medium compound.
Charles LECLERC: Which is what, sorry? Medium
Engineer: compound for...
Engineer: Ah, one
Lewis HAMILTON: at the opposite tyre, one
Engineer: at
Lewis HAMILTON: the opposite tyre guys.
Engineer: Yep, copy that nurse, that's all understood.
Engineer: So everyone has stopped. Everyone has hard compound except Pérez in front which is on medium compound.
Charles LECLERC: Which is what sorry? Medium
Engineer: compound for Pérez in front. All the rest with hard.
Engineer: Ok Dani, we are currently P10, all the cars pitted for base, except Grosjean that is on prime, and Perez on prime.
Engineer: so keep using that like 10 degrees more
Engineer: So then a bit of a race update for you at the stop we put on hard Perez behind has put on a medium Everyone else put on hards
Engineer: And we can take a little bit more care on the kerbs in the last sector.
Engineer: Safety car in this lap, place to focus, we are one. Take cover. Turn six, place to focus.
Engineer: When the safety car switches the light off, you can dictate the pace. Safety car at turn 7, you remember we are racing from the control line.
Sebastian VETTEL: I'll cut down
Engineer: on
Sebastian VETTEL: this.
Carlos SAINZ: Yes, I'm on. Touching.
Engineer: Car's good so far, Carlos. No damage so far.
Engineer: And let's push through the high speed a bit, let's try and get rid of Prez before he gets DRS.
Engineer: DRS enabled. DRS enabled.
Engineer: Signed behind at 1.0
Lewis HAMILTON: I want to use my engine when I can.
Engineer: We'll soon be turning both cars down.
Lewis HAMILTON: I've still got engine life.
Engineer: We need 20 meters more lifting into three and four for breaks.
Engineer: Daniel, remember, anti-deploy, anti-deploy.
Engineer: Suggest break three, break three.
Engineer: So Checo is a balance between trying to catch out one and making sure we've got tyres at the end
Engineer: So checkers, we think the rears are going to be the biggest problem on this stint. Fronts look quite OK at the moment.
Engineer: Checker that lap was fast, but if you think it's time to save some engine for the end, if you want to save some engine for the end it's Strat 11.
Engineer: Norris in front at 1.6 and Sainz behind at 1.8
Engineer: Engine 5, position 2. Engine 5, position 2.
Engineer: And Lando, this is plan A, plan A, maximum pace.
Engineer: Urgent chassis default 2-1.
Engineer: You have no threats behind, Gasly 3.6 seconds behind, last lap 109.5
Engineer: So sensor issues seen on both cars, please stay off the kerbs.
Engineer: You've got 29 laps to go. Lewis 0.6
Engineer: And Lewis, we're seeing sensor issues on both cars, so instructing you to stay off the kerbs
Lewis HAMILTON: We're generally staying off the kerbs
Engineer: Copy, just do your best to look after that car
Lewis HAMILTON: He's using much more kerb than me
Engineer: Esteban, slightly wider line at turn 3 may help.
Engineer: Lewis, just to reiterate, this is gearbox sensor concern, not suspension.
Engineer: Ok, let's go and catch Antonio, 2 seconds ahead.
Lewis HAMILTON: Try it, guys, try it.
Engineer: Vow 3, this is James, the gearbox issue is critical, please stay off the kerbs, both cars. Copy.
Engineer: Lewis, this is James, the gearbox issue is critical, please stay off the kerbs, that's both cars. So this is the red and white kerbs as well, Lewis.
Engineer: So we are in a worse shape than the other car.
Engineer: If you cannot overtake Russell, we are looking to plan C. Let us know if you can. I
Sebastian VETTEL: don't know what happened since Friday to be honest with you.
Engineer: Understood.
Sebastian VETTEL: 25, you can go ahead.
Engineer: Lando we're okay to push through the high-speed corners
Engineer: So no concern for fuel.
George RUSSELL: Lost power.
Engineer: Lando last lap 1.086, Leclerc 1.091, it's going ok Carlos, gap took with Leclerc stable, it's going good.
Engineer: Safety car deployed, safety car deployed.
Engineer: And we may have a busy pit lane.
Charles LECLERC: I'll try, the only thing is that it's very difficult to overtake, even with the DRS I'm struggling But yeah, I'll give it all
Engineer: We can go flat out to the end from here.
Engineer: So just a reminder, no overtaking before the line.
Engineer: The f**k,
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I lost the phone front right corner.
Engineer: The tyre will be in the gravel at the exit of turn 10.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Carlos, we're checking with the FIA. Confirm, you believe you were ahead?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, the yellow flag came out when I was in the middle of the corner. But I was already side by side in the inside and ahead, I believe.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Carlos SAINZ: Whatever, if I did something wrong, it was impossible. That was on purpose because we were fighting side by side.
Engineer: Copy, we're checking with the FIA. The worst case should be we have to give back the position. We're checking with the FIA now.
Alexander ALBON: And if the FAA think he got back past, it's not true, because I was ahead and then I heard the beeps, so I backed off, and then Sergio, then Sergio kept going, accelerating and overtook me again.
Engineer: Yeah, understood. I'm watching, watching the video now.
Sergio PEREZ: Arbonne just overtook me Copy
Engineer: that checker, we're just checking
Engineer: Swap positions with Perez. Overtake Perez. Thank you.
Engineer: And Lando, in front of you, Perez and Albon have swapped positions.
Alexander ALBON: This guy is such a fool!
Engineer: And chassis default 52, 5-2, urgent, 5-2.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Watch V at, watch V at, watch V at. Nice job Esteban, nice job. Scenario 1 please, scenario 1.
Engineer: The DRS has been enabled to raise the height to 1.4 So Lewis we are seeing the gearbox issue on your car, so just look after it
Engineer: Last lap was purple Carlos, there's good pace in this car.
Alexander ALBON: The damage it was terrible. I'll
Engineer: update I'll look
Engineer: So, Lewis, we have a five-second time penalty. Five-second time penalty.
Alexander ALBON: My engines... stopping.
Engineer: Lando Perez has a five-second penalty Perez will have a five-second penalty
Lando NORRIS: He just tuned in on me! What's
Engineer: he
Lando NORRIS: trying to do?
Engineer: Carlos, engine is hot, let's have a bit of lift and coast to manage the PU, that's more important.
Engineer: And the first win of the season under your belt so pick up a rubber Yes
Lando NORRIS: F*** yes! Well I don't know, I don't want
Engineer: to
Lando NORRIS: celebrate too much here but...
Charles LECLERC: Well done, good job Slow button on, slow button on Is it finished? The lights are not red. The race is over, I confirm, race is over, we finished
Engineer: Yeah!
Charles LECLERC: Yes! Oh my god, what a race That's probably one of my best performances ever. It was so difficult The restart and everything is so difficult to stay in front of the guys behind especially in the straights But yeah, let's go. Come on P2
Engineer: The
Charles LECLERC: road is too long guys, but anything is possible
Engineer: Stay
Charles LECLERC: motivated and we will make it
Engineer: Exactly Charles, just like that. Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo
Engineer: and keep pushing over the line. Can you get HPP 3, position 14? 3, position 14. Okay Lewis, not the best day in the office, so that's P4 after the penalty. Okay Lewis, if you can minimise shifting and you're coming into the pit lane, into park for me.
Lando NORRIS: Lando the gap to Hamilton was 4.8 4.8. I think that's
Engineer: a
Lando NORRIS: podium mate. I think that's a podium Yes, well, I don't know I don't want
Engineer: to
Lando NORRIS: celebrate too much yet, but Let's wait for it to be confirmed, but yes, what a drive what a race
Engineer: What
Lando NORRIS: scenario switch? What scenario switch? Scenario one please scenario one and reach our joff, reach our joff I'm so out of breath I had to go for Perez, but he just doesn't know what he was doing But uh, yeah, you know, I made it more difficult than it should have been But if we do get this boys, thank you so much Awesome work
Engineer: I'm P10, Sebastian, P10. Good to drive, I don't know. I had a
Sebastian VETTEL: very poor brake stability and very, very, very difficult
Engineer: with the
Sebastian VETTEL: rear. It was nowhere near the same car as we had two days ago.
Engineer: OK, understood. We need to have a proper look into it. Bottas won the race, then Charles P2, because Hamilton got a penalty, five seconds, and Norris, Sainz.
Engineer: Great job your P11 mate, great job your P11, that's a hell of a first race for you, great job mate.
Nicholas LATIFI: Yeah thank you guys, sorry I couldn't get in amongst the fight there, try and pick up the scraps but yeah, happy with the first Grand Prix, appreciate the effort from everybody.
Engineer: Yeah that's a great way to stop, great job.
Engineer: Yeah, great job Carlos. P5 mate, P5. Let's have scenario one, scenario one. Carlos, scenario one, scenario one. Carlos, there's been a bit of a breakdown of social distancing in our garage.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, it was tense. Tense, but fine, just fine. I just was scared of going into a yellow sausage when Lando very kindly ran me a bit wide. But yeah, nearly got him, which means a good race. So thanks guys, good operation.
Engineer: Yeah, good operation Carlos, well done.
Engineer: Carlos, Hamilton has a five second penalty, which means Lando finishes on the podium. He finished 4.8 seconds behind Hamilton.
Carlos SAINZ: Oh my God. Congrats to Lando there. Yeah, good job.
Engineer: Good job, Antonio. Safe fuel, safe tires.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Copy. Thank you, guys.
Engineer: Nice job Esteban. Nice job. Points first time out. Excellent work. Thank you very much. We'll do better from a better group position next time. Yeah, good job guys. Scenario 12 please. Scenario 12.
Esteban OCON: Good job everyone. It was great race pace. Dakar had a really strong pace in the race so if we start further up we should have no problem. Let's make that happen next week.
Engineer: Yeah, we will do. Good job mate. Just for interest, Bottas won the race from Leclerc, Norris was P3, Hamilton P4, Sainz P5, Perez P6, Gasly you know P7, yourself P8, Giovinazzi P9 and Vettel P10.
Esteban OCON: Understood. Well done Esteban. First points in Austria and first points together. Much more to come. Thanks. Yes, only the first ones. Let's get it after that. Merci Cyril.
Engineer: And we'll see you back at the office mate. Well done.
Esteban OCON: Thank you guys. Thank you.
Engineer: So where did we finish then? Why did we have the penalty? It's for speeding in the pit lane Checo, speeding in the pit lane Shame guys, we got a drumroll Yeah, copy that, we'll go through that Where did Lance finish? Lance retired Checo, Lance retired Why? It's a car problem, car problem, just looking at it
Pierre GASLY: P7! P7! Yes! Yes! What a job there! Oh yes! That feels good! That's amazing guys.
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: think we can be really proud of that. First race, P7. Some points in the bag. That's what we like.
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