British Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
84 radio messages were recorded during race at the British Grand Prix 2020, across 19 drivers. 82 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 11.
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 · 11 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 9 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 8 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 8 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 6 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 6 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 5 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 4 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Lewis HAMILTON: My drink spout is leaking out of
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: tube. Yeah,
Engineer: OK, copy.
Engineer: And box Romain, sorry confirm Romain that you're going to the grid, you're going to the grid now
Romain GROSJEAN: Yep,
Engineer: you're too used that we start on the pit lane
Pierre GASLY: Okay, a bit of understeer turn 4 apex And also turn 13 Rest of the lap is pretty good
Engineer: Check the drink system because the pipe came off on its own
George RUSSELL: What do you think's going on at turn four? I had
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: couple of lock-ups there, more than normal. The balance actually felt a bit more consistent through three and four versus quali.
Engineer: George, I think the wind strength has dropped quite a bit. I'll check on the wind map.
George RUSSELL: Copy. You sound pretty loud, by the way, James, on that ahead of the set.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't know about you guys, but it feels a bit more relaxing this time around preparing the car.
Engineer: Are you okay, Kevin? Are you okay?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, I'm good.
Engineer: Okay, sorry man. Just remember to go P1 then P0.
Alexander ALBON: I don't know where you're expecting me to go to be honest
Engineer: How does the front left corner feel Alex? It
Alexander ALBON: feels okay, I mean, I had a bit of vibration. Yeah, I have like maybe a fat spot or something. Okay, so I'm going to drive closer to the pit wall and have a look if we can.
Alexander ALBON: We have damage concern
Engineer: OK, understood Box, Alex, box, box this lap, box this lap
Engineer: So brakes are fine and you're closing the gap to ghastly at by three tenths good job so far keep pushing
Engineer: Carlos we see the first signs of graining on the front left that's expected but you need to keep managing it
Engineer: Carlos, field is quite compressed at the moment, field is quite compressed, so we're looking for plan A target lap.
Engineer: Gap almost 7 seconds now behind. Fairly consistent 3 tenths loss to the Mercs but it's very good pace Max. We know our goal here so just make sure we achieve it.
Engineer: Lando, if we can look after the front left a bit and keep Stroll behind, that will be good for us.
Lando NORRIS: It's going to be a struggle.
Engineer: Oh,
Daniil KVYAT: guys. I'm so f***ing sorry.
Engineer: Are you okay, Danny?
Daniil KVYAT: Yes.
Engineer: Stay out, stay out, stay out, stay out, stay out. It's too f***ing late now, for f***'s sake. Copy, copy. There's no way that it was a good f***ing thing to come in here. Okay, he's okay, give me.
Engineer: The only comparison we had was maybe carrying a little bit too much apex speed at six and seven Could have focused a little bit more on your exits there. Otherwise, very good
Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, I mean, I'm not really risking anything so
Engineer: There's your answer. Okay. Thank you
Engineer: Big split between
Lewis HAMILTON: the left and right
Engineer: Yeah, copy Lewis that does tend to return as soon as you get going
Lewis HAMILTON: The safety car needs to speed up, this is just
Engineer: too
Lewis HAMILTON: slow for us.
Engineer: We need to work on the tires, front and rear.
Charles LECLERC: I'm trying and the safety car is going so slow.
Lewis HAMILTON: I can't get any temperature in the rears.
Engineer: Yeah, copy Lewis, there's not a lot of brake energy here I'm afraid.
Lando NORRIS: Daniel's leaving way more than 10 car lengths, he leaves a massive gap to Carlos, like 3, 4, 5 seconds and then pushes
Engineer: Understood
Engineer: OK, need to stay closer to signs, Daniel. 10 car lengths max.
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, yep, understood.
Engineer: Carlos' last lap was over the limits in Turn 9, that's one strike.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And Lando, we have one warning for track limits, turn nine.
Engineer: It's
George RUSSELL: kind of a crow's bank. Stability is all over the place.
Carlos SAINZ: You've changed direction. Dangerous driving.
Engineer: Oh my god. Copy. We saw it. We saw it.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, just struggling with the front
Carlos SAINZ: He did it again.
Engineer: Yeah, we saw it again. Deep breath, Carlos. It's okay now.
Engineer: And Lando we have one warning for track limits turn nine. I shouldn't give the warning.
Lando NORRIS: I tried going round the outside of Carlos and I gave him way and I let him through after going off.
Engineer: It's cool mate, forget about it, concentrate on our race.
Engineer: Okay, that's Grosjean. Let's go get him.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I don't know what the f*** happened tonight. Yeah, we are checking the other case.
Engineer: Okay Kimi, that was a big gust tailwind there.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What's going on in turn 3 and 4, is there a moment?
Engineer: Confirm increased gust, entry to 3 and throughfall.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, let's take quite a bit of time there.
Engineer: What
Kimi RAIKKONEN: the f**k is happening with the rear, Simon?
Engineer: The wind is increasing a lot. Everybody's complaining.
Engineer: For
George RUSSELL: whatever reason, those laps following Raikkonen were much, much easier than at the start of the race.
Nicholas LATIFI: I'll use the overtake when I feel I have an opportunity. You don't need to remind me about the overtake, but
Engineer: there's
Nicholas LATIFI: no sense in burning it if I don't feel I can pass right away.
Pierre GASLY: That was nice!
Engineer: We've got the black and white flag for moving under braking on sites into 15 Are
Romain GROSJEAN: you kidding me? Oh, let's off of the truck
Max VERSTAPPEN: Remember to drink, tweet me, remember to drink.
Engineer: Thank you.
Engineer: Lando gapped Carlos currently 2.7, can we make it 2?
Lando NORRIS: Well I don't want to kill my front left. I don't want to just go round cruising behind him and just destroy my front left tyre.
Engineer: I understand, we're trying to protect against Ricardo once he gets past Grosjean.
Lance STROLL: Is the Haas ever going to stop, or is it going to the end?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, that was sketchy.
Engineer: I
Lance STROLL: have nothing left!
Engineer: You've got loads of energy left, press the energy button.
Engineer: How
Lance STROLL: many times a lap can I push energy?
Engineer: Now just once, now just once a lap.
Engineer: Ok Niki, we have 8 laps of upper mode left, 8 laps, it is good. Do we want to use it now? Or
Nicholas LATIFI: do we want to save for when Grosjean catches? We
Engineer: use now, we use now.
Valtteri BOTTAS: The vibration is getting a bit worse. It's not a flat, but it just vibrates.
Engineer: Albon behind us is on fresh option catching us. We do not want to lose time because of him.
Nicholas LATIFI: I'm not a lot down to him though. He has to pass me off merit, no?
Carlos SAINZ: Okay, full focus now.
Engineer: And suggest coming rear with some brake balance?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, yeah just when I get that bit close to the front goes. Ok, understood.
Nicholas LATIFI: And what's my current pace advantage? Is the pace okay?
Engineer: Your pace is quicker, your pace is quicker, but we need three tenths more, three tenths more.
Engineer: Good job dude Latifi eight seconds up the road you're two seconds quicker than him
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm
Engineer: a
Max VERSTAPPEN: little afraid for this right front tyre, what do you think?
Engineer: We're monitoring it and we are happy mate, we're happy, temperatures look good and the tyre surface looks fine.
Lando NORRIS: Carlos needs to get a move on, otherwise I'm starting to struggle more and Carlos is going to put me under pressure.
Engineer: Understood Lando, we're telling Carlos now.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, a lot of vibrations on the car, I don't know why.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Kennedy for M4, 6 laps to go, and Grosjean within 6.
Nicholas LATIFI: If he's not going to catch me, I don't want to hear about Grosjean. Just keep me updated on him in front, nothing else. Let me focus.
Engineer: Yes baby!
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, I don't know, something broke in the front. Okay, if you feel it's not safe... No, I said something broke in the front left. There was some smoke from the left front and like something just came up. Okay, we try to change the tire and the nose and we go again. No, but I don't think it's from the nose or tire, it's something physically broke.
Engineer: Okay, we retire, we
Kimi RAIKKONEN: retire, we retire. Have a look what it is. Okay, stop, stop. Left front, left front cone.
Engineer: Stop, stop.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: What stop? Me stop or... No, no, wait, wait, all okay, all okay, all okay, all okay. Go, go, go.
Engineer: So please don't go for fastest lap, we just need to get the car home, tyre integrity is the predominant thing.
Engineer: Can
Max VERSTAPPEN: we win this?
Engineer: I think I have a minute.
Engineer: Hamilton's got a puncture ahead, he's slow at turn 9. Possible debris 8 to 9.
Engineer: Is that the last lap? That's it mate, you've done it, you've done it! Well, that's it mate.
Engineer: He's a lucky boy, he's a lucky boy.
Lewis HAMILTON: That was close.
Engineer: That was good. That was good. That was a strong race. I think it's a very good race to learn. Very good job, mate. Yeah.
Nicholas LATIFI: Yeah, I think some positives. Car was feeling pretty good in most of the track. Bestest felt in race conditions, so I think we could learn a lot from this one.
Engineer: Wow that was close guys. Yeah I was about to say the same mate, that was a close call, too close for comfort But yeah, awesome work mate. The tyre was looking, the tyre was feeling fine and I
Lewis HAMILTON: must have hit something on the track
Engineer: OK, checkered flag P12, P12, let's get green 6, position 14, green 6, position 14.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, the last three laps was really, really bad. Not too sure how much longer it would have lasted.
Charles LECLERC: Hamilton won with being on the rim?
Engineer: Yes,
Charles LECLERC: front left. Wow, that's crazy. That's crazy. Well done guys, T3. Happy with this. Very happy with this. We definitely did not expect it before the race weekend.
Engineer: Woohoo! Awesome job mate. P4, nice job. Nice,
Daniel RICCIARDO: nice, nice. Thank you.
Engineer: Got
Daniel RICCIARDO: a bit exciting at the end. Alright, thank you guys. Merci.
Engineer: Okay, dude, that's the checker. That's the checker Good drive from you man. Good drive. There's some really good laps in there That was some really good pace, especially on that first tire and the second tire as well. Really good job, man I've never f***ing driven a race like this on the F17. I can't believe it Nothing left f***ing nothing left every lap hundred percent. Good job. Good dude. Good job
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I couldn't do a lot more. I was struggling behind Carlos with the fronts.
Engineer: Yeah, so
Lando NORRIS: it was tough, but good race, good points. Unlucky for Carlos, but I will try again next week.
Engineer: Fantastic job Esteban, fantastic job, well done mate, brilliant job, awesome. Awesome, good fight. That was fantastic, well done mate, really well controlled.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah guys, thank you for the pit stop. It was really good and fast. Thank you very much.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Pushed it to the left front, tight.
Engineer: Okay, the tire went away. Okay, you have now Gasly, Stroll, 2 seconds. Okay, blue flag for Gasly. Okay, to push, Kimi, okay. Okay, signs ahead. And we have solid blue flag for... And we have solid blue flag for Gasly now. And sock 3. And blue flag. And blue flag for Stroll. Okay, Kimi, that's the checkered flag. Sorry about the race, it was not the best. And, Kimi, remember the full switch-up procedure. Okay, Kimi, that's the checkered flag.
Engineer: Okay Kimi, that's the checkout flag. Sorry about the race, it was not the best.
Pierre GASLY: YES! YES! That feels nice! Good job Pierre! Amazing race! Amazing race! YES! Oh yes!
Engineer: F***
Pierre GASLY: YES! Thanks guys! Grazie mille a tutti! Sono contentissimo! YES! Did you enjoy the overtakings? As much as I did! Really, really good! Thank you mate! Thanks a lot! No, thanks to all of you guys! Honestly, we did a very good job this weekend! I'm happy we're making step forward every race!
Engineer: So,
Pierre GASLY: let's keep going and we'll be able to enjoy some more strong races like this! Ah! This kind of race, that's why I like racing! That was good! And thanks Honda for the power! Honestly, it was amazing as well!
Engineer: Yeah!
Pierre GASLY: Yeah! Let's try to do even better next week if we can!
Engineer: Okay, Lance, that's P9, P9. So unlucky, Lance. I think we've got a lot to analyse.
Engineer: Ok Carlos, that's the chequered flag. Let's have scenario one, scenario one. Finished P14 mate, should have been P4. There's been a few cars with punches. Both Mercedes got punches on the final laps. Hamilton won the race with no front tyre. Come
Carlos SAINZ: on, we need a bit of luck guys.
Engineer: So Carlos, remember to use the drinks on this lap. Come
Carlos SAINZ: on, P4, 12 points.
Engineer: P2 mate and fastest lap, hard lap. That was a really, really, really well-managed race, just very unfortunate, really unfortunate, really well-managed mate, excellent.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, well done mate. Yeah, we did good, we did good. It could have happened on the last lap and you gave it everything, well done.
Engineer: Yeah,
Max VERSTAPPEN: yeah, not bad, not bad, good points, good podium. Yeah, we did well, oh this is so, I mean, you should be happy with second when you have this. Anyway, still good.
Engineer: P10, P10, sorry, all those punctures at the end, so Hamilton had a puncture in the last lap, but still won it, and Vestapen second, 5.8 seconds, then Charles, Ricciardo, Norris, Ocon. Hi
Sebastian VETTEL: Seb, Mattia, tough race today, we know it has been a difficult weekend, but we got in a week time, we are back here, we'll do better.
Engineer: OK, that's a checkered flag. So we finished P8 in the end. P8. Nice job. It was a bit tricky there, timing of safety car and things like that, and the penalty had us right over. But it was a good drive, good overtakes, nice and clean.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, thank you, guys.
Engineer: OK, so quite a few people, as you may have seen, had punctures. Hamilton finished with a puncture. He got it on the last lap and he crossed the line with a puncture. So Max finished six seconds behind him. So Bottas had a puncture, Sainz had a puncture. There was a few going on.
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