Eifel Grand Prix 2020: Practice 3 team radio
63 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Eifel Grand Prix 2020, across 18 drivers. 62 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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 6 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 6 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Ok, let's go. And radio check pit exit.
Engineer: OK, I'll turn it off.
Engineer: And track is clear, stay right of line.
Engineer: Ah, turn
Romain GROSJEAN: 11, brake pedal is quite soft, so just check it's OK on your side
Engineer: Pedal looks OK
Romain GROSJEAN: Ah, missed the chicane, 213
Engineer: Understood, understood, and loud and clear, go BC3 when you can
Engineer: So 3 burnouts and 2nd gear start please, 3 burnouts, 2nd gear start.
Engineer: It will be mode race for last corner mode race
Carlos SAINZ: I don't know if the tyres are not working or we are overbalanced. Not sure. Copy.
Engineer: Watch for Leclerc. He's still three seconds behind. Let's try and keep temperature in the tyres. Tyre temperatures should be OK.
Engineer: Max, thoughts on one or two consecutive laps from here on in? Well,
Max VERSTAPPEN: the rear tyres already started to drop a bit, so GC2 makes sure the fronts are working.
Engineer: You're ahead of Gasly now. No, I just overtook him because he f***ed my lap. That's fair play.
Engineer: And Reikon and Laptime behind, 34.4, also medium compound.
Carlos SAINZ: Who is on the soft?
Engineer: Ocon and Perez both are quicker than you they are on soft and then Ricciardo and Kvyat on soft
Engineer: Obviously things are evolving pretty quickly, that's still P1 at the moment, 28.8, 1.3 ahead of Alex. He's slightly out of phase with him. We'll set ourselves up for one further time lap Max, if you're happy to stay out.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yep.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, we can do two more laps, two more laps. You have to speak more loud, you have to speak more loud. Yeah, yeah I'm shouting, oil button, oil button.
Engineer: Okay, so recharge on again, recharge on. That's put your P2 on a 29.9. The stop and quick is 28.9. Standout places for us, turn 1 braking, turn 5 apex speed and turn 13, 14 speed through both of that combination.
Carlos SAINZ: Where are we?
Engineer: So Carlos your last two laps have been deleted the aborted one and the last one so currently P7 Why? Turn 4 both times turn 4 The last lap should have been also P7 just much closer currently P1 is Verstappen 128.6 P2 Perez 129.4
George RUSSELL: Can I push brake balance forward? Rear lock in turn 13.
Engineer: Copy, one up on the nudger.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, cuz right
Engineer: OK, recharge on, recharge on, that got you back in P2 again, 29.3, the staff is still quick, it's on a 28.6, OK, two neutral in low speed, how is high speed balance? It's fine, if
Alexander ALBON: anything it's slightly under speed, probably because of the front lockings as well.
Engineer: OK, understood, main loss on that last lap, turn 4, apex speed, turn 1 was good that time, turn 4, apex speed, and again a little bit of carrying speed through 13.14.
Engineer: Carlos also something to gain turn four, so give up a little bit more turn three and set up turn four a little bit more
Engineer: if you go strap mode seven strap mode seven uh valtteri's best lap so far 30.9
Lewis HAMILTON: is that consistent laps i'm trying to go for classes now lewis
Engineer: is bouncing around a bit his lap time so it was with drs to start the lap though just looking at main losses mid-speed turn turn five
Engineer: OK, box this lad please Max, keep up the pace on the wind, continue to push.
Lando NORRIS: Can you get some hand warmers or something cuz my hands are freezing. Yeah, understood
Engineer: We
Pierre GASLY: need to do something for the chicane, it's wrecking it flat there.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Great way to waste time-lapse. Copy that.
Engineer: Box, box, box.
Engineer: So just single bike point find and then race start into pit lane.
Engineer: And push dog on turn 10-11, push dog on turn 10-11.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Let's talk about
Lewis HAMILTON: DAS too.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: And clutch position was on target.
Engineer: This is in lap Dani, this is in lap. We need the torque.
Daniil KVYAT: Repeat.
Engineer: Torque 1, mode 7. Torque 1, mode 7.
Romain GROSJEAN: It's a beautiful truck mate.
Engineer: Nice.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, you have no traffic behind, how is the radio now?
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah man, normal. Copy.
Engineer: and Lando tyre temperatures still a little on the low side so just be careful in the first corners
Engineer: Carlos consider the left hand toggle for rotation in turn 10 and 11 left hand toggle for rotation turn 10 and 11
Engineer: And scenario four, scenario four.
Engineer: Time loss to Kimi breaking turn 3 and breaking turn 6.
Lando NORRIS: I still have way too much understeer in turn 5 and turn
Engineer: 10. Would you like a fronting adjust?
Lando NORRIS: No, I think it's fine. I think it's just because I'm bottoming massively.
Engineer: OK, understood. We'll take a look in the data.
Engineer: Just a wet kerb, wasn't it? Yeah, wet to save at least. Yeah,
George RUSSELL: there shouldn't be any damage.
Engineer: I'm not sure what Hamilton's doing ahead of you. Well, I know what he's doing, but I'm not sure why he's doing it.
Alexander ALBON: Well, we have too much to do now.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Engineer: And let us know if you think the tyres were too cold starting the lap? Yeah,
Valtteri BOTTAS: starting the lap they were not ready, after sector 1 it was ok
Engineer: OK Kevin, so we'll box now, box. We don't have time for sustained running but that's OK, we got some data from the other car.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My time was already green on the other understood
Engineer: Okay Kevin, so we'll box now, box. We don't have time for sustained running but that's okay, we got some data from the other car.
Engineer: OK, we've got a bit to tidy up in turn 2-3, rest of the lap's pretty good mate. Do you want another go on this set or do you want a balance change?
Alexander ALBON: I want a balance change.
Engineer: OK, we will box this lap then and end the run.
Alexander ALBON: Are people improving on the third push?
Engineer: It's limited, it's all pretty similar to be honest, it's either first or second push.
Alexander ALBON: OK, let's box. OK,
Engineer: understood. Everybody behind you is slowed.
Engineer: Multibe white, charge, position nine, multibe white, charge, position nine, for stay balanced, let me know for flap angle
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah we can drop, but I wouldn't drop as much as we had in the run before, so something like half way
Charles LECLERC: I would like to change a little bit the car, to put a bit more front, so maybe we can stop earlier.
Engineer: It is two tenths slower than Kvyat and two tenths quicker than Magnussen, three tenths quicker than Räikkönen. Philem out of turn 11, we've got a Renault who just left the pit lane behind you. Are you thinking of any big changes or are we reasonably happy?
George RUSSELL: We're reasonably happy.
Engineer: Copy. So Philem out of turn 2, Philem out of turn 11, it's Philem 2, it's clear behind, 4 seconds to Ricciardo. And then we can practice pit entry, step in the box for a quali-style turnaround. OK, over to you.
Engineer: Ok, main difference to Danny is turn 7. Slightly different line. Danny is carrying a bit more entry speed and losing on exit. Overall it's ISO. And we are gaining overall in turn 4, but Danny has a slightly better exit, turn 4 exit. Hamilton push lap turn 5. Which brake shape did I use in the last lap? Watch your mirrors for Hamilton coming now. Was the correct one, was the correct one. Engine 13, position 5. Engine 13, position 5. Position is very good. We go for one more push. And you kept the toggle on for the very last corner. We think we can take it off after the chicane. Back to entry 6, and it will be shape 3 before the lap. Ok, position is good. Next car behind is in turn 10. Shape 3, shape 3, charge off last corner.
Engineer: Good lap, good lap.
Romain GROSJEAN: Bit of traffic, eh? Yep.
Engineer: So science behind is in sync with you. So in sync with all those cars behind you.
Engineer: Default 9 Delta X. Default 9 Delta X. That's 9 on the left, 13 on the right.
Carlos SAINZ: Repeat.
Engineer: Default 9 Delta X. Default 9 Delta X. 9 on the left, 13 on the right, then X.
Engineer: OK, Bottas, second set, 26.2, 26.2.
Engineer: Yellows, last corner yellows
Engineer: Okay, we've got double yellows at 15, double yellows 15.
Engineer: So yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, double yellow, final corner, no overtaking, got car parked in the middle of the track.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah mate, the same,
Engineer: me
Max VERSTAPPEN: too. This is have no phone, good.
Engineer: Ok, understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: How's
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: middle sector?
Engineer: Middle sector just down six hundredths, it's braking and mid speed turn five, also turn seven braking.
Engineer: I'm
Esteban OCON: having some little surge out of some corners. Copy
Engineer: that Esteban, copy that.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Wait, you have to tell me what's happening behind the glare that I can position myself better.
Engineer: What were your thoughts of the tyres at Turn 1, Max? Yeah, Turn 1 is all good, but
Max VERSTAPPEN: after that I'm just massively understeering.
Romain GROSJEAN: I've got some issue with the left pedal. I don't know if it's knock-on or what, but it went completely to the floor in there.
Engineer: OK, we'll look, we'll look. We'll just watch Ricciardo 4 behind, high fuel.
Charles LECLERC: Was that Carlos or Lando?
Engineer: Lando
Daniel RICCIARDO: Do you want me to box this lap, or stay out?
Engineer: Let's keep pushing, let's keep pushing.
Engineer: so check it you can go back to go one to attack the pit entry and we'll be doing another pit stop so go one to attack the pit entry
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