Hungarian Grand Prix 2020: Practice 2 team radio
39 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2020, across 15 drivers. 35 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Pierre GASLY had the most, with 7.
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
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 4 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 4 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: 2x turnwarming, mode 3, target base plus 15
Engineer: the gears are not synced, so upshift will be harsh. we need to sync the gears before the quickshift.
Pierre GASLY: I have a lot of engine braking when I don't shift like it's pulling me a lot and in these conditions it's
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: bit too much
Engineer: So check if front tyres are close to temperature but only just. The rear tyres are still minus 10.
Engineer: So rear temps are on the edge, front looks alright.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, you have nobody behind, it will be mode push for 2 laps max
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, but do as many as I need, 0, copy, copy, copy But you can go on mode push
Engineer: Go to out to box
Lance STROLL: Oh If
Engineer: you want more one more lap you can do I'll do one more And it will be go one and mid six consider mid six
Engineer: Ok Kimi, I suggest we box and we try to help the temperature.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Take this.
Esteban OCON: Are the shift the normal ones, or...?
Engineer: They are the lower shift ones, Esther.
Engineer: and try to warm up the brakes
Engineer: by point find second gear launch and it's yellow g10 yellow g10
Engineer: by point find second gear launch and it's yellow G10 yellow G10
Engineer: Suggest boxers lap, but happy to complete if you want to.
Lando NORRIS: Happy to box. Err, I shall do one more.
Engineer: Mox, I would say, out about tires.
Engineer: Oil button, oil button.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, the tight ends were quite cold, it's getting better throughout the lap.
Engineer: suggest Bluebell 6, Bluebell 6
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: We're happy to try the inter Carlos it looks too wet though lap times are far
Carlos SAINZ: off
Engineer: So stay clear of the kerbs turn one, we saw another EV event with the other car
Engineer: Thoughts on conditions, Max?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's not good.
Engineer: Understood, say box.
Engineer: Sebastian lap time 42.2 you can continue if you want
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Rears are still cold, rear tyres still cold.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Charles LECLERC: I'm losing the grip. So easy.
Engineer: The Chico's rears are still a bit on the cool side, rear's still a bit on the cool side. We think we're okay to continue
Engineer: Rears are on the cold side so we'll take a few laps to get the rears up
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I need to see what's happening with the visor of a lot of standing water on the visor Can't see anything
Daniil KVYAT: Have a lot of wheelspin.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it doesn't feel like it's getting any better.
Engineer: Yeah, it's still difficult to warm up the front, stand by.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: The brakes are coming up. It's
Engineer: not
Kimi RAIKKONEN: just the front. Yeah, they are coming up just right now, so let's do one more lap and try to get them better. Yeah, but it's not the front just, it's the rear as well. I'm zero grip again. The best grip when I was in the pit lane.
Engineer: We have the inter available if you want it, but it looks pretty wet for an inter
Carlos SAINZ: Let's try
Pierre GASLY: And in braking is trans again, okay,
Engineer: we are checking
Lance STROLL: Yeah, it's slippery on this tire.
Engineer: Copy that.
Charles LECLERC: I'm losing the grip, so easy
Pierre GASLY: smells like something is burning in the car smells like a barbecue at the back of the car I don't know what's happening
Engineer: Ok Pierre, we checked the car but it smells very strong also for us, so we think it's succumbing coming from outside.
Alexander ALBON: I honestly feel less script with these days than on the incis.
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