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Team radio transcript

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Engineer: 2x turnwarming, mode 3, target base plus 15

  3. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Engineer: the gears are not synced, so upshift will be harsh. we need to sync the gears before the quickshift.

  4. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    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

  5. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Engineer: So check if front tyres are close to temperature but only just. The rear tyres are still minus 10.

  6. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: So rear temps are on the edge, front looks alright.

  7. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    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

  8. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    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

  9. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Ok Kimi, I suggest we box and we try to help the temperature.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Take this.

  10. Esteban OCONRenault

    Esteban OCON: Are the shift the normal ones, or...?

    Engineer: They are the lower shift ones, Esther.

  11. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: and try to warm up the brakes

  12. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: by point find second gear launch and it's yellow g10 yellow g10

  13. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: by point find second gear launch and it's yellow G10 yellow G10

  14. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Suggest boxers lap, but happy to complete if you want to.

    Lando NORRIS: Happy to box. Err, I shall do one more.

  15. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Mox, I would say, out about tires.

  16. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Oil button, oil button.

  17. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, the tight ends were quite cold, it's getting better throughout the lap.

  18. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: suggest Bluebell 6, Bluebell 6

  19. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  20. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: We're happy to try the inter Carlos it looks too wet though lap times are far

    Carlos SAINZ: off

  21. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So stay clear of the kerbs turn one, we saw another EV event with the other car

  22. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Thoughts on conditions, Max?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's not good.

    Engineer: Understood, say box.

  23. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Sebastian lap time 42.2 you can continue if you want

  24. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  25. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    Engineer: Rears are still cold, rear tyres still cold.

  26. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  27. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I'm losing the grip. So easy.

  28. Sergio PEREZRacing Point

    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

  29. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Engineer: Rears are on the cold side so we'll take a few laps to get the rears up

  30. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    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

  31. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri

    Daniil KVYAT: Have a lot of wheelspin.

  32. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    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.

  33. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: We have the inter available if you want it, but it looks pretty wet for an inter

    Carlos SAINZ: Let's try

  34. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Pierre GASLY: And in braking is trans again, okay,

    Engineer: we are checking

  35. Lance STROLLRacing Point

    Lance STROLL: Yeah, it's slippery on this tire.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  36. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I'm losing the grip, so easy

  37. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    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

  38. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Ok Pierre, we checked the car but it smells very strong also for us, so we think it's succumbing coming from outside.

  39. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Alexander ALBON: I honestly feel less script with these days than on the incis.

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