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Team radio transcript

Italian Grand Prix 2020: Practice 2 team radio

38 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Italian Grand Prix 2020, across 16 drivers. Alexander ALBON had the most, with 5.

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. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: And remember, let's get straight into these tyres please. Track is clear, track is clear.

  2. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: I had a bit too much understeer in low speed. Yeah, okay, we'll look at if we can do something there for you.

  3. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Just think about your pace here, tyres are still probably in the window at the end of that lap so I don't think you need to go too slowly.

  4. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: So front brakes are cool, front brakes are cool, if you can do some warming before turn one that'd be good.

  5. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: And if you've got a feeling for that, we'll box this lap. Keep up the pace on the way in.

    Alexander ALBON: What's up with the Delta?

    Engineer: Yeah, understood. We understand the issue. That last lap for you was a 22.3. That was half a second gain on the first lap.

  6. Esteban OCONRenault

    Esteban OCON: How's the front wing? I did hit the kerb again.

    Engineer: No sign of any damage from numbers but obviously that's not the whole story.

  7. Esteban OCONRenault

    Engineer: We are coming through. You might need to use him to get a turn on the start-finish straight. We don't have any other opportunities.

  8. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And watch for track limits, turn 11 Track limits, turn 11 We

    Charles LECLERC: got the lap cancelled?

    Engineer: Yes, that is correct

  9. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: It's weird that they can't sell the lap, huh? I mean, show me the onboard when I get in, because it didn't feel like I was out of the track, but yeah, just for reference.

  10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And it just looks like we didn't have that fully reset, so it probably just needs a little push

  11. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Slightly slower cool down lap this time please Max. Cool the tyres.

  12. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Engineer: Anything we can help you with on balance, Alex, around the lap? Question?

    Alexander ALBON: No, it's OK.

    Engineer: OK, understood.

  13. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Should we put this in lap?

    Engineer: No, we'll do that on the quali tyre and at the end of high fuel.

  14. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: The light was good, into 10, into 8 sorry.

    Engineer: Copy that. Gently on the brakes to 11, calipers are hot.

    George RUSSELL: Copy.

  15. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Okay, so good improvement there. Main lacking is sector 3, 3 tenths there. Sector 1 and sector 2 are good.

  16. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Engineer: Nicky, you're okay with that quickflip last round? I can't

    Nicholas LATIFI: see which one it is yet, but I'll fix it on the outbound.

    Engineer: Just your bottom left.

  17. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: OK Carl, so that's P3. The car looks quite neutral.

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, picked up some extra front there maybe from the setup.

  18. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Carlos, is the car okay?

    Carlos SAINZ: Not sure, I went through quite a lot of gravel.

    Engineer: Copy, so we're boxed this lap.

  19. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Engineer: Respect the shift point for 7th, turn 6. Even

    Nicholas LATIFI: though I'm braking for the corner.

  20. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Our own guy is in front of me, so it's impossible to come to the box.

    Engineer: Okay, we'll have a look.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: It's the guy who was standing there.

    Engineer: You mean the Marshal?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Our own, team guy, standing here. Okay. Behind the... the racing point.

    Engineer: Okay, copy. We'll have a chat.

  21. Alexander ALBONRed Bull

    Alexander ALBON: We need all migration and the brakes turned on.

  22. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Something does not really feel right with the ride over these bumps, but please keep an eye on it. About 150-200 metres before braking, turn 1, there's a weird bounce from the car.

  23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Are you going to have to let Leclerc and Perez through now?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: No, I don't think so. It's fine.

  24. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Launch map off, launch map off, see if it affects drivability.

  25. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Yeah, we had lap time deleted at turn 11 last lap Yeah, they need to review the thing. I wasn't out I am 100% positive. I wasn't out Copy that

  26. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: The pace looks competitive, most cars a couple of tenths slower than FP1, so this looks good.

  27. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: I could try exit management turn 5 to help rear tyre temps.

  28. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I've got shattering like crazy and then it's going all the speed all over the place.

  29. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Pierre GASLY: Something feels a bit odd at the back of the car, it's like bouncing. Okay, we are checking. The wheels are very, very strange.

  30. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, they're pretty consistent.

    Engineer: A

    Daniel RICCIARDO: little bit of deck, both axles.

    Engineer: Okay, understood.

  31. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: The understeer field was in 9, but turned 10.

  32. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Ok Kimi, can you try the overtake button on the pit straight please?

  33. Carlos SAINZMcLaren

    Engineer: Carlos we need one lap in scenario seven with press and hold overtake if you think that you need another lap before you have a go at Grosjean then let's wait a lap no overtake but on this lap otherwise it's scenario seven and five seconds press and hold overtake on start finish

  34. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: It says cool the gas, so I'll cool it a little bit, if that's alright. Yep, that's fine, you've got a 5 second gap to Magnussen behind.

  35. Esteban OCONRenault

    Engineer: OK Esteban, all good with tyre management, just a little bit on the edge with the slips at the exit of Turn 2.

  36. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: There's time to do slow and push. Not sure if the tyre will do it. Thoughts? I've

    Lando NORRIS: already lost the race. I mean if you've only got time to do another one then I may as well.

    Engineer: Okay, so there is time for slow and then push.

  37. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: I took the flag, I think.

    Engineer: No, keep pushing, keep pushing.

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: It was radioed.

    Engineer: You can continue, go.

  38. Daniel RICCIARDORenault

    Engineer: OK, mate, I'll look decent from our side.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: OK. Yep, felt all right.

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