Italian Grand Prix 2020: Qualifying team radio
29 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix 2020, across 16 drivers. Carlos SAINZ had the most, with 4.
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
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay Kevin, let's get a clean lap time on the board.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, so ahead of you is Magnussen and behind you is now Latifi, Antonio and Grosjean.
Engineer: Focus on that front right in Ascari. Focus on that front right in Ascari.
Engineer: Casa bunching up.
Engineer: Okay cars, that's P2 behind Bottas. Prepare the car for another timed lap. That means focus on recharge.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No threats. I did a double shift by accident.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Engineer: Your time was deleted. Your time was deleted. Turn 11.
Pierre GASLY: I think I had my front tyre still on the line.
Engineer: It needs to be on the track. It needs to be on the track.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, it was. I don't know what they said. Copy that. It's deleted. It just asked someone to check. I'm pretty sure the front was still on the line.
Engineer: Okay, we will check. Keep working on your brakes. We'll focus on the next lap.
Engineer: So we are boxing that's on the safe
Engineer: Well, I think everyone's gonna box now. Yeah, I agree. All right, we'll box this lap, please box this lap
Engineer: Ok Esteban, your position is good at the moment. There will be a lot of cars behind you in bigger trouble. So whatever you do, whether you get tows or not, just complete the lap as best you can and it should be good.
Engineer: F***
George RUSSELL: me guys, what up?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I had a rejected upshift at
Engineer: the exit of 5. Understood, we'll look at it.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: And the track is extremely dirty.
Engineer: Understood, understood.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I mean, really dirty inside 5. Understood, we'll look for it.
Valtteri BOTTAS: it's potential race start set
Daniil KVYAT: Gained a lot of front end.
Engineer: A
Daniil KVYAT: bit edgy on entry 267 and 11 still with the rear. Your feedback later.
Engineer: Ok that's P3 Carlos, you're safely through.
Pierre GASLY: Let's really check the under the car because okay understood
Engineer: so it looks a bit more straightforward this time temperatures are in a good window they're in a nice place
Engineer: keep going keep going do not come in
Pierre GASLY: Did I push too much on the outlap or...?
Engineer: No, we were on target, we were on target. We think the wheelspin exit on 2 was the drama for the tyres.
Alexander ALBON: If Max wants to get past, he can, if he wants.
Engineer: OK, understood. I don't want that
Alexander ALBON: up to him.
Engineer: OK, just hold station for now, do what you need to do.
Engineer: Position is very good, position is very good, tires are good as well
Engineer: I'd be happy with a nine second gap. Let's leave a reasonable gap to them. We don't need a super toe and then on the lap It's mainly about consistency and putting together sector two. You don't need to find something special in the braking stick with what's worked
Engineer: Okay, so that's at P1 at the moment, just waiting for other cars to finish.
Engineer: P-8, Lance, P-8.
Engineer: P4 Checo, P4, Sainz just got you and then it's the two Mercedes ahead of him Well done, mate. Well done.
Sergio PEREZ: Good job guys
Engineer: Just
Sergio PEREZ: not enough there, good tow at the end Good job guys, nice recovery
Engineer: P3 Carlos, two more cars to go. I'll get you updated. Look after the fuel. Delta positive and close to zero. You're P3 baby, P3. Good job. P3, give it to me. P3. So Hamilton, Bottas, then yourself. You are 25 milliseconds ahead of Perez. There were some tense moments here as well, mate, but that's a great lap you've put together. Good job.
Carlos SAINZ: It involves high risk, high reward. Cheers guys, what a quali, honestly. One of the best qualis I've done with you guys. On it.
Engineer: So keep the Delta close to zero. Keep looking after the fuel.
Engineer: OK, so we ended up P9 in the end, P9.
Engineer: Okay mate, that's P7, P7. Alright,
Daniel RICCIARDO: nice. Alright mate. Thanks guys.
Engineer: Nice job mate, can work from there tomorrow. It's about half a ten to Paris and P4, so all very close.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Oh ****, okay.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, it's not good I don't think, but I don't know, I just messed up turn 1 every time.
Engineer: P6, P6.
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