Italian Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
65 radio messages were recorded during race at the Italian Grand Prix 2020, across 19 drivers. 62 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Daniel RICCIARDO had the most, with 6.
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
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 6 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 6 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 6 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 6 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 5 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Sebastian VETTEL: And in the helmet tool on the grid please. Copy.
Lance STROLL: Brad, the left mirror is not in position, do we need to fix that on the grid?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, can we can we take take two clicks off?
Pierre GASLY: Car is good, tiny bit too understeer, so maybe we do like just a small click on
Engineer: the flap. Ok, we have a chance, bear in mind the tyres.
George RUSSELL: Just a minor note for future times we're
Engineer: on
George RUSSELL: the grid. Could we tour the left and right wheel at the same time?
Engineer: So
George RUSSELL: I'm just not holding the brake for like 20 seconds
Alexander ALBON: My dash is very low brightness.
Engineer: OK. Do you want to turn it up brightness?
Alexander ALBON: But like it's not normal, like I can't see the dash.
Engineer: OK.
Lewis HAMILTON: You definitely think we need all those burnouts away from loose
Engineer: Yep, let's
Daniel RICCIARDO: go guys. Happy Sunday.
Lando NORRIS: I have a bit of contacts, just keep an eye on things.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Let's go Good job, mate
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah I think the front wing is gone, hardbound complete, he went to the left on the braking
Engineer: OK copy that, we're looking
Romain GROSJEAN: Move on the braking, it's far more dangerous than moving on the straight
Romain GROSJEAN: Ok, at the minute I'm really struggling with the understeer, the rear is coming as well so I guess it will balance itself in a little while, but at the minute it's not amazing.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, I can't believe Vettel is smoking from behind, I'm not sure if he's dropping oil or not Vettel rear left is on fire Yeah, Vettel rear left is on fire, he needs the box
Max VERSTAPPEN: We are really stuck here. Yeah,
Engineer: understood, alright. Just be mindful of the rear left IMAX, there'll be opportunities later.
Nicholas LATIFI: Lots of mid-corner understeer entry instability.
Alexander ALBON: I can't do much more than I already am.
Engineer: Checo Norris ahead is struggling with tyres, our tyres are good, our tyres are getting better.
Daniil KVYAT: Okay, I'm losing a bit of time definitely being held up
Engineer: How's the front wing? How's the front wing?
Carlos SAINZ: It's okay. A bit understeer at the beginning, but now it's back to normal.
Engineer: Copy.
Romain GROSJEAN: Oh is the rear looking good, oh is the rear looking, looking, pretty
Engineer: stable from the start of the race.
Engineer: Lando, not urgent, how are the tyres?
Lando NORRIS: Uh, three, three is our biggest problem.
Engineer: Lando no wider at turn 11 otherwise we'll get a penalty
Engineer: Okay, so for information we have been given a five second penalty for squeezing Grosjean I think it was lap two of the race. So we will take that at the pit stop So just get over that and we'll crack on
Engineer: I'm
Carlos SAINZ: starting to drop a bit of pace, really.
Engineer: Understood, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: There's a massive limit over here.
Nicholas LATIFI: Let me know if there's something I can do to avoid the torque hole exit of 32. It's happening quite a few times.
Engineer: And Lando, we have had one lap deleted for turn 11.
Lando NORRIS: Confirmed.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Even with the TLS open, I'm not even gaining a lot.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, there was some oil on the truck.
Engineer: Copy, copy.
Engineer: Safety car deployed, stay positive, slow button on, slow button on Where
Charles LECLERC: does the safety car have to be now?
Engineer: Nobody pits in front? Pit lane entry is closed
Engineer: So Antonio, we'll get a penalty.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Which penalty we got? Probably
Engineer: a 10 seconds.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I would say if we did a good job, guys, we could get both cars on the podium. So let's get working together to move past this field and then fight it out at the end.
Carlos SAINZ: Fellas, it's a red flag. Red flag. F***. Lucky, lucky f***ers. F***. Why do they put red flag? Come on. Let us race, please.
Engineer: So, Valtteri, the cooling situation will be better, but will not be solved.
Engineer: Session will restart at 16.20. 16.20, 10 and a half minutes. Normal countdown will be given.
Nicholas LATIFI: If it is standing start, and I do obviously all the exact same procedures, will I run into the same issue again with the battery draining?
Engineer: I think that's a negative I think that's a negative don't think about what could happen but think about what do you have to do right now please let's try to bring the calm a bit down for the boys seven minutes
Alexander ALBON: I've got no hope for these hogs!
Engineer: Ok understood, they will get better, they are still cool, they will get hotter and it will improve.
Engineer: We are not fast enough to start looking after the tires, if they are not fast or they don't. Sure, don't worry, your lap time is still good, so keep pushing.
Lewis HAMILTON: You
Engineer: are the fastest man on track by a big margin.
Engineer: OK, so for info, Hamilton had a penalty for pitting when the pit lane was shut. He's going to catch you in a couple of laps, he's on hard tyres behind.
Engineer: So two seconds ahead to Albon and just remember the timing of your overtake push not to waste too much energy.
Nicholas LATIFI: Just keep me updated on the gap behind so I can manage.
Lewis HAMILTON: I can't, I've got nothing there.
George RUSSELL: McCartney was really good guys, they just made up a straight line speed
Engineer: Copy, keep doing what you're doing on the mode
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, understood. Tyre's took a bit of a hit the last two laps. I'll let him recover.
Romain GROSJEAN: I have my, the drink hasn't been connected and it comes behind my shoulder, it's mega f***ing painful.
Engineer: You're racing Hamilton, mate. You're racing Hamilton.
Carlos SAINZ: You're a bit of dirty air now.
Engineer: That's two warnings on track limits at turn 11, two warnings on track limits at turn 11.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Brake pedal become really low Check if it's all okay
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: We are good with tires, good with tires to push a bit more in turn 6, turn 11.
Engineer: Last lap round, 0.7 quicker than Raikkonen dude, you're reeling him in, let's get him.
Engineer: So I'll give you our next car ahead, 2.5 on the medium tyre.
Engineer: Science 1.4, battery is medium-high, you can click overtake when you need.
Engineer: What position am I in? Currently a P8
Engineer: Hey dude, that's the checker, that's the checker. You see a bit of a difficult car this afternoon but good drive from you man. There was some good passing there, nice job mate.
Romain GROSJEAN: Thanks bro, yeah thanks. Yeah, the restyle was very interesting, I had so much grip but the restyle was really good. And then things got a bit more complicated.
Engineer: Checkered flag, P3 Lance, well done, great drive mate, take the pick up, take the pick up.
Lance STROLL: Good job guys, nice one, start wasn't great from P2, she had no grip on the launch.
Engineer: So, Lance P3, Lance P3.
Sergio PEREZ: Well, at least a good result for the team. Good job guys, congratulations.
Engineer: Hey, I'm P9, Dani, P9. And cool the brakes, cool the brakes. And for information, Gasly won the race.
Engineer: Ok Esteban, fantastic job there, fantastic job, well done mate. P8 from P12, that's not bad at all. Daniel P6, good points for the team again. Well done mate. Yeah, copy. I disagree, I think we missed out completely this race. There was a massive... Ok, just hold it on the radio please, hold it on the radio. We'll talk about it in the office, thank you. No, we have to face... Please, do not... Esteban, this is not the place.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I think we had a decent car, yeah I think we got some good feedback so sorry I couldn't get a bit closer to Bodass, thanks guys.
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