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Russian Grand Prix2020 · Practice 3 team radio

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10:09 to 11:03
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26 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Russian Grand Prix 2020, across 13 drivers. Romain GROSJEAN 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.

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  1. Lando NORRISMcLaren10:09:190:04

    EngineerAnd can we have brake warm-up, please, Landau?

  2. Romain GROSJEANHaas10:14:350:08

    Romain GROSJEANOK, just a massive understand done too, but I guess it's going to get better.

  3. Daniel RICCIARDORenault10:15:270:09

    Daniel RICCIARDOStarted off okay, then I was starting to lose the rear, lost it pretty bad last part of the lap.

  4. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes10:17:390:04

    EngineerCurrent 13, 14 were better than yesterday.

  5. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes10:17:570:07

    Engineerbut the

    Valtteri BOTTASgrip is really low.

  6. Esteban OCONRenault10:21:410:10

    EngineerSorry I should have said but the wind direction is actually more similar to yesterday than we expected it's quite similar to yesterday at the moment

  7. Romain GROSJEANHaas10:23:570:28

    Romain GROSJEANThere's nothing I can do with that car boys, there's nothing I can do.

    EngineerYou saw the balance of the lap end dude.

    Romain GROSJEANYeah but it's not the lap end, it's the turn one from last corner mate. I'm sorry I'm starting to be a little bit fed up but I'm f***ing

    Engineerf***ed.

    Romain GROSJEANOnce I got off the pace and being almost crashing every corner because there's no balance.

  8. Carlos SAINZMcLaren10:28:240:09

    EngineerCarlos turn 13 we think you're pushing the braking a bit too hard and rear locking is building through the stop which lands up with that snap

  9. Esteban OCONRenault10:31:170:07

    EngineerI

    Esteban OCONthink the car should be fine, but first we're checking, I went over the orange sausage

    EngineerYep, copy that

  10. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo10:32:420:32

    EngineerBox-Box, we'll do a start and we keep looking at these lights, should not influence the start.

    Kimi RAIKKONENCan I do something about it? Is it actually on or is it just a light?

    EngineerYeah, it's not very clear at the moment. If we are working on it, I'll let you know. Do you think you can do one more lap, in terms of tyre-wise? Yeah, but I need to know if it's on or off.

    Kimi RAIKKONENIs it just a light that is stuck on or... I need to know that. You should be able to see it pretty much easily. Sure, sure. I'll come back to you. Stand by.

  11. Lance STROLLRacing Point10:36:180:10

    Lance STROLLQuite dangerous, there was someone that walked in front of the pit box, the light was green.

  12. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes10:43:320:15

    EngineerSo on the lap Valtteri's just completed, the main areas he found was turn 8 minimum speed, braking turn 13 and then also minimum speed turn 18.

  13. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes10:47:420:14

    Valtteri BOTTASSo which engine modes do we still have?

    EngineerIt'll be Strat 5, Strat 5

    Valtteri BOTTASThere's no more Strat 3 in this run, or?

    EngineerNegative, no more Strat 3

  14. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes10:47:500:15

    EngineerJust need a bit of PU load. Just repeat that again. So four hundredths down, sector one. That looks like the snap exit two. Then you were four tenths up in the middle sector, four tenths up in the final sector.

  15. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes10:48:150:06

    EngineerThey just blocked me.

  16. Sebastian VETTELFerrari10:49:030:13

    EngineerThe place to focus is Turn 10, but I think there was Bottas there, I believe. Please confirm. Well, it was quite clean. Maybe I was just a bit early. Anyway, focus on Turn 10. The rest is fine.

  17. Romain GROSJEANHaas10:51:140:11

    EngineerBrilliant lap mate, brilliant lap, great improvement and that was without the toe, we've got something here dude.

  18. Sebastian VETTELFerrari10:51:530:08

    Sebastian VETTELCheck the T-tray for

    Engineerpotential damage. Understood.

  19. Alexander ALBONRed Bull10:52:020:05

    EngineerOK, so your tyre temperatures are coming down nicely. They'll be good at the start of the lap.

  20. Esteban OCONRenault10:56:050:16

    EngineerOkay, and then it's Norris, three seconds behind, also time lap. Oh, he's just completed a time lap, and Gasly behind him has just completed a time lap, so all good now. Nice lap there, Esteban, 34.2, you're currently P4.

  21. Alexander ALBONRed Bull10:59:020:21

    EngineerJust for reference, the exit kerb at turn 2, I know we were a bit to the left of it there, we got that lap time deleted because of track limits there, we have discussed it with FIA, but just be aware of that lap, what you did there, they took the time away for the exit. Yeah, yeah, that's not an improvement. Yeah, I thought so too, understood.

  22. Romain GROSJEANHaas10:59:410:06

    Romain GROSJEANI don't have words, as simple as that.

  23. Sebastian VETTELFerrari11:01:580:18

    EngineerDo you think about coming in?

    Sebastian VETTELStart button on to save mileage. Yeah, yeah, of course we're coming in. Copy. I wasn't even thinking of staying out.

    EngineerYeah, okay, box. But

    Sebastian VETTELsaving mileage I don't think is the best argument.

    EngineerYeah, understood.

  24. Alexander ALBONRed Bull11:02:220:05

    EngineerAlright,

    Alexander ALBONfix up vibrations.

    EngineerUnderstood.

  25. Daniil KVYATAlphaTauri11:02:350:14

    Daniil KVYATThere is a huge bump on the entry to pit entry, like for Michael mainly. It was quite a surprised, very big one. Just check the car just in case please.

  26. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull11:03:300:08

    Max VERSTAPPENAh f**k, I'm an idiot. F**k. Yeah, I'm doing f**king brake balance.