Sakhir Grand Prix 2020: Practice 1 team radio
83 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Sakhir Grand Prix 2020, across 17 drivers. 81 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 12.
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
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 12 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 10 messages
- Jack AITKEN · Williams · 8 messages
- Pietro FITTIPALDI · Haas · 7 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 7 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Can you do the radio check for Texas?
Pietro FITTIPALDI: Copy copy radio check.
Engineer: I hear you loud and clear at turn one.
Engineer: Okay to push, okay to push.
Engineer: so it's clear behind let's give us a radio check radio check turn one turn two turn three yeah copy one two three loud and clear and turn four loud and clear turn four turn six turn seven i missed turn five copy that's all good so
Engineer: Carlos, we see a 20km headwind into turn 1.
Engineer: in turn six so clutch position three percent shallow box box box it'll be pistol practice break them circuit
Engineer: So I need to turn left here, no? Yeah, that's correct. Turn left there, go down this wiggly bit.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: yeah all good yeah loud and clear for me you have a 28 second gap behind correction those cars pitted you're the only car on track so I need to turn left here no yeah yeah that's correct yeah turn left there go down this wiggly bit
Engineer: Carlos, you're the only car to have set a time. That means you're P1, purple in all sectors.
Engineer: Box, Box, Danny, Box, stop in front of the garage.
Daniil KVYAT: Steering wheel is slightly to the right.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: And can we have recharge off before the start, please, Esteban? Recharge off.
Engineer: BAL1 is available if you want to protect the rears on this cool down lap.
Carlos SAINZ: What happened in exit turn 1, is the wind or the tyre going away?
Engineer: It does move to tailwind Carlos, I think it's more like the tyre, not a big change since your first attempt.
Engineer: Lando's on a slow lap Carlos don't worry about Lando he's seven seconds behind but he's on a slow lap
Engineer: Okay and traffic wise we have Giovinazzi leaving the pits 12 seconds behind you, he's in sync so he's on an outlap as well so no traffic threat behind.
Engineer: OK George, so it'll be a bike point find. Any burnouts? Yeah, two burnouts if you can manage it, and it'll be bike point find, race start.
Engineer: And clutch position was on target.
Engineer: How was DAS usage? Yeah, DAS looked good. It's all reset.
Carlos SAINZ: Ok Carlos, box this lap. Copy, Carlos, box.
Engineer: Copy, box this lap.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, where you feel the wind and the tyres going away is turn 2 and turn 4 a lot. Yeah, that's correct. Basically tailwind corners, if you don't have the rear support you're done.
George RUSSELL: I'm happy to take a double call now. Struggling a little bit with the rears. End up breaking in the turbo.
Engineer: Vettel 4 behind pushing, Vettel 3 behind pushing, Vettel 2 behind pushing, Vettel coming past you now. Next car will be Russell, he's 9 seconds back and he's pushing, remember to go mode push into the last corner. So Russell 6 seconds back on a push, Russell 5 seconds back on a push, and now mode push.
Engineer: Just a comment on the
George RUSSELL: track, there is a lot of sand blowing through turn 6 from the right hand side.
Engineer: OK, roger.
George RUSSELL: So you've got... I'm struggling a lot Ok, go ahead I'm struggling a lot, braking, end of braking, turn 1 and then a bit mid-corner understeer
Engineer: Ok, copy
Engineer: No more threats behind and VBAL 3 recharge off when you're ready. Increase gap to car ahead.
Engineer: okay we'll take a slow lap target plus 30 so we can afford to drop back on the straights as well to get the cool down lap time plus 33 zero last time around was about 18 just watch your mirrors two seconds for Russell then Albon then Stroll potentially Albon pushing
Jack AITKEN: Managing the brake temps on these thrown-ups is quite difficult.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, the rear is so bad in Turn 1.
Engineer: Daniel 2 behind pushing, watch your mirrors please
Engineer: Looks like there's more road to use exit turn 8.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think my brakes are not working the same anymore.
Engineer: OK, we can see a slight drop off in friction, but nothing in terms of reliability concerned at the moment, Max, so leave it with you.
Engineer: Ok Carlos, we can see the car is more neutral, there is only 5.5 minutes remaining in P140, so we suggest to keep this balance the same, keep the front wing the same if you want to do another lap, there is not really time otherwise. So
Carlos SAINZ: we take off lap, by doing once faster should be the time.
Engineer: Yeah you would get one more lap if we do it, you will get one lap with the lower flap angle. Copy, down 2 or 3, maybe 3.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah I would say 2, 2.
Engineer: 2.
Lance STROLL: Okay, so one more call, one more call. I just don't have the grip. Is everyone losing grip or no? No, not necessarily. Stay
Engineer: in
Lance STROLL: this tyre? No. Okay, so tell me what I should do.
Engineer: Can you go faster on the cool-down lap? So maintain the temperature and don't lose too much time. Okay.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, I'm just losing grip.
Engineer: Copy that Lance.
Engineer: Recharge on, got a minute and 30 plenty of time, can we have an Aero P4 5th gear cruise after turn 3 please?
Engineer: Practice the pit entry from turn 10.
Engineer: You have to remember go to mode RS and pit limiter off for the start
Engineer: Excellent lad mate, let's push again, let's push again.
Pietro FITTIPALDI: I'll cool down, I'll cool down. Okay, chill out, chill out.
Engineer: And I suspect you will have to do quite a slow outlap, but I leave it to you.
Engineer: Let's go for another cool-down lap. Let's go for another cool-down lap now.
Pierre GASLY: I hit the curb, I don't know the car, felt like it was quite harsh for the cars Okay, we'll check
Pietro FITTIPALDI: I destroyed his tire
Engineer: Watch for Aitken now. Aitken, you have Aitken, then Lando and Latifi.
Engineer: OK, yeah, went through the gravel, didn't hear anything, but the tyres are a bit flat-spotted. Copy. So they're badly flat-spotted, are they, Jack? Yep, unfortunately. Alright, so we'll box in. Box, box.
Engineer: Box now, box now.
Carlos SAINZ: Stop on the marks.
Engineer: Do you want me to just do a single call? I think so, Lance, at the moment. I'm based on traffic. There's a lot of traffic ahead that will be probably going next lap.
Engineer: Daniel is turning in later to turn seven.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't know why but my steering wheel went during the left right hand down
Engineer: You're all clear behind checker all clear. So Jacko if you think there's no way to do another lap on this We should come in and have a look
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah
Engineer: Confirm
Engineer: So expecting you to do double cool down again and then go again.
Sebastian VETTEL: Ok, we have time for double cool down and one more push, that would be the maximum I'd like to do.
Engineer: Ok, yes, we wish we do.
Engineer: We think track limits will be introduced at 7 and 8, so still respect the Y-line.
George RUSSELL: Yellow lights on the dash
Engineer: Standby, I don't think there's anything to worry about.
George RUSSELL: They have disappeared. Yeah, copy. Please remind me to talk to you regarding The direction of the B bow button. Okay, I'd like to invert it.
Engineer: Okay, roger
Engineer: And the Turner 7.8 was faster now.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, I didn't get this initial understeer in 7.
Engineer: And place to focus is breaking into seven breaking into seven
Engineer: We've got a pretty clear track now, so just think about your tyre temperatures.
Engineer: Okay temps are good for coming through the pit lane, bike point find, five burnouts and a start. The last one was
Jack AITKEN: two
Engineer: percent shallow and we just need to shorten up that plateau phase and halve the time. So we box this lap, bike point find, five burnouts and a start.
Engineer: OK, everything OK Alex? OK, so you've got a clear track, track is clear, let us know about vibrations when you get rolling Next quick carve, Vettel at turn 1 now
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, we're fine
Engineer: OK Vettel on your tail now, Vettel on your tail, please repeat message
Alexander ALBON: Vibrations are pretty poor.
Engineer: OK, understood. Recharge on please, recharge on. So our next quick car Leclerc at turn 4 now, he is alone.
Alexander ALBON: If
Engineer: you go down to turn 10, you think the vibrations are too much, we'll box, otherwise we'll get ready for a quick lap again.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, definitely.
Engineer: Yeah, definitely. OK, understood, box this lap please Alex, box this lap. Leclerc, 8 behind you.
George RUSSELL: to talk about my seat shrugging a bit with my shoulders.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: OK, and on the back straight if we can have some high steering input if you could do like when you want to warm up the front tyres, it would help if you can
Kimi RAIKKONEN: There's no chance, there's too many cars, I don't know if we should... No problem, no problem, just box then
Engineer: Brake warming again is fine. Let's do the brake warming again out of three. It's all clear behind
Jack AITKEN: I think I got the failsafe there.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Danny, we need to try to cool the rear tires, cool the rear tires.
Engineer: it's clear behind you've got 20 seconds back to norris so from sc2 so go in lap target minus one to minus three on the dash follow the same process as the pu cooling so getting the speed up and then coasting
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I lost deployment or something. Yes
Engineer: Please remind me to talk to you regarding the pit limiter activation on the pit entry. I'd like to see a speed on there please. OK, no sweat.
Engineer: Ok, how was the balance, how were the tyres?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, just have to watch a little bit more on
Engineer: the
Daniel RICCIARDO: rear, but front as well, bit of deck. Phase, probably phase 3.
Engineer: Understood.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I have
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: big pretty big lack of
George RUSSELL: Struggling a bit with downshifts into 150 with excessive waist slip.
Lando NORRIS: Oh, do they not know I'm at a flat spot at the tyres. OK, understood. Yeah, I got a flat spot. It was Perez, I think, who was ahead of me. At
Engineer: the
Lando NORRIS: moment, it looks OK. Please keep going if you can.
Engineer: I
Lando NORRIS: need to try down to front wing.
Engineer: Understood. Understood, Lando. We'll box this lap down two and a half. Two and a half.
Lando NORRIS: Confirmed.
Engineer: Lando, pill in. Yep. So this is stopping on the marks for front wing adjust. You can launch from the box. You can launch from the box.
Engineer: So the other cars are five laps ahead of us are starting to dig off that last lap You did was about tenth quicker than Lance and Riccardo. Ocon one tenth faster than you. It'll be eight more laps eight more laps Try a bit slower into one for a better exit
Engineer: I
Valtteri BOTTAS: don't know what's going on, I keep locking the front left, it's
Engineer: 2 to 1
Engineer: How is the tire? How's the dig? Uh,
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: holding up. Sort of okay.
Engineer: And for reference, Perez heading up to 58.7, 58.8 now.
Engineer: OK, give me more charge, and that's 3 minutes into the session, so suggest box for Les Robert So that's still 2 seconds ahead of Bostor also OK,
Kimi RAIKKONEN: box, box
Engineer: for Les Robert
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Trap, trap, trap the front wing. Copy, copy.
Engineer: Max track limits at turn 8 from P2 will be the red and white kerb.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Okay, good to know.
Engineer: On box-box, boxy slap, static pit stop. Box-box.
Engineer: Box now, box now. This will be live pit stop, engine off.
Engineer: Box, box, Danny, box, pit entry test.
George RUSSELL: Then I practice slow in-lamp.
Engineer: So we'll go menu 11, position 10. So you've taken the flag. Menu 11, position 10. That will give you the safety car page. So just follow that delta. Make sure you're happy with it.
Engineer: OK, so that was a very tidy run there, obviously a completely different story on tyres than last weekend.
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