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Spanish Grand Prix2020 · Practice 2 team radio
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41 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2020, across 17 drivers. Max VERSTAPPEN 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.
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Esteban OCONCar pulling to the right when I brake.
EngineerCopy. There's a brake temperature delta across the front, it should even up Esteban.
EngineerI
George RUSSELLfeel like we've got massive understeer. High
Engineerspeed, low speed. Everywhere,
George RUSSELLtyres just aren't working under these conditions. Just sliding on the surface.
EngineerYou are the fastest car on hard tyres. Perez and Sainz have also run hard, 20.36 and 20.6, so your time looks good.
EngineerGet some balance feedback please.
Daniel RICCIARDOIt's a little light to start the lap, so a bit more on the front, similar to the morning.
EngineerLet me know if you need another lap, otherwise we're boxing.
Valtteri BOTTASAdjusting grip level is pretty low with this tyre, so I'm
Engineerquite happy to box. Copy, box, box.
George RUSSELLThese tyres are just not working at all, it's a massive slide.
EngineerCopy that, it's the same for the others, running the prime and the offset between option and prime is bigger than we estimated.
Daniil KVYATYeah, same. I mean, the balance is a bit rear limited now, everywhere. So it's
Engineera
Daniil KVYATbit tricky to read something into it.
EngineerCopy, BoxBox.
EngineerDo you want another lap on these tyres? Question?
Alexander ALBONYes.
EngineerOkay, well let's cool them down again.
Engineerand you can wake the right hand side tires up turns five and seven on the way through this time
EngineerThe track is reading 10 degrees hotter than the soft front this morning.
EngineerOkay, so double cooldown, track is completely free.
EngineerWe're happy to let these tie temps drop
EngineerOkay, saw the little moment at turn 1-2, that cost you a tenth. You are perfect again in sector 3.
Pierre GASLYJust let me know 10-10, I think there is something, we should take it a bit easier for them here.
EngineerI'll
Lewis HAMILTONhave to check my tyres in a bit, just went over some stones.
EngineerTyres look okay.
EngineerMultifunction mix 3, let me know if you need a double cool. Yeah, definitely double. Understood.
Nicholas LATIFII think the tires are going to be done. I'm not going to get much out of it.
Esteban OCONYeah, I can't turn in the car, the rear was all over the place basically. There's no rear stability.
EngineerUnderstood.
Charles LECLERCCan I go to the toilet and come back in a bit? Yes, you can.
Daniil KVYATYeah, there is something weird going on with engine braking in turn 10, because two laps, two completely different cars.
Engineerwell on our own experience I think the tires may be good still in sector one and two sector three you might drop off a bit but they should get feeling in sector one and two
Kimi RAIKKONENBrakes feel suddenly very bad. Copy, we are checking.
EngineerSo Bottas five laps in stabilizer at 23.0 Hamilton average first of two laps also at 23.0
Valtteri BOTTASThe wear balance so far feels a bit better.
EngineerSo Bottas has pitted onto the hard, he stabilised at 23.0, I think that was a managed pace, 23.0.
EngineerCarlos, the FIA have asked us not to use the old track turn 13 unless you're clearly impeding someone.
Carlos SAINZOK, copy.
EngineerFeedback on car balance?
Nicholas LATIFIYeah, it's okay. A little bit on edge of oversteer. Now the mirrors feel like they're overheating. Then the front left is on the edge as well.
EngineerGradually increasing a little bit more. Front left is a leading tyre for info. I'll let you know when they stabilise.
EngineerThe wind picked up into Turn 4. Some of that might have been tow, but it does feel a bit gussier.
Daniil KVYATLook at this f***ing cloud.
EngineerCarlos, front left tyre quite hot, suggest shorter, sharper lift, turn 3.
Daniil KVYATOkay, I'm not doing an understated traffic, so help me to find a good window.
George RUSSELLIt's both axles mate, it's not just the front, both axles, zero grip, and driving on ice.
Pierre GASLYGuys, what the f*** we said we back off? We
Engineersaid we back off 2 seconds, we backed off 6 or 7
Pierre GASLYI didn't back off at all, for f***s sake, it never works
Charles LECLERCEvery two left, there's someone slowing down and then we end up here.
EngineerSo,
Charles LECLERCgoing to slow down, but for sure whenever they see there's nobody in the mirror, they will slow down too, so...
EngineerCopy, understood.
Romain GROSJEANLoss of power.
EngineerOk, drop back 2 seconds, drop back 2 seconds, end of this lap, Dani will do the same, drop back
Pierre GASLYGuys, what the f***, we said we back off We
Engineersaid we back off 2 seconds, we backed off 6 or 7 I
Pierre GASLYdidn't back off at all, it never works
EngineerAnd for info, wind is picking up
George RUSSELLBig snap, 11.
EngineerWell
George RUSSELLnot big, but massive loss of rear.
Kevin MAGNUSSENThe tires are pretty consistent.
Charles LECLERCDid Verstappen do more laps on them?
EngineerYes, he did.
Charles LECLERCHow many more?
EngineerSo he did 10 total laps.
Charles LECLERCAh, ok. Nobody on the same amount of laps?
EngineerNot the same amount of laps.