Spanish Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
79 radio messages were recorded during race at the Spanish Grand Prix 2020, across 19 drivers. 76 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 13.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 13 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 11 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 8 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And drink test? Drink system test?
Daniil KVYAT: Nobody reminded me to connect it, so...
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, my steering wheel is a bit... the paddle shifts are not working.
Engineer: Copy Carlos, copy.
Engineer: so
Lewis HAMILTON: that last start was the first one and particularly the last one was really there was no rubber where where i was yeah it felt pretty poor yeah
Engineer: we saw on telly
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Carlos SAINZ: Worth checking your drinks as well.
Engineer: Yeah, it's already a bit like our tea, but I'll have it. I'll take it
Engineer: Okay Lewis, just a final update on wind, so it just looks like the wind's rotated a little, so showing more of a tailwind down the main straight through 123, and then a bit more onto the nose into 4.
Carlos SAINZ: Worth checking your drinks as well.
Engineer: Yeah, it's already a bit like our tea, but I'll have it. I'll take it
Engineer: So important to get through straw we can still have a race
Engineer: Just ready to look after those left-hand side tires, Max.
Engineer: Gap is just starting to close a little bit on Lewis.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I know, but he's just driving super slow.
Sergio PEREZ: how are the tires? so
Engineer: Checo, the tires are looking okay at the moment but they are at the hottest so slip management now is critical
Engineer: Carlos, we still think plan A. Plan A, how's the tyre?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, it's OK at the moment. I'm happy with plan A. Just very low grip.
Engineer: So wind has picked up 25 to 30 kph tailwind into nine
Engineer: We have target plus one.
Engineer: So Louis is picking up the pace.
George RUSSELL: Please talk to me for these multi-changes down the street!
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay, that was a personal best lap time last time around Hamilton 23.2 Bottas 23.6
Engineer: So let's just keep building that gap and we can extend.
Engineer: Alex, we need to keep doing your liftoffs, please. Keep doing your liftoffs.
Alexander ALBON: It makes the car so much more unstable.
Nicholas LATIFI: The balance hasn't really changed, it's just poor grip. I feel like it could continue like this still for a while.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Struggling with beer.
Engineer: Copy, Max.
Engineer: OK, Esteban, although temps are good, we're a little bit concerned about wear on the left rear. It's turn nine.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Turn 7 is horrible now.
Engineer: That's increasing tailwind through turn 7. Entry to exit.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Tailwind, I don't care, just f***
Engineer: the
Max VERSTAPPEN: tyres, they have nothing left.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I'm trying to just drive to the limit of the tyre at
Engineer: the
Daniel RICCIARDO: moment, so it seems to be hanging on to this pace.
Engineer: Okay, understood. Currently two tenths quicker than Vettel.
Engineer: You
Max VERSTAPPEN: want me to repeat it again? This f***ing tire is dead.
Engineer: You don't need to repeat it again, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm losing so much time. Who cares about that in traffic? I easily pass them.
Charles LECLERC: Why don't you ever call the opposite?
Engineer: and currently seven seconds safe to Verstappen, we're just monitoring that gap about 11 seconds behind
Engineer: So obviously we're nowhere near undercut range to Lewis, so control the peaks early on. I'll keep you posted on Bottas this time.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, but how about we just focus on our race first, yeah, instead of looking to Lewis? Because clearly on the soft tyre we were not as fast as them, so we just make sure we do our job and let them do their job. Get
Engineer: your head down, Max, please.
Valtteri BOTTAS: These black overalls, huh?
Daniel RICCIARDO: I've definitely got a little bit more pace than Vettel.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Engineer: Vatra, you've got the pace, there's plenty of opportunities.
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's getting a bit dark towards 10-4.
Engineer: He's
Lance STROLL: probably going to update me about how close he's getting.
Engineer: Copy that, copy that. He's supposed to be managing at the moment.
Engineer: It's okay, no problem Carlos. Stay with him, stay with him. You're still in a good position.
Alexander ALBON: Okay, Alex, how is the balance? We just have four. We're so disconnected. If we hit the speed, there's no work at the top. And it moves me before I can understand. Honestly, the time's already dead.
Engineer: We are expecting rain after lap 50, we are expecting rain after lap 50.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Lance STROLL: Probably going to update me about how close he's getting.
Engineer: Copy that, copy that. He's supposed to be managing at the moment.
Charles LECLERC: Engine stopped broken, I mean, I don't
Engineer: know
Charles LECLERC: what happened
Charles LECLERC: No, no, no, no. There is something strange. I will box this lock.
Lewis HAMILTON: Pretty big dark cloud over the back end of the track.
Engineer: Copy Lewis was about to say there's a risk of rain. It's only slight, but it may be thunderstorms.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Feels like I have less power
Alexander ALBON: Dangerous.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's alright, it's still okay. Remember it a little bit.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, you need to let me know now what you want to do in terms of pace.
Engineer: Understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: I wouldn't go to the soft tyre, man.
Engineer: Why are you going to go there? This tyre's fine.
Lewis HAMILTON: Don't put me on
Engineer: the soft. OK, so stay out. Stay out. Stay out.
Engineer: What do you think about going to the end with these tires?
Sebastian VETTEL: I asked you this before!
Sebastian VETTEL: I can do that, well
Engineer: let's try, we've got nothing to lose Exactly, that's P5, that's what I was asking for
Engineer: Perez has been given a five-second penalty, Perez five-second penalty.
Engineer: We've got a five-second penalty. We've got a five-second penalty for Blue Flags of Hamilton.
Sergio PEREZ: No way. When you told me I move out of the way, man.
Engineer: I think there's still going to be a bit more action left in this race. Let's keep it focused.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Rear start to take a hip.
Engineer: And no more rain expected, no more rain expected.
Engineer: Okay mate, let's head down now. Eight laps to go to the end after this one.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Look what the f*** that idiot did. I was already turning and he almost took me off.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: just ran over a big piece of carbon on
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: track and someone's weight came up.
Engineer: Keep it cool, Chili. Keep it cool. Super precise with your inputs.
Engineer: And Valtteri in the pit lane, he's going to be going for a faster slap.
Lando NORRIS: It's just changing directions under braking.
Engineer: Okay, we're going to report it.
Engineer: Get in there Lewis, nice work mate. That was an awesome drive, such spectacular tyre management and then pace at the end, fantastic.
Lewis HAMILTON: Wow, that's in
Engineer: a
Lewis HAMILTON: different zone then. Didn't even know it was last lap. Awesome, thank you so much guys. The set up was awesome today Bono, great job.
Engineer: Bono,
Lewis HAMILTON: Marcus and all the guys, thank you so much.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, all good. I think we maximized our result again, so good points.
Engineer: Yeah, big shout out to Team Tyres on this one Lewis. Yeah, they did a really great job
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, definitely. Fantastic. Great effort guys. I hope you're happy with that one Bono Mate, over
Engineer: the moon, over the moon. What a recovery from last week, huh? Just, just awesome
Engineer: Feels like we missed a trick there a bit
Engineer: And P7, P7, good work out there, well managed, eyes off.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay guys, nothing, absolutely nothing left in these tyres. Yeah, I think it was the best call, otherwise I think there's no chance to stay in front of this bunch. Had nothing left.
Engineer: Yeah, it was worth the risk, it paid off, eyes off.
Sebastian VETTEL: How many laps was that on the soft?
Engineer: Three seven, three seven.
Engineer: Yeah, well done Max, that was all that was in there today, so split the Mercedes, well done, good job. Yeah, Lewis, just a little bit too good today. I think we were in a proper race with Bottas, he beat him on merit in the end, so cracking job mate.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I could see already from the beginning, on that first set, it was just difficult to keep up, so yeah. Then of course you hope maybe on the mediums
Engineer: it
Max VERSTAPPEN: gets a bit better, but yeah, not today.
Alexander ALBON: I honestly don't know what to do to manage the tides better, I literally cannot do anything on entries or exits, just snaps all the time.
Engineer: OK, understood Alex.
Alexander ALBON: I don't know, we just need to look at it because I
Engineer: don't
Alexander ALBON: know really where to go faster.
Engineer: Yeah, understood. Yeah, we'll go through it in detail Alex, don't worry, I think a dirty error as well today didn't do you any favours, you run most of the race in traffic there so I think that's done a bit of damage as well. And Vettel managed to do 37 laps on his set of softs at the end there.
Alexander ALBON: There's no way, our tyres have gone after 7 laps.
Engineer: Yes, Chile, that's the chequered flag. Chequered flag, mate. Good job. P6, P6. Home Grand Prix, P6. Great stuff. Good drive this afternoon.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, cheers, boys. Good job. Solid weekend. Hopefully this is the moment where the smoke operator is back.
Engineer: From
Carlos SAINZ: now on, hopefully. Good job on the pit stops. It's really not easy.
Engineer: Yeah, Carlos, it's all come together well this afternoon. It's all come together well. It's a shame the home crowd wasn't here to see it with you, but it's been a good afternoon.
Carlos SAINZ: Definitely. Thank you, boys. Thank you, everyone.
Engineer: Carlos, drink your tea if you can. Drink the tea.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, it's tea time in the UK, right?
Engineer: We finished p10.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, we had good pace I am so I just don't know
Engineer: They
Lando NORRIS: were always too good out of the last chicane and I could never do anything about it I could never get close enough, but the car felt good good pace, so Yeah, good job. We'll try get up next time.
Engineer: Yeah, we just found ourselves stuck in a bit of traffic
Engineer: All
Daniel RICCIARDO: sorted out in spot.
Engineer: Yep,
Daniel RICCIARDO: we'll talk up there. Thanks for the efforts.
Engineer: Certainly will mate, thank you.
Engineer: And your finishing position was P13, I'm afraid, P13, it's a tough race to get nothing out of.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, tough one guys, tough one, we'll come back stronger on the next one though.
Daniil KVYAT: What a f***ing frustrating race. Unbelievable. The option was working fine, he could have listened to me to start the race on what I wanted to start.
Pierre GASLY: Ah, that was painful.
Engineer: Anyway, you've done a good job and was very close.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I struggled with the brakes. It was pretty hard.
Engineer: Yeah, I understood. I think we managed it pretty well in the end. We have a problem, we need to understand what it is, but we don't know what it is. It's a shame about the second stint.
Pierre GASLY: I think I had a lot more pace on that second prime.
Engineer: Yeah, but I think we've done the right things. We've done the right things today. So we should be pleased with your race. We made it work with tyres and brakes and it wasn't easy. So you should be pleased. More points in the belt. Yeah.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah. Thanks guys, good job.
Engineer: Yeah, on you mate, on you. Very good job. You can have a bit of time off now.
Engineer: So you're good with science checker. You are good with science. 6.6 gap at the end. Well done.
Sergio PEREZ: That was very unfair man. What did they want me to do? What Michael wanted me to do? Hamilton got me in the final sector. What could I have done? Where should I move? I've seen a lot worse than that. I don't know whether he wanted me to go off track or what was the reason for the penalty.
Engineer: P4 Lance, P4, good drive, good drive.
Lance STROLL: Good job guys.
Engineer: Well done Lance, that was a good effort mate. That
Lance STROLL: was a good start, huh?
Engineer: Very good Lance, yeah, very good.
Engineer: Hey dude, that's the checker. That's the checker. Tough afternoon, man. Tough afternoon. Good drive from you. We need to understand everything that happened with the car after Friday to Saturday.
Romain GROSJEAN: Thank you, Jude. Sorry, everyone. We had a really good start of the weekend. Things didn't go our way. Ellie, I hope a good future for you. Enjoy the next chapter.
Engineer: Ooh, great job, man. Great job to hold him off. Great job to make a one-stop last. Really good management, Kevin. Great driving and a great overtake in the race. Absolutely amazing. It's P15, but it was a really great job.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, thanks, man. I think we did what we could. I don't think there was any more in it.
Engineer: We
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: did a one-stop. We did a good start. We had a good balance. You know, I can't say we could have done better.
Engineer: Yeah, you did great, and good work by everyone. Yep, thanks. Good job, Kevin.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Good job, guys.
George RUSSELL: I gave everything I had, guys.
Engineer: Yeah, that was good pace, good management. Just a little undone with a straight line speed.
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