Styrian Grand Prix 2020: Race team radio
107 radio messages were recorded during race at the Styrian Grand Prix 2020, across 20 drivers. 101 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 18.
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 · 18 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 14 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 10 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · McLaren · 9 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 8 messages
- Esteban OCON · Renault · 5 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 5 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 4 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: On a reminder, the clips will be different on the laps to grid. Clips will be unrepresentative. They will be larger.
Engineer: So track temp on track looks 40
Engineer: And Carlos, how's the front wing? I
Carlos SAINZ: tell you in two corners, but I think okay. Copy.
Engineer: Recharge button on, recharge button on and please cool the car as much as possible, cool the car as much as possible
Engineer: So same as last week, was really good formation lap, I won't be waiting on to push on the tires as soon as you are 15 minutes off.
Pierre GASLY: Copy, let me know about the wind direction if it changes during the race.
Engineer: Hey, Lando. Just a quick update on tyres. Hamilton, Verstappen, Sainz, Bottas, Ocon, Albon, all of them on soft. Gasly on soft. In front of you, Ricciardo, on medium. Behind you, Vettel, medium. Russell, Stroll, on soft. Kvyat, medium. Leclerc, Magnussen, on medium. Sorry, Leclerc is a soft. Magnussen is a soft. And Raikkonen is a medium. Nobody has a hard one. Cheers! You're welcome.
Charles LECLERC: Check the copies copy
Engineer: will do
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Stay hard right turn three max stay hard right at ten three
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Sebastian VETTEL: OK, I have damaged somebody, took off my rear wing.
Engineer: OK, box.
Sebastian VETTEL: Copy, box. I don't know who that was. Box, box. Safety car. Safety car and box. Yeah, I'm coming in. I'm going to slow down.
Engineer: Verstappen at 1.4
Engineer: OK, just a reminder about looking after the tyres. No problems at the moment, but it's the long haul.
Engineer: And same lap time as Verstappen.
Engineer: So only lost for Staffan is turn 3 minimum speed and also a bit more management from you turn 9
Engineer: Good job, start reeling him in little by little, then do it all in one go.
Engineer: Also, your rear surface temp's not representative.
Lance STROLL: How are the tires? Do they feel hot?
Engineer: The tires are okay, but brakes are hot at the moment. Brakes are hot.
Engineer: Hamilton 8.7, Ewer 8.8 and Bottas 8.6, Albon 9.8.
Engineer: Suggest the open modifier for turns 6, 7, 9 and 10.
Engineer: How are the tyres? How are the tyres? Tyres are good.
Esteban OCON: Copy
Engineer: that. And how is your pace? How is your pace? How much in hand?
Esteban OCON: Quite a bit.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, everything looks good on our side, tyres and brakes, so keep pushing.
Engineer: Okay Lewis, so currently lap 17, so just keep building that gap.
Engineer: And just think about the straight braking at turn three.
Engineer: Show me on your dash how the tires are.
Valtteri BOTTAS: For now, getting to the target is no issue from my side.
Engineer: And how about the tyres?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, all OK.
Engineer: A
Daniel RICCIARDO: bit more front-tick at the moment, but it might clear.
Engineer: OK, understood.
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Engineer: Excellent job mate, excellent job. So let's build the gap on Gasny, let's look ahead to Perez, let's catch him up. Currently thinking plan A, looking to extend.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, got that.
Alexander ALBON: Something fell off around my helmet and it went straight down to the bottom of the pedals.
Engineer: Stay to the right hand side of the white line of pit entry.
Lewis HAMILTON: And we think he'll be
Engineer: one and a half seconds faster on the new tyre But we're monitoring it
Alexander ALBON: Something fell off around my helmet and it went straight down to the bottom of the pedals.
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Alexander ALBON: I think we're okay. I don't see it moving around.
Carlos SAINZ: Okay, take a look at the gulf, but I am good with a dive.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Personally, I don't really care why we're boxed, I mean he's on a different tyre.
Engineer: Just protecting against the undercut Max, protecting against the undercut. Yeah, I get that, but anyway, doesn't
Max VERSTAPPEN: matter.
Engineer: and remember you're in your VSCN safety car windows if you see that you just come in
Engineer: That was your best lap so far. Keep doing it.
Engineer: So same pace as Verstappen on a medium.
Engineer: and remember you're in your VSCN safety car windows if you see that you just come in
Engineer: And Lando, this will become the Germany situation.
Engineer: Oh, Mando, Carlos has pitted. Carlos has pitted.
Engineer: Lando, how are the tyres? How are the tyres?
Lando NORRIS: They're hanging on, R3, but yeah, they seem OK for now.
Engineer: Lando, do you think you can give us one more?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah.
Carlos SAINZ: I'm running out of battery.
Engineer: Scenario 8. Scenario 8.
Engineer: We need liftoff turn 3 and 4. Liftoff turn 3, 4.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I need to recover the tire. I've destroyed it in those stand-ups.
Engineer: Copy, copy, no problem.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, my tide is nicer than his.
Engineer: So Lando Ricciardo is in P5, P5 he's on softs. If we do max pace, max pace to the end we might catch him.
Engineer: You are quicker than the cars in this train ahead, we're closing them down.
Engineer: So that lap was four tenths faster than Ricciardo, four tenths faster.
Engineer: Ok Carlos, gap to Lando now 6 seconds and ahead of you Ricciardo has just been overtaken by Perez, there's chances here.
Carlos SAINZ: Car is very difficult in turn 1.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Driveability is not that good out of Turn 3.
Engineer: Understood, stand by.
Engineer: OK, sector 3 was good, that's what we need. Still time to find in turn 4.
Carlos SAINZ: 10-3 mid-corner, exit.
Engineer: It's a good lap Carlos good step in turn four and seven same again if you can
Engineer: Ok, good job, you have DRS from Antonio, that will help us.
Charles LECLERC: Is everything fine on the rear so
Engineer: we see some damage on the floor
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: So check it, you're still catching about 8 tenths a lap, 8 tenths a lap, you've got 5 laps of this engine left, and safety car window is open, safety car window open.
Engineer: OK Max, I know you're pushing, but at this rate Bottas could be close to us with 2 or 3 laps to go.
Lance STROLL: I need engine copy
Engineer: that Lance strat 7 strat 7 to charge some more
Engineer: It's another three tenths on those cars ahead, dude.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Swap position now. Grosjean behind is getting closer. Swap position is coming. Good, I try.
Engineer: Swap position now.
Engineer: This space you're gonna catch with four laps to go
Daniel RICCIARDO: Got quite a bit more pace at the moment than the cars ahead. Understood.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: So what do you want to do?
Engineer: Eh, stomp by.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I will attack him soon anyhow. Okay, copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, what the f***,
Engineer: all
Max VERSTAPPEN: the time turn 3, I'm not even using the pull toggle.
Engineer: Yep, understood. Tailwind has picked up into turn 3 quite a bit, also turn 1. Next lap, try the push toggle, push toggle turn 3.
Engineer: Boost on please Max, boost on.
Engineer: Danny we need half a second more liftoff, half a second more liftoff
Engineer: Gap to stroll is 3.6
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I don't need the gap anymore, I can see it
Engineer: This is good stuff Max, keep it up mate, same pace as Hamilton
Engineer: Okay, we'll swap into turn three just get close enough
Engineer: Carlos fastest lap is a 107.0 we're considering a pit stop to go for that
Daniel RICCIARDO: How are we on fuel?
Engineer: We're all good, we're all good. Do what you can, but we're good.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, but you have to let me know that the guys are arriving here, it's f***ing dangerous.
Engineer: Yeah, I recommend you let Grosjean through, let Grosjean through and we'll fall back to our box.
Engineer: OK, race info update, Max. Both Mercedes drivers being instructed to push.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What do you want me to do?
Engineer: As you are. I know you're pushing.
Engineer: This is excellent stuff Audrey, close that gap and we'll make your race.
Engineer: Fantastic result Valtteri, great job, great, great job. Well done guys, good work. That's the 1-2 for Mercedes, first of the year.
Engineer: Checkered flag. Fail. 84. Fail. Fail. 8. 4. Fail. Good job, mate. Well done.
Alexander ALBON: Yep. Cheers, guys. Thank you.
Engineer: Well done, Alex. Very good second half of the race. No mistakes. Well done.
Alexander ALBON: Thanks, Christian.
Engineer: Yeah, top effort, Alex. Good job. Final win for us. Well done, mate. It
Alexander ALBON: just seems like they're really quick in the straights. It's quite hard to manage the battery. Yeah,
Engineer: so
Alexander ALBON: it seems like when we just had a bit too much understeer, so once the reasonable touch of power came to life.
Engineer: Yeah, copy. Understood. We were watching your front rear on both sets. In the middle of your medium stint, we did see some rear wing end plate damage, which affected your aero.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Personally I don't really care why we're boxed, I mean he's on a different tyre.
Engineer: Just protecting against the undercut Max, protecting against the undercut. Yeah I get that, but anyway, doesn't
Max VERSTAPPEN: matter.
Engineer: Well done Carlos, so that's P8 mate, P8 plus fastest lap
Engineer: Ok Pierre, we will have to review what happened today. Sorry for that. I
Pierre GASLY: will speak later.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Is it last lap? Hello?
Engineer: Yes, FM, sorry, it's last lap. How
Kimi RAIKKONEN: far is the class behind?
Engineer: 1.8 seconds. OK, Kimi, that's a checker. So, mode 4, maximum fuel saving. Mode 4, maximum fuel saving. Very slow in lap, please, very slow in lap. And pick up rubber. Yeah, OK, understood. OK, P11, P11. We
Kimi RAIKKONEN: had the speed, but we didn't have the fuel.
Engineer: We'll
Kimi RAIKKONEN: talk later. Yeah, yeah, let's talk later. We could have easily catch the car, but what we had to do is impossible.
Engineer: Copy that.
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Engineer: Maximum fuel saving now, that's the end of the race, maximize fuel saving, mode FL, mode FL maximize fuel saving.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean, what's the point?
Lewis HAMILTON: Both sets of tires feel softer today. I feel like they're having a harder time.
Engineer: Okay, copy. Thank you.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean what's the point for pit when I'm in traffic?
Engineer: Fail 84 please Max, fail 84. I think they were just a bit quicker than us today Max. They were going to take the undercut so we covered and then they had the pace to go longer so you gave everything. We got a bit of front and rear wing damage as well unfortunately.
Engineer: Perez ahead has a problem, Perez ahead has a problem
Daniel RICCIARDO: I saw him at the apex at the last moment, if I turn in we crash
Engineer: Ok understood mate, understood
Daniel RICCIARDO: I'll explain the rest later, something happened after the stop, I'll explain after
Engineer: Ok understood Anyway mate, points on the board, not as many as we deserved but good race mate
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, thank you Yep, understood And
Engineer: incident, incident on turn 3 is under investigation
Sergio PEREZ: Did you like that one, man?
Engineer: Did
Sergio PEREZ: you like that?
Engineer: Oh yes, good.
Engineer: Box Esteban, box please confirm
Esteban OCON: Copy box
Engineer: Okay, Esteban, we're retiring the car. We are retiring the car. I'm very sorry What's going on? We have a car problem. That means we have to stop We are back on plan F I'll tell you when you're out of the car Esteban
Engineer: Yes, good lad good lad
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, okay, can we swap back? I don't understand why we don't swap, good second
Romain GROSJEAN: that's the checker that's the checker good drive from you man some good overtaking there good day man nice one yeah okay let's talk later because i don't really want to say anything right now just that uh you did a good job boys the car was much much better than the friday shame we didn't start there obviously we need to improve that because we lost all friday but today the car was much better some mutation of course but much better copy that we use this our baseline nice one dude thank you nice
Engineer: one roman grande good drive we'll get from here the better
Engineer: See a damage on rear deflector 10 points down
Engineer: At this pace we're going to catch him on the last lap.
Engineer: There will be opportunities. There's a good stuff Valtteri. I'll be quiet you push
Engineer: Just so you're aware we have picked up quite a bit of front wing damage to the right hand side.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Alright, disavowability out of 10-3 is shocking.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I have not much left of my rear tyres.
Engineer: OK, understood Max.
Engineer: Awesome job, Lewis. Looked like an easy ride there for you, mate. It was beautifully managed. Beautifully managed. What
Lewis HAMILTON: a fantastic job, guys. Really, really so impressed. Thank you so much. Lewis, your driving wasn't bad either. Thanks, Toto.
Daniil KVYAT: Thank you. Grazie mille tutti. Very nice race. Thank you. My first points in Red Bull Ring. Thank you. The race was mega. We deserved a lot more than P10 as a team.
Engineer: P5! P5! Scenario 1 please, Scenario 1! F*** I like it! What a race! What a race! Yes mate! Yes! Yeah boys! F*** I like it, we deserved that one eh? That is racing mate, that is racing, well done!
Engineer: Ah,
Sergio PEREZ: sorry guys
Engineer: Good effort. Wow,
Lance STROLL: it was so hard to get past him.
Engineer: OK, checkered flag, checkered flag, P16, we need a green 6, position 14, green 6, position 14.
George RUSSELL: Apparently sorry about that guys, levels higher down today, I'll bounce back next week, apologies, apologies.
Engineer: Copy that, difficult most of the afternoon but well managed on the mode though.
Engineer: Checkered flag, checkered flag, go in, go in. It was not an easy one, but that was a good one. Base was consistent, and I think there was a good time management.
Nicholas LATIFI: Yeah, it's just difficult to, I mean, at the end, obviously, the tires were still okay, but the first laps on the second stint just felt like pushing any harder, and I was going to massively overheat them. At the end, they obviously stabilized, and then I could push quite hard, but, yeah, just at the beginning, I was scared to overdo it.
Engineer: Copy, copy, that's part of the learning phase. I think it was a solid job today, mate.
Engineer: Checkered flag Kevin checkered flag P12 Kevin P12 great drive with that broken car man. I think it's uh. I think it had a hard time, so He drove really well Very challenging race I can see
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