Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021: Practice 3 team radio
62 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, across 17 drivers. 58 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 11.
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 · 11 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 6 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 6 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 2 messages
- Mick SCHUMACHER · Haas · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Yeah I'm ready to check Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah I'm ready to check.
Engineer: Loud and clear. Okay tyre 5, tyre 5.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I need my dash right or I can't see anything.
Engineer: Understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I need my dash right here, I can't see anything.
Engineer: Understood. Display 8, position 14. Display 8, position 14. Track is clear ahead and clear behind.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: OK for info, how does everything feel? I know it's a hard tyre, first lap, but...
Esteban OCON: A little bit understeering in turn 1, turn 5, turn 9.
Mick SCHUMACHER: Just for your info, I know it was long.
Engineer: Say again, no error board?
Mick SCHUMACHER: No, I just said I'm aware it was long. I didn't try to... Okay, yeah, no problem.
Engineer: That's fine.
Engineer: Let me know if you'd like a Fromming update?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, maybe two or three clicks.
Engineer: OK, copy, boxes now.
Engineer: Ok, on both strides we'll need some full throttle for your battery please, and some brake.
Engineer: And we'll have tyre 10 please Max, tyre 10.
Engineer: So reported a stronger tailwind exit of seven so it looks like it's slightly stronger than yesterday maybe.
Engineer: We're in phase, Giovinazzi 7 ahead out lap, Verstappen will be cooling behind you. Faster cool than before, we think diff exit 9 is worth it for 6 and 7, so diff exit 9 test.
Engineer: It will be a bit tight with the battery, so... Maybe I just start the lap on the... Yeah, yeah, good idea, yeah, do that.
Engineer: OK, Lance, do you want another push? We've got one more.
Lance STROLL: No, I prefer the box and try something.
Engineer: OK, happy you're in phase with Hamilton behind, so box, box, box, box.
Engineer: So the track is still four tenths slower compared to FP2. Some will be temperature, some will be wind.
Engineer: This is a tailwind braking to turn 6, 10 kph, tailwind braking turn 6.
Engineer: Okay, so keep the temperature in the brakes front started to cool down a little bit
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I don't
Engineer: know
Carlos SAINZ: if the traffic in the second part will up. Watch out, Ricciardo pushing. Watch out, Ricciardo.
Engineer: Do you need a flap adjust or we... Do you need a flap adjust or we keep running?
Yuki TSUNODA: Let's have two steps more in flap Copy,
Engineer: box, box
Nicholas LATIFI: The dash is loose. You know how it clips into place? It won't stay clipped.
Engineer: Yeah,
Carlos SAINZ: let's see if I can get a... in
Engineer: love without traffic. Yeah, understood, charge 25.7. So same sector time in sector 3 and 2.3 tenths faster in sector 2.
Engineer: How's the car? Is that better?
Sergio PEREZ: We made it more nervous as well. We picked up more from the end, but also entry stability. We lost a bit there with entry stability.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that. The rear tires were five or six degrees hotter in the lap. That'll be a factor on that entry stability.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Are you happy to try the setup change we talked about, or...? I struggle a bit on traction anyhow, so I'm not sure if it's the right thing to try. I guess we cannot go back if we change it, so...
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: How many steps do you need, UK of rotation, please?
Yuki TSUNODA: I think the tyres are damaged, so I think three steps. Yeah.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Yes, sorry Pierre, we have a problem with the software here, we are checking everything as much as we can Ok, so turn 9 is the biggest limitation compared to Sainz, Apex speed And then it's a little bit turn 1, and a little bit turn 12, 13, but turn 9 is the biggest difference
Pierre GASLY: Copy, and compared to Yuki?
Engineer: Compared to Yuki it's the same turn 9, turn 12
Pierre GASLY: Minimum exit?
Engineer: Minimum speed in turn 9, and it's mid to exit in turn 12 We are stronger in the chicane Copy
Nicholas LATIFI: What's happening with the balance in turn 12? It's all over the place
Engineer: Guys, we'll have a look. So Nobby's pushing within six And you're boxing. Stopping box, pull away, on target Hot shot, white line, another white line is short
George RUSSELL: yeah very on my nose at the moment yeah
Engineer: we're not entirely convinced by the entry switch at the moment what
George RUSSELL: does that mean?
Engineer: just settings in the background yeah
George RUSSELL: we've got no rear of entry
Engineer: alright Perry's in three potentially on a push and two and one
Pierre GASLY: What's happening in turn 6, I can't turn the car, then after very poor traction Yeah we're checking Just check of... Copy
Engineer: What
Pierre GASLY: we do with the brakes compared to the other car We are checking Pierre How was turn 9?
Engineer: Turn 9 was good
Pierre GASLY: We are 1% forward of the other car Copy I don't know, it's just understeer 6 and then oversteer 7
Engineer: How's the balance that time?
Esteban OCON: Yeah, all OK. All OK with the balance.
Engineer: OK, that's good.
Esteban OCON: Let's go for another cool. I picked up quite a lot of front end with without traffic into the double left.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: And Pierre, for your reference, this lap in turn 9 in quali would have been deleted. Entry turn 9.
Pierre GASLY: Okay, I'm still struggling turn 12 entry with the rear
Engineer: Was a better 12-14 this lap.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, that was the best lap.
Engineer: Copy. And box-box, pick confirm. There's nobody pushing behind.
Lewis HAMILTON: Guidance on front tyres.
Engineer: Outlet
Lewis HAMILTON: pace-wise.
Engineer: So at the moment just recommending to push a little bit more in the early corners. Just keep the rest the same.
Engineer: Can you hear me loud and clear? Yeah, very loud and clear, even on that straight. Just talk on this straight as well, all the way to 12. Sorry, I'll do the next one. Yeah, didn't get that. Okay, and it's box, box, please, box, box. Okay, copy. 13, 14. Yeah, loud and clear, 13. But you can go one. Go one, copy.
Engineer: It's
Nicholas LATIFI: turn five, it's really poor today, the rear just keeps giving up at the worst point of the corner right before power.
Engineer: It's a
Nikita MAZEPIN: massive understeer compared to what it used to be,
Engineer: a
Nikita MAZEPIN: lot more than the last one.
Engineer: OK, noted. We've got Giovinazzi leaving the pits for... Can you check that
Nikita MAZEPIN: the front wing and the front four is doing what we are wanting it to do? Yep, we'll double check, we'll double check.
Engineer: Did you feel the difference in understeer mostly when you used the front four or all round?
Nikita MAZEPIN: All round, but front four was worse than... a lot worse than it used to be. OK.
Lewis HAMILTON: It is a very hot day.
Engineer: Do you think there's
Nikita MAZEPIN: hip-streaming gap?
Engineer: We're on around three seconds, around three seconds. Current gap to him is two and a half. What was that last time? I think you're around four, four seconds last time. In sync with the cars behind. Alonso's closing quickly, but he is in sync on a back-off.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I think
Engineer: we
Kimi RAIKKONEN: can do another lap, so I'll
Engineer: go
Kimi RAIKKONEN: up to the tires because I want to pull down a little. Yeah, no problem.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it just does a f***ing turn in turn 6, it's unbelievable.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tried to get out of the way, but...
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Yuki TSUNODA: I have a lot of traffic.
Engineer: Yeah, I know, Yuki. Science aborted. Leclerc aborted.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it just does a f***ing turn in turn 6, it's unbelievable.
Engineer: OK, retarget on.
Engineer: Was it a bit too much on the nose now?
Yuki TSUNODA: No, that was good. That was okay. I was taking pushes a little bit, but... Understood, understood. Please.
Lance STROLL: Big cool,
Engineer: big cool, we need single cool push, single cool push, so two more push now, so big cool.
Engineer: If you're still after some rotation maxes, display 11, position 6. Display 11, position 6.
Engineer: Should have
Lewis HAMILTON: gone back to the other tyre. I got a flat spot on this one.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: thought you knew.
Engineer: I don't
Lewis HAMILTON: think I can drive by this tyre.
Engineer: Ok Kimi, you will have time to complete a push lap, 4 minutes until the end of the session
Engineer: Avoid oversleeping the fronts, turn 6 and 7, and no Leico.
Engineer: so have a practice pit stop and then it'll be a shallow clutch for the launch and don't go up on the revs immediately
Pierre GASLY: I don't know what's happened, I completely lost the rear, braking there
Engineer: Yeah, could be that, very very low RPM
Engineer: You can keep up the pace here Max
Engineer: What the f**k was that? I... I don't know
Engineer: Further time to gain is on entry of turn 12.
Carlos SAINZ: Any references in high fuel?
Engineer: We've got only Hamilton soft 28.1, I believe high fuel, only one time lap he didn't soft.
Engineer: So Raikkonen has taken the flag behind, so everybody is cooler.
Engineer: OK, so plan 2 burnouts, left hand side, gear 1, launch.
Engineer: There will be go cool preferred, please recover the brakes I'm missing the difference between go and go cool, the same bias, no?
Engineer: I have no power. Yeah, that's right, don't worry, it will come back. It's just based on temperature, unfortunately. Yeah, it took HG in front to go. Yeah, we saw, it's alright.
Engineer: and charge button on, charge on, and if you can slow down and open the gap to sign in front so we can try to do pit stops please and box this lap, box, pit confirm, gap to sign, 15 seconds, we need around 30 seconds
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