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British Grand Prix2021 · Practice 1 team radio
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27 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the British Grand Prix 2021, across 14 drivers. 25 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 5.
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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The session, message by message
Audio only, no transcript
Max VERSTAPPENNo, not severe
EngineerOkay, just continue finish the lap please max it's all learning at this stage just finish the lap, doesn't matter about the lap time
Sergio PEREZWe just need labs, so let's get ready to go back again.
EngineerCopy, we're going to stay onto the medium.
Esteban OCONQuite a big shift of balance in that lap
George RUSSELLRear right seems awfully cold, kick it out please.
EngineerI think rear right is a sensor, the pressures are the same across cars, cross axle.
EngineerOkay, who is in front? That was Gasly, in your way. Okay, good to know. Okay.
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, what the f*** is that? No power out of the last two corners.
EngineerWe saw that as well at the exit of 17.
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, can you fix it though?
EngineerAnd it will be engine 9, position 9.
EngineerI'm
George RUSSELLstill really struggling with this rear end stability. High speed.
EngineerJust look after this tyre set please as well, look after the tyres on the way in, but keep up the pace.
EngineerI
George RUSSELLhad
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George RUSSELLwind drop, because I didn't flip it for the lap.
Engineerand we have tailwind into turn 11 10 kph
EngineerTell me. Three seconds.
Kimi RAIKKONENNow two. You cannot cap three seconds when it's six seconds away. You have to tell me all the time, okay? Okay.
Lewis HAMILTONListless, front right.
EngineerCopy.
Carlos SAINZIt was quite dangerous with your Nazi there yeah,
EngineerI saw that yeah, he didn't let you buy
Carlos SAINZCheck the car loads after turn 15, because I went through the curb and I got quite a big hit.
Carlos SAINZCheck the vibrations, but they feel good at the end of the brakes
Lewis HAMILTONBit of a vibration on these tyres.
EngineerOK, copy.
EngineerSo currently P3, we've got Verstappen at P1, 7 tenths.
Lewis HAMILTON7 tenths? Where does that come from?
EngineerSo we'll just stay in this standard PU mode
Lewis HAMILTON7 tenths, where does that come from?
Audio only, no transcript
Charles LECLERCI took a lot of s**t on the tires, first quite a bad position on track
EngineerCopy, sorry about that
Fernando ALONSOI mean, the same as before, understeer in random places.
Lance STROLLI just have no confidence right now.
Pierre GASLYYeah, I don't know why we were struggling so much
Daniel RICCIARDOOK, I'm not sure if the launch map was activated, it says it's on but it didn't feel like it.
EngineerCopy, we'll check and we'll box this lap.
Max VERSTAPPENJust one thing for the pit stop, our little sign, the Red Bull sign on the pit wall side, is turned around, so it's
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Max VERSTAPPENbit difficult to judge where our pit lane is.
EngineerOK, copy that.
Nicholas LATIFIright from the first out lap. I was getting a vibration through the front axle every time under braking.