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Team radio transcript

Hungarian Grand Prix 2021: Practice 2 team radio

28 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021, across 13 drivers. 27 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ had the most, with 4.

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Pierre GASLY: Just for Crowley, I feel it's really on the edge to sink the gears. I don't know if we can have a bit more.

    Engineer: Yeah, we'll have a look, but that was everything.

  2. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: And I have the tape which is coming loose on the back now, on the side pod.

  3. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: Okay,

    Sebastian VETTEL: check drivability, high speed, picking up power, see if there's

    Engineer: a

    Sebastian VETTEL: filter when going back on power.

    Engineer: Copy that, understood.

  4. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Nicholas LATIFI: The Mercedes blocked me.

    Engineer: I don't know what he was doing in turn 4. Yeah, I saw him in turn 4. That was a good lap otherwise.

  5. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: How's the balance? A lot of... Yeah, a lot of underestimate.

  6. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: A box check-out box for a flap adjuster.

  7. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: You want to open another lap and see how it goes?

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, why not? I know we are far, but I feel like it's a bit detaillier, but more or less will not hurt.

    Engineer: Understood.

  8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: How is the balance?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, first time lap and still struggling with the same things.

    Engineer: OK, understood.

  9. Fernando ALONSOAlpine

    Engineer: And how was the balance?

    Fernando ALONSO: A bit more understeer, especially last corner. 10.5

    Engineer: So

    Fernando ALONSO: maybe positive change.

  10. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: If you were happy with that lap, we would consider going off the highfield.

    Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, let's do that. It would just be for the last two corners, but it's not going to change the world. Copy that.

  11. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: It's okay with something on the rear, the rear is really loose with these last two laps.

    Engineer: Copy Antonio, we're checking.

  12. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: MAZ, MAZ we may have a right rear puncture, we think we have a right rear puncture, do you feel something strange?

    Nikita MAZEPIN: Standby Yeah I confirm it's a puncture, box

    Engineer: box Copy that

  13. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Unboxing mate, so understeery, it's incredible!

    Engineer: Understood.

  14. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Try a bit of understeer. Into the medium speed, actually.

    Engineer: Do you want to flap adjust? No.

    Sergio PEREZ: We try like that. Yeah, copy.

  15. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: There is quite a bit of vibration on these tires.

    Engineer: Copy.

  16. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: one more push question maybe

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: we can try with the ball but the rear is gone already but the front is not either better so

  17. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Nikita MAZEPIN: And there's serious bad old streets.

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Someone is pressing the radio button, I can hear it. I still hear like somebody is pressing the radio button but not talking.

    Engineer: Okay understood, we'll have a look into it.

  19. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Engineer: And Aston Martin, very big Deg since they were too fast to start. Very big Deg.

  20. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: All the time I try to turn in, I'm losing the rear. I don't know what this is.

    Engineer: OK, you can come in for a front wing adjustment. Please let me know if you'd like a front wing adjustment. Yeah, I'm boxing. You've got a better line-off. Yeah,

    Max VERSTAPPEN: it feels completely broken, so 1.5 degrees.

  21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And Lewis, once again, no need to manage to attempts.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Driving to the grip, man.

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Rear end just gave up, left rear.

    Engineer: OK copy, pressure should look OK.

  23. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: It's all under control, Yuki. All good.

  24. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  25. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: It's all under control, Yuki. All good.

  26. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And we have one time-lapse, one time-lapse.

    Charles LECLERC: Okay, I don't really understand why it's only one time-lapse, but anyway.

  27. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Nikita MAZEPIN: Just so you know my feet are massively burning, especially on the left side, so Let's have a look at what we can do because the race otherwise will be a disaster.

    Engineer: Copy, understood.

  28. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: All right, good job solid session we've got some comments when you're back in the garage

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