Italian Grand Prix 2021: Qualifying team radio
53 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix 2021, across 17 drivers. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 10.
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
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 3 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Truck is clear, truck clear.
Engineer: Gm, is everybody on circuit? Shift light brightness needs to be turned down a bit Not much,
Nikita MAZEPIN: but a bit by the next run
Engineer: Copy
Engineer: The timing of this with our plan should be okay as well for the second time lap.
Engineer: And wind is similar to previous session on the low side.
Charles LECLERC: Is everything fine with the car, in engine braking especially?
Engineer: I will come back to you. Ok, box this lap, box.
Charles LECLERC: But there's something right? It felt something felt wrong
Engineer: Yeah, we'll solve it. I will explain you in the garage
Engineer: The lap delta ideally needs to be negative do not impede anyone if the lap delta will not be negative cars behind are in phase
Engineer: okay full throttle that's good cars behind you are in phase so happy to cool tires cool tires
Max VERSTAPPEN: What the f***ing
Engineer: f***ing,
Max VERSTAPPEN: unbelievable man. What the f*** are they doing? All three of them man.
Engineer: Let's go double slow here Max, so continue to cool this lap and then we'll get us and the next lap Cool this lap and the next lap
Engineer: Yeah, what the hell
Pierre GASLY: is that? What the hell?
Engineer: F***ing
Pierre GASLY: improving.
Engineer: That
Pierre GASLY: was a f***ing joke.
Engineer: Stay out. Stay out for charging. Stay out for charging. It's
Lance STROLL: too late Brad! Copy that. Copy that.
Engineer: And then behind Ricciardo, next car pushing is Ricciardo, behind him will be Gasly, pushing, watch for traffic with Gasly, he's pushing.
Charles LECLERC: Ah, it's a mess.
Engineer: Next car behind pushing is Perez, watch for traffic with Perez, and behind him will be Norris at 7, 6 seconds, watch for traffic with Perez, and then Norris. And it will be mode push for last corner, watch for traffic with Norris, 3 seconds, and behind Norris we'll be clear. Ah,
Charles LECLERC: it's a disaster.
Charles LECLERC: But it's so difficult to drive, so difficult.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Engineer: Just a reminder this is just for learning, we are safe.
Engineer: silence there won't be time for an abort so it's just one flying lap only one flying lap only
Engineer: Copy,
Nikita MAZEPIN: MiC needs to get a move on
Engineer: Understood, I'll pass it on
Engineer: P-16, P-16. Copy that.
George RUSSELL: Yeah no worries, I think we've got a good car for tomorrow so no drama.
Engineer: Yuki, we got a truck limit on 11, unfortunately we are P17 What? Really?
Nikita MAZEPIN: What time did make the 22
Engineer: to
Engineer: So manage the pace check out. Do what you need to do. Zero on the rear left. Zero on the rear left should be the target.
Engineer: Everybody knew soft.
Charles LECLERC: How are they going to slow down?
Engineer: And if you want, you can try mode push for one or two corners and see if improved.
Charles LECLERC: I don't know. It's very difficult to know if I don't push. For now, I didn't feel much in the first two corners. Let's start the lap and see.
Engineer: On our side, everything looks fine.
Engineer: So Lewis 19.9. Main loss, it's all in sector 3. It's 2 tenths there. I think turn 8 was a bit messy.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, I still have the problem, but now it's not consistent anymore, it's in the middle of the corners, I've got no engine braking, big engine braking and it's not very consistent
Engineer: Ok Lando, so Stan will control you, as soon as you've been pushed off he will fire you up using the starter motor and then drive back to us.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Go go go go
Max VERSTAPPEN: unbelievable what they are doing here unbelievable
Engineer: So we've got lots of time. Copy, it was a bit messy there. Yeah, I saw.
Engineer: This
Lewis HAMILTON: is crazy. Everyone's backing up.
Engineer: Watch your tyres, eyes on dash.
Engineer: Slow button Max, slow button and keep your dash negative
Sebastian VETTEL: I'm sorry, I think I had a bit in turn six. Maybe I took it a little bit too easy for the traffic. Not much, but maybe a couple of hundreds. Ah!
Engineer: Okay, so we've finished up there P14, Fernando P13, less than half a tenth between the two of you. There was another half a tenth to Stroll in P12, then a tenth to Vettel P11, and another half a tenth to Perez in P10, so we need another two and a half tenths basically, unfortunately. Yeah, it's not a good play for tomorrow, not yet. Absolutely.
Engineer: Okay mate, that's P13 unfortunately, Esteban in P14.
Fernando ALONSO: How much to P10?
Engineer: Two tenths to Perez in P10.
Engineer: And Paris is a used tire so we try to stay where we are where we are now it's very good
Engineer: Yeah, it's a good lap. Yeah, that's a good lap. We see what we get
Daniel RICCIARDO: Did I pinch the front into a scurry?
Engineer: Yes, very slightly over the bump.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay.
Engineer: It's literally just a very brief under-rotation though, Daniel. It's not like a lock. Just a very brief under-rotation on front right over the bump.
Charles LECLERC: What's Gasly's lockdown?
Engineer: So, Gasly is P6, 20.4, 43 And it's also 1 tenth at turns 1 and 2 And box now, box
Charles LECLERC: Well, that's the same thing as you said before, no?
Engineer: Yes
Charles LECLERC: Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, against Gasly
Engineer: Ok, checker. We're the lead car. Not where we want it to be, but it is what it is. Samaras for tyres, we'll enjoy the Frio in the corners.
Engineer: So Daniel cars behind you are Bottas and Hamilton Bottas we believe has a power unit penalty So suggest to stay ahead of Bottas in case he tries to do something strange to help Hamilton
Engineer: And that's pole position sir. Oh yes!
Valtteri BOTTAS: Boom!
Engineer: Thanks. Bravo.
Engineer: Daniel, it's worth to say that only the Mercedes has new soft tyres and you are the only car in Q3 with a scrubbed.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think going a bit earlier in the run, we had less top speed because of less cars in front, but it is what it is, all good.
Engineer: Nice work Lewis, so that's P2, we've got Valtteri P1, Valtteri just 9 hundredths ahead.
Lewis HAMILTON: How's that down there?
Engineer: So it looks like turn 7, mainly exit.
Engineer: Daniel, this P5, P5, you are, you're not going to like this. You're six milliseconds behind Lando and 29 milliseconds behind Verstappen. But it's P5, mate. Well done. Well done.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay. Yeah, you're right.
Engineer: That sucks. Good stuff, though. These small gaps don't like me, but all
Daniel RICCIARDO: right.
Engineer: Cheers, guys. Happy, though, Daniel. Happy. It's still good progress. You've driven well today. I'm happy with that. We know Bottas is going to take a penalty as well for the race on Sunday. So we're still in good shape here. Cheers, guys. Obviously, you've done a good job. Obviously, sucks with small margins, but that's on me. Thank you. No, Daniel, honestly, I'm proud. Well done. We'll make up more places. Tomorrow. Yeah. Daniel, it's worth to say that only the Mercedes has new soft tyres, and you are the only car in Q3 with a scrubbed.
Lando NORRIS: Okay mate, that's P4. P4. Ah ****! I wanted P3. I know, me too. He has a power unit penalty. P3, lovely.
Engineer: For
Lando NORRIS: the race, not for the sprint. Oh. How far off of P3 was I? 23 milliseconds. Oh. Okay. Yeah. I missed the second chicane, so...
Engineer: It
Lando NORRIS: was possible.
Engineer: Good job, man. Very good job.
Engineer: Okay mate, that's P4. P4. Ah, s***. Alright. I wanted P3. I know, me too. So, uh, Bottas put it on pole. He has a power unit penalty. Oh, P3, lovely. For the race, not for the sprint. Oh. How far off of P3 was I? Uh, 23 milliseconds. Oh. Okay. Yeah. I missed the second chicane, so... It was possible. Good job, man. Very good job. You executed the plan that we talked about before qualifying. Well done. Let's keep it up for tomorrow. And just a reminder to keep driving to the delta like you're doing.
Engineer: Over the line, charge on, charge on. Unbox the slab. Follow Delta, minus on target, minus on target.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Copy.
Engineer: Good job, 120P-10, that's the end. Good job, good job, 120.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: That's
Engineer: it,
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: guys. It's only qualified, so we still have a sprint qualifying.
Engineer: NASCAR is P9 on the grid tomorrow. Recharge off, recharge off, Delta on, Delta on. Hamilton P1, 99, MAX P2 and 99.
Sergio PEREZ: It was quite hard at the end. Well done Checo, that's alright, thanks for tying MAX around, well done.
Engineer: Delta on, Delta on.
Sergio PEREZ: We'll get them tomorrow, we will.
Engineer: OK, you need to push on a bit, your Delta is currently positive.
Engineer: So P-8, P-8 And we need mode slow, charge button off Signed 20.46 And we need mode slow and charge button off And you've done a good job, given what happens initially in Q1, Q2
Charles LECLERC: Copy, I get out
Engineer: Copy
Engineer: And P7, P7 Confirmed Yeah, P7 Was a strong quality, nice job Was mega last sector Yeah, good job guys, yeah, I went full in Yeah, 8, 9, 8, 9 and last corner were mega What is that? 8, 9 and last corner were mega, last sector Yeah, yeah, yeah For a moment I thought you said track limits, last corner And negative please, negative
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