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Spanish Grand Prix2021 · Practice 3 team radio

36
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16
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10
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11:04 to 12:01
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36 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2021, across 16 drivers. Pierre GASLY 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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  1. Fernando ALONSOAlpine11:04:120:06

    EngineerTwo

    Fernando ALONSOburnouts and

    Engineerthe first gear start.

  2. Fernando ALONSOAlpine11:09:430:08

    EngineerHow was the balance?

    Fernando ALONSOOkay, low grip.

    EngineerCopy that.

  3. Sergio PEREZRed Bull11:15:180:10

    Sergio PEREZHow's the balance? Yeah, I'm on

    Engineerthe

    Sergio PEREZstreet to the low speed finance sector. I'll be neutral to the high speed. Copy.

  4. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:17:070:05

    EngineerWe have new brakes on the car, if you can do a good braking turn one.

  5. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren11:18:290:14

    EngineerDaniel it could be interesting to try the car with a bit more front wing how do you feel the front wing is great so you have 15 seconds behind suggest to box this lap

  6. Mick SCHUMACHERHaas11:19:580:18

    EngineerOkay, so first lap of Nikita with a tow was 21.4 Get back to him some driving. How's the balance? How was the grip?

    Mick SCHUMACHERIt's alright. I just need to get used to it. I think it's

    Engineera

    Mick SCHUMACHERbit different. Yeah, the wood conditions. Yep, understood

  7. Carlos SAINZFerrari11:20:180:12

    Carlos SAINZYeah, I had a lot of front end, especially at the beginning of the lap, then last sector a bit on the understeer.

    EngineerOK, understood.

  8. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:23:550:07

    EngineerOk, we are still very early days but it looks like the balance is not too bad at the moment given first push, we have a look on the next one

  9. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri11:24:070:14

    EngineerSo Yuki, pull toggle off out of turn 12, we are happy with that, you can go ahead. And obviously you forget the push toggle in turn 5, but you understood yourself.

  10. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin11:25:030:08

    EngineerIt's a good charge on this lap, thinking only one call this time.

    Sebastian VETTELPairs won't be ready if I do only one call.

  11. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:25:410:08

    Nicholas LATIFIYeah, the first lab I just didn't get the deployment, this lab was proper

  12. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes11:27:110:04

    EngineerAnd Luis at the toe in sector one.

  13. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:27:170:22

    EngineerAnd you can use the brake warming function to keep the brakes in, the last sector. Yeah but I can't do both, the brakes are gonna be out of the window again. Use the brake warming, you cannot do the pitlane work if the PU is too hot. And if I have bad brakes again, then the next run is messed up. Just try to use the brake warming mate, use the brake warming, and brakes are good at the moment.

  14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull11:28:320:14

    EngineerOkay, so compared to the Mercedes on soft. We are slightly quicker in sector one Half a tenth down in sector two sector three was two tenths down

  15. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:28:530:15

    Pierre GASLYYeah, it would be too much worse out in 7, 10, 13.

    EngineerYeah, we see on the second push a bit slacked yesterday, a bit more on the second push up.

    Pierre GASLYBut the rear feels better in the 10, 10, 12.

  16. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri11:31:310:17

    EngineerAnd good braking turn 10 with DRS. You always say late. Literally I'm in the entry, you know? Yuki, calm down. Okay, we'll improve for the next. It's fine.

  17. Esteban OCONAlpine11:32:230:10

    Esteban OCONWith this grip, with the turn lap, it was probably a bit too rear limited now.

    EngineerProbably nice man, it's good we found the upper limit though.

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull11:34:020:10

    EngineerHamilton opening the lap behind.

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I see him again behind. Unbelievable, this guy in the last sector.

  19. Fernando ALONSOAlpine11:36:100:09

    EngineerLet us know what you think of the change we made. I felt more oversteer, and

    Fernando ALONSOit's the main limitation, the oversteer.

    EngineerOK.

  20. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:39:520:09

    EngineerIn Form 4, we had a bit of a right-hand side comping and plate damage, so just watch out for Turn 7 exit.

  21. George RUSSELLWilliams11:40:270:06

    EngineerGet the front brakes up to temperature.

    George RUSSELLCopy, the pedal went long end at R1 for input.

  22. Carlos SAINZFerrari11:42:410:06

    EngineerIt was a good lap apart from the snap out of five. Well managed.

  23. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:43:470:11

    Nicholas LATIFIYeah,

    Engineerit's

    Nicholas LATIFIstill just brakes. I mean, I have no confidence in turn one. There's no bite.

    EngineerIt's

    Nicholas LATIFIpulling.

    EngineerUnderstood.

  24. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo11:46:320:13

    EngineerI

    Kimi RAIKKONENthink I have a puncture, yeah. Yeah,

    Engineeryeah, watch for Latifi behind, two seconds. Yeah, I don't care because I... Yeah, no worries.

  25. Nikita MAZEPINHaas11:46:440:15

    Nikita MAZEPINAnd in front of... Mick needs to go faster. Because I'm going to just fall backwards.

    EngineerOkay, copy, copy. We'll pass it on. Or can I overtake him? You can overtake him if you do it early. You can do it overtaking earlier.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes11:48:210:06

    EngineerI just had Norris go off at turn 10, he may have dragged some gravel on.

  27. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull11:49:200:06

    EngineerEasy on the tyres, right hand turns.

  28. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:50:100:20

    Nicholas LATIFIThe brakes are in a ****** window, so I still haven't pushed the pit entry once.

    EngineerOkay. For me, the brakes are good. The temperature, they're good. If you do a hard stop turn 10, they should be alive for the pit entry, mate.

    Nicholas LATIFIYeah, but if they're good, why is the alarms on?

    EngineerWe'll discuss that later, but for us, they're good.

  29. Sergio PEREZRed Bull11:50:430:07

    EngineerSo I'd expect Schumacher behind to go for another charge lap, but we never know

  30. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:53:120:10

    Pierre GASLYWhy do I have so much understeer at 10-4?

    EngineerYeah, it's where we lose all the lap.

    Pierre GASLYSame 10-13, it's like, can't turn the car.

  31. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:54:540:07

    Pierre GASLYWhat's happening in the last shake-in with the Riaz, I still have this handbrake feeling

  32. Nikita MAZEPINHaas11:55:390:05

    Nikita MAZEPINIt's

    Engineera

    Nikita MAZEPINone-lap siren man.

    EngineerCopy that, copy that, all clear.

  33. George RUSSELLWilliams11:58:400:05

    George RUSSELLKeep an eye on the brakes, I feel like I'm losing them.

  34. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:00:120:09

    EngineerSo there's quite a bit of traffic, let's see if we can cross the line, you've got 20 seconds.

  35. George RUSSELLWilliams12:00:260:05

    George RUSSELLThese guys are waiting way too long well over five seconds

  36. George RUSSELLWilliams12:01:500:08

    EngineerJust keep an eye on the brakes obviously. Affirm, so the material's coming off.