Styrian Grand Prix 2021: Practice 1 team radio
64 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Styrian Grand Prix 2021, across 17 drivers. Esteban OCON had the most, with 8.
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
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 8 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 8 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Robert KUBICA · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Speed limiter on.
Carlos SAINZ: Uh, double check, I got a bit of throttle stuck.
Carlos SAINZ: Before starting to push, I need to know if you see something.
Engineer: We don't see anything weird from the data. Ok. Do
Carlos SAINZ: you feel anything or not? I felt definitely something into 2 and 1 pit exit.
Engineer: Yellow flag, yellow flag.
Engineer: It's good for me too, so let's focus on tires and brakes please.
Engineer: And so just entry 7, mid 3, entry 7, mid 3.
Engineer: Eyes on the dash.
Esteban OCON: There's something moving around on the side of my seat
Engineer: And suggestion to brake earlier turn 10, focus mid to exit
Engineer: Ok, that's a good lap here, that's a good lap, I'll keep you posted on the compares
Lando NORRIS: Anything you recommend with toys? I feel like I've got quite a bit of rear locking, but also for an end of stop. Yep, Mazipan 9, the car behind.
Engineer: Yes, green F4, green F4. Mazipan 4 now.
Engineer: and
Lewis HAMILTON: pace. So
Engineer: currently P2 1.2 to Verstappen.
Daniel RICCIARDO: So Daniel turn one looks good. It's a little bit to find braking later part of phase one braking for turn three
Yuki TSUNODA: Car balance looks neutral, I don't know yet, 26, 27, I didn't very much understand there, not
Engineer: bad for there. Agreed, agreed, Latifi 3.5 pushing, Vettel is face to you now, and we go for a double cooldown, Yuki, double cooldown.
Yuki TSUNODA: Okay.
Engineer: Careful on rear.
Engineer: So Kubica two and a half seconds behind boxers lap So stay to the right of the white line boxers lap look out for Kubica. Maybe let him through up to you Yeah, nice work. Okay box. Keep up the pace quickly boxers lap Stop on the marks will fit the new front wing
Yuki TSUNODA: Mid exit, especially apex rotation, at slow speed corner, like turn 3, turn 4, fast speed corner is okay, enough rotation. Copy. How is the stability in the low speed? Stability in entry is okay, I think. But I feel a little bit of relocking in turn 3, initially. Copy.
Engineer: OK, last lap, track limits, turn 10.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Lovely!
Engineer: The last lap was deleted for track limits, turn 10.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, but I lost time, so the lap was good.
Engineer: OK, no worries. Just letting you know where the limits are.
Engineer: OK, recharge on. We're going to start our first sequence of aero cruisers. OK, there was a shortcut at turn 9, just so you know. So we're going to go for aero P4, 5th gear, after turn 3, please. Clear track behind. OK, that's good. And aero P6, 3rd gear, through 6 and 7. Aero P6, 3rd gear. You've got Sainz pushing behind. Three seconds back. Last lap time was not deleted. He puts you P5. Good job. OK, clear track behind. Aero P6, 3rd gear. That's 150 pph.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, good traffic.
Engineer: Yeah, I saw that, Yuki. Turn 6 and 7 were better this lap. He's understeering the low speed still too much.
Yuki TSUNODA: No, I think at turn 3 I don't recommend Pultogo there because I have a massive whoosh out from late entry to
Engineer: the apex. Poppy, cancel Pultogo, cancel Pultogo. Is
Yuki TSUNODA: there any other option to avoid the rear lock in turn 3?
Engineer: Sainz is pushing behind 3 seconds. OK, Yuki, we start the lap in offset 4 and then we go offset 2 after turn 3. And no Pultogo turn 3. Are you still understeer limited in the low speed?
Yuki TSUNODA: I think it's OK.
Engineer: Poppy, Gasly did 6.6. We go for one more push.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, all good. Yes, the car was stuck in focusing control.
Engineer: Okay, good job and boxes that please we will be stopping no more adjusts box our box now
Engineer: Guys, let's get on with the plan. Now we lose time with the pit start and everything. We do a pit start, quick in, and then we can catch up in the turnaround. We're ready to change the bodywork.
Carlos SAINZ: Okay.
Engineer: OK, Max, just hold the K1 again to engage the CURS turbo.
Nikita MAZEPIN: I am in first gear and I've done it already, I need to go back to neutral. OK, don't do it again then, don't do it again.
Engineer: And feedback on DRS. On the main straight, you're about 8 metres late. Everywhere else is good.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, without the Ferrari on the penultimate corner. Okay, but yeah, we understand like hell
Engineer: Okay, and that's it so
Fernando ALONSO: will we do a slowdown laps, okay,
Engineer: no problem
Engineer: So turn four, there is still scope in braking, higher peak brake pressure and later brake point. The turn in you're doing to four still looks good though. Watch
Daniel RICCIARDO: for cubic out.
Engineer: I get traffic every last sector Copy understood. So next car pushing behind Mazepin four seconds and Behind Mazepin will be Ricciardo also pushing at seven seconds. So at the moment you are P6 P6 Watch for traffic with Ricciardo. He's pushing behind him. There's a gap of six seconds and Hamilton is P1 you were matching Hamilton until last corner Sorry matching Hamilton until turn eight Everyone behind you on an out lap or slow lap and we have tailwind into turn one 10 kph and you can press select engine six engine six and brake balance plus two for turn three only and We should try to improve minimum speed Turn four mid corner turn four You
Engineer: Main loss to Max is Turn 1 braking. He did a 1.05.9
Engineer: Sebastian, we're thinking of going through the pit lane, it will help with the traffic, go through the pit lane this time?
Sebastian VETTEL: Copy, Bucks.
Engineer: Any flap adjust, or okay with flap?
Sebastian VETTEL: We could do a little bit more, but I had traffic, so we can do a quarter more, I'll stop. Okay, you're gonna stop?
Engineer: Could have engine 9 position 3, engine 9 position 3.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, we got this guy yet same
Engineer: car
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I lost the fronts towards the end of the lap.
Carlos SAINZ: In our box, the front is pushing away.
Pierre GASLY: Carlos is a f*****g, he's f*****g blind, thinks he's alone, yeah, honestly I cannot f*****g believe him, I let him pass, like what's the point to do such a thing?
Engineer: Okay, so this is likely to be our cleanest lap. I think I wouldn't be surprised if people go on to high fuel and start coming out shortly.
Engineer: Straight to the run. Hey, Finn.
Engineer: OK, how is the balance? Clear track behind Hamilton, coming past now.
Esteban OCON: Very similar issues, a lot more front end, the low speed than the high speed.
Engineer: But
Esteban OCON: the high speed not.
Engineer: and you could also go up on low speed if you wanted additional support there. So we're going to do the next lap in Scenario 9 as well, Ricciardo seven seconds behind, again likely high fuel so he'll be pushing.
Engineer: Sonar is coming behind, 5 seconds He is on high fuel
Yuki TSUNODA: Let me know how many laps we can do
Engineer: 14.14
Engineer: And Lando Minor, White Default 6-7, White Default 6-7
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, confirmed
Engineer: Face is looking good.
Engineer: Press and hold the battery while you can, battery is full
George RUSSELL: Do you need to tell me traffic?
Engineer: Copy that, sorry. Norris, sorry. And then Nicholas and Hamilton in sync with you.
Engineer: Gap, 1.1, minor, white, H10, position 3, white, H10, position 3.
Engineer: Are you front or rear limited, Yuki?
Yuki TSUNODA: Traction, both.
Engineer: And Lewis, let us know if you want to box for the hard tyre warm-up or just stick with this tyre, do a bit more of a longer run?
Lewis HAMILTON: Whatever's needed, man.
Engineer: OK, copy Lewis, we think more data on this medium will be better for us.
Engineer: Yoki, let's push one step more in high speed and keep doing with spin management, one step more high speed. Russell 08 behind, we can use overtake to defend.
Engineer: No DRS please. Well
George RUSSELL: I'm within one second. I'm not going to be able to do that with no DRS. I'll try and overtake him.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What's the gap I have behind?
Engineer: 4 seconds, Strat 8
Max VERSTAPPEN: Felt like I had a massive push in that corner
Engineer: OK, understood, we'll have a look at it, you've got Alonso 2 seconds behind, don't hold him out
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: What both of us
Engineer: is
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: doing?
Engineer: Max's last lap of 109.7, how are the tyres?
Sergio PEREZ: They're on the hot side, I need to manage well a bit to bring them back on.
Engineer: And Lando, last three laps were all deleted, turn 10.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.
George RUSSELL: I feel really odd, second to fourth gear, really strange.
Engineer: Copy, that's the blue nine setting. I
George RUSSELL: know, I just did it.
Yuki TSUNODA: Give me the feedback to avoid a relock.
Engineer: Offset 6, Offset 6.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, front is okay, but the rear traction is gone
Engineer: Box, box, box, box, box, box. Fighting Kubica Pitek.
Engineer: Then five seconds to Alonso, three, two,
Robert KUBICA: one.
Nikita MAZEPIN: Copy copy. I'm not getting eighth. I think the sock was a bit too much
Engineer: OK Esteban, cool the car, cool the car, that's the chequered flag, so cool the car please, scenario 3 and practice formation lap procedures, scenario 3, practice formation lap procedures.
Esteban OCON: How can I cool the car and do that?
Engineer: Long lifts off into turn 3 and 4 please, lots of lift and coast if you can.
Engineer: Okay, recharge on and formation lap driving. We're staying out for the launch. Drive like the formation lap as much as possible.
Engineer: Yeah, it was a night, but I have engine to hold. Yeah, copy. So, cool the engine then. High gear, low revs. OK, he's not a big problem, don't worry. He will cool down on the in-lap.
Pierre GASLY: Mod 6 Ok, was a mess Yeah, copy that Mod
Engineer: 6
Pierre GASLY: I think one day one of the Ferrari mechanics is going to lose his leg in 40 or so
Engineer: Yeah, it's happened far too many times
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