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Bar chart headed The Phrase Nobody Says showing let him past at 72 down to the words team orders at 1, from 37,359 F1 radio messages counted.

F1 team orders: what 37,359 radio messages actually show

Team orders are the most argued-about thing in Formula 1 and among the rarest things you will ever hear on the radio. We counted every instance across eight seasons of our archive.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 6, 2026