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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021: Practice 1 team radio

62 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, across 19 drivers. 61 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren

    Engineer: Ready to check, Daniel

  3. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, so if we can have a radio check on the way around that would be good. Don't worry about sinking gears We can do that on the next set Copy

    Esteban OCON: that

  4. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Right, radio checking, head exit.

    Engineer: Yeah, loud and clear.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, you sound good.

    Engineer: Thank you very much.

  5. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: I

    Nikita MAZEPIN: will need to do a helmet change when we stop. The amount of air going in my eyes is crazy again.

    Engineer: Copy.

  6. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Take the steering wheel is a lot to the right

  7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Just to say that my steering wheel is quite badly right hand down.

    Engineer: Understood. Copy that, thank you.

  8. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: The brake is, the brake pedal is not connected enough I think. I think we're feeling loose.

    Engineer: You think it's long, long pedal?

    Yuki TSUNODA: No, I think it's just brake pedal, it's moving.

    Engineer: It's moving in the cockpit.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, it's not fitting enough, it's not connected properly.

    Engineer: Copy, so slow down and box, box. Slow down and box.

  9. Mick SCHUMACHERHaas

    Engineer: So I don't know what you think. I think we could use the right toggle for 12 because there's a huge amount of rear locking there and then that would be okay for the rest of that sector. How did you find the rest of the lap? It's

    Mick SCHUMACHER: quite, yeah, very low grid. I think it's just also the track, like the new parts are quite slippery, a lot of oil, so that's just about trying to get to do that a bit better I think.

    Engineer: Okay there's quite a lot of rear locking so we're just thinking if we give you a suggestion on that.

  10. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So we've got lap deleted, track limits at the last corner. What's the track limit then? Is it the white line or...? It's the white line everywhere around here. Ah, okay.

  11. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: 5

    Nikita MAZEPIN: speed mid-corner, medium speed mid-corner, no stress present Copy that

  12. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: Should we do a double cool for the tyres?

    Engineer: Tyres aren't too hot. Double cool could get us back in phase. But I don't think we need it for the tyres at the moment, Lance. Can we have some full throttle for charging, please? Full throttle for charging.

  13. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: The next car, behind, what is

    Engineer: it?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Second pushing, and then... Yeah, but tell me earlier. I can see it before you tell me.

    Engineer: Okay? Yeah, copy. And we'll stall seven seconds now.

  14. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And lap time has been deleted for track limits, 10-16, falling for...

  15. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I had quite a bit of pull

    Engineer: in braking in

    Carlos SAINZ: 2 turns. 7? 6, yeah, OK.

  16. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Engineer: OK, and we go in, go in, good effort on the last two sector Keep the brakes alive, focus on some PU quitting First car behind you, Norris, gap 8, opening a lap

    Nicholas LATIFI: Copy Yeah, the car feels very out of bed right now

    Engineer: All over the place Copy, so you have Norris pushing within 6 And the last 3 laps you did were all deleted for track limits at 16, probably too wide an exit Copy

  17. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: I think second gear again, I cannot see. That's

    Engineer: no

    Yuki TSUNODA: problem, that's no problem.

  18. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: That was a close one.

  19. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: Sebastian you might have seen it you picked up a bit of paint on your front left tyre out of 15 that might have hurt there's been a lot of laps deleted it in 16 so just a bit of caution there it's all clear behind at the moment

  20. Jack AITKENWilliams

    Engineer: okay we can go in now so go switch to in and call the pu where we can so high speed low revs first car pushing in 10. still

    Jack AITKEN: felt a little bit on the spirally side for

    Engineer: that last lap yeah you can see that wearing the steering wheel up okay so we can box this lap gasly pushing in five

  21. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: What do you think, Ricky? It was quite overbalanced, no? I think. Yeah, it's quite on the nose, yeah. Do you

    Carlos SAINZ: see the pulling on the braking?

    Engineer: I can't see it, but it's difficult to see from data. I'm steering a bit right and side down.

  22. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, the tyre felt a bit on the cool side there.

    Engineer: Which axle?

    Sergio PEREZ: Rear. The rear mainly into turn 5, and then the front. I had quite a bit of front locking.

    Engineer: OK, copy that.

  23. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Yeah, the car still feels full of balance. Didn't feel the flat. OK, understood. Wanna come in for another adjust or are you happy to take one more? Yes, I don't know if there's something wrong because the car turns more to one side than to the other. I'm not comfortable at all. Yeah, it seems crosswind there because like breaking turn one is fine to us. Yeah, but breaking turn one the car is very neutral on entry. Another 0.2, 0.3 though.

    Carlos SAINZ: Understood.

  24. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I just got ready to straighten the wheel because it's really annoying to drive

  25. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: then we have Leclerc 15 behind possibly pushing as well and nobody behind him keep up the pace in the inlop.

    Yuki TSUNODA: I think a tyre was already gone in second push

    Engineer: copy fail 11 fail fail 11 Leclerc 5 behind not sure what he's doing watch your mirrors

  26. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: and good warm up on the brakes

    Charles LECLERC: can I do a double cool or not? no time for double cool

    Engineer: no time, we need more race for last corner gap to Sainz in front, 9 seconds charge button off, charge off

  27. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, everything feels quite bad at the moment guys. We need to change something.

  28. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Ok Pierre, how was the tyres sector 1 and 2? Looks a bit difficult there. Bad.

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, no front tyres, massive washout. Ok, do you think it's not ready or balanced? Not ready tyres.

    Engineer: Copy, not ready. Was that both axles? Because we saw the snap in turn 5 as well.

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, the snap in turn 5 for me really didn't understand the turn 1, just the front tyres, not ready.

    Engineer: Ok, copy that. Front's main limitation.

  29. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Copy, steering is a little bit the other way now.

  30. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: The biggest

    Nikita MAZEPIN: issue right now is that the car seems on ice from the turn 6-7, both fronts and rears, just understeering, oversteering, traction's bad, braking's

    Engineer: a

    Nikita MAZEPIN: bit too bad, so yeah, I don't know how to help that, but I've never experienced that in the last few races.

    Engineer: Okay, copy that.

  31. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: We'll do a K1 hold out of last corner. K1 hold out of last corner.

  32. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: So we'll double cool, double cool. Yeah, I don't know, man. It's just not finding grip.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy. We think we need less apex kerb in 14.

    Lance STROLL: Yeah, it's not about an apex kerb in 14, man.

    Engineer: There's no grip. Yeah, what's the limitation, turn one?

    Lance STROLL: Just traction. The overall grip is very poor.

    Engineer: Do you want to take some aerobalance off? Nothing we can do about it, no. Is it unstable? It's

    Lance STROLL: not aerobalance. Oh, it's not aerobalance.

    Engineer: Just

    Lance STROLL: keep going.

    Engineer: Aitken is five behind pushing, Aitken five behind pushing.

  33. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Oi, I have a problem, went to neutral, the car, what should I do? Copy that, so

    Engineer: we need to try an upshift first if you can Do that try before stopping, you're in false neutral at the moment If you can't upshift we need to try then downshifting OK, I have yield again Yep, it should be fine, you went into a false neutral there, we'll look at that

  34. Jack AITKENWilliams

    Engineer: Okay it's all clear behind we need to drop as much pace as we can from one till five.

    Jack AITKEN: Warped with the rear into turn six.

    Engineer: So our cool laps around plus 30 at the moment we need to try and get at least another 50% on that.

  35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Happy for double call, yeah happy for double call. Copy.

  36. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Nicholas LATIFI: This is going to be very disruptive, I can't break the tow.

    Engineer: Topic?

    Nicholas LATIFI: I think I accidentally changed green 4 position, so let me know what green 4 should be in.

    Engineer: Topic, standby.

  37. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: It's like the

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: previous braking that we have, it just goes all over the place, those

    Engineer: last two brakeings. Okay, copy, we're having a look.

  38. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Sebastian VETTEL: Note that I had vibrations from the off on this set.

    Engineer: Copy that, understood.

  39. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: Connect the tyres, don't heat the tyres up too much on your way in.

  40. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, everything a bit better. Still struggling a bit though.

    Engineer: Understood.

  41. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I run out of energy into the last corner

  42. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: I think I got a nice door.

    Engineer: Yeah, you're okay. And the last sector anyway was not too bad.

  43. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: How's the car on that lap?

    Sergio PEREZ: Quite similar mate to the first one.

    Engineer: Fun chattering still.

  44. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: We have time for one cool-down lap and then push again. One more push. Track is clear behind.

    Charles LECLERC: Traffic in the last sector.

    Engineer: Copy, we've seen that.

  45. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: So

    Carlos SAINZ: what do I need to do in 12 to 14?

    Engineer: I'll come back to you with 1% conservative You're missing speed, exit 12, entry 13

  46. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Pierre GASLY: I can't do more. I can't do more. Thank you.

  47. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I'll accept. It would be good if I could do one more lap, I didn't do enough laps on lap 2.

    Engineer: OK, copy, we'll come back to you. OK, for another cool down lap and push again. The brakes were cold, so we need a good warm up on the brakes.

    Charles LECLERC: Copy, I'll try.

  48. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, mistake, turn 6, front look.

  49. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: Is that the eye top? The eye top. Noted. Temps look okay and okay to continue.

  50. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Understood mate, to be clear. We'll debrief the tyres back in the garage so no more comments but that was good.

  51. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Nicholas LATIFI: I have the blue flag marshalling light on my dash for some reason. Copy.

  52. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And Landon, just thinking about having rear tyres for the end of session launch, are they OK?

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, fine.

  53. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Yuki, entry 5. Entry 5 now.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Why? It's opposite, man. They're having instability. What are you thinking about?

  54. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: Made this

  55. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: So that pace was still as fast as the McLaren's.

  56. Nikita MAZEPINHaas

    Engineer: Copy that, we'll look closer.

  57. Fernando ALONSOAlpine

    Engineer: If we can try the anti-overtake at some point as well, this lap would be great.

  58. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: So checkered flag marks, checkered flags and we will come round to the grid for a start, come round to the grid for a start. We need some PU cooling, so we need some PU cooling.

  59. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: I'll be the checkered flag. Copy. Nothing

    Sebastian VETTEL: happened, just lost the carpet over the kerb.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  60. Jack AITKENWilliams

    Engineer: okay so there'll be seventh in line choose a side confirm burnouts and BPF currently three burnouts and two static BPF pick a side and then only launch once it's directly clear in front of you so confirming three burnouts two BPF so pick a side wait for it to clear ahead of you and then launch

  61. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin

    Engineer: It's OK, it's

    Sebastian VETTEL: slowing.

    Engineer: Yeah, it's pretty OK, so just do a bit of lifting at the end of the two straights to help, but you're pretty OK? Yeah, OK. And then we'll push the entry, and we'll do a full pit stop.

    Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, not really, I'm not happy with the vibrations.

    Engineer: OK, understood.

  62. Jack AITKENWilliams

    Engineer: Nice job, thank you. A little bit messy with peeping in front of you on that final run, but still a good job.

    Jack AITKEN: Thank you guys, you made that pretty easy for me. I'm just a bit rusty with some of the more specifics here, but it felt alright.

    Engineer: You can add this car to the long list of other ones you've driven this year.

    Jack AITKEN: It's

    Engineer: a

    Jack AITKEN: growing collection, I just need to get in the rental carts this weekend and I'm set.

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