Austrian Grand Prix 2021: Qualifying team radio
61 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix 2021, across 17 drivers. 60 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Pierre GASLY 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
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 8 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 7 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 6 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Mick SCHUMACHER · Haas · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 2 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay Mercer, it's just you and Mick on track. Mick's about six seconds behind you. Let's work the brakes into three and four on the out lap.
Engineer: Okay, that's brakes are good. Let's go for my push my push before the last corner
Engineer: Remember, mode push, mode push.
Engineer: Okay, let's go!
Engineer: So build build your gap
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I got traffic, I understood, must have been some turn 9. Laptime deleted.
Engineer: Yeah, I understood, must have been traffic. Bottas pushing in turn 1. Everyone else is cooling down.
Engineer: It was a very clean lap. I had a job. I have, say, gone four tenths faster than Charles.
Engineer: So box, box, box, and charge the pack.
Engineer: So the track is currently two tenths faster than P3.
Engineer: And cars are bunching up before turn 9.
Esteban OCON: I got traffic, last corner
Engineer: Yeah, copy that, ok
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I don't know what Sunoda was doing in turn 9, unbelievable. Yeah,
Engineer: could
Fernando ALONSO: be that.
Engineer: OK, mate, so stick to your delta, just negative on the delta. Currently P3 with that lap, nice lap.
Engineer: Okay, this is currently P4, Verstappen still P1 that original time. We've got Norris and Alonso 2 and 3, they took New Soft.
Engineer: So, box, box, fasting lab, charge the pack.
George RUSSELL: How are we for traffic? Fine.
Engineer: So, we should be good. Timing's OK. We might just have to watch the trip over with Ocon, so he's about to start a time-lapse.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, it
Engineer: could
George RUSSELL: be. PEMs are in a good window. So if that's
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: case then let's do that.
Engineer: Okay George, just check you and go out, switches look good, so there's several cars ahead George, you might have to get your elbows out here We haven't got much margin on time
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Yuki TSUNODA: 2-10-6, yeah, I lost power I think.
Engineer: Copy, we are having a look.
Mick SCHUMACHER: Yeah, I'm really trying to get everything out of it. I feel like we were quite close except for that Type 3.
Engineer: Yep, copy that. So Latifi was 105.2, so we're just 0.22 behind him. Yep, good effort by you, and Nikita was 105.95, so 0.5 behind.
Engineer: OK, mode charge on the line and boxy-slap The
Kimi RAIKKONEN: tires were not very... not too good Front
Engineer: Copy, copy
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, so we say no holding back into turn nine, but it's
Engineer: what
Sergio PEREZ: the Williams did
Engineer: Do all you need to do for tires.
Engineer: Stop the car please, stop the car Solano only one car went, so I don't really want to just fire up because I can only hold it for a certain amount of time
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, confirm
Engineer: The tyres are looking good. If you're slightly positive on the rear, that should be okay.
Engineer: So we can keep up the pace on the inlet, just gentle on the brakes.
Sergio PEREZ: I think we only locked the tow there
Engineer: How is the balance?
Sergio PEREZ: 10-3 was a bit more neutral on this tyre, so the low speed
Engineer: but
Sergio PEREZ: still I pick up a bit on the 3-4 The middle speed seems to be better, more entry support Are
Engineer: you happy with the flap at this stage?
Sergio PEREZ: Yep
Engineer: Copy, surf box, checko
Sergio PEREZ: I think we only lagged the tow there
Engineer: Yeah, there should be more cars out on track next time round So we box? Yep, surf box, watch out for the weighbridge
Engineer: Tyres are good you're on target wind is low
Engineer: Still lots of cars in front. Hamilton turn four.
Lando NORRIS: I don't know what to do.
Engineer: This is all you can do. Hamilton is approaching turn seven. So just do not impede Hamilton. He's out of seven. He's in eight now. I think it's just Vettel in front yet to go. Hamilton's between turn eight and turn nine. Hamilton turn nine.
Engineer: Box, box, box, box. Negative on the dash. And Ferrari went for medium and they are two tenths behind.
George RUSSELL: Sorry guys was that too fast?
Engineer: It's on the faster side at the minute, but that's a good problem to have
Engineer: OK, recharge on.
Fernando ALONSO: What a mess, you know, what the people are doing.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that.
Fernando ALONSO: What Toro Ross is doing particularly in Q1 and Q2 is not what they should.
Engineer: OK, copy that, mate. Let's focus on ourselves.
Charles LECLERC: Be careful of the traffic.
Fernando ALONSO: You want I let someone go or what I do? First, not ideal, no?
Engineer: Let's do the outlap we need first
Max VERSTAPPEN: We're all at the same sequence, right?
Engineer: Yep, you're all in phase. You've got five cars ahead of you at the moment.
Engineer: Ok, so we've watched Ricciardo as well.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, it's carnage.
Engineer: We
Sebastian VETTEL: have time?
Engineer: Yeah, we've got one minute. We're fine on time. We've got still one minute. No wonder there's
Sebastian VETTEL: two cars to go.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that. So there's currently four to go. Just watch Hamilton now behind. Russell as well. And Boca. And
Sebastian VETTEL: another one. Yeah, take the ***.
Engineer: We've still got 35 seconds now. Still got 30 seconds. So Ricciardo's gone, so there's now four to go. Still all clear behind. We've got to go in about five seconds. I don't think we make it. OK, go ahead of them then. Go, go, go. Go, go, go. Go, go, Alonso two. Yeah, I
Sebastian VETTEL: know.
Engineer: Everyone behind is slow. Go to Delta and keep it negative. Why did you not tell me about Alonso? I did say. OK.
George RUSSELL: Talk to me, talk to me So it's currently Pete's 10, so we're through, we're through mate, well done
Engineer: Come
George RUSSELL: on boys, on the mediums, yes, yes, yes, yes, that
Engineer: was f***ing
George RUSSELL: awesome, nice one
Engineer: P-11, P-11. Aye, aye, Lily.
Engineer: What the f**k?
Fernando ALONSO: I cannot believe it.
Engineer: We need a mate.
Engineer: It was super tight out there, considering Gasly 4.4 on soft and Norris 4.4 on medium, so... Yeah, I mean, I'm
Carlos SAINZ: sure we can find 6000s in that lap, but I think it was a strong calling overall, like, just 6000 faster and now would we...
Engineer: We are in yes, man. Yes.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yes. Yes. Yeah.
Engineer: Good job guys.
Yuki TSUNODA: Good truck position. I love you guys. I was good
Max VERSTAPPEN: They literally don't give a f**k about those mechanics to send the cars out. No, I was watching it, and
Engineer: you're absolutely right.
Engineer: OK, recharge on.
Fernando ALONSO: I cannot believe it.
Engineer: We need a mate. OK. Sorry mate, that means P14. That was a good lap though. Just make sure you respect the delta on your lap please. Just negative on your delta.
Fernando ALONSO: We were top 3, top 4 today. F*** now.
Engineer: So good work on the brakes and then easy on exit.
Pierre GASLY: Is the track cooling down a bit because it's more cloudy?
Lando NORRIS: Just check the car over again, a lot of curbs used in the front two corners here.
Engineer: Yep, OK.
Engineer: Main places are turn 7, turn 9.
Pierre GASLY: I need a tiny bit more in terms of balance compared to what I had now, like a bit more front.
Engineer: Ok, so let's go half a step up compared to Q2, we saw we had a bit more understeer there.
Lando NORRIS: Just check the car over again, a lot of kerbs used in the front two corners, so... Yep, OK.
Engineer: We're good for time, there's a lot of cars ahead. We are good for time.
Engineer: Confirmed, tailwind turn 3 is the same as before from card data.
Engineer: Delta stay negative, Delta stay negative P10 Lance, P10 No
Lance STROLL: grip on that set Copy
Engineer: that, copy that
Engineer: We'll get there tomorrow man.
Sergio PEREZ: It
Engineer: didn't come easy. Well done Sergio, fantastic lap, well done, great starting. Thank you mate.
Engineer: OK mate, good job, good job, so go in lap, that was a good lap, so that's P9 ahead of Stroll
George RUSSELL: Alright guys, good job, struggled there with the tyres, but yeah good job, good job
Engineer: Yeah nice one mate, that was mega, well done, so just keep an eye on the delta, so just stay negative on the dash, so minus one to minus three on the delta
George RUSSELL: Nice job buddy, nice job
Engineer: Cheers mate
Max VERSTAPPEN: We will never ever do that again, to go as first.
Engineer: That's Pohl again. It's yourself, Norris and Checo. Then Hamilton and Bottas, P4 and P5. Great job, Max. Four hundredths. That's all it was, so fantastic job. You, then Lando, then Sergio. That
Max VERSTAPPEN: was P1, but yeah, we'll talk about it later.
Engineer: I
Lando NORRIS: did the best I could Okay, mate, I hope you're sitting down P2, P2 Let's f***ing go boys Awesome job Have it, well done,
Engineer: great
Lando NORRIS: job Well done mate, great job, vamos! Great lap man, amazing qualifying, well done
Engineer: P8 Sebastian, P8 If
Sebastian VETTEL: we do a 104.48, where are we?
Engineer: Same position, same position, Sonoda is the car ahead 104.27
Sebastian VETTEL: No, we didn't have that No, exactly Well done Yep, well done to you Bit of a pick up in Q2 But it's not my mistake
Engineer: No, confirmed Everyone barge pass
Engineer: How far off are we? Yeah, 3 tenths, just under 3 tenths to Vestatum Yeah, to the next car Just 2 hundredths
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, I lost some time in turn 3, but other places I couldn't climb more, so...
Engineer: P7 UK, P7 Congratulation
Yuki TSUNODA: Congratulation to you guys
Engineer: It
Yuki TSUNODA: was a good comeback. I think especially from fp3 good adaption Maybe the end of the sleep stream I couldn't use much But I'm happy for the lap
Engineer: Yeah, it was a good lap, it was a good lap
Engineer: Okay, that's P6 here. Our new key is P7. A bit more than a tenth behind.
Pierre GASLY: Good job, guys.
Engineer: Good job. Yeah, good recovery.
Pierre GASLY: Very strong form in quali.
Engineer: Okay, mate. Yeah, it's been a good quali. Difficult weekend, but good quali.
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