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Team radio transcript

Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021: Practice 3 team radio

15 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021, across 11 drivers. Sergio PEREZ had the most, with 3.

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. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So wind looks pretty calm, a bit of tailwind into 15.

  2. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: I'm having a bit of a long pedal, brake pedal.

    Engineer: Copy, we'll have a look.

  3. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams

    Nicholas LATIFI: The rear tires will be not good for the next lap, but it's

    Engineer: not

    Nicholas LATIFI: going to take any risk, just try to learn something. Yeah, exactly. Use

    Engineer: your tools.

  4. George RUSSELLWilliams

    George RUSSELL: Not a lot of front load into turn 16 under braking

  5. George RUSSELLWilliams

    Engineer: The

    George RUSSELL: brakes are continuously getting lost, lap by lap, outlap by outlap. Just feel the big disparity from the rear.

  6. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: I

    Lance STROLL: just got completely screwed.

  7. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri

    Pierre GASLY: yeah middle sector started to be better traction was not as good as previous run and then I slided on the kerb I tried false gear last corner because I wanted to try but not good okay copy that we focus on the next lap focus on the next lap

  8. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, I locked up 10-10-6-5, sorry, so I took shelter.

    Engineer: Copy that, Antonio.

  9. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: So box, checko box for a front wing swap.

  10. Antonio GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: So we cannot do one up, right?

    Engineer: Correct. We might have a further damage, so box the slab. Box, box.

    Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Copy.

  11. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: No, the rears are not coming in.

  12. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: I clipped the wall in the castle section, to 13 I think, but

    Engineer: I think everything's fine. Okay, we're just checking everything now, and please complete the lap, complete the lap.

  13. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK Esteban, let's go recharge on and cool the car please and box this lap, good job. OK, turned out to be a very useful run, good job. Copy that.

  14. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: There's something that's broken in the front. OK, copy. So take it easy in braking. No, no, no, no. OK. I

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: don't know what's wrong. OK,

    Engineer: we're just stopping you in front. Take it easy.

  15. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: I felt a lot more grip in turn 1 and 2. Yeah, it was a strong 1 and 2, yeah, and then the tyres a bit down, I guess, at the rear. Yeah, but too much, eh? We are too cold on the first lap.

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