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Belgian Grand Prix2021 · Practice 1 team radio

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19
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10:16 to 11:31
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37 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Belgian Grand Prix 2021, across 19 drivers. 36 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 5.

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.

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  1. George RUSSELLWilliams10:16:190:03

    Audio only, no transcript

  2. Carlos SAINZFerrari10:33:530:09

    Carlos SAINZJason Lee, ready for slings, I'm going to take it easy.

    EngineerOK, understood.

  3. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri10:34:230:06

    Yuki TSUNODAYeah, out of the turn 1 exit, it's quite dry. Yeah, it's dry.

  4. Mick SCHUMACHERHaas10:34:490:11

    EngineerAnd how is the track? It

    Mick SCHUMACHERfeels a bit wet, but it doesn't look wet.

  5. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren10:36:380:14

    EngineerDo you think it's dry enough to learn something on the medium time?

    Daniel RICCIARDOIt's very close. I'll see how the next half of the lap is. OK, understood.

    EngineerBut

    Daniel RICCIARDOit's close.

    EngineerOK, we'll stand by.

  6. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren10:37:550:24

    EngineerAnd Daniel, do you think there's anywhere where it isn't ready for dry tyres?

    Daniel RICCIARDOSo it was a little more wet in, I think 13, around that area, so yeah, I'll box because we're

    Engineergoing

    Daniel RICCIARDOto destroy the inter, but then I think we can probably wait a couple of minutes before we make the next decision.

    EngineerOK, understood.

  7. Carlos SAINZFerrari10:39:280:09

    Carlos SAINZWhat is their forecast?

    EngineerNo more rain, no more rain for the rest half an hour at least

  8. Lando NORRISMcLaren10:41:400:06

    EngineerIt's

    Lando NORRIScompletely dry.

  9. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo10:49:020:11

    EngineerYeah, I almost

    Kimi RAIKKONENdid the brilliant job to complete this stuff. I just saw that. The guy was looking at me and this is showing him to come.

  10. George RUSSELLWilliams10:53:400:09

    George RUSSELLWhat's Stroll doing? He just stayed right in my way.

    EngineerYeah,

    George RUSSELLthat's very silly from Stroll.

  11. Lance STROLLAston Martin10:53:490:11

    EngineerYou need to push through, Aruj. You can't do that.

    Lance STROLLI thought he was closer.

  12. Esteban OCONAlpine10:54:100:05

    EngineerCurrently sat in P1. Good job.

  13. Lance STROLLAston Martin10:58:200:04

    EngineerTraffic.

  14. Charles LECLERCFerrari11:00:130:04

    Charles LECLERCGood for a lot of understand

  15. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes11:01:110:08

    Lewis HAMILTONFeels necessarily so up straight.

    EngineerOkay, copy.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes11:03:040:09

    Lewis HAMILTONWhere am I now?

    EngineerMainly straight line speed to Valtteri, that's to be expected though.

  17. Kimi RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo11:03:490:11

    Kimi RAIKKONENOh f***, I hit the wall on the entry. I don't know how much room there is.

    EngineerYeah, we will check, Kimi, we will check.

  18. George RUSSELLWilliams11:05:130:03

    George RUSSELLLift the rear up

  19. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes11:05:430:11

    EngineerVATRI be cautious on pit entry Kimi had a bit of a tank slapper and hit the wall you might have seen some yellows waved in pit lane

  20. George RUSSELLWilliams11:07:040:06

    EngineerWe can afford to push the front right for temp front right rest is good

  21. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri11:08:060:10

    Yuki TSUNODAI think the front is overheating quite a lot, and the 37 was really understeering.

    EngineerYes, agreed, agreed.

  22. Sergio PEREZRed Bull11:08:190:06

    EngineerBe cautious on the pit entry, some suspicion it might be wet or greasy.

  23. Nikita MAZEPINHaas11:08:330:08

    Nikita MAZEPINNegative, I mean, I cannot improve, the rears are gone.

    EngineerOK, in which case we'll box at the end of this lap, box at the end of this lap.

  24. George RUSSELLWilliams11:11:080:06

    George RUSSELLwe can still make a bigger step with the setup no issue front locking all

    Engineerright roger

  25. Esteban OCONAlpine11:14:040:07

    EngineerOK, so an impossible light rain expected in about 10 minutes.

  26. Esteban OCONAlpine11:17:020:13

    Esteban OCONBass was a bit more loose in some entries, we need to review that, but otherwise I think I didn't pick up any understeer, that's for sure.

    EngineerOK, copy that.

  27. Fernando ALONSOAlpine11:20:470:07

    Fernando ALONSOYeah, the people are blind after summer.

  28. Nicholas LATIFIWilliams11:21:550:05

    Nicholas LATIFILevel water rate in turn one.

    EngineerCopy.

  29. Charles LECLERCFerrari11:22:300:08

    Engineerand we have some some drops at turn one and also turn five

  30. Sebastian VETTELAston Martin11:22:510:07

    EngineerSo there has been reports of some gravel in turn 10 just take care, but not sure where that's come from

  31. Esteban OCONAlpine11:25:280:06

    Esteban OCONBit more rain coming up on the visor.

  32. Carlos SAINZFerrari11:26:150:07

    Carlos SAINZYeah, front tire is putting a lot of stress on the front right now.

  33. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes11:27:450:09

    Valtteri BOTTASSorry, I missed the fifth entry, didn't

    Engineerwant to go over the wrong side of the polar. No problem, no problem, so stay out.

  34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull11:28:080:05

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, so it is here at

    Engineerthe

    Max VERSTAPPENback of the track now.

  35. Daniel RICCIARDOMcLaren11:28:150:08

    EngineerAny rain out there?

    Daniel RICCIARDOI can see it on the visor, but for now just mist.

  36. Nikita MAZEPINHaas11:30:380:07

    EngineerNice lap Maz, really nice lap without a toe or box at the end of this lap, box at the end of this lap.

  37. Pierre GASLYAlphaTauri11:31:560:06

    EngineerObviously don't take any risk, but that could be the condition we face in the race.