Belgian Grand Prix 2021: Practice 3 team radio
29 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Belgian Grand Prix 2021, across 15 drivers. 28 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ 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, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
George RUSSELL: I feel like the car is pulling quite a bit to my left.
Engineer: Just quite wet in the last corner.
Lewis HAMILTON: That breaks not working that well
Engineer: Valtteri, let me know how you're getting on with the tyres, it just went purple sector 2. Yeah, they're starting to work the fronts, we're a bit on the limit. Copy, if you want to stop next time around we can try to help you with the fronts.
Engineer: Ah,
Kimi RAIKKONEN: my brakes failed. I have no brakes.
Fernando ALONSO: But I feel only from looking so it's a strength
Engineer: How are the tyres? I
Sergio PEREZ: had a little flat spot, down into five.
Engineer: How's the track?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, it's okay. It's just drying everywhere. Quite greasy now.
Nikita MAZEPIN: I'll cool for one lap because I think the tyres are going and I think I have a small flat spot.
Engineer: Understood, understood. Most people doing cooldowns, 10 to 15 seconds slower.
Engineer: How is Charles? Is he complaining also or where is he? Yeah, he is also complaining.
Carlos SAINZ: Did he improve the 0.5?
Engineer: He did not, he boxed.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, I can see a lot of graining in the front left
Engineer: Yeah, clear Yuki, clear. So we try one more lap and see what we get
Engineer: We have reports of slightly more rain around the circuit only light rain and then we expect Let's say an increase in rain in ten minutes time. So it should be a dry Not much more rain for at least one lap
Sergio PEREZ: Vibrations are on the high side. Copy, we're monitoring.
Engineer: okay mate we see a little bit of vibration at the front we reckon a second push lap is worth a go so keep pushing
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, bright lines are disappearing now slowly.
Carlos SAINZ: Jet truck is back to full weather.
Engineer: and let us know how the track is and if you think you prefer to run sustainable or not well i'm not pushing at
Fernando ALONSO: the limit but let's try the energy
Engineer: and let us know how the track is and if you think you prefer to run sustainable or not
Fernando ALONSO: well i'm not pushing at the limit but uh let's try the energy okay
Engineer: Reminder, turn 5, use the escape route if you're logging up.
Engineer: and no more rain expected no more rain
Engineer: The front wing behaviour looks good. Let's see how the car behaves.
Carlos SAINZ: Do I have nearly as a leak on the front left? I guess I'm paying the price for the extra laps before. Yeah, I need to box.
Engineer: A
Nikita MAZEPIN: better look on this here. The front tires are quite **** in my opinion.
Nikita MAZEPIN: Okay, I was catching the car. There's zero grip out there, to be honest mate, versus what it was.
Charles LECLERC: There's something in the cockpit sir, please.
Engineer: We don't think the track will actually get to dry conditions It's just a question of if you want to put one on just to try it. Yeah, I do. Okay, this time round?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, why not?
Engineer: OK Lando, so happy to go once, pass it if you want, or box if it's too tricky?
Lando NORRIS: Nah, I can box. OK, we are boxes that then.
Carlos SAINZ: Let me open it up,
Engineer: if I can. OK. I feel a lot more grip now.
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