Belgian Grand Prix 2021: Race team radio
35 radio messages were recorded during race at the Belgian Grand Prix 2021, across 14 drivers. 34 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 9.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 9 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 1 message
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: So everyone on expert at the moment
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, there's no grip out here.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: There's no grip on the front of these tyres. OK, copy. Is the rear OK? No, the rear's not great either, but particularly the front. Roger, OK. And
Lewis HAMILTON: locking left front.
Engineer: How are conditions?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, visibility is very, very poor. I can't see anything.
Engineer: Copy. Easy on the way in through the pit lane for another start.
Engineer: Check out that's us done, so P1 kill the engine
Lewis HAMILTON: Need more rain next to my visor. Can't see anything out there Still got locking in front Marcus Tires are starting to grip up a bit better on that lap
Engineer: It's
Lewis HAMILTON: not good out there.
Engineer: Can
Lewis HAMILTON: someone get this smoke?
Engineer: Okay, Max, so Checo's hit the wall at turn six. Looks like he could be out. So just nice and easy on the way to the group, please.
George RUSSELL: Visibility is very poor, even when I was about six seconds behind the car ahead I couldn't see down the street
Lewis HAMILTON: Locking rear is just a little bit into 18 just there. Yeah, copy that, it was front
Engineer: and rear. The
Lewis HAMILTON: rear grip is quite poor, feels like the front's starting to behave grip-wise, but the rear is struggling.
Lewis HAMILTON: Is this rain going to just keep getting worse like this?
Engineer: Yeah, I think it's going to be like this all afternoon. I haven't really got much more than that.
Nikita MAZEPIN: Can you please note down that the mirrors are different and we will discuss after the race?
Engineer: Noted.
Engineer: How's the radar looking? Is the rain going to last long? Yeah, felt it will be consistent with what we have now, varying a little bit in intensity, but we can't see any change coming up shortly. OK.
Engineer: One question Ricky, this has nothing to do. If there is a red flag, can we change the rear wing? If we have time, or not. To more downforce. If it's going to stay like this, I'm sure more downforce is quicker. So I don't know, it's just an idea.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't know if you know this about me, but it's my 200th Grand Prix.
Engineer: I had heard that, yeah.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's kind of a deal, this neck of the woods.
Engineer: At the moment our latest radar is about an hour of this rain intensity still.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, if you can give me a couple of sausages, some sausages for me, for the barbecue. Is the race still going to last two hours or not?
Engineer: Are you thinking about your dinner?
Pierre GASLY: I'm thinking that we might need some lights, I need some lights.
Engineer: Daniel, we expect this rain to continue for 15 to 20 minutes and then heavier rain in 15 to 20 minutes time.
Engineer: So we've just had another delayed message. On
Lewis HAMILTON: one side, I'm glad I went to the toilet.
Engineer: But
Lewis HAMILTON: the one I went to, someone had dropped a crazy bomb in there. It was the worst thing ever.
Engineer: The pros and cons, Lewis.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's going to haunt me for life.
Engineer: Beata, the driver, FIA or race director would appreciate if you give some feedback during the laps behind the safety car.
Lewis HAMILTON: Already can't see anything behind
Max VERSTAPPEN: I have to leave a little bit more space to the safety guard than normal because I can't see anything.
Lando NORRIS: It's pretty awful. I can barely see the car in front of the minute
George RUSSELL: Currently up to a rouge and in
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: turn 5 are the worst, it's
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: very bad damage rate.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, I can't see anything behind the car in front of me there's some aquaplaning on the back straight
Lando NORRIS: Quite a bit of aquaplaning as well
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean, it's wet, but for me, it's fine to race.
Engineer: Ok Esteban, is there any aquaplaning? There is as well
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, probably in the conditions that I'm driving, but...
Daniel RICCIARDO: Still too wet, just the biggest thing is on the streets, you just don't see anything with the rain light.
George RUSSELL: Um, yeah mate, I can't see anything up to our route, nothing at all. Absolutely nothing into turn 5. Can't even see myself in red light.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: have water leaking into the top of my helmet
Engineer: OK, the start procedure has been suspended.
Max VERSTAPPEN: OK, well, it really isn't that bad, but OK.
Daniel RICCIARDO: This is the right call
Sergio PEREZ: On the back it's getting better, it's much better on the back
Engineer: At
Sergio PEREZ: the end of the lap Final sector is better
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