Monaco Grand Prix 2021: Practice 1 team radio
35 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Monaco Grand Prix 2021, across 16 drivers. 34 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Pierre GASLY had the most, with 6.
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 · 6 messages
- Nicholas LATIFI · Williams · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Nikita MAZEPIN · Haas · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Alpine · 3 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · McLaren · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Sebastian VETTEL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 1 message
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And green light, so radio check pit exit. Ok. Ok, good to me too.
Engineer: Radio check, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, radio check.
Engineer: Loud and clear.
Engineer: Five. Yeah copy at five, you were clearer at five, you've been quiet up until now, five is okay.
George RUSSELL: Copy. Radio is still open. Six.
Engineer: Copy six. Seven. Talk to me through the tunnel.
George RUSSELL: In the tunnel.
Engineer: Now, can you hear me? One, two, three, tunnel. Copy copy. Go
George RUSSELL: through the tunnel.
Engineer: Norris is blocking me here Copy, so you go
Engineer: Offset one-click reward for the next lap.
Charles LECLERC: No, what's happening with the engine guys? It's broken I think. I
Engineer: will
Charles LECLERC: come back to you. And box now box, box now box. I think the fourth gear is broken I think.
Engineer: and Charles has a car issue, so his session is finished, Mazda pin 2 seconds behind anything that we are under risk of having or not? no, we are checking, for now we are fine
Nikita MAZEPIN: Ricciardo within a second. I touched the wall on the right on the entry of the Kawano can you check if everything is okay?
Engineer: yes we are checking Ricciardo close behind
Nicholas LATIFI: Wall top, front right. It was quite a big one, feels okay, but should I box just to check?
Engineer: Should
Nicholas LATIFI: I box? Box, box, okay, box, box. I think it's okay, but better to be safe.
Engineer: and looking compared to Lando it's all about the last couple of corners lap time difference is only half a tenth but you are ahead until the final two corners
George RUSSELL: Salah pre-ballot Rearwoods.
Engineer: Entry three mid three. Entry three mid three.
Engineer: i just got blocked by the ferrari very firmly is on an owl up so you got lewis on a lap
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I'm just lacking a bit of stability turn one and then the rest is not too bad a bit the traction a bit tricky Small like drivability. It's a bit poor like with the EB last corner when I started the lap The rest I would say is not too bad. I'm just sliding a bit like the grip is not great, but
Engineer: Just building up to it. Okay, copy that box box box box
Lewis HAMILTON: Which corner is that, man?
Engineer: It's that swimming pool exit. Much easier just to refer to it like that. Yeah, no sweat.
Fernando ALONSO: Touch the wall in the last corner
Engineer: Watch out, front wing, front wing is on the floor Let's take it steady
Engineer: VSC, VSC. Remember, if it's still VSC when you're close to the pit lane, we want to drive-thru. How much time is left? Maybe we should box, because the tires don't feel so good anymore, really. 35 minutes left. We could still do a push, if you think it's valuable. Let's see if it's still VSC and we can do the drive-thru.
Engineer: Nobody's stopped, I think it might be debris from Alonso's front wing, so charge your battery, we'll get ready to go on the next lap. Did you see anything on track there Max? OK, VSC deployed, VSC deployed. Yeah, just a tiny bit
Max VERSTAPPEN: of the wing, tiny bit.
Engineer: OK, understood, well hopefully that can get cleared before we come around, so stay safe on your dash. Max, if the balance is in the window, stay out, if you think we need a little bit of work on the car then you can box, let us know though. OK, VSC ending, VSC ending, so recharge off, recharge off.
Engineer: Ok sorry, Russell GPS was a bit jumping up and down, position is ok
Nicholas LATIFI: Yeah, that double cool was really good for the tire. Box, box.
Engineer: So you're P7, faster slab 13.2 and peak complete, no threat behind.
Engineer: Yellow turn 1, Raikkonen is stopped, yellow turn 1, yellow turn 1 Ok, track is clear, he's moving
Engineer: Ok Kimi, we can't see any damage, all good, so we keep going So after Gasly there is a 20 second gap Ok copy Is it drivable or? Should be ok on our side but let's have a go So, mode charge please, mode charge My
Kimi RAIKKONEN: battery is full so it's ok
Nicholas LATIFI: I'm happy with the ride. Copy. Copy. It will be shotgun around 7 minutes, so we stay as we are. Happy with Magball, yes or no? Copy. Box, box. Happy with what? Box, box. Box, box. Practice pit entry and stopping box engine off. I feel like I'm lacking rotation, slow speed, but I think it should be fine for the next tire, so we should leave it.
Lando NORRIS: I'm just understeering in all the high speed, I just need more front wing.
Engineer: Okay, understood. Okay Lando, I'm just discussing now, if we did it, how much would you want?
Lando NORRIS: Right, two and a half.
Engineer: Two and a half, understood.
Lando NORRIS: I'll just, I'll go again, but four
Engineer: or five corners, I just can't push. Yep, okay, understood, that's a good thing for the test we're doing. We'd like you to stay out if possible for at least one more time lap, then we can do it.
Engineer: All right, that's the wall. I'm gonna come
Carlos SAINZ: in just to check everything.
Pierre GASLY: I don't know what's happening. Yellow, yellow where you are, yellow where you are. I saw, I saw, I
Engineer: saw.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, too much. I'm snapping always 6 and 18. Losing quite a lot of lap time, so we need to focus in these two places.
Nikita MAZEPIN: And honestly, the car, after I hit the wall, doesn't feel the same. OK. Not a big thing, but the rear left is not... Well, I'm not able to go faster anyway. Verstappen one second behind. Verstappen one behind.
Engineer: Let's keep pushing mate, let's keep pushing. Really nice laps. Nope.
Nikita MAZEPIN: I have a problem with the car, I told you.
Engineer: Ok,
Sebastian VETTEL: traffic again, we're past Mazepin
Engineer: Yeah, it's Mazepin So behind Mazepin is Latifi, who is high fuel You can do a cool and a push, but that will be eating into our high fuel But if you'd like to do it, we can Yeah, let's try it
Fernando ALONSO: Still understeering. Slow
Engineer: speed. Let us know if you need a front wing adjust or you could try B-Bell 7 and Torque 1.
Fernando ALONSO: I go for the torque and brake balance change.
Engineer: Ok, so torque 1, V-belt 7.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, this is completely s**t, the downshift.
Engineer: OK, stand by.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Just give me back what I had.
Sergio PEREZ: Is he fast?
Engineer: Yes, Icon is fast.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yes, I touch the wall.
Engineer: Def, I speed 8. OK, we're checking, Antonio. You think you can continue, or...?
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: No, I think I have a plan to.
Engineer: OK, copy. Then box is left. Box, box.
Engineer: OK, we need to box this lap, we have an issue, so steady on the way in.
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