Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023: Race team radio
55 radio messages were recorded during race at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. 53 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 7.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 6 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 4 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Max VERSTAPPEN: Daniel and I have a little bromance going on here at the pit exit.
Engineer: Sorry Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Daniel is waving at me and making a hard sign, there's a bit of a romance going on here.
Engineer: And I was going to measure the wind.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: So last one guys for this year Thanks for all the effort this year. No, it's been a tough old one, but
Engineer: You
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: know, I just want to say huge respect for what what you guys do. So thanks for that Let's have a good good last one and good winter
Engineer: Go for it again. Thanks
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: guys
Yuki TSUNODA: Thanks for the last three years and all of the reports, advices to me. Let's do this!
Logan SARGEANT: Why are my switches changing on their own?
Engineer: My
Logan SARGEANT: diff mid is freaking out.
Engineer: I can just check your IP with this chain wheel. And it's latched.
Sergio PEREZ: Do you want to go down to the third one?
Engineer: Copy.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Possible tear-off in one of the front ducts, we are checking, we may have to take some actions, I'll keep you posted.
Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, understood, keep me posted.
Alexander ALBON: The wind is just disconnecting our car like crazy. That's the issue.
Engineer: This is good Oscar, bending well, tyre management looks good.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Right in front of us slowly, getting a bit heard.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: I've just damaged my front wing.
Engineer: He looks up ahead of me
Pierre GASLY: Ambulance, push me, hit me.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, definitely lost some front end. Front end is okay?
Engineer: Yep, we're looking at it, we don't think there's too much damage.
Pierre GASLY: I don't get how you can undercut me with the other car, the leading car, I seriously don't understand. You'll have to explain me cause...
Engineer: So Esteban is 4.1 ahead, so we'll just focus on tyre management, still a long way to go, we can make this work.
Engineer: and Sainz will let Bill by
Engineer: Lewis, we've been second quickest car last lap. You're quick.
Lewis HAMILTON: Okay, thanks a lot.
Engineer: Really good stuff, mate. We are happy with where you are on these tyres and the management you're doing.
Pierre GASLY: Where are we losing? Why are we so f***ing slow?
Engineer: OK Pierre, so we did pick up some damage with that contact with Hamilton, but we are closing on the cars in front.
Engineer: Louis Vast is on track now.
Engineer: And Daniel, we believe the troll we are fighting still have to stop again.
Engineer: Be
George RUSSELL: sure we can make the one stop walk. Time to re-ease the boat.
Engineer: We've got a long way to go. There's 24 to go into this lap.
Engineer: So this will be out lap critical
Max VERSTAPPEN: You can fucksack ahead of me if you want.
Engineer: Understood, mate.
Engineer: We
Fernando ALONSO: have the slowest car on the street by far
Lewis HAMILTON: They just brake tested me. I got brake tested like, way before the braking zone.
George RUSSELL: How is Lewis getting on?
Engineer: Yeah, he's doing a good job at the moment. He's having a fight of his own. What the **** does that mean?
George RUSSELL: How are we doing in the championship? Are we good?
Engineer: All we can do is the best race that we can do. We're fine at the moment.
Carlos SAINZ: Oh, these are waves, Ricky. I'm
Engineer: a
Carlos SAINZ: bit lost.
Engineer: Try to go as long as possible, waiting for a safety cut.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Dumpsters are pushing a lot, could we do something there or not? Yep, stand by.
Engineer: And just a reminder, we have two strikes for track limits. Yeah, I know. Understood.
Lando NORRIS: He just crashed into me. We
Engineer: see.
Sergio PEREZ: You just told it to me.
Engineer: Yeah, we saw.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, but that's just dangerous driving. You have loads of space.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, let me know how much is the gap between Paris and Russell, so maybe we can make them tighter before closing, if we see that we are not stuck in the constructors.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: So Perez car behind 3.2. He does have a five second penalty But he must not finish in front of us for the championship positions
Sergio PEREZ: But why did he give us a penalty? I
Engineer: was ahead.
Valtteri BOTTAS: This car started to bounce a lot as well. Lots of bouncing.
Charles LECLERC: Tell me the gap between Checo and Russell, if there's less than 5 seconds I'll give him the slipstream and I'll let him pass for the last sector, he's got 5 seconds anyway
Engineer: All missions complete. What a year. Well done my friend.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Another unbelievable race guys. Very lovely. And we did it GP. Mission 8.
Engineer: Max, you have been absolutely mighty this year. 19 victories. You've led over a thousand laps. You've smashed it out of the park. It's been an absolute privilege watching you drive this car. It's been built by a team of brilliant people and we're all incredibly, incredibly proud of you. And it's a very, very special in-lap. So take it in. Enjoy every moment and enjoy this last bit of RB19.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, well done there Christian. What an unbelievable year. Let's say thank you to everyone. I also want to say a quick thank you to Franz Stott. He had a lot of us under his wings and this was his last race.
Charles LECLERC: Where are we in the Constrictors?
Engineer: P3
Charles LECLERC: F***!
Engineer: Did
Charles LECLERC: I finish second or third?
Engineer: P2 I'm so
Charles LECLERC: disappointed for the Constrictors but we finished the season on a high and thank you to everybody for this difficult season but I'm sure we'll be back stronger next year and thanks for the huge effort during the whole season and yes, thanks to all the guys on the track, at home
Engineer: and
Charles LECLERC: also to all the fans who support us in whatever situation we are in next year we'll be
Engineer: back
Charles LECLERC: stronger, I'm sure I'll do some burnouts, ok?
Engineer: No burnouts please, no burnouts to the grid Not even
Charles LECLERC: this, for f***
Engineer: Slower please, slower, no burnouts to the grid No burnouts to the grid
Engineer: Checo, that was a mighty drive. You don't deserve a penalty for that if anything at worst looked like a racing incident Nothing different to what we saw in previous races. So Great great drive. Enjoy this last lap in RB19. It's been a absolute rocket ship of a car that The team of Milton Keynes have designed and built and yeah, it's very very special
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I'm very proud of you guys, I mean we deserve the podium there on track But you know, this is Subars At F1 level, but anyway, well done. It's been an incredible year guys Really really good job. I'm very proud to be part of the best team in the history Yeah, it's been one hell of a year P2 and the drivers, you can be proud man, you can be proud Well done guys
George RUSSELL: Did we do it? Yeah, good job mate. Well done. Oh my goodness gracious. Well done. That was tough. I
Engineer: was
George RUSSELL: having to cough and spit the whole race. Go on Toto. Well done, that was hot. That was hot. And I didn't even tell you any jokes. Well done everybody. It's been a very tough season off as we did and let's go into next year. Better things to come. Better things to come. Yeah, good job mate. Well done. We've had some highs and some lows but we'll move on to next year. That's
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: Formula 1 roller coaster for you. Oh yeah. Looking forward to next year. Bring it on. Let's enjoy this off season everybody. Even though it's been a tough one I've really enjoyed working with you all. Such a good spirit within this team. And we're on the path back to the top. Come on guys. We're coming for you. Yeah, thanks for that George. Fantastic drive. Cheers Andrew. George, you made 2,500 people happy. That's what we're here for. That's mortgages, tuition fees, kitchens, it's all of that. Absolutely. You're part of this team. Going to the grid. Are
Engineer: you
George RUSSELL: sure no donuts? I'm going to be the only one that's not. Simon is pretty sure.
Engineer: It was a tough race, Lewis.
Lewis HAMILTON: Lewis, that's B2. That's B2 in the championship. Thank you guys so much. You really deserved second place.
Engineer: And
Lewis HAMILTON: thanks for the hard, long year. We're really proud of you all. Thank you so much. We can continue to push.
Pierre GASLY: Never gave up always try to maximize all the opportunity and even on the top season. We still managed to get three top threes
Engineer: Yeah
Pierre GASLY: things well deserved rest for all of you guys and Yeah, really need to keep pushing keep that mindset keep that mentality and I'm sure next year. We'll See each other on the podium often
Engineer: Ok mate, the first race in, as long as I can remember, with no retirements, no safety cars, nothing, so we come in P12 then.
Esteban OCON: Copy, yeah, we've got some work to do guys. I think this race sums it up. It was tricky, but we'll get there.
Engineer: Yes we will.
Engineer: Okay, let's check a flag, check a flag, call the car. So that's P16, P16, and we are 7th from Team Championship. And you did great with Ricardo, huh? He ended up P11, just 6 tenths of a stroll, and without your defence on him, he probably would have taken a stroll, so great job from that. I think that was a good race. Not easy, obviously, but we were racing the cars we could, and we raced hard every one we could. So, that was a good race. Thank you for this year. It was a pleasure to be alongside you this year. Thank you, mate.
Logan SARGEANT: Thank you guys very much. Obviously, we've had our ups and downs, but I really feel this momentum building and just getting stronger and stronger. So, couldn't have chosen a better group of people to spend it with.
Engineer: And,
Logan SARGEANT: yeah, I just hope we can continue it. Thank you, guys.
Engineer: Thank you, Logan. Looking forward to next year, buddy.
Logan SARGEANT: Logan, well done. I'm sorry we didn't have the car underneath you today to do more than that, but your contribution this year has been excellent. It's really a proud moment to see you grow across the season so far. Looking forward to the winter together and many more. Thank you very much, James. I appreciate it.
Lance STROLL: I don't know what kind of strategy that was, but it seemed very sub-optimal.
Engineer: Okay, that's P10, Fernando P7.
Engineer: Okay, that's the chequered flag, chequered flag, P6, Oscar, P6. Yep,
Oscar PIASTRI: yeah, I just didn't quite have the pace for the entire life today, but yeah, good effort. Thank you very much everyone for the first year together, I enjoyed it a lot, and a couple of very big highlights, I'm sure there's many more to come, so thank you very much for an amazing first season, and I can't wait to keep doing it with you all, cheers.
Engineer: Yeah, great job Oscar, great job today, great job all year.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, well done for people, it's just the beginning, I know we're aiming for more next year.
Alexander ALBON: OK, checkered flag P14.
Engineer: Well done Alex, your hard work this year is what brought us 7th in the Constructors' Championship. It's a proud moment. You can set up a tool as a result of that and look back on yourself and be incredibly proud of what you've achieved. Thank you for your hard work all season. I'm sorry we didn't have the card beneath you today to finish it in style.
Alexander ALBON: No, thank you. Thanks James. Thank you everyone.
Engineer: That
Alexander ALBON: was a hard fought season.
Engineer: I
Alexander ALBON: think we did an amazing job. So everyone should be very proud of themselves. I feel like this is just the start. This is just the start of really good things. So yeah, enjoy the rest. I know I will. Thank you everyone. Does this mean I get to do donuts? Absolutely not. Well done mate, well done.
Engineer: Thank you.
Engineer: Well, thank
Lando NORRIS: you very much. Difficult race, we just didn't have the pace today, but thanks for the whole year. We took some big steps forward, a lot of hard work. I want to thank every single one of you. And we'll keep pushing, we're getting there, we're getting there. Let's keep our heads down over the winter and let's come back stronger than ever. Thanks boys and girls.
Fernando ALONSO: Well done, P7, hell of a last in there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well done guys. What an incredible season we had, so thanks guys, enjoy. Have a good break, we come back stronger next year. But yeah, 12 months ago we probably only dreamed about being in this position, so congratulations everyone. Yeah, and to you mate, that's well done. We got you as P4 in the championship, drivers, well done. So we finished level on points with Leclerc, but we think countback-wise, you beat him. You had more P3 ponies. Okay, well, that's nice. Well done guys, yeah, I'm happy. Happy with the race, I'm super happy, I'm proud of you all this season. So we come back stronger next year. It's
Engineer: going
Fernando ALONSO: to be easier. We don't need to do
Engineer: that. We'll
Fernando ALONSO: do the 6 feet and some accommodations we did the first few months, so everything should be a little bit better. Yeah, exactly, well done mate. So I guess I'm not allowed to do any burnouts. Negative, mate, no. Actually, I did one in Las Vegas, that's enough. That's enough, exactly.
Engineer: Thank you for today, this weekend and the whole season. I know it's been a very tough year But thank you for continuing to push, continuing to believe in us and we'll work hard over winter to bring you something better next year
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, thank you. Tough season for everyone Lots of work to do, but yeah, thanks for the efforts and Let's make a better car for next year
Engineer: And
Valtteri BOTTAS: yes, grazie Alfa Romeo. Thank you It was a pleasure
Engineer: 2023 is complete now, so we'll be on to more for next year. Very good drive though.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, yeah, thanks.
Engineer: Yeah,
Nico HULKENBERG: just not the pace I guess, the downforce, but go again next year. Hopefully with better tools. Thanks for this year, for all this work this year guys. Look forward for more.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that Nico. Good job, it's been fun.
Nico HULKENBERG: Ciao for now.
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