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Austrian Grand Prix 2023: Race team radio

139 radio messages were recorded during race at the Austrian Grand Prix 2023, across 20 drivers. 131 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 15.

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  3. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Reminder for good work on these brakes and then build some temperature in the high speed and then we're boxing the slab

  4. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: I

    Oscar PIASTRI: think a bit under, but I'll take more of this lap.

  5. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, I think I felt like a little I Don't know I felt like a little power cut exit of eight. I don't know

  6. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: OK, so this will be your lap to the grid now, so you can push with recharge off until after turn 4, then recharge on, happy to continue to push through turns 6 and 7, and then you're going to the grid please.

  7. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK mate, keep your pace up on the way round and go to the grid please and try your drinks kit if you haven't already.

  8. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: So, Caius,

    Engineer: Alonso, Valtteri, Magnussen, Hart, rest, video.

  9. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: All right, let's do these guys good points today

  10. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: And that start was good on target good on target you were just a little slow releasing the clutch at the beep

  11. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I have a curse problem.

  12. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: I didn't hit anything but check my front wing a lot of debris

  13. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: I'm guessing it's going to be because of the amount of debris. Turn one.

  14. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: There might be some debris at turn one, might be debris at turn one.

  15. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Small vibration, I think you're good, but yeah.

  16. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Mode push, mode push.

  17. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Debris, burst me off at the exit of 10-4.

  18. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Copy that, Kev. We're on it.

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: The biggest loss to sites are breaking at 10-4.

  20. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: And I'm just confirming we are currently plan A so you know what you need to do

  21. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: What moral next

    Engineer: time what the RS has been enabled this lap Perez car behind

  22. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Just saving my tires at the moment

  23. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: and reset brake balance when you can

  24. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Out of turn one, the bump that we talked about, keep to the right side of the track, out of turn one up the hill.

  25. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Track limits again Hamilton. That's his third time.

    Engineer: We're on it

  26. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: I can get Gatsby as long as he's out of the ice, I will get him.

  27. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: 8 gear downgrading each time

  28. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: I recommend going beaming four then using magic for turn three and four

  29. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Let me know of our pace.

    Carlos SAINZ: I think you can see it. I don't need to let you know.

  30. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Come on guys

  31. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Every time Hamilton goes off, please report it.

    Lando NORRIS: I mean, he's going off every lap everywhere. I'm not going to talk the whole time.

  32. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I'm just waiting for the aperture to lose their rest

  33. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: Uh, I'm struggling with both exos, but mainly real.

  34. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Okay, mode push, reset funk, Joe has already pitted, he's four seconds behind, but we were quicker than him earlier, so we should pull away.

  35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Let's go slow mate.

    Engineer: Copy.

  36. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Let us know if it's like another step in mid support. Yeah, it's just a bit a little bit.

  37. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Aero balance, I think it's okay, a bit understeer.

  38. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: OK Lewis, so we now have a black and white flag for track limits, so it's turn 10. I can't keep it on the track, the car won't turn.

  39. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: High speed but then the rest is oversteer

  40. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Oh, I lost power.

  41. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Okay, I have pace, guys. Let me try, maybe, hoping I can go on for max.

  42. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Which corner is it

  43. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Lando Durex is enabled. Carbine is Sainz. We jumped him in that.

  44. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And you are doing a good job on peak and release brake pressure, continue like this

  45. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Guys, come on, why we don't stay out? Come on!

  46. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: So everyone in front did stop except for Perez the Perez the only one who didn't stop

  47. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: To know that Magnussen and Bottas in the pack ahead didn't pit. They're holding cars up. It was a great opportunity.

  48. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Yes for the damage for us it's gonna fall off

  49. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: They can't

    Engineer: just

    Lewis HAMILTON: break so much later than me

  50. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I think deck is not high, to be honest.

    Engineer: Understood, Max.

  51. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Just some background info as well, race control still very hot on track limits, there's been a few black and white flags already dealt.

  52. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yep, press went off, turn 10. Don't dish these things out, we might as well know.

  53. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: a third strike third strike and black and white flag be careful nine and ten the next one will be five seconds penalty

  54. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: Take the front way

  55. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: That's completely off the turn 10. Has he got a penalty yet?

    Engineer: Sir, nothing for Perez at the moment.

  56. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And reminder track limits signed as a ready for strikes

  57. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: This

    Lewis HAMILTON: guy's been off every single time. Turn 10, again.

    Engineer: Copy.

  58. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, just keep holding your tires.

    Engineer: I'm already starting to feel a bit of rear deck. Copy, we'll let you know.

  59. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: All right, it's feeling all right.

  60. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Copy Lance, deg is high, so you've done a good job. The track limits feedback is very late, so you need to manage it yourself, do the best you can.

  61. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Fernando we're getting very late notification on track limits lots of people are getting lots of track limit violations so just be careful as you can

  62. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And I know how the pace how the tires and what about pace zero

    Lando NORRIS: That's fine at the minute just how much it's quicker this did

  63. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: There are only strikes in turn 9, 10. I cannot see it.

  64. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Plan A is still the best.

  65. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Yes, it is, mate. Yes.

  66. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: I know you'll hate me, but we must be within track limits every lap. There's so much going on here.

  67. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: I

    Lando NORRIS: mean, the Ferrari was decent on the medium, but...

  68. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: At the moment degradation is higher than expected. What do you think about three stops?

  69. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Is the wind changing? Accident 7 is snuffing.

  70. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: So either mode 6 or you can use a click of Overtake Max.

  71. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Uh, the breeze has completely pushed me off again, what the f**k?

  72. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Okay, Alex, I know it's not what you want to hear, but we have been given a five-second penalty, but it's happening. Okay, okay, okay, okay,

    Alexander ALBON: okay, but tell me what's going on, because obviously I'm not doing track limits since the last time you told me to be careful, so...

  73. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: And Lance, no more track limits otherwise you have a penalty. This is critical, no more track limits.

  74. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Good call, Charles Loftime.

    Engineer: Charles Loftime, 10.7.

  75. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Okay, Leclerc behind is not really faster than you. Tsunoda ahead will have blue flags now. Try to get Tsunoda.

  76. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  77. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: Tick tock.

  78. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  79. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: You are doing a good job across cars, still brake release turn 7, place to focus, you did well, but need to improve there.

  80. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And Lando, how are the tyres? We're still thinking plan A target lap.

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I think they're dropping off a little.

  81. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Does

    Lewis HAMILTON: anyone else got penalties yet?

    Engineer: Luis, they're all going to get penalties in front of you. All of them. So keep going.

  82. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Max any thoughts on balance what we can help you with the tools

  83. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Not

    Max VERSTAPPEN: really actually, just a little bit undesired.

    Engineer: No problem, understood.

  84. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  85. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: TikTok.

  86. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  87. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: I

    ZHOU Guanyu: guess we are not reaching the safari ahead.

  88. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Let's extend to see if we catch a safety car.

    Engineer: Copy.

  89. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Okay, Gasly's ahead, but you can see him. Let's go chase him down.

  90. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Charles Information, we are looking Pérez Threat end of race, we need to try to extend this STIN Copy

    Charles LECLERC: that

  91. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: They catch me so much on the straight, like, I don't know, like, four sides in.

  92. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Does it seem to be moving? Yeah, I don't know why it's banging. Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come on.

  93. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Is there a reason why you haven't given us those penalties yet? They are still dishing out warnings and penalties.

    Engineer: Lewis, the car is bad, we know. Please drive it.

  94. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Let you know when Lando loses DRS. I might give him for Checo.

    Engineer: Copy.

    Carlos SAINZ: Defense on Checo base. I need to know Checo base and I decide what to do with Lando. I'll let you know the first time then.

  95. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Engineer: And consider a bit of liftoff turn 3, turn 4 to help clear tyres.

  96. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Here's a stay on the track limits. Can't afford a penalty here. So it's entry turn 10, exit turn 10. Main concerns for track limits.

  97. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Send me a lot of three

  98. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: Well, so it's where's Alba push

    Engineer: push on

  99. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And information that is now fighting with sign.

  100. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Nice moving on the braking

  101. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Okay, you got your third warning you got your third warning so you cannot have any more track limit I'm clear. No more track limit

  102. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: He is pushing me off the track like crazy. Copy that. Reporting.

  103. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: He's like a

  104. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  105. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Okay, George.

  106. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  107. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, we've had a lap time deleted, that's strike three for us. We've had a black and white flag.

  108. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: There's two I should have a look at that. He was intimidating me a lot

  109. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Alonzo was 10.0 dealing with that traffic

  110. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Okay, you had another track limit turn 9, so that was one too much. Every time you do another track limit, it would be another penalty.

  111. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: 7 to go You did, you did Stay within track limit It is not Stay within track limit, 7 to go

  112. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: So if you start to cool the tires.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I prefer to box.

    Engineer: We don't feel the risk of boxing is worthwhile.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I've got 24 seconds in the lead. Come on.

  113. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: That, I believe, is the full sweep. Great job. Classy, Max. Very, very classy. Well done, mate.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, that was an amazing race, guys. Car was on fire. Really, really good. And great pit stops, too. Very good.

  114. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And P2, nice job.

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, nice job, thank you. The feeling was better today.

    Engineer: Yeah,

    Charles LECLERC: good to be back on the podium.

  115. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Right-o, mate. It's P5. P5.

    Lando NORRIS: Oh, yes!

  116. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: As P13, P13, very solid race mate, what we were after, it was a very solid race, good job.

  117. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: Thank you. Good job guys.

    Engineer: Did Alex get a P10 in the end? P11, Stroll got him. I think just a few laps to go. So Stroll P10, Alex 11, Ocon 12, you 13.

  118. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Good job George, so it's a P8, only one of two drivers to finish that race without any strikes, any track limit warnings.

    George RUSSELL: Let's go race guys, didn't have the pace, struggled a bit with the car overall, have to keep pushing under silverstone.

  119. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: So Alex, that was P11. Sorry, it's a really good job.

  120. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: No, no, well done everyone. That was a good job. Again, sorry for the track limits. I reacted too late to it, obviously.

  121. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Okay Lewis, that's a P7.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Well done mate for persevering. Well done guys today, just a great job with the pit stops. Sorry I couldn't get any higher, the car was really hard to drive today.

  122. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Okay mate, that's P9, P9. Alright mate, solid race from you. Shame about the penalty that would have put us in a fight with Russell for P8. Yeah, I had to push, I tried, but I gave everything, so... Alright mate, solid race from you, good pace.

  123. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Ok Nick, that's P15, and we look forward to the next one to get a bit more pace.

  124. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Nyck DE VRIES: Yeah, coming up

  125. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Nyck DE VRIES: Yeah, coming up.

  126. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Nyck DE VRIES: I think in terms of balance, we were not bad.

    Engineer: Probably we needed a little bit more low speed stability.

  127. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay back on the podium. Well

    Sergio PEREZ: done Checo, that was a fantastic recovery drive, well done mate, some great moves there, well done. Yeah good recovery guys, well done. Nice to be back on the podium, it's been a while, now let's keep this form.

    Engineer: Yeah and move on up the steps.

  128. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: I'm P4, P4.

  129. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: for p17 uh tough race um i think we were in a reasonable position before the front wing damage but uh the good news is the other car was fifth and uh you'll have that aero package next race it looks like it has given a good step so we've got that to look forward to in silverstone

    Oscar PIASTRI: yeah yeah well done on the p5 with lando great points for the team obviously tricky race on our side but um yeah looking forward to seeing what the upgrades got next week so thanks guys thanks for all the hard work getting that new update done and uh let's have some more fun

  130. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Okay Kev, that's the checkered flag.

  131. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK, so finished up P12, not the result we wanted, but well done anyway. It was a very mixed race with an awful lot of penalties for track limits up and down the field. Yeah, not to us, we didn't get one, so... No, no, we didn't. Yeah, well done to you for managing that well. Yeah, let's review because we were not as fast as we should be, so a couple of days and we'll come back stronger on the next one.

  132. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Okay, we were P-19 after all of that effort.

  133. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Yeah, so

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: far man, I did my best yeah, yeah, we got some work to do

    Engineer: Yeah, I'm stuck if mode in please rather than mode slow, please vote in

  134. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Yeah, a bit of a tough race after the lap-on collision there.

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, long day.

    Engineer: But after we changed nose, the pace looked good.

  135. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Checkered flag, checkered flag. Well done mate. Not perfect from our side, but very good job.

  136. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Yeah, we

    Fernando ALONSO: are within 10 seconds signs.

    Engineer: Yeah easy

  137. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: It's P10 Lance, I'm afraid, sorry about the VSC, we'll go through everything, good recovery, good pace, close at the end with Gasly Yeah

    Lance STROLL: I think just one of us should have pitted, but it came out, I don't know why we waited to

    Engineer: stack Yeah understood Lance, understood, we'll talk about everything back here

  138. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Got you another difficult race, we finished P14 at the end. I

    ZHOU Guanyu: mean, we got f***ed over by the safety guard. And yeah, let's keep walking, let's improve the pit stop and we need to be more consistent.

  139. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And Lando, driver of the day as well.

    Lando NORRIS: No, really? Oh, that's cute. It's because there's so many Papaya fans here. Thank you everyone who voted me driver of the day.

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