Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023: Race team radio
95 radio messages were recorded during race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023, across 20 drivers. 91 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 8.
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
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 8 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 8 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 7 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 7 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 6 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 3 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: 10 to 15 kph tailwind breaking turn 3 turn 4
George RUSSELL: There's a lot of cars here.
Engineer: So I confirm Fernando that Lance will not attack you, Lance will not attack you, he's doing the same as you. I
Fernando ALONSO: mean, he can have a go, I think Hamilton is opening the graining, but it's just a matter of time we overtake them.
Engineer: Yeah, copy mate, copy.
Engineer: All okay with the CarMax?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah all okay, just double check before the race that my headrest and everything is in a good shape.
Engineer: Okay, will do. Otherwise see you back here.
Engineer: Any issues with the car?
Sergio PEREZ: Nope, all fine.
Engineer: Lovely, we'll see you back in the garage shortly.
Nyck DE VRIES: So the hard felt pretty good, relative to the mediums. Also in terms of balance, they switched on well. Mediums, I felt like the fronts were not quite ready yet.
Logan SARGEANT: It does feel like it's...
Nyck DE VRIES: No, my left wheel is broken, mate. Retire as
Engineer: a
Nyck DE VRIES: car.
George RUSSELL: Well, that was a restart. Sorry, guys.
Engineer: And radio check, Charles.
Charles LECLERC: And radio check, ok Charlie.
Engineer: Copy, loud and clear.
Engineer: Track 10 now has dropped to sort of 42, 43 degrees.
Engineer: Okay Lando, tyre information. All cars starting the medium tyre, apart from Tivris, Ocon and Hülkenberg at the back, all starting on hards. Have a good race.
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Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Two burnouts, please.
Engineer: Entire life on the heart is as expected.
Engineer: Okay, we're sending you to the exit
Valtteri BOTTAS: Have contact,
Engineer: check for fractures, copy, check for fractures. Pressure's okay so far.
Engineer: Okay, we're sending you to the exit
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Front wing damage, I'm sure. I can't see it yet, but I think it is.
Engineer: We'll keep looking but for the moment we're going to stay out. We've got yellow flags at turn 1 and turn 2. There is for sure, for
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: sure, there is some damage.
Engineer: There is for sure some damage, copy.
Oscar PIASTRI: Heads up contact, lift rear Copy,
Engineer: no concern Carl, looks ok
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Definitely plan A because of this damage.
Engineer: How does the car feel, Kev? How does the car feel?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It's understeering.
Engineer: Very firm. I'm
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: following because there's traffic. As soon as this clears and people fall into the wheel, I'm going to fall behind.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: What happened at 15? Copy
Engineer: Kev you can go. We believe there is some damage to one of the end plates Kev. Right hand side end plate is missing.
Yuki TSUNODA: Don't talk right in the corner, please.
Fernando ALONSO: We are running too close to the cars in front.
Logan SARGEANT: JVS for Magnussen, copy understood,
Engineer: stay in JVS for Magnussen and you're okay to defend to Gasly, no need to use overtech
Engineer: and tires are ready we are ready to push a bit more
Lance STROLL: Fernando, I will not attack,
Engineer: we
Lance STROLL: are both playing the same game.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: See you in Sector 2 when you can.
Engineer: Baseline is... Yeah, but I'm sliding. Understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: Do you want any more power to get me at some stage?
Engineer: Okay, we'll have a look.
Engineer: Okay Lance, we're stacking. Fernando is one second in front of you, we're stacking. How much gap? Radio off Lance, radio off.
Engineer: So that was obviously pretty bad for us. It didn't affect us a huge amount, but obviously not the best. It's not good for those who started on Harden.
George RUSSELL: Stroll, it's going very slow
Engineer: They'll be racing stroll
George RUSSELL: Nice one, nice one
Engineer: Racing Russell, Run-Suite Race, Race, Race, Run-Suite Race, Racing Russell, Run-Suite... That's safety, Carl. Cross
Lance STROLL: the pit lane.
Engineer: On
Lance STROLL: the left, coming in.
Engineer: He's
Lance STROLL: in the slow lane.
Engineer: We're not allowed to make a gap on the track, Lance. We're not allowed to make a gap on the track. I didn't. Head down, exactly. So head down, head down.
Nico HULKENBERG: I think we need to pitch the tyres a little bit.
Engineer: Just hang in there, just try to stay out. The only chance is if we get some kind of safety car or red.
Engineer: Ocon and Hulkenberg have not stopped.
Sergio PEREZ: I've developed a bit of a split on this one, deep.
Engineer: They're squaring up.
Engineer: and Winnie is getting gustier
Lance STROLL: Get the wall. Take fire.
Engineer: anti-insecta too let me know if you're not happy doing that this is too much
ZHOU Guanyu: Exciting a lot guys
Engineer: King of the streets.
Sergio PEREZ: Well done, guys! We dominated this weekend. Well done, guys. Well done. We just have to sort out the issues. We cannot have the issues like Melbourne. And we are in the fight, guys. Well, well done. What a job. And this one goes to Thibaut and his wife. He's still a big part of our team. Yes, guys. Well done! Vamos! Vamos!
Engineer: Awesome stuff.
Fernando ALONSO: The Lance, my great balance, suggestion, as I am now, I think it's
Engineer: a
Fernando ALONSO: good help.
Engineer: Yeah, copy, Fernando, copy, I will understand.
Engineer: How do I turn this brake thing off, I can't see my time Currently no way of switching that off without losing information
Sergio PEREZ: Well done to Max. He pushed me hard. Checo,
Engineer: fantastic, fantastic drive. King of the streets. Well done, mate. That's a really controlled drive today. Well done. Thank you. Thank you, Christian.
Sergio PEREZ: Well done to everyone. I mean, it's been impressive to be part of this team. The way we performed this weekend with all the pressure on us. No mistakes. Yeah, well done to everyone.
Engineer: 33 points. Nice ball.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, how about a little bit boxing with sliding so let's see what we can do
Engineer: To all drivers are complaining just keep focus stay calm still a long race a lot of things can happen
Yuki TSUNODA: Thank you, Breaking Secret.
Lando NORRIS: No straight lines speeder
Engineer: Orlando, I completely understand. Remember, Hulk struggled yesterday. This will come naturally on him. The key thing is plan B. Plan B.
Engineer: Wow, that was a frustrating race Kev, but you did your best. Sorry we couldn't get past that car in front, it was just too quick on the straights.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, well I shouldn't have gone off, it's all about that man.
Engineer: No worries mate, everybody was trying to do their best, so there we go, there's always a next time then, it's next weekend. Yep.
Engineer: Tyres are stable, we are happy with tyres and happy to push more and go hunting.
Engineer: Okay mate, that's P14, obviously not where we want to be, tough weekend, we'll learn from everything here and we'll definitely bounce back for Miami mate.
George RUSSELL: I think we should consider plan B
Engineer: Copy
George RUSSELL: Stroll is really struggling with the rear I don't think he'll make it to the end Yeah, A firm
Engineer: So nobody has reacted to stopping.
Nico HULKENBERG: Well, well, I'm struggling
Engineer: And Lando, Ocon and Hulk can't stay out forever. So now's the time just to build some margin with these tyres. Once we're released, that'll be the time.
Nico HULKENBERG: Hit, we'll enter 15. Check front right. Pressure?
Engineer: Pressure's okay, all okay.
Engineer: What do you think between plan A and plan C? Are you still happy with plan A?
Carlos SAINZ: Yes, I hope it is.
Engineer: Just give us heads up with what you're struggling with, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: The balance between the diff and engine braking is not good.
Engineer: OK, we'll have a look.
Engineer: Charles, lap time 6.3 Fernando, 5.7 Are
Carlos SAINZ: they fighting?
Engineer: Not yet
Engineer: this is a good lap and good on tires
Engineer: I know this is frustrating, but this is a good place for us. It's just a patience game.
Engineer: You're doing a great job, Kev. Just keep up, keep battling away. We'll get there in the end.
Engineer: So we are at the entire life till the end
Engineer: Tires are good to the end
Engineer: Joe, we have to box the slab. We have an issue. Box the slab. Box, box.
Engineer: Laps to the end and at the end of this one, it's 14 laps 14 laps.
Fernando ALONSO: Good number. Let's go for it
Engineer: Copy that. Let's go
Engineer: So Lando, this is just a bit of a question ahead. A safety car now would be very bad timing. We'd either stay out on a hard for 9th or you'd pit for medium, be 11th and on the same tyre as the cars ahead. We're after your thoughts.
Lando NORRIS: Probably a new medium.
Engineer: And last lap, you were 4 tenths quicker than Leclerc, 1.6 seconds quicker than Sainz, who's getting hassled from Hamilton.
Engineer: Two guys in front, they are going to box soon.
Nico HULKENBERG: Beers are attacking a bit now.
Engineer: Copy that, we see it. I
Nico HULKENBERG: guess we're waiting for SC.
Engineer: Yeah, still worth going as long as we can.
Engineer: How far we are from fastest lap? 0.1. Fastest lap is minus 0.1 on the Delta.
Engineer: You've got this plus three laps to catch Tsunoda. That's for TP10.
Engineer: And Winnie is getting gustier
Engineer: Nice job, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, not bad. Good result, that.
Engineer: Yeah, well done, Max. Checo got a little lucky with the safety car there, but it's a long, long season, very, very good points today. So great team result. Well done. Yeah, it is what it is. I mean, we
Max VERSTAPPEN: wouldn't know a safety car could come out there. A bit unlucky, but good team result. And I think we learned a lot again.
Engineer: And p3
Charles LECLERC: Well, I think there wasn't anything more again for this race we maximized absolutely everything
Engineer: Yeah,
Charles LECLERC: thank you guys and finally we have a race without without too much trouble
Engineer: Sadly we finished P11, I feel like we deserved more, but well done buddy, that was a decent race, I don't think there was much more on the table. Yeah,
Oscar PIASTRI: shame to miss out by one spot, but just struggled for pace in the middle there, but have a look, thanks for your work this weekend, I know I haven't seen many of you a lot this weekend, but massively appreciated, so yeah, big shout out to the dock as well, thanks.
Engineer: Okay checkered flag Niko checkered flag pretty good run there Niko on that hard just didn't get the luck or that we needed But it was really a good very long run there
Engineer: Okay, man, let's check the flag. Well done. Well done, guys.
Fernando ALONSO: Not an easy weekend, but we still deliver what the people expect from us. Top job today, guys.
Engineer: Nice work Lewis. That's P6 mate. That's a great drive. I think he had over a little bit with the safety car, but really good recovery and yeah, great job on that final stint. Made it work.
Lewis HAMILTON: That's more like it lads.
Engineer: Not
Lewis HAMILTON: the result we wanted, but let's keep pushing guys. We're going in the right direction. We've got that mentality, let's keep pushing.
Engineer: Obviously a difficult race for us, a
Valtteri BOTTAS: long one. Yeah, shame about the turn 2 contact with the McLaren, but after that was secure with the safety car. But yeah, try again next week.
Engineer: Yep, exactly, just one week till next race.
Engineer: Good job for that fight. We're struggling for pace as we know, so we need to look into it. A good job there.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah Let's have a good look into it. Damage limitation, but yes, sorry for being so slow, but we can Let's have a look at it.
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Engineer: Ok mate, well done, that's P9, P9
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, good job
Engineer: It
Lando NORRIS: felt pretty terrible, but best we could do today So well, yep, good job
Engineer: Yep, agreed, nice job, patience game I know what we're going to talk about in the debrief, but well done
Engineer: P-16, P-16 mate, Alexander, P-12
Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, sorry, I truly gave it everything I had there, that's it
Engineer: That's good, that's good, good experience, building up yourself, understanding tyres and everything, good job mate, good sender
Engineer: OK, nice work. P8, fastest lap there at the end.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, not good enough.
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: got a bit caught out by Fernando at turn one. And then I did a scrappy lap one after that safety car.
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: think P5 was possible.
Engineer: OK, well, we get to do it all again next week.
Engineer: Check the flag, check the flag, P-10, you're OK.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yes! Good job, guys. Good one, good one.
Engineer: Yeah, good race. Maximised our pace. It was good. Charge on now, charge on now.
Engineer: Okay, checkered flag. That's P12, P12.
Alexander ALBON: Well, okay. Well done, everyone. That was a bit of management overload, oh my god.
Engineer: That was a tough one. Extremely well done, mate. Well done. I think without those management you did with the buttons and so on, I think we probably would have lost at least one or two places there, so well done. Probably need to service the steering wheel now, I think.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah. I just think we did quite up the pace, but I think we would have been much better if we were basically on the flats, but I could go forwards and I think we had a good compromise. Nothing we don't know.
Engineer: Okay Lance, let's check and flag, let's check and flag, P7, P7, out 3, out 3.
Engineer: OK mate, well done, we gave it our all there Sorry it didn't work out Yeah,
Esteban OCON: could be that, keep believing, keep believing, come back stronger on the next one
Engineer: So we've finished P15, P15 OK so we'll be coming in the pit entry this time, and normal switch off procedures please when you come to a stop Sorry as well about the people on track at the pit entry, I didn't realise they were there until you were already at them
Esteban OCON: Yeah, miscarry
Engineer: OK, that's the checkered flag OK mate, well done, we gave it our all there Sorry it didn't work out
Esteban OCON: Yeah, copy that, keep believing, keep believing Come back stronger on the next one
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