Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023: Sprint team radio
65 radio messages were recorded during sprint at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. 55 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 10.
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 · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 6 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 5 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Max VERSTAPPEN: He tapped me
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, debris is gone, it's clear
Engineer: Okay, thanks for that
Charles LECLERC: There was a cut.
Valtteri BOTTAS: It's starting to melt.
Engineer: Very busy out there.
George RUSSELL: Have we got all three compounds of tyre on the grid?
Engineer: Negative, we can chat when you get out of the car there.
Engineer: I'd
George RUSSELL: like to consider a change of start tyre, you
Engineer: know which direction that'll probably be
Alexander ALBON: Car feels good, no real issues, so, oh yeah, I'm happy.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: Okay, tidy job P1.
Sergio PEREZ: Well done guys We did what we had to. Well done there. Good job guys, and we will get them tomorrow again
Engineer: Go again tomorrow, hopefully without damage. Yeah, well done Max with an injured car, that was very good, well done.
Engineer: Just avoid low brake pressure.
Sergio PEREZ: You always have to complain, right? Blame, uh, blame Peclegg.
Engineer: Nice job, good race, good recovery from yesterday, P4, shame we didn't quite have the straight line speed over the Red Bull.
George RUSSELL: Yeah well done, this is where we are at
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: moment, let's push on into tomorrow. George really well done, you were second quickest car apart from Perez most of the second half of the race. Thanks Toto.
Engineer: Okay Lance, that's checkered flag, that's P8, that's P8, that's a very hard-earned point, well done, couple of great overtakes there, well done. Yeah, really well managed race, that was catching Hamilton at the end as well, so really strong race, P6 for Fernando.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, good points.
Engineer: At
Esteban OCON: least we've learned some more stuff, so it's good data for tomorrow.
Engineer: Absolutely right, that's the main aim of today and yeah a few things still to go through but I think we've learnt probably more in those laps than we have done at any other point this weekend so that's good.
George RUSSELL: Formation lap, lap to grid sorry, the brakes were a
Engineer: bit
George RUSSELL: odd, the pedal was a bit spongy, a little bit long but the deceleration and bite was really quite good, it was grabbing well it's rare that you have those two together yeah
Lewis HAMILTON: Pedals are a little bit soft.
Engineer: Ok. So
Lewis HAMILTON: we might pass him.
Engineer: And we'll do a quick check.
Engineer: So we've got Norris P10 on the soft tyre, Bottas P15 also on the soft, everyone else on medium. Looks like both Ferraris are on new medium, everyone else unused.
Engineer: All good Max, these guys have got nothing to lose, just remember that.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No mate, he tapped me, that's how he got the position, he's been reported.
Engineer: He's been reported.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I can also pass like that if I keep tapping into the side.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I mean there's
Engineer: a
Lando NORRIS: tyre in the middle of
Engineer: the
Lando NORRIS: track, so pretty bad in my opinion.
Engineer: It's
Lando NORRIS: better just to stop here for now. I just don't want to get a puncture on the street circuit, so I'd rather they clear the debris away, there's too much debris.
Engineer: Yeah, agreed, punctures are a concern too.
Carlos SAINZ: I think I went through some debris, check front, right and rear, right?
Engineer: Understood, at
Carlos SAINZ: the moment they are fine, Precious, while we're checking.
Yuki TSUNODA: Oh, did Debra just kick me over? Yeah, I should have gone f***ing crazy, man. What is he doing, honestly?
Engineer: We have picked up some floor damage, just waiting for the balance shift.
Max VERSTAPPEN: How?
Engineer: How do you think?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Did he really drive into the side of... I don't understand how he can keep the position and he's damaging my car. It's kind of ridiculous.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, the debris is gone, it's clear
Engineer: Okay, thanks for that
Engineer: Quite a bit of bouncing down, weaving left to right in the straight. Copy, I see the marker.
Engineer: Lovely job Max. Without contact as well. Nicely done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I know how to do that.
Lando NORRIS: I'm struggling with the soft threading a little.
Engineer: Hi Lando, just be careful of wheelspin. Exit turn 6, exit turn 6. Yeah, I'll try.
Lando NORRIS: The tires are completely ******. It's like a 4 or 5. Okay, understood.
Engineer: Keep motor tech. Keep attack.
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Engineer: and I leave it to you face to focus turn 15
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Engineer: This deployment profile is just about.
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Engineer: Oh yeah.
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Engineer: One sec.
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George RUSSELL: The right.
George RUSSELL: Bit of vibration around 17 to the right.
Engineer: Where
Esteban OCON: is that gun?
Engineer: We need to manage a bit more, more anti-insectitude. Yumi, tell me how, how, tell me how! More anti-insectitude if you can. No, I'm being sarcastic! There's no way I can do more!
Engineer: Oh
Esteban OCON: yeah, I mean, I'm floating now, so...
Engineer: So a couple of the medium runners now complaining about the rear we're just keeping an eye on your rear surfaces
Nico HULKENBERG: It's... I don't know, the rear is completely gone, but no rear grip left.
Engineer: OK, copy that, we see it. Yep, it's... Yeah, bad graining. Understood. You can see really bad graining on both front tires. OK, at this stage then you just have to push through it, unfortunately. Bottas behind is on soft, so he's struggling.
Engineer: Okay, two laps to go. Let's see if there's anything left in the tyre to attack him.
Pierre GASLY: I'm launching everywhere. Copy.
Engineer: Very good job, you too.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, thank you, that was the very best we could do. Now we try and report tomorrow.
Engineer: Sure, and well managed.
Engineer: Nice job, good race, good recovery from yesterday, P4, shame we didn't quite have the straight line speed over the Red Bull.
George RUSSELL: Yeah well done, this is where we are at the moment, let's push on into tomorrow. George really well done, you were second quickest car apart from Perez most of the second half of the race. Thanks Toto.
Fernando ALONSO: Okay, that's checkered flag, well done, checkered flag, P6, good job mate. We'll review the start afterwards. Yeah, good, good, good points. Yeah, the start, I mean, I was on the inside, if I lift off, he gets away with it. If I don't lift off, we will crash both into the wall. So, I mean, so yeah, if you take my own board, you know, I'll say what happens if I don't lift off. For sure, a penalty will be applied, so.
Engineer: Okay, that's the chequered flag. Chequered flag. Well done, Oscar. I appreciate that that was a big effort. Finished P10.
Nyck DE VRIES: Shame I lost so much time with Norris. I just caught him as he turned into Brun70 or Brun80.
Engineer: Yeah, not sure why he's still on the racing line when he's boxing. But yeah, I thought that's a copy.
Engineer: I think given everything else that's been going on this weekend, that's pretty impressive.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, thanks. Not too bad. Yeah, struggled a bit at the end with tyres, but yeah, thanks guys.
Engineer: Ok mate, that is the chequered flag. Tried something, didn't work. Real races tomorrow.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah,
Engineer: I
Lando NORRIS: know, all good.
Engineer: Yeah,
Lando NORRIS: only a little bit out with the tyres I guess.
Alexander ALBON: I think I picked up some, it felt more like aero deck than anything else, last 3 laps, 4 laps I took a big hit, just I lost the rear from one lap to the next.
Engineer: Okay Valtteri, that's the checkered flag, so you can go to mode end, mode end. Okay, so in the end the gamble didn't pay off, but I think it was worth trying.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, great. It was good to try, but yeah, I was a bit tired. Couldn't take it. Yeah, we have a good chance tomorrow, I think the car feels good to fight. So, let's get some points tomorrow.
Engineer: OK, Lance, that's checkered flag, that's P8, that's P8, that's a very hard-earned point, well done, couple of great overtakes there, well done.
Lance STROLL: Yeah,
Engineer: really well managed race, that was catching Hamilton at the end as well, so really strong race, P6 for Fernando. Yeah, good
Lance STROLL: points.
Engineer: OK, Kev, check your flag. Well done, mate. P11. Excellent pace though, that's the big takeaway. Really good pace.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, sorry I couldn't make up more positions, but I agree, pace looked decent, so let's try and do a bit more tomorrow.
Engineer: Solid race at the end, Joe. We finished P12. Yeah, good recover.
ZHOU Guanyu: Very difficult lap 1 with the tyres, man. But the pace was quite strong. It's a shame that the IS was out of reach. But yeah, the car felt pretty decent so far. Let's have a good race tomorrow then.
Engineer: Copy Joe, that's good.
Engineer: Okay, Niko, we'll see you back here, P1, wait three seconds, then P0, we've got some homework to do tonight, we'll figure it out. Yep, see you later.
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