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Azerbaijan Grand Prix2023 · Sprint Shootout team radio
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49 radio messages were recorded during sprint shootout at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. Charles LECLERC 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.
On the radio
The rest of the weekend
- Practice 130 messages
- Sprint65 messages
- Qualifying49 messages
- Race95 messages
The session, message by message
Logan SARGEANTI'm in the wall.
EngineerOkay, are you okay? Are you okay?
Logan SARGEANTMan, the Ferraris were in the middle of the road.
EngineerYeah, I saw that. Are you okay? Just stop the car next to the marshal post if you can.
Logan SARGEANTMan they literally just sat in the middle of turn 15
EngineerSo the program is going to be very tight in this session, so if anyone's delaying you just just get past
EngineerWe are good.
Alexander ALBONYes! Yes, yes! Okay, you're so good to go, everyone.
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I lost all the rear in
Engineerthe
Max VERSTAPPENmiddle sector.
EngineerYeah, we saw that
Charles LECLERCSorry for colors.
EngineerSo P1 Good
Charles LECLERCjob, good job guys, I think the tyres were gone anyway on the second lap, but yeah,
Engineergood
Charles LECLERCjob
EngineerOkay, and P3.
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, f***ing flat-slap, middle sector just lost the rear completely.
EngineerWe've done a good job, okay? Let's focus next session.
Charles LECLERCThe lap was really good, the first one. Again, the car felt good.
EngineerFive time-lapse fast slow fast slow fast
Lewis HAMILTONThis tyre might not switch on.
EngineerWe'll still stay on plan so we'll go for lap one, just make sure we've got a tyre on the board.
EngineerIt should be green, don't let this Alpine in and Fernando will let you buy on the outlap focus on your tyres
Lance STROLLYou can go, don't pick up
George RUSSELLquite a big vibration on this set copy
Engineerthat we'll have a look
Pierre GASLYOkay, the steering is quite a lot bent right hand side down.
EngineerYeah, copy. I
Pierre GASLYlike quite a lot.
George RUSSELLVibrations coming from the front of brakes
EngineerEveryone's getting on with it, so three cars still to go.
EngineerExcellent lap Kev, currently P1
EngineerWind is similar to yesterday
Sergio PEREZVery low grip out there.
EngineerCopy.
Charles LECLERCAre we completely
Engineersafe? Yes, we are safe.
EngineerYoki, that's it for us, P-18.
Yuki TSUNODAYou're f***ing kidding me!
ZHOU GuanyuCheck a bit my rear right, because I touched the wall XF50 the last before, there shouldn't be any problems.
EngineerCopy that, we will check rear right.
EngineerAnd how much time left? There's only 25 seconds left, so unfortunately, that is it.
Valtteri BOTTASYeah,
Engineerso we finished with ourselves in 17 and Joe in 16.
EngineerWhat's the traffic with Sergeant? He's pushing behind him. Clear?
Charles LECLERCSergeant crushed.
EngineerCopy.
EngineerWe don't have time enough either and it's unlikely over mate, sorry.
EngineerRed flag, red flag! Ok, that's it for us. P18.
Yuki TSUNODAYou're kidding me!
Alexander ALBONSo what happens now, are we allowed to join push-in, or are we listening to this, or is it actually a disadvantage to be where we are in
Engineerthe
Alexander ALBONpit lane?
EngineerSo, we left the garage at the same time that the second house arrived, so we should be behind the second house.
Nico HULKENBERGDo you think there's going to be bunching at the 16?
EngineerIt's Verstappen's going, then Hamilton. It's not going to bunch up much. Hamilton's going, so there's just Russell and Mag to go. Russell's going, so you have an eight-second gap to Kevin. You're good. Remember, mode push, mode push.
George RUSSELLLots of understanding of its sector.
EngineerThere's no one behind Hamilton, so just get out his way. Make sure you're not getting in his way at all
EngineerOK, recharge on and we'll be boxing now, that's P11 at the moment unfortunately. Yeah, I mean I lost 10.5 in the straight now. Yeah, I saw that jump here, I'm not sure why that was unfortunately.
EngineerOkay Lando we are boxes lap currently p8 still some cars to finish And Lando we are through
EngineerOscar, your P-11 Fernando towed Stroll and he jumped us at the end Yep,
Oscar PIASTRIok, thanks guys
George RUSSELLBut the tyres were dropping away from me at the end of this lap. Vibration has disappeared, must have been the tyre.
EngineerSo Max, just one thing with this waiting at the end of the pit lane We'd like you to switch recharge off when you open the lap around turn 17 So you go through 16 come through the right-hand kink and then switch recharge off. Okay
EngineerAnd we have wind phase 5, same intensity
George RUSSELLBlock the right big time.
EngineerReady to go.
Sergio PEREZI'm losing the rears, already into turn 7
Charles LECLERCWhat happened?
EngineerHas Verstappen put a lap in or is he preparing for the last lap? Yes, Verstappen is P3, 42.14, Verstappen. We believe he did a mistake in sector 2.
EngineerSo there's too much messing around Fernando, we obviously need a lap
Charles LECLERCThat would speed up a bit stupid
EngineerThere might be some debris that that five six the clerk went into the wall there
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, that's that little sector just lost the rear completely
EngineerWell done Alex, really, really impressive qualifying, great position, look forward to this afternoon.
Alexander ALBONYeah, thank you James.
EngineerYou are p2 for a spin
Sergio PEREZYeah, I mean crazy sessions Let's keep our heads down and get him in the in the stream
EngineerWell, I'll check out from row for the spring race. And yeah, absolutely plenty playful.
Sergio PEREZYeah, good job guys Well executed there. Well reacted. Let's keep it up
Lance STROLLThe car just didn't feel great.
EngineerYeah, just a bit.
EngineerIt's B4 for now, B5. Price will improve slightly.
EngineerThat's P4 good job Nice work in that middle sector
George RUSSELLWell, that's a little bit better than yesterday. Sorry for messing that up
EngineerGood
George RUSSELLrecovery today, well done
EngineerOK, so that's a P6, and we're eight tenths to Leclerc. How far was I off?
Lewis HAMILTONCar's ahead.
EngineerYeah, so two tenths to Sainz, car ahead.