Belgian Grand Prix 2023: Qualifying team radio
88 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix 2023, across 20 drivers. 82 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 14.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 14 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 7 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 4 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
George RUSSELL: Bright sunshine here now
Engineer: at
George RUSSELL: the end of the pit lane
Valtteri BOTTAS: And is it correct we are in mode X instead of mode ON?
Engineer: Yeah, copy that. We're just tracking a bit of a rain cell that's growing to the south of the circuit, so that would be turn five onwards if it hits. Potentially five minutes away.
Engineer: Yes AFA we need X for the first outlet and you can go to sock 7 currently sock 8
Lewis HAMILTON: Can't see anything out my right mirror it's just moved. Can anyone run down here and just adjust my mirror?
Engineer: So we can't have anyone working on the car whilst you're in the fast lane
Engineer: Yeah, we're going to see where we're coming on this first run.
Engineer: You
Lewis HAMILTON: say you loved it the same?
Engineer: So we do have the reduction so that adjustment that we made so it's exactly as we showed you
Engineer: And just make sure you're working rear brakes as well
Engineer: Let me know what I could go. Yep mode push mode push we're in sock six and then we'll change that later in the lap
Engineer: We're happy to go faster after 10.15. Might have a good break.
Engineer: Sock 3 please, Sock 3. You're already in mode push, just wait for my call.
Engineer: We'll need to let Russell through probably Hamilton to expect they could be on two push laps as well
Engineer: We need Mujin to bot Asmex. Can't be sure these guys are not pushing twice.
Pierre GASLY: What should I do with the SOC?
Engineer: You're good on SOC mate, let's keep building fire temp. Still a little bit on the low side, keep the speed up on the straights
Engineer: Magnusson 5, Magnusson 5, after Magnusson the traffic is going to get bad, Magnusson 3
Engineer: two time. I
Alexander ALBON: don't know if it starts here but yes
Engineer: so if you brought this one you can push next lap and then we can potentially stop for two two time.
Engineer: Doesn't look like it will dry this session.
Engineer: Lando, we have possible front wing damage.
ZHOU Guanyu: All 24 wheels unbiased. Unlocking.
Engineer: Okay so what I'd like to do is make a gap to Pierre of at least seven seconds I'll keep you updated on that gap just to help the pit stop there won't be any waiting
Engineer: Okay Max, so we'll begin this next push lap, we're slightly short to be able to complete it and pit stop for a second set, so let's see how we're getting on, we'll make the call on the exit of turn 15.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, this tire still feels okay, but I'm
Engineer: not sure how much better it'll be on a new tire. Yeah, lots of people are boxing Lance, so we're comfortable to do that. Okay.
Engineer: So we will be very tight on time for a fast low fast.
George RUSSELL: Let's
Engineer: have
George RUSSELL: Lewis put his foot down then.
Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, I have, I have new wheels already.
Engineer: And Lando suggests yellow G4, yellow G4, Checo and Oscar breaking dry line turn one.
Engineer: P1 at the moment, we'll take a single call, so find some water, cool the tyres down.
Engineer: We need a fast outlap, we need a fast outlap.
Engineer: So, Max, it's 27 seconds. Max, you're still all OK behind. There's going to be a bit of bunching here.
Engineer: The clock is 28 minutes.
Carlos SAINZ: Will I make it?
Engineer: I think so. The clock is 28 minutes. You have 1 minute and 10.
Carlos SAINZ: Will I make it?
Engineer: I think so, the clock is 28, minute 28, you have 1 minute and 10.
Engineer: Missed by about 25 seconds so box now Nico box now
Engineer: So definitely not making it. Yeah, we're not gonna make it. You don't need to push
Engineer: So definitely not making it. Yeah, we're not going to make it. You don't need to push. We'll box now Nico box now
Daniel RICCIARDO: Daniel, lap time deleted. Yeah, sorry.
Engineer: I
Daniel RICCIARDO: just lost it a bit. Drifted wide. Sorry.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Logan SARGEANT: Thank you to the boys. I appreciate that. Really unfortunate this morning and compromised us, but thank you for the efforts.
Engineer: Be
Lewis HAMILTON: bound if you're not okay, turn one.
Engineer: Term one looks good
Engineer: OK mate, we're going to get going. Session's going green now. Might be a little bit of waiting at the end but we need to for track position.
Lewis HAMILTON: Is there rain on the radar?
Engineer: Nothing at the moment, so we're thinking it's going to be transitioning to dry very soon.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, it's not too far off slicks.
Engineer: Quite a few dry lines at the moment, so could be slicks at the end of the bollock, but I think we need to decide after our first push
Engineer: Elbows out for Piastri, Magnussen going now
Esteban OCON: I think it's going to be on the limit if we go now.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Lewis HAMILTON: No way I can get the Delta down.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'll do another lap
Yuki TSUNODA: I'm happy with the amount of rotation I got, I'm
Engineer: just
Yuki TSUNODA: waiting for similar.
Engineer: Copy that. What do you think of the drive for the next run?
Yuki TSUNODA: No dry, I think. No dry.
Engineer: Okay, let's do it, let's do it. Box this lap if you want up two laps.
Engineer: Only Stroll, Peter, for Inters. Everybody else on Soft, so we believe it's Box for Soft, if you're happy.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, or two pushes.
Engineer: Or two pushes, yes. Just think about the shock.
Engineer: We're still thinking fast, slow, fast, George.
George RUSSELL: I disagree.
Esteban OCON: How the **** did I hit the wall guys? I don't think the front wing is gone
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Esteban OCON: Could have just tried not to go.
Engineer: You didn't have a wing changed, unfortunately.
Engineer: If we happen if we have so the new wing hadn't gone on we've run out of time unfortunately We weren't going to get in so we're going to bring the car back in the garage currently was still p5
Charles LECLERC: What the f***? I don't know who that guy was, the Haas, but I hope he gets a penalty.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Yuki TSUNODA: Okay, P11,
Engineer: P11
Engineer: I should have just f***ing pushed two laps in a row, like I said. So you are through Max? Yeah, I don't give a f*** if I'm through in Q10. It's just f***ing execution. Okay, and then when the track was two seconds quicker for your final lap and you didn't have any energy left, how would that have gone down? But you tell me what you want to do in Q3 and we'll do it. Let me know. Sets, fuel, front plan.
Engineer: Focus on warm-up, particularly front right.
Lance STROLL: Do another push on this set, and then single push. Does that work? Stop by.
Engineer: Okay, let's do that so we're gonna box this lap box this lap
Engineer: Okay, we've got ourselves some time.
Engineer: Oscar, how's the front wing?
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: wonder whether you had pressure in
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: rear or not. Turned.
Engineer: Do we have
Lewis HAMILTON: pressure in the rear or not?
Engineer: Negative, not with this timing.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, hard to get the tides into the window there, better the second lap.
Engineer: Your last out loud was 240 from garage exit.
Engineer: Nobody to hurry up about it
Engineer: Yeah, so this will be tight, Max, so we need to push on. Currently 15 seconds margin.
Engineer: Oh
Max VERSTAPPEN: nice gap that!
Engineer: Well
Max VERSTAPPEN: at least we had a good queue through. And sorry GP for being such a... so on the rant.
Engineer: Slowly getting used to it Max.
Charles LECLERC: Verstappen will have his five-win penalty on Sunday or tomorrow?
Engineer: On Sunday, that is for Sunday.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, okay.
Engineer: Mike's got pole.
Sergio PEREZ: It was chaos on the final of the company envelope, but anyway, it's a good start. Well done guys
Engineer: Well done, Checo. That's a great, great lap. That puts you on the front row for Sunday's race. So, yeah, just five hundredths off Leclerc. So, great job.
Engineer: 0
Lewis HAMILTON: .9, jeez, where is all that time? Yeah,
Engineer: it's all that middle sector.
Engineer: Well done, Checo. That's a great, great lap. That puts you on the front row for tomorrow's, or for Sunday's race. So yeah, just five hundredths off Leclerc, so great job.
Sergio PEREZ: And you will talk to me now?
Engineer: Great job. I will talk to you. I said you're top five, mate. You've blitzed it. And I don't have to touch anything else either.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Luckily we got a few more years, so it's all good.
Engineer: Finish P5, Choco 470, and Hamilton 4708, you did a 47.15.
Engineer: a little bit on
Oscar PIASTRI: the table so sorry about that but yeah very well executed session and uh try again tomorrow yeah
Engineer: all good oscar all good starting p6 we can uh have a good race on sunday from that we'll have another go at this tomorrow
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, yeah, good job, good salvage from my mistake in Q1, yeah.
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