Belgian Grand Prix 2023: Sprint team radio
74 radio messages were recorded during sprint at the Belgian Grand Prix 2023, across 20 drivers. 66 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ had the most, with 9.
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
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 9 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 8 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 4 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
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Engineer: Watch your step, Zia. I
Alexander ALBON: don't know if there's any question, but you can't do a burnout?
Engineer: The pit box, the start position is quite close to around the corner, so watch your step, Zia.
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Engineer: Understood, obviously think about if it's going to be like that we need to protect from raining.
Engineer: Okay, copy that. So we've just got second gear to sync, but that's easy to do on the formation map as well, so nothing to worry about.
Engineer: Okay, so the first little cellar vein in four minutes
Engineer: 19 minutes, 19 minutes to go, light rain expected in 4 minutes, 3 minutes.
Engineer: The rain will hit the track in five minutes
Engineer: Okay, the weather is coming. So to adjust some switches, could you go to brake valve 58.5?
Engineer: So reported heavy rain turn 15 and it will last for 20 minutes.
Engineer: 15 minutes more rain this intensity lower and then high again and they're still saying it's going to start in formation that's going to be in nine minutes
Engineer: This rain sail should be over in two to three minutes and then we have Five minutes lighter rain and then the next heavy rain is expected
Sergio PEREZ: And how big is the next one that is coming? It's as big as this one?
Engineer: George, do you have some wetness in the car? I mean, I'm underneath a tent. I just feel sorry for everyone in the grandstands. So what do you think, like removing the tent to have the real feeling? I'm not too sure the mechanics would appreciate that, but unless you want to come and stand in the rain with us. Are you not on the grid, Toto? I feel like you should be standing here. Yeah, for loyalty, you know. Yeah, loyalty. You know, it's even spinning into the garage. I think I'm closing the doors here now.
Engineer: The next heavy shower is expected in two to three minutes.
Carlos SAINZ: So there's heavy rain coming still?
Carlos SAINZ: I'm afraid for a minute or so.
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Daniel RICCIARDO: Once this rain passes, are we expecting any more?
Daniel RICCIARDO: What's the how does it look?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Actually, we've just been told that we expect another heavy shower three
Engineer: minutes from now, and then that's it.
Engineer: Very heavy what's coming, but it's a short shower, you know, okay
Engineer: Will they give us a 10-minute warning? Yep, they will give us a 10-minute warning
Engineer: The latest update from Niels is that they're expecting the rain to stay around until 20 past. At the moment, they would then expect to start the race behind the safety car, which clearly mandates a wet, but we're currently waiting for the weather to improve.
Engineer: So this rain should stop in five minutes and then we have a gap of an hour. Okay with no rain
Engineer: Guys, it is important for me to know if at the end of the formation lap, when the safety car comes in, I can follow the safety car in and put an inter, or I need to start the rolling start or the standing start on an extreme and then box at the end of the first lap. This is what is important to know.
Pierre GASLY: The only thing is, who's
Engineer: the team right ahead of us? Is it McLaren?
Pierre GASLY: Use the team right ahead of us, make sure they don't block us
Engineer: Be a second gear start with a 40% clutch paddle drop and just a normal drop and release
Engineer: Ricky, we will need to be very careful with the traffic in the pit lane. Everyone will box, and I will be going out when everyone is coming in. Yeah, understood, full traffic.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah but it will be like you say, it might dry up very quickly.
Engineer: Okay, so we've had information there will be at least two laps following the safety car around will be two laps following such car
Lewis HAMILTON: We're not doing a standard start? No, a
Engineer: standard. So as we're planning, but behind a safety car. But we'll still do a second gear launch.
Engineer: Yeah,
George RUSSELL: it's definitely entered.
Engineer: Okay, at the moment the plan is for four laps behind the safety car, four laps, and then it would be a rolling start.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think that's a smart decision.
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's driving quick Yeah, you could definitely already drive, I think, with the inters
Engineer: Understood, thank you
Engineer: So we believe we've got one more lap safety car will come in at the end of it. That's what we believe so far
Lance STROLL: My decision is what we discussed on the grid. Copy that, copy that. If we think it's the right thing to do, depending on what others do.
Engineer: Yeah, we think it's the right thing.
Engineer: Tire position 7. Tire position 7. It's important. Watch the white lane.
Max VERSTAPPEN: We need to box this lap.
Engineer: Yep, confirm. Box this lap, Max. Box this lap.
Engineer: Lance tracks hot look after these fronts
Engineer: Purple C14-4, staff at 0.9.
Engineer: Can tire save 10, 11 and 12 for overeating and go on the wet patches?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I was struggling with some understeer towards the end.
Engineer: Okay Max, so Intel is at Piastri, left hand side tyres already suffering.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I'm not surprised, it's drifting everywhere.
Engineer: We still suggest diff mid zero. Diff mid zero suggestion.
Carlos SAINZ: Not that I don't agree.
Engineer: Okay.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It's drying very very fast, so at this pace
Engineer: Understood. I think it could be dry. Could be. I
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: think you should think about it. There is a dry line already. Understood
Engineer: Twin for car ahead is Piastri, struggling with the left front and we've got straight line speed on the main
Sergio PEREZ: Fuck, I have no regroup.
Engineer: Reset bias offset, recommend reset bias offset
Engineer: Peros in front has damage
Engineer: Okay, check out we're going to box and retire the car box and retire the car
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, the brakes are pretty ****. I can't believe we wake them up.
Engineer: Understood.
Pierre GASLY: I don't see any trouble up in the last decade.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: Great job Oscar, great job.
Oscar PIASTRI: Awesome job everybody, good job on the call for enters.
Engineer: Nicely done. Catch your head, Bruno.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, that was not bad.
Engineer: Great job, Max. One more to do tomorrow. Well done.
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Pierre GASLY: That's what we're talking about!
Engineer: Nice one mate.
Pierre GASLY: Very nice! Very nice!
Pierre GASLY: Super nicely done. I'm so happy
Engineer: Good job. Not
Carlos SAINZ: good. I warned you.
Engineer: We have a five second penalty for speeding that's why you lost position
Engineer: And the strategy was definitely the safer one yeah,
Max VERSTAPPEN: yeah, I think we did the right thing that's I mean The other one is just a bit more risky. We don't need to do that Also makes it a bit more fun, you know passing on track
Engineer: Okay people without tomorrow
Engineer: That's P12, P12.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, I copy, V5.
Engineer: Do you need positions?
Charles LECLERC: No, it's ok.
Engineer: Copy.
Charles LECLERC: You did a good job, ok.
Engineer: And I know we finished P7, but I think we're in five seconds of a Hamilton.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, no, good job. That's
Engineer: the
Lando NORRIS: best we could have done. Well done to us as well. First failure, well done, mate.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, yeah, sorry we couldn't hang on for for the point
Engineer: OK, so that was P13 for us in the end, it was a good call from your side.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, copy. Also in the wet the following was pretty tricky, and yeah with the wind it was a tough speed obviously. But the pace felt good, which
Engineer: is positive. Yep, copy. Tomorrow we start ahead of them.
ZHOU Guanyu: I think it's okay considering the time we have. We will be good if it's drying up.
Engineer: Nice one, buddy. Well held on to that one.
Pierre GASLY: Yes! That's what we're talking about. Very nice. Very nice. Super nicely done. I'm so happy.
Engineer: That worked out well. Excellent job, mate. Well executed from everyone.
Pierre GASLY: And that's one for Antoine. Super happy, super happy to get my first podium with you guys here. Super happy. Thanks to all of you guys. Very good job.
Engineer: Thank you, mate. Awesome job.
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