British Grand Prix 2023: Practice 1 team radio
65 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the British Grand Prix 2023, across 17 drivers. 60 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 13.
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 · 13 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 12 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 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.
Engineer: The first V-Limb is out of turn 5, let's V-Limb to gear 7, hold that, go round up to turn 9, you can live through 9.
Engineer: Five cars so far, three on hard, two on medium.
Engineer: Five on hard now. We're certainly not alone
George RUSSELL: Turn 4, brakes are all good.
George RUSSELL: Carpet, very
Engineer: up a nose.
Lance STROLL: We're
Engineer: checking
George RUSSELL: but really on the nose prove one
George RUSSELL: Am I at the right box there?
Carlos SAINZ: Checking the beef is opening and it turns 13 Copy
Engineer: Okay, cool the tires Max
Engineer: I'm
George RUSSELL: not sure that I'm gonna win that.
Nyck DE VRIES: Also, turn seven, I'm struggling with quite a bit of this there.
Nico HULKENBERG: Balance is very odd. It's really on the nose at high speed and completely understeer at low speed.
Engineer: Should we take some flap off? Yep, let me yep. Let me uh, yeah, we can we can definitely do that because that's where we're struggling in high speed So we'll come in for a flap adjust
Engineer: All clear from behind, place to focus turn 7 and turn 12, cross cars
Max VERSTAPPEN: Sir, it's going to SOS.
Engineer: Okay.
Engineer: Ayuki, we suggest offset minus 2 before turn 6, offset plus 2 after turn 7.
Engineer: Strat 7, HALT coming through
George RUSSELL: Is it uncontacted or single-lapsed?
Engineer: Hard to tell, I think it's single-lapsed
George RUSSELL: Thank you, Aaron. Let's start a bunch of them in three.
Esteban OCON: The balance is very sharp on entries, turn in of the high speed, Maggots-Baggots, the first turn in
Engineer: Copy that
Max VERSTAPPEN: This is such a nice
Engineer: So go one we need to be go one so you're going to push out of 14 use energy at DRS push
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Esteban OCON: The traction is very poor out of all the slow speeds. Disaster.
Engineer: OK understood, could look to try opening off the diff mid a little just to help the low speed rotation at apex as a start point.
Esteban OCON: The traction is very poor out of all the slow speed disaster
Engineer: OK mate, I think we should box at this point, I think we should have a look at some balance work now.
Engineer: I'll have to check for you on that one
Engineer: Just a reminder to angle your car out a little bit for practice start
Engineer: And we'll be same Aero Cruises again please after turn 5 will be Aero P4
Engineer: Red button turn three
Engineer: Over the line mode charge my charge that's now p7
Sergio PEREZ: Shall we try a double cool down?
George RUSSELL: Got vibration on
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: steering, by the market.
George RUSSELL: Bit of vibration under my brake pedal.
Engineer: Remember what you said, remember what we said
Logan SARGEANT: Oh, I had to abort that.
Engineer: Are you aborting or pushing? Remember what we said. I aborted. Okay, then you're gonna have a lot less, mate. We talked about it.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Alexander ALBON: perfect it's a confusing balance i think it's it's not that clear well there's nothing consistent
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: We'll box for a practice pit stop.
Lewis HAMILTON: Balance is pretty bad mate.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: And take a good gap, the abstract behind, preparing his lap, and then off you go.
Engineer: And 13, we have a big delta, but I think it's probably understeer.
George RUSSELL: Big Vibration steering through Magnet Packets There you
Engineer: go
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: But if I take speed off in the entry, I'm still going to get the understeer, so I need some help there.
Engineer: How was the balance?
Esteban OCON: Much better.
Engineer: And if you could just let us know, what's your main limitation 15?
George RUSSELL: Aston Martin
Engineer: Affirm
Engineer: Big
George RUSSELL: Vibration steering through Mangy's Packets There you go Yeah, Ken Rich and his gang have a good look at this steering please
Charles LECLERC: I tried something in
Engineer: the
Charles LECLERC: last two corners, didn't work.
Engineer: Copy, understood. We've seen it.
Engineer: Yeah, let Lewis through. He's on an out lap.
Engineer: Ok Esteban, looks like most people aren't improving on a second lap either. If you're happy I suggest we box this lap.
ZHOU Guanyu: Copy, I just didn't have any grip, I don't know why.
Logan SARGEANT: Any expectation?
Engineer: We just want to push the tire
Engineer: OK, Gasly in the box, nice and steady on the way in please.
Engineer: If we can go to HPP 8 position 12, 8 position 12.
Carlos SAINZ: I think I hopped
Engineer: to
Carlos SAINZ: your left, 20.
Sergio PEREZ: Ah, the tech keeps getting...
Engineer: What was affecting you last corner last album three I want to some
Lance STROLL: over a steer One exit
Engineer: LeClaire three LeClaire two
Engineer: We only have time for one more push. Double charge looks to be a bit too tight. Yeah, I'll do a slow charge.
Sergio PEREZ: There was a bug in the middle of the truck.
Engineer: Okay.
Engineer: The
George RUSSELL: car is all over the place now in six and seven.
Engineer: Rear tires are still very hot. After the start we'll be pushing
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