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Team radio transcript

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  3. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    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.

  4. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Five cars so far, three on hard, two on medium.

  5. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Five on hard now. We're certainly not alone

  6. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Turn 4, brakes are all good.

  7. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Carpet, very

    Engineer: up a nose.

  8. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: We're

    Engineer: checking

  9. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: but really on the nose prove one

  10. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Am I at the right box there?

  11. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Checking the beef is opening and it turns 13 Copy

  12. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, cool the tires Max

  13. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: I'm

    George RUSSELL: not sure that I'm gonna win that.

  14. Nyck DE VRIESAlphaTauri

    Nyck DE VRIES: Also, turn seven, I'm struggling with quite a bit of this there.

  15. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Balance is very odd. It's really on the nose at high speed and completely understeer at low speed.

  16. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    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

  17. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: All clear from behind, place to focus turn 7 and turn 12, cross cars

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Sir, it's going to SOS.

    Engineer: Okay.

  19. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Ayuki, we suggest offset minus 2 before turn 6, offset plus 2 after turn 7.

  20. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Strat 7, HALT coming through

    George RUSSELL: Is it uncontacted or single-lapsed?

    Engineer: Hard to tell, I think it's single-lapsed

  21. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Thank you, Aaron. Let's start a bunch of them in three.

  22. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: The balance is very sharp on entries, turn in of the high speed, Maggots-Baggots, the first turn in

    Engineer: Copy that

  23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: This is such a nice

  24. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: So go one we need to be go one so you're going to push out of 14 use energy at DRS push

  25. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  26. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: The traction is very poor out of all the slow speeds. Disaster.

  27. Esteban OCONAlpine

    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.

  28. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: The traction is very poor out of all the slow speed disaster

  29. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK mate, I think we should box at this point, I think we should have a look at some balance work now.

  30. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: I'll have to check for you on that one

  31. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Just a reminder to angle your car out a little bit for practice start

  32. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: And we'll be same Aero Cruises again please after turn 5 will be Aero P4

  33. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Red button turn three

  34. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Over the line mode charge my charge that's now p7

  35. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Shall we try a double cool down?

  36. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Got vibration on

    Engineer: the

    George RUSSELL: steering, by the market.

  37. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Bit of vibration under my brake pedal.

  38. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Remember what you said, remember what we said

  39. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    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.

  40. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  41. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: perfect it's a confusing balance i think it's it's not that clear well there's nothing consistent

  42. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  43. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: We'll box for a practice pit stop.

  44. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Balance is pretty bad mate.

    Engineer: Copy.

  45. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And take a good gap, the abstract behind, preparing his lap, and then off you go.

  46. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: And 13, we have a big delta, but I think it's probably understeer.

  47. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Big Vibration steering through Magnet Packets There you

    Engineer: go

  48. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    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.

  49. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: How was the balance?

    Esteban OCON: Much better.

  50. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: And if you could just let us know, what's your main limitation 15?

    George RUSSELL: Aston Martin

    Engineer: Affirm

  51. George RUSSELLMercedes

    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

  52. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I tried something in

    Engineer: the

    Charles LECLERC: last two corners, didn't work.

    Engineer: Copy, understood. We've seen it.

  53. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Yeah, let Lewis through. He's on an out lap.

  54. Esteban OCONAlpine

    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.

  55. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: Copy, I just didn't have any grip, I don't know why.

  56. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: Any expectation?

    Engineer: We just want to push the tire

  57. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK, Gasly in the box, nice and steady on the way in please.

  58. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: If we can go to HPP 8 position 12, 8 position 12.

  59. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: I think I hopped

    Engineer: to

    Carlos SAINZ: your left, 20.

  60. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Ah, the tech keeps getting...

  61. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    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

  62. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    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.

  63. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: There was a bug in the middle of the truck.

    Engineer: Okay.

  64. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: The

    George RUSSELL: car is all over the place now in six and seven.

  65. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Rear tires are still very hot. After the start we'll be pushing

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