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Team radio transcript

Canadian Grand Prix 2023: Practice 3 team radio

37 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Canadian Grand Prix 2023, across 18 drivers. 35 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ had the most, with 5.

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. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Great temperature with your brakes. Be careful straight line with aquaplaning

  2. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: So Kev, we believe we should be staying out on WETS.

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, I agree.

  3. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: I

    Nico HULKENBERG: think it's not far off it there but quite happy to just get the car on this tire now.

    Engineer: We're happy to do another lap then.

  4. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Better pull into the left hand side of the break.

    Engineer: Copy that

  5. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Who is the blind guy, the Alpha Tauri? That's Tsunoda, who's blind, Tsunoda.

  6. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: More rain expected in nine minutes.

  7. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, it's very close to Inter now, but still I'm just happy to run around a bit more

  8. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Do you want to try and enter? I

    Oscar PIASTRI: think there's too much water for enter.

  9. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: How are the conditions? They're not too bad. I think they're very close for Inter. It's just a bit of standing water in a few places.

  10. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Ok, I did hit the kerb a bit, so yeah, left hand side of the floor, touch the big

    Engineer: sausage. Yeah, copy that, we'll still be having a look.

  11. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, the tyre is starting to work, step by step.

    Engineer: Copy, you are currently fastest.

  12. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: So the inter-runner is getting faster and faster, though the rain does look to be picking up

  13. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: As always, it's dangerous for the flurries all the time.

    Engineer: Just stopped in the middle of the chain. Yeah, copy that, that's sight.

  14. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Front brake's not too cold. It's quite tricky.

    Engineer: Copy, copy, understood.

    Valtteri BOTTAS: I'm just locking up all the time. The front left is unpredictable.

    Engineer: Okay, copy, copy.

  15. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: The Ferrari just backed into me.

  16. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: These touches are just getting worse and worse, lap after lap.

    Engineer: OK, sounds like there's no change available whilst you're on track at the moment, Max.

  17. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: I couldn't stop that.

    Engineer: Yeah, we lost a bit of tyre temp.

  18. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: That has to go to the students now, it's the same guy again.

  19. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Wait,

    Engineer: you

    Max VERSTAPPEN: need to tell me the guard behind.

    Engineer: I wasn't expecting you to let him through actually.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I can't see ****, you need to tell me.

  20. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: We need to box, box, Yuki.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Finish the fuel. You have to say it, I'll just cancel it. I'll just complete the lap then.

    Engineer: Yuki, I told you, it's the last push available. Before the push.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, but I thought because of tyre or whatever.

  21. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Sorry, guys. Crushed.

  22. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: No, but on brakes, pattern 6. Yeah, copy. Brake temps at low again.

    George RUSSELL: You want me using the magic?

    Engineer: No, we're happy without the magic.

  23. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: We expect heavier rain in 10 minutes time.

  24. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: I've got too much spray again.

  25. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, again, tires are getting better and better.

    Engineer: Copy, Roger, copy.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Griff is very poor.

    Engineer: Copy, yeah, looks like it's all dominated by temps.

  27. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: So we think rain potentially coming three or four minutes.

  28. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: increasing rain in around two minutes

  29. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, we're expecting a bit more rain.

  30. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  31. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Spark a fool and keep pushing.

  32. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  33. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: to pick up in the next couple of minutes expecting the rain to pick up in the next couple of minutes

  34. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Expecting the rain to pick up in the next couple of minutes.

  35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, coming in mate. Let's wait some time.

    Engineer: Copy.

  36. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Uh, my right mirror is hanging. It's, uh, it looks

    Engineer: like

    Valtteri BOTTAS: I'm flying off. It's got me, got me up to speed.

  37. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Is it raining more?

    Engineer: Class 2 in the pit lane now, yes it is Understood Lano, this is the possible intensity increase we described at 13.20 which is now So it could get heavier still

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