Dutch Grand Prix 2023: Practice 1 team radio
51 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Dutch Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. 48 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Robert SHWARTZMAN had the most, with 10.
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
- Robert SHWARTZMAN · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 6 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · 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.
Engineer: And just keep an eye on your mirrors if the guys are trying to pass you.
Engineer: Happy to keep pushing after this for a second lap.
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm not charging anything.
Engineer: Copy Joe.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, front tires, front tires are really cold
Engineer: Understood
Engineer: So currently P1 at 4 tenths for Stappen P2.
Engineer: Pairs 1.5, 3 second gap behind him if you need it, good to push.
Engineer: Okay, good job, Robert. Let's do constant speeds on this in-lap. Watch your mirrors. You have Ocon three seconds behind and Perez three seconds behind him. It will be engine 12.
Engineer: You happy to open one more lap for our tyres? Yeah, the wheels are going a little bit, but I can open, see what happens. Ricardo, we need six pushing.
Engineer: So we'd just like you to do one time lap, remember you need maximum speed, down the start finish straight twice, and just push as hard as you can reasonably around the rest of the lap.
Nico HULKENBERG: Check the front right corner, I've hit that curb to turn 12 pretty hard. Okay, understood.
Engineer: Over the line mode to charge mode charge that's now p5
Engineer: At the end of this lap, push to turn 1, no DRS please.
Engineer: So compared to both of us, it's turn 8 entry. We were braking a bit earlier.
Engineer: And that's currently the three fastest Verstappen on hard in a 13.2.
Engineer: So we're happy to build the tyre temps up on this outlap. You're all clear ahead. Magnus is still five behind on his outlap. First time lap will be no DRS.
Engineer: So this lap compared to Bottas, it's a little bit straight line braking turn 1 that we lost. On next place is entry turn 13 And we see other cars are staying in 5th gear for turn 13. Competitors staying in 5th gear turn 13
Engineer: So reminder, you'll have no DRS on your first push, and we'll do two pushes.
Engineer: So Fernando three, let him by, he's pushing again. Fernando, so correction, Fernando is cool. Two, Fernando pushing one, let him by. And then six back to Magnussen. So take it easy now.
Engineer: We have to abort and box, we have an issue.
Lance STROLL: I hear a funny noise.
Engineer: Yeah, understood.
Logan SARGEANT: What am I targeting here
Engineer: minus five on the dash minus five
Engineer: And you might have sergeant approaching on pit exit. Take a look in your mirrors. Sergeant coming around turn one now.
Engineer: Oscar, turn 13 braking, the downshift looked normal this lap. Was turn 13 braking okay?
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, it was better this lap.
Engineer: How's the balance?
Sergio PEREZ: Better, better. I think you're
Engineer: lacking a bit of rotation. Schwartzmann, one second. Medium speed, but
Sergio PEREZ: the
Engineer: energy... Sergeant, two seconds. Sergeant, coming through. Do you want a flap adjust?
Sergio PEREZ: No, it's OK.
Engineer: OK, copy.
ZHOU Guanyu: Who was that, man? He just blocked me. I'm so protective.
Engineer: Copy that.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Wow, what a... my god!
Engineer: That's it.
Pierre GASLY: Can I do two crew down?
Engineer: Uh, yeah, I have five.
Pierre GASLY: Okay, I'll try two crew down.
Engineer: So, if you want, we can do another push, otherwise we can box, but it does look like a clear first lap tyre to us. Has anyone done a third push?
Alexander ALBON: Are you sure? Not to me.
Engineer: Not to you, okay, copy.
Alexander ALBON: Why, was I behind on my lap, or...?
Engineer: So, no one's done a third push yet, and all cars behind in phase.
Engineer: Okay, Rob, you can go charge button on.
Engineer: OK, so P4 with that the time so far, Pierre P5 he did improve on his third lap on this tyre. In an ideal world Esteban, we're a little tight with time, it would be good to come in and think about the next run. Do you think you really need another lap on this set?
Esteban OCON: No, no, no, all good.
Engineer: Just
Esteban OCON: take the plank for last corner.
Engineer: Copy that. OK mate, so let's box now please, box now. We'll have an aero cruise after turn 10 if we can.
Engineer: currently Hulkenberg is off in the gravel exit of 13 yellow flags at the moment slow down it's a red flag slow down get your Delta positive all clear behind
Engineer: Okay, so Logan will let us through on the outlap.
Engineer: Okay, so definitely seven laps, might be eight if we're lucky, cars in front are Bottas, Sargent and Albon, big gap's been formed behind by Verstappen.
Engineer: Okay, so be a mixed bag of low fuel and high fuel now get straight into it
Robert SHWARTZMAN: But what are they doing? They're just stopped on the exit.
Engineer: Yeah, I think they're just building a gap
Engineer: The
Esteban OCON: car was going on the front on its side, I think, when I slowed down.
Engineer: Understood. Okay, we're having a look now.
Engineer: Ok, Ocon possibly pushing behind Magnussen, 2.5 behind Ocon coming soon Ok, stuck behind Magnussen Yeah, it's a bit of a mess I think we do a build Yeah, go for it
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, any thread to improve? Driving? Nothing?
Engineer: Minor, purple C2, position 5, purple C2, position 5 Opportunity, focus exit turn 2, first push car, Zunoda turn 9
Robert SHWARTZMAN: The rear is super unstable.
Engineer: Okay, copy that. Yeah, we saw a few snaps there.
Engineer: Okay, so we'll only get two more time lapse so I would continue push now continue push go to strat 5 strat 5 It will do a bit of charging, but we'll only get to that anyway
Engineer: Alonso at 3.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'll try one more if this goes.
Engineer: No problem, so keep an eye on Alonso's car behind so he may be on a lap.
George RUSSELL: Ok so I need a very slow lap, try and find me some space if I need to go a little bit faster 3 to Piastri
Engineer: 2 to Piastri, yeah we've only got a minute to go to the flag
Engineer: Okay, we will have to get going now Max, otherwise we won't make the lap.
Engineer: Okay, we'll be very tight with the flag if you don't see it strap 5 keep pushing
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, have a look what happened my last lap. Everything was quite smooth until the exit. I had a smooth snap.
Engineer: I
ZHOU Guanyu: feel like the weight has changed.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, I definitely felt a bit of a drop in terms of grip, especially rear, from 10-7 hours. But yeah, I would say it's working on expectation, kinda. Probably the rear was a little bit too weak in the end, especially sector 3.
Engineer: Copy, OK.
Pierre GASLY: I couldn't do the burnout, I don't know,
Engineer: it
Pierre GASLY: felt like I still had some throttle, like a couple of percent throttle.
Engineer: Copy that. Just
Pierre GASLY: checked after 14 when I was off throttle.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Robert SHWARTZMAN: All good?
Engineer: Yeah, all good. Good job.
Robert SHWARTZMAN: Yeah, the pit lane is super tight Can I give some feedback?
Engineer: Yeah
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