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Team radio transcript

Italian Grand Prix 2023: Practice 3 team radio

47 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Italian Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. 45 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Nico HULKENBERG had the most, with 6.

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. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Okay, so we'll let them do the white checks

  2. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Clean these tyres up, get them up to temperature.

  3. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: So we'll focus on the outlap. We can do lift and turn 3 and then 120 through 6 and 7.

  4. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    ZHOU Guanyu: It's

    Engineer: alright,

    ZHOU Guanyu: let me know if the brake is ready, it felt pretty poor

  5. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: There's definitely more bouncing and scraping going on, especially from 728.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  6. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: I remind you, mind the bump in turn 10.

  7. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: I feel a lot of a lot of bouncing about to me close to the exit of 10 copy that

  8. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: How was turn 6-7? It

    Sergio PEREZ: was a little bit more loose.

    Engineer: A

    Sergio PEREZ: little bit more loose.

    Engineer: In which phase? Entry mid?

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, right at the apex.

  9. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Are you happy with the mechanical change we did? Are you happy to keep?

    Logan SARGEANT: Yes.

    Engineer: Okay.

  10. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: So from our side, the ride is looking and the oscillation is looking a bit better in 8. It might be worth trying the curve there if you think that's sensible.

  11. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: So, losing 1 tenth turn 1, we need better peak

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, getting used to this car, but it feels better Copy

    Engineer: And do not push entry turn 6 Losing half a tenth And then... What is... the

    Charles LECLERC: main launch is at 9.10, no?

    Engineer: Yeah, that's correct, we saw that you had traffic over there Next car behind pushing, Hülkenberg, 13 seconds And if you agree, we go for a double cooldown lap

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah

  12. ZHOU GuanyuAlfa Romeo

    Engineer: Avoid upshift, exit turn 5 in high wheel speed condition.

    ZHOU Guanyu: You are talking in the middle of the corner.

  13. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Opportunity 10-7, focus mid-exit.

  14. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  15. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Oscar tell me about the front wing

    Oscar PIASTRI: To be honest, it feels quite good Maybe we could go up a little bit more like one more

    Engineer: shall we try up two to understand the size of the effect or

    Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, we can do

    Engineer: Copy so we're boxed this lap we'll come up two

  16. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: That's the guy dreaming again.

    Engineer: Understood, Nico.

  17. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: I feel like the tyre was already ready and turn 1, turn 2, I feel like 2 cooldowns

    Engineer: is

    Yuki TSUNODA: still okay, how do you think?

  18. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Okay, let's go for one single cool down and then double later

  19. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Five seconds to Piastri. If we want a tow we can drop behind Piastri and Verstappen. Verstappen three behind Piastri.

  20. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: OK, we need to revert the tow please. Change.

    Engineer: If we can do an aero cruise after 10 please, so aero P4 5th gear, next car back is Leclerc, high fuel, 9 seconds.

    Esteban OCON: When I arrive to the corner, I lose the front potential on the second lap each time.

    Engineer: OK, how about the first lap?

    Esteban OCON: First lap is OK, it's

    Engineer: the

    Esteban OCON: second lap.

    Engineer: OK.

  21. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: The car's behind us slow.

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, everyone is slow, they will have a bad surprise on qualifying.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy mate, yep.

  22. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Why are people so stupid? Why can't they look in the mirror?

  23. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  24. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: So we suggest using the right hand toggle for turn 11 entry stability, possibly also 6 and 7.

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah I don't agree guys.

  25. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Oscar, let's drive through the pit lane to check the car. We'll box this lap, drive through the pit lane and check the car. We'll stop on the mark and check the car.

    Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, copy.

  26. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: All good on gaps, just get some break temp.

  27. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: What tires are they on Williams?

    Engineer: Sargent is on a hard tire new hard and then Russell is on new soft Obviously Esteban on new hard and Hamilton on new soft

  28. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: I feel Club Check now, still quite excessive.

    Engineer: Okay, copy that.

  29. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Trying to do another call. Yeah, happy with another call. Watch the dials then.

  30. Liam LAWSONAlphaTauri

    Engineer: Ok, good effort Liam. I think we could have taken a little bit more flaps, so we'll nail it for qualifying. And we'll show you the few places where we can find a little bit of time. That was a good lap. Yeah, copy.

  31. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: It was a very good turn 1-2, in purple sector 1 I think there was a mistake turn 4-5, I'll give more feedback on the lap Ok,

    Logan SARGEANT: I locked into 4-5

    Engineer: Ok, I'm hard, Ocon D-22-7, Gacy 23-1

    Logan SARGEANT: What am I targeting, plus 0? Plus 0,

    Engineer: maintain front

  32. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So Verstappen's completed his lap. It's four and a half tenths to him. I

    Lewis HAMILTON: don't know how to find that. Half a second.

  33. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: The rear left is looking a bit better so we need to work on the brakes.

  34. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: So we've got Sgt. 11 seconds back, fast, and then Sites 20 seconds back.

    Fernando ALONSO: Low fuel or high fuel?

    Engineer: Everyone low fuel, all low fuel.

  35. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Copy that mate, we'll take a look.

  36. Valtteri BOTTASAlfa Romeo

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Strap it in front, lucky.

    Engineer: Okay, copy, copy. Do you want another push question, or we can... Yes, please.

  37. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Okay, Nico, losses to Kevin is turn 1, it's 0.17 seconds, and turn 8, 0.1 seconds. Turn 1, you can brake later, 15 meters, but have to bleed off the brake earlier just for the lock. And then turn 8 is just braking in apex, 0.1 seconds. Okay?

  38. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: So we're good, so Lance target for us is no tow, next down, no tow So Fernando's going to come through sights now, start working on brakes, start working on brakes Don't lean on the rear left, six and seven, and a bit of full load out of seven for the PU

  39. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And we need to be slightly faster than this just to make it through one minute left the session

  40. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Round 10 to 15 seconds max.

  41. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: And a bit of start feedback. The drop was good and the drive out was a bit overdriven.

  42. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: Mate, is Carlos blind or what?

  43. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Is it like

    Engineer: a

    Carlos SAINZ: PS3 on a cooldown or PS3 pushy? He was behind me and then he tries to overtake me, I don't know. He's, like, doing it on purpose, I think. See if I can get up and help him.

    Engineer: Understood.

  44. Liam LAWSONAlphaTauri

    Engineer: And keep an eye on the dash for the time delta, please. We need to be negative. It's not working. It's not doing my best lap. Copy.

  45. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: OK, so nice and steady for the end of the lap again, tired temperatures are on target now, ideally we don't want them any hotter, and it will still be four burnouts please. Clutch drop from the end of the pit lane was a little bit light, about 3%, so we target a tiny bit deeper for the grid start.

    Esteban OCON: There was a strange sound when I was building the revs on that one.

    Engineer: OK, understood, we'll have a look at that one. We'll see what we get on the grid as well, nothing to be concerned about at the moment. So four burnouts please, a start on the left hand side, and we are going to push to turn 11 after the start.

  46. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: I

    George RUSSELL: need to change my visor for quality, I've got a dent in it.

    Engineer: Copy.

  47. Yuki TSUNODAAlphaTauri

    Yuki TSUNODA: What the f*** is Sykes doing, honestly?

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