Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023: Practice 2 team radio
81 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023, across 17 drivers. 80 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ had the most, with 9.
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
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 9 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 7 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 7 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 6 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
Lando NORRIS: I've got limp home mode I'm
Engineer: wearing a boxer slacks
Engineer: And white default 0-1 please, white default 0-1 Am
Lando NORRIS: I still boxed?
Engineer: Standby I
Lando NORRIS: got limper... murdered
Engineer: again Yep, we will be boxing this...
Engineer: And reminder for one lap, no DRS.
Engineer: P5 so far, fastest medium time, 41.9 for Steppen.
George RUSSELL: Marker 4 oversteer through 11, they're
Engineer: still
George RUSSELL: sliding a lot
Sergio PEREZ: What is the current pace?
Engineer: Signed P1 with a 39.8, Leclerc 40.0.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think, yeah, they might be a little bit hot now.
Engineer: Yeah, under subax, let's prep ourselves for the next lap.
Engineer: So two more time-lapse, Kev, so you could back off if you want. Our temps are around 90 degrees just over at the front.
Engineer: Are the
Lewis HAMILTON: tyres in the window still?
Engineer: Yeah, they're looking pretty good. Happy to stay where they are.
Engineer: If you felt the tyres were okay turn one and we hadn't cooled the bolt too far Max then you can look at a slightly slower charge lap.
Engineer: How are the tyres on that lap?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, they got together with the track, so it's getting better.
Nico HULKENBERG: We have to use this tire on the long run later or not?
Engineer: No, right? No, we don't need to use this tire again so we can do another lap.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, the tires are gone, rear graining, so, to the side, how long is gonna be this run?
Carlos SAINZ: I'm starting more with rear traction, I think maybe a bit of rear graining.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Logan SARGEANT: This front right is pretty destroyed
ZHOU Guanyu: And one, two, three, I'm struggling.
Logan SARGEANT: This isn't going to be a strong pit entry, because I have no idea where I'm even going. Yeah,
Engineer: that's just for you to get a first look at it. We'll have one later.
Logan SARGEANT: Honestly, I'm so squirrelly high-speed.
Engineer: Is that the balance thing? Question?
Logan SARGEANT: It just feels super snappy.
Engineer: I don't really want to take too much off Copy, copy, no, no more command, no more command Box, box, watch out for Atlanta pick limiter
Engineer: So Leclerc has aborted his first time lap on soft.
Lando NORRIS: I think I'm getting some front graining.
Engineer: OK. We can see it but it's light. Suggest plus one bow. And left hand toggle in turn seven.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, Max is errrr, racing already Copy
Engineer: Ah,
Sergio PEREZ: the grip was a little bit worse this time around.
Engineer: OK, let's drop some tyre time, you can back out, let's charge lap, back out the charge lap.
Engineer: So charge lap, and we'll go for one final push.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I'll try to cool them down a bit now, see how that is.
Engineer: Yeah, okay. That's a tenth and a half behind Carlos, tenth ahead of Charles.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, traffic.
Engineer: Was Hamilton? Oh, come on. You should have known. You should have known. Okay.
Engineer: OK Pierre, that lap's good for P8.
Pierre GASLY: Copy, I can't do it with the spring guys, so I'm just going to have a bad crash.
Engineer: So let's go to manage the pace here on the run to 14, drop as much temperature as we can.
Engineer: Can you update my traffic, please? Yeah, but they're in sequence with you, the guys behind them. I mentioned before already. Prepare the gap when you're ready, mode push. There is guys behind, but we'll go.
ZHOU Guanyu: I'll go Spark 4.
Engineer: Okay, copy, Spark 4.
Engineer: Sainz to Brandon we'll be going for a pit stop now to the soft how's the aero balance on that run? Sainz pushing five and a half back
Fernando ALONSO: it's okay
Engineer: So Fernando we think to make these tyres last a bit longer this first lap don't push too hard that'll make them last for the second.
Lewis HAMILTON: Sectors?
Engineer: So in terms of sectors, 700 sector 1, 4.5 tenths in the middle but you are up 3.5 tenths in the final.
Engineer: Okay, so you're clear behind all clear happy to let these tires cool now
Engineer: Just a reminder, turn 17, P-turn 3, when you're planning a lap, you're not within the track limit, you cannot cut there. Stay on track, please. I have two wheels on track. Stay on track, full car on track, please. And you go push.
Engineer: I'm in box now, box, attack B10-3, if you can.
Fernando ALONSO: Oh, Mercedes.
Engineer: Copy, copy.
George RUSSELL: Still the rear end I'm struggling with. Got the grain in front right.
Engineer: And just let me know if you do think you need another lap. We
George RUSSELL: can try it, but I think the tyres are pretty much gone.
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: don't think it's
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: necessity. Okay, all box box. Improving lap five or not?
Engineer: No, don't...
Lewis HAMILTON: There's some improvements still to be made, if you've got time or not.
Engineer: I probably need to get on with the long run now, I think most cars have pitted now, so we'll box box.
Engineer: You can really manage to place a target plus 10 on the dash.
Engineer: Okay, how was that opening lap?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, it's on the low side. I think it was better, but it was on the low side, still the grip.
Esteban OCON: Check the pitlane limiter, I think it's oscillating a bit.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that, we could hear that, we'll have a look.
Engineer: And focus on reaching the apex of turn 7.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I did a mistake there. Yeah, ok. All clear from behind.
Engineer: P1 now Leclerc 35.7
Sergio PEREZ: Just
Engineer: as in he's P1 That's his second One
Sergio PEREZ: second
Engineer: And they suggest we use this as a warm-up so just be careful of Perez. Yeah I am, all good. Cool, so it's Perez and then Joe right behind.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: For f***s
Esteban OCON: sake!
Engineer: It's ok mate, let's just finish the lap, we'll stay in sequence.
Pierre GASLY: Guys, you got to check, I can't brake, absolutely no grip.
Engineer: Copy that, we're looking.
Engineer: Okay, so it's going to be tricky with traffic. We've got about five cars within 20 seconds behind as well
Sergio PEREZ: Where are we at?
Engineer: Ok, so that's P3, we've got Leclerc 35.6, Sines 35.8, and ourselves Bottas P4 36.1, Max 36.1
Engineer: Alonso pushing 5 behind Yep,
Daniel RICCIARDO: understood I'll start another one but, yep, we'll see, probably not much more I can get out of it
Engineer: Alonso 2 behind coming now
Engineer: Spark 1, you can select Spark 1.
ZHOU Guanyu: At the moment we
Engineer: are
ZHOU Guanyu: stuck with the car. Nada.
Engineer: Sights might have backed off. Yep, so next car pushing is Ricard in nine seconds back. Happy to let these tyres cool a bit.
Engineer: And we're about at the limit with traction metrics.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, I have massive vibration now, with the front left.
Engineer: Copy.
ZHOU Guanyu: What's the reference lap time is
Engineer: a 36 one from Valtteri and the Spark 4 for the next and also the mid-zero is the suggestion
ZHOU Guanyu: Copy currently I couldn't do this lap time. No way
Engineer: Copy, just keep focus on our lap and try to put two together
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm struggling more now than before, but let's see
Engineer: Brake third of the lump, put
George RUSSELL: it back up
Engineer: Yeah, copy that, I think it might be driven by temperature
George RUSSELL: Inside shoulder by Francis O'Grainham Copy
Engineer: that, Lewis now 14.1
Esteban OCON: OK, copy that,
Engineer: we'll have a look, just got Verstappen going into turn 1, 5 seconds behind, he's high fuel running, you're good to push now.
Engineer: And it looks like George may have opened up his front so lap times dropping for him
Alexander ALBON: Why are the brakes so bad to turn on?
Engineer: Yeah, copy, we're looking at it. Brake temps are okay.
George RUSSELL: No flap needed, just need to keep the fronts under control somehow.
Engineer: So Kev, we're looking at a gentle introduction on the next lap, but obviously with the low tyre temperatures it might not be so relevant.
Engineer: Look out for graining through turn 11 though, turn 11s can hurt the tyres.
Logan SARGEANT: Alright, skim the wall!
Engineer: Ok, let me know if anything is wrong, vibrations are saying we're not straight.
George RUSSELL: Let me know on the page because if I don't push
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: tyre I can't get my temper and it's just slow
Engineer: Ok mate, tide temps have stabilised at this point.
Esteban OCON: Who's in front?
Engineer: Fernando in front.
Engineer: Stappen 1.5 behind, we'll try and get 4 more if we can, but we can switch early if we need to.
Engineer: If you need any more rear stability at any point, you can come up entry mid or use the push-toggle where you need.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, I'm just trying to protect that front right. Roger.
George RUSSELL: Front right currently looks forward, we're back at the front left.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Reference lap time on medium will be 40.5 and in turn 17 try to keep the right side.
Charles LECLERC: Oh come on Joe wake up. Oh my god it's too late for him.
Alexander ALBON: Front row pretty bad now.
Engineer: Copy that, George had a similar problem with the medium with the graining but there was 3 or 4 laps before you.
Nico HULKENBERG: And keep me updated with traffic from behind because I don't see so much on the straights. Copy that. If there's someone coming.
Engineer: Track clear. Track clear. We'd like to see how this dig goes a little more, but understood about the soft.
Logan SARGEANT: Sorry, it's
Engineer: a
Logan SARGEANT: bit messy.
Engineer: That's fine, it's done, that's fine mate.
Engineer: It's three more times. We like to just see where this tire wear goes. It's okay. No problem.
Nico HULKENBERG: Just for the start.
Engineer: And we'll box this lap for medium. Yes.
Engineer: OK, Kev, appreciate you struggling out there with the tyres, but can we have mode F1, please? Mode F1, two more time-lapse.
Engineer: Right
Lewis HAMILTON: rear
Engineer: Copy, we'll get one more lap and then we'll do the start
Fernando ALONSO: No mirrors for the husks.
Engineer: Yeah, that's a Magnuson. Yeah, new
Fernando ALONSO: chassis, no mirror.
Engineer: OK, Kev, so let's have mode slow, please, going to the grid to do a start.
Engineer: Sorry, I should have warned you a little bit earlier, that was the end of the run, never mind
Daniel RICCIARDO: It's ok, no
Engineer: problem And can we move please to multi V8, torque position 3 And we get ready for the start of the grid
Engineer: OK, so a nice lift and coast into 14 and then part throttle from 16 onwards. It will be three long burnouts, three long burnouts and a start on the left hand side.
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