Mexico City Grand Prix 2023: Qualifying team radio
74 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Mexico City Grand Prix 2023, across 18 drivers. 73 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Pierre GASLY had the most, with 12.
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
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 12 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 9 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 5 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Pierre GASLY: Is the battery recharging or not because I'm still not full?
Engineer: It will recharge for the lap no issues from our side
Engineer: And we can go steady through this middle sector not too fast
Pierre GASLY: Front right smoking.
Engineer: Happy to keep pushing, no issues from our side.
Pierre GASLY: Fun Brakes for Snow King 10-4, 10-12
Engineer: Copy that, Pierre. No issues. We'll discuss more when you're in.
Fernando ALONSO: We keep the aerobalance, we keep the aerobalance, all okay. Understood, understood.
Engineer: Lado, we need to box this lap, we need to box this lap, be careful of Hamilton, five seconds behind.
Engineer: I'm not sure if this
Lewis HAMILTON: is going to
Engineer: go much quicker. OK copy yeah, we're just watching others.
Engineer: I hope there's traffic in front of me, man. Understood, mate. Understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: Got no rear
Engineer: okay we'll be uh reducing eb at this point all break buyers we've got six seconds back to ocon on a push
Engineer: And we had that lap deleted for track limits, but you probably knew that. Yeah, I know, I know.
Logan SARGEANT: Can you check the floor?
Engineer: Okay, copy that. We're checking.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, traffic with Hamilton Interceptor. That was a bit too much from Hamilton.
Engineer: Gap in pit lane. Gap in pit lane. Join the queue. Join the queue. You can overtake and then make your gap to SC2.
Lewis HAMILTON: There are so many people out here. Are we okay time-wise?
Engineer: Yep, should be okay. I'll talk.
Engineer: You gotta go, Lance. You gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go. Gotta go, go, go, go. Go. Push up, push up.
Engineer: Plenty of time to get around. Okay, you're good on timing to stroll, never stop.
Pierre GASLY: Can I overtake on it?
Engineer: yeah we are okay and at the moment yeah we are okay on timing but we need to be sooner than now
Engineer: So Gamma had three seconds. Norris has just completed his lap.
Engineer: Behind him, track is clear now, Sunoda starting the lap now, Pérez.
Pierre GASLY: We're going to pass the flag. So
Engineer: happy to overtake.
Pierre GASLY: Hey guys, we're going to get, we're going to pass the flag if Stefan doesn't go.
Engineer: seconds track is clear now and behind Sonoda now margin
Alexander ALBON: Guys the tires are completely gone, completely different car
Engineer: Five behind coming through. Magnussen starting a time-lap.
Engineer: Point five gap is three point five
George RUSSELL: He's out of my box, isn't he? What's he doing again?
George RUSSELL: He's out of my box, isn't he? What's
Engineer: he
George RUSSELL: going again?
ZHOU Guanyu: McLaren, do you have the same sequence or not? Confirmed, Perez pushing behind, 3 seconds
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: can't see in my mirrors
Pierre GASLY: What am I doing with the overall time?
Engineer: We've got nine seconds margin at the minute.
Engineer: Back off, do not tow Gasly. Back off, Gasly, let him push through.
Logan SARGEANT: Why are we going behind a million cars, man?
Engineer: Yeah, understood, Logan. The traffic was tough on that outlap.
Esteban OCON: We're always on the wrong side of it. It's unbelievable. Always.
Engineer: The sergeant's still pushing three seconds behind, so keep pushing Yeah but he's gone through a yellow flag
Engineer: So, Russell is under investigation for impeding a pit exit. That doesn't help us, but, yeah, if that hadn't happened... Well, everyone's impeding! Yep. Yep.
Lewis HAMILTON: I didn't attack turn two the same as I did that before so you should be able to see
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, the Alpha Tire just overtook the Alonso, but I'm not too sure if we can do that.
Engineer: Or
Pierre GASLY: if we can, just let me know, because it might be useful for... Copy
Engineer: that, we'll have a look and let you know.
Engineer: OK, Checo, initial heads up. What's your limitation? Turns 1, 2, 3.
Sergio PEREZ: A bit of front end.
Engineer: A
Sergio PEREZ: bit of front end only.
George RUSSELL: No grip, 6 of 2
Pierre GASLY: Any other guy with used?
Engineer: Yep, stand by, looking at it now. Hülkenberg on used was ahead of you, two one-hundredths ahead.
Pierre GASLY: I feel like we've got to try a bit of flaps, so let's put a full full click for the next run
Engineer: Copy that
Alexander ALBON: There's no way. There's damage or something.
Engineer: That's another mess leaving the pit lane again.
Engineer: Yeah, I'm just preempted, lots of traffic in sector 3 It's going to be dangerous like it was in Q1
Engineer: OK, we're P12, so we're not through unless there's any penalties. Albon is four and a half behind fast. Perez box, so it's just Albon.
Engineer: Oscar, we are safe, happy to recharge on and box this lap, call the cut.
Engineer: OK, Joe, we finish P11, P11.
Pierre GASLY: Still a good effort. It
Engineer: certainly was and traffic leaving the pits was also tricky so we'll try and work on that. Remember to get yourself weighed please.
Engineer: Don't chase the temps.
Sergio PEREZ: Just much about that.
Lewis HAMILTON: 30 seconds, it's
Engineer: 13 seconds
Engineer: now no threats delta on delta on be about six Hamilton pass now no threats
Engineer: Ok, very good lap Daniel. Purple sector 2 and 3.
Max VERSTAPPEN: When I box this, double check the front of the floor, 28 is quite a harsh hit.
Engineer: Understood, thank you.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, that pin's got up.
Engineer: Yeah, copy. Yeah, we've got the overlay and a couple of suggestions.
Engineer: Focus on your out lap of preparation at the moment.
George RUSSELL: Turn my device on, outlapse. One's in the garage.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: Cara had four seconds. Is Joe, he did an 18.05. Just four thousandths quicker than our used run.
Engineer: OK, we need the same in turn 12 on braking, we need the same in turn 12.
Engineer: Anyway, Joe, we are in Q3, so tomorrow can be fun and points are there.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, thank you guys for this.
Engineer: Smell it. Smell it.
Engineer: And P1.
Charles LECLERC: Good job. Good job, guys. Oh, well, that's
Engineer: a
Charles LECLERC: surprise. I feel like every fall we do this, it's a surprise, but a good surprise. Now, go on, let's do it tomorrow.
Engineer: Good job, Charles.
Engineer: Yeah, I'm firm, front row, good job.
Carlos SAINZ: Good job guys, good turnaround.
Engineer: That's all right, Checo, you can race well from there tomorrow. Well done. Yep.
Sergio PEREZ: Ah, tricky quali, guys. But good job. Yeah. We can go from there. Yep. Have some fun tomorrow.
Lewis HAMILTON: Two tenths off.
Engineer: It was 0.28 to Leclerc, P1.
Lewis HAMILTON: How much did I lose in 4 and 5?
Engineer: Just keep on that delta. Across the 456, it's pretty neutral.
Engineer: That was a good effort, Max. That's less than a tenth off the pole today.
Engineer: Rubbish! Womp, box, box.
George RUSSELL: Just had no grip.
Engineer: Yeah, they failed. That's a common theme.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, I looked up in 13. Okay, try to follow your Delta Think there's two treetops in there. So the tree would have made their first
Engineer: That is P7, P7, Oscar.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah,
Engineer: well, it's
Max VERSTAPPEN: not enough for it.
Engineer: It's
Max VERSTAPPEN: not there.
Engineer: Aie aie aie aie aie! Be
Daniel RICCIARDO: fort! Alright. Alright. Enchanté. Enchanté, mon ami. Welcome, welcome.
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