Miami Grand Prix 2023: Practice 1 team radio
67 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Miami Grand Prix 2023, across 19 drivers. 63 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Esteban OCON 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
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 9 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 7 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Good luck, brother, and be fast like the cheetah, baby. Copy, champ. Thanks.
Engineer: I'm
George RUSSELL: really struggling with this stereo mate, I'm not going to let anything get to me.
Engineer: Okay, copy that, we'll keep discussing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's very hit-and-miss like one millimeter offline and
Max VERSTAPPEN: My hands have always got stuck as well, again, through the last corner.
Engineer: I
Nico HULKENBERG: lost it.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Carlos SAINZ: Brakes are new.
Engineer: They are used, but good warm-up on the brakes for the Whiteman.
Yuki TSUNODA: What the f**k is doing on the street this idiot.
Engineer: I don't know you Kim. I have no idea
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Carlos SAINZ: Bricks.
Engineer: Can
George RUSSELL: we make this any change?
George RUSSELL: Can we make this any change for the second run, or even now, before we do laps?
Engineer: The
George RUSSELL: track is very dirty.
ZHOU Guanyu: Lots of fantasy for you.
Esteban OCON: Okay, yeah, track is pretty smooth, apart from the fast chicane, the slow chicane, sorry But very bad grip
Engineer: We've
George RUSSELL: got vibration on the rack as well
Engineer: Loud and clear, on the steering we'll have a look Can
George RUSSELL: we make this any change for the second run? Or even now?
Engineer: Negative, nothing in session that we think we can do about this
George RUSSELL: Even if it takes half an hour?
Engineer: Everybody is complaining about the grip, Sainz pushing behind, Sainz pushing 1.5, watch your mirrors.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, I got a bit of a feel for the car now, we should just... I'll stroll behind in three seconds, you can have a stroll...
Engineer: Ocon 2.5 behind pushing So weaving where you can On his rear tires Ocon 2.5 behind pushing Gasly 2 behind him
Alexander ALBON: Super low grip.
Alexander ALBON: Super low grip
Engineer: Okay, we know the Delta time isn't working on your dash at the moment. We think it affects all cars at the moment. We're looking for a fix now.
Logan SARGEANT: I can't
Engineer: move
Logan SARGEANT: my head, man.
Engineer: Copy.
Sergio PEREZ: the grip is a little bit in and out
Engineer: Okay, main losses to Max, look to be over pushing a bit turn one compromising the exit through 2-3
Engineer: So think about entry 9 for stability. Think about entry 9 for stability.
Esteban OCON: Okay, locking the wheels on the big brakes, last airpin, and turn 1.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Yeah, a lot
Pierre GASLY: of sliding everywhere, rear, mid-corner and traction, just feels like very low grip.
Engineer: OK, next car behind is at 13 seconds. Can
Charles LECLERC: I do a cool down and go again?
Engineer: Yes, yes you can.
Esteban OCON: Ok, I'm always locking the reels late entry
Engineer: So we've got Norris time-lapse three seconds behind we recommend the global shift forwards of brake bias so half or one percent
Engineer: out of turn 16 purple C3 position 2 purple C3 position 2 fifth gear and then purple C3 position 3 sixth gear Ocon a couple of seconds behind Bottas just leaving turn 16
ZHOU Guanyu: Well, we're missing the bones
Engineer: mainly exit turn 8 and the final corner
Engineer: It's around the low side so just get a good stop for 17 otherwise all in sync couple cars leaving pit lane now
Engineer: And if you can have a think about ride and balance on the way in, then we'll have a chat in the garage about what we do for the next run.
Engineer: Offset zero, charge off and go.
Engineer: For reference you're currently P3-3185. Niko is P1 on 31-4-0.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay Yuki, we go again for the last push. It was a false neutral, nothing to worry about for the car, so you just drive normally.
Engineer: Okay, Yuki. Yeah, what's happened?
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, why what's happened
Yuki TSUNODA: I don't want to have Faust and Yistro in the same place like I had.
Engineer: Just make sure you're driving at a sensibly slow speed and that will do
Engineer: Bottas 5 seconds and we are missing big brake pressure into turns 1, 11 and 17
Sergio PEREZ: I'm practicing in the first sector.
Engineer: OK mate, brake 5 is also an option for this out-level.
Engineer: Some of these cars behind might keep their pace up if they're going straight into a high fuel run
Engineer: So we have the same wind as before
Engineer: Okay, expect the first car pushing to be Piastri, still 15 seconds behind, and currently we are in P11.
Engineer: Still locking the rails on the peak, last corner for Egosport. Yeah, we were just discussing that, so we think you might need to go forwards by us for that corner. Unfortunately, I know it's not to your preference, but for the time being.
Carlos SAINZ: So what were your total suggestions?
Engineer: Left toggle for one Seven and seventeen left toggle one seven seventeen all clear from behind would warm up on the brakes
ZHOU Guanyu: Massive traffic.
Engineer: you could then go straight in and get four laps continuous or you could do the next lap pushing with DRS and then do a good sergeant two behind fast sergeant one and a half
Engineer: you can have blue nine position five blue nine position five so consecutive no drs
Pierre GASLY: Lost the rear and I speed.
Engineer: Is the car okay?
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, it's all good. I just completely lost it. Very strange.
Engineer: So go one and push, go one and push, Russell two, Russell two, Russell two, let's go, let's go.
Carlos SAINZ: Is zero three, yeah?
Engineer: Correct. Zero, three, on.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, when you get out of line, it's very dirty, so...
Engineer: So for now I'm sure you can feel it but rear tyre temperatures and pressures just keep going up and up So we think even more lift and coast will be even more lift and coast
Engineer: So you could try a bit further forward brake balance, forward brake balance, but use yellow button turn seven.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, we talk about all these things in the meeting, mate.
George RUSSELL: Oh my word.
Engineer: I'm trying to get out of the way of everyone. Hey Fabio, it's very busy there.
Engineer: Up to you if you want to push on the inlap, just mind for traffic
Charles LECLERC: No, I won't, I'll be preparing for the stop
Engineer: Understood
Charles LECLERC: Uh, yeah, slow shifts.
Engineer: Understood, we'll check it.
Engineer: MOTB green FC position 7, MOTB green FC position 7 Yes, yes, don't call it in the slow speed, we'll
Carlos SAINZ: give you a second, I cannot
Engineer: do
Carlos SAINZ: it there
Engineer: Understood, I call it a turn 10 by F5
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