Miami Grand Prix 2023: Qualifying team radio
76 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix 2023, across 17 drivers. 69 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ 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
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 10 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 8 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 5 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
ZHOU Guanyu: Man, the flowery just squeezed me into the f***ing wall, man. Guys, what the f*** is he doing?
Engineer: Take time, Joel.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, let's let's be much more it's the traffic. It's stressful So just tell me the gaps as soon as I cross the finish line. That's the main thing I want to know that's the only thing I want to know copy
Engineer: understood
Engineer: No, they were just checking track limits on some other cars, so just sit there for a second please.
Lewis HAMILTON: I've left that way too late guys.
Engineer: Yes Lewis, so yeah, P13 I'm afraid, so that's us done.
Engineer: Okay, we are safe and through very
Esteban OCON: very good very good job guys very very good very happy
Engineer: F***,
Max VERSTAPPEN: I went wide.
Engineer: Super lap Kev, super lap. So P4 at the moment Kev, that's a really fantastic job you did there.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Well, I check oh, that's that's population off their red flag what I make
Engineer: Awesome job, Kev. Awesome job. Oh, P4, guys. P4. P4 is super.
ZHOU Guanyu: Why am I not fully charged by the hand?
ZHOU Guanyu: It will recharge back on yeah, we'll be fine by
Engineer: the end
Engineer: okay there's a few cars leaving the pit lane now you have you can drop back you've got a six second gap back to logan it's two alpines two red bulls leaving the pit lane
Charles LECLERC: I'm sorry guys. I'm sorry
Engineer: It's a little bit mixed up, so I'll make it interesting tomorrow.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: There's smoke coming out of the room.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Logan SARGEANT: Ah, I missed it
Engineer: Ok, one shot behind, Zu pushing, one shot behind, you go cool, go cool, one shot
Alexander ALBON: I don't know if it's just this car, but no grip at all.
Engineer: It's a little bit mixed up, so I'll make it interesting tomorrow.
Engineer: So we're seeing a big tailwind exit of turn one through two three impacting that traction
Engineer: It's looking pretty windy out there.
George RUSSELL: Alrighty, yeah, sorry the pace wasn't there as we would have liked Let's
Engineer: uh,
George RUSSELL: yeah, let's keep on working once
Engineer: or twice
George RUSSELL: Bit of understeer through eight.
Engineer: I locked up my front Too late on the brakes. Too late braking last corner. Push in the in-lap for timings. Push in the in-lap. Box, box. We'll show you the garage. You can push for timings. Car, the head around. Pull down.
Lewis HAMILTON: Check the front wing of the sitter wall.
Engineer: Copy, will do.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, my tires are not looking good, so I don't think I'll improve.
Nico HULKENBERG: Whoa, I was unsafe release.
Engineer: We're okay.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, we're okay. Almost get taken out by an alpha though
Sergio PEREZ: Position 5
Engineer: Display 14, position 5
Engineer: Ok mate, we're safe with that.
Pierre GASLY: Did everybody pass? Yeah, we're good.
Logan SARGEANT: Are we through or no?
Engineer: No, we're not.
Logan SARGEANT: What, P20?
Engineer: Yes, it's very tight.
George RUSSELL: Highest compared to where we are.
Engineer: So rears minus five
Engineer: Front's about where they are.
Engineer: Tyres on target for the used ones, you have Paris 4 seconds in front.
Engineer: Focus on brakes and mode push, mode push.
Engineer: and just update on witness the same conditions as previous run
ZHOU Guanyu: I think I'm bleeding quite a lot on my lap, compared to the lap before I did, the Q1.
Engineer: Okay, in terms of main losses to Max, we're looking really strong, 4-5-6, nice job. Turn 7-8, just getting on throttle, a bit of a loss. And then over-pushing the entry of 12, compromising the corner speed and the exit.
Engineer: Good warm-up on the brakes and Ocon on a time-lapse 10 seconds behind
Engineer: We also got the back right available for that back.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I struggled with the rotation, 7-8, I'm losing code a bit there.
Pierre GASLY: We
Engineer: are going
Pierre GASLY: to
Engineer: struggle
Pierre GASLY: to turn the car so I think
Engineer: we
Pierre GASLY: can do 12kts.
Engineer: And we are going through the pits, to avoid traffic on the main straight, through the pits, for the double cool. Copy,
Carlos SAINZ: yeah.
Engineer: Entry of four, entry five, four hundredths, lower the charge.
Sergio PEREZ: Exit the world on the entry of four.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: And again, I confirm the wind is very very similar to Q1.
Engineer: Okay, a bit of weaving where you are.
Engineer: That was a dangerous release by the Huss.
Fernando ALONSO: It was, yeah.
Engineer: So it's all backing up at 17. Three cars waiting to go at 17.
Engineer: So it's all backing up at 17. Three cars waiting to go at 17.
Engineer: So I recommend let Alex do good gap behind Alex.
Nico HULKENBERG: Every time with Alonso we're a bit...
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: He
Nico HULKENBERG: had us over twice now.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Yeah, P11 by half a tenth Oh, what? Okay, well done everyone
Engineer: Yeah, P12, just 0.1, 0.15, yeah.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, it's tough, man. Man, we have to stop in the last corner, it just doesn't
Engineer: work. Yeah, it doesn't work. Okay, we'll get it tomorrow.
ZHOU Guanyu: Ah, I had no time to turn
Engineer: the
ZHOU Guanyu: wire, but they stopped the last call.
Engineer: Anything we can help you with? Cancel handbrake. Anything we can help you with?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, my lab was yeah, yeah, we see a few mistakes on pretense yep, or
Engineer: let's try to tidy up
Charles LECLERC: Uh, yeah, check the car, I think, we'll touch the wall in 10-16
Engineer: Copy
Charles LECLERC: Sorry, 10-16
Engineer: I had a
Pierre GASLY: bit of a strange behaviour in turn 7, 8 with the prop.
Engineer: I see quite a strong wind there at the moment.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ay, ay,
Engineer: ay. F*** this s***.
George RUSSELL: Alrighty, yeah, sorry the pace wasn't there as we would have liked
George RUSSELL: Let's keep on working
Fernando ALONSO: P2 mate. Yeah, we'll take it. It's
Engineer: a
Fernando ALONSO: big possession. I lost it bad.
Max VERSTAPPEN: That's it? They don't restart it?
Engineer: Negative. That's it Max, there's only 1 minute 36 remaining.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I mean it's more than a lap. Whatever.
Engineer: Yeah, wouldn't have been enough time to get round.
Engineer: So
Esteban OCON: now guys have come on all the time, we were going to get done this year, for f**k's
Engineer: sake. Okay mate, it's situational, you know, that's why we try and go early to protect against these things, when it's the car at the front of the group it's f**k for everyone unfortunately, so sorry.
Engineer: Copy. Okay, and we have the confirmation session will not be resumed, I'm sorry.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I'm watching.
Engineer: Yeah, yeah. But really good job today dude, really good. Thanks, would have been nice to finish the job, but let's do it tomorrow. Yeah, we're in the fight, points are there.
Engineer: LP3 It
Carlos SAINZ: was a good first sector
Engineer: Yeah, it was very good, yeah We're going for a good one there Air charge is ok It's ok, yeah Some power from the rear end Some balance Rear right
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