Monaco Grand Prix 2023: Qualifying team radio
74 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix 2023, across 18 drivers. 71 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL 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
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 10 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 8 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 5 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 5 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 5 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 1 message
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay, Magnussen pushing three behind.
Engineer: Remember to follow Delta, stay positive
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm thinking go plus one from wing, let me know
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm thinking go plus one from wing, let me know.
Engineer: Remember to follow Delta, stay positive.
Engineer: How did the tyres feel on the second lap, Esteban?
Esteban OCON: Yeah, not good.
Engineer: Not good. Copy that. No.
Engineer: F***,
Sergio PEREZ: I've crashed. I've crashed.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yep, happy with that lap one. Honestly the tyre is not there.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What happened?
Engineer: That's Checos at turn one
Nyck DE VRIES: What are the options?
Engineer: So options are either push cool push, pit stop, single push, or single run of 3 push laps.
Nyck DE VRIES: Single run of 3 push laps, why would we want to do a pit stop?
Engineer: So Charles, we'll swap positions as soon as possible, okay?
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, to be honest now I think it's too late. Let's keep it like this and I will let him go. Tell him to not stupidly slow down in the last sector, but let's stay like this, it will be easier for everyone.
Engineer: Watch debris exit turn one
Engineer: Get past De Vries, get past De Vries.
Engineer: Yeah, push him on if he doesn't want to.
Engineer: Okay cars very well spaced behind
Engineer: We'll just target a single call.
Engineer: That's currently P2
Engineer: Think about your slow lap pace then
Engineer: Let's tap M13 zero P1 and charge the the M13 from
Engineer: So losing half a tenth that turns three four and half a tenth
Engineer: Losing half a tenth at turns three four and half a tenth
Fernando ALONSO: What do you recommend?
Engineer: I think you're okay now Fernando. There's four cars ahead to start their laps. Albon is 10 behind.
Oscar PIASTRI: Check the rear left, I touched the wall
Engineer: And Lando, do you remember the kerb after the last corner? Avoid shifting there please.
Engineer: Which one? Which gap do you want me to drop? Let Magnussen pass and we'll go in that gap. So, Tsunoda's eight behind you and there's two Ferraris to start their lap.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I did ride the wall a little bit out of the last corner, but I think it's fine.
Engineer: Okay, understood. We'll have a look.
Engineer: No one pushing behind.
Charles LECLERC: Carlos! Come on.
Engineer: Yeah, we've seen it.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Are they on laps or what? No, no
Engineer: throws for the moment. Just try to create your gap to Russell at this point, but maintain trap position.
Engineer: So Norris will be pushing right behind you, Norris pushing right behind you, so watch your mirrors, don't impede him, don't impede him.
Engineer: Okay, where are we 12 we still have
Engineer: Am I safe? You are safe. We'll be reusing this set. So currently P7, four and a half tenths of Verstappen.
Engineer: Our advice is to do used tire push-cull-push and then new tire single push.
Engineer: It was a good lap, Logan. It was a good lap. It's a very, very close field. Well done. Yeah, thanks, guys. I honestly don't feel like I had much more there.
Engineer: Where are we now? We didn't get through. Neither of us got through. We're 17 and 18
George RUSSELL: Let me know about that turn 13 and what you think. Maybe it was induced by turn 12 understood
Engineer: And if you go to p2 and then fire up
Engineer: let's go for break three please break three gap in front three seconds
Engineer: Alex is still a few cars without to open the lap, so we'll have to put it behind Verstappen.
Engineer: Main loss, mid-speed turn 12, also a little bit turn 18.
Engineer: OK, nice lap mate, P2 at the moment, best middle sector.
Charles LECLERC: I'm struggling with the left side of the aircraft, 5678, what do you recommend, flight keeping or flight not keeping?
Engineer: We'll come back to you.
Engineer: He's on a slow lap at the moment.
Nyck DE VRIES: Yeah, these used tires had a bit of a difference there.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: feel like there's something wrong with my right rear suspension.
George RUSSELL: I think it was a bit of a one-off due to the bump.
Engineer: Offset 4, main focus on braking, Yuki.
Lando NORRIS: Ah, f***s it.
Lewis HAMILTON: Can't get the temperature.
Engineer: We do have time in hand, so there's no pressure. My tyres aren't ready. Negative. We'll have to go for this lap.
Lewis HAMILTON: Damn, this car's hard to drive, mate.
Alexander ALBON: a really good car today. We did a really good job to turn it around, so I'm happy with that. I think we can't do that kind of outlet, that's just for us, but...
Engineer: OK, so Oscar, we are P11, I'm afraid. P11. Yep.
Oscar PIASTRI: Copy. Have all.
Engineer: Pretty good, though. Good effort today. Really good effort. Thanks.
Oscar PIASTRI: And I appreciate all the hard work from the boys. It's been a couple of late nights. Glad I finally got my act together and quality, so thank you.
Engineer: All good. We're definitely in a position to fight for points from here. Definitely in a position to fight for points.
Engineer: Okay, so you got seven seconds to Tsunoda ahead, it should all be clear to open your lap. So don't forget to reset your brake balance.
Engineer: So you've got four ahead to Verstappen, he's going to be finishing his lap, so we'll go strat two, it's clear in sector three, six seconds behind, all clear to go, strat two.
George RUSSELL: What did this happen to?
Engineer: So this happened at a 12.1
Engineer: Currently P1.
Fernando ALONSO: Good. I'm pushing like an animal, mate.
Engineer: I can see.
Pierre GASLY: That's the Delta to the Ferrari
Engineer: Boat look low and signs to 11.7
George RUSSELL: Not good enough.
Engineer: I'm going to
George RUSSELL: try that last one.
Max VERSTAPPEN: One click.
Engineer: Understood, plus one.
George RUSSELL: Let me know if it's viable to do the prep if sector one isn't what we need
Esteban OCON: Everyone went late.
Engineer: A real mix, a couple of cars went a bit earlier than us.
Engineer: Oh, can I go again or not? No, just happen in the chicane, leaving the chicane.
Engineer: Oh
Max VERSTAPPEN: my god, I hit the wall two times.
Engineer: Well done mate, your first ever pole, that was mighty.
Max VERSTAPPEN: We needed to pull that one out the back, but very lovely.
Engineer: What a last sector, unbelievable, well done mate.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean, I hit the wall pretty hard onto the straight.
Engineer: Okay, so, P2, P2.
Charles LECLERC: Oh, f***!
Lewis HAMILTON: Gave it everything guys
Engineer: Well done, yeah Well done guys. Well done. Yes Very good. Very very good. Feels a bit disappointing with the end, but yeah awesome
Engineer: Yeah, he just went away from us in that
George RUSSELL: Q3 session.
Engineer: Yeah, thanks for your effort
Lando NORRIS: Okay, just be careful of other cars behind you. That's the node, they're very close behind. Oh, can I go again or not? Uh, no. Oh, fucks...
Engineer: F***ing
Lando NORRIS: idiot.
Yuki TSUNODA: Well, good job guys. I didn't expect that. I definitely enjoyed it. Thanks guys.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay mate, I think that's it in terms of cars finishing, so that's P7.
Pierre GASLY: Sorry I couldn't do the lap in Q3,
Engineer: it
Pierre GASLY: was a struggle, but good for the team.
Engineer: Yeah, exactly.
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