São Paulo Grand Prix 2023: Sprint Shootout team radio
38 radio messages were recorded during sprint shootout at the São Paulo Grand Prix 2023, across 16 drivers. 36 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 6.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 1 message
- Daniel RICCIARDO · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay mate, so with this position if we're lucky we might catch someone at the end of our lap and get a toe down to the start finish line.
Sergio PEREZ: Yep, balance is similar to yesterday. Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What is Choco doing? Hey, you have to tell me if you go for a lap, I don't know.
Engineer: Max, that was not expected.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, it would be good to know if the snap I had was real tires too cold or not for Q2, yeah.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I've got something stuck on the left front wheel deflector. Copy.
Engineer: Max, let me know if you'd like any tool or front flap adjustment.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, no, tyres are just a bit hot.
Engineer: OK mate, understood.
Lando NORRIS: This middle sector is a bit sh**ty, a lot of real lucky, you know 8 and 10
Engineer: Okay, you're okay idiot
Esteban OCON: sonando. You're
Engineer: okay.
Esteban OCON: Yeah,
Engineer: I'll come in
Lando NORRIS: A lot of debris turned to where I am now, so just keep an eye on Thai Precious
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, we crashed, big crash. Okay mate, you
Engineer: okay?
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, but... Yeah, a lot of damage I guess. Yeah, yeah.
Engineer: He
Fernando ALONSO: went into me, I think.
Logan SARGEANT: Mate, the Haas screwed me, middle sector! He can't sit there! What's
Engineer: he
Logan SARGEANT: doing?!
Engineer: Measured wind is gustier Verstappen also reporting that he had a small moment in turn two
Engineer: Went. Looks to have picked up a bit. Bit
Sergio PEREZ: gusty.
Engineer: Phase 8 confirmed for the wind, a
Carlos SAINZ: bit more gusts yeah, so same as before yeah
Engineer: Come
Charles LECLERC: on, the Red Bull is not great what he did.
Engineer: Yeah, we've seen that, turns 10-11.
Lando NORRIS: I mean, I don't... maybe I can improve a little bit, but I doubt that much.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: I'm no one pushing behind Leave
Nico HULKENBERG: it with me I think maybe a bit less flap I don't know, the 11 is more sketchy
Engineer: P-11, sorry, careful.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Come on!
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, it's good.
Engineer: It's good effort. It's good effort like
Engineer: There was nothing left with the tires. Actually, I dropped off quite a bit on that second lap. Yeah, copy that. We can see it from the data.
Engineer: Are
Lewis HAMILTON: we safe?
Engineer: Yes, so P5, so the Norris has gone P1
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, this was a good lap as well, it's gonna be better in the race, it's gonna be
Max VERSTAPPEN: Okay, I think I'm first
Engineer: You're okay then
Lewis HAMILTON: Are they all using old tyres? Depends what they have left.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Getting blocked here.
Engineer: The wind looks very similar to previous run.
George RUSSELL: 2
Engineer: to
George RUSSELL: Piastri, 2 to Piastri,
Engineer: Verstappen is after Norris
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, the s*** started it up. Roger that.
Engineer: That's p1 p1 well done great job Well
Lando NORRIS: done I guess I feel so bad so good
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, the *** started it up.
Engineer: Roger that. OK, into the pit lane please Max, P2.
Daniel RICCIARDO: We'll keep chipping away, but let's let's get some points this afternoon. Cheers guys
Sergio PEREZ: Not bad for a scrub tire. Long weekend still to go. We'll get in there. Good job, guys.
Engineer: Well done, Checo. Let's make sure you use that this afternoon. Well done.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah well done guys, that was good lap.
Engineer: Well done. Good job, good job.
Engineer: And sorry, Oscar, that is P10, I'm afraid.
Lando NORRIS: Why am I so in qualifier? Well done, I guess Feels so bad So good
Engineer: Right. Doesn't matter how it feels. That's one of the worst P1. Very happy with that one Yeah, I hope Giles is happy with 10-1 10-2 is on
Lando NORRIS: it.
Engineer: Here's a smiling. He seems happy. You nailed it He says you nailed it
Engineer: So p7 confirm
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