Singapore Grand Prix 2023: Qualifying team radio
46 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix 2023, across 18 drivers. 44 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 7.
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 · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 4 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Liam LAWSON · AlphaTauri · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay, so people are waiting already. Don't want to get dropped back too far with this traffic.
Charles LECLERC: Did someone stall or are they just waiting?
Engineer: No, they are opening the gaps, I believe.
Engineer: He's
Lance STROLL: completely impeded me, just right in front of me.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that Lance. Yeah, we saw he impeded you, he parked there.
Engineer: And just keep that Delta negative.
George RUSSELL: I've got cars in front of me mate.
Engineer: Yeah, AFAB, just where you can.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, copy. Yeah, I've got the Red Bull ahead. Just defending this position.
Esteban OCON: Touch the wall on the left side
Yuki TSUNODA: I kissed the wall, Exit 14, left side.
Engineer: Okay, I'm blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now, blind now No, it's alpha behind you Check back your hotlap face
Engineer: The expected cutoff is at 32.5, and we expect 0.6 track improvement, so we're right there.
George RUSSELL: Saffron's just stopped in the pit lane.
Engineer: Does
George RUSSELL: he have a problem? Not sure. OK, can I overtake him? He looks like he has a problem. He's moving again now.
Carlos SAINZ: Everyone's racing.
Engineer: Understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, mate, there's so many f***ing cars.
Engineer: Lance, the car is safe, are you okay?
Lance STROLL: Yeah, I'm okay.
Engineer: P-15, P-15, so we're through, it's a red flag
Alexander ALBON: Yes!
Engineer: I guess we were a bit lucky there Yeah, maybe
Engineer: Are we out, right? Unfortunately we are out, Joe.
ZHOU Guanyu: With the cutoff time, I was locking up all the time.
Engineer: We're still ongoing at the moment, it's 32.8.
ZHOU Guanyu: Where we are?
Engineer: P19.
Logan SARGEANT: Gearbox. Man,
Engineer: the gearbox went on me. Keep pushing, keep pushing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Locked
Engineer: up
Max VERSTAPPEN: again in the s*** corner.
Engineer: S***. S***.
Max VERSTAPPEN: S***. S***.
Lando NORRIS: Is the driver all right? That must have been quite a big one.
Engineer: He confirmed on the radio he was okay.
Engineer: Are we
Lewis HAMILTON: safe?
Engineer: Affirm
Lewis HAMILTON: Car's very hot
Engineer: We'll get to you with fans
Logan SARGEANT: I can't believe it. Not once this weekend has that happened.
Engineer: Leave it for later mate, leave it for later. Focus on your Delta, we'll talk after.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Looks like, yeah.
Valtteri BOTTAS: The land was good, bit of traffic in the end, but otherwise from my side it's okay. Unfortunately we're in P16 so far, you can go to mode and...
George RUSSELL: Saffron's just stopped in the pit lane, do you have a problem?
Engineer: Not sure
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Everything OK, Max? Uh, looks like, yeah... Yeah, OK, that looks OK now, mate.
Engineer: Let Max go ahead. Let Max go ahead.
Sergio PEREZ: Just focus on your tyres.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah mate, come on. I'm trying to pull my tyres. Can I go ahead then? I'm getting pushed from behind.
Engineer: Standby. Ok, it's a bit tough to let you through actually.
George RUSSELL: Sector 3, sorry.
Yuki TSUNODA: Well, what the f**k
Engineer: do
Yuki TSUNODA: you mean, man? Honestly.
Engineer: Be careful, be careful. Okay, go.
Carlos SAINZ: Yes, I'm going to do a shouted. If not, I would have crashed.
Engineer: Ok man, everything you've got, let's push.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't know
Engineer: if
Max VERSTAPPEN: you saw that, but that was f***ing shocking. Absolutely shocking experience.
Sergio PEREZ: Ah, f***.
Engineer: F***
Sergio PEREZ: this f***.
Engineer: Okay, we are through in T9. Yeah!
Esteban OCON: Good job! Amazing, thank you guys. Alright. Yeah, if we don't flick the entry switch it's better.
Engineer: I didn't move it.
Esteban OCON: No, I did it. I know, yeah. We're a team, you know. We win and we lose together.
Engineer: Right, I'll remember that.
Engineer: And just to confirm, we are the only two cars with two new sets of soft.
Engineer: We have it. We have it.
Carlos SAINZ: And now. And two in
Engineer: a
Carlos SAINZ: row. Tell me we have it. Yes.
Engineer: Oh, it's super close, yeah.
Carlos SAINZ: But it's for us.
Charles LECLERC: I f***ed it up.
Engineer: Yeah.
Engineer: P2. How close, how close? 17 milliseconds. Ah,
George RUSSELL: good job guys. Good job then. Great job everybody. I've really been enjoying this car this weekend.
Engineer: Really been
George RUSSELL: enjoying it, great work.
Engineer: That's it, mate. P6. Absolutely fantastic. Well done. What a drive. Absolutely brilliant.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: That's nice, guys. That's really nice. What a good surprise. Really well done. The car, I mean, the car was good today. So I can be happy about that. It's a good track to have a good starting position. So let's give it everything tomorrow. Good job.
Engineer: Amazing, Kev. So happy. So happy. That's just brilliant. Absolutely nailed it when you had to. Superb.
Lando NORRIS: Please tell me I'm P2
Engineer: Actually I want P3, I don't want P2 You're currently P3
Lando NORRIS: P4 Hang on, one more P5
Engineer: P4
Lando NORRIS: Oh, that's just double bad Damn, aye, good job Just, yeah, right side of the green But good job, good pace, well done everyone, thanks for the upgrades Definitely helped us here today, so
Engineer: As
Lando NORRIS: usual, a big thank you
Carlos SAINZ: Thank you guys,
Engineer: thank
Carlos SAINZ: you, thank you Fred, thank you very much. Vamos!
Engineer: Look at this, that's a P5. So
Lewis HAMILTON: half a second down to George.
Engineer: Yeah, four tenths to George.
Engineer: Okay Liam, we'll review everything, it wasn't easy in Q3 On that P-10, Sector 1 is a big loss there, 3-10
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, can't be, sorry about that, I was stuck at warm-up,
Engineer: I
Liam LAWSON: still didn't have loads of grip, Sector 1 mainly, so yeah, I'm honestly not too sure
Engineer: Yeah, let's review, it's not clear for me at the moment, let's not jump in conclusion Anyway, good job, Q3, you should be happy with that
Engineer: It
Nico HULKENBERG: was turn 8 and final corner. Not ideal. Good job by Kev.
Engineer: Yeah, copy that Niko. So good job here P9 and Kevin got P6. So it's good to be in Q3 and we'll get the job done tomorrow. Good job Niko, thank you. Yep,
Nico HULKENBERG: good job. Have a good day guys.
Esteban OCON: Good job guys, paying off updates of this weekend, guys are about to drive, so thank you, keep going!
Engineer: Okay mate, P7, P7.
Fernando ALONSO: I didn't have anything else mate. Yeah, that's all, that's good.
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