Spanish Grand Prix 2023: Practice 1 team radio
66 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2023, across 18 drivers. 62 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Esteban OCON 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
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 10 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 9 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Alfa Romeo · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Alfa Romeo · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Nyck DE VRIES · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · AlphaTauri · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · 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: I'm moving up to the car in front, good warm up on the brakes, car in front 5 seconds
Engineer: OK, so it'll be Aero P6, third gear, to turn four, please.
Engineer: Aggressive weaving. Russell car behind.
Engineer: And we need multifunction GX position 3 when you can GX 3 when you can and we'll need a constant speed out of turn 7 It will be mode race engine 11 5th gear mode race engine 11 5th gear
Oscar PIASTRI: The shift pedals are no good as well.
Engineer: Copy Oscar.
Lando NORRIS: Also, for the future, I prefer to start a session not with the pack full, just because I break for turn one, the pack's full and I just can't break. So the same thing I say every weekend, I don't want to be starting from the pit lane with a full pack. That counts for every single session we do.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
George RUSSELL: Fair to bounce in on the entry of last runner.
George RUSSELL: Steering feels quite light.
Engineer: And we have early overtake press exit turn 14 followed by push and hold
Alexander ALBON: And just check turn 2 just before I turn into turn 3. I have no power coming out of turn 2. And then just as I want to turn into turn 3, it feels like it all comes in.
Engineer: We'll go for cruise mode, it'll be cruise mode 2, you're all clear behind
Sergio PEREZ: I'm starting to bounce as I go into the final corner.
Sergio PEREZ: Do you want another person up on the medium? Yep
Engineer: Do
Sergio PEREZ: you want another person up on the medium? Yep
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Max VERSTAPPEN: The tires went really really hot.
Engineer: Do
Max VERSTAPPEN: you think one pull is not enough?
Engineer: And left toggle for turn one suggestion
Sergio PEREZ: You want to board?
Engineer: Let's have a look at this next lap. Let's go for this next push lap. Be about three. Recharge off when you're ready.
Nyck DE VRIES: Yeah, man, we have a lot of industry Fox box for flapper just
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
George RUSSELL: We're not in a great trap position here
Max VERSTAPPEN: Exactly. Car is bouncing on the braking into 10, and in the last corner.
Engineer: OK, understood, thank you.
Engineer: And we just got that damp switch changed to five whenever you're ready.
Esteban OCON: Copy. I think 1st to 2nd is better. 3rd maybe not, 2nd to 3rd maybe not.
Engineer: And if you want single cool down lap again and push for the last time
Logan SARGEANT: That's just too much beaming man. I need a I need to go back on that
George RUSSELL: Downshift 7th to 6th, out port
ZHOU Guanyu: Copy, I can't go full gear, there's so much understeer there.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, no, I struggled towards the end of the lap, I lost the car in 10, and
Engineer: by 12 I don't have any grip really.
Engineer: We need multi-B fuel 2. Multi-B fuel 2.
Engineer: Can we use GoFundMe please?
Engineer: So we're thinking maybe double cool might get us a bit better traffic Fernando. We've got time.
Fernando ALONSO: Copy.
Lando NORRIS: Probably seeing a bottoming into the last corner, since I'm setting the car quite a bit.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: So you are a bit faster than Yuki on 7, but losing the car with the tailwind.
Engineer: People are improving on the third lap on this tyre. Pierre currently up in sector one as well so let's see if we can get a little bit more out of it.
Sergio PEREZ: How are we looking for the later sprint for the next one in terms of laps?
Engineer: We should get 7 or 8 laps at high fuel.
Engineer: Max can we have a look at turn five gear four turn five gear four that we recharge off for that
Engineer: multi a QR position five please Kev so that's multi a QR position five
George RUSSELL: Got that turn 3 vibration again on Outlap
Engineer: Yeah, did I lose some bits of the car because I saw on camera now
Logan SARGEANT: Sorry, I made a big mistake, T9.
Engineer: Yeah, I saw. That's fine, go away. Focus on dropping the rears, turn that pushing within 3.
ZHOU Guanyu: Keep me updated, I'm going very slow
George RUSSELL: Is Red Bull High Fuel ahead?
Engineer: A firm we think they are.
Engineer: Russell on DRS behind you. Maintain position please Max. Thank you.
Engineer: Okay, box
Engineer: caution Verstappen continuous push seven behind Verstappen continuous push seven behind just work on your tyres
Carlos SAINZ: We have a bit of bogus too, but I don't think I will improve if you want to box.
Engineer: The balance is going away a bit, so I'm happy to box. Okay, copy. Then box this lap. Box, box.
Engineer: Opportunity, 10-12, focus on exit. Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know.
Engineer: So Lance, stop on the marks, pit stop, they're going to remove the vane, keep your visor closed, keep your visor closed, they're going to hold and remove a vane.
Engineer: Keep your visor closed they need to clean
Max VERSTAPPEN: Hey, this mode is f***ing terrible. It's, uh, clipping everywhere in the beginning of the lap.
Esteban OCON: A bit of understeer to start the lap 1, 3, 4.
George RUSSELL: Front didn't really bite at one
Esteban OCON: Clouds threatening, or no?
Engineer: Nothing on the radar at the moment coming at us. There's weather fronts around, but nothing coming for us at the moment.
Engineer: then
Valtteri BOTTAS: We're getting anti-scrolls at the start.
Engineer: Copy, copy. Then just pull away.
Engineer: Juki, it's up to you. You need the tires and brakes? It's up to you.
Esteban OCON: The engine is hesitating quite a lot with that recharge on.
ZHOU Guanyu: Copy. We need to check the clutch. Copy.
ZHOU Guanyu: It's been so difficult to pull away from the box and then yeah
Logan SARGEANT: Man, Gasly touched.
Esteban OCON: Copy that.
Engineer: Sorry, there's a lot of procedures, I know it's busy out there. All
Esteban OCON: good, time
Engineer: to do them.
Logan SARGEANT: Check the rear left. Retouched.
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