Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
54 radio messages were recorded during race at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024, across 16 drivers. 50 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC 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
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 5 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 5 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 3 messages
- Jack DOOHAN · Alpine · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: We're good to push to exit 15 and then through the pit lane.
George RUSSELL: I was wiggling my steering wheel a bit down that back straight, didn't feel like it's very responsive on center
Max VERSTAPPEN: The speed board returns the speed limit for the stop from F2 to F1. It has 60.
Engineer: How was turn six? That was the reason we made that diff switch change.
Jack DOOHAN: Turn six seemed okay
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Franco COLAPINTO: You made my dream come true.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Dust Hamilton on the hard, all
Carlos SAINZ: the rest on mediums.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My dash is not bright enough.
Liam LAWSON: The hostess at a practice start in front of me.
Engineer: Copy, will report it.
Engineer: I know it's the last race this year. We left together We we talked about it. We can have a good race. We can enjoy this one 58 laps I enjoy it's been a pleasure and I enjoy the other 58 laps, okay? Hey, yeah Thank you, mate
Franco COLAPINTO: Thank you guys. Thank you for listening races. You made my dream come true
Valtteri BOTTAS: Thank you Sauber. Thank you Ferrari. Let's do it
Engineer: 15 seconds, my final countdown. Five seconds to go. Good luck to all.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I mean I was just around lucky. I was all the way up the inside from
Engineer: a
Max VERSTAPPEN: motor crash.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, we're gonna go champion that one.
Engineer: We are P8.
Engineer: Statham has been given a 10-second time penalty.
Valtteri BOTTAS: For the collision, okay. I had nowhere to go so that's nice.
Lewis HAMILTON: I got no pace mate, got no pace
Max VERSTAPPEN: Front tires are getting way too hot. I can't brake.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: And I don't know, how are the tires?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah okay, I'm like struggling a tiny bit more than what I was, but they seem to be maintaining right now.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Yuki TSUNODA: I lost the clutch, man. I don't think I did anything wrong, to be honest.
Engineer: Stay out.
Yuki TSUNODA: Why?
George RUSSELL: I can maintain this place
Liam LAWSON: Okay, so long, Mike.
Liam LAWSON: Wait, the car's rough!
Engineer: So now it's plan C, plan C.
Charles LECLERC: That is a bit optimistic in my opinion.
Engineer: I'm sorry Franco. This is not how I wanted your last race to be. We have a PE issue. It's been a pleasure this year. Thank you.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, it's definitely not one stop.
Engineer: Copy that, clear.
Engineer: We've got a planet here showing possible P3, so all right we could do this bud.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Can we ask for 20 seconds? Stupid idiot.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Oh, isn't that just f***ing great?
Engineer: Well,
Valtteri BOTTAS: that was s***t ending.
Engineer: Yeah, really not the way we were hoping for it to go.
Engineer: Do you think you would pass Sainz on new tyres if he stayed out?
Lando NORRIS: I think so, yes.
Lewis HAMILTON: How big's
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: gap there again?
Engineer: That's 14 seconds. 14 seconds.
Lewis HAMILTON: You can do that.
Charles LECLERC: Like this we lose the constrictors or not like
Engineer: this? Yes, but it's not finished keep pushing
Engineer: And then Leclerc, 24 laps, is struggling with the graining. So the next few laps could be crucial.
Engineer: Okay, let's get back into the rhythm
Charles LECLERC: I don't know what you call the rhythm but this is the rhythm
Engineer: Stay calm Oscar. Pace is there. Pace is there. No risk of an accident. P9 is still on here.
Carlos SAINZ: I think I have a picture, check. Copy, you're checking. I think I went through temporary or something.
Engineer: Copy, all okay for now, everything's stable.
Charles LECLERC: How far is Carlos from Lando?
Engineer: Carlos is 7.5 seconds from Lando.
Engineer: short stating the obvious keep it super clean with lewis
George RUSSELL: yeah boss
Engineer: We did it, mate. We did it. World champions. Well done. Woo!
Lando NORRIS: Papyrus, Tom! Congrats, everyone. Incredible. Well done, everyone. So proud of you all. You all deserve this. Thank you so much. It's been a special year. Next year's going to be my year, too.
Carlos SAINZ: I'm P2, P2, it was a solid race. Yeah, good job guys, we tried our best. Unfortunately, they were just... a lot quicker, but we tried our best.
Engineer: Yeah, good job Carlos, it was a good race.
Carlos SAINZ: Thank you Ricky. Thank you Ferrari. It's been a pleasure driving for you guys. Forza Ferrari 7.
Lewis HAMILTON: And that's the end of an era. Gotta say mate, it's been epic working with you.
Engineer: Luis, that was the drive of a world champion. That was the drive of a world champion. Amazing. That
Lewis HAMILTON: was fun. Good man. Stellar job today, bud. But yeah, it's been a pleasure all the way. The pleasure's been mine. Yeah, I wanna...
Engineer: You
Lewis HAMILTON: know, we... We dreamed alone. But together we believed. And
Engineer: as
Lewis HAMILTON: a team, we achieved things that only... Thank you for all the courage, the determination, and the passion for seeing me and supporting me. What started out as a leap of faith turned into a journey into the history books. So, we did everything together and I'm so, so grateful to everyone. Both here at Back to
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: Factory. From the bottom of my heart. All the best. Thank you, Luis. Yeah, it's been an amazing journey. And yeah, I've been so grateful to be part of this chapter of your life. And best luck for the next one. I love you guys. I really, really do.
Engineer: We love you too. And you're always gonna be part of that family. And if we can't win, you should win.
Engineer: Thanks
George RUSSELL: for all the efforts this year. It's been a proper roller coaster. A lot of highs, a lot of lows, but what does that break now? Thanks for the hard work. Thank you very much.
Engineer: A lot of highs, a lot of lows, like you said. We'll come back even stronger next year. Just picking up rubber and we'll be coming into the pit lane.
Engineer: George, we need to find out why the car isn't so happy with that, but lots of work to do, lots to analyze, and I'm sure we're going to get on top, and thank you for sticking with what we wanted to do this weekend with setups and parts.
Engineer: Oscar, we're world champions. We are world champions, world constructors champions. Well done, mate. Well
Oscar PIASTRI: done, everybody. Massively, massively deserved. Yep. Couldn't be prouder of you. What a two years it's been. Sorry that it ended on such a terrible note on our side, but don't think the history books really care about that. Well done, everybody. Massive, massive congrats. Massively deserved.
Engineer: Okay, mate. That's the checkered. That's the checkered. Charge on. Fail. 84. Fail.
Yuki TSUNODA: Could you really explain what happened at the start? I definitely didn't do anything wrong.
Engineer: Yeah, you can. For sure.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, well, I've never done anti-throw in my life, my throw, in the start. Not the last race we wanted, but
Engineer: you gave it everything after that.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, honestly, I gave it everything.
Engineer: How
Yuki TSUNODA: we ended up? It's pretty tough for me, honestly. It's quite clear.
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