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Team radio transcript

Australian Grand Prix 2024: Practice 2 team radio

72 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Australian Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 65 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Oscar PIASTRI had the most, with 9.

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Recharge on. Sync is good.

  3. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: The next soft run, let's remind ourselves to follow the data for our lab.

  4. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, that strat 9 could help return 13, so we'll have a look at that.

  5. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, good to hear. Sensors look good to us, so let's do...

  6. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: There's the front tires. Too much understeer, especially turn four.

  7. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Well, this lap, it's a very big snap both in the first lap and this lap in turn three. Yeah.

    Engineer: Let's check what's going on. It's behind. Joe, three seconds behind.

  8. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So, currently P6, you are level to Alonso, who's P1 at the moment until that last corner. And Valtteri at 4 seconds.

  9. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, we try the two clicks.

    Engineer: Up two clicks, copy.

  10. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: So Oscar, feedback, final sector was quicker than in P1, just looked like the tyre prep on the outlap was compromised.

  11. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: The visibility is very poor. Let's get a dark tear off, please.

    Engineer: Yeah, I'll stay on it.

  12. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: I had to read the plan quite a lot in the straight line there.

    Engineer: Copy that. Russell, three seconds time blab.

  13. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: and purple c7 position one is good with boxes lap and radio check oscar

  14. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And do you want another go? Yeah. Okay.

  15. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: Alright, touch the gravel. Alright, touch the gravel.

    Engineer: Yeah, okay, we'll check the car.

  16. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Okay, so still have some understeer down the floor and the bouncing has to come at high speed

  17. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: I don't know,

    Engineer: I

    Yuki TSUNODA: feel like this dumper is slightly worse, or I feel more bouncing.

  18. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: I'm happy to put more temperatures on this. More temperature.

  19. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: So happy to do good speed through the final sector. Tires are getting there, but it's still two degrees cool.

  20. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: High as a minus six, so we can keep leaning on them. Weaving out of 10, down to 11 and good braking. Fernando's still 17 behind.

  21. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: Yeah, I messed up the last corner. Yeah, no drama, mate.

  22. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: If you would like a flap adjust, double call for the tyres is okay.

  23. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: That Ferrari was going dangerously slow on the straight, sacks, blind corner.

  24. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  25. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: How was the red button turn 13?

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, that was good. That was an improvement.

  26. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: It didn't feel any better from what we were trying to achieve on balance.

  27. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I just want to start with a bit more temperature copy

    Engineer: so what will help what we see is overheating through the corner in turn three

  28. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Sorry, that was a bit annoying there, breaking into M3. That wasn't ideal.

  29. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: How far are we at?

    Engineer: That's two and a half tenths off the Aston's. Tenth and a half off the clerk.

  30. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Where's Snappen behind?

    ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, I'm too late bro.

  31. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: I

    ZHOU Guanyu: missed my back tree quite early before the line

  32. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Come on, man.

  33. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  34. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Ah, f***ed up.

  35. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: This left front tires are too much on this year in the last sector. The rest of the cars are quite nice.

  36. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: And for last corner, try to be back across the wide line.

    Charles LECLERC: That doesn't make sense, what you're saying. I mean, I don't understand what you're saying.

    Engineer: You need to be further to the left, further to the left on entry.

    Charles LECLERC: Okay.

  37. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Blue mode 7. Blue mode 7.

  38. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, do you want me to make a gap to the stakes? Yeah, let's

    Engineer: do

    Daniel RICCIARDO: that. Yeah.

  39. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's a bit unnecessary, I think.

  40. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: it will use a level tech is it on 14 as well to pass him

  41. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: I was going to consider a sharper lift for turn five to help the front left. We're quite quick through there compared to others.

  42. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: I need more support mid-corner at 10-1.

  43. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: 25k wind into turn one with the following. We need to manage the rear locking on the initial hit on brakes.

  44. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Just try to manage more in 10. That was a bit too much less left.

  45. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: 5 cars on a race run?

    Engineer: Yes, so we have 5 cars on a race run behind you pushing

  46. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I could tell a little bit of drag on the front, but nothing too crazy at the moment.

  47. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: How many laps are we gonna get? How many laps are we gonna get?

  48. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  49. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  50. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: You're right.

  51. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: It's a pace to Paris ahead looks good if you do want to make a gap there's six seconds behind but happy if you're learning to stay here

  52. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Yuki, now you can push on tires. No more saving.

  53. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: And avoid the short shift between 13 and 14.

  54. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: What's

    Engineer: that,

    Lewis HAMILTON: how's

    Engineer: the

    Lewis HAMILTON: people doing?

    Engineer: Leclerc was 22.8 last lap, medium time.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, something's wrong.

  55. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And a minor, white h7, position 1. It is white h7, position 1.

  56. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Launch path, launch path.

  57. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: So the soft fire's on, back out, push the exit, push the exit.

  58. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Mode attack, mode attack.

  59. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, get out of the way.

  60. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Do we need to box and try the other tire or is it just the end of the session?

  61. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: It is too late, 1 minute 20 left

  62. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  63. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Okay, Joe. Okay. Okay, Joe. If the...

  64. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: at five

  65. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  66. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: This will be the final lap here

  67. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: so it'll be a waste of a lap the gap if you need to otherwise it'll be a waste of a lap and engine 13 position four

  68. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: launch white and that's the checkered flag bang out for the grid launch white h13 white h13

  69. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: What is he doing? Look at this! My god!

  70. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And that's the checkered flag paying out for the grid launch. White H13. White H13.

  71. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Not too sure what we're

    Engineer: going

    George RUSSELL: to learn this time. Have a think.

  72. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: That car ahead of the Mercedes, I think he's having a f***ing coffee.

    Engineer: I think he definitely should stay off the coffee.

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