Australian Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio
75 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix 2024, across 17 drivers. 68 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ 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
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 8 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 8 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 8 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 6 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 2 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Let's go to K2 Plus as soon as possible.
Engineer: It
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: would have been nice if the tyres actually came out at 70.
Engineer: It looks like they were about 67 degrees when they came out.
Engineer: Okay, so Albon in front in P3 didn't do a prep lap, expected to pull away from this.
Engineer: Yes, we'd like to introduce more energy to the front tires that cool down just a little more than we expected
Engineer: V-Bell 3. V-Bell 3. Brakes are looking good.
Engineer: Don't forget to reset your shape. We'll go recharge off and let's go
Sergio PEREZ: Have a look, because there are a lot of cars doing very odd things.
Nico HULKENBERG: But that didn't work. Second lap. Second half of that second lap, I was taking a step back. So not like this again, for sure.
Engineer: Great. Very poor.
Oscar PIASTRI: It doesn't feel as easy to repeat as P3, and the grip doesn't feel as good.
Lando NORRIS: You can just straggling a bit more with the acceleration, rear locking, 10-3, last corner, so on
Engineer: Ok, and
Lando NORRIS: stop on the marks
Engineer: And turn 9 was very good, second push, so
Carlos SAINZ: good job, as
Engineer: expected.
George RUSSELL: Front brakes just don't really feel like they're working
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Okay, Lance, we need to go cool, go to cool, go to cool, go to cool, go to cool.
Engineer: Okay, what are we doing? We're going to push this lock.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Still under-steering too much, especially just my front tyres already look red.
Engineer: All good news today Max, thank you.
Engineer: Oscar, we're safe. Box, abort, recharge on.
Engineer: Has it made it? Yeah, copy. Yeah, we are safe.
Engineer: Okay, Kev, unfortunately we are P16 and out of qualifying.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Amen.
Engineer: Oh, hang on. We've been promoted. We've been promoted. We're back in because Saturday time deleted. You're in.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Awesome.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: That's great man, I can do a lot better than that. Have fun.
Engineer: Did
Lewis HAMILTON: you miss that, George Byer?
Engineer: Negative. We'll halt station.
Engineer: You can use more tyre template so you can push on use energy when you can use energy
Engineer: No, just stay negative on the Delta. We're good for time.
Lando NORRIS: I'm happy, but I don't know if my deployment didn't go correct.
Esteban OCON: Every time we're going to quarry, I got vibration in the outlap.
Engineer: Okay mate, understood. We'll have a look.
Engineer: Cleared for me aye, good job there, and that moment at 12 closing in lap, good
Carlos SAINZ: job
Alexander ALBON: 10-9, 10-10, just lost everything. Well, everything, just 10-9, 10, all the overstay, and then those
Engineer: were hot.
Engineer: Yuki, we have an issue with the GPS data, but I can see it on my screen and against Albon, only place is turn 11, breaking late entry.
Engineer: So, good transition, so Strat 2, good to go.
Engineer: It's in a single, so stroll in front of us, it's in a single cool down lap.
Engineer: We want to drop back now slightly.
Engineer: And focus on.
Engineer: And in front of the stroll, there's a couple.
Engineer: There was a little bit there.
Engineer: Go one Russell for
Fernando ALONSO: Limit on the safety car line with us
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, but we have a limit on the safety car line with both of us.
Engineer: That is P15 for us there.
Engineer: We're going there little steps
Lewis HAMILTON: Are we safe or not?
Engineer: Negative. No, we've just been bumped.
Engineer: I think that was a good lap Kev, the car just didn't have the performance for you, so I think that was good effort, well done mate.
Engineer: Yeah, cover that mic.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, it's
Engineer: a step 22, so it gets a bunch of wrong
Engineer: Yeah, indeed. We're in a much better place than the last two weekends.
Engineer: And we have the same win as previous run.
Sergio PEREZ: I don't have time left until the final second.
Engineer: Yeah, not tidy.
Engineer: Peter Clarke, PSV, Russells, Delta, on.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Good job, Checo. P3, that's a very good job. Good starting place for tomorrow.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah. Let's put the pressure on. Good job, guys. We'll come back.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, not tidy, but
Engineer: P2 for now, I'll let you know.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I'll do it
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Good job, check.
Engineer: Good job, Checo. P3, that's a very good job. Good starting place for tomorrow.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, let's put the pressure on good job guys come back
Charles LECLERC: Car was really difficult to drive it was going from understeer to oversteer, I don't know why
Carlos SAINZ: You're telling me to fix it all
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Yuki TSUNODA: P8? Really?
Engineer: That's P8.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah well done, well done. Thank you guys. There's
Engineer: your
Yuki TSUNODA: car. Ah no, enjoyed that, enjoyed that for sure.
Lando NORRIS: Right.
Engineer: P4. Bottom. It's not like it. Well then. All the kitchen please. Well, thank you. Good luck.
Engineer: Good job, Checo. P3, that's a very good job. Good starting place for tomorrow.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, let's put the pressure on. Good job, guys. Good comeback.
Engineer: Okay, I'll get that is p6
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, copy. Yeah, last lap was a bit average, so sorry about that. Yeah, well done everyone. Good work. I feel like it's been a strong day, so see what we can do tomorrow. Thank you.
Oscar PIASTRI: Our last life was a bit average, so sorry about that. Well done, everyone. Good work. I feel like it's been a strong day, so we'll see what we can do tomorrow. Thank you.
Engineer: Okay, mate. P4. Well done.
Engineer: Nice job Max, looks like pole position.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Not bad that, that was actually quite a good lap to be honest.
Engineer: That was two very very good laps Max, so well done, both were good enough for the pole.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah that was great. GP I know someone who's very happy again, I'm sorry.
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