Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024: Practice 1 team radio
18 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024, across 9 drivers. 17 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 3.
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 · 3 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
George RUSSELL: I've got something in my left elbow aggravating me, if we could just take a look.
Engineer: There you go.
Yuki TSUNODA: Is the front load okay? I feel like quite... I don't feel much grip from the front.
Engineer: We're having a look.
Yuki TSUNODA: It's not that mean, it's understood, but just I don't feel that much grip.
Engineer: Copy.
Esteban OCON: I've got a problem.
Engineer: I've
Esteban OCON: got a problem. I have no power.
Engineer: OK, understood.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, just sliding both axles everywhere and even the grip on the rear through 17-18 was very weak I'd probably be inclined to make the change on the rear for the next run, leaving the front
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Would you still like that mechanical change? Yes. On the front or the rear? I'm quite easy. Okay, I think I'll take it on the rear. The car feels quite lazy in high speed. Okay, then I'll take it on the front.
Charles LECLERC: No, I took the out on the outside... on the outside.
Engineer: Okay, no worries.
Engineer: Four cars ahead to go. That information would be good earlier, I think, for next time. OK, apologies.
Yuki TSUNODA: I don't have zero front. I don't
Engineer: know
Yuki TSUNODA: why. Still right.
Engineer: Understood.
Franco COLAPINTO: Okay, sorry, sorry for that guys
George RUSSELL: up he has a pole right pole
Lance STROLL: Now there's a huge understeer in the car, mid-corner. Lance, would you consider a flap adjust? You've got Behrman pushing in six. No, it's mechanical balance.
Yuki TSUNODA: My car is bouncing like hell
Engineer: So Lance, just looking across cars, it's really sector 1, so it's... Yeah, braking turn 1, too late, it's early turn 2, all the things... Yeah, exits 1 and 2, braking turn 3 a little bit as well, but you are the same, exit 2 and 3.
Lance STROLL: Just box. That's just box. Okay, you've got Paris in three. I
Engineer: don't want to
Lance STROLL: drive like this anymore. Paris in two. Right now. I have to change something. Template's broken in the car.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Go bleep, you're blocked by a strobe.
Engineer: Understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, of course, Alonso hasn't had that. Yeah, Alonso was fast, double-cooled fast, and then kept pushing sector 1 by the look of it. Yeah. Yep.
Engineer: No surprise.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yep.
Engineer: And clutch position was deep 3%
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, that's it. Okay,
Engineer: no problem
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