Bahrain Grand Prix 2024: Practice 2 team radio
62 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2024, across 14 drivers. 58 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Daniel RICCIARDO 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
- Daniel RICCIARDO · RB · 9 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 4 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 4 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, bottoming a lot more than I was before yep
Daniel RICCIARDO: A little bit better in some places. I still struggled with the front two.
Engineer: Okay Lance, science looks in lap. Jun's proposal is double cool for tyres so we'll double cool.
Engineer: Max, do you think we could go slightly more aggressive again with the tools at 11 and 14?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Uh, maybe one more step.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, I need to move the brake, I think It's being inconsistent in the thermal
Engineer: Okay, yeah, we focus on that in the slow laps
Engineer: Okay, we're happy with tyres, no need for weaving.
Engineer: Can we take a double call? Target is zero on the dash.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I have too much air coming into my helmet.
Engineer: Understood.
Alexander ALBON: Sorry, the car is over rotating.
Engineer: Screen 4, position 4, please screen 4, position 4.
Lando NORRIS: Just a reminder, I need to change my steering wheel for the next flight.
Engineer: OK.
Logan SARGEANT: I'm going to use my round quick take at 13, and I want to slap those around.
Charles LECLERC: I locked up at the Cabot 74
Engineer: Understood
Engineer: Torque 3, charge off, normal formation, formation and 2 burnouts
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I had a, I don't know, Alpine or something, so that'd be something there, I think, yeah, balance, quite similar limitations.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: A lot of cars aborting laps looks like going deep into turn one for reference.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: a corner until then we should look at
Engineer: I'll come back to you.
Engineer: Should we switch to high fuel you think or more important for us so you want to try to open the lap?
Engineer: So
Carlos SAINZ: turn 1, 2, 3, let's try again.
Charles LECLERC: Lance was in the middle of the way, so they don't look in the mirrors
Engineer: Copy, I've seen that
Engineer: So do you think we gain any late stability or it doesn't look like it's the case at the moment?
Daniel RICCIARDO: I feel like the engine braking was a bit artificial, so I don't think that helped.
Yuki TSUNODA: Turn 8 engine braking is pretty strange, it's just the engine brake is feeling like Engine braking is pushing towards the end of the corner
Charles LECLERC: They're all f***ing
Engineer: sleeping tonight.
Engineer: Copy that.
Esteban OCON: Box now.
Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, sorry, that was a fucking lap. Yeah, it's okay, we're done.
Sergio PEREZ: Let's play with the tipping as well
Engineer: Copy, we've got one more step
Carlos SAINZ: Richardo, Schleiber, Bjorn
Engineer: Which
Carlos SAINZ: slot should we take? This one, our highway catcher has a problem Yeah, I'll... Way behind, Richardo
Engineer: So we'd like to try B-Bal 6, that's the correct high fuel test map, B-Bal 6.
Engineer: Lando better job in turn 6-7, can still go a tenth quicker through turn 12.
Engineer: And Pierre, if you wanted a gap, you could drive through the pit lane, and then there's a 20 second gap between Hamilton and Esteban.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Just understand here
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'll take them a little bit close.
Engineer: Stay there for the moment Max.
Sergio PEREZ: Salaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Engineer: Got eight seconds to the clerk behind
Alexander ALBON: Second gear is very aggressive on the upshifts.
Yuki TSUNODA: Maybe there's something wrong with the front right and front left, sorry. Super easy to front lock.
Engineer: And if we could get mode 2, mode 2.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Understood. Yeah, so taking a bit of a hit, last couple ups.
Engineer: and we need driver default delta zero on when you can driver default delta zero on when you can
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, fighting entry capabilities into the low speed.
Engineer: I commend diff entry 7, diff mid 4. Diff entry 7, diff mid 4.
Engineer: OK Pierre, happy to pick up the pace. We'd like to keep doing lift and coast.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Struggling man.
Yuki TSUNODA: Front is pretty disaster
Alexander ALBON: Can we do a shift test after the break to start? It just feels very aggressive.
Engineer: Not sure if it was traffic, he did 36, you have seen he opened the gap in front
Engineer: Uh, that.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: pit entry again and we'll do a practice pit
Engineer: Okay, you're on the scales.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I'm here.
Engineer: Ok, we'll have to bring the car back.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, apologies, I missed it, I didn't see.
Max VERSTAPPEN: The upticks at the start is just so bad.
Engineer: Coming up.
Engineer: So Daniel, there's a bit going on with the bridge, so give us a few minutes please.
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