Belgian Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
149 radio messages were recorded during race at the Belgian Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 144 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Oscar PIASTRI had the most, with 17.
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
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 17 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 16 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 13 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 9 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 9 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 8 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 8 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · RB · 6 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 6 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 5 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 5 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 4 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
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Engineer: And Lano, purple C13 musician 9P, purple C13 9.
Lewis HAMILTON: That magic doesn't work.
Engineer: How's the balance?
Pierre GASLY: Balance is good, but my steering is not straight.
Engineer: Okay, so we're gonna drive through the pit lane no start this time
Engineer: Okay, Max, so box, how's the front flap?
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think it's good
Engineer: Okay, so that modifier at 7 worked as expected, so that is a very small option. Your clutch drop was 3% too deep for info, 3% too deep to target, and you're going to the grid.
Engineer: Ok mate, so how was the balance? Any issues?
Esteban OCON: No, balance was good I think.
Daniel RICCIARDO: It's my helmet. It feels like it's taped in so I can't get access to it.
Logan SARGEANT: Yeah, all good. I don't know how on the biggest track of the year we have so much traffic on laps to grid
Engineer: Do
Logan SARGEANT: you remember the clip at the race? 44 laps, you know our strategy, you know what we need to do for titles, be diligent, be good on that, that's the key, if we do too much we're
Engineer: going
Logan SARGEANT: to pay the price, it's going to be high time management, we'll get you through, let's be on top on everything, have a good one buddy, ok?
Pierre GASLY: Let's use our pace to pass these guys
Engineer: And
Lewis HAMILTON: that V bow for turn one is the same as last year or? Yeah.
Engineer: Almost all cars start on medium. Hard starters are Sainz in P7 and Joe P19. Ricciardo is P13 with a soft.
Engineer: And also just for info, Ricardo on the new software, we'll be able to have a read on that.
Charles LECLERC: Don't tell me the countdown for three two one just give me five seconds and that's it ten
Engineer: seconds
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: need to make sure my pack is fully charged up.
Engineer: Pierre, we've got no concerns on battery. We will be fully charged.
Lewis HAMILTON: I've had contact.
Sergio PEREZ: What's up with the energy? He'll come back up.
Engineer: So just be sensible on the tyres at this stage Max, nothing to get in the way from you.
Engineer: Still thinking plan A for now, Nico.
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm cutting on the engine, man.
Engineer: I'm looking.
Engineer: My
Nico HULKENBERG: neck doesn't feel too bad at the moment, it feels quite stable.
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm losing power guys, I'm losing hydraulically, I'll try mate, I'll try to bring it back
Daniel RICCIARDO: The place still seems pretty strong.
Nico HULKENBERG: Medium feels okay.
Engineer: Okay, we're plan A, manage peak brake pressure, rear slips building through stop.
Sergio PEREZ: There you are. I'll have to go and fill in the fish.
Engineer: So
Daniel RICCIARDO: pretty even on both axles at the moment, just pace on medium, nothing looked too bad.
Engineer: At the moment everything looks back to normal, trying to recover our race. Elefant's lap time could be 50.3 at the moment.
ZHOU Guanyu: Mate, I'm losing the brakes, the pedal is so long,
Engineer: I
ZHOU Guanyu: can't even stop the car. I feel like I have no brakes mate.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's moving.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, the tires are overheating a bit, but my problem is the street line speed. So much drag. It's insane.
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Engineer: And Lando suggests blue b6, blue b6 and silver d7, silver d7.
Oscar PIASTRI: It's okay, pretty stable for now. Hard to know what the deck is like compared to the pack.
Lando NORRIS: That is okay, just traffic at the minute. I think pace is okay. It's hard to know in dirty air, honestly.
Engineer: Ok copy, yeah you're doing a good job, just get on top of the lifting coast, Leclerc at 1.8, it's a purple middle sector there
Yuki TSUNODA: It's so much easier to hit the brake, because always when I hit the brake, the car turns a little bit.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, let's do the strategy of the first guys. We are not too far from the leading group
Engineer: Oscar, plan A or B? What do you think? I
Oscar PIASTRI: think A.
Engineer: 10-10 and 10-12
Lewis HAMILTON: Tires are still okay, there is definitely dropping.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tires are still okay. There is a definitely dropping.
Esteban OCON: I don't know, you guys are on the numbers in front of you.
Engineer: Yeah, OK man, understood, understood.
Alexander ALBON: I'm
Engineer: going
Alexander ALBON: to be a very long sit-down.
Sergio PEREZ: Let's, let's close the diesel here within a million speed.
Esteban OCON: Some vibrations starting
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: would say only rears, maybe one step down, one hold on.
Pierre GASLY: The same point over in the straight, even in the slipstream.
Charles LECLERC: If we are getting undercut, that's gonna...
Carlos SAINZ: This place is good, no?
Engineer: Yeah, let's show our pace now and see if the side is planned D or B.
Engineer: And Lando, both safety car windows are open. Please confirm.
Lando NORRIS: Confirmed.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: So as a much better than expected
Engineer: The medium tyre appearance was excellent, so we do believe it's a strong tyre for the end of the race.
Engineer: Consider special two from turn 18 through turn one.
Engineer: Lando, 100% pace, please. 100% pace.
Lance STROLL: Straight line speed is a f***ing joke.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: But the tyres are just getting better.
Engineer: Copy that, keep going.
Engineer: And I know hard tyre looks decent. Thinking of coming down one and a half at the next stop. One and a half. That's in total. Thanks, man.
Lance STROLL: Come on, kick
Engineer: it up.
Lance STROLL: Speed is a joke.
Engineer: We are happy to push on tires. You can push on them.
Engineer: Fernando we are going to try and undercut Carlos and we think it will happen for free but we want to do that then we'll worry about it
Engineer: I suspect Magnussen may be one-stopping.
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Engineer: Okay Lando, Carlos has stayed out. We've already got the gap, so the opportunity here is to pass the cars who we've got a tyre advantage over.
Engineer: I
Max VERSTAPPEN: think I'm starting to get them, mate. What do you think?
Engineer: Have a go.
Engineer: Suggest right hand toggle for understeer in turn 10.
Engineer: Okay Lando, Carlos has stayed out. We've already got the gap, so the opportunity here is to pass the cars who we've got a tyre advantage over.
Engineer: Oscar, looks like there could be more pace in high speed. Leclerc managing less than you in turn 10, Sainz still doing 49.1 on hard from the race start.
Engineer: And green 10, position 5.
Engineer: Okay, Rick in DRS range, Alonso 2 back.
Alexander ALBON: Yep, we're going to fall back in.
Engineer: Wind speed has picked up a little bit, same direction, we've still got Sainz out there doing 48.8 on that hard tyre.
Engineer: I'm thinking plan B for medium, plan B for medium, I think they cannot go to the end.
Carlos SAINZ: Let's wait a couple more laps.
Engineer: Ok, copy.
Engineer: as both SC and VSC window open
Engineer: ACS button, press ACS. Oscar, how would this tyre be at safety car restart? It would
Oscar PIASTRI: be okay.
Engineer: So that sight's ahead 3.2, he has yet to stop, he started hard tyre.
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Lance STROLL: Are you amused by the stray bite speed?
Engineer: We could get back on the medium and get to the end. It's an option right now if you want. Yeah, of course. What else we got to do? Okay, box now, Nico. Box now.
Engineer: And Max, no need to dump energy here. Do not use energy.
Daniel RICCIARDO: It's
Engineer: a
Daniel RICCIARDO: lot like the soft struggles in the old town back home.
Sergio PEREZ: We have anything on the streets
Engineer: Oscar, we're thinking plan B. Thinking plan B here.
Engineer: Feedback on this tyre when you can. Of
Oscar PIASTRI: course, it's stable, it's just that I've got to keep going.
Fernando ALONSO: How many laps on the tires for Gasly?
Engineer: So if Gasly's four lap older, four lap older, hard.
Engineer: Yeah, front tyres, I don't really, yeah, they're broken. OK, as I say, diff is available, Max.
Engineer: Plan A plus three at the moment. Plan A plus three.
Engineer: There will be 20 laps when you cross the line, that is the distance that Sainz went on the hard tyre.
Engineer: We'll just keep closing this gap to Piastri.
Engineer: We're looking at Paris's tail could be soon. What do you mean could be soon?
Engineer: And we focus on the tires. It's the fastest stint to the end now. 19 laps to the end. 1-9.
George RUSSELL: Think we'll have a one-stop
Engineer: And we're in the window for both safety cars, in the window for both safety cars.
Engineer: And consider mode 8 for a couple of laps if you are under no threat.
Engineer: Sainz 1.2 ahead, last lap feels a 47.7, 6 lap offset, medium tyre.
Engineer: This looks good Oscar. This looks good. Let's go
Oscar PIASTRI: It goes without saying but clean air is king
George RUSSELL: At the moment they're just going quicker and quicker with tyres.
Engineer: Last lap was purple. It
Oscar PIASTRI: goes without saying, but clean air is king.
Engineer: Good to keep pushing just watch that turn nine
Oscar PIASTRI: We'll see you on to medium.
Engineer: We'll stop and we'll go on to medium.
Engineer: How's the front wing? Good.
Engineer: So we can afford to push the entrance a little more, we are lower energies than stint 2
Engineer: Piast and Russell might go to the end, they didn't stop yet.
Engineer: That's good pace, I think they will start struggling, 5 tenths quicker than in sector 2.
Engineer: And George, just confirming you're happy to stay out. We've got three cars now. Yes.
Engineer: Suggest red A4, red A4.
Engineer: Lando, these tyres are robust, happy to push on them.
Engineer: Russell is staying out till the end.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think Landon is pushing lightly, so let me know what you want me to do.
Engineer: Yeah, we're happy for you to push now Max as well. Happy to push.
Engineer: So Piastri is a 4.3 behind, he's got Leclerc between him, that's insane
Engineer: I'll
Lewis HAMILTON: have to click it on him, I
Engineer: don't know if I'm targeting the V in or not It's close, it is close
Engineer: So Ricciardo and Ocon will start fighting, so just keep it clean for now, extend your reference.
Engineer: I'll
Lewis HAMILTON: punch quicker don't you? Am I targeting the medium or not? It's close, it is close. Thank you, that's
Engineer: ok.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I think you have the bigger picture now, what's happening, so I don't really know what's behind. I'm happy either way.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Engineer: Alonso Bottas and Stroll we think they're going to go to the end on their 22 lap hards so we are not going to get them
Engineer: Ten laps to go. Ten of your finest, mate. Come on.
Engineer: At this point we think everyone trying to go to the end
Lance STROLL: Remember, it's a late energy press only, late energy press.
Engineer: Copy
Lance STROLL: that Lance, everything you can do is good, it's good for the team as well.
Yuki TSUNODA: I guess we'll change it a little bit.
Nico HULKENBERG: I just came over 12.30. There's nothing.
Engineer: And George will just keep this clean. We've still got that gap to Piastri, five seconds behind Lewis.
Engineer: That's a good lap, Oscar. Hamilton's catching Russell ahead. There's going to be action ahead. We want to be there.
Esteban OCON: We are f***ing shredded in Zuzuka, don't
Engineer: know
Engineer: Just make sure you give each other plenty of space.
Engineer: We are ****** and it
Esteban OCON: doesn't count, don't
Engineer: know.
Engineer: The
Sergio PEREZ: ride is getting pretty badly in a little bit.
Alexander ALBON: Don't believe this house I'm taking a taxi
Esteban OCON: Josh, what did I say? Stop talking!
Pierre GASLY: That was Maximum Sog.
Engineer: Come on! Wooo!
George RUSSELL: Oh, boys and girls! What a performance! Whoa, well done. Awesome work. Oh! Mercedes... Oh, yes! Amazing strategy, guys.
Engineer: Kev, I thought you did a brilliant job there, we just didn't have the pace today. Obviously we got qualifying wrong again yesterday, but I really thought that was a great drive there, and I'm sorry it only resulted in P50. Yeah, I
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: guess we just didn't have the pace right. We tried the one-stop, I don't know if it was good or not, but I think we actually felt like a good car, a good balance, and we can't see what we could have done.
George RUSSELL: Amazing strategy! You guys are the best! Come on! That's
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: pretty good drive in as well. Yeah, that was alright. Yeees! Woo! Higher whisperer! Higher whisperer! Higher whisperer!
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, yeah, let's have a look later if there's anything else we could have done But yeah, the medium tire, when I started pushing it, the rear just went in the end, so just overheating
Yuki TSUNODA: It's so hard to drive this car. Copy you, Kim. I'm sorry for that.
Engineer: We'll show you something in the garage.
Yuki TSUNODA: Also, the brake was not good in the beginning at all.
Engineer: I
Yuki TSUNODA: don't have any efficiency.
Engineer: And lunch, that was P12 in the end I'm afraid, P12. Good deg, good management.
Engineer: Well done, mate. P3.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, well done, guys. Well, that was an impressive risk from Russell, but, yeah, well done. Sorry about the stop. Yeah. Pace was good in clean air, just didn't quite have enough, but thank you very much. Very good day and another trophy, some good points, so thank you, and nice way to go into the break. Yeah,
Engineer: we'll keep trucking. And we know there's good things to come.
Engineer: Yeah I know it's frustrating, you did a good race but yeah Ocon had a bit of a half pace there on how long to manage to make the one-stop work Yeah yeah
Daniel RICCIARDO: I felt like we did a good race
Engineer: I
Daniel RICCIARDO: was hoping we got quite rewarded
Engineer: Yeah you did well, you drove well
Engineer: And P4, reminder no in-lap, good defending at the end
Charles LECLERC: I have a crack on the trigger off, I don't know, I saw the last 20 left
Engineer: Okay, so you couldn't see properly
Charles LECLERC: No, no, I mean it's not doing anything for performance, but I couldn't see well in my right visor, in my right mirror
Engineer: Well done, Max. It's not a bad result. Well done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, with damage limitations, it's tough to follow here. And you're on a quite similar pace.
Engineer: Yeah, that was a strong drive, Max. Well done, mate. Well done with what we had today. That was, I think, the optimum.
Engineer: As P18, I know the few laps in the middle were not the most fun, but that was important and he did good, a strong pace on that hard stint, good job mate.
Engineer: Alright, tough race out there mate. That's P14 for us. That's the one finished at P10.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, many problems out there. I'm really not happy. Really not happy.
Engineer: Not our day. We'll review. Well then.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, we just didn't have any straight lane speed, and the balance was quite a bit off. Medium to high speed. Yeah, we couldn't connect the balance all the way. Especially 2nd and 3rd since.
Engineer: Yeah, to be for all upstairs later. Russell made the one stop work. 34 laps on the hard there.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, that's not for us.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, I cannot believe what we've just done.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, that guy was quick the whole race, he just decided to push on the last two laps, so I had no traction. He was quick enough, I didn't know why he didn't push earlier.
Engineer: Well Alex, come back after the break in the stock car.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, yeah I think we, honestly we had a good car, we were just lacking some speed.
Engineer: It
Alexander ALBON: was
Engineer: all
Alexander ALBON: balanced, it was just, yeah that hard tyre was so much better than the mediums as well.
Engineer: And good pace out there, good job.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I just don't know what we could have done. Maybe Russell's strategy is to start at the medium. Felt like we had good pace, but I don't know why we didn't move forward. I guess on Harz, McLaren and Red Bull were very quick. Yeah, they were, yeah.
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