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Team radio transcript

British Grand Prix 2024: Practice 3 team radio

60 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the British Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 58 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Fernando ALONSO had the most, with 8.

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. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Driver Radio Channel.

  3. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  4. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: There's no rear in the car. Super oversteering.

  5. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: Upshift is harsh.

  6. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: At 12.13, with the steering a little bit to the left today.

  7. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: It's quite a lot of vibration

  8. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, it's

    Engineer: a

    Sergio PEREZ: good for the tip

  9. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And we do see the attempts still needs to come up a lot of people struggling

  10. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Engineer: The track is wetter than expected, but it's going to improve quickly, all the cars on track.

  11. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Thai Bracket as soon as possible please. Is Kulingdak quite correct?

    Engineer: That's clear.

  12. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Let's do the thousand bank gets as soon as possible. Yes, we are trying to tell them

  13. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Engineer: Ok, tyres are coming up. A little bit patient on Rikidza.

  14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: So Max, we've dropped over 10 degrees relative to the previous outlet, so it's going to take a while to bring these up.

  15. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Engineer: Okay, we have Yuki 5 behind, don't drop too much anymore

  16. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: The only switch needed is go push before the last corner.

  17. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: I mean the track is definitely drying a bit now

  18. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: I

    George RUSSELL: mean the track is definitely drying a bit now.

  19. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Tires coming into the window now, a few drops around.

  20. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: I'm behind Piastri.

    Engineer: No, there's only four seconds behind him.

  21. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: I need to cool down, I think. Cool down, cool down.

  22. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: It's at a spin, all good.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy that.

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Good, no grip at all man.

  23. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, you can use recharge but try and keep the tires in the window

  24. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: So, currently P2, two tenths to Leclerc, and just noting that Norris using all wider lines, six and seven. He got Sainz's car behind two seconds on a lap.

  25. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: It's a relatively dry road, turns 9 to 15. I can feel I'm damaging my tyre but I'll

    Engineer: be

    George RUSSELL: having a box.

  26. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Lando Minor, White H-4, position 1, White H-4, position 1, more deployment.

  27. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: So your lap time was like P6, P7. Only losses to Hamilton and Sainz is turn 1 and turn 9, so it was a pretty good lap. Would be okay to push next lap. Leclerc, 4 behind on a push.

  28. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I need to give you more info what the others are doing, where I'm losing time.

  29. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And diff mid minus one suggested diff mid minus one

  30. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Let's start the next lap a bit on a warmer side.

  31. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: We'll go green six, position three for the next lap.

  32. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Pre-select engine 4 and driver default Delta zero on

  33. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And turn 12, turn 12, you can use more help, that's good. Radio, I will see the middle 7. Copy.

  34. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: I

    Nico HULKENBERG: think we can box, I think we know about the balance, it's just getting these in-between conditions now.

  35. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And a weather update for you. The rain might get worse in 15 minutes time.

  36. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: I'm going to try and just back off a little bit, it's sector 3 and then go again

  37. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: Can we try a different mode or this mode?

  38. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Now we're staying in this one. Any other option will be single lap. So Hockenberg slow eight ahead. You've got 13 seconds back to Joe.

  39. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: My friends are going away quite a bit

  40. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Suggest blue b6 blue b6

  41. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, so I'll say similar limitations compared to yesterday, so yeah, very similar comments.

  42. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: We have engine 1 available if you need, otherwise we stay full.

  43. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Cyan intensity, sector one.

  44. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: It's starting to rain now as well by the way

    Engineer: Yes, we're away with that Max, thank you Vox

  45. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Just have a feel of the grip in this condition, but if you feel that's not teaching you anything

  46. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Engineer: Ok Daniel, as expected it's starting to rain, it's level 1, and we expect level 2 in around 5 minutes

  47. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, it's raining quite hard over here.

  48. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Rotation go better in the last bit.

    Engineer: Understood.

  49. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: I think look at the radar. This is the worst of the rain right now

  50. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: From the left side

  51. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So with this level of rain, just expect the standing water to be increasing a little bit more.

  52. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: And the tires don't feel great, so at the moment I'm not learning much here, limitations are still the same.

  53. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Ok mate we could use the open modifier turn 9 and 15 to help there, we've got Leclerc on a time-lapse 11 seconds behind I couldn't hear, I couldn't hear, I got it

  54. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Clutch was really sensitive, pulling away.

  55. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: I

    Esteban OCON: have no content left.

  56. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: It's hard to keep temps.

  57. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Yeah, copy. Yeah, that's just the water level

  58. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Lance pushing three behind. We think it's worth trying another click or even two clicks forward and brake balance.

  59. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: So Carlos did a 40.9 second lap you did a 40.4 so faster

  60. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: It's heavy rain in pit lane now. Take care. Could be class three in pit lane now.

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