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Team radio transcript

British Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio

25 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the British Grand Prix 2024, across 15 drivers. Lando NORRIS 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: There's a small dry line forming already.

    Engineer: Yeah, understood.

  2. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: All I need is to be push back, there is a tarmac over there

  3. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Can you bring me forward?

    Engineer: That would count as mechanical assistance. We wouldn't be allowed to rejoin qualifying.

  4. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Whether the risk of rain is coming earlier, possible it will affect the track in five minutes time, so the early laps might be important.

  5. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: We need this lap, we need this lap.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, f***ing rain.

  7. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Yeah, unbelievable. The only lap I had to push was the lap where it was wet.

  8. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: And go up, please. Oh, boys. Woo! I was good there.

  9. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: We're out, right?

    Engineer: Yes, we're out.

  10. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: ah that's

    Engineer: amazing you've just been sponsored by Verstappen

  11. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, my hammerships were pretty aggressively towards me, nice to avoid them making their own comparisons.

  12. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Nice job! Zubaba! Pole position mate! Woohoohoo!

    George RUSSELL: You didn't believe me! It's

    Engineer: a

    George RUSSELL: 1-2!

    Engineer: Yes!

    George RUSSELL: Nice one team! Come on! Woohoo! Race to win tomorrow!

  13. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: I can't believe it guys, can't believe it

  14. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: I'll say it again here, Alex. Well done too. Really tricky conditions you did. Really great labs. Thank you for that. It's a proud moment for me to see the livery with you on the car. And ninth is a just reward. I think there's much more in it, but it's just a few milliseconds you'll see when you come in front of you. I'll say it again here, Alex. Well done.

  15. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, that's good. We finished P5 there. Verstappen jumped us in that second run. That was terrible. Sorry about that. That wasn't well managed on my part.

  16. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Alright, looks like it's P9, P9 between the two Aston's.

    Alexander ALBON: OK, good.

  17. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: OK, that's everyone over the line, so yeah, that is P8 in the end, P8. What was the **** man, I'm sorry. No, I'm alright, you pussy. You alright? I know, but... You know what I mean.

  18. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Still P6, Niko, P6, man. So really good, really good.

  19. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, awesome. Good job, guys. 1-2-10th, where do they put me? 2-10th, really, we lost. Yeah, first

    Engineer: stop in P4 was 26-2.

  20. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And you can box

  21. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: it's maybe not bad anyway it's not our race these guys on long runs so very good awesome awesome job guys good job thank you

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Well done mate, so that's a P2. It's very, very close there. That's a front row lockout. Nice work, mate. How much have we missed it by? It's a tenth and a half, mate. Tenth and a half. Lewis, front row lockout hasn't been for a while. Well done, really.

  23. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: George, the front row lockout hasn't been done for a long time, congratulations for Paul. We are coming. I thought we were going to sing a bit of Sister Sledge there. Sister Sledge? Yeah, you're a bit too young for that, I'm sure.

  24. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I lost the rear end to P4, anyway I think we optimised that with the damage to the floor.

    Engineer: Well done Max for that damage, P4 is very very decent today, well done.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah I gave it everything, I mean guys thank you very much for trying to fix it as much as we could. Yeah, great effort, it's really unlucky that we went off there with the rain. We'll go at it tomorrow.

    Engineer: See what tomorrow brings.

  25. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Oh f***ing f***ing f***ing f***ing

    Engineer: f***!

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