Canadian Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio
74 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 72 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lando NORRIS had the most, with 11.
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
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 11 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 8 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 6 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 6 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 5 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · RB · 3 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 2 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Ok, 3 seconds, negative, no rain expected during the session, it's 5 seconds.
Pierre GASLY: Vibration on the brakes, okay,
Engineer: so let's just give some big stops and hopefully that will dissipate
Engineer: And Lando, we've had light drops reported from turn seven to eight, but we don't see anything on the radar. Very light drops.
Lance STROLL: Pirates seem cold and all.
Engineer: Yep, agree. We're discussing, we'll come back to you.
Engineer: Okay, so run switch warm-up. We'll do a build lap Lance. Run switch warm-up, build lap. Run switch warm-up.
Engineer: Tires are still slightly cool, but we're happy to push first lap. See how it goes. Will be go one
Fernando ALONSO: Very cool tire. Copy that.
Alexander ALBON: Are we okay here? Yeah,
Engineer: it's a little bit busy ahead.
Yuki TSUNODA: I have
Engineer: a
Yuki TSUNODA: front lock end of the braking.
Valtteri BOTTAS: The tires only started to work at the end of the lap, so I'm thinking single charge.
Engineer: Yep, that works for us.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Go back.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Who's that by no car? He's
Engineer: just
Max VERSTAPPEN: turned to the left, Charlie.
Engineer: Magnuson.
Engineer: And then Verstappen will open. He's just over the start for us right now. So, Lando, the situation is you just did a 13.5, which is currently the quickest. Verstappen now in turn two. Cut-off is a 15.4, but lap times are changing a lot. So we could either try another lap on this set.
Engineer: The alternative is we come in now and protect a second run. Verstappen 10-6.
Lando NORRIS: No, I think stay out.
Lance STROLL: Kind of feels okay, but right hand side contact.
Engineer: Copy, we're looking.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Charles LECLERC: I don't know if you told me anything about Hulkenberg? He's low. He's low.
Engineer: So we need to be negative on the delta.
Oscar PIASTRI: Competed massively by both cars.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: So just keep the speed up, just keep the temp in these tires and then we'll get back and get them wrapped up quickly Quite a minor flat spot but manageable. Yeah, we agree it looks okay in data
Charles LECLERC: Come on, they are being ridiculous.
Engineer: We've seen it.
Engineer: Brakes and tires are okay, both on target.
Engineer: So Lando, there is some bunching up towards the final chicane now. You have 13 seconds to Alonso ahead and the first car on time-lap is Sainz, turn four.
Engineer: Ideally it needs to be in front of Gasly, he's three back if we can, otherwise Magnussen eight back. What's he doing? They're all pushing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I don't think that's
Engineer: a
Max VERSTAPPEN: lead as
Engineer: well. Okay Max, we'll need a bit more detail than that. Not everything is digital, please mate.
Lando NORRIS: If you think we're safe, it would be nice to save these tires. Yep.
Logan SARGEANT: I feel like my brakes aren't working well. Are
Engineer: or are not?
Logan SARGEANT: Not working well. Ok. Front or rear? Just everything.
Fernando ALONSO: Oh, we're boxing, we are safe, eh?
Engineer: Yeah, copy, copy.
Engineer: Yep.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, it was a messy last sector there, you couldn't prep the tyres well.
Engineer: No, absolutely, and we went up against it with the time rules as well. Sorry, we gave it a go, it was always going to be difficult.
Engineer: Okay, nice job. Both cars through. There's potential rain in 20 minutes or so.
Engineer: So Oscar you're gonna be six in the queue. We have fuel for four timed laps here So if the tires not ready we can swap to the warm-up lap approach
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, am I switching off or keeping it running?
Engineer: Can we switch off please?
Engineer: We are expecting a very light rain but it will be light and short duration so we will go for that one.
Engineer: Yeah, we're just expecting a few drops right now
Engineer: First spots of rain reported turn 7, turn 8. How
Lando NORRIS: long do you think this will last?
Engineer: Two to three minutes.
Engineer: If we believe this light rain will last two to three minutes and then there should be a gap without one
Engineer: No rain in the pit lane, nothing, all dry.
Carlos SAINZ: Copy. No yet. Ok, understood.
Alexander ALBON: Is it supposed to be the worst of the rain? Because, I mean, it's raining for sure. It's just... Don't switch to go out. It's just a few drops. Yeah, it's not touching outside, but it is raining. Copy that.
Engineer: And we expect the next rain at 16.40, which is towards the end of Q2.
Lance STROLL: I need a bit more aero balance.
Engineer: Copy that, so next one is Norris pushing five back.
Engineer: F***
Max VERSTAPPEN: man, just move out of the way! I thought you did that on purpose!
Engineer: Yeah, focus on exit turn two and Turn four so take a little bit less curb
Engineer: All clear from behind, all clear.
Carlos SAINZ: What do we do?
Engineer: Go for the used, I guess? If you want, we can P-stop for the used, and we will have two pushes, two time-lapses on the board.
Carlos SAINZ: OK, I like that.
George RUSSELL: Woooo, woolly molly I just had a big moment at 4
Engineer: So a reminder from Cedric for turn 10 rear locking then sit a plus one b bell on the paddles for that corner
Engineer: Think about shock too if you want to have two times Consecutive The same as before I go for it Okay, makes sense
Engineer: We are expecting some drops at the chequered flag, just for your info.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: I
Charles LECLERC: think I'll do a prep
Engineer: We are expecting some drops at the checkered flag just for your info. So some drops at the end. Stroll 4 So think about if it's better to push now or later The tires are not ready at all Okay, so we prep Stroll Passing by, good gap
Engineer: Charge on charge on. Okay Yuki, stay negative and we have 20 seconds margin to get another lap with the standard cooldown
Yuki TSUNODA: Honestly, what was the guy in front is doing? It's our last corner. I
Engineer: know I know. The lap was good Yuki
Engineer: Stop at the scale, stop at the bridge.
Yuki TSUNODA: Alright, good turnaround. Thanks guys.
Charles LECLERC: I guess well, yes,
Engineer: okay.
Charles LECLERC: I won't comment now
Carlos SAINZ: Oh, it's so difficult. I'm not breathing.
Engineer: We
Lance STROLL: had a snap in f***ing
Engineer: turn
Lance STROLL: 6, man.
Engineer: Yeah, copy. We saw that. We'll have a quick look at it. So you are safe, Lance. You are through. That's a P10. Delta negative. Let's get the car back.
Lance STROLL: Man, what is that snap? Like, so shit. Just coming off the brakes a bit. Just over-rotates.
Logan SARGEANT: Gave you what I had there mate. I got impeded a tenth and a half on that first lap. That's not right.
Engineer: It was a great session Logan, it really was. We noted the impeding but really well done.
Engineer: Come on!
Alexander ALBON: We're not, we're not making it easy for ourselves here, are
Engineer: we?
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, we're doing that one.
Engineer: There's 50 seconds to go. You can leave the engine on.
Engineer: no more rain expected track should be green
Engineer: So just remember to build a nice big gap for SC2 and then it'll be a hard out lap So good straight line speed using energy as you have been doing and a bit of weaving as well
Engineer: Oscar, Turn 8 entry line is similar across cars, not sure whether you got to see that in the garage?
Engineer: So, Oscar, we can do a pit stop for the second set. If you want push-cool-push on set two, then we should drive once past from here. If you want opportunity to do four laps on that set, then we would pit this lap. We still think single-cool should be best.
Engineer: Lado, for your awareness, Oskar is going to do a pit stop and go straight onto the new tyre. My preference would be to come back to the garage. Are you happy?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, that's fine.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'll take a seat for a while.
Engineer: Okay, I'll be right back.
Yuki TSUNODA: Oh, that was pretty bad.
Engineer: Yeah, let's forget about it and fit the new tire now.
Engineer: Do you know where the problems are, Daniel, or we need to look at something for you?
Daniel RICCIARDO: That felt a lot more disconnected than the first scrubs.
Engineer: Copy, maybe a bit of a track reset as well, consider that we had a small drizzle. Shall we correct with a step down on the flop, or a new tyre, and we stick to the baseline?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Let's go... let's leave it. I was going to say half a step down, but let's leave it.
Engineer: Can you tell me please what we do? Yeah, single out lap and then straight away push. Just a gap before, so we're not doing the abut, it's a single out lap and then push.
Engineer: And just watch the Delta. Opportunity turn one to one tenth, one and a half tenths.
Engineer: And Lando, opportunity, turn three, late entry speed, release the brake, phase three. And it will be clear ahead.
Engineer: That's P3, Lando P3.
Lando NORRIS: Lovely jubbly, lovely jubbly, well done.
Engineer: Young boy, George.
George RUSSELL: Woo,
Engineer: baby!
George RUSSELL: Amazing, amazing, amazing. And I'll let you... Zero, zero, one. Yep. Thank you so much. Proud of everybody for this turnaround. All that work back in the factory. Thank you! Come on! Come on! All right, we're
Engineer: going
George RUSSELL: to race to win now.
Alexander ALBON: The tyres aren't ready, the
Engineer: rears
Alexander ALBON: are so stiff
Engineer: Copy,
Alexander ALBON: let's switch to go in
Engineer: Well done Alex, there's more in it I know that, but still really well done in very difficult circumstances in Q1 and Q2, there's more to come tomorrow
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, yeah, there's a change Well done everyone, we got through that as best as we could Nice job, I think that's better than we thought we'd perhaps be after P3, so nice job
Engineer: Top
Alexander ALBON: 3 is a good one, it's George, Verstappen, Norris all by 21 milliseconds
Engineer: Okay mate, so we have B in Hamilton, currently P6, P6. That's the final position, well done, that's not easy.
Fernando ALONSO: R5 is P5.
Engineer: So you're only 0.23 from pole, P5 was 0.05.
Fernando ALONSO: Wow.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, I ran out of tyres.
Engineer: But it is P2 Max, that's a good effort and very, very close to a pole.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, wow. Very good effort. Wow,
Engineer: what a first sector and that is 0.000 exactly the same time as George Russell. So, very, very good effort there.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think we really tried everything we could there, guys. So, good effort. Not a bad place to start tomorrow.
Engineer: I'm afraid that's a P7 mate, it's super tight out there
Engineer: P5!
Daniel RICCIARDO: Good job. P5? P5, yeah? P5. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Engineer: And we stop at the scales. P5! Good job. P5? P5, yeah? P5. F*** yeah. There we go. F*** yeah. F***
Daniel RICCIARDO: yeah!
Engineer: Beautiful lap. Good job mate. Great place for you and for us. And remember for the P0 please, when you jump out. Alrighty. Thanks.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Alright,
Engineer: thanks guys. F***
Daniel RICCIARDO: yes. F*** yes. Well
Engineer: done. Well done to everyone. Yeah, well done you. Alright, last question. What's the gap to pole? 178. A little more than 1.5 tenths. Okay. Alright, thanks guys. Let's
Daniel RICCIARDO: f***ing go.
Engineer: Alright, lots of work for tomorrow now. Let's see what the weather brings us. Thank you.
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