Hungarian Grand Prix 2024: Practice 1 team radio
79 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 78 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 12.
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
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 12 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 10 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 8 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · RB · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 5 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Oliver BEARMAN · Haas · 2 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Sergio PEREZ: What sort of gap we need to look ahead?
Engineer: And we're looking for a good gap. So just think about seven seconds every eight seconds
George RUSSELL: Anything on wind direction?
Engineer: It's very light in strength looks to be as forecast into turn 12
Pierre GASLY: The temperature is okay, it looks really really low on the dash
Engineer: Can
Pierre GASLY: you just tell me if it's...
Engineer: what to do here? Yeah, so tyre temps are looking okay, we'll look into that dash issue.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: It is good brakes are terrible
Pierre GASLY: Alright, at a slower drift, 56
Engineer: Okay, just make sure you recharge off
Engineer: And radio check in 10-12, there's a big queue ahead of you, like 6 cars yet to open a lap. Yeah, I need that information a little bit earlier next time. Okay, I will do.
Lando NORRIS: Okay.
Engineer: Targeting the minus 18
George RUSSELL: Very oversteery, you can just check the diff entry, diff mid and that it's in line with the expectations
Engineer: How are the brakes still Kev, are they still poor?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Terrible, yeah really bad. Copy
Engineer: that.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Just no bite and a pretty big difference between left and right front.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Suggestion, right hand toggle, turn 12 to 14.
Engineer: And just be mindful of those surface temps in sector three opening the lap
Yuki TSUNODA: I also had a bit of instability in the chicane as well.
Engineer: How are the brakes still, Kev? Are they still poor?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Terrible, yeah, really bad.
Engineer: Copy that. The
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: seat's nice, though.
Engineer: OK, that's good.
Pierre GASLY: There's some understeer in turn two, and some traction issue.
ZHOU Guanyu: I've got those things coming up on my sideboard, some of
Engineer: the
ZHOU Guanyu: others came up on the left.
Engineer: Okay so box, Alex box, I'll just take it steady in the pit lane just to try to help track position at pit exit.
Yuki TSUNODA: I guess I had a bit of a slap in turn 11, it was quite an episode. Yeah,
Engineer: correct.
Engineer: Stop in front of the garage Box, box, box, box Stop in front of the garage
Daniel RICCIARDO: Understood
Engineer: I
Daniel RICCIARDO: think shape 4 is default Unless Patrick you feel otherwise
Engineer: He's happy, box, box
Daniel RICCIARDO: I think shape 4 is default, unless Patrick you feel otherwise.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Yuki TSUNODA: I guess I had a bit of a slap in turn 12, sorry, in turn 11, it was quite deep as well.
Engineer: Yeah, correct.
Engineer: Same gear, 5th gear for both.
Yuki TSUNODA: What gear they're using? 5th gear or 6th gear?
Esteban OCON: Yeah, the car kind of turned itself on braking, so high-speed braking turn 1, turn 2, turn 11, and then I got my corner on the steer later on, so not the best.
Engineer: Okay, understood. We'll have a look at that. I feel that rotation is kind of end of brake or at peak. Yeah, it's from peak, from high speed. Yeah, okay, understood. Okay, we've got Albon pushing behind 4 seconds. Just need to let him through.
Engineer: Okay, let's watch out. Yeah, Joe's car behind. Someone boxes that.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, that was pretty strange. Big snipe entry, 11.
Engineer: We'll have a look at that.
George RUSSELL: Yuki wasn't looking in his mirrors.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, problem is, especially 5 and 12, the reel. If I break hard there, I lose the reel.
Engineer: So you know the targets, it's not really helping to achieve them, but make sure the target's ready.
Lance STROLL: That car is quite shocking to drive right now.
Engineer: We can think about closing the tools for the last two corners from our side.
Engineer: Oscar, it looks like we have quite a lot of front ride height available, but my plan is to leave that alone and prioritise time on track.
Engineer: I think
Sergio PEREZ: the tire, I could never get it cool.
Engineer: We're all in sync, so we can focus on the outlap, target 0-0. Let's work the brakes in turn 12.
Engineer: Alonso 5, Yukira, how was the balance?
Yuki TSUNODA: I think towards the end of the lap, the balance started to get balanced, but for sure, turn 1-2 is quite a lot understeer. But actually turn 5 onwards, it started to get neutral, so
Engineer: I
Yuki TSUNODA: think definitely we need a bit of compromise for this tyre.
Engineer: Good, copy. First car pushing, Alonso 10 seconds. Okay, that's good. We'll go for a double cooldown and we'll go through the pit lane to cool down even more. Alonso 5.
Engineer: It's a very quick turnaround. No one pushing behind. Box, box. It's a very quick turnaround. Look at some data and go again. People will start their long runs soon. No one pushing behind. Box, box. It's a very quick turnaround.
Engineer: Okay Kev, so once they've adjusted the front wing, please do a mode RS start from box.
Oscar PIASTRI: all twisted it's so the seam is like oh i guess you want to do a launch but this left glove i have like the middle finger is like all twisted it's okay
Engineer: just came past us, so we just need to open the gap to them, pit exit, so remember target six. Okay, so all cars
Engineer: to help the other car. Fernando what would you say on car balance for that lap to help the other car?
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah good luck.
Engineer: Fernando what would you say?
Engineer: toggle turn one two push toggle
Engineer: lap and then that's Bottas just ahead of you on a slow lap and ahead of him there's 10 seconds to Logan and no one pushing
Engineer: In terms of balance, does turn one and turn two feel understeered for you or is a good balance for these good corners?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, turn one definitely. That was definitely the most front limited I've had there.
Engineer: Yeah, it's difficult Fernando this track.
Fernando ALONSO: I don't know. I mean we overtook 11
Engineer: cars. We can try another lap.
Engineer: Three seconds to pass one point
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: didn't feel anything.
Engineer: Can we try again? We saw it working. It's all good.
Engineer: is eight seconds and we have always
Engineer: diff 33 okay so we just need to generate some break so we recommend yeah shape four lines there is on his
Engineer: Fernando, what would you say on car balance for that lap, just to help the other car?
Fernando ALONSO: Um... Yeah, good luck.
Engineer: There's nobody had okay very
Engineer: We have six guys
Engineer: One tenth and a half in turn one, one tenth and fourteen.
Engineer: When you're ready, clear from behind, you can build your gap.
Engineer: Right behind you, so Leclerc on an outlap right behind on us.
Engineer: Perez six bars three load push
Engineer: available so especially in sector three we've got
Engineer: We've got Sargent at six seconds.
Charles LECLERC: but i'm not sure i think it was i don't know i saw a board on the right but i'm not sure when i was uh overtaking kevin i think i don't know i saw a board on the right but i'm not sure i think it was lost off adherence but if we can check yes it was very short and then they removed it
Charles LECLERC: When I was overtaking Kevin, I think I don't know I saw a board on the right, but I'm not sure I think it was lost off at errands, but if we can check yes, I was very short and then they removed it
Engineer: And we'll have blue six, position one.
George RUSSELL: How was the clutch target last time? It
Engineer: was on target and we'll have one burnout this time please.
Engineer: So we don't see anyone improving on the second lap on the soft tyre, so we think to go around again is a bit of a waste of time really. Let me know what you think.
George RUSSELL: Deceleration from the brakes billport
Engineer: Ok Daniel, we'll review this lap, we took a bit more margin braking turn 1, turn 2, did you feel something with the car there?
Daniel RICCIARDO: No, nothing in particular, just there was a bit in turn 1 with I think Stroll, so I took some margin.
Engineer: Okay, so all modifiers are good for as discussed. We need to make that gap to Russell. Let's go break four now, please.
Engineer: Okay, Logan, on this run, pay attention to curb turn 4, because he had some damages on Alex's car, so don't use too much curb turn 4, please.
George RUSSELL: Bocon just in the middle of the road Climax you're done Guys defend him
Engineer: Okay, Logan, on this run, pay attention to curb turn 4, because we had some damages on Alex Carr, so don't use too much curb turn 4, please.
Lando NORRIS: Launch at the launch.
Engineer: Launch at the end of the building. That's a by-point finder, two burnouts, stand there.
Sergio PEREZ: Are we gonna be able to get anything else? Yep, we've got time for another time-lapse.
Engineer: We think you can save a bit more in 4 and 11. We think you can save more
Engineer: And George we will need more lift and coast for that warning on the dash
Engineer: And suggestion, loop is seven, loop is seven.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, the time was quite a bit warm.
Engineer: Yeah, it started quite warm, still a bit of a lap, so...
Engineer: I can see that Albon is using DRS.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, not even in practice we can have a normal run.
Charles LECLERC: Just careful to not to not speak in the critical area, please Only where we said we speak.
Engineer: Yeah copy
Yuki TSUNODA: Also before I forget don't you don't have to say talk or whatever just simple to be six push a lot
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm stopping on the brakes and letting the wheel go deep, because it's pulling both of it to the right.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: It's decent P1 mate. Good job so far.
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