Japanese Grand Prix 2024: Practice 1 team radio
75 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Japanese Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. Kevin MAGNUSSEN had the most, with 7.
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
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 7 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 6 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 5 messages
- Ayumu IWASA · RB · 5 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 4 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 4 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: 15 seconds behind.
Engineer: 15 seconds behind.
Engineer: It
ZHOU Guanyu: will be in the last 2K. I can't take too much, but I can still take it.
George RUSSELL: Currently no bouncing.
Esteban OCON: I think the yellow modifier is maybe a bit strong compared to what we were looking for in 2.11
George RUSSELL: Upshift paddle is a bit stiff
George RUSSELL: This McLaren has stopped at the middle of
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: corner here.
Engineer: You can use DRS next lap if you want.
ZHOU Guanyu: I need a slow cooldown lap while there is.
Oscar PIASTRI: I think there's quite a lot of flap. I'd probably go down a little bit.
Carlos SAINZ: Plus one from where I am now, that is really plus one.
Engineer: White h8, position 9. White h8, position 9.
Engineer: So we're a box and we're going up three clicks, up three clicks.
Engineer: We have to be easy entry turn 9 to have a better exit Scythe 6 behind him will be clear
ZHOU Guanyu: I can improve if it's one map that I also can box. Happy to box if you want.
George RUSSELL: Happy to go to option B set up. Yeah, any fun.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, balance is okay, car is a little bit sharp, maybe it's turning
Engineer: all clear ahead track position wise you got everybody behind the thing
Engineer: Seconds to Hulkenberg, Sargent pushing behind him.
Lando NORRIS: Like I just feel like the car doesn't slow down on the second lap the panel up there take it to ten nine or whatever Eleven and I just like I just feel like the car doesn't slow down on the second lap
Engineer: Hülkenberg 5. Behind him there's a capo. Hülkenberg 2.
Engineer: Russell timelapse, 10 seconds behind.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: That's right.
Engineer: And mode push when you're ready. Mode push.
Engineer: okay lander we unbox this lap attack the box please i'll be live pit stop engine off
Engineer: Time-lapse. Missile seven seconds time-lapse.
Engineer: Climb lap, so they're coming through now.
Engineer: It will be go one currently Norris is five ahead the Astri five behind
Engineer: So, cancel handbrake, cancel handbrake. No immediate threats, Russell at 10 seconds.
Engineer: Pushing will be a Russell, first car behind pushing will be a Russell, 14.14
Engineer: Two seconds. Russell, three seconds.
Sergio PEREZ: I'm understanding a little bit more.
Sergio PEREZ: I'm understanding a little bit more.
Oscar PIASTRI: I have been a box.
Engineer: Copy, we'll box this lap. Two seconds off, Con.
Logan SARGEANT: I feel like
Engineer: my
Logan SARGEANT: rear is a little bit light.
Yuki TSUNODA: But to be honest, I feel like high speed, rotation is okay, more towards like slow speed, have been like 2011
George RUSSELL: Happy with the reduction in air balance.
Engineer: So clear traffic behind it will be aero P4 after turn 14 aero P4
Logan SARGEANT: The Red Bull let me pass in a terrible spot. Okay, copy.
Pierre GASLY: With this compound actually having a bit of auto-tire, felt pretty good for a sector.
Yuki TSUNODA: Making up the real-time grip. I think we can stay here or yeah something like that
Yuki TSUNODA: And hairpin turn 11, I don't feel much brake efficiency. I just feel the brake is just numb.
Engineer: Okay Pierre, so we'd like to get an AeroCruise out of 14 again, Aero P4 5th gear, and then we'll be boxing this lap.
Engineer: Okay Valtteri, so we're on P10, Tsunoda 1 tenth ahead, and that's mainly turn 5, 6, and 8.
Engineer: And the wind is starting to rotate a little bit for information, it's still low intensity, very low intensity, but it's starting to go towards a bit more tailwind sector 1.
Engineer: We are obviously behind plan so we'll get the coast down out of 14 on this one
Alexander ALBON: Car's turning on itself a bit in high speed.
Engineer: Okay, so air balance-wise, if high speed feels pretty good, probably in the ballpark.
Lance STROLL: Better get rid of that beeping sound
Engineer: So run switch out one, out one, beep, go.
Engineer: You okay?
Logan SARGEANT: I'm sorry, man. Yeah, I'm okay.
Engineer: Got Fernando at the front of that queue on the outlap.
Engineer: Yeah, tyres are on the low side.
Engineer: Okay, so it's likely to be a bit of a mix of what people do out there, single and double calls, so traffic may be tricky. Let's just make sure we get a read on the balance as best we can.
Engineer: We notice that you didn't use the fun curve so suggest if 11
Engineer: Okay, Valtteri, apparently most cars are on soft, just ourselves, Joe and Stroll on medium, but we are the fastest of those three.
Engineer: Sock 6, tire position 3, ok for the start.
Engineer: And mine are white H10 position 4, white H10 position 4.
Ayumu IWASA: And they're still in the fast sector because of too cold a surface on the front.
Engineer: Still feel like mid corner stay quite a lot there, maybe
Yuki TSUNODA: related to the wind
Pierre GASLY: Still have a pretty strange snap in turn 11
Engineer: You focus on yourself, and then we go sustainable, no DRS.
Engineer: Another two seconds back. Clare, close behind them.
Engineer: and we will box this lap so we've got seven seconds to Hamilton behind
Engineer: Yeah. Let me know what you want to hear.
Carlos SAINZ: Traffic in front.
Engineer: On exit 10-14, 5 seconds, press and hold, over. You focus on yourself. And now we go sustainable, no tears.
Engineer: coming through next car Leclerc on an out lap Leclerc on an out lap
George RUSSELL: It was quite loose.
George RUSSELL: I thought it was quite loose at 9.
Engineer: and I know minor white h10 position 2 white h10 position 2
Engineer: Lewis, thinking about having a look at the medium tyre, let's say you want to go for that.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yep.
Engineer: See if we can recover the rears
Alexander ALBON: Am I doing something wrong there? But there's no burnout. That's it.
Engineer: Lano, Lano, can you try not using right-hand toggle?
Yuki TSUNODA: The rear is okay. The front is slightly terrible. Ah, not terrible. Yeah, struggling more.
Ayumu IWASA: Should I press a bit of mid-bass for that, or nothing?
Engineer: Just the plus and minus for the multi-b.
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