Japanese Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
161 radio messages were recorded during race at the Japanese Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 154 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lando NORRIS had the most, with 14.
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 · 14 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 13 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 12 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 11 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 10 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 9 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 9 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 9 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 9 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 8 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 8 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 8 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 6 messages
- Logan SARGEANT · Williams · 6 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 5 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · RB · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Great that's good. Good for me too. Would you like a front wing adjustment?
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Minus 0.4 please. Copy.
Engineer: Boxing this lap for minus 0.4.
Engineer: Yeah, radio is good. That's a 9 kph tailwind, turn 345, 9 kph tailwind.
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Engineer: Don't brake traction, launch at the end of the pit lane, just make sure to leave a gap to the car ahead.
Engineer: How is the balance?
Lando NORRIS: Okay, potentially you could save it on the understeery side, but I'm happy just to not change
Engineer: Did you have a look at the 16-17 curve on the field?
Alexander ALBON: I think Lewis is playing down the straight, so he's very slow.
George RUSSELL: It's been a while since I had an anti-storm.
Engineer: Same sign now, 4th to 5th gear. Just looking.
Engineer: So anti-stall issue was upshift at low rpm with low throttle.
Fernando ALONSO: Just as a heads up, I lost the protection of the power switch.
Fernando ALONSO: It was on the second lap through the first sector, so, yeah.
Engineer: Wrong channel, sorry. It's all right.
Sergio PEREZ: What do you think on doing the diff for the first laps?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, all open Yeah, I'll spread fp3.
Engineer: Yeah,
Sergio PEREZ: I'll spread fp3. Probably one or two left
Engineer: quick side i'm told the practice drops you did were a touch on the quick side i'm told
Engineer: Put two in. I think, potentially put two in. Well yeah, I'll let you make that. Well yeah, I'll let you make that. Well yeah, I'll let you make that. I think, potentially put two in. Okay, sounds a little bit much, but I think you've got scope if you close that up.
Yuki TSUNODA: Minus one remind me, please
Esteban OCON: Reference to a sticker plus minus probably yeah
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Engineer: on three minutes speed limiter on three minutes
Engineer: I will remind you for the offsets and we will use the push juggle.
Pierre GASLY: opportunity so yeah let's be on it guys long race they're gonna be opportunities so let's
Engineer: do it
Pierre GASLY: yeah let's be on it guys long race they're gonna be opportunities so let's
Engineer: do it
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, let's be on it guys long race they're gonna be opportunity so let's
Engineer: do it
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ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, it was a good start, but I was boxed
Engineer: in
ZHOU Guanyu: with Magnussen, so I couldn't. Sargent got me back. Let's keep going.
Engineer: So cars involved in Turn 3 are Ricciardo and Albon. They're both out of the car and OK.
George RUSSELL: Chris, once again, it's
Engineer: that
George RUSSELL: second fade. I've just got no grip.
Engineer: Yeah, AFM. So if you park up at the end of the pit lane and then you can switch off, jump out, head back to the garage and we'll get you on the intercom.
Alexander ALBON: Just squeeze me. Now it's
Engineer: good.
ZHOU Guanyu: I guess the drivers are okay, yeah.
Engineer: Yeah, all OK. Confirmed with the driver, Joe. Good.
Engineer: So cars involved in Turn 3 are Ricciardo and Albon, they're both out of the car and OK.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, it was a good start, but I was boxed
Engineer: in
ZHOU Guanyu: with Magnussen, so I couldn't. Sgt got me back. Let's keep going.
Engineer: So they are repairing the barriers. Okay, we will leave around 15 to 20 minutes. Okay. And they will give us a 10-minute warning, and it will be a standing start. Yes, you can.
Engineer: Are
Esteban OCON: we keeping the same position?
Engineer: Let's go recharge on. I will let you know on positions in case there's a change. For now, stay as you are and we're going to line up in the fast lane.
Engineer: It's going to be a standing restart.
Nico HULKENBERG: Maybe another tickle, yeah, 0.15 or something.
Engineer: Down, yep.
Engineer: There's three and a half minutes to go on, but we expect to only get tire info once the cars leave the pit lane. So Tedrick will confusingly explain that to you on the ratio.
Engineer: Even if it's just while we're in traffic, we could just use the quick click for the whole lap and then get it off if we want
Logan SARGEANT: to open again.
Engineer: Okay it's confirmed it will be a standing start on the grid. You'll be in P16 which is on the right-hand side, effectively one position ahead of where you started before.
Engineer: So, ahead of you, both Alpine on hard, then you have Russell, P9 and Ellington, P7 on hard as well. So, you're racing both Alpine, the other car around you, you're probably not racing them directly. Remember, we're playing the long game here.
Engineer: Purple C6, position 1 before the burnouts. Purple C6, position 1.
Engineer: Vote push, vote push.
Engineer: And reset brake balance when you can.
Engineer: White H13, position 8. White H13, position 8. Leclerc 1.3.
Engineer: And let's look after these tires. We need to go status three.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, Pierre gave me a hit on the side. Let me know if it's okay.
Engineer: Will do.
Engineer: So Ocon is struggling on the hard. He's got poor traction. It's important for us to get past him if you can.
Engineer: Mode RS. Mode RS.
Engineer: Let's give up a bit in turn 8 to help turn 9. Give up turn 8 to help turn 9.
Engineer: You keep flat out now, flat out.
ZHOU Guanyu: I'm getting stuck, guys.
Engineer: And we are going plan a plan a and that is update when you can
Engineer: Nice job, Kev. Nice job.
Engineer: Switch yellow switch yellow
Engineer: Full safety car window is open, please confirm. Full safety car window. And then people like Hulkenberg has pitted onto the hard. The undercut power looks potentially quite big. Other cars have pitted as well. Back to Tsunoda, who was intense.
Engineer: Okay, Valtteri, great job around the pits of that.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I feel almost struggling a bit.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: And very good job on TANOS.
Engineer: And Baljeet, this pace overall is good for the tyres, just back it off a little bit in Turn 8.
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Engineer: i know this is possibly becoming plan b that's to ocon 21.3
Engineer: And we're seeing high deg on all the medium runners up ahead of us.
George RUSSELL: Steering is starting to feel a bit strange, a lot of vibrations.
Engineer: Affirm, we're looking at the data.
Engineer: Okay, we would like a little bit more management in Sector 1 overall. Car ahead of you is Gasly.
Engineer: Tires feel much better than a P3.
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Engineer: Just keep doing what you're doing, man. We do have damage. Something's not right at the counter, sliding all over the place.
Engineer: And how many laps you can do at this pace?
Charles LECLERC: For now, it's constant. I don't know when the drop-offs will come.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Maybe put two more for the heart.
Engineer: And investigating to do plan C.
Nico HULKENBERG: Balance and grip. Both.
Engineer: Copy. Just think about how much more front you would want for next hard.
Engineer: Car behind is Bottas. He is quite a bit quicker than us.
Engineer: Okay Pierre, so we suggest not using the back left for sector 1. You'll get more stability without using the back left. You can go up on entry and mid.
Engineer: Last two laps, PFC's been about tenth quicker.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I don't have explanation for that.
Engineer: Trying to avoid the snaps in places like Turn 7. We're in a race with Verstappen, Perez and Sainz. We all just have to fit a hard at some point.
Engineer: Okay Pierre, so we're happy with this level of pushing. Stroll's last lap on medium, 39.2.
Lewis HAMILTON: So slow mate.
Engineer: change
Lewis HAMILTON: this strategy copy
Engineer: Lucio we're just still waiting for the window to clear
Engineer: Okay, Saman, we need to push now, please. Push now.
Engineer: Turn 11 rear locking is on the limit
Esteban OCON: How many apps are we playing to do that? You have to tell me that.
Engineer: Yeah, I'll let you know.
Esteban OCON: How many laps are we playing to do that? You need to tell me that.
Engineer: Yeah, I'll let you know.
Engineer: Okay, 20 laps from now.
Engineer: Thank you, Audrey. Keep our ass up. We're racing Hockhorn at pit exits.
Engineer: That's Plan B from the red flag.
Engineer: So, yeah, on this medium tyre, it's looking at the moment a good tyre. Leclerc's still going. One of the rebels has got past Norris. Norris was on the hard.
Engineer: Do you think the tyres are getting a bit better and what lap times do you think you can do?
Engineer: I'll make space, mate.
Lando NORRIS: What's
Engineer: your
Lando NORRIS: sense, mate?
Yuki TSUNODA: I just did what they just took my shot just there.
Yuki TSUNODA: There's the high speed
Engineer: late overtake only lance late overtake only a bit of k0 in the lap will be good
Charles LECLERC: Pius will recover, and she ought to try one more last time.
Engineer: I know we are boxers, lads.
Lando NORRIS: Why so early?
Engineer: Can I have a rubbing up to you again, please, Max?
Max VERSTAPPEN: I am happy now. This is good.
Engineer: Because of the threat from Russell
Engineer: And a big picture the Mercedes pitted and they did 23 laps or something on their first hard They had 30 to do in a second, but they pushed very hard on it
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, we need some tire data to pass people.
Engineer: At the moment, you've been pulling away a tenth or two to Piastri.
Engineer: Energy has recovered as well, so we're happy to start using energy again if you need.
Nico HULKENBERG: Air balance definitely goes well with sailing.
Engineer: Copy that.
Engineer: The clerk behind five and a half seconds we expect to catch in three laps We want to delay that as long as possible. So let's use the pace now
Engineer: So Piastri and Alonso in front, they need to stop again.
Engineer: Everyone in front needs to stop again.
Engineer: circle up time 7.1 keep pushing good job
Engineer: Status zero. Okay, so just to be clear, we are going to have to stop again. We're going to status zero from now.
Engineer: So we see that you you are increasing status just keep look after the tires, please
George RUSSELL: Yeah, lots of turbulence down there, it's actually coming down on my head.
Engineer: Okay, so science will be just ahead of you on exit.
Carlos SAINZ: Even this clean air makes a massive difference.
Engineer: Okay, good.
Lewis HAMILTON: That wasn't good. You can probably...
Yuki TSUNODA: Ah, Dave, you think we didn't all have the salt?
Engineer: You hear correction, they are fitting soft, fitting soft
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, let's box zone, I think I'm going to lose time here.
Engineer: Copy understood, this is on new medium, let's see, the more we extend the better it is, but stay on our toes.
Engineer: If we don't fix the node as a threat for now, we need to make this tie go to the end. I think slips are too high at the minute, so just make sure you're gently... What do you mean by don't fix the threat? Slick on telly, you know what I mean?
Engineer: And I have stored on new soft A2A.
George RUSSELL: Do you want to go for a fastest lap attempt or not?
Engineer: Let's not lose race time here. Race in good places.
Valtteri BOTTAS: How did you know that could happen?
Engineer: Sunoda got ahead when we all pitted on the same lap.
Engineer: We had our first strike at 10.17, three laps ago, for info.
Engineer: You can see but strolls starting to struggle a bit on the soft
Engineer: I'm just going to have fail D5, fail Delta 5, fail.
Engineer: He has to be one ahead, he has got Darius, no problem. Russell is fast on his meters, he's pushing very hard, eight seconds behind.
Carlos SAINZ: Am I on a race here, or what?
Engineer: Yes, you are, for a podium.
Engineer: And Alonzo is doing a 35.8 on the hard tire. He's in P6.
Engineer: Ruttle four seconds back last lap was a 34.5 we expect him to catch us before the end of the race let's push up on Alonso again
Engineer: Bottas 0.7, doing a fantastic job here Kev, absolutely spot on.
Engineer: And one more to go for the podium
Engineer: We had a track limits at turn 14 track limits
Engineer: We're locking levels in turn 11 at over limits and Russell 1.5.
Engineer: Cool, we appreciate what you're doing, I'm tired. Let's get back, we need more maintenance.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My god.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Oh, there's so much time without
Engineer: Okay, Pierre, if we could get PU1 position 6, PU1 position 6.
Engineer: We'll jump at max 5.7.
Lewis HAMILTON: Check last two laps at zone 11. Got a shorter line, so
Engineer: I'm coming.
Engineer: Press and hold the overtake for three seconds on the exit of turn 14.
Engineer: That was a purple lap for now.
Sergio PEREZ: What did the fuzzings like?
Engineer: Nice job Max, you have delivered on that, really well done, beautifully nourished.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yes, that was a very lovely race, the car just got better and better to be honest throughout the race, well done, really good result.
Engineer: Well done Max, that was outstanding, another 1-2 finish here on this home race as well, so brilliant, brilliant weekend, dominant throughout, well done.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yes, great team result, really well done.
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Engineer: That's the chequered flag, Kev. That's the chequered flag. Well done. That was absolutely fantastic drive. You finished P13 but did absolutely everything we could have asked of you, so that was absolutely fantastic, Kev.
Engineer: Very good pace, Nico, on that hard. Really good.
Engineer: That's P11, 5.5 behind Sonota and P10.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah. Few things to discuss about that one. Not great.
Engineer: Okay, copy. We can debrief later. That was P14. In the end, P14.
Logan SARGEANT: Sorry mate, stupid mistake.
Engineer: There's a lot to learn in this race, definitely not how we wanted it to end, but there's a lot to learn around the racing, around the pit stop. We'll take up the learning with us on the Shanghai Parking Tour Expo.
Engineer: That was P5. ACS button complete. Leave recharge off.
Lando NORRIS: Right, well done, I don't think we could have done much more maybe at B4, but not enough pace today, so, tough, but still some good points, so well done, thank you, let's keep working, still a lot to close down, let's keep it up, keep pushing, thanks everyone.
Engineer: Tough race there. That was P8 in the end. Yeah, quite a challenging race with the following and the high degradation.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, sorry about the last lap. Struggling with the tyres. Yep. Have a look and see where we can do better, but thanks for all the effort. Not the easiest of weekends, but we'll try again next time. Thank you.
Engineer: P4, good job! Good job Charles! No, it's a good job, good work! You've been voted driver of the day! Thank you! Thank you! F*** P4! I thought we could have done something better at one point! It's life! Yeah, me too, but really good recovery!
Engineer: Okay, that's P7. Good job this afternoon. Pace looked good. It looked like at the end there, Alonso had a couple of issues with his throttle. He seemed to fix himself for the final lap. Yeah,
George RUSSELL: I think good job today. Win over the car at the moment, what to do. But I think we'll manage the race today.
Engineer: Yeah, good job. Well done.
Engineer: Tough race there, that was P8 in the end. Yeah, looked quite a challenging race there with the following and the high degradation.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, sorry about the last lap, struggling with the tyres. Yep, have a look and see where we can do better, but yeah, thanks for all the effort. Not the easiest of weekends, but we'll probably go next time. Thank you.
Engineer: Checkered flag, Yuki, fantastic P10, what a drive, what a drive, well done.
Yuki TSUNODA: Haha, well done, that was
Engineer: a
Yuki TSUNODA: good one, thanks, big credit to the mechanics, what a fantastic pit stop, amazing, that was crazy. The team did a fantastic job, and also thanks for the support, massive support, all Japanese fans and the people who support me.
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