Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024: Practice 1 team radio
69 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, across 19 drivers. 67 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Oscar PIASTRI had the most, with 8.
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
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 8 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 8 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 6 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 6 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 4 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 4 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 3 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 3 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Liam LAWSON: Feels like I'm driving in the wet, honestly.
Engineer: No, don't be harsh.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What do I meet my God?
Oscar PIASTRI: The car won't turn off.
George RUSSELL: The pit entry line is almost impossible to see.
Engineer: Yeah, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Right, the f***ing wheel has this connection issue. The radio went on by itself.
Engineer: On the sub-axe.
Esteban OCON: Hey, I had to break there
Max VERSTAPPEN: So this dirt wheel sometimes randomly disconnects.
Engineer: Copy that Max.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Oscar PIASTRI: Very slippery already. Copy. Radio's good.
Engineer: OK, so we need aero P3 6 gear, so aero P3 6 gear from turn 13.
George RUSSELL: Steering point towards red lights
Engineer: There is four you can go gx3 when you can
Yuki TSUNODA: The car in front is so slow.
Engineer: Yeah, a lot of people are taking it slow, which is making things difficult.
Engineer: You can go K2 plus anytime, or stop and still 2 behind.
Engineer: Mode 5 please, mode 5.
Lance STROLL: Can I just keep pushing?
Engineer: Consider big one for corner 14
ZHOU Guanyu: Getting better track grip today. Oh my god, that
Engineer: was an ice drive. Albon pushing 5 behind you.
Engineer: Most people out there sustainable pushing at the moment
Max VERSTAPPEN: You want me to try the tires over or
Engineer: not?
Engineer: You can try picking up the pace a little bit as you open the lap. You have Alex at three seconds.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, sorry, I didn't say what to yeah,
Engineer: it's difficult it's difficult man, we don't have that timing it's difficult next time next car is science
Engineer: And you are in sync, Zu behind is in sync, next car pushing, Hülkenberg, 8 seconds.
Engineer: And we can go sock five for the next one.
George RUSSELL: Tell me what you want to do. Well, it's going to keep getting better, but I think if we put the soft on, it would just still keep getting better as well.
Engineer: OK, from my side, I'm happy, continuing circling.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, yeah, no point boxing.
Oscar PIASTRI: My front left doesn't look great in
Engineer: terms of draining. Understood. Do you want to try one more lap or is it finished?
Oscar PIASTRI: No it's not finished but it just looks a bit worn.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I thought we were pushing again.
Engineer: Apologies for that. Yeah, it was a disastrous start of the lap. Yeah, we saw that. We'll get that sorted for the next one.
Engineer: We'll do another constant speed now engine 10 fourth gear
Engineer: And watch the white line on entry, watch the white line on entry
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I really think these are some tires that really hold up. Like the mirror just really looks really awful. This part of it's...
Engineer: Copy that.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: 16 at the moment
Yuki TSUNODA: Guys, keep consistently having end of re-locking, end of breaking re-locking.
Engineer: Copy, Hamilton just behind you.
Engineer: Okay, keep recharge off to turn 12 please for battery temperatures recharge off all the way to turn 12 We're boxing at the end of this lap
Engineer: Okay happy to go back to tire on the multi and we'll be boxing this lap so remember to look for the lines on pit entry, there's also some boards on both sides as a reference.
Engineer: Ok, let's be clear on the exit. We just have to watch how long is the hot lap. I'll let you know.
Engineer: I think the tires will be ready. Okay, if you want to go, that's fine.
Engineer: Feedback is that may be able to carry a bit more apex speed at turn three. That's all
Engineer: Man, Lando, happy to box this lap. If you want to, Hulkenberg, tie the clock as well.
Yuki TSUNODA: I have to go my boy, sorry
Engineer: Something
Franco COLAPINTO: strange with my gears, they are really hard.
Engineer: Yeah, that is normal, that is normal, background change.
Engineer: P
George RUSSELL: .U. feels a bit funny after the wheel spin hits at 12.
Nico HULKENBERG: Here's another really coming down, another cool down for keep the items
Engineer: I
Charles LECLERC: only count the soft.
Engineer: Magnussen and Hülkenberg on soft, now other people on softs and they're going to do their laps.
Yuki TSUNODA: I don't really feel like the grip was gripping quite a lot, just quite a smooth grip outside.
Engineer: And
Nico HULKENBERG: today's upgrading.
Engineer: Copy that. Both fronts or just front right?
Engineer: And
Nico HULKENBERG: today's upgrading.
Engineer: Copy that. Both fronts or just front right?
Nico HULKENBERG: Looks like both.
Engineer: Oscar for awareness, Strat 2 will give full deploy through Turn 11. Previously you've had a clip at the exit of Turn 10, Strat 2 will give full deploy there.
Oscar PIASTRI: The front ride has a little bit of braking but still feels okay and looks not too bad.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I think I had some downgraded downshifts even into the last corner as well, I think.
George RUSSELL: Front left goes really well through 8,
Engineer: but
George RUSSELL: then it doesn't look too bad elsewhere, and then it's time to drop.
Engineer: Copy.
Sergio PEREZ: Still a bit neutral in the low speed, 6, 7, 8, all that combination.
Engineer: White H-10, position 10. White H-10, position 10.
Lance STROLL: Pirates still feel too cold, man.
Engineer: I have no feeling on the brakes at all. Yeah, we are seeing some knock off at 7 and 12, but not 5.
Alexander ALBON: And you set the low pressure relocking.
Lando NORRIS: I'm happy to box, honestly, mate.
Engineer: OK, box then, please.
Engineer: Oscar, there's not much margin on rear locking, but with the front tyres, consider testing more engine braking down on torque switch.
Engineer: You
Nico HULKENBERG: want lifting coast?
Engineer: We don't need it now, we've got a reed there, so no lifting coast needed.
Engineer: The middle sector looks like it's mainly straight line, so probably a tow. No pressure behind.
Engineer: Talk to talk to maybe we have an extra lap keep pushing keep pushing
Engineer: Just have some full throttle to keep the engine temp hot, so full throttle on the straights to keep the engine temp hot.
Engineer: Yeah, only 10 milliseconds I think to find in the final sector
Engineer: Purple C-13, position 12. C-13, 12.
Engineer: And Lando, can we go to purple C14, please? Purple C14 and just play with the dash.
Engineer: I
Esteban OCON: think we should do left, but this afternoon, not now.
Engineer: We need to do left, it's just always the agreement. Yeah, but it's different here. It's not, it's the same. We're doing left side, please. We'll do right this afternoon. We're doing left again for P3.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, but that's not what I'm saying, but it's okay.
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