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Team radio transcript

Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024: Practice 3 team radio

62 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, across 15 drivers. 53 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Sergio PEREZ 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah. Massive.

  2. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: Yeah, it's very slippery.

    Engineer: Love it, Cleo.

  3. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Our front left is dead, and I think we'll die as soon as well.

  4. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: It's only getting worse, the car isn't drivable.

    Engineer: Yeah, just a couple more laps please Max, we have to try to make the best of this.

  5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: This is not it can't drive it I'm gonna crash my left foot is completely please

    Engineer: box

  6. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  7. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Same bloke again, two days in a row.

    George RUSSELL: Yeah nice ecosystem.

  8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I could have felt miles better, much better.

  9. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: The brakes, I can't stop. I have no brake right into Turn 1. Every time I brake into Turn 1, it's just, I go straight.

  10. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: Wait, Yuki just about rear-ended me.

  11. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And then it'll be left-hand side and three burnouts.

    Lewis HAMILTON: I'm going to the right side man, every single time you have me go to the left.

  12. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Car is good and window car is zero

  13. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: You can stay in mode race, stay in mode race, some nice straight line here and box.

  14. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: It's super off the truck is nowhere

  15. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: We'll skip the rest of this one and get on with the program

  16. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: There will be much, much point in running, doing the sustainable running.

  17. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Can we try and pull the tape off the vents at the front of my helmet, please? Aye, come.

  18. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: You can go to Strat 1 for now, Strat 1 and BoxBox. Happy with that now?

  19. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: Ok, good job Liam, thank you. Copy and track conditions, Perez went for one push up and straight back in. He said it was nowhere.

  20. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Press and hold overtake, five seconds.

  21. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Reach out, Joe.

  22. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: You can do recharge off, we'll turn it back on a bit later.

  23. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: And let's hit the tires a little bit harder with weaving, if we can.

  24. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Just confirm it's still in position. It's just the setup changes have made it harsher

    Sergio PEREZ: Yep, correct

  25. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Our front left is dead, and I think we'll tie as soon as well.

  26. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: GX3 please, GX3.

  27. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Mode K2+, K2+, for stop in 2 behind, sustain running.

  28. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Opportunity, turn three, minimum.

  29. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Oscar final corners the main opportunity looks like you braked a bit late. Maybe you know that already

  30. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: For turn five, suggest top right toggle. Turn five, top right.

  31. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Hey, good luck you can charge on

  32. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  33. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Turn 1, go TSA, Naomi, doesn't feel great

  34. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: I see like a bit of front end ready. Ok, understood. The first turn in.

    Engineer: Understood.

  35. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Engineer: It

    Franco COLAPINTO: just feels like I'm sliding around over here quite a lot, but...

  36. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  37. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Yeah

  38. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Just feedback from my reference that felt spot on on the max.

  39. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  40. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, this f***ing science is a pain in the f***, man.

  41. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  42. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, this science is a pain in the ass, man.

  43. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: We're opening the lap as if we're going for it.

  44. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I'm still struggling a bit for the rear.

  45. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: The

    Nico HULKENBERG: grip is not bad actually now.

  46. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: Yeah, I tell you, it's not really... Loud

    Engineer: and clear, we're converts.

  47. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Yuki, we convert to up-build, we convert to up-build, the tires were not ready on the first lap. How do you know? The other car.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, but what are they doing?

    Engineer: Yuki, we convert to up-build, we convert to up-build. I

    Yuki TSUNODA: feel the tires ready though.

    Engineer: Okay, Yuki, we push, we push. No, no, it's too late, it's too late. Okay, stay calm.

  48. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Five seconds check the light. I'm good. I'm good. Cool

  49. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  50. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Boys

    Engineer: are

    Sergio PEREZ: on their way.

  51. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  52. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Did you manage to get the full fuel load in?

  53. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Negative, but we're pretty close.

  54. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  55. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Boys, we're on our way.

  56. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  57. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Did you manage to get the fuel load in?

  58. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Negative, but we're pretty close.

  59. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Avoid full load. Avoid full load to protect the temperatures for the launch.

  60. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Engineer: Try to have some pace to get the gap to Alex for the pit stop and session

  61. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: And that was a good middle sector Liam. That was pretty good there. We'll have a look, get some conclusions.

  62. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: For me, I like it more, honestly. For me, it's better to have the car like this.

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