Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
153 radio messages were recorded during race at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, across 19 drivers. 145 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 19.
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 · 19 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 17 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 15 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 14 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 14 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 13 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 10 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 7 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 7 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 7 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 6 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 5 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 3 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay, Lando, it'll be a big lift into Turn 5. There'll be no full load after Turn 5. Where possible, keep speed high through the corners.
Engineer: Good weaving down here and then a 100 meter lift before a good break.
Engineer: You were good on the target, just go for a repeat, don't be shy in the wait phase.
Engineer: Yellow modifier reminder.
Engineer: Long way to go, so five cars before, five cars behind Perez, first one.
Engineer: Leclerc being told to save 10-11
Engineer: Consider mode TS, priority are tires, mode TS
Engineer: And gap now 0.9. Nicola pushing a little bit more here.
Engineer: And just think about the management turn 11 just stay on top of it
Engineer: So this is lap four. This is lap four now. Still thinking plan eight. I'll come down on air amounts.
Engineer: Switch position yellow and mode X, mode X for one lap, 2C.
Sergio PEREZ: We are quite slow on the straight.
Engineer: So what's your front bite? That's our main concern.
Engineer: Still got scope on diff entry. I wish to protect that.
Engineer: So our front energies are looking good, rears are the concern.
Engineer: Pace up front is a 38.5. Just keep up the management for now, Max.
Pierre GASLY: Sliding a lot, sector 2.
Engineer: And Lando, the execution is with us. Leclerc ahead is struggling.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, so my railway ride is not great at all.
Engineer: Charles, if we stop, we finish behind everyone, then we need to make it through.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, but are we faster than the last guys, like the front?
Engineer: Box, Charles, box. Box, Charles, box. Flap update.
Engineer: Strat 5, Strat 5.
Engineer: Tyres is a priority, saving the corners that we discussed.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Mode 6. That's one take long.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm also digging up.
Engineer: We're watching the people Niko who have been it already we're monitoring everything
Engineer: Could be close to the staff net exit.
George RUSSELL: They've got some more laps in them. They are definitely dropping. I think the target's okay.
Engineer: Yeah, we think safe thing though to keep the position ahead of a snap and not come out on top of him
Engineer: Into management please mate. Turn 3, 10 and 11.
Engineer: It won't be long, so just use the tyres. Tyres are still okay.
Lewis HAMILTON: You sure? I don't feel like I'm dancing.
Engineer: Yeah, we're sure so box box hard is the best tire gonna lose three positions so watch the white line
Engineer: If you can't overtake, let's just try and manage these fronts the best you can. We can manage the front more in turn three.
Engineer: Checo, is this your pace? Is this where the tyre is at?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I picked up graining. Let's
Engineer: see
Sergio PEREZ: if it needs up.
Carlos SAINZ: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it feels more like Black Sea for the moment.
Nico HULKENBERG: It feels very weird, the personal balance.
Engineer: So just watch any inside wheel pinch into turn 5 Max. Previous lap deficits to Carlos were exit turn 3, 10.11 and braking turn 14.
Engineer: Great stuff, Lewis. Leclerc next car. Four lap offset on the tyre.
ZHOU Guanyu: Why do you recommend high-speed boating? I don't like it, man. Leave it to me, high-speed boating.
Engineer: The hearts do need management, Kev. The hearts do need management.
Engineer: So
Valtteri BOTTAS: what's
Engineer: the
Valtteri BOTTAS: pushing level?
Engineer: three position two well
George RUSSELL: just give me a place where you want me to do 10 10 11 i'm still managing a lot
Engineer: starters. These two, we think a lot of people are converting to two-stop, especially the hard starters. These two guys ahead both have older hards than you. They have done one stop already.
Engineer: We think a lot of people are converting to two-stop, especially the hard starters. These two guys ahead both have older hards than you. They have done one-stop already.
Engineer: They're happy to reduce some of the management, turn 10, turn 11.
Engineer: And Lando, 4th gear in turn 5 is helping the other car a lot with the PU temps, so 4th gear turn 5.
Engineer: Good job. Start the lift earlier for turn 11. You don't have to lift as much, just lift earlier.
Engineer: And I suggest using fourth gear in turn five. It helps a lot with KU cooling.
Engineer: And a minor how the tires and how's the pace
Lando NORRIS: The front ride looks like he's about to go any lap, gonna see if he does.
Engineer: OK mate, so we think we're good for plan A still, some cars out there on the hard tyre complaining, struggling with graining, they might have to stop again. Stick with it.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My right front doesn't look good.
Engineer: Science could be suffering with a similar issue here Norris and Piastri do have problems
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I camped with people behind me, so I won't love too late.
George RUSSELL: On the stage, creeping up, turn 12 by pace.
Engineer: So yes, the cars ahead are starting to struggle less than us, but yes.
Engineer: I
Max VERSTAPPEN: guess we need to try and survive a little bit.
Engineer: We're expecting Carlos in this lap, Max.
Lewis HAMILTON: Good cool guys signs came into the pit lane, but then he cut over
Esteban OCON: Yeah, I got hit.
Engineer: Understood, SOC 8.
Engineer: So we'll be plan B here.
George RUSSELL: From Ryerson, Battletown 1.
Engineer: Turn five don't challenge the braking too much
George RUSSELL: Yeah, we're going to keep an eye on the left half of the field, just to stay in 37.6.
Nico HULKENBERG: Front star on the way out again. What do you want to do with flap?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, yeah, I'm doing my race.
Engineer: So do not push in the corners do what you did before it's a long race Do not grain that front right time
Engineer: Okay, good job, good job. Keep managing your tires, you're doing good.
Engineer: So information George if there was a safety car we would only have the soft tire to go to
Engineer: You are doing much better than before good job keep focusing on it
Engineer: Just remember, discipline on this tyre whilst we're introducing it.
Engineer: The priority is to get to the end with best pace on this tyre.
Engineer: And on George's last set, some front right graining, that was 20 laps old.
Engineer: Okay 16 laps to go, stick with it we're P8 at the moment.
Engineer: Oscar, ahead of you, cars ahead of Lando and the two Ferraris, so points-wise we're not in a bad place here. Priority is protecting against cars behind. It's a really strong tyre management, 15 laps after this one.
Engineer: Turn 14 can afford higher peak coming off a bit quicker.
George RUSSELL: My dash delta doesn't seem to be updated, we can't follow it.
Engineer: There's some plastic debris on track exit turn 12 big white thing
Nico HULKENBERG: How many laps to my tires up pressure?
Engineer: Yours are four laps fresher than Sonoda.
Engineer: Oscar, there could be a small piece of debris on the outside exit of 12.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't need to have to push for the order.
Engineer: And Lando, we understand why you didn't take the diffs, so therefore we suggest right-hand paddle for turn one, right-hand paddle for turn one, because you can tell when the gusts there are getting bigger.
Engineer: Ten to go at the end this one ten to go you can do it mate. He's five and a half behind Paris five and a half down
Engineer: OK, so we've been monitoring it. Numbers look OK at the moment. Joe 5 behind.
Engineer: Turn one this time round was a gust of wind. We still think right hand paddle will help with that.
Engineer: Eight to go, Nico. We've got to get it to the end.
Esteban OCON: Where we are now, don't take risks.
Engineer: No, absolutely we're not.
Esteban OCON: Get it, Lewis.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Just be careful with the amount of oversteer.
Lewis HAMILTON: Don't talk to me in
Engineer: the
Lewis HAMILTON: breaking zone
Engineer: Lando, critical. Be careful with the oversteer.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, but... OK.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, so 10 is okay. All right. I'll just bring the car home.
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Carlos SAINZ: Okay. Yeah. Not our day. Not our day.
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Lewis HAMILTON: fantastic effort this weekend guys you really deserve it it's been a long long year and results like this have not come easy so I'm really proud of you all and I'm grateful I could get up there for you
Engineer: no great work Lewis that's an excellent recovery today real great drive
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George RUSSELL: I just want to say there's
Engineer: a
George RUSSELL: really big thanks to everybody who worked so hard to bring new parts to the car. I know we had a tough couple of races.
Engineer: I'll see you in the casino later.
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Engineer: I thought that was a brilliant drive from your mate in the circumstances p12 is not enough of a result for that thanks very much
Engineer: So Kev, you were the only guy able to do a one-stop race. You did excellent managing the tyres. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's not a good thing. That's not a good thing. Well, that's another thing, yeah.
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Engineer: Man, awesome. You're the tire managing guy now.
Nico HULKENBERG: Ah, boys.
Engineer: Feels
Nico HULKENBERG: nice. Good job all weekend, guys. Car was pretty good. Thank you. Thanks very much.
Engineer: Yeah, fantastic, Nico. Great racing. Thank you.
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Engineer: I think it was a good race guys, not a lot more with what we have, good step forward compared to before
ZHOU Guanyu: We are lacking clearly a lot of straight line speed. I have the eyes on, I'm not even catching anyone.
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Engineer: Yeah, very difficult race with the tyres, as expected, Valtteri.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, even Valtteri didn't expect that.
Engineer: So everybody two-stopped except for Magnussen. Magnussen finished P12. And Joe finished just behind him in P13.
Engineer: Well Franco, I think it's a good recovery from where we are today, there's a lot of learning on certainly how to use those front tyres and we've still got two more races to go so well done on the recovery, I'm looking forward to finishing the season here.
Liam LAWSON: In terms of braking, I'm
Engineer: going
Liam LAWSON: to hit the wall, you know, if I go any deeper.
Engineer: Yeah, it's super clear, we don't have the grip, so I'm not sure what the reason is.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, max out. So annoying! Oh my god, so annoying.
Yuki TSUNODA: May I just? Oh, yeah.
Yuki TSUNODA: By the way, congrats to Max also. Impressive season from him. Congrats to Red Bull and Max. Amazing.
Engineer: Yeah, copy. Sorry for the mistake in the box, I need to review... No, no, no, no, no, no apologies needed, we'll review everything back in the office, OK? Absolutely not your fault, we'll review everything when you're back, OK?
Esteban OCON: OK.
Engineer: Alright mate, just want to say thanks for your efforts on everything.
Engineer: A good drive, P11 I'm afraid, P11.
Fernando ALONSO: So unfair. There's no penalty, no investigation, nothing that we can score points.
Engineer: I'm afraid not mate, doesn't look like it.
Engineer: And the wind is very changeable.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Lawson moving the straight line when I was nip-draping. You know, he was reacting.
Lewis HAMILTON: What the hell man, how many places have I just lost?
Engineer: We would have dropped another five places if we'd hung it out any longer.
Pierre GASLY: Low on power, low on power. Engine receive.
Engineer: Everything's looking okay for us, we hit the limiter.
Pierre GASLY: Wait, I have no power!
Pierre GASLY: Hold on.
Carlos SAINZ: 40 seconds behind Give
Engineer: us two laps and we come back to you
Engineer: Still the preference for now is plan A for now, plan A, less graining kicking.
Lando NORRIS: A different ride looks like it's about to go any, any lap.
Engineer: And
Lewis HAMILTON: he's got the faucet straight in it.
Engineer: Alex, we've got a terminal problem here, we need to retire the car.
Carlos SAINZ: Let's get off these tires
Carlos SAINZ: Fucks me guys fucks me
Carlos SAINZ: What happened? We're not ready. Wake up, guys. Come on.
Engineer: Ah, Max, just don't lose sight of our aim today, yeah?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, yeah, I'm doing my racing.
Max VERSTAPPEN: You want me to try and keep them behind, or what?
Engineer: I think you should, yeah.
Engineer: So George, just keep picking up the pace here.
Engineer: When you come to a stop mode RS for the start
Engineer: I cannot hear you watch balaclava mic and box box push all the way to pit entry
Yuki TSUNODA: Maybe a little bit overstarry in general. It's actually like something I had a... had a quality thing throughout.
Engineer: It's
George RUSSELL: almost like straight off of a star it goes into an E-Rate.
Engineer: So wind looks to be 20 kph as you exit turn 12 then round the kink it drops down towards zero
Max VERSTAPPEN: And that is four in a row, Max. Four in a row. Congratulations. Max Verstappen, you are a four-time world champion. That is a phenomenal, phenomenal achievement. You can be incredibly proud of yourself as we are. Amazing. Well done. Oh, my God, man. What a season. Four times. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you to everyone. I mean, it was a little bit more difficult than last year, but we pulled through and we gave it all. Thank you so much, guys.
Engineer: recharge on and maximize full pedal
George RUSSELL: VEGAS BABY! WOOO! VEGAS!
Engineer: Viva Las Vegas, baby! VIVA! WOOHOOHOOHOO!
George RUSSELL: OH BOYS
Engineer: AND
George RUSSELL: GIRLS! WOW! Hold
Engineer: on! Well done mate. Superb drive today. Faultless.
Oscar PIASTRI: I would just check the radiator inlets and stuff, brake ducts, because there's a lot of rubbish flying around.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I never thought this was possible, but thanks to you guys earlier. So yeah, thanks again
Max VERSTAPPEN: Uh, no, just, uh, which is a little bit weird is that the steering wheel is right hand down.
Engineer: Okay, likely to be a wind effect, but we'll have a look.
Engineer: Any other issues? Have you tested the drinks here as well? Yeah, we do now. OK, perfect.
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Engineer: Any other issues?
Engineer: All on medium, just parrots, first half started.
Pierre GASLY: Let's do this
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