Mexico City Grand Prix 2024: Practice 3 team radio
80 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Mexico City Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 76 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 10.
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
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 9 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 9 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 6 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 5 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 5 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 3 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't know if we're good to be honest. No speed, maybe.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: It was a good lap wasn't it? It was a good lap until obviously the car yeah looked very good. Yeah we reckon you're on for an 18.0 which would have put you at P4.
Nico HULKENBERG: Brakes don't feel good today, they feel numb, especially at turn one to four. Struggling to stop it at the end of braking.
Engineer: Okay, copy that, we'll take a look.
Nico HULKENBERG: Brakes don't feel good today. They feel numb, especially into turn one to four Struggling to stop it at the end of braking.
Engineer: Okay, copy that. We'll take a look
Alexander ALBON: We've got weird balance, it's really neutral at high speed and then it's under sail at high speed.
Oscar PIASTRI: Typical Carlos.
Charles LECLERC: This
Engineer: one is
Charles LECLERC: nice!
Franco COLAPINTO: I hit the floor quite hard, exit of 3
Engineer: Yeah, we saw it in the data, we'll have a look at it when you come back in
Engineer: Eucalyptus, that's P4 to P Astri, it's just over half a second That
Lewis HAMILTON: was a decent lap there, f***ing quick!
Engineer: Obviously Russell completely got in your way in sector 3 and he was on an in lap.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, this doesn't work. There's no grip front and rear.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: They should be able to attack the final sector max recharge off foot ready
Franco COLAPINTO: Guys, you really need to check the brakes or the suspension, I don't know what it is.
Engineer: Okay, understood Franco, we'll have a look when you come in.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Energy button and DRS to turn 4.
Engineer: And faster again to turn seven, then steady through sector two.
Pierre GASLY: Smokes out of the bricks, front bricks.
Engineer: OK, copy that.
Engineer: Okay, let's go recharge on recharge on and let's do a double cool
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I don't know, I checked the turn 4, the car doesn't turn at all.
Engineer: Okay, we'll take a look.
Engineer: Can I have a pre-start rev check before you switch off? So that's the mode three, recharge off, gear one.
Engineer: So there's about 8 tenths loss at turn 13 and there's a couple of tenths with the turn 4 pinch.
Engineer: Okay, so we think our temperature's a little on the low side to start. We're thinking single cool, but very slow.
Engineer: So lost to Lewis was turn 10 entry mid and Elizabeth turn 12
George RUSSELL: Entry felt a little bit loose, are you happy to go Entry 9 Katsu?
Engineer: And wind seems to be very low.
Engineer: Yeah, it's the right-hand part of the mirror
Engineer: OK, recharge on Esteban, I'm happy to do a single call and another push lap just based on timing here.
Esteban OCON: Yeah, we seem to have more front end everywhere, compared to yesterday
Engineer: We can go break three and push the last sector.
Engineer: Okay, Stroll is six seconds. Four seconds behind him is Verstappen. Verstappen very likely high fuel.
Engineer: Do you need a double cool? Are you happy with single?
Charles LECLERC: Yes, I do.
Engineer: Okay, let me know if we want to adjust.
Engineer: Will be one burnouts and target two reds, K2 until turn one.
Engineer: You
Nico HULKENBERG: want the launch here from the pit box?
Engineer: Yes, please. Let's start from the box. We'll add 0.55
Engineer: And Nico, I need multifunction B3 to position 8. Multi B3, position 8.
Yuki TSUNODA: I have a koala on this day everywhere.
Engineer: If the car ride is slow, you can overtake. You are ISO Sector 1, one tenth faster than Yuki Sector 2.
Engineer: Anything we need to look at, Liam, or you know what's happened?
Liam LAWSON: No, no, I know what happened.
Engineer: and Lando for the front under rotations in turn 13 we could try left hand toggle left hand toggle for Stappens on a time lap in turn one there are going to be lots of cars queuing I think
Engineer: The dash might not see either so you just have to watch out for flags still about five cars ahead of you to go
Yuki TSUNODA: And in fact, I didn't feel much difference in terms of balance compared with this.
Franco COLAPINTO: We're
Engineer: going
Franco COLAPINTO: to go to the mid 2.
Franco COLAPINTO: Or something to help my rotation.
Engineer: Yeah, happy we did it with two, that's fine for us, so we'll step on two.
Engineer: Just give me a gap to go into because I can't do anything at the moment. Alright, how about we do it now?
Engineer: This is this window of everybody on mixture run plans. Ocon in five.
Engineer: One click rearward brake balance for turn one.
Engineer: Front temps on the lower side. We can go on when you're ready.
Engineer: Try funk for turn 13
Yuki TSUNODA: Do I board this lap?
Engineer: Yeah. Charge on, charge on.
Engineer: I guess you wanted me to do a start, right? I didn't say it was just to cool down the tyres, but if you're there we can do one.
Engineer: Charge on and secondary FM position nine.
Engineer: And we are still exceeding track limits into turn two.
Charles LECLERC: Still, that's the only lap, right?
Engineer: Yeah, this lap.
Engineer: I know, we've been telling three cases, I've been told.
Engineer: I'm going to box this lap. I'm going to box this lap. You keep pushing to turn six.
Franco COLAPINTO: I hit the floor quite hard, exit of three.
Engineer: Yeah, we saw the data. We'll have a look at it when you come back in.
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, I pinched
Engineer: the
Liam LAWSON: outside left in the last corner and then just couldn't turn. I have no idea why.
Alexander ALBON: Same balance issues though, high speed is too neutral and low speed too much of a suit.
Engineer: And Lambert's suggestion, remember early off, early on throttle turning 14.
Engineer: It
George RUSSELL: appears to be quite a slow out lap.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Do you have a balance limitation in turn 12?
Engineer: No,
Valtteri BOTTAS: I'll just explain it later. There's an issue with the braking.
Lewis HAMILTON: Is it APEX speed of 4 or is it 5 exit? Where's the time lost on the corners?
Engineer: 5, turn 5. We can have Norris at 7 seconds.
Engineer: There's nothing behind you, you've got Russell 1 back. Way too much understeer.
Engineer: Lance would you consider a flap adjust?
Lance STROLL: Yeah massive one
Charles LECLERC: I'm not sure about the s1 into six four five six
Engineer: Copy will review Hamilton next car pushing
Engineer: Okay, there's plenty of time left, so you can push next or do two back offs, whatever you think it needs to get the tires back in the window.
George RUSSELL: Let me know on green 6, happy to make the change, whatever you think
Pierre GASLY: Soaking grip.
Engineer: No, no, I have no front grip, just check if the car is OK, I have... Everything looks good to us, but we'll give it a good look over so...
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, there's no potential on the front to attack the braking
Pierre GASLY: No, no, I think it's tricky if
Engineer: I
Pierre GASLY: have a French air. I never felt that.
Engineer: Yeah, pressure's all looking good.
Engineer: So we'll take a look, that was coming in okay until sector 3.
Esteban OCON: Copy. So now, yeah, I lost basically a front
Engineer: -end 4-5-6.
Engineer: So the target for the start will be plus three on the rear.
Franco COLAPINTO: What are they doing?
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