Qatar Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio
83 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix 2024, across 19 drivers. 80 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 13.
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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 13 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 11 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 10 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 8 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 5 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 4 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 3 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 3 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 1 message
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Sergio PEREZ: Here it is, solfax.
Charles LECLERC: Which car are we? Like which number in the lane?
Engineer: 14
Charles LECLERC: Okay, I guess that has an influence on our run partner.
Engineer: Yes, we're still okay, but we'll update you when we stop moving.
Charles LECLERC: Update me maybe as soon as you can, so I can see what we do differently.
Engineer: More weaving in the straights, please. More weaving in the straights.
Engineer: Yeah, it moves
Lance STROLL: a little bit, it's not stuck.
Engineer: It's stuck.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, a little bit too front limited. Hülkenberg might be pushing again here. Hülkenberg one and a half coming through.
Engineer: Opportunity throttle pickup turn five
Lewis HAMILTON: Why am I in a straddle?
Engineer: I will feed back to you in a sec. Distractor's good.
Engineer: I've dropped it, right? Affirm. Box, box.
Alexander ALBON: The funks were overheating much more on the second push, especially
Engineer: turn four, turn five.
Yuki TSUNODA: Anyway, yeah, just for the first push, I think it was okay.
Engineer: On the steer, so I think we're good to keep that. Copy, so at the moment I think the default is still prep fast.
Engineer: We will go to mode push up to corner 7
Engineer: Ferrari look like going lap one so we've got George at three and a half he's going to give us a tote
Nico HULKENBERG: I lost a lot of time going into turn 1 because of the straight. What was that?
Engineer: I just tow, Nico, just tow. So it's this headwind instead of a tow.
Engineer: So you want to do the same sequence? Same sequence.
Max VERSTAPPEN: That's really terrible.
Engineer: URP 14
Charles LECLERC: What is Ocon doing? He is not pushing.
Engineer: No, we didn't get something right. We definitely didn't get the sock right, Nico, but obviously we got something wrong.
Nico HULKENBERG: It's not going to work out, is it?
Engineer: No.
Alexander ALBON: What the, what was that snap in the last corner? That f***ed me.
Engineer: Who is ahead of me that we are fighting? Ahead of us Alonso to the 21.6
Pierre GASLY: All these guys going for Pujol. Not
Engineer: everybody, so we've got 2.5 to Piastri.
Pierre GASLY: it feels wrong guys i don't know my temperature are good okay without pushing but all
Engineer: right let's go recharge on
Engineer: They're either boxing or going slow, so let's push we're happy with temps
Engineer: Max just planning for the next run, overall would you like one attempt or two attempts?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, I think it can be done in one.
Engineer: Feedback on balance when you can, you are clear behind.
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, it's
Engineer: a
Yuki TSUNODA: high speed, I'm okay with it. It didn't stop me, it's quite open balance, I would say.
Lance STROLL: 10-2 is really bad Copy, I'll be set 10-2
Pierre GASLY: Relying on you guys in temperatures.
Engineer: Okay, we'll discuss here
Max VERSTAPPEN: Can I get an update on the last corner?
Engineer: Same recommendation as turn two.
Engineer: What you have done in terms of outlap it was good for tires
George RUSSELL: That's when picked up
Valtteri BOTTAS: Same sequence, I guess. Yep, same sequence.
George RUSSELL: I've still got a bit of vibration on the front axle this set.
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's not easy to get the minus one in after turn one.
Charles LECLERC: There's something there that I don't get. I cannot do anything better on the launch. That's fine,
Engineer: that's fine.
Engineer: Let's do what you need to be doing for tyres here.
Charles LECLERC: What do I do? Nothing. Because I'm not going to... Yeah, I know, but what do I do? Do I respect it or not? I'm already off.
Engineer: Well, no, if there are people in front, just pass Russell, but charge off.
Pierre GASLY: Absolutely no grip.
Valtteri BOTTAS: don't quite get where the where the placement like from my side there's nothing more so
Max VERSTAPPEN: I need my toggle opportune 2 so I can do it a bit faster
Engineer: It looks like wind has dropped a little bit here, 5 to 10 kph now.
George RUSSELL: Just keep an eye on Piaf Street Radio. I don't want to give him a tug if he's going
Engineer: off. Yeah, so he has been going lap one on previous runs.
Lando NORRIS: Happy with E4, or did you want A3, John?
Engineer: I think you probably know, but that was deleted.
Engineer: Ah, very
Fernando ALONSO: close. I didn't get in for sure.
Charles LECLERC: Can we prep but
Engineer: we don't have time it's tight if we decide now
George RUSSELL: Turn 15 will be close to flat. I can do the same for you. Yeah, copy that. So box, box.
Engineer: Not a bad lap with the fuel on board, it's half a tenth shy of Russell
Max VERSTAPPEN: Back down, back down.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Engineer: And a reminder you can back it out between safety car line 1 and safety car line 2.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, but what do they do, mate? You let me know. Just go slow.
Engineer: And we've got Russell. We'll get to safety country before Russell. He's coming in last corner.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I know, not great, but best we could do, not quick enough football.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, there wasn't much left in that lap at all, felt pretty sweet.
Carlos SAINZ: I just feel like I reached a bit of a toe, toe in
Engineer: a
Carlos SAINZ: restraint. I don't understand this strategy.
Charles LECLERC: That's all there was, honestly I don't think there was anything more to do.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Sorry, mate. I've been turned 10.
Charles LECLERC: Nobody is moving, it's crazy.
Engineer: It's not going to work out, is it?
Nico HULKENBERG: No.
Engineer: No, we didn't get something right. We definitely didn't get the sock right, Nico. But obviously we got something wrong. Sorry, man.
Liam LAWSON: Alonso purposely slowed up through 9 and 10 when he aborted his lap.
Engineer: It
Liam LAWSON: just sucks man.
Engineer: That was troll.
Pierre GASLY: Get a bad job, huh?
Engineer: OK, you are through into Q3, excellent job, well done mate.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: How about that? Nice one.
Engineer: Yeah, we're through. Good job.
Fernando ALONSO: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes
Pierre GASLY: AHHHHHHHHHH OOOH SO ANNOYING SO ANNOYING
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: I can't be wrong, mate.
Engineer: and i think you probably know that was deleted very close
Fernando ALONSO: i didn't get it for sure they're worth checking because it can be millimeters if anything
George RUSSELL: Super dangerous weather's happen
Engineer: That's a that's an excellent turn around that's pole position.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Let's go guys Well done. What a turn around Yes Yabba Dabba Doo Max
Engineer: That
Max VERSTAPPEN: is the first official pole since Austria. Well done. That was a mighty qualifying. Well done, mate Well done. Well done. That was really amazing the turn around great job guys
Engineer: How close? It's P2 55 milliseconds to Verstappen. How about it guys? Good effort again. Yeah, good job. Good driving.
Engineer: P5, run
Charles LECLERC: out. Ah, that's all there was. Honestly, I don't think there was anything more than today.
Carlos SAINZ: I just feel like I reached a bit of a toe in a restraint. I don't understand this strategy.
Engineer: So obviously there'll be a bit of waiting Watch out Russell's Pushing On a slow lap. He's pushing on a slow lap is what I was trying to say, but don't worry about your Delta people have Got trapped position on you. So just make sure you've got a gap to the car ahead. It's their problem if they behave like that
Engineer: Yeah, well done everybody, mega job turning that round, well done, fantastic
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, that was fun, car was much better So then we can send it Half
Engineer: a tenth to George there, so it's f***ing close
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, last corner, little drift, but it worked
Engineer: Yeah, excuse my French, by the way
Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, it sounds lovely to me, that French
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