Qatar Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
174 radio messages were recorded during race at the Qatar Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 168 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lando NORRIS had the most, with 20.
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
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 20 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 18 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 14 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 13 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 12 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 11 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 10 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 9 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 9 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 7 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 6 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 5 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 3 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 2 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
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Engineer: Affirm. We have all gears learned now.
Engineer: So wind direction looks like as we predicted so you've still got that tailwind exit 10 where you've got the snap there
George RUSSELL: Still some vibrations with the steering but nothing crazy and a bit more understeering than I expected.
Engineer: Display 5, position 6, minus 4. Display 5, position 6, minus 4.
Esteban OCON: Should we increase the turn at the stop or no?
Engineer: We can, yep.
Engineer: And big lift off into the next corner cool down the car when we go for the last start at the end of the pit lane
Engineer: Okay, when on the grid, go to P1, no P0, go P1.
Esteban OCON: So it's a little bit difficult with the entries, but there's a lot of them on this tier mid corner, so increasing actually wasn't much worse on entry, but.
Engineer: Okay, Nico, press in button, cool the car to the grid, test your drink, static bite point, learn when you arrive on the grid, and then P0 after you switch off. See you there.
Charles LECLERC: Do we have time to change balaclava? The bocola is broken and I cannot drink.
Charles LECLERC: C'est l'air André, à l'Astaire?
Engineer: So Charles we don't have time, so you need to keep it like this
Engineer: so Charles we don't have time so you need to keep it like this
Charles LECLERC: This is quite a ****** system we need to work on now, let's speak about it later, but the Bocala is done in two pieces and it keeps breaking in the middle, so we've got to do it in one piece, anyway.
Engineer: Orlando, time info. Only one hard on today, Hulkenberg. Everybody else starts on the medium. And just a reminder, I expect to need the left-hand toggle in turn 4 and turn 6 in this A-switch position.
Lando NORRIS: But I thought because of the instability we wanted the higher a switch
Engineer: No, correct. We want the higher a switch, but it will be too stable in turn four and turn six I think so we use the left hand toggle there
Pierre GASLY: Good comms. Once again, let's be on it with the tire. It's
Engineer: going
Pierre GASLY: to be slightly harder today, so let's have some good communication and do it.
Engineer: Okay Lando, no full pedal from now. Try to keep speed high in the corners where you can.
Engineer: And we keep up the hard weaving on good energy, click over take where you are and then we keep up the pace
Engineer: Nico, do you think the front wing took a hit? We think maybe the front wing...
Nico HULKENBERG: There was a knock, I'm not sure.
Engineer: Okay, safety car Nico.
Engineer: Yep, I think, I think he will have damage, so I spew off, fully switch off the car and drift clear.
Engineer: And do your best to keep the temperature in the tires.
Engineer: Okay, let's try and get the temps back from right mainly. Have you got any flat spots from your side? Any vibrations?
Alexander ALBON: A little bit, but it's not big.
Engineer: So I think you'll catch up easily it's still safety car and they're only just yeah, they're not going fast So you'll catch them gap is 20 seconds ahead
Sergio PEREZ: Five is very dirty on the wing see if they can clean it up
Nico HULKENBERG: Yep, we definitely have to make the one-stop work now that we lost the other hot-set.
Engineer: That's correct.
Fernando ALONSO: Cool will be better for the from temperature.
Engineer: Yeah, as long as you don't lock up. Yeah, cool is probably good
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Valtteri BOTTAS: Had to go off the track there to avoid loss of spinning
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Fernando ALONSO: Man, the speed on the straight is worrying
Max VERSTAPPEN: You need to let me know if there are 58 on the main street.
Engineer: We've got Lawson close behind. Let's take a little feedback. What do you feel?
Lance STROLL: I don't really care about Lawson. What with the racing right now, it's more just... Yeah, so what do you feel on the fan? Something's broken in the rear.
Engineer: So Lance, if it's a real problem, let us know. We'll get you to stay up and out. It's a problem. We're about to set up now.
George RUSSELL: The pace globally pushed by really high.
Engineer: Yeah, we agree. It does look very fast at the moment.
Engineer: And if we can, let's get mode 8, mode 8.
Pierre GASLY: You've got to tell me what that is.
Engineer: OK, so mode is on six o'clock on the multi.
Alexander ALBON: You sure everything's okay, yeah?
Engineer: From what we can see, if you can give any feedback from your side.
Nico HULKENBERG: Very inconsistent front end in turn one through the whole apex front is just in and out in and out
Engineer: And George, give me feedback on tyres, please. I'm under balance by 0.5, darling. I'll leave you 0.6. Copy.
George RUSSELL: But they're holding on.
Engineer: Is it really
Alexander ALBON: dusty or something because the rear is all over the place
George RUSSELL: Turn 9 will go flat at some point, not this stint I don't think
Engineer: So wind looks similar to laps to grid and I recommend EB3.
Yuki TSUNODA: How is
Engineer: it
Yuki TSUNODA: possible they have lighted up my face?
Sergio PEREZ: Generally, I'm losing entry and then I'm just here at Apex.
Engineer: Nico, the pack ahead is starting to slow. Sonoda, Bottas, they're doing 28s. You are catching them, but you were over the limit in high speed that lap.
Charles LECLERC: Let's check pressures, tyre pressures, the way I drive picture is likely
Yuki TSUNODA: I don't have an issue, right?
Engineer: No issue, no issue. We're still thinking around plan B.
George RUSSELL: Highlands at low speed is okay, since the high speed at 2.45 is washing out.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I'm happy with the deep setting now
Nico HULKENBERG: I guess only in high speed I'm over the limit a bit, nowhere else.
Engineer: That's right, 12, 13, 14, if you can pull it back there it would help.
Fernando ALONSO: Maybe track limits last corner for the Gasly
Alexander ALBON: The dig is low but I'm pushing as hard as I can. I'll pass out.
Engineer: And Lando, currently syncing plan A, plan A, and the full safety car window has opened, the full safety car window has opened, thank you.
Pierre GASLY: I can't. I need to get past them, otherwise it's all...
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, can't make progress here, as soon as I get closer it's like I'm hitting a wall.
Engineer: I said build up the lifted coast now build up the lifted coast it will help us later in the race
George RUSSELL: Plus 0.6
Engineer: Think
George RUSSELL: about that, plus 2
Lando NORRIS: They're off the stairs. Oh god, I'm just going to say... No, forget it.
Engineer: Ok, we will possibly go longer than plan B. Keep an eye on that front left in high speed. Turn 12.
Engineer: Other car is not downshifting in turn 14. Consider holding 7th turn 14 and no wider entry turn 10.
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Nico HULKENBERG: Oh man, this is boring.
Engineer: We've got Sainz right on our window at the moment. He's doing 25.3.
George RUSSELL: What's that on
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: delta?
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah picking up a little bit of understeer at high speed
Engineer: it
Fernando ALONSO: feels okay maybe a little bit more i don't know
Engineer: And George, there is more scope on diff entry to come down if you need rotation.
ZHOU Guanyu: I feel good, mate.
Engineer: Lando, if the corrections in turn one are bothering you, could try right hand toddle.
Pierre GASLY: I got face.
Engineer: Fernando 26-0, you're doing great.
Engineer: Oscar, cut the overlap before braking if possible. Small amount of fuel save needed. Dash is correct. Don't worry about it too much for a moment.
ZHOU Guanyu: The opinion was not too bad, but we think no adjust.
Engineer: I think no adjust.
Engineer: there is a bit of debris in the middle of the track at the pit exit so if you keep to your normal racing line it's okay
Engineer: That's the window for both kinds of safety car, window for both kinds.
Engineer: Lando there's a wing mirror in the middle of the track if you stay to the left you should be fine
Yuki TSUNODA: The car is behind you, you need to slow down.
Engineer: Yeah, noted. We'll report it.
Engineer: Track is clear, track is clear. We have reported Albon.
Nico HULKENBERG: I haven't filled the car in clean air obviously
Engineer: I can say it looks like the mirror has now been moved.
George RUSSELL: So really loose entry of two now, is that correct?
Engineer: Back is clear, but I'm not sure if the wing mirror has been moved
Oscar PIASTRI: A little bit
George RUSSELL: Alright, whatever we've done here, everyone knows the ability now.
Engineer: Suggest EB9 so you don't have to hold the left toggle.
Engineer: That's a purple at max. Gap 2.4. This is excellent so far.
Carlos SAINZ: And try to reach the garage, and
Engineer: we box for art.
Max VERSTAPPEN: How did the heartrunners get on? P-size?
Engineer: Yeah, it's a bit difficult as some of them pitted into traffic, but it doesn't look any worse than the medium.
Engineer: Is
Lewis HAMILTON: the safety car going to let us pass, or...?
Engineer: It'll have to wait until the pack has formed, but that should be the case.
Engineer: I don't know. There was a wing mirror on the straight. I don't know if that's the issue. I don't know what the safety car was for.
Fernando ALONSO: But we are warming now the tires of the safety car, I don't know.
Engineer: I lock both my friends.
Lando NORRIS: Potential double-flat spot.
Engineer: Was very slow on the hard, so we only lost to Joe there.
George RUSSELL: Vibration is returning to what I had in QALY.
ZHOU Guanyu: This Mercedes is taking the piss. It's leaving too much
Engineer: Keep doing what you can with the tires, especially the fronts.
Engineer: And I'll focus on tyre temperature, as I know you are, particularly fronts.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, there are still some lights on, I don't know, that's...
Max VERSTAPPEN: Look yeah,
Engineer: okay
Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't
Engineer: know
Max VERSTAPPEN: what to do.
Yuki TSUNODA: But why I can not why did he put the soft
Nico HULKENBERG: I lost it, beached, sorry guys
Engineer: let's do what we can to clean these fronts we may have some vibrations but we're gonna stick with it mate
Engineer: So we got Norris under investigation for failing to slow on the yellow flags
Engineer: I expect our tires will be the best for the remaining laps.
Lando NORRIS: The safety car's still got the lights on again.
Engineer: So, from the front of the safety car, they look off.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, but they're flashing, it's on. I think we know what's on.
Engineer: I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying what we see.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Alvin just rammed me
Engineer: Okay, mate, we need to watch track limits. We've got two strikes one for turn seven one for turn 14
Engineer: Checked if high speed is in error
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Come on man, they need to look at that.
Valtteri BOTTAS: The front left is going
Liam LAWSON: My left front brake is blocking.
Engineer: Oscar on two strikes.
Engineer: Secondary KC position 13. Secondary KC 13.
Engineer: Wait, what are you saying? He's one second behind! Nope. Gap to Sainz, 1.2, but we need one second of lift and coast, mate. You have to do it.
Engineer: Okay, we need SOC 2, SOC 2, we are racing mate, we do not want to give up but do lift and coast where you can, be sensible but we need to get it done.
Engineer: and repeat the K1 usage as before, he will do Lycol in 16 and in 1
Engineer: Gap to science 0.7, two laps remaining. Just be mindful of track limits, but push on mate, let's go.
Engineer: Strap 10. Strap 10. Can't hear you, mate.
Lando NORRIS: Strap 10. That's better.
Engineer: That was a heck of a battering we took there.
Yuki TSUNODA: Like, last lap, man, for the future, it's just last lap. Come on, just, like, even we're running so behind, we just, like, don't give it up. I mean, just, like, small three, we could have done it from turn one.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yes, I would say let's go! Come on guys! Come on! Oh my god, what a race man, what a race. Thank you for that order.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yes, we just overtook in the pit lane entry, attacking the white line. Okay, copy, saw that.
Charles LECLERC: Do we have time to change balaclava? The bocola is broken and I cannot drink.
Engineer: So Charles, we don't have time, so you need to keep it like this.
Engineer: All other cars are on medium. You must be the only right one.
Engineer: Massively hit my stroll. Yeah, copy that.
Alexander ALBON: I knew he was going to do it, I could tell.
ZHOU Guanyu: Wait, this is f***ing Austin, what the f***?
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, sorry about that guys.
Engineer: No problem Lewis, yeah, made a decent recovery. Yeah,
Lewis HAMILTON: lost so much ground on the start.
Fernando ALONSO: Man the speed on the straight is worrying
Fernando ALONSO: I cannot f***ing believe it man, two years with the same f***ing problem, on the straights.
Lewis HAMILTON: Sorry about that, guys.
Pierre GASLY: Tsunoda moving on the braking. Too late.
Engineer: Copy.
Pierre GASLY: I jumped on the brake because otherwise I was going to smash him.
Engineer: Okay, mate.
Engineer: And Lando, from what we can see, Verstappen's tyres similar to ours, Russell behind slightly worse than ours.
Engineer: We've had track limits at turn one on lap 10, which was three laps ago, probably when you passed Tsunoda. He
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: pushed me out there.
Engineer: Yeah, it's just track limits at the moment, but it is under investigation.
Yuki TSUNODA: Mate, I'm pushing 100%, bro.
Engineer: I know, man. Hang in there. Hang in there.
Charles LECLERC: Let's check pressures, tyre pressures. The way I drive picture is likely.
Engineer: Pressures are fine Charles, pressures are fine.
Lewis HAMILTON: Half slow, we can pass the others.
Engineer: So front runners are mid 25s.
Lewis HAMILTON: Mid 25s? It's a second.
Engineer: And Lando, tyre update so far? Tyres as per model?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I'm pushing flat out, so I feel like I'm killing them, but they seem okay, yes.
Lewis HAMILTON: How far are we off the front now?
Engineer: So 1.2 to the front Is
Lewis HAMILTON: the car broken or?
Engineer: We're just under balanced, might look a bit loose, just under balanced
Engineer: The
Lewis HAMILTON: car is slowly beginning to turn, bring on match.
Engineer: Copy Lewis, yep, start to see that now.
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Engineer: And I'm pretty sure you're gonna tell me where to go, but if you had any place to get speak louder Please you'll tell me where to go But if you had any place if you had any place to the staff and we take it push up trip
Max VERSTAPPEN: Check if he lifted for the yellow
Engineer: There was a yellow on the middle of the straight. Yeah, there was we'll have a look make sure he lifted Lando did not lift I
Max VERSTAPPEN: hope you report that then
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, just needs to have this luck, man.
Carlos SAINZ: Check if it's all okay with the front left tire. Does that feel okay? Copy. I'll
Engineer: be
Carlos SAINZ: eight. It's
Engineer: a
Carlos SAINZ: bit of damage.
George RUSSELL: Why have we put hards on? Why have we put the f***ing hards back on then?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Anything on that yellow flag?
Engineer: Or you can just go flat out to the yellow? Literally just speaking about it now Max, stand by.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: What happened there, man?
Lando NORRIS: Hamilton speeding 100% and he just brake tested me again I locked both my fronts, potential double flat spot
Sergio PEREZ: Ah, f***.
Engineer: What position I'm in? Currently P12 Car's messed up mate
Oscar PIASTRI: Check the front left. I can see sparks coming from it and I have a vibration
Engineer: That
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: album just ramped me.
Engineer: Lando has been given a 10 second stop and go penalty, 10 second stop and go penalty, which he needs to serve within two laps.
Engineer: Lando, we have been given a 10-second stop-go penalty, which we will take this lap.
Lando NORRIS: For what?
Engineer: Failing to slow under the yellow flag
Engineer: I don't saw 25.5. Leave me alone, mate. I'm pussy.
Engineer: OK, so we've got a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane, so it looks like I forgot to press the button on that first time behind the safety car.
Lewis HAMILTON: Retire the car mate.
Engineer: Park
Lewis HAMILTON: the car mate.
Engineer: Negative.
Engineer: F***
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: off.
Engineer: Nice one, Kev.
Fernando ALONSO: There's another track limit probably for Ferrari.
Engineer: Okay mate, karma is a wonderful thing. You definitely did not drive unnecessarily slowly today. Great job.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Symphony, lovely guys. Yes, yes, yes, yes. What an unbelievable race again. That was really fun.
Engineer: Max that was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. You nailed it from the start and on either the left or the right side you'd have done it today so absolutely outstanding. Your ninth victory of the year, that is quite an achievement. Well done mate.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Simply lovely evening again.
Lando NORRIS: I'm sorry.
Engineer: Well done Oscar, P3, not quite the evening we hoped on the other car, but a good result for us, on our side.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, yeah thanks everyone, tough race, very evenly matched between the others, unlucky with the safety car, but yeah, I'll take the trophy, so thanks everyone, and let's go next week.
Engineer: And just to add to the afternoon, I've been given a five-second penalty for safety car infringement. Who have? We? Yes, you have. It doesn't change the result, but... What was the infringement? It's following the delta. We can go through it when you get back. Following the delta? OK. Overall, George, there's so much to analyse collectively. Yeah, absolutely. It was moments of brilliance from our side.
Liam LAWSON: Copy mate, obviously apologies from myself, that was my bad, sorry man.
Engineer: These things happened, these things happened, we're fighting hard to get what we can.
Alexander ALBON: Thank you, everyone. I know it's been a bit tough, but let's try and open an Abu Dhabi on a good one.
Engineer: Let's go! Let's go! So that's P5 mate, well done So that's saving fuel
Pierre GASLY: That's great So we are back in front 5 points right?
Engineer: We are back in front, yes
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, yeah thanks everyone, tough race, very evenly matched between the others, unlucky with the safety car, but yeah, I'll take the trophy, so thanks everyone, and let's go next week.
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