Qatar Grand Prix 2024: Sprint team radio
64 radio messages were recorded during sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix 2024, across 17 drivers. 62 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Liam LAWSON had the most, with 8.
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
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 8 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 7 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 7 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 5 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 5 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And we're okay for the start, Nico, in RS.
Engineer: The wind intensity is 25 kph
Nico HULKENBERG: Straight to the grid right?
Engineer: That's correct.
Engineer: OK, we stay in mode 3 and sync the gears before turn 4, on heads up, Norris reported low grip turn 6.
Pierre GASLY: I can't think it, I don't know why. Yeah
Engineer: that's okay mate, we'll get it on the formation lap, no problem.
Engineer: All OK with the Calium?
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, all OK. It's pointy, but honestly it's not terrible.
Engineer: So I just look for Ash and the boys.
Engineer: lift through the high speed turn 12 to 15 minimize the braking
Liam LAWSON: Ok, I understand
Engineer: Ok, your call mate, your call, happy to leave it to you, no problem
Engineer: Just take care with your grid box position.
Liam LAWSON: That's so gross.
Engineer: I'm
Lewis HAMILTON: putting up a show
Alexander ALBON: My push toggle doesn't work
ZHOU Guanyu: What can I do with the battery?
Engineer: Battery is coming up everything is good
Engineer: it's clear air ahead of you you should be easier on your tires now as you know so good shape
Alexander ALBON: No cases Chuck, I'm just stuck. Yeah, copy that.
Engineer: Green 11, position 3, will give you more energy.
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: get lots of snaps and uh
ZHOU Guanyu: I don't want more tea. I'm sleeping like f*** already.
Engineer: 10-16, slow in, fast out, don't over push entry 10-16
Pierre GASLY: I don't know, the cam dog's too fast.
Engineer: So we're at the peak of the bulks now, but they'll start coming down. Both tips start coming down slowly.
Engineer: And a minor, white H8, position 5, please. White H8, position 5.
Engineer: Oscar, if more pace from Lando would help, let me know.
Alexander ALBON: The poor toggle feels more powerful than the flick, am I wrong?
Engineer: Oscar almost has the gap to Russell, so if we can use maybe a tenth of your pace would take it please. Speak louder, there's a lot of witness.
Engineer: And Lando starting to pick up the pace in front.
Engineer: Okay, so just open modifier for two, four, and five.
ZHOU Guanyu: What do you want me to do with the tire? I did not manage to
Engineer: Full push full push
Engineer: SOC 7, well done, SOC 7.
Engineer: So you're not using the high-speed toggle Kev that just reminding you about it
Engineer: Missed DRS by 10 milliseconds. Russell using overtake, turn 14 to 16.
Lewis HAMILTON: God, that's... What's
Engineer: the,
Lewis HAMILTON: uh, half an ounce?
Engineer: Hamilton 0.9, still do not overpush turn 12 and 13, it will pay off.
Engineer: Happy with strat 5. Both cars will do it. Keep Oscar in DRS. 1.2.
Engineer: Unlocked with a bit more high speed coming down, suggest 11 if he needs to open.
Engineer: Piastri doesn't have DRS.
Engineer: Checkered flag, Kev. Well done, mate. That was a very good drive. Well done, mate.
Engineer: P10, I'm sorry it doesn't count for anything, such a shame, but it's an excellent drive.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Why didn't you give me SAC-3?
Engineer: I
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: would have done it, but anyway, no point, but still.
Engineer: Okay, sorry mate.
Engineer: Ooh, that was nice. P7.
Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, nice job guys.
Engineer: Clean.
ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, well some great practice session was being check out
Yuki TSUNODA: It was not too bad, towards the end I would say it started to open, probably coming towards more front and mid corner in slow-medium speeds.
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, copy. Just that first lap, I have no idea.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, copy. Just that first lap, I have no idea.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Franco COLAPINTO: Yeah, I think the bass was not too well.
Franco COLAPINTO: Front starting to open, but we're still good
Franco COLAPINTO: Front starting to open but we're still good
Engineer: Thanks, Franco. Yeah, it was good pace and I think also good learning for this afternoon. Let's clear our heads and let's get back into it and call it a go.
Engineer: Lex, it sets us up well for qualifying this afternoon. I think there's a little bit of learning there. Just hard to get through a DRS train.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, yeah.
Esteban OCON: Thank you. Yeah, I hope you like that one
Engineer: Not too shabby at all. Okay, so how was balance for us please with that?
Pierre GASLY: Could not do any better, honestly.
George RUSSELL: Just f***ing saw an instrument!
Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, over-serious for an understatement.
Engineer: Oscar almost has DRS to Russell, so if you can do maybe a tenth quicker, that would help.
Engineer: F***
George RUSSELL: me, that was late.
Engineer: It's
George RUSSELL: twice now.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I'm starting to struggle with the front, so do I save him, or...? Yeah,
Engineer: please help Oscar.
Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, yeah, thank you for the teamwork, much appreciated, and a great load of points, so thanks everybody.
Engineer: Nice work, dude.
Engineer: It
Lando NORRIS: is next stop Barcelona.
Engineer: Yes, but don't worry about that. We finish in this order. Finish in this order, we're happy.
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