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Team radio transcript

Qatar Grand Prix 2024: Sprint Qualifying team radio

64 radio messages were recorded during sprint qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 63 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Pierre GASLY had the most, with 9.

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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Engineer: 7, okay you're good, remember, straight line speed up to 24 where you will be go out.

  3. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: 5c at the front, another one.

  4. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Wind same direction as FP1, but low intensity, 10 kph lower.

  5. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Engineer: And the wind, headwind is reduced to turn 1, so just watch out breaking point first lap and Tyler will be a bit on the low side.

  6. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Albon, just gone past.

  7. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, we can look the temperature in the tires here

  8. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Can I charge off after to whatever to sink

  9. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Leclerc is just coming into a cool lap, so he'll be going slow, and Perez starting it up.

  10. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: The car is too sensitive.

    Engineer: Yeah, it's temperature.

  11. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, what I did counts through

  12. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: I think balance is not so bad honestly, I went off it.

  13. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: No threats behind

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Don't need it

  14. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Must be probably the other stairside.

    Engineer: Copy

  15. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Do we need another lap? That was a good lap, so we're P4 at the minute and we'll keep an eye on it, Tsunoda coming watch out for Tsunoda

  16. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I don't understand how Perez is doing such slow cooldown laps.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Yeah, I struggled to get to my Delta, got to keep my head. Yeah, don't stress about it. If there's plenty of traffic, don't worry about it.

  18. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: It was a great out lap guys Beautiful

  19. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: Getting stuck behind like six cars.

  20. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Understood. Watch for Delta.

  21. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: What do you think about balance Nico we think you can add some

  22. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: Stand by.

  23. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: My front is great.

  24. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: And then compared to other cars, we're losing time through 13, 14. They're just going faster through those corners than we are.

  25. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: And Oscar, we have time for double call, but we suggest single call.

  26. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Albans not respecting the Delta

  27. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: ...to site... Stop it!

  28. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: It's

    Engineer: a

    Charles LECLERC: nightmare. I have no idea.

    Engineer: Tell me a bit more cars behind. Yeah, there might be quite a few cars, I know. Now, next car pushing is Piastri. All of these are slow cars now around you. Piastri is seven. Piastri is seven. Tell me the cars that are fast, please. Yeah, Charles. I know, there are many cars. I'm trying my best.

  29. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Yeah, you've got seven and a half minutes to our next session.

  30. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Engineer: Probably a bit too close to Lawson on that one.

  31. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, glad I've had to go because I've stalled.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy.

  32. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Okay, how close to top 10?

    Engineer: Lawson was P10 with a 22.39.

  33. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, we don't have the Ferrari behind we are not safe anymore for the wait

  34. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: Okay, now I wanted more but the car is so different on the second push it's quite hard to just nail

    Engineer: it, the

    Alexander ALBON: front is working so much better on the second

  35. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: I'm afraid we are not through into Q3. No threats behind.

  36. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: Ok Liam, there was a big train coming, so I think we did the right thing to get going.

  37. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: I wish I could take these guys over

  38. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: the wind is similar to the previous one

  39. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: You

    George RUSSELL: can be posted if you guys are behind. I'll go and fill up one.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy.

  40. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And George already plus five compared to where we are no pressure behind

  41. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Darts are not going to be ready.

  42. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I don't think there's a copyright

  43. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, group didn't feel good

    Engineer: Okay, all right to copy

  44. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I got a it's difficult to let this guy by and watch out for Russell

  45. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: A

    Charles LECLERC: lot of understand. A lot.

  46. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: I'll leave the balance book on the shelf, and if it looks good here, it's cool.

  47. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Okay, yeah. Not really fast. See you tomorrow.

  48. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: Liam, I've got some bad news. Your lap time is due. You're pitting now. Turn 6.

  49. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Unfortunately it's with P-10 just a tiny bit.

  50. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: So, everybody improved on lap 2 I guess.

  51. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, that's the best we could get so

    Engineer: let's go

  52. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, that's the best we could get so

  53. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, a bit harder than this morning, but...

  54. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: It

    Pierre GASLY: wasn't as comfortable, still make it work and there is space, so all good.

  55. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: OK, so that's a P-7, it's four and a half tenths of a tonne Norris.

  56. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: So P5, Carlos P4, 21.28 to the 21.3.

  57. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: Ah.

  58. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: I don't know what looks like what's going on there.

  59. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, that's ***. Don't bug me.

  60. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: I don't understand why we're so rushing in disqualifying, honestly.

  61. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: I don't understand, I don't understand, man.

    Engineer: Yeah, copy, I hear you.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, you don't hear me, man.

  62. Liam LAWSONRB

    Liam LAWSON: That was a good lap man.

    Engineer: Yeah, that was a good effort. We are in mate!

    Liam LAWSON: No way!

  63. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Well done, well done. Is that P2? P2, yeah that's P2, good job. 60 milliseconds to Norris' first attempt.

    George RUSSELL: Yeah, well done everyone. That was nice to drive in this session.

  64. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Not really fast. See you tomorrow.

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