São Paulo Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio
114 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the São Paulo Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 110 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 18.
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
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 18 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 14 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 13 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 11 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 5 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 5 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 3 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 3 messages
- Oliver BEARMAN · Haas · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 1 message
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: And reported from the safety car is turn 3 turn 5 where there is the most water
Pierre GASLY: What's the
Engineer: What's the rain situation any more rain or to be so rains fairly constant
Engineer: Some other teams reporting heavier rain in a few minutes
Engineer: Oscar, the C111 you put in does the LED brightness. If you want the dash less bright, that would be C110.
Engineer: So DRS is disabled for the whole of Q1
Engineer: Yeah, and I guess keep me updated with others stopping as well. Very much. 10 seconds to green.
Engineer: the end of the lap. Okay so we've got a green light so let's try and learn the gears up to four and we will need recharge back on at six and then we can go off again at the end of the lap.
George RUSSELL: Just keep an eye on our ones on board to see water levels
Engineer: So it looks like a bit of a river coming off turn five.
Max VERSTAPPEN: House cars just go in the line.
Engineer: They're cut in. I saw that, thank you.
Engineer: so yellow return 12 is cleared we think it's a river that put him off
Engineer: Turn 14 is the only place we see aquaplaning.
Franco COLAPINTO: My gears are super aggressive
Engineer: Yes, we're just learning the gears
George RUSSELL: I'm on ice here.
Engineer: Yeah, I'm gonna have to make a gap to Russell now because he started literally right in front of me. 11-2 Alonso behind. 11-2 Alonso behind.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Cries at the hub
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's getting drier and drier, and the tires have moved.
Engineer: Yeah, we saw the issue at turn 12.
Oliver BEARMAN: The wet is terrible. The problem is it's overheating. I know it doesn't look like it, but it's overheating.
Engineer: Hey Lance, we can look at a wider line in six you're tighter than most people in six We're going to fit the other set of wets and go back out your p6 for now. It's going to be a quick turn around
Engineer: Okay, Nico, so obviously the rain's increased. It's three minutes till the session restarts, but yeah, just be ready here.
Engineer: Could be that with this forecast the least wet conditions are towards the end. I think that you could do four pushing maybe five
Engineer: So currently expecting to get five push laps.
Engineer: So Liam, no need to take any risk to start the session and we try to maximise towards the end.
Engineer: Yuki, we are in a good position so let's take a calculated risk.
Engineer: If we refit ints, we need a different set. Yeah, no worries. Yeah, we'll do that.
Sergio PEREZ: It's raining a lot less.
Engineer: Lando happy to go straight into another lap. Time for four more push-ups.
Esteban OCON: I can't see now, through
Engineer: the gap Big gap behind Perez, behind
Engineer: And try and cool the tyres a bit more. You've got Hulkenberg to six seconds, Verstappen four behind him, Lawson four behind him.
Fernando ALONSO: I need a gap and a front locking, please.
Engineer: Still p2, but they will start so let's try and put two two more laps
Charles LECLERC: I don't have any good references here. Update me more on lap times, otherwise I'm gonna push.
Engineer: it's currently still p7 okay
Fernando ALONSO: i mean i don't know why we slow down in the previous slot i mean i'm minus six tenths
ZHOU Guanyu: I was completely sucked in the half. Completely.
Engineer: For what it's worth, Oli, Hamilton, Colapinto and Nico are also out of the session.
Alexander ALBON: I think it's now, push cool, push cool, but up to you.
Sergio PEREZ: No one on inter yet?
Engineer: Everyone on extremes.
Engineer: Lando, the braking for Turn 1 is very similar to the dry line, so you need to brake on the outside and then come in tight into the apex of Turn 1 to open Turn 2.
Engineer: So these tyres might be a little bit cool just to start the lap, but then should be better in the middle sector.
Engineer: So prepare for increased overheating through the lap this time.
Engineer: So lap times look to be bottom end of wet, close to inter-crossover, Leclerc 6.
Engineer: Very good middle sector, Liam. We can do one more lap with higher temperatures. We can do one more lap. We keep an eye on inters.
Engineer: So, inter-tire looks quicker now, so we'll box.
Fernando ALONSO: Two sets of inters as well. Yeah, we'll be ready.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Max keep up the pace
Engineer: 5 time-lapse, potentially 5 time-lapse
Engineer: In turn four, brake on the dry line now. Three cars behind you are all on outlaps. First car on a timelap is Tsunoda, turn to seven exit.
Engineer: It's going to be in time. The use on the new. Yeah, but the use on the new. Oh, new, new, new, new.
Engineer: Rain might pick up in about five minutes time
Engineer: If you've got room you can use energy on the outlamp just for a bit more tempo.
Engineer: Cars have been told to push the outlap, honestly.
Engineer: Still pretty much no rain here.
Engineer: Okay.
Engineer: That's a good gap now
Engineer: And Valtteri, consider sacrificing turn one for a better two and three.
Engineer: And Valtteri, consider sacrificing turn one for a better two and three.
George RUSSELL: Valtteri and Alonso on top for each other.
Engineer: Valtteri's three and a half behind Alonso.
Engineer: So Max use this to build tyre temperature and then we need a good gap for the remaining two laps
George RUSSELL: P.U.'s Paul with wastegate
George RUSSELL: No waste gate hour four if we can do it.
Sergio PEREZ: Come on, guys. We got to do a better program. We just went there at the end. What was the point to go there at the end, be the last car?
Engineer: Unfortunately, with where we are in the pit lane, the
Sergio PEREZ: whole pit... That's not an excuse, mate. No, no, no, no. We should have waited. If everyone is waiting already at the end of the pit lane, why we go?
Engineer: Yeah, sorry to sorry to tell you but p11 p11
Valtteri BOTTAS: Well good job anyway good timings
Oscar PIASTRI: I think if it keeps raining like this, we should just stay out.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: So we expect class run one rain for the next six minutes, Oscar.
Engineer: So, Lando, just a bit of update then on run plans. On one tyre, clearly at the moment, happy to do consecutive until it gets too hot. If you wanted a pit stop, it's something like a three plus two.
Engineer: OK, suggest the best weather is the next three or four minutes, Oscar, three or four minutes. Low confidence. What happens after that?
Engineer: Every lap count so that's two push in a row, two push in a row.
George RUSSELL: Wind new set, lower pressure.
Alexander ALBON: If there's anything we can do for a front tire tap, we must take it.
Liam LAWSON: What will the plan be now?
Engineer: Still forecast to get four laps
Engineer: Wind still looks very very low in strength
Alexander ALBON: A bit drier than before.
Engineer: We still have time for three laps after this. Gap to Leclerc, 8.
George RUSSELL: The brakes are in a bad place at the moment and low pressure low pressure they're grabbing a lot you
Engineer: get one
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: So, Oscar, Class 1 rain in Pit Lane at the moment. We're not expecting that to get a lot heavier.
Engineer: You have 10 seconds margin to get two push laps.
George RUSSELL: I'm
Engineer: going
George RUSSELL: to be on top of Norris and Leclerc, am I not?
Engineer: Tyres are looking in a very good place. You've done a very good job of this.
Engineer: They're all over the place, mate. Understood. Do what you can.
Engineer: Cars are improving, Austria cars are improving. You're still P3 now, I will let you know.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: All right, Liam, P5 on the Yuki P3.
Engineer: Just a couple of 10 sites.
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, copy. I, uh, man, I nearly lost the cow to turn 4. Good job, guys. Really good job. Sorry about that.
Engineer: Thoughts on the track?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, a bit of aquaplaning down to turn 4, otherwise not too bad, just low grip.
George RUSSELL: There doesn't seem to be that much standing water, so think about enters.
Franco COLAPINTO: Sorry, mate.
Engineer: And track is still fast people matching their lap times and we will get faster
Engineer: And we are through.
Engineer: Okay, that was P1 at the end.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Lovely.
Lewis HAMILTON: The car was out of drive.
Engineer: So, Oscar, there's now light drops in pit lane. We think the rain may pick up in four minutes or so.
Engineer: There could be an increase in rain in about 15 minutes or so.
Sergio PEREZ: What's the time left on the clock?
Engineer: 45 seconds
Sergio PEREZ: Come on guys, we gotta do a better program Unfortunately with where we are at the pit lane That's not an excuse mate. No, no, no. We should have waited. If everyone is waiting already at the end of the pit lane, why we go?
Engineer: So, Landon, we think the best conditions should be within these first five minutes. We think there's more rain behind that.
Engineer: You okay, mate?
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, sorry.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, it's a lot more rain. This
Engineer: heavier rain is expected to last for two more minutes and then it will reduce back to Class 1 or Class 2.
George RUSSELL: They always put me in
Engineer: the
George RUSSELL: bull
Nico HULKENBERG: Ah
Lewis HAMILTON: Damn car, man.
Lewis HAMILTON: Why?
Engineer: Yeah, we just didn't get through it.
Engineer: So the rain does look like it's eased off now, so potentially the best conditions will be now at the start.
Engineer: We think there'll be some class one raining starting imminently, which will last to the end of the session.
Carlos SAINZ: Oh my gosh, sorry guys
Sergio PEREZ: We should have stayed in the garage, we are more or less the last guard.
Engineer: It's going to improve through the session here.
Oscar PIASTRI: I think if it keeps raining like this, we should just stay out.
Engineer: Copy.
Alexander ALBON: Did the brakes fail?
Engineer: We're checking. Oh Alex, are you okay?
Alexander ALBON: Yeah.
Engineer: We're checking on the brakes. So from our side, brakes look okay. You can still hear me.
Engineer: Lando, difficult message for me to pass. If the conditions are slower, just be sensible. Obviously, the race is in a few hours.
George RUSSELL: Where are we?
Engineer: Nice job. Nice job. P2. Ah,
George RUSSELL: so close. Well done guys.
Engineer: Good session. Very difficult session. Great job in that session. That was really tough.
Engineer: Alright Liam, P5 on the Yuki P3, just a couple of 10sides.
Liam LAWSON: Yeah, copy, I nearly lost the car at turn 4. Good job guys, really good job, sorry about that.
More from this weekend
Every session of the São Paulo Grand Prix 2024Search the full archive