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Team radio transcript

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024: Practice 1 team radio

59 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024, across 18 drivers. 57 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: And the clocks were shallow at 3%.

  3. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: and multifunction gx position three multifunction gx position three

  4. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: I think you're ahead of Leclerc. He's on hard cars, Shane, as you. First car pushing his Bottas 30 seconds back, so you'll be fine with him.

  5. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: So 20 kph headwind on the main straight.

  6. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: I have a bit of a vibration with this tire.

  7. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Yeah, understood, Yuki. Just need to leave with that, unfortunately.

  8. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Okay,

    Engineer: copy.

  9. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: I got bouncing in the first sector.

  10. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I'll

    Engineer: be

    Carlos SAINZ: with push, cool, push.

    Engineer: Understood. Take another good cool down and prepare your tyres for another push.

  11. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: Hope I don't touch the wall.

  12. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: I think, yeah, it was quite clear what the bouncing was in that lap. I

    Engineer: think you can see in all the high speed. Yeah, copy that. Okay, so clear behind Ricciardo.

  13. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So you've got three ahead.

  14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Salute, sir.

  15. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Multi-A, multi-B. Multi-B, multi-B.

  16. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Thank

    Alexander ALBON: you, Israel, for teaching a lot.

  17. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: and check Val please suggest resetting it

  18. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: So, I suggest we focus on putting up a flat

    Engineer: bottom.

  19. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: I don't know,

    Engineer: it

    Nico HULKENBERG: feels like a lot. The energy level felt pretty high on that lap, for the first lap.

  20. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: I can't deactivate my special tumor.

  21. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: Yes, it's special too, it's stuff. We

    Engineer: are looking on it, Joe.

  22. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Watch for traffic, pit exit with Albon, behind him clear

  23. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Just have a think about the tyre taps.

  24. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: The rotation comes too late to quickly record it.

  25. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Last corner is a problem. There's the instability on entry and, yeah, tricky to get the apex. Entry is very difficult.

  26. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: And I've got out of turn two, purple C7 position three, 160 kph CSL.

  27. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Ok, just one thing, I had some weird engine behavior in turn 13 and later in the lap, when I was off track, the car was jumping a lot.

    Engineer: Understood.

  28. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: White H8 position 9.

  29. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: and weaving when you can.

  30. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: These guys around you are on slow laps, Max, so you can overtake them.

  31. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Logan SARGEANT: I'm asking if we did what we were meant to do for this one or not.

  32. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: It was definitely a bit better. I think that also helped. Sorry, that made the balance switch.

  33. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    ZHOU Guanyu: Yeah, typically we'll continue to coach where he was going.

  34. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Coby, it was not easy to recover the tires with this track time.

  35. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: The

    Esteban OCON: balance is a little bit of flat-bottom rotation to the right. A bit of understeer everywhere else in the corner.

  36. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, I have quite a lot of problems again. Still like a vibration from the tire, whatever.

  37. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: It's Fabry down on the

    Engineer: track between

    Lewis HAMILTON: 22 and 3.

  38. Daniel RICCIARDORB

    Daniel RICCIARDO: I was struggling with the front.

  39. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Okay, second cool-down, a bit of weaving for the fronts and break warm-up when you can.

  40. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, that's me.

  41. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Let's stop the pan behind. I think he's on high fuel.

  42. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: The car is just going by itself.

    Engineer: Standby. Was that with the strut change, Max?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, something like that.

  43. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: So, status 2 to start with, acquire on the Multi, please.

  44. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Ayuki, let's assume everybody is sustainable now on track.

  45. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: suggest right hand toggle to the last corner right hand toggle

  46. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And white H13, white H13.

  47. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Engine didn't pick up at 10.16, not enough power.

    Engineer: That's it, thank you.

  48. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Lance STROLL: How much do you want me to lean on these tires because they're already quite hot?

  49. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: So we just need temp in the left front of the minute lamp so we can lean on it where you are now and focus on front left temp

  50. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it

  51. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: currently

    Engineer: pace looking good Esteban's last lap was a 36.7 time to gain exit of turn four

  52. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Please use DRS on the next lap and we suggest Diff 12 if you have too much understeer.

  53. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: And that'll be the checkered flag. We need PU cooling this cool down lap.

  54. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Yeah, with Rehut for turn 1 was better, and SOC 13 was not good, I think.

  55. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: In 13, the 50 meter marker is loose. It's about to fall off.

    Engineer: Okay, that's it. Okay.

  56. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: The yellow lines are half the width of Bahrain. Can't see them.

  57. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  58. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: In 13, the 50 meter marker is loose. It's about to fall off.

    Engineer: Okay, understood.

  59. Logan SARGEANTWilliams

    Engineer: And after 13 beaming five beaming five

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