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Team radio transcript

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024: Qualifying team radio

52 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024, across 16 drivers. 48 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 11.

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. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: And red button press. Next, Ocon pushing, two seconds.

  2. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Lance, we'll do a big call, we'll do a big call. P2 for now, that was purple sector one. Focus on pulling the rear tyres.

  3. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Main opportunities, minimum speed turn 13 and 22.

  4. Oliver BEARMANFerrari

    Engineer: and multiply y by kc, position 10, multiply y by kc, position 10

  5. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Yuki, main loss is turn 16, entry. Rest is very good.

  6. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: The

    Esteban OCON: car wasn't together as it was during the whole weekend still.

  7. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Esteban OCON: Sorry guys, very sorry.

    Engineer: No mate, it's all good.

  8. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Engineer: Unbelievable. Box, box. Yeah. Yeah, you were one tenth upping yourself.

  9. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  10. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Nico HULKENBERG: I've lost my power. I've lost my power. Something's wrong.

  11. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: It

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: seems like prep is quite nice, but yeah, I'm not that sure. Happy to do that.

  12. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Even if they are moving slowly, I can move past them. Yeah, if they're moving slowly, you can 100% get past them, probably.

  13. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Stop the cars, I'll stop.

  14. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Copy that, we'll report it.

  15. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Okay, we need a bit faster out than before.

  16. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: But I want to be doing my second lap at the end, yeah?

  17. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Rick Carlton and Foxy Slap Max. Foxy Slap.

  18. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: get it dealt in yeah

    Engineer: happy with the love yeah your p2 400s behind let's stop half a second

  19. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Oscar Verstappen ahead has been told to pit. Oscar Verstappen ahead has been told to pit.

  20. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: There's something that doesn't look quite right with the new tires, so...

  21. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Maybe it's good that we use them to make sure we are ready for Q3.

  22. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: So that's currently P4.

  23. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Turnabouts will have no pushing cars on this lap. Just focus on your gap going out

  24. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  25. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  26. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: It all took a bit negative box.

  27. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Couldn't improve mate. I just got no grip mate.

    Engineer: Okay.

  28. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: No words. Sorry, Captain.

  29. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  30. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Alexander ALBON: We just slide too much. In sector 1 we're just sliding, we don't have the downforce.

  31. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Yeah, coming out to the club. Do you want to give him

    Engineer: a

    George RUSSELL: tour?

    Engineer: Yeah, fine.

  32. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: I'm traveling for the rear.

  33. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Ah, that was a good one! Let's try again.

    Engineer: Yep.

  34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: You were purple in all three. You've got three and a half tenths to check OMP2.

  35. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: I'm going to sing off a bit.

  36. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: He just feels very weird on your tires

  37. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: yeah this i don't know your chest feels very weird on your tires and very difficult to drive

    Engineer: copy that

  38. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Yes, no issues on margin.

  39. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: just a reminder, good pick and release for last corner

  40. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, remind me at the end of the session to speak about temperatures with the click engaged.

  41. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Where's the Mercedes ahead?

    Engineer: Six seconds ahead. Last corner.

  42. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Come on, lots of rep.

  43. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, sorry guys, just got to go there. Can't wait to meet me today.

  44. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Good job.

    Charles LECLERC: There wasn't anything in that lap. Yep. Thank you

  45. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, well done, guys. Nice to drive the corner in quality and fully fast. Good to play tomorrow.

    Engineer: Thank you.

  46. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Take it you didn't touch anything? I haven't seen any replays. No, no, no. Literally just ran wide, lost the rear apex of 10.

  47. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Do you need positions, question?

    Charles LECLERC: No, it's okay, I saw them on the screen.

  48. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Yep, that's it, P4 mate, P4, well done.

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, well done guys. Nice to drive the Corning Qualia for the first ball to play tomorrow. Thank you.

  49. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: That rear

    George RUSSELL: saw an edge in that high speed and it just went for me.

  50. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, sorry guys, just can't

    Engineer: meet me today

  51. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: I'm

    Yuki TSUNODA: going to try my best, but I felt a bit of a loss, speed, straight line speed and end of the straight. OK, that's P9, you OK?

    Engineer: That's a good job.

    Yuki TSUNODA: Not bad, that was a good one. Thanks Matthias, Alex and everyone, first Q3 of the year, that was good. Thank you guys, I enjoyed it.

  52. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: Thanks guys, there wasn't too much left in that lap, so thank you, a lot of bad news work, sorry for the scare in Q1, but yeah, very well done, thanks guys.

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