United States Grand Prix 2024: Race team radio
164 radio messages were recorded during race at the United States Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 161 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 19.
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
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 19 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 17 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 16 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 11 messages
- Esteban OCON · Alpine · 11 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Ferrari · 9 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Haas · 9 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Williams · 7 messages
- Yuki TSUNODA · RB · 7 messages
- Lance STROLL · Aston Martin · 6 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 6 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 5 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Kick Sauber · 4 messages
- Liam LAWSON · RB · 4 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Red Bull · 4 messages
- ZHOU Guanyu · Kick Sauber · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
Every message, in the order it happened
Lewis HAMILTON: Damn, this is far back.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, the thing is he overtook me by going in so hard that he went off the track, same as Budapest Just identical
Engineer: Understood
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Carlos SAINZ: Smells a lot like fuel in the gargoyle.
Engineer: Yeah all good, a bit nervous into turn 19 on this lap, you should be able to see that. Don't brake traction and launch it into the pit lane, there is a car ahead, leave a gap if you can.
Pierre GASLY: I am, I just have some vibration on the brake, on the brake set.
Engineer: Ok, copy that, we'll have a look.
Engineer: So you were at 10 deep, 10 deep.
Franco COLAPINTO: Oh great, my god.
Engineer: Don't worry, don't worry, just try to work on your hand position.
Engineer: Now as you can see seems better keep hanging there
George RUSSELL: No, it's not required. Seems to be quite a bit of bottoming out of turn... into turn 11.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's slightly right hand down today.
Yuki TSUNODA: I had
Engineer: a
Yuki TSUNODA: little snap in turn 12. Is that wind or... I think the track condition is a little bit worse and it's probably also...
Engineer: Was okay everywhere except turn 11 losing over attend
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, there was a mistake 11 this time.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: If you keep this gap to Verstappen, we are happy with plan A. Our baseline is still plan B.
Charles LECLERC: Yeah, I want probably plan B also.
George RUSSELL: The drink still seems like it hasn't defrosted, I'm
Engineer: struggling to get anything
Esteban OCON: Yeah, I think balance is better than yesterday Less bottoming, less sharp on turn ins
Engineer: So Lando, from our side we appear to have lower deg than the two cars ahead, so we might just look to try and extend past them. From your side, how are the tyres, how's the pace?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, pace, I'm pacey right now, I've been for a while.
Charles LECLERC: Don't leave me out for too long, I don't
Engineer: want
Charles LECLERC: to be in the pressure.
Engineer: How many more laps can you do at this pace, question?
Charles LECLERC: I'm okay like this, but let's focus on lapsing.
Engineer: Talking to each other and understanding where we are with the tyres and where we think we can achieve between our plan A and plan B. That could be crucial in the race.
Engineer: They had done SQ1, so two runs of one time lap, and then they did the lap to the grid for the sprint race yesterday.
Engineer: Behind you, Hamilton on Newhard.
Engineer: I'm still tempted by the extra half. Okay, we'll put it in.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's still three down compared to the other, right? Yeah, copy.
Engineer: Okay, and we want to push through 16 to 18. So steady where you are now, build a gap, so build a gap exit 15 We want to push through 16 to 18
Engineer: Check for damage, we're on left. Yeah, we're looking, we're looking. All okay on tyres at the moment.
Engineer: Possible debris, turn one.
Engineer: Ok mate, we're happy, no damage visible, DRS enabled
Alexander ALBON: We saw no damage, yeah?
Alexander ALBON: The rear is snapping every second corner.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, struggling for grip on this tire
Charles LECLERC: Plan A, cool, we'll get there.
Engineer: So, Nico, when we go back to racing, we only need 50 meters lift and coast for cooling. Otherwise, whatever you need for tires, everything else is okay.
Engineer: And if you can slightly less aggressive in curb riding in the high speed. Thank you
Lewis HAMILTON: Yes, sir, he is
Engineer: And Lando, we've reported the incident in Turn 1, any thoughts from your side?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I mean he's clearly pushed me out, he had no intent to make the corner. Even he ran off the track, so I just had to avoid crashing into him, or him crashing into me, but yeah.
Engineer: And I know current thoughts are just play for plan a target lap plan a target lap
Engineer: Good job. No DRS for Max.
Engineer: Opportunity turn 89.
Engineer: Okay, we're looking into possible floor damage from lap one incident from behind.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, it feels like I'm about four turns too much.
Engineer: Roger that.
Yuki TSUNODA: I need to push forward a bit more, otherwise I can't get it to the RS.
Carlos SAINZ: You have it. No power. Exit on the corners. No power.
Engineer: Copy. We do see. No action at the moment. Keep you posted.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, but it's costing me a lot. I know. Smells like fuel.
Engineer: We're happy with your time management gap to max 2.6
Engineer: And Les Kerb turn three and four please. Thank you. Les Kerb turn three and four.
Engineer: Do you do what you need to stay in DRS?
ZHOU Guanyu: Sorry man, I was on the left of him.
Yuki TSUNODA: Hi Scott, this is your high speed.
Engineer: And you're doing a good job, gap to max 3.5
Engineer: We are happy with tyres, you can reduce management, sector 1, if you need front end, we can open this straight one step.
Pierre GASLY: I don't
Engineer: know
Pierre GASLY: what's going to pass me.
Engineer: Copy that, Niko. Safety car window is open.
Engineer: Consider special 1 for corners 13 to 15 and entry plus 1. The race is still long.
Engineer: HPP on. HPP on.
Engineer: While we're in this traffic just do everything you can for the tyres and keep them in good shape for later
Engineer: And when you can tire phase update, Lando struggling a bit behind, 2.6.
Carlos SAINZ: ZR, you're going to be the front for this, for the next flight.
Engineer: Feedback on plan A please.
Oscar PIASTRI: Plan B please.
Engineer: And we're happy to push turn 17 a little bit more, maybe a tenth, maybe two, shallower lift.
Engineer: Ok Max, you're free to hold 6th gear to turn 19 please, gear 6 to turn 19
Oscar PIASTRI: I don't think that I will work.
Engineer: Max heads up, found a bit of an issue with the car this stint, hopefully we'll sort it out at the stop, so just hang on in there the best you can this stint.
Valtteri BOTTAS: I can't do anything in Detroit.
Engineer: So you have the back right available for understeer.
Liam LAWSON: Frag let's do an 8 mark
Engineer: And careful with micro locks into turn eight driving well tires look good
Engineer: Lance, we are happy with your time management for now, so just keep doing what you're doing.
Engineer: If you can some mild lift and coast into turn 1 and 12, a deg is as expected.
Engineer: Don't chase him into four, just close out steadily through the S's, we don't need to cancel the clip
Engineer: So George we got a five second penalty for forcing Valtteri off the track What?
Lando NORRIS: I think I was ahead of the Apex. Let me know if you think otherwise.
Engineer: We think you were ahead of Apex.
Engineer: Everyone was much slower this lap through the S's, losing half a second.
Engineer: Total joke, George, with the penalty. Total joke.
Engineer: So Oscar, cars back to P14 are ahead of your pit window, so we need to keep extending. Keep plan A on the table. What you're doing looks good. Keep doing that.
Esteban OCON: I suddenly lost all front end on that 16-17 check.
Engineer: Understood, Magnussen has boxed for info.
Engineer: So our opinion is, you were ahead of Apex, both cars went off track. Yeah, he also went off, so it was clear.
Nico HULKENBERG: If we're not on the threat, there's no point boxing now, because we're just going to lose out.
Engineer: and I know so we've had our third strike track limits which I know you'll know so no more track limits no more
Esteban OCON: Want to wait for a safety car or something?
Engineer: Now we're suggesting the open modifier for balance
Engineer: No, it's still planning
Esteban OCON: There was only one instance understood
Engineer: okay if it carries on and we can consider using it to help
Engineer: and that's my boy another win let's go
Oscar PIASTRI: Ah, it's still feeling quite good, it'll be great if we can clear the bed.
Oscar PIASTRI: This is the wind change. Sector 1 feels quite different now.
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Engineer: So Lando, from our side, we appear to have lower deg than the two cars ahead. So we might just look to try and extend past them. From your side, how are the tyres? How's the pace?
Engineer: Well, I may you drove hard for that you drove hard for that we weren't as competitive as we should have been in the second Stint, but you deserve that podium today. Ah My
Max VERSTAPPEN: god, that was a hard race Yeah, I tried everything with the defending at least I was fun Just a bit weird that you can overtake outside the track
Engineer: Well, you can't
Engineer: Anyway, it's going really good Nico your pace is same as Perez. You're in a great situation
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, our exit of 10-11 is what
Engineer: it is, mate.
Engineer: So keep extending plan a target plus eight the way you're driving is good though keep this
Engineer: Great drive today mate. P6 in the end, some really good racing out there Yeah, thanks everyone for fixing the car after yesterday. Apologies for that, dinner's on me tonight Honey dinner, calm down. Yeah, very well driven, that was really a good race Thanks, I mean you're driving. I still think there's good potential in this car. Let's keep on working Did Verstappen get a penalty for that turn one? No, he didn't get a penalty and at the end Lando got a penalty for being fast off and overtaking on the outside Yeah, I guess it's a bit biased decision-making, but you know, not surprised
Engineer: We're happy to keep pushing.
Pierre GASLY: I just got no grip on that f***ing bomb.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Left hand side tires are really bad now.
Engineer: Copy that Max, thank you.
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, it's okay. I'm just doesn't feel very good, but you're
Engineer: gonna cut down more than planned
Engineer: Okay mate, you're doing a good job. Happy to keep pushing. We're still on plan A. Grip metrics are picking up.
Sergio PEREZ: Good fight there. Yeah, but no pace at all. Yeah, it cannot be all right.
Engineer: You're starting to like these p4 starts. Yeah,
Charles LECLERC: I think We've got to target that now It works pretty well.
Engineer: Thank you. You drove really nicely
Engineer: The current thought is to keep going, just minimise the impact if Leclerc overtakes.
Engineer: Those
Nico HULKENBERG: are not good. Is this Psi or which thread?
Nico HULKENBERG: Which strategy are we on?
Engineer: We can do C, we can do C, it's looking good, so we'll box now Nico, box now.
Engineer: That's a P2, good job, good team effort.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, good job guys, congrats. Big one for the team. Congrats.
Engineer: It was an awesome drive out there.
Carlos SAINZ: Thank you, good weekend, good job.
Engineer: More phase one brake release for turn one turn one more phase one brake release. I don't know what that means
Engineer: And Piastri has been told over the radio to not fight hard with you.
Engineer: Okay Lando, so for us this is likely the Germany situation but we don't want to pull the trigger too soon if we don't have to. Every lap is tyre delta.
Engineer: The
Alexander ALBON: car's coming back to me. It's just f***ing round.
Engineer: So it's 26 to go, so straight into the management as you are doing, lift and coast and high speed management.
Engineer: It's
Oscar PIASTRI: still okay. It's nothing.
Engineer: suggest yellow g3 yellow g3 we've had our second strike track limits turn 12 gap to Mishtappen 6.3
Engineer: So in terms of the race picture, so it's just about keeping this tyre good at the end. There's a mixture of cars trying to do two or one stop, so the two stoppers will come towards us at the end of the race. The one stoppers will come back to us, so just make sure you've got tyres at the end of the race.
Engineer: Okay, Lando, your tyre advantage on Verstappen is 6 laps and on Sainz is 10 laps. Sainz had to push his quite hard to try and undercut.
Engineer: Purpose point 7, just do what you do, do what you do, don't worry about it.
George RUSSELL: I'm happy to keep extending, depends what race we're in.
Engineer: Pre-response zone, remember just clean laps, stay in the racing line
Engineer: We are happy to go click reel and brake balance, this tyre doesn't need so much forward.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Now these tires are so good, I can't brake, I can't attack anything.
Sergio PEREZ: I'm losing a lot of grip.
Pierre GASLY: What's going on with the grill?
Engineer: Low speed, it's like I have a massive entry. Okay mate, so let's think about entry, you could go entry 4.
Engineer: As a suggestion, probably you can push more turn 5, it's not a saving corner for the front right.
Yuki TSUNODA: How's this happen?
Yuki TSUNODA: Tell me, how did this happen?
Engineer: The overcut was more powerful than expected and we picked up a 5 seconds penalty for forcing Albon off the truck. We're still discussing.
Engineer: Our only question is around Bottas and Tsunoda. It's possible they could stop and they'd both come out behind us. Let's keep the pace up.
Engineer: George, these are great lap times, so just keep doing what you're doing.
Engineer: Box, Kev, box. You must box now. Box, box. Box, box.
Engineer: Yes, more headwind in S's.
Engineer: And I suggest the LOG1, the LOG1.
Sergio PEREZ: I'm looking at the end of braking.
Engineer: We have the fastest lap and bold race
Engineer: Copy we can reduce the lift and coast there's also the wake Carlos did a 37 8 keep it nice and clean
Engineer: Can you
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: just explain what you mean by good shape?
Engineer: Sorry Kev, that was earlier.
Engineer: Perez last lap 38.8. Just keep reeling him in at 8 tenths a lap.
Engineer: That's 11 laps to go you can see Bottas defending hard so you can have a bit of fun
Engineer: So clean laps, no mistake, careful of track limits.
Engineer: So Charles, please. Status 4, not higher. And we're going to get through these people. Thank you.
Engineer: Okay, so gap to Alonso still 8.1. We do have a five second penalty, so we don't want to let him eat into that.
Pierre GASLY: What for?
Engineer: Feels like you need to increase the pace a little.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Someone took me outside the truck.
Max VERSTAPPEN: He needs to get in
Engineer: the
Max VERSTAPPEN: back.
Engineer: I don't
Esteban OCON: really understand the aim, but yeah.
Engineer: I'll explain more later, we just want to do it.
Engineer: We are running max we know and we've also seen the moving under braking on one
Engineer: And SOC 14, please, Esteban, SOC 14.
Engineer: Those stewards are looking at it Max
Engineer: Also, Max, Lando has exceeded his track limits, expecting a penalty for that alone, so flat out.
Engineer: The staff that's been instructed to do quali laps. I think they're worried about a penalty because they pushed Lando off at 2.8
Engineer: I guess I got a five second penalty. Yeah, they gave you five seconds just at the end there for leaving a track gaining an advantage Not sure why Well, then I should have just gone back behind him shouldn't I?
Engineer: I'm sure you're confused about what happened at the end there. We will obviously go through it with you at the end when you get back.
Engineer: Just sorry for the way it panned out Kev, but anyway, onwards and upwards as usual.
Engineer: E8. Awesome drive.
Engineer: That's brilliant. P-8.
Nico HULKENBERG: Good waking up from yesterday. Good job team. Thank you very much
Engineer: You know, first thing, the tie was not too bad, I apologize for turn one. I went a little bit deep.
Engineer: Yeah, tough one there Valtteri, but the one-stop was the right choice. The top 10 all did a one-stop
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, I don't know how our prediction was so off with the
Engineer: With
Valtteri BOTTAS: the tires, let's have a look, but yeah Tried everything I could but just don't have to pace with the fight with the cars, especially the end of the stint
Engineer: Alex, you're showing good resilience out there. Unfortunately, when someone hit you into Turn 1, that damaged the car and it was race over for you. Thank you for fighting through. The good news is the car's got pace, so we'll get it right in quali and we've got a good chance of the remaining of the year.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, well we need to fix the car. I don't think it's all that great. I don't think we are understanding it much with the relocking, but well done Trevenko. I think we're quicker than the midfield, most of them.
Engineer: Understood on that relocking, we will get on top of it.
Engineer: Oscar Lando has been given a five second penalty. Can you back off by one second? Back off by one second.
Franco COLAPINTO: Yeah, thank you, Eitan. Thank you, everyone, guys. My job, starting from B15, was difficult to think, I don't know the points, but we never stopped, guys. We never stopped working. It was a tough quali, but look, we had a quick car. We kept going. We
Engineer: stayed strong together. Franco, just mega, mega race. Yes, come on. Well done. Ramos, that was perfect. Really, really well delivered. I can't wait to see what we can do across these next two. Car's quick. That's what you showed today in the race, so I can't wait to see what we can do across these next two. I understand a bit more with the team, but what we can do in quali. Come on, let's keep going.
Engineer: Oscar, thanks for that last lap. Thank you.
Oscar PIASTRI: No worries. Yeah, tricky race. Just a lack of pace, obviously. But thanks
Engineer: for the work.
Oscar PIASTRI: Some more fun ones to come in the next couple of weeks.
Engineer: So
Oscar PIASTRI: let's get back on top. Thanks, everybody.
Engineer: Yeah, should be, Oscar. Pace, the field spread out in the first 15 laps and then actually pace after that was decent.
Liam LAWSON: Good job. Thank you everybody
Engineer: The
Liam LAWSON: step we made yesterday was was really nice in the race as well easy to manage Just a really complete car. So thank you very much for the hard work and for preparing me for this. I appreciate it Copy,
Engineer: thank you. We keep moving forward from here and Yeah, we've got some potential good directions Also with those a few bits and pieces we bring to this race which helped us a lot
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Yuki TSUNODA: Sorry guys
Engineer: Okay, we have a lot to look at to understand what we could have done better Thank you for bearing with us. Oh, yeah, we tried our best
Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, the stocking at the behind the cars are really bad
Engineer: Understood We got to do that all over again next week. So we will regroup study and I get back better
Engineer: Alright, that was a tough one out there today mate, that hard tyre, just didn't switch on for us, so we need to understand that.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, we should have not covered Magnussen.
Engineer: Yep, so we'll do our usual homework, see what we would have done differently if we ran it again.
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