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Team radio transcript

United States Grand Prix 2024: Sprint team radio

79 radio messages were recorded during sprint at the United States Grand Prix 2024, across 20 drivers. 75 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Carlos SAINZ 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. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Let's

    Carlos SAINZ: go, I've got them going. Let's go.

  2. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Verstappen potentially damaging his rears a bit more than we are.

  3. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: McLaren Car 2

  4. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  5. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Awesome move, let's go!

  6. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Oh, yeah, definitely he forced me off. If I didn't go off, definitely I had a contact, for sure. 100%.

  7. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: 16 and wind change confirmed will be charged button off at 12 to try the mode in 16.

  8. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Start goes out the same, but keep it nice and clean.

  9. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, it's a little bit hard to Yeah, judge what balance we are right now, but so far there's no issue

  10. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Okay, so you can just look into turn one a lot of jacking

  11. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Great job Max. Nice last lap, well controlled. Focused on tomorrow.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, good effort guys. That was much better. Good race.

    Engineer: Well done Max. Very controlled race. Well done mate.

  12. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Valtteri BOTTAS: There's fire in the brakes. The brakes are not working.

    Engineer: Okay Valtteri, let's stop the car. Stop the car.

  13. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Franco COLAPINTO: There's a few cars around us, we can race ahead of you,

    Engineer: the Haas as well, a few cars behind are going to try to push through, Perez, and probably from further back, Piastri, I want you to know their progress and where they are.

  14. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: The halo fan isn't holding in the right position anymore now we've took the shroud off

  15. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Okay, everyone is on used medium except for Sonoda, Piastri, Ocon, Joe.

  16. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: Yep, let's do it

  17. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: 90 seconds fire up

  18. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: No full load from now please, launch feedback that was on target

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Something's clicking when I brake, front right wheel.

    Engineer: OK, stand by.

  20. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: I assume. Right, hop.

  21. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: And if you can do some weaving where you can happy for some weaving

  22. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And for info you were at 1% aggressive, 1% aggressive

  23. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: okay we are happy with SOC there'll be no issues

  24. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Super job, Kev.

  25. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: I have a massive problem with the realloc, can you check?

    Engineer: Copy

  26. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Brake balance plus one.

  27. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Early energy is available exit 11 if you need.

  28. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: SP 14, Gasly ahead, Lawson behind.

  29. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: A very good introduction on tyres, we are happy with that.

  30. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Suggest resetting balance adjuster curve.

  31. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  32. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  33. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: We've got to try and come back on the others if possible. Copy.

  34. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Franco COLAPINTO: Boris is in another tracking meeting, he left now, he went there before

  35. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Am I losing distance?

  36. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Engineer: Let's go sock six, sock six, and pedal position four.

  37. Liam LAWSONRB

    Engineer: On Liam, if you have margin with the traffic, we can push one step more in sector 1 high speed. Tyres are stabilized, we have margin in high speed.

  38. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: We're under investigation. We need to let Tsunoda through. We gained advantage at turn 11 apparently.

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: No way, man. He pushed me out. Tell them to have a good look at it again. Tell

    Engineer: them to look again, man. We have to let him through. ****,

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: man. How are we? Yeah, understood.

  39. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Very good, less tyre management required from now, 6, 8 and 17.

  40. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Sergio PEREZ: The arm is only with one front lock and the radius moves at the end, at the end of braking.

  41. Sergio PEREZRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, let's try b-ball four, b-ball four and minus two on the bias offset.

  42. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Turn left here, it's pretty rubbish.

  43. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Man, the Alfa Tauri

    Engineer: is

    Fernando ALONSO: such an idiot.

  44. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: got a little granny

  45. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Copy, yeah still could do some work bringing surfaces down

  46. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Our biggest area is to save traction turn 12 and 15.

  47. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, this is very good. Ten laps to go.

  48. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: And purple for sector, awesome out there, good taste, and Lando is struggling with his front left, front left, weak for Lando.

  49. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Well, that's just toast.

  50. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Start managing front left under rotations a bit more.

  51. Valtteri BOTTASKick Sauber

    Engineer: And Joe is breaking earlier in turn 13 and gaining in mid-corner with more break-release.

  52. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Feedback on balance if we can, if we can try and help you with some switches.

    Alexander ALBON: Fine, fine, fine, fine.

  53. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  54. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Yeah, Lando, when ready, if there was a safety car, we'd give up four positions. Yeah,

    Lando NORRIS: I did notice not many laps left, so a soft would be nice.

  55. ZHOU GuanyuKick Sauber

    Engineer: Minus two on break balance.

  56. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Four left to go, they are losing 2 free 10s, 8 and 9 to Lando, going for...

  57. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: just make sure you look after the car when racing

  58. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Gap to stroll ahead 0.6, Esteban 0.7, so it's turn 9, we need to be careful, we've had two limits there.

  59. Nico HULKENBERGHaas

    Engineer: Okay, Nico, it'll be two to go at the line. We'll bring it home in this order. Good job

  60. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: We can go Strat Mode 5

    Lewis HAMILTON: Man, talk to me in the braking zone, man, jeez!

  61. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Sorry mate, we need to increase lift and coast for engine temps. Please increase lift and coast.

  62. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: Use all the energy.

  63. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Sorry about those overtakes with the Ferraris but they were in another league, no grip from the tyre

  64. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: Fooling and the breaking.

  65. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Well done mate, that was good driving, good pace at the end last few laps you were matching the leaders fastest lap of the whole race was Verstappen 37.4 so you were within one tenth of that

    Oscar PIASTRI: Race is pretty hard in the back here so Let's go again this afternoon

  66. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Yeah, that was awesome mate. It was, that was a good one. Yeah, some excitement there, good job.

  67. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Okay, tough race out there mate. That's P14 for us.

  68. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Pierre GASLY: I need to have a look at these brakes because I struggled a lot this race.

  69. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Engineer: Yeah, we'll take a good look mate

  70. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: Check it, Fat Kev. Awesome job. P7, Nico P8. Three points for the team. Couldn't ask for more. Absolutely brilliant. Well done, mate.

  71. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Yeah, good work boys and girls, very well done.

    Engineer: Charge on please Kev, charge on.

  72. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: Yeah, that was awesome mate

  73. Carlos SAINZFerrari

    Engineer: It was, that was a good one. Yeah, some excitement there, good job.

  74. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: We will complain for Norris.

  75. Lance STROLLAston Martin

    Engineer: Okay mate, good job. So that's the flag there. Let's get a nice steady in-lap round. So big lift, nice steady in-lap.

  76. Esteban OCONAlpine

    Engineer: Okay mate, sorry about that, difficult with the temp management there.

  77. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Engineer: Okay, it was a good first lap. We enjoyed that. It's difficult to keep them behind, but we tried. We'll review everything after.

  78. Yuki TSUNODARB

    Yuki TSUNODA: The place is unbelievable.

    Engineer: Yeah. They are very fast on the straight.

  79. Franco COLAPINTOWilliams

    Engineer: Thank you. It's a good baseline for going into tomorrow. Lots to learn from, but it's encouraging for this afternoon.

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