Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio
21 radio messages were recorded during race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025, across 10 drivers. 18 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Isack HADJAR had the most, with 4.
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
- Isack HADJAR · Racing Bulls · 4 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Williams · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Gabriel BORTOLETO · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 1 message
- Liam LAWSON · Racing Bulls · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Isack HADJAR: There's something wrong now Really weird sound on When I'm off the throttle
Engineer: Copy checking
Isack HADJAR: Yeah, still no power.
Engineer: Okay, bring it to the grid slowly, please.
Isack HADJAR: Feels like the engine is really not liking it.
Oscar PIASTRI: Oscar, are you okay?
Engineer: Yeah.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: and they were being given a five second time penalty for jumping the start five second time penalty yeah
Fernando ALONSO: popping yeah they
Engineer: react to the asterisk
Engineer: Keep on top of management, you know our plan for the day.
George RUSSELL: I think I've got a tire of iron to get past Lawson.
Engineer: Copy that, George.
Engineer: This is a brilliant place, mate. Keep your pit away.
Carlos SAINZ: I wouldn't let Russell get with it, not a cop.
Engineer: FVM, we want to join FVM.
Isack HADJAR: We should pit before he ever takes me.
Engineer: We are looking after you, don't worry. Status 1, clean lap, no mistake. We are looking after you.
George RUSSELL: Mr. I feel good. I think just keep extended.
Engineer: Yeah, I was just gonna say the same thing
Engineer: And if you could get closer to Nona, we could think about the undercut.
Engineer: Russell, on pressure rubber with car pace, it would be difficult. Copy, give it to me please.
Engineer: These guys are fast, man. Trying to catch up. Yeah, Rosen, 2 seconds and a half ahead. Can do it.
Engineer: Another great drive, Max. Fabulous work, mate. Congrats.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yes! What an unbelievable race, guys. I'm
Engineer: on
Max VERSTAPPEN: fire. I'm going compound. Really well executed. Really, really well done the whole weekend. Another incredible weekend for us, so well done to everyone on board.
Engineer: Super job. Super drive today, George. Yeah, good job.
George RUSSELL: Yeah, not bad considering I felt like **** all weekend. Good job.
Carlos SAINZ: VAMOS! VAMOS! Best volume in my career, guys. You cannot imagine how this tastes. Thank you so much. I just wanted to say, this is my first smooth operation in Williams. And not the last. And not the last.
Engineer: Nice job, P5. These 10 laps, man,
Liam LAWSON: masterclass, masterclass. Very good, very, very good. Very proud of you, man. I'm sorry I couldn't keep up with the quick guys in France, but honestly, that was everything, man. I want a weekend.
Engineer: No, I fuck wrong. The whole weekend, every session, every lap. This was a long time coming. Very happy for you, man. Good
Liam LAWSON: job. Copy, mate. We need more, though, man. We need more. Did Carlos get the podium?
Engineer: He did.
Liam LAWSON: Copy. Well, they did a good job.
Engineer: Yeah, eh, fair.
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