Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio
25 radio messages were recorded during race at the Belgian Grand Prix 2025, across 9 drivers. Oscar PIASTRI 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
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 8 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 7 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
- Gabriel BORTOLETO · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Isack HADJAR · Racing Bulls · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Oscar, how are the conditions?
Oscar PIASTRI: It's a bit patchy, some places are completely dry, others are still a bit damp. Turn 6 was quite wet and I would struggle on slicks.
Engineer: This level of rain will stay for 35-40 minutes. Okay.
Engineer: Orlando, how are the conditions up the hill?
Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I mean, not ideal for the time being. I can't see a lot behind those safety cars, so I can't imagine what it's like for everyone else.
Engineer: Lando, question, is it visibility or standing water? Visibility. Standing water is not too bad.
Engineer: Expecting heavy rain in nine minutes.
Engineer: Okay Kimmy, so at the moment the information we have is it'll be a minimum of two laps behind the safety car, two laps behind the safety car, and then they'll call it.
Engineer: Oscar, how is the visibility?
Oscar PIASTRI: Quite a lot better than before through Eau Rouge. After Eau Rouge, it's still quite bad. Yeah, the straight's still pretty bad.
Engineer: I remind you, if you need, you can extend to 20 car lengths.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's drying up pretty quick.
Engineer: Copy that.
Lando NORRIS: The right side of the grid is still a lot wetter than the left. Yeah, it's not side to side equal.
Engineer: Yeah, that's clear on the video.
Oscar PIASTRI: It feels like it might not be too far off already, understood. Just a straight to turn 5 is wet.
Charles LECLERC: I don't
Engineer: know
Charles LECLERC: if it's the dart hole, but my god, my toes are gone.
Engineer: And what about a hard tie? We try to go to the end. What about a hard? Would you take it now? I need an answer quick.
Engineer: No hurry here, just keep on track.
Max VERSTAPPEN: The clapping on the main stage is shockingly ****. It's so bad. Understood.
Engineer: so that was an update both cars will try and get to the end we think the other car might have to do some pace management to make it work that's our opportunity
Gabriel BORTOLETO: Nico needs to overtake him, man. If not, let me go.
Engineer: Okay, we are managing that here.
Engineer: And Oscar, what you're doing looks good. It's your call, really, on whether we try and get to the end on this tyre, or we consider a pit stop for another one at the moment. I think try to get to the end.
Oscar PIASTRI: I can feel a little bit of drag already, so...
Engineer: I
Oscar PIASTRI: think it will be tough to get to the end.
Engineer: Uh, Deg looks as expected. We still think the best thing is to go to the end on this tide.
Oscar PIASTRI: Okay, I'm happy with that.
Engineer: So, Orlando, these tyres are getting tricky. You need to keep the focus. Don't push the braking as hard as we have been. You're naturally quicker.
Engineer: First up in 1.2
Charles LECLERC: Leave me alone, Steve. Like I have no information, and then when he's getting close, I have too much information. 50 constant, over.
Engineer: There is sales of rain developing around the track, currently clear, we're monitoring.
Engineer: Weather update. Could be a few drops in turn one in the last couple of laps. Not currently expecting it, but not impossible.
Oscar PIASTRI: Great afternoon really good. Let's go. Really good job mate. Really good. Nicely done Nicely done
Oscar PIASTRI: Well, that makes me feel a bit better about yesterday. I would say that was part of my plan, but Well, then everyone the car was mega once again Yeah, what a day. Thank you very much Very much. Appreciate it.
Engineer: Let's go
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