Chinese Grand Prix 2025: Qualifying team radio
11 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix 2025, across 10 drivers. 9 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 2.
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
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Liam LAWSON · Racing Bulls · 1 message
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 1 message
- Isack HADJAR · Racing Bulls · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And George, just so it is clear, we do need this next lap.
George RUSSELL: Too stressful, guys. Just stay chill. I was confident with the plan I set before. It just puts too much pressure on us all.
Liam LAWSON: Wait, Gesley just, I don't know why, I honestly don't know why he needs to do that.
Engineer: Yeah, copy.
Kimi ANTONELLI: The magic is stuck. Uh,
Engineer: okay.
Fernando ALONSO: Crazy outlaps.
Engineer: Ok, he just snuck in. Where is he going?
Alexander ALBON: Come on!
Isack HADJAR: I clearly felt the change. Could have pushed more.
Nico HULKENBERG: Very annoying what he did just left the car with into the braking of 14 that's pretty nasty
Oscar PIASTRI: Think that was the hairpin of my life. Yeah, that was some good stuff there.
Engineer: So that is P1. P1. Well done, mate. Pole position. Great job.
Oscar PIASTRI: Very nicely done. Thank you. I just had a little scream in my helmet, so I'll not burst your eardrums, but thanks everyone. It was a bit of a journey to get there, but well done. Very, very good.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
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