Japanese Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio
32 radio messages were recorded during race at the Japanese Grand Prix 2025, across 12 drivers. 31 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN 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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 9 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 8 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 3 messages
- Liam LAWSON · Racing Bulls · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Gabriel BORTOLETO · Kick Sauber · 1 message
- Isack HADJAR · Racing Bulls · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Haas · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 1 message
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Isack HADJAR: So I unlocked a new problem. The seat is moving. I'm okay, but the seat is not attached.
Liam LAWSON: My drink stream is just f***ing water all over my face, so we need to change something.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Liam LAWSON: I can also hear something behind my head. Sounds like a tear-off, but I didn't take a tear-off off.
Engineer: Copy. We'll have a look.
Max VERSTAPPEN: My options are getting really bad.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Oh, that should be a bit better.
Engineer: I'll listen.
Engineer: And Lando, there is possible rain. Lap 20, class 1, one lap. Doesn't change our plan.
Alexander ALBON: These shifts are so bad. What have we done to them? It's been **** at the start, it's been **** now.
Engineer: Okay, can you be a bit more specific as to where it is? I'll try and help.
Alexander ALBON: Yeah, the same. The same I've been talking about all the time.
Engineer: Okay.
Engineer: Nano tyre update. No sign of draining on any compound. This is a rear thermal limiting race.
Engineer: Lando, our main time loss to Verstappen is the hairpin, but you and Oscar are similar.
Engineer: And I'd like to box to overtake Verstappen. Box to overtake Verstappen.
Engineer: And we'll keep on extending, no gaps yet at the back.
Engineer: This pace is really strong. Keep it up.
Engineer: You want me to push them up? Yeah, we can push them up.
Engineer: Okay, we're on it.
Max VERSTAPPEN: He drove himself into the grass.
Engineer: Yeah, we know the game, Max. As you are.
Lando NORRIS: Saw me alongside. I was easily alongside.
Engineer: We're on it.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Also, he pressed the pit limiter off too early. There's no way that was legal
Alexander ALBON: Honestly, you guys make absolutely no sense. Okay. Like, ridiculous. Right, Berman has pitted. Yeah, but, pit before then! Trust me, it was worse before.
Engineer: Okay Lando they said no further action on the pit exit just means we'll have to overtake him on track Doing a good job with the tires better job than he is
Engineer: Please swap out of turn 14 22 laps to go probably
Esteban OCON: next time anything fast
Engineer: Okay, so we're going to swap places with Jack into turn one this time, please. So we'll swap places with Jack into turn one.
Engineer: Max, just to confirm if the message wasn't clear already, we are happy for you to push from here.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'd really like some info where I'm slowing
Engineer: Turn 8, 9 And 13, 14 Okay, but how much? Yeah, I'll tell you Yeah, 1, 10, 8 and 9
Engineer: We suggest engine braking plus one.
Charles LECLERC: Yes, we've already done it. I don't do it. For no reason.
Engineer: Just tracking potentially incorrect adjusts at the stop, well not incorrect adjusts, but an issue with the flap
Oscar PIASTRI: H-lander is still sailing, I think it should go soon. I think they have the pace to get maxed.
Engineer: This is Lando's Pace.
Oscar PIASTRI: Okay, I can set a scramble point to get back.
Engineer: Max a bit of comms between the McLaren drivers trying to urge each other along to keep your head down pace is good You'll find time to the end now
Engineer: And you're the fastest man on track.
Kimi ANTONELLI: I'm giving everything mate.
Engineer: Good lad.
Engineer: That's perfection. Just perfection, Max. Fantastic.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Wow. Thank you, guys. Wow. Oh, mate, what an unbelievable weekend. What a great turnaround after the difficult start. You see, we never give up. We keep pushing together. Well done, everyone.
Engineer: Max, that was one of your finest weekends. That was a truly inspirational performance. So, as you say, never, ever give up. All the play for. Well done, mate.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Exactly that. We keep pushing. Yeah, unbelievable. What a great, great weekend for us.
Engineer: Shaking
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