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Team radio transcript

Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio

82 radio messages were recorded during race at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025, across 15 drivers. 52 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lando NORRIS had the most, with 17.

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. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, Lando, recharge on and call the car, please.

  2. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Charles LECLERC: I'm fishing like an animal.

  3. Isack HADJARRacing Bulls

    Isack HADJAR: Let's make sure to be aggressive, guys, okay?

    Engineer: Copy that, we are monitoring a group of six slow cars, so we have to be careful not to fit into them.

  4. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Stair in. Stair in, same again.

    Engineer: Copy.

  5. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

    Engineer: Four.

  6. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Lando, we're currently thinking plan B plus 5. It's plan B plus 5.

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, confirmed.

  7. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: A chair will not have the RS. A chair will not have the RS.

  8. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Picking it up at least 0.2

  9. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: To Berman is 16.5. He's leading a group of five.

  10. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Engineer: What

    Lewis HAMILTON: position am I?

  11. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: I'm sorry, I'm

    Engineer: sorry. I'm sorry,

    Fernando ALONSO: I'm sorry.

  12. Isack HADJARRacing Bulls

    Isack HADJAR: You see, by the blessing, you see, by the blessing, you see, by the blessing.

  13. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  14. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  15. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  16. Carlos SAINZWilliams

    Carlos SAINZ: B.I.B.S.C. or Depends on his face, maybe this map or not.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  18. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  19. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  20. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  21. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  22. Isack HADJARRacing Bulls

    Isack HADJAR: Is

    Engineer: he behind

    Isack HADJAR: flash 3?

    Engineer: We are managed behind flash 3, 6 behinds.

  23. Oliver BEARMANHaas

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  24. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  25. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  26. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Safety car windows are open, please confirm. Confirmed.

  27. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  28. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Lewis HAMILTON: I don't feel great.

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: don't get tired. This rear is not that great. This rear is not that great.

    Engineer: Understood.

  29. Oliver BEARMANHaas

    Oliver BEARMAN: I will see it there

  30. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: The D switch is more powerful than the A right now.

  31. Oliver BEARMANHaas

    Oliver BEARMAN: It's not it's pretty it's correct. It's not it's pretty on

    Engineer: Dex with your minder

  32. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

    Engineer: Okay on sliding.

  33. Nico HULKENBERGKick Sauber

    Nico HULKENBERG: there kind of a good thing with that stuff there yeah

    Engineer: i copy that that's unfortunate

  34. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: I will lose position soon.

  35. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Engineer: That's good. That's pretty dangerous speed there.

  36. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, so the carcass temperatures have now stabilized.

  37. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Yes.

  38. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Yes, sir.

  39. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: 3SC Max dash positive.

  40. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: If it's not done in time, I guess we're going to take it. If it's not done in time, I guess we're going to take it. And that's virtual safety car deployed, virtual safety car deployed. I mean, greening's picking up a little bit now. I think pace is good, but yeah, there's

    Engineer: a

    Lando NORRIS: bit of greening from left and right.

    Engineer: Double yellow flags from turn 13 to turn 14.

  41. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Engineer: Oskar, are you happy with front wing? Uh, yes.

  42. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Engineer: I would fight for the background.

  43. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  44. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  45. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Affirm point three minus

    George RUSSELL: point two point three

  46. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  47. Pierre GASLYAlpine

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  48. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  49. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  50. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Peace.

  51. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  52. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  53. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  54. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: It's now cleared.

  55. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  56. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: VSC, VSC ending, VSC ending, just watch your dash.

  57. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: By the time we come past, we stay out.

    Lando NORRIS: Right, it's going to be good. Yep.

  58. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Engineer: Push and hold and we'll box this lap

  59. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  60. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Out.

    Lando NORRIS: Copy that.

  61. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  62. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  63. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  64. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  65. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  66. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Engineer: I

    Lewis HAMILTON: think that's what it is.

  67. Yuki TSUNODARed Bull

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  68. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin

    Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, Fox.

  69. Gabriel BORTOLETOKick Sauber

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  70. Charles LECLERCFerrari

    Engineer: 1.9 behind

  71. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Lewis HAMILTON: It's

    Engineer: been

    Lewis HAMILTON: a time elapsed since it's been.

  72. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: Run for a big branch now.

  73. Nico HULKENBERGKick Sauber

    Nico HULKENBERG: Because the video doesn't look very bad.

  74. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Okay, this is our chance. Let's try and pick up the pace. Yeah, no,

    Engineer: I

    Lando NORRIS: have clean air. It's just miles better, so...

  75. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

    Engineer: Okay, Kimi, so we have a five-second penalty for jump start.

    Kimi ANTONELLI: We

    Engineer: don't understand, but we're investigating.

  76. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Lando NORRIS: Alright, you've got to tell me two things, am I doing my race or am I trying to go forwards?

    Engineer: So Lando, we think this is plan B for everyone. We want to go forwards, but the way to beat Russell will be at the end. We want better tyres than him at the end.

  77. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Well, I can't say that I'm an oriflame quake.

    Engineer: I do like having to defend from them. I don't know if they can keep it. I

    George RUSSELL: wish they could.

  78. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: Do you want me to de-arrest or try to overtake? Overtake him, overtake him. We're gonna go get Max.

  79. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Poor Infomax. Lando has been told to come and get you, but he is saving turns 17, 5, 11.

  80. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: the fronts look more robust on this tyre and reminder overtake

    Lando NORRIS: yeah let's just do whatever we got to do please tell me whatever i gotta do

    Engineer: okay in which case just do more

  81. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Well done, really good execution, you managed that really, really well, so I'm very happy. Well done guys, well done everyone.

  82. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Yeah, George, congratulations to the podium. Really, really good. I agree with you. Probably those two laps with Verstappen, that's what did the damage. But a podium is a podium.

    George RUSSELL: Exactly. Didn't change the result. Then we had to try.

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