Mexico City Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio
28 radio messages were recorded during race at the Mexico City Grand Prix 2025, across 11 drivers. 25 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 7.
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 · 7 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Isack HADJAR · Racing Bulls · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Williams · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 2 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Haas · 1 message
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 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: Yeah, I need to change helmets. Too much air coming into visor.
Engineer: Okay, we'll do that on the grid, no problem.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, the drink just keeps leaking, I have to put the tube on, the tube is crazy.
Engineer: Okay, understood, we'll sort right now on the green. I
Max VERSTAPPEN: have to be careful with talking because it just leaks everywhere.
Carlos SAINZ: Of that contact.
George RUSSELL: The saffron just cut the corner, brake late and went across the grass, so at least the penalty will get the position back.
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's like, please, like, crazy!
Lewis HAMILTON: What are they doing about people who took lunch turn one?
Engineer: Nothing yet. Let's focus on our race.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: We have 10 second penalty for the XC34 with Verstappen. We don't agree, but let's keep the height down. The grip is so so small there and the grip there is so low. We know this.
Engineer: What do you want me to do? What are we doing? Staying out max. So are we on a one stop or two stop at the moment? Right, okay. I can hear everything.
Carlos SAINZ: The car is jumping in the pit lane. I don't know why. Once it's jumping in the pit lane, like something's broken. Like the vibrations on the pit lane, on the pit lane.
George RUSSELL: I've got more pace here.
Engineer: Okay, well you're free to overtake.
Engineer: OK, George, so let's manage these front brakes for a lap or two.
George RUSSELL: We've got a Ferrari and a Haas ahead. We can fight for the podium here.
Engineer: I know. I do need brakes at the end of the race, though.
George RUSSELL: I've got a f***ing McLaren up my a**,
Engineer: do
George RUSSELL: you want me to let him pass?
Engineer: No thank you.
George RUSSELL: Ah, just checking.
George RUSSELL: I'm happy to give the position back to Kim if I can't overtake them, but we're just compromising both our races here.
Engineer: I
George RUSSELL: want much more pace here guys.
Engineer: So rear surface temperatures are sky-high. Good, let's get these under control.
George RUSSELL: Marcus, I've got a car in my . Okay? A car much quicker than ours. I'm trying to hold position. I've got much more pace than Kimi here, and we can fight for a podium. I'm happy to give the position back if I don't achieve it, but my tyres are just getting sacked here.
Engineer: Understood. But we do need to get these tyres to the end of the race.
George RUSSELL: Oh, great.
Lando NORRIS: Lando, to help the other side, how much do you prefer the soft over the medium? A little bit or a lot? I mean it doesn't feel too bad now, but I still think the soft honestly.
Engineer: Thank you.
Engineer: When you were 13 laps into the hard, it was comparable across cars, and so less on the flapper just as we did. Just ask the other car, what is their balance right now? I don't understand what's going on.
Engineer: Oscar, we think there should be box to overtake, box to overtake Antonelli unless he will pass on the start finish next time.
Charles LECLERC: This is my place, my boy.
Engineer: Fine. This is... We're staying out to the end.
Engineer: Instruction, I'll switch the cars at turn one.
Alexander ALBON: That'd be the worst strategy ever.
Engineer: There's your man ahead of you gap at 21.9. Let's go. That's why we come racing
Kimi ANTONELLI: We should invert position now.
Engineer: Yeah, we are talking about it. We'll just close in.
Engineer: This is an insane stint, Max. Just finish it off.
Engineer: P1 mate, P1. Absolutely fantastic the whole weekend. Yeah,
Lando NORRIS: beautiful weekend. Well done everyone. Incredible result. Wonderful car. Thanks for the hard work. Keep it up. We need to keep it up. Thank you guys.
Engineer: Charged that to none, cool down the car, well done. Yeah, good job, it
Charles LECLERC: was quite a tough one.
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