Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Practice 1 team radio
16 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025, across 9 drivers. 15 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Oscar PIASTRI had the most, with 3.
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 · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Williams · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Alexander ALBON · Williams · 2 messages
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 1 message
- Oliver BEARMAN · Haas · 1 message
- Jack DOOHAN · Alpine · 1 message
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Kimi ANTONELLI: We've got massive vibration on the brake.
Engineer: Okay, stand by, we'll have a look.
Oscar PIASTRI: The drinks is leaking better than last week, but I think it's leaking in my helmet.
Engineer: Copy.
Oliver BEARMAN: I don't know what happened there.
Jack DOOHAN: I didn't know what Aston was doing in
Engineer: the last corner until I looked up, sorry. Yeah, copy mate, I think he was just a bit in the way there for you.
Oscar PIASTRI: I've touched the wall a little bit on the right hand side, very small, but just checking.
Carlos SAINZ: I'm actually very happy with the current high speed feels a lot more alive
Max VERSTAPPEN: So my first sector, like the one where I just can't turn the car.
Engineer: Okay, I'll set that.
Engineer: F***
Carlos SAINZ: the Ferrari, oh, it's so dangerous, he cannot let me buy there, please someone tell the Ferrari not to let buy people there, it's so dangerous.
Max VERSTAPPEN: At the very least, and nicely, especially.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I'm charging the pack now.
Engineer: We don't need to charge the pack again. We do not need to charge the pack, please. Keep the pace for tyres, go race. We are happy where we are. Let me do whatever I want to get on, please. I know what I'm doing.
Alexander ALBON: I have no balance. If I carry more speed through 9 and 10, I'm gonna crash.
Engineer: Look at entry, exit compromised, turn 13 max, back out the entry.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I can't, it's just, I have no balance basically.
George RUSSELL: Something feels weird under the brake in. I'll put my fender on it. I'll put it back off. Something's not fitting right.
Charles LECLERC: There's the rolling filter for
Engineer: I
Oscar PIASTRI: think it's the seat that's very hot, the worst it's been, but like on my shoulders and high up as well.
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