Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Race team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren19:08:22

   Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

2. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari19:30:05

   Engineer: I just lost quite a bit of power coming out of turn 22 Understood, taking a look

3. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari19:30:52

   Engineer: I believe you were in charge, that's the reason, I believe.

4. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren20:06:22

   Oscar PIASTRI: We need to get that back. That was a hit.

5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull20:09:53

   Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, he just forced me off. There was no intention of him to make that corner. Yeah,

   Engineer: understood Max.

6. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren20:10:37

   Oscar PIASTRI: He was never gonna make that corner regardless of whether I was there or not

7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull20:14:09

   Engineer: Uh, information. You have been given a five second time penalty for the incident at turn one. Head down. Oh, that is lovely. Yeah, no, yeah, no comment. Thank you.

8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull20:20:19

   Engineer: We have a track limit strike, turn two. That was for the incident at turn one, on lap one. I don't think we can count that, it was actually said in the briefing. Roger, understood.

9. Alexander ALBONWilliams20:22:59

   Engineer: Just think about your gap that car had with any overheating on the front.

   Alexander ALBON: Guys do you not see there's a car right behind me as well? Are we not thinking about that?

10. Lando NORRISMcLaren20:24:35

    Engineer: How's the pace? How's the tyres?

    Lando NORRIS: Yeah, I mean, tyres are hot, so yeah, clean air would be incredible.

11. Lando NORRISMcLaren20:28:42

    Engineer: Okay, mate, strat eight, strat eight, play the game.

12. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari20:31:09

    Lewis HAMILTON: They're just sliding around out here, mate. Bounce in front of us.

    Engineer: Yeah, understood. We believe he's overheating. Try to gain the back.

13. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull20:36:22

    Engineer: Still pulling away from the cars behind Max. There's still traffic that we've been put into. Just keep going. This is a fantastic job.

14. George RUSSELLMercedes20:41:53

    George RUSSELL: I'm set up on B, let's

    Engineer: see

    George RUSSELL: how we go.

15. Fernando ALONSOAston Martin20:46:22

    Fernando ALONSO: Wow, he moved under braking. That was close. Wow, so close. Check the car.

16. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren20:58:16

    Engineer: Lando's plan is to keep extending something like plan C, target plus four for him.

    Oscar PIASTRI: Yep, I think I'm starting to feel the dirty air a little bit, so it's not ideal for me at the moment.

17. Charles LECLERCFerrari21:05:45

    Engineer: Well done, Charles.

    Charles LECLERC: Thank you, Brian.

18. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren21:07:14

    Oscar PIASTRI: There's like a red flashing light on a balcony into St John. It's really annoying. Looks identical to a red flag.

    Engineer: Copy, we'll report.

19. Carlos SAINZWilliams21:08:10

    Carlos SAINZ: I think you're being paranoid of our journey and our medium is never going to pass us. If you want me, I'll do it, but we have plenty of pace to pull away now.

    Engineer: We'd like first to get Alex in our DRS, and once in the DRS we use our pace.

    Carlos SAINZ: Copy.

20. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren21:17:40

    Oscar PIASTRI: Oh man, I need to get out of

    Engineer: the

    Oscar PIASTRI: way.

21. George RUSSELLMercedes21:21:05

    George RUSSELL: This one left is not looking good at all, if you have any concerns about it getting to the end, I've got a band on the inside shoulder, it's opening.

22. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren21:26:19

    Oscar PIASTRI: Very well done. Lovely job, Oscar. Great work, mate. Really good. Yeah, well done, everyone.

    Engineer: It

    Oscar PIASTRI: was a little bit more difficult to start than I had hoped for, but yeah, very, very well done. Car was great. Dirty air, not so much, but I'm glad the dirty air is from lapping people. So well done, everybody. Massive three weeks, and let's keep it going.

    Engineer: We've

    Oscar PIASTRI: got a lot of fun to have this year. Yeah, great job.

23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull21:27:05

    Engineer: What can I say, mate? It's a well-expected race. Well done, guys.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I tried to give it everything I had. But, yeah, it is what it is. We move on. This weekend has been a lot,

    Engineer: a lot positive for us. So, well done. Yeah, well done, Max. That was a good pace throughout the race. You finished 2.8 seconds behind Piastri. Obviously, that first corner, we've all got our opinions on. And, you know, good points today. But, most importantly, very good pace. Yeah, exactly that.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Well done, everyone.