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Team radio transcript

Austrian Grand Prix 2026: Practice 1 team radio

13 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Austrian Grand Prix 2026, across 8 drivers. Max VERSTAPPEN 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls

    Arvid LINDBLAD: Just check the guard pull away. I don't know why I felt like I had a lot of bites and then I got hunted twice.

  2. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Oh, God. I couldn't lose the clutch I got at the start.

  3. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Yeah, this is from another deputy person, about way to my place last week.

    Engineer: Okay, I'll post it.

  4. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Engineer: Are you happy with the chart at all? I think we get less of a chart. Really?

  5. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: The brake pedal goes very low, and very inconsistent. Oh,

    Engineer: okay.

  6. Sergio PEREZCadillac

    Sergio PEREZ: One of the cooling on the right-hand side is coming off part of the body work

    Engineer: Coming coming box box box box

  7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I have not been able to feel it, basically, it's just tired, a little hard to hold it.

  8. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

    Lewis HAMILTON: That's

    Engineer: a

    Lewis HAMILTON: good trip at the moment, Paul.

  9. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Oscar PIASTRI: I'm struggling quite a lot with these brakes, you know, like every time I hit the pedal it's

    Engineer: a

    Oscar PIASTRI: lot of ease to how much trouble I have.

    Engineer: I'll be understood.

  10. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: I

    Max VERSTAPPEN: don't know what's happening on the road there.

  11. Sergio PEREZCadillac

    Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, I lost ignition. It's everything by God

  12. Sergio PEREZCadillac

    Sergio PEREZ: Again, I lost everything. It's my god again.

  13. Dino BEGANOVICFerrari

    Dino BEGANOVIC: Thanks for another opportunity. It means a lot. Good job.

    Engineer: Thank you.

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