Austrian Grand Prix 2026: Qualifying team radio
12 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix 2026, across 8 drivers. 11 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. George RUSSELL had the most, with 4.
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 · 4 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · Aston Martin · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 1 message
- Pierre GASLY · Alpine · 1 message
- Oliver BEARMAN · Haas · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Haas · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 1 message
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
George RUSSELL: Just a bit similar to the FB3 runs, four-wheel sliding.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, that's
Engineer: a
Fernando ALONSO: good lap, and yeah, not what we want, but not too far, not too far, we're getting closer.
Oscar PIASTRI: The center line of my right front tire looks like it's got some weird lines in it.
Engineer: North, just drive.
Engineer: All that good luck to me with you we are not
Oliver BEARMAN: That was what she had really guys. That was a really pretty good love Sure, sorry, you
Engineer: know, it looked good. Well, it will be tomorrow. Thanks Ollie
Esteban OCON: Yeah, I was happy with that a lot to be honest. Nothing left. Probably is.
Engineer: Can I go for a second map negative?
Lewis HAMILTON: Oh, he's supposed to have a supposed to have a bank it feel why
Kimi ANTONELLI: That was the love man, that was the love oh my god, that was the love
George RUSSELL: Lifted entry to that corner, lost a lot of time, but I lifted, big lift on the entry to that corner, I lost a good tenth and a bit.
George RUSSELL: Nice job. Stay calmo, stay calmo. Just
Engineer: drive.
George RUSSELL: Just drive. And enjoy. Just drive, the boss says. Nice work, well done. That was a really good lap. Oh, beautiful. Beautiful. It was hooked up like a beauty!
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