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Azerbaijan Grand Prix2026 · Qualifying team radio
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20 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026, across 13 drivers. 19 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON 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.
On the radio
The rest of the weekend
- Practice 110 messages
- Practice 214 messages
- Practice 322 messages
- Race31 messages
The session, message by message
Audio only, no transcript
EngineerYes, same wind direction as the morning, and we'll give any updates on the outlap. So basically we expect similar wind and 5 degrees cooler track temperature.
Lewis HAMILTONdon't get to get my tyres off to temperature
Engineercar is popping in like crazy on the front and I can't brake
EngineerSo, Kimi, I think we'd just better park up, mate, we're not going to be able to fix that. Are you sure? Any further, so stop at a safe place. Let me try, mate, let me try. We can't fix this, mate.
Lando NORRISnothing's broken, see?
EngineerI can't complete the last of the box.
EngineerWhy can't we fix it? That looks like we've done something to the track rod or upright, so yeah, that's a fairly big job. I'm sorry, guys. No sweat, Kimi.
Lando NORRISI don't know if anything is wrong or not, this is very odd what happened, it makes sense to my head, but I think it could just be the wind, I've not heard something like that before. Yeah, I'll talk to you once you plug it.
Valtteri BOTTASwhatever we've changed from FP3, it's like a different car, so just find a way to see what's been happening.
Lewis HAMILTONAre we doing a warm-up still?
EngineerAre we doing a warm-up? Yep. Our tyres are really, really particularly cold.
EngineerWe are set, so we have to do a good job. Vamos!
Engineerthat bit. So we're safe, P10.
Franco COLAPINTOWe are safe!
Alexander ALBON302, start sign!
Engineer302 30 lift
Alexander ALBONoff
Liam LAWSONHonestly, man, that was the best number sector I've done all week, yes. So
Engineerit's too tense to be tense.
Liam LAWSONA sickly car would have helped us. I swear I just never had a car there. And I tried to get close to Max, but his full laps were so fast that I basically fluttered. And I'm riding the rares, and I'm... yeah.
Lando NORRISso here I'm doing out, warm up, push, and then a very quick turnaround yep,
Engineerwell that's what we want people to believe yes,
Lando NORRISor am I? or
Engineerare you?
Lewis HAMILTONYeah, hit the wall, sir. Didn't feel great.
EngineerNice job, nice work mate, that's the whole position
George RUSSELLGreat job, that was a pretty decent lap That was a very good lap Very good lap, how much was it?
EngineerErm, just over 8 cents to the clerk Woah!
EngineerGood job,
Charles LECLERCI think that's all there was, that was
Engineera good lap, wasn't it? Good job. Yeah, well done.
Carlos SAINZGood job, guys. Proud of you for being competitive, for bringing the package, and for good communications through the qualifying. Very good job from everyone here.
EngineerWell done, Carlos. Really impressive driving today, and it's nice to see you all for everyone's hard work over the last few months. Ramos, let's go tomorrow. I'd also like the same as you. It's breathtaking. It's good.
EngineerGelsker P3, well done mate. Yeah, thanks, class, that was pretty good apart from us
Oscar PIASTRIbeing
Engineera good upset class, let's keep it up. Yeah, nice work, I'm sure you'll be upset to know that the clerk beat you by one minute second, but still P3 is a decent result and we can raise well for that.