Barcelona Grand Prix 2026: Race team radio
40 radio messages were recorded during race at the Barcelona Grand Prix 2026, across 10 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 10.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 9 messages
- George RUSSELL · Mercedes · 7 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 5 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Franco COLAPINTO · Alpine · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Audi · 1 message
- Arvid LINDBLAD · Racing Bulls · 1 message
- Isack HADJAR · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Lewis HAMILTON: Eval, what do you think of it? What do you think
Engineer: of it?
Lewis HAMILTON: Maybe looking for ears?
Kimi ANTONELLI: Brakes feel quite bad already, quite long. Feels like air is in the system.
Engineer: Copy, we'll have a look at it.
Engineer: Lando, how's the pace, how's the tires?
Lando NORRIS: Just, yeah, sliding everywhere.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it's not like a lot to the bias the league on the street. It's not impressive
Engineer: Is that Lewis in?
George RUSSELL: He's probably going for a three.
Engineer: If I was managing in that first stint, you could have given me the heads up, but you've exposed me to Kimmy now. I don't think it's going to be long for everyone. If I needed to update you on the plan, that would be really, really quick. Still on plan here, Jordan. Nothing to worry about here.
Engineer: And Fox Charles Fox, we have the gap to cover Piasco We don't care about Piasco, let's look for the head before the face Ok, let me know on flat, we stay out this lap then, stay out this lap
Engineer: Okay, Frank, this is an instruction. We need to switch cars into turn one. Please switch into turn one. Switch cars? Paper. Two into turn four, please. Turn four, switch the cars.
Franco COLAPINTO: It's one out of seconds, Rod. What are you blushing?
Kimi ANTONELLI: Happy with fortune.
Engineer: Affirm, Kimmy. Good lap times.
Engineer: I'm on
Nico HULKENBERG: the break here. Dangerous.
Engineer: To update, Lewis will be on a 3. We are still racing at Norris so we need to keep these lap times going.
Engineer: It's going to give me black or white flag for track limits, so no more of those please, otherwise it's a five second penalty.
Engineer: Do
Lewis HAMILTON: you know what time they need to do?
Engineer: 20.9. Charlie's in forward. You are a different strategy.
Engineer: Give you a reminder the track limits, let's not take any risks
Engineer: Am I catching now? You are catching really well. Keep pushing, keep pushing.
Engineer: Thank you, it won't be long for George. We are at risk for Norris behind in 3.9 seconds.
Engineer: So let's not slow each other down racing, we need to keep that gap to Morris, nice and healthy, now at 4.3.
Engineer: It won't be long, Kimmy. Got to cover Norse.
Engineer: And we are planning other seven laps on this set. This is our race. Give everything these seven laps. It's the critical moment. We have our chance.
Engineer: and we are forecast to be battling with Lewis end of race on that three stop
Lewis HAMILTON: And your iPhone
Lewis HAMILTON: Great job guys
Engineer: 24 laps remaining, that's the race up ahead of you, got 1.3 behind
Engineer: And Land of Our Race is having better pace over the whole stint than the cars ahead.
Lando NORRIS: I just said pace, so I either go with them or I drop back and it's gone. So I can't devise I'm afraid.
Engineer: Zalando at the end of the race I want to be with him, give me a head he's got three strikes already
Engineer: 15 laps to go you were doing a good job, so you can go on
Engineer: Gap at 0.9, 1.3 behind I
Kimi ANTONELLI: have 0.1 more, please, front
Engineer: Copy that, Gibby
Engineer: I want to pick up the pace here, George.
Engineer: and it's quite clear that Anceli has been off track more than three times we've reported it to the FIA we expect he should get at least a five second penalty
Engineer: And bmig3 suggestion.
Lewis HAMILTON: I don't
Engineer: know
Lewis HAMILTON: where I am. I have set the repeat to 1.
Engineer: So Kimi, you've got five laps remaining, so just warning for track limits everywhere, turn five, exit, turn ten, exit.
Charles LECLERC: Ah, look the posture. I'm losing the posture
Lewis HAMILTON: Well done, Luis. Well done. Finally, you both, you deserve the first ERA that we will always remember. Thank you. Congratulations with G. Thank you. Ciao, ragazzi. Grazie a tutti. I'm Marinello. Thank you so much. You helped me achieve this dream. And I just, I can't thank you enough. Thank you for everyone pushing so hard back at home. I'm so proud of you. And to my family, I love you. And to the fans, thank you for continuing to remind me who I am. Couldn't have done this without you. Grazie. Grazie a tutti, Luis.
Lewis HAMILTON: Let's go! For the Ferrari! For the Ferrari! Guys, thank you for those great pit stops as well. Sorry I have
Engineer: to
Lewis HAMILTON: talk and I'm so proud of you. Thank you.
Lando NORRIS: Ah, nice point 3. Point 3, bottom 8. Yeah, well done, Grace. See us back on the third guys. Please just keep it going.
Engineer: We
Lando NORRIS: need to catch them up! We need to catch them up!
Engineer: Okay, set. 8-2.
George RUSSELL: Tough race. Sorry if
Engineer: you
George RUSSELL: can't hear me.
Engineer: Yeah, I agree. Tough race for the team, mate.
Engineer: But your face was Yeah,
Arvid LINDBLAD: yeah, let's thank you for the work, let's let's review when we get back next week We lost the time Regardless, thank you for the efforts
Engineer: Yeah,
Arvid LINDBLAD: I think I think was a very great day
Engineer: Well done, Max. Yeah,
Max VERSTAPPEN: I think so.
Engineer: Yeah,
Max VERSTAPPEN: it's one race, the other one's ahead. But, yeah, it's all right.
Engineer: Well done, Max. That was the maximum. I like the way you achieved today. Well done with the pace and the high amount of momentum all through the race.
Franco COLAPINTO: Hold up, lower points. Hold up, don't
Engineer: get
Franco COLAPINTO: moved.
Engineer: I'm going to apologise for that start to the tournament night.
Isack HADJAR: Yeah, I mean, the whole weekend has been terrible, so... Like, there's one task for us,
Engineer: and
Isack HADJAR: to break the ring is just the start, please.
Engineer: Because
Isack HADJAR: we're going backwards now.
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