Belgian Grand Prix 2026: Race team radio
29 radio messages were recorded during race at the Belgian Grand Prix 2026, across 13 drivers. 26 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 9.
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 · 9 messages
- Kimi ANTONELLI · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Williams · 2 messages
- Oscar PIASTRI · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Audi · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Haas · 1 message
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
- Isack HADJAR · Red Bull · 1 message
- Gabriel BORTOLETO · Audi · 1 message
- Arvid LINDBLAD · Racing Bulls · 1 message
- Oliver BEARMAN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: So we expect a very small shower 5 minutes after the race start, but it should last about 4 minutes and very light rain.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Lewis HAMILTON: A car crossed over in front of me. I
Engineer: was right behind another car so I had no front end.
Engineer: I
Oscar PIASTRI: can't believe enough space. That could have been a massive crash. You
Engineer: saw?
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Nico HULKENBERG: Here's Scooby, got the project in love, he should be right on the track, Albon, coming across.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'm quicker than Charles. I've got more pace.
Engineer: Your tyres are looking good Kimmy, better than others so you can afford to use them.
Lewis HAMILTON: What lap are we on?
Engineer: We are on lap 18
Lewis HAMILTON: Why the hell? I told you what strategy I wanted to do Just to put me out with everyone else now
Engineer: We are on plan B
Engineer: And we are opening the gap to Piastri, and we need to serve a five-second penalty, that's why.
Lewis HAMILTON: Another one.
Engineer: Is he okay? He's okay, all okay.
Engineer: Did you put front wing in or not? We need a manager. Yeah. I can't turn the cars in.
Engineer: And Lando, I don't want any yo-yo racing with Oscar. I'll explain why later.
Charles LECLERC: These pros and secondaries are so bad, so rotten, so bad, so hard.
Engineer: remember track limits
Kimi ANTONELLI: two
Engineer: we have two already so we don't want any more
Engineer: Hamilton under investigation post-race for unsafe release. We'll stay within five seconds. Hamilton under investigation post-race.
Engineer: Nice work, Kimi. Well done there, mate. Let's go! Good effort, mate. Let's go. Thank you so much, guys. Yeah, well done, mate. Thank you. Yeah, it was a busy race, that one. But well done. Cool head.
Engineer: Peter, good race, Charles, well done Good one, Charles, good job I
Charles LECLERC: was close, but... only a bit lucky with the BSC because it's
Engineer: a
Charles LECLERC: this may be...
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, good job guys. It's
Engineer: the
Max VERSTAPPEN: last podium. We're unlucky with that VSC, but it's all good. Well
Engineer: done Max. The pace is getting better, you were very strong as you say. Unlucky for P2, but it's close enough to the top and we have more coming. So, thanks for bearing with us.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, exactly that. It's a tiny bit unlucky, but it's still a good podium.
Engineer: Yeah, well done Carlos, good recovery, good pace, it's the best we had in it after that fact change this morning. Yeah, thank you.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, it's up we can
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: Uh,
Engineer: I don't know if that's what they're supposed to be.
Engineer: Bravo, mate. Bravo. Give me bravo. Bravo.
Isack HADJAR: Good pace today as well, mate. Good pace. Yeah, nothing I can do more honestly. So all that. It's
Engineer: a
Isack HADJAR: bit frustrating because, yeah, I could be on this podium, so... Yeah, Carp is there, unfortunately with penalty.
Engineer: You
Isack HADJAR: did what you could today. Good man.
Engineer: Come on, that's P8, P8, more than, more than, charge up, more than, and we drive into P1, into turn 1, what a race you have driven, Gabi, what a race, unbelievable, second assist, yes, yes, yes, coming to the pit, drive it slowly, come on, what a race, amazing driving, mega job, mega job, mega quality, thank you very much. Again, fantastic job, really well deserved, you did a fantastic, to put out a fight, unbelievable fight out there, and great job for the team on the pit stop, double stack getting you and Nico in a good time for double points.
Gabriel BORTOLETO: Yes, thanks everyone, what a weekend, amazing, I thought my T.I.2 would take off again, thank
Engineer: you. And remember, full switch off when you're around the parking lot, and again. What a fight you put out there today, really well deserved P8, fantastic job mate, and the team and the guys in the pit stop did a fantastic job as well, fantastic, great job.
Arvid LINDBLAD: Yeah, thank you everyone. I really tried. Yeah, it's
Engineer: a
Arvid LINDBLAD: shame about the BSC, but regardless, a really good weekend again, so thank you for the work.
Oliver BEARMAN: Thanks everyone aside from those all over they have to read all the clock out today, so it's really posted
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