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Dutch Grand Prix 2026: every team radio message

67 radio messages were recorded across 5 sessions at the Dutch Grand Prix 2026, involving 19 drivers. George RUSSELL (Mercedes) had the most across the weekend, with 10. The busiest single session was race, with 31.

These are transcripts of real team radio audio, produced by speech recognition and presented as an archive rather than as edited prose. Wording can be imperfect; each message is attributed to the driver or their engineer.

Sessions

Who was on the radio this weekend

Shorter sessions

These sessions had only a handful of messages, so they are shown here in full rather than on pages of their own.

Practice 1 · 8 messages

  1. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  2. Nico HULKENBERGAudi

    Engineer: It's

    Nico HULKENBERG: pretty dry already, like it's slicks.

  3. Sergio PEREZCadillac

    Sergio PEREZ: But I look to the ceiling, so I'll

    Engineer: be

    Sergio PEREZ: to the right-hand side.

  4. Valtteri BOTTASCadillac

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  5. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: The

    Max VERSTAPPEN: ground was almost in the wall because of that amputation. So, thankless.

    Engineer: Okay, that's it.

  6. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

    Kimi ANTONELLI: I don't know what the heck happened there. We'll have a look at that.

  7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm gonna call someone who will forever hold this stare out of their mind.

  8. Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls

    Liam LAWSON: I have no idea what they were doing, X for the 12.

Sprint · 6 messages

  1. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm putting all my hands on the wheel.

  2. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  3. Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  4. Alexander ALBONWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  5. George RUSSELLMercedes

    Engineer: Good job. Nice. Nice work today. Good work. What a mate. That would have been a very sketchy last lap if the rain came about earlier. Good job. Yeah, good job. Well done, George. Take the first box for the weekend. Yeah, thanks, sir.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I got to, I get to have this for the last two laps.

    Engineer: Could have been a bit more fun, maybe.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Or not!

Qualifying · 8 messages

  1. Carlos SAINZWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  2. Carlos SAINZWilliams

    Audio only, no transcript available.

  3. Carlos SAINZWilliams

    Engineer: He's 17.

    Carlos SAINZ: It was okay. My car was good, though.

  4. Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi

    Gabriel BORTOLETO: Sorry, man. What the f*** am I doing there?

    Engineer: No worries, it's okay. We have two hours to go.

  5. Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls

    Arvid LINDBLAD: We're lucky.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, we have George crying, waiting for the pitch release, but there's nothing I can say.

    Engineer: Nope, nothing much.

  7. George RUSSELLMercedes

    George RUSSELL: Is it still looking to hit?

    Engineer: Yeah, so we expect it to be within the last five minutes of the session.

  8. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: That was cold!

    Lando NORRIS: Let's try something else.

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