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United States Grand Prix2026 · Qualifying team radio

17
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12
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16:05 to 17:08
on the radio

17 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the United States Grand Prix 2026, across 12 drivers. Alexander ALBON had the most, with 2.

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.

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  1. Alexander ALBONWilliams16:05:39

    Engineerhit no passes, oversteer, that's, that picture is okay, do you rather leave the flat car than have to hop the turf with the readiness?

    Alexander ALBONyes

  2. Isack HADJARRed Bull16:08:08

    Isack HADJARYeah, I don't like the car, turn 1, it sounds great, turn 11, I don't have a lot of grip in these corners

    EngineerUnderstood

  3. Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls16:10:59

    Liam LAWSONWhat the f*** is this Williams doing? I know. That was so bad.

  4. George RUSSELLMercedes16:14:43

    George RUSSELLMy seats get very, very hot on my back.

    EngineerOkay, copy that. We'll take a look.

  5. Valtteri BOTTASCadillac16:19:23

    EngineerAll right, so the car in front of you may have an issue. If it's an obvious issue, let's drive around them. Yeah, he had fire in his back. Yes, we noted a fire as well.

  6. Alexander ALBONWilliams16:19:47

    Alexander ALBONFor what it showed. Why did we go so early? Even though it's frost, I don't know what's going on.

  7. Lance STROLLAston Martin16:21:43

    Lance STROLLYeah, with that car, it's not possible to have no rear of the whole station, it's crazy.

    EngineerYeah, too snappy. Yeah, yeah, totally too snappy, yeah.

  8. Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi16:24:03

    Gabriel BORTOLETONo, that was not a good lap. I f***ed up the left sector fully. That was an insane lap up to there. How

    Engineerwas the lap?

    Gabriel BORTOLETOIt was perfect. Absolutely perfect. Let's have it in the city's TA. That was f***ing insane.

  9. Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi16:41:57

    Gabriel BORTOLETOAnd I hope he went through with this tollway gate. It was a big one, even the clerk helped.

    EngineerNo, he's dealing with it right now. Anyway, thank you very much for trying to help me with that.

  10. Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls16:42:53

    Arvid LINDBLADAre we through? We

    Engineerare through.

    Arvid LINDBLADAha, come on, well done boys. Thank you. You are P9, they are P10. Awesome, well done boys, congratulations. That was

    Engineera

    Arvid LINDBLADteam effort, so well done to all of you.

    EngineerYeah, we're all beaming here. Well done.

  11. Oliver BEARMANHaas16:43:38

    EngineerOK, Oli, pretty bad news, track limit's 11, so if they don't need a journalist, it's not fine. Yeah, sorry, it's just 16 at the moment.

  12. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull16:52:39

    Max VERSTAPPENVERSTAPPEN, VERSTAPPEN,

    EngineerVERSTAPPEN, VSC, overcut,

    Max VERSTAPPENsafety

    Engineercar.

  13. Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls16:54:46

    Arvid LINDBLADThank you again, everyone, for the work. I started a little bit on the back foot, but we got there in the end, so thank you, and all eyes on tomorrow now.

    EngineerVery much. Thank you very much.

  14. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes17:02:24

    EngineerNice work, Kimi. Wasn't expecting that. That first lap was good enough. Ah, yes, man! Woo! Ah, feels good to be back. Feels good. Yeah, you were pushing it, but yeah, that first lap was good enough.

  15. Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes17:04:51

    EngineerWell done. A little bit unexpected, but yeah, happy

    Kimi ANTONELLIwith that. Yeah, mate. Feels good. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. It was a good way after a few difficult weekends. Are you fair?

  16. Lewis HAMILTONFerrari17:05:07

    Lewis HAMILTONAnd we are P5. These guys must be toning up for that last Q3,

    Engineerbecause where

    Lewis HAMILTONdid that time go?

  17. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull17:08:56

    Max VERSTAPPENCar is totally unrivaled, I don't know what I'm going to say, totally unrivaled, it's completely f***ed, sector 3 has lost a lot of life, it's crazy

    EngineerIt was very tough for everyone Max, you're still P2, everybody has been suffering quite a lot, but we are in the fight for tomorrow, we still need to understand exactly what was going on today