A selection of the best unheard team radio messages in Jeddah from Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and other drivers.
Team radio transcripts articles archive
RaceFans transcribes the team radio messages which are played on the official broadcasts during each race. Find all transcripts and highlights published so far below.
“My tyres are dying”: Stroll’s short-lived struggle until he hit the wall
Formula 1
Posted onAfter a solid start to his season in Bahrain, Lance Stroll endured a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix which was as tough as it was brief.
“He’s so fast”: How Hamilton saw his fruitless pursuit of Norris
Formula 1
Posted on“That’s impressive through the high-speed” said Lewis Hamilton when he saw how Lando Norris’ McLaren tackled Jeddah’s fastest corners.
“You need to go more slowly”: The radio calls behind Haas’s controversial point
Formula 1
Posted onHaas infuriated their rivals by ordering one driver to delay other cars so his team mate could score a point. Their radio chatter reveals how.
“We’re fighting with one arm behind our back”: Hamilton and Russell’s race radio
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton and George Russell’s team radio messages reveal how badly Mercedes were compromised by overheating during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
“I don’t know what the car’s going to do every time I brake”: Leclerc’s race radio
Formula 1
Posted onCharles Leclerc grappled with braking problems throughout the Bahrain Grand Prix, warning his team the car felt “dangerous” at times. Here’s what he had to say.
‘I’m not happy about it’: Leclerc’s radio concerns over Ferrari’s qualifying strategy
Formula 1
Posted onCharles Leclerc’s radio messages show how he disagreed with Ferrari’s tactics during qualifying, which he said compromised his chances of taking pole position.
“You didn’t listen to me”: Gasly’s frustration with Alpine wasn’t about team orders
Formula 1
Posted onEsteban Ocon appeared to defy an order by Alpine to stay behind his team mate, but that wasn’t what frustrated Pierre Gasly as he finished out of the points.
“Follow Fernando’s line” – How Red Bull tried everything to get Perez past Alonso
Team radio transcript
Posted onAs Sergio Perez tried in vain to claim the final podium place from Fernando Alonso, his team tried to help him find ways to attack the Aston Martin.
Radio transcript: Who won and who lost from a “super-weird” Q3 in Brazil
Formula 1
Posted onThe team radio messages from a strange Q3 in Brazil reveal McLaren mistakenly believed rain would not arrive until much later in the session.
Transcript: How Ricciardo’s race went awry soon after he was told to “bring it home”
Formula 1
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo scored AlphaTauri’s best finish of the season in Mexico last weekend. Here’s how his afternoon played out over team radio.
Analysis: Sargeant’s Qatar radio reveals his painful struggle to end point-less run
Formula 1
Posted onLogan Sargeant’s radio messages from the Qatar Grand Prix show how hard the unwell driver tried in vain to continue. It meant his wait for his first point goes on.
Why McLaren tell their drivers to “challenge us” over team orders on radio
Formula 1
Posted onLando Norris questioned McLaren’s orders on the radio during the Qatar Grand Prix but team principal Andrea Stella said they encourage their drivers to do this.
Transcript: What Alonso really meant by being “thrown to the lions” at Suzuka
Formula 1
Posted onFernando Alonso expressed frustration that one of his radio messages during the Japanese Grand Prix was broadcast on Formula 1’s television feed “out of context.”
Why Ocon rejected Gasly’s furious complaints about Alpine’s “joke” team orders
Formula 1
Posted onA furious Pierre Gasly told Alpine their last-lap order to let his team mate past was a “complete joke”, but Esteban Ocon insisted it was normal.
Norris accuses Perez of costing him “10 seconds” during VSC period
Formula 1
Posted onLando Norris’ race engineer suggested Sergio Perez was driving slowly “on purpose” to help his team mate Max Verstappen during a VSC period.
“Shocking”: How Verstappen suffered another dire Singapore qualifying session
Formula 1
Posted onMax Verstappen left Red Bull in no doubt how unhappy he was with his car as he qualified 11th, calling the session an “absolutely shocking experience.”
“Don’t f*** it up”: How Verstappen persuaded Red Bull to allow fastest lap bid
2023 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen’s radio messages show how he convinced his “nervous” Red Bull team to let him score the fastest lap bonus at the end of the race.
“They’re like an old married couple”: How Lambiase guided Verstappen to 40th win
2023 Spanish GP team radio transcript
Posted onMax Verstappen and race engineer Giampiero Lambiase quarrel like married partners, Christian Horner joked after their latest win. Here’s what they said during the race.
“Got away with that one!”: F1 drivers’ unheard reactions to restart chaos
2023 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onF1 drivers complained rivals were given places back after making mistakes in the final standing restart at the Australian Grand Prix. Here’s what they had to say.