Esteban 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.
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.
“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.
Ferrari tried a last-lap ‘Hail Mary’ play for Sainz – but their rivals were ready
2023 Australian GP team radio transcript
Posted onAfter Carlos Sainz Jnr’s penalty, Ferrari had one last card to play in an effort to score points. But their rivals worked out what they were going to do.
How Red Bull handled Perez and Verstappen’s scrap for fastest lap in Jeddah
2023 Saudi Arabian GP team radio transcript
Posted onSergio Perez wants Red Bull to review their communications to him and Max Verstappen in Jeddah after losing the fastest lap point to his team mate. Here’s what they said.
“They will kill the tyres”: How Alonso took Aston Martin to the podium in Bahrain
2023 Bahrain GP team radio transcript
Posted onFernando Alonso claimed a podium finish on his debut for Aston Martin in Bahrain. Here’s the story of his race as revealed by his team radio messages.
‘I can’t box?’: Hamilton and Verstappen’s 2021 Abu Dhabi GP radio transcript
Team radio transcript
Posted onThe last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix made it infamous. But the other 57 laps were packed with tension as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fought for the title
“Don’t fight Max”: How Red Bull’s team radio row in Brazil unfolded
2022 Brazilian GP team radio transcript
Posted onTranscript of Red Bull’s team radio messages shows how they told Sergio Perez “we’ll swap back” the cars in Brazil – but Max Verstappen refused.
“Where is the rain?”: How Ferrari’s “split” strategy cost Leclerc in qualifying
2022 Brazilian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari admitted they chose to split their drivers’ strategies in Q3 as rain neared the circuit. Charles Leclerc’s radio messages showed how the decision backfired.
‘I was in the fight, which hasn’t been often this year’: Ricciardo’s Mexican GP transcript
2022 Mexican GP team radio transcript
Posted onThe Mexican Grand Prix was a rare bright spot in an otherwise forgettable 2022 campaign for Daniel Ricciardo. Here’s how it unfolded on his radio.
“He’s gone off again”: Hamilton and Verstappen’s US GP battle on the radio
2022 United States GP team radio transcript
Posted onLewis Hamilton repeatedly tried to trigger a track limits penalty for Max Verstappen after losing the lead to him in the final laps of the United States Grand Prix.