README.md

---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - automatic-speech-recognition
  - audio-classification
language:
  - en
tags:
  - f1
  - formula-1
  - formula-one
  - team-radio
  - motorsport
  - racing
  - speech
  - audio
pretty_name: F1 Team Radio Transcriptions
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
---

# F1 Team Radio Dataset

A comprehensive dataset of Formula 1 team radio communications with transcriptions.

## Dataset Description

This dataset contains team radio audio clips from Formula 1 races along with their text transcriptions. Team radio communications are the real-time messages exchanged between F1 drivers and their pit wall engineers during race weekends.

## Dataset Statistics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total audio clips | 14,681 |
| Grand Prix events | 149 |
| Unique drivers | 43 |
| Date range | 2018-03-25 to 2025-12-07 |

### Top Drivers by Message Count

| Driver ID | Messages |
|-----------|----------|
| LEWHAM01 | 1,685 |
| MAXVER01 | 1,494 |
| LANNOR01 | 1,137 |
| CARSAI01 | 898 |
| CHALEC01 | 754 |
| GEORUS01 | 717 |
| VALBOT01 | 686 |
| DANRIC01 | 673 |
| SERPER01 | 613 |
| PIEGAS01 | 557 |

## Data Fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `id` | `string` | Unique identifier for each radio message |
| `driver_id` | `string` | Driver code (e.g., `MAXVER01` for Max Verstappen) |
| `racing_number` | `string` | Driver's car number |
| `grand_prix` | `string` | Full Grand Prix name (e.g., "2024 Monaco Grand Prix") |
| `race_id` | `string` | Race identifier (e.g., `2024_Monaco_Grand_Prix`) |
| `session_date` | `string` | Date of the session (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `message_timestamp` | `string` | UTC timestamp of the message |
| `audio` | `Audio` | Audio clip (MP3, resampled to 16kHz) |
| `transcription` | `string` | Text transcription of the radio message |

## Driver ID Format

Driver IDs follow the official F1 format: **first 3 letters of surname + first 3 letters of first name + identifier number**.

Examples:
- `MAXVER01` → Max Verstappen
- `LEWHAM01` → Lewis Hamilton  
- `CHALEC01` → Charles Leclerc
- `LANNOR01` → Lando Norris

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
ds = load_dataset("MikCil/f1-team-radio", split="train")

# View a sample
print(ds[0])

# Filter by driver
verstappen = ds.filter(lambda x: x["driver_id"] == "MAXVER01")

# Filter by race
monaco_2024 = ds.filter(lambda x: "Monaco" in x["grand_prix"])
```

### Playing Audio

```python
from IPython.display import Audio as IPythonAudio

sample = ds[0]
IPythonAudio(
    sample["audio"]["array"], 
    rate=sample["audio"]["sampling_rate"]
)
```

### Fine-tuning ASR Models

This dataset can be used to fine-tune speech recognition models on F1-specific vocabulary (driver names, technical terms, etc.)

```python
from transformers import WhisperForConditionalGeneration, WhisperProcessor
```

## Transcription Method

Audio files were transcribed using [Cohere Transcribe 03-2026](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026), an efficient open-source automatic speech recognition model.

## License

This dataset is released under the [CC BY 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{f1_team_radio,
  author = {Michele Ciletti},
  title = {F1 Team Radio Dataset},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/MikCil/f1-team-radio}}
}
```

## Acknowledgments

- Formula 1 for the original broadcasts
- Cohere Labs for transcription