Team radio
Australian Grand Prix2018 · Practice 2 team radio
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27 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Australian Grand Prix 2018, across 14 drivers. Fernando ALONSO had the most, with 3.
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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The session, message by message
EngineerAnd you're currently P3, the first is Verstappen in Red Bull, second the Ferrari, and behind you a Ferrari, P3 at the moment.
Lance STROLLWhat's the real entry
EngineerLance, you attack it too much, that corner.
Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, tell me straight away the gap, because I could not see him at all. You didn't? Yeah, he went up probably because of me, but I could not see him.
Fernando ALONSOMaybe because of Halo, the people forgot to look in the mirror.
EngineerThe
Lewis HAMILTONpower didn't feel good there.
Pierre GASLYBlack traffic and let's put this in the last sector.
Nico HULKENBERGYes, these drinks is pouring all over me.
Brendon HARTLEYEntry and exit on this there is still my limitation.
Sergio PEREZI feel some retardation from the brakes, and then I had a moment.
Engineerbox this layer, box box, pit confirm and check out we need first gear in the pit lane, first gear in the pit lane.
Pierre GASLYReally bad rear grip at the end of the lap.
EngineerFernando, do you want another lap?
Fernando ALONSONo, I'm boxed.
Engineertemperatures looking okay at the moment they will continue to drop slowly so you're in a good place
EngineerEsteban, we're thinking you're going to need a warm-up lap. We're thinking you'll need a warm-up. What's your thoughts?
Esteban OCONYeah, probably, yeah.
EngineerOkay, do you want to box and go on the high fuel? I think I know the limitations. Stoffel, I think it's still interesting to try one more lap at low fuel. Let's try one more lap at low fuel.
EngineerMax, the warm button is lapped at the moment. Use it where you need it.
EngineerAnd Valtteri, confirm on balance, we'll go down two turns for the soft tyre. Yeah, copy that. Copy.
EngineerFighting Sirotkin, he takes it. Fighting with Sirotkin. You have Hot Tires.
EngineerWe think Carlos should box in couple of laps, remember toe-goal usage.
Kimi RAIKKONENHow many laps left?
EngineerYou have other 13 laps.
EngineerCorrection on laps, Kimi. After this will be eight laps. Eight laps remaining.
EngineerHold the brake pressure and remember, practice start.
EngineerSo, just come round and take the chequered flag. Other cars are still on a timed lap.
EngineerOkay, so that is the checkered flag. You can keep pushing for now. We are boxing this lap.
EngineerThen you can go to mode and restart, watch the lights, just to check, to double check, on the right side.
EngineerAnd stopper, we're going to check the MGU-K start. So when you pull up behind, you can shut the engine off in P1. You then wait 20 seconds. And the sequence is clutch in and brake pressure followed by the overtake button.