Australian Grand Prix 2018: Practice 3 team radio
31 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Australian Grand Prix 2018, across 11 drivers. Brendon HARTLEY had the most, with 7.
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, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 7 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 6 messages
- Lance STROLL · Williams · 4 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 3 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · Renault · 1 message
- Marcus ERICSSON · Sauber · 1 message
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Piton 3 is slippery. Piton 3 is slippery.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, the track is not too bad understood
Engineer: take care of the tire box this lap box box pits confirm
Engineer: on a reminder if the track is drying out on it's too hot for extreme let's come back in we don't want to damage it already
Brendon HARTLEY: now there's not really any standing water
Engineer: If we want to save the tire, I think it makes sense. I get a feel on the outlet, but I can compare after. But, yeah, I think it's going to destroy the tires.
Engineer: If you think that is too dry for extreme, we can do an outlap and box. Let me know.
Engineer: Box, Brendan, box, box. Copy, box.
Engineer: OK, and straight out, please. Track is clear. Track is clear. Next, guys, stop at about 15 seconds behind and pedal one, please. Pedal one.
Fernando ALONSO: we need to do a couple of laps because the track is quite wet now. Good info.
Engineer: Yep okay sounds good.
Engineer: For your info, Brendan, Alonso reported turn 9 and 10 is slippery. Turn 9 and 10, probably the worst place.
Engineer: be mindful on the exit of turn 9 on the white lines, a lot of cars have problems there copy turn 9
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Okay, my pin port is missing again, so...
Fernando ALONSO: As you wish, obviously it's a good transition now, maybe we learn something, but if you have any tests to do, I'm happy to stop as well.
Engineer: Fernando, we'd like to stay out and we'll learn about the conditions, so one more lap please, recharge button is correct at the moment.
Engineer: and that is P1, P1, purple in every sector, nice work, we are box this lap.
Fernando ALONSO: OK, box now, box.
Lewis HAMILTON: as far as that off the pace and
Engineer: so currently p9 i've got alonso in 34-3
Kimi RAIKKONEN: It's the yellow flag somewhere because I got yellow lights on the wheel.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Hamilton behind, Hamilton behind. But come on, guys. Everything is like 10 seconds delayed while you guys telling me. I was moving when you was about there. I was stopped when you said about the second gear. I was moving when you said about we have to start with the first gear. I was in the corner. I don't know where to go when you said about. I don't know.
Brendon HARTLEY: Okay, the tyres are really sad to go now.
Engineer: Copy that. Happy to box, Brendan?
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, copy.
Engineer: So the only loss to VAL3 was traction exit 9-10.
Engineer: How far from dry? How far from dry, Pierre?
Pierre GASLY: Quite far. I mean, there are still quite a lot of damp patches, so...
Engineer: Do you want to do one more lap?
Pierre GASLY: Let's try.
Engineer: How is the track condition? Do you think it's dry yet or not yet? No, not yet. It's getting there. It's drying quite quickly. We have 18 minutes to the end of the session, so everybody, most of the people are in the box now, so we wait and see them. I think it's a difficult condition.
Engineer: We're happy to stay out, so it'll be go deploy before the last corner, and we're planning fast, slow, fast.
Engineer: OK, track is still quite quiet, so we'll go a full slow lap, full slow lap.
Engineer: We are box this lap, correct? Yes, confirmed. Box this lap, box this lap.
Engineer: Okay Fernando, we will be boxing now for a live pit stop practice, it'll be pit stop then engine off, engine off, we will try the switching to the dry tyre switch, so I'll give you that call late on. Okay. Fernando, stay out please, stay out please. We're staying out to buy us some time.
Fernando ALONSO: Okay,
Engineer: stay out. And you can turn the launch map off if you want.
Engineer: OK, Fernando, we'll be box this lap. Box this lap, please confirm.
Fernando ALONSO: OK, box.
Engineer: OK, Fernando, box now, box now. We need the dry tyres, so that's entry five, entry five. So, entry five, it'll be launch map on, launch map on, but we will just do the pit stop, then kill the engine, kill the engine.
Engineer: OK copy that, we'll just assume to take a slow lap now, take a slow lap and search for any wet patches to try and cool the rear because we're high on rear temps and I'll advise There's
Lance STROLL: no wet patches, the track is becoming quite dry
Lance STROLL: Are there any parts of the circuit that would stop you running slicks? I mean, there's puddles and stuff. Whereabouts? A little bit everywhere, like on the exit of corners. But I think it could be slick. I'd go slick, to be honest.
Engineer: Okay, then, so just for info, it doesn't change what we're doing, but Vettel ahead of you is on ultras on an hour lap. We're happy with what we're doing.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay.
Engineer: Push until turn 12 and then cool down the car for box.
Fernando ALONSO: What marks, what piece of practice?
Engineer: Yeah, Fernando, I'll explain in a moment, mate.
Engineer: Ok Brandon, sorry we didn't get the timelapse, but it was really important to get the info for the car on the practice starts.
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, that was a shame, would have been nice to do one, but anyway.
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