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Austrian Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio
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22 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix 2018, across 11 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON 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.
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The rest of the weekend
- Practice 132 messages
- Practice 321 messages
- Race54 messages
The session, message by message
Lewis HAMILTONto look at the left side of my seat on the shoulder side.
EngineerOkay, copy.
EngineerAnd it's just the middle sector to Betel. Just half a tenth. Let me
Lewis HAMILTONknow what you think that is. It's either 10-4 or 10-6.
Engineerin cool in cool box this lap box box checker we know about the energy we know about the energy
EngineerSo you can take one more if you want. You have a P1 at the moment. One take to the boundary, P2.
EngineerWhen I come in, have
Lewis HAMILTONa look at the right side. One a bit wide.
EngineerOK, copy. So time loss is still starting the lap, so speed down the start-finish straight and a little bit into turn one. I'll let you decide if you want to go for another lap.
Lewis HAMILTONIs that Speedy coming out of the last corner?
EngineerSome of it may be a tow, it's late. And it is starting the lap, yes.
EngineerMagnuson three seconds behind flying lap just remember that that group will all be on a slow lap when you're trying to do a push lap that are ahead of you
EngineerAnd Fernando, your switch inputs were good. Yes, but you need to tell me traffic.
Fernando ALONSOTraffic. This is the only thing you need to tell me. OK.
EngineerOkay, P15, P15.
Lance STROLLYes!
Lewis HAMILTONso right vibration on the front tires okay
Engineercopy
Max VERSTAPPENI think if I come in, then we have to check just on the left side, the wing. I didn't hit the sausage, but it fell delivered hard.
EngineerUnderstood, Max. Box and confirm. Yeah.
Daniel RICCIARDOOkay, so first time lot, just didn't have enough front grip, particularly braking. Understood.
EngineerHow's the high speed? Could you take four more? I think you could take four more.
Daniel RICCIARDOYes.
Engineerand dark temperature is slowly dropping.
EngineerMore gentle braking, more gentle braking.
Carlos SAINZI have to take a curb to avoid him, I need a crush.
EngineerOkay, understood, we'll report it.
Max VERSTAPPENWhy is Daniel slopping?
EngineerI don't know. Carry on.
Engineerokay they need to get on with it because it's going to be pretty tight in this session
EngineerSo currently P2, Valtry P1, half a second to Valtry. Mainly a middle sector and a tenth in the final sector.
EngineerOkay, very good lap. So Ricciardo and Verstappen are out of the pits there on their outlap. And then Raikkonen.
EngineerCome out, you need to pick it up, otherwise we're not going to get another lap. Let's go.
Daniel RICCIARDOThere's no point in me running.
EngineerGet on with it. Punching a hole. Get on with it.
Daniel RICCIARDOLet's at least go one for one.
EngineerWe'll get on the next one.
Max VERSTAPPENGP, what's going on?
EngineerOvertake him, mate. Just overtake him.
Max VERSTAPPENNo. Last weekend I was in front, now he's in front. Come on, then.
EngineerMax, overtake him, mate.
Max VERSTAPPENNo. It's discipline.
EngineerSo, that's P1 at the moment Valtteri, P1 at the moment. Good job, good job. Yes!
Valtteri BOTTASI missed it. I
Engineermissed this one. Good man. So that's it, good job. So coming around to the grid, really good job there.
Engineerand just need a little bit more speed just to get that delta a bit more negative okay louis so that's p2 mate very very close just a couple of hundredths in it to valkyrie p1