Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio
30 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018, across 15 drivers. 28 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Nico HULKENBERG had the most, with 4.
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
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 3 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 3 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 2 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Sauber · 1 message
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 1 message
- Carlos SAINZ · Renault · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Force India · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: So if you can test DRS, just a small touch, if everything is working.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay. Yeah, just had a bit of a power thing
Engineer: on the pit exit. Yeah, understood.
Engineer: And boxers lap. Box, box.
Charles LECLERC: Copy, box.
Engineer: Just information, maybe some debris downturn 2 showing slippery surface at the moment.
Engineer: So surface temps still not in the window, especially on the front.
Brendon HARTLEY: Be super low grip, Mike.
Engineer: Tyres are cold. We need to take some margin. Tyres are cold. We need a couple of bit laps.
Lewis HAMILTON: Grip is very poor out here.
Engineer: OK copy, surface temps are low, rears coming up on that lap just in the Old Town.
Engineer: And remember weaving, remember weaving to help Tayo.
Engineer: Okay, feel free to keep pushing Max. Just watch your crossover on the brakes, okay? Watch the crossover on the throttle pedal during braking.
Engineer: Small, small debris in corner four, small debris in corner four.
Stoffel VANDOORNE: The smell of the car here in
Engineer: the
Stoffel VANDOORNE: pit lane is horrendous.
Engineer: Ok, to take a breath for the rears if you need.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, the rear looks pretty poor. Rear lip, I'm surprised.
Engineer: Fronts on target, rears still minus low. Let's dock in please.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Okay, I have zero rear end, absolute zero rear end. I'll box this up.
Engineer: Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I stalled in first gear, what can I do?
Engineer: K start please Max, K start
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah but it's in first gear
Engineer: Yeah that's fine
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's not doing anything press
Engineer: the brakes and K start max press the brakes and K start Okay
Max VERSTAPPEN: max
Engineer: P1 P0 P1 P0 please and jump out
Engineer: OK, Nico, there's a very good chance we're not going to make another time-lap. In fact, we can call it now, Nico. We need to box this lap, please. Box this lap. Copy.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, the rears are like toast
Stoffel VANDOORNE: The car just put itself into neutral there.
Engineer: Everything okay Carlos? Yeah, yes, I look up. Okay, understood.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Romain GROSJEAN: Dude, I feel very little grip at the rear.
Engineer: OK, understood. Give it a chance, I'll let the temps build.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Nico HULKENBERG: We're in trouble, we've got a problem mate, we can't use these tyres anymore.
Engineer: Big lock up, question?
Nico HULKENBERG: Yes.
Nico HULKENBERG: I can't go faster straight, the vibration is huge.
Engineer: No problem Nico, no problem. Just take it easy, bring the car back to the garage.
Engineer: Estaband, we're losing a little bit of lap time, turn 3 and turn 4, braking Braking entry, turn 3, turn 4 Just
Esteban OCON: entry, no braking now?
Engineer: We're braking a little bit earlier and not quite as hard So we're braking earlier, not quite as hard
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, traffic with him, as always.
Engineer: Yeah, understood, Checo, we saw Magnussen didn't move out of the way from 7 to 12, understood.
Engineer: And Valkyrie is a 49.2 lap 2 And the
Lewis HAMILTON: car won't turn left so...
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: My viewtie is a god, guys.
Engineer: Okay, understood, copy.
Engineer: Do I give him the toe now or when do I give it? You give it now, give it the toe this lap, give him the toe this lap through the chequered flag. You're staying out, towing Fernando.
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