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Azerbaijan Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio

27
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15
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8
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17:02 to 17:57
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27 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018, across 15 drivers. 26 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 5.

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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  1. Nico HULKENBERGRenault17:02:550:15

    EngineerOkay Nico, so obviously almost all cars are already out. I expect that means that the queue is going to form and back up at the end of this lap. So in the slowest points of the circuit would be well worth making some time.

  2. Romain GROSJEANHaas17:04:470:07

    Romain GROSJEANGuys, the gearbox is blocked. Gearbox is blocked.

    EngineerOkay, working on it.

  3. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren17:08:100:09

    EngineerStoffel, do you know where we are on front wing? Did you get enough corners to do that?

    Stoffel VANDOORNEHard to tell, hard to tell. Feels about alright.

  4. Lance STROLLWilliams17:09:010:08

    EngineerBottas one second back now. James, time to do one more or not? Negative, we need to box, box.

  5. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:13:530:06

    EngineerSo next car that's pushing is Alonso. He's 10 seconds behind.

  6. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:14:380:00

    Audio only, no transcript

  7. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso17:16:310:03

    Pierre GASLYWhat the f***?

  8. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso17:18:040:06

    Brendon HARTLEYI have a problem with the front wing or puncture, I don't know.

  9. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso17:18:410:04

    Brendon HARTLEYI got in the way of gasoline, I tried to get out of the way, I'm so sorry.

  10. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas17:20:510:08

    EngineerYeah, as you I think I don't know if you notice that you lost the left tallies completely

  11. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso17:22:250:11

    Pierre GASLYUnacceptable. I cannot believe I'm coming at 320 and it's f***ed

    Engineerup. He had a puncture, he had a puncture, he had a puncture, he cannot do anything.

  12. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams17:26:210:09

    EngineerDo you want me to do a preflap, or do you want me to go

    Sergey SIROTKINstraight for the pushlap?

    EngineerOne pushlap.

  13. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:27:480:06

    Lewis HAMILTONI just had a massive lock-up. It

    Engineerlooks okay on our numbers.

  14. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes17:28:360:06

    Engineerso ideally stay behind Ocon just to get the tip

  15. Lance STROLLWilliams17:29:020:06

    Lance STROLLI touched the wall a little bit, front to right.

  16. Sebastian VETTELFerrari17:30:200:09

    EngineerHey, tell Kimi I'll give him a tow. Copy. He went wide. 2.5

  17. Carlos SAINZRenault17:31:000:05

    EngineerUp until the yellow flag, I was a couple of tenths off.

  18. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren17:32:070:08

    Fernando ALONSOThe worst position possible, I'm down now

    EngineerMate, don't worry about it, we're currently P8, currently P8

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:34:070:05

    EngineerMake

    Lewis HAMILTONthe change to the tires at the rear.

  20. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams17:35:560:05

    EngineerLet's just go quali at turn 20. So go quali.

  21. Nico HULKENBERGRenault17:37:540:04

    EngineerYeah, Vettel's nine seconds behind. You're not going to make it, mate.

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes17:41:370:10

    EngineerOK, Lucio will abandon the lap, abandon the lap, so get the charge in the pack. Alonso behind five seconds, so box, box, box, box.

  23. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams17:42:280:12

    Sergey SIROTKINYeah, I think could squeeze a bit more from it, but anyway very good job guys

  24. Lance STROLLWilliams17:43:270:13

    Lance STROLLAnyways, on the positive side, we can decide what to do tomorrow with the tyres and all that stuff, so let's work with it.

    EngineerYep, you're the furthest place up to make the choice.

  25. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull17:52:300:08

    EngineerWhat were your thoughts on the tri-grip warm-up?

    Max VERSTAPPENActually quite good

  26. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari17:55:590:13

    Kimi RAIKKONENI almost went in the wall and I was gone. I was on a curb and could have still... Understood.

  27. Nico HULKENBERGRenault17:57:380:07

    Nico HULKENBERGWhat was that? Is there still anybody behind, or no?

    EngineerNobody behind, Nico.