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Bahrain Grand Prix2018 · Practice 1 team radio

24
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12
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14:02 to 15:33
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24 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2018, across 12 drivers. Max VERSTAPPEN 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.

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  1. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:02:080:07

    Engineerwind so far as predicted around the lap max

  2. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:04:490:22

    Max VERSTAPPENI couldn't reach, uh oh, so I'm in false neutral somehow.

    EngineerOK, we're looking into this Max.

    Max VERSTAPPENI think I can hear the turbo, quite aggressive.

    EngineerMax, mode 1 please and box, mode 1 and box.

  3. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:05:570:31

    Max VERSTAPPENI'm running out of speed Okay,

    EngineerI understand Max. Do you have no drive at all? No power? No, no, yeah, exactly. It's not accelerating. Okay, if you do stop Roll as far as you can if you do eventually stop then on the right hand side, please mate. I

    Max VERSTAPPENhave to turn it off

    EngineerStand by Max Keep rolling if you can Max

  4. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:07:040:22

    Engineerwhat should I do if you can roll it to the pit lane entry it doesn't look like you're gonna be able to get there if you can great if you know I

    Max VERSTAPPENtried to pull pull away but now I'm stuck in first okay

    Engineermax you can turn the ignition off please P1 P0 and jump out for the moment thank you

  5. Esteban OCONForce India14:09:060:12

    EngineerSo, Esteban, most likely you may have a yellow flag down the pit straight where they're pushing Verstappen back into the pits.

  6. Lance STROLLWilliams14:18:300:11

    EngineerOkay, so it's clear behind and clear ahead and it's go deploy before the last corner. Three time-laps.

  7. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari14:21:210:14

    Kimi RAIKKONENAnd the wind, which way?

    EngineerWind is coming to the north, so basically will be headwind on the main straight and tailwind on the back straight.

  8. Lance STROLLWilliams14:25:100:11

    Lance STROLLOkay, so I have some aggressive downshifts, mainly fourth, third gear.

    EngineerOkay, understood. We'll look into that.

  9. Lance STROLLWilliams14:29:260:10

    Lance STROLLI have too much oversteer if I spun. Yeah, copy that. Probably flat spot of the tires pretty bad.

  10. Charles LECLERCSauber14:31:110:11

    Charles LECLERCAh, no, I... I... I spun. I think we need to... we need to box.

    EngineerCopy that. Box, sister. Box, box.

  11. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:31:450:22

    Engineerthey

    Lewis HAMILTONwere so unspun it

    Engineerhappened right in front of you that was stroll uh happened almost a second you went past that section i

    Lewis HAMILTONcouldn't see uh there was they were behind the board so i could see them there

    Engineerwas no yellows at the time you went past so no worries

  12. Carlos SAINZRenault14:33:340:10

    EngineerYeah, I couldn't continue pushing because of the door rustle. Yeah, understood, see ya now.

  13. Carlos SAINZRenault14:39:010:11

    EngineerYeah, the car is an absolute mess. Very, very difficult to drive. OK, understood.

  14. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:39:160:07

    EngineerAnd you can practice stopping on the marks from here where the box is slippy.

  15. Charles LECLERCSauber14:58:590:13

    Charles LECLERCBox, I have a problem, I crossed the line in the pit entry, but I had a problem, so I don't know if that's okay, but steering wheel is not straight at all.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:00:540:07

    Lewis HAMILTONTire's pretty dead after that ride.

    EngineerOK, copy.

  17. Carlos SAINZRenault15:03:590:26

    EngineerIs anyone coming anywhere close to repeating the lap time on the super soft, on the first time lap? That's negative. Okay, so I'm not the only one there. Going more than half a second slower, yeah? Yeah, I affirm.

  18. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams15:12:100:12

    EngineerI

    Sergey SIROTKINwas really struggling with the last corner. I don't know if the wind has changed or not, but it was much worse than the previous run.

    EngineerOkay, copy that.

  19. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren15:16:360:09

    EngineerWe are box this lap for a nose box change.

    Fernando ALONSOOkay, box.

  20. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:21:120:07

    Brendon HARTLEYBasically a step in the right direction.

    EngineerCopy that.

  21. Charles LECLERCSauber15:27:560:11

    EngineerSo you can build some space. I

    Charles LECLERCalso slowed down so much in the last corner and I could not do anything.

  22. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:29:590:09

    Romain GROSJEANWhat the f*** is he doing?

    EngineerYeah, saw it mate

  23. Sergio PEREZForce India15:32:140:07

    EngineerCheck our red flag, box, box, box, box. The red flag is for the group procedure.

  24. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:33:060:12

    EngineerOk Kimi, so drive through the pit lane, stay on the fast lane, stop the car on the fast lane, engine off but stay in P1.