Bahrain Grand Prix 2018: Practice 2 team radio
53 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2018, across 15 drivers. 52 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN 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
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 7 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 5 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 5 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 5 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Sauber · 4 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Williams · 3 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 2 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Marcus ERICSSON · Sauber · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Romain GROSJEAN: Did we drop the brightness of the scene, we did or not?
Engineer: No, I'll get it dropped for you now, I'll give you a switch, sorry.
Engineer: Just you and Roman on the track, so a lot of space.
Engineer: Sorry, can't fix it to left of the run, our mistake.
Lance STROLL: I didn't have the deployment to sync the gears.
Engineer: Possible oil on circuit there, 2 to 3.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Can you just tell me about the wind, how it is? Is it the same as this morning?
Engineer: Direction very similar, intensity lower.
Engineer: How was the car, Wyndham?
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, a lot better than this morning. Had a couple of small mistakes but the stability is a lot better. I think in general I could have a bit more... I could handle a bit more wing. I could handle a bit more wing.
Engineer: All OK? Can you restart or...? Yeah. Yeah, all OK. OK, any damage? I need a box. Copy, no problem. Box, box.
Engineer: Grosjean managed to improve after two push laps, Grosjean managed to improve on this compound after two push laps, I think we should try again. Copy, what time did he do? He did a 33.55, so one tenth faster.
Engineer: I think both cars had a bit of wheel spin in turn two. There was maybe some oil from a Porsche there in the earlier session. Any issues in turn two traction that seemed unusual? Question?
Daniel RICCIARDO: A little bit, but I think the rears are quite cold.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Can I have another lap?
Engineer: Yeah, if you really want it Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah.
Engineer: Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah,
Engineer: I
Max VERSTAPPEN: just need a few more laps, you understand?
Engineer: Yep, no problem.
Engineer: Okay, more bulks now Max, you've probably seen the best of those stars.
Engineer: straight out, no start
Engineer: Places to improve, turn 6 and 7, and exit turn 8.
Charles LECLERC: We went too much on the direction I've asked.
Valtteri BOTTAS: Did I block his lap? I didn't get any information.
Daniel RICCIARDO: What a f***ing stone
Engineer: Yeah, okay, so if you can we'll top up the battery. It's in a good place already
Engineer: Watch out for debris on the left hand side where you are now.
Pierre GASLY: I had a little loss on power out of the last corner.
Engineer: Copy, Pierre.
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, unfortunately both laps were messed up. I think the first lap I was already 8 tenths up, but I
Engineer: had the front lock and
Brendon HARTLEY: now I have a big vibration.
Engineer: Just give me the mid-move. Ok, I just do before this multifunction A, Alpha QR in position 3. It's done mate. Ok, nobody told me.
Lance STROLL: I may have a signal on this corner.
Engineer: OK. No one's really improved on the second run, they're all at least half a second off.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, I improved a little bit that corner, but generally the tyres are very limited now.
Engineer: Why
Max VERSTAPPEN: am I so slow in this straight? It's unbelievable.
Engineer: Yeah, don't worry about that Max.
Engineer: Nobody really who has got their first lap together, Max, has gone quicker on a second lap, so up to you really. You can box or have another go.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, we did stop speed, it makes sense.
Engineer: Okay, so clutch position was shallow and pull back What does pull back mean? So you pull back on the paddle as you released
Engineer: I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: don't know what will happen in the next system, 1, 2, 2, I'll pick my style.
Engineer: Understood, understood, we double check.
Engineer: Be careful turn 9-10, what we saw in P1.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I smell a lot of something burning, but I might come outside, so as long as it's near enough, everything is OK, I can go.
Engineer: At the moment it's all fine Kimi, at the moment it's all fine.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: OK, I come in and we drop the pump wing.
Engineer: Next stop?
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Now, now, now, now, now, now, now,
Engineer: now.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: OK.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Pierre GASLY: We have traffic with the run-out.
Engineer: Stay behind him, stay behind him, don't back off.
Engineer: If you cannot overtake, keep the position, do not drop, do not drop, we need some lap in traffic.
Engineer: It's very low on engine power now, could use a bit of DRS to compensate Stand by Niko Ok Niko, we do not want to use DRS, we do not want to use DRS It's pretty level, it's ridiculous the atmosphere
Fernando ALONSO: Yes, can you check 10-1 what engine hesitation we have?
Engineer: Understood, we'll check that now. OK Fernando, we see what happened there, nothing to worry about.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I went off the track.
Engineer: Copy.
Lewis HAMILTON: traffic.
Engineer: Lewis the data for us in traffic is of interest but do as you see fit
Engineer: Ok, Bottas still doing 35.7s, he's 10 laps in now, your last lap 35.8
Engineer: So I think this is basically the reference pace max if you can keep it as close to this as possible, that's good
Engineer: Engine braking 2 for most stability, engine braking 2 for most stability
Pierre GASLY: Much better
Engineer: OK, I can see it's starting to get affected by traffic, stroll ahead is around one and a half seconds slower than you, if you get a chance, have a look.
Engineer: That's the lowest egg of any cars out there at the moment max it's really good This is spot-on max. It's really good
Engineer: Hey Pierre, you can push more on the tire. You can push more on the tire.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: The first India is using DRS to protect, so... Yeah,
Engineer: understood.
Engineer: Target lap time 36.0 Wow,
Charles LECLERC: this is not achievable!
Romain GROSJEAN: Anything we can do on def-exit, the car is rotating a lot on exit.
Engineer: Try multi DX2, DX2, try that first.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Eh, the problem...
Engineer: Ah, right, it's not on. Stop the car, Kimi. Stop the car, Kimi. Yes, yes, I tried to find a good place. Copy that, copy that.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I could... I could see the guy waving, so we should have noticed. I'll switch off.
Engineer: OK, switch off the car.
Engineer: Charles, avoid short shifting turn 6-7 from 5th to 6th gear.
Charles LECLERC: I will try, but the balance is very difficult.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: You really need to give me some information on the page.
Engineer: Yeah, we are just checking, I'll come back to you.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: You've been checking for the last 15 minutes.
Engineer: be
Lewis HAMILTON: better to see what what this tire can really do.
Engineer: Okay copy, happy for that.
Nico HULKENBERG: No, this tyre is nonsense. It has no grip. No, this tyre is nonsense. It has no grip.
Engineer: Copy that, Nico.
Charles LECLERC: How many laps to go?
Engineer: We have about 4 more laps, 4 more laps.
Charles LECLERC: Are you sure the tires are not going to explode? They are very bad now.
Lance STROLL: Yeah, something feels a little odd.
Engineer: OK lads, box, box, box and we'll check.
Engineer: Good job, Pierre.
Engineer: Checo, so box box, go to the pit lane, stay in the fast lane, leave a gap to the car ahead please, leave a gap to the car ahead when you pull up in the fast lane. Just caution as well Checo, some cars might not be doing the procedure, some might stop in their boxes or swing across the fast lane as usual, but we'll go to the end of the pit lane.
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