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Bahrain Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio

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18:00 to 19:11
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27 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2018, across 14 drivers. Brendon HARTLEY 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. Marcus ERICSSONSauber18:00:550:09

    EngineerOkay Marcus, so nobody around you at the moment, so concentrate on your clap preparation.

  2. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:02:430:08

    EngineerFocus on brake and tyres, focus on brake and tyres. At the moment, it's just us and Sauber in front of you.

  3. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:03:190:10

    Engineerit shouldn't be nobody behind you nobody behind you arianto artley sorry i just started his quick lap time

  4. Charles LECLERCSauber18:04:330:14

    EngineerSo you were about two tenths quicker than Marcus gaining half a tenth in sector one and sector two and one tenth sector three

    Charles LECLERCcopy

  5. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:05:370:17

    EngineerYeah, I had a lot too much understeer, why not a couple of turns? Very bad lap. Maybe two steps of front flap. We have a damaged front wing, we have a damaged front wing.

    Brendon HARTLEYOkay, copy.

  6. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:10:240:08

    Romain GROSJEANFudge, we're too slow on the slow lap.

  7. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren18:13:120:22

    EngineerWhich

    Fernando ALONSOposition we are?

    EngineerFernando, we will need to go again, we will need to go again, P15 I

    Fernando ALONSOdon't know why

    EngineerMate, don't worry, the DRS had us over there, don't worry

    Fernando ALONSOYeah, but I don't understand why they put the DRS, you know, if it's green, the corner, stupid

  8. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:13:480:10

    EngineerF***, f***, f***. Are you alright, Max?

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, all good.

  9. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:16:270:24

    EngineerOk, front wing is damaged, we hit something. Brendan, front wing is damaged, we change it now. I ran a bit wide in turn 7, it could have happened then, but then I had crazy understeer after. No, we hit a bird, we hit a bird, that's why turn 7 was very understeer. Ah, ok, that makes more sense.

  10. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:17:280:11

    EngineerI think I must have hit the bird very early in the last lap because the balance was better the whole way. Confirmed. Box, box.

  11. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren18:22:100:07

    Engineerand let's drive the outlap exactly how we practiced

  12. Charles LECLERCSauber18:26:550:11

    EngineerI'm

    Charles LECLERCso stupid, I am so stupid, my bad

  13. Lance STROLLWilliams18:29:290:08

    EngineerOK lads, that's us, unfortunately we're P20

  14. Romain GROSJEANHaas18:30:030:14

    EngineerOkay, unfortunately, that's 16 Sorry, the outlap was a mess. Yeah, sorry understood

  15. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:30:320:22

    Nico HULKENBERGI lost power.

    EngineerWhat

    Nico HULKENBERGhappened there? Completely lost power out of the last corner.

    EngineerOK, Nico. Recharge on as you are.

    Nico HULKENBERGI think it was a D-rate, wasn't it?

    EngineerNegative, Nico. Negative. What is it? We'll tell you later, Nico.

  16. Sergio PEREZForce India18:39:590:12

    Sergio PEREZOh, I run out of energy.

    EngineerUnderstood. Understood. In call confirmed. Box, box. Pick confirmed.

  17. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:40:250:09

    Nico HULKENBERGI didn't like that run so much, we've got too much on the sea now

    EngineerYeah, there's quite a lot of front locking as well

  18. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas18:42:020:18

    Kevin MAGNUSSENStill P8. Still

    EngineerP8, yes. Still P8, I think we can do a bit better.

    Kevin MAGNUSSENHow far to P6?

    EngineerTo P6 is 2 tenths.

  19. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:47:460:09

    EngineerOkay Nico, that looked like a nice lap. We're currently P6 but you're the first to set a time.

  20. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari18:51:250:11

    Kimi RAIKKONENI have no idea what the hell we're supposed to do. This is the region where I want to go earlier.

  21. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:52:590:22

    EngineerOK, Brendan, hard luck, P11, hard luck, P11.

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, copy. Made a mistake last corner.

    EngineerOK, Brendan, it's a big shame, but obviously a very good job, very good recovery from yesterday. So we need to keep it up on the races tomorrow.

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, copy that.

  22. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso18:54:290:09

    EngineerWe are in pier we are in p9

  23. Sergio PEREZForce India18:55:340:12

    Sergio PEREZYeah, I run out of battery again, on the back straight.

    EngineerOK, check out, copy that, copy that.

  24. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso18:58:220:08

    EngineerThe

    Pierre GASLYClutch is really aggressive

    EngineerWe are looking at the tapir

  25. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull19:02:080:16

    EngineerThank you mate, so we are P5, it's all pretty tight, it's from U to P2 is about 2 tenths at the moment, in fact P1 is only 3 tenths, so it's all nip and tuck at the front.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes19:05:590:11

    EngineerI

    Lewis HAMILTONdon't know where that time is in the last sector.

    EngineerYou are purple in the final sector.

  27. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso19:11:380:06

    Pierre GASLYThe thing is really hot in the seat.