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Belgian Grand Prix2018 · Practice 2 team radio
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23 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Belgian Grand Prix 2018, across 11 drivers. 22 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.
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- Qualifying23 messages
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The session, message by message
Kimi RAIKKONENCan you check the power steering again?
EngineerYes, we will.
Kimi RAIKKONENCan you check the power steering again?
EngineerYes, we will. From our data, the power steering is similar to the beginning of FE1, so probably it's getting better.
Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, that's what I thought.
Engineerand Stoffel we will swap the floor after this run do you want one more lap in this configuration?
Stoffel VANDOORNEI think we should box, the car isn't drivable if we say it's not worth then we should box.
EngineerTop East to box this lap, box this lap
EngineerWe can keep temperatures up, we are maybe a bit cold temperature wise
EngineerOK Nico, warning for missing the apex at turn 4 on the last lap.
EngineerAll OK, Max?
Max VERSTAPPENYeah, yeah. I just had the understeer.
EngineerOK, copy. Look out, you've got Sainz and Sorokin around you, both on slow laps.
EngineerSo Esteban, I think we might have a left rear puncture, or at least the tyre is going down very fast, so it
Esteban OCONwasn't
Engineerat a dangerous level, but it has rapidly decreased, so we need to check that.
Esteban OCONOK, I overtook Ericsson down the straight, down turn 1, but nothing special really.
EngineerNo, I don't think it's anything you've done.
EngineerIt's just the final sector, lost to Reichenen mainly, two tenths.
EngineerJust
Daniel RICCIARDOnoticed gear 6 is taking a bit of time, 6th gear it's synced now but last couple runs it hasn't synced straight away.
EngineerOkay, understood.
EngineerCheck out no energy button. Do not use energy button this lap.
Nico HULKENBERGAgain, I didn't hear the clutch release beep.
EngineerCopy that, Nico. Recharge on, please. Recharge on.
EngineerHamilton last lap at 48.9, that's five laps in.
Lewis HAMILTONRears were definitely struggling then. How was the pace?
EngineerOk Luke, so the pace looked good. Valtteri was pushing hard as he was only doing a very short stint on his super soft tyre.
EngineerCheck it out, that was one second quicker than Hülkenberg's first lap and a bit more front energy management would be good, not bad, but a bit more front energy management would be good.
EngineerLance, before you slow down, the pace was very good, eh? It was OK. OK, so tell me then.
Engineerand for reference rear tyre temps still climbing but only slowly now
EngineerThis run more competitive than super softs looking good Surprised
EngineerI'm stuck in traffic now.
EngineerEsteban, are you saving in turn 10? Can you push any more in turn 10? I'm not
Esteban OCONsaving.
Romain GROSJEANOkay, I've lost complete deceleration, two corners in a row. Okay, all right, we'll take a look.
EngineerSo Stoffel we need to find a bit more pace We're looking for half a second to a second more pace if it's there. You should get two laps after this Let's see what it can do
Audio only, no transcript
EngineerI have a
Kimi RAIKKONENdecent amount of vibration from the left rear with that lift.