Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Team radio transcript

British Grand Prix 2018: Qualifying team radio

33 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the British Grand Prix 2018, across 17 drivers. Esteban OCON 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, and the original audio is playable in the archive.

Who was on the radio

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Right now wind is a headwind in one. It feels gusty here, but I don't know about out there.

  2. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Pierre GASLY: I've quite a lot of vibration

  3. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Engineer: There we go. Everything on target. Everything looking good. Go for it, mate.

  4. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: You OK? You OK? I'm stuck. OK, we can try reverse. OK, I've got 20 seconds to switch off if you can't get reverse. OK, switch off, switch off, and then go P0, P0. OK.

  5. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Engineer: We have a vibration on the rear tire. Next setter will be better.

  6. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Just wait, because all the queuing at the end of the pit lane will be queuing again in the last corner, so there's no point following them around.

  7. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: We need to go a bit quicker than this Esteban to overtake that car

  8. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Sergey SIROTKIN: Just to let you know that the temperature delta is quite a lot higher than in the previous outlap So maybe for the next set you could do something to be sure it's on the lower side when we leave

    Engineer: Yeah, understood. We just want to get one on the board here and then we'll do the same procedure we have been doing

  9. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Well,

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I lost gear, see.

    Engineer: Okay, keep going.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it keeps going like that.

    Engineer: Keep going, Max.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I don't need to do anything in settings because he's all over the track.

  10. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: And yellow flags turn 15. Box, box, box. That's the right thing to do. We've plenty of time to do another run. And your pace was good, Fernando.

  11. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Okay, big snap exit of 780. Yeah, I saw that snap. Yeah, we're looking, yep. No diff separation, it comes from double wheel spin, just double wheel spin there.

  12. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I've got traffic with Magnus and who did I make a mistake?

    Engineer: Ok, understood Carlos

  13. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Pierre GASLY: What is our position?

    Engineer: So we are P15, we are in Q2 Ok,

    Pierre GASLY: that's cool

  14. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: So box, box, box. Just be aware Lewis will be on a lap. This could be race start set.

  15. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Okay, good luck. Box now, box now.

  16. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: The car is touching a lot

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: The

    Lewis HAMILTON: rears are a little bit hot already.

    Engineer: Copy.

  18. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: So, Esteban, these are warmer than the previous set. These tyres are warmer than the previous set.

  19. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: Esteban, you're through in P10, through in P10.

    Esteban OCON: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Good job. Nice one. Let's continue.

  20. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: We are p11

    Nico HULKENBERG: Nice sweet position that is for tomorrow. Well done guys.

    Engineer: Okay, okay

  21. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Ok Piarra, P-14, P-14 This

    Pierre GASLY: is the maximum we have

  22. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Sergio PEREZ: Fight for Sector 1

    Engineer: Yeah, a lot of cars struggled Sector 1, Magnus and Esteban and yourself struggled

  23. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: So Esteban we're picking up a bit more wind, there is a bit more wind, it's up to 7 kph, tailwind out of 9, tailwind out of 14.

  24. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Got no DRS.

    Engineer: OK. If traffic allows, try and go full throttle again after 5 and try DRS this time again please. Try DRS between 5 and 6. No, I don't have it. OK, understood.

  25. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, then we are looking into the problem

  26. Esteban OCONForce India

    Esteban OCON: Very poor rear support, especially 3

    Engineer: -4 and

    Esteban OCON: 6-7.

  27. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: I don't know why, but I've lost time on my quickshift.

    Engineer: We are checking, we saw, thank you, understood.

  28. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: We can drop, it's fine, we can drop just a bit, you have time to do whatever you want, you can go to mode push and put a great lap together, come on boy!

  29. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Is there anything to gain being in tow?

    Engineer: Active.

  30. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Try DRS now.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Still don't have it.

    Engineer: OK, fail 28, fail, fail 28, fail.

  31. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Nice work Lewis, British Grand Prix pole. Yes, get in here, get in there Lewis, you can hear it mate, you can hear that crowd. Well done there mate, that was double tens. How

    Lewis HAMILTON: much was that by?

    Engineer: 44 one thousandths.

  32. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Yep, confirm P2, and Kimi P3, Hamilton P1. Bravo Sebastian, sei stato un grande. You were a lion.

    Sebastian VETTEL: Grazie ragazzi.

    Engineer: Sei

    Sebastian VETTEL: stato un grande. Dispiace per la polo. Dispiace. Di

    Engineer: preoccupare col

    Sebastian VETTEL: dolore che avevi, sei stato un grande.

  33. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Engineer: Well done Kimi, well done Front wheel into the 6-state And stay negative Take negative Good luck Kimi, good luck

More from this weekend

Every session of the British Grand Prix 2018Search the full archive