British Grand Prix 2018: Race team radio
59 radio messages were recorded during race at the British Grand Prix 2018, across 16 drivers. 58 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 17.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 17 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 8 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 6 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Renault · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 1 message
- Esteban OCON · Force India · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Sauber · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Marcus ERICSSON · Sauber · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Any car issues? No car issues. Balance I think is pretty good. I think the track is in quite good shape.
Lewis HAMILTON: Ricky, the car was into like 12 and 13, the car was a little bit twitchy.
Engineer: And just remember the wind Lewis will probably be tailwind into 4, it'll be crosswind in 3.
Pierre GASLY: Yeah, just in the race, every 15 laps, if you can remind me, just a drink, because I tend to forget. Yes, I will. Yes, I will.
Engineer: I think
Lewis HAMILTON: my car's broken, man.
Engineer: Right rear is damaged man. OK copy, we'll look into it. Tire pressures look fine but we're looking into it.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: It's my front wing, okay?
Engineer: All okay on our side, Kimi, all okay on our side, engine free when you can.
Lewis HAMILTON: I've lost half my floor I'm sure.
Engineer: There may be some damage but we can't see much on the data at the moment, we're still reviewing.
Engineer: Lewis, you're doing a great job. Let's just keep battling up. Let's get some points.
Lewis HAMILTON: I'm really sorry, guys.
Engineer: No stress, Lewis. Just head down. Let's get on with it, mate. Don't worry about it.
Lewis HAMILTON: The rear end is damaged.
Engineer: We can still do something with it today, mate.
Sergio PEREZ: Yeah, someone hit me
Engineer: Do you have any damage? Do you have any damage? How is the front wing? Did you hit tires?
Sergio PEREZ: No, I think it's okay
Engineer: Woo-hoo!
Max VERSTAPPEN: listen listen I am break my wire went off it's okay now I think but it went off
Engineer: okay standby all
Max VERSTAPPEN: good with the brakes good
Engineer: for now yes
Daniel RICCIARDO: Both cars completed moves off track
Engineer: Understood Daniel. Ok Daniel, sir for info, Turn 3 incident is under investigation. I'll let you know what happens
Daniel RICCIARDO: At Turn 9 I'm pretty sure he went off to get the move complete
Lewis HAMILTON: The rear's moving around a lot, so I'm not sure how long it'll go.
Engineer: OK, copy. We're monitoring. All the overloads look OK.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, but somehow I need to get in the free air.
Engineer: Kimi, we got a 10 second penalty for the collision, so we need to push to recover the penalty.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, but I cannot care, every time I get close I lose completely the front end, so we need to somehow figure out to get the free air. Let's try to be aggressive. Flamby, is there any way to get rid of it?
Engineer: Understood Kimi, we are trying, of course the 10 second penalty is an issue.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, but it's going to be a UFO issue if we don't clear. Because I cannot use my... So I am not allowed to think anymore, okay.
Engineer: Kimi, we just need a few laps to clear the traffic and then we do what we want.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, you do what you want.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Is the wind changing and between six and seven I had a bit of a rear instability
Engineer: Confirm can confirm that so yes confirm tailwind as you come through six and into seven
Engineer: Other cars look to be struggling, so you're doing a great job.
Engineer: And Fernando, good work mate, other cars still haven't stopped yet, so it's still plan A, maximum pace, plan A, maximum pace still.
Engineer: So all you've got this lap now all you've got this lap science is boxed behind
Engineer: Spark 4 There's a problem Stop the car, stop the car Switch off, switch off
Charles LECLERC: Copy Anyway, I get out
Lewis HAMILTON: I didn't see that you allowed until the last minute, but I left it.
Engineer: Copy that Lewis, no worries.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Remind me if I have a DRS in the first course.
Engineer: Alright, yeah.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: And they're closing.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tides are still good.
Engineer: Copy copy
Engineer: Lewis knows you're just behind him and should let you through.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Give me the wing behind
Engineer: He's behind Daniel.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, but please he's
Engineer: 1.4 seconds behind him
Lewis HAMILTON: Guys I'm starting to drop a little bit. I can stretch it.
Engineer: Copy that's what we want
Engineer: So your first didn't wear was good. Vettel ran out of front left tyre.
Engineer: Box, box, box, box, box, box, box, box.
Engineer: Crucial moment of the race, give everything, give everything for race craft.
Engineer: OK Marcus, we are racing Grosjean, so keep pushing.
Engineer: Okay, use everything, use K1, big push.
Engineer: So Magnussen is in the pit lane now. He will be close and exit with you.
Carlos SAINZ: Oh man, if we are racing Magnussen, why didn't you tell me earlier? He overtook us.
Engineer: So Magnussen on medium, he might have warm-up issues.
Lewis HAMILTON: What's my position?
Engineer: So currently P6, but it's all to play for
Engineer: And Lewis, you are the fastest man on track.
Nico HULKENBERG: What's going on behind? Feel the picture?
Engineer: OK, so you've got Ocon, then Alonso, then Magnussen, all very close together.
Nico HULKENBERG: I guess everybody fighting for position.
Engineer: Yeah, Magnussen and Alonso are mixing it up. Ocon is more focusing on you right now.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Ah, he has to move, mate.
Engineer: Yep, he will.
Engineer: You're doing a really good job, just keep the pressure on Vettel.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I went over the safety car line, in front of the William, but he is now in front of me.
Engineer: Alright.
Lewis HAMILTON: There's no way I'm going to be
Engineer: able
Lewis HAMILTON: to compete with new tyres.
Engineer: Lewis you are the fastest guy by miles so don't give up mate, it's all there.
Engineer: So Daniel, info is we were pre-empting a rake and then stopped, he was struggling so we were stopping before him, we were very unlucky with our safety car timing
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, some warning would have been nice though because the tyres are fine
Engineer: Yep, understood
Engineer: Lapet cars may now overtake.
Sebastian VETTEL: Tell the safety car to slow down then.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: How
Lewis HAMILTON: many laps? These guys got their first tyres but they're very hard to get past. So
Engineer: that tyre age isn't massive Lewis and your pace was really good and Degg very very good so I think it's all to play for.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah on the last tyre but this one, this one wasn't feeling very good at the end.
Engineer: It looks pretty good to me from the numbers mate. OK.
Engineer: It's just turning to be made Are you okay, man? Yeah, but yeah, we see it. We see it man. It's not nice. Yeah Okay, man, okay, okay, just remember the p1 the p0, okay
Engineer: Are you okay, Carlos?
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, got an accident with Christian. Yeah.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I was in front when he understood into me for sure.
Engineer: Okay, understood.
Engineer: If you lose 10 laps remaining I'm going to leave you to it.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Do I have damage?
Engineer: We will get back to you Matt.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Why am I clipping so much? Or is it already the DRS activated?
Engineer: Stay in your charge position Max, stay in your charge position.
Engineer: Well done, Seb. Head down, head down. Vai, Seb. Vai, Seb. Grande.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Max, confirm that
Engineer: was
Max VERSTAPPEN: a
Engineer: BBW foe. I
Max VERSTAPPEN: can't do anything.
Engineer: Can you drive? Push.
Max VERSTAPPEN: I'm stuck in first gear, man.
Engineer: Can you upshift?
Max VERSTAPPEN: No.
Engineer: It's all pretty tasty ahead, so let's stick in touching distance, still a bit of action ahead, keep pushing mate.
Engineer: Super job, Kimi, super job, not over, it's not over. Point catch, Hamilton, my friend.
Engineer: Okay Max, find a gap please and retire the car. Find a gap and retire the car.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Oh man, for f**ks sake.
Engineer: three laps to go we are p11 in front we have
Engineer: okay two laps ago two laps your battery is full
Fernando ALONSO: What Magnussen does when you try to overtake, pushing you off the track.
Engineer: OK, mate, completely understand. Well, you'll get another shot at it.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, but we will both crash, you know, and I don't want or I don't wish. What I see from Magnussen, I never saw in my life. He pushed me wide into the 7, 10-11 and 10-12.
Engineer: Understood, Fernando. We have reported it to the FIA. They are looking at it now. Head down.
Fernando ALONSO: When you think with Magnussen, because if they decide after the race, the decision, the race situation, change it now.
Engineer: Understood, Fernando. We're chasing them up now.
Fernando ALONSO: 10-7. It was quite clear, you know. I had to go on the grass. It's ridiculous, the FIA. Ridiculous.
Engineer: reports of debris turn three
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: And P1, Sebastian, nice job, absolutely fantastic weekend. Well done. Grandissimo, Seb, grandissimo. Sei un leone, te l'ho detto. Vinto Silvestro.
Sebastian VETTEL: Grazie, ragazzi. Qui a casa loro. Grazie, grazie mille. Grande macchina, grande lavoro, tutta la squadra, grande strategia. Thank you, thanks. Thanks. Adesso portiamo la bandiera inglese a Maranello, dai.
Engineer: Well done Lewis, that was an awesome drive mate, so well recovered, dead last P2, so that's an awesome effort, we live to fight another day.
Engineer: Gavitares Kimi super recovery big fight well done Kimi well done
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