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Team radio transcript

Canadian Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio

31 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Canadian Grand Prix 2018, across 16 drivers. Max VERSTAPPEN had the most, with 6.

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. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Truck is very dirty, truck is very dirty for info.

  2. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Engineer: Ok, so the track is completely clear, we just need go deploy for the final corner.

  3. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Are we doing a start? Straight up.

  4. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Box and pick confirm please max box and pick confirm.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, thank

    Engineer: you

  5. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Traction is very, very poor.

    Engineer: Copy that. Tyres on track, still not up to speed. Let's build up the base.

  6. Nicholas LATIFIForce India

    Engineer: Tire temperatures are building. We'll be ready next lap.

  7. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Why is there no breaking board into the chicane?

  8. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Yes, something happened, it was a funny noise, I'm rolling but it felt like it went out of gear. Understood. Try downshifting please, Nico. But it's like in neutral, I have the gear but it... Keep trying to downshift. I'm in reverse but it's like I'm in neutral. Okay, can you get upper gear at all? Well I can shift, it says on the display, but nothing happens and I have no drive, it's like I'm in neutral, even when I pull the... Yep, copy that Nico.

  9. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Nothing's happening, Mach. Yeah, OK, obviously we're desperately trying to find a way of, Brodie's on it looking for a way of getting you going again. The engine is still running, I confirm, yeah. OK, Niko, go to P1 please, and then go back to P2 and try and restart with MGU-K. No, MGU-K's stat doesn't work, doesn't react to anything. You need to wait 20 seconds, Niko, and then have another go please. As you will see, the session's been re... OK, try again please, Niko, try MGU-K start please. OK, engine's running, see if you can select a gear. I select first gear, but it's like, the gear's not in. OK, stand by, Niko. Like the gearbox cannot select the gear. Understood. OK, Niko, I'm afraid that's it, you're going to have to switch the engine off, go to P1 please. OK, Niko, they're going to bring the car back to the garage we believe, they're going to take it to turn 12 and then bring it back, so we may... we may get to run again in this session. Copy. You just need to push me a bit further on the left, I can get out then. Copy that, Niko. Could you go to P0 please, Niko, so we don't overheat the electronics?

  10. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Weaving will help. Weaving, high speed weaving will help. Charge off after last corner.

  11. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Is there a way to make it more smoother on the pickup?

    Engineer: F***ing

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: crazy how snappy it is.

  12. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: And Fernando it's early days but we're currently pink in sector one and two and we are fastest overall.

  13. Nicholas LATIFIForce India

    Nicholas LATIFI: Okay, I have to abort this lap, I missed the chicane.

  14. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Charles LECLERC: Why didn't you tell the hackers that I was coming?

  15. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay Max, so just reverse off, make sure you get that nice and early before turn 13.

  16. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: I

    Lance STROLL: don't

    Engineer: know,

    Lance STROLL: struggling with the rear lock though.

  17. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: There are no marker boards in the large chicanes, it's really difficult to judge the breaking point.

    Engineer: OK, copy, thank you.

  18. Esteban OCONForce India

    Esteban OCON: The balance is fine, just less traction.

  19. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Lance STROLL: I got a planter.

    Engineer: OK, let's drop back off a bit more lads, alcohol coming through now. Just need to make sure this tyre doesn't unravel, so let's drop the speed.

  20. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: There's something

    Max VERSTAPPEN: hanging off my car I think.

    Engineer: Mechanically or engine, Max?

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Mechanically.

    Engineer: Okay, we'll back off for the moment.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I think it's something where you close the wishbone to the chassis.

    Engineer: Ah, then we should box.

    Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I can't see properly, but I see definitely something hanging off. Okay, no problems.

    Engineer: Box and confirm please, Max.

  21. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: just remember the engine mode for the next run will be down relative to your last lap so if you're losing on the straights that'll be the reason

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: So Vettel did find a little bit of time on his third pushing lap.

  23. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Daniel RICCIARDO: A little bit

    Engineer: of a trend into 6, where you could be slower in 6 to get a smoother exit from 7. So slower in 6, turn the car more and be faster through turn 7, could be a better compromise.

  24. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Yeah, gave myself a healthy

    Daniel RICCIARDO: flat spot. Yep, saw that.

  25. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Good lap, Brandon, good lap. Braking for turn 10 is the main place where we lose now, otherwise it's pretty much in line, good job. Yeah, copy. Forget the low downforce guys, forget it. We can discuss this later, we can discuss this later.

  26. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Boxed. I made a mistake last corner.

    Engineer: No Brennan, we need to stay out for sustainable. We don't want to box. Stay out. Practice start, end of the pitlane. Torque 10 and practice start.

  27. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Temperatures creeping up front and rear but nothing alarming at this stage but actually doing a good job

  28. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Yeah traffic keep pushing remember the toggle keep pushing

  29. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, went off turn 1, lost a huge amount of downforce behind the force India

  30. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Sergey SIROTKIN: I spun the car and touched the wall in turn 6, I think.

  31. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: I've got oil hot alarm.

    Engineer: Ok, after the checkered flag we will cool down the engine. So we will take the checkered flag now and then you can cool down the engine.

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