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Team radio transcript

Canadian Grand Prix 2018: Practice 2 team radio

38 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Canadian Grand Prix 2018, across 18 drivers. 37 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Kimi RAIKKONEN 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, and the original audio is playable in the archive.

Who was on the radio

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  2. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: That's a lot of pulling from the brakes.

  3. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Carlos SAINZ: I have a hot rear caliper alarm. It's a very annoying alarm, I cannot see my lap time.

    Engineer: Yeah, okay, understood.

  4. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: What happened on the first push-up, Brandon?

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, a lot of understeer in the corner

    Engineer: and

    Brendon HARTLEY: big traction issues immediately after. Traction doesn't really seem any better.

    Engineer: Okay, copy that. On second push-up, still the same problem?

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, similar issues. The front's

    Engineer: a

    Brendon HARTLEY: bit lazy now.

  5. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: My tie-tips are not working.

  6. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: And just a reminder we are looking at two laps in a row, two laps in a row.

  7. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: What's the game here?

    Engineer: I got completely screwed by the guys in front. Yep, watch for Ricardo pushing one behind. Okay, the lap is screwed. Understood, see where you can land.

  8. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: OK, Fernando, nice lap, nice lap. Currently P4, P4.

    Fernando ALONSO: OK Vox, all over still.

  9. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I touched the wall, I'm

    Engineer: going

    Carlos SAINZ: to try and make it back, but there's damage.

    Engineer: Ok, understood.

  10. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: And careful of debris here out of turn 7 Is

    Fernando ALONSO: there something else on the track?

    Engineer: No Fernando, that was it

  11. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Lance STROLL: There is understood, mid-corner now.

    Engineer: Okay, understood, stand by.

  12. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: I made a mistake, it's

    Engineer: a

    Brendon HARTLEY: shame, but

    Engineer: this life is looking a lot better. Much much better.

  13. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Engineer: I

    Charles LECLERC: did

    Engineer: a

    Charles LECLERC: mistake, but I think we can box and have

    Engineer: a

    Charles LECLERC: flat spot.

  14. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Lance STROLL: you think is that a thing else in the tires Hans? I think so because we started on the understeer side so I couldn't really use the tire properly now it's starting to come back to me the balance.

    Engineer: Hans, last corner you're still too quick in entry so you carry too much speed that you nearly crash again

  15. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Piera, if you want we can do another one, if you want you can do another one, we were faster.

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, I know the tires are gone now, I can try if you want.

    Engineer: Let's have another go, and if it's slower we abort.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: This

    Lewis HAMILTON: tyre's not going any faster.

  17. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: What's your main limitation? Don't know

  18. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Engineer: So try to be 30 seconds lower than our quick lap time So we needed to try to cool down the carcass So bulk is coming down now, but at least we found a direction

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Just the front is Nowhere on the braking if you do that slow you have to do a bit of pushing before you

    Engineer: know Okay, understood understood

  19. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren

    Stoffel VANDOORNE: I touched the wall I broke the suspension okay

    Engineer: copy are you gonna bring the car home Stoffel? Stoffel suggest to pull over that tire is going to damage the floor suggest to pull over

  20. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Engineer: Check it. There may be debris. 8, 9, 10. There may be debris. 8, 9, 10.

  21. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: okay Fernando it looks unlikely that they're going to clear the car in time it looks unlikely so we will box this lap box this lap please continue to drive to the Delta box this lap

  22. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Box, box, box for another start.

  23. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Virtual safety car ending, virtual safety car ending. Green, green, green.

  24. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: OK, so it'll be recharge off, then three burnouts and a second gear start, please.

    Nico HULKENBERG: Proof, a lot of people doing the same.

    Engineer: Yes, they are.

  25. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Traffic. Traffic.

  26. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Marcus ERICSSON: I think my brake is overheating

  27. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: You don't have to, we are sustainable, you don't have to, I leave it up to you.

  28. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, there's quite a lot of traffic and everything.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  29. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: As I said everyone's going to be out there on high fuel so this is going to be a difficult run in terms of traffic We'll do as good as we can

  30. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: OK, Unboxing is not comfortable on this tyre anymore, it's dangerous

    Engineer: Copy that Niko

  31. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Marcus ERICSSON: I lose power.

    Engineer: Ok, stand by.

    Marcus ERICSSON: Quite a lot.

    Engineer: Ok, everything looks ok at the moment, keep going. Is the battery low? The battery is low, that's why, so it will come back. Ok, the battery is climbing up, so it will be fine in another lap.

  32. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, the left hand side of the car is melted.

  33. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: There'll be eight time-lapse on this set, eight time-lapse on this set.

  34. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Charles LECLERC: Oh, it's unbelievably annoying. They're all using the GIS to not know what it takes.

  35. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: The kiosk is not right.

    Engineer: Ok understood, message understood.

  36. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Engineer: And slippery track on the chicane, slippery track on the chicane.

  37. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: It'll just be a pit stop practice, yeah. There's some debris there, so...

  38. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Are we certain that the front wing is where we should be? That it's not too much?

    Engineer: We think so.

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