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
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 4 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Renault · 2 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Williams · 2 messages
- Charles LECLERC · Sauber · 2 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 2 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 2 messages
- Marcus ERICSSON · Sauber · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 1 message
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 1 message
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 1 message
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: That's a lot of pulling from the brakes.
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.
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.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: My tie-tips are not working.
Engineer: And just a reminder we are looking at two laps in a row, two laps in a row.
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.
Engineer: OK, Fernando, nice lap, nice lap. Currently P4, P4.
Fernando ALONSO: OK Vox, all over still.
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.
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
Lance STROLL: There is understood, mid-corner now.
Engineer: Okay, understood, stand by.
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.
Engineer: I
Charles LECLERC: did
Engineer: a
Charles LECLERC: mistake, but I think we can box and have
Engineer: a
Charles LECLERC: flat spot.
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
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.
Engineer: This
Lewis HAMILTON: tyre's not going any faster.
Engineer: What's your main limitation? Don't know
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
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
Engineer: Check it. There may be debris. 8, 9, 10. There may be debris. 8, 9, 10.
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
Engineer: Box, box, box for another start.
Engineer: Virtual safety car ending, virtual safety car ending. Green, green, green.
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.
Sebastian VETTEL: Traffic. Traffic.
Marcus ERICSSON: I think my brake is overheating
Engineer: You don't have to, we are sustainable, you don't have to, I leave it up to you.
Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, there's quite a lot of traffic and everything.
Engineer: Copy that.
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
Nico HULKENBERG: OK, Unboxing is not comfortable on this tyre anymore, it's dangerous
Engineer: Copy that Niko
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.
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, the left hand side of the car is melted.
Engineer: There'll be eight time-lapse on this set, eight time-lapse on this set.
Charles LECLERC: Oh, it's unbelievably annoying. They're all using the GIS to not know what it takes.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: The kiosk is not right.
Engineer: Ok understood, message understood.
Engineer: And slippery track on the chicane, slippery track on the chicane.
Engineer: It'll just be a pit stop practice, yeah. There's some debris there, so...
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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