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Team radio transcript

Chinese Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio

26 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Chinese Grand Prix 2018, across 12 drivers. 25 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Brendon HARTLEY 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. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: I hear you only at the left again.

    Engineer: Okay, Nick, you'll have to change your balaclava when you get back.

  2. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: So stay on circuit, stay on circuit, once more round.

  3. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Turn seven. That's night and day better compared to last week, so loud and clear.

  4. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Box, box, stuffing in the marks, pull it back into the garage.

  5. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Fernando ALONSO: I will do the longest train with no DRS now for you to confirm.

    Engineer: Okay, understood.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: So I confirm a strong tailwind into turn six minutes.

  7. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren

    Engineer: And Stoffel, do you think we should adjust the front wing? Do you think we should adjust the front wing?

    Stoffel VANDOORNE: Yeah, I think we should. It's impossible out there.

    Engineer: Copy. So we'll come in this lap and adjust the front wing. We'll box this lap to adjust the front wing.

  8. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, so you can continue to push now if you wish. My first lap was quickest.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, I'll do a cool down just for traffic and stuff. Yeah, understood.

  9. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: it's very windy and gusty out there so tricky conditions yeah i can feel it

    Sebastian VETTEL: especially breaking for six between two and three breaking for six for eleven and last corner

  10. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Yeah, a lot of mistakes. It's very tricky with the width, struggling with the width. Copy that.

  11. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Sergio PEREZ: It's all okay with the engine. I feel a lot of hesitations on high power.

    Engineer: Check it. We'll come back to you on the engine. We'll come back to you on the engine.

  12. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Audio only, no transcript available for this message.

  13. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: What do you think I should get the tires down to?

    Engineer: Target is plus 5, plus 10. Between plus 5 and plus 10. And we lose too much time on braking on last corner. Very last corner. Braking too early. Big picture is more margin to brake a bit later.

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, copy that.

  14. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, you're currently P4, 35.6, Daniel, 1,000th faster than you.

  15. Esteban OCONForce India

    Esteban OCON: How was the balance? On the steer. In the mid-corner still. A bit less, but still.

  16. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren

    Stoffel VANDOORNE: Some swamps of rain. Only a few drops.

    Engineer: Copy. So we'll stay out while it's okay.

  17. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: There's

    Engineer: a

    Sebastian VETTEL: little bit of drizzle now.

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: you okay to stay out yeah

    Max VERSTAPPEN: it's a little flat spot but yeah i have to i guess

    Engineer: max how bad is the flat spot

    Max VERSTAPPEN: yeah a little bit but i think i could do a lot understood

  19. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Pierre GASLY: Yeah, the car feels more normal now

  20. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Engineer: Okay Marcus, so the exit was a bit better where you were losing, but now I think you changed a bit the line around 8, 9 and 10, that was a bit worse this lap, and also now we're losing entry of the last corner.

  21. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren

    Engineer: Okay, Stoffel, is the car okay?

    Stoffel VANDOORNE: Yeah, all okay. I think I need to box to check everything over. I went through the gravel. Copy, copy. Box to slap.

  22. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Fernando ALONSO: Are you sure we are with the same engine settings from the first lap?

    Engineer: Yes, we believe so, Fernando.

  23. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, Max, it should be six time-lapse to the checkered flag. Six time-lapse.

  24. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Engineer: Check out both you and Esteban lapping around 39.9. Williams compare much slower at the moment.

  25. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: My heart's came out right in front of me. Can you hold that take? Correct.

  26. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: overtake button available try to overtake one more shot

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