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Chinese Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio

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14:01 to 15:04
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28 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix 2018, across 13 drivers. 27 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON 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.

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  1. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso14:01:490:05

    EngineerWind direction, same as P3 confirmed

  2. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:02:230:09

    Lewis HAMILTONWith the same at

    Engineerthe moment? Yes

  3. Marcus ERICSSONSauber14:05:360:15

    EngineerCharles did 35.2, so basically up to turn 10 you are quicker and then we lost out of 10, 13 and the last corner.

  4. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas14:08:590:07

    Kevin MAGNUSSENBottas just completely got in my way.

    EngineerJust

    Kevin MAGNUSSENdidn't move out in the last round. Okay.

  5. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari14:09:460:10

    Kimi RAIKKONENOkay, I got some rain on

    Engineerthe foot.

  6. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso14:10:110:07

    Pierre GASLYI don't know why when I press first gear it doesn't work, I need to press three times

  7. Charles LECLERCSauber14:12:220:09

    EngineerOK Charlie, can you continue?

    Charles LECLERCYeah, I can. Copy.

  8. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso14:13:000:10

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, copy. I didn't

    Engineeractivate

    Brendon HARTLEYthe DRS. I did it very late because of the speaker.

  9. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull14:15:160:05

    EngineerRight then, you're going to get one lap, one time lap.

  10. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull14:23:090:05

    EngineerOkay Daniel, all done, mission accomplished.

  11. Marcus ERICSSONSauber14:23:270:20

    EngineerOK, we finished P20 and Charles P19 So Charles did 34.4, so we were faster until the last two corners I

    Marcus ERICSSONlocked up in the hairpin, sorry for that Yeah, alright

  12. Charles LECLERCSauber14:24:210:49

    Charles LECLERCI locked up in second to last corner, apart from that was not so bad, but I lost so much time in last corner, anyway Q2 would not have been possible no, we are very far from Q2, yeah

    Engineerabout 4 tenths, 4 tenths, ok,

    Charles LECLERCwell, I don't know how much my error cost to be honest, but, ah, the rest of the lap I think was positive, I'm getting there but, yeah, just sorry for these two errors, I'm not sure at Q2 would have been possible, but, yeah.

  13. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:29:520:06

    EngineerSo keep pushing because we're going to go for lap three keep the temps up

  14. Romain GROSJEANHaas14:31:230:07

    Romain GROSJEANOk, box.

    EngineerUnderstood, box now.

  15. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull14:32:220:09

    EngineerTry not to give Hamilton a toe, he's approaching now before 11, don't give him a toe, get out of his way nice and early.

  16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:34:320:18

    Lewis HAMILTONTell me about the sectors.

    EngineerOK Lewis, so to Reichen two and a half tenths in sectors one and three, and then a tenth in sector two. To Maltry, just over a tenth in sectors one and two, and a couple of hundredths in sector three.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:37:010:10

    Lewis HAMILTONI'm the only one that has to go again.

    EngineerNegative, I think Matthew's going again, circuit is all clear, all clear.

  18. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren14:38:050:16

    EngineerOkay Stoff, so Hamilton is the car in front. Fernando the car directly behind. Fernando currently five seconds behind. We need a bit more pace Stoff, a bit more pace on this out lap. Let's have a bigger gap.

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes14:38:570:06

    EngineerPlenty of space, just go for it. Don't slow down.

  20. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso14:44:190:10

    Brendon HARTLEYReasonably clean lap guys, couldn't do too much more.

    EngineerCopy, that's P15 Brendan, P15.

    Brendon HARTLEYCopy.

  21. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren14:44:430:09

    EngineerAnd we are p13 p13, okay,

    Fernando ALONSOit's good I think

  22. Romain GROSJEANHaas14:45:170:18

    Romain GROSJEANWhere are we?

    EngineerP6, you're P6. Yes, baby, yes! Very nice, very nice. Okay, so P6. Okay, let's do that again. A bit more, because you've got Hülkenberg ahead in P5.

  23. Nico HULKENBERGRenault14:52:360:09

    Nico HULKENBERGJust lacking a little bit of depth, a little toe down to turn 14.

    EngineerCopy that Nico.

  24. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:03:200:11

    Audio only, no transcript

  25. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:03:340:22

    Romain GROSJEANAh, that didn't go well, did it?

    EngineerOK, everyone's finished, we have P10, signs P9, 32, 8, Perez, 32, 7, Hulk, 32, 5.

    Romain GROSJEANOK, um, yeah, just need to understand a little bit under grip what happened.

    EngineerYep, understood.

  26. Sergio PEREZForce India15:04:030:11

    EngineerOK, check it out, it's P8, confirmed P8, well done.

    Sergio PEREZOhohoho, that was magic man!

  27. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:04:170:11

    EngineerGod dammit, did you see what we were doing on the backstreet there? You are confirmed P7 though, so great job, great job mate. Thank you mate.

  28. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull15:04:310:16

    Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, I went on the Astro, Exeter 9.

    EngineerUnderstood.

    Daniel RICCIARDOAppreciate you guys getting me out. Thank you.

    EngineerUnderstood. Yeah, it was a good job that way.