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French Grand Prix2018 · Practice 1 team radio

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18
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12:02 to 13:30
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39 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the French Grand Prix 2018, across 18 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON 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.

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  1. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:02:100:07

    EngineerOnce you hit the limiter 250km it will be gear 6, gear 6 when you're in the limiter.

  2. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:05:260:05

    EngineerJust remember to not slide the tires too much.

  3. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:06:460:07

    EngineerYou can use DRS we just need three consistent laps

  4. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:11:280:04

    Lewis HAMILTONRiz is struggling.

  5. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:14:370:19

    Brendon HARTLEYOK, that's not the car.

    EngineerKeep us posted on the vibrations.

    Brendon HARTLEYDoesn't feel too bad, doesn't feel too bad.

    EngineerCopy that, big lap.

    Brendon HARTLEYBig oversteer. I'm

    Engineergoing

    Brendon HARTLEYto go up on this straight, it was a bit surprising how I lost the car.

    EngineerCopy that.

  6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull12:15:310:11

    EngineerInitial thoughts on balance max, do we need to prep any major changes?

    Max VERSTAPPENNo, nothing major.

  7. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:16:030:06

    Brendon HARTLEYLack of power on the part tunnel.

  8. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:17:520:08

    Brendon HARTLEYI feel very low employment

    EngineerCopy that, we have some issues, mode 2, mode 2

  9. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:19:030:09

    Brendon HARTLEYBut yeah, I seem to have very low deployment.

    EngineerYes, agreed, we have a problem, we have a problem, we are looking into it, mode 2 should be better.

  10. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:20:380:08

    EngineerTenth off in the first sector and then quickest in sectors two and three at the moment, okay

  11. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:22:070:08

    EngineerBox, Brendan, box. We need to fix the problem with energy management. Box, box.

    Brendon HARTLEYComing up, coming up.

  12. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas12:22:270:14

    Kevin MAGNUSSENThe SOC is pretty strange, like the Cape of Deployment is strange.

    EngineerOk, we are on the lower side of the map, so we try to build up a bit of SOC.

  13. Romain GROSJEANHaas12:24:410:15

    EngineerI've got the feeling the MGP is doing some strange stuff at Mitrota. OK box now Roman, box now, we have an issue, you have Raikkonen 2 behind, please box now.

  14. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren12:25:380:06

    EngineerStoffel, is the car okay?

    Stoffel VANDOORNEYeah, all okay.

  15. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas12:26:350:13

    Kevin MAGNUSSENI'm not getting any deployment at throttle application, so I push the throttle and then the K

    Engineercomes in after. Okay, understood, understood, understood. Okay, I come back to you.

  16. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari12:30:100:06

    Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, I don't know what the Williams is, but completely almost crashing.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:32:070:07

    Lewis HAMILTONSome of the drivers just drive it dangerously slow.

  18. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren12:32:330:08

    Stoffel VANDOORNEYeah, you didn't update me on the traffic. I didn't see the car behind

  19. Lance STROLLWilliams12:32:530:16

    EngineerLans, turn 4 can be in 4th, and turn 5 in 3rd.

    Lance STROLLI'm doing that at the moment. Ah, sorry, ok, now I know where you've been.

  20. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren12:34:240:12

    Engineerand Fernando just as a reminder a lot of cars are spinning in turn six because of the wind direction change through that corner there.

    Fernando ALONSOOkay

  21. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams12:35:280:11

    EngineerFrom your side, is there a value in doing one more lap?

    Sergey SIROTKINI mean, there's always value because it's a new track, but I'm not sure it can be quicker.

  22. Sebastian VETTELFerrari12:36:240:09

    Sebastian VETTELSteering seems to get worse, and also for the carry-lease there seems to be a delay. Check for example last corner.

  23. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso12:43:170:15

    EngineerRadio check, radio check, Bjerre. Radio OK. OK, we lost connection to the car, so we were not able to tell you to box. We need to box now.

    Pierre GASLYOK.

  24. Stoffel VANDOORNEMcLaren12:50:090:09

    EngineerAnd Stoffel, check DRS on this straight, check the DRS, should now latch

    Stoffel VANDOORNEYeah, it's OK

  25. Carlos SAINZRenault12:56:200:12

    Carlos SAINZYeah, a bit of a scrub fill up, gonna do a fill up, just for your info, the front tires were not ready for that, turn 1. OK, understood.

  26. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:57:550:14

    Lewis HAMILTONYeah, the car won't turn, but I need the box.

    EngineerOK, copy. And we're ready for you in the box, just let us know how much flap you need.

    Lewis HAMILTONWhatever you took out.

  27. Esteban OCONForce India13:00:580:17

    Esteban OCONYeah, I

    Engineersee

    Esteban OCONRodkin is always in the way.

    EngineerGo to end cool, go to end cool.

    Esteban OCONI can't get the... ah, there we go. Yeah, I fast-ported the tires.

  28. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:03:440:08

    EngineerI

    Max VERSTAPPENhave massive understeer.

    EngineerOK, we can box Max, we'll box.

  29. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:04:450:22

    EngineerSo that's a P1 at the moment, three tenths to Valtry P2. You are up sector one, just a hundredth in the middle, up tenth and a half, down two tenths, final sector.

    Lewis HAMILTONWhich is where?

    EngineerA tenth in turn 13, half a tenth in the last two corners.

  30. Charles LECLERCSauber13:07:310:17

    Charles LECLERCAll ok Charlie? Yeah But the car is behaving very weirdly on curves And in braking Manual Look if there are no damages

  31. Charles LECLERCSauber13:08:530:07

    EngineerSo you were braking on a curb that was causing the instability.

  32. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:10:360:10

    EngineerWhat's the main limitation with the change we made?

    Brendon HARTLEYActually, I think the change was in the good direction. Maybe keep thinking.

  33. Sebastian VETTELFerrari13:15:270:06

    EngineerPeople are still improving lap-by-lap on quality tires.

  34. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari13:18:160:06

    EngineerI

    Kimi RAIKKONENam too much from plane Understood

  35. Carlos SAINZRenault13:19:590:08

    Carlos SAINZYeah, it feels like we've added 1.5% of our balance.

    EngineerOK, understood.

  36. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:21:000:10

    Max VERSTAPPENVery low grip.

    EngineerTires were on the cool side to start the landmatch.

  37. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:26:540:08

    EngineerAnd we'll go straight to Strap Mode 10, Strap Mode 10, and this is a different Strap Mode 10 to the previous run.

  38. Marcus ERICSSONSauber13:29:330:19

    EngineerAh, it's over, sorry. Okay, you crashed or...? Yeah. Alright. And remember the switch off procedure, switch off procedure. Get out of here, get out of here, quick! Out of the car, quick! Press the fire extinguisher if you can.

  39. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas13:30:120:08

    EngineerIt's on fire, yeah, red flag, red flag, red flag, red flag, there is a car on fire.