Hungarian Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio
50 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix 2018, across 14 drivers. Stoffel VANDOORNE had the most, with 7.
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
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 7 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 7 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 5 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 5 messages
- Antonio GIOVINAZZI · Sauber · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 3 messages
- Carlos SAINZ · Renault · 2 messages
- Marcus ERICSSON · Sauber · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Force India · 2 messages
- Lance STROLL · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Closer right here, please.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, sorry.
Engineer: Okay, so just focus on getting these tires working.
Engineer: And Kimi we need FAIL ALPHA 50 ON. FAIL ALPHA 50 ON.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Thank you Airpods.
Engineer: And multifunction GX free. Multifunction GX position free. And lap mode race before the last corner and K1 to open the lap.
Engineer: How was the drivability? Yeah, felt alright. Understood.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I'll try again
Engineer: OK, understood
Daniel RICCIARDO: I'll try again
Engineer: OK, understood
Engineer: I
Kimi RAIKKONEN: don't know why it didn't select it in the first time.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: Okay, Kimi has just completed a time lap behind. First lap for him, 18.7, he is on ultra.
Max VERSTAPPEN: What lap time did I do?
Engineer: 19.2 Very similar lap times, he lost three tenths, two and a half tenths in the final sector on that last lap.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, lost the rear quite a lot as the lap went on. Understood. Okay, yeah, I don't think balance is going to change, so I'll box. Okay, understood, box this lap.
Engineer: Fernando, how is the front wing level? How is the front wing level?
Fernando ALONSO: It's ok, a little bit low
Engineer: but
Fernando ALONSO: not too far
Engineer: We are braking too early in all of the first sector.
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, I copy that.
Engineer: Yeah, I guess you saw the balance, super oversteery, anything on the toys? Suggest blue B6, blue B6, green F4, green F4, and silver D6, silver D6. Stoffel, would you like to try one more lap or shall we adjust the front wing? Let's do one more first, one more first. Copy.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, the Williams didn't saw me at all
Engineer: Yep, ok mate, understood
Engineer: And so just go mid-8 please, mid-8.
Carlos SAINZ: What for?
Engineer: Just to improve the entry, Carlos.
Engineer: I
Stoffel VANDOORNE: have no deployment.
Engineer: OK, switch recharge on, recharge on. And now test recharge off, test recharge off.
Stoffel VANDOORNE: Yeah, it's OK now, so I switch it back on and go to the next lab. Copy.
Engineer: Gasly is using 5th gear in turn 11.
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, he got V6, felt a bit low in up here.
Marcus ERICSSON: I have hesitations on the higher gears, when I change from 6 to 7, 7 to 8. It's not pulling cleanly from the engine after the gear changes. Ok, that's
Engineer: clear, I will relay the message.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yeah, I look up into the water.
Engineer: Copy Antonio. Any vibrations question?
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Yep. Do
Engineer: you think you can continue? I try to do one lap. Copy.
Pierre GASLY: I have no rear grip, no rear grip on the entries, need the one exit
Brendon HARTLEY: Okay, big front lock, high boarded.
Romain GROSJEAN: Very strange feeling on the car, the posting is super light and the rear is not great.
Engineer: Ok, understood.
Romain GROSJEAN: I've got no stability at all.
Engineer: And QALY in, QALY in.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: It's not working, the change from QALY push to QALY charge or from charge to QALY push.
Engineer: It's working but seems to you press the mode in, you have now mode in selected. Might be the toggle on the right hand side.
Antonio GIOVINAZZI: Ok, now it's working with the right toggle.
Engineer: Copy.
Lance STROLL: The rear is quite bad.
Engineer: OK, Max.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, yeah, all good.
Engineer: Understood. Box and confirm.
Engineer: Okay, rev limit test, rev limit test, first and second gear. I did already the last lap
Pierre GASLY: at 13, so tell me if it's enough.
Engineer: Okay, we'll let you know.
Engineer: OK, stop gears are learned, so you can prepare the car normally. And the track is clear.
Engineer: OK, recharge on is good. Track is still clear. Blue B10 for cool-down lap. Blue B10 for cool-down lap.
Engineer: Suggest left hand side toggle in turn 2. Suggest left hand side toggle in turn 2 and make sure you don't over push the braking in turn 6.
Engineer: So Stoff that's not a bad lap most of the corners looking pretty good It looks like still just need to keep building your confidence in the braking. We think the brake bias is okay Just keep building up your confidence in the braking Braking turn six and turn two looks very good. It's a little bit to come turn one perhaps in the braking and Possibly a little braking confidence turn 12
Lewis HAMILTON: This group is really poor at turn 1. Off the start, sorry. OK, copy.
Engineer: All OK. Any damage?
Marcus ERICSSON: No, but tires.
Engineer: OK.
Marcus ERICSSON: That's bad.
Engineer: Is it drivable?
Marcus ERICSSON: I'm afraid no.
Pierre GASLY: It's pretty difficult to synchronize 8th gear. I tried 2 times but it didn't work.
Engineer: Copy, try again before 12.
Engineer: And
Kimi RAIKKONEN: traffic and the cars going like walking speed in the fastest places is ridiculous.
Engineer: Do you think the change was negative with the front-locking issues?
Brendon HARTLEY: Yes, copy.
Engineer: Yes or no, change was negative?
Brendon HARTLEY: I said yes, and then I said copy. Yes, I'm more front-locking and less front potential.
Engineer: Ok, understood. Do you want to box to reverse or happy to go for one more lap?
Brendon HARTLEY: I'll try one more.
Brendon HARTLEY: Should I box? It's
Engineer: a
Brendon HARTLEY: f***ing traffic jam.
Engineer: Stay out.
Esteban OCON: The Toro also passed the signs on the double wave.
Engineer: Copy that, copy that.
Lewis HAMILTON: Everyone's got traffic.
Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I can't sleep, I'm under yellow.
Engineer: I can't sleep, I'm under yellow. Understood.
Lewis HAMILTON: Ah, these tires are just a terrible one.
Lewis HAMILTON: The ruin's kind of finished. OK, copy. So box, box.
Engineer: Car behind now is Vettel. He's on a time lap. He's two seconds behind Vettel. There is a gap that we can use Mamma Mia! Impossible!
Fernando ALONSO: Maybe another slow lap
Engineer: Up to you. There's a good gap now if you want it or another slow lap
Fernando ALONSO: Another slow lap and give me the traffic, but the tyres are ice cold
Engineer: Okay, understood
Pierre GASLY: The traffic is a disaster. Disaster.
Engineer: and stop all that was throttle failsafe don't brake too hard against the throttle
Engineer: The car pulls to the right a bit when brakes are pulled. Copy that.
Lewis HAMILTON: Where you have us stuck, it's too dirty there.
Engineer: Two times they're women.
Pierre GASLY: Too late.
Pierre GASLY: Ah, it's not good.
Engineer: The
Pierre GASLY: front is not precise, I have
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: really strange feeling.
Engineer: Cool down as much as possible.
Pierre GASLY: I'm positive at all, I lost a lot of mechanical grip
Engineer: and
Pierre GASLY: it doesn't feel good
Engineer: Copy Pierre, we have an answer
Engineer: Cool down as much as possible, we think we have an issue at the rear brakes.
Engineer: I think I've got an issue with my DRS, I've got the feeling that I pressed it at the right time. I see, I see, yep, okay, yeah, it didn't open twice, okay.
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