Italian Grand Prix 2018: Qualifying team radio
38 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix 2018, across 13 drivers. Kimi RAIKKONEN 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
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 7 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 6 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 5 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 3 messages
- Esteban OCON · Force India · 3 messages
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 2 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 2 messages
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Charles LECLERC · Sauber · 1 message
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 1 message
- Lance STROLL · Williams · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Okay, stop these are new brakes so good warm-up on brakes
Engineer: We need more energy in the front tires. Weaving, we need more energy in the front tires.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: There's vibration on this set.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: Where is
Lewis HAMILTON: everyone?
Engineer: They're all in a big bunch, just behind you.
Fernando ALONSO: I think the steering is moving, under braking, you see something strange on the brakes or on the front tyres
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I need to check the floor from left-hand side, to go up in height, pretty
Engineer: high, just to make sure. Floor from right-hand side, yeah. Left.
Engineer: So let's do it. Let's do it. Our laps good. We're going to help Stoff. Keep going for it mate
Engineer: Ok Stof, there's still cars setting lap times, but we are out I'm afraid, currently P, we've finished P20
Stoffel VANDOORNE: Ah f***
Engineer: Why are we so slow? Anyway... We are out, right? Yeah, I'm afraid, Charles, we are out, both cars. So we are P17, then P8 is... Hartley is P18, Marcos, and then Bando. I honestly really don't get it. I don't see... I really don't understand. We really need to analyze it more. OK, Charles, let's discuss later.
Engineer: The left rear wants to cool, need to cool left rear.
Engineer: Okay, so that's a P2. Vettel P1 is just a 100th in it. It's very close on all the sectors.
Pierre GASLY: It's
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: disaster, it's
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: mess.
Engineer: Okay, create a gap or cast a phase.
Sebastian VETTEL: I again went a little bit wide, lost a little bit in the last corner.
Engineer: Yeah, we saw that. Car at 51, 10,000 faster than Hamilton.
Engineer: And we don't expect terrain, Kimi.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: So, next run we try to get behind somebody.
Engineer: Yeah.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Which one is going first, the other or the other car? The other, yeah. So, we wait until they go and try to see what happens, if it makes a big difference. Yeah, okay.
Engineer: Behind you there is a train of cars, so we need to keep this position. This position is very good.
Engineer: Keep the position behind you there is a stroller keep the position
Engineer: OK, tyre temperature is looking in better shape.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, Magnussen wanted to race into 10-1.
Engineer: Looks like Magnussen screwed his own lap as well.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: What the hell is going on?
Pierre GASLY: We are P-10, P-10, we are in Yes! Fantastic! That's mega, best Q3 of the year Yeah, you did a good job, now let's focus on Q3
Engineer: Ok lads we are through, P8, Sergei P12
Lance STROLL: Wow, amazing guys
Engineer: Ok, one more set Let's go in lap UR and box this lap Well done lads, well done Thank
Lance STROLL: you Luka
Engineer: P-6, P-6 and you're safe, okay, good job. That was messy out there, huh? Yeah, I was completely screwed, Kevin, it's not fair. Yeah, I saw it, yeah, understood, okay, thank you.
Pierre GASLY: Let's go now
Engineer: Push Esteban
Engineer: So you can cool rears a bit now, cool rears, cool rears. The cars have slowed behind you, the cars have slowed, you can take a bit of a gap now.
Sebastian VETTEL: I have to back off then.
Engineer: You can take your speed for tyres.
Engineer: Okay Max, I'm sure you're looking at the temps, but they look in good shape. Just wake up the front right tyre, gap behind Hamilton, 4.8.
Engineer: OK Lewis, that's P1, 7 hundredths to Reichenen at P2, just over a tenth to Vettel P3.
Engineer: Confirm FLAP angle for next run.
Sebastian VETTEL: Can I add one click?
Engineer: Copy, add one click.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: I will go behind them again.
Engineer: Yeah Kimi, we do.
Engineer: Hamilton 2 seconds in front.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Did I use the last switch last lap or not in the last one?
Engineer: No, you didn't. No, you didn't.
Engineer: Keep it, you have a pole.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Thank you.
Engineer: Yes! P2, P2, and give me a pole position, P1, P2. Nice job.
Sebastian VETTEL: We speak after.
Engineer: Oh Lucia, that was a valiant effort mate, valiant effort. P3. So we've got Räikkönen P1, Vettel P2, Valtteri P4. There's a hundredth to Vettel, but Räikkönen just under two tenths.
Engineer: P6! P6! Yeah boy! Yeah boy! Yes! That was a hell of a lap! And it was beautiful! Ironman, this was fantastic! Thank you, Gunda! Hahaha! Good job, everyone! Good job! Unfortunately, it's not Monaco we've got to work tomorrow, but that's good!
Engineer: P9, Pierre P9, good job.
Pierre GASLY: That's mega guys, you expected it. Fantastic though, I'm really happy, thank you.
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