Italian Grand Prix 2018: Race team radio
75 radio messages were recorded during race at the Italian Grand Prix 2018, across 15 drivers. 74 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Lewis HAMILTON had the most, with 22.
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
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 22 messages
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 10 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 10 messages
- Kimi RAIKKONEN · Ferrari · 9 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 6 messages
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 4 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Red Bull · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 2 messages
- Esteban OCON · Force India · 2 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Brendon HARTLEY · Toro Rosso · 1 message
- Fernando ALONSO · McLaren · 1 message
- Sergio PEREZ · Force India · 1 message
- Stoffel VANDOORNE · McLaren · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: Hell yeah, I've learned that bloody first gear, I never once did do it.
Pierre GASLY: Ok, the car is 200ft, wind corner
Engineer: Suggestion, entry 5, try entry 5
Engineer: Gamp push for balance check.
Engineer: Any car issues? No, no car issues. Copy that.
Engineer: So Valtteri, maybe one or two light spots, but not expecting any rain.
Engineer: Sir Lewis at the moment nothing on the radar, we are feeling just the odd spot of rain so you may have something hitting visor but there's nothing we can see at the moment.
Engineer: Just remember about position on the grid when I showed you that little patch, so this side and this way.
Engineer: and we
Lewis HAMILTON: both had pretty perfect starts just now.
Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, I'm out.
Engineer: Ok, stop in a safe place.
Sebastian VETTEL: That was silly, where did he want to go?
Engineer: Copy that. Car damage.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, front wing.
Engineer: Copy that.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, damage from the front right.
Engineer: Engine free, engine free, and box for nose change.
Engineer: So safety car, safety car, keep the delta positive, you are staying out, staying out. So in that contact, Vettel spun at the chicane, he is now last car in the pack. Need to check my front wing, other
Lewis HAMILTON: side also. Copy,
Engineer: we'll have a look when you come past.
Engineer: Anyway.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Okay, I have
Engineer: a
Kimi RAIKKONEN: small flat spot, but it's okay.
Engineer: We are keep on monitoring, Kimi, yeah.
Engineer: OK, get in there Lewis. Right, head down, let's focus.
Engineer: That's
Lewis HAMILTON: all, thank you, man.
Engineer: And possible debris between turns six and seven.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: There's something wrong, guys. The car is d***ed.
Engineer: DRS is now active. DRS now active.
Engineer: And front brakes a bit too hot, try to put them down. I can see it.
Engineer: Yes Fernando, we are monitoring a situation, nothing to do for now, keep going, press and overtake if you need it.
Engineer: Okay, copy.
Engineer: Yeah, now brakes are getting better.
Sergio PEREZ: Yes, I think we got some damage too, there is some understeer in the car, so we just have to come up with a front wing.
Engineer: Understood Checo, we agree, we agree. Last lap you're a second quicker than the Williams is already.
Engineer: A2 target, low 24, low 24, give me lap time, 24, 3, and you are in Hamilton's tail, you are in Hamilton's tail, keep pushing, close the gap to Perez.
Engineer: Okay, then we have got slight damage on the left hand side end plate, but it's not a concern
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay, yeah
Engineer: I
Sebastian VETTEL: think I have distilled some damage. Balance is quite a bit off.
Engineer: Understood. We do see from data.
Engineer: I think we have blistering on the rear.
Stoffel VANDOORNE: Rear right tyre.
Engineer: Copy.
Max VERSTAPPEN: We lose a lot of time on the straights, easy left turn.
Engineer: Flag for Kimi Raikkonen, leader of the race, and just behind him there is Lewis Hamilton P2.
Engineer: Okay copy, just keep the information coming.
Nico HULKENBERG: What the f**k man, that's no power!
Engineer: Yeah, you're derated Nico
Nico HULKENBERG: Shall I? Will it take to recover?
Engineer: So it's hammer time Lewis.
Engineer: Staying out, staying out, you have pace.
Engineer: And Hamilton stayed out. Kimi, we need to push. It's the critical moment now.
Engineer: Ok, but the battery is not completely dead. Sock 7, Kimi, and we'll be ok. Sock 7.
Engineer: It's
Kimi RAIKKONEN: raining a little bit in the back of the circuit.
Engineer: There's some small showers six and seven
Engineer: So we're just unsafe by 0.5, but the gap is bouncing around, so just head down, let's put some lap times in.
Engineer: Just one more lap Lewis, come on, let's have it.
Daniel RICCIARDO: I got smoke, I got smoke.
Engineer: I
Daniel RICCIARDO: don't know what it is.
Engineer: Do
Daniel RICCIARDO: I stop?
Engineer: Yeah, stop the car please, stop the car, stop the car. Go to mode one and stop the car. Okay, alright. We don't know what that is at the moment.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Okay,
Engineer: I
Daniel RICCIARDO: heard something breaking for one. I'll jump out.
Engineer: Understood.
Engineer: We're not sure of the exact issue, Max, but Daniel has stopped at turn 5, there are double yellows turn 4, double yellows turn 4-5. Has everything alright with my engine? No problems, Max, no problems, gap bolt has to be fixed.
Sebastian VETTEL: The pace Hamilton
Engineer: 24.8
Engineer: So, keep Kimi behind you, just keep pushing on, you're in clear air now.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Engineer: OK Lewis, so box, box, box, box.
Lewis HAMILTON: Tires are still good though.
Engineer: So box, box, box, box.
Engineer: Come on mate, let's try and get past Ocon, nice and quickly with quicker than Bottas in sectors
Engineer: Yeah, copy loose, but Valtteri's still out there.
Engineer: Suggest brake three to avoid front locking turn one
Engineer: Gap now at 2.6 Last lap Reichenen 23.8
Engineer: You're doing a really good job Valtteri. You're pulling away from Verstappen.
Engineer: And we think Raikkonen may have a blistering. You had blistering on your previous set.
Engineer: How's the balance Max?
Max VERSTAPPEN: It's okay, I'm just driving to the limit of the car.
Engineer: Okay we have a back marker Van Dorn coming up just keep an eye on those rear attempts it's crucial that we manage them it looks like Kimi does have issues with blistering
Engineer: So you are on the limits on that rear left Okay Lewis, you just need to keep the tyres as good a nick as possible
Engineer: And Lewis, this race will be won and lost with tyres, we just need to look after them. It looks like Raikkonen's killing his tyres, don't you do the same.
Engineer: Kimi, we see some vibration from your rear tires. Try to keep them alive.
Engineer: Now we do not expect Vettel to catch you by the end of the race, you need to keep the pace up though.
Engineer: Save a little bit of tyre skimming. Hamilton is saving tyres on the last muscle.
Engineer: Yep, ties are cold. Ties are cold. You're free to push.
Engineer: UKMAD, I'm falling off the cliff now Copy that Sorry to f***
Max VERSTAPPEN: He touched me on the left wheel.
Engineer: Yep, understood. I don't think he had left hand side tyres on the grass so you left him space.
Engineer: We're speaking to Charlie got another 10 to go another 10 to
Engineer: So Verstappen is under investigation.
Engineer: Ok, so gap 1.2, nice work. Right, 8 laps to go once you cross the line.
Engineer: And we need to take care about our tires, Timmy. We need to bring the car home.
Engineer: And Kimi lost the lead at turn 1.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I've seen it.
Engineer: OK Max, we have been given a 5 second penalty, so we will need to push on now, push on. For what? Don't worry about it, get your head down.
Max VERSTAPPEN: No, don't worry about it, it's ****, I gave him space. They're doing a great job in killing racing, honestly.
Engineer: I
Max VERSTAPPEN: know I'm losing time to vessel, but I really don't care.
Engineer: Try to avoid the curves as much as possible. We saw the vibration we think is critical.
Engineer: Get in there Lewis! You are the man! You are the man! You knocked that out of the park today mate. Out the park.
Engineer: Thank you Kimi, last 10 laps has been hard for sure, Hamilton won the race, we are P2, 1st up and 3rd, they got a penalty, we don't know what is happening, Bottas 4th, Sebastian 5th.
Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, disappointing man, but I don't think I could do an entire score with Lillicon.
Engineer: Well
Kimi RAIKKONEN: you have done a great job.
Engineer: So formation all the way home just to show our Italian colleagues.
Engineer: Alright Max, P3 on the road, P5 on the sheets unfortunately, that was an awesome drive though, so respect for that, really good, hard luck, mode 1. That was a very good drive Max, shame you didn't get to pick up the trophy for that, have a look at it and see what you think.
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah I think it's better I don't say anything anymore but I think we deserve more.
Engineer: I completely agree.
Engineer: I have P5, P5, I should get P4, it's a penalty. OK guys, well the car was pretty compromised from lap 1 I would say, didn't feel right in terms of balance. Yeah, copy that, there's some damages. OK, P0. Copy that, thank you. Yeah, I think you saw what happened there, I had nowhere to go, I don't... I think we had to pace. Thanks to everyone.
Engineer: checkered flag checkered flag p6 fantastic great job p6 oh
Romain GROSJEAN: yeah boy good job everyone really good driving you had
Engineer: some pressure there great job well managed
Engineer: So good job, Esteban. P7, P7.
Esteban OCON: Good job, guys. Well done. Strong race again.
Engineer: Keep
Esteban OCON: going.
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