Japanese Grand Prix 2018: Practice 3 team radio

Every message, in the order it happened

1. Nico HULKENBERGRenault11:59:55

   Engineer: And Nico, could we have a second gear start when the green light goes, which is in just under 20 seconds?

2. Nico HULKENBERGRenault12:00:16

   Engineer: Green light

3. Lance STROLLWilliams12:01:11

   Engineer: Go out left, go out left.

4. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari12:01:55

   Engineer: And multifunction GX4 when you can. Multifunction GX4.

5. Lance STROLLWilliams12:03:35

   Engineer: Okay lads, so we will stay on the option tyre, we'll stay on the option tyre.

   Lance STROLL: Okay.

6. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull12:04:22

   Engineer: Display 13, position 6, display 1-3, position 6. Once you've got that, B bow 3 and reverse off before 16.

7. Charles LECLERCSauber12:05:01

   Engineer: So chat all okay on engine side we do the run now And we need multi be brake compensation seven brake compensation seven and cook it and shift three shift three quality push quality push

8. Nico HULKENBERGRenault12:05:42

   Engineer: A reminder for top left modifier in sector one.

9. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas12:06:45

   Engineer: You can drop some temperatures in the last chicane.

10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:07:41

    Engineer: Can't actually see you on GPS, so just struggling with gaps at the moment, but I think you're all clear behind. Got Gasly at the last chicane, Valtteri is somewhere near you, not sure if you're ahead or behind.

    Lewis HAMILTON: Vibrations in the tyres.

    Engineer: OK, copy.

11. Sebastian VETTELFerrari12:10:01

    Engineer: Rain now, rain, quite heavy rain in 13-14.

    Sebastian VETTEL: Copy.

    Engineer: I think it's quite heavy rain. Can you start the lap? Well, I can try, but I might have to abort because it was quite heavy. Van Goghshen 4 behind, coming fast.

12. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams12:13:05

    Engineer: Okay Sergei, we'll take a cool down there. How's the track condition from your side? Would you like to try another lap?

    Sergey SIROTKIN: Yeah, I think I had a bit of traffic in sector one and I got quite a bit more rain for the Spoon, so I had to back it off. Yeah, let me do the cool down lap. Once I arrive to the Spoon I see if there's more rain there or not and I decide. Is that okay for you?

    Engineer: Yeah, give me some feedback when we get to the Spoon and we'll decide from there.

13. Sebastian VETTELFerrari12:13:44

    Engineer: Rain is coming also on the P-train now.

14. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:14:58

    Engineer: This rain is going to be about 10 minutes long so it should dry again.

    Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, happy to box.

15. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:15:54

    Engineer: Check your BIMIG, it's an error.

16. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:16:58

    Engineer: OK, well, no need to take any risks, but, you know, we think it's looking reasonable. Actually, so, saying that, just getting rain in the pit lane now.

17. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas12:17:57

    Engineer: Okay, I think now rain has become heavy.

18. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas12:19:08

    Engineer: Let's be careful stopping on the marks because it was pretty slippery. I think Roman unlocked the tires.

19. Esteban OCONForce India12:19:21

    Engineer: So the box is very slippery so just steady into the box.

20. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:32:07

    Engineer: So the track is clear

21. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:32:31

    Engineer: Clutch position 2% deep, so box, box, box for another start, just keep as advised on the track conditions. Tire temperatures on your dash should now be good.

22. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:34:10

    Engineer: Just confirmation, first gear start, and signal burnout.

23. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:34:35

    Engineer: Clutch position was on target, so box, box, box.

24. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:35:27

    Engineer: That's it, he's ugly.

25. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:35:42

    Engineer: So tight eps are cool, and clutch position was on target.

26. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren12:36:06

    Engineer: So let's have a rolling clutch scrub, bite point find, and then second gear launch, target 37.

27. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari12:36:49

    Engineer: And Kimi will be a start straight out of the garage. We can go to lab mode race, we don't need burnout, we don't need by-point. Will be just lab mode race K2 on and start with one red.

28. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:38:54

    Engineer: Just remember curbs and astroturf.

29. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren12:39:36

    Engineer: wind conditions look similar to our first run and SOC 4 please SOC 4 track conditions look okay to us how are they for you?

    Fernando ALONSO: same as I told you

    Engineer: okay in which case we'd like to get a read on this change

30. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari12:40:08

    Engineer: How is the dock, Kimi?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it's okay.

31. Lance STROLLWilliams12:40:25

    Engineer: Tire switch to QALY, Tire switch to QALY

32. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari12:41:21

    Engineer: No traffic behind Kimi, and we are doing the pit stop for the new set of tires. How is the wing?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, a little bit too much on this set at least We

    Engineer: leave it or we drop it?

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Quarter.

    Engineer: Quarterless, copy. So it will be quarterless Kimi, quarterless.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah

33. Nico HULKENBERGRenault12:43:17

    Nico HULKENBERG: It feels a bit like a big one that, you know, with the first few laps we've done too much damage to the tyres.

    Engineer: Copy that Nico, so I guess you're saying there's no point doing the next lap?

    Nico HULKENBERG: Well I don't think I will go faster, tyres

    Engineer: just had it. Copy that, it's entirely up to you mate.

34. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso12:45:55

    Pierre GASLY: I'm really down

    Engineer: on power,

    Pierre GASLY: guys.

    Engineer: Copy, Pierre, we are looking.

    Pierre GASLY: I have a lot of oscillation and just don't have any power.

    Engineer: Copy, we can see it.

35. Carlos SAINZRenault12:46:37

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, I could only improve my sector 3. Yeah,

    Engineer: understood. Sector 1 and 2 is too oversteery.

36. Romain GROSJEANHaas12:51:42

    Romain GROSJEAN: I don't know if I'm not starting the lap too cold, it's twice in a row than the first push lap I have got no grip

    Engineer: Okay from all that all around I

    Romain GROSJEAN: was the left side. Yeah,

    Engineer: okay

37. Carlos SAINZRenault12:52:52

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, nothing special, just too much oversteer on the car right now.

    Engineer: Okay, understood. Shall we do less than the two steps for the next set? Yeah, let's do

    Carlos SAINZ: just one step.

38. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:56:42

    Brendon HARTLEY: I went up a couple of times, unfortunately.

    Engineer: Anything to do with the balance?

    Brendon HARTLEY: No, I barely went related.

39. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:57:11

    Engineer: Yeah, I saw that. I don't know what they're doing.

40. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:59:01

    Engineer: OK, so we'll just follow the delta on the way and just maintain position and then when you get into the pit lane we want to create a gap Verstappen is only 10 seconds ahead so we need to back right off in the pit lane so that he can get out of the way and we can do a run pit stop, alright? Understood,

    Daniel RICCIARDO: are we running again or that's it?

    Engineer: We will not have time to run again, that is it

41. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:59:42

    Engineer: Gap is looking good, so you can just be normal in the pit lane