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Team radio transcript

Mexican Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio

36 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Mexican Grand Prix 2018, across 17 drivers. Brendon HARTLEY 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

Every message, in the order it happened

  1. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And a reminder in the pit lane, slow to 30 kph, then accelerate to pit lane speed limiter, repeat that twice please and then we'll be stopping in front of our garage, stop in front of our garage.

  2. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Okay, DRS on.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: I don't have activation.

  3. Lando NORRISMcLaren

    Engineer: And no special instructions in the pit lane and this time we'll stop on the marks, please stop on the marks

  4. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Engineer: OK Pierre, anti-stall test in first gear, approaching the box.

  5. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: Okay, let's put both front tires back on.

    Engineer: Okay.

  6. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, Thais are suffering, just very superficial.

  7. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: I think it's a waste of running like this.

  8. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Check the car, I'm pulling on the brake into turn 12, and then a lot of front locking last corner, something feels strange.

    Engineer: The brakes are cold, we'll look at it, but the brakes are cold.

  9. Nicholas LATIFIForce India

    Engineer: How is the balance Nicholas? It's

    Nicholas LATIFI: difficult to really comment on it. The track is just really dirty. So it's just really a lot of four-wheel sliding

  10. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: And some feedback, you just braked a little bit late for turn 12

    Lance STROLL: Yeah

  11. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Sergio PEREZ: I lost a bit the front tires

  12. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, the eyes are finished. I don't know, maybe we need to go download something like that.

  13. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Have the switches changed anything at the braking? I don't think the switches have changed anything, it's just the fronts aren't very good. No, no, no. I really don't know what to do.

    Engineer: I

    Romain GROSJEAN: understand what you're saying, but definitely in sector 3 the rear on that lap was a nightmare. Yes, okay.

  14. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Brutal traffic. The Williams right in the middle of

    Engineer: the

    Brendon HARTLEY: road. Keep pushing, we have no more time. Yeah, he almost ran me off the road, mate. Can you send a message about the Williams, mate? That was a joke.

  15. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: They blocked me in the last sector, so yeah

  16. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Engineer: We need a bit more work on the front brakes, they are a bit cold at the moment.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: and a lot of dips of power in that run do

    Lewis HAMILTON: you see the drop of power there

    Engineer: uh afirm we believe we can see it and we'll let you know what it's all about

  18. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: OK, he's just blocked me, almost taken me off the track. F***ing bunch of avatars. Yeah, he's

    Engineer: a

    Brendon HARTLEY: w****. Yeah, copy, I'll call down. Yeah, the stupid Nazi's an idiot.

    Engineer: Copy that.

  19. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: How is that sector-wise?

    Engineer: So compared to Valtteri, you're still just over a tenth faster than him, and a tenth in the middle sector, tenth in the final sector. I

    Lewis HAMILTON: seem to get a drop in power.

    Engineer: OK, copy Lewis, it's understood. Not a reliability concern, we'll have a chat about it when you get back.

  20. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes

    Engineer: Just try and cool those tires as much as you can, there is a raging hog.

  21. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: The brakes are pulling a bit in the front

    Engineer: Okay, temperatures are reasonably square just have a positive braking event into turn 12

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Any way to stop the drop of power?

    Engineer: Negative loose, we'll need to do that in the garage.

  23. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Sebastian VETTEL: Okay, fronts are flat spotted, had a sudden lock, braking for one.

  24. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: The rear lock is a bit too high now in the last sector, consider offset 2.0 for the next lap.

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, come for that, good idea.

  25. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yep, Tyre

    Engineer: is

    Brendon HARTLEY: still like bubblegum

  26. Kevin MAGNUSSENHaas

    Kevin MAGNUSSEN: That's how I set you back up.

  27. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Yeah, the tyres are falling to pieces guys.

  28. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: But it's like I'm on the wet

  29. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, I'm trying to stay on track here, and it's not as easy as it could be

    Engineer: Okay, you can box now box if it's take five I don't know if I can clear it. I'm trying but I don't I don't think there's any energy in the circuit to clear it So yeah, I don't think it'll clear

  30. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Very, very, very, very, very understeering.

  31. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: Yeah,

    Lance STROLL: the rear is, like, completely cut.

    Engineer: Ah, see, if we keep pace at 20, low 23, it's OK.

    Lance STROLL: Ah, it's finally gonna get worse.

  32. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: Say the dots

    Engineer: Understood Niko, everyone's in the same boat by the look of it

  33. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Pushing the pit entry?

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah mate, but these tyres are not pushing

  34. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull

    Max VERSTAPPEN: I went wide, so I had to take the exit road.

    Engineer: Okay.

  35. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Engineer: Ok Carlos, we have to box the slab please, recharge on and box the slab.

    Carlos SAINZ: Why?

    Engineer: We have an issue. One minute. Ok, copy that.

  36. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: Copy

    Engineer: that Nico, in that case we should box.

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