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Monaco Grand Prix2018 · Qualifying team radio

25
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12
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9
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15:00 to 15:34
on the radio

25 radio messages were recorded during qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix 2018, across 12 drivers. Brendon HARTLEY had the most, with 5.

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.

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  1. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:00:000:05

    EngineerOkay, that's still red. It's going green in 20 seconds.

  2. Lance STROLLWilliams15:00:010:12

    EngineerOkay, so it's still red. It's going green in 20 seconds. 20 seconds to green.

  3. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:00:090:04

    Engineer20 seconds to green light, 20 seconds to green light.

  4. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:00:430:03

    EngineerWe need a good work on the brakes, we need good work on the brakes.

  5. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:02:020:07

    Pierre GASLYLife works right, but

    Engineerthe temperature doesn't work. It's not working yet, no worries.

  6. Lance STROLLWilliams15:03:270:12

    Lance STROLLI catch the front left, I'm not sure if I have damage.

    EngineerTell me now if I have damage. OK, seems OK from our side. We'll take a slow lap, just watch for a little clerk. Yep.

  7. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:06:260:05

    Kimi RAIKKONENYeah, the Mercedes blocked me completely, completely. F*** my life.

  8. Lance STROLLWilliams15:08:000:25

    Engineerokay the freaking headrest is loose okay all right if it's if it's if it's unsafe or box currently p12 it's not unsafe but just fix it after okay we'll do it next time around so we'll concentrate now cool there is plus 30. i mean

    Lance STROLLit's not super safe but it's fine

  9. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren15:09:430:12

    Engineerand once again Fernando there are a group of cars in front of you that will all back up again so build a gap gradually. Sainz is the car on the time lap he is approaching turn four at the moment.

  10. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:10:400:10

    Kimi RAIKKONENI had a very bad shift on the last corner.

    EngineerCopy. Sainz pushing behind, 6 seconds. Sainz behind, 6 seconds pushing.

  11. Sebastian VETTELFerrari15:12:370:09

    Sebastian VETTELOkay, the lamp was screwed. I got screwed.

    EngineerI'll push again.

    Sebastian VETTELOkay, let me know it's pretty messy

  12. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso15:14:580:06

    EngineerSainz is five seconds behind you, he's pushing, try to keep him behind.

  13. Lance STROLLWilliams15:16:530:07

    Lance STROLLI'm really suffering with traction and all those kind of things.

  14. Romain GROSJEANHaas15:18:250:11

    EngineerWatch for Leclerc, yellow turn one. Okay, got massive traffic, mate. Yeah, understood. So Hulkenberg is behind on a push, but he's just gone to the yellow sector, but you have Hulkenberg behind on a push.

  15. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:18:530:03

    EngineerOkay, Force India just tried to put me at the wall.

  16. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso15:21:030:06

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, scrappy lap, guys. Focus on

    Engineerrecharge. Focus on recharge.

  17. Lance STROLLWilliams15:21:340:07

    Lance STROLLI'm really suffering with traction and all those kind of things.

  18. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull15:26:310:07

    EngineerI'll keep up the pace now and get to working these tyres. Sainz will be the next to go on the hot lap. He's in Rascalsen now, 20 seconds behind you.

  19. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari15:29:450:07

    Kimi RAIKKONENOk, very bad left form up at the top. Big enough to lap. For the first one. Understood.

  20. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:30:200:04

    Lewis HAMILTONThat was very cool.

    EngineerOkay, copy.

  21. Esteban OCONForce India15:31:420:05

    EngineerI think it was still okay, this lap, to be honest. Okay, so let's do push, cool, push then.

  22. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes15:32:150:08

    EngineerSo box, box, box, charge the battery, charge the battery.

  23. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:33:350:03

    EngineerBig gap behind Nico, no one else on track at the moment.

  24. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes15:34:150:06

    EngineerWe're expecting first lap AFM, you can use Strat Mode 2 again.

  25. Nico HULKENBERGRenault15:34:480:12

    EngineerSo how is the front wing, Nico? How is the front wing?

    Nico HULKENBERGIt's

    Engineerall

    Nico HULKENBERGin a bad place. No big desires to give us a scale.

    EngineerOkay, it just comes down to whether we do the prep lap or not then.