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Singapore Grand Prix2018 · Practice 3 team radio

27
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10
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6
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18:02 to 19:02
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27 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Singapore Grand Prix 2018, across 10 drivers. 26 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Max VERSTAPPEN 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.

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  1. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso18:02:230:06

    EngineerAnd you can test the drink system drink system test

  2. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso18:03:570:11

    Pierre GASLYSteering is bent again.

    EngineerWhich direction?

    Pierre GASLYTo the right, again.

    EngineerCopy, Pierre. Box, box.

  3. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:07:330:14

    Max VERSTAPPENWell, I have false neutral mate false neutral head

    Engineerdown shift, please max down shift Remain in neutral if you can please Max track is clear behind. It's it's working again

  4. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:08:540:08

    Max VERSTAPPENNo, I think it's really grabbing the engine when I come off throttle.

    EngineerOkay, copy.

  5. Sebastian VETTELFerrari18:12:440:11

    EngineerThat's for the telly, you were very close in exit of 21, I think you are aware. Yeah, I saw. OK, good, thank you.

  6. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:15:530:06

    Lewis HAMILTONThe feedback at the grip there is quite low.

    EngineerOkay, copy.

  7. Nico HULKENBERGRenault18:17:490:11

    EngineerRecharge on and can you go to damp 13 please that's at nine o'clock on the cook knob

  8. Sebastian VETTELFerrari18:19:200:18

    Sebastian VETTELOkay, the main limitation for me was the rear, so I'd like to calm the rear down, but I think the track also is lower, and more on the nose than yesterday.

    EngineerYeah,

    Sebastian VETTELunderstood.

    EngineerWe

    Sebastian VETTELhave also some good data to show you on your back.

  9. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:22:130:08

    EngineerThis

    Lewis HAMILTONtyre is very poor and

    Engineernot representative at all. Affirm, yeah we understand.

  10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:24:500:14

    EngineerI

    Lewis HAMILTONfeel it was box

    EngineerValtteri you've found a reasonable improvement from 3 to lap 1 It's a waste of time Ok

    Lewis HAMILTONI'll try one more

  11. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:25:040:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  12. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull18:26:360:08

    EngineerAnd as you know, we are tuned up for two laps in a row. All your switches are good.

  13. Carlos SAINZRenault18:28:110:16

    Carlos SAINZCopy. And

    Engineerhow was the balance?

    Carlos SAINZStill a bit of fantasy in the same corners as yesterday, but nothing that a bit of

    Engineera

    Carlos SAINZbalance could change. Still, I want to keep going for the moment.

    EngineerUnderstood.

  14. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso18:29:570:13

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, copy. In terms of change for the next run, I need the car to be less sharp on entries and combined exits. Car is also not good on the brakes.

    EngineerCopy that, copy that.

  15. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull18:33:150:09

    EngineerHow's the balance? How's the balance?

    Daniel RICCIARDOYeah, relatively low grip, nothing too crazy at the moment Understood

  16. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:37:490:05

    Max VERSTAPPENThe engine is still making so many weird noises, incredible.

  17. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:40:240:13

    Lewis HAMILTONNeed to do better isolating this. Heat coming from somewhere on the right side of my seat.

    EngineerOK, copy.

  18. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:43:330:07

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, so the second lap the entry was behaving worse than the first one.

    EngineerOkay, understood.

  19. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:44:460:09

    Max VERSTAPPENYeah, I'm get so angry with this the engine is doing its own engine braking

  20. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes18:46:520:30

    EngineerOh, difference, so you were within hundredths of Lewis, so a lap time delta is within hundredths, it's four hundredths different between the two of you. Ferrari are quicker, and most of that gain is in sector one, so you're quicker in sector three, and lose a little bit in sector two, but similar to the loss that Lewis had.

  21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:48:000:06

    EngineerAnd if we could practice the Collier lap.

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes18:50:470:12

    Lewis HAMILTONWhere am I down to? Am I down to battery?

    EngineerSo still turns 14 and 16 Braking 14, apex 16

  23. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren18:55:310:06

    Fernando ALONSOI'm happy to box because the

    Engineertraffic is a jungle.

  24. Carlos SAINZRenault18:56:490:06

    Carlos SAINZAh, too much traffic, so

    Engineermuch traffic.

  25. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull18:59:160:18

    EngineerYeah, mate, you know, this, I'm not even going to say it, but it's not reacting like I want to. Just a little bit more feedback, Max. A little bit more feedback is that the product in the back of this car is not working like I want to.

  26. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull19:01:550:05

    Max VERSTAPPENAh man, Ericsson was not looking in his mirrors.

  27. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso19:02:400:08

    EngineerHow was the car, Brandon, with the changes?

    Brendon HARTLEYA little bit better, but I'm still suffering with the same issues.