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Team radio transcript

Spanish Grand Prix 2018: Practice 1 team radio

31 radio messages were recorded during practice 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2018, across 14 drivers. Brendon HARTLEY had the most, with 6.

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. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: We switch to out one, out one.

  2. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: Entry to final chicane, also tailwind.

  3. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: Fernando, just for your awareness, both you and Stoffel had the same issue in Turn 13. It does look to be very windy around there.

  4. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Work on tyres and brakes, work on tyres and brakes.

  5. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Tire target is 0-0. Tire target is 0-0. We are still cold.

  6. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Tyres are now in the window. Tyres are now approaching the window.

    Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah copy, I'm circling along with the rail, circling along with

    Engineer: the

    Brendon HARTLEY: rail on entry exit.

  7. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Lance STROLL: Okay, car is very oversteer everywhere

  8. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Engineer: Charlie, board to run, we have no telemetry, board to run and box.

  9. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Do you think we have any car damage? I

    Brendon HARTLEY: don't think so, but there's a lot of stones.

  10. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: But I think I'm gonna box because I think we've got a problem on the car Okay understood do the CSL that CSL

  11. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Is the car stuck?

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, just touched the barrier so... Okay.

  12. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Engineer: Check out we would like a slightly harder out lap than the last run a harder out lap than the last run

  13. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Sergio PEREZ: Very loose. Very loose rear on entry.

  14. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: The change has given me a bit of understeer at high speed, but it wasn't enough entry and exit medium low.

  15. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Lance STROLL: Oh, I have too much oversteer, man.

  16. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Pierre GASLY: Carlos, block me in the last sector

    Engineer: Yeah, we saw

  17. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Nico HULKENBERG: Jesus it's tires like it with the test stick no grip

  18. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: it's

    Lance STROLL: unbelievable how bad the balance is i just want like a little bit of understeer

  19. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: The rear end of the car is super loose into 14-15 in a bit of a strange way, like the rear tire not inflated.

    Engineer: Okay, very interesting.

  20. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: You're okay? I

    Lance STROLL: need to be pushed back into the gravel

    Engineer: Okay, I think this might be a while then so I'll let you know whether we need to switch off, okay?

    Lance STROLL: Yeah, I'll pick the guys

    Engineer: Okay, we'll switch off then. Yeah, I think we'll switch off Lance Okay, so follow the instructions of the marshals and then we'll go to P0

  21. Robert KUBICAWilliams

    Engineer: Front tyre temperatures are on the low side.

  22. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: OK, K1 and push for another lap. K1 test and push for another lap. Negative, I'll take one more. OK, copy.

  23. Sebastian VETTELFerrari

    Engineer: Take another cool down and push again. No,

    Sebastian VETTEL: I'm fine. I prioritized the run after.

  24. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Engineer: And engine 11, give me engine 11, and box.

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: OK.

  25. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Engineer: OK, you can do one more push lap in scenario 9 if you want.

    Carlos SAINZ: Yeah, the problem is the front left is destroyed.

    Engineer: OK, understood, then we box for a new front wing.

  26. Esteban OCONForce India

    Esteban OCON: Balance is better than it was, but still not great.

    Engineer: Ok, come. Same direction. Understood, understood.

  27. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: The

    Nico HULKENBERG: rain is clearing up

    Engineer: a

    Nico HULKENBERG: bit.

  28. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Engineer: Yeah, I feel a lot of degradation on the rear

    Carlos SAINZ: right, don't ask me why, the rear right

  29. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Carlos SAINZ: Like a bit of a packture feeling.

    Engineer: Yeah, I'm happy to box. I think the tires are finished.

  30. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: Constant speed 140, third gear, stay off the racing line, Pérez coming behind Behind Pérez is Magnussen, track is clear behind now Yeah, copy, that was a nightmare mate, all those cars

  31. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, sorry, I just, I reach out later because Magnussen needs to understand that he is not alone on track, honestly. I mean, he's on a slow lap and he stays on the line and every time it's him, every time.

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