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Team radio transcript

Spanish Grand Prix 2018: Practice 2 team radio

30 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2018, across 15 drivers. Daniel RICCIARDO had the most, with 4.

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. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Brendon HARTLEY: Bit of oversteer, entry 24.

  2. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Romain GROSJEAN: Oh fudge. I think I'm stuck in the gravel, mate.

    Engineer: Okay, yeah. Looks like you're stuck.

  3. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Engineer: Crows on the crapple trap.

  4. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Engineer: do you like a front wing adjust i don't think

    Sergey SIROTKIN: so i think i want to try to keep and do the good lap with what i have first okay

    Engineer: understood

  5. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: Try to avoid low revs Nico

  6. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: I

    Nico HULKENBERG: think the wind is stronger than this morning, quite

    Engineer: tricky.

  7. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: So Sirotkin on your tail, then Leclerc behind him.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: OK, yeah, I'll box.

    Engineer: OK, understood. Let us know what you want to do, and Leclerc on you now, then there's a gap behind.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: Yep, let's come down front wing.

    Engineer: Five

    Daniel RICCIARDO: clicks.

  8. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: Lancer, where is the understeer? Is it mainly high speed or as well on turn 4? No, better both. Both? Better both.

  9. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: I will do another lap. Copy. Just traffic after traffic. Understood.

  10. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: I'm still struggling entries a bit. Last two corners I had traffic with Hülkenberg and went wide.

  11. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren

    Engineer: As

    Fernando ALONSO: you wish, I think we are losing the rear a little bit.

    Engineer: So, Fernando, we suggest giving it another go. So, no left-hand toggle for turn 5. No left-hand toggle for turn 5. And up on mid before we get to turn 10.

  12. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams

    Sergey SIROTKIN: Exit office here, which is very unpredictable and very unexpected from the previous run.

  13. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: If they're not cool enough I could do another cool down. Yep, no problem at all

  14. Esteban OCONForce India

    Engineer: So rear tyre temperature is actually coming up still rather than reducing at the moment. So we will need the double cool

    Esteban OCON: Copy, last sector was difficult

  15. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: Do

    Daniel RICCIARDO: we have time to smash some front wing in?

    Engineer: Yes.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: I think that's worth trying.

    Engineer: OK, we'll give it a go. So, boxy slap.

    Daniel RICCIARDO: And I can always abort if it doesn't change. Yeah, understood.

  16. Lance STROLLWilliams

    Engineer: I really don't feel it. I

    Lance STROLL: don't feel the grip at all.

  17. Pierre GASLYToro Rosso

    Pierre GASLY: Guys really bad in terms of traffic

  18. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Kimi RAIKKONEN: I have

    Engineer: a message, no press, try to make it back, is it ok to drive on? No, stop the car, stop the car, stop the car and switch off the engine, when you can.

  19. Kimi RAIKKONENFerrari

    Engineer: Can you ask the burst to come down to push me? Yes, someone is coming to bring you.

  20. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso

    Engineer: I

    Brendon HARTLEY: have

    Engineer: a

    Brendon HARTLEY: lot of instability on the brake pedal. As soon as I hit the brake pedal I feel already the rear moving.

    Engineer: I

    Brendon HARTLEY: don't know if there is something I can do on brake balance.

    Engineer: You forgot ALS in the last sector on the last lap.

  21. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Lewis HAMILTON: Are they both on this tyre? Because there's no grip on this tyre right now.

  22. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes

    Engineer: Copy Lewis, they are both on the same tyre but less management from the both of them.

  23. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Engineer: My left front is shrugging a lot copy keep going at the moment

  24. Nico HULKENBERGRenault

    Engineer: We're changing the plan. We just thought, since the tyres were hanging on, we'd do a couple of extra laps. We're starting to take now. There's quite a lot of rear grinding, rear left. OK, suggest one more time-lap, then we box. I suggest we box. OK, box now. AeroBalance changed. It's too late, Nico, we're not ready for you to box. We're miles away. What's the situation on AeroBalance? As planned.

  25. Carlos SAINZRenault

    Engineer: Yeah, I got passed by the Red Bull. Yeah, I feel like I have no aerobalance. Either the fronts are gone or I have no aerobalance. OK, understood. Yeah, something is wrong. Check mechanical balance also. OK, Carlos, let's box to slap please, box to slap. OK, can you please confirm box? Yeah, box, box.

  26. Charles LECLERCSauber

    Engineer: Charles, are you OK? All OK? Question?

    Charles LECLERC: Yeah, yeah, I'm OK.

    Engineer: So, are you OK to continue, Charles? We have to cool down the car, cool down the car. And we box this lap. Box, box. OK,

    Charles LECLERC: copy.

  27. Marcus ERICSSONSauber

    Engineer: How is the front wing?

    Marcus ERICSSON: It's very understeery. I'm going to have a puncture in a minute. Box, box, box. Ok, box.

  28. Sergio PEREZForce India

    Sergio PEREZ: I lose the front wheel, I think I stop, it's going to come off the the car

  29. Romain GROSJEANHaas

    Engineer: Watch for the stop in track clear.

    Romain GROSJEAN: What is he doing mate?

  30. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull

    Engineer: You could be a bit slower on the way into one, carry more speed, exit one and round two. Think about that compromise, slower on the way into one and carry more speed exit.

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