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Spanish Grand Prix2018 · Practice 3 team radio

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12
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8
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12:06 to 13:01
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32 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the Spanish Grand Prix 2018, across 12 drivers. 31 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Brendon HARTLEY had the most, with 8.

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. Nico HULKENBERGRenault12:06:280:13

    Nico HULKENBERGWhoo, that was a good one!

    EngineerYeah it was, very little slip. Recharge on, good, got it.

    Nico HULKENBERGSteering rack is okay now, today is such a difference.

  2. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:08:340:17

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, first sector a lot better than yesterday. I struggled with the rear tires the last sector

    EngineerSo

    Brendon HARTLEYI think I need to manage the rears a bit better the first sector, but it was washout mid-corner medium speed washout mid-corner medium speed

  3. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:13:300:07

    EngineerOn focus and downshift, you've done a good job, better than yesterday. Keep focusing on downshift.

  4. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes12:14:300:05

    EngineerSo straight out, straight out, no start.

  5. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:17:100:11

    Brendon HARTLEYI messed up the last lap, should I box?

    EngineerHappy to box, unless you want to try for one more lap again. Your call.

    Brendon HARTLEYI'll box.

  6. Sergio PEREZForce India12:19:420:01

    Audio only, no transcript

  7. Carlos SAINZRenault12:19:430:05

    EngineerYeah, it feels like more green compared to yesterday.

  8. Sebastian VETTELFerrari12:21:190:07

    EngineerYeah, maybe, why not. I'm happy, but I'll take one more.

  9. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:22:440:08

    Daniel RICCIARDOWasn't too bad to start.

    EngineerOK, Raikkonen 3 seconds behind you, watch your mirrors, Raikkonen 3 seconds behind, let him pass before 10.

  10. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:27:130:12

    Daniel RICCIARDOOK, just with speed, front's a bit weak, so I could do it more front in the higher speed.

    EngineerOK, understood.

  11. Romain GROSJEANHaas12:28:440:13

    EngineerI'm still not happy with the braking into turn 10. I've got I don't think I've got any rear locking You have a bit more than yesterday, okay, but yeah, okay. We'll look at that

  12. Carlos SAINZRenault12:31:260:04

    EngineerI didn't have time. Sorry guys

  13. Sergio PEREZForce India12:33:500:10

    EngineerHartley behind as boxed, Ericsson 10 seconds behind

  14. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams12:34:350:11

    EngineerAnd we just need some full throttle time now to charge the battery. Next car back is Lance. He's 10 seconds behind. He's also on a cool down. So just get some full throttle time now.

  15. Sergey SIROTKINWilliams12:36:000:10

    EngineerOkay, so that's good and we'll box this map. Box. Copy, box.

  16. Lance STROLLWilliams12:37:260:06

    EngineerGo Crawley or Deploy? Go Crawley, sorry, Go Crawley, not good.

  17. Lance STROLLWilliams12:37:510:10

    Lance STROLLYeah, I'm in the grass I'm able to get out.

    EngineerYeah, okay. We've got you on the TV feed box this lap

  18. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:39:240:06

    EngineerYep, so confirmed, so Vettel behind is backed off, you've got Ericsson behind him, out lap.

  19. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:42:240:30

    Daniel RICCIARDOLeft front feels pretty shot. I'll try a really slow lap, not even in low speed.

    EngineerYou've got no quick cars around, you're just Hamilton behind an outlap.

    Daniel RICCIARDOOK, I can always start the lap and abort it. Yeah,

    Engineerunderstood. But

    Daniel RICCIARDOI didn't feel much difference.

    EngineerOK, understood.

    Daniel RICCIARDOWell, no difference I should say.

  20. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes12:45:040:13

    EngineerWe can do another lap if you want, or if the tyres have gone beyond it then we'll box.

  21. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:47:440:17

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, much better at the last sector, but I struggled big time with the front first two sectors. Not enough front. I needed more front wing.

    EngineerCopy that.

    Brendon HARTLEYSo yeah, lost a lot of time due to the understeer first sector. First and second sector, sorry.

  22. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:49:280:10

    EngineerOh my god, again, I lost too much time. Recharge. Copy that, copy that. Focus on full throttle. Focus on recharge. Full focus on recharge.

  23. Esteban OCONForce India12:50:320:07

    EngineerTemperature hasn't climbed like yesterday so we may do a single cool down.

  24. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:52:290:26

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, copy. I should have. The first lap the stability was okay, but this one it was a bit worse on entries.

    EngineerYes, agreed. Very clear. Let's go for one more push. Back up to entry 4.

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, I still think I could have improved the time. I just made a mess of the last sector.

    EngineerPosition is good. We are phased with all the cars around us. Next car behind is Leclerc. Outlap time 3.

  25. Romain GROSJEANHaas12:53:590:11

    Romain GROSJEANwhat just

    Engineerright the bill attract

    Romain GROSJEANokay

    Engineerit's okay so look just just look at the tires cleaned off you'll go again okay

  26. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull12:54:470:11

    EngineerI'll do a bigger cool down, they're not there. Yeah, watch your dash, looks like they were, yeah I'm sure you can see the temperatures.

  27. Lance STROLLWilliams12:55:380:13

    Lance STROLLOkay, I go different three. I feel the corner understeer

    EngineerYes, if you have understeer go two as well on mid and entry eight

  28. Sebastian VETTELFerrari12:57:030:17

    EngineerYou need to let me know if there's two cars coming. Understood. I had my eyes on Hülkenberg but I had no idea of signs and by the time I saw him it was too late. Maybe you call Renault and tell them. Copy that.

  29. Nico HULKENBERGRenault12:58:180:04

    Nico HULKENBERGSo I need to cool the ties down

  30. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso12:59:060:09

    EngineerAre you okay, Brandon? Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay.

  31. Sebastian VETTELFerrari13:00:400:16

    Sebastian VETTELIs he okay?

    EngineerI think so. Yeah, his head is moving. He should be okay. Yeah, his head on the radio is okay.

  32. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:01:520:09

    EngineerOk, any idea on what happened?

    Brendon HARTLEYYeah, I clipped the grass on the entry.

    EngineerCar was feeling much better on the side. Ok, copy that.