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United States Grand Prix2018 · Practice 3 team radio

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6
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4
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13:06 to 14:01
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15 radio messages were recorded during practice 3 at the United States Grand Prix 2018, across 6 drivers. Lewis HAMILTON 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.

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  1. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:06:560:04

    Lewis HAMILTONA lot of traffic around me.

  2. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull13:07:050:11

    EngineerHow was the balance?

    Daniel RICCIARDOPretty low grip, more on the nose, so yeah, lack of rear grip more than the front.

  3. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:08:470:07

    Max VERSTAPPENTires are cold. Locked up.

    EngineerOkay. Copy.

  4. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:10:250:17

    EngineerOK, something just hit my head, so let me check the car. Box, box, through the pit lane for practice start. OK, have a good look at the halo and the front of the car. Yes, the guys are ready, we will look at the car.

  5. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:13:230:07

    Lewis HAMILTONThat grip is very poor.

    EngineerOK, copy that last message.

  6. Valtteri BOTTASMercedes13:16:350:10

    EngineerAlonso is just playing games at the moment and you can use DRS if you need to just protect against Alonso

  7. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull13:23:210:08

    EngineerOkay, nine laps in for Hamilton, still on a 40.1, so degradation for the Mercedes on both those compounds looks low.

  8. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:28:450:19

    Lewis HAMILTONAll these guys that are right in front of me they shouldn't be there if I came in too quick I would have taken everyone out

    EngineerOkay, copy that Lewis try to do something about that. Just feedback is 10 short. But yeah, I'm sure you are Yeah, focusing on the guys in front

  9. Daniel RICCIARDORed Bull13:29:270:11

    EngineerOkay, think about slower in 8 to be faster through turn 9, might be a better compromise, slower in 8 to be faster through 9.

  10. Lewis HAMILTONMercedes13:39:430:12

    EngineerTake a loose, that's P4 at the moment.

    Lewis HAMILTONThere's some big bollards, big bumps on the exit there.

    EngineerOK copy, I'll have a look.

  11. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:42:180:17

    EngineerI

    Fernando ALONSOthink we need less engine braking for 10, 11, 10, 16 probably, what do you think?

    EngineerYep we're just discussing that now, stand by we'll get back to you, the DRS is working correctly so you can deactivate that as normal.

  12. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:43:570:08

    EngineerTry to warm up the surface in the last sector if you can, front tyres are too cold.

  13. Fernando ALONSOMcLaren13:50:350:12

    EngineerI

    Fernando ALONSOnearly hit the rear jackman, so I stopped too much on the right because I cannot go deep to the left.

  14. Brendon HARTLEYToro Rosso13:59:270:15

    EngineerCiao John, what happened?

    Brendon HARTLEYYep, I sped the car

    EngineerCopy that, keep me posted on the car, we'll try to go for another one

    Brendon HARTLEYI have a feeling I'll hit big flat spots, but we can try

    EngineerWe are checking

  15. Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull14:01:370:08

    Max VERSTAPPENI went white

    EngineerOk, reverse on, reverse on and bulks max, bulks