Kimi Raikkonen – 2017 Canadian GP team radio transcript
First practice session
To Kimi Raikkonen: “So engine ten and SOC one for tyre temperatures.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “Yeah but SOC one for next lap?”
To Kimi: “OK we’ll do SOC one next lap.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “I mean it’s pointless to do it halfway through the lap.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK, my bad.”
Second practice session
From Kimi Raikkonen: “There’s some people taking pictures at the side of the track. If you go off you will hit them.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Copy that Kimi.”
Qualifying session
From Kimi Raikkonen: “OK are we going to have a push or is a…”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “The plan was to just basically go to a sequence of push, charge, push, Kimi.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “I touched the wall on the right. Left-rear. I don’t know if it’s OK or not. I’m struggling with the [censored by FOM] tyres.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Sorry about the Haas.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “That was a good lap but I had a mistake.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “A really [censored by FOM] first corner.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Understood Kimi, understood.”
Race
Lap 42 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “Box this lap, Kimi. We’re going to try something. We’re going quali tyres. We’re going to be close with Alonso on exit. We’ll need to push on exit.”
Lap 46 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK so Seb is staying out. He’s going to try and overtake those Force Indias. We just keep going as we are. Good pace.”
Lap 50 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK Seb is in this lap. K1 both straights. You will be in front though. K1 both straights.”
Lap 60 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK Kimi you know the score. The front of this group is the podium. Let’s try and push on.”
Lap 62 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK Kimi so when we get within DRS we’ll have engine five and OBR will be available. But it’s important to catch quickly.”
Lap 62 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “Yeah what’s wrong with my brakes? Keep losing the bite.”
Lap 62 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK we’re checking on data.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “I have a BBW fail. What can you do.”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “What can I do?”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “I’m going to get back to you. DDC seven on.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “Still system is failing.”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK let me see what we’re going to do next. It may have come back, Kimi, just try this corner.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “No it’s not.”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK it seems the recovery is not working. I’ll get back to you in a second. Keep going as you are if you can. So DDD four zero on.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “It’s still not working.”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “So DDA four two on. And can you push OBR button to on, push the OBR button, it’s important. And DDA forty-two on.”
Lap 64 – From Kimi Raikkonen (Kimi also swore in Finnish): “So is it four D or forty-two?”
Lap 64 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “Forty-two, Kimi.”
Lap 68 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK Kimi we’re just going to be nursing this car home until the end.”
VL – To Kimi Raikkonen: “Sorry for that Kimi. Obviously we knew you were pushing hard.”
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