Kimi Raikkonen – 2017 Monaco GP team radio transcript

Kimi Raikkonen – 2017 Monaco GP team radio transcript. Full radio transcript for Kimi's conversations during the race in Monaco.

Kimi Raikkonen started the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix from pole position, but finished second behind his Scuderia Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel. Traffic was one major source of frustration for Kimi, before and immediately after his only pit stop of the race in Monte Carlo, as the Finnish driver complained Jenson Button ahead of him wasn’t being shown blue flags. Not for the first time for a driver in 2017, this turned out to be because Kimi wasn’t close enough to the backmarker to trigger them – the increased turbulence from the 2017 cars has made lapping considerably more difficult.

2017 Monaco Grand Prix team radio transcript – Kimi Raikkonen:

First practice session:
From Kimi Raikkonen: “OK check I just brushed the wall slightly exit of 16. Car feels fine.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Copy that Kimi, we’re looking into it.”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “OK let me know, pressures feel fine. All OK at the moment.”

Second practice session:
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Very good lap with this compound, Kimi. Do you want another go?”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “If we’ve got time.”

Qualifying session:
To Kimi Raikkonen: “OK the gap to Bottas in front is seven seconds. Just be aware their first laps are usually five to six seconds slower than ours.”

To Kimi Raikkonen: “It’s pole Kimi, it’s pole!”
From Kimi Raikkonen: “Ah good, thank you guys.”
To Kimi Raikkonen: “Great job, well done.”

Race:
Lap 26 – From Kimi Raikkonen: “Come on, how close do I have to get?”
Lap 26 – To Kimi Raikkonen: “Still flashing blue at the minute Kimi, still not solid blue for Button.”