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[Lontano]

During the Turkish GP there was an illarious piece of Team Radio. On lap 15 or so the team informs Rubens that Jenson is faster than him. The conversation went something like this...

Engineer: "errrr.... Rubens, Jenson is 2 seconds quicker or claims to be 2 seconds quicker"
Rubens: "...don't make me laugh"

PD. I'm sorry if it's been told somewhere else, i couldn't find it and it was just too good to let go.

[clampett]

Barrichello is always awful at Turkey, while Button seems to like this track very much. Yesterday Button was really impressive.

[Trebor152]

Haha, i found his response really difficult to hear so thanks for that. Two Seconds is hard to believe. They should let all radio transmissions be picked up by TV, with a time delay to insert bleeps where necessary. It definatly adds to the spectacle.

Does anyone have any favourites from races past?

Ralf Schumacher is a moody sod on the radio, i remember him telling Williams to 'shut up' when he was asked to let Montoya pass at Silverstone, sarcasticly saying 'thankyou very much' when he had brake problems in Austria and screaming 'CHANGE THE TYRES, CHANGE THE TYRES' in Malaysia 2001.

[Orin]

Originally posted by Lontano
During the Turkish GP there was an illarious piece of Team Radio. On lap 15 or so the team informs Rubens that Jenson is faster than him. The conversation went something like this...

Engineer: "errrr.... Rubens, Jenson is 2 seconds quicker or claims to be 2 seconds quicker"
Rubens: "...don't make me laugh"

PD. I'm sorry if it's been told somewhere else, i couldn't find it and it was just too good to let go.

I loved the bit where the engineer corrects himself: "or claims to be..."

Rubens' response was brilliant, he seemed genuinely amused. However, when Button did get past he seemed to leave Barrichello in the dust, so perhaps it wasn't too exaggerated. The Honda drivers have showed a lot of character this year, given the appalling situation the team is in.

[tkulla]

Rubens was right to find it funny... after all, Jenson was only ONE second a lap faster.

[williams96]

What was it that DC said a few races ago?

He was on the team radio, said a list of things that were wrong with the car and then finished it with something like, "apart from that's its great to drive".

[pRy]

JPM on Raikkonen. Warning, it's full of swear words:

[K-One]

Renault team radio is also quite amusing, although as I driver I would be mightily pissed at them

I think they recently even said that "come on mate, pass DC, he is 50 years old you know..." or something.

[aisiai]

During a free practise at A1 ring some years back(that's from my memory) :

Williams engineer: Juan Pablo pit in this lap. We believe there's a deer on track...[uneasy]
Montoya: A deer? Oh dear. [amused]
Williams engineer: Yes a deer! Like a horse with horns...[quite seriously]
Montoya: I know, I know....Oh dear [giggling]

Edit : seems to be this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBCeJ4N1B8
but right now doesn't work for me

[noikeee]

Originally posted by aisiai
During a free practise at A1 ring some years back(that's from my memory) :

Williams engineer: Juan Pablo pit in this lap. We believe there's a deer on track...[uneasy]
Montoya: A deer? Oh dear. [amused]
Williams engineer: Yes a deer! Like a horse with horns...[quite seriously]
Montoya: I know, I know....Oh dear [giggling]

[Group B]

Originally posted by williams96
What was it that DC said a few races ago?

He was on the team radio, said a list of things that were wrong with the car and then finished it with something like, "apart from that's its great to drive".

Reminds me of a piece of ebay feedback;

"Poor communication, slow delivery, wrong item sent. Otherwise OK."

[Group B]

Originally posted by aisiai
[BWilliams engineer: Yes a deer! Like a horse with horns...[quite seriously]
[/B]

[Frans]

the best on I can remember was one in the Monaco GP,


Teamradio Minardi :
"Jos, HHF just crashed in the wall."

Jos:
"Yeah, I did that."

[biercemountain]

A number of years back, during a CART street circuit race, the commentators decided to listen in to Dario Franchitti's onboard communications just as Paul Tracy slammed the door on Dario during an overtaking attempt. After Dario exclaimed, "What the **** was that?!!" the commentators quickly decided to abandon his onboard "color commentary".

[naiboz]

Originally posted by tkulla
Rubens was right to find it funny... after all, Jenson was only ONE second a lap faster.

Yeah plus when they played it on ITV it coincided with Jenson putting a pass on Rubens

wonder if he was still laughing

[Dragonfly]

Originally posted by williams96
What was it that DC said a few races ago?

He was on the team radio, said a list of things that were wrong with the car and then finished it with something like, "apart from that's its great to drive".

This year in Canada.
Was something like this:
Pit: How is the car?
DC: It's slow, does not turn, does not brake but apart from that I'm having great fun here.

[F575 GTC]

Yep

RBR: How's the car?
DC: It doesn't turn...doesnt stop...no traction. Apart from that it's great. Having lots of fun!

[pUs]

Originally posted by aisiai
During a free practise at A1 ring some years back(that's from my memory) :

Williams engineer: Juan Pablo pit in this lap. We believe there's a deer on track...[uneasy]
Montoya: A deer? Oh dear. [amused]
Williams engineer: Yes a deer! Like a horse with horns...[quite seriously]
Montoya: I know, I know....Oh dear [giggling]

Edit : seems to be this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBCeJ4N1B8
but right now doesn't work for me

That was actually funny for real.

[dank]

Originally posted by F575 GTC
Yep

RBR: How's the car?
DC: It doesn't turn...doesnt stop...no traction. Apart from that it's great. Having lots of fun!

Brilliant! I'm reading his autobiography at the moment and there's a classic 'radio' moment whilst racing for Williams at Silverstone.

Radio: Dave, Dave...
DC: Yes?
Radio: Er, can you do a 2.30 pick-up in Towcester?
DC: Sorry, I can't, I'm a wee bit busy right now...

[slapstick]

"There's something wrongggg with the karrrr!!!"

[Lontano]

Originally posted by naiboz


Yeah plus when they played it on ITV it coincided with Jenson putting a pass on Rubens

wonder if he was still laughing

yay, that was the team on the radio telling rubens to let Jenson pass

[Dmitriy_Guller]

I don't know what's funnier, the engineer's description of the deer, or the need he felt to explain what it is to Juan.

[johndej]

haha, from nascar, tony stewart was closing in on rusty wallace in the indy race. they popped on the radio a bit before he passed him and he was sayin "here kitty kitty`come get you some of this.''

[scheivlak]

Originally posted by Frans
the best on I can remember was one in the Monaco GP,


Teamradio Minardi :
"Jos, HHF just crashed in the wall."

Jos:
"Yeah, I did that."

To be more precise. it was Nick:

Team: "Jos, Heidfeld is out!"
Jos: : Yeah, I know, that´s because of me..."

Still, a brilliant moment.

Another Jos classic (Hungaroring) :
Team (Arrows) : "Jos! Push Push Push"
"Push Push Push Jos!"
Jos : "What the hell you think I'm doing?!"

[xflow7]

Originally posted by williams96
What was it that DC said a few races ago?

He was on the team radio, said a list of things that were wrong with the car and then finished it with something like, "apart from that's its great to drive".

I think it was something like:

Team: "How's the car David?"
DC: "Won't go. Won't stop. Won't turn. Other than that it's great. I'm having a ball."

That was hilarious. I'd love for DC to step in for David Hobbs on the Speed broadcasts once Hobbo hangs it up; not that I think there's a snowball's chance in hell of it happening.

[xflow7]

Originally posted by pRy
JPM on Raikkonen. Warning, it's full of swear words:

Anybody else notice that they disabled comments on that video? What a shame there isn't a JPM-KR flame fest on youtube for posterity's sake.

[scheivlak]

Originally posted by pRy
JPM on Raikkonen. Warning, it's full of swear words:

Another JPM classic -Malaysia 2002- thanks Bernievision:
(Williams team) : "Juan, you have a drive through penalty. A drive through penalty. On the speed limiter through the pitlane."
"Why? W h y ?
"Because of Michael, because of Michael. Don't worry about it, you'll have to do it"
"They're fxcking idiots!"

(He was right BTW....)

[TIPO61]

Originally posted by clampett
Barrichello is always awful at Turkey, while Button seems to like this track very much. Yesterday Button was really impressive.

"Impressive" indeed. Pun intended. He had 'a top 13 car' no doubt.

[Taxi]

"oh dear!" that was the funiest think I saw in f1 for a long time! Juan

[F1Fanatic.co.uk]

There was a transcript of a radio chat in Autosport recently from a NASCAR race from 1998 when Dick Trickle (!)'s crew got on the radio to tell him it looked like the caution period would last a while, so he was free to 'get lit'. Trickle duly fired up a cigarette and puffed away...

[Tenmantaylor]

I thought he said "dont make me last".

Funny either way!

[amardeep]

Some Honda quotes.

Rubens Barrichello : "I'm struggling like a pig".


Takuma Sato just after being told to take it easy as it tips down with rain (in Australia 2005 qualifying ?) : "Too late ! Too late ! I couldn't do anything ..." (the last sounding like a naughty boy who's been caught - as camera shows bits of Honda everywhere).

Taku at Monaco start from race engineer Jock Clear (I think) : "left, left LEFT ! right, RIGHT !!!" etc.

I also like just about any of Renault's wonderful motivational communications.

[alfa1]

Originally posted by amardeep
Taku at Monaco start from race engineer Jock Clear (I think) : "left, left LEFT ! right, RIGHT !!!" etc.

Jock Clear has been doing that ever since his Jacques Villeneuve days.
Speaking of which, here's a favorite bit from the final minutes of qualifying in Melbourne, 1999:



[57:40] Marc Gene in the Minardi spins off at turn 3, bring out a yellow flag.

JC: Stay on it Jacques, you wont get another lap.
JV: [garbled] I must slow down.
JC: No time, no time!
JV: There was a yellow flag, I had to slow down.
JC: Box box, box box.

JC (changes his mind): Keep pushing Jacques, keep pushing keep pushing.
JV: You want me to what?
JC: Keep pushing. Keep pushing.
JV: Why do you want me to keep pushing?
JC: ...push! Just drive the f***ing thing!!

JV: Stay out?

[1:00:05] Jacques misses out on getting one more timed lap in as he crosses the line just after the time is up for qualifying.

JC (really pissed off): If we dont change these f***ing radio's, I'm gonna kill someone!! They're shite!
JV: You told me to come in the f***ing box earlier, I slowed down.
JC: 10-4 10-4, I know.

JV: By how much did we miss another lap?
JC: Say by about 3 seconds.

[MarkWRX]

During the 2004 US GP, during one of the practice sessions, I was scanning and got DC's frequency and listened to the following exchange:

Eng to DC, who is at the end of the main straight: David, Turn G anti-clockwise to position 4. Then Turn D to position 2. Press the Accept button. Repeat, Turn G anti-clockwise to position 4. Then Turn D to position 2. Press the Accept button. Please repeat those instructions back to me.

DC (who is now at turn 4) : Turn G anti-clockwise to position 4. Then Turn D to position 2. Press the Accept button.

Eng: Yes, David, thank you.

(A few seconds later)

Eng: David, box now please, in this lap. Box. Acknowledge.

DC: Right, box now.

(David enters the pit lane)

DC: I appreciate your need for data, but could please not ask for complex settings on the wheel when I am in the twisty bits.

---

I listened to him during the race, until he retired. He didn't talk much except to tell the engineers about some problems.

At the airport Monday, I was talking to some people from McLaren and they said something like 'David's mechanical problem' and I said (like an idiot) "you mean his gearbox failure?" The McLaren guys looked at each other and said "how do you know that" and I told them that I had scanned and was listening to 435.025 MHz and heard DC's radio. One said something like "We'll have to tell Brian about that..." and next year, McLaren had gone to encyphered speech again.

[jonpollak]

Originally posted by aisiai
During a free practise at A1 ring some years back(that's from my memory) :

Williams engineer: Juan Pablo pit in this lap. We believe there's a deer on track...[uneasy]
Montoya: A deer? Oh dear. [amused]
Williams engineer: Yes a deer! Like a horse with horns...[quite seriously]
Montoya: I know, I know....Oh dear [giggling]

Edit : seems to be this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBCeJ4N1B8
but right now doesn't work for me

A Colombian showing the English an irony quotient they could not immediately fathom.
Loved that..
Jp

[pacwest]

Originally posted by MarkWRX
During the 2004 US GP,.... "you mean his gearbox failure?"

Excellent story. I wish there was more of this on this board other than JV bashing and Ferrari is evil crap.

[MONTOYASPEED]

Originally posted by amardeep
I also like just about any of Renault's wonderful motivational communications.

Such as "Giancarlo, Fernando is 2 seconds per lap quicker than you, push mate!"

[F1Fanatic.co.uk]

Originally posted by jonpollak

A Colombian showing the English an irony quotient they could not immediately fathom.
Loved that..
Jp

I think some of us assume people from other countries are as bad as picking up second languages as we are.

[kenny]

I think it was Australia 1993:

Senna's race engineer: Come in NOW for pit a stop...
Senna: [little pause]... NO!

I am pretty sure there must be some hilarious moments with Berger on the team radio as well..
remember the mirror he broke of his benetton in (was it 1986?)

[glorius&victorius]

Senna when winning the Brazilian GP for the first time. Never heard anyone screaming like that!

[karlth]

Spa 1998. Damon Hill, with a slow puncture, in the Jordan leading his teammate Ralf Schumacher in the final laps of the race. Ralf had just signed a contract to join Williams for 1999. Sam Micheal, Williams current technical director was Ralf's race engineer.


Jordan clean sweep by Michael Turner

Sam Micheal to Ralf: "Ralf you are 3 seconds a lap quicker than Damon. If you catch him you can win the race!"

Later ...

Damon to pit wall: "I'm going to put something to you here. And I think you better listen to this. If we race, if we two race. We could end up with nothing. It is up to Eddie. If we don't race each other we have got an opportunity for 1st and 2nd. Your choice!"

Sam Micheal to Ralf: "Ralf, you cannot overtake Damon. That is a team order! You cannot overtake Damon."

Later ...

Sam Micheal to Ralf: "You heard me before about not overtaking Damon? Didn't you?"

Sam Micheal to Ralf: "Get that Ralf. Did you hear me?"

Sam Micheal to Ralf: "Ralf? Acknowledge"

Long pause ...

Ralf to pit wall: "Yes Sam"

[lukywill]

it was a pity hill didn´t win that hungarian gp driving the arrows.

[alfa1]

Originally posted by MONTOYASPEED

Such as "Giancarlo, Fernando is 2 seconds per lap quicker than you, push mate!"

To be fair to Giancarlo, he had massive car issues during that race.
Here's another bit of radio traffic from that same race that didnt get to air:


(Pits is the race engineer Alan Permane)

Fisi: Theres something wrong with the clutch.
Pits: Understood, we're looking at it, we're looking at it, understood.

Pits: Giancarlo listen carefully, we need you to fail sensor number 9 off, sensor number 9 off.
Fisi: ???
Pits: Giancarlo, fail sensor number 9 off, as we did in the testing. Put the center switch to fail, find sensor number 9, push the blue button in the centre until it says off.
Fisi: ???
Pits: Ok, the rotary switch goes 1 click to the left, 1 click to the left. Then you find sensor number 9, you find sensor number 9 with the orange buttons, when you've found it, you push the centre blue button until it says off, sensor 9 off.
Fisi: One click to the left.. its not possible.
Pits: The centre rotary switch Giancarlo, it goes 1 click to the left hand side, so its like ahh... 11 o'clock position.
Fisi: ???
Pits: ok, its 2 sorry, its not 1 click it's 2 clicks to the left. Its 2 clicks to fail, and then find sensor number 9.
Pits: ok, you've done it, you've done it, well done.

Pits: ok Giancarlo, just to keep you updated with the situation, the clutch has failed. It should not affect anything in your normal driving now, you can push as you were. See what you can do with Button now.

[speedmaster]

Juan Montoya racing for Ganassi in a CART race - don't remember which one - some years ago right after spun and stall in a road circuit

Ganassi: Juan can you get back to race?
Montoya: I'm trying
Ganassi: reverse Juan. reverse
Juan still stalled
Ganassi: Juan, reverse, reverse
Juan still stalled
Ganassi: Juan, reverse, reverse, all way up
Montoya: I know where the f(*) reverse is Chip (went fully to the air)

Juan is great, too bad he is not in F1 anymore....

[Dmitriy_Guller]

Poor Juan, it seems like every time someone from the team speaks to him on the radio, they always assume he is a ******.

[WACKO]

Originally posted by xflow7


I think it was something like:

Team: "How's the car David?"
DC: "Won't go. Won't stop. Won't turn. Other than that it's great. I'm having a ball."

That was hilarious. I'd love for DC to step in for David Hobbs on the Speed broadcasts once Hobbo hangs it up; not that I think there's a snowball's chance in hell of it happening.

Yeah, that was the best!

[SKL]

I would have liked to hear JPM's in car radio when he crashed at Watkins Glen a few weeks ago in the Cup race. I usually don't watch the tintops but that was actually quite a race.


(and yes, it was really a tragedy that Damon didn't win that race in the Arrows...)

[MarkWRX]

Originally posted by pacwest


Excellent story. I wish there was more of this on this board other than JV bashing and Ferrari is evil crap.

Thanks. I enjoyed scanning the US Grand Prixs. I would often post on the McLaren board about it and found out that simple possession of a scanner is illegal in some countries in the EU and that's too bad.

F1 should do what many other series do - post the frequencies and let people listen where it is legal to do so. I used a Kangaroo at the last US GP and it would even allow you to record the Team Radio to an SD card.

[Suntrek]

Best moment of all:

Alonso singing We are the Champions in China 2005.

http://www.cadenaser...csrcsrdep_7.Aes

Who?

Me?

Predictable?

Nah...

[Claudius]

Originally posted by speedmaster

Juan is great, too bad he is not in F1 anymore....

I agree. I never thought I'd miss Juan.