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When I was in the race I got a great start. Hamilton may have the chance

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to go on the inside. Hamilton certainly worked that to his

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advantage of actual forward and backwards, forwards and backwards,

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for a moment it looked unlikely. Then I was behind him after the

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safety car and I was like, I know I've got this. Then you see things

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like what happened when I was behind. I was looking forward to

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it, excited, and it made it a lot easier for me when I came past. He

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has made a mistake. He was driving pretty well, people think I am not

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being pushed, he is driving really well. I look at his laps and think,

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he has come a long way because it go karting he had no chance. Hamilton

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is where he needs to be to win the championship. It is like a

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countdown, eight laps, seven laps, six laps. I was thinking, you are

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almost there. Lewis Hamilton has won is third World Championship, the

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2015 world champion. With all the things that have gone, all the

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years, the ups and downs, moving team and everyone's negative

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comments on that and see how it has evolved... I guess just a bundle of

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things come together. It made it the best day.

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It is the greatest moment of my life. Thank you guys so much. I am

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so grateful. To win like that, it was not a pole

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to the end or I had to finish this, I just happened to finish fifth

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because I passed him at the last corner. It felt strong, it felt

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amazing. There has been no doubt this year that Lewis Hamilton has

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dominated 2015. This has been a pretty amazing year for me, it has

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been the busiest, I don't think I have been as consistent before as I

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have this year. But now, as you can see, I can do all these other things

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and drive well. We said he was relaxed throughout this championship

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campaign, but you can just see now that real release of emotion. If it

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does happen, so be it, but I'm going to be around for awhile. If I put in

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the work and we do as a team, put in work, hopefully there will be more

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successful years. The man who seemingly has it all, triple world

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champion Lewis Hamilton. It is race day. Hello and welcome to the

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Mexican Grand Prix and from one world champion to another, just

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linking those classes of his head. Nigel Mansell, lovely to see you.

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Good morning, wonderful here in Mexico. Beautiful at the moment.

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Lewis Hamilton, how long can this purple patch continued EU think West

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at as long as the team support is there and Lewis keeps his focus. He

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is driving brilliantly at the moment. To defend a World

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Championship better than the manner he won get the first time and the

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third time world champion, is on a high like there is no tomorrow. Nico

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did a great job yesterday, pole position. We have a great race here.

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Where do you stand on how good Lewis is? It is impossible to compare

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eras. It is impossible to compare, but at this point in time he is

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right up there. And for me he is a legend already. You would have liked

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to have race him? Absolutely, I keep saying I want to be his team-mate

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next year and be on the podium. Let's look at the domination Lewis

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has commanded. 76 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who currently

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holds second place. Ultimate control for Mercedes in the Constructors'

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Championship who got the title in Russia. 200 points ahead of Ferrari.

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Nigel, we are in Mexico you were the last man to win around here in 1992.

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Great atmosphere this weekend, was it the same back then? Fantastic. I

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think David agrees, what they have done with the circuit, the

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improvements... The fans and all the marshals, it is electrifying. For me

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personally being back here 23 years later, winning the last race here,

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the overtake with Gerhardt. It doesn't get much better. And winning

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the championship in 92. They have renamed that corner Mansour corner.

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We have the images when you found your way round the outside. It is

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amazing. I will share this as well. I'm thinking about and I thought, oh

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well, let's give it a go! In for a penny, in for a pound. But the great

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thing is, the first car round the last Templar curb will win the race.

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Let's look at the track, that was back in the 90s and this is how it

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looks now. Set in this sprawling metropolis. There have been a few

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changes, do you think for the better? They had to change because

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of modern safety standards. This is what we have, a fantastic facility.

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As Nigel said it was a great atmosphere when he raced, it is a

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great atmosphere to have Formula 1 in Mexico City. They really know how

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to party here. Gridlocked in the traffic for two hours and they are

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partying out there. We had some oncoming down the motorway last

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night on a 3 wheeler selling things at 40 mph down the hill. A bit like

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being back in Birmingham! Nigel has already given away who is in pole

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position but let's check on the rest of qualifying.

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Even before arriving in Mexico McLaren knew they would be starting

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from the back of the grid after accumulating a raft of penalties.

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Jenson Button didn't even make it out for the first session of

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qualifying, while Fernando Alonso could not progress past it. After an

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impressively quick engine and gear change by Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen

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got out on track but was suffering from brake issues and had a spin so

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he parked it. Red Bull's optimism was cautious heading to the circuit

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with its long straights but they have been stronger this weekend.

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They got both cars in front of the Williams. Kvyat author and Riccardo

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one place behind. Lewis Hamilton kept putting down early markers for

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pole position but every time Nico Rosberg was able to go even quicker.

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He out-qualified Lewis by almost two tenths. Mercedes set an all-time

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record for the front row starts, getting their 13th of 2015. Vettel

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was third and just two tenths of Hamilton. Daniel Kvyat with his best

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start. Match rushed up and had another strong performance and

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starts in eighth. Both Force Indias reached qualifying three for the

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third race running, Perez out-qualifying Hulkenberg. Sainz

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11th. Pastor Maldonado in car 13 is 13th on the grid. Rossi

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out-qualified Stevens. Fernando Alonso is 18th after his 15 place

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grid penalty. Kimi Raikkonen takes a 30 Five Place penalty for a gearbox

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and engine change, but nothing in comparison to Jenson Button, who

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takes a record 70 place grid penalty but starts at the back.

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We are at the incredible stadium section, 27,000 people will be here

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when the race starts just in this part alone. The cars will come here

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for the podium, it will be incredible? A break from tradition,

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normally the podium is above the pit lane. An inspired choice. We believe

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Nigel Mansell will be there to present the winners. It will be an

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amazing atmosphere. It really is, goose bumps already. Back to

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qualifying, Nico Rosberg, his 20th pole position and an enviable

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record, more pole positions than any other driver who has not won the

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title. Can he convert it today? He can convert it to winning but the

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championship will have to wait until next year. I have a feeling he is

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going to break the trend. The trend has been Lewis qualifying second and

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going on to win but I think the nature of this racetrack, if we can

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get a clean start into Turn 1, he will have the all-important choice

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of when to stop. And any has a clean run at the front. If he can't do it

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here, then I think the poor boy is going to cry all the way to Brazil.

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The key point here for the race, getting into Turn 1 first, a good

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start, but what else will be the factors? Getting to Turn 1 and being

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on the clean side of the track. That is a Kieran Low. Tyres, we know they

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can do one stop but two stops can be fast. You can gain enough lap time

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to push on a fresh set of tyres. Because the grid is quite close on

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this track you do not find the clean areas to drop into, so I expect most

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people to go for one-stop. Varies the weather. Glorious sunshine right

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now but it can change at the flick of a coin and there are

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thunderstorms in the area 's. A brilliant point, I completely

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forgot. At one o'clock we are forecast to have some storms. We saw

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some rain in qualifying, not enough to affect lap times. Will it play a

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part? I hope not. We don't want to see these fans getting wet. I don't

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know. More on tyres now. The difference in lap time between the

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tyre compounds this weekend is 1.5 seconds per lap and that will

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encourage the drivers to stick with the soft tyre for as long as

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possible because it is so much faster. But there is one big unknown

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and it is this, the asphalt. It was only laid two weeks ago I normally

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need three months to stabilise and lose its oily texture. Without the

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opportunity to do that we know it will be slippery and grip levels

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will ramp up dramatically during the course of the race. By how much that

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happens will affect tyre degradation. Thank you. Everybody

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getting ready here on the grid and much anticipation about this race.

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More than 100,000 fans here to watch this spectacle. When Sergio Perez

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took to the track for the drivers parade, this place erupted! The

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stadium section reached fever pitch as he lifted the flag to greet his

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fans. These two on the front of the grid, the longest of the season, 800

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metres. They will be standing on the brakes at 200 mph. David and Ben in

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the commentary box. Formula 1 is back in Mexico. Take a deep breath!

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COMMENTATOR: The formation lap about to get underway and Formula 1 is to

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get one of its loudest receptions anywhere in the world from the

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packed grandstands in Mexico. Nico Rosberg leads away, Lewis Hamilton

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joining them on the front row for the 13th time this year. They are

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setting down to that long run to Turn 1 to get a feel of the cars.

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The first area of packed grandstands, and it is just a

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brilliant atmosphere that we have got. What kind of race is this track

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going to deliver? That is a question. Hamilton already has

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wrapped up the championship. Vettel still only just ahead of Rosberg in

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the point. Watch out for the Ferrari, it has been looking good in

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terms of race pace. Looking at the grid I wonder if all the cars got

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away cleanly or not. Just on the exit of the final corner. They do

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appear to be registered. This will be interesting. The track

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temperature more than 20 degrees warmer than in free practice stop

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not the same pressure to warm the tyres. They have a good handle of

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understanding what the relatively low degradation on the tyres is

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like. We will a fairly slow rotten to the grid, I would suspect. Again,

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Rosberg will not be wanting to sit there for too long. Monitoring and

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maintaining engine temperatures will be key this afternoon. Tom, what is

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it like in the pits at the moment? Chaos down here, people running

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everywhere. The richest man in the world is just walking past me.

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Opposite me in the grandstands they are chanting the name of Checo

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Perez. It is unlike anything I have experienced in Formula 1. Into the

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final stadium which has been used for music concerts and baseball and

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also being used for motor racing. That is where the podium will be for

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whoever comes out on top in this race later on. What a reception they

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are getting now and what a reception they will get, the top three, when

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they emerge. A long way to go, 71 laps. What was summed up in that TV

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image there, presumably a Mexican fan waving a Mexican flag but

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wearing a Vettel Ferrari T-shirt. That is what I love about fans of

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motorsport, they are not just nationalistic but support all the

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teams. It adds to the welcome we are getting in Mexico. Rosberg starting

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on pole, Hamilton alongside. Massa and Verstappen. Perez starting mind.

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Hulkenberg 10th. Watch out from the back the likes of Raikkonen, Alonso

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and Jenson Button. Three world champions in the last three places

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of the grid. Contrary to what I, Rosberg got to his grid position

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very early. Jenson Button won't keep him waiting too long. Last few cars

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moving into position. Jenson Button is the final car. He has been there

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several times this year already. Nico Rosberg has been on pole

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position for the last three events and has failed to win a single one.

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Can he beat the new three-time champion?

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Nico Rosberg ahead of Hamilton, chased by Kvyat and in the distance,

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Ricciardo. This is crucial for Rosberg, he has clean air and can

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control the race. He will no Hamilton will be under pressure to

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managers and bridges. He will have to drop back. Maldonado and Grosjean

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side-by-side. They were like that into the corner. Very close between

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the two Lotus drivers, just outside the top ten at the moment.

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OK, retire the car, retire the car. Loss of power for Alonso, no change

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of front at the moment. Perez has survived the opening lap and is in

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eighth position. Hulkenberg is in ninth. Vettel has just made it into

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the pits, losing his braking performance. We have heard Alonso is

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retiring the car, the first retirement this afternoon. Vettel

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not getting away, I think he was being blocked by a Alonso.

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Compounding the difficulty he will have this afternoon. We hope to stay

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with this into the road to Turn 1. I think it was before the term that

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contact was made with Daniel Ricciardo, the proposition man got

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away more cleanly but not as big a threat to the others. Vettel lost

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out initially into the first corner. Let us watch the action as they

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bunched up. I expected some contact. Vettel just closing the door. The

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contact was made, to me that looks like a racing incident, it will be

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interesting to see what the stewards say, there was enough of Daniel's

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car alongside to suggest that Sebastian would know he was there

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but Lewis gets himself into the slipstream, no DRS but you can see

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the effect of running in the slipstream. Not enough momentum to

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carry him round. Nicely judged by Rosberg. Let us see how it was for

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Ricciardo. He will lose out to Daniel and already there was almost

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contact. Sebastian gets into the slipstream and close to the outside.

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Daniel is thinking he will follow the inside line and he does, you see

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the door close and he comes from quite a long way back. I do not

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think there was any malice in that but the stewards have to go one way,

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you will always favour the car in front of course, as on the road, if

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you pile into someone from behind on unless they rammed the brakes on

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randomly then you are responsible. We will wait and see. Wheel-to-wheel

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action and it continued and I think Massa runs a bit wide, pushing out

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onto the kerb and that allows bot asked to come back to him. This is

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where Vettel gets into some difficulty in four, five, six,

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everyone bunching up behind him. That was on board with Perez, trying

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to stay out of trouble. Great driving from both drivers, giving

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each other enough space. It is pretty early, you would think this

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might push Bottas into a two-stop race. They have got the opportunity

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to keep an eye on Vettel and see what he is doing on the medium tyre

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but that might make it two stops. I think they looked at the lap time

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for Vettel, only two tenths slower and has the benefit of running in

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fresh air. That is the risk I think for Williams in making such an early

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stop. You could find yourself running another ten to 15 laps

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behind other cars who are doing a later one-stop and you could lose

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time in that traffic. This is interesting, the Saubers together,

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and they tangled in the race, which is the nightmare for any team. Pace

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is good, how is the tyre? All on the undercut. Perez notably good at

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looking after his tyres but he is struggling with them a little bit.

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This was Bottas's pit stop. Comes off a rip-off, which looked to hang

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on his finger for a moment. A little bit slow but otherwise that looked a

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reasonable stop. With the higher temperatures here, because of the

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less dense air, could wheels going on and off the more of a problem

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here? That is a great shot, taking a bit longer with the wheel gun for

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that one. We saw him drop away from Carlos Sainz, will we see this

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converted into a two-stop race for a number of cars, these high track

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temperatures, 54 degrees, working the tyre is harder than they

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expected. The pit stop delta is showing 21 seconds right now,

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quicker than what the teams were predicting. The benefit of that is

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it makes it less of a penalty to do an extra stop, when you have a long

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pit lane time, that forces you to take less stops. We saw a retirement

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almost before the race got underway and unfortunately it was Alonso. Won

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what was the problem? Yesterday night we had a problem. This

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morning, we looked at it, we had possibilities, retire the car or

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start the race and try our maximum and know that one that was the

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maximum we could achieve, we did one lap for respect of the fans because

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they have been amazing all weekend and we will try to improve next

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time. I cannot think of a season where you have done so few laps,

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getting frustrating? It has been a frustrating season obviously. Even

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to be able to participate in this race with this amazing crowd, even

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if you are last, at least you are on the track. It is very hard but at

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the moment we are not doing a good job. He said earlier it was the most

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enjoyable drivers parade lap he had ever experienced. This was the move

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made by Sebastian Vettel a moment ago and that was all very

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straightforward. A bit of fighting back going on but in the end he made

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the move stick. Carlos Sainz in the Toro Rosso on fresh tyres but the

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momentum with Vettel who is well on his way to getting points. He is

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only four seconds behind 10th place Hulkenberg and at this rate he will

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eat into that quickly. Hamilton has just set the fastest lap now, not by

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a big margin but still, nonetheless a quick lap on that occasion. Quite

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a crucial manoeuvre where they get past Carlos Sainz at this point.

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Shows the Ferrari has good pace and we see that from Raikkonen as well

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as he closes up to Sergio Perez. He was the first person in the race to

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start on the harder compound tyre. How long will Jenson Button be able

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to fend off the Ferrari? Not long I think, sadly, he is running in 11th

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place. This is fourth position so it is not as if he would have the move

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out of the way but you would expect the Ferrari to get past promptly.

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Carlos Sainz will also be looking to do likewise. OK, we can reduce the

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brakes slightly, two or three tenths of the lap time would help us with

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Daniil Kvyat, he could be very close to us. Break saving, how does the

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driver go about that? Just to push the brake pedal as hard for so

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long, normally you are heavy at the start of a Grand Prix and you have

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more energy being accelerated and the celebrated around the track but

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because of the slower time, the breaking pace is less, we are

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lifting and coasting, we do not expect them to be fuel limited this

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afternoon so there will not be as much of that as at other Grand Prix

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but they will lift off the throttle for a predetermined time to wait

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before they apply the brakes pressure. That takes out some of the

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heat and energy as we see Vettel performing a straightforward pass,

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did not really need the DRS against the McLaren but he gets it, science

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trying to follow through as well. Sebastian Vettel moving up to 11th

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place. Sainz will now try and do the same thing, riding on board with the

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Spaniard as he tries to find a way past Jenson Button. Who is obviously

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struggling for straight line speed at the end of straights but now we

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are into the tight twiddly sections, the McLaren has been showing a good

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turn of pace through the complexes and Alonso said yesterday he was

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proud of the pace in the car in sectors two and three. Credit where

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it is due, one of the longest phases, Vettel has spun. He has only

:26:12.:26:18.

just got past the McLaren and he has lost places. That is the medium

:26:19.:26:23.

section of the lap just as you go through seven or was it ten? I think

:26:24.:26:28.

that was at turn seven, he had just done the fastest first sector

:26:29.:26:33.

benefiting from the slipstream and DRS, who was next man up, it was

:26:34.:26:38.

Hulkenberg but too much of a gap so just a mistake. He just threw it off

:26:39.:26:44.

the road effectively. Drivers has said it is a low grip surface but

:26:45.:26:48.

that shows it is tricky. Up into seven, turns in, the momentum sees

:26:49.:26:54.

him lose the rear of the car, I suspect he will have flat spotted

:26:55.:26:58.

those tyres as well. Any chance of doing a long one-stop race are now

:26:59.:27:03.

in difficulty. Sainz has got past button now, that was an important

:27:04.:27:08.

manoeuvre for him. Vettel is going again in 15th position but has lost

:27:09.:27:13.

several valuable places. An uncharacteristic mistake from the

:27:14.:27:16.

four-time world champion has dropped him further down the order again

:27:17.:27:20.

after a lot of hard work has been done. Raikkonen going around in

:27:21.:27:25.

seventh place in the other Ferrari. You lie it is wide open, you can see

:27:26.:27:29.

the rear wing open like a letterbox, Jenson Button does not make it much

:27:30.:27:34.

difficult, not much he can do on such a long straight. And again,

:27:35.:27:39.

this is the replay of Vettel, he runs off the circuit as well and is

:27:40.:27:44.

on top of that curve as he comes into the stadium, the problem of

:27:45.:27:49.

going off the track is you get a lot of dirt on your tyres, unusual to

:27:50.:27:54.

see two mistakes and the local hero Perez is making for the pits. From

:27:55.:28:00.

sixth place and they are trying to do this on one stop. They have got

:28:01.:28:04.

to Lap 18, 19 for the leaders and the way he goes. He should be able

:28:05.:28:09.

to get to the end if the tyre wear forecasts are correct on these sets

:28:10.:28:15.

of tyres. Just in front of Sainz and you can see if the camera angle

:28:16.:28:19.

picks it up, a lot of momentum and he has to get the pass into Turn 1.

:28:20.:28:24.

A crucial manoeuvre because they were dicing before the pit stops, it

:28:25.:28:28.

could not have been much closer to that as they had out of the pit lane

:28:29.:28:34.

but Carlos Sainz, crucial he got in front of the Mercedes powered Force

:28:35.:28:38.

India. The Force India slow to react to Carlos Sainz making the stop,

:28:39.:28:43.

delivering his best lap of the Grand Prix, you call it the undercut,

:28:44.:28:49.

making the early stop. Tom, do you think Force India are wary of

:28:50.:28:52.

getting to the end on this set of tyres? I think he lost a crucial one

:28:53.:28:58.

or two seconds there because they change the front wing flap angle

:28:59.:29:02.

after all the tyres had been put on so he's with stationary longer than

:29:03.:29:09.

needed to be. On board with Sergio Perez, still chasing Sainz after

:29:10.:29:13.

that pit stop, they have been close on the track for much of the race so

:29:14.:29:17.

far and he has a little bit of a slipstream here. Goes past the

:29:18.:29:23.

packed grandstand, the brand-new grandstands around this area of the

:29:24.:29:26.

circuit. They will be urging their man on, Sergio Perez, to see if he

:29:27.:29:31.

can take this place but at the moment he is in 11th.

:29:32.:29:39.

Kvyat is in the pits. They put the medium compound tyres on and he will

:29:40.:29:45.

plan to make it all the way to the end of the Grand Prix. A few people

:29:46.:29:49.

we know are likely to be making two stops. Lets see where he comes out,

:29:50.:29:56.

Verstappen goes ahead of him. We are still waiting for Verstappen to make

:29:57.:29:59.

his pit stop. Comes out ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, but Raikkonen has

:30:00.:30:03.

one pit stop to go himself will stop and Raikkonen back in the way with

:30:04.:30:07.

Valtteri Bottas. We remember what happened to them in Russia. A bit of

:30:08.:30:13.

a score to settle here. Bottas felt, fairly I think, that Raikkonen was

:30:14.:30:24.

unrepentant. In the DRS on. Here he comes round the outside, a little

:30:25.:30:29.

lock-up, they almost touch. Bottas as the line. They hit, they hit!

:30:30.:30:34.

Raikkonen of this time. Raikkonen goes out and that is his suspension.

:30:35.:30:39.

That's what you would call payback. Interesting to see if the stewards

:30:40.:30:43.

have anything to say on that. He had positioned himself nicely on the

:30:44.:30:48.

outside. Kimi Raikkonen ran as far wide as he could. Team radio. RADIO:

:30:49.:31:02.

I think the rear right is damaged. Dave Greenwood just informing.

:31:03.:31:06.

Sometimes it is hard to tell how much damage is done to the car, but

:31:07.:31:11.

that is clearly all done. A little bit of a continuation of what

:31:12.:31:15.

happened in Russia, when it was Raikkonen who made the last-gasp

:31:16.:31:19.

attempt to overtake for the podium finish and knocked Bottas out of the

:31:20.:31:24.

race. Bottas did not want to give way this time. Even if Bottas has

:31:25.:31:28.

damaged his car, I will tell you Frank Williams is a racer and he

:31:29.:31:31.

would rather see his guy have a go, get stuck in and not give up.

:31:32.:31:36.

Absolutely at the limit. Got his car fairly alongside, Kimi knows he is

:31:37.:31:42.

there. Tries to shut the door, Bottas... Well, I've got to say that

:31:43.:31:52.

the. Interesting. Kimi got a penalty added in Sochi. If they look at that

:31:53.:31:55.

they may well say what happened there could happen here. I think

:31:56.:32:00.

Bottas was their league alongside. You can't expect, if you have sight

:32:01.:32:04.

of the car alongside you, you cannot expect him to disappear. The

:32:05.:32:09.

incident with Raikkonen in Sochi, he came from a long way back. Bottas

:32:10.:32:21.

spot front wheel was at the apex. Bottas is still running around in

:32:22.:32:24.

sixth place. There is no evidence, looking at his lap times right now,

:32:25.:32:30.

that he has damaged on the car. What I was saying about Frank Williams,

:32:31.:32:32.

he loves that sort of attacking drive. RADIO: OK with the car?

:32:33.:32:40.

Pressures look good. He just cut you up and gave you no space.

:32:41.:32:46.

Copy that, no space inside. Copy that. Busily talking for the benefit

:32:47.:32:53.

of the race director. It is under consideration. We will see what the

:32:54.:32:56.

decision is on this one. We are coming up to one third distance will

:32:57.:33:02.

stop this is Maldonado on Button before we saw Vettel go past. Down

:33:03.:33:08.

into Turn 1. Jenson Button not giving it up at all, tries to run it

:33:09.:33:13.

round the outside, but in the end a nice pass. Maldonado kept it

:33:14.:33:19.

sensible and nailed it down into turn two. Into the pits comes Daniel

:33:20.:33:23.

Ricciardo. We will see where it puts him. Kvyat will go through, I'm

:33:24.:33:28.

sure, still ahead of him. Let's wait and see. Still expecting Mercedes to

:33:29.:33:32.

make their pit stops relatively soon. Kvyat will be flashing past, I

:33:33.:33:37.

think he already has done. Yes, Bottas and then Massa just behind

:33:38.:33:43.

him. Daniil Kvyat will come and find them. Verstappen in fourth is still

:33:44.:33:46.

running but his times are not there, 25.2. The team leaving him out there

:33:47.:33:52.

so long and clearly running more than a second off the pace. RADIO:

:33:53.:33:57.

Nico, not long, start pushing hard now. Rosberg will be in soon.

:33:58.:34:05.

Although Ricciardo has come out behind the two Williams, they

:34:06.:34:08.

stopped early and are likely, not definite, to have to make a second

:34:09.:34:14.

stop. It depends on the tyre life of these tyres. Vettel has done more

:34:15.:34:18.

than anybody yet he tries to close up once again Maldonado. Vettel

:34:19.:34:24.

already has done some 23 laps on these tyres and trying to go to the

:34:25.:34:29.

end. I doubt it will be possible. RADIO: Box, box, box. Push hard,

:34:30.:34:39.

brakes are in reasonable condition. We will see Rosberg first in. As

:34:40.:34:44.

ever the leader of the two Mercedes gets first call on the pit stop.

:34:45.:34:48.

That is one of the great shames of Formula 1. When you have two guys

:34:49.:34:52.

battling wheel-to-wheel, it maintains the advantage was that

:34:53.:34:56.

Verstappen heads for the pits. They are in danger of losing to Perez, a

:34:57.:35:01.

late stop for them. Rosberg and Hamilton will have to push one more

:35:02.:35:04.

lap. Rosberg with fresh tyres will be able to get maximum attack on the

:35:05.:35:09.

engine and keep that gap. Watch out for Sainz and Perez as they go down

:35:10.:35:14.

the straight. I didn't Verstappen will come out just ahead of them.

:35:15.:35:20.

Yes, Verstappen has got out in head -- ahead of Sainz and Perez. The

:35:21.:35:31.

brakes... You see it all the time but Verstappen has lost out slightly

:35:32.:35:35.

to Hulkenberg. He was fighting fresh air and losing lap time. All it has

:35:36.:35:38.

done is allowed Sainz to get a little closer. The race leader

:35:39.:35:45.

Rosberg is in. Another beautiful stop from the Mercedes crew, who

:35:46.:35:48.

consistently deliver in the pits as well as they do in terms of a car

:35:49.:35:52.

that is faster than anybody else's. Rosberg heading on his way. Hamilton

:35:53.:35:58.

now will be trying his utmost to set his fastest lap of the race so far,

:35:59.:36:01.

but I don't think he has the tyres to be able to do that. Mercedes very

:36:02.:36:06.

much on a one-stop strategy. Rosberg on to do that. Mercedes very much on

:36:07.:36:22.

a one-stop strategy. Rosberg onto the are preheated but he has to

:36:23.:36:24.

bring them in. Interestingly no further action in the Raikkonen and

:36:25.:36:26.

Bottas incident, seen as a racing incident. I would concur with that.

:36:27.:36:29.

I think there was enough of Bottas' car alongside Raikkonen, could not

:36:30.:36:32.

claim he did not know he was there. The overhead cameras, they will

:36:33.:36:35.

analyse. The rear axle locked up. The man doesn't have to move. Prime

:36:36.:36:42.

tyres till the end. New prime tyres to the end. The medium tyre. You can

:36:43.:36:48.

see the ten centimetre markers, they analyse all the data afterwards and

:36:49.:36:51.

they can see whether the driver was long and it caused an issue or if

:36:52.:36:57.

there were any individual issues. Hamilton stayed out a bit longer.

:36:58.:37:04.

Vettel down the side of Maldonado. Maldonado may be able to get him

:37:05.:37:08.

back, I think he has. Vettel slithering slightly out of control

:37:09.:37:12.

and losing out as a result. I'm surprised Hamilton stayed out

:37:13.:37:16.

because Hamilton just popped in the fastest Middlesex. This may be a

:37:17.:37:21.

strategic play where he wants with his engineer to have fresher tyres

:37:22.:37:24.

than Rosberg at the end of the Grand Prix. -- fastest middle sector. I

:37:25.:37:30.

think he has no choice but to come in this lap, cannot afford to start

:37:31.:37:35.

losing time. And crucially the temperatures will be affected

:37:36.:37:41.

running in traffic. Box, box, box. Nico faster on the prime. Slightly

:37:42.:37:48.

fresher tyres by two laps, it might help at the end. How cool are these

:37:49.:37:52.

guys question what they know they have to deliver a 2 second pit stop

:37:53.:37:58.

but it shows their professionalism and confidence. Hamilton through the

:37:59.:38:02.

S'. Traffic just ahead. They are reacting to bringing in this lap.

:38:03.:38:08.

This fantastic stadium. Just missed the apex slightly. It is quite a

:38:09.:38:16.

tricky entry to the pit lane as they pass under the grandstand. The fans

:38:17.:38:21.

shouting for Checo. Have to take a tight line. No big heroics from

:38:22.:38:28.

Hamilton. You can tell he is playing for longer game here. Tidy and

:38:29.:38:35.

controlled stop, that is what you call tidy customer service as they

:38:36.:38:40.

sent out in 2.4 seconds. Remarkable. Lewis Hamilton has made his stop

:38:41.:38:45.

from second place but he will be behind Nico Rosberg when he emerges

:38:46.:38:49.

from the pits. A very similar pit stop, maybe a 10th faster for

:38:50.:38:54.

Hamilton. There is Rosberg, still in control of this race at this point.

:38:55.:38:59.

Carlos Sainz still fends off Sergio Perez for the moment. Verstappen

:39:00.:39:04.

just ahead of them. You would think the Force India might have the edge

:39:05.:39:08.

in terms of straight-line speed. A mistake from Sainz. He rejoins but

:39:09.:39:14.

surely he will have to give the place up. No question. Not a great

:39:15.:39:19.

moment for him to make a mistake. Never a great time to stop we have

:39:20.:39:23.

seen Vettel, the four time champion, do it. He is under the spotlight as

:39:24.:39:28.

to his performance. He is doing a great job at Toro Rosso but

:39:29.:39:31.

Verstappen has taken the main headlines. I think it is inevitable

:39:32.:39:35.

he will have to give that place back from gaining an advantage. Meanwhile

:39:36.:39:40.

Rosberg upfront as responded, four tenths quicker than Hamilton. We saw

:39:41.:39:50.

him cut the track. What a lovely place to let him through in front of

:39:51.:39:57.

all of the fans. A bit of a stage show from Perez. If he gets a good

:39:58.:40:03.

drive off here, let's just watches rear wing. Did he get his timing

:40:04.:40:07.

right? He might be able to come back. Good spatial awareness from

:40:08.:40:12.

the young Spaniard. He is going to have a go but not quite close

:40:13.:40:17.

enough. Perez in front of Sainz. That is what it was about, less

:40:18.:40:20.

about the showmanship and more about being in the right place to pick up

:40:21.:40:24.

the DRS. It was clever but unfortunately it came after a

:40:25.:40:32.

mistake. He has the DRS again. Perez could imply a bit more battery

:40:33.:40:37.

energy in those areas. Good straight-line speed from the

:40:38.:40:40.

Mercedes. He hasn't got so much energy now in the battery to use

:40:41.:40:44.

around the remainder of the lap forced up the rear lights flashing

:40:45.:40:49.

on the car, showing they are no longer deploying a electrical

:40:50.:40:54.

energy. Carlos' light flashed. That element of the recoverable energy is

:40:55.:40:59.

used to defend and attack. Justine Marie Black, runs it wide and

:41:00.:41:05.

crucially crosses the DRS activation line. -- just seeing the replay. The

:41:06.:41:16.

fans loved it. That was the response as he overtook in the key section.

:41:17.:41:20.

He has managed to hold onto that place. That puts him into ninth

:41:21.:41:25.

place now, going after Verstappen. In comes Vettel. Yeah, no choice but

:41:26.:41:32.

to take that second stop. He complained earlier of a slight flat

:41:33.:41:37.

spot from that spin at turn seven. He will be more than capable of

:41:38.:41:40.

going to the end of the Grand Prix. Another set of primes. Yes, should

:41:41.:41:46.

be able to get to the end of the race and be an good tyres for the

:41:47.:41:50.

remainder but a long way down the field. Yes, not often you see a

:41:51.:42:00.

Ferrari getting lapped. He will pop out behind Rosberg and in front of

:42:01.:42:09.

Hamilton. Some of those drivers took an early pit stop are having to

:42:10.:42:12.

think about making another one around this time which is pretty

:42:13.:42:16.

much what you would expect at this point in the race. Hulkenberg has

:42:17.:42:19.

been on the radio with the team. They have been discussing if he

:42:20.:42:23.

should becoming in. He was one to make an early pit stop, as did the

:42:24.:42:31.

two Williams'. He did 30 laps on his medium tyre. But we will see if that

:42:32.:42:35.

makes any difference to the guys who are looking at making a second pit

:42:36.:42:38.

stop. We can listen to Vettel's radio. I am quicker than him. Let

:42:39.:42:46.

him buy otherwise we get a penalty. That was awake going to be a bit

:42:47.:42:50.

tricky, Vettel ahead of Hamilton. Already had a couple of blue flags

:42:51.:42:54.

and has to move out of the way if you are given the blue flag. Vettel

:42:55.:42:59.

does so cleanly and he will no doubt try to stay pretty much within the

:43:00.:43:01.

slipstream of Lewis Hamilton as they continue. Carlos Sainz coming into

:43:02.:43:08.

the pits. This going for a second pit stop for Carlos Sainz, not going

:43:09.:43:12.

to the end of the Grand Prix. Putting on the option, the soft

:43:13.:43:16.

tyre. Let's see where this brings him back out. Justine the leader go

:43:17.:43:22.

through, so lapped by the two Mercedes, the Toro Rosso, a little

:43:23.:43:28.

bit of a downer. He comes out behind Sebastian Vettel. They were fighting

:43:29.:43:32.

earlier on a little bit. Carlos Sainz now well have to make the most

:43:33.:43:36.

of these tyres, which should be much quicker than most of the cars around

:43:37.:43:41.

him. Interesting to see how he delivers a lap time in direct

:43:42.:43:44.

comparison with Verstappen on the older tyre. Rosberg has responded to

:43:45.:43:51.

Hamilton's fastest lap by setting one of his own. Hamilton lights up

:43:52.:43:56.

the first sector. It is a question of both Mercedes drivers pushing

:43:57.:44:00.

hard. We are hoping that something is going to happen. Right now it has

:44:01.:44:07.

been a fairly uneventful Grand Prix. Gap to Lewis... Don't tell me any

:44:08.:44:15.

more, don't me any more! Used to Nico saying I don't want to hear any

:44:16.:44:21.

more. He stays out of his ears and Rosberg is absolutely focused on

:44:22.:44:25.

maintaining this gap. We often hear that. I know the voice of the driver

:44:26.:44:33.

can tell us a little bit of what is going on in their head. Leave me

:44:34.:44:39.

alone, let me get on with it. You can see visibly where Hamilton is.

:44:40.:44:45.

The gap to .9 seconds. Interesting, because normally the relationship

:44:46.:44:49.

with the engineer is one of the closest relationships that you have

:44:50.:44:53.

within the team. You know, believe and trust he will do everything in

:44:54.:44:56.

his power to make sure you have the best in your car, the best strategy.

:44:57.:45:01.

If they are not fighting for every element of performance within the

:45:02.:45:05.

team, then you wouldn't have them on your car. It is unusual to be short

:45:06.:45:11.

and slightly aggressive, if you like, with that person. In many ways

:45:12.:45:15.

within the relationship that is a person looking after you the most.

:45:16.:45:19.

Another little lock-up for Carlos Sainz, got out of it pretty quickly

:45:20.:45:23.

but does not want to mess up these tyres so early on in his second

:45:24.:45:27.

stint on them. Needs to protect them a little. Hamilton still chasing

:45:28.:45:32.

down Rosberg, but has he got an answer here? We saw Nico Rosberg

:45:33.:45:35.

lead the Grand Prix in Russia but we never really got to find out if he

:45:36.:45:39.

had the pace to stay ahead of Hamilton because he had a broken

:45:40.:45:51.

throttle pedal, which put him out of the Grand Prix. But on this occasion

:45:52.:45:54.

at the moment Rosberg seems to be doing everything necessary.

:45:55.:45:55.

Concentration absolutely total. This was a lock-up a moment ago. That is

:45:56.:46:01.

where he went off the circuit. Nico Rosberg on for another set of tyres.

:46:02.:46:05.

Presumably Mercedes will do this with both cars. They may have felt

:46:06.:46:09.

they wouldn't have got to the end of the Grand Prix without another

:46:10.:46:12.

change of tyres. The gap they have is more than enough to be able to

:46:13.:46:13.

make that stop. We are going to convert to plan B.

:46:14.:46:30.

Let us know if you need a front adjust. Lewis Hamilton is now

:46:31.:46:34.

leading the Grand Prix but he will be coming in at any moment and

:46:35.:46:39.

switching onto another set of tyres. Nico Rosberg has gone back out on

:46:40.:46:43.

the medium compound, any difference in strategies between the cars,

:46:44.:46:47.

would they put him on the yellow option tyres? That is his call and

:46:48.:46:52.

he demands it of his team and they believe it is safe to do so then

:46:53.:46:57.

they will let him do it. But it is a fairly late call for him so I think

:46:58.:47:00.

he will be relying on the information he has been given an

:47:01.:47:04.

trust he will get the best tyres much for the team, it makes sense to

:47:05.:47:10.

have the same set of tyres to avoid any controversy. Carlos Sainz did

:47:11.:47:14.

put on the soft compound a little while ago but it is likely Mercedes

:47:15.:47:19.

will do the same for both, if he does stay out and does not come in

:47:20.:47:23.

at all, he has a chance of winning this race, if he thinks he can go to

:47:24.:47:27.

the end, they are waiting for him and he is not coming in, is it his

:47:28.:47:32.

call? Wouldn't it be fantastic if it was bastion mark the team were out

:47:33.:47:37.

and they now have to go and wrap those tyres, they are still out in

:47:38.:47:43.

the pit lane waiting. But why not, let us listen to the radio. Can I

:47:44.:47:50.

ask why? We are worried about tyre wear, those tyres are down to the

:47:51.:47:55.

canvas. It is for safety reasons, box this lap. And he didn't so Lewis

:47:56.:48:02.

Hamilton has taken strategy under control within the car here. His pit

:48:03.:48:08.

crew are still out on the pit lane, they have wrapped the tyres, if he

:48:09.:48:13.

does get falls to come in, I think that is misinformation they are

:48:14.:48:16.

saying they are down to the canvas, they said earlier, 10%, why would

:48:17.:48:21.

they have more wear than the previous set? You need to check his

:48:22.:48:30.

tyres, my tyres are good. We are down to zero on the first set, we

:48:31.:48:35.

will be down to zero if not worse, box at the end of this lap,

:48:36.:48:41.

instruction. He is coming in, he argued his case but in the end he

:48:42.:48:46.

has responded to the team. Full respect for using the opportunity to

:48:47.:48:51.

say look at his tyres but this will be interesting. We have to trust the

:48:52.:48:55.

engineered to give him the right information, those tyres will be a

:48:56.:48:59.

bit cooler having sat in the pit lane and the team waiting for over a

:49:00.:49:08.

lap. Rosberg will have gone through, just passing the start and finish

:49:09.:49:11.

line. Hamilton will set chase, a fantastic little twist of team

:49:12.:49:15.

conversation and you can be sure that Lewis Hamilton will want to see

:49:16.:49:19.

his tyre wear after the race. Please check those tyres. He wants it now,

:49:20.:49:25.

he is not waiting until after the race, he is saying "tell me where

:49:26.:49:31.

those tyres are because they felt good. " It is up to the driver and

:49:32.:49:35.

the team but if the team felt he would be in danger then it was

:49:36.:49:39.

important to bring him in. We still have a situation where Rosberg leads

:49:40.:49:44.

this race. Hamilton has just come out of the pits and they are both on

:49:45.:49:49.

a new set of tyres, the same type of compound, medium compound so it is a

:49:50.:49:54.

pure race to the flag in the final part of this race. Felipe Massa is

:49:55.:50:00.

in fifth and at the moment, Bottas and Massa are the same set of tyres

:50:01.:50:05.

they had on Lap 8 and nine. One radio broadcast we have not heard

:50:06.:50:09.

but we can read here, Hamilton saying that he thinks it is the

:50:10.:50:13.

wrong call. But the team gave an instruction that he must box on that

:50:14.:50:19.

lap. He said he thought it was the wrong call but would come in. Very

:50:20.:50:25.

interesting situation, Rosberg has just gone fastest of all, a 1:21.3.

:50:26.:50:33.

When a team mentions a safety in any message, you are playing with a

:50:34.:50:36.

driver 's mind so they have to back that up now and that is why I think

:50:37.:50:40.

it will be fascinating if the information comes on the tyres. He

:50:41.:50:44.

clearly feels he had a bit of life there but in the end, you win

:50:45.:50:48.

together, lose together, if you trust your team and see some passing

:50:49.:50:54.

action here. Daniel Ricciardo is catching Felipe Massa on fresh tyres

:50:55.:51:00.

then the Williams. It gives him a chance but Massa is second on the

:51:01.:51:10.

speed trap at 365 K PH, 225 mph. It is tough for Ricciardo even though

:51:11.:51:14.

he has better rubber but there might be other areas he can make the move,

:51:15.:51:19.

down to Turn 4, he makes a look at it but decides against it. He knows

:51:20.:51:24.

they have better place in the tighter and twisty sections. But

:51:25.:51:28.

there is a huge difference between those cars, putting caution to the

:51:29.:51:32.

wind in terms of temperatures, trying to find a way through. Look

:51:33.:51:36.

at the difference in acceleration between the Renault hybrid and the

:51:37.:51:40.

Mercedes. You can see the Williams pulling away as he goes to turn

:51:41.:51:45.

seven. Hamilton purple and purple in the second sector, he has the bit

:51:46.:51:50.

between his teeth. He is fired up now, Ricciardo will need one of

:51:51.:51:54.

these tighter sections to get past the Williams and the Williams has

:51:55.:52:00.

tyres that 15 laps older, same compound but 15 laps of the, he has

:52:01.:52:04.

to be struggling in terms of putting the power down. Watch the last

:52:05.:52:11.

corner here. Taking a tighter line, as close as he has been, he will get

:52:12.:52:18.

DRS but will it be enough? Mercedes power against Renault power unit and

:52:19.:52:23.

he is catching on the DRS zone, he is going through the lunch on the

:52:24.:52:27.

brakes down to Turn 1, side-by-side, Williams against Red Bull, Ricciardo

:52:28.:52:31.

makes the move, a crucial manoeuvre and up into fourth place, where he

:52:32.:52:35.

was earlier in this grand pre-, some way behind Daniil Kvyat but Red Bull

:52:36.:52:42.

ahead of Williams again. Allen a fantastically executed overtake from

:52:43.:52:44.

some distance back, professional driving from both guys but Daniel

:52:45.:52:50.

Ricciardo once more showing his skills. Meanwhile, a pass on Perez

:52:51.:52:55.

getting ahead of Verstappen which has caused a big cheer in the

:52:56.:52:59.

background. Sergio Perez moving into eighth place. Verstappen able to

:53:00.:53:04.

pick up the benefit of DRS, benched over the top of that curb and he

:53:05.:53:10.

leaves the gap but he will have DRS on Perez, was he able to come back

:53:11.:53:16.

at him at all? The fans loving that. Lewis Hamilton has just done another

:53:17.:53:21.

fastest lap, four tenths faster than his team-mate but the gap is still

:53:22.:53:25.

three seconds, a lot of work to do full Lewis Hamilton but a very quick

:53:26.:53:29.

lap indeed and they are really pushing on. You can see the second

:53:30.:53:34.

silver arrow, the three-time world champion once this race win in

:53:35.:53:38.

Mexico but for the moment, Nico Rosberg doing everything he can to

:53:39.:53:43.

soak up that pressure and so far not making any mistakes. Faultless so

:53:44.:53:47.

far, we have not seen a lock-up or any missing of the apex. Vettel in

:53:48.:53:54.

the barrier. He has crashed out of the Ferrari. Turn seven again it

:53:55.:53:59.

looks like. The fast flowing section. Safety car will presumably

:54:00.:54:05.

come out. Hit has not been announced but there we go, it is coming out

:54:06.:54:10.

now. That will bring all the cars together and close them up and that

:54:11.:54:14.

will be fascinating to see what happens on the restart. OK, I

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crashed. Again, turn seven, yeah. Are you OK? I am OK, sorry. A tough

:54:25.:54:33.

day for Sebastian Vettel. A really low key performance, an

:54:34.:54:35.

uncharacteristic performance from him and too many mistakes. Three

:54:36.:54:39.

mistakes, I do not member the last time I saw him do that. Any issues

:54:40.:54:45.

with the rear stability of the car going into those corners, he has

:54:46.:54:49.

been trying to work and manage it and work his way back to the points

:54:50.:54:53.

but a step too far. Interesting that Carlos Sainz made a pit stop because

:54:54.:54:58.

he was on a relatively fresh set of tyres but they felt they were in a

:54:59.:55:03.

gap and not losing any time by making the stop. With the safety

:55:04.:55:08.

car, a full safety car as opposed to virtual. Daniil Kvyat in the pits,

:55:09.:55:12.

Ericsson as well. Daniil Kvyat making the pit stop, Ricciardo, oath

:55:13.:55:16.

Red Bull cars going for this pit stop to get a fresh set of tyres to

:55:17.:55:22.

have a go at the end. Massa getting a chance to neutralise the loss of

:55:23.:55:31.

tyre life. Bottas has not come in, you will be under a lot of pressure.

:55:32.:55:36.

But they have gained a position in the pit lane, Daniel Ricciardo still

:55:37.:55:40.

in front of Massa. Stopping Hulkenberg but Perez has stayed out,

:55:41.:55:45.

different strategy for Force India, depending on where you were on track

:55:46.:55:48.

and whether you could come in without losing a position or two.

:55:49.:55:53.

Hulkenberg has taken advantage, Verstappen has come in and so has

:55:54.:55:59.

Grosjean. Aye no need for that for the Mercedes, it sets up at -- sets

:56:00.:56:05.

us up for a fantastic restart. They handled it well in the last race in

:56:06.:56:09.

Austin so it might be difficult for Hamilton to do anything off the

:56:10.:56:14.

restart with note DRS available but he will be on the back of the

:56:15.:56:19.

gearbox. Williams trying to do a lot of laps on a set of tyres but Bottas

:56:20.:56:25.

will drop back several places down the order, the car of Sebastian

:56:26.:56:28.

Vettel being hoisted out of the way. A replay of what happened. This time

:56:29.:56:34.

he locked up on the way into the turn, it looked to straighten

:56:35.:56:40.

initially and then spun round. Did we lose any places? We would lose to

:56:41.:56:48.

Verstappen and maybe Grosjean. The trouble is they did stop and they

:56:49.:56:53.

will be an fresh tyres so I think this will be a difficult last sector

:56:54.:56:58.

of the race for Perez. We are about to go racing here in Mexico once

:56:59.:57:01.

again. Rico Rosberg takes control of the race as the safety car is about

:57:02.:57:08.

to head into the pit lane and we have a fantastic final sector of

:57:09.:57:12.

this race to come. He has got Hamilton right behind him and has to

:57:13.:57:16.

choose the moment at which to go. In the stadium section, here we go,

:57:17.:57:19.

watching them through the last corner and it could be difficult to

:57:20.:57:24.

get the power down. Rosberg with the advantage, Hamilton looking for a

:57:25.:57:28.

good exit out of the corner, a demanding corner to come out of,

:57:29.:57:32.

Rosberg crosses the line, no DRS on the restart but watch out for the

:57:33.:57:36.

Williams of Bottas in fourth place, he is lining up Daniil Kvyat, I

:57:37.:57:40.

think he will get third. He is already there as Hamilton goes on to

:57:41.:57:43.

the attack, onto the breaks into Turn 1, Rosberg ahead, ten two in

:57:44.:57:49.

third place, Red Bull have lost out there. The Toro Rosso going wide.

:57:50.:57:55.

Deep into the corner, Sainz, and Rosberg is still in front of

:57:56.:57:59.

Hamilton. Bottas taking full advantage at the restart, Red Bull

:58:00.:58:02.

have been pushed back to fourth and fifth with Massa chasing after them

:58:03.:58:08.

and Hulkenberg and Perez could come under threat from those around them

:58:09.:58:12.

with fresh tyres. On the call of the safety car coming in, the effect of

:58:13.:58:16.

that was Rosberg had to budge the field up in the last sector and took

:58:17.:58:21.

advantage fantastically of the cleaning up through turn 16 and

:58:22.:58:25.

Hamilton not able to do anything. He will have the wait for DRS to open

:58:26.:58:30.

up to get the speed advantage in a straight line. Rosberg managing this

:58:31.:58:34.

race every time a question has been asked, he has answered. Rosberg not

:58:35.:58:40.

getting away by a huge amount, Bottas has gained from all of this,

:58:41.:58:44.

he made a later pit stop under the safety car but it has worked well

:58:45.:58:48.

for the Williams team. Massa is also to be watched because he could close

:58:49.:58:53.

up to Ricciardo but right now he is under threat from Force India, which

:58:54.:58:57.

also made a pit stop, that is Nico Hulkenberg. Now it has gone a fully

:58:58.:59:05.

bonanza has gone off in the stadium section. -- Felipe Nasr. Looking for

:59:06.:59:10.

a place to park the car, he is looking to drive it. Rosberg has

:59:11.:59:16.

made a mistake. He has gone off the circuit, questionable as to whether

:59:17.:59:21.

he gains an advantage. How far behind was Hamilton. He went off

:59:22.:59:25.

going into the stadium so that is why he was 1.5 seconds behind. In

:59:26.:59:32.

his quest to stay less than a second behind for DRS, they are pushing but

:59:33.:59:36.

it seems a little bit of an advantage for Rosberg at the moment.

:59:37.:59:40.

There has been a trend, when Rosberg has led grand bree, he has done it

:59:41.:59:45.

well, Monza, Austin last an ad where he made mistakes but... Both Red

:59:46.:59:53.

Bull cars are vulnerable. Massa is right now protecting his position

:59:54.:59:57.

from the Force India, both Red Bull cars are right but the other

:59:58.:00:01.

Williams of Bottas in the twisty section. Daniil Kvyat targeting

:00:02.:00:05.

behind but the Williams has the better straight-line speed so

:00:06.:00:09.

difficult to do anything about it. Maybe Ricciardo can pick up a double

:00:10.:00:14.

toe, the DRS is enabled now but you can see Ricciardo is moving out of

:00:15.:00:19.

line briefly to get some cooling air into those breaks. That will be

:00:20.:00:23.

critical, the cars are now liked on fuel and the track is well Robert

:00:24.:00:28.

in. Hamilton has to get himself into the gap there, he has to get within

:00:29.:00:36.

one second or less to get the benefit of DRS, matched by Rosberg

:00:37.:00:41.

in the first sector. See what he can do in the middle. Verstappen in

:00:42.:00:46.

ninth, an relatively fresh tyres compared to Perez ahead of them.

:00:47.:00:53.

Perez is an period, he is on 41 lap tyres, he is holding everyone up. It

:00:54.:00:59.

will be tough for Perez and you wonder why Force India could not

:01:00.:01:02.

have brought him in, the local hero could end up dropping a massive

:01:03.:01:06.

number of places but let us what he can do. He is good at looking up --

:01:07.:01:10.

after his tyres but it is challenging.

:01:11.:01:17.

A mistake from Maldonado. Good reaction to keep it out of the

:01:18.:01:22.

wall. He has scored points in the last three Grand Prixs. He loves

:01:23.:01:28.

living on the edge, I think he does it for his own entertainment. It was

:01:29.:01:34.

close, how much closer could it have been? Ricciardo still protecting his

:01:35.:01:38.

position from the Williams of Valtteri Bottas. Just a quick note,

:01:39.:01:43.

in the race between Toro Rosso and Lotus, only seven points between the

:01:44.:01:46.

two teams at the moment that they will score similarly here.

:01:47.:01:50.

Verstappen is currently ninth and head of all of them. RADIO: I know

:01:51.:01:58.

it is difficult, we need to drag it, the DRS. I think he is aware of

:01:59.:02:05.

that, as much as anybody. Hamilton the fastest man of all in the middle

:02:06.:02:11.

sector. He has taken a couple of tenths out of Rosberg this time

:02:12.:02:17.

round. So far Rosberg hanging on in there, no sign of any mistakes will

:02:18.:02:21.

stop there are five laps to go. Can Rosberg Coll Donaldson victory? It

:02:22.:02:25.

has been awhile since the Austrian Grand Prix earlier this year when he

:02:26.:02:30.

had a victory. He was on a roll at that time but ever since then things

:02:31.:02:34.

have gone against him. Some of the starts weren't as good and Hamilton

:02:35.:02:38.

has been absolutely mighty in race conditions. A good lap by Hamilton,

:02:39.:02:45.

the gap back down to 1.2 seconds. It must be difficult when you see Paddy

:02:46.:02:48.

Lowe talking to his team. On one hand they just want to manage this,

:02:49.:02:54.

they want a 1-2. Rosberg has deserved to be in the position he is

:02:55.:02:57.

in today after qualifying and what he has done in the race so far. On

:02:58.:03:01.

the other hand, for someone like Paddy, that childhood fan of Formula

:03:02.:03:08.

1, seeing two cars going wheel-to-wheel, it must be hard to

:03:09.:03:11.

detach from the team responsible at Ian let their men race. Perez has

:03:12.:03:17.

done a good job, a lot of laps on these tyres and hanging in there for

:03:18.:03:22.

the moment. He has done 48 laps. The guys behind, who switched onto the

:03:23.:03:26.

soft option tyre are struggling. It makes you wonder if they will kick

:03:27.:03:30.

themselves for that. I think if they had gone for a fresh set of mediums

:03:31.:03:34.

they may have been able to put Perez under pressure. A good drive from

:03:35.:03:40.

Perez. He will not get a podium but hanging on for eighth place. Rosberg

:03:41.:03:45.

response, the fastest lap of the Grand Prix, keeping the gap at 1.4.

:03:46.:03:50.

RADIO: Ricciardo starting to struggle with his rear tyres, let's

:03:51.:03:55.

close up on him. I think he is trying that but so far not happening

:03:56.:04:00.

for him. Hulkenberg only 1.9... Lost a bit Massa on that lap. Hulkenberg

:04:01.:04:06.

in seventh. Force India looking at a decent double points score. Red

:04:07.:04:10.

Bull, who are ahead of them in the World Championship, head on the road

:04:11.:04:14.

as well. What is going on at Mercedes? Are they saying, this is

:04:15.:04:18.

it? They have some lap traffic to deal with. That might mix things up

:04:19.:04:22.

a bit. They are catching Will Stevens. In the middle sector, it is

:04:23.:04:32.

difficult to get a clean pass. Hamilton will be seizing this

:04:33.:04:38.

opportunity. Watching Bottas but Rosberg is about to get past Will

:04:39.:04:41.

Stevens. Rossi has moved out of the way. Not a problem for Rosberg.

:04:42.:04:48.

Rossi ahead of Stevens now. The safety car certainly did swap the

:04:49.:04:56.

two manner Marussia cars around,. Valtteri Bottas holding on to third

:04:57.:04:59.

place for the moment and looking to get his second podium finish of the

:05:00.:05:03.

season, when he surely should have had another one in Russia but for

:05:04.:05:07.

the incident with Kimi Raikkonen. There are the race leaders, the gap

:05:08.:05:12.

is 1.2 seconds as they cross the line. Rosberg doing enough to keep

:05:13.:05:16.

Hamilton out of DRS range. On board with Hamilton, how does this feel

:05:17.:05:21.

right now from Hamilton's point of view? On one hand you get sucked

:05:22.:05:25.

along the straights and have the advantage of the car in straight but

:05:26.:05:28.

in the corners you have a sense of not having the same kind of load.

:05:29.:05:33.

The wings create that extra weight that pushes the car into the

:05:34.:05:40.

tarmac. It is incredibly difficult. Grosjean still in 10th place but

:05:41.:05:43.

Maldonado would quite like a point to continue his point scoring run at

:05:44.:05:46.

the moment, but he is not close enough. Surely the last thing they

:05:47.:05:52.

need is to tangle these two. A couple of points for Toro Rosso from

:05:53.:05:56.

Verstappen but it will not make a huge difference in terms of the gap

:05:57.:06:01.

that exists between the two teams. Grosjean into his final few races

:06:02.:06:04.

with this Lotus team before he drives for the American team, where

:06:05.:06:09.

he will be joined by Esteban Gutierrez. Trading lap times. It

:06:10.:06:16.

seems like Hamilton might be getting that gap back a little bit to

:06:17.:06:20.

Rosberg. 1.2 last time round, he did have to pass Rossi. It looked like

:06:21.:06:24.

Hamilton ran a bit deep into the stadium, losing four tenths of a

:06:25.:06:30.

second. Rosberg has one hand on the cup. He just has to hang on in there

:06:31.:06:36.

for an little longer, Nico Rosberg, to take a victory here in Mexico.

:06:37.:06:40.

Looking down over the fans who will see the top three come to the podium

:06:41.:06:44.

in that section of track at the end of this race. Right now it looks

:06:45.:06:49.

like it will be Rosberg, Hamilton and Bottas who will be coming to

:06:50.:06:53.

waves hello in that part of the track. But let's see what happens,

:06:54.:06:59.

still a couple of laps to go. Kvyat is still in fourth ahead of

:07:00.:07:03.

Ricciardo Folsom Massa in sixth place, Hulkenberg seventh ahead of

:07:04.:07:06.

his team-mate, Sergio Perez Perez staying ahead of Verstappen and

:07:07.:07:11.

Grosjean but they are getting a bit closer. I am wondering if Perez has

:07:12.:07:17.

the tyres available to him. I think he is doing enough. Another heroic

:07:18.:07:23.

effort from him. He has done 51 laps, Sergio Perez, on these medium

:07:24.:07:29.

tyres. Can he finished the last two and still get some useful points out

:07:30.:07:32.

of this Grand Prix at home? That would still be a massive reward for

:07:33.:07:37.

him. He has had so much pressure on him this weekend but dealt with it

:07:38.:07:41.

superbly. I think he is probably going to sleep for 48 hours after

:07:42.:07:46.

this weekend. He has been working so hard on the promotional side.

:07:47.:07:50.

Lapping it up but no question that emotionally and mentally it takes a

:07:51.:07:53.

lot more out of you when it is your home race. He is a superstar here,

:07:54.:07:58.

no question of that. Back with our race leader and is looking good. On

:07:59.:08:04.

the final lap for Nico Rosberg. He started from pole position. He won

:08:05.:08:08.

the drag race down to the first corner. Put himself in front of

:08:09.:08:11.

Lewis Hamilton, and has controlled the race ever since. There was a

:08:12.:08:16.

change of strategy from the team. Hamilton almost decided to stay out

:08:17.:08:20.

there of his own accord, the team firmly made him come into the pits.

:08:21.:08:24.

We then had a safety car which seemed to open an opportunity for

:08:25.:08:28.

Lewis Hamilton but since then Rosberg has driven perfect, just one

:08:29.:08:32.

little error, but on the same lap Hamilton made a mistake as well. It

:08:33.:08:48.

has been difficult but so far Rosberg has responded in the best

:08:49.:08:51.

style he possibly could to having lost his last chance of winning the

:08:52.:08:53.

World Championship last time out in Austin. He is coming through the

:08:54.:08:55.

last little sequence of corners now. Rosberg, a brilliant drive here in

:08:56.:08:58.

Mexico. He is going to come through the last turn, Mansell Corner and

:08:59.:09:02.

Nico Rosberg takes victory in Mexico! His fourth win of when to

:09:03.:09:08.

15, his 12th career victory and beats his team-mate Lewis Hamilton,

:09:09.:09:11.

the new three times world champion by just under two seconds. We wait

:09:12.:09:17.

now, a long gap, it is Bottas who finishes in third place. Superb

:09:18.:09:22.

podium for him, after the incident with Raikkonen earlier on. Kvyat

:09:23.:09:28.

finishes fourth. Ricciardo finishes fifth, Massa six, Hulkenberg seven.

:09:29.:09:34.

Now listen to the cheer for Perez in eighth. He gets the response from

:09:35.:09:38.

the crowd. He might not have ended up on the podium but Perez has

:09:39.:09:42.

delivered a very solid race and are more laps on a set of tyres than

:09:43.:09:47.

anybody else here today. Verstappen and Grosjean picked up the final

:09:48.:09:51.

points in ninth and 10th. But Nico Rosberg has done it. He has taken

:09:52.:10:00.

victory in Mexico. Yeah! Excellent job, Nico, excellent job. It was a

:10:01.:10:05.

great response. He wasn't knocked down by the victory for Hamilton

:10:06.:10:09.

last time out and he has come through to take victory here.

:10:10.:10:14.

Rosberg wins, Hamilton and second, Bottas in third ahead of the two Red

:10:15.:10:18.

Bull cars of the Viet and Ricciardo Vaz Te top then Massa, Hulkenberg on

:10:19.:10:24.

Perez. Verstappen in the points yet again for sub Grosjean was tense,

:10:25.:10:30.

Maldonado just mixed out. Barton had a lonely run and Rossi beat his

:10:31.:10:35.

team-mate Stevens. We lost Nasr in the closing stages and three World

:10:36.:10:38.

Cup champions went out. Vettel crashed out on his own, Raikkonen as

:10:39.:10:42.

a result of an incident with Bottas and Fernando Alonso did not even

:10:43.:10:48.

make a couple of laps. Nico Rosberg has done it. A race of sheer

:10:49.:10:52.

pressure, but he managed to hold on for victory. Therein may be lies in

:10:53.:10:57.

lesson for him. He has carried over some aggressive stance and

:10:58.:11:00.

frustration from the last race in Boston, where he felt his team-mate

:11:01.:11:03.

pushed into hard at the first corner. That seems to have inspired

:11:04.:11:07.

him and every session he has been on the money. A great pole position and

:11:08.:11:12.

resisted the pressure and now presents himself to the fans. A

:11:13.:11:18.

thoroughly deserved victory. It was not easy for him. Hamilton, I am

:11:19.:11:22.

sure, we'll have a few questions for the team in terms of strategy but

:11:23.:11:27.

you have to acknowledge Nico was absolutely the pacesetter this

:11:28.:11:30.

weekend. A German driver in the German car. The Silver Arrows take

:11:31.:11:35.

yet another 1-to finish of the season. It is time to receive the

:11:36.:11:40.

trophy. The Mexican Grand Prix trophy. After a gap of 23 years

:11:41.:11:48.

there it is for Nico Rosberg. His father did race here, in that last

:11:49.:11:56.

Grand Prix. One of his last Grand Prixs, a couple before he finished

:11:57.:12:01.

his career in 1986. He didn't go on to win the race. Lewis Hamilton

:12:02.:12:04.

received the trophy for second place. The constructors trophy to

:12:05.:12:12.

hand over as well. It is a mix up as to who is it in the constructors

:12:13.:12:20.

trophy and second-place trophy. The constructors trophy for Mercedes.

:12:21.:12:23.

Valtteri Bottas picks up the award for third place here after a very

:12:24.:12:28.

solid drive. We were worried about their pit stop and a safety car, it

:12:29.:12:31.

might have been a bit later than some of the others but the team had

:12:32.:12:35.

it all sorted. He goes through to finish in third place.

:12:36.:12:43.

Celebration time here in Mexican city, to the cheers of thousands of

:12:44.:12:49.

fans in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Stadium. Nico Rosberg

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soaked up the pressure to finish a commanding victory, beating his

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three-time champion team-mate by just under two seconds.

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Absolutely phenomenal scenes in the Mercedes garage. Congratulations to

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Nico Rosberg, a phenomenal winner today. How important was it that you

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owned the start, which you certainly did? Of course, the start is

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crucial. Getting into the first corner first is always one of the

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most important things. That worked out, everything worked out,

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qualifying, race pace, happy. It seems to me you had the bit between

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your teeth, back-to-back races, you were on it all weekend. I saw one

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mistake. Running wide at turn seven but otherwise flawless? The bit

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between my teeth? I tried, I have not changed my approach going

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forward. Just attacking and more comfortable this weekend. CHEERING

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The safety car restart was a little difficult. CHEERING

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This is on the podium as well, fantastic scenes.

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In terms of the restart, you are getting quite used to doing those.

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When you are in those situations, do you feel any extra pressure because

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if you mess it up that's it? The restart, no, as long as I'm able to

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get a good restart it is OK. This time it didn't work out so well, so

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I wasn't happy with the one today. Talk us through where you were here.

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I messed up going into the last one, went a bit wide and that cost me

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quite a lot but then it was OK, no problem. What is the pressure like

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when you know you are managing that one second window to DRS? Are you

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mentally backing off in the middle sector and hitting in the last

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sector? I always had one eye on Lewis the whole race. But any time

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he tried to get a bit closer I accelerated a bit more. It was all

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about managing the stints. I am pleased with the way the race went

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in that sense. And that podium. The best podium ever. Thank you to all

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the Mexican people, all the support they have given me is awesome, a

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great feeling and a special experience. Thank you very much.

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Time to hear from his team-mate, Lewis.

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Pretty good, I enjoyed it, no stress, unfortunately here, you

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cannot follow, it is so hard, I gave it everything I had. I think

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ultimately I had more pace but the closer you get, it is like a

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negative on a negative. There was nothing I could do. I heard you said

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yesterday you were fearing being stuck in the wake of a car in front.

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You said no stress, any stress over the pit stop then you are told to

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come in? Not real stress, I just did not agree with the decision, that is

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all. The team make decisions and I abide by them most of the time. When

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you said you wanted to know the feedback on the tyres, have you had

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that now, was it the right decision? I have not had the feedback. But

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then we had the safety car and then the tyres would have got cool and he

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would have been right on my tail with fresh tyres so it is fine but

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hopefully we will have a chat when we get back but I have full

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confidence in the guise. The world champion looking as relaxed as

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anyone, it was interesting he did not come in, could he have got to

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the end on those medium tyres? Elima Road the team have information is on

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tyre wear, they made the call on safety, I also expect an element of

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doing the safe thing here because they had an advantage over third

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place, he stayed out lap longer than the team would have liked. He saw an

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opportunity he knew Nico had pitted and we saw from Perez, he made it to

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the end of the Grand Prix without losing places, based on a Force

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India driving on those tyres, he would have been able to drive slower

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and save somewhere, in theory it could have been a fantastic move if

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he had stayed out. The safety car would have changed things. Yellow

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macro we know the safety car came out and it would have been bunched

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up again, depending on that, he might been able to pop in and change

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tyres and come back out in the lead. Let us look again at the start,

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could not get close to Nico and this is where he lost it. It would have

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taken Nico to make a really big mistake, we knew it would be

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difficult off the dirty side of the track. I expected some incidents but

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everyone made it, it was all clean, the only thing we saw with Daniel

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Ricciardo brushing Sebastian Vettel. Not a big hit but these tyres seem

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susceptible to punctures, rolling the side wall of the wheel but at

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this point Lewis knew it would be difficult. A phenomenal weekend for

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Mercedes, well deserved? No question about it, you had a feeling that all

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the frustration of Texas came to this race and he delivered. Good to

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see you are OK, an uncharacteristic race from you, at no point did you

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look overly comfortable, would you agree? I had a bad start and I do

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not know where Daniel wanted to go but I had a puncture. In the end,

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these things happen, it is racing, I wanted the safety car early on but

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it did not come, I tried to come back but the two mistakes I did did

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not help, the last one stopped the race. It was my mistake so I am not

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proud of it. Daniel said you just closed the door, I am sure you have

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a different opinion but the steward said no action taken. It is Turn 1,

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start of the race, closing the door, he was never really next to me and

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then I saw him at the last second and opened but by then it was too

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late. I think that is known as just one of those days, shall we relive

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that kiss with Daniel Ricciardo on track. I think that is the right

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word for the incident, he just tries to get out of it and as he corrects,

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he just catches the side of the tyre and that is enough for a puncture,

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he got away with it for awhile, it only really deflated at Turn 4.

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Massa locking up, Daniel trying to get out of it, do not think I think

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it was just a racing incident and quit frustration for Vettel. He did

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come round to saying that, not personal, just one of those things

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that happen. It set him up for a frustrating race with a multiple

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amount of incidents where he was going off and we are not used to

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seeing that. This is turn seven, just a straightforward spin, this is

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turn 12 at the stadium and on top of the curve, this is passing Maldonado

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down into Turn 1 and carries too much speed. The was on the radio to

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the team that he was losing the rear tyres. Finally, again at turn seven,

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nose first, planting it in the barriers. He was very clear with the

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team that it was his mistake and even multiple time world champions

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get it wrong sometimes. It has been slippery and that has been

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interesting, watching the track evolve. It got so much better as the

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race went on but in the end, you cant the winners and that was Nico

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Rosberg. A bad day for the best you and Jimmy and Ferrari in general.

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Tell us what happened today? I lost the wheel. That is racing, you can

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ask many people. To be honest, I was not really surprised. Huge

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congratulations to Valtteri Bottas today, it looked busy at that,

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plenty of battles and a hard-fought podium but did you feel you've got

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great support from the team? As a team we did a really good job today,

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every call was exactly right and the later stop was the most important

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one, we decided to stop obviously, I was coming in, I had no idea where I

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would be and the tyre wear but we did not have the right tyres so a

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big thanks to the team. I know Frank loves a racer and you have shown

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that racing spirit, you are macro we are getting used to the action with

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Kimi, was this payback for Russia? It is nothing personal. Anyone would

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have been on my side, I would have tried the same because I saw an

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opportunity there and there is no reason it should end up like this.

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In a corner like this, there is place and for two cars, especially

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when the car outside knows there is someone inside. It is a shame that

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it ended like this because it did not have too. Kimi said he was not

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surprised it happened, have you fallen out with each other?

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Relationship? Of course, we have had a chat sometimes but like I said

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before, it is nothing personal. I am here to race hard for every single

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position and I am in favour of taking completed risks, I was never

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going to back out in that place otherwise everyone would close the

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door on me. You must be impressed by the strength of the Williams car. It

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was quite a hit so we were lucky as well, we escaped it. A strong car

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and a strong team today. Was it a total fluke that it was reminiscent

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of Russia? No, it was nothing personal like said, just unlucky

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that it was me and Kimi again. Would you have an idea because it was

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under investigation but we could not work out if it was for the attempted

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pass or for Kimi closing the door, do you have any insight on that? The

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stewards had it under investigation, do you know if it was for causing a

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collision because of you being there or Kimi closing the door? That is a

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good question am I had the right to be there and I am sure he saw me

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there so as I said before, there should be space for two cars,

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especially when the other one knows there is one inside. I have raced

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quite a bit with him and we have had a lot of racing situations so that

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was not normal and what I was expecting. A great day for you and

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the team, how does it feel to be back on track? Really good, we have

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had bad luck lately and it feels like a reward for the hard work

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after all of the bad luck we have had. Really pleased with myself and

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for the team, we will enjoy this one. Thank you, let us check on

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today's results. Speedy Gonzalez Nico Rosberg but his proposition

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converted to a race win. Two movers in the championship, Nico

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Rosberg moves up to second place above Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri

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Bottas moves ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. A poor day for Ferrari.

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No movers in the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes have already

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won that but look at Williams in third, 71 points ahead of Red Bull,

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consolidating third spot. We are with the home hero, Sergio Perez, my

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goodness me, you made up the place from the start but what battles out

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there and you had to do it on the one-stop strategy, how tough was

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that? One of the toughest races of my career, we were unlucky with the

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safety car, things were looking good up to that point, we were aiming for

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top five or top six but then we had the safety car. We were thinking we

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would overtake Felipe Massa and Nico but we ended up being a few seconds

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away so it is something we had to go back with the team and see how we

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measure things but in the end, less important is the result, what I have

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experienced this weekend will stay with me forever. I feel for you

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because the pressure of expectation was not just you, the team but a

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whole nation, I'd do not know if you could hear the fans cheering in the

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stands. I could see they were getting excited but I was focused on

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the race. It was one of the hardest races in my career but it went so

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quickly, when I got out of the car, you are exhausted, but today, it was

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like it went so quickly, the weekend and I enjoyed it so much. Take us

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back to the drivers parade, it was phenomenal to watch, making the

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hairs on my arm stand up now. It must have been so special for you,

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can you take us through that? The most special lap I have done in my

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whole career. So much passion that I could feel, so much love from my

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people and I was filming with my mobile because I wanted to record

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that moment. When I have my kids, I want to show my family and to the

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people around me because what I have lived today has been unbelievable.

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Out of control, I am a lucky driver and a lucky person because only very

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few drivers in the world have experienced what I have today. Stay

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with us for one more second, we will be back with you live in two weeks'

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time in Brazil, all of the sessions live on BBC One. Sombreros this

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weekend, it was Nico Rosberg who got the impressive win but everybody

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here it was all eyes on Sergio Perez and can you just say good night to

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our fans and do this? Have a good night. That ladies and gentlemen is

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a Mexican wave. Let's have a house party!

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We are not having a house party. I don't want people having

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sex in my bedroom.

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