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Previously on Formula 1... Hamilton wins! I'm OK. We've got an accident.

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Incredible. The greatest moment of my life, thank you so much. Abu

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Dhabi. I don't think anyone thought he was

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doing the right thing, going to Mercedes.

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Lewis is a very aggressive, very quick guide. He was almost

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unbeatable. England! He just won the race. 2014 World Championship!

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Why did he win it? He was more consistent. Qualifying, he did a

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better job. That makes such a big difference in the battle.

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Lewis is a very quick driver, I will give him back. Probably one of the

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quickest guys ever in a Formula 1 car. Three World Championships, you

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are in a very small group of individuals. Definitely one of the

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great ones. Three world titles. The final race

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in the afternoon sunshine, warming the Yas Marina Circuit. Before the

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evening envelops the track and the sun sets on the 2015 championship.

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Last year there was a championship at stake here and double points. Not

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this time but there are plenty of reasons to want to claim victory.

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Hello, and welcome to the season closer. Formula 1's final full rate

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this year, and what a year it has been. This car, this driver and of

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course this team. -- final foray. We know the 1-2-3, but what is this

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race all about for you? Well, I want to see a big fight at the beginning.

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I don't want to see team orders, I want to see Rosberg and Hamilton

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fight it out there and square. I want to see Force India on the

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podium again. I heard Toto Wolff say last night he would never let the

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drivers do their own thing because he thought they would lose every

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time. I'm not so sure about that, I think it is a defence mechanism, and

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management have to do what they are doing, giving priority to the lead

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car. That said, we want to see them go wheel-to-wheel, winner takes all,

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with no championship at stake. What about the last race for a driver? Do

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you take it into the winter with you or does it merge into the rest of

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the season? If you have a good result, you take it with you, if you

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have a bad result, you write it off. For the teams, this is when the hard

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work starts, trying to manufacture the new cars. For the driver, it is

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a time to unwind. We know Lewis goes to America and spends a lot of time

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there. He says he is starting to ramp up his training before 2017,

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can you believe, when the cars will be five seconds quicker. It is a

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longer-term view, but as for the season as a whole, we know it is too

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late for Nico, an amazing run, but he needed to deliver it a bit

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earlier to take the championship. Back to Abu Dhabi, the crowd are

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applauding. A band is playing. They make a really good job of this

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event. It has emerged over the last seven years they have had it, it has

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grown into now one of the most important races on the calendar. It

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is up there with Monaco. We all love Silverstone. Some iconic races. Some

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of them are no longer up there. Struggling for money, whatever. Abu

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Dhabi has brought a new level to everybody, what they are aiming to

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produce in terms of the circuit, the amenities and the welcome they bring

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is quite simply amazing. A lot of British fans come. Craig David is

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behind us, he is performing tonight. Lots of pop stars. It really is a

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terrific atmosphere. Quite a good idea if we have a look at the

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season, it has been a long old season. It seems like yesterday we

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pitched up in Melbourne, moving from the East to Europe, a quick trip to

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Canada before returning to the historical heart of the sport that

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Eddie was talking about. After nine events, it was five wins to

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Hamilton, three for Rosberg and one for Vettel. It is now ten wins for

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Lewis, five wins for Nico and three for Sebastian Vettel, but not a good

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day for the German yesterday. Here is lead, with qualifying. A puncture

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right at the chequered flag, Alonso was pushed out by his team-mate

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Jenson Button. He had his best session, qualifying in 12. Sebastian

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Vettel did not have time for his quick lap and had to settle for

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16th, but Ferrari have been strong this weekend. Kimi Raikkonen's lap

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was good enough for third. Sergio Perez thought third-place might be

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his, he sat behind the Mercedes for much of Q three, his best qualifying

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of 2015. The Mercedes drivers had traded places throughout qualifying

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and Lewis Hamilton looked like he would get his first qualifying pole

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position since the Italian Grand Prix, but Nico Rosberg took pole

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position by three tenths of a second. I was ecstatic with that

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lap, it felt awesome. Very happy because usually Saturday, it doesn't

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count for anything, so it's always OK and relaxed, but today it was

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cool. It has not been the best run of qualifying, but I still have got

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three wins out of those races. We'll be working as hard as I can.

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Mercedes have had 15 front row lock-outs this season, the most in

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Formula 1 history. Valtteri Bottas was disappointed

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with the lack of speed in his Williams and could only manage

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sixth. Sainz has out-qualified Verstappen

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10-9 this year. It is Grosjean's last race for

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Lotus. A personal test for Nico Rosberg, six on the bounce, but a

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tiny and costly error for Ferrari and that could be difficult for

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Vettel today. I expect him to be able to come through and give us

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some excitement, a different strategy, and I expect him to use

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his tyres which he has gained from not taking part in further

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qualifying to good effect. That said, Kimi in third has not been

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able to deliver the results for the team. Is it too little, too late?

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Can he challenge Mercedes? What do you make of this mistake? Not the

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first this year. It is disappointing for everybody. Disappointing for the

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team and also for the driver. I don't know why this seems to happen

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so often with Ferrari. Do you think it is arrogance at times? They can

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be quite cocksure. Of course they are. All sorts of problems

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yesterday, different penalties, the stewards were involved, but I think

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they just took their eye off the ball. A massive mistake here. Think

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about this, Vettel could have fought for the front row of the grid, and

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we need to see action. We know Raikkonen is not as quick as Vettel

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but yet he is third on the grid. Can he win? Unless the two in front

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having big problem, I don't think he can. Vettel could have pulled it off

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because it is his kind of clap. Not a good day for Sebastian Vettel but

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a terrific day for Sergio Perez. -- his kind of crack. Sergio Perez has

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been terrific all weekend and Lee caught up with him. The good news,

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it is not just speed in terms of qualifying, great speed on Friday as

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well which must bode well for this race. 20 of reasons to be

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optimistic. The pace we showed yesterday, the conditions. -- plenty

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of reasons. We have to be optimistic. I have nothing to lose,

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the championship position is secure for the team and myself. We will

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give it all, from Lap 1 onwards. Try to get a very strong result today.

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If you get a good start, can you challenge the pace of Kimi's Harare

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or will you be defending the people behind? I will possibly be defending

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Kimi. It would be a big challenge to stay ahead of Kimi. On Friday,

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Ferrari was fastest on the track. As you said, the championship and

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driver places are almost guaranteed. Does that mean you can take a bit

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more of a risk on strategy? We know how good you are on the tyres, and

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we want an exciting race until the end. Me too, looking forward to

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doing everything that is possible today. Certainly we will give our

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best, we would be aggressive and tried to get a strong result to

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finish what has been a great year for the team and personally also for

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me. It certainly has, have a great Sunday. He looks confident, Eddie.

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Nothing to lose, what a terrific season Force India have had. They

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had to start with last year's car, but they are in fifth and that is so

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vital. Absolutely. Securing fifth place. I love that Sergio Perez was

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critical about his time at McLaren, he said they held him back, they

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released him after one year. In most terms, the driver would be washed

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up, but he has come back and made himself look good again. The guy who

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won LeMond 's, Hulkenberg, he is beating him. -- Le mans. Not many

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people would have believed that at the beginning of the year. Has

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Sergio Peter in a step up in his personal driving craft this year? --

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Sergio taken a step up. I think so. He has always shown this incredible

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feel and ability to make his tyres last. That has been a trend growing

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through his career. Jenson Button would be another driver that has

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something special when it comes to the transitional weather conditions.

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He clearly has that. Does he have the outright speed of Lewis

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Hamilton, whoever your favourite fastest driver happens to be? We

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have not had a chance to see that, but Hulkenberg is no slouch. He took

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a pole position at Williams. We have to use that as a benchmark and it

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would suggest he has matured into a great racing driver. The

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championship standings going into the last race. The first three

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places are consolidated but the fight for fourth place is

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fascinating, just a point between the fantastic pair of Valtteri

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Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. Force India guaranteed fifth place,

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the highest ever position, in Brazil. Toro Rosso could equal the

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best position of six if they can beat Lotus. 2015, like last year,

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was dominated by the powerhouse that is Mercedes. Yesterday, a story

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broke in the paddock. Mercedes asked the Formula 1 governing body to

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clarify certain rules, amid the relationship between Formula 1 and

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the new American team HAAS. Their relationship. -- sorry, between

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Ferrari and HAAS. When you are a new entrant, you are not official until

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the next year's entry list is announced. HAAS announced two years

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ago to the world that they were going to enter Formula 1, partnering

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Ferrari with the world that they were going to enter Formula 1,

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partnering Ferrari with their gearbox and engines, using their

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wind tunnel. I don't have the restrictions in place for the other

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teams, so there was a concern that HAAS were doing all of this testing

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in the Ferrari wind tunnel and maybe Ferrari were gaining a benefit. It

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would appear the stewards have given a long explanation as to why they

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don't believe any penalty has to be applied, but retrospectively they

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are going to close down that loophole for the future, because

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Mercedes asked the question, technically they could enter another

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team into Formula 1 and take the benefit for one or two years of

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allowing them to test. A very grey area. Ferrari have got away with

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this. Not gaining a direct benefit. We have got Toto with Tom.

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It Six pages of a full. Mercedes were the ones who rode to the FIA

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seeking an explanation, what have you learned? I was just trying to

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get a clarification going forward. Some of the details of the

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regulations are a bit vague and allows various interpretation and we

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don't want to set a foot wrong. That is why we said going forward can you

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explain to us how you would interpret that? Is this because

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Mercedes 12 in Bach in a relationship with a third party

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always at specific reference to Ferrari and their relationship with

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the new HAAS team? It was about us and our relationship going forward

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with a partner team, whether we can establish some kind of cooperation,

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and to understand the framework. Are you disappointed that Ferrari

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have been punished -- not been punished retrospectively, because it

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seems clear that they have gained a relationship from their relationship

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with HAAS. Quin I am not at all unhappy with what has gone out.

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There is some ambiguity from that and if they have ridden that wave,

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hats off to them. There is no bitterness about it. It is just

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about clarity going forward. That is clear now. It is good for wall

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teams. It doesn't sound like sour grapes from Mercedes, it sounded

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like, am I being too kind? You had feelings about this all year about

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this relationship, how do you feel about it now? It has come out it is

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and the US. That is very generous towards Ferrari, because quite

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clearly there is another way of interpreting it in that they did

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gain an advantage. It doesn't matter if it is big or small, was there an

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advantage gained? Clearly, in my view, I think there was. However,

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clarity needed to be very clear to the teams, not just to Mercedes but

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to everybody, that until you are registered, and once the acceptance

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letter is there, it is deemed to be the cut-off period, you are then on

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your own. At least we have the analogy on the situation, clarity.

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Was there an advantage gained? I think there was, I think most people

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do think there was an advantage to Ferrari but they got away with it. A

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lot of fans might think it was quite good that Ferrari had been able to

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close the gap. I wish they had done a bit more! The some calls for teams

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like on that be able to catch up. This is an interesting track in Abu

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Dhabi. Everyone going for proposition yesterday but the

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question is is at the place to be here? Only one race in six has been

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won from pole position. Pole position on the right-hand side got

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the most grip, however it has been that inside line that seems to have

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had the better start here with the junior formula. Also the last couple

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of years. If we look back at last year, we have Lewis Hamilton on Grid

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two on the right-hand side. On the left-hand side Nico Rosberg.

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Hamilton is the one that gets the power-down, he makes the great

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launch into the first corner. Also the Williams looking to go past Nico

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Rosberg. Everybody in that inside track seems to get a good run in

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towards Turn 1. One year beforehand, Sebastien Vettel doing exactly the

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same to his Red Bull team-mate. Gets that inside launch. Very important,

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especially this weekend, when Mercedes have said they will let

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their two drivers race, however they will get them equal stress G options

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between the two. One other thing about this race track, it has long

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straights, however it doesn't actually offer up a tremendous

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amount of overtaking opportunities. But we have seen on a couple of

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occasions for example Daniel Ricciardo last year had a really

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good run right from the back of the grid. Here he is diving down the

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inside in to, one of the areas where there is a lot of overtaking,

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squeezed through the chicane. At this moment he gets ahead. Because

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the track is very wide, and because there are two DRS zones, they use

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the first one to catch up, the second to attack. Here we have one

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of the overtakes I think of the last few years on this track. Round the

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outside by a young Sebastien Vettel, squeezing Jenson Button in a perfect

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way. He gets a run into the baking area. Because the track is wide and

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allows it, you can get it done. That area of the track, 11, 12, 13, 14,

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is where you will see most of the overtaking. Vettel needs to do it.

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16th on the grid, look for him to try an alternative tyre strategy.

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Soft, soft, super-soft, think that the way he will go. We are joined by

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motorsport royalty, a world champion, Mark Webber. For those who

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did not watch yesterday, Mark was in, must have felt pretty good. It

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was a great effort from Porsche. A tough battle from Audi to win the

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amount of races that we did. It was a nice little result on the back of

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a pretty tricky year. In the end we got the results quicker than we

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expected. And exciting end to the season. You have been keeping your

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ion this lot this year, what do you make of it, who stood out for you? I

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think Lewis clearly deserves to be world champion. Got the measure of

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Nico. He's back in the picture but unfortunately too late for all of us

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neutrals. Ferrari have not quite been in the window against Mercedes.

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You see the young guys coming through, particularly the young Red

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Bull guys. Young Max is awesome and young Carlos. That is good. We need

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that fresh blood coming in because they have a testy establishment

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going on. These older guys will be there forever. We need these young

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guys coming in to keep the excitement for the fans. Are you up

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for a challenge, because we would like to get some work? Would you

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like to give us a guided tour around your old garage? We will give you a

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camera. Yes, here we are, it is about half an hour until the race

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start, 35 minutes, but also five minutes before the pit lane opens.

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We can see as usual a nice time for all the guests arrive in the garage,

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his ever thing is ready, that is why we are here as well because we want

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have a good look around the cars and the prep is in its final stages.

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Daniil Kvyat's are here, I am still fascinated, having been away from

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Formula 1 for a few years, but the detail on this front wing, look at

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all the incredible front wing detail that we have, Adrian still has a bit

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of love for this car, even though doesn't have the biggest engine in

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the back it is still a beautiful chassis which is up and get some

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results this year. The mechanics, all the work is done, looks pretty

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relaxed in the garage. Danny is pretty relaxed, the race strategy

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would have been done by now, they have gone through all that in the

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prerace meetings. That is very important. I will have a quick chat

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to Leroy. Number one mechanic on this car, he was my front end Balta

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man as well. All of the work is done, just giving it a bit of a

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Masood ready for the race? Yes, polished, all of the bodywork take

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on, just trying to get the temperature down, waiting for the

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green light can see how the race pans out. What do you generally do,

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one lap to the grid laps to the grid? The pit exit is a bit

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different here for a practised art, so how does that affect you, in

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terms of getting organised? What are the mechanics doing from here to the

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other side of the pit wall? We just take our equipment, all of the stuff

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you see with us, we make sure when the car gets to the grid it is

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cooled down but will probably do one that the grid. All sounds very

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relaxed. Interesting point about the fuel, getting the temperature down,

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there is a temperature of how close they can get to the ambient

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conditions, because cool fuel is very important for the performance

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of the car. They are just playing the numbers on that now. More and

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more guests coming to the garage. For the drivers, to be honest, I

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wasn't a big fan of having all this, just wanted to get my helmet on, you

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can see him getting ready there, young Daniil Kvyat, he won't have to

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focus too much on getting comfortable in the car, because when

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he gets in the car for the real race, that is when he needs to take

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more time and the guys will make extra detail to get him comfortable

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for a long 90 minute, to our Grand Prix. Absolutely brilliant. Give

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that man a job! We gave awards made up of our esteemed panel Christian

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Horner, and Toto Wolff. We chose four categories, the first was for

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start of the year and we awarded it to both Williams drivers at

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Silverstone. Filipe, you were missed with a driver but what is it like as

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a team? We won again! We are excited. What will you say to

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Williams, can you have a piece of this trophy? Rayne that was a good

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start. It was the best of the year. We already gave a trophy to the

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clutch man. So he cheated a lot. Unbelievable start, Bravo, guys.

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Then for drive of the year, after much deliberation, it went to Romain

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Grosjean for his against all odds podium performance at Spa. Driver of

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the year, Romain Grosjean for a number liveable podium. Thank you. I

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think 2012, you offered me manufacturing or something like

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that. It means a lot. It was difficult but we did it. What do you

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think, did the judges make the right decisions? I think so, always tricky

:26:50.:26:54.

when you have a full season. Sometimes, even race victories look

:26:55.:26:56.

straightforward and boring when there is a lot going on. He is very

:26:57.:27:03.

rarely wrong, Adam. I know the extra quid I page you would have value.

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Romain Grosjean, it really, do you remember that weekend, he turned up

:27:11.:27:14.

late and they had bailiffs at the door it was extraordinary. I don't

:27:15.:27:17.

want to say there is a lot of similarity here, but when Jordan

:27:18.:27:21.

went there in 91, we have the bailiffs on the door too. The great

:27:22.:27:24.

Michael Schumacher did not qualify on the Friday because we couldn't

:27:25.:27:28.

get the cars out until we had paid. They are situations that will last

:27:29.:27:33.

forever. So the podium that Grosjean had, he will never forget it. The

:27:34.:27:40.

team looked down and out. It gave him that extra spark to let him

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continue. A special treat at the end of this from Toto Wolff. A couple

:27:47.:27:48.

more awards. You are a bit like Phil and Holly

:27:49.:28:06.

from, what is that programme? ITV This Morning. Quite sweet. You could

:28:07.:28:14.

hold hands. Do you watch that I'm a Christian? Know I don't. Overtake of

:28:15.:28:20.

the year, any suggestions? I love the move on Malton are the -- to do

:28:21.:28:28.

what he did was fantastic. Everyone stood there holding their breath and

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he managed to do it. I like the one where the starter and overtook him.

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Taking somebody on the outside, they are just Howedes so that politely.

:28:40.:28:47.

You have to be committed. That is what I meant. But then Valtteri

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Bottas on Kimi Raikkonen in Mexico. COMMENTATOR: Reikan and is off! That

:28:53.:28:59.

is what you would call payback. The one I really enjoyed this year was

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Daniel Ricciardo passing your man Hamilton, who hasn't been passed at

:29:07.:29:10.

all this year. That was an enjoyable moment, it was brief but it was

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enjoyable. I am afraid Spa from me and Max. The best overtake of the

:29:17.:29:19.

year, can you tell us which one it was? Leigh I guess it is Spa. Thank

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you very much full stop in general lately I have not won many trophy so

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I am very happy with this one. For a guy who can't even rent a hire car,

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he has demonstrated he is a prodigious talent. You can see that

:29:36.:29:38.

pattern in the great ones who stop they come into the sport very

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talented, with less respect for all the big names. Somebody complaining

:29:45.:29:49.

you can't overtake, we have seen races from Max where he was

:29:50.:29:54.

extraordinary. Thank God we signed him up 12 months ago. For how long?

:29:55.:30:02.

We won't go into this, that is not this programme. For at least the

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next decade! Driver of the year. There can only be one winner, Pastor

:30:09.:30:15.

Maldonado! He had some good saves this year. He has had some great

:30:16.:30:20.

crashes as well. Max Verstappen has been clearly the Rookie of the year

:30:21.:30:25.

and has provided ultimate racing entertainment, but we have got a

:30:26.:30:29.

three-time world champion in Lewis Hamilton breaking records, equalling

:30:30.:30:31.

Jackie Stewart, an extraordinary year for him. For me, he is driver

:30:32.:30:37.

of the year. What I love about racing drivers is when they are able

:30:38.:30:43.

to win a psychological war with 13 weight -- with their team-mate.

:30:44.:30:46.

Equal machinery. I have loved watching him what he has done this

:30:47.:30:51.

year. He has been fantastic. He is a personality who has sometimes been

:30:52.:30:53.

seen as controversial but there is no doubt about his skill in the car.

:30:54.:31:01.

John Surtees said something really nice about him. He said he just

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loves him in the car. Whether you like him or not, in the car he is

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exceptional. He gives us box office, he is huge entertainment. I remember

:31:16.:31:19.

Bernie said he deserves everything he gets because he has earned the

:31:20.:31:23.

right. The fact he has this lifestyle, hanging out with pop

:31:24.:31:27.

stars and film stars, crashing his cars in the middle of the night,

:31:28.:31:32.

doing all these things, it must be driving Toto completely mad because

:31:33.:31:36.

it is everything you don't want as a team boss. But he turns up and

:31:37.:31:41.

delivers, and Nico Rosberg must be thinking, what on earth have I got

:31:42.:31:44.

to do? This guy is in Barbados hanging out with all these people, I

:31:45.:31:49.

am in the gym everyday, but he still turns up and beats me. Anyone who

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can have his hair like he does, that deserves an award in itself. You

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have been voted by an esteemed group of team bosses and Eddie Jordan as

:32:00.:32:03.

the driver of the year. Congratulations. Look after this. I

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will, I cherish every one! The team have done a great job of making me

:32:09.:32:12.

look good, just grateful for every award I get. It is still shiny.

:32:13.:32:21.

Thank you. No problem. 2015, can you summarise it in a single word?

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Mercedes. Four words. Greedy! We beat Red Bull! Anyway... Verstappen.

:32:31.:32:45.

Can we do one thing for the British viewers who have been desperate for

:32:46.:32:48.

this all year? Can Toto Wolff just say, I'll be back? It makes me look

:32:49.:32:51.

silly... Hasta la vista, baby. I can't tell you the manner of

:32:52.:33:07.

people that ask us to get Toto to say that. Live pictures of Lewis

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Hamilton's car. The pit lane is open, the cars are going out. Mark

:33:13.:33:17.

Webber, just peering over. How on earth does he fit this all into his

:33:18.:33:24.

life, Mark? He is a busy boy. A bit of psychological games too, he likes

:33:25.:33:29.

to understate the pressure of the job, comes and delivers every

:33:30.:33:32.

fortnight and then goes and does what he does to release the

:33:33.:33:38.

pressure. Exactly. Still waiting for him to go out. Eddie, what do you

:33:39.:33:43.

think about today? Can he salvage a win from the last race of the

:33:44.:33:46.

season? He said he would like to. Of course he would like to. My view is

:33:47.:33:51.

he will do everything in his power to make sure that he does. There he

:33:52.:33:57.

goes. In my view, it's a big task. Pole position is not is cut out to

:33:58.:34:02.

be on this particular track. So the advantage is not quite as quite as

:34:03.:34:06.

dominant as in other places. So he is in the right place? He is in a

:34:07.:34:11.

really good place to take the fight on the first lap. It is a really

:34:12.:34:16.

short run, it is definitely possible... The ideal line goes

:34:17.:34:22.

through the middle of the front row, so neither of them have an ideal

:34:23.:34:26.

starting position. Whoever is in the first corner and Leeds has the high

:34:27.:34:34.

ground. Let's cross over to Tom. Before I talk about strategy, only

:34:35.:34:40.

19 cars on the grid this afternoon. Roberto Merhi. On the pit lane

:34:41.:34:47.

because his car was taken out of parc ferme to change the suspension.

:34:48.:34:52.

Tyre wear is not going to be an issue. Tyre degradation am the rate

:34:53.:34:59.

at which the performance drop off happens is an issue. That is why two

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stops is 20 seconds faster than one stop. As for when they will take

:35:05.:35:09.

place, you can inspect the first one very, very soon. And look out for

:35:10.:35:13.

the gaggle, Red Bull, Williams and Force India... Force India ruined

:35:14.:35:19.

the race of Daniil Kvyat when they undercut him in the first stop in

:35:20.:35:24.

the Niko Kovac mode went on to beat him. The second stop maybe in the

:35:25.:35:29.

mid-30s. -- Nico Hulkenberg went on to beat him. Deployment of the

:35:30.:35:36.

energy Systems, two really long straights in sector to. So it is not

:35:37.:35:44.

possible to do two laps with full deployment. So it is all about the

:35:45.:35:48.

most efficient energy deployment system, which is Mercedes this

:35:49.:35:52.

afternoon. Mark, nodding in agreement with that. What are the

:35:53.:35:57.

drivers thinking right now? They are looking for clutch preparation to

:35:58.:36:02.

get the confidence, talk to the engineers having taken the car to

:36:03.:36:05.

the grid. Make sure the brakes are working well, the steering, the

:36:06.:36:15.

fundamentals. Lewis is having a look at a few more things, but in terms

:36:16.:36:19.

of the last little thing, getting together, the drivers have a little

:36:20.:36:23.

toilet break and then full focus on the start of the race. The first

:36:24.:36:28.

stint. What is your crystal ball telling you, Eddie? I still think

:36:29.:36:35.

Nico has an advantage. Three tenths yesterday in qualifying, a big

:36:36.:36:41.

margin. What was Lewis doing? Did he make a mistake? It was a mighty lap,

:36:42.:36:46.

if he can show more of that pace, which he should have done during the

:36:47.:36:49.

season when it was important, then he will win this race, Nico. I think

:36:50.:36:56.

Rosberg will win, Lewis second, and who knows? Kimi kind of drops off in

:36:57.:37:04.

the race, and maybe Perez can pull off a podium.

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Hello and welcome if you are just joining us, Abu Dhabi, the final

:37:11.:37:17.

race of the season. Nico Rosberg took his sixth consecutive pole

:37:18.:37:21.

position. His team-mate could not match him yesterday, he lines up

:37:22.:37:25.

alongside him. Arguably on the best side of the grid. The second row is

:37:26.:37:31.

interesting. Kimi Raikkonen. Ferrari made a timing mistake yesterday so

:37:32.:37:35.

Vettel is back in 15th. Sergio Perez on the second row of the grid. We

:37:36.:37:40.

have been joined by Mark Webber today, this is a great prospect for

:37:41.:37:44.

the start of the race. It is, the battle for strategy on the front

:37:45.:37:47.

with the two Mercedes. In the last race in Brazil, Nico rebuffed the

:37:48.:37:52.

challenge of Lewis Hamilton after the first stop, he even tested the

:37:53.:37:58.

pit wall to a degree. Interesting to see how that goes, two long

:37:59.:38:02.

straights when they can look at the DRS. And the battle for the podium

:38:03.:38:10.

is awesome. Sergio is driving well, Kimi wants to finish well, and Seb

:38:11.:38:17.

driving from the back. Anyway that Seb can end up on the podium today,

:38:18.:38:22.

Eddie? We have seen such brilliant drives from him in the past. One has

:38:23.:38:26.

to reflect a couple of years ago when he won the World Championship,

:38:27.:38:31.

how he went about that. He has a relationship with this circuit, so

:38:32.:38:34.

don't rule him out. He will take a different strategy and he will be

:38:35.:38:39.

doing so quick. He is brilliant around here. Lewis is also

:38:40.:38:42.

brilliant. We just saw him going wide, what did you make of that? He

:38:43.:38:48.

might have been looking at a different braking point. The wind

:38:49.:38:51.

direction looks similar to yesterday, so these things come into

:38:52.:38:54.

play, the drivers trying to get some information. Next time he arrives

:38:55.:39:00.

there, he could be side by side with Nico. He wants to know the absolute

:39:01.:39:05.

point he could brake at, so he is gathering information. He is not a

:39:06.:39:08.

triple world champion for nothing, he might have been digging for

:39:09.:39:12.

information or he might have a problem with the car, who knows? The

:39:13.:39:19.

braking, who knows? Not long to find out what he was doing. What about

:39:20.:39:26.

this man, Sergio Perez? What a fantastic qualifying in fourth.

:39:27.:39:30.

David is on the grid. The magic number, 44, the winning number for

:39:31.:39:35.

the world champion, triple world champion Lewis Hamilton. A big year

:39:36.:39:41.

for him also the 44th year of the UAE. A lot of British fans out there

:39:42.:39:50.

have made the trip over. Anyone who has not told their loved ones they

:39:51.:39:54.

are here at the Grand Prix have just got themselves in trouble! Hoping to

:39:55.:39:58.

have a chat with Nico Rosberg later. He has just left the grid for a

:39:59.:40:03.

comfort break. In the meantime, a word from Niki Lauda. A lot of talk

:40:04.:40:06.

going into this race that you would do gloves off for the boys, the

:40:07.:40:13.

championship is decided, but it is business as normal? Business as

:40:14.:40:16.

normal, the last race. Lewis wants to prove in the last race that he is

:40:17.:40:20.

the master. Nico was the master in the last couple of races, so I am a

:40:21.:40:26.

bit nervous. I am a bit confused, Lewis is saying something has

:40:27.:40:30.

changed in the car, how can that be? Is it a red herring? Has something

:40:31.:40:36.

changed in the car? Lewis is not happy with the car, but at the same

:40:37.:40:40.

time Nico went five tenths quicker. This is the problem he has, it was

:40:41.:40:44.

the other way around at the beginning of the season, and

:40:45.:40:48.

suddenly Nico woke up and drove outstanding. We will see how the end

:40:49.:40:52.

of the race will be. Congratulations on your success. From one legend,

:40:53.:40:58.

another legend, Mika Hakkinen. Welcome to Abu Dhabi, you don't come

:40:59.:41:02.

to many Grands Prix. What do you make of 2015? I think it has been a

:41:03.:41:09.

great year. A great result for Mercedes what they are doing, but

:41:10.:41:13.

the season is not over. Really looking forward to seeing... It

:41:14.:41:17.

feels to me like the first Grand Prix, a lot of excitement. Of

:41:18.:41:22.

course, I hope a great result for Valtteri Bottas and the mitt and a

:41:23.:41:28.

great race. They don't really speak to each other. -- Valtteri Bottas

:41:29.:41:35.

and Kimi. Do they speak to you? Enjoy the race.

:41:36.:41:41.

The middle of the grid... Nico Hulkenberg, talking to his host

:41:42.:41:45.

broadcaster. We can see Sergio Perez, Lee had a

:41:46.:41:56.

chat with him earlier. He is with his national broadcaster. Maybe a

:41:57.:42:00.

word from a man we don't normally hear from. Listening to your

:42:01.:42:04.

favourite music, sorry to disturb you, but reasonable qualifying, a

:42:05.:42:07.

big gap from your team-mate. Not much more you can do really with the

:42:08.:42:12.

car at the moment? Qualifying was good for me. Probably the biggest

:42:13.:42:16.

gap I have had. Last race of the season, that is encouraging. Your

:42:17.:42:21.

team-mate is starting from the pit lane, a suspension change, no

:42:22.:42:25.

concern on your car? Not at all, they just needed to change a few

:42:26.:42:29.

bits from the set-up. He will be coming from behind but I'm sure I

:42:30.:42:33.

have got a good car. Racing drivers come in all shapes and sizes. He is

:42:34.:42:41.

very petite, Will. Making their way down to the front for the national

:42:42.:42:45.

anthem. I will stay around here, I would like a word with Nico when he

:42:46.:42:49.

comes back to the grid. In the meantime, we will keep an eye out.

:42:50.:42:56.

Actually... A quick word for the BBC? No! To be honest, I was asking

:42:57.:43:06.

Kimi to do happy birthday to my goddaughter twice this weekend and

:43:07.:43:12.

he kept saying bargeboard. -- he kept saying no. Checking something.

:43:13.:43:22.

Maybe his bingo results. Not the smoothest of qualifying but you are

:43:23.:43:26.

still in the mix. What are you looking for this afternoon? Hoping

:43:27.:43:30.

to be in the mix and looked after the tyres. Make the strategy work

:43:31.:43:34.

and hopefully it will bring us some good points. We wish you luck.

:43:35.:43:39.

Meanwhile, I have seen Nico Rosberg has made his way beyond the rope.

:43:40.:43:45.

I'm not allowed to go beyond that rope, but let me see... He is

:43:46.:43:52.

talking to Bernie, so not much luck there. The drivers are pretty much

:43:53.:43:59.

lined up. Let's see if we can grab any stragglers. Ron Dennis there,

:44:00.:44:02.

seems to be causing a lot of controversy this weekend with his

:44:03.:44:08.

drivers. Sir Jackie Stewart. You are regular at the Grands Prix. What

:44:09.:44:12.

have you made of this event so far? This Grand Prix has a capacity

:44:13.:44:16.

crowd, a record crowd, that is great for Formula 1, the last race of the

:44:17.:44:21.

season. Fantastic attendance. It is a great event, enjoy it, Sir Jackie.

:44:22.:44:29.

Let's see if I can get some clarity. Ron Dennis greeting the former

:44:30.:44:33.

partners, the board member and CEO of Daimler. Three of the board

:44:34.:44:38.

members. I wonder if he is ruling the move to Honda? -- regretting the

:44:39.:44:47.

move to Honda? Jenson Button coming forward. A good qualifying, you must

:44:48.:44:56.

be happy. I enjoyed it. Looking at the circuit, you would not say it is

:44:57.:44:59.

a good one for us, but we did all right. In a rush? Yes. We will let

:45:00.:45:07.

him go. It's see if we can find anyone bringing up the rear, so to

:45:08.:45:12.

speak? Felipe Massa... They got told off last time... Congratulations on

:45:13.:45:18.

your season. Very impressive. The man that has to sign the big checks

:45:19.:45:23.

in Formula 1. Can't help but feel they have had a massive return on

:45:24.:45:27.

that. Niki Lauda, we spoke to him earlier. The gentle man you can see

:45:28.:45:32.

here with the natty hairstyle, he normally keeps out of the

:45:33.:45:35.

limelight, Mr Donald McCain see. Look at him running away! -- Donald

:45:36.:45:45.

McKenzie. Paul and Kevin, can I ask a question? You are a star of

:45:46.:45:49.

television, I know. Very briefly, two stops this afternoon? Maybe Kimi

:45:50.:45:57.

has another option with the set of super softs. Maybe that will make

:45:58.:46:00.

the difference for him. Thank you very much. It is the last Grand Prix

:46:01.:46:04.

of 2015. This is my sad face. So there we go, as the sun begins to

:46:05.:47:12.

set on the 2015 season, those planes look amazing, that look so cold.

:47:13.:47:15.

Very cool, I was staying down the road a couple of days ago and a

:47:16.:47:25.

run-through, it was awesome. Look at that incredible smoke display. It is

:47:26.:47:31.

ready to rock 'n' roll. Ready to rock 'n' roll. We heard Mika

:47:32.:47:34.

Hakkinen saying it has been a great year. You would do if you were a

:47:35.:47:41.

Mercedes ambassador. He got that plug in very appropriately. Of

:47:42.:47:46.

course they know each other. To be fair, Hakkinen has been around and

:47:47.:47:50.

has been a brilliant world champion so he is entitled to his view. But

:47:51.:47:58.

very amusing grid walk, Kimi as bubbly and effervescent and chatty

:47:59.:48:04.

as always! DC had a tough gig. Kimi, my God, he is hard work. I couldn't

:48:05.:48:09.

get much out of him and I was racing against him. There is Lewis getting

:48:10.:48:13.

ready now. Listening to his music. Fernando playing his role, meeting

:48:14.:48:19.

all of the guests. All of the build-up. A pretty relaxed last

:48:20.:48:25.

race, everyone is in a pretty good mood. That is what the event pulls

:48:26.:48:35.

out in everyone, the last race. Let's have a closer look at the

:48:36.:48:40.

track. Great pole lap from Nico Rosberg, four tenths faster almost

:48:41.:48:43.

than Lewis Hamilton. Let's see where that difference was found.

:48:44.:48:51.

Final qualifying of the season, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

:48:52.:49:00.

Five kilometre circuit. No surprise, a battle of the two

:49:01.:49:04.

Mercedes team-mates, Nico Rosberg on the left, Lewis Hamilton on the

:49:05.:49:07.

right, and we are about to witness to drivers at the top of their game

:49:08.:49:10.

taking the maximum out of their cars. As we come up through the only

:49:11.:49:18.

high-speed section, turn to, Turn 3, absolutely flat. You can see Nico

:49:19.:49:24.

has just under a car length. Both neat and tidy. They then accelerate

:49:25.:49:30.

out, a short shoot to the hairpin at seven. The risk is the second

:49:31.:49:36.

earlier. -- Lewis goes to second earlier. You can see Nico Rosberg

:49:37.:49:41.

has opened the distance to a full car length as they go down the 1.2

:49:42.:49:46.

kilometre back straight, more than 200 mph, and an adjustment from

:49:47.:49:50.

Lewis Hamilton, we saw his dashboard change. Both stopping the car

:49:51.:49:56.

superbly as they go under more than five G underbraking. The second of

:49:57.:50:00.

the DRS zones in this race track, opportunities for passing. Lewis

:50:01.:50:10.

Hamilton has close the gap slightly. Five G into Turn 11, 12, both

:50:11.:50:14.

incredibly tidy through this section. Now coming towards the

:50:15.:50:21.

Monte Carlo style part of the track. Again, Nico Rosberg busy at the

:50:22.:50:26.

wheel. 59.5 on his dashboard, going forward on his brake balance. Both

:50:27.:50:35.

tidy as they go under the Yas Marina hotel. At the end of the lap, you

:50:36.:50:40.

will see Nico Rosberg in these two corners, 20 and 21, a massive three

:50:41.:50:46.

tenths of a second on Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton with a little

:50:47.:50:51.

oversteer. When they come across the line Nico Rosberg takes his sixth

:50:52.:50:54.

straight pole position of the season and once again Hamilton's

:50:55.:50:58.

frustrated. Will he be able to convert second to first by the first

:50:59.:51:03.

corner? That is the first corner, Nico Rosberg unmatched yesterday.

:51:04.:51:08.

Mark Webber, where will the action happen? I hope there is a good

:51:09.:51:12.

battle on track. I don't want them to be tested in the pit lane,

:51:13.:51:15.

undercuts or over cuts, whoever is in second after the first lap, I

:51:16.:51:21.

want to see a great battle on track. Get these DRS system 's going. It is

:51:22.:51:27.

the last race, they both want to finish with a win. Maybe it is an

:51:28.:51:35.

offence, why not. We don't disagree with that. We were starved of it

:51:36.:51:41.

bit. Toto has told us he want anything other than the team

:51:42.:51:45.

interference with what the team will decide. Who wins what. I am against

:51:46.:51:52.

that, that is what I have to say. I remember so well, the Senna Prost

:51:53.:52:17.

days. They were team-mates and fought hard against each other. They

:52:18.:52:21.

are generating a lap time in a similar way but it will be a testing

:52:22.:52:26.

to see how it unfolds. A cracking selfie on the grid. Claire Williams

:52:27.:52:30.

walking past us, what about Williams, we have not mention them?

:52:31.:52:34.

They were at it off the pace, the fight between Valtteri Bottas and

:52:35.:52:38.

Kimi. I think Williams were slightly off the pace they were lucky they

:52:39.:52:41.

were so strong in the beginning of the season because believe me the

:52:42.:52:44.

team that has impressed me is Force India towards the end of the season,

:52:45.:52:49.

and maybe they will make a big push for this next year. Valtteri Bottas

:52:50.:52:52.

can beat Kimi Raikkonen? I don't think so, I think Kimi will hang on

:52:53.:52:58.

to where he is. The crystal ball is being shined as we look at pictures

:52:59.:53:02.

of Daniel Ricciardo. Christian Horner. The last race of the 20 15th

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season. For the final time, Lee and Tom are pit side, DC and Ben are

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commentating. Ladies and gentlemen, may the desert action comments.

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This is a little bit tricky. What do you make of this season? What is not

:53:23.:53:32.

to admire? Lewis Hamilton joins Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Nelson

:53:33.:53:41.

Piquet, Ayrton Senna and three times world champions. Brilliant. You know

:53:42.:53:52.

what's coming, don't you? Brilliant. But it is hardly the fault of

:53:53.:53:56.

Mercedes. The car still way out ahead of the rest. 15 wins this

:53:57.:54:04.

season. The Mercedes flying machine. Lewis Hamilton won ten races. Nico

:54:05.:54:10.

Rosberg five, including the last two. But that was when the

:54:11.:54:18.

championship was already one. Where was the drama, the tension? The

:54:19.:54:23.

scrap for the spoils? Where were the others? McLaren, let's not even go

:54:24.:54:30.

there. Fernando Alonso didn't join McLaren the car parked his car. --

:54:31.:54:38.

didn't join McLaren to top up his candles. Red Bull, from ruling the

:54:39.:54:42.

roost the squabbling with Renault about engines. Thank goodness for

:54:43.:54:46.

the rush of youth. That is fantastic! Thank goodness for signs

:54:47.:54:55.

of the giant awakening. Ferrari is back! CHEERING

:54:56.:54:58.

But then get me wrong. It wasn't all bad. Not by a long chalk. That is

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the greatest moment I will ever have.

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COMMENTATOR: From Melbourne in March two at Derby in November -- to Abu

:55:20.:55:30.

Dhabi, the sunsets over the spectacular architecture of the Yas

:55:31.:55:38.

Marina Circuit. It only took 16 for Lewis Hamilton to achieve his dream

:55:39.:55:41.

of winning a third title but he has fond memories here, having wrapped

:55:42.:55:45.

up his second championship here 12 months ago and he will be all out

:55:46.:55:48.

for victory to finish his season in style. The Mercedes car is well

:55:49.:55:52.

suited to this circuit as it has been to nearly all the venues this

:55:53.:55:56.

year. Fast in a strong line but nimble and grippy through the

:55:57.:55:59.

technical final sector of the lap. Nico Rosberg made the most of that

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to take pole position by a measurable marginalia and, but

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Hamilton has twice won this race from second in the grid, and much

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will depend on the first corner. Rosberg to maintain the advantage

:56:15.:56:17.

she got in Mexico and Brazil but it could be more difficult. Looking

:56:18.:56:25.

over the marina area, we are in the Yas islands, one of the many islands

:56:26.:56:28.

that make up Abu Dhabi. Just going into twilight. Temper 27 degrees,

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track temperature 29. The cars should not be struggling for grip

:56:35.:56:37.

too much in these conditions and it really is a stunning place to look

:56:38.:56:41.

over. Will it provide us with a good race? With Vettel starting in fifth

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-- down in 15th position, that electrifies things a bit. We have

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the battle up front between the two Mercedes team-mates. All the titles

:56:52.:56:54.

are basically decided except for those little run-offs between the

:56:55.:56:57.

two fins of Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas and perhaps for the

:56:58.:57:01.

final spot in the top ten, Nico Hulkenberg hanging onto that at the

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moment but Max Verstappen still with a chance of finishing top ten in the

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championship. Rosberg on pole position, his seventh of the season.

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Hamilton looking for his 11th victory to match last year. On the

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second row, Kimi Raikkonen, who has won a before and Sergio Perez,

:57:18.:57:22.

outstanding in qualifying for Force India. Daniel Ricciardo in fifth

:57:23.:57:25.

place ahead of the Williams of Valtteri Bottas. Then Nico

:57:26.:57:30.

Hulkenberg trying to hang on to 10th place in the championship, and

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Felipe Massa, a 10th of Bottas. Carlos Sainz's team-mate Max

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Verstappen lined up 11, and Jenson Button, one of his best qualifying

:57:43.:57:45.

performances of the season ends well. Number 13 starts 13th, Pastor

:57:46.:57:50.

Maldonado alongside Felipe Nasser, the same amount of points in the

:57:51.:57:54.

championship. Sebastien Vettel will be starting on the harder compound

:57:55.:57:58.

tyre, he has Fernando Alonso next to him. Marcus Ericsson in the Sauber,

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Romain Grosjean starting in 18th, a gearbox change pushes him back. Will

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Stevens starts on the final row, but his team-mate Roberto Merhi has got

:58:09.:58:20.

to start from the pits. Sebastien Vettel, way further back than he

:58:21.:58:25.

should have been. The other performance but Ferrari

:58:26.:58:26.

miscalculated their timings. He comes from 15th position on the

:58:27.:58:30.

grid. He has come from the back a couple of times in the past. Let's

:58:31.:58:36.

see if he can perform well on this occasion. Massive concentration for

:58:37.:58:42.

Sergio Perez. Can he possibly get a second podium finish for Force

:58:43.:58:49.

India? They have never had two in a single season. Kimi Raikkonen won

:58:50.:58:54.

this race in 2012 with Lotus. Famously he says leave me alone, I

:58:55.:58:57.

know what I'm doing. He has got to try to do that again on this

:58:58.:59:00.

occasion. That is pretty much what he just said to me on the great! Not

:59:01.:59:05.

quite as politely! He just walked off. No big surprise. This is his

:59:06.:59:11.

big opportunity to make good on what has been a difficult season.

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Sebastien Vettel has come into that Ferrari team and made it his own. It

:59:18.:59:21.

is most like he didn't even have time to say hello to Kimi on the way

:59:22.:59:25.

in. So we expect him to try and get in amongst this battle at the front.

:59:26.:59:28.

They will be difficult because the underlying pace different in

:59:29.:59:31.

qualifying was half a second, and in the race we know Mercedes have some

:59:32.:59:36.

extra engine modes to play with as well. Rosberg on that pole position

:59:37.:59:41.

but what can Hamilton do? The 90th front row start in 167 Grand Prix

:59:42.:59:47.

for Hamilton. A pretty phenomenal statistic. And of course Hamilton

:59:48.:59:50.

has won this both in 2011 and last year when he won the race and won

:59:51.:59:54.

the championship and Rosberg started on pole on that occasion as well. We

:59:55.:59:59.

are waiting for the cars to get away. Lights flashing on the back of

:00:00.:00:05.

their cars as they prepare to go away, and the sun just dropping

:00:06.:00:09.

behind the grandstands as they read the engines up and get ready for the

:00:10.:00:14.

off. There go the front row guys. Hopefully we get everybody away

:00:15.:00:18.

cleanly. Roberto Merhi will stay in the pits during the formation lap

:00:19.:00:21.

and join them after they have completed this entire lap. For

:00:22.:00:26.

Rosberg, a 22nd career pole position, matching Fernando Alonso

:00:27.:00:30.

now, in terms of number of pole positions in his career. On board

:00:31.:00:36.

looking for a first victory for quite some time for stopping has not

:00:37.:00:39.

won since his return to Ferrari. You might have won here for notice in

:00:40.:00:43.

the past, took a victory in Australia as well but he hasn't won

:00:44.:00:44.

since he came back to Ferrari. Looking mainly at aid to stop race,

:00:45.:00:57.

three stops is a possibility. -- at a two stop race. Tom, interesting

:00:58.:01:03.

that Vettel has decided to go for the harder tyre, the soft tyre,

:01:04.:01:10.

going into this race? Last year, Massa finished second after a first

:01:11.:01:16.

stint of 30 laps on the prime tyres. Expect something similar from Massa.

:01:17.:01:22.

One thing to point out, the teams haven't been able to do any practice

:01:23.:01:26.

starts at the exit of the pit lane this weekend, such is the unique

:01:27.:01:34.

nature of the pit lane exit. So they might feel a bit underprepared

:01:35.:01:40.

compared to other races. A one-point gap between Valtteri Bottas,

:01:41.:01:44.

currently holding fourth place, and Kimi Raikkonen in fifth place. If

:01:45.:01:49.

they finished where they are right now, Rosberg would move ahead of

:01:50.:01:55.

Bottas. A close tussle for tenth between Hulkenberg, Grosjean and

:01:56.:02:06.

Verstappen. Toro Rosso and Lotus are still fighting for position in the

:02:07.:02:09.

Constructors' Championship. Nine points separating them, but if Lotus

:02:10.:02:15.

failed to score and Toro Rosso came seventh and eighth, potentially they

:02:16.:02:20.

could move into sixth and beat Lotus. Hamilton is complaining of a

:02:21.:02:30.

vibration from his brakes, the team have said they are a bit cool. Going

:02:31.:02:35.

around at safety car speed. Nico Rosberg, slowing down the whole

:02:36.:02:40.

field. Doesn't want to sit on the grid any longer than he needs to.

:02:41.:02:53.

Might ask very nicely to the last man on the grid to line up ASAP.

:02:54.:03:01.

Will Stevens, last on the grid. Hamilton is actually making him wait

:03:02.:03:07.

a little bit. Taking a bit longer to line up, which means Nico's tyres

:03:08.:03:14.

will be a bit cooler by the time they unleash. National Day in the

:03:15.:03:24.

UAE. A big celebration for them. Lewis Hamilton is looking for his

:03:25.:03:30.

44th career win, so it would be a coincidence if it comes together for

:03:31.:03:35.

him. The last race of 2015 is about to get under way in Abu Dhabi.

:03:36.:03:41.

A great start by Rosberg! Hamilton really slow, under pressure for

:03:42.:03:55.

second. Contact at the back. Spearing into a Lotus, Alonso.

:03:56.:04:00.

Yellow flags in that area of the grid. A brilliant getaway by Nico

:04:01.:04:06.

Rosberg. Raikkonen is in third, Perez is in fourth place. Right over

:04:07.:04:14.

the curb, Kyvat. A brilliant pass from Sainz. Massa is on the outside

:04:15.:04:24.

of Daniil as well. Tight down to the chicane. Hamilton in second, chasing

:04:25.:04:32.

after Rosberg. Fanning out. Bottas trying to get involved. Ricciardo

:04:33.:04:40.

tried to go outside Massa. On board with Felipe Massa. Great midfield

:04:41.:04:42.

action. Massa in tenth I believe. Side-by-side! Max Verstappen,

:04:43.:04:58.

challenging with Daniil Kvyat. I think he has made it. The cup the

:04:59.:05:03.

corner so he will have to give the place back, which he does

:05:04.:05:08.

reluctantly and then gets pushed off the circuit, allowing Bottas to get

:05:09.:05:13.

past him. Vettel is right behind him already, look at this. Was that

:05:14.:05:18.

contact? Vettel trying to fight his way through. He has Button and Nasr

:05:19.:05:26.

chasing. A dramatic first lap. Vettel trying to make as much ground

:05:27.:05:31.

up as he possibly can, but nearly contact. You can see the nervousness

:05:32.:05:35.

in the drivers. You normally see this at the beginning of the season,

:05:36.:05:39.

but this is the final bit of fun before the end of the season. A lot

:05:40.:05:45.

of weaving around. Some winners and losers. Vettel, in 12th already.

:05:46.:05:52.

Rosberg, leading from Hamilton, then Raikkonen.

:05:53.:05:59.

Alonso, into the pits. A puncture on the front right. So difficult to get

:06:00.:06:05.

the car up in the air to get the wheel off. Maldonado was the other

:06:06.:06:12.

car involved. He is not playing any further part. No points for the

:06:13.:06:18.

Lotus of Maldonado. Toro Rosso have one car in the points at the moment,

:06:19.:06:22.

not the other one. We will see how that develops. Bottas in the

:06:23.:06:27.

Williams, tucked in behind Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull. Interesting

:06:28.:06:32.

to get a replay of that first corner incident. It looked like Alonso

:06:33.:06:38.

speared into the Lotus. Easy to jump to conclusions that Maldonado was

:06:39.:06:40.

the root cause. An indication, the Williams has not

:06:41.:06:50.

been as strong around this racetrack. Red Bull carrying more

:06:51.:06:55.

speed in the corners. Noticeable how early he was on the brakes. Speed

:06:56.:07:00.

advantage in the straight line but not able to convert it. They have

:07:01.:07:06.

been suffering into the corners. He had to get more speed off the car to

:07:07.:07:12.

get it turned into the corner. Settling down, as they burned

:07:13.:07:16.

through this phase of the race. Some teams will be fuel limited. Chance

:07:17.:07:25.

of the safety car, which neutralises the need for fuel. Bottas did not

:07:26.:07:33.

get past Kyvat and he has Max Verstappen in his mirrors. DRS is

:07:34.:07:40.

now enabled, so that could change things on the attacks down the

:07:41.:07:46.

straight. Bottas with Mercedes power in the Williams, he should have good

:07:47.:07:50.

straight-line speed. He has been topping the speed traps through

:07:51.:07:55.

qualifying at 338 kilometres per hour, 210 mph. A lot faster than the

:07:56.:08:01.

Renault powered cars. Rosberg still ahead of Hamilton, the gap is 1.6

:08:02.:08:08.

seconds. Raikkonen is hanging in there. Carlos Sainz, attacking

:08:09.:08:15.

Massa... The Brazilian gets past the Spaniard, only just gets turned in.

:08:16.:08:20.

The Toro Rosso had better drive initially, but I don't see the

:08:21.:08:27.

advantage of DRS. The Williams, with Mercedes power, still able to

:08:28.:08:33.

outperform the Toro Rosso. Bargeboard has gone behind Kyvat...

:08:34.:08:40.

Has he? He overshot the corner. -- Bottas has gone behind Kyvat. Almost

:08:41.:08:48.

losing the flap as he comes back across the front of the Williams. A

:08:49.:08:55.

feisty battle, this one, between Bottas and Kyvat. Kyvat is not going

:08:56.:08:59.

to give up on ninth place at this early stage if he can avoid it.

:09:00.:09:07.

Behind Bottas is Verstappen. Vettel has got stuck behind them. Button

:09:08.:09:13.

hanging on in there at the moment, better than I expected. 13th place.

:09:14.:09:19.

At the back of that group. They don't have to straight-line speed

:09:20.:09:21.

because they can't harness as much energy, but the chassis, when you

:09:22.:09:28.

look at the analysis, is around the third best chassis out there. I am

:09:29.:09:33.

sure they have made further improvements. Not much wrong with

:09:34.:09:40.

the car. Ron Dennis said it is not the best car based on the analysis,

:09:41.:09:44.

it is part of a rebuilding process, they just need more horsepower and

:09:45.:09:48.

then we would see Jenson more towards the front. Romain Grosjean

:09:49.:09:55.

started from the back with a gearbox penalty, he is now in 15th at the

:09:56.:10:03.

moment. The blue Sauber under attack. Grosjean in his final race

:10:04.:10:11.

will want to throw everything into this.

:10:12.:10:17.

Nasr, trying to fight back down the outside, for 14th place. Grosjean

:10:18.:10:24.

should be able to hold on as they come into the brakes. Nasr getting

:10:25.:10:30.

the advantage in the second DRS zone, able to sneak back but not

:10:31.:10:34.

enough. Grosjean had the inside line. That is one ticked off for the

:10:35.:10:38.

Frenchman. Rosberg aced the start. It looked to me that Alonso down

:10:39.:10:56.

staff the Sauber of Ericsson. -- Alonso bounced off. Vettel doesn't

:10:57.:11:08.

make a lot of progress initially. Alonso, contact, he just got

:11:09.:11:12.

snagged. His rear wheel got caught by the Sauber. It unleashes him into

:11:13.:11:21.

Maldonado. The sixth time Maldonado has been out on the first lap of a

:11:22.:11:25.

Grand Prix this season, a completely innocent victim this time. Nasr has

:11:26.:11:31.

just come into the pits. Massa, keeping it nice and tidy.

:11:32.:11:35.

Building the speed. His team-mate Bottas, as he lifts, it allows the

:11:36.:11:44.

Toro Rosso to go outside the both of them. It was Sainz. Sainz, around

:11:45.:11:51.

the outside of the Red Bull, an amazing start. We have been talking

:11:52.:11:56.

so much about Max Verstappen, but Sainz, three cars in the space of

:11:57.:11:58.

two corners, fantastic. Almost contact between the Toro

:11:59.:12:16.

Rosso of Sainz and Daniil Kvyat. It cost him initially, but with Toro

:12:17.:12:21.

Rosso on the wide line, Daniil tried to sneak up the inside again.

:12:22.:12:27.

He didn't give me any space... Max, I have to say, when you have a car

:12:28.:12:35.

in front of you, they have the choice as to whether they stay on

:12:36.:12:38.

the racing line. Because he knew there was no barrier, he knew he

:12:39.:12:44.

could drive off the circuit. If it was Monte Carlo, we saw Max giving

:12:45.:12:48.

Maldonado space... A fairly early stop. Daniil Kvyat.

:12:49.:12:59.

We wondered who would be first to go for the undercut. A lot of teams

:13:00.:13:03.

reckoned they would stop fairly early to get an advantage and switch

:13:04.:13:07.

on to the new tyre, and it is Daniil Kvyat who has gone for it first.

:13:08.:13:15.

Blink and you miss it stuff. Incredible. Tough qualifying for

:13:16.:13:20.

Daniil Kvyat, but he is still aiming for points. The leader, Nico

:13:21.:13:27.

Rosberg, by 1.7 seconds, from Lewis Hamilton in second. Kimi Raikkonen

:13:28.:13:31.

very much staying in touch at the moment. On board with the other Red

:13:32.:13:36.

Bull, Daniel Ricciardo. Having a go down the inside of Hulkenberg. He

:13:37.:13:42.

has taken the place, a great move, using DRS down the straight, being

:13:43.:13:46.

sucked along by the Mercedes powered Force India. The trouble is he may

:13:47.:13:51.

lose the place... Yes, Hulkenberg has that much more straight-line

:13:52.:13:57.

speed. And again, can Ricciardo hold on? Yes, he can. Anyone who think

:13:58.:14:03.

that Red Bull are complaining for the sake of it... I think he was

:14:04.:14:09.

tagged before he took out Maldonado, Alonso. There was contact between

:14:10.:14:19.

him and the Sauber of Nasr. Not really sure that is entirely

:14:20.:14:23.

justified. If you are the piggy in the middle, you are not the root

:14:24.:14:26.

cause of the problem. We couldn't quite see the beginning of it.

:14:27.:14:30.

Vettel, has he made a move on Verstappen? I think Vettel has taken

:14:31.:14:39.

the position, yes, so he is now in 11th. More pit stops, Perez is in,

:14:40.:14:48.

Ricciardo and Felipe Massa. Quite early stops, should still be a two

:14:49.:14:54.

stop race for these guys. A slight delay for Massa.

:14:55.:15:01.

It is early, but not entirely a surprise. We know the undercut is

:15:02.:15:07.

incredibly powerful here. The slightly unusual and in my opinion

:15:08.:15:14.

on necessary underpass. -- unnecessary underpass. Putting the

:15:15.:15:19.

cars below ground where the fans cannot see them, I fail to see what

:15:20.:15:25.

benefit that is. It does not give us as much wheel-to-wheel action as

:15:26.:15:28.

they leave. That is my complaint over! Kyvat made the earlier pit

:15:29.:15:39.

stop... The Williams had to respond to Kyvat making the early stop. On

:15:40.:15:44.

board with Valtteri Bottas, who has not been in the pits yet. Hanging on

:15:45.:15:49.

to sixth place at the moment. Putting Carlos Sainz under more

:15:50.:15:55.

pressure now. The race leader. Pushing the tyres a bit more. Copy

:15:56.:16:02.

that. We are happy. Rosberg, pushing a bit more, looking good in the

:16:03.:16:08.

first sector, moving away from Hamilton, tenth by tenth. In that

:16:09.:16:12.

statement lies the problem in Formula 1 right now. The management

:16:13.:16:18.

reply was to look after the tyres, that has been a source of

:16:19.:16:22.

frustration for many of the drivers over the last couple of years. As we

:16:23.:16:27.

know, Toro Rosso heading to the pit, we will see whether they can use

:16:28.:16:34.

that... Interesting to see whether Williams... A good example of how

:16:35.:16:38.

powerful stopping earlier and getting a fresh set of tyres can be.

:16:39.:16:43.

Carlos Sainz is in, so is Niko Hulkenberg. Rosberg has set a new

:16:44.:16:47.

fastest lap. Where will Carlos Sainz come back out? He hasn't stalled,

:16:48.:16:55.

has he? No the rear jack had the wheels off the ground, a bit of

:16:56.:17:00.

confusion. 6.2 seconds, that will really hurt Carlos Sainz, a shame

:17:01.:17:03.

because he has been putting together a brilliant weekend so far. We

:17:04.:17:07.

handed out the trophy for the start of the year. Not in the classic

:17:08.:17:12.

sense of getting to the first corner, but from turn two to five,

:17:13.:17:19.

incredible from Carlos Sainz. Just ahead of Felipe Massa. Mighty

:17:20.:17:22.

close. The Force India just getting out ahead of the Williams. Crucial

:17:23.:17:28.

from the point of view. Perez is cutting a swathe through here,

:17:29.:17:31.

getting past Ericsson. Fourth position because Ericsson has not

:17:32.:17:37.

been in the pits yet. Daniil Kvyat is behind them. Out of sequence now,

:17:38.:17:42.

some cars have stopped and some haven't. The leaders have definitely

:17:43.:17:46.

stayed out. Rosberg continuing to open up an advantage, up to 2.7

:17:47.:17:48.

seconds. It does look like Rosberg has a bit

:17:49.:17:59.

more pace here than Lewis Hamilton. This is not quite the situation we

:18:00.:18:02.

have seen in the last two races where Hamilton has been sitting

:18:03.:18:07.

there unable to overtake. Or does he? Is this a different strategy

:18:08.:18:13.

from Hamilton where he has been sitting 1.5 seconds behind in dirty

:18:14.:18:17.

air, struggling to put the pressure on Rosberg? Is he taking a different

:18:18.:18:21.

approach, will he run longer in the middle sector, as Bottas heads for

:18:22.:18:28.

the pits, and put on a set of super-softs later when the car is

:18:29.:18:35.

lighter. He has taken the front wing off, he has crashed into the front

:18:36.:18:41.

of Button, I think it was, so Bottas's races effectively over, in

:18:42.:18:44.

terms of getting a great result. What a shame that was! Is their

:18:45.:18:52.

damage to Button's car? There are procedures in place and the front

:18:53.:18:55.

jack man is watching to see whether you can release the car. They have a

:18:56.:19:02.

marker on the pit wall. Claire Williams, she had mentioned her

:19:03.:19:05.

frustration when some of the procedures have not quite worked for

:19:06.:19:08.

Williams. They don't want to be considered the underdog because they

:19:09.:19:10.

are a World Championship winning team and they want to win Grand

:19:11.:19:16.

Prix. Sadly that looks like a procedural error. Really struggling

:19:17.:19:22.

now. Front wing, and is telling horribly, just trying to get it back

:19:23.:19:27.

to the pit. But contact made. Alonso is back in the pit. I don't know if

:19:28.:19:31.

he has more of a problem but Fernando Alonso has just headed into

:19:32.:19:35.

the pit. Meanwhile, Rosberg leads this race. The drive-through for

:19:36.:19:39.

Alonso, the one we saw being handed out. Out on track now. Let's... He

:19:40.:19:52.

gets released, and the point at which, I am surprised he didn't see

:19:53.:19:56.

Jenson, maybe he didn't know that his car was the next one out. No

:19:57.:20:04.

question, more the responsibility of Williams than McLaren. Button is

:20:05.:20:09.

allowed to go near his box and it is the duty of the car being released

:20:10.:20:12.

to wait. We can see Jenson gets the signal from his team, cut across,

:20:13.:20:18.

and Bottas, that is going to make it a long afternoon. Such a shame.

:20:19.:20:24.

Effectively that is fourth place in the championship decided, if Reikan

:20:25.:20:26.

and finishes this race anyway. If he were not the finish, that would

:20:27.:20:36.

change things. They had a great double podium finish here last year,

:20:37.:20:42.

Williams, that situation under investigation by the stewards. Into

:20:43.:20:48.

the pits again comes Valtteri Bottas and a new front wing is prepared.

:20:49.:20:59.

RADIO: Can we box this lap? Kimi Raikkonen comes into the pits. A

:21:00.:21:03.

clean except for Valtteri Bottas but Reikan and has managed to stay in

:21:04.:21:07.

touch with the leaders, four seconds behind Hamilton at this point, not

:21:08.:21:13.

quite close enough to challenge but still in the hunt to a certain

:21:14.:21:17.

extent. Felipe Massa, still behind Nico Hulkenberg. At the moment, that

:21:18.:21:25.

puts him in 10th position. Vettel running in fourth place with a round

:21:26.:21:33.

of, great progress through the field. Nico Rosberg is the first of

:21:34.:21:43.

the two Mercedes to make the pit stop. Always gets initial choice of

:21:44.:21:49.

pit stop. Another great won by the team. 2.6 seconds. So much quicker

:21:50.:21:55.

than that. -- it looks much weaker than that. Ferrari, a fantastic job

:21:56.:22:06.

as well, Reikan and back on his way. Rosberg on the set of soft tyres.

:22:07.:22:10.

You have to be careful if you go side-by-side with somebody.

:22:11.:22:13.

Sebastien Vettel, as you mention, has not made a pit stop. Using that

:22:14.:22:22.

different shutter j to good effect, this is the module will of the

:22:23.:22:25.

tyres. They will be taking a hit early with a heavy fuel. So it will

:22:26.:22:33.

be interesting. Will Hamilton come out behind Vettel? It is quite

:22:34.:22:39.

likely I would think. Because Vettel has moved up in the order. Kimi

:22:40.:22:44.

Raikkonen, we will see what happens with him. Certainly going to be

:22:45.:22:51.

quite tricky for Lewis Hamilton. Perez trying to make his way down

:22:52.:22:55.

the inside of Romain Grosjean. Doesn't quite make it. Grosjean

:22:56.:22:58.

careful to give him a little bit of face. That is for fifth position in

:22:59.:23:10.

this race. Someday bray was flicked off the circuit. Didn't look like it

:23:11.:23:19.

came off his car. Maybe a piece of daybreak offer Williams. Contrasting

:23:20.:23:20.

lines. Felipe Massa attacked in behind.

:23:21.:23:35.

Dani Kvyat had a chance to catch up. This is all helping Hamilton for his

:23:36.:23:39.

pit stop. Will he be able to come out ahead of Sebastien Vettel?

:23:40.:23:44.

Rosberg just passing the start-finish. Vettel not far behind

:23:45.:23:47.

him. I think Vettel will get behind Hamilton. Looking good for the

:23:48.:23:54.

Ferrari. He has not made his pit stop yet. There will be a 5 second

:23:55.:23:59.

penalty for Valtteri Bottas. He will have that five seconds added to his

:24:00.:24:05.

next pit stop. His pit stop wasn't slower earlier, if anything it was

:24:06.:24:09.

too quick. Got out at just the wrong moment to clatter into the back of

:24:10.:24:13.

Jenson Button. So come Vettel is the one following Rosberg, in second

:24:14.:24:17.

place, Hamilton in third with Reikan and in fourth. That collision

:24:18.:24:24.

between Valtteri Bottas and Jenson Button have them straight in front

:24:25.:24:26.

of me, I don't want to influence the stewards but to me it looked like a

:24:27.:24:30.

civil case of mirror, signal, manoeuvre. Bottas should have seen

:24:31.:24:35.

Jenson coming in in my opinion, but he has a 5 second penalty. There you

:24:36.:24:40.

go, he is indeed deemed to be at blame. I am looking at the Ferrari

:24:41.:24:44.

pit wall, and thinking how long can Sebastien Vettel go on these tyres?

:24:45.:24:55.

Daniel Ricciardo makes the move on Marcus Ericsson, so he is released a

:24:56.:24:58.

little bit but is Hulkenberg going to be a will to do likewise?

:24:59.:25:03.

Meanwhile Perez and Grosjean, there is a little puff of smoke. I think

:25:04.:25:08.

he has made the move. They ended up crashing here if you years ago back

:25:09.:25:13.

in 2012. Perez and whether collided with each other and it took Grosjean

:25:14.:25:17.

out of the race. Thankfully this time they get through the section

:25:18.:25:22.

cleanly with no repeats. Dani Kvyat back of this group has caught up

:25:23.:25:27.

with Felipe Massa now. RADIO: Time to get stuck into it, tyres will be

:25:28.:25:35.

fine. Yes, you can see Hulkenberg has got past him. At times, fettle,

:25:36.:25:40.

just on a 47.8 on those prime tyres. Reikan and 40.7. -- 47.7. He has hit

:25:41.:25:51.

it hard to try to close the gap to Hamilton. It doesn't look like

:25:52.:25:56.

Vettel's lap times, about half a second down on Rosberg and also to

:25:57.:25:58.

be a will to stay out there for quite a long run. Whether he can get

:25:59.:26:03.

out with one-stop or not remains to be seen. From a time point of view,

:26:04.:26:06.

it is quick, so much complication with traffic. Reikan and has had a

:26:07.:26:14.

couple of fastest laps at the end of a Grand Prix. I wonder if he will be

:26:15.:26:20.

up to hang on the fastest lap here. Felipe Massa now bottled up behind

:26:21.:26:23.

Marcus Ericsson, who started on the harder compound tyres. He is just

:26:24.:26:32.

staying out there for the moment. Massa and Kvyat are queueing up

:26:33.:26:35.

behind the stop it is interesting that it can be quite demanding the

:26:36.:26:41.

past that Sauber. Massa takes the move down the inside to slip past

:26:42.:26:46.

the Sauber. I don't think it will be too long before Dani Kvyat is the

:26:47.:26:51.

same. He should pick up the DRS and be in a good position to an

:26:52.:26:55.

out-brake the Sauber into town 11 here. Heading down the straight.

:26:56.:27:02.

Here comes Dani Kvyat looking, but not enough space, though Eriksson

:27:03.:27:06.

locks up a wheel, almost an opportunity for Kvyat to complete

:27:07.:27:10.

the manoeuvre. He has a look up the inside now, side-by-side, we have

:27:11.:27:13.

seen it go wrong there before but that was brave stuff from Dani Kvyat

:27:14.:27:21.

. Good stuff from Eriksson as well. It was pointless trying to close the

:27:22.:27:26.

door. That would have been contact for sure. It comes Massa, big on the

:27:27.:27:32.

brakes down to 11. That is how he managed to make the move. Still

:27:33.:27:36.

fighting the car a bit on the corner. Tricky off-camera corners, I

:27:37.:27:39.

have had this conversation with designers before. There is a theory

:27:40.:27:50.

with some circuit scientists, as Vettel, a costly lock-up, has a

:27:51.:27:57.

damage that front tyre? Certainly put him under pressure from

:27:58.:28:01.

Hamilton, look at that. Hamilton needs to get past him pretty

:28:02.:28:07.

sharpish. He is going to go for it. Down the inside past Sebastien

:28:08.:28:10.

Vettel, and this is the second place. Vettel is on tyres that have

:28:11.:28:14.

been working pretty hard from the start of the Grand Prix. Hamilton is

:28:15.:28:20.

on a fresh set. Vettel will get DRS because of the activation point as

:28:21.:28:25.

well. Although he has lost out on the run to the chicane, you gain

:28:26.:28:31.

speed down the inside. As Hamilton damaged the tire by locking up in

:28:32.:28:36.

front of that section by the hotel on 17? It shows he is pushing. If

:28:37.:28:41.

you can use the slipstream from Hamilton able help them catch

:28:42.:28:44.

Hamilton ultimately and maybe take third. That is how the overtake took

:28:45.:28:51.

place. Last time around for Reikan, it was a 46.9. Reikan and you can

:28:52.:28:56.

see in the background is continuing this great form we have seen through

:28:57.:29:02.

qualifying. I wonder if anyone forgot the toll Kimi that the World

:29:03.:29:07.

Championship started in March. Still try to take fourth place, but that

:29:08.:29:13.

is looking much more straightforward now Bottas has had his troubles.

:29:14.:29:18.

Bottas is down in 17th place. Let's run through the entire order at this

:29:19.:29:22.

point. Rosberg ahead of Hamilton, Vettel in third place but waiting to

:29:23.:29:27.

make his first up. Reikan and is four. Perez hanging in there in

:29:28.:29:31.

fifth place ahead of Grosjean, who has also not made a pit stop yet.

:29:32.:29:36.

Ricciardo in seventh, Hulkenberg eight, Massa is ninth, panic fired

:29:37.:29:41.

complete the top ten. Eriksson is in 11th, waiting for him to pit stop,

:29:42.:29:45.

then in 12, Carlos Sainz ahead of first up, but only just. We are

:29:46.:29:53.

riding on board with Max Verstappen. Then we have Button in 14th place.

:29:54.:30:02.

Massa is 15. Roberto Merhi is 18th, Alonso at the lack of a field and

:30:03.:30:08.

one retirement, Pastor Maldonado. Saint IS needs to get past Eriksson

:30:09.:30:10.

ASAP otherwise he will -- I suspect that this point in the

:30:11.:30:29.

season, they need to get on with it. Might be a opportunity now for

:30:30.:30:34.

Carlos Sainz. That Sauber in a straight line is pretty handy. In

:30:35.:30:37.

the slipstream, get down the inside if he can. That should secure it in

:30:38.:30:41.

the braking zone. Carlos Sainz makes the move on Marcus Ericsson. Max

:30:42.:30:46.

Verstappen is the next tragedy so. It brings Carlos Sainz into 11.

:30:47.:30:51.

Still an opportunity for Toro Rosso to get some points finishes out of

:30:52.:30:54.

this Grand Prix. With Lotus not having a great time, a little bit

:30:55.:30:58.

hard to judge Romain Grosjean at the moment because he is sixth, but he

:30:59.:31:03.

is due a pit stop. Slightly out of sequence with the Toro Rossos. A bit

:31:04.:31:08.

of a lock-up from Max Verstappen. That is why we saw Vettel make a

:31:09.:31:13.

mistake a little while ago. That clean air is not running of your

:31:14.:31:16.

front wing. The consequence of that is always difficult to break into a

:31:17.:31:19.

corner, because the turning circle of the tire, as the Sauber heads for

:31:20.:31:24.

the pit. Max Verstappen released. With the turning circle of the tire,

:31:25.:31:28.

if you are breaking in a straight line, you can potentially have 100%

:31:29.:31:33.

of that tie available. As soon as you start to turn you have to

:31:34.:31:34.

release the brake. Finding the balance while trying to

:31:35.:31:45.

judge how much downforce you are losing, it is tricky. Kimi Raikkonen

:31:46.:31:49.

has caught team-mate Sebastian Vettel now, fighting for third.

:31:50.:31:53.

Different strategies from the two cars. They have both fought hard

:31:54.:31:59.

this year. In Russia, Raikkonen was pretty hard on Vettel but in the end

:32:00.:32:03.

Vettel did get past when he was quicker. He is going to let

:32:04.:32:08.

Raikkonen around the outside. Sensible, because they are on

:32:09.:32:12.

different strategies. If effectively fighting for third, but no point

:32:13.:32:17.

doing it right now. That means Vettel is 23 seconds plus the gap

:32:18.:32:22.

you can see behind his team-mate, who is one-stop behind. The time in

:32:23.:32:30.

the pit lane if you perform well is about 23 seconds, so Raikkonen needs

:32:31.:32:35.

to try and open up a 23 second gap to his team-mate to be able to

:32:36.:32:40.

effect his second stop if Vettel is only doing one stop. Raikkonen

:32:41.:32:45.

should find himself with better tyres and quicker at the end of the

:32:46.:32:49.

race, to try to overtake his team-mate. That is the theory and

:32:50.:32:53.

difference between one-stop two stops. Perez could still beat

:32:54.:33:01.

Sebastian Vettel if the Force India keeps going well. Ericsson, only did

:33:02.:33:11.

15 laps on the soft tyre. Would be very difficult for Vettel to make it

:33:12.:33:18.

a one-stop race. Teams thinking you have to do to stops minimum today. A

:33:19.:33:26.

6.7 second advantage over Lewis Hamilton now, Rosberg. Raikkonen has

:33:27.:33:36.

moved up into third. Fourth for Vettel. Let's see how far Grosjean

:33:37.:33:47.

can go before a pit stop. Keep pushing like this, try to stay on

:33:48.:33:55.

plan A. Interesting that Vettel would ask retrospectively... Not

:33:56.:33:59.

something you would normally associate with Seb.

:34:00.:34:07.

In the end, confirmed as the right thing to do. A pretty good

:34:08.:34:13.

relationship between Vettel and Raikkonen at Ferrari this year. I

:34:14.:34:19.

loved all my slower team-mates! Unfortunately most of mine were

:34:20.:34:24.

faster, so I hated them. It is an unusual one, isn't it? Anyone

:34:25.:34:32.

listening will know that I beat up on Kimi from time to time, but that

:34:33.:34:36.

is only because I have such a high regard for what he achieved early in

:34:37.:34:40.

his career, winning a World Championship. One of the fastest

:34:41.:34:45.

drivers of his generation. Doesn't seem to have been at the races for a

:34:46.:34:49.

lot of the season, but this is a great performance, something you

:34:50.:34:53.

expect from him. And of course he performed well to take the victory

:34:54.:34:57.

here a few years ago for Lotus. Mercedes in total control with

:34:58.:35:02.

Rosberg and Hamilton, although Raikkonen is only 3.7 seconds behind

:35:03.:35:06.

Hamilton, ready to pick up the pieces if anything goes wrong for

:35:07.:35:12.

the leaders. The top three, in fact the top four, heading down the

:35:13.:35:17.

straight at the same time. Vettel also in the shot. A quiet race by

:35:18.:35:19.

his standards, Hamilton. Trying to end the run that Nico

:35:20.:35:32.

Rosberg has had, maybe it has backfired a bit for Lewis. Sergio

:35:33.:35:35.

Perez in fifth place, Romain Grosjean in sixth place, beginning

:35:36.:35:39.

to be caught by Daniel Ricciardo, who was a bit quicker on the last

:35:40.:35:45.

lap. Closing on the Lotus. Behind him, Hulkenberg in eighth place and

:35:46.:35:49.

Felipe Massa in ninth place and Daniil Kvyat in tenth. The Toro

:35:50.:35:56.

Rossos, Sainz and Verstappen, chasing each other around, 0.9

:35:57.:36:02.

seconds between them. Relatively early stages of the Grand Prix,

:36:03.:36:09.

about one third distance. Verstappen goes past Sainz quite easily, it

:36:10.:36:13.

looked like Sainz let him through. Not only let him through but he

:36:14.:36:17.

drove down all of the discarded rubber... Alonso in the pits yet

:36:18.:36:25.

again. Third pit stop, because he had a drive-through, of course. I

:36:26.:36:31.

hope Sainz doesn't have an issue. He went out of his way to let his

:36:32.:36:36.

team-mate through. It means Verstappen has moved into 11th. The

:36:37.:36:41.

most effective way to let someone go past without losing much time is to

:36:42.:36:49.

lift early. As we saw with Seb, allowing Raikkonen to go around the

:36:50.:36:53.

outside. You really don't want to run off-line, potential debris on

:36:54.:37:01.

your tyres. A bit subservient. Maybe we can get a line from Tom if he is

:37:02.:37:04.

able to find out exactly what is going on there. Massa still being

:37:05.:37:09.

chased by Daniil Kvyat, just inside the top ten. The Brazilian and the

:37:10.:37:15.

Russian, who has had one podium finish. Sainz, just hearing on the

:37:16.:37:22.

radio, there was a command to let Verstappen go through. Unlike

:37:23.:37:27.

Verstappen in Singapore, who said no, Sainz decided to take the other

:37:28.:37:32.

option. The team have the right to operate as they see fit. But given

:37:33.:37:39.

what we have seen so far in this Grand Prix, it seems a bit harsh on

:37:40.:37:44.

Sainz. And it's see how the next few laps turn out, maybe the tyre wear

:37:45.:37:50.

is different on the two cars. Verstappen just going a bit quicker

:37:51.:37:55.

now he is past his team-mate. In front, still Nico Rosberg trying to

:37:56.:38:00.

take the final victory of the season. Rosberg also trying to earn

:38:01.:38:04.

his first ever hat-trick of Grand Prix victories. Can he make it three

:38:05.:38:08.

in a row to finish off the season in style? Hamilton of course already

:38:09.:38:12.

three times world champion, but he won't like to be beaten in these

:38:13.:38:16.

last few races. It might be irrelevant in terms of the World

:38:17.:38:20.

Championship, but it would give Rosberg a boost of confidence going

:38:21.:38:25.

into the winter break. 20 of time to go in this race. Rosberg, six

:38:26.:38:30.

seconds ahead of Hamilton. Raikkonen, four seconds behind

:38:31.:38:34.

Hamilton. Vettel, holding on to fourth place. Waiting for his first

:38:35.:38:43.

pit stop. Lap 20 out of 55. He started on the harder compact tyre.

:38:44.:38:46.

Last year, Daniel Ricciardo started from the pit lane and finished in

:38:47.:38:51.

fourth place, he waited until lap 27 before making his first stop. Just

:38:52.:38:56.

one retirement, Pastor Maldonado, talking to lie. What a frustrating

:38:57.:39:02.

way for your season to end. It looked like you were in the wrong

:39:03.:39:06.

place at the wrong time. Exactly. This is racing. Imagine it was the

:39:07.:39:11.

other way around, big news, you know? But anyway am a it's racing,

:39:12.:39:21.

it can happen. -- but anyway, it's racing. Next year, we will work hard

:39:22.:39:26.

to try to get better and better. We have all the tools and the chances

:39:27.:39:30.

as a team to become much stronger than this year. Still confident that

:39:31.:39:37.

Lotus will become Renault shortly? Hopefully yes, it's what we need.

:39:38.:39:43.

Still a big question about that team and the future, whether a deal will

:39:44.:39:49.

be done by Renault. A big lock-up from Verstappen there. They rather

:39:50.:39:56.

uncomfortable flat spot. Will it to head into the pits early? Having got

:39:57.:40:02.

past his team-mate, he was trying to get a move on and hammer home the

:40:03.:40:08.

fact that he was quicker. Seven seconds over his team-mate, but he

:40:09.:40:15.

now has an issue. Ricciardo is still tucked in behind Romain Grosjean.

:40:16.:40:24.

The Verstappen. A flat spot... He has created a huge flat spot in the

:40:25.:40:29.

tyres and he has to come into the pits. He was six tenths faster than

:40:30.:40:33.

his team-mate but he has paid the penalty because he has ruined the

:40:34.:40:38.

tyres. It has been a great debut season and all is not lost.

:40:39.:40:45.

A fresh set of boots on, see how well the Toro Rosso team can do. A

:40:46.:40:53.

relatively short stint on what should be the harder tyre. So it may

:40:54.:40:58.

become a three-stop race for Max Verstappen. We will have to wait and

:40:59.:41:03.

see. 13 laps on those tyres. Much less than the projected life.

:41:04.:41:09.

Grosjean still hanging on in there, having not start stopped yet.

:41:10.:41:16.

Looking after his tyres pretty well, 20 laps, so has Sebastian Vettel.

:41:17.:41:23.

Decent mileage, being very careful. We did see Vettel lock the inside

:41:24.:41:26.

front at one point but he has got away with it. Vettel has dropped six

:41:27.:41:36.

seconds behind his team-mate now. Rosberg, the gap is 5.5 seconds.

:41:37.:41:41.

They are pretty much trading lap times. 47.1. 46.9 for Hamilton. Only

:41:42.:41:49.

a couple of tenths, not enough to really put any pressure on Rosberg.

:41:50.:41:55.

Raikkonen is five seconds behind Hamilton. Continuing his impressive

:41:56.:42:00.

run. About six tenths of a second per lap slower. Into the darkness in

:42:01.:42:06.

Abu Dhabi. It is all about Nico Rosberg, leading this race, doing

:42:07.:42:10.

what he so much wanted to do here 12 months ago in the battle for the

:42:11.:42:14.

title with Hamilton. On that occasion, Hamilton got in front and

:42:15.:42:17.

Rosberg suffered problems with the power unit, losing a large part of

:42:18.:42:22.

the hybrid system of the engine. That is not happening at the moment.

:42:23.:42:28.

Rosberg maintaining a 5 second advantage over Hamilton. Raikkonen

:42:29.:42:32.

hanging in for Ferrari in third. Vettel currently in fourth, may have

:42:33.:42:37.

to fight his way up the order after he has made a pit stop. 11 seconds

:42:38.:42:42.

ahead of Perez, so he will lose a place to them, and a whole bunch of

:42:43.:42:48.

cars when he comes into the pits. We'll come out behind the likes of

:42:49.:42:54.

Hulkenberg and Ricciardo as well, so plenty of work for Sebastian Vettel.

:42:55.:42:59.

As we have seen in Abu Dhabi in the past, he has been able to fight his

:43:00.:43:02.

way through to decent results from poor starts in the past. I am sure

:43:03.:43:09.

he will try to do that again today. The circuit comes alive even more in

:43:10.:43:13.

the night-time, as the floodlights bring the slightly different look to

:43:14.:43:18.

it. Ericsson now in 14th place after the late pit stop. Being chased by

:43:19.:43:23.

Verstappen, who has now made a second pit stop. Quite a lot of work

:43:24.:43:30.

for Verstappen. He is on a three-stop strategy, we should be

:43:31.:43:34.

able to enjoy some classic Verstappen overtaking manoeuvres.

:43:35.:43:39.

Indeed. The fastest lap from Hamilton, 46.7, half a second

:43:40.:43:43.

quicker than Rosberg last time around. The gap is down to 4.8

:43:44.:43:48.

seconds. That will not worry Rosberg much. It is when it gets down to two

:43:49.:43:52.

seconds, you get a bit more cautious. More considered with your

:43:53.:43:59.

brakes. One little error and you can easily lose a second and a half.

:44:00.:44:04.

Rosberg has been here before. We have seen Hamilton play cat and

:44:05.:44:08.

mouse, applying the pressure and then dropping back and building

:44:09.:44:15.

again. Rosberg will be wise to it. People enjoy in various wanted

:44:16.:44:18.

points around the circuit, as the race continues, lap 23 out of 55.

:44:19.:44:26.

Just short of half distance. Max Verstappen closes up on the Sauber

:44:27.:44:30.

of Marcus Ericsson. On board with the race leader, sorry, with Lewis

:44:31.:44:38.

Hamilton. Rosberg is still the race leader. Hamilton, another fastest

:44:39.:44:43.

lap. Is he going to be able to close the gap a little more? A personal

:44:44.:44:48.

improvement in the first sector once again.

:44:49.:44:54.

Rosberg, with a 3.8 second advantage, the gap has come down

:44:55.:45:00.

quite a lot in the last lap. Will Stevens is in between the two cars,

:45:01.:45:07.

in the Marussia, 17th place. There is no doubt Hamilton is going very

:45:08.:45:12.

quickly. Another six tenths out of Rosberg in the middle sector of the

:45:13.:45:18.

race. Ferrari preparing for Vettel's first stop. Tom, clearly

:45:19.:45:22.

Vettel starting on the harder tyre, could be coming your way. I can do

:45:23.:45:30.

one more... They have another set of time to Mac ready, so we know

:45:31.:45:35.

Sebastian Vettel is going to have to make a second pit stop. -- set of

:45:36.:45:43.

primes. He comes passed me now. A brilliant stop from the Ferrari

:45:44.:45:47.

mechanics. Another stop from Sebastian Vettel later on. He will

:45:48.:45:54.

have to switch onto the super soft at the end. This strategy has worked

:45:55.:45:59.

well in the past. Romain Grosjean. Close to the wall as he goes

:46:00.:46:03.

through, Vettel, and the exits back out onto the circuit. He is in front

:46:04.:46:06.

of Hulkenberg. Max Verstappen still chasing after

:46:07.:46:17.

Eriksson in the Sauber. Where will he try to find a spot to get

:46:18.:46:21.

through? That is the question. Was burgers responding to Hamilton in

:46:22.:46:27.

the last lap, the lap they are on right now, he has definitely

:46:28.:46:31.

responded in the first sector. Middle sector Hamilton is coming

:46:32.:46:35.

back at him. Definitely up front the two Mercedes drivers are pushing

:46:36.:46:39.

each other. The cars are getting lighter, we are in the darkness so

:46:40.:46:44.

cooling becomes easier. Your engine temperature start a lower com you

:46:45.:46:48.

deliver a bit more horsepower. That is relative to your competitors as

:46:49.:46:53.

well. Gives you a change, a difference in feeling, as you see

:46:54.:46:57.

Jenson at an attacking with the DRS. That is a welcome sight that he is

:46:58.:47:03.

not just getting nailed on the straights. Grosjean has just come

:47:04.:47:06.

out of the pits and Button trying to fend him off here but I don't think

:47:07.:47:10.

he will be up to do so on the second part of the straight. No. Grosjean

:47:11.:47:16.

sweeps past. Jenson Button hoping the Honda power unit will give him a

:47:17.:47:20.

bit more to play with when the new season starts. Max Verstappen still

:47:21.:47:30.

not close enough. Into the pits has come Will Stevens.

:47:31.:47:40.

Alonso is still running but way down at the back as well. Rosberg is the

:47:41.:47:49.

race leader. 3.4 seconds, the gap. Into the pits comes Hulkenberg. We

:47:50.:47:54.

saw Vettel came out ahead of him. A second stop for Nico Hulkenberg,

:47:55.:48:00.

going on to another set of the soft tyre, the harder tyre. Again, a

:48:01.:48:06.

relatively early time which to do that for Hulkenberg. We are only on

:48:07.:48:13.

Lap 24. It may have to be a three-stop race as well. Maybe more

:48:14.:48:17.

teams are finding that the decoration on the soft tyres is a

:48:18.:48:24.

little bit greater than expected. The projected life of the soft tyre,

:48:25.:48:29.

the prime Hulkenberg has just put on, is about 30 laps. I spoke to the

:48:30.:48:34.

guys at Force India prior to the start, they definitely came into

:48:35.:48:40.

this race planning an aggressive to stop, -- two stop. Talking of

:48:41.:48:46.

aggressive, Max Verstappen has just snatched a place from Eriksson by

:48:47.:48:50.

going inside into the hairpin but he did get DRS, that was clever,

:48:51.:48:53.

because that section pointers before the hairpin. He is the one that

:48:54.:48:57.

ended up with the rear flap opening on his wing to help his

:48:58.:49:00.

straight-line speed. That was clever stuff by Max Verstappen. Another

:49:01.:49:05.

great move by the Dutchman who has managed to get past the Sauber.

:49:06.:49:09.

Again, just shows his racial awareness, the opportunities as he

:49:10.:49:13.

is taking that wide line into the hairpin. He has chucked it down the

:49:14.:49:16.

inside, that is an old karting move, and anyone who follows him on

:49:17.:49:20.

social media will know he was out doing a bit of karting in the week

:49:21.:49:24.

leading up to this race. It gives him an opportunity in a formula like

:49:25.:49:27.

that where there are multiple passes, it just keeps you mentally

:49:28.:49:32.

sharp. Hamilton has gone faster again. But the gap down to 4.6

:49:33.:49:37.

seconds between himself and Rosberg. Not giving up on the chase for

:49:38.:49:39.

victory. Alonso stating if we don't get a

:49:40.:49:48.

safety car, which would give them a chance to catch up, he will retire

:49:49.:49:52.

the car. He has had enough pretty much full stop it may well be that

:49:53.:49:56.

his 2015 season well end would much as it has been throughout the year,

:49:57.:50:00.

sadly. We saw Hulkenberg go through the shot. Max Verstappen now ahead

:50:01.:50:05.

of Eriksson. It brings Max Verstappen in the 18th place. Bottas

:50:06.:50:11.

still trying to fight his way through the order and trying to come

:50:12.:50:19.

from a long way back. In 16th place at this stage was stop Hulkenberg

:50:20.:50:26.

here tucked in behind Felipe Nasr. He will have a fairly

:50:27.:50:32.

straightforward run to overtake the Brazilian snake go down the first

:50:33.:50:36.

chicane. Kicking up some of the little tyre marbles, easily through

:50:37.:50:39.

there, back onto the brakes and into the chicane. A winner at the mum

:50:40.:50:48.

earlier -- at Le Mans earlier this year. Porsche have decided to cut

:50:49.:50:52.

back, they are only going to run two at Le Mans anyway, so he would have

:50:53.:50:55.

missed out because he is not one of their regular drivers. It was the

:50:56.:51:02.

third car. Out of an opportunity to drive and defend their victory at Le

:51:03.:51:08.

Mans next J. A bit of a shame but the side unfortunately needs a cup

:51:09.:51:11.

back to two cars were stopped on board with Sebastien Vettel, on this

:51:12.:51:14.

different strategy, just coming in ahead of him was Daniel Ricciardo.

:51:15.:51:19.

Ricciardo in the Red Bull coming in, and around the half point of this

:51:20.:51:25.

Grand Prix. Is he going to make it a two-stop from here? That is what is

:51:26.:51:29.

presumably planning to do but it is early and he has a long way to go on

:51:30.:51:33.

that set of tyres. Also in, Felipe Massa in the Williams. Let's hope

:51:34.:51:38.

they get a clean pit stop this time and no repeat of the incident we saw

:51:39.:51:41.

between Bottas, although it was not that clean. Hamilton fastest in the

:51:42.:51:49.

first sector. Three tenths quicker than Rosberg last time around. As we

:51:50.:51:54.

were discussing earlier in the race, was at a slightly different approach

:51:55.:51:57.

to everyone in this Grand Prix? RADIO: Nico, looks like you're

:51:58.:52:05.

suffering with front right grading. That engineer giving him information

:52:06.:52:12.

would have access to tyre potential temperatures that would be in the

:52:13.:52:20.

garage, both me Koke's data engineer will be able to -- both

:52:21.:52:25.

interesting to find out what the line is between aiding the driver on

:52:26.:52:31.

the race track and giving tactical information. Hamilton on the move.

:52:32.:52:38.

Definitely catching now by quite a margin, six tenths of a second he

:52:39.:52:41.

gained. Still going quicker than Nico Rosberg. Has Lewis Hamilton

:52:42.:52:47.

looked after his tyres better? Will he be in better shape as we go

:52:48.:52:52.

through this race? No doubt about it. We will expect a pit stop for

:52:53.:52:56.

Force India. This is presumably going to be Perez to make his second

:52:57.:53:02.

stop. Yes it is. In from fourth place. Meanwhile, Sebastien Vettel

:53:03.:53:08.

has set the fastest lap in the race. Still lots to look forward to hear.

:53:09.:53:14.

Perez, beautiful effort in qualifying yesterday, fourth on the

:53:15.:53:17.

grid, accelerate away. Now will he be able to get to the end? Perez is

:53:18.:53:21.

the kind of driver who could do this long stint of half the race on a set

:53:22.:53:25.

of tyres but he will have to really look after them. That is his skill

:53:26.:53:28.

of course. We have seen many times before. Can he really get to the end

:53:29.:53:34.

of this set of tyres? Let's see where he rejoins. Ahead of

:53:35.:53:38.

Ricciardo. He has responded to that pit stop and is out ahead of it.

:53:39.:53:43.

Exactly the of tactical decisions being run through the simulation

:53:44.:53:49.

programmes that the teams have. You don't rely on the data as a fullback

:53:50.:53:56.

at all times. They instinctively know what is the right thing to do.

:53:57.:54:02.

Hamilton still closing the gap but not quite as quickly as he was. 1.4

:54:03.:54:07.

seconds the gap around the circuit at the moment. He needs to get

:54:08.:54:13.

within one second to have the advantage of the DRS down the long

:54:14.:54:17.

straights here. Vettel fast on that last lap, although Ricciardo, great

:54:18.:54:24.

first section for him. Ricciardo has picked up an advantage of the slips

:54:25.:54:33.

came from Perez. You can see him running behind the Force India. It

:54:34.:54:37.

is interesting in this phase, we often see this, step changes in lap

:54:38.:54:43.

time, in a normal race as the fuel burns off, the cars get a bit

:54:44.:54:47.

quicker, and depending on the degradation depends on whether we

:54:48.:54:49.

see improved lap times during the Grand Prix or not. This circuit,

:54:50.:54:57.

because we see, sun setting a long time ago, happy hour is now over,

:54:58.:55:03.

the lap times the starting to come down. The Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz

:55:04.:55:14.

coming into the pits. Maybe going for the long stint. A bit of a

:55:15.:55:25.

slo-mo here. Clearly I -- clear prizes in use at night-time, give

:55:26.:55:32.

some great viewing. This is into the uncomfortable zone. Although Nico

:55:33.:55:36.

has managed this fantastically well in the last few Grand Prix, he knows

:55:37.:55:39.

with the double DRS zone that it does make it tricky. You will have

:55:40.:55:45.

the opportunity to save some of his energy that would be wasted

:55:46.:55:49.

otherwise and use it in the DRS zones. RADIO: Just can't get

:55:50.:55:56.

through. Impossible to overtake. Copy that, we're looking at it now.

:55:57.:56:02.

There is best way to the electrical energy. The most efficient way to do

:56:03.:56:08.

that if you are running a qualifying lap or a race lap on your own, as we

:56:09.:56:16.

see another DRS pass. Sainz getting past Eriksson. A crucial manoeuvre

:56:17.:56:20.

as he has been into the pit. Just to finish on that. What Nico can do is

:56:21.:56:25.

not used some of that electrical energy where he knows in areas where

:56:26.:56:28.

Lewis can pass on, then he can deploy more of it for longer when he

:56:29.:56:32.

is coming into the two zones where the DRS is. It would neutralise the

:56:33.:56:37.

effect of DRS entirely but will give them a bit more horsepower for

:56:38.:56:42.

longer in those areas. Carlos Sainz has moved into 12 position. Max

:56:43.:56:46.

Verstappen is the car ahead of him in 11th. RADIO: We will box at the

:56:47.:56:54.

end of this lap. We have a 5 second penalty to serve as well. That will

:56:55.:56:58.

be taken out, the mechanics will pause for five seconds before they

:56:59.:57:02.

can get to work on the car. Still a difficult time for Valtteri Bottas.

:57:03.:57:10.

You can imagine how it feels for five seconds, to a racing driver

:57:11.:57:13.

when he has just improved by 2.5 seconds. The frustration of that

:57:14.:57:19.

mistake that lies with whoever decided to raise the car, and

:57:20.:57:23.

Formula 1 doesn't have a blame culture, it has a responsibility

:57:24.:57:26.

culture. If the driver bins it into the double -- the gravel, he takes

:57:27.:57:31.

the blame. Whoever released that car will hold his hand up. The team will

:57:32.:57:36.

know who that individual is. They won't shine the spotlight on him in

:57:37.:57:39.

the same way you wouldn't the driver. They are all in a

:57:40.:57:44.

high-pressure situation and know the teams get it right. Perfectly

:57:45.:57:49.

sample, Vettel started well done that with having taken a team that

:57:50.:57:55.

had been in the World Championships in the very beginning. All of that

:57:56.:58:00.

data to draw on manager shows a human element still comes into play.

:58:01.:58:08.

Sebastien Vettel, fourth place, quite a long way behind Raikkonen.

:58:09.:58:13.

Don't forget he will have to switch to the super soft tyre at the end of

:58:14.:58:18.

the Grand Prix. You would expect him to stop around Lap 40. We have been

:58:19.:58:22.

joined by Aaron Williams on the pit wall right now. Pat Symonds, that

:58:23.:58:28.

was a tough call on the pit stop with Valtteri Bottas. Talk is true

:58:29.:58:34.

what happened? With the release? We made a mistake, simple as that. It

:58:35.:58:39.

was our fault and the penalty was a valid one. In that situation, it

:58:40.:58:47.

must be very difficult to judge. How is the determination made? We have

:58:48.:58:55.

go, no-go gauges, we have markers, I think probably got distracted by the

:58:56.:58:58.

first car through. Not sure what it was, think it was a Red Bull, and

:58:59.:59:04.

missed the second one. I suppose if you are in a different pit box,

:59:05.:59:08.

sometimes the layout of the pits, which when you are income makes

:59:09.:59:11.

quite a difference. Just talk is through Masoe's race at the moment,

:59:12.:59:16.

he is really struggling. -- talk us through Felipe Massa's race. It is a

:59:17.:59:24.

difficult circuit to overtake on, you hit some tough traffic. Pat,

:59:25.:59:29.

just to enter up for a second, Rosberg is coming in, this is quite

:59:30.:59:34.

early for a second stop from them? Let's just watched the pit stop take

:59:35.:59:39.

place, on his way once again, that was very controlled. Pat, if you are

:59:40.:59:44.

still with us, what are you thinking about the strategy? It seemed like

:59:45.:59:48.

quite an early second stop. I don't think so, we were expecting early

:59:49.:59:53.

30s. I think that is on their target. OK, and they should be of

:59:54.:59:59.

the run to the end now. Yes, no problem, they will go beyond the end

:00:00.:00:04.

of the race. Halton has responded, going turtle in the first sector, he

:00:05.:00:08.

will have some tools at his disposal. Ash macro Hamilton has

:00:09.:00:14.

responded. Maybe he has just turned up the engine mode to neutralise the

:00:15.:00:19.

effect of the new tyres. The gap was, as it was recorded because

:00:20.:00:24.

Rosberg had headed to the pit lane, it was recorded at .7 recession, it

:00:25.:00:28.

was actually a bit more than .7. I would expect that gap to have opened

:00:29.:00:32.

slightly after the round of stops. This is a classic example of fresh

:00:33.:00:38.

tyres, you go out, and this out lap, provided he does not hear traffic or

:00:39.:00:43.

make a mistake, will be quicker than Hamilton's in lap. Certainly in

:00:44.:00:47.

clean air. Nobody up ahead of him really. Kimi Raikkonen has just gone

:00:48.:00:53.

through Turn 11, plenty of space here in which to put together a fast

:00:54.:00:58.

lap or so. Meanwhile, Hamilton still pushing on of course in his car

:00:59.:01:03.

before he makes his own pit stop. We are on board with Kimi Raikkonen.

:01:04.:01:11.

RADIO: Group eight on the dash. Box. Ferrari responding to the Mercedes

:01:12.:01:15.

pit stop. Is there anyway Raikkonen can close the gap? Not looking

:01:16.:01:20.

likely. Really just try to take third place here. Continuing a good

:01:21.:01:25.

run, only a shade under ten seconds behind the lead car last time

:01:26.:01:26.

around. Like we saw from Vettel in Brazil,

:01:27.:01:32.

keeping Mercedes honest. A problem on the right front, they

:01:33.:01:46.

could not get the wheel off. Oh, Ferrari, logistically and

:01:47.:01:50.

operationally, just not on best form this weekend. It has cost them four

:01:51.:01:55.

seconds at least. That will have an effect on the battle with Vettel.

:01:56.:02:01.

Was running 16 seconds behind his team-mate. Certainly going to put

:02:02.:02:04.

him under a little bit of pressure to come out in front. Behind

:02:05.:02:11.

Vettel, actually, but by the time they do the stops, Vettel has

:02:12.:02:16.

another one. That is Vettel just in front of him, going past Alonso, who

:02:17.:02:20.

is in no mood to continue this Grand Prix. We have not seen a safety car.

:02:21.:02:29.

This is interesting, under normal conditions, Vettel did not make it

:02:30.:02:33.

difficult for Raikkonen, and he has ended up kind of him because of the

:02:34.:02:36.

long stop. Hamilton has gone through the second

:02:37.:02:50.

sector. Lewis, try to extend this stint. He is obviously putting on

:02:51.:02:56.

good lap times if they are trying to extend the stint. Hamilton,

:02:57.:03:04.

interesting tactic. It is not enough, though, he is half a second

:03:05.:03:08.

slower in the middle sector than Rosberg. Extend the stint and give

:03:09.:03:12.

yourself fresh tyres later in the race, but you are having to use up

:03:13.:03:17.

some of the potential... Raikkonen, the front right, it just didn't seem

:03:18.:03:22.

like the wheel would release. Eventually they get it on. Able to

:03:23.:03:28.

rejoin behind his team-mate. Rosberg has done the fastest lap of the

:03:29.:03:34.

Grand Prix, 45.4. Hamilton will eventually come out further behind

:03:35.:03:38.

than 1.5 seconds that he was, with fresh tyres, he will use up some of

:03:39.:03:42.

that potential getting back onto the rear end of Rosberg, who will be

:03:43.:03:46.

expecting him and will be nursing his tyres so that he can unleash the

:03:47.:03:49.

performance by the time Hamilton gets there. If it takes him to many

:03:50.:03:55.

laps, he will take life out of the tyres and we will have a neutralised

:03:56.:04:03.

situation again. -- too many. Vettel, running ahead of Raikkonen.

:04:04.:04:08.

Raikkonen has done his second and final stop, but Vettel is due

:04:09.:04:13.

another stop. He has to run the super soft Red Bull tyre at some

:04:14.:04:22.

stage. It will be a while yet. Alonso has not given up on the race

:04:23.:04:27.

yet. Just one retirement, as a result of contact with Alonso.

:04:28.:04:31.

Maldonado. Alonso in 17th place right now the

:04:32.:04:41.

head of the two Marussias but no one else. Jenson Button in 14th place.

:04:42.:04:47.

Some way outside the points. Hamilton currently leads because he

:04:48.:04:52.

has not been into the pits for his second stop. Another situation where

:04:53.:04:55.

Max Verstappen gets past Carlos Sainz. It looks as though Verstappen

:04:56.:05:01.

might be an three stops. Perhaps Sainz is going to do it on two

:05:02.:05:08.

stops. Raikkonen closes up in the middle sector and sets the fastest

:05:09.:05:12.

middle sector of anyone in the Grand Prix so far. Virtually onto the

:05:13.:05:15.

gearbox of his team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Will he have the chance to

:05:16.:05:19.

go through? Not on this section of the track. If Vettel has any chance

:05:20.:05:24.

of finishing in front of his team-mate, he needs to stay out. I

:05:25.:05:28.

don't know if he can make the tyres last this long.

:05:29.:05:34.

Sebastian Vettel stopped on lap 23. So the tyres are still read is

:05:35.:05:41.

heavily fresh. Projecting around 30 laps of life in the prime tyres. So

:05:42.:05:53.

it is possible Kimi could stay out. So he needs to get a move on and

:05:54.:05:59.

find a way past. Tough in evenly matched cars, even with DRS in

:06:00.:06:05.

operation. Goes over the DRS line, the rear wing flap opens up. Not

:06:06.:06:12.

close enough, but there will be another opportunity down the next

:06:13.:06:15.

straight. That is the great thing about the chicane between the two

:06:16.:06:23.

DRS areas. You can use it into turn 11. Vettel is only doing one stop,

:06:24.:06:32.

he has to run to the end, so he will regret the fact he made it so easy

:06:33.:06:36.

for his team-mate. Still has to come in for the super soft tyres of

:06:37.:06:47.

course. Of course. Nico, if you can, pick up the pace a little bit. We

:06:48.:06:53.

need to close the gap to Lewis. If Hamilton can open up the gap a bit

:06:54.:06:57.

more, to 22 seconds, he would come out in front of his team-mate after

:06:58.:07:02.

the pit stop. Rosberg has just taken seven tenths out of him, so the gap

:07:03.:07:11.

is 17 seconds currently. Dropping back, but that is where he was

:07:12.:07:15.

earlier in the Grand Prix, and was able to put himself back onto the

:07:16.:07:19.

gearbox of Rosberg. Interesting radio comment from Sebastian Vettel

:07:20.:07:23.

a few moments ago, trying to get past Fernando Alonso. He came onto

:07:24.:07:29.

the radio and said about Alonso, he must really hate me, I am losing a

:07:30.:07:34.

second getting by him! Always a contest between the top guys. If

:07:35.:07:38.

Alonso can have any effect, I'm sure he is going to take the opportunity.

:07:39.:07:48.

Sebastian has been told, he has been told. He will swap. Has that

:07:49.:07:58.

happened yet? Yes, he pulls over on the start- finish straight, allowing

:07:59.:08:06.

Raikkonen on the outside. 19 seconds, Vettel in the battle with

:08:07.:08:11.

Perez. Needs to pull out another three seconds or so to give himself

:08:12.:08:19.

a chance of coming out in front. Or DRS his way through, that would be a

:08:20.:08:23.

pretty impressive comeback from the back of the grid to fourth-place.

:08:24.:08:30.

Meanwhile, Ricciardo is in sixth place, Romain Grosjean in seventh

:08:31.:08:36.

place. The car is on time at the moment. Is he going to ask for the

:08:37.:08:46.

options to finish the race off? The downside, he doesn't have any more

:08:47.:08:51.

new tyres, will not have quite the offset and it is a more fragile

:08:52.:08:56.

tyre. But it is the prime point of the Grand Prix, the coolest track

:08:57.:08:59.

temperature, the car at its lightest point. It is certainly possible he

:09:00.:09:09.

will go a bit deeper. Even now, if he came into the pits, it is

:09:10.:09:14.

probably achievable on the super soft tyre to get to the end of the

:09:15.:09:17.

Grand Prix, so it could be a different strategy between the two

:09:18.:09:23.

cars. He can give it a go. In the other races he has not been able to

:09:24.:09:25.

find a way past. It might just give Hamilton the

:09:26.:09:35.

edge, but it is a question of how far back he will be comfortable

:09:36.:09:42.

being. Tom, your thoughts? The predicted life of the super soft is

:09:43.:09:46.

about 15 laps, so he needs to get to about 40, but it is not new, he has

:09:47.:09:51.

already done three laps, so he has to go quite a bit further. The only

:09:52.:09:56.

guy with a new set of super softs coming into this race is Kimi

:09:57.:09:59.

Raikkonen, so I was surprised not to see him go longer and put the option

:10:00.:10:04.

on at the end, but he hasn't done that. Is Hamilton going to find

:10:05.:10:09.

something different and use a different strategy? Normally

:10:10.:10:12.

Mercedes wouldn't allow that, but maybe on this occasion I might let

:10:13.:10:17.

him do it. We have seen it occasionally. In Bahrain they used

:10:18.:10:21.

different tyres at the end of the Grand Prix, pretty exciting racing.

:10:22.:10:25.

Probably pretty uncomfortable for Mercedes when the drivers are going

:10:26.:10:30.

wheel-to-wheel, but as we have said many times, Formula 1 is

:10:31.:10:36.

entertainment, it is a sport. Hamilton, 14.7 seconds ahead of

:10:37.:10:39.

Rosberg, who has done the fastest lap of the Grand Prix. It means a

:10:40.:10:44.

bigger gap between Hamilton and Rosberg. This is pretty tight

:10:45.:10:51.

between these guys, Grosjean, Hulkenberg and Kyvat. Kimi Raikkonen

:10:52.:10:56.

has just set the fastest lap. Felipe Massa at the back of this group, in

:10:57.:11:02.

10th position. Raikkonen, 34 seconds behind Hamilton, so Hamilton will

:11:03.:11:05.

outcome doubly in front of Raikkonen. Raikkonen doing

:11:06.:11:10.

everything he can to close that gap. It is good to see Ferrari are

:11:11.:11:15.

hanging in the macro. Lewis, if we were to stop, we would be six

:11:16.:11:23.

seconds behind Nico. 18 laps remaining. We may stick with the

:11:24.:11:28.

prime tyre, it seems to be holding up well. They will stick with it for

:11:29.:11:33.

now and got a bit deeper that is the message. Lewis wanted to know how

:11:34.:11:39.

many laps he needs to keep pushing at this level. Last time around, a

:11:40.:11:49.

second and a half slower than Rosberg. Raikkonen is pushing hard,

:11:50.:11:55.

he almost has enough in hand over his nearest rival, Perez, to make an

:11:56.:12:02.

extra pit stop if he needed to. I wonder if that is part of the plan

:12:03.:12:06.

for Kimi Raikkonen? Romain Grosjean, meanwhile, also due another pit

:12:07.:12:11.

stop. These guys behind him, trying to get to the end of the race on

:12:12.:12:16.

what they have already. You can get much more mileage out of the tyres

:12:17.:12:19.

towards the end of a Grand Prix when the fuel has burned off. At the

:12:20.:12:24.

moment, Hulkenberg is frustrated sitting behind the Lotus. Grosjean,

:12:25.:12:33.

taking a wide line into turn 11. For Hulkenberg to nip through on the

:12:34.:12:38.

inside. Behind this group, the two Toro Rossos, so it is not looking

:12:39.:12:42.

promising for them to be able to outscore Lotus sufficiently to move

:12:43.:12:44.

ahead of them in the Constructors' Championship. The other little

:12:45.:12:51.

things, we know Raikkonen, if it stays this way, will finish as the

:12:52.:12:56.

top Finn, head of Valtteri Bottas. Tenth, likely to go to

:12:57.:13:01.

top Finn, head of Valtteri Bottas. Hulkenberg at this point. Sitting in

:13:02.:13:03.

eighth place. Grosjean could beat him, but he has another pit stop to

:13:04.:13:07.

go. Verstappen was the other one who could beat him to tenth, but he is

:13:08.:13:15.

down in 12th right now. You are around four tenths quicker than

:13:16.:13:20.

Vettel. You think he is going to the end? He has to stop, he has not

:13:21.:13:28.

fitted the super soft yet. Perez getting the full Tory. A chance for

:13:29.:13:32.

Sergio Perez to beat Sebastian Vettel, who started from is so far

:13:33.:13:38.

down. -- the full story. Max Verstappen comes into the pits for

:13:39.:13:42.

his third stop. The lock-up that he had earlier on forced the team into

:13:43.:13:47.

a three-stop race. Interestingly, he has gone for the super soft. That is

:13:48.:13:51.

what we could expect Lewis Hamilton to do when he comes in. This would

:13:52.:13:57.

be fantastic intel for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton's engineers, because

:13:58.:14:03.

right now this isn't working. Box...

:14:04.:14:09.

Vettel will give the Mercedes team some good information on how hard

:14:10.:14:16.

they can go on those tyres. The gap is under 12 seconds. Hamilton is

:14:17.:14:19.

going to be further behind after his stop than at any point during the

:14:20.:14:24.

Grand Prix. On the same tyre, difficult to see what he can do. On

:14:25.:14:29.

the option, maybe he can start making big strides. We will get some

:14:30.:14:33.

key information after Vettel leaves the pits on the option tyre. Where

:14:34.:14:39.

will he come out? Hiwot will lose position to Sergio Perez. What about

:14:40.:14:42.

Daniel Ricciardo, his former team-mate?

:14:43.:14:48.

Exits the pit lane. Perez, well through. I think Ricciardo is well

:14:49.:14:58.

through as well. Vettel rejoins behind him, so he has a couple of

:14:59.:15:00.

cars to overtake. Then it is all about whether he can

:15:01.:15:13.

catch Sergio Perez in the Force India. Vettel has some work to do

:15:14.:15:17.

here. Brand-new set of those option tyres. He will be able to exploit

:15:18.:15:25.

great performance, and expect him to deliver, aided with a bit of DRS as

:15:26.:15:31.

well in this early part of the lap. Closing right up on Daniel Ricciardo

:15:32.:15:37.

very quickly. Vettel now with an opportunity perhaps even on this out

:15:38.:15:40.

lap to have a go getting past the Red Bull. Will he take full

:15:41.:15:45.

advantage? He has a look. Sparks flying from the skid plate. Here's

:15:46.:15:51.

hoping Ricciardo does not have the grip. Hanging in beautifully at the

:15:52.:15:55.

moment. He does not have the tyre grip but he has a chassis that has

:15:56.:16:01.

been performing exceptionally well. RADIO: If I was to back off right

:16:02.:16:05.

now and look after these tyres until the end, how slow can I go per lap.

:16:06.:16:10.

Lewis, I think that would be pretty much impossible to do so what we're

:16:11.:16:14.

currently planning is the way to go. Can you please give me the

:16:15.:16:21.

calculation? It is not even worth bothering working the numbers, it

:16:22.:16:25.

would be a real gamble and not pay. The reason I'm asking is because

:16:26.:16:30.

these tyres still feel good. He wants this race, whatever it takes!

:16:31.:16:38.

Brilliant stuff from his engineer, being evasive as he can without

:16:39.:16:43.

breaking trust, but this is off script, this is not what Mercedes

:16:44.:16:48.

were expecting I believe. It is clear Hamilton is thinking 14 laps

:16:49.:16:53.

to go... He has done 29 laps on the set of tyres. Looks like they have

:16:54.:17:01.

made the decision for him. Does he come in? We thought we would get

:17:02.:17:05.

some radio there but we didn't. They are there because they believe

:17:06.:17:10.

Hamilton is going to come in. Mexico he didn't come in on the first call,

:17:11.:17:15.

if you remember. Meanwhile Vettel has gone past Ricciardo. Is Hamilton

:17:16.:17:20.

coming in? I think he is. Yes. Hamilton is into the pits, he will

:17:21.:17:24.

surely be going for the super soft tyre. Now, he has gone for the soft,

:17:25.:17:31.

the prime tyre, same strategy. Brand-new set but he will be quite a

:17:32.:17:37.

bit behind. Doesn't have any traffic in front of him. We have been denied

:17:38.:17:43.

a little bit of action late in the Grand Prix. That would have been

:17:44.:17:46.

really interesting to see but let's see what he can do on this tyre. It

:17:47.:17:52.

is a brand-new set as you say. Trying to get past quiet there,

:17:53.:18:01.

Felipe Massa -- past Kvyat. Carlos Sainz is eight seconds behind him,

:18:02.:18:05.

still 11th ahead of Ericsson. It has been a bit of stalemate in this

:18:06.:18:11.

group for quite a while. They are all having to look after the tyres,

:18:12.:18:17.

finding an opportunity of someone makes a slight mistake. RADIO:

:18:18.:18:26.

Follow the tones please, Dani, otherwise we'll have to increase at

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the. I am a bit busy here! Saying follow the tones, you get an audio

:18:35.:18:40.

message in your here to change gear. You can see there are lights

:18:41.:18:42.

displaying when the engine is ready to move to the next gear. Some

:18:43.:18:45.

drivers like a red light, some like a blue, it is very much down to

:18:46.:18:50.

personal choice but all of them have audio, which is what I would drive

:18:51.:18:54.

too. It means you don't have to look your dashboard you just hear a nice

:18:55.:18:57.

little beep or whatever your favourite coin is, as Ericsson heads

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-- favourites Tunisia stop it doesn't look like Sauber will score

:19:08.:19:11.

points -- whatever your favourite tune in is.

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Was there something else that went on here? Ericsson ran a bit wide. I

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don't think there was anything particularly notable. Does Jenson

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keep it on the outside? He does. Nice job, Jenson. What he was able

:19:32.:19:38.

to effect a parcel stop it has been a great thing for -- a great weekend

:19:39.:19:46.

for McLaren, all things considered. Ericsson out of grip, just lost --

:19:47.:19:56.

been to the pits. Settle down with 12 laps to go. It just doesn't seem

:19:57.:20:06.

that that has worked as a strategy. He needed to be lapping around .6 of

:20:07.:20:11.

a second within Rosberg. He was running about 1.2, 1.5 seconds, at

:20:12.:20:17.

one points lower than Rosberg. So what are we missing that the brains

:20:18.:20:24.

on the pit wall were covering? I don't quite understand it, trying to

:20:25.:20:28.

trace what Vettel is putting in some good laps, having gone to the

:20:29.:20:36.

super-softs. The pace is looking good. Yes, he has taken seven tenths

:20:37.:20:41.

in the middle sector out of Rosberg. Will he get a second a lap, what he

:20:42.:20:50.

needs? He won't stay second for the drift of the tyre. You hit them

:20:51.:20:55.

hard, thermal degradation, something we were never used to talking about

:20:56.:21:00.

before Pirelli were in Formula 1 but it is something that is so sensitive

:21:01.:21:07.

and these tyres. RADIO: Dani, this is critical, you have charged 14 for

:21:08.:21:10.

one straight, you will have to commit, OK? Presumably that means he

:21:11.:21:16.

has a power boost. You'll only get to use it once, so it means you have

:21:17.:21:20.

one chance at it, you have to commit, really go for it on the

:21:21.:21:24.

brakes at the end of that straight and if you don't get there you will

:21:25.:21:28.

not get it again. Tell us about the lap Hamilton has just done. 44.7,

:21:29.:21:38.

compares the Rosberg's 45.4. If he is making some headway but not the

:21:39.:21:50.

sort, the previous cap. It is not the sort of advantage that he needs.

:21:51.:21:56.

Not working out at the minute for Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg are still in

:21:57.:22:01.

control. Lap 44 out of 55. Mercedes running one and two. Looking to

:22:02.:22:06.

establish more records. Reikan and is in third, we have a pit stop for

:22:07.:22:10.

Romain Grosjean, who is into the pits. Final stop for him, let's see

:22:11.:22:16.

where this brings him out. He was part of a group that was all very

:22:17.:22:23.

close. Not getting any radio from Rosberg. RADIO: We will keep you

:22:24.:22:26.

informed. Something just at the unfair. He is continuing on his way

:22:27.:22:32.

at the moment, still maintaining the edge over Hamilton. Let's just have

:22:33.:22:34.

another look at what happened with Felipe Nasr and Max Verstappen. He

:22:35.:22:40.

did exactly what he did the Ericsson earlier on. Great stuff from Max

:22:41.:22:47.

Verstappen. Again on the brakes, that very wide line, best way to get

:22:48.:22:53.

the straightest drive, Max just puts his car in there. Little correction

:22:54.:22:58.

for overstay. Tidy driving from the Sauber driver. Hamilton 44.5,

:22:59.:23:06.

managed 1.1 seconds on Rosberg. He is catching, Hamilton, but will he

:23:07.:23:10.

be able to do anything at the end of the Grand Prix? Talking of catching,

:23:11.:23:15.

Vettel is much closer now to Sergio Perez, Hamilton with the fastest lap

:23:16.:23:20.

but Vettel going well on the super-soft tyres, so far holding up

:23:21.:23:25.

pretty well. Target to get past the Force India. Last clap -- lap around

:23:26.:23:32.

Hibs 1.26 seconds faster than the Force India.

:23:33.:23:38.

Will Vettel be able to get past the Force India? Click like Ferrari are

:23:39.:23:44.

on the third and fourth, beaten by the Mercedes but not as much as on

:23:45.:23:49.

some occasions, Reikan and some eight seconds behind Hamilton,

:23:50.:23:52.

though that is opening up as Hamilton continues to charge. Last

:23:53.:23:57.

time out in Brazil, Vettel ended up seven seconds behind Hamilton. The

:23:58.:24:03.

gap was at 14. A bit dig at this time as Vettel get himself into

:24:04.:24:10.

position. DRS will pop open, Perez will defend. Vettel goes really over

:24:11.:24:13.

the older marbles and Perez doesn't give it up, he will have a little

:24:14.:24:17.

luck, no he is not. As a think about it. Vettel makes it look very easy

:24:18.:24:23.

which it is not necessarily. Rubens varicella and interesting spectator

:24:24.:24:29.

in the Ferrari pit. He is topping and hailing his career for stop

:24:30.:24:37.

started in karting, back to karting. A bit of Benjamin button. Felipe

:24:38.:24:46.

Massa is down in my place. Valtteri Bottas's girlfriend there. I think I

:24:47.:24:53.

scared he and his girlfriend earlier because I came to my bedroom door in

:24:54.:24:57.

my towel to chase after someone who delivered to the room just as they

:24:58.:25:04.

walked past! They took it in good humour. Verstappen bind Jenson

:25:05.:25:11.

Button. A late move down the inside from Verstappen on Jenson Button but

:25:12.:25:15.

button is not giving it up just yet! They almost touch, they are

:25:16.:25:19.

side-by-side, Tampa goes out wide, he may have to give that back, or

:25:20.:25:24.

will he? He should do. But not giving it up at all. He might come

:25:25.:25:31.

back, remember Turn 11 was where he came back a moment ago around the

:25:32.:25:35.

outside. But he can't quite do it. There might be some radio

:25:36.:25:38.

communication going on with the team at the moment. Maybe a request to

:25:39.:25:42.

the race director to investigate that one. One of the great things of

:25:43.:25:46.

these modern circuits is safety improving, as Rosberg gets past

:25:47.:25:51.

Button. But one of the downsides communal as a driver you can push

:25:52.:25:55.

the limit, if it goes wrong, you just rewind. You will not willingly

:25:56.:26:00.

give the position back but if someone says that was just too

:26:01.:26:04.

much, which to me it did look like he ran completely off the circuit.

:26:05.:26:09.

Derek Warwick is in attendance as the driver Stuart, so he will be

:26:10.:26:12.

having a look at that, I'm sure. Meanwhile, Hamilton did not gain

:26:13.:26:16.

this much last time around. Let's see what it is this time around.

:26:17.:26:21.

Rosberg has crossed the line. Lewis Hamilton was 10.2 seconds behind. As

:26:22.:26:28.

he crosses the line, you did gain 8.5 seconds across the line, so he

:26:29.:26:32.

gained quite a lot in the final part of the lap. But you would think the

:26:33.:26:37.

best of the tyre is now being used up. Rosberg can judge his pace to

:26:38.:26:42.

the end. I'm sure he is keeping fully up-to-date with the gap the

:26:43.:26:47.

twin himself and his team-mate. Rosberg at this stage still in

:26:48.:26:51.

charge, behind Max Verstappen. Verstappen will have to let him

:26:52.:26:55.

through as he is being lapped. Where will he take advantage to do that?

:26:56.:27:00.

Will it be down to the chicane? No problem at all. Verstappen might try

:27:01.:27:02.

to track in behind and gain some speed himself will stop that is the

:27:03.:27:08.

gap. You can see how in recent laps Hamilton has been closing the gap.

:27:09.:27:13.

That was a very good lap from Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg in traffic so it

:27:14.:27:18.

cost a bit of time. We can hope, of course, that he prances way through

:27:19.:27:22.

Bottas and Button and doesn't lose any time. A replay of that battle.

:27:23.:27:32.

Max gives him just enough room. Maybe that is the key thing. Max

:27:33.:27:42.

sending the message to the Restorick to as much as to his own team. That

:27:43.:27:48.

might be the key thing. Here again, another angle. Max gives him just

:27:49.:27:54.

enough room. Look like some great wheel-to-wheel racing, I would not

:27:55.:27:58.

apportion blame one way or the other but Max gained an advantage on the

:27:59.:28:03.

exit. I'm sure his dad approves. It was good hard racing is a maybe be

:28:04.:28:08.

left as it is. Great to see birth -- both the new boy and the new boy

:28:09.:28:11.

analyst experience going wheel-to-wheel. Jenson Button I

:28:12.:28:21.

think enjoy the moment. Two Selvies -- Saubers, it is under

:28:22.:28:30.

investigation, that incident, so we'll get a decision before the end

:28:31.:28:33.

of the Grand Prix between Button and bust up. Ericsson just in front --

:28:34.:28:41.

between Button and Verstappen. Nasa is the faster of the two

:28:42.:28:49.

they are both on the super-soft tyres, but on the car behind will

:28:50.:28:55.

give him a bit of advantage. Now Felipe Massa and Kvyat.

:28:56.:29:01.

give him a bit of advantage. Now sitting behind Kvyat for a long

:29:02.:29:05.

time. Now Felipe Massa has moved up-to-date position, so presumably

:29:06.:29:09.

it was down the straight. Kvyat not giving up on it but that is a change

:29:10.:29:15.

of position. Felipe Massa in eighth place. Both Force Indias inside top

:29:16.:29:20.

ten. Perez fifth place, Hulkenberg seven. This is how Felipe Massa got

:29:21.:29:26.

passed any quiet. I think it was a rundown to Turn 11. You see the red

:29:27.:29:34.

light flashing almost made contact. Court Daniil Kvyat out by surprise

:29:35.:29:37.

and stop the red light flashing would send a message that Renault

:29:38.:29:41.

was no longer deploying any electrical energy, and the Mercedes

:29:42.:29:45.

power was able to keep punching out 200 mph. Apparently, Kvyat had

:29:46.:29:51.

reported to the team he was travelling on breaks maybe that was

:29:52.:29:55.

part of a factor. Certainly caught by surprise was that great piece of

:29:56.:30:00.

opportunistic from Felipe Massa is the lap times now and neutralise

:30:01.:30:08.

between Rosberg and Hamilton. RADIO: Lewis, just flat out to the end then

:30:09.:30:12.

we will see what we can make of it. Not enough at the moment. Basically

:30:13.:30:17.

he is not catching by sufficient margin. You can see on the lap

:30:18.:30:21.

comparisons, Rosberg now taking Hamilton back a little bit. There is

:30:22.:30:24.

nothing for Hamilton to gaining being second.

:30:25.:30:33.

The risk is you can use too much fuel. And stress the engine a bit

:30:34.:30:42.

much. Has he got anything in his attack? Talking of engines,

:30:43.:30:48.

Rosberg's has a higher mileage than Hamilton's, because he had a problem

:30:49.:30:55.

with one earlier in the year and had to use another one more. Only

:30:56.:31:01.

allowed to use four or be in car grid penalties. No Mercedes user has

:31:02.:31:04.

incurred a grid penalty throughout the season. Fernando Alonso incurred

:31:05.:31:11.

165 grid position penalties. Verstappen has a five second time

:31:12.:31:15.

penalty. That will be added at the end of the race.

:31:16.:31:22.

A pickle on the hand rather than a real slap. It won't make any

:31:23.:31:31.

difference. -- a tickle. Will Stevens having a bit of a lonely

:31:32.:31:34.

race. His team-mate 28 seconds behind. Stevens will win the

:31:35.:31:47.

inter-team rivalry there. A sad day for the Marussia team, the last race

:31:48.:31:51.

for John Booth and Graeme Lowdon. Instrumental in picking up the

:31:52.:31:54.

pieces when the team looked down and out. Moving on from the team after

:31:55.:31:59.

this Grand Prix. Let's hope they see both cars home here. Will Stevens

:32:00.:32:05.

completing his first full season. He raced here last year, driving for

:32:06.:32:11.

Caterham on that occasion. Another good first sector from Lewis

:32:12.:32:15.

Hamilton, but not enough to close the gap to his team-mate Nico

:32:16.:32:19.

Rosberg. Further back, Perez coming under a bit of pressure from Daniel

:32:20.:32:23.

Ricciardo. That could be one to watch, for fifth position, between

:32:24.:32:28.

the Force India of Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo. Hulkenberg a bit

:32:29.:32:34.

lonely in seventh place, 4.7 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa. Kyvat is in

:32:35.:32:38.

ninth place, with Carlos Sainz in 10th position. Verstappen a bit

:32:39.:32:46.

further back, in 12th place, on a three-stop strategy, but a lot to do

:32:47.:32:53.

because he is 16 seconds behind Romain Grosjean. Kyvat versus Sainz

:32:54.:32:58.

could be interesting. Just outside the DRS range. Both on the soft

:32:59.:33:04.

tyre, and both have done just over 20 laps. Just three laps difference

:33:05.:33:09.

between the Red Bull and the Toro Rosso. Carlos Sainz will be

:33:10.:33:14.

hoping... We know Kyvat has reported a bit of a problem with the brakes,

:33:15.:33:21.

so not at 100%. Running half a second slower than the Toro Rosso

:33:22.:33:24.

behind. Renault power against Renault power. A real opportunity

:33:25.:33:30.

for Sainz at the end of the season to come out of the shadow of Max

:33:31.:33:35.

Verstappen, who has had an incredible first season in Formula

:33:36.:33:39.

1. Has shown good speed at times, maybe a bit less lucky with

:33:40.:33:43.

reliability. Has not until today really shown such instinct of

:33:44.:33:50.

attacking drive in traffic. Would love to be able... Turn eight is

:33:51.:34:03.

where Kyvat reported his problem of underbraking. Kyvat has done pretty

:34:04.:34:12.

well on the speed trap. He is in the top six. 327 kilometres per hour.

:34:13.:34:19.

But he is suffering in that area now. What has happened to Hamilton

:34:20.:34:27.

here? Blocked with traffic? Ten strap mode. OK, so basically... They

:34:28.:34:39.

are talking about set-ups in terms of the power and speed from the car.

:34:40.:34:44.

If Lewis doesn't behave himself in turn down the engine, Rosberg will

:34:45.:34:49.

be able to turn his up, effectively. That is what is going on, isn't it?

:34:50.:34:54.

It is indeed. The benefit of being in a situation... The board members,

:34:55.:35:03.

they want to see a one-two. Nico has earned pole. Lewis using a bit more

:35:04.:35:08.

performance than they are comfortable with. Nico, go six. It

:35:09.:35:19.

is all being played out on the radio. You have to think Rosberg is

:35:20.:35:26.

pretty comfortable. Another good first sector from him. We will see

:35:27.:35:31.

what Hamilton does in response. In fact, yes, Hamilton getting caught

:35:32.:35:34.

up in traffic, so that has cost him a bit. Not going to be enough laps

:35:35.:35:41.

left. Alonso still going around, he told the team he would stop if there

:35:42.:35:47.

was not a safety car. Strap mode ten, that is an instruction. That

:35:48.:35:58.

means, or else. It always puts a bit of tension... Lewis's mum. A proud

:35:59.:36:08.

lady, I'm sure. It puts pressure on the relationship between the

:36:09.:36:13.

engineer and the driver. Has to do absolutely everything in his power

:36:14.:36:16.

for the best chance of maximum points. But of course they do

:36:17.:36:20.

understand they are employees of the team. When they get a call telling

:36:21.:36:26.

them to tell the driver a management request, they do so. Strap ten,

:36:27.:36:36.

please, Nico. I think Lewis must have responded, because they have

:36:37.:36:40.

now spent on league said the same to Nico Rosberg. Kyvat still ahead of

:36:41.:36:44.

Sainz. Last year they played around with

:36:45.:36:56.

settings and there was a discussion... Spain and Bahrain, the

:36:57.:37:03.

two races. Both stretching more than the team were comfortable. Nico will

:37:04.:37:07.

understand, he has a comfort zone right now. He knows Hamilton has to

:37:08.:37:11.

find his way through the traffic. Rosberg does have a bit of traffic

:37:12.:37:14.

ahead of him, but whether he will catch it before the end of the Grand

:37:15.:37:18.

Prix remains to be seen. This is as comfortable a victory as Rosberg has

:37:19.:37:22.

had, presuming nothing happens between now and the chequered flag.

:37:23.:37:26.

Romain Grosjean is going for position, and he is going to take it

:37:27.:37:40.

off Carlos Sainz, moving into the points as a result. Lotus should be

:37:41.:37:43.

doing enough to hold on to sixth place in the Constructors'

:37:44.:37:45.

Championship. Toro Rosso have not been able to deliver the necessary

:37:46.:37:47.

today, and Lotus will finish ahead of Toro Rosso. Grosjean in his final

:37:48.:37:54.

outing for this team, he would be delighted to be able to score a

:37:55.:37:57.

point, which will be at least some little reward after what has been a

:37:58.:38:01.

difficult weekend, a difficult season for that team. A highlight,

:38:02.:38:08.

the third in Belgium. He is into the points, and maybe he can get past

:38:09.:38:12.

Kyvat and get a couple more. 1.1 seconds behind. Daniel Ricciardo,

:38:13.:38:18.

his team-mate, only 2.3 behind Perez. So it is not over in the

:38:19.:38:22.

battle for fifth place. Raikkonen looks on target to finish in third,

:38:23.:38:28.

with Vettel in fourth position, 26 seconds behind his team-mate. Not

:38:29.:38:33.

bad from where he has started. Fair play to Raikkonen, good pace

:38:34.:38:36.

throughout the Grand Prix. Vettel has never really been able to close

:38:37.:38:41.

the gap. Perez still in fifth position. I mentioned how Ricciardo

:38:42.:38:47.

was catching Perez, but the gap has bedded at 2.3 seconds between the

:38:48.:38:51.

Force India and the Red Bull. Both protecting the tyres. Ricciardo in

:38:52.:38:56.

sixth position, it won't be enough for him to finish ahead of Kyvat in

:38:57.:39:01.

the championship, because Kyvat is doing enough I think. E-mail -- he

:39:02.:39:07.

may lose a place in a moment, but he went into the race ten points ahead

:39:08.:39:12.

of Daniel Ricciardo, so still difficult for him to finish ahead.

:39:13.:39:17.

Grosjean, catching Daniil Kvyat. Can he make another move and get into

:39:18.:39:18.

ninth place? Is he going to pick up the

:39:19.:39:29.

slipstream? No, the brakes are not at their best. I don't think Kyvat

:39:30.:39:35.

can do anything to challenge. That brings Grosjean into ninth position.

:39:36.:39:40.

A reward for the team after all of the hard work. Before Romain

:39:41.:39:48.

Grosjean drives for the HAAS team, a new introduction in Formula 1 in

:39:49.:39:52.

Melbourne next year. Good stuff from Grosjean. Looks as though he might

:39:53.:39:56.

run out of time to catch Felipe Massa. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas,

:39:57.:40:01.

down in 14th position behind Jenson Button. Jenson may have to work

:40:02.:40:06.

quite hard to stay here in the closing moments. Look how much speed

:40:07.:40:11.

he loses at the end of the straight. In the next section, the McLaren

:40:12.:40:14.

Honda should be able to maintain decent pace. 53 laps completed by

:40:15.:40:21.

the leader. Jenson Button may be able to do enough to fend off the

:40:22.:40:27.

Williams. It won't get him any points but it shows good progress.

:40:28.:40:34.

Bottas, a frustrating afternoon. He lost his wing, damaging it in a pit

:40:35.:40:41.

stop. All credit to the strength of the McLaren car that we are not

:40:42.:40:47.

aware of any damage. Nico Rosberg is on his final lap in Abu Dhabi. After

:40:48.:40:52.

the disappointment of racing here last year and not being able to

:40:53.:40:56.

challenge Hamilton because he had a mechanical problem on the car,

:40:57.:41:00.

well, he is about to take his first ever hat-trick of victories in

:41:01.:41:04.

Formula 1. And he has done it in style. He was on pole position, he

:41:05.:41:09.

made by far the better start of the two front row men, and he has

:41:10.:41:13.

dominated. Verstappen under investigation again for ignoring the

:41:14.:41:21.

flags. Rosberg reporting a big vibration on the rear of the car. Is

:41:22.:41:25.

there going to be last-minute drama? I would think probably not. Let's

:41:26.:41:31.

wait and see. Further down the order, in the battle between the Red

:41:32.:41:36.

Bulls, if there are a few changes on the last lap, it could change. Let's

:41:37.:41:42.

take a look at Nico Rosberg. He has driven brilliantly in this race, no

:41:43.:41:46.

doubt about it. He is going to take three Grand Prix wins on the trot at

:41:47.:41:50.

the end of the season. What a brilliant way to finish the season.

:41:51.:41:55.

He is also going to take his 14th career victory, matching Graham

:41:56.:42:00.

Hill. 40 years to the day today since Graham Hill was so sadly

:42:01.:42:05.

killed in an aeroplane accident. Nico Rosberg comes out of the last

:42:06.:42:09.

corner in Abu Dhabi to take victory here! His sixth win of 2015. Versus

:42:10.:42:18.

ten for Lewis Hamilton in the end. The world champion Lewis Hamilton

:42:19.:42:23.

could not respond in the end. He finishes in second today. Yet

:42:24.:42:27.

another one-two finish for the dominant Mercedes team. Kimi

:42:28.:42:33.

Raikkonen finishes in third. Only his third podium finish of the year.

:42:34.:42:37.

But a great finish to the season for him. He is the top Finn, because he

:42:38.:42:45.

beat Valtteri Bottas in the end, in fourth place. Sebastian battle will

:42:46.:42:48.

take fourth place today. Rosberg has won. Woo! Excellent, guys, really

:42:49.:42:58.

great. A first win for Nico in Abu Dhabi. He has certainly delivered.

:42:59.:43:06.

Lewis Hamilton, he has gone past now, but of course the win of the

:43:07.:43:10.

season. Taking the all-important championship. Today it didn't look

:43:11.:43:15.

as though he really had an answer for the pace of Nico Rosberg. But

:43:16.:43:20.

some great results further down the order as well. Perez in a superb

:43:21.:43:27.

fifth-place for Force India. Not as exciting as the podium earlier in

:43:28.:43:31.

the year but still a very solid job, Perez. Ricciardo in sixth place,

:43:32.:43:39.

Hulkenberg in seventh. A big doughnut from Nico Rosberg. Massa

:43:40.:43:42.

finished in eighth place in the end. Romain Grosjean, in his last race

:43:43.:43:47.

for the Lotus team, finished in ninth. Daniil Kvyat held on for the

:43:48.:43:53.

final point. Ahead of Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen, Jenson Button was

:43:54.:43:58.

13th. Well done, great recovery and thank you for the season. Vettel, a

:43:59.:44:07.

solid result to come from 15th on the grid to finish in fourth place.

:44:08.:44:14.

Button did beat Bottas at the end. Bottas had a pit stop where he hit

:44:15.:44:19.

the back of Button's car, but no points on offer. Ericsson was 15th.

:44:20.:44:31.

19 finishes out of 20 that started. The night sky lights up with

:44:32.:44:39.

fireworks in Abu Dhabi. Lewis Hamilton, first to return to parc

:44:40.:44:43.

ferme, having been beaten again by Nico Rosberg. What a difference

:44:44.:44:47.

season he may have had if Rosberg had got his act together in the

:44:48.:44:51.

early part of the year, but of course Lewis Hamilton had the edge

:44:52.:44:54.

in the first two thirds of the season. That was where the

:44:55.:44:58.

championship was decided. I think Rosberg will be delighted to have

:44:59.:45:03.

finished the season so strongly. To take that momentum through the

:45:04.:45:06.

winter months to the build-up to 2016. They are all at it now,

:45:07.:45:11.

leaving tyre marks in front of the grandstand. Lovely to see that. The

:45:12.:45:16.

gearboxes don't have to do any more, the engines don't have to do any

:45:17.:45:21.

more. These cars are going into retirement, museum pieces after

:45:22.:45:24.

this. That is the speed of progress in Formula 1. Nothing of the actual

:45:25.:45:30.

car that will go into next year's car, every part will be subtly

:45:31.:45:35.

redesigned going into 2016. Nico Rosberg, winner in Abu Dhabi. To

:45:36.:45:39.

finish his season with a hat-trick of victories.

:45:40.:45:51.

Struggling to get himself unemployed, but time to celebrate

:45:52.:45:58.

now here in the night sky. -- trying to get himself unplugged. Really

:45:59.:46:11.

impressive all weekend, has Nico Rosberg been, and it is a 45th win

:46:12.:46:18.

for Mercedes. Just a remarkable season, as was 2014 really. And you

:46:19.:46:24.

have just got to wonder have the rivals got something they can come

:46:25.:46:29.

back at Mercedes with NexGen? Harare certainly showing much stronger this

:46:30.:46:33.

year with those three victories from Reikan and in the end commie was

:46:34.:46:36.

just under 20 seconds behind the race winner Nico Rosberg. Can they

:46:37.:46:41.

produce the goods the goods for 2016 and make this a real fight for the

:46:42.:46:45.

championship with Vettel and Reikan in as well? We will have to find out

:46:46.:46:49.

next year but there has been no doubt about the dominant team this

:46:50.:46:52.

year, and Nico Rosberg finding tremendous form in the closing

:46:53.:46:58.

stages of the championship. Fastest lap went to less Hamilton in the end

:46:59.:47:02.

with that charge she went -- went to Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg denied that

:47:03.:47:07.

element but of course he led pretty much most of the race, just that

:47:08.:47:09.

little part of the race where Hamilton lead when they were on

:47:10.:47:13.

slightly different strategies. He started from pole position and took

:47:14.:47:21.

victory as well. There was a drive-through penalty from

:47:22.:47:23.

Verstappen for ignoring blue flags in the end but the time penalty

:47:24.:47:27.

actually dropped him down to 16th place, so Verstappen missing out a

:47:28.:47:31.

bit, just a couple of things that the stewards did not take kindly to

:47:32.:47:36.

today. But it doesn't really put a damper on what was a great season

:47:37.:47:47.

from Verstappen and many people will look to him next year. Many

:47:48.:47:53.

congratulations, Toto Wolff. 703 points, a new record, more than you

:47:54.:47:58.

got last year when there were double points. The 12th 1-2 in the season.

:47:59.:48:05.

Very happy. The more points you make, the more you pay the entry fee

:48:06.:48:10.

next year so that is not so good. But this is just sensational. The

:48:11.:48:16.

numbers are going to end up in books as numbers. It is not so important.

:48:17.:48:20.

But a fantastic end of the season final. What a great result. It was a

:48:21.:48:25.

great result, a lot of people are asking why didn't you put the option

:48:26.:48:30.

tyre on Lewis at the end, make him a bit more racy? We gave him the

:48:31.:48:33.

option to choose which tyre he wanted have on the car. I think that

:48:34.:48:40.

was important for the fans to see. He couldn't really make a decision.

:48:41.:48:45.

The option had seven or eight laps or nine laps at the beginning, and

:48:46.:48:48.

even though the car was lighted wouldn't have lasted until the end.

:48:49.:48:52.

Then it was a decision of his side of the garage to go for the prime,

:48:53.:49:00.

to make it to the end. Just to clarify, you gave him the option of

:49:01.:49:05.

which tyre to put on? Absolutely, there was lots of conversation, I'm

:49:06.:49:09.

not sure it broadcasted, to decide what they would opt for. Finally the

:49:10.:49:13.

decision was to go for the prime tyre. So he was very much involved.

:49:14.:49:21.

So there was a slight change in policy. Yes, we wanted to give him a

:49:22.:49:27.

real shot to win at the end. It was his decision. Interesting to hear

:49:28.:49:36.

that but let's here the celebrations on the podium as Kimi Raikkonen will

:49:37.:49:40.

step forward to take the honours for third place. There he is. Taking the

:49:41.:49:46.

honours amongst the finished Rovers as well, beating Valtteri Bottas at

:49:47.:49:49.

the end of the day in the title race. Second place today Lewis

:49:50.:49:53.

Hamilton. But of course the all-important third championship was

:49:54.:49:58.

well and truly has already. And Nico Rosberg taking victory, his 14th

:49:59.:50:05.

career win, to join Graham Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi and Sir Jack

:50:06.:50:06.

Brabham on that tally. Congratulations to Nico Rosberg!

:50:07.:51:08.

Superbly done by Nico Rosberg. He will take the winner 's trophy once

:51:09.:51:13.

again. Three in a row at the end of 2015, and his first win here in Abu

:51:14.:51:17.

Dhabi. He has had a third place here in the past, a podium, but is on top

:51:18.:51:25.

spot this time. To receive the constructor 's trophy but half of

:51:26.:51:27.

Mercedes this time, Kimberly Stephens. Great opportunity for her

:51:28.:51:33.

to enjoy the moment in the night time here at Abu Dhabi. And so many

:51:34.:51:41.

of that Mercedes crew have had an opportunity to get up onto the

:51:42.:51:45.

podium this year, with their incredible tally of race victories.

:51:46.:51:50.

Third place of course going to Kimi Raikkonen. It has been a tough

:51:51.:51:56.

season for Kimi Raikkonen. We'll get the second placed Duncan Lewis

:51:57.:52:00.

Hamilton. There we are, a trophy for Lewis, but the big trivia is the one

:52:01.:52:04.

that counted, the FIA awards taking place at the end of the week where

:52:05.:52:08.

he gets to receive the trophy for winning the championship. And Kimi

:52:09.:52:14.

Raikkonen in third place. A difficult season for him, involved

:52:15.:52:17.

in a feud to many incidents and accidents and this last third of the

:52:18.:52:23.

year but he has come good here. It is nonalcoholic but it still

:52:24.:52:28.

stings. Kimberly Stephens being given the treatment by both Nico

:52:29.:52:34.

Rosberg and Lewis have often. -- Lewis Hamilton, the final

:52:35.:52:46.

celebratory shower of 2015. What a different story this season might

:52:47.:52:48.

have been if Nico Rosberg had begun the season in the same style that he

:52:49.:52:55.

has finished it. We might have had a championship decider here in Abu

:52:56.:53:02.

Dhabi. Instead of seeing Lewis Hamilton take such a dominant lead

:53:03.:53:05.

in the early stages and win the title in the United States. It will

:53:06.:53:09.

be a huge celebration for the team once again after this. Couldn't

:53:10.:53:15.

really have had a much better year. Three times they were beaten by

:53:16.:53:19.

Ferrari. Each occasion it was Sebastien Vettel who took the win,

:53:20.:53:25.

but in total they have had 16 victories. That is a pretty

:53:26.:53:30.

impressive stat. Joining them on the podium, our very own David

:53:31.:53:39.

Coulthard. Good evening, everybody, race fans around the world.

:53:40.:53:43.

Gentlemen, if you can join me down here at the front. Nico, that must

:53:44.:53:49.

taste good? Delicious, the best ever! It has been an incredible end

:53:50.:53:54.

to the season. This was, to me, your most dominant win of the season. So

:53:55.:53:58.

tell us a little bit about the race and the hunger that you took into

:53:59.:54:03.

this final race of the season. Austin was the low point of the

:54:04.:54:07.

season, it was a tough weekend, and since then I have just come back a

:54:08.:54:10.

lot stronger and I'm very happy about that. I'm excited about how

:54:11.:54:14.

the end of the season went. Next year can come any moment. It could

:54:15.:54:17.

start tomorrow if it were for me, no problem, I don't need any holidays!

:54:18.:54:22.

But no, it is greater in the season like this, go on holiday like this,

:54:23.:54:26.

and thank you so much, you have been awesome again this weekend, for all

:54:27.:54:30.

of your support and everything. Things to my team, and absolutely

:54:31.:54:34.

stunning car you have given me again today. Unbelievable. Ecstatic. You

:54:35.:54:41.

mentioned Austin, you could see the realisation, the disappointment that

:54:42.:54:44.

it had slipped away. Give the fans at home and insight from you have

:54:45.:54:49.

the enemy within the team, you work together to develop this great

:54:50.:54:52.

product but your success is Lewis's failure and vice versa. Can you give

:54:53.:54:56.

us an insight as to how you manage that? Because you guys have known

:54:57.:55:00.

each other since you were kids. It is always tough to raise Lewis, he

:55:01.:55:04.

is doing an awesome job, one of the best out there. And even better

:55:05.:55:08.

feeling to win against such opposition. It is a great battle

:55:09.:55:11.

internally all the time. That is what I race for, such battles. I

:55:12.:55:15.

look forward to more next year. Does that mean you guys can go and have

:55:16.:55:20.

dinner and reflect on what was an amazing season for the team? Let's

:55:21.:55:26.

skip that part, maybe we will catch up in Amber Lounge later on! Lewis,

:55:27.:55:33.

an amazing season for you, you are world champion. CHEERING

:55:34.:55:38.

It has been an amazing season for you, I can't help but notice it

:55:39.:55:41.

didn't seem to have finished quite a strong as it started. We heard you

:55:42.:55:44.

mention there have been some changes to the car, but is it as simple as

:55:45.:55:47.

that or is there something else we need to know now the season is

:55:48.:55:51.

over? Firstly, it has been an amazing year. Had the 44th UAE

:55:52.:55:57.

national day, so happy to be here and celebrating it with UAE, they

:55:58.:56:00.

did an amazing job and what a great crowd we have had today. It has been

:56:01.:56:07.

a good year. I am happy as ever. Now we can really enjoy but I have to

:56:08.:56:10.

take my hat off to this team who once again did an amazing job in

:56:11.:56:14.

building this car. The pit stops today, the performance through the

:56:15.:56:18.

whole year, they have surpassed their own expectations, our

:56:19.:56:21.

expectations, so we have truly shown that Mercedes-Benz is the best team

:56:22.:56:25.

in the world. I am proud to be part of it. No one can argue with that

:56:26.:56:31.

right now. On strategy, we heard you on the radio, asking the team can I

:56:32.:56:35.

go the distance on these tyres. We know that the team have to deliver

:56:36.:56:42.

the 1-2 result, Nico and the result, -- and the pole position, but you

:56:43.:56:47.

know that be nothing to be done, that is why you are pushing your

:56:48.:56:51.

engineers and the team? I think hindsight, I probably would have

:56:52.:56:55.

backed off a little bit and made the tyres go a lot longer. The tyres

:56:56.:56:59.

were still fine at the end so I thought I could potentially have

:57:00.:57:03.

taken them to the end. But as that didn't work out, stop it going to

:57:04.:57:06.

Long is probably not the right thing to do but we gave it a try and do

:57:07.:57:10.

the best job I could with it. Lewis, congratulations again on that didn't

:57:11.:57:12.

work out, stop it going to long is probably not the right thing to do

:57:13.:57:16.

but we gave it a try and do the best job I could with it. Lewis,

:57:17.:57:18.

congratulations again, championship, I will just come around to Kimi

:57:19.:57:20.

Raikkonen. Ladies and gentlemen, statistically this is the most

:57:21.:57:22.

popular man in Formula 1. You probably say less than any of the

:57:23.:57:25.

other drivers, so welcome back to the podium. It has not been a great

:57:26.:57:28.

season for you, but that was the world champion strive today, so why

:57:29.:57:31.

has it taken so long the season to deliver this great performance? And

:57:32.:57:37.

we started better this season but it has not been ideal. That is how it

:57:38.:57:46.

goes sometimes. Mistakes and problems like that. It has not

:57:47.:57:51.

always been great many times. But this weekend was a bit better.

:57:52.:57:57.

Everything was working well. Things were running smoothly. The car and

:57:58.:58:01.

well, so it was good. Obviously not enough still to be pleased to, but

:58:02.:58:06.

we did our best. Congratulations on your podium. Nico, the smile says it

:58:07.:58:14.

all. The World Championship is the one thing. This is your 14th victory

:58:15.:58:18.

full stop you can take pole position, you can win Grand Prix,

:58:19.:58:22.

how are you going to attack the winter and come back next year and

:58:23.:58:26.

try to beat this man? I look forward to it, I'm sure it will be another

:58:27.:58:29.

great season next year, I'm sure the winter and come back next year and

:58:30.:58:32.

try to beat this man? I look forward to it, I'm sure it will be another

:58:33.:58:35.

great season next year, I'm sure that he will aware of the threat

:58:36.:58:38.

from the red guys and we don't want them to come too close. We will give

:58:39.:58:41.

it everything over the winter and try to keep it going starting next

:58:42.:58:46.

year. Congratulations to our podium finishes. Just remains to me to say

:58:47.:58:54.

a big thank you to Abu Dhabi, the Yas Marina Circuit, to the hundreds

:58:55.:58:56.

of thousands of fans around the world, we look forward to seeing you

:58:57.:59:02.

again in 2016. Nico Rosberg has taken the final victory of 2060 but

:59:03.:59:05.

the season all about Lewis Hamilton becoming a 3 times world champion.

:59:06.:59:16.

Perhaps not the breathtaking final fling with what we might get, the

:59:17.:59:21.

wheel-to-wheel action coming from Button and Verstappen and not

:59:22.:59:24.

Rosberg and Hamilton but a hat-trick for Rosberg and a fabulous final

:59:25.:59:30.

flourish for Nico. That really has been a terrific into his season. I

:59:31.:59:35.

have to say, I was one of the doubters. As the season progressed

:59:36.:59:40.

and still no big sparkle from Rosberg, I was getting concerned

:59:41.:59:43.

about his future in this team. People were talking about Verstappen

:59:44.:59:47.

and other drivers possibly having a chance but the way he has finished,

:59:48.:59:50.

the way he has dominated pole position, six times in a row, my

:59:51.:59:54.

God, that is just an expression of sheer determination. And then of

:59:55.:00:00.

course the last three races. Spectacular finish for him but the

:00:01.:00:07.

question remains what happens when he is under the real pressure for

:00:08.:00:11.

the championship? Will next year show us? We will have to wait for

:00:12.:00:12.

that one of course. About three quarters of the way through the

:00:13.:00:15.

season, questions were being asked about Nico, was that his last chance

:00:16.:00:20.

to win the Champion ship? Nobody asking that now. We are now saying

:00:21.:00:26.

has the rules and regulations about the tyres and Jews, have they helped

:00:27.:00:31.

Rosberg, and have they hindered Hamilton? Because that is what it is

:00:32.:00:35.

beginning to look like. How did you feel about that strategy? We heard

:00:36.:00:39.

Tom Dr Toto, and Toto said that Lewis had the choice and he stood up

:00:40.:00:46.

on the podium and said with hindsight, they should have gone for

:00:47.:00:48.

the soft. I think they got caught. They were

:00:49.:00:57.

not decisive enough, there was no strength of character. One person

:00:58.:01:01.

was saying, will we, won't we? Be dilly-dallied. It was not an

:01:02.:01:06.

emphatic decision. They made it worse for themselves. So you don't

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think it should have been allowed for Lewis to make that call? They

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could have made the call, but what we don't really know is, where was

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the decision... ? You are still bristling! I am still upset about

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it, because I wanted to see a big fight. They within themselves, they

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destroyed it. If Vettel had started near the front, I am telling you,

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Vettel would have given them a real good fight today. We saw what

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Raikkonen did. We know Vettel on current speed is quicker. I think it

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was stolen. The fans were deprived of a great fight today. I think

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someone has to be very clear... Decision-makers are very important.

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There is only one thing worse than a bad decision and that is no

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decision. And that is what happened, they dilly-dallied and

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they got it wrong. We got some wheel-to-wheel action, but it was

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from Jenson it looked like you were having a bit of fun. It was good

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fun. It is tough racing around here. For the obvious reasons. A couple of

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good overtaking moves, trying to keep other cars back was fun.

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Aggressive today, enjoyed it. To keep the Williams behind 45 laps, we

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should be happy with that. It shows where the strengths are, we could

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not get close in the first straight, I don't know what his closing speed

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was, but I thought they were chasing me around the back straight... Many

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areas we need to work on. Many that we can improve overnight. With the

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package change. Nice to end with a smile, and hopefully the team did as

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well, watching. Not sure if you or Valtteri Bottas got a bigger

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surprise in the pit lane. I know. They obviously released him a bit

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early. I could see it coming. He had been sat there for a while. As I

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turned, I saw him coming out and I tried to move out of the way, but it

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was my fault drove into the back of the car. The problem was that my

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boys didn't know where I was going to end up... Obviously a back on the

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rear is never a positive. How are you feeling at the end of the year?

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Explain how tough it has been. Massively tough. For the whole team.

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We have done a good job of staying positive. The drivers, management,

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mechanics, engineers, everyone in the team... The guys in the factory,

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it is very tough on them as well. Working has hard as ever. They are

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not getting the results they are used to. It is tough for those guys,

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putting in long hours. Really difficult. For us, this race, 12th

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is not an aim for us, but 19 cars finished and we finished 12th which

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is not bad. I hope the last few laps put a smile on their face. Let's

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have another look at the pit stop they were talking about. David, talk

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us through it. A simple case of the car being released too late. Bottas

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has not, for whatever reason, realised he has Button on his left.

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Just one of those unfortunate scenarios. I know Valtteri will take

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some of it on the chin. He could have been on the brake. As we heard

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from Pat Simmons before the race, he said the team made a mistake. A

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simple breakdown in procedure. Incredibly frustrating for Valtteri

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Bottas. He had a big fight on with Kimi, it looked like... You said he

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couldn't do it. I thought, you know... Bottas, this was a silly

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example. David is right, the communication was not there. Bottas,

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on the results of today, did not deserve to beat Kimi, who drove

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particularly well. He needed it more. Having said that, the Ferrari

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was a good car. Going back to the McLaren story... Hello, can I talk

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to you in a minute? You might have some questions from this man. I know

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you have spoken to Tom, and Lewis mentioned the strategy. Was it a

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mistake today? Was there anyway Lewis could have challenged for the

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win, if he had come in earlier, a different tyre on the late stop? No,

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I think today Nico was the quite a man on the track. We gave Lewis all

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of the strategy options. -- the quicker man. He was debating with

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his engineer whether it was more intelligent to go on the softer tyre

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but he opted for the harder. It didn't work out, the gap was too

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big. Toto, I have my crystal ball, look into it, please. In there, it

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says, if Renault don't continue next year, you will supply Red Bull,

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won't you? That's what the ball says? It is English! Will you supply

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Red Bull with engines if Renault don't? I think priority number one

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for all of us is to keep Renault in the sport. They have a contract with

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Red Bull for next year. You will supply them the engine? You have

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your crystal ball, you can look. I am asking you to confirm it. I have

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not got the crystal ball. Two great drivers, Lewis winning the

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championship, Nico with an amazing comeback. So I guess this is the

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perfect scenario for you. How are you going to work with them during

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the winter, to keep the team focused on the goal? Two different

:07:09.:07:14.

personalities, one will be in America, the other will be with his

:07:15.:07:19.

wife and kid. Do you talk about strategy? Very different. Like a

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football manager, you have to emphasise what is best for them, and

:07:26.:07:31.

how much you spend time with each of them, analysing it. They are very

:07:32.:07:37.

different. There is the minimum of liaison needed. How to develop the

:07:38.:07:42.

car. It is important for them. Lewis has complained the car did not go in

:07:43.:07:45.

the right direction development-wise... I have to ask

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you a question. Can Nico win a World Championship while Lewis is in the

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other car? Yes. You can see in the last couple of races, he was very,

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very strong indeed. It was no relevance for the World Championship

:08:11.:08:15.

any more, so maybe Lewis was unconsciously not putting all of the

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effort in, the stress and the adrenaline needed... We will know

:08:20.:08:22.

next year. Does your crystal ball says something about that? I am

:08:23.:08:28.

still waiting for that answer! Thank you very much and congratulations on

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an incredible season. Today's result, after the final race, Nico

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Rosberg to victory with Lewis Hamilton in second and Kimi

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Raikkonen with the third spot in the podium.

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The top three, we already knew. Kimi moves ahead of Valtteri for fourth

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place. The other positions remain exactly the same.

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A great rookie performance from Max Verstappen in 12th.

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Completely dominated this year by the powerhouse that is Mercedes.

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Well done to Force India for getting fit place. In a word, gentleman,

:09:20.:09:26.

summarise the season for us. Mercedes is the word. The hybrid

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power, they really delivered. A stunning performance. They achieved

:09:32.:09:36.

more in terms of success than any other team in the history of the

:09:37.:09:40.

sport. I want every team to be more determined to give us a better show.

:09:41.:09:44.

I loved it, it was very exciting, but we want more next year. We will

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have our forum show online. And the review show on Saturday, December

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12, and hopefully we will be back with you next year. A splash of

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Lewis, a dash of Nico, and a little dab of Seb. That was the 2015

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season. Thank you very much for watching. The world champion. The

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greatest moment of my life. Thank you, guys, so much.

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Oh, my goodness! That is what you would call payback. I've lost this

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race, haven't I? You did it! Well done, guys. Oh, my God! I am

:10:27.:10:36.

too old for that! Forza Ferrari! # There's nowhere I can go.

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# Standing still with nothing in my way.

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# Letting me go so I can find myself again.

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# I need that underneath my feet. # I need that underneath my feet.

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# To feel that. # I need that.

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# Home, I'm coming home, I'm coming home.

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# This life I've been living. # Home, I'm coming home, I'm coming

:11:37.:11:43.

home. # There's a side of me, I'm out here

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on my own. # I'm coming home.

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# Oh, yeah! # I'm coming home.

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# Oh, yeah! # All this time, I've been living it

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up. # I'm coming home.

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# I know if I could find my own way back.

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# There's a life I always knew but never had.

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# I'm tired of fighting things that I can't change.

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# Letting me go so I can finally find my place.

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# I need that underneath my feet. # Feel it underneath my feet.

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# I need that underneath my feet. # To feel that underneath my feet.

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# I need that underneath my feet. # To feel that underneath my feet.

:12:56.:13:01.

# I need that. # Home, I'm coming home, I'm coming

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home. # There's a life that I've been

:13:07.:13:11.

living in my home. # Home, I'm coming home, I'm coming

:13:12.:13:16.

home. # There's a side of me, I'm out here

:13:17.:13:22.

on my own. # I'm coming home.

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# Oh, yeah! # I'm coming home.

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# Oh, yeah! # All this time I've been living it

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up. # Home. I'm coming home.

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The knives are sharpened, and the heat is on...

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