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ENGINES FIRE UP

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FORMULA ONE THEME TUNE

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BACKGROUND CHEERING

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UPBEAT MUSIC

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Hello and welcome to F1 Rewinds

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from the Donington Museum at Donington Park,

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with the globe's favourite commentator, Mr Murray Walker,

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the voice of Formula One.

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And today we're simply talking about amazing races.

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So, let's start in 1996

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and really, that year,

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it was all about the Williams, wasn't it?

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Yes, Williams dominated the season.

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Michael Schumacher was completing his first season with Ferrari,

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but Williams led, I think they won 11 races during the whole year

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and it was quite clear that the championship was going to be decided

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between Damon Hill,

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who had finished second to Michael Schumacher

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in the previous two years,

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and amazingly, Damon Hill's rookie team-mate,

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the French-Canadian, Jacques Villeneuve,

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who'd left American racing, come to Formula One,

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been an absolute sensation in his first season

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and had one Grand Prix, and could be winning the world championship.

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Um, Damon Hill took the lead,

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but Jacques Villeneuve had a problem

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halfway through the race, roughly halfway through the race,

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the problem being that one of his rear wheels came off!

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That is a problem.

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Which finished the race for him,

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finished the championship for him,

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but enabled Damon Hill, not to coast home,

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but to drive home and win the World Championship,

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something that his father, Graham, had done.

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And so Damon became the only world champion son

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of a world champion father.

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It was a very, very emotional occasion for him, Suzi,

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and it was certainly a very emotional occasion for me.

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Well, I think we all remember your commentary at the end there

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and it was a great race. Here it is, then...

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1996, Japan.

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ENGINES WHINING

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It's hard to imagine

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a more nerve-racking climax to this Formula One season

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and hard to imagine also the kind of demands it was making on Damon Hill.

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For the last three weeks, he'd known he needed

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just one single championship point

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from this Japanese Grand Prix

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to make absolutely certain of the title.

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He was also very conscious of the manner

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in which his team-mate and championship rival,

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Jacques Villeneuve, had reeled in

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his big mid-season championship lead.

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Villeneuve couldn't be beaten in yesterday's qualifying,

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although Damon Hill, in the last seconds of the session,

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managed to get alongside him on the front row

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and that meant that Hill had been on the front row

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for every Grand Prix this season.

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An all-Williams front row then

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for the ninth time this season. Schumacher and Berger on row two,

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Hakkinen and Irvine on row three,

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and a fine qualifying performance from Heinz-Harald Frentzen,

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alongside David Coulthard on row four.

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Coulthard stalled a McLaren, so the first start was aborted.

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The tension was unbearable as they came to the line for the second time

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with Coulthard having to start from the back of the grid.

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The Japanese Grand Prix described by Tony Jardine,

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Jonathan Palmer and Murray Walker.

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MURRAY WALKER: Villeneuve on the right. Hill is on the left.

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The lights go out and the Japanese Grand Prix is...go!

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And it is go this time

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and a brilliant start by Damon Hill

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and Villeneuve has been passed.

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So, a terrible start for Jacques Villeneuve

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and Damon Hill is in front, but remember,

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and I'm not trying to be a Jeremiah,

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but Damon Hill did exactly this at Monza

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and out goes Jean Alesi.

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I don't know what the problem was in terms of somebody hitting him,

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but Jean Alesi is the first retirement in Japan.

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Now, here's Alesi, this surely must be Alesi here.

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Look out for a car, there he is on the right-hand side,

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we didn't see how that started, but a big impact there,

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Alesi probably got...

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on a bit of a wheel-banging session with somebody.

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Yes, Alesi was ninth on the grid.

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He may well have had a tangle either with Martin Brundle

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or with Heinz-Harald Frentzen,

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who were respectively behind and in front of him.

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And there is Jacques Villeneuve and he's down in sixth position.

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So, he really has got it all to do

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and Damon Hill now is ahead of Gerhard Berger,

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so it's Williams leading, Benetton second, Hakkinen is in third place

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and we're riding with Jacques Villeneuve now.

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We're now going to see what Villeneuve can do.

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If there's anybody out there that can show us what determination

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in a great car can do,

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he knows that somehow he's got to try and get back up in front.

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Damon has got to play it very cool indeed,

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as Gerhard Berger comes right up alongside him

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and goes over the kerb at the chicane, he was having a go there.

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Damon Hill rebuffed him,

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but at the same time kept the Williams clear of the Benetton

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and look at the gap, he's pulled out as a result of Berger

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running over the kerb and that's given Mika Hakkinen

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the opportunity to close up a bit on the Benetton.

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Hill goes around, turn one,

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this is a 155mph corner on the entry.

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That is Gerhard Berger.

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Look at his wing! Look at his front wing!

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Gerhard Berger has got a wing problem.

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He's going to have to come in and change the nose

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and this is going to make things even better for Damon Hill.

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Let's have a look. there goes Berger up the inside,

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he tried that from a long way behind

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and it looked a bit of a half-hearted measure,

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that really was going to try and capitalise on the point I made

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and that's the fact that Hill was going to be very, very cautious,

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should that kind of thing happen. Into the pits comes Gerhard Berger,

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up to second goes Hakkinen,

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third goes Schumacher, fourth goes Irvine, fifth goes Villeneuve,

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sixth is Martin Brundle.

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Things looking very, very good indeed

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and it does look as if after all, Damon

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has got a very good chance of going out with a wonderful victory.

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Oh, watch it, Jonathan! We've all said that.

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And again, Villeneuve has a look

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and this time, is he going through? Yes!

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Eddie Irvine defers to Jacques Villeneuve,

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who at last, from his point of view as he comes through on lap 12,

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has got past that roadblock in front of him,

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the V10 Ferrari of Eddie Irvine

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and we can expect Jacques Villeneuve now to pull away from Irvine,

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he's in...Villeneuve, therefore, is up into fourth position,

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three seconds behind Michael Schumacher.

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Here's how it was done.

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So, he's up the inside, closing, breaking,

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pulling 3.5G right down to 30mph,

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locks the right front wheel momentarily.

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Watch him running wide, he can't stop the car quite early enough,

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but just tucks it in to get to the apex.

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Beautifully executed manoeuvre.

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Villeneuve, as I suspected, is absolutely flying.

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He's now nearly a second faster than Damon Hill.

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And now, Villeneuve driving out of his skin,

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has closed right up on Michael Schumacher

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and comes in, ideally placed now.

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If the Williams team can get an absolutely super stop,

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Michael Schumacher could be up against it when he comes in.

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Now, let's watch very carefully.

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Up go the hands when the...

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That's...there was a bit of delay there.

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That was not an ideal stop from Jacques Villeneuve's point of view.

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And he rejoins the pit,

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as coming through towards us is Gerhard Berger.

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Now, Berger is in tenth position,

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so, Jacques Villeneuve has rejoined in 11th place,

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that's not the end of the world, of course

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and out of the race has gone Pedro Diniz.

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Villeneuve was slow. Why was he slow? Tony Jardine.

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As far as I could see the pit stop went extremely well,

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well-ordered, well-structured, well-disciplined,

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but when it was over,

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Villeneuve was actually held by the pit crew,

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the lollipop stayed down for an agonising extra couple of seconds,

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because one of the Jordans, Barrichello's Jordan,

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was coming down the pit lane at the same time, so they held him on.

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Well, while Tony Jardine was talking,

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you saw Jacques Villeneuve there

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make an absolutely stupefying passing move on Gerhard Berger.

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And now, Villeneuve is up behind Olivier Panis,

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who is in seventh place.

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So, Villeneuve has really got the bit between his teeth.

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We're on lap 16 in this 52-lap race.

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Hill is leading Hakkinen by over five seconds,

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Schumacher is seven seconds behind Hill,

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Schumacher in third place,

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Irvine is fourth, Brundle is fifth, Frentzen is sixth,

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Panis is seventh,

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Villeneuve, that we are riding with, is in eighth place.

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He's not going to be there very much longer,

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because although that Mugen V10 engine in front of him

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has got colossal grunt, Villeneuve is the better driver

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and he proves it by passing Olivier Panis,

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as he had previously passed Gerhard Berger.

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Great stuff.

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That's Damon Hill.

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And...

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Oh, this is not good!

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11 seconds.

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Whatever, that's not good.

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He had to wait for Eddie Irvine coming in ahead of him

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and you can see Damon Hill on the left

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and there is Michael Schumacher,

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and there behind is Mika Hakkinen and that is in fourth place.

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Jacques Villeneuve. Wow.

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Now things are really, really getting hearty in Japan.

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Tony Jardine has got news for us.

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We've just heard from Ann Bradshaw in the Williams pit

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that Jacques Villeneuve has a left rear puncture,

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so problems for Jacques Villeneuve and his championship challenge.

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And that is going to bring him down.

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Of course, he is currently in fourth position,

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he's 14 - nearly 15 - seconds ahead of Eddie Irvine,

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but coming in and losing time, going into the pit lane,

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stopping for some ten seconds also to get that left,

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that new rear wheel and tyre on and he's coming into the pit lane now

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and then having to speed up now.

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I'm going to watch for Eddie Irvine to go through in fifth position

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as you watch Jacques Villeneuve coming through the pit lane now.

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He's just opposite me.

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And Michael Schumacher is in the pit lane and so is Mika Hakkinen.

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And there is...

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one of the Arrows going past me,

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as out goes Mika Hakkinen

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and I still haven't seen Eddie Irvine go by.

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Well...

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that has made things phenomenally difficult for Jacques Villeneuve,

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who's coming out of the pit lane as I talk to you.

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You can see for yourself as he rejoins the track

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and coming towards him in the background...

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is Martin Brundle.

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And here is Damon Hill, race leader,

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25 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher.

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He wants a cool, calm, collected, controlled pit stop,

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four new tyres and wheels,

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the right amount of fuel, which is premeasured

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and that looked like an absolutely immaculate stop for me,

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as Michael Schumacher here comes out

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and Damon Hill is going to rejoin, is he? Just in front of the Ferrari?

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Yes, he is!

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Damon Hill, lap 35,

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rejoins in the lead, ahead of Michael Schumacher.

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So, if any hope that the Ferrari team

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was that they would be able to pass Damon Hill in the pits,

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it has been destroyed

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and on lap 36,

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with Villeneuve now the fastest man on the track as we join him,

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a new fastest lap, 1:44.4,

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3.4 seconds outside the all-time lap record of Nigel Mansell.

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And that is... Villeneuve! It's Villeneuve!

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Jacques Villeneuve is out of the race.

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Damon Hill is the World Champion of 1996.

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Wheel off Villeneuve. We'll see what happened,

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but whatever it was, has denied him the World Championship.

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Frank Williams looking his normally impassive self,

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but Damon Hill is the World Champion of 1996.

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He doesn't even have to finish the race.

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If he failed to finish the race,

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he would still be nine World Championship points

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ahead of Jacques Villeneuve

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and Tony Jardine knows what happened.

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Villeneuve had radioed in just before it happened

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and he said he felt the wheel loosening up.

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He didn't say it had fallen off, but he felt the wheel loosening up.

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There is a replay. We're going to see what happened.

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He felt the wheel loosening up

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and the result of it was he ran wide and wider,

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the wheel goes past him

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into the gravel trap.

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Fortunately, it's hit...it goes over, over...into the crowd!

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Oh, my goodness. I do hope nobody was hurt with that.

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But back to Jacques Villeneuve.

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No words of mine can overemphasise

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what a brilliant season this young Canadian has had.

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So, on lap 40 in this 52-lap race,

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Hill leads Schumacher by just under three seconds,

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knowing that he's just got to pace himself to finish.

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And he'll ideally now want to win this race.

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He knows he's won the world championship. He will want

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to go out on the highest possible high by beating Michael Schumacher.

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And that's Andy Irvine spun off there.

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Irvine, who was right there alongside Gerhard Berger.

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Maybe they've had a coming together.

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It looks like Irvine is out of the race. Here's the replay.

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Irvine turns in. Berger is trying to get through on the inside.

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Irvine keeps his line.

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He's pushed out of the way and spun by Gerhard Berger,

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who drives across the apex.

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I'm always reluctant to ascribe responsibility,

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but, Jonathan, I'm sure you'll be delighted to do so.

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Well, I must say, I think Eddie Irvine did all he could.

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He understeered but then he came across.

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He was going to stay in the middle of the road.

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It looked like Berger was just too committed,

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too fast on the approach there,

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and just had too much speed to keep it tight.

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Williams have asked us to point out, incidentally,

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that when Jacques Villeneuve came in, complaining of a rear puncture,

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the inspection afterwards by his engineer

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revealed no puncture whatsoever.

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There is speculation here that's that was the start of the problems

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with the rear hub. That's what they're thinking at the moment.

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Damon Hill, starting his last lap in Japan,

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and now is the time to say that we are seeing history made,

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because Damon Hill is the son of the great Graham Hill,

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the world champion of 1962 and 1965,

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and never before in the history of Formula One Grand Prix racing

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has the son of a world champion become world champion himself.

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Damon Hill has already done that

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even if he doesn't complete the lap that he's on

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as he goes round turn seven, up to the unique crossover at Suzuka,

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which makes this circuit the way it is.

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And there are the teams in their blue and white

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London Rowing Club caps, matching the helmet of Damon Hill,

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which matches the helmet of his great father, Graham Hill.

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This is going to be a mighty emotional

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occasion for a lot of people, not the least of whom is myself.

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And Damon Hill will be concentrating in the cockpit there.

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But when he comes out of it, his arms will go up,

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the helmet will come off.

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That is his wife Georgie.

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She's seen her husband become world champion.

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Now she's seeing him win the Japanese Grand Prix,

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because he is almost home.

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This is something that many people

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didn't think could possibly happen today.

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They thought Damon would drive a cautious race,

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but he fought from second on the grid.

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He passed Jacques Villeneuve, he took the lead, he stayed there

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and Damon Hill exits the chicane and wins the Japanese Grand Prix.

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And I've got to stop because I've got a lump in my throat.

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Michael Schumacher passes Damon Hill, but too late.

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Damon Hill wins in Japan.

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And he started this race nine points ahead of Jacques Villeneuve.

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The record will show that Damon Hill won the championship 19 points

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ahead of Jacques Villeneuve.

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NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

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CHEERING Forgive us, please,

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in Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand,

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everywhere else that's watching this,

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if we feel very emotional, because that's our boy.

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Damon Hill, world champion - what about that?

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It's just so fantastic. I can't tell you, Murray.

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I was driving along and I could hear you in my head - "Jacques out,

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"Murray's off."

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And it was quite a difficult job to concentrate after

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I heard that Jacques was out.

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But I wanted to win the race

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because I knew that was the best way to finish.

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Damon, I'm so happy for you.

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Not just because you're world champion,

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not just because you won the race, but because of the way you won it

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and the way you took the lead from the grid

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by passing Jacques Villeneuve.

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Well, I said I wanted to get ahead and that was the best

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way of ensuring that I won the championship. The best form

0:18:510:18:54

of defence is attack, so I made a good start,

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which I was pleased about.

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And once I was in front I was determined to stay there.

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Wow, what a fabulous day that was for Damon and all his family.

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And very honest commentary from you, Murray, if I might say.

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Suzi, I've had the privilege of seeing Damon grow up.

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I've known his double world champion father, Graham, who'd

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actually been in the commentary box with me on several occasions.

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So it was very emotional for me when Damon won.

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And I remember that as he crossed the line, it all welled up

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and I said, and "I've got to stop now because

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"I've got a lump in my throat."

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And it really was true.

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And I wondered how Damon felt after that,

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because he was out of Williams, wasn't he?

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He'd won the world championship for them but no drive.

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It's well nigh beyond belief that having achieved

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world championship in 1996,

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he did so with the knowledge that he had already been

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fired by Williams

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because he'd had a not

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so good season, by their very high standards, in 1995.

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And Frank Williams made the decision that he was going to replace

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Damon Hill with Heinz-Harald Frentzen,

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a decision I ever wonder if he's regretted.

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Well, they had three world champions in succession, didn't they?

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That's right. Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and now Damon Hill.

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OK, let's move forward now to a race that a lot of people still say

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is one of the favourite races - Canada 2011.

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Certainly the longest race of all time.

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Four hours, four minutes and 39.5 seconds of drama.

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Why was it that long?

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Basically, because the weather was absolutely terrible,

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as a result of which, they actually stopped the race for two

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whole hours and then started up again.

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And all sorts of things happened.

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But the amazing thing was that Jenson Button won the race

0:20:510:20:55

notwithstanding the fact that he had six pit stops, took a penalty,

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he had a puncture, he drove into his team-mate and he passed

0:21:010:21:06

Sebastian Vettel halfway through the last lap to win the race.

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It was real Boy's Own Paper stuff. It's really was, wasn't it?

0:21:100:21:14

And with the duration, when they looked at his average speed,

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it was just 46.5mph and he won the Grand Prix.

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The slowest Grand Prix since 1906 probably! Let's take a look.

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There you see confirmation - the race will start behind the safety car.

0:21:400:21:45

And the red lights are used as a countdown now to the start procedure.

0:21:450:21:49

Vettel starts on pole from Alonso.

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Massa third, Webber fourth.

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So Red Bull, Ferrari, Ferrari, Red Bull at the front of the grid.

0:21:520:21:56

Hamilton and Rosberg fifth and sixth.

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Button seventh, Schumacher eight.

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So McLaren and Mercedes-Benz two by two there.

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Alguersuari starts at the end of the pit lane

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and he will be sitting there an awful long time.

0:22:070:22:11

He put a full wet set-up on the car,

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but if he's starting at the back...

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and at least with the safety car situation...

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The race starts now.

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There is no formation lap.

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No rain at the moment and this looks like we're gearing up here.

0:22:220:22:25

Vettell can control the pace now. The safety car is out the way

0:22:250:22:28

so he dictates the pace from this point on. And he's gone early.

0:22:280:22:32

He's gone early but Alonso's gone with him.

0:22:320:22:34

There's no overtaking until they get to the first safety car line,

0:22:340:22:37

which is there. And that is why a Alonso fancied a bit of a look.

0:22:370:22:41

And Vettel's gone too deep into the corner.

0:22:410:22:43

Alonso is right behind him still.

0:22:430:22:45

So they could overtake into that final corner. And Vettell moves out.

0:22:450:22:49

But so does Alonso. Alonso goes to the right.

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Vettell has the turning point in the corner, though.

0:22:510:22:54

And behind we've got a McLaren.

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And he's touched! Webber is round.

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Mark Webber. And that's Lewis Hamilton.

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So Mark Webber keeps the engine running.

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He'll fall almost to the back of the field.

0:23:030:23:06

And it was Hamilton getting right up the inside of him.

0:23:060:23:08

He's always in the wars, is Lewis.

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This is a replay, on board with Lewis Hamilton.

0:23:110:23:14

So Mark Webber... Gave him space. You're absolutely right.

0:23:140:23:19

He gave him space and then Lewis just understeered into him.

0:23:190:23:23

Michael getting off the braking,

0:23:230:23:25

off the rubber on the way into that corner, but has a bit of a moment

0:23:250:23:27

to lose Hamilton, who will be well positioned.

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As he comes out of the chicane in the rundown to turn ten.

0:23:300:23:32

We saw him in the previous lap look down the outside of Michael.

0:23:320:23:35

Let's see if he tries the same line again.

0:23:350:23:37

Michael goes to the inside.

0:23:370:23:39

Once again, Lewis gets wide, and Michael comes across.

0:23:390:23:42

You can see he's pushed Lewis wide. Lewis will lose out to Button.

0:23:420:23:46

Webber and Hamilton under investigation for that first corner.

0:23:460:23:51

Will Lewis Hamilton get another drive-through penalty?

0:23:510:23:53

What do you think? Well, I think in that case, there's no question.

0:23:530:23:56

The McLarens touched! That is...

0:23:560:24:00

Well, Lewis Hamilton obviously with suspension damage, puncture.

0:24:000:24:03

I'd be surprised if he makes it round back into the pits,

0:24:030:24:06

but the problem in those conditions

0:24:060:24:08

is Jenson Button can't see in his mirrors.

0:24:080:24:10

There's so much spray coming off the front axle that any visibility

0:24:100:24:13

you have is just cancelled.

0:24:130:24:15

This is just incredible.

0:24:150:24:17

Lewis just seems to be touching with Mark, touching with Michael.

0:24:170:24:20

Well, almost touching with Michael,

0:24:200:24:22

and then getting together with his team-mate.

0:24:220:24:24

Will there be a safety car? It's a suspension broken, isn't it?

0:24:240:24:27

No, it's just a wheel rim, isn't it?

0:24:270:24:28

It looks like he went against the pit wall.

0:24:280:24:30

Let's hear what Jenson thought.

0:24:300:24:33

'What was he doing?'

0:24:330:24:34

I think he was trying to pass you, Jenson.

0:24:340:24:37

But Jenson, obviously as you say,

0:24:370:24:38

you can see nothing out of those mirrors. They're about...

0:24:380:24:41

Safety car out. Safety car is out.

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I would imagine because of the debris on the pit straight.

0:24:430:24:46

Button in the pits. He's coming in under safety car.

0:24:460:24:49

Jenson Button coming in, maybe for checks on his car to get the replay.

0:24:490:24:53

So Lewis comes off the last chicane much, much faster.

0:24:530:24:56

Jenson is making his way on what is the normal line.

0:24:560:24:59

It was the merest of touches, wasn't it, actually?

0:24:590:25:03

Well, Lewis will say "He should have seen me coming."

0:25:030:25:05

He was slow off the corner. Intermediate tyres, were they not?

0:25:050:25:08

Going on the McLaren there.

0:25:080:25:09

So Button, then, the first man on to the inters.

0:25:090:25:12

Here's another replay of the contact.

0:25:120:25:14

He's right up in behind there, probably employing kerbs.

0:25:140:25:17

Then at that point, when he committed, the gap just reduced.

0:25:170:25:20

There'll be an interesting debate between the drivers as to who

0:25:200:25:23

was in the right and who was in the wrong.

0:25:230:25:25

Safety car is in this lap.

0:25:250:25:26

How do you judge whether you're going to catch

0:25:260:25:28

the safety car or not? There it is.

0:25:280:25:29

It's a really tough one, but he's got it right this time.

0:25:290:25:32

Alonso is not as close,

0:25:320:25:33

as long as he slows down at the right point for the corner.

0:25:330:25:35

Alonso is not challenging quite...

0:25:350:25:37

Michael Schumacher trying to come up the inside of Nico Rosberg

0:25:370:25:40

and gets away with it. Yeah, but pointless to do that.

0:25:400:25:42

He's not allowed to overtake until the start-finish line.

0:25:420:25:45

He can overtake on that first safety car line, for sure.

0:25:450:25:47

Red Bull leads Ferrari, Ferrari, then the two Mercedes of Rosberg

0:25:470:25:52

and Michael Schumacher.

0:25:520:25:54

Button 12th and under investigation.

0:25:540:25:57

A drive-through penalty for car four - Jenson Button -

0:25:580:26:02

who is just in front of Paul di Resta -

0:26:020:26:04

sorry Sutil, there.

0:26:040:26:07

In fact, that was.

0:26:070:26:08

He's past di Resta somewhere, so it was di Resta.

0:26:080:26:11

So, Button has really made some gains in this lap, but he's got

0:26:110:26:15

a drive-through penalty for this safety-car speed-limit issue.

0:26:150:26:21

That means that... What will that cost him?

0:26:210:26:23

About 20 seconds to just cruise through the pit lane.

0:26:230:26:26

He's got to do it within three laps.

0:26:260:26:27

Yeah, it'll be less than that, Martin.

0:26:270:26:29

About 12 seconds it'll cost him. It's the time through the pit lane.

0:26:290:26:32

That will bring him back out...

0:26:320:26:34

Well, probably down in about 16th place, I would imagine.

0:26:340:26:38

Maybe even further down than that.

0:26:380:26:39

Yeah, so Jenson is doing 62mph as they're

0:26:390:26:42

doing about 180 down the pit straight. It's a long run.

0:26:420:26:46

It's a very unusual pit lane here where you feed into turn two,

0:26:460:26:50

not into the first corner.

0:26:500:26:52

He goes around the outside, slots in very nicely.

0:26:520:26:55

Look how hard it's raining, David.

0:26:550:26:57

It is now, yeah.

0:26:570:26:58

Surely Jenson is going to start struggling now.

0:26:580:27:00

You've got heavy spray coming up, and some aquaplaning.

0:27:000:27:04

We've got a safety car out.

0:27:040:27:06

So safety car is deployed. Haven't seen any incidents at the moment.

0:27:060:27:12

Fernando Alonso pitting under the safety car, so he's first to blink.

0:27:120:27:16

Going back to wets, presumably. Yeah, indeed he will.

0:27:160:27:19

But this is working out pretty well for Sebastian Vettel.

0:27:200:27:23

Button does indeed pit. Well, that was short-lived.

0:27:230:27:27

So by not reacting too quickly, Vettel

0:27:270:27:30

and Massa, Kobayashi up front, it's all worked out beautifully for them.

0:27:300:27:34

There's so much water. You cannot restart the race like this.

0:27:340:27:38

For the first car, it is already too dangerous.

0:27:380:27:42

For the car behind, he doesn't see anything.

0:27:420:27:44

Blind he goes into the water,

0:27:440:27:46

aquaplanes and smashes the car.

0:27:460:27:49

So it is a red-flag situation. The race is effectively suspended.

0:27:490:27:56

They're not allowed to go in the pit lane,

0:27:560:27:58

otherwise they'll take a penalty.

0:27:580:27:59

The cars can be worked on on the grid.

0:27:590:28:03

They have to go to pole position and line up in race order

0:28:030:28:07

when they get underway.

0:28:070:28:08

That's a total red-flag period of two hours and four minutes.

0:28:080:28:13

The safety car, then, has pulled away.

0:28:140:28:18

We are back in racing conditions here on the Ile Notre Dame

0:28:180:28:24

in the St Lawrence Seaway on the outskirts of Montreal.

0:28:240:28:27

So Vettel then takes over and becomes the safety car, effectively

0:28:290:28:33

controlling the pace of the pack, got them all backed up at the hip.

0:28:330:28:36

It's so easy to run into another driver in those circumstances

0:28:360:28:40

while you're trying to keep your tyres and brakes warm.

0:28:400:28:43

Vettel's bolted. He's going for it.

0:28:430:28:45

He doesn't want Kobayashi anywhere near him

0:28:450:28:47

as they arrive at the first safety car line.

0:28:470:28:50

Massa is closer to Kobayashi. Spray not too bad.

0:28:500:28:52

Petrov on the right-hand side of the track for Renault.

0:28:520:28:57

He's fighting off Paul di Resta who is down the outside.

0:28:570:29:00

Massa so close to Kobayashi.

0:29:000:29:02

So a long wait for the safety car to get out of the way.

0:29:030:29:07

Now the drivers are saying the track is so dry

0:29:070:29:08

I'd like a set of intermediates, please, as Button pits as well.

0:29:080:29:12

Another string of them -

0:29:120:29:13

Heidfeld, di Resta, Button,

0:29:130:29:14

de la Rosa, Alguersuari, Maldonado fancy the other tyres as well.

0:29:140:29:21

Off Button goes down the pit lane.

0:29:210:29:23

We've got a Ferrari off.

0:29:240:29:26

Fernando Alonso's beached the Ferrari.

0:29:260:29:30

Where is that? That's the second chicane.

0:29:300:29:33

Yeah, it's in turn three, I think. Am I seeing that correctly?

0:29:330:29:37

I think that's... Yeah, that's exit of three, four.

0:29:370:29:40

Yeah, three and four. Safety car has been deployed -

0:29:400:29:42

our favourite car of the day gets another look in to this race.

0:29:420:29:46

Button's got a puncture. Yeah, left-front.

0:29:460:29:49

I wonder if there was contact.

0:29:490:29:50

They shouldn't have been so close on the road, should they?

0:29:500:29:53

Button, McLaren's...

0:29:530:29:55

Vettel has pitted.

0:29:550:29:57

I wonder if Jenson Button

0:29:570:30:00

and Fernando Alonso got together somewhere.

0:30:000:30:03

Vettel again making the best of some free space at the front.

0:30:030:30:07

It just all keeps falling into place for Red Bull.

0:30:070:30:11

Let's have look at this. Yes, it was Button up the inside of Alonso.

0:30:110:30:15

Alonso didn't want to yield. Contact.

0:30:150:30:21

That's Jenson's second contact of the afternoon.

0:30:210:30:24

Jenson up the inside of Fernando.

0:30:240:30:27

Fernando says you're not coming through there,

0:30:270:30:29

and Jenson says well, you watch this.

0:30:290:30:31

I am coming through.

0:30:310:30:33

We're going to have to call that a racing incident.

0:30:330:30:37

The McLaren of Button is in the pits.

0:30:370:30:41

It's four pit stops and a drive-through for Button

0:30:410:30:44

for exceeding the speed limit behind the safety car early on.

0:30:440:30:50

Safety car will come in this lap.

0:30:500:30:52

Jenson Button is way out back at the moment.

0:30:520:30:54

Vettel bolts once more Kobayashi asleep once more, but Massa is not.

0:30:550:31:01

Massa is right with him.

0:31:010:31:02

To remind you, when they get to the safety car line,

0:31:020:31:05

they can start doing some overtaking.

0:31:050:31:07

But Kobayashi has laid it up on the brakes.

0:31:070:31:09

Heidfeld looking pretty punchy behind Massa, as well.

0:31:090:31:13

Lots of action going on down the field, but once again, it's the

0:31:130:31:16

world champion and the championship leader, Sebastian Vettel,

0:31:160:31:20

who clears the line.

0:31:200:31:22

Jenson Button has just about caught the back of the snake

0:31:220:31:25

as he crosses the line.

0:31:250:31:27

Webber well out of shape on the outside.

0:31:270:31:29

Michael Schumacher then at turn 11 just cruises past Mark Webber.

0:31:290:31:33

Too hot on the throttle.

0:31:330:31:36

Michael Schumacher takes over sixth place there from Mark Webber.

0:31:360:31:40

Di Resta up the inside.

0:31:400:31:43

Damaged front wing.

0:31:430:31:46

Paul, you've broken the front wing there.

0:31:460:31:48

This is Massa side by side with Kobayashi for second place.

0:31:480:31:52

Michael Schumacher looks like he's gone past the pair of them.

0:31:520:31:55

Lots of action. Absolutely wild oversteer there.

0:31:550:32:01

Schumacher has passed Massa and Kobayashi.

0:32:010:32:04

Schumacher absolutely flying. Brilliant driving.

0:32:040:32:07

This is where it all went wrong for Kobayashi -

0:32:070:32:10

he's gone wide in turn eight, contact there with Massa.

0:32:100:32:13

Michael Schumacher sneaks up the inside

0:32:130:32:16

while they're busy watching each other and takes second place.

0:32:160:32:19

Not much that Kobayashi could do other than get back on the track.

0:32:190:32:22

That just allows Michael the momentum.

0:32:220:32:24

He would have been grinning inside that helmet.

0:32:240:32:27

Wunderbar. Yeah.

0:32:270:32:29

That then is Button, who presumably has just pitted for slicks.

0:32:290:32:33

That's Jenson's sixth trip through the pits today,

0:32:330:32:35

five times to change his tyres.

0:32:350:32:38

We've got a damaged nose front wing there of Felipe Massa,

0:32:380:32:42

as Mark Webber goes through and is setting fastest sector

0:32:420:32:46

after fastest sector, cars off all over the place,

0:32:460:32:49

as they're trying to find grip on their tyres.

0:32:490:32:52

The race leader pits for a fresh set of super-soft tyres.

0:32:520:32:57

Here we are on the exit of turn seven. He gets out on the water.

0:32:570:33:02

Of course, on the slick tyres, he's just aquaplaned.

0:33:020:33:05

That was him trying to get past.

0:33:050:33:06

He's broken his front wing.

0:33:100:33:12

It's like none of these guys know where their front wing is.

0:33:120:33:16

Oh. Right. There's a surprise.

0:33:160:33:19

Thankfully there's plenty of run off down there.

0:33:190:33:22

He parks it nicely out the way, so I don't expect any safety car

0:33:220:33:25

unless there's some debris on the track.

0:33:250:33:28

It's Nick Heidfeld. He got on the throttle.

0:33:280:33:30

He got so much grip from that Renault in the slow corners.

0:33:300:33:33

He just plain ran into the back of him.

0:33:330:33:35

That was a little bit scary, but thankfully

0:33:350:33:38

one of the areas on the track where there is a run-off area.

0:33:380:33:41

Massively frustrating for the Renault guys,

0:33:410:33:43

because they were looking for a good result here this weekend.

0:33:430:33:45

But once again we're back with a battle with

0:33:450:33:47

Mark Webber, Michael Schumacher.

0:33:470:33:49

But can he get off line to go past?

0:33:490:33:52

Look at Button catching them like crazy.

0:33:520:33:56

He's P4 now.

0:33:560:33:57

Button on a 20.2.

0:33:570:33:58

He's two seconds quicker than the leader, Vettel.

0:33:580:34:01

Bit of traffic ahead of him with d'Ambrosio in the Virgin.

0:34:010:34:07

Jenson has got to tiptoe so carefully off the racing

0:34:070:34:09

line as they see the yellow flags so easy to pick up a puncture.

0:34:090:34:14

It is. Normally that would be enough for them

0:34:140:34:16

to throw a safety car for fear of...

0:34:160:34:20

And we have. We've got a safety car out.

0:34:200:34:22

Sebastian Vettel leads the restart for the fourth time this afternoon.

0:34:230:34:28

DRS is not enabled at this time Schumacher down the outside.

0:34:280:34:32

Yellow flags waving for some reason -

0:34:320:34:35

presumably because the safety car was still in range,

0:34:350:34:38

but green flags now.

0:34:380:34:40

Away they go.

0:34:400:34:42

Button has cleared the back marker.

0:34:420:34:44

Webber again all over the back of Michael Schumacher.

0:34:440:34:47

This is going to be a titanic scrap, isn't it?

0:34:470:34:50

We saw Michael, was it last year?

0:34:500:34:52

Where he just knocked the front wing... Mark Webber misses a corner.

0:34:520:34:55

Oh! He's nearly lost it.

0:34:550:34:57

Webber... Button sails past him, somehow finding enough grip.

0:34:570:35:01

Mark Webber pushing his luck.

0:35:010:35:04

Yellow flags waving in turn one,

0:35:040:35:05

but Button had the move done well before then.

0:35:050:35:08

Webber drops back to fourth place. Vettel leads Schumacher by 3.8

0:35:080:35:12

from Jenson Button.

0:35:120:35:14

Webber got in too hot, took the escape road,

0:35:140:35:17

did not gain a place, but nearly dropped it through the exit.

0:35:170:35:21

Jenson said, "I'll have some of that, thank you. I'm out of here."

0:35:210:35:25

Now it's Jenson chasing down Michael Schumacher.

0:35:250:35:28

If he's within one second as he exits this corner,

0:35:280:35:31

that line now, he gets the advantage of the rear wing.

0:35:310:35:34

It'll pop open when they go over this next line.

0:35:340:35:38

Surely he's got a great chance of coasting past whilst

0:35:380:35:41

Schumacher is looking in his mirror.

0:35:410:35:43

Button goes the long way round. Is he ahead of him? Yes, he is!

0:35:430:35:46

Button up into second place. He's got the pass done.

0:35:460:35:49

Look at the difference in the speed

0:35:490:35:51

when you've got DRS in the slipstream.

0:35:510:35:53

Button is absolutely flying.

0:35:530:35:56

He's 1.3 seconds quicker halfway around the current lap.

0:35:560:36:02

Vettel is going to really have to show us what he's got now.

0:36:020:36:05

Vettel's done a personal best -

0:36:050:36:07

first and second sector.

0:36:070:36:09

He's miles slower than that man -

0:36:090:36:11

second place, Jenson Button -

0:36:110:36:13

who loves these conditions.

0:36:130:36:15

Vettel watching in the mirror, the rear wing close.

0:36:150:36:20

In the background, Schumacher defending hard

0:36:200:36:22

against Webber.

0:36:220:36:23

Schumacher defending incredibly hard. Webber's through.

0:36:230:36:26

Webber's through.

0:36:260:36:27

Can he keep it on the road this time? He does indeed.

0:36:270:36:30

Schumacher drops down to fourth place.

0:36:300:36:32

I think he came across the run-off area.

0:36:320:36:35

Schumacher fourth, Webber third, Button -

0:36:350:36:37

a new fastest lap of the race, 1:17.5.

0:36:370:36:39

The gap down to 1.3.

0:36:390:36:41

Schumacher there once again without the rear wing and without...

0:36:410:36:46

He did go across the escape road, actually, but he does not have

0:36:460:36:49

to yield anything on that one, he lost a place anyway.

0:36:490:36:52

What's the gap as they go over the line?

0:36:520:36:54

Vettel lead as he goes into the final lap by 0.9 of a second.

0:36:540:36:57

Button, a 1:16.9 - the new fastest lap of the race.

0:36:570:37:00

Jenson Button driving for his life, driving for the victory.

0:37:000:37:04

Has Vettel got what it takes to hold him off?

0:37:040:37:07

What else is happening - they're coming up in a pack of five cars.

0:37:070:37:10

Remember Monaco, what happened there? They're coming up on Trulli

0:37:100:37:13

and a whole pack of cars which are going five-seconds-a-lap slower.

0:37:130:37:16

So look out for them just in front of them.

0:37:160:37:19

I think Vettel has gone wide. He's gone wide!

0:37:190:37:21

He turned in too late! Button leads the Grand Prix.

0:37:210:37:24

Sebastian Vettel turned in with his tyres just touching the water.

0:37:240:37:29

It's the final lap of the Grand Prix.

0:37:290:37:31

Jenson Button, after an awful afternoon with so many things

0:37:310:37:35

going wrong for him, leads this amazing Canadian Grand Prix.

0:37:350:37:40

He set the fastest first sector of the Grand Prix

0:37:400:37:43

while he was doing it. We see Vettel finally cracking.

0:37:430:37:47

He's made a mistake.

0:37:470:37:49

He is still going to finish second.

0:37:490:37:51

That means he has never been outside the top two this year.

0:37:510:37:54

But Sebastian Vettel finally shows he's human

0:37:540:37:57

because of the pressure that this man, Jenson Button, put on him.

0:37:570:38:02

All sorts going off in the final chicane here,

0:38:020:38:04

but they're out of Button's way. Lots of traffic.

0:38:040:38:07

Jenson Button into the pit straight. He wins a brilliant race.

0:38:070:38:12

It's a sensational drive for Button. What a victory.

0:38:120:38:16

Vettel limps home in second place.

0:38:160:38:19

He'll be angry with himself, it's unlike him.

0:38:190:38:21

Brilliant, Jenson. Absolutely brilliant.

0:38:220:38:25

I think we've been in every position in that race,

0:38:250:38:28

but we finished where it mattered.

0:38:280:38:29

Fantastic. Great job, mate.

0:38:290:38:31

JENSON LAUGHS

0:38:310:38:34

Guys! That was a hell of a race.

0:38:340:38:36

A hell of a race. Thank you so much. Fantastic win.

0:38:360:38:40

We deserved that for the race we've had. Thank you, guys, so much.

0:38:400:38:45

It's been a long time coming.

0:38:450:38:46

Well, hard work for Jenson Button, but it certainly paid off, didn't it?

0:38:480:38:53

What it proved was that if you keep pressuring the bloke in front,

0:38:530:38:57

he may make a mistake. That was Jenson's real hope.

0:38:570:39:02

He really maintained that pressure on Sebastian Vettel,

0:39:020:39:05

who made what turned out to be a fatal error,

0:39:050:39:08

from the point of view of winning the race.

0:39:080:39:10

He just moved a bit to the side and boom, Jenson was through,

0:39:100:39:15

took the lead, won the race, absolutely brilliant.

0:39:150:39:18

He's always such a popular winner, Jenson, isn't he?

0:39:180:39:21

Well, rightly so, cos he's such a popular bloke.

0:39:210:39:24

He's a lovely bloke, one of the nicest people there's ever

0:39:240:39:27

been in Formula One in my opinion.

0:39:270:39:29

He very richly deserved the win.

0:39:300:39:32

Let's move forward, now, to Bahrain 2014.

0:39:320:39:35

This was really all about the Mercedes boys.

0:39:350:39:37

We'd had a Nico Rosberg win at the opener in Australia.

0:39:370:39:40

Lewis had won the second race in Malaysia.

0:39:400:39:43

But this one really did set up their rivalry, didn't it?

0:39:430:39:46

It's worth remembering that 2014 was the first year of a new formula -

0:39:460:39:53

the hybrid formula,

0:39:530:39:54

where we've got these very, very complicated power units.

0:39:540:39:58

Mercedes were in their fifth year

0:39:580:40:00

of trying to come good in Formula One.

0:40:000:40:03

My goodness, it was the season they turned out to dominate.

0:40:030:40:07

But what really impressed me about Bahrain was it demonstrated

0:40:070:40:11

what a great driver Nico Rosberg is.

0:40:110:40:14

There had been some doubts in the past about just how good he was,

0:40:140:40:18

we'd seen him race against Michael Schumacher

0:40:180:40:21

and beat the great German, but now he fought every inch of the way,

0:40:210:40:25

constantly trying to get past Lewis Hamilton.

0:40:250:40:27

He never actually quite succeeded.

0:40:270:40:29

But if trying was the name of the game,

0:40:290:40:32

he would have won.

0:40:320:40:33

It was an absolutely brilliant race

0:40:330:40:36

which had us on the edge of our seats

0:40:360:40:39

and restored a lot of people's faith in Formula One.

0:40:390:40:41

Yes, because a lot of people at that time had been having a bit of a go,

0:40:410:40:45

including Luca di Montezemolo who, at the time,

0:40:450:40:47

was president at Ferrari.

0:40:470:40:48

Who said that Formula One now was taxi-driving.

0:40:480:40:51

Pfft! There wasn't any taxi-driving in Bahrain, was there?

0:40:510:40:55

It was belting wheel-to-wheel action. Let's have a look.

0:40:550:40:57

So, let's take a look, then, at the grid.

0:41:110:41:13

It is Nico Rosberg with back-to-back poles in Bahrain,

0:41:130:41:16

and Hamilton alongside him for his 60th front-row start.

0:41:160:41:19

Bottas and Perez both matching their best-ever grid positions,

0:41:190:41:23

both of them looking for a first podium.

0:41:230:41:25

Raikkonen lines up in fifth place, with Jenson Button,

0:41:250:41:28

his best grid position this year, alongside.

0:41:280:41:30

Felipe Massa in the second Williams,

0:41:300:41:32

his best starting spot of the year too.

0:41:320:41:34

Magnussen starting in the same place as he did in Malaysia.

0:41:340:41:37

Then Alonso in ninth place,

0:41:370:41:38

then Sebastian Vettel in tenth. That's quite some fifth row.

0:41:380:41:41

Hulkenberg starts behind them,

0:41:410:41:43

Daniil Kvyat, the Russian in 12.

0:41:430:41:45

Then it's Daniel Ricciardo with his penalty,

0:41:450:41:48

but potentially a fast car,

0:41:480:41:50

and Jean-Eric Vergne who lines up next.

0:41:500:41:52

Who's going to blaze to glory in the desert night?

0:41:520:41:55

We're about to find out.

0:41:550:41:57

Lights out! Away we go.

0:41:570:41:59

Who's it going to be off the front row?

0:41:590:42:01

Rosberg trying to cover, Hamilton up on the inside.

0:42:010:42:04

Bottas making a good start.

0:42:040:42:06

Hamilton's got a good start

0:42:060:42:08

and he's going to lead, I think, into the first corner.

0:42:080:42:11

What a crucial getaway for Lewis Hamilton,

0:42:110:42:13

as Massa makes an excellent start.

0:42:130:42:15

Massa is the first of the two Williams.

0:42:150:42:17

He's gone past Perez, riding on board here with Jenson Button.

0:42:170:42:21

Now, look, the battle up front.

0:42:210:42:24

Rosberg trying to come round the outside of Lewis Hamilton!

0:42:240:42:27

Oh, they almost touch!

0:42:270:42:28

We just lose sight of them for a moment

0:42:280:42:31

but they both managed to get away with it, Hamilton in front.

0:42:310:42:34

It's so crucial to have that lead advantage.

0:42:340:42:37

Question for you. If Rosberg had had somebody else on his inside,

0:42:370:42:41

would he be more aggressive coming across here?

0:42:410:42:44

You've got to not treat your team-mate any differently.

0:42:440:42:47

The rules of combat are you don't make contact with any car.

0:42:470:42:50

You can damage your own.

0:42:500:42:51

You can see there, Nico Rosberg just being driven off the track

0:42:510:42:55

by Lewis Hamilton. He's saying, "We may be old karting buddies

0:42:550:42:57

"but I want this Grand Prix and I want this championship",

0:42:570:43:00

so gloves are off. Now, here he goes for the outside.

0:43:000:43:04

This is a place where some guys have been able to overtake,

0:43:040:43:06

but Lewis says, "Yeah, I'm using all the road, Nico. Forget it!

0:43:060:43:10

"This is my corner."

0:43:100:43:11

'So, remember, Nico, we have the alternative strategy

0:43:110:43:15

'which we'll be going for, which means you need to go longer

0:43:150:43:18

'on this first stint, looking after the tyres.'

0:43:180:43:20

I wonder if they're going to do different strategies

0:43:200:43:23

between the two cars, or whether they'll both follow the same.

0:43:230:43:26

We'll have to wait and see exactly. Hamilton has the advantage.

0:43:260:43:29

Perez on Massa, so these two are fighting for third place now.

0:43:290:43:33

And Felipe Massa... Bottas has very little grip left.

0:43:330:43:36

There's no answer, I don't think,

0:43:360:43:38

and Perez is going to take the place. He does.

0:43:380:43:40

Up into third place goes Sergio Perez for Force India.

0:43:400:43:44

Oh, and pulling over is Adrian Sutil.

0:43:440:43:47

It's been a miserable weekend...

0:43:470:43:49

He's missing something on his rear tyre.

0:43:490:43:51

There's no marking on that left rear.

0:43:510:43:53

So has he rubbed up against something before...pitting?

0:43:530:43:57

That's unusual. Was there contact here?

0:43:570:43:59

Let's take a look. He's dicing with Jules Bianchi.

0:43:590:44:02

Side by side...

0:44:020:44:03

This is where the yellow line's going to disappear.

0:44:030:44:07

That was a great spot, David! Absolutely brilliant.

0:44:070:44:10

Bianchi and Sutil came together.

0:44:100:44:12

I have a five-year-old. I do a lot of colouring in!

0:44:120:44:15

Take another look at... Oh, my goodness!

0:44:150:44:18

Was that after? That was after. Yeah.

0:44:180:44:21

Look at this! Side by side.

0:44:220:44:24

You're looking at the battle. Rosberg's got past Lewis Hamilton...

0:44:240:44:27

No, he hasn't! Hamilton retakes it. Wonderful racing up front

0:44:270:44:31

between the two Mercedes team-mates.

0:44:310:44:33

Not only did he retake it,

0:44:330:44:34

that is the equivalent of a slap in the face

0:44:340:44:37

as he cut across the front wing of Rosberg.

0:44:370:44:40

'Warn him. That was not on!'

0:44:400:44:42

I couldn't interpret that. He said, "Warn him. That was not on." OK.

0:44:440:44:48

But what we have to say is, "Thank you, Mercedes Grand Prix,

0:44:480:44:50

"for allowing your men to go wheel-to-wheel."

0:44:500:44:53

Down the inside into turn one,

0:44:530:44:55

Lewis gives him the corner

0:44:550:44:57

and sets it up to do the cutback, which he does do,

0:44:570:45:00

and then it's the fact he squeezed across the front of Rosberg.

0:45:000:45:03

We're going to see it from Nico's point of view.

0:45:030:45:05

He goes down the inside, now look for Lewis appearing on the right.

0:45:050:45:09

As he does, he has to take avoiding action.

0:45:090:45:11

That's what's upset Nico.

0:45:110:45:13

That was close to contact.

0:45:130:45:15

Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe both looking a little worried.

0:45:150:45:17

This is another replay of that. The DRS was in operation...

0:45:170:45:21

In fact, this is now.

0:45:210:45:22

He's having another go. He's locked up a little bit.

0:45:220:45:26

Has be got in front this time? Yes? No?

0:45:260:45:28

Hamilton can't fend him off this time! Rosberg's got him!

0:45:280:45:31

He has got past him.

0:45:310:45:32

So Rosberg takes the lead,

0:45:320:45:34

but will he have the run down towards turn four?

0:45:340:45:37

He moves to the inside now.

0:45:370:45:39

Over the dirt, over the dust!

0:45:390:45:40

Hamilton will try and go round the outside

0:45:400:45:43

and try and come back on the exit.

0:45:430:45:45

Wow! This is amazing racing between the two Mercedes team-mates!

0:45:450:45:48

Side by side! Hamilton retakes the place!

0:45:480:45:51

He retakes the lead at the Bahrain Grand Prix

0:45:510:45:54

and there is nothing to choose between them!

0:45:540:45:57

That's how hungry they both are. This is brilliant.

0:45:570:46:00

This is brilliant, brilliant stuff.

0:46:000:46:02

Hamilton still in front of Nico Rosberg,

0:46:020:46:06

but Rosberg throwing everything at him,

0:46:060:46:08

but he'd just gone on the dirt and that probably was why

0:46:080:46:11

he didn't quite have the grip at the next corner,

0:46:110:46:14

and the driver having to think about so many different things

0:46:140:46:18

in a battle like this, and still trying to look after their tyres.

0:46:180:46:21

But they are 35 seconds ahead of anyone else.

0:46:210:46:23

They don't have to worry about being caught by their opposition.

0:46:230:46:27

Hamilton will be in this lap. OK.

0:46:270:46:29

So the first pit stop. This is crucial.

0:46:290:46:31

Every 100th of a second on this pit stop could make a difference.

0:46:310:46:34

That's a lovely, lovely stop for Lewis Hamilton.

0:46:340:46:37

He's on his way once again.

0:46:370:46:39

He's now got the new tyres so he'll be very fast on this next lap.

0:46:390:46:43

2.7-second stop.

0:46:430:46:45

'So using DRS, push hard now for two laps. Push hard for two laps,

0:46:450:46:49

'then we go to alternative strategy.'

0:46:490:46:52

So, he's going for the other tyre. Wow.

0:46:520:46:54

This is really going to be interesting.

0:46:540:46:56

We won't know how this works out

0:46:560:46:58

until towards the end of the Grand Prix.

0:46:580:47:00

Rosberg coming in on this lap.

0:47:000:47:02

So is he going to be switching onto the medium compounds?

0:47:020:47:07

Let's take a look.

0:47:070:47:08

It is indeed.

0:47:080:47:10

So a completely different strategy there for Rosberg.

0:47:100:47:13

He puts the harder tyre on early in the race

0:47:130:47:16

and that's going to make life very exciting.

0:47:160:47:19

Two-tenths slower on the pit stop.

0:47:190:47:20

Hamilton will be ahead. Let's just watch them as they come out.

0:47:200:47:23

There's Hamilton on the right.

0:47:230:47:24

Now the gap has opened up but they're on different strategies.

0:47:240:47:28

He's got a great run here, Hulkenberg, and Massa knows it.

0:47:280:47:31

Both Mercedes-powered and Hulkenberg goes to the inside.

0:47:310:47:34

Almost over the white line, but just holds it. He'll lose momentum.

0:47:340:47:37

Watch Perez. Yeah, Perez could get him here.

0:47:370:47:40

They're going to go side by side, team-mates battle again

0:47:400:47:43

and this time it's Perez who gets past Hulkenberg

0:47:430:47:46

because Hulkenberg tried so hard to get past the Williams.

0:47:460:47:49

Oh, Daniel Ricciardo in full DRS and locks up!

0:47:510:47:55

He's locked up and, meanwhile,

0:47:550:47:57

there's an attack on Massa from Perez.

0:47:570:47:59

Perez now going to have a little look at getting alongside him

0:47:590:48:02

And Hulkenberg right behind. Side by side, Perez with Massa.

0:48:020:48:05

Side by side through turn five and he's done it!

0:48:050:48:08

Wow, Sergio Perez driving out of his skin here this weekend

0:48:080:48:11

and Hulkenberg's got the chance to nip past the Williams, as well.

0:48:110:48:16

But Sergio Perez fought for every inch.

0:48:160:48:18

Look for the cut back. He does, indeed.

0:48:180:48:20

Hulkenberg. Does he have the power

0:48:200:48:21

to out-drive the Williams like the Ferrari?

0:48:210:48:23

He's on the outside as they come down to turn nine.

0:48:230:48:26

Good, clean racing from both guys there and Hulkenberg

0:48:260:48:29

also gets past the Williams.

0:48:290:48:31

Gets on it sideways on the exit though and that cost him speed

0:48:310:48:33

and Massa's going to be able to come back at him here as they

0:48:330:48:36

come down towards turn 11.

0:48:360:48:38

He's going to try going down the inside.

0:48:380:48:40

But Hulkenberg can just fend him off.

0:48:400:48:42

Who said this was taxi-driving?

0:48:420:48:44

This is racing!

0:48:440:48:45

Now, this is the replay of Perez and how he got past Massa.

0:48:450:48:48

Well, a move he's made work for him so many times on this circuit.

0:48:480:48:52

He just straightens the car as much as possible on the exit of four

0:48:520:48:55

and he gets a massive drive off through five

0:48:550:48:58

into that high-speed chicane.

0:48:580:49:00

'OK, Lewis, we're safe on fuel so no more lift and coast.

0:49:000:49:03

'No more lift and coast.

0:49:030:49:04

'I heard you, man, I'm looking after my tyres.'

0:49:040:49:07

And Hamilton being very cautious. He knows he's still in a race.

0:49:090:49:12

Oh, we've got a shunt!

0:49:130:49:14

That's a Sauber and a Lotus going around the outside.

0:49:140:49:18

It must be Gutierrez cos Sutil out of the race earlier on.

0:49:180:49:21

This might be a safety car, Ben. They're not going to push that away.

0:49:210:49:25

No, that must surely be a safety car.

0:49:250:49:26

Only the second time in Bahrain race history

0:49:260:49:29

that we would have a safety car.

0:49:290:49:30

Look at the top, the camera's gone off the top, so he's gone over.

0:49:300:49:35

Yeah, the car has flipped, I would suggest.

0:49:350:49:37

Let's take a look and see what happened.

0:49:370:49:40

Was he exiting the pits there? Oh, he was on the outside.

0:49:400:49:43

And the other car was coming out and they just didn't see each other.

0:49:430:49:48

Yes, that's right.

0:49:480:49:50

'Whoa, what was that!'

0:49:500:49:51

He didn't even know it was there. It was Pastor Maldonado.

0:49:510:49:56

Oh, my goodness!

0:49:560:49:57

Meanwhile, Hamilton and Rosberg have taken their stops.

0:49:590:50:02

And the safety car is out.

0:50:020:50:04

'Nico, it's Paddy here.

0:50:050:50:06

'There are about ten laps left to race,

0:50:060:50:09

'can we just make sure we bring both cars home?

0:50:090:50:11

'OK.'

0:50:110:50:12

OK, well, same message to both drivers as a team boss.

0:50:120:50:17

As an engineer, you can do no more than ask them to play nice.

0:50:170:50:20

Yeah, but they didn't actually say hold station,

0:50:220:50:24

They just said bring the cars home. Does that mean they can go racing?

0:50:240:50:28

Of course it does. Good.

0:50:280:50:29

The safety car will be coming in this lap and we will be in

0:50:300:50:33

for a ten-lap sprint

0:50:330:50:35

to decide the outcome of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix.

0:50:350:50:38

Hamilton on the harder of the two tyres

0:50:380:50:40

and look at how he's opening the gap to the safety car.

0:50:400:50:43

He wants to make the break. Rosberg on the softer tyre.

0:50:430:50:46

The two Force Indias behind. Away he goes, Lewis Hamilton!

0:50:460:50:49

Gets on the gas, slides his way through the last corner,

0:50:490:50:52

chased immediately by Nico Rosberg.

0:50:520:50:54

They've both been told to keep these cars in one piece

0:50:540:50:57

and get them to the chequered flag. In the background,

0:50:570:51:00

you can also see the two Force Indias side by side,

0:51:000:51:03

charging for it. Hulkenberg coming down the outside of his team-mate.

0:51:030:51:07

Perez trying to turn in him. Oh, and Perez squeezes him out,

0:51:070:51:11

very aggressively. Button will feel that.

0:51:110:51:13

He'll be trying to take advantage,

0:51:130:51:15

but he's got his own problems with Vettel behind.

0:51:150:51:17

The two Mercedes are side-by-side.

0:51:170:51:20

Once again, Hamilton and Rosberg.

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Rosberg trying to go around the outside. Can he do it?

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No, Hamilton will shut the door on Rosberg

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as he did in the earlier part of the Grand Prix.

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But Rosberg with the softer tyre, Perez still in third place.

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Hulkenberg in fourth.

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Button in fifth place, then Vettel and Ricciardo.

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All of them. You can see the leaders just up ahead.

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To give them that extra spice to see what

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they can get out of this Grand Prix.

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Ricciardo isn't just going to sit behind his team-mate.

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Vettel's got a chance here of getting past Jenson Button.

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Ten-second stop and go for Maldonado. Button's wide.

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Yeah, he's made a mistake.

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Vettel's through.

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Can Button come back at him?

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He will be kicking himself

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but another chance for Ricciardo, as well.

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Button loses his place.

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He's down to sixth place now with Ricciardo chasing after him

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as meanwhile, Perez holds on to third.

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And Ricciardo sweeps past Button, as well.

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The DRS is indeed open but he's just a little bit too far back,

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certainly on this lap, to have ago.

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Once again, Hamilton is quicker in that sector.

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A full tenth faster than his team-mate.

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And that might be the saving position this afternoon

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as Ricciardo comes on his team-mate.

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Yeah, Ricciardo down the inside of Vettel

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and he's going to make the move stick, I think.

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Daniel Ricciardo passes the four-times world champion,

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his team-mate, and takes that place.

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He's into fifth.

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Just gone past our commentary position and I can tell you,

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Rosberg didn't look quite close enough to challenge on this lap.

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There you are, onboard, he is having a go!

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He's going from a long way back.

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And Rosberg going side-by-side with Hamilton,

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once again, but Hamilton just able to fend him off,

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but it's not over yet.

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He's got a good exit here.

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They run up towards turn four.

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He'll move to the outside.

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He's tried this several times and Hamilton has hung him out to dry.

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He's going to try it again.

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Hamilton will again squeeze him over the white line.

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Oh, my goodness! Don't touch! They're so close!

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But, again, they get away with it.

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And they were told to bring the cars back in one piece.

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If they carry on like this, that might not happen!

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Rosberg still on the charge, here. He's on the better tyre.

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They have the same car. He's got a lot of anger in that belly.

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I don't see how Hamilton could hold this for the remaining laps.

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Still, amazing watching him drive,

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because there, he was just flicking the brake balance,

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changing the brake balance between corners.

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I know we see that so often,

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but when they're in the middle of a dice like that -

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the control, the thought processes that are going on here...

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Now, he's going to have a look at the inside,

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but no, that's the other DRS zone.

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It's a tough place to overtake. It is possible, but not easy.

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They're doing this wheel-to-wheel racing

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and they're going three seconds a lap quicker than the opposition.

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They have a 14-second gap, already!

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This is the first time we've really seen them in race conditions.

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They have to go flat out, because they are racing each other

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and they are, as you say, three seconds faster than Perez.

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Expect to see Rosberg with the DRS having a go again,

0:54:080:54:11

down into turn one.

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Is he going to try another strategy?

0:54:120:54:14

Leave Hamilton alone into one and try and get the run clean into four?

0:54:140:54:19

Here we go. The DRS is open. Just five laps to go.

0:54:200:54:23

Rosberg has got to find something different to do here.

0:54:230:54:26

Hamilton defends. Oh, he's down the inside, but he's too deep this time.

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Surely, he still gets it into the corner -

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and Hamilton cuts back again.

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Oh, well - Hamilton read that beautifully!

0:54:350:54:38

He's such an instinctive racer, but again,

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he's going to have to defend here,

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because Rosberg's got the outside line.

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Now, can he come back on the exit?

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Hamilton's not going to let him do that, I don't think.

0:54:460:54:49

This is wonderful. How is he doing this?

0:54:520:54:55

How is he keeping Rosberg behind?

0:54:550:54:58

There's confrontation between these two drivers,

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who have known each other for so long.

0:55:010:55:03

Ricciardo - now, did he make a move on Hulkenberg? Let's just see.

0:55:030:55:07

Hulkenberg's been struggling and I think Ricardo's made the move

0:55:070:55:10

and he's into fourth place - yes, he is.

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Out of the points now, with Jenson Button in 11th. He's going slowly.

0:55:130:55:18

He's going very slowly.

0:55:180:55:20

Jenson Button in 11th - he was, but he's dropped to 13th already,

0:55:200:55:24

as Grosjean has gone past

0:55:240:55:27

and he's coming to a halt, I think.

0:55:270:55:29

So, we've lost both McLarens.

0:55:290:55:32

My goodness, what a long time it has been

0:55:320:55:34

since two McLarens failed to finish,

0:55:340:55:37

although it did happen here in Bahrain in the past,

0:55:370:55:40

when both cars went out on the same day,

0:55:400:55:43

but it's very, very unusual in modern Formula One.

0:55:430:55:46

Massa now goes on the attack, with Sebastian Vettel,

0:55:460:55:50

who goes a little bit too deep into turn one.

0:55:500:55:53

But there's no way through, just yet.

0:55:530:55:55

Well, he'll have the run as they come through three

0:55:550:55:57

on their way down to four.

0:55:570:55:59

Vettel's going to have to go defensive. Oh, look at that!

0:55:590:56:01

He's on the sand, he's in the dust and he goes down the inside

0:56:010:56:04

and Massa has got past!

0:56:040:56:06

Sebastian Vettel will come back at him on the exit.

0:56:060:56:09

Superior grip and he is able to retake it. Read that perfectly.

0:56:090:56:12

Squeezed Massa as much as he could.

0:56:120:56:14

Massa didn't give it up for one moment.

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And this is fantastic racing here, this afternoon. Remarkable.

0:56:170:56:21

Everyone said the new rules would turn it into an economy drive.

0:56:210:56:24

We have not seen that at all today.

0:56:240:56:26

We have seen drivers going for it hard, trying to overtake,

0:56:260:56:29

overtaking, being rebuffed.

0:56:290:56:32

And now, Alonso catching up the two Williams,

0:56:320:56:34

which have really not shown the pace

0:56:340:56:36

in this latter part of the Grand Prix that we were expecting.

0:56:360:56:40

And in comes Button, into retirement.

0:56:400:56:42

What a sad way to end his 250th Grand Prix.

0:56:420:56:45

But I can tell you that Lewis Hamilton

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is on the penultimate straight.

0:56:490:56:51

He's coming up towards the last two corners

0:56:510:56:53

and I think that Lewis Hamilton has done enough,

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despite the best attempts of Rosberg.

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Lewis Hamilton wins the Bahrain Grand Prix!

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It's a one-two finish for Mercedes, once again.

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Back-to-back victories within a week for Lewis Hamilton.

0:57:060:57:10

His first win in Bahrain and his 24th career victory,

0:57:100:57:14

to match Juan Manuel Fangio.

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Sergio Perez brings Force India a podium finish.

0:57:170:57:21

Fantastic for them!

0:57:210:57:22

The last time they did that -

0:57:220:57:24

the only time they did that - was 2009.

0:57:240:57:26

Absolutely breathtaking stuff, wasn't it?

0:57:280:57:30

And what's interesting about those two, of course,

0:57:300:57:32

is that they've been friends for such a long time.

0:57:320:57:34

They were karting together as children.

0:57:340:57:36

They know each other inside out,

0:57:360:57:38

but here they are, going for one prize.

0:57:380:57:40

Only one of them could win. It's no wonder they fell out, is it?

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No, it's no wonder they fell out,

0:57:430:57:45

with the pressures that applied to both of them.

0:57:450:57:47

But happily, the friendship seems to have continued.

0:57:470:57:50

But it's a very interesting situation,

0:57:500:57:52

because on the one hand, you've got Lewis the racer

0:57:520:57:56

and on the other hand, you've got Nico the thinker.

0:57:560:57:59

Sometimes, one attribute takes precedence,

0:57:590:58:02

sometimes, the other attribute takes precedence.

0:58:020:58:05

But whichever one takes precedence, it's great for us.

0:58:050:58:08

It certainly does. It always gives us something to talk about, doesn't it?

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That's just about all we've got time for on today's show,

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so it's goodbye from him...

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..and it's goodbye from her. LAUGHTER

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See you next time!

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