The Brazilian Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:18. > :01:28.three of the newest tracks, this weekend, welcome to one of the

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:01:36. > :01:41.true for Ayrton Senna and millions of Brazilians.

:01:41. > :01:47.Ayrton Senna achieves his ambition to win the Brazilian Grand Prix!

:01:47. > :01:51.It was all too much for the man himself. Some moment for McLaren.

:01:51. > :01:55.10 years later, a familiar face held to celebrate in style.

:01:55. > :02:05.A brilliant drive from David Coulthard.

:02:05. > :02:13.

:02:13. > :02:18.Two men in particular would love to watching this weekend. They are in

:02:18. > :02:25.great form, they remember winning the title here, and they would love

:02:25. > :02:30.to finish this season ahead. Welcome to the final weekend of the

:02:30. > :02:36.2011 season, from Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The engines are

:02:36. > :02:41.warming up, the 40th Brazilian Grand Prix. The crowd are here in

:02:41. > :02:48.their droves, as always are. It is a special place, and behind us on

:02:48. > :02:54.the podium, a special podium. Brazilians are an emotional people,

:02:54. > :02:59.we see that in the way drivers perform. 86 million people. These

:02:59. > :03:05.huge following for Formula One. When you on the podium, the

:03:05. > :03:12.Grandstand comes alight. Even this morning, there was singing in the

:03:12. > :03:16.grandstand. There is real passion, and that comes through. You picked

:03:16. > :03:23.up a win here in the rain in incredible conditions a few years

:03:23. > :03:30.ago, 2003, you did not get your opportunity to stand up there.

:03:30. > :03:37.remember rightly, it was looking particularly gloomy and grumpy! Ron

:03:37. > :03:42.Dennis stole my favourite position! What happened? There were lots of

:03:42. > :03:51.crashes. It was tipping down with rain. Look at the chaos. Cars were

:03:51. > :03:56.shunting and crashing. My driver drove fantastically. Gary Anderson

:03:56. > :04:04.said, we have got to get to 75% of the race, because then we could get

:04:04. > :04:09.four points for the race. We stayed out there. We won the race. But

:04:09. > :04:13.afterwards, we had to appeal the decision of the stewards. We won

:04:13. > :04:21.the case and we won the Grand Prix. That is the most subdued I have

:04:21. > :04:26.ever seen you! You have to think what was going on in my brain!

:04:26. > :04:29.are very lucky, you know what it takes to come here and win. I would

:04:29. > :04:34.love to know what it is like to drive around the circuit. They have

:04:34. > :04:38.been trying out something that we will see more of in the future.

:04:38. > :04:42.Does this give us a good idea of what it is like? It gives you a

:04:42. > :04:52.better insight than the camera view we normally have, which looks down

:04:52. > :04:53.

:04:53. > :04:58.at the driver. It takes away the amount of movement. A lot of wind

:04:58. > :05:05.movement across the driver's helmet. He will be glancing down at the

:05:05. > :05:11.dashboard. It is a great camera angles. I had one of those in 2008.

:05:11. > :05:15.But hopefully, we will have more of this. We would have had a perfect

:05:15. > :05:20.view of pole position, if we had followed Sebastian Vettel, because

:05:20. > :05:27.he has been dominant as we have travelled the world. This season

:05:27. > :05:32.has given us a 92% increase in overtaking it, the dentist at the

:05:32. > :05:38.double world champion, and a shirt that has raised money for charity.

:05:38. > :05:48.And the fund is not over yet. -- fund.

:05:48. > :06:05.

:06:05. > :06:09.McLaren would love to do what they did last time in Abu Dhabi, to

:06:09. > :06:16.snatch pole position. It was taken away by Sebastian Vettel at the

:06:16. > :06:20.very end. Let's discuss the season. The last nine races, they have

:06:20. > :06:24.ended up on the podium, and after an awful start, they win the award

:06:24. > :06:29.for turning their season around. McLaren could win so many awards,

:06:29. > :06:37.it is a great team, they set standards, were kept her shiny cars

:06:37. > :06:45.are. They had a ropey start to the season, but it was a tremendous

:06:45. > :06:50.comeback. They can develop a car. They have got to feel pretty

:06:50. > :06:53.confident for this weekend. But we have to be critical, they are used

:06:53. > :06:57.to winning championships, they have the resources, they have the

:06:57. > :07:02.manpower, the skills, the drivers, and it is unthinkable that they

:07:02. > :07:07.started as badly as they did, and they gave the drivers know platform

:07:07. > :07:13.to win the championship. One of your favourite pastimes is

:07:13. > :07:17.criticising McLaren. When you consider that Ferrari have won

:07:17. > :07:23.titles, and Renault, McLaren are the only team who have regularly

:07:23. > :07:30.raced and beaten Red Bull this season. There is something slightly

:07:30. > :07:33.different. There is success in their blood all the way through. I

:07:34. > :07:39.am being critical because I know they are capable of winning these

:07:39. > :07:42.championships. You cannot say that about Renault. If we are being fair,

:07:42. > :07:46.they are an outstanding team, and worthy of every accolade we can

:07:46. > :07:50.throw at them, but they did not do the job well enough at the

:07:50. > :07:55.beginning of the season. We would have had a much tighter and more

:07:55. > :08:00.interesting championship. We will wait and see if their pace shows in

:08:00. > :08:08.qualifying. Jenson Button, since 2005, never qualified in the top 10

:08:08. > :08:15.here. It has gone a bit trendy here. The drivers have changed their

:08:16. > :08:20.helmet. Lewis Hamilton had a Bob Marley helmet in India. His helmet

:08:20. > :08:29.is different, the Brazilian flag. I am sure you will recognise the

:08:29. > :08:32.design. No prizes for identifying the inspiration.

:08:33. > :08:41.Sometimes, I do a special helmet for a Grand Prix. Was thinking what

:08:41. > :08:48.to do for Brazil. Ayrton Senna, one of the most significant figures in

:08:48. > :08:53.my life. I was just going to have his design, but I know Bruno Senna

:08:53. > :08:58.has that, so I wondered whether it was possible to do a mix between my

:08:58. > :09:04.helmet and his. I put half of my design and then his on the back.

:09:04. > :09:08.They wanted me to use his new logo, but I wanted to use this one,

:09:08. > :09:17.because I used to have bait T-shirt with the Senna S on it. It feels

:09:17. > :09:27.awesome in the car. It has a green interior. All of the helmets have

:09:27. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:35.black. I specifically ordered this. I had to go and buy it myself. It

:09:35. > :09:42.is so cool. There is only one of them in the world. I wear it

:09:42. > :09:45.proudly this weekend, regardless of what the sort we have. -- what

:09:45. > :09:51.result we have. I hope Ayrton Senna is proud of me.

:09:51. > :09:57.We are proud of Lewis Hamilton. They are confident, already wearing

:09:58. > :10:03.the rocket red T-shirts. But they are fans who are happy to be here!

:10:03. > :10:13.A nightmare for you commentators, all of these will make changes.

:10:13. > :10:18.

:10:18. > :10:21.me, growing up, they should maintain the majority of the design.

:10:21. > :10:26.But it is great for the charity. But when you keep changing as often

:10:26. > :10:35.as they do, it is difficult to tell who is driving the car, because you

:10:35. > :10:40.cannot see the number. For years, it is the one area that a driver

:10:40. > :10:46.has had signed Asante. The team has imposed their sponsors, and

:10:46. > :10:50.religiously, it has been the one part of the driver that he can have

:10:50. > :10:55.control on. One would not like to see that changing. They can have as

:10:55. > :11:01.many different things on it as they like. I have remembered one small

:11:01. > :11:07.think. When I was at McLaren, they offered $1 million for me to give

:11:07. > :11:13.up the right to the image of my helmet, and I said, no, I have had

:11:13. > :11:19.this helmet since I was 11. It is not like you to miss out on every

:11:19. > :11:24.flight that! You could have given us half a million each! Ayrton

:11:24. > :11:29.Senna will be proud. That helmet will be auctioned off for the

:11:29. > :11:34.Ayrton Senna Foundation. They have just turned on the engine. It is

:11:34. > :11:38.sounding good. How much would McLaren have to pick up their first

:11:38. > :11:45.pole position here in the last 11 seasons? That would feel good, but

:11:45. > :11:52.there are no prizes for poor position. The prizes come on Sunday.

:11:52. > :11:59.Everybody will be hoping that the wheels come off.

:11:59. > :12:05.The race in the desert is under way, plenty of smoke. It is even between

:12:05. > :12:10.Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso goes round outside

:12:10. > :12:16.of Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel has gone off with a puncture! He

:12:16. > :12:20.has not even made it down to the fifth corner! Fernando Alonso has

:12:20. > :12:27.gone past Jenson Button! Lewis Hamilton leads the Grand Prix

:12:27. > :12:33.comfortably. Sebastian Vettel comes into the pits, and his luck has run

:12:33. > :12:38.out. I never thought I would say that this year! Now, we have got

:12:38. > :12:44.Mark Webber alongside Jenson Button. That looks like the position is

:12:44. > :12:54.taken. Jenson Button is indeed ers zone. He will be able to open his

:12:54. > :13:01.

:13:01. > :13:06.wink. Double DRS, two overtakes. Jenson Button does not have KERS.

:13:06. > :13:13.They touch, more or less. He goes through. Jenson Button comes up the

:13:13. > :13:20.inside and takes the position. expect Felipe Massa to defend the

:13:20. > :13:27.inside line. Very clear defence. Trying to use the extra grip, which

:13:27. > :13:37.she does. Felipe Massa needs to keep it tidy and get his own DRS.

:13:37. > :13:39.

:13:39. > :13:48.Felipe Massa should have given it up. Who is praised? Felipe Massa is.

:13:48. > :13:54.This is Mark Webber. He has got the inside line. Jenson Button decided

:13:54. > :14:00.not to do it. Felipe Massa has barn, which has taken the pressure off

:14:01. > :14:10.Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton is back, and so are McLaren! A tremendous

:14:11. > :14:14.

:14:14. > :14:18.Tremendous to see Lewis Hamilton back on the top step of the podium.

:14:18. > :14:22.Remarkably, despite winning that race, Lewis Hamilton can no longer

:14:22. > :14:25.catch his teammate to finish second in the Championship. Mark Webber

:14:25. > :14:29.must win this weekend to become runner-up to his teammate,

:14:29. > :14:39.Sebastian Vettel. It is getting very tight in the Constructors'

:14:39. > :14:41.

:14:41. > :14:45.We have come out to the paddock to be joined by a man who will be

:14:45. > :14:49.recognisable to all of you, and to all of Brazil. It will be hoping to

:14:49. > :14:54.hold on to that fifth place in the Championship, Bruno Senna. In this

:14:54. > :15:01.race, and in this place, is the Senna name their help or hindrance

:15:01. > :15:06.to you? It is obviously a help. It is a lot of attention. But it is

:15:06. > :15:10.natural to come to your home race and get your countrymen to salute

:15:10. > :15:17.you. It is a great feeling, I'm very excited about the race. It is

:15:17. > :15:22.a fair bit of pressure as well. Absolutely, but pressure is always

:15:22. > :15:28.there. I want to deliver whenever I am in the car. It is no different

:15:28. > :15:32.to other places in that respect. you feels somewhat unlucky that at

:15:32. > :15:35.this stage, you arrive in a team like this and the performance of

:15:36. > :15:40.the car just disappear as? It is not really the performance of the

:15:40. > :15:47.car, it is more that the other guys are making strides and we are not.

:15:48. > :15:55.It is unfortunate. The decision was to invest in next year's car. I

:15:55. > :16:03.think it is natural. I'm sure that if I am raising for these guys next

:16:03. > :16:07.year, I will be pleased with this decision! We have had complaints

:16:07. > :16:13.from Vitaly Petrov, and some issues with Robert Kubica, does this

:16:13. > :16:20.enhance your opportunities for next year? It is hard to say. It depends

:16:21. > :16:26.very much on what I'm doing on the track. And also, if we can find

:16:26. > :16:35.some good backing for the team. It is an overall package, it is not

:16:35. > :16:41.just one thing. I don't think I'm fighting for Vitaly's seat, I'm

:16:41. > :16:48.fighting for the other seed, and it is a pretty fierce fight. 17th in

:16:48. > :16:52.final practice, what was the problem this morning? We had of it

:16:52. > :16:59.-- a bit of a difficult run this morning, we had an imagination.

:16:59. > :17:09.These things took some time away. We only have one hour, so we got to

:17:09. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:14.do very few laps in the session. But if it is wet tomorrow, the race

:17:14. > :17:20.will become a lottery anyway. will let you go, because there's a

:17:20. > :17:30.big crowd building around us. We will await news on the future of

:17:30. > :17:33.Bruno Senna. And talking of news, here's Ted Kravitz. The spring his

:17:33. > :17:38.back in Lewis Hamilton's stepped this weekend. His McLaren has been

:17:38. > :17:41.quick, he was fastest in second practice, and happy with himself

:17:41. > :17:47.after spending time with some special friends in the USA earlier

:17:47. > :17:54.this week. I'm really excited to be here, coming off a positive couple

:17:54. > :18:01.of weeks. The last few days have been very positive for me as well.

:18:01. > :18:07.I was able to have a couple of great lunches and dinners with

:18:07. > :18:11.Nicole, which has been a real positive. It has been a year of

:18:11. > :18:16.growth, and hopefully in the future I will look back and think, I took

:18:16. > :18:21.a lot from that year. Next year will be an interesting one. Jenson

:18:21. > :18:24.Button is also after a good weekend. He struggled a little bit in

:18:24. > :18:30.practice compared to Hamilton, but things he can go well as long as he

:18:30. > :18:34.sorts out his qualifying. Winning here in Brazil would be great for

:18:35. > :18:39.me. First of all I have got to qualify the car inside the top 10,

:18:39. > :18:44.which I have not done for six years. And then I can have a good race.

:18:44. > :18:49.This is a great place to overtake. Sebastian Vettel says he still does

:18:49. > :18:53.not know why his tyre deflated on the first lap in Abu Dhabi. He

:18:53. > :18:58.denies that Red Bull were running with low tyre pressures, against

:18:58. > :19:02.Pirelli's advice. We did exactly the same as we did everywhere. I do

:19:02. > :19:06.not like the word bad luck, but there was not much we could do. For

:19:06. > :19:12.me, the most important thing was to understand that I did not do

:19:12. > :19:18.anything wrong in preparing the car for the start. And also, in the

:19:18. > :19:23.first corner. But it was nothing to do with the pressure or anything

:19:23. > :19:28.like that. Tomorrow marks Felipe Massa's 100th race for Ferrari, at

:19:28. > :19:32.the end of his worst season for the team. He gives some explanation

:19:32. > :19:37.here as to why he has got no podium finishes this season, while his

:19:37. > :19:42.teammate has got 10. Every race, something happens during the race.

:19:42. > :19:49.That affects me, in fighting for the podium. I think it was not a

:19:49. > :19:54.very nice season, something happened all the time. And it is

:19:54. > :19:58.also true to say that we did not have the car we expected. It seems

:19:58. > :20:02.Renault have fallen out with Robert Kubica. The team says he does not

:20:02. > :20:07.have a contract with them for next season, and in any case will not be

:20:07. > :20:12.fit to drive at the start of 2012. Robert Kubica's management say they

:20:12. > :20:17.cannot be sure of that. Meanwhile, HRT are beginning to style

:20:17. > :20:21.themselves into a Spanish national team. It is another comeback for

:20:21. > :20:26.the 40-year-old Pedro de la Rosa. It is another step in my career,

:20:26. > :20:32.surprising for many, but at the end of the day, I'm a racing driver, I

:20:32. > :20:35.want to race, this is where I belong. I'm very excited. Next

:20:35. > :20:39.year's US Grand Prix is set to be removed from the calendar, as work

:20:39. > :20:45.has stopped on the track, and the local government in Texas say they

:20:45. > :20:48.will not pay Bernie Eccleston's fees. Somebody has got the land and

:20:48. > :20:56.they have started to do something. I think the biggest problem they

:20:56. > :21:04.have got is a shortage of finance. So, it is unlikely to happen next

:21:04. > :21:10.year? I think it is most unlikely. And what about Bahrain for next

:21:10. > :21:15.year? We do not know. It is on the calendar, we will be there unless

:21:15. > :21:18.something terrible happens to stop us. There's now less than 40

:21:18. > :21:24.minutes to go until the start of qualifying. The crowd are getting

:21:24. > :21:28.excited. In four months' time, we will be in Australia for the first

:21:28. > :21:33.qualifying session of the new season, and Pedro de la Rosa will

:21:33. > :21:38.be in an HRT. That's two drivers on the grey who will be older than you.

:21:38. > :21:47.Can you imagine still driving yourself? I cannot, because I had a

:21:47. > :21:51.full 15 seasons. It is all down to the individual. We do not all age

:21:51. > :21:55.at the same rate. Pedro feels he has got unfinished business. Even

:21:55. > :21:58.if he does not realistically think he will get Grand Prix victories,

:21:58. > :22:02.it will take him on a journey which will clove of that particular part

:22:02. > :22:09.of his career. He may have equity in the King, it may be as simple as

:22:09. > :22:14.the fact that it is a special -- it is a Spanish Grand Prix team. In

:22:14. > :22:24.any event, it will be a massive challenge for him, even more so

:22:24. > :22:24.

:22:24. > :22:29.than for Michael Schumacher, in the Mercedes. We will let you go back

:22:29. > :22:33.to having your photo taken, David. And we can join Eddie, who was with

:22:33. > :22:36.another older statesmen of Formula 1. Not just statesman, but one of

:22:36. > :22:44.the greatest legends of the technical era of Grand Prix racing,

:22:44. > :22:47.Patrick Head, who, in 1980, was part of the great team that brought

:22:47. > :22:54.World Championship success. Alan Jones, we can remember - what has

:22:54. > :23:00.happened? I cannot remember that far back. I'm not asking that.

:23:00. > :23:05.we're paying the penalty for designing a car which is not good

:23:05. > :23:09.enough, and we have been hovering just outside the points, sometimes

:23:09. > :23:13.further out, and when you get no points, you get the sort of season

:23:13. > :23:19.but we have had. So, not good enough work over the winter, and

:23:19. > :23:25.not good enough development during the year at. You have been in a

:23:25. > :23:29.situation... Do you feel as if you have been squeezed out? If I am

:23:29. > :23:32.right, this is your last race in your current position? Well, we

:23:32. > :23:35.have got new, senior technical staff. When it came to the

:23:35. > :23:40.beginning of this year, and we found we were in pretty much the

:23:40. > :23:46.same position, we had no alternative but to make some senior

:23:47. > :23:50.position changes, and when I looked at it, I'm very confident in the

:23:50. > :23:54.new people, and when I looked at it, I did not really think that there

:23:54. > :24:00.was a position where I could seriously contribute. But I'm going

:24:00. > :24:04.on to do other things. One of my activities will be with what is

:24:04. > :24:08.called Williams Hybrid Pas. But if I turn up to Grand Prix his next

:24:08. > :24:13.year, I probably will not be wearing a Williams are shut. But I

:24:13. > :24:21.will be contacting your tailor and turning up in something more

:24:21. > :24:24.colourful than you, Eddie. -- a Williams shirt. Are you confident

:24:24. > :24:33.in these new people that they can bring you back to the glory days?

:24:33. > :24:37.Well, they are not all that young. With Mike and Jason on aerodynamics,

:24:37. > :24:47.and Mark winning it, they're not spring chickens. But I'm very

:24:47. > :24:47.

:24:47. > :24:50.confident that they will do a very good job. I see signs of some of

:24:50. > :24:54.what was present at Williams in the days when we were competitive,

:24:54. > :24:59.which, sadly, in recent years, has been rather missing. I'm very

:24:59. > :25:03.confident that they will have a strong future. Me for one, speaking

:25:03. > :25:08.all the time about football, but I shall miss you. We had better not

:25:08. > :25:12.tell them what team that is. And we would certainly reiterate that on

:25:12. > :25:20.behalf of the whole of the BBC. And I know that David would as well,

:25:20. > :25:25.because it was Williams that helped him launch his career in Formula 1.

:25:25. > :25:31.I think Eddie is talking about Chelsea, they're both Chelsea fans.

:25:31. > :25:35.You started your career at Williams, in 1995, with Damon Hill, they had

:25:35. > :25:39.just won for reconstruct as championships - what has gone

:25:39. > :25:49.wrong? They have just not designed a car which is good enough. It

:25:49. > :25:51.

:25:51. > :25:55.comes down to the people. -- Constructors' Championships. They

:25:55. > :25:57.had a long period of success, they dominated, but they are having a

:25:58. > :26:03.difficult time right now. Williams can get back to their former

:26:03. > :26:09.success, if they employ the right people. But is that enough? The old

:26:09. > :26:12.adage in Formula 1 goes, how fast can you afford to go? And this is a

:26:12. > :26:16.privateer team, they have not got the money. But that is a

:26:16. > :26:26.consequence of not having the success in the short time. The

:26:26. > :26:26.

:26:26. > :26:31.sponsors start to move on. Also, you do not get the FOM money. These

:26:31. > :26:34.other teams, people like Red Bull, have worked their way up. And that

:26:34. > :26:39.comes down to the other aspect of Formula 1, the commercial side of

:26:39. > :26:42.Williams, they have got to go out and sell the vision for the team.

:26:42. > :26:48.If they can get success on the track, then we will see the

:26:48. > :26:52.Williams flag flying again. As far as Patrick Head is concerned, I

:26:52. > :26:56.think he might be having quite a nice time next year. He's a real

:26:57. > :27:02.character. He will be missed, but thankfully, he will still be

:27:02. > :27:07.turning up at the odd Grand Prix. Let's see how that shirt

:27:07. > :27:10.competition goes on! Yes, that's bad news! Let's have a look at

:27:10. > :27:13.what's happening in the garage. This car belongs to Rubens

:27:13. > :27:18.Barrichello. It really looks like his Williams career is coming to an

:27:18. > :27:23.end. In fact, this weekend, is Formula 1 career could come to an

:27:23. > :27:27.end. After so long in the sport, it looks like his days are numbered.

:27:27. > :27:33.He has been discussing his career with his very first boss, a certain

:27:33. > :27:41.Eddie Jordan. Here we are again, Sao Paolo, your home town. Tell us

:27:41. > :27:46.a bit about your emotions coming here, soca. I was born in

:27:46. > :27:51.Interlagos, my heart is here, I have done my whole career here. It

:27:51. > :27:59.is such a good vibe. People do this with their hand and say, come on,

:27:59. > :28:04.you have got to do this. It is such a passion. It feels so nice.

:28:04. > :28:08.remember yourself, your father, your manager, sitting in the Jordan

:28:08. > :28:12.kitchen in Oxford and chatting about how you were going to make it

:28:12. > :28:15.possible to come to Formula 1 - have you any memories of that

:28:15. > :28:19.moment when kit I had a great time at the beginning of my career,

:28:19. > :28:25.because you gave me, not just the fact that it was a small team with

:28:25. > :28:28.not a lot of money, but we needed to learn how to survive a, to go

:28:28. > :28:35.fast when it mattered, and to finish the race when it mattered.

:28:35. > :28:45.It taught me a lot. There were two outstanding moments for me, your

:28:45. > :28:48.

:28:48. > :28:55.first ever pole position, in Spa... And also, the first podium, that

:28:55. > :29:00.was magical. Our first podium as well. Both moments, I remember. The

:29:00. > :29:04.podium was such a special moment. If you also remember, we were

:29:04. > :29:11.having a glass of champagne, and Ayrton came in to say

:29:11. > :29:17.congratulations. It was his penultimate ever race, if you call

:29:17. > :29:20.it like that. I was there, by myself, I opened my door, and the

:29:20. > :29:27.door on the other room opened as well, it was Ayrton, I could not

:29:27. > :29:34.believe my eyes. He said, we're going to Disney, can I join you? I

:29:34. > :29:42.tell you, maybe he did not have a cheeseburger for ages, because that

:29:42. > :29:45.day, he ate it like a kid. He must have been so strict. And that

:29:45. > :29:50.happened on the way to that race. It was such a memory. To get on the

:29:50. > :29:59.podium, it was a great weekend. Which takes us on to your darkest

:29:59. > :30:03.moment, Imola 1994. Looking back, were you surprised to see the

:30:03. > :30:06.ferocity of it, and how you got away with it? Yes, I remember

:30:06. > :30:09.turning in, the back end went, and turning in, the back end went, and

:30:09. > :30:16.that is the final thing I remember. But it caught my attention again

:30:16. > :30:25.when I saw the movie. Because on the big screen, it was such a big,

:30:25. > :30:30.big shunt. It was such a difficult weekend. Although I lost my memory

:30:30. > :30:38.with the accident and everything, it was vivid, I went back to

:30:38. > :30:43.England on that Sunday, and like almost the whole world, when Senna

:30:43. > :30:46.moved his head, I thought he was fine. Two days later, we were in

:30:46. > :30:52.Brazil for the funeral and so on, it was my first ever funeral, I was

:30:52. > :30:58.shocked. I have tried to tell the Brazilian people, don't worry, I

:30:58. > :31:02.will be there for you guys. I'm Brazilian, I love my country.

:31:02. > :31:08.People thought it was a promise, it was just a sad thing, because it

:31:08. > :31:18.just made it a pressure. I was then on the podium in Canada, and that

:31:18. > :31:25.

:31:25. > :31:32.emotional person! We all dropped 80 when you when your first race,

:31:33. > :31:39.Hockenheim, in the Ferrari. To be the first ever Brazilian driver to

:31:39. > :31:49.be driving for Ferrari, it was very emotional. Did I ever tell you what

:31:49. > :31:52.made me cry? I have cried my eyes out on that lap, and I said, I have

:31:52. > :32:02.quite enough, now it is OK, but when I went to the podium and I

:32:02. > :32:02.

:32:02. > :32:10.looked at the sky, I remember my father selling his Fiat to keep on

:32:10. > :32:17.going to go kart Championship. I thanked the sky for that, and it

:32:17. > :32:25.was so pure! It was such an emotional situation.

:32:25. > :32:28.Let it all out! Feel proud! 2002, 2004, runner up in the

:32:28. > :32:37.Drivers' Championship, team-mate to Michael Schumacher. Still good

:32:37. > :32:41.friends? Not any more? With a glass of wine in his hand, he can be very

:32:41. > :32:51.truthful. I enjoyed our times, but we do not have that relationship

:32:51. > :32:55.

:32:55. > :32:59.any more. Has Hungary had a harder impact as a result? No, but I was

:32:59. > :33:05.fighting for the points, and it is almost like a win, you are going

:33:05. > :33:15.for it. I said, who is the guy? When I saw it was Michael, it made

:33:15. > :33:19.

:33:19. > :33:24.me laugh, because I thought I would fight that forever. I have decided

:33:24. > :33:30.to quit Ferrari one year before my contract ended, because I could not

:33:30. > :33:39.take it any more. They would not give me the chance, it was all

:33:39. > :33:43.about Michael, so what could not sustain that environment. -- I

:33:43. > :33:53.could not sustain. They will be hearing more about his

:33:53. > :33:54.

:33:54. > :33:58.career in tomorrow's built up. Is this the final time he will take a

:33:58. > :34:01.Formula One car out? When you into the somebody, they give you one

:34:01. > :34:09.answer to the television cameras and a different impression

:34:10. > :34:15.otherwise. Did he give you any clue about next season? Rubens

:34:15. > :34:23.Barrichello is such an honest person. I have to be careful

:34:23. > :34:26.talking about drivers, but drivers sometimes do not tell you the truth.

:34:26. > :34:31.Rubens Barrichello is a different class of person. He should have

:34:31. > :34:35.achieved more. I do not know what he will do. He has not got a

:34:35. > :34:43.contract for next year, he would like to have one. But I do not

:34:44. > :34:50.think he will Hawkins of around the teams. If he gets the Williams

:34:50. > :34:56.driver, he will always be an asset, because he never crashes, and he

:34:56. > :35:02.has the speed, but these new guys are very good. Is the classic

:35:02. > :35:09.driver with unfinished business? He has taken part in a third of all of

:35:09. > :35:16.the Grand Prix ever. But he has always been a bridesmaid. Yes, our

:35:16. > :35:19.careers have mirrored each other. We did not quite get the last

:35:19. > :35:23.little bit of performance. But there comes a point when you have

:35:23. > :35:28.to weigh up what is a realistic chance of me ever achieve in the

:35:28. > :35:36.ultimate goal. You have got to win races to win championships and the

:35:36. > :35:42.clock is ticking. Many times, people will take the potential of

:35:42. > :35:47.youth, potential is such a potent word. Sometimes that wins over the

:35:47. > :35:54.known quantity. I think Rubens Barrichello is an asset, but he

:35:54. > :36:03.will not knock-on the door of any of the top teams. He has had 11

:36:03. > :36:08.wins in his career. You employed young drivers. Maybe because there

:36:08. > :36:11.is that potential, that BT, that perhaps he will be the next Michael

:36:11. > :36:17.Schumacher or Sebastian Vettel? That has gone for Rubens

:36:17. > :36:23.Barrichello. When he was 19, he had a budget, he had a great history,

:36:23. > :36:29.and I do not think it was a big risk. He was brilliant at that time.

:36:29. > :36:34.He was so motivated. He was better at selling the team and the

:36:34. > :36:37.sponsorship than anybody else. I have this huge respect for him. But

:36:37. > :36:43.I think he should leave with dignity, he has a lot going for him

:36:43. > :36:51.in the future, I would hate to see him struggle like this year. I

:36:51. > :36:58.would like to see him go in a good way. There is a lot to be said for

:36:58. > :37:03.that. Ayrton Senna was driving a Williams when he passed away in

:37:03. > :37:07.1994. Since then, they have carried his logo on their cars, and 20

:37:07. > :37:14.years since he won his last Brazilian Grand Prix, what a

:37:14. > :37:18.touching tribute that is. The name is obviously a name of the past.

:37:18. > :37:22.Pastor Maldonado, Rubens Barrichello, names of the present.

:37:22. > :37:29.What about names of the future? They have been getting a chance to

:37:29. > :37:37.impress. British GP to driver testing for

:37:37. > :37:47.Force India. Mercedes test driver. Testing for Virgin. Test driver,

:37:47. > :37:55.

:37:55. > :38:01.the young drivers test. We found there was a whole and and drivers

:38:01. > :38:05.were not getting an opportunity to try Formula One cars. It is a

:38:05. > :38:13.fantastic feeling, to get into a Formula One car. It is every boy's

:38:13. > :38:17.dream. I thought, what am I doing here? To be enjoying every minute,

:38:17. > :38:23.it is amazing. It is good to look at what talent is coming through

:38:23. > :38:30.the ranks. There is no better way of doing it and putting them into a

:38:30. > :38:34.car. I started in go-karting. I worked up from there, and I went

:38:34. > :38:39.from Formula Three to GP to, and this is my first Formula One test.

:38:39. > :38:44.Really excited, looking forward to helping the team developed the car.

:38:44. > :38:48.Any feedback is crucial. I have got to do the best job I can, so the

:38:48. > :38:51.engineers can look through the data and make sure that we go forward.

:38:52. > :38:58.If we can bring on some new components and do some development

:38:58. > :39:05.for the future races, we will not let it compromise our plan, because

:39:05. > :39:09.we are here to get as many miles on them as we can. I did two days in

:39:09. > :39:19.the World Series, and I am here doing formal one. It is great to

:39:19. > :39:22.

:39:22. > :39:29.have an insight of what I am aiming for. It also allows us to print

:39:29. > :39:35.people through the ranks. -- bring people. We have got people in mind

:39:35. > :39:41.for new positions, and we try them out. It is a dream come true to get

:39:41. > :39:47.the call from Mercedes have. I'd crossed opportunity with both hands.

:39:47. > :39:53.Now, I have got a job with the team. Working out what has happened so

:39:53. > :39:56.far, there are drivers doing a good job. We are seeing the future of

:39:56. > :40:06.Formula One, we have to keep developing and allowing for these

:40:06. > :40:07.

:40:07. > :40:14.youngsters to show us how good bail. -- how good they are off.

:40:14. > :40:21.They are ready in the garage. 20 minutes to go until qualifying. We

:40:21. > :40:27.are here with a man who had to be a star of the future. A Brazilian boy,

:40:27. > :40:35.living in Norwich. Will we see you in Formula One in the not-too-

:40:35. > :40:41.distant future? The plant is to enter as soon as possible. 2012 is

:40:41. > :40:47.difficult, but 2013 not promising. Is always difficult to get into

:40:47. > :40:53.Formula One, there are a lot of drivers with talent and the budget.

:40:53. > :40:58.It is not an easy job. The talent is already there, we can understand

:40:58. > :41:05.that, but what is the going rate? What do you need to bring to a team

:41:05. > :41:11.like Lotus to secure your seat? would be nice to bring a big brand

:41:11. > :41:21.to Formula One again. The figures, it depends on what the contract

:41:21. > :41:27.this. It depends. It would be nice to have a big brand to come to

:41:27. > :41:33.Lotus or to any other team. Is it below $10 million or above? It is a

:41:33. > :41:37.big number, 10 million. Probably we can expect around six or seven. But

:41:37. > :41:44.10 million would be very good! Those are the kind of numbers we

:41:44. > :41:49.are talking about. You put in some good lap times ahead of Hispania

:41:49. > :41:55.and Virgin. Roman Grayshott has been looking for a second chance in

:41:55. > :42:02.Formula One. Yes, he has done seven races, and

:42:02. > :42:07.he is still a young driver. Tell us about the challenges of this track.

:42:07. > :42:14.The challenge is to have fun in the car, that is the main thing. After

:42:14. > :42:22.two years, in Abu Dhabi I was so excited, like a kid at Christmas,

:42:22. > :42:28.it was fantastic. The way Formula One is going is so impressive and

:42:28. > :42:36.so enjoyable, I was very happy. The session went quite well. I was

:42:36. > :42:43.pleased with the performance, and I was quite quick in the car. This is

:42:43. > :42:47.where I want to be. We can see your enthusiasm. We were talking about

:42:47. > :42:53.the young drivers printing money to get their drivers. Is that a

:42:53. > :42:58.situation you would be in? Or is it on performance? At the moment, it

:42:58. > :43:03.is quite difficult for everybody, because the pitch that has have

:43:03. > :43:06.left Formula One, it is more like a private team that needs funds. You

:43:06. > :43:11.are trying to put everything together to get a seat and to have

:43:11. > :43:19.the chance to race. But hopefully, talent is important, and I keep my

:43:19. > :43:23.fingers crossed for next year. the best.

:43:23. > :43:28.Less than 15 minutes to go until we get into qualifying. How sad is it

:43:28. > :43:36.to hear somebody like him St that hopefully a little bit of talent

:43:36. > :43:43.helps as well? It should not be about the millions. This is not

:43:43. > :43:50.like any other sport. It costs four chins to get the show on the road -

:43:50. > :43:54.- it costs a fortune. Therefore, it is expected that, if you are an

:43:54. > :43:58.integral part of the team, you are required to drink some commercial

:43:58. > :44:05.benefit along the way, because there are too many other drivers

:44:05. > :44:13.two can do that. The team bosses make those decisions. Sebastien

:44:13. > :44:17.Buemi did not take part in the final part of practice. It is the

:44:17. > :44:22.future of young drivers like him that is decided by a team bosses.

:44:22. > :44:28.One race to go, any decision on your future? I still do not know.

:44:28. > :44:37.Hopefully, we will have a good race. I try to concentrate too much on

:44:37. > :44:42.this weekend, then we will see. saw you on the scales! No comment!

:44:42. > :44:49.The team bosses decide on the future of the younger men like him,

:44:49. > :44:54.but who are they? Where have they come from?

:44:54. > :45:00.Behind every team is a team boss. Behind every driver, a person who

:45:00. > :45:08.decides the fate. Behind every car, the principal, who handles the

:45:08. > :45:13.pressure of competition. I thought I had worked hard all my life, but

:45:13. > :45:16.will I came into Formula One. I had never scratched the surface!

:45:16. > :45:26.Sometimes, we believe we are facing the biggest problem in the world,

:45:26. > :45:30.

:45:30. > :45:34.bring it on yourself because of your competitiveness. There's all

:45:34. > :45:40.sorts of challenges, engineering, political and many others.

:45:40. > :45:46.never know what the next challenge will be. In Formula 1, never give

:45:46. > :45:52.up, because it is a rocky road. have to be very determined, you

:45:52. > :46:01.need to know what you want. You need to enjoy it and be passionate

:46:01. > :46:11.about it. At the moment, Vitaly is doing his homework, talking to the

:46:11. > :46:23.

:46:23. > :46:28.side. Newscast: aerodynamicist Ross Brawn is back in the wind tunnel.

:46:28. > :46:34.Every team boss has come up in a different way. Christian Horner is

:46:34. > :46:44.an ex-racing driver. NEWSREEL: Christian Horner has no

:46:44. > :46:44.

:46:44. > :46:48.doubt about where his ambitions lie. I have grown up in motor sport. I

:46:48. > :46:54.came to the attention of Red Bull when Dietrich asked me to join the

:46:54. > :46:59.team right at the beginning. I had just won three consecutive Formula

:46:59. > :47:09.3,000 championships. This is my family, I spend more time with them

:47:09. > :47:09.

:47:09. > :47:14.than with anybody else. Bringing the contract. Ready to sign. You

:47:14. > :47:18.will be blamed for anything you do. Very small, but very useful office.

:47:18. > :47:23.The only satisfaction you can get is when your people are happy to

:47:23. > :47:28.work with you, and when you win races. Is it more important to be

:47:28. > :47:32.liked or respected as a team boss? I think the most important is to be

:47:32. > :47:38.respected. You cannot make people like you at the end of the day.

:47:38. > :47:42.is more important to win. If you can win, it helps. I do not think

:47:42. > :47:47.you need to be liked. I would like to be respected and liked at the

:47:47. > :47:50.same time, but in terms of quality is, you just need to be pretty

:47:50. > :47:55.determined, but capable of long hours, and have a strong sense of

:47:55. > :47:59.humour, because your patience will be tested quite frequently. Have

:47:59. > :48:06.you ever had a team boss who has been a complete lunatic? Eddie

:48:06. > :48:16.Jordan. It is winning which makes it worth it, releasing the pressure

:48:16. > :48:16.

:48:17. > :48:22.if only for a few hours. For people like Ron Dennis and Jean Todd, Ken

:48:22. > :48:27.Tyrrell, to the old man himself, Enzo Ferrari, the reward is in

:48:27. > :48:37.Enzo Ferrari, the reward is in building the gins. And if wins

:48:37. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:44.create legends, then one man has been the best at that. I think Timo

:48:44. > :48:48.Glock might not have been wise to give that answer, Eddie! I will

:48:48. > :48:53.have to go and talk to him about those remarks, and the remarks

:48:53. > :48:58.which were made afterwards off camera. They're all a bit too nice

:48:58. > :49:02.these days. In your day, the team bosses owned the teams. I think

:49:02. > :49:06.there was also a lot more pressure on you. I can remember the stress,

:49:06. > :49:11.I did not know what to do with it, I had a permanent headache. The

:49:11. > :49:14.reason was because it was your cash that was on the line, you had to

:49:14. > :49:20.call the bank manager. Bank managers do not cash promises, let

:49:20. > :49:24.me tell you that. You're in there on your own. David, you're going to

:49:24. > :49:28.go to the commentary box. It is a very short lap here, it should be

:49:28. > :49:33.good fun. Yes, as you say, it is the second shortest lap on the

:49:33. > :49:38.calendar, the shortest lap time of all. That is going to make it

:49:38. > :49:43.incredibly close. What we have seen in free practice suggests that we

:49:43. > :49:47.could get a few surprises at the back end of the top 10, and it is

:49:47. > :49:51.by no means certain that it will be the usual suspects sitting on pole

:49:51. > :49:55.position. While David goes to the commentary box, we can have a look

:49:55. > :49:59.at him hanging out with a man who, having discussed the money, was a

:49:59. > :50:05.victim of the fact that in Formula 1, you need money if you want to

:50:05. > :50:15.get a seat. This man is called Nico Hulkenberg. He got a Sikh this time

:50:15. > :50:23.

:50:23. > :50:27.a year ago, there was dropped by Extraordinary for Williams. We

:50:27. > :50:36.thought you were the perfect man to take us around here. You were on

:50:36. > :50:40.pole position last year. Shall we wander down? Anti-clockwise circuit,

:50:40. > :50:50.short lap, I would like to demonstrate just how steep the hill

:50:50. > :50:55.

:50:55. > :51:01.is, going down from turn one. We're not going to put it in gear. Look

:51:01. > :51:08.at the speed! We have got up to 60 kilometres an hour, without putting

:51:08. > :51:15.it India. It seems to me one of the absurd aspects of Formula 1, you

:51:15. > :51:19.had been champion in many different classes, you put yourself in the

:51:19. > :51:24.shop window in qualifying, and yet so keen not racing - how can we

:51:24. > :51:31.explain that to the people at home? We can explain it because Formula 1

:51:31. > :51:36.is very much money-driven. Williams had a bit of a financial situation,

:51:36. > :51:42.they needed someone who could fund the team. Is it 100% that you will

:51:42. > :51:48.be racing next year? It is a two- digit higher percentage number. I

:51:48. > :51:51.have just got to be patient for one or two more weeks. This is the

:51:51. > :51:56.second slowest corner on the track, it is pretty tricky, isn't it?

:51:56. > :52:03.because you come up the hill, it is a very fast corner. At the top of

:52:03. > :52:13.the hill, the rear gets very light, and it is not very stable. It is

:52:13. > :52:15.

:52:15. > :52:21.tricky. I can spot another racing driver. I did not know that you

:52:21. > :52:26.could do impersonations, that Australian impersonation?

:52:26. > :52:33.Impersonation? Imitating. That's all I can do. I used to imitate

:52:33. > :52:43.being a racing driver. Fast corner, very tricky, this is called Juncao.

:52:43. > :52:45.

:52:45. > :52:53.Did you not put the handbrake on? When you were here last year, did

:52:53. > :52:57.you know you were heading for pole position? No, it felt good, though.

:52:57. > :53:03.Lap after lap, it went better and better. It was one of the trickiest

:53:04. > :53:11.corners. All the way up to the finish line, I could see my lap

:53:11. > :53:17.times. I think it is time we let you get back to the paddock. We

:53:17. > :53:21.look forward to seeing you on the grid next year. Please don't write

:53:21. > :53:24.in, David personally paid for the damage to be repaired on that car.

:53:24. > :53:28.Let's talk about Nico Hulkenberg, it comes into the tin, does

:53:28. > :53:34.brilliantly, then gets replaced by Pastor Maldonado, who has the worst

:53:34. > :53:40.full season for any Williams driver since the 1970s - wrong decision?

:53:40. > :53:44.In hindsight, yes. Pastor Maldonado, very good, very good person as well.

:53:44. > :53:48.He must have broken the bank in Venezuela to get that gig. Because

:53:48. > :53:52.anyone in their right mind would not have replaced Nico Hulkenberg,

:53:52. > :53:55.having done all the hard work, the first year in motor racing is

:53:55. > :54:01.really difficult. When you have got rid of that, you have got the

:54:01. > :54:07.experience, then you can grow. It was a bad decision. Next season,

:54:07. > :54:13.where will Nico Hulkenberg be? think it is a foregone conclusion,

:54:13. > :54:20.it is not a to Judit number, it is 100%, he's going to Force India.

:54:20. > :54:24.He's going to join Paul di Resta there. Williams? The other question

:54:24. > :54:29.mark is, what is going to happen to Rubens Barrichello? My guess is

:54:29. > :54:39.that he may not get the drive because Adrian Sutil is younger,

:54:39. > :54:39.

:54:39. > :54:44.and is showing poor performance in some respects. It would be lovely

:54:44. > :54:50.if Rubens could have a great qualifying session. You cannot not

:54:50. > :54:54.like this guy, he is a consummate professional, he is brilliant.

:54:54. > :55:00.the final time this season, in the case of Rubens Barrichello, who has

:55:00. > :55:10.got plenty of support around here, perhaps, for the last time ever, it

:55:10. > :55:23.

:55:23. > :55:28.MARTIN BRUNDLE: And qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix is always

:55:28. > :55:38.a very close contest indeed. And today will be no different. Every

:55:38. > :55:40.

:55:40. > :55:48.blink of the eye can be the equivalent of a row on the grid of

:55:48. > :55:57.the shortest race track in the calendar. Everybody wants to beat

:55:57. > :56:00.top dog in this, the last race before the winter. The track is

:56:00. > :56:07.anti-clockwise and tough on the neck, with lots of Contador changes,

:56:07. > :56:10.too. There is some talk of a thunder storm brewing up later in

:56:10. > :56:16.the afternoon. Will it interfere with qualifying? We think not, at

:56:16. > :56:22.the moment, but rain is forecast for tomorrow, race day. And there

:56:22. > :56:28.are added challenges. Finding a clear lap is always a problem here.

:56:28. > :56:34.Maximising the use of the DRS rear wing and KERS as well on this track,

:56:34. > :56:39.among those problems. So, set-up will be absolutely critical. David,

:56:39. > :56:44.do you think the teams will go into qualifying today with the rain in

:56:44. > :56:51.mind? DAVID COULTHARD: Formula 1 has

:56:51. > :56:58.evolved, the difference between a wet set-up and a dry set-up has got

:56:58. > :57:01.closer. There will always be a bit of benefit in pushing the car more

:57:01. > :57:11.into the race track, but you still have the same length of straight in

:57:11. > :57:12.

:57:12. > :57:15.the wet. The need to accelerate the car becomes even more, of Cuba.

:57:16. > :57:21.Some of the teams are saying, we do not have a big difference between

:57:21. > :57:31.wet and dry. It might be something on the front wing, and the DRS,

:57:31. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:39.that's it. Of course, the wet tyres lift the ride height of the car by

:57:39. > :57:43.5 mm. Yes, but it is normal to be doing that when you're running low

:57:43. > :57:49.fuel in preparation for qualifying. The average fuel load for the race,

:57:49. > :57:52.they will start this race with just over 140 kilos of fuel. It uses

:57:52. > :58:02.about 8% less fuel than other tracks.

:58:02. > :58:03.

:58:03. > :58:10.RADIO: We may get some rain during qualifying. If we will -- if so, we

:58:10. > :58:17.will change the fuel level and then we will decide on the tyres. Who do

:58:17. > :58:21.you think his most under pressure in this qualifying? I think it

:58:21. > :58:26.would be one of the Renaults or one of the Saubers, being most under

:58:26. > :58:32.pressure in qualifying. It is a short racetrack, really difficult

:58:32. > :58:40.to find perfect temperature. You only have 15% of the lap spent

:58:40. > :58:44.under braking. Before you know it, so key on the long flat-out section,

:58:45. > :58:48.coming into turn one. If your brake temperatures are not what they

:58:48. > :58:55.should be, then you compromise your entry speed, and you cannot afford

:58:55. > :58:59.to leave any lap ton behind in qualifying. It is one of five anti-

:58:59. > :59:08.clockwise circuits on the calendar. It is tough on the left-hand side

:59:08. > :59:12.of the neck. Bruno Senna, a local hero, of course. Felipe Massa, the

:59:12. > :59:17.man who has been on pole position here three times and won the race

:59:17. > :59:23.twice. Barrichello has been on pole position twice here, and so has the

:59:23. > :59:27.great Ayrton Senna. Already, some cars coming out to the end of the

:59:27. > :59:36.pit lane. It is a 20 minute session, pit lane. It is a 20 minute session,

:59:36. > :59:45.starting in 45 seconds. That is not going to help their chances, coming

:59:45. > :59:49.out early. But they will get more than one run of course, so they're

:59:49. > :59:53.just trying to get a bit of track position. There's a man who could

:59:53. > :59:58.do with his fourth pole position of the season, and to get on top of

:59:58. > :00:03.Sebastian Vettel before they head into the winter, Mark Webber.

:00:03. > :00:08.another thought, these guys will be sitting there longer than Sebastian

:00:08. > :00:13.Vettel sat on the grid in Abu Dhabi. Any question marks over tyre

:00:13. > :00:18.pressure, this confirms Pirelli does not have any concerns.

:00:18. > :00:24.green light is on, qualifying is under way. There is around one

:00:24. > :00:28.second per lap difference on the tyres. It could be very interesting.

:00:28. > :00:34.If you get the wrong tyre at the wrong time, or you catch traffic,

:00:34. > :00:44.you could be in serious trouble in the first part of qualifying, and

:00:44. > :00:56.

:00:56. > :01:00.early. We have got a fantastic view over the sprawling city. It is a

:01:01. > :01:05.bit grey, so none of the top teams want to risk anything. These

:01:05. > :01:15.humidity is rising, and that is why we are seeing so many cars on the

:01:15. > :01:22.track, rain is being mentioned. 800 metres of altitude above sea level.

:01:22. > :01:31.That affects the cost. Yes, you get less horsepower at this altitude.

:01:31. > :01:36.That means you use less fuel. You get less downforce. That takes away

:01:36. > :01:42.the total feeling of grip and acceleration. But it is the same

:01:42. > :01:49.for everyone. The engine can feel cutlass and quite slippy. But this

:01:49. > :01:55.middle sector, from the fourth corner, through the middle part of

:01:55. > :01:59.the lap, it is very technical. is interesting to see how the Times

:01:59. > :02:06.are achieved. In the practice, Red Bull have been the leaders in the

:02:06. > :02:16.middle sector. Mercedes and McLaren have had the best times in the

:02:16. > :02:17.

:02:17. > :02:24.first sector. That will have cost him time. He is just trying to get

:02:24. > :02:32.an opening time on the border. medium tyres. We have got medium

:02:32. > :02:40.tyres and soft tyres. The soft tyre today becomes the medium tyre for

:02:40. > :02:49.2012. RADIO: We should get the Lappin because of the rain. They

:02:49. > :02:54.really are concerned! He humidity is up to 60%. Yes, the key message,

:02:54. > :03:03.you are going to have to work it yourself for the traffic. The

:03:03. > :03:08.drivers would rely on their team looking at the pit wall. But what

:03:08. > :03:15.he said his, we do not have time, go for it. 22 cars on the track,

:03:16. > :03:21.and that does not include Felipe Massa, and Fernando Alonso. He has

:03:21. > :03:29.just gone out, so we have 23 cars. Felipe Massa was getting ready.

:03:29. > :03:36.Kravitz? The other people in trouble, Sebastien Buemi. He was

:03:36. > :03:44.out on the soft tyre. They are looking at 14.5 as the cut-off to

:03:44. > :03:48.get into Q2. Lewis Hamilton on the hard tyre. Watch out for Sauber,

:03:48. > :03:57.they might be in big trouble. They have looked off the pace all

:03:57. > :04:04.weekend. I think it will be very close between Williams, Toro Rosso

:04:04. > :04:09.and Sauber as to who might be the first Scot to fall into one.

:04:09. > :04:19.Sebastien Buemi had three laps in total this morning, he has little

:04:19. > :04:20.

:04:20. > :04:27.truck time. I had Renault paid, Bruno Senna, because he had been in

:04:27. > :04:32.all sorts of problems. If he runs the KERS, it locks up into the

:04:32. > :04:37.corner, and he loses the entry position. If he switches it off,

:04:37. > :04:47.you are giving away performance, and it is worth 0.3 seconds in

:04:47. > :04:49.

:04:49. > :04:55.qualifying, probably more. You can deploy it twice. I do not think

:04:55. > :05:05.Renault were suffering from pace as such. But he had some specific

:05:05. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:19.problems. Sebastian Vettel is on a Vitaly Petrov up to fifth. It will

:05:19. > :05:23.change very quickly indeed have. Lewis Hamilton is the fastest man

:05:23. > :05:28.in the first sector. They are getting the Times in quickly, they

:05:28. > :05:32.are concerned about the weather. But there is nothing I can see that

:05:32. > :05:38.should bother them too much. Sebastian Vettel the fastest man in

:05:38. > :05:48.the middle sector. The wind sock is handing above the paddock, so there

:05:48. > :05:48.

:05:48. > :05:58.is not much wind. Sebastien Buemi has had a spin. Problems are not

:05:58. > :06:04.

:06:04. > :06:11.over. Sebastian Vettel goes fastest. He is on the medium compound tyre.

:06:11. > :06:20.Jenson Button is on the charge. RADIO: The range is holding off for

:06:20. > :06:29.now. -- rain. Wind speed, 6.1 metres per second. It will not be

:06:29. > :06:32.zooming in quickly. But let's wait and see. I have been in races here

:06:32. > :06:40.with you can see the brain bubbling up and it appears almost from

:06:40. > :06:48.nowhere. Sao Paulo is 800 metres above sea level, a plateau,

:06:48. > :06:58.surrounded by dense forest and vegetation. Fernando Alonso looking

:06:58. > :07:04.for positioning. Lewis Hamilton is on a better first sector. An

:07:04. > :07:14.average middle sector. He will not go quickest, but he only needs to

:07:14. > :07:18.

:07:18. > :07:28.get tricky one. -- get through Q1. Felipe Massa about to finish his

:07:28. > :07:35.

:07:35. > :07:41.again to be inside the top 10. Michael Schumacher fighting to stop

:07:41. > :07:51.the car from swapping ends. Bruno Senna had difficulties in the

:07:51. > :08:02.

:08:02. > :08:07.Renault this morning. The longer a Pixies or stop -- the long apexes.

:08:07. > :08:16.This will be the end of his first proper flying lap. He will be

:08:16. > :08:22.inside the top 17. Jenson Button is another flying lap. They are all

:08:22. > :08:31.staying out at the moment, 19 cars on the racetrack. Michael

:08:31. > :08:36.Schumacher goes into the top 10. It is always much closer here. Red

:08:36. > :08:46.Bull and McLaren have looked very close indeed. Will Red Bull find

:08:46. > :08:47.

:08:47. > :08:52.more speed? They can turn up the engine. Lewis Hamilton pits. Jenson

:08:52. > :08:58.Button is on a better lap. Jenson Button goes fastest, but is a good

:08:58. > :09:07.time on the media tyres. He prefers the balance of the car on those

:09:07. > :09:11.tyres. He is not as happy on the soft tyres. If you nail those tyres,

:09:11. > :09:19.they give you a bigger difference. That is not how he drives a racing

:09:19. > :09:24.car. Engineers have given feedback on where the pressures are. They

:09:24. > :09:31.have the censors, it is beamed back to the pits. You cannot afford to

:09:31. > :09:38.run the pressure too low. Very few braking points around the lap.

:09:38. > :09:47.There are only 15 corners, so the majority of the track is spent full

:09:47. > :09:52.throttle. In Abu Dhabi, 21 corners, the drivers had to negotiate. The

:09:52. > :09:56.way they have the car set-up, it is unloading be inside tyre. The

:09:56. > :10:03.feeling you have, it reduces the amount of grip you have when you

:10:03. > :10:13.turn. Three-quarters of the lap is spent with the throttle pedal

:10:13. > :10:14.

:10:14. > :10:20.welded to the floor. It is like a go-kart, stop and go. There is no

:10:20. > :10:28.room for a third pedal. Jenson Button and Mark Webber in the pit,

:10:28. > :10:32.as is Lewis Hamilton. Who will have to sacrifice a set of soft tyres?

:10:32. > :10:42.Everybody from Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher? They are under

:10:42. > :10:43.

:10:43. > :10:52.pressure. They would have to go again. Potentially. Fernando Alonso

:10:52. > :11:02.with the harder tyre. There is no APS on Formula One cars, you have

:11:02. > :11:03.

:11:03. > :11:11.got to make it yourself. That is probably why he got a bit and cited.

:11:11. > :11:16.-- UN sighted. Ted Kravitz? Felipe Massa will have to go again. It is

:11:16. > :11:24.the first time for a few races that there is technical parity between

:11:24. > :11:32.them. Felipe Massa has played a round with his car. For this

:11:32. > :11:40.session, they are both running the same specification from wind. --

:11:40. > :11:44.front wing. Another team potentially in trouble is Williams.

:11:44. > :11:52.I think the whole of the midfield will be nervously looking at the

:11:52. > :11:56.weather. What tyres is Sebastian Vettel on? He surely does not feel

:11:57. > :12:06.the need to put a set of soft tyres on, and less he is concerned about

:12:07. > :12:11.

:12:11. > :12:18.the rain. Heikki Kovalainen on target to be inside the top 17. He

:12:18. > :12:24.is climbing the hill to the finish line, and he only goes 19th. He was

:12:24. > :12:30.0.1 outside the top 17. That is on the soft tyre. He has been through

:12:30. > :12:37.to Q2 three times this year. But at the moment, that is not going to do

:12:37. > :12:41.it. Will he get another run? We saw lots of drivers do their best time

:12:41. > :12:50.after doing a lap, calling it, then going again. It is about

:12:50. > :12:54.maintaining the right pressure. They need to get the breaks up to

:12:54. > :12:59.temperature for the run into the first corner. We have seen a lot of

:12:59. > :13:09.locking up around this lap. If you can get the tyres to last, you will

:13:09. > :13:11.

:13:11. > :13:15.definitely gain time there. Let's look at the drop zone. Jarno Trulli

:13:15. > :13:24.is faster than Heikki Kovalainen and Rubens Barrichello, although

:13:24. > :13:28.Williams have not been out on the soft tyre yet. Jerome d'Ambrosio

:13:28. > :13:32.will be replaced next year by a French driver. We have no French

:13:32. > :13:39.drivers on the grid at the moment, but there could be two or three

:13:39. > :13:48.next year. Including Jean-Eric Vergne. They will be very welcome,

:13:48. > :13:53.the cuisine they will bring to the paddock! Rubens Barrichello, he has

:13:53. > :13:59.gone back out on the track, as has Pastor Maldonado. 13 drivers out

:13:59. > :14:08.there. Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher in the pits, six minutes

:14:08. > :14:13.remaining. Being such a short lap, you need less time to get round.

:14:13. > :14:23.Nico Rosberg still on the medium tyres. He thinks he can go fast

:14:23. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:54.straight line, so as to not lock the front wheel. RADIO: Go for it,

:14:54. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :15:05.we think there is rain coming. is because Nico Rosberg... They are

:15:05. > :15:14.

:15:14. > :15:19.line, going tenth. It might just be enough, as we watch d'Ambrosio.

:15:19. > :15:26.Schumacher has gone out on the soft tyres. There is Kobayashi on the

:15:26. > :15:30.soft tyres, in 13th at the moment. soft tyres, in 13th at the moment.

:15:30. > :15:40.There will be some tears here today. It is a question of getting those

:15:40. > :15:46.laps in. Pastor Maldonado, in 19th at the moment, flat out. Maldonado

:15:46. > :15:56.gets up to 14th with that. So he's in for now. It is Paul di Resta

:15:56. > :16:01.

:16:01. > :16:06.under pressure, but he's on a So, a straight fight at the moment.

:16:06. > :16:13.Buemi needs to get it done as well. It looks like Kobayashi is the next

:16:13. > :16:18.man under pressure. Barrichello goes nineth, fastest man through

:16:18. > :16:25.the final sector. He has been on pole position here three times. He

:16:25. > :16:30.grew up just the other side of the wall from this place. It is his

:16:30. > :16:32.home, he feels most comfortable here, and that's a very good effort,

:16:32. > :16:38.surely to get him comfortably through into the next phase of

:16:38. > :16:42.qualifying. 3.5 minutes remaining. Buemi, the man who did so few laps

:16:42. > :16:49.this morning, has had a problem in the middle part of the lap. He will

:16:49. > :16:56.get another effort. He had an awful middle sector. I don't know if it

:16:56. > :17:06.was traffic or a problem. Let's see what Lotus can do. Kovalainen has

:17:06. > :17:07.

:17:07. > :17:17.pitted, Jarno Trulli is ahead of him at the moment. Kobayashi has

:17:17. > :17:26.fallen down to 16th. He's going for his second hot lap on these tyres.

:17:26. > :17:36.He has got Jerome d'Ambrosio ahead of him. Coming through what used to

:17:36. > :17:44.

:17:44. > :17:53.be one of the most terrifying Coming up there, hitting the KERS,

:17:53. > :17:59.giving you another 80 horse power. Michael Schumacher did not go any

:17:59. > :18:05.faster. Massa has gone out on the soft tyres. Sebastien Buemi has got

:18:05. > :18:10.himself in, in 16th. So, it is Maldonado once again under pressure.

:18:10. > :18:16.We're on board with him. Coming up to the finish line. You have got

:18:16. > :18:26.constant G-force, 16 seconds at full throttle. Driving to the

:18:26. > :18:36.finish line, Maldonado, 18th, did not go faster, he is in trouble.

:18:36. > :19:02.

:19:02. > :19:09.Maldonado in 18th place, really under pressure.

:19:09. > :19:16.DAVID COULTHARD: You definitely do not want to get out over that

:19:16. > :19:26.curved handle bar and he paid the price. Bruno Senna looks safe

:19:26. > :19:27.

:19:27. > :19:37.enough, but Adrian Sutil will not be feeling that confident. So,

:19:37. > :19:41.

:19:41. > :19:51.Perez is in at the moment. 30 seconds remaining. Just eight cars

:19:51. > :19:55.

:19:55. > :20:02.out on track. He was just too wide as he went through turn seven.

:20:02. > :20:08.You're unsighted at that point., isn't it? Raikkonen we're hearing

:20:08. > :20:13.will not go to Williams next year, that has all fallen over. We just

:20:13. > :20:19.got a quick shot of Patrick Head, on the pit wall, a man who's coming

:20:19. > :20:28.to his last Grand Prix officially for Williams. Alonso is on track as

:20:28. > :20:34.well, as is Sebastien Buemi. It is just a personal battle really

:20:34. > :20:38.between the two Lotus drivers. Jarno Trulli is ahead of Kovalainen

:20:38. > :20:48.for the third time this year at the moment, but it is Kovalainen who

:20:48. > :20:50.

:20:50. > :20:58.changes that with a 15.0. This is just a grudge match within Team

:20:58. > :21:01.Lotus, changing its name of course next year to Caterham. I think

:21:01. > :21:05.they're going to keep the same colours. Jarno Trulli, another

:21:05. > :21:13.personal best in the middle sector. This is going to be very close

:21:13. > :21:21.indeed to getting ahead of his teammate. It does not do it. He's a

:21:21. > :21:26.third of the second shy of beating Heikki Kovalainen. That makes it

:21:26. > :21:32.16-2 to Kovalainen. The first big scalp to fall, Maldonado, for

:21:32. > :21:38.Williams. That was on the cards. Barrichello was in 11th place. At

:21:39. > :21:42.the moment, it is McLaren 1 and two. Serious frustration for Pastor

:21:42. > :21:52.Maldonado. Those other drivers who will not be taking part in the

:21:52. > :21:57.

:21:57. > :22:01.second part of qualifying. Look at that, Ricardo and Liuzzi. Always a

:22:01. > :22:05.difficult question, Timo Glock, the reasons for you being the slowest

:22:05. > :22:09.car out there today? It has been a terrible day so far. Yesterday the

:22:09. > :22:14.car was OK. Since this morning, we have completely lost the balance of

:22:14. > :22:20.the car. I could not even manage to do a lap this morning on the soft

:22:20. > :22:23.tyre. After half a lap, the tyre was already gone at the back. We

:22:23. > :22:28.changed the set-up for qualifying, but still I was a bit unlucky, I

:22:28. > :22:38.had traffic, one of the Toro Rossos came out in front of me and stayed

:22:38. > :22:40.

:22:40. > :22:45.the whole lap in front of me. That was the problem. So I lost a couple

:22:45. > :22:49.of tenths there. We start from the back, that's it. Trying to put a

:22:49. > :22:58.positive spin on these things. I wanted to ask you, going forward,

:22:58. > :23:02.what will you going to do for next year? That's what we're working on.

:23:02. > :23:09.We have got the people in place now, we have got a technical partnership

:23:09. > :23:13.with McLaren, which is good, but in the end, we have to decide things

:23:13. > :23:17.on our own. It will be tough at the start of next year, but the

:23:17. > :23:24.possibilities are different, so that's positive. Jerome d'Ambrosio,

:23:24. > :23:27.we know that the Virgin name will disappear next year, but there are

:23:27. > :23:32.rumours that you might be disappearing as well. Can you

:23:32. > :23:38.explain to us? At the moment, there are discussions going on, but

:23:38. > :23:43.nothing is fixed. I cannot say much. Why not, you can trust us? You know

:23:43. > :23:48.Jake would not tell anyone. Tell us what's going on. Hopefully I will

:23:48. > :23:58.be on that grid again, that's what I'm fighting for. It is not easy. I

:23:58. > :24:01.

:24:01. > :24:05.just have to keep fighting. Timo Glock, in your team next year, have

:24:05. > :24:10.you been given assurances about the funding under plans for 2012? You

:24:10. > :24:15.do not want to stay in a team which is at the back of the grid? No-one

:24:15. > :24:19.wants to be in that position. That goes for everyone in the team.

:24:19. > :24:25.Desperately we want to go forward. We are working on that. The plan is

:24:25. > :24:28.pretty building for the future. We will try our best. What is the

:24:28. > :24:33.plan? To be in the middle of the pack somewhere, fighting regularly

:24:33. > :24:43.for top 10 finishes, maybe not next year, but in the future. Jerome,

:24:43. > :24:44.

:24:44. > :24:49.what kind of a teammate was he? still is! He's a good teammate.

:24:49. > :24:57.He's not as good as he looks, but he's all right, not bad. That's

:24:57. > :25:01.great, the honesty of all of this! You ask the same question! What

:25:01. > :25:05.kind of teammate is Jerome? He's tough, he gave me some hard times.

:25:05. > :25:12.We worked very well together, very good guy, the technical feedback,

:25:12. > :25:16.we were on the same page, it is good fun to work with him. We will

:25:16. > :25:20.let you go and speak to the rest of the world's media. But we're

:25:20. > :25:27.hearing that the Virgin name is gone, the Russian sports car

:25:27. > :25:35.producer comes in. Sadly, Jerome will be disappearing from Formula

:25:35. > :25:39.1? It is too early to say. He was still optimistic. Things can flow

:25:39. > :25:44.and change so quickly in Formula 1. I would not rule anybody out at

:25:44. > :25:48.this stage. He obviously has something up his sleeve. Looking

:25:48. > :25:54.ahead to the next session, it may well rain. We saw some incredible

:25:54. > :26:00.rain in 2009. The cars will go out early again we expect in this

:26:00. > :26:04.session, just to be safe. I have always been critical of teams for

:26:04. > :26:13.not getting a banker in place. It does not make sense to just sit and

:26:13. > :26:20.wait. Get out there, put a lap in the bag, and take it from there.

:26:21. > :26:27.this is 2009, on screen at the moment, but back to 2011, and

:26:27. > :26:34.Martin Brundle. You had me looking out of the window there! You were

:26:34. > :26:41.playing something from 2009! Qualifying will be restarting in

:26:41. > :26:46.around 30 seconds. Soft tyres on so many of those cars. Ted Kravitz...

:26:46. > :26:50.I have just had a look at the radar in one of the garages, and it says

:26:50. > :26:55.the rain is coming. It is closer than 10 kilometres now. That's the

:26:55. > :27:00.information which the teams are getting. In the pit lane, all I can

:27:00. > :27:06.see his blue sky. But it is coming in from the direction of the first

:27:06. > :27:15.corner, we are told. That's often where the rain turns up first of

:27:15. > :27:23.all here. We reckon it is about 30 minutes away. That is why we are

:27:23. > :27:31.seeing so much frantic activity. The green light is on. And we are

:27:31. > :27:39.under way in Q2. A lot of drivers are on the soft tyre, they want to

:27:39. > :27:43.get a banker lap in. They do indeed. Those who should have a bit in

:27:43. > :27:47.reserve, like McLaren and Ferrari and Red Bull, then it should be

:27:47. > :27:55.just a case of doing a tidy lap. For those scurrying for the honour

:27:55. > :28:00.of getting in the top 10, it will be more work than that. It is very

:28:00. > :28:10.difficult to get a clear lap in order short-track like this. Very

:28:10. > :28:12.

:28:12. > :28:16.difficult to get the positioning right, and to get tyre temperature.

:28:16. > :28:22.Driving this slowly does not help your ability to get heat into the

:28:22. > :28:32.brakes. He was just backing-up, trying to find some space. We have

:28:32. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :28:37.got 17 cars on the track. We have lost Maldonado, Kovalainen, Liuzzi

:28:37. > :28:41.and Glock, among others. We are now looking to get rid of seven more.

:28:41. > :28:48.Force India, it seems, are looking most likely to get through, but

:28:48. > :28:52.they did use an extra set of tyres in the first part of qualifying.

:28:52. > :28:56.That is Adrian Sutil, a man fighting for his seat I think in

:28:56. > :29:06.Force India. And we hear he's talking to Renault and Williams

:29:06. > :29:10.

:29:10. > :29:20.about next year. Hulkenberg, who I'm a very big fan of, is a

:29:20. > :29:32.

:29:32. > :29:36.You can see the bushes at the side of the racetrack blowing around. It

:29:36. > :29:43.is pretty breezy. They think the weather is coming in. Adrian Sutil

:29:44. > :29:52.is homing in on the finish line. That gives him a 1:13.2, which is a

:29:52. > :29:56.pretty solid lap. It now says, no rain within the next 30 minutes,

:29:56. > :30:02.and yet the team have been telling their drivers to get a lap in, it

:30:02. > :30:07.is going to rain! DAVID COULTHARD: Unless they have

:30:07. > :30:17.got someone in a tall building chucking a bucket of water out,

:30:17. > :30:22.

:30:22. > :30:29.Here comes Mark Webber, let's see what he has got to offer us. That's

:30:29. > :30:35.half a second shy of his teammate. Hamilton still fourth, Alonso fifth.

:30:35. > :30:42.Senna is down in eighth. And now it is what -- Rosberg up in second.

:30:42. > :30:52.That's a very good time indeed. Button is now up in third. Remember,

:30:52. > :30:54.

:30:54. > :31:04.this is not for the grid position, it just gives us 11 to 17 on the

:31:04. > :31:12.

:31:12. > :31:17.having just started a hot lap. Sebastian bore any locks up. As

:31:17. > :31:26.soon as you apply any kind of steering Glock, you unload the

:31:26. > :31:30.steering tyre. That is what is happening there with Michael. It

:31:30. > :31:40.depends on the bonds and other things, but it is the inside wheel

:31:40. > :31:44.

:31:44. > :31:52.that will not, because it is slightly lighter. Mark Webber, 12.6.

:31:52. > :32:00.Lewis Hamilton has done the fastest first sector. That corner used to

:32:00. > :32:06.be terrifying, but now they take a rest. I am getting the impression

:32:06. > :32:10.that the track used to scare you! lot! There was no way to go, and it

:32:10. > :32:20.was so bumpy, and the cars were leaping around. They have got

:32:20. > :32:21.

:32:21. > :32:29.different challenges now. Quite a lot of camper. -- camber. This is

:32:29. > :32:35.where the old track used to be. He banked circuit. Lewis Hamilton is

:32:35. > :32:45.still a bit off the fastest time. This is all about getting into the

:32:45. > :32:48.

:32:48. > :32:51.top 10. Lewis Hamilton still 0.4 seconds off the pace. New helmet

:32:51. > :32:57.colours for Felipe Massa. How can you be sure it is Felipe Massa in

:32:57. > :33:07.there? We do not recognise his helmet. They could put anybody in

:33:07. > :33:08.

:33:08. > :33:14.there! Were you a whole may change it? Very rarely. Jenson Button has

:33:14. > :33:22.finished. Ted Kravitz? A cracking up from Nico Rosberg. Michael

:33:22. > :33:26.Schumacher will have to go again, he is not happy at all. Force India

:33:26. > :33:36.seems to be in trouble, they have already burned through two sets of

:33:36. > :33:40.

:33:40. > :33:45.soft tyres. Let's see what they do. Nico Rosberg up there in second

:33:45. > :33:55.place. Michael Schumacher has always been handy around here. He

:33:55. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :34:07.has won here four times. In 2006, in his first career, he was mighty.

:34:07. > :34:09.

:34:09. > :34:17.I was reading some notes, thank you for giving me the Ku! -- cue!

:34:17. > :34:21.but he has had results on every track. What is the secret here?

:34:21. > :34:29.have to be patient in the middle sector, and you have to go over

:34:29. > :34:36.speed the entries in certain places. If you to the classic braking and

:34:36. > :34:41.positioning, you cannot get on the power. You have to go over speed

:34:41. > :34:47.the entry, to gain the lap time that you will end up losing on the

:34:47. > :34:51.exit, but it is in the bank. The first corner is all about making

:34:51. > :35:01.sure you have got your temperature set for the start of the lap. I'd

:35:01. > :35:01.

:35:01. > :35:08.used to have a light, it was on until I had optimal temperature.

:35:09. > :35:14.Once the light went off, I knew I could have confidence. You go way

:35:14. > :35:20.past the 50 metre board, you are on top of the corner. You are staring

:35:20. > :35:28.into the eyes of the fans in the grandstand. The tyres of warm. That

:35:28. > :35:38.is not a great surprise. We could do with a gauge, telling us what

:35:38. > :35:52.

:35:52. > :35:58.temperature that is. If it rains the grid, they have always been

:35:58. > :36:04.strong in Formula One. To be nationalistic, a great effort from

:36:04. > :36:07.Bruno Senna, it would be fantastic if he could stay there. The

:36:07. > :36:14.Brazilians have been camped out here since we arrived this morning,

:36:14. > :36:22.singing to themselves. It is almost like a carnival. Another young

:36:23. > :36:29.driver there, aiming at the seat. We have got all of these young

:36:29. > :36:39.drivers, and somebody like Pedro de la Rosa signs a deal with Hispania,

:36:39. > :36:41.

:36:41. > :36:46.39 or 40 years old! They spend money and there is no way to go.

:36:46. > :36:52.Lots of fit, young drivers, and the escalator is blocked. It could be

:36:52. > :37:02.worse, at least there are 24 seats on the grid. I expect the pay is

:37:02. > :37:14.

:37:14. > :37:23.will time is irrelevant. -- your time. We just saw Paul di Resta

:37:23. > :37:27.leave the pits, his final set of software will four. -- soft tyres.

:37:27. > :37:33.When they have qualified in the top 10, they do not run, because they

:37:33. > :37:39.have blown their tyres. At least they have got a good slot, but I do

:37:39. > :37:49.not understand why they do not get a lap time in. We will talk about

:37:49. > :37:50.

:37:50. > :37:57.that in a while. Jaime Alguersuari just outside the top 10. Adrian

:37:58. > :38:07.Sutil has gone out. Still in the pits, the first few drivers. I

:38:07. > :38:17.suspect they will not go again. I suspect everybody behind Adrian

:38:17. > :38:24.

:38:24. > :38:31.Sutil, including Felipe Massa, will Jaime Alguersuari still shy of the

:38:31. > :38:39.best. Let's watch him over the line. This is where the end of the pit

:38:39. > :38:45.wall is, it scares me! That is better from Jaime Alguersuari, but

:38:45. > :38:51.not good enough. Ted Kravitz? Felipe Massa has a new set of soft

:38:52. > :39:01.tyres. He used these used set for the first run, so he has got

:39:02. > :39:02.

:39:02. > :39:12.another set for Q3. A quick weather Report, it is now San'a. -- it is

:39:12. > :39:17.

:39:17. > :39:21.about the weather? The information they were being given was that the

:39:21. > :39:28.rain was coming, so either the radar was wrong, and we have seen

:39:28. > :39:35.that happen, or it was picking up a thunderstorm that has moved away

:39:36. > :39:43.from the circuit. That is more likely. Paul di Resta stays 10th,

:39:43. > :39:48.he will be under pressure. Michael Schumacher has gone out. This is

:39:48. > :39:58.Felipe Massa starting his final flying lap on the new tyres. Let's

:39:58. > :39:59.

:39:59. > :40:09.get into the top 10. He has got a bit of traffic. He will pass that,

:40:09. > :40:15.down into the braking zone. Look at how much time he has lost. He has

:40:15. > :40:20.got no choice, he knows that dropping that amount of time, you

:40:20. > :40:26.are not going to get the job done, so he has got to save the tyres and

:40:26. > :40:32.then deliver it on his final flying lap. He is under a little bit of

:40:33. > :40:37.pressure. Paul di Resta has not managed to improve. We think it is

:40:37. > :40:46.Felipe Massa in that helmet! We do not have proved! But we did see

:40:46. > :40:54.through the helmet. You could put anybody in it! This is where he got

:40:54. > :41:01.it wrong. That is where they will open the door ers tomorrow as well.

:41:01. > :41:11.-- opened the DRS. The furore is having difficulty cutting occurred

:41:11. > :41:11.

:41:11. > :41:21.through the second corner -- furore. Michael Schumacher, not a very good

:41:21. > :41:25.first sector, but the best middle sector. RADIO: Loss of power.

:41:25. > :41:34.Michael Schumacher just gets into the top 10, displacing Paul di

:41:34. > :41:39.Resta. Sergio Perez is out there as well. Sebastien Buemi, 14th, having

:41:39. > :41:48.gone 10 seconds slower in the middle sector. This is Bruno Senna,

:41:48. > :41:53.still ninth. He has done an OK first sector. He is inside the

:41:53. > :42:00.first -- inside the top 10. Paul di Resta are under serious pressure.

:42:00. > :42:10.Sebastian Vettel did not go out. First to sixth did not go out. At

:42:10. > :42:10.

:42:10. > :42:16.the moment, nine cars on the track. Bruno Senna going quite slowly. The

:42:16. > :42:26.flag drops to end Q2. Bruno Senna is ninth. He has made a mistake

:42:26. > :42:26.

:42:26. > :42:36.somewhere. Paul di Resta did not quite make it. What can Rubens

:42:36. > :42:42.

:42:42. > :42:49.Barrichello deliver?, on! -- come on! Confirmation of the end of the

:42:49. > :42:54.session. Vitaly Petrov, 15th. He is way behind Bruno Senna. Michael

:42:54. > :43:00.Schumacher has pitted. It has given up on any further laps. Rubens

:43:00. > :43:10.Barrichello has done a poor middle sector. He is putting as well. It

:43:10. > :43:24.

:43:24. > :43:34.side by side. Paul di Resta will start 11th. Alongside Rubens

:43:34. > :43:44.Barrichello. Jaime Alguersuari ahead of Sebastien Buemi. That

:43:44. > :43:48.makes it 12-7 to Sebastien Buemi. Vitaly Petrov, 15th, and Kamui

:43:48. > :43:52.Kobayashi and Sergio Perez side by side.

:43:52. > :43:56.His uncle was a two-time winner around the circuit, so this will

:43:56. > :44:03.feel very good indeed for Bruno Senna. Vitaly Petrov did not make

:44:03. > :44:09.it through. A great lap from Bruno Senna. We will see how he does in a

:44:09. > :44:13.few moments. Another strong lap from Nico Rosberg. The second

:44:13. > :44:22.fastest lap in that session, but surely anything better than that

:44:22. > :44:26.We are here with a man who knows what it takes to win championships

:44:26. > :44:30.in Formula 1. Jacques Villeneuve, we have been talking a lot about

:44:30. > :44:35.Williams this weekend - as a man who won the world title with them,

:44:35. > :44:39.ha have you felt watching them this season? It is tough, because it is

:44:39. > :44:44.a team with such an amazing past. It has always been a passionate

:44:44. > :44:51.team. Somehow it seems that decisions year after year have been

:44:51. > :44:55.heading them in the wrong direction. I would like to think about all of

:44:55. > :45:00.these new 40-year-old youngsters - where do you see yourself in all of

:45:00. > :45:04.this? I'm working in as car, I have not been working in Formula 1 at

:45:04. > :45:08.all. But Michael seems to have been progressing this year. De la Rosa

:45:08. > :45:11.is coming back next year. As long as you have the hunger, and the

:45:11. > :45:16.willingness to make the sacrifices, you can be as good as when you

:45:16. > :45:21.started. I just heard a huge cheer, that is probably Bruno Senna

:45:21. > :45:24.getting out of his car. The issue for someone like Pedro de la Rosa

:45:24. > :45:28.coming back is that you're competing against people a lot

:45:28. > :45:33.younger than yourself. Could you imagine getting back in a Formula 1

:45:33. > :45:37.car? There was talk about it. there was, once you have been

:45:37. > :45:41.racing, you always love driving those cars. If you could get a good

:45:41. > :45:46.shot, it would be tough to say no. But I'm not dreaming about it. It

:45:46. > :45:50.is not something I'm working on. As you say, you have to fight against

:45:50. > :45:57.the young, hungry kids, but if you have the experience, and you're

:45:58. > :46:06.hungry, you can do it. Jacques Villeneuve spoke about this car,

:46:06. > :46:11.which is by far the biggest motor sport in terms of support - how Bag

:46:11. > :46:16.-- how big is it for you to get into does car? Those cars are

:46:16. > :46:20.amazing to drive. Coming from Formula 1, I mainly get a go on the

:46:20. > :46:24.road courses, not the ovals. But you have tracks with 200,000 people

:46:24. > :46:28.sitting in the grandstands, 36 terms a year. It is an amazing

:46:28. > :46:32.Championship. It is fought on the track, very little punishment for

:46:32. > :46:37.dirty driving. Thank you very much for joining us. We will be hearing

:46:37. > :46:41.from Pastor Maldonado in a mini and. Just give us your thoughts on

:46:41. > :46:45.Sebastian Vettel this year. -- in a minute. He has been amazing. He has

:46:45. > :46:49.been in a position of strength, but he has also managed to destroy his

:46:50. > :46:54.teammate. That's the main thing. If the teammate had been on the same

:46:54. > :46:58.page, we could have said it was just the car. We have drag you away

:46:59. > :47:04.from your lunch, we apologise for that. It might be slightly cold now.

:47:04. > :47:07.Always nice to see you. We spoke about the fact that Jacques

:47:07. > :47:12.Villeneuve won the world title with Williams. Pastor Maldonado will not

:47:12. > :47:20.be doing that this season. A tough day for you today, and it will be

:47:20. > :47:29.the same tomorrow? 18 on the grid. Yes, we will be at the back, but we

:47:29. > :47:33.did it a different way from Rubens, a different set-up, so we hope

:47:33. > :47:42.tomorrow it will be raining, and that's it. Where did you struggle

:47:42. > :47:47.today? I think with the option tyres, we did not find great

:47:47. > :47:53.balance for the lap. And we were penalised because of that. But

:47:53. > :47:57.maybe with our set-up, that does not help as well. I was really

:47:57. > :48:00.excited when Rubens was trying to put in a hot lap, I thought he

:48:00. > :48:04.might just sneak into the final part of qualifying, something he

:48:04. > :48:09.has not done all season, of course. Now, we turn our attention to the

:48:09. > :48:14.fight for pole position. We have had a look at a few world champions

:48:14. > :48:19.struggling around today. It is a tricky middle sector, isn't it?

:48:19. > :48:23.can see here, locking up at the front. The front of the car seems

:48:23. > :48:29.to be getting a hard time. The cars are much lighter than they would

:48:29. > :48:33.normally be, and for that reason, I think they have not quite got the

:48:33. > :48:41.brake balance, they have got too much on the front. And this is

:48:41. > :48:45.Fernando Alonso, also looking up at the front. Can anyone knock

:48:45. > :48:52.Sebastian Vettel off his perch? Could he possibly get 15 pole

:48:52. > :48:56.positions? Of course, it is everybody's dream. He's at the top

:48:56. > :49:01.of the class in every aspect. But I think McLellan have something, I

:49:01. > :49:05.don't know why, but something will be in the water tells me that Lewis

:49:06. > :49:09.will just pip him. It has been close all weekend between the

:49:09. > :49:13.fastest guys in Formula 1 at the moment, McLaren and Red Bull.

:49:13. > :49:17.However, did you see that hot lap from Nico Rosberg in the final part

:49:17. > :49:24.of qualifying? It is time to hand you over to Martin Brundle and

:49:24. > :49:31.David qualified -- David Coulthard for the final part of qualifying in

:49:31. > :49:38.this 2011 season. MARTIN BRUNDLE: We have 10 drivers

:49:38. > :49:44.are aiming for the best grid positions - will Vettel smash the

:49:44. > :49:48.all-time record? At the moment he shares the record, with 14 pole

:49:48. > :49:56.positions in one season. Nigel Mansell did it in just 16 Grand

:49:56. > :50:03.Prix. This is the 19th of the season. Michael Schumacher, a

:50:03. > :50:12.dollars second behind his teammate, but still getting through to Q3.

:50:12. > :50:17.Looking very calm in the pit lane. Q3 begins, as ever, 10 minutes

:50:17. > :50:21.remaining of the final qualifying session of 2011. Nico Rosberg is so

:50:21. > :50:24.keen to get out there, he's having a good time.

:50:24. > :50:28.DAVID COULTHARD: That was a fantastic effort in the middle pot

:50:28. > :50:33.of qualifying, how can you go a second faster than your teammate

:50:33. > :50:38.around this track? It is the second shortest track on the calendar? It

:50:38. > :50:43.is about skill, I think is the answer. Ted Kravitz, what can you

:50:43. > :50:47.tell us. I have got a little explanation, it is all about power.

:50:47. > :50:53.It seems Mercedes are a team that do not think it is going to rain

:50:53. > :51:02.tomorrow, or they certainly have not set their car up for it. It was

:51:02. > :51:05.all power, in the first sector and the third sector. The DRS was

:51:05. > :51:15.working really well for Nico Rosberg, which is why he gained

:51:15. > :51:19.

:51:19. > :51:29.time. But he has also managed to Two cars on track, Lewis Hamilton

:51:29. > :51:39.and Nico Rosberg. No DRS (son. did not sound like he was maxing

:51:39. > :51:52.

:51:52. > :51:56.out the revs, either. These two were teammates in karting. He's

:51:56. > :51:59.going for it. He will have lost a lot of time with no DRS on that

:51:59. > :52:03.front straight. He's more than a second slower than what he did in

:52:03. > :52:09.the last pot of the previous qualifying session. Maybe Ted

:52:09. > :52:13.Kravitz can give us some information from the pit lane. Was

:52:13. > :52:19.it a new set of tyres when he went out, or was it the set he used in

:52:19. > :52:22.the first session, is he just getting some heat in the breaks?

:52:22. > :52:31.They all seem to have backed off on the concept of rain. Humility is

:52:31. > :52:39.still going up, at 63%. What is not going up his Nico Rosberg's sector

:52:39. > :52:46.times, in terms of improvement. is open now, so he did not want to

:52:46. > :52:56.use it on that first lap. It is like running your headlights on the

:52:56. > :52:57.

:52:57. > :53:03.road, it does not actually cost you He was just building up, I think.

:53:03. > :53:09.Just getting the tyres and breaks ready. It looks like Lewis Hamilton

:53:09. > :53:17.is doing exactly the same. It appears to be about tyre warm up.

:53:17. > :53:27.Yes, it is. I have sneaked a look at the eco-wars Berg's pit board,

:53:27. > :53:41.

:53:41. > :53:46.and it says, that means -- it says L1. That means it is a two-lap run.

:53:46. > :53:49.Why did we not see that in the previous two sessions? I wonder if

:53:49. > :53:54.it is to do with a different strategy with regard to tyre

:53:54. > :53:58.pressures. Is it a question of them knowing that they will not need

:53:58. > :54:02.these tyres in the race, so they are doing this in a different way,

:54:02. > :54:12.because they will have to start the Grand Prix on a different set of

:54:12. > :54:16.

:54:16. > :54:21.tyres? That could well be the answer. So, 1:12.2 for Sebastian

:54:21. > :54:28.Vettel! Challenge that, everybody. That is a mighty lap time, compared

:54:28. > :54:34.to what we have seen this weekend! Alonso could only do 1:12.8, six

:54:34. > :54:38.tenths of a second different. We expected Vettel to pull one out of

:54:38. > :54:48.the bag towards the end, but he has done it straightaway. Lewis

:54:48. > :54:57.

:54:57. > :55:02.Hamilton is trying to match it. But Vettel has laid down a marker

:55:02. > :55:10.already! Incredible, he has managed to go at two tenths faster than he

:55:10. > :55:14.did in the middle part of qualifying. Button also found a

:55:14. > :55:18.couple of tenths, Alonso has matched it as well, so it looks

:55:18. > :55:22.like it is a representative time. Lewis Hamilton down in fifth, what

:55:22. > :55:27.is that all about? You sense that Lewis has turned the corner of it,

:55:27. > :55:32.after that victory last time out. He was so happy with his time in LA,

:55:32. > :55:36.with his current, former, maybe future, girlfriend, and he has been

:55:36. > :55:46.looking mighty good around here. But at the moment, down in fifth

:55:46. > :55:47.

:55:47. > :55:55.Place, and we have still to see the efforts of several of the drivers.

:55:55. > :56:00.Any sign of blisters on the tyres? Those will get wrapped up, because

:56:00. > :56:05.they could be the tyres he will start the Grand Prix on. You have

:56:05. > :56:15.to start on the tyres which you used to set your fastest lap, if

:56:15. > :56:16.

:56:16. > :56:24.you're in the top 10. It is about now I start getting upset normally,

:56:24. > :56:27.isn't it?! I love the new qualification former, I like this

:56:27. > :56:33.for reception qualifying set-up, because if it rains, it doesn't

:56:33. > :56:40.matter, they still have to go out. But we have got to find a solution

:56:40. > :56:45.to this, the top 10 shoot-out must contain 10 cars fully active. I can

:56:45. > :56:49.understand if you run out of tyres, what's the point? There is a simple

:56:49. > :56:53.solution, you just make the top 101 extra set of tyres which they have

:56:53. > :56:59.to give back. Meanwhile, back to the action. Just over three minutes

:56:59. > :57:09.to go. RADIO: Rear temperatures are still

:57:09. > :57:22.

:57:22. > :57:28.quite low, mate. A casual message That seem a long way out, but he

:57:28. > :57:36.got away with it. Vettel has gone out on the track again. Is he going

:57:36. > :57:40.to deliver another crushing blow in the Red Bull? Webber second at the

:57:40. > :57:43.moment. Pole position man has not won his Grand Prix for the last two

:57:43. > :57:47.years, maybe it is not the best place to be. Interestingly,

:57:47. > :57:54.Sebastian has tended to be the last man across the line in qualifying,

:57:54. > :57:57.but he has gone very early this time. Adrian Sutil is going to

:57:57. > :58:05.deliver the seventh lap time of this session, so at least he's

:58:05. > :58:11.having a go. So, Sutil does a 13.3, that's pretty solid, only two

:58:11. > :58:21.tenths slower than Rosberg. Michael Schumacher goes out on the medium

:58:21. > :58:27.

:58:27. > :58:31.If Michael Schumacher sets a lap time on those tyres, he will have

:58:31. > :58:36.to use them at the start of the race. We will keep an eye on that.

:58:36. > :58:44.TED KRAVITZ: Bruno Senna has gone out on a brand new set of soft

:58:44. > :58:51.tyres. And Lewis Hamilton will be the last of the top runners to set

:58:51. > :58:55.his final attempt. I think that was a great effort from Bruno Senna.

:58:55. > :59:00.His practice sessions were blighted with all sorts of issues on that

:59:00. > :59:03.car. He looked like he could be in the drop zone, but on home soil, he

:59:04. > :59:10.has put forward the best message possible to Renault to keep his

:59:10. > :59:15.seat for next year. In the eight races he has done for Renault, five

:59:15. > :59:18.times he has out-qualified Petrov, who's highly regarded. A new

:59:18. > :59:25.fastest time in that sector for the double world champion Sebastian

:59:25. > :59:30.Vettel, as he makes his way, climbing this steep hill, much

:59:30. > :59:33.steeper than you can imagine from the TV pictures... It all looks

:59:33. > :59:42.calm and easy for him, but he's carrying mighty speed. He comes

:59:42. > :59:46.down the hill, just coming through Juncao, and taking the long line

:59:46. > :59:53.around the outside. He keeps the steering wheel nice and open, to

:59:53. > :59:58.let the speed built, delivering some KERS Energy, and there he goes.

:59:59. > :00:03.What can they do about that?! Mark Webber is on a decent lap at the

:00:03. > :00:07.moment, so is Button. No wonder the team are applauding, that's a

:00:07. > :00:12.sensational lap. Fernanda oh long say now approaching the line as

:00:12. > :00:22.well. He's fourth at the moment, and he goes up to third. --

:00:22. > :00:32.

:00:32. > :00:39.Fernando Alonso. They're all out Michael Schumacher will just set

:00:39. > :00:45.sector times. Jenson Button does second! He is up onto the front row.

:00:45. > :00:55.Nico Rosberg coming through in six. Mark Webber takes over second.

:00:55. > :00:55.

:00:55. > :01:02.Adrian Sutil, eight. Lewis Hamilton up into fourth. Jenson Button beats

:01:02. > :01:07.Lewis Hamilton. Mark Webber got within 0.1 of his team-mate. Dave

:01:07. > :01:11.Red Bull front row. The record- breaking 15th time, Sebastian

:01:11. > :01:16.Vettel on pole position. He did not even deliver his best sector in the

:01:16. > :01:26.final sector. What time could he have done?! A great effort from

:01:26. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :01:34.Mark Webber. RADIO: You did it! baby, we got it! That was good!

:01:34. > :01:41.Thank you, you are incredible! I wonder if it feels as good as the

:01:41. > :01:45.other 29! I mentioned Jenson Button, he never qualified in the top 10

:01:45. > :01:50.around this track. He has responded this weekend, third position, very

:01:50. > :01:59.close to Red Bull. It is a surprise he got in front of Lewis Hamilton.

:01:59. > :02:09.He looked mighty in the early sessions. It is 13-6, T Lewis

:02:09. > :02:18.Hamilton, against Jenson Button. Nico Rosberg, 0.5 down on his Q2

:02:18. > :02:26.time. He would have moved up one or two places. He starts six. How does

:02:26. > :02:36.he compare? 16-3 against Michael Schumacher in qualifying. What

:02:36. > :02:38.

:02:38. > :02:46.about Red Bull? 16-34 Sebastian Vettel. -- 16-3, 4 Sebastian Vettel.

:02:46. > :02:51.You can understand his happiness. Jenson Button, it look like he

:02:51. > :02:57.would be on the front row. He will auction off the overalls for

:02:57. > :03:04.charity. The McLaren drivers are wearing the overalls that have been

:03:04. > :03:12.designed by the fans are. Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix

:03:12. > :03:22.in those, and Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix in his.

:03:22. > :03:36.

:03:36. > :03:46.Christian Horner, lots of doom and place. Adrian Sutil doing a great

:03:46. > :04:17.

:04:17. > :04:27.job again. A wonderful effort from the moment, they just could not

:04:27. > :04:33.

:04:33. > :04:38.find a way, as ever, to match the have got us all excited. Twitter is

:04:38. > :04:44.awash with people saying, surprise, surprise. He ends the season as he

:04:44. > :04:49.started it. Will this feel as good as his previous pole positions?

:04:49. > :04:56.This is the one that says, he got 15 pole positions in one season.

:04:56. > :05:00.the beginning of the season, those are the figures that you dream

:05:00. > :05:07.about, and they never become a reality. He made them a reality. He

:05:07. > :05:11.is that good. He loves braking records. He told us, if you are

:05:11. > :05:16.going to win world championships and titles, you deserve to take

:05:16. > :05:21.fastest laps and pole positions. It will mean a lot. We do not want to

:05:21. > :05:25.go on too long, because it must be exasperating for the other drivers.

:05:26. > :05:32.But he has always been great with the media and his team, he is great

:05:32. > :05:42.in the car, he is amazing. I wonder how Nigel Mansell felt. He picked

:05:42. > :05:44.

:05:44. > :05:50.up 14 pole positions. What can you say? He beat the

:05:50. > :05:56.previous fastest time, impressive. He has done it all year. He shared

:05:56. > :06:02.the record for two weeks with Nigel Mansell, I never thought that was

:06:02. > :06:08.such a record, so to beat that, impressive. It is an awesome

:06:08. > :06:13.achievement. To have Mark Webber alongside is a great final

:06:13. > :06:18.qualifying. Why did it mean so much to get the record? He enjoys the

:06:18. > :06:25.statistics, it is a small piece of history, he is only 24, but he has

:06:25. > :06:32.made his mark. He should enjoy this moment, it is quite special, some

:06:32. > :06:36.illustrious names that he now sits on top.

:06:36. > :06:40.Plenty of celebrations in Sao Paulo and back in Milton Keynes. We do

:06:40. > :06:50.not mind Red Bull picking up pole position, but I wish they would

:06:50. > :06:51.

:06:51. > :06:54.give us some more excitement! That his total dominance. But some

:06:54. > :07:00.people underperform. We were unfortunate, because Nico Rosberg

:07:00. > :07:05.has been getting better, and Mercedes have been improving. But

:07:05. > :07:10.to do the time in Q2 and not in Q3, that is a disappointment, because

:07:10. > :07:13.they should have been further up. Well done to Mark Webber, he needs

:07:13. > :07:18.a win to stand any chance of finishing second in the

:07:19. > :07:24.championship. What about Jenson Button? He has not even been in the

:07:24. > :07:31.top 10 in the last six years, but he qualifies third. Let's hear from

:07:31. > :07:37.Paul di Resta, who did OK. It was close today. You just missed

:07:37. > :07:42.out on Q3. It was very close. It was always going to be difficult.

:07:42. > :07:49.We have not had the top speed that the other cars had. We do not know

:07:50. > :07:54.why. It is a bit frustrating. But we are in 11th with rain forecast,

:07:54. > :07:59.so fingers crossed that we can capitalise on that. In the past,

:07:59. > :08:09.the car has been good in the wet. We are in a reasonable position.

:08:09. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:17.How tough it was it out there? We are you expecting to get into Q3?

:08:17. > :08:22.Produced an of the new set of soft tyres and we did not improved. We

:08:22. > :08:27.did not get the best out of them. But the other cars have not, either.

:08:27. > :08:35.You never know about the rain, it can be so unpredictable. The

:08:35. > :08:39.showers are increasing, but it is what it is. Hopefully, the race

:08:39. > :08:45.will be strong. As soon as the qualifying session

:08:45. > :08:51.is over, the sky is darker! We will wait and see what happens tomorrow.

:08:51. > :09:00.It will help Force India. Paul di Resta has done OK, and he would

:09:00. > :09:04.love to finish his rookie season on a high. I quite like the rain here!

:09:04. > :09:08.I think Adrian Sutil can finish in the top 10 in the Drivers'

:09:09. > :09:12.Championship if he gets the point, and if Paul di Resta is in front of

:09:12. > :09:16.him and likely to get a point, I am sure they will swap them at the

:09:16. > :09:21.last lap, because Adrian Sutil has been a huge number of this team,

:09:21. > :09:27.and it might be his last race at Force India. I think Paul di Resta

:09:27. > :09:31.will do the honourable think. unlikely, but if they outscored

:09:31. > :09:35.Renault by 15 points, they will finish fifth in the Constructors'

:09:35. > :09:41.Championship. Rubens Barrichello starts just behind Paul di Resta,

:09:41. > :09:49.in 12. You put out the best in what has

:09:49. > :09:53.been a difficult car this season. Well done. It was a great feeling.

:09:53. > :09:59.You are always there or thereabouts, but it has been a tough year with

:09:59. > :10:08.the car that we had. When you are at home, you have to use whatever

:10:08. > :10:15.is on your side, and today, with the public, I used it to the best,

:10:15. > :10:24.and I am pretty sure it was a poor position lap on the car! -- pole

:10:24. > :10:28.position lap! Can you give the fans something to cheer about tomorrow?

:10:28. > :10:36.I hope we will have some rain tomorrow, and that I will excite

:10:36. > :10:41.everybody else up. I hope they will not mind to bring their umbrellas!

:10:41. > :10:46.You can see the second part of our interview with him tomorrow. In

:10:46. > :10:51.that car, it is like a pole position lap. He will be getting

:10:51. > :10:57.the rosary beads out tonight! He is hoping for rain. He is the master

:10:57. > :11:03.in the rain. We saw what he did years ago. He has got such great,

:11:03. > :11:10.natural control, and he could store -- score points tomorrow, which

:11:10. > :11:13.everybody will be happy about, if it is wet. He shows us a lovely

:11:13. > :11:18.smile, and Sebastian Vettel shows us the finger, the 15th pole

:11:18. > :11:27.position. A record 15th pole position in a

:11:27. > :11:35.season, describe your feelings. is difficult. There has been some

:11:35. > :11:41.talk before this weekend about this particular record. The best thing

:11:41. > :11:45.was not to think about at all. We had a rough start to the weekend, I

:11:45. > :11:51.was not happy with the balance, but we made the right choices overnight,

:11:51. > :11:56.and again, going into qualifying, I was happier. Enjoying the moment,

:11:56. > :12:01.enjoying the laps I had. I was happy with the first lap in Q3, but

:12:01. > :12:05.I knew there was more to come, and I put everything into the last lap.

:12:05. > :12:12.I was very emotional when I crossed the line, because I knew that that

:12:12. > :12:17.was all I had. I was pleased with that. But I had to wait for quite a

:12:17. > :12:25.long time to see whether it was good enough. The names kept popping

:12:25. > :12:34.up. My engineer told me, Jenson Button, second, Mark Webber, second,

:12:34. > :12:41.and then, pole position. Really special. Different from the others.

:12:41. > :12:47.It took the master, Nigel Mansell, a couple of races less, but still,

:12:47. > :12:52.very historic and very special to me. I am happy to be here and start

:12:52. > :12:57.from different tomorrow, and had fully enjoy the race. The weather

:12:57. > :13:01.will be a question, we knew that, going into the weekend. It has

:13:01. > :13:07.improved, so today was already supposed to be wet, and it was dry.

:13:07. > :13:13.This place is tricky, special races, special weather, so I am looking

:13:13. > :13:20.forward to tomorrow. Mark Webber, 0.1 seconds away. Can you finish

:13:20. > :13:25.the season with the elusive when? It would be good, today went well.

:13:26. > :13:32.It would be nice to keep the heat on him. Both of us have got the

:13:32. > :13:38.maximum out of the car. I could not look after Nigel Mansell, but he

:13:38. > :13:43.did a good lap. We both got the best out of the car. I am looking

:13:43. > :13:51.forward to the race tomorrow. very close, and we might have

:13:51. > :13:57.changeable conditions tomorrow. are all excited about tomorrow, we

:13:57. > :14:00.all want to end on a high. At the moment, I am enjoying the moment,

:14:00. > :14:05.this is my best qualifying for the last six years, and 10 place is

:14:05. > :14:13.better than last year. This is a good start to the weekend. I always

:14:13. > :14:22.love racing here. It is such a good racing circuit. It is very good for

:14:22. > :14:28.overtaking, and we have the ers. -- would have BIS. Whatever happens,

:14:28. > :14:32.it has been a great season for us, just not quite good enough. There

:14:32. > :14:42.are a few areas we need to work on. Hopefully, we can end this

:14:42. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:49.reasonably good season off with a lap, but Bruno Senna's was the most

:14:49. > :14:52.popular. For more of us, congratulations, how did it feel

:14:52. > :14:57.out there for you? The it is great, we have been having a very tough

:14:57. > :15:02.weekend. Just getting everything together on that lap was very

:15:02. > :15:06.important. I think the conditions helped us a bit, because the track

:15:06. > :15:12.temperature dropped, and the car changed quite a lot. I'm really

:15:12. > :15:17.happy that we managed to put this lap their. It is better than I was

:15:17. > :15:20.expecting, but it could always be better, but I'm really happy.

:15:20. > :15:25.Mansell used to say that the crowd at the British Grand Prix well

:15:25. > :15:29.worth a bit of extra time, what about this crowd here? This morning

:15:29. > :15:36.I had a tough time, and they gave me great support. I'm really happy

:15:36. > :15:40.to be able to give something back to them, because they deserve it.

:15:40. > :15:45.have to ask you, each team has its in-house fighting, and of course,

:15:45. > :15:50.with your teammate, but for you to make the final qualifying, does

:15:50. > :15:53.that put extra pressure on the team to sign you next year? Every

:15:53. > :15:57.performance counts, I have had good performances before, and it is good

:15:57. > :16:00.to finish the year with a good qualifying performance. But the

:16:00. > :16:07.race tomorrow is what really counts, it could be a lottery if it is wet.

:16:07. > :16:11.I hope that we are in front in that lottery. What was impressive for me,

:16:11. > :16:19.you have already mentioned your troubled practice session, but you

:16:19. > :16:22.have not actually raced around his racetrack, you do not have a lot of

:16:22. > :16:27.experience which a lot of the other drivers have, from doing the other

:16:27. > :16:33.formulas. It is a particular track to find the line... Yes, it is a

:16:33. > :16:37.difficult track. I was struggling with a fuel wrong lines in

:16:37. > :16:41.qualifying, but then I tried some different things, and it worked. So

:16:41. > :16:44.now I know how to drive here, which makes the whole difference.

:16:44. > :16:48.Sometimes having the experience of driving on a track helps, but

:16:48. > :16:50.sometimes it can hinder you as well. sometimes it can hinder you as well.

:16:50. > :16:54.Let's just ride on board with you, and give us your emotions as you

:16:54. > :16:58.were flying around. Were you aware of the fact that you were at

:16:58. > :17:02.Interlagos, with the history attached? Or were you so focused on

:17:02. > :17:09.the job in hand? During the qualifying lap, you're just

:17:09. > :17:16.focusing on giving everything on the track. There were one or two

:17:16. > :17:26.moments when the rear was a bit loose, but it was a very tidy lap.

:17:26. > :17:26.

:17:26. > :17:30.Before that, even in Q1, I was struggling to do a tidy lap. But

:17:30. > :17:36.when you finish the lap, and you slow down, then you can look at the

:17:36. > :17:39.crowd, and see them cheering. I'm really happy to be able to give

:17:39. > :17:43.something back to them. Congratulations, a strong

:17:43. > :17:52.qualifying from you, and tomorrow, you will be fighting for points at

:17:52. > :18:00.your home Grand Prix. I hope so, we will see what happens in the wet.

:18:00. > :18:05.David, will he sleep well tonight, do you think? I think so. Did you

:18:06. > :18:10.see this wet still dripping down, it shows how deep he had to delve

:18:10. > :18:14.to deliver that lap. Massive pressure on him. Fighting for

:18:14. > :18:20.position within the team as well, that's a great performance.

:18:20. > :18:30.Straight to another interview, then no doubt to about 15,000 autographs.

:18:30. > :18:40.

:18:40. > :18:46.win tomorrow if he wants to be second in the Championship. We

:18:46. > :18:49.thought Nico Rosberg might be higher up than sixth. But he starts

:18:49. > :18:59.behind Fernando Alonso. Felipe Massa, his home Grand Prix as well,

:18:59. > :19:03.don't forget. He won the world title here - for about 20 seconds!

:19:03. > :19:07.We have already heard from Paul di Resta and Rubens Barrichello.

:19:07. > :19:11.Behind them, it is the Toro Rossos side by side, could this be the

:19:11. > :19:17.last race for either of their drivers? You could ask the same

:19:17. > :19:19.question of Vitaly Petrov. Kobayashi finishes in front of his

:19:19. > :19:29.teammate Sergio Perez, who walked past us looking unhappy a few

:19:29. > :19:34.

:19:34. > :19:39.moments ago. Look at that, a bad weekend so far for Virgin, starting

:19:39. > :19:44.at the back. Let's here from Lewis Hamilton, who starts fourth on the

:19:44. > :19:49.grid. Lewis, fourth place start, how do you feel about that?

:19:49. > :19:54.little bit disappointed. We're still on the second row, but we

:19:54. > :20:00.would have loved to go quicker. One performance, I'm not too happy with

:20:01. > :20:05.that. I was not quick enough. I was a cup of tenths off Jenson, so the

:20:05. > :20:11.car could be a bit quicker. But the Red Bulls were massively quick

:20:11. > :20:16.today. It seems this circuit brings the best out of people in the

:20:16. > :20:22.actual race, we have seen you do really well here in the past - what

:20:22. > :20:29.do you think you can do tomorrow, do you feel inspired here? Yes, it

:20:29. > :20:33.is a place where you are inspired, because at his Senna's home,

:20:33. > :20:41.they're so passionate over here. I have been on fourth quite a few

:20:41. > :20:47.times here. I think 2007, 2008, and maybe another time, maybe last year,

:20:47. > :20:50.I think. So, four is a good number for me. Let's hope that I can turn

:20:50. > :20:55.it into something more positive tomorrow. Lewis Hamilton looking

:20:55. > :21:00.positive, looking ahead to tomorrow. Fourth on the grid, he would have

:21:00. > :21:04.liked to be in front of his teammate, but nobody was catching

:21:04. > :21:08.the Red Bulls today. No, they must have held something back during

:21:08. > :21:12.practice. They delivered a much bigger gap than we were expecting.

:21:12. > :21:16.But the real glory of course comes tomorrow, the chequered flag. They

:21:16. > :21:21.will be difficult to beat, but as it gets dark year, we can feel the

:21:21. > :21:24.temperature dropping. So maybe the weather will play its part. You can

:21:24. > :21:28.see how dark it has gone, very quickly indeed. And we have heard

:21:28. > :21:31.that for the last two years, the pole-sitter has not won this race.

:21:31. > :21:35.We have heard people saying they would love it to rain, the same

:21:35. > :21:42.applies, actually, to the McLaren's and all of the others behind the

:21:42. > :21:48.Red Bulls. You have just heard Paul di Resta, it will be what it is. We

:21:48. > :21:52.cannot change the weather forecast. The drivers understand that. But

:21:52. > :21:59.secretively, there are some drivers who really think they're extra-

:21:59. > :22:05.special in the wet, Lewis is one of those, and Rubens is another. But

:22:05. > :22:13.do not read aloud Vettel, he's the key man. But on this occasion,

:22:13. > :22:17.Vettel may just let Mark win this win, if it means finishing second

:22:17. > :22:21.in the Championship. Just to remind you, team orders are now allowed in

:22:21. > :22:25.Formula 1. Just before we go, you can see the qualifying draw for the

:22:25. > :22:35.Euro 2012 Championship coming your way on Friday at 2nd December on

:22:35. > :22:39.

:22:39. > :22:45.BBC Two. Come on, Ireland! Join us tomorrow for the final race of the

:22:45. > :22:48.2011 Formula 1 season. Before we go, David, your thoughts on Sebastian

:22:48. > :22:52.Vettel's 15 pole positions in one season. It is a remarkable

:22:52. > :22:55.achievement, given the level of the competition. McLaren have come back

:22:55. > :22:58.fantastically well, Ferrari have been right in there as well, at

:22:59. > :23:03.various points. It is the relentless pursuit of the pole

:23:04. > :23:08.position, and his deliverance. He has made very few mistakes. Thank

:23:08. > :23:11.you both of you that much indeed. We're back tomorrow afternoon for

:23:11. > :23:14.the last race of the year. When we arrived here we thought it would be