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three of the newest tracks, this weekend, welcome to one of the

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true for Ayrton Senna and millions of Brazilians.

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Ayrton Senna achieves his ambition to win the Brazilian Grand Prix!

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It was all too much for the man himself. Some moment for McLaren.

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10 years later, a familiar face held to celebrate in style.

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A brilliant drive from David Coulthard.

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Two men in particular would love to watching this weekend. They are in

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great form, they remember winning the title here, and they would love

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to finish this season ahead. Welcome to the final weekend of the

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2011 season, from Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The engines are

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warming up, the 40th Brazilian Grand Prix. The crowd are here in

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their droves, as always are. It is a special place, and behind us on

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the podium, a special podium. Brazilians are an emotional people,

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we see that in the way drivers perform. 86 million people. These

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huge following for Formula One. When you on the podium, the

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Grandstand comes alight. Even this morning, there was singing in the

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grandstand. There is real passion, and that comes through. You picked

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up a win here in the rain in incredible conditions a few years

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ago, 2003, you did not get your opportunity to stand up there.

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remember rightly, it was looking particularly gloomy and grumpy! Ron

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Dennis stole my favourite position! What happened? There were lots of

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crashes. It was tipping down with rain. Look at the chaos. Cars were

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shunting and crashing. My driver drove fantastically. Gary Anderson

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said, we have got to get to 75% of the race, because then we could get

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four points for the race. We stayed out there. We won the race. But

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afterwards, we had to appeal the decision of the stewards. We won

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the case and we won the Grand Prix. That is the most subdued I have

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ever seen you! You have to think what was going on in my brain!

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are very lucky, you know what it takes to come here and win. I would

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love to know what it is like to drive around the circuit. They have

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been trying out something that we will see more of in the future.

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Does this give us a good idea of what it is like? It gives you a

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better insight than the camera view we normally have, which looks down

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at the driver. It takes away the amount of movement. A lot of wind

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movement across the driver's helmet. He will be glancing down at the

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dashboard. It is a great camera angles. I had one of those in 2008.

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But hopefully, we will have more of this. We would have had a perfect

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view of pole position, if we had followed Sebastian Vettel, because

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he has been dominant as we have travelled the world. This season

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has given us a 92% increase in overtaking it, the dentist at the

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double world champion, and a shirt that has raised money for charity.

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And the fund is not over yet. -- fund.

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McLaren would love to do what they did last time in Abu Dhabi, to

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snatch pole position. It was taken away by Sebastian Vettel at the

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very end. Let's discuss the season. The last nine races, they have

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ended up on the podium, and after an awful start, they win the award

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for turning their season around. McLaren could win so many awards,

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it is a great team, they set standards, were kept her shiny cars

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are. They had a ropey start to the season, but it was a tremendous

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comeback. They can develop a car. They have got to feel pretty

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confident for this weekend. But we have to be critical, they are used

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to winning championships, they have the resources, they have the

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manpower, the skills, the drivers, and it is unthinkable that they

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started as badly as they did, and they gave the drivers know platform

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to win the championship. One of your favourite pastimes is

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criticising McLaren. When you consider that Ferrari have won

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titles, and Renault, McLaren are the only team who have regularly

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raced and beaten Red Bull this season. There is something slightly

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different. There is success in their blood all the way through. I

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am being critical because I know they are capable of winning these

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championships. You cannot say that about Renault. If we are being fair,

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they are an outstanding team, and worthy of every accolade we can

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throw at them, but they did not do the job well enough at the

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beginning of the season. We would have had a much tighter and more

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interesting championship. We will wait and see if their pace shows in

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qualifying. Jenson Button, since 2005, never qualified in the top 10

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here. It has gone a bit trendy here. The drivers have changed their

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helmet. Lewis Hamilton had a Bob Marley helmet in India. His helmet

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is different, the Brazilian flag. I am sure you will recognise the

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design. No prizes for identifying the inspiration.

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Sometimes, I do a special helmet for a Grand Prix. Was thinking what

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to do for Brazil. Ayrton Senna, one of the most significant figures in

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my life. I was just going to have his design, but I know Bruno Senna

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has that, so I wondered whether it was possible to do a mix between my

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helmet and his. I put half of my design and then his on the back.

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They wanted me to use his new logo, but I wanted to use this one,

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because I used to have bait T-shirt with the Senna S on it. It feels

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awesome in the car. It has a green interior. All of the helmets have

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black. I specifically ordered this. I had to go and buy it myself. It

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is so cool. There is only one of them in the world. I wear it

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proudly this weekend, regardless of what the sort we have. -- what

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result we have. I hope Ayrton Senna is proud of me.

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We are proud of Lewis Hamilton. They are confident, already wearing

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the rocket red T-shirts. But they are fans who are happy to be here!

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A nightmare for you commentators, all of these will make changes.

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me, growing up, they should maintain the majority of the design.

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But it is great for the charity. But when you keep changing as often

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as they do, it is difficult to tell who is driving the car, because you

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cannot see the number. For years, it is the one area that a driver

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has had signed Asante. The team has imposed their sponsors, and

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religiously, it has been the one part of the driver that he can have

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control on. One would not like to see that changing. They can have as

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many different things on it as they like. I have remembered one small

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think. When I was at McLaren, they offered $1 million for me to give

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up the right to the image of my helmet, and I said, no, I have had

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

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flight that! You could have given us half a million each! Ayrton

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Senna will be proud. That helmet will be auctioned off for the

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Ayrton Senna Foundation. They have just turned on the engine. It is

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sounding good. How much would McLaren have to pick up their first

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pole position here in the last 11 seasons? That would feel good, but

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there are no prizes for poor position. The prizes come on Sunday.

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Everybody will be hoping that the wheels come off.

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The race in the desert is under way, plenty of smoke. It is even between

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Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso goes round outside

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of Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel has gone off with a puncture! He

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has not even made it down to the fifth corner! Fernando Alonso has

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gone past Jenson Button! Lewis Hamilton leads the Grand Prix

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comfortably. Sebastian Vettel comes into the pits, and his luck has run

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out. I never thought I would say that this year! Now, we have got

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Mark Webber alongside Jenson Button. That looks like the position is

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taken. Jenson Button is indeed ers zone. He will be able to open his

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wink. Double DRS, two overtakes. Jenson Button does not have KERS.

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They touch, more or less. He goes through. Jenson Button comes up the

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inside and takes the position. expect Felipe Massa to defend the

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inside line. Very clear defence. Trying to use the extra grip, which

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she does. Felipe Massa needs to keep it tidy and get his own DRS.

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Felipe Massa should have given it up. Who is praised? Felipe Massa is.

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This is Mark Webber. He has got the inside line. Jenson Button decided

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not to do it. Felipe Massa has barn, which has taken the pressure off

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Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton is back, and so are McLaren! A tremendous

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Tremendous to see Lewis Hamilton back on the top step of the podium.

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Remarkably, despite winning that race, Lewis Hamilton can no longer

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catch his teammate to finish second in the Championship. Mark Webber

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must win this weekend to become runner-up to his teammate,

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Sebastian Vettel. It is getting very tight in the Constructors'

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We have come out to the paddock to be joined by a man who will be

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recognisable to all of you, and to all of Brazil. It will be hoping to

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hold on to that fifth place in the Championship, Bruno Senna. In this

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race, and in this place, is the Senna name their help or hindrance

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to you? It is obviously a help. It is a lot of attention. But it is

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natural to come to your home race and get your countrymen to salute

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you. It is a great feeling, I'm very excited about the race. It is

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a fair bit of pressure as well. Absolutely, but pressure is always

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there. I want to deliver whenever I am in the car. It is no different

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to other places in that respect. you feels somewhat unlucky that at

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this stage, you arrive in a team like this and the performance of

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the car just disappear as? It is not really the performance of the

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car, it is more that the other guys are making strides and we are not.

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It is unfortunate. The decision was to invest in next year's car. I

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think it is natural. I'm sure that if I am raising for these guys next

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year, I will be pleased with this decision! We have had complaints

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from Vitaly Petrov, and some issues with Robert Kubica, does this

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enhance your opportunities for next year? It is hard to say. It depends

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very much on what I'm doing on the track. And also, if we can find

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some good backing for the team. It is an overall package, it is not

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just one thing. I don't think I'm fighting for Vitaly's seat, I'm

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fighting for the other seed, and it is a pretty fierce fight. 17th in

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final practice, what was the problem this morning? We had of it

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-- a bit of a difficult run this morning, we had an imagination.

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These things took some time away. We only have one hour, so we got to

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do very few laps in the session. But if it is wet tomorrow, the race

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will become a lottery anyway. will let you go, because there's a

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big crowd building around us. We will await news on the future of

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Bruno Senna. And talking of news, here's Ted Kravitz. The spring his

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back in Lewis Hamilton's stepped this weekend. His McLaren has been

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quick, he was fastest in second practice, and happy with himself

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after spending time with some special friends in the USA earlier

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this week. I'm really excited to be here, coming off a positive couple

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of weeks. The last few days have been very positive for me as well.

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I was able to have a couple of great lunches and dinners with

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Nicole, which has been a real positive. It has been a year of

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growth, and hopefully in the future I will look back and think, I took

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a lot from that year. Next year will be an interesting one. Jenson

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Button is also after a good weekend. He struggled a little bit in

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practice compared to Hamilton, but things he can go well as long as he

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sorts out his qualifying. Winning here in Brazil would be great for

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me. First of all I have got to qualify the car inside the top 10,

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which I have not done for six years. And then I can have a good race.

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This is a great place to overtake. Sebastian Vettel says he still does

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not know why his tyre deflated on the first lap in Abu Dhabi. He

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denies that Red Bull were running with low tyre pressures, against

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Pirelli's advice. We did exactly the same as we did everywhere. I do

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not like the word bad luck, but there was not much we could do. For

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me, the most important thing was to understand that I did not do

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anything wrong in preparing the car for the start. And also, in the

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first corner. But it was nothing to do with the pressure or anything

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like that. Tomorrow marks Felipe Massa's 100th race for Ferrari, at

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the end of his worst season for the team. He gives some explanation

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here as to why he has got no podium finishes this season, while his

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teammate has got 10. Every race, something happens during the race.

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That affects me, in fighting for the podium. I think it was not a

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very nice season, something happened all the time. And it is

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also true to say that we did not have the car we expected. It seems

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Renault have fallen out with Robert Kubica. The team says he does not

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have a contract with them for next season, and in any case will not be

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fit to drive at the start of 2012. Robert Kubica's management say they

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cannot be sure of that. Meanwhile, HRT are beginning to style

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themselves into a Spanish national team. It is another comeback for

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the 40-year-old Pedro de la Rosa. It is another step in my career,

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surprising for many, but at the end of the day, I'm a racing driver, I

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want to race, this is where I belong. I'm very excited. Next

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year's US Grand Prix is set to be removed from the calendar, as work

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has stopped on the track, and the local government in Texas say they

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will not pay Bernie Eccleston's fees. Somebody has got the land and

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they have started to do something. I think the biggest problem they

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have got is a shortage of finance. So, it is unlikely to happen next

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year? I think it is most unlikely. And what about Bahrain for next

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year? We do not know. It is on the calendar, we will be there unless

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something terrible happens to stop us. There's now less than 40

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minutes to go until the start of qualifying. The crowd are getting

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excited. In four months' time, we will be in Australia for the first

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qualifying session of the new season, and Pedro de la Rosa will

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be in an HRT. That's two drivers on the grey who will be older than you.

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Can you imagine still driving yourself? I cannot, because I had a

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full 15 seasons. It is all down to the individual. We do not all age

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at the same rate. Pedro feels he has got unfinished business. Even

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if he does not realistically think he will get Grand Prix victories,

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it will take him on a journey which will clove of that particular part

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of his career. He may have equity in the King, it may be as simple as

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the fact that it is a special -- it is a Spanish Grand Prix team. In

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any event, it will be a massive challenge for him, even more so

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than for Michael Schumacher, in the Mercedes. We will let you go back

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to having your photo taken, David. And we can join Eddie, who was with

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another older statesmen of Formula 1. Not just statesman, but one of

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the greatest legends of the technical era of Grand Prix racing,

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Patrick Head, who, in 1980, was part of the great team that brought

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World Championship success. Alan Jones, we can remember - what has

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happened? I cannot remember that far back. I'm not asking that.

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we're paying the penalty for designing a car which is not good

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enough, and we have been hovering just outside the points, sometimes

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further out, and when you get no points, you get the sort of season

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but we have had. So, not good enough work over the winter, and

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not good enough development during the year at. You have been in a

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situation... Do you feel as if you have been squeezed out? If I am

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right, this is your last race in your current position? Well, we

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have got new, senior technical staff. When it came to the

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beginning of this year, and we found we were in pretty much the

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same position, we had no alternative but to make some senior

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position changes, and when I looked at it, I'm very confident in the

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new people, and when I looked at it, I did not really think that there

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was a position where I could seriously contribute. But I'm going

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on to do other things. One of my activities will be with what is

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called Williams Hybrid Pas. But if I turn up to Grand Prix his next

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year, I probably will not be wearing a Williams are shut. But I

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will be contacting your tailor and turning up in something more

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colourful than you, Eddie. -- a Williams shirt. Are you confident

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in these new people that they can bring you back to the glory days?

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Well, they are not all that young. With Mike and Jason on aerodynamics,

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and Mark winning it, they're not spring chickens. But I'm very

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confident that they will do a very good job. I see signs of some of

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what was present at Williams in the days when we were competitive,

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which, sadly, in recent years, has been rather missing. I'm very

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confident that they will have a strong future. Me for one, speaking

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all the time about football, but I shall miss you. We had better not

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tell them what team that is. And we would certainly reiterate that on

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behalf of the whole of the BBC. And I know that David would as well,

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because it was Williams that helped him launch his career in Formula 1.

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I think Eddie is talking about Chelsea, they're both Chelsea fans.

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You started your career at Williams, in 1995, with Damon Hill, they had

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just won for reconstruct as championships - what has gone

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wrong? They have just not designed a car which is good enough. It

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comes down to the people. -- Constructors' Championships. They

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had a long period of success, they dominated, but they are having a

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difficult time right now. Williams can get back to their former

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success, if they employ the right people. But is that enough? The old

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adage in Formula 1 goes, how fast can you afford to go? And this is a

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privateer team, they have not got the money. But that is a

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consequence of not having the success in the short time. The

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

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other teams, people like Red Bull, have worked their way up. And that

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comes down to the other aspect of Formula 1, the commercial side of

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Williams, they have got to go out and sell the vision for the team.

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If they can get success on the track, then we will see the

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Williams flag flying again. As far as Patrick Head is concerned, I

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think he might be having quite a nice time next year. He's a real

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character. He will be missed, but thankfully, he will still be

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turning up at the odd Grand Prix. Let's see how that shirt

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competition goes on! Yes, that's bad news! Let's have a look at

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what's happening in the garage. This car belongs to Rubens

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Barrichello. It really looks like his Williams career is coming to an

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end. In fact, this weekend, is Formula 1 career could come to an

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

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He has been discussing his career with his very first boss, a certain

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Eddie Jordan. Here we are again, Sao Paolo, your home town. Tell us

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a bit about your emotions coming here, soca. I was born in

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Interlagos, my heart is here, I have done my whole career here. It

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is such a good vibe. People do this with their hand and say, come on,

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you have got to do this. It is such a passion. It feels so nice.

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remember yourself, your father, your manager, sitting in the Jordan

:28:04.:28:08.

kitchen in Oxford and chatting about how you were going to make it

:28:08.:28:12.

possible to come to Formula 1 - have you any memories of that

:28:12.:28:15.

moment when kit I had a great time at the beginning of my career,

:28:15.:28:19.

because you gave me, not just the fact that it was a small team with

:28:19.:28:25.

not a lot of money, but we needed to learn how to survive a, to go

:28:25.:28:28.

fast when it mattered, and to finish the race when it mattered.

:28:28.:28:35.

It taught me a lot. There were two outstanding moments for me, your

:28:35.:28:45.
:28:45.:28:48.

first ever pole position, in Spa... And also, the first podium, that

:28:48.:28:55.

was magical. Our first podium as well. Both moments, I remember. The

:28:55.:29:00.

podium was such a special moment. If you also remember, we were

:29:00.:29:04.

having a glass of champagne, and Ayrton came in to say

:29:04.:29:11.

congratulations. It was his penultimate ever race, if you call

:29:11.:29:17.

it like that. I was there, by myself, I opened my door, and the

:29:17.:29:20.

door on the other room opened as well, it was Ayrton, I could not

:29:20.:29:27.

believe my eyes. He said, we're going to Disney, can I join you? I

:29:27.:29:34.

tell you, maybe he did not have a cheeseburger for ages, because that

:29:34.:29:42.

day, he ate it like a kid. He must have been so strict. And that

:29:42.:29:45.

happened on the way to that race. It was such a memory. To get on the

:29:45.:29:50.

podium, it was a great weekend. Which takes us on to your darkest

:29:50.:29:59.

moment, Imola 1994. Looking back, were you surprised to see the

:29:59.:30:03.

ferocity of it, and how you got away with it? Yes, I remember

:30:03.:30:06.

turning in, the back end went, and turning in, the back end went, and

:30:06.:30:09.

that is the final thing I remember. But it caught my attention again

:30:09.:30:16.

when I saw the movie. Because on the big screen, it was such a big,

:30:16.:30:25.

big shunt. It was such a difficult weekend. Although I lost my memory

:30:25.:30:30.

with the accident and everything, it was vivid, I went back to

:30:30.:30:38.

England on that Sunday, and like almost the whole world, when Senna

:30:38.:30:43.

moved his head, I thought he was fine. Two days later, we were in

:30:43.:30:46.

Brazil for the funeral and so on, it was my first ever funeral, I was

:30:46.:30:52.

shocked. I have tried to tell the Brazilian people, don't worry, I

:30:52.:30:58.

will be there for you guys. I'm Brazilian, I love my country.

:30:58.:31:02.

People thought it was a promise, it was just a sad thing, because it

:31:02.:31:08.

just made it a pressure. I was then on the podium in Canada, and that

:31:08.:31:18.
:31:18.:31:25.

emotional person! We all dropped 80 when you when your first race,

:31:25.:31:32.

Hockenheim, in the Ferrari. To be the first ever Brazilian driver to

:31:33.:31:39.

be driving for Ferrari, it was very emotional. Did I ever tell you what

:31:39.:31:49.

made me cry? I have cried my eyes out on that lap, and I said, I have

:31:49.:31:52.

quite enough, now it is OK, but when I went to the podium and I

:31:52.:32:02.
:32:02.:32:02.

looked at the sky, I remember my father selling his Fiat to keep on

:32:02.:32:10.

going to go kart Championship. I thanked the sky for that, and it

:32:10.:32:17.

was so pure! It was such an emotional situation.

:32:17.:32:25.

Let it all out! Feel proud! 2002, 2004, runner up in the

:32:25.:32:28.

Drivers' Championship, team-mate to Michael Schumacher. Still good

:32:28.:32:37.

friends? Not any more? With a glass of wine in his hand, he can be very

:32:37.:32:41.

truthful. I enjoyed our times, but we do not have that relationship

:32:41.:32:51.
:32:51.:32:55.

any more. Has Hungary had a harder impact as a result? No, but I was

:32:55.:32:59.

fighting for the points, and it is almost like a win, you are going

:32:59.:33:05.

for it. I said, who is the guy? When I saw it was Michael, it made

:33:05.:33:15.
:33:15.:33:19.

me laugh, because I thought I would fight that forever. I have decided

:33:19.:33:24.

to quit Ferrari one year before my contract ended, because I could not

:33:24.:33:30.

take it any more. They would not give me the chance, it was all

:33:30.:33:39.

about Michael, so what could not sustain that environment. -- I

:33:39.:33:43.

could not sustain. They will be hearing more about his

:33:43.:33:53.
:33:53.:33:54.

career in tomorrow's built up. Is this the final time he will take a

:33:54.:33:58.

Formula One car out? When you into the somebody, they give you one

:33:58.:34:01.

answer to the television cameras and a different impression

:34:01.:34:09.

otherwise. Did he give you any clue about next season? Rubens

:34:10.:34:15.

Barrichello is such an honest person. I have to be careful

:34:15.:34:23.

talking about drivers, but drivers sometimes do not tell you the truth.

:34:23.:34:26.

Rubens Barrichello is a different class of person. He should have

:34:26.:34:31.

achieved more. I do not know what he will do. He has not got a

:34:31.:34:35.

contract for next year, he would like to have one. But I do not

:34:35.:34:43.

think he will Hawkins of around the teams. If he gets the Williams

:34:44.:34:50.

driver, he will always be an asset, because he never crashes, and he

:34:50.:34:56.

has the speed, but these new guys are very good. Is the classic

:34:56.:35:02.

driver with unfinished business? He has taken part in a third of all of

:35:02.:35:09.

the Grand Prix ever. But he has always been a bridesmaid. Yes, our

:35:09.:35:16.

careers have mirrored each other. We did not quite get the last

:35:16.:35:19.

little bit of performance. But there comes a point when you have

:35:19.:35:23.

to weigh up what is a realistic chance of me ever achieve in the

:35:23.:35:28.

ultimate goal. You have got to win races to win championships and the

:35:28.:35:36.

clock is ticking. Many times, people will take the potential of

:35:36.:35:42.

youth, potential is such a potent word. Sometimes that wins over the

:35:42.:35:47.

known quantity. I think Rubens Barrichello is an asset, but he

:35:47.:35:54.

will not knock-on the door of any of the top teams. He has had 11

:35:54.:36:03.

wins in his career. You employed young drivers. Maybe because there

:36:03.:36:08.

is that potential, that BT, that perhaps he will be the next Michael

:36:08.:36:11.

Schumacher or Sebastian Vettel? That has gone for Rubens

:36:11.:36:17.

Barrichello. When he was 19, he had a budget, he had a great history,

:36:17.:36:23.

and I do not think it was a big risk. He was brilliant at that time.

:36:23.:36:29.

He was so motivated. He was better at selling the team and the

:36:29.:36:34.

sponsorship than anybody else. I have this huge respect for him. But

:36:34.:36:37.

I think he should leave with dignity, he has a lot going for him

:36:37.:36:43.

in the future, I would hate to see him struggle like this year. I

:36:43.:36:51.

would like to see him go in a good way. There is a lot to be said for

:36:51.:36:58.

that. Ayrton Senna was driving a Williams when he passed away in

:36:58.:37:03.

1994. Since then, they have carried his logo on their cars, and 20

:37:03.:37:07.

years since he won his last Brazilian Grand Prix, what a

:37:07.:37:14.

touching tribute that is. The name is obviously a name of the past.

:37:14.:37:18.

Pastor Maldonado, Rubens Barrichello, names of the present.

:37:18.:37:22.

What about names of the future? They have been getting a chance to

:37:22.:37:29.

impress. British GP to driver testing for

:37:29.:37:37.

Force India. Mercedes test driver. Testing for Virgin. Test driver,

:37:37.:37:47.
:37:47.:37:55.

the young drivers test. We found there was a whole and and drivers

:37:55.:38:01.

were not getting an opportunity to try Formula One cars. It is a

:38:01.:38:05.

fantastic feeling, to get into a Formula One car. It is every boy's

:38:05.:38:13.

dream. I thought, what am I doing here? To be enjoying every minute,

:38:13.:38:17.

it is amazing. It is good to look at what talent is coming through

:38:17.:38:23.

the ranks. There is no better way of doing it and putting them into a

:38:23.:38:30.

car. I started in go-karting. I worked up from there, and I went

:38:30.:38:34.

from Formula Three to GP to, and this is my first Formula One test.

:38:34.:38:39.

Really excited, looking forward to helping the team developed the car.

:38:39.:38:44.

Any feedback is crucial. I have got to do the best job I can, so the

:38:44.:38:48.

engineers can look through the data and make sure that we go forward.

:38:48.:38:51.

If we can bring on some new components and do some development

:38:52.:38:58.

for the future races, we will not let it compromise our plan, because

:38:58.:39:05.

we are here to get as many miles on them as we can. I did two days in

:39:05.:39:09.

the World Series, and I am here doing formal one. It is great to

:39:09.:39:19.
:39:19.:39:22.

have an insight of what I am aiming for. It also allows us to print

:39:22.:39:29.

people through the ranks. -- bring people. We have got people in mind

:39:29.:39:35.

for new positions, and we try them out. It is a dream come true to get

:39:35.:39:41.

the call from Mercedes have. I'd crossed opportunity with both hands.

:39:41.:39:47.

Now, I have got a job with the team. Working out what has happened so

:39:47.:39:53.

far, there are drivers doing a good job. We are seeing the future of

:39:53.:39:56.

Formula One, we have to keep developing and allowing for these

:39:56.:40:06.
:40:06.:40:07.

youngsters to show us how good bail. -- how good they are off.

:40:07.:40:14.

They are ready in the garage. 20 minutes to go until qualifying. We

:40:14.:40:21.

are here with a man who had to be a star of the future. A Brazilian boy,

:40:21.:40:27.

living in Norwich. Will we see you in Formula One in the not-too-

:40:27.:40:35.

distant future? The plant is to enter as soon as possible. 2012 is

:40:35.:40:41.

difficult, but 2013 not promising. Is always difficult to get into

:40:41.:40:47.

Formula One, there are a lot of drivers with talent and the budget.

:40:47.:40:53.

It is not an easy job. The talent is already there, we can understand

:40:53.:40:58.

that, but what is the going rate? What do you need to bring to a team

:40:58.:41:05.

like Lotus to secure your seat? would be nice to bring a big brand

:41:05.:41:11.

to Formula One again. The figures, it depends on what the contract

:41:11.:41:21.

this. It depends. It would be nice to have a big brand to come to

:41:21.:41:27.

Lotus or to any other team. Is it below $10 million or above? It is a

:41:27.:41:33.

big number, 10 million. Probably we can expect around six or seven. But

:41:33.:41:37.

10 million would be very good! Those are the kind of numbers we

:41:37.:41:44.

are talking about. You put in some good lap times ahead of Hispania

:41:44.:41:49.

and Virgin. Roman Grayshott has been looking for a second chance in

:41:49.:41:55.

Formula One. Yes, he has done seven races, and

:41:55.:42:02.

he is still a young driver. Tell us about the challenges of this track.

:42:02.:42:07.

The challenge is to have fun in the car, that is the main thing. After

:42:07.:42:14.

two years, in Abu Dhabi I was so excited, like a kid at Christmas,

:42:14.:42:22.

it was fantastic. The way Formula One is going is so impressive and

:42:22.:42:28.

so enjoyable, I was very happy. The session went quite well. I was

:42:28.:42:36.

pleased with the performance, and I was quite quick in the car. This is

:42:36.:42:43.

where I want to be. We can see your enthusiasm. We were talking about

:42:43.:42:47.

the young drivers printing money to get their drivers. Is that a

:42:47.:42:53.

situation you would be in? Or is it on performance? At the moment, it

:42:53.:42:58.

is quite difficult for everybody, because the pitch that has have

:42:58.:43:03.

left Formula One, it is more like a private team that needs funds. You

:43:03.:43:06.

are trying to put everything together to get a seat and to have

:43:06.:43:11.

the chance to race. But hopefully, talent is important, and I keep my

:43:11.:43:19.

fingers crossed for next year. the best.

:43:19.:43:23.

Less than 15 minutes to go until we get into qualifying. How sad is it

:43:23.:43:28.

to hear somebody like him St that hopefully a little bit of talent

:43:28.:43:36.

helps as well? It should not be about the millions. This is not

:43:36.:43:43.

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

:43:43.:43:50.

- it costs a fortune. Therefore, it is expected that, if you are an

:43:50.:43:54.

integral part of the team, you are required to drink some commercial

:43:54.:43:58.

benefit along the way, because there are too many other drivers

:43:58.:44:05.

two can do that. The team bosses make those decisions. Sebastien

:44:05.:44:13.

Buemi did not take part in the final part of practice. It is the

:44:13.:44:17.

future of young drivers like him that is decided by a team bosses.

:44:17.:44:22.

One race to go, any decision on your future? I still do not know.

:44:22.:44:28.

Hopefully, we will have a good race. I try to concentrate too much on

:44:28.:44:37.

this weekend, then we will see. saw you on the scales! No comment!

:44:37.:44:42.

The team bosses decide on the future of the younger men like him,

:44:42.:44:49.

but who are they? Where have they come from?

:44:49.:44:54.

Behind every team is a team boss. Behind every driver, a person who

:44:54.:45:00.

decides the fate. Behind every car, the principal, who handles the

:45:00.:45:08.

pressure of competition. I thought I had worked hard all my life, but

:45:08.:45:13.

will I came into Formula One. I had never scratched the surface!

:45:13.:45:16.

Sometimes, we believe we are facing the biggest problem in the world,

:45:16.:45:26.
:45:26.:45:30.

bring it on yourself because of your competitiveness. There's all

:45:30.:45:34.

sorts of challenges, engineering, political and many others.

:45:34.:45:40.

never know what the next challenge will be. In Formula 1, never give

:45:40.:45:46.

up, because it is a rocky road. have to be very determined, you

:45:46.:45:52.

need to know what you want. You need to enjoy it and be passionate

:45:52.:46:01.

about it. At the moment, Vitaly is doing his homework, talking to the

:46:01.:46:11.
:46:11.:46:23.

side. Newscast: aerodynamicist Ross Brawn is back in the wind tunnel.

:46:23.:46:28.

Every team boss has come up in a different way. Christian Horner is

:46:28.:46:34.

an ex-racing driver. NEWSREEL: Christian Horner has no

:46:34.:46:44.
:46:44.:46:44.

doubt about where his ambitions lie. I have grown up in motor sport. I

:46:44.:46:48.

came to the attention of Red Bull when Dietrich asked me to join the

:46:48.:46:54.

team right at the beginning. I had just won three consecutive Formula

:46:54.:46:59.

3,000 championships. This is my family, I spend more time with them

:46:59.:47:09.
:47:09.:47:09.

than with anybody else. Bringing the contract. Ready to sign. You

:47:09.:47:14.

will be blamed for anything you do. Very small, but very useful office.

:47:14.:47:18.

The only satisfaction you can get is when your people are happy to

:47:18.:47:23.

work with you, and when you win races. Is it more important to be

:47:23.:47:28.

liked or respected as a team boss? I think the most important is to be

:47:28.:47:32.

respected. You cannot make people like you at the end of the day.

:47:32.:47:38.

is more important to win. If you can win, it helps. I do not think

:47:38.:47:42.

you need to be liked. I would like to be respected and liked at the

:47:42.:47:47.

same time, but in terms of quality is, you just need to be pretty

:47:47.:47:50.

determined, but capable of long hours, and have a strong sense of

:47:50.:47:55.

humour, because your patience will be tested quite frequently. Have

:47:55.:47:59.

you ever had a team boss who has been a complete lunatic? Eddie

:47:59.:48:06.

Jordan. It is winning which makes it worth it, releasing the pressure

:48:06.:48:16.
:48:16.:48:16.

if only for a few hours. For people like Ron Dennis and Jean Todd, Ken

:48:17.:48:22.

Tyrrell, to the old man himself, Enzo Ferrari, the reward is in

:48:22.:48:27.

Enzo Ferrari, the reward is in building the gins. And if wins

:48:27.:48:37.
:48:37.:48:39.

create legends, then one man has been the best at that. I think Timo

:48:39.:48:44.

Glock might not have been wise to give that answer, Eddie! I will

:48:44.:48:48.

have to go and talk to him about those remarks, and the remarks

:48:48.:48:53.

which were made afterwards off camera. They're all a bit too nice

:48:53.:48:58.

these days. In your day, the team bosses owned the teams. I think

:48:58.:49:02.

there was also a lot more pressure on you. I can remember the stress,

:49:02.:49:06.

I did not know what to do with it, I had a permanent headache. The

:49:06.:49:11.

reason was because it was your cash that was on the line, you had to

:49:11.:49:14.

call the bank manager. Bank managers do not cash promises, let

:49:14.:49:20.

me tell you that. You're in there on your own. David, you're going to

:49:20.:49:24.

go to the commentary box. It is a very short lap here, it should be

:49:24.:49:28.

good fun. Yes, as you say, it is the second shortest lap on the

:49:28.:49:33.

calendar, the shortest lap time of all. That is going to make it

:49:33.:49:38.

incredibly close. What we have seen in free practice suggests that we

:49:38.:49:43.

could get a few surprises at the back end of the top 10, and it is

:49:43.:49:47.

by no means certain that it will be the usual suspects sitting on pole

:49:47.:49:51.

position. While David goes to the commentary box, we can have a look

:49:51.:49:55.

at him hanging out with a man who, having discussed the money, was a

:49:55.:49:59.

victim of the fact that in Formula 1, you need money if you want to

:49:59.:50:05.

get a seat. This man is called Nico Hulkenberg. He got a Sikh this time

:50:05.:50:15.
:50:15.:50:23.

a year ago, there was dropped by Extraordinary for Williams. We

:50:23.:50:27.

thought you were the perfect man to take us around here. You were on

:50:27.:50:36.

pole position last year. Shall we wander down? Anti-clockwise circuit,

:50:36.:50:40.

short lap, I would like to demonstrate just how steep the hill

:50:40.:50:50.
:50:50.:50:55.

is, going down from turn one. We're not going to put it in gear. Look

:50:55.:51:01.

at the speed! We have got up to 60 kilometres an hour, without putting

:51:01.:51:08.

it India. It seems to me one of the absurd aspects of Formula 1, you

:51:08.:51:15.

had been champion in many different classes, you put yourself in the

:51:15.:51:19.

shop window in qualifying, and yet so keen not racing - how can we

:51:19.:51:24.

explain that to the people at home? We can explain it because Formula 1

:51:24.:51:31.

is very much money-driven. Williams had a bit of a financial situation,

:51:31.:51:36.

they needed someone who could fund the team. Is it 100% that you will

:51:36.:51:42.

be racing next year? It is a two- digit higher percentage number. I

:51:42.:51:48.

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

:51:48.:51:51.

second slowest corner on the track, it is pretty tricky, isn't it?

:51:51.:51:56.

because you come up the hill, it is a very fast corner. At the top of

:51:56.:52:03.

the hill, the rear gets very light, and it is not very stable. It is

:52:03.:52:13.
:52:13.:52:15.

tricky. I can spot another racing driver. I did not know that you

:52:15.:52:21.

could do impersonations, that Australian impersonation?

:52:21.:52:26.

Impersonation? Imitating. That's all I can do. I used to imitate

:52:26.:52:33.

being a racing driver. Fast corner, very tricky, this is called Juncao.

:52:33.:52:43.
:52:43.:52:45.

Did you not put the handbrake on? When you were here last year, did

:52:45.:52:53.

you know you were heading for pole position? No, it felt good, though.

:52:53.:52:57.

Lap after lap, it went better and better. It was one of the trickiest

:52:57.:53:03.

corners. All the way up to the finish line, I could see my lap

:53:04.:53:11.

times. I think it is time we let you get back to the paddock. We

:53:11.:53:17.

look forward to seeing you on the grid next year. Please don't write

:53:17.:53:21.

in, David personally paid for the damage to be repaired on that car.

:53:21.:53:24.

Let's talk about Nico Hulkenberg, it comes into the tin, does

:53:24.:53:28.

brilliantly, then gets replaced by Pastor Maldonado, who has the worst

:53:28.:53:34.

full season for any Williams driver since the 1970s - wrong decision?

:53:34.:53:40.

In hindsight, yes. Pastor Maldonado, very good, very good person as well.

:53:40.:53:44.

He must have broken the bank in Venezuela to get that gig. Because

:53:44.:53:48.

anyone in their right mind would not have replaced Nico Hulkenberg,

:53:48.:53:52.

having done all the hard work, the first year in motor racing is

:53:52.:53:55.

really difficult. When you have got rid of that, you have got the

:53:55.:54:01.

experience, then you can grow. It was a bad decision. Next season,

:54:01.:54:07.

where will Nico Hulkenberg be? think it is a foregone conclusion,

:54:07.:54:13.

it is not a to Judit number, it is 100%, he's going to Force India.

:54:13.:54:20.

He's going to join Paul di Resta there. Williams? The other question

:54:20.:54:24.

mark is, what is going to happen to Rubens Barrichello? My guess is

:54:24.:54:29.

that he may not get the drive because Adrian Sutil is younger,

:54:29.:54:39.
:54:39.:54:39.

and is showing poor performance in some respects. It would be lovely

:54:39.:54:44.

if Rubens could have a great qualifying session. You cannot not

:54:44.:54:50.

like this guy, he is a consummate professional, he is brilliant.

:54:50.:54:54.

the final time this season, in the case of Rubens Barrichello, who has

:54:54.:55:00.

got plenty of support around here, perhaps, for the last time ever, it

:55:00.:55:10.
:55:10.:55:23.

MARTIN BRUNDLE: And qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix is always

:55:23.:55:28.

a very close contest indeed. And today will be no different. Every

:55:28.:55:38.
:55:38.:55:40.

blink of the eye can be the equivalent of a row on the grid of

:55:40.:55:48.

the shortest race track in the calendar. Everybody wants to beat

:55:48.:55:57.

top dog in this, the last race before the winter. The track is

:55:57.:56:00.

anti-clockwise and tough on the neck, with lots of Contador changes,

:56:00.:56:07.

too. There is some talk of a thunder storm brewing up later in

:56:07.:56:10.

the afternoon. Will it interfere with qualifying? We think not, at

:56:10.:56:16.

the moment, but rain is forecast for tomorrow, race day. And there

:56:16.:56:22.

are added challenges. Finding a clear lap is always a problem here.

:56:22.:56:28.

Maximising the use of the DRS rear wing and KERS as well on this track,

:56:28.:56:34.

among those problems. So, set-up will be absolutely critical. David,

:56:34.:56:39.

do you think the teams will go into qualifying today with the rain in

:56:39.:56:44.

mind? DAVID COULTHARD: Formula 1 has

:56:44.:56:51.

evolved, the difference between a wet set-up and a dry set-up has got

:56:51.:56:58.

closer. There will always be a bit of benefit in pushing the car more

:56:58.:57:01.

into the race track, but you still have the same length of straight in

:57:01.:57:11.
:57:11.:57:12.

the wet. The need to accelerate the car becomes even more, of Cuba.

:57:12.:57:15.

Some of the teams are saying, we do not have a big difference between

:57:16.:57:21.

wet and dry. It might be something on the front wing, and the DRS,

:57:21.:57:31.
:57:31.:57:33.

that's it. Of course, the wet tyres lift the ride height of the car by

:57:33.:57:39.

5 mm. Yes, but it is normal to be doing that when you're running low

:57:39.:57:43.

fuel in preparation for qualifying. The average fuel load for the race,

:57:43.:57:49.

they will start this race with just over 140 kilos of fuel. It uses

:57:49.:57:52.

about 8% less fuel than other tracks.

:57:52.:58:02.
:58:02.:58:03.

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

:58:03.:58:10.

will change the fuel level and then we will decide on the tyres. Who do

:58:10.:58:17.

you think his most under pressure in this qualifying? I think it

:58:17.:58:21.

would be one of the Renaults or one of the Saubers, being most under

:58:21.:58:26.

pressure in qualifying. It is a short racetrack, really difficult

:58:26.:58:32.

to find perfect temperature. You only have 15% of the lap spent

:58:32.:58:40.

under braking. Before you know it, so key on the long flat-out section,

:58:40.:58:44.

coming into turn one. If your brake temperatures are not what they

:58:45.:58:48.

should be, then you compromise your entry speed, and you cannot afford

:58:48.:58:55.

to leave any lap ton behind in qualifying. It is one of five anti-

:58:55.:58:59.

clockwise circuits on the calendar. It is tough on the left-hand side

:58:59.:59:08.

of the neck. Bruno Senna, a local hero, of course. Felipe Massa, the

:59:08.:59:12.

man who has been on pole position here three times and won the race

:59:12.:59:17.

twice. Barrichello has been on pole position twice here, and so has the

:59:17.:59:23.

great Ayrton Senna. Already, some cars coming out to the end of the

:59:23.:59:27.

pit lane. It is a 20 minute session, pit lane. It is a 20 minute session,

:59:27.:59:36.

starting in 45 seconds. That is not going to help their chances, coming

:59:36.:59:45.

out early. But they will get more than one run of course, so they're

:59:45.:59:49.

just trying to get a bit of track position. There's a man who could

:59:49.:59:53.

do with his fourth pole position of the season, and to get on top of

:59:53.:59:58.

Sebastian Vettel before they head into the winter, Mark Webber.

:59:58.:00:03.

another thought, these guys will be sitting there longer than Sebastian

:00:03.:00:08.

Vettel sat on the grid in Abu Dhabi. Any question marks over tyre

:00:08.:00:13.

pressure, this confirms Pirelli does not have any concerns.

:00:13.:00:18.

green light is on, qualifying is under way. There is around one

:00:18.:00:24.

second per lap difference on the tyres. It could be very interesting.

:00:24.:00:28.

If you get the wrong tyre at the wrong time, or you catch traffic,

:00:28.:00:34.

you could be in serious trouble in the first part of qualifying, and

:00:34.:00:44.
:00:44.:00:56.

early. We have got a fantastic view over the sprawling city. It is a

:00:56.:01:00.

bit grey, so none of the top teams want to risk anything. These

:01:01.:01:05.

humidity is rising, and that is why we are seeing so many cars on the

:01:05.:01:15.

track, rain is being mentioned. 800 metres of altitude above sea level.

:01:15.:01:22.

That affects the cost. Yes, you get less horsepower at this altitude.

:01:22.:01:31.

That means you use less fuel. You get less downforce. That takes away

:01:31.:01:36.

the total feeling of grip and acceleration. But it is the same

:01:36.:01:42.

for everyone. The engine can feel cutlass and quite slippy. But this

:01:42.:01:49.

middle sector, from the fourth corner, through the middle part of

:01:49.:01:55.

the lap, it is very technical. is interesting to see how the Times

:01:55.:01:59.

are achieved. In the practice, Red Bull have been the leaders in the

:01:59.:02:06.

middle sector. Mercedes and McLaren have had the best times in the

:02:06.:02:16.
:02:16.:02:17.

first sector. That will have cost him time. He is just trying to get

:02:17.:02:24.

an opening time on the border. medium tyres. We have got medium

:02:24.:02:32.

tyres and soft tyres. The soft tyre today becomes the medium tyre for

:02:32.:02:40.

2012. RADIO: We should get the Lappin because of the rain. They

:02:40.:02:49.

really are concerned! He humidity is up to 60%. Yes, the key message,

:02:49.:02:54.

you are going to have to work it yourself for the traffic. The

:02:54.:03:03.

drivers would rely on their team looking at the pit wall. But what

:03:03.:03:08.

he said his, we do not have time, go for it. 22 cars on the track,

:03:08.:03:15.

and that does not include Felipe Massa, and Fernando Alonso. He has

:03:16.:03:21.

just gone out, so we have 23 cars. Felipe Massa was getting ready.

:03:21.:03:29.

Kravitz? The other people in trouble, Sebastien Buemi. He was

:03:29.:03:36.

out on the soft tyre. They are looking at 14.5 as the cut-off to

:03:36.:03:44.

get into Q2. Lewis Hamilton on the hard tyre. Watch out for Sauber,

:03:44.:03:48.

they might be in big trouble. They have looked off the pace all

:03:48.:03:57.

weekend. I think it will be very close between Williams, Toro Rosso

:03:57.:04:04.

and Sauber as to who might be the first Scot to fall into one.

:04:04.:04:09.

Sebastien Buemi had three laps in total this morning, he has little

:04:09.:04:19.
:04:19.:04:20.

truck time. I had Renault paid, Bruno Senna, because he had been in

:04:20.:04:27.

all sorts of problems. If he runs the KERS, it locks up into the

:04:27.:04:32.

corner, and he loses the entry position. If he switches it off,

:04:32.:04:37.

you are giving away performance, and it is worth 0.3 seconds in

:04:37.:04:47.
:04:47.:04:49.

qualifying, probably more. You can deploy it twice. I do not think

:04:49.:04:55.

Renault were suffering from pace as such. But he had some specific

:04:55.:05:05.
:05:05.:05:15.

problems. Sebastian Vettel is on a Vitaly Petrov up to fifth. It will

:05:15.:05:19.

change very quickly indeed have. Lewis Hamilton is the fastest man

:05:19.:05:23.

in the first sector. They are getting the Times in quickly, they

:05:23.:05:28.

are concerned about the weather. But there is nothing I can see that

:05:28.:05:32.

should bother them too much. Sebastian Vettel the fastest man in

:05:32.:05:38.

the middle sector. The wind sock is handing above the paddock, so there

:05:38.:05:48.
:05:48.:05:48.

is not much wind. Sebastien Buemi has had a spin. Problems are not

:05:48.:05:58.
:05:58.:06:04.

over. Sebastian Vettel goes fastest. He is on the medium compound tyre.

:06:04.:06:11.

Jenson Button is on the charge. RADIO: The range is holding off for

:06:11.:06:20.

now. -- rain. Wind speed, 6.1 metres per second. It will not be

:06:20.:06:29.

zooming in quickly. But let's wait and see. I have been in races here

:06:29.:06:32.

with you can see the brain bubbling up and it appears almost from

:06:32.:06:40.

nowhere. Sao Paulo is 800 metres above sea level, a plateau,

:06:40.:06:48.

surrounded by dense forest and vegetation. Fernando Alonso looking

:06:48.:06:58.

for positioning. Lewis Hamilton is on a better first sector. An

:06:58.:07:04.

average middle sector. He will not go quickest, but he only needs to

:07:04.:07:14.
:07:14.:07:18.

get tricky one. -- get through Q1. Felipe Massa about to finish his

:07:18.:07:28.
:07:28.:07:35.

again to be inside the top 10. Michael Schumacher fighting to stop

:07:35.:07:41.

the car from swapping ends. Bruno Senna had difficulties in the

:07:41.:07:51.
:07:51.:08:02.

Renault this morning. The longer a Pixies or stop -- the long apexes.

:08:02.:08:07.

This will be the end of his first proper flying lap. He will be

:08:07.:08:16.

inside the top 17. Jenson Button is another flying lap. They are all

:08:16.:08:22.

staying out at the moment, 19 cars on the racetrack. Michael

:08:22.:08:31.

Schumacher goes into the top 10. It is always much closer here. Red

:08:31.:08:36.

Bull and McLaren have looked very close indeed. Will Red Bull find

:08:36.:08:46.
:08:46.:08:47.

more speed? They can turn up the engine. Lewis Hamilton pits. Jenson

:08:47.:08:52.

Button is on a better lap. Jenson Button goes fastest, but is a good

:08:52.:08:58.

time on the media tyres. He prefers the balance of the car on those

:08:58.:09:07.

tyres. He is not as happy on the soft tyres. If you nail those tyres,

:09:07.:09:11.

they give you a bigger difference. That is not how he drives a racing

:09:11.:09:19.

car. Engineers have given feedback on where the pressures are. They

:09:19.:09:24.

have the censors, it is beamed back to the pits. You cannot afford to

:09:24.:09:31.

run the pressure too low. Very few braking points around the lap.

:09:31.:09:38.

There are only 15 corners, so the majority of the track is spent full

:09:38.:09:47.

throttle. In Abu Dhabi, 21 corners, the drivers had to negotiate. The

:09:47.:09:52.

way they have the car set-up, it is unloading be inside tyre. The

:09:52.:09:56.

feeling you have, it reduces the amount of grip you have when you

:09:56.:10:03.

turn. Three-quarters of the lap is spent with the throttle pedal

:10:03.:10:13.
:10:13.:10:14.

welded to the floor. It is like a go-kart, stop and go. There is no

:10:14.:10:20.

room for a third pedal. Jenson Button and Mark Webber in the pit,

:10:20.:10:28.

as is Lewis Hamilton. Who will have to sacrifice a set of soft tyres?

:10:28.:10:32.

Everybody from Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher? They are under

:10:32.:10:42.
:10:42.:10:43.

pressure. They would have to go again. Potentially. Fernando Alonso

:10:43.:10:52.

with the harder tyre. There is no APS on Formula One cars, you have

:10:52.:11:02.
:11:02.:11:03.

got to make it yourself. That is probably why he got a bit and cited.

:11:03.:11:11.

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

:11:11.:11:16.

the first time for a few races that there is technical parity between

:11:16.:11:24.

them. Felipe Massa has played a round with his car. For this

:11:24.:11:32.

session, they are both running the same specification from wind. --

:11:32.:11:40.

front wing. Another team potentially in trouble is Williams.

:11:40.:11:44.

I think the whole of the midfield will be nervously looking at the

:11:44.:11:52.

weather. What tyres is Sebastian Vettel on? He surely does not feel

:11:52.:11:56.

the need to put a set of soft tyres on, and less he is concerned about

:11:57.:12:06.
:12:07.:12:11.

the rain. Heikki Kovalainen on target to be inside the top 17. He

:12:11.:12:18.

is climbing the hill to the finish line, and he only goes 19th. He was

:12:18.:12:24.

0.1 outside the top 17. That is on the soft tyre. He has been through

:12:24.:12:30.

to Q2 three times this year. But at the moment, that is not going to do

:12:30.:12:37.

it. Will he get another run? We saw lots of drivers do their best time

:12:37.:12:41.

after doing a lap, calling it, then going again. It is about

:12:41.:12:50.

maintaining the right pressure. They need to get the breaks up to

:12:50.:12:54.

temperature for the run into the first corner. We have seen a lot of

:12:54.:12:59.

locking up around this lap. If you can get the tyres to last, you will

:12:59.:13:09.
:13:09.:13:11.

definitely gain time there. Let's look at the drop zone. Jarno Trulli

:13:11.:13:15.

is faster than Heikki Kovalainen and Rubens Barrichello, although

:13:15.:13:24.

Williams have not been out on the soft tyre yet. Jerome d'Ambrosio

:13:24.:13:28.

will be replaced next year by a French driver. We have no French

:13:28.:13:32.

drivers on the grid at the moment, but there could be two or three

:13:32.:13:39.

next year. Including Jean-Eric Vergne. They will be very welcome,

:13:39.:13:48.

the cuisine they will bring to the paddock! Rubens Barrichello, he has

:13:48.:13:53.

gone back out on the track, as has Pastor Maldonado. 13 drivers out

:13:53.:13:59.

there. Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher in the pits, six minutes

:13:59.:14:08.

remaining. Being such a short lap, you need less time to get round.

:14:08.:14:13.

Nico Rosberg still on the medium tyres. He thinks he can go fast

:14:13.:14:23.
:14:23.:14:44.

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

:14:44.:14:54.
:14:54.:14:55.

we think there is rain coming. is because Nico Rosberg... They are

:14:55.:15:05.
:15:05.:15:14.

line, going tenth. It might just be enough, as we watch d'Ambrosio.

:15:14.:15:19.

Schumacher has gone out on the soft tyres. There is Kobayashi on the

:15:19.:15:26.

soft tyres, in 13th at the moment. soft tyres, in 13th at the moment.

:15:26.:15:30.

There will be some tears here today. It is a question of getting those

:15:30.:15:40.

laps in. Pastor Maldonado, in 19th at the moment, flat out. Maldonado

:15:40.:15:46.

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

:15:46.:15:56.
:15:56.:16:01.

under pressure, but he's on a So, a straight fight at the moment.

:16:01.:16:06.

Buemi needs to get it done as well. It looks like Kobayashi is the next

:16:06.:16:13.

man under pressure. Barrichello goes nineth, fastest man through

:16:13.:16:18.

the final sector. He has been on pole position here three times. He

:16:18.:16:25.

grew up just the other side of the wall from this place. It is his

:16:25.:16:30.

home, he feels most comfortable here, and that's a very good effort,

:16:30.:16:32.

surely to get him comfortably through into the next phase of

:16:32.:16:38.

qualifying. 3.5 minutes remaining. Buemi, the man who did so few laps

:16:38.:16:42.

this morning, has had a problem in the middle part of the lap. He will

:16:42.:16:49.

get another effort. He had an awful middle sector. I don't know if it

:16:49.:16:56.

was traffic or a problem. Let's see what Lotus can do. Kovalainen has

:16:56.:17:06.
:17:06.:17:07.

pitted, Jarno Trulli is ahead of him at the moment. Kobayashi has

:17:07.:17:17.

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

:17:17.:17:26.

He has got Jerome d'Ambrosio ahead of him. Coming through what used to

:17:26.:17:36.
:17:36.:17:44.

be one of the most terrifying Coming up there, hitting the KERS,

:17:44.:17:53.

giving you another 80 horse power. Michael Schumacher did not go any

:17:53.:17:59.

faster. Massa has gone out on the soft tyres. Sebastien Buemi has got

:17:59.:18:05.

himself in, in 16th. So, it is Maldonado once again under pressure.

:18:05.:18:10.

We're on board with him. Coming up to the finish line. You have got

:18:10.:18:16.

constant G-force, 16 seconds at full throttle. Driving to the

:18:16.:18:26.

finish line, Maldonado, 18th, did not go faster, he is in trouble.

:18:26.:18:36.
:18:36.:19:02.

Maldonado in 18th place, really under pressure.

:19:02.:19:09.

DAVID COULTHARD: You definitely do not want to get out over that

:19:09.:19:16.

curved handle bar and he paid the price. Bruno Senna looks safe

:19:16.:19:26.
:19:26.:19:27.

enough, but Adrian Sutil will not be feeling that confident. So,

:19:27.:19:37.
:19:37.:19:41.

Perez is in at the moment. 30 seconds remaining. Just eight cars

:19:41.:19:51.
:19:51.:19:55.

out on track. He was just too wide as he went through turn seven.

:19:55.:20:02.

You're unsighted at that point., isn't it? Raikkonen we're hearing

:20:02.:20:08.

will not go to Williams next year, that has all fallen over. We just

:20:08.:20:13.

got a quick shot of Patrick Head, on the pit wall, a man who's coming

:20:13.:20:19.

to his last Grand Prix officially for Williams. Alonso is on track as

:20:19.:20:28.

well, as is Sebastien Buemi. It is just a personal battle really

:20:28.:20:34.

between the two Lotus drivers. Jarno Trulli is ahead of Kovalainen

:20:34.:20:38.

for the third time this year at the moment, but it is Kovalainen who

:20:38.:20:48.
:20:48.:20:50.

changes that with a 15.0. This is just a grudge match within Team

:20:50.:20:58.

Lotus, changing its name of course next year to Caterham. I think

:20:58.:21:01.

they're going to keep the same colours. Jarno Trulli, another

:21:01.:21:05.

personal best in the middle sector. This is going to be very close

:21:05.:21:13.

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

:21:13.:21:21.

third of the second shy of beating Heikki Kovalainen. That makes it

:21:21.:21:26.

16-2 to Kovalainen. The first big scalp to fall, Maldonado, for

:21:26.:21:32.

Williams. That was on the cards. Barrichello was in 11th place. At

:21:32.:21:38.

the moment, it is McLaren 1 and two. Serious frustration for Pastor

:21:39.:21:42.

Maldonado. Those other drivers who will not be taking part in the

:21:42.:21:52.
:21:52.:21:57.

second part of qualifying. Look at that, Ricardo and Liuzzi. Always a

:21:57.:22:01.

difficult question, Timo Glock, the reasons for you being the slowest

:22:01.:22:05.

car out there today? It has been a terrible day so far. Yesterday the

:22:05.:22:09.

car was OK. Since this morning, we have completely lost the balance of

:22:09.:22:14.

the car. I could not even manage to do a lap this morning on the soft

:22:14.:22:20.

tyre. After half a lap, the tyre was already gone at the back. We

:22:20.:22:23.

changed the set-up for qualifying, but still I was a bit unlucky, I

:22:23.:22:28.

had traffic, one of the Toro Rossos came out in front of me and stayed

:22:28.:22:38.
:22:38.:22:40.

the whole lap in front of me. That was the problem. So I lost a couple

:22:40.:22:45.

of tenths there. We start from the back, that's it. Trying to put a

:22:45.:22:49.

positive spin on these things. I wanted to ask you, going forward,

:22:49.:22:58.

what will you going to do for next year? That's what we're working on.

:22:58.:23:02.

We have got the people in place now, we have got a technical partnership

:23:02.:23:09.

with McLaren, which is good, but in the end, we have to decide things

:23:09.:23:13.

on our own. It will be tough at the start of next year, but the

:23:13.:23:17.

possibilities are different, so that's positive. Jerome d'Ambrosio,

:23:17.:23:24.

we know that the Virgin name will disappear next year, but there are

:23:24.:23:27.

rumours that you might be disappearing as well. Can you

:23:27.:23:32.

explain to us? At the moment, there are discussions going on, but

:23:32.:23:38.

nothing is fixed. I cannot say much. Why not, you can trust us? You know

:23:38.:23:43.

Jake would not tell anyone. Tell us what's going on. Hopefully I will

:23:43.:23:48.

be on that grid again, that's what I'm fighting for. It is not easy. I

:23:48.:23:58.
:23:58.:24:01.

just have to keep fighting. Timo Glock, in your team next year, have

:24:01.:24:05.

you been given assurances about the funding under plans for 2012? You

:24:05.:24:10.

do not want to stay in a team which is at the back of the grid? No-one

:24:10.:24:15.

wants to be in that position. That goes for everyone in the team.

:24:15.:24:19.

Desperately we want to go forward. We are working on that. The plan is

:24:19.:24:25.

pretty building for the future. We will try our best. What is the

:24:25.:24:28.

plan? To be in the middle of the pack somewhere, fighting regularly

:24:28.:24:33.

for top 10 finishes, maybe not next year, but in the future. Jerome,

:24:33.:24:43.
:24:43.:24:44.

what kind of a teammate was he? still is! He's a good teammate.

:24:44.:24:49.

He's not as good as he looks, but he's all right, not bad. That's

:24:49.:24:57.

great, the honesty of all of this! You ask the same question! What

:24:57.:25:01.

kind of teammate is Jerome? He's tough, he gave me some hard times.

:25:01.:25:05.

We worked very well together, very good guy, the technical feedback,

:25:05.:25:12.

we were on the same page, it is good fun to work with him. We will

:25:12.:25:16.

let you go and speak to the rest of the world's media. But we're

:25:16.:25:20.

hearing that the Virgin name is gone, the Russian sports car

:25:20.:25:27.

producer comes in. Sadly, Jerome will be disappearing from Formula

:25:27.:25:35.

1? It is too early to say. He was still optimistic. Things can flow

:25:35.:25:39.

and change so quickly in Formula 1. I would not rule anybody out at

:25:39.:25:44.

this stage. He obviously has something up his sleeve. Looking

:25:44.:25:48.

ahead to the next session, it may well rain. We saw some incredible

:25:48.:25:54.

rain in 2009. The cars will go out early again we expect in this

:25:54.:26:00.

session, just to be safe. I have always been critical of teams for

:26:00.:26:04.

not getting a banker in place. It does not make sense to just sit and

:26:04.:26:13.

wait. Get out there, put a lap in the bag, and take it from there.

:26:13.:26:20.

this is 2009, on screen at the moment, but back to 2011, and

:26:21.:26:27.

Martin Brundle. You had me looking out of the window there! You were

:26:27.:26:34.

playing something from 2009! Qualifying will be restarting in

:26:34.:26:41.

around 30 seconds. Soft tyres on so many of those cars. Ted Kravitz...

:26:41.:26:46.

I have just had a look at the radar in one of the garages, and it says

:26:46.:26:50.

the rain is coming. It is closer than 10 kilometres now. That's the

:26:50.:26:55.

information which the teams are getting. In the pit lane, all I can

:26:55.:27:00.

see his blue sky. But it is coming in from the direction of the first

:27:00.:27:06.

corner, we are told. That's often where the rain turns up first of

:27:06.:27:15.

all here. We reckon it is about 30 minutes away. That is why we are

:27:15.:27:23.

seeing so much frantic activity. The green light is on. And we are

:27:23.:27:31.

under way in Q2. A lot of drivers are on the soft tyre, they want to

:27:31.:27:39.

get a banker lap in. They do indeed. Those who should have a bit in

:27:39.:27:43.

reserve, like McLaren and Ferrari and Red Bull, then it should be

:27:43.:27:47.

just a case of doing a tidy lap. For those scurrying for the honour

:27:47.:27:55.

of getting in the top 10, it will be more work than that. It is very

:27:55.:28:00.

difficult to get a clear lap in order short-track like this. Very

:28:00.:28:10.
:28:10.:28:12.

difficult to get the positioning right, and to get tyre temperature.

:28:12.:28:16.

Driving this slowly does not help your ability to get heat into the

:28:16.:28:22.

brakes. He was just backing-up, trying to find some space. We have

:28:22.:28:32.
:28:32.:28:32.

got 17 cars on the track. We have lost Maldonado, Kovalainen, Liuzzi

:28:32.:28:37.

and Glock, among others. We are now looking to get rid of seven more.

:28:37.:28:41.

Force India, it seems, are looking most likely to get through, but

:28:41.:28:48.

they did use an extra set of tyres in the first part of qualifying.

:28:48.:28:52.

That is Adrian Sutil, a man fighting for his seat I think in

:28:52.:28:56.

Force India. And we hear he's talking to Renault and Williams

:28:56.:29:06.
:29:06.:29:10.

about next year. Hulkenberg, who I'm a very big fan of, is a

:29:10.:29:20.
:29:20.:29:32.

You can see the bushes at the side of the racetrack blowing around. It

:29:32.:29:36.

is pretty breezy. They think the weather is coming in. Adrian Sutil

:29:36.:29:43.

is homing in on the finish line. That gives him a 1:13.2, which is a

:29:44.:29:52.

pretty solid lap. It now says, no rain within the next 30 minutes,

:29:52.:29:56.

and yet the team have been telling their drivers to get a lap in, it

:29:56.:30:02.

is going to rain! DAVID COULTHARD: Unless they have

:30:02.:30:07.

got someone in a tall building chucking a bucket of water out,

:30:07.:30:17.
:30:17.:30:22.

Here comes Mark Webber, let's see what he has got to offer us. That's

:30:22.:30:29.

half a second shy of his teammate. Hamilton still fourth, Alonso fifth.

:30:29.:30:35.

Senna is down in eighth. And now it is what -- Rosberg up in second.

:30:35.:30:42.

That's a very good time indeed. Button is now up in third. Remember,

:30:42.:30:52.
:30:52.:30:54.

this is not for the grid position, it just gives us 11 to 17 on the

:30:54.:31:04.
:31:04.:31:12.

having just started a hot lap. Sebastian bore any locks up. As

:31:12.:31:17.

soon as you apply any kind of steering Glock, you unload the

:31:17.:31:26.

steering tyre. That is what is happening there with Michael. It

:31:26.:31:30.

depends on the bonds and other things, but it is the inside wheel

:31:30.:31:40.
:31:40.:31:44.

that will not, because it is slightly lighter. Mark Webber, 12.6.

:31:44.:31:52.

Lewis Hamilton has done the fastest first sector. That corner used to

:31:52.:32:00.

be terrifying, but now they take a rest. I am getting the impression

:32:00.:32:06.

that the track used to scare you! lot! There was no way to go, and it

:32:06.:32:10.

was so bumpy, and the cars were leaping around. They have got

:32:10.:32:20.
:32:20.:32:21.

different challenges now. Quite a lot of camper. -- camber. This is

:32:21.:32:29.

where the old track used to be. He banked circuit. Lewis Hamilton is

:32:29.:32:35.

still a bit off the fastest time. This is all about getting into the

:32:35.:32:45.
:32:45.:32:48.

top 10. Lewis Hamilton still 0.4 seconds off the pace. New helmet

:32:48.:32:51.

colours for Felipe Massa. How can you be sure it is Felipe Massa in

:32:51.:32:57.

there? We do not recognise his helmet. They could put anybody in

:32:57.:33:07.
:33:07.:33:08.

there! Were you a whole may change it? Very rarely. Jenson Button has

:33:08.:33:14.

finished. Ted Kravitz? A cracking up from Nico Rosberg. Michael

:33:14.:33:22.

Schumacher will have to go again, he is not happy at all. Force India

:33:22.:33:26.

seems to be in trouble, they have already burned through two sets of

:33:26.:33:36.
:33:36.:33:40.

soft tyres. Let's see what they do. Nico Rosberg up there in second

:33:40.:33:45.

place. Michael Schumacher has always been handy around here. He

:33:45.:33:55.
:33:55.:33:57.

has won here four times. In 2006, in his first career, he was mighty.

:33:57.:34:07.
:34:07.:34:09.

I was reading some notes, thank you for giving me the Ku! -- cue!

:34:09.:34:17.

but he has had results on every track. What is the secret here?

:34:17.:34:21.

have to be patient in the middle sector, and you have to go over

:34:21.:34:29.

speed the entries in certain places. If you to the classic braking and

:34:29.:34:36.

positioning, you cannot get on the power. You have to go over speed

:34:36.:34:41.

the entry, to gain the lap time that you will end up losing on the

:34:41.:34:47.

exit, but it is in the bank. The first corner is all about making

:34:47.:34:51.

sure you have got your temperature set for the start of the lap. I'd

:34:51.:35:01.
:35:01.:35:01.

used to have a light, it was on until I had optimal temperature.

:35:01.:35:08.

Once the light went off, I knew I could have confidence. You go way

:35:09.:35:14.

past the 50 metre board, you are on top of the corner. You are staring

:35:14.:35:20.

into the eyes of the fans in the grandstand. The tyres of warm. That

:35:20.:35:28.

is not a great surprise. We could do with a gauge, telling us what

:35:28.:35:38.
:35:38.:35:52.

temperature that is. If it rains the grid, they have always been

:35:52.:35:58.

strong in Formula One. To be nationalistic, a great effort from

:35:58.:36:04.

Bruno Senna, it would be fantastic if he could stay there. The

:36:04.:36:07.

Brazilians have been camped out here since we arrived this morning,

:36:07.:36:14.

singing to themselves. It is almost like a carnival. Another young

:36:14.:36:22.

driver there, aiming at the seat. We have got all of these young

:36:23.:36:29.

drivers, and somebody like Pedro de la Rosa signs a deal with Hispania,

:36:29.:36:39.
:36:39.:36:41.

39 or 40 years old! They spend money and there is no way to go.

:36:41.:36:46.

Lots of fit, young drivers, and the escalator is blocked. It could be

:36:46.:36:52.

worse, at least there are 24 seats on the grid. I expect the pay is

:36:52.:37:02.
:37:02.:37:14.

will time is irrelevant. -- your time. We just saw Paul di Resta

:37:14.:37:23.

leave the pits, his final set of software will four. -- soft tyres.

:37:23.:37:27.

When they have qualified in the top 10, they do not run, because they

:37:27.:37:33.

have blown their tyres. At least they have got a good slot, but I do

:37:33.:37:39.

not understand why they do not get a lap time in. We will talk about

:37:39.:37:49.
:37:49.:37:50.

that in a while. Jaime Alguersuari just outside the top 10. Adrian

:37:50.:37:57.

Sutil has gone out. Still in the pits, the first few drivers. I

:37:58.:38:07.

suspect they will not go again. I suspect everybody behind Adrian

:38:07.:38:17.
:38:17.:38:24.

Sutil, including Felipe Massa, will Jaime Alguersuari still shy of the

:38:24.:38:31.

best. Let's watch him over the line. This is where the end of the pit

:38:31.:38:39.

wall is, it scares me! That is better from Jaime Alguersuari, but

:38:39.:38:45.

not good enough. Ted Kravitz? Felipe Massa has a new set of soft

:38:45.:38:51.

tyres. He used these used set for the first run, so he has got

:38:52.:39:01.
:39:02.:39:02.

another set for Q3. A quick weather Report, it is now San'a. -- it is

:39:02.:39:12.
:39:12.:39:17.

about the weather? The information they were being given was that the

:39:17.:39:21.

rain was coming, so either the radar was wrong, and we have seen

:39:21.:39:28.

that happen, or it was picking up a thunderstorm that has moved away

:39:28.:39:35.

from the circuit. That is more likely. Paul di Resta stays 10th,

:39:36.:39:43.

he will be under pressure. Michael Schumacher has gone out. This is

:39:43.:39:48.

Felipe Massa starting his final flying lap on the new tyres. Let's

:39:48.:39:58.
:39:58.:39:59.

get into the top 10. He has got a bit of traffic. He will pass that,

:39:59.:40:09.

down into the braking zone. Look at how much time he has lost. He has

:40:09.:40:15.

got no choice, he knows that dropping that amount of time, you

:40:15.:40:20.

are not going to get the job done, so he has got to save the tyres and

:40:20.:40:26.

then deliver it on his final flying lap. He is under a little bit of

:40:26.:40:32.

pressure. Paul di Resta has not managed to improve. We think it is

:40:33.:40:37.

Felipe Massa in that helmet! We do not have proved! But we did see

:40:37.:40:46.

through the helmet. You could put anybody in it! This is where he got

:40:46.:40:54.

it wrong. That is where they will open the door ers tomorrow as well.

:40:54.:41:01.

-- opened the DRS. The furore is having difficulty cutting occurred

:41:01.:41:11.
:41:11.:41:11.

through the second corner -- furore. Michael Schumacher, not a very good

:41:11.:41:21.

first sector, but the best middle sector. RADIO: Loss of power.

:41:21.:41:25.

Michael Schumacher just gets into the top 10, displacing Paul di

:41:25.:41:34.

Resta. Sergio Perez is out there as well. Sebastien Buemi, 14th, having

:41:34.:41:39.

gone 10 seconds slower in the middle sector. This is Bruno Senna,

:41:39.:41:48.

still ninth. He has done an OK first sector. He is inside the

:41:48.:41:53.

first -- inside the top 10. Paul di Resta are under serious pressure.

:41:53.:42:00.

Sebastian Vettel did not go out. First to sixth did not go out. At

:42:00.:42:10.
:42:10.:42:10.

the moment, nine cars on the track. Bruno Senna going quite slowly. The

:42:10.:42:16.

flag drops to end Q2. Bruno Senna is ninth. He has made a mistake

:42:16.:42:26.
:42:26.:42:26.

somewhere. Paul di Resta did not quite make it. What can Rubens

:42:26.:42:36.
:42:36.:42:42.

Barrichello deliver?, on! -- come on! Confirmation of the end of the

:42:42.:42:49.

session. Vitaly Petrov, 15th. He is way behind Bruno Senna. Michael

:42:49.:42:54.

Schumacher has pitted. It has given up on any further laps. Rubens

:42:54.:43:00.

Barrichello has done a poor middle sector. He is putting as well. It

:43:00.:43:10.
:43:10.:43:24.

side by side. Paul di Resta will start 11th. Alongside Rubens

:43:24.:43:34.

Barrichello. Jaime Alguersuari ahead of Sebastien Buemi. That

:43:34.:43:44.

makes it 12-7 to Sebastien Buemi. Vitaly Petrov, 15th, and Kamui

:43:44.:43:48.

Kobayashi and Sergio Perez side by side.

:43:48.:43:52.

His uncle was a two-time winner around the circuit, so this will

:43:52.:43:56.

feel very good indeed for Bruno Senna. Vitaly Petrov did not make

:43:56.:44:03.

it through. A great lap from Bruno Senna. We will see how he does in a

:44:03.:44:09.

few moments. Another strong lap from Nico Rosberg. The second

:44:09.:44:13.

fastest lap in that session, but surely anything better than that

:44:13.:44:22.

We are here with a man who knows what it takes to win championships

:44:22.:44:26.

in Formula 1. Jacques Villeneuve, we have been talking a lot about

:44:26.:44:30.

Williams this weekend - as a man who won the world title with them,

:44:30.:44:35.

ha have you felt watching them this season? It is tough, because it is

:44:35.:44:39.

a team with such an amazing past. It has always been a passionate

:44:39.:44:44.

team. Somehow it seems that decisions year after year have been

:44:44.:44:51.

heading them in the wrong direction. I would like to think about all of

:44:51.:44:55.

these new 40-year-old youngsters - where do you see yourself in all of

:44:55.:45:00.

this? I'm working in as car, I have not been working in Formula 1 at

:45:00.:45:04.

all. But Michael seems to have been progressing this year. De la Rosa

:45:04.:45:08.

is coming back next year. As long as you have the hunger, and the

:45:08.:45:11.

willingness to make the sacrifices, you can be as good as when you

:45:11.:45:16.

started. I just heard a huge cheer, that is probably Bruno Senna

:45:16.:45:21.

getting out of his car. The issue for someone like Pedro de la Rosa

:45:21.:45:24.

coming back is that you're competing against people a lot

:45:24.:45:28.

younger than yourself. Could you imagine getting back in a Formula 1

:45:28.:45:33.

car? There was talk about it. there was, once you have been

:45:33.:45:37.

racing, you always love driving those cars. If you could get a good

:45:37.:45:41.

shot, it would be tough to say no. But I'm not dreaming about it. It

:45:41.:45:46.

is not something I'm working on. As you say, you have to fight against

:45:46.:45:50.

the young, hungry kids, but if you have the experience, and you're

:45:50.:45:57.

hungry, you can do it. Jacques Villeneuve spoke about this car,

:45:58.:46:06.

which is by far the biggest motor sport in terms of support - how Bag

:46:06.:46:11.

-- how big is it for you to get into does car? Those cars are

:46:11.:46:16.

amazing to drive. Coming from Formula 1, I mainly get a go on the

:46:16.:46:20.

road courses, not the ovals. But you have tracks with 200,000 people

:46:20.:46:24.

sitting in the grandstands, 36 terms a year. It is an amazing

:46:24.:46:28.

Championship. It is fought on the track, very little punishment for

:46:28.:46:32.

dirty driving. Thank you very much for joining us. We will be hearing

:46:32.:46:37.

from Pastor Maldonado in a mini and. Just give us your thoughts on

:46:37.:46:41.

Sebastian Vettel this year. -- in a minute. He has been amazing. He has

:46:41.:46:45.

been in a position of strength, but he has also managed to destroy his

:46:45.:46:49.

teammate. That's the main thing. If the teammate had been on the same

:46:50.:46:54.

page, we could have said it was just the car. We have drag you away

:46:54.:46:58.

from your lunch, we apologise for that. It might be slightly cold now.

:46:59.:47:04.

Always nice to see you. We spoke about the fact that Jacques

:47:04.:47:07.

Villeneuve won the world title with Williams. Pastor Maldonado will not

:47:07.:47:12.

be doing that this season. A tough day for you today, and it will be

:47:12.:47:20.

the same tomorrow? 18 on the grid. Yes, we will be at the back, but we

:47:20.:47:29.

did it a different way from Rubens, a different set-up, so we hope

:47:29.:47:33.

tomorrow it will be raining, and that's it. Where did you struggle

:47:33.:47:42.

today? I think with the option tyres, we did not find great

:47:42.:47:47.

balance for the lap. And we were penalised because of that. But

:47:47.:47:53.

maybe with our set-up, that does not help as well. I was really

:47:53.:47:57.

excited when Rubens was trying to put in a hot lap, I thought he

:47:57.:48:00.

might just sneak into the final part of qualifying, something he

:48:00.:48:04.

has not done all season, of course. Now, we turn our attention to the

:48:04.:48:09.

fight for pole position. We have had a look at a few world champions

:48:09.:48:14.

struggling around today. It is a tricky middle sector, isn't it?

:48:14.:48:19.

can see here, locking up at the front. The front of the car seems

:48:19.:48:23.

to be getting a hard time. The cars are much lighter than they would

:48:23.:48:29.

normally be, and for that reason, I think they have not quite got the

:48:29.:48:33.

brake balance, they have got too much on the front. And this is

:48:33.:48:41.

Fernando Alonso, also looking up at the front. Can anyone knock

:48:41.:48:45.

Sebastian Vettel off his perch? Could he possibly get 15 pole

:48:45.:48:52.

positions? Of course, it is everybody's dream. He's at the top

:48:52.:48:56.

of the class in every aspect. But I think McLellan have something, I

:48:56.:49:01.

don't know why, but something will be in the water tells me that Lewis

:49:01.:49:05.

will just pip him. It has been close all weekend between the

:49:06.:49:09.

fastest guys in Formula 1 at the moment, McLaren and Red Bull.

:49:09.:49:13.

However, did you see that hot lap from Nico Rosberg in the final part

:49:13.:49:17.

of qualifying? It is time to hand you over to Martin Brundle and

:49:17.:49:24.

David qualified -- David Coulthard for the final part of qualifying in

:49:24.:49:31.

this 2011 season. MARTIN BRUNDLE: We have 10 drivers

:49:31.:49:38.

are aiming for the best grid positions - will Vettel smash the

:49:38.:49:44.

all-time record? At the moment he shares the record, with 14 pole

:49:44.:49:48.

positions in one season. Nigel Mansell did it in just 16 Grand

:49:48.:49:56.

Prix. This is the 19th of the season. Michael Schumacher, a

:49:56.:50:03.

dollars second behind his teammate, but still getting through to Q3.

:50:03.:50:12.

Looking very calm in the pit lane. Q3 begins, as ever, 10 minutes

:50:12.:50:17.

remaining of the final qualifying session of 2011. Nico Rosberg is so

:50:17.:50:21.

keen to get out there, he's having a good time.

:50:21.:50:24.

DAVID COULTHARD: That was a fantastic effort in the middle pot

:50:24.:50:28.

of qualifying, how can you go a second faster than your teammate

:50:28.:50:33.

around this track? It is the second shortest track on the calendar? It

:50:33.:50:38.

is about skill, I think is the answer. Ted Kravitz, what can you

:50:38.:50:43.

tell us. I have got a little explanation, it is all about power.

:50:43.:50:47.

It seems Mercedes are a team that do not think it is going to rain

:50:47.:50:53.

tomorrow, or they certainly have not set their car up for it. It was

:50:53.:51:02.

all power, in the first sector and the third sector. The DRS was

:51:02.:51:05.

working really well for Nico Rosberg, which is why he gained

:51:05.:51:15.
:51:15.:51:19.

time. But he has also managed to Two cars on track, Lewis Hamilton

:51:19.:51:29.

and Nico Rosberg. No DRS (son. did not sound like he was maxing

:51:29.:51:39.
:51:39.:51:52.

out the revs, either. These two were teammates in karting. He's

:51:52.:51:56.

going for it. He will have lost a lot of time with no DRS on that

:51:56.:51:59.

front straight. He's more than a second slower than what he did in

:51:59.:52:03.

the last pot of the previous qualifying session. Maybe Ted

:52:03.:52:09.

Kravitz can give us some information from the pit lane. Was

:52:09.:52:13.

it a new set of tyres when he went out, or was it the set he used in

:52:13.:52:19.

the first session, is he just getting some heat in the breaks?

:52:19.:52:22.

They all seem to have backed off on the concept of rain. Humility is

:52:22.:52:31.

still going up, at 63%. What is not going up his Nico Rosberg's sector

:52:31.:52:39.

times, in terms of improvement. is open now, so he did not want to

:52:39.:52:46.

use it on that first lap. It is like running your headlights on the

:52:46.:52:56.
:52:56.:52:57.

road, it does not actually cost you He was just building up, I think.

:52:57.:53:03.

Just getting the tyres and breaks ready. It looks like Lewis Hamilton

:53:03.:53:09.

is doing exactly the same. It appears to be about tyre warm up.

:53:09.:53:17.

Yes, it is. I have sneaked a look at the eco-wars Berg's pit board,

:53:17.:53:27.
:53:27.:53:41.

and it says, that means -- it says L1. That means it is a two-lap run.

:53:41.:53:46.

Why did we not see that in the previous two sessions? I wonder if

:53:46.:53:49.

it is to do with a different strategy with regard to tyre

:53:49.:53:54.

pressures. Is it a question of them knowing that they will not need

:53:54.:53:58.

these tyres in the race, so they are doing this in a different way,

:53:58.:54:02.

because they will have to start the Grand Prix on a different set of

:54:02.:54:12.
:54:12.:54:16.

tyres? That could well be the answer. So, 1:12.2 for Sebastian

:54:16.:54:21.

Vettel! Challenge that, everybody. That is a mighty lap time, compared

:54:21.:54:28.

to what we have seen this weekend! Alonso could only do 1:12.8, six

:54:28.:54:34.

tenths of a second different. We expected Vettel to pull one out of

:54:34.:54:38.

the bag towards the end, but he has done it straightaway. Lewis

:54:38.:54:48.
:54:48.:54:57.

Hamilton is trying to match it. But Vettel has laid down a marker

:54:57.:55:02.

already! Incredible, he has managed to go at two tenths faster than he

:55:02.:55:10.

did in the middle part of qualifying. Button also found a

:55:10.:55:14.

couple of tenths, Alonso has matched it as well, so it looks

:55:14.:55:18.

like it is a representative time. Lewis Hamilton down in fifth, what

:55:18.:55:22.

is that all about? You sense that Lewis has turned the corner of it,

:55:22.:55:27.

after that victory last time out. He was so happy with his time in LA,

:55:27.:55:32.

with his current, former, maybe future, girlfriend, and he has been

:55:32.:55:36.

looking mighty good around here. But at the moment, down in fifth

:55:36.:55:46.
:55:46.:55:47.

Place, and we have still to see the efforts of several of the drivers.

:55:47.:55:55.

Any sign of blisters on the tyres? Those will get wrapped up, because

:55:55.:56:00.

they could be the tyres he will start the Grand Prix on. You have

:56:00.:56:05.

to start on the tyres which you used to set your fastest lap, if

:56:05.:56:15.
:56:15.:56:16.

you're in the top 10. It is about now I start getting upset normally,

:56:16.:56:24.

isn't it?! I love the new qualification former, I like this

:56:24.:56:27.

for reception qualifying set-up, because if it rains, it doesn't

:56:27.:56:33.

matter, they still have to go out. But we have got to find a solution

:56:33.:56:40.

to this, the top 10 shoot-out must contain 10 cars fully active. I can

:56:40.:56:45.

understand if you run out of tyres, what's the point? There is a simple

:56:45.:56:49.

solution, you just make the top 101 extra set of tyres which they have

:56:49.:56:53.

to give back. Meanwhile, back to the action. Just over three minutes

:56:53.:56:59.

to go. RADIO: Rear temperatures are still

:56:59.:57:09.
:57:09.:57:22.

quite low, mate. A casual message That seem a long way out, but he

:57:22.:57:28.

got away with it. Vettel has gone out on the track again. Is he going

:57:28.:57:36.

to deliver another crushing blow in the Red Bull? Webber second at the

:57:36.:57:40.

moment. Pole position man has not won his Grand Prix for the last two

:57:40.:57:43.

years, maybe it is not the best place to be. Interestingly,

:57:43.:57:47.

Sebastian has tended to be the last man across the line in qualifying,

:57:47.:57:54.

but he has gone very early this time. Adrian Sutil is going to

:57:54.:57:57.

deliver the seventh lap time of this session, so at least he's

:57:57.:58:05.

having a go. So, Sutil does a 13.3, that's pretty solid, only two

:58:05.:58:11.

tenths slower than Rosberg. Michael Schumacher goes out on the medium

:58:11.:58:21.
:58:21.:58:27.

If Michael Schumacher sets a lap time on those tyres, he will have

:58:27.:58:31.

to use them at the start of the race. We will keep an eye on that.

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TED KRAVITZ: Bruno Senna has gone out on a brand new set of soft

:58:36.:58:44.

tyres. And Lewis Hamilton will be the last of the top runners to set

:58:44.:58:51.

his final attempt. I think that was a great effort from Bruno Senna.

:58:51.:58:55.

His practice sessions were blighted with all sorts of issues on that

:58:55.:59:00.

car. He looked like he could be in the drop zone, but on home soil, he

:59:00.:59:03.

has put forward the best message possible to Renault to keep his

:59:04.:59:10.

seat for next year. In the eight races he has done for Renault, five

:59:10.:59:15.

times he has out-qualified Petrov, who's highly regarded. A new

:59:15.:59:18.

fastest time in that sector for the double world champion Sebastian

:59:18.:59:25.

Vettel, as he makes his way, climbing this steep hill, much

:59:25.:59:30.

steeper than you can imagine from the TV pictures... It all looks

:59:30.:59:33.

calm and easy for him, but he's carrying mighty speed. He comes

:59:33.:59:42.

down the hill, just coming through Juncao, and taking the long line

:59:42.:59:46.

around the outside. He keeps the steering wheel nice and open, to

:59:46.:59:53.

let the speed built, delivering some KERS Energy, and there he goes.

:59:53.:59:58.

What can they do about that?! Mark Webber is on a decent lap at the

:59:59.:00:03.

moment, so is Button. No wonder the team are applauding, that's a

:00:03.:00:07.

sensational lap. Fernanda oh long say now approaching the line as

:00:07.:00:12.

well. He's fourth at the moment, and he goes up to third. --

:00:12.:00:22.
:00:22.:00:32.

Fernando Alonso. They're all out Michael Schumacher will just set

:00:32.:00:39.

sector times. Jenson Button does second! He is up onto the front row.

:00:39.:00:45.

Nico Rosberg coming through in six. Mark Webber takes over second.

:00:45.:00:55.
:00:55.:00:55.

Adrian Sutil, eight. Lewis Hamilton up into fourth. Jenson Button beats

:00:55.:01:02.

Lewis Hamilton. Mark Webber got within 0.1 of his team-mate. Dave

:01:02.:01:07.

Red Bull front row. The record- breaking 15th time, Sebastian

:01:07.:01:11.

Vettel on pole position. He did not even deliver his best sector in the

:01:11.:01:16.

final sector. What time could he have done?! A great effort from

:01:16.:01:26.
:01:26.:01:27.

Mark Webber. RADIO: You did it! baby, we got it! That was good!

:01:27.:01:34.

Thank you, you are incredible! I wonder if it feels as good as the

:01:34.:01:41.

other 29! I mentioned Jenson Button, he never qualified in the top 10

:01:41.:01:45.

around this track. He has responded this weekend, third position, very

:01:45.:01:50.

close to Red Bull. It is a surprise he got in front of Lewis Hamilton.

:01:50.:01:59.

He looked mighty in the early sessions. It is 13-6, T Lewis

:01:59.:02:09.

Hamilton, against Jenson Button. Nico Rosberg, 0.5 down on his Q2

:02:09.:02:18.

time. He would have moved up one or two places. He starts six. How does

:02:18.:02:26.

he compare? 16-3 against Michael Schumacher in qualifying. What

:02:26.:02:36.
:02:36.:02:38.

about Red Bull? 16-34 Sebastian Vettel. -- 16-3, 4 Sebastian Vettel.

:02:38.:02:46.

You can understand his happiness. Jenson Button, it look like he

:02:46.:02:51.

would be on the front row. He will auction off the overalls for

:02:51.:02:57.

charity. The McLaren drivers are wearing the overalls that have been

:02:57.:03:04.

designed by the fans are. Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix

:03:04.:03:12.

in those, and Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix in his.

:03:12.:03:22.
:03:22.:03:36.

Christian Horner, lots of doom and place. Adrian Sutil doing a great

:03:36.:03:46.
:03:46.:04:17.

job again. A wonderful effort from the moment, they just could not

:04:17.:04:27.
:04:27.:04:33.

find a way, as ever, to match the have got us all excited. Twitter is

:04:33.:04:38.

awash with people saying, surprise, surprise. He ends the season as he

:04:38.:04:44.

started it. Will this feel as good as his previous pole positions?

:04:44.:04:49.

This is the one that says, he got 15 pole positions in one season.

:04:49.:04:56.

the beginning of the season, those are the figures that you dream

:04:56.:05:00.

about, and they never become a reality. He made them a reality. He

:05:00.:05:07.

is that good. He loves braking records. He told us, if you are

:05:07.:05:11.

going to win world championships and titles, you deserve to take

:05:11.:05:16.

fastest laps and pole positions. It will mean a lot. We do not want to

:05:16.:05:21.

go on too long, because it must be exasperating for the other drivers.

:05:21.:05:25.

But he has always been great with the media and his team, he is great

:05:26.:05:32.

in the car, he is amazing. I wonder how Nigel Mansell felt. He picked

:05:32.:05:42.
:05:42.:05:44.

up 14 pole positions. What can you say? He beat the

:05:44.:05:50.

previous fastest time, impressive. He has done it all year. He shared

:05:50.:05:56.

the record for two weeks with Nigel Mansell, I never thought that was

:05:56.:06:02.

such a record, so to beat that, impressive. It is an awesome

:06:02.:06:08.

achievement. To have Mark Webber alongside is a great final

:06:08.:06:13.

qualifying. Why did it mean so much to get the record? He enjoys the

:06:13.:06:18.

statistics, it is a small piece of history, he is only 24, but he has

:06:18.:06:25.

made his mark. He should enjoy this moment, it is quite special, some

:06:25.:06:32.

illustrious names that he now sits on top.

:06:32.:06:36.

Plenty of celebrations in Sao Paulo and back in Milton Keynes. We do

:06:36.:06:40.

not mind Red Bull picking up pole position, but I wish they would

:06:40.:06:50.
:06:50.:06:51.

give us some more excitement! That his total dominance. But some

:06:51.:06:54.

people underperform. We were unfortunate, because Nico Rosberg

:06:54.:07:00.

has been getting better, and Mercedes have been improving. But

:07:00.:07:05.

to do the time in Q2 and not in Q3, that is a disappointment, because

:07:05.:07:10.

they should have been further up. Well done to Mark Webber, he needs

:07:10.:07:13.

a win to stand any chance of finishing second in the

:07:13.:07:18.

championship. What about Jenson Button? He has not even been in the

:07:19.:07:24.

top 10 in the last six years, but he qualifies third. Let's hear from

:07:24.:07:31.

Paul di Resta, who did OK. It was close today. You just missed

:07:31.:07:37.

out on Q3. It was very close. It was always going to be difficult.

:07:37.:07:42.

We have not had the top speed that the other cars had. We do not know

:07:42.:07:49.

why. It is a bit frustrating. But we are in 11th with rain forecast,

:07:50.:07:54.

so fingers crossed that we can capitalise on that. In the past,

:07:54.:07:59.

the car has been good in the wet. We are in a reasonable position.

:07:59.:08:09.
:08:09.:08:11.

How tough it was it out there? We are you expecting to get into Q3?

:08:11.:08:17.

Produced an of the new set of soft tyres and we did not improved. We

:08:17.:08:22.

did not get the best out of them. But the other cars have not, either.

:08:22.:08:27.

You never know about the rain, it can be so unpredictable. The

:08:27.:08:35.

showers are increasing, but it is what it is. Hopefully, the race

:08:35.:08:39.

will be strong. As soon as the qualifying session

:08:39.:08:45.

is over, the sky is darker! We will wait and see what happens tomorrow.

:08:45.:08:51.

It will help Force India. Paul di Resta has done OK, and he would

:08:51.:09:00.

love to finish his rookie season on a high. I quite like the rain here!

:09:00.:09:04.

I think Adrian Sutil can finish in the top 10 in the Drivers'

:09:04.:09:08.

Championship if he gets the point, and if Paul di Resta is in front of

:09:09.:09:12.

him and likely to get a point, I am sure they will swap them at the

:09:12.:09:16.

last lap, because Adrian Sutil has been a huge number of this team,

:09:16.:09:21.

and it might be his last race at Force India. I think Paul di Resta

:09:21.:09:27.

will do the honourable think. unlikely, but if they outscored

:09:27.:09:31.

Renault by 15 points, they will finish fifth in the Constructors'

:09:31.:09:35.

Championship. Rubens Barrichello starts just behind Paul di Resta,

:09:35.:09:41.

in 12. You put out the best in what has

:09:41.:09:49.

been a difficult car this season. Well done. It was a great feeling.

:09:49.:09:53.

You are always there or thereabouts, but it has been a tough year with

:09:53.:09:59.

the car that we had. When you are at home, you have to use whatever

:09:59.:10:08.

is on your side, and today, with the public, I used it to the best,

:10:08.:10:15.

and I am pretty sure it was a poor position lap on the car! -- pole

:10:15.:10:24.

position lap! Can you give the fans something to cheer about tomorrow?

:10:24.:10:28.

I hope we will have some rain tomorrow, and that I will excite

:10:28.:10:36.

everybody else up. I hope they will not mind to bring their umbrellas!

:10:36.:10:41.

You can see the second part of our interview with him tomorrow. In

:10:41.:10:46.

that car, it is like a pole position lap. He will be getting

:10:46.:10:51.

the rosary beads out tonight! He is hoping for rain. He is the master

:10:51.:10:57.

in the rain. We saw what he did years ago. He has got such great,

:10:57.:11:03.

natural control, and he could store -- score points tomorrow, which

:11:03.:11:10.

everybody will be happy about, if it is wet. He shows us a lovely

:11:10.:11:13.

smile, and Sebastian Vettel shows us the finger, the 15th pole

:11:13.:11:18.

position. A record 15th pole position in a

:11:18.:11:27.

season, describe your feelings. is difficult. There has been some

:11:27.:11:35.

talk before this weekend about this particular record. The best thing

:11:35.:11:41.

was not to think about at all. We had a rough start to the weekend, I

:11:41.:11:45.

was not happy with the balance, but we made the right choices overnight,

:11:45.:11:51.

and again, going into qualifying, I was happier. Enjoying the moment,

:11:51.:11:56.

enjoying the laps I had. I was happy with the first lap in Q3, but

:11:56.:12:01.

I knew there was more to come, and I put everything into the last lap.

:12:01.:12:05.

I was very emotional when I crossed the line, because I knew that that

:12:05.:12:12.

was all I had. I was pleased with that. But I had to wait for quite a

:12:12.:12:17.

long time to see whether it was good enough. The names kept popping

:12:17.:12:25.

up. My engineer told me, Jenson Button, second, Mark Webber, second,

:12:25.:12:34.

and then, pole position. Really special. Different from the others.

:12:34.:12:41.

It took the master, Nigel Mansell, a couple of races less, but still,

:12:41.:12:47.

very historic and very special to me. I am happy to be here and start

:12:47.:12:52.

from different tomorrow, and had fully enjoy the race. The weather

:12:52.:12:57.

will be a question, we knew that, going into the weekend. It has

:12:57.:13:01.

improved, so today was already supposed to be wet, and it was dry.

:13:01.:13:07.

This place is tricky, special races, special weather, so I am looking

:13:07.:13:13.

forward to tomorrow. Mark Webber, 0.1 seconds away. Can you finish

:13:13.:13:20.

the season with the elusive when? It would be good, today went well.

:13:20.:13:25.

It would be nice to keep the heat on him. Both of us have got the

:13:26.:13:32.

maximum out of the car. I could not look after Nigel Mansell, but he

:13:32.:13:38.

did a good lap. We both got the best out of the car. I am looking

:13:38.:13:43.

forward to the race tomorrow. very close, and we might have

:13:43.:13:51.

changeable conditions tomorrow. are all excited about tomorrow, we

:13:51.:13:57.

all want to end on a high. At the moment, I am enjoying the moment,

:13:57.:14:00.

this is my best qualifying for the last six years, and 10 place is

:14:00.:14:05.

better than last year. This is a good start to the weekend. I always

:14:05.:14:13.

love racing here. It is such a good racing circuit. It is very good for

:14:13.:14:22.

overtaking, and we have the ers. -- would have BIS. Whatever happens,

:14:22.:14:28.

it has been a great season for us, just not quite good enough. There

:14:28.:14:32.

are a few areas we need to work on. Hopefully, we can end this

:14:32.:14:42.
:14:42.:14:44.

reasonably good season off with a lap, but Bruno Senna's was the most

:14:44.:14:49.

popular. For more of us, congratulations, how did it feel

:14:49.:14:52.

out there for you? The it is great, we have been having a very tough

:14:52.:14:57.

weekend. Just getting everything together on that lap was very

:14:57.:15:02.

important. I think the conditions helped us a bit, because the track

:15:02.:15:06.

temperature dropped, and the car changed quite a lot. I'm really

:15:06.:15:12.

happy that we managed to put this lap their. It is better than I was

:15:12.:15:17.

expecting, but it could always be better, but I'm really happy.

:15:17.:15:20.

Mansell used to say that the crowd at the British Grand Prix well

:15:20.:15:25.

worth a bit of extra time, what about this crowd here? This morning

:15:25.:15:29.

I had a tough time, and they gave me great support. I'm really happy

:15:29.:15:36.

to be able to give something back to them, because they deserve it.

:15:36.:15:40.

have to ask you, each team has its in-house fighting, and of course,

:15:40.:15:45.

with your teammate, but for you to make the final qualifying, does

:15:45.:15:50.

that put extra pressure on the team to sign you next year? Every

:15:50.:15:53.

performance counts, I have had good performances before, and it is good

:15:53.:15:57.

to finish the year with a good qualifying performance. But the

:15:57.:16:00.

race tomorrow is what really counts, it could be a lottery if it is wet.

:16:00.:16:07.

I hope that we are in front in that lottery. What was impressive for me,

:16:07.:16:11.

you have already mentioned your troubled practice session, but you

:16:11.:16:19.

have not actually raced around his racetrack, you do not have a lot of

:16:19.:16:22.

experience which a lot of the other drivers have, from doing the other

:16:22.:16:27.

formulas. It is a particular track to find the line... Yes, it is a

:16:27.:16:33.

difficult track. I was struggling with a fuel wrong lines in

:16:33.:16:37.

qualifying, but then I tried some different things, and it worked. So

:16:37.:16:41.

now I know how to drive here, which makes the whole difference.

:16:41.:16:44.

Sometimes having the experience of driving on a track helps, but

:16:44.:16:48.

sometimes it can hinder you as well. sometimes it can hinder you as well.

:16:48.:16:50.

Let's just ride on board with you, and give us your emotions as you

:16:50.:16:54.

were flying around. Were you aware of the fact that you were at

:16:54.:16:58.

Interlagos, with the history attached? Or were you so focused on

:16:58.:17:02.

the job in hand? During the qualifying lap, you're just

:17:02.:17:09.

focusing on giving everything on the track. There were one or two

:17:09.:17:16.

moments when the rear was a bit loose, but it was a very tidy lap.

:17:16.:17:26.
:17:26.:17:26.

Before that, even in Q1, I was struggling to do a tidy lap. But

:17:26.:17:30.

when you finish the lap, and you slow down, then you can look at the

:17:30.:17:36.

crowd, and see them cheering. I'm really happy to be able to give

:17:36.:17:39.

something back to them. Congratulations, a strong

:17:39.:17:43.

qualifying from you, and tomorrow, you will be fighting for points at

:17:43.:17:52.

your home Grand Prix. I hope so, we will see what happens in the wet.

:17:52.:18:00.

David, will he sleep well tonight, do you think? I think so. Did you

:18:00.:18:05.

see this wet still dripping down, it shows how deep he had to delve

:18:06.:18:10.

to deliver that lap. Massive pressure on him. Fighting for

:18:10.:18:14.

position within the team as well, that's a great performance.

:18:14.:18:20.

Straight to another interview, then no doubt to about 15,000 autographs.

:18:20.:18:30.
:18:30.:18:40.

win tomorrow if he wants to be second in the Championship. We

:18:40.:18:46.

thought Nico Rosberg might be higher up than sixth. But he starts

:18:46.:18:49.

behind Fernando Alonso. Felipe Massa, his home Grand Prix as well,

:18:49.:18:59.

don't forget. He won the world title here - for about 20 seconds!

:18:59.:19:03.

We have already heard from Paul di Resta and Rubens Barrichello.

:19:03.:19:07.

Behind them, it is the Toro Rossos side by side, could this be the

:19:07.:19:11.

last race for either of their drivers? You could ask the same

:19:11.:19:17.

question of Vitaly Petrov. Kobayashi finishes in front of his

:19:17.:19:19.

teammate Sergio Perez, who walked past us looking unhappy a few

:19:19.:19:29.
:19:29.:19:34.

moments ago. Look at that, a bad weekend so far for Virgin, starting

:19:34.:19:39.

at the back. Let's here from Lewis Hamilton, who starts fourth on the

:19:39.:19:44.

grid. Lewis, fourth place start, how do you feel about that?

:19:44.:19:49.

little bit disappointed. We're still on the second row, but we

:19:49.:19:54.

would have loved to go quicker. One performance, I'm not too happy with

:19:54.:20:00.

that. I was not quick enough. I was a cup of tenths off Jenson, so the

:20:01.:20:05.

car could be a bit quicker. But the Red Bulls were massively quick

:20:05.:20:11.

today. It seems this circuit brings the best out of people in the

:20:11.:20:16.

actual race, we have seen you do really well here in the past - what

:20:16.:20:22.

do you think you can do tomorrow, do you feel inspired here? Yes, it

:20:22.:20:29.

is a place where you are inspired, because at his Senna's home,

:20:29.:20:33.

they're so passionate over here. I have been on fourth quite a few

:20:33.:20:41.

times here. I think 2007, 2008, and maybe another time, maybe last year,

:20:41.:20:47.

I think. So, four is a good number for me. Let's hope that I can turn

:20:47.:20:50.

it into something more positive tomorrow. Lewis Hamilton looking

:20:50.:20:55.

positive, looking ahead to tomorrow. Fourth on the grid, he would have

:20:55.:21:00.

liked to be in front of his teammate, but nobody was catching

:21:00.:21:04.

the Red Bulls today. No, they must have held something back during

:21:04.:21:08.

practice. They delivered a much bigger gap than we were expecting.

:21:08.:21:12.

But the real glory of course comes tomorrow, the chequered flag. They

:21:12.:21:16.

will be difficult to beat, but as it gets dark year, we can feel the

:21:16.:21:21.

temperature dropping. So maybe the weather will play its part. You can

:21:21.:21:24.

see how dark it has gone, very quickly indeed. And we have heard

:21:24.:21:28.

that for the last two years, the pole-sitter has not won this race.

:21:28.:21:31.

We have heard people saying they would love it to rain, the same

:21:31.:21:35.

applies, actually, to the McLaren's and all of the others behind the

:21:35.:21:42.

Red Bulls. You have just heard Paul di Resta, it will be what it is. We

:21:42.:21:48.

cannot change the weather forecast. The drivers understand that. But

:21:48.:21:52.

secretively, there are some drivers who really think they're extra-

:21:52.:21:59.

special in the wet, Lewis is one of those, and Rubens is another. But

:21:59.:22:05.

do not read aloud Vettel, he's the key man. But on this occasion,

:22:05.:22:13.

Vettel may just let Mark win this win, if it means finishing second

:22:13.:22:17.

in the Championship. Just to remind you, team orders are now allowed in

:22:17.:22:21.

Formula 1. Just before we go, you can see the qualifying draw for the

:22:21.:22:25.

Euro 2012 Championship coming your way on Friday at 2nd December on

:22:25.:22:35.
:22:35.:22:39.

BBC Two. Come on, Ireland! Join us tomorrow for the final race of the

:22:39.:22:45.

2011 Formula 1 season. Before we go, David, your thoughts on Sebastian

:22:45.:22:48.

Vettel's 15 pole positions in one season. It is a remarkable

:22:48.:22:52.

achievement, given the level of the competition. McLaren have come back

:22:52.:22:55.

fantastically well, Ferrari have been right in there as well, at

:22:55.:22:58.

various points. It is the relentless pursuit of the pole

:22:59.:23:03.

position, and his deliverance. He has made very few mistakes. Thank

:23:04.:23:08.

you both of you that much indeed. We're back tomorrow afternoon for

:23:08.:23:11.

the last race of the year. When we arrived here we thought it would be

:23:11.:23:14.

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