The Brazilian Grand Prix

:00:14. > :00:18.Sebastian Vettel takes the victory! That was a devastating performance.

:00:18. > :00:28.He has lost the front wing! Lewis Hamilton is back!

:00:28. > :00:28.

:00:28. > :01:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds

:01:34. > :01:41.wide in the Crucible, where success and failure screen by. Two

:01:41. > :01:47.contrasting sides, separated by fractions, by a thin, brittle line.

:01:47. > :01:52.For a while, perhaps, victory and glory are companions, the world, it

:01:52. > :01:58.seems, belongs to you. But never think it is for ever. One slip

:01:58. > :02:02.across the line and you are lost. Once a challenger, now no more than

:02:02. > :02:09.a follower. You need to maintain the gap.

:02:09. > :02:13.Once champions, now supporting players. Those left in the chasing

:02:13. > :02:21.pack turn to Pickering, crawling and scratching as they search for

:02:21. > :02:26.the elusive glory again. At times, there is also a glimpse through the

:02:26. > :02:32.window, to the world outside, where good times and bad have far more

:02:32. > :02:39.meaning than mere sport can offer. Some have to leave the stage while

:02:39. > :02:45.others linger. Held fast, thinking the triumph is still close at hand.

:02:45. > :02:51.It is a fine line between he who Leeds and those left behind.

:02:51. > :02:58.Sebastian Vettel has gone wide! What drives them on? It is the

:02:58. > :03:04.thought of glory. In the end, it can fall only to one man. A salute

:03:04. > :03:10.to those who race, to those who win and lose, succeed and fail in the

:03:10. > :03:16.blink of an eye. And a salute to the champion, to the man who enjoys

:03:16. > :03:26.the favours and the spoils. But in the quickest of sports, success can

:03:26. > :03:31.be fleeting. Savour the glory while it lasts.

:03:31. > :03:35.How do you follow that? Good afternoon, welcome to the last race

:03:36. > :03:40.of the season. The 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix. It is wonderful that

:03:40. > :03:46.you could join us around this wonderful, evocative, historic

:03:46. > :03:53.circuit. We started in Australia, we finish in Brazil, the end has

:03:53. > :03:58.come, but it has been fun. It has been a classic year. What I love

:03:58. > :04:02.about Formula One, it always delivers. The highlight was India,

:04:02. > :04:07.we had no clue what was going to happen, and the Wellcome, the race,

:04:07. > :04:15.the excitement, it was magic. Formula One delivers every single

:04:15. > :04:19.time. We will never forget the share it! Congratulations on how

:04:19. > :04:26.many -- how much money that raced. It has been a fantastic season. The

:04:26. > :04:30.only thing that was missing was an it into team battle, like we saw in

:04:30. > :04:37.Red Bull. Otherwise, we saw the comeback from McLaren. Sebastian

:04:37. > :04:42.Vettel lifting his performance and taking it to another level. The

:04:42. > :04:47.handing in their a furore, the victory at the British Grand Prix.

:04:47. > :04:51.We are here for a classic Grand Prix. Today, we are expecting the

:04:51. > :04:55.weather to deliver. It has been raining already, and we have been

:04:55. > :05:01.told we are a few minutes away from a shower. This place always

:05:01. > :05:06.delivers drama, and plenty of emotion, as well. The emotion is

:05:06. > :05:12.part of coming to Brazil. There is never any pain in coming to Brazil,

:05:12. > :05:16.it is magic. This is where we saw Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill,

:05:16. > :05:21.Fernando Alonso, you can go through the list of drivers, it is

:05:21. > :05:26.phenomenal what goes on here. last images, the ticker-tape with

:05:26. > :05:31.Felipe Massa, and then him putting his chest as he won in 2008,

:05:31. > :05:37.fantastic stuff. For one of the drivers, despite the fact that the

:05:37. > :05:40.championship has been one already, it is still a win, to win in Brazil,

:05:40. > :05:44.it is still special. There is some extra impetus, because everybody

:05:44. > :05:50.would love to finish this year, having beaten Sebastian Vettel on

:05:50. > :05:55.this track. It is not only about winning this Grand Prix, it is

:05:55. > :05:59.difficult, and this is also part of the development for next year. The

:06:00. > :06:04.chassis is have been drawn, the manufacturing will be under way.

:06:04. > :06:08.has been quite a journey to get here, and this is the final race of

:06:08. > :06:18.the year. We will spend the next 55 minutes warming you up, and then

:06:18. > :06:37.

:06:37. > :06:41.and write without their futures secure, but the same does not apply

:06:41. > :06:47.to the man alongside us, the only man we could start with, the

:06:47. > :06:52.youngest ever double world champion, and others not expecting that!

:06:52. > :06:57.Explain yourself. It grew overnight! Puberty is over now! It

:06:57. > :07:04.was there this morning! You are looking older, Hallelujah!

:07:04. > :07:12.thought you were making reference to a growth here. It is quite a

:07:12. > :07:18.long way to get something! After the season that you have had, how

:07:18. > :07:22.did you come down off this madness and what do you do for the next

:07:23. > :07:30.couple of months? I shake the moustache! That will take you a

:07:30. > :07:38.month! It will be essential... I should take it off! It will be

:07:38. > :07:44.essential to use the break to come down, to charge the batteries. The

:07:44. > :07:50.very soon, we go again next year. We just wanted to say, thank you

:07:50. > :07:53.for being such an accessible and available world champion. It is

:07:53. > :07:59.great for the millions of our friends at home who cannot come to

:07:59. > :08:04.every race. That is a small glimpse of how busy a world champion is,

:08:04. > :08:09.and I am glad he has gone, because he has -- he might have given away

:08:09. > :08:12.this bit. Until yesterday, he had picked up 14 pole positions this

:08:12. > :08:19.season. Could he break Nigel Mansell's record?

:08:19. > :08:24.Here is what happened. Sometimes in Formula One, you have

:08:24. > :08:29.to applaud greatness way you find it. Sebastian Vettel set pole

:08:29. > :08:35.position just as he has done at 14 other tracks this season. It was

:08:35. > :08:41.stunning, 0.2 quicker than his team-mate. He broke Nigel Mansell's

:08:41. > :08:49.record of most pole positions in a season. You did it! Yes, baby, we

:08:49. > :08:54.got it! I am sorry for Nigel, well, I am not really sorry! He took

:08:54. > :08:58.three or four races last. But nevertheless, it has been an

:08:58. > :09:05.incredible year for us. Almost as excited, Rubens Barrichello and

:09:05. > :09:11.Bruno Senna. They used the home support to deliver impressive laps.

:09:11. > :09:16.Bruno Senna was 0.7 faster than his team-mate. The other Brazilian was

:09:16. > :09:23.less sure footed. Felipe Massa struggled on. He was beaten to

:09:24. > :09:30.sixth by Nico Rosberg. It could have been better than that. The

:09:30. > :09:36.tyres were not great. I was struggling. You have beaten your

:09:36. > :09:42.team-mate in qualifying 16 times this year. That is OK! That is fine.

:09:42. > :09:45.That left the rest took battle for the places behind Sebastian Vettel.

:09:45. > :09:51.Fernando Alonso his fifth, Lewis Hamilton is fourth, beaten by

:09:51. > :09:56.Jenson Button. A great result, considering his record here.

:09:56. > :10:03.thought I was further up the grid than I was, but the other guys did

:10:03. > :10:07.a great job. The Red Bull is working well around here. It is not

:10:07. > :10:14.perfect, but it's a good place to start. Mark Webber made a Sebastian

:10:14. > :10:18.Vettel work, but the world champion has his team-mate covered. It was a

:10:18. > :10:23.display of genius behind the wheel. I am in a good position for the

:10:23. > :10:28.race. It is a long grace. Concentration to the maximum. I

:10:28. > :10:34.will get something good out of at the end. I did not finish in the

:10:34. > :10:40.last race. One wanted to the chequered flag. The car feels great,

:10:40. > :10:46.I start from the front, and this place has always been different,

:10:46. > :10:56.special in many ways. It has delivered great races. Red Bull on

:10:56. > :11:07.

:11:07. > :11:14.points. Toro Rosso start ahead of Sauber. Heikki Kovalainen is again

:11:14. > :11:24.the best of the new teams are. What a disaster for Virgin. They

:11:24. > :11:24.

:11:24. > :11:29.will be renamed next season. This car will start ninth, Bruno Senna's.

:11:29. > :11:39.We speculated after you left after qualifying and you would sleep

:11:39. > :11:48.tonight. How did you sleep? Others relaxed, I was pleased with my lap,

:11:48. > :11:54.and the guys have done a good job. We got the car in ninth position,

:11:54. > :12:00.massive team work, and we recognise that. What is the strategy for this

:12:00. > :12:07.race? We have seen a bit of rain already. You must be able to have

:12:07. > :12:11.something up your sleeves. I do not have any experience on this track.

:12:11. > :12:20.The weather is always changeable as Interlagos, I have been here many

:12:20. > :12:25.times. We will have to play it by ear. We start with the dry strategy.

:12:25. > :12:31.We will see how the weather will play. It could be more interesting

:12:31. > :12:35.for us. The qualifying yesterday was super. How big a platform do

:12:35. > :12:41.you think that is to convince these people that you are the driver for

:12:41. > :12:47.them next year? It is important to show a good performance. It is

:12:47. > :12:57.difficult to be consistently good. But if you show promise, it does

:12:57. > :12:58.

:12:58. > :13:06.you good favours. I hope that the eye can be like this every time in

:13:06. > :13:13.the future. -- I hope that I can be like this. We love it when you

:13:13. > :13:19.climb out of the Kop. The Grandstand went wild. What are you

:13:19. > :13:28.expecting it today? At the start, they might be some difficulty in

:13:28. > :13:32.hearing the engine noise! The start is not a flat start. You are just

:13:32. > :13:38.as the point where it is running down into the start. Could that

:13:38. > :13:43.give you an advantage? It could be an advantage. We will see how the

:13:43. > :13:50.conditions are on the track. I am on the queenside, which is an

:13:50. > :13:56.advantage. -- beak clean side. We start with the right tyres. We hope

:13:56. > :14:01.it will be as good as qualifying. We are delighted you could join us.

:14:01. > :14:07.You're on call had his day around here, and hopefully, you will as

:14:07. > :14:13.well -- your uncle. Rubens Barrichello starts 12th. He has

:14:13. > :14:23.been in over 320 Grand Prix, but he might not be around next year. His

:14:23. > :14:36.

:14:36. > :14:42.future is very uncertain, but that I said, I can be there any time you

:14:42. > :14:51.want. He said, we want you to drive next year. I went into the house,

:14:51. > :14:59.crying, as you know me, with the gratitude of that moment. That was

:14:59. > :15:05.one of the best days of my life. Was that a Dream Team, Jenson and

:15:05. > :15:09.you? It was, one of the best teammates you could have, but also

:15:09. > :15:14.the nicest one. He was the first one to drive the car, and when I

:15:14. > :15:19.asked him, he said, we are going to have fun with that. I believed him

:15:19. > :15:22.so much. For me, it was magical. memory is Valencia, it is my only

:15:22. > :15:26.recollection of any driver walking up the pit lane after winning a

:15:26. > :15:36.race, and each and every team and each and every driver coming out

:15:36. > :15:41.and applauding you - can you recall that? Very much. Valencia was the

:15:41. > :15:46.100th win for a Brazilian driver. To see all the emotion, to see that

:15:46. > :15:51.I had to push with one last pit stop, I remember Hamilton coming to

:15:51. > :15:57.me and saying, you beat me fair and square today. It was a nice feeling.

:15:57. > :16:03.I remember coming into the pit area, and everyone, every one of my old

:16:03. > :16:07.mechanics, my old engineer has come everyone was just enjoying it.

:16:07. > :16:11.the euphoria of that moment, I really must bring it up to where we

:16:11. > :16:21.are, and of course, what looms very large in my memory bank his last

:16:21. > :16:23.

:16:23. > :16:28.weekend, how low a point was that for you? I knew it was not my fault.

:16:28. > :16:33.I came back thinking, today, I'm going to have a great race. That's

:16:33. > :16:40.me nowadays, it's positive thinking. Yes, I was at the back, but within

:16:40. > :16:48.what lap, I was already 18th, and I had a great race. It is all about

:16:48. > :16:52.the attitude. In the crystal ball, what do you see in two years' time?

:16:52. > :17:02.Could you stay and bring all your family back to Europe and be a team

:17:02. > :17:07.boss? I don't think so, Eddie. My passion is for driving. I have a

:17:07. > :17:13.sense that whenever I'm a team boss, I'm going to grab that driver out

:17:13. > :17:18.of the car, and say, let me drive. My this is is for there, all my

:17:18. > :17:27.knowledge is there. Although I could build a team, I want to go

:17:27. > :17:31.back to Brazil, to come back to Brazil, to live. The press have

:17:31. > :17:36.made reference this week to the fact that if you get a chance to

:17:36. > :17:42.exit with dignity, following your unbelievable record in Formula 1,

:17:42. > :17:48.there would be no better place than this - would you accept that?

:17:48. > :17:52.think Felipe has been very protective. As a friend, he does

:17:52. > :17:58.not want me to go without saying goodbye to my people. But the fact

:17:58. > :18:06.is that I will never say goodbye to my people. I'm a man of Interlagos,

:18:06. > :18:12.a man of Brazil, a man of Formula 1. I have no intention of saying

:18:12. > :18:19.goodbye to them. One day, yes, maybe I will say goodbye. But right

:18:19. > :18:24.now, I'm so much part of it. It is almost like I feel that next year,

:18:24. > :18:29.I'm going to be 40 years old, it will be 20 years in Formula 1, I

:18:29. > :18:34.have so much experience, but I have so much motivation, so much to go

:18:35. > :18:38.through, it would be bad not to use my service right now. So in that

:18:38. > :18:44.crystal ball, I cannot see in to years' time, but I can see myself

:18:44. > :18:47.here next year. And in just a few moments, expect this part of the

:18:47. > :18:51.grandstand to go wild when Rubens Barrichello drives out of his

:18:51. > :18:56.garage. Let's go and see the final preparations going on in the

:18:56. > :18:59.Williams garage. If I was a team boss in Formula 1, regardless of

:18:59. > :19:07.age or anything else, to see the passion that he showed, that would

:19:07. > :19:10.be enough for me to sign him up. Yes, but there is a very

:19:10. > :19:17.significant aspect to add into that. Just think about how many creches

:19:17. > :19:21.he has had, then work out the cost of any creches, Rubens Barrichello

:19:21. > :19:27.is a very solid pair of hands. I would not put him out of the

:19:27. > :19:34.equation until the very last moment. The engines are getting roughed up,

:19:34. > :19:40.they will be going to the grid very soon. More than 320 races for

:19:40. > :19:47.Rubens. But he lacks one thing, he's not young. The word potential

:19:47. > :19:52.is over used by many an engineer. You cannot actually quantify

:19:52. > :19:57.potential, but it gets people excited. That is where or the young

:19:57. > :20:01.drivers come in. We know what this guy can do, safe pair of hands, but

:20:01. > :20:06.maybe this new young thing will be the new Sebastian Vettel or Lewis

:20:07. > :20:11.Hamilton. That is the problem for Rubens right now. But a great

:20:11. > :20:16.driver. Time to hear from yet another Brazilian, today is Felipe

:20:16. > :20:21.Massa's 100th race for Ferrari. But looking at the size of the cake, I

:20:21. > :20:25.think he might be slightly weighed down today. As if this wasn't a big

:20:25. > :20:29.enough weekend for you, you have now received the world's largest

:20:29. > :20:38.cake - just explain why we are all here. Because it is 10 years in

:20:38. > :20:46.Formula 1, and 100 races for Ferrari. It is a very special race.

:20:46. > :20:51.Here in Brazil, especially. For my family, and everybody who helps my

:20:51. > :20:56.career, so I'm very happy to achieve that. And I hope we can

:20:56. > :21:00.have a good race tomorrow, in front of all these nice people. It was

:21:00. > :21:06.great to see some of the drivers here to celebrate as well. It must

:21:06. > :21:13.make you very proud. Yes, I'm very proud of everybody, all the Great

:21:13. > :21:23.fans, the drivers. And also, everybody from the Sauber team who

:21:23. > :21:26.was working with me for three years. And everybody from Ferrari, it has

:21:26. > :21:30.been a long-time racing for Ferrari, even when I was a test driver and

:21:30. > :21:36.everything. It is very special for me. Can you give the crowd

:21:37. > :21:39.something to cheer about tomorrow? Yes, for sure. We need to use this

:21:39. > :21:47.great moment to put everything into the race tomorrow to have a good

:21:47. > :21:52.result again. Do you think it is a good lookalike? I think it is

:21:52. > :21:57.better than me. Don't put yourself down, I hope you have a fantastic

:21:57. > :22:07.weekend. They're both about as tall as each other, but definitely one

:22:07. > :22:11.of the nicest guys on the grid. We hope he has a strong race at home.

:22:11. > :22:18.We're here with the Team Principal, Stefano Domenicali. Not quite such

:22:18. > :22:22.a successful season this year, Felipe gave himself five out of 10

:22:22. > :22:26.for qualifying yesterday. Could you give us a mark out of 10 for

:22:26. > :22:30.Ferrari this season? We have to make some priorities. If we give

:22:30. > :22:33.the right car, I'm sure they will do a good job. This is the most

:22:33. > :22:38.important thing. We have to make sure everything is going in that

:22:38. > :22:43.direction. Of course, Felipe had a difficult season, no doubt. But I

:22:43. > :22:48.know that he has been through difficult times, and I'm expecting

:22:48. > :22:54.for him to show to us and to everyone how strong he is. So, for

:22:54. > :23:01.this year, how many out of 10 for the team? I have not understood.

:23:01. > :23:06.For the team, how many marks out of 10? I will not do that, because it

:23:06. > :23:11.will be used. But I know very well what it is, and my people know very

:23:11. > :23:16.well. Maybe you could give us some insight as to where you are

:23:16. > :23:20.currently, which is very close. You're running Lewis Hamilton right

:23:20. > :23:24.down to the chequered flag in the last Grand Prix. Can you give us an

:23:24. > :23:31.insight into the target for the team, in terms of performance? Is

:23:31. > :23:35.it half a second, one second? have put down a target, for the

:23:35. > :23:40.aerodynamic development in the wind tunnel, week by week. We hope that

:23:40. > :23:45.is enough, but as always, we need to see the first race. We saw last

:23:45. > :23:49.year, in February testing, it was not so clear where we were in terms

:23:49. > :23:54.of performance. We have quite an ambitious target, and we hope that

:23:54. > :24:00.first of all we can achieve that, and secondly, that we will be fast

:24:00. > :24:04.enough to beat the competitors, who are very strong, no doubt. Luca

:24:04. > :24:09.Montes a Millo, the ultimate boss of Ferrari, he has been quite

:24:09. > :24:14.critical about what he's expecting from Massa next year - do you think

:24:14. > :24:20.that helps? Of course, we need to say that everybody has a different

:24:21. > :24:26.way to motivate the people. In any organisation, you do something for

:24:26. > :24:30.the benefit of everyone, because otherwise, how can you say, you

:24:30. > :24:34.have to be... Do you understand? And of course, the style of a

:24:34. > :24:40.President is always to motivate everyone, to make sure that we, all

:24:40. > :24:46.together, give the maximum. And I'm sure that he realises that it has

:24:46. > :24:52.been a difficult moment, and he wants to show to Felipe that we

:24:52. > :25:00.expect a lot from him, but that is the same for everyone in the team.

:25:00. > :25:03.We will have a quick look at the standings. Explain to us your

:25:03. > :25:09.highlight of the season. I'm guessing it would be the British

:25:09. > :25:13.Grand Prix? Yes, of course. That was fantastic for us, celebrating

:25:13. > :25:17.60 years of being in Formula 1. And then I would say that we could have

:25:17. > :25:21.won a couple of races more. But that's the result of the track, and

:25:21. > :25:27.we have to take out what we had. It was not really a good season. So,

:25:27. > :25:32.looking forward to finishing this and concentrating on the next one.

:25:32. > :25:39.We will let you get to the pit wall. Thank you very much to all of you.

:25:39. > :25:43.Bye-bye. We all know what a Golden Globes looks like, we know what an

:25:43. > :25:53.Oscar looks like. But this is what everybody wants to get their hands

:25:53. > :25:55.

:25:55. > :26:00.on, the BBC 2011 Formula 1 Award. What shall we start with? Best

:26:00. > :26:06.start. What springs to mind? It is my old driver Nick Heidfeld.

:26:06. > :26:11.Malaysia, if you recall. For me, Alonso, Italian Grand Prix, fourth

:26:11. > :26:17.to first place. Actually, on reflection, Alonso, what an amazing

:26:17. > :26:23.thing that he did in Spain. I would agree with that. But I'm in shock

:26:23. > :26:26.that you admitted you were wrong. I'm here to give you the Best Start

:26:26. > :26:32.award for this season, you came from fourth to first, an absolutely

:26:32. > :26:38.outstanding achievement. Very well done. Thank you. If F1 is not about

:26:38. > :26:44.a decent drive, I'm not sure what it is about. India was probably the

:26:44. > :26:49.most emphatic, dominant race win. Fastest lap, pole position, walk

:26:49. > :26:54.away with the race, Vettel was supreme. If you cast your mind back

:26:54. > :26:59.to Montreal, the longest Grand Prix broadcast in the history of the

:26:59. > :27:06.sport. The winner was Jenson Button. I think he was the Driver of the

:27:06. > :27:12.year. He was at the back and he came through and won it. Best drive

:27:12. > :27:16.for your performance in... Canada? I'm glad you agreed with us. First

:27:17. > :27:20.of all, thank you so much. I'm so glad that you have not paid too

:27:20. > :27:23.much taxpayers' money on this. Canada was one of those races that

:27:24. > :27:28.you will never forget. You will only have one of those in your

:27:28. > :27:33.career. Thank you, man. Fond memories. We cannot give out awards

:27:33. > :27:37.without including Sebastian Vettel, the guy has been stunning.

:27:37. > :27:42.youngest ever two-time world champion. I think he has been head

:27:42. > :27:47.and shoulders above everybody else. I have got the perfect award for

:27:47. > :27:51.Sebastian Vettel. On behalf of the BBC, for the most number of helmet

:27:51. > :27:56.changes in one Formula 1 season. Why do you change your helmet so

:27:56. > :28:01.much? To get this award. How does it rank with the World

:28:01. > :28:07.Championships? Above everything. and show it to your team, well done,

:28:07. > :28:13.we're proud of you. Let's try and pick best overtaking. That is not

:28:13. > :28:16.difficult. It is a slam dunk. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring,

:28:16. > :28:23.Lewis Hamilton taking the Ferrari on the outside, he made it look

:28:23. > :28:26.effortless. It was a classic. me, it was the one when I nearly

:28:26. > :28:36.dropped the microphone in the commentary box. It was Mark Webber

:28:36. > :28:46.

:28:46. > :28:52.Taxpayers' money, mate. Why not? Thank you very much. You always get

:28:52. > :28:54.the odd naughty boy in Formula 1... I would nominate Hamilton and Massa

:28:54. > :29:04.for coming-together two corners before the end of the British Grand

:29:04. > :29:10.Prix. I disagree, I think it is Masser -- Massa-Hamilton, their

:29:10. > :29:17.confrontation in India. All good, but actually, what could beat the

:29:17. > :29:26.two of them in Singapore? You have won the award, sharing it with

:29:26. > :29:31.Felipe Massa. Whatever, man! Formula 1's 2011 Naughty Boy award.

:29:31. > :29:37.Do you know what? Have you been speaking to my old headmaster?

:29:37. > :29:44.you naughty at school as well? he thought so. I'm delighted to

:29:44. > :29:48.crown you the Naughty Boy of Formula 1. Thank you. Very nice.

:29:48. > :29:54.Your first win of the season, congratulations. OK, the final

:29:54. > :30:04.award of the season, this is just for someone, something or a group

:30:04. > :30:07.

:30:07. > :30:12.of things that have made you think, wow! I've gone for Rihanna at the

:30:12. > :30:21.Korean Grand Prix. It was a great moment. I would have to go for

:30:21. > :30:25.George McCartney! Thanks, George! Put your hand in my pocket. This

:30:25. > :30:35.one goes to the Jourdan for all you're amazing shirts during the

:30:35. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:53.apologise for those clothes, and I thank you if you bid on the shirt

:30:53. > :30:58.for Children In Need, and you can see Nico Rosberg gearing up to head

:30:58. > :31:02.out on to the grid. It is a big race for him. He was showing great

:31:02. > :31:08.pace in the second part of qualifying yesterday. In the end,

:31:08. > :31:13.he qualified sixth. He beat his team-mate, Michael Schumacher. It

:31:13. > :31:23.has gone quieter, so now we can award the final of Ward, for the

:31:23. > :31:25.

:31:25. > :31:31.fastest pit stop. It goes to Mercedes. You will not believe this,

:31:31. > :31:37.but I wanted to give you an award from the BBC, the Golden will not,

:31:37. > :31:44.2.3 seconds for the pit stop in South Korea. People did not think

:31:44. > :31:49.we could get to this kind of speed. If you could accept this, and do

:31:49. > :31:54.you want to dedicate it to anybody? I want is a thank-you for the hard

:31:54. > :32:00.effort the pit crew have put in, to make us the best in the pit lane.

:32:01. > :32:06.And the design team, to provide us with the equipment. Please give it

:32:06. > :32:13.our best congratulations to everybody. You do not get your pit

:32:13. > :32:18.stop down to 2.3 seconds by accident. They start sixth and 10th

:32:18. > :32:22.today. The cars are making their way round to the grid. Lewis

:32:22. > :32:27.Hamilton and Jenson Button start side-by-side, and they need no

:32:27. > :32:34.extra inspiration to race in a place where they have fond memories.

:32:34. > :32:39.It is always special for me to come back here. It is a beautiful place.

:32:39. > :32:44.The murmurs that I remember, being at the circuit after I won the

:32:44. > :32:50.World Championship -- moment that I remember. When I land, I feel and

:32:50. > :32:57.close to Ayrton Senna. I feel his presence. The people are passionate

:32:57. > :33:01.about sport, the atmosphere they create is unlike any other circuit.

:33:01. > :33:06.The previous year, I had been so close to winning the championship,

:33:07. > :33:11.and I lost it by one point. I was in a position to win it, then I

:33:11. > :33:21.lost it, then I had it, then I lost it, then I got it back. My heart

:33:21. > :33:21.

:33:21. > :33:26.was in my mouth. I came across the line, and I was the world champion.

:33:26. > :33:34.When I have kids one day, I will be able to play it for them and say,

:33:34. > :33:38.this was a special moment. Team- mate on pole position, Sebastian

:33:39. > :33:48.Vettel as well, I thought, do not be negative, we will win the world

:33:49. > :33:50.

:33:50. > :33:54.champion. -- world championship. We are the champions, my friend! I

:33:54. > :34:04.wish I had auto June, some of us cannot sing Clive! A very special

:34:04. > :34:05.

:34:05. > :34:12.moment. I gave you a bit hurt in the garage. It was pretty crazy. --

:34:12. > :34:18.a big hug. Great memories. We ha at the back

:34:18. > :34:22.of the Mercedes garage. -- we are at the back. It is great to come

:34:22. > :34:29.somewhere where it is all about passion. It is crumbling in parts,

:34:29. > :34:35.the paddock is cramped, but it is great here. You take this race of

:34:35. > :34:41.the calendar at your peril, because you look for Brazil, and you say,

:34:41. > :34:44.you must be there. You have to experience the passion. It is

:34:44. > :34:52.incredible, anybody who has watched the soccer commentators from Brazil,

:34:52. > :34:59.when they get a goal, it is something similar here. They make

:34:59. > :35:06.it sound so incredibly exciting. This is what the product looks like.

:35:06. > :35:13.The team hospitality is so cramped, we have to hide under here. If

:35:13. > :35:19.Jenson Button wins this race, he will have won the second half of

:35:19. > :35:23.this season. That is a good message to send out to the rest of the grid.

:35:23. > :35:27.That is why each Grand Prix is important. The teams are coming

:35:27. > :35:33.here with new developments, the teams want to win their races.

:35:33. > :35:38.Jenson Button is driving better than one when he won his world

:35:38. > :35:43.championship. If he picks up just one point, he will equal the total

:35:43. > :35:49.that Sebastian Vettel managed which won him the title last year. It

:35:49. > :35:54.puts into perspective how strong the car has been in the second half.

:35:54. > :35:58.The car was not close enough to the pace at the beginning. The

:35:58. > :36:03.championship is not divided in half, it is over a serious number of

:36:03. > :36:06.races. I have been critical of McLaren, because they are such a

:36:06. > :36:09.great team. They did not do their homework well enough at the

:36:09. > :36:18.beginning. Had they done so, we might have had a more exciting

:36:18. > :36:21.season. They may have been closer to getting the championship.

:36:21. > :36:29.have got Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso behind

:36:29. > :36:37.Red Bull. Fernando Alonso won both of his titles here, 2000 of five

:36:37. > :36:41.and 2006. That will feel so long ago now. Yes, a great double world

:36:41. > :36:47.champion. That seems a distant memory now. He has been one of the

:36:47. > :36:56.great starters this year. He will try to make a move as they get the

:36:56. > :36:59.run into the first corner. It is an open entry. The cars can filter in.

:36:59. > :37:04.Stefano Domenicali has told us Ferrari will be stronger next

:37:04. > :37:10.season. What will Fernando Alonso be doing to apply the pressure, to

:37:10. > :37:14.remind them that this has not been good enough? He will say, I can

:37:14. > :37:19.deliver for you, give me the car, give me a hope, I can win a

:37:19. > :37:24.championship. He has that experience. The problem we have,

:37:24. > :37:29.Ferrari did not seem to be giving us the right vibe that they are in

:37:29. > :37:33.a position to challenge for that. We are getting close to the start

:37:33. > :37:38.of the race, there has been some fantastic races over the years.

:37:38. > :37:42.Martin Brundle is on the grid for us. For the final time in 2011,

:37:42. > :37:47.take it away. One of my favourite grids, so much

:37:47. > :37:52.atmosphere. I like to see the colour of the eyes of the

:37:52. > :38:00.spectators, but they have changed Pit Grandstand. There is still

:38:00. > :38:05.plenty over here. Lewis Hamilton's car is pushed to the grid.

:38:05. > :38:13.Sebastian Vettel coming in behind him. I wonder if that will be what

:38:13. > :38:19.we will say later on. To stop the drivers running into people, the

:38:19. > :38:29.mechanics are forced to pick them up on the back of the grid. The top

:38:29. > :38:31.

:38:31. > :38:37.16 are pointing uphill. It is pretty tricky. The tyres coming

:38:37. > :38:42.everywhere, they are still talking about rain. I am getting sunburnt.

:38:42. > :38:48.So many of the teams set their cars up to expect rain this afternoon,

:38:48. > :38:54.and as ever, it has not shown up. Look at these fans, they also close

:38:54. > :38:58.to the racetrack. This grid is narrow. They are looking for their

:38:58. > :39:04.Brazilian local heroes, Rubens Barrichello, Bruno Senna and Felipe

:39:04. > :39:08.Massa. There is Felipe Massa, in the golden crash helmet, to

:39:08. > :39:15.celebrate 10 years in Formula One. That is nothing to his best mate,

:39:15. > :39:23.Rubens Barrichello, 19 years. He is hoping for 20. Let's see if we can

:39:23. > :39:32.talk with Paul di Resta. Let's see if we can learn a few things from

:39:32. > :39:38.him. A change of boots. Do you not like the other bids? I have a

:39:38. > :39:42.problem with the pedal. The biggest thing is trying to choose a visor,

:39:42. > :39:52.because of the forecast. It is quite bright, but you have to be

:39:52. > :39:53.

:39:53. > :39:59.prepared for the rain. Never have a part Pfizer in the rain. -- dark

:39:59. > :40:02.visor. The weather forecast is changing, but it is looking more

:40:03. > :40:11.and more likely that it will not rain. The showers are not coming

:40:11. > :40:16.close to the track. It looks like it will be dry, and hopefully a new

:40:16. > :40:22.set of option tyres. You can choose your tyres, it is pretty tight into

:40:22. > :40:26.the first and second corners. and our bit of the hill is not

:40:26. > :40:36.quite as deep, so hopefully our stock will be as good as it has

:40:36. > :40:36.

:40:36. > :40:43.been. -- Allah start. See you later. Let's see if we can find Felipe

:40:43. > :40:52.Massa. Bruno Senna's and Renault is on the grid. Pastor Maldonado at

:40:52. > :40:59.the back there. It looks as if Bruno Senna has left the grid. They

:40:59. > :41:06.all dress in the same overalls! Is Pruneau not on the grid? He has

:41:06. > :41:14.just popped off. We do not think it will affect the tyres, the weather.

:41:14. > :41:21.It will be a short shower, and then who knows? It is cropping up all

:41:21. > :41:29.over the place. Let's see if we can find Felipe Massa. He is here with

:41:29. > :41:35.lots of media. All sorts of microphones sticking in there. I

:41:35. > :41:44.suspect he will walk up a tiny pair of steps and wander towards the

:41:44. > :41:48.bathroom. They load up on so many litres of water. He is speaking

:41:49. > :41:58.Portuguese, the language here. I will give it 10 more seconds, then

:41:59. > :41:59.

:41:59. > :42:07.have a word. He is the furthest forward on the grid,... How is it

:42:07. > :42:12.that in? Is the car feeling good? It can rain, we need to be ready

:42:12. > :42:16.for everything. It will be a difficult race. It is hot now.

:42:16. > :42:21.Let's concentrate, to take all of this power from the grandstand, and

:42:21. > :42:30.make a good result for them. A wet race is your best chance to win?

:42:30. > :42:34.can be. We have to be ready for everything. Who else can we find?

:42:34. > :42:39.Adrian Sutil is over there with Force India, he has had a great

:42:39. > :42:45.qualifying. We think he could be moving from the team next year. I

:42:45. > :42:51.do not want to talk to him about that on the grid. But I will

:42:51. > :43:00.doorstep him. A great position, what do you think you can do?

:43:00. > :43:04.good position, it is good to start here. But yes, we have to look for

:43:04. > :43:09.the rain showers. It is hard to predict. We have to prepare for

:43:09. > :43:15.every situation. We will see Hamed goes. I have given up listening to

:43:15. > :43:20.Formula One weather forecasts! Sometimes, I think the same! So

:43:20. > :43:25.many different forecasts. Sometimes, none of them are correct. It is

:43:25. > :43:30.hard to say, especially here, we have seen so many different

:43:30. > :43:35.forecasts. But hopefully, ours is right, I always trust hours! Do you

:43:36. > :43:41.care if it is wet or dry? I do not really care. They have done their

:43:41. > :43:47.best to accommodate the weather. The cars are in parc ferme, there

:43:47. > :43:55.is little they can change on them. Let's see if we can talk to a few

:43:55. > :44:05.of the megastars. Nico Rosberg on the left-hand side. Then, we have

:44:05. > :44:13.got Fernando Alonso. Let's keep moving. How are you? Lewis

:44:13. > :44:19.Hamilton's car. Jenson Button, third on the grid. They run the car

:44:19. > :44:29.on a laptop. They start them up using a laptop, you do not be the

:44:29. > :44:30.

:44:30. > :44:39.driver anymore. -- you do not need to drive any more. The lead is

:44:39. > :44:43.being closed now so we do not have another look. And surprisingly!

:44:43. > :44:49.Let's see if we can learn something from Mark Webber. How was it

:44:49. > :44:55.looking? Kenya beat Sebastian today? We will see how the race

:44:55. > :44:59.goes. The showers are developing, we will see if any of those hit us.

:44:59. > :45:09.If it is dry, it will be interesting to see Howard goes in

:45:09. > :45:14.terms of tyres. -- how it goes. Have you got the same seventh peer

:45:14. > :45:19.and downforce level as your team- mate? Yes there. It will be nice to

:45:19. > :45:25.see you win. Let's see if we can have a final word of the season

:45:25. > :45:35.with Sebastian Vettel. He is hiding under the umbrella, because of the

:45:35. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:52.sunburn. We might just have half a that one, after that look! Five

:45:52. > :46:02.drivers have taken the last 48 podium positions, do you intend to

:46:02. > :46:03.

:46:03. > :46:06.take another one today? 49 sounds better. Yes, the season so far has

:46:06. > :46:11.been incredible, but we have got one more to go, and I'm looking

:46:11. > :46:15.forward to the race. It is going to be a difficult one. At the moment,

:46:15. > :46:19.rain is on the way, so we will see what happens. It should be a good

:46:19. > :46:25.race. After the puncture in Abu Dhabi, you want to go into the

:46:25. > :46:29.winter after winning his last race of the season, yes? Yes, without

:46:29. > :46:35.punchers. Last time we had a good start, we will try to repeat that.

:46:35. > :46:42.And we will try to get further than the first corner. -- punctures. The

:46:42. > :46:52.car feels good. As you know, the weather is a bit of a mystery. But

:46:52. > :47:13.

:47:13. > :47:17.chances of rain are getting less and less. Three races in the rain

:47:17. > :47:21.this year, Red Bull have not won any of them. That's the big

:47:21. > :47:27.question mark for them. But it is what has happened. If it does rain

:47:27. > :47:31.here today, my guess is that it will not rain here today. Let's see

:47:31. > :47:37.what Mark Webber can do. For me, he thinks he can take Sebastian Vettel.

:47:37. > :47:43.It will be a big ask, I'm afraid. Just a few paces back, Felipe Massa,

:47:43. > :47:49.his worst qualifying for ages. But these fans love him. He will be

:47:49. > :47:53.under pressure to perform. Well, not just because he's Brazilian, I

:47:53. > :47:58.think he has to do it because of the connection with Ferrari. We saw

:47:58. > :48:06.him celebrating 100 races with them, and he really needs to get his game

:48:06. > :48:12.on. There's Nico Rosberg, he had high expectations yesterday, he was

:48:12. > :48:15.disappointed with sixth place on the grid. In the last three seasons,

:48:15. > :48:21.48% of the races have been won by Red Bull, incredible dominance,

:48:21. > :48:23.thanks in no small part to their various record-breaking

:48:23. > :48:30.performances. Interlagos, 800 performances. Interlagos, 800

:48:30. > :48:33.metres above sea level, anti- clockwise, here we are with pole-

:48:33. > :48:39.sitter Sebastian Vettel. Get ready for a lesson in how to qualify a

:48:39. > :48:44.Formula 1 car. Goes through the Senna S. Coming through to turn

:48:44. > :48:49.three already, absolutely flat out at Curva do Sol. In seventh gear

:48:49. > :48:57.coming gently downhill, speed building easily. Past the braking

:48:57. > :49:03.point. He's on throttle before the apex! Now, we're up to seventh gear,

:49:03. > :49:07.coming up to the horseshoe, the Ferradura. Coming up hill.

:49:07. > :49:13.Immediately coming into Laranjinha. Cutting heavily across the kerb on

:49:13. > :49:18.the inside. Be patient on the throttle here. Brake in a straight

:49:18. > :49:24.line for this very tricky little right-hander. The front locks, but

:49:24. > :49:29.no problem. 150mph, diving down hill at Mergulho, then up in again

:49:29. > :49:34.to Juncao, the Junction. He controls it nicely. Early on the

:49:34. > :49:38.throttle, just climbing the hill, the never-ending, long left-handers.

:49:38. > :49:43.We're into seventh gear, nothing to do apart from duck into the pit

:49:43. > :49:47.lane, come out of it again, take the shortest route to the line. 15

:49:47. > :49:55.pole position, in one season, a new record for Sebastian Vettel, the

:49:55. > :49:58.only man and a 72 seconds. And there was the finger once again,

:49:58. > :50:02.but we may as well end the season exactly as it has been all year

:50:02. > :50:08.long. A quick mention for Mark Webber, he has been struggling a

:50:08. > :50:12.little bit at the start this season. Sebastian Vettel will not mind that.

:50:12. > :50:16.Virtually every race, he seems to have gone backwards off the start,

:50:16. > :50:20.and that is not his usual form. He needs to be in top form here, if he

:50:20. > :50:27.needs to do what he says he can do, take on Sebastian Vettel in a

:50:27. > :50:32.straight fight. Let's take a quick rain check with McLaren. Jonathan

:50:32. > :50:37.Hyde, would you prefer it to rain, and do you think it will? I have

:50:37. > :50:42.been asked that question honoured yesterday and this morning. The

:50:42. > :50:47.radar says there are showers all round, but it is blazing sunshine

:50:47. > :50:52.at the moment. We expect a shower this afternoon, the indicators are

:50:52. > :50:57.that it will come, the question is, when? Would we like it to rain? Yes,

:50:57. > :51:02.I think we would, actually. With the set-up we have got, we would be

:51:02. > :51:05.up for that. Have a good race. And there are Brazilian superstars

:51:05. > :51:10.every way you look. Look at the crowd gathering around, because

:51:10. > :51:16.Ronaldo has joined us, with his son. Is this the next Brazilian football

:51:16. > :51:23.superstar? I hope. I cannot believe, two races in a row, we have got the

:51:23. > :51:28.great man himself. Are you becoming a real fan or Formula 1? Can we

:51:28. > :51:33.just go home now? Does this young man not realised? There's a

:51:33. > :51:39.wonderful Grand Prix about to happen, are you not excited? No.

:51:39. > :51:45.thank you for coming. Are you excited? I'm very excited. I love

:51:45. > :51:52.Formula 1. Thank you very much for dragging your son down here,

:51:52. > :51:55.obviously against his will. Have a good day. Fantastic, can we go home

:51:55. > :52:00.now? I thought you were a children's presenter, are you not

:52:00. > :52:05.one of those great people with young kids? Why do you think I

:52:05. > :52:07.left? You frightened the poor left? You frightened the poor

:52:07. > :52:14.little chap. Now, we can see the circuit from above, and for the

:52:14. > :52:19.first time here in Brazil, we will be using DRS. They have said they

:52:19. > :52:23.do not want to make the overtaking too easy. Will it make it too easy?

:52:23. > :52:27.Because overtaking does happen here already. The other thing is, if

:52:27. > :52:31.they get the DRS on so quickly, there is a danger that they will

:52:31. > :52:34.lose the back of the car. We saw it with Massa. You try something

:52:34. > :52:38.different and then you're in trouble. Personally I think it is a

:52:39. > :52:43.big ask for the drivers, to employ the DRS that early, you will have

:52:43. > :52:48.to be sure the car will be in good condition. Let's think of some

:52:48. > :52:52.reasons to get young Alex excited about this race now. The first one

:52:52. > :52:55.revolves around Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel would love to win this race

:52:55. > :53:00.and finish the season in the only way that he knows how, picking up

:53:00. > :53:05.the trees. I have a sneaking suspicion, if things go well for

:53:05. > :53:11.Mark, I think inside that team, there is really such a good feeling,

:53:11. > :53:16.I think he might just let Mark go for it. Here's Rubens Barrichello,

:53:16. > :53:20.he said he felt great yesterday. Yes, and bearing in mind where that

:53:20. > :53:30.car has been, languishing at the back for some time, I think it was

:53:30. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:37.brilliant. A queues for the camera from Rubens, he has taken part in

:53:37. > :53:41.more than a third of the Formula 1 Grand Prix that have ever happened.

:53:41. > :53:45.Would you like to see him here next year? The way he did that interview,

:53:45. > :53:50.it sounded like a swansong. He wanted to make that interview, he

:53:50. > :53:54.loved it, he asked us for a copy of it. Not many drivers do that. It

:53:54. > :53:58.was almost as if, I want to get a lot of things off my chest. He

:53:58. > :54:02.wanted to say that he was not friendly with Michael. It was an

:54:02. > :54:07.expression of emotion. What will Bernie Ecclestone be saying? Thank

:54:07. > :54:11.you for the entertainment but don't do it again please next year?

:54:12. > :54:15.the ultimate. We used to say, we are all puppets in Bernie

:54:15. > :54:19.Ecclestone's little scheme. But in this case, Vettel is not, because

:54:19. > :54:23.he has been so dominant, winning so early in the season, berniemacro

:54:23. > :54:32.would not have liked that. You have not managed this yet, one-word

:54:32. > :54:39.answer, who will win? Vettel. 1973, Interlagos first reverberated

:54:39. > :54:49.to the sound of an F1 engine. But for this season, we bid farewell to

:54:49. > :55:24.

:55:24. > :55:26.2011, in high-definition, in a way brilliant in Brazil? There are six

:55:26. > :55:30.drivers on the grid who are desperate to head into the winter

:55:30. > :55:33.break with a victory, and, crucially, have they got to do so.

:55:33. > :55:37.But if it rains, there could well be several more this afternoon. It

:55:38. > :55:43.is always very unpredictable here at Interlagos. We have seen races

:55:43. > :55:48.delayed through sudden downpours, safety cars coming out, a 70%

:55:48. > :55:58.charms of the safety car. It is a short lap, therefore it is a 71 lap

:55:58. > :56:02.

:56:02. > :56:09.race. And it is tough, it is a very tough race for the drivers,

:56:09. > :56:12.particularly their necks. We're hearing, as we look at the

:56:12. > :56:17.cityscape of Sao Paolo, rain is two kilometres away, but not heading

:56:17. > :56:23.this way. That's as we understand it at the moment, so, no rain for

:56:23. > :56:29.the next half-an-hour. Nelson Piquet, in 1981, he drove around

:56:29. > :56:39.the track in front of the adoring crowd, and with some style as well,

:56:39. > :56:54.

:56:54. > :57:02.beating Vettel here? The pole- sitter has won two of the last 11

:57:02. > :57:08.Grand Prix. Can you see that changing today? I fear the only

:57:08. > :57:12.thing that can stop a Red Bull winning this race is the weather.

:57:12. > :57:15.The starts have been absolutely adequate this year, converting pole

:57:15. > :57:20.positions to getting into that first corner ahead of everybody

:57:20. > :57:26.else. I think Ferrari stand an outside chance, Alonso has made

:57:26. > :57:32.some incredible starts this season. RADIO: The chances are rain in the

:57:32. > :57:36.next 20 minutes have reduced. So, if we have a dry race, we will

:57:36. > :57:40.have to be a bit patient, until we get to the pit stop window. We're

:57:40. > :57:44.expecting to have two stops this afternoon, three stops is

:57:44. > :57:48.considerably slower. If anyone goes for that strategy, it is because

:57:48. > :57:52.they are getting marginal on tyres. We have seen some blistering over

:57:52. > :58:02.the last couple of days, but as you know, as the rubber goes down over

:58:02. > :58:03.

:58:04. > :58:11.the weekend, the risk of blistering tends to reduce. At the start of

:58:11. > :58:17.this Grand Prix, they will be six or second seven seconds slower than

:58:17. > :58:25.what they were doing in qualifying. The track temperature if anything

:58:25. > :58:35.is rising at the moment, as we hear that the rain risk is receding.

:58:35. > :58:46.

:58:46. > :58:56.This is how they line up. Red Bull Senna, he has done a tremendous job

:58:56. > :59:24.

:59:24. > :59:27.out there, as far as we are aware. That is Jenson Button, a man who

:59:27. > :59:32.would like to hang on to second place in the Championship this

:59:32. > :59:36.afternoon. You finish second in the World Championship, David, I'm sure

:59:36. > :59:40.it mattered to you. It did, because it represented the best result I

:59:40. > :59:43.ever had. He is the world champion. But no question it makes a

:59:43. > :59:47.difference where you finish in the World Championship, especially if

:59:47. > :59:52.you finish ahead of your teammate, and a teammate as good as Lewis

:59:52. > :59:55.Hamilton. Well, Lewis cannot overtake Jenson Button this

:59:55. > :00:05.afternoon in the Championship now, so I think for the first time in

:00:05. > :00:07.

:00:07. > :00:12.his career, he will end up behind his teammate. Red Bull will be

:00:12. > :00:17.sticking with the same drivers next year. Webber would love to beat

:00:18. > :00:26.Vettel this afternoon. He has won this Grand Prix before. Looking at

:00:26. > :00:36.the statistics, Alonso, Hamilton and Button have never won here. So

:00:36. > :00:39.

:00:39. > :00:45.that gives those three an extra corner. You were knocked out of

:00:45. > :00:50.your final Grand Prix on that corner. It is a nasty corner.

:00:50. > :00:55.it is a long entry, all the way through to the apex. It is 50

:00:55. > :00:59.metres from where they start to turn in. In many ways, it allows

:00:59. > :01:04.the cars to funnel into the first corner. But it gives a bottle back

:01:04. > :01:09.into the second corner. That is where I went out. A lot will come

:01:10. > :01:15.down to the initial getaway, and the KERS deployment. How much do

:01:15. > :01:19.you use? How much do you use to attack or defend? And collecting

:01:20. > :01:29.data up is quite difficult on this short lap, recharging the system,

:01:29. > :01:33.harvesting. All the cars are on soft tyres. Seventh and 8, Sauber

:01:33. > :01:40.and Toro Rosso, that will be worth several million pounds to the team

:01:40. > :01:45.for next year, who can hold that position. We expect a grudge match.

:01:45. > :01:52.Williams should not be under pressure in ninth. If Lotus stay

:01:52. > :01:56.10th, although they do not have any points, if anybody gets a 12th

:01:56. > :02:01.place from Hispania and Virgin, they would lose that. You have to

:02:02. > :02:09.be in Formula One for two years to get the extra money, and that would

:02:09. > :02:12.destroy Lotus. Their future planning, yes. They will be

:02:12. > :02:18.spending in anticipation of having that extra funding, because they

:02:18. > :02:25.have to develop the package. years in, the three new teams are

:02:25. > :02:29.still on the grid, which is great news. 24 starters, as we are on

:02:29. > :02:38.board with Lewis Hamilton, doing a prescribed number of burnouts to

:02:38. > :02:44.get the tyre temperature. A lot of science goes into that. He rolls

:02:44. > :02:54.back onto his yellow line. The back of the field start finding their

:02:54. > :02:57.

:02:57. > :03:06.slots. Mark Webber is pointing towards Sebastian Vettel. The grip

:03:06. > :03:12.slips up. -- decreed slurps up. They are looking at the same five

:03:12. > :03:19.red-light, which will be switched on by Charlie Whiting. The official

:03:19. > :03:24.starter. Looker but never stare. They are away, the Brazilian Grand

:03:25. > :03:30.Prix is under way. Mark Webber is under pressure from Jenson Button.

:03:30. > :03:36.He has got the line. Fernando Alonso, around the outside of Lewis

:03:36. > :03:42.Hamilton. Felipe Massa has had a great start. Ferrari, very quick

:03:42. > :03:47.off the line. It is Sebastian Vettel from Mark Webber, Jenson

:03:47. > :03:55.Button, Fernando Alonso, defending against Lewis Hamilton. Force India

:03:55. > :03:59.going strong plea. Bruno Senna got off the line pretty well. Michael

:04:00. > :04:06.Schumacher has slipped into 11th. They are still jockeying for

:04:06. > :04:10.position as they go into the sixth corner. Sebastian Vettel pulling

:04:10. > :04:18.out a very handsome lead indeed, considering how little distance

:04:18. > :04:25.they have travelled. Nico Rosberg seventh, at Adrian Sutil, Bruno

:04:25. > :04:35.Senna, Paul di Resta. Michael Schumacher tried to reclaim tenth

:04:35. > :04:40.

:04:40. > :04:50.place. Jaime Alguersuari has gone a long way back. Heikki Kovalainen, a

:04:50. > :04:55.mighty start of the Lotus, up into 15th place. Michael Schumacher

:04:55. > :05:01.going down the outside of Paul di Resta. The Mercedes has been

:05:01. > :05:10.incredibly fast through the practice sessions. We have to do

:05:10. > :05:19.two laps before the switch on the DRS. Michael Schumacher should

:05:19. > :05:29.defend. He did indeed. It is quite slippery up the inside. That will

:05:29. > :05:32.

:05:32. > :05:37.be wedded ers Sony is. -- where the DRS zone is. Rubens Barrichello has

:05:37. > :05:43.slipped the 19th. He was so excited with his qualifying performance.

:05:43. > :05:50.is an emotional chap, I expect a few tears in his helmet now. He

:05:50. > :05:57.does not have a straight line speed. He did better than the car should

:05:57. > :06:02.have yesterday. Sebastian Vettel has broken the one second that will

:06:02. > :06:08.allow Mark Webber to get the activation for that ers. 2.2

:06:08. > :06:13.seconds at the end of the second lap. How does he do that? How does

:06:13. > :06:21.he get so far ahead in five miles? With great racing drivers behind

:06:21. > :06:26.him? He just carries the speed. He picks up the throttle before he

:06:26. > :06:33.gets to any corner these days. the fourth corner, that was

:06:33. > :06:43.incredible, in qualifying. He was on the palate, seemingly, for the

:06:43. > :06:47.

:06:47. > :06:51.whole apex. -- on the power. Rubens Barrichello must be up to 16th.

:06:51. > :06:58.Kamui Kobayashi and Sebastian bore any fighting over 13th place.

:06:58. > :07:03.Sauber and Toro Rosso within one world championship point in the

:07:03. > :07:12.Constructors' Championship. Fernando Alonso getting alongside

:07:12. > :07:22.Lewis Hamilton. He defends the position. Felipe Massa getting on

:07:22. > :07:26.the kerb. This is the shot from about. Look how late the apex is.

:07:26. > :07:36.Good, clean stuff from all of the runners. Rubens Barrichello must

:07:36. > :07:36.

:07:36. > :07:44.have been slow off the line. Does he use the KERS? Jenson Button goes

:07:44. > :07:54.down the outside. Lewis Hamilton tries to gain on the inside, but he

:07:54. > :08:05.

:08:05. > :08:13.slots in between the Ferraris. he was safe. Skilful driving it in

:08:13. > :08:17.the midfield. Sebastian Vettel was pretty cautious. This is Rubens

:08:17. > :08:27.Barrichello. He got swamped with all of the cars. There is nothing

:08:27. > :08:27.

:08:28. > :08:35.you can do. You are out of sync with the whole pack. It looks much,

:08:35. > :08:40.from behind the steering wheel. -- it looks much calmer. You get

:08:40. > :08:45.knocked left, right and centre. He lost another five places by having

:08:45. > :08:51.to be careful. Fernando Alonso looking stronger in the race than

:08:51. > :08:55.he did in qualifying. We have seen the Ferrari getting out of shape on

:08:55. > :09:02.the curbs are a couple of times in practice. They have struggled

:09:02. > :09:09.through the bit -- through the first sector. A massive slipstream.

:09:09. > :09:19.That would have been using the DRS. Lewis Hamilton was looking for a

:09:19. > :09:20.

:09:20. > :09:26.way past, but he has been dropped. All 24 cars are still remained.

:09:26. > :09:31.Some close battles. A long way to go. Ted Kravitz? Michael Schumacher

:09:31. > :09:37.did not start on his new set of soft tyres. It was important for

:09:37. > :09:41.him to get past Paul di Resta. He still has the benefit of new tyres

:09:41. > :09:50.later. Williams, no particular reason for Rubens Barrichello's bad

:09:50. > :09:55.start. I wonder what McLaren can do to rescue Lewis Hamilton's strategy.

:09:55. > :10:03.Lewis Hamilton, fifth place. Michael Schumacher is on the back

:10:03. > :10:13.of Bruno Senna. I still find it strange to see Senna and Michael

:10:13. > :10:16.

:10:16. > :10:26.Schumacher! When Ralf Schumacher was on the grid, it was RSC, and

:10:26. > :10:30.

:10:30. > :10:34.Michael Howard MSc. -- Michael had MSC. The DRS will not work here.

:10:34. > :10:37.Unless you or alongside somebody, you are not going to dive at the

:10:37. > :10:46.inside of the fourth corner. obvious place would have been in

:10:46. > :10:53.the last sector, out of the 12th corner. But if you remember 2004,

:10:53. > :10:59.we had Mark Webber lose control on the damp track. Maybe they were

:10:59. > :11:04.worried about the speed at the 14th corner would be marginal. By the

:11:04. > :11:09.time you lose your downforce, due or in the dirty air. Grand Prix

:11:09. > :11:16.cars are like aircraft, if they run in turbulent air, they lose

:11:16. > :11:20.performance. A lot of understeer from Michael Schumacher. He

:11:20. > :11:30.struggling already with the tyres. Bruno Senna does not have the best

:11:30. > :11:34.

:11:34. > :11:41.car. Understeer is when the front tyres slide. Because Michael did

:11:41. > :11:51.not do a time, he can choose his tyres. That leaves him with another

:11:51. > :11:54.

:11:54. > :11:58.new set of tyres. Mercedes and Paul di Resta have new tyres. Michael

:11:58. > :12:06.Schumacher may well be keeping the fresh set of soft tyres for if we

:12:06. > :12:11.have rain and they go on to intermediates. If you have 80 per

:12:11. > :12:19.tread, it is easier to keep heat in the tyre. -- you have a deeper

:12:19. > :12:23.tread. He becomes more difficult to move the compound and heated up.

:12:23. > :12:29.The strategic play from Mercedes. Time will tell if it comes into

:12:29. > :12:34.play. Let's never mentioned the word rain again until water comes

:12:34. > :12:44.out of the sky! I am fed up talking about it! It does not seem to turn

:12:44. > :12:44.

:12:44. > :12:54.up. The lead is 3.5 seconds. 0.7 back to Lewis Hamilton. The first

:12:54. > :12:54.

:12:55. > :13:04.pit stops, lap 22, Lab 23. We are expecting two stops. The first

:13:04. > :13:11.round could be between 20 and 25. The cars are heavy with fuel. Less

:13:11. > :13:16.than you would have at normal altitude. It is putting less energy

:13:16. > :13:22.into the tyres, so you should be able to go further. But with

:13:22. > :13:31.altitude, to use downforce, so the car will slide around a bit more. -

:13:31. > :13:35.- you lose downforce. The second stop well between 45 and 48 laps. -

:13:35. > :13:45.- second stop will be between. of cars could pit at the same time

:13:45. > :13:56.

:13:56. > :14:06.there. Yes, there will be a few Mercedes, knowing they have had

:14:06. > :14:09.

:14:09. > :14:15.difficulties in controlling the where -- tyre Wedd. If they are

:14:15. > :14:25.going to be hitting the limiter on the straight in front of us,...

:14:25. > :14:27.

:14:27. > :14:33.That is a four-letter word we are not using! Michael Schumacher, 10th.

:14:33. > :14:40.He has recovered his position. Bruno Senna has driven well this

:14:40. > :14:47.year. He is desperately trying to keep hold of that drive for the

:14:48. > :14:52.future, and he is making a good claim of it. Do you go for

:14:52. > :14:59.potential, up or as a known quantity? The French driver has

:14:59. > :15:03.done seven races. He is 0.5 away from Fernando Alonso. He has won

:15:03. > :15:09.the GP2 championship. He thinks he has come back more mature, fitter

:15:09. > :15:13.and more able to deliver. Renault are spoilt for choice. Bruno Senna

:15:13. > :15:17.has put down a good case for him to stay with the team. That was a

:15:17. > :15:27.great qualifying yesterday. That is a lot of pressure, because the car

:15:27. > :15:29.

:15:29. > :15:34.has not been great in the second enough of the slipstream. Michael

:15:34. > :15:39.cut across! He hit the front of his wing. I would like to see a replay

:15:39. > :15:43.of that, it looks like he has a puncture. As we watched, Michael

:15:43. > :15:49.went from the outside, hit the brakes and immediately went across

:15:49. > :15:52.Bruno Senna. There was not much Bruno could do in that situation.

:15:53. > :16:00.Bruno looked like he had a second bite at him in the middle of the

:16:00. > :16:07.corner. It will not slow down. He tries desperately to get out of

:16:07. > :16:11.everybody's way. He wants to hope that carcass flies off the tyre so

:16:11. > :16:15.it doesn't start disintegrating and breaking his bodywork. Let's look

:16:15. > :16:19.at the front wing of that Renault. It is looking tatty but

:16:19. > :16:24.fundamentally still OK. He did definitely lose the leading edge,

:16:24. > :16:28.which will affect the overall downforce. Maybe he has a little

:16:28. > :16:34.bit of oversteer and taking off a bitter front wing might run the car

:16:34. > :16:41.and bring him into balance. -- a bit of front wing. His middle

:16:41. > :16:48.sector was not too bad, 41.3. That compares very well with Sutil in

:16:48. > :16:53.front, also 41.3. He stays out so he will be just monitoring that.

:16:53. > :16:58.The team at do have data beamed back to the pits. Fernando Alonso

:16:58. > :17:02.on Jenson Button... There is an investigation into that incident

:17:02. > :17:11.between cars seven and nine. Alonso got so much more speed coming out

:17:11. > :17:13.of five. He has gone around the outside! Unbelievable. That was an

:17:13. > :17:18.incredible pass. You would never dream of going around the outside

:17:19. > :17:28.into that corner. I would never even set the car up to try it.

:17:28. > :17:34.is the difference between great drivers and... Yes. Well, maybe six

:17:34. > :17:40.and two threes from that angle. agree. And then the secondary...

:17:40. > :17:47.Michael turning in an Bruno not doing an awful lot to get out of

:17:47. > :17:52.his way. Obviously a little bit anxious. There goes -- they go

:17:52. > :17:57.those Brenn new set of tyres on Schumacher's car. -- brand new.

:17:57. > :18:05.There was not much damage. The floor was OK, bits missing, but the

:18:05. > :18:08.tyre was a complete mess. Outside shoulder... Understood. That is

:18:08. > :18:15.something we are hearing on the team Radia from other drivers, the

:18:15. > :18:19.rear tyres are starting to hurt on hot track conditions. I wonder if

:18:19. > :18:23.they might have to bring the stops forward. If they can make it to lap

:18:23. > :18:28.20, they might be able to stay on two laps, but they might have to go

:18:28. > :18:34.with three. Michael Schumacher joins in the scrap between the two

:18:34. > :18:38.McLarens. He is a lap down after that pit stop. As soon as Jenson

:18:38. > :18:47.got wrong-footed in turn six, if he had to defend heavily in four and

:18:47. > :18:54.was slow around five. I think the first... I think the first point of

:18:54. > :18:59.contact was Senna going a little bit deep on the brakes. They have

:18:59. > :19:03.already touched at that point. don't think Michael did anything

:19:03. > :19:07.wrong and nor did Bruno. That was a racing incident. Michael was a

:19:07. > :19:12.little bit aggressive with the braking, but he can't judge exactly

:19:12. > :19:17.where Bruno is at that point. After that Bruno is on the inside line.

:19:17. > :19:23.You can't remove your car from the action. I would put that down as a

:19:23. > :19:27.racing incident. Let's wait for the stewards. Alexander Watts, Formula

:19:28. > :19:32.One driver, Le Mans winner. We have heard very little from the stewards

:19:32. > :19:38.this weekend. Now they have something to do. Senna comes into

:19:38. > :19:44.the pits for Renault. Do you think he is in a three-stop strategy?

:19:44. > :19:48.will have to be now. They have not changed it. Remarkable. Unless

:19:48. > :19:56.their strategy was to do three stops. The top leading-edge was

:19:56. > :20:01.flapping around. Sometimes if it doesn't really her the performance

:20:01. > :20:08.of the car. Alonso pulling out a gap on Button and Hamilton. Right

:20:08. > :20:18.behind them is Rosberg. Remarkable. It is Schumacher. Massive then

:20:18. > :20:23.Rosberg. -- Massa. The McLarens are struggling. Somebody said to me

:20:23. > :20:28.this morning that McLaren are not as fast here as they have been in

:20:28. > :20:33.recent races. Compared to Red Bull. That is beginning to look correct

:20:33. > :20:37.in the race. It is interesting and confusing at the same time. A lot

:20:37. > :20:47.of downforce you get at altitude, it should affect the cars the same

:20:47. > :20:50.

:20:50. > :20:55.way. The lap times of the front few runners,... Lenny is at McLaren.

:20:55. > :21:00.For a say there was nothing wrong with Jenson Button's car. Vitaly

:21:00. > :21:09.Petrov stopping. Short shrift, second gear, we have a gearbox

:21:09. > :21:15.problem. My goodness! A gearbox problem for Sebastian Vettel. He

:21:15. > :21:19.had a KERS issue, but no indication of any gearbox issues this weekend.

:21:19. > :21:23.We will see how that affects his lap times. McLaren are telling

:21:23. > :21:30.their drivers to nurse their cars and tyres as much as possible. I

:21:30. > :21:36.think Red Bull are getting ready.. Don't use the full 18,000 revs in

:21:36. > :21:40.second gear. That is an indication of an overheating gearbox. It could

:21:40. > :21:46.be a synchronisation issue. They have this seamless shift.

:21:46. > :21:54.Thankfully for Vettel, they have only used second beer in two places

:21:54. > :22:01.on the racetrack, 108 and turned 10. -- second year. The gap between

:22:01. > :22:06.Vettel and Webber is reducing. Vettel went a little bit wide in

:22:07. > :22:11.the pine tree corner. He might have been listening to the radio call.

:22:11. > :22:16.It is interesting, I don't remember ever going faster while listening

:22:16. > :22:19.to a team radio. It never affected my lap time when I was transmitting,

:22:19. > :22:23.but when the radio starts a new start listening to the engineer, it

:22:23. > :22:29.takes away a little bit of concentration. You don't slow down

:22:29. > :22:36.on the road when you are listening to Cliff Richard! These guys are

:22:36. > :22:44.going a lot faster. The this is a Buemi ahead of Perez and

:22:44. > :22:50.Alguersuari in 13th place. Sutil is making his way through the pack. He

:22:50. > :22:55.has just pitted. That is why he is back down there. That suggests

:22:55. > :22:59.three stops. Our briefing this morning was that they were

:22:59. > :23:07.suggesting three is too slow. You said it at the start. It seems like

:23:07. > :23:13.the tyres are giving up earlier than they thought. We have got the

:23:13. > :23:19.McLaren boys out, Jenson Button coming in. The briefing was to

:23:19. > :23:25.expect two, the reality is we are on for three starts this afternoon.

:23:25. > :23:30.-- stops. Not a lot of degradation between the hard and soft tyre.

:23:30. > :23:33.they overheating or blistering? at this stage, we heard the radio

:23:33. > :23:38.message from Sebastian Vettel to his engineer, saying right rear

:23:38. > :23:42.blisters. They ran on Friday with a lot of blistering, but providing it

:23:42. > :23:47.doesn't take away the surface, the carcass remains intact, they can

:23:48. > :23:54.run happily. Jenson comes out in front of Paul di Resta after that

:23:54. > :23:58.pit stop. The tyres that came off are right in front of me. A small

:23:58. > :24:03.circumference line of blisters, they are not too bad. I fancy that

:24:03. > :24:07.his strategic to try to get past a Ferrari again. We will see a

:24:07. > :24:14.Ferrari react, no sign of them doing that yet. What size are the

:24:14. > :24:21.blisters? Five pence piece? Half a centimetre, tiny. For short shift,

:24:22. > :24:27.second and third gear. We need this. Second and third gear did he say?

:24:27. > :24:34.Yes. I think it is an overheating thing. That is when you put the

:24:34. > :24:44.most talk. Alonso and Hamilton pit at the end of lap 16. We have a

:24:44. > :24:51.

:24:51. > :24:57.straight fight between Ferrari and total on a good stop. 3.9 against

:24:57. > :25:07.3.7, Hamilton against Alonso. There's Alonso, wears Button? Was

:25:07. > :25:08.

:25:08. > :25:18.Hamilton? Paul di Resta might have a chance. No changes. Rosberg is in

:25:18. > :25:21.

:25:21. > :25:25.as well for Mercedes. He has been some senior engineers in the

:25:25. > :25:30.morning, they give us the benefit of all of their experience through

:25:30. > :25:37.practice. The Red Bull crew are coming into the pit lane. Will this

:25:37. > :25:43.before Vettel? I believe it is. There they are. 22 people waiting

:25:43. > :25:49.for him. Pretty scary driving at a garage of men at 60 mph. That

:25:49. > :25:52.looked quick! It did. Now he has to use first gear in the pit lane and

:25:52. > :25:55.he will have to short shift through second and third when he gets out

:25:56. > :26:01.the end. You think it is the heating issue with the gearbox?

:26:01. > :26:06.That would be my guest. If you go into third in the pit lane, often

:26:07. > :26:12.you can drop out of your limiter and earned a penalty. Ted was

:26:12. > :26:17.looking at Vettel's Tyre's. couple of things. Vettel's were

:26:17. > :26:21.about the same if not slightly less blistered than the McLaren. They

:26:21. > :26:26.looked in better shape. He also overshot his pit box by about 10

:26:26. > :26:32.centimetres. The mechanics had to shift up a bit. That could prove

:26:32. > :26:39.crucial. It was a very small Gatka Mark Webber. This could be his

:26:39. > :26:43.opportunity to jump up. Car number nine, Bruno Senna, has a penalty.

:26:43. > :26:49.The stewards have decided that it was Senna's fault for causing a

:26:49. > :26:53.collision. Pretty tough, I reckon. I think that is a bit unfair. You

:26:53. > :26:58.would not like to be the stewards leaving the Brazilian track! Red

:26:58. > :27:03.bill are in the pit lane so Mark Webber is coming in. -- Red Bull.

:27:03. > :27:09.They have far more camera angles than we have. They have G Pearce,

:27:09. > :27:19.they can compare previous laps. -- GP yes. A great stop for Mark

:27:19. > :27:23.

:27:23. > :27:27.well behind. Vettel must have some traffic on his in-lap. Vettel is

:27:27. > :27:30.coming through, Mark Webber was just over a second when he went

:27:30. > :27:37.into the stock before he took that lead. That looks like a much bigger

:27:37. > :27:41.gap now. Alonso in the background ahead of Button, who seems to be

:27:41. > :27:46.pulling away from Hamilton in this phase. They can't seem to catch the

:27:46. > :27:49.Ferrari at the moment. It seems like the McLarens are hurting their

:27:49. > :27:55.rear tyres this afternoon. I can't understand why that would be on

:27:55. > :28:00.this track. Not many corners, 15 corners, only seven or eight of

:28:00. > :28:03.them are put in any load into the core -- car. Her Senna's drive-

:28:03. > :28:08.through penalty, one unhappy Brazilian. If you had to put your

:28:08. > :28:13.money on straight-line speed between the McLaren or the Red Bull,

:28:13. > :28:17.you would go with McLaren. 70% of the flat is full throttle. Why

:28:17. > :28:23.would McLaren not be performing? Because so much time is lost in the

:28:24. > :28:27.midfield. The rest is relatively easy. Pretty much all year, Red

:28:27. > :28:32.Bull have been slower than a slow things down the straights. They

:28:32. > :28:38.have gone for downforce, corner speed, and it has paid dividends.

:28:38. > :28:43.By getting out in front, nobody can mug them down the straights. Sutil

:28:43. > :28:51.on Perez. Sutil has stopped. Perez has and. That is di Resta, isn't

:28:51. > :28:56.it? No, it is Sutil. It is Sutil and Perez. Sutil on the better

:28:56. > :29:05.tyres. Will Perez come up the inside? Sutil making his way back

:29:05. > :29:09.up into eighth place. Kobayashi will be his next target up the road.

:29:09. > :29:16.What about Paul di Resta? He is back down in 14th place at the

:29:16. > :29:21.moment. We will see how that works out. Felipe Massa leads the Grand

:29:21. > :29:24.Prix. The man who has won twice, been on pole position three times.

:29:24. > :29:31.Thought he had won the World Championship here in 2008 but

:29:31. > :29:39.hadn't. Was Burke against Alguersuari. -- Rosberg. This is

:29:39. > :29:49.for tenth place. This is going to cost and delay -- cost them dearly.

:29:49. > :29:56.

:29:56. > :30:02.Mrs Vettel catching Massa, who has activation point. He will know that

:30:02. > :30:07.if he gets... He can now open his rear wing. This is where we are

:30:07. > :30:12.seeing it. He will have a perfect run down the outside into the

:30:12. > :30:18.braking zone. Massa got out of it, he would be on the dirty part of

:30:18. > :30:28.the track. Who do we have in the background? Perez has pitted.

:30:28. > :30:31.

:30:31. > :30:35.out. He just has to be careful in the second and third. I'd used to

:30:35. > :30:40.breathe a sigh of relief if I got through the third corner without

:30:40. > :30:46.being on the opposite lock. The cars are so good now, you can dump

:30:46. > :30:52.8% of your downforce and go faster. It is a different world. It replay

:30:52. > :30:59.of a straight forward overtake from Nico Rosberg. That is all night.

:30:59. > :31:07.Nico Rosberg recovering, having made his first pit-stop. Ferrari in

:31:07. > :31:17.the pit lane. Where will that dropping out? He will, at behind

:31:17. > :31:26.Lewis Hamilton. He is currently in sixth place. A very clever front

:31:26. > :31:33.Jack, so he could swing out of the way and saved another 0.1 seconds.

:31:33. > :31:43.Ted Kravitz was watching the stops. A slow getaway from Felipe Massa,

:31:43. > :31:44.

:31:44. > :31:49.but it will be interesting to see if he only needs to make two stops.

:31:49. > :31:55.It could be interesting if he does and the others need to make three.

:31:55. > :32:05.Mark Webber had a slow in coming lap. Fernando Alonso gained 3.5

:32:05. > :32:07.

:32:07. > :32:14.seconds on him. He was really penalised. We did not see anything.

:32:14. > :32:19.We still have 24 cars in this race. That underlines the tremendous

:32:19. > :32:26.reliability we have had this year, despite over 1000 overtakes this

:32:26. > :32:36.year. And 100 -- hundreds of pit stops. So much action, if you do

:32:36. > :32:49.

:32:49. > :32:56.not know where to block next. The skinny wind on his car. -- wing.

:32:56. > :33:06.Jarno Trulli is up to 15th, he is yet to stop. One Stop all the way

:33:06. > :33:16.down, until we get to Jarno Trulli. Rubens Barrichello passing Jarno

:33:16. > :33:26.Trulli. Then, having a think about Jaime Alguersuari. It is getting

:33:26. > :33:30.

:33:30. > :33:39.busy. We have a Virgin dropping out. Will we will not made a bid for

:33:39. > :33:49.freedom, and we have our first retirement. -- the wheel nut made a

:33:49. > :34:02.

:34:02. > :34:07.onto the track. -- locally, of the wheel. The lead is 2.8 seconds, he

:34:07. > :34:14.is managing the car and the gap. has had to respond, because Mark

:34:14. > :34:24.Webber was chipping away. He has sent the message back to Mark

:34:24. > :34:26.

:34:26. > :34:30.Webber. It will have been broadcast from his engineer. RADIO: Good job.

:34:30. > :34:36.Everybody likes a bit of encouragement, even if you are a

:34:36. > :34:42.multiple champion. Whatever issue he has got, he is managing it

:34:42. > :34:49.superbly, he is that chink Mark Webber. -- he is matching up Mark

:34:49. > :34:59.Webber. Do you think they could have increased the calling or

:34:59. > :35:00.

:35:00. > :35:10.anything like that? Once the race starts,... It is only going up to

:35:10. > :35:11.

:35:11. > :35:20.the start line but you cannot do anything. They too often have

:35:20. > :35:30.gaffer tape, which they can rip-off. Maybe Ted Kravitz can give us some

:35:30. > :35:31.

:35:31. > :35:36.information? RADIO: How are the tyres? They are OK. After that

:35:36. > :35:45.drive through, Bruno Senna in 16th place. I wonder what he will think

:35:45. > :35:51.about the penalty. I think it was harsh. I think he than a bit deep

:35:51. > :35:59.into the braking zone and made the first contact. You can squeeze a

:35:59. > :36:04.Pollet a little bit. -- you can squeeze your opponent. You cannot

:36:04. > :36:14.crowd someone towards the white line. But I agree, it was a racing

:36:14. > :36:31.

:36:31. > :36:38.problem. You have to short shrift. -- shift. Bruno Senna under

:36:38. > :36:46.pressure from Pastor Maldonado. They are fighting over 16th place.

:36:46. > :36:53.The gap at the front is down to 2.3 seconds. Mark Webber is closing in.

:36:53. > :37:00.It must be temperature related, it is not mechanically related.

:37:00. > :37:05.could be a synchronisation issue. Part of what they do is make sure

:37:05. > :37:10.they synchronise the gears. Mark Webber is sniffing the chance of

:37:10. > :37:17.victory. He is only 2.3 seconds behind. They used to synchronise

:37:17. > :37:25.better when you changed at peak revs. We are destined to an extent

:37:25. > :37:35.what the problem might be. -- we are guessing. Ted Kravitz will find

:37:35. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:54.out, if Red Bull will tell us. It seemed like he did a double shift.

:37:55. > :38:03.If that was an error from Bruno Senna or, it has cost him a place.

:38:03. > :38:13.I did that in the Pirelli test, daytimes are. -- many times. That

:38:13. > :38:25.

:38:25. > :38:31.is not a good place. It is on the racing line, really. They should

:38:31. > :38:38.not be any need to... A slow-motion replay of Michael Schumacher coming

:38:38. > :38:45.back through the field. Batty's passing Jarno Trulli for 19th. --

:38:45. > :38:55.that is passing Jarno Trulli. Have we got something else loose? That

:38:55. > :38:57.

:38:57. > :39:04.is just helicopter tapir. -- tape. That is his mother. Ayrton Senna's

:39:04. > :39:10.sister. She is nervously watching her son. There must be tremendous

:39:10. > :39:15.emotion for that family. Kravitz? I have come to Red Bull,

:39:15. > :39:19.the intention is for Sebastian Vettel to manage this. All of the

:39:19. > :39:27.messages have been played out on the team radio feed cover so we

:39:27. > :39:37.know as much as all of the people in the garage. RADIO: Short shrift

:39:37. > :39:39.

:39:39. > :39:49.every corner. But then I will fall behind. He said he will give up the

:39:49. > :39:56.place to his team-mate. They are looking at the telemetry. There was

:39:56. > :40:03.a lot of red on detail and a shave. -- on the telemetry. It sounds like

:40:03. > :40:08.it is getting even worse. Pastor Maldonado in the barriers. I

:40:08. > :40:12.understood Sebastian Vettel to say, or I will not hold him up. They

:40:12. > :40:17.have got seven seconds over Fernando Alonso. What of the

:40:17. > :40:25.problem it is getting worse. -- whatever the problem is, it is

:40:25. > :40:31.getting worse. I was focused on the Williams, I missed the end of the

:40:31. > :40:41.radio. Sebastian Vettel will not get in the way of the interests of

:40:41. > :40:44.

:40:44. > :40:48.the team. He does not know if he can make it to the end of the race.

:40:48. > :40:55.It is a difficult position, where Pastor Maldonado is. They need to

:40:55. > :41:00.recover it. Would this be a moment for a safety car? The verbal

:41:00. > :41:06.engineers discussing. I would expect to see Mark Webber passing

:41:06. > :41:14.Sebastian Vettel for the lead any time soon. Sebastian Vettel has

:41:14. > :41:21.pulled out a bit, if anything. I would love to hear the radio

:41:21. > :41:27.message again. Maybe we can transcribe it. Maybe he meant, I

:41:27. > :41:35.would rather it blow up and I give this up. The gap is back-up. Now,

:41:35. > :41:39.he lets him through. He did a faster lap, and let him through.

:41:39. > :41:49.is managing the situation. That confirms what you've heard on the

:41:49. > :41:56.

:41:56. > :42:06.lot of time. It was not the greatest race to do that at --

:42:06. > :42:13.greatest place to do that. Team orders are allowed now. It was him

:42:13. > :42:22.saying to the world, I have a problem, I am moving over. Mark

:42:23. > :42:27.Webber leads. Can he take his first victory of the season? Mark Webber,

:42:27. > :42:37.he has won six races before this. He has regularly been on the podium

:42:37. > :42:37.

:42:37. > :42:43.this year. Jenson Button still ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Lewis

:42:43. > :42:53.Hamilton is closing the gap again. Michael Schumacher there, he is a

:42:53. > :43:00.lap down. It does not like Hamilton is coming back. Jenson Button was

:43:00. > :43:09.better at activating his tyres. Michael Schumacher running over

:43:09. > :43:15.some of the debris. I was wondering when we would see some action.

:43:15. > :43:20.There was a little lifting of the hand. He may have felt he needed to

:43:20. > :43:29.do that, because there was a yellow flashing. He needed to make it

:43:30. > :43:35.clear that he was being allowed through. There is the yellow now.

:43:35. > :43:45.He went past the yellow sign, what else could he do? Michael was

:43:45. > :43:49.

:43:49. > :43:53.fielding. Ted Kravitz? Renault have made their second of two stops. I

:43:53. > :43:59.listened to the team radio again for Sebastian Vettel. He said, I

:43:59. > :44:05.will fall behind. He did not say, I will not fall behind. He was just

:44:05. > :44:10.repeating the message. The problem seems to be with second and third

:44:10. > :44:17.gear. It is the harder tyre for Jenson Button. Interesting. He will

:44:17. > :44:26.have used both types of tyre. Will he get to the end on that? It is

:44:26. > :44:31.the slower tyre. Maybe he is just getting this out of the way.

:44:31. > :44:35.Although he said he was better with the balance on the harder tyre. But

:44:35. > :44:38.the lap time is ticking. He would rather have that and be unhappy

:44:38. > :44:44.with the balance than running around, smiling, with a slow lap

:44:44. > :44:50.time. It is easy to make a fool of yourself, sweeping around the

:44:50. > :44:57.inside of the third corner. It is easy to crash. Jenson Button is

:44:57. > :45:02.behind Felipe Massa. We watched eagerly to see what kind of times

:45:02. > :45:11.Jenson Button can extract out of a brand new set of medium compound

:45:11. > :45:21.tyres. All of the engineers here will be looking at that information

:45:21. > :45:23.

:45:23. > :45:28.Sebastian Vettel, who is about half a second a lap slower than Webber

:45:28. > :45:32.at the moment. Quicker than Alonso. Let's see what Alonso has just

:45:32. > :45:38.delivered, the same lap time. That gap is still about 7.5 seconds

:45:38. > :45:47.between Vettel and Alonso. Hamilton now in fourth place. Button has

:45:47. > :45:54.done his personal best middle sector on his out-lap. Still shiny

:45:54. > :45:57.tyres from the releasing agent when they come out of the moulds. You

:45:57. > :46:06.know you are about to receive an extra helping of grip when you get

:46:06. > :46:14.those on. Mark Webber is the race leader. Lap 33. The gap to battle

:46:14. > :46:18.was two seconds. He is 9.5 seconds ahead of Alonso, who is 6.5 ahead

:46:18. > :46:23.of Lewis Hamilton. Felipe Massa just about hanging on, 28 seconds

:46:23. > :46:31.off the lead. Button, having made that second stop, beginning to

:46:31. > :46:37.close down Massa. Rosberg cruising along in seventh place. He has not

:46:37. > :46:46.had the speed in that Mercedes-Benz. We want the prettied --

:46:46. > :46:55.precipitation now. We need it now. We need it for the race. Mr angry

:46:55. > :47:00.from Norfolk is now listening up -- loosening up. I can't see any dark

:47:00. > :47:10.clouds around us now. Soft tyres, a different strategy for Hamilton

:47:10. > :47:18.

:47:18. > :47:25.against what they put on the other left before down the hill, a right

:47:26. > :47:31.and a long left and then you feed straight into the side of anybody...

:47:31. > :47:36.He is still behind Button. But he is on a different tyre, this will

:47:36. > :47:42.be very interesting indeed. McLaren have split their strategy. They are

:47:42. > :47:47.trying to hang on to Alonso now. Red Bull are too far-out, surely.

:47:47. > :47:56.Button has managed a 17.6 on his first flying lap on those hard

:47:56. > :48:05.tyres. Hamilton did a 17.9 on his in-lap on the soft. Vettel and

:48:05. > :48:10.Webber doing 1:17.0s at the moment. Vettel has just done his fastest

:48:10. > :48:15.lap of the race with a dodgy gearbox! The track will be evolving.

:48:15. > :48:20.Fuel burning off, card getting lighter and more responsive. A

:48:20. > :48:30.little bit more comfortable in the braking zones. The change of

:48:30. > :48:31.

:48:31. > :48:36.direction, the acceleration, less mass. Great, great racetrack.

:48:37. > :48:40.Consistently above four g for the drivers. You will start to see a

:48:40. > :48:44.few of them resting their heads inside those cockpits. The most

:48:44. > :48:48.pathetic feeling when your neck goes and you can't do anything with

:48:48. > :48:52.it. You don't want to touch the brake pedal or the throttle pedal

:48:52. > :48:59.and you really don't want to turn the steering wheel, but somehow you

:48:59. > :49:04.hang on when you're my neck muscles have given up. -- your neck muscles.

:49:04. > :49:09.It is always incredible how fear and adrenalin can focus the mind.

:49:10. > :49:17.They could be some rain on the way. Could be rain on the way. Go as

:49:17. > :49:25.fast as possible on these tyres. Very clear message. 2.5 seconds is

:49:25. > :49:33.the gap, Webber to Vettel. Alonso comes into the pits for Ferrari.

:49:33. > :49:38.These men are waiting for their hero, Fernando Alonso. A set of

:49:38. > :49:48.soft tyres going on so he will have to stop again this afternoon.

:49:48. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:54.for Hamilton. Button will not have to stop. Perez recovering. That was

:49:54. > :50:04.out of turn nine. The corner where you said in the commentary

:50:04. > :50:07.

:50:07. > :50:13.yesterday, it comes up and mugs you. That is the corner he span on to

:50:13. > :50:20.staff to wear Maldonado's car was there because the barriers. Sergio

:50:20. > :50:27.Perez almost running in 12th place. Is the cart OK? Can you continue.

:50:27. > :50:32.Yes, I can continue, no problem. Ted? At Red Bull they are saying

:50:32. > :50:37.good job to Sebastian Vettel, keep going. He is managing the gearbox

:50:37. > :50:47.well. McLaren, they said it was tactical for Button to go on to

:50:47. > :50:52.that tyre. We will see whether he prefers it. Felipe Massa strategy

:50:52. > :50:57.might work for him, two stops. He is putting in the times. He will

:50:57. > :51:01.have to stretch this tyre out of 48 to make two stops work for him. He

:51:01. > :51:07.might go past Alonso on that strategy. Bruno Senna is missing

:51:07. > :51:12.fourth gear. We heard sunburst -- then a struggling for gears when he

:51:12. > :51:17.got past by Maldonado. Here is that piece of plastic bag. I have seen

:51:17. > :51:24.that so many times down the back straight. A wild crowd down there.

:51:24. > :51:30.Even when you go on the formation lap, there's debris everywhere.

:51:30. > :51:38.Sutil coming up the inside of di Resta. Sutil has had two stops so

:51:38. > :51:42.that his game played by the Force India team. -- that is gameplay.

:51:42. > :51:50.do have a gearbox problem. There's nothing you can do out there to

:51:50. > :51:56.help. Just keep driving, keep going. They are all the fashion today.

:51:56. > :52:04.never rains, but it pours. Sorry for mentioning the rain again.

:52:04. > :52:11.Lewis Hamilton also nursing a box of cogs that don't fancy 71 laps of

:52:11. > :52:15.the Interlagos circuit. Vettel is maintaining the gap to 2.6 seconds.

:52:15. > :52:21.Only one stop so far from the Red Bulls so they are 26 clear of

:52:21. > :52:29.Alonso. Alonso has just done a 17.0 and that is quick. Massa is hanging

:52:29. > :52:36.on to him, just about. Button beginning to catch Massa. He is in

:52:36. > :52:42.the DRS zone. On board with Hamilton. Button lining up for a

:52:42. > :52:51.pass on the Ferrari. Doesn't look like it at this stage. But he is

:52:51. > :52:59.certainly hounding Massa. Only done that one stop, of course. Let's run

:52:59. > :53:07.through... Massa is up three places, Button down two. Jenson has used

:53:07. > :53:13.both types of Tyre. He could go to the end if he wanted to. What will

:53:13. > :53:23.they put on Mark Webber? Another set of the soft tyres. He will have

:53:23. > :53:24.

:53:24. > :53:29.to stop again. Three stops for Mark Webber. Jenson is on a different

:53:29. > :53:39.strategy compared to Hamilton and Webber. Let's see what they do with

:53:39. > :53:45.

:53:45. > :53:51.Vettel. Alonso has just done a personal best. A long way behind

:53:51. > :53:59.Webber. Barrichello has been lapped. This is the fight and the DRS Open.

:53:59. > :54:09.The Jenson Button sails past with his rear wing open. Job done. Off

:54:09. > :54:14.

:54:14. > :54:18.he goes. Look at the distance leads, will he pit? Yes, I can see

:54:18. > :54:24.the Red Bull mechanics. Nice to see the pit lane from the commentary

:54:24. > :54:34.box. It is essential. Now we know this man is pitting from what was

:54:34. > :54:34.

:54:34. > :54:39.the lead. A problem on the down shift. Soft tyres have gone on,

:54:39. > :54:47.same strategy as Webber. And also Hamilton and Alonso. Where is Mark

:54:47. > :54:54.Webber? Turn One, he is well in the lead. They are on a three stock

:54:54. > :54:58.strategy this afternoon, we expect them to come in again around lap 55.

:54:58. > :55:01.Maybe even later if they can make these tyres last and give

:55:01. > :55:08.themselves the shortest run possible on the hard tyre. It is

:55:08. > :55:13.not holding Jenson Button back at the moment, 17.3 on his last lap.

:55:13. > :55:22.Comparing favourably with Alonso on 17.0. Hamilton is catching Massa as

:55:22. > :55:26.well. Fifth and sixth, Massa and Hamilton. Here we go with a replay.

:55:26. > :55:31.Massa went to the inside, it was all he could do. He must have had a

:55:31. > :55:41.problem because Jenson was out of the slipstream so early. He must

:55:41. > :55:41.

:55:41. > :55:48.have lifted. Must have scared himself around there. As you say,

:55:48. > :55:52.DRS doesn't account for all of that extra speed. No. Massa trying age

:55:52. > :56:01.two-stop strategy this afternoon and looking as if that is not

:56:01. > :56:07.working. Close your DRS-1 second per lap. Please save. We need your

:56:07. > :56:11.points. Be careful with di Resta. We need your points against Toro

:56:11. > :56:21.Rosso, not Force India. Don't run into a Force India. Mark Webber

:56:21. > :56:25.

:56:25. > :56:31.does a new fastest lap, 1:16.484. Fernando Alonso, another second set

:56:31. > :56:36.and - seven seconds. Ted has news on gearboxes. For Lewis Hamilton,

:56:36. > :56:43.it is a shift problem. They are trying to get him to manage it.

:56:43. > :56:47.They are keeping Lewis in. Paul di Resta comes in for a pit-stop for

:56:47. > :56:54.up Vettel's problem is with second and third years particularly, but

:56:54. > :56:59.he seems to be managing that. We're getting to the end of the gearboxes

:56:59. > :57:09.on their four recycles, but because Vettel didn't finish the race in

:57:09. > :57:19.

:57:19. > :57:23.flying in the first sector. Quickly catching Felipe Massa. They have

:57:23. > :57:33.completed the second sector. A very short run up the hill, just 18

:57:33. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:41.seconds. Lewis Hamilton has stopped twice, Massa has stopped once.

:57:41. > :57:48.Webber leads Anne Vettel by 4.1. Alonso just 6.9 behind Vettel. He

:57:48. > :57:56.is beginning to catch. This is his opportunity. He was not as close as

:57:56. > :58:02.Button. Hamilton was a bit late. Surely just a matter of time, he

:58:02. > :58:06.has used up all of his KERS. Not quite enough momentum. He has used

:58:06. > :58:13.up his KERS and that will make it difficult for him on the run out of

:58:13. > :58:18.turn 12, the last turn. It can only be a matter of time. A lot of

:58:18. > :58:24.debris they have to be careful of through 5 and 6. It came off

:58:24. > :58:32.Michael Schumacher's car. Diarrar is not available until after turn

:58:32. > :58:40.three. -- DRS. It is all about getting a good exit speed out of

:58:40. > :58:44.Juncao. Timo Glock's release will be investigated after the race.

:58:44. > :58:52.That will be quick and easy as it only have three wheels on it when

:58:52. > :59:02.it was released. The Ferrari has scampered away! He would presumably

:59:02. > :59:13.

:59:13. > :59:18.look at the different strategies playing out, Button has a hard tyre

:59:18. > :59:22.on, he needs to keep within 20 seconds of the Red Bulls, which is

:59:22. > :59:27.not doing at the moment, to be able to use that strategy, but he is in

:59:27. > :59:35.the hunt for Alonso. Third plays is on the cards for Jenson Button.

:59:35. > :59:40.Let's transport the fans into the crash helmet. These two have come

:59:40. > :59:46.together five times this year. Do you think Lewis will be giving him

:59:46. > :59:51.a slightly wider berth? He has not been pushing his luck too much, has

:59:51. > :59:56.he? I don't think so. Lewis is clearly struggling with the balance

:59:56. > :00:00.a round this track and looked like coming off turn 10. It looked like

:00:00. > :00:05.he had left one black line off the inside tyre. Maybe a differential

:00:05. > :00:10.issue as well. But he is not getting close enough at the end of

:00:10. > :00:18.the lap to then put himself in a position to capitalise. Is he

:00:18. > :00:21.within a second here? He is. He has to get a good run through. You are

:00:21. > :00:31.fighting the car in the middle of the turn and he is too far back

:00:31. > :00:40.

:00:40. > :00:50.again. Ferrari is winding up on the middle of turn three, whereas

:00:50. > :00:54.

:00:55. > :01:04.about beating McLaren, rather than trying to win the race, quite

:01:05. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :01:16.clearly, and sensibly so. Vettel is now 4.6 seconds behind Webber.

:01:16. > :01:21.Lewis was trying to get as close as he could through turn 12. Felipe

:01:21. > :01:26.Massa gets a psychological gold star from his engineer. And Lewis

:01:26. > :01:32.Hamilton going into the pit. they're fed up losing time behind

:01:32. > :01:38.the Ferrari. They have now lost 7.5 seconds to Jenson Button. They were

:01:38. > :01:42.quite close, if you remember. On go the medium compound tyres. He can

:01:43. > :01:46.now drive to the end of the Grand Prix. They have obviously seen a

:01:46. > :01:54.nice slot where they can put Lewis back on to the racetrack, where he

:01:54. > :01:58.will not be in too much traffic. Let's see where that might be.

:01:58. > :02:08.There's a bit of back marker traffic, that's the position,

:02:08. > :02:13.Adrian Sutil is now head of Hamilton. So, they have certainly

:02:13. > :02:16.put him into some clear air, but he has now got to catch and pass

:02:16. > :02:19.Adrian Sutil. They must have a Adrian Sutil. They must have a

:02:19. > :02:25.bigger issue than we were aware of, because Bateau very early, to do

:02:25. > :02:30.your first stop, to try to go to the end. Could we be seeing four

:02:30. > :02:37.stops this afternoon? As we are watching Webber and Vettel trading

:02:37. > :02:38.fastest laps, Eddie has got some news on the race so far.

:02:38. > :02:43.news on the race so far. interesting thing for me is the big

:02:43. > :02:48.fight that we have got for sixth, seventh and eighth position, you

:02:48. > :02:53.could even call it the Renault position. As it stands, Adrian

:02:53. > :02:58.Sutil is lighting up the midfield, he's a now in seventh position, he

:02:58. > :03:02.needs three more points over Vitaly Petrov to finish 9th in the

:03:02. > :03:10.Championship, which would be a huge result for that team, and massive

:03:10. > :03:13.going into next season. Thanks, Eddie. Massa has got the medium

:03:13. > :03:19.compound on now. Another one driving to the end of the race,

:03:19. > :03:26.then. As Michael Schumacher hunt down Heikki Kovalainen. Look at

:03:26. > :03:31.that, Massa just in front of Lewis Hamilton. So, McLaren did not get

:03:31. > :03:36.the undercut, it did not manage to use the new tyres to get their man

:03:36. > :03:40.in front of Felipe Massa. As Rob Smedley said to his driver, the

:03:40. > :03:47.longer you keep him behind you, the greater the chance we have got of

:03:47. > :03:51.beating him, and they have given him a great chance now.

:03:51. > :03:56.RADIO: You have to do everything you can to save the car, short

:03:56. > :04:00.shift. He's getting that call because he just did his fastest lap

:04:00. > :04:05.of the Grand Prix, he was beginning to close the gap back to Webber.

:04:05. > :04:10.And his engineer was saying, look, you will not finish if you do not

:04:10. > :04:16.slow down. Look in your mirrors, don't look at the Red Bull in her

:04:16. > :04:20.view, that was the message, basically. -- the Red Bull ahead of

:04:20. > :04:24.you. DAVID COULTHARD: That is all fine

:04:24. > :04:33.and well saying that, short shrift, but it would be nice if he could be

:04:33. > :04:38.more specific. They do have lights inside the cockpit, and they have

:04:38. > :04:45.audio for the gear changing as well. Hamilton is going to park the car.

:04:45. > :04:55.We had about a gearbox problem early on for Lewis Hamilton. Box of

:04:55. > :04:59.

:04:59. > :05:07.neutrals. Sounds expensive. RADIO: Gearbox has gone. He's not

:05:07. > :05:12.going to make it back to the pits. There is an orange marker, which is

:05:12. > :05:17.where Charlie Whiting would tell the driver has to aim for.

:05:17. > :05:21.closest I ever came to dying was on that corner, driving for McLaren.

:05:21. > :05:28.Another driver ended up flying over my head, and hitting my head with

:05:28. > :05:33.his Benetton. Thankfully there are gravel traps and some now. Is that

:05:33. > :05:35.when you got on the radio to the team and said, I'm unconscious?

:05:35. > :05:45.that's another English driver that's another English driver

:05:45. > :05:55.you're talking about. So, Hamilton becomes the third retirement. And

:05:55. > :06:08.

:06:08. > :06:15.you cannot damage your own gear box any more in Formula 1. It is all

:06:15. > :06:18.done automatically. It is the luck of the draw. Ted Kravitz... Yes,

:06:18. > :06:22.Lewis Hamilton's sometimes miserable season comes to a fairly

:06:22. > :06:27.miserable end, even though he has won three races. It was no surprise

:06:27. > :06:31.to anyone in this McLaren garage, even though they are gutted now,

:06:31. > :06:35.with their heads hung low, they knew it was going to happen, it was

:06:35. > :06:38.just a matter of time until his gearbox gave up the ghost. They're

:06:38. > :06:48.not too confident about Jenson Button's ability to get to the end,

:06:48. > :06:50.

:06:50. > :06:57.either. But they will give it a go. So, I'm looking at my Twitter, and

:06:57. > :07:00.there's some fans saying, look, isn't this just Red Bull staging

:07:00. > :07:07.this, so that Webber can win the race and maybe get second in the

:07:07. > :07:13.World Championship? Do you buy into that conspiracy theory, David? As

:07:13. > :07:18.Rosberg goes on the inside, but Sutil is carrying the momentum...

:07:18. > :07:23.And Rosberg steams up the inside! Fantastic stuff. That's a clever

:07:23. > :07:27.boy, that's someone who knows this racetrack. It is a very long run to

:07:27. > :07:30.that apex, as we have been saying. Although Sutil clearly had the

:07:30. > :07:35.track position on the outside, I think we have seen Rosberg doing

:07:35. > :07:41.that before, when he was at Williams. He's fighting well for

:07:41. > :07:45.that position. That is the battle for sixth and seventh. But I fear

:07:45. > :07:55.his defence will be futile, because he is on a different strategy,

:07:55. > :08:02.

:08:02. > :08:07.the job done. But Rosberg was, hang on, I'm coming back through. That

:08:07. > :08:11.was good stuff, great driving, from both of them. Nico Rosberg, in the

:08:11. > :08:15.last couple of races, since he has signed his contract, has been

:08:15. > :08:19.really aggressive and racy, which is exactly what the Mercedes team

:08:19. > :08:22.is exactly what the Mercedes team will want to see. He showed Michael

:08:22. > :08:29.Schumacher what he thought of his pass in Abu Dhabi in the last race,

:08:29. > :08:34.as, once again, Sutil lines himself up. Will he have learned from the

:08:34. > :08:38.time before? Looks like he has got the job done this time. He gave him

:08:38. > :08:42.the job done this time. He gave him a little fright on his way past.

:08:42. > :08:49.And that was very easily done, good straight-line speed from the Force

:08:49. > :08:54.India. And the gap at the front, 5.5 seconds now. But crucially,

:08:54. > :09:00.Vettel is 9.8 seconds ahead of Alonso, despite his ailing car.

:09:00. > :09:06.Mark Webber cruising away at the front. Vettel has been told to just

:09:06. > :09:11.slow down and beat the Ferrari home. Nico Rosberg down into seventh

:09:11. > :09:17.place now. And another replay of the second opportunity, and he

:09:17. > :09:26.Rhigos, giving him a little frightened. He says, you will not

:09:26. > :09:36.be doing that again! You do not see his brother very often, you often

:09:36. > :09:37.

:09:38. > :09:42.see his father. Meanwhile, back with Sebastian Vettel. That's one

:09:42. > :09:46.of the second gear corners. We heard from his engineer, short

:09:46. > :09:52.shift, he has got a serious gearbox problem. There's the man that will

:09:52. > :09:57.be trying to respond to that information. We have lost three

:09:57. > :10:02.drivers, Hamilton, Maldonado and Glock. It is the first retirement

:10:02. > :10:07.for Hamilton. That's because, when you change various strategies in

:10:07. > :10:11.the cockpit, for instance, if you come in on a set of intermediate

:10:11. > :10:15.tyres, the circumference is different, so the system has to be

:10:15. > :10:22.reset. That's the only reason normally the red light would come

:10:22. > :10:28.on. So, is he making adjustments in the cockpit to try and slow down

:10:28. > :10:38.that shift, which is exactly what you were try and do in the wet? You

:10:38. > :10:43.

:10:43. > :10:48.do not want to be shifting when you have got high wheel slippage.

:10:49. > :10:52.Vettel still coaching his gearbox along. I was about to say,

:10:52. > :11:00.Hamilton's first retirement since 2010, the Hungarian Grand Prix,

:11:00. > :11:06.which was also gearbox. RADIO: Plus 11, Alonso. He's

:11:06. > :11:12.pulling away easily now. So, the incredible reliability that McLaren

:11:12. > :11:14.have had, with Lewis Hamilton, it have had, with Lewis Hamilton, it

:11:14. > :11:18.is quite remarkable, when you consider what reliability was like

:11:18. > :11:23.in Formula 1 just five years ago. Regularly you would lose six or

:11:23. > :11:26.seven cars. Your strategy now, Mr Coulthard - it looks to me as if

:11:26. > :11:32.Jenson Button will be looking pretty handy if he gets to the end.

:11:32. > :11:37.Yes, if he can keep these tyres in this shape, and maintain the lap

:11:37. > :11:43.time, with very low degradation on these tyres, he should get quicker.

:11:43. > :11:47.And we have got McLaren out in the pit lane. So, Button coming in. I

:11:47. > :11:51.was just about to say, if he did not have to do that stopped, he was

:11:51. > :11:56.on to beat Alonso. That has got the hallmarks of a team that were not

:11:56. > :12:00.expecting a driver, I thought. Has he gone on the hard tyres again? We

:12:00. > :12:05.thought he might get to the end. needed to get to the end.

:12:05. > :12:08.TED KRAVITZ: It was not going to work. It was worth a go, I suppose.

:12:08. > :12:13.As Michael Schumacher stops to put on the harder tyre. There were

:12:13. > :12:22.never going to do the 40 laps, because the wear and tear is about

:12:22. > :12:27.the same. The team were expecting him, for whatever reason, Jenson

:12:27. > :12:33.was a bit hesitant coming into the box. Just to comment on those could

:12:33. > :12:38.do as the theories about Mark Webber, it is not going to work. --

:12:38. > :12:48.on those conspiracy theories. It would need a Button and also not to

:12:48. > :12:59.

:13:00. > :13:06.nowhere. No, after some great opening laps, he has not managed to

:13:06. > :13:11.build on that. Once again, we are seeing the curse of pole position.

:13:11. > :13:17.Only two of the last pole position drivers have won. Amazing indeed.

:13:17. > :13:21.And funnily enough, the last two years, the second place man has won

:13:21. > :13:27.the race, and pole position has finished eighth, by complete and

:13:27. > :13:34.utter coincidence. If Webber wins, it will be three out of three for

:13:34. > :13:38.second place man winning the Grand Prix. As we watch Sergio Perez

:13:39. > :13:43.taking 13th place away from Rubens Barrichello, who looks like he

:13:43. > :13:47.fancies trying to take it back. Is this Rubens Barrichello's last race

:13:47. > :13:53.in Formula 1? I remember his first one so clearly. We were teammates

:13:53. > :13:58.at one point. You and him had a mighty contest in Formula Three. It

:13:58. > :14:01.is incredible that Rubens is still in a Formula 1 car being

:14:01. > :14:11.competitive. Do you think he should have called it time and taken today

:14:11. > :14:17.as his glory day? I do feel that he should have taken all the plaudits,

:14:17. > :14:22.he has contributed a lot to Formula 1. Alonso taking on a fresh set of

:14:22. > :14:29.books. Just coming back to Rubens, he said very clearly in our

:14:29. > :14:34.interview, that he will not be saying goodbye, ever! He's wedded

:14:34. > :14:39.to Formula 1. Passion is a great thing, but at a certain point, you

:14:39. > :14:44.have to recognise, this cannot keep going on forever, a sportsman's

:14:44. > :14:47.career will come to an end beyond - - before normal pension age.

:14:48. > :14:57.made your decision in the middle of the year, you said, I'm stopping at

:14:58. > :15:00.

:15:00. > :15:07.the end of the year, I will let the fans know.

:15:07. > :15:17.RADIO: We want qualifier laps right to the end. Webber, another fastest

:15:17. > :15:21.

:15:21. > :15:26.lap. So, just where can Jenson finish? It will be interesting to

:15:26. > :15:33.see, Alonso has just come out on a fresh set of tyres. Jenson is 20

:15:33. > :15:37.seconds behind, so we will have to wait and see how it levels out. You

:15:37. > :15:47.have got to say, what would he be able to do differently at this

:15:47. > :15:55.

:15:55. > :16:03.stage of the Grand Prix that he was for Jenson Button and he is now

:16:03. > :16:08.only... He is 4.6 seconds behind Fernando Alonso. You can see him

:16:08. > :16:18.disappearing. He has a chance against Alonso, he really has.

:16:18. > :16:20.

:16:20. > :16:26.Catching is one thing, as we see Lewis Hamilton. BBC in there.

:16:26. > :16:35.back in the pits Ali Mackenzie has found him. Lewis, a disappointing

:16:35. > :16:39.end to a difficult season. I think it has been an interesting year.

:16:39. > :16:45.Any interesting year. I gave it everything today, I felt like I

:16:45. > :16:49.enjoyed the race. A little bit unfortunate that we were not able

:16:49. > :16:54.to get the extra points, but otherwise I enjoyed racing out

:16:54. > :16:58.there, I was challenging Felipe Massa at the end. But the gearbox

:16:58. > :17:02.problem came on quite early so I was struggling. Is it a relief in a

:17:02. > :17:06.way that the season is over and you can reset yourself and think

:17:06. > :17:12.everything over and look forward to 2012? It is not a relief, but it

:17:12. > :17:16.has been a long year. Looking forward to a little bit of downtime

:17:16. > :17:21.and hopefully some time with family and friends. Then do some good

:17:21. > :17:27.training and attack it next year. I have a lot I can improve on. It is

:17:27. > :17:34.all positive even though we did not have a great result today. We will

:17:34. > :17:38.let you know what that team radio was from Sebastian Vettel. Jenson

:17:38. > :17:43.Button was rather humbled around the outside of 106 by Fernando

:17:43. > :17:49.Alonso and he might just get some payback. -- turn six. He is

:17:49. > :17:57.catching him at a rate of knots. am being told that Senna --

:17:57. > :18:07.Sebastien said he felt like Senna in 91. Is that about... Senedd won

:18:07. > :18:14.

:18:14. > :18:22.that race with a gearbox issue. -- an G think, I wonder what this

:18:22. > :18:26.feels like. Remembering the history of F1, Vettel clearly doesn't need

:18:26. > :18:32.anywhere near 100% of his capacity to drive a racing car even if it is

:18:32. > :18:40.limping slightly. Webber's lead up to 8.2 now. Mark Webber driving

:18:41. > :18:45.beautifully. He has his chance and he is taking it. Button is just 2.9

:18:45. > :18:49.behind Fernando Alonso. Let's hear more from Ted. Mark Webber is

:18:49. > :18:52.coming in for his final stop. It is the hard tired going on. I was

:18:52. > :19:00.going to say something about the guys on the Red Bull pit wall

:19:00. > :19:05.sharing a joke. They did not want to share the joke. Excellent stop

:19:05. > :19:09.by the Red Bull guys. How much will it mean to the Australian after

:19:09. > :19:14.these -- the season he has had, getting well and truly beaten by

:19:14. > :19:21.Sebastian Vettel, to get that one win he has craved. Good work by the

:19:21. > :19:31.Red Bull mechanics. A lot of smiles going on. Senedd got to cramp in

:19:31. > :19:37.his shoulder very on. -- early on. In nice thought from Sebastian

:19:37. > :19:42.Vettel. But I fancy he has it a bit easier than Ayrton Senna did in

:19:42. > :19:49.1991. It would be a great feeling for Mark Webber. We were flying

:19:50. > :19:59.back after his victory in 2009. He was promising to win here again

:19:59. > :20:05.this weekend. The pit wall were probably laughing at... Driving

:20:05. > :20:09.along in a Grand Prix and you are dreaming about 1991. They are going

:20:09. > :20:16.a lot slower than they were in qualifying. The Red Bull mechanics

:20:16. > :20:23.coming out again. For Sebastian Vettel, his third and final stop.

:20:23. > :20:28.There he is. Sebastian Vettel into the box. This could be the final

:20:28. > :20:35.pit-stop of the year. For the Red Bull team. They have achieved

:20:35. > :20:41.everything they need to in the pits this afternoon. If lap 60 of 71.

:20:41. > :20:47.Mark Webber will retake the lead again. Webber is already halfway

:20:47. > :20:55.down the back straight. Button relentlessly catching Alonso. He

:20:55. > :21:00.must be right behind him now. Now you can see it on your screen.

:21:00. > :21:05.Jenson Button absolutely flying. I think he is about to take revenge

:21:05. > :21:12.for the move earlier on in the race. DRS Oban, he is within the one

:21:12. > :21:16.second of the measurement point. -- Open. Catching is one thing,

:21:16. > :21:26.passing is another. Although they have their various devices these

:21:26. > :21:44.

:21:44. > :21:48.that turbulent air and we know how that feels. You are driving into a

:21:48. > :21:55.bit of a vacuum and the front will not stick. Indeed, and he has done

:21:55. > :22:00.a couple of laps more on the set of tyres than Alonso. Jenson Button

:22:00. > :22:06.loves overtaking on this track. He did a fantastic comeback when he

:22:06. > :22:14.won his world championship. Will he be close enough? He is having a

:22:14. > :22:22.sniff. Just a look. Filling up that Ferrari's mirrors. The McLaren has

:22:22. > :22:30.been a lot faster off turn three. But alongside pretty quick, too.

:22:30. > :22:34.How close will he be at the end. Equal pace cars, it is not long

:22:34. > :22:38.enough down the back straight. Jenson did not use any of his

:22:38. > :22:42.thrilling -- KERS in the first part of a lap and I suspect he will be

:22:42. > :22:50.using all of that coming off turn 12 to put himself in a position to

:22:50. > :22:56.pass into turn One. Hopefully we will get a bit of that graphic.

:22:56. > :23:01.Lewis watches on sadly. 5th in the world championship is his reward

:23:01. > :23:08.for a season with many highs and lows. Webber has done a new fastest

:23:08. > :23:14.lap, 1:15.4. Waltzing off into the distance. 8.5 seconds is the gap.

:23:14. > :23:20.Look how close it is between Button and Alonso. Button beautifully in

:23:20. > :23:25.the slipstream of the Ferrari. Will Button get a chance on the brakes?

:23:25. > :23:29.Alonso thinks he might because he has had a good defensive. Alonso

:23:29. > :23:35.releases the brake pedal to reclaim the corner. Now he will be so much

:23:35. > :23:38.faster. Button will be so much faster. DRS will open now and

:23:38. > :23:44.Alonso has to go immediately defensive. Button should have more

:23:44. > :23:48.straight-line speed. He has got the job done! He is up into third place.

:23:48. > :23:54.Brilliant driving this time around from Jenson Button and the McLaren

:23:55. > :24:00.team thoroughly enjoyed that and so they should. Button, P3. What a

:24:00. > :24:04.great bit of strategic driving. He did not use his KERS the lap before,

:24:04. > :24:14.saved it for turned well. Got a little bit of help from that Toro

:24:14. > :24:16.

:24:16. > :24:20.Rosso. In the end, fantastic. Right up into the slipstream. Alonso goes

:24:20. > :24:26.defensive and when you pop opened the DRS, you release the drag from

:24:26. > :24:32.the car and in the end, Alonso did not even defend into four. That

:24:32. > :24:37.move started in the first turn. did. Set him up. He had to go

:24:37. > :24:44.defensive in one so he was slow through two and three and he passes

:24:44. > :24:50.him in four. We watch Mark Webber, the leader... Vettel. Vettel

:24:50. > :24:56.running wide in turn five. You can get back on the racetrack there.

:24:56. > :25:01.Vettel only 11.6 seconds ahead of Jenson Button now. Great job with

:25:01. > :25:05.Alonso. The next car is Vettel. We believe he has a gearbox problem.

:25:05. > :25:10.Interesting that they are only giving that information to Jenson

:25:10. > :25:15.this late in the Grand Prix, but I guess it is on a need-to-know basis.

:25:15. > :25:20.He is very much in the race for second place. He has just done the

:25:20. > :25:25.fastest first sector of the Grand Prix, 18.9. He is now running in

:25:25. > :25:30.clean air. That is three or four- tenths quicker than Mark Webber has

:25:30. > :25:36.just done. Do you think Red Bull will just sago as hard as you can,

:25:36. > :25:40.we will take a chance on the gearbox? They have come this far in

:25:40. > :25:50.the Grand Prix. They would love to have another 12. Let's see what the

:25:50. > :26:01.

:26:01. > :26:06.Here he comes. 15.5! Six-tenths quicker. Anne lapping the HRT. --

:26:06. > :26:11.and lapping the HRT. Does he have enough laps left? 11 seconds is the

:26:11. > :26:17.gap behind Vettel. You have to assume Vettel can manage that, but

:26:17. > :26:27.we will find out. Vettel a long way behind Webber. Let's run through

:26:27. > :26:43.

:26:43. > :26:50.Sauber, that would maintain their position ahead of Toro Rosso.

:26:50. > :26:54.Kobayashi... Petrov in the final points positions for Renault.

:26:54. > :27:04.Alguersuari Ann Buemi need to score some points. They have a chance

:27:04. > :27:12.

:27:12. > :27:16.seconds is his lead. Vettel just 10.2 ahead of Jenson Button in

:27:16. > :27:23.third place. Ted. Down at McLaren, they are urging Jenson Button to do

:27:23. > :27:25.more. He has not doing quite enough on the set of hard tyres to reel in

:27:25. > :27:30.Sebastian Vettel. It will be very close towards the end, but that is

:27:30. > :27:36.what they are telling him to do. They say even though it was an

:27:36. > :27:40.enforced change onto the harder tyre, they are glad that the way it

:27:40. > :27:47.worked out because Ferrari are disproportionately slow on the hard

:27:47. > :27:54.tyres. We haven't HRT that has gone straight on at the first corner. --

:27:54. > :28:04.we have an HRT. The yellow flag is out because it is in the firing

:28:04. > :28:04.

:28:04. > :28:09.line of anybody who had a brake failure. Warning flags. This is

:28:09. > :28:14.Button, a tenth quicker in the first quit -- Sceptre, seven-tenths

:28:14. > :28:20.quicker in the second sector. He will run out of laps because

:28:20. > :28:30.presumably Vettel can just turn it back on. Can Button a break

:28:30. > :28:31.

:28:31. > :28:39.Vettel's gearbox? They will be running the engine more. They will

:28:39. > :28:42.be flat out. He has been told he's driving qualifying laps, he knows

:28:42. > :28:48.he has an injured Red Bull in front of him. Are there enough laps left

:28:48. > :28:54.for Jenson Button? This is the Toro Rosso that he has to pass.

:28:54. > :29:02.Alguersuari. He has quite a lot of traffic. Five cars between him and

:29:02. > :29:08.Vettel. Petrov, Kovalainen, Kobayashi and someone else.

:29:08. > :29:15.D'Ambrosio in the Virgin. Four runners out of it Grand Prix.

:29:15. > :29:20.Liuzzi, Hamilton, Maldonado, Glock. Traffic galore for Jenson to get to

:29:21. > :29:26.Vettel. Let's have a look at the sector times. Two-tenths up in the

:29:26. > :29:31.first sector. Still a tenth up in the second sector. He really is

:29:31. > :29:38.closing down the Red Bull, but with five to go, he will run out of time.

:29:38. > :29:45.He is still on the podium. That will make it 51... The last 51

:29:45. > :29:51.podiums shared by the same five drivers. That is Webber, Vettel,

:29:51. > :30:01.Butt, Alonso and Hamilton. -- Button. Massa has not had a podium

:30:01. > :30:03.

:30:03. > :30:09.this year. Button comes inside a back marker. Who else has he got?

:30:09. > :30:14.Kovalainen is still out there in 16th place. Ahead of the HRTs and

:30:14. > :30:19.the Virgin racing cars. Lotus looking like they are pretty secure

:30:19. > :30:23.in tenth place. Michael Schumacher has had three stops including that

:30:23. > :30:30.puncture, in 15th place. Barrichello in 14th place. Button

:30:30. > :30:40.getting a lot of traffic. Petrov doesn't want to lose any time. He

:30:40. > :30:49.

:30:49. > :30:59.is only 3.4 seconds behind notice of Kovalainen, running 16th.

:30:59. > :31:16.

:31:16. > :31:22.Webber leads by 13.8 seconds. Four The two Ferraris are fourth and

:31:22. > :31:27.The two Ferraris are fourth and fifth. This is where the lowered

:31:27. > :31:31.builds on the neck. He will be resting his head. Going across the

:31:31. > :31:39.resting his head. Going across the line. And then moving on before

:31:39. > :31:43.braking into turn one. It has not been a great track for Jenson

:31:43. > :31:50.Button. He has just had one podium here, I think, before, at

:31:50. > :32:00.Interlagos, that was third in 2006, for Honda. That's funny, we are not

:32:00. > :32:03.

:32:03. > :32:10.going to get any rain! Webber, 13.8 clear of Vettel. Alonso in fourth,

:32:10. > :32:20.just 5.2 seconds behind Button, but falling away. Where is the big

:32:20. > :32:33.

:32:33. > :32:38.Rear wing not working, I believe. TED KRAVITZ: Yes, it was a problem

:32:38. > :32:48.with the DRS. But there was a strange message asking Felipe to

:32:48. > :32:49.

:32:49. > :32:59.speed up a bit. It said, Barrichello might overtake you and

:32:59. > :33:00.

:33:00. > :33:05.use you, so it was a strange way of asking him to speed up. Felipe

:33:05. > :33:12.Massa starting to struggle for lap time. Sutil is a long way behind

:33:12. > :33:17.him, though. Alguersuari is still him, though. Alguersuari is still

:33:17. > :33:23.catching Petrov. Michael Schumacher, down in 15th place. It has not been

:33:23. > :33:30.the traditional Interlagos performance for him. Massa really

:33:30. > :33:39.struggling, he lets Rubens Barrichello throw. Working with his

:33:39. > :33:43.fellow Brazilian, he knows that Rubens Barrichello is currently 3.9

:33:43. > :33:50.Rubens Barrichello is currently 3.9 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher.

:33:50. > :33:55.But what is the point? You're racing drivers, and you have to

:33:55. > :34:02.drive your car as fast as you possibly can. Why lose time?

:34:02. > :34:07.Anyway... Why did Massa do that? Because he has got 17 seconds to

:34:07. > :34:15.Sutil. And he wanted to help his body. And upset Ferrari along the

:34:15. > :34:23.way. Until Vettel has a gearbox issue and creaked over the line. So,

:34:23. > :34:30.penultimate lap for Mark Webber. He loves to take those trophies away

:34:30. > :34:35.from his teammate, doesn't he? He will be determined. He has just

:34:35. > :34:40.gone a bit faster. As he was being told, we do not need any more of

:34:40. > :34:46.those, he did another one! Into the final lap, Mark Webber, 35 years

:34:46. > :34:50.old, the Aussie who has had a difficult season, and just watched

:34:50. > :34:54.his teammate cleaning up, finally is going to get his rewards. But it

:34:54. > :34:58.will still only put him I think fourth in the World Championship,

:34:58. > :35:07.two points behind Fernando Alonso, but I don't think he will care one

:35:07. > :35:13.little bit about that. Going round Mergulho, two more corners to go

:35:13. > :35:20.before the final left-hander, to climb the hill. And Mark Webber is

:35:20. > :35:26.heading for his seventh Grand Prix victory. He has been a loyal

:35:26. > :35:31.servant to Red Bull, and Red Bull have very much returned that favour

:35:31. > :35:35.today, his car has run absolutely faultlessly. Webber has made the

:35:35. > :35:44.most of it. He had to the line, Mark Webber wins the Brazilian

:35:44. > :35:54.Grand Prix! As it turns out, it was comfortable. He can head into the

:35:54. > :35:54.

:35:54. > :36:04.winter with some satisfaction and self-belief, and get on with his

:36:04. > :36:06.

:36:06. > :36:16.programme. It is going to be Jenson Button in third place, in the end,

:36:16. > :36:18.

:36:18. > :36:24.10.6 seconds behind Vettel. Alonso and Massa will come next. Because

:36:24. > :36:29.they were lapped, Sutil is already sixth. Di Resta, the young Scot,

:36:29. > :36:38.once again in the points. RADIO: Great job, I would like you

:36:38. > :36:44.to stop the car and at turn one. Presumably, that will be for fuel.

:36:44. > :36:50.And so, Sauber stay ahead of Toro Rosso for seventh in the World

:36:50. > :36:55.Championship. Rubens Barrichello acknowledges the crowd, he finishes

:36:55. > :37:00.the Grand Prix. Paul di Resta I think has finished more Grand Prix

:37:00. > :37:04.laps than any other driver this year. So, good effort from him in

:37:04. > :37:10.his rookie season. Is that the final wave we will see from Rubens

:37:10. > :37:14.Barrichello? Will Renault be interested in him? I suspect not.

:37:14. > :37:20.Will Williams we signed him? Will he turn into a super sub, like Nick

:37:20. > :37:30.Heidfeld? RADIO: Well done, you have won the

:37:30. > :37:37.

:37:37. > :37:41.Brazilian Grand Prix again. Thanks, you say, he has been a loyal

:37:41. > :37:47.servant to Red Bull. And he did another fastest lap on the final

:37:47. > :37:51.lap, so he ignored it twice, just to underline how prominent... When

:37:51. > :37:55.Mark Webber has chasm almost all of his Grand Prix, he has blitzed the

:37:55. > :37:59.field. I remember him winning the Nurburgring, but even on those

:37:59. > :38:02.occasions, nobody could touch him. If he could find that form all the

:38:02. > :38:08.time, he would be the world champion.

:38:08. > :38:12.DAVID COULTHARD: He came so close to be in the world champion in 2010.

:38:12. > :38:16.He is a quality driver, he seems to have lost his way a bit this year

:38:16. > :38:26.with the Pirelli tyres. I suspect there could be some other issues,

:38:26. > :38:52.

:38:52. > :38:59.but that will give him a great into the barriers, and Timo Glock

:38:59. > :39:03.lost a wheel directly after a pit- stop. It was a lap 29 but Mark

:39:03. > :39:09.Webber closed in and went past Sebastian Vettel, to take the lead

:39:09. > :39:16.of the Grand Prix. These two have pretty much been unchallenged this

:39:16. > :39:19.afternoon. Button tried to do a different tyre strategy, maybe even

:39:19. > :39:24.trying two stocks, but it did not work out, so he came in for a fresh

:39:24. > :39:34.set of tyres, and used them to brilliantly catch Fernando Alonso

:39:34. > :39:35.

:39:35. > :39:39.and go past him. So, some new mathematics coming in now, and Mark

:39:39. > :39:46.Webber is actually third in the World Championship, he did just get

:39:46. > :39:52.past Fernando Alonso. Of course, when Jenson Button went past Alonso,

:39:52. > :39:55.that put Webber into third in the World Championship. Felipe Massa

:39:55. > :40:00.running the risk of getting a penalty. I think that's great stuff,

:40:00. > :40:03.to entertain the crowd, but sadly, you're not allowed to do that. I

:40:03. > :40:08.think you should be allowed to celebrate. OK, he did not win the

:40:08. > :40:11.race, but he's on his home soil. Did you not think Mark Webber seem

:40:11. > :40:18.slightly subdued, for a man who has just one his first Grand Prix in

:40:18. > :40:23.more than a year? This is Massa doing some doughnuts in front of

:40:23. > :40:28.the crowd. They did not have too much to cheer today. He was the top

:40:28. > :40:32.Brazilian, in fifth. He almost did not make it back into the pit lane.

:40:32. > :40:40.That would have been embarrassing. He might get his wrist slapped, but

:40:40. > :40:48.it is worth it, isn't it? So, yes, the Brazilians in the race, fifth,

:40:48. > :40:57.14th and 17th after a drive to a penalty. Force India beat Mercedes

:40:57. > :41:06.Benz home. What is he saying? Mark Webber wears his heart on his

:41:06. > :41:16.sleeve a little bit. He doesn't look about too much, but he can

:41:16. > :41:16.

:41:16. > :42:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds

:42:01. > :42:07.deliver when he needs to. Not so Button, apologies if you heard any

:42:07. > :42:13.colourful language. So, the strategist from Red Bull racing is

:42:13. > :42:21.getting the honour of the final podium of the season. And what an

:42:21. > :42:26.honour that must be. And there's the smile, it is well deserved.

:42:26. > :42:28.Well done, Mark. Can't be too many Well done, Mark. Can't be too many

:42:28. > :42:38.people in the paddock and happy about Mark Webber winning a Grand

:42:38. > :42:38.

:42:38. > :44:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds

:44:54. > :44:56.Apparently there's virtually no oil left in the gearbox, he did not

:44:56. > :45:01.expect to get much further than expect to get much further than

:45:01. > :45:09.half distance, that's what I'm hearing. He's warming up now.

:45:09. > :45:19.DAVID COULTHARD: That was a touch of class! And the Red Bulls

:45:19. > :45:23.

:45:23. > :45:33.strategist gets the constructors Trafford. -- the Constructors'

:45:33. > :45:43.

:45:43. > :45:48.two times world champion. That's podium number 36 for him out of 81

:45:48. > :45:56.starts. Jenson Button, a fine third place. His father, pretty happy

:45:56. > :46:03.with that. The champagne is about to be wasted and enjoyed, because

:46:03. > :46:07.Mark Webber finally gets a victory in this season. It is over, it has

:46:07. > :46:11.been tough, it has been exciting, it has been great working with you,

:46:11. > :46:21.David, in the commentary box, thoroughly enjoyed that. And Mark

:46:21. > :46:22.

:46:22. > :46:26.Webber is certainly going to enjoy At Interlagos, eight months after

:46:27. > :46:33.the start of the Formula One season, at the final race, the Aussie get

:46:33. > :46:38.his first win and no wonder he is excited. His first victory in

:46:38. > :46:42.Formula One since the Hungarian Grand Prix last summer. Well done.

:46:42. > :46:46.I would say there's not a person in this place who would begrudge him

:46:46. > :46:52.that victory. It was brilliant. I know we've probably hear little

:46:52. > :46:56.stories about Vettel short shifting and gearbox pressure, and I don't

:46:56. > :46:59.want to know about that, I want to rejoice in Mark Webber, who is a

:46:59. > :47:03.special guide. He has brought something special to this

:47:03. > :47:06.championship and particularly this race today. Quite right that

:47:06. > :47:10.Sebastian Vettel should be the last man to have a sip of champagne, and

:47:10. > :47:13.also quite right that up on the podium with Mark Webber, the

:47:13. > :47:20.current world champion and the only man to really challenging in this

:47:20. > :47:28.year, Jenson Button. There will be a sweet part in Jenson's mind, how

:47:28. > :47:32.he got past along so. -- Alonso. He wanted revenge and he got revenge.

:47:32. > :47:36.A great season. I still think this is a better year for Jenson Button

:47:36. > :47:40.than his championship-winning year. The man who finished first Today

:47:40. > :47:44.finishes third, the man who finishes third finished first. The

:47:44. > :47:48.three guys at the front of the championship on the podium. Will

:47:48. > :47:54.Mark Webber mind it was another technical fault for Vettel? He is

:47:54. > :47:59.an of the Allied don't want to use the language he will be using. --

:47:59. > :48:03.he is an Australian. It will be colourful. Mark Webber is really

:48:03. > :48:07.good fun, he is a big asset to Formula One. I want him to enjoy

:48:07. > :48:14.his racing because I was concerned this year. I thought he wasn't

:48:14. > :48:17.getting the job done. He answered the question today. There was a

:48:17. > :48:27.lovely moment in that Grand Prix when he reminded us of one of the

:48:27. > :48:31.

:48:31. > :48:38.classic moments around Interlagos. I feel like Senna in 1991. Good for

:48:38. > :48:42.you, be proud. This is why he feels like Senna in 91. If you don't know

:48:42. > :48:46.the story, 20 years ago this weekend, this was Ayrton Senna

:48:46. > :48:50.picking up his first ever victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix and he

:48:50. > :48:54.did it after being stuck in sixth gear for the last few laps. It was

:48:54. > :49:01.so hard for him to pick up that win, he could hardly get out of the car

:49:01. > :49:05.at the end. A man overcome with emotion. A lovely shot of the

:49:05. > :49:09.marshals jumping around. They were elated as well. But Christian

:49:09. > :49:13.Horner is happy this weekend. It was not quite as much of a

:49:13. > :49:17.challenge for Vettel as it was for Senna all those years ago. You'll

:49:17. > :49:23.be proud of both your driver's today. It was a difficult race for

:49:23. > :49:27.Sebastien. The gearbox had a problem from the fifth lap. He kept

:49:27. > :49:31.it alive and short shifted and did everything we needed him to.

:49:31. > :49:35.Phenomenal to get to the end. Let's take nothing away from Mark Webber,

:49:35. > :49:40.he drove a phenomenal race today and thoroughly deserves that

:49:40. > :49:45.victory. We don't want to say it, but Jake and I felt the team looked

:49:45. > :49:49.very strong. When you got your first and second yesterday on the

:49:49. > :49:55.grid, we thought we would see a demonstration by you, which is what

:49:55. > :50:00.happened. We were not always convinced it would be in that order.

:50:00. > :50:04.Your justification for signing Mark has been justified. Today it was

:50:04. > :50:10.emphatic. Absolutely, he has had a tough year, but he has kept working

:50:10. > :50:16.hard. He has been competitive all weekend. He wanted to finish on a

:50:16. > :50:21.high, it is a great race to win. He has been up against a team mate in

:50:21. > :50:26.the form of his life. Vettel is an awesome competitor. That has to put

:50:26. > :50:30.things slightly into perspective. It has been a number of all --

:50:30. > :50:33.unbelievable year for the team. But up everybody's hard work and

:50:33. > :50:37.dedication, none of this would have been possible. We would all like

:50:37. > :50:41.the chance to drive in Formula One, but none of us would like to go up

:50:41. > :50:46.against Sebastian Vettel in the same team. This will mean a lot to

:50:46. > :50:51.Mark Webber, P1. What can he do next season to grab his season by

:50:51. > :50:56.the scruff of the neck and not be comprehensively beaten again?

:50:56. > :51:01.has signed off his ear in the best way, he has won the last race. He

:51:01. > :51:04.can reflect on this year over the winter. He is an honest man, he

:51:04. > :51:12.will look at his own performances and I'm sure he will come back

:51:13. > :51:17.stronger. We struggled to slow Vettel down. We kept telling him to

:51:17. > :51:20.not go so fast. It is a great pairing for our staff and I'm

:51:20. > :51:26.delighted they're both with us next year. Do you think Mark Webber can

:51:26. > :51:31.take the challenge to Vettel next year? I think it was a body punch

:51:31. > :51:37.for mark this year. As Christian has said, form of your life, how

:51:37. > :51:42.long can that form continued? Sports stars have in and out

:51:42. > :51:47.sequences. Can Sebastiaan keep it up? If he can't and Mark can come

:51:47. > :51:52.back up -- at him, it can be a really big tussle. We want to see a

:51:52. > :51:57.bigger fight. We want to see them fighting all the way through the

:51:57. > :52:00.grid. We need people like McLaren and Ferrari and Mercedes and other

:52:00. > :52:06.teams to pick up their game and take it to you because as much as

:52:06. > :52:12.we like you, Christian, we don't want you up here all the time!

:52:12. > :52:17.has been a phenomenal year. That was their 12th victory, we have won

:52:17. > :52:21.24 races out of the last 31 event. It is an enormous strike rate. We

:52:21. > :52:26.have one event left. The cars are running in Milton Keynes as a

:52:26. > :52:31.celebration this year. December 10th, we will be there. No points

:52:31. > :52:36.for that one! On behalf of all of us, thank you for the entertainment.

:52:36. > :52:41.Please don't dominate next season as you have this one! Next year you

:52:41. > :52:46.can go for the hat-trick, thank you. Let's hear from the men who have

:52:46. > :52:51.delivered that hat-trick for Red Bull. The race winner, Mark Webber.

:52:51. > :53:00.A win to take you into the winter, how are you feeling? Very good. I

:53:00. > :53:09.have felt good all weekend. Today I had a little bit of the rub of the

:53:09. > :53:16.green. Seb had a little bit of a problem. A win which you will take,

:53:16. > :53:25.for sure, because I've had enough bad luck. That is how motor sport

:53:25. > :53:31.goes sometimes. A very important win for me and the team. I enjoyed

:53:31. > :53:37.the last few laps. It is always nice when you can pay it a bit

:53:37. > :53:41.later than people. I enjoyed doing the last few laps. It was a nice

:53:41. > :53:46.way to finish. But I want to dedicate this win to a close friend

:53:46. > :53:51.of myself and my family, Bob Woods. He is very ill at the moment so

:53:51. > :53:57.this win is for him. Sebastien, you compare yourself to Ayrton Senna in

:53:57. > :54:01.1991, nursing a gearbox problem. Describe the struggle you had?

:54:01. > :54:08.differences he won! It was a real shame because I had a good start

:54:08. > :54:12.and had a good feeling. But very early I got the call that we had to

:54:12. > :54:17.manage a gearbox problem. I had to turn down the engine, short shift,

:54:17. > :54:22.and it was getting worse throughout the race. I ended up using high a

:54:22. > :54:27.gear is pretty much everywhere and that is wide the comparison came

:54:27. > :54:32.into my head. Nevertheless, Mark drove a fantastic race and he

:54:32. > :54:37.deserved to win. I don't really fancy... I don't like calling this

:54:37. > :54:44.bad luck. If something like this happens, it is not in your hands.

:54:44. > :54:51.But I still tried to do my best, I tried to keep the gap to Fernando

:54:51. > :54:59.and Jenson macro at the end. We had a pretty amazing season and I think

:54:59. > :55:03.it would be over the top to be upset now. We will take second

:55:03. > :55:09.place, a one-two finish for the team. It has been a phenomenal year

:55:09. > :55:14.and a very strong finish as well. Now I think we are ready for the

:55:14. > :55:19.winter and looking forward to the break. We can come back as strong

:55:19. > :55:24.as this year hopefully. Well done. Jenson, a fighting drive to the

:55:24. > :55:29.podium after losing a place to Fernando Alonso earlier. Yes, it

:55:29. > :55:34.was a difficult race for me on the softer tyres. Fernando was very

:55:34. > :55:37.close out of turn five so I covered the line into six. Normally NEC

:55:37. > :55:41.place to block, but I looked at where he was and when I looked

:55:41. > :55:46.forward, there was a lot of debris on the inside. I think it was

:55:46. > :55:52.Michael's tie and a bitter front wing. I did not want to drive

:55:52. > :55:57.through it and I could not pull to the left. That was a bit

:55:57. > :56:02.disappointing and a bit unlucky. But I did not have the pace on the

:56:02. > :56:06.soft tyres. We decided to put the hard tyre on for the last two

:56:06. > :56:12.stints and it worked pretty well. Especially the last stint when I

:56:12. > :56:22.could hunt down Fernando. Ferrari struggled on the hard tyres. I was

:56:22. > :56:26.

:56:26. > :56:31.able to make the pass, but third Jenson Button, who has been on the

:56:31. > :56:36.podium race after race. We round of 2011 saying that Red Bull could not

:56:36. > :56:46.be caught and the same applies to today. Felipe Massa might be

:56:46. > :57:12.

:57:12. > :57:22.pleased to finish 5th. We will talk teams at the back, but not for

:57:22. > :57:27.Lotus. They finished in tenth place. The name you would pick out his

:57:27. > :57:32.Adrian Sutil, very pleased with ninth place. Without doubt. Driver

:57:32. > :57:42.of the day. He was magnificent at bringing back Carter's sixth place.

:57:42. > :58:05.

:58:05. > :58:15.It finished with Jenson Button the year, emphatic today. Dominant

:58:15. > :58:30.

:58:30. > :58:35.for the position he is in, Force India chlorine they were back

:58:35. > :58:38.into contention? It was a very good performance by them and for Toro

:58:38. > :58:44.performance by them and for Toro Rosso and Sauber. Maybe it

:58:44. > :58:48.surprises. David has dropped down to join us. How did you enjoy that?

:58:48. > :58:53.Your last commentary of 2011. wasn't as much on-track action as

:58:53. > :58:57.we've seen, but the strategies were very interesting. Watching the cat

:58:57. > :59:03.and mouse of the pace of the cars, Ferrari looked strong at the start,

:59:03. > :59:07.great comeback from Jenson Button. The Red Bull engineers are amazed

:59:07. > :59:13.Sebastien could get the car around in the lap times he was doing and

:59:13. > :59:17.get it to the finish. In the end it was a fitting victory for Mark

:59:17. > :59:21.Webber. He has been greater round here before and no one begrudges

:59:21. > :59:25.him that. It would have been very hard for said to let Mark through

:59:25. > :59:30.as he did. Give us an idea of how hard it would have been full set

:59:30. > :59:36.out there, short shifting. You lose lap time. It is easy to do the

:59:36. > :59:39.short shift, you just follow the lights and you'll feel you -- you

:59:39. > :59:45.can feel you have to shift early. It will not have been difficult for

:59:45. > :59:50.him to give up the position. He has had an amazing season. He has not

:59:50. > :00:00.done it alone. Let's talk about Paul di Resta. 27 points in his

:00:00. > :00:01.

:00:02. > :00:07.Ball, eighth place for you today, more points at the end of your

:00:07. > :00:14.rookie season. How are you you feeling? Quite relieved, we just

:00:14. > :00:19.have not been able to get top speed out of the car this weekend. We

:00:19. > :00:24.went on two stocks, probably three stops would have been a bit quicker,

:00:24. > :00:28.but qualifying hampers that a bit. After a failure with KERS, and with

:00:28. > :00:35.the gearbox, for the last 25 laps, I was a bit nervous. But we got

:00:35. > :00:37.home in the end, and we were able to manage the gap to conjure. To

:00:37. > :00:41.get sixth place in the Constructors' Championship is a

:00:41. > :00:45.good job, narrowly missing out on Renault, but we will live to tell

:00:45. > :00:49.the tale, and keep fighting hopefully for another year. What a

:00:49. > :00:55.difference a year makes. You were a spectator here last year. And this

:00:55. > :00:58.time you were overtaking Michael Schumacher. Yes, it has been a good

:00:58. > :01:02.ear, a long year, I'm disappointed it is over, because you always want

:01:02. > :01:06.to continue. But it is good to recharge the batteries. Everybody

:01:06. > :01:09.can go and spend time with their family, and come back fighting. I

:01:09. > :01:13.want to say thank you to them all, it has been a great year, it has

:01:13. > :01:16.been an ambition of mine to drive in Formula 1, you cannot believe

:01:16. > :01:21.how happy I am at the moment to have completed the first season.

:01:21. > :01:26.Will you be back with Force India next season? I definitely hope so.

:01:26. > :01:30.A decision should be imminent. We are staying positive. We will focus

:01:30. > :01:35.on the winter ahead and come back strong. Well done, Paul di Resta,

:01:35. > :01:41.the first man since Jackie Stewart to score points in his first two

:01:41. > :01:46.Grand Prix, Scottish driver, that is. It will be a tough decision for

:01:46. > :01:49.them, had to let go, will it be them, had to let go, will it be

:01:49. > :01:57.Paul, will it be Adrian? You can see highlights tonight, and we are

:01:57. > :02:02.back next year. Sadly, there is a bit of a wait. But we will be back

:02:02. > :02:12.on the 17th of March for the first race of next season, all of the

:02:12. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :03:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds

:03:07. > :03:10.to these guys. What a great season. We will be here doing more of the

:03:10. > :03:15.same next season, don't you worry. Just to explain how it works next

:03:15. > :03:21.year, we will not have every race live, as we have done for the past

:03:21. > :03:24.three seasons, however, you can see 10 races live on the BBC. For the

:03:24. > :03:31.early morning races, such as Australia and Malaysia, we will be

:03:31. > :03:39.with you at two o'clock in the afternoon, for a full re-run. David,

:03:39. > :03:43.what are you most looking forward to? Formula 1, the excitement, the

:03:43. > :03:46.development, the racing between the teams, the drivers going wheel to

:03:46. > :03:49.wheel on track. I have absolutely loved this season, thank you,

:03:49. > :03:53.loved this season, thank you, gentleman. Also this year, on the

:03:53. > :03:58.forum, we have had lots of driver interviews. And next year we will

:03:58. > :04:01.be able to share those with people in the evening, on BBC One, because

:04:01. > :04:04.we will be hanging around late into the night. Indeed, and very often

:04:04. > :04:08.we have not got the answers in the immediate aftermath of the Grand

:04:08. > :04:12.Prix, which gives us the opportunity to delve deep and come

:04:12. > :04:16.back on the same day with that information, as to why the race

:04:16. > :04:21.played out the way it did. We were not expecting three stops this

:04:21. > :04:24.afternoon, everybody expected two stops. We had to adapt ourselves as

:04:24. > :04:30.we were going through the commentary. In terms of the racing,

:04:30. > :04:34.Red Bull have now said to everybody, come on, try and challenge us. And

:04:35. > :04:39.the others have to deliver. They have been off the pace, compared to

:04:39. > :04:43.what Red Bull are able to do. The others need to up their game. We

:04:43. > :04:47.need bigger excitement, we need a big mish-mash of everything that is

:04:47. > :04:52.possible to give us a big challenge to Red Bull. I want to see that.

:04:52. > :04:56.you think that will happen? To be honest, I don't know. I will tell

:04:56. > :05:01.you what will happen. Yes, they will take the challenge to them.

:05:01. > :05:04.But what I would like to say on behalf of everybody at BBC Sport is,

:05:04. > :05:08.thank you very much for your company over this past season. We

:05:08. > :05:12.have all enjoyed bringing you the races. The message is building, the

:05:13. > :05:22.bar has been raised, can anyone now come with a decent challenge? We

:05:23. > :05:51.

:05:51. > :06:01.That was amazing, thank you so much! Yes! Yes! Alonso leading the

:06:01. > :06:02.

:06:02. > :06:08.race. Magical, Michael... Brilliant, Jenson, absolutely brilliant.

:06:08. > :06:18.really watching this, this is just the best racing ever. A new world

:06:18. > :06:18.

:06:18. > :06:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds

:06:59. > :07:09.# We met with a goodbye kiss. # It all kicked off. # I had no choice.

:07:09. > :07:11.

:07:11. > :07:21.# You said that you didn't mind. # May be the days we had are gone.

:07:21. > :07:24.

:07:24. > :07:34.# Living in silence for far too long. # No more laughs.

:07:34. > :07:56.