The British Grand Prix

:00:11. > :00:19.The season is under way. Sebastian Vettel takes the victory. Lewis

:00:19. > :00:29.Hamilton Windsor. He is the master. Again, Sebastian Vettel.

:00:29. > :00:29.

:00:29. > :01:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:01:33. > :01:41.the countryside for a British Grand Prix weekend. This is not what I

:01:41. > :01:48.had in mind! You are going to fast! Here we are, Silverstone village,

:01:48. > :01:56.the former home of Eddie Jordan. David, you are the only one not out

:01:56. > :01:59.of breath. You never see eye-to- eye! See if you are still welcome?

:02:00. > :02:09.We wanted to check that Eddie Jordan left the house in a good

:02:10. > :02:21.

:02:21. > :02:31.state. Very much so. Hello, Prix! Another win for Sebastian

:02:31. > :02:42.

:02:42. > :02:47.actual Grand Prix. You still have your pyjamas on! The 2011 British

:02:47. > :02:54.Grand Prix at Silverstone. Do you know what I really love coming

:02:54. > :03:02.under this bridge? The picture of me, looking much younger. Once we

:03:02. > :03:09.stop, we cannot get going again. like to ride my bicycle! I like to

:03:09. > :03:13.ride my bike! This has got so many memories from my childhood and my

:03:13. > :03:21.early career. I learned to drive my mother's car around the perimeter

:03:21. > :03:28.roads. The first racing car I drove down south was on this track. I

:03:28. > :03:33.camped at the 1990 British Grand Prix. U 19 years later. Indeed!

:03:33. > :03:36.This is my favourite track. I always feel something special. It

:03:37. > :03:46.is like the culmination of everything that happens in the

:03:47. > :03:58.

:03:58. > :04:04.found the glasses in the end. It is difficult when you are peddling for

:04:04. > :04:10.free, but a great opportunity to see this new Silverstone wind. Many

:04:10. > :04:18.believe it is on a par with the best in the world. It is raining at

:04:18. > :04:25.the moment, but we do not mind that one bit, because we are ready for a

:04:25. > :04:34.special race. You will find out why in a moment. The stand-out moment

:04:34. > :04:38.from yesterday, welcome on Thursday, there were already hundreds of fans.

:04:38. > :04:46.It is in the middle of the British summer, everybody converges on here

:04:46. > :04:51.from every quarter of the British Isles. It is very special. His

:04:51. > :04:56.place has something magical, goose pimples. It is a very special

:04:56. > :05:04.feeling. You arrive by helicopter, now you are working for us, you on

:05:04. > :05:11.a bicycle! No-budget wasted on the travel! It is good to experience

:05:11. > :05:21.what the fans experience, because I have never seen that. I am glad we

:05:21. > :05:28.

:05:28. > :05:37.hadn't cycled to every race this have turned out in their droves,

:05:37. > :05:41.happy to be here. Even a David Coulthard banner! Those fans have

:05:41. > :05:51.almost had the chance to meet the drivers, because Sebastian Vettel

:05:51. > :06:22.

:06:22. > :06:28.was giving autographs for a very attraction. Prince Harry is in the

:06:28. > :06:35.house. He was here in 1994, when Damon Hill won, so maybe that is a

:06:35. > :06:42.good omen for a British winner. David, he walked through the gates

:06:42. > :06:47.15 times. Damon Hill has called this like performing in the school

:06:47. > :06:51.play, performing for your parents. There is an additional pressure,

:06:51. > :06:56.performing for a home crowd, because you know how hard they have

:06:57. > :07:00.worked. You do not want to let them down. Looking at the standings,

:07:00. > :07:05.Fernando Alonso has said this is the weekend, they have got to

:07:05. > :07:11.challenge. He is absolutely right, this is a crucial time for all of

:07:11. > :07:15.the other teams, apart from Red Bull, and in particular, Ferrari.

:07:15. > :07:21.They have not capitalised on what they could have achieved, but I

:07:21. > :07:26.fancy Fernando Alonso. Yesterday, pre-qualifying was dominated by a

:07:26. > :07:33.tedious discussion about exhaust gases. Read Paul said, this will

:07:33. > :07:43.affect how fast a car will be. -- Red Bull. Did they have their run

:07:43. > :07:45.

:07:45. > :07:52.dominated by a row about how teams used the exhaust gas to create

:07:52. > :07:56.downforce. The FAA -- FIA wanted to ban it, the teams did not.

:07:56. > :08:02.Discussions looked set to run and run, but with the restrictions in

:08:02. > :08:09.place, qualifying could get under way. The great British summer court

:08:09. > :08:13.had Fernando Alonso, lucky to find his way out of the service road. He

:08:13. > :08:18.would go one to qualify third. One team that has been disadvantaged by

:08:18. > :08:23.the rule changes, McLaren. They had been exploiting the exhaust concept

:08:23. > :08:29.as they tried to make up for a lack of downforce. When the restrictions

:08:29. > :08:32.came, they suffered. Lewis Hamilton is 10th, Jenson Button Fifth, but

:08:32. > :08:38.1.5 seconds off pole position. not know where the pace has gone,

:08:38. > :08:42.but I can guess. We have not suddenly built a car that is 1.3

:08:42. > :08:47.seconds slower than the Ferrari. I do not know the details of the

:08:47. > :08:51.regulations, but I am surprised. have got a couple of people in

:08:51. > :08:58.front of me that I might be quicker than, but overtaking is very

:08:58. > :09:04.difficult. But we can still have an exciting race. Kit is not a

:09:04. > :09:09.fantastic weekend. Paul di Resta is sixth on the grid. The more laps we

:09:09. > :09:14.did, the more comfortable I got. The last lap, there was not much

:09:14. > :09:18.more coming from it. To get sixth place, that is not a bad result.

:09:18. > :09:23.Before qualifying, Red Bull suggested that will change would

:09:23. > :09:28.hurt them. But as usual, they finished first and second, but with

:09:28. > :09:34.Mark Webber getting the better of Sebastian Vettel. It has been good

:09:34. > :09:38.to me in the past, had fully it will be good to me again. --

:09:38. > :09:46.hopefully. I am looking forward to challenging for the victory. It

:09:46. > :09:55.will be an interesting race. have been competitive, Ferrari and

:09:55. > :10:00.McLaren... It is early to say that we lost, Ferrari did not and

:10:00. > :10:05.McLaren lost even more. All of these teams will be competitive.

:10:05. > :10:10.The tyres will play a bigger role than the exhaust. Mark Webber on

:10:10. > :10:20.pole position for the second time this season. Sebastian Vettel still

:10:20. > :10:25.

:10:25. > :10:35.Kamui Kobayashi. Michael Schumacher is disappointed in 13th. Even worse

:10:35. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:49.front and at the back, and McLaren are very frustrated. Mark Webber at

:10:49. > :10:54.the front, congratulations to him, but poor position is worth no

:10:54. > :10:57.points at will. He has not taken the wind the last three times.

:10:57. > :11:04.what happened at the last three times does not matter. Can he

:11:04. > :11:08.convert what was a great pole position lap into a victory? He won

:11:08. > :11:12.last year, and he has got to be feeling confident. As far as

:11:12. > :11:18.Ferrari are concerned, this is the anniversary of their first ever win

:11:18. > :11:26.in Formula One. They are still talking about the future, rather

:11:26. > :11:30.than celebrating a great qualifying. Absolutely. The team that have come

:11:31. > :11:34.out of the changes with the biggest advantage is Ferrari. They do not

:11:34. > :11:40.want to revert back to the Valencia Rules for the next race. No

:11:40. > :11:47.surprise. Who can blame them? The Red Arrows have nearly finished, it

:11:47. > :11:51.is time for the drivers to head out on the grid in 10 minutes.

:11:51. > :11:55.Sebastian Vettel has got everything, he is the current world champion,

:11:55. > :12:05.the leader, but he wants to be super-fast around the Top Gear

:12:05. > :12:17.

:12:17. > :12:26.scenes facilities of Top Gear. entrants, this might not be around

:12:26. > :12:33.much longer. Spare tyres. We only eat brown food. Anybody who eats

:12:33. > :12:38.apples or lettuce is sacked on the spot. This is not glamourous!

:12:38. > :12:48.make a point of it! We have heard that the state will present himself.

:12:48. > :12:50.

:12:51. > :12:55.There it is! Stand back, littered walked by. There is no point

:12:56. > :13:05.talking to ripped off. Where is the studio? It is just across the car-

:13:05. > :13:12.park. This is the studio. Dark, untidy. That is just for keeping

:13:13. > :13:18.stuff them. They are like art exhibits, but there is no art. I

:13:18. > :13:27.think that fell off! What is your opinion of Formula One? I had a

:13:27. > :13:32.brief go. I think they wanted to sign me. Then I thought, maybe

:13:32. > :13:40.there is something in the, some magic, that has never been spotted.

:13:40. > :13:49.There is not! Your heart is beating faster now! I can tell! You're

:13:49. > :13:58.hiding it well! How does that look? Terrible. Now I can be annoying and

:13:58. > :14:06.offensive. Something else backstage, the Formula One world champion. How

:14:06. > :14:13.is it going? It is good. You might find this interesting. Try not to

:14:13. > :14:19.be bowled over by the surroundings. I cannot do anything to the car?

:14:19. > :14:24.You cannot start modifying the car! You can change your seat position,

:14:24. > :14:29.which would affect the weight distribution! This is an insight

:14:29. > :14:36.into the Psyche of a Formula One driver! They are more difficult to

:14:36. > :14:46.run than the car's! I wonder about the tyre pressure! Getting and

:14:46. > :15:02.

:15:03. > :15:12.drive it! Does it mean anything to beat him, Rubens Barrichello?

:15:13. > :15:17.

:15:17. > :15:23.course! D'you have a girlfriend? Is she wearing a helmet as well?

:15:23. > :15:33.corners are you finding tricky? Where will you have time be lost on

:15:33. > :15:43.this? I think every where. So he doesn't know what he is doing?

:15:43. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :15:56.knows. What does his voice sound like? British!

:15:56. > :16:02.And Sebastian Vettel's time will be revealed this evening on Top Gear

:16:02. > :16:10.at 8 o'clock. Prince Harry has been making his way it all around the

:16:10. > :16:16.Red Bull garage. Sebastian Vettel with a big smile on his face.

:16:16. > :16:22.Everyone wants to chat to him. The weather is not fantastic. It has

:16:22. > :16:28.not been great all weekend so we set Eddie Jordan could challenge -

:16:28. > :16:36.head out and meet the fans and to what you can to warm them up. You

:16:36. > :16:46.think in this weather, you can sell ice-cream to these fans? Can I send

:16:46. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:56.you ice-cream? Yes! Get your money out. Are we impressed? I am getting

:16:56. > :17:01.good at this. Jake has just bought you an ice cream, the first time in

:17:01. > :17:09.living memory. How did you feel when you heard that the British

:17:09. > :17:16.Grand Prix was guaranteed for the next 17 years? Silverstone is just

:17:16. > :17:26.four hours away. How many British Grand Prix races have you been to?

:17:26. > :17:32.15 or 20. Why would you come to the British Grand Prix in the driving

:17:32. > :17:42.rain? What is special? fantastic atmosphere. Why should

:17:42. > :17:58.

:17:58. > :18:04.people come? The where there! THEY SING THEME TUNE.

:18:04. > :18:09.That is classic, people sitting outside eating fish and chips.

:18:09. > :18:19.Everyone was so the sponsors. I think people come here for the

:18:19. > :18:21.

:18:21. > :18:27.party as much as the racing and the excitement. It is just amazing.

:18:27. > :18:35.used to camp out here in a tent watching the Grand Prix when I was

:18:35. > :18:42.a young fan. It is a carnival atmosphere when this event is on.

:18:42. > :18:47.You should have joined us out there, we would have made �20! Just 30

:18:47. > :18:51.minutes to go until the start of the race and this weather is just

:18:51. > :18:55.perfect for Lewis Hamilton. He loves to drive in the wet and some

:18:55. > :19:05.of his best wins has been under those type of conditions. So we

:19:05. > :19:13.

:19:13. > :19:21.came up with a challenge for him involving quite a lot of water.

:19:21. > :19:27.How are you doing? These are the jet skis, they are a challenge.

:19:27. > :19:37.Kenya beat me around the course? takes me a long time just to get in

:19:37. > :19:41.

:19:41. > :19:51.the swimming pool! Get yourself in. You have to beat

:19:51. > :20:05.

:20:05. > :20:15.41 seconds. That is what Jim did. Look at his speed!

:20:15. > :20:17.

:20:17. > :20:27.We have got no chance. He is cheating there. A bit of

:20:27. > :20:30.

:20:30. > :20:40.advice, don't mention penalties. Lewis Hamilton, part man, part fish.

:20:40. > :20:48.

:20:48. > :20:58.That was impressive. Have you been working out?! Come on, David!

:20:58. > :21:03.

:21:03. > :21:13.pretty quick. I need you in at Silverstone!

:21:13. > :21:27.

:21:27. > :21:37.has run out of talent. Did I get the camera equipment?

:21:37. > :21:43.

:21:43. > :21:53.That was unusual dive. If he loses, he has to do that would walk naked.

:21:53. > :22:14.

:22:14. > :22:24.did not say what on. Well done, mate. A second quicker. I do not

:22:24. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:42.think I need to go out! You have nothing to worry about, seriously.

:22:42. > :23:21.

:23:21. > :23:31.he twisted his leg or something. Are you OK? I am fine. I have just

:23:31. > :23:40.heard my leg. Team McLaren were the quickest. But Jensen Button has

:23:40. > :23:49.picked up a bit of a sporting injury. Nothing terminal. I think I

:23:49. > :23:59.will be at Silverstone, I will be all right. Go out again! Do the

:23:59. > :24:03.

:24:03. > :24:08.other leg as well! The winner is, Lewis Hamilton!

:24:08. > :24:17.And once again it Silverstone is alive to the sound of 4 min one

:24:17. > :24:24.engines. The car's making their way to the grid. And we have allowed

:24:24. > :24:31.pit lane here. The cars are making their way out. And Martin Brundle

:24:31. > :24:37.is waiting for them. Silverstone, British Grand Prix, just another 25

:24:37. > :24:42.points - absolutely fantastic. 120,000 people in the Grandstand

:24:42. > :24:49.and all looking forward to a great race. 28,000 of them camped

:24:49. > :24:54.overnight. The Red Arrows have been through and it has just started to

:24:54. > :25:00.rain and little bit. Most of the drivers have gone out on the

:25:00. > :25:05.intermediate tyres. This is a new pit straight. Not an insignificant

:25:05. > :25:11.piece of race track. That is the old Club corner that used to

:25:11. > :25:15.terrify and thrill us at the same time. We used to try to make a

:25:15. > :25:23.decision were there to stay flat around that corner. People have

:25:23. > :25:27.lost their lives against that wall over there. The band of her

:25:27. > :25:31.Majesty's Royal Marines, Collingwood, I am walking through

:25:31. > :25:38.them now and I'm going to head towards Prince Harry who is on the

:25:38. > :25:41.great and see if we could have a word with him. Good to see you. I

:25:41. > :25:47.saw you outback looking in the garage and meeting some of the

:25:47. > :25:53.drivers. What is your impression of Formula 1 in 2011? It is great to

:25:53. > :26:02.meet all the guys. The weather is playing a bit of a part as always

:26:02. > :26:08.at Silverstone. I am cheering on Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button.

:26:08. > :26:13.Paul di Resta at sick on the grid as well. I have seen you flying

:26:13. > :26:18.helicopters, you must fancy a go in some pretty high-speed car or some

:26:18. > :26:23.time? If someone offered me the chance I would love to. I don't

:26:24. > :26:29.think I would do very well. Huge respect to these guys, it is a

:26:29. > :26:35.fantastic sport. I'm hoping for rain because I think it will be

:26:35. > :26:40.better for McLaren. You're doing a lot of charity work of course, you

:26:40. > :26:50.raise a lot of money and agreed you have some colleagues with you. Can

:26:50. > :26:51.

:26:51. > :26:57.you introduce them? Well we have got Martin, Jack, these are boys

:26:57. > :27:02.who came back from the North Pole and are still doing amazing things.

:27:02. > :27:11.Just a great bunch of lads and a small example of what the guys are

:27:11. > :27:21.doing. Float d'you fancy to win today? Ideally Lewis Hamilton but

:27:21. > :27:25.

:27:25. > :27:29.we will have to wait and see. food d'you fancy? The British!

:27:29. > :27:39.Definitely Lewis Hamilton. Wonderful to see you and thank you

:27:39. > :27:49.for taking time to talk to us. We are going to wander around the grid.

:27:49. > :27:52.

:27:52. > :27:59.This is a pass. You need it to be here! I talked my way into it!

:27:59. > :28:09.Everyone is signed today. What has been agreed? To stay with what we

:28:09. > :28:10.

:28:10. > :28:15.have got. Back to beat Valencia set up. Let's see if we can find a

:28:15. > :28:21.driver. Sebastian Vettel is not on the grid at the moment. We

:28:21. > :28:28.understand Mark Webber is just coming through. And there is the

:28:28. > :28:35.magnificent Red Bull. There has been a change in the regulations

:28:35. > :28:43.and they could struggle. Reliability is an issue for them.

:28:43. > :28:47.One of the first cars out his Jensen Button. He is talking to the

:28:47. > :28:54.Pirelli engineers because they are deciding which tyres to start the

:28:54. > :29:02.race on. I'm told the surface is warm enough to get away with the

:29:02. > :29:12.slip Pirelli tyres. It is obviously critical work going on here. It is

:29:12. > :29:13.

:29:13. > :29:21.a challenging weekend. You reckon you can get away with slick tyres?

:29:21. > :29:27.Know, it is different out the back. I was on intermediates and it was

:29:27. > :29:35.so wet. Half of the circuit is extremely wet and half of it is

:29:35. > :29:39.trying so it is a tough one to call. You have had so little dried

:29:39. > :29:47.running this weekend. You must not have a clue what the car is going

:29:47. > :29:52.to do? I really do not know what is going to happen. It is just the

:29:52. > :29:57.change in conditions. If we get the right tyres for the conditions I

:29:57. > :30:07.think it will be fine. But it is a difficult call especially in the

:30:07. > :30:08.

:30:08. > :30:15.front. Good luck. Paul di Resta or is here, he had a fantastic

:30:15. > :30:25.qualifying. There factory is just a stone's throw away. Let's take a

:30:25. > :30:27.

:30:27. > :30:37.look around. He is still in the car. His manager, Andy Hamilton, Lewis

:30:37. > :30:43.

:30:43. > :30:46.Hamilton's father is standing there. anybody, the world champion would

:30:46. > :30:56.not be a bad patch like a bad place to start! I wanted to hear your

:30:56. > :31:03.voice! Are you with the Force India Today? Force India and McLaren. Our

:31:03. > :31:08.interests are a bit divided. With three British drivers in the first

:31:08. > :31:13.10 places on the grid, this is an incredible day. Yes. Hopefully we

:31:13. > :31:18.can give the fans an interesting race. Jenson Button said it is wet

:31:18. > :31:23.at the back of the track. television, very wet, a lot of

:31:23. > :31:28.spray. It could be a really interesting afternoon. Another

:31:28. > :31:36.Montreal, may be! It is my first British Grand Prix as the lead

:31:36. > :31:40.commentator, I could do with your voice! I want to have a quick word

:31:40. > :31:46.with Paul di Resta. Anthony Hamilton, a funny day for you, you

:31:46. > :31:54.have got Paul di Resta and your son. How do you feel? It will be a

:31:54. > :32:00.strange day, but a good day. Your son should have a faster car, but

:32:00. > :32:06.how will you feel when he is under Paul di Resta's gearbox? This is

:32:06. > :32:12.motor racing, they will work it out. A wonderful job, congratulations.

:32:12. > :32:18.How was the track? It is virtually dry here, but completely wet as you

:32:18. > :32:23.get to Brooklands. Aquaplaning everywhere. The tyre choice will be

:32:23. > :32:31.hard. We will have to sit down with the engineers and see if we can get

:32:31. > :32:35.some advice. The last thing you need is a wild gamble. Yes, but

:32:35. > :32:40.decided stripe, and on the other side, we are all over the place.

:32:40. > :32:50.There is not much you can do. It depends how quickly it will clear.

:32:50. > :32:50.

:32:50. > :32:55.There are only 80 minutes to go! -- 18 minutes! Is it your call? It is

:32:55. > :32:58.a critical decision, but this is the first time I have been in this

:32:58. > :33:06.position, so I will sit down with the engineer and see what we have

:33:06. > :33:11.got forecast. Fortune favours the brave! That lady was waiting, and I

:33:11. > :33:18.butted in, I am sorry about that, but not so reek -- not sorry enough

:33:18. > :33:22.not to bottom. We have got a Ferrari here. The prancing horse

:33:22. > :33:27.could be the dark horse of this Grand Prix. They have been Super

:33:27. > :33:33.quiet on this whole issue of diffuses and blown exhausts. They

:33:33. > :33:39.have got a lot of new pieces, there is a whole new real wind. They exit

:33:39. > :33:46.the exhaust differently. This comes out of the side of the car. The

:33:46. > :33:51.driver keeps his foot on the throttle, to give more downforce.

:33:51. > :33:54.This car has got a lot of new pieces. They like the way the

:33:54. > :34:01.changes have affected the cars, they think they have slowed Red

:34:01. > :34:09.Bull down. Fernando Alonso must quite fancy his chances this

:34:09. > :34:19.afternoon. I do not think he is trying to avoid me. He is looking

:34:19. > :34:25.at something at the back of the car. Why is he doing that? We have got a

:34:25. > :34:31.set of intermediate tyres, a driver is taking to the blankets off. He

:34:31. > :34:34.wants to talk to his engineers. It he has had a look at the surface of

:34:35. > :34:42.the intermediate tyre. The drivers are concerned about the decision

:34:42. > :34:52.they are going to make. The crowd are anxiously waiting for the start

:34:52. > :34:53.

:34:53. > :34:58.of the race. Lots of flags there. The British drivers with banners.

:34:58. > :35:05.This is the man that is on pole position. I wanted to have a quick

:35:05. > :35:15.word. We have sorted the exhaust out? Had fully we are pretty much

:35:15. > :35:16.

:35:16. > :35:22.there. We are just waiting for one signature. Your pole position lap

:35:22. > :35:26.was brave! Tricky conditions, the same for everyone. We did not have

:35:26. > :35:33.much of a build up, but we got a good lap together. It is

:35:33. > :35:38.sensational to be in pole position, and now we have a mixed track. We

:35:38. > :35:41.need to get away well, and make some decisions on tyres. We have

:35:42. > :35:49.heard from Paul di Resta and Jenson Button, the track is fully worked

:35:49. > :35:59.at the back. -- fully wept. Yes, the shower increased in intensity

:35:59. > :36:09.when it got to wards Copse. It will be interesting. We will be

:36:09. > :36:09.

:36:09. > :36:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:36:56. > :37:01.following you very closely. It is the band of the Royal Marines.

:37:01. > :37:05.Accompanied by some lovely shots of former British winners. We are

:37:05. > :37:12.going to talk about the conditions. As the anthem started, the sun

:37:12. > :37:18.broke through the clouds. What does this mean for the team's? This is

:37:18. > :37:24.how wet it is, we can see Sergio Perez making his way warrant's

:37:24. > :37:33.making his way round. It is a good example of how difficult it is.

:37:33. > :37:40.is a good example of how bumpy it is. Yes, he is on an intermediate

:37:41. > :37:49.tyre, so if there is any standing water... Fees intermediates do not

:37:49. > :37:54.remove the water from the surface. It is too wet at the moment for

:37:54. > :38:00.them. You can take a risk, make a gamble, see if you can push through

:38:00. > :38:03.the crowd. We have seen Jenson Button do that. But the

:38:03. > :38:10.intermediates will struggle on the dry bits, but they will keep you on

:38:10. > :38:14.the track. What would you do? would split it. If you had your two

:38:14. > :38:20.cars close together, you have despite the risk. You have to see

:38:20. > :38:26.where the risk is and play to your advantage. The guys that go on

:38:26. > :38:35.slick tyres, they will have one less pit-stop to make. That is

:38:35. > :38:42.presuming it will not rain. There are plenty of clouds in the sky!

:38:42. > :38:47.would take a chance. I would put wily drive up on slick tyres. -- I

:38:47. > :38:53.would put might lead driver on slick tyres.

:38:53. > :38:58.A couple of happy cricketers, Stuart Broad, and Alastair Cook. A

:38:58. > :39:04.nice win. A really good when. To come here the day after, it has

:39:04. > :39:10.made it a good weekend. It is amazing, my first experience of the

:39:10. > :39:16.Grand Prix. It is something special, we are enjoying it.

:39:16. > :39:23.Well done to the cricketers, and our thoughts are with the England

:39:23. > :39:29.women's football team. Keep your eyes on the start, because we have

:39:29. > :39:34.a new pits and paddock. Yes, a short run into the first corner. It

:39:34. > :39:40.remains to be seen how dry it will be. The real action will be into

:39:40. > :39:45.the third corner. They go down into second gear, so I imagine we will

:39:45. > :39:55.see a few incidents. That man is starting 10th on the grid. He will

:39:55. > :40:02.

:40:02. > :40:08.practice and so little time to set up the cast and find out how the

:40:08. > :40:18.tyres are working, qualifying was a challenge, and Mark Webber shone

:40:18. > :40:18.

:40:18. > :40:28.for Red Bull. Into Abbey, he does not lift the throttle. Heavy

:40:28. > :40:28.

:40:28. > :40:35.braking for the village corner. 60 mph. He lets the cargo. Full

:40:35. > :40:42.throttle, into the Wellington straight. He spots the braking

:40:42. > :40:52.point for Brooklands. Now come up on towards Luffield. A wide line,

:40:52. > :40:54.

:40:54. > :41:04.but he gets on the power. He is at the start of the Woodcote curved.

:41:04. > :41:15.

:41:15. > :41:24.Copse is ahead. Now, Maggots and Becketts. 85 mph. 125. Hangar

:41:24. > :41:34.Straight, 195 mph. He is trying to find the braking point for Stowe.

:41:34. > :41:37.

:41:37. > :41:40.He upshift in the middle. He spots the apex beautifully. Mark Webber

:41:40. > :41:50.secures the eight pole position of his career, and thoroughly well

:41:50. > :41:58.

:41:58. > :42:02.shows you how much you have to commit to this lap. Michael

:42:02. > :42:07.Schumacher, gearing up. He has only won here three times, not the

:42:07. > :42:11.happiest of hunting grounds. He struggled yesterday in qualifying.

:42:12. > :42:21.The last time we saw a mock battle, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando

:42:22. > :42:26.

:42:26. > :42:33.Alonso in that order -- Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel... Do I think that

:42:33. > :42:37.Fernando Alonso can squeeze it? know he is a good starter. There is

:42:38. > :42:43.a spring in his step, he looks good, and I think Ferrari are in a much

:42:44. > :42:48.stronger position than we have seen. The Grid is starting to clear. We

:42:49. > :42:54.are just a few minutes away from the start of the race. Christian

:42:54. > :42:59.Horner has been talking back to Charlie Whiting a lot this weekend.

:42:59. > :43:09.It looks like the row about the diffuser is also over. I do not

:43:09. > :43:15.believe it! Can you imagine if Ferrari were to win, forget it!

:43:15. > :43:22.This is not over yet. Paul di Resta, his best qualifying in Formula One.

:43:22. > :43:27.He starts sixth. He will be elated in one way, but apprehensive. He

:43:27. > :43:35.wants to make a clean start, and he would like to finish where he is or

:43:35. > :43:42.better. This is a big move for him. He has put his stamp on Formula One

:43:42. > :43:50.for the big teams. How confident will this man be? I have tipped him,

:43:50. > :43:55.I see something different. There are a lot of things on the grid, I

:43:55. > :43:59.am pretty clear in my view about Ferrari, they are under way. Nobody

:43:59. > :44:06.has won this race from lower than seventh. Lewis Hamilton could make

:44:06. > :44:14.history. Could he do something special? His best chance is what

:44:14. > :44:18.happened here, it is wet on one side of the track, dry on the other.

:44:18. > :44:24.Jenson Button is ready to impress the home crowd. In high-definition

:44:24. > :44:30.on BBC One, live from Silverstone, it is time to hand over to Martin

:44:30. > :44:35.Brundle and David Coulthard. 61 years or Formula One here, 16

:44:35. > :44:45.British winners, it is time for 2011 to generate some more special

:44:45. > :45:24.

:45:24. > :45:31.Silverstone was one of the relatively few listed in the

:45:31. > :45:41.Domesday Book of 1086. 930 years later, I wonder how the villagers

:45:41. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:53.would make of today's race, and the next to Farm, then it became home

:45:53. > :45:56.to 54 Wellington bombers in the war. In 1958, this layout became a

:45:56. > :46:01.racetrack for the first times and the corner names reflect the

:46:01. > :46:06.history of this great sporting venue. Using the airfield perimeter

:46:06. > :46:11.road as a track layout, it has always been magnificently fast, and

:46:11. > :46:15.thankfully so it remains today. David, we were both motivated as

:46:15. > :46:19.youngsters looking over the fence here, watching Grand Prix cars, to

:46:19. > :46:24.become racing drivers and this place has been a spiritual home. We

:46:24. > :46:28.have learned, crashed, cried here, we have had celebrations, so many

:46:28. > :46:32.memories here, and so many great challenges on each and every lap of

:46:32. > :46:37.this place. That is the thing about the Silverstone track. It is part

:46:37. > :46:41.of the emotion of a driver to come here as a young man, whether you

:46:41. > :46:46.are British or a foreign driver, they all came to the UK to serve

:46:46. > :46:51.their apprenticeship in the lower formulas. I have definitely cried

:46:51. > :46:55.here when I have not got qualifying quite right! But I have experienced

:46:55. > :47:02.the highs of standing on top of that podium and there is no better

:47:02. > :47:06.podium than with a British crowd. did 300 metres here when I finally

:47:06. > :47:12.got to drive for McLaren, and my car blew up and I definitely cried

:47:12. > :47:16.that day in the back of the McLaren motor home. Let's fast-forward to

:47:16. > :47:20.today, and this is some kind of challenge, isn't it, for the

:47:20. > :47:23.drivers with the track as it is at the moment? This is the worst

:47:23. > :47:29.nightmare for the drivers because you want to have a wet race over a

:47:29. > :47:32.dry a race. The guys at the front would prefer a dry race because it

:47:32. > :47:38.gives them a chance to position the car from the start and tried to

:47:38. > :47:46.take advantage of this new start on the run-down from turn one into

:47:46. > :47:50.where I think the action will happen at turn three, Village just

:47:50. > :47:54.before the Loop. But it is wet out the back, which used to be the

:47:54. > :47:58.front of the circuit, so I expect they will be on slicks at this

:47:58. > :48:02.stage. I was talking to the engineers on the grid and they were

:48:02. > :48:07.discussing the track is absolutely fine, and as we look out of the

:48:07. > :48:13.window it is bone-dry, so that drivers sitting in a bone dry piece

:48:13. > :48:18.of racetrack knowing they will burn out those tyres. We have seen Perez

:48:18. > :48:21.go off into the wall already, so it is not just a question of getting

:48:21. > :48:28.too brave around here and then crashing in the wall at the far end

:48:28. > :48:34.of the track. Let's look at the line-up. Mark Webber has pole from

:48:34. > :48:43.Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso on the second row with Felipe Massa.

:48:43. > :48:49.De Wester drove sensationally for Force India. -- arrester. Lewis

:48:49. > :48:56.Hamilton struggled in 10 and got caught out by the weather. Michael

:48:56. > :49:06.Schumacher, three-times winner here, down in 13th. Barrichello got

:49:06. > :49:10.

:49:10. > :49:16.blocked in qualifying. Kovalainen in a 17th. Trulli his 21st for

:49:16. > :49:20.Lotus, d'Ambrosio ahead of Liuzzi, and then Ricky our debt. We are

:49:20. > :49:30.told the Australians do not do too much -- and then Daniel Ricciardo

:49:30. > :49:38.

:49:38. > :49:46.is on intermediate tyres, and what has just come off there? That his

:49:46. > :49:53.Button's car. Alonso, too, has kept the intermediates. Mark Webber on

:49:53. > :49:57.intermediates as well. There is Alonso, he is on intermediates.

:49:57. > :50:03.think they have got the information on what is going on around the back

:50:03. > :50:13.of the circuit, the Stowe, Beckett, Maggots, Copse section. I think it

:50:13. > :50:18.

:50:18. > :50:22.will make it a. Race this afternoon. -- four stop. Just getting off the

:50:22. > :50:27.grid will be burning out those intermediates. The Pirellis are

:50:27. > :50:30.sensitive to the amount of slick that you have. There are fast

:50:30. > :50:36.corners in the beginning but this is altogether different now, we are

:50:36. > :50:43.at the far end of the racetrack. have just gone through turn One,

:50:44. > :50:53.Abbey, and we can see spray being kicked up. That is the area where

:50:54. > :51:01.

:51:01. > :51:05.dr S is able to be used this afternoon. -- DRS. A fantastic

:51:05. > :51:12.camera angle, running on a wire all the way across, so we can expect

:51:12. > :51:16.some tentacular -- Summer spectacular shots. I would expect

:51:16. > :51:22.that within the first five to ten laps, it should be clear there, but

:51:22. > :51:27.they will burn out those tyres. Those intermediate tyres lift

:51:27. > :51:31.around 25 litres of water into the sky every second when the cars are

:51:32. > :51:36.moving towards top speed. They are very efficient at collecting that

:51:36. > :51:41.out of the way. I did a test for a feature we have coming up, running

:51:41. > :51:45.in to mediate on a dry track. I did five laps on them and they were

:51:45. > :51:51.finished, I was six seconds a lap slower and then they fell away, so

:51:51. > :51:56.you need this kind of rubber to cool down the water.

:51:56. > :52:00.intermediate have a shallow tread, so there will not be as much heat

:52:00. > :52:04.building up in the tyre, so they should be able to go for a few laps,

:52:04. > :52:09.certainly. All of these guys are in the same boat as their competitors,

:52:09. > :52:15.so it is not a horrible situation where you on intermediate, someone

:52:15. > :52:18.else's on the slick, and when will be crossover be? Every one as far

:52:19. > :52:23.as I can see has gone for the intermediate. They will not be

:52:23. > :52:30.doing as many burn-outs, but they will be going through the process

:52:30. > :52:36.of setting a position, making sure it is synchronised, any last-minute

:52:36. > :52:40.settings on the dashboard for differential modes and then they

:52:40. > :52:44.will have a long wait, if you on the front row of the grid, for

:52:45. > :52:48.everyone to line up for the start of the British Grand Prix. We have

:52:48. > :52:58.lost their sound appear but we can hear the cars coming in front of us

:52:58. > :53:08.now as they approach the start line. Charlie Whiting overlooking there.

:53:08. > :53:14.

:53:14. > :53:19.The 24 T year old -- 24th starter on the grid is there. A moody shot

:53:19. > :53:27.of the man who keeps designing the fastest Formula One cars that we

:53:27. > :53:32.currently seek. The all-new Silver loan -- Silverstone start-line,

:53:32. > :53:37.just one goals. Look, but never step. The British Grand Prix is

:53:37. > :53:41.under way! Mark Webber appears to get away well, and I can see

:53:41. > :53:49.Michael Schumacher and Rosberg in the background getting a good start,

:53:49. > :53:57.too. Burton is up in fourth place. -- Jenson Button. Vettel is leading,

:53:57. > :54:02.Alonso going wide around the outside of village corner. Mark

:54:02. > :54:05.Webber in second place, Sebastian Vettel got away even better and

:54:05. > :54:12.took the lead as they head down the Wennington straight for the first

:54:12. > :54:19.time. Vettel leads comfortably. -- the Wellington straight. That is

:54:19. > :54:25.the right tyre choice, look at the spray. Hamilton is up to seventh

:54:25. > :54:30.already. Michael Schumacher did indeed get a great start, up into

:54:30. > :54:35.tenth place as they go through the spray. It will be a good while

:54:35. > :54:38.before they are on slick tyres. Unusual to see a race track so

:54:38. > :54:45.different from one side to the other. That is the British summer

:54:45. > :54:49.for you! We are completely dry over at this side of the track, but look

:54:49. > :54:56.at the water there. Very difficult for the drivers within the spray to

:54:57. > :55:00.see the line. Those intermediates, we don't want to run over any

:55:00. > :55:05.puddles, otherwise you will be pointing in the wrong direction, so

:55:05. > :55:12.a huge challenge for the drivers. Hamilton is in the slipstream of

:55:12. > :55:18.Paul di Resta and has gone down the inside. That was the moment I was

:55:18. > :55:28.talking about with Anthony Hamilton on the grid, his son with his

:55:28. > :55:32.

:55:32. > :55:37.managed driver. Massa looks close to Button, and they haven't

:55:37. > :55:41.declared it a wet track, so the d r s will be deactivated even though

:55:41. > :55:48.all of the cars are on the intermediate tyres. We will wait to

:55:48. > :55:53.see if that is what Charlie Whiting decides to do. Felipe Massa up the

:55:53. > :56:00.inside of Button. We are in the Village corner. Hamilton already on

:56:00. > :56:06.the back of Jenson Button. He will get good traction, a long left-

:56:06. > :56:10.hander, easily full throttle in the dry, but not in these conditions.

:56:10. > :56:14.Hamilton down the inside, McLaren against McLaren, and an easy pass

:56:14. > :56:19.there, so at this stage of the game Jenson Button appears to be having

:56:19. > :56:24.some issue with his balance. Look how wide he is as he comes through

:56:24. > :56:30.Luffield corner. And we have got Paul di Resta lining up to try to

:56:30. > :56:34.make a pass. It was an easy pass for Massa and Hamilton, Hamilton

:56:34. > :56:38.absolutely flying up to sixth place already. The crowd will be enjoying

:56:38. > :56:43.that, Lewis had such a difficult qualifying sessions, went out on a

:56:43. > :56:47.set of lightly used tyres, missed the moment when the rain started

:56:47. > :56:51.coming down yesterday afternoon, but is making amends now. Look at

:56:51. > :56:57.the gap he has pulled out over Button in half a lap. Paul di Resta

:56:57. > :57:06.looking like he fancies a run past him McLaren of Jenson Button. Let's

:57:06. > :57:10.have a look at the start. Vettel just got so much more traction. I

:57:10. > :57:16.don't know if Mark got on the rev limiter, and they filtered through

:57:16. > :57:19.behind, no contact. All 24 cars still in the race. We have the

:57:19. > :57:28.Ferrari looking down the inside, and on board with Sebastian Vettel,

:57:28. > :57:34.listen to this. A perfect start, sounded like it was going to bog

:57:34. > :57:40.down, but it cooks up. I doubt Mark Webber would be on the rev limiter

:57:41. > :57:46.at that stage. Down even more with Jenson Button, but a better start

:57:46. > :57:52.than the Ferraris in the initial stage. He will be using care.

:57:52. > :57:57.is why he took place around the outside. Let's look at Lewis

:57:57. > :58:07.Hamilton, down turn 3 in to Village. Looking to put himself on the

:58:07. > :58:09.

:58:09. > :58:19.inside for the lewd corner. -- loop corner. A replay there of Hamilton

:58:19. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:29.taking Button for fifth place, Massa had already gone through.

:58:29. > :58:31.

:58:31. > :58:39.Wonderful stuff here from FOM TV. Michael Schumacher of 29. He has

:58:39. > :58:43.Pastor Maldonado, who is tent. -- Michael Schumacher is 9th.

:58:43. > :58:53.Kovalainen in the pits, remember in Valencia two weeks ago everybody

:58:53. > :58:56.

:58:56. > :59:02.got to the end of the race and Red Bull are flying. We are hearing a

:59:02. > :59:07.gearbox for the Lotus team. Now it remains to be seen, how would you

:59:07. > :59:14.drive this end of the lap when you are on the wrong tyres effective

:59:14. > :59:19.before one played five miles? have to drive it 95% -- 1.5 miles.

:59:19. > :59:25.You can see Miss Hamilton sliding the rear as he comes out, and the

:59:25. > :59:29.tyres will be overheating. When you did the Pirelli test, you know that

:59:29. > :59:35.you start to marble the top of the tyre. You did a fantastic job, next

:59:35. > :59:40.up is Massa. Encouragement there for Lewis Hamilton from his

:59:40. > :59:44.engineer. I expect he is well aware of how great a job he is doing so

:59:44. > :59:49.far! Does that tell us how you have to treat Lewis when you are in the

:59:49. > :59:58.car? He was just giving you a bit of Kodwo Eshun to take the first of

:59:58. > :00:06.the Ferraris. He opened up a 3.5 seconds gap -- a bit of KO worship.

:00:06. > :00:12.He has gone wide on the entrance to the corner. He took a little bit

:00:12. > :00:15.too much speed into Brooklands corner. He gained 3.5 seconds on

:00:15. > :00:20.Jenson and managed it is not back into the gap, so he did not lose

:00:20. > :00:24.possession. He certainly lost a lot of ground as he snatched a front

:00:24. > :00:30.brake. Is it difficult in these conditions? Bade his marbles from a

:00:30. > :00:35.previous event, but there will be more of those coming of the

:00:35. > :00:41.intermediate -- that his marbles. He locks up the front left and then

:00:41. > :00:46.out across the grass. Thank Felipe full-in if it is a new tarmac area

:00:46. > :00:56.on the run off. It used to be gravel, I ended up there in 2008,

:00:56. > :00:58.

:00:58. > :01:08.and out of the Grand Prix. Felipe Massa? It is a pet hate of

:01:08. > :01:09.

:01:09. > :01:15.yours, the run-off areas. Not for the safety aspect! Yes, but at

:01:15. > :01:21.least it keeps the cars in the races. RADIO: We will move on to

:01:21. > :01:27.try tyres soon. Two or three more laps, the message from Michael

:01:27. > :01:32.Schumacher. The difficulty for the engineers, they are this end of the

:01:32. > :01:36.circuit, they are relying on the TV images. They are trying to

:01:36. > :01:46.encourage Michael Schumacher to be the first to blink. The weather can

:01:46. > :01:49.

:01:49. > :01:59.make the slick tyres worker first to ninth, and I am not surprised to

:01:59. > :02:04.

:02:04. > :02:14.what the McLaren drivers are saying as well. If they can coincide the

:02:14. > :02:20.first slop onto -- first stop on to slip tyres, that will be good.

:02:20. > :02:26.have chosen not to put the DRS in, I guess. It is the prerogative of

:02:26. > :02:33.Charlie Whiting, but it has not been declared a wet race. DRS has

:02:33. > :02:43.now been enabled. They are all on the same tyres, but Charlie Whiting

:02:43. > :02:51.

:02:51. > :02:56.20. -- Sebastien Buemi. They have had because available. But one of

:02:57. > :03:04.the difficulties is harvesting energy to charge the battery, and

:03:04. > :03:11.that is compounded in wet conditions. You need to use the

:03:11. > :03:17.braking unit, which can look up the rear axle. So maybe it some of

:03:17. > :03:21.these cars are running with less than full charge. With these

:03:21. > :03:28.conditions, you cannot break particularly late. This circuit is

:03:28. > :03:38.all about staying on the throttle, not being on the brake pedal. It is

:03:38. > :03:47.

:03:47. > :03:56.one of the easiest circuits for seconds over Mark Webber. You have

:03:56. > :04:06.got to be within one second to get the benefit of that ers. -- benefit

:04:06. > :04:10.

:04:10. > :04:16.exiting exhaust, and they seem to be badly hurt by the changes that

:04:16. > :04:26.have been made. Sebastien Buemi finding wonderful attraction. It

:04:26. > :04:27.

:04:27. > :04:37.does not look like the weather forced oil. -- weather for slick

:04:37. > :04:53.

:04:53. > :05:02.spray still coming up. Sebastian Vettel is at the end of the pit

:05:02. > :05:09.straight, Tom Mapp -- pitch straight... What is telling,

:05:09. > :05:17.Sebastian Vettel did 51.6, Mark Webber, 52.5. If Mark Webber did

:05:17. > :05:23.not make a mistake, it shows that Sebastian Vettel seems to be easier

:05:23. > :05:33.on the tyres. It is all about not tearing to intermediate tyres to

:05:33. > :05:42.pieces. They have done so little set-up work, they have not been

:05:42. > :05:49.around the track since last year, completely different cars, so many

:05:49. > :05:53.differences, they have had no time to set the cars up, and they must

:05:53. > :05:59.be very difficult to drive at the moment. The drivers are doing a

:05:59. > :06:08.Supreme job. This track is a bit like Monte Carlo, you need track

:06:08. > :06:17.time to get your eye in. It is one of the lowest braking requirements

:06:17. > :06:27.on the circuit, just 8% of the time. Copse is slower at this stage, when

:06:27. > :06:39.

:06:39. > :06:44.it is damp. Nico Rosberg has just tyres, so they go faster and faster.

:06:44. > :06:49.With intermediate, it is a softer compound, to engage movement. By

:06:49. > :06:54.the time they have worn out the blocks, the top surface might be

:06:54. > :07:02.softer than the slick tyres. I doubt that they will be as stable,

:07:02. > :07:10.but they will pick up grip once they have worn off. The drivers

:07:10. > :07:15.talk about falling off the clip of grip. -- cliff edge grip. The first

:07:15. > :07:18.retirement was Heikki Kovalainen. He is talking to Lee McKenzie.

:07:18. > :07:24.Really disappointing but to be speaking to you while the race is

:07:25. > :07:33.going on. Fourth gear. On the first lap, I had a great start, I made up

:07:33. > :07:38.three or four places, but as soon as I shifted down to fourth gear, I

:07:38. > :07:45.knew something was wrong. Every time, fourth gear was missing. It

:07:45. > :07:49.is game over. The circuit, it looked like there were two circuits

:07:49. > :07:55.joined together. This is how it should be always, proper weather

:07:55. > :08:05.for the proper drivers. The conditions were just set up for

:08:05. > :08:14.myself! They Ugo! One of the contrast between the winning cards

:08:14. > :08:24.-- winning cars and the lesser teams. He hated these conditions

:08:24. > :08:33.

:08:33. > :08:39.when he was a different! -- when he place. Ted Kravitz? Jenson Button

:08:39. > :08:44.is not happy on these tyres. He has burnt them out already. McLaren are

:08:44. > :08:50.preparing a set of slick tyres. He could be the first to go on to the

:08:50. > :08:57.dry tyres, and we know how good he is in the changeable conditions.

:08:57. > :09:04.Jenson Button is the kindest... RADIO: How long would it be until

:09:04. > :09:13.we can put the dry tyres on? I am looking after the wet tyres, it is

:09:13. > :09:18.still very wet. They are nearly gone! It looks like a Bruno iPad!

:09:18. > :09:24.Jenson Button, it looks like he is the first to burn out the tyres,

:09:24. > :09:33.how did he manage that? You cannot exclude the set-up of the cars.

:09:33. > :09:40.They are running on intermediate tyres on a changing track. Kamui

:09:40. > :09:50.Kobayashi has had a spin at Brooklands and Luffield. He carried

:09:50. > :09:59.

:09:59. > :10:09.position his car. Kamui Kobayashi lost two places. He came out just

:10:09. > :10:13.

:10:13. > :10:23.in front of Nico Rosberg. Ferrari Felipe Massa, this is the battle

:10:23. > :10:31.for fourth place. A little bit too far behind. It is a case of, hurry

:10:31. > :10:37.up and wait. Lewis Hamilton was able to equal the race leader's lap

:10:37. > :10:47.times. He is clearly making good use of the tyres. He has got to get

:10:47. > :10:56.

:10:56. > :11:02.himself into some clean air, in of soft tyres. Mark Webber goes to

:11:02. > :11:07.look, as does Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton, for any moisture.

:11:07. > :11:12.Michael Schumacher is missing a nose cone, maybe he is in a touch

:11:12. > :11:22.earlier than he would have liked. That could explain the spin by

:11:22. > :11:26.

:11:26. > :11:31.Kamui Kobayashi. Felipe Massa corner or on your way out, you take

:11:31. > :11:37.the choice. Lewis Hamilton is getting very impatient. He knows he

:11:37. > :11:47.has got the faster car. Challenging conditions at Silverstone for the

:11:47. > :12:15.

:12:15. > :12:25.Ferrari on the truck. -- on the Kamui Kobayashi to come back onto

:12:25. > :12:28.

:12:28. > :12:34.the racing line, although it looked Schumacher. Kamui Kobayashi did not

:12:34. > :12:43.do anything wrong. Is that another clumsy moment from Michael

:12:43. > :12:47.Schumacher? What did he just get unlucky? He has to take full

:12:47. > :12:52.responsibility for that incident. It has put him well out of

:12:52. > :12:59.contention. Mark Webber is pushing very hard, the fastest man at the

:12:59. > :13:09.moment. Now matched by Lewis Hamilton. They are sensing they are

:13:09. > :13:13.

:13:13. > :13:18.getting to the end of the life of Schumacher and Kamui Kobayashi is

:13:19. > :13:24.under investigation by the stewards. We will find out what they think

:13:24. > :13:34.about it. The back and got away from Michael Schumacher. -- back

:13:34. > :13:38.

:13:38. > :13:43.Michael Schumacher for that in these conditions. Michael -- Nigel

:13:43. > :13:47.Mansell is the fourth steward, representing the drivers. Yes, I

:13:47. > :13:54.think it will go down as a racing incident, but Kamui Kobayashi was

:13:54. > :14:00.not to blame. Michael Schumacher has done his personal best in the

:14:00. > :14:06.last sector. It looks like this is the time to getting and put the

:14:06. > :14:11.slick tyres on. It will be nervous, when you are in the damp part of

:14:11. > :14:17.the racetrack. Ted Kravitz? teams have seen Michael Schumacher,

:14:17. > :14:25.they are all coming out now. Jenson Button is coming game. Nick

:14:25. > :14:32.Heidfeld has already gone out in the dry tyres. Jenson Button, the

:14:32. > :14:42.third man in. Michael Schumacher has already done it. Adrian Sutil

:14:42. > :14:43.

:14:43. > :14:49.and Kamui Kobayashi in the pits as Schumacher is losing time in the

:14:49. > :14:57.middle sector, but he is quickest in the other two sectors. Jenson

:14:57. > :15:03.Button on new slick tyres, as is Felipe Massa,... No, Felipe Massa

:15:03. > :15:08.is still on the Auld tyres, going very slowly. He has got absolutely

:15:08. > :15:18.no grip, he will have to come into the pits. He can barely drive the

:15:18. > :15:41.

:15:41. > :15:46.lap of the race, a 1:49 wins 0. -- 1:49.0. Let's watch Webber, into

:15:46. > :15:54.the pit lane, followed by Alonso. It will be a battle of the pit

:15:54. > :15:58.stops. Two seconds shorter to go through the pits here. We will see

:15:59. > :16:03.Ferrari verses Red Bull, as you rightly say. We know they have both

:16:03. > :16:08.practised this forever to get this right, whenever they get chance on

:16:08. > :16:14.a race weekend, this procedure. We see Hamilton coming down the pit

:16:14. > :16:21.lane as well. That might get in the way of Alonso's stop. Webber should

:16:21. > :16:26.have been well out of his box. spotted, David, you saw that one

:16:26. > :16:31.unfolding. Who has been in, then? Not the leader, Vettel had a six-

:16:31. > :16:38.point three-second lead that Webber was beginning to eat into, and

:16:38. > :16:42.surely Vettel will now be the man who will be next in the pit. Massa

:16:42. > :16:47.had to stay out because we saw how little grip he had got but they did

:16:47. > :16:55.not let him in the pit because Alonso was pitting. I know this is

:16:55. > :17:05.a bone of contention for you as we watch... Look at that! He has

:17:05. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:14.caught Force India's will come. -- wheel gun. They released him fine,

:17:14. > :17:21.but then he must have hit it. will be looked at by the stewards,

:17:21. > :17:29.that is for sure. Everyone but Massa and Vettel have now pitted.

:17:29. > :17:34.We have one down the back, Ricciardo has not been in yet. It

:17:34. > :17:38.seems as if both Lotus cars might be... Vettel pits from the lead,

:17:38. > :17:45.this will be fascinating. Webber and Alonso, Webber has pulled a lot

:17:45. > :17:49.of time out, Alonso getting held up in the pit stop. That has released

:17:49. > :17:55.Hamilton comfortably past Massa. It has cost Massa delay having to do

:17:55. > :18:00.that stop. Those tyres did not look too bad. This boy just things his

:18:00. > :18:04.way around a racetrack and somehow is so kind to the car whilst being

:18:04. > :18:08.so fast. He is incredible, certainly the benchmark for Formula

:18:09. > :18:16.One right now. He definitely has the best car on the field currently,

:18:16. > :18:26.and is making full use of it. We see Massa there making his pit stop.

:18:26. > :18:27.

:18:27. > :18:33.Fastest lap of the race now is Jenson Button on 1:46.0. There is

:18:33. > :18:39.an investigation going on for an unsafe pit stop release. That is a

:18:39. > :18:47.no-brainer, surely. There will be a drive-through penalty there for the

:18:47. > :18:50.Sauber of Kobayashi. Massa is on his first exploratory lap now,

:18:51. > :18:58.whereas Britain has done one already and knows exactly what to

:18:58. > :19:03.expect. Surely he should nail him on traction out of Luffield corner?

:19:03. > :19:09.No room there, he has to go down the inside at Woodcote and then

:19:09. > :19:14.look at the run into Copse corner. It is too fast, too wet. This is

:19:14. > :19:20.costing Britain time, but he has to make sure he is well positioned for

:19:21. > :19:26.the run-down Hangar Straight. He needs to take advantage of the heat

:19:26. > :19:33.in those slick tyres. Jenson will have to go off the line. Look at

:19:33. > :19:41.this, Hamilton right on the back of Finance: They have -- of Fernando

:19:41. > :19:46.Alonso. Button goes through the outside, well massive run him out

:19:46. > :19:51.of road? Coming into the final corner, Button, with another lack

:19:51. > :19:55.of experience, manages to get to the apex of Vale, and there he goes

:19:55. > :19:59.through Club corner, brilliant move yet again from Button, and he is

:19:59. > :20:05.coming back into the race after that awful first stint. That

:20:05. > :20:10.reminds me of Nigel Mansell! Brave stuff from Jenson Button.

:20:10. > :20:14.Positioned himself well. Goes to the outside, uses the momentum of

:20:14. > :20:20.the slipstream, but he is on the unsure part of the track and that

:20:20. > :20:24.this point you would expect him to back out, but he keeps his foot in,

:20:24. > :20:28.Massa give some space and he nails down into Club corner. Supreme

:20:28. > :20:36.skills there from both drivers. Kobayashi is getting a drive-

:20:36. > :20:42.through penalty, a stop and go penalty, actually. There is at the

:20:42. > :20:48.bottom family, thoroughly enjoying that move -- there is Jenson

:20:48. > :20:53.Button's family. Will Hamilton have enough grip at Copse corner having

:20:53. > :21:01.gone through the water? He does indeed and the crowd will recognise

:21:01. > :21:04.that any time soon. This is the view of Hamilton now from Alonso.

:21:04. > :21:10.Hamilton up into third place, Michael Schumacher with a stop-go

:21:10. > :21:14.penalty for causing a collision. They don't see it like we did as a

:21:14. > :21:17.racing incident and we wait to hear what they will do about Kobayashi's

:21:17. > :21:21.release from the pit stop was dog looks like Lewis Hamilton is

:21:21. > :21:25.answering all of the critics with a lot of frustration over the last

:21:25. > :21:34.few races. He has gone from tenth to third place with a fantastic

:21:34. > :21:39.mood. My cat this through Woodcote. -- look at this. Look at the spray

:21:39. > :21:44.coming off does slick tyres. That is the sort of bravery we are used

:21:44. > :21:51.to with livers when it comes to overtakes. I cannot believe he had

:21:51. > :22:00.enough grip -- with Lewis Hamilton. I was reaching for the brake pebble

:22:00. > :22:04.in the commentary box! -- brake pedal. We saw this in Canada,

:22:04. > :22:10.Vettel seemed a bit cautious in these conditions. The race is

:22:10. > :22:17.turning on its head! Lap 16, Vettel leads by 1.2 seconds from team-mate

:22:17. > :22:24.weather. Hamilton only 7.5 seconds off the lead in third. Jenson

:22:24. > :22:33.Button patching them quickly as well. 1:42.7, matching Webber's

:22:33. > :22:40.time. We saw Vettel make a mistake last time he was under this much

:22:40. > :22:45.pressure, so all bets are off again. Vettel will start to come under

:22:45. > :22:49.pressure unless he gets on with a little bit, and he is, the fastest

:22:49. > :22:59.man in the first sector, quite a bit faster than Webber but two

:22:59. > :23:00.

:23:00. > :23:05.tense slow were in the middle part of the lap -- too tense slower.

:23:05. > :23:10.Mark Webber has got to see this and sent his opportunity, he has to get

:23:10. > :23:14.passed on the track because, strategy wise, you cannot out

:23:14. > :23:20.strategy Sebastien because of the structure, the lead car gets the

:23:20. > :23:24.benefit of the first choice in pit stop. I know that is a bone of

:23:24. > :23:32.contention of yours, each team only has one pit garage, so it will

:23:32. > :23:37.compromise somebody. Jenson Button does a new fastest lap of the race.

:23:37. > :23:47.He was over 22nd off the leading pace as the leader goes through the

:23:47. > :23:47.

:23:47. > :23:51.back marker, and now he is just 12 seconds off the lead. There is

:23:51. > :23:55.Michael Schumacher's stop and go penalty. You usually get a drive

:23:55. > :24:05.through, so they must have been particularly upset. Exactly 10

:24:05. > :24:08.

:24:08. > :24:15.seconds. The team manager of Mercedes watching his watch. I did

:24:15. > :24:20.not expect to see the team manager standing there! Michael Schumacher

:24:20. > :24:24.has done a good job of wrecking his own afternoon, sadly. That has

:24:24. > :24:28.finished it off for him. Schumacher has gone back out, because going

:24:29. > :24:34.out, damaging his nose and being the first in four that tyres was

:24:34. > :24:39.the best moment. It got him to eighth place, as it happened. I

:24:39. > :24:45.think the penalty is harsh on Michael. You say that, but could

:24:45. > :24:49.Kobayashi have lost time if Michael had not hit him? Clearly, it wasn't

:24:49. > :24:53.intentional, but it did cause what the stewards could consider to be

:24:53. > :24:58.an avoidable incident. Staying in bed this morning would have made an

:24:58. > :25:03.avoidable incident! I think he was just having a go. Vettel is back up

:25:03. > :25:12.to 2.4 seconds in his lead, but Alonso is the fastest man out there

:25:12. > :25:16.at the moment in fourth. 0.9 behind Hamilton. As they are finding grip

:25:16. > :25:21.and confidence and belief that the car will stick, we are 10 seconds

:25:21. > :25:25.off the ultimate pace. Can I bring you back while there is not much

:25:25. > :25:32.happening on the screen to Monaco, where Liz Hamilton was given

:25:32. > :25:36.penalties for trying overtakes? -- and Lewis Hamilton. Felipe Massa

:25:36. > :25:46.was given a penalty in the first incident, so the Stewarts have to

:25:46. > :25:52.be consistent, and they are. -- the stewards. Even with the speed limit,

:25:52. > :26:01.it is not such a big penalty to drive through the pit. Your pace in

:26:01. > :26:05.the last lap was fantastic. Good news, then, going into the ears of

:26:05. > :26:10.Lewis Hamilton. They all use the same system, but I loved it when I

:26:10. > :26:14.drove the Pirelli car, a deep in your ear to tell you to change gear.

:26:14. > :26:24.You stop looking at all if the fancy lads, I forgot they were

:26:24. > :26:32.there after five laps. -- all of the fancy lights. The system was

:26:32. > :26:41.developed some time ago. This is Alguersuari on the Renault, bails

:26:41. > :26:51.out of it. When you have sprayed off the top of your tyres and still

:26:51. > :27:01.commit to Copse corner, that is why we love to watch. This is Aldous

:27:01. > :27:02.

:27:02. > :27:06.worry ahead of this -- Alguersuari. Michael Schumacher is back, track

:27:06. > :27:11.after his penalty. Because they don't go through Vale and Club

:27:11. > :27:14.corner going into the pit lane, it saves you a bit of time, so Charlie

:27:14. > :27:18.Whiting has decided this weekend will be a stop and go rather than a

:27:18. > :27:25.drive-through penalty. Just finished and why they have the beak

:27:25. > :27:31.in the ear for the deer should, the rate of acceleration is such that

:27:31. > :27:34.when she had selected a gear you are already at 65, 70,000, and the

:27:34. > :27:44.rate of gear change is so quick that it is easier for the driver to

:27:44. > :27:46.

:27:46. > :27:50.deal with a beep than the lights. Heidfeld goes past Kobayashi for

:27:50. > :28:00.11th place, surged past him. That is the dr red zone, and as they

:28:00. > :28:08.were getting them sows out of shape -- dad is the DRS zone, as they

:28:08. > :28:15.were getting themselves out of shape. Alguersuari onto the back of

:28:15. > :28:20.Heidfeld now as they head into Copse corner. Down two gears this

:28:20. > :28:30.time, it is just a fifth gear, normally six or seven in bone dry

:28:30. > :28:35.

:28:35. > :28:45.conditions. A new fastest lap of the race for Lewis Hamilton, 1:39.8.

:28:45. > :28:49.

:28:49. > :28:55.A four second gap between Button now. Kobayashi has a look up the

:28:55. > :29:03.inside and comes back and makes it work. Two former GP2 riders will

:29:03. > :29:11.not give up. He will never give up a position, he seizes the place

:29:11. > :29:17.immediately back again. I take my hat off, too Kobayashi. Normally

:29:17. > :29:20.when someone has been overtaken they go, why did that happen? But

:29:20. > :29:26.he was immediately back on it. Maldonado seems to be under

:29:26. > :29:34.pressure now. What is going on with Maldonado? Has he dipped his tyres

:29:34. > :29:42.on a piece of wet track and lost temperature? Michael Schumacher

:29:42. > :29:52.recovering, coming into Petrov, for 16 and 17. A ten-second stop and go

:29:52. > :29:56.penalty for Kobayashi, I believe it will be, for an unsafe release.

:29:56. > :30:01.Just to remind you, stop and go is favoured this weekend because of

:30:01. > :30:05.such a short pit lane time, so Kobayashi will take a penalty. That

:30:06. > :30:11.is the only decision, I would have thought. He normally got in the

:30:11. > :30:16.wake of the car. He was slow to move away, as you pointed out. The

:30:17. > :30:20.lollipop man put it down, but he said, I'm going anywhere, and

:30:20. > :30:30.catches the table for the airline of Force India, so he is lucky to

:30:30. > :30:35.

:30:35. > :30:44.to the dentist! Why did he not stop? He kept his foot in. He may

:30:44. > :30:50.be has the noise of Murray Walker saying it, go, go, go! Mark Webber,

:30:50. > :30:58.second place. 0.2 faster on the previous lap. He is three seconds

:30:58. > :31:08.off the lead. Lewis Hamilton third. Paul di Resta holding out in

:31:08. > :31:12.

:31:12. > :31:19.just done his penalty, but his engine was overheating. A huge

:31:19. > :31:24.plume of blue smoke coming out the back. People might consider it is

:31:24. > :31:29.unfair that he has lost 25 seconds, but that was the choice that

:31:29. > :31:34.Charlie Whiting had to make. Mark Webber's advantage has been curbed

:31:34. > :31:43.by Sebastian Vettel. They are neck- and-neck now, a level playing field

:31:43. > :31:53.in terms of good tyre performance. Lewis Hamilton quicker than Mark

:31:53. > :31:58.

:31:58. > :32:08.saying they are struggling with tyre temperature. It looks like

:32:08. > :32:28.

:32:28. > :32:37.Sauber. How long do we think the soft tyres will last? We do not

:32:37. > :32:43.have full accurate information, but in normal conditions, they have

:32:43. > :32:49.doubled the degradation of the harder tyre. Between one and 1.5

:32:49. > :32:55.seconds per lap. They will want to stay on these for as long as they

:32:55. > :33:05.can. It is all about making sure you do not end up coming out on a

:33:05. > :33:06.

:33:06. > :33:16.dirty piece of track. You will lose performance in the tyres. It is

:33:16. > :33:18.

:33:18. > :33:28.scary if you off the rails. Both of the Lotus cars are out of the race.

:33:28. > :33:32.

:33:32. > :33:42.Michael Schumacher and Vitaly used to say that Lewis Hamilton was

:33:42. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :34:03.afternoon for remained -- great Alonso Darren Quick Lewis Hamilton.

:34:03. > :34:13.They have dropped Jenson Button by 5.5 seconds. The top five covered

:34:13. > :34:15.

:34:15. > :34:23.by 13 seconds, and we are not even Grand Prix, with plenty of action

:34:23. > :34:31.to come. RADIO: What would you do with the front wing? A little bit

:34:31. > :34:41.more. Undisturbed. He is having a bit of understeer. How much is a

:34:41. > :34:51.

:34:51. > :34:56.Lewis Hamilton is having to defend. Fernando Alonso will get a better

:34:56. > :35:01.drive through Club. They are not the best of friends after they year

:35:01. > :35:06.as team-mate at McLaren. I do not think Fernando Alonso is thinking

:35:06. > :35:16.about that, he is thinking about winning the Grand Prix. He is the

:35:16. > :35:30.

:35:30. > :35:40.fastest man. Lewis Hamilton coming position fairly easily, he has been

:35:40. > :35:48.

:35:48. > :35:58.wide and there twice. -- wide there mind up whether to stay on the try-

:35:58. > :36:13.

:36:13. > :36:23.line or move out of the way. second, Fernando Alonso third,

:36:23. > :36:54.

:36:54. > :37:04.decided that he does not like it. set of soft tyres available, so

:37:04. > :37:11.they are putting used ones on. He will now fly, presumably. Fernando

:37:11. > :37:17.Alonso, 1:38.4. He is brinded himself right back into play. Paul

:37:17. > :37:21.di Resta comes into the pits. We heard about the overheating engine

:37:21. > :37:31.of Kamui Kobayashi. I wonder if there was damage from hitting the

:37:31. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:37.Wealden. -- wheel gun. The incident with Michael Schumacher as well.

:37:37. > :37:47.This will be interesting. How much faster will Lewis Hamilton be on

:37:47. > :38:00.

:38:00. > :38:05.out there and be quiet but fast. He does not like to go into the pits

:38:05. > :38:15.very often. He ends up somewhere near the top 10 at the end of the

:38:15. > :38:26.

:38:26. > :38:30.removed. 6.7 seconds behind the leader, he is on fire. Ted Kravitz?

:38:30. > :38:37.Paul di Resta is in for a pit-stop, but they are bringing another set

:38:37. > :38:46.of tyres out. They were expecting the other Force India in. This has

:38:46. > :38:51.ruined his race. Pastor Maldonado comes in as well. That is the

:38:51. > :38:56.question that has been -- that is the mistake that has been made.

:38:56. > :39:06.They would have been putting on the option tyres, but they were for

:39:06. > :39:16.Adrian Sutil. Ted Kravitz? Yes, Adrian Sutil has just come into the

:39:16. > :39:25.

:39:25. > :39:35.pits. Amis communication. They were Maldonado, when he should not pay.

:39:35. > :39:39.

:39:39. > :39:49.Alonso has just done the fastest middle sector of the entire Grand

:39:49. > :39:51.

:39:51. > :39:58.Prix. He has so much speed at the moment. Mark Webber in the pits.

:39:58. > :40:06.Fernando Alonso, 1:37.5, 5.8 seconds off the lead. Jenson Button

:40:06. > :40:16.and Felipe Massa up carpeting as well. -- they are hitting it as

:40:16. > :40:24.

:40:24. > :40:34.time, if they can keep the tyres intact. It will be fascinating, the

:40:34. > :40:35.

:40:35. > :40:42.last few laps, to see who pits when, and how long they can stretch.

:40:42. > :40:52.lap times are some way down from last year. We have got a puncture

:40:52. > :41:00.

:41:00. > :41:10.complex. You have to go about walking pace. That is a long way

:41:10. > :41:16.

:41:16. > :41:26.There is contact. That is the third front wing at Paul di Resta has

:41:26. > :41:32.

:41:32. > :41:42.pits. Fernando Alonso follows him in. The yellow flags are out, for

:41:42. > :41:48.

:41:48. > :41:56.the recovering Sebastien Buemi. His wheel has not gone on! Sebastian

:41:56. > :42:01.Vettel has got some serious work to do now! Fernando Alonso comes out.

:42:01. > :42:07.The McLaren in the next as well. Lewis Hamilton, flying. Fernando

:42:07. > :42:13.Alonso leads from Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

:42:13. > :42:21.Ted Kravitz? The mechanics are looking at the wheel nut. The time

:42:21. > :42:27.was ticking away, they were trying to deal with the cross thread.

:42:27. > :42:32.is brilliant! We are going to have a great race! Fernando Alonso was

:42:32. > :42:37.the fastest man before he came in. I would have loved to have had

:42:37. > :42:44.Fernando Alonso behind Sebastian Vettel and having a go. But there

:42:44. > :42:53.was no fight in that, it was a pit stop pass. But Sebastian Vettel has

:42:53. > :43:00.won so many races play only just going fast enough. We talked about

:43:00. > :43:10.Ferrari... Sebastien Buemi has decided to call it a day, and that

:43:10. > :43:15.

:43:15. > :43:24.said. Fernando Alonso leads from Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton has

:43:24. > :43:29.got up to speed. If we can keep -- he can keep it within the one-

:43:29. > :43:35.second window, he will get the deal less activation. Fernando Alonso

:43:35. > :43:39.will be trying to open out more than a one-second gap. We saw

:43:39. > :43:44.Fernando Alonso getting the service offered to pass Lewis Hamilton,

:43:45. > :43:54.before Lewis Hamilton pitted. Lewis Hamilton had been out for two laps

:43:55. > :44:01.

:44:01. > :44:11.too far back. Sebastian Vettel will catch them up, the fastest first

:44:11. > :44:24.

:44:24. > :44:34.the lead, let's not forget him. -- know how many points I am ahead. He

:44:34. > :44:39.

:44:39. > :44:43.does, really! It took them 11 up the pieces. He was not that far

:44:43. > :44:47.behind Sebastian Vettel, but the early second stop has cost him

:44:47. > :44:54.track position. You would have thought he would have got the

:44:54. > :45:01.undercut. Mark Webber's stop was 5.2 seconds, so that cost him

:45:01. > :45:11.dearly. Red Bull on the Lee -- usually based at that sort of thing.

:45:11. > :45:18.

:45:18. > :45:23.He should have had the benefit of earlier. Alonso has stopped heart

:45:23. > :45:29.on his tyres, we can still do it, be patient. I don't think Alonso

:45:29. > :45:33.was hard on his tyres, was it? is like we are listening to Lewis

:45:33. > :45:39.Hamilton's engineer, a lot of reverse psychology going on here.

:45:39. > :45:44.The engineers are not just there to fix the car, they are there to

:45:44. > :45:48.reward for drivers and give them confidence. At you can see the 400

:45:48. > :45:57.metre cable camera in the background, which is new for this

:45:57. > :46:07.year. Alonso leading Hamilton in his slipstream as Vettel hones in

:46:07. > :46:10.

:46:10. > :46:14.on the McLaren. We are now in a 1:37, so the pace is coming. Mark

:46:14. > :46:24.Webber, the man who started on pole position and dominated this race

:46:24. > :46:37.

:46:37. > :46:41.last year, with Paul di Resta. is absolutely critical if Red Bull

:46:41. > :46:45.have any chance of winning this Grand Prix, that Sebastian Vettel

:46:45. > :46:49.is able to get past Hamilton. Hamilton in the last lap was

:46:49. > :46:53.running over a second slower than Fernando Alonso, say they cannot

:46:53. > :46:59.afford to lose any time getting past the McLaren. Vettel was nearly

:46:59. > :47:04.a second slower, as well. Alonso was absolutely nailing the throttle

:47:04. > :47:10.pedal and now has some clear area in front and behind. Still a long

:47:10. > :47:20.way to go. We can hear Eddie Jordan down in the pit lane saying, I told

:47:20. > :47:23.

:47:23. > :47:30.you so! Hamilton struggling on the exit of Brooklands there. As soon

:47:30. > :47:34.as Vettel gets into the dr Red Zone, it is a long way round the lap --

:47:34. > :47:41.DRS zone. Alonso might be taking too much out of his tyres at that

:47:41. > :47:47.pace? We will find out whether what they said about the use of his

:47:47. > :47:51.tyres is real or not. He needs fast lap times to give him the window to

:47:51. > :47:55.have the luxury of being easier on his next set of tyres. Looks like

:47:55. > :47:59.Sebastian Vettel is not quite close enough yet to get into a passing

:47:59. > :48:05.zone that Hamilton. He must get used up into that one second window

:48:05. > :48:13.as he goes into Stowe corner. at the front tyre, trying to pull

:48:13. > :48:22.itself off the rim. They must be running such low pressures. Half of

:48:22. > :48:25.the total suspension in the car is in the side wall of the tyres. We

:48:26. > :48:32.are down in two turn 1, Paul di Resta is about to get out of the

:48:32. > :48:38.way of second, third and fourth place. Surely Vettel was within one

:48:38. > :48:45.second of the white line that measures ready to release into this

:48:45. > :48:51.DRS a zone over that white line? Paul di Resta gets out of the way.

:48:51. > :48:55.Hamilton has his wing Open as well, he was within one second of Paul di

:48:55. > :48:59.Resta. It will be another lap before Sebastian Vettel can get

:48:59. > :49:07.used up in that position as well, presuming he does not get the

:49:07. > :49:15.advantage somewhere else throughout the lap. In a comparison to the Red

:49:15. > :49:25.Bull, it looks like it remains solid on this brings. -- it remains

:49:25. > :49:37.

:49:37. > :49:40.follows Hamilton down the Hangar Straight. I am in the Red Bull

:49:40. > :49:45.garage where they are looking pretty glum because they pride

:49:45. > :49:49.themselves on being one of the best pit crews in the business, but that

:49:49. > :49:53.message to Vettel intrigued me, there are still plenty of racing

:49:54. > :50:03.stops to go. They started an intermediate, so Vettel could go on

:50:03. > :50:07.to the soft tyre at the end. But he could switch to a four stop, and it

:50:07. > :50:12.so expect to see him quite soon, but he would lose track position.

:50:12. > :50:17.We are still on three stocks at the moment. Those that can keep their

:50:17. > :50:21.tyres intact should only have to stop one more time, but the pace is

:50:21. > :50:24.increasing and the fuel load is now significantly decreasing as they go

:50:24. > :50:30.through the Grand Prix, which does not put the tyres under so much

:50:30. > :50:40.stress. Vettel with the rear wing wide-open, as soon as he could to -

:50:40. > :50:40.

:50:40. > :50:50.- as soon as he touches the brakes, it closes. To an extent, the DRS is

:50:50. > :50:56.negated. Look at the slipstream, he is just behind the McLaren.

:50:56. > :51:00.Hamilton moved over to cut him off a little bit. Hamilton has got his

:51:00. > :51:10.hands full died in the McLaren round the circuit whilst fending

:51:10. > :51:20.off the world championship leader. That was a move there to say it is

:51:20. > :51:25.

:51:25. > :51:31.Sebastian Vettel, don't even think about it! In this phase, it is not

:51:31. > :51:40.out of the question that the leader could have quite a tremendous lead.

:51:40. > :51:47.Michael Schumacher is out there pretty fast as well. You don't like

:51:47. > :51:51.the feeling of wet grass, do you? The first one very much generated

:51:51. > :51:57.the second, and it has put him horribly behind. Amazingly, he only

:51:57. > :52:07.lost a second. That is one place I would not want to run down on the

:52:07. > :52:17.

:52:17. > :52:22.grass, exit in Becketts and fourth which is why you see that gap and

:52:22. > :52:26.once again Vettel, with in the slipstream of the McLaren, and

:52:27. > :52:31.Hamilton watching in his mirrors, Vettel playing games, trying to

:52:31. > :52:38.distract him as he turns into Copse corner. Hamilton somewhat wiser

:52:38. > :52:42.than that. We watched the last lap through the Becketts section and

:52:42. > :52:46.the McLaren was quicker. Vettel went down to third year on the last

:52:46. > :52:54.part of Becketts, so I can't imagine what issue he must have had

:52:54. > :53:00.to go down to such a low gear. It is the first and middle section

:53:00. > :53:04.where the Red Bull is performing on a much higher level. This is

:53:04. > :53:13.Michael Schumacher here looking for the move down the inside. You have

:53:13. > :53:17.to say that for Toro Rosso that was not much of a defence at will. That

:53:17. > :53:26.was Alguersuari, he got, I don't want the argument with Michael

:53:26. > :53:33.Schumacher. Alonso on lap 35, 9.4 seconds clear of Hamilton, just 0.7

:53:33. > :53:41.ahead of Vettel. Webber beginning to close down the gap after the

:53:41. > :53:48.problem on the exit of Becketts. Jenson Button in fifth. Still know

:53:48. > :53:52.where to get for battle, he has not got the DRS. We saw Vettel going on

:53:52. > :53:57.to the water on the Wennington straight. Is that suggesting he is

:53:57. > :54:00.trying to cool the tyres to make them last longer? Under normal

:54:00. > :54:10.circumstances you would never run on to a wet part of the track in

:54:10. > :54:17.slick tyres. You might be right. clever boy, if that is what he is

:54:17. > :54:22.doing. He looks a lot closer through this middle part of

:54:22. > :54:27.Becketts. Once again down to third gear, or been to fourth, but I

:54:27. > :54:34.think that gap is too much to come out on to Hangar Straight. This

:54:34. > :54:41.would be the better part for the DRS activations alone. Why not two

:54:41. > :54:49.DRS zones here? We have not got two consecutive long straights, to

:54:49. > :54:54.answer my own question. The FIA have felt, they said they would

:54:54. > :54:58.have two, but in the end they went for one. It is a work in progress,

:54:58. > :55:04.a new technology that has been introduced this year. Michael

:55:04. > :55:09.Schumacher coming across the cold start-finish line. On the inside of

:55:09. > :55:19.Heidfeld who is saying, not today, Michael. Getting out on to the damp

:55:19. > :55:20.

:55:20. > :55:24.part of the track. It is a shame that Michael had that contact

:55:24. > :55:29.because his pace has been very strong in this race, no doubt about

:55:29. > :55:34.it, and he is still fighting for 11th place, despite a stop and go

:55:34. > :55:38.penalty and having to come in for a new nose. Hamilton now having to go

:55:38. > :55:43.on the inside on the damp part of the racetrack, he will have to stay

:55:43. > :55:49.on the right to fend off Sebastian Vettel. Vettel thinks better of it

:55:49. > :55:59.and again loses a lot of time, so Lewis Hamilton getting pretty

:55:59. > :55:59.

:55:59. > :56:04.fighting there. It is interesting, the Red Bull's pace through that

:56:05. > :56:09.complex, the Brooklands Woodcote Complex, suggests that Red Bull has

:56:09. > :56:13.better low-speed performance than McLaren, but where he is able to

:56:13. > :56:18.get close, it is wet on the run down to Copse corner and Hamilton

:56:18. > :56:24.is too wise to be caught out there. And that will is into the pit.

:56:24. > :56:31.will depend 15 laps to do to the end of the race -- Vettel is into

:56:31. > :56:37.the pit. Because he has run into media tyres in the Grand Prix, that

:56:37. > :56:41.is why they are putting on his final set -- intermediate tyres.

:56:41. > :56:46.This is quite strategic what they are doing here. The find this

:56:46. > :56:51.surprising that it is so early? needs clean air, he is being held

:56:51. > :56:56.up behind the McLaren, has not been able to get past, so they need to

:56:57. > :57:03.change the strategy, get the jump at the pit stop. 3.4 seconds was

:57:03. > :57:06.that pit stop. Ted was there. damaged his tyres. You lose so much

:57:06. > :57:12.downforce behind another car, and he damaged his tyres beyond what he

:57:12. > :57:18.would have done. But what a gift that was for Ferrari. Liz Hamilton

:57:18. > :57:26.holding at Sebastian Vettel, and 11 seconds was Alonso's lead on a pair

:57:26. > :57:33.of them -- Lewis Hamilton. David, do you think this is about Racing

:57:33. > :57:40.McLaren rather than, as we see a replay of how close Vettel got...

:57:40. > :57:45.Lewis Hamilton defending the racing line. This is absolutely the racing

:57:45. > :57:49.line. Sebastian Vettel thought about it but backed out of it. He

:57:49. > :57:53.backed out a huge amount if you see the time he lost. This is not so

:57:53. > :58:00.much a gift for Ferrari, they have got to the leader of this race by

:58:00. > :58:06.merit. Louis Hamilton will pit on this lap to try to cut off de Red

:58:06. > :58:10.Bull. We will be looking at is -- a massive out-lap for Sebastian

:58:10. > :58:16.Vettel if he has any chance of catching the Ferrari. Still doing

:58:16. > :58:21.very good lap times on front. On board with Lewis Hamilton. A garage

:58:21. > :58:26.of 22 men, approaching at 62 miles an hour. That will not be good

:58:26. > :58:31.enough, I don't think. Sebastian Vettel has made that undercut work

:58:31. > :58:34.on the McLaren. It shows the difference in pace between the

:58:34. > :58:41.fresher set of options and what Lewis Hamilton was able to do in

:58:41. > :58:45.the last lap. Why, then, we do not pit as early as possible all of the

:58:45. > :58:55.time? Because you only have so many sets of tyres available, as you

:58:55. > :58:56.

:58:56. > :59:01.well know, Martin! Jenson, overtake Webber, chance to overtake him.

:59:01. > :59:06.That gives their game away. Vettel now behind Massa, but on fresh

:59:06. > :59:14.tyres. I wonder if Ferrari will play Massa tactically, because he

:59:14. > :59:21.could slow Vettel down a lot here. He came in a couple of laps late

:59:21. > :59:25.because he had to wait so long for Felipe Massa. Vettel is the fastest

:59:25. > :59:29.man of the Grand Prix in the first sector as Mark Webber makes his way

:59:29. > :59:35.through the traffic, and Jenson Button keeps closing in on Webber,

:59:35. > :59:40.as well. Third and fourth at the moment, just one second behind, and

:59:40. > :59:44.Vettel yet to catch them up after his stop. Listening to that radio

:59:44. > :59:49.broadcast, the wise thing for him to do is bring Webber in. They will

:59:49. > :59:58.cover McLaren, and if they have a normal pit stop, it should be very

:59:58. > :00:04.clear that Mark will stay in position. There is no McLaren.

:00:04. > :00:12.There is we will not making a bid for freedom across the pit lane. --

:00:12. > :00:22.wheel nut. They may be trying to do my Red Bull, but let's wait and see.

:00:22. > :00:38.

:00:38. > :00:48.Button will have to deliver place. How quickly Kent Sebastian

:00:48. > :00:49.

:00:49. > :00:55.Vettel get through? Taking no prisoners here. That is as simple

:00:55. > :01:05.move for its Sebastian Vettel. And that releases him beautifully to

:01:05. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:15.head off after Fernando: so. He has got to make one more stop. This

:01:15. > :01:25.needs to be the perfect lap, the best pit-stop they have ever done.

:01:25. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:45.They need to keep track position. Jensen Button in as well. Let's see

:01:45. > :01:46.

:01:46. > :01:56.where Fernando Alonso feeds back in. Jensen Button away, his final stop

:01:56. > :02:00.

:02:00. > :02:10.of the afternoon. The engine is running. He is in neutral. The team

:02:10. > :02:20.have said there has been a problem and have told him to stop.

:02:20. > :02:44.

:02:44. > :02:54.think it is missing a field that? think so. -- missing a wheel nut.

:02:54. > :02:55.

:02:55. > :03:04.It is a difficult job that these mechanics have. Hamilton and Filipe

:03:04. > :03:10.Massa or have yet to stop. What is the story now with the Jensen

:03:10. > :03:20.Button out of the Grand Prix? Fernando Alonso leads by 8.9

:03:20. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:34.seconds. Mark Webber making his way through the back markers, he is 5th

:03:34. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :03:43.at the moment. Ted was watching that difficult start. Just an

:03:43. > :03:47.unfortunate mistake by the chief mechanic. These guys do these jobs

:03:47. > :03:57.brilliantly all the time and it is inevitable that there will be one

:03:57. > :03:59.

:03:59. > :04:08.mistake. McLaren where annoyed that that radio message was played out.

:04:08. > :04:15.That they were telling Jensen Button that they could overtake. So

:04:15. > :04:25.they were already annoyed and wanting to do a very fast pit stop.

:04:25. > :04:25.

:04:25. > :04:33.At that might be one excuse. Alonso charging along at the front. Quite

:04:33. > :04:43.possibly the fastest lap of the race. Massa losing so much time on

:04:43. > :04:46.

:04:46. > :04:56.that lap. Jensen Button has retired. And Massa does pit. Seems like a

:04:56. > :04:57.

:04:57. > :05:04.strange strategy for Ferrari. must be unhappy as well. Why would

:05:04. > :05:14.they have left him out so long? On nest just to get in the way of Mark

:05:14. > :05:31.

:05:31. > :05:37.Webber's Grace? -- race. Fernando Alonso is leading the race. 12.6

:05:37. > :05:46.seconds clear of Sebastian Vettel. He is now romping away at the front

:05:46. > :05:52.of this grand prix. Current level of fuel-saving is not enough. We

:05:52. > :06:02.will need to do some more to get to the end of the race. That is the

:06:02. > :06:04.

:06:04. > :06:11.message a driver does not want to hear. That will affect his lap time.

:06:11. > :06:20.One of the best ways to save fuel is to roll out of the throttle

:06:20. > :06:27.early. But that will not give him the lap time that he wants. Mark

:06:27. > :06:33.Webber will be on a charge. Help for news for the opposition. Very

:06:33. > :06:39.helpful indeed. Mark Webber just 2.6 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton

:06:39. > :06:47.who now has to go into economy mode with his fuel. They do not want to

:06:47. > :06:52.carry excess fuel through the race. It seems as if Lewis Hamilton's

:06:52. > :07:02.pace has been faster than they expected and now they have not put

:07:02. > :07:08.

:07:08. > :07:17.enough fuel in. I wonder if McLaren have been more competitive in the

:07:17. > :07:27.race than they expected after a disappointing qualifying? Maybe

:07:27. > :07:37.

:07:37. > :07:47.they are just paying the price for that now, not enough fuel on board.

:07:47. > :07:50.

:07:50. > :08:00.Hamilton ahead could be in trouble, being told to save fuel.

:08:00. > :08:02.

:08:02. > :08:10.If the mechanic puts his hand up you cannot know that the wheel nut

:08:10. > :08:18.is not on. And Jensen Button is out of the race, so what penalty could

:08:18. > :08:23.they apply? Unless they carried that forward, up which would be

:08:23. > :08:28.severe in the extreme. Hamilton desperately wants to be on the

:08:28. > :08:38.podium in front of those British fans but he has got his work cut

:08:38. > :08:39.

:08:39. > :08:46.out. Massa coming back now in 5th place. Sebastian Vettel will have

:08:46. > :08:56.to settle for second place at the moment. He has got no answer to the

:08:56. > :08:57.

:08:57. > :09:07.pace of Fernando Alonso and Ferrari. Mark Webber will definitely want to

:09:07. > :09:17.be on the podium this year. But Hamilton has to be a sitting duck.

:09:17. > :09:24.

:09:24. > :09:29.He has been given the message to save fuel. Jensen cannot get any

:09:29. > :09:39.luck at Silverstone. Has never been on the podium and once again he is

:09:39. > :09:43.

:09:43. > :09:52.out of the Grand Prix. Alonso going slowly now but could be bluffing.

:09:53. > :10:00.Could be bluffing! The Teamsters do not know. We had the McLaren guys

:10:00. > :10:10.saying they were coming in and they did not come in. Mark Webber's

:10:10. > :10:24.

:10:24. > :10:34.engineer saying, do not be fooled. Down into Brooklands corner. This

:10:34. > :10:34.

:10:34. > :10:40.looks exactly like a video game! Look at the discarded rubber on the

:10:40. > :10:46.side of the race track. Till what you can, do not make it easy for

:10:46. > :10:56.him, but we do need to get to the end of the race. Lewis Hamilton

:10:56. > :11:09.

:11:09. > :11:16.will be fuming. He is going to be limited in what he can do. Hamilton

:11:16. > :11:23.lights up a race track. When we were doing the jet-ski, he really

:11:23. > :11:33.jumped on that. He just lit up the water there as well. But

:11:33. > :11:42.unfortunately he is a little bit short of petrol today. He needs to

:11:42. > :11:49.keep Mark Webber behind. The engineers said, do what you can.

:11:49. > :11:59.I'm not sure he will be able to do anything. Mark Webber just sails

:11:59. > :12:14.

:12:14. > :12:24.down the up side. Mark Webber is through into third place.

:12:24. > :12:24.

:12:24. > :12:31.And that will sadden the crowd around here. Here is the replay. A

:12:31. > :12:39.little bit of bluff and double bluff. That was pretty close to

:12:39. > :12:49.being contact. You can see how quickly Mark Webber had to make his

:12:49. > :12:49.

:12:49. > :12:59.decision. He goes to the outside, runs it down into their braking

:12:59. > :13:06.

:13:06. > :13:12.zone. But in the end it was a nice clean move. Mark Webber past

:13:12. > :13:18.Hamilton. But they just confirmed on the radio again that he may not

:13:18. > :13:28.finish the race because of the fuel. Interesting, I did not hear them

:13:28. > :13:32.

:13:32. > :13:38.say that he will finish the race. Putting a bit of top spin on it.

:13:38. > :13:46.Alonso now leads by 17 seconds. It has been an exciting day here at

:13:46. > :13:54.the British Grand Prix. We saw Sebastian Vettel make the perfect

:13:54. > :14:04.start, just cruising away from the lights. Then as they had to go to

:14:04. > :14:05.

:14:05. > :14:11.slick tyres, it all turned on its head. Hamilton threw in the early

:14:11. > :14:18.stages getting himself up into second place. Now running short of

:14:18. > :14:26.fuel, he has sadly fallen back to 4th place. Jensen Button was also

:14:26. > :14:36.strong but has dropped out of the Grand Prix minus his right front

:14:36. > :14:38.

:14:38. > :14:48.wheel nut. It has not been good news for the Brits in the British

:14:48. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:58.Grand Prix. Schumacher or now back in the points. His pace has been

:14:58. > :15:00.

:15:00. > :15:10.tremendous today. It has been a great comeback for

:15:10. > :15:10.

:15:11. > :15:20.Michael Schumacher. Sergio Perez is behind him, he has only stopped

:15:20. > :15:28.twice. As has Rosberg. If McLaren are bluffing about the fuel then

:15:28. > :15:38.they are doing it to absolutely everybody. On the pit wall they are

:15:38. > :15:48.worried. You can understand the Red Bull's paranoia. But a good effort

:15:48. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :16:01.by those guys. Perez does seem times. Sebastian Vettel is the only

:16:01. > :16:09.man who to have been on the podium every race this year. He is 19

:16:09. > :16:15.seconds adrift now. Dropping Hamilton now, 5.3 behind weather as

:16:15. > :16:22.he tries to save fuel. Felipe Massa at 10 seconds behind Hamilton last

:16:22. > :16:29.time around, 7.3 at the and of this lap. Felipe Massa fancies

:16:29. > :16:35.Hamilton's fourth place now. It is not over yet with three laps to go.

:16:35. > :16:43.Felipe Massa, then, on a charge to take away fourth place as Ferrari

:16:43. > :16:48.are definitely on the comeback trail. You are not giving me

:16:48. > :16:54.information. OK, Lewis, I am getting the information to you

:16:54. > :16:57.are... Hamon 10 demanding more information from his engineer --

:16:57. > :17:05.Lewis Hamilton demanding more information. He will not be happy

:17:05. > :17:09.once he gets out of the car, especially if he loses fifth place.

:17:09. > :17:19.But for having to stop played early on, Felipe Massa would have been in

:17:19. > :17:21.

:17:21. > :17:28.the thick of the third, fourth place action. At the end of the

:17:28. > :17:32.Hangar Straight, Alonso leads by 19 seconds. He is now on lap 50.

:17:32. > :17:37.a big test for Felipe Massa. It looks like he will get on the back

:17:37. > :17:46.of Lewis Hamilton before this race, but will he be brave enough to pull

:17:47. > :17:51.past on the McLaren? Will McLaren have enough pace to defend? Mark

:17:51. > :18:01.Webber has not given up on second place, the gap is down to two

:18:01. > :18:01.

:18:02. > :18:05.seconds. No wonder Lewis is on the radio saying, I want more

:18:05. > :18:15.information. It is like he is waiting for a train that is coming

:18:15. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:26.into the station any time soon. are in for a thrilling finish.

:18:26. > :18:31.Alonso's lead went up to 19.4. We wanted somebody else to win a race

:18:31. > :18:35.for a change! Fernando Alonso has threatened to do that all weekend.

:18:35. > :18:44.Ferrari have been so quiet in all of the calamity and arguments about

:18:44. > :18:49.exhaust. -- exhausts. They quietly had a lot of Updates on the back of

:18:49. > :18:54.that car to get more we are grip. Remember last year in this race

:18:54. > :18:58.when Alonso, despite being 47 points behind, said, I can still

:18:58. > :19:02.win this. We might hear more of the same today. Mark Webber still

:19:02. > :19:09.closing in on second place man Vettel, looking forward to the

:19:09. > :19:14.radio transmission there. Battle might be saying, will he stay

:19:14. > :19:24.there? What are we doing here? will be in fuel-saving mode, I

:19:24. > :19:34.would have thought. Mark Webber just about the fastest man on the

:19:34. > :19:37.

:19:37. > :19:47.track. The gap is down to 1.7 between Hamon tent and that will --

:19:47. > :19:52.

:19:52. > :19:56.between Hamon 10. Vettel once again cooling his tyres. I wonder what is

:19:56. > :20:01.going on in the Red Bull pit. We know what is happening on the

:20:01. > :20:05.racetrack as it shapes up and Vettel goes to the inside. Mark

:20:05. > :20:10.Webber runs out of racetrack. They are fighting for it! This is a

:20:10. > :20:14.proper scrap for second place in the Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel

:20:14. > :20:18.going defensive early on, Mark Webber with two DRS activated early

:20:18. > :20:23.on is the fastest man of anybody in the first sector for the entire

:20:23. > :20:27.race, and would love to take second place away from Sebastian Vettel.

:20:27. > :20:31.No question, having won his Grand Prix last year he, he knows he

:20:31. > :20:35.needs to get a finish in front of Sebastian Vettel did turn this

:20:35. > :20:41.season around. He has spent too long this season looking at his

:20:41. > :20:44.gearbox. Alonso is on the final lap as the two Red Bull cars finished

:20:44. > :20:49.the penultimate lap. Felipe Massa is on the back of Hamilton out

:20:49. > :20:53.there as well. So much action in the closing moments of this

:20:53. > :21:01.wonderful Grand Prix. Providing Mark Webber stays within a second

:21:01. > :21:06.as he goes through turn for, he will have that win again. -- turn

:21:06. > :21:11.four. We have no idea what the podium order will be except for

:21:11. > :21:21.Alonso is likely to be on the top step. No team orders within Red

:21:21. > :21:22.

:21:23. > :21:28.Bull, so they are racing. DRS is open. He is too far back. Mark

:21:28. > :21:37.Webber has not used his curves on that line. Do you think he is

:21:37. > :21:45.saving it for the Hangar Straight? Is Mark Webber going to get into

:21:45. > :21:52.the slipstream? No, we needed to see that because Massa is in the

:21:52. > :21:56.same position as Mark Webber is on Vettel. Felipe Massa has not been

:21:56. > :22:00.able to use the DRS to pass Hamilton, Hamilton hanging on to

:22:00. > :22:06.fourth place at the moment. Will Mark Webber have enough energy down

:22:06. > :22:12.his final run of Hangar Straight? Let's listen to Mark Webber.

:22:12. > :22:19.need to maintain the gap, maintain the gap. Fernando Alonso wins the

:22:19. > :22:27.British Grand Prix! Is 27th victory! The first for Ferrari

:22:27. > :22:31.since Korea last year. He joins Jackie Stewart on 27 wins. Does not

:22:31. > :22:38.look like Mark Webber is paying too much attention. Sebastian Vettel

:22:38. > :22:45.finishes in second. Massa is through! There is contact!

:22:45. > :22:51.Hamilton get back inside? Yes, he can there -- he can! There will be

:22:51. > :22:57.a run to the line. NASA made the move into Vale, Hamilton steamed up

:22:57. > :23:01.the inside. Let's see what Felipe Massa thinks about that. Quite firm

:23:01. > :23:06.contact there. Louis Hamilton entitled to fight his corner. I

:23:07. > :23:10.would love to see another angle of that. The director did not know

:23:10. > :23:14.which action to follow on the tracks so we missed a bit of theirs,

:23:14. > :23:23.but I am sure there was some contact and great defensive driving

:23:23. > :23:29.from Hamilton and a great comeback from Felipe Massa. We are going to

:23:29. > :23:35.get a proper thump in the side as a broken front wing, but so what at

:23:35. > :23:38.this stage? Synchronised drifting, synchronised to gin. As they are

:23:38. > :23:44.both turning right in a left-hander, trying to keep their cars in the

:23:44. > :23:50.right direction, bits of McLaren in the air. Felipe Massa has gone down

:23:50. > :23:55.the outside, gets a proper thump from Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton

:23:55. > :24:00.closes off the turning point, Felipe Massa or fighting as he

:24:00. > :24:06.crosses the Astra turned and a clear fourth place in the end for

:24:06. > :24:10.Lewis Hamilton. I think that will go to the Stuarts because there has

:24:10. > :24:19.been contact and whenever there is contact the stewards have to look

:24:19. > :24:29.into it. It is a fantastic day, Fernando. Very, very good.

:24:29. > :24:29.

:24:29. > :24:33.Fantastic day! Said the Spaniard to the Italian in English at the

:24:33. > :24:41.British Grand Prix. Remember, in qualifying he was bouncing down the

:24:41. > :24:49.outside of the gravel. That is a great British scene, going to the

:24:49. > :24:59.Grand Prix, take a fast of tea for the day! If you want to be a

:24:59. > :25:01.

:25:01. > :25:06.marshal, you can go on the website, marshal .co.uk. Alonso beat Vettel,

:25:06. > :25:12.third place Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton somehow hangs on to fourth.

:25:12. > :25:18.I can't see the stewards could do anything about that. A great job

:25:18. > :25:22.again for sow the Ferrari in the points. Heidfeld for Renault aides,

:25:22. > :25:32.Michael Schumacher 9. Alguersuari in their points again, for the

:25:32. > :25:35.

:25:35. > :25:41.third consecutive time tense. -- 10th. A fantastic job throughout

:25:41. > :25:45.the weekend, enthusiasm, courage. Keep that up. A different message

:25:45. > :25:49.from what we were hearing 10 minutes ago! Quite difficult to

:25:49. > :25:56.read that when you keep turning the steering wheel. Drivers are prone

:25:56. > :26:01.to mood swings! It seems that way. Lewis Hamilton pumping up the team.

:26:01. > :26:08.He wanted more fuel information, and rightly so, he wanted to know

:26:08. > :26:13.how fast he could push to keep Massa behind him. An incredible day

:26:13. > :26:16.for fully pay -- for Fernando Alonso. It is 60 years since

:26:16. > :26:20.Ferrari ended the World Championship, and it looks strange

:26:20. > :26:25.to see him out there in his modern helmet, but he was sliding that old

:26:25. > :26:33.Ferrari, and he was doing exactly the same this afternoon in his 2011

:26:33. > :26:38.model. Trying to make sure there are no issues when they go on the

:26:38. > :26:47.scales. That was a Supreme Drive and Ferrari took full advantage of

:26:47. > :26:51.the pit stop problems for Sebastian Vettel. Why is the holding up his

:26:52. > :27:01.steering wheel? The Ferrari badge in the middle. That is why you are

:27:02. > :27:05.

:27:05. > :27:08.in the commentary box. I suspect you are absolutely right. The world

:27:08. > :27:11.championship leader congratulates Fernando Alonso for winning

:27:11. > :27:18.Ferrari's first one Prix since Korea last year, when Vettel blew

:27:18. > :27:23.up and gave them the race -- first Grand Prix. He will be a relieved

:27:23. > :27:28.team principal for Ferrari. We have got to say a word for Pat Fry who

:27:28. > :27:32.has taken over the difficult role of technical director. I spoke with

:27:32. > :27:38.him an earlier and he said they were closing the gap, in the hunt

:27:38. > :27:43.for this victory. He had a difficult time, his last McLaren

:27:43. > :27:49.was a difficult car. You worked with him at McLaren, he is looking

:27:49. > :27:55.good, made a lot of changes at Ferrari. Ferrari are back in

:27:55. > :28:05.business in Formula One with a solid victory. 16.5 seconds clear

:28:05. > :28:13.of the Red Bull cars, a Vettel and Webber. Lyris Hamilton held on to

:28:14. > :28:18.fourth. -- Lewis Hamilton. It was in a fairly brutal manner, but that

:28:18. > :28:26.is what racing is about, defending your task. When you are sliding a

:28:26. > :28:33.car into the corner, will stop Massa was the one making the move,

:28:33. > :28:39.whizzing down the outside. It was a great race, a great battle to the

:28:39. > :28:42.chequered flag, but the stewards put out the emotions, take that to

:28:42. > :28:46.one side, and when two cars have contact on the track in a non-

:28:46. > :28:56.contact sport, it normally gets reviewed. I hope they don't do

:28:56. > :28:57.

:28:57. > :29:01.anything, but let's wait and see. He is saying that his visor was

:29:01. > :29:11.covered in flies. He thinks they are mosquitoes. I don't think we

:29:11. > :29:28.

:29:28. > :29:33.would not want to be in his shoes most days of the week. Every day

:29:33. > :29:38.there is something written in the Italian media about the foul -- the

:29:38. > :29:42.Ferrari Formula One team. That is pressure. He started working to

:29:42. > :29:45.help out with the car park when he was a kid because he wanted to be

:29:45. > :29:48.involved in Formula One somehow, and ends up as team principal of

:29:48. > :29:54.the Ferrari team and one of the most approachable man in the

:29:54. > :29:58.paddock, it must be said. And so it is Fernando Alonso, Sebastian

:29:58. > :30:03.Vettel. Mark Webber will not be too impressed with been told to hold

:30:03. > :30:07.station. Prince Harry on the stadium, -- on the podium, ready to

:30:07. > :30:17.greet them. Mark started on pole, I don't think he will be pleased with

:30:17. > :30:17.

:30:17. > :32:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:32:19. > :32:25.The Spanish national anthem first followed by the Italian. No more

:32:25. > :32:35.racing this afternoon. Prince Harry presents the first trophy dared to

:32:35. > :32:41.Fernando Alonso. A very deserving winner of this grand prix. They

:32:42. > :32:49.respect a great to drive when they see it, the fans. And that was a

:32:49. > :32:56.great drive in difficult conditions. Stefano Domenicali taking the

:32:56. > :33:01.constructors Trophy there. Philip Hammond, MP, presenting Sebastian

:33:02. > :33:11.Vettel, who still cannot do any worse than second place, with his

:33:12. > :33:16.

:33:16. > :33:21.trophy. And the chairman of the Motor Sports Association in the UK.

:33:21. > :33:31.And Mark Webber is first off with the champagne. Europe driver of the

:33:31. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :33:37.day, David? Unquestionably. He has kept his head. And he was able to

:33:37. > :33:46.deliver a strong performance. I think the McLaren team would wish

:33:46. > :33:52.that there was that kind of work ethic. We have seen a lot of

:33:52. > :33:59.controversy in the team. Fernando Alonso wins the British Grand Prix

:33:59. > :34:03.in spectacular style. Red Bull still very much there in second and

:34:03. > :34:13.third with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. And the sweet taste of

:34:13. > :34:14.

:34:14. > :34:23.success. A famous circuit, a famous driver, driving for a famous team.

:34:23. > :34:33.An epic race, right up on to the wire. It was a race fitting for

:34:33. > :34:34.

:34:34. > :34:38.this brand new look Silverstone circuit. It was a thrilling race.

:34:38. > :34:42.With the changing conditions, for me this was a fabulous race in line

:34:42. > :34:46.me this was a fabulous race in line with what we saw in Canada. And you

:34:47. > :34:53.just sort a shot from the helicopter it there. Everyone said

:34:53. > :35:03.that the fogey him -- that the podium was not facing the fans, but

:35:03. > :35:09.it is now. Christian Horner, I thought Red

:35:09. > :35:14.Bull were a team that did not make team orders? It was a team results.

:35:14. > :35:20.Sebastian Vettel had an issue that we were dealing with as well and

:35:20. > :35:25.the last thing you want to see is the team giving away a whole lot of

:35:25. > :35:33.points. So we decided it was best to hold the positions in those

:35:33. > :35:38.final two laps. Mark Overslade disagreed with that but I can

:35:38. > :35:48.understand his frustration but from 18. A few we cannot afford to give

:35:48. > :35:55.

:35:55. > :36:02.away a whole lot of points. -- from at team point of view. With those

:36:02. > :36:07.final two laps it was entirely the sensible thing to do. How many

:36:07. > :36:13.times did he ignore youth when he told him to hold station?

:36:13. > :36:21.message was quite clear to him what the team expected. The team

:36:21. > :36:27.collectively. Relations between EU and Mark Webber...? He should be

:36:27. > :36:34.fine with that. He is a team player. It was clear that it was about

:36:34. > :36:41.getting the most we could out of this event. That is racing.

:36:41. > :36:46.Sometimes these things can happen. Ferrari was quick today but second

:36:46. > :36:52.and third is still be strong team result. How ironic that 12 months

:36:52. > :37:01.ago it was Mark Webber is saying, not bad for a number of to driver,

:37:01. > :37:07.as he crossed over the line. I do not think there's any issue with

:37:07. > :37:13.what Christian Horner said. He is the boss. That is what is expected

:37:13. > :37:19.to be done. It was absolutely the right call. No drama, absolutely

:37:19. > :37:25.perfect. Effectively what Christian was saying that yes, our drivers

:37:25. > :37:29.are allowed to race but they need to make a decision in the final

:37:29. > :37:35.collapse. What has been achieved by Christian and the Red Bull team

:37:35. > :37:40.today, they have one that has attracted Championship. And that is

:37:40. > :37:47.as a result of the guile and the sensibility of those people who

:37:47. > :37:55.made the call. It may not be to the satisfaction of Mark Webber, but it

:37:55. > :38:05.was the right thing to do. The fans do tend to support individual

:38:05. > :38:05.

:38:05. > :38:11.drivers but they need to think about the team. Sebastian Vettel

:38:11. > :38:20.has extended his lead in the Championship. But how silly it

:38:20. > :38:24.would they look if the two of them ran into each other? Especially the

:38:24. > :38:34.management of the team. There would look like idiots. And they're not

:38:34. > :38:35.

:38:35. > :38:40.in the business of looking idiots, there are a very skilful team. In

:38:40. > :38:45.this case it is a team issue. There was not a present in the world who

:38:45. > :38:49.would not have made that decision. If you thought that Fernando

:38:49. > :38:55.Alonso's celebrations were impressive, you should see the

:38:55. > :39:05.crowd down on the track. Interesting that they are deciding

:39:05. > :39:06.

:39:06. > :39:11.to shout your name, Eddie, not that of Fernando Alonso! It is an

:39:11. > :39:21.emotional thing. Imagine what it must be like on the top of the

:39:21. > :39:21.

:39:22. > :39:28.podium. There is something magical. He cannot bind the atmosphere, the

:39:28. > :39:35.excitement at Silverstone. And the sun comes out to join us in his

:39:35. > :39:41.great day of celebration with this new circuit here behind us.

:39:41. > :39:49.Fernando Alonso picked up these win in the first season with Ferrari at

:39:49. > :39:54.Mon-Sun. It was his incredible drive that picked up the win for

:39:54. > :40:00.him. But first let's hear from the drivers in the press conference.

:40:00. > :40:05.Fernando, you're first win of the season. You were gifted the lead by

:40:05. > :40:15.Red Bull but do you feel you force in state today? It is difficult to

:40:15. > :40:20.

:40:20. > :40:30.know. We were in the lead at that moment. I left the pits and found

:40:30. > :40:37.myself leading the race. The race was in very different conditions.

:40:37. > :40:46.We started with a very wet part of the circuit. Then the intermediate

:40:46. > :40:51.tyres were struggling. Then with the right tyres it was again the

:40:51. > :41:01.same thing, very slow at the beginning and then a quick when the

:41:01. > :41:03.

:41:03. > :41:07.track was dry. I knew it was a race not to make mistakes. And with no

:41:07. > :41:16.mistakes and you that the car had enough pace to fight for of the

:41:16. > :41:20.victory. It was a great battle with Hamilton. Tell us about that pass.

:41:20. > :41:27.Well when we had the dry tyres fitted he was very quick in that

:41:27. > :41:37.part of the race. We stayed calm, we knew our opportunity would be

:41:37. > :41:45.

:41:45. > :41:55.later in the race. Dent thanks to the KERS and the DRS we have the

:41:55. > :41:58.

:41:58. > :42:05.opportunity. The only thing we can do is trying to win every race and

:42:05. > :42:13.be aggressive in every race. Sebastian, the pit stop cost you

:42:13. > :42:19.the lead. It is hard to say how much we lost but we did lose the

:42:19. > :42:29.lead. We had quite a bit of a cushion at that stage. Fernando

:42:29. > :42:29.

:42:29. > :42:37.then came out and I struggled to get past. In some places it was

:42:37. > :42:42.quite close with him but it did not quite work. All in all I think we

:42:42. > :42:47.had a good race. It was difficult in these conditions. I had a

:42:47. > :42:53.brilliant start and was able to pull away at the beginning on the

:42:53. > :42:58.intermediate tyres. Then we waited a little bit and when not that

:42:58. > :43:04.aggressive, which cost us a bit of our lead. A planned -- plus the pit

:43:04. > :43:12.stop. Little mistakes here and there, but he cannot get it right

:43:12. > :43:15.all the time. And Ferrari beat us fair and square today. There has

:43:15. > :43:20.been a certain trend in the last couple of races and there has been

:43:20. > :43:26.very strong on race day on Sunday and generally improving their car.

:43:26. > :43:31.That shows as we need to keep on pushing very hard. So that it is

:43:31. > :43:36.the other way round again. Very close to the back of Lewis Hamilton

:43:36. > :43:45.as well. I thought this was the only place where I could try

:43:45. > :43:52.something. I had to include an exit and got off the corner very well

:43:52. > :43:58.and then I was too close, sitting behind him in that kink where the

:43:58. > :44:04.old pit buildings is. You cannot really do anything there. So I had

:44:04. > :44:09.to lift. And I do not think there was much left. It was close but

:44:09. > :44:16.good fun. Mark Webber, what happened at the end, you seemed to

:44:16. > :44:26.be closing in? It was a mixed race. It was slippery and tricky at the

:44:26. > :44:29.start. Half the track was wet and half was dry. It was frustrating

:44:29. > :44:37.because we had to wait for the slick tyres to come into play on

:44:37. > :44:47.that part of the track. Then we elected to stop when it started to

:44:47. > :44:48.

:44:48. > :44:54.go O K. And just before Fernando closed a bit on me. So it was a bit

:44:54. > :45:01.scrappy affair. Then we had an interesting race after that. Not

:45:01. > :45:09.too strong at the end of the stints. Then I tried to pass at the end,

:45:09. > :45:14.but not quite. Where you surprised by how tough the battle you have

:45:15. > :45:21.been given in this weekend's by McLaren and Ferrari? Not really.

:45:21. > :45:31.You never know. Sundays are always difficult. McLaren looked in

:45:31. > :45:32.

:45:32. > :45:42.trouble yesterday. Then they did a clean job in the pit lane. Every

:45:42. > :45:44.

:45:44. > :45:52.now and again, you cannot be principal. Not even a podium at

:45:52. > :45:58.Silverstone since 2007, and now you pick up the top step. Today was

:45:58. > :46:08.incredible for everyone. For the show on the track, the difficult

:46:08. > :46:08.

:46:08. > :46:13.conditions. Half of the track was wet, the other half was trite,

:46:13. > :46:22.incredible. It was good for Formula One, and I am pleased for our team,

:46:22. > :46:31.for Fernando Alonso, and also for Felipe Massa. Very happy today.

:46:31. > :46:35.important is it to see these shots, knowing that, he said, if we are

:46:35. > :46:41.going to challenge, it is now or never? It is great, it shows the

:46:41. > :46:47.way we are. It is good to see the atmosphere on the podium. That is

:46:47. > :46:54.what I like in Formula One. A tough fight on the track, but they were

:46:54. > :47:00.expecting -- respecting each other. We will see, because now we need to

:47:00. > :47:07.relax a bit tonight, and then we moved to the next race. The change

:47:07. > :47:15.of rules has played into your hands, you were very quiet before this

:47:15. > :47:22.will change. I was quiet because this is not good for anyone. They

:47:22. > :47:27.were trying to be co-operative, as always, to find the best solution.

:47:28. > :47:36.I do not like to be in front of the camera for these reasons. We were

:47:36. > :47:42.working very hard to follow the instructions, but this success is

:47:42. > :47:52.for the job that the people have done. Have all the teams agreed

:47:52. > :48:04.

:48:04. > :48:10.that, from the next race, we will think we are on the right direction.

:48:11. > :48:17.You talked to Fernando Alonso in Italian, he mentioned mosquitoes.

:48:17. > :48:21.If you see his visor, it was full of mosquitoes. He said it was

:48:21. > :48:30.incredible. Sebastian Vettel said there were a lot of mosquitoes as

:48:30. > :48:36.well. I was surprised to see this! Lewis Hamilton was a fly in the

:48:36. > :48:46.ointment, especially for Felipe Massa. This might go to the

:48:46. > :49:03.

:49:03. > :49:11.stewards. Do you think this is Hamilton was on the inner side of

:49:11. > :49:21.the last corner. Another corner, it could have been different. That is

:49:21. > :49:24.

:49:24. > :49:31.great sporting stuff. We were only issue, Sebastian Vettel has

:49:31. > :49:36.extended his lead, but it is only 80 points. Never say never. That is

:49:36. > :49:43.the way we have to approach it, race by race. Ferrari never gives

:49:43. > :49:52.up. Let's see what the resulting Germany will be. It is amazing how

:49:52. > :50:02.popular you are! I did not pay anything! Lovely to see you,

:50:02. > :50:12.

:50:12. > :50:19.end. We will talk about Lewis Hamilton in a moment. Nico Rosberg

:50:19. > :50:26.performing well. Sergio Perez looking after his tyres. Michael

:50:26. > :50:28.Schumacher, an incident-packed race, but he made it work. Jaime

:50:29. > :50:33.Alguersuari, the third successive race that he has finished in the

:50:33. > :50:42.points. It was looking so good for Paul di Resta. He hadn't issue at

:50:42. > :50:51.the pit stop. -- he had an issue. Daniel de Ocado -- Daniel Ricciardo,

:50:51. > :51:01.on his debut. A disappointing day for Lotus. Considering that Heikki

:51:01. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:20.Kovalainen made it into Q2 it is the end for the Constructors'

:51:20. > :51:25.Championship. I cannot see how anyone can come back from over 100

:51:25. > :51:32.points. Certainly in the way Red Bull are performing, the carp is so

:51:32. > :51:37.reliable, the drivers are performing. -- car is reliable.

:51:37. > :51:45.Lewis Hamilton, an incredible start, up to six on the first lap. He is

:51:45. > :51:50.such a racer. He went over to the left-hand side, so he could

:51:50. > :51:59.position himself. Difficult conditions. He has not made any

:51:59. > :52:06.moves at this stage. He got on the inside position, coming into the

:52:06. > :52:11.loop. People say about the frustration, yes, he had a horrible

:52:11. > :52:17.qualifying yesterday, but this is so exciting to see somebody

:52:17. > :52:23.fighting and getting up into the top three. I love the way that his

:52:23. > :52:29.mind so it is about the way he goes about racing. It could be an

:52:29. > :52:35.encouragement for everyone else. is a natural racer. Some great

:52:35. > :52:41.overtaking from Lewis Hamilton. Without repeating myself, this is

:52:41. > :52:45.what the crowd come for. They want to see a British driver with spirit,

:52:45. > :52:49.passion, Speed. You have got all of those things in abundance. I love

:52:49. > :52:57.how he goes about his racing car. I would forgive him for the

:52:57. > :53:01.indiscretions that he has. He is an inspiration, I love it. He overtook

:53:01. > :53:11.Fernando Alonso, people started talking about him winning the Grand

:53:11. > :53:11.

:53:11. > :53:19.Prix. I am not sure, but it was brave stuff. At that stage, in the

:53:19. > :53:26.changeable conditions, he was one of the fastest cars on the track.

:53:26. > :53:29.As the circuit dried out, he was not quick enough. What was working

:53:29. > :53:34.for them in the changeable conditions that did not work when

:53:34. > :53:40.the track dried out? He was defending brilliantly from

:53:40. > :53:47.Sebastian Vettel at this stage. Cast your mind back to a pit stop.

:53:47. > :53:53.We saw the spanners out to make sure they got different went on to

:53:53. > :54:00.both of the cars. -- they got the front wing it. When you are making

:54:01. > :54:10.changes like that, it is never easy to come back. This is at the end of

:54:10. > :54:15.the Grand Prix. Did you agree with Stefano Domenicali? Yes, it is

:54:15. > :54:21.great that he said that. In the end, that was a great battle. Lewis

:54:21. > :54:30.Hamilton is on the inside, he cannot disappear. A bit of contact

:54:30. > :54:33.as Felipe Massa tries to come back. But there is no intent in that.

:54:33. > :54:41.Would Lewis Hamilton have made the corner, had he not got the

:54:41. > :54:49.battering ram to fall up against? think so. The tyre was completely

:54:50. > :54:59.locked up. It was marginal, the way I saw it. Nothing wrong, but it is

:55:00. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:13.incredible last lap. Yes, that was as close at it is going to get it.

:55:13. > :55:18.The team did a fantastic job with the pit stops. Today, knowing the

:55:18. > :55:24.support we had, I have never seen so many people at Silverstone. The

:55:24. > :55:29.support is beyond what any driver will get anywhere else. I am

:55:29. > :55:38.massively thankful for that. I could feel them sparingly on. I

:55:38. > :55:43.made some places up. I had to save fuel towards the end, massively. I

:55:43. > :55:52.had to give Mark Webber the position. In the last lap, they

:55:52. > :55:56.said, now you can push. I said, fax! -- thanks! I was not giving

:55:56. > :56:02.him that position. Is it frustrating to be told to save fuel

:56:02. > :56:12.so early? On your radio, you said, you are not giving enough

:56:12. > :56:13.

:56:13. > :56:18.information. You are always trying to drive to the fine line. The guys

:56:18. > :56:26.at the front, it did not apply if they had to say fuel. That is not a

:56:26. > :56:35.positive on our side. I wanted to make sure that I am always there, a

:56:35. > :56:40.not too much, not too little. I did the best job I could. I am so

:56:41. > :56:46.grateful of the support I had, as if I had one. A fantastic last lap,

:56:46. > :56:53.it was like you were driving it, thinking, we do not need that front

:56:54. > :56:58.wind, let's go for it! I was struggling massively. I was having

:56:58. > :57:05.to lift and Coast, mud-brick temperature had dropped, I had no

:57:05. > :57:15.brakes, pretty much. That is why I kept locking up. I knew I would

:57:15. > :57:17.

:57:17. > :57:23.struggle. I was stopping as fast as I could. He tried to close the door.

:57:23. > :57:29.I got the exit. I thought I was ahead. Hopefully you will not be

:57:29. > :57:34.visiting the stewards. I have got a platinum card for the stewards!

:57:34. > :57:44.could probably use the lounge now! I am going to go straight there,

:57:44. > :57:49.

:57:49. > :57:53.these days! You can see these wonderful shots, things have not

:57:53. > :58:02.been going his way this season, just when he needed speed, the

:58:02. > :58:08.message came across, you have got to save fuel. There is nothing

:58:08. > :58:14.worse for demoralising the driver, he gets himself into a rhythm,

:58:14. > :58:18.there is nothing worse, because you are on the back foot immediately. I

:58:18. > :58:26.want to know, have the wheels come off? They seem to have suffered

:58:26. > :58:34.here. It is a grim day for them. great weekend for Ferrari, and for

:58:34. > :58:41.Red Bull. McLaren, we can see things going right and wrong for

:58:41. > :58:51.Jenson Button. There are issues. This was a great pass from Jenson

:58:51. > :58:51.

:58:51. > :58:57.Button. A full marks to Felipe Massa. It is almost like a replay

:58:57. > :59:02.of what Felipe Massa was trying to do with Lewis Hamilton later.

:59:02. > :59:06.did not deserve what happened to Jenson Button afterwards. Sometimes

:59:06. > :59:14.he is accused of not being aggressive enough, but there is no

:59:14. > :59:24.talk of that here. Just behind the paint, the artificial grass. Brave

:59:24. > :59:32.

:59:32. > :59:37.wrong. What happened? It is the front right. The gun has been

:59:37. > :59:47.thrown down, to get the spare one, and the lollipop man has allowed

:59:47. > :59:59.

:59:59. > :00:09.the car to be released. There was is, if he does not know left from

:00:09. > :00:17.

:00:17. > :00:27.right! Let's watch the gunman on throw away the gun. But then, the

:00:27. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :00:39.his bowhand on top of the wheel. But there it goes. And Jensen had

:00:39. > :00:45.to retire from the race. What a disappointing end to the race. When

:00:45. > :00:51.did you first realise? It was when I headed out. As I turned up the

:00:51. > :00:59.hill it came off. So I stopped immediately. But it was very

:00:59. > :01:03.disappointing. We always hope mistakes don't happen but they do.

:01:03. > :01:09.Disappointing also because it was in front of the home crowd. I was

:01:09. > :01:15.enjoying the race and the pace was very good. I caught up with Lewis,

:01:15. > :01:22.Sebastian and market. It was all looking pretty sweet and I think I

:01:22. > :01:27.would have come out in front if Mark Webber. So much could have

:01:27. > :01:31.happened. There's always the possibility of a podium when the

:01:32. > :01:39.pace is good. So it is disappointing. And hopefully we

:01:39. > :01:44.will not have this sort of issue again. You showed us in Montreal

:01:44. > :01:51.and today how quickly the order can change. Where do you think you

:01:51. > :01:57.could have ended up? I think anyone who had pace at the end had the

:01:57. > :02:00.chance of podium. And I definitely had pace. I caught up with the

:02:00. > :02:07.three guys in front on the intermediate tyres, I just could

:02:07. > :02:17.not get those working. Then with the dry tyres on I felt really good.

:02:17. > :02:20.And the race was very good on that stint. I carried on for another lap,

:02:20. > :02:30.the pit stop was very quick. I think our pit-stops have been

:02:30. > :02:40.better than a Red Bull here. Then the guy in the front lost the wheel

:02:40. > :02:40.

:02:40. > :02:50.nut. Then the guy saw him move, it reacted to that and thought it was

:02:50. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :02:58.OK. It was a cracking overtake manoeuvre with Filipe Massa. I

:02:58. > :03:06.think that gave the crowd plenty to cheer about. Good. I did not have

:03:06. > :03:16.much choice! But it was enjoyable. And Lewis got out on the next lap

:03:16. > :03:21.as well. But just sorry we could not do better today. I think the

:03:21. > :03:30.Red Bull cars would have been interesting competition. I think I

:03:30. > :03:34.did not perhaps have as many fuel issues as Lewis Hamilton did. But

:03:34. > :03:40.just basically sorry for the fans and wish we could have done more.

:03:40. > :03:44.It seems to be that way at the British Grand Prix for me but

:03:44. > :03:46.hopefully we will come back next hopefully we will come back next

:03:46. > :03:51.hopefully we will come back next hopefully we will come back next

:03:51. > :03:57.year and not make any mistakes. Today was very disappointing for

:03:57. > :04:02.Jensen Button. The test driver at McLaren is here. Go first thing to

:04:02. > :04:09.talk about is how Lewis Hamilton's fuel could be so wrong during the

:04:09. > :04:13.Grand Prix. We realised early in the race that he would be low on

:04:13. > :04:20.fuel towards the end and he had to start saving fuel pretty early in

:04:20. > :04:26.the race. The reason for it is, if you do calculations for how much

:04:26. > :04:32.fuel you need for the pace and the long runs but we did not get that

:04:32. > :04:38.information. The pace in the race was better than expected. So we

:04:38. > :04:43.used a lot more fuel than expected. You have recently signed up with

:04:43. > :04:49.McLaren again. Is that to replace Lewis Hamilton when he leaves next

:04:49. > :04:54.year?! It would be nice! But I think he is going to be staying

:04:54. > :05:03.around. But hopefully we can build a quick enough card for Lewis

:05:03. > :05:08.Hamilton. You have eight races of experience to know that if all else

:05:08. > :05:14.fails, this is the amount of fuel you need to complete this grand

:05:14. > :05:24.prix. How could it be that far out? I think the key was just not doing

:05:24. > :05:26.

:05:26. > :05:30.the Friday it running. When you go out and are surprised by your speed,

:05:30. > :05:40.it is encouraging but then on the other hand you are using a lot more

:05:40. > :05:44.fuel than you expected. I suppose the message is you should not have

:05:44. > :05:51.been surprised! Another lesson learned this season for McLaren.

:05:51. > :05:55.Absolutely. It has not been an easy season. We almost got podium today.

:05:55. > :06:04.We will keep pushing and hopefully in Germany we will get back on the

:06:04. > :06:11.podium. And Gary is actually racing against

:06:11. > :06:21.David in German Touring cars at the minute. Having an impressive rookie

:06:21. > :06:25.

:06:25. > :06:32.season. He made a good start. Right season. He made a good start. Right

:06:32. > :06:40.up behind Felipe Massa. A difficult situation here. No one knows what

:06:40. > :06:49.to expect coming into this first corner. He has actually made the

:06:49. > :06:56.pass there. We should pass over to the man himself. Just talk us

:06:56. > :07:02.through what it was like on that first lap? It was quite tricky. The

:07:02. > :07:12.car was a bit of a hand fork and visibility was also difficult. For

:07:12. > :07:12.

:07:12. > :07:20.me it was just cautioned after my experience in Canada. I was just

:07:20. > :07:24.going forward as best I could. wanted to the reverse, qualifying

:07:24. > :07:30.sick puts you under so much pressure, it would you have

:07:30. > :07:38.prepared the other way around? Yesterday was a great day but it is

:07:38. > :07:43.disappointing in the race. But it was out of my control. I had the

:07:43. > :07:52.wrong set of tyres. There was a bit of confusion and there's not much

:07:52. > :07:57.that you can do but just go for it. After that we were lost. Just

:07:57. > :08:03.explain how this happens. I'm sure your heart was sinking as you were

:08:03. > :08:10.sitting in the car. We told to coming to the pits? I was told to

:08:10. > :08:15.come in then I got a call to stay out. Then I said I'm sorry, I am in.

:08:15. > :08:21.By that time there was a bit of confusion from the Chief Engineer.

:08:21. > :08:26.Messages just got a bit confused. It can easily happen. It has

:08:26. > :08:32.happened to me on several occasions. Nothing worse than changing

:08:32. > :08:42.conditions and the engineers not co-ordinating with the team manager.

:08:42. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:49.So ashamed for you. Then the incident with Sebastian Buemi.

:08:49. > :08:55.had just come out of the pits and I wanted to make the most of the

:08:55. > :09:03.opportunity as best I could. He came a bit across in front of me.

:09:03. > :09:07.There's not much I can really say. You don't feel he was closing the

:09:07. > :09:12.door and should have been aware that you read their? I think he

:09:12. > :09:18.could have given me a bit more room. But I cannot honestly say that

:09:18. > :09:24.would have made a difference to our race. How do you reflect now on

:09:24. > :09:34.your first British Grand Prix experience? Still plenty of reasons

:09:34. > :09:34.

:09:34. > :09:39.for you to be happy. Qualifying was superb, a great feeling. And even

:09:39. > :09:46.speaking to the German guys, they could not believe the numbers of

:09:46. > :09:52.the British fans. Considering the weather that we had. I take my hat

:09:52. > :10:01.off to them. They all thought the Scottish flags when he was driving

:10:01. > :10:06.and now they can recycle them! di Resta is normally reserved but

:10:06. > :10:10.see the smile that has broken out on his face talking about the

:10:10. > :10:16.British fans. There is something special about this grand prix.

:10:16. > :10:22.There is. The whole weekend has been great. British motorsport is

:10:22. > :10:30.on a high. And you're right at the centre of it. A round of applause

:10:30. > :10:37.for Paul di Resta and. Congratulations to you. And go and

:10:37. > :10:42.party like David Coulthard would have done in his day!

:10:42. > :10:52.Congratulations. Another man making his debut in Formula 1 this season

:10:52. > :10:59.

:11:00. > :11:04.is Daniel Ricciardo. How did he find it? How did your race go?

:11:04. > :11:11.main aim for the weekend was to see the chequered flag. It started off

:11:11. > :11:21.difficult with the weather. The others then started to pull away

:11:21. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:28.from me. It was a little bit boring at times. But I'm reasonably happy

:11:28. > :11:34.that I got to the finish. And got a bit of information to take with me

:11:34. > :11:43.and to progress for the next few races. Tell us how it your heart

:11:43. > :11:50.rate was, how we feeling on the grid? I was actually not too bad. I

:11:50. > :11:56.tried not to take too much of it in because then it may be I would have

:11:56. > :12:04.got nervous. I just told myself it was just another race. And starting

:12:04. > :12:12.from the back, there was not so much pressure. I was actually quite

:12:12. > :12:17.relaxed. Well done. He will do well to do as many races as Michael

:12:17. > :12:26.Schumacher. He is giving us some of the best entertainment we have seen

:12:26. > :12:30.it at the moment. It is interesting to see that replay. He was a long

:12:30. > :12:38.way back when he entered the turning point of the corner into

:12:38. > :12:45.Brooklands. I think it was just a racing incident so I think it was a

:12:45. > :12:51.bit harsh to get the penalty. But a great comeback from Michael. He had

:12:51. > :12:57.good pace, he has always been good abound this circuit. Credit for

:12:57. > :13:06.coming back into the points. the judges came back instantly, it

:13:06. > :13:11.was not even add discussion. For me, he was too far behind. But the

:13:11. > :13:18.stewards were clear about their decision. I would never argue with

:13:18. > :13:23.you! Or with the Niger -- Nigel Mansell who was the representative

:13:23. > :13:28.of the stewards panel today. Tell us about your race. He battled hard

:13:28. > :13:37.and made a good start. Came into the pits and then had to battle all

:13:37. > :13:42.over again? Yes, indeed. A bit of a shame. Tonight we have our home

:13:42. > :13:48.barbecue with all our staff and I was hoping to bring home some

:13:48. > :13:54.decent points. That is not satisfying so I am sorry for that

:13:54. > :14:04.because it is clearly my fault. It was the first time I had the chance

:14:04. > :14:09.

:14:09. > :14:19.to use the DRS. I just slid into Kobayashi and lost the front wing.

:14:19. > :14:20.

:14:20. > :14:26.I'm not sure the penalty was totally correct. But with the stop

:14:26. > :14:36.and go you lose much more than previously has been the case. So

:14:36. > :14:39.that was ashamed. And then there was traffic to battle through.

:14:40. > :14:49.the car feel better? There has been a lot of changes with the

:14:50. > :14:51.

:14:51. > :15:01.regulations. How does it apply to you? The guys did a great job. And

:15:01. > :15:05.in the factory, they did a superb job. IICD upgrading and the

:15:05. > :15:09.strengths of our team. It was the first time we brought a new item on

:15:09. > :15:14.the track that was highly complicated and we managed to put

:15:14. > :15:24.it on the car and race it straight away without any complications. So

:15:24. > :15:27.

:15:27. > :15:32.I hope that brings more deserved information as we get the

:15:32. > :15:38.interviews, and that was the first time he had used the ers. You gain

:15:38. > :15:45.at least 10 miles an hour. He has probably gained even more speed.

:15:45. > :15:51.Hand, it is a damp track. It does explain why he ended up in the

:15:51. > :15:59.situation of running into the back of Kamui Kobayashi. He takes a lot

:15:59. > :16:04.to make Eddie Jordan happy! We have seen too many cases of misjudgment

:16:04. > :16:11.with Michael Schumacher this year. He should go away, take a group of

:16:11. > :16:20.those video clips, and ask himself why. There is racing to royalty

:16:20. > :16:25.here, and a genuine loyalty, and sporting royalty. This is the best

:16:25. > :16:31.race on the calendar. Next weekend, the British Open, and I want to ask

:16:31. > :16:37.one of the favourites, Ian Poulter, is the British Open the best golf

:16:37. > :16:43.tournament on the planet? It is the purest golf tournament in the world.

:16:43. > :16:47.It has everything, a links course, and that means it is very special.

:16:47. > :16:55.Have you got a chance to win it? yes, I have been practising their

:16:55. > :17:00.this week, I feel very good. I have been having fun this weekend.

:17:00. > :17:06.done to Sergio Perez. Congratulations, some points for

:17:06. > :17:10.you again. How was it? It was difficult. I am happy for the team,

:17:10. > :17:17.for everybody, it has been difficult for me, after my accident

:17:17. > :17:23.in Monaco. It has not been easy to get into the rhythm again. I scored

:17:23. > :17:30.good points for the team, I have momentum going ahead. We are

:17:30. > :17:40.talking to about how to look after the tyres. We saw drivers trying to

:17:40. > :17:44.call down the tyres. How can you influence that? Our car is quite

:17:44. > :17:53.good in saving the tyres. I can adapt my driving style as well to

:17:54. > :17:57.the changing conditions. Today it was difficult to save the tyres, I

:17:57. > :18:03.was behind Nico Rosberg the whole time, it was difficult to manage my

:18:03. > :18:07.tyres. Another rocky doing the business, you are looking after the

:18:07. > :18:17.tyres perfectly. I am sure you enjoyed your first experience of

:18:17. > :18:30.

:18:30. > :18:40.the fastest man ever around the Top Gear track. We are disappearing for

:18:40. > :18:46.

:18:46. > :18:50.the Formula One Forum. Will you wanted to give it its first race to