The German Grand Prix - Qualifying

0:01:52 > 0:02:021927, will come to a dance through Here, at more than anywhere else,

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0:02:05 > 0:02:15the line between joy and pain was a fine one! In 1976, that chapter

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0:02:18 > 0:02:28closed but the name and the challenge lives on. One man made

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0:02:50 > 0:02:55Sebastian Vettel, you are the World Champion! Those now famous steely

0:02:55 > 0:03:00eyes, but is it now his time? Welcome to Germany and two

0:03:00 > 0:03:04Sebastian Vettel's triumphant homecoming. Top the first time in

0:03:04 > 0:03:09six years a German defending champion has defended his title at

0:03:09 > 0:03:13home. And the perfect way to announce his arrival would be to

0:03:13 > 0:03:19pick up pole position. This is Silverstone whether from a couple

0:03:19 > 0:03:24of weeks ago, it could rain at any moment. It is colder here and

0:03:24 > 0:03:27Silverstone which will make it challenging for tyre temperatures.

0:03:27 > 0:03:32They have a -- they have a competition to see who can come up

0:03:32 > 0:03:36with the worst weather, it is fifty-fifty at the moment.

0:03:36 > 0:03:46weather was not great but beautiful circuit at Silverstone. And this is

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0:03:46 > 0:03:52good, not a patch on the famous Nordschleife, but still good.

0:03:52 > 0:03:57have had a couple of back-to-back competitions, but being an older

0:03:57 > 0:04:02circuit, this new a circuit was built in 1984 and you can find

0:04:02 > 0:04:09yourself on the grass. We have seen excursions in practice sessions.

0:04:09 > 0:04:13have three corners over 150 miles per hour, there is no stand-out

0:04:13 > 0:04:19section at but the beauty is the sum of the part, isn't it? It is

0:04:19 > 0:04:24about rhythm, the drivers have to put the lap together. It is

0:04:24 > 0:04:27difficult to match its low-speed corners and a mechanical grip and

0:04:27 > 0:04:34balance that with the aerodynamics of the need for the fast corners.

0:04:34 > 0:04:40And section two is key, and guess who is she? Red Bull. Surprise,

0:04:40 > 0:04:45surprise! I liked that sign-off from Michael waving to the crowd,

0:04:45 > 0:04:50entertaining everybody. Is he very relaxed or is it unusual to see him

0:04:50 > 0:04:54slipping around and waving at everybody? He has spare capacity,

0:04:54 > 0:04:59he made mistakes in tricky conditions, but he realises the

0:04:59 > 0:05:03importance of this Grand Prix for Mercedes. And he is a German driver

0:05:03 > 0:05:07so is playing to the crowd. And he has won here on five occasions so

0:05:07 > 0:05:12knows his way round the track. It is also a big weekend for Sebastian

0:05:12 > 0:05:16Vettel but do not be fooled into thinking that all the flags here

0:05:16 > 0:05:26are in honour of him. With a quarter of the grid made up of

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0:05:43 > 0:05:48Germans, there are six good reasons And the British are here keeping

0:05:48 > 0:05:54that i's on Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button who work in at the

0:05:54 > 0:05:58top 10 in the final part of practice today. But it is strange,

0:05:58 > 0:06:01we have a German World Champion, 6 German drivers and there is talk

0:06:02 > 0:06:07about potentially no German Grand Prix going on next year, what is

0:06:07 > 0:06:13going on? It is laughable, at this place is sell-out, 300,000 people

0:06:13 > 0:06:18here today and tomorrow. I do not understand what is going on.

0:06:18 > 0:06:24Commercially... Michael Schumacher has turned this around. This

0:06:24 > 0:06:29country was steeped in sports cars, grit turned it into it in a country

0:06:29 > 0:06:35steeped in Formula One talent. as far as Sebastian Vettel is

0:06:35 > 0:06:40concerned, he has won a lot of big competitions. This year, he added

0:06:40 > 0:06:45Monaco to his list of achievements. But he has not won his whole race.

0:06:45 > 0:06:49We have mentioned this before, the importance for a driver, the

0:06:49 > 0:06:55feeling of achievement doing it in front of a home crowd. He probably

0:06:55 > 0:06:59came here as a young boy watching them. He is still a young man! He

0:06:59 > 0:07:04will be focused on making this if only he gets another victory this

0:07:04 > 0:07:09season, getting it here. Have you spoken to him or is he busy with

0:07:09 > 0:07:12commitments? He has his family here, his mother and father and little

0:07:12 > 0:07:20brother who was pulling some tricks on a skateboard with a handle, what

0:07:20 > 0:07:26is that? His scooter? You can tell I am in -- I am not in touch with

0:07:26 > 0:07:32the younger generation! Denied that I might, a move on swiftly. -- a-

0:07:32 > 0:07:42night that, I. We know Sebastian Vettel has a healthy lead, can he

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0:07:44 > 0:07:53maintain the gap? His team-mate is Sebastian Vettel got away better!

0:07:53 > 0:07:59He leads from Mark Webber. McLaren against McLaren, Lewis Hamilton on

0:07:59 > 0:08:09the inside. Michael did not expect him to come back on to the racing

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0:08:10 > 0:08:15line. That is a misjudgment from Michael. Look at that! Coming into

0:08:15 > 0:08:21the final quarter, Jenson Button get to the air power -- gets to the

0:08:21 > 0:08:31apex. Brilliant move again from him. Fernando Alonso under pressure from

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0:08:39 > 0:08:43Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton in again. Red Bull have gone on,

0:08:43 > 0:08:53Fernando Alonso is through and Sebastian Vettel has serious work

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0:09:03 > 0:09:11to do now! the inside and Mark Webber sales

0:09:11 > 0:09:15down the inside, and into third place. Sebastian Vettel goes to the

0:09:15 > 0:09:22in sight, Mark Webber goes a long way round and he runs out of

0:09:22 > 0:09:31racetrack. This is a proper fight for second place in the Grand Prix!

0:09:31 > 0:09:37Maintain that gap. Fernando Alonso wins the British Grand Prix.

0:09:37 > 0:09:43Felipe Massa is through... Contact! Can of Lewis Hamilton get back on

0:09:43 > 0:09:53the inside? He can. He bullies him out of the way! Lewis Hamilton does

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0:09:53 > 0:09:59it and a clear fourth place for Ticket sales have been brilliant

0:09:59 > 0:10:03but she expects that with a German champion and six German drivers. As

0:10:03 > 0:10:08far as Ferrari is concerned, half a season will do and they will try

0:10:08 > 0:10:13and win the title with half the races left. I think the same will

0:10:13 > 0:10:17happen, at a little bit too late. Silverstone, they excited the crowd.

0:10:17 > 0:10:22There were not many people disappointed to see Ferrari winning,

0:10:22 > 0:10:27they are a big team. But why cannot they get it together earlier? I do

0:10:27 > 0:10:33not understand. The other big story was Mark Webber asked to maintain

0:10:33 > 0:10:37the gap. He told us he chose not to do that, is that indicative of a

0:10:37 > 0:10:42mature and confident driver at ease with making decisions or is that

0:10:42 > 0:10:46the dangerous road to go down for him? A little bit of both probably.

0:10:46 > 0:10:51He has respect in the team and a good position in the team. The

0:10:51 > 0:10:56owner of Red Bull light that fighting spirit. I do not think he

0:10:56 > 0:11:02is in danger of losing his position. They are discussing a contract for

0:11:02 > 0:11:06next year. It causes problems for the Team Principal because he wants

0:11:06 > 0:11:11to have read all when Drivers' Championships and Constructors'

0:11:11 > 0:11:16Championships. The two drivers will fight it out. It is worth reminding

0:11:16 > 0:11:19you of the pecking order in Formula One, Ferrari are not a German team

0:11:19 > 0:11:29with German drivers but there are people here because they are the

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0:11:33 > 0:11:39closest they have is Fernando Alonso. Sebastian Vettel has a lead

0:11:39 > 0:11:43of 80 point as over his team-mate. McLaren are second and Ferrari in a

0:11:44 > 0:11:48relatively distant third. I have heard a rumour and Red Bull staff

0:11:48 > 0:11:54get a bonus based on the Constructors' Championship. Plenty

0:11:54 > 0:12:04to see, including David getting a lift round the track from Nico

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0:12:05 > 0:12:10Rosberg. But this is the latest Silverstone gave Ferrari plenty to

0:12:10 > 0:12:14smile about but for many others, it created more questions than answers.

0:12:14 > 0:12:19Mark Webber was eager to ask his Red Bull bosses questions after he

0:12:19 > 0:12:25was told not to fight Sebastian Vettel for second place. May attain

0:12:26 > 0:12:32the gap, maintain the gap. We have spoken. Both sides have been put

0:12:32 > 0:12:36forward. In the unlikely event of it happening again, normally things

0:12:37 > 0:12:40have settles down by the end but it had not buy Silverstone. Did you

0:12:40 > 0:12:44ask if the positions were reversed if you would be treated to the

0:12:45 > 0:12:49same? They have assured me that would be the same. Other drivers

0:12:49 > 0:12:52asking questions of their team were Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.

0:12:52 > 0:12:58Strategy was called into question after Lewis Hamilton was told to

0:12:58 > 0:13:02save fuel early on and Jenson only had three wheels on his wagon after

0:13:02 > 0:13:07a pit stop. Lewis does not seem to think he will be challenging at the

0:13:07 > 0:13:12front this weekend. I cannot challenge pole position. But we do

0:13:12 > 0:13:16not know their fuel load so we might be pleasantly surprised

0:13:16 > 0:13:20tomorrow to find we are heavier than others. So that brings us

0:13:20 > 0:13:26closer again. But historically, that is not the case, but we will

0:13:26 > 0:13:30wait and see tomorrow. Sebastian Vettel may have tipped most of the

0:13:30 > 0:13:35boxes in his short career but one thing he has to achieve is to win

0:13:35 > 0:13:41his home Grand Prix. He'd do it -- he hopes to do that this weekend.

0:13:42 > 0:13:47It would be fantastic, it is the one weekend. -- it is the one

0:13:47 > 0:13:53missing. But if you pushed too hard, you will not succeed. I hope for

0:13:53 > 0:13:58the support to go a bit quicker. There has been a change of driver

0:13:58 > 0:14:02at Lotus with Narain Karthikeyan taking the seat of Adrian Sutil

0:14:02 > 0:14:07this weekend. It would give the Indian driver a chance to show his

0:14:07 > 0:14:11class, but with only one weekend, the pressure is on a. This weekend

0:14:11 > 0:14:15is about building a foundation for the future. You cannot do three

0:14:15 > 0:14:21days like the old days so we have to do it in front of 300,000 people

0:14:21 > 0:14:30this weekend. But it has been all right, I found 1.5 seconds this

0:14:30 > 0:14:37afternoon from this morning. I am getting there! Vitaly Petrov was

0:14:37 > 0:14:47the star attraction as Formula One took to the streets last weekend.

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0:14:47 > 0:14:54They drove in Moscow to give Russia opportunity to come to race weekend.

0:14:54 > 0:14:59This was one small step to bring Formula One in Russia and it was

0:14:59 > 0:15:03around 60,000 people. So formula one heading to new frontiers.

0:15:03 > 0:15:08Forgive us if we look at the wrong camera. There are a lot of them

0:15:08 > 0:15:14around. It is a popular place here. David, interesting quote from Lewis

0:15:14 > 0:15:19Hamilton, before the weekend had started, to write off any chance of

0:15:19 > 0:15:23feting -- of getting pole position. No he has to be realistic. He can't

0:15:23 > 0:15:28just say he will be on pole. Of course he wants to be there. Maybe

0:15:28 > 0:15:34he will end up there. But in normal condition the McClaren is not

0:15:34 > 0:15:38capable of getting pole position. It is not just action on the track.

0:15:38 > 0:15:42There have been stories about the situation concerning Bernie

0:15:42 > 0:15:45Ecclestone, when Formula One was sold a few years ago. The questions

0:15:45 > 0:15:50around Bernie Ecclestone over possibly making a payment to

0:15:50 > 0:15:54someone. I spoke to him before we came on air to get his thoughts. If

0:15:54 > 0:16:00you would, would you give us a short update on what is happening

0:16:00 > 0:16:06with the court case in Germany. Nothing. The same as it's always

0:16:06 > 0:16:13been. What is the situation with the case? I have no idea. We have

0:16:13 > 0:16:16got is what the press put out. Nothing more. So the news that

0:16:16 > 0:16:20people have received, a payment was made by yourself to someone. I

0:16:20 > 0:16:25believe the news is you said that payment was indeed made? What I

0:16:25 > 0:16:32have said was I never made any payment concerning the shares of

0:16:33 > 0:16:38company, that was sold to CBC. money was paid? What you have just

0:16:38 > 0:16:42said, I have said that. OK. How do you feel about those stories being

0:16:42 > 0:16:46linked alongside the Formula One name. Is it an issue for you?

0:16:46 > 0:16:52can't help. It shouldn't have happened. When the facts come out,

0:16:52 > 0:16:59people will be a bit more surprised. At the moment, I can't say any more.

0:16:59 > 0:17:04What do you expect to happen? will happen with what With the case.

0:17:04 > 0:17:08I don't know. I have no idea. you personally is it difficult to

0:17:08 > 0:17:12concentrate on the job you have to do? No, because I have ignored,

0:17:12 > 0:17:21apart from one or two press asking questions. Because it is news.

0:17:21 > 0:17:26There is a will the of things about that bank that a lot of people have

0:17:27 > 0:17:31forgot to mention names. My name catches people's eye, because of

0:17:31 > 0:17:36Formula One. Is it a genuine concern for you? No. Not at all. No,

0:17:36 > 0:17:40no, no. People are a bit disa pointed, they thought I was going

0:17:40 > 0:17:45to be arrested or something. I'm sorry to disappoint people. Well he

0:17:45 > 0:17:50is smiling at the moment. But Bernie not keen to discuss that

0:17:50 > 0:17:53topic. Now something that we can get our teeth into. Something that

0:17:53 > 0:17:59drivers working out. Tyres, they have changed over the years. But

0:17:59 > 0:18:05one thing is the same. Just as David can tell you, they're the

0:18:05 > 0:18:10only four things connecting your race car to the track. All the top

0:18:10 > 0:18:19drivers are here at Nurburgring. Rain causes a last minute change of

0:18:19 > 0:18:24tyres. The tyre when all it stripped away, it is four patches

0:18:24 > 0:18:29connecting the driver to the road. A chemical R in which he places his

0:18:29 > 0:18:34trust and confidence. It is a relationship, respect the nurture

0:18:34 > 0:18:41rewarded and the harsh and careless punished. It is a living being,

0:18:41 > 0:18:46adapting as the tyre tracks the race, so the road has shaped them

0:18:46 > 0:18:54through decades. # Please allow me to introduce myself, him a man of

0:18:54 > 0:19:00wealth and taste # The tall and skinny tyres of the earlier years

0:19:00 > 0:19:07danced with their drivers, balancing heavy cars at massive

0:19:07 > 0:19:12speed. In Formula One's quest for speed, the tyres bloated and spread.

0:19:12 > 0:19:19The tread disappeared and manufacturers pushed the limits

0:19:19 > 0:19:25ever further. Hardly believable. A ribbon of rubber. A relentless race

0:19:25 > 0:19:32to connect the driver to the road. They clung to the track as engine

0:19:32 > 0:19:38grew and were forced ever harder into the surface. Such was the grip

0:19:38 > 0:19:47that for regulations put grooves into the tyres, reining in the

0:19:47 > 0:19:50speed. But the drivers missed their friends and in 2009 the much-loved

0:19:50 > 0:19:59slicks returned. Now everything and nothing has changed. Still four

0:19:59 > 0:20:02tyres, the driver and the road. The -- but perely had changed the game.

0:20:02 > 0:20:07The art of choosing the right tyre at the right time has never been

0:20:07 > 0:20:12more vital and the rewards and failures ever more greater. This

0:20:12 > 0:20:22has given us some of the most exciting racing Formula One has

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0:20:22 > 0:20:30seen. Tremendous driving. That is brilliant. Thank you. Some puefl

0:20:30 > 0:20:36shots there and plenty more to come. -- beautiful shots. And also wet

0:20:36 > 0:20:43weather tyres. But we're here outside Williams and we have been

0:20:43 > 0:20:48given a set of Rubens Barrichello's race tyres. The press officer said

0:20:48 > 0:20:53look after them. But it is good to get up close with something we have

0:20:53 > 0:20:58spoken a lot about this year. What do you think of the tyres that they

0:20:58 > 0:21:04have brought to Formula One that are more marginal and create more

0:21:04 > 0:21:09citing -- quiting -- exciting racing. I do, I know for the

0:21:09 > 0:21:16drivers it is frustrating rgs, you want a tyre that will do that lap

0:21:16 > 0:21:19after lap. But for the spectacle, we have seen more strategy and the

0:21:19 > 0:21:24drivers having to control the point at which they fall off the cliff in

0:21:24 > 0:21:28performance. So overall, I think we have to say thank you for giving us

0:21:28 > 0:21:35that opportunity. I couldn't endorse it more. Pirelly were give

0:21:35 > 0:21:41an mandate to come up with certain structure to put excitement into

0:21:41 > 0:21:48the racing. They have delivered and they have been supreme. Of course

0:21:49 > 0:21:53this weekend, it is a real art form of making just one pit stop. Rubens

0:21:53 > 0:21:59Barrichello, we will wait and find out what happens with him. He won

0:21:59 > 0:22:09here in 2002. Now the this is the Nurburgring. The name has been

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0:22:12 > 0:22:22around since 1927. When they used to race on the nord sh life. But --

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0:22:35 > 0:22:45Nordschleife. It was then a totally car together. Michael Schumacher.

0:22:45 > 0:22:50Apartly given Rosberg a driving lesson. That will be interesting.

0:22:50 > 0:22:56How was the warm up lap. Crazey. He was going slow. Now I will show you

0:22:57 > 0:23:02how it is done. I'm not allowed to drive? I will handle that. Don't

0:23:02 > 0:23:07worry. I'm scared, not a good passenger. Some would say not a

0:23:08 > 0:23:11good driver, but not good passenger. I'm going with the team leader,

0:23:12 > 0:23:17that gives me confidence. You can repeat that couple of times. I will

0:23:17 > 0:23:27just take a few chances. Because I don't know. I continue know where

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0:23:28 > 0:23:36it goes. Now it gets serious. Send my regards to my mother! It is OK

0:23:36 > 0:23:45so far. Can I not see a thing. It is an exciting weekend for me. This

0:23:45 > 0:23:50is a unique way to start the weekend. BLEEP! It is amazing they

0:23:50 > 0:24:00still do race on this track now. And especially when you think there

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0:24:11 > 0:24:17was no barriers like 20 years back. That is amazing. Oh Jesus! Oh!

0:24:17 > 0:24:25will lift off the track and fly for 20 metres, I will go flat out over

0:24:25 > 0:24:34the back. Oh! Now down the back straight. That is a massively long

0:24:34 > 0:24:39straight and you reach a top speed of 300. 260, 270, 280. It is time

0:24:39 > 0:24:49to brake. I don't know what is coming up in front. It is just the

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0:25:06 > 0:25:14that. My stomach's not built for it! That was a bit of a scare for

0:25:14 > 0:25:21me too. You had it under control. Didn't quite manage to lift off.

0:25:21 > 0:25:27don't want this to seem strange, but can I borrow your hand a moment.

0:25:27 > 0:25:31200. That is when I used to train. That is fear. It is fun, but you

0:25:31 > 0:25:35hear so much about this this track and I never been around it. To be

0:25:35 > 0:25:40around it myself on such a day, when half of the track was wets and

0:25:40 > 0:25:45half was dry. And so many bumps where you can't see. You're having

0:25:45 > 0:25:49to go that way. Or this a for me to go to doctor. You have got to go to

0:25:49 > 0:25:56doctor. All the best for the weekend. Go get some points ch

0:25:56 > 0:26:04thank you. Maybe you needed the doctor forgetting in that car?

0:26:04 > 0:26:14Dryers are never good passengers. You trust these guys. But it is the

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0:26:14 > 0:26:23nord sh life. But he got me back to the start. Now, we have seen this

0:26:23 > 0:26:30weekend both Nico and Michael driving classy Merz cars. --

0:26:30 > 0:26:36Mercedes cars. They are both five points finishes, they have similar

0:26:36 > 0:26:41records. One will want to assert himself over the other. Yes the two

0:26:41 > 0:26:46are, one is quicker than the other, the other thinks he is quicker. By

0:26:46 > 0:26:51the end of season we will find out who is the quickest. But there is a

0:26:51 > 0:26:54shadow about it, because they both would like to have a more

0:26:54 > 0:26:58competitive car and to have better situations and take the fight to

0:26:58 > 0:27:03Red Bull. It is not easy for them to see another German driver sh

0:27:03 > 0:27:11their colleague, winning a World Championship and leading this

0:27:11 > 0:27:17Championship. That is it, trying to do the business in the home track.

0:27:17 > 0:27:27What they would like an all-German podium. That what is we had with

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0:27:28 > 0:27:32British drivers two week ago at Silverstone. Well that was the GP 3

0:27:32 > 0:27:39race. Lewis Williamson picked up a win at home and the Grandstands

0:27:39 > 0:27:46were pretty full. That meant along with Dean Smith and Alexander Sims

0:27:46 > 0:27:51it was a one, two, three for British drivers. So GP 3 is just

0:27:51 > 0:28:01below Formula One. Will we see one of these faces in Formula One? Here

0:28:01 > 0:28:05is Lee. I'm in the GP 3 paddock. The support races to Formula One.

0:28:05 > 0:28:12And this is where you will find the Formula One stars of future. It is

0:28:12 > 0:28:16fair to say it is less glamorous then F1. There is no luxury of a

0:28:16 > 0:28:20garage in the pit lane. They use these awnings and they have to

0:28:20 > 0:28:25bring the equipment over from here into the Formula One pit lane. But

0:28:25 > 0:28:32it is worth it F you get the success, well no' who knows what

0:28:32 > 0:28:38will happen. Alongside me three guys who got that at Silverstone.

0:28:38 > 0:28:43Lewis women yapson first. You -- Williamson first. You won that race,

0:28:43 > 0:28:47what was that like? Going in Sunday morning was special with the amount

0:28:47 > 0:28:53of people there. Especially with my family and everything. I think

0:28:53 > 0:28:59there was a few cheers when I went for the lead. I surprised them.

0:28:59 > 0:29:03Hopefully I will get back. But the whole atmosphere and even after the

0:29:03 > 0:29:08race, the amount of people that were there coming in the gate for

0:29:08 > 0:29:16the F1 was amazing. You were third, but you were leading the

0:29:16 > 0:29:20Championship. It is a big field and a competitive one, 30 cars. Yes, it

0:29:20 > 0:29:25is a massive amount of competition. There is a lot of experienced guy

0:29:25 > 0:29:30and young guys coming through. It is tough. You were second at

0:29:30 > 0:29:37Silverstone. What do you think that does for not just your career, but

0:29:37 > 0:29:43all of your years, -- careers. we have raced in different

0:29:43 > 0:29:48Championships but now we are in GP3, all the best drivers are racing, so

0:29:48 > 0:29:53when you get a win, or even on the podium it is crucial for yourself

0:29:53 > 0:30:03and the Championship and for the team. You have got to be consistent.

0:30:03 > 0:30:08

0:30:08 > 0:30:13It is hard in this Championship,y your car this morning, I suppose

0:30:13 > 0:30:17you have to use the highs and lows as experienced for the further you

0:30:18 > 0:30:23go up? Louis's car was getting worked on to the last minute in

0:30:23 > 0:30:27China. Whenever you are struggling like we have under these cold

0:30:27 > 0:30:32conditions, we are just trying to get the car right. Whenever the car

0:30:32 > 0:30:35does not feel right for yourself, you feel you on missing those

0:30:35 > 0:30:40attempts you need to get pole position. Alexander, your

0:30:40 > 0:30:43qualifying did not go the way you wanted this morning but so -- but

0:30:43 > 0:30:48just constantly finishing is what you need to do to maintain that

0:30:48 > 0:30:54lead? To a certain extent but we are out to win and it is not just

0:30:54 > 0:30:58about qualifying because there is only pole position that counts. It

0:30:58 > 0:31:03is disappointing we are in seventh place, it is not a disaster but we

0:31:03 > 0:31:07have had too many like that if I am almost. I desperately want a pole

0:31:07 > 0:31:12position so it would make the race a lot easier. Were what can you do

0:31:12 > 0:31:16from eight position? If we hold that, we will be on pole for

0:31:16 > 0:31:21tomorrow and there is a massive opportunity. The main thing for me

0:31:21 > 0:31:26is to get every opportunity and I feel we have been doing that the

0:31:26 > 0:31:31best we can. I am improving every time and it is a great opportunity

0:31:31 > 0:31:35to come to the circuit and race so I am grateful. You are racing after

0:31:35 > 0:31:40the Formula One qualifying and again tomorrow. Formula One is

0:31:40 > 0:31:45about -- is about a minute's walk but it is a longer journey in

0:31:45 > 0:31:51reality. Good luck this weekend and throughout the season.

0:31:51 > 0:31:57We will follow their progress with interest. With blue-sky and

0:31:57 > 0:32:01sunshine, the weather is incredible act smack --! And the combined age

0:32:01 > 0:32:07of those drivers is 67, to make you feel young! Thank you for reminding

0:32:07 > 0:32:12me! Is it fair to say that the breadfruit of Formula One is much

0:32:12 > 0:32:18more money dependent than in the 1990s? -- the breakthrough.

0:32:18 > 0:32:22Arguably so because the cost is so much higher, half a million Euros

0:32:22 > 0:32:25and 1.5 million euros for a GP two and that does not guarantee you a

0:32:25 > 0:32:31place in Formula One. But great news for Great Britain that we have

0:32:31 > 0:32:37great talent. In it was really good and if things go very, very well

0:32:37 > 0:32:40for those boys, maybe one day they will end up in Formula One with a

0:32:40 > 0:32:45World Championship and driving for one of the biggest teams. But even

0:32:45 > 0:32:50if you end up at McLaren, it is not necessarily plane sailing. What is

0:32:50 > 0:33:00going on with the team who have not won a constructor's title since

0:33:00 > 0:33:01

0:33:01 > 0:33:071988? Eddie has been having a look at it.

0:33:07 > 0:33:11This is how we remember McLaren, a team at the front of Formula One

0:33:11 > 0:33:21innovation and design. Dominating the sport, winning an extraordinary

0:33:21 > 0:33:35

0:33:35 > 0:33:41since they last won the constructor's championships. This

0:33:42 > 0:33:46is a keen eye so admired and then beat, what happened? -- I so

0:33:47 > 0:33:51admired. Are they trying to be clever? In pre-season testing, they

0:33:51 > 0:33:57were not competitive mainly because of their exhaust. Their decision to

0:33:57 > 0:34:01scrap it and follow the Red Bull team was successful, Lewis Hamilton

0:34:01 > 0:34:05finished second. But would they have been a greater force with

0:34:05 > 0:34:11better testing? This is the third successive season this team has had

0:34:11 > 0:34:17to play catch-up and when you play catch-up, you take more risks. Some

0:34:17 > 0:34:27of their strategy calls have been hard to fathom. Jenson's Lake pit

0:34:27 > 0:34:32stop in Turkey to. The wrong strategy today? Yes. Under fuelling

0:34:32 > 0:34:39Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone was a necessary with little or no upside.

0:34:39 > 0:34:45Having made a great start, he heard the words no racer wants to hear.

0:34:45 > 0:34:51Your level of fuel saving is not enough, we need to do more to get

0:34:51 > 0:35:00to the end of the race. Jenson Button was forced to make a third

0:35:00 > 0:35:06stop at mine macro -- at Monaco and overtaking was almost impossible.

0:35:06 > 0:35:12The race winner pitted just once. Another decision sought manner --

0:35:12 > 0:35:16saw Lewis Hamilton sent out late at Monaco. A non-competitive time left

0:35:16 > 0:35:20him in ninth position. Lewis Hamilton for sure he could have won

0:35:20 > 0:35:26that and his frustration clearly showed. Why do you think you are so

0:35:26 > 0:35:31magnetic to the stewards? It is because I am black! He showed more

0:35:31 > 0:35:35signs of frustration last week blaming excessive sponsorship

0:35:35 > 0:35:45commitments on the run-up to Silverstone. Make no mistake, this

0:35:45 > 0:35:45

0:35:45 > 0:35:50now infamous fight -- Chad was a clear message to the team's.

0:35:50 > 0:35:57Perfection with McLaren was an enormous -- was synonymous, but

0:35:57 > 0:36:00that was in the past. Bad strategy and short for undersigned put on

0:36:00 > 0:36:10pressure for the home of Grand Prix in front of legions of fans. Are

0:36:10 > 0:36:11

0:36:11 > 0:36:16the wheels finally coming of Formula One's finest?

0:36:16 > 0:36:21Martin, you have won two races this year, is it fair to say the wheels

0:36:21 > 0:36:27are falling off McLaren? I think we have won the two and they were

0:36:27 > 0:36:31great races, we are second in the World Championship 50 points ahead

0:36:31 > 0:36:35of Ferrari who were second last year. We are not here to come

0:36:36 > 0:36:40second but to win and so by our host and despite our high standards

0:36:40 > 0:36:44it is not good enough, but we have had great wins. It is took early to

0:36:44 > 0:36:49say the wheels are coming off. We can do better and we are committed

0:36:49 > 0:36:53to making sure we win races this year. We want to win championships,

0:36:53 > 0:36:56we are making it tough for ourselves at the moment.

0:36:56 > 0:37:01Mathematically, it is still possible and we will keep pushing.

0:37:01 > 0:37:05You are spreading yourself very thin, you are technically

0:37:05 > 0:37:11supporting two other teams and have a very extensive role cop programme,

0:37:11 > 0:37:18is that having an effect? -- is very extensive car programme. It is

0:37:18 > 0:37:22very easy to find excuses. All the people with the Formula One team of

0:37:22 > 0:37:26focused on trying to win. It is difficult to win and we have proved

0:37:26 > 0:37:31that but we have had a great wins and great drivers and we are

0:37:31 > 0:37:36focused here on going forward. It is tough. At the moment, there are

0:37:36 > 0:37:40a lot of good funded a teams trying to win or so. We are second, that

0:37:40 > 0:37:45is not quite a crisis. It is disappointing because we want to

0:37:45 > 0:37:50win but it is a lot better than a lot of the teams here. When we take

0:37:50 > 0:37:55up the option on Jenson Button? we were not discussed a driver's

0:37:55 > 0:37:59contract. We have two great drivers and there is a lot of speculation

0:37:59 > 0:38:04about them. I expect them to be in this key next year and if you ask

0:38:04 > 0:38:07them, I think they would confirm that this weekend. They are

0:38:07 > 0:38:11committed members of this team. There are cycles of performance we

0:38:11 > 0:38:16do not like if we are not winning but we have to work hard and make

0:38:16 > 0:38:21sure we get back to the front. is a yes, you are about to take up

0:38:21 > 0:38:27the option? That is in refusing to answer the question! To earn into

0:38:27 > 0:38:33Lewis Hamilton, how embarrassing was it in front of the paddock him

0:38:33 > 0:38:38wandering off to see Christian horn at Red Bull? Not embarrassing. You

0:38:38 > 0:38:42know what the paddock is like. We have drivers come and visit us. The

0:38:42 > 0:38:47fact is that when we are on tour, despite the allusions to the

0:38:47 > 0:38:53outside, we know each other and talk to each other. The fact is he

0:38:53 > 0:38:56wants to win, we want to win. We have seen his frustration. He has

0:38:56 > 0:39:00to some have control that a bit. All we do not want to change him,

0:39:00 > 0:39:07he is a passionate driver and will always push to win and we do not

0:39:07 > 0:39:12want him any other way. It great pleasure, as always, Martin. -- a

0:39:12 > 0:39:17great pleasure. It sounds like Jenson Button will stay at McLaren.

0:39:17 > 0:39:21You worked for nine years for that team, how hard is it to work out

0:39:21 > 0:39:26when you employee lot of people working on two cars to work out

0:39:26 > 0:39:29where the issues are and have to resolve them? You never know

0:39:29 > 0:39:34exactly what downforce levels your competition are developing but if

0:39:34 > 0:39:41you have a car going faster than yours, you have to presume it has

0:39:41 > 0:39:48more horsepower. With this B-team 1,000 cap on the engines, it has to

0:39:48 > 0:39:52be aero that is the dominant factor -- 8,000. That comes down to the

0:39:52 > 0:39:56wind tunnel development and it is not down to one person. There are

0:39:56 > 0:40:01hundreds of people involved in that development. And it is also down to

0:40:01 > 0:40:07money and they are not short of that. You are now going to head off

0:40:07 > 0:40:12to the commentary box and while David does that, Daniel Ricciardo

0:40:12 > 0:40:16will be settling down for his second race weekend. 17 years after

0:40:16 > 0:40:23David Coulthard was a rookie, he has been catching up with a man who

0:40:23 > 0:40:26has high hopes of a successful career. So, Daniel, it must be

0:40:26 > 0:40:34stressful for you, your second Grand Prix in Formula One? They

0:40:34 > 0:40:39must be so much to taking working with a new team? There is. I

0:40:39 > 0:40:45imagine it will get easier or less chaotic. I have got Silverstone

0:40:45 > 0:40:49over with for the first weekend and not was five days. It was quite

0:40:49 > 0:40:53event for on and off the circuit. Have you been on a simulator, have

0:40:53 > 0:40:57you been doing something specifically for this weekend?

0:40:57 > 0:41:03have had a busy scheduled these last few weeks and have not got on

0:41:03 > 0:41:06the simulator. How can you say you have a busy schedule, you are a

0:41:07 > 0:41:13Grand Prix driver, surely nothing is more important? What have you

0:41:13 > 0:41:17been doing? Have you been having your hair done?! Unfortunately, we

0:41:17 > 0:41:22have been red-carded and cannot go out on the track bike we would

0:41:22 > 0:41:30normally do to talk about the challenges of the circuit. -- like

0:41:30 > 0:41:36we would. But maybe you can talkers around it? I always found it two

0:41:36 > 0:41:44and two quite difficult. You try and come out of turn one and bring

0:41:44 > 0:41:48it back far right but if you go too far right, the camera drops away

0:41:48 > 0:41:53and you have to find the balance. What about when you get further

0:41:53 > 0:41:57round in turn five and six? I like to get carried away and into the

0:41:57 > 0:42:03high speed and carry a bit too much in turn five and am not prepared

0:42:03 > 0:42:07for it turns six. Guys will try it and make the time in the first part

0:42:07 > 0:42:10of the corner and sacrifice it in the second and vice versa. Towards

0:42:11 > 0:42:17the end of the lap, you have a straightforward chicane but there

0:42:17 > 0:42:23is a lot of time to be gained on the brakes. The tightest chicane on

0:42:23 > 0:42:30the circuit. You come from a high- speed and you brake Ocker Hill. You

0:42:30 > 0:42:34can always brake later than you think. You normally would about

0:42:34 > 0:42:39around 100 but you can always take it a bit further. So that is nice

0:42:39 > 0:42:44to test yourself and brick macro as late as you can. With the chicane

0:42:44 > 0:42:53commit you try and get the exit before the last corner, which is of

0:42:53 > 0:42:58fun. I did not know you did not pronounced the last letter of your

0:42:58 > 0:43:06name. It is hard for an Istrian or someone who is not English to say

0:43:06 > 0:43:11it properly, the Italians can say it probably! Tell us something we

0:43:11 > 0:43:17do not know about you. I have a lot of hobbies, outdoor sports, I do

0:43:17 > 0:43:27not sit behind a computer or video game. I loved punk and rock music,

0:43:27 > 0:43:31

0:43:31 > 0:43:38heavy stuff! That his TV gold! that is. And I am wanting dates

0:43:38 > 0:43:41changed because I it am at the Reading Festival. I will tell Eddie

0:43:41 > 0:43:47Jordan that you are into music and he will probably annoy you just

0:43:47 > 0:43:53before you are driving the car! That is cool! Thanks, guys,

0:43:53 > 0:43:57appreciated. If Eddie and Daniel are missing from the Belgian Grand

0:43:57 > 0:44:02Prix, we will know where they are! And this is Narain Karthikeyan who

0:44:02 > 0:44:07raced for his spaniel last season and has been asked to replace a

0:44:07 > 0:44:12Jarno Trulli in Lotus. But at the end of practice, he slipped off the

0:44:12 > 0:44:18track, not great for his confidence. How will get -- how will he gets

0:44:18 > 0:44:28on? It is time to lose the seven slobbers cars, it is qualifying for

0:44:28 > 0:44:37

0:44:37 > 0:44:44the German Grand Prix. -- slowest season tips into the second half,

0:44:44 > 0:44:48it is qualifying day for round 10. And running hard down that see saw,

0:44:48 > 0:44:56Fernando Alonso is taking the challenge to Red Bull. Closely

0:44:56 > 0:45:03followed, we hope, by McLaren and Mercedes too. 600 metres above sea-

0:45:03 > 0:45:13level in the Eifel Mountains, the Nurburgring is a test of skill and

0:45:13 > 0:45:16

0:45:16 > 0:45:24accuracy. As ever split into three sectors. It is famous for its

0:45:24 > 0:45:31changeable wee. Here. It is -- changeable weather here. It is cool

0:45:31 > 0:45:34here. And we have just 14 degrees out in the air. And it's quite a

0:45:34 > 0:45:40challenging track technically that awaits these drivers today. David,

0:45:40 > 0:45:46you have been on pole position here. Put us behind the wheel. Well the

0:45:46 > 0:45:51big challenge, it is at attitude, so you lose a bit of down force and

0:45:51 > 0:45:57engine performance. A lot of undulation. The braking is key to

0:45:57 > 0:46:02delivering a good lap time here. The main places for that, you are

0:46:02 > 0:46:07pulling about 4.5G into turn one and turn seven, that is the hairpin

0:46:07 > 0:46:14and then into 13. Which is an uphill braking at the end of the

0:46:14 > 0:46:18lap. One of the challenges here. is not rain expected for Q1. Good

0:46:18 > 0:46:24stuff there. Hearing from Daniel Ricciardo there. I was going to

0:46:24 > 0:46:28finish on Martin saying the cool conditions is I think going to be

0:46:28 > 0:46:33one of biggest challenges in qualifying, because of the

0:46:33 > 0:46:37difficulty in getting the tyres to switch on. A very low track

0:46:37 > 0:46:45temperature. The last time anybody else but a Red Bull driver was on

0:46:45 > 0:46:55pole position is ten races ago in Brazil. Later last season when null

0:46:55 > 0:46:59Ken Berg pulled that lap out in Brazil. -- Hulkenberg. Surely

0:46:59 > 0:47:03Fernando Alonso has the best chance to spoil the Red Bull party.

0:47:04 > 0:47:08off the back of that convictfully Silverstone, Fernando Alonso has

0:47:08 > 0:47:13been on fire through practice sessions and he has looked

0:47:13 > 0:47:17confident and he he got up close and personal with the Renault of

0:47:17 > 0:47:23Petrov and the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher. It looked like he was

0:47:23 > 0:47:27in a Grand Prix. He is a man who is fired up. So he is definitely the

0:47:27 > 0:47:31closest challenger to Red Bull and looking to break their poll

0:47:31 > 0:47:35position run. He looks confident. I don't think I have seen the Red

0:47:35 > 0:47:43Bull drivers bs and there is Mark Webber, the man who dominated when

0:47:43 > 0:47:52we last raced here two years ago, the German Grand Prix alternates

0:47:52 > 0:47:56between the Nurburgring and Hockenheim. A look at the

0:47:57 > 0:48:00constructors Championship. There is a long -- strong wind on the main

0:48:01 > 0:48:10straight. It is a head wind that is helping us for the seventh. That is

0:48:11 > 0:48:11

0:48:11 > 0:48:17good. And you will have a tail wind in turn 11 and maybe a bit in turn

0:48:17 > 0:48:2213. Well it is interesting that the wind direction has changed from

0:48:22 > 0:48:24pre-practice. What we find is a compromise between the ratios you

0:48:24 > 0:48:29have when you have the drag reduction system system available

0:48:29 > 0:48:32at all times, you only have it available for a short section of

0:48:32 > 0:48:37lap. So there is a compromise between running the car slightly

0:48:37 > 0:48:41into the rev limiter in qualifying to make sure that you have got some

0:48:41 > 0:48:47space for deploying KERS and DRS during the Grand Prix that. Could

0:48:47 > 0:48:51be a key element to this qualifying. Those gear ratios were decided last

0:48:51 > 0:48:56night and you have to commit to them and you have to guess the wind

0:48:56 > 0:49:03direction and where your straight line speed is going to be, relative

0:49:03 > 0:49:09to the others and how much of that limiter you are prepared to use. So

0:49:09 > 0:49:15Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were fastest in final practice. But

0:49:15 > 0:49:20Fernando Alonso only did one flying lap and I don't think we saw his

0:49:20 > 0:49:25full potential. So we think he will be right in the thick of the action.

0:49:25 > 0:49:32The action starts now. Into the first part of qualifying, 20

0:49:32 > 0:49:39minutes, the two Virgin raying cars of Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio.

0:49:39 > 0:49:46Quickly followed by Daniel Ricciardo for the Hispania team.

0:49:46 > 0:49:51Daniel Ricciardo just inside the 107% rule. It is a mute point,

0:49:51 > 0:49:56because as long as the car's reasonably pacey, the stewards have

0:49:56 > 0:50:04been let they will in. With only 24 cars on the grid and it would only

0:50:04 > 0:50:07be deployed as a rule if you had a new driver who had got his super

0:50:07 > 0:50:13licence was didn't look like he was capable of handling the car on the

0:50:13 > 0:50:23track. But there noise fear of these driver not being out. Rosberg

0:50:23 > 0:50:29with a giepbl -- final good luck. It seems as if McLaren. Don't get

0:50:29 > 0:50:33too close to the virn dges. -- Virgins they may have problems.

0:50:33 > 0:50:41That is a warm up of tyres they will be talking about there. That

0:50:41 > 0:50:47is good thinking by the engineer to think ahead of game. Yes but what

0:50:47 > 0:50:52he has not seen is that lut has slotted himself in between the --

0:50:52 > 0:50:57Vitantonio Liuzzi has sloteded -- slotted himself in between the two

0:50:57 > 0:51:07Virgins already. You have to be careful you don't impede a driver.

0:51:07 > 0:51:13You can't just be weaving around in front. The yellow marks, the soft

0:51:13 > 0:51:21compound tyres, the options, are significantly faster than the whait

0:51:21 > 0:51:25marked tyres, the medium tyres. as the track temperature gets

0:51:25 > 0:51:33colding that gap increases. The tyres pirley have been developing,

0:51:33 > 0:51:38they expect -- Pirelli have been developing are designed to work

0:51:38 > 0:51:45around 30 degrees. So the temperatures haven't increased and

0:51:45 > 0:51:49it could be more. It will make it critical for the mid grid teams to

0:51:49 > 0:51:54be on the soft tyres. You can work all year to find one and a half

0:51:54 > 0:52:01seconds in a racing car. All year and some. And yet you can bolt a

0:52:01 > 0:52:05set of tyres on and it is time straight in your pocket. I think

0:52:05 > 0:52:09I'm seeing something with Pirelli changing in the middle of year.

0:52:09 > 0:52:13They're getting flak for tyres that appear to not last very long. There

0:52:13 > 0:52:18is an advertising campaign by another tyre manufacturer in Italy

0:52:18 > 0:52:25that is ridiculing them. I think they're evolving the tyres to last

0:52:25 > 0:52:32longer and longer. The soft tairs here will do at least -- tyres will

0:52:32 > 0:52:36do at least 30 laps. The medium tyre will last 100 laps. That is

0:52:36 > 0:52:41best part of two Grand Prix. Pirelli are moving back to what we

0:52:41 > 0:52:45used to have with Bridgestone. Whoever the company is you refer to

0:52:45 > 0:52:49in Italy, it is a cheap shot to suggest that Pirelli don't know how

0:52:49 > 0:52:55to make tyres that can go to distance. They have responded, as

0:52:55 > 0:52:58we see a big lock up from Glock. These tyres do flat spot easy,

0:52:58 > 0:53:06because of the nature of the construction. So he may be

0:53:06 > 0:53:10expecting a bumpy ride down the start and finish straight. He goes

0:53:10 > 0:53:19quickest, but he is the first one across the line. The times will be

0:53:19 > 0:53:22down in the 1.31 and 32s. That is what we're looking at. He did 36.7

0:53:22 > 0:53:27this morning that. Is nowhere near his potential. We're starting to

0:53:27 > 0:53:31see some of the big gun out there now. Michael Schumacher on track.

0:53:31 > 0:53:38Felipe Massa has done two fast sectors. Michael Schumacher has an

0:53:38 > 0:53:46interesting line there. He always stays much tighter on the way in.

0:53:46 > 0:53:53That is turn 6. He has always down that here. He has another trick at

0:53:53 > 0:53:58turn 10 and 11. But Michael Schumacher's track -- a track he

0:53:58 > 0:54:01knows well. The Mercedes was fast through that chicane. We saw

0:54:01 > 0:54:06Rosberg have a trip across the gravel and Michael Schumacher

0:54:06 > 0:54:14scooped up a big moment in practice. It seems they don't have the down

0:54:14 > 0:54:18force and stability that say the Red Bull and Ferrari now have.

0:54:18 > 0:54:22There is an uphill brake. You remember when Fernando Alonso

0:54:22 > 0:54:27brake-test you'd there during the race when you were out thr for

0:54:27 > 0:54:34McLaren? I remember it, it rained in the back of my millimetrery. He

0:54:34 > 0:54:38went to the stewards -- my memory and he braked 30 metres earlier and

0:54:38 > 0:54:42the stewards thought that was normal variation lap to lap. He

0:54:43 > 0:54:48convinced him. Not only was he a great racer on the track. He was a

0:54:48 > 0:54:51great politician in with the stewards. That was back in 2004.

0:54:51 > 0:54:57Three metres might be a big variation. Michael Schumacher on

0:54:58 > 0:55:03the medium compound tyre, reversing it into the sli cane and a corn

0:55:03 > 0:55:09hear the he was involved in changing many years ago. We come

0:55:09 > 0:55:16down to this first sector of the track. If I said, when did they put

0:55:16 > 0:55:25this new first added, just a simple chicane that went straight down,

0:55:25 > 0:55:31and added a big section. When would you say that was? Mid 2000s. It was

0:55:31 > 0:55:402002, how time flies. Nine years ago. It has given us a tremendous

0:55:40 > 0:55:43braking down down -- zone down into turn one. So the DRS is on the back

0:55:43 > 0:55:50straight. Jaime Alguersuari is fastest at the moment. Change that

0:55:50 > 0:55:55to Mark Webber. He has done a 34.0. Just going back to the big braking

0:55:55 > 0:55:59in turn one. I was surprised to read that is the heaviest braking

0:55:59 > 0:56:08point. I would have believed it was the end of the lap into turn 13.

0:56:08 > 0:56:13But they're Tuling -- pulling under 5Gers putting 122 kilograms of

0:56:13 > 0:56:19pressure on the brake. It is like a sledge hammer hitting you on the

0:56:19 > 0:56:23back of the head. Two driver said what hurt the most was your bottom,

0:56:23 > 0:56:28your feet are so high in the cockpit now. You're working the

0:56:28 > 0:56:36pedals from your backside as much as anything. And Lewis Hamilton

0:56:36 > 0:56:40gets blocked by the... By Glock there. I don't think he will be

0:56:40 > 0:56:46lapy about that. He has to back right out of it and Sebastian

0:56:46 > 0:56:52Vettel crosss the line on a 33.1. Lewis Hamilton, despite being

0:56:52 > 0:56:58compromised goes fastest with that. Rosberg starts his first flying lap,

0:56:58 > 0:57:04proper lap any way. We're with Felipe Massa. He goes up into

0:57:05 > 0:57:14fourth place. He has been near lay second shy of Fernando Alonso. --

0:57:14 > 0:57:19he has been nearly a second shy of Fernando Alonso. Rest rest only

0:57:19 > 0:57:23knows part of -- Paul di Resta only knows part of track here. This

0:57:23 > 0:57:29whole section of five and six, he doesn't know that at all. In all

0:57:29 > 0:57:35the years he was racing, he only knew the short track. But has not

0:57:35 > 0:57:44held him back. Hulkenberg had his car in practice of the but he seems

0:57:44 > 0:57:48to do best with limited track Sime time. -- limited track time. I

0:57:48 > 0:57:54don't think he needs much time. If you look, within ten laps he has

0:57:54 > 0:58:04been right there with his more experienced team mate. He is 7/2 up

0:58:04 > 0:58:07on Adrian Sutil in qualifying. So eleven and a quarter minutes

0:58:07 > 0:58:11remaining. It is Lewis Hamilton from Sebastian Vettel, Fernando

0:58:11 > 0:58:18Alonso, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, the only grid times that are set

0:58:18 > 0:58:24here are from 18 through to 4. The rest are reset and they go through

0:58:24 > 0:58:29to the next session. Rosberg then goes over the line with an ordinary

0:58:29 > 0:58:361.34.3. So we're looking at for a cut off point. You have got to get

0:58:36 > 0:58:45well into the 36s to get yourself into qualifying. Heikki Kovalinan

0:58:45 > 0:58:52is in there on 1.35.6. He has been pipped by Pastor Maldonado. And

0:58:52 > 0:58:56this one will be significantly better. For these teams that would

0:58:56 > 0:59:01expect not to be in the drop zone, this is a sighter for drivers, a

0:59:01 > 0:59:05nice safe run. They will have three or four laps wrt of fuel and they

0:59:05 > 0:59:11will be getting their eye in and getting a feel. But at the back end,

0:59:11 > 0:59:15which the first one to drop out is Jerome D'Ambrosio. They have got to

0:59:15 > 0:59:21run the options, the softest tyre. This is about getting everything in

0:59:21 > 0:59:28the first part of qualifying. Rubens Barrichello only stayed 16th,

0:59:28 > 0:59:32despite doing three personal best sectors. Is that the signs of

0:59:32 > 0:59:38Williams being under pressure, as Lewis Hamilton barely stays on the

0:59:38 > 0:59:41track in turns 10 and 11. The car is moving around a lot. He is

0:59:41 > 0:59:51quicker through the middle sector. But he is pushing the limits of

0:59:51 > 0:59:55

0:59:55 > 0:59:58tomorrow. Looking at the times from morning practice, Lewis Hamilton

0:59:59 > 1:00:04had some understeer into the last corner. That will have cost and

1:00:04 > 1:00:10performance and he will have lost time from start to finish. He is

1:00:10 > 1:00:16second, Fernando Alonso has gone up slightly quicker. Were saw the gear

1:00:16 > 1:00:19wing go down. As soon as they touch the brake pedal, the brink closed

1:00:19 > 1:00:25down automatically. It is a question of how quickly the air

1:00:25 > 1:00:34attaches to the wing. Sliding through the final quarter for

1:00:34 > 1:00:39Jenson Button. His 199th Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel is in fourth place

1:00:39 > 1:00:49as he crosses the line at. Mark Webber... But it is so close in the

1:00:49 > 1:00:51

1:00:51 > 1:00:58top five. And Michael Schumacher it again into the final chicane. That

1:00:58 > 1:01:02is the one he helped to design. is off the circuit. Going back to

1:01:02 > 1:01:07McLaren, Lewis Hamilton had oversteer in to turn 15 and Jenson

1:01:07 > 1:01:14Button had definitely been a lot of understeered. Probably more than

1:01:15 > 1:01:19driving style, a different set-up perhaps. Sebastian Vettel, I have

1:01:19 > 1:01:23seen him two or three macro -- two or three times wandering around, he

1:01:23 > 1:01:28has a cloudy face and does not look as comfortable as he was earlier in

1:01:28 > 1:01:33the season. He thinks that Mark Webber is coming at him and

1:01:33 > 1:01:38Fernando Alonso in the same team and McLaren is not far behind.

1:01:38 > 1:01:41think he is frustrated. After Silverstone, he was asked to make

1:01:41 > 1:01:46your team-mate cannot overtake you so do you come World Champion by

1:01:46 > 1:01:50default? That is nonsense, but he is young and growing in the public

1:01:50 > 1:01:54eye and I think he finds it frustrating that instead of

1:01:54 > 1:02:00focusing on winning, he has to answer questions that frankly, he

1:02:00 > 1:02:08does not want to get involved in. It is attributed to him, I did not

1:02:08 > 1:02:12hear him say it, I just want a respectful team-mate. He does not

1:02:12 > 1:02:16like having to fend off that situation. Mark Webber has

1:02:16 > 1:02:20confirmed the team have told him they would have asked Sebastian to

1:02:20 > 1:02:25lay off the back of him if the positions were reversed at the

1:02:25 > 1:02:31British Grand Prix. Whatever may have happened, we know what did

1:02:31 > 1:02:37happen. I think Sebastian Vettel feels... As said to Mark Webber is

1:02:37 > 1:02:44today, the tyres look more and more durable. He said, to right, mate,

1:02:44 > 1:02:49and it is playing into my hands! This is the track where he took his

1:02:49 > 1:02:55maiden victory in 2009. He is fired up here and he will try to

1:02:55 > 1:03:00capitalise on that. That is from pole position. The last four pole

1:03:00 > 1:03:04positions Mark Webber has had, he has not gone on to win. He might be

1:03:04 > 1:03:10happy with second today. incredible statistic this year is

1:03:10 > 1:03:13he has let -- he has yet to read a single lap in this season.

1:03:14 > 1:03:23Sebastian Vettel has led eight out of 10 this year, extraordinary

1:03:23 > 1:03:27statistics. A bit misty, that will cost him on the run into turn 15,

1:03:27 > 1:03:32Kamui Kobayashi. The worst nightmare is you try not to be

1:03:32 > 1:03:36distracted by looking too much at the lap delta. But he will be

1:03:36 > 1:03:42looking out of the corner and seemed he is adding as he goes

1:03:42 > 1:03:51slack out of the turn. And you can never recover however hard you try

1:03:51 > 1:03:57to get back the speed. So Rubens Barrichello is in the drop zone

1:03:57 > 1:04:01along with Timo Glock and Narain Karthikeyan. What is that about?

1:04:01 > 1:04:07Timo Glock get strapped for Narain Karthikeyan this season, what

1:04:07 > 1:04:11message does that send out from the team? -- gets dropped. A would like

1:04:11 > 1:04:16information, I would like to know if it is a financial commitment for

1:04:16 > 1:04:20the contract of Narain Karthikeyan, he is bringing money to their Lotus

1:04:20 > 1:04:25team. I do not know if he was guaranteed he would get to drive.

1:04:25 > 1:04:32Timo Glock has been the last satisfied customer. He has not been

1:04:32 > 1:04:39happy with the balance of this car. I think a lot is attributed to the

1:04:39 > 1:04:44curve system, be offset breaking. We were talking -- we will be

1:04:44 > 1:04:49talking to Narain Karthikeyan. And you can hear these noises. We have

1:04:49 > 1:04:54gone back to pre- Silverstone settings. After all the shenanigans

1:04:54 > 1:05:02around the British Grand Prix. He is coming against two cars and it

1:05:02 > 1:05:07is very distracting. E brake are so late because of the gentle uphill

1:05:07 > 1:05:12nature of that zone -- you break. And the concertina effect of the

1:05:12 > 1:05:18slow corners. And Vitaly Petrov very wide in that corner, he has

1:05:18 > 1:05:24not really been on top form lately. He is 5th at the moment. Has not

1:05:24 > 1:05:29scored points for five races. And neither has Pastor Maldonado. Both

1:05:29 > 1:05:39looking to get back on track. Narain Karthikeyan is 23rd at the

1:05:39 > 1:05:42

1:05:42 > 1:05:52moment. Heikki Kovalainen... And it is still these drivers are in

1:05:52 > 1:05:53

1:05:53 > 1:05:56trouble in the drop zone. And we are on board with Pastor Maldonado.

1:05:56 > 1:06:01Personal best eight 10th Shire of the best. And they are out on soft

1:06:01 > 1:06:05tyres so it does tell you Williams are not confident of clearing the

1:06:05 > 1:06:12bar in qualifying one. You can assume Rubens Barrichello will be

1:06:12 > 1:06:17doing the same. He is out now. Williams under pressure, 17th and

1:06:17 > 1:06:2519th. Will they be the team today that really are the first big guns

1:06:25 > 1:06:31to drop out? This is much better for Pastor Maldonado. And it is

1:06:31 > 1:06:39indeed on those soft tyres that he goes for four. So we look at Rubens

1:06:39 > 1:06:46Barrichello now. They had to use soft tyres. At least Nick Heidfeld

1:06:46 > 1:06:52it gets comfortably through. Vitantonio Liuzzi is 22nd, can he

1:06:52 > 1:07:02gets again in among that the Virgin Racing cars? What is Felipe Massa

1:07:02 > 1:07:03

1:07:03 > 1:07:11on? Vitantonio Liuzzi goes 21st, ahead of Jerome d'Ambrosio. This is

1:07:11 > 1:07:20a chance for Barrichello to use his soft tyres. And he goes 12, so the

1:07:20 > 1:07:29rest under pressure. Felipe Massa has gone fastest. And he has used

1:07:29 > 1:07:35up one of his three sets of soft tyres. This is a fight at the top

1:07:35 > 1:07:41of the hill in turns 10 and 11. is only one-tenth down in this

1:07:41 > 1:07:47sector, they have felt the need to take that 1.5 second advantage. His

1:07:47 > 1:07:57team-mate, Adrian Sutil, after him. So Soft on the steering even when

1:07:57 > 1:08:01

1:08:01 > 1:08:06he is having a moment. Very tight at the final corner. And he goes

1:08:06 > 1:08:145th, but he has sacrificed his set of those faster tyres. And you

1:08:14 > 1:08:20think that is Nico Rosberg? Sebastien Buemi. And it is Nico

1:08:20 > 1:08:28Rosberg under pressure. But I think he has finished his first sectors.

1:08:28 > 1:08:32He is still on the move. Some money -- so Nico Rosberg in the drop zone.

1:08:32 > 1:08:39And so it could be Kamui Kobayashi he will drop out. Both Williams

1:08:39 > 1:08:46cars are being, Rubens Barrichello 16th. If Nico Rosberg finishes this

1:08:46 > 1:08:50lap, he will be comfortably into the top 17. And he does indeed.

1:08:50 > 1:08:56Still a second short, Nico Rosberg. And that is Rubens Barrichello not

1:08:56 > 1:09:02going any faster but still has time to get another lap been as we watch

1:09:02 > 1:09:08Ricardo -- as we watch Daniel Ricciardo. Narain Karthikeyan is up

1:09:08 > 1:09:16into 20th place, a second behind his team-mate. Barrichello is

1:09:16 > 1:09:21trying to get another whack in. So it is -- and a but lap in it. Kamui

1:09:21 > 1:09:27Kobayashi pitted and lost the chance to go faster, he could be

1:09:27 > 1:09:32the one to drop out. But we saw that work beautifully for Jaime

1:09:32 > 1:09:36Alguersuari recently. Barrichello has given up on that lap because he

1:09:36 > 1:09:44has been told Kamui Kobayashi has pitted and he is through to the

1:09:44 > 1:09:49next round. Take a rest! They will go again in qualifying at two. So

1:09:49 > 1:09:59now we have the answer as to who will drop out. Is there more to

1:09:59 > 1:10:01

1:10:01 > 1:10:06come between the back markers? This is for honour at the back of the

1:10:06 > 1:10:12grid. That is Jerome d'Ambrosio you are watching fighting like crazy

1:10:12 > 1:10:18coming out of the hairpin. Driving as if his life depends on it. Be

1:10:18 > 1:10:25chicane at the top of the hill and behind him. -- the chicane. Trouble

1:10:25 > 1:10:29macro is a refugee from when Toyota left Formula One. -- Timo Glock. A

1:10:29 > 1:10:38better Middlesex 84 Jerome d'Ambrosio. A 10 faster than his

1:10:38 > 1:10:43team-mate. -- one-tenth faster. It is now about the Virgin Racing

1:10:44 > 1:10:52teams. Vitantonio Liuzzi and Daniel Ricciardo on the back row of the

1:10:52 > 1:11:02grid. And we watched the two cars for Virgin come over the line at.

1:11:02 > 1:11:13

1:11:13 > 1:11:21Timo Glock remains 20th, just ahead of Narain Karthikeyan. -- just

1:11:21 > 1:11:27ahead of stand-up. That was peculiar, he was driving against

1:11:27 > 1:11:33the traffic avoiding the action of the gravel. I do not know the rules

1:11:33 > 1:11:37on that. I should do! But under no circumstances should you be going

1:11:37 > 1:11:41against the traffic normally. must absolutely never reverse down

1:11:41 > 1:11:47the pit lane, but you are allowed to move away from a dangerous

1:11:47 > 1:11:51position against the flow of the traffic. That is what they will say

1:11:51 > 1:12:01they are doing, I guess. Vitantonio Liuzzi and Daniel Ricciardo almost

1:12:01 > 1:12:07

1:12:07 > 1:12:17with identical times. Kamui Kobayashi the first man to drop out.

1:12:17 > 1:12:20

1:12:20 > 1:12:26Timo Glock is waving. Well done, you managed to get just in front.

1:12:26 > 1:12:31It is just so difficult to drive at the moment. He is not a happy

1:12:31 > 1:12:37camper, is he? I do not know who he is waving that, certainly not his

1:12:37 > 1:12:43team. He does not bother with the final chicane. A5 plays Greg

1:12:43 > 1:12:49dropped for Vitantonio Liuzzi because he has had a change -- a

1:12:49 > 1:12:53five place grid drop. That was very interesting. Timo Glock waving at

1:12:53 > 1:12:58the German fans looking like the friendliest driver in the world,

1:12:58 > 1:13:03but choosing to berate his team. He could easily say that now, very

1:13:03 > 1:13:08unusual to do that. It was started off by his engineer speaking to him.

1:13:08 > 1:13:13Maybe he should have waited until he got back also. He is clearly

1:13:13 > 1:13:18unhappy with the car and that is not good going into his home Grand

1:13:18 > 1:13:22Prix and he will need to change that tomorrow. Kamui Kobayashi,

1:13:22 > 1:13:28disappointment and that was not the speed he wanted going out today. A

1:13:28 > 1:13:34big disappointment. Issued blow for Sauber because they have gathered

1:13:34 > 1:13:42points all the time -- a big blow. A big relief for forcing and Adrian

1:13:42 > 1:13:46Sutil. -- for forced India. It will be interesting to see how that

1:13:46 > 1:13:50unfolds in the second half of the season. Were keeping an eye on

1:13:50 > 1:13:55Kamui Kobayashi because he has struggled in qualifying before --

1:13:55 > 1:14:02we will keep an eye on. And his team-mate, Sergio Perez, he has

1:14:02 > 1:14:07shown if you go slower, you can pick up points. I think the team

1:14:07 > 1:14:12and not just the two drivers have been so interesting. I love

1:14:12 > 1:14:22watching those drivers. But Sauber have brought their game up at a big

1:14:22 > 1:14:26

1:14:27 > 1:14:33level and are fighting to maintain Chandhock. Give us your thoughts,

1:14:33 > 1:14:38replacing Jarno Trulli. I don't get it. I do not know a race driver who

1:14:38 > 1:14:41would willingly give up a chance to drive in a Grand Prix. Certainly as

1:14:41 > 1:14:45big as the German Grand Prix. There is something that we're not being

1:14:45 > 1:14:50told. My guess is he has been told to stand down. Hopefully we will be

1:14:50 > 1:14:56able to find out for the people who should know. For me, it is a

1:14:56 > 1:14:59strange one. To say he will stand down, if he gets a contract for

1:14:59 > 1:15:08next year. Jarno Trulli is at a turning point in his career. We

1:15:08 > 1:15:12don't know where it is going. outside the garage. Perhaps it is a

1:15:12 > 1:15:17situation that he said give us another year's contract and he can

1:15:17 > 1:15:23drive in India. No chance. Not a chance in the world. There is no at

1:15:23 > 1:15:28person humanly born that would willingly get out of a Formula One

1:15:28 > 1:15:32car. Career low point for Jarno Trulli? I fear. So Now back to the

1:15:32 > 1:15:40commentary and David Martin, at the front the boys were toying with

1:15:40 > 1:15:45each other. COMMENTATOR: Yes they have enough speed to get through

1:15:45 > 1:15:52that challenge. Felipe Massa, well is he going to go 10-0 down to

1:15:52 > 1:15:58Fernando Alonso in qualifying this year? Let's see what he can pull

1:15:58 > 1:16:03out of bag. Of course, this next 15 minute session is only about losing

1:16:03 > 1:16:07another seven drivers. We want to find the top ten to go into the

1:16:07 > 1:16:12shoot out for ten minutes and then we will see what they have really

1:16:12 > 1:16:17got and thousand front of the grid will look tomorrow. -- how the

1:16:17 > 1:16:25front of the grid will look tomorrow. Track temperature still

1:16:25 > 1:16:3222. It is a cool day here at the Nurburgring. Qualifying two begins.

1:16:32 > 1:16:3915 minutes to sift out seven more who can't quite cut it on this

1:16:39 > 1:16:46difficult track. And who do we think is under pressure? Williams

1:16:46 > 1:16:51look like they they -- they be under pressure. And force India?

1:16:51 > 1:16:56Yes each of the teams had to commit to running the softer option tyre.

1:16:56 > 1:17:03Of the big teams it was only Felipe Massa. So Felipe Massa is on his

1:17:03 > 1:17:09back foot already. So what are we say something if the drivers from

1:17:09 > 1:17:13Williams, Toro Rosso and force India get into Q3 they have done a

1:17:13 > 1:17:17sterling job. Yes or one of the others has had a mistake somewhere

1:17:17 > 1:17:23around the lap. We have seen the teachs we would expect to go

1:17:23 > 1:17:29through, the Ferraris, the Red Bulls, McLarens and Renaults. And

1:17:29 > 1:17:34Mercedes. Kobayashi got through into the final part of qualifying

1:17:34 > 1:17:38at Silverstone, well up on the grid, so did Pastor Maldonado and now

1:17:38 > 1:17:43he's the first big gun out. We have said it, past performance is no

1:17:43 > 1:17:48guarantee. That is the great challenge of Formula One. You go

1:17:48 > 1:17:53the a number of different tracks, different tairs, different surfaces

1:17:53 > 1:17:58and different track temperatures. If we had a 19-race season at the

1:17:58 > 1:18:03same track, but going from March through to November, you would get

1:18:03 > 1:18:06different results because of the different influences and track

1:18:06 > 1:18:15performance. Felipe Massa tries to recover his situation by going out

1:18:15 > 1:18:20on the soft tyres again. To try a - - to debt a -- to try to get a

1:18:20 > 1:18:28second bite of Cher y and hope it is enough to get through to Q1.: he

1:18:28 > 1:18:33has two more set of tyres available F he goes very wide, -- if he goes

1:18:33 > 1:18:37very wide. He is running on the marbles to get the longest run. I

1:18:37 > 1:18:45think the gain you get in top speed is not enough to justify getting

1:18:45 > 1:18:49your tyres dirty. An interesting point. 700 meeters that pit

1:18:49 > 1:18:56straight. It is a difficult turn two here and very wide. You sweep

1:18:56 > 1:19:00in, turning, braking, down shifting, into three. Four is a one where you

1:19:00 > 1:19:06can't go too wide. And then turn five and you have got a secret here.

1:19:06 > 1:19:16You told me about it. That is not secret if I have told you. Well a

1:19:16 > 1:19:16

1:19:16 > 1:19:22secret we have until you ten -- tell million os -- million of

1:19:22 > 1:19:27people. You want to overspeed the entry. It is cambered in. You can

1:19:28 > 1:19:33carry so much more speed. You want to be on the edge, or over the edge

1:19:33 > 1:19:39and the track comes to you and the next corner is presented to you as

1:19:39 > 1:19:45we see Felipe Massa getting wide out of turn ten and that big drop,

1:19:45 > 1:19:49the circuit is right the way down hill into turn 12 and then this

1:19:49 > 1:19:53claim into 13. The camber of the track, the track leans into the

1:19:53 > 1:19:58corn we are you and makes you feel good, make you feel like Superman.

1:19:58 > 1:20:03It wants to give you grip. It gives you the sensation of extra down

1:20:03 > 1:20:13force. That is an interesting analogy. Felipe Massa crosses the

1:20:13 > 1:20:18line with a 131.7. That confirm how durable these tyres are. We have a

1:20:18 > 1:20:23different game hire and there is a suspicion that the teams may do two

1:20:23 > 1:20:28runs, two very long runs on these yellow marked soft tyres and just

1:20:28 > 1:20:32put the white marked medium tyres on for the last few laps. Because

1:20:32 > 1:20:42they're so much faster and durable. They tested a new soft tyre

1:20:42 > 1:20:42

1:20:42 > 1:20:47yesterday. We have seen Pirelli vo deuce different tairs, -- produce a

1:20:48 > 1:20:53difference tyre. They tried a new soft tyre yesterday. We think it

1:20:53 > 1:20:58will become the new mediums. You can see how Pirelli are moving this

1:20:58 > 1:21:04forward in term of grip and durability. I hope they don't go

1:21:04 > 1:21:09too far. Lewis Hamilton, soft tyres, open track. McLrn, Mercedes power,

1:21:09 > 1:21:13all the skill you could hope to have. Let's see if he has got any

1:21:13 > 1:21:16answer to the mighty pace of Fernando Alonso and what we expect

1:21:16 > 1:21:23to see from Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton crosss the line now and

1:21:23 > 1:21:29goes with a 1.30.998. He is in there. Lewis Hamilton, that is

1:21:29 > 1:21:35right in there with Fernando Alonso. We haven't seen, we saw a 30. 9

1:21:35 > 1:21:39this morning, that was the quickest so far. As Michael Schumacher, DRS

1:21:39 > 1:21:45open and struggling to the keep the back under control. Just probably

1:21:45 > 1:21:48didn't close that early enough and he goes fifth on a 32.8. That is

1:21:48 > 1:21:56two seconds slower than Lewis Hamilton's time. Some of that was

1:21:56 > 1:22:02last in the -- lost in the last corner. Sebastian Vettel with yet

1:22:02 > 1:22:08another helmet design goes P2. Lewis Hamilton time is an

1:22:08 > 1:22:15impressive time. He did a 31.5 this morning. So he is just over half a

1:22:15 > 1:22:20second quicker. Sebastian Vettel, I have been trying to pronounce the

1:22:20 > 1:22:24name correctly. He has been able to be slower than this morning. So

1:22:24 > 1:22:30have McLaren found something in these conditions? Lewis Hamilton

1:22:30 > 1:22:37certainly has. Sebastian Vettel is an Ell of a driver, but there is

1:22:37 > 1:22:43only one L in his name. They have gone back to the other exhaust,

1:22:43 > 1:22:48that is why they sound like a bag of nails in the slow corners. As

1:22:48 > 1:22:55they cut the ignition back in the middle of corners, they are now

1:22:55 > 1:23:02allowed to do again and Petrov goes P8. We're look fog tr top ten.

1:23:02 > 1:23:09say bag of nails, I bought a bag of nails the other day Airth didn't

1:23:09 > 1:23:17sound like a Renault. -- and it didn't sound like a Renault.

1:23:17 > 1:23:22last time I'm going to say you have put out good analogy if you don't

1:23:22 > 1:23:27pay me back. Can Mark Webber pay Red Bull back. He is four tenth

1:23:27 > 1:23:32down on the soft tyres. So that doesn't sound like a bag of nails,

1:23:32 > 1:23:41if it doesn't, I don't know what does. Lewis Hamilton is fastest,

1:23:41 > 1:23:49Sebastian Vettel second, Fernando Alonso third, Jenson Button fourth.

1:23:49 > 1:23:59Petrov is into the top ten. The charge to get into that top tennis

1:23:59 > 1:24:02

1:24:02 > 1:24:06led by Paul di Resta, and Nick Heidfeld. It seeps to me that Lewis

1:24:06 > 1:24:16Hamilton's first sector is significantly faster than anyone

1:24:16 > 1:24:21else. That is a few slow corners, so McLaren is developing good drip.

1:24:21 > 1:24:29-- grip. Mark Webber's gone fourth. Why are you buying nails? I think

1:24:29 > 1:24:36it sound more like a broken trumpet. Have you played a broken trumpet?

1:24:36 > 1:24:43Michael Schumacher then... Well just sort of, well that is the one

1:24:43 > 1:24:51we saw. I think that was, I think he... That was ass - eas his rear

1:24:51 > 1:24:56wing reattached. It lasted a day. He said he has made a mistake.

1:24:56 > 1:25:01looks as if he is having to fight the balance of car. I'm not shoor I

1:25:01 > 1:25:08would be taking -- sure I would be taking full responsibility for that.

1:25:08 > 1:25:15We have seen Michael Schumacher with the quick brake adjuster for

1:25:15 > 1:25:19nearly every corner. And of course if you're, we have heard with this

1:25:19 > 1:25:23Mercedes rear wing, we have heard them talking about it, that when

1:25:23 > 1:25:28they close the DRS they have not always, depending on wind direction

1:25:28 > 1:25:34and other things, it does not always reattach and give the down

1:25:34 > 1:25:41force back. Yes, that is how the wing works. When it opens up the

1:25:41 > 1:25:46slot garnings it it detachs the airflow and reduces the drag. The

1:25:46 > 1:25:50time it takes the reattach, as we have a fantastic view on the back

1:25:50 > 1:25:54of Jaime Alguersuari's car. For whatever reason, it seems to take

1:25:54 > 1:26:04them longer. Five and a half minutes remaining in the drop zone.

1:26:04 > 1:26:07Adrian Sutil, and Pastor Maldonado. They haven't got a time on the

1:26:07 > 1:26:11board. Jaime Alguersuari is trying to do something about that now. It

1:26:11 > 1:26:16helps them save tyres if they only do one run and they can recover

1:26:16 > 1:26:23their position, having had to clear the bar in the first part of

1:26:23 > 1:26:27qualifying. Just five cars on the track at the moment. Who do we

1:26:27 > 1:26:32think at the front? As Jaime Alguersuari only 15th there with

1:26:32 > 1:26:36that effort. And backs off immediately. So what do we think

1:26:36 > 1:26:42the cut off time, if you were out there, David, what would you be

1:26:42 > 1:26:48comfortable not having to go out again with. What time? I think that

1:26:48 > 1:26:58from hide felt in eightth you have got toy say there is a six tenth

1:26:58 > 1:27:04

1:27:04 > 1:27:10kpwap, -- gap. So hue. Has'' -- so shau. Has to go again. -- Michael

1:27:10 > 1:27:14Schumacher. Everyone from Rosberg down has to go again. You see on

1:27:14 > 1:27:20your screen seventh down. I wonder if the top six will feel, Rosberg

1:27:20 > 1:27:26leaves the pits as we say that. I wonder if the top six will feel

1:27:26 > 1:27:33comfortable enough to just hold on and watch the action. Pastor

1:27:33 > 1:27:37Maldonado for Williams then. A personal best first sector, but it

1:27:37 > 1:27:44is eight tenth shy of what Lewis Hamilton did in the first half

1:27:44 > 1:27:50minute of his lap. Down at the hairpin. Plenty of understeer.

1:27:50 > 1:27:54Let's see if he is flat out. No not quite. He had to just have a

1:27:54 > 1:27:59confidence hold. It wasn't a full lift, was it? That muscle on the

1:27:59 > 1:28:03back of your legs connected to your brain, not your heart. I remember

1:28:03 > 1:28:10when I was driving for McLaren we set the software for qualifying,

1:28:10 > 1:28:15even if I lift all the throttle 10% it would keep the barrels open 100%.

1:28:15 > 1:28:20Even if I thought I was lifting, I was flat through the corner. Those

1:28:20 > 1:28:25are the tricks you could get up to. Sports psychology at its best. I

1:28:25 > 1:28:32have got to lift the throttle, but don't let it do anything when I do.

1:28:32 > 1:28:38Just under three minutes remaining. Pastor Maldonado gets himself in to

1:28:38 > 1:28:43Q3 at the moment. That is a very fine effort, as we suggested before

1:28:43 > 1:28:47this session started. If anything could do that in those cars, Perez

1:28:47 > 1:28:53has two personal bests so far and just the chicane and the final

1:28:53 > 1:28:57corner to go for him. Michael Schumacher's back out there. He is

1:28:57 > 1:29:0411th. Perez, who just seems to be getting back on terms with this

1:29:04 > 1:29:13saub irand the 2011 season. Can he slot himself inside that top ten

1:29:13 > 1:29:19and put others under pressure? Perez goes, stays 13th. He is

1:29:19 > 1:29:26outside the top ten. Rubens Barrichello stays 13th as well. How

1:29:26 > 1:29:33close is that. You would find he could find 0.168. You can't believe

1:29:33 > 1:29:38how hard it is to find two tenths of a second in 3.3 miles. Paul di

1:29:38 > 1:29:48Resta is within a tenth and a half under neath the target time to get

1:29:48 > 1:29:59

1:29:59 > 1:30:04speed. Has Paul di Resta Done enough? He has! Others are still on

1:30:04 > 1:30:14the track. Michael Schumacher and Adrian Sutil are two examples of

1:30:14 > 1:30:16

1:30:16 > 1:30:21who could still spoil his day. But he is through at the moment. Nico

1:30:21 > 1:30:25Rosberg is out, so is Nick Heidfeld. Pastor Maldonado still in tenth

1:30:25 > 1:30:32place. It is about Michael Schumacher and Adrian Sutil from

1:30:32 > 1:30:36what I can see as to who can disrupt the current top 10. Michael

1:30:36 > 1:30:46has had an average middle sector so he will have to deliver a good end.

1:30:46 > 1:30:54He has done it! He is up to eight position. Adrian Sutil is flying.

1:30:54 > 1:31:00For forcing. One more corner to go -- for forcing. And he could spoil

1:31:00 > 1:31:07the day for his team mate. And Adrian Sutil in seventh place, Paul

1:31:07 > 1:31:13di Resta Is out. Vitaly Petrov still on track and pushing hard.

1:31:13 > 1:31:19Did he gets over the line before the flag? He did because it is not

1:31:19 > 1:31:29out yet, 10 seconds to go. We are watching the Russian, Vitaly Petrov.

1:31:29 > 1:31:30

1:31:30 > 1:31:36He is on the A3 race streak for not having scored. -- points. The back

1:31:36 > 1:31:43end of the Renault complaining but delivering enough grit to charge

1:31:43 > 1:31:50down the hill. And he is underneath the top time. And Nico Rosberg is

1:31:50 > 1:31:57improving his time, so it is Nick Heidfeld. Vitaly Petrov could put

1:31:57 > 1:32:07his team-mate, Nick Heidfeld, out of the top 10. And where he -- and

1:32:07 > 1:32:09

1:32:09 > 1:32:15where is he? He goes through, he is eightth. -- she is eight. -- he is

1:32:15 > 1:32:208 ft. And Nico Rosberg gets right into the thick of the action. It is

1:32:20 > 1:32:24only to sort out the top 10 and he has probably used another set of

1:32:24 > 1:32:29tyres. Personal best first sector for Rubens Barrichello. Sergio

1:32:29 > 1:32:35Perez did not improve and stays in 15th place. This is the last shout

1:32:35 > 1:32:41of the session and Rubens Barrichello estates in 14th. 13th

1:32:41 > 1:32:50and 14th for Williams. In sterling effort from Adrian Sutil. So Nick

1:32:50 > 1:32:57Heidfeld goes out, Paul di Resta, Pastor Maldonado for Williams,

1:32:57 > 1:33:01Rubens Barrichello for Williams. Sir -- Sergio Perez, Sebastien

1:33:01 > 1:33:11Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari will start to race in 17th place. And into the

1:33:11 > 1:33:22

1:33:22 > 1:33:30top 10. We will see on track again. Michael Schumacher by three

1:33:30 > 1:33:36hundredths of a second over Nick Heidfeld. Nick Heidfeld it is not

1:33:36 > 1:33:39through in 11th place. For macro of the six German drivers are in the

1:33:39 > 1:33:44pole position shoot-outs are plenty to get excited about for the home

1:33:44 > 1:33:53fans. Sergio Perez is not one of them, but it was a great qualifying

1:33:53 > 1:33:58session. The team set you a will to live by in qualifying, to be within

1:33:58 > 1:34:02his second of your team-mate, and congratulations you did it -- set

1:34:02 > 1:34:07you a will. A high have never driven on those tyres so a lot to

1:34:07 > 1:34:11learn that -- I have never. I was one-club five seconds away

1:34:11 > 1:34:15yesterday evening and I was told before qualifying, get within a

1:34:15 > 1:34:21second and you should be proud. It was all right but a lot different

1:34:21 > 1:34:26to last year! When we first informed by the team you would be

1:34:26 > 1:34:30driving here? At was told there was a good possibility I would do some

1:34:31 > 1:34:35races this year and I knew a good possibility was this weekend.

1:34:35 > 1:34:41Duke explained to us the reasons for it happening? -- could you

1:34:41 > 1:34:46explain. It would be nice to know how Jarno Trulli feels about not

1:34:46 > 1:34:52being here because he is an elder statesman. I know from last year it

1:34:52 > 1:34:59is a terrible feeling watching your car with somebody else. It is tough

1:34:59 > 1:35:04for him but he will be back for Budapest. For me, it is in one off

1:35:04 > 1:35:10and we will wait and see. Pastor Maldonado is with us, you start the

1:35:10 > 1:35:1518th on the grid for tomorrow, good and bad news. You were quicker than

1:35:15 > 1:35:19you team-mate and that is what it is about in Formula One. It was

1:35:19 > 1:35:24very difficult in the season and especially yesterday during the

1:35:24 > 1:35:28practice. We had a lot of problems especially with the set-up. But we

1:35:28 > 1:35:37find a better balance in the car today so we were a bit more

1:35:37 > 1:35:42aggressive and able to do some good laps. A bit disappointing but we

1:35:42 > 1:35:46were so close at the end. And in front of my team-mate. It would be

1:35:46 > 1:35:51a difficult race tomorrow, I will do my best and let's see what we

1:35:51 > 1:35:57can do. A do you think the upgrades for the car are coming quick enough

1:35:57 > 1:36:05and are they what you want? Especially because of this kind of

1:36:05 > 1:36:08track which has very slow corners and hairpins, we have not shown

1:36:08 > 1:36:14performance like in the past and Silverstone with quick corners.

1:36:14 > 1:36:18That penalised us quite a lot. Now we are still working on

1:36:18 > 1:36:25understanding a bit more for the strategy and everything for the

1:36:25 > 1:36:29race. I think it will be possible this time. Good luck, enjoy the

1:36:30 > 1:36:33race tomorrow. And we just want to have a little look, can you explain

1:36:33 > 1:36:38why your team-mate was going to pack -- was going the warrant --

1:36:38 > 1:36:44was going the wrong way around the track? It is better to do that and

1:36:44 > 1:36:53do more damage to the tyre. I struggled a lot, we have used

1:36:53 > 1:36:59different material with Lotus. Choosing the right gear up on low

1:36:59 > 1:37:03fuel, not exactly confident yet with the low fuel option tyres.

1:37:03 > 1:37:07Jarno Trulli was very critical of this car particularly with the

1:37:07 > 1:37:12steering and the power steering, have you had problems with it?

1:37:12 > 1:37:18had a problem with a bowler -- we had a problem and Valencia. I am

1:37:18 > 1:37:22quite happy with it. It is not perfect and it needs changes. I am

1:37:22 > 1:37:29in the simulator on Monday to do more work on it. It is not too bad,

1:37:29 > 1:37:33to be honest. You are are not interested in coming out of the cot

1:37:33 > 1:37:39all year long, you want to be there full time, it is this an audition

1:37:40 > 1:37:44to drive at the Indian Grand Prix? Ask Tony! And know your answer!

1:37:44 > 1:37:50would love to do it, of course. Nobody wants to beat a reserve

1:37:50 > 1:37:57driver, and want to be back racing. -- want to be. What can you do in

1:37:57 > 1:38:03the race? The weather looks a bit English at the moment! Stay deep!

1:38:03 > 1:38:06Do not say Irish! That is not much better! We already have a

1:38:06 > 1:38:14competition between here and Silverstone, Silverstone just wins

1:38:14 > 1:38:18at the moment. We will see. What we are hoping for is a great pole

1:38:18 > 1:38:21position shoot-out so time to hand back to David Coulthard and Martin,

1:38:21 > 1:38:25what can we expect from this session?

1:38:25 > 1:38:30I think we can expect very close action and it is interesting Lewis

1:38:30 > 1:38:35Hamilton is right in it. But I do not think we have seen the ultimate

1:38:35 > 1:38:39pace. What do you think about from Road, David? Going into this

1:38:39 > 1:38:45qualifying session, I thought it was a question of Fernando Alonso

1:38:45 > 1:38:48or the two Red Bulls. But that first set of performance from Lewis

1:38:48 > 1:38:53Hamilton is significantly quicker than anybody else and if he can

1:38:53 > 1:38:58hold on for the rest of the lap, he might have a shot at the front row.

1:38:58 > 1:39:03I would be amazed if he could get hold but he is an amazing driver.

1:39:03 > 1:39:09We have a four way shoot-out. Jenson Button was a bit behind but

1:39:09 > 1:39:19the balance of his car looked significantly different, didn't it

1:39:19 > 1:39:19

1:39:19 > 1:39:26in the sister McLaren? We are now looking for the top 10. It is a 10

1:39:26 > 1:39:30minute session. And it begins now, qualifying three for the German

1:39:30 > 1:39:37Grand Prix tomorrow afternoon. There is a man who is famous in

1:39:37 > 1:39:43Germany, the motor sport boss for Mercedes-Benz. And he has got two

1:39:43 > 1:39:46cars in the top 10 shoot-out. Michael Schumacher got into tenth

1:39:46 > 1:39:53position. Nico Rosberg absolutely flying, so much like his Dad in

1:39:53 > 1:39:58that shot when he was younger. I raced against his Dad a lot.

1:39:58 > 1:40:04talking to him about his father and his influence, he said his Dad just

1:40:04 > 1:40:08let him get on with it now. He has delivered him to Formula One and it

1:40:08 > 1:40:12is down to him. He has also confirmed he will not be growing a

1:40:12 > 1:40:21moustache like his father despite sporting a bit of stubble! For

1:40:21 > 1:40:25those interested in facial hair! And queue for that! Sebastian --

1:40:25 > 1:40:33thank you for that! Sebastian Vettel imagining himself in pole

1:40:33 > 1:40:38position, he has not finished in pole this year. He has had seven

1:40:38 > 1:40:43victories, six victories and three second places. He has not even been

1:40:43 > 1:40:49inferred, let alone off the podium. Fernando Alonso has been driving

1:40:49 > 1:40:52the wheels of that Ferrari from the first lap he did in practice. He's

1:40:52 > 1:40:59so fancies a shot of these Red Bulls in the second half of the

1:40:59 > 1:41:05season. He was just doing an extra stop in the run-up to turn 10.

1:41:05 > 1:41:08Getting extra heat in the breaks. Break temperature gets up to 1,000

1:41:08 > 1:41:12degrees and it radiates into the wheel and that is a great way to

1:41:12 > 1:41:16get the right temperature and pressure. You do not want to use

1:41:16 > 1:41:20the tyres too hard when they are low pressure before they are up to

1:41:20 > 1:41:25the temperature you need. He wants to get on the throttle five or six

1:41:25 > 1:41:30metres earlier and be faster. very interesting that both Ferrari

1:41:31 > 1:41:33drivers do that. Somebody in circuit simulation has obviously

1:41:34 > 1:41:39calculated there must be one-tenth in that to take the risk of running

1:41:39 > 1:41:44wide, but you do not see anybody else doing that. But they have the

1:41:44 > 1:41:49same image we do, so let's see if they do that. It does not matter

1:41:49 > 1:41:54how slow you are through that last corner, it does not count. Maybe

1:41:55 > 1:42:00they can get the car straighter earlier. It is a bit like staying

1:42:00 > 1:42:06right in Canada to save a few metres of track. But this is about

1:42:06 > 1:42:13maximum acceleration. So Ferrari with a nice little trick to get a

1:42:14 > 1:42:17flying start to a flying lap. Lewis Hamilton has done a 29.9 first

1:42:17 > 1:42:23sectors. He is delivering those great corners you were talking

1:42:23 > 1:42:33about, David. And Mark Webber has been super-fast in the final part

1:42:33 > 1:42:34

1:42:34 > 1:42:40of a lack. -- the final part of the lap. So Fernando Alonso is at the

1:42:40 > 1:42:45front. Sebastian Vettel about to start. Alonso will be setting a

1:42:45 > 1:42:55representative lap time first, followed by a Vitaly Petrov and

1:42:55 > 1:42:59

1:42:59 > 1:43:04Jenson Button. Fernando Alonso's benchmark is fractionally faster

1:43:04 > 1:43:10than that Lewis Hamilton went in qualifying two. And this is what he

1:43:10 > 1:43:18can do in three. Super Keighley on the power. And Lewis Hamilton has

1:43:18 > 1:43:24done it! Lewis Hamilton 8 10th faster than Fernando Alonso. And we

1:43:25 > 1:43:34wait to see what Fernando Alonso says about that. Mark Webber faster

1:43:34 > 1:43:41in the first section. Look at that middle sector, Mark Webber is up on

1:43:41 > 1:43:46Lewis Hamilton's time. One corner to go for Mark Webber. Will he be

1:43:46 > 1:43:55on pole position again here at Nurburgring? His car looks to have

1:43:55 > 1:44:01the poise and balance he would need. And Mark Webber goes fastest! And

1:44:01 > 1:44:05Sebastian Vettel has not beaten his first or second sector time. Mark

1:44:05 > 1:44:11Webber is the man getting it done at the moment. Sebastian Vettel has

1:44:11 > 1:44:16a chance to still be quicker in the final sector but a half second gap

1:44:16 > 1:44:26between Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel crosses

1:44:26 > 1:44:29

1:44:29 > 1:44:38to go. We haven't seen Michael Schumacher, rest Berg or Adrian

1:44:38 > 1:44:45Sutil. They're saving tires. -- Rosberg, or Adrian Sutil, they're

1:44:45 > 1:44:50saving tyres. Mercedes save again. What is interesting, on board with

1:44:50 > 1:44:55Mark Webber, or outboard with Mark Webber. How much road he was using

1:44:55 > 1:45:00on the way into that chicane. He has supreme confidence on the

1:45:00 > 1:45:04brakes. That is whey McLaren are strong with Lewis Hamilton, he is

1:45:04 > 1:45:12delivering the lap time. It is all about confidence as you go tev e

1:45:12 > 1:45:16heavy on to the brakes in turn one. It looks like Lewis has got his

1:45:16 > 1:45:21Mojo back. I think front row will be a bit too much for him. But that

1:45:21 > 1:45:27first run from Fernando Alonso has not delivered. Now, what is that

1:45:27 > 1:45:35all about? Way slower than we thought. Six tenths off. As Felipe

1:45:35 > 1:45:39Massa, Jenson Button, pits, Rosberg goes out. And we have three and

1:45:39 > 1:45:43three quarter minutes remaining. It is Mark Webber from Sebastian

1:45:43 > 1:45:46Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso. Fernando Alonso has been

1:45:46 > 1:45:54half a second Quigger than Felipe Massa through practice and he is

1:45:54 > 1:46:01now only just a tenth quicker. So let's presume he can deliver

1:46:01 > 1:46:06another tenth. It is not enough for pole, but it may vait the two red -

1:46:06 > 1:46:11eseparate the two Red Bulls. I hope we get to see them go again. It

1:46:11 > 1:46:14would be incredible. What we're seeing is Rosberg and Michael

1:46:14 > 1:46:20Schumacher and Adrian Sutil choosing the quiet moment to go out

1:46:20 > 1:46:26and do their one rub. -- run. They know they have got a better chance

1:46:26 > 1:46:31of finding clear air if they don't find a lot of drivers on the out

1:46:31 > 1:46:36lap. The top seven will surely go again. Red Bull, if they feel they

1:46:36 > 1:46:40won't be challenged, then as a team you could say, we have got the

1:46:40 > 1:46:47front row, let's keep our options for the race. I doubt that will

1:46:47 > 1:46:54happen when you have two highly motivated racers, who want to be on

1:46:54 > 1:46:59pole. It is not a track, it is an interesting point, get down to

1:46:59 > 1:47:04first corner first and then call the strategy later on. It is not

1:47:04 > 1:47:07track that has been successful for pole sitters here. Mark Webber

1:47:07 > 1:47:15leaves the pits. Sebastian Vettel has not at the moment. Lewis

1:47:15 > 1:47:20Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are out there. As is Petrov. Jenson

1:47:20 > 1:47:23Button leaves the pits we hear. I think we will see all ten cars on

1:47:23 > 1:47:30the track. Sebastian Vettel is leaving the pit. So three of them

1:47:30 > 1:47:35will be on a hot lap. While seven of them are getting up to speed.

1:47:35 > 1:47:41Fernando Alonso's got himself a clear piece of race track ahead of

1:47:41 > 1:47:47him. They jockey themselves, trying to get clear air. We have ten of

1:47:47 > 1:47:52ten on the race track. There is a good point about Fernando Alonsoers

1:47:52 > 1:47:58he has got himself a huge amount of clean air. Lewis Hamilton is behind

1:47:58 > 1:48:03Rosberg and he is going to have to back out of that. If rest Berg has

1:48:04 > 1:48:09an issue thashes could affect -- Rosberg has an issue, that could

1:48:09 > 1:48:13affect Lewis Hamilton. Both McLarens are going to be staring at

1:48:13 > 1:48:18the back of Mercedes. Michael Schumacher has had a tardy first

1:48:18 > 1:48:21sector. It is almost as if they're bringing the tyres in a bit before

1:48:21 > 1:48:27they go for it. Or they're not comfortable the amount of space

1:48:27 > 1:48:31they have in front of them. Rosberg has backed off and gives himself,

1:48:31 > 1:48:38that was a wider turn into the final corner. Rosberg now then

1:48:38 > 1:48:44starts his lap. That was a 35.5, some five seconds off the pace.

1:48:44 > 1:48:52That heavy braking zone, it is quite a dip down into the apex of

1:48:52 > 1:48:57turn one. Let's check Fernando Alonso's time, 29.9 a better lap

1:48:57 > 1:49:03for Fernando Alonso and Ferrari as he heads down the hill to the

1:49:03 > 1:49:09hairpin. Webber has been even faster in the first secondor. There

1:49:09 > 1:49:13is a 9.831 seconds for him. This is closer for Fernando Alonso. Just

1:49:13 > 1:49:20hanging on to the racing line through the chicane. Lewis Hamilton

1:49:20 > 1:49:25has done a 29.7 first sector. That is flying. He is third at the

1:49:25 > 1:49:30moment. This is an all mighty scrap between Mark Webberer, Vettel, and

1:49:30 > 1:49:34Hamilton to see who can be on the front row. Fernando Alonso still a

1:49:35 > 1:49:41tenth shy of pole that. Would put him only third on the grid. Mark

1:49:41 > 1:49:46Webberer's still flying out there. I don't think there will be enough

1:49:46 > 1:49:53to spoil Red Bull's day, unless it is a mighty final sector. Fernando

1:49:53 > 1:49:58Alonso stays third. Still two tenths off pole. Mark Webber comes

1:49:58 > 1:50:01around the final corner and does a 30.0. He is three tenths up on

1:50:01 > 1:50:06Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel is still out there. And so is this

1:50:06 > 1:50:09man, Lewis Hamilton. The final corner of the lap and can he get

1:50:09 > 1:50:15back in front of Fernando Alonso? Lewis Hamilton fourth at the moment.

1:50:15 > 1:50:19He crosss the line and he goes second. He has split the Red Bulls.

1:50:19 > 1:50:25Just a tenth off pole. Lewis Hamilton, a brilliant lap.

1:50:25 > 1:50:31Sebastian Vettel's the is the man we're has beening at. Jenson Button

1:50:31 > 1:50:36gis him -- Sebastian Vettel is the man we're looking at. Jenson Button

1:50:36 > 1:50:40gives him some. He will barely be able to split Mark Webber and Lewis

1:50:40 > 1:50:44Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel is only third. The Championship leader. He

1:50:44 > 1:50:49starts on the second row of the grid alongside Fernando Alonso,

1:50:49 > 1:50:57Felipe Massa is fifth. Rosberg is sixth. Jenson Button is only

1:50:58 > 1:51:05seventh. Michael Schumacher does his best time. And he starts the

1:51:05 > 1:51:09Grand Prix in tenth place. There were mighty laps from Mark Webber

1:51:09 > 1:51:17and Lewis Hamilton. The confidence they were carrying in the braking

1:51:17 > 1:51:23zones, you can see it in first and last sectors. That is it Mark. P1

1:51:23 > 1:51:28pole position. Great job. That was a good lap. Well done. Great job.

1:51:28 > 1:51:31He has been looking confident all weekend. But sure think lap of the

1:51:31 > 1:51:35day is Lewis Hamilton isn't it? Well I think we have got two men

1:51:35 > 1:51:39that deserve that honour. That is a mighty lap from Mark Webber off the

1:51:39 > 1:51:42back of Silverstone and the frustration and an incredible lap

1:51:42 > 1:51:47from Lewis Hamilton. He found the confidence in that car in the

1:51:47 > 1:51:57braking zones and he has shown everyone what he can do when he has

1:51:57 > 1:52:02

1:52:02 > 1:52:06the car below him. That was a good lap. That was a wicked lap. With

1:52:06 > 1:52:09Jenson Button a second behind him tharbgts was much more than a good

1:52:09 > 1:52:15lap or a wicked lap. An extraordinary lap. He was saying

1:52:15 > 1:52:22yesterday I have no chance of pole. But I think we have got good race

1:52:22 > 1:52:28pace. Even Lewis Hamilton recognises that as one of his finer

1:52:28 > 1:52:32efforts. To sprit the Red Bulls. -- split the Red Bulls. Mark Webber

1:52:32 > 1:52:39had enough speed when it mattered and he starts again from pole

1:52:39 > 1:52:43position here. He was on pole in Silverstone two weeks ago. He is 80

1:52:43 > 1:52:47points behind Sebastian Vettel and he is doing his best to recover

1:52:47 > 1:52:54that. But Fernando Alonso, four tenths shy of pole. He will be

1:52:54 > 1:53:04saddened by that I would imagine. Not looking forward to hearing

1:53:04 > 1:53:05

1:53:05 > 1:53:14Jenson Button's intervie in seventh eher. -- either. So we have four,

1:53:14 > 1:53:18as Jake said, four of the six German drivers in the top ten. For

1:53:18 > 1:53:23their home Grand Prix. And look at the smile on Lewis Hamilton's face.

1:53:23 > 1:53:27That was a wicked lap, he said. And he will start the Grand Prix

1:53:27 > 1:53:34tomorrow with nobody in front of him from second on the grid. And

1:53:34 > 1:53:38the man who his right, Mark Webber, is on pole. That is what we have

1:53:38 > 1:53:45been waiting for all season. A proper fight for pole. The fight

1:53:45 > 1:53:48being take on the Red Bull. First and second being split by 500ths of

1:53:48 > 1:53:53a second. Mark Webber with a fantastic lap. But Lewis Hamilton,

1:53:53 > 1:53:57I don't know where you put the best lap. It was not Sebastian Vettel,

1:53:57 > 1:54:05despite being close to pole. Mark Webber or Lewis Hamilton, driver of

1:54:05 > 1:54:09the day? EDDIE JORDAN: They were both different. But it cops down to

1:54:09 > 1:54:14Lewis Hamilton. He didn't give himself a chance and what has he

1:54:14 > 1:54:21done? Delivered. This was one of finest qualifying laps I have seen

1:54:21 > 1:54:25him do in a long time. There is two happy men. This is Sebastian

1:54:25 > 1:54:30Vettel's home coming as world champion and for the Fir time this

1:54:30 > 1:54:37season, he doesn't start - e- first time his season he doesn't start on

1:54:37 > 1:54:43the front row. Let's hear from Jenson Button. We didn't see too

1:54:43 > 1:54:48much of your lap. Did you pull out of that? Yes. I couldn't find any...

1:54:48 > 1:54:54Any grip out there. I really struggled, this morning the car

1:54:54 > 1:54:59felt good. But this afternoon, yeah, I mean, I had too much front end

1:54:59 > 1:55:04and we took some front wing out. It gave me understeer and didn't MEP

1:55:04 > 1:55:10the rear of the car. -- help the rear of the car. It is very vaing

1:55:11 > 1:55:15not to find the grip. So be in seventh is surprising and pg behind

1:55:15 > 1:55:22Lewis Hamilton, something is not right. Will you do a rain dance

1:55:22 > 1:55:26tonight? Yeah, I mean I have to do something, because the pace isn't

1:55:26 > 1:55:30there. And the frustrating thing is it was this morning. The car felt

1:55:31 > 1:55:35good. I don't know where it's come from. That is a disappointed driver.

1:55:35 > 1:55:40We will find out what happened with the weather. Remember what happened

1:55:40 > 1:55:46when it rained and Jenson Button grabbed a victory. Now we're joined

1:55:46 > 1:55:51by Paul di Resta. Only the third time this season your team mate has

1:55:51 > 1:55:56been ahead of you. How was it for you? Very difficult. We didn't

1:55:56 > 1:56:01improve enough from practice into qualifying and lacking just grip

1:56:01 > 1:56:08all round. Not any individual balance problem, not a mistake,

1:56:08 > 1:56:12just gradual lss of time. Talk us through this. You head into the

1:56:12 > 1:56:17tight complex of the first sector and I did get to the apex. This is

1:56:17 > 1:56:20quite a tricky corner. You have to get close to the exhibit curb. Your

1:56:20 > 1:56:24leading into the sector which I hadn't driven until this weekend.

1:56:24 > 1:56:28So over the weekend I have been trying to build myself up and get

1:56:28 > 1:56:33confident on the brakes. And really just maximise it as much as

1:56:33 > 1:56:37possible. But Adrian Sutil has shown the car has more potential.

1:56:37 > 1:56:41These two upgrades and your own showing at Silverstone, it must

1:56:41 > 1:56:45give you a lot of hope for the future with this car? Yes the car,

1:56:45 > 1:56:49yesterday I was happy the car. We didn't make much changes and the

1:56:49 > 1:56:53temperature has changed, the wind's increased. But we did make a few

1:56:53 > 1:56:58things, but nothing you would expect to make such a difference. I

1:56:58 > 1:57:03wasn't happy today. All the debriefs we have done has shown

1:57:03 > 1:57:09that. This is your lap that meant you start 12th. Now the race, we

1:57:09 > 1:57:13saw a bit of a collision in man Coe and some frustration, a penalty and

1:57:13 > 1:57:16-- Monaco and some frustration and in Canada you didn't have race you

1:57:16 > 1:57:22hope. What can you do to have the perfect day on the Sunday, because

1:57:22 > 1:57:28two weak ago we saw the perfect day on the Saturday. Well one thing I

1:57:28 > 1:57:31will say we have compromise fodtr race tomorrow. Have I give an race

1:57:31 > 1:57:37performance recently. That is the direction we have took. Your

1:57:37 > 1:57:41decision was that? It was a team and engineer decision. It helped

1:57:41 > 1:57:45yesterday. I hope that carries O'over. But we're in a good

1:57:45 > 1:57:48position. We're 12th and it is a long race. As we have seen

1:57:48 > 1:57:54different strategys can make a big difference W the weather not being

1:57:54 > 1:57:59as straight forward as it looks at the moment. How big an issue is it

1:57:59 > 1:58:04with yourself and Sauber, you're fight for fifth. Is that your

1:58:04 > 1:58:07focus? Yes the team came in with ambitions we have to beat our

1:58:07 > 1:58:12opposition and they're in the midfield. It is closer than it is

1:58:12 > 1:58:17up front for the top guys. It is a fights, but you're in the middle of

1:58:17 > 1:58:25pack and you have to Keck e keep your eyes on the front -- keep your

1:58:25 > 1:58:34eyes on the front. Thank you good luck tomorrow. Paul starts 12th

1:58:34 > 1:58:40tomorrow. Nico Rosberg starts sixth. Sixth for tomorrow. How do you feel

1:58:40 > 1:58:46about that? It is OK. It shows that we're starting to work better and

1:58:46 > 1:58:51things are hopefully coming good a bit. I think here we have done a

1:58:51 > 1:58:56step. Everyone has has done. But we have kept the gap the same. So it

1:58:56 > 1:59:02is going in the right direction. Sixth is a good place to start.

1:59:02 > 1:59:07race or wet race, which would suit you in. It doesn't matter. So going

1:59:07 > 1:59:11in the right direction. Ahead of his team mate. He should be happy.

1:59:11 > 1:59:17Both drivers in that team say they're quicker than their teem

1:59:17 > 1:59:22mates, I don't understand that. But we will soon fine out. But the

1:59:22 > 1:59:29weather will play a major part tomorrow. Can Nico Rosberg go

1:59:29 > 1:59:39further forward? He has some fast teams in fronts of him. Felipe

1:59:39 > 1:59:41

1:59:41 > 1:59:49Mercedes and McLaren, how do you feel? It is better to start in

1:59:49 > 1:59:54front of everybody! So we are in fourth and 5th. So Red Bull is very

1:59:54 > 1:59:58strong, McLaren also in a good place. We shall be ready for it

1:59:58 > 2:00:05tomorrow and maybe it is raining so we need to be ready for everything.

2:00:05 > 2:00:11We will wait and see the situation for tomorrow. It was not fantastic.

2:00:11 > 2:00:16But let's concentrate on tomorrow. And he needs to because while his

2:00:16 > 2:00:21team-mate was picking up a win at Silverstone, no podium yet this

2:00:21 > 2:00:26year for Felipe Massa. We have been waiting, we really want to see him

2:00:26 > 2:00:32do well. I want to see him do well and it is still not there yet. I do

2:00:32 > 2:00:37not know why. He has to deliver and you start doing that very soon all

2:00:37 > 2:00:43the questions will start, it is he going to get a drive next year?

2:00:43 > 2:00:47the first time this season, it is time for the drivers press

2:00:47 > 2:00:52conference with Sebastian Vettel in third place. What a battle between

2:00:52 > 2:00:57Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. Let's hear it from all three now.

2:00:57 > 2:01:04Pole position, Mark, for the second Grand Prix in a row and the second

2:01:04 > 2:01:08here. Is it something about this track? Performance has been getting

2:01:08 > 2:01:17better in the last few races and this track seems not too bad for me

2:01:17 > 2:01:22in the past. The session went pretty well, a big section in

2:01:22 > 2:01:30qualifying two was not very smooth but the other two windss were good

2:01:30 > 2:01:36and the boys did a good job. -- the two laps. We recovered well and got

2:01:36 > 2:01:41it together. At the end, I thought, if somebody gets me, they deserve

2:01:41 > 2:01:48it because I could not have got much more out of it. It was my

2:01:49 > 2:01:55remit. It was a good lap and very satisfying to see nobody get cheap

2:01:55 > 2:02:01at the end because it is anxious for 30 seconds. Mock, the newly got

2:02:01 > 2:02:06you after your pole position lap. - - Mark. You just missed out, in a

2:02:06 > 2:02:11wacky described was as good as it gets. A big congratulations to my

2:02:11 > 2:02:18team for a fantastic effort. We have had so many upgrades this

2:02:18 > 2:02:24weekend and throughout the week, a constant push to bring improvements

2:02:24 > 2:02:28to our engine modes which have helped massively. I definitely

2:02:28 > 2:02:34underestimated how good the car would be wrong we fell -- when we

2:02:34 > 2:02:38ran out of fuel. But Black was beautifully flowing and it felt

2:02:38 > 2:02:43fantastic. -- but the lap. It was one of the happiest and most

2:02:43 > 2:02:51comforting laps I have had, it was incredible. It is a good step for

2:02:51 > 2:02:55us. So Bastian, two drivers but smiling. -- Sebastiaan. But the

2:02:55 > 2:02:59first time for you you have not been in a front row, how much of a

2:02:59 > 2:03:05disappointment his third? He it is not a disappointment. I would like

2:03:05 > 2:03:09to be further up but it was tough. We had a very good recovery

2:03:09 > 2:03:14yesterday. I did not find my way and find the balance with the car.

2:03:14 > 2:03:20This morning, it was much better through qualifying. Maybe we should

2:03:21 > 2:03:26have been quicker, but there was not much... Gillet will bit here

2:03:26 > 2:03:31and there, but the most important is I have a better feeling for it

2:03:31 > 2:03:36today -- a little bit. Looking forward to tomorrow. If it is drive

2:03:36 > 2:03:43we have a good chance, but it might not be the case, so we will see --

2:03:43 > 2:03:48if it is dry. We are here in the Eifel Mountains, it has a micro-

2:03:48 > 2:03:56climate. But what will the weather do and can Mark Webber turn pole

2:03:56 > 2:04:00position into a win? Lewis Hamilton will be fighting him into that

2:04:00 > 2:04:04first corner with Sebastian Vettel are starting third. Then the two

2:04:04 > 2:04:06Ferraris and Michael Schumacher scraping into the top 10 for

2:04:07 > 2:04:10qualifying. Take plenty for the German fans to be excited about but

2:04:10 > 2:04:14not the result at the front they wanted. David Cummings you enjoyed

2:04:15 > 2:04:18that from the commentary box, Mark Webber or Lewis Hamilton for the

2:04:19 > 2:04:24lap of the day? I think Lewis Hamilton because of where he has

2:04:24 > 2:04:29come from. He has had such variation with that car that he has

2:04:29 > 2:04:33felt it is underneath him and then he has been able to deliver. And he

2:04:33 > 2:04:37was mighty in this sector of. He makes full use of the mechanical

2:04:38 > 2:04:42grip the car was able to give him. And that was important that he was

2:04:42 > 2:04:46so quick in that sector. He was almost three times slower in the

2:04:46 > 2:04:50middle sector. What has to be understood is when you put in place

2:04:50 > 2:04:54what he did and how he qualified at Silverstone, mirror image of what

2:04:54 > 2:05:00we are looking at here, at the turnaround has been awesome and

2:05:00 > 2:05:07McLaren keep doing this. They are confusing us. They are confused

2:05:07 > 2:05:10themselves! If they knew what unleashed these performances, they

2:05:10 > 2:05:18would be doing more than that. A combination of things have come

2:05:18 > 2:05:23together here. Through that she came towards turn 10. His remarks

2:05:23 > 2:05:28at the end. You know he is absolutely elated, he cannot

2:05:28 > 2:05:33believe he has just got a perfect lap and he delivered it. And the

2:05:33 > 2:05:37gap between himself and Jenson Button tells the story. I had a

2:05:37 > 2:05:42talk to Jenson and he said, at a did not have the grit and balance I

2:05:42 > 2:05:47had in the morning. -- I did not. It seems to have gone the opposite

2:05:47 > 2:05:55way for him. Of all the races to choose to do an investigation into

2:05:55 > 2:05:59why they are slow, Eddie! Why do you do this? Be serious. It was a

2:05:59 > 2:06:03valid question, what is the position with McLaren, up where is

2:06:03 > 2:06:09their future? They have been giving a good answer on the track rather

2:06:09 > 2:06:17than on the microphone. Backed is the perfect answer! -- that is.

2:06:17 > 2:06:22More sport on the BBC today. A different type of horsepower later

2:06:22 > 2:06:27next on this channel. Rugby league on BBC Two, the Challenge Cup

2:06:27 > 2:06:32quarter-final. Warrington against Wigan. You can see qualifying

2:06:32 > 2:06:38tonight if you press the red button for the MotoGP season. And we are

2:06:38 > 2:06:47back tomorrow for the German Grand Prix live from Nurburgring, with an

2:06:47 > 2:06:56extra 15 minutes. It will be magic! So we have three cars here. --

2:06:56 > 2:07:05three cards. Two king of Hearts. And one ace. The base is here. What

2:07:05 > 2:07:11happens if I go down? It is down. It is a 10! And even the magician

2:07:11 > 2:07:15could not finish above fourth place today. Find out more about Fernando

2:07:15 > 2:07:19Alonso Tomorrow and Mark Webber. Red Bull dominated in qualifying

2:07:19 > 2:07:24and struggled, this will be interesting tomorrow. He it will

2:07:24 > 2:07:28and do not rule out Fernando Alonso, he has tricks in abundance. I am

2:07:28 > 2:07:34really looking forward to it. the weather forecast tomorrow is

2:07:34 > 2:07:40rain so it could be turned on its head again. Dark clouds are forming