The Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1

uninterrupted coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix, in high-

definition on the BBC. If you are thinking, I would love a repeat of

the drummer from seven days ago, -- the drama... Imagine how much this

moments, it is that much more special. I love watching this. I

knew, that weekend, that we would have a good start. I think it has

been a while since I have been in the lead from the start of a race.

It is an amazing feeling. When Mark got past me, I was 100% confident

that I could get back past, and it felt great. I don't like being

overtaken on the outside, so I had to make sure that did not happen.

We were just fast, for once. When I have got the pace, I am able to

make it work. You think, that is the two-time world champion ahead

of you. I was watching the Grand Prix when Fernando was winning the

World Championships, and now I'm in that battle. That was an awesome a

move, on Fernando. It is crazy, I can't believe I did him on the

outside. I will always remember that. My best feeling for the year.

I think it was a massive buzz, we never expected to be there. It is

great to be back in the fight, back in the mix. It is awesome.

I think that is just about the right word. The celebrations in

that cockpit seven days ago were incredible from Lewis Hamilton.

This is the car he grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged to

the win. He kept Mark Webber off the track, he used his supreme

driving skill to go around the outside of Fernando Alonso. It was

a pleasure to share that performance with Eddie Jordan and

to here David Coulthard commentating on it. When he drives

and bliss -- wins like that, he is a different person to speak to.

drives on the edge of his seat, and he makes us do the same. It is so

exciting. In races gone by, please, never change your style, we enjoy

it so much. You are quite similar, you have me on the edge of my seat

no space, wondering what you are going to say next. It was weird,

hearing lowest describe that as one of his greatest wins, he seems to

say that a lot -- hearing Lewis. is typical of a racing driver, when

you have not had a victory for a while, that your last win will be

your best one. The reason it was so special is they had such a

difficult Friday, it was an amazing qualifying performance on the

Saturday, and he pulled some great moves. He led into the first corner,

went around the outside of Fernando Alonso. He mentioned that he

watched him win those world championships when he wasn't in

Formula 1, he has so much respect but he wants to win. He said that

overtake will inspire him for the rest of the seasons. They can bear

a grudge in Formula one's like no other sport. And they keep a smile

while they are saying it, and they are hurting inside. Racing drivers

are able to cope with the ups and downs. This was probably one of his

greatest ever moves, we called it at the time. The reason why Lewis

Hamilton need to do something now, if at all, is that there are not

too many races left. Nine races after today. It all ends in Brazil

on 27th November. You can see every race right here with us on the BBC.

We have been in an unusual position as Wigan, of being in the headlines

as much as the sport has been -- unusual position at this weekend.

It is important to say on behalf of us and the hard-working and

dedicated team, we have seen the reaction to the news about the new

TV deal, we have read your messages and we are touched and moved off by

the fact that you hold our coverage in such high regard. There was a

danger that Formula 1 was going to be lost completely, and in the

current climate, the BBC believed the best deal was to have 10 races

live, and 10 races with extended highlights. For the rest of this

season, we will give it the dedicated and passionate under the

skin coverage that we have since 2009, and the BBC team will

continue to deliver it brilliantly from next season onwards. It means

Formula 1 stays on the BBC, for a number of years to come. I suppose

I could not say it as eloquently as that. As the oldest boy in the

group, and speaking on behalf of all of the people involved here,

the camera people, technicians, backroom people, they deliver such

a strong show, I have had probably the three most enjoyable years of

my motor-racing career, doing this. We have to face reality. There has

been a massive financial crisis, and a lot of people have heard,

pain and suffering. The BBC is not immune -- hurt. Let's hope the

management of the BBC can deliver what they say, the best possible

show, continuing where they have been at this moment. We love this

job, and we love bringing you Formula 1. We hope to make it

really special. Fingers crossed that the drivers play their part. I

know it is lovely weather in the UK, you can sit on the sofa, enjoy the

sunshine and led these boys toil around in the rain. -- let these

boys. # Come on.

# Come on, come on. where he picked up his first ever

win in Formula 1, and we will talk about why it is a special weekend

for him in a few moments. Lewis Hamilton's car is behind us. They

have -- Lewis and Jenson have mentioned that it feels like the

title race has come alive, which is weird, because Sebastian has the

dominant lead that he has had for the past few races, but it feels

like something has changed. If they are able to win races from the

front... At the beginning of the air, McLaren was struggling. After

Melbourne, they did not have the pace to challenge Red Bull on track.

They appear to have that place now and that is why they feel it has

come alive. Racing drivers don't look to the end of the season but

the next session, the next race, and that is where they get the

enthusiasm from. We have just seen the numbers on screen. With 25

points for a win, it is easy for Sebastian Vettel to think it is

wrapped up, but it is not. We had a piece yesterday, is he going to be

clever and just gather points where he can, or is he going to go flat

out and get wins. My guess is that he has had a calculated view, he

will go through the motions and he will end up the champion this year.

It may be exactly what we will want to see, because we will see lots of

other winners, and that will add to the excitement. Who knows the

strategy in his mind. There will be an element of caution when he needs

to, but he needs to be quickest in the sessions, and when the red mist

comes down at the start of a race, he is going to go for it, as all of

the drivers will do. The start of your race is in about 45 minutes.

Whatever happens today, Sebastian Vettel will sleep well over the

summer break. There was a slight sense of deja vu yesterday. A week

ago in Germany, we had a very tight qualifying session. The cars were

fighting for pole position, which we have not seen too much of. And

yesterday, we had the same thing his points tally, but by Sebastian

Vettel's standards, he is in the middle of a slump. Bases and worst

finish of 4th at the last race -- a season worse finish of four. The

world champion's first opponent is his team make but Mark Webber's DRS

did not work and his KERS power boost was on the bling, which meant

he was only six. I did my best, we had a few KERS issues. If you have

a gap of six-tenths, I need to look through it, but it is a big step

compared to the last few races. I need to analyse it. Two years ago,

Felipe Massa was in a Budapest hospital bed with head injuries

after being hit by a spring that fell off another car. Two years

later, he has a qualified Alonso body first time in 17 races,

showing the only lasting sign of the crash is a scar above his

eyebrow. Strategy is very important here. Maybe 5th is better than 4th

in a way, there is quite a big difference. If we want to put

Vettel in some trouble, starting 5th will be more difficult. Let's

hope the McLaren can do it in the first corner. McLaren have looked

fast all weekend but Lewis Hamilton made a crucial mistake on his final

attempt, which cost 10 pole position. Jenson Button is right

behind Hamilton -- cost him proposition. Jenson Button's mind

was on catering celebrations for his 200th race party. I love cakes

I hope I get some cake. The boys at dinner sorted me out with Kate and

then there was another cake at the hotel. I hope for another cake

today. I lost the advantage I had into the last corner I think I had

half a tenth up until that point. I don't know how to start from the

opposite side of the grid but I will watch BGP to race. Red Bull

were looking for answers as to why they have been off the pace -- I

spec, reverting -- resulting in an all lighter for the mechanics. But

Seb was back on pole and the famous finger was on display again. I am

pleased with today's result. The boys burnt the curfew last night

and did not get much sleep. They look very happy, so I think they

look even happier, I think that is the best way to say thank you. Now

we will see what we can do tomorrow. Sebastian Vettel's eighth pole

second ahead of his team-mate, Paul di Resta. It is another

disappointing performance from Renault and Williams. Sebastien

Buemi as a penalty for causing a crash at the last race.

-- has a penalty. In the garage, kinky Kylie is

roaring, that is the nickname that Sebastian Vettel gives his car. I

wonder how he will be feeling. They are trying to drive the pits and

frowning us as we walk all over it. Halwell said have felt when he saw

the weather today -- how well Sebastian have felt? He takes it in

his stride. I would be wanting a who has not been able to optimise

the qualifying, they will see this as an opportunity to win something

back. At qualifying performance was special, and it came on the back of

a number of people questioning whether he had lost his mojos

likely. Does that include us? includes you. -- his mojo slightly.

We called to question, is he a real racer. There is no question, we

just want to see him doing more exciting things, overtaking in the

race. He has the lead in the championship, it is up to the

others to catch him. He is on the queenside of the track. You might

say, surely the rain has washed it off -- the clean-up side. But that

part of the track is higher and it will be drier. He has a slightly

bigger all the advantage than he We have won the German driver at

the front who has never won here, and one who has won on nine

different occasions, Michael Schumacher. He has openly admitted

this season is not going the way he wanted but it is not through a lack

of hard work at Mercedes. He is also pretty mean with a paint gun

surprise. This is where you hide out when you are not on race

weekends. Kind of. This is my race engineer, beat strategy master, and

people distributed all over. These are all very intelligent people.

Exactly, but it is a secret. This is the engineering office. Let me

run you through the massed a brain area. Mr Brawn. -- mass start.

Michael is giving us a tour. He has never taken been through. The -- me.

When you see all of this, does it get into a big picture? Does it

mean everything that will make you go fast? Absolutely, there is lots

of different divisions and stages and if one is untried, the final

result will not be right. world's most expensive jigsaw.

of. This is that machine shop, cutting bits-and-pieces them the

right order. I have some here, at titanium, very light of all stop

does all of this stuff interest due as well? -- does all of this

interest you as well? It is natural to be interested and it makes it a

lot easier to know what has to interact together and how it

interacts. It is much more precise. It must be really nice for the guys

who don't get to see you won a race weekend to see where to the factory.

Indeed. I come here to interact and see the guys and take a tour and

motivate them, say hello, and aboard the day, thank you. Lots of

empty bays, are the cars on route? The they are in a certain areas to

be prepared and fixed. That is Nico Rosberg's car. It looks like he is

slower than me because my car has gone already. We don't want to get

run over. It is a busy time, always, it seems. Yes, 24-7.

Let's go in the paint shop room, where bits-and-pieces get their

final touches. How to make a car look good. What are you up to?

putting the bits on your front. is like an artist. Up drivers can

ruin their nose, I will ruin it in a different way. I think it is

going really well! Does this wash is Michael Schumacher!

Something tells me that neither of them painted this because it looks

beautiful. Only as seven-timer world champion would get away with

doing that today McKenzie. We can see Michael gearing double for

another race, or it is a place where he has always done well and

he is always compared to his past wins. But he doesn't seem to be

quite sanguine and relaxed. He has come back for personal reasons, not

for money or to win more trophies, he has come back because he loves

driving Grand Prix cars and interacting with the team and the

engineers. The chance to work with Ross Brawn and Mercedes, where he

began his career, way back, I think he just enjoys being part of that

process, and the success is not fair at the moment but I presume he

believes he will be able to stand on the podium again. The car looks

absolutely beautiful, but so she can point out, all of the beautiful

paint is not going to make a car faster of the fundamental

philosophy isn't working. Michael has said this, it is beginning to

be a disappointment, and it is. I really thought of that this team,

with all of us really talented great people, combined with the

driver line-up, could get up that bit more and take on the likes of

Red Bull. It is not still too late, but at the Bovaird, they are

probably thinking about next year's Khan -- at the moment. A I wonder

how he will feel about the rain, we have been told it is sweeping in.

The man who runs the Pirelli tyres thinks they will be starting on

intermediate today. We could have patches of rain, but not that it

bothers the fans. They travel to this one because it is easy to get

to, the city is fantastic and the web there is usually very sunny.

See how many different flag you can including plenty of bricks. Looking

at the sky, it is really dark -- British. We can see some cars being

pushed down the pit lane, ready to go on to the grid. It is

interesting, when do you switch to the dried tyres, because these

tyres are so different in all of the conditions. They have been a

big story this season, so we gave a few sets to a man who has ruined a

super soft, hard. Only two of these compounds are used in each race.

More rubber been small group. The UN treaded slick is king. -- means

a ball of grip. The super-soft Way has said much more quickly. The

tyres perform best at boiling point. So why have they changed the face

of Formula One so much this season? I have a brand new set of super-

soft tyres. This is like all of my slide the tyres and they will

overheat. Controlled attack his best and control set-up is critical.

Some drivers call that the cliff. They are giving out, lots of

understeer. I am not sure. Racing is still good but it just won't

care. Look at the steering angle I have got. I have to keep my

concentration. Just to keep it on the road. There is no doubt about

it, I have reached the cliff. I am having to brake, get the throttle

on. I am burning so much of the tyre, back four or five laps like

Well Webber yield? He has to. This could put pressure on Ferrari, this

is a key pit-stop for Red Bull. Over steering are going into the

pit lane. He has hit the cliff. That is the undercut for you.

before your arrival and benefit from the instant grip of fresh

tyres -- pit. Too early and you will need an extra strop before the

end of the race. Timing is critical. -- stop.

Timing will be critical today, big decisions to be made, the kind that

Eddie Jordan used to enjoy. Let's get the latest from the weather.

David is with Martin Whitmarsh. Difficult decisions in this

situation, what is your weather map telling you and what will you guys

do? I think they will go out on the intermediate. It says it will rain

for another 30 minutes and I suspect we will have a standing

start on intermediate tyres. But you never know. Do you have

spotters out around the track down wind? We have some people at out

there, but we had a radar and we look behind this occasion --

occasionally. There is Lewis Hamilton getting into his car, he

starts a right at the front row. How does he feel about the rain?

now he makes electric starts and I am sure he will be looking for his

bat -- first best ever combat because he loves to lead into the

corner. Today isn't just about the right tyres, it is also about

getting the pit stop ban on. At the moment, they are taking about on

average three seconds.. It can make or break your race. We saw it go

wrong for Jenson Button when he left the pit at Silverstone with

only three wheels. Equally, it worked out brilliantly for

Sebastian Vettel in the last race, he jumped ahead of Felipe Massa or

after the pit stop. You have to be fast car there you have to be

clever, but by stubble, you have to be competitive. So it is a good job

we have some F1 drivers with us -- but most of all, you have to be

exciting in the pit lane as it is in the track. Pit stops are

important. And changing the tyres quickly is key. We thought we would

pick two men who do it a lot about two men -- against two men who talk

about it a lot. What is it like commentating on the back of pit-

stops? We have never really got one Rhondda, have we? We always try

which garage they are stopping in - - got one wrong. It isn't always

the case with Jenson. Keep racing practice stop. Save it for Sunday,

boys. That needs to happen in the race. If it does, I will be

impressed. Three practice goes, then you will have three practice

goes. You are front left, you are front right. A one goal shoot-out

and the quickest is the winner. the gun. Your whole team doesn't

want you to. I will get the well- off. I will get the wheel on. You

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 73 seconds

Lewis will run into each other at offer a. That could have been Jake,

situation, you are leading the race, and that pesky Vettel is very close.

You need the perfect stop to win Yes! Unbelievable. There is no

engine running either. We were a little bit calmer. And they are

coming in a lot slower than we do. I don't know about you, but I am

nervous that I am going to knock them over like dominoes when I

could then, coming in at an odd angle. They must be bricking it

when we come in, and then to get there fast reaction time and do it

perfectly, it is a lot of pressure. Every race has a win and a loser. I

have the official times. 6.8 seconds. You just lost us the Grand

Prix. Compared to... 3.2 seconds. More than double the speed of the

concerned. Don't try to pretend you were not competitive that day.

still demand a steward's inquiry. If you look, the hand went up

before the stop was finished. I don't think we were beaten by as

much. He hasn't lost the old excuses. One after another. He is a

classic. You are. We have seen a few excuses from Jenson Button,

mainly on Saturdays after qualifying. He has admitted it has

not gone after he would -- as he would have wanted. Yesterday he was

brilliant. It is a special weekend for him. Congratulations, this is

his 200th Grand Prix. David Coulthard has been watching them

from the start, racing against him for many of them. The number of

people who turned out to celebrate its showed the high regard in which

they hold the Jenson Button. question, he was a fresh-faced 19-

year-old when he started in Melbourne. He is well-liked and

well respected in the paddock, he was a very popular world champion

and it is marked out by the amount of people who came out to the

communications centre, to help celebrate. We can see the drivers

who turned up. Another 40 to go before Jenson gets close do David

Coulthard. Look at those two having a conversation. Lewis Hamilton and

Fernando Alonso. This was Jenson's first ever win. It arrived here in

Hungary. It was a case of him taking advantage of white dry

conditions. He loves it. He is the master of these things. He has a

great ability of feeling the track. He has a great ability to

understand what is going on with the track, and the grip level. That

has stood him in great stead, because that is where he has won

his classic races. Jenson, starting from third on the grid, means he is

starting on the queenside. Many drivers have said that the

discrepancy between the clean and the dirty side is huge -- on the

clean side. It is quite a dusty area where the Budapest track is

situated. You can lose a whole grid position, starting on the dirty

side. He will be reasonably satisfied, I think he will be the

man most Abid for these tricky conditions that we have to start

this Grand Prix -- the man most happy. These are live shot, Jenson

gearing up for his 200th race, after his best qualifying since

Monaco last year. This is Felipe Massa making his way around on to

the grid. Just to show how difficult it is. It is not driving

rain but there is a fair amount, look at the spray there. We looked

at this carefully. We watched BGP to race. A lot of drivers puss like

nasty incident. He is putting in a banker to see how he can push it in

the out lap. The drivers can afford to get away with that. It allows

drivers to get away with a few mistakes. Looking forward to this

one? In these conditions, I think we are in for a classic Grand Prix.

That man will be hoping for a classic start. He loves to get away

from the start and build a 2.5 second lead in the first lap. What

will happen with the weather and how will it affect the tyres?

me, if we were it to start on the intermediates, how long would they

last? About 20 laps. The key thing is you can see the racing line for

the GP2 race. The people starting on the left-hand side will have

more traction. Would you risk slicks on this? I don't think so,

intermediates for sure. That man knows what he's talking about when

he comes to tyres. Would you risk slicks? You would have to be

desperate. You have to think about the safety aspect and think about,

how am I going to get as many points as I can. At constant

drizzle, it is intermediates for me. Paul Pennbury is not silly, he

knows what he is talking about. Michael Schumacher's starts 9th on

the grid, he knows how to drive around here, whether it is wet, dry,

no matter what the conditions. has become so much more mellow, and

he is driving good. Hopefully he will work this out. We can hear

from Jenson Button. How is the track? It is not that wide, but

very slippery. Struggling to get heat in the tyres -- not that wet.

It is going to be pretty interesting in the first couple of

laps. In certain areas, it is quite dry. Surprisingly, very slippery on

the intermediates. You are on the right side of the track, the racing

line was used for GP2, you are laughing, aren't you? Most of them

drive on the inside, blocking the other cars, so I don't think it

makes a big difference. Have a good race. Jenson Button, being clear,

saying it is not too wet, but still very slippery. Lewis Hamilton takes

a look at the first corner. It is indicative of this circuit. Not too

wet, but very slippery. That is what happens when you come to a

circuit that is rarely used. It is like Morse. When you get warm

weather, and then rain, this thing comes up through the track. It

takes a lot of races in the season. It is a very sticky in certain

areas but extremely slippy in other areas. With weather like this, you

are going to have a very slippery track. The rain will remain. The

start of the race will begin with light rain. Ted is with Mark Webber,

who starts six on the grid. Bernie Ecclestone having a chat with him

as well. Hello, everything all right? Nice to see you. Was he

given you some tips? He is talking about Sky... No, he wasn't.

sky! Exactly. We will see how we can go up with everyone starting on

intermediates. It is better to have a rise like this. You have got to

make the right decisions and act as a race like this. Everything all

right, there was a hydraulic leak? tyres because he was held up behind

Jenson Button. After the 5th turn, his pace was matched exactly with

Sebastian Vettel. He could be a dark horse. He had a really

miserable qualifying session. He excels in these kind of conditions.

I would be more worried if he was on pole position. He doesn't seem

to be able to translate those great propositions into race wins. His

best races have come off when he is fighting from behind. Paul di Resta

was unlucky yesterday, a tenth away from making it into the top 10. He

starts 11th, he says his aim is to forecast did not predict this at

all. It seems to be developing over the track. There was a small break

and you saw an influence of a dry patch, but I would say it is going

to be pretty tough at the beginning, certainly to manage the tyres and

see what the strategy will plant out. What tyres will suit these

conditions? It is slippy but it is definitely into us at the moment,

the White tyre would destroy itself -- definitely intermediates. If it

does turn dry, it would be a tricky decision, whether to go prime,

auction. -- or option. A good opportunity for someone like Adrian

Newey. He has a good look at the Ferrari, trying to work out how the

car is looking pretty quick. Adrian Sutil starts 10 having not done a

lap in the final part of qualifying. are you? I don't think so. It is

too dry for wet tyres. How is the track feeling on the way out to the

grid? It is OK, getting better every time. It will be an

interesting race. You would have preferred it to be dry? We have

more chances on wet. Interesting, thank you.

Good luck to Sergio, from tenth on the grid. Sauber and Force India

have done something special. They tend to have a car that works well

at low downforce circuits. They come to the place that Murray

Walker called Monica without the houses. Force India and Sauber have

grip. You put as much wine as you can in the car and make sure you

bolt on as much mechanical grip -- teams are getting. Usually, it is

very calm. People think it is very electric but it is very calm. I

used to like to see what was going on and be part of the decision-

making. Everybody on the pit lane is actually part of the process.

You will find a decision is made, usually the right one. Thankfully

for us, they get it wrong and we get a great race. We have lights

and rain moment, we are expecting light rain for the start of the

race. I hope these fans have got their umbrellas with them. We have

hardly spoken about Felipe Massa, he out-qualified Fernando Alonso

for the first time since the Belgian Grand Prix last year, at a

circuit where he had a dreadful accident in 2009. A great weekend

for him. Absolutely. Everybody was overjoyed. Not necessarily that he

beat his team-mate but that he was in the top four. There was huge

gloom at the race a couple of years ago. We would love to see Felipe

getting onto the podium, that is where he belongs. Fernando Alonso

has just turned 30, maybe he's too old for this Formula 1 rubbish. The

start behind Felipe Massa. You out- qualified your team mate, you are

on the wrong side of the grid, how difficult do you think that will

be? I think it will be very difficult. We sought it is a bit

drier -- we saw it is drier on his side. The race is long, I hope we

can do the best we can. How slippy was the track today? Very slippery,

especially at the beginning. We need to take at the beginning.

decision? It looks like an intermediates star. I think it is -

- start. This sprinkling of rain is what we are predicting for the next

10 or 15 minutes. The key thing is when you get on to dries, and where

it goes from there. We have not seen it rained for the rest of the

race, but it is possible, the showers seem to be forming over the

mountains. We are trying to get the balance right because we have not

run intermediates. The half wet bit of the track is the problem. We are

discussing what when certain to use. -- water wheel and certain to use.

Vettel is the man on pole. Sebastian Vettel's 23rd Formula 1

pole position of this 2.7 Mile, 14 turn Hungaroring. 10.7 seconds of

full throttle action, 185 mph. A downhill braking zone for turn one.

16 metres before the corner, the front of the car, not cooked up. A

are three is flat-out. Been to turn four, one of the most difficult in

Formula One. That was brilliant commit bad. Turn five, and never

ending right hander. 6 and 7, Chicane, just 65 mph. Very early on

the throttle, this lap is really coming alive. 8 and 9, sweeping

right-hander. Absolutely flat out through turn at 10. Breaking

downshift for 11. Again, downhill, but a difficult braking has owned.

-- a zone. 13, 70 mph, effect to the left-hand side for the final

turn, 100 mph. When the tyres grip, you can really let the cargo. Over

the line, pole position yet again considerable skill means that the

man slipping on his helmet on the grid ahead of the Hungarian Grand

Prix sits on pole position. Let's hear from his team principal

Christian Horner. You can't hide under that umbrella! What are you

most worried about, the rain, Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button? Fernando

Alonso. Interesting. He is going to be a factor. He is. We note Lewis

and Jenson will be quick. These are the worst conditions for a motor

race on the pit wall, where it is on the borderline of wet conditions,

strategy will be important and reading the weather will be crucial.

Communication with the driver will be essential. It is the same for

everybody, it will be a fascinating race. In terms of your position

near the championship, what have you been telling Vettel, that he

just needs to score good points? that he needs to get his head down

and get on with it. He is not obsessing about the championship,

he has qualified on pole and will try to have with the race but there

are other factors and it will be an interesting race. Will you be

relieved if you are first into the first corners with the McLaren

alongside you? They tend to have good start. Yes, but conditions

were changed every five Levitt -- minute. We have four set sub

intermediate, for set of extreme wet and some slicks. All of them

could be used today. Christian Horner calls the start the first

part of the job, it is also probably half of the job. The usual

shaken hands with his father for Lewis. He starts the second. --

shake off Hants. The last time we saw these boys behind Vettel, he

was beaten off the line in China. He will have to defend against the

super-fast cars. EDDIE JORDAN: He will not want to

see these two cars in particular. He knows what Lewis will do. He

will have to do what he did before and move over and squeeze him. I

don't think that will happen, he has a nice run on the clean side of

the track. And Fernando Alonso has tipped one of the McLaren cars to

win. What can he do today? That is an absolute D Kelly. We don't

believe a word of it! -- decoy. It is perfect for him to spring a big

surprise. We haven't spoken enough about him, he could be really

dangerous in this race. As ever, the Red Bull are the cars to catch.

Not many people have had our view of the front this year, it tends to

be the back. The 70th anniversary of the first ever Hungarian Grand

Prix. Sebastian Vettel at the front but the men right behind him know

what it takes to win a round of this famous old circuit. Enjoy this

you feel -- makes me feel the way world real, I say that you do.

again, we have changeable and challenging conditions for the

drivers. The 26th Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring. A 70 lap

race, consisting of mostly slow and technical corners. That is where we

are in the world. And this is the will talk about throughout the race.

Tracks already split -- always split into three. Mistakes are

easily made as we have seen already as the cars made their way to the

grid, with Felipe Massa running up the road, testing out the level of

grip. The 800 and 50th championship Grand Prix, the 200 start for

Jenson Button. And the 100 start for the cow Rosberg and the current

2.4 -- for Nico Rosberg and the current engines that we have until

the end of 2013. The mechanics make their way back with the tyres and

generators, that they though they will not need any longer. -- they

know. If the race is going to start in damp conditions. David, head you

see this unfolding? It was interesting, as we see the safety

car, as we zoomed in on Mark Webber's car, you could see it was

dry and other car. -- under the car. So the grid is going to be dry and

as soon as they pull forward at the length of the car, they will be

spinning the wheels on a damp track. It will be an intermediate start,

no question, so they won't have to run both of the slick tyres,

presuming it dries up during the race. Each of these guys,

especially Jenson Button, will be thinking, these conditions are made

for May. He won his first Grand Prix in 2006 at this track in

similar conditions to this. They take away the cooling fans out of

the car and be the final preparations. Lewis Hamilton on the

front row of the grid. It was so close in qualifying, but once again,

it was Sebastian Vettel that had all the answers at the right time.

One flying lap on the tyres for peak grip and he founded. -- found

it. He starts on the left-hand side of the track and it is definitely

drier down there. If they have a safety car start for this race,

which they went, but I would write to my MP if they did, no need for

anything like that. No standing water at all. We are expecting them

to be on the intermediate tyre, which does that it says on the

tenor, it is between the slick dry and the full wet -- on the tin.

Alonso for a strong performance today. Webber with performances

look at that surface. We saw the GP to race start in similar conditions

to this. Only one driver chose slick tyres and he didn't get very

far before he fell off the road but it wasn't long until they used the

slicks. GP two doesn't benefit from tyre blankets. So the ability for

the Formula One cars to get on to a slick is definitely on damper

conditions, because you have the benefit of having 80 or 90 degrees

surface temperature on that slick tyres. But that won't be the case

for several laps and if it keeps drizzling, it won't happen.

practice start is critical. The exact amount of grip they have of

their grid box. Immediately, they get away and the teams will be

furiously calculating what the clutch by two. Should be. They will.

-- biting point should be. If you are on the third rd, for instance,

you will go off fog your dry patch and you will run on to the

slaughter in front of the which will also be dry. So look out for

the front row been under some pressure from the rows behind into

the first corner. -- slot. And the McLaren have repeatedly Mal KERS

capacity than the Red Bull, which could give Lewis Hamilton an

advantage into the first corner. we saw seven days ago in Germany.

Do you think you could see that extra grip... TEAM RADIO: It is a

long race, changeable conditions, you just need to be on the track at

the end and you will get some points. No heroics and drive and

intelligent race. Wise information there from Adrian Sutil passport --

for Adrian Sutil. You have to say something to make sure the radio is

working and calm the driver down. We saw Nico Rosberg, while Adrian

Sutil was being told to take it easy, flying off the track in turn

four. So it is obviously extremely slippery. But the arrest doesn't

normally come in until the end of a second lap. A key issue a very

slight advantage. Just to discuss, this is the first time they have

run with full tanks on a damp track, so they have to find out what the

car is going to do when they are driving at speed on the first lap.

Getting they heat surface temperature into those rear tyres,

but it is difficult, because you are damaging them. The detection,

if they switch it on, the white line is where they can open at the

rear wing and you sit down at the pit straight until they hit the

brakes. -- and you sit down the pit straight. I don't think it will be

that effective. We will find out, it is the overall level of grip

that matters. And as you say, it is... Where do they brake in the

first corner? It is unknown. But get a Vettel must be the mantra of

23 of those drivers. Who has the appetite in Hungary to take the

title fight to the championship leader? Five lights disappearing

will signal the desperate scrabble for a grip away from the grid. We

those Riad tyres? At the moment, it is Vettel down to the first corner.

Hamilton second at the moment. Jenson Sid the holding his third

place, everybody sliding wide -- seems to be. At the Jenson Button

is up the inside of Hamilton down into turn two. It is the best place

to be but can he keep the speed? And look at Nico Rosberg, up into

fourth place. Michael Schumacher attacking him. Up the hill towards

turn four. Both of the Mercedes flying off the grid ahead of both

of the Ferrari. Paul di Resta has had a very good start. Jenson

Button sideways through turn five. And Michael Schumacher... There is

Paul di Resta ahead of Adrian Sutil, Ben Kobayashi, Petrov. Nico Rosberg

will have to yield to Jenson Button. And Fernando Alonso, behind both of

the Mercedes. Really struggling for some grip. You can see that Vettel

got a flying start and was not under any pressure to the first

corner. Michael Schumacher being passed on the outside buyer Alonso.

alongside Lewis Hamilton on that have run down to turn two. I

thought he had him. Schumacher at pipped the wheel into the slippery

Curbar. That was about pride, he was not going to be passed down the

outside. Down the pit straight. Fernando Alonso pretty much taking

Michael Schumacher at which side he wanted to. Schumacher coming back

up the inside, they will be looking to keep his tyres as cool as they

can. When they start overheating traction control these days. It

looks like rally driving. Hamilton is right on Vettel's tale. Very

down to 19th. Sutil has come from seems to be finding some grip. You

heard Lewis Hamilton could not get to full power on the run out into

the chicane, the run out of turn five. Incredibly difficult

conditions. What we saw on Thursday is there is no drainage in these

curbs, so a lot of water sits in the gully that is there. We need to

watch out that no one gets too wide. Michael takes a wide line to try to

get the car straight and the power open as early as possible. Red Bull

do not have an advantage in these conditions. Vettel is under

pressure from Hamilton. Alonso has made it past Rosberg, look at this

for the lead! Vettel on the inside. Hamilton runs out of road.

Desperately trying to get some power into the racetrack. Hasted

down shift in the middle of term three, it is so slow, and the

inters. Felipe Massa is one second quicker than the leader of the

Grand Prix. Look at the launch he a great start. Difficult for the

drivers to see. Great wheel-to- wheel action for the McLarens.

is where the Ferrari lost ground. Ferrari were too cautious and had

no speed in the exit. We are on board with Jenson Button. He got a

great start. You can see them deploying the KERS. The front wing,

almost touching the left will of be a matter of time before he finds

a way past Sebastian Vettel. Alonso is on the back of Button as well.

Hamilton goes up the inside him to turn two! Vettel will hang it out

around the outside. We have a Ferrari going wide, I believe that

was Alonso. He has dropped in behind Rosberg. Well spotted. Nico

Rosberg is well back into third see where he is -- his grip is?

think he is quicker and he is trying to find the grip. Alonso

gets a tyre on to the painted white line, and goes for safety. Rosberg

is able to run around the outside. Lucky that he only lost one place.

Alonso is losing a lot of time. Four or five seconds behind the

leaders. A drier track, the tyres are burning a patch in the

racetrack. Why have they got such little grip? I think it is the

nature of the track surface. It is an old track surface. It is

whipping out all of the dirt and residue from previous races. --

weeping out. You cannot afford to be the first man who is too early

on the slick tyres. This is going to be a nail-biter for the

strategists. Lewis Hamilton, positioning himself on the outside

to try to get a drive straight on that car. Surely he must get

alongside Sebastian, being cautious on the brakes. He takes the lead.

Hamilton takes the lead as Vettel can find no grip whatsoever.

Hamilton forces Vettel into a mistake. Hamilton had the DRS

available down the pit straight into turn one. The McLaren tends to

be quicker in a straight line anyway. Webber is in seventh place,

eight seconds off the lead. The other Red Bull, down to second

place, as Hamilton begins to build a lead. Jenson Button, next up to

have a go at the championship leader. This will give you an idea

of how little grip they have got. They are 28 seconds slower than

they were in qualifying. Sebastien, once he got a wheel on the white

line, it was a replay of what we saw with Alonso. He had to let the

car run wide rather than risk a spin. He can't relax on anything.

It looks like it is one of those were you have got to drive every

metre of the racetrack, otherwise it will surprise you. Pretty dry it,

tyres as cool as possible. RADIO: You can use the yellow

button to overtake Vettel. That is probably engine note. There is no

point hiding the fact that it is Barrichello is 13th at the moment -

harder. They only have a certain amount of engines for the season

and you want to Abridge that across the season. -- average that. If

they used to many full engine note, quicker than Vettel on that lap.

Hamilton now, the fastest first sector, Vettel, the fastest middle

sector. It is the mechanical grip, the McLaren has great grip.

RADIO: The rain threat is reducing, no rain expected for 20 minutes.

soon as the red lights went out for the start, its stock raining. -- it

stopped raining. Teams have been urging their drivers to look after

the tyres, they want to stretch out this stint for eight or nine laps.

That would suit them, if they have to go on to slicks. Alonso versus

Massa into term one. It looks like Felipe Massa made no attempt to

stop the team leader from passing him. This is why Alonso was behind

him. He made his second mistake of the race. It allowed Massa back

through. This is Massa passing game. Massa basically had to let him

straight back through. That is how I read it. Did you see Massa

fighting for that? There was not a great deal of fighting going on.

Massa earned the right to be the fastest in qualifying, but he is

now the second for Ross -- Ferrari on the track. Webber has passed

Schumacher and is on the back on the Ferraris. Paul di Resta is

right behind him in ninth, to slicks, you just hope a

midfielder does that brave move and starts to give you some information,

sector by sector. Who is going to be first to bling? When we were

doing the Pirelli filming -- the exactly when you have to put those

tyres on. Alonso, looking at Rosberg. He looked much faster, but

he has been off twice, and he is completely out of position. You

would think Alonso would be up there with Button and Vettel had he

not been making errors. He is only 10 seconds from the leader. That is

Massa, into the tyres. Does he keep the car running? That is in the

exit of turn two. An unusual place, where we saw Alonso and Vettel

running wide. Exactly the same. There you go. A lesson for Massa.

Alonso and Vettel allowed the car to run wide. He tried to fight it,

and that is what happens. He dipped the right rear tyre on to the shiny

green paint, and went straight to the scene of the slight touch with

the wall. I am sure his real winner should have coped with that. He is

behind di Resta and Schumacher now. This is Rosberg and Alonso. Di

Resta will be up to eighth. Schumacher up to seventh. Massa is

behind in ninth. The frantic activity in the pit lane, not

because they are expecting a car in, but all of the Red Bull, McLaren

and Ferrari boys are trying to drive the -- dry the pit boxes.

Look at Alonso's rear wing, the drag reduction system, that has put

him alongside, and he has more grip in the braking zone, has he ever

done it? He will get much better traction, he can straighten the

cart earlier than Rosberg, and he drives off into the distance.

RADIO: There is a gap developing behind you. When you feel it is

time to pit, it is your call. There is a gap behind you. The track will

be drying from now. Hamilton, 5.5 seconds in front of that cockpit.

Alonso can start to close the gap down to Button, if he has got the

speed. Button, seven seconds behind Hamilton in third place. Ted has

some news from Mercedes. Their inters are starting to wear out.

Michael Schumacher is in trouble with his inters. Before I left at

Red Bull, they have eight tyres for each car in the garage, they don't

know whether to put on slinks -- slicks or if they have to put more

into us on. -- more inters. With the bridge don't intermediates,

they would go faster -- Bridgestone intermediates. The philosophy of

these tyres is not the same. Bridgestone had more Gage at the

bottom of the tread pattern which gave you the sensation. I believe

Pirelli goes to the surface. Ferrari will be the first to blink.

False alarm. It would make sense for Ferrari to get Massa in there,

to give them some information, he has dropped down to ninth.

RADIO: Think about from where we are now, we probably can take a bit

of a risk. And give Fernandez some interesting information. It would

did everybody else that information as well. It looks a risk, just

driving around the racetrack. It looks like he has met a shark

sponsored logos than doing any great deal for the aerodynamics so

that will not affect it that much. Something knocked off the front

wing would be more powerful. Fernando Alonso is the man put in

the lap times, he is the fastest man at there. Sebastian Vettel is

matching Hamilton. Lap 10. But in his third, Fernando Alonso is 4th,

Mark Webber in 6th place and catching Rosberg. Schumacher, 20

seconds off the lead. Closely followed by to restive. -- Paul di

Resta. They will have some action, the Ferrari crew are out. Mark

Webber into the pit lane, the first man. That will be an experience. If

you can keep enough temperature down that wet pit lane, and Ferrari

will bring in Felipe Massa, and we can see the Toro Rosso in the

background. There is fully been massive. We have Petrov and

Barrichello in the pits. Mark Webber, the problem is when you

come out, you are straight into the damp part of the race attack. --

race track. Mark Webber really struggling, they lose so much

temperature and pressure. If you cannot get out there, get on it

straight away. And the actual train track of the dry circuit that you

have is so narrow, you have got no margin for error. This looks like

it just might be one lap too early, given how wet it is in the first

sector. Other parts will definitely be quicker on the slick rather than

intermediate. They're probably at 60 or 70 degrees centigrade on the

track. And that isn't enough. Mark Webber has got some work to do to

bring them back up. In the Middle Park, he can start to let the car

up a little bit. But in fancies a set of slick tyres. He loves these

conditions, when they cranked the front wing they have to compensate

between slick and intermediate. depends on how the cars are

affected by the different profile of the intermediate tyres. I would

not argue with that. Sideways on the braking some. Very difficult to

get the tyres up to temperature. Now he gets on to the dry surface.

He will be able to build temperature and can go hard on to

the brakes. He should be able to maintain possession. Kobayashi

behind him. That is very reminiscent of when Jensen Button

won for McLaren in Australia last year. It looks like he went too

early on those tyres but he somehow kept it together. Felipe Massa,.

Let's look at the sector times. This is Mark Webber. Very wide on

the last corner. Much more traction coming off the last corner. The

trouble is, he has to go out of the dry patch and when he does, the

Toro Rosso goes out of the way and gives them that nice dry track.

Lewis Hamilton pits from the lead. At the end of lap 11. Sebastian

Vettel follows him in for Red Bull. This is another pit-stop race.

Brand new tyres. Only the front runners, only Hamilton had a brand

new set available and that could be pretty handy because they heat up

faster? As long as you can get to releasing agent off the surface.

There is Michael Schumacher coming through the picture as well. He is

yet to stop so he is right up with the leaders at the moment. Jensen

Button will still be in for third place. Fernando Alonso rejoins and

Rosberg coming out of the pits and Kobayashi has had a trip through

the pits, too. Mark Webber, the new fastest lap. Three seconds faster

than they were doing. Maybe he got that absolutely right. We will see

when they finish their out laps. That is surprising, other than the

glory of a leading, he would do that extra lap, because the

evidence is there that the second and third sectors are absolutely

sec. He is ahead at Hamilton on the road and in the race. Hamilton will

have so much more grip, now. Now that the track has really come to

them. Judgment calls have been good, they have been impressive. This is

a new option... Indeed it is, at brand new set of super soft tyres

and Hamilton fancies a look up the inside. Treating the back of

Schumacher's car like a donkey. Surely, Schumacher is coming into

the pits on the slap? He must be. To get that set of sex.

Unfortunately, Michael will not lead. -- slicks. Sebastian Vettel

is getting ever closer, that worked well for Jensen Button. The DRS,

the rear wing wide open. He hones in on the Red Bull. He almost gets

a little nudge, come on! Get on with it, says Jenson Button. He can

get up the inside? He did not have any choice. Button takes over,

second place in the Grand Prix. This is Mark Webber, coming past

Alonso. That was absolutely the right thing to do. We question that,

but it was right. He has got those tyres working night and he is

coming back through. He is ahead of Fernando Alonso. So, McLaren,

McLaren, Red Bull, Red Bull, Ferrari. That is the top five. Look

at that, he gets on to the power so early. We do not know if he has got

his Kers system activated. This is the other overtake that we sell.

Mark Webber the man coming out of turn number one with better grip

and traction and confidence and that is all about the drivers, the

ones who pitted 1 lap earlier, they know what to expect. More

experience on the racetrack. That is absolutely correct and we are

seeing underlying pace difference, which means the Red Bull and the

Ferrari at this stage, it looks like Ferrari on the intermediates,

but they were able to unleash something but at around 140 kilos

of fuel on board the super soft tyres, you don't seem to have it.

Do not overlap the brakes and throttle, if you can. That will be

to not waste fuel. He has gone wide. Hispania, the HRT, slightly

uncomfortable. Mark Webber got away with that one. Madden added, under

investigation for speeding in the pit lane. Now 13 for Williams at

the moment. And Fernando Alonso will be cursing himself for not

being close enough to make that position up when Mark Webber made

that mistake. At 15, Hamilton leading batten by 5.2 seconds.

Further 1.2 ahead from third place, Sebastian Vettel. We are confirming

the drive-through penalty for Pastor Maldonado. Ted... The early

stoppers to have the advantage of the pit stops, Felipe Massa was

also an early stopper and to explain, he had a problem in the

pit stop and lost five seconds, that is why he is so far down the

field. The same for Petrov, his problem caused and six seconds,

they should have had better pit stops. Thank you. Kovaleinen under

investigation for that on-site release from his pit stop. There it

is, confirmation. Only lap 16. I am really enjoying this! And so was

Lewis Hamilton on lap 16. Is that rain coming down? It might just be

spray? It isn't raining out there, it must just be the spray being

kicked up. Hamilton leads by 6.5 seconds. That is how much she is

enjoying this grand prix. Certainly at this point. And the red light

flicking on the back of Button. It is mandatory to put that on when on

the wet conditions. Normally what happens is you we select the switch

in the cockpit because it's a different size, the circumference,

the intermediate and the slick. Full wet is even bigger again. You

can only do this witch in the cockpit which not only switches off

the light but it resets the Rolling distance of the slick tyres so

McLaren obviously have a separate setting. Only a driver who recently

stepped out of a car could think about that and that is a very

important point. Just to remind you, the intermediate tyres have raised

the car a quarter of an inch and wet tyres raise it by five mm. And

then you have a different rodding circumference from the tyres and

you want different engine electronics and engine settings and

David suggests that at the moment, Jensen Button is in the halfway

house with that. Hamilton is four tenths quicker than Button.

Sebastian Vettel, seven. It clear. -- 7.8. The top five governed by a

16 seconds. Button, Sebastian Vettel, fighting for second and

third. Felipe Massa is back up the 9th place and is closing down

Michael Schumacher quickly. there been a mistake from Lewis

Hamilton in the first sector? Half a second quicker in that first part

of the lap. These conditions perfectly set the driving style of

Jensen Button. We will have very play in that moment of Hamilton

running wide. -- you will have a replay. And he has swapped at

around again. The battle for 4th place, Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso.

These boys are fighting like crazy for the best of the rest in the

championship. ABBA, Hamilton and Fernando Alonso covered by just

nine points. Jensen Button had hydraulic issues last week at the

German Grand Prix. DRS wide open on the Ferrari. But so effective as it

has been because this straight is simply not long enough, just under

10 seconds. At its junior in to turn number one without really

putting his side by side. What can you do? It's the only place on the

circuit you can have it? Were we to put this in Monaco? It is the

nature of the track and it does give you 10 kilometres an hour top

speed better and you would take that as a gift of any day of the

week and McLaren, running quicker than Red Bull anyway, that is 14

kilometres faster. These are the fastest two drivers in the race.

Fighting each other, 4th and 5th place. Have a second quicker than

the three drivers in front. On that lap, anyway. And there is

confirmation of the fastest lap. Nine seconds away from pole

position. We have seen drivers spin off the track in Germany for less

than the amount they just did. And in wet Tarmac rather than that

artificial grass that he saw Schumacher and Vettel spinning off.

I am with McLaren and Jonathan Beale, the team manager, says it is

just about looking after tyres, they can see some rain coming in

but they want to only make two more stops if it stays dry and if the

super soft tyres will last and we think they will last about 18 laps

so that is marginal. He says that everything is fine, he noted that

slows sector time for Lewis Hamilton and says the car is fine

and no problems down here otherwise. We could see huge amounts of

discarded rubber lying on the side of the race track. There is a chat

again. Felipe Massa. HRT losing part of the front wing. That is the

third time this weekend I have seen something coming off that car.

or upsetting when the car starts going faster when it loses critical

aerodynamics. The overtake from Nick Heidfeld. I don't think the

Titanic's ago would have stopped that, he was too deep. He went for

one place and lost to! There is a long way to go. You should have the

T R S... Fastest in first sector. He should have been a driver, he is

wasted as an engineer! The Lotus has just been declared, no further

action. Kovaleinen, 15th place. He can stay there. He does not have to

come through the pits. He is lapping it two seconds off the pace.

It's going well for it is. Look at Paul di Resta, 7th place. Behind

Nico Rosberg. And he is catching him pretty quickly. Another

sensational performance. Adrian Sutil had a very poor start. He

started in eighth place. Intensity come. There is Paul di Resta.

teams have spotters, they don't rely purely on the satellite

information. I think the Red Bull, one of their spotters at the

Nurburgring got arrested for being in a place he wasn't allowed to be,

he was brought back to the paddock in a police van. It is a risky job.

You put your spotters up wind, not downwind. It was a trick question,

and he didn't get it! Jarno Trulli drops out of the Grand Prix. The

one and only retirement so far. It is a shame, he has been getting

better this weekend. He likes the speed and the feel of his steering.

Jarno Trulli takes no farther apart. Felipe Massa, a man he learnt so

much from was Michael Schumacher, when they were team-mates at

Ferrari. He has got to put the knowledge to good use, to try to

pass him. They are 36 seconds off the lead, fighting over eighth and

ninth. Towards the end of Michael's career, he was able to beat him

than square on the racetrack. -- fair and square. It seems the

Mercedes car has such good speed on the front straight, that the

Ferrari looks like it has too much drag. He needs to get in the DRS

zone do have any chance -- to have any chance. Michael looks steady on

the confidence, the knowledge -- the grip is coming off. A track is

a living sink. You have got to compensate -- a living thing. You

have to compensate for the tyres to start to degrade. We were expecting

18 or 19 laps. Maldonado has three brand new SATs, he did not use any

eighth and ninth. The fastest man, again, Mark Webber, 6.7 seconds

I would go to Ferrari. They say it is OK, Alonso's tyres are warming

up nicely and he is doing comparable times to the rest.

Felipe Massa, exactly the opposite. His race is ruined courtesy of

Michael Schumacher, he is losing two seconds a lap, probably a

second and a half. It seems that the Mercedes tyres have gone but

Massa can't pass. We had a shot of Michael Schumacher in front of

Felipe Massa. Massa had DRS open and was still not making much

headway. It seems the Mercedes car is set up to have good straight

line speed. The downside of that is you don't have the downforce in the

middle sector. I am hearing from the BBC

detectives, a oil League for Jarno Trulli. -- a oil leak. Second place

man, Button, 8.5 seconds off the lead, but a bit faster than Lewis

last time around. Mark Webber, beginning to leave Fernando Alonso.

18.7 seconds covers the top five, This is Maldonado on Kovalainen. He

had a drive through as well. For speeding in the pit lane. Sutil, up

into 16th. Massa, around the outside of turn two. That is what

put him behind Schumacher in the first place. Did he have a

wheelspin on the wet kerb? the scale and it is what these guys

love to feel. It is frightening but fear focuses the mind. Schumacher,

not ready to give up any ground took his former protege and team

mate. He declared his undying love for Ferrari for the rest of his

days, before he went to Mercedes- Benz, that is. I thought it was

funny when we had the feature on fuel, they have a street named

after Michael Schumacher. I wonder if he felt like taking the signpost

down when he signed for Mercedes. did an interview just after that

moment. rear? I did not here, but he has

done 12 laps on his tyres, and we are getting into the area where we

will start to see I degradation -- time. Maybe he bolted too hard on

the way out of the pits. How long he was off the throttle, he is just

waiting and waiting. They are still eight seconds of qualifying time.

The vortices are boiling off the rear ring as the car gets the top

speed -- rear wing. Button has close the gap to 6.3 seconds. 1.5

seconds faster on the previous lap. That's incredible. He find some

grit from his tyres. We have seen this before with the Renault. Was

it in Barcelona? Some of the bodywork. At the time, we question

whether it could only be body work. Unless they have got a oil line.

possible safety car situation. The exhausts go all the way to the

front of the side pods on the Renault. We have seen this before.

Clearly, a fire... Was that a sort of an explosion? On the side of the

car that hit the marshal? It has blown the side out of the car. All

over the racetrack. It is in the pit lane zone, you are not allowed

to cross the white line. I think they are going to have to put the

safety car out. Look, already kicking, it has caught fire

straight out of the pits. He came in for a pit stop, they had a

problem on the rear tyre, the engine was overheating itself, oil

and smoke was coming out. We will replay the team radio. As he went

down the pit lane, it looked like the engine was about to blow.

didn't get the team radio. There were pieces of engine. Now we have

drivers pitting, they have to go through the debris, they are not

allowed to cross the line or they get a penalty. It looks as if there

is just enough space. Alonso has been in, Kovalainen and Paris. They

have decided to use that. -- Kovalainen and Perez. It is a smart

move, they are getting into when they would have stopped any way,

and would the safety car come out? There is no safety car at this

moment, so they haven't really lost anything. To play devil's advocate,

if the safety car doesn't come out, surely it hasn't worked, has it?

is not a question of that, they haven't really lost out too much.

They have and 14 laps on these super soft tyres. You put them on

when you have 140 kilos of fuel on board, you take much more out of

them. Now you have burnt of some fuel, you will be able to hit the

tyres harder. Hamilton response. No sign of the safety car. I think it

is more about weather forecasting than anything else. That looked

touch and go. Smartly away for Lewis Hamilton. He had a decent

lead. Button and Vettel have not pitted in this phase. Trying to

straddle the debris, as they cross the white line -- if they cross the

white line they will get a drive through. It is uncomfortable, to

see a car on the side of the exit of the pit lane, marshals around

and cars doing 190 mph. It is a brave decision by the race director,

not to put a safety car out. You have people exposed. Formula One

cars at high speed, it is a vulnerable moment. It's sort of

blew up, I think it was spitting bits of engine out. Ted told as it

was sitting in the pit lane a long time. It has decided to part

fancy any more of that. When the marshal is trying to put it out but

but but I have never seen a Formula 1 car explode. Sutil is in the pits,

along with Jenson Button. There is Button. It must have been coming up

will have to get out of the way immediately, and off they go.

Traffic calming down there. Perez pulls out, to pass Kovalainen.

he do that before the green flag? It must be on the exit, surely.

was just before the entry to turn one. It will be down to video

evidence. A good spot. The yellow flag is still out. We are on to lap

28. Vettel leads. He has not pitied. He is nearly three seconds slower.

The Mercedes of Michael Schumacher, he has parked the car. The third

retirement of the day. The tyres, steaming. It was a prime tyre. Why

would you put the prime tyre instead of the super soft? He has

spun it. It is absolutely right. When you have used the intermediate

or the White tier, the obligation to run both compounds falls away --

sensible tyre to put on in these conditions. He is miles behind

Hamilton and Button. Where is his team-mate? At the top of the hill.

That has worked badly. It was a smart move, coming in. It hasn't

rained, there wasn't a safety car. It is just... It has turned into a

straightforward pit stop window. Webber is ever closer to Vettel.

Nothing could go wrong for Sebastian Vettel in the early part

of the year, and now almost nothing will go right. Still he is in

strong points scoring positions. Unlikely he will win them all, I

don't recall that ever being achieved. McLaren managed 15 out of

161 year. He still has a healthy lead in the World Championship.

points. It is certainly healthy. And there he is. At least his tyres

have done one last-lap than those around him. On these super softs,

these are the tyres. Massa passes what must be Rosberg, or at least

goes alongside him. Rosberg got out of shape in turn 3. It is not

working out well, a bad two laps for Mercedes-Benz. Schumacher

retires from the race, Rosberg is passed by Massa. Hamilton leads

Button by 7.3 seconds. Button, quicker on that first flying lap on

Kobayashi in 6th place, that is Felipe Massa, Rosberg, Paul di

Resta. Petrov. Sebastien Buemi. It has caused Sebastian Vettel about

five seconds, that pit-stop, he had a very per lap. We don't know if it

was traffic, a mistake or just no grip left and the tyres. If we saw

that rarely feature, it was those tyres we were running on. It was 48

degrees centigrade. They're going significantly further but they're

designed to wear out quickly and make the strategy of Grand Prix

racing more interesting. It is also because the track is green. The

engineers are looking at this and they think that the track is much

more abrasive after the rain, which is why Mercedes went on to harder

tyres because they were suffering more than most and that is why

Sebastian Vettel was that time. Paul di Resta, he was running in

7th place in a very good points position but during those pit stop

Windows, he has been passed by Felipe Massa and has dropped down

to 9th place. I'll give you the pleasure of reading this...

Incident involving Perez. Well spotted. For overtaking under the

yellow flag in turn number one. Hamilton, lap 31. We are not even

halfway. 7.2 ahead of batten. Sebastian Vettel is the work, 14.5

seconds off the lead. Weber's still catching him and he is dragging

Fernando Alonso with him. There is a long way to go. It is a tough

race. This is one of a harder races of the year in 94, I crashed out

because they could not hold on to the car any more. I went into that

middle sector, Iran out of steam within the power steering, we did

not have it in those days, it was not strong enough. We have such a

dent in our knees and ankles in the 1991 race, we ran out of blood, we

could not feel our brakes. It is such a tough race. You said you had

three second places here by the way. You were not too bad! Plenty of

rubbish on the racetrack, that is for sure. Sebastian Vettel has just

done the fastest lap of the Grand Prix, 1.4 quicker than the leaders.

Would that come from? Fresh tyres and confidence. Once you get the

cliff, you cannot find the grip a bit less fuel on board the car, it

is more responsive and he is starting to find his form. I might

have found out when that came from. Car number one, Sebastian Vettel,

off the track and continued into turn Number 11. He has cut the

corners? To earn 11 is very fast. I don't see why he would go any

quicker by running wide. I don't think that is the answer. On the

lap, Therese gets that drive- through penalty for overtaking in a

manner that did not please David Coulthard, in to turn No. 1, but we

will find out in a moment what is going on. -- Perez. There it is.

The end of flight. No, the stewards are never wrong. Like a referee.

Allan McNish is the representative warned that the stewards board. --

all the stewards board. Their matching the leaders, the top five

have taken one second out. Slugging it out. Kobayashi stayed down, we

know how good he is on those tyres, so he has decided to stick with his

original sets of dry, slick tyres. Turn number five. Quite a good

corner, I used to thoroughly enjoy that corner and if you got that

right, this double chicane always surprised you. Your role is so much

faster. You can see how wide Mark Webber was on that apex, at this

stage of the race, along as though running into the dirty air, you are

about 200 metres behind the car in front and you will see the drop off

in aerodynamic performance and Fernando Alonso was able to run

that close to Mark Webber in the activations own and it looks like

the Ferrari is a faster package. -- activation zone. And we have a

shout out for Sam Michael and Williams because every Sunday

morning they give up 20 minutes to give us as much information as they

can about what might unfold to make us look moderately intelligent on a

Sunday afternoon. These two are getting extremely friendly. As Mark

Webber goes defensive and Fernando Alonso gets on to the power. The

rear tyres will not handle that, they will not transmit that into

the race track. He thinks better of going up the inside. Mark Webber

does not yield too much, one of the toughest race was at that. That is

the sort of move that could see you slamming the barriers? Dipping the

wheels into that artificial grass? Even the commentary box, I can feel

my muscles tighten! Felipe Massa pulling a move on Kobayashi into to

number one. Mechanistic? He is indeed, up to 6th place. Kobayashi,

the only man who has stopped once. Lab 34. Jensen Button, 6.7 off the

lead. That is the net result of that overtrick. Felipe Massa

continues and Kobayashi Knox is left wield over the line. That is

the time to reconsider his tyre choices? It is fine if you have the

pace but he is dropping back and he has already dropped... Over one

second. In that first sector. With Prime tyres. I don't know whether

to be impressed by Sauber. Let's pick a strategy? Let's run a

strategy that might win as the stress? They're in position because

they have no place, no grip, you wonder why they do not go? You

think he is listening? Kobayashi stops from its place, Paul di Resta

takes over it place. Force India. He has lost a place. Felipe Massa

makes his way through the pack, he is 36 seconds behind Alonso. That

is the difference between 5th and 6th. We have three drivers who have

dropped out, Jarno Trulli, for Lotus, Michael Schumacher, for

Mercedes Benz, he spun off when the engine stalled. And Nick Heidfeld,

his car was like a hand grenade. Lee McKenzie has found him.

looks scary out there, did you come into the pit stop because there was

a problem order the problems start there? We wanted to stop early

because we were quicker than the cars ahead but there was one try-

line to overtake and the pit stop took longer than it should have and

I think this is why something overheated. It did look scary. Were

you scared? I was a bit, I had a fire in Barcelona as well but I was

not worried. But this one got quite close. In Barcelona I did not feel

any temperature and this time I felt the heat. It looks like the

side of the car blew out? After a stop, I think they were trying to

put the far-out and there was a small explosion on the left. I have

never seen anything like that before. Now that they're pretty

much at the same phase, some have gone for the yellow marked Prime

tyres, and others have gone for the super soft. Is it about racing each

other midfield? The only reason I can imagine my they would come into

the soft tyres is they believe it will go longer enter the race. If

that can save you a pit stop, that is about 90 seconds, allowing for

the for second pit-stop. At no point during this weekend have I

ever heard anyone say, the option is unworkable, it is slow work, we

must run at the Prime tyres. The teams have more information but it

does surprise me to see Fernando Alonso in. His third stop. His 4th

set of tyres going on and another set of super soft. He is the first

to blink. Intermediate, super soft, super soft and Ted Kravitz is with

Ferrari. There are only 12 laps old because he stopped on 25, the same

as Mark Webber, but Ferrari are getting frustrated behind Mark

Webber, they believe there quicker than they have the pace to pass

Sebastian Vettel. That is why they have made the stop now, trying to

do the undercut. Thanks. Therese fancied a bit of a crack. -- Perez.

Getting his act together. That is an early third stop with over half

the distance, I wonder if Alonso was simply split the remaining part

of the race. We would expect one more stop this afternoon. Hamilton

at Leeds, he moves into lap 38, his lead was 7.3 seconds. Try to get

this set to go another nine laps or so. 7.4 seconds, now. There are

definitely going a different way to Fernando Alonso, who has done a

very fast middle sector. Look at the right front, the pick up, that

is Mark Webber. It is the unloaded tyre, it is clockwise so more right

and left to get back to where you started. I'll go Surrey, he puts

that sweet move onto Barrichello and makes it stick. -- Jaime

Alguersuari. Interesting that McLaren chose to announce that to

the world. Going those extra few laps. Those radio messages are

delayed, for all we know, it was broadcast to the car five minutes

ago. Let's run through the second half. Sebastien Buemi locking his

will. Petrov, Kobayashi 13th, Adrian Sutil in 14. Maldonado,

Perez, Kovaleinen. Ricardo is ahead of Liuzzi by 10 seconds. They are

running last and penultimate. Times and a surprise, Fernando

Alonso has set the quickest first sector on those fresh option tyres.

I wondered if Hamilton is trying to get away with only three stops?

Including the intermediate? Two stops for the dry tyres and three

in total. We were expecting three stops, possibly even for stops. If

it had been don't drive. Listen... Understood. The rear tyres are

going away and Fernando Alonso is 2.4 seconds quicker than the

leaders. They will have to respond. They will have to. Fernando Alonso

has found huge amounts of time. Keep an eye on the pit lane, we

expect to see the Red Bull boys coming out anytime soon. His rear

tyres have gone away and there is a massive amount of understeer or

through turn number five. We need to see the lap times. 1.27 for the

McLaren and 1.24 for Fernando Alonso. They're going to give it

fluid, McLaren think there was some of the and has another six or seven

laps before they reach the clef of performance, at which point Lewis

Hamilton has to comment. It does to concerning the front tyres. They

will keep this fluid, if he starts to lose too much time or pupil

comment, they were tried the undercut and will put him in

response. If it was up to them, they would keep him on. Red Bull

are right in the garage. Mark Webber has had enough of this tyres.

He would have loved them 10 laps to go but now he hates them. This is

completely different to what be expected. On this green track, with

the rain, the option tyres just don't last. They have more

information than we have and they are significantly more clever,

these strategists. They have gone a different way to Ferrari. Somebody

is right and somebody is wrong. Let us see what lap time Mark Webber

can find. This brand new set. In qualifying, they were somewhere

between not 0.8 and 1.3 seconds slower. If the lap -- track is...

Well into the second half, they have got rid of about 75 kilograms

of fuel. That is the weight of a passenger. And Lewis Hamilton pets

in the lead, and in the pits. Hamilton, calmly into the pit box.

No point making it your mechanics step back. Another set of used

super softs. He has gone a different way to Webber. Ted was

watching. He was slower trying to find a gear. That is the lower-risk

strategy by McLaren. They could see what Webber was going to do and

they still think they have the pace to win. I wonder if that would

normally be the procedure to go to neutral in the pit stops. You might

want to inquire further, whether there was another issue.

Look at that, zero grip. He has got no front grip at all. Looks like a

cross Channel ferry, as he tries to turn it in. So slow. Vettel, really

struggling. Alonso, still 2.5 seconds a lap faster. Two down

chefs in to turn 11. Massa has made his stock as well, they will have

to do something with Vettel. The pits. As we expected, no grip at

all. Can it Button keep his tyres intact. They have put the harder it

yellow marked prime tyres on. This is wild. Two completely different

ideas about how to run this race. Alonso is through. Vettel can go

further in this stint, and we are not going to know for another 10 or

12 laps, how this is going to play out. Maybe what Red Bull are doing

is going for track position. The aim will be no more stops this

afternoon. That means 30 laps for Mark Webber on the prime tyres, 28

laps for Sebastian. Given the difficulty of overtaking into turn

one, we haven't seen many passes. That could be why they have called

for the additional stop. The McLaren boys, coming into the pit

lane. A little rain shower would really spice it up. Button comes

into the pit lane. He nearly arrived backwards. Brian tyres

going on. You will see the harder compound -- prime tyres. He is

going the same way as the two Red Bull cars. You will see the yellow

markings, brand new set of prime tyres. Split strategies, Hamilton

is already down into turn one, Alonso passes the finish line.

Button feeds back in, in second place. Timo Glock getting out of

the way, Alonso right on him, Alonso falls on different tyres, he

is on the super softs. Jenson needs to explore his bow slap and see how

much grippy is going to get. -- is out lap. And see how much grip he

is going to get. Who is right and who is wrong? Where will they end

up when they go into the final phase of the race? Felipe Massa is

against Alguersauri. Massa is trying to regain position. Massa

seems to have been trying to pass somebody. Alguersauri goes

defensive early. Would not have thought there was much hope of

keeping the Ferrari behind them. They would have picked up some

debris on the tyres. Massa running wide. Alonso, coming past the

traffic. I think it was Liuzzi. Alonso has got button in his sights.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 73 seconds

expecting, hoping, to get to the end. I have just asked Jonathan

Neill, he said, do you think Lewis Hamilton can go 25 laps until the

end of the race on the super soft tyre. He looked at me and he said,

I don't know, he has got to push like hell. If all around them have

got to go on the set of tyres... Can Lewis Hamilton make them last

25 laps? It would be amazing. Will he be able to pull out a 19 second

gap? That is the question we need answered.

RADIO: Everyone has stopped again. You are in the lead by 7.7 seconds.

Other cars may be trying to go all the way to the end. We need to push

to try to get the gap. This is Vettel and Alonso, squabbling for

what is now second place again. There is not a snowball in hell's

chance of getting the super softs to the end of the race, is there?

Based on the information picked up through Friday and Saturday, if you

got to lap 20 on options, you were doing well. Hamilton would have to

do 30 laps on that set of tyres. I don't see that happening. I think

Button is in prime position for this Grand Prix. He is on a set of

primes, racing against Vettel and Webber on primes. Only Alonso is on

the same strategy. It looks as though Alonso and Hamilton have got

it wrong. Or their teams have. For Hamilton to win the race, he needs

to be 19 seconds ahead. This is a replay of Alonso and Vettel, as

Vettel cruises down the outside. Alonso comes back at him but it was

not enough. That was for position. The challenge coming from that pit

wall, to Lewis Hamilton, will be, can you get to the end on a set of

option tyres? If you deliver it, you can win this race. If you don't,

talking to you whilst the cars are on track, what happened? We had a

gearbox failure, we need to understand the details. After

spinning and continuing, shifting up through the high deers, we lost

are the conditions? That was a bit of the issue. Going through some

patches made it difficult. I wanted to kick my position and pushed hard.

To avoid contact, I had to put the car into a spin, or I would have

contacted him. It wouldn't have had any consequence, I lost a couple of

seconds. The race could have nicely continued. Michael, avoiding an

incident by knocking himself out of the race, it seems. It seems odd

that he put those tyres on early, although they look the hot ticket

at the moment. RADIO: We can get to the end on

this said, but take care of the front left. -- on this set. He will

know that from the infra-red sensors. We are assuming they can

get these yellow mark tyres to the end. He is catching Lewis Hamilton.

He is only 5.6 seconds behind. is a fair assumption he can get to

the end, we have heard his engineer tell them that. They will have tyre

pressure sensor on the McLaren as well. These parolees, as you have

found out -- Pirellis, seemed to be sensitive to variations in

temperature. Is it raining? It is pouring with rain out there. This

is going to be a race to the peps if we think this rain is coming up

over. It is one of the tightest pits of the year. Button is in

front of Hamilton, in the lead. Hamilton has been of the road, he

must a been recovering from a spin. They have come across a corner

where it is wet. Both McLarens stay on the track. Button leads, but now

you would have thought the super soft tyres would be at a premium.

It is fascinating, we have different tyres. The two McLarens,

down, around she goes. That is what we saw going on. He was so lucky he

did not get wiped out by the Force India. The Force India of Paul di

Resta. Lewis dropped the clutch, he spins it around, di Resta has to

drive off the track to avoid hitting him. Button leads from

Hamilton, from Button -- from Vettel. This is a moment where they

ask if they trust the radar. The radar is saying it will be a short

drizzle. Lewis might be humming, Why Does It Always Rain on May? --

imagine. He was the first one along, to a track that had a sprinkling of

rain. Over Egon the throttle. -- overt eager.

now cover the top five. Webber is the fastest man, in fourth place.

Naked 27 seconds, Alonso has pitted. -- make it 27 seconds. Just

Hamilton does not have those tyres now. Vettel is only 2.8 seconds

behind Button, I think those two guys will battle for this victory.

Surely Hamilton has to pit again. It is marginal, when he lit up the

rear and spun the car back around, whether the stewards would look at