The Indian Grand Prix - Qualifying Formula 1

Welcome to India, one of the few places where Formula One has never

been before. They've got their Bollywood heroes, they treat their

cricketers like gods and as of this weekend, they have got 24 new stars

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

I think he rather enjoyed his souvenir. Good afternoon and

welcome to another chance to see a slice of history, the first-ever

Formula One qualifying session in India. In all the years you owned a

Formula One team, you saw many new circuits, give us your first

impressions of this place. Huge surprise, I am absolutely delighted

for them. This has been a risk financially and otherwise. I think

they've got it right. Still some things to do, but they are doing

well. The only disappointment is that there is no longer a chance to

fight for a title. Wouldn't the Indian fans have loved to turn up

to see the driver's fight for the championship, but that is not the

case as Sebastian Vettel has It is incredible to stand him now

on solid Tarmac, huge buildings behind us, and one of the longest

and most impressive pit lanes and paddocks in Formula One. When we

came here a year ago, it was rather What a difference a year makes.

know. September last year we came here. We were this much in March

walking around. Everywhere was marred. What is your stand out

memory? Your face as I was powers loading -- power sliding through

I can't believe I'm here, it feels like a different place. Some very

excited marshals. How big is this for India? Huge. Standing on the

track, we are getting goose bumps. Really? Yes. We are a bigger fan of

this man. Of course you are. Let me take a photo. When we were here

last time, it was the same, people excited to see you, people proud of

the fact that this is India's Grand Prix circuit, but a year ago they

were standing up to their knees in mud. Now they are working. You were

in one of these garages trying to saw a piece of wood. Trying!

Hindering the process rather than helping them. There you go. Thank

you very much. Ah you're looking forward to seeing him driving

around on Friday? -- are you all? Yes! Good. This is how the English

cricket team should play. We are not talking about cricket! What was

the cricket score this series? Just checking. You can tell by the

cheers they were excited to see you. India is a cricket country, India

will always be a cricket country. People questioned whether they

could also love Formula One. There is passion. These are just the guys

working here, not even the fans. It is amazing. It is so nice for me to

see. Despite media in the Friday session, people I excited to see me

drive on a Friday morning. -- This is now totally new to me. We

stood there and turn one went into a lake and I said take a right into

the lagoon. Is that not going straight into a massive puddle? The

drivers' start with a hard right into the lagoon! When we go to new

circuits, they fly in the marshals from Europe or somewhere. Here they

have trained up fanatics to be there marshals. Let's check how

ready you are. A car crashes here and loses its front wing in the

middle of the track, I will time you to get into the middle and get

back. Pick it up! Look at that. seconds? Nine seconds. If the plan

comes together, I will be up here clapping and cheering as you race

around the Indian circuit. I will way that you. It will be lovely.

Don't fall in the drain. There's no point pretending otherwise, it is a

little rough around the edges, but to have it in a state of readiness

is incredible. A It is incredible. It is also remarkable in that short

space of time. In between that time they had the Commonwealth Games and

that was funded by the government. That had a lot of problems. This,

privately funded by entrepreneurs, is hugely impressive. This looks

like it has been here a considerable amount of time and

everybody is overjoyed with how they have got themselves together.

It is a big weekend for Delhi. The eyes of the whole world are on

India at the moment. The only disappointment is the hazy skies,

but how clear would it be for qualifying? Time to find out in the

company of Martin Brundle and David is open and qualifying is under way,

traditional 20 minutes. The usual suspects should clear this quite

comfortably. In Q2, it will be very interesting to see who burns up the

soft tyres. Be to is a much bigger gap between the tyres than last

week. -- it is. Even some of the front runners, will they risk it?

The track is evolving, we have stable temperatures. We could see

huge evolution in the race track without taking into account the

difference in tyres. We will have the usual guys at the back running

the fast tyres. Let's explain what we mean by evolution of the

racetrack. As the rubber goes down, every time a car goes through the

corner, it leaves a little bit of the tyre behind. That is when you

get a black line on the apex. That generates its own grip. The tyre

against its own or rubber get more grip. Look at the left side of the

track, it is grey. It is the same tarmac, but the cars are not

running on that area. The dust is pushed into the gaps in the tarmac.

This is the Force India weaving slightly to get heat in the tyres.

We are expecting them to have to do at least three laps. More than that

and you are carrying too much of a weight penalty. Ted. In the pit

lane, a couple of teams that might struggle to get out of this Q1

session R Williams and Sauber. Williams are struggling with

overall grip. The engineers say the balance isn't too bad but they

can't find a grip. They will aim to get their drivers on track last in

this session. Traffic might be a problem. Watch out for Sauber, and

Renault are doing more setting up. Petrov and Senna were early out,

but now everyone is piling out. Most people on the hard tyre.

cars of the 24 out on the racetrack. Petrov has embraced the racetrack,

he has done a 1:29, not particularly fast. 22 of the 24

cars on track. Alonso does a 27.8 and we are beginning to get in the

to go well over a second faster with softer tyres. Button is on the

hard tyres. Running very wide on the exit of the last turn. It is

actually Hamilton. Where will he open? 28.5. A bit of time lost.

Picked up a lot of dust on those tyres. Normally you can clean the

tyres on a couple of corners, but with a track as dusty as this, you

can't afford to weave up too much. The next lap will be lost. This

track was finished literally just in time so there's a lot of

construction dust and rubbish around the place. It is the same

for everybody, they have the same opportunity. I don't think we can

criticise the track for that. It reminds me a bit of the early days

when we went to the Hungarian Grand Prix way you kicked up a lot of

dust. Mark Webber crosses the line. This morning, we were down in the

low 1:25s on the soft tyres. The track has got a little bit dusty.

We had a support race, which tends to change the dynamics of the race

a little bit. Vettel into the 26s finally to go fastest. Rosberg up

into fifth place for Mercedes-Benz. The usual suspects at the front.

Who is at the back? We are looking at Christian Horner. Down in the

drop zone, Kovalainen, Karthikeyan, Trulli, Timo Glock, d'Ambrosio,

Kobayashi and Perez. The last two still running, is that supreme

confidence? They will get a clear track. They will decide whether

they will do another run. It could get them the benefit of a clear

track. Ted is at Sauber. Just looking into their garage. No

problems for the car. They know they might struggle to get out of

the session cleanly. They are not going to do race set-up, which is

what everybody else is doing, with high lap times, they are going to

concentrate on letting them clean up the track and then try to secure

their way out of this session. Tactics rather than confident.

confidence. They have enough tyres. Michael Schumacher fails to take

the final corner. I thought Michael looked immense on Friday morning.

He then said he had been struggling on this racetrack. Underbraking for

the final corner. He locked the front left. On to the dirty part of

the track. The run-off areas are super dirty. We have seen drivers

run off the road and then go and have an accident. Timo Glock not in

the car at all. He has done three laps. Presumably he has a problem

and that means he has no chance at the moment. He looks like he could

qualify in 24th place for top three drivers will get penalties at the

end of this qualifying, guaranteed. One is Petrov for running into

Schumacher in South Korea two weeks ago. The next one up his Perez for

speeding under the yellows yesterday. Two minutes after that,

Lewis Hamilton did the same and he also has a penalty. Five place drop

for Petrov and then three places for Perez and Hamilton. That gets

applied after the session finishes. This is Lewis Hamilton at the

moment, running third. Personal The track is evolving very quickly.

From the practice sessions, it was taking them a few laps to get the

tyres to perform. There is an element of track evolution, but the

tyres, there is no graining, so it is taking them a few laps to

penetrate, to get enough heat into the surface. Sebastian battle does

fastest. Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez have gone out onto the track.

Jenson Button runs why it, which compromises his speed. -- Jenson

Button runs wide. A Ferrari engine being held up by Michael Schumacher.

Michael Schumacher has gone into the pits, so he is not behind him

now. This is Jerome d'Ambrosio, not far ahead of him. You can see the

yellow markings on the tyres, it is the soft compound. He rarely have

said, we came here with a conservative strategy. There was no

real knowledge of the track. But lots of simulation. They took a

conservative approach on one set of the tyres. The soft tyres of 1.5

seconds faster. Ted Kravitz? It is a gearbox failure for Timo Glock.

He is getting changed, that is the end of recession. Bruno Senna is

under pressure. Pastor Maldonado put the quicker tyres on, he is

ahead of Jenson Button. There will be a few nervous front runners.

Jenson Button, down to 11th. What is Bruno Senna up to? Look how wide

it is into the final corner. My fear is, the track will be so dirty

off-line, it will not be worth overtaking. We have seen quite a

bit of that in free practice. Paul di Resta, 10th. Michael Schumacher

better lap. He just sneaks in for now. All of a sudden, Jenson Button

is looking under pressure. Will he have to run again? He has got to.

He should be able to get through on Bahadur tyre. He is on the soft!

has had to get out of the way of three cars. It has all gone wrong.

He has got loads of traffic. He will get another flying black after

this. He may have to jockey for him. He cannot back up to much.

is being towed by the Virgin. He is running behind Jarno Trulli in the

Lotus. His first sector, 42.7. He will have to position himself for a

single flight lap, to not be the first big scalp. He is now 16th.

Michael Schumacher is about to start. As long as they get over the

line before the clock goes to zero. Michael Schumacher finding himself

some space, ahead of Heikki Kovalainen. Jenson Button trying to

find the space. He will be OK if he gets over the finish line. He has

backed off from Jarno Trulli. He has got to go for it. He is still

16th. Other cars cannot come down very quickly. -- can knock him down

moment. He has got to deliver it now. Personal best, first sector.

It has had to sacrifice a set of the faster tyres. Will he get some

traffic? He is right in the middle of 10 and 11. He gets compromised

massively through their apex. I think that HRT driver might find

himself in front of the stewards. Can he make up the time? Jenson

Button, personal best, first sector. Kamui Kobayashi is in the pits. Did

that traffic cost Michael Schumacher? It made the difference,

but he has used a set of the tyres. Jenson Button, two personal bests.

He will hate to use those tyres to get the job done. Kamui Kobayashi,

the first big scalp. We say goodbye to Kamui Kobayashi, Heikki

Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Daniel Ricciardo, Narain Karthikeyan. 23rd

will be Jerome d'Ambrosio. Timo Glock, sadly, will start at the

back. Tough for Timo Glock, but what was

it like for you? It has been a while. It is very emotional,

driving in my country. I did not think I would get a chance, but it

has happened, and I am very happy. Everybody is so happy. I think we

track, the Lotus Renault cars and a Toro Rosso. Interesting facts from

Q1, 14 times that Heikki Kovalainen has beaten his team mate in 16

races, and Kamui Kobayashi, every time he has been eliminated in Q1,

he has gone on to score points. Maybe he will not be that

disappointed after all. This it is about Asher for lend another seven

drivers out of it. -- shuffle and another seven drivers. You can see

the yellow markings there. That leave the pit lane and, if you are

a primary garage, you will have cars coming out in front of you, so

your preparation for your fastest lap, it will have an effect,

getting temperatures into the brakes and tyres, the feelings. It

is a matter of timing, it is like watching a triple jumper or Jonny

Wilkinson getting ready. Vitaly Petrov going very wide.

Kravitz? It is a brand new set of soft tyres for Jenson Button, and

for all of the top runners. The plan for McLaren, they will try to

just do the one run in Q2. Then, Jenson Button will use to one's

tyres for the first bank collapsed in Q3. -- Q1's tyres. In Q1, Felipe

Massa went out on the soft tyre. Ferrari either wanted to put up a

bit of wear through the tyres or wanted to do some learning.

bizarre. I am surprised, why would McLaren save the used said? -- use

set of tyres? The temperatures would have dropped down. You do not

want to add a lot more pressure artificially. Otherwise, I am

surprised. Sebastian Vettel out for the first time on these tyres. I

love to see a Formula One car like that, brilliant direction changed.

You should sit inside and Philip, it is sheer brilliance -- feel it.

The car obeys your every command. Nobody listens to our command in

any other sphere of life! So often, it ignores year, and it goes into

the barriers. Well Sebastian Vettel think that is good enough? -- will

end, taken wide. The Indian dust going into the tyres. It is molten

rubber on the surface, and it soaks up the dust. He gets out of the way

of his team-mate. That is not ideal. That his team management, why have

your drivers fighting over the same piece of racetrack? A bit of

information, he could have lifted. Sebastian Vettel has given up on

the second lap. Nico Rosberg is the fastest man in the first sector.

Jenson Button looking for a slipstream. This is Nico Rosberg,

about to deliver his best lap of throttle. Down its two shifts, then

it is slow through the exit. This looks like a tremendous section. It

is a chicane, effectively. The back end of the car will step out and

that situation. -- in that situation. That was fantastic.

slower than Sebastian Vettel. middle sector was not very strong.

He was quickest of all on the first sector, but then it looked like he

was preserving the tyres. It looked like a race lap, rather than a

qualifying lap. Felipe Massa or putting the Ferrari up into fourth

place. Paul di Resta is yet to run the Ferrari flapping around. They

have been trying an experimental front window. I heard some

fascinating gossip, when Mark Webber crashed in Italy, he went

off,... Felipe Massa get it wrong. The Red Bull goes off, the front

wing never made it back to the pits, it disappeared. A good bit of

gossip,... Somewhere at large, maybe somewhere in Milan, there is

sixth place. Make that second place as he crosses the line to complete

the dirt and that is why they paid him back with no grip whatsoever

when he next called on them. apex of that turn, he clipped the

kerb. A big orange kerb. That is where it all went wrong. Jenson, is

that another set of soft tyres? If he runs one more set, he will have

of Massa, Alonso went up into third play. It is Red Bull, McLaren,

Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari at the moment. Followed by the two

Mercedes. Toro Rossos, Alves they were two weeks ago, very, very fast

in a straight line. -- as they were. Look how close Rosberg is. He is

only three-tenths a way. We could see the Mercedes popping in as well.

Sebastian Vettel, four-tenths quicker than everybody else. A

shaky hand! That is the air blower which is calling him. He has got a

steady hand. -- Carillion him. Vettel still wanting to look at

data. I am told that with the sound analysis, even on a just finished

lap, they can look at the data of other drivers. Incredible

technology and information that they have. That is exactly why

former one is such an interesting sport. A few years ago sound

analysis, you have to wait until the next day for that information

to be preserved. They would listen to the television feed. They could

run that through a programme and tell you the speed of the car at

any point through a corner. The top teams don't have to scratch their

heads any more to find out where cars as well as watching them. They

can even tell you the gear ratios. Ted has some news on Paul di Resta.

He is doing three timed runs on this sector, they are leaving it

late. Not joining the early running. We haven't seen Jenson Button yet.

Michael Schumacher is now coming out on a brand new set of soft

tyres. He has only got one set left. I have a feeling Jenson Button will

the Renault. When you have blowing exhausts working well, that is what

you get when you stick your foot down. Completely missed the apex of

the final corner. Senna remains in 14th place. Cost him dearly in the

last corner. It was a better lap than that. Just under three minutes

remaining. We are watching Adrian Sutil going into 12th place. 1:27.1.

The fastest lap is a 1:24.6, it shows you the dominance of the Red

Bull. Red Bull is the only team that can switch on the higher tyre

and make it work. Some teams may only run that higher at the very

end of the Grand Prix tomorrow. Or get it out of the way early on if

there is a safety car. This track will evolve massively tomorrow. As

resort in South Korea, you would have to do Malta ball stops. -- as

Resta, Sutil, Barrichello, Maldonado, Senna and Perez are not

in the top 10 shoot-out at the moment. Last man in his Buemi. A

tenth slower than Michael Schumacher. This is Sebastien Buemi

taking a little bit too much baguette! It seems as if they are

fighting the car like crazy through the exit. You have to hustle a

corner like that. That is being a number 17. Two personal bests so

far. Just outside the top 10. Vettel remains fastest, from

Hamilton and Alonso. Can Perez get himself up from 17th place? I

suspect he can. He doesn't. He remaineds 17th. -- he remains 17.

They lost Kobayashi straight away and now Perez looks like he will

start behind -- alongside him on the grid. It looked like he was

cruising through the turns. They have not found the sweet spot so

far, Sauber. Sutil is on a better lap. 30 seconds remaining. Senna is

a tenth of a second outside the top 10 at the moment. If he can spot

that final corner better... Sebastien Buemi confirms a top ten

slot. Senna does just make the apex. He only goes up to 12th place. He

is right beside his team-mate. The session is over. Sutil gets himself

in the top 10. That was a good effort. Schumacher down to 11th at

the moment. Paul di Resta is on a 16th place. One corner to go. Perez

is behind him as well. Maldonado crosses the line from 16th place

and gets himself 12th place. Another good qualifying effort from

Pastor Maldonado as the Force India comes across the line, Paul di

Resta. He goes up to 12th place. Not ahead of his team-mate this

time. Michael Schumacher is 12th and out at the moment. We are on

board with the great man. Let's watch him negotiate the very wide

entry into the final corner. He kisses the apex nicely. Schumacher,

under pressure. Can he do it? No, he stays 12th. Rosberg is being in

seventh. Eight-tenths faster than Michael Schumacher. We lose Petrov,

Schumacher, di Resta, Maldonado, Senna, Barrichello and Perez. Not

too many big surprises. The gap between Nico and Michael has been a

surprise. Michael looked put up during the practice sessions. Paul

di Resta will be disappointed. I think this is a really technical

middle part of the track. If you just get a little bit out of

sequence, the lap time drains away. That is how it stands. Toro Rosso

will have the benefit of extra tyres for the race. Buemi gets

himself in Q3 for the first time in coincide with me being here. It was

a deliberate time in have a bit of a visit and a holiday and catching

the Grand Prix at the end. It is potentially a milestone in India.

We did see you hanging around a lot with Lewis. Is he in good shape?

Yes, he seems to be in a good place. I don't claim any intimacy of true

knowledge of the way his mind works, but I get the impression he has

come through a difficult time for all sorts of different reasons and

he has come out the other side of it. He seems to be calm and a great

deal of equanimity about him. I think the future is bright. Thank

you for joining us. Enjoy the rest of qualifying and the race tomorrow.

Thank you. One man chilling out and sadly no longer in the car is

Kobayashi, out in Q1. Are you disappointed with 18th place?

Definitely. The last lap was pretty good but I had traffic.

Unfortunately we are not strong enough. I had no luck as well.

cricketers have just smashed England for six, a Bollywood

superstar has just released Abreur new movie, but can Formula One

begin to mix it with the best? -- a brand new movie.

The green light is on, qualifying three is under way and we have got

immediate action. Will we see 10 cars or will Sutil and the two Toro

Rossos choose not to run because they have used up so many of their

soft tyres to get this far? We have got Brown used soft tyres that have

gone on the McLaren of Lewis starts tomorrow. 540 metres of DRS.

It is so dirty now. Should be pretty amazing on the first lap of

the Grand Prix as the drivers try to bring up the temperatures.

hear that Massa has got a used option? It could be a sighter or a

case of we will try to save a set of tyres. It will be interesting

tomorrow. There isn't really a clean side of the grid because they

come out of the last corner and make their way over to the left-

hand side of the grid. A bit like in Malaysia. That means random

potatoes spots rather than classic always left side or right side,

clean or dirty side. We can see the grid just in front. Cars diagonally

fall away. Just clipping pole position. It will not be a big

advantage to be on one side or the other. That is a very good spot. It

will be dirty off-line, we know that. Drivers used to clean it up

on the warm ups. In qualifying you don't know what side of the grid

York -- you will be on. More news from Ted. No sign of Jenson Button.

Jenson Button, one set of soft tyres down, he is only going to do

one run. He was compromised by that extra run he had to do in the first

part of qualifying. He said he was struggling for regret, the car

didn't feel right. Not a lot they can do about that. -- struggling

for grip. They are in parc ferme conditions when they are not

allowed to change the car. They could maybe for sake a little bit

of in laps and things like that. Otherwise it is a case of running

what you have run. You have had your two practice sessions to get a

balance. Lewis Hamilton is at the end of the lap. On this lap, Alonso

in that first sector was four- tenths faster. Hamilton, not a

quick lap. Massa, 25.1. Alonso, 24.5. That is double park we are

expecting. That confirms the old and new tyres between them. Mark

Webber ending his first flying lap. This is not looking particularly

fast. I wonder if they are doing anything lap on the first lap to

then really use those tyres on the second lap and leave some life

within that rubber. There's a chemical reaction that goes on in

these tyres. We are seeing Hamilton of a second down. Lewis Hamilton

has the fastest first sector. His strategy is working. The Sebastian

Vettel yet to complete a flying lap. Sebastian Vettel goes fastest. Who

can match that? Coming behind, Lewis Hamilton. The second for now.

Still time to run again, of course. This is the final new set of soft

tyres for Jenson Button. Normally, that is a wonderful feeling. But if

Jenson Button has got balance issues, he will not be feeling

fully confident. Mark Webber, very fast through the middle sector. 0.1

shy, but still third on the grid. The top four covered by 0.1 seconds.

Out on the track, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Jaime

Alguersuari. All 10 drivers have gone out and put an effort in. We

will see them on the track. Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton,

Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, covered by 0.1 seconds. Will

Sebastian Vettel take his 13th pole position of the year? RADIO: You

are second. Less than 0.05 behind Sebastian Vettel, the main time to

be gained is in the middle sector. That sounds easy enough. But try

and find it. It is interesting to see the different strategy is

unfolding. McLaren were mighty in the first sector, but then they are

losing it later on. There are only two corners in the first sector.

And a very long straight. mechanical corners. They have got

the car working well mechanically. Adrian Sutil, the only Force India

in Q3. A big weekend for Force India. A new group have Cummins to

take a slice of the action in the team. Here they are, the Indian

Grand Prix. Adrian Sutil is coasting around. He is literally

just coasting. It will sort out the order. We will not bore you with

the details on that. Timo Glock, 24th, he did not complete a time,

but he did a time in practice that was with him to 107% rule. I do not

see any problems with starting tomorrow. It is not for me to say,

it is for the stewards, but I am pretty confident. It is difficult

to read, the drivers are coasting. When we think they are about to

nail a lap, they are still coasting. Nico Rosberg, a personal best,

first and second sector. 1.6 seconds away from pole position.

Sixth on the grid. Jenson Button, 1:30.1. Nico Rosberg backed out, so

that might be his only runner. He expected to be just outside the top

three teams. Seventh is his regular slot. This is Fernando Alonso.

is a long way off the pace. He will get round for another flying lap if

he has enough fuel. Every lap of fuel is 0.1 seconds, the amount

that it costs them. You can begin to understand what that means when

you look at the small gap between the top cars. Some problems with

Jenson Button. 50.5, first sector. He does not have enough time to get

round and start his lap. Fernando Alonso is about to start. Lewis

Hamilton, his final effort. Has he gone out in time? Well Lewis

Hamilton get to the end of the lap before the clock ticks away? An

awful long way to go. Jenson Button will start his lap. He crosses the

line now. He is on a lap, 41.1, his first sector, 0.1 down. Lewis

Hamilton is on his fast lap. 41.2, Sebastian Vettel. Toro Rosso have

not bothered to set a lap times. It is corner by corner. An ordinary

middle part of the lap. He has given up on it. Sebastian Vettel is

flying even harder now. He has got to finish the lap. Lewis Hamilton

has pitted. Look at Felipe Massa! His front corner was already

damaged. It looked like a suspension failure or damage.

Sebastian Vettel has increased his command at the front. He is 0.3

seconds faster than Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel secures pole

position. Nobody will be able to complete a particularly fast laps

unless they happen to be passed this zone, because it out there at

the moment, Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button. It will compromise

bigot, it was a full life of bread! -- not a baguette! That has

exceeded the design load. A severe shock through the front suspension.

It has broken there are. Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel,

it was easy in the end. Lewis Hamilton second, but he drops down

three places. It will be a Red Bull front row. Jenson Button with a

tough day. The Toro Rosso cars will be delighted.

Congratulations, your 13th pole position, at a Red Bull front row.

Thank you! It was an interesting qualifying session, a new circuit,

a new challenge, but I am very happy to be on the front row. I do

not know whether being on the left or the right is an advantage or not.

There is not one side that stands out to be Bickley inside. It was an

interesting session. A good battle. After the first run, it was close.

I knew I had to do a little bit better. I could have a clean up. It

was interesting to see people going in different directions, how many

laps they took before they started their timed lap. The first lap

gives you some insecurity, because the tyre is not ready. But it

worked. Tell us about your qualifying up. Did you get past

Felipe Massa? He was heading into the gravel as I was coming up to it.

I saw the tyre Marques, the smoke and the yellow flag. But I was in

the yellow flags own already. -- yellow flag zone. A Red Bull front

row, you start from second. I am happy, considering that we had the

yellow flag on the last lap. It could have been a lot worse. To

start on the front row, not being able to attack the final sectors,

it is good in the end. It was a strong performance today, and you

split Red Bull. Yes, I am pleased. I feel very proud that I could do

that for the team, considering how hard they worked. It would be nice

to be ahead of Red Bull, and it was unfortunate about the penalty, but

that his life. A bit disappointed. This morning was good, but we

struggled with understeer. The conditions got colder, which did

not help. We are in reasonable shape over long distances, but

qualifying was going to be crucial, and we did not maximise it.

Formula One has arrived in India. It was not a classic, but it was

not bad. It depends who you are. If you are Sebastian Vettel, it was

the best ever, because he dominated it. If he goes along in that way

tomorrow, it will be a pity, because he will be so dominant, he

will be gone into the distance. have been around for a long time,

has special visit to see a team get 16 pole positions in a season? --

how special is it? I was there in the McLaren days when they won

almost everything. We just heard from Christian Horner, this is a

remarkable team effort. Full credit to them. There are four of their

cars in the top 10. That is the dominance they are enjoying. It

comes from the confidence. Sensible management, sensible and a ship,

and the brilliance of the technical side. -- sensible ownership.

McLaren are trying to win a winning car. They took pole position last

time, second on the grid this weekend, frustration, because Lewis

Hamilton takes a penalty. It would have been lovely to start on the

front row. Yes, but that has not happened. I saw that Jenson

Button's Chen was on the floor, he did not seem confident. He was

talking about problems, the car not balancing act, and the problem here

is the tyres. I have a concern about Jenson Button, but

surprisingly, I think Lewis Hamilton is very strong, and he

will want to prove himself in front of everybody. Plenty of rough-and-

tumble on the track, and you can see more after us on the BBC,

England against Wales, rugby league. It is 8:30am tomorrow morning for