The Indian Grand Prix Formula 1

Sebastian Vettel takes the victory. That was a devastating performance.

He has lost the front wing! We have got a belter!

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give us a Porsche? How are you doing? They are harder to pedal and

they look! Which would you like? Thank you for the right. That is

much easier. We want something traditional. He is famous for

colourful shirts. What have you got that is beautiful? I want this red

one. He looks good! You look beautiful. Will we see that on

there? It is it a Sunday show it? What about my discount? The first

time I have failed! He has done it! There is one bit of India you have

come here without coming here. not believe this! We have seen a

lot, but this is incredible. Will you surprise us again? Watch what

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Indian Grand Prix, are watching the smells, besides, the sounds! I

start the Grand Prix weekend! did you find this place?

Wonderful. I hope our attempt to do not put you off, but it was

infectious. Now for the doubts that really matters, 200 miles per hour

around the circuit. Welcome to the first ever Indian Grand Prix. What

a welcome from that should! That is the named! A three pound shirt

bought from a side street, it is the burst's it is the best he has

ever looked! I met a Bollywood star, he wanted a picture of him in the

shed! Thank you! Let's talk about coming to this place. This country

has 1.2 billion people. Is the aim for Formula One to inspire

everybody, or are we here for the high rollers? The dream would be to

embrace everybody, but you can never do that first time out. But

there is enough media and TV and interest. We were staggered by what

went on, to give us a taste that people want to come here in the

future. In terms of an intimate knowledge of Formula One, most

people would not know all of the drivers, but they know that Formula

One is global and they are excited it is here. But also, the Indian

drivers, Narain Karthikeyan is a national hero already. When you

have a local staff -- local store, people get behind it. There is

already a team in Formula One, Force India. A lifelong dream for

the owner, and for many motor sport lovers here. It is all about

getting it right. We have seen some disappointing crowds in South Korea

and China, disastrous crowd in Turkey, what have we learned that

we have got to put right here? not want to see -- keep using the

word embrace, but you talk about Turkey, the people in Istanbul did

not have a clue, so the media could not be penetrated to encourage the

people to come. I believe that is different here, the promoter is

active, I have seen all sorts of things, just the people they have

brought here today, it is staggering. Eddie Jordan is also

embracing the Indian Grand Prix! We are here in a province of 200

million people. If this were a country, it would be the fifth

biggest in the world. The drivers have arrived, let's hope the

his photograph taken at! Sebastian Vettel not a fan of his photograph,

but Michael Schumacher arrives for his 284 Grand Prix, but your first

in India. What are your impressions? It is pretty

impressive to see the track. It is a great challenge to us to drive

out there, a fantastic character, and a good combination of

overtaking spots, a long straight, slow corners and the challenge of

the high-speed stuff. Of all the places we go to, like China, do you

feel that there is an ambassadorial role for you? It is your name that

everybody recalls. I have heard about this before coming here,

because I had some interview sessions during earlier races with

Indian journalists. He is nice to know, but when you come here, you

focus on your real job, and that is doing what I love to do. If people

are happy about that and they want to see me as an ambassador, even

better. Some of the drivers have said this is the best new circuit

that Hermann Tilke has designed. Do you share that view? Were you

consulted? It is as a result of a safety group meeting we had some

while ago before the trap was finalised in Geneva -- before the

track was finalised. The widening and opening for the braking zone is

a result, and it is great stuff to have this, because it allows

multiple lines and good fighting. We are looking forward to an

exciting Grand Prix. As far as the constructors standings are

concerned, Mercedes or fourth. You are keen to improve next season.

Seven points between you and Nico Rosberg. How keen are you to finish

above him? You would want to finish in front of him, but in the

rankings, it is not we important who is ahead. I do not care that

much. It is more important when things get going and we can fight

for the podium. That is when it becomes important. Enjoy the race,

and steered clear of Vitaly Petrov. He is behind me, but I guess there

will be other obstacles to deal with today! A bit of a challenge

for all of the drivers, and 80 huge challenge yesterday to get to grips

with this incredibly tasty circuit. But the prize on offer, to be the

first man ever on pole position here.

The outcome of qualifying would be affected by this moment in practice.

Lewis Hamilton kept his foot down when there were marshalled on the

track. For that, he was docked three places on the grid. There was

a small but enthusiastic crowd for the rest of the first ever

qualifying session. Sauber were in big trouble. Kamui Kobayashi and

Sergio Perez started down the grid. Paul di Resta missed out on the top

10. Disappointed. This morning was quite good, I struggled with

understeer, and we could not fix it. The conditions got colder, which

did not help. We are in reasonable shape over a long distance, but

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

top four were within 0.1 seconds following the first run. Jenson

Button was not amongst them. On the hard tyre and the soft tyre, I

could not get any grip, and I did not have a clear lap, the traffic

was terrible. People are trying it and backing out, so there are cars

everywhere. Fernando Alonso came third on the grid. It was harder

for Felipe Massa. He used all of the road and the curbs on his last

run before this misjudgment snapped the suspension. Sebastian Vettel

had already passed the Ferrari's accident on his way to pole

position. It was interesting. It was a good battle. After the first

run, it was close, so I knew I had to do a bit better. I was able to

have a clean lap. Lewis Hamilton was second. With the penalty, fifth

on the grid. Considering how hard the team have worked, to be there,

it would have been nice to be ahead of Red Bull, but it was unfortunate,

the penalty. Sebastian Vettel was not troubled, resulting in a new

record for the most poor positions of the season for Red Bull. -- most

pole positions. Well done. 13 pole positions. Red Bull in control, but

they will have to watch out for Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.

Felipe Massa has a be built Ferrari. Seventh is the best Mercedes can

manage. Toro Rosso are well placed. Pastor Maldonado is the best

Williams. Vitaly Petrov has a fireplace penalty for causing an

accident in the last race. -- five place penalty.

Because of their misdemeanours, 71% of the cars do not start in the

places where they qualified, which is rare. Lewis Hamilton was naughty

at the start of the weekend, so he drops three places. You cannot get

close to this person in India, some people or he rose, this man is like

nice to see you. This is a country mad for cricket. Are there any fans

left for Formula One? It has not coincided. I am sure there are many

Indians who love Formula One. That is what you are born with. I am

sure that this will be a mega event, which will be well excepted by

you will have the honour of waving the chequered flag at the end. Pele

did it in 2002. He missed the winning car coming over the line,

have you been practising? I have been very prepared and very

informed about that. Yes, that is one thing I need to be careful of.

I am so looking forward to this event because way back into 1002

when I watched my first F1 race, at Silverstone, the feeling was would

it ever come to India and it has happened so I am really excited.

know you're batting action is impressive, show us your flag-

waving action. It is more like a sword fight. I have to do that for

the whole map after the winner has passed. As simple as that.

anyone can do it, you can. Thank you very much. Let's join our own

heroes the Formula One. Let's make our way down the pit lane. It is

good to show people a brand new facility like this. Incredible to

get Sachin Tendulkar on his own. big star. Maybe people don't know

what he stands for. The magnitude of him because he is just like a

god in this country. Quite funny when he was walking down the palate,

100 people around him, and Sebastian Vettel walked past with

no one interested! Two big records yesterday in qualifying for

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull. is very significant, the 13th pole

position this season and it puts him in it -- an exclusive club. He

has now matched Fangio for 28 pole positions, which is hugely

significant. He has had a great start to his career, he has had

good cars. But he has made full use of the vehicle. There's no question

he is cementing his status as the man to beat. The thing that catches

me is the dominance of the team. Coming from the team's side, 16

pole positions of up this is remarkable. Only once has that been

eclipsed, and that was by Lewis. If they keep going on for two more

races after here, it is staggering the dominance they have had his ear.

What else can we say about this Red Bull team? Red Bull very impressive

indeed. But yesterday it was Toro Rosso that was celebrating. Not

because they had taken pole position, almost like they had won

the world title. Ali Mackenzie is with the perfect two men to explain.

-- Lee McKenzie. Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari. We are

talking about successful Saturdays and yesterday seemed to have

surpassed all expectations. Yes, to have both cars into Q3 was a good

achievement for us. We don't get any points for that so hopefully

today we will have a good race. This car seems to be getting better,

how does that relate to you as a driver? They have been improvements

because we can demonstrate that we are competitive and it also means

Toro Rosso is becoming a big team. For the future of the team it is

very important. We are fighting with Sauber, who were in front of

us in the Constructors' Championship. Today we have a good

position to overtake them in the championship. This means Toro Rosso

is becoming big. We saw how much it meant to the guys in the garage, it

was like you had both won the race. What was the atmosphere like when

you went back? What did they say? It is not very often we get both

cars into Q3 so we were really happy. What we updated in Japan

seemed to work properly. It is good to see that what we do is making

the car better and we can now fight in the top 10. To be in front of

one of the Mercedes and both Renaults is definitely good.

you give them something to smile about today? I think we can be in

the points, definitely. To overtake Sauber in the championship would be

amazing. We will see how it will be. I hope your afternoon goes well,

thank you. Plenty for the crowd to get excited

about when it came to Toro Rosso yesterday and they have opened the

grid. The atmosphere is starting to bubble up despite the fact that the

pit lane has been empty of the onlookers. A quick chat about the

Toro Rosso drivers. Both young drivers. The best finish of his

career in South Korea for Jaime Alguersuari. Making the job very

difficult for Red Bull to work out who should be in that car next

season. It is. The first half of the year it was looking like

Alguersuari. It is a great problem for Red Bull. They have five

drivers with Daniel Ricciardo as well. They could ultimately put

them in the league team in motor racing. It is going to be

interesting to see what they will do. They have a whole host of young

drivers waiting to get into Formula One. A looking at the midfield

battle in the Constructors' Championship, let's have a look at

where they stand. Very interesting when you look at their championship

positions and their positions on the grid. It has nearly been turned

on its head up with the exception of Sutil, who is very strong. Force

India can be caught by Sauber. I would be watching over my shoulder

for Toro Rosso. What they have achieved, by far the first is cut

in South Korea in a straight line and they have both made it into the

top 10. It has been the turnaround of the season as far as teams are

concerned. Not long until the race, just over half an hour. Keep your

eyes on that midfield battle. Some people who will be tuning in with

interest are in the United States, in the state of Texas, in the City

of Austin. India have managed it with aplomb and now Austen, over to

there is no interest in Formula One in America, but I think we are

about find out that is not the case. You know who DEC his? DEC shoe

making a go of it. We have had Detroit and Long Beach. I don't

know why they haven't made it. watching this awesome F1 car.

are passionate about it. I went to the race at India and there were

140,000 people there. That, is allowed! And fast. -- of that car

is allowed. I have heard rumours about David Coulthard coming to

Austin. I have been watching him since I was a little girl with my

dad. About how a drive from my home Niki Lauda was racing. I used to

watch it as a kid. Buffalo, antelope. We are the home of the

antelope. It is a matter of marketing and the wakening people

to what it is. It has been around for years and years, but America

has grown accustomed to cars going around in a circle. Once that

education aspect get out, excitement will follow. Do you know

who that is? Who is that? We are waiting for Bernie. If you hear me,

incredible facility which is in construction. Everything behind us

will be the circuit of America. have to pick a good geographic

location. It doesn't matter what kind of event you are doing. We

thus been positioned between both coasts in America and between

Central America and Canada, it is a great location from a global

perspective. This track has not been conceived and designed by

consortiums or sovereign wealthy nations. It is by guys who raised

their hearts out and know what a good track should be. The cool

corners will be this. 40 metres of elevation. Similar to Becketts.

This is 1.2 kilometres. Very similar to Istanbul to and eight,

except it is quicker and downhill and right handed. You have to build

a track from the ground up. You don't modify another institution,

you don't modify anything, you don't play football in Yankee

Stadium, you play baseball. How far is this through the project? You

have got over a year until the Grand Prix. I think we are probably

very tight on time. Being perfectly candid. But we will have a Grand

Prix next year in November. What we are going to do here... The camera

shots don't do the steepness of the hill justice. This is a technical

and very scientific experiment to see just how much speed a static

tyre can build between now and going to be the first person to

drive the circuit of America's. I am not even sure whether we will

get to the first turn. Wish me luck. dirt. Feel more like a rally driver

will be racing there. If you are wondering what the black armband is

about, it is because we lost two great more -- Motors bought men and

the last couple of weeks, Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli. There

will be a minute's silence before the race. Wonderful to see you Ben

Austin. You were watching most of the engineers and mechanics. Plenty

of interest in that place. All of the teams enjoy going to these new

places. They really get a sense of the country for top the European

races, you arrive on a Thursday and leave on a Sunday. These other

races, they are going to get a surprise. It is not all J R Ewing

and oil rigs, it is a vibrant little town. 80,000 students. It is

a very young Fipe. Eddie will love it because there is a lot of live

music. I am loving your 1980s J R Ewing reference! Talking about the

circuit, we like South Korea, it is a great track, drivers have been

impressed here. Have we learn from mistakes in Abu Dhabi and Singapore

and Valencia? The circuit is as good to great racing as the

circuits and driving. Abu Dhabi built a great facility, but the

drivers are enthused about this track. That is what Abu Dhabi got

wrong, it was all about the facility rather than the racetrack.

You have to start with a great race track and then build the facilities

and the enthusiasm will come through. No US raised this year,

two US races by 2013. Spoilt for choice. All of the team principals

here, even back as far as my day, we were pounding the table with

Ernie, get us into America. Indianapolis didn't quite fulfil

that. Now with the announcement of the New Jersey race and Austen, it

is like a dream come true. Those are places we are going, but right

now it is all about India. Lewis Hamilton has just climbed into his

car with his Bob Marley helmet. A big day for Lewis Hamilton and a

big day for everyone, a particularly big day for a circuit

the drivers are already in love with. India is colourful, India is

vibrant. India is exciting. That is why we say incredible India.

think they have done a really good job with the circuit and it is very,

very fast and flowing. Fabulous speed. The high speed is phenomenal,

the amount of grip you have. A lot The drivers seem to like it. They

will get the chance to enjoy themselves and less than half an

hour, because the pit lane is open and Jenson Button is in his car,

looking focused. He starts ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button

starts in fourth position. He cannot claim he does not know his

way around, because we found the perfect mode of transport to

introduce him to this course. Thursday morning, 11:15am, this is

what the most important drug walks of the season. -- one of the most

important trucker walks. On most of them, we will go round, but here,

it is important to go on a tut-tut, I feel! Only 16,000 kilometres?

That surprises me! It is only one year old. We got you a new one. But

it goes up to 80 kilometres an hour. We are off. Smoothed! Where is the

KERS button?! You are like the real driver, you use the horn a lot!

Perfect! That is an amazing bit of kit. We could learn a few things

from this for next year. Tell us what is going through your head

when you look at that. Did we get it right in the simulator? We can

make sure that they were acquitted to prepare was correct. Looking at

the Kurds, we are OK. It does not look as tight in reality. It looks

more open. Which is nice. Nicely decorated! I think it is lovely!

When you can see the grandstands and things like Waterloo's, or are

you looking those? Yes, full distance, rather than, where will I

go to the toilet? But little things that are upright are important. It

is difficult to find a brick market if they do not put them, so you

have to look for something else. That looks amazing. If it were flat,

it would not be as exciting. We are what we have learned. The first

corner is more open than we thought, the third corner is more open on

the entry, and the same on the fourth. This is similar to the

simulator. This corner, there is gravel at the apex, but the great

thing, from the fifth corner until the 15th corner, it is all pretty

fast, with good changes of direction. It will be a lot of fun.

learned, the drivers in India are skilled. You thought you were the

best, you are wrong! How much as on the meter? One of you has got to

foot the bill. Two-wood and 40 rupees. This has come all the way

from Delhi. You have signed a juicy contract, so �4, please!

Eddie Jordan was feeling generous, and he footed the bill. This is

Jenson Button leaving the garage. Let's hope his race engineer also

makes it back for the start of the race. This seems to be the trend,

to have undulating circuits. Yes, they have created the adulation,

because this was a flat land. It gives something extra to the

drivers, you have the sensation of being on a roller-coaster. Even the

back straight, it has a small rise and dip, and it gives them a great

feeling. When the cars came out, the grandstand stood up and clapped

and cheered. The excitement is starting to build. They have

designed a circuit here to encourage overtaking at, but it is

so dirty off-line, it is difficult to do that. You will not see many

drivers, and as they have do, they will not take the risk of going off

the side. It is safer and wider, but it is a long straight. It is

the DRS and everything else with the Kurds. It will make this into a

spectacular race. If you are tuning before Andrew Marr, that programme

is starting on BBC Two. You can watch him next week, but you can

only watch the first Indian Grand Prix on the BBC once! There does

not seem to be a clean or dirty line on one side or the other.

the final corner, they go diagonally across the starting grid,

so they are right between pole position and second on the grid.

The cleanest part of the track will be somewhere around 10 or 11 on the

grid. Mark Webber has lost more places than any other driver, so it

will be interesting. Whether it is watching it from home or

introducing him here, I have lost count of the number of crude walks

Martin Brundle has done, but he has never done it in India.

It is brilliant. The cars have left the pit lane. Some are doing

practice starts, which is the noise you can here. I am looking at the

amazing truth. -- amazing growth. It is an impressive piece of

engineering. The modern Formula One starting the rostrum, but the rest

is pure India. Let's see who we can find. The safety car has been out

in the last five races on the trot. There is a very good chance we will

see that here this afternoon. The photographers are getting the

Indian flag held out so they can get some shots for the week. Lots

of pretty girls here. Mark Webber, second position, in the Red Bull,

after Lewis Hamilton took his penalty. Lewis Hamilton did split

the Red Bull cars, but he has to go back. How is the track on the way

round? Pretty good. We took the hard tyre round, so I did not fill

the car too much. It looks pretty good. You have got half a chance of

getting to the first corner first. It looks reasonably even. The proof

will be in the pudding. My last few starts have been pretty good, so it

will be nice to continue that. heard in the week some stories

about maybe Sebastien helping to, but that is not how do you see it?

You know what it is light at this level. 17 years, I have never had a

position given to me, and I do not what one. Mark Webber is not

looking for gifts at the first Indian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso

not yet on the grid. Lewis Hamilton's car is. Can we find it

Jenson Button? He is still sitting in the car, adjusting the nearest.

-- adjusting the mirrors. It is unusual to see that still being

done. But how little space there is for him to get out of the car. It

is incredible, they have to take off the headrest before he can

begin to get out. If it is on fire, he would be out of there like a

shot, but you can see how tight it is for the driver. You heard David

talking about a Bollywood star who has done more than 400 movies. It

is a big day for motor sport. not want to get run over! You are a

Formula One fan anyway? Absolutely, we are so excited that Formula One

is in India. We have been talking about this, thinking about this, I

have had many conversations with Bernie Ecclestone about bringing

Formula One to India, and I am very happy today, hearing from everybody,

all of the arrangements and everything have been top class.

you show me how you can disconnect your neck and move around? I will

do a dance. It is your turn! I have got to see the match over here! --

man! Blackadder, we like to call him Rowan Atkinson. Can I get

through? Here we are again. Indian Grand Prix. A lot of energy

going on here. Degrades get more and more crowded. -- grids. It has

been a remarkable achievement, so far. It is not an easy country or

an easy society in which to make this kind of thing work. They have

done remarkably well. So far, so good. I had some Indian traffic

this morning, slightly Indian! It took a couple of hours to get in!

But we got here on time, and everybody seems to be optimistic.

You are cheering for McLaren? have an instinctive allegiance

towards McLaren. I think we are in a pretty good place. I think Lewis

Hamilton is in good form, he is in better form than he has been for

some months. They are optimistic. We have seen him not looking as

happy as he has been. I have spoken to him a bit. I do not claim great

intimacy with him. I would describe him as Light reflective, but that

is not a bad thing. It is an optimistic reflection, rather than

depressives. The future is bright for him. Let's hope the future is

bright for the Indian Grand Prix. Let's see if we can find Jenson

Button. He has left the grid. We have got Felipe Massa bad hair. --

down here. Coming up shortly, we have got a tribute to Dan Wheldon

and Marco Simoncelli. Hello, what do you think? It is a bit chaotic.

But it is super. The chaos suits Formula One. It is brilliant. Is

there anybody famous you can introduce me to? Normally, we

organise the chaos, but this is on its own! You are in an entourage?

Sachin Tendulkar. You are on the grid, how is it feeling for you?

Fantastic. It is a special feeling that Formula One has come to India.

The people have waited for a long time. The boot -- it has turned

into a reality, it is exciting. This is a special feeling for all

of us. It is time to hand back to Jake Humphrey. The drivers are

moving towards the front of the grit.

-- grid. We are about to remember two lost

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champions, Dan Wheldon and Marco India in honour of two men who

recently lost their lives, Marco Simoncelli and Dan Wheldon. That

was a remarkably difficult thing to watch before a Grand Prix because

in this modern era, death is not something that is particularly

common place any more. Indeed. It is absolutely fitting that Formula

One pays its respects to two other forms of motor sport, in the car

racing and MotoGP. The drivers wanted to be part of that. It is a

reflective moment just before starting a Grand Prix but

nonetheless they wanted to pay their respects. It sends a very

positive message that at certain moments Formula One can be united.

Tributes are very important, but so is learning from these problems.

Formula One sets a benchmark for safety, it is important that

motorsport doesn't slip too far behind. It is a tragic reminder,

but nevertheless, Formula One has been the pinnacle of safety for

quite some time. It started with Max Mosley and has carried on with

Jean Todt. They are really resilient, they will not give up on

this. Everything they can possibly do. The great news is it gets

transferred into the automobile industry and the people on the

streets, they are the real beneficiaries of up fingers crossed,

never stop the search for safety. Our thoughts with the families of

Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli. Thank you for joining us, David,

but let's turn our attention to what we hope will be a race that is

a fitting tribute. Let's speak to Paul di Resta.

There seems to be about 2000 people inside your garage, a lot of

excitement at Force India. A lot of excitement, but the biggest thing

is we have new partners, the Sahara group have come to their first

Grand Prix, enjoying the experience. It is an important day and

hopefully we can score some points and keep the mood very happy.

were not that comfortable with the car yesterday, will there be

different today in the long run? think so, we have optimised the

long-run performance over qualifying. It was always going to

be tricky in qualifying. But you have to think ahead and stay

positive. Hopefully be aggressive. Thank you.

That is what we want to hear, Paul di Resta saying he will be

aggressive after a difficult qualifying session. Fernando Alonso

has said he can fight for victory from third place on the grid, but

they might be energy with the car. Let's speak to Ted. There is a

problem with the car. A problem with the front wing. Specifically

the right hand side. Let's see if we can have a look. I have just

spoken to Stefania Dearman jelly and he was not aware there was a

problem until we pointed it out. The mechanics said there seems to

be a problem with where the actual flap of the front wing meets the

end plate. Some very controlled activity. One of the mechanic's

hands is shaking. The flap itself is completely detached. It is like

microsurgery trying to fix this. They will get it done because they

have another 10 minutes, but some fevered activity at Fernando

Alonso's car. Who knows whether there will be further problems with

the front wings. We have seen that happen before this season, Lewis

Hamilton was sitting in the garage until the last moment in China. A

last-minute rescue job. There have been problems with this new front

wing. Ferrari fighting hard to make sure they cut his quick next season.

There is something not right about the front wing. This looks like a

card directly out of a comic strip. It is like two Ready shovels

sitting on the end of a plank. It is horrible, it doesn't even look

right. A design disaster for -- a design disaster. You know those

when you see them! Thank you! Fernando Alonso starts third, just

in front Mark Webber. He hasn't taken a place off the start of a

race since April. If he does it today, he will take the lead and

that would mean a lot for a man desperate to be second in the

Drivers' Championship. He couldn't pick a better time. He happens to

have a decent run at the beginning. I actually think he could go

straight into the lead because he has already talked about it and

traditionally, Sebastian Vettel doesn't always make great start.

Vettel is on pole position for this race. He has matched the great

Fangio's record of 28 pole positions. How much would he loved

to pick up a win? If he is naughty, Johnny Herbert will have his eyes

on him because he is the race to it. How do you take pole position at

India? -- and he is the race steward.

The drivers are enjoying this Buddh International Circuit. Sebastian

Vettel is on pole position for the 13th time for Red Bull. Diagonal on

the pit straight, cleaning up some of the potatoes lots. 180 miles per

hour down the straight. A sweeping left, climbing the hill at the apex

of three is right on the crest. Such an unusual layout. Short shift

Such an unusual layout. Short shift up to third gear to get best

acceleration, best traction. 1060 metres down the back straight.

Listen to that Renault engine. Just under 200 mph as we head into the

braking zone of turn four. Plenty of action there in the race, no

doubt. This is where the track gets really interesting. Fifth gear

through the left-hander, playing with the throttle, carrying

tremendous speed in the Red Bull. Balancing the power beautifully. A

long-term 10, the front of the car wanders to the outside, a bit of

grip on the kerb. Hard on the throttle, using the artificial

grass. Fifth gear for that -- through that first part of to and

13. Absolutely flying. Look at the speed he takes into to and 15. It

must be brilliant to drive his Red Bull. A very wide entry into the

final corner. Touch is the apex perfectly and straightens the car.

Over the line, Vettel red hot in has now started 35% of all of his

races in Formula One from pole position. We're getting close,

Eddie is dressed for it, you're ready for it, what about Lewis

Hamilton? He said he wanted to remove all of the distractions.

Good to see him sharing an embrace with his dad. We have not seen much

of that in the past 12 months. think he needs it more now than in

it -- than ever, sometimes family bonds know when love is required

and it has never been more required than it is now. I am emotional

about seeing him doing it. On the front of that Force India, you can

see one of the biggest Bollywood stars. Can Formula One match the

kind of thing India is already in love with? The first ever Grand

Prix, time for Formula One to impress. What will happen? I think

it will be impressive. I just hope we don't have a Vettel gift, going

into the distance. I want to see the fight taken to him. We also

have a double Diarrar stone, that could spice things up. The crowd of

very much up for it. It has been a tough few days for motor sport, but

now we turn our attention to what we do best, delivering exciting and

dramatic raising. As ever, the aim for the drivers is simple. To win

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the race. To be the first to see advertising says, and without doubt

it has been a spectacular race so far. A country of 1.2 billion

people, 200 million of those on in this northern province, which

includes Delhi. India has more motor rating history then you might

imagine. The first road race was in 1904 from Delhi to Mumbai. In 1969

they formed a motorsport body and in 1980 it was their first

Himalayan Rally. Today it is the inaugural Grand Prix of India. A 60

lap race at his new Buddh International Circuit. Lots of

emotion on the grid, lots of excitement. And then there tribute,

the minutes silence for Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli. The Indian

national anthem was played, which translates as vow what the ruler of

minds. Whose mind do you think is on the game today? We had a very

impressive qualifying from Sebastian Vettel. Getting his

timing absolutely to perfection. He was able to get those tyres

switched on in a single lap, which many of the other drivers were

struggling to do. Based on the qualifying performance, he has

found a sweet spot and I fear that if he converts pole position into a

leading at the first corner, he might not be seen this afternoon.

Lewis Hamilton unfortunately got his penalty for a yellow flag

infringement on Friday practice. But he is totally focused. McLaren

started great this year. Alonso in Monza it was able to lead that

raised into the first corner, much to the delight of the Italian fans,

so look out for him at the start. Gods of racing are welcome. We have

seen the Bollywood stars, the cricketing stars, now it is time

for the Formula One stars to show what they can do. Jenson Button

inherited fourth on the grid after Hamilton's penalty. Both McLaren

drivers with a fast race car underneath them. Still the dancing

goes on outside in the paddock. Wall-to-wall action here. Meanwhile,

the drivers, as you say, David, Lewis Hamilton with that 1,000

yards there on the grid. -- 1,000 Yard stare. The back straight is

1060 metres. Let's talk about Massa's front wing. It is fixed.

Not too many people around it. He must be slightly concerned. The

last think... Alonso's wing. The last thing you want is for your

front wing to be coming underneath your front tyres. It is indeed! You

want your front wing to stay where it should be. Let's take a look at

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qualifying. Only two Indian trouble -- drivers have ever been in

Formula One, Chandhok and Karthikeyan. They have fired up the

tyres they did their fastest lap on. Four chose not to do any laps. We

will see who is running what. Soft airs on Sutil's car, marked with

That is the first time they get a proper start away from their grit

box. Furious calculations going on about how to set the clutch bite

point for their getaway. It is very wide. I expect to see plenty of

dust being thrown up as the cars leave the grid. They have been

cleaning up the right side of the track. DRS zones, two of them on

soft tyres Maldonado and Schumacher. That is to let Paul di Resta know

that the three cars in front of him and the one behind him have soft

tyres on. Kobayashi has hard tyres on the Sauber. What do you think

about that? I think given the gap between the tiers, it is a bit

strange. He is clearly having a punt at the One Stop race this

afternoon. There is not much difference in time. I think what

that will do is give the other teams a sight as to what is the gap

today. They have no historical information on how this track will

be in a Grand Prix. I asked Mark Webber how the track was and he

said he did not know because he was on the hard tyres. It will be

interesting to see how Kobayashi copes with those. It looks like

Vettel is joyriding and having fun. He is doing a very prescribed

number of heat cycles into those tyres. He will slot as late as he

can into his grid position. The yellow line is where you're right

front tyre should be. Christian Horner looks on with the boss of a

Nissan Renault as the back of the outside the gates of Silverstone.

This is a very big day for Indian motor sport and for that matter,

it well, behind him is Webber. Where they are thinking about going

up the inside. Alonso has gone very deep. Rubens Barrichello and

Kobayashi, I think was in there, too. One of the Virgin Racing cars

having to take avoiding action. And more contact at the back of the

field of Jarno Trulli with an HRT. Yellow flags are waving. Webber

under pressure immediately down the straight. No DRS involved there for

the first two laps. Button just flew past Mark Webber. Hamilton

down in sixth place. Michael Schumacher or yet again making a

flying start, getting himself up into eighth position behind his

team-mate Paul to rest there -- behind his team-mate. Paul di Resta

man Mark Webber. He would have been frustrated that the McLaren just

cruised past him. All year long we have seen it, Red Bull have gone

for grip in the corners and they have given up on straight line

speed and that has hurt them badly, David. Indeed, there are other

factors as well. Perez coming in. A bit of locking up action there.

Massa still being hunted down by Hamilton. It is Kobayashi who has

stopped, we think. We saw him in trouble in the first corner.

Somebody has lost their wing on the way in. Barrichello's front wing

got lost on the way to the pits. Perez, block and Barrichello pitted,

Kobayashi stopped on the track and Trulli appears to have got running

again. A long pit stop for Barrichello. Lots of colours on his

crash helmet this weekend. Let's hear from Ted. Rubens Barrichello

came in to change the front wing. Timo Glock also came in. Perez has

come in to get rid of the hard tyres. He can run the soft, quicker

tyres now for the rest of the race. Sebastian Vettel's lead at the end

of the first lap was... Alonso was a bit too hard on the brakes. That

is what released Jenson Button up into third. Kobayashi was rather

careless. Fernando Alonso will get a good view of the Red Bulls.

think he was a bit caught out. Mark was quite early on the brakes. He

went left and was not able to use mark as a reference for the braking.

Sutil lock his wheels. There is Barrichello. I think he hit the

back of his team mate. I think there was some contact with Rosberg

as well. Maybe we will get another replay of that. Another replay. Now

we will see that Jarno Trulli gets spun out in the Lotus. He has

pitted. This is a replay of his pit stop. The right rear puncture. So

much contact. You have got these really wide turn in points and it

is tempting to have a go but then they all concertina into one point

on the inside of the corner. Look at the lead that Vettel has. He

leads by 2.7 seconds over Button who is half a second clear of Mark

Webber. Sen up in to tenth place Timo Glock retiring from the Grand

Prix. We have two cars out at the moment. We have the DRS available.

Despite having a port straight-line speed on that Red Bull, he now has

the DRS are available down the back were seeing hide degradation, I

would say this was Jenson looking after his tyres but we are not

seeing baton these tyres. They are projecting a can get 35 laps or

more out of the set of tyres this afternoon. Just as we saw two weeks

ago in Korea, Mark Webber struggling to get past the McLaren,

even with the DRS available. I spoke Adrian Newey about that this

morning. He said, that is how we run it. We like the grip of the

corners. He also said he thinks the engine is a bit peaky. Button Locks

his wheel. Why was he so far on the right? Webber was not that close to

him. Still, it is not enough with the DRS Open. Now he is in the

slipstream. Jenson goes defensive. Mark also -- ought to have a chance

of getting round but Jenson is having none of that. You cannot

force another driver of the road that you are entitled to drive your

racing line. I think there was a bit of rubbing tyres on the exit of

that corner. Mark takes a decision to go on the clean site. He should

have given it up at the apex. Jenson quite rightly takes his line.

But he is a man under pressure. It looks like he has opened up a bit

of a gap now as they come to turn 15. If Mark is going to get a pass,

he will have to make it stick. Jenson will have to find his form

with the balance of the car. While they are squabbling for second and

third place, the gap goes up to 4.2 seconds as they move into lap six.

Vettel will soon be saying, come on, guys, give me a race.

Jenson seems to be wanting to clean that line-up for himself. It could

be something to do with the set-up of McLaren. BC the DRS and the KERS

all getting used DUP. You can see the red icon on the side of the

screen. He will have to get himself a lot closer when he ends that lap.

McLaren has great straight-line speed. DRS will give mark another

10 or 15 kilometres an hour in top speed, so I think it shows what a

slippery car but McLaren is. It is the level of downforce they choose

to use. In terms of the want the extra downforce in the corners. It

is a balance. There are two relatively long straights in the

first part of the lap and then it is all corners. And the corners the

drivers laugh. -- love it. The car feels alive when you are above 100

mph or with downforce. It is so precise. You can position the car.

That is why the guys are raving you can do it.

They were referring to Bruno Senna. They probably think they race

strategy is being compromised heavily. Bruno Senna made a great

start. He was 40 per on the grid, he is tenth at the moment. -- 14th

on the grid. Vettel is cruising away at the front. A bit of

oversteer on entry. That could be due to the settings he has to

harvest the energy for his KERS system. I think it is interesting

just listening to the engineer for Jaime Alguersuari. Sometimes it

sounds like they are stating the obvious, you have to pass him. He

probably could have worked that one out for himself! Let's see what Ted

has found out. Jenson Button has done the hard work keeping Mark

Webber behind him. McLaren believe now the Red Bull tyres will start

to fade and Mark Webber will not have as much of an advantage as he

had earlier. Lewis Hamilton was crowded out by Felipe Massa. They

feel they are quicker than the Ferrari so they will start to turn

Lewis -- they will start to tell Lewis to turn it up now.

The gap is 4.7. A big cloud of dust on the right hand side of the track.

I do not know what is going on there. I will have a look. Lewis

Hamilton is not really hanging on tyres. We expect them to do two

stops, but Lewis after the penalties, you see Ferrari losing

its back in the little bit, but this does seem strange. Hamilton

did a 32.2 on the last lap, Button did a 31.8. There was nothing to

suggest through free practice and qualifying that there was an offset

between the McLaren drivers. Strategy could be playing a part.

Fernando Alonso running fourth at the moment. Unusual to him -- for

him to drop spots off the grid. Vettel with a new fastest lap.

1:31.3. Button just about matches lead in sixth place. That was a

relieved slow lap for Lewis Hamilton. Certainly not because of

any traffic, he is running in clean air. Alonso is managing to keep the

gap at just over a second, which is the crucial window for Massa if he

of the race at the first corner, we don't know how hard tyres are

performing. Senna under pressure. That Toro Rosso has been mighty in

a straight line. They love those long straights. Job done for

Alguersuari. But Senna is coming back at him. It is very much one,

at a time through here. They have been finding it hard enough to keep

on the track by themselves through that section. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and

then the long right hander. A unique corner that could only be

the Indian Grand Prix. 12 is the left-hander, this is 13. It is a

mighty chicane, effectively. We are already on lap 10. Vettel is 4.8

seconds in the lead. We have a fairly static race at the moment.

Let's look down the field and see who is getting the job done. Sutil

remains 9th. Alguersuari went up into 10th. And now Senna under

pressure from Buemi. Another DRS zone. Senna has no answer to the

straight-line speed of the Toro Rossos. That is such an unusual

corner. You climb the hill to turn three and it is absolutely

unsighted, even when you are walking, your head is at walking

height, let alone when you are sitting on the ground. The first-

lap incidents have been investigated and no further action

will be taken. No penalties applied in this race or a grid drop for

Kobayashi, for example. I have no KERS. Fail 0. No KERS any more.

That is to reset that system. Try to get it kicked back into the life.

If that doesn't work, that will cost him about three-tenths of a

second per lap, not having KERS available. Pastor Maldonado is the

next man up, looking at the back of Senna. Paul di Resta coming back

through the field. He has had one stop. But the inside of him is

Sergio Perez, who has also stopped once. They are making their way

back through the field. Petrov is in 19th place. Ted? I can tell you

wide di Resta needed to do that. He has pitted to get them hard tyres

out of the way. He will fight his way back through the field. He

doesn't have to run the slower time any more. Di Resta had to make that

move to make the strategy work. Jenson Button has just done the

fastest lap of the Grand Prix. The gap remains 4.8 seconds. Vettel is

just coasting at this stage. The others are coming on. We are on

board with Maldonado. He is looking at the back of Bruno Senna. Senna

has lost his KERS. We need to attack Senna. Use KERS, DRS. Kerr

has an DRS. KERS is for 6.7 seconds per lap. You have an extra 80

horsepower with no extra weight to carry. Pure power. A bit of extra

drag. It is like a small family three-door hatchback, they would

have 80 horsepower. You know how much metal you drag along with that.

It is pure performance and a reasonable kick up the back, only

available for 6.7 seconds every lap and it is reset on the start line.

You can use it to attack or defend. Button does another new fastest lap

on a 31.0. The gap is down to 4.5 seconds. He is dropping Webber as

well. Webber was six-tenths slow on the last lap. It looks like he is

dropping out of the zone. He will not get any DRS benefit now, 1.6

seconds behind Button. The first nine out of the race was Kobayashi.

-- first man. Tell us what happened. Someone hit me from the back. A

span. Then I got a puncture. I saw some smoke from the gearbox. I had

to stop the car. Somebody knocked me out of the race, I still think

he could have come back on the track somewhat better than he did.

That was his real problem. As we were hearing from him, we saw Perez

passing di Resta and then being passed again. Bruno Senna fending

off Pastor Maldonado. The gap is down to 4.2 seconds for Button. Six

seconds covers the top three. 10 seconds covers the top five. That

is the excellent actor and 14. Slightly blocked by that

advertising board. Maldonado again. Useful KERS. -- used full KERS.

What would be the alternative to full KERS? He will get the full

benefit, the full 6.7 seconds. There's always diminishing returns

as you get further and further off the corner. You want to start

deploy incurs as soon as you are that extra 80 horsepower. Let's

explain traction limited. These Pirelli tyres, the construction and

the compound, they are very sensitive to wheel slip. You always

have a differential between the rear wheel and the front wheel but

you don't want to go beyond about 10% on retire slip. -- rear tyre

slip. You can overheat the surface of the tyre and you lose grip. That

is Maldonado. He will not be using any KERS now. That will not help.

Is that on the back straight? like a service road. A lot of

marshals hear from Bahrain. He is well out of the way. Not in any

trouble. Technical problems for Maldonado. He was running in 13th

place. That moves Heikki Kovalainen up to 14th place. It looks like the

rear axle. It would suggest he did not have any injured at that point.

-- any engine. It sounds like he has broken the drive when he did

the gearshift. Yes, gearbox. We have lost Maldonado, he makes the

third retirement as Adrian Sutil and Alguersuari come through very

nicely. Buemi hunting him down now as well. Toro Rosso a little bit

tidy off the start, but both inside the top 10 in qualifying and now

they are showing tremendous race pace. The yellow flag is waving for

Maldonado's car. Three retirements. Kobayashi and Maldonado and Timo

Glock. He is with Lee McKenzie. difficult day yesterday and it

doesn't seem to have got any better, what happened? Unlucky. Down to

turn one, I had a very good start. I saw bits flying. It looked like

Kobayashi span off and came back onto the track right in front of me

and I had no chance to avoid a crash. I damaged my front wing and

I had to come back to the pits and change tyres. I then had a problem

on the front right. Then I came back into the pits and retired.

luck. Look at this for a run of times Jenson Button is putting

Then he spoiled it by doing a 1:30.9. Tremendous consistency from

Button. Vettel slightly faster on that lap. Now 4.3 off the lead.

Buemi lines up on Sutil. That should be easily done. He has got

so much more speed. And the use of the DRS. That gives you 68 mph. --

tenth where they started. This is a great little scrap. Di Resta,

pariahs, Petrov. Pariahs looking like he is putting di Resta under

championship 0.6 times this season, but we haven't seen him in too much

wheel-to-wheel action. -- running, they are in the mid- to

low 33s and Kovalainen doing a fantastic job in 13th, he has just

done a 33.1. The Lotus has found some pace. Kovalainen is 13th at

the moment. As you rightly say, lapping faster than those three.

Kovalainen again, and it has been a feature of the last couple of

phrases, where Lotus have had tremendous race pace, Kovalainen

running a solid 13. He might be 12th after Sutil pitted. That is

the fight between di Resta, Perez and Petrov. Button is now 3.3 clear

of Webber. 31.04 Button. Mark Webber will be coming into the pits.

The McLaren mechanics of down there. There is Mark Webber. End of lap 16.

How close was that? The Ferrari goes down, a dusty pit lane. Only

just finished the racetrack and certain elements have a lot of

construction debt. The left side of the pit lane is concrete, must be

something to do with if they've spilled fuel. Michael Schumacher is

getting round the outside of the Ferrari. Alonso has dropped a place

to Schumacher. He will be keen to get a move on and get past him. He

has fresher tyres. He will be in the DRS zone. Michael has the

advantage of the slipstream of the Lotus. Alonso needs to be getting

on with it. Webber is clear that in front. Michael Schumacher, who has

not pitted yet, is in the middle of them. Fernando Alonso needs to be

getting on with that, but he seems to be ever closer to Webber than he

was before that pit-stop. It has worked very well for him, except

the traffic. Schumacher doesn't have to get out of the way because

it is not a blue flag situation. Look at how close Schumacher was

running to have Webber. It looks like they are taking a little bit

of time to get them up to speed. Mark seems to have got them

switched on and is opening a gap, but this is costing Alonso Dilley.

Alonso will surely be passed the Mercedes any minute now. Felipe

Massa hits from third place. There is that front wing. Much spoken

about. They had two of the new ones that were strengthened. One of them

met its match against the wall in qualifying. Felipe Massa it comes

out just behind his team-mate, does he? Or just in front? So close.

Still Fernando Alonso haven't made his way past Michael Schumacher. He

will get the DRS down the straight. Let's see how Mercedes shapes up

looks like job done to me. Alonso is on his way. Now it is Felipe

Massa's turned have a go at that. Nico Rosberg pitted for Mercedes-

Benz. Ted has something to tell us. McLaren reacting, I wondered how

long they would leave Jenson Button out because Mark Webber was doing

some quick times. The answer is, they are bringing Button in.

Hamilton was not able to pass Massa out of the blankets around 100

degrees centigrade. They tried to heat the wheels us well. There was

3.5 seconds for the McLaren boys to get Button on his way. Rosberg has

also just pitted very nicely. Schumacher has decided he fancies a

set of those tyres that Alonso just whistled past him on. Michael

Schumacher pits. Once again, we have a rather clumsy pit exit.

just don't get it! Why, when they design is fantastic facilities, do

they come up with what looks like an afterthought of a picked out. It

was the same situation in Korea. Perhaps I will have to ask Charlie

Whiting. There must be some kind of Fi it a region why the pit lane has

to join before the first corner. -- and FIA reason. Hamilton was

struggling, it has to be said on that first set of tyres. He has now

been matching our race leader. Great camera angle, there. The

world champion away nicely. It did not seen super-fast but it was

plenty fast enough at 3.2. Look at that, a comfortable lead. He was

exactly five ahead before the pit stop. We will have a look to see

how that has all transpired. Webber had just done a new fastest lap of

the race. That has been pipped by Felipe Massa who is in fifth.

Hamilton is in sixth. Buemi has pitted as well for Toro Rosso. We

heard they might do as many as 25 laps on those tyres but this must

mean they are two stopping. They could do a three-stop from there. I

think the aim is to do a two-stop as long as they can on the softer

tyres and then just do a short stint. We were hearing rumours that

a hard tyre was so slow they would be looking to do similar to what we

saw in Nurburgring and pitting one lap from the end to get those tyres

on. That will not really be necessary if they are running as

wide apart as we are seeing now. Fastest lap of the race. Ron sped

clear their coaxing his driver long as we have often heard -- one

Smedley. Felipe, you are faster than anybody else, right now. The

race has not quite unfolded for Lewis as I thought it might. I

thought it would have more pace than that. Button got on those

tyres as Schumacher goes up the inside of Bruno Senna. That is for

eighth place. Senna has not pitted yet. I thought we were going to

hear some radio from Ross Brawn. Paul di Resta has pitted for the

second time. Lewis is 15 seconds off the lead. I thought he might be

all over the back of the Ferraris. He will -- he qualified in second

and was out of place on the grid but has not looked that fast in the

race. No, but he is getting into his rhythm now. He is matching the

that first set of tyres that he was not comfortable with. They have to

start the race on the tyres where they set the fastest lap in

qualifying. Qualifying is about extracting every last bit of

performance out of those tyres. He seems much happier now on the

options. He abandoned his second attempt at a lap. Those tyres have

probably done an lap less and taken less abuse in that respect. Vettel

has done a new fastest lap of the race that nobody else can get near

or at the moment. Vettel has put the hammer down. Lewis Hamilton is

lapping Rubens Barrichello who we know already had to pit for a new

nose after running into his team mate in the first corner. We have

since lost Pastor Maldonado as well. I wonder if his gearbox issue was a

problem through getting hit in the first corner. Let's try and find

out. He is talking to Lee McKenzie. A pretty sudden end to your race,

what happened? We don't know 100 % and the need to have a look and the

data will stop. 0 really disappointing moment because I was

going OK. Disappointing for that. Three men out of the race,

Maldonado, Glock and Kobayashi. 21 hanging on to Vettel. Vettel leads

Button from Webber third, Alonso, Massa, Hamilton six. Then Rosberg

and Schumacher in the two Mercedes. Then Senna still yet to pit in

ninth. We are on board with Lewis Hamilton who is getting close now

very excited about those. If it was not so dirty, it would work better.

Plenty of the KERS going on for Lewis. This was the section I was

telling you about early on, side by side through there will not work.

There is a tribute to Bob Marley on top of his crash helmet which you

can see for a reason I am not aware of. He is a big fan. I just made

that up! Senna has finally pitted. Karthikeyan has pitted. A local boy

still in the race. D'Ambrosio picks as well. Webber was fastest of the

top four last time around. Look at this, Felipe Massa running wide.

That is why we saw Lewis Hamilton so close to him. I would love to

show you a different camera angle to that because it looks like you

are heading for the sky and all of a sudden, there is a hairpin.

do not actually see the corner when they start braking. They know it is

there. They have driven this track over the last couple of days but

you start heading uphill, hit the brakes and some time thereafter,

the corner appears. McLaren are getting closer with the DRS. He has

gone up the inside this time. That is interesting! The problem is he

could not see him in his blind spot. He legitimately had his car

positioned to be able to go to the pass but it was in that horrible

area where you have a massive blind spot where you have to get your

wheel alongside the sidepod of the car you are trying to overtake so

me go, I had the line. Massa will say, I had the racing line, I was

ahead, I was entitled to turn in there. I think we saw on the

graphic before that incident came together that Lewis still had some

KERS left over. He was close to Massa on the previous lap so he had

an extra boost of KERS and committed to it. Unfortunately, you

needed another compliant racer to make that work in that situation.

Massa could not just jump out of the way, what could he do they? Him

if he did not turn in there, he would be on the sand and in the

barriers. Lewis did not make a completely clean pass and that is

why we have seen an incident. Lewis were lucky he had his car on the

inside which was a fact. Massa will say you are not far enough for the

corner to be yours and racing etiquette will decide the guy in

front has got the line. Now Massa has gone wide Internet seven. -- in

turn seven. I wonder if he has got any suspension damage. Felipe Massa

is still showing up in sixth place. Here is Lewis Hamilton back on the

track. It looks pretty slippery through there. Yes, they had to

drop an extra gear. And that looks like a steaming Toro Rosso. That is

unusual. Ferrari engine. Ferrari did have a problem with Alonso's

engine on Friday practice. That is not an easy car to recover. Contact

involving Hamilton and Massa is under investigation as we watch

them try to give the mechanics a did not give me any space. Turned

in on me, did not give me any space. That would be my opinion if I was

behind the wheel of that car. Massa will be said, what was he doing

there? It is a fast entry to the corner. Let's get off the fence,

what do you think will happen when the stewards look at that? I am

sitting on the fence, Martin! I think, because of the history this

season that those two guys have together, they could be a penalty

applied. I think racing his racing and sometimes you have incidents

and I would put that down as a racing incident. I do not think

there was any malicious intent. He was trying to strategically get his

car in front. What do you think? think it is very close to being a

racing incident. I have a feeling he will get a drive-through for it.

That is he being Lewis Hamilton. Let's hope not. Let's see if he can

come back through the field. He is still in ninth place, despite that

nicely, well done to the marshals. They have done it under waved

yellow flags. That means slow down, be prepared to stop, even. That is

how serious waved yellows are. That means you must respect the marshals.

They put their lives at risk. If there were no marshals, we could

not go motor racing. We have to respect them. Ted has more news.

have been keeping an eye on the Ferrari pit wall. They were trying

to calm Felipe down. He was steaming with rage inside the

cockpit. There is superficial damage to both cars that no signs

of Ferrari pit in Felipe Massa at the moment. Quickly about Paul di

Resta, we believe he will go to the end of the race on these tyres. He

has used all of them in terms of hard and soft compound and they

Problem with the gearshift -- gearbox on the down shift. Never

rains but it pours. Contact with Hamilton. Now potential gearshift

problem. Sometimes they sort themselves out and they go on to

secondary censors or do a reset. All sorts of clever pieces of

electronics in the backs of these cars. This is Lewis Hamilton coming

upon Ogasawarar. Lewis still have a chance of solid world championship

points. That has surely taking him away from any kind of podium

opportunities. Vettel does another fastest lap of the race. Matched by

Jenson Button. Lewis thinking better that time of going up the

so it will be interesting to see whether Hamilton will be in the one

second window for the DRS, but will he have enough speed? New fastest

lap of the race from Fernando Alonso, where did that come from?

The stewards are considering that information. We often talk about

penalties and it can be getting boring, but it is like having a

football or rugby match with no referee. It would just be anarchy.

If you don't apply the rules, speed through the pit lane, jump through

the start, as many tyres as you like. Rules are rules and they have

to be applied. Otherwise it would be anarchy. The stewards are

looking into that. Johnny Herbert, a former law ones when an Formula

One driver. -- former Le Mal winner. He fined BA wants 5,000. -- he

penalty. Vettel with another fastest lap of the race. Alonso

just about hanging on to Webber. And now with that contact, Massa 17

seconds adrift. Despite all of the carnage and action for Massa, he is

still comfortably ahead of the two Mercedes. Alguersuari eighth place.

Paul di Resta, who is 15th and coming back. Drive-through penalty

for car No. 6. That is causing a collision and that is Felipe Massa.

They have penalised Massa for turning in on Hamilton. Exactly as

we predicted. It is. Exactly the opposite to what we predicted!

Felipe Massa has the penalty for that one. Lewis sweeps to the

outside and tries to cut back underneath. He will get a much

better drive out of the corner. Not this time. Vettel, Button, Webber,

one-two-three. By the time Massa does his drive through, it will

cost him about... About 17 seconds. He will drop out around the place

where Hamilton is running out. Massa has been given a penalty.

What I was trying to get to his he could find himself on the same

piece of tarmac as Lewis Hamilton again. We will find out shortly, he

is serving that penalty. No, he is a long way ahead. Felipe Massa has

Barrichello around him. Hamilton gets the job done. He is up into

Back markers ahead. -- 1060. The next man up the road is Michael

Schumacher. Schumacher or is ahead of Felipe Massa having done his

drive through. That makes Massa the next man up the road in terms of

position. We will see what that gap is surely. Massa is nursing a

gearbox issue. Alonso is the fastest man in fourth place. 14.5

seconds covers the top four. Massa pits. When you do we drive through,

you're not allowed to stop for tyres or repairs. It has to be a

pure penalty. Now be to serve his time. -- now BT's service time.

Looks like they're changing the nose as well. Much slower tyres. A

gone. He is out behind Perez. We watch a replay. Look at that. A

famous resonating front wing. It is a new front wing, it is very

similar to the Red Bull front wing. all of that dust, comes across. We

saw that through free practice. Hits the end of the Kirk Andy Goode

catch, but tires will become impregnated with sand. -- end of

the colour and a good catch. bendy front wing strikes at Ferrari.

It seems that when the fuel comes off and the car gets even faster,

it starts to have flexed and oscillate. Ferrari, as soon as they

saw that, they knew they had to change it on safety grounds for the

FIA might get involved. They would make them change the wing. The

women now is two races old. -- comfortable. Sebastian Vettel

taking it very easy. They tell me Mark Webber doesn't have any

problems. But he can't get the gap down to Button. But he has found a

second also in the last couple of laps. We might see some action from

Mark Webber now. He is still a couple of tenths shy of Button on

that lap. But more importantly, Fernando Alonso is homing in on

Mark Webber's third place. Let's talk about that Massa Hamilton

thing again. The stewards get G Ps traces of previous laps, a lot of

other camera angles. Far more information than you at home or we

in the commentary box do. They have seen something, but I don't know

what Massa could have done. I don't get it. He has got his front left

suspension damage. Whether that is the hard tyres... We saw him break

the suspension in qualifying when he struck a kerb. Surely that is

the contact with the McLaren? didn't hit the front wheel.

thought he did. Broken suspension again. It remains to be seen

whether that was over the concrete secondary kerbs. They loved to

square that fire extinguisher staff and mechanics hate that. -- squirt.

I don't know if it was on a kerb. Or whether it was through contact.

It was on a kerb. It is the push rod, the second time that has

happened. It happened before on the right hand side. It is not due to

contact with anybody else, it is due to hitting the kerb. You were

calling it a baguette yesterday it. I hoped we would come up for --

come up with a bigger name for those big Kirk's! -- better name

leads by over five seconds. We have yellow flags as they clear a way

Felipe Massa's car. They have no answer to this boy, have they?

Absolutely no answer whatsoever. Traffic wasn't being kind for

Jenson. Gap is 5.2 seconds. I expect he has lost a further three-

tenths in that middle sector. Jenson is the only man recently

that has really been able to hold a candle to Vettel in terms of race

pace. The only guy that can keep him honest, or at least keep him

engaged in the race. The gap is 5.8 seconds now. Rosberg is in fifth

place. He has had various troubles with Hamilton and Massa. We are

watching Petrov having another adventure. I asked him what his

name was because I hear all sorts of pronunciations. Perez goes a

metre past. You can unsettle your place. 3.3... Michael, pace is very

good, Nico 30.4, Michael 29.6. Massa, from suspension failure so

be careful on the Orange curbs. Good, clear information for Michael

Schumacher. A man we know it is one of the very best at absorbing

information while driving a Grand Prix car, it is wide he has won so

many races and titles. -- it is and then catching the pair of them

is Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton still has a great chance. He has just

done a fastest first sector. A great chance of fifth place in this

what looked like an engine problem. We have lost four cars. High

attrition rate here compared to recent races. Petrov passes

Kovalainen for 12th place. Looked rather easy. We have lost Buemi,

Maldonado, Timo Glock and Kuboya sheep. -- Kobayashi. Let's see what

Alonso does with that left kerb. Doesn't go anywhere near. What do

you want to call them? We will go with the information from Michael.

Orange Kirk. That is what it hears. will be Webber coming in. He was

losing a lot of time. Indeed he was and it was a hard tyre. That will

be horrible for Mark Webber. He around the rear. Mark Webber

punishing his tyres. This heart tyre, a second a lap slower and he

has got to run them until the end of the race. Interestingly it

looked like he sectors were not too bad on the hard tyres for Massa and

this hard tie is not looking a second down so we will keep an eye

on that. As the fuel loads go down, we have always seeing the Pirelli

tyres performing better than expected. There is Mark Webber all

on his lonesome down the back place at the moment but it really

depends on what kind of adventure he finds on these tyres. We saw

this -- we thought this hard tyre had been pensioned off but Pirelli,

because this is a totally unknown track and surface, Pirelli came and

they were intentionally conservative with this tyre, as

they put it. They wanted something that would hang on. There are some

pretty fast corners. We have a two compound spread. The tyres which

are available are hard, medium, soft and super soft. Here we have

hard and soft. There is such a big difference between the performance

of the tyres. And four compounds have to cope with the entire year,

all the different tracks, street circuits like Monaco, the four

compounds have to cover the entire race season. Vettel still leads.

Mark Webber is running fourth at the moment. I think he could

probably run from Delhi to Mumbai on those tyres. The projected where

was not an issue. I have been following Mark's sectors. He

matched Alonso in the middle sector Forster Webber has done his

personal best in the first sector. The indications are being hard tyre

is performing a lot better. This is valuable information for the other

teams. A Alonso pits from third place. I know Ted is down bat.

Ferrari had to react. They saw that the hard tyres were working and

they knew that Mark Webber would be able to jump Fernando Alonso so

that his belt and braces stuff with Ferrari. Plenty of racing still to

go.: So ahead of Webber comes out loses out. Started second, slipped

to third when Button breezed past him on the first lap. Now three

pit-stop strategy finds himself in fourth place. He has got his tyres

up to speed. Alonso finds his feet on his hard

tyres. Mark has got to make his move. The tyres are not cold.

a figure of speech. There is a man who has kept his helmet on a long

time, that is a clear sign to the media, don't bother asking me a

question. That was his younger brother walking alongside him. They

do look remarkably similar unless one is wearing a crash helmet, of

course. Jenson Button set the fastest lap of the entire Grand

on Alonso's lap. Now he has gone super deep into the blind turn

three. Some frustration there. Be lost time on the way in and on the

way out. In fairness to mark, he must wonder what has happened this

season. Statistically, if you start at the front you cannot gain many

places but he has lost more places of the start of the start line than

any other driver this year. He started second and the way things

have worked out so far, he has gone backwards to fourth. His team mate

looks seemingly invincible in the sister Red Bull car. Mark must be

sitting there thinking, what do I have to did to get a break and get

a win? He might have taken a little bit of pleasure seeing Alonso

really taking -- fighting the Ferrari. This is the battle for

third. Vettel leads by five seconds. Button fastest again on the

previous lap. The gap was up to 6.7 the harder tyre. The Ferrari begins

to disappear into the distance. We are on board with Perez. He is

over two kilos of fuel, cost them about the tenth. As the fuel burns

off, you get the car going faster and faster. We thought going into

this race that the softer tyre had a degradation of one-tenth of a

second so it cancels itself out. watch Barrichello passing

Karthikeyan for position. Karthikeyan is now 16th. Rubens has

had two pit stops, including low at having lost his nose in the first

Michael Schumacher is in such immense condition. He has a lot of

muscle. You were studying Michael's muscles! You could not help pit.

Vettel looks like a stick insect but somehow does not bother, it has

never been a problem for him. He rests his head because he has those

big headrests. Bristly was not a muscly guy but he would not want to

take a punch from in -- Bruce Lee. I have a feeling a pit stop is on

the way and I think it is for Lewis Jenson Button? They might be being

conservative and bringing him in but they are ready for somebody at

McLaren. Once again, we are seeing Lewis

really struggling. He is about a second of a lap slower than butter

and -- than Button. He is not able to maintain the pace. He is not

making much headway into the battle for fifth and sixth between Rosberg

and Schumacher which I think will be a tasty battle later. Michael is

running slightly quicker than his team mate. We will see an Inter

team battle with the Mercedes drivers.

Vettel leads by five seconds from Button. Vettel has just broken

another record, it is for the most lapsed lead in a season, beating

Nigel Mansell's 1992 record. He is desire is here. He said he will not

be happy unless he wins the first Indian Grand Prix. If he keeps this

pace up, we might have a race on our hands. Talking of races, it has

not generated quite the action we expected. Here is some to savour.

That was lapping a back marker, it was not overtaking. He is getting a

G about it. He has got Petrov catching him. Some GP2 winners and

champions ahead of him. Just looking at a pace of Alonso, he is

now match and the pace of Vettel and Button. I think that sends a

message to McLaren and Red Bull that it is safe to pit for the

harder tyres, don't be scared of them. Once again, the tyres have

not been a problem we thought. Alonso has just done the fastest

middle sector which is all corners, basically. That is the signal now

for Vettel and Button to start thinking about throwing those on to

get to the end of the Grand Prix. 15 to go. Perez catching Sutil very

tyres. This stop is crucial for his battle with Schumacher.

Hamilton hits for the hard tyre as which is the race leader coming

down there? Button pits for McLaren as well. Lewis with his various

dramas is in danger of being lapped. I think Vettel will be called in

one. And important for him as he could not yield there. Otherwise he

would have other traffic to pass as well. Bruno Senna is now up in to

ninth place and driving another fine race. Ted was watching the

stops. Yes, they must have given Hamilton some kind of code and the

idea is to jump Michael Schumacher on this and see if it works. Bruno

unhappy with Narain Karthikeyan but my experience is, you just need to

concentrate on going forwards, there is no point in wasting time

gesticulating. It will not change anything. He goes very wide on the

entry to the pit lane there. Just as well there was a tarmac run-off

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

coming into the final time. -- gained a bit in the pit stop phase.

It is the fourth longest straight at the end of this lap. It looks

like it is slightly less to May. -- to me. Lewis Hamilton is behind

Jaime Alguersuari, though Jaime Alguersuari has pitted. Michael

Schumacher is ahead of Nico Rosberg. He has got one more stop to go.

Crucially, he is running one second per lap faster. He was only 2.5

behind when Nico Rosberg pitted. Yes, he has gained one second on

that lap alone. Michael Schumacher has a great chance of maintaining

his position ahead of Nico Rosberg. Jaime Alguersuari has come back out

in eighth place. He should be looking good. That is Pastor

Maldonado, one of the five retirements. Just 19 runners. It is

quite unusual. We have seen races where we have had total completion

of the race by all of the runners. I think the curbs have played a

role. It has been a bit harder on the cards and other tracks. Jenson

Button, 2.8 behind. He gained a lot in that pit stop phase. Adrian

Sutil still fending off Sergio Perez. RADIO: Stay at, these times

are good. Nico Rosberg, 29.7, last lap. That confirms that Mercedes

are free to race each other. Michael will come out in front of

Nico Rosberg if he retains this pace. Mark Webber went very wide.

He had got the gap down to 1.3. He did not lose too much there. A lot

of that of his tyres. -- lot of dirt. Michael Schumacher is running

behind Jerome d'Ambrosio. This could be crucial. If he loses time,

it will affect his battle with Nico Rosberg. He is 23 seconds up the

road. The total time in the pit lane, 21 seconds. Michael

Schumacher continues onto the pitch straight. He lost 29.4. He lost

about one second passing Jerome d'Ambrosio. Mark Webber still

About Jenson Button, they were giving it a go, they wanted to make

Sebastian Vettel's life as hard as possible, so they tried the

undercut. It went OK, they gained a couple of seconds. They just wanted

to make them work and to force Red Bull into a pit stop, and forced

some pressure on them. That was the thinking as to when a -- as to why

they pitted Jenson Button. Narain Karthikeyan might be very popular,

but he does not seem popular as they try to pass him around the

circuit. Michael Schumacher is lapping at a pace... He is taking

the pit-lane entry. I do not know why he did not go a bit further.

Maybe they think they have got the Rosberg is not even in the last

corner, so he will be comfortably ahead of him. From a 2.5 second

deficit, it looks to be for five seconds. -- four or five seconds.

Nico Rosberg has seen his team mate emerge... It is a family show, so I

will not say what I think he has just said! He will wonder, why was

I pitted? Maybe he was screaming on the radio that he needed to pick.

If that was not the case, from a strategy point of view, why was he

brought in first? That is the question he will be asking. Michael

gets up to speed. Nico Rosberg is closing very quickly indeed. He was

visibly faster through there. Michael is getting used to the

heart tyres. -- hard tyres. thing that Michael has been

describing, he has been well outqualified by Nico Rosberg, and

he has not been able to understand the tyres. This could be another

example, he has not been able to extract the performance as well as

some of the other drivers. But now he has found his feet, he should

not be under any pressure. He was running similar times prior to the

pit stop, and now he has track He has responded to Jenson Button

closing. RADIO: You have got nine laps remaining, Nico Rosberg 1.5

seconds behind, you are free to raise, but keep it clean! I love

that! Are a reminder from the engineer, keep it clean! He is

thinking, that is if he gets anywhere near make! Jenson Button,

17 seconds clear of Fernando Alonso in third. Mark Webber, two seconds

behind. Then, this battle, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg. Lewis

Hamilton seventh, 16 seconds adrift. He has had three stops, including

one for a new nose. Michael Schumacher stretching their legs of

the Mercedes. Teetering a bit around the edge. He is a lot faster.

Jaime Alguersuari, eighth. 12 seconds clear of Bruno Senna. It

has only made one stop. He is five seconds clear of Adrian Sutil, the

last points scorer. Sergio Perez matching Adrian Sutil for pace.

from 16th. Jerome d'Ambrosio will overtake him. Narain Karthikeyan

will slot in ahead of Daniel Ricciardo. Jarno Trulli brings up

the field a 19th. Ted Kravitz? Bruno Senna is on the soft tyre. He

has only made one stop. We do believe he has to stop again.

will be soft, soft, and as little time as possible on a hot tyres.

Sebastian Vettel has done the fastest lap of the race on the hot

tyre. -- hard tyre. The cars are light, the track has Robert M. --

rubbered in. The fastest potential will be on the rack -- on the last

lap. I like that shot. That is the Grand Prix circuit, Forshaw.