:01:13. > :01:18.Many men have stood on that podium over the years, but the real raw
:01:18. > :01:24.here in Monza is when it is a Ferrari driver. Welcome to the
:01:24. > :01:32.highlights of the Italian grumpy from the famous old circuits -- the
:01:32. > :01:42.Italian Grand Prix. Here is how or the drivers' championship looked
:01:42. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:46.before today's race. Sebastian Patel has that huge lead. As far as
:01:46. > :01:55.the constructors championship is concerned, nothing has been decided,
:01:55. > :02:01.despite Red Bull having a mammoth 426 points. How much would Ferrari
:02:01. > :02:07.love a strong weekend here? Red Bull have traditionally struggled
:02:07. > :02:12.here. And what can Lewis Hamilton go after a difficult couple of
:02:13. > :02:17.races. Ted Kravitz tells us what happened in qualifying.
:02:17. > :02:22.The slow pace of life in Monza's role Park gets turned upside down
:02:22. > :02:29.when the Grand Prix comes to town. Ferrari is the passion phrenic
:02:29. > :02:35.enthusiastic crowd. The early action came from Pastor Maldonado
:02:35. > :02:40.and pitched his Williams into a spin. Nico Rosberg is trying
:02:40. > :02:44.something different by running the hard tie at the start. That means
:02:44. > :02:48.he was slow in qualifying but will be quick at the end of the race.
:02:48. > :02:53.Michael Schumacher is one place ahead of him on the grid, with the
:02:53. > :02:58.standard tyre tactic. We have a different strategy between Nico
:02:58. > :03:03.Rosberg and myself. We will find out which is the better one. It is
:03:03. > :03:09.a team effort to try to cover us for both circumstances. Ferrari
:03:10. > :03:14.tried an old strips -- slipstream in trick to try to get along so
:03:14. > :03:21.further up the grid. It worked - Alonso his 4th and the obliging
:03:21. > :03:27.Felipe Massa is only 6th. We know how important the slipstream is
:03:27. > :03:30.here in Monza, because it is a very good position to be in 4th, so that
:03:30. > :03:38.is looking good. You will be near the front for the first couple of
:03:38. > :03:43.laps,. I couldn't manage to put everything together, so it was a
:03:43. > :03:51.shame because of that. It was a messy session for Mark Webber. He
:03:51. > :03:56.is running different gear ratios than Sebastien Vettel. 5th is the
:03:56. > :04:04.result. So the fight for poll will be between Sebastien Vettel and the
:04:04. > :04:09.McLaren's. Approaching the Ascari chicane, the back kicked out into a
:04:09. > :04:16.Monza drift, not the fastest way around the corner. That gave the
:04:16. > :04:22.McLaren cars a chance, but they couldn't take the advantage. With
:04:22. > :04:30.both Button and Hamilton managing to out-brake themselves, it didn't
:04:30. > :04:36.go for them. Half a second from Sebastian is a long way, but it is
:04:36. > :04:39.also Saturday, and tomorrow is the big day. Firstly I want to finish,
:04:39. > :04:43.and if we have an opportunity to get in the lead, I will take it. It
:04:43. > :04:49.has been a while since I finished this race, so that is the first
:04:49. > :04:52.step. I am very happy. We feared that in qualifying we might be too
:04:52. > :04:56.slow on the straights, but we got everything together, and the
:04:56. > :05:01.balance was perfect, so in the corners I was able to catch up, and
:05:01. > :05:05.still managed to be quicker than the others. Previously on the
:05:05. > :05:12.circuit we were struggling, so it is nice to come back.
:05:12. > :05:16.So, Vettel on pole position for them 10th time this season. Lewis
:05:16. > :05:22.Hamilton alongside, and Jenson Button behind, both ready to attack.
:05:22. > :05:29.Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber have strong race pace, an
:05:29. > :05:36.impressive 7th for Vitaly Petrov. Paul di Resta and qualified Adrian
:05:36. > :05:44.Sutil. It isn't all Williams rose 7, while the Toro Rosso has line-up at
:05:44. > :05:54.the back. Rookie Daniel Ricardo out qualified his more experienced team
:05:54. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :05:59.made Vitantonio Liuzzi for the Commentator: It is full throttle as
:05:59. > :06:03.they go round this high-speed layout. It is a challenge for
:06:03. > :06:08.everybody. They now have to find the perfect bite point of the
:06:08. > :06:13.clutch to get off the line and down to the first corner. And the
:06:13. > :06:22.trigger from that is when the five lights go out. We don't bother with
:06:22. > :06:27.the green. And the Monza race is under way. Wheelspin there from
:06:27. > :06:35.under way. Wheelspin there from Vettel. There are side by side.
:06:35. > :06:39.Hamilton and Vettel are touching. Alonso leads the Italian Grand Prix
:06:39. > :06:47.- oh, we have got a car approaching sideways, and he takes to out with
:06:47. > :06:52.him. Barrichello was in there. Somebody came sideways down the
:06:52. > :06:59.grass into the first corner. Alonso Leeds, and Sebastien Vettel is
:06:59. > :07:04.coming back at him straight away. Michael Schumacher is a head off
:07:04. > :07:09.Felipe Massa. The safety car is out, and surprisingly, because the
:07:10. > :07:19.carnage is in the middle of the track on the first chicane. Who
:07:20. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:28.have we got in here? We have Liuzzi, Rosberg, Petrov. The black helmet
:07:28. > :07:33.they are recognising many of the ice hockey players killed in the
:07:33. > :07:38.crash earlier in the week. Barrichello trying to get his car
:07:38. > :07:47.going again. He beached himself trying to get over that sleeping
:07:47. > :07:51.policemen. That is what put Alonso, so lucky Ian Hamilton didn't
:07:51. > :07:57.connect has been around. It is the HRT with its wheels on the grass,
:07:57. > :08:01.and then no grip. The green bits will not help you. He was going
:08:01. > :08:07.straight to the scene of several other people's accidents right
:08:07. > :08:14.there. Totally caused all of that. That is Kobayashi with a damaged
:08:14. > :08:22.nose. Alonso, to the obvious delight of the crowd, leads the
:08:22. > :08:32.Grande Parade. That was complete carnage in the middle of the pack -
:08:32. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:40.position on the grade as we take the lead. You are allowed to do
:08:40. > :08:48.this on the right at the start. He keeps his foot absolutely planted,
:08:48. > :08:53.as you would expect. Some nice fresh air, and inside that corner.
:08:53. > :09:03.The rpm increased on the engine as he put the wheel on the grass. It
:09:03. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:14.just shows how tight he was. That managed to negotiate the first car,
:09:14. > :09:19.but he was blocked by the second. Liuzzi's problems started much
:09:19. > :09:29.earlier when he had to avoid another car, pulled onto the grass,
:09:29. > :09:29.
:09:29. > :09:39.and never scooped up. This will change the face of the race.
:09:39. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:47.Alguersuari up to seven. Petrov is out of the race, so it doesn't
:09:47. > :09:52.matter what he won and lost now. They can't overtake until they get
:09:52. > :09:57.to the second safety car. There are all looking relatively in line. Who
:09:58. > :10:04.is going to be able to? Sebastien Vettel was caught slightly sleeping
:10:04. > :10:14.there, I must say. Has he got a slipstream from the Ferrari? He has,
:10:14. > :10:22.but not enough. Michael Schumacher, then, punishes Lewis Hamilton for
:10:22. > :10:30.his sleepy restart. And Mark Webber, also through there, so Mark Webber
:10:30. > :10:36.for Red Bull... And Vettel, so much acceleration down the outside of
:10:36. > :10:43.that first chicane. Alonso is having none of that. Why do you
:10:43. > :10:47.think Vettel is so much stronger of that chicane? He was buzzing the
:10:48. > :10:57.limiter for several seconds. He is trying to have good race pace. They
:10:58. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:03.have 140 kilos of fuel on board. This is critical time for Alonso.
:11:03. > :11:10.He has got to break one-second margin to Sebastian Vatel in the
:11:10. > :11:20.first two laps, otherwise he will be wide-open to a dose of BRS and a
:11:20. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:25.dose of KERS. -- a dose of DRS. Michael Schumacher is having
:11:25. > :11:28.another tremendous start to this Grand Prix as we have seen. How
:11:28. > :11:34.sweet would that have felt for him passing Hamilton in the first
:11:34. > :11:38.chicane? Look, Vettel has got the legs on the Ferrari. Alonso is
:11:38. > :11:47.trying to break the tower immediately. It looks like more
:11:47. > :11:52.than one move to me. Look at this, whether with a contact, Andy has
:11:52. > :11:57.lost his nose. Vettel is going to go down the outside, that is a
:11:57. > :12:03.better line as long as he doesn't end up with too much grass. Alonso
:12:03. > :12:10.pushed him wide, he would have none of it, and Vettel has the turning
:12:10. > :12:14.point, and that was bravery at 200 mph. Vettel came out the winner.
:12:14. > :12:22.Anyone who doubts that Sebastien Vettel can race, that was brave
:12:22. > :12:27.stuff. It never used to be flat in the days when you were racing with
:12:27. > :12:32.the turbos. What a race. Hamilton is right behind Michael Schumacher.
:12:32. > :12:37.Those have closed the gap as the two in front were trying to her
:12:38. > :12:41.roast each other out. The yellow flag is out again at the moment.
:12:41. > :12:46.Hamilton fancies redressing the balance of being caught napping on
:12:46. > :12:50.the restart. Jenson Button got held up a little as weather and Felipe
:12:50. > :12:56.Massa got together. We don't know if Massa managed to recover his
:12:56. > :13:02.position. Here it is, on board with Mark Webber. He has a good
:13:02. > :13:06.slipstream, down the outside, they nearly touch at that point. He then
:13:06. > :13:13.tried to muscle his way around, and hit the kerb, flies through the air,
:13:13. > :13:16.and Felipe Massa came off. He had the outside line in the first part,
:13:16. > :13:21.put him on the outside, and you can see that he has gone into the
:13:21. > :13:25.barriers trying to get back to the pits. Let's wait and see. It was
:13:25. > :13:29.clearly front wing damage. I wonder if that has gone under the front of
:13:29. > :13:32.the car, and he has lost his steering. Michael Schumacher
:13:32. > :13:37.looking at second place. These three are fighting over second
:13:37. > :13:44.place, Alonso, Schumacher, Hamilton, all former world champions. They
:13:44. > :13:48.know what it takes. Schumacher maintains the position at the
:13:48. > :13:55.moment, but that has allowed Alonso to build a little bit of space
:13:55. > :13:58.between them. Alonso seems very slow after two chicanes. He was
:13:58. > :14:02.fast yesterday in qualifying. Obviously a very different
:14:02. > :14:06.situation when you have all that fuel aboard. Maybe the Ferrari has
:14:06. > :14:10.got a bit more weight in the car. We don't know what configuration
:14:10. > :14:18.they have chosen to raise their engine. If they would want to win
:14:18. > :14:23.any race, it would be the home race in Monza. Five champions fill the
:14:24. > :14:28.top five places. DRS has been enabled, which should help if
:14:28. > :14:33.Carlton is within a second of Schumacher. He certainly is, but
:14:33. > :14:41.the Mercedes is so much faster in a straight line than the McLaren
:14:41. > :14:46.Mercedes. His DRS Open? It is not. I wonder why. It didn't look like
:14:46. > :14:52.it. It looked like it was initially, but then it looked like it was
:14:53. > :15:02.closed. A lot of turbulence in that front wing. Massow looks like he is
:15:03. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:17.through. He is up in ninth place. Eighth place, with that move.
:15:17. > :15:27.Alonso, Schumacher, Hamilton. Five World champions in the top five
:15:27. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:38.places. Maldonado was six. But he is three seconds off the pace.
:15:38. > :15:46.Jenson Button, homing in on this fight. They're so busy watching
:15:46. > :15:51.each other that they are losing time. Schumacher is outside the
:15:51. > :16:01.white lines, one of the few places, Ascari, where it is the better
:16:01. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:09.option. Parabolica corner. Mark Webber has no front wing. No front
:16:09. > :16:18.downforce. And a rather pathetic feeling as he has a minor incident
:16:18. > :16:25.with the wall. That shows you... The Windies underneath his car, not
:16:25. > :16:30.underneath his tyres but it shows you how effective those winds are.
:16:30. > :16:35.-- the wings are underneath his car. They are there to push the car into
:16:35. > :16:43.the ground. You will have a massive offset in balance. TED KRAVITZ:
:16:43. > :16:53.Hard tyres ready for Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton's DRS did not walk
:16:53. > :16:58.on that main stretch. -- did not work. The of sat between Schumacher
:16:58. > :17:02.and the McLaren Mercedes was 12 kilometres an hour. Michael
:17:02. > :17:08.Schumacher has that advantage. They reckon the DRS is worth 15
:17:08. > :17:13.kilometres an hour on this track. That explains why it is so
:17:13. > :17:20.difficult for our Lewis Hamilton. He is not getting the advantage of
:17:20. > :17:25.the extra momentum. That the arrest was wide open on Lewis Hamilton
:17:25. > :17:35.just there. -- the SDRs. Will he remember to use it? Maybe he did
:17:35. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:48.not realise he could use it? What effect will laugh off? -- will that
:17:48. > :17:52.have. A good strategy for Michael at the moment. Did I here Lewis
:17:52. > :18:00.Hamilton on the rev limiter? Or is that just interference on the sound
:18:00. > :18:05.transmission? RADIO: Straight speeds look OK. Schumacher is just
:18:05. > :18:12.very high. Explain that one to me. End of straight speed is OK but the
:18:12. > :18:21.guy in front is just a bit quicker? That is them saying, you were not
:18:21. > :18:29.slow, he is fast. The net result is the same. He should have delivered
:18:29. > :18:35.the old, good news, bad years, and more about his. Michael feels the
:18:35. > :18:43.need to go defensive into Ascari. The problem is, that is such a
:18:43. > :18:50.tricky piece of racetrack when you are by yourself. All he can do now
:18:50. > :19:00.is try to stay as close as possible. Surprisingly, Lewis Hamilton is
:19:00. > :19:08.right with him. Lewis Hamilton looks better positioned. Is his
:19:08. > :19:13.DRS...? He does not open it until far down. It is close again. What
:19:13. > :19:20.is that about? We know that they had some issues during practice.
:19:20. > :19:26.When they were reattached in the wings, they were stolen. -- they
:19:26. > :19:31.were stalling. They should be a straight forward pass. Confidently
:19:31. > :19:39.turning into the apex. Felipe Massa does to Maldonado what Mark Webber
:19:39. > :19:49.was trying to do to him. Lewis Hamilton, out of the slick screen.
:19:49. > :19:53.-- slipstream. Michael conceding the place. Very tidy. Nice indeed.
:19:53. > :19:58.Schumacher's still has that speed and he now has the slipstream. Is
:19:58. > :20:08.he going to take that place? Lewis Hamilton did not cut him off early
:20:08. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:18.enough. He has to be more aggressive. Jenson Button, now
:20:18. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:23.joining the party. As with Kobayashi in Spa two weeks ago, he
:20:23. > :20:30.needed to cut him off. All the way down to the second chicane, they
:20:30. > :20:37.were beaten for qualifying times, but consistently, they have been
:20:37. > :20:41.doing it. Lewis Hamilton getting Michael Schumacher to go defensive.
:20:41. > :20:50.This is going to be... Messy. thought I would go Conservative!
:20:50. > :21:00.Well Jenson Button say, now it is my time, I will show you what I can
:21:00. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:08.do? 49 competitive over takers -- overtakes. Hamilton has the DRS.
:21:08. > :21:18.Michael Schumacher only has his horsepower to defend wife and a bit
:21:18. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:28.of KERS. -- defend with. Michael Schumacher, the man who has won
:21:28. > :21:31.this Grand Prix five times. KRAVITZ: Groans of frustration in
:21:31. > :21:39.the McLaren garage. They are going to have to change their strategy.
:21:39. > :21:46.RADIO: Michael was holding up the two McLarens. They are second a lap
:21:46. > :21:56.slower. That is the message to Felipe Massa. Alonso and Sebastian
:21:56. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :22:03.Vettel will be dancing. Button... I think they're going to call a
:22:03. > :22:13.driver in soon. As Rob Smedley pointed out to Felipe Massa, he is
:22:13. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:18.now in sex. -- in sixth place. Hamilton, with that slipstream
:22:18. > :22:22.again. Such a short brake in zone. The car is five metres long, if
:22:22. > :22:29.you're going to be five metres better and the brakes, you need a
:22:29. > :22:37.braking zone. There is not one at the Parabolica corner. The team
:22:37. > :22:45.principal at McLaren, watching his men. The DRS is open, and Sue Makah
:22:45. > :22:55.bouncing along on 18,000 revs. He can do nothing about it. --
:22:55. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:06.Schumacher. Mercedes has gear at their car -- he had their car to
:23:06. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:15.use all of the rpm without DRS. McLaren are just banging up against
:23:15. > :23:19.the red metre. You hit a speed and you cannot go any faster. It is all
:23:19. > :23:24.going to be about pit-stop strategy unless Lewis Hamilton or Jenson
:23:24. > :23:29.Button can make this happen on the track. As soon as we going to the
:23:29. > :23:37.pits, this play will be off but Alonso is now 4.5 seconds ahead. In
:23:37. > :23:41.the lead, by nine seconds, his Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber is
:23:41. > :23:51.out of the Grand Prix in the second Red Bull. We have lost d'Ambrosio,
:23:51. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :24:00.Petrov, Rosberg and Liuzzi. The detection zone is on the exit of
:24:00. > :24:10.this corner. The activation of DRS is quite a long way down. There
:24:10. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:18.they go. They are both on that. Hamilton, ducking back in.
:24:18. > :24:28.Schumacher has had to go very defensive. This is Lewis Hamilton's
:24:28. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:37.chance. He was on the grassesque -- on the grass! Button takes the
:24:37. > :24:44.position as Schumacher complains about his rear tyres. Lewis was
:24:44. > :24:49.shot on the class -- on the grass. Verdict? Michael was ahead and he
:24:49. > :24:54.could pick his line. In sporting etiquette, that was right on the
:24:54. > :24:59.limit. For my book, it was one foot over it. He gave Lewis Hamilton a
:24:59. > :25:03.chop. Lewis has been very clean with Michael so far. Michael...
:25:03. > :25:10.Jenson Button is around the outside interests Gary. There is a chance
:25:10. > :25:17.for Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button's mother wasabi. Lewis Hamilton will
:25:17. > :25:24.be furious with Michael. completely agree with you. As
:25:24. > :25:33.Schumacher is pushing the boundaries. Ofwat is correct and
:25:33. > :25:37.what is not, he has been on the limit. -- of what is correct. That
:25:37. > :25:42.we understood that Hamilton was going to pit. The mechanics are
:25:42. > :25:46.ready. As soon as they got the message, they told him to stay out.
:25:46. > :25:49.Schumacher goes on to a brand new set of soft tyres, which she was
:25:49. > :25:55.able to have because he only did one run in qualifying. Take us
:25:55. > :26:00.through this. Michael sees Lewis take the inside line and chops in
:26:00. > :26:06.front of them. You could say he is entitled to take his position, he
:26:06. > :26:14.takes a tight line on entry. He is racing, but you see how much Lewis
:26:14. > :26:20.Hamilton had to move out. That was a heart-stopping moment. This is a
:26:20. > :26:26.replay. It works so much better for Jenson Button to make them move.
:26:26. > :26:35.Michael's rear tyres had reached the cliff. Michael has been all
:26:35. > :26:40.over the track defending, picking up dust. All the time, Jenson was
:26:40. > :26:44.just preserving his tyres, avoiding blisters, and then when he got the
:26:44. > :26:49.opportunity, he could make it stay. And one man not interested in that
:26:49. > :26:53.excitement, Sebastian Vettel, moving into his a team flat and has
:26:53. > :27:03.not been able to -- has not been needed -- have not -- has not
:27:03. > :27:13.needed to come in for tyres. Jenson Button pits for McLaren. Soft tyres
:27:13. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :27:28.on that car. How long will it take them? It looked good. Lovely clear
:27:28. > :27:38.space, providing he can stay ahead of the traffic. 3.5 seconds, that
:27:38. > :27:49.
:27:49. > :27:59.stop. Making his way into the chicane. Hamilton is coming in, and
:27:59. > :28:00.
:28:00. > :28:09.at the end of lap 18. And away he goes. Another pit-stop from the
:28:09. > :28:16.McLaren boys, well done. Jenson Button is ahead of him. Schumacher,
:28:16. > :28:23.just to his left. He takes the position away. That will please
:28:23. > :28:31.Lewis Hamilton. They pitted Jenson first, and that has kept him ahead.
:28:31. > :28:37.They pitted Lewis next, and that killed him dead. TED KRAVITZ: Good
:28:37. > :28:44.thinking from Mercedes. More frustration at McLaren. McLaren, do
:28:44. > :28:54.you want to call this battle...? This is Maldonado and Perez and
:28:54. > :28:56.
:28:56. > :29:06.Abdul Shorey fighting over 7th, 8th and 9th. -- Alguersuari. He made it
:29:06. > :29:08.
:29:08. > :29:15.past the pair of them. Sergio Perez, up into eight position.
:29:15. > :29:18.KRAVITZ: Soft tyres, going on the Ferrari. The reason why McLaren
:29:18. > :29:23.were running that day when, they thought they would be fighting with
:29:23. > :29:27.the Red Bull. It has a Renault engine. They never imagined they
:29:27. > :29:31.would be up against a Mercedes with the same Mercedes engine that they
:29:31. > :29:35.have. As soon as they realise that was the situation, they were always
:29:35. > :29:45.on to a loser. That is why it is going to be a big ask for McLaren
:29:45. > :29:56.
:29:56. > :30:00.second stop. -- in the pit. We know that the McLaren is over all fast
:30:00. > :30:07.on the lap. But because of his great start and a number of other
:30:07. > :30:14.activities, and still sue macro will not yield, and why should he?
:30:14. > :30:19.Now he is having to get really defensive on his way in - and that
:30:19. > :30:24.is two moves. The rules are very clear. You can make one change of
:30:24. > :30:34.direction, and you cannot move back. I am fully expecting the hear a
:30:34. > :30:35.
:30:35. > :30:39.radio message soon as the Sebastian Vettel pits from the lead. And away
:30:39. > :30:47.he goes. He has been absolutely untroubled once he managed to
:30:47. > :30:54.retake the lead after the fast starting Alonso. It was a 3.7
:30:54. > :30:59.second pit, but they had no need to panic and rush. Massa is now up
:30:59. > :31:06.into second place, but he has yet to pit. Remember he was pointing
:31:06. > :31:13.the wrong way after contact with Mark Webber. Again it in at the
:31:13. > :31:21.slipstream, again with the DRS Open. And it is going to have to be a
:31:21. > :31:31.brave move that puts him past Michael Schumacher. How far away is
:31:31. > :31:32.
:31:32. > :31:39.Jenson Button? RADIO: The FIA are aware. That is what we were
:31:39. > :31:46.expecting. What you think they will do about it? Derek Daly, the Indy
:31:46. > :31:56.Car Driver, is the driving element of the stewards. You are only
:31:56. > :31:57.
:31:57. > :32:01.allowed one move. It is a very clear move was stop I came here the
:32:01. > :32:07.Schumacher fans saying, jealous old David Coulthard! But it is the
:32:07. > :32:13.rules. They have designed this rule for the safety of the drivers and
:32:13. > :32:19.the safety of the crowd. Ted? Hamilton is losing one second per
:32:19. > :32:29.lap. Jenson Button has just done his personal best of the race, at
:32:29. > :32:29.
:32:29. > :32:39.27.09. He is doing a great job of closing in on Alonso. Button only a
:32:39. > :32:42.
:32:42. > :32:52.second behind Alonso. He has just done a 1:27.06. He drove
:32:52. > :32:52.
:32:52. > :32:59.beautifully, his style, he seems to like these low downforce balance as
:32:59. > :33:04.well. We watch Buemi going around the outside of Maldonado, for 10th
:33:04. > :33:11.and 11th place. Maldonado is slipping backwards after that
:33:11. > :33:16.tremendous start. Vettel, Alonso, button, and then Schumacher and
:33:16. > :33:22.Hamilton fighting for 4th and 5th. Hamilton's tyres will wear out more
:33:22. > :33:28.quickly. RADIO: Michael, please make sure you leave room for the
:33:28. > :33:36.car when you move in each direction. That is Ross talking to his driver
:33:36. > :33:39.with a coded message, yes we are doing something about this. FIA
:33:39. > :33:44.stewards could read that that they think even he thinks this is out of
:33:44. > :33:51.order. That was a clear statement from Ross Brawn. He has worked a
:33:51. > :33:57.long time with Michael. We saw with those last couple of laps, Michael
:33:57. > :34:02.leaving a lot more space. He will get a slipstream from the car in
:34:02. > :34:09.front. And possibly even DRS as Button closes in very quickly on
:34:09. > :34:16.Alonso. This is the second and third. Lewis is on the limiter
:34:16. > :34:22.almost by himself now. Hunting down a feisty Michael Schumacher who
:34:22. > :34:32.doesn't want to yield. His car is the fastest in a straight line.
:34:32. > :34:33.
:34:33. > :34:38.Button is now 7.7 seconds clear of that sue macro Hamilton fight. --
:34:39. > :34:43.Schumacher/Hamilton fight. How do think sue macro will receive that a
:34:43. > :34:48.message from Ross Brawn? -- How do you think Schumacher will receive
:34:48. > :34:52.that message? He always pushes the boundaries, and he often gets away
:34:52. > :34:56.with it, so he is the clever one. He has pushed the boundaries this
:34:56. > :35:01.afternoon, but I don't think there is a penalty necessary. Now maybe
:35:01. > :35:05.he has broken the back of this race and will be able to keep Lewis at
:35:05. > :35:09.bay. But 4th or even 5th place for Michael would be a great result at
:35:10. > :35:15.this stage of the season. When Barton got his chance, he took it
:35:15. > :35:22.straight away and passed on the outside. He made it easily. -- when
:35:22. > :35:26.Jenson Button got his chance. Has he taken that position? He has
:35:26. > :35:36.indeed, he is through, so Michael almost yielding to him, finally,
:35:36. > :35:41.
:35:41. > :35:49.there. I think Schumacher realised that finally it was a done deal.
:35:49. > :35:53.Yes, around the outside into Ascari chicane. He buzzes into the limiter.
:35:53. > :35:58.I don't think Michael would bother with that one again. Michael
:35:58. > :36:02.Schumacher is now in a comfortable 5th place, with Felipe Massa or 14
:36:02. > :36:06.seconds behind. I think he has had enough of that particular fight,
:36:06. > :36:10.and he knows it is doing no good, it is only a matter of time when he
:36:11. > :36:20.loses that position to Lewis, and he must be now thinking, I have got
:36:20. > :36:28.to fend off Felipe Massa for six. We enjoyed that. But we have had
:36:28. > :36:35.enough of that, now. And new battle to look for, bottom versus Alonso,
:36:35. > :36:39.13 seconds off the lead -- Jenson Button versus Alonso. This race
:36:39. > :36:44.often lasts only an hour and 20 minutes due to the high-speed
:36:44. > :36:51.nature of the place. Michael is going left to defend, and staying
:36:51. > :37:01.left, and Lewis going clean around the outside. That was actually a
:37:01. > :37:02.
:37:02. > :37:10.clear yield. On board with the Toro Rosso. As they go up to the Force
:37:10. > :37:20.India of do Leicester. That was -- Paul di Resta. That was sadly very
:37:20. > :37:21.
:37:21. > :37:29.easy indeed. Paul di Resta is meant to be about six or seven tenths of
:37:29. > :37:36.a lap slower. He is now 9th. It looks like he has got a bit of a
:37:36. > :37:46.fight on his hands to stay in the points. Mark Webber has been found
:37:46. > :37:51.
:37:51. > :37:56.Very bad luck. Tell us what happened. Filippi started to come
:37:56. > :38:03.across, and then I wasn't sure if he was going to come that far
:38:03. > :38:07.across, and then it turned out when I got awards turn to, I started to
:38:07. > :38:17.bail-out of the move, but those curves are so high on the inside,
:38:17. > :38:17.
:38:17. > :38:21.if you clipped the inside, it the pit, and they knew there was
:38:21. > :38:27.some damage, but I didn't know that the front wing was jammed under the
:38:27. > :38:32.front of the car, and I lost the steering. It is a bit of a dent to
:38:32. > :38:42.any championship aspirations you may have had. What are you aiming
:38:42. > :38:43.
:38:43. > :38:45.for now? I think we are all battling for second. Vatel would
:38:45. > :38:53.have to have an incredibly disappointing finish to the season
:38:54. > :39:00.for anybody to take this off in now -- Sebastian Vatel. -- Sebastien
:39:00. > :39:04.Vettel. He pitied exactly the same time as Rubens Barrichello, who is
:39:04. > :39:09.lapping. Barrichello is quite cautious up to the speed line, and
:39:09. > :39:14.Jenson Button trying to pass him. He missed the chicane, Rubens
:39:14. > :39:22.Barrichello, on the way out. There is a car being pushed out of the
:39:22. > :39:32.way. That will have cost Jenson Button and his gap to Fernando
:39:32. > :39:40.
:39:40. > :39:44.Let's hear from Rubens Barrichello. Breathing space, David. That is
:39:44. > :39:47.what Ferrari are concerned about, breathing space. I asked how
:39:47. > :39:51.Alonso's race was going, and they are worried about whether he will
:39:52. > :39:57.keep his place on the podium. They can see that the McLaren's are
:39:57. > :40:04.gaining on him, and they say he is pushing. Ferrari are now out.
:40:04. > :40:10.McLaren are reacting. Alonso has come into the pit. We have yellow
:40:10. > :40:17.flags out. A good pit-stop again for Ferrari as we now await Lewis
:40:17. > :40:23.Hamilton into his human garage. The car is boiling hot, the brakes at
:40:23. > :40:28.nearly 1,000 centigrade, the engine well over 125 centigrade as he
:40:28. > :40:36.drives his McLaren into the garage, and he is now again behind
:40:37. > :40:44.Barrichello. Hamilton fresh out of tyres. Will him a -- a fresh set of
:40:44. > :40:54.tyres, well that get into the end of the Drumcree? -- to the end of
:40:54. > :40:54.
:40:54. > :40:59.the Grand Prix? It was actually even closer to Alonso then he was
:40:59. > :41:02.before the pit stop phase, but it didn't quite clear him. They are
:41:02. > :41:09.both on the Prime hard tyres, so everything that went before was
:41:09. > :41:17.with a slightly grittier tyre, and less fuel. Here comes hour race
:41:17. > :41:21.leader, Sebastien Vettel. No pressure during this stop. They are
:41:21. > :41:26.really getting that fine-tuned now towards the end of the season. This
:41:26. > :41:32.is the fight for second. They are coming out of Ascari as Vettel is
:41:32. > :41:37.coasting out of the pit lane. will be interesting is Ferrari
:41:37. > :41:43.historically have not been giving a harder tyre. Mark Webber is
:41:43. > :41:47.reflecting on what might have been. Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button,
:41:47. > :41:51.and as we were saying, Ferrari are typically not as good on the harder
:41:51. > :41:58.tyres. We have already seen the Jenson Button was faster on the
:41:58. > :42:04.option. So you fancy that Button has a very
:42:04. > :42:09.good chance of taking second place at this stage? Eight looks like he
:42:09. > :42:15.is looking already, and unlike Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso
:42:15. > :42:21.does leave room. They ran down into the second chicane. Surely an error
:42:21. > :42:26.there from Alonso, because he was extra slow on that corner. Alonso
:42:26. > :42:33.has no traction, it seems to me. Very short of traction on this
:42:33. > :42:37.harder compound tyre. It is all within a scale. Whatever you call
:42:37. > :42:44.these tyres, they are very soft rubber compared to what we used to
:42:44. > :42:49.run with. They appear to have issues Keating their tyres. Jenson
:42:49. > :42:55.Button taking advantage of the slipstream of a Lotus he is lapping.
:42:55. > :43:05.Looking at how easy that walls, managing to duck right underneath
:43:05. > :43:08.
:43:08. > :43:15.the back. That could be the best result for Lotus, 12 at the moment.
:43:15. > :43:19.That is Heikki Kovalainen. Sebastian Vettel leads Michael
:43:19. > :43:29.Schumacher at the moment by 4.8 seconds. Sue macro presumably has
:43:29. > :43:37.to stop again. -- Schumacher has to stop again. He is 15.6 seconds off
:43:37. > :43:41.the lead. Can he start putting the red ball under pressure? You say
:43:41. > :43:45.the tyres come out of the blanket at 100 degrees, but I always felt
:43:45. > :43:50.it is like getting into a pair of jeans. You have to get them on the
:43:50. > :43:54.track, move the side wall, stretch the tyre with the centrifugal
:43:54. > :43:59.forces, lean against them on breaking before they really give
:43:59. > :44:09.you the performance. Your genes tend to be a lot tighter than mine!
:44:09. > :44:14.
:44:14. > :44:18.trouble since he took the lead again after Alonso's mighty start.
:44:18. > :44:24.After that, it was really about who could negotiate Michael Schumacher
:44:24. > :44:34.and particularly the incredible fight between him and Lewis
:44:34. > :44:39.Hamilton. That was tough racing in the extreme. No doubt about that.
:44:39. > :44:46.As it happened, Button made his way past both of them. That has made
:44:47. > :44:55.the difference. That gave him the chance to take Alonso. He did not
:44:55. > :44:58.drop behind Schumacher at the next stop. That was a pivotal lap or two.
:44:58. > :45:03.Getting through those two so quickly has got him into a
:45:04. > :45:08.comfortable second place. Another great weekend for Jenson Button. He
:45:08. > :45:18.said he left a little bit of time behind in qualifying. That would
:45:18. > :45:22.
:45:22. > :45:26.have only been for the Inter Odense battle. -- Pinter Tina. I think he
:45:26. > :45:30.was just keeping his tyres under control and watching the fight in
:45:30. > :45:34.front. Knowing the history of Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher, I
:45:34. > :45:39.think he just wanted to keep back in case there was an incident. Once
:45:40. > :45:49.again, this is showing who leader is in McLaren. Jenson Button said
:45:50. > :45:51.
:45:51. > :45:55.it was them. -- said it was him. Ted Kravitz he is apparently in
:45:55. > :46:02.need of some encouragement. I just asked Simon Roberts of the planets.
:46:03. > :46:06.He said the plan is to catch Alonso. He said, we just have to encourage
:46:06. > :46:11.him that he can do it. After the day that Lewis Hamilton has had, he
:46:11. > :46:16.apparently needed a pick me up. Let's see what he says when he gets
:46:16. > :46:25.out of the car, about the wheel to wheel action. When you look at
:46:25. > :46:31.Webber, there is more wheel-to- wheel action than I can remember
:46:31. > :46:38.for a long time. Some wonderful race tracks coming up. Six more
:46:38. > :46:47.rounds after this race finishes. Singapore and Sao Paulo, tremendous
:46:47. > :46:50.race tracks. Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, the new track that
:46:50. > :47:00.nobody knows, Abu Dhabi and finishing up in Brazil before
:47:00. > :47:00.
:47:00. > :47:08.Christmas. We are on the penultimate lap of the Grand Prix.
:47:08. > :47:18.Hamilton has a clear picture of his target. Fernando Alonso's Ferrari
:47:18. > :47:22.
:47:22. > :47:32.gearbox. Hamilton is three-tenths up in the middle sector. Heading
:47:32. > :47:42.towards the Ascari chicane. Six tents on this latter alone,
:47:42. > :47:45.
:47:45. > :47:48.Hamilton. -- six tenths. The traffic will give him the chance to
:47:48. > :47:58.get in the one seconds owned and used his DRS, which may neutralise
:47:58. > :47:58.
:47:58. > :48:02.the speed at which Hamilton is catching him. -- 1 second zone.
:48:02. > :48:12.Watches rear wing. Is it available? It is not. The only DRS that is any
:48:12. > :48:15.
:48:15. > :48:20.use is the exit. There is a new fastest lap in the Grand Prix,
:48:20. > :48:30.1:26.8. The DIS arrest does not kick in until the race is over. --
:48:30. > :48:33.
:48:33. > :48:37.the DRS. Bruno Senna is ahead, 1.9 behind di Resta. He has caught a
:48:37. > :48:43.massively. There is another fight going on. Sebastian Vettel was
:48:43. > :48:50.going through the Ascari chicane. Towards the end of the Grand Prix.
:48:50. > :48:55.Jenson Button has Alguersuari in front of them. It is still on
:48:55. > :49:01.heading into the chicane. It will have to be within the next two
:49:01. > :49:05.braking zones. Alonso was fighting. He has nothing in his pocket in
:49:05. > :49:12.terms of speed. Sebastian Vettel crosses the line, for his 18th
:49:12. > :49:20.Grand Prix victory. Untroubled at Monza. The big story, Jenson Button
:49:20. > :49:30.will finish second. No chances for Hamilton. The finish line is very
:49:30. > :49:34.
:49:34. > :49:38.soon. Jenson Button has finished second and Alonso was on the podium.
:49:38. > :49:48.Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa have yet to come home. Schumacher
:49:48. > :49:49.
:49:49. > :49:59.does that, with a strong fifth place. Ahead of Felipe Massa, six.
:49:59. > :50:01.
:50:01. > :50:10.-- 6 Mac. That is the first time that a Red Bull has not finished in
:50:10. > :50:18.the points all season. RADIO: You have won the Italian Grand Prix.
:50:18. > :50:23.Fantastic! Yes! We did it! We blew them away! Thank you, boys.
:50:23. > :50:27.third time this season that Sebastian Vettel, Button and Alonso
:50:27. > :50:33.have shared the podium. One of the best podiums in the world in any
:50:33. > :50:41.sport. I love that image here in Monza. More Grand Prix tracts,
:50:41. > :50:49.please get the fans below the podium. -- tracks. Jenson Button,
:50:49. > :50:54.with his third podium in succession, finishers seconds. -- finishes
:50:54. > :50:58.second. Lewis Hamilton could not quite get on the podium, finishing
:50:59. > :51:03.4th. Michael Schumacher, was he being naughty? We will hear from
:51:03. > :51:10.him shortly. As far as the standings are concerned, Sebastien
:51:10. > :51:16.fettle is in the lead. 112 points over Fernando Alonso. -- Sebastian
:51:16. > :51:21.Vettel. Mark Webber did not finish today. Red Bull, at the top of the
:51:22. > :51:24.Constructors' Championship. Let us hear from the men at the centre of
:51:24. > :51:27.hear from the men at the centre of hear from the men at the centre of
:51:27. > :51:30.the action. Congratulations. It was an
:51:31. > :51:38.interesting start. You dropped it position but what a pass when you
:51:38. > :51:45.to go back. -- took it back. I knew from the lap before but it was
:51:45. > :51:49.possible. I had a good exit and then I was able to get into
:51:49. > :51:59.Fernando's position. I thought if I moved right, he would have the
:51:59. > :52:03.inside and he would handbrakes the car somehow. I decided to go left
:52:03. > :52:07.and I found myself on the inside. I was quite confident that I had the
:52:07. > :52:11.inside line. I thought I would make it. It was great and from then
:52:11. > :52:19.onwards, it was crucial to pull-out and use the speed that we had.
:52:19. > :52:24.was nice to fight back. I am getting fed up of doing that. It is
:52:24. > :52:29.frustrating. We had such a small problem at the start. It costs you
:52:29. > :52:35.delay. I was in 6th, and then at the restart, I had no way of
:52:35. > :52:40.keeping Mark Webber back. In seventh place, obviously, Sebastian
:52:40. > :52:44.was able to get in front. I finally got past Lewis Hamilton and Michael
:52:44. > :52:50.in one lap. And then I had to set about getting close to Fernando
:52:50. > :52:53.again. It was too difficult to overtake. We led the race in the
:52:53. > :53:03.first couple of laps and we enjoyed that. Afterwards, there was a good
:53:03. > :53:04.
:53:04. > :53:12.battle with Jenson for the podium. It was good. Help for Michael, but
:53:12. > :53:16.it was good to taste the podium again. Michael, another great start.
:53:16. > :53:25.It was a fun afternoon. Some big battles with UN Michael. Did you
:53:25. > :53:29.think it was clean and fair? -- you and Michael. That is racing. I felt
:53:29. > :53:33.I did exactly what I was supposed to do. As far as I understand,
:53:33. > :53:39.there was no request for me to see the stewards. So why guess all is
:53:39. > :53:46.in order. I heard you saying something about one move on the
:53:46. > :53:52.team radio. Did he adhere to that? Sure. By lap time was not there.
:53:52. > :53:58.Alguersuari was still there. We will take the four points. It is a
:53:58. > :54:01.good position in the championship. You have a commanding lead in the
:54:01. > :54:07.championship and if things went your way, you could win it at the
:54:07. > :54:14.next race. Wood, could, should. To be honest, the secret is not to
:54:14. > :54:19.expect too much. There is a chance he will be disappointed. The
:54:19. > :54:24.ultimate goal this season, when we started, was to defend the title. I
:54:24. > :54:28.think we are in a good position. was great seeing these world
:54:28. > :54:34.champions battling hard against one another. Five in the top five.
:54:34. > :54:37.that the first time ever? I'm not sure. Used to check out -- you
:54:37. > :54:40.should check out that fact. On that should check out that fact. On that
:54:40. > :54:44.note, goodbye. Some victory for Sebastian Vettel.
:54:44. > :54:47.Quite a few battles the right that Grand Prix, particularly between
:54:47. > :54:51.Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. Did Michael Schumacher
:54:51. > :54:55.overstepped the mark? Lewis Hamilton should never have been
:54:55. > :54:59.behind Michael. He was caught napping at the restart. He was
:54:59. > :55:05.behind him and tried to make the pass. Michael's move was marginal,
:55:05. > :55:10.so much so that the team principal came on the radio and was very firm
:55:10. > :55:14.in his instruction. "Pick Your Place and stick with it". That
:55:14. > :55:18.allowed Button to finish second and Lewis Hamilton eventually got track
:55:18. > :55:22.position over Michael. Once again, the Schumacher moves are still
:55:22. > :55:25.there for. What was it that Jenson Button did that Lewis Hamilton
:55:26. > :55:29.could not? He tried to get past Schumacher and Jenson Button
:55:29. > :55:34.managed it at the first opportunity. The longer you spend running behind
:55:34. > :55:37.the current front, you will receive your tyres and lose aerodynamic
:55:37. > :55:43.performance. Jenson Button got there, pulled off the past and was
:55:43. > :55:48.able to get on. I think he was just able to make the move quickly.
:55:48. > :55:53.Further back, some great -- great driving -- a great driving from
:55:53. > :55:59.Bruno Senna. A strong race from the younger guys. They have to showcase
:55:59. > :56:02.talent. Bruno Senna went quite a way to say to Reynolds that, yes,
:56:02. > :56:07.his first Grand Prix in Spa was rusty, but he put in a great
:56:07. > :56:13.performance. Sebastian Vettel, out of trouble and at the front. And he
:56:13. > :56:17.was emotional, cos he won his first Grand Prix here. He knows his
:56:17. > :56:21.significance -- the significance of winning in Italy. He has written
:56:21. > :56:25.his name on the trophy for the World Championship again. I would
:56:25. > :56:29.have expected a motion from Lewis Hamilton in the cockpit. Equally,
:56:29. > :56:34.an awful lot of emotion on the top step of the podium. Sebastian