The Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying Formula 1

This final corner, it feels incredible in the cockpit of a

Victory here is extra special. To be on the top of the podium at

Monza, with your own team, you They both go off! Amazing. Just

like since the 20s, it is all about speed. If it is one thing we love,

The Italian Grand Prix this year it is more thrilling than ever.

Welcome to Monza. This place is three miles of Tarmac in a suburban

pack, but I bet those people are not Italians. To the natives, this

place is everything, a shrine to the past in a sport which is always

looking to the future. Good afternoon and welcome to a hot and

sunny Monza circuit for the qualifying live with myself and

Eddie Jordan. What is the first thing that springs to mind? Passion

and speed. Nine of the quickest ever races in Formula One have

happened here. David Newall about speed in his career. I suppose the

first thing that comes into your head when I say Monza is 1997.

actually when I think of Monza, I think of the Italian fans. They are

very special. You have this craziness. Look at them there, a

sea of people. Even though clearly I am not driving for Ferrari, there

was a lot of excitement about seeing a great Grand Prix. Where is

that impressive trophy? McLaren keep the originals and I have a

replica. Actually they keep the originals apart from the one which

Alain Prost dropped off the podium! Never let a racing driver hold a

real trophy because you never know where it will wind up the next day.

There is a man talking from experience. Where are your

trophies? There are so few. They are upstairs in a loft in my garage.

Both of these men have won around here, which I guess was

disappointing for the thousands of people in the grandstands. If you

look in the podium, there is only one colour they want to see on the

Suddenly we have arrived where it is very busy indeed. Somewhere

behind this crowd is the Ferrari garage. There are hundreds of

people and cameras, everyone hoping they can see something special this

weekend. In 12 months ago we saw an incredible time for Ferrari but it

will be a struggle to repeat that, won't it? So far in the Saturday

morning practice, when the teams were focusing on qualifying,

Ferrari have not had this Bach. None of these are three sectors

have they been able to get close to that in times. Unless they pull out

something special there will be some disappointed Italian.

some disappointed Italian. imagined a small room somewhere at

the Ferrari factory dedicated to this race. It is their most

important race. They are used to... In the old days, we used to say,

when we were in our three-litre engines, they were always allowed a

3.5 litre car. It was called the Ferrari advantage at Monza. The

fact is, Ferrari is expected to win here. People have come here in

droves to see that and it is always a disappointment if they're not

seeing them on the podium. Ferrari are going to do something,

it will be difficult in places like Singapore, South Korea, Abu Dhabi?

It is changing. Historically we would never even count on Red Bull

being strong here, but it has changed. The DRS has added

different perspective on racing because now people have more

downforce in the knowledge they can use it in the race. The strategy

has changed and therefore what we have been expecting to see,

traditionally, has somewhat changed. Don't rule out the case that, you

know, who expected Ferrari to win at Silverstone? Their emphasis is

at Silverstone? Their emphasis is on the race, not the qualifying.

talking about people surprising everyone, it was you in 2008 when

Sebastian Vettel got his first win. You were driving that day, David,

you were in the Red Bull. What did you learn about him that weekend?

He was incredible. He was in pole position in the wet, and he showed

his class. That has been the best success for Toro Rosso. Look at

this, touching wheels with Mark Webber. It showed no sign of

something to come in the future. It was a remarkable victory.

surprise. You get a shot of the crowd and they are all wearing

Ferrari caps. Ferrari are not only the fastest car at the moment, they

are up against a man who picked up his first win here and has got used

pole position, and Mark Webber just didn't get going. Felipe Massa in

second place now. Rosberg takes the lead with tremendous straight line

speed. Alonso so much faster. Hamilton

fancies a look back. He defends well. No DRS at this point in the

Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel with the speed, and takes the lead

comfortably. Fernando Alonso powered off the top of the hill.

has gone into deep. Alonso now has the racing line into the left-

hander. Hamilton surely has a chance to get in there as well. He

almost touched the grass to make it work. Alonso very fast again. He

has got to go the long way round as they climbed the hill. Alonso comes

are just in front of Mark Webber. Mark Webber fancies the run. They

are so close. Alonso had to yield, and just as well heeded. They

contacted. Hamilton into the barriers. He was clearly not a

where he was there. Look how close Button is to Felipe Massa. He

drives on the outside. He has got through. Another brave and

sensational move from Button. This is Button again. Rosberg is on the

outside but he has the rear wing wide open, and job done. Webber and

Button catching Alonso very quickly. I don't think Alonso will fight

that because he doesn't have the grip. Button right on top of Alonso.

He lets him easily around the outside so Button is on to the

podium. Our world championship leader, the reigning world champion,

takes a victory here at the Belgian Grand Prix. Whatever they throw at

him, he can handle it. Back to the top step of the podium,

Sebastian Vettel, and the message from Red Bull is loud and clear.

They have solved this problem where they have struggled at low

downforce circuit. Absolutely, they have tackled their weakest point,

which was overall speed in the long straights. They have come here with

a nude diffuser and a new wing. In the qualifying session so far they

have been very fast. It takes some effort by any team to beat them.

You can see how hard they are working away with less than 40

minutes to go until qualifying minutes to go until qualifying

starts. Rest assured, they will be ready to go. Let's talk about Lewis

Hamilton because many people have been questioning this weekend, has

he got his brain in June with Formula One or is the letting

outside influences affect him? is said to the journalists was a

little bit of a swipe at them, they have been giving him a hard time.

He has been used to the spotlight, he has been a world champion. I

don't think we are seeing anything different. His criticism against

the journalists, I believe, was to say "get off my back". He knows how

to cope with movie-star as. He has been brilliant. He came out on the

Monday after an said an apology. He said he had seen the tape and it

was 100% his fault. I was really impressed with him and I think he

will be strong here, to prove to everyone he means business.

Hamilton is a great guy for bouncing back. I do believe he will

bounce back. He has an enormous talent took away. He just needs to

tidy it up. He can't keep doing what he did with Kobayashi, he

can't keep doing what he did in Canada with Jenson Button. He needs

to drive his own race. Just do his normal natural thing, and

everything will flood back into place. That accident was bad news

for Lewis Hamilton as far as the for Lewis Hamilton as far as the

drivers' championship is concerned, and he is now sitting in 5th

position. In the constructors Championship, it is of dominant

season for Red Bull so far. David is with a man who had a great race

In Spa, my heart was in my mouth. You haven't seen the movie with

Fernando until after the race presumably. Any reflections on

that? It was pretty tight at the bottom, you know what it is like

when it is pretty steep and quick. I used to be tough KERS and I

thought I might as well have a look, I will be on the right on side. It

turned out OK in the end and obviously went up the hill and

started that map. It was a good passing move and is great to have a

battle with Fernando like that every now and again. It was

spectacular, it will be played in years to come. What do you say to

people who say it was a bit too much, you could have waited? Do you

have anything to say to people with those comments? Not really because

you can wait, I have done that several times this year, but at

that time I thought it was definitely on. It turned out that

it was. That was fantastic. What can you get done in Monza this

afternoon? Qualifying should be going pretty well, I think. McLaren

are going strong. Fernando can do a good job when it counts. There will

be five guys that will be pretty tight actually and then the race is

another story altogether. We have got different wing levels,

different ratios, different DRS. Tactically, how people do it

tomorrow will be the main part. Qualifying will be important but

the race will be interesting in terms of those factors that changed

Good luck this afternoon. Always lovely to see them making efforts!

These fans I suspect may just be witnessing a bit of history today.

Mark Webber is a confident guy. Here is all the latest news from

Ted. Lewis Hamilton's win in Germany was

the only time he has been on the podium in the last seven races.

Following his crash in Belgium he hit back at allegations that he has

been distracted by a so-called celebrity lifestyle. I live a

normal life. I do not understand why I cannot have a relationship

when everyone else can. The cameras are around me but when I go home I

live a normal life and do normal things. I do not think they are a

distraction at all. And Hamilton is not giving up on the Championship

until it is mathematically impossible. I seem to be a magnet

for trouble at the moment! I am trying to avoid that and I think

again have some really good races. There is the chance to win all

seven. So I am still hopeful. Jensen Button will be staying at

McLaren next year. The team will be taking up their option on his

services. An announcement is expected soon but Button is in the

meantime eyeing another podium this weekend. Qualifying is important

but it is not the fight in two-term one that it used to be. Red Bull

are in the bad books with Pirelli after saying that their tyres where

potentially unsafe in the last race. Pirelli have tightened up their

camber limits and say they will be more strict with the teams in the

future. We got through Belgium, it was a learning curve for all of us

including Pirelli. Ferrari are coming to Italy with a new wing

that they hope will give them a home win. Fernando Alonso explains

the standards that are expected of you if you drive for Ferrari.

have to fight for the title. This is what ferry means and what it is

raising four. When your second or third as I am in the Championship

it seems like a bad season while for the other teams it would be a

nice surprise. Next year we will start again with the same

determination and responsibility to do well and fight for the world

Championship. Bruno Senna has been confirmed as replacement for Nick

Heidfeld for the rest of the season. Robert Kubica hopes to be back in a

racing car within the next month. And the calendar for next year has

been confirmed. There are just eight races in Europe after the

Turkish race has been dropped. And so the British Grand Prix is now

just 10 months away. Looking at that Callander, the United States

and the end of the year and then off to Brazil? It is all very

exciting. But for me this season has been the most exciting one that

I can recall. It just keeps getting better. So let's try to make sure

that this year finishes off in spectacular form. We will focus on

this year. And of course the tyres that Pirelli have brought to the

races this year have been part of the excitement. A lot of talk there

about Red Bull not been happy in the last race with their tyres. Can

you just explain what the camber is, why it is there and why the teams

like to push the envelope with it? Going back to Belgium, we ran three

sessions in the rain so the teams did not really have their normal

set up time which was the cause of most of the issues. When you are in

a corner, it you get more Footprint, basically the amount of Robert

touching the ground as you go around the corner. Some people have

cars that can benefit from that and they pushed the limits. They don't

just do it on the components of the car but on the tyres as well.

have made certain advisory packages but have you actually talked-about

toe in it as well? Because for me - is equally as big a problem.

are right that that is important. But in this case, of on this

circuit it is really the camber that we are concerned about. Can we

just explained to go in for the people at home? Taupe in it

actually helps to generate and makes them turn up in it easier.

You need very good a front-end grip here. You're basically trying to

avoid too much of the energy going into the shoulder of the tyres.

that is the tyre facing in slightly? What would a road car

have in terms of camber? For a normal road car, you barely see it.

As these cars are going out of the pit lane you can see them leaning

over in dramatic fashion. This year there has been trying -- there has

been trying to break the tyres, to be honest. They can push the limits

because the tyres are so robust and so the camber levels have been

going up and up. And all the fans will be hoping that one team can

look after their tyres and get to the finish before everyone else,

and that team is Ferrari. When they come here they are reminded of

their glorious past. And speaking of their glorious past, there

always chasing that world It is amazing when you come to this

place. You get the sense of history that Ferrari enjoys. They're not

just famous for their cars but also the drivers. And here we have a

former world champion and also Fernando Alonso. What is it like

when you take a look at the kind of card that Ferrari were rolling a to

the factory 40 years ago? It is interesting to see how Formula 1

has developed and how we have ended up now, how different they look.

But a lot stays the same. Can you believe however how much the sport

has moved on? We basically had the technology of the 30s. You had

three fuel tanks held together by a bunch of tubes around it which held

on the four wheels. But it was the car of the time. So we did not go

along saying, oh dear, we have no technology, because we did not know

about it. Here is the team of 1964 in its entirety including the chief

engineer and the team manager. many have you got now? 350, of 400.

You fancy jumping in and see whether it a modern driver would

fit in a classic car? The first thing that springs to mind is that

you guys are now so much better protected. I think safety is one of

the things that has got better. I have no seat belts! That is just a

snapshot of what has happened in 40 years. I think also the style of

driving has changed. The driver had the sensation 40 years ago, now

everything is done automatically. Automatic manoeuvre is that you

learn. John, how would you feel it this was the way you're racing now?

Unhappy that it has got this complicated, in many ways? I think

Formula 1 should be an example of technology advancement. So I

welcome many of these things. I love about this car is that it

did not change very much for years. Now you pretty much have a

different car every race. When you go to the race track you want to

see the big brands racing in each other. Maybe we went a little bit

too far in terms of technology. It is like you have never been away

from it! It is four wheels connected together. And whatever we

have come up we have to try to get around the circuit as quickly as we

can. These things have won so many world championships. Fans here,

they feed off that. You know you have to be the leader here or

people will be disappointed. We know that we need to win. This is

our job. What you see today with Ferrari is absolutely incredible.

Something that would have made Mr Ferrari very happy with what he had

sown the seeds for. And from two old Ferrari winners to

another one, John Alesi. Good of you to allow David to win here back

in its 1997 when you came second! It was a tough race. I managed to

keep him behind the then he took the lead and I tried very hard but

I had no chance to take the lead again. You're such a nice guy and

has been such a good ambassador for Formula 1. I almost feel guilty!

really wanted to win in his lead but he deserved it. A win here is

special but a winner for Ferrari is special. What is it like to win for

this team? Well I remember it so well all the support from the

public. It was really magical to drive for Ferrari in Italy. It was

a difficult time, at the reliability was not quite there.

But the public always help. And you got a lift from Michael Schumacher

into the bargain it! That was an extra gift! That was an extra

special weekend because another lap, Jordan would have finished in first

and second. And John been on the top podium was an emotional day for

me. You could not meet a nicer guy. And he made everyone so happy with

his win. Tell us what it is like to drive for Ferrari, how great is the

pressure to succeed on the driver personally? It is similar to

playing for an national team and you have to kick for the World Cup.

A penalty. It is like that in every lap. Enjoy the weekend. And you can

catch up and talk more about the Jordan days. One thing you need

around here is a powerful engine. They are on full throttle for 75%

of the lap. The strong engine has The Ford Cosworth. Born in 1967, it

is the most successful engine in Formula 1 history. Winning over 150

races, it powered a golden generation. Over the line together,

almost a dead heat! It was a fantastic engine. Working

in any here, it was easy to drive. We still apply many of the

engineering principles that were deployed in it racing engines for

the first time in that engine. But of course it was a product of its

time. Each of these three litre engines have cost Williams �26

million. Today, up �200,000. But gone are the engines that are used

and then thrown away. The modern engine can do many miles before

they have to be thrown out. engines have to be reliable. You

have to make sure you get to the finish to win the Championship.

Each driver is only allowed eight engines per season. So the first

will do the races in Australia and Malaysia were the 7th will do it

elite. Engine eight will be used for three races at the end of the

season. That is because Monza is Gone is the Ferrari V Twelve and

the roar of the V turn. Many think that is a shame. That engine was

incredible. Ferrari thought each part of the car needed to be

involved, and that meant there was a lot of limitation. I would say

that our Western culture promotes differences and this is one of the

values of our life, so yes, being technical I love differences.

engine is the beating heart of the car, what turns the metal into a

fire breathing animal. It is not by accident that motor sport is called

motor sport. The engine is the heart of the living, breathing

racing car. A Formula One car, when you stick a starter or pits romp

and make a noise, it is a bit violent event that makes everyone

sit up and notice. In still makes people take notice. We are

regularly blasted out by the noise. How impressed Abbey been by the

fact formula One have learned to make engines last? It was not a

natural thing for the sport. and the real hard core would still

like to hear the v 12 engines, but at the end of the day we have to be

mined for about the earth we live in. We have got to be concerned and

passionate about conservation, so this is the sensible approach. The

longevity of the engine as well, people need to be more reliable in

every aspect of life. Nice to see Sir Jackie Stewart at the race as

well. David, tell me the story after you said goodbye to Jean

Alesi. It is important to control the rpm so they are limited to

18,000. What I said about him was that in my first race he was behind

me, and he was not happy I would not let him pass. Afterwards he was

poking me in the chest saying you are the most incorrect driver I

have ever raced against, just because I didn't let him pass!

were incorrect for beating him. How dare you? The they are very

passionate in Italy. The reason we have walked away from the garage is

because the engine is building up, it is the engine of Bruno Senna. He

had the best qualifying race of his career in the last race, and he

wants to prove that everyone is yet to see the real Bruno Senna, and he

It's a difficult situation because the type of perception I was

getting for my performance was very poor. Sometimes the car didn't

allow me to put a performance in, sometimes there was a lack of

experience. I was absolutely frightened about that and it came

to a point where I started this year with no job. Fortunately

someone remembered something good, and it was Eric Boullier. In Spa,

fortunately for me it is a good circuit. Bruno Senna in 7th, good

effort. A great result in qualifying, it was pretty on

expected to be that high up in my first qualifying session. Five

lights, and then there hairpin awaits. Bruno Senna showing he is a

bit rusty. I came to the first corner and I didn't brake hard

enough. We are fighting for points, and last year we were taking a

different approach. I should have been more careful because I wasn't

sure exactly what the car was capable of doing. That was my first

crash, and now I have a better reference to build from. The

important thing to take from that race was that I did the whole race

and the performance was really good, and the team were happy. Monza is

one of those tracks where precision is king, and you have to be precise.

It is difficult to be precise when the car is moving around because

you have less downforce. Every time you go around this track, you think

I didn't get it right, I need to get it right in the next lap, then

you get something else wrong and it is a never-ending chase for the

right lap. I didn't do too bad, I had pretty good success. The

McLaren and Ferrari fight, it was on the downside. It will be very

difficult here because racing is close, it is exciting, but the guys

have more racing mileage and an advantage. With less than 15

minutes to go until qualifying starts, we have made our way out of

the paddock, where you can see Vitaly Petrov going to his car. He

has a different team mate, the team dropped Nick Heidfeld and put Bruno

Senna in the car. It seems that was an inspired decision? I was

critical of the team at the time, and who is to say they were the

clever people in the end? Bruno Senna brought a great qualifying

lap, but more importantly to the team they brought extra cash. He

brought sponsors. The car is already littered with sponsors

coming from Brazil, and that is an important aspect. I'm sure for a

young driver it is difficult to retain your Focus, especially in a

place like this. Lots of stars come and gather here but he has to keep

his mind on the job and he has asked the team to be hard on him.

What does he mean by that? They would be naturally hard on him if

he is not performing anyway. He has one of the most famous uncles and

the history of the sport and has been surrounded by celebrities, so

in many ways this is a natural environment. Ins bar his qualifying

performance made a lot of people sit up and take notice. A big race

rusty at the start, we will not hold that against him?

Understandable? Yes, it is understandable. I would be raised

rusty, even after 15 seasons so let's see how he performs this

weekend. We have noticed something that needs a bit of explanation.

This man can't keep his hands off the other Formula One drivers. He

had a cake fight with Sebastian Vettel, he had a cuddle with Jenson

Button. I'm not sure what the commentators were up to there,

before he sorted out Michael's shirt. Why can't you keep your

hands to yourself? By just love racing drivers, that is why I

became one. Mr tactile. You don't touch me, why not? Am I not the

right age group? David went round the track with someone I am

guessing is in the right age group, Alguersuari. You are from a country

where everyone is very affectionate. What I think is quite remarkable is

that you were born in 1990. This great historic racetrack here, the

original one, it is like prehistoric in comparison to the

Grand Prix that you would have watched as a kid. I have never seen

racing on the old track here. you been out on it? Yes, I have

been on one piece of it when it was the old big banking but I have

never seen a race here. This is the start of the old banking. Can you

comprehend having raced on it? I can't imagine if you have some

oversteer on this banking, how would you feel? It is quite

remarkable when you see the drop down to the first chicane, the

sense of history you out in Monza, is that important to your

generation? It is something cool, because you know it has been

something in the past when racing was incredible. It is not like you

feel when you go to India where the tracks are new and you don't feel

anything so it makes it very cool. We have stopped at the entry here,

we have been passed the chicane because it is not as exciting as

this corner. What is interesting is how flat the curve is. A you can

take much more speed than normal. You almost need to respect what is

illegal and what is illegal so you always need to have two wheels on

the white line and never put all the wheels out here. More fuel, new

tyres, attacking these corners. love it, it is so good. We are

coming to the end of the lap now, exiting Parabolica. I used to love

the run-out here because it is one of the fastest points of the track.

That is a very traditional song. That is something I wanted to ask

you about, DJ as quiet. I am who I am, but I have another life, which

is music. I am called a Squire because this is the way I want to

show people my sound. I you're there thinking about music when you

are driving the car? It is something you have in your mind and

it is an emotion. You have adrenaline, you feel you are the

boss, you are God, then you take off the helmet and you realise you

are not. I do feel I am a super hero when I drive it. I want people

to understand my emotion and they can feel what I feel, and music is

the way to do it. One thing you are is a Formula One driver, so you are

no longer known as a DJ, good luck with the Formula One.

disappointing lack of affection at the end. That suddenly turned into

an Eric Cantona style interview. Is it important to have Bashir has a

weight on the racetrack? It is important for them because the high

pressure they are surrounded by here, with the whole world looking

at them, they need to get their own time. In my day I used to go off in

a rowing boat, I just felt in touch with the different elements, that

gave it to me. His is clearly music and I can understand that very well

because I am passionate about that anyway. Everyone needs to find

their own space. Whatever you do, don't call him DJ Squire because

you will be in trouble. How can McLaren go today? It has been a

tough weekend so far. Martin, what shape our McLaren in

going into qualifying? We don't know. We looked strong yesterday,

it was a tough session today. We are definitely competitive. Red

Bull and Ferrari look strong, Mercedes look like they are in the

hunt as well so that is great for the sport and we will have an

exciting qualifying now. We believe we are quick enough to be on the

front row and I would very much like us to be on pole position.

Jenson Button would like to improve on 13th place, which is what he got

in his bath. For these fans, that nothing is Red Bull looked the

Very noble of Maarten to say such a thing. But deep down he is so

passionate about his team. But no more passionate group than those in

front of you now. Everything about this place revolves around Ferrari.

That is all they care about. It does not matter were the drivers

come from. And perhaps they can just find that extra speed to give

us an amazing qualifying session around here. 24 cars to start with.

The 7th slowest drivers are about are searching for the fastest car

and driver combination on the fastest of the Grand Prix circuits.

80% of the lap is spent at full throttle. Top speeds approaching

220 miles an hour. You need a very special car set up for this track.

You do indeed. Top speeds around here and traditionally this is

where power and low drag would be the winner. But this year of course

we have the DRS and KERS. Sole less focused on Oldham at top speed and

quite a different strategy between the teams. Qualifying is going to

be very exciting because if you run your car for maximum qualifying

performance you will compromise yourself for the race set-up.

Because you do not have DRS available. In Belgium was all quite

top speeds and long straights and we have exactly the same thing here

with quite high temperatures. di Montezemolo there, at the

Ferrari boss lady at the crowd. They call him a word that basically

means the fan. The story a Kent this morning is about camber. How

much they mean that top of the tyres in. As we sought in Belgium

two weeks ago, an important aspect is the limitations of the camber.

It is a dynamic setting that means 220 miles an hour, the end of the

straight, that is the limitations that they have got. If you're

outside the recommendations of the rally you may get penalised for

safety reasons. That is something quite remarkable that has been

introduced. I think what was played out in Belgium we were not aware of

much of it until Sunday morning. But the debate went on long between

Red Bull and Pirelli and I think basically the FIA to not want to

have to deal with that. So have they looked to the tyre

manufacturers and they said they can penalise a team if they operate

outside the recommended limits. because the tyres could blow up and

Pirelli are saying that people will not be blaming the teams, they will

blame Pirelli and they do not want them to do that. Jarno Trulli says

it does not do much for him, as a southern Italian. This place does

not feel especially significant for him but he does enjoy racing here.

After Alonso had his first winner for Renault and was asked to give a

message to the Spanish people he said, no message, they did not win

the Championship. So we are just a minute away from the start of

qualifying on the 20 minute session. In the last six consecutive races a

driver has been eliminated in qualifying first-round and has gone

on to win Championship points the next day. It is not the stigma that

it used to be. Well a lot has changed, it was just a sprint to

the last pit stop. Now we have KERS proved that the drivers have to

play out the strategy and that is why I think what decision they make

here for the race will be crucial. The first round of qualifying is

under way. We have Jarno Trulli on the track, in the Lotus. How do you

think the tyre strategy will play out here? We have seen with the

softer compound, teams are still having to do several laps to get

the best time after them. That has always been the case here in the

past. You can travel about 20 metres and you could be breaking

too early. And it takes the drivers a couple of laps to get their head

into 220 mph arrival speeds. You do not do that anywhere else. Farrelly

are also saying to the teams that if they do not take the performance

out of the tyres in the first two laps, that will hurt them later run.

So they could pay the price in the race tomorrow. Exactly. So if you

have taken too much out of your tyres for one single that you could

be in a difficult situation for the race. So a lot of strategy going

into this qualifying session, I suspect more than any other race

this season. Ted has some news. Down the back of field in practice

this morning Daniel Ricciardo has a real hill to climb up if he is to

get any kind of result in possession. He did not take much

part in it at all. And Pastor Maldonado also have had a failure

at the end of practice with the KERS. Band Nico Rosberg still has

some set up work to do. We heard some comments about Jensen

Button on the radio this morning saying he does not quite have the

balance and the grip. But when he is happy with his car he's

unbeatable. But unless he has found a magic cure, as they go under the

old bank... We will talk more about that tomorrow. So we now have 15

cars on the race track. If they need to do more laps to get their

best lap in we're going to a year a lot about blocking, I suspect.

will be carrying a bit of extra fuel which will cost them around a

10th of a lap to carry that. But having the ability to do an extra

couple of laps is going to be beneficial. Heikki Kovalainen the

man we are looking at now. Those new speed bumps Rayleigh are

challenging the drivers. -- really are. The drivers actually had them

changed with the Configuration at the chicane because they felt there

was the potential to damage the car. So many drivers were going straight

on at the first and second chicane and then just straight back on to

the race track, now 80 really is a challenge to navigate your way

through those speed bumps without damaging your car. I said this

morning to Michael Schumacher of a breakfast, he said it really is a

problem. He said actually it might damage the car. Rubens Barrichello,

he won this Grand Prix two years ago. And he is under way in the

Williams on a hot lap. He has struggled a little bit as has

Pastor Maldonado. Not particularly fast here. If you think of the top

four teams, the next best looks like Force India. And some were

have been looking pretty good as -- Sauber. It is all about how they

manage to get a clean black peer. So much momentum necessary for

these long, clear Straits. Jensen Button the first man into one

minute 24. Still trying to fine- tune that McLaren. To control the

vertical movement of the car over the bumps. Where on board with

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struggling this weekend's through Acorah has been its slippery this

weekend after we hear more from Ted Dannatt Red Bull. Red Bull are

taking things very easily. There's nothing wrong with the car. Mark

Webber just getting into it now. He is the only one of the top guys not

to have taken a fresh engine this weekend. Sebastian Vettel has and

he is out there now. And here is the Parabolica corner. It has been

resurfaced. But the oil that goes into that will be ripping out.

Making it slippery. That is the darker tarmac that you can see

there. Michael Schumacher's said this morning that there is plenty

of grip on the racing line. But to go off that if it rains, it will be

terrifying. Bruno Senna in his second race for the Lotus team. And

we have got a yellow flag. What is going on their? Lots of smoke.

Pastor Maldonado has been gyrating on the exit of the Parabolica. Not

to be recommended. It is not a corner in the past... It just feels

like a huge amount of load being put on you're axle. Pastor

Maldonado has not done a lap time. Do they have time to fix that car?

Did the rear wing hit the barrier? Of course that is easy to change in

the pit. But Pastor Maldonado could action, but now back to the track

as we watch Lewis Hamilton go through this chicane, where you are

allowed to run wide through the exit. That confuses me because in

other places you get penalised. Why do you think it is acceptable to

run all four wheels off the road in one place? I think it is decided to

put any high kerbs, with the speed of the car, it could launch the car.

It was felt the lesser of two evils was to allow the driver to run wide

and everyone is doing it sono big advantage gained for one individual.

The fastest time we have seen this morning was from Sebastian Vettel

this morning. Lewis Hamilton the first man into the 1: 23s, just.

Are you surprised that he is surprised? I am surprised, Surrey.

I am surprised he was surprised he has been a balanced shift but maybe

he is just re-enacting what happened. They built these Williams

suspensions strong. They have not had to change anything major on the

car, they just put a new front wing on. Maldonado would have been

practising whereabouts he can use that weighing in practice. Indeed,

he did. Schumacher has gone up into 6th place and the Mercedes are so

fast in the first sector. They have been flying through practise as

Philip -- Felipe Massa goes into 5th place. The Renault cars have

gone with the strategy of having a very low wing. You can see Mark

Webber is getting his eye in here, still on the hard tyres of course,

so no big pressure at this stage. It will be interesting to see if

Maldonado does go out. At the moment in the drop zone, as you can

see on your television screen. Rosberg posted the fastest first

sector again, and you were telling us why Mercedes is so quick. That

first sector is all about straight line. It is great to power down and

accelerate, and it may be they have gone with the strategy to optimise

engine power, that means running longer ratios for qualifying, and

some of the other cars may be concentrating on the race where you

can't use DRS everywhere. You can't use it here first example, running

up to Parabolica. You will be out of the peak power on the engine so

this is why strategy in qualifying, and what we will see tomorrow, is

going to be very interesting. Indeed. Nico Rosberg heads for the

line, and goes into 6th place. His top speed is about 322 kilometres

per hour. That is at the finish line, incredibly. Six minutes

take to the track, and there is Timo Glock for the Virgin team. At

the moment a couple of tenths ahead of his team-mate. He is looking for

the extra grip because those at the back of the field know that this is

about grid position for them. If they don't clear the bar into Q2,

this is where they will start the race tomorrow so this is important

to get the soft tyres on, the DRS wide-open to give them another 10

mph. Slightly scary, they have taken the tree out of the run-off

area. The new tarmac is all weighed down to the Parabolica corner. So

much a straight line here, which is why you put those skinny tea-tray

wings on the back. At the moment it is Bruno Senna or in 17th, and the

final man in. He will have to go on to a set of soft tyres. He is out

on the track now. Someone has just pitied, cars on the racetrack. Will

the front runners feel the need to go out in the one -- the 1: 24s.

They are all out on a set of soft tyres, trying to get themselves

comfortably through to the next phase of qualifying. Louis Hamilton

remains the fastest. Both Force Indias coming down the back

straight. This is Sergio Perez coming into Parabolica. At the

moment he is 16th, and he really needs to pop a lap time in. He does

so, and he is up into 10th place on the softer compound tyre. Buemi

goes through, too, but he is in 15th place. Here is Kovalainen. Two

personal best going on for him so far in this lap. A lot of fun

dustier on the last corner there, he had to wait an eternity. It is

so important on this straight before start Kovalainen remains in

done now, no second chances for him after that error. There is plenty

going on at the back of the field. Bruno Senna has dropped down to

18th, Kobayashi is in 17th. Michael Schumacher is in the pits, but

drops down to 11th as well because Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil are

ahead of him. That is Kobayashi going over the line, and only doing

a one minute 27.4. -- 1: 27.4. Two minutes remaining so they can get

another two laps in. They have got time in hand, but do they have the

fuel, the tyres and the fundamental speed in the car? Rubens

Barrichello is up into 13th place at the moment. Trulli in 19th. A

set of soft tyres on that Sauber and they are really fighting hard

for it. They looked so good yesterday. Kobayashi once again

under a lot of pressure in the very first phase of qualifying. Up

shifting through the exit, how was it going on this lap? Not a

particularly good first sector. We have got 15 cars remaining on the

track. As expected, all the front runners stayed in the pits, they

thought they had done enough. Kobayashi goes up into 16th, Buemi

down into 17th. Bruno Senna et in 10th place so that comfortably get

him ahead of Adrian Sutil. So now Kobayashi is the last man in at the

moment. Maldonado has fallen back down to 16th place, but on a better

lap. Trulli has gone into 19th place and Buemi is out at the

moment. They are absolutely driving every metre of this racetrack.

Driving it to the maximum because every hundred the the second counts

now. -- hundredth. They are all doing best medal sectors, Maldonado

as well. Alguersuari has got himself in 14th place at the moment

and the flak has -- the flag has gone out. We watch them coming

through to the end of the lap. Kobayashi copied to 11th place,

Adrian Sutil has gone faster as well. Rubens Barrichello is still

out on track, under pressure. Alguersuari has not got a good lap

going on. The tail Enders are fixing their grades. What we want

to know is Barrichello, as he comes over the line, he has not appeared

in vision yet. It remains Trulli, Kovalainen. Alguersuari then, your

track guide specialist. He says he feels like a god when he is driving

this car, he will not feel that when he steps out this time.

will be very disappointed with that. His final lap there, he aborted, so

he tails off what could have been. He knew they were vulnerable in

this part of qualifying, but as you said, how many cars who have been

the first of four have ended up in the points in Grand Prix? -- the

of Liuzzi. Timo Glock, just checking out the DRS activation on

his wing. We saw him this morning spinning off on one of the chicanes

because it stayed open when it should not have. There is a

regulation, that it should do automatically. We saw him go

straight down the escape route on me sleeping policemen. That is a

topic for them. We know who is not hot this afternoon, those who are

out, but at the front it was Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and

Jenson Button. The usual suspects that the front, very much the usual

suspects at the back of the grid as well. Having the usual suspect at

the back is really starting to grate on Eddie Jordan. You were

chewing my year off about the teams needing to improve and do better.

We are getting used to it. What is the one thing we always put down as

a certainty - the three new teams anchored to the rear of the grid

and that is unacceptable for me. I can't see where any of these three

teams, they are not showing a demonstration to anyone they will

get out of the situation they are currently in. Is it a sign of the

times that it is so expensive. don't want to continually blame

money because that is the easiest argument in the book. They have

talented drivers, talented people but they are not putting it

together. I want to see a spurt from at least one of these teams

because collectively they are not demonstrating to me any sign that

they have either the will power, they have either the will power,

the mentality, the mind, the finances to move up the grid.

Another team making heavy work of this season with an incredible

pedigree are the Williams team. Alguersuari was the victim of this

crash, and we think Maldonado was too early on the BRS. It is too

early to say but how lucky was he able to get back out and in

contention, so we all have a deep down passion for Williams because

we know what Frank can do, Patrick Head Sam Michael, for as long as he

will be there. They have a history of pedigree, they are a team of

champions, everybody loves Williams but we don't like where they are at

the moment. I am sure they can bounce back. Impressive for

Maldonado to go back out and finished 11th. Alguersuari was the

victim in that session, I suppose he will take -- take heart that he

can pick up points. Yes but right now he is distraught. He doesn't

understand. He wishes he didn't give David Coulthard a big hug

because this is the kiss of death! His head is in his hands. He is

wondering what have I got done here because this is a great chance to

make a real big race of it and he has failed. One man not far behind

A man who was not far behind him was Jarno Trulli. And here he is

now. You must be happy with that lap, it was a strong lap for you.

think the last lap would have been even better but I do not mind. We

make some changes from yesterday. And it was a good improvement. I'm

happy now because I have new power steering and I can get the best out

of it. In 2004 I was so proud, you're on pole position, you won

the race at Monaco. I thought you were world champion in the making.

Then you came a couple of years ago with a fresh new start. You must be

disappointed that these new teams cannot move forward. I think we

have to take into account that this is a brand new team and the set up

takes some time. Unlock the first one trying to grab the top of the

field and then eventually dropped down because something goes wrong.

We all know what happened to my former team. But I'm still enjoying

driving and enjoying the challenge with my team-mate and with everyone

else around me. So Jarno Trulli falls out in the first part of

qualifying. What will happen in the second round of qualifying? Time to

find out. We are now into the second part of

qualifying. 15 minutes to find out who can make it through to the top

10 shoot out. I think everyone was safely going through in the first

part on the softer tyres. I'm looking forward to getting a bit

more into the different strategies that the teams are running. I

suspect some of the top teams may feel vulnerable and want to run an

option to get them through into the top 10. Being at the sharp end of

the great, and Red Bull have never been on the front row here, there

has been more winners from the front of the grid here than Monaco,

for example. Grid position here means Europcar is beautifully set

up and you cannot drive around problems if you set up is not

working. Yes it is about the driver building up momentum and speed and

confidence, more like old stop racing. We knew right after

breaking his own at that speed, the scenery is passing extremely

quickly. If you're not confident, if you blink, you miss your

breaking point. Qualifying is one way of getting yourself into the

zone. Because it will be a very different story tomorrow. Let's

hear what Ted Kravitz has got to say. You asked about Timo Glock. He

said that the real wing opened but then it would not shut when he

wanted it to. What struck me about the front runners, in the end of

that first qualifying session, it was how slow Sebastian Vettel was

in the first sector but then the quickest in second and the third.

The engineers suspect he might be running a shorter career ratio than

Mark Webber. And that is helping him in the slower corners. He is

getting out of corners quicker but then he is not as fast as Mark

Webber on the straights. How much to think that will affect him in

the final reckoning? Well as of last night you have to choose your

gear ratio. And never has it been more difficult a would imagine than

here. That is such a difficult choice. In qualifying you can open

the di Resta at will and make full advantage of that reduction and

But without it it is like towing a caravan. So it may be that

Sebastian Vettel has got himself fixated with the set up. It is all

about delivering the lap when it counts. Bruno Senna at the first to

deliver her really high flying lap in the second round of qualifying.

They have millions of pounds worth of simulators. I wonder why they

have different solutions for the gear ratio. When you have

simulation but it is all about reality. Next weekend in the same

place you would get to French results. It changes day-to-day. --

you would get different results. It you would get different results. It

is all about the fine-tuning on the day. So it is jam today in

qualifying for a jam tomorrow in the race. That would be the choice!

I would go for race strategy because that is where you get the

points. Nico Rosberg were very much like to win his first Grand Prix.

He is straight out on the soft tyres. This is the section where

you can run wide and not be penalised. The speed you carry into

that corner really comes and smacks you in the face. The apex is very

early in the corner. You can hear the exhaust blowing through those

corners. Sebastian Vettel then, at 22.914. That sense -- sets the

benchmark on the soft tyres. The boss of Red Bull in the picture

there. Red Bull just looked immense yesterday. But it is going to be

much closer in the qualification. All the indications are that Red

Bull have discovered some though downforce form. Historically they

new tarmac. Schumacher and crosses the line that goes on the into 9th

place with that. Jensen Button has now gone second on 23.0. The Times

not as fast as last year. Fernando Alonso, the one who won his Grand

Prix last year. Let's see how much care if he needs on the inside.

Pretty much all of it. No personal bests at the moment. Alonso moves

up from 5th to 4th place. He looks tentative. He was not using all of

that circuit. Those little movements on the steering wheel, it

is as if there is some uncertainty as to what the car can deliver.

Hamilton did that time, he tried this out in Hungary. So he saved a

set of soft tyres there. He is showing conference go into

qualifying, third round. I suspect he will have to be building on the

softer compound. But let's see what else is going on on the race track.

moment. He is just heading into the Parabolica. Mercedes have looked

pretty handy around here. We're getting all those times in the

first sector. Looking down at the drop zone, has anyone behind Bruno

Senna got what it takes to challenge for the top 10? Is it

worth taking the risk, why take the risk for the tyres and their

degradation at this stage? It does not make sense to me. Hamilton

eighth place at the moment as he takes to the track. Paul di Resta

goes 10th place then. He needs a better time than that if he is

going to join in the top-ten shoot- out. Pastor Maldonado somehow still

in the action after that heavy brush with the barriers in that

first part of qualifying. Maldonado on the soft tyres. Kobayashi down

now in his 17th. Two-and-a-half minutes remaining. Hamilton is alt.

He needs to do a better time than that. Even on his out lack he has

the car is doing, want to get the DRS Open. Proportionally, you're

not getting the 20 kilometres an hour difference we are seeing on

some of the tracks. Sergio Perez down in 16th place for Sauber. They

came here not expecting much at Sauber, then they had a good Friday.

They were acquired pumped-up last night, but not at the moment.

track does change so they were looking good, but not looking quite

so good at the moment. A Adrian Sutil in 12th place. Di Resta is on

another hot lap now, he looks like he just hit another car lap. -- did

another calm lap. Hamilton is in 8th place, but we know he is now on

the softer tyres. Here comes Lewis Hamilton, he goes bird with that

time. So Hamilton has still not beating the Red Bulls surprisingly.

Kobayashi stays in 17th place. The chequered flag has not gone out yet

so they still have time. Bruno Senna is in 12th place, and stays

there. Eight seconds to the end, let's see if Paul di Resta can get

it across the line. He has already out qualified Adrian Sutil anyway.

If he stays 10th place, does not improve on his lap time, but now he

has got a lookout for Perez and Maldonado. Bruno Senna could be his

biggest threat. Here comes Maldonado, another personal best in

the middle sector. But his 13th place a Maldonado only. -- up to

13th place for Maldonado only. There is the Bruno Senna. Where is

Petrov, his team-mate? He is inside the top 10. That is the man we need

to watch at the moment. Kobayashi can't go any faster, stays in 17th.

It is Bruno Senna now, as he crosses the line and goes 10th

place, just pushes Paul di Resta out by two hundredths of the second.

He will come into the pits to be told I'm sorry, you are just a side.

There he is, he is about to get the message that he will take no

further part in qualifying. You can start the race on any tyres you

like, but he has missed the cut. The only salvation for him was that

he once again about qualifies Adrian Sutil. -- out qualifies.

Engineer would have told him it is this La or not at all and he has

delivered. He is not quite as quick as his team-mate but none the less

disappointed with 15th place. Kobayashi will start 17th. And Paul

di Resta, 6 thousandths of the second. RADIO: That is no doubt

down to Bruno Senna having a tow by Hamilton. That is how could the BBC

is, you almost got that information before the racing driver! He beat

his team-mate, that is the priority for him at this stage, but actually

now he can pick whatever tyres he likes. The strategy is in his

favour. I would prefer to be in 11th place, rather than a 10th or

9th, because it makes so much difference having that choice

before the race. He will make it through to the final part of

qualifying and we will talk about that in a moment because there was

just four tenths between the top six guys in that session. There is

plenty of talk about DRS and high- speed, and we think Timo Glock was

concerned his wing was sticking open and that would be a big

concern, Eddie? Of course it would be and I think that is the case.

You think you have downforce but you haven't so you are putting a

car into a situation where you think you have it, so the car

becomes virtually undrivable. Timo Glock had a shocker of a qualifying

session through no fault of his own. Here he is, having a look at the

wing himself. Let's have a word with him.

21st start place tomorrow but what did you work out about your rear

wing because it looked like a scary moment you had this morning. Yes, I

had a problem this morning with the rear wing. It lapped up but didn't

come down any more. For some reason we have never had this problem, we

never had it on Friday and it is not really comfortable if you brake

into turn one with a broken rear wing. It was very difficult and

disappointing because we were close to Kovalainen, and I think with the

rear wing working with the DRS function, we could have been close

to them. At least I was in front of my team-mate, which was a surprise

for may because the car was difficult to drive in these

circumstances. Consider in the circumstances, that was a great lap.

And this man, Daniel Ricky Adair will be with him, and you have also

out qualified your team-mate. you. I will try to do it more

consistently now but it is good. What I am concerned with is where

do you find that? How do you find such a big gap as one second?

Spa, that was probably more down to me not doing a good qualifying

performance. I was still slow were in those circumstances but it was

probably not maybe the second 1/2 as it seemed. We didn't have the

smoothest run up into qualifying either. Also this morning we didn't

get to do a qualifying simulation so I just sort of went for it and

managed to put it all together. Sometimes it just happens, I don't

know. I will try to make it happen more often. Enjoy the moment.

Indeed, congratulations. Daniel made it out in the first part of

qualifying, but let's turn our attention to the chase for pole

position. So tight at the front, who do you think can do it today?

have this great feeling about Lewis will start when he has all the

controversy and people on his back, he always seems to pull it out of

the bag and prove people wrong, me included. I just think he can pull

included. I just think he can pull it out here. So Lewis Hamilton in

the face of adversity or Sebastian Vettel to do what he does. What do

we think in the commentary box? Sebastian Vettel takes this, he

will be the first man to take 10 pole positions in two different

Formula One seasons since Ayrton Senna. That is how fast the young

German is, but what do you think, David? Has he got pole position in

the back? In his mind's eye I that is what you see now. This is down

to the strategy I was talking about earlier, who is using the right

strategy for qualifying? We will strategy for qualifying? We will

have 10 minutes of qualifying three. Qualifying three starts right now.

As you can see, a long queue at the end of the pit lane. They are keen

to get out there, they love this track. They don't have the trouble

of the issue with traffic, there will only be 10 cars out there.

They have just under 10 minutes to do it. You can see one of the

Ferraris coming out, they have obviously been told to get out

there and give the Italian fans the show. Is visiting strategy to help

tow each other around? Indianapolis has one of the longest flat out

sections of any circuit, and we would go out and finish the lab and

give the slipstream at the next of the lap to your team mate. We heard

them saying that Lewis Hamilton ended up giving Bruno Senna or a

tow into the top 10 shoot-out, obviously not intentionally. We can

see the Ferrari hierarchy looking on. It is odd to send your cars out

like that because, if one spins out, it affects both of them. How hard

was it to co-ordinate because I found it virtually impossible over

the years. It is so difficult to get it right. It is all about the

car in front. If he doesn't want to play ball, it will not work, but

let's see what will happen. If they co-ordinate this correctly, it

would give a big advantage to Fernando Alonso. Even with the DRS,

with the KERS, if you are running in the air of the car in front, it

gives you less resistance. I can't understand why Felipe Massa would

give a jot about giving his team mate the toe. Sadly we can't see it

but they have just passed me in the straight and Felipe Massa is

turbulent there's a phone to me. went into Ferrari and asked because

they did practise that so thing in third practice and it worked for

them then so we will see if they do it at the end of the lab. Fernando

said we are not expecting anything more than a 5th, for no other

reason than what has affected us all season - not enough downforce.

Felipe Massa is giving it full beam through these corners so he looks

like he is searching for a lap time instantly. Of course, but that is

close enough to make a difference. Fernando Alonso has the benefit of

a distant Tote and all of the Straits as well as his DRS. I will

be amazed if he is not quicker than Felipe Massa on this lap. Alonso

was penalised in the past, it was perceived as blocking him and

that time by Felipe Massa. Button looks like he will be the third man

to put a time in, then he will be followed by Sebastian Vettel and

Hamilton. As we look urgently back towards Sebastian Vettel, here he

is. What can Hamilton do about that? It is second at the moment,

so close to Jenson Button. Red Bull, McLaren, McLaren, Ferrari. We have

not seen what Mark Webber can do yet. Is he still in the pits? Some

of the men going for one run, would going to have one flying lap.

attempt. Mark Webber is still in the pits. That is the engine thing

again. Mark Webber has an older engine than everyone else. I will

ask them about that after the session. Sebastian Vettel on the

absolute edge of the grid through that chicane. He has done a mighty

middle section as well. He made a mistake with a massive amount of

oversteer. That has cost him some time. Here we go. He just left

nothing. We joined him in the middle of that corner when we were

on board with him and it was terrifying. He is still the fastest

middle sector of anyone in qualifying. Absolutely amazing.

Then in the final corner he just asked a bit too much. Well done to

the cameraman for capturing that. And Sebastian Vettel has had a slow

first sector. Do you think that has cost him pole position? It could

have done. Putting on another set of tyres. Nico Rosberg then comes

over the line. Only in 7th place. He is on Bahadur set of tyres as

well. -- harder. We need to manage that KERS temperature. Eating some

cooling air into those batteries. - on with driving these cars flash

out. -- flat out. I come back to the point that degradation, it is

less important here surely than on other tracks to save your tyres.

Historically you used to do one stop here. You just got faster and

faster as the fuel burnt off. But it has changed now. Rosberg still

going but on those harder tyres. Wherever it finishes that lap in a

fit place. -- Mark Webber. And Sebastian Vettel comes back out

with two minutes remaining. He has got Bruno cellar in front of him.

In fact, it loads of cars in front of him. Sebastian Vettel will be

the last one to set a quick lap. Ferrari have sent both drivers out

together. So Sebastian Vettel under pressure now after that error. He

is at the back of a queue there. Try to time yourself to the cars in

front, it might give you a tow. This is so frustrating. Jensen

Button they're getting out of the way of Mark Webber - when you're

trying to get yourself Wilde up in two-lap, and there is someone in

the way. Sebastian Vettel is at the back of that you. The only man not

in it is Nico Rosberg, out by himself. Hamilton is that the front.

And the problems that Sebastian Vettel has come up he has backed

off to give himself some space. He crosses the line it with about 15

seconds to go. Mercedes have been mighty on his lap. It is all to

play for at the moment. Nine cries out on track. Lewis Hamilton I

think has gone too deep into the second chicane. He will then be

backing up Michael Schumacher who was right behind him. Here is Mark

Webber followed by Jensen Button. And there is a queue. Michael

Schumacher has passed Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton has

effectively had to give up on this lap. We watch Mark Webber go over

the line. 4th place for Mark Webber. Jensen Button just behind him.

Michael Schumacher or crosses the line and go as servants. Jensen

Button has pitted, that is why we did not see him. Sebastian Vettel

is over the line. Despite all of the problems. He was at the back of

the queue, the last man to get a shot at pole position, and he has

done it by half a second. It was Hamilton who made a mistake. Mark

Webber just was not fast enough in its 5th place. Pole position, how

about that! Yes! That is what we are talking about. They cannot stop

him. His Christmas has come early. Let's just talk about that lap.

This is where Lewis Hamilton makes a mistake. Just a little white

through the exit. -- wide. That pretty much backed up Schumacher or

as well. Let's just talk about that lap. Over steering all over the

place. Then he has won flying lap left and he is on pole by one

second. The mentality of going back out with a car that has almost spat

you off the race track. He could just his differential, who knows

what he did. But half a second faster than it Lewis Hamilton and

Jensen Button. A remarkable qualifying performance. Let's take

a look at this light that he had. We saw him fighting the Red Bull.

Then in the middle of that she came, jockeying for back around. -- the

chicane. 340 kilometres an hour into that first chicane. It did not

affect his exit. Under the bridge. Then pulls the car back a cross. It

is difficult to get the site there because of the trees. Then sweet as

you like On The Run out through get it wrong now. Touches the white

line and then it hard on the power. And the shortest line to the

chequered flag. And an incredible pole position. The 20th pole

position of his relatively sharp -- George Formula 1 career. And he is

the man in Monza. And this is not a circuit where Red Bull have ever

ring want a race. But the start from the front tomorrow. And the

two Ferrari drivers there. Giving themselves up tow around. There

aren't down sides to that slip streaming mechanism. You get

nothing for nothing in this world. You have to fight for it and I do

not see why this would be an advantage. In the end Ferrari did

not come into play too much. Let's take a look at that slip behind the

wheel from Lewis Hamilton. And here is Christian Horner, the man at the

head of the team. Well done. Yes, he was really showing a massive

margin. This has not been a good circuit for asked to get pole

position here is beyond our expectations. It was a quick

turnaround after that mistake in the first part. We needed to

complete the lap and it was an unbelievable job by him. Why did

Mark Webber only took one of run? Are you saving the engine?

wanted to do that after the first round of qualifying. It is

something he wanted to do. With hindsight he would have been better

to do two laps. But we decided to go with it. Well done indeed. That

is the inside story of how Red Bull managed to get themselves poll

position. It is the magnitude. Half the second a round here is unheard

of. And when you have that talent behind him. I think the mistake

that Lewis Hamilton made cost him. Because traditionally Jensen it is

the racer but Lewis Hamilton is quicker than him. So I am surprised

that Lewis Hamilton is not close at two Sebastian Vettel. This was a

very big margin that Red Bull have pulled off. And Lewis Hamilton,

just giving you a tiny glimpse into how tight the margins are up in

Formula 1. One mistake and it is blown. It was an interesting

qualifying for you today. It looked like you're doing the minimum at

some stages. Were you saying the engine? We were just trying to

manage some KERS stuff. I made it difficult for the team because I

had not planned exactly what I wanted to do. I did not choose the

best programmes so I apologise to the engineers. But we can still

raise from there. Week under performed today but we will come

back tomorrow. Is KERS working for you? It was intermittent on the

last run but it should be OK tomorrow. And am rather crestfallen

Mark Webber after qualifying not for the first time this season.

Paul di Resta is with us now. How are you feeling after the second

part of qualifying? I would not say frustrated, I would say unfortunate.

You're looking for the slipstream and that is difficult to find the

faster car. We did a good lap. I think Bruno Senna got a little

slipstream of Lewis Hamilton. But we're perhaps in a stronger

position tomorrow with the new tyres. Exactly what I ate was

saying. This gives you a better chance for the race having the

ability to choose the tyres and the a different choice on tyres, and it

will be close this weekend. And you are in front of your team-mates,

which always puts a smile on a driver's phase. Yes, and our change

improved our lap performance so it was a win-win situation. The ingots

crossed for you tomorrow. Let's crossed for you tomorrow. Let's

hear from the men starting at the very front. It is time for the

drivers' press conference. It looked like it might be a little

close. We thought it would be much closer than that. It is why I had a

good improvement already in the first run for my second lap. We

were not sure if the tyres worked best in the first or second lap,

but I made a mistake and stayed out, and focused only on the last run we

had. The last lap I did on my own, without anybody. On the second run

I had a few cars ahead down the road, which always helps in Monza,

but we would not expect or think of going on pole position by that big

margin. This track did not suit us for the last few years, to be fair,

but the balance is perfect for this car. We don't carry a lot of

weighing around and on downforce it is slippery but we are quite quick

in all other sectors and I was able to put it together so I am very

happy today, also considering that I think we have quite a racy

approach so I am pleased with today. Lewis, the final run didn't work

out for you after it had seemed close until then. Is this the one

that got away today? And I don't think so. I think perhaps we could

have got another couple of tenths out of the car, but firstly the

guys did a fantastic job and clearly we are very competitive.

Both me and Jenson Button are able to be up here, so there is a good

step, but today in that last lap that was untouchable for me. Jensen,

a strong result here last year. How do you see tomorrow's race shaping

up? Third is normally a pretty good place to start but here you can't

get past the front two so it is tricky. Looking at today, I totally

agree with Lewis. Even if we got a bit out of the car, we are never

going to challenge Sebastian. The strange thing is these guys don't

look like they are carrying a lot of wing but they are half the

second quicker than us on the corner. We have to concentrate on

tomorrow now and look forward to a good race. We are both in great

positions and we can score some good points here. It is not so

important here to be on pole position like in previous

competitions because you have DRS, so we will see. We will certainly

see about that. The pole position man has won here on more occasions

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the new teams, Team Lotus. They round off the back of the grid, so

that is how things are set up for the race tomorrow. Congratulations

to Michael Schumacher, he knows what it takes to be quicker than

Nico Rosberg and how to win round here. There are dislike autumn for

him in his life. He has found himself a new reinvigorated man.

Since Canada he has grown and grown, and beating Rosberg is not be

forgotten about, that is a milestone for him. He has enjoyed

the last few months of his racing, let's hope he can continue.

Fernando Alonso has struggled and Fernando Alonso has struggled and

qualifying up against Felipe Massa for the last few races, however,

today he was in front of his team- mate. Let's hear from him. How do

you feel? It is good, obviously we didn't find the right balance or

the right speed all weekend. Yesterday we struggled with the

balance of the card, and the top speed today, we are still lacking a

bit of braking stability. We are never happy with the balance and

that is the negative of the weekend so far because we are not totally

confident in the car, but the positive thing is the result. In

4th place it opens a big possibility for tomorrow because at

the start you are in a very good position. You will be fighting in

the first places for the first couple of laps so it opens a big

possibility of the podium tomorrow, which, regarding how the weekend

went so far, it is very good news. Your team-mate was giving you a tow,

was that a strategy for qualifying today? We know how important the

slipstream is in Monza so we both tried to find someone always. Both

cars were slowing down, trying to let someone passed in the other lot

so it was a nice game. It was good, and I think everyone gets the tone

at the end of Q3, apart from the Grand Prix on BBC One. Tomorrow we

will be talking about how to race and show and you how not to. Good

Do you feel at the moment you are emerging as a team leader? A I'm

sure Lewis would say he is the team leader but I would say it I am. We

are both working as hard as we can in the same direction but it is