:01:17. > :01:24.1991, Formula One sets foot out of Europe just six times. 20 years
:01:24. > :01:30.later, that number has doubled. Including new Asian territories.
:01:30. > :01:38.Malay share in 1999, China into this and an four, and in 2010,
:01:38. > :01:42.Korea. -- China in 2004. A home of the world's largest shipbuilders,
:01:42. > :01:49.the most advanced IT infrastructure and the population with the highest
:01:49. > :01:54.IQ on the planet. Last year, also, IQ on the planet. Last year, also,
:01:54. > :02:04.the home of chaos. This is the worst conditions in which I have
:02:04. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:35.That champagne from Fernando Alonso was not the only showers here last
:02:35. > :02:39.year. I'm sure you can understand why be a high Formula One family
:02:39. > :02:44.open the curtains today and were very relieved that it was not
:02:44. > :02:48.raining. -- the whole Formula One family. Sebastian Vettel picked up
:02:48. > :02:53.the drivers' championship yesterday. No need for an early start today,
:02:53. > :02:55.because you have chosen to join us -- in -- chosen to join us for a
:02:55. > :02:59.-- in -- chosen to join us for a re-run of qualifying for the Korean
:02:59. > :03:03.Grand Prix. This is how things finished seven days ago. Jenson
:03:03. > :03:06.Button can no longer catch Sebastian Vettel. He is now
:03:06. > :03:13.fighting Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton for
:03:13. > :03:22.second. The construction -- Constructors' Championship can also
:03:22. > :03:25.be seen to be completed. As far as the remaining races are concerned,
:03:25. > :03:28.we have the South Korean Grand Prix and then it will no longer be the
:03:28. > :03:31.newest race in a Formula One because we are heading to India in
:03:31. > :03:38.two weeks' time before wrapping up the season in Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
:03:38. > :03:42.One man who was buried excited -- One man who was buried excited --
:03:42. > :03:46.one man who is very excited is with me now. This circuit, this race,
:03:46. > :03:52.you have been out there in the Lotus. What was it like on the
:03:52. > :03:56.track? It is really strange, very slippery. Even this morning, you
:03:56. > :04:01.see drivers sliding and the tyres not digging in. I do not know what
:04:01. > :04:07.they have used on the asphalt, but it does not offer the same grip.
:04:07. > :04:12.That could make it very interesting. Time to see who can pick up pole
:04:12. > :04:22.position for this race. Will it be Red Bull once again? Time to hand
:04:22. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:35.over to David Coulthard and Martin qualifying. Raining on Friday
:04:35. > :04:40.ensured that around 20 laps in the final practice session was the only
:04:40. > :04:45.dry track preparation for all of the drivers. Pirelli say they have
:04:45. > :04:48.made an ambitious choice of softer compound tyres for this race. The
:04:48. > :04:55.are experimenting for next year. They want to get their compounds
:04:55. > :05:00.sorted out nice and early. Can Red Bull become the first team since
:05:00. > :05:07.Ferrari in 1952 to take every pole position in the season? They have
:05:07. > :05:10.16 in a row so far this year and this would be the 16th. McLaren
:05:10. > :05:14.should have been Ron Paul last Saturday afternoon in Japan, but
:05:14. > :05:19.they did not quite do it. David, can they achieve it this afternoon?
:05:19. > :05:25.This has been the most impressive they have looked through Friday and
:05:25. > :05:30.Saturday practice. Friday was wet, but McLaren were setting the pace.
:05:30. > :05:33.Through this one hour session, before going into qualifying,
:05:33. > :05:43.straight from the first run they were trading times. Lewis Hamilton,
:05:43. > :05:48.Jenson Button pretty much sharing the top spot. Nine thousandths of a
:05:48. > :05:51.second they missed out in Suzuka, and they have to be in a prime
:05:51. > :05:57.position this afternoon. The times were pretty quick this morning,
:05:57. > :06:02.faster than last year's free practice despite so much little --
:06:02. > :06:07.so little track time. It shows you how soft and fast the tyres are.
:06:07. > :06:11.This is the fastest track in the year, in terms of grip. Part of
:06:11. > :06:17.that might be that it is the second year of the racetrack. When you
:06:17. > :06:21.have a new track surface, it tends to leak out or oil or whatever is
:06:21. > :06:26.used that is laid down on the tarmac. With the benefit of a your
:06:26. > :06:31.sapling, because they have not had a much -- much action, believe they
:06:31. > :06:37.have had a truck race. Bring your road car down and go for a bit of
:06:37. > :06:41.fun. They have not embraced racing in this part of South Korea.
:06:41. > :06:47.Painting a picture of what is going on, we know that Sebastian Vettel
:06:47. > :06:53.is the World Champion already. 114 points clear. A good fight between
:06:53. > :06:58.Jenson Button Alonso and Mark Webber for second place. Despite an
:06:58. > :07:02.saying it means nothing to them, and be one to win races now. The
:07:02. > :07:12.fight in the middle of the field, Petrov, Sutil, Kobayashi and the
:07:12. > :07:18.rest of them, and that the tale of the points, Maldonado. 19 drivers
:07:18. > :07:23.have scored World Championship points this year. 19 finishes off -
:07:23. > :07:27.- in the Grand Prix last year, the highest ever in the history of
:07:27. > :07:31.Formula One. Red Bull can take the constructors title tomorrow if they
:07:31. > :07:40.score or more points than McLaren in the race. McLaren have to
:07:40. > :07:44.outscore Red Bull to keep that particular championship alive. This
:07:44. > :07:51.man was fastest in the final free practice. Jenson Button, right at
:07:51. > :07:55.the end of the session. Despite having a new chassis, because of a
:07:56. > :08:02.bolt that would not come out, they had to give him a new chassis. That
:08:02. > :08:08.is the survival cell that he is sitting in. The gearbox and the
:08:08. > :08:13.rest are bolted on to that. That is the chassis in the foreground that
:08:13. > :08:18.Michael Schumacher is sitting in. It had to be said, it looked like
:08:18. > :08:24.McLaren and Red Bull way out front. More of that in a moment.
:08:24. > :08:29.KRAVITZ: The super-soft tyre will do between 10 and 12 laps. It is
:08:29. > :08:34.not as marginal as everyone expected. We expect the top teams
:08:34. > :08:38.and a Mercedes to be able to go through the first field of
:08:38. > :08:43.qualifying on the soft tyres, and not the super-soft. We will see
:08:43. > :08:47.what happens when the session get started. Apparently, this track is
:08:47. > :08:51.the test track for the Korean version of Top Gear. I think the
:08:51. > :08:59.people who have done -- the guy who has done the most laps around you
:08:59. > :09:05.will probably be the Chorion stake. Indeed. The temperatures out there,
:09:05. > :09:09.28 degrees. 22 degrees, air pressure -- air temperature. Not
:09:09. > :09:19.particularly hot, no particular challenge us out there from the
:09:19. > :09:21.
:09:21. > :09:31.atmosphere. It is all about finding the perfect lap. 20 minutes of
:09:31. > :09:33.
:09:33. > :09:39.qualifying for them to deliver something. The first man on the
:09:39. > :09:48.track, Bruno Senna for the Renault team. The reason the track evolves
:09:48. > :09:57.as well is that every traction zone, they start putting rubber down,
:09:57. > :10:00.they start cleaning up the dust and dirt and laying down rubber. The
:10:00. > :10:06.more grip that you have got, the faster you go, the more rubber you
:10:06. > :10:13.put on the track. It is a snowball effect. Bruno Senna with a clear
:10:13. > :10:17.track. Surprising that we have not had more action? Normally, this
:10:17. > :10:22.part of the qualifying session you get the usual suspects, the six
:10:22. > :10:26.cars of the slow teams going out there, making full use of the extra
:10:26. > :10:30.television time. At the end of the day, they do not have the car as
:10:30. > :10:38.they would like in overall performance but they have to try to
:10:38. > :10:44.maximise their marketing share, so it is unusual not to see HRTs and
:10:44. > :10:48.Virgins straight out there on the track. They may as well use up as
:10:48. > :10:54.many tyres as they are free to do so when this park, because they
:10:54. > :11:00.will need to use the super-soft, the Red Stripe tyres to get as high
:11:00. > :11:06.up the position as possible. Bruno Senna had an incident this morning.
:11:07. > :11:11.He spun in the street section, losing his front wing. Maybe he is
:11:11. > :11:21.doing a balance check. Possibly Ted can find out. Did they change
:11:21. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:31.suspension? Meanwhile, one of the Renault reserved drivers, the
:11:31. > :11:35.French driver, if Kubica was to come back on the scene, and we are
:11:35. > :11:40.expecting news on that soon, you have to be fearful that he is not
:11:40. > :11:45.ready to return. We have seen and heard nothing of him. He has been
:11:45. > :11:51.nowhere near a racing car. Renault have potentially got Kubica, Petrov,
:11:51. > :12:00.Bruno Senna, Roman rush on, they are spoiling for choice. Lots and
:12:00. > :12:04.lots of pressure. But pressure is what this business is all about.
:12:04. > :12:09.TED KRAVITZ: The suspension was OK. They did not need to change that
:12:09. > :12:12.after his brush with the wall. This is race set-up work still going on
:12:12. > :12:18.in the first part of qualifying because when Bruno Senna took the
:12:18. > :12:23.front wing off in free practice, he also flat spotted the tyres. He
:12:23. > :12:32.does not have enough information as to how the yellow striped fireworks.
:12:32. > :12:36.That is what he is doing. -- yellow stripe tyre works. He scored World
:12:36. > :12:41.Championship points on three occasions. We have seen him in the
:12:42. > :12:46.hedge quite a lot. We have seen and damage the car. What does that tell
:12:46. > :12:50.you about where he is that? There is no question he is having to fast
:12:50. > :12:54.track his knowledge of this car. By starting so late in the season,
:12:54. > :13:00.every lap he does on this track is going to be three-quarters of the
:13:00. > :13:03.season behind his competitors. You could argue that there is no point
:13:03. > :13:09.going Conservative. He has to show the team that he is an attacking
:13:09. > :13:15.driver, a driver they can rely on to score points and Court 5 a car.
:13:15. > :13:19.His team-mates, Vitaly Petrov, ruining his front left tyre there.
:13:19. > :13:25.Once the wheel is walked, he is blistering the tyre. You have to
:13:25. > :13:30.get off the brake. -- wheel is locked. I would be amazed if he is
:13:30. > :13:36.able to set any kind of time at all. There is a rush of cars, with 15
:13:36. > :13:46.minutes left ago, heading out. car Tomaz will certainly got a B S
:13:46. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:56.brakes. My motorbike as CBS brakes, but Formula One cars do not. We
:13:56. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:00.have had ABSA in 1993 per, but it is too easy. TED KRAVITZ: Both Red
:14:00. > :14:06.Bulls have gone out straight away on the super-soft tyres. They are
:14:06. > :14:10.the only top team to do that. I am struggling to think why. Surely
:14:10. > :14:15.they can get through the session on the prime tyre? Why would they not
:14:15. > :14:25.think that they would need the super-soft? Are they doing a
:14:25. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:29.conscious strategy? Your thoughts? Normally, they want to keep those
:14:29. > :14:36.tyres until absolutely the last possible moment, unless they think
:14:36. > :14:43.they will qualify on prime tyres, the yellow stripe tired that we are
:14:43. > :14:49.seeing Lewis Hamilton using. There is a smaller gap between the prime
:14:49. > :14:53.and auction tyres. It was under a second here. Seven-tenths, the
:14:54. > :14:59.difference between the two compounds. Seven tenths of a second
:14:59. > :15:03.is a lot of time. Red Bull, using up a set of those straight away.
:15:03. > :15:10.Let us see if they go past the pits. They could be just conditioning a
:15:10. > :15:17.set of tyres. Let us watch them. You mean practising the he cycled?
:15:17. > :15:27.Yes. Mark Webber is coming up to corner 14. Meanwhile, we are on the
:15:27. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:36.Hamilton, this weekend. He has seemed a bit troubled in his
:15:36. > :15:41.personal life but on the racetrack, he has been flying. Just beaten in
:15:41. > :15:45.the final lap of the session this morning, not wanting to do an
:15:45. > :15:49.upshift for such a short little straight. Webber has continued on
:15:49. > :15:56.track, so has Vettel, so they are not putting the heat cycle through
:15:56. > :16:01.to prepare them for the race, they are actually using them. We are
:16:01. > :16:06.leaving Lewis Hamilton. The end of this lap is pretty exciting, it is
:16:06. > :16:09.a good layout. The drivers are enjoying this track. A huge
:16:09. > :16:14.challenge in that sector. Lot of corners where, especially with DRS
:16:14. > :16:21.which gives them a massive error balance shift, it is the effect of
:16:21. > :16:26.feeling you have a lot of front mode, destabilising the rear. So a
:16:26. > :16:32.lot of bravery from the drivers. Through 16, a small kink and then
:16:32. > :16:39.flat through the right hand part of 17 and 18. Then they run for the
:16:39. > :16:47.line and he opens it up with a 1: 38.2. Slower than he managed in the
:16:47. > :16:52.morning, but nonetheless. Pole last year was 1: 35, so not a stunningly
:16:52. > :16:57.fast lap, you would have to save from Lewis Hamilton the first time
:16:57. > :17:03.out. Hitting the red limit that a lot. Jenson Button is about to show
:17:03. > :17:08.us what he can do on his first lap and go second, some half a second
:17:08. > :17:16.slower than Lewis. Webber goes through on the supersoft tyres,
:17:16. > :17:20.even slower again, at 1: 39.0. That is looking quite difficult to
:17:20. > :17:26.understand. A Red Bull on the faster tyres are slower, unless he
:17:26. > :17:30.hit traffic somewhere. He did pass Sebastian Buemi somewhere. This is
:17:30. > :17:38.Fernando Alonso, that Ferrari have had a huge amount of understeer
:17:38. > :17:44.this morning. Having the DRS actually benefit them. Fernando
:17:44. > :17:50.Alonso into second on 1: 38.3. Vettel also matched Webber on the
:17:50. > :17:53.1: 39.0. That is strange. They put the soft tyres on straight away,
:17:53. > :17:59.the one they usually wrapped up in cotton wool and try not to use
:17:59. > :18:06.until the last moment. They have thrown them on and gone slowly,
:18:06. > :18:09.carrying a off fuel as well? -- carrying fuel. That is 2.5 seconds
:18:09. > :18:19.slower than you expect. It they could still be doing race
:18:19. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:27.simulation. Slightly risky,... It may leave them exposed later when
:18:27. > :18:33.they actually have one run. We have seen typically team's only running
:18:33. > :18:38.-- the team's idea running them in the last part of qualifying. Nico
:18:38. > :18:46.Rosberg is the fastest for the first sector so far in Q1, the
:18:46. > :18:53.first part of qualifying. So it is Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, and we
:18:53. > :18:57.have now had a 17 drivers put in a complete flying lap. No real
:18:57. > :19:04.surprises in there, no big surprises at the front or the
:19:04. > :19:11.midfield. Michael having to blend of the throttle, died in between
:19:11. > :19:17.two cars. -- diving. Two-tenths slower than his team-mate, his
:19:17. > :19:22.personal best was in the first proper flying lap. Schumacher goes
:19:22. > :19:28.into fifth with that. Nico Rosberg behind him goes into fourth place.
:19:28. > :19:34.He has matched Felipe Massa, who is in third. So Webber and Vettel down
:19:34. > :19:38.to seventh and eighth, they now own pit, both of the Red Bulls. As has
:19:38. > :19:43.Paul di Resta, currently in the 11th. These times don't matter,
:19:43. > :19:52.they are just taking... As long that you get through the first 17,
:19:52. > :19:59.the times are reset to zero. In the drop zone at the moment, d'Ambrosio,
:19:59. > :20:05.at Liuzzi, Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, a Ricciardo, Barrichello and
:20:05. > :20:11.Maldonado hadn't been out yet. Lewis Hamilton coming to the end of
:20:11. > :20:17.his lap. If this is going to take into their 1: 37.5 -- this is going
:20:17. > :20:23.to. That is much more like it. It seems as though he needed the tyres
:20:23. > :20:29.to come to him a little bed. What is Jenson Button doing? -- a little
:20:29. > :20:35.bit. At the moment, Hamilton looking like he has got the edge.
:20:35. > :20:42.And McLaren looking like they have got to the edge on a lot of them.
:20:42. > :20:46.Jenson Button goes second, still four-tenths shy. TED KRAVITZ: You
:20:46. > :20:53.are right, I am looking into the Red Bull garage and they have the
:20:53. > :21:01.fuel closely set. I think that was still at if we are expecting them
:21:01. > :21:07.to three-star, they are going to start on the soft us -- and free
:21:07. > :21:10.stop. So if they can get through qualifying OK, they will only need
:21:10. > :21:16.to two sets of the super-soft. I am still asking around some other
:21:16. > :21:22.engineers. As long as you go to train those tyres, there is no
:21:22. > :21:27.reason they couldn't use them again in Q2 -- as long as you don't put
:21:27. > :21:31.drained at those tyres. If they feel the need to. However we try to
:21:31. > :21:34.explain it, it is an unusual strategy and I'm sure you can
:21:34. > :21:39.understand, there will be some commonsense coming out at some
:21:39. > :21:45.point, but right now it looks as though it is against the grain.
:21:45. > :21:48.There is such a big spread of lap time, we saw in Suzuka last weekend
:21:48. > :21:56.that it is more spread out on the technical tracks. Red Bull should
:21:56. > :22:00.be easily making the last part of qualifying on the set of primes.
:22:00. > :22:10.Not a great about a difference between the prime and the option
:22:10. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:21.tyres. -- amount of difference. drop zone remains the same.
:22:21. > :22:24.Williams at the back at the moment, having not run. Kovalainen has got
:22:25. > :22:28.himself in it, and as we have seen before, he could get himself
:22:28. > :22:37.through the Q3 in that Lotus, but we will have to wait and see what
:22:37. > :22:43.time the Williams book before low to start celebrating. A Michael
:22:43. > :22:48.Schumacher now. -- Michael Schumacher now. It since the
:22:48. > :22:53.further they travel on this soft tyres, the faster they go -- it
:22:53. > :22:59.seems. He is one second off the pace. Because beyond the first term,
:22:59. > :23:03.where the pit lane leads into the heart of the first turn, where we
:23:03. > :23:09.saw Nico Rosberg piled into Alguersuari yesterday, if you could
:23:09. > :23:16.do a study at university and ask for the worst pit lane out at a
:23:16. > :23:21.racetrack, this is what they would come up with. It couldn't be worse.
:23:21. > :23:26.The design group are responsible for most of the new tracks, since
:23:26. > :23:34.way back in Malaysia, one of the first bespoke circuits. Maybe they
:23:34. > :23:38.sent out the YTS designers. I think it is a great track, but often you
:23:38. > :23:43.look at the pit exit and think, that is not going to work.
:23:43. > :23:50.Everybody says that and eventually they had to change things, but they
:23:50. > :23:54.haven't changed it here. It is quite difficult, you saw the
:23:54. > :24:00.reserve pit, the reserve once they have, they have a much better exit,
:24:00. > :24:06.but it is not the easiest job to get these cars on and off. It can't
:24:06. > :24:12.be that difficult. Bid cannot be. I'm just trying to give them the
:24:12. > :24:18.benefit of the doubt. Don't want to rubbish the Place! The drivers love
:24:18. > :24:24.the circuit, no question. Petrov is right in the heart of this sector
:24:24. > :24:30.two, through turn nine. Slightly over A crest, drops down into
:24:30. > :24:36.second gear, early on the power. He starts to open it out into this
:24:36. > :24:41.never ending apex and then into a 12. Then we are getting into what
:24:41. > :24:44.feels like the street circuit section of the track. One mistake
:24:44. > :24:54.on the left and there is a concrete wall. The last section of the track,
:24:54. > :24:58.a short blast through 15. They have dropped the kerb since last year.
:24:58. > :25:03.Working the wheel quite a lot, the challenge for the drivers is how
:25:03. > :25:09.rarely do I open my DRS? Petrov goes third with that on the
:25:09. > :25:17.supersoft tyres. So a decent lap, at 1: 38.3, still well shy of the
:25:17. > :25:24.McLaren boys. Vettel and Webber down in a fan night, but it is the
:25:24. > :25:28.last seven we will look at -- down in eighth and ninth. Everybody from
:25:28. > :25:33.Serran and Sebastian Buemi, surely they are feeling reasonably
:25:33. > :25:37.comfortable -- Bruno Senna. Ted Kravitz? A Williams tactic is to
:25:37. > :25:44.wait until the track has cleaned up a little. It is still very dusty in
:25:45. > :25:54.the pit lane, and then go out for a freak timed laps. -- a breed are
:25:55. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:02.timed laps. -- three. It is the best part of one minute and three
:26:02. > :26:10.quarters around here. Especially when you are out lapping as well.
:26:10. > :26:16.Let's have a look. Barrichello on his first said that, half the
:26:16. > :26:23.second of the fastest for stopped goes into for -- 14th place.
:26:23. > :26:29.Immediately backs off. Only just being there, Barrichello. Let's see
:26:29. > :26:38.what Maldonado can do. I don't think he is as fast. Pastor
:26:38. > :26:43.Maldonado through turn 18, and the line is here. He goes 16th. Let's
:26:43. > :26:49.see if he backs straight off. I think he did. So Williams are
:26:49. > :26:55.thinking they are going to clear Babak with one single flying lap on
:26:55. > :27:04.the supersoft tyres -- clear the bar. He has got enough time to do
:27:04. > :27:10.one slow lap and then a quick one, just about. What is going on here?
:27:10. > :27:20.Perez gets himself into tenth position with that. Again, at the
:27:20. > :27:25.
:27:26. > :27:29.set of super soft. They get three sets of each of the compound. They
:27:29. > :27:37.have the last all of qualifying and all of the race tomorrow. -- have
:27:37. > :27:42.the last. Kobayashi, only 15th with that effort. Under pressure. Adrian
:27:42. > :27:48.Sutil then in 17th at the moment with Force India, a car that should
:27:48. > :27:53.be solidly midfield. Paul di Resta got himself up to seventh on a 1:
:27:53. > :27:58.38.5. That is the ball park for a Well driven Force India at the
:27:58. > :28:08.moment. Adrian Sutil will only -- show us any time now his best
:28:08. > :28:09.
:28:09. > :28:18.effort, and it is night, two-tenths ash -- slower than Paul di Resta.
:28:18. > :28:27.Now we are on board with d'Ambrosio. D'Ambrosio and Timo Glock are
:28:27. > :28:32.running together. Be to freeze frame going on there. -- be told. I
:28:33. > :28:37.think it was Petrov getting out of the weight in the background. Bruno
:28:37. > :28:47.Senna at his 13th and comfortably in at the moment. Ricky Adar is
:28:47. > :28:55.
:28:55. > :29:01.that the pits and will start 24th, under fastest of the two Lotus cars.
:29:01. > :29:11.-- Kovalainen. Rubens Barrichello does try again, he has done a
:29:11. > :29:20.personal best through the first sector. TEAM RADIO: Won the extra.
:29:20. > :29:25.-- A one extra. Barrichello, Maldonado, they did a slow down and
:29:25. > :29:32.have picked up the pace. Ted Kravitz was right, they will just
:29:32. > :29:37.getting, or that they can complete their third flying lap. Looks as
:29:37. > :29:43.though he has backed out. Barrichello has either seen in his
:29:43. > :29:47.lap delta a display above his steering wheel... He is vulnerable
:29:47. > :29:52.from his team-mate Maldonado. Maldonado has backed down. No, that
:29:52. > :29:59.is Barrichello. He is coming in. We haven't seen the middle sector of
:29:59. > :30:05.Maldonado. A 43.6, that is his best. Rubens Barrichello is under
:30:05. > :30:11.pressure. I wonder if it was traffic, we did see Acar recently
:30:11. > :30:17.passed. Maldonado is about to knock him out of Q2. And here he goes.
:30:17. > :30:22.Maldonado crosses the line and does indeed get 16th. Kobayashi 17th.
:30:22. > :30:28.The first man out is the man coasting back to be told you will
:30:28. > :30:34.take no further part in qualifying. Kovalainen is on a couple of
:30:34. > :30:39.personal bests. Over the line goes Timo Glock. There is Kovalainen in
:30:39. > :30:49.the background, stays 19th. A better performance in qualifying
:30:49. > :30:54.
:30:54. > :31:04.Jarno Trulli, six tenths slower. Staying in 20th. The d'Ambrosio has
:31:04. > :31:07.
:31:07. > :31:17.pitted. And there is Rubens Barrichello, the most experienced
:31:17. > :31:22.man in the field, being told, "You are out of qualifying." Barrichello,
:31:22. > :31:26.the first of the big scalps. McLaren remain the fastest cars on
:31:26. > :31:32.McLaren remain the fastest cars on this track. It is a pleasure to be
:31:32. > :31:35.in the Lotus garage watching that session. It was amazing, I expected
:31:35. > :31:38.it to be so busy in here but nothing happened for the first
:31:38. > :31:43.eight minutes and then a radio message came in, fire up, I should
:31:43. > :31:47.go. And then it was a case, are we going to be to Virgin? As soon as
:31:47. > :31:54.that became crystal clear, it was a case of beating one another. --
:31:55. > :31:59.beat Virgin. They work at the strategies over the rest of the
:31:59. > :32:03.afternoon but most people will raise the prime tyres. That is why
:32:03. > :32:08.the Red Bulls used the super-soft. We did the second run anyway. As
:32:08. > :32:16.you say, I think the mechanics and engineers, they have done it a lot
:32:16. > :32:22.before, and they know what to expect. One of Lotus cars is about
:32:22. > :32:26.to be wheeled in, Kovalainen's car. Fascinating to see Jarno Trulli
:32:26. > :32:29.comment, realise he was the best part of a second behind his team-
:32:29. > :32:33.mate and immediately he had been dealt a in front of them and he was
:32:34. > :32:38.seeing a where he was finding the extra time. I think that happens
:32:38. > :32:47.with most teams. Christian Horner last year said that a lot of times
:32:47. > :32:50.they would go out and be swapping data. The Berra tactics involved
:32:50. > :32:59.because you do know what to show your hand completely on the first
:32:59. > :33:02.run. That is what happened when you have a team of equal skills.
:33:02. > :33:07.Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli would have had a look at one another's
:33:07. > :33:13.information. It benefits everyone to have two drivers with equal
:33:13. > :33:19.status. Jarno Trulli, Wheeldon behind us. Kovalainen is already in
:33:19. > :33:25.the garage. -- wheeled in behind us. As Jarno Trulli went out, the first
:33:25. > :33:31.thing he was told was that Perez was on the straight. How much of an
:33:31. > :33:36.issue is this pit exit? It is not necessarily because of that. It
:33:36. > :33:39.happens as a matter of practice. The big thing in qualifying is you
:33:39. > :33:43.do not want to impede another car. We were looking at the incident
:33:43. > :33:48.from yesterday. On any circuit, you do not want to impede another car.
:33:48. > :33:53.It is not totally fair. I always work on the principle that if you
:33:53. > :33:56.hold up someone else, I eventually someone else will hold you up. The
:33:57. > :34:03.engineers try to keep you informed of what is going on. It is tricky
:34:03. > :34:13.here because the pit lane design is odd. But it is the same for a
:34:13. > :34:13.
:34:13. > :34:17.foodie. And Jarno Trulli is going to join us now. We spoke to you
:34:18. > :34:22.before qualifying. How would you describe your lap? Interesting to
:34:22. > :34:26.see you immediate they look at the dealt a from your first run. --
:34:26. > :34:32.immediately look at the Dell tough. I had some problems with power.
:34:32. > :34:38.This morning, I looked at the good one, but I could not use it for
:34:38. > :34:43.tactical reasons. There was very little chance for me. You had a
:34:43. > :34:48.good look at Jarno Trulli's tyres. You noticed that his front ride was
:34:48. > :34:55.badly worn. It was not too bad, just a little bit of draining on
:34:55. > :35:01.both. About what you would expect on the super-soft tyres, for a
:35:01. > :35:05.track that has had no rubber down. This morning, I looked at Torro
:35:05. > :35:09.Rosso and I could see a lot of blistering. It has not been to bat.
:35:09. > :35:16.Just a little bit more running, a little bit more rubber and it will
:35:16. > :35:22.be better. It is still a tough weekend. The surface is just not
:35:22. > :35:29.abrasive enough. The tyre does not taking. I can even feel that on the
:35:29. > :35:34.wet. Clearly Jarno Trulli did not want to stand around. He was keen
:35:34. > :35:44.to speak to the rest of the media. Time for the second part of
:35:44. > :35:49.
:35:49. > :35:56.10 shoot-out? Qualifying is underway. 15 minutes remaining. Red
:35:56. > :36:02.Bull, using a set of super-soft tyres to do one flying lap, got
:36:02. > :36:05.themselves through in 9th and 10th. Very unusual strategy. Almost as
:36:05. > :36:09.unusual as that some protection mascot think we have just seen.
:36:09. > :36:14.Well, it is nice that teams are prepared to do something different.
:36:14. > :36:19.And we're going to find out who has made the right decision in the
:36:19. > :36:24.fullness of time. I suspect that Red Bull are focusing on the race
:36:25. > :36:29.preparation. They know that McLaren have got a good car round the track.
:36:29. > :36:33.Maybe it is a question of compromise, or when you're using
:36:34. > :36:39.DRS on all the Straits, and it is only available on a bit straighter
:36:39. > :36:46.between turn two and three, maybe you have to compromise less on
:36:46. > :36:53.gearing. -- the big straight. You have to hope you can utilise that
:36:53. > :36:59.to get the top spot on the podium. And we see a set of super-soft
:36:59. > :37:03.tyres remaining. What can you tell us, Ted? Because we know there now
:37:03. > :37:08.running super-soft tyres, we know they're saving. Red Bull will have
:37:08. > :37:13.three sets of prime tyres, which is surely going to help them, so they
:37:13. > :37:20.will start the race on super-soft because they will do, as you say,
:37:20. > :37:26.maybe one run in qualifying, and then they will put new prime on at
:37:26. > :37:30.the third. Having the benefit of prime tyres will help them in the
:37:30. > :37:34.race over the McLarens. The McLarens have gone out in front of
:37:34. > :37:44.me. Lewis Hamilton on the super- soft. I was wondering whether that
:37:44. > :37:45.
:37:45. > :37:51.is a consequence of Red Bull's higher tyre wear. Potentially, they
:37:51. > :37:56.could do the second stint on which would negate the tactical plan.
:37:56. > :38:00.think we probably need to worry about that tomorrow but Red Bull
:38:00. > :38:09.are clearly going on the counter strategy. Will it straighten up
:38:09. > :38:14.through qualifying? They achieved what they needed to. Let us see
:38:14. > :38:24.what they do now. We know that there is a set of super-soft so on
:38:24. > :38:26.
:38:26. > :38:36.these Red Bulls anyway. A nice bit of space for Paul di Resta. Loads
:38:36. > :38:41.of space in front of him. Lewis Hamilton, who has been flying this
:38:41. > :38:48.weekend. Every time he has sat in the car, he has looked good. He has
:38:48. > :38:54.looked determined, and comfortable on the layout with the McLaren.
:38:54. > :39:00.They picked up the pace. They run a stiff front end. That is why Suzuka
:39:00. > :39:07.was vibrating its way through. Good stability in this very fast middle
:39:07. > :39:13.part of the lap. Mark Webber, always out line. They are taking it
:39:13. > :39:23.easy, the DEC, not just for positioning, with a clear bit of
:39:23. > :39:31.
:39:31. > :39:35.flak -- off-track, and the positioning. A very heavy braking
:39:35. > :39:43.zone into the first turn. Turn two does not exist, just full throttle.
:39:43. > :39:49.1100 metres, 14.5 seconds of full throttle. Using up his KERS energy,
:39:49. > :39:54.his DRS wide open. Maximum commitment, braking for turn two.
:39:55. > :40:01.Connect with the apex as sweet as you like. First year, bring it to
:40:01. > :40:05.the right Sandside, past the support pits, and he is used all of
:40:05. > :40:12.his KERS up virtually in the first part of the Lyon. It is Moseley
:40:12. > :40:18.corners from here or in. Short shift into third do not short on
:40:18. > :40:21.the screen. That is quite unusual to see first-year be used so much.
:40:21. > :40:30.I wonder if they have gone for a long for first gear which could
:40:30. > :40:36.compromise the start but gives them great performance? Slightly wide,
:40:36. > :40:44.but got away with it. Walked up slightly. You have to have the
:40:44. > :40:50.confidence to lift your foot off the brake. One corner flows into
:40:50. > :40:59.the next year. Plenty of rev limiter going on here. -- flows
:40:59. > :41:08.into the next. Absolutely full throttle across the kerb at a scene.
:41:08. > :41:13.Lewis Hamilton, 36.5. Still one second slower than last year's pole
:41:13. > :41:23.position. Jenson Button comes through forward Lyon against
:41:23. > :41:30.Hamilton's Tyne, eight tenths slower. -- Hamilton's time. We are
:41:30. > :41:34.about to see Red Bull show their hand. 37.24 Mark Webber. We will
:41:34. > :41:39.try to find out of those were old tyres. I am pretty sure they will
:41:39. > :41:42.be. Fernando Alonso goes forth with that. Ferrari do not look good
:41:42. > :41:50.around here. A wonderful second place from them last weekend but
:41:50. > :41:56.they do not look like they have great pace. They certainly have a
:41:56. > :42:01.lot of understeer, which may come into their hands. It is not really
:42:01. > :42:08.a corner, I said, but it is when you open the DRS that early.
:42:08. > :42:13.Sebastian Vettel, a few thousandths quicker than Mark Webber. That's
:42:13. > :42:20.all getting into Q3. Nico Rosberg, all we ate with that. Michael
:42:20. > :42:29.Schumacher is still in the pits. Only 10 have delivered a map -- a
:42:29. > :42:39.lap time, about to become 11. Felipe Massa confirms Ferrari's
:42:39. > :42:39.
:42:39. > :42:45.apace. Oh dear. Bruno Senna, as I said, 28 today. Very keen to get in
:42:45. > :42:53.to the pits, by the looks of it. That is why the pit is so difficult,
:42:53. > :42:57.because too much -- I saw two car as fly into the pit in the rain
:42:57. > :43:03.yesterday but the entries of the high-speed turn 17, were we just
:43:03. > :43:13.saw Sebastian Vettel try not to spin off 160 -- at one and 60 miles
:43:13. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:22.an hour as he opened this lot in his rear wing. -- 160mph former --.
:43:22. > :43:29.How many cars on the track? A dozen. Webber crosses the line. Going into
:43:29. > :43:35.the pits with that. Jenson Button, this is an amazing thing. He has
:43:35. > :43:40.not been on pole positions and smaller Co to doesn't do nine, 45
:43:40. > :43:45.races ago. I would never, ever have believed that. He has had in his
:43:45. > :43:54.formal one Korea Severn bore the sins than none of which are before
:43:54. > :44:02.McLaren. -- in his time at Formula One, seven pole positions but none
:44:02. > :44:07.of them with McLaren. A good reminder that points are only
:44:07. > :44:11.handed out on a Sunday and not a Saturday. Mark Webber has a lot
:44:11. > :44:16.more race fastest laps than Sebastian Vettel, but you could
:44:17. > :44:23.argue that it is where your and in what order that counts. Qualifying
:44:23. > :44:29.today, very important, but it is how you have got your car set-up
:44:29. > :44:32.during the changing and evolving racetrack that we see here.
:44:32. > :44:39.Presumably it is dry as the rubber goes down tomorrow, what is balance
:44:39. > :44:46.today will go out of bars Sauro and vice versa. -- out of balance today
:44:46. > :44:56.and vice versa. RADIO: Michael, are you able to do a lap on it?
:44:56. > :45:00.
:45:00. > :45:05.Confirmed, so you have the track has either damaged on the out-lap
:45:05. > :45:09.or they were and balanced. They go to Pirelli, they put on those
:45:09. > :45:15.little lead weights, but some take over the top, so it is probably
:45:15. > :45:23.more likely he has locked up somewhere -- but some tape. We saw
:45:23. > :45:28.in free practice that he was susceptible to free locking.
:45:28. > :45:38.some problem with the transmission? It you would be very brave to them
:45:38. > :45:57.
:45:57. > :46:06.bad match is the fastest sector time, which was Lewis Hamilton. --
:46:06. > :46:13.just a bad matches. Ted Kravitz is down in the pits. Remarkably, there
:46:13. > :46:17.is no one else on the grid. Stabbing on the throttle like
:46:17. > :46:22.Ayrton Senna, through the corner, that distinctive driving style that
:46:22. > :46:32.their net -- Ayrton Senna had. Michael Schumacher tries to find a
:46:32. > :46:32.
:46:32. > :46:38.bilateral grip of the car. -- that Lateral a grip. He is ninth. And
:46:38. > :46:44.that will disappoint him. A clear track, soft tyres, and only night
:46:44. > :46:48.that position. We are looking at the top 10. -- the ninth position.
:46:48. > :46:53.Petrov is in their in eight place, not much of a surprise, but he is
:46:53. > :47:01.in there, and Alguersuari for Toro Rosso is in tenth. Right now, we
:47:01. > :47:06.would lose Sebastian Buemi, Adrian Sutil, Paul di Resta, Perez, Bruno
:47:06. > :47:12.Senna. TED KRAVITZ: Felipe Massa doesn't feel secure, he has gone
:47:12. > :47:15.out for another run, burning up another set of super-soft tyres. It
:47:15. > :47:19.is worth remembering that when we assess the difference between
:47:19. > :47:23.Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa that Fernando Alonso is running a
:47:23. > :47:28.bright new development front wing and Felipe Massa is running the old
:47:28. > :47:34.one. I am looking at a tweet which asks if it is possible to run two
:47:34. > :47:44.different sets of tyres combined? No it is not, it has to be
:47:44. > :47:47.
:47:48. > :47:52.homogenous. TEAM RADIO: Check the brake balance. It is almost like he
:47:53. > :47:59.is running through a mental checklist. Go right on the right
:47:59. > :48:04.handers. It check brake balance. Mirror, signal, manoeuvre. He can
:48:04. > :48:09.pass his driving test all over again. Indeed. Are you sure he has
:48:10. > :48:16.already? Maldonado, 17th of the 17 runners and three of them haven't
:48:16. > :48:26.but that time in yet. Maldonado is about to unleash that Williams-
:48:26. > :48:28.
:48:28. > :48:31.Cosworth on this racetrack. Just under 3.5 miles, including this
:48:31. > :48:36.impressively, if slightly unnecessarily long straight. That
:48:36. > :48:39.is where the DRS zone is tomorrow, it could be chaotic down there. The
:48:40. > :48:49.second half of that long straight is where DRS works and the
:48:50. > :48:50.
:48:50. > :48:55.detection. Is on the exit of turn one. -- detection point. Felipe
:48:55. > :49:00.Massa doesn't feel comfortable in seventh on a 1: 38.1, and rightly
:49:00. > :49:09.so, that is only four-tenths of a second inside the Q3 top 10 zone.
:49:09. > :49:16.He will have to get on it. Felipe Massa, super-softs, 24.4 on the
:49:16. > :49:23.first sector, match in Hamilton. Adrian Sutil is making a claim for
:49:23. > :49:27.a top 10 shoot-out. One minute and 10 seconds remaining. I love that
:49:27. > :49:32.the tyres that came off best car after final practice and they
:49:32. > :49:38.looked horrible -- I looked back. Lots of grading as it scraped
:49:38. > :49:45.across the surface. A bit of traffic there, that will have cost
:49:45. > :49:52.him some time. He should be clear of Petrov and the Renault in front
:49:52. > :49:58.but this is a scrappy lap. Felipe Massa goes up to fifth on a 1: 37.3.
:49:58. > :50:05.That should do it. Now we are looking at Sutil. Maldonado has
:50:05. > :50:10.done to personal bests. -- two. Short shift through 17, doesn't
:50:10. > :50:16.look like he has all the grip in the world and he only goes 14th.
:50:16. > :50:21.Adrian Sutil, here he is, ninth. Michael Schumacher is now on the
:50:21. > :50:31.bubble in tenth place, he will not get another run. Sebastian Buemi
:50:31. > :50:45.
:50:45. > :50:50.and Paul di Resta could spoil appeared to tenth at the moment.
:50:50. > :50:55.Michael Schumacher is out, it is over for him. It is now about
:50:55. > :51:01.Sebastian Buemi and Paul di Resta. Here comes Paul di Resta, can he
:51:01. > :51:05.get in the top 10? Yes, just! Just behind his team-mate. Sebastian
:51:05. > :51:14.Buemi is another who could make a surprise entry into the top 10
:51:14. > :51:23.shoot-out. No, he stays 13th. Kobayashi is out there as well.
:51:23. > :51:29.Only up to 14th with that. Then we have Perez and Bruno Senna, that
:51:29. > :51:37.get Bruno Senna up to 15th. Perez will be the final man to deliver a
:51:37. > :51:45.lap. He stays 17th. So we will boost Alguersuari, Michael
:51:45. > :51:51.Schumacher, Sebastian Buemi, Kobayashi, Bruno Senna, Maldonado,
:51:51. > :51:57.who starts 16, and Sergio Perez will start 17th. Unfortunately,
:51:57. > :52:03.when the cameras come on you like that straight after a qualifying
:52:03. > :52:08.sector, it is because you are the surprise exit and that surprise is
:52:08. > :52:14.Michael Schumacher. Nico Rosberg got in on a 1: 37.8. Michael
:52:14. > :52:20.Schumacher 1: 38.3. It is hard the second but it is the end of the
:52:20. > :52:25.world, or the end of qualifying. -- half a second. First and second in
:52:25. > :52:29.the 100m is much less than that and one is a hero and one is a zero.
:52:29. > :52:33.JAKE HUMPHREY: With no Eddie Jordan, I am with Karun Chandok. We enjoyed
:52:33. > :52:38.the first part of the session in the Lotus garage and we enjoyed
:52:38. > :52:40.that, it was exciting in the last couple of seconds. Very
:52:40. > :52:45.disappointed for Michael Schumacher and due noticed something
:52:45. > :52:48.interesting. KARUN CHANDOK: He was back at the
:52:48. > :52:53.motor home before we even see most of the car's back in the garage, so
:52:53. > :52:57.he didn't do they run at the end. We heard him saying there was a
:52:57. > :53:01.vibration but he would do the run anyway and it cost in time, and I
:53:01. > :53:07.am sure he is massively disappointed when Rosberg is six or
:53:07. > :53:11.seventh tens ahead of him. -- seven-tenths. Let's look at another
:53:11. > :53:17.man who has made pole position his so far this year, he knows what to
:53:17. > :53:21.do on Saturdays, but a little bit of a moment for Vettel. I love
:53:21. > :53:25.watching him through qualifying, he is so committed. Coming to the
:53:25. > :53:33.final corner, he is trying to get their DRS, Phillips Idowu but had
:53:33. > :53:37.little too early and a slight lift -- flips it opened a little to Ali.
:53:37. > :53:42.-- too early. You are trying to teach your finger to go to the DRS
:53:42. > :53:46.Button but it is all about bravery and how much your car allows you to
:53:46. > :53:51.risk pressing it early. If you join us in the pre-show, you will have
:53:51. > :53:55.seen Daniel Ricciardo telling us he can't wait to start using his DRS
:53:55. > :54:00.but he didn't get the chance. He had issues in final practice and
:54:00. > :54:04.didn't take to the track so he starts at the very back tomorrow.
:54:04. > :54:10.Back row Mackenzie not too much action, was there a problem? -- LEE
:54:10. > :54:14.MCKENZIE:, not too much accent. There was a problem. We had a
:54:14. > :54:18.problem with the cooling system, and we hope it is not the same
:54:18. > :54:24.issue. The boys are pretty sure they got on top of bed, so we will
:54:24. > :54:30.see what it is. -- top of it. Bow- tie and collapse, so not the
:54:30. > :54:35.greatest of days. -- no time to Lutz. If you feel a problem when
:54:35. > :54:39.you went out? Personally, I couldn't feel anything but by
:54:39. > :54:45.Engineer saw it on the data, so he said try and make it back to the
:54:45. > :54:48.Brits and we will try and fix it. Asked to the pits. We wanted to see
:54:48. > :54:52.if they could get it done in time, but it was hoped more than anything
:54:52. > :54:58.else. JAKE HUMPHREY: Good luck to Daniel
:54:58. > :55:04.tomorrow but it is time for that fight for pole position.
:55:04. > :55:08.MARTIN BRUNDLE: At the top 10 shoot-out in Q3, at the second
:55:08. > :55:14.South Korean group -- Grand Prix, is under way. Let's be to Ted
:55:14. > :55:18.Kravitz. TED KRAVITZ: Definitely a problem with Michael Schumacher's
:55:18. > :55:22.tyres, you would expect him to improve more than he did with the
:55:22. > :55:27.super-soft, and the early word from Mercedes is that it was an
:55:27. > :55:32.unbalanced tyre rather than a flat spot. They are normally bang on to
:55:32. > :55:37.the side of the rim and it had come off. He didn't reported, but that
:55:37. > :55:44.is what they think caused the vibration. -- a report it. TEAM
:55:44. > :55:51.RADIO: The track is clear, so one timed lap, straight back in and we
:55:51. > :55:53.will plan for another. If a rear tyre vibrates, it is annoying, if
:55:54. > :55:59.it is a front one, it is more than that.
:55:59. > :56:04.DAVID COULTHARD: It depends at what level it is. If you remember, Kimi
:56:04. > :56:07.Raikkonen flat spotted what was the only set of tyres he was using in
:56:08. > :56:14.that race and it ripped the front sense -- suspension of the car when
:56:14. > :56:19.braking. You could visibly see the flat spot them. It didn't look, on
:56:19. > :56:26.the footage, that he had that level of vibration. If it was a we'll
:56:26. > :56:34.wait missing, that is a problem. -- a weight on the wheel. They are
:56:34. > :56:44.only lightly stuck on. They normally put on a silver tape,
:56:44. > :56:51.something that is metallic. Posh tape. Mark Webber, for Red Bull.
:56:51. > :56:58.Eight of the 10 cars are out on track. Webber just bringing his
:56:58. > :57:04.tyres back to speed. As does Sebastian Vettel. Have they chose
:57:04. > :57:11.an to use a brand new set? Are they going to use their two remaining
:57:11. > :57:18.sets of the superstar? They have got this far on one sec. -- of the
:57:18. > :57:21.super-soft, they have got this far on one set. Sebastian Vettel is
:57:21. > :57:29.coasting around at the back at the moment of the eight that have
:57:29. > :57:36.chosen to do a lap. We have had that Force India will do no laps or
:57:36. > :57:43.one flying lap to save those tyres. Let's have a look at the first
:57:43. > :57:51.sectors, Nico Rosberg is the first through. A 34.24 Lewis Hamilton.
:57:51. > :57:56.This is the first of what we expect to beat two attempts to qualify,
:57:56. > :58:01.otherwise we will get very upset. Hamilton has got Nico Rosberg not
:58:01. > :58:07.that far ahead. Let's see if we can stay the distance. Absolutely flat.
:58:07. > :58:12.Superbly. Superb to listen to. Commits to the breaking as he goes
:58:12. > :58:17.through the apex of nine and drops it into 10. It doesn't like like he
:58:17. > :58:22.will be affected by Nico Rosberg. - - look like. Sometimes it can strip
:58:22. > :58:30.-- change your focus. That car is a live, it looks like Lewis Hamilton
:58:30. > :58:34.again. The car looks like it is on a ragged edge. It is superb. He has
:58:34. > :58:39.got the thing alive and we haven't seen it for a while from Lewis
:58:39. > :58:44.Hamilton. Through turn 17 and across the kerb at 18. The
:58:44. > :58:53.finishing line comes very quickly now. Still slower than last year
:58:53. > :58:58.and slower than I was expecting. Fully-paid master crosses -- Felipe
:58:58. > :59:08.Massa crosses over. Nico Rosberg added did 1: 37.7. Here comes
:59:08. > :59:10.
:59:10. > :59:15.Jenson Button. Havel took on a 1: 36.1. -- Hamilton took. What can
:59:15. > :59:22.Vettel do? He has been the fastest man in the middle sector. Again,
:59:22. > :59:27.delivering when he needs to but is it enough in Korea? It has been at
:59:27. > :59:33.every other racetrack so far this year. He gets the DRS Open. No
:59:33. > :59:38.problems this time and it is only second. Three hundredths of a
:59:38. > :59:43.second slower than McLaren, we had a major fight on our hands.
:59:43. > :59:48.Hamilton, Vettel, at Webber, Jenson Button, then Fernando Alonso, they
:59:48. > :59:54.are well clear. It looks like a straight fight between McLaren and
:59:54. > :00:00.Red Bull, with McLaren still with the upper hand. Which hand is up?
:00:00. > :00:06.Which one is the upper hand? Hamilton looked, as you said, like
:00:06. > :00:11.the Hubble 10 of all. He was checking that carp at the corners -
:00:11. > :00:17.- but Hamilton of old. I hope they go for another run. This will be a
:00:17. > :00:21.beautiful she cared for pole position. -- shoot-out. Sounding
:00:21. > :00:26.like an old tractor. I wouldn't want to go through their with the
:00:26. > :00:34.set of tyres I wanted for the race. No, with stones and everything.
:00:34. > :00:41.did he do that, that is unusual? TEAM RADIO: 100% KERS for the in-
:00:41. > :00:46.lap. Quick in-lap. That is why he did it. He is still that looking as
:00:46. > :00:50.though he came in that fast. He has to charge the KERS up. I wouldn't
:00:50. > :00:57.want to go through there. It is like going through the hatchings of
:00:57. > :01:01.the middle of a dual carriageway. You are guaranteed a puncture.
:01:01. > :01:11.has dropped another six seconds in the middle sector, so he is 12
:01:11. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:18.time for a turnaround. TED KRAVITZ: Bear in mind that if they do run
:01:18. > :01:22.the new prime tyres that we think they're going to, they will not
:01:22. > :01:31.need to run that set of tyres that Sebastian Vettel has done his first
:01:31. > :01:35.run on. Looking into the Force India garage, no movement. I would
:01:35. > :01:43.not be surprised if they do not attempt to qualify. They did not
:01:43. > :01:53.hightail it back to the pits. Since they stopped refuelling, they do
:01:53. > :01:56.not have the refuelling rig. It is much slower now. This pit stop is
:01:56. > :01:59.controlled by the image of time it takes to put fuel on board.
:01:59. > :02:07.Changing the wheels, they can do that in three seconds if they want
:02:07. > :02:15.to. Degree cabin on the sector times, Hamilton is the fastest. --
:02:15. > :02:23.rate-capping on. Mainly straight there. Sebastian Vettel, one-tenth
:02:23. > :02:29.quicker. It is nip and tuck in the last sector. I love when you put
:02:29. > :02:39.different cars and different drivers on this track, achieving
:02:39. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:50.different lap Tyne separated by a few hundredths. We're going to see
:02:50. > :02:54.eight Force India out in qualifying. It does not look like a clean set
:02:54. > :03:04.as it came out of the blankets. We're hearing that they are all on
:03:04. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:11.new tyres. Three cars, trying to maintain temperature and pressure
:03:11. > :03:18.in their tyres whilst going slowly and building a space. That is when
:03:18. > :03:24.we get tears and people spitting the dummy. It is remarkable. We're
:03:24. > :03:28.going to have all of the cars on track within one sector. There are
:03:28. > :03:31.nine cars out on track. Why would they all put themselves out with
:03:31. > :03:41.the potential to get traffic. If the guy air front makes a mistake,
:03:41. > :03:47.he will back out. -- the guy in front. From turn four to turn nine,
:03:47. > :03:53.that is what the cars are. Webber at the front, followed by Hamilton,
:03:53. > :04:00.Button and Alonso. Di Resta has got itself some free space. Sebastian
:04:00. > :04:04.Vettel is ahead of Petrov. Sutil is not going out. Nor is Nico Rosberg.
:04:04. > :04:08.That is why there are only eight cars on track. Fancy shoes but
:04:09. > :04:18.they're not doing what they should be doing, pressing pedals. Unusual
:04:19. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:23.for him to walk out of the front of the garage. RADIO: Everyone is
:04:23. > :04:31.bunched up at the moment. I suggest that we need a five-second gap by
:04:31. > :04:39.the time we start your lap. So that you will not get the turbulent air
:04:39. > :04:46.across the bodywork. Hamilton was 5.6 seconds behind as he crossed
:04:46. > :04:53.the line and then 3.7 behind in his Felipe Massa. Alonso, di Resta 2.1
:04:53. > :05:03.behind him. Probably did not envision he would be catching the
:05:03. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:11.Ferrari. Adrian Sutil will start 10th, guaranteed. Rosberg's time
:05:11. > :05:18.has put in in 7th. Sector times, 34.24 Hamilton, 34.1 for Jenson
:05:18. > :05:22.Button. Could this be his first ever pole position for McLaren? The
:05:22. > :05:31.fastest man in qualifying through the first sector. 34.24 Sebastian
:05:32. > :05:36.Vettel. Jenson Button has the upper hand. Sebastian Vettel is catching
:05:36. > :05:41.it Paul di Resta very quickly indeed. Will he be getting himself
:05:41. > :05:50.some traffic? Paul di Resta had a slow first sector. He might just
:05:50. > :05:53.let Sebastian Vettel through. setting sometimes. -- Some times.
:05:53. > :06:01.Mark Webber had an awful for a sector and has given up on the
:06:01. > :06:08.middle sector. He has pitted. Lewis Hamilton, fastest at the moment, he
:06:08. > :06:15.crosses the line with a 35.8, which is good. Felipe Massa a moves into
:06:15. > :06:19.5th. Jenson Button goes second on a 36.1. Pressure. A McLaren have
:06:19. > :06:26.walked out the front row. This is the only man who could spoil it.
:06:26. > :06:29.Sebastian Vettel comes across the line, only seconds. Finally, we
:06:29. > :06:37.have something other than a Red Bull on pole position. Lewis
:06:37. > :06:41.Hamilton takes it by over two- tenths of a second. One of will lap.
:06:42. > :06:44.We saw him back, driving in the style that we had become so
:06:44. > :06:54.accustomed to. Hamilton takes pole position as he should have done
:06:54. > :07:00.last weekend. But in third, Webber 4th, Felipe Massa or ahead of
:07:00. > :07:05.Fernando Alonso by a 10th of the second. Alonso abandoned his lap.
:07:05. > :07:14.The di Resta, by leaving the pits, got himself a head of Sutil, so he
:07:14. > :07:24.is 9th. Adrian Sutil is 10. RADIO: Great news, mate, you're Ron Paul.
:07:24. > :07:28.Your pole position. Great job. you are on pole.
:07:28. > :07:35.After dramatic qualifying, it is Lewis Hamilton who picks up his
:07:36. > :07:39.first pole position of the season. Sebastian Vettel starts second.
:07:39. > :07:43.Paul di Resta made it into the final part of qualifying but did
:07:43. > :07:47.not set a time. He starts ahead of not set a time. He starts ahead of
:07:47. > :07:51.his team-mate. Let us hear from the three fastest on the track.
:07:51. > :07:54.Congratulations, you first pole position in a long time. Sebastian
:07:54. > :07:57.might have the World Championship but it seems you have got your
:07:57. > :08:02.but it seems you have got your swagger back. Yes, maybe in
:08:02. > :08:08.qualifying. My qualifying through the years has not been too bad. I
:08:08. > :08:15.think I have not got my Q3 run over the last couple of games, but it
:08:15. > :08:19.was not a surprise that we were As a team, we have been working so
:08:19. > :08:24.hard. I knew that we would be quick today. We have not had pole
:08:24. > :08:29.position for a lot -- a long time, but it is a great achievement for
:08:30. > :08:34.the team. I'm glad I could do that on their 700th Grand Prix. This is
:08:34. > :08:43.your 19th pole position. Is it an emotional pull position? No, not
:08:43. > :08:46.really. It has been up roller- coaster year. It is a better
:08:46. > :08:52.starting position for tomorrow, but tomorrow with the most important
:08:52. > :08:56.day. I am looking to focus and put my energy into tomorrow. You have
:08:56. > :08:58.the World Championship but with Jenson winning the last race and
:08:59. > :09:03.Lewis getting pole position, are MacLaren a faster car at the
:09:04. > :09:08.moment? It is always hard to say. In the end, it is not just the car,
:09:09. > :09:14.it takes a little peace between the front axle and the engine, which is
:09:14. > :09:19.called the driver. No doubt Jenson and Lewis have done a very good job
:09:19. > :09:23.last weekend in qualifying. Jenson had a very good race last weekend.
:09:23. > :09:29.This week, they have been very competitive. Yes, if the car allows
:09:29. > :09:33.them to go fast, they have to do it. I think it would be wrong to give
:09:34. > :09:40.the credit to the car. I'm sure McLaren is pushing hard. Today,
:09:40. > :09:44.they deserve to be on pole but it takes the ride drivers. -- Write
:09:44. > :09:48.drivers. In the end, it is the package. We hope to take the fight
:09:48. > :09:52.today and tomorrow and we should be in good shape, better in the race
:09:52. > :09:58.and last week. Third place start for you tomorrow. How do you feel?
:09:58. > :10:02.All right. I was hoping for a bit more. But congratulations to Lewis
:10:02. > :10:07.and the whole team. He has been very fast and quick through
:10:07. > :10:12.qualifying especially. I was not quick enough. Not bad to be in
:10:12. > :10:17.third position. It is always interesting driving on a new
:10:17. > :10:23.circuit. We have not started on this circuit in the drive. It will
:10:23. > :10:27.be interesting to see what happens. We have this long drag between the
:10:27. > :10:31.second and third terms, almost a kilometre. There will be hit when
:10:31. > :10:36.tomorrow, so why do not know what will happen. Looking forward to it.
:10:36. > :10:40.Lots of action. We have to get a feeling for what the car is like on
:10:40. > :10:45.high fuel. I am looking forward to the race. I think it will be a good
:10:45. > :10:51.one. Ninth place for you tomorrow. He did not look as if you were
:10:51. > :10:55.setting a flier out there. Sebastian went past. There was a
:10:55. > :11:00.better strategy behind it. We have looked reasonably strong throughout
:11:00. > :11:05.the session. We have been closer than the rest of the year. It is
:11:05. > :11:11.nice to get into Q3. That puts us into a strong position tomorrow.
:11:11. > :11:15.The ultimate thing is to go aggressive. I think the Saubers are
:11:15. > :11:19.back but their performance is strong. Both cars are into Q3 so I
:11:19. > :11:23.think our options are very good at this moment. We just need to make
:11:23. > :11:27.that lead. So when the race for pole position, Lewis Hamilton as
:11:27. > :11:31.the winner but no points up for grabs on Saturday. -- in the race.
:11:31. > :11:34.What is up for grabs his temperament, motivation and
:11:34. > :11:38.momentum. Lewis Hamilton -- Lewis Hamilton had all of those things.
:11:39. > :11:45.It was like he had rediscovered his MOJO. He was attacking from the
:11:45. > :11:49.moment he hit the track. He delivered a Supreme qualifying lap.
:11:49. > :11:53.I think you enjoyed it as much as Lewis enjoyed it in the car. He did
:11:53. > :11:58.not seem to enjoy it. What did you read into his body language as he
:11:58. > :12:05.climbed out of the car? Lots of a motion goes into that lap. At the
:12:05. > :12:12.end, it was almost as if he was overcome and -- overcome by emotion.
:12:12. > :12:15.He did not even open his visor and acknowledge the team. It is further
:12:15. > :12:18.signs that the troubles we have been seeing him have the season
:12:18. > :12:24.have really taken their toll. his words, "I will try to redeem
:12:24. > :12:29.himself". I really do not get that. Lewis is a supreme racing driver.
:12:29. > :12:32.He is a previous racing World Champion and he has speed in
:12:32. > :12:39.abundance. He is just having a bad year. Lot of drivers go through
:12:39. > :12:43.that phase. This is not about what is happening purely on the track.
:12:43. > :12:47.There are lots more things going on behind the scenes. Jenson Button,
:12:47. > :12:51.he could not live with him today. Red Bull have made clear that they
:12:51. > :12:55.think they are set for the race. think they have taken a strategic
:12:55. > :12:59.decision to save an extra set of harder tyres, prime tyres, in a
:12:59. > :13:03.hole that that will give them a better race strategy tomorrow. The
:13:03. > :13:08.early evidence from Pirelli is that the tyres are not going to last in
:13:08. > :13:13.terms of their initial drop off. The question is, can be reached lap
:13:13. > :13:18.10 and 11? This will be able to have. Race tomorrow. -- can be
:13:18. > :13:23.reached. Well worth setting an alarm for tomorrow. Unquestionably.
:13:23. > :13:26.It will be fantastic. Set your alarms. The build-up to the Korean
:13:26. > :13:31.Grand Prix starch right here from 6am in the morning. This is not the
:13:31. > :13:38.only horsepower on the BBC this afternoon. It is the richest day