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1991, Formula One sets foot out of Europe just six times. 20 years

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later, that number has doubled. Including new Asian territories.

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Malay share in 1999, China into this and an four, and in 2010,

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Korea. -- China in 2004. A home of the world's largest shipbuilders,

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the most advanced IT infrastructure and the population with the highest

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IQ on the planet. Last year, also, IQ on the planet. Last year, also,

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the home of chaos. This is the worst conditions in which I have

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That champagne from Fernando Alonso was not the only showers here last

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year. I'm sure you can understand why be a high Formula One family

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open the curtains today and were very relieved that it was not

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raining. -- the whole Formula One family. Sebastian Vettel picked up

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the drivers' championship yesterday. No need for an early start today,

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because you have chosen to join us -- in -- chosen to join us for a

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-- in -- chosen to join us for a re-run of qualifying for the Korean

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Grand Prix. This is how things finished seven days ago. Jenson

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Button can no longer catch Sebastian Vettel. He is now

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fighting Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton for

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second. The construction -- Constructors' Championship can also

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be seen to be completed. As far as the remaining races are concerned,

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we have the South Korean Grand Prix and then it will no longer be the

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newest race in a Formula One because we are heading to India in

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two weeks' time before wrapping up the season in Abu Dhabi and Brazil.

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One man who was buried excited -- One man who was buried excited --

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one man who is very excited is with me now. This circuit, this race,

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you have been out there in the Lotus. What was it like on the

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track? It is really strange, very slippery. Even this morning, you

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see drivers sliding and the tyres not digging in. I do not know what

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they have used on the asphalt, but it does not offer the same grip.

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That could make it very interesting. Time to see who can pick up pole

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position for this race. Will it be Red Bull once again? Time to hand

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over to David Coulthard and Martin qualifying. Raining on Friday

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ensured that around 20 laps in the final practice session was the only

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dry track preparation for all of the drivers. Pirelli say they have

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made an ambitious choice of softer compound tyres for this race. The

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are experimenting for next year. They want to get their compounds

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sorted out nice and early. Can Red Bull become the first team since

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Ferrari in 1952 to take every pole position in the season? They have

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16 in a row so far this year and this would be the 16th. McLaren

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should have been Ron Paul last Saturday afternoon in Japan, but

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they did not quite do it. David, can they achieve it this afternoon?

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This has been the most impressive they have looked through Friday and

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Saturday practice. Friday was wet, but McLaren were setting the pace.

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Through this one hour session, before going into qualifying,

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straight from the first run they were trading times. Lewis Hamilton,

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Jenson Button pretty much sharing the top spot. Nine thousandths of a

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second they missed out in Suzuka, and they have to be in a prime

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position this afternoon. The times were pretty quick this morning,

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faster than last year's free practice despite so much little --

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so little track time. It shows you how soft and fast the tyres are.

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This is the fastest track in the year, in terms of grip. Part of

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that might be that it is the second year of the racetrack. When you

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have a new track surface, it tends to leak out or oil or whatever is

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used that is laid down on the tarmac. With the benefit of a your

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sapling, because they have not had a much -- much action, believe they

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have had a truck race. Bring your road car down and go for a bit of

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fun. They have not embraced racing in this part of South Korea.

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Painting a picture of what is going on, we know that Sebastian Vettel

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is the World Champion already. 114 points clear. A good fight between

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Jenson Button Alonso and Mark Webber for second place. Despite an

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saying it means nothing to them, and be one to win races now. The

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fight in the middle of the field, Petrov, Sutil, Kobayashi and the

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rest of them, and that the tale of the points, Maldonado. 19 drivers

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have scored World Championship points this year. 19 finishes off -

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- in the Grand Prix last year, the highest ever in the history of

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Formula One. Red Bull can take the constructors title tomorrow if they

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score or more points than McLaren in the race. McLaren have to

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outscore Red Bull to keep that particular championship alive. This

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man was fastest in the final free practice. Jenson Button, right at

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the end of the session. Despite having a new chassis, because of a

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bolt that would not come out, they had to give him a new chassis. That

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is the survival cell that he is sitting in. The gearbox and the

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rest are bolted on to that. That is the chassis in the foreground that

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Michael Schumacher is sitting in. It had to be said, it looked like

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McLaren and Red Bull way out front. More of that in a moment.

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KRAVITZ: The super-soft tyre will do between 10 and 12 laps. It is

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not as marginal as everyone expected. We expect the top teams

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and a Mercedes to be able to go through the first field of

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qualifying on the soft tyres, and not the super-soft. We will see

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what happens when the session get started. Apparently, this track is

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the test track for the Korean version of Top Gear. I think the

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people who have done -- the guy who has done the most laps around you

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will probably be the Chorion stake. Indeed. The temperatures out there,

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28 degrees. 22 degrees, air pressure -- air temperature. Not

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particularly hot, no particular challenge us out there from the

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atmosphere. It is all about finding the perfect lap. 20 minutes of

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qualifying for them to deliver something. The first man on the

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track, Bruno Senna for the Renault team. The reason the track evolves

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as well is that every traction zone, they start putting rubber down,

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they start cleaning up the dust and dirt and laying down rubber. The

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more grip that you have got, the faster you go, the more rubber you

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put on the track. It is a snowball effect. Bruno Senna with a clear

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track. Surprising that we have not had more action? Normally, this

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part of the qualifying session you get the usual suspects, the six

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cars of the slow teams going out there, making full use of the extra

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television time. At the end of the day, they do not have the car as

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they would like in overall performance but they have to try to

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maximise their marketing share, so it is unusual not to see HRTs and

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Virgins straight out there on the track. They may as well use up as

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many tyres as they are free to do so when this park, because they

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will need to use the super-soft, the Red Stripe tyres to get as high

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up the position as possible. Bruno Senna had an incident this morning.

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He spun in the street section, losing his front wing. Maybe he is

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doing a balance check. Possibly Ted can find out. Did they change

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suspension? Meanwhile, one of the Renault reserved drivers, the

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French driver, if Kubica was to come back on the scene, and we are

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expecting news on that soon, you have to be fearful that he is not

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ready to return. We have seen and heard nothing of him. He has been

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nowhere near a racing car. Renault have potentially got Kubica, Petrov,

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Bruno Senna, Roman rush on, they are spoiling for choice. Lots and

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lots of pressure. But pressure is what this business is all about.

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TED KRAVITZ: The suspension was OK. They did not need to change that

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after his brush with the wall. This is race set-up work still going on

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in the first part of qualifying because when Bruno Senna took the

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front wing off in free practice, he also flat spotted the tyres. He

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does not have enough information as to how the yellow striped fireworks.

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That is what he is doing. -- yellow stripe tyre works. He scored World

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Championship points on three occasions. We have seen him in the

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hedge quite a lot. We have seen and damage the car. What does that tell

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you about where he is that? There is no question he is having to fast

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track his knowledge of this car. By starting so late in the season,

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every lap he does on this track is going to be three-quarters of the

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season behind his competitors. You could argue that there is no point

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going Conservative. He has to show the team that he is an attacking

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driver, a driver they can rely on to score points and Court 5 a car.

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His team-mates, Vitaly Petrov, ruining his front left tyre there.

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Once the wheel is walked, he is blistering the tyre. You have to

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get off the brake. -- wheel is locked. I would be amazed if he is

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able to set any kind of time at all. There is a rush of cars, with 15

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minutes left ago, heading out. car Tomaz will certainly got a B S

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brakes. My motorbike as CBS brakes, but Formula One cars do not. We

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have had ABSA in 1993 per, but it is too easy. TED KRAVITZ: Both Red

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Bulls have gone out straight away on the super-soft tyres. They are

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the only top team to do that. I am struggling to think why. Surely

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they can get through the session on the prime tyre? Why would they not

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think that they would need the super-soft? Are they doing a

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conscious strategy? Your thoughts? Normally, they want to keep those

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tyres until absolutely the last possible moment, unless they think

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they will qualify on prime tyres, the yellow stripe tired that we are

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seeing Lewis Hamilton using. There is a smaller gap between the prime

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and auction tyres. It was under a second here. Seven-tenths, the

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difference between the two compounds. Seven tenths of a second

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is a lot of time. Red Bull, using up a set of those straight away.

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Let us see if they go past the pits. They could be just conditioning a

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set of tyres. Let us watch them. You mean practising the he cycled?

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Yes. Mark Webber is coming up to corner 14. Meanwhile, we are on the

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Hamilton, this weekend. He has seemed a bit troubled in his

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personal life but on the racetrack, he has been flying. Just beaten in

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the final lap of the session this morning, not wanting to do an

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upshift for such a short little straight. Webber has continued on

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track, so has Vettel, so they are not putting the heat cycle through

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to prepare them for the race, they are actually using them. We are

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leaving Lewis Hamilton. The end of this lap is pretty exciting, it is

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a good layout. The drivers are enjoying this track. A huge

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challenge in that sector. Lot of corners where, especially with DRS

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which gives them a massive error balance shift, it is the effect of

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feeling you have a lot of front mode, destabilising the rear. So a

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lot of bravery from the drivers. Through 16, a small kink and then

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flat through the right hand part of 17 and 18. Then they run for the

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line and he opens it up with a 1: 38.2. Slower than he managed in the

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morning, but nonetheless. Pole last year was 1: 35, so not a stunningly

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fast lap, you would have to save from Lewis Hamilton the first time

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out. Hitting the red limit that a lot. Jenson Button is about to show

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us what he can do on his first lap and go second, some half a second

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slower than Lewis. Webber goes through on the supersoft tyres,

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even slower again, at 1: 39.0. That is looking quite difficult to

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understand. A Red Bull on the faster tyres are slower, unless he

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hit traffic somewhere. He did pass Sebastian Buemi somewhere. This is

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Fernando Alonso, that Ferrari have had a huge amount of understeer

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this morning. Having the DRS actually benefit them. Fernando

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Alonso into second on 1: 38.3. Vettel also matched Webber on the

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1: 39.0. That is strange. They put the soft tyres on straight away,

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the one they usually wrapped up in cotton wool and try not to use

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until the last moment. They have thrown them on and gone slowly,

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carrying a off fuel as well? -- carrying fuel. That is 2.5 seconds

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slower than you expect. It they could still be doing race

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simulation. Slightly risky,... It may leave them exposed later when

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they actually have one run. We have seen typically team's only running

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-- the team's idea running them in the last part of qualifying. Nico

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Rosberg is the fastest for the first sector so far in Q1, the

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first part of qualifying. So it is Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, and we

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have now had a 17 drivers put in a complete flying lap. No real

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surprises in there, no big surprises at the front or the

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midfield. Michael having to blend of the throttle, died in between

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two cars. -- diving. Two-tenths slower than his team-mate, his

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personal best was in the first proper flying lap. Schumacher goes

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into fifth with that. Nico Rosberg behind him goes into fourth place.

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He has matched Felipe Massa, who is in third. So Webber and Vettel down

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to seventh and eighth, they now own pit, both of the Red Bulls. As has

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Paul di Resta, currently in the 11th. These times don't matter,

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they are just taking... As long that you get through the first 17,

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the times are reset to zero. In the drop zone at the moment, d'Ambrosio,

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at Liuzzi, Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, a Ricciardo, Barrichello and

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Maldonado hadn't been out yet. Lewis Hamilton coming to the end of

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his lap. If this is going to take into their 1: 37.5 -- this is going

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to. That is much more like it. It seems as though he needed the tyres

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to come to him a little bed. What is Jenson Button doing? -- a little

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bit. At the moment, Hamilton looking like he has got the edge.

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And McLaren looking like they have got to the edge on a lot of them.

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Jenson Button goes second, still four-tenths shy. TED KRAVITZ: You

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are right, I am looking into the Red Bull garage and they have the

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fuel closely set. I think that was still at if we are expecting them

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to three-star, they are going to start on the soft us -- and free

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stop. So if they can get through qualifying OK, they will only need

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to two sets of the super-soft. I am still asking around some other

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engineers. As long as you go to train those tyres, there is no

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reason they couldn't use them again in Q2 -- as long as you don't put

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drained at those tyres. If they feel the need to. However we try to

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explain it, it is an unusual strategy and I'm sure you can

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understand, there will be some commonsense coming out at some

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point, but right now it looks as though it is against the grain.

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There is such a big spread of lap time, we saw in Suzuka last weekend

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that it is more spread out on the technical tracks. Red Bull should

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be easily making the last part of qualifying on the set of primes.

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Not a great about a difference between the prime and the option

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tyres. -- amount of difference. drop zone remains the same.

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Williams at the back at the moment, having not run. Kovalainen has got

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himself in it, and as we have seen before, he could get himself

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through the Q3 in that Lotus, but we will have to wait and see what

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time the Williams book before low to start celebrating. A Michael

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Schumacher now. -- Michael Schumacher now. It since the

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further they travel on this soft tyres, the faster they go -- it

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seems. He is one second off the pace. Because beyond the first term,

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where the pit lane leads into the heart of the first turn, where we

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saw Nico Rosberg piled into Alguersuari yesterday, if you could

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do a study at university and ask for the worst pit lane out at a

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racetrack, this is what they would come up with. It couldn't be worse.

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The design group are responsible for most of the new tracks, since

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way back in Malaysia, one of the first bespoke circuits. Maybe they

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sent out the YTS designers. I think it is a great track, but often you

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look at the pit exit and think, that is not going to work.

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Everybody says that and eventually they had to change things, but they

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haven't changed it here. It is quite difficult, you saw the

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reserve pit, the reserve once they have, they have a much better exit,

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but it is not the easiest job to get these cars on and off. It can't

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be that difficult. Bid cannot be. I'm just trying to give them the

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benefit of the doubt. Don't want to rubbish the Place! The drivers love

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the circuit, no question. Petrov is right in the heart of this sector

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two, through turn nine. Slightly over A crest, drops down into

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second gear, early on the power. He starts to open it out into this

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never ending apex and then into a 12. Then we are getting into what

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feels like the street circuit section of the track. One mistake

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on the left and there is a concrete wall. The last section of the track,

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a short blast through 15. They have dropped the kerb since last year.

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Working the wheel quite a lot, the challenge for the drivers is how

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rarely do I open my DRS? Petrov goes third with that on the

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supersoft tyres. So a decent lap, at 1: 38.3, still well shy of the

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McLaren boys. Vettel and Webber down in a fan night, but it is the

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last seven we will look at -- down in eighth and ninth. Everybody from

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Serran and Sebastian Buemi, surely they are feeling reasonably

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comfortable -- Bruno Senna. Ted Kravitz? A Williams tactic is to

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wait until the track has cleaned up a little. It is still very dusty in

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the pit lane, and then go out for a freak timed laps. -- a breed are

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timed laps. -- three. It is the best part of one minute and three

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quarters around here. Especially when you are out lapping as well.

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Let's have a look. Barrichello on his first said that, half the

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second of the fastest for stopped goes into for -- 14th place.

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Immediately backs off. Only just being there, Barrichello. Let's see

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what Maldonado can do. I don't think he is as fast. Pastor

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Maldonado through turn 18, and the line is here. He goes 16th. Let's

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see if he backs straight off. I think he did. So Williams are

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thinking they are going to clear Babak with one single flying lap on

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the supersoft tyres -- clear the bar. He has got enough time to do

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one slow lap and then a quick one, just about. What is going on here?

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Perez gets himself into tenth position with that. Again, at the

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set of super soft. They get three sets of each of the compound. They

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have the last all of qualifying and all of the race tomorrow. -- have

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the last. Kobayashi, only 15th with that effort. Under pressure. Adrian

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Sutil then in 17th at the moment with Force India, a car that should

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be solidly midfield. Paul di Resta got himself up to seventh on a 1:

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38.5. That is the ball park for a Well driven Force India at the

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moment. Adrian Sutil will only -- show us any time now his best

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effort, and it is night, two-tenths ash -- slower than Paul di Resta.

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Now we are on board with d'Ambrosio. D'Ambrosio and Timo Glock are

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running together. Be to freeze frame going on there. -- be told. I

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think it was Petrov getting out of the weight in the background. Bruno

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Senna at his 13th and comfortably in at the moment. Ricky Adar is

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that the pits and will start 24th, under fastest of the two Lotus cars.

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-- Kovalainen. Rubens Barrichello does try again, he has done a

:29:01.:29:11.

personal best through the first sector. TEAM RADIO: Won the extra.

:29:11.:29:20.

-- A one extra. Barrichello, Maldonado, they did a slow down and

:29:20.:29:25.

have picked up the pace. Ted Kravitz was right, they will just

:29:25.:29:32.

getting, or that they can complete their third flying lap. Looks as

:29:32.:29:37.

though he has backed out. Barrichello has either seen in his

:29:37.:29:43.

lap delta a display above his steering wheel... He is vulnerable

:29:43.:29:47.

from his team-mate Maldonado. Maldonado has backed down. No, that

:29:47.:29:52.

is Barrichello. He is coming in. We haven't seen the middle sector of

:29:52.:29:59.

Maldonado. A 43.6, that is his best. Rubens Barrichello is under

:29:59.:30:05.

pressure. I wonder if it was traffic, we did see Acar recently

:30:05.:30:11.

passed. Maldonado is about to knock him out of Q2. And here he goes.

:30:11.:30:17.

Maldonado crosses the line and does indeed get 16th. Kobayashi 17th.

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The first man out is the man coasting back to be told you will

:30:22.:30:28.

take no further part in qualifying. Kovalainen is on a couple of

:30:28.:30:34.

personal bests. Over the line goes Timo Glock. There is Kovalainen in

:30:34.:30:39.

the background, stays 19th. A better performance in qualifying

:30:39.:30:49.
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Jarno Trulli, six tenths slower. Staying in 20th. The d'Ambrosio has

:30:54.:31:04.
:31:04.:31:07.

pitted. And there is Rubens Barrichello, the most experienced

:31:07.:31:17.

man in the field, being told, "You are out of qualifying." Barrichello,

:31:17.:31:22.

the first of the big scalps. McLaren remain the fastest cars on

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McLaren remain the fastest cars on this track. It is a pleasure to be

:31:26.:31:32.

in the Lotus garage watching that session. It was amazing, I expected

:31:32.:31:35.

it to be so busy in here but nothing happened for the first

:31:35.:31:38.

eight minutes and then a radio message came in, fire up, I should

:31:38.:31:43.

go. And then it was a case, are we going to be to Virgin? As soon as

:31:43.:31:47.

that became crystal clear, it was a case of beating one another. --

:31:47.:31:54.

beat Virgin. They work at the strategies over the rest of the

:31:55.:31:59.

afternoon but most people will raise the prime tyres. That is why

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the Red Bulls used the super-soft. We did the second run anyway. As

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you say, I think the mechanics and engineers, they have done it a lot

:32:08.:32:16.

before, and they know what to expect. One of Lotus cars is about

:32:16.:32:22.

to be wheeled in, Kovalainen's car. Fascinating to see Jarno Trulli

:32:22.:32:26.

comment, realise he was the best part of a second behind his team-

:32:26.:32:29.

mate and immediately he had been dealt a in front of them and he was

:32:29.:32:33.

seeing a where he was finding the extra time. I think that happens

:32:34.:32:38.

with most teams. Christian Horner last year said that a lot of times

:32:38.:32:47.

they would go out and be swapping data. The Berra tactics involved

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because you do know what to show your hand completely on the first

:32:50.:32:59.

run. That is what happened when you have a team of equal skills.

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Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli would have had a look at one another's

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information. It benefits everyone to have two drivers with equal

:33:07.:33:13.

status. Jarno Trulli, Wheeldon behind us. Kovalainen is already in

:33:13.:33:19.

the garage. -- wheeled in behind us. As Jarno Trulli went out, the first

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thing he was told was that Perez was on the straight. How much of an

:33:25.:33:31.

issue is this pit exit? It is not necessarily because of that. It

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happens as a matter of practice. The big thing in qualifying is you

:33:36.:33:39.

do not want to impede another car. We were looking at the incident

:33:39.:33:43.

from yesterday. On any circuit, you do not want to impede another car.

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It is not totally fair. I always work on the principle that if you

:33:48.:33:53.

hold up someone else, I eventually someone else will hold you up. The

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engineers try to keep you informed of what is going on. It is tricky

:33:57.:34:03.

here because the pit lane design is odd. But it is the same for a

:34:03.:34:13.
:34:13.:34:13.

foodie. And Jarno Trulli is going to join us now. We spoke to you

:34:13.:34:17.

before qualifying. How would you describe your lap? Interesting to

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see you immediate they look at the dealt a from your first run. --

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immediately look at the Dell tough. I had some problems with power.

:34:26.:34:32.

This morning, I looked at the good one, but I could not use it for

:34:32.:34:38.

tactical reasons. There was very little chance for me. You had a

:34:38.:34:43.

good look at Jarno Trulli's tyres. You noticed that his front ride was

:34:43.:34:48.

badly worn. It was not too bad, just a little bit of draining on

:34:48.:34:55.

both. About what you would expect on the super-soft tyres, for a

:34:55.:35:01.

track that has had no rubber down. This morning, I looked at Torro

:35:01.:35:05.

Rosso and I could see a lot of blistering. It has not been to bat.

:35:05.:35:09.

Just a little bit more running, a little bit more rubber and it will

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be better. It is still a tough weekend. The surface is just not

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abrasive enough. The tyre does not taking. I can even feel that on the

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wet. Clearly Jarno Trulli did not want to stand around. He was keen

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to speak to the rest of the media. Time for the second part of

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:35:44.:35:49.

10 shoot-out? Qualifying is underway. 15 minutes remaining. Red

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Bull, using a set of super-soft tyres to do one flying lap, got

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themselves through in 9th and 10th. Very unusual strategy. Almost as

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unusual as that some protection mascot think we have just seen.

:36:05.:36:09.

Well, it is nice that teams are prepared to do something different.

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And we're going to find out who has made the right decision in the

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fullness of time. I suspect that Red Bull are focusing on the race

:36:19.:36:24.

preparation. They know that McLaren have got a good car round the track.

:36:25.:36:29.

Maybe it is a question of compromise, or when you're using

:36:29.:36:33.

DRS on all the Straits, and it is only available on a bit straighter

:36:34.:36:39.

between turn two and three, maybe you have to compromise less on

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gearing. -- the big straight. You have to hope you can utilise that

:36:46.:36:53.

to get the top spot on the podium. And we see a set of super-soft

:36:53.:36:59.

tyres remaining. What can you tell us, Ted? Because we know there now

:36:59.:37:03.

running super-soft tyres, we know they're saving. Red Bull will have

:37:03.:37:08.

three sets of prime tyres, which is surely going to help them, so they

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will start the race on super-soft because they will do, as you say,

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maybe one run in qualifying, and then they will put new prime on at

:37:20.:37:26.

the third. Having the benefit of prime tyres will help them in the

:37:26.:37:30.

race over the McLarens. The McLarens have gone out in front of

:37:30.:37:34.

me. Lewis Hamilton on the super- soft. I was wondering whether that

:37:34.:37:44.
:37:44.:37:45.

is a consequence of Red Bull's higher tyre wear. Potentially, they

:37:45.:37:51.

could do the second stint on which would negate the tactical plan.

:37:51.:37:56.

think we probably need to worry about that tomorrow but Red Bull

:37:56.:38:00.

are clearly going on the counter strategy. Will it straighten up

:38:00.:38:09.

through qualifying? They achieved what they needed to. Let us see

:38:09.:38:14.

what they do now. We know that there is a set of super-soft so on

:38:14.:38:24.
:38:24.:38:26.

these Red Bulls anyway. A nice bit of space for Paul di Resta. Loads

:38:26.:38:36.

of space in front of him. Lewis Hamilton, who has been flying this

:38:36.:38:41.

weekend. Every time he has sat in the car, he has looked good. He has

:38:41.:38:48.

looked determined, and comfortable on the layout with the McLaren.

:38:48.:38:54.

They picked up the pace. They run a stiff front end. That is why Suzuka

:38:54.:39:00.

was vibrating its way through. Good stability in this very fast middle

:39:00.:39:07.

part of the lap. Mark Webber, always out line. They are taking it

:39:07.:39:13.

easy, the DEC, not just for positioning, with a clear bit of

:39:13.:39:23.
:39:23.:39:31.

flak -- off-track, and the positioning. A very heavy braking

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zone into the first turn. Turn two does not exist, just full throttle.

:39:35.:39:43.

1100 metres, 14.5 seconds of full throttle. Using up his KERS energy,

:39:43.:39:49.

his DRS wide open. Maximum commitment, braking for turn two.

:39:49.:39:54.

Connect with the apex as sweet as you like. First year, bring it to

:39:55.:40:01.

the right Sandside, past the support pits, and he is used all of

:40:01.:40:05.

his KERS up virtually in the first part of the Lyon. It is Moseley

:40:05.:40:12.

corners from here or in. Short shift into third do not short on

:40:12.:40:18.

the screen. That is quite unusual to see first-year be used so much.

:40:18.:40:21.

I wonder if they have gone for a long for first gear which could

:40:21.:40:30.

compromise the start but gives them great performance? Slightly wide,

:40:30.:40:36.

but got away with it. Walked up slightly. You have to have the

:40:36.:40:44.

confidence to lift your foot off the brake. One corner flows into

:40:44.:40:50.

the next year. Plenty of rev limiter going on here. -- flows

:40:50.:40:59.

into the next. Absolutely full throttle across the kerb at a scene.

:40:59.:41:08.

Lewis Hamilton, 36.5. Still one second slower than last year's pole

:41:08.:41:13.

position. Jenson Button comes through forward Lyon against

:41:13.:41:23.

Hamilton's Tyne, eight tenths slower. -- Hamilton's time. We are

:41:23.:41:30.

about to see Red Bull show their hand. 37.24 Mark Webber. We will

:41:30.:41:34.

try to find out of those were old tyres. I am pretty sure they will

:41:34.:41:39.

be. Fernando Alonso goes forth with that. Ferrari do not look good

:41:39.:41:42.

around here. A wonderful second place from them last weekend but

:41:42.:41:50.

they do not look like they have great pace. They certainly have a

:41:50.:41:56.

lot of understeer, which may come into their hands. It is not really

:41:56.:42:01.

a corner, I said, but it is when you open the DRS that early.

:42:01.:42:08.

Sebastian Vettel, a few thousandths quicker than Mark Webber. That's

:42:08.:42:13.

all getting into Q3. Nico Rosberg, all we ate with that. Michael

:42:13.:42:20.

Schumacher is still in the pits. Only 10 have delivered a map -- a

:42:20.:42:29.

lap time, about to become 11. Felipe Massa confirms Ferrari's

:42:29.:42:39.
:42:39.:42:39.

apace. Oh dear. Bruno Senna, as I said, 28 today. Very keen to get in

:42:39.:42:45.

to the pits, by the looks of it. That is why the pit is so difficult,

:42:45.:42:53.

because too much -- I saw two car as fly into the pit in the rain

:42:53.:42:57.

yesterday but the entries of the high-speed turn 17, were we just

:42:57.:43:03.

saw Sebastian Vettel try not to spin off 160 -- at one and 60 miles

:43:03.:43:13.
:43:13.:43:15.

an hour as he opened this lot in his rear wing. -- 160mph former --.

:43:15.:43:22.

How many cars on the track? A dozen. Webber crosses the line. Going into

:43:22.:43:29.

the pits with that. Jenson Button, this is an amazing thing. He has

:43:29.:43:35.

not been on pole positions and smaller Co to doesn't do nine, 45

:43:35.:43:40.

races ago. I would never, ever have believed that. He has had in his

:43:40.:43:45.

formal one Korea Severn bore the sins than none of which are before

:43:45.:43:54.

McLaren. -- in his time at Formula One, seven pole positions but none

:43:54.:44:02.

of them with McLaren. A good reminder that points are only

:44:02.:44:07.

handed out on a Sunday and not a Saturday. Mark Webber has a lot

:44:07.:44:11.

more race fastest laps than Sebastian Vettel, but you could

:44:11.:44:16.

argue that it is where your and in what order that counts. Qualifying

:44:17.:44:23.

today, very important, but it is how you have got your car set-up

:44:23.:44:29.

during the changing and evolving racetrack that we see here.

:44:29.:44:32.

Presumably it is dry as the rubber goes down tomorrow, what is balance

:44:32.:44:39.

today will go out of bars Sauro and vice versa. -- out of balance today

:44:39.:44:46.

and vice versa. RADIO: Michael, are you able to do a lap on it?

:44:46.:44:56.
:44:56.:45:00.

Confirmed, so you have the track has either damaged on the out-lap

:45:00.:45:05.

or they were and balanced. They go to Pirelli, they put on those

:45:05.:45:09.

little lead weights, but some take over the top, so it is probably

:45:09.:45:15.

more likely he has locked up somewhere -- but some tape. We saw

:45:15.:45:23.

in free practice that he was susceptible to free locking.

:45:23.:45:28.

some problem with the transmission? It you would be very brave to them

:45:28.:45:38.
:45:38.:45:57.

bad match is the fastest sector time, which was Lewis Hamilton. --

:45:57.:46:06.

just a bad matches. Ted Kravitz is down in the pits. Remarkably, there

:46:06.:46:13.

is no one else on the grid. Stabbing on the throttle like

:46:13.:46:17.

Ayrton Senna, through the corner, that distinctive driving style that

:46:17.:46:22.

their net -- Ayrton Senna had. Michael Schumacher tries to find a

:46:22.:46:32.
:46:32.:46:32.

bilateral grip of the car. -- that Lateral a grip. He is ninth. And

:46:32.:46:38.

that will disappoint him. A clear track, soft tyres, and only night

:46:38.:46:44.

that position. We are looking at the top 10. -- the ninth position.

:46:44.:46:48.

Petrov is in their in eight place, not much of a surprise, but he is

:46:48.:46:53.

in there, and Alguersuari for Toro Rosso is in tenth. Right now, we

:46:53.:47:01.

would lose Sebastian Buemi, Adrian Sutil, Paul di Resta, Perez, Bruno

:47:01.:47:06.

Senna. TED KRAVITZ: Felipe Massa doesn't feel secure, he has gone

:47:06.:47:12.

out for another run, burning up another set of super-soft tyres. It

:47:12.:47:15.

is worth remembering that when we assess the difference between

:47:15.:47:19.

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa that Fernando Alonso is running a

:47:19.:47:23.

bright new development front wing and Felipe Massa is running the old

:47:23.:47:28.

one. I am looking at a tweet which asks if it is possible to run two

:47:28.:47:34.

different sets of tyres combined? No it is not, it has to be

:47:34.:47:44.
:47:44.:47:47.

homogenous. TEAM RADIO: Check the brake balance. It is almost like he

:47:48.:47:52.

is running through a mental checklist. Go right on the right

:47:53.:47:59.

handers. It check brake balance. Mirror, signal, manoeuvre. He can

:47:59.:48:04.

pass his driving test all over again. Indeed. Are you sure he has

:48:04.:48:09.

already? Maldonado, 17th of the 17 runners and three of them haven't

:48:10.:48:16.

but that time in yet. Maldonado is about to unleash that Williams-

:48:16.:48:26.
:48:26.:48:28.

Cosworth on this racetrack. Just under 3.5 miles, including this

:48:28.:48:31.

impressively, if slightly unnecessarily long straight. That

:48:31.:48:36.

is where the DRS zone is tomorrow, it could be chaotic down there. The

:48:36.:48:39.

second half of that long straight is where DRS works and the

:48:40.:48:49.
:48:50.:48:50.

detection. Is on the exit of turn one. -- detection point. Felipe

:48:50.:48:55.

Massa doesn't feel comfortable in seventh on a 1: 38.1, and rightly

:48:55.:49:00.

so, that is only four-tenths of a second inside the Q3 top 10 zone.

:49:00.:49:09.

He will have to get on it. Felipe Massa, super-softs, 24.4 on the

:49:09.:49:16.

first sector, match in Hamilton. Adrian Sutil is making a claim for

:49:16.:49:23.

a top 10 shoot-out. One minute and 10 seconds remaining. I love that

:49:23.:49:27.

the tyres that came off best car after final practice and they

:49:27.:49:32.

looked horrible -- I looked back. Lots of grading as it scraped

:49:32.:49:38.

across the surface. A bit of traffic there, that will have cost

:49:38.:49:45.

him some time. He should be clear of Petrov and the Renault in front

:49:45.:49:52.

but this is a scrappy lap. Felipe Massa goes up to fifth on a 1: 37.3.

:49:52.:49:58.

That should do it. Now we are looking at Sutil. Maldonado has

:49:58.:50:05.

done to personal bests. -- two. Short shift through 17, doesn't

:50:05.:50:10.

look like he has all the grip in the world and he only goes 14th.

:50:10.:50:16.

Adrian Sutil, here he is, ninth. Michael Schumacher is now on the

:50:16.:50:21.

bubble in tenth place, he will not get another run. Sebastian Buemi

:50:21.:50:31.
:50:31.:50:45.

and Paul di Resta could spoil appeared to tenth at the moment.

:50:45.:50:50.

Michael Schumacher is out, it is over for him. It is now about

:50:50.:50:55.

Sebastian Buemi and Paul di Resta. Here comes Paul di Resta, can he

:50:55.:51:01.

get in the top 10? Yes, just! Just behind his team-mate. Sebastian

:51:01.:51:05.

Buemi is another who could make a surprise entry into the top 10

:51:05.:51:14.

shoot-out. No, he stays 13th. Kobayashi is out there as well.

:51:14.:51:23.

Only up to 14th with that. Then we have Perez and Bruno Senna, that

:51:23.:51:29.

get Bruno Senna up to 15th. Perez will be the final man to deliver a

:51:29.:51:37.

lap. He stays 17th. So we will boost Alguersuari, Michael

:51:37.:51:45.

Schumacher, Sebastian Buemi, Kobayashi, Bruno Senna, Maldonado,

:51:45.:51:51.

who starts 16, and Sergio Perez will start 17th. Unfortunately,

:51:51.:51:57.

when the cameras come on you like that straight after a qualifying

:51:57.:52:03.

sector, it is because you are the surprise exit and that surprise is

:52:03.:52:08.

Michael Schumacher. Nico Rosberg got in on a 1: 37.8. Michael

:52:08.:52:14.

Schumacher 1: 38.3. It is hard the second but it is the end of the

:52:14.:52:20.

world, or the end of qualifying. -- half a second. First and second in

:52:20.:52:25.

the 100m is much less than that and one is a hero and one is a zero.

:52:25.:52:29.

JAKE HUMPHREY: With no Eddie Jordan, I am with Karun Chandok. We enjoyed

:52:29.:52:33.

the first part of the session in the Lotus garage and we enjoyed

:52:33.:52:38.

that, it was exciting in the last couple of seconds. Very

:52:38.:52:40.

disappointed for Michael Schumacher and due noticed something

:52:40.:52:45.

interesting. KARUN CHANDOK: He was back at the

:52:45.:52:48.

motor home before we even see most of the car's back in the garage, so

:52:48.:52:53.

he didn't do they run at the end. We heard him saying there was a

:52:53.:52:57.

vibration but he would do the run anyway and it cost in time, and I

:52:57.:53:01.

am sure he is massively disappointed when Rosberg is six or

:53:01.:53:07.

seventh tens ahead of him. -- seven-tenths. Let's look at another

:53:07.:53:11.

man who has made pole position his so far this year, he knows what to

:53:11.:53:17.

do on Saturdays, but a little bit of a moment for Vettel. I love

:53:17.:53:21.

watching him through qualifying, he is so committed. Coming to the

:53:21.:53:25.

final corner, he is trying to get their DRS, Phillips Idowu but had

:53:25.:53:33.

little too early and a slight lift -- flips it opened a little to Ali.

:53:33.:53:37.

-- too early. You are trying to teach your finger to go to the DRS

:53:37.:53:42.

Button but it is all about bravery and how much your car allows you to

:53:42.:53:46.

risk pressing it early. If you join us in the pre-show, you will have

:53:46.:53:51.

seen Daniel Ricciardo telling us he can't wait to start using his DRS

:53:51.:53:55.

but he didn't get the chance. He had issues in final practice and

:53:55.:54:00.

didn't take to the track so he starts at the very back tomorrow.

:54:00.:54:04.

Back row Mackenzie not too much action, was there a problem? -- LEE

:54:04.:54:10.

MCKENZIE:, not too much accent. There was a problem. We had a

:54:10.:54:14.

problem with the cooling system, and we hope it is not the same

:54:14.:54:18.

issue. The boys are pretty sure they got on top of bed, so we will

:54:18.:54:24.

see what it is. -- top of it. Bow- tie and collapse, so not the

:54:24.:54:30.

greatest of days. -- no time to Lutz. If you feel a problem when

:54:30.:54:35.

you went out? Personally, I couldn't feel anything but by

:54:35.:54:39.

Engineer saw it on the data, so he said try and make it back to the

:54:39.:54:45.

Brits and we will try and fix it. Asked to the pits. We wanted to see

:54:45.:54:48.

if they could get it done in time, but it was hoped more than anything

:54:48.:54:52.

else. JAKE HUMPHREY: Good luck to Daniel

:54:52.:54:58.

tomorrow but it is time for that fight for pole position.

:54:58.:55:04.

MARTIN BRUNDLE: At the top 10 shoot-out in Q3, at the second

:55:04.:55:08.

South Korean group -- Grand Prix, is under way. Let's be to Ted

:55:08.:55:14.

Kravitz. TED KRAVITZ: Definitely a problem with Michael Schumacher's

:55:14.:55:18.

tyres, you would expect him to improve more than he did with the

:55:18.:55:22.

super-soft, and the early word from Mercedes is that it was an

:55:22.:55:27.

unbalanced tyre rather than a flat spot. They are normally bang on to

:55:27.:55:32.

the side of the rim and it had come off. He didn't reported, but that

:55:32.:55:37.

is what they think caused the vibration. -- a report it. TEAM

:55:37.:55:44.

RADIO: The track is clear, so one timed lap, straight back in and we

:55:44.:55:51.

will plan for another. If a rear tyre vibrates, it is annoying, if

:55:51.:55:53.

it is a front one, it is more than that.

:55:54.:55:59.

DAVID COULTHARD: It depends at what level it is. If you remember, Kimi

:55:59.:56:04.

Raikkonen flat spotted what was the only set of tyres he was using in

:56:04.:56:07.

that race and it ripped the front sense -- suspension of the car when

:56:08.:56:14.

braking. You could visibly see the flat spot them. It didn't look, on

:56:14.:56:19.

the footage, that he had that level of vibration. If it was a we'll

:56:19.:56:26.

wait missing, that is a problem. -- a weight on the wheel. They are

:56:26.:56:34.

only lightly stuck on. They normally put on a silver tape,

:56:34.:56:44.

something that is metallic. Posh tape. Mark Webber, for Red Bull.

:56:44.:56:51.

Eight of the 10 cars are out on track. Webber just bringing his

:56:51.:56:58.

tyres back to speed. As does Sebastian Vettel. Have they chose

:56:58.:57:04.

an to use a brand new set? Are they going to use their two remaining

:57:04.:57:11.

sets of the superstar? They have got this far on one sec. -- of the

:57:11.:57:18.

super-soft, they have got this far on one set. Sebastian Vettel is

:57:18.:57:21.

coasting around at the back at the moment of the eight that have

:57:21.:57:29.

chosen to do a lap. We have had that Force India will do no laps or

:57:29.:57:36.

one flying lap to save those tyres. Let's have a look at the first

:57:36.:57:43.

sectors, Nico Rosberg is the first through. A 34.24 Lewis Hamilton.

:57:43.:57:51.

This is the first of what we expect to beat two attempts to qualify,

:57:51.:57:56.

otherwise we will get very upset. Hamilton has got Nico Rosberg not

:57:56.:58:01.

that far ahead. Let's see if we can stay the distance. Absolutely flat.

:58:01.:58:07.

Superbly. Superb to listen to. Commits to the breaking as he goes

:58:07.:58:12.

through the apex of nine and drops it into 10. It doesn't like like he

:58:12.:58:17.

will be affected by Nico Rosberg. - - look like. Sometimes it can strip

:58:17.:58:22.

-- change your focus. That car is a live, it looks like Lewis Hamilton

:58:22.:58:30.

again. The car looks like it is on a ragged edge. It is superb. He has

:58:30.:58:34.

got the thing alive and we haven't seen it for a while from Lewis

:58:34.:58:39.

Hamilton. Through turn 17 and across the kerb at 18. The

:58:39.:58:44.

finishing line comes very quickly now. Still slower than last year

:58:44.:58:53.

and slower than I was expecting. Fully-paid master crosses -- Felipe

:58:53.:58:58.

Massa crosses over. Nico Rosberg added did 1: 37.7. Here comes

:58:58.:59:08.
:59:08.:59:10.

Jenson Button. Havel took on a 1: 36.1. -- Hamilton took. What can

:59:10.:59:15.

Vettel do? He has been the fastest man in the middle sector. Again,

:59:15.:59:22.

delivering when he needs to but is it enough in Korea? It has been at

:59:22.:59:27.

every other racetrack so far this year. He gets the DRS Open. No

:59:27.:59:33.

problems this time and it is only second. Three hundredths of a

:59:33.:59:38.

second slower than McLaren, we had a major fight on our hands.

:59:38.:59:43.

Hamilton, Vettel, at Webber, Jenson Button, then Fernando Alonso, they

:59:43.:59:48.

are well clear. It looks like a straight fight between McLaren and

:59:48.:59:54.

Red Bull, with McLaren still with the upper hand. Which hand is up?

:59:54.:00:00.

Which one is the upper hand? Hamilton looked, as you said, like

:00:00.:00:06.

the Hubble 10 of all. He was checking that carp at the corners -

:00:06.:00:11.

- but Hamilton of old. I hope they go for another run. This will be a

:00:11.:00:17.

beautiful she cared for pole position. -- shoot-out. Sounding

:00:17.:00:21.

like an old tractor. I wouldn't want to go through their with the

:00:21.:00:26.

set of tyres I wanted for the race. No, with stones and everything.

:00:26.:00:34.

did he do that, that is unusual? TEAM RADIO: 100% KERS for the in-

:00:34.:00:41.

lap. Quick in-lap. That is why he did it. He is still that looking as

:00:41.:00:46.

though he came in that fast. He has to charge the KERS up. I wouldn't

:00:46.:00:50.

want to go through there. It is like going through the hatchings of

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the middle of a dual carriageway. You are guaranteed a puncture.

:00:57.:01:01.

has dropped another six seconds in the middle sector, so he is 12

:01:01.:01:11.
:01:11.:01:14.

time for a turnaround. TED KRAVITZ: Bear in mind that if they do run

:01:14.:01:18.

the new prime tyres that we think they're going to, they will not

:01:18.:01:22.

need to run that set of tyres that Sebastian Vettel has done his first

:01:22.:01:31.

run on. Looking into the Force India garage, no movement. I would

:01:31.:01:35.

not be surprised if they do not attempt to qualify. They did not

:01:35.:01:43.

hightail it back to the pits. Since they stopped refuelling, they do

:01:43.:01:53.

not have the refuelling rig. It is much slower now. This pit stop is

:01:53.:01:56.

controlled by the image of time it takes to put fuel on board.

:01:56.:01:59.

Changing the wheels, they can do that in three seconds if they want

:01:59.:02:07.

to. Degree cabin on the sector times, Hamilton is the fastest. --

:02:07.:02:15.

rate-capping on. Mainly straight there. Sebastian Vettel, one-tenth

:02:15.:02:23.

quicker. It is nip and tuck in the last sector. I love when you put

:02:23.:02:29.

different cars and different drivers on this track, achieving

:02:29.:02:39.
:02:39.:02:43.

different lap Tyne separated by a few hundredths. We're going to see

:02:43.:02:50.

eight Force India out in qualifying. It does not look like a clean set

:02:50.:02:54.

as it came out of the blankets. We're hearing that they are all on

:02:54.:03:04.
:03:04.:03:07.

new tyres. Three cars, trying to maintain temperature and pressure

:03:07.:03:11.

in their tyres whilst going slowly and building a space. That is when

:03:11.:03:18.

we get tears and people spitting the dummy. It is remarkable. We're

:03:18.:03:24.

going to have all of the cars on track within one sector. There are

:03:24.:03:28.

nine cars out on track. Why would they all put themselves out with

:03:28.:03:31.

the potential to get traffic. If the guy air front makes a mistake,

:03:31.:03:41.

he will back out. -- the guy in front. From turn four to turn nine,

:03:41.:03:47.

that is what the cars are. Webber at the front, followed by Hamilton,

:03:47.:03:53.

Button and Alonso. Di Resta has got itself some free space. Sebastian

:03:53.:04:00.

Vettel is ahead of Petrov. Sutil is not going out. Nor is Nico Rosberg.

:04:00.:04:04.

That is why there are only eight cars on track. Fancy shoes but

:04:04.:04:08.

they're not doing what they should be doing, pressing pedals. Unusual

:04:09.:04:18.
:04:19.:04:19.

for him to walk out of the front of the garage. RADIO: Everyone is

:04:19.:04:23.

bunched up at the moment. I suggest that we need a five-second gap by

:04:23.:04:31.

the time we start your lap. So that you will not get the turbulent air

:04:31.:04:39.

across the bodywork. Hamilton was 5.6 seconds behind as he crossed

:04:39.:04:46.

the line and then 3.7 behind in his Felipe Massa. Alonso, di Resta 2.1

:04:46.:04:53.

behind him. Probably did not envision he would be catching the

:04:53.:05:03.
:05:03.:05:04.

Ferrari. Adrian Sutil will start 10th, guaranteed. Rosberg's time

:05:04.:05:11.

has put in in 7th. Sector times, 34.24 Hamilton, 34.1 for Jenson

:05:11.:05:18.

Button. Could this be his first ever pole position for McLaren? The

:05:18.:05:22.

fastest man in qualifying through the first sector. 34.24 Sebastian

:05:22.:05:31.

Vettel. Jenson Button has the upper hand. Sebastian Vettel is catching

:05:32.:05:36.

it Paul di Resta very quickly indeed. Will he be getting himself

:05:36.:05:41.

some traffic? Paul di Resta had a slow first sector. He might just

:05:41.:05:50.

let Sebastian Vettel through. setting sometimes. -- Some times.

:05:50.:05:53.

Mark Webber had an awful for a sector and has given up on the

:05:53.:06:01.

middle sector. He has pitted. Lewis Hamilton, fastest at the moment, he

:06:01.:06:08.

crosses the line with a 35.8, which is good. Felipe Massa a moves into

:06:08.:06:15.

5th. Jenson Button goes second on a 36.1. Pressure. A McLaren have

:06:15.:06:19.

walked out the front row. This is the only man who could spoil it.

:06:19.:06:26.

Sebastian Vettel comes across the line, only seconds. Finally, we

:06:26.:06:29.

have something other than a Red Bull on pole position. Lewis

:06:29.:06:37.

Hamilton takes it by over two- tenths of a second. One of will lap.

:06:37.:06:41.

We saw him back, driving in the style that we had become so

:06:42.:06:44.

accustomed to. Hamilton takes pole position as he should have done

:06:44.:06:54.

last weekend. But in third, Webber 4th, Felipe Massa or ahead of

:06:54.:07:00.

Fernando Alonso by a 10th of the second. Alonso abandoned his lap.

:07:00.:07:05.

The di Resta, by leaving the pits, got himself a head of Sutil, so he

:07:05.:07:14.

is 9th. Adrian Sutil is 10. RADIO: Great news, mate, you're Ron Paul.

:07:14.:07:24.

Your pole position. Great job. you are on pole.

:07:24.:07:28.

After dramatic qualifying, it is Lewis Hamilton who picks up his

:07:28.:07:35.

first pole position of the season. Sebastian Vettel starts second.

:07:36.:07:39.

Paul di Resta made it into the final part of qualifying but did

:07:39.:07:43.

not set a time. He starts ahead of not set a time. He starts ahead of

:07:43.:07:47.

his team-mate. Let us hear from the three fastest on the track.

:07:47.:07:51.

Congratulations, you first pole position in a long time. Sebastian

:07:51.:07:54.

might have the World Championship but it seems you have got your

:07:54.:07:57.

but it seems you have got your swagger back. Yes, maybe in

:07:57.:08:02.

qualifying. My qualifying through the years has not been too bad. I

:08:02.:08:08.

think I have not got my Q3 run over the last couple of games, but it

:08:08.:08:15.

was not a surprise that we were As a team, we have been working so

:08:15.:08:19.

hard. I knew that we would be quick today. We have not had pole

:08:19.:08:24.

position for a lot -- a long time, but it is a great achievement for

:08:24.:08:29.

the team. I'm glad I could do that on their 700th Grand Prix. This is

:08:30.:08:34.

your 19th pole position. Is it an emotional pull position? No, not

:08:34.:08:43.

really. It has been up roller- coaster year. It is a better

:08:43.:08:46.

starting position for tomorrow, but tomorrow with the most important

:08:46.:08:52.

day. I am looking to focus and put my energy into tomorrow. You have

:08:52.:08:56.

the World Championship but with Jenson winning the last race and

:08:56.:08:58.

Lewis getting pole position, are MacLaren a faster car at the

:08:59.:09:03.

moment? It is always hard to say. In the end, it is not just the car,

:09:04.:09:08.

it takes a little peace between the front axle and the engine, which is

:09:09.:09:14.

called the driver. No doubt Jenson and Lewis have done a very good job

:09:14.:09:19.

last weekend in qualifying. Jenson had a very good race last weekend.

:09:19.:09:23.

This week, they have been very competitive. Yes, if the car allows

:09:23.:09:29.

them to go fast, they have to do it. I think it would be wrong to give

:09:29.:09:33.

the credit to the car. I'm sure McLaren is pushing hard. Today,

:09:34.:09:40.

they deserve to be on pole but it takes the ride drivers. -- Write

:09:40.:09:44.

drivers. In the end, it is the package. We hope to take the fight

:09:44.:09:48.

today and tomorrow and we should be in good shape, better in the race

:09:48.:09:52.

and last week. Third place start for you tomorrow. How do you feel?

:09:52.:09:58.

All right. I was hoping for a bit more. But congratulations to Lewis

:09:58.:10:02.

and the whole team. He has been very fast and quick through

:10:02.:10:07.

qualifying especially. I was not quick enough. Not bad to be in

:10:07.:10:12.

third position. It is always interesting driving on a new

:10:12.:10:17.

circuit. We have not started on this circuit in the drive. It will

:10:17.:10:23.

be interesting to see what happens. We have this long drag between the

:10:23.:10:27.

second and third terms, almost a kilometre. There will be hit when

:10:27.:10:31.

tomorrow, so why do not know what will happen. Looking forward to it.

:10:31.:10:36.

Lots of action. We have to get a feeling for what the car is like on

:10:36.:10:40.

high fuel. I am looking forward to the race. I think it will be a good

:10:40.:10:45.

one. Ninth place for you tomorrow. He did not look as if you were

:10:45.:10:51.

setting a flier out there. Sebastian went past. There was a

:10:51.:10:55.

better strategy behind it. We have looked reasonably strong throughout

:10:55.:11:00.

the session. We have been closer than the rest of the year. It is

:11:00.:11:05.

nice to get into Q3. That puts us into a strong position tomorrow.

:11:05.:11:11.

The ultimate thing is to go aggressive. I think the Saubers are

:11:11.:11:15.

back but their performance is strong. Both cars are into Q3 so I

:11:15.:11:19.

think our options are very good at this moment. We just need to make

:11:19.:11:23.

that lead. So when the race for pole position, Lewis Hamilton as

:11:23.:11:27.

the winner but no points up for grabs on Saturday. -- in the race.

:11:27.:11:31.

What is up for grabs his temperament, motivation and

:11:31.:11:34.

momentum. Lewis Hamilton -- Lewis Hamilton had all of those things.

:11:34.:11:38.

It was like he had rediscovered his MOJO. He was attacking from the

:11:39.:11:45.

moment he hit the track. He delivered a Supreme qualifying lap.

:11:45.:11:49.

I think you enjoyed it as much as Lewis enjoyed it in the car. He did

:11:49.:11:53.

not seem to enjoy it. What did you read into his body language as he

:11:53.:11:58.

climbed out of the car? Lots of a motion goes into that lap. At the

:11:58.:12:05.

end, it was almost as if he was overcome and -- overcome by emotion.

:12:05.:12:12.

He did not even open his visor and acknowledge the team. It is further

:12:12.:12:15.

signs that the troubles we have been seeing him have the season

:12:15.:12:18.

have really taken their toll. his words, "I will try to redeem

:12:18.:12:24.

himself". I really do not get that. Lewis is a supreme racing driver.

:12:24.:12:29.

He is a previous racing World Champion and he has speed in

:12:29.:12:32.

abundance. He is just having a bad year. Lot of drivers go through

:12:32.:12:39.

that phase. This is not about what is happening purely on the track.

:12:39.:12:43.

There are lots more things going on behind the scenes. Jenson Button,

:12:43.:12:47.

he could not live with him today. Red Bull have made clear that they

:12:47.:12:51.

think they are set for the race. think they have taken a strategic

:12:51.:12:55.

decision to save an extra set of harder tyres, prime tyres, in a

:12:55.:12:59.

hole that that will give them a better race strategy tomorrow. The

:12:59.:13:03.

early evidence from Pirelli is that the tyres are not going to last in

:13:03.:13:08.

terms of their initial drop off. The question is, can be reached lap

:13:08.:13:13.

10 and 11? This will be able to have. Race tomorrow. -- can be

:13:13.:13:18.

reached. Well worth setting an alarm for tomorrow. Unquestionably.

:13:18.:13:23.

It will be fantastic. Set your alarms. The build-up to the Korean

:13:23.:13:26.

Grand Prix starch right here from 6am in the morning. This is not the

:13:26.:13:31.

only horsepower on the BBC this afternoon. It is the richest day

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