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fantastic. There are so many things you want to say in this moment but

going for glory? Going for glory, that is why we are here.

You are the 2011 world champion - well done! I am just so thankful to

everyone in the team and it is great to achieve the goal we set

indulgence cue can beat when reflecting on this sport. Life has

moved on for the man and his car. It is all about picking up another

trophy and adding another win. Thanks for getting up early and

joining us for like Formula One. David Coulthard is with me, no

Eddie Jordan last week -- this weekend, but last weekend we got a

close-up of Sebastian Vettel becoming world champion. Could the

one way to describe that was emotional? We saw the tears in his

eyes, as he realised the enormity of his achievement. He is a man who

appreciates history. Apart from a bit of a hangover the following day,

was he quite reflective? He was, he was talking about you have to be

comfortable with the man you see in the mirror. The said he does not

always feel comfortable with that man. But across the course of the

season he is comfortable with how he has won his second Championship.

And he wasn't even out of bed at 6:00am. It has just gone 2pm and we

are less than an hour away until the race begins. It is much a

celebration for Sebastian Vettel who is a global start. He has

wandered world title and has enjoyed 15 different countries, 15

races. We have had four winners, and talking of difference, there is

no where we visit quite like South say, the grandstand is filling up.

There were thousands of fans as we came out, David, are you ready to

answer some questions? What have you made a South Korea. This is

your first trip here and this is all the entertainment. You cannot

say they have not made an effort? was very underwhelmed when I

arrived because the track is by an industrialised area. But as time

has gone on, and talking to the people, and you can see the efforts,

they are behind his Grand Prix. I expect a full crowd. I do cute the

sights and sounds of the local town, Yeongam, what do you make of it?

is a lot of neon. We went to a nice restaurant, good energy and lots of

families enjoying themselves. There is a higher IQ in his country and

they are making good use of it. They look at the fact we are five

hours on a bus from Seoul, a rural area, but you have to make an

effort to get here, but when you do, it is a special track. I was

talking to a lot of the drivers last night, there is only one main

hotel and everybody was hanging out there. They love this Middlesex and.

They get up to 200 mph,. -- middle section. The specimen may have low

fuel,. The we have discussed how special it is to be here and how

brilliance Sebastian Vettel's win was. Nobody talked about Jenson

Button winning. Is it because the title has been one this win is

overlooked light Mark Webber in Brazil in 2009? That was a

fantastic victory for Jenson Button, he had to control his emotions at

the beginning of the race. He felt Sebastian Vettel was a little bit

aggressive. He was passed by Lewis Hamilton, and never a good thing

when you have two cars in front of you. He managed, he come through

and won the race with just the much -- Justina fuel to cross the line.

The man who use of them will be the man for of confidence because that

is Jenson Button who won the last race and that means the gap between

him and Sebastian Vettel is 114 points. But he cannot catch him, he

is looking over his shoulder at the last of Fernando Alonso, Lewis

Hamilton and Mark Webber who are all chasing second place. Red Bull

aim they added do better than McLaren or equal their results. If

that happens, Red Bull will be the constructors champions this year.

Where would Jenson Button be starting on the grid? That victory

in Japan men's McLaren have managed wraps up the Championship in Japan,

and a week later in Maradas Lakoue we are treated soon the most

uncompetitive qualifying of the year. It has been 14 years since

Williams are won a Championship and Rubens Barrichello was the first

big-name knocked out after struggling. Michael Schumacher

missed the top 10 after a wheel vibrations slowed him down. Today

didn't go to plan. It is my first by a qualifying of the year, and I

hope tomorrow will be a better day. At the end of the day these things

happen. The car is consistent and hopefully it will be the right

sector for tomorrow. Force India made it into the top 10 shoot-out

but a elected not to set a time to save tyres. Felipe Massa and

qualified Fernando Alonso for the second time in successive races.

But he has not been given the new from win this weekend that has gone

to Alonso. But Fernando is not sure whether it made things better or

worse. Or was the new wing OK? No answer,

maybe. I was able to do a good lap, even not having the new front wing.

I think it was very positive for me. I am looking forward to have a good

raise false start that left an intense final few minutes as

McLaren tried to end Red Bull's domination in qualifying. Mark

Webber is fourth on the grid. Jenson Button his third. McLaren

are at a slight disadvantage after Red Bull managed to save three sets

of tyres were as McLaren only have two new sets for the race. It was

an event for last lap was Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull chose to be lost

on the track, but they were running out of time to fit new tyres and

refuel. In his haste to get back to the pits, Sebastian Vettel cut the

corner of turn five, which is against the rules. The stewards

investigated but designed -- decided he had not gained an

advantage and let him off. Lewis Hamilton parked his personal

comments in the garage and drove a stunning lap for his first pole

position of the season. It has been a roller-coaster of a year. It is

great to be there and it is AA better starting position for

tomorrow. But Samarra is an important day. -- tomorrow. I was

surprised in Q3 to see how close we were. We ran a bit of a different

strategy regarding the tyres. But it turns out to be an advantage. We

hope to take the fight to them tomorrow. We should be in good

shape, probably a bit better in the race than last week. One of our set

of tyres has a three-time lack. Hopefully when we put on our new

set of tyres, if we do, we will be so far in the lead, it won't matter.

Lewis Hamilton looking to win to cheer himself up. Jenson Button is

pleased to be on the clean side of the grid. Mark Webber leads the

Ferrari's who will be a factor. Rosberg fans that Petrov lead the

from here for Daniel Ricardo. Lewis Hamilton said he cannot see very

much out of his wing mirrors, but he will need them today because he

starts at the front. As we heard from Martin Whitmarsh, it is

important for a team to show they have the right combination of

driver and car. From the get go, Lewis Hamilton was looking most

likely. In wet conditions in all three practice sessions he was

fastest. In the car, he was supreme. Great to hear you and Martin

enjoying his driving. He did his talking on the track yesterday. But

he has had some interesting stuff to say off the track. People will

be asking what the problems are. Is that something you can shed any

light on? No, I cannot explain. I am still trying to figure it out.

Will a wind changed all that and get you back to a happy place?

don't think so, I think a winner would be great for the team, but I

think it will take some time and take a lot to recover from the

difficulties we have had this year. Finally, something other than a Red

Bull on pole position. Lewis Hamilton takes it. Congratulate

shins, your first pole position in a long time, it appears you have

your swagger back? Yes. It is an emotional pole position? Not really,

it has been a roller-coaster of the year. To be back on pole position

is a great feeling of course. I have had some difficult races in

the past, so hopefully I will try to redeem myself tomorrow. Smiling

has been a rare thing to see Lewis Hamilton do this weekend. The most

telling moments, he climbs out of the car and this is his body

language afterwards. It tells us just as much as any of those

interviews. What did thing is going on? I thought he had injured his

back or something, he got out of the car so slowly. He has had that

car by the scruff of the neck and delivered a beautiful lap. He

clearly has some other issues in his mind. I think he needs a break.

Sincere arrived in Formula One he has been under a relentless

spotlight. I know people at home might say, poor little wealthy a

racing driver. But people have to walk a mile in his shoes. And he

has talons in abundance but he needs to get away from the end of

the season and recover. -- talent. I think he needs to get away and

enjoy a long winter break and regroup for next year. You have

walked a mile in his shoes, he has just appeared in the back of the

garage. We don't have to look far to seek his support no work. When

you drove for this team and you are struggling, we know you had an

issue in qualifying for a period, did you get the support you need

driver to do the best for the car and all the support that the driver

needs, they are individuals in their own way, and the team reacts

to that. McLaren have had 700 Grand Prix, they have dealt with many

drivers. We cannot wait until there is Hamilton is smiling again and

winning races because he's a fantastic guy to watch. Lewis, with

a smile on his face, he is a character and that is what we want

to see him again. There should be the happiest moment of his life in

many ways so hopefully he will have that grin back again soon. A few

rows behind him is the man starting 13th and has not got next year's

drive confirmed yet. I am joined by a Sebastien Buemi. We did not have

a lot of running on Friday. It was wet and today he is going to be a

dry race. Yesterday we had quite a long run which was quite promising.

How much is the Constructors' Championship in your mind? It is in

everyone's minds in the team but I believe we have a chance to finish

and fight against the Sauber. Yesterday we went very close to

them in qualifying. We will fight hard but I think we have our chance.

What about next year, do you feel you are in a battle to keep your

seat as there are a lot of young guys out there? I think it is part

of the team to give the opportunity to young drivers. It is also good

for us because you have a good comparison pointed you know what

you were doing. We concentrate as much as possible on the remaining

races before thinking about next year. Perhaps pressure on all the

drivers. As we walked out of the garage, David looked up to the sky

and it is a bit over cast. I spoke with one of the senior engineers

with McLaren and he is watching the local radar or very closely. The

word we have is no rain for the next 30 minutes at least. Would you

like to be a young driver in Formula One at the moment.

Reportedly 20 drivers lining themselves up for Williams next

year. It is cut-throat. It is. There are always three times as

many drivers as there are cars and the cream rises to the top.

Certainly Vitaly Petrov has risen to the top this year. This is on

lap 40 of this race last year. He stepped on the kerb and lost the

back end of the car. And all too familiar story for him, but how is

he feeling 12 months later? What is the plan for the start Galicia? --

this year? You never know. It will be difficult to win some places but

it looks like everything is ready. We have a good idea of what we will

do and we hope we can pass some people. Would you have to make an

early pit stop because your players have already done six laps?

cannot tell you! But we have some idea what to do. But it important

day, important to get some points for Renault. Definitely, this is my

target. My target first is to finish in front of Force India and

then maybe to have a fight with Rosberg. Strong qualifying from him

yesterday. This is the car belonging to Fernando Alonso which

starts in front of Petrov on the grid today. The message and the

beginning of the season from Ferrari this season was we are

going to win the title but the bare facts are that they have won 1

Grand Prix. Winning a Formula One Grand Prix is a very special

feeling but winning at Silverstone, with the history and tradition in

the UK, is the best, and it was a fantastic feeling. It was a slow

start in 2010 and the slow start this year. You have picked up in

the second half of the season but hitting the ground running in March

is important. Yes, it is important. This year it was a different

problem to. Everybody knows that we had a correlation problem between

the wind tunnel and the tracks. So we were putting new pieces in the

car from April and till February. In the winter they were working OK

but on the track they were negative. So the car in April was slower than

the February car. We understood that too late. When you talk to the

team about 2012, what is your message? We need to be more

creative with the car, and not always follow old ideas or other's

ideas, we need to have our own ideas and Our Own direction and

philosophy of developing the car. And everyone is focused and the

determination in the team is to come back with a winning period. I

think next year, hopefully in March, already from the first year, we

start with a different package. Last year you were full of

confidence for winning the title but the Red Bull took it and are

defending -- and have defended it this year. What has the other

Gary's done that you have not managed? I think they have

developed the car, they have new ideas and we were perhaps not so

aggressive with that. We were perhaps too conservative in some of

the ideas of the new car and we were behind. SoTwo or three months

behind. It is something that we have learnt in the last two years

and for next year we know the direction to go. And your concern

is that even there the updates that the team are bringing to knock seem

to be bringing you the performance? There have been very few updates in

the last few races. A new wing was perhaps the only one. We knew that

it was not going to be immediately quicker but it is just an idea, a

different philosophy of developing the car which is more towards the

2012 car so we are quite relaxed about the performance of the car

now. We know we will struggle in the remaining races but we need to

be cool about that and think of the future. His Ferrari all you were

dreamt it would be? -- is Ferrari all you dreamt it would be? Yes.

With two years experience I have to say it is even better than I

thought. From the first mechanic to the last engine there is pride in

everything they do. There are expectations win the race for

Ferrari. The championship is the altar but goal and we want to fight

for that texture. -- ultimate goal. For those Ferrari fans watching

back home, what is your message for them? Next year, we will start from

zero. No one at Ferrari is thinking now that we cannot achieve that.

There are a lot of expectations but it is a nice challenge that we want

to deliver next year. I am very optimistic. I imagine that when

Fernando wants to he can apply quite a bit of pressure to the

management of Ferrari. Yes, it is part of his personality. He is

still one of the bench marks in Formula One in terms of drivers and

he knows what it takes to win. He will be firm with the managers and

the engineers in telling them what you need from the car. There is

another message for Ferrari fans and journey have to look at the

floor of the pit lane to see that message. Those trips that we can

see the King the garage is a material that is used to help back

up aerodynamic information that you get. They have been painting that

on the new wing that Fernando has been using, sending it out on the

track, and then looking up the lines that tart left by the air as

it passes over the wing. This correlation issue that they are

discussing, where they take things from the wind tunnel and bring it

to the track and it does not deliver, using this old fashioned

technique they will be trying to see what is going on in real time.

Imagine you are Fernando Alonso, you are sitting in the team, and

you know that the developments have not been working. It is October,

you had a slow start to the year, Red Bull are running away with it,

how worried would you be? Be honest, that was such a long question that

you've lost me! I was still trying to imagine being Fernando Alonso!

He will be disappointed with the development of this car. But he is

not alone in this. This is not just about the driver, it is this huge

team of people. Arguably, you have most of Italy behind you. There is

a report in the newspapers every day about the performance of

Ferrari. He is old enough and wise enough to know that this is a long-

term process. They are going through the rebuilding process.

are going to get down to the end where Pirelli Spa based and talk

about tyres. Di Resta Fred starts in the top 10 for this race and

when you have not got a drive for next season strong qualifying and a

strong race is important. In ninth place start for you today, I

suppose you're only looking to go for it but it is a tricky first

corner and first lap here. It is with the two long straights. Last

year it was a safety car starting wet conditions. It will be the

tactics of when to use the KERS and when to defend. Hopefully we can

get away and, from there on, it is a better name with tyre strategy

there. It is another new circuit for you. As a rookie, how do you

approach this? I have been in the simulator. You watch the replay of

previous years but at the same time you're looking for the new trick of

the trade. Poky you can benefit from that. Yesterday you said you

were happy that Sauber was behind you and I presume that is in

relation to the contractor has championship. -- Constructors'

Championship. How a bigger thing is that for the drivers? It is a big

thing. Last year we were behind by one point and it makes a big

difference. There are four races to go with a lot of points to get and

it could go one way or another. That was a few minutes ago as Paul

was making his way to the drivers' parade. Now we can show you what is

happening in his car. The pit lane has just opened and the cars are

di Resta if he can do what Sebastian Vettel has done? A couple

of years ago he was beating Sebastian Vettel, now he is the

world champion. This is his season in his own words.

The new world champion, Sebastian Vettel. I think this season has

been great for us. We had a lot of good races. Even those races when

it wasn't looking too good for us, we sometimes won them all got a lot

of points out of it and finished on the podium. Pole position, that it

was some kind of dominant performance by the young German,

the reigning world champion. always had the pace. But it was

never easy and unlike five years ago, 10 years ago, pole position

did not guarantee you winning. Bravery at 200 miles an hour.

Nobody would yield and Sebastian Vettel came out the winner.

Sebastian Vettel is the master of Monaco. To win in Monaco has always

been a dream and to fulfil that dream is exceptional. By achieving

something many people, including ourselves, fought on Saturday that

we wouldn't win this race, especially on these tyres. But it

worked. The leader of the Championship did not a buckle under

pressure. Winning in Barcelona was special. We know that trapped

inside out. But I have a lot of pressure from Lewis Hamilton from

behind. It was a lot of work. There have been a lot of highlight, but

every single one, especially -- may be except Germany, has been special.

It was too complicated. It wasn't very complicated at all, very

uncomplicated for him. We have some very important looking Korean

people arriving, no doubt going on the grid and enjoying Formula One.

We cannot a kebab Sebastian Vettel, we cannot talk about Lewis

Hamilton's race without discussing tyres. We have soft tyres and the

super soft. Explain why some scenes described these as aggressive,

marginal or mad to bring them to this Grand Prix? You wouldn't tell

when they are sitting here because they look the same, apart from the

colour on the outside. But the compound on this super sub tier, is

thought to be marginal for this track, it is a very abrasive track.

All the time you are putting high- speed energy into the tyre it is

trying to rip the service from the construction. The closer you get to

the point of actually blistering the tyre then that is the point at

which it starts to lose serious amounts of rubber. You lose contact

then you are down to the canvas and you lose grip. It will be

fascinating for David and Martin to keep a cross strategy. We saw Red

Bull going out in Q1 and using the super soft tyres which had Ted

Kravitz getting confused. Then using them later on. What is

interesting is, Red Bull have used super soft and catch their soft

tyres safe and warm and looking lovely like this. Michael

Schumacher at Mercedes has used the soft side -- Soc tyres and saying

he has loads of the super sub tyres for the race. Two teams, and their

ideas are at odds with each other, why is that? Every car is different

and the way it uses tyres is different. You get into the balance

of the individual cars. Visits using more of the front axle or

more of the rear axle? In this track there is a smaller spread in

overall performance. If you put these tyres on your car, you would

go faster on the super soft. That is half the distance we saw in

Japan. When you get into a used tyre situation, it is about half

that. Red Bull feels it is better to have three sets of these are

available for the Grand Prix, hoping it will be more consistent

and get 20 laps out of the tyre. But any one of these, they think

may be only 12-15 laps. It is very early in the morning for this tier

confusion. Red Bull have said this is the one to be on to win his race.

How important is the super sub tier to look after its the the first

dewlaps? We have seen a lot of tier management this year. For the first

seven guys in the grip they will be going off the track on this tier.

If we think it can only last seven to ten laps, we will see people

pitting before at Ten. You'll have 160 kilos of fuel on board, more

weight and energy going into the car. The saving grace is the lap

times are slower than you see in qualifying. So the driver has to

manage that, make decisions how to use the tyres and he who dares wins.

If you thought it was simple, it clearly isn't. Just to throw

another spanner in the works, just as the drivers have their

strategies would be sorted, it is overcast and we are hearing there

may be a chance of rain. That is where these babies come into play,

the intermediate. Essential to work out it went to use them? Unlike

many other Grand Prix weekends, the teams have had the benefit of

running in wet conditions on Friday. They have all been with the

intermediate, which has the blue stripe. They know exactly what

tyres to use. If it rains, there will be chaos. A spot of rain

landed on my finger as you were talking. I think it is time for you

to go to the commentary box and made to find somewhere dry. And we

go to Martin Brundle on the grid. Congratulations for getting up

early. If you are recording, a welcome anyway. Of Formula One car

has never started a race on his grid, last year a race started

behind the safety car. They were not allowed to do any practice.

There was no tyre rubber in front of the grid at all. They left

Tyneside is dirty because all the cars run down the right-hand side

due to the way they exit the final corner. They need to be on the

right for the final corner which is only 120 metres. It is the third

shortest run of the year to the first corner. Those on the side of

the track will struggle to get away. You won't be going on the grass and

using that, it is pretty soft. And there is a strong wind coming from

behind. You can see with the flags at the top of the grandstand. A

tail wind into the first term which means they will have to break

earlier. But, there is a pretty big headwind component down the back

straight. Sebastian Vettel said if you saw qualifying yesterday, he

did not want to be in the lead going down there, it would be

better to be in second place and pick up the slipstream. Just a

quick word. It is drizzling but the radar looks pretty good. We will

see. We are going to go forward. Will be on the ragged edge today

bus-stop strategy will pay a key role. The first pit stop, how long

you can go and not come out into too much traffic. A long race as

well, looking forward to it will stop telling the viewers about the

head wind you will have. You can Dobkin like you're on a cycle and

get towed down there? If Lewis Hamilton is leading after the first

turn, whoever is leading after the first Turner will have someone down

the back straight. Have a good one. Felipe Massa is not on the grid. It

is a long run and they have gone through the pits at least once. You

can smell rain in the air. Let's see if we can have a quick word

with Rob. We are alive at the moment. Felipe Massa is not on the

grid, what is going on? He is coming now. I am not complaining

I'm just asking! He has been down, has done two starts as normal. The

Nano is not here either. We were just checking the car was OK.

weren't you are allowed to do practise starts on the grid

yesterday? No idea, I am not the right person to ask for star you'll

start will be critical today. That is what we need to do, we need to

beg the clutch in, make sure the drivers are doing the right

procedure. Normal procedure, all OK. Believe they Masson has a qualified

Fernando Alonso four out of the last six races, you must be

satisfied with that? Your team mate is your best reference for star We

have a great reference with Fernando. He is getting back on

form. He knocked back to where he should be but he is getting there.

We saw him having to yield to Fernando last Sunday in Japan?

Fernando past him fair and square but he needs to improve apart. We

are getting there. Let's get out of the way. Fernando Alonso's car. He

is talking to Spanish TV stations. Nico Rosberg is not on the grid.

Final preparations setting temperatures and pressures. Going

dried ice so the car does not gather too much heeds sitting on

the grid. -- heat. That is the second time this season Rosberg has

qualified 7th. Petrov has been moaning on twitter about his name.

We talk to him earlier on in the programme as well. I would really

like to talk to Paul di Resta. I can see his crash helmet. This is

Bruno Senna, 28 yesterday. Bruno, any news for us? What is your team

telling you? They might be some rain, very light drizzle. Maybe a

bit of surprise for us in terms of what will happen, but let's hope it

stays dry. Good luck, I don't want to go into the pit lane. We will go

back this way to see if we can find somebody else. The Championship is

over at the front, there is a lot of people wanting to finish the

year off in style. But we talked a lot to the likes of... Michael, any

chance of a word? I don't know why I asked that! Adrian Sutil is over

there. Leads by a bit of time here. Last-minute preparations, any

dramas on the grid? Everything is going to plan. People are worried

about the weather but we will take it as it comes. Plenty of tyres in

the pit lane of all sorts I would imagine? All looks remarkably calm,

is it all sorted? Ready to go for star we might get a quick chat with

Adrian Sutil. What can you tell us about the track conditions and the

car? Track conditions always a bit testing to start off. Then we

should have a decent place. The weather looks difficult at the

moment. I hope there is no rain, like last year so hopefully it will

be dry. We will seek a stock of the weather forecast says it is going

to be dry, so we will hope for that. You can choose whatever tyres to

like to start the race, so it is quite an advantage to get into the

top 10 and then have a free tyre choice? I decided to stay in the

pits yesterday not run in Q2 -- Q3. I have new tyres all the way

through. It is a good advantage. That is Michael Schumacher's car,

we know he is not on the grid. Ross Brawn, weather forecast that the

Mercedes? Drizzle coming over. Let's see if we can have a quick

word finally. I have got to go that way to the commentary box. What can

you tell us, you going for one of your long runs again this afternoon

some points. It could be pretty crazy in the slipstream and out of

that headwind on the back straight. The DRS position is quite late and

it is quite sure to overtake so we will see what we can do. Thanks

occasions has sat on that grit himself, Karun Chandhok. We have

heard a few different weather reports there. What are lighters

been told? Before pastel sofas as Bruno's said to Martin, one out of

five and not much chance of rain. But I have the wrong strategy with

T-shirt and shorts because I am freezing! It is quite a high cloud.

It is not like the big black clouds that we had on Friday when it did

chuck it down. I think they could be right it could just be a light

drizzle. We have seen hope slippery and low grip this circuit is. Even

that little bit of drizzle can take the top edge of the circuit.

man who tends to get his strategy spot on his Jenson Button and he is

quickly McKenzie. You start third today but we have never had a

standing start that this racetracks it is a bit of an unknown. It is.

We had a pretty wet Friday and most of Saturday was on loan fuel so it

will be a bit of an experience of the unknown for all of us. Okay we

will put on a good show. I am not really sure what the weather is

doing either. We do rather it was raining or cry? I would rather it

was dry, to be fair. When you have a good car, you wanted to be dry.

He is starting alongside Sebastian Vettel and you know what happened

between those two. If we're talking about slight the changeable weather

conditions, he is the man to put your money on in a race like this.

He has been very good. We have seen on a number of occasions in the

past. I think we have the two most aggressive starters ahead of him on

the grid, apart from Fernando Alonso. Fernando looks quite

determined. He has walked down to the front of the grid and is

looking 10 at the first corner. What will he be thinking there?

Just trying to see where is the best place to put the car, inside

or outside. You cannot be and what other people are going to do but I

would always, before the start, plan in my head that I would

ideally want to be inside or outside. Some circuits you want to

be on the outside and may be used the outside tarmac. It is good that

the plan in place. Red Bull were delighted with second on the grid.

He is on what is called the dirty side and there could have an effect.

Would he struggled to stay in front of Jenson Button at the start?

think it is low grip everywhere. I cycled around the track last night

and they were sweeping up all the rubber there was off-line as well,

for some reason. It is not really dirty off-line because they were

sweeping it up. Seeing Timo Glock is a good reason to talk about

Lotus. You are in front of Virgin, Kenny race teams like Williams

today? I think under normal circumstances, probably not, but we

have seen when you have strange races with the weather and such

like anything is possible. The aim for today for Lewis Hamilton is to

beat the rest of the grit to the chequered flag. The aim of all

season for everyone has been to beat Red Bull in qualifying and

yesterday, finally, it happened. The car on pole macro position is

in silver. The relatively short pit straight with heavy braking four-

term one. The 1100 metre straight on the way down to turn 3. Just

under 200 mph, bringing the car to the left-hand side for the breaking

point. An easy one to get wrong. Building up to another hundred and

85 mph straight on our way down to turn four. Past the support bits

and again bringing the car to the right-hand side. Down to first deer

again, to keep the revs up and create more grip through the slower

corners -- first gear. Over 170 mph and still not lifting three turn 8.

A fast part of the racetrack. Now he has to slow to just 65 mph for

turn 10. 11 is a long left-hander. Turn 12 is just 90 mph on the a PX

but 144 turn 13. 15 and 16 are effectively won it long sweeping

left-hander. You are flat out to the finish line. At turn 17 he

opens the DRS. His first pole position of the year and that

pleased the team. No smile from Lewis Hamilton but plenty of smiles

from the team. To stay at the front he will have to defend from cars

behind him using ers down the back straight and also you can hide from

the wind and get a good tow from Lewis Hamilton. The ers is not

enabled for the first lap but there is a head wind coming den that

first-rate and he will carve a massive hole in the air. All this

is assuming that he gets off the line first anyway. Yes, we are

assuming his game to make a good start. There is pulled the rest of

walking to his car. We can hear from Christian Horner. With no dry

running on Friday and quite an aggressive tyre choice by Pirelli,

it is could be a bit of a voyage of discovery. His Sebastian in a world

championship hangover or is he keen to win this one? No, he is very

focused. This race was very disappointing for him last year so

he is really up for it and hope you can make it a really good race with

the McLaren's. Karun Chandhok, who is going to win this one? Lewis

Hamilton. I'm glad you said that, because it is Lewis that starts on

pole. Time to hand over to David Coulthard and Martin Brundle. And

how great it feels to say that it is in Lewis Hamilton on pole. Let

us hope today that we are simply talking about the talent. It is

time for the 2011 Korean Grand Prix. It is about driving, it is about

way wind in your head, it is about a combination of things and I have

just not been doing the job. Hungry I was in first a nice bunch and

could have won the race. I will try to redeem myself. Anybody who

thinks I cannot do it any more had better step right back. He is

looking alive, we have not seen that for a while! He looked like

were Hamilton of old. -- the the formula! He has sent a message

location of the Korean national circuit, in the south-west of Korea.

It is a region known for shipping and fishing and, of course, now

Formula One. This second Grand Prix to be held here should be

fascinating and unpredictable, especially if that rain comes in.

They had carried little knowledge of this 18 turn, 3.5 mile layout

because of limited running on Friday with a very wet track and

many questions remained unanswered as we are just four minutes away

from the warm-up and formation lap and the start of this Grand Prix.

Red Bull had majored on the soft tyre. Other teams have saved the

faster but less durable super soft compound. Do you think they have

got it right, David? There's a lot of speculation on just how far

these tyres can go. We have heard that less than ten laps for the

option, the softer of the tyres. We here around 15 to 20 laps on the

prime. The reality is they have had so little running on this track

with the wet Friday, and you wanna to evaluate the tyres and set the

car for qualifying, the teams simply do not know. It is a journey

into the unknown because it is the first year back into Formula One

for Pirelli. Once they have the benefit of the season under the

belt there will be so many unanswered questions that they will

be up to deal with and put into the strategy. No one knows today who

has got the best strategy on pyres. Around three, they might be a small

shower. From what we can tell it is only a couple of minutes and then

nothing after that. 3pm is the start time of the race, locally.

Some of the teams have gone in a different direction. Why it

wouldn't McLaren and Red Bull split their strategies and put one driver

on super soft and one on soft compound and have an each-way bet?

Because that compromises the drivers going into qualifying.

There is seven-tenths of a difference between the option and

prime tyres in qualifying. I again to say to Jenson Button that you

what could be penalised in qualifying, or go to Lewis Hamilton

and offer him the slower tyre? You have to give the guys the best

chance of qualifying the car and then deal with the race. Sebastian

Vettel, second on the grid, and yet another helmet design for this

track. Let us have a look at how they line up. Hamilton on pole.

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Jenson Button says he is happy with that set a time in Q3 hefty stop

the race on those tyres -- have to start the race. Force India are

excused from that. Petrov, surprisingly, said his time on a

tired that he also used in future to. So he will be the reference

point for how long that all great marked a super soft tyre can last.

We get ready for the formation lap. So we have super soft for di Resta

and sold for Sutil. -- soft. makes sense because one of them is

going to be on the right strategy. It is all about managing these

they go off the line. From what you are saying, Force India will say on

the you'll not get away with that with Hamilton, Button Vettel and

Mark Webber? He has, they have three drivers under contract at the

moment so they say, OK. They have no other choice at the moment.

man to watch his Michael Schumacher. Had a dismal performance in

qualifying. Has gained 24 positions in the last seven starts. At no

point in those seven starts, has he lost a position. Michael Schumacher

is the man on the move at the start of a Grand Prix. It is interesting.

When he used to do physical assessments in places you could

compare with other drivers, his reactions were never that good. But

his instinctive racing ability to the first corner has saw him make a

lot of games. Or maybe he is not We saw on the yellow marked soft

tyre, they have to do a couple of laps to get them to come in, to

come to them? It is quite a slow lap to the grid.

RADIO: temperatures are good, possibly at you drips at Cern 13.

You don't want to put too much heat in matter engine. A few drops of

rain, because they have a spot of downwind. Someone is out there

feeding back information. Schumacher was putting heat into

his tyres long before he got to the grid. The long-standing mechanic

for the Ferrari team has sadly died. As squalid. Ferrari have black take

on their car as a mark of respect. The driver's Championship has been

sealed. But it's there is races to be one, seasons to be recovered.

Can the next 55 laps but the engaging smile back on Lewis

Hamilton's face? We are about to find out, as soon as we get the HRT

in line at the back of the field. We will see a man with a green flag

he will tell Charlie Whiting. The lights are coming on and the Korean

Grand Prix is now under way. Hamilton away, Jenson Button away

well behind him. It is left hand into the first corner. Hamilton

leads comfortably. At the back we have contact between the Toro Rosso

a tremendous braking zone for him. Brave as you like. Alonso is in

there, so is Mark Webber and Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel is

leading the race will stop Jenson Button getting pushed down the

field. We are on board with him now. Somehow Sebastian Vettel found the

speed down the straight. A brave start. Most of the teams were

similar in qualifying with the DRS Open. As he was saying, punching

through the air, getting a huge tower and brave stuff down the

inside. Sebastian Vettel, in the slipstream and out of the head wins

took advantage. It is a tail wind down its two the 4th term. I would

have thought Lewis Hamilton would place. Vettel of course easily

pulling out of second in the first lap, including passing Lewis

Hamilton. Jenson Button under pressure from Rosberg. It is

crucial, he needs to break the one- second window to make sure at the

end of the second lap Lewis Hamilton is not in the DRS zones.

We have a yellow flag, I'm sure it is because of the spots of rain.

What it should be, is a yellow and red flag which indicate fluid on

the track. If they are meaning a slippery track, it is the wrong

flag. Jenson Button struggling to hang on to the two Ferraris. Petrov

is in eighth place. As they string out, the field spreads

interestingly at the end of the first lap between the first and 16

drivers is 10 seconds. They are close together, closer than some

tracks. Vettel, let's have a look. The same sector as Hamilton in the

first part of a laugh. It was all nip and tuck of the line. We were

expecting the dirty side of the grid to lose a car's length. But no

evidence of that. It got messy the further down. I Lotus and one of

the Virgin's running wide. This is on board with Felipe Massa. Looks

for the outside line on Mark Webber. Get squeezed a little bit, which is

fair enough. Then he is in a perfect position to get the

slipstream. Rubens Barrichello, further down. Not that big evidence

the left side is 34 stop there is no grip anywhere. Best the left

outside of the Red Bull. Into third place momentarily. He has gone into

deep. Jenson Button was deploying KERS off turn number three. It

enables him to get in the slipstream, ball round the outside

of the Ferrari. Rosberg followed Jenson Button's line. It was

ambitious of Mark Webber. The DRS is enabled. Hamilton is within 1.2

seconds of Vettel. Hamilton won't have his rear wing open down the

straight. The detection zone is just on the exit of the first

corner. Fernando Alonso is on Felipe Massa or stock robs Smedley

said he did not have to yield in Suzuka last weekend, but it look

like it from a. When I heard Kobayashi said the DRS is late and

in his case, not so effective, we have Alonso faster than the Felipe

Massa are. That was an oversteer from Burley Massa. You do not want

to do that with these tyres. It won't help how far he can go in

this stint. You can wear these tyres out and overheat them. They

will degrade in terms of wearing out and just in the way you use

them. We are picking Mark Webber up in the middle part of a laugh. This

is the fourth lap. Vettel is a few tenths quicker in the middle sector.

RADIO: light rain ahead. That is not what you need to here.

Bailiff in 17 on all tanks of deal. You end up being a reference point.

late on the brakes, he will be in in the pause India. Should be

straight following Best rain, it is a difficult job to lead

the race. Lewis Hamilton will able to use Sebastian Vettel as a site,

as to where to brake. Inevitably you start to break a bit earlier to

allow yourself a margin should it get to work. Michael Schumacher has

just done a fastest first sector by three-quarters of a second.

Kobayashi has gone into the race thinking it won't work. My job on

the grid is to ask questions, not tell the drivers how it is going to

be. This is critical, where his Lewis Hamilton? He does not look

any closer. As they go over the line, it is 1.4, Vettel just

pulling away. Basij was on a wider term and Hamilton. Is he having to

open the steering? -- Vettel. RADIO: lots of understeer now.

the understeer. When we have a briefing with Williams this morning,

he said the front right is the critical sire as far as he is

concerned. It is a relatively green track, very little warning. Just

Saturday running to put some fresh rubber on the track. The three

fastest cars were the two Toro Rosso without or with DRS. And

Michael Schumacher. And there is no surprise Toro Rosso is making their

way through. Ted Kravitz? No panic down here despite drivers

losing paces. Lewis Hamilton's fast as lap of the race will back it up.

Jenson Button may think was caught out by some rain. I have been

keeping on Petrov's tyres. They have done 12 laps on the Super

Soccer. They are approaching the end of their life. But no sign of

him coming in. Or no sign of his time being particularly poor.

tyres lasting better than we were initially told. 24 degrees with

this cloud cover. We were expecting it to be 34 at this moment. Petrov

36 point eight. Michael Schumacher Just looking down the times there

were doing in the last lap. We can see the effect of the understeer on

Paul di Resta. He is being attacked by its Alguersuari. Understeer

costing a lot at the side -- time of the race. The front tyres

sliding across the surface. You just have to wait until you can get

on the throttle. It just feels at the moment. I've heard that the

McLaren was hurting its tyres as much as anything yesterday. I found

that difficult to believe but I heard that Lewis had taken quite a

bit out of his tyres in qualification. I wonder if we are

beginning to see that now. He lost strategy because blasting you want

to do his head for another set of slicks and then find yourself in a

few laps having to come in for wets. So they may tell the drivers to go

one in lap longer just be on the safe side. They will be watching

the radars and the information from the people out on the track will be

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beginning to close in on petrol. -- for the tyres, we will do what we

KRAVITZ: Ascent we are approaching jump pit stops. -- by a sense. The

Ferrari's have had problems with their KERS drive shaft all weekend.

Sauber have also had problems who also use the Ferrari KERS systems.

It is pretty frantic around the second half of this lap. It is

relentless action and speed. There is the and front wing from one of

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but only one-tenth faster than back of that Ferrari. Vettel may

have won the championship but he looks fairly intent on winning this

have the cars in front. What makes him so sure about that? I think

Jenson would be saying in the helmet, I guess we can. He is right

in the dirty air and will be losing performance from running in the

turbulent air. He will have the pitch in his mind of just how well

he is managing these tyres. We are getting into what was expected to

be the pit stop zone but there is no sign yet of anybody out in the

whatever reason, holding themselves up. Petrov has done a quick lap and

we thought his tyres would be gone first. Jenson Button all over the

sequence of corners where he will not be able to overtake so he is

just apply some pressure to Fernando Alonso, tried to taking

out of his comfort zone. -- trying faster in that middle sector than

the cars in front, so he is closing any time soon, with Rosberg closing

Force India. So, that is the one new set of super softs that di

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middle sector faster than Hamilton will at front wing at the stop.

is one of the things they can adjust at the pit stop. They have

quick Adjusters. They tick in there with a little drill and have at

pre-set number of turns. Rosberg is taking full advantage of the pace

defending the position, no team orders here. As soon as your front

tyres go any start understeer in, Good catch! -- Fernando Alonso out

why they think they can use the undercut. That means that you pick

early and news that freshness and the crypt of the new tyres and when

you come out you are ahead of them. Look at that! Rosberg has got ahead

of him. Rosberg has the upper hand again hit the Button earlier. He

made a mistake! But will not go down well. We need to see a picture

of Ross Brawn at that moment! The team got him out that front. But he

has got a slipstreamed straight away! And through he goes! When did

he find that sort of speed? He has used his KERS, presumably. And, as

you pointed out earlier, we had the Mercedes which was one of the

fastest cars during qualifying. But he has to be careful not to flat

spot these tyres. Mercedes have got the best pit stop record over all,

I am told. So Jenson has got onto the option tyre, the road marked

super soft. He has got better tyres on with more grip than Rosberg,

theoretically at least. But he will be spitting feathers that Rosberg

got back in front of him. So, and Mercedes get Rosberg out in front

and he out-brakes himself at the end of the pit lane and then we

deems himself beautifully. He would have had ers, I suspect, because he

has come out into the DRS zone. A flurry of activity, with at Ferrari

in as well. Petrov and Schumacher all in the pits. We got to the end

of lap 14. But then an Rosberg still going at it. -- Jenson Button

and Rosberg. He flips the rear wing opened now ensure Lee has a great

chance? But he will have to get a long way around. Look at the extra

speed! Wow! I think he had KERS and Jenson Button had no option but to

allow him through. Vettel stays out, Vettel carries on in the late 1:44,

and OK pit stop for McLaren. It is a dirty pit lane. 3.8 seconds it

was. Alonso is pitting as well. Alguersuari is in second place.

This is Fernando Alonso. The Ferrari team get their main man

under way. He has gone for the more durable but slower soft tyres. They

go twice as far. We see Adrian's subtle under pressure from Jenson

Button. Sutil is yet to pit. But then will sail down that back

straight with all of the tour is employed. The best thing about DRS

it allows the faster cars to make their way back through into a

position. Ted Kravitz? Despite being held up a little by Nico

Rosberg irked -- Rosberg, did he crossed the line? Does it count?

is a serrated line. Michael Schumacher able to go through. No

lead to the front wing of Alonso. He did cross the solid white line

didn't he? That hasn't worked out well for Ferrari? Those pit-stops.

Now they are on a different strategy than McLaren. Red Bull are

going with the harder tyre for Mark Webber. Although it is the supers

after, this is interesting. Vettel is on the Red Stripe tyres. Michael

Schumacher spun out. They are allowed to go across the line.

safety car is out. Safety car deployed, just as Mark Webber does

a new fastest lap. Petrov has been off and let some debris somewhere.

Presumably there will be another car out there. He has hit

Schumacher. His real wing is broken. RADIO: Michael and Petrov have

damage ahead of you. The real wing is difficult to repair. Mark Webber

has come out and gone past the safety car. That is why Michael

Schumacher span at turn number three. That will be the end of

Michael Schumacher's raised. He was innocent in that one. Look at

Alonso, so close! Schumacher completely innocent and wouldn't

have seen that one coming. Sadie cars said Schumacher had spun

and continued at turn three. He did not spin, he was attacked at

Turnberry. He is not going to make it back to the pits. -- turned

three. It depends if the wishbones a broken on the steering arm.

Michael Schumacher becomes the first retirement of the Grand Prix.

How is it down there? Are having a good look round. The steering arm

is broken. The right hand wheel was turning and the left one wasn't.

Michael Schumacher out of the race. Ted Kravitz and Renault?

It looked OK in a straight line that is why they wanted to change

the nose. So desperate are Renault to outscore Force India. But they

were desperate to let him continue if he could, but it is the steering

arm broken. We have lost Petrov, the safety car remains on the track.

He picked up Mark Webber, but it is the wrong Red Bull. The leader was

out front. The safety car were let everybody through. The running

worked horribly that Ferrari. They lost out to Jenson Button and Nico

Rosberg. Alguersuari is behind Alonso. Di Resta, Sutil and

Maldonado. We saw Sebastian Vettel, the lead car going outside into the

run-off area. I think I would be nervous of picking up dust and

debris on my tyres. The rest have picked their way through between

the pieces that of her. They are sharp, you don't want to get one of

those in your tired. It is unusual to get the safety car out in the

wrong position. The Russian is no where at the moment? He is now

looking as sharp as he did earlier in the season. Since Bruno Senna

has come into the team, he has looked off-colour. It does make you

wonder what Kubica could have done in that car.

RADIO: We are P5, but Alguersuari is P3. It could be a good

opportunity to get him at the beginning of the restart. That is a

delayed recording. Alguersuari has stopped. The full update is as I

but it is the little pieces that can damage your tyres. Marbles on

the side of the track. Ted Kravitz? I have been standing in the pit

lane next to Paul Hennebry. This super sub tier, all weekend

everyone was saying would be horrendous, will have to get rid of

it after seven laps. But the San L's come out. But it has blown Red

Bull's strategy. -- the sun has come out. Vettel is on super soft.

Jenson Button on the supers of which goes with the message to

attack you heard. Nico Rosberg on the soft. Rosberg might come under

pressure from Felipe Massa. No Committee has the same tyres, soft

or that Ferrari's. Both Force India And Michael Schumacher, definitely,

sadly. Gumtree's DRS wouldn't work. leader.

RADIO: Button is behind and has been told he might have a chance at

Jenson Button has been told to go for it. He is on a softer tyre.

Take us through this David, how much harder is it to keep the Omar

Khyam tyres up the temperature and pressure and the super soft red

ones? Lady at the evidence in qualifying, there is Michael

Schumacher making his way over the bridge, which is just in front of

the commentary box. Third time he has come together with Petrov. I

think he might be rehearsing a few words in Russian as he makes his

way back to the paddock. To answer your question, the issue is getting

the tyres which on a qualifying. think Petrov was looking at this

Ferrari. He DAB past it. Huge over speed and he was looking in his

mirrors. The Ferrari in nearly creams into the back of another car

as well. I think the pair of them thought they were the only two cars

on the track. Neither of them could stop. They were so busy watching

each other. Michael would have had no chance to see that coming. Even

if he had of done, he couldn't have done anything about it. This was

shaping up to be a three-star raised. The fact they have managed

to get to laugh -- lap 15 on the first set of tyres, we are moving

to a two-stop strategy. They will have 20 laps to run to the end.

When we first came it was going to be four or five stops. Then three

or four, now two. RADIO: They seem to have clear

everything so just be ready. I have seen people saying eyesore

Basij Dropmore than 10 places behind the safety car. You do that.

You have to drop more than 10 places behind him so he can get

into the pit lane and you can get on to the pit straight at speed.

They are coming - macro currently going round a minute a lap slower.

The safety cars in his lap, as is Michael Schumacher in the pit lane.

It is the lead driver's job to slowdown and allow the safety car

to clear out of the wave. Please don't ask me to say that I had

forgotten to say Vettel had gotten a penalty. He becomes the safety

car now. Everyone in the pit lane has been told he is coming in on

this lap. You have to judge basically way you think you can

start to let it go. In the middle of turn 15 Vettel decided that was

the moment. He has gone like a scalded cat with Lewis Hamilton

chasing behind. The DRS won't be enabled until two laps after the

back of Mark Webber. It is a long run down to the 4th term. It is a

decent straight on a regular circuit for stuck and it is the

shorter of the two. That will be so close. Jenson Button lucky not to

lose the edge of his friends wing. He was looking for some Supreme

manners from Mark Webber to go around the outside. But Mark Webber

says, I am coming back across before the turn. Not for the first

time in this race a bit of bumping going on from Jenson Button. He

gets away with it. It is an opportune moment to ask, and

steading using the analogy of going off like a scalded cat, can we used

he is like a coiled spring? I don't like the image of a cat being

scolded! What ever you like. Car 12 is under investigation as low as

two tried to get it together. Car 12 will be at the pit lane entry,

which is Maldonado for Williams. He has hit a bollard. We move into lap

22. Nestle is 1.1 ahead of Hamilton. He gauges the DRS absolutely right.

Rosberg falling behind Button. The two Ferrari's hard on his tail.

Alguersuari doing a great job for Toro Rosso. Got himself from 11th

on the grid up to seventh. It is a drive-through Thorpe Park well for

being the wrong side of the bollard at the pit lane entry. Maldonado

more pain than normal as we watch Maldonado and Buemi. In the

background we have Barrichello, Kobayashi and Bruno Senna. Clipped

in a race, it is not often that we earlier in the programme with

Alonso. I sense a lot of frustration. Two years in and he

looks no where near winning a title. That was Maldonado serving his

drive-through penalty. The incident between Schumacher and Petrov will

be investigated after the race. I suspect Petrov will either get a

grip penalty for India or a reprimand. He has caused an

avoidable accident. Michael Schumacher, minding his own

business, finding the best wind, and was attacked from the rear.

There is Alonso coming -- frustration coming out from Alonso,

which is surprising as he has been positioning himself as being as

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doing that after the corner because think Bruno quite thought that one

through. But right behind them is Kovalainen. You can see the damage

to the front wing which will be affecting his air dynamics. And

Senna took the position back, using area part on the car. If the air is

disturbed on that it affects the positions. RADIO: Must stop this

lap, at the front wing is damaged. So they obviously think they are in

a tyre stop window anyway. Ted is at Ferrari. TED KRAVITZ: They say

it is just a case of warming up the tyres. They feel that after the

safety car restart the temperature got really low and it has taken

them a few laps to get up to speed. They acknowledge that they lost out

in the pit lane. Apparently Massa had to wait for Michael Schumacher

to come in. I think they might hold on to some hope that the guys on

the super soft ahead of them make only -- may have to three stop

prime tyres. This has to be one of the best races for Ross burka

Mercedes for the season so far. Last year, he got caught up in the

accident but he was flying. Nice to see him going as he used to, in the

good old days. I know he is only 26 years old, but Nico Rosberg used to

always move forward in a race. The top four are about one second

faster than this scrap that we are running at little bit more drag on

that car because he is not able to of pressure with questions about

his performance Ng could see -- and you could see how pleased he was

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after qualification when he tyre and Vettel and Hamilton on the

metres there for Rosberg. The pick lock-up costing him two places.

Hamilton is now with in the DRS zone. And he is half a second

quicker in the first sector. Hamilton catching Vettel very

quickly indeed. Rosberg had a little bit of left turn in and it

takes the load off the front left. As he turned slightly left in the

braking zone, the front left locked. Guaranteed to happen if you are

beyond the limit of grip of your front tyres. Meanwhile, back at the

front, there is Mark Webber just behind Hamilton, whom he is 1.2

behind Vettel. Where there is on the prime tyres and we have seen

that they have gone much further on the option than we expected. If

Vettel and Hamilton have to stop on the option and mother became keep

the option up -- the pace up, he might be the man back Kent win the

race this afternoon. -- the man who have gone on for Rosberg. He should

be able to get to the end on those. Just two seconds covering the top

three at the moment. Jenson Button has dropped Massa. I think Rosberg

will try to get to the end of that set of tyres but that is a long way.

I would expect one more stop the peace from these guys at the front.

It is a question of whether this option tyre can take them far

enough. Mark Webber has caught them up and is running faster on the

tyre that should be a slower at against his team mate's nine

victories this year. How sweet would that be for him here in South

Korea? He must be feeling pretty satisfied at the moment. He can see

what tyres the drivers have in front of him and it is working well.

It is a clear indication that everybody who pits from here on in

it must go on to those tyres. KRAVITZ: The McLaren's have to

because they have not run Bowes tyres yet. -- those tyres. Ford

Jenson Button, the super soft tyres are starting to fall off so there

are some calculations going on here at McLaren. So, Vettel has not got

this in the back at all at the Massa appears to have the legs on

on Fernando Alonso. Just confirming that Massa has the advantage.

MCKENZIE: Michael, you seem to be minding Your Own Business out there.

Tell us what happened. I was suddenly 180 degrees in the wrong

direction and saw my wink and the rear wing passed by. But that is

racing, it does happen occasionally. I had not seen the story because I

was focusing to put forward. This is the first time you have had a

coming together with Petrov this season. We have had some great

racing this season. We often together because a car pace. We

have had a couple of get-togethers and maybe the first one was on my

cap and this is on his. Vitaly Petrov, tell us what happened over

there. I was trying to defend the position and I was underbraking and

died locked and hit Michael. I apologised to Michael, it was not

his fault, it was absolutely my fault. Did you not realise how

close the Mercedes was going to get? I tried to focus with Fernando

Alonso, because I could gain 1 position because he had a bad pit

stop or whatever. I was on the dirty side, even he was on the

kingside and he missed the corner. So, Petrov confirming that he was

busy fighting a Ferrari and got radio correspondents as we

listening to Petrov. Talking about his front tyres and he started to

slip back to little bit. Hamilton the inside. Realising there is no

point trying to resist that one. It was an easy pass. We have another

retirement for the Williams garage. Maldonado has pitted. He has

already had a drive through today. Mark Webber just behind Lewis

Hamilton with the DRS available and the slipstream. Will it do him any

good? RADIO: Tried to go forwards, tried

to go forwards, you will be damaging career underbraking.

will be damaging rear tyres when braking. Is it 55% of your braking

energy into the front axle? It is something played with a lot with

the KERS. They will be constantly adjusting that during the race

depending on how much are the sting you have to do, how much recharging

of the KERS you have to do in the braking zones. This is the

intriguing battle. Vettel is opening a gap. If Mark Webber

cannot get past Lewis Hamilton, maybe he has to pit early, gets a

new tyres and beat Lewis that wave. He was looking like he was in a

position to be able to jump Vettel. The un safe release of Ricardo's

car will be looked into after the race. He Ted Kravitz?

McLaren want to stretch it out until lap 30 viable stock than they

can go to the yellow striped tie his real wing open. Hamilton has to

stay alert. Mark Webber tries to long gone isn't he? It was playing

into Vettel's hands. Mark Webber, if he cannot pass Lewis Hamilton on

the track, he will have to go into the pits. They grumpy message

coming out of McLaren, don't Radio when I am on the brakes. He RADIO:

Box this lap, box this lap, please confirm.

The mechanics are getting ready wit is good information the Red Bull as

well. It is a question what Red Bull can do. My art Webber is

coming in. 23 laps to go. Will Mark Webber be thinking, I needed

another couple of laps to beat him? Red Bull should have brought him in

earlier. Now he will go straight back out, like for like, both on

new prime tyres. He could not pass him on the last run. He will have

the DRS. He is in the one-second window, he has got to use it.

pits thinking, no, why did they pit? I am amazed they did not put

him through. They were worried about the undercut on Hamilton on

fresh tyres? Hamilton has gone wide. Critical he does not flatten these

tyres four-star Mark Webber is down the inside. A drag race now. Mary

if Bass section indeed bus stop is there room for two? Not quite.

Hamilton has the right parts of the right track. An opportunist move,

but Hamilton strikes right back at him. No DRS in his part of the

track. Mark Webber cannot drive clean through the McLaren. Ideal

moment for Stubbs Jenson Button is in the pits. Alonso goes through.

Sebastian Vettel coming out. That is a Toro Rosso you can see in the

background. Jenson Button will be just behind it. Now we will see

such fun. Mark Webber will get the DRS this time around. Alonso has

stayed out. Alguersuari does his personal best of the race. Mark

Webber cannot get past with the DRS. It was grades does through the

through this section. Just kept the car where it needed to be. Super

clean, Super respectful. Both of them. They are sharing an aeroplane

second stop. Alonso does a new fastest lap of the race having not

stop. Fernando Alonso needs 20 bars seconds for a pit stop. He is 22.4

ahead of fairly plain NASA. -- Felipe Massa. Lewis Hamilton will

probably used a bit of his KERS. Mark Webber is probably relying

more on the DRS, hoping he can catch Hamilton by using up what

KERS he has got left. The DRS has meant that KERS has become a

defensive tool as well as an Middlesex do by Alonso. He had so

much speed to spare. -- middle This is incredible driving from

Alonso. His tyres are over 20 laps old! He will be pointing to those

times and sector lap times at the end of the race. Why am I fighting

my team mate? He is striving for his worth just to get said of his

Formula One car looks like. Significant amount of debris at the

of Lewis Hamilton. They get ready tippets Fernando Alonso. Will he

get out in front of his team mate, Felipe Massa? He comes out of the

pit-lane at regulation speed into the garage. A bird's-eye view of a

perfect pit-stop and the way he goes. Massa is coming out of the

last corner now. I think he has done it will stop if he can sweep

around in front of Mergulho and job done for Fernando Alonso. A lot of

work just to beat your team mate. Mark Webber, DRS still open. It is

not getting the advantage. They said they were running into limiter

a little bit in qualifying. You only have the DRS on that one

Hamilton by 9.9 seconds. Mark Webber in third. Jenson Button in

fourth. Alguersuari has pitted so Mergulho moves up. Alonso is in the

middle of that pack. Can Alonso with that kind of pace haul himself

RADIO: You have got everything we have got. He asked did you put all

the front wing in? There is not much he can do now, they have done

two stops. They will be hoping to get to the end now. Ted Kravitz?

I am in the Red Bull garage. They said there weren't any specifically

strange radio message with Mark Webber asking did they want him to

pay it in his lap. Maybe Red Bull thought they could race McLaren out

of the pits. But McLaren did as good a job as the Red Bull

now. RADIO: Fuel is good. Primary will

catch the cars in front. Very little information from

austere and free practice. How much fuel do you want to put on at the

start. We had a safety car that would help them out a little bit.

We saw that last week, as safety cab. Jenson Button park the car

immediately after the chequered flag. They are required to give

about a litre of fuel for the FIA to give an analysis test. You have

to weigh up carrying the extra fuel against the fastest way to make it

to the end of the race. When they began this pit stop babies come as

Alonso does a new fastest lap of the race, Vettel's lead was 3.8

seconds. He now leads by example in five seconds. They had given him

all of the comfort zone he needs to look after his tyres and check his

All KERS 4 turn two to help you defend. Suggesting an attack. You

sense that any minute now Mark Webber is going to send one up the

catching Mark Webber. And Fernando Alonso does another new fastest lap.

He took 714 Alex out of them in that lap. -- seven-tenths in that

lap. He is definitely going to be on the back of but and pretty soon.

-- the bag of Jenson Button. He has dropped Massa now. And Alguersuari

is catching the Rosberg. Rosberg it between Toro Rosso and Force India.

The points are not guaranteed yet lapsed newer than those of Rosberg.

out of the way like a second-class cyst his son, but it has cost

Ferrari today. -- citizen. The pace that he has shown since he has gone

past him. RADIO: Think about driving tactically to keep

Alguersuari as far as possible out of the DRS zone. He has about ten

laps more on his tyres than Alguersuari so he will be nursing

these to the end. The only option he has is to turn up the engine

note in the run out of the last sector and use up some KERS and

then use another big beast as he comes out of turn two. And then it

is cross yourself and parade because he has used up all his

toys! Sitting duck is the phrase that comes to mind! Nice analogy,

that one! I would use that one Hamilton that he has done on

previous laps. I wonder if Ferrari are letting their guys race freely

because there is no championship at stake and it looks like Babel

finished third in the Constructors' Championship. Perhaps this is about

letting them brace freely and rebuilding a bit of confidence in

right now, Red Bull would be securing that. With the first and a

Thursday would be outscoring McLaren and over -- taking their

second title in two consecutive weekends, it the race stake like

this. Do you think Lewis Hamilton will be happier with this

performance? He is lead McLaren driver and his managing his tyre as

well. He is in good communication with the team. Managing this last

sector, he knows and I am sure his confidence is growing by the fact

that Mark Webber has not been able to challenge him on that turn down

to turn 3. The debris on the way to turn one will not be helping the

cars. Hamilton has used up all of his KERS and that has given him the

buffer. Even though Mark Webber has DRS to deploy, all it does is bring

him back to the same position that he was as they entered turn one.

What is surprising with Jenson Button is that he is not closing up

more. Is this him just coolly and calmly stay in clean air in

controlling the airflow over the car and letting this unfold?

are right, he is so much quicker off this corner. RADIO: OK, tyres

and could to the end of the race lead to see if we can get up close

have been asking why Lewis Hamilton is slow at the moment. The response

is that he is not particularly slow, this is just an hour pace. The

chronic understeer is the lack of running on Friday. They would have

discovered this if they had done the homework that everybody should

have done on Friday but because it was wet they did not manage to do

it. There is nothing more they can do. The understeer is not going to

solve itself, it is a matter of containment. But if Jenson Button

tends to be easier on his tyres and is not suffering the understeer

that Lewis Hamilton is. Maybe he can take advantage. All young

racing drivers are watching this, this is how Fernando Alonso drives

a former law race that makes the difference. His last five laps,

half a second faster than the leaders, and relentless consistency,

is starting to bring him into the play. Now just three seconds from

the back of Jenson Button and I think he is going to apply quite a

bit of pressure on this pack when he arrives. This is fantastic stuff.

The Ferrari has a little bit better top speed than the Red Bull. He is

soon going to be in the DRS zone. Let us just say he is a bit peeved

from earlier in the race and there is a little bit of Spanish

to Fernando Alonso. Fernando Alonso has dropped Massa by 5.6 seconds

the records and the statistics. -- delights to chase. Perhaps there

has been a message about the fastest lap from Fernando Alonso.

happen to note that Vettel caught in a wanted to go for fastest lap

last weekend when they were going for the championship and they told

him to forget it and just bring the car in and win the race anger the

championship. You have to wonder if Fernando Alonso has punished those

tyres just a little bit too hard. He has dropped another three-tenths

de Jenson Button in that sector. It does look like those super fast

laps may have taken too much out of the tyres. RADIO: Do not owe the

usual tyres, there are some quick cars behind you. That is the

headmaster! Your leading the race, you have 11.7 second lead. Stop

weather but has he got the space to do anything with it? He should get

early attraction but there was a lot of wheelspin. So the McLaren

has better traction than the Red Bull and that, at the moment, is

helping Lewis Hamilton where it really counts. Fantastic stuff,

Mark Webber tried to set Hamilton These teams are so close this year,

it is great. And not too many changes for next year. We should

see plenty of evolution inconsistency. They are lowering

the nose for safety and stopping them putting the exhaust under. So

the car should be even more equal track that it would be unwise to

send one up the inside of turn one. His problem is that if he makes a

mistake, Jenson Button will get past. Alguersuari cannot make any

inroads on Rosberg, they remain one world championship point or two for

Jenson Button now. Fernando Alonso, 40.6 the last lap, we were

wondering whether he had cut his tyres, but he has banged in another

fast lap. He is coming into play. Jenson Button has got to get up

there with Mark Webber and make a down the inside. Lewis Hamilton

will get the DRS. The place is his at the moment. He will get the DRS

Open. He was already on his way past. With better speed and

relative pace of these cars is. You have the McLaren looking mighty on

traction and them for what other reason, Lewis Hamilton in that

sector, this street circuit section, he loses pace. He was a little bit

wrong footed as he came of the last corner. The Lotus was moving slowly.

Mark Webber goes for him. I thought that was Mark Webber in front - it

is the replay. I am loving his! Mark Webber has done the fastest

final sector of anyone in the Grand Prix. We are back to square one now.

Alonso is just 1.3 behind. Six laps second of Rosberg.

RADIO: Six laps to go, blue button please. Blue button, not Jenson

Button. What are we about to see? This is Paul di Resta getting past

and ninth using the straight line speed they had in qualifying to

good effect. They have great pace. Buemi has just under Foster's first

Brazilians looking for the undercooked. Cut back, cutback.

Undercuts is the one they used when is the only one on the super soft

tyres false start he had been threatening Paul di Resta for a

strands around the racetrack. is out there on the super soft. All

these at the funds on the Prime, you can see the yellow markings.

RADIO: Make fire for power. Mixture DRS point, which is there, he is

too far back. A dozen seconds behind the leader.

Vettel coasting out front. This lot are busy watching each other.

Fernando Alonso has just been told to turn the Ferrari up to the

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds

Jenson Button, a bit of oversteer. Asked to close up. So much faster

through there. Playing the gearbox like a musical instrument in the

Ferrari. Struggled a little bit through the last term. You would

now want to be taking a bite of the It has been a good fight.

Intriguing. They are playing with the various parameters available to

them. How much KERS do I deployed? Do I use of some extra engine

modes? Do I have enough fuel? have been in the simulators and

changing the buttons when driving, it does distract you. This best-

laid -- especially with the tyres, my concentration was stretched to

its limits. Let alone pressing buttons. Ted Kravitz? I am at

McLaren. Hamilton was asking how many laps left. The Jenson Button

is being told to push. He has loads of feel for the end of the way it

race. They feel they can get more out of his tyres. Hamilton is told

to defend. Vettel moves into the last two laps. Once again, Mark

Webber will have the useless DRS open to him. Either his seventh

gear is too short? RADIO: I give up, I give up! That

is not a nice message for a team to here. I never thought I would hear

him saying that. There is some emotion going on in that car. He

has not been happy all weekend. He has pulled himself back into this

race, he can sniff second place if there was an incident in front of

him. It is a dummy message. It is a message to McLaren. Do you think he

is teasing? They will be telling Jenson Button, Fernando has thrown

in the towel. If you ever leave me behind a fairly NASA, this is the

price you're going to pay. That is the price you will pay. The ASH

this action. Alguersuari has been consistently half a second faster

in this sector. It is a good layout a racing. Sergio Perez has pitted

with one lap to go in the Grand Prix. That is Mark Webber. Watch

the man in front have him go faster than anybody else.

RADIO: Used the overtake but then if you get the chance, Mark. That

is a delayed transition. I think that moment is over. And there is

the man who has given up, hunting down Jenson Button. As if it was

for a Grand Prix victory. He could have spoken to his engineer in

Italian. He sent that message in English. It could be any language,

that was the one he chose. Vettel a few corners from home. As once

again, he fearlessly leaves his main pursuers after taking the lead