:01:07. > :01:13.Afternoon Malcolm -- Good afternoon.. Some in Formula One us
:01:13. > :01:17.say we are brave to come in, others say we are naive. But rarely has a
:01:17. > :01:21.Formula One felt as much heat as it has done in the desert. But despite
:01:21. > :01:25.what has happened off the track, the man at the front of this Grand
:01:25. > :01:35.Prix will be glad to be there. After all, it has been a tough
:01:35. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:58.start to the season for the current all his own way this year.
:01:58. > :02:12.
:02:13. > :02:21.Sebastian Vettel is still coming. world champion coming across the
:02:21. > :02:26.line. P has done it! He is back, well done Sebastian Vettel, his
:02:26. > :02:30.remarkable 31st pole position of a very short career. He has managed
:02:31. > :02:36.to put aside all of the goings-on and focus on the racing. But it has
:02:36. > :02:40.been a strange week, it seems being involved in petrol bombs and tear
:02:40. > :02:45.gas. We have come to the circuit and seen armoured personnel cars.
:02:45. > :02:50.It has been a strange weekend for Formula One, but life seems to have
:02:50. > :02:54.gone on normally for the teams? have not seen any armoured
:02:54. > :02:58.personnel cars, personally. But we are trusting the governing body,
:02:58. > :03:02.they have made it clear and the British Government have not said we
:03:02. > :03:10.shouldn't be here so we are going to have a Grand Prix. I think we
:03:10. > :03:17.are lined up for a belter of a race. The same compound tyres as in China.
:03:17. > :03:21.A lot of uncertainty going into this in strategy. There is talk of
:03:21. > :03:25.a potential protest during the race, will the teams have discussed that
:03:25. > :03:30.with the drivers? Or will they not want to put that in the head of
:03:30. > :03:34.someone who will be driving at 200 miles an hour. Everything will have
:03:34. > :03:38.been discussed, but the focus on the grid is how will we manage the
:03:38. > :03:43.tyres, when will make the call on strategy? A lot of unanswered
:03:44. > :03:49.questions. The message from the drivers is crystal clear. If there
:03:49. > :03:59.is going to be a Grand Prix, it is going to be a Grand Prix they are
:03:59. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:26.as is Sebastian Vettel, gearing up to start from pole position. But it
:04:26. > :04:30.is a departure into the unknown. It is windy, we have had rain and 10
:04:30. > :04:35.degrees cooler on the track. We are hearing a McLaren may be affected
:04:35. > :04:41.by the wind than some of the other teams. Crucially, they have an
:04:41. > :04:47.extra set of the new tyres over Red Bull. Further down the grid when
:04:47. > :04:52.Nico Rosberg is comedy has three sets of new tyres. Will new tyres
:04:52. > :04:58.be the thing to have? Is it the prime tyres, the option? It remains
:04:58. > :05:02.to be seen. The Red Bull starts at the front and Sebastian Vettel will
:05:02. > :05:06.be hoping for the first time this season, starting at the front will
:05:06. > :05:12.give him his first victory this year. This is how they line up
:05:12. > :05:19.behind him. The shock at qualifying was a
:05:19. > :05:23.Michael Schumacher was knocked out of qualifying citing DRS problems.
:05:23. > :05:30.As it heated up, it was Romain Grosjean that got through, knocking
:05:30. > :05:35.out his team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen. Daniel Komen putting his best-ever
:05:35. > :05:38.qualifying through, he starts in six. Jenson Button starts 4th, but
:05:38. > :05:44.is happy. Lewis Hamilton just missed out on his third pole
:05:44. > :05:49.position of the season and starts in second. That means for the first
:05:49. > :05:54.time this season Red Bull took pole position, with Sebastian Vettel,
:05:54. > :06:04.who put in a great lap. Mark Webber is in third. This is how they line
:06:04. > :06:04.
:06:04. > :06:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:06:45. > :06:48.Michael Schumacher. He starts 116 metres behind Sebastian Vettel, and
:06:48. > :06:54.keep your eye on him. What about the rest of the drivers? Let's hear
:06:54. > :07:01.from them. You were the poll Master last year, it is five races since
:07:01. > :07:06.you sat there, any nerves? It feels good. The last couple of races a we
:07:06. > :07:10.have struggled a bit in qualifying, but we seem to be in a much happier
:07:10. > :07:16.place here. Looking forward to the race. I think it will be long and
:07:16. > :07:20.tough, especially looking after the tyres. We saw in the last race it
:07:21. > :07:25.was difficult to judge who you will be fighting, hoodoo thing will be
:07:25. > :07:30.your main contenders? Everyone runs more or less the same pace,
:07:30. > :07:34.especially if the tyres start to go off. You can fighting with a lot of
:07:34. > :07:40.cars, different teams. It is hard to predict and it should be an
:07:40. > :07:45.exciting race to watch. For Jenson Button, fourth for you
:07:45. > :07:49.today, yesterday was unmanageable tyres, but it is different today,
:07:49. > :07:54.how does that compare with your strategy? It is still go into the
:07:54. > :08:00.heart. It is tough on the tyres and I think everybody will struggle.
:08:00. > :08:06.How many stops? Some people were talking about a four stops. It is a
:08:06. > :08:12.little bit surprising. Driving most people will be doing two or three.
:08:12. > :08:17.What we are going is a difficult one. I really don't know yet.
:08:17. > :08:23.a great race. The I am with Daniel Komen, sixth
:08:23. > :08:29.place qualifying. It must be a great feeling getting this Toro
:08:29. > :08:36.Rosso so far up the grid? I hadn't or Sunday yesterday. We achieve a
:08:36. > :08:40.maximum. It is a good feeling. If we can finish six, I will be happy.
:08:41. > :08:46.We will try to push up as far forward as we can. We are in a good
:08:46. > :08:51.position for points. Speak to the tyres. We will see how we make them
:08:51. > :08:57.last. Some said they wouldn't happen, some said it shouldn't
:08:57. > :09:02.happen. But we have arrived at the start of the 2012 have Bahrain
:09:02. > :09:12.Grand Prix in the company of David Coulthard and Ben Edwards. Are we
:09:12. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:26.set for the 4th different when a this grid has won his race before
:09:26. > :09:36.and that his Ferrari. But with Alonso 9th and Massa 14th, that
:09:36. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:53.statistic would undoubtedly be soft compound tyres. The soft
:09:53. > :10:03.compound, with the yellow writing on the side, all the harder
:10:03. > :10:12.
:10:13. > :10:17.compound with the white right's -- Malaysia is third. Sebastian Vettel
:10:17. > :10:27.starting in opposition and he is 5th in the Championship. Kohl can
:10:27. > :10:37.Burg has only scored two points. Di Resta is a bit further up. TEAM
:10:37. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:48.RADIO: Kobayashi is on the white. What are your thoughts and strategy
:10:48. > :10:54.on this one? It is a thinking driver's race and you will have to
:10:54. > :10:59.look after the tyres. Take them as far as you can. But I think a
:10:59. > :11:04.three-stop race is probably the right strategy. Jenson Button is a
:11:04. > :11:09.thinking driver, so he stands a pretty good chance. David, your
:11:09. > :11:12.thoughts? What is interesting is, Fernando
:11:12. > :11:18.Alonso in ninth has taken the choice to go off the grid on the
:11:18. > :11:25.option tyre. And give in he did not run in the last part of qualifying,
:11:25. > :11:28.he could have chosen his tyres. I think we can expect him to do a
:11:28. > :11:34.short first stint and get in and use the brand new tyres he has
:11:34. > :11:39.available. The cars already making their way on to the grid. It is a
:11:39. > :11:45.shorter version of this circuit than when they were last here in
:11:45. > :11:55.2010. Ricciardo will be six in the Toro Rosso. Toro Rosso have never
:11:55. > :12:05.scored points here before, so it is a huge opportunity for them.
:12:05. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:43.Sebastian Vettel lining up on pole gone back his grip box so that all
:12:43. > :12:50.trigger a jump-start. The lights are coming on and we are ready for
:12:50. > :12:58.the Grand Prix to get under way. It is a pretty even start. The
:12:58. > :13:05.Sebastian Vettel has the start over Hamilton. Jenson Button has lost
:13:05. > :13:10.out a massive relief. Hamilton is second, Mark Webber is third. The
:13:10. > :13:20.Ferrari of Alonso has made a fantastic start. Jenson Button has
:13:20. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:31.been pushed down the order. Rosberg did not gain much at the start, now
:13:31. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:42.Bruno Senna trying to get past. Incredible dust. Kimi Raikkonen
:13:42. > :13:50.locking up on the turn Aids. Massa has come around the outside. --
:13:50. > :13:58.turn eight. Alonso is the big winner at the start of that. What a
:13:59. > :14:03.great start for Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel is already sprinting. We
:14:03. > :14:11.have bits of front wing all over the place - cannot spot who's it is
:14:11. > :14:17.yet. The midfield, the fight is intense and there has definitely
:14:17. > :14:25.been some contact. Sebastian Vettel and Sons, trying to break the one-
:14:25. > :14:31.second activation window for the DRS. So far, so good for Sebastian
:14:31. > :14:39.Vettel. And he has got to try and replicate what we saw Rosberg do
:14:39. > :14:49.last weekend, which is break the DRS has owned and managed his tyres.
:14:49. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:00.Mark Webber under pressure from puncture. Was that the contact we
:15:01. > :15:05.saw earlier? After a great qualifying yesterday, it is not
:15:05. > :15:11.turning out now. Jean-Eric Vergne defending from the Williams of
:15:11. > :15:16.Pastor Maldonado and Vitaly Petrov. Michael Schumacher takes full
:15:16. > :15:22.advantage in the Mercedes. He is up into 17th, but he cannot make up a
:15:22. > :15:28.lot of ground. Pastor Maldonado down the inside. Michael Schumacher
:15:28. > :15:32.will try to take advantage. He is on the outside for the left hand
:15:32. > :15:37.corner, he cannot get through. Wonderful racing in the early
:15:37. > :15:43.stages. The Lewis Hamilton not able to stay with Sebastian Vettel at
:15:43. > :15:48.this stage. This is the run down to the 11th corner. He is having a
:15:48. > :15:56.look, but he does not go for it. They have to try to preserve the
:15:56. > :16:03.tyres. He is running in the dirty air. The brake balance adjustment,
:16:03. > :16:08.it is customary for him. Look at the Cup, Sebastian Vettel has gone.
:16:08. > :16:15.It was 2.2 seconds at the end of the first lap, he has picked up 0.6
:16:15. > :16:21.seconds. It has grown, 2.9 seconds. Jenson Button under pressure from
:16:21. > :16:28.Kimi Raikkonen. He got away Paul Lewis. Felipe Massa tried to get
:16:28. > :16:33.past Kimi Raikkonen. He has got past 10! Kimi Raikkonen still has
:16:33. > :16:40.the inside line. They just avoid hitting each other. Felipe Massa
:16:40. > :16:46.gains the place. I wanted to see Bruno Senna. We will keep an eye on
:16:46. > :16:54.that. A fantastic start from Romain Grosjean. He comes across to the
:16:54. > :17:04.insider. He defends it. The bottleneck. They immediately filter
:17:04. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:14.into the second corner. The initial better way was a bit hesitant. --
:17:14. > :17:22.initial getaway. He used both clutch pedals. He recovers well. He
:17:23. > :17:28.has to go wide, he is hesitant. Felipe Massa, he flies off the line,
:17:28. > :17:36.reminiscent of Nico Rosberg last week. He gets himself on the
:17:36. > :17:43.outside. He is well positioned. Those new tyres helping him with
:17:43. > :17:50.the traction. Yes, that will give you at least a car length. This is
:17:50. > :17:55.what happened to Nico Rosberg. That was so tight. He got squeezed on to
:17:55. > :18:01.the kerb. It is always risky to put yourself on the outside, you are at
:18:01. > :18:09.the mercy of the car coming back onto the line. That could be where
:18:09. > :18:19.Heikki Kovalainen picked up his poncho. -- his puncture. Heikki
:18:19. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:25.Kovalainen is in the pits. Kimi Raikkonen trying to come back.
:18:25. > :18:31.will have the position. He has done it. Kimi Raikkonen claims the spot
:18:31. > :18:37.back. Now that the tyres have done a few laps, perhaps the Lotus is
:18:37. > :18:41.coming into its own. Romain Grosjean is going well. He is
:18:41. > :18:51.within a second of Lewis Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel still leading.
:18:51. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :18:58.The Lotus seems to be in great shape first. He is closing the gap
:18:58. > :19:06.to 0.4. Any time soon, Lewis Hamilton will have to get defensive.
:19:06. > :19:14.He cannot allow him to get into the DRS activations own. -- activation
:19:14. > :19:21.zone. This is where the activation point is. Can he sugar it? He is
:19:21. > :19:31.too far back on this particular lap. The Lotus has been good on
:19:31. > :19:35.straight-line speed. The fastest man is Kimi Raikkonen. Romain
:19:35. > :19:39.Grosjean is not quite close enough to get a move on Lewis Hamilton,
:19:40. > :19:45.but he has close the gap massively. Lewis Hamilton will have to watch
:19:45. > :19:53.out. Mark Webber cannot maintain the pace, he is back in fourth
:19:53. > :20:03.place. Nico Rosberg is down in ninth, Paul di Resta hanging on to
:20:03. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:17.Daniel Ricciardo, he qualified sixth, but he is down in 17th place.
:20:17. > :20:24.Bitterly disappointing for Daniel Ricciardo. He was full of hope and
:20:24. > :20:34.anticipation. He is finding himself behind his team-mate. That is a
:20:34. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:41.shame. RADIO: The difference to Sebastian Vettel, 0.6 seconds.
:20:41. > :20:44.Red Bull seems to be dialled into this Bahrain circuit. They have
:20:44. > :20:50.found the form as the track temperature has come into the
:20:50. > :20:55.operating window that their car seems to light. We had 25 degrees
:20:55. > :20:59.track temperature last week, 40 degrees yesterday, and we currently
:20:59. > :21:06.have 32 degrees. There has been talk about the windy conditions
:21:06. > :21:12.affecting McLaren. Sebastian grow she is looking ever closer. --
:21:12. > :21:18.Romain Grosjean is looking ever closer. Here comes Romain Grosjean!
:21:18. > :21:23.There is nothing Lewis Hamilton can do! He takes second place! The
:21:23. > :21:28.Lotus is flying in the hands of the young Frenchman! He did not finish
:21:28. > :21:33.in the first two races, he got points in China, and now he showing
:21:34. > :21:39.them what he is made of off. He has won here in GP2 in the past.
:21:39. > :21:49.speed differential is incredible when you have the DRS. Anything
:21:49. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:13.between 10 and 15 kilometres per Eric Vergne in the Toro Rosso.
:22:13. > :22:17.Pastor Maldonado goes to the outsider. A lot of oversteer, but
:22:17. > :22:22.miraculously, he keeps the position. Jenson Button is into the pits,
:22:22. > :22:29.Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg. He is on to the harder tyre, Jenson
:22:29. > :22:37.Button. The same for Felipe Massa. Jenson Button had a horrible pit-
:22:37. > :22:42.stop in China. That looked quick. Interestingly, I did not see any
:22:42. > :22:50.adjustment. Jenson Button was complaining of understeer, and this
:22:50. > :22:53.is considered to be a track which is hard on the rear tyres. I did
:22:53. > :22:58.think this bodes well for Jenson Button later in the race. Nico
:22:58. > :23:05.Rosberg dealing with the traffic. We can find out what happened to
:23:05. > :23:10.Daniel Ricciardo. We have got every play. He started in sixth place.
:23:10. > :23:17.There was contact. Heikki Kovalainen trying to sneak a
:23:17. > :23:22.position, there was not much Daniel could do. That was unfortunate. And
:23:22. > :23:26.for Heikki Kovalainen. He is down to last position. His Romain
:23:26. > :23:34.Grosjean catching Sebastian Vettel? There is not much difference in
:23:34. > :23:39.terms of lap times. Sebastian Vettel leads by 4.9 seconds of a
:23:39. > :23:48.stop Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber fighting for third. We have got a
:23:48. > :23:53.flurry of activity, Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton.
:23:53. > :23:59.That will have helped Mark Webber. He is using it Lewis Hamilton as a
:23:59. > :24:07.pricking reference. -- like a braking reference. McLaren have a
:24:07. > :24:11.problem! He has lost a massive amount of time in the pits again,
:24:11. > :24:16.what is going wrong? They have analysed their pit-stops so closely,
:24:16. > :24:25.but something has gone wrong again, and that helps Mark Webber and the
:24:25. > :24:30.band have a long so. -- Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. Nico Rosberg
:24:30. > :24:40.and Lewis Hamilton! They are going to wheel to wheel. Lewis Hamilton
:24:40. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:47.is using his KERS. Lewis Hamilton passes Nico Rosberg. He has gone
:24:47. > :24:53.wide! I think he will hold it. He will have dust on his tyres, but he
:24:53. > :24:59.knew that was not sand, it was concrete, and he used it. He was
:24:59. > :25:04.technically well off the track, but he make the past. There were some
:25:04. > :25:12.antics like that in the GP2 race yesterday. Felipe Massa behind Nico
:25:12. > :25:22.Rosberg. We are yet to see Sebastian Vettel coming to the pits.
:25:22. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:27.He takes advantage of the fresh set of tyres. Great, aggressive driving.
:25:27. > :25:33.If you watch the left rear, they have an issue. This is what
:25:33. > :25:40.happened to Jenson Button last weekend. Exactly the same corner of
:25:40. > :25:49.the car. Into the pits, the Lotus. Romain Grosjean back on his way. He
:25:49. > :25:57.came in from second place, he was closing on Sebastian Vettel. Romain
:25:57. > :26:01.Grosjean is ahead of Mark Webber. You then have Mark Webber, Fernando
:26:01. > :26:07.Alonso, Jenson Button, followed by Lewis Hamilton, because of his slow
:26:07. > :26:15.stop. This is an important element of the race for Mark Webber. He has
:26:15. > :26:21.got a clean run at Romain Grosjean. If he wants to stand a chance...
:26:21. > :26:27.RADIO: What happened? A problem with the left rear. Still a long
:26:27. > :26:33.way to go in this race. Slightly unsettled, Lewis Hamilton. Gary,
:26:33. > :26:39.did you get a view of that? Exactly the same problem as Jenson Button
:26:39. > :26:43.in China, six seconds lost, exactly the same as Jenson Button. It was
:26:43. > :26:48.one of those situations, the left rear, it has got a problem of some
:26:48. > :26:58.sort. It is really sad news for them. We have got an incident
:26:58. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:11.him off the track. There is a role about all four wheels off the track.
:27:11. > :27:18.Sebastian Vettel has done the right thing, he has got clean air in
:27:18. > :27:24.front of them. There should be a clean track for him. This is Paul
:27:24. > :27:30.di Resta and Romain Grosjean in the background. Sebastian Vettel still
:27:30. > :27:36.leads the Grand Prix. If you look around the track, there are white
:27:36. > :27:40.lines, and that defines the limits. You can go off the limit if you are
:27:40. > :27:43.avoiding an incident or there has been an issue, but that will be
:27:43. > :27:47.down to whether Lewis Hamilton can convince the stewards he was forced
:27:47. > :27:52.to run wide to avoid a collision with Nico Rosberg. If he can
:27:52. > :27:59.convince them, he can avoid a penalty. Jenson Button had the
:27:59. > :28:03.fastest lap for a moment, but Sergio Perez has beaten him.
:28:03. > :28:09.Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari, they cogwheel to wheel. World
:28:09. > :28:14.champions going hard at it in terms of racing. Jenson Button has got in
:28:14. > :28:20.front of Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton will try to follow Jenson
:28:20. > :28:25.Button. Really good stuff, Jenson Button needs to make the most of
:28:25. > :28:31.this part of the race, it has got harder tyre. He has got past
:28:31. > :28:35.Fernando Alonso, never an easy driver to pass. He did not have to
:28:35. > :28:41.use the DRS. Will there was Hamilton find a way through? Romain
:28:41. > :28:51.Grosjean setting some fast times. We will get the gap when they come
:28:51. > :28:56.back past us. We are riding with Fernando Alonso. A long time before
:28:56. > :29:02.opening the throttle. He is five kilometres an hour slower than
:29:02. > :29:07.McLaren in a straight line, and the McLaren will have the DRS, so I do
:29:07. > :29:12.not see Fernando Alonso keeping it Lewis Hamilton back. Sebastian
:29:12. > :29:17.Vettel taking the traffic. Paul di Resta does not put up any
:29:17. > :29:22.resistance. He has not stopped as yet. He was leading the Grand Prix,
:29:22. > :29:27.but there is not much he can do on an odd set of tyres. Given the
:29:27. > :29:37.qualifying position, there will be another three laps to talk about.
:29:37. > :29:41.
:29:41. > :29:51.under pressure. Still some changes to be going on. Alonso just about
:29:51. > :30:01.keeping Hamilton behind. The gap between an Vettel and Grosjean was
:30:01. > :30:02.
:30:02. > :30:12.4.2 seconds. Not the space for Kimi Raikkonen to go on the inside. Mark
:30:12. > :30:15.
:30:15. > :30:25.Webber was wide on the apex. Kimi Raikkonen goes for it. Lovely mover
:30:25. > :30:48.
:30:48. > :30:51.and no need for DRS. This mortar gets past Alonso, fairly
:30:51. > :31:00.straightforward in the end, the same area but and was able to go
:31:00. > :31:06.through. -- Jenson Button. There wasn't much Alonso could do. I
:31:06. > :31:12.suspect Lewis Hamilton is a hot under the collar after the lengthy
:31:12. > :31:22.pit stop here experienced. Next up is his team-mate, Jenson Button. Di
:31:22. > :31:22.
:31:23. > :31:30.Resta has got past Maldonado. has got up into 10th as suddenly
:31:30. > :31:35.after being in 12th. I suspect there was some action at Cern No 1
:31:35. > :31:44.or in to turn them up for. The man who has benefited that is Paul di
:31:44. > :31:54.Resta. I think the radio chatter will be about a Paul di Resta
:31:54. > :32:01.
:32:01. > :32:06.weaving all over the place. It is Maldonado. The graphic was wrong.
:32:06. > :32:14.suspect as they were squabbling in turn number four, Paul di Resta
:32:14. > :32:22.says thanks very much boys. What a lovely position for Paul di Resta
:32:22. > :32:32.to be in. CROWD GROANS did not fight quite as hard as he might do
:32:32. > :32:42.
:32:42. > :32:48.it if it wasn't his team mate. -- the Ferrari of Lon -- Alonso.
:32:48. > :32:55.Hamilton has been in the pits as well. Another bad stock Lewis
:32:55. > :33:01.Hamilton. It wasn't quick was it? It look like the real Jack this
:33:01. > :33:07.time. Michael Schumacher gets on his way. Rosberg battling with
:33:07. > :33:17.Alonso as he comes out of the pits! The Ferrari slivers and slides and
:33:17. > :33:18.
:33:18. > :33:24.does it. Rosberg Defence, like he did when Hamilton was behind. I
:33:24. > :33:29.think Rosberg has just held on. Great stuff. Nico Rosberg allowed
:33:29. > :33:34.to defend the inside and Alonso choosing to go the other way round
:33:34. > :33:38.than Hamilton did. P just wasn't able to pull it off on the brakes.
:33:39. > :33:44.I suspect if he was in a slightly better car, he would have had more
:33:44. > :33:48.confidence. In the end Rosberg keeps the positions. Rosberg
:33:48. > :33:56.fighting hard and shows he is prepared to mix it with Fernando
:33:56. > :34:00.Alonso. Di Resta is on a different strategy to those around him. In
:34:01. > :34:06.comes Kimi Raikkonen. He has decided to go for another set. He
:34:06. > :34:16.has gone for the harder compound tyre which is what Grosjean has
:34:16. > :34:16.
:34:16. > :34:26.been running on. A good stop, four second stationery. Not the best we
:34:26. > :34:31.have seen but what is required at this stage. This is a replay of
:34:31. > :34:37.Lewis Hamilton's stop and I think it is the left rear again that it
:34:37. > :34:47.was the issues. They can cross to read those wheel nuts and that is
:34:47. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:56.what a hot potato looks like. Maldonado getting up on the inside.
:34:56. > :35:02.Rosberg trying to push him wider game. There has been some contact
:35:02. > :35:07.in the background. We will try to get back to who that it was. That
:35:07. > :35:11.it was marginal Rosberg, he pushed Alonso to the edge of the racetrack.
:35:11. > :35:17.You are allowed to make a change of line to defend your position but
:35:17. > :35:22.you're not allowed to force a car off the track or crowd the car off
:35:22. > :35:28.its racing line. The stewards will open the rule book, read what is
:35:28. > :35:32.there and make a decision. I think it might have been Maldonado to
:35:33. > :35:42.ended up spinning into the background. Into the pits comes
:35:43. > :35:44.
:35:44. > :35:51.Sebastian Vettel. Grosjean has also come in. We expect Sebastian Vettel
:35:51. > :35:58.to come out well ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. They send him on his way.
:35:58. > :36:05.Vettel comfortably out in front of Raikkonen. He has closed the gap.
:36:05. > :36:10.He has been the winner through the pit stops. Grosjean coming in
:36:10. > :36:18.behind HRT. You can see how much Raikkonen has gained. Look at the
:36:18. > :36:22.gap now. Raikkonen, the man on the move, qualified 11th but with a lot
:36:22. > :36:27.of new tyres and so far this afternoon, it is working
:36:27. > :36:32.fantastically for him. This is the incident. He gets over the kerb and
:36:32. > :36:37.loses the back of the car. It looks like there is some damage to the
:36:37. > :36:45.back of the car because his steering was squint. He has got a
:36:45. > :36:51.left rear puncture. What ever caused that. It was Maldonado lost
:36:51. > :36:56.control of the car on the second turn. As they have come in for a
:36:56. > :37:04.new set of tyres, they have felt there is some suspension damage.
:37:04. > :37:13.You're not allowed to ground a car. TEAM RADIO: He pushed me off the
:37:13. > :37:19.track. Very clear, all the time you have to leave a space. The rules
:37:19. > :37:25.and regulations say, and that is not an invitation to dinner there
:37:26. > :37:29.from Fernando Alonso. Hamilton still in 11th. Rosberg is at the
:37:29. > :37:35.front of this cue in the Mercedes won the race in China comfortably,
:37:35. > :37:45.it appeared this week. But after the race they will investigate the
:37:45. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :38:02.personal to the Force India. He will be wanting to get into the DRS
:38:02. > :38:10.zone and confirmed that. Di Resta in the Force India surely to be
:38:10. > :38:20.passed by the Red Bull of Mark Webber? Sebastian Vettel leads by
:38:20. > :38:22.
:38:22. > :38:29.two seconds over Kimi Raikkonen. have Sauber in the pit lane so I am
:38:29. > :38:38.sure Kobayashi will be going into the pits on his lap. Hamilton right
:38:38. > :38:46.on the back of Massa. Alonso decides to abort. Was he trying to
:38:46. > :38:51.get the slipstream? Was he trying to get a DRS? It was incredible, it
:38:51. > :38:57.looked like he was going in the pit lane. It's was very peculiar.
:38:57. > :39:04.Hamilton has been helped by all of that. Rosberg is still up ahead in
:39:04. > :39:13.seventh. Alonso, Mergulho and Hamilton. Behind this group is
:39:13. > :39:20.Perez. -- Massa. At the last minute, he was never intending to come in,
:39:20. > :39:25.but look how close he was to the end of the pit lane. It is either
:39:25. > :39:32.brave or silly stuff, depending on your views. Vettel has not got it
:39:32. > :39:36.all his own way as he tries to take his first win of this season. Kimi
:39:36. > :39:44.Raikkonen has closed the gap and is just a couple of car lends a wake.
:39:44. > :39:51.The next opportunity will probably be on the main straight. -- car
:39:51. > :39:56.lengths away. The great thing about this Formula One, we have different
:39:56. > :40:06.strategies this afternoon in terms of Raikkonen on 11th, and Vettel
:40:06. > :40:11.starting on pole position. Vettel having used extra sets to get
:40:11. > :40:15.through to pole position only had one new set of tyres. This is a
:40:16. > :40:21.perfect example of what fresh tyres can deliver. A beautifully driven
:40:21. > :40:31.by Raikkonen. Expressive Best impressive stuff early on in the
:40:31. > :40:34.
:40:34. > :40:38.Grand Prix. Has he got any KERS? Not any more. He has got some, but
:40:38. > :40:45.is he close enough? He is going down the inside and he cannot make
:40:45. > :40:53.it because Basij moved. There is a lot of respect between them and you
:40:53. > :41:00.could see that, but Vettel had to get out of it. As Raikkonen crossed
:41:00. > :41:06.the line he got the 100% availability of the KERS. The speed
:41:06. > :41:16.of the car is much higher and you get a much bigger benefit from KERS
:41:16. > :41:18.
:41:18. > :41:23.when you look -- used it in the low-speed second gear corners.
:41:23. > :41:28.RADIO: You can push it to pass on the main straight, pushed to pass
:41:28. > :41:34.on the main straight. That is selling as the engineer has been
:41:34. > :41:44.following Raikkonen's strategy. He is telling him to hold everything
:41:44. > :41:49.he can, hold his KERS, used the push to pass. It were used every
:41:49. > :41:54.available engine mode. Maximum power the Renault engine can
:41:54. > :41:59.deliver. The make no bones about it, they know strategically, they have
:41:59. > :42:04.to keep the Lotus behind to win his Grand Prix. Both have Renault
:42:04. > :42:08.engines, but not much difference. But there is difference in the
:42:08. > :42:18.straight line speed because the Red Bull tends not to be as quick in a
:42:18. > :42:20.
:42:20. > :42:25.straight line but delivers great downforce. The pressure on Vettel,
:42:25. > :42:31.especially this last corner in Bahrain, turns 14, it is almost
:42:31. > :42:35.like a double apex exit. You run the car on to the kerb and then
:42:35. > :42:42.drift away and come back again. Very easy to make a mistake in the
:42:42. > :42:47.corner. Raikkonen will know, a lot of experience. It is world champion
:42:47. > :42:52.against world champion. David, let's update everyone what is
:42:52. > :42:59.happening against the battle for the lead. Grosjean is third, Mark
:42:59. > :43:03.Webber is 4th, and Rosberg has just gone into the pits. Hamilton has
:43:03. > :43:10.come into the pits behind and let's hope they get a clean stop this
:43:10. > :43:14.time. It looks all right, he gets away cleanly does Lewis Hamilton. I
:43:14. > :43:21.suppose they might have been damage to the thread, and that is a worry
:43:21. > :43:25.because the wheel nut and never wants to go on properly. It is
:43:25. > :43:31.still a relatively slow stop. they have got in issue and they are
:43:31. > :43:37.going for safety? They are more than capable of doing under-threes
:43:37. > :43:45.second pit-stops. Kimi Raikkonen looking a bit further behind in his
:43:45. > :43:50.lap as they run to turn 14. He carries a bit more speed on the
:43:51. > :43:57.brakes. Has Vettel done enough to keep him at bay for another lap?
:43:57. > :44:02.Raikkonen gets the DRS. Muses the KERS a little bit but not as much
:44:02. > :44:08.in the previous lap, so he knows he is not quite close enough. Grosjean
:44:08. > :44:15.is having a fantastic race in third place. A better luck, because he
:44:15. > :44:19.closed the gap to 6.6 seconds. If Raikkonen cannot make this happen
:44:19. > :44:27.at this stage in the Grand Prix, it comes down to a battle of the pit
:44:27. > :44:31.stops. McLaren and Ferrari out in the pit lane. It is going to be a
:44:31. > :44:40.battle between the pit stop teams between Red Bull and Lotus at this
:44:40. > :44:44.rate. Jenson Button into the pits and Alonso it is in as well. Little
:44:44. > :44:49.slower at that time for Ferrari, who have normally been the best in
:44:49. > :44:59.many of the races. They were certainly fast as in China, and in
:44:59. > :45:06.
:45:06. > :45:13.Melbourne. Force India were the traffic, not the ideal release.
:45:13. > :45:19.Bruno Senna and Kamui Kobayashi in front of them. -- in front of him.
:45:19. > :45:26.Nico Rosberg going quickly on a new set of tyres. When will the leaders
:45:26. > :45:32.come in? This was Sergio Perez, as Fernando Alonso was released.
:45:32. > :45:40.Kimi Raikkonen having a new set of prime tyres available, will he come
:45:40. > :45:47.in and get out into clean air? Side by side with Michael Schumacher. He
:45:47. > :45:51.gets squeezed out, it is so close. Kimi Raikkonen, would he come in
:45:51. > :45:57.earlier than Sebastian Vettel, to get the new tyres, to get out into
:45:57. > :46:01.clean air and exploit the lap times, to try to gain the undercoat on
:46:01. > :46:07.Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull? Remember what happened to Kimi
:46:07. > :46:12.Raikkonen when they pitted him too early in China, he went backwards.
:46:12. > :46:18.Yes, but the car appears to be working very well. He is getting
:46:18. > :46:24.more trouble on the track, the temperature is remaining calm.
:46:24. > :46:30.Felipe Massa is in. Gary, what are your thoughts on the strategy of
:46:30. > :46:37.the top two? If I had been running Kimi Raikkonen, I would have had
:46:37. > :46:44.him in two laps ago. He would have been driving at Sebastian Vettel's
:46:44. > :46:49.pace. There would only have been 21 laps to go. What David says, he
:46:49. > :46:53.needs to get in now, but I would have done it earlier. Lewis
:46:53. > :46:59.Hamilton has the fastest lap. Felipe Massa behind him. We might
:46:59. > :47:05.see more action in the pits. Lotus are coming out, I expect this will
:47:05. > :47:10.be Kimi Raikkonen. An incident involving Philip -- involving
:47:10. > :47:17.Fernando Alonso being looked. Almost contact there. Sebastian
:47:17. > :47:22.Vettel is in. As his Kimi Raikkonen. It is down to the pit stops. Red
:47:22. > :47:31.Bull, good. Lotus have got to try to do the same or even better.
:47:31. > :47:35.have not done it. There is no real difference. Who had the advantage?
:47:35. > :47:41.Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel has got to try to clear the traffic
:47:41. > :47:46.of the Caterham. The Lotus crew not servicing the car quite as quickly.
:47:47. > :47:52.Kimi Raikkonen has a fresh set of tyres, so he will have the benefit
:47:52. > :47:58.of them, but crucially, Sebastian Vettel has extended the gap. He has
:47:58. > :48:05.passed the cuter run, -- Caterham, so this is working nicely for
:48:05. > :48:10.Sebastian Vettel. We are not expecting any more pit stops from
:48:10. > :48:19.them. Sergio Perez wants a piece of the action. Michael Schumacher
:48:19. > :48:28.using his KERS. He is trying to do the undercut. Kamui Kobayashi
:48:28. > :48:35.cannot defend. Sergio Perez will have a go as they run down into the
:48:35. > :48:40.eighth corner. Kamui Kobayashi gave him space. They are on different
:48:40. > :48:50.strategies, that is the wise thing for this team. They need to play
:48:50. > :48:50.
:48:50. > :48:57.the team game. Kamui Kobayashi getting out of the way. RADIO:
:48:57. > :49:06.Sebastian Vettel has worst degradation, you will catch him.
:49:06. > :49:11.The worst degradation, the tyres of Sebastian Vettel's car. That is
:49:11. > :49:17.what they are saying that. Look at how close Nico Rosberg is. Can Paul
:49:17. > :49:24.di Resta defend much longer? KERS is operating on both cars, and
:49:24. > :49:33.that ers. Nico Rosberg is getting closer, but not close enough.
:49:33. > :49:37.Rosberg bailed out quite early. He operated it manually. Paul di Resta
:49:37. > :49:42.goes defensive. I get the impression Nico Rosberg is not
:49:42. > :49:46.taking any risks, he knows he is quicker and has the better strategy.
:49:46. > :49:50.He does not want to risk getting involved in anything. He knows that
:49:50. > :49:54.Jenson Button is only four seconds behind, so he will want to deal
:49:54. > :49:58.with Paul di Resta as quickly as he can. He does not want to allow
:49:58. > :50:04.Jenson Button to get too close by squabbling corner for a corner.
:50:04. > :50:07.Jenson Button is in seventh, two places ahead of Lewis Hamilton, so
:50:07. > :50:12.they will be close if they finish in those positions in terms of the
:50:12. > :50:19.championship. Mark Webber is heading for his fourth consecutive
:50:19. > :50:26.fourth place. Quite a long way behind Romone Rose, but a long way
:50:26. > :50:32.ahead of these guys. -- quite a long way behind Romain Grosjean.
:50:32. > :50:35.Consistency wins prizes of us adopt he is doing OK at the moment.
:50:35. > :50:44.Sebastian Vettel would go ahead if it stays as it is. That is quite
:50:44. > :50:49.something. RADIO: A double KERS boost to defend. That means he
:50:49. > :50:57.would use a bit as he comes out of the 14th corner. And when he
:50:57. > :51:02.crosses the finish line, he will be able to use it again. Another 6.7
:51:02. > :51:07.seconds available. He has used about 3.5 seconds. Nico Rosberg has
:51:07. > :51:16.not used any, said he would use a boost as he comes out of the second
:51:16. > :51:22.corner. Jenson Button has cut the gap down, 3.3 seconds. Nico Rosberg
:51:22. > :51:25.will see him in his mirrors if he does not get past Paul di Resta.
:51:25. > :51:30.Sebastian Vettel is fending off Kimi Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel
:51:30. > :51:35.was quicker on the last lap by 0.7 seconds. We saw Kimi Raikkonen
:51:35. > :51:42.closing up, but now, Kimi Raikkonen is being fended off. There is
:51:42. > :51:48.little to choose between them. This is looking good, in terms of
:51:48. > :51:56.excitement, but I do not think Kimi Raikkonen is doing enough. Fernando
:51:56. > :52:04.Alonso, if place, Lewis Hamilton, ninth place. You were talking about
:52:04. > :52:09.Mark Webber, the fourth place, it would give him third place in the
:52:09. > :52:15.championship. That would put him five points behind what would be
:52:15. > :52:19.the leader, Sebastian Vettel. Consistency is keeping people in
:52:19. > :52:24.the hunt for the championship. is looking so close and competitive
:52:24. > :52:28.at this early stage of the season, the flyaway races offering DUP many
:52:28. > :52:34.different results. Sebastian Vettel is just about control and things
:52:34. > :52:40.are. Where is Kimi Raikkonen? He is not as close as we thought he was
:52:40. > :52:45.going to be. He looks like an ant in the distance. Nico Rosberg on
:52:45. > :52:54.the inside. The last of the late breakers. Paul di Resta will not
:52:54. > :52:59.have anything left. He is having day go! He is not one to give up
:52:59. > :53:04.easily. But Nico Rosberg, with his superior grip, he should have the
:53:04. > :53:09.edge. That is good news for Nico Rosberg, but bad news for both of
:53:09. > :53:19.them, because they have lost a chunk of lap time. Jenson Button
:53:19. > :53:20.
:53:21. > :53:28.has been able to close the gap further. A classic ers past. -- DRS
:53:28. > :53:32.pass. It is unusual, you would expect it to be the inside wheel
:53:32. > :53:41.that locks up, but he gets away with it. Jenson Button is so much
:53:41. > :53:45.quicker than Paul di Resta. He is putting him under pressure for the
:53:45. > :53:55.sixth place. Sixth place is the best Paul di Resta has had informal
:53:55. > :53:58.
:53:58. > :54:01.one. RADIO: Jenson Button is in your DRS zone. The crucial bit of
:54:01. > :54:07.information, they are giving him everything that is available from
:54:07. > :54:11.the Mercedes engine, you have to use the engines for several races,
:54:11. > :54:16.so at various points, they will turn down the mode of engine to
:54:16. > :54:20.save on the high rpm that takes away some of their energy and heat
:54:20. > :54:25.from the pistons. Is that an issue for Jenson Button? He is coming
:54:25. > :54:31.into the pits! That is more than a normal pit-stop. What has happened
:54:31. > :54:36.to Jenson Button? He has got a puncture. He did not lose much time.
:54:36. > :54:41.He must have picked that up very quickly. That has given Paul di
:54:41. > :54:48.Resta a real break. Breathing space for Paul di Resta. Next up,
:54:48. > :54:54.Fernando Alonso. They have pressure sensors on the cars, the driver
:54:54. > :54:57.would not necessarily feel it along the straight, because that
:54:57. > :55:01.centrifugal force keeps the sensation of it being inflated, and
:55:02. > :55:11.it is only when you turn in that you realise you have lost pressure.
:55:11. > :55:16.I suspect that was an engineering call. He has come out in 13th place,
:55:16. > :55:20.behind Nico Hulkenberg, outside the points. Lewis Hamilton is in ninth
:55:20. > :55:25.place, and perhaps a prospect of gaining some more, particularly if
:55:25. > :55:30.Paul di Resta drops back. There was Hamilton moved up to eighth place.
:55:30. > :55:34.He is gaining some points. They could be valuable points. Felipe
:55:34. > :55:42.Massa moves up to ninth place, and it brings Michael Schumacher up
:55:42. > :55:47.into tenth place. Up front, 0.3 seconds gained by Kimi Raikkonen on
:55:47. > :55:56.the last lap over Sebastian Vettel. Is there time? We are running out
:55:56. > :56:00.of laps. It is a pretty small cap, visually. That is a Toro Rosso!
:56:00. > :56:05.There is so much going on, it looked like Kimi Raikkonen had
:56:05. > :56:13.managed to get himself a bit closer,... Up it is Daniel
:56:13. > :56:23.Ricciardo. I was going to say, there was Hamilton's chase of
:56:23. > :56:23.
:56:23. > :56:31.Fernando Alonso, Hamilton was 0.4 seconds slower on the last lap.
:56:31. > :56:38.RADIO: Yellow G two. He has a cracked exhaust. It never rains,
:56:38. > :56:42.but it pours. Sebastian Vettel controlling things up front again.
:56:43. > :56:48.We have seen it so often in the past, but he has had to fight for
:56:48. > :56:56.this. He still has a way to go, crossing the line with two laps to
:56:56. > :57:00.go. In the background, Kimi Raikkonen, 0.1 seconds slower. But
:57:00. > :57:05.for Lotus, this is still directed be an incredible result, with
:57:05. > :57:10.second and third places, and still we are waiting to see what happens
:57:10. > :57:13.with Paul di Resta. The front three will stay in this order, and do
:57:13. > :57:18.something remarkable happens, but they will be a flurry of activity
:57:18. > :57:25.between Paul di Resta, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Bruno
:57:25. > :57:32.Senna parking his car. They are checking that he has got the right
:57:32. > :57:36.tyres, but a disappointing day for Williams. I want to keep an eye on
:57:36. > :57:45.the battle for sixth place, Paul di Resta, Fernando Alonso, Lewis
:57:45. > :57:52.Hamilton. RADIO: You have a broken exhaust, we are not worried about
:57:52. > :57:58.engine performance. He can keep going for the moment. McLaren's
:57:58. > :58:03.crew getting out? They are getting ready to retire a car. They will
:58:03. > :58:06.retire Jenson Button. They are making space in his garage.
:58:06. > :58:11.disappointing end to the Grand Prix for Jenson Button. It looked as
:58:11. > :58:18.though he would score points, but a broken exhaust has caused the end
:58:18. > :58:24.of his race today. Jenson Button will withdraw the McLaren.
:58:24. > :58:29.Sebastian Vettel looks set for victory here. Kimi Raikkonen,
:58:29. > :58:35.Romain Grosjean, second and third. We are on the final lap, Sebastian
:58:35. > :58:40.Vettel has the margin, 3.3 seconds. Romain Grosjean, 7.9 seconds
:58:40. > :58:46.further back. Paul di Resta only has a couple of seconds over
:58:47. > :58:52.Fernando Alonso, Sir Fernando Alonso will be chasing that. I will
:58:52. > :58:56.see if we can see the action. Paul di Resta looks as though he has got
:58:56. > :59:03.one second to Fernando Alonso. This will be a long black for him. It
:59:03. > :59:07.has got Jenson Button just behind him. This is the man that has come
:59:07. > :59:12.back to poor position today, looking like he will get his first
:59:13. > :59:15.victory of the season -- back to pole position. It has been a
:59:16. > :59:21.stunning weekend for Sebastian Vettel, pole position when
:59:21. > :59:26.everybody wondered if Red Bull were firing on all cylinders. They have
:59:27. > :59:31.been today. Sebastian Vettel has had to fight for it, because Kimi
:59:31. > :59:36.Raikkonen has shadowed him. It is only from the middle part of the
:59:36. > :59:42.race onwards. Kimi Raikkonen came from 11th place, and Fernando
:59:42. > :59:47.Alonso is on the tale of Paul di Resta. Comment through, Sebastian
:59:47. > :59:51.Vettel Printing beavered bought on to the finish straight -- coming
:59:51. > :59:57.through, Sebastian Vettel bringing be Red Bull on to the finish
:59:57. > :00:03.straight. He has driven beautifully all weekend long. It is done to be
:00:03. > :00:13.his 22nd career victory. -- it is going to be. It is the first Red
:00:13. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:28.please stop the car at the pit exit. It is the first double podium for
:00:28. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:37.the team since 2006. The first podium for the Lotus name in a long
:00:37. > :00:41.time, since I think it was Australia 1988. I am watching the
:00:41. > :00:51.action for Paul di Resta in sixth place who has Alonso all over the
:00:51. > :00:57.back of him. Alonso and di Resta into turned 14. Will he hold on to
:00:57. > :01:03.equal his best result in Formula One, which was Singapore? This is a
:01:03. > :01:09.fantastic drive from Paul di Resta this afternoon's. Bull does it,
:01:09. > :01:16.finishes six, just ahead of Fernando Alonso. -- Paul di Resta.
:01:16. > :01:26.He matches his best ever finish in Formula One by holding of Rosberg.
:01:26. > :01:34.TEAM RADIO: Excellent job, excellent job. Thanks everybody, I
:01:35. > :01:44.had one chance. Unbelievable, Sebastian Vettel takes victory. And
:01:45. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:11.his first win in Bahrain ahead of points in Bahrain. Jenson Button 18.
:02:11. > :02:16.The Sebastian Vettel back on the top set. No doubt he feels very
:02:17. > :02:21.happy after Red Bull had delivered the pole position. Victory and the
:02:21. > :02:24.fastest lap in Bahrain. After all that has gone on, thank God it was
:02:24. > :02:29.the racing that took the headlines and the man who wrote those
:02:29. > :02:36.headlines is with us. Sebastian Vettel. You made it look very easy
:02:36. > :02:43.all weekend, how hard was it out there? It was harder than making
:02:43. > :02:50.comments like you. It was tough. We have a good start, excellent. We
:02:50. > :02:55.made up for the poor start I had in China. It was important to get a
:02:55. > :03:02.bit of a gap. Tried to control the race, but it was not easy because
:03:02. > :03:06.Lotus were very quick, they had retires. You have a few laps more
:03:06. > :03:12.because you run the set in qualifying. Generally the tyre is
:03:12. > :03:17.slower over a whole stint. Degradation is worse so you feel
:03:17. > :03:21.the tired going off sooner. It made it extremely difficult. Raikkonen
:03:21. > :03:27.was a very quick closing in and with hindsight, it was very crucial
:03:27. > :03:32.to stay ahead for the big chance he had. After that, he ran into the
:03:32. > :03:38.same kind of problems with the tyres. We were generally very
:03:38. > :03:45.strong at the back of the stints when everyone was sliding around.
:03:45. > :03:52.Able to create a bit of an advantage. Look how far he is awake.
:03:52. > :03:58.He opens the DRS. He had lots of KERS at this point. Closing speed
:03:58. > :04:02.was incredible. You know him, you know he is an attacking driver, was
:04:02. > :04:08.it a different pressure this time round? I know he does not mess
:04:08. > :04:12.about. He gets a chance and most of the time he uses it will stop his
:04:12. > :04:18.speed is incredible. It is difficult to judge in the mirror.
:04:18. > :04:23.It is not as if I have equality screen which shows me where he is.
:04:23. > :04:27.It is a fraction of a second judgment and I tried to defend.
:04:27. > :04:32.Fortunately he decided to go to the other side, so I could stay ahead.
:04:32. > :04:38.He spoke on the team Radio. apologised to the team because he
:04:38. > :04:43.said he missed his one opportunity to pass you. The speed he was
:04:43. > :04:48.closing in, I thought he would get more than one chance. But I was
:04:48. > :04:55.able to get the tyres back to life, in particular the last corner,
:04:55. > :05:00.create a bit over that and -- advantage on the straight. Kept him
:05:00. > :05:05.awake. It means, if you take a look at this monitor, you are the leader
:05:05. > :05:10.of the world Championship. I know there is a long way to go, but even
:05:10. > :05:20.you must admit it feels nice after the first four races? It is too
:05:20. > :05:26.early to look. We have 20 races in all. I am not looking. This is the
:05:26. > :05:31.constructors, maybe you will look at that? Very happy. For the team,
:05:31. > :05:37.it is the best way to say thank you. The guys, I don't know how they do
:05:37. > :05:41.it. They don't sleep. The mechanics. I've thing you have to beat a
:05:41. > :05:48.certain type of human beings. On Sunday, when they have finished
:05:48. > :05:53.packing up and get back to the hotel, they just fall asleep? No,
:05:53. > :05:58.they have the energy to go into the pub. And obviously after a result
:05:58. > :06:04.like this, to celebrate. To have a few beers and finish off like that.
:06:04. > :06:08.I know you did not want to look, but I can tell you, 53 points. If
:06:08. > :06:14.you want a nice easy retirement at when you finish, come and join us
:06:14. > :06:21.on the BBC. I need to practise my English. Not at all. David is very
:06:21. > :06:28.good at it. A key is getting better. I could not keep up with your
:06:28. > :06:36.shorts, the trousers. He will not allowed to were short on television.
:06:36. > :06:41.Really? Let's hear from Eric who had a fantastic weekend with his
:06:41. > :06:46.Lotus team. Congratulations, a great day in the
:06:46. > :06:51.office? Finally we have a normal weekend and both cars are finish
:06:51. > :07:00.the race. I am very proud to be part of this team. Congratulations
:07:00. > :07:04.for stab deducing you're going to win for a little while?
:07:04. > :07:11.Sebastian Vettel was very fast. Developments coming for the next
:07:11. > :07:15.race? Yes, we keep going. A very happy Eric, the Lotus team
:07:16. > :07:21.boss, and that is before Romain Grosjean got his hands on him and
:07:21. > :07:26.covered him in champagne. Is this how you celebrate in this team now?
:07:26. > :07:31.You might be in trouble with your boss a bit later? We do have some
:07:31. > :07:39.funny moments. I enjoyed the race. You deserve the celebration, how
:07:39. > :07:49.was it? I think I made a fantastic start. Both cars were very quick.
:07:49. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:58.We were not far from beating... Just talk us through this. I used
:07:58. > :08:02.all of the KERS to get into the first corner. It was pretty good.
:08:02. > :08:08.Two nice moves on Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. It was very good to
:08:08. > :08:16.be able to fight it with them. us through overtaking Lewis
:08:16. > :08:20.Hamilton. He was starting to struggle with his rear tyres. I
:08:20. > :08:27.could open the DRS and use the speed of my car and go for the
:08:27. > :08:32.inside. My tyres were in better shape, so I could go for it. I
:08:32. > :08:36.tried to pull away as quickly as I could. You are relatively new to
:08:36. > :08:40.Formula One, so when you come up to a formula world champion in a
:08:40. > :08:45.McLaren, do you think twice before making a move or do you just think
:08:45. > :08:52.of them as competitors? I think you always think twice because there is
:08:52. > :08:59.not much room to make a mistake. You have to be a little bit careful,
:08:59. > :09:03.tried to judge who is the guy in front of you. The rest is to have
:09:03. > :09:09.tyres in better shape. It is not just the world champion in a
:09:09. > :09:13.McLaren you have to come up against every week, but he did a great job
:09:13. > :09:19.and congratulations. Romain Grosjean finished on the podium as
:09:19. > :09:22.did his team mate. Now this is a Kimi Raikkonen.
:09:22. > :09:28.Congratulations, you first podium since the Italian Grand Prix in
:09:28. > :09:34.2009. It must have put a smile on your face? Yes, but a bit
:09:34. > :09:39.disappointing not to win. We did more-or-less everything right. Just
:09:39. > :09:45.missing a bit of speed to have a chance to go one side. I chose the
:09:45. > :09:50.wrong side and braking. My tyres dropped off a bit so I could not
:09:50. > :09:55.get close enough. Congratulations Kimi Raikkonen and he achieves in
:09:56. > :10:00.four races 1 Michael Schumacher has tried to do in two years. Let's
:10:00. > :10:06.hear from Michael Schumacher. Michael, an event for raised, lots
:10:06. > :10:16.of overtaking which is how you enjoy it? Yes and No. I don't know
:10:16. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:22.how I feel. You sort of drive at a pace that is given by the tyres and
:10:22. > :10:27.that is a everybody the same. To manage to finish the race with some
:10:27. > :10:33.tyres left over. We should question ourselves whether that should be
:10:33. > :10:38.the case. If 80 to 90% of the field all complain about the same problem,
:10:38. > :10:44.maybe Pirelli should think about it and do something. I don't think it
:10:44. > :10:48.is right a couple of teams can somehow handle it. Even they, I am
:10:48. > :10:54.sure are unhappy about it. And the restaurant also much. You feel like
:10:54. > :11:02.you are running behind the safety car or in teams -- in terms of the
:11:02. > :11:05.speed sensation. It is unsatisfying and not what a Formula One event
:11:05. > :11:10.should be. Strong words from Michael Schumacher. He is more than
:11:10. > :11:16.entitled to his views. I am not sure the fans would agree? I don't
:11:16. > :11:20.think they would. We have seen some exciting races. P is the man behind
:11:20. > :11:25.the wheel, and they are frustrated about the amount of time management
:11:25. > :11:29.they have to do. There was plenty of excitement today, let's have a
:11:29. > :11:33.look at a nice moment involving Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
:11:33. > :11:39.This went before the stewards and they have decided no action to be
:11:39. > :11:43.taken. Why do you think that is? Rosberg has made one change of
:11:43. > :11:48.direction to defend his positions. You could argue it was very late,
:11:48. > :11:53.but Lewis Hamilton was able to make the pass, so Rosberg wasn't able to
:11:53. > :11:58.gain anything from the change of direction. Lewis Hamilton will be a
:11:58. > :12:04.frustrated driver. Issues in the pit stop? This is down to the
:12:04. > :12:08.materials they use. They have an aluminium nuts going on to a
:12:08. > :12:13.titanium upright. These pit-stops have been very long. We still need
:12:13. > :12:17.more information from McLaren. But we think the nut is getting cross
:12:17. > :12:22.threaded, so they have to take that one off on put another one on.
:12:22. > :12:28.is the opinion of a former driver, what about a former car designer,
:12:28. > :12:33.Gary Anderson can explain. Wheel nuts, we saw a couple of mistakes
:12:33. > :12:39.by McLaren. This is a typical wheel nuts. It is a steel wheel nut, very
:12:39. > :12:43.robust and you cannot damage the threat very easily. McLaren have a
:12:43. > :12:47.titanium and rear axle and an aluminium wheel nuts. They don't
:12:47. > :12:53.want to damage the titanium axle. But before the race had started we
:12:53. > :12:56.saw one of the mechanics adjusting the mechanism on the guns. They
:12:56. > :13:00.could have been before the race started they were nervous about
:13:00. > :13:05.something and they were trying to make sure everything was correct.
:13:05. > :13:09.But two mistakes in the race and they paid the price for it. I think
:13:09. > :13:12.there will be some head-scratching and decision-making going on in
:13:12. > :13:17.McLaren before we are in Spain? Formula One is about pushing the
:13:18. > :13:22.boundaries. It is easy to criticise when mistakes are made, but when
:13:22. > :13:27.they are doing more than three pit- stops, we have to applaud them.
:13:27. > :13:32.They look at this up by Fernando Alonso, causing Sergio Perez to
:13:32. > :13:35.break. From this position it is difficult to see. But there is a
:13:36. > :13:40.clear mark within the pit lane which is available to the stewards
:13:40. > :13:44.to be able to see it the car has been released into impeding the
:13:44. > :13:48.other car. There was another incident on the track involving
:13:48. > :13:54.Nico Rosberg and we heard Fernando Alonso on the team Radio, he was
:13:54. > :13:59.furious? Let's remember Alonso is not be on playing up to the cameras,
:13:59. > :14:02.he notes the stewards are listening to this and Charlie Whiting. He was
:14:03. > :14:07.focal saying he was weaving around the racetrack and it is for the
:14:07. > :14:11.stewards to look and make a decision. Do you agree? I don't
:14:11. > :14:15.think it was as bad as the Lewis Hamilton move. Rosberg was quite
:14:15. > :14:20.late in his change of direction. But they have all the information
:14:20. > :14:25.now. All this information for the stewards and they have decided, no
:14:25. > :14:29.action. That this is Fernando Alonso after a dramatic Grand Prix
:14:29. > :14:36.for him. A great start, but at the end you
:14:36. > :14:46.couldn't quite catch Paul di Resta? Maybe just 500 metres from the
:14:46. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:55.finish line. We have to be happy, we beat both McLaren cars. It is
:14:56. > :15:01.out and reach. In the end we limited the damage again. We were
:15:01. > :15:07.eight points from the leader at the start of Bahrain, now we are 10
:15:07. > :15:11.points. The first four race is I think we did quite good, damage
:15:11. > :15:16.limitation. From Fernando Alonso to the man who he was chasing at the
:15:16. > :15:26.end of the rays, Paul di Resta holding on to sixth. Talk us
:15:26. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:35.him behind. He did not get close enough on the first lap, so I saved
:15:35. > :15:40.a bit of KERS to make sure that I could keep in front of them.
:15:40. > :15:46.Another lap, I would have been in trouble. That was not the only
:15:46. > :15:56.action you had, to win a two stops, you went wheel to wheel with Sergio
:15:56. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.Perez and Pastor Maldonado. This, I was a bit quicker than them.
:16:03. > :16:08.Knowing how that corner works, if you can stop it on the entry, that
:16:08. > :16:13.can set you up, and that changed our race. We were quicker. Within
:16:13. > :16:19.another lap, by would have got by them. When you're Engineer says, a
:16:19. > :16:23.good job, but you have got another 14 laps, I thought it was
:16:23. > :16:29.optimistic, but it was a great team effort. We maximise what we had to
:16:29. > :16:35.do. It has been a difficult weekend, so congratulations, having missed a
:16:35. > :16:44.part of the final practice. If we will see you in Spain in a few
:16:44. > :16:50.weeks. Paul di Resta has disappeared to his engineering
:16:51. > :16:53.debrief, he has been replaced by Dan. How do you think Formula One
:16:54. > :17:00.reflects on what has been one of the most remarkable weekends in its
:17:00. > :17:04.long history? The men who run the sport will be travelling home
:17:04. > :17:08.tonight breathing a huge sigh of relief. There were some arrests as
:17:08. > :17:12.a result of a minor protest, but nothing like the trouble would have
:17:12. > :17:17.been witnessing a round the island in the last few days, nothing like
:17:17. > :17:21.what was feared it during the race. But in the weeks and months ahead,
:17:21. > :17:25.the sport has to think, does it want to come back this time next
:17:25. > :17:30.year? It has been the source of so much debate, some people thought it
:17:30. > :17:36.was wrong to come here, other people thought it was not safe,
:17:36. > :17:41.some fans felt it was sport, nothing more, nothing less. But
:17:41. > :17:44.whichever way your opinion goes, one good thing that has come out of
:17:44. > :17:49.this, by shining a spotlight on this part of the world, perhaps it
:17:49. > :17:52.will do some good. William Hague called his counterpart and
:17:52. > :17:57.encouraged the reforms that the governing party have tried to bring
:17:57. > :18:02.in. Perhaps that would not be the case if Formula One had not come
:18:02. > :18:06.here, but yes, the most controversial race for many years.
:18:06. > :18:11.In many ways, the events of the past few days have put into
:18:11. > :18:15.perspective the importance of a Formula One race when, but a win is
:18:15. > :18:25.a win for Sebastian Vettel, he leaves here as the championship
:18:25. > :18:59.