:01:03. > :01:09.highlights of qualifying ahead of one of the most talked-about races
:01:09. > :01:13.for many years. Formula One is used to being in the spotlight and is no
:01:13. > :01:17.stranger to controversy, but even by disport's standards, these last
:01:17. > :01:23.few days have been intense. As the attention focuses on things
:01:23. > :01:27.happening off the track, up on it, we are entering a golden age, with
:01:27. > :01:31.competition reminiscent of a bygone era.
:01:31. > :01:37.Trying to go faster and faster all the time. It is the most amazing
:01:37. > :01:42.feeling. We feel we were born to race. So much joy and fascination
:01:42. > :01:51.to feel the car on the edge, to be quicker than your opponent. It is a
:01:51. > :01:59.very special feeling, you have to be relaxed. Away we go! So much
:01:59. > :02:09.action, wheel-to-wheel racing. exciting at the moment. The last
:02:09. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:23.race was of the best for a long time. You never know which cars
:02:23. > :02:27.will make the podium. We are in for a special season.
:02:27. > :02:32.It is a great schism that continues in the desert, David Coulthard is
:02:32. > :02:37.beside me, and we have had three races, three winners, just a few
:02:37. > :02:42.seconds separating second from 13th. We have all of the ingredients for
:02:42. > :02:51.a good season. Yes, that is what happens when the regulations are
:02:51. > :02:55.stable. We have lost the diffuses, but the rest has stayed the same,
:02:55. > :03:01.and everybody has the chance to copy what the fast guys were doing
:03:01. > :03:06.it. We have a vintage year. We have guys who have not been on the
:03:06. > :03:11.podium who have been very close each time. One of them, close to
:03:11. > :03:15.picking up points in the last race, Paul di Resta. Because it is so
:03:15. > :03:21.tight, he was back in the field. But Force India much trouble to
:03:21. > :03:24.replicate that form, because due to safety concerns, two of their
:03:24. > :03:28.personnel have gone home, and they missed the second session of
:03:28. > :03:33.practice on Friday. The teams are restricted on how many members they
:03:33. > :03:38.can bring it, in the interest of cutting costs, so you have got to
:03:38. > :03:48.assume it will cost them, because they do not have the guys here. It
:03:48. > :03:53.was Paul di Resta's data engineer. That is definitely going to
:03:53. > :03:58.unsettle them. You are close to him, what has he said? He is a
:03:58. > :04:02.professional, so he is saying very little. But it is unsettling,
:04:02. > :04:08.especially when you on losing team members. They took a decision,
:04:08. > :04:10.which is brave, not necessarily supported by the other teams, two
:04:10. > :04:15.missed the session, which will affect the performance, but there
:04:15. > :04:21.will be less pressure on the drivers, because they have had not
:04:21. > :04:25.-- because they have not had the preparation. It has been an unusual
:04:25. > :04:28.weekend and an uneasy atmosphere in the paddock. That prompted Bernie
:04:28. > :04:33.Ecclestone and the Crown Prince to come into the paddock yesterday and
:04:33. > :04:36.address the media. In Britain, politicians are calling
:04:36. > :04:42.for the race to be boycotted, Amnesty International thinks it
:04:42. > :04:46.should not go ahead. What would you say? This race should continue
:04:46. > :04:53.because it is indeed the very big event for this country, it is
:04:53. > :04:57.important economically, socially, political parties from across the
:04:57. > :05:02.spectrum have welcomed the race, and cancelling the race empowers
:05:02. > :05:11.extremists. It allows us to celebrate our nation, it is an idea
:05:11. > :05:15.that is positive. The protesters have an incredible platform for all
:05:15. > :05:20.of you to talk to them. They say they talk about democracy, freedom
:05:20. > :05:24.of speech, they say. They have had all the freedom to talk to you.
:05:24. > :05:32.is not good, Tear Gas, stun grenades, protests on the streets.
:05:32. > :05:36.Petrol bombs. It is nothing to do with Formula One. We are trying to
:05:36. > :05:40.use any positive effect for the benefit of our people and our
:05:40. > :05:44.nation, and I will not be ashamed about that at all.
:05:44. > :05:50.Let's get the driver's' perspective, how is it for the drivers to retain
:05:50. > :05:56.their focus? Inevitably, it is a distraction. What of an answering
:05:56. > :05:59.questions about the set-up of the car, they are getting pulled into
:05:59. > :06:04.an area they are not come for talking about, politics and issues
:06:04. > :06:10.of the country. They do not fully understand it. It has been agreed
:06:10. > :06:14.to keep comments to a minimum. kind of conversations are they
:06:14. > :06:21.having? You've raced into 1005 in the USA, when only six cars took to
:06:21. > :06:26.the track -- in 2005. At times like that, the power that comes together,
:06:26. > :06:30.because it is not just about one team or One driver, it is in the
:06:30. > :06:36.interest of the sport. We are taking a bashing it, but it is a
:06:36. > :06:40.sport, it is a business, when you come into the paddock, it is a
:06:40. > :06:44.sport, and none of the team members want to get involved in the other
:06:44. > :06:50.issues. We cannot ignore them, but we have to rely on the governing
:06:50. > :06:55.body. Jean Todt is the President of the FIA, I spoke with him earlier
:06:55. > :06:58.today. As things have unfolded during the
:06:58. > :07:07.Grand Prix week, the FIA still believed it was the right decision
:07:07. > :07:16.to come to Bahrain? My answer is yes, it is good for the sport, the
:07:16. > :07:26.sport has to be healing any kind of problem in the world. We are not a
:07:26. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:30.political body, which are a sporting body. I hope we will do
:07:30. > :07:40.did it through the Grand Prix. you ever considered calling off the
:07:40. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:47.race on Sunday? I feel very comfortable, having the race in
:07:47. > :07:52.Bahrain, after the great Grand Prix in China last week. And before
:07:52. > :07:59.going to Barcelona in three weeks, for the first Grand Prix in Europe.
:07:59. > :08:06.Or you concerned about any potential protests during the race?
:08:06. > :08:16.I have nothing will happen, but I am not a magician -- I hope. I
:08:16. > :08:18.
:08:18. > :08:22.cannot foresee what will happen. So far, nothing like that will make me
:08:22. > :08:26.think, -- will make me think that it will happen.
:08:26. > :08:32.The sport continues to hold its breath. As one team principal said
:08:32. > :08:36.yesterday, there are 43 points on offer, it remains a Grand Prix and
:08:36. > :08:46.embrace that every team wants to win.
:08:46. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:18.starting to roll. Once again, the momentum has swung towards another
:09:18. > :09:23.team, they have struggled so far, Red Bull, particularly Sebastian
:09:23. > :09:27.Vettel, but they are quicker here. It is remarkable, we said they are
:09:27. > :09:31.struggling, they have been within a few seconds of being able to win
:09:31. > :09:37.the race, but it is not what they produce two. There is no question
:09:37. > :09:41.in the warmth that we have, 25 degrees track temperature in
:09:41. > :09:46.Shanghai, 40 degrees and climbing here, and they can make the tyres
:09:46. > :09:55.work. The real inspiration, not only is it early in the season, it
:09:55. > :10:02.is tight. Just one victory separates the top seven drivers.
:10:02. > :10:07.Sebastian Vettel will not be enjoying being behind Mark Webber.
:10:07. > :10:13.Ferrari are a long way behind McLaren. Yes, a lot of time to be
:10:13. > :10:17.made up. A long way to go in the season. We look forward to seeing
:10:17. > :10:22.how it plays out. Qualifying coming your way in just a couple of
:10:22. > :10:29.moments. The big news, we know that, but here are the rest of the
:10:29. > :10:33.headlines. Lewis Hamilton leads the Drivers'
:10:33. > :10:38.Championship, having finished third in all three races this season. But
:10:38. > :10:43.neither he nor his team have ever won in Bahrain. He feels this could
:10:43. > :10:47.be the ideal weekend to stand tall on the podium. We have a car that
:10:47. > :10:51.can compete. We have shown in the last few races we have got good
:10:51. > :10:56.qualifying pace and good race pace. We are working hard to improve our
:10:56. > :11:01.race pace. We are there or thereabouts, and we have as good an
:11:01. > :11:09.opportunity as anyone. Jenson Button has won here before, 2009,
:11:10. > :11:13.the last time for me the one man on the shorter circuit. In 2010,
:11:13. > :11:18.Formula One was on the longer track. This was the circuit that was made
:11:18. > :11:25.for Formula One, it is the better of the two. It does not have the
:11:25. > :11:30.chance we had in 2010. -- jumps. Sebastian Vettel lead lasted's
:11:30. > :11:34.championship from the start, but this year, he has managed only one
:11:34. > :11:40.podium. He says Red Bull will be running Mark Webber's specification
:11:40. > :11:44.this weekend on both cars. We go back to the package he was racing
:11:44. > :11:49.in the last race. We believe it is the better way to go. It was an
:11:49. > :11:55.interesting test in China, it gave us some good analysis. Williams has
:11:55. > :11:59.scored 18 points in the first three races. 13 more than the entire
:11:59. > :12:07.previous season. Pastor Maldonado says the progress over the winter
:12:07. > :12:13.has even surprised B-team. It is completely different, we changed
:12:13. > :12:18.the philosophy of the team. We are more compact now. All of the
:12:18. > :12:23.departments are working together. As you can see, the difference is
:12:23. > :12:27.quite big. Even the drivers can feel the difference in the car.
:12:28. > :12:31.Finally, there will be changes to the circuit in Monaco to improve
:12:31. > :12:36.safety after Sergio Perez's crash last year. The track surface has
:12:36. > :12:40.been levelled out and the ball he hit has been pushed back over 40
:12:40. > :12:44.metres. Around the track, barriers will be replaced by more modern
:12:44. > :12:49.advances. Changes happening to Monaco, no
:12:49. > :12:56.need for changes here, it is difficult to hit a barrier. That is
:12:56. > :13:02.the Hermann Tilke track, lots of... Run-offs. -- lots of run-off. It
:13:02. > :13:06.keeps the traffic moving. You have got a different challenge here, we
:13:06. > :13:11.are in the middle of the desert, it makes it a challenge when the cost
:13:11. > :13:16.of first go out on the track. and day-to-day, from Friday to
:13:16. > :13:21.Saturday, there was a lot of dust in the air. These were pictures
:13:21. > :13:31.from the morning practice session. Lots of love cups. We will see that
:13:31. > :13:35.all weekend. Lewis Hamilton, A Bick lock-up on the entry. Likewise, the
:13:35. > :13:41.Lotus. Michael Schumacher struggling, pumping the brake pedal,
:13:41. > :13:49.trying to get the front tyre to grip. This is what the driver does,
:13:49. > :13:53.pulsing away at the great peril -- the brake pedal. No such problems
:13:53. > :14:00.last time out for Nico Rosberg in China, he arrives here as a Formula
:14:00. > :14:05.One race winner. Nico Rosberg is going to have his
:14:05. > :14:09.first ever pole position! It was a weekend of firsts, how
:14:09. > :14:16.were the emotions when you were sitting on the grid? It was a
:14:17. > :14:23.different view. The nerves were there. It was very exciting, to
:14:23. > :14:26.start from the front. Nico Rosberg gets off Dave Ryan --
:14:26. > :14:32.get off the line beautifully! The whole weekend was nearly
:14:32. > :14:37.perfect. At what point did you think, this is mine? At the
:14:37. > :14:47.beginning, I expected a bullet to come from the back, some fast car
:14:47. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:56.I knew he was going to have to stop again and what not be able to catch
:14:56. > :15:03.me any more. Just about every single person is happy you got of
:15:03. > :15:09.the wind. It is a nice endorsement for you? Very nice to see a lot of
:15:09. > :15:15.people were pleased for me. For me and for the team, also. We are live
:15:15. > :15:20.on the BBC, how does it feel? Fantastic. And still everybody at
:15:20. > :15:26.home who is part of this effort. It is special, it has been a long time
:15:26. > :15:32.coming. I like him a lot comedy is dedicated and committed. He has
:15:32. > :15:38.probably deserve a race win before now, and I am delighted to be part
:15:38. > :15:48.of him having and enjoying this first one. I was involved in the
:15:48. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:56.first race win of his father. you have to reassess your targets
:15:56. > :16:01.now borders Mercedes have to reassess their targets? We will
:16:01. > :16:07.have to be careful because we were in trouble. He has damage to his
:16:07. > :16:12.car by the looks of it. I am more consistent and generally improved.
:16:12. > :16:18.I am learning and things in Bahrain might be a bit more difficult, will
:16:18. > :16:23.have to wait and see. What would be a great end to this season?
:16:23. > :16:28.World Championship would be OK! But it is not realistic at the moment.
:16:28. > :16:31.We use the next weeks to get another win. Because of this
:16:31. > :16:36.development of the team, you never know when the team becomes strong
:16:36. > :16:41.enough to challenge for the Championship. Maybe in the next
:16:41. > :16:46.five or six races, a pattern starts to emerge and we will be where we
:16:47. > :16:51.are. But I am quietly optimistic for the next part of the season.
:16:51. > :16:57.The pattern emerging is at the moment in Formula One it is a very
:16:57. > :17:00.tight at the front. Now it is time to see who can emerged to pick up
:17:00. > :17:06.pole position in Bahrain. It is time for the teams to forget about
:17:06. > :17:16.the backdrop to this Grand Prix. It is now time for qualifying in the
:17:16. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:37.company of David Coulthard and Ben Formula One has come to the Bahrain
:17:37. > :17:42.circuit near the capital of Manama. The Abu Dhabi race takes place soon.
:17:42. > :17:47.The green light her means the first qualifying session is under way in
:17:47. > :17:57.Bahrain. There appears to be no great rush to get out onto the
:17:57. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:11.circuit. Watching the young Frenchman racing for Marussia. He
:18:11. > :18:20.won a race in GP two, in the 2009, 2010 season. He has not raced at
:18:20. > :18:25.any of the other tracks that it, so that must give him some confidence?
:18:25. > :18:30.He is in a different car, but it gives you a chance to experiment,
:18:30. > :18:36.but largely the main line you would say it would be the same into
:18:36. > :18:41.Formula One. You might see Formula One cars taking a shower line
:18:41. > :18:47.because they can exploit took the extra downforce and grip. But that
:18:47. > :18:54.wouldn't be the case in the low- speed corners, when I say low, I
:18:54. > :19:01.mean 50 mph. Which is still quick when it comes to a normal car. But
:19:01. > :19:11.Grand Prix cars have very little downforce and then it is a case of
:19:11. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:17.straightening your braking and using the extra KERS. And Marussia
:19:18. > :19:27.and Caterham came into Grand Prix racing here in 2010 because the
:19:28. > :19:29.
:19:29. > :19:35.Bahrain track was the first race of the year. A across the line, Nico
:19:35. > :19:45.Hulkenberg as at the initial time. But to give you a bit of reference,
:19:45. > :20:06.
:20:06. > :20:16.morning and we are wondering, David, if he will have to go to the yellow
:20:16. > :20:16.
:20:16. > :20:22.tier to ensure he gets in soon Q2? We are seeing more than one second
:20:22. > :20:29.advantage between the white walls of Tyre and below its higher which
:20:29. > :20:39.appears to only work for a single lap. Huge amounts of understeer for
:20:39. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:48.Mergulho in turn 11. -- Massa. To top it off he has oversteer
:20:48. > :20:58.probably brought on because he opened DRS when he thought he had
:20:58. > :21:03.enough grip. Nico Hulkenberg is going to be the time to beat. His
:21:03. > :21:09.team-mate has gone out on the softer tyre. Alonso already on the
:21:09. > :21:13.yellow tier. That tells us all we need to know about Ferrari's
:21:13. > :21:18.confidence at the moment, probably at zero when they are going
:21:18. > :21:23.straight out and the options. They have only got three sets of those
:21:23. > :21:30.tyres available for this qualifying session and the race tomorrow. So
:21:30. > :21:39.an early shout on the faster tyres are Fernando Alonso. Goalkeeper an
:21:39. > :21:49.eye on his times. Lewis Hamilton has gone purple in that sector.
:21:49. > :21:50.
:21:50. > :21:55.Kobayashi you are watching in the Sauber. Ricciardo has gone third
:21:55. > :22:00.fastest in the Toro Rosso. We also want to keep an eye in the early
:22:00. > :22:10.stages as to who is going quickly and who is not. Hamilton is setting
:22:10. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:34.the pace in the first sector at the and Alonso have felt since there
:22:34. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:41.was more 112 seconds of the session to go, the track has a bit of
:22:41. > :22:49.action. Lewis Hamilton. He gets a very wide. The normally if you get
:22:49. > :22:54.a locker, he will have got that lap. The McLaren car runs very stiff on
:22:54. > :23:00.the front axle. It does make it difficult for the drivers are when
:23:00. > :23:08.they under rotate at the wheel. Let's see what Mark Webber does.
:23:08. > :23:17.Jenson Button is on a very good lap. He goes quickest. That should see
:23:17. > :23:23.him safely into Q2. That was a clean it run for Jenson Button, but
:23:23. > :23:28.Hamilton, as we saw, he had a lock up. That did not help him at all.
:23:28. > :23:33.We are on board with Michael Schumacher and he is on a harder,
:23:33. > :23:40.compound tyre. Michael was half a second slower than his team-mate,
:23:40. > :23:46.Nico Rosberg this morning. He gets the very wide in 11 again, and it
:23:46. > :23:53.is costing him time all the way up through number 12. They have to try
:23:53. > :24:02.to bring for car back as you drop through 13 and open the DRS. You
:24:02. > :24:11.can see the elevation change on this track. You arrive at 14 at
:24:11. > :24:17.just under 300 kilometres an hour. The what do we get from my goal? Q3
:24:17. > :24:27.at this stage of the sessions. Hamilton has just gone third with a
:24:27. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:34.better lap. This was Nico Rosberg. The he got that a bit wrong! He did
:24:34. > :24:40.not even bother. He probably didn't even know there was gravel. It is
:24:40. > :24:46.hard to tell. He probably thought, I have unloaded the car and No. 6
:24:46. > :24:51.and tried to straighten over the tarmac. Mark Webber getting all out
:24:51. > :24:57.of position as he runs in from No. 9 and 10. Was he trying to get out
:24:57. > :25:04.of the way? He was, but you don't want to be doing that, getting dust
:25:04. > :25:09.on your tired. Grosjean has gone fastest. Remember it is the lowest
:25:09. > :25:19.seven, we want to keep an eye and, because they don't make it through
:25:19. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:26.to Q2. A couple of times Raikkonen, and Grosjean. Last man to decide to
:25:26. > :25:32.go out and set a time is Nico Rosberg, currently in last position.
:25:32. > :25:39.TEAM RADIO: Are we sure about another lap? Yes, we would like to
:25:39. > :25:49.try one more time. They are not safe, or they don't think they are
:25:49. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:01.safe. We are seeing reasonably high degradation in the tyres. This is a
:26:01. > :26:11.man under pressure having made the mistake on his first runs. It has
:26:11. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:18.not been a great first sector. Across the line he goes. The third
:26:18. > :26:24.fastest for the moment, so he is safely in there. About the same as
:26:24. > :26:30.Kimi Raikkonen and faster than Alonso but Alonso use the option
:26:30. > :26:40.tyre. He had to use the softer of the two compound tyres to get
:26:40. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:59.amongst the guys. The ones in the dread Zone at the moment, Senna.
:26:59. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:15.lack together and move into the top 10. This should move him from 12th.
:27:15. > :27:22.He has gone up only one place. Looking at the drop zone. We saw
:27:22. > :27:31.that Toro Rosso was putting in some good times this morning. His team
:27:31. > :27:36.mates, Vergne trying to get out of the drop zone. Kimi Raikkonen, I
:27:36. > :27:42.think we are just getting some slow-motion. He momentarily drifted
:27:42. > :27:47.back into rally Moat were they basically cut all of the corners to
:27:47. > :27:51.try and straighten everything out. Here we see another lock up. This
:27:51. > :27:58.is something we will see all the way through qualifying and all the
:27:58. > :28:02.way through the race tomorrow. Why it is relevant is if they do ruin
:28:02. > :28:12.these tyres, they will be in big trouble. We are on board with
:28:12. > :28:22.
:28:22. > :28:28.Felipe Massa or, coming towards the and the Brazilian as they should be
:28:28. > :28:35.safe in that position to go through to the next part of qualifying.
:28:35. > :28:44.Sergio Perez and going quickly at the moment. And his team-mate in
:28:44. > :28:52.the Sauber. This is the last minute of this session. Keeping an eye on
:28:52. > :29:02.Senna looks like he could be in trouble. Billing Massa going faster
:29:02. > :29:13.
:29:13. > :29:23.than he did this morning. -- Felipe Massa. Perez goes fastest.
:29:23. > :29:27.
:29:27. > :29:33.Ricciardo is now second and Senna is up to six per. Mark Webber in a
:29:33. > :29:42.bit of danger. He has gone into third. Michael Schumacher is 16th
:29:42. > :29:49.at the moment and he is in the pits. You never like to see your name
:29:49. > :29:59.close to the drop zone. Maldonado has had a personal best in the
:29:59. > :30:04.
:30:04. > :30:11.first sector. The chequered flag is drop, said this is questionable,
:30:11. > :30:19.whether it is worth it, in terms of using up the set of tyres. Jean-
:30:19. > :30:24.Eric Vergne is currently in Q2, but he is now squeezed out. The Toro
:30:24. > :30:32.Rosso of Jean-Eric Vergne joins the likes of HRT, my Russia and
:30:32. > :30:37.Caterham. Heikki Kovalainen is still on the track. It is unlikely.
:30:37. > :30:46.Michael Schumacher, the last of the 17. If anybody else was to improve,
:30:46. > :30:49.he could be in trouble. Heikki Kovalainen is not too bad. I do not
:30:49. > :30:58.think it will be enough to beat Michael Schumacher, but it is a
:30:58. > :31:04.great lap. He has done it! Heikki Kovalainen has pushed Michael
:31:04. > :31:11.Schumacher out of qualifying! That his real drama in Bahrain! The
:31:11. > :31:20.Catharine of Heikki Kovalainen has got into Q2. -- Caterham. Where did
:31:20. > :31:25.that come from?! Well done, Heikki Kovalainen and Caterham! Jean-Eric
:31:25. > :31:31.Vergne coming into the pits, he was given a red light, and he did not
:31:31. > :31:36.go to the weighbridge, that could be a penalty. Knocked out of key
:31:36. > :31:40.one, Michael Schumacher, Jean-Eric Vergne, Vitaly Petrov, Charles Pic,
:31:40. > :31:45.Pedro de la Rosa, Timo Glock and Narain Karthikeyan.
:31:45. > :31:51.Let's hope that sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. Michael
:31:51. > :31:58.Schumacher, sinister supplement. -- serious disappointment.
:31:58. > :32:05.We are surprised to see you so early. Yes, it was not expected. We
:32:05. > :32:12.got stuck, there was not an impossibility to go out. -- there
:32:12. > :32:17.was not a possibility. I did not managed to improve my lap time. I
:32:18. > :32:23.thought I had done enough to make it, and the system failed. We did
:32:23. > :32:31.not have enough time to fix it. will be a long, hot race tomorrow,
:32:31. > :32:36.you do not mind a few overtaking it situations at the start? I would
:32:36. > :32:41.not have minded being from a forward position.
:32:41. > :32:48.Serious disappointment, he starts towards the back of the pack. The
:32:48. > :32:52.issue was the rear flap at Chester, otherwise known as the DRS. What it
:32:52. > :32:59.meant his he was struggling for pace in a straight line. He will
:32:59. > :33:05.try to get that fixed ahead of the race. What will happen in Q2?
:33:05. > :33:10.The second qualifying session gets under way, and there are 15 minutes
:33:10. > :33:16.in which to make it into the top 10. Confirmation about Jean-Eric Vergne
:33:16. > :33:21.under investigation. He ignored the radar at -- he ignored the red
:33:21. > :33:27.light. There are so many things to think about, clearly, he did not
:33:27. > :33:31.respond. That is the driver's responsibility, it is one thing
:33:31. > :33:37.amongst all of the responsibilities, you have got to look at the man
:33:37. > :33:40.with the red light. If it switches on, there is no option. It looked
:33:40. > :33:47.like he was glancing in his mirrors as he passed by, he should have
:33:47. > :33:51.stopped. What you cannot reverse in the pit lane, but it is fine for an
:33:51. > :34:00.FIA delegation to push him back onto the weighbridge. That will be
:34:00. > :34:08.costly. If it is a drive the mistake, he pays the fine. -- A
:34:08. > :34:14.driver's mistake. Mark Webber's best position here, fifth, in 2005,
:34:14. > :34:21.when he was driving for Williams. Kimi Raikkonen, four podiums here,
:34:21. > :34:27.but he has not had a front-row start on this circuit. Nico Rosberg,
:34:27. > :34:30.the only Mercedes left after we have seen Michael Schumacher go out.
:34:30. > :34:34.Nico Rosberg looking for his second straight pole position after that
:34:35. > :34:42.performance he putting in China last week. Fernando Alonso also on
:34:42. > :34:46.the softer tyre. That is something that in Q2 could be crucial.
:34:46. > :34:50.Getting some clear runs and not getting caught in traffic. That
:34:50. > :34:57.could be a factor. There are 17 cars looking to qualify and try to
:34:57. > :35:05.get into the top 10. Traffic could become a factor. Felipe Massa with
:35:05. > :35:11.the Ferrari, picking up the pace. Four heavy braking stones on this
:35:11. > :35:18.track. He is on a used set of softer tyres. He did 30.3 in the
:35:18. > :35:24.first sector, the fastest of anybody so far. The tricky braking
:35:24. > :35:32.every, coming in, the ninth corner, into the 10th corner. That was tidy.
:35:32. > :35:38.He gets the power down well, good traction off the corner. They have
:35:38. > :35:46.two grids, two picked layouts. You have got to float the car in, and
:35:46. > :35:55.he did do that. He went extremely wide earlier, but the game in the
:35:56. > :36:00.lap time, you are going too fast to have a tidy apex, but you do not
:36:00. > :36:06.lose as much on the run-out, up through the fast right-hander, the
:36:06. > :36:10.12th corner. A lot tidier from Felipe Massa. He did a great lap in
:36:10. > :36:17.key one. Finding something in the balance of this car, which has so
:36:17. > :36:24.far eluded him. 1:34.8, his time. We will be looking at faster times
:36:24. > :36:34.like that -- faster times than that for the top 10. Kimi Raikkonen has
:36:34. > :36:34.
:36:34. > :36:44.a new set of the softer tyre. Sergio Perez has just gone quickest.
:36:44. > :36:46.
:36:46. > :36:54.Kimi Raikkonen, into the last corner. 14 seconds of full throttle.
:36:54. > :37:04.Lewis Hamilton goes quicker. 0.5 seconds faster than Kimi Raikkonen.
:37:04. > :37:12.
:37:12. > :37:19.the same time as he did in the free practice this morning, 0.5 seconds
:37:19. > :37:23.quicker than Michael Schumacher. A lock-up from Sebastian Vettel. On
:37:23. > :37:28.Nico Rosberg and Mercedes, Michael Schumacher had a technical issue,
:37:28. > :37:38.which is the reason he did not get the lap time he would have liked.
:37:38. > :37:38.
:37:38. > :37:48.He is watching Q2 now. We suspect it was a DRS they love. -- eight
:37:48. > :37:49.
:37:50. > :37:59.ers failure. Jenson Button, 1:33.4. Who will not getting? Currently,
:38:00. > :38:00.
:38:00. > :38:04.Felipe Massa is being squeezed out. Heikki Kovalainen, we are not
:38:04. > :38:14.expecting him to go through. Bruno Senna, tenth place, danger
:38:14. > :38:15.
:38:15. > :38:20.territory. Heikki Kovalainen, they have done their bit for the day! It
:38:20. > :38:25.is very tight between the different cars. McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull,
:38:25. > :38:32.so even the match, and possibly even the Lotus. Pastor Maldonado
:38:32. > :38:37.has got a technical problem, he will not be going out. He will have
:38:37. > :38:44.a five place penalty on top of the fact he has not been able to
:38:44. > :38:50.qualify in a position that is representative of what he can do.
:38:50. > :38:55.Yes, why use your tyres? We have got enough experience with Pirelli
:38:55. > :39:05.tyres to say, Save the rubber and try to get the late rock in the
:39:05. > :39:25.
:39:25. > :39:30.find himself a chunk of time. He that they need much warming, 41
:39:30. > :39:34.degrees. It is so different from China. Yes, but it is interesting,
:39:34. > :39:39.we have dropped one degree since the middle part of the first part
:39:39. > :39:42.of qualifying, which has allowed it to lap times to really improve. We
:39:42. > :39:49.are seeing how sensitive the tyres are to the track temperature
:39:49. > :39:59.changes. Clear conditions. The racing line will be getting Robert
:39:59. > :40:02.
:40:02. > :40:06.in. RADIO: We start 10th or 12th with three more laps? Was he
:40:06. > :40:13.talking about whether it was beneficial to get into the top 10
:40:13. > :40:17.or not? He might only qualified 10th, so why not give up any
:40:17. > :40:24.attempt to get into the top 10 and have the choice for the start of
:40:24. > :40:32.the race, and fresh-air tyres available. Strategic decision.
:40:32. > :40:42.what are your thoughts? Yes, if you are going to get into the top 10,
:40:42. > :40:42.
:40:42. > :40:49.you can go out on the harder of the two tyres. But 11th place, you have
:40:49. > :40:56.the choice. 11th place is probably better than 10th, but that is about
:40:56. > :41:03.it. Felipe Massa is upon his time so far, looking to get into the top
:41:03. > :41:07.10 -- he is up on his time. In 2010, we were on the longer version of
:41:07. > :41:13.the track, but he made a great return to Formula One after the
:41:13. > :41:18.Hungarian accident. He beat Fernando Alonso in that occasion.
:41:18. > :41:23.His time is probably not good enough for the top 10. You will see
:41:23. > :41:31.some people behind him improved. Rob Smedley seems happy. That is a
:41:31. > :41:35.psychological boost, he is 0.01 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso.
:41:35. > :41:40.It is not good enough for Ferrari, but from a psychological point of
:41:40. > :41:48.view, that will make him feel, if that is the best and a long so can
:41:48. > :41:53.do, I have done better. -- that is the best Fernando Alonso can do.
:41:53. > :41:59.Mark Webber building up to get a Lappin. He said the quick time this
:41:59. > :42:06.morning in free practice. Paul di Resta, a great lap, fifth place,
:42:06. > :42:11.and the fastest man in the last sector. That is very impressive.
:42:11. > :42:15.Daniel Ricciardo starts his lap, the young Australian in the Toro
:42:15. > :42:24.Rosso. One Toro Rosso has been eliminated, they have never managed
:42:24. > :42:30.to score a point in Bahrain. We are trying to figure out where Force
:42:30. > :42:36.India have found that time, it is only 0.3 behind Lewis Hamilton, the
:42:36. > :42:44.track temperature has dropped a further one degree, so perhaps the
:42:44. > :42:51.colder track means that certain cars are finding form. Daniel
:42:51. > :43:01.Ricciardo has a reasonable first sector. Fernando Alonso is in the
:43:01. > :43:21.
:43:21. > :43:31.problem on his car, he is not Ricciardo. This is a pretty good
:43:31. > :43:31.
:43:31. > :43:36.lap. If he finishes tidy, that will put him around seventh place. The
:43:36. > :43:41.run for the line. They use a Ferrari engine. He might be faster
:43:41. > :43:48.than both of the Ferrari cars, address, he is seventh. He pushes
:43:48. > :43:58.the Ferrari drivers are out of the top 10. Sergio Perez, eighth place.
:43:58. > :44:06.
:44:06. > :44:11.Again, another Ferrari powered car Grosjean let's try and work out if
:44:11. > :44:19.the thing he has enough. He is in the final sector in the run down to
:44:19. > :44:26.14. He is just behind Senna rule is running for the line. Maldonado
:44:26. > :44:32.cannot do anything. Alonso does get through, what a lack from Alonso.
:44:32. > :44:40.4th fastest in the Ferrari. Grosjean is safe as well. It pushes
:44:40. > :44:47.Kimi Raikkonen out. Kimi Raikkonen is out. We're looking at the Bruno
:44:48. > :44:53.Senna. What happened to him on the last lap? Got a bit out of shape.
:44:53. > :45:00.Wide as he carried the speed through to 12. Become over the rise
:45:00. > :45:09.and then drop into 13. You do know as a driver you lose time at that
:45:09. > :45:19.moment. Where did the Ferrari time come from? He has got between Mark
:45:19. > :45:29.
:45:29. > :45:36.Webber and Jenson Button. Kimi with us for the pole position
:45:36. > :45:41.shoot-out. I have found Gary Anderson who has designs race-
:45:41. > :45:46.winning cars for the Jordan team. Can you shed any light on what is
:45:46. > :45:56.the issue with the oldest and most famous team in Formula One at the
:45:56. > :45:57.
:45:57. > :46:03.moment? It is not just one thing. The sides are basically a wing
:46:03. > :46:09.upside-down and do get some lift on the surface. Most cars have an
:46:09. > :46:14.airflow around the side of the car. It reduces the amount of lift on
:46:14. > :46:19.the side. Because Ferrari had this wide exhaust exit they have a big
:46:19. > :46:25.surface area so they have more lift on the top surface so it creates
:46:25. > :46:30.drag. Not only do they have less tyre grip, they have more drive. It
:46:30. > :46:35.is a whole lot of things. They have to address the whole car. A couple
:46:35. > :46:39.of weeks after this we start the European season, how hard will they
:46:39. > :46:45.be working to ensure this can't get quicker and will it be easy to
:46:45. > :46:50.solve? They put a weekend Updates, little bits of pieces. They know
:46:50. > :46:54.they have to do a big development. I'm sure this is one of the areas
:46:54. > :47:00.they are concentrating on. There will be tests and update before
:47:00. > :47:06.Barcelona. No hopefully they will fix it before then. Talking of the
:47:06. > :47:09.Ferrari fans, at least Fernando Alonso, driving the car brilliantly.
:47:09. > :47:14.He is in the pole position shoot- out. Let's see who will start at
:47:14. > :47:19.the front for the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix.
:47:19. > :47:24.The top 10 shoot-out is about to get under way in Bahrain. It
:47:24. > :47:32.promises to be quite a tussle at the front. Not an easy one to
:47:32. > :47:35.predict. We have seen the likes of Hamilton out there. A surprising
:47:35. > :47:40.performance from Alonso. But Red Bull do have a car that is
:47:40. > :47:44.potentially able to challenge for pole position. And we have the man
:47:44. > :47:48.who did it last weekend in Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes. Mark
:47:48. > :47:54.Webber has got to be looking good for pole position for stopping his
:47:54. > :47:58.first sector town was down on the majority of the likely subs --
:47:58. > :48:08.suspects you would expect to be going for pole position. He was the
:48:08. > :48:09.
:48:09. > :48:13.fastest man in middle sector. If he can tidy up his middle sector,,
:48:13. > :48:19.with just one run and a new set of options to go for pole position
:48:19. > :48:26.this afternoon. Mark Webber has the fastest lap recorded here, but it
:48:26. > :48:32.was in a free practice session in 2005. Jenson Button on a brand-new
:48:32. > :48:38.set of the option tyres. McLaren deciding if the track temperature
:48:38. > :48:43.continues to drop, 39 degrees, verses of 40 degrees are at the end
:48:43. > :48:46.of the last session, so both McLaren going early. We saw
:48:46. > :48:53.Hamilton goal early a couple of times this year and it has worked
:48:53. > :48:57.for him. Let's wait and see what happens will stop it looks like the
:48:57. > :49:02.mechanic is being attacked by his silver snake as they tried to get
:49:03. > :49:07.extra cooling into the Mercedes cockpit. What a superb effort so
:49:07. > :49:13.far from the young Frenchman. See if he can get the car near the
:49:13. > :49:17.front. He has been in pole position in Bahrain in GP two in the past
:49:17. > :49:22.will stop at a different story in Formula One. Jenson Button trying
:49:22. > :49:27.to look after his tyres? Yes, you have one lap to get maximum
:49:27. > :49:32.performance out of these options tyres. Desperate not to try and use
:49:32. > :49:37.of any of the rubber available. No problem with warming them up.
:49:37. > :49:46.Unlike the situation we saw last week in China where the track
:49:46. > :49:51.temperature was only 25 degrees. Ever so gentle. TEAM RADIO: Both
:49:51. > :49:56.McLaren's bleeding behind you. keeping the driver informed for
:49:56. > :50:02.positioning. Mark Webber has the clear space, which is the nice bit
:50:02. > :50:08.to be in. The cannot control the comes out of the pit lane. Lewis
:50:08. > :50:14.Hamilton deciding to feel a little bit where the tyres are. The risk
:50:14. > :50:20.is that, you run off line. But you pick up some sand on your tyres and
:50:20. > :50:30.that can take a few corners to run off. But Mark Webber, the run into
:50:30. > :50:34.
:50:34. > :50:40.the first turn. He hits the brake of 50 mph. He is accelerating out
:50:40. > :50:46.of two and three. They are not really corners. Carries a lot of
:50:46. > :50:56.speed into the Apax. You run on to the gravel of what was the old
:50:56. > :50:59.
:50:59. > :51:08.track. Six and seven looks sweet. - - apex. That will be frustrating
:51:08. > :51:13.for him. Crucially he hit the apex. His first set the time has been
:51:13. > :51:20.beaten by Lewis Hamilton behind. But not by Sebastian Vettel. Or we
:51:20. > :51:25.don't know he is on a used set off the softer tyres, we'll keep an eye
:51:25. > :51:31.on this as he climbs up the hill. Looking at his first sector, you
:51:31. > :51:35.have to imagine it was a brand-new set for Mark Webber. Different
:51:36. > :51:45.strategies within the Red Bull camp. Even slightly different set-ups,
:51:46. > :51:46.
:51:46. > :52:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:52:48. > :52:54.but it is not quick. Jenson Button managed to make the apex of the
:52:54. > :53:00.turns. McLaren is a one and two at the moment. We still have a bit of
:53:00. > :53:10.time left in this final qualifying segments in Bahrain. It looks like
:53:10. > :53:13.
:53:13. > :53:19.a battle between Red Bull and Mercedes. A new set of tyres for
:53:19. > :53:29.Mark Webber. He is still up for the battle for pole position. True
:53:29. > :53:33.
:53:33. > :53:36.qualifying pace from Red Bull. For the first time this year we have
:53:36. > :53:41.seen them challenging for pole position? They are happier with the
:53:41. > :53:45.balance of the car around this racetrack. It happens at a time
:53:45. > :53:52.when the pressure on the driver to deliver a clean lap is higher than
:53:52. > :54:02.at any other race track this year. He won't want to take anything out
:54:02. > :54:03.
:54:03. > :54:10.of those tyres. Anne McLaren might have fuelled the car so light, that
:54:10. > :54:15.it can be down to almost half of that it you are cruising around it
:54:15. > :54:20.using a long gear. At the end of the day, small things like one kilo
:54:20. > :54:25.of you will make the difference between pole position or not.
:54:25. > :54:31.Rosberg was behind Perez. I wonder how they will be when they come
:54:31. > :54:35.past us again? The tension in the pit lane is magnificent. Nobody
:54:35. > :54:39.really knows how this qualifying is going to turn out. The reason I am
:54:39. > :54:44.saying it is a lot more pressure on the drivers here than at other
:54:44. > :54:50.circuits, you have to commit to you're breaking up on the front
:54:50. > :54:56.tyre. You have to allow the car to roll into the turn. It you over
:54:56. > :55:06.speed your entry, and get it wrong, no chance of pole position. Rosberg
:55:06. > :55:11.
:55:11. > :55:20.goes on to a lap. 1:32.6 is the time to beat. It will be as he
:55:20. > :55:26.exits the next corner. That will be the next indicator as to whether
:55:26. > :55:33.Rosberg is on pole position pace. He is on the pace. Everybody else
:55:33. > :55:43.is now also trying to go that little bit quicker. Middle sector
:55:43. > :55:52.
:55:52. > :55:56.of the lap. Traction required as he in the first sector. We mentioned
:55:56. > :56:00.earlier he was setting the pace in the middle sector, so he is on his
:56:00. > :56:08.way to challenging for pole position as we watch Rosberg flat
:56:08. > :56:13.out through 12, hard on the brakes. Nice early apex into 13. Now it is
:56:13. > :56:22.down to horsepower and as much drag as you can get off the car as
:56:22. > :56:28.possible, opening up the DRS. can see the sparks fly as he hit
:56:28. > :56:33.the kerb on the inside. Can Nico Rosberg maker two pole positions?
:56:33. > :56:40.He cannot. Fourth place the Nico Rosberg and that could be beaten by
:56:40. > :56:46.Mark Webber. The two Red Bull cars are fighting for pole position. It
:56:46. > :56:53.looks nice and tidy for the Australians will stop can he get
:56:53. > :56:58.his tent pole position? He is fast this at 1:32 point six. The
:56:58. > :57:02.Sebastian Vettel, the double world champion has done its. Sebastian
:57:02. > :57:12.Vettel takes pole position. Hamilton is about to come across
:57:12. > :57:18.
:57:18. > :57:22.the line as well. It is Sebastian Vettel, his father -- first pole
:57:23. > :57:28.position of 2012. His second in Bahrain, but it was on a longer
:57:28. > :57:32.track this time. The Mark Webber seemed late getting the throttle
:57:32. > :57:37.open after a number of 14 and that crucially made the difference will
:57:37. > :57:43.stop this afternoon, smiles back on the faces of the Red Bull boys.
:57:43. > :57:52.Jenson Button looked like he had aborted his lap to go for pole
:57:52. > :57:57.position. TEAM RADIO: Yes, we have got it! A sense of relief the
:57:57. > :58:00.Sebastian Vettel. He was on pole position in Brazil at the end of
:58:00. > :58:07.last season, but it has been a struggle at the beginning of this
:58:07. > :58:13.year. What happened to Rosberg? Classic inside left front, locking
:58:13. > :58:18.up. David, we have Red Bull, McLaren, Red Bull, McLaren on the
:58:19. > :58:25.grid. It does look like they are evenly matched. It depends a lot on
:58:25. > :58:34.what tyres they have saved and what the pace they can put in. Sebastian
:58:34. > :58:44.Vettel and Hamilton were incredibly close. So far, and Red Bull have
:58:44. > :59:01.
:59:01. > :59:06.on. Further down the order, ones to watch out for, particularly Michael
:59:06. > :59:14.Schumacher. He will have lots of tyres available. Think back to Mark
:59:14. > :59:21.Webber last year. Michael Schumacher could do it a from there.
:59:21. > :59:25.The man at the front of the pack, the fastest man here today and only
:59:25. > :59:35.just in front of Lewis Hamilton, what was it like this afternoon?
:59:35. > :59:42.Very tight, to be honest. We did not have the best Q1, Q2. I think
:59:42. > :59:46.Michael went out in Q1. Kimi Raikkonen did not make it to Q3. We
:59:46. > :59:54.were close both times. We would have loved to have been more
:59:54. > :59:59.comfortable. Good drama. Yes, for you guys. But when you are in the
:59:59. > :00:09.car and the garage, it is not nicest feeling. Is Q3, we can make
:00:09. > :00:15.
:00:15. > :00:22.another step. In Q2, we could not get another lap in and decided to
:00:22. > :00:28.pit. We have had the best lap of the day. I was very pleased. It has
:00:28. > :00:33.been a great feeling. Especially I think we owe this one to the boys
:00:33. > :00:43.in the garage, they have been working so hard. So little sleep, I
:00:43. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.don't know how they do it, I would them, it is the best feeling.
:00:52. > :00:57.Tonight, they can have a beer, maybe two, but no more, because we
:00:57. > :01:03.need a good pit-stop tomorrow! It is good for all of us to know that
:01:03. > :01:08.we can do it. We should have a good car tomorrow. Racing here is very
:01:08. > :01:12.tight, the tyres will be crucial, to look after them, but if you
:01:12. > :01:18.start at the front, it make sure life a little bit easier at the
:01:18. > :01:23.beginning of the race. -- it makes your life. You run a scrubbed set,
:01:24. > :01:30.and you did the last lap on a new set deal or no deal did you know it
:01:30. > :01:34.would be enough when you cross the line? I looked up, because there is
:01:34. > :01:43.a screen at the end of the straight, and I could see that they were
:01:43. > :01:50.showing me. I saw a green time, I could not read it. My eyes are not
:01:50. > :01:57.that good! Probably, it was good enough at the time, but you do not
:01:57. > :02:01.know who is coming next. But then I was told that we had made it. It
:02:01. > :02:07.was a great relief. You put everything into the last lap. A bit
:02:07. > :02:12.too much here and there, that is it. To get it across the line first of
:02:12. > :02:19.all, you are happy, no ring you have not made a mistake, you have
:02:19. > :02:25.got everything out of it. Thank you for joining us, beer for your team,
:02:25. > :02:31.good luck tomorrow. He has spoken to us, so perhaps we should see the
:02:31. > :02:35.lap that has given him proposition. Where did he manage to pick up the
:02:35. > :02:41.pole position? The pressure to get the breaking-point right is immense.
:02:41. > :02:45.He aced the first sector, one of the quickest men through the run.
:02:45. > :02:52.The short run down to the fourth corner. To hedge and 70 kilometres
:02:52. > :02:58.an hour. You can rent out on to the old Grand Prix track. -- you can
:02:58. > :03:06.run out. The high-speed chicane. A blast of DRS as you drop down the
:03:06. > :03:15.hill. Crucially, he gets the apex. At this point, the next tricky part,
:03:15. > :03:22.up over the crest, into the ninth and 10th corners. At this point,
:03:22. > :03:27.because of a head wind. This is the corner where you talk about
:03:28. > :03:32.speeding too much. It sounds beautiful, using all of the track.
:03:32. > :03:42.You have the sensation of the cargo and slightly light, and you drop
:03:42. > :03:51.into 13th. -- car running slightly light. At this point, he will have
:03:51. > :03:54.got the confirmation that this was a better lap, by 0.4 seconds. He
:03:54. > :04:01.uses any ers that he has got. does he know he is on pole
:04:01. > :04:06.position? He looked at the big screen, and on the radio it said,
:04:06. > :04:12.pole position. It is his first of the season, congratulations to
:04:12. > :04:17.Sebastian Vettel. Congratulations, first and third, a
:04:17. > :04:21.great effort. It is a great team result, our best qualifying of the
:04:21. > :04:31.year. Sebastian Vettel got it together, Mark Webber had a bit of
:04:31. > :04:36.traffic in the middle sector, but the first and third sectors, as a
:04:36. > :04:40.fantastic -- it is a fantastic result. We have performed better
:04:40. > :04:44.than expectations in qualifying, but there is a long race ahead
:04:44. > :04:50.tomorrow. It is fantastic to be starting on the pole position. And
:04:50. > :05:00.just behind in third. But a long, hard race tomorrow. That side of
:05:00. > :05:05.the grid should be the good side. hope so. The Mercedes and McLaren
:05:05. > :05:09.cars are pretty quick, so it will be tough. It will be a long race,
:05:09. > :05:12.the temperature will be high, the strategy will play a key part.
:05:12. > :05:17.Hopefully, we can put on a good display.
:05:17. > :05:22.Good luck. Gary Anderson not struggling to get
:05:22. > :05:28.a smile! The only man quick enough to split them was Lewis Hamilton.
:05:28. > :05:32.He has been it in incredible form so far this season. He has had a
:05:32. > :05:39.few issues, he has not looked completely at ease. A few drivers
:05:39. > :05:46.have been battling the ever- changing conditions. It dropped
:05:46. > :05:50.from 42 degrees to 40 degrees. It is a constantly evolving process.
:05:50. > :05:56.We are on board with Lewis Hamilton, the exit of the chicane, and a
:05:56. > :06:02.lock-up. He goes extremely wide. You can feel the shockwave going
:06:02. > :06:07.through his spine. He goes into a lower mode on the engine. A
:06:07. > :06:14.troubled journey toward second place on the grid. He starts the
:06:14. > :06:18.race in second place, Jenson Button a bit behind in fourth place.
:06:18. > :06:25.It is still so tight at the top, second place tomorrow, how do you
:06:25. > :06:32.feel? Very happy to be there, I am very happy with the qualifying. In
:06:32. > :06:38.not of the sessions, I have been trying to improve, -- in all of the
:06:38. > :06:43.sessions. Today, I would quickly in my first run, and quicker in the
:06:43. > :06:48.second run. I am happy I have been able to keep the consistency. We
:06:48. > :06:52.are in a good position, we do not have any issues, so we can fight
:06:52. > :06:57.for the lead from the start. imagine you have been missing the
:06:57. > :07:01.Red Bull cars over the last few weeks, did you think, they are
:07:01. > :07:06.back?! I knew they were there. I have always thought they are the
:07:06. > :07:14.quickest. If you look at the race pace of the last four races, Mark
:07:14. > :07:21.Webber has had the fastest. We do they will quit. I was struggling a
:07:21. > :07:28.bit in qualifying, but they have brought an upgrade package. They
:07:28. > :07:34.are only just under 0.1 ahead of us. Tyre management will be crucial
:07:34. > :07:40.tomorrow. It is close between making it two stops and three stops,
:07:40. > :07:47.it depends how you want to do it. You can try to make two stops, and
:07:47. > :07:52.you have to expect the last few laps to fade a bit. If you are
:07:52. > :07:59.making three stops, you have to overtake people. This is not a
:07:59. > :08:03.great track for overtaking. I do not know how it will play out.
:08:03. > :08:08.Fourth place tomorrow, how tough was it, and how important was it to
:08:08. > :08:16.save the tyres? It is quite a strange experience, everybody
:08:16. > :08:21.driving slowly, but all in all, not too bad. Fourth place is not what I
:08:21. > :08:25.had four, it is always a horrible feeling on the last lap when the
:08:25. > :08:32.balance is not quite where you want it and it was on the previous round.
:08:32. > :08:37.I pitted early, which is not a bad thing. Fewer laps on all of the
:08:37. > :08:41.tyres is a positive, and it is not a bad position. Is it a headache to
:08:41. > :08:47.see Red Bull back up there? makes the race a lot more fun. I am
:08:47. > :08:53.looking forward to the challenger. Every four smile, he knows it is
:08:53. > :08:57.ominous when Red Bull start towards the front -- rueful smile. How will
:08:57. > :09:01.Michael Schumacher feel, he starts in 17th? This is where you have got
:09:01. > :09:05.the least effect from picking up the slipstream, it is one of the
:09:05. > :09:11.more difficult tracks to overtake. The Michael Schumacher had issues
:09:11. > :09:20.with his real wind it, we did not see that, but he is only 0.3
:09:20. > :09:24.seconds behind Nico Rosberg. Nico Rosberg was so good in China, so
:09:24. > :09:31.perfect in qualifying and in the race, and he gave us a good example
:09:31. > :09:34.of how this can be a difficult circuit. He got extremely wide. I
:09:34. > :09:43.suspect he did not realise there was trouble in that area, because
:09:43. > :09:48.he commits to running over it. They have got a double Tiare system. --
:09:48. > :09:52.double DRS system. It was serious celebrations for Nico Rosberg last
:09:52. > :09:56.week, for tomorrow, he starts in fifth place.
:09:57. > :10:03.Perhaps not the same Amersham's as last Saturday, but are you happy
:10:03. > :10:07.with how it went today? The same emotions? I would prefer to the
:10:07. > :10:13.first, but in general, we have been working more to the race, so we
:10:13. > :10:17.have important chances for tomorrow. We are well prepared, and looking
:10:17. > :10:23.much better than we have been, especially in these conditions.
:10:23. > :10:27.What will be the key to Tamara? Management of the tyres? Yes,
:10:27. > :10:32.driving carefully. If he is saying it is difficult
:10:32. > :10:37.here, imagine driving a Ferrari! They look like they have got a real
:10:37. > :10:41.struggle. At various points, they were looking closer to the pace,
:10:41. > :10:45.but there are clearly issues with the balance. The main runners are
:10:45. > :10:52.having difficulty with locking up, Ferrari are struggling with
:10:52. > :10:56.oversteer. Not much going on outside Ferrari at the moment,
:10:56. > :11:01.looking at disappointed. You have raced against them for years, what
:11:01. > :11:07.will they do between here and arriving in Spain? They will have
:11:07. > :11:11.always been targeting Spain as the big upgrade of the season. It is so
:11:11. > :11:15.difficult to do much when you on the road. You are putting things in
:11:15. > :11:21.a box and taking it into the next Grand Prix. But they will hope to
:11:21. > :11:27.make a big step forward to Fernando Alonso's home Grand Prix. He put in
:11:27. > :11:30.an incredible that, but mind was the best he could achieve. --
:11:30. > :11:37.incredible lap, but ninth place was the best.
:11:37. > :11:45.Are you happy? Yes, at the end, I am the ninth place, so it is a good
:11:45. > :11:49.starting position, on the clean side. It was a strange qualifying,
:11:49. > :11:59.reduced or of the sets of tyres available, so we arrive with
:11:59. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:05.nothing in Q3 -- which used all of the sets of tyres macro. I expect a
:12:05. > :12:15.very tough race in terms of degradation and taking care of the
:12:15. > :12:18.
:12:18. > :12:21.tyres will be a key factor. many pit-stops? A lot! At the
:12:21. > :12:28.moment, if you believe the numbers, we will not have the tyres to
:12:28. > :12:33.finish the race, but the track will improve over the weekend, soulless
:12:33. > :12:39.degradation. Between three and four, I guess.
:12:39. > :12:44.Paul di Resta, stunning. We did not see much of you, but you putting a
:12:44. > :12:49.great performance, just behind Fernando Alonso. -- you put in a
:12:49. > :12:53.great performance. It was a difficult session, we played catch-
:12:53. > :12:57.up. The conditions were different. The wind changed yesterday
:12:57. > :13:01.lunchtime and it has been there since. It was difficult this
:13:01. > :13:11.morning, but we opted not to change too much and to go with what we
:13:11. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:16.know. But tyres would make a bigger difference. The track came to us
:13:16. > :13:23.gradually as the runs went on, we were able to increase and the
:13:23. > :13:33.competitiveness. The left in Q2 was very good. -- lap. We took a
:13:33. > :13:36.decision not to run in Q3 based on faster cars about us. It seems very
:13:36. > :13:41.understated, saying it is a very good lap. Looking at the time
:13:41. > :13:48.difference, it must have been an excellent lap. Are you can't
:13:48. > :13:52.because you are looking at how the race will play out? Is that why you
:13:52. > :13:57.seem reasonably calm after what seemed like a great session?
:13:58. > :14:03.whole team, the buzz was getting into Q3. Having done a lap like
:14:03. > :14:11.that, you can be happy, but you score points tomorrow. Even coming
:14:11. > :14:15.10th tomorrow, we will be extremely happy, and we will be happy tonight.
:14:16. > :14:25.Having missed a session, everybody has worked hard, and at the end of
:14:26. > :14:27.
:14:28. > :14:35.the day, you start in the best was Heikki Kovalainen. Let's ride
:14:35. > :14:40.on board with him. This is the end of his lap. Acing number 14 thought
:14:40. > :14:44.stop running for the line and how could must this had been for
:14:44. > :14:51.Caterham and high Kate Tewke -- Heikki Kovalainen to be told you're
:14:51. > :14:56.through to Q2 and you have just knocked out Michael Schumacher?
:14:56. > :15:06.did it feel not just to make it through to Q2, but two books out
:15:06. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:35.pace tomorrow or do you think you will be swamped by a couple of cars
:15:35. > :15:40.behind you? I think we have shown better pace in the races than
:15:40. > :15:45.qualifying. If it continues, hopefully we will be in the mix. It
:15:45. > :15:50.is changing day by day, it is difficult to get the right range
:15:50. > :15:55.with these tyres and the sweet spot. We are all prepared for tomorrow
:15:55. > :16:01.and I am only looking forwards. do look backwards because Michael
:16:01. > :16:10.Schumacher is right behind us. does not matter who it is.
:16:10. > :16:16.doesn't matter if it is Michael. He has so much experience. Other
:16:16. > :16:26.drivers don't matter. This will make happy viewing. Let's confirm
:16:26. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :17:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds
:17:12. > :17:18.a quick word from Gary Anderson, our technical expert. Red Bull back
:17:18. > :17:24.at the front? It is impressive. Tomorrow is the big day. Tyre
:17:24. > :17:31.strategy will be everything. A3 stock race or be the best. Lewis
:17:31. > :17:38.Hamilton was saying maybe a two. But I would say it will be A3 or a..
:17:38. > :17:46.The teams have no data because there was no race in 2011. 2010 was
:17:46. > :17:50.a different circuit. It will be the driver who understands the tyres
:17:50. > :17:58.burst tomorrow. Were we will wait and see how it pans out. But this
:17:58. > :18:07.is not it for Formula One and the BBC this afternoon. Tomorrow, all
:18:07. > :18:11.of the action tomorrow of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Alongside us is
:18:11. > :18:15.the BBC's sports Correspondent who has been here for a couple of days.
:18:15. > :18:21.It has been difficult to separate the politics of Formula One from
:18:21. > :18:27.what is happening on the track? is, but it is about business,
:18:27. > :18:31.politics as it is about results. Last week, when the Formula One
:18:31. > :18:36.chief, Bernie Ecclestone and the Bahraini authorities and made the
:18:36. > :18:41.bold decision about going ahead with this Grand Prix, especially
:18:41. > :18:45.after coming here after last year's cancellation, they were hoping the
:18:45. > :18:53.controversy would have died down. But Formula One is not immune from
:18:54. > :19:01.what goes on outside the confines of this cocooned. Force India and
:19:02. > :19:06.Sauber have experienced the unrest. This race promises to be the most
:19:06. > :19:09.controversial in many seasons. It will be remembered as the one man
:19:09. > :19:14.raised many difficult on personal questions as to whether or not
:19:14. > :19:19.sport can and should make decisions based on morality as well as its