:00:17. > :00:23.This is fabulous stuff. What a start to the season. Fantastic
:00:23. > :00:33.stuff. What entertainment we have got. We have got a race on our
:00:33. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :01:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:01:21. > :01:26.hands. the 2012 jet -- Belgian Grand Prix.
:01:26. > :01:31.All of the action coming up, but first, this is how things were
:01:31. > :01:37.looking at, coming into this race after the summer break. This is the
:01:37. > :01:43.start of nine races in 13 weekends. Fernando Alonso has a nice lead,
:01:43. > :01:48.but 25 points for a victory these days. Jenson Button said he is not
:01:48. > :01:51.yet ready to support Lewis Hamilton. He still believes he can be the
:01:52. > :01:59.world champion. Red Bull are not having the dominance they have had
:01:59. > :02:04.in the last two seasons, but they are still ahead. Voters would love
:02:04. > :02:08.-- Lotus would love to finish second, if they cannot win. All of
:02:08. > :02:14.the action from the race in a few minutes. This is what happened in a
:02:15. > :02:20.remarkable qualifying session. Jenson Button took his first pole
:02:20. > :02:24.position in Formula One in 16 races, and his first since joining McLaren.
:02:24. > :02:28.He did it in style, the fastest time in each of these essential to
:02:28. > :02:32.earn his first top-three start since Malaysia. Sauber also had one
:02:32. > :02:36.of their best ever qualifying sessions, Kamui Kobayashi and his
:02:36. > :02:41.first ever front row start. Sergio Perez will start in fourth place,
:02:41. > :02:46.his best position. The Grid has changed attitude to penalties,
:02:46. > :02:51.Pastor Maldonado has been dropped down to sixth place. Mark Webber
:02:51. > :02:55.was seventh fastest, but he has a five place chopped due to a gearbox
:02:55. > :03:02.change. Kimi Raikkonen is best placed of the others, in third
:03:02. > :03:06.place. His last win came here from sixth place on the grid. Jenson
:03:06. > :03:09.Button and Kamui Kobayashi on the front row, followed by Kimi
:03:09. > :03:14.Raikkonen and Sergio Perez. Lewis Hamilton starts in seventh place
:03:14. > :03:20.come up with a different set-up from Jenson Button. Paul di Resta
:03:20. > :03:30.is ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber's penalty put him into of
:03:30. > :03:32.
:03:32. > :03:36.place. -- put it into 12th place. Nico Rosberg has a mountain to
:03:36. > :03:43.climb from the last row for Mercedes.
:03:43. > :03:51.We are getting ready to go for the Belgian Grand Prix. The lights are
:03:51. > :03:55.out, of Weybridge go, and Pastor Maldonado shooting through. Paul
:03:55. > :04:02.two -- it has hit it Lotus! Romain Grosjean over the top of Fernando
:04:02. > :04:06.Alonso! Real drama at the start of the race. This has as a massive
:04:06. > :04:11.impact in terms of the championship. This will be a safety car, they
:04:11. > :04:19.will not be able to clear as many cars as that. The race is
:04:19. > :04:24.neutralised. There will be nobody able to take the advantage. Jenson
:04:24. > :04:30.Button leads from Kimi Raikkonen. The Force India cars, they cannot
:04:30. > :04:35.believe it. Lewis Hamilton is out. We have seen accidents so many
:04:35. > :04:41.times at La Source. Fernando Alonso is still in the car. Romain
:04:41. > :04:46.Grosjean talking to Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso is still in the car.
:04:46. > :04:51.The doctors are they quickly, they follow the grid at the start. There
:04:51. > :04:56.is a car immediately behind the grid. Now, Fernando Alonso is
:04:56. > :05:03.climbing slowly out of the car. They had a car forged over the top
:05:03. > :05:10.of the chassis. He is taking some time to gather his thoughts. Let's
:05:10. > :05:16.hope he is fired. Real drama at the start of this Grand Prix. -- let's
:05:16. > :05:22.hope he is fine. We will be to see the full replay to see what caused
:05:22. > :05:27.the incident. These guys just need to settle down, as the safety car
:05:27. > :05:33.has been called, but we have lost a number of cars, and Fernando
:05:33. > :05:38.Alonso's points to streak comes to an end, one short of the record he
:05:38. > :05:43.was moving up to, 24 points finishes in a row. His luck has
:05:43. > :05:49.ended, he has had a great run so far, but it has all gone wrong.
:05:49. > :05:54.Force India have come from it all. They are in third place and fourth
:05:54. > :06:02.place. Michael Schumacher is in fifth place, amazingly. What is it
:06:02. > :06:06.with him and the circuit? His 300th Grand Prix. The Germans have moved
:06:06. > :06:12.up, Nico Hulkenberg and Michael Schumacher. I am not sure why Lewis
:06:12. > :06:15.Hamilton has got that memento of the accident. It does not have
:06:15. > :06:25.quite a sexy part of the McLaren. His equipment on the face of his
:06:25. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:34.partner. -- disappointment. Nico Rosberg has moved up to 13th place.
:06:34. > :06:42.Let's run through the order. Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico
:06:42. > :06:51.Hulkenberg, Paul di Resta, a dull market Pedro de la Rosa and Pastor
:06:51. > :06:59.Maldonado are coming into the pits. Daniel Ricciardo is in sixth place.
:06:59. > :07:05.Jean-Eric Vergne is in seventh place, and it Kamui Kobayashi, Gary
:07:05. > :07:11.Anderson, this is not what we want to see at the start of the race.
:07:11. > :07:15.They have taken out three contenders, it dilutes it a bit. We
:07:15. > :07:19.need to see it again to see what happened, because Lewis Hamilton
:07:19. > :07:23.seemed ambitious. Kamui Kobayashi looked as though he was slow off
:07:23. > :07:33.the line and he caused a bit of confusion. We need to see every
:07:33. > :07:34.
:07:34. > :07:40.play. Sergio Perez is about as well. -- Sergio Perez is allowed. Pastor
:07:40. > :07:47.Maldonado went early. We have got Lewis Hamilton trying to get past
:07:47. > :07:53.Romain Grosjean. That triggers the rest of the incident. Pastor
:07:53. > :07:57.Maldonado. The cut the left of the screen, Romain Grosjean coming
:07:57. > :08:05.across, into Lewis Hamilton, which triggers the incident. He went over
:08:05. > :08:09.the top of the chassis of Fernando Alonso. Pastor Maldonado, it was
:08:09. > :08:15.simultaneous with the lights going out. Romain Grosjean comes across,
:08:15. > :08:23.Lewis Hamilton is not fazed. It all kicks off. The result is a lot of
:08:23. > :08:26.expensive damage. Both of the sour because work involved. Sergio Perez
:08:26. > :08:33.was the first one hit, and Kamui Kobayashi was on the outside,
:08:33. > :08:38.trying to stay out of the way. This is on board with Kamui Kobayashi.
:08:38. > :08:44.You can see the result of his poor start. He keeps out of trouble on
:08:44. > :08:50.to the run-in, and then, all hell breaks loose. He was an innocent
:08:50. > :08:56.victim. The result of the contact. Lewis Hamilton is going straight,
:08:56. > :09:02.and Romain Grosjean comes across. They touch, and from then, it is in
:09:02. > :09:07.the lap of the racing gods. The stewards will be taking a close
:09:07. > :09:17.look at that. Romain Grosjean comes across very quickly. It goes right
:09:17. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:28.racing, the driver's head is exposed. Formula One can cite a big
:09:28. > :09:34.sigh of relief. That was so close to coming down are the top of the
:09:34. > :09:42.chassis. Sebastian Vettel is trying to move through the debris. That is
:09:42. > :09:48.where he lost at those places. Carbon is an issue, the splinters.
:09:49. > :09:53.They need to clear it up. The teams have sensors that will tell them of
:09:53. > :09:59.the tyre pressures and temperatures, so the drivers will be in
:09:59. > :10:05.communication with their engineers. They will be saving as much fuel as
:10:05. > :10:09.they can, so they can run the qualifying mode of the engine later.
:10:10. > :10:14.The debris is all over the place. You saw Romain Grosjean talking to
:10:14. > :10:20.the team, do you blame him for that? Was he cutting the cost too
:10:20. > :10:24.much? You have to be very careful in changing direction at the start,
:10:24. > :10:29.because you cannot know where everybody is. You have to presume
:10:29. > :10:34.there is a car beside you. He should move slowly and deliberately.
:10:34. > :10:40.Sometimes, you have to take every action, but to me, it did not but
:10:40. > :10:46.like he was reacting to somebody. It up like the sort age gap and he
:10:46. > :10:51.cut across -- it looked like. Once Lewis Hamilton saw him coming over,
:10:51. > :10:55.he could have reacted, but at the moment, it looks like Romain
:10:55. > :11:00.Grosjean was too aggressive. Sergio Perez shakes his head as he walks
:11:00. > :11:04.back to the garage, he is out of the race. Kamui Kobayashi is at the
:11:04. > :11:08.back of the field, and from a wonderful Saturday, it has gone
:11:08. > :11:14.horribly wrong for Sauber. You have to feel for that team, they had
:11:14. > :11:24.such an opportunity to score points. Perhaps even pass Mercedes in the
:11:24. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:31.Constructors' Championship. Pastor Maldonado's stock was incredible.
:11:31. > :11:38.Lewis Hamilton takes a straight line, he has a moment to make a
:11:38. > :11:45.decision. He took the decision to hold his position, he got squeezed
:11:46. > :11:50.further by Romain Grosjean, and there was unavoidable contact.
:11:50. > :11:57.Anderson, that accident, it looks terrific. We have got another view
:11:57. > :12:03.of it here. -- it looks horrific. The advances over the years, it is
:12:03. > :12:09.almost a demonstration of that. the one thing that still stands out,
:12:09. > :12:13.the driver's head, we have been a key again, but I agree with David,
:12:13. > :12:21.with Romain Grosjean coming across, Lewis Hamilton did not have
:12:22. > :12:24.anywhere to go. You do not want to be on the grass. A bit of a racing
:12:24. > :12:29.accident, but more care and attention from Romain Grosjean
:12:29. > :12:34.would not have done any harm. Hamilton Govan to Romain Grosjean.
:12:34. > :12:39.He was tapping the side of the head, the international symbol of, what
:12:40. > :12:43.are you thinking? You are a nutter! They will be exchanging views. It
:12:43. > :12:52.is very difficult when they do not have the benefit of a replay. Eddie
:12:52. > :12:57.Jordan? And unbelievable incident, it puts Force India in a fantastic
:12:57. > :13:04.position. The strategy on the pit lane, they have got to have a look
:13:04. > :13:12.at the situation and changed the strategy between the two cars.
:13:12. > :13:20.restart takes place, Jenson Button has made up ground. In third place,
:13:20. > :13:30.Nico Hulkenberg, then pour the rest. Sebastian Vettel is on a chase.
:13:30. > :13:34.Sebastian Vettel has come out of the slipstream Ali. -- early. He
:13:34. > :13:39.has passed Heikki Kovalainen. Perhaps a missed opportunity.
:13:39. > :13:43.got past the Caterham, but they didn't get through. Nico Hulkenberg
:13:43. > :13:49.has got past Kimi Raikkonen. Nico Hulkenberg has gone into second
:13:49. > :13:54.place, Jenson Button Leeds. We have got more damage. It is Pastor
:13:54. > :14:00.Maldonado. He has no front wing it. He has run into some but it, by the
:14:00. > :14:05.looks of it. -- have run into somebody. Jenson Button has been
:14:05. > :14:10.gifted even more space. Nico Hulkenberg, the young German racer,
:14:10. > :14:18.has moved into second place. Paul di Resta is still behind the Kimi
:14:18. > :14:23.Raikkonen. A great opportunity for Mercedes to score points here today.
:14:23. > :14:27.Look at Jenson Button, he is running away at the moment. Only
:14:27. > :14:31.the first lap after the restart, though. Kimi Raikkonen is down to
:14:31. > :14:38.third place, then Paul di Resta, Michael Schumacher and Daniel
:14:38. > :14:42.Ricciardo. He is holding on. Great images as they come through
:14:42. > :14:49.Blanchmont. The smoke is coming off the underside of the Force India.
:14:49. > :14:55.That is the plank with the extra fuel. Pastor Maldonado is under
:14:55. > :15:05.investigation. It took a while to come. Pastor Maldonado decided, I
:15:05. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:11.am ready to go. Charlie Whiting pulling away from the field at more
:15:11. > :15:17.than half a second per lap. -- RADIO:.
:15:17. > :15:21.Vettel has gone through. He has got past Mark Webber. Great driving
:15:21. > :15:25.from both team-mates. We know they had an incident a few years ago,
:15:25. > :15:32.but Vettel positioned his car on the outside. Mark could have
:15:32. > :15:39.squeezed him, but he left enough room. Let's have another look. Side
:15:39. > :15:47.by side on the way in. Mark could have squeezed, but he gave him the
:15:47. > :15:52.space. Vettel cut mark's knows offer a little bit on the exit.
:15:52. > :15:58.Ricciardo impasses di Resta. Daniel Ricciardo in the Toro Rosso, they
:15:58. > :16:02.seem to have found some great pace. He is up to fifth position.
:16:02. > :16:09.Worthington's struggling somewhat, being chased out by Jean-Eric
:16:09. > :16:15.Vergne. He will be delighted to be in the points at this early stage.
:16:15. > :16:20.Still a long way to go. Bruno Senna is still in eighth place. But now
:16:20. > :16:28.he is being chased by Sebastian Vettel. Then Webber followed by
:16:28. > :16:38.Massa and then Nico Rosberg. Petrov is in 13th place and Karthikeyan is
:16:38. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:45.in 14th place. We've lost a lot of cars from this race already. Alonso,
:16:46. > :16:51.Hamilton, Grosjean. Picking up on what I was saying about Force India
:16:51. > :16:56.on the different tyres, if I look at Michael Schumacher and Nico
:16:56. > :17:02.Rosberg, as we see the Vettel getting right underneath the
:17:02. > :17:10.gearbox of Bruno Senna. Will he have the opportunity? Will he go on
:17:10. > :17:16.the inside? Senna is good on the brakes. Not this time. He was that
:17:16. > :17:22.in the pits? I think it is di Resta. He has bailed out on the option
:17:23. > :17:28.tyres. He will be putting hard tyres on. Paul di Resta, the
:17:28. > :17:33.sidewall on the tyres will tell us. Is fit his silver writing, it is a
:17:33. > :17:40.harder tyres. -- if it is. Hulkenberg is still running in
:17:40. > :17:46.second place in this race. Senna is now under pressure from Vettel.
:17:47. > :17:54.Here comes the world champion! He just can't do it. He is in the rev
:17:54. > :17:58.limiter, that is the problem with the DRS Open. If you are racing,
:17:58. > :18:05.and I think there's been a change of position in front, Schumacher is
:18:05. > :18:10.in front of Raikkonen. Why couldn't is really struggling. We thought
:18:10. > :18:18.the Lotus would be shining in the sun at Spa. This is how Michael
:18:18. > :18:27.Tippett. Around the outside. He put it over the curve to keep out of
:18:27. > :18:34.the way. Good clean stuff. When they run into the corner... Was
:18:34. > :18:44.there initially at this pit stop? - - it was there n Issue? Very slow
:18:44. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:57.around the outside of Sernar. He moves back over to make sure Senate
:18:57. > :19:02.doesn't shut the door. Vettel moves into 6th -- fifth place. Hulkenberg
:19:02. > :19:08.has just moved into the pits. It means Michael Schumacher is now
:19:08. > :19:13.second in this race to Jenson Button. Button is to allow there.
:19:13. > :19:18.Hulkenberg back out on the softer compound tyre. He has to use that
:19:18. > :19:22.higher at some point. He has decided to use it now. Interesting
:19:22. > :19:27.decision by the team. They will be getting feedback on how his car
:19:27. > :19:33.performs. Vettel done this successfully with Webber and does
:19:33. > :19:40.it with Senna. Senna was very fair. It looks like Vettel needs to take
:19:40. > :19:44.these tyres as long as he can. The extra speed through Blanchmont and
:19:44. > :19:53.then it is battle of the braking. Senna leaving him just enough room
:19:53. > :20:01.around the outside. I've tried to finish the sentence a few times.
:20:01. > :20:09.Rosberg is being hounded by Raikkonen. I will finish! Vettel
:20:09. > :20:13.have to try to raise four as long as he can on these tyres. If he now
:20:13. > :20:17.does a couple of laps and pits, he will come out behind Webber and the
:20:17. > :20:25.extra effort to get past Senna will not do much for him because it will
:20:25. > :20:30.be too long and is Grand Prix to do it on one set of tyres. Kimi
:20:30. > :20:37.Raikkonen is going quickly behind Nico Rosberg. But the other Lotus
:20:37. > :20:43.is out. It was involved in that first-corner accident. Lee McKenzie
:20:43. > :20:46.is with Romain Grosjean. Can you tell us the view from your seat?
:20:46. > :20:54.had a good start and then a big boom but there are no more. I don't
:20:54. > :20:57.know, I haven't seen the footage. The main thing is we are all OK.
:20:58. > :21:06.you think you moved over to quickly? I don't know, I haven't
:21:06. > :21:09.seen the footage for top you're OK. Yes. Romain Grosjean be involved in
:21:09. > :21:18.the first corner accident that a cut Fernando Alonso and Lewis
:21:18. > :21:23.Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel coming up behind the Toro Rosso. It looks
:21:23. > :21:28.like a fairly straightforward pass. He has got in front of the Toro
:21:28. > :21:36.Rosso. It shows how comparable the cars are. Here comes Raikkonen on
:21:36. > :21:42.Rosberg. This was further down. Raikkonen is still coming through
:21:42. > :21:52.the order. It looks as though he is on a two stock strategy. Button Ann
:21:52. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:05.Schumacher, perhaps they will try position. Hulkenberg was sewing --
:22:05. > :22:12.going so well earlier. Gary, let's have I think. The contrast of two
:22:12. > :22:16.stops against one stock. We are on lap 15 ft up halfway of them raised
:22:16. > :22:22.his lap 22. Vettel and Schumacher have just done the fastest laps of
:22:22. > :22:28.the race. The softer tyre is lasting if you're looking after it
:22:28. > :22:35.well. Jenson Button hasn't really lost anything. The tyres are being
:22:35. > :22:45.a lot more durable than people expected. Button leader -- Button's
:22:45. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:49.lead over Schumacher up his 3.6 seconds. Mercedes against Force
:22:49. > :22:58.India. Hulkenberg going right around the outside, but from too
:22:58. > :23:03.far back. Rosberg knows what to do. But slow out of the turn.
:23:03. > :23:13.Hulkenberg Go to the outside will try to do it. Hulkenberg has
:23:13. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:19.completed it. My goodness! There was contact. Karthikeyan.
:23:19. > :23:23.Kovalainen gets released and clipped the back of the HRT.
:23:24. > :23:29.There's a rule in place, you can't release your car if there's a car
:23:29. > :23:35.in front of you in the pit lane that has crossed a certain point. A
:23:35. > :23:45.mistake from the Caterham crew. board with Jenson Button. Gary,
:23:45. > :23:45.
:23:46. > :23:50.Vettel is going quite quickly. Button, fantastic, very stable. I
:23:50. > :23:58.think we are talking about the fact that the safety car meant the tyres
:23:58. > :24:04.would go further. Look at this! Vettel trying to get past
:24:04. > :24:10.Schumacher. Schumacher locked up. Schumacher comes then! He almost a
:24:10. > :24:13.car Vettel by coming into the pit lane! Remarkable stuff, that is one
:24:13. > :24:19.of the difficulties with the pit lane here. Vettel tried to get a
:24:19. > :24:26.good run. But Schumacher, fighting for every piece of track position,
:24:26. > :24:34.quite rightly. It caught Vettel by surprise. That is what you're
:24:34. > :24:38.saying, Gary. Michael was losing ground. The team were ready for him
:24:38. > :24:46.to come in. It wasn't just because Vettel was making a whatever of
:24:46. > :24:53.himself. He was coming in any way. Vettel is going quite quickly with
:24:53. > :25:03.these tyres. 20 laps old. Still doing a very good job. Vettel is
:25:03. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:14.still a threat. He is best placed hasn't made a pit stop and he has
:25:14. > :25:18.come from the back of the field. Tough for him to race against
:25:18. > :25:24.people with much fresher tyres. has done a good job. He is quick
:25:24. > :25:29.where he needs to be. He opened the gap and that allows him to take the
:25:29. > :25:33.mantle from Jarno Trulli. We have got Schumacher, the door is open,
:25:33. > :25:38.but he leaves enough room for Vettel and then decides to go into
:25:38. > :25:45.the pits. Vettel was completely caught out and has a little moment
:25:45. > :25:52.to himself. Great stuff! Jenson Button is coming in for a pit-stop.
:25:52. > :26:02.There's only one McLaren in this race. Lap 20. That was surely the
:26:02. > :26:07.target. Harder compound tyres. He has done a brilliant first stint,
:26:07. > :26:11.Button. He just has to keep it under control. A beautiful pit stop,
:26:11. > :26:17.too 0.6 seconds. Those pitstop dramas from McLaren at the start of
:26:17. > :26:23.the year seemed to be behind them. It brings him out in front, I
:26:23. > :26:30.believe, of Sebastian Vettel. That gives him... Rosberg is coming in.
:26:30. > :26:35.He has given up on those tyres. A good effort from him. I think that
:26:35. > :26:40.pit stop equals the record stop for a tyre change. 2.6 seconds. Button
:26:40. > :26:45.has come out in front of Vettel. That tells you the level of
:26:45. > :26:49.dominance from Jenson this afternoon. Amazing. They could
:26:49. > :26:55.bring him out in front after a pit stop. Now that Rosberg has
:26:55. > :26:58.disappeared into the pits, we have di Resta against Jean-Eric Vergne.
:26:58. > :27:06.Senna is behind them in the Williams. The only remaining
:27:06. > :27:09.Williams after we lost Maldonado. The young Frenchman, whose score
:27:09. > :27:14.points in the second round of the championship in Malaysia, but has
:27:14. > :27:17.been out of luck since then, and Toro Rosso have struggled for pace,
:27:17. > :27:22.there's an opportunity for them to score points, but it will not be
:27:22. > :27:26.easy. Force India will be disappointed that they can't fend
:27:26. > :27:33.off the Toro Rosso at this stage of the race. Hulkenberg is up in
:27:33. > :27:41.fourth place. Button still leads this race and Vettel is in second
:27:41. > :27:45.place. Paul di Resta is struggling for balance on both compound of
:27:45. > :27:55.tyres. This is a replay of Massa cutting vicar up at the top of Eau
:27:55. > :27:56.
:27:56. > :28:02.Rouge. Anything pass by the looks of it. -- NEC pass. I'm not sure
:28:02. > :28:10.that deserved a slow motion from the director. Vettel is into the
:28:10. > :28:19.pits for his one and only stop. We think Webber will be on two stocks.
:28:19. > :28:24.-- stops. Vettel will come up behind his team-mate, but he is on
:28:24. > :28:28.a different strategy. That was a long pit stop. It will be nip and
:28:28. > :28:33.tuck with that battle we were watching. Does he have enough
:28:33. > :28:38.momentum to stay in front of the Toro Rosso? He certainly has in the
:28:38. > :28:46.run into Eau Rouge. He needs to carry it over the exit. But the
:28:46. > :28:51.Toro Rosso will be in the DRS activations own. So will Schumacher.
:28:51. > :28:56.Co up the hill they come. A little look around, but nobody is going to
:28:56. > :29:00.make a real move. Sebastian Vettel is locked into position, sixth
:29:00. > :29:05.place. But he will go through to the end of the race on the set of
:29:05. > :29:09.tyres. He managed on the softer tyres so it shouldn't be a problem
:29:09. > :29:15.for top RADIO: People are one stopping this so we need a to make
:29:15. > :29:22.a two stop. Nico Hulkenberg being told how it
:29:22. > :29:28.is developing around him. I hope that is an odd message. -- old
:29:28. > :29:33.message. By ensure they are fully on top of what is going on. -- I'm
:29:33. > :29:36.sure. I'm sure there's some psychology when you tell people
:29:37. > :29:41.what is happening. You tell them immediately!
:29:41. > :29:46.RADIO: You are managing the tie as well. You are still pulling away
:29:46. > :29:56.from Raikkonen. Your paces good. All well and good for Jenson Button.
:29:56. > :30:03.
:30:03. > :30:07.He has a bit of traffic to deal Also, Heikki Kovalainen. They are
:30:07. > :30:14.having their own battle, after Heikki Kovalainen's problems.
:30:14. > :30:20.Sebastian Vettel will be under the gearbox of Mark Webber. Quibble see
:30:20. > :30:27.who is coming in. Nico Hulkenberg, and Mark Webber. Their second pit
:30:27. > :30:34.stops. We knew they had to make them. They will have good tyres
:30:34. > :30:40.entered the end. All of the teams are stopping at the same time, 3.2
:30:40. > :30:47.seconds for Red Bull, 3.7 seconds for Force India, but they still got
:30:47. > :30:53.Nico Hulkenberg out ahead. He is ahead of the Jean-Eric Vergne,
:30:53. > :30:58.Bruno Senna, Nico Rosberg. Mark Webber behind the Toro Rosso.
:30:58. > :31:06.Another look at this release. As Felipe Massa comes in and the Red
:31:06. > :31:11.Bull is released. He little reaction from the McLaren guys.
:31:11. > :31:16.What I would like his every play, because you could see the market
:31:16. > :31:23.board that is some way beyond the have Red Bull pit garage, which is
:31:23. > :31:30.what the chief mechanic would have used. Narain Karthikeyan! He has
:31:30. > :31:36.gone off. Up to not know how that was initiated, but he has hit the
:31:36. > :31:43.barrier. That is at the bottom part of the circuit. Kimi Raikkonen and
:31:43. > :31:49.Michael Schumacher. Will they be able to get the car recovered? This
:31:49. > :31:55.is where Kimi Raikkonen crashed. A few years ago. He has done it!
:31:55. > :32:01.fantastic move by Kimi Raikkonen. The get past Michael Schumacher.
:32:01. > :32:05.Behind them, Nico Hulkenberg and Mark Webber. He does not decide to
:32:05. > :32:15.go for a late lunge. Mark Webber still looking for the opportunity
:32:15. > :32:17.
:32:17. > :32:24.to get a good run. Nico Hulkenberg, side by side. He will try to pick
:32:24. > :32:32.up the DRS, as they come over the hill. Mercedes engine power for
:32:32. > :32:37.both cars. The veteran, Michael Schumacher... Michael Schumacher
:32:37. > :32:42.takes the position. He uses the dr restaurant to get back in front of
:32:42. > :32:47.Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi Raikkonen has got a high downforce set-up. But he
:32:47. > :32:57.is a sitting duck when they come to the high-speed sections. He has got
:32:57. > :32:58.
:32:58. > :33:07.to overtake earlier in the lap. This is the HRT. Yes, it is just at
:33:07. > :33:12.the top of the hill. He has put a wheel on the dirt. That at the
:33:12. > :33:17.difference in the speed. Michael Schumacher takes the position
:33:17. > :33:23.easily. Kimi Raikkonen getting close to the back of the Mercedes.
:33:23. > :33:29.It is a difficult place. He will be in dirty air. Can he carried the
:33:29. > :33:38.speed again through Blanchmont and pass into the chicane? Heat is very
:33:38. > :33:44.close off. Mark Webber as well. is shaping up to pass. It will be
:33:44. > :33:51.tight. Pedro de la Rosa, he will try to keep out of the way, but it
:33:51. > :33:59.is hard to do so. Nico Hulkenberg is defending. Pedro de la Rosa gets
:33:59. > :34:09.out of the way. The frustration for Kimi Raikkonen. A lock-up for
:34:09. > :34:14.Michael Schumacher. RADIO: Michael is on a one stop. He is going to
:34:14. > :34:24.have a go at Eau Rouge! What they moved from Kimi Raikkonen! Nico
:34:24. > :34:28.Hulkenberg will get a run as well! That was brave from Kimi Raikkonen.
:34:28. > :34:33.Nico Hulkenberg tries to take Michael Schumacher. Kimi Raikkonen
:34:33. > :34:41.making the move. We saw Mark Webber make the move on Fernando Alonso
:34:41. > :34:46.last year. Mark Webber is trying to get past Nico Hulkenberg. In the
:34:46. > :34:51.background, Felipe Massa. He is trying to go round the outside. He
:34:51. > :34:56.has to settle in behind again. Fantastic racing for the podium
:34:56. > :35:01.positions. Jenson Button continues to control the race. Felipe Massa
:35:01. > :35:06.definitely catching the group. is benefiting from them using heaps
:35:06. > :35:12.of time. Kimi Raikkonen released his KERS down the hill. Michael
:35:12. > :35:22.Schumacher for better of it. Nico Hulkenberg had a tank Slapper. He
:35:22. > :35:33.
:35:33. > :35:41.did not know where Michael was. Raikkonen, he knew that was his
:35:41. > :35:44.opportunity. Wonderful stuff from Kimi Raikkonen. The two great
:35:44. > :35:50.curving head-to-head. Nico Hulkenberg trying to get past
:35:50. > :35:58.Michael Schumacher. Mark Webber is tucked in behind. It is Mercedes
:35:58. > :36:04.against Poor's India against third ball against Ferrari. -- against a
:36:04. > :36:09.Force India against Red Bull. Nico Hulkenberg has passed Michael
:36:09. > :36:13.Schumacher. A brilliant manoeuvre. That takes a lot of confidence and
:36:13. > :36:17.commitment to go around the outside of any driver. Michael was fair on
:36:18. > :36:25.the exit of the corner, he could have looked to the right and gone
:36:25. > :36:32.left and made it difficult. He is coming back. He has done it! The
:36:32. > :36:38.double DRS that Mercedes have, perhaps it is working today. Gary
:36:38. > :36:42.Anderson, that Mercedes seems so good in that zone. It has got a
:36:43. > :36:47.better drag reduction, because of the double DRS. I have got my
:36:47. > :36:57.questions about the lap times, but Michael has been out there since
:36:57. > :37:06.lap 20. Nico Hulkenberg's tyres are eight laps newer. It will get
:37:06. > :37:10.dodgier. RADIO: 10 laps remaining. They will have to go to two stops.
:37:10. > :37:14.That looks as though they will have to switch in the closing stages of
:37:14. > :37:24.the race. They have tried to go for one stop, but they may not be able
:37:24. > :37:31.to do that. That will bring him out just behind Felipe Massa.
:37:31. > :37:37.Actually... Let me get back to you on that. It could be worse. Here
:37:37. > :37:44.comes Nico Hulkenberg. He will try to go round the outside. He bought
:37:44. > :37:49.the insight -- he holds the insider. The extra pit stop for Michael
:37:49. > :37:54.Schumacher. Mark Webber is in trouble, Felipe Massa was right
:37:54. > :38:01.appears gearbox. We know that Felipe Massa has been quick through
:38:01. > :38:05.the first sector. He has a lot more top speed than the Red Bull. Felipe
:38:05. > :38:15.Massa looks like he might be close enough. Nico Hulkenberg has
:38:15. > :38:15.
:38:15. > :38:23.breathing space. He has got a really good run going, Felipe Massa.
:38:23. > :38:27.Can Mark Webber defend? Felipe Massa claims the spot. The Ferrari
:38:27. > :38:31.is looking very good in a straight line, and Ferrari are desperate for
:38:31. > :38:41.Felipe Massa to deliver today, particularly with Fernando Alonso
:38:41. > :38:42.
:38:42. > :38:50.in trouble. That was Jean-Eric Vergne. Side-by-side! Nico Rosberg
:38:50. > :38:54.tried to fend him off. He has lost two places. There will be honour at
:38:54. > :38:59.stake between the Toro Rosso drivers to be the first today.
:38:59. > :39:05.is a good weekend for them. It is amazing, when you get clear air at
:39:05. > :39:09.the front of a Grand Prix race, it allows you to race way you qualify,
:39:09. > :39:16.effectively, or way you finish the first lap. A good performance from
:39:16. > :39:26.them. Michael has emerged again. He has just in front of Bruno Senna.
:39:26. > :39:33.Nico Rosberg fighting it as hard as he could have. He is losing grip.
:39:33. > :39:41.Nothing moved. He tried to fend it off. He tried to push the Toro
:39:41. > :39:46.Rosso as much as he could. But he was able to take the position. We
:39:46. > :39:51.do not see much of Franz Tost, the Toro Rosso team principal. He is
:39:51. > :39:55.barking instructions to his young drivers. He is quite brittle with
:39:55. > :40:00.the way he treats the drivers. They will be getting doggie biscuits
:40:00. > :40:05.today for good behaviour. Jenson Button looks very comfortable in
:40:05. > :40:10.front. We were talking earlier, we have not really seen such a
:40:10. > :40:18.dominant display this year. We have to think back to China, Nico
:40:18. > :40:25.Rosberg. It is difficult to imagine now, but he was equally dominant
:40:25. > :40:31.all weekend. When you just find the sweet spot within your own car in
:40:31. > :40:34.your own space, you are invincible. Jenson Button Getting there pole
:40:34. > :40:40.position yesterday, around a track like Spa-Francorchamps, it was
:40:40. > :40:46.almost as good as winning a Grand Prix. He is not challenged, he can
:40:46. > :40:52.add his 14th victory in 4 min one. He will move above you in the grand
:40:52. > :41:02.scheme of things, at last! The victory coming earlier in the year,
:41:02. > :41:09.so he will be another repeat winner. If they finish where they are now,
:41:10. > :41:15.Sebastian Vettel would be on 140 points,... The Red Bull cars would
:41:15. > :41:21.be very much in the hunt. Lewis Hamilton failing to score today, he
:41:21. > :41:26.will drop back a little bit. He is on 117 points. It is hard for him
:41:26. > :41:32.to come out of this with any positives. The accident was started
:41:32. > :41:37.in an incident between himself and Romain Grosjean. There was contact
:41:37. > :41:43.between the Lotus and the McLaren, and it all went crazy from there.
:41:43. > :41:47.All of the drivers are OK, though, the most important news. The lead
:41:47. > :41:57.was 14.3 seconds the last time around. Another competitive lap
:41:57. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:01.time, 1:54.6. He has been through such a tough time this year. He
:42:01. > :42:05.started the season so strong plea, he had the victory in Melbourne, he
:42:05. > :42:11.looked strong in Malaysia, but they've really had a dip, they
:42:11. > :42:18.could not get a handle on his car. But look at this, he is dominating.
:42:18. > :42:27.He has found the sweet spot. It seemed to come from nowhere. RADIO:
:42:27. > :42:31.We need to pick up the pace a little bit. Full power. He is
:42:32. > :42:39.running with an engine note that is the tuned. That will be costing him
:42:39. > :42:44.a few tenths of a second. He is down on KERS. Paul di Resta has a
:42:44. > :42:54.failed KERS system, so that might explain why he is running in tenth
:42:54. > :43:00.place. He is shy of Nico Hulkenberg. The KERS is the extra 80 horsepower.
:43:00. > :43:08.It is worth a lot of time. Kimi Raikkonen response. A lot of
:43:08. > :43:12.oversteer. Sebastian Vettel coming through. He has done a good job, I
:43:12. > :43:17.would say, to only be 14 seconds behind Jenson Button, considering
:43:17. > :43:22.where he was at the restart. Jenson Button has been pacing this Grand
:43:22. > :43:27.Prix. A sign of a great driver, when you can come back from
:43:27. > :43:32.difficult situations. Sebastian Vettel was 11th on the grid, so a
:43:32. > :43:40.second place would be tremendous. Fernando Alonso did a similar job
:43:40. > :43:45.in Valencia. The final lap. Jenson Button has seen nobody around him.
:43:45. > :43:50.He got off the line beautifully, he was well ahead of the drama that
:43:50. > :43:56.unfolded behind him. Ever since then, he has opened up the gap, he
:43:56. > :44:00.has maintained the gap, he has looked after his tyres. He has
:44:00. > :44:05.seemed to need an extra set of tyres at times this year, but he
:44:05. > :44:10.has looked after the tyres to perfection. The upgrades, we saw
:44:10. > :44:15.how strong he was in Germany, Hungary was not so good, but the
:44:15. > :44:20.upgrades, combined with set-up changes, he is back at his best.
:44:20. > :44:26.When he is on form, he is unbeatable. We said before, he is
:44:26. > :44:34.usually the master of changing conditions. Not for the first time,
:44:34. > :44:37.when it has been down to a decision on separate, he leads the way.
:44:37. > :44:41.Lewis Hamilton is very vocal about the fact that they could not get
:44:41. > :44:46.his particular type of wind working, and they went in the other
:44:46. > :44:51.direction. They will be some head- scratching. A disappointing weekend
:44:51. > :44:56.for McLaren on one side, with Lewis Hamilton going out on the first lap,
:44:56. > :45:02.but a fantastic way for Lewis Hamilton -- Jenson Button to
:45:02. > :45:07.celebrate his 50th Grand Prix for McLaren. He had a great season last
:45:07. > :45:11.year, he beat Lewis Hamilton in terms of the championship.
:45:11. > :45:16.Sebastian Vettel was always going to win the championship last year,
:45:16. > :45:20.but Jenson Button has never won here before, so it will be a first
:45:20. > :45:26.win for him. Jenson Button coming into the final corner. It has been
:45:26. > :45:31.a remarkable summer for British sport. Jenson Button takes victory
:45:31. > :45:37.at Spa-Francorchamps, his second win of the season. It is his 14th
:45:37. > :45:41.career victory. A masterful performance by Jenson Button. He
:45:42. > :45:51.dominates the event. Sebastian Vettel finishes behind, but a great
:45:51. > :45:57.recovery. He finishes second, and he moves closer to Fernando Alonso.
:45:57. > :46:01.Kimi Raikkonen is coming through in third place. Nico Hulkenberg, a
:46:01. > :46:07.brilliant fourth place. Fifth place, Felipe Massa, sixth place, Mark
:46:07. > :46:14.Webber, he will be frustrated not to have got more. Jenson Button
:46:14. > :46:21.finding a different route back. might not have been able to pass
:46:21. > :46:27.him on the track, but he sneaks past. They drive down the pit lane
:46:27. > :46:37.the wrong way. They park their cars, and David is go to the podium. The
:46:37. > :46:42.rest go to parc ferme. He conceded various team members clapping. They
:46:42. > :46:48.are applauding at Jenson Button. A big cheer for Nico Hulkenberg, a
:46:48. > :46:53.good drive from him. A fantastic performance for Jenson Button. He
:46:53. > :46:57.was asked if he would support Lewis Hamilton, and he said, and only if
:46:57. > :47:02.I cannot mathematically when this, but I am still in the fight. What
:47:03. > :47:07.better way to show that? This is what he wanted to do, he won the
:47:07. > :47:17.first race of the season, he won the first race of the second part
:47:17. > :47:22.
:47:22. > :47:28.of the season. It is the 75th win for McLaren-Mercedes. Jenson Button
:47:28. > :47:36.soaks it up. It is the 14th victory of his career. It is time to
:47:36. > :47:46.celebrate the murmured with the champagne. -- to celebrate the
:47:46. > :47:52.
:47:52. > :48:02.moment. Sebastian Vettel moves up to a second place in the
:48:02. > :48:04.
:48:04. > :48:08.2012. It was some race. He was the man to
:48:08. > :48:12.beat today and nobody could manage it. He was happy, but less good
:48:12. > :48:17.news for two other drivers. Romain Grosjean did not finish because he
:48:17. > :48:20.was involved at the start. He has been banned from the Italian Grand
:48:20. > :48:26.Prix for causing that serious accident that could have had nasty
:48:26. > :48:30.consequences. As for Maldonado, I'm afraid more penalties for him. He
:48:30. > :48:34.takes apply it -- five place penalty for jumping the start and a
:48:34. > :48:44.further drop for later in the lap he crashed into Timo Glock. This is
:48:44. > :49:05.
:49:05. > :49:12.Let's hear from the main players. Congratulations. A great win and a
:49:12. > :49:16.dominating style. Thank you. It was a great race. The first turn was
:49:16. > :49:22.pretty crazy. I could see quite a lot in my mirrors. Cars all over
:49:22. > :49:29.the place and then I was trying to keep Raikkonen behind me. Then the
:49:29. > :49:34.safety car came out. The rest of the race was nice, driving around,
:49:34. > :49:39.enjoying the scenery. Never as easy as it might look! The car felt good
:49:39. > :49:45.today and it was unusual to do a one stop. If was that all is the
:49:45. > :49:51.strategy? I didn't really know the strategy. Without testing it is
:49:51. > :49:55.tough to know. Very difficult to know which one. We got a lap 12 and
:49:56. > :50:00.the guys asked how it was feeling. The balance had got better. They
:50:00. > :50:06.said let's keep going and luckily we got a lap 19 or 20 and then
:50:06. > :50:09.pitted. He was good. But you never really know how well you're going
:50:09. > :50:16.for top of the guys were saying their lap times were good, but
:50:16. > :50:22.behind people were doing two stops. It was a bit mixed up. Higgledy-
:50:22. > :50:26.piggledy seems to be the word of the weekend! It was a great race.
:50:26. > :50:31.Higgledy-piggledy could be the word of the season! With the points to
:50:31. > :50:36.ring and fro-ing, do you still think the championship is within
:50:36. > :50:43.reach? I thought that before this weekend. I definitely feel it now.
:50:43. > :50:48.All the talk of fighting for the championship or sitting back to
:50:48. > :50:52.help someone else, no. We are racing drivers, we want to win and
:50:52. > :50:56.do the best we can. I'm a massive team player and I really want the
:50:56. > :50:59.team to be well and hopefully we will fight for the constructors as
:50:59. > :51:05.well, but until I can't fight for the championship, I will not give
:51:05. > :51:08.up. The start was poor, I lost a lot of positions. Even though I
:51:08. > :51:14.gained positions in the first corner because people crashed into
:51:14. > :51:19.each other, I was probably the only one who managed to lose places in
:51:19. > :51:24.the first lap. It was tough. Then it was a tough fight to come back,
:51:24. > :51:30.but the car worked, we had the pace. It was fun to overtake and a fund
:51:30. > :51:35.raised. Great to be on the podium and pick up a trophy. It wasn't
:51:35. > :51:41.easy, the car was quite difficult to handle. Not an easy weekend and
:51:41. > :51:48.I still finished third. Catching up in the championship. Not ideal, but
:51:48. > :51:53.this is what we got today. That was a long and hard battle for a single
:51:53. > :51:57.point. How was your race? I was a sitting duck for the whole race.
:51:58. > :52:01.Half-an-hour before the race we had a KERS failure in the garage. That
:52:01. > :52:08.is not ideal for top there's nothing you can do to overtake and
:52:08. > :52:12.nothing you can do to defend. You are giving away time on each lap.
:52:12. > :52:16.There's a trackway you need to pull up the hill, and it wasn't to be.
:52:16. > :52:21.The car balance was good, but however close somebody was to me, I
:52:21. > :52:26.was the one who was always there was one off. Lewis, great to see
:52:26. > :52:32.you are OK. It looked quite scary. Tell us about the start. I don't
:52:32. > :52:37.want to talk about the start. People can see what happened. Huge
:52:37. > :52:41.congratulations to Jenson. Fantastic race. Just very, very
:52:41. > :52:50.much like a walk in the part for him. Great to see that the team had
:52:50. > :52:54.the pace. I have to get that from my car in the next race. He will
:52:54. > :52:59.fans will be happy that you unfit - - you are fit and well, not shaken
:52:59. > :53:02.up. I've had a lot worse than that. You could watch the race, are you
:53:02. > :53:10.were able to learn much when you are sitting and looking at your
:53:10. > :53:17.rivals? No. For good to see you're OK. You still have a smile on your
:53:17. > :53:26.face. Canute lead us what happened at the start of the race? It was
:53:26. > :53:32.Maldonado, a surprise, and he was already P3. It was a big jump start,
:53:32. > :53:39.I think. Our star was good, we have it at the Saubers and we were in
:53:39. > :53:47.third position. Then I felt the train coming. A big hit. I stayed
:53:47. > :53:52.in the car for a few seconds because I had back pain. Then there
:53:52. > :53:55.was a little bit of fire in became so they cut -- in the car so they
:53:55. > :54:01.came with extinguishers. I jumped out because I could not brief with
:54:01. > :54:06.the smoke. He -- could not brief. Now we are here. Let's talk to
:54:06. > :54:13.David about today's Grand Prix. As a winner of the spot from bishons
:54:13. > :54:18.Grand Prix a few years ago, how will Jenson be feeling? The that it
:54:18. > :54:24.was 60 races since he was last on pole position and he said it felt
:54:24. > :54:27.almost like a victory. This track is steeped in history. To win here
:54:27. > :54:33.is an amazing feeling because you know you join a long list of true
:54:33. > :54:37.greats. For a circuit has stayed the same for a long time, but what
:54:37. > :54:42.hasn't his safety. If that crash had happened in 1950, it would not
:54:42. > :54:46.have been such a positive outcome. A gentle reminder that in Formula
:54:46. > :54:52.One it is all about safety. It is indeed an for cars have improved
:54:52. > :54:56.significantly over the years. I have to say, this was down to the
:54:56. > :55:01.fact that the contact of the Lotus on the Ferrari chassis of Alonso
:55:01. > :55:04.was just in front of the cockpit. Had it been further back, no amount
:55:04. > :55:09.of strength in their cars would have protected Alonso. A nasty
:55:09. > :55:13.incident. Thankfully no one was injured, but it has shaken up the
:55:13. > :55:17.championship. It took Alonso and Hamilton out of the reckoning and
:55:17. > :55:21.it has shaken up the championship in that it has been a great result
:55:21. > :55:25.for Vettel. Red Bull have had a strong weekend after a difficult
:55:25. > :55:28.qualifying for top they have extended the lead in the
:55:28. > :55:33.construction championship -- Constructors' Championship. But the
:55:33. > :55:38.glory is with the Drivers' Championship. They have reduced the
:55:38. > :55:44.gap to 24 points between Alonso and Vettel. He was very vocal ahead of
:55:44. > :55:48.this weekend, saying he doesn't have the best car. Arguably,
:55:48. > :55:51.depending on the conditions, McLaren and Red Bull have the
:55:51. > :55:56.strongest package. What it has shaken things up at the front, but
:55:56. > :56:02.also in midfield. An impressive weekend for Toro Rosso and Force
:56:02. > :56:09.India. This is the topsy-turvy nature of 2000 Twell Formula One.
:56:09. > :56:14.Saba was strong in the middle of the lap. -- Sauber were strong. It
:56:14. > :56:20.allowed the Saubers and Toro Rossos to go well during the Drumcree.
:56:20. > :56:24.great weekend. Once again, at Spa has managed to deliver better news.
:56:24. > :56:29.Formula one's have only a week to wait before another legendary
:56:29. > :56:35.circuit, Monza. See you there for the Italian Grand Prix. Magnificent
:56:35. > :56:40.Spa enter day this ribbon of tarmac looks resplendent. Far away we go!
:56:40. > :56:50.He has hit the latest! Grows on over the top of Alonso. Alonso was