The Brazilian Grand Prix

:00:20. > :00:30.Previously on F1... Oh, wow! This is fabulous. That is tight - so

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:00:30. > :01:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:01:28. > :01:38.close. It throws the Championship We have lift off! Clear! More men

:01:38. > :01:42.have been into space than have stood on top of a Formula One

:01:42. > :01:50.podium. You are looking good! Fernando de Alonso and Sebastian

:01:50. > :01:55.Vettel have been there 50 times. It is an even more remarkable feat to

:01:55. > :02:04.be crowned champion of the world. Only 32 men can have claimed to

:02:04. > :02:11.have learned that - including a Fernando Alonso and Sebastian

:02:11. > :02:21.Vettel. How many men have managed it three times? Just eight drivers.

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:02:23. > :02:29.Welcome to the day wet Interlagos makes it nine. There are so many

:02:29. > :02:39.unknowns between now and the falling of the flag. The weather.

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:02:41. > :02:48.Other drivers. Being your own worst enemy. Very, very sorry. So many

:02:48. > :02:55.questions. So many variables. Apart from one. Everything rests on the

:02:55. > :03:05.last race of the year. 25 times the title has been won on the last day

:03:05. > :03:09.

:03:09. > :03:15.of the season. Today, it will be 26. You know, somebody once said that

:03:15. > :03:19.in life you get big days and you get small days. For so many reasons,

:03:19. > :03:24.today is definitely a big day. The day when the Formula One title will

:03:24. > :03:34.be given away to Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel. Welcome to

:03:34. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :03:43.Interlaken in Brazil. -- Interlagos. They have decided to put the chain

:03:43. > :03:53.on just as we have gone on air. How did you feel when you were Cup?

:03:53. > :04:00.date is special. -- you woke up. I felt privileged. This will be the

:04:00. > :04:05.end of the 63rd Championship. We will have a new world champion. It

:04:05. > :04:10.is either Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso. It is the climax

:04:10. > :04:18.of an unbelievable season. This probably has been the greatest

:04:19. > :04:24.season in my recollection of Formula One. 20 times the sheer --

:04:24. > :04:32.this year fans have listened to that music. You have seen many

:04:32. > :04:40.races where the title has been won. I am nervous. More nervous than

:04:40. > :04:46.when I was racing. You do not lose that. It was a dream to be a driver

:04:46. > :04:51.in Formula One. One of these greats - Sebastian Vettel and Fernando

:04:51. > :04:57.Alonso are great drivers. One of them will walk away with the title.

:04:57. > :05:02.I want to fast-forward to the end. I do not know if it is the music or

:05:02. > :05:08.the magic in the air but there is something special, isn't there?

:05:08. > :05:13.were told we would have a deluge. Some people said we might have to

:05:13. > :05:20.cancel the race until the Monday. Anything can happen in Interlagos.

:05:20. > :05:28.It is a cauldron of everything weather-wise. I think we will have

:05:28. > :05:34.rain at some stage in this race. There was blue-sky earlier on. It

:05:34. > :05:39.is looking more and more like rain now. David Coulthard has said he is

:05:39. > :05:45.a rather nervous man. Two men arriving here today are more

:05:45. > :05:49.nervous than him. Here they are - Fernando Alonso and Sebastian

:05:49. > :05:53.Vettel. They are the centre of attention. We're counting down to

:05:53. > :05:57.the start of the grand prix this season for the final time. One of

:05:57. > :06:07.them will leave here as the youngest ever three-time Formula

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:06:07. > :07:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:07:13. > :07:18.One world champion and the members Hold back the tears. We have a long

:07:18. > :07:22.way to go. By the end of it, perhaps the man driving that car

:07:22. > :07:26.will be a member of that very exclusive club. Fernando Alonso

:07:26. > :07:31.will also be gearing up and hoping he will be a member of that club by

:07:31. > :07:36.the end of the day. What would it mean to be a member of that club?

:07:36. > :07:43.It confirms their status as greats in the sport. There should be no

:07:43. > :07:48.doubt about that. It will be the 9th only three-time winner and that

:07:48. > :07:54.is remarkable. Whoever does it, they will be the youngest ever

:07:54. > :07:58.triple world champion. The benchmark is getting higher all the

:07:58. > :08:02.time. Maybe that comparison is a bit unfair. Michael Schumacher

:08:03. > :08:08.brought a new element to this business. He was fitter, faster and

:08:08. > :08:12.more exciting. He was more dedicated and he raised the bar.

:08:12. > :08:19.Lewis Hamilton started racing when he was seven. That was never

:08:19. > :08:24.possible in our day. Give credit to that family, he raised the bar. Now

:08:24. > :08:29.these two young guys, one of them will be three times world champion.

:08:29. > :08:35.That raises the bar again. I do not know where this will wind-up but it

:08:35. > :08:40.is a daunting situation. My Arc Webber was not even in Formula One

:08:40. > :08:49.by the time he was the age of Sebastian Vettel. That puts him in

:08:49. > :08:56.an even more exclusive club. They will be taking away d'Angers ever

:08:56. > :09:03.triple world title from Ayrton Senna. -- the youngest ever. When

:09:03. > :09:08.you mention hold back the tears, you cannot help but fight the

:09:08. > :09:13.emotion when you see Ayrton Senna and when he was winning in Brazil.

:09:13. > :09:18.That passion will boil over this afternoon. The come with me for

:09:18. > :09:23.just a second. 50 minutes to go until lights out. There are rules

:09:23. > :09:29.and one is you are not meant to get this close to the Ferrari garage

:09:29. > :09:33.ahead of a race. This is the car that Fernando Alonso will hope for

:09:33. > :09:39.making trip pure formula one world champion. What a pleasure to stand

:09:39. > :09:45.this close! -- triple Formula One world champion. Yesterday it was

:09:45. > :09:49.all eyes on Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso and this is how it

:09:49. > :09:55.pans out. Heavy rain just before the start of qualifying saw the

:09:55. > :10:05.first cars heading out on to a damp track. Romain Grosjean was trying

:10:05. > :10:11.

:10:11. > :10:15.to get past the HRT of Pedro de la Grosjean to get his Lotus up to

:10:15. > :10:22.speed. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button battled hard. Hamilton was

:10:22. > :10:31.determined to get his final pole position of his McLaren Korea. In

:10:31. > :10:40.the Championship battle, they wanted to get ahead of Sebastian

:10:40. > :10:44.Vettel on the grid. Fernando Alonso had to settle for eighth. When

:10:44. > :10:48.there are strange circumstances, with rain or something, let's hope

:10:48. > :10:53.we see something like that. Sebastian Vettel is 13 points ahead

:10:53. > :10:58.of Fernando Alonso in the Championship. He was also hoping to

:10:58. > :11:04.control today's race from the front. He had won flying lap to get it

:11:04. > :11:11.right and crossed the line 4th quickest. It is simple. We have had

:11:11. > :11:16.19 races so far. This is another one. We will try to do our best.

:11:17. > :11:21.McLaren lockout the front row of the grid for the 4th time this

:11:21. > :11:31.season. Sebastian Vettel is alongside. Massa at qualifies

:11:31. > :11:32.

:11:32. > :11:39.Alonso in 5th. Everyone moves up one place. Hulkenberg is in 6th

:11:39. > :11:49.with Fernando Alonso in servants. Paul di Resta ransack the top 10. -

:11:49. > :11:58.

:11:58. > :12:04.- in 7th. Michael Schumacher and HRT on the grid in Formula One.

:12:04. > :12:11.They filled the back row. It was a great session yesterday. A real

:12:11. > :12:17.fight for the flag. She said, it is great to see our boys out front.

:12:17. > :12:21.First, beat two men fighting for the title, both out qualified by

:12:21. > :12:26.team-mates. It is circumstance. What we can do is look back on the

:12:26. > :12:31.last races and save what and incredible consistent job they have

:12:31. > :12:38.done. It did not quite work out around this tricky race track.

:12:38. > :12:48.one will be surprised if Ben Ando manages to pick up a podium place.

:12:48. > :12:48.

:12:48. > :12:58.-- if the Fernando Alonso. He has a wing man. No surprise, Massa needed

:12:58. > :12:58.

:12:58. > :13:03.a new gearbox. If I was Sebastian Vettel, I would be having a glimpse

:13:03. > :13:10.into the mirror to see where Massa was. He could be the key to all of

:13:10. > :13:15.this. We saw what happened yesterday. The number twos out

:13:15. > :13:21.qualified the number ones. My thing that is because they had a median

:13:22. > :13:26.set up on the car to cope with the wet better. We will keep our eye on

:13:26. > :13:33.a weather for you. Fernando Alonso is the master at getting their

:13:33. > :13:38.result Heaney its for a race. -- the result Heagney it's for a raise.

:13:38. > :13:48.You could argue, in terms of pace and development, they do not

:13:48. > :13:58.

:13:58. > :14:03.deserve to be in the title. The have the most front-row knockouts

:14:03. > :14:07.in the history of this sport. A fantastic achievement and a great

:14:08. > :14:12.way for Lewis to sign off? Fantastic for McLaren. They were

:14:12. > :14:17.extremely strong in Texas and Lewis wanted a big result. Jenson Button

:14:17. > :14:23.will be happy with the fact that as Lewis goes on, and he's considered

:14:23. > :14:32.the better qualifier, he is right behind. That's a good position for

:14:32. > :14:37.him as he takes over the number one position. I think he knows that, so

:14:37. > :14:40.he's very happy. This is the car that he will be climbing into to

:14:40. > :14:45.attack this Grand Prix. He brings with him amazing memories of

:14:45. > :14:49.winning the title in 2008. I'm sure he'll be drawing on those again?

:14:49. > :14:53.promised he would leave McLaren in an unbelievably strong position,

:14:53. > :14:56.where his legacy could live on. He told us yesterday that he felt this

:14:56. > :15:02.was his home. He will also need to reflect on what went wrong this

:15:02. > :15:06.year. This was the best car in Formula One. He should be in the

:15:06. > :15:10.best position for this championship. There will be an element of regret.

:15:10. > :15:15.You have been texting Lewis asking if you could talk to him on the

:15:15. > :15:20.grid. What was his response? said no problem. But that remains

:15:20. > :15:24.to be seen. There might be issues between now and then. Well, the

:15:24. > :15:28.text message has been sent, that is all you need to know. Talking of

:15:28. > :15:33.Lewis Hamilton, there is plenty of emotion in the pit lane. There will

:15:33. > :15:38.be an awful lot in the garage when, for the final time as a McLaren

:15:38. > :15:41.driver, Lewis Hamilton pulls on his helmet. It's been a great again so

:15:41. > :15:44.far. I hope that we can push tomorrow. I don't know what the

:15:44. > :15:50.weather conditions are going to be like. But it was great to be 1-2

:15:50. > :15:55.with Jenson. People always like talking about the weather. It seems

:15:55. > :15:58.to dominate in Brazil. It's not necessarily setting up a car for

:15:58. > :16:04.wet or dry in Formula One any more, what are you expecting? It's going

:16:05. > :16:11.to be a difficult race. I've always started from fourth or 18th. Once I

:16:11. > :16:15.was 18, the rest was four. I was saying to Martin, I don't want to

:16:15. > :16:22.start in fourth. I don't mind if I start 5th or further forward. But

:16:22. > :16:26.I'm very proud and happy that I got pole. The helmet is a nice touch as

:16:26. > :16:30.well. After all of the years they have been together, the investment

:16:30. > :16:34.and commitment from both, will there be a slight regret that he

:16:34. > :16:37.leaves the team with only one Drivers' Championship and no

:16:37. > :16:41.Constructors' Championship? course, you can always look back

:16:41. > :16:47.and try to make things better. But that's reality. That is what has

:16:47. > :16:52.happened. One championship, it is still a mighty haul for somebody so

:16:52. > :16:55.young. He should have won the championship in his first year. I

:16:55. > :17:00.think Lewis Hamilton can leave with pride. He's done a remarkable job

:17:00. > :17:06.for McLaren. No question, he can leave with his head held high.

:17:06. > :17:10.McLaren gave him a great opportunity, but he's replied that.

:17:10. > :17:14.-- repaid that. He only had one shaky season, last year, that

:17:14. > :17:19.trouble getting together with Massa. He's back in his brilliant best,

:17:19. > :17:24.smiling, happy, except in his new challenge. They are leaving on good

:17:24. > :17:30.terms. Don't be surprised if they are reunited in a few years. That

:17:30. > :17:33.is Lewis's dad talking to them. Maybe they are discussing the

:17:33. > :17:37.contract when the Mercedes deal runs out? Before long, the cars

:17:37. > :17:45.will be making their way out of the grid. But the cars had already been

:17:45. > :17:49.around the circuit at a more sedate They might be some excitement

:17:49. > :17:54.during the race, with some showers. We don't know. Maybe even now,

:17:54. > :17:58.before. We have to take it as it comes. Looking for it to the rates.

:17:58. > :18:02.It's something special here, the people are crazy. We were quite

:18:02. > :18:05.competitive all weekend, I think we've got a great car. Sometimes we

:18:05. > :18:10.have seen we are a little bit closer. If there is a chance to win,

:18:10. > :18:15.we go for victory. The conditions, fighting for the championship will

:18:15. > :18:20.be very difficult. We will see what happens. Rain, no reign, whatever

:18:20. > :18:25.happens, it will come. Whatever happens now, it is destiny, let's

:18:25. > :18:28.say. Whatever happens, we will enjoy. I hope that people enjoy it

:18:28. > :18:32.as well. To have any chance, we need to be on the podium. It is not

:18:32. > :18:36.done yet. We need to concentrate on our race because it's not easy to

:18:36. > :18:40.get into the podium. Even if we get into the podium and have that

:18:41. > :18:47.chance, then it is up to the others. It is out of our hands, probably.

:18:47. > :18:52.think there is rain around. I heard that later on there is no raining.

:18:52. > :18:56.But it is quite windy, as you can see. To be on pole, I'm so happy.

:18:56. > :19:04.It's probably one of the first years I have come here and they are

:19:04. > :19:09.not doing me, they are billing Alonso. -- booing. It's great to

:19:09. > :19:14.come back, it was not as successful as I wanted it to be. But I learned

:19:14. > :19:22.a lot that I am quite glad for. Beautiful people, good emotions

:19:22. > :19:28.again. Now it is time to go back to the life that I had around Formula

:19:28. > :19:32.One. Good luck to Michael Schumacher, a man with a very long

:19:32. > :19:36.and successful association with this team. What were you talking

:19:37. > :19:41.about? What were the last minute tracts going on? As you can imagine,

:19:41. > :19:45.we are looking at what is going on around here, clouds. It seems like

:19:45. > :19:49.there are clouds, but no rain. saw a tweet from Fernando Alonso

:19:49. > :19:58.this morning, saying that he had nine hours' sleep. How many did you

:19:58. > :20:04.get? A little bit less. Enough to hopefully be woken up and rational.

:20:04. > :20:08.Eddie? The interesting thing is, how good a job, if you could put in

:20:08. > :20:14.the right context, Alonso? We think he has done the best driver

:20:14. > :20:18.championship ever with your car. For sure, an incredible season.

:20:19. > :20:23.Since the beginning of the season, when the car was not very quick, he

:20:23. > :20:29.was able to maximise the points. On the other side, the team was able

:20:29. > :20:34.to react to the last race. For sure, who will win will deserve the title.

:20:34. > :20:39.We always said that we will do the maximum. To arrive here,

:20:39. > :20:43.considering the competition with McLaren, in my view the fastest car

:20:43. > :20:46.in the beginning of the air and may be the fastest car now, to arrive

:20:46. > :20:49.at something so important means a lot. Then we don't have to be

:20:49. > :20:53.complacent. We would like to see Ferrari not only fighting for the

:20:53. > :20:58.championship, as it was with the last race in the last couple of

:20:58. > :21:02.years, but also try to win the last race. If you could just take us

:21:02. > :21:05.inside the team, is there any special pep talk that you do with

:21:05. > :21:11.all the team members in the morning? Or do they just come in

:21:11. > :21:16.and do their job as normal? First of all, last night we were all out

:21:16. > :21:24.to have a very quiet dinner at the House of Felipe Massa. Just to stay

:21:24. > :21:29.together, as we normally do. Today we said, listen, guys, no trembling

:21:29. > :21:34.legs, no short arms. Just do the job that you do. We know it may not

:21:34. > :21:39.be enough, but just do what you can. Be proud of what you're doing.

:21:39. > :21:45.much have you learnt in previous seasons? In 2008, he tried to come

:21:45. > :21:51.from behind to beat Lewis Hamilton. Then again, you fell short. What of

:21:51. > :22:00.those experiences taught your drivers and the team? Yes, 2007. We

:22:00. > :22:04.were there. Unfortunately, but anyway... You need to sometimes

:22:04. > :22:09.leave it until the last moment. Sometimes, it seems easy to say,

:22:09. > :22:13.but you need to stay focused. The events are so quick that you have

:22:13. > :22:18.to be there and try to be concentrated. Finally, are you

:22:18. > :22:21.desperate for rain? Honestly, I don't know. When you are asking for

:22:21. > :22:24.something that you think is the better thing for you, then it is

:22:25. > :22:28.the other way around. Whatever it will be, it will be tossed a thank

:22:28. > :22:38.you very much. One microphone is never enough for Eddie. Give him

:22:38. > :22:40.

:22:40. > :22:47.Let's let you know exactly how this championship picture is looking.

:22:47. > :22:55.You can see, 13 points between the top two. Only a couple of years ago,

:22:55. > :22:58.Ferrari blew 15 points in that last phrase. They did. They need

:22:58. > :23:02.circumstances to happen that have only happened four times this

:23:02. > :23:07.season. It has happened, but in the minority. They know it's an uphill

:23:07. > :23:12.battle. I love how he says he never stopped believing. What will be

:23:12. > :23:21.will be. That would be a good name for a song. Very impressed with him,

:23:21. > :23:26.he was very relaxed in this moment, the Constructors' Championship.

:23:26. > :23:31.What has caught your eye is McLaren fighting Ferrari for second place?

:23:31. > :23:34.Well, two things. If McLaren finish when they qualified, that puts them

:23:34. > :23:38.into second place. Bank managers do not cash promises. There will be

:23:38. > :23:42.very happy with the clarinet they can finish first and second, that

:23:42. > :23:46.will be an extra 10 million in the bank. It's not forget, that team

:23:46. > :23:51.down there, Marussia, in tenth place, if they keep that slot,

:23:51. > :23:54.which I am convinced they will, that will make sure they are in the

:23:54. > :23:59.many big time next year. We will hear from Christian Horner in a

:23:59. > :24:04.moment. First, come over here with me, briefly. You can see a very

:24:04. > :24:12.quiet podium. Nothing happening up there at the moment. At the end of

:24:12. > :24:15.the race, we wonder who will be standing there. If Sebastian Vettel

:24:15. > :24:20.is on that podium, he is world champion. The this is how Alonso

:24:20. > :24:23.can overturn those points and make sure he walks away with the world

:24:23. > :24:30.championships. If Fernando Alonso finishes in first, he need

:24:30. > :24:34.Sebastian Vettel to the 5th or worse. If he can get second, he

:24:34. > :24:38.needs Vettel to the 8th or worse. If he finishes third, tenth or

:24:38. > :24:42.worse then Fernando will be the champion. The headline is that he

:24:42. > :24:47.must be on the podium. Christian Horner is alongside us. Looking at

:24:47. > :24:53.those permutations, the emotions in the team this morning? What is the

:24:53. > :24:56.atmosphere? Very good. A big part of this year was dealt with in the

:24:56. > :25:02.Constructors' Championship. That is a weight off everybody's mind. This

:25:02. > :25:07.race is like no other. The preparation is the same as the

:25:07. > :25:15.previous 19. At this stage of the season, when we talk about gearbox,

:25:15. > :25:20.engine, where do you think you set relative to the competition? Closer

:25:20. > :25:25.mileage, all under control? Why did you have to mention that?! We are

:25:25. > :25:29.in the same situation that others are run. We have confidence that

:25:29. > :25:34.everything should be fine. There are always underlying fears and

:25:34. > :25:38.worries. But I've got every confidence. Christian, we can see

:25:38. > :25:43.here live in the garage. Was Sebastian Vettel a little bit

:25:43. > :25:46.nervous in qualifying? I don't think so. The McLarens have been

:25:46. > :25:53.quick all weekend. Friday, they were particularly quick. He didn't

:25:53. > :25:58.have the best second lap. He made a mistake and then he needed to get a

:25:58. > :26:03.banker in. He was like the Conservative. Hats off to Mark, who

:26:03. > :26:07.has always been quick, he put in a good time. You mentioned Mark, how

:26:07. > :26:11.important a role is he going to play in this championship? Well,

:26:11. > :26:16.he's done a tremendous job for the team. He's been a big part for the

:26:16. > :26:19.Constructors' Championship. He knows the importance of this race.

:26:19. > :26:23.Rather than thinking too much about permutations, his role is to get

:26:23. > :26:28.his head down, get into the race. Then we will see where we are. If

:26:28. > :26:33.he was needed to help his team- mates, I've got no doubt, as a team

:26:33. > :26:37.player, he would do. On the reverse, Felipe Massa is going to be right

:26:37. > :26:41.alongside your guys at the top. Would you expect the message from

:26:41. > :26:46.his team to be as punchy as he likes with the Red Bulls? I've got

:26:46. > :26:50.no idea. What would you expect? Ferrari is very much focused around

:26:50. > :26:55.one driver. You can see that from the way they have operated,

:26:55. > :26:58.certainly last again. But he's a fair driver, I have no reason to

:26:58. > :27:02.think there would be anything underhand happening. It's very

:27:02. > :27:06.windy at the moment. I'm sure you were delighted when you saw blue

:27:06. > :27:10.skies. What are your radars telling you now? They are covering

:27:10. > :27:14.themselves at the moment by saying it is a 50% chance of rain. We have

:27:14. > :27:18.spotters out on the track, keeping an eye on the weather. It's going

:27:18. > :27:22.to come at some point, it's just a question of when. Then you need to

:27:22. > :27:29.be on your toes. The big thing around here is the rivers that

:27:29. > :27:35.conform very quickly. You've got to be able to react quickly and be on

:27:35. > :27:40.the right tyres at the right time. We are expecting the obligatory

:27:40. > :27:43.locked shaking shot on the wall. Christian is looking for another

:27:43. > :27:50.Drivers' Championship to add to that all stopped us titles he's got

:27:50. > :27:56.already. These are the awards that everybody on Formula One really

:27:56. > :27:59.wants to get their hands on. Let's talk about the big moments of the

:27:59. > :28:04.year. We've seen a lot of overtaking. Can we pick a best

:28:04. > :28:10.overtake? The one that sticks in my mind, because of the intensity,

:28:10. > :28:18.that thing he had to do to keep his championship alive, was Alonso's

:28:18. > :28:22.move on Webber in Abu Dhabi. That was crucial. A man who loves racing

:28:22. > :28:30.at Spa, Kimi Raikonnen, Michael Schumacher and one of the most

:28:30. > :28:34.famous corners in Formula One. wasn't as good as Webber the year

:28:34. > :28:38.before. It wasn't as close. Michael is not at the height of his powers,

:28:38. > :28:48.but that was probably the moment he realised it was time to retire.

:28:48. > :28:52.Hulkenberg in Korea, he used his KERS strategically, went around on

:28:52. > :28:57.four, was run wide and managed to stick with it. That was a great

:28:58. > :29:03.pass. You have been voted by the BBC to have made the overtaker of

:29:03. > :29:08.beer. Congratulations. That you very much, I am not on Ed. It was a

:29:08. > :29:13.good move, I am glad everybody saw that from the outside. When you

:29:13. > :29:23.passed them, did you say, amateurs? No, but I had a big smile on my

:29:23. > :29:27.

:29:28. > :29:35.seems to win this award every year and that is Fernando Alonso. He is

:29:35. > :29:40.able to make it stick. The race he had in Austin. Everything was

:29:40. > :29:47.focused to see where he would come in the race and he got himself up

:29:47. > :29:54.to 4th place. He was great around the outside. Best start of the year

:29:54. > :30:02.for Austin, the last race. Fantastic! You are the winner for

:30:02. > :30:12.the second it in a row. Well done! Thank you very much. Formula One is

:30:12. > :30:14.

:30:14. > :30:19.always about knowledge. Knowledge and knowing how to win. I think if

:30:19. > :30:25.you are saying it is about knowing what it takes to win, there can

:30:25. > :30:29.only be one contender and one winner. Kimi Raikkonen, I am

:30:29. > :30:35.delighted to present you with the award for knowing what it takes to

:30:35. > :30:45.win after leaving your team in no uncertain terms on the radio.

:30:45. > :30:45.

:30:45. > :30:52.need to keep working for fawn Aberu Kebede tyres. Yes, yes, yes! --

:30:52. > :31:00.working all four tyres. It is not the first time and probably will

:31:00. > :31:07.not be the last time. It is normal. If people like it, it is good.

:31:07. > :31:15.Dealing with the pressure and disappointment of bad qualifying.

:31:15. > :31:21.In Abu Dhabi, circumstances changed -- played out. He kept his

:31:21. > :31:29.Championship very much intact. Voted by a panel of experts,

:31:29. > :31:39.another one for your covenant. is really heavy. -- your cabinet.

:31:39. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:47.was not an expert so I did not vote. Who voted? Eddie Jordan! He is an

:31:47. > :31:53.expert. Apparently. A Formula One legend and world champion. Someone

:31:53. > :31:58.who has a great relationship with Mercedes-Benz. It should be Michael

:31:58. > :32:04.Schumacher. I do not mean him. I would like to present you with the

:32:04. > :32:09.pipe and slippers retirement award for showing great adversity when

:32:09. > :32:19.retiring when winds could have given you the title. I appreciate

:32:19. > :32:23.

:32:23. > :32:29.that. It is my first BBC award. were a naughty boy last year. You

:32:29. > :32:36.have not won the title but how much does this make up for not winning

:32:36. > :32:42.the drivers' champion? It goes towards it. Well done! Time for the

:32:42. > :32:52.final award. Thank you very much. The final award of the day is an

:32:52. > :32:54.

:32:54. > :33:00.award for you. It is a scoop. could this be about? Scoop of the

:33:00. > :33:10.Year award is given to you, saying that Lewis Hamilton after all these

:33:10. > :33:14.years was going to sign for Mercedes-Benz. Look at that! He has

:33:14. > :33:18.won something for the first time since the late 1990s. You can see

:33:18. > :33:21.all the Ferrari mechanics and the guys are preparing to go to the

:33:21. > :33:28.grid. They will know that with Fernando Alonso having just left

:33:28. > :33:32.the garage, he will give everything. He is who they want in that car.

:33:32. > :33:38.is the most tenacious try that I have ever come across in the

:33:38. > :33:43.history of Formula One. -- tenacious driver. There he is,

:33:43. > :33:53.Michael Schumacher, heading out of the garage! How apt this man can

:33:53. > :34:01.win the title today. To think where he was at monster. He was nowhere.

:34:01. > :34:08.-- just think where he was. Lewis Hamilton, out of the garage for the

:34:08. > :34:12.last time. It is such an emotional pit lane. We have not talked about

:34:12. > :34:18.Kamui Kobayashi and Heikki Kovalainen, who may also be in the

:34:19. > :34:24.last races. Formula One just builds and builds into a massive crescendo

:34:24. > :34:28.and it usually is here, in Brazil, where it all unfolds. We were no in

:34:28. > :34:36.a couple of hours what the future is for us and who the world

:34:36. > :34:43.champion is. -- we well know. Interesting that Lewis Hamilton

:34:43. > :34:50.normally says he is rude. What will be going through his mind at the

:34:50. > :34:57.moment? He will have to do the best job. His team-mate will be in front

:34:57. > :35:04.of him. The icing on the cake, Massa, in front of the supportive

:35:04. > :35:10.crowd. He could be so helpful to the bid by Fernando Alonso for the

:35:10. > :35:18.Championship. We can see legends of Formula One knocking around. We

:35:18. > :35:23.believe they will be handing out trophies. Just over 20 minutes to

:35:23. > :35:29.go until the start of this race. You are not expecting Filipe Massa

:35:29. > :35:36.to do anything naughty, are you? minutes to go, I do not know what

:35:36. > :35:43.is going on. Everyone is shouting and roaring. The engines are noisy.

:35:43. > :35:52.At the moment, it is overcast but no rain. I believe the cloud has

:35:52. > :35:57.lifted a bit. Who knows what will happen? It can change at a moment's

:35:57. > :36:04.notice. Mark Webber is on form. He has qualified in the top three in

:36:04. > :36:10.the last six races. He can help the team a lot today. Of course he can.

:36:10. > :36:18.As indeed Massa can full stubby do not know which way what this will

:36:18. > :36:21.unfold. -- Massa can. We do not know which way this will unfold.

:36:21. > :36:26.Mark Webber was bitterly disappointed in Austin. He did not

:36:26. > :36:33.get a podium finish. Just like Lewis Hamilton did not get it in

:36:33. > :36:41.previous races. People bounce back from bitter disappointments to have

:36:41. > :36:46.great races. Let's talk about what Sebastian Vettel and Fernando

:36:46. > :36:50.Alonso need to do. The big issue for Fernando Alonso is that he

:36:50. > :36:57.needs to be on the podium but the McLarens are so fast and that will

:36:57. > :37:02.cause him array of problem. disappointment for him is, the

:37:02. > :37:08.reality is that the team-mates of Sebastian Vettel are McLaren. They

:37:08. > :37:12.can help him most in this particular situation. We have a

:37:12. > :37:19.problem. This is Michael Schumacher preparing to go at around the

:37:19. > :37:25.circuit. This is his final race. He is finally leaving Formula One

:37:25. > :37:32.after an incredible career. It is a thank you to the fans and a thank

:37:32. > :37:37.you to the sport. You gave this man his first ever drive in Formula One,

:37:38. > :37:44.how are you feeling? We did not speak a lot together. In recent

:37:44. > :37:51.times clap we have become quite chummy by Michael's standards. --

:37:51. > :37:56.in recent times, we have become. It was his 21st year in Formula One

:37:56. > :38:01.and he grabbed my hand and said, not many believed we would still be

:38:01. > :38:06.here 21 years later. I will always remember that. It was a telling

:38:06. > :38:12.moment. He was thinking about it and he said this. If you are not

:38:12. > :38:17.that old, and you do not remember when he started, Robin Hood and the

:38:17. > :38:21.Prince of Thieves was the film to watch and the internet was nine

:38:21. > :38:28.days old. He is starting in the middle of the pack here today if

:38:28. > :38:34.will start he has also got a wet set-up on the car. It will be tough

:38:34. > :38:39.for him if the rain does not come. He actually probably has this just

:38:39. > :38:49.right. He is quick enough to go up opaque in the drive and, if it is

:38:49. > :38:51.

:38:51. > :38:58.wet, he will get up close to the podium. -- quick enough to go well

:38:58. > :39:04.in the dry and, if it is wet. Fantastic qualifying yesterday.

:39:04. > :39:09.Just the first drips of rain. You have all bases covered for this

:39:09. > :39:14.afternoon. I hope so. It will be a tough race. You do not know what

:39:14. > :39:19.the weather will do. Who knows what will happen in the next five

:39:19. > :39:25.minutes? The team have done a great job. Trying to keep emotions out of

:39:25. > :39:29.it at the moment and focus on the job. This is your last race for

:39:29. > :39:34.McLaren. Any words you want to send out for all the supporters you have

:39:34. > :39:39.had before you take when you next challenge? Just for the team that

:39:39. > :39:44.of watching, I would speak to you when I get at the factory. It has

:39:44. > :39:50.been such a pleasure working for this team and with everyone here. I

:39:50. > :39:54.am really proud of everyone's efforts. To all the fans, I hope

:39:54. > :39:59.they continue to support McLaren because it is such a great team -

:39:59. > :40:04.the best team. I hope in the future they will still support me. Have a

:40:04. > :40:10.great race and enjoy it. That was very nice to get a few words from

:40:10. > :40:15.Lewis Hamilton. If you look down at, as 300 metres to the first corner,

:40:15. > :40:20.and you cannot see the apex at will. It is somewhere around, underneath

:40:20. > :40:24.that bridge. It is challenging for the drivers to spot where they are

:40:24. > :40:28.going. It is a slightly uphill start here and television events

:40:28. > :40:34.really does elevation change justice. The driver on pole

:40:34. > :40:42.position are going -- the drivers on pole position are going to have

:40:42. > :40:47.to start with the brake on. It is a big challenge for them. I am not

:40:47. > :40:52.sure there is any other grand prix track there you have that elevation

:40:52. > :40:57.change. If you look into the cockpit of the car of Jenson Button,

:40:57. > :41:03.if you can swing the camera around, look at the size of the wreck any

:41:03. > :41:10.honour. With their thinking they were set up for straight line speed.

:41:10. > :41:16.-- we were thinking. Looking at the size of that! Clearly this car is

:41:16. > :41:21.working very nicely. Great qualifying by Mark Webber. If we

:41:21. > :41:26.wandered in here, we can see Sebastian Vettel talking to his

:41:26. > :41:34.engineer. They have a close relationship. Very important that

:41:34. > :41:39.these men know exactly what the other is thinking. Sebastien, can I

:41:39. > :41:45.walk with you? I do not think he caught me. The rain is coming. One

:41:45. > :41:50.man who is walking, we will see if we can do a quick court with Jenson

:41:50. > :41:55.Button. You are looking very calm. That was a great qualifying lap

:41:55. > :42:00.yesterday. You are laying down a marker for being undisputed number

:42:00. > :42:05.one. The car felt really good. It was a lot of fun to drive. The

:42:05. > :42:11.weather is all over the place. That is pretty normal here for the race.

:42:11. > :42:16.When the cars come out and the fumes, the rain comes down. They

:42:17. > :42:22.raise a lot of smell of fumes on the grid. Are you getting that?

:42:22. > :42:29.is the generators and not the cars. Thank you for pointing that out. It

:42:29. > :42:35.has been a while! He is a bit too quick for us. Michael Schumacher

:42:35. > :42:40.disappearing up the stairs. It is very busy. No difficulty spotting a

:42:40. > :42:45.Brazilian around here. We spoke to you just before coming to the grid.

:42:45. > :42:50.A few spots of rain. Does that change anything with strategy going

:42:50. > :42:55.into the Grand Prix? It is not enough to be wet yet but it adds to

:42:55. > :43:00.the tension. It will be an interesting finale. The forecast

:43:00. > :43:05.says it should blow over but it looks pretty dark. We will leave

:43:05. > :43:11.you with those thoughts. The weather will be a big challenge for

:43:11. > :43:17.the teams have to manage. I do not mind getting a word with Martin

:43:17. > :43:23.Whitmarsh. He is always open and frank. His interview yesterday, his

:43:23. > :43:30.honesty was fantastic. We get an earful of Renault engine. Maybe we

:43:30. > :43:37.can walk away from that noisy engine. You interview yesterday was

:43:37. > :43:42.fantastic. Very open and honest. What do you see at the end of the

:43:42. > :43:50.race? If it were dry, presumably you would win. This changes

:43:50. > :43:57.everything. Exactly that. I think so rain could change everything. We

:43:57. > :44:01.want a boring, processional race. What the fans and everyone else

:44:01. > :44:06.wants, is something exciting happening. Fernando Alonso has

:44:06. > :44:10.driven so fantastically. At the moment you say that Sebastian

:44:10. > :44:15.Vettel is in pole position for regaining the Championship. In

:44:15. > :44:25.these conditions, any young can slide off. Fernando Alonso is more

:44:25. > :44:26.

:44:26. > :44:30.than capable of sneaking up there. It seems you forgiven him for the

:44:30. > :44:34.difficulties he gave you in that one season racing for McLaren?

:44:34. > :44:37.life moves on. In a car that hasn't been the quickest car in a single

:44:37. > :44:41.race this year, the fact he is there, Ferrari are there fighting

:44:41. > :44:45.for the championship and we are not, I've got to be a little bit humbled

:44:45. > :44:49.by it. We've had a quick car and we haven't got it done this year. I

:44:49. > :44:53.think he's probably had the best year of his career. He deserves to

:44:53. > :44:57.win it. But nobody can say that Sebastian Vettel doesn't deserve to

:44:58. > :45:03.win it either. I think he should, if nothing goes wrong. He's got a

:45:03. > :45:07.quicker car, he's in front, he has the points lead. Anything can

:45:07. > :45:13.happen, if it starts to rain then people can fall off. Getting into

:45:13. > :45:16.that sweet spot of operation, when you have intermediate wet tyres, if

:45:16. > :45:19.you are there than you are up two as it is quicker than the guy in

:45:19. > :45:22.front. Lots of things can happen. Fernando has less to lose. There's

:45:22. > :45:26.a lot less pressure on him. He's very experienced, a formidable

:45:26. > :45:31.competitor. Hopefully, I'm not worrying about that, I'm just going

:45:31. > :45:36.to worry about turn 1 and turn for, maybe on the first lap. Hopefully

:45:36. > :45:41.our boys go through that clearly and afterwards it becomes dull and

:45:42. > :45:45.processional. Right, Martin Whitmarsh, poles apart from Kimi

:45:45. > :45:49.Raikonnen when it comes to answering questions. Let's wander

:45:49. > :45:53.down here. Here is a legend of the sport. Nelson Piquet, three-times

:45:53. > :46:02.world champion, we believe you are handing out the trophies later.

:46:02. > :46:06.What do you think about Formula One and the drivers out there? Well, it

:46:06. > :46:09.looks much easier than before. that case, you think you weren't

:46:09. > :46:16.paid enough for your scales back in your day? Well, it is not true,

:46:16. > :46:20.come on. You drove for Bernie. He is the modern controller of Formula

:46:21. > :46:25.One. How was he to deal with when he was a team owner? Well, he was

:46:25. > :46:29.all right. It was good. You know, I had seven years together and we

:46:30. > :46:35.have good fun. We went two championships. We could win more.

:46:35. > :46:39.Nice to talk to you. Continuing down the grid, you can see the

:46:39. > :46:42.Lotus of Kimi Raikonnen. A little as unfortunate in qualifying. He

:46:43. > :46:47.had an engine failure in morning practice. A very limited running.

:46:47. > :46:52.He's definitely out of position. I just want to see if I can get a

:46:52. > :46:56.word with Nico Rosberg. He's talking to his engineer. It might

:46:56. > :47:00.be a little bit on the light side. Let's just see. We consider his

:47:00. > :47:04.qualifying position to beat... A quick word? It seems he did a

:47:04. > :47:07.pretty good job yesterday in qualifying, all things considered.

:47:07. > :47:13.You consider you are a bit out of position, you outperformed the

:47:14. > :47:20.balance of the car? Yesterday, yeah, it was OK. You know, top 10. We are

:47:20. > :47:25.looking OK for raise pace, if it stays dry. I could keep up for the

:47:25. > :47:28.guys in front, you know? Maybe I can score some points today. If I

:47:28. > :47:33.could just bought you were away from the noise, if you don't mind,

:47:33. > :47:37.Michael's last race. You grow up watching him as a little boy. Have

:47:37. > :47:40.you apologised for beating him so much over the years or had a talk

:47:40. > :47:45.with him this morning? Not at all. I don't really follow it too much.

:47:45. > :47:49.Of course, I don't know, it is his own thing. He looks pretty relaxed

:47:49. > :47:54.about it himself. I am sure within it is not that relaxed. But from

:47:54. > :47:59.what he shows, it is quite relaxed. You seem relaxed. Have a good

:47:59. > :48:03.afternoon. I'll hand back to you, Jake. Excellent, and you very much.

:48:03. > :48:08.You can shoot up to the commentary box. A brilliant final walk along

:48:08. > :48:13.the grid. We heard from Rosberg, Mercedes need a strong race. No

:48:13. > :48:17.points in the last five races? disappointing. Also, the question

:48:17. > :48:20.about if Lewis made the right decision. As the races unfold, and

:48:20. > :48:25.they have almost nothing to show from it, you would have to question

:48:25. > :48:31.that. Let's hear from a man who is looking to play a part in this race,

:48:31. > :48:34.Felipe Massa. A how are you feeling be for your home Grand Prix? It's

:48:34. > :48:38.incredible to race here. It is always going to be the weather, but

:48:38. > :48:42.I will try the best. You have been involved in Your Own titanic

:48:42. > :48:48.championship battle. What is your role involving Fernando's

:48:48. > :48:52.championship bid? I hope I can help him, but we need to try to do the

:48:52. > :48:56.best race that we can. Hoping he has a good race. Straight after

:48:56. > :49:02.that, Lee grabbed Michael Schumacher. How are you feeling

:49:02. > :49:07.before your last race? Pretty good. A nice touch, the flag? Yes,

:49:07. > :49:11.Sabrina's idea. A very good one. A great emotions, sharing my passion.

:49:11. > :49:16.That was basically my motto. That is what I want to say thank you for.

:49:16. > :49:19.I hope you finish on a high. 90. all have our fingers crossed that

:49:19. > :49:26.Michael Schumacher has a strong race. What was the difference

:49:26. > :49:31.between Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso yesterday? It was

:49:31. > :49:41.very close. David Coulthard gives us a good idea of why they were

:49:41. > :49:44.

:49:44. > :49:48.pole man, it is all about who is going to be the youngest ever

:49:48. > :49:55.triple world champion. Fernando Alonso won the right, Sebastian

:49:55. > :49:58.Vettel on the left. The start- finish line, 18,000 rpm bouncing on

:49:58. > :50:03.a limiter. Inter-necine won, we can already see that Sebastian Vettel

:50:03. > :50:11.is in a much tighter line. Look at the steering-wheel position. A lot

:50:11. > :50:17.of under-Steer in that position. Alonso was still having to use a

:50:17. > :50:23.lot of the kerb, which compromises his positioning. Down the back

:50:23. > :50:29.straight, deploy KERS, DRS wide open. A big brake into tenor four.

:50:29. > :50:33.Drops down the hill, neat and tidy. Through the flat-out turn 5. See

:50:33. > :50:37.the elevation changed as they rise in to turn six. Again, more

:50:37. > :50:43.steering lock on the Ferrari. As Alonso reacts to the balance of his

:50:43. > :50:46.car, he literally launches it over the inside kerb inter-necine 8.

:50:46. > :50:51.Front right wheel, almost on the grass as he releases and drops down

:50:51. > :50:56.into nine. Look at the amount of steering lock that the Ferrari has.

:50:56. > :51:02.This is a sign of a car set up for racing today. Meanwhile, back on

:51:02. > :51:08.the qualifying laps, Alonso rocks up into turn 10. He runs a little

:51:08. > :51:12.bit wide. The traffic is kind to him as he drops through turn 11. He

:51:12. > :51:16.slides into turn 12. Neat and tidy from these two double world

:51:16. > :51:22.champions. It's all about show me a horsepower, as they ride through 13,

:51:22. > :51:29.14, 15. Nothing much for the drivers to do other than to hang on

:51:29. > :51:36.and hold for the line. Fourth place for Vettel, fourth place for -- if

:51:36. > :51:42.the place for Alonso. To add to the drama, it is now

:51:42. > :51:46.really raining. Who is it going to be? I have to say Vettel. The end

:51:46. > :51:54.of a compelling season awaits us. If you want to press the red button

:51:54. > :51:57.or go to the website, you can ride on board with various racers. Time

:51:57. > :52:01.to hand over to Gary Anderson, David Coulthard and Ben Edwards to

:52:01. > :52:06.lead us through one last race. Perhaps now is the perfect time to

:52:06. > :52:11.reflect on a season that has given us so much, but is so far from over.

:52:11. > :52:20.Whatever happens in the next 90 minutes, one bit of advice, savour

:52:20. > :52:24.unfolding story so full of twists and turns that it could have been

:52:24. > :52:31.the product of Hollywood. A script that brought together flesh and

:52:31. > :52:35.metal. Emotion and power. The greatest car chase ever. It dealt

:52:35. > :52:39.in fantasy, in impossible happenings, unpredictable in every

:52:39. > :52:45.scene. Old favourites return to the stage to show that they had lost

:52:45. > :52:50.none of their lustre. Some stars dimmed. Reduced to mere extras as

:52:50. > :52:54.we embraced new heroes with familiar names. We cheered for the

:52:54. > :53:00.underdog, a celebration cut short. Like an action movie, it kept you

:53:00. > :53:08.on the edge of your seat. Bravery, excitement, glamour. They life out

:53:08. > :53:13.of reach. Sub-plots evolved, storylines changed. Triumphs and

:53:13. > :53:20.pitfalls, a love story gone sour. Heroes and villains, switching in a

:53:20. > :53:25.moment. It had to be scripted. An epic tale requires the perfect

:53:25. > :53:29.backdrop. This one was altered with every episode. Some of these

:53:29. > :53:37.supporting stars came with stripes, gritted with a warm fanfare. Others

:53:37. > :53:43.became the focus themselves as the tension rose. Still, the old

:53:43. > :53:49.director stood firm. And now to the end, the Greatest story ever told

:53:49. > :53:53.has an ending just as captivating. Last year's leading man now shares

:53:53. > :53:59.the spotlight. Two characters, both hoping to see all their own

:53:59. > :54:09.Fallujah. But this is no tired sequel. This is the soap opera. --

:54:09. > :54:10.

:54:10. > :54:20.seal their own trilogy. We await the final scene. Lights out. Camera,

:54:20. > :54:29.

:54:29. > :54:34.Interlagos, Sao Paulo. For the 6th time in eight years, the title will

:54:34. > :54:37.be decided here. Host of around 20 of the longer season in Formula One.

:54:37. > :54:42.Eight different drivers have won Grand Prix this year. Only

:54:42. > :54:46.Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso can be crowned champion today in

:54:46. > :54:53.Brazil, the country where Alonso clinched his two previous titles in

:54:53. > :54:57.2005 and 2006, and when Sebastian Vettel won in 2010. Drivers enjoy

:54:57. > :55:02.this track, but it is unforgiving and fatiguing. Overtaking is

:55:02. > :55:07.possible on a full throttle 16 second burst coming out of the

:55:07. > :55:12.final turn. Also, on the DRS assisted straight to turn number

:55:12. > :55:17.four. Alonso will need to overtake to win the title. He must finish in

:55:17. > :55:21.the top three. Even then, if a Vettel is 4th or higher he will

:55:21. > :55:25.wrap it up. There is also a race to be won. But as Hamilton is hoping

:55:25. > :55:29.to win his last Grand Prix for McLaren before going to Mercedes.

:55:29. > :55:33.Michael Schumacher is one of the drivers starting his last ever

:55:33. > :55:39.Grand Prix. So much to keep an eye on, not least the weather. Gary,

:55:39. > :55:44.what can you tell us? Hang on. is not spitting, but it is going to

:55:44. > :55:54.be greasy. We have to stick to the tyres that we have at the moment. I

:55:54. > :55:55.

:55:55. > :55:58.think they are still all right. It Sebastian Vettel. This really makes

:55:58. > :56:03.it difficult for the teams in terms of how they start the race. It does

:56:03. > :56:07.make it difficult. There is a light mist. It's not much to affect

:56:07. > :56:12.things, but getting that on your visor you don't know when it

:56:12. > :56:16.changes and becomes a heavy mist. I think it will stay dry. I don't see

:56:16. > :56:21.the sky heavy enough for a big downpour. I think it will stay as a

:56:21. > :56:25.light mist for a while. Most teams think it will blow past. Fernando

:56:25. > :56:29.Alonso looking composed, as far as we can tell, as he sits seventh on

:56:29. > :56:34.the grid. The same position as last time. Michael Schumacher a little

:56:34. > :56:39.further back. He's in 13th place. He's been there a couple of times,

:56:39. > :56:43.in Abu Dhabi, Spa, he qualified from 13th place. His are the best

:56:43. > :56:46.result has been sixth place in Italy. Seven times he's been in the

:56:46. > :56:55.points, but he also has seven on the finishers, including the last

:56:55. > :56:59.six races. Louis Hamilton lines up on pole position. 7th pole position

:56:59. > :57:03.of beer for him. He's led the same number of laps as Fernando Alonso.

:57:03. > :57:08.He's been the best qualifier of the season, yet he is not fighting for

:57:08. > :57:11.the title. There have been too many problems and retirements for the

:57:11. > :57:15.McLaren and Lewis Hamilton. Philippe Nazare, could he play a

:57:15. > :57:20.factor? He is one place behind Sebastian Vettel and the out-

:57:20. > :57:29.qualified Fernando Alonso yesterday. He's on a run of nine. Finishers

:57:29. > :57:35.following that podium in Japan. -- nine point finishes.

:57:35. > :57:41.Webber and Vettel making an all Red Bull second row. Massa and

:57:41. > :57:45.Hulkenberg, a good performance from him in India. Alonso is in seventh,

:57:45. > :57:51.with Kimi Raikonnen in eighth. Ros Bergin 9th, Paul Di Resta is in

:57:51. > :57:56.tenth. Bruno Senna is 11th in his Williams. Sergio Perez in Twelfth.

:57:56. > :58:01.Michael Schumacher is in 13th. Kobayashi, it could be his final

:58:01. > :58:07.start in Formula One. Maldonado, he has a 10 place a penalty for a

:58:08. > :58:15.number of wreck romance. Vergne and Grosjean are on rower nine. Then we

:58:15. > :58:25.have Glock and Pic. It's completed by de la Rosa or. It could be the

:58:25. > :58:29.last race for both of those drivers. The tyres have been heated by these

:58:29. > :58:32.blankets. They will try to retain that warmth as much as possible,

:58:32. > :58:42.particularly with the track conditions? It's difficult enough

:58:42. > :58:44.

:58:44. > :58:50.to keep to higher temperature normally. Schumacher, one of the

:58:50. > :58:55.HRTs. They are on option. I was going to say, it's difficult to say

:58:55. > :58:59.how much it is spitting down. Just having a few drops of rain on your

:58:59. > :59:04.visor, it gives you doubt. It's easier for the following cars than

:59:04. > :59:08.the lead car. If they go barrel again to turn four, only to find

:59:09. > :59:15.they have to brake earlier than expected, everybody can react to

:59:15. > :59:25.that. This is their position where pole position, certainly the leader

:59:25. > :59:37.

:59:37. > :59:43.rout of the first corner, is not the median compound tyres. If you

:59:43. > :59:49.look further down, they are starting up on harder compound

:59:49. > :59:54.tyres, especially with the weather conditions as they are. Fernando

:59:54. > :00:01.Alonso has to finish in the top three whatever happens to Sebastian

:00:01. > :00:08.Vettel. It will be much easier for Sebastian Vettel but let's wait and

:00:08. > :00:15.see. On that camera, there was a lot more of rain. We saw that in

:00:15. > :00:21.qualifying and just beforehand. It affected the bottom end of the

:00:21. > :00:25.circuit, into the last sector. Kimi Raikkonen is scrubbing the front

:00:26. > :00:32.tyres over the surface of the tarmac, trying to generate as much

:00:32. > :00:38.heat as possible. The brakes go over 1000 degrees. That radiates

:00:39. > :00:43.into the wheel and them -- and the tyre. You do not get many

:00:43. > :00:48.opportunities to put that heat into the brakes. Expect some

:00:48. > :00:54.difficulties on the first lap. is one of the minimum length grand

:00:54. > :01:02.prix circuits. Climbing up the hill towards the great, they crossed the

:01:02. > :01:11.pit lane entry on the correct line. We saw yesterday Romain Grosjean

:01:11. > :01:17.trying to drive into the HRTs. Hamilton is taking its steadily.

:01:17. > :01:27.Jenson Button had the pit limiter coming up. They select that to help

:01:27. > :01:37.them with the clutch pipe.. You can see the car juddering. -- clutched

:01:37. > :01:41.

:01:41. > :01:51.by eight. Macro. Hamilton and Button are in the front. Schumacher

:01:51. > :01:53.

:01:53. > :01:59.and and family Kobayashi and Ben Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen.

:01:59. > :02:08.-- Kamui Kobayashi. And this could depend on the toss of a coin. We

:02:08. > :02:17.are about to find out. The last two cars move into position. Canned the

:02:17. > :02:27.McLarens dominate in a race? Hamilton verses of Button off the

:02:27. > :02:28.

:02:28. > :02:34.front of Rover. A great start by Massa. He is up to second almost.

:02:34. > :02:44.Sebastian Vettel has dropped right back into the pack. He did not get

:02:44. > :02:48.

:02:48. > :02:55.the weight at all well. Hamilton leads. -- get away at all well.

:02:55. > :03:01.That was Sebastian Vettel. He was hit. He has made contact. How much

:03:01. > :03:10.damage is on the Red Bull? Sebastian Vettel has been hit. How

:03:10. > :03:20.much damage? We do not know. left side of the car has been

:03:20. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:30.damaged. He has been hit on the left side. He has damaged. What

:03:30. > :03:40.will the tea into? Mark Webber has a real job to do now. -- what will

:03:40. > :03:43.

:03:43. > :03:47.the team do? Here comes Mark Webber. He moves up to the outside. Again,

:03:47. > :03:55.Fernando Alonso on the inside was up he moves up to third place,

:03:55. > :04:02.which is where he needs to be pulled up -- on the inside. There

:04:02. > :04:08.is visible damage but we cannot fix it. That confirms damaged to the

:04:08. > :04:15.left side of the car. He crossed the line in 22nd place. The Red

:04:15. > :04:20.Bull team returned to the garage. He has a race on his hands to

:04:20. > :04:27.retain the World Championship. ate his Filipe Massa doing a

:04:27. > :04:33.fantastic job. -- there is Filipe Massa up. If they finish where they

:04:33. > :04:43.are now, Fernando Alonso would be world champion. Bruno Senna is out

:04:43. > :04:52.of the race and so it is Sergio Perez. We have lost some key

:04:52. > :04:56.drivers. Sauber has had a real run of poor finishes. It looks to me,

:04:56. > :05:01.the future of this World Championship rests with Mark Webber.

:05:01. > :05:10.It looks like the Force India is in his slipstream will start he is

:05:10. > :05:18.getting in front of Mark Webber. passes into 4th place. Hulkenberg

:05:18. > :05:26.was fast in the wet for a couple of years ago. Data it looks OK.

:05:26. > :05:32.Sebastian Vettel has done a quick lap faster than anyone at Cowes. --

:05:33. > :05:39.anyone else. Crucially, he is just at the back of the camera shot. He

:05:39. > :05:43.crossed the line 12.8 seconds behind the race leader, Lewis

:05:43. > :05:50.Hamilton will stop the conditions are playing into his hands.

:05:50. > :05:56.Hamilton has to be defensive. He comes across and makes a great

:05:56. > :06:01.start with Jenson Button covering. Fernando Alonso takes the brave

:06:01. > :06:07.outside line. You can see Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel

:06:07. > :06:16.covering each other. It allows Fernando Alonso to come around the

:06:16. > :06:25.outside. It gives him a position to go into 10 tooth. It was a cautious

:06:25. > :06:33.start from Sebastian Vettel. -- into turn two. He has a look down

:06:33. > :06:40.the inside. Jenson Button gave him some space. This is the start by

:06:40. > :06:47.Sebastian Vettel. He was an wheel to wheel with his team-mate but it

:06:47. > :06:57.was such a shallow line. He has to be careful. He almost came into the

:06:57. > :06:57.

:06:57. > :07:07.back of the Force India. He had di Resta behind him. Bruno Senna hit

:07:07. > :07:09.

:07:09. > :07:15.the side of the car. Incredible! He was wide on turn but it was a clear

:07:15. > :07:20.whack. He got hit by the Williams. That is what has done the damage.

:07:20. > :07:28.The girlfriend of Fernando Alonso is excited and happy and wants to

:07:28. > :07:38.burst into tears. Sport brings that emotion and they are running high

:07:38. > :07:43.in Brazil. Hamilton leads the race from his team-mate. Jenson Button

:07:43. > :07:49.is in second and Fernando Alonso is in third. That is the minimum he

:07:49. > :07:59.needs if Sebastian Vettel does not score a point. He has made some

:07:59. > :07:59.

:07:59. > :08:09.places. He is up to 17th. Fernando Alonso is off! It might allow Mark

:08:09. > :08:10.

:08:11. > :08:17.Webber us through. Mark Webber is going to carry that speed. Alonso

:08:17. > :08:24.on the inside, can he hold off Mark Webber? He has just enough speed to

:08:24. > :08:32.do so. He has lost third place. Nico Hulkenberg is having to drive

:08:32. > :08:39.of his life. Massa almost gets him. I thought that had accident written

:08:39. > :08:49.all over it. Massa committed to the early in sideline. Actually it is

:08:49. > :08:51.

:08:51. > :08:56.better to state off the racing line. -- inside line. It looks as if the

:08:56. > :09:01.advantage was with Fernando Alonso but it has swung back to Mark

:09:01. > :09:09.Webber. We see the replay of the action in to turn up when Aberu

:09:09. > :09:17.Kebede. This was Fernando Alonso, passing his team-mate. -- 10 one.

:09:17. > :09:23.This was a lock up. Look how close he came to spinning it! He was

:09:23. > :09:32.fighting to keep the car on the track. This is the collision

:09:32. > :09:39.between Bruno Senna and Sebastian Vettel. It is the second impact of

:09:39. > :09:45.that was so big. We're looking at Massa against Mark Webber. Fernando

:09:45. > :09:52.Alonso is slowing the whole group down. He is really struggling for

:09:52. > :09:58.pace. Massa is doing his best to block them all behind. Fernando

:09:58. > :10:04.Alonso has his wing man doing everything he can to hold the group

:10:04. > :10:10.back. As these conditions get more and more difficult, it is a

:10:10. > :10:15.question of, who blinks first? Maybe they will need to come in for

:10:15. > :10:25.intermediates. Hamilton is still leading the race. That graphic is

:10:25. > :10:33.showing Button on top but Hamilton is still leading the race. A car is

:10:33. > :10:41.off in the background. Who is that? With think it is Romain Grosjean.

:10:41. > :10:49.That was a big crash. Button locks up. Batten was just a fraction

:10:49. > :10:57.ahead of Hamilton. -- Button. It is still Hamilton bleeding. What the

:10:57. > :11:06.contest we have between the two team-mates! Mark Webber is facing

:11:06. > :11:14.the wrong way. What is going on? Something has happened at Turn One.

:11:14. > :11:20.Did Mark Webber had contact? Will there be a safety car for Romain

:11:20. > :11:27.Grosjean? Can they removed the car without endangering the Marshalls?

:11:27. > :11:35.This is Button coming out of turn three. This is Hamilton coming back

:11:35. > :11:41.at Button, down into Turn One. Please keep up with the action.

:11:41. > :11:49.Mark Webber gets hit. This is Romain Grosjean. Let's see how he

:11:49. > :11:55.lost it. He'd just got away. snapped in turn 11. The camera

:11:55. > :12:02.stopped just before the impact. So much action going on here this

:12:02. > :12:12.afternoon. There are the leaders. It is Hamilton and Ben Button. What

:12:12. > :12:22.are you seeing in pit lane? Kimi Raikkonen put on intermediates and

:12:22. > :12:26.

:12:26. > :12:33.Michael put on hards. Kamui Kobayashi gets back on. Once again,

:12:33. > :12:38.Hamilton is being chased by Button. Jenson Button goes through the full

:12:38. > :12:48.stamp now that the arrests will favour Hamilton over the next lap

:12:48. > :12:51.

:12:51. > :12:58.or so. -- goes through. The ers will favour Hamilton. He is in the

:12:58. > :13:03.points and he is in eighth position, chasing down the Sauber of Kamui

:13:03. > :13:10.Kobayashi. I think he will get a drive-through or some penalty. The

:13:10. > :13:18.rules are very clear on that. Sebastian Vettel has to play it

:13:18. > :13:27.cautiously. This is as coming through 10. It is a long race.

:13:27. > :13:34.is doing a good job so far, Sebastian Vettel. It is 7th place

:13:34. > :13:43.for Sebastian Vettel at the moment. Where is Fernando Alonso? He is in

:13:43. > :13:53.force. That is not enough. Massa comes through. Sebastian Vettel is

:13:53. > :13:54.

:13:54. > :14:01.in 6th place. That is astonishing. He has made a background. -- he has

:14:01. > :14:11.made up that ground. The rain is falling heavier than it was at the

:14:11. > :14:12.

:14:12. > :14:22.start. They have got tired temperature. It is treacherous out

:14:22. > :14:24.

:14:24. > :14:29.there. Jean-Eric Vergne with Rosberg. It is still Button leading.

:14:29. > :14:39.Sebastian Vettel is on the climb. His next target will be Filipe

:14:39. > :14:41.

:14:41. > :14:47.Massa will start -- Filipe Massa Raph. He was told he was on the

:14:47. > :14:57.right tyre. Heikki Kovalainen is in 11th. It could put Caterhams ahead

:14:57. > :15:01.

:15:01. > :15:11.of the richer. -- Marussia. You can see the damage. That will not

:15:11. > :15:21.excite the team bus. Jenson Button avoided the cup and debris. -- the

:15:21. > :15:26.

:15:26. > :15:33.being made by Red Bull. Is the intermediate the safer tier? It's

:15:33. > :15:39.it is such on a knife-edge. It fell after Jack briefly, which did not

:15:39. > :15:44.help but they have got him on the intermediate tier. Gary you are

:15:44. > :15:50.seeing a lot of action? Yes, but Kimi Raikkonen still has not gone

:15:50. > :15:56.as fast as Button on the slick tyres. It is still a dodgy area.

:15:56. > :16:02.Intermediate so would-be safer but maybe that the slicks are correct.

:16:02. > :16:07.I don't think the rain will stop. The feeling you get in the cockpit,

:16:07. > :16:12.you saw Michael Schumacher slotting down the inside of Hamilton. What

:16:12. > :16:17.you have on the intermediate, you just have block movement. It allows

:16:17. > :16:25.the individual blocks to generate heat. This is Alonso running wide,

:16:25. > :16:29.fighting with the tyres. I think we will see Vettel pitting. That is a

:16:29. > :16:33.replay, and he collided! I think we will see everyone coming in for

:16:33. > :16:38.intermediate because the risk of running on the slick tyre, you are

:16:38. > :16:43.on the track or off the circuit. There is the work going on by the

:16:43. > :16:49.crews. Then there is a delay. That happens so often in the early part

:16:49. > :16:54.of the year. Alonso is in. At Championship contenders are both in.

:16:54. > :17:00.Both in the pits at the same time Bostock switching to the

:17:00. > :17:07.intermediate. How are the nerves at Red Bull? A very good pit-stop by

:17:07. > :17:11.them as well. That will be a soothing sight. Nicky has his world

:17:11. > :17:15.Championship contender in his sights. All he has to do is keep

:17:15. > :17:21.him there. If they both finished in the points, this Championship goes

:17:21. > :17:29.to Vettel. Timo Glock trying to get past Petrov. They have just been

:17:29. > :17:39.battling. Vettel comes out behind his team-mate. Mark Webber battling

:17:39. > :17:48.away further down the order with Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel Ricciardo

:17:48. > :17:56.gets at the way of Webber. It is an awkward condition. It has stopped

:17:56. > :18:02.raining says Jenson Button. He is staying out. He is a master of the

:18:02. > :18:05.changing conditions. He locks up on the way into Turn One False Start

:18:05. > :18:11.can we please follow the action at the front? Let's see what happens

:18:11. > :18:17.in Hamilton's pit stop. It is slippery and he was more careful.

:18:17. > :18:27.There was a delay on the right rear. And then he hit and restore and had

:18:27. > :18:29.

:18:29. > :18:37.to re-engage the clutch. It cost him a bit of time. There is Alonso

:18:37. > :18:42.catching all of those. Rose Burg coming through. Basij is in 17th.:

:18:42. > :18:51.as Oake is in 12th place. Alonso lost out a little bit in the

:18:51. > :19:00.traffic. Jenson Button still leaves. Kobayashi was almost on the grass.

:19:00. > :19:03.He just managed to get ahead. Fantastic racing going on. Vettel

:19:04. > :19:08.getting past Kimi Raikkonen, who seems to be struggling on the

:19:08. > :19:15.intermediate tyres he put on earlier. Maybe he but a bit too

:19:15. > :19:20.much heat into the compound. If you go too early, as they go through

:19:20. > :19:26.the traffic, he HRT gets out of the way through turn eight. But in is

:19:26. > :19:33.still on his slick tyres. You can see Webber getting out of the way

:19:33. > :19:37.as Sebastian Vettel goes through. They are both on the intermediate.

:19:37. > :19:43.Let's see what Lewis Hamilton did. He is on the intermediate and going

:19:43. > :19:49.past Massa. It has put him into third. Massa has not been into the

:19:49. > :19:56.pits. That was Kobayashi running on the grass. He managed to get the

:19:56. > :20:01.pass. Just watching the action up front. Jenson Button pulling away

:20:01. > :20:05.from Michael Schumacher. So his tyres are still working. Michael

:20:05. > :20:09.Schumacher is a lap down effectively. Nico Hulkenberg is

:20:09. > :20:19.still on the slick tyres. He is only 1.8 seconds behind Jenson

:20:19. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:30.Button. Jenson Button is running about 20 seconds. And Vettel trying

:20:30. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:42.to get past Rosberg. They are coming into Curva Do Laranjinha.

:20:42. > :20:49.Sebastian Vettel trying to completed his move. Jenson Button

:20:49. > :20:52.is 19.8 seconds ahead of Hamilton. He can still pit to get on his

:20:52. > :20:57.intermediates and still come out in the lead. He is playing the

:20:57. > :21:06.percentages. He still has the window of being able to pit and

:21:06. > :21:11.come out ahead. Vettel looking to try and get back Rosberg. Rosberg

:21:11. > :21:17.will be Hamilton's team-mate at Mercedes. Right now Vettel is

:21:17. > :21:24.trying to pick them off one by one. Look at the attraction of turned

:21:24. > :21:29.wild. Fantastic by Red Bull. -- attractions. Hamilton has gone a

:21:29. > :21:33.little bit quicker than Jenson Button. A more than a second faster.

:21:33. > :21:38.It is looking like the intermediates are coming into play.

:21:38. > :21:42.It will see a number of cars that have not put it coming in for some

:21:42. > :21:52.Gary, what are your thoughts looking at the lap times and

:21:52. > :21:52.

:21:52. > :22:01.conditions? The last lap, Hamilton was slightly quicker. It is still a

:22:01. > :22:11.light chemist but it is still coming. I think it is perfect for

:22:11. > :22:11.

:22:11. > :22:21.Jenson Button. One of the cars has gone off, it think it is the

:22:21. > :22:42.

:22:42. > :22:44.Marussia. So an easy pass if they in. Kovalainen is in the battle.

:22:44. > :22:54.Caterham arbakai head of Marussia in this incredible fight the they

:22:54. > :22:56.

:22:56. > :23:01.are having. McLaren are trying to beat Ferrari to second place in the

:23:01. > :23:07.Constructors' Championship. Hamilton two seconds quicker on

:23:07. > :23:15.that lap and Jenson Button. He is only 16 seconds behind the race

:23:15. > :23:20.leader so if Jenson Button stopped, he would come out seconds. We do

:23:20. > :23:27.gather teams are telling drivers to stay out if they are on those tyres

:23:27. > :23:36.because it is going to be drying up. Vettel is in eighth position.

:23:36. > :23:44.Kobayashi going past Massa, who is struggling on his slick tyres.

:23:44. > :23:54.for Massa. Vettel did a 1:29, so eight seconds last by Massa on that

:23:54. > :23:57.

:23:57. > :24:00.lap. Let's see what happened. a spin from Massa? He is still on

:24:00. > :24:10.the slick tyres and Alonso is on the intermediate and had a more

:24:10. > :24:11.

:24:11. > :24:15.grip. Alonso time, 1:32. Hamilton is not as quick on that last lap.

:24:15. > :24:22.Jenson Button leading by less than a second from Hulkenberg.

:24:22. > :24:27.Hulkenberg could use DRS to take the lead from Jenson Button. On

:24:27. > :24:33.board with Sebastian Vettel. He is still chasing the Sauber of

:24:33. > :24:41.Kobayashi. Across the line, and he will have this one. A nice

:24:41. > :24:45.manoeuvre from Vettel. Kobayashi got out of the wave. It is

:24:45. > :24:52.interesting just watching their lap times, Jenson Button still on slick

:24:52. > :25:02.tyres, Nico Hulkenberg still on them as well. Massa has come in for

:25:02. > :25:08.

:25:08. > :25:13.his intermediate so now. It is a great performance, but it is

:25:13. > :25:17.getting wet. Lap times are getting slower. Will they stay out? If they

:25:17. > :25:24.don't come in they will be committed later on to staying out

:25:24. > :25:30.there if it gets more difficult. Hulkenberg chasing down Button.

:25:30. > :25:36.Into Turn One, Hulkenberg just getting alongside. But remember the

:25:36. > :25:40.DRS zone is coming up next. It is a real opportunity for Hulkenberg.

:25:40. > :25:45.The team taking a look at the rear of the car to see whether damage is.

:25:45. > :25:51.It is a picture that has been taken and given to him so he can evaluate

:25:51. > :25:56.the car. But in just able to fend off Nico Hulkenberg. Lap times were

:25:56. > :26:03.quicker. Gary, has it stopped raining? There is still a little

:26:03. > :26:07.sprinkle in the air, but not as much as before. These two guys up

:26:07. > :26:11.front have made the right decisions. But it has a raised on his hands

:26:11. > :26:15.from will convert. These are the only two men who have not stopped

:26:15. > :26:20.at this afternoon in first and second. If they have made the right

:26:20. > :26:29.decision, it shouldn't affect the running order to Muchalls stop we

:26:29. > :26:33.have Vettel in fifth. Alonso is in fourth. Jenson Button believes this

:26:33. > :26:43.race from Nico Hulkenberg in the Force India. Hamilton is inferred,

:26:43. > :26:43.

:26:43. > :26:48.15 seconds behind. Alonso is in fourth and Vettel is in fifth.

:26:48. > :26:54.Fastest of the cars on the intermediate tyres. But the slick

:26:54. > :26:59.tyre cars have gone two seconds faster. It is still very slippery

:26:59. > :27:07.in places. They are coming off to the DRS zone and he has to get a

:27:07. > :27:11.good exit off the Curva Do Sol. Hulkenberg, you can get back

:27:11. > :27:19.through to earn three in these conditions would fall fuels. It is

:27:19. > :27:26.just giving Jenson Button a breathing room. It is a tricky

:27:26. > :27:36.Kerner in the dry. Jenson has to go defensive. We have to -- we have

:27:36. > :27:39.

:27:39. > :27:45.seen what happens if they go wide. Just getting past Pedro de la Rosa.

:27:45. > :27:50.TEAM RADIO: We expect the rain to continue at this level for the next

:27:50. > :27:54.30 minutes so we need to make the tyres last. Hamilton does not like

:27:55. > :27:58.the sound of that. He has got to make the tyres last, but he says

:27:58. > :28:08.they are almost finished. Hulkenberg has a real chance to

:28:08. > :28:10.

:28:10. > :28:16.close up. It looks like he strategically used his KERS. He has

:28:16. > :28:22.tried to take Jenson Button who braked early and Hulkenberg has

:28:22. > :28:26.taken the lead. But still a long way to go in this race. Nico

:28:26. > :28:32.Hulkenberg was started two years ago when he was driving for

:28:32. > :28:38.Williams. McLaren getting ready for a change. Who will it be? It is

:28:38. > :28:46.Hamilton coming in Vostok Gary it is changing all of the time? It is

:28:46. > :28:53.coming towards the slick tyres. The rain has stopped so that time as it

:28:53. > :29:02.will continue to get better. He has gone on to the harder compound tyre.

:29:02. > :29:05.Alonso is in as well. Vettel is not in yet. We can expect to see the

:29:06. > :29:11.main contenders coming in as this track is opening up towards the

:29:11. > :29:21.slick tyres will stop it is playing into the hands of Hulkenberg and

:29:21. > :29:29.

:29:29. > :29:34.is leading now for Force India from Jenson Button. Hamilton is in third

:29:34. > :29:38.position or he was, but he has just made a pit stop. That will bring

:29:38. > :29:46.Vettel into third place for a start you are watching Fernando Alonso.

:29:46. > :29:52.He has just gone out on a set of the medium compound tyres. Dry line

:29:52. > :29:59.appearing now. Alonso finds the grip on those slick tyres. Hamilton

:29:59. > :30:07.has just been in a bit of action with one of the Red Bull cars.

:30:07. > :30:13.RADIO: Box, box, a box. Sebastian Vettel is being told to make a pit

:30:13. > :30:23.stop. That is Vettel in front of him. You saw the oversteer. Pit

:30:23. > :30:32.

:30:32. > :30:37.crew have come out and ready. It is relatively tidy stop. Mark Webber

:30:37. > :30:46.is in at the same time. They practise this. They will have no

:30:46. > :30:52.real loss of time for Mark Webber. He is on the heart tyre. What are

:30:52. > :30:58.you making of all this, Eddie Jordan? It is fascinating. We need

:30:58. > :31:04.a sprinkling of rain to boost the excitement. I am a bit concerned at

:31:04. > :31:08.what Red Bull it is doing. I would want to have the guy least likely

:31:09. > :31:14.to win the Championship - I would want Mark Webber to beat a guy out

:31:14. > :31:18.in front - to give me the information to give me the best

:31:18. > :31:25.possible information for Sebastian Vettel to win the Championship. In

:31:25. > :31:31.my opinion, they have taken too long to change onto these tyres.

:31:31. > :31:39.They are battling for position. The Red Bull has been very good in the

:31:39. > :31:43.dry. Let's keep a look at it, if it finishes this way. How satisfying

:31:43. > :31:50.for Sebastian Vettel would it be if he can close down and past the

:31:50. > :31:58.Ferrari? The Red Bull has been faster than the Ferrari but he is

:31:58. > :32:04.driving wounded. They air has been tyre shredding on the car of Nico

:32:04. > :32:10.Rosberg. There must have been contacts on the lap. Let's look out

:32:10. > :32:16.for a replay of what has happened. As we mentioned about Sebastian

:32:16. > :32:22.Vettel, how much will the broken floor affect him? The damage has

:32:22. > :32:27.been done. You have been looking at their lap times. What can we tell

:32:27. > :32:34.from which tyres you should be on? There seems to be a mixture of

:32:34. > :32:40.medium and hard compounds. The intermediates are absolutely worn

:32:40. > :32:46.out. There is no rubber left on that higher earth will start I

:32:46. > :32:56.would not be surprised if Nico Rosberg a's tyre has lost pressure

:32:56. > :33:00.

:33:00. > :33:09.because of that. -- Nico Rosberg's tyre. The you can see very clearly

:33:09. > :33:13.the damage to the left side of the floor. He has exposed the exhaust

:33:13. > :33:23.system. Gary is the perfect man to explain how much turbulence that

:33:23. > :33:24.

:33:24. > :33:32.will create. To match debris on the track. Would a safety car help or

:33:32. > :33:41.hinder? It would not make much difference. There is a lot of

:33:41. > :33:47.carbon fibre around. That can puncture a tyre. That is not a good

:33:47. > :33:56.thing. A slide from Heikki Kovalainen but he gather at it

:33:56. > :34:01.together. This is what happened to Nico Rosberg. -- gathered it

:34:01. > :34:07.together. It looks like the tyre was deflated when he came through

:34:07. > :34:17.turn for. That is a slick tyre. Unlikely it has anything to do with

:34:17. > :34:18.

:34:18. > :34:25.the trade wearing out. Jenson Button set the fastest lap. A

:34:25. > :34:30.safety car has been deployed. That is because of the debris on circuit.

:34:30. > :34:37.This will close the field up together. We will see what effect

:34:37. > :34:42.it has. Coming through shot is Michael Schumacher. He is in 15th

:34:42. > :34:48.place. The safety car is out. They will gather behind the safety car

:34:48. > :34:53.before anyone is waved through. What an amazing beginning to this

:34:53. > :35:03.race! We are a third of a way through and so much has happened.

:35:03. > :35:04.

:35:04. > :35:12.What an incredible end to the 2012 season. As the teams prepared, they

:35:12. > :35:18.will get a free stop effectively. This has really hurt Hulkenberg and

:35:18. > :35:24.Button. They are now boasts in the pits. Presumably, they will go on

:35:24. > :35:30.to the harder compound tyres and get to the end on that. Hamilton

:35:30. > :35:35.was faster have banned them just before the safety car came out. --

:35:35. > :35:41.faster than them. You have to feel for them because they had a massive

:35:41. > :35:49.lead the stub I do feel for them but this is motor racing and

:35:50. > :35:58.anything can happen. You have to feel for Filipe Massa, he was world

:35:58. > :36:02.champion for a few seconds before he was overtaken. Fernando Alonso

:36:02. > :36:09.is in 4th place and Sebastian Vettel is in 5th position. It will

:36:09. > :36:16.be heading the way of Sebastian Vettel if they finish like they are

:36:16. > :36:24.now. Sebastian Vettel has to finish on the podium. The safety car is

:36:24. > :36:31.out. It is now picking up... It is not yet because that is Paul di

:36:31. > :36:39.Resta. He is in eighth place. Still waiting to pick up the leaders.

:36:39. > :36:45.Kimi Raikkonen is still running. We lost a Lotus earlier in the race.

:36:45. > :36:51.There is Filipe Massa, after his starring role earlier on. We now

:36:51. > :36:58.see Hulkenberg and Button. They will stack up behind the safety car.

:36:58. > :37:06.We have had this opportunity to draw breath. Hulkenberg and Button

:37:06. > :37:10.have lost the 42nd advantage they had. They now will have a battle on

:37:10. > :37:15.their hands. The track temperature is pretty low and they will have

:37:15. > :37:20.Hamilton, who was going quickly behind them. If it has changed the

:37:20. > :37:24.whole dynamic of the race. There is a lot of debris on the track and a

:37:24. > :37:31.lot of rubber. All the intermediates were throwing up a

:37:31. > :37:37.lot of rubber. We will see how it goes. All Sebastian Vettel has to

:37:37. > :37:42.do is keep Fernando Alonso in his sights. You can see the floor

:37:42. > :37:48.damage. Whether it affects temperatures later on... Only time

:37:48. > :37:58.will tell whether it will go to the chequered flag or not. The car got

:37:58. > :37:59.

:37:59. > :38:04.a hefty clout. Pastor Maldonado is out of the race. We did not really

:38:04. > :38:10.see what happened to him in the other Williams. Both Williams cars

:38:10. > :38:15.went out early on. Let's try to summarise what has happened. If

:38:15. > :38:21.Hamilton and Button started on the front row together. Sebastian

:38:21. > :38:28.Vettel made a poor start. Massa and Fernando Alonso went for it. Massa

:38:28. > :38:33.did a fantastic job working for Fernando Alonso. Sebastian Vettel

:38:33. > :38:40.got spun around at turn four and was out of the points and looked to

:38:40. > :38:47.be out of the race. As we have seen, the damage is not too bad. He has

:38:47. > :38:53.lacked quite quickly. He is back up into 5th place and only one

:38:53. > :38:58.position behind Fernando Alonso. This is a replay of the start. That

:38:58. > :39:04.is Bruno Senna backing the side of Sebastian Vettel. He was watching

:39:04. > :39:10.the traffic and keeping his position. You get a photograph of

:39:10. > :39:16.the damage. It was given to the head of the technical team. This is

:39:16. > :39:24.the deflation of the right rear of the cup of Nico Rosberg. The

:39:24. > :39:34.rotational forces keep the tyre... There is no air inside it but

:39:34. > :39:35.

:39:35. > :39:45.centre pupil force keeps its running as wide as it possibly can.

:39:45. > :40:08.

:40:08. > :40:15.-- centrifugal. I think it is OK as the debris news. He was asking the

:40:15. > :40:19.Marshalls to get the cleaners out. To be honest, it will not be a big

:40:19. > :40:26.drama. It does look as though the damage is quite a long way behind

:40:26. > :40:34.that. The back of the radiator is probably 15 centimetres. We can see

:40:34. > :40:41.the exhaust pipe. Performance wise, maybe a 10th of a second, two tents.

:40:41. > :40:50.That was a big hit. It is Hulkenberg from Button. It has

:40:50. > :40:58.given Hamilton another opportunity to win this race. Mark Webber is

:40:58. > :41:08.down in 7th place. Then do Leicester. Kimi Raikkonen is in

:41:08. > :41:09.

:41:09. > :41:19.10th. -- then Paul di Resta. The safety car will be difficult. Jean-

:41:19. > :41:27.Eric Vergne is behind it. Charles Pic is in 17th place. At the back,

:41:27. > :41:32.after the puncture, Nico Rosberg. The cars out of the Grand Prix are

:41:32. > :41:37.Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna and Sergio Perez.

:41:38. > :41:43.Everybody now is just getting into position. Hopefully it will not be

:41:43. > :41:51.much longer before the race gets under way again. Contrasting tyres

:41:51. > :41:58.with Fernando Alonso on medium and Sebastian Vettel on the heart.

:41:58. > :42:04.There is expected to be two or three-tenths of a difference in

:42:04. > :42:09.pace but we do not have that. Remember, Fernando Alonso is in

:42:09. > :42:15.pole position right now because he is in 4th place. He needs to be on

:42:15. > :42:20.the podium to have a chance. Sebastian Vettel is in 5th place at

:42:20. > :42:29.the moment. If he gets into force, it does not matter what Fernando

:42:29. > :42:35.Alonso does. -- into 4th. A lot of cars being pushed round the back of

:42:35. > :42:40.the field. They get an instruction from race control and they are able

:42:40. > :42:46.to pass the safety car. The question now is, how many laps will

:42:46. > :42:53.it take them to rejoin the field? They have to respect the lap delta

:42:53. > :42:59.to maintain a constant field behind the safety car. When you ran in

:42:59. > :43:06.this situation, a bit of a lock up from Hulkenberg as he tries to keep

:43:07. > :43:11.heat in the tyres. There will be a few laps to come around from the

:43:11. > :43:18.back. Let's talk about Nico Hulkenberg. He is good and has

:43:18. > :43:25.impressed us are numerous occasions. He has not had the card to show how

:43:25. > :43:35.capable he is. The track is drying out. He has Fernando Alonso and

:43:35. > :43:41.

:43:41. > :43:47.Sebastian Vettel, world champions need to go faster, it is raining

:43:47. > :43:52.and we are losing temperature. We have just heard in the commentary

:43:52. > :43:57.box that is the message that Jenson Button has given McLaren. He said

:43:57. > :44:03.the safety car is not fast enough and they cannot maintain

:44:03. > :44:09.temperature in the slick tyres. that will make it difficult on the

:44:09. > :44:16.restart. Kimi Raikkonen did not have much in the wake of brakes and

:44:17. > :44:23.tyre temperature but he managed to get the weighed with it. -- get

:44:23. > :44:29.away with it. Nico Hulkenberg is making the switch after this grand

:44:29. > :44:38.prix, at the end of the season, to Sauber. Force India will be losing

:44:38. > :44:48.an asset, no doubt about it. This team is used to beat Jordan. In

:44:48. > :44:48.

:44:48. > :44:52.2003, one of the Jordan drivers won this race. Nico Hulkenberg has the

:44:52. > :45:02.pace. He was running well at the beginning of the race and having a

:45:02. > :45:03.

:45:03. > :45:09.good go at it was dubbed there is still some nest in the air. --

:45:09. > :45:16.missed in the air. Jenson Button said it was difficult keeping tyre

:45:16. > :45:26.temperatures up. They need to treat it a right. The group at the back

:45:26. > :45:31.is catching up. A bit more rain around. That group has not caught

:45:31. > :45:37.up. The race director does not necessarily need to see them to

:45:37. > :45:45.release the field and get the restart under way. Massa, the last

:45:45. > :45:50.cut in the chain, you have the chasing group just coming across

:45:50. > :45:56.the line now. They will be able to be it on the back of the group.

:45:56. > :46:04.That is possibly by the safety car is running slower. That compounds

:46:04. > :46:14.the difficulties. It weighs over two tons will start it has all the

:46:14. > :46:21.mod cons. The drivers do not have a window wipers. He is adjusting his

:46:21. > :46:27.visor and trying to keep heat in the tyres. Sebastian Vettel is in

:46:27. > :46:32.5th place, behind Fernando Alonso. He does not need to pass him. He

:46:32. > :46:38.just needs to keep him insight to win the Championship. What will he

:46:38. > :46:48.do? Listen how he is working the throttle and the steering to try to

:46:48. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:07.Hulkenberg in the fours India ahead of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton

:47:07. > :47:13.as we prepare for them to get back up to racing speed. The safety car

:47:13. > :47:22.is in an Hulkenberg goes for it, chased by Jenson Button. Hulkenberg

:47:22. > :47:29.has opened up a gap from Button and then Hamilton and then Alonso. Here

:47:29. > :47:36.comes Les Sable d'Olonne 1 Vettel. Down the outside goes Webber.

:47:36. > :47:41.Kobayashi has got past Vettel. Vettel is up behind Kobayashi and

:47:41. > :47:46.that has allowed the rest to be in the slipstream of the Red Bull.

:47:46. > :47:51.course Kobayashi is fighting for a career in Formula One, he has got

:47:52. > :47:59.to show what he can do. Further back, there is a Webber who has

:47:59. > :48:05.rejoined. Webber lost a lot of places. Hulkenberg still leads an

:48:05. > :48:14.Vettel is under pressure from di Resta. Kobayashi is striving for

:48:14. > :48:19.his career. He does not have a seat next season. That was a bit of a

:48:19. > :48:23.mistake from the Japanese driver. Paul di Resta getting himself

:48:23. > :48:28.hooked up into the back end of the Red Bull as the fuel his side

:48:28. > :48:32.thinning out. Now the pressure is on Hulkenberg. He has to set the

:48:32. > :48:39.breaking point and is doing a fantastic job. He is breaking away

:48:39. > :48:44.from Button. Button as a bit of pressure on from Hamilton. Alonso

:48:44. > :48:54.still in fourth place. Vettel has dropped back and we have Kobayashi

:48:54. > :48:57.

:48:57. > :49:02.in fifth. DRS is enabled. He has to set the breaking-point and now.

:49:02. > :49:07.Hulkenberg, he has made it through the turn, I believe. Not helping

:49:07. > :49:14.his cause with the lock up. Hamilton will pass him in to turn

:49:14. > :49:19.them before. Hamilton is trying to take second and Button locks up and

:49:19. > :49:24.Hamilton gets the past his team- mate. Hamilton takes second place

:49:24. > :49:30.from Jenson Button. You have Alonso under pressure from Kobayashi.

:49:30. > :49:35.Massa is in eighth and behind him is Daniel Ricciardo. Massa is

:49:35. > :49:44.having a go at di Resta down the outside. Greater awareness from

:49:44. > :49:54.both drivers. A great move by Massa but a good reaction from di Resta.

:49:54. > :49:55.

:49:55. > :49:59.Hamilton has got past but an -- Button. We're not even at half

:49:59. > :50:06.distance in his Brazilian Grand Prix. Nico Hulkenberg is leading,

:50:06. > :50:12.Jenson Button has dropped to third behind Lewis Hamilton quiz Fernando

:50:13. > :50:22.Alonso chasing. Fernando Alonso has to get into the top three. He is

:50:23. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:31.catching Jenson Button bulls start Hulkenberg is getting away. Out

:50:31. > :50:39.through the Curva Do Sol they come, looking down from the highly captor.

:50:40. > :50:46.-- helicopter. More battling between Massa and Kobayashi. Where

:50:46. > :50:52.his di Resta? Alonso has lost a place to Kobayashi, sorry. Alonso

:50:52. > :51:02.is down to is this and the Japanese driver has got past. He had a DRS

:51:02. > :51:03.

:51:03. > :51:13.and was able to use it. This allows Sebastian Vettel to keep a close

:51:13. > :51:14.

:51:14. > :51:20.eye on his Championship contender. Massa has gone past di Resta and

:51:21. > :51:30.Ricciardo has gone past as well. Raikkonen surely will have di Resta

:51:31. > :51:32.

:51:32. > :51:40.out of the corner? They will be side-by-side. On board with Alonso.

:51:40. > :51:50.This is to retake the fourth place at. He is through. Sebastian Vettel

:51:50. > :51:54.

:51:54. > :52:04.has his mirrors a fall of a Massa as well. Will this allows Sebastian

:52:04. > :52:20.

:52:20. > :52:30.speed. What a race Interlagos is delivering. Up front it is still

:52:30. > :52:33.

:52:33. > :52:42.hung Kohlberg leading his race. -- Hulkenberg. This is how the battle

:52:42. > :52:46.went with Kobayashi getting past Alonso. Alonso has retaken it since.

:52:46. > :52:52.Kobayashi was nine kilometres an hour fast as we see the replay of

:52:52. > :53:00.Massa down the inside of di Resta. Di Resta was very mature as he

:53:00. > :53:10.gives him some space. Kobayashi is quicker in qualifying with DRS open

:53:10. > :53:17.and the Red Bull. It Vettel gains 10 kilometres an hour. Ferrari

:53:17. > :53:21.against Red Bull. The Brazilian and the outside sweeps around pass the

:53:21. > :53:27.Red Bull and sensibly, Vettel does not fight too hard, he can afford

:53:27. > :53:31.to lose that place. It is still plenty to win the Championship in

:53:31. > :53:41.seventh place because Alonso is in force and that is not enough of a

:53:41. > :53:47.

:53:47. > :53:57.long -- for Fernando Alonso. He now has a Toro Rosso behind him. He is

:53:57. > :53:59.

:53:59. > :54:05.loving this. Massa has had home wins here before. He loves racing

:54:05. > :54:09.on home turf and was helping Alonso in the early part of the race.

:54:09. > :54:17.Alonso needs to get in the top three and right now he is not doing

:54:17. > :54:27.enough. Alonso is not as quick as any of them. The man who is

:54:27. > :54:32.quickest is Lewis Hamilton. Force India have been the quickest

:54:32. > :54:38.through the practices. This will be a difficult situation for the

:54:38. > :54:43.McLaren to try and overcome Force India. Kimi Raikkonen might get a

:54:43. > :54:51.DRS on Michael Schumacher? No, not quite enough to have a move at

:54:51. > :55:00.getting past the Mercedes. These two champions running in tenth and

:55:00. > :55:06.11th places. Hulkenberg holding his own at the front. Michael

:55:06. > :55:10.Schumacher is retiring at the end of this race. And in these kind of

:55:10. > :55:16.conditions, in his first career, we would have seen Michael Schumacher

:55:16. > :55:22.or Excel? There is no question Michael has found his comeback more

:55:22. > :55:25.difficult than his first career. The Mercedes car has not developed

:55:26. > :55:33.sufficiently to allow him and Nico Rosberg to run consistently at the

:55:33. > :55:42.front. It seems a long time ago, Nico Rosberg with a victory in

:55:42. > :55:52.China? It does seem a long time ago. Webber is intense place. Vettel has

:55:52. > :56:01.the world Championship as it stands at the moment. -- in tenth place.

:56:01. > :56:08.Hamiltons or the fastest lap. Webber is trying to close in on di

:56:08. > :56:16.Resta. They have been a couple of errors today. You can still see the

:56:16. > :56:23.drops of rain falling on the camera. Massa loses the the rear in the

:56:23. > :56:29.breaking. He keeps control, but it shows what a knife edge they are on.

:56:29. > :56:33.Massa trying to close off to the back of Kobayashi. For Ferrari it

:56:33. > :56:43.might help if Massa is quick and get past Alonso at this point in

:56:43. > :56:46.

:56:46. > :56:55.the race. If he got past Kobayashi. This is as difficult as it will get

:56:55. > :57:01.on slick tyres. You can see the dry line. Who normally have the debris,

:57:01. > :57:11.but you have this damp track. what are we seeing with the lap

:57:11. > :57:11.

:57:11. > :57:17.times? What did you see with Vettel? A bit of a rally moment.

:57:17. > :57:23.This exhaust system works on the floor so it will be a disadvantage

:57:23. > :57:29.for him as well as getting rear end grip in the corner. Raikkonen did

:57:29. > :57:35.not manage to get past Michael Schumacher. There is a reports of

:57:35. > :57:44.rain at Cern number nine. If it is going to be raining again it will

:57:44. > :57:50.change it wants more. That was brave from Massa. He is charged

:57:50. > :57:58.with the energy of this Brazilian crowd. That it was his brother,

:57:58. > :58:08.even expecting a bit of Sunshine. Massa can still be influential in

:58:08. > :58:12.

:58:12. > :58:17.in this Championship. Vettel just doing enough in seventh. You can

:58:17. > :58:25.see that Toro Rosso in the background. Webber is in ninth

:58:25. > :58:29.place. Schumacher is in tenth, and as things stand right now with

:58:29. > :58:33.Hamilton and Button second and third and the Ferrari fourth and

:58:33. > :58:39.fifth, then Ferrari would take second place in the Constructors'

:58:39. > :58:44.Championship. And to keep you up- to-date with the lower end teams,

:58:45. > :58:54.none of them are in the top 12, the highest placed Caterham is in 13th,

:58:54. > :59:04.and that is Petrov. You can see on the camera the extra rain that is

:59:04. > :59:07.

:59:07. > :59:11.happening. Vettel with Kobayashi up ahead. Di Resta spun the car around.

:59:11. > :59:18.Trying to get down the inside of Mark Webber and that promoted

:59:18. > :59:24.Michael Schumacher into tenth place. It is still very tricky. If you put

:59:24. > :59:30.a wheel slightly off-line. Nico Hulkenberg is in front of Lewis

:59:30. > :59:40.Hamilton who again sets the fastest lap. Button is inferred, Alonso

:59:40. > :59:44.

:59:44. > :59:54.been forced. -- Alonso is in fourth. They are trying to stick on the dry

:59:54. > :59:56.

:59:56. > :00:00.line but if it rains again it will saving up the KERS, presumably to

:00:00. > :00:05.use it out of turn 12. That gives you the boost up to the start-

:00:05. > :00:09.finish straight. Vettel is moving slower in a straight line.

:00:09. > :00:13.Raikonnen polls to the outside of a Schumacher, on the straight line as

:00:13. > :00:17.they go to turn one. Battle of the champions. Michael Schumacher will

:00:17. > :00:27.squeeze in as they come out of one. In the end, they run side-by-side

:00:27. > :00:29.

:00:29. > :00:39.through two. Let's wait and see, the graphics are not showing us at

:00:39. > :00:40.

:00:40. > :00:44.they would be spinning. Just giving each other enough space. Michael

:00:44. > :00:54.Schumacher, we will check to see his position. I think that

:00:54. > :00:54.

:00:54. > :00:57.Raikonnen is in front. RADIO: We are in the window, please confirm.

:00:57. > :01:02.Coming up for another round of pit stops, by the sounds of things.

:01:02. > :01:06.Let's remind you that early on in the this race Sebastian Vettel was

:01:06. > :01:10.spun around on the first lap after contact from Bruno Senna. Bruno

:01:10. > :01:13.Senna has been speaking to us. Disappointing end to all season and

:01:13. > :01:17.your home Grand Prix. Tell us about the incident at the start that

:01:17. > :01:24.means you are standing here now and saw Sebastian Vettel spinning?

:01:24. > :01:28.a good start, everything was going well. In two turn four, I think of

:01:28. > :01:32.Vettel just went straight across the track from his position. Two

:01:32. > :01:42.cars on the side, they hit me and there was nothing to do. A pretty

:01:42. > :01:45.big hit. Bruno Senna out. He joins Sergio Perez out in that incident.

:01:45. > :01:50.Grosjean and Maldonado are also out of this race. But we are all on

:01:50. > :01:54.board with Sebastian Vettel, doing enough for the moment to take the

:01:54. > :01:58.2012 World Championship. But what a fraught race it is turning into.

:01:58. > :02:03.Michael Schumacher, under attack from Di Resta or another to go. Did

:02:03. > :02:13.he manage to pull off the move down the inside? Yes. That's him coming

:02:13. > :02:17.back from that spin on turn 12. That moves them into 11th place. We

:02:17. > :02:23.have Ferrari and Red Bull mechanics trying to remove the moisture so

:02:23. > :02:27.that when they come in for an extra stop there will give them as dry a

:02:27. > :02:34.box as they possibly can. thinking, drying out the area that

:02:34. > :02:39.the cars will stop them. Massa comes through in fifth. Webber

:02:39. > :02:44.comes into the inside of Ricciardo. That is going to help Vettel, he

:02:44. > :02:48.has an even safer rear gunner in the shape of Mark Webber and then

:02:48. > :02:52.Ricciardo. That is what they want. Raikonnen is five seconds behind,

:02:52. > :02:55.we know he will not give up on any chances to gain places. Dorest day

:02:55. > :03:04.is not far behind you there. They will be desperately tried to close

:03:04. > :03:09.that gap. It my depend on how they do on the next set of tyres.

:03:09. > :03:13.Despite Hamilton's great laps, Hulkenberg has maintained a little

:03:13. > :03:18.bit of an advantage. Now he's found out where the track conditions are,

:03:18. > :03:23.we know he is good in Interlagos. We know that he is good in changing

:03:23. > :03:27.conditions. He has just been able to use that groove, the speed of

:03:27. > :03:33.the Force India. Of course, as Lewis Hamilton gets closer, he has

:03:33. > :03:38.got the gap down to 1.9 seconds, he starts running in dirty air. Force

:03:38. > :03:41.India gets to run into that energised fresh air. He's basically

:03:41. > :03:45.chucking back a whole bunch of turbulence on to the front wing of

:03:45. > :03:51.the McLaren. It takes away some performance. On board with Nico

:03:51. > :03:58.Hulkenberg. Let's ride with him for a moment. RADIO: Keep going, mate.

:03:58. > :04:02.Keep going. What is he saying? Not sure he is getting to the end of

:04:02. > :04:08.the lap? Is it tyres? It's difficult to catch that. Did he say

:04:08. > :04:14.the end of the race or the lap? It sounded like the lap. There is a

:04:14. > :04:19.Felipe Massa. He is still holding on to fifth place from Kobayashi

:04:20. > :04:24.and Vettel. There is a little bit more rain in the air. What are you

:04:24. > :04:28.seeing down in the pit lane, Gary? We are starting to get at mist. Not

:04:28. > :04:31.as heavy as before but it's coming back again. This guy is becoming a

:04:31. > :04:36.bit black, I wouldn't be surprised to see more before the end of the

:04:36. > :04:40.race. It has to have something more in store for us. It never

:04:40. > :04:44.disappoints, the Brazilian Grand Prix. This afternoon we are on the

:04:44. > :04:48.edge of our seats. We certainly I in the commentary box. A very clear,

:04:48. > :04:53.dry line. That is why you have to really pick your moment if you are

:04:53. > :04:57.going to affect a pass. At the moment, Kobayashi is doing enough

:04:57. > :05:01.as the Vettel rocks up, runs a bit wide. You can see the marking on

:05:01. > :05:05.the inner side and also the front right tyre. Is that aerodynamic

:05:05. > :05:10.damage affecting the overall balance of the Red Bull? Of course,

:05:10. > :05:14.the teams have no real knowledge of these tyres and these conditions,

:05:15. > :05:24.low track temperatures? You can see the graining of the French rider of

:05:24. > :05:28.the option tyre. -- front right. That is in contrast to have run

:05:28. > :05:32.around them using the harder tyre. The track temperature is less than

:05:32. > :05:35.half what it was on Friday when they did the simulated race run.

:05:35. > :05:42.All of the teams are trying to learn as much as they can, as

:05:42. > :05:47.quickly as possible, what the tyre where his and reacting to it.

:05:47. > :05:51.Hulkenberg is staying out there for the moment. The gap is coming down.

:05:51. > :05:58.Hamilton was 1.9 seconds behind last time. He's gained a little bit

:05:58. > :06:04.more on this lap. He's against five-tenths of a second. Webber,

:06:04. > :06:09.sliding again! A little mistake from Mark Webber. That is in turn

:06:09. > :06:18.12. That will allow Ricciardo to carry the momentum down into turn

:06:18. > :06:23.one. Brakes on the dry line, exactly what we saw. He didn't even

:06:23. > :06:29.turn into it. He maintains the position. Remember, the great

:06:29. > :06:39.Ayrton Senna was spinning May 1994 in his Williams. A tricky corner.

:06:39. > :06:40.

:06:40. > :06:45.He's got the DRS Open on the Sabbath. But they can't get past? -

:06:45. > :06:48.- Sauber. We are hearing that Hulkenberg is complaining about the

:06:48. > :06:53.downshift on the Force India. It's generating too much push in these

:06:53. > :07:02.tricky conditions. The last thing that you want when you select VT,

:07:02. > :07:07.it just gives you that shunting feeling. -- the gear. That will

:07:07. > :07:17.allow Vettel to cut back out of two. Look at the speed advantage that

:07:17. > :07:23.Kobayashi has in the Sauber. That was the lap when we store Vettel

:07:23. > :07:29.use of DRS. Kobayashi is fourth- fastest so far. It shows that the

:07:29. > :07:33.Sauber, set up for good straight- line speed, is a good race car.

:07:33. > :07:39.Hulkenberg holding out in front from Hamilton and Button. Button

:07:39. > :07:44.going quicker than Hamilton on the last lap. He's still in the hunt.

:07:44. > :07:49.Alonso, not as good as the leaders. The other Ferrari of Massa is in

:07:49. > :07:56.fifth position. Webber is still in eighth place, despite his beautiful

:07:56. > :08:05.four we'll drift. Again, Vettel not fast enough. Dorest is 11th,

:08:05. > :08:15.Schumacher 12th, Petrov in 13th. Caterham and desperate for one more

:08:15. > :08:22.position for Petrov. Charles Pic is behind him in the deep Marussia.

:08:22. > :08:25.His only 0.5 of a second behind. There's a wonderful battle between

:08:25. > :08:31.those teams tried to get the tenth place in the Constructors'

:08:31. > :08:35.Championship. We are hearing conflicting information from the

:08:35. > :08:40.drivers. Rosberg has been told to expect the rain to end shortly.

:08:40. > :08:44.Vettel is being told that more rain is coming. We will just have to be

:08:44. > :08:49.patient and watch. They put spotters upwind to enable them to

:08:49. > :08:54.try to feed some information back. One of the shots we saw previously

:08:54. > :08:58.showed the real lights on Massa's car flashing. That can be activated

:08:58. > :09:03.by the driver and when they come in for intermediate or wet tyres, they

:09:03. > :09:07.have to change a setting on the steering wheel. The circumference

:09:07. > :09:12.of the wet tyre is greater. So, to reset the electronic systems the

:09:12. > :09:17.car needs to know it is using a different tyre. Normally that

:09:17. > :09:21.automatically puts on the rear light. Clearly, Ferrari has an

:09:21. > :09:31.override system and he's choosing to flash his little red light at

:09:31. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:36.the cars behind him. Look at that, Kobayashi's car. Clear damage and

:09:36. > :09:43.some pick-up on the outer part of the tyre. These are not of double

:09:44. > :09:47.conditions. You can see the rain fall. Gary, comment on not just the

:09:47. > :09:51.weather that you are seeing now, but the tyre wear that we were

:09:51. > :09:58.watching on Kobayashi's car? We saw on Friday and Saturday that the

:09:58. > :10:03.tyres are working pretty hard. It's an aggressive surface. The lap

:10:03. > :10:07.times for the last couple of laps... A sorry, Petrova has done. That is

:10:07. > :10:11.important, he's lost a place to Rosberg and he will have lost their

:10:11. > :10:15.place to Charles Pic in their Marussia. This is how it happened.

:10:15. > :10:21.Over the rise, he just went over the white line as they went into

:10:21. > :10:29.turn 8. Normally, on modern circuits, it is a particular type

:10:29. > :10:32.of FIA approved paint, that has gripped in it to feel like

:10:32. > :10:40.sandpaper. There is no indication that they had actually painted them

:10:40. > :10:45.with that. The message is to keep off the white lines. The times have

:10:45. > :10:52.dropped away. You can see the vortices coming off the rear wing,

:10:52. > :10:58.indicating that there is more rain in the air. The lap times are

:10:58. > :11:05.1:19.44 Hulkenberg, 1:19.54 Lewis Hamilton. They are all trying to

:11:05. > :11:10.push it so that they have one more stop if it stays dry. Vettel is

:11:10. > :11:16.definitely slower than Alonso. But he is caught up behind the Sauber

:11:17. > :11:20.of Kobayashi. He's quite comfortable at this moment in time

:11:20. > :11:23.to secure his third world title. There is no need for him to try to

:11:23. > :11:29.risk anything. He preferred not to be running into much dirty air.

:11:29. > :11:36.He's Clear behind Webber, the next man down the road, six seconds

:11:36. > :11:41.behind him. Lap 48 out of 71. Young German driver Nico Hulkenberg is

:11:41. > :11:50.leading from the two McLaren's of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

:11:50. > :11:56.For the place for Fernando Alonso. RADIO: 100% KERS out of turn 3. You

:11:56. > :12:04.have nothing for the rest of the lap. Overtaking is an option.

:12:04. > :12:07.reason is that you get a recharge over the start-finish line. Out of

:12:07. > :12:13.12 he can use up all of his KERS and get extra horsepower up the

:12:13. > :12:16.hill. Once they cross the line, he's got that again. Hamilton is in

:12:16. > :12:21.front of Hulkenberg. There has been a change up front. Hulkenberg must

:12:21. > :12:25.have finally made a mistake. He's dropped down to second. This is

:12:25. > :12:35.over the Rhine is on turn 6. He gets on the white line and loses

:12:35. > :12:38.

:12:38. > :12:42.long, he's still there in second place. Let's see where Button is.

:12:42. > :12:47.His and it will further back. He still has to 0.3 seconds over

:12:47. > :12:51.Jenson Button. He's held on so long, but it's Lewis Hamilton that leads

:12:51. > :12:55.the Brazilian Grand Prix. Look at them, all watching around.

:12:55. > :13:00.Christian Horner, studying the sky. Adrian Newey, trying to work out

:13:00. > :13:06.what is going on. Drops of rain in the air. They need to change to a

:13:06. > :13:11.new set of tyres, but if they change and it rains they have to

:13:11. > :13:14.come back in to put on wets. As it stands right now, McLaren take the

:13:14. > :13:18.second place in the Constructors' Championship. Sergio Perez went out

:13:18. > :13:25.right at the start of this race, involved in that early incident

:13:25. > :13:31.that Vettel was included in. Sergio, a sad way to end your career at

:13:31. > :13:38.Sauber. Tell us what happened at the start of the race. I was

:13:38. > :13:42.running the downforce, I had a very good start. Suddenly I was on the

:13:42. > :13:48.inside, there was some contact and everybody came in to me. I think

:13:48. > :13:56.Bruno and Sebastian. I have bigger damage on my car. A very sad way to

:13:56. > :14:00.end the season. But I hope they do a good job for the team. You are

:14:00. > :14:05.watching the race now, do you think Sebastian or Fernando? I think

:14:05. > :14:09.anything could happen. It will be decided in the last five laps.

:14:09. > :14:17.Probably very wise from Sergio Perez. His last race for Sauber did

:14:18. > :14:23.not end well. Ngog drops around 15.15. That is about now, local

:14:23. > :14:31.time. No new rain expected. So, according to that, it will dry up

:14:31. > :14:37.again. It dropped to 1:20.4, for Hulkenberg. The gap is not changing.

:14:37. > :14:42.There is Massa in fifth. Massa was a little slower than Alonso. There

:14:42. > :14:46.is Kobayashi in that one remaining Sauber. Vettel doing enough. He is

:14:46. > :14:51.only 7th, but that is enough at the moment to win the title. Not taking

:14:51. > :14:56.any chances. Irrespective of what the weather forecasters telling

:14:56. > :15:01.them, you can only react to what is happening above your head. You can

:15:01. > :15:05.see drops of rain on the camera. This is where Hulkenberg got onto

:15:05. > :15:09.the white line. Until that point he's driven fantastically well.

:15:09. > :15:16.Still in a very respectable second place. A long way to go this

:15:16. > :15:20.afternoon. It's slippery. You can see the back end of Vettel's car.

:15:20. > :15:29.They are struggling to keep any heat. Look at the rain on the

:15:29. > :15:36.camera. That would normally be a flat-out corner. Just listen.

:15:36. > :15:42.Wheelspin in third. Let's see if he is flat through 13. He is indeed.

:15:42. > :15:46.Brave stuff, running around the outside, doing well around 190 mph

:15:46. > :15:56.as they approach the breaking in to turn one. Nice and steady on the

:15:56. > :16:09.

:16:09. > :16:17.brakes. The circuit falls away and information on his buys a. TEAM

:16:17. > :16:27.RADIO: The microphone is not working, move it it you can, it is

:16:27. > :16:30.

:16:30. > :16:38.not working. Adding to all of his problems. A microphone is stitched

:16:38. > :16:41.into a balaclava. It sits in front of the mouth of the driver. If his

:16:41. > :16:51.balaclava has been pulled down slightly it would put a microphone

:16:51. > :16:52.

:16:52. > :16:57.on his chin. Rosberg is putting on intermediate tyres. You can see it

:16:57. > :17:02.is a wet in the pit lane, and that is an interesting strategy. The car

:17:02. > :17:06.is not performing well in normal conditions, as though they are

:17:06. > :17:13.trying to shake it up. If they catch at the window and the rain

:17:13. > :17:17.falls a bit more, it looks like a Toro Rosso has pitted as well. The

:17:17. > :17:22.drivers have doubt now. This is a crucial stage, they want to get to

:17:22. > :17:28.the end on one more pit stop. If conditions change they would have

:17:28. > :17:33.to make another. Daniel Ricciardo in the pit lane, let's see what he

:17:33. > :17:43.is going for. It is for harder compound tyre on another pair of

:17:43. > :17:45.

:17:45. > :17:51.slick tyres. Gary, are you surprised to see that? TEAM RADIO:

:17:51. > :17:57.Everyone is struggling, hang in there. Just to tell them, you are

:17:57. > :18:02.OK, you are in the points, this Championship is yours. Gary, what

:18:02. > :18:08.are your thoughts on the tyre choice? I am surprised to see

:18:09. > :18:16.Rosberg making that choice. He is only about trick two seconds off

:18:16. > :18:22.the fastest lap. I imagine Rosberg will destroy these tyres and the

:18:23. > :18:28.next few laps. They are putting the softer compound, slick tyre on

:18:28. > :18:35.Sebastian Vettel. It is a crucial call for Red Bull to bring him in

:18:35. > :18:39.and not leave him on the intermediates. Red Bull don't think

:18:39. > :18:44.that there is more rain and that is another hurdle completed her for

:18:44. > :18:48.the potential three-times world champion. He did not have any new

:18:48. > :18:53.ones left after qualifying and that is a brave decision from Red Bull.

:18:53. > :18:57.I would be inclined to follow Alonso. You need to cover him this

:18:57. > :19:07.afternoon and you cannot possibly know how the weather will play out

:19:07. > :19:14.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi he struggles for grip coming out of the pit lane.

:19:14. > :19:19.-- how the weather will play out. They have to hope that something

:19:19. > :19:25.different to stay out there and hope it is suddenly... I don't know

:19:25. > :19:30.what they can hope for. Kimi Raikkonen has made a mistake. He

:19:30. > :19:40.has dropped at replaces. He got very sideways and had to take

:19:40. > :19:41.

:19:41. > :19:48.avoiding action. He is heading down to Sao Paulo some were. He is

:19:48. > :19:52.having to spin the car around and just makes it a. He thought there

:19:52. > :20:02.was a remark Road and will now have to go against the traffic to rejoin

:20:02. > :20:03.

:20:03. > :20:10.at Cern 12. What a ride from Kimi Raikkonen. He did come from

:20:10. > :20:14.rallying! That looks like a lot of rain in that area. For the lap

:20:14. > :20:18.times are getting worse. Lewis Hamilton, the race leader still

:20:18. > :20:22.trying to cut his way to the traffic, Raikkonen who has

:20:22. > :20:26.recovered some of the lost ground after going on a wild ride it just

:20:26. > :20:33.a moment ago. Hamilton might in the middle of this traffic and

:20:33. > :20:39.Hulkenberg is not far behind him. Raikkonen White again! Lost control

:20:39. > :20:45.of the rear. And not sure if he will say he wants the Intermedia

:20:45. > :20:52.its. He is only going in slowly. Hull come there is challenging for

:20:52. > :20:57.the lead again Next -- Nico Hulkenberg. They have made contact,

:20:57. > :21:05.Hamilton and Nico Hulkenberg and that will be Jenson Button leading

:21:05. > :21:11.and Alonso in second place. And Nico Hulkenberg trying to rejoin.

:21:11. > :21:15.Look at the damage, Hamilton's final race at McLaren ends with a

:21:15. > :21:21.damaged car. He is trying to go somewhere, I'm not sure where he is

:21:21. > :21:25.going to go with that? He is going to try to make it back to the pits,

:21:25. > :21:31.of Bisley they cannot fix that but he does not want to be stuck on the

:21:31. > :21:39.outside of the circuit. It is a damp track into a difficult turned.

:21:39. > :21:46.Nico Hulkenberg was committed, he had the inside line. In the

:21:46. > :21:52.slipstream, pulls out, on the brakes. Hamilton locks up. Nico

:21:52. > :21:59.Hulkenberg loses control and slides into Lewis Hamilton. What a shame

:21:59. > :22:02.after a great race up until that point. Hamilton was giving him as a

:22:02. > :22:08.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi it is one of those unfortunate things when you

:22:08. > :22:15.find yourself on the outside. Vettel is in for another pit-stop.

:22:15. > :22:21.They got it wrong. Alonso is in a podium finishing position and that

:22:21. > :22:25.puts Vettel out of where he needs to be now. Such drama here and we

:22:25. > :22:30.will have to see what Alonso does and how he will react in these

:22:30. > :22:38.conditions. Ferrari are getting ready with tyres as Hamilton he is

:22:38. > :22:42.off at the sides. The Ferrari boys are in the pit lane. It did not

:22:42. > :22:48.work for Alonso coming in for the slick tyres. It is difficult why he

:22:48. > :22:53.did not follow the leader. Not the leader of the race in his case but

:22:53. > :22:59.a man you are trying to beat in the Championship. Alonso has gone

:22:59. > :23:04.through. He is sideways! I thought he was going off the then.

:23:04. > :23:12.should have come in! It is too wet out there to do something different

:23:12. > :23:17.to. He will have a slow run into the pit lane to pick up his

:23:17. > :23:26.intermediate tyres. Is the banking on the fact is rain is going to

:23:26. > :23:36.stop? Gary, how are conditions? That last lap of Alonso's was 1:33,

:23:36. > :23:39.

:23:39. > :23:43.a loss of 13 seconds. I don't know why he drove past. They're looking

:23:43. > :23:50.at Sebastian Vettel's pit stop. They did not have the tyres are

:23:50. > :23:55.already. It took so long to get them on. But with his radio

:23:55. > :24:02.problems the team have not heard him. And when he arrived in the pit

:24:02. > :24:09.lane, they wondered what he wanted. Nico Hulkenberg was always going to

:24:09. > :24:19.spin and Lewis Hamilton was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

:24:19. > :24:25.

:24:25. > :24:34.Table macro went off wide and gets back on! -- Kobayashi. Alonso is

:24:34. > :24:39.back out on the intermediate so. Jenson Button is the leader. Alonso

:24:39. > :24:46.now having made a pit stop will drop back and will bring Massa into

:24:47. > :24:55.second place. We have a drive- through penalty for Nico Hulkenberg

:24:55. > :25:00.who is still running in this race. He has come man behind Massa. Massa

:25:00. > :25:05.will soon let him go through. Sebastian Vettel is trying to pick

:25:05. > :25:11.up the places he needs to take this title in the closing stages of the

:25:11. > :25:15.Brazilian Grand Prix. We are seeing heavier rain than we have seen to

:25:15. > :25:20.allow the day so far. Jenson Button leads, Nico Hulkenberg has held on

:25:20. > :25:24.to second place but he has got a drive-through penalty. The reason

:25:24. > :25:27.Nico Hulkenberg is so far up the road, he has only done one stop

:25:27. > :25:34.this afternoon and the will have the drive through which will cost

:25:34. > :25:44.him around 14 seconds. We had Jenson Button in bodies stop.

:25:44. > :25:51.

:25:51. > :25:56.is getting intermediate tyres as Kobayashi. Nico Hulkenberg has gone

:25:56. > :26:06.in defensive and runs wide and allowed Sebastian Vettel to cut

:26:06. > :26:06.

:26:06. > :26:12.back into the inside. A brave move. Kobayashi was still on the track.

:26:12. > :26:18.The benefit of those the run-off areas, when he realised he went run

:26:18. > :26:24.on the kerb, he opened up the steering went on the run-off area

:26:24. > :26:31.and rejoined. Nico Hulkenberg has been in, changed his tyres so he

:26:31. > :26:36.will have to make another pit-stop which will bring Massa into second,

:26:36. > :26:41.Alonso third. Alonso will move up into second place, but Sebastian

:26:41. > :26:50.Vettel is doing enough, if he manages to get into the top seven

:26:50. > :26:55.it will be enough. Let's watch Alonso for the moment. He is chased

:26:55. > :27:03.by Nico Hulkenberg, who has made a pit stop but will have to stop

:27:03. > :27:09.again. Perhaps there is more rain to come in this race. Sebastian

:27:09. > :27:18.Vettel, let's see what happened a moment a go. Was that a bit of

:27:18. > :27:22.bodywork flying off? I would like to see a replay of that again. I

:27:23. > :27:27.was not looking for carbon flying but we know he has a wounded carp

:27:27. > :27:32.this afternoon. In looks like Nico Hulkenberg is coming through for

:27:32. > :27:42.his drive-through penalty. That will cost in 14 seconds to drive

:27:42. > :27:44.

:27:44. > :27:53.through the pit lane and rejoin. Someone was waving their fists from

:27:53. > :28:00.the team. And think they were just telling him to go. And Michael

:28:00. > :28:05.Schumacher is now into sixth position. Sebastien battle it is in

:28:05. > :28:15.seventh place so he is heading for the title if things finish as they

:28:15. > :28:22.Arnaud. -- Sebastian Vettel. At the moment it does not look like much

:28:22. > :28:27.prospect of catching Jenson Button. The rain is still falling. We are

:28:27. > :28:33.riding with a Fernando Alonso and intermediate tyres the. He won in

:28:33. > :28:41.Malaysia this year, one of his incredible drives so far this year.

:28:41. > :28:46.Can he pull something out of the back? He is the man who's got more

:28:46. > :28:54.points in the West. There is a long way to go this afternoon as they

:28:54. > :29:02.come up through this difficult rise through 13, 14 and 15. Detention is

:29:02. > :29:07.their. The gap between Massa and Alonso is nearly five seconds. Gary,

:29:07. > :29:13.we might get to the point where they need a full wet tyres?

:29:13. > :29:18.wouldn't surprise me there is quite a lot of rain coming down. To water

:29:18. > :29:28.runs down the hills and it is like a river. You can see the spray from

:29:28. > :29:31.

:29:31. > :29:35.the Red Bull. You get more Blok on the wet tyres which raises the tier

:29:35. > :29:40.up and clears the plank from some of the standing order which will

:29:40. > :29:46.build up. And we are having more block movement, generating heat

:29:46. > :29:52.within the tyre. The intermediate has a shallow depth and it is good

:29:52. > :29:56.in damp conditions but struggles to clear the water. Lewis Hamilton is

:29:56. > :30:01.sadly out of his last Grand Prix for McLaren after it look like he

:30:01. > :30:06.might win it. There was a challenge from Nico Hulkenberg and it went

:30:06. > :30:16.wrong. Lewis Hamilton was the innocent party and he should be

:30:16. > :30:22.

:30:22. > :30:27.fighting for the large Championship the downpour. A round of applause

:30:27. > :30:32.for Lewis. He had a fantastic career with McLaren. The absurdity

:30:32. > :30:40.delivered on their trust in him as a young man in karting. You have to

:30:40. > :30:45.feel for him. Not the way he would have liked his career to end. There

:30:45. > :30:50.is Alonso, out through turn 3. Catching Massa, little bit by a

:30:50. > :30:55.little bit. Even if Alonso gets into second, where Vettel is right

:30:55. > :30:59.now, seventh, is enough for Vettel to just take the world championship.

:30:59. > :31:05.Vettel is still doing enough. He's too 0.2 seconds ahead of Kobayashi.

:31:05. > :31:09.He has to stay in front of him, basically. This is Vergne in ninth

:31:09. > :31:17.place, Di Resta in tenth. It's still not easy command as the

:31:17. > :31:22.conditions get worse and worse. Hollywood stars, enjoying the dry

:31:22. > :31:28.of being inside the garage. Literally, you just get soaked in

:31:28. > :31:34.the car. When you turn the steering wheel, the spray comes off the tyre.

:31:34. > :31:40.It just throws water onto your visor and into the cockpit. RADIO:

:31:40. > :31:45.It is raining very hard, are you happy on this tyre? Roger. Jenson

:31:45. > :31:50.Button is happy on the intermediate, rather than a full wet. His leading

:31:50. > :31:54.by 16.2 seconds. I didn't think that his Engineer was called Roger!

:31:54. > :31:58.A good advantage over these two guys. We are not seeing much of

:31:58. > :32:05.Jenson. The battle for the championship is what we are focused

:32:05. > :32:10.on. He needs Vettel to finish 8th or lower for Alonso to win the

:32:10. > :32:17.championship. Right now, better was in seventh, doing just enough to

:32:17. > :32:21.maintain an edge over Kobayashi. Here is the pass. Fairly

:32:21. > :32:24.straightforward. Massa would have lifted off the throttle and allowed

:32:24. > :32:28.him to carry on that momentum. It's interesting, Michael Schumacher

:32:28. > :32:34.having a good race in his final Grand Prix, three seconds ahead of

:32:34. > :32:40.a Vettel. Would Michael Schumacher give up a grid position or a racing

:32:40. > :32:49.result position to enable Vettel to be really secure for this third

:32:49. > :32:54.world title? You're going to be team-mates representing Team

:32:54. > :33:02.Germany. The other thing to bear in mind is that Mark Webber is 4th.

:33:02. > :33:05.Red Bull could use that to help Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is looking

:33:06. > :33:12.secure, or he can do is keep the hammer down and stay on track. We

:33:12. > :33:20.don't know how much damage as a ms Carr. It got hit on the first lap.

:33:20. > :33:30.-- how much damages or naffest car. RADIO: Cupid on the track. That's

:33:30. > :33:35.all he has to do, stay in the hunt. -- keep it on the track. They are

:33:35. > :33:40.reacting to the fact that he's just done a lap two seconds faster than

:33:40. > :33:45.race leader Jenson Button. We have to assume that Button has got this

:33:45. > :33:51.well under control. He can afford to back out of it and just

:33:51. > :33:58.countdown collapsed to the chequered flag. -- the laps.

:33:58. > :34:02.RADIO: The position is good enough. In other words, don't push too hard.

:34:02. > :34:06.Nearly a second slower again on the last lap. Certainly, it's unlikely

:34:06. > :34:10.that Michael Schumacher is going to get in his way. He said earlier on,

:34:10. > :34:14.the tour around the track, he wanted to see Sebastien win this

:34:14. > :34:20.title. He's very proud of what he has achieved over the past few

:34:20. > :34:24.years. Michael's last race, of course, he would love to seek him

:34:24. > :34:31.win his third title. You have Mark Webber in fourth, Hulkenberg in

:34:31. > :34:35.fifth. And then a gap back to sixth place. Ricciardo, he is a lap down.

:34:35. > :34:40.He's going to keep out of the way. He's still running in 12th. In the

:34:40. > :34:50.battle between the lower teams, Charles Pic his 13th. Petrov his

:34:50. > :34:54.14th. There is only 1.6... No, it's just changed. Pic has come through

:34:54. > :35:02.in 12th. Mar Russia is looking good at the moment. But Petrov is only

:35:02. > :35:07.just behind. That final position, were it so much money for the team

:35:07. > :35:11.that finishes 10th, is still going on. One thing we should make a note

:35:11. > :35:15.of, Ferrari will be safe in second, I think, in the Constructors'

:35:15. > :35:19.Championship, now we have lost Hamilton from this race. Meanwhile,

:35:20. > :35:23.we are on board of Vettel. Right behind Michael Schumacher now.

:35:23. > :35:28.taking a wide line across the start-finish. He's searching for

:35:28. > :35:37.where he thinks the safest grip is. You can see just ahead of him is

:35:37. > :35:43.Rosberg. We have got Rosberg, then Schumacher. Rosberg, running a lap

:35:43. > :35:51.down. Here comes the pass into turn four. Does Michael see him? Well,

:35:51. > :35:57.if he does, it is difficult when you have spray. And Michael Pauls

:35:57. > :36:02.over. Michael Schumacher! His gift in his last race is that he does

:36:02. > :36:11.not put up any resistance to his young German friend. The Vettel is

:36:11. > :36:18.up to six. The only way that Alonso can win this is if something

:36:18. > :36:21.happens to Button, or if he catches up. That is unlikely. But who knows,

:36:21. > :36:27.anything can happen in his 20 toll season. If they finish when they

:36:27. > :36:33.are now, Vettel will be a champion with a three point advantage over

:36:33. > :36:37.Alonso. But it's depends on Button continuing to lap as he has been.

:36:37. > :36:42.Button lost out earlier in this race with the safety car. He and

:36:42. > :36:45.Hulkenberg got caught by the others, but Button is back in front. At the

:36:45. > :36:50.risk of tempting fate, when you have changing conditions, the man

:36:50. > :36:53.that has more often than not make that work for him has been Jenson

:36:53. > :36:58.Button. In many ways, it would keep that myth alive. The tremendous run

:36:58. > :37:02.he has had, in very difficult conditions, where the driver has to

:37:02. > :37:08.be the guy that makes the ultimate call. The team can only guide you

:37:08. > :37:12.so much. When the right time is to come in and get the intermediate or

:37:12. > :37:17.the slick tyres, he is the master of these changing conditions.

:37:17. > :37:22.can we forget that remarkable Canadian Grand Prix? Jenson Button

:37:22. > :37:26.has done it on many occasions. His first ever Grand Prix win came in

:37:26. > :37:32.at the wet as well. He's just stroking it along at the moment. He

:37:32. > :37:37.comes across the line to complete his 56th lap. On to 56, with a big

:37:37. > :37:42.advantage over Fernando Alonso in second place. We were talking about

:37:42. > :37:46.the Marussia or against Caterham battle. Charles Pic, currently in

:37:46. > :37:50.12, which would currently guaranteed Marussia gaining the

:37:50. > :37:55.tenth spot in the Constructors' Championship. Interestingly, he is

:37:55. > :37:59.going to catch a ham. So, Charles Pic is doing the job former Russia,

:37:59. > :38:07.but if he made a mistake it would allow Cater ham to get that place.

:38:07. > :38:11.And he is going there next year. Well, Petrov was faster. He's got

:38:11. > :38:19.that down to 0.8 seconds. Even if he does want to defend this, it

:38:19. > :38:24.will be extremely difficult. It's not like in the dry, when you have

:38:24. > :38:29.to follow the leader. Jenson Button is definitely backing it off. He's

:38:30. > :38:35.stroking at home. Here's one second slower than Alonso on back lap. Has

:38:35. > :38:41.that been an issue? No, that is Alonso passing that battle. Petrov

:38:41. > :38:45.got past, hugely significant. Vitaly Petrov pass to Charles Pic

:38:45. > :38:50.while they were being lapped by Fernando Alonso. We will check that

:38:50. > :38:53.as they come back past us. That changes everything again. That

:38:53. > :39:02.means that Caterham will be back into that spot in the Constructors'

:39:02. > :39:06.Championship. RADIO: You are the quickest car on track. That's got

:39:06. > :39:09.to be good to hear when he knows he still has damage on their car.

:39:10. > :39:19.Button leads with 20 seconds advantage over Fernando Alonso in

:39:19. > :39:23.second. Massa is third. He's coming through traffic as well. Webber was

:39:23. > :39:29.in fourth place. Red Bull have another car up there. Hulkenberg is

:39:29. > :39:35.in fifth place. Vettel is 6th, lapping quickly. In seventh place,

:39:35. > :39:39.Schumacher, Kobayashi, Vergne, Dorest days 10th. If they finish

:39:39. > :39:46.where they are, Caterham would claim that tenth spot in the

:39:46. > :39:55.Constructors' Championship that is worth so much money. That gap last

:39:55. > :40:05.time around, Petrova is making good his escape. But he has Ricciardo in

:40:05. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:15.14th place, about 10 seconds behind Petrova. -- Petrova. It is

:40:15. > :40:18.

:40:18. > :40:22.conceivable that we could see Ricciardo getting into that battle.

:40:22. > :40:28.Well, he's tried to take 9th. Vergne was still on the inside.

:40:28. > :40:33.Just enough space for Di Resta to complete the move. You can see the

:40:33. > :40:41.car sliding around. Good news for Paul Di Resta. The attention has

:40:41. > :40:50.been on Nico Hulkenberg. It will be great for him to finish the season

:40:50. > :40:56.with a few points, in ninth. RADIO: Your seconds faster than the next

:40:56. > :41:03.fastest car. Just keep it on the black stuff. He doesn't need to

:41:03. > :41:09.take any risks. Button is running slower than Alonso. But he has no

:41:09. > :41:13.reason to push the limit. If we think back to how we all started,

:41:13. > :41:16.in karting terms, it is the equivalent of him hanging his

:41:16. > :41:23.handout and getting it into the carburettor, just trying to break

:41:23. > :41:30.at home. Kobayashi, it is still tricky in terms of visibility. He

:41:30. > :41:36.is catching Schumacher. He is into the DRS zone. The Sauber, sliding

:41:36. > :41:39.around. Just to remind you, Kobayashi is still hoping to drive

:41:39. > :41:44.in Formula One next year. He's always finished in the top 10 in

:41:44. > :41:49.Brazil. He made his debut here in 2009. It seems to be one of his

:41:49. > :41:52.favourite tracks. I wonder if Schumacher is going to give him

:41:52. > :41:56.more opposition than he gave to Vettel? You don't even have to

:41:56. > :42:06.consider that. It would be nice for him to pick up a few points in his

:42:06. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:13.The engine is running due to fall. The Red Bull and Renault

:42:13. > :42:19.combination which has won the last two world championships. He is on

:42:19. > :42:24.his way again, Alonso. There were the odd mistakes here today, but

:42:24. > :42:28.these guys, both of them, have been under such pressure this weekend.

:42:28. > :42:33.Alonso is doing almost what he needed to do. His running in second

:42:33. > :42:37.place. But Vettel is doing a bit more, he is getting enough points.

:42:37. > :42:42.The only thing that could help Alonso now is if Button had

:42:42. > :42:46.reliability issues. I can't think, with such a lead, that he's going

:42:46. > :42:49.to drop the ball from a driving point of view. But Alonso has been

:42:49. > :42:54.remarkable this season. All of the guys that represent the top teams

:42:54. > :42:58.have been pretty flawless. It's been a great display. It was a bit

:42:58. > :43:03.messy today, that great comeback once again for Sebastian Vettel.

:43:03. > :43:07.When he spun on that first lap, when he was pushed into a spin by

:43:07. > :43:12.another car, from Bruno Senna, and then the car rode over the rear of

:43:12. > :43:15.the Red Bull, I thought it was all over. But Vettel got back going,

:43:15. > :43:25.came from last. Is currently running in sixth and doing enough

:43:25. > :43:26.

:43:26. > :43:34.to win the title. Kobayashi has spun it! He has spun the Sauber.

:43:34. > :43:44.He's lost a couple of places to do arrester and maybe Jean-Eric Vergne.

:43:44. > :43:45.

:43:45. > :43:50.putted down the outside of Michael Schumacher and walks into the side

:43:50. > :44:00.of him. Well, he suffered a consequence of that quite brave

:44:00. > :44:02.

:44:02. > :44:09.move. Michael, taking the normal line. They kiss and Kobayashi spins.

:44:09. > :44:14.Race leader Jenson Button, we have had 69 laps. Just two laps to go

:44:14. > :44:19.for Jenson Button. He has won twice so far this year. He won the season

:44:19. > :44:23.opener. It looks like he's going to win this season closer. There was

:44:23. > :44:27.one in between, a dominant victory at Spa in Belgium. But these

:44:27. > :44:34.conditions, so often, we have seen are made for Jenson Button. He

:44:34. > :44:41.didn't wake in Malaysia. They struggled to get the tyres to work.

:44:41. > :44:44.Paul Di Resta, he's had a crash. Will this be the safety car? This

:44:45. > :44:52.is the last sector of the lap. They will have to bring the safety car

:44:52. > :44:59.out. The information that we had is that he was on a dry set-up. He's

:44:59. > :45:03.lost control in that final sector. Let's see what happened. He lost it

:45:03. > :45:09.and clouted the wall. We have seen people crash there before. The big

:45:09. > :45:13.story now is that Sebastian Vettel is the 2012 Formula One world

:45:13. > :45:23.champion, surely, because they are behind safety car. There will be no

:45:23. > :45:26.

:45:26. > :45:31.further changes and Vettel will everybody has slowed down Vostok

:45:31. > :45:40.there is nothing more anybody can do, they are behind the safety car.

:45:40. > :45:50.Jenson Button it will just cruise home. Is where di Resta hit the

:45:50. > :45:50.

:45:50. > :45:55.wall, it is the safer barrier. He hit a metal barrier which then has

:45:55. > :46:01.polystyrene and other structures behind it. It was a high-speed

:46:01. > :46:05.incidents, but he was able to get out of the car. This has been a

:46:05. > :46:12.season filled with drama and it goes right to the end. I cannot

:46:12. > :46:20.remember when we last had a race finish under the safety car. It was

:46:20. > :46:25.a Longsight -- a long time ago. This raised has just summarise a

:46:25. > :46:30.whole 2012 season. We have seen Hamilton crashing out, we have seen

:46:30. > :46:38.Hulkenberg being brilliance and we have seen Sebastian Vettel spinning

:46:38. > :46:42.and recovering. It will be enough for Ferrari to take second place in

:46:42. > :46:47.the Constructors' Championship. Al Sebastian Vettel has to do now is

:46:47. > :46:52.drive a slowly round to take the chequered flag. The nervousness is

:46:52. > :46:58.still there because he has still got to get across the line. Jenson

:46:58. > :47:03.Button will bring it home victory for McLaren. It will be back to

:47:03. > :47:09.back finishes at the end of the season with Lewis Hamilton having

:47:09. > :47:13.won in the USA just a week ago. Jenson Button, a brilliant drive

:47:13. > :47:22.from him this afternoon. He was building a big lead early on but

:47:22. > :47:30.that was taken away from him by the safety car period macro --. It will

:47:30. > :47:36.be Jenson Button to come home for his 15th career victory, the 182nd

:47:36. > :47:44.McLaren win in Formula One. Second place goes to Alonso, Massa

:47:44. > :47:48.finishes third. In sixth place, Sebastian Vettel is the 2012

:47:48. > :47:53.Formula One a world champion. He is the youngest ever, three-times

:47:53. > :47:57.world champion and only the third driver in history to take three

:47:57. > :48:03.titles in a row. Red Bull have done it, constructors' title and the

:48:03. > :48:11.drivers' title. Whoever was going to win this World Championship that

:48:11. > :48:17.the drivers, would have been deserved. You can see the emotion.

:48:17. > :48:22.It has been a remarkable season. Detention and the nerves that

:48:22. > :48:28.through this whole year and Alonso has driven a well. Lewis Hamilton

:48:28. > :48:35.deserved much more this afternoon. Jenson Button showed his star

:48:35. > :48:41.quality in those conditions and there have been so many highs.

:48:41. > :48:51.RADIO: You are the triple world champion! Sebastian Vettel, you are

:48:51. > :48:54.

:48:55. > :49:01.a man! You of the triple world champion. Demotion from Christian

:49:01. > :49:07.Horner and a very important point that we must make it as well is

:49:07. > :49:13.that Petrov finished 11th for Caterham. Caterham have taken

:49:13. > :49:23.turned place in the Constructors' Championship and they beat Marussia

:49:23. > :49:23.

:49:23. > :49:33.in the last race of the year. Dramas throughout the field. Jenson

:49:33. > :49:34.

:49:34. > :49:41.Button wins the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel does enough

:49:41. > :49:51.in sixth place to claim his third World Championship ahead of Michael

:49:51. > :49:57.

:49:57. > :50:04.Schumacher in his final Grand Prix. We saw Petrov in 11th ahead of

:50:04. > :50:11.Ricciardo. Di Resta crashed out at the end. Hamilton crashed out in an

:50:11. > :50:16.incident with Nico Hulkenberg. In the rain, Sebastian Vettel has

:50:16. > :50:26.survived everything thrown at him today and he has taken his third

:50:26. > :50:29.

:50:29. > :50:37.title. What a season it has been. All I thought that it was Michael

:50:37. > :50:42.Schumacher. Massa just giving a little bit to the fans. The

:50:42. > :50:52.photographers trying to get the first shops and being pushed back

:50:52. > :50:56.

:50:56. > :51:05.by the FIA delegates. He has his elbows out. The emotions will be

:51:05. > :51:15.bubbling over. Luck at the reaction at Ferrari. Fernando Alonso could

:51:15. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:23.not have done much more. Lovely pictures. When Sebastian Vettel was

:51:23. > :51:28.a young man racing-car is, he received a trophy from Michael

:51:28. > :51:32.Schumacher and it is like he is handing over the baton now. One

:51:32. > :51:37.incredible German racing driver retires and another one picks up

:51:37. > :51:43.his third title. The pictures will be in the papers all round the

:51:43. > :51:47.globe. I feel for this man, Fernando Alonso. What more could he

:51:47. > :51:53.have done this season with a car that was not as fast in dry

:51:53. > :51:58.conditions. Qualifying was only good in the wet, he only got two

:51:58. > :52:03.pole positions in the wet, he never qualified in the top two. He fought

:52:04. > :52:10.to the final lap of the final Grand Prix. Alonso has been incredible.

:52:10. > :52:15.He has been an example of an, an example of leading the team. And

:52:15. > :52:20.the disappointment, but they can be very proud of their comeback. Red

:52:20. > :52:23.Bull were just too strong. And Sebastian Vettel was able, his

:52:23. > :52:27.qualifying has been the key to these championships, getting

:52:27. > :52:30.himself in pole position and keeping out of trouble. This

:52:30. > :52:35.afternoon it went wrong because he did not have the position on the

:52:35. > :52:44.grid. He was trying to be cautious on the opening lap and it cost him

:52:44. > :52:49.the Eliud Kipchoge he was right where it all starts to go wrong.

:52:49. > :52:58.Petrov is happy because he has just earned it Caterham a lot of money.

:52:58. > :53:03.And Alonso, Ferrari have held on to second place in the Constructors'

:53:03. > :53:08.Championship which is worth about $12 million to them. Sebastian

:53:08. > :53:15.Vettel is a cool character. Hardly sweating in those difficult

:53:15. > :53:23.conditions. He has already broken a few records. Meikle looks genuinely

:53:23. > :53:32.pleased for him, which is fantastic. -- Michael. Epitomise DC him

:53:32. > :53:37.picking up a few points in his last Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo coming

:53:37. > :53:42.over to congratulate the Vettel. know when I scored points for Red

:53:42. > :53:48.Bull in their first race in Melbourne, Christian Horner when he

:53:48. > :53:58.holds you, takes the wind out of your lungs. Three German drivers

:53:58. > :54:02.

:54:02. > :54:05.together, Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. It

:54:05. > :54:12.is a shame Nico Hulkenberg made that mistake which accounted for

:54:12. > :54:16.Lewis Hamilton. Yes, but otherwise it is solid for Force India.

:54:16. > :54:22.Sebastian Vettel has won the Championship. Jenson Button won the

:54:22. > :54:28.final race. It was well driven by him. He did pick up the advantage

:54:28. > :54:38.after the problems with Nico Hulkenberg and Lewis Hamilton. But

:54:38. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:15.Caterham Renault, which might give a chance to Heikki Kovalainen. Up

:55:15. > :55:25.onto the podium. Look at the Massa crying. Alonso finishing in second

:55:25. > :55:25.

:55:25. > :56:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:56:17. > :56:23.place. And Jenson Button, winning It is the first time we have had

:56:23. > :56:28.two Ferrari drivers on the podium this season. The trophy for the

:56:28. > :56:32.victory goes to Jenson Button. An excellent victory for in. What a

:56:32. > :56:37.way to go into next year, he will have a new team-mate in the shape

:56:37. > :56:47.of Sergio Perez. It will be an important season with a loss of

:56:47. > :56:51.

:56:51. > :56:58.Lewis Hamilton. Other trophies being handed out to Fernando Alonso

:56:58. > :57:03.in second place. He has got to smile, but it will have to hurt as

:57:03. > :57:10.well. It was always going to be tough for him, his 13th podium of

:57:11. > :57:16.the Year. And Felipe Massa, hasn't he come good in the closing stages

:57:16. > :57:23.of the season? Yes, he has made a strong comeback after the accident

:57:23. > :57:27.in Budapest. Hugely emotional for the whole team to see them both up

:57:27. > :57:37.on the podium. It is time at for the final champagne spraying of

:57:37. > :57:41.2012. And the samba music playing at the same time, great scenes of

:57:41. > :57:47.celebration Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Jenson Button giving one of the

:57:47. > :57:53.senior engineers a mouthful of Champagne! Tasting victory. Making

:57:53. > :57:56.the most of this. McLaren wanted first and second, it did not happen.

:57:56. > :58:01.The accident between Nico Hulkenberg and Lewis Hamilton

:58:01. > :58:07.accounted for that. But Jenson Button survived to take the victory.

:58:07. > :58:12.Time to take the photographs, but no Sebastian Vettel on the podium

:58:12. > :58:20.because he finished in sixth place. Butty came here to do what he had

:58:20. > :58:25.to do in Brazil. -- but he. He is soaking up the moment, absorbs the

:58:25. > :58:31.fact he has achieved it again? is turning into a scrum, everybody

:58:31. > :58:41.in the garage. Interviewing the garage, here comes Brazilian Nelson

:58:41. > :58:49.

:58:49. > :58:52.I will ask the question for the winner. You did a fan stint --

:58:52. > :58:57.fantastic job or year round of the most exciting race eyesore in

:58:57. > :59:07.Formula One. IM sure you are very happy in this race, but are you

:59:07. > :59:09.

:59:09. > :59:14.happy also? I want to congratulate the whole team. Is started on a

:59:14. > :59:20.high, we had ups and downs and to end on a high is fantastic and it

:59:20. > :59:24.bodes well for 2013. Congratulations and we fought the

:59:24. > :59:34.second in the constructors today, but these two were too strong.

:59:34. > :59:35.

:59:35. > :59:40.Alonso, I am sorry. You did a fantastic job all-year-round. There

:59:40. > :59:46.is nothing I can say, you have some accident, it was not your fault, I

:59:46. > :59:52.know. I am sorry about you, because I also lost to Margaret

:59:52. > :59:57.championships on the last race. I now how it is difficult. I have

:59:57. > :00:01.nothing else to ask you about how you're feeling. First of all, I

:00:01. > :00:05.feel very proud of my team, very proud of the season that we did.

:00:05. > :00:09.Obviously we lost the championship, but I don't think that we lost in

:00:09. > :00:13.Brazil, we lost in some races that may be where a little bit unlucky.

:00:13. > :00:19.But this is a sport. When you do something with your heart, when you

:00:20. > :00:26.do something with your 100%, you have to be proud. Proud of my team,

:00:26. > :00:34.have been for them and I will return next year. And my friend

:00:34. > :00:37.Massa. In Portuguese? First in English! You start the year are not

:00:37. > :00:46.very good. And you have been improving all of the time. What

:00:47. > :00:52.about next year? You start in the right way? Yes, for sure. I think

:00:52. > :00:58.the second part of the year was the preparation for next year, you know.

:00:59. > :01:02.Such an emotion, to race here. I think the race was really fantastic.

:01:02. > :01:09.For sure, it could have been a better position than what I

:01:09. > :01:19.finished. Anyway, I didn't know what to say. Just crying, I didn't

:01:19. > :01:19.

:01:19. > :02:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:02:26. > :02:34.know what to say, I didn't know Well, it is lovely to hear. I can't

:02:34. > :02:38.understand it, but it was lovely! The emotion, very, very clear there

:02:38. > :02:44.from Felipe Massa. But the 2012 season has brought those amazing

:02:44. > :02:48.racing. A season-long championship battle between two double world

:02:48. > :02:54.champions, resolved only at the final round. Commentating on this

:02:54. > :03:02.has been a real privilege. And it's been fantastic to listen to. Ben

:03:02. > :03:06.Edwards, David Coulthard, Gary Anderson. That you fork guiding us

:03:06. > :03:16.through a AAA Championship that has ended with Sebastian Vettel in an

:03:16. > :03:17.

:03:17. > :03:20.elite club. We should spare a thought for this man, he did

:03:20. > :03:25.everything he needed to do, Fernando Alonso. But Sebastian

:03:26. > :03:30.Vettel, bringing the car home in sixth place, it means he is the

:03:30. > :03:35.world champion. That was a wonderful shot. The seven-times

:03:35. > :03:38.world champion congratulating the triple world champion, as the news

:03:38. > :03:43.since in for Fernando Alonso. Michael Schumacher one definitely

:03:44. > :03:47.caught my attention. You know, Michael is such... Selfish in the

:03:47. > :03:53.right way, I mean, he was selfish all the way through his career,

:03:53. > :03:56.today he was magnanimous. He was triumphant because he wanted to

:03:56. > :04:02.give the young pretender, the biggest threat to his successes, he

:04:02. > :04:09.gave him the chance. Look at this! Christian Horner, what has happened

:04:09. > :04:13.to your foot? I thought it was going to fall off. I have no words.

:04:13. > :04:16.Thank you for the bear hug, to start with. We are standing next to

:04:16. > :04:19.your pit wall. Give us an idea of the emotions you were feeling. What

:04:19. > :04:24.you needed was this finishing position for your young man and

:04:24. > :04:29.that is what you got? Unbelievable, getting tent around at the start.

:04:29. > :04:35.Fighting his way back into it, then the rain came, then his radio stop

:04:35. > :04:39.working so we couldn't really communicate with the car. Then we

:04:40. > :04:43.didn't know what the tyres he wanted. We lost complete

:04:43. > :04:48.communication. He has driven with such determination this year. He

:04:48. > :04:52.thoroughly deserves this World Championship. He has never given up.

:04:52. > :04:58.What was the most nerve-racking moment for you. Was it Sebastien

:04:58. > :05:02.being spun around right at the start of the race? Or was it when

:05:02. > :05:05.you pitted and then suddenly had to go back in four different tiers?

:05:05. > :05:10.When we got turned around at the start, we thought that was it. You

:05:10. > :05:20.knew that Alonso would be on the podium. Thankfully, everybody must

:05:20. > :05:22.

:05:22. > :05:25.tempt and he drove back so quickly. -- everybody missed him. It was

:05:25. > :05:32.maximum stress all the way through that phrase. Everybody kept their

:05:32. > :05:35.cool. Congratulations to Fernando, he has driven brilliantly this year.

:05:35. > :05:40.That is what makes this championship even more worthy. He

:05:40. > :05:47.has been up against one of the best. What Sebastian Vettel has achieved

:05:47. > :05:50.is quite incredible. You have a banker up your sleeve in Webber. He

:05:50. > :05:55.was positioned right there, ready to take instruction from you. What

:05:55. > :06:00.were you going to say to him if you needed him to move back? He was

:06:00. > :06:05.good, because he let him go very early. You know, he played a very

:06:05. > :06:09.much a team game today. He's a bit part of this team, he's a big part

:06:09. > :06:14.of what we achieved in the constructors. They are probably the

:06:14. > :06:18.most successful combination in recent history. What they have done

:06:18. > :06:22.is incredible for the team. Behind the scenes, what you don't see here

:06:22. > :06:26.is what goes on in Milton Keynes, the hours, the dedication, the hard

:06:26. > :06:33.work from all of the men and women behind the scenes that puts so much

:06:33. > :06:38.into this. They thoroughly deserve everything we have achieved today.

:06:38. > :06:41.Congratulations from all at the BBC. Not just this year, but for the

:06:41. > :06:47.past three seasons, you are the trouble constructors world

:06:47. > :06:51.champions. Thank you as well, you have done a great job. I know you

:06:51. > :06:56.are going off to a much less a sport next year. You have done the

:06:56. > :07:01.BBC Proudfoot up speak for yourself! We've still got Eddie.

:07:01. > :07:05.Today is not about me, it's about your young driver, Sebastian Vettel,

:07:05. > :07:09.who knows what it takes to be a world champion. He's got the things

:07:09. > :07:16.in his locker to be the best. Take a look. This is Red Bull on the

:07:16. > :07:26.back foot a little bit. They have lost pace. Vettel has a problem!

:07:26. > :07:27.

:07:27. > :07:35.RADIO: Stop the car! What are you doing?! Vettel in trouble, Alonso

:07:35. > :07:40.Leeds! Alonso is out, Hamilton is out! Great recovery, he was 11th on

:07:40. > :07:50.the grid. Hamilton is in trouble! His world champion hopes are

:07:50. > :07:51.

:07:51. > :07:58.disappearing. RADIO: You beauty! Well done! Championship leader!

:07:58. > :08:08.Sebastian Vettel has managed it. He's done it! Sebastian Vettel

:08:08. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:16.wins! Yes, baby! He's going to win all four races in Asia. Vettel,

:08:16. > :08:25.coming from the very back of the field. Beautifully done, a

:08:25. > :08:30.brilliant third place. What drama, the first lap in Brazil! RADIO:

:08:30. > :08:38.This position is good enough. are the triple world champion,

:08:38. > :08:44.You can forgive the loud music pumping out of the Red Bull garage.

:08:44. > :08:49.Do you have a voice left? I think that was a thrilling end to the

:08:49. > :08:53.season, if you are a Ferrari fan or a Red Bull fan, such drama. Back to

:08:53. > :08:57.the start, how fearful way you after that spin at the beginning?

:08:57. > :09:02.It set the race up amazingly. thought it was all over. He not

:09:02. > :09:06.only got spun around, he also took a hefty hit. What was incredible

:09:06. > :09:12.with these guys, and I wish I had that sort of talent, he is

:09:12. > :09:14.reversing the wrong way down the grid, watching the pack come to was

:09:14. > :09:20.in and is keeping the car completely straight. He's just

:09:20. > :09:25.working at the wheel. Perhaps you, on BBC One, before we disappear,

:09:25. > :09:29.could sum up the season for us? Well, it was so unpredictable. If I

:09:29. > :09:33.were to say one word, it is that. Unpredictable from the start. Seven

:09:33. > :09:38.times, different winners at the beginning., knitting and probably

:09:38. > :09:44.one of the greatest races we have seen in modern life. You can see

:09:44. > :09:51.the highlights of this race, and there are plenty of these, courtesy

:09:51. > :09:56.of the BBC on BBC Three at 7 o'clock. We return next year, 2013

:09:56. > :10:00.season, we will be live all of the way through. Right now, head to the

:10:00. > :10:04.BBC Sport website or press your red button because we are disappearing

:10:04. > :10:09.to the F1 Forum. What a truly remarkable day we have had at

:10:09. > :10:12.Interlagos in Brazil. Sebastian Vettel has overcome fellow World

:10:12. > :10:17.Champions in an incredible battle and amazing race. One piece of

:10:17. > :10:27.advice about this season, like so many other things in life, don't be

:10:27. > :10:48.

:10:48. > :10:58.sad that it's over, just smile proud of you... A he's done it!

:10:58. > :11:02.

:11:02. > :11:12.# So long, farewell, but not good buy because I know we'll meet Again.

:11:12. > :11:20.# Because I've seen in your eyes, the spark that lights the dreams of

:11:20. > :11:28.rocket man. # And we still trace that light,

:11:28. > :11:35.that takes you to a place you always know.

:11:35. > :11:43.# Takes you home. # And I don't know if I will make

:11:43. > :11:53.# All I know is that the sun keeps on shining when you are gone.

:11:53. > :11:54.

:11:54. > :12:04.# So I find the way it takes me. # See, I died when we were young

:12:04. > :12:10.

:12:10. > :12:20.# And they say it's too late to write your name in lights across

:12:20. > :12:24.

:12:24. > :12:27.the skies. # And you've had your time, but you

:12:27. > :12:37.dress it all for one last chance to fly.

:12:37. > :12:40.

:12:40. > :12:46.# Because you still chase that like that takes you to a place you're

:12:46. > :12:56.always know, takes you home. # But I don't know if I will make

:12:56. > :12:57.

:12:57. > :13:07.# Or I know is ion the Sun that keeps on shining when you are gone.

:13:07. > :13:07.

:13:08. > :13:17.# So, the way it takes me, I died when we were young and you will

:13:18. > :13:47.

:13:47. > :13:51.always number one. -- were always Just like that, the 2012 Formula

:13:51. > :13:54.One season has come and gone. Thank you so much for watching it with us