The British Grand Prix

:00:32. > :00:37.the soaking we have endured at Silverstone, the Sunshine has

:00:37. > :00:41.appeared and 120,000 fans are about to become part of what has become a

:00:41. > :00:47.classic Formula One season. It is the 9th round of the Championship

:00:47. > :00:57.that has seen seven different winners in the opening races. And

:00:57. > :00:57.

:00:57. > :01:04.the resurgence of Ferrari has continued. But can Fernando Alonso

:01:04. > :01:09.take the victory around the circuit? It has not been achieved

:01:09. > :01:13.since 1999 by a certain David Coulthard. David, conditions are

:01:13. > :01:19.very different as we prepare for the start of this? Good news for

:01:19. > :01:23.the Ferrari fans, we saw in the limited running in the dry on

:01:23. > :01:28.Friday is they have good underlying pace. The tyres are holding up,

:01:28. > :01:34.there is a difference between the soft and hard. We will get into

:01:34. > :01:38.that when the race starts. Isn't it fantastic, we have the two guys in

:01:38. > :01:45.first and second in the world Championship on the front rows.

:01:45. > :01:50.Look at the Sunshine beating down. All those fines -- fans that have

:01:50. > :01:56.been pouring in. The gates opened up at 6 am. We have seen people

:01:56. > :02:00.walking and cycling miles to get here. It is wonderful to see the

:02:00. > :02:04.support in what is turning out to be a tremendous Formula One season.

:02:04. > :02:10.British support for Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, means they do

:02:10. > :02:15.have some work to do. Jenson Button is in 16th and Lewis Hamilton is in

:02:15. > :02:20.eighth place. But we have seen what they can do in the past. Sebastian

:02:20. > :02:25.Vettel is in for position, before time he has been in the top four.

:02:25. > :02:31.Three of those have been propositioned. Michael podium, got

:02:31. > :02:41.his first podium since returning to Formula One? Michael blowing a kiss

:02:41. > :02:42.

:02:42. > :02:50.to the camera, very relaxed. He either as extra focus and extra

:02:50. > :02:55.capacity to blow a kiss to the fans, or he is totally mad. Ma Webber, if

:02:55. > :03:00.the outside of the front row. It is the inside of the track here. At

:03:00. > :03:04.Silverstone last year, he was beaten to pulp position by his

:03:04. > :03:11.team-mate who was in that position. Alonso does start in pole position,

:03:11. > :03:21.his third pole position at Silverstone. In 2006, he won in the

:03:21. > :03:25.Renault 4 stock last year he won in a Ferrari. He has a great record at

:03:25. > :03:35.Silverstone and thus the track. Bernie Ecclestone keeping an eye on

:03:35. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :04:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:04:18. > :04:23.proceedings. This is how they line grid now because he has picked up

:04:23. > :04:27.penalties. If you look for the writing on the side walls of the

:04:27. > :04:33.tyres which indicates to us if they have gone for the soft compound or

:04:33. > :04:38.the hard compound. The yellow writing indicates the softer tyre.

:04:38. > :04:43.That indicates what choice. Lewis Hamilton have gone for the harder

:04:43. > :04:49.tyre. We will see a bit of difference. Let's talk to Gary

:04:49. > :04:52.Anderson in the pits. It is clear there is going to be a bit of a

:04:52. > :04:59.difference in decision-making? Definitely. None of them have had

:04:59. > :05:08.any mileage to sort it out. We are looking at it now, Mark Webber on

:05:08. > :05:16.the softer tyre. It is the faster for eight to 10 lamps. GP two

:05:16. > :05:21.practice has finished now, but you'll have to see how they get on.

:05:21. > :05:29.Alonso is the pole position man. Webber Will have to follow him

:05:29. > :05:37.dutifully round. Not do was Michael Schumacher did a few years ago,

:05:37. > :05:42.over tape the pole position man and got into trouble? Yes, those of the

:05:42. > :05:47.Rolls, the pole position man of the sets the pace. There has got to be

:05:47. > :05:52.a little bit of space to allow the drivers to warm up the tyres and

:05:52. > :05:57.get heat into the brakes will stop Alonso, the odd man out at the

:05:57. > :06:02.front with the hard tyres. No Frankie Dettori seems quite happy

:06:02. > :06:09.for Stam he is used to jumping off his horses. We saw the graphic

:06:09. > :06:18.showing Alonso on the harder tyre. There does not seem to be a big

:06:18. > :06:22.spread on left and right of the grid in terms of starting advantage.

:06:22. > :06:28.Will this be an opportunity for Mark Webber? Red Bull starts have

:06:28. > :06:35.been better. Madrid look at the last couple of races in Monte Carlo

:06:35. > :06:40.and Valencia. They do seem to be on top of it. Fernando Alonso leading

:06:40. > :06:45.the Drivers' Championship by 20 points. Red Bull asked a leading in

:06:45. > :06:51.the Constructors' Championship from McLaren. Lotus at risk from Ferrari.

:06:51. > :06:57.Kimi Raikkonen is in sixth, but Fernando Alonso is in pole position.

:06:57. > :07:03.This is a real chance for Ferrari to move back into third.

:07:03. > :07:12.TEAM RADIO: Michael, the situation has not changed. 27 degrees is the

:07:12. > :07:19.latest Reid. Predicting a dry race. Not looking at any showers. Plenty

:07:19. > :07:26.of blue sky. Conditions pretty much as we have seen them all week then?

:07:26. > :07:30.I think I heard a few people saying Hallelujah! I think we have had in

:07:30. > :07:35.of rain so far. Of though it may give opportunities for the likes of

:07:35. > :07:40.Jenson Button to come through the grid, we want to see flat-out,

:07:40. > :07:44.Grand Prix racing on one of the fastest tracks around the world.

:07:44. > :07:50.Alonso is already taking his position. The midfield runners

:07:50. > :07:55.coming through Club corner. Jenson Button is in the lower end of the

:07:55. > :08:00.midfield, in 16th place. Never finish on the podium in the British

:08:00. > :08:06.Grand Prix, Jenson Button. What can he do from back there? All of the

:08:06. > :08:11.teams have had so little running in the dry, we are going into new

:08:11. > :08:16.territory. How many laps can they do on each set of tyres? Which will

:08:16. > :08:23.be the better tyres over a stint? The softer tyres might be faster

:08:23. > :08:27.but they might not last as many laps as they need them to. Getting

:08:27. > :08:37.ready. Lights out and away we go. It is a good start from Alonso. He

:08:37. > :08:38.

:08:38. > :08:45.just gets in front of Webber. Vettel is next in line, that is a

:08:45. > :08:52.good start by Felipe Massa. Vettel should have the inside line for the

:08:52. > :08:57.left-hander. Just about makes it. They come down and sued the

:08:57. > :09:05.straight. We had a Force India in the background going extremely wide.

:09:05. > :09:10.We will find out who does all was. Hamilton is in ninth at the moment.

:09:11. > :09:16.It is Paul di Resta. He has a puncture. There has been some

:09:16. > :09:24.contact. It is all going wrong for Paul di Resta for him at the moment.

:09:25. > :09:31.Jenson Button has moved up well into 12th place. Nico Hulkenberg in

:09:31. > :09:36.the middle of the group with Bruno Senna. Alonso is leading. Mark

:09:36. > :09:43.Webber is second, Michael Schumacher is third. Massa is in

:09:43. > :09:49.fourth. Maldonado is ahead of Raikkonen. We did see Grosjean

:09:49. > :09:56.having a terrible start. And he ran wide on the exit of Copse corner.

:09:56. > :10:00.That allowed the Sauber in front to get past. Jenson Button is all over

:10:00. > :10:07.the back of Grosjean. The Force India went a wide and it allowed

:10:07. > :10:11.the Sauber to get so up alongside. Perez and runs around the outside

:10:11. > :10:21.and it puts him on line for the exit of Club corner, a great

:10:21. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :10:26.driving. He was so impressive in qualifying but missed out. Groan

:10:26. > :10:36.macro on the grass. Jenson Button his throat. Milagro Rozon will

:10:36. > :10:37.

:10:37. > :10:42.fight back. Kobayashi going round the pair of them. Romain Grosjean

:10:42. > :10:52.is still in front of Jenson Button and has got back in front of

:10:52. > :10:54.

:10:54. > :11:00.Kobayashi. Kobayashi ran a bit wide. Rosberg round the outside of his

:11:00. > :11:07.Grosjean. If his the Toro Rosso he is battling with, just in behind

:11:07. > :11:12.Hamilton. And there is so much going on. Rosberg is 58, he had a

:11:12. > :11:20.terrible first lap. Massa is looking good in fourth place. And

:11:20. > :11:24.then Vettel. There is Paul di Resta into the pits for star There was a

:11:24. > :11:31.puncture, so they must have been contact. Some of the debris on the

:11:31. > :11:38.track. It looks to me sufficiently off line to not to be a danger. But

:11:38. > :11:44.it could be an issue. We are on board with Kobayashi. He is down

:11:44. > :11:52.the inside. He has got past Romain Grosjean. I wonder if Grosjean has

:11:52. > :11:58.put damage on the car. He has gone for the pits, well spotted. That

:11:58. > :12:06.brings Jenson Button into 12 position. The Ferrari of Felipe

:12:06. > :12:13.Massa is looking very good indeed. He was not as lucky in Valencia, he

:12:13. > :12:22.had some contact with Kobayashi did Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean got

:12:22. > :12:26.married last week but things this week have not gone to plan. They

:12:26. > :12:30.had the side Jack under the car which would normally be the

:12:30. > :12:35.indication of a front wing change. But they could not see the activity.

:12:35. > :12:44.It was more than just a pit stop the tyres. He has probably changed

:12:44. > :12:49.to the other compound of tired. -- tyres. He is trying to get past

:12:49. > :12:54.Michael Schumacher or into Copse corner. He has had to change down

:12:54. > :13:00.in the middle of the corner and it has left him vulnerable to Vettel.

:13:00. > :13:07.Sebastian Vettel almost making it but Massa was able to defend. But

:13:07. > :13:17.they have Maldonado catching up with them. Vettel will be in the

:13:17. > :13:21.

:13:21. > :13:28.still has the Williams chasing, Kimi Raikkonen not far behind he is

:13:28. > :13:33.into the Vale. There was contact. Just that little touch on the wheel.

:13:33. > :13:37.He got away with it and it is still Felipe Massa in 4th place and

:13:38. > :13:47.Sebastien Vettel in 5th place. Michael Schumacher has that vital

:13:48. > :13:55.

:13:55. > :14:01.the pit. Perez going quickly in ninth. He has set a fastest lap. We

:14:01. > :14:06.have seen the Sauber so fast at different circuits. Here is the

:14:06. > :14:11.start. Fernando Alonso has to go defensive early. He is well within

:14:11. > :14:20.his rights to do. So Mark Webber has to back out. Behind we have

:14:20. > :14:25.slue. Having to go defensive for Massa. -- Michael Schumacher. They

:14:25. > :14:32.run out of the village complex and it is almost four abreast as they

:14:32. > :14:39.go into that section. Let's see what the contact was with the Force

:14:39. > :14:44.India. On poord with Mark Webber. You hear the shuddering of the

:14:44. > :14:48.wheel spin. He makes a fantastic start and had to pull to the left.

:14:48. > :14:55.Fernando Alonso using more of his KERS. Look at the gap he got

:14:55. > :15:05.himself as he ran into the section. He may have been flat flu turn 1.

:15:05. > :15:21.

:15:21. > :15:24.We are on board with Kimi Raikkonen Raikkonen looks to the left. Lewis

:15:24. > :15:28.being cautious. Positioned himself on the outside of Pastor Maldonado.

:15:28. > :15:32.No room there. Wasn't the most attacking start from Lewis Hamilton,

:15:32. > :15:36.but he is playing the long game. Can we see as we witness Sebastian

:15:36. > :15:40.Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen going. Where was the contact? That was

:15:40. > :15:45.Grosjean touching the back of Paul di Resta. That caused the puncture

:15:45. > :15:51.and the car has been retired. We can see there he is. A very short

:15:51. > :15:59.Grand Prix and a disappointed young man today. Very early out of the

:15:59. > :16:05.action. Fernando Alonso is leading, but not by much only 0.8 of a

:16:05. > :16:15.second ahead of Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel is fifth.

:16:15. > :16:18.

:16:18. > :16:28.Raikkonen is sixth. There is Jenson Button, he is 13th. Heikki

:16:28. > :16:35.

:16:35. > :16:44.Kovalinan is in 17th. Timo Glock is 18th. And then the two HRTs. Button

:16:44. > :16:48.won a few places at the start. We're going into one of the slowest

:16:48. > :16:54.sections of track. They will put it into second gear and roll it to the

:16:54. > :16:59.left and nice and gentle as they build the speed through the last

:16:59. > :17:06.corner. Able to use a lot of kerb and then Abbey, just listen to this.

:17:06. > :17:09.Down a gear with this amount of fuel on board, they will have 150

:17:09. > :17:14.kilo and they will have dancing off the limiter in qualifying had it

:17:15. > :17:18.been dry. The front end of the Sauber looking good at this stage.

:17:18. > :17:27.The Saubers seem to be in a reasonable shape. Fernando Alonso

:17:27. > :17:33.has made a bit more of a break. slow pace. We have to keep up with

:17:33. > :17:41.these gays. And we have seen that a couple of times. -- keep up with

:17:41. > :17:45.these guys. It has happened before, Wen we get into the races, they're

:17:45. > :17:51.struggling with the tyres. Lewis Hamilton on the harder tyres

:17:51. > :17:54.available. So the guys in front of him are on the soft tyres. We know

:17:54. > :17:59.until the tenth gap that that softer tyre will give them an

:17:59. > :18:05.advantage. That shouldn't be a surprise, shouldn't be a panic that

:18:05. > :18:09.Lewis is not quite as, not feeling as comfortable on the harder tyre.

:18:09. > :18:15.Massa is in fourth on the softer tyre. But Fernando Alonso is doing

:18:15. > :18:19.a great job up front. He is on the harder tyre. Gary, bring you in on

:18:19. > :18:23.this. The different tyres that everyone's using and looking at

:18:23. > :18:27.Fernando Alonso, looking good. it is looking good. Keeping the

:18:27. > :18:35.tyres alive on this graining, the left front not graining will mean

:18:35. > :18:40.But nobody has got long runs on the tyres. They're just, they're still

:18:40. > :18:44.exploring. Mark Webber needs to make sure she he hangs on to Alonso

:18:44. > :18:52.and keep him honest. Because Mark Webber's dropping back and I think

:18:52. > :19:01.he needs to close that gap up again. Massa is in DRS range of Michael

:19:01. > :19:06.Schumacher. We know Maher -- Mercedes has good speed. Can he get

:19:06. > :19:14.it down the inside? Michael Schumacher goes defensive, as is

:19:14. > :19:20.his right. But it is a sign, if Michael is slow on the run into the

:19:20. > :19:25.DRS zone, then Massa is coming through. We know Felipe Massa is

:19:25. > :19:30.not a second a lap slower under normal conditions than Alonso. So

:19:30. > :19:36.he is being held up by the Mercedes. Some tyre management could be being

:19:36. > :19:42.deployed by Michael. You have got to play the longer game. Use KERS

:19:42. > :19:49.seven and 13. Use KERS seven and 13 and try to use the rear wing

:19:49. > :19:54.earlier. 7 and 13. That is the Luffield corner and 13 is where

:19:54. > :20:01.they are now. We can see Sebastian Vettel there just in the background,

:20:01. > :20:07.is he just controlling his tyres? Or is he... Running at his actual

:20:07. > :20:10.pace now? Sebastian Vettel behind. He is in fifth. Raikkonen is in

:20:10. > :20:16.sixth. Pastor Maldonado is in seventh in the Williams and Lewis

:20:16. > :20:20.Hamilton still in eighth. Struggling a bit. Then Perez ninth.

:20:20. > :20:25.Senna in tenth. As they continue around, Michael Schumacher knows

:20:25. > :20:30.that that DRS zone is coming up. Now they're into that zone where we

:20:30. > :20:34.see whether Massa can close it up on the exit of the loop through the

:20:35. > :20:39.left hander at Aintree. Now we're looking at a replay, this was

:20:39. > :20:43.Sebastian Vettel at the start. some damage has been done. Is that

:20:43. > :20:49.off the front of the Red Bull, or the back of the Ferrari? If it is

:20:49. > :20:54.off the back of the Ferrari, it could be one of rear straights that

:20:54. > :21:00.hangs down below the rear wing. Let's keep an eye on that and maybe

:21:00. > :21:05.Gary can see whether that is a piece of Ferrari or the Red Bull

:21:05. > :21:09.missing. We have had eight out of 52 laps. Our basis as good as if

:21:09. > :21:16.not better than anyone apart from Fernando Alonso. We are looking

:21:16. > :21:26.good. Fayre feeling confident about things, -- fayre feeling confident

:21:26. > :21:27.

:21:27. > :21:31.about things. A long way to go. Kimi Raikkonen is another former

:21:31. > :21:37.winner. Always a consistent finisher here. Tucked behind

:21:37. > :21:40.Sebastian Vettel and again Massa getling -- getting close to Michael

:21:40. > :21:48.Schumacher. Michael Schumacher does enough to fend off the Ferrari with

:21:48. > :21:52.the Mercedes. Look at that train of traffic this a building up. This is

:21:52. > :21:58.allowing Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber to open up a breathing point.

:21:58. > :22:02.The gap is down to Michael is six seconds. It us playing into the

:22:02. > :22:07.hand of Ferrari and Red Bull and Massa again positioning the car all

:22:07. > :22:11.over the back of Michael Schumacher. As they run down into the village

:22:11. > :22:16.section. So Michael Schumacher and Massa, again Felipe Massa will try

:22:16. > :22:23.and get the slip stream as they come out of left hander and on to

:22:23. > :22:27.Wellington Straight. Its not a long DRS zone. He will have a thing

:22:27. > :22:37.think, but Michael Schumacher covers the inside and has it under

:22:37. > :22:40.

:22:40. > :22:45.control for the moment. The top ten are there. Felipe Massa, every lap

:22:45. > :22:51.he does, where he doesn't manage to pass the Mercedes, he loses

:22:51. > :22:55.performance from the tyres. You can see the front left tyre, already

:22:55. > :23:00.showing sign of graining. The track is green, there has been so much

:23:00. > :23:03.rain on the track, what we mean by green, there is not rubber

:23:03. > :23:08.impregnated into the track and you get more of a shuddering of the

:23:08. > :23:12.tyre across the tarmac. That is absolutely crucial, you can see if

:23:12. > :23:16.Felipe Massa can't gate pass on Michael, then he probably will have

:23:16. > :23:20.to revert his strategy to make an earlier stop than he may otherwise

:23:21. > :23:25.have wanted to get some clean air. That is dictated by the amount of

:23:25. > :23:30.time you lose in the pit lane, about 16 seconds and that drops you

:23:30. > :23:35.into the train of traffic behind him. If he was to do it now it

:23:35. > :23:42.would put him into the battle between Kobayashi and Button.

:23:42. > :23:47.good lap from Fernando Alonso. The gap is now three seconds. Lewis

:23:47. > :23:51.Hamilton keeps his options open and cities on for a podium. Up the

:23:51. > :23:56.inside goes Perez. But Lewis Hamilton shuts the door and Perez

:23:56. > :24:01.not able to nip past. You can see Lewis Hamilton struggling. Button

:24:01. > :24:04.is struggling with his car. So the McLarens are struggling. They are

:24:04. > :24:10.and we have heard on the radio that Lewis Hamilton's been told that

:24:10. > :24:14.Michael Schumacher is struggling on the options. McLaren trying to keep

:24:14. > :24:19.Lewis calm on the harder tyres, saying the options are not great

:24:19. > :24:24.and be patient, let the track rubber in. But a wake up call for

:24:24. > :24:29.Lewis Hamilton as Perez tried down the inside into the village corner.

:24:29. > :24:33.This is already. Michael Schumacher 40.1, still holding the others up.

:24:33. > :24:37.That is interesting. That impolice that Mark Webber is happy to sit at

:24:37. > :24:44.a -- that implys that Mark Webber is happy with the gap. That is

:24:44. > :24:50.about tyre management? Yes we expect at least two stops today.

:24:50. > :24:57.Grosjean coming back through field. Marussia didn't make it easy for

:24:57. > :25:02.him there. That was getting past Glock. We expect two stops to be

:25:02. > :25:08.what people would aim for. If tyre wear is high we could see them

:25:08. > :25:12.reverting to three. And maybe Mark, as we see, activity from the Red

:25:12. > :25:16.Bull guys. Obviously they're aim for it and Sebastian Vettel has

:25:16. > :25:21.come in for tyres. Sebastian Vettel first of the lead group to come

:25:21. > :25:27.into the pits. And make that stop. Let's see. He goes out on the

:25:27. > :25:35.harder compound tyre. Looked fairly smooth. On his way once again. And

:25:35. > :25:41.it is a long pit lane, but it does cut out a section of track. It is

:25:41. > :25:47.not a long time in the pit laeb. -- pane. We have seen Paul di Resta go

:25:47. > :25:51.out of race. Let cease what happened to him. This is the

:25:51. > :25:56.contact with Romain Grosjean and we're with Romain Grosjean and ore

:25:56. > :26:06.it was just a glancing blow, but it was enough to cause a puncture. He

:26:06. > :26:07.is talking to Lee. Well that was a short lived Grand Prix for you.

:26:07. > :26:11.not sure if somebody hit us, or something happened to the tyre. I

:26:11. > :26:18.turned into turn 4 and there was no pressure and it was off the rim and

:26:18. > :26:23.pupbgtchurd. There is nothing you can do. And then I damaged the

:26:23. > :26:31.floor and went off at Bebb etc, because half of floor was missing.

:26:31. > :26:36.That is the part of Bloor that they are trying to create the down force.

:26:36. > :26:40.How are you feel something It's not been a great weekend. The weather

:26:40. > :26:44.has hampered it. But the fans are here, the fun's out and hopefully

:26:44. > :26:48.they put on a good race. Just disappointed not to be out there.

:26:48. > :26:53.Our gamble had paid off going for a dry set up. Conditions couldn't

:26:53. > :26:57.have been better for us. Massa has take than place from Michael

:26:57. > :27:03.Schumacher and we have more pit stops. Pastor Maldonado is in and

:27:03. > :27:12.peress. -- Perez. Michael Schumacher unable the keep Massa

:27:12. > :27:17.behind him. That was a good stop by the Williams crew aye don't think

:27:17. > :27:24.there will be any change between Williams and Sauber. They get a

:27:24. > :27:27.nice clear run. Joining behind Jean-Eric Vergne. And while we were

:27:27. > :27:32.listening to that Paul di Resta intervue, Pastor Maldonado keeping

:27:32. > :27:40.deep into the corner. But we were getting the play in frr Massa

:27:40. > :27:50.saying he felt comfortable. He passed down the inside. Great stuff

:27:50. > :27:59.

:28:00. > :28:06.The VAT is a long way back to the pits The Mall Barnardo. --

:28:06. > :28:10.Maldonado. Is there any damage the Perez? We need to see a replay of

:28:10. > :28:17.that. It looks as if they drifted through the entry to Brooklands,

:28:17. > :28:25.they ran out of road and the contact was made. Two potential

:28:25. > :28:29.podium finishers out of the race. Maldonado was impeded after contact

:28:29. > :28:34.with Lewis Hamilton in Valencia. Michael Schumacher has come into

:28:34. > :28:41.the pit lane. He was third but opted for a few moments ago before

:28:41. > :28:49.these pit-stops will stop DRS disabled. I wonder why that has

:28:49. > :28:53.been reported. Back out goes Michael Schumacher. Gary Anderson,

:28:53. > :28:58.what are you thinking on the tyres at the moment? Alonso is still in

:28:58. > :29:08.the lead at the moment? Everyone has taken a lesson from it. Michael

:29:08. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:12.is going out on the hard tyre as well. We see a replay. Perez puts

:29:12. > :29:17.himself on the outside in to Brooklands. Be the Tornado macro

:29:17. > :29:22.was running out at a racetrack and was at the limits of his grip and

:29:22. > :29:27.decided to take a wider line. The stewards will decide. The looks

:29:27. > :29:31.like Maldonado had oversteer going into the corner. It will be the

:29:31. > :29:37.wall of death if you go it round the outside. You put yourself at

:29:37. > :29:44.the mercy of the car seen you and giving new space. It would have

:29:44. > :29:51.been an incredible pass had Perez got away with it. We are waiting

:29:51. > :29:55.for team Radio which does not appear to be coming. It was a brave

:29:55. > :30:01.attempt and it did not come off and it has cost them both this

:30:01. > :30:07.afternoon. Perez showing he would have been capable of stepping up

:30:07. > :30:13.and taking a penalty if this was football. Massa is coming in the

:30:13. > :30:16.pits. Massa was in third place because he had got past Michael

:30:16. > :30:24.Schumacher. But his team mates still out there on the harder of

:30:24. > :30:34.the compound tyres. Webber Has not come in yet. The harder tyres going

:30:34. > :30:37.

:30:37. > :30:41.on there for Felipe Massa. The Kimi Raikkonen is in at the same time.

:30:41. > :30:48.Massa coming back out. Quite a sizable gap to Michael Schumacher

:30:48. > :30:51.who is up behind both the Toro Rosso of Ricciardo. Massa gets a

:30:51. > :30:58.breathing space and he shouldn't have been under pressure from the

:30:58. > :31:05.pace of Michael prior to the pit stop. Michael Schumacher goes for

:31:05. > :31:11.the inside. I'm curious to find out why the DRS was switched off and

:31:11. > :31:19.then back on. Michael Schumacher disposes of the Toro Rosso.

:31:19. > :31:22.moves up ahead. He has got Raikkonen not far behind him. The

:31:22. > :31:29.incident between Perez and Maldonado will be investigated

:31:29. > :31:34.after the race. Alonso is still going quickly. Another new fastest

:31:34. > :31:41.middle sector, so there is no sign that Alonso's harder compound tyres

:31:41. > :31:45.are beginning to go away on him. No loss of performance. This is

:31:45. > :31:51.another incidents we are looking at, Bruno Senna being passed by Jenson

:31:51. > :31:56.Button. Jenson Button is moving up I think into 8th. They are going

:31:56. > :32:03.deeper into the race. Mark Webber going into the pits and has gone

:32:03. > :32:09.for the harder compound tyre. The Ferrari is still lapping quickly.

:32:09. > :32:14.That will bring him out just behind Lewis Hamilton. You can see the

:32:14. > :32:19.Sauber going through just before the Force India. Webber Deciding to

:32:19. > :32:25.be the first to blink and has changed the strategy and tyres. It

:32:25. > :32:31.look like Alonso was very comfortable on those hard tyres.

:32:31. > :32:38.Will Ferrari react? They have plenty of breathing space. That is

:32:38. > :32:42.a clear sign from a driver with his Helmand still on, do not approach.

:32:42. > :32:51.We gathered de DRS was disabled because of the incident which took

:32:51. > :32:59.place between Perez and Maldonado at the end of the DRS zones. While

:32:59. > :33:04.that was going on, getting rid of debris, they disables DRS. Now they

:33:05. > :33:09.are allowed to use it. Raikkonen going through in 13th with several

:33:09. > :33:18.of the guys ahead of them not having made their pit stops just

:33:18. > :33:23.yet. The Ferrari is getting ready to come for a pit-stop. Alonso is

:33:23. > :33:29.into the pits. He has managed to get to lap 15, on two laps 16

:33:29. > :33:36.before having to make a pit stop. So these harder, compound tyres

:33:36. > :33:46.have gone well. He puts another set on. At some point, Jenson Button

:33:46. > :33:47.

:33:47. > :33:55.getting into the mix. Vettel has got past him? He has. Vettel has

:33:55. > :34:03.done his stock on a fresher set of tyres. -- done his stop. Jenson

:34:03. > :34:10.Button runs a little bit wide and it allows Vettel to pounce. As they

:34:10. > :34:16.break into Cook, it was very dusty and there was nothing Jenson Button

:34:16. > :34:21.could do. He had already been defensive into the corner. It

:34:21. > :34:25.allowed Sebastian Vettel and undercut and a clear run into club.

:34:25. > :34:35.Sebastian Vettel and you crash helmet for him. Omar Deghayes has

:34:35. > :34:44.

:34:44. > :34:50.been making a move on Rosberg. But the pits for start he is going deep

:34:50. > :35:00.as he can. He has nothing to fight with its own mess -- Massa can

:35:00. > :35:02.

:35:02. > :35:08.surge past. You take more out of the tyres in this first phase of

:35:08. > :35:12.the race because you have so much more weight. You tend to be shorter

:35:12. > :35:18.in this phase and you are able to do more laps later in the Grand

:35:18. > :35:23.Prix. It still remains to be seen if anyone can get away with a two-

:35:23. > :35:29.stop, Jenson Button is going into the pits. Kobayashi had worked his

:35:29. > :35:34.way into third place before making the pit stop. Jenson Button into

:35:34. > :35:39.the pit lane. Can McLaren service the car and sent him on his way

:35:39. > :35:44.without any errors? He has gone on to the softer tyre. He has decided

:35:44. > :35:51.to run the softer tyre in this neck stint. We are seeing different

:35:51. > :35:56.strategies. Still this guy looking blue. Rosberg was told on the radio

:35:56. > :36:01.you have to push to beat Button for a start and he has done exactly

:36:01. > :36:06.what is requested. He would have gone into maximum engine mode and

:36:06. > :36:14.used all of the KERS in that lap, which sometimes can be tricky in

:36:14. > :36:21.the breeding zones. Can Button respond on those new tyres? It is

:36:21. > :36:27.not over yet, they go into left- field. Has Jenson Button got any

:36:27. > :36:32.KERS left? He has brand-new options. He is in the slipstream as they go

:36:32. > :36:36.through Woodcote. Rosberg it is defending as they go into Copse

:36:36. > :36:42.corner. But there is so much breaking into Copse corner, there

:36:42. > :36:51.is not much chance. Jenson Button is in the slipstream as they enter

:36:51. > :36:57.Becketts. But some will be stealing all of his clean air. It looks like

:36:57. > :37:03.Button might be a bit too far behind. Mercedes power against

:37:03. > :37:09.Mercedes power of course. TEAM RADIO: It is time to push, it

:37:09. > :37:19.is time to push. Don't worry about Alonso behind us. Hamilton leads

:37:19. > :37:25.this race and has not stopped so far. Hamilton going deep into this

:37:25. > :37:29.race. That is the battle for the lead. Hamilton going surprisingly

:37:29. > :37:35.far on these sets of tyres will start he is keeping Alonso behind

:37:35. > :37:41.him. Alonso is on a set a fresher tyres and will want to dispatch the

:37:41. > :37:47.McLaren. Alonso has a five-second gap to Mark Webber behind. He does

:37:47. > :37:57.have some breathing space, but he won't want to lose too much time

:37:57. > :38:00.

:38:00. > :38:10.behind Hamilton. We have Alonso remain seven-tenths of a second

:38:10. > :38:14.

:38:14. > :38:19.behind. Hamilton will be looking to come in soon on these tyres. This

:38:19. > :38:24.is what the crowd want to see. They want to see a British driver up

:38:24. > :38:27.front and right now it is Lewis Hamilton. I know it is to do with

:38:27. > :38:34.strategy but he has been able to get this far without doing a pit

:38:34. > :38:42.stop. Here comes Alonso out of Club corner. So much more grip than the

:38:42. > :38:46.Ferrari. But he cannot do anything with it. This includes the DRS on

:38:46. > :38:53.the exits, and Lewis Hamilton is just controlling the inside of the

:38:53. > :39:00.corner. Now we get to the DRS zone and the Alonso has him before he

:39:00. > :39:06.needs to use it. In fact, he has got the DRS because he was behind

:39:06. > :39:11.Hamilton. And now Hamilton tried to get past him, but he could not hold

:39:11. > :39:17.it. Wonderful fighting spirit from Lewis Hamilton! Hamilton are

:39:17. > :39:21.worried about the fact it is affecting his own personal strategy,

:39:21. > :39:27.driving off line and going wheel- to-wheel, making his lap times

:39:27. > :39:31.lower and that will affect where he comes out after his pit stop. He is

:39:31. > :39:37.racing for the British crowd and what entertainment. I don't know

:39:37. > :39:47.how he managed to come back at Alonso when the McLaren have the

:39:47. > :39:47.

:39:47. > :39:53.DRS available. He was behind Alonso at the DRS zone. In the end it came

:39:53. > :39:58.to nothing but what a great bit of entertainment. Remarkable. A few

:39:58. > :40:06.years ago when they were having roughed seasons, they were dicing

:40:06. > :40:11.like that for 14th place at Silverstone. Now it is for the lead.

:40:11. > :40:18.It has opened a opportunity for McLaren to do something different

:40:18. > :40:24.than the others. Raikkonen is in seventh. But in his in 12th. Jenson

:40:24. > :40:29.Button has managed to get past the other Mercedes. Also running well

:40:29. > :40:38.is Red Bull they are in third and fourth, Webber Third, Vettel 4th.

:40:38. > :40:44.Michael Schumacher, the DRS activation is at the white line.

:40:44. > :40:50.Alonso was behind a Hamilton at the activation point. Raikkonen will be

:40:51. > :40:55.able to activate his DRS behind Michael Schumacher to effect a pass

:40:55. > :40:59.into problems. As we watch the battle we have the tie as the

:40:59. > :41:08.drivers have used so far on the graphic. Alonso has used the heart

:41:08. > :41:14.tier twice. It does mean Alonso still has to use the softer tyre at

:41:14. > :41:22.some point. -- hard tyre. Hamilton as a loud Webber to close the gap

:41:22. > :41:28.down to about 4.57 seconds. It is not panic mode yet, but it could

:41:28. > :41:32.come in handy later in the race. Gary Hamilton, what are your

:41:32. > :41:42.thoughts on the Hamilton strategy? It is a good strategy but it is

:41:42. > :41:43.

:41:43. > :41:46.about to go by its sell-by date. He needs to go in the pits now.

:41:46. > :41:54.could be in danger of dropping right into the bottom half of the

:41:54. > :42:01.top 10. It won't help his cause. Alonso is the race leader and

:42:01. > :42:05.Hamilton is 2.3 seconds behind. Lewis is in danger of coming out

:42:05. > :42:12.behind Romain Grosjean, if he does not pick now. He is losing too much

:42:12. > :42:22.time on these harder tyres. He has managed to get to lap 20 out of 52

:42:22. > :42:24.

:42:24. > :42:29.before making a pit stop. This is on board with Kimi Raikkonen. Just

:42:29. > :42:35.trying to look after those tyres and not generate any wheelspin, in

:42:35. > :42:40.seventh place. We seen the McLaren team came into the pit-lane as if

:42:40. > :42:46.they were going ready -- getting ready to service Hamilton. He has

:42:46. > :42:52.now gone past. He is at Copse corner. And he did not come in that

:42:52. > :43:02.a lap. Let's look at the gap to Romain Grosjean as we are on board

:43:02. > :43:18.

:43:18. > :43:22.Italian again, unfortunately. But we will work it out. McLaren are in

:43:22. > :43:28.the pits. This is Lewis Hamilton. From second place. But the question

:43:28. > :43:33.is, where will he drop to? His gap to Romain Grosjean was about 14

:43:33. > :43:39.seconds. And we reckon a time in pit lane for a three second stop

:43:39. > :43:44.will cost you 16 seconds. So the maths don't add up. It was a good

:43:45. > :43:50.stop. It was quick. McLaren have improved their pit stops after so

:43:50. > :43:54.many problems. Grosjean has Pazed us, so Lewis Hamilton has managed

:43:54. > :44:01.to make it work out. Pops out behind Raikkonen and Michael

:44:01. > :44:09.Schumacher. I need to get a sharpen of my pencil on my maths. I thought

:44:09. > :44:15.that would be closer. Lewis Hamilton is in seventh. Michael is

:44:15. > :44:19.fifth. He is on the softer compound tyre. We wait to see how far he is

:44:19. > :44:25.going to go in the race, Lewis Hamilton. He is on a different

:44:25. > :44:29.strategy. He has gone deeper into the race on the harder tyre.

:44:29. > :44:33.Fernando Alonso went deep and Fernando Alonso leads the race by

:44:33. > :44:37.five seconds from Mark Webber. Now that everyone has made their pit

:44:38. > :44:42.stop, a bit more we can catch up where everyone is. Let's watch

:44:42. > :44:47.Lewis Hamilton as he chases after that pairing of Michael Schumacher

:44:47. > :44:57.and Kimi Raikkonen. It is Fernando Alonso leading, Mark Webber in

:44:57. > :45:08.

:45:08. > :45:13.will make McLaren happy. Their guys are the top two pit stop times we

:45:13. > :45:17.have seen so far at 2.8 seconds. After the hard work they have done

:45:17. > :45:23.after the horrible pit stops they suffered in the early part of

:45:23. > :45:28.season, that will be a big boost. But can they score points here

:45:28. > :45:32.today? Jenson Button is still in 12th. He has not made up a lot of

:45:33. > :45:38.ground through the pit stops. Lewis Hamilton now close to the back of

:45:38. > :45:42.Kimi Raikkonen. He is right in the slip stream as they get in through

:45:42. > :45:46.the activation point for DRS. Running out on to the Wellington

:45:46. > :45:50.Straight. And we know that he was able to pull a pass there on

:45:50. > :45:57.Fernando Alonso. But a bit too far back on Raikkonen, who is running

:45:57. > :46:04.in the dirty air of Michael Schumacher. The hunted is becoming

:46:04. > :46:14.the prey in the case of Raikkonen. Let's get a word with Sergio Perez.

:46:14. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:20.Tell us about what happened? Well pastor, it is a drive hear the

:46:20. > :46:24.doesn't respect the other drivers. He just... A matter of fact. I mean

:46:24. > :46:29.I was already in front and if not, he should have given me enough

:46:29. > :46:33.space not the crash. But he tried to push me all the way to the

:46:33. > :46:37.outside and I don't understand the way he is driving. I really hope

:46:37. > :46:42.the stewards can make something. The last three or four races he has

:46:42. > :46:46.done something to someone and it is not the first time. He damaged my

:46:46. > :46:50.weekend and did the same with Lewis in Valencia and they just give him

:46:50. > :46:57.a drive through. I think it is not enough and this guy will never

:46:57. > :47:01.learn if they don't do something. It is a dangerous driver and can

:47:01. > :47:07.hurt someone. Have the drivers spoken about Pastor Maldonado?

:47:07. > :47:11.everyone has concerns about him. He is not, he is a driver that doesn't

:47:11. > :47:17.know we're risking our lives and he has no respect. It is not a matter

:47:17. > :47:21.if he is close. He has no respect and the way he is driving, I think

:47:21. > :47:25.the stewards have to do something by now. Because it is not the first

:47:25. > :47:31.time he does something. He does affect many other drivers. I'm not

:47:31. > :47:36.the only one. Kimi Raikkonen is making the move on slue. To take

:47:36. > :47:39.fifth position and Lewis Hamilton on the -- the move on Michael

:47:39. > :47:44.Schumacher to take fifth position and Lewis Hamilton will make the

:47:44. > :47:50.same move on Michael Schumacher. heard Lewis Hamilton's engineers

:47:50. > :47:56.saying you're on the other tires and Lewis Hamilton passes Michael

:47:56. > :48:00.Schumacher. As we saw, two passes on Michael in the space of one

:48:00. > :48:08.kilometre. The Mercedes struggling to keep pace with the McLaren and

:48:08. > :48:12.Lotus. Coming back to what Sergio Perez said, that is strong and

:48:12. > :48:16.damning language regarding the drivers having concerns about

:48:16. > :48:22.Pastor Maldonado, as we see a replay of Kimi Raikkonen going

:48:22. > :48:27.around Michael Schumacher. Used the DRS effectivity -- effectively. You

:48:27. > :48:32.will see the gain in speed here tshes DRS, the reduction in drag.

:48:32. > :48:37.It works beautifully. Yes it is a short straight, but it lacks to be

:48:37. > :48:42.the right choice and here we're coming through Woodcote corner,

:48:42. > :48:47.Lewis Hamilton timing the slip stream to perfection. He will have

:48:47. > :48:51.used KERS there. And we gather the message that Fernando Alonso got

:48:51. > :48:56.was that they're planning to do two longer stints on the harder tyres

:48:56. > :49:01.and a short stint on the end on the softer compound tyre. You have to

:49:01. > :49:07.use both types of tyre. That is what Fernando Alonso is planning to

:49:07. > :49:13.do. He has got a 4.8 second advantage over Mark Webber. The two

:49:13. > :49:18.Red Bulls rung competitively and lapping at the same pace as

:49:18. > :49:22.Fernando Alonso. As you can see, the new fastest lap by Kimi

:49:22. > :49:26.Raikkonen, having got past Michael Schumacher, it is now the Lotus of

:49:26. > :49:30.Kimi Raikkonen in fifth that is fastest. Lewis Hamilton is behind.

:49:30. > :49:37.You would expect Lewis Hamilton to be able to match or improve on that.

:49:37. > :49:41.Because he is on the softer tyre. But it does seem as though harder

:49:41. > :49:46.tyre i not only resilient, but delivers a good lap time. Yes the

:49:46. > :49:52.track is going through phases. We're now 25 laps into this Grand

:49:52. > :50:02.Prix and there is 25 of rub hear the has been laid down there. A

:50:02. > :50:02.

:50:02. > :50:08.combination of prime and option. It has been imbedded into the tarmac.

:50:08. > :50:11.OK Michael target plus eight. Target plus eight. That is an

:50:11. > :50:15.indication they have a base strategy of when they would expect

:50:15. > :50:19.to stop. His engineer telling Michael we're going to add eight

:50:19. > :50:26.laps to that. But what I was explaining, there will be phases of

:50:26. > :50:32.race where the car comes alive and starts to talk to you, as the tyres

:50:32. > :50:36.wear, it may only last for three or four laps and may give you a ten-

:50:36. > :50:40.plus lap window where you get balance W that comes confidence and

:50:40. > :50:46.lap time. We have Fernando Alonso in the front, but Felipe Massa is

:50:46. > :50:52.pretty much hanging in there. He is only 11 seconds down the road in

:50:52. > :50:57.fourth. So a strong performance from Massa around Silverstone.

:50:57. > :51:03.Raikkonen is still catching Massa. He was two tenths quicker through

:51:03. > :51:08.first sector than Massa. But he has a five second gap to try and reduce.

:51:08. > :51:15.You're watching the race leader, Fernando Alonso. You can see the

:51:15. > :51:19.gap to Mark Webber. It is 5.4 seconds. A good middle sector from

:51:19. > :51:23.Mark Webber. He heads down to Stowe corner. We're looking at Pastor

:51:23. > :51:28.Maldonado on tkphrobg Glock. Hopefully that didn't go wrong did

:51:28. > :51:32.it. Pastor Maldonado has been in a few incidents this year. He has

:51:32. > :51:37.only been in the points twice. He had a win in Barcelona. He has been

:51:37. > :51:42.involved in a lot of incidents. Points scored in China as well.

:51:42. > :51:47.When he has been on target for plenty more. Its awkward for us to

:51:47. > :51:52.watch with Pastor Maldonado, because it is great to see Williams

:51:52. > :51:57.coming back and winning in Spain. But there is only so much time we

:51:58. > :52:02.can try and turn a blind eye that he is always in incidents. The team

:52:02. > :52:05.have to be supportive. We see Grosjean coming in. They have to

:52:05. > :52:08.say the minimum while not criticising their driver. But there

:52:08. > :52:14.a point where if your always involved in incidents, you have to

:52:14. > :52:17.look in the mirror and say, what do I need to change? Why do you think

:52:17. > :52:22.that incident being checked after the race? It looked like a racing

:52:22. > :52:26.incident. Why would they need to look at it after the race? I think

:52:26. > :52:31.because Grosjean has been up to stewards a few times, they want to

:52:31. > :52:38.hear what he has to say. It is race No 9. Pastor Maldonado you mean?

:52:38. > :52:42.Yes. So much going on. Sorry about that. Thank you for that. We were

:52:42. > :52:46.watching Romain Grosjean. They want to build a picture of the

:52:47. > :52:51.personalities. When Perez explained about the drivers having a view,

:52:51. > :52:55.they all meet on a Friday and they have a Grand Prix drivers'

:52:55. > :53:01.association meeting and discuss issues. We see a great replay of

:53:01. > :53:07.Fernando Alonso cutting as much as he can of the corner. There is

:53:07. > :53:16.still mud on the track from the support races. Here we see as he

:53:16. > :53:26.came out, passing the HRT of rose rose. Shifting down still as they

:53:26. > :53:28.

:53:28. > :53:32.go through. He is still lapping well, 1.37.07 and opened that gap

:53:32. > :53:38.to Mark Webber to six seconds. Gary, the tyres are holding up for

:53:38. > :53:46.Fernando Alonsoment he is in control of race isn't he? Oh we may

:53:46. > :53:51.not have Gary for a moment. Oh here we. Can you hear us? Fernando

:53:51. > :53:53.Alonso looking in control? Yes he is. The big challenge here now

:53:53. > :53:58.would be for Mark Webber to close that gap. Fernando Alonso started

:53:58. > :54:08.on the hard tyres and has gone hard/hard and has to run the soft.

:54:08. > :54:15.Mark Webber started with soft and he has to go soft // hard. Mark

:54:15. > :54:20.Webber and Sebastian Vettel not out of this yet. Raikkonen has closed

:54:20. > :54:27.the gap to Massa. But it is not coming down by chunks. But Lewis

:54:28. > :54:33.Hamilton still running in sixth. Michael Schumacher is in seventh.

:54:33. > :54:38.Kobayashi is in eighth. Nico Hulkenberg is touring around in

:54:38. > :54:48.ninth. Touring? He is trying hard. But he is out of our view. Because

:54:48. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:58.he is on his own. Senna is in tenth. Jenson Button is 11th. Daniel

:54:58. > :55:04.Ricciardo is up to 13th. And cars not in the race, as McLaren get

:55:04. > :55:08.ready for a pit stop. We lost Petrov before the start of race and

:55:08. > :55:13.we lost Paul di Resta and we have loss Perez. In comes Lewis Hamilton

:55:13. > :55:17.then. It was a short stint on the softer tyre there. Now they will go

:55:17. > :55:22.and put on the harder tyre again. They have indeed. We would expect

:55:22. > :55:29.them to look at another stop. But you only need to stop for tyres if

:55:29. > :55:36.he so kooss. -- chooses. He only did eight lap on that last set of

:55:36. > :55:43.tyres. He is behind rest Berg. McLaren versus best again. Button

:55:43. > :55:48.is only just a bit ahead. Lewis Hamilton's now down two stops,

:55:48. > :55:52.versus Jenson Button's one. But with Jenson Button starting so much

:55:52. > :55:56.further down the grid. Most people on the harder tyre. Lewis Hamilton

:55:56. > :56:02.putting the pressure on Nico Rosberg and not wanting to wait on

:56:02. > :56:07.this new set of tyres to try and get past the Mercedes. Well he will

:56:07. > :56:12.get some new tyre performance. Qualifying was wet. Ample amount of

:56:12. > :56:16.new tyres available. You don't want to manage them through their life.

:56:16. > :56:23.But they just give you that bit more confidence. Even when you have

:56:23. > :56:28.a hefty amount of fuel on board. We're ahid of Romain Grosjean. You

:56:28. > :56:33.will have him close behind us. We have 23 laps to go. You don't want

:56:33. > :56:36.to be stopping again. You're doing a great job. Encouragement for

:56:36. > :56:44.Lewis Hamilton. And Romain Grosjean the guy they feel they're racing

:56:44. > :56:52.against. Button picking his way through the traffic as well. Both

:56:52. > :56:58.HRTs still in the race. Senna is running in tenth. Both Williams

:56:58. > :57:05.still rung as Pastor Maldonado having lost that time after the

:57:05. > :57:10.incident with Perez. Reminds you of what happened in Monaco. That was a

:57:10. > :57:15.different kind of incident. That looked like almost I would say a

:57:15. > :57:21.more deliberate manoeuvre. A lot of suspension travel on the front of

:57:21. > :57:28.the Lotus. I haven't noticed that much. Lewis Hamilton rung -- run

:57:28. > :57:32.wide on the village section. Look at the amount of suspension travel.

:57:32. > :57:37.That is not something we are used to seeing on these cars. The Lotus

:57:37. > :57:41.will have a third element that controls the ride height and so

:57:41. > :57:51.when generating the down force will make sure it doesn't run on the

:57:51. > :58:02.

:58:02. > :58:06.ground. But it is allowing the car new tyres. Cary Fukunaga -- Gary

:58:06. > :58:15.Anderson, could that be because the cars were set up softer in the

:58:15. > :58:20.expectation of a wet race? If could be. The low-speed corners would be

:58:20. > :58:26.more compliant. Then they have the package that it will stop it from

:58:26. > :58:32.hitting the ground. I wouldn't be surprised to see more roll on these

:58:32. > :58:38.cars for the wetter conditions. team is not allowed to change the

:58:38. > :58:43.set up of the cars after qualifying. You cannot change the set up of the

:58:43. > :58:51.car. In trusting scenario up front and Romain Grosjean is the man with

:58:51. > :58:55.the best seat in the house. McLaren against McLaren. Jenson Button rear

:58:55. > :59:00.to make his second stop. Jenson Button is taking his racing line

:59:01. > :59:06.and this will be costing Hamilton a little bit of performance. Will

:59:06. > :59:13.people a pass on him on the Wellington straight using DRS?

:59:13. > :59:21.two British drivers together. Hamilton would the DRS, but he is

:59:21. > :59:26.not close enough. It means that drivers are free to raise. He is on

:59:26. > :59:31.his strategy. That looks like Lewis Hamilton will pass now into Copse

:59:31. > :59:36.corner. It is exactly where he passed Rosberg. Not difficult in

:59:36. > :59:42.the end because he has fresher tyres on. It will allow Romain

:59:42. > :59:48.Grosjean through. Hamilton would have liked it if the had fended

:59:48. > :59:53.Romain Grosjean off a little longer. Also joining up and coming in

:59:53. > :59:57.behind it is Rosberg, who seemed to be struggling earlier. Now catching

:59:58. > :00:04.up to the McLaren. In the pits is Sebastian Vettel. He gets on his

:00:04. > :00:11.way. Up front it is still Alonso leading, Webber In second but

:00:11. > :00:16.Vettel coming in from what was third place. 3.2 second stop, but

:00:16. > :00:25.not the best we have seen. Be it will feed him back out in front of

:00:25. > :00:29.Michael Schumacher. Hulkenberg has been closing the gap. Jenson Button

:00:29. > :00:38.in the pits. It is his second stop this afternoon and could be his

:00:38. > :00:43.last. Button on his way back out. It could be his last, 20 laps to go.

:00:43. > :00:47.Fernando Alonso started from pole position and got in front. And he

:00:47. > :00:53.managed to just get in front of Mark Webber. He has led the race

:00:53. > :00:57.except perhaps through the pit stops ever since. Damon Hill in the

:00:57. > :01:01.middle. His father, Graham Hill, although double world champion ever

:01:01. > :01:08.managed to win the British Grand Prix. Jenson Button is in that

:01:08. > :01:14.position as well. I don't think he will win it this year. He has

:01:14. > :01:20.slipped down again because of the pit stop. Grosjean still fighting.

:01:20. > :01:25.He has Hamilton in his sights. They are fighting hard for position,

:01:25. > :01:31.tenth position they are fighting for. It will be Hamilton's task to

:01:31. > :01:41.keep the Lotus behind him. The Lotus is fast and was fast in the

:01:41. > :01:45.

:01:45. > :01:50.first sector. Will we know the Lotus is fast on the prime tyre.

:01:50. > :01:56.Hamilton has a bit of breathing space but the Lotus is showing good

:01:56. > :02:01.pace. Like-for-like in the pit stops, and on the same tired.

:02:01. > :02:10.gave him some opportunity be closer and it will hurt him because he

:02:10. > :02:19.won't be in the DRS zone. TEAM RADIO: Grosjean is faster than

:02:19. > :02:24.You were great on those tyres earlier, you can do it again.

:02:24. > :02:31.was saying Grosjean is faster and Hamilton feeling it will be tough

:02:31. > :02:37.to fend off the Frenchman. Grosjean has closed up in that area towards

:02:37. > :02:43.Brooklands and now into a field. has a sting to do on the set of

:02:43. > :02:52.tyres if they're going to the end. It is not lost on the engineers of

:02:52. > :02:58.the radio is broadcast out to the television channels. Sometimes they

:02:58. > :03:03.can send misinformation. Mark Webber in the pits. We saw Vettel

:03:03. > :03:06.in before, now it is the turn of his team mate. The top teams in the

:03:06. > :03:13.middle of the Silverstone pit lane because of the nature of his pit

:03:13. > :03:18.lane. He is back out on the harder compound tyre. I lot of wheelspin

:03:18. > :03:22.as he left his box. They normally have the chance to put rubber down

:03:22. > :03:28.during the cause of the weekend but the wet or weathermen so there was

:03:28. > :03:35.none of that. We are on board with Kobayashi. The Mercedes at Michael

:03:35. > :03:41.Schumacher having to go defensive as they ran into Abbey. When they

:03:41. > :03:45.come into village, they will be in the activation point. Can he get

:03:46. > :03:52.the Sauber took in behind the Mercedes close enough to use the

:03:52. > :03:57.DRS? On to the Wellington straight where it works at its best.

:03:57. > :04:02.Schumacher is going to the inside. Leaves room on the outside but it

:04:02. > :04:05.is difficult to pass out there. The Kobayashi will try to get the run

:04:05. > :04:10.out of love field where we have seen several people making this

:04:10. > :04:16.move stick. The Ferrari engine in the back of the Sauber trying to

:04:16. > :04:20.get alongside the Mercedes. Schumacher taking a defensive line

:04:20. > :04:27.early on through Woodcote. But he loses downforce and could not hold

:04:27. > :04:32.the car and had to back out of it. He was not able to make it stick.

:04:32. > :04:39.Meanwhile in 13th, update the the British fans. Jenson Button just

:04:39. > :04:45.lit up the timing screens after his pit stop. Fastest man on the track

:04:45. > :04:51.at that point. Getting the car to perform, is a little bit too late

:04:51. > :04:55.in his Grand Prix a would suggest to make inroads. If he picks a big

:04:55. > :05:01.point, he will be happy with that given his position as we see Kimi

:05:01. > :05:05.Raikkonen. The harder compound tyre going back on the Lotus. Kimi

:05:05. > :05:09.Raikkonen is driving a good race and has an opportunity to mix it

:05:09. > :05:15.with the Red Bull cars. Michael Schumacher coming into the pits. He

:05:15. > :05:25.was struggling and did not have any grip. Can make get to the end of

:05:25. > :05:30.

:05:30. > :05:35.the race on these tyres. Adrian Sutil verse. You can see in the

:05:36. > :05:41.background from Raikkonen, you have Rosberg.

:05:41. > :05:44.TEAM RADIO: You won't get to the end like this, so you have to look

:05:44. > :05:50.after your tyres. We need to have the best tyres we can for the end

:05:50. > :05:55.of the race. Alonso still has to run those softer tyres. Or we are

:05:55. > :06:01.hoping by staying out burn-out, Red Bull has a chance of doing

:06:01. > :06:06.something. Here we are with Romain Grosjean. He is ahead of Lewis

:06:06. > :06:14.Hamilton. Let's see how this happened, David? Romain Grosjean

:06:14. > :06:21.has been on the attack for while on this is how he did it using DRS.

:06:21. > :06:26.Hamilton didn't even defend that. He decided to stay on the racing

:06:27. > :06:34.line. It releases Grosjean, who immediately goes purple in that

:06:34. > :06:42.first sector. In comes Massa. Mark Webber has just set the fastest lap.

:06:43. > :06:50.Well Massa come out in relation to Red Bull? He will be hind -- be

:06:50. > :06:56.behind both Webber And Vettel. In fourth place effectively. We are

:06:56. > :07:03.seeing some slightly different stops. Kobayashi is behind him.

:07:03. > :07:11.Mark Webber set the fastest lap of the race but it was only six-tenths

:07:11. > :07:16.of a second faster than what Ferrari is trying to do. Alonso has

:07:16. > :07:21.a bit of breathing space to Webber, he can afford to run out another

:07:21. > :07:27.couple of laps if he wants. There is a clear indication he will need

:07:27. > :07:32.to come in since. You have to run both types of tyres saw Alonso and

:07:32. > :07:37.Kobayashi need to make an extra stock. Rosberg still has an use the

:07:37. > :07:42.soft tyre. So if you pit stops still to come. Webber And Vettel

:07:42. > :07:47.will be going to the end on this. We are on board with Mark Webber.

:07:47. > :07:55.Gary Anderson, can his work for Red Bull? Can they give the pressure on

:07:55. > :08:01.Alonso? It is going to be down to these laps. Webber Needs to get the

:08:01. > :08:08.gap down to around 15 seconds. I think Alonso knows, he has just

:08:08. > :08:11.done a 36.5, which is his fastest lap of the race. He needs to go to

:08:11. > :08:16.about lack 42 to make sure he does not get caught up in the soft

:08:16. > :08:20.graining of the tyres. My Mark Webber has just got to go for it.

:08:20. > :08:24.You are watching a man who is not so much that looking after his

:08:24. > :08:30.tyres, although he still cannot afford to overheat them, but he has

:08:30. > :08:35.got to put in his series of qualifying style laps? He has, he

:08:35. > :08:41.was faster on that lap than Alonso was on his older tyres. It is not

:08:41. > :08:46.going to be enough. Ferrari need to monitor that. They don't want to

:08:46. > :08:50.beat too early on the option tyre. You would rather defend a position

:08:50. > :08:55.from the lead than sitting there and watching your lead being eroded

:08:55. > :09:01.and then coming in and pitting. Ferrari will manage that and Alonso

:09:01. > :09:08.is very experienced, and the man who is fastest is Kimi Raikkonen

:09:08. > :09:14.and he is in sixth place. 1 tenths of a second quicker and the Lotus

:09:14. > :09:19.has great pace. We have seen that all season. We have seen the Lotus

:09:19. > :09:23.performing well when it is hot. Fernando Alonso, it is earlier than

:09:23. > :09:28.we expected. He will do a longer stint at than we thought on this

:09:28. > :09:33.last set of tyres? You don't want to sit there and watch your lead

:09:34. > :09:37.being eroded. Anything can happen in the pit stop and they would

:09:37. > :09:42.rather released their man and allow him to use his experience to

:09:42. > :09:46.protect the tyres. He is doing it from a position of a breathing

:09:47. > :09:53.space. It he has several seconds on Mark Webber. We will see them at

:09:53. > :09:59.the end of the first sector. Mark Webber, a few seconds I suggest the

:09:59. > :10:03.gap. Webber Knows what the target is. And he will have been told

:10:03. > :10:10.Annie we'll have seen Alonso coming out of the pits and will know it is

:10:10. > :10:13.the final stop. They are both on different tyres. We had just seen

:10:13. > :10:19.Kobayashi in the pits being pulled back to his pit box. I don't know

:10:19. > :10:23.what happened to Kobayashi. We will get a replay, but it looks as

:10:23. > :10:30.though he overshot his box and they released him and then decided to

:10:30. > :10:34.bring him back. We see Kobayashi has gone out, Nico Rosberg has been

:10:34. > :10:43.in and returned to the race whilst we have been watching this. Let's

:10:43. > :10:49.take a look. This is what happened to Kobayashi. Oh no! He had several

:10:49. > :10:54.of his guise, he came into quick. It is so unusual to see it. -- guys.

:10:54. > :10:58.It is so uncomfortable to watch, the brave mechanics have put

:10:58. > :11:03.themselves on the front line. And the guys on the right Tyneside,

:11:03. > :11:08.there is very little room for them to get out of the way and the front

:11:08. > :11:13.wheel gunman gets hit, and the sensor which is attached to a cable

:11:13. > :11:17.on the front Jack went flying out as well. That normally gives an

:11:17. > :11:22.indication they can rejoin. That has all gone wrong for Kobayashi

:11:22. > :11:28.this afternoon, he was in fifth place. He would have dropped down

:11:28. > :11:33.from that anyway because of that pit stop. Raikkonen his 5th.

:11:33. > :11:39.Grosjean in six. Felipe Massa setting the pace in his Ferrari.

:11:39. > :11:43.What is happening between the gap between Alonso and Webber? Webber

:11:44. > :11:48.Is looking strong but there isn't much difference between them.

:11:48. > :11:55.Vettel is still holding on to third place.

:11:55. > :12:05.Radio macro Alonso will be quick now on options. Webber Being told

:12:05. > :12:05.

:12:05. > :12:13.Alonso will be quick for the next few maps -- laps. Webber Pars macro

:12:13. > :12:18.chance will come at the end of the race. Gary Anderson, if we think

:12:18. > :12:23.about this, the car is so much lighter of pure, a lot of the teams

:12:23. > :12:28.use the softer tyre early in the race and could not go so long. Of

:12:29. > :12:34.the car is lighter now? It is the best solutions. Hard, hard soft,

:12:34. > :12:40.the track has got better with all of the rubber on it. Does this

:12:40. > :12:45.leave the Rosberg. He went back up again. I think it was the left

:12:45. > :12:51.front. It is the best solution, hard, hard soft means the track has

:12:51. > :12:56.got better and it is not as green. If you put enough runs a wing on

:12:56. > :13:01.its on the soft tyre, it probably will survive the graining. But it

:13:01. > :13:07.will be nip and tuck on those last few laps. We will keep an eye and

:13:07. > :13:13.that. 12 laps to go in the British Grand Prix. The Mercedes preceded

:13:13. > :13:17.in the pit stop, it was mature response from the front it right

:13:17. > :13:22.gunman. Unrecognised he did not have the wheel on and held his hand

:13:22. > :13:27.up. They went through a procedure and did not take any panic. They

:13:27. > :13:31.know it will cost them time, but it is better to have the wheel seated

:13:32. > :13:41.than releasing the car onto the track. They have obviously practise

:13:42. > :13:44.

:13:44. > :13:51.Hulkenberg and Bruno Senna. But 0.6 seconds separating them across the

:13:51. > :13:54.line. Jet in once and -- Jenson Button is behind them and then

:13:54. > :14:00.Jean-Eric Vergne. Bruno Senna in with a chance of moving himself

:14:00. > :14:05.further into the points. But he desperately needs to get some good

:14:05. > :14:08.finishes under his belt. He had a tough time in qualifying and

:14:08. > :14:12.yesterday was a case in point. There were yellow flags at the end

:14:12. > :14:16.of the lap and he had to back out and lost any chance of getting into

:14:16. > :14:22.the final qualifying segment and he has not yet managed to qualify top

:14:22. > :14:29.10 this year. When it comes to racing, he is usually consistent

:14:29. > :14:38.and is closing that gap close to Nico Hulkenberg. We lost Paul di

:14:38. > :14:43.Resta at the start of this race. TEAM RADIO: The tyres are looking

:14:43. > :14:48.good, you can push hard to the end. Bruno Senna getting the message

:14:48. > :14:55.that he can push on and keep it going for the remainder of the race.

:14:55. > :14:59.They will be hoping that that will deliver more in terms of points.

:14:59. > :15:03.is on the harder tyres, Hulkenberg on the option. He will hope that he

:15:03. > :15:07.runs out of those tyres towards the end of the race. We are getting an

:15:07. > :15:13.update on the screens that one of the Sauber mechanics has been taken

:15:13. > :15:17.away for a check-up. Being wheeled off. Unsurprisingly, if your head

:15:17. > :15:22.by a racing car, something is going to hurt. We gathered there are no

:15:22. > :15:27.serious injuries, which is good news. No serious injuries with the

:15:27. > :15:33.mechanics but they were toppled over as Kobayashi came in. We have

:15:33. > :15:39.lost both Sauber cars. He has gone right out? Yes, Kobayashi are still

:15:39. > :15:42.running. The team were not going to give up. Bruno Senna chasing down

:15:42. > :15:46.Hulkenberg and Jenson Button not far behind. Jenson Button is having

:15:47. > :15:51.a very tough afternoon at the British Grand Prix, despite setting

:15:51. > :15:55.a fast first sector time, and he isn't really able to make a great

:15:55. > :16:00.deal of progress? The McLaren isn't performing as well as they would

:16:00. > :16:04.like with Hamilton running in 7th place and with Jenson Button, this

:16:04. > :16:11.is a battle for one. And he has a great chance of not only getting

:16:11. > :16:15.10th place but even 9th place, the gap in front of Hulkenberg, four

:16:15. > :16:19.seconds then to Schumacher. He will be choosing a single point as best

:16:19. > :16:25.he can. As we can see Felipe Massa setting the fastest lap of the

:16:25. > :16:31.Grand Prix followed by recommend and Grosjean. -- followed by Kimi

:16:31. > :16:36.Raikkonen. They have had the 40 laps of Grand Prix racing, you can

:16:36. > :16:46.see the debris on the exit of the track, the marbles being thrown

:16:46. > :16:47.

:16:47. > :16:51.from the tyres. Mark Webber easing the gap down to Fernando Alonso. I

:16:51. > :16:57.think that Mark Webber, turning under pressure on Fernando Alonso,

:16:57. > :17:01.as we going to the last 10 laps. Fernando Alonso, such a wily

:17:01. > :17:06.customers. He might allow Mark Webber to just think that he can

:17:06. > :17:10.edge up and then control his own tyres, that is what he has to do,

:17:10. > :17:15.look after his and equipment. He was Hamilton in 7th place and we

:17:15. > :17:19.are back on board with Bruno Senna, chasing down Nico Hulkenberg. Both

:17:19. > :17:22.drivers trying to establish their careers in Formula One and it is

:17:22. > :17:29.vital to score a good points at this stage. Still, Jenson Button

:17:29. > :17:34.behind them. Then Kobayashi. Rosberg has dropped to 15th place

:17:34. > :17:44.after that slow or stop. Maldonado in 16th place and we still have

:17:44. > :17:45.

:17:45. > :17:49.Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock, and Karthikeyan. We have this team

:17:49. > :17:54.battle for 5th place and 6th place with Kimi Raikkonen four seconds

:17:54. > :17:58.behind Felipe Massa but Grosjean is running faster, three seconds

:17:58. > :18:06.behind Kimi Raikkonen. It has been pretty close between those in Out

:18:06. > :18:11.fruit pies -- outright pace. Kimi Raikkonen has been sold in the

:18:11. > :18:15.Grand Prix. Lots to play for this afternoon. Not only the podiums lot

:18:15. > :18:23.but the team battle. From that point of view, Felipe Massa is

:18:23. > :18:31.doing a pretty good job. 12.3 seconds off his team-mate. TEAM

:18:31. > :18:34.RADIO: The gap is down to only three seconds. Michael closing the

:18:34. > :18:38.gap on Lewis Hamilton. We might not have finished seeing Schumacher

:18:38. > :18:43.against Hamilton action. Hamilton is in 7th place but Michael

:18:43. > :18:46.Schumacher is closing on 10th and Jenson Button is putting the

:18:46. > :18:56.pressure on Bruno Senna, in the DRS his own. He could not make the most

:18:56. > :18:56.

:18:56. > :19:02.of that. And closing, he has gone for the wide line. Trying to get as

:19:02. > :19:08.straight and exit as you can. Kanti challenge? Down towards Copse

:19:08. > :19:17.corner. Looking in the mirror. No- one challenging. And Jenson Button

:19:17. > :19:24.is definitely put in the pressure on Bruno Senna. Great stuff. Bruno

:19:24. > :19:29.Senna is able to get into the slipstream. Jenson Button will be

:19:29. > :19:32.hoping that running in that dirtier air in front, Force India will give

:19:32. > :19:42.him the opportunity. He doesn't have to the defensive as he wants

:19:42. > :19:47.to Stoke. Rowan Atkinson. He is a keen Formula One fan. Not showing

:19:47. > :19:52.any reaction right now but you'll be watching closely as Jenson

:19:52. > :19:56.Button tries to get the position and across the start-finish line.

:19:56. > :20:01.This is absolutely key that he is within that on second window. But a

:20:01. > :20:06.problem, by the looks about as they go towards the village. Kimi

:20:06. > :20:13.Raikkonen, closing on Felipe Massa. They have done a very similar first

:20:13. > :20:17.sector. Into the DRS zone. Hulkenberg, defending. From Bruno

:20:18. > :20:22.Senna and Jenson Button. Who will go on the attack? Only the cars

:20:22. > :20:26.behind get used to drive reduction of the car in front does not have

:20:26. > :20:30.to worry, force in the fast enough in the straight line and he is

:20:30. > :20:33.still there. Jenson Button getting frustrated. I think he is capable

:20:33. > :20:41.of going quicker than these two at this stage of the race. He has to

:20:41. > :20:47.find a way past. His last lap, running and that traffic, 36.9,

:20:47. > :20:52.looking to Hamilton, he can do 36.4. That is costing him at least half a

:20:52. > :20:58.second. Another enthusiastic fan. Frankie Dettori. Loving being in

:20:58. > :21:05.front of the cameras. And look at Webber, taking the gap down to 1.3

:21:05. > :21:12.seconds. He took nine tenths of a second from Fernando Alonso. His

:21:12. > :21:17.Fernando Alonso being cautious? Bruno Senna just closes the door at

:21:17. > :21:21.the exit of the corner, that looks pretty exciting. It might have been

:21:21. > :21:25.all three of them trying to do it on the way in. But we have a race

:21:25. > :21:29.and our hands at Silverstone because the gap up front, Fernando

:21:29. > :21:35.Alonso to Mark Webber, just 1.2 seconds between Ferrari and Red

:21:35. > :21:39.Bull. The different strategies are beginning to coalesce. We will see

:21:39. > :21:42.Fernando Alonso trying to protect those tyres. He will have to work

:21:42. > :21:47.harder than he might have expected. Hulkenberg still in the race for

:21:47. > :21:52.9th place with Bruno Senna and Jenson Button. Let us see if the

:21:52. > :22:00.DRS makes any difference. Mark Webber, chasing Alonso. That is how

:22:00. > :22:07.close it is. And as we come through the complex, but close enough to

:22:07. > :22:12.challenge... Half a second quicker. Taking chunks of the lap time. Also

:22:12. > :22:20.knows that he is on the more durable tyres. Remember the famous

:22:20. > :22:24.line when he won, he is No. 1 driver for Red Bull on the track

:22:24. > :22:29.and if he starts losing time behind Fernando Alonso, that when it

:22:29. > :22:33.Sebastian Vettel comeback. He is running behind this battle for the

:22:33. > :22:38.lead but at the moment, does Fernando Alonso have anything to

:22:38. > :22:42.resist this attack from Mark Webber? And he is in the DRS zone,

:22:42. > :22:47.the gap is down to have the second. You have to be one second or less

:22:47. > :22:54.behind. That is exactly what he has achieved. Really going on the

:22:54. > :22:57.attack, they have traffic ahead just to confuse the issue. Mark

:22:58. > :23:03.Webber's DRS in operation but no chance to get through and Mark

:23:04. > :23:08.Webber knows that he has some time. 6.5 laps to go in the British Grand

:23:08. > :23:13.Prix and Fernando Alonso is now fighting to hold on. Remember, he

:23:13. > :23:18.has been in this position this year when you have to manage the tyres.

:23:18. > :23:23.Can you stay in front? Gary? think Mark Webber has to do this as

:23:23. > :23:26.quickly as possible because Fernando Alonso is going through

:23:26. > :23:33.this tyre problem and this is when he has to pounds, get in now

:23:33. > :23:39.because once the tyres clear-up... TEAM RADIO: It was a limiter.

:23:39. > :23:43.Weather is fine. They were talking about the gearbox. To get Fernando

:23:43. > :23:50.Alonso when he is close because when his tyres clean-up, he will do

:23:50. > :23:53.a better lap time in this race. has to get on with it. We have seen

:23:53. > :23:58.this several times. If you get close behind the leader and do not

:23:58. > :24:02.go for it very soon, you start to his performance yourself as the man

:24:02. > :24:08.in the slipstream. You have to make you move quickly and Mark Webber is

:24:08. > :24:12.applying the pressure. But 0.4. There was traffic ahead last time

:24:12. > :24:16.and that meant Fernando Alonso had some help himself. He has a traffic

:24:16. > :24:20.and Mark Webber is getting as close as you like. Everybody getting

:24:20. > :24:25.excited. They know that there is a change of leader in prospect but

:24:25. > :24:30.Fernando Alonso is focusing on that brilliant exit from the left hander.

:24:30. > :24:34.Through Aintree. Beautiful driving from Ferrari. Am not sure if Mark

:24:34. > :24:39.Webber will be close enough. He cannot do this just yet. But he

:24:39. > :24:43.knows when he brings his car out of the slipstream, he will get that

:24:43. > :24:48.visual for Fernando Alonso, who is more than aware that he is there.

:24:49. > :24:54.He has deployed more of his KERS. He has actually got less available

:24:54. > :24:59.for the rest of the lap. That is the only other two at their

:24:59. > :25:04.disposal, other than carrying a better line. Fernando Alonso, using

:25:04. > :25:09.his KERS on the run-in. Trying to protect himself and then holding on

:25:09. > :25:15.to the middle sector. You can see the front Grehan. He cuts the kerb

:25:15. > :25:21.so tightly. Meanwhile, on board with Michael Schumacher, his battle

:25:21. > :25:26.with Hamilton. This is a pass on Lewis Hamilton. It looks like it.

:25:26. > :25:32.Michael Schumacher down the outside. He might have made that stick? Yes,

:25:32. > :25:37.he did. Michael Schumacher in 7th position. He had a podium in

:25:37. > :25:43.Valencia. These are the top two drivers in the World Championship

:25:43. > :25:48.at the moment. Mark Webber, second to Fernando Alonso in the points.

:25:48. > :25:53.Fernando Alonso, he won this race last year and Mark Webber the year

:25:53. > :25:57.before. This is a decider, if you like. Mark Webber are getting very

:25:57. > :26:02.close to the Ferrari, through that height section, almost clipping his

:26:02. > :26:07.front wing against the rear tyre. The he was closer this time. TEAM

:26:07. > :26:14.RADIO: Fernando Alonso using all his KERS. He will go down the

:26:14. > :26:19.outside! Mark Webber, side by side with Ferrari. He has done it! Mark

:26:19. > :26:25.Webber gets ahead but he is wide, he will try to come back along the

:26:25. > :26:29.inside. Passing the grandstand. And he has taken the lead from Red Bull.

:26:29. > :26:35.That is a perfect example of team work, not just Mark Webber on the

:26:35. > :26:41.track trying to find position. His engineer explaining exactly how

:26:41. > :26:45.Fernando Alonso was employing his tools and using all his KERS. Mark

:26:45. > :26:50.Webber got himself into a better position and in the end, that was a

:26:50. > :26:55.brave pass. Well, Garrick, you said he had to do this quickly and he

:26:55. > :27:00.certainly got on with it. He we come on to the Wellington Street,

:27:00. > :27:04.both deploying KERS but Mark Webber has DRS. Fernando Alonso goes

:27:04. > :27:10.defensive and Mark Webber uses his momentum. This is very tricky, this

:27:10. > :27:15.long corner. In the land, Fernando Alonso does not run the car right.

:27:15. > :27:20.And he accepts that the pass was done. He tries to come back as they

:27:20. > :27:26.go towards Luffield. But Mark Webber was just too fast. We could

:27:26. > :27:30.see this replay between potential team-mates? It is a possibility. It

:27:30. > :27:35.is rumoured that Mark Webber will end up going to Ferrari. Whatever

:27:35. > :27:40.happens, at the moment he is an Red Bull and he is leading this race.

:27:40. > :27:46.look at his front tyres, completely clean. He is on the harder tyres.

:27:46. > :27:52.We have the image of Fernando's car, you can see that tell-tale signs in

:27:52. > :28:02.the middle of the tyres. Look, we have Sebastian Vettel, how much of

:28:02. > :28:05.

:28:05. > :28:11.a gap? 3.4 seconds behind Felipe and went for it very quickly. Where

:28:11. > :28:18.else do you think they might be some changes? David Coulthard stole

:28:18. > :28:24.my thunder, I did not know his eyesight was so good. Alonso's

:28:24. > :28:33.biggest challenge is to get out of the DRS zone. You want to make sure

:28:33. > :28:40.you had at least a second a lap gap on him. There is Vettel in the

:28:40. > :28:48.background. Red Bull chasing after the Ferraris. Massa in fourth. Both

:28:48. > :28:50.Lotus cars and there is this battle going on for third in the

:28:51. > :28:57.Constructors' Championship between Lotus and Ferrari. They are going

:28:57. > :29:03.to lose it here but not by a huge amount, Lotus. Michael Schumacher

:29:03. > :29:09.runs in seventh place. Lewis Hamilton is in eighth. Hulkenberg

:29:09. > :29:19.is in ninth who has managed to stay ahead of Bruno Senna. Jenson Button

:29:19. > :29:36.

:29:36. > :29:44.Vergne, Rosberg, Maldonado, Pic, di Resta and Karthikeyan out of the

:29:44. > :29:48.points. We saw how good the Red Bull was in Valencia a couple of

:29:48. > :29:54.weeks ago. Vettel dominated the race until he suffered alternator

:29:54. > :30:01.failure. It does look, David Red Bull have found something and it is

:30:01. > :30:10.working well? TEAM RADIO: You need to go to KERS

:30:10. > :30:16.plus one is full power. Three laps to go, you can do this. Clear

:30:17. > :30:22.encouragement for Transat yachts -- Felipe Massa from his engineer. He

:30:22. > :30:28.is too far behind Vettel to do anything. A Raikkonen has got the

:30:28. > :30:33.gap down. Massa is responding with a couple of laps to go. He will be

:30:33. > :30:37.able to match Raikkonen in the middle sector. It has been a strong

:30:37. > :30:42.performance from Massa. He is only running six seconds behind his

:30:42. > :30:46.team-mate, Alonso, who has been faultless out front. We talk about

:30:46. > :30:51.Mark Webber as a potential team- mate for Alonso in the future.

:30:51. > :30:58.Raikkonen goes very wide and runs off the circuit. That will have

:30:58. > :31:03.cost him. He was just in DRS range. He was just trying to get in range

:31:03. > :31:10.and has just blown several tenths of a second. He is no where near

:31:10. > :31:17.close enough to make a move on this lap so you will have to do it again.

:31:17. > :31:22.We're running out of laps. Fernando Alonso, Championship leader will

:31:22. > :31:26.protect that Championship lead, are though it is his closest rival who

:31:26. > :31:32.will gain seven points. Bruno Senna is still trying to get past Nico

:31:32. > :31:36.Hulkenberg. He was held up as he tried to accelerate off the corner.

:31:36. > :31:42.What does this David Jenson Button he was trying to battle for the

:31:42. > :31:48.final point? Bruno Senna will have the position as they run into a

:31:48. > :31:53.field. Jenson Button trying to join in. Bruno Senna trying to hold of

:31:53. > :31:58.Hulkenberg. He takes the ninth place from Nico Hulkenberg. Here

:31:58. > :32:03.comes Hulkenberg back down the inside! This will give Jenson

:32:03. > :32:07.Button a chance as Hulkenberg runs wide and Jenson Button get into the

:32:07. > :32:12.points. Hulkenberg did not want to relinquish that place and in the

:32:12. > :32:17.end goes from running in ninth place to 11th. We are on to the

:32:17. > :32:23.final lap and the Red Bull guys are running out of the garage already.

:32:23. > :32:27.Mark Webber surely has this one under control? Who can forget

:32:27. > :32:33.Vettel lost a dominant lead a couple of weeks ago when the

:32:33. > :32:37.alternate overheated. I don't think this is going to overheat. Mark

:32:37. > :32:45.Webber has driven beautifully for start pre-qualified second to

:32:45. > :32:51.Alonso by only a few hundredths of a second. They have both been the

:32:51. > :32:55.dominant forces in the dry today. Great work by the team. They had so

:32:55. > :33:00.little data to know how to work the strategy, but it has worked out

:33:00. > :33:05.perfectly. They had a run of propositions up until yesterday,

:33:05. > :33:09.Red Bull. So the data they rely on is a bit hysterical and just

:33:09. > :33:19.unleashing the potential of the car, Mark Webber almost gave them pole

:33:19. > :33:22.

:33:22. > :33:26.position. It was five 100th of the second. As he enters the corner

:33:26. > :33:29.with the chequered flag in sight, surely this is going to be another

:33:29. > :33:35.victory for the Australian question mark through Club corner, he is

:33:35. > :33:39.going to win the British Grand Prix for the second time in three years

:33:39. > :33:44.or start the is also our second repeat winner of 2012. Mark Webber

:33:45. > :33:50.takes victory, Alonso second, Vettel makes a two Red Bull cars on

:33:50. > :33:57.the podium. What a team achievement that is after some difficult times

:33:57. > :34:02.earlier in the season. Massa is 4th. Like last year, Massa had to battle

:34:02. > :34:09.to the line. Last it was with Hamilton, this year it is with

:34:09. > :34:14.Raikkonen. Michael Schumacher is in seventh. We are expecting Hamilton

:34:14. > :34:19.to come through in eighth. There he is crossing the line. The winner is

:34:19. > :34:24.Mark Webber, the Australian. Red Bull have a remarkable record here

:34:24. > :34:28.now, three wins in four years for the team based just 18 miles down

:34:28. > :34:33.the road at Milton Keynes. They love their home circuit, there is

:34:33. > :34:38.no denying it. For Christian Horner and the guys, a special was also

:34:38. > :34:44.once again. Mark Webber drove a racing-car in the UK for the first

:34:44. > :34:50.time at Silverstone. TEAM RADIO: Well done ma, you have

:34:50. > :35:00.won the British Grand Prix! Great stuff, great stuff. It is a great

:35:00. > :35:13.

:35:13. > :35:21.car when he came from Australia and the first track he drove on was the

:35:21. > :35:26.Silverstone circuit. He has had two wins in Formula One. Very popular,

:35:26. > :35:33.lives just down the road. We sorely Mackenzie drive to the circuit with

:35:33. > :35:37.him. Just down the road he is the local lad. -- we saw Lee McKenzie.

:35:37. > :35:43.He was a racing instructor at the Brands Hatch circuit, just shows

:35:43. > :35:51.what can come of that. This is his 9th career win. Beautifully done by

:35:51. > :36:01.Mark Webber and the whole Red Bull scene. Key takes the victory. --

:36:01. > :36:25.

:36:25. > :36:33.on in the end. A good effort by Toro Rosso, not in the points but a

:36:33. > :36:38.good, solid runs. Maldonado had that incident with Perez earlier.

:36:38. > :36:44.Perez lost with the accident with Maldonado. Paul di Resta lost at

:36:44. > :36:49.the start, and Petrov before the race even began. The British Grand

:36:49. > :36:54.Prix has delivered a race of changing fortunes. I thought at one

:36:54. > :36:58.stage Fernando Alonso had this race under control? He looked

:36:58. > :37:03.comfortable, I have the gap over six seconds at one point. But the

:37:03. > :37:08.tyre strategy did not work for Ferrari, they went with the hard

:37:08. > :37:18.tyre in the first two stints. It just ran out of grip. Mark Webber

:37:18. > :37:19.

:37:19. > :37:23.was able to pounce. He is a great wheel-to-wheel racer. Very

:37:23. > :37:28.deliberately on does his head and neck protection. You could see that

:37:28. > :37:33.there was an extra clenched in his fist. Look at all the faces, the

:37:33. > :37:36.pictures of various people who have donated to the wings for life

:37:37. > :37:42.charity. Lewis Hamilton may not have won this Grand Prix but he

:37:42. > :37:50.said he would celebrate. He does a doughnut for the fans and I think

:37:50. > :37:53.that is the least they deserve as after this weekend. If he gets a

:37:53. > :38:03.fine poet, Jake will have to pay for it because that is what they

:38:03. > :38:08.agreed. He was on the podium last year has well. Sebastian Vettel to

:38:08. > :38:13.congratulate his team mate. With both drivers getting on the podium,

:38:13. > :38:16.what a useful points advantage this will give Red Bull even further

:38:16. > :38:21.over McLaren and the Constructors' Championship. All the little faces,

:38:21. > :38:25.colour schemes and of Red Bull, made up of thousands of little

:38:25. > :38:31.photographs of people have sent in before the wings for life Appeal,

:38:32. > :38:35.this charity that raises money for research into spinal cord paralysis.

:38:35. > :38:41.To get this achievement fall of the people who contributed to that,

:38:41. > :38:46.with both drivers on the podium is absolutely remarkable. Let's not

:38:46. > :38:50.forget the fourth place for Massa. Not on the podium yet, Felipe Massa,

:38:50. > :38:55.but the Brazilian has managed to get himself a good result and

:38:55. > :39:00.perhaps quieten some of the rumours about his future. Having said that,

:39:00. > :39:04.I am sure Ferrari will be making some decisions over the coming

:39:04. > :39:08.months to what the driver line-up will be next year. As they come up

:39:08. > :39:13.to the podium, we can see the situation. Alonso maintaining the

:39:13. > :39:19.Championship lead. It has been reduced likely, but a Basij in

:39:19. > :39:29.third ahead of Hamilton. He has managed to stretch their advantage

:39:29. > :39:33.

:39:33. > :39:39.out a little bit. -- Vettel in third. Just taking a well-earned

:39:39. > :39:46.breather before they come out. Of course, being weighed as part of

:39:46. > :39:52.the FIA regulations. Red Bull have scored over 200 points. Sir Jackie

:39:52. > :39:58.Stuart to congratulate Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton matches Sir Jackie

:39:58. > :40:04.Stuart's tally of a race starts today, 99 starts the Lewis Hamilton.

:40:04. > :40:09.Jackie's entire career was 99 races. But it is spread over a longer time,

:40:09. > :40:13.they had less races in those days? Lewis Hamilton has been so

:40:13. > :40:22.successful in his short career, I thought he had done more Grand Prix

:40:22. > :40:26.is than that. We have got a new podium this weekend. And a new

:40:26. > :40:36.podium procedure. We will be getting involved in that. Beautiful

:40:36. > :40:36.

:40:36. > :43:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:43:03. > :43:13.new podium area. We will see the Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke MP.

:43:13. > :43:15.

:43:15. > :43:25.This magnificent Joseph. Well done, Mark Webber. And the constructors

:43:25. > :43:29.

:43:29. > :43:35.trophy, represented by Lord Burns, ahead. This year podium, we will

:43:35. > :43:39.see that at all of the Grand Prix use. They will be alternated. --

:43:39. > :43:43.Grand Prixs. They will go all around the world with the lights

:43:43. > :43:48.and the sound. And the flags of the top. Sebastien Vettel receiving his

:43:48. > :43:58.trophy for third place. What a day for Red Bull, getting both drivers

:43:58. > :44:00.

:44:00. > :44:03.onto the podium. Now, it is time Red Bull have had a wonderful day

:44:03. > :44:08.and when you bear in mind the Sebastian Vettel was leading the

:44:08. > :44:12.last race in Valencia with at Dortmund advantage until the car

:44:12. > :44:22.broke down, it would seem that Red Bull are right back in

:44:22. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :44:34.The boys are climbing back up. I will spoke -- speak to Mark Webber.

:44:34. > :44:44.You must be very happy? Thank you, Jackie. Always a very interesting

:44:44. > :44:45.

:44:45. > :44:50.race. I thought at the start, Fernando Alonso had good pace. And

:44:50. > :44:56.some champagne for Jackie Stewart! Some strategy in the end, Fernando

:44:56. > :45:00.Alonso was on different tyres but we kept pushing. And it did not

:45:00. > :45:04.work out for Fernando Alonso in the end, it was Ray Close for him so we

:45:04. > :45:11.were able to capitalise and this is a special victory for the local

:45:11. > :45:15.team. And all other guys... It has been incredible for them. I am very

:45:15. > :45:21.proud today. Thank you for all the fans for sticking with us over the

:45:21. > :45:29.last two days. Incredible. Fernando, I thought you were going to win the

:45:29. > :45:38.race. You have won twice before. It was pretty hard for a while? It was

:45:38. > :45:43.very close. In the end, the last three, and he deserved the win. I

:45:43. > :45:47.congratulate the Red Bull team. I am very proud of Ferrari, we have

:45:47. > :45:50.recovered over the last couple of weeks and we are now fighting for

:45:50. > :45:55.victory in the last three or four races. We are in the right

:45:55. > :45:59.direction and thank you to all of the fans, the weather was not so

:45:59. > :46:04.good during the weekend. And they were all this cheering for us. I

:46:04. > :46:10.hope they enjoyed the show and we will see you next year. And a World

:46:10. > :46:16.Championship? You are still leaving? Yes, that is the main

:46:16. > :46:21.target for us. And today, I think we lost seven points with Mark

:46:21. > :46:26.Webber but we gained extra points with the rest of the field. It was

:46:26. > :46:31.an very intensive championship point for us. This young man who

:46:31. > :46:38.sprayed champagne over the presentation, well done. And that

:46:38. > :46:43.was a good race. Yes... It was interesting. I lost a little bit at

:46:43. > :46:47.the start and I lost possession to Felipe Massa and I had a tough time

:46:47. > :46:52.in the beginning. I nearly got past but it was close. It was fun but I

:46:52. > :46:55.did not get past. We then brought the right strategy to come back

:46:55. > :47:03.which was the right thing but later on you still have extra on the

:47:03. > :47:08.tyres. Very happy. Mark Webber deserved to win. Very happy for the

:47:08. > :47:13.tame and thank you for all the fans out there. It was quite or rubble,

:47:13. > :47:16.the last two days, especially for them. Today, the sun came out and

:47:16. > :47:21.the British summer was shown at its best. And look forward to coming

:47:21. > :47:25.back. And a big thanks to of the fans who went through the trouble

:47:26. > :47:32.over the weekend but what a podium and what a finish! Well done, all

:47:32. > :47:36.three of you. Wonderful to see Sir Jackie Stewart on the podium, this

:47:36. > :47:41.is a Great British event and a great race and we had great weather

:47:41. > :47:45.as well. Congratulations to Mark Webber. 12 months ago, the man here

:47:45. > :47:51.asked Mark Webber to maintain the gap and the bridge that gap. What

:47:51. > :47:54.were the emotions like? It was flat out because we elected to start on

:47:54. > :47:58.the soft tyres and we thought it was the right thing and we were

:47:58. > :48:03.surprised to see Fernando Alonso on the hard tyres. The strategy worked

:48:03. > :48:09.well for us. And Mark Webber was quick when he needed to be. And

:48:09. > :48:13.that pass in the end was fantastic. It seems like he has been reborn.

:48:13. > :48:18.Earlier in the week he did not seem... He talked about other teams,

:48:18. > :48:23.he felt so relaxed. He demonstrated that today? He has been in great

:48:23. > :48:27.form this year. He has had a very positive when had he is enjoying

:48:27. > :48:31.driving again. His performance has been very strong. 2 When the Monaco

:48:31. > :48:36.Grand Prix and now in Silverstone, just up the road from where he

:48:36. > :48:40.lives, and to have Sebastian Vettel as well, a fantastic result. Great

:48:41. > :48:47.driving from both of your men. Mark as a bridged the gap, down to only

:48:47. > :48:52.13 points. This was the overtake, is this what will have the on the

:48:52. > :48:57.phone on Monday morning saying, Mark Webber, signed the contract,

:48:57. > :49:01.we will pay you what you want?! has made some very good passing

:49:01. > :49:05.moves. This was to be the leader of the British Grand Prix. It was a

:49:05. > :49:10.great move, especially around the outside, really tricky, there.

:49:10. > :49:15.Fernando Alonso gave him just enough space. He got ahead. And it

:49:15. > :49:20.was pretty comfortable. You did not answer the question! He is doing a

:49:20. > :49:25.great job for us. It is good having him in the team and he enjoys it.

:49:25. > :49:28.We have agreed that they will sit down over the next couple of weeks

:49:28. > :49:34.and it should be straightforward. It must make life pretty

:49:34. > :49:40.comfortable, you will party tonight, half of the campsite is going to

:49:40. > :49:45.your house! I won't tell them where you live! No! The crowd has been

:49:46. > :49:49.fantastic. The weather we have had, we had sunshine in the race, it has

:49:49. > :49:52.been the most brilliant weekend with support from one of the fans,

:49:52. > :49:56.despite the conditions. The great thing about this race is they

:49:56. > :50:06.support all the drivers, which is unique. Thank you for your time and

:50:06. > :50:10.if you need a drummer at a party, I know just the man! Congratulations.

:50:10. > :50:16.That was a great performance. And an equally strong performance from

:50:16. > :50:26.Ferrari. Christian's men were working so hard. Mark Webber

:50:26. > :50:26.

:50:26. > :50:35.managed it. Let's hear... So near and yet so far? Yes, I mean...

:50:35. > :50:39.Today, unfortunately, the hard was really good. But... We have to

:50:40. > :50:45.congratulate Red Bull. It is a tough championship, we know that

:50:45. > :50:48.and it's a good. Select Austine move on. So still leading the

:50:49. > :50:54.championship after nine races. It shortens the championship by you

:50:55. > :51:00.get the act together? We are at the crucial part, we need to keep the

:51:00. > :51:10.pace that we had today for Germany and Hungary and then keep working.

:51:10. > :51:11.

:51:11. > :51:16.Thank you. I still do not understand this... They should be

:51:16. > :51:24.chanting for Mark Webber! The Eddie Jordan fan Club! Three people

:51:24. > :51:28.involved! David, there is a great atmosphere and wonderful weather

:51:28. > :51:34.and towards the end, that developed into a fascinating Grand Prix?

:51:34. > :51:37.were rewarded by the great race, no British winner, Jenson Button

:51:37. > :51:41.thankfully getting there. But what a gutsy fight for Mark Webber

:51:41. > :51:47.coming through. You could see the respect with himself and Fernando

:51:47. > :51:51.Alonso. It was also starting race but it did deliver. We try to push

:51:51. > :51:57.Christian on what is happening with Mark Webber and the contract. He is

:51:57. > :52:00.ahead of his team-mate. And on the BBC Today, he drove brilliantly. We

:52:00. > :52:07.do not be calling him and making sure you get the contract sorted

:52:07. > :52:11.out? He could go swanning off? way he spoke to us, and many and

:52:11. > :52:15.too devious and my old age, but I think he probably has signed some

:52:15. > :52:18.pre- agreement with Red Bull because he seemed very relaxed in

:52:18. > :52:22.the interview and we talked about Christian. They have something up

:52:22. > :52:27.their sleeve. There is virtually some agreement for next year for

:52:27. > :52:34.him to stay. If Red Bull do not do that, I would be surprised because

:52:34. > :52:37.he would not want a better team mate. David? What is going on? As

:52:37. > :52:42.Eddie Jordan suggests, it isn't unusual for drivers to have options

:52:42. > :52:50.to go to other teams one year in advance. That just secures the

:52:50. > :52:53.marketplace. Why would Mark Webber go anywhere else? He is leading, he

:52:53. > :52:59.has that leading position in the drivers' championship and we know

:52:59. > :53:05.that can change quickly but he is winning Grand Prixs and he has got

:53:05. > :53:10.great talent. They have the perfect driver. Well done, Mark. And they

:53:10. > :53:15.open up the track to let the fans on. Look! We had a very dismal

:53:15. > :53:21.couple of days and everybody has forgotten about it. Smiles on every

:53:21. > :53:31.single race! I think Mark Webber lives closest to this race than

:53:31. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:38.anybody else. This is a Ferrari man, we have Frankie Dettori! It was a

:53:38. > :53:46.great day for Ferrari? Not too bad, we were in front with three laps to

:53:46. > :53:49.go but the competition was too strong. Not many people thought he

:53:49. > :53:53.would get to the final and you are leading the championship with

:53:53. > :53:57.Fernando Alonso. When were you start winning some classics? I am

:53:57. > :54:07.doing OK! Italy got beat in the final at Fernando Alonso just got

:54:07. > :54:11.beaten. James Bond! Can I get these silly sunglasses off! I am looking

:54:11. > :54:15.forward to playing tonight. When I get the call? I don't think the

:54:15. > :54:25.people on this show want to hear about music. They want to talk

:54:25. > :54:27.

:54:27. > :54:31.about...! Is this year fan Club? The, that is yours! Silverstone is

:54:31. > :54:38.famous for the after party. You must bring ear defenders because

:54:38. > :54:46.we're on first! We are very privileged, we have lots of people

:54:46. > :54:53.like Frankie Dettori, James, thank you and back to you! He might have

:54:53. > :54:58.just called me James! You can join us on stage today. And Eddie will

:54:58. > :55:02.be drumming. We will do that live on the foreign. This is where we

:55:03. > :55:06.will be. You can see the fans already congregating. Watching the

:55:06. > :55:11.big screens and we will be on the Red Button later on for the party.

:55:11. > :55:14.A fantastic day for Mark Webber, he cut Fernando Alonso and overtook

:55:14. > :55:21.him but it was a struggle for McLaren, particularly Lewis

:55:21. > :55:25.Hamilton. He did not have the pace. Here are his thoughts... But the

:55:25. > :55:29.result you wanted but he celebrated at the end, regard as? I'll get in

:55:29. > :55:39.trouble for it but what the hill? Jake Humphrey has would pay the

:55:39. > :55:41.

:55:41. > :55:46.fine! He did say that... -- said he would pay. I wish we could have

:55:46. > :55:51.given more to the fans. But we pushed and I pushed as hard as I

:55:51. > :55:56.could, I was flat out, ride to the end. For some reason, I did not

:55:57. > :56:00.have the speed. Were heard you on the radio, from lap No. 6, was at

:56:00. > :56:04.the same throughout? We had to have the balance to make the tyres last.

:56:04. > :56:10.The balance was not bad because I was in the lead at one point, I was

:56:10. > :56:14.the one who pitted. After that, we did not have the pace of the others

:56:14. > :56:19.to continue to improve. We thought we would do better this weekend

:56:19. > :56:25.with the downforce package but obviously not. Were his McLaren in

:56:25. > :56:30.comparison to Red Bull? We are a long way away. Yes. What we will

:56:30. > :56:33.keep working at it and hopefully will catch up. Does Hamilton doing

:56:33. > :56:39.his best to smile. It was a difficult day because the pace was

:56:39. > :56:44.not in the car. Very honest and forthright. It is Red Bull and

:56:44. > :56:48.Ferrari leading the way, now? never say never in this business

:56:48. > :56:53.because things change quickly. McLaren have a lot of Updates that

:56:53. > :56:59.they need now, not next week, they need them now. The next race is

:56:59. > :57:02.Germany, that is a big race. Other races will start flying by so

:57:02. > :57:07.quickly that they will lose touch with the leaders. And then it would

:57:07. > :57:13.be curtains. I feel that it is Red Bull and Ferrari, they both looked

:57:13. > :57:17.very strong. We can stop you, the cars lined up. This is the car that

:57:17. > :57:21.many people believe was the quickest at the start? It won the

:57:21. > :57:31.first race. Is it just that everybody else has a developed

:57:31. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:40.Past performance is no future guarantee of success. Were they

:57:40. > :57:47.qualified in Melbourne was more than a second from the fastest car.

:57:47. > :57:52.You're not going and buying this technology at the local dealership.

:57:52. > :57:55.You have to develop it. McLaren have been busy focusing on their

:57:55. > :58:00.pit-stop and they have an incredibly fast pit-stop, I think

:58:00. > :58:04.it was 2.5 seconds that they were servicing the car. But that won't

:58:04. > :58:08.win you a Grand Prix of the overall pace is not good enough. Lewis

:58:08. > :58:15.Hamilton must be disappointed, especially at his home race, not to

:58:15. > :58:20.have the pace of this car. The car that won the race today. It is up

:58:20. > :58:26.on Dolly wheels and getting manhandled by the FIA. It only

:58:26. > :58:31.weighs just over 600 kilos. Some of the ticker-tape that was sprayed is

:58:31. > :58:36.blowing off the back of it. We shouldn't write off McLaren. If

:58:36. > :58:40.anyone understands the ability as to where they're at, and some

:58:40. > :58:46.development things as you remember, Eddie take months and weeks to

:58:46. > :58:50.fruition. That is why I made the point, it is now we needed. There

:58:50. > :58:54.will be huge pressure on the development team. The designers and

:58:54. > :58:59.those who can bring this. The car is fundamentally a good car, it

:58:59. > :59:04.just need something extra. Lewis Hamilton shouldn't be back in that

:59:05. > :59:08.position. I thought it wasn't a bad race by Jenson Button, I thought he

:59:08. > :59:11.drove well, and if he had qualified well he could have driven at the

:59:11. > :59:18.well he could have driven at the front. There are some lovely shots

:59:18. > :59:22.we can look at now of Hamilton and Alonso going wheel-to-wheel. Lewis

:59:23. > :59:30.Hamilton showed he was really racing? Every time he is going off-

:59:30. > :59:33.line and having to depend, he is doing a slower lap time. -- Defence.

:59:33. > :59:38.You have to quantify the value of battling over the position at that

:59:38. > :59:44.moment verses were it will put you in your over all strategy. In the

:59:44. > :59:50.end Lewis Hamilton went for it, and I am glad he did. What a fantastic

:59:50. > :59:55.scene as he came down in front of the be DRC clubhouse. He was a man

:59:55. > :59:59.he was saying to Fernando Alonso, you may have a quicker car, but I

:59:59. > :00:04.know how to race. Did you understand the strategy McLaren

:00:04. > :00:09.went with today, starting on a different tier to the rest of the

:00:09. > :00:14.pack, starting on a different tyre? Everyone took their favourite. They

:00:15. > :00:19.probably had the strategic men in the team, people who do the

:00:19. > :00:23.planning and the game up with various different plans. It was

:00:23. > :00:27.difficult to second-guess the weather. We have to believe it was

:00:27. > :00:32.going to rain. But it turned out to be a magnificent day. As a result

:00:32. > :00:37.its favoured those who qualified well yesterday. Hamilton doing his

:00:37. > :00:42.best to keep the car going forward, and Jenson Button, it was always

:00:42. > :00:47.going to be a struggle from were he qualified. He would have seen the

:00:47. > :00:52.blue sky and been disappointed? would have been. The rain would

:00:52. > :00:58.have given him a great opportunity to make more places. But he did get

:00:58. > :01:04.a point, not a bad result from 18th on the grid. But not what he would

:01:04. > :01:12.have to expect. How does Jenson Button feel about this? Let's find

:01:12. > :01:15.out. So hard fought for one point? I do not think we did any wrong

:01:15. > :01:20.strategies. I did not make any mistakes and they gave everything

:01:20. > :01:26.and I was surprised to be that far down. Our car does not feel too bad,

:01:26. > :01:31.but everybody else must feel so good because they are much faster

:01:31. > :01:37.than us. Williams and Sauber, they make mistakes and get away with it.

:01:38. > :01:43.I don't understand how stop it is a bit frustrating for Lewis and

:01:43. > :01:47.myself. We have got to pull together and make some progress for

:01:47. > :01:51.the next race in Germany. It was disappointing in front of the home

:01:51. > :01:55.crowd to have been amazing over the whole weekend with the different

:01:55. > :02:00.weather conditions. It has been tough for them, and we wanted to

:02:00. > :02:05.put on a better show for them. Sorry for that, hopefully next time.

:02:05. > :02:11.Lewis feels the McLaren is far behind the Red Bull. Where do you

:02:11. > :02:17.think you are missing out? I did not race the Red Bull, I was racing

:02:17. > :02:21.Lotus, Williams and a few other teams. For example, the Sauber is

:02:21. > :02:27.quicker in a high-speed corner than us. Williams is better in low-speed

:02:27. > :02:32.corners than us. It is tricky. We don't seem to be exceptionally

:02:32. > :02:36.strong anywhere at the moment. We did think we would be here. It is a

:02:36. > :02:40.high-speed circuit and we think it is one of our strengths. A lot of

:02:40. > :02:44.data to go through this evening. There will be some unhappy people

:02:44. > :02:48.in the team which is always the way after a race like this. But we are

:02:48. > :02:52.one of the best teams in the world and we can fight through this.

:02:52. > :02:57.can fight through this, is the message from Jenson Button. That is

:02:57. > :03:04.the message these fans will want to hear. These are live pictures of

:03:04. > :03:10.Jenson Button signing autographs for the fans. We do not want to get

:03:10. > :03:14.in a way of redoing a great job for the fans. They love you. You did

:03:14. > :03:18.get a point for them out of difficult qualifying, you must be

:03:18. > :03:23.the only man disappointed that it was not raining this morning?

:03:23. > :03:28.a lot of fun fighting out there. But we are just not quick enough.

:03:28. > :03:32.It wasn't great in qualifying. At times the pace was reasonably good,

:03:32. > :03:36.compared to the front guys. We are not matching them but we were close.

:03:37. > :03:41.It is difficult to overtake around here. As a team I don't think we

:03:41. > :03:47.did a bad job. The guys in the pits did an amazing job. But we are not

:03:47. > :03:54.quick enough. It is great to see all the fans here for years.

:03:54. > :03:58.CHEERING. Can you explain to the fans at home,

:03:58. > :04:03.you win the Grand Prix in Melbourne in fantastic style, but the form

:04:03. > :04:07.has not been there for the whole team. How can you explain that?

:04:07. > :04:13.have had a couple of bad weekends. We have tried new things for the

:04:13. > :04:17.car and they have not worked. I have big degradation, so I cannot

:04:17. > :04:22.look after the tyres. We have been working on that and it has improved.

:04:22. > :04:26.But we generally don't have the pace, it is not just me or my

:04:26. > :04:31.balance. Hopefully we can sort it out. McLaren will do everything

:04:31. > :04:37.they can to get back to winning ways. What do you think of Jenson

:04:37. > :04:42.Button? He is the best driver out there, he has had a run of bad luck

:04:42. > :04:48.just now but he will be back on form. Plenty of races left for him

:04:48. > :04:56.to get it back. Every faith in the man, every phase. A recognised that

:04:56. > :05:00.as a northern accent. It is worth speaking to the both of you about

:05:00. > :05:03.this, Jenson Button has the temperament to drive around these

:05:03. > :05:10.problems, stick with the team and that is what he is talking about,

:05:10. > :05:16.Eddie? He is a brilliant team player. What he is doing, I'm sure

:05:16. > :05:22.it is hurting out there. He did a good drive today, got a point,

:05:22. > :05:26.brought the car home. Now they can start making it better. But the car

:05:26. > :05:32.itself hasn't got the speed. We cannot just plain Jenson Button. He

:05:32. > :05:36.has had a difficult couple of races, but he can get that back. We talk

:05:36. > :05:43.about the type of drivers they are, but what about the kind of people

:05:43. > :05:46.they are? He was just chatting to fans, and that sums him up? And how

:05:46. > :05:49.respect for their work to do the interview, they took a moment out

:05:49. > :05:53.and allowed him to say what he needed to say in the confident he

:05:53. > :05:59.would turn back and Spencer more time with them. He cannot service

:05:59. > :06:03.every single and that is here but they give him so much support.

:06:03. > :06:06.Let's talk about action on the track that was less savoury than

:06:06. > :06:12.Jenson Button's efforts in the McLaren and that was the incident

:06:12. > :06:16.between Pastor Maldonado and Sergio Perez. David, what are your

:06:16. > :06:22.thoughts on this incident? Perez said he was in front, I don't think

:06:22. > :06:27.he was, I think he was slightly behind. You could argue Maldonado

:06:27. > :06:31.was free to take his natural line. You could certainly say he was on

:06:31. > :06:37.it. But I think he had a wobble going into the corner. What is

:06:37. > :06:41.going against Pastor Maldonado is his previous form. It is like a

:06:41. > :06:46.footballer, if the referee knows he has had a couple of yellow cards,

:06:46. > :06:50.they will keep an eye on him. You cannot beat up on him on this

:06:50. > :06:58.particular incident because he was the car in front. But what Perez

:06:58. > :07:04.told us, if that is the conversation within Grand Prix

:07:04. > :07:08.circuits, that is the conversation, it will be an interesting second

:07:08. > :07:14.half of the season. He will be singled out in meetings and will be

:07:14. > :07:18.made to explain his actions. Eddie, what is your tape? Let's hear from

:07:18. > :07:27.Sergio Perez. He was open and honest about his thoughts. What do

:07:27. > :07:36.you think about this at? -- take. think the word is previous. What

:07:36. > :07:42.happens from your seat? Pastor, he does not respect other drivers. It

:07:42. > :07:48.is just a matter of fact. I was already in front. He should have

:07:48. > :07:53.given me enough space not to crash but push me all the way to the

:07:53. > :07:57.outside. I don't understand the way he is driving. I hope the stewards

:07:57. > :08:02.can do something because the last few races he has done something to

:08:02. > :08:07.someone. It is not the first time he damaged my weekend. He did the

:08:07. > :08:13.same in Valencia. They gave him a drive through, which a thing is not

:08:13. > :08:20.enough and he will never learn if they don't do something. He is a

:08:20. > :08:28.dangerous driver and can hurt someone. Have that Rovers spoken

:08:28. > :08:35.about it -- drivers? Other drivers speak about him. He has no respect,

:08:35. > :08:39.we are risking Holbeins and he has no respect. The way he is driving,

:08:39. > :08:43.I think the stewards have to do something by now because it is not

:08:43. > :08:48.the first time he does something. He does affect many other drivers,

:08:48. > :08:55.I am not the only one. That sounds like a mature head on young

:08:55. > :09:00.shoulders. But also honest, saying he is damaging racing weekends and

:09:00. > :09:04.the stewards gave to do something. What is your take? In I did not

:09:04. > :09:09.know any different I would say war has broken out between Venezuela

:09:09. > :09:13.and Mexico. Now talk about the racing side. I don't think the

:09:13. > :09:18.incident today was that bad, but because he has previous. He has

:09:18. > :09:27.previous form, he talked about Australia and the last time out.

:09:27. > :09:31.You cannot keep doing that. That was him in Melbourne, David? That

:09:31. > :09:36.was him with Grosjean. We have the replay of Monaco when he cut across

:09:36. > :09:42.the front of Perez. So they have had contact this year. How do you

:09:42. > :09:46.deal with that? You don't want to quell it or dampen it, but you have

:09:46. > :09:52.to make sure it is controlled aggression. At the moment, each and

:09:52. > :09:57.every one of them, the one I feel worse about his Monaco. I feel it

:09:57. > :10:04.was unsporting behaviour. The rest of them, there is an argument

:10:04. > :10:08.either side. Nevertheless, Monaco, cutting across a fellow competitor

:10:08. > :10:13.and trying to lure him into something that could cause an

:10:13. > :10:17.accident is unacceptable. Is it different to today? Much different,

:10:17. > :10:23.and in my opinion he would have a very, very slapped wrist on that

:10:23. > :10:28.one. This one, you would have to talk to him, there may be a penalty,

:10:28. > :10:32.then maybe not. We will have to see how the judge feels about it. It is

:10:32. > :10:37.not as severe as the one in Monaco. You cannot take the rules into your

:10:37. > :10:42.own hands, and that is what he tried to do. If you have an opinion

:10:43. > :10:45.it should be balanced, this is what Pastor Maldonado said. Tell us

:10:45. > :10:51.about the incident with Sergio Perez? It was a disappointing

:10:51. > :10:57.moment because the race was going good for us. With the strategy, we

:10:57. > :11:00.stopped at the right moment. In that moment I was coming out of the

:11:00. > :11:07.pit with cold tyres and was on the inside of the corner. The corner

:11:07. > :11:14.was mine. Perez was on the outside of the corner trying to beat me, to

:11:14. > :11:21.take the position on me. A try to defend. On entry, I lost the rear

:11:21. > :11:31.of the car. I think cold tyres. I am disappointed because I

:11:31. > :11:33.

:11:33. > :11:38.compromised both races. Unlucky race for me. The car was OK, maybe

:11:38. > :11:42.not a very quick, but consistent. Perez had some strong words after

:11:42. > :11:46.the incident and said you were a dangerous driver and lots of

:11:46. > :11:51.drivers were concerned and that you are putting them at risk in what is

:11:51. > :11:57.already a highly dangerous sport. What do you say to that? I think he

:11:57. > :12:04.was angry, because a compromise the race for sure. He can say what

:12:04. > :12:09.everyone's. We are racing. We were trying to do our best on the track.

:12:09. > :12:19.I was trying to defend the position, he was tried to attack the position,

:12:19. > :12:21.

:12:21. > :12:25.this is racing. We you go and speak to him? If I see him, yes.

:12:25. > :12:31.message is clear from Pastor Maldonado, this is racing. After

:12:31. > :12:35.the Williams, the wonderful victory in Barcelona, the man who was most

:12:35. > :12:40.seriously injured in the fire is here today. He was watching and

:12:40. > :12:47.congratulations to him and well done. We have a rise at -- arrived

:12:47. > :12:51.at the quietest garage in Formula One. Fat red seat at the back is a

:12:51. > :12:57.race seat, but it was sat on earlier on by Felipe Massa. And he

:12:57. > :13:02.would have been thinking, how is it going to go today? I have not had a

:13:02. > :13:07.podium finish, and questions over my future. But he got past his

:13:07. > :13:17.former mentor, Michael Schumacher. He drove brilliantly, and finished

:13:17. > :13:28.

:13:28. > :13:32.4th. This was one of his best races a good race. And I finished in

:13:32. > :13:37.second, that is always good, fighting with Red Bull, which is a

:13:37. > :13:42.very quick car. I am happy, it is the best result of my season as

:13:42. > :13:46.well so it is getting better and better all the time. Getting better

:13:46. > :13:53.and better. That Seat behind us, is that the Seat you always wanted to

:13:53. > :14:00.sit in? Be honest! I did come close at one point and it does look

:14:00. > :14:05.inviting. There is that little step to get up. Felipe Massa is quite

:14:05. > :14:11.small! The contract was on the table but I went to McLaren and

:14:11. > :14:19.spent nine happy years. Give us your thoughts on Felipe Massa and

:14:19. > :14:22.his turnaround? Everybody generally is happy about that. Nevertheless,

:14:22. > :14:29.six seconds behind his team-mate today, that was a very good effort

:14:29. > :14:33.for what he did. Whether they talk about one swallow not making as

:14:33. > :14:37.somewhere, I want to see how he progresses. Germany will be the key

:14:37. > :14:42.race. But I think we will have to see what Ferrari have done but they

:14:42. > :14:46.might have already made decisions for next year. It was an impressive

:14:46. > :14:49.weekend for Felipe Massa, strong in the race. Let's go back to the

:14:49. > :14:54.start of the Grand Prix. We wondered if it was going to be wet

:14:54. > :14:59.or dry, it was dry and dramatic. The big disappointment at the start

:14:59. > :15:07.was Paul di Resta? He got involved going through Abbey corner. Into

:15:07. > :15:16.the village. He goes wheel to wheel. Grosjean just catches the back of

:15:16. > :15:23.the tyre. Into what is called the Loup. And in the back of the shot,

:15:23. > :15:27.we can see Paul di Resta, deflates... He did not know what

:15:27. > :15:34.had happened at that point, Grosjean brokers front wing and

:15:34. > :15:38.here we get the overview... Above the circuit. It was a fairly

:15:38. > :15:41.defensive Fernando Alonso and in the end he was able to run flat

:15:41. > :15:45.through that first part of the corner. He was arriving at a much

:15:45. > :15:50.slower speed and he has that safe gap and then the battle behind was

:15:50. > :15:54.Kimi Raikkonen trying to get to the inside a Sebastian Vettel as they

:15:54. > :15:59.went into the corner, he ran over the inside and that allowed

:15:59. > :16:03.Sebastien Vettel to cut back and deploy his KERS. Here we are with

:16:03. > :16:07.Grosjean. Having an idea of having his left on the outside and he gets

:16:07. > :16:12.on to the outside of Hamilton and gets into the dirty part of the

:16:12. > :16:17.track. Just that slightest touch. And, believe it or not, that is

:16:18. > :16:23.enough to deflect the tyre. unlucky, you spend some time at the

:16:23. > :16:28.factory before her, it started off as the home of Jordan and now Force

:16:28. > :16:33.India. Two in you know where he leaves the British Grand Prix

:16:33. > :16:41.lamenting what could have been. me? Sports men continued use those

:16:41. > :16:45.two words. We have to get over that. The tiniest of things given a

:16:45. > :16:50.puncture and destroyed his weekend. He will be frustrated because he

:16:51. > :16:55.felt he should have made Q 3 in the qualifying so what was a difficult

:16:55. > :17:02.weekend. Nevertheless, he is strong but his team-mate is gathering

:17:02. > :17:07.momentum. He needs to tackle that, particularly in Germany next week.

:17:07. > :17:11.And another man my son, Kimi Raikkonen, that was a strong drive,

:17:11. > :17:17.not often he finishes in front of Grosjean and this is another shot

:17:17. > :17:22.of a driver coming past you... in qualifying. It didn't seem as if

:17:22. > :17:27.Mercedes had the pace. It was surprising, given the high-speed

:17:27. > :17:33.nature. In the end, it is all about the tyres and the operating window.

:17:33. > :17:40.It was a fairly cool day. Despite not raining. Kimi Raikkonen, DRS,

:17:40. > :17:47.that was an easy pass. A let us hear from him... Tell us about the

:17:47. > :17:57.race. He ran wide at the end? Yes, we ran out of laps. To try to pass.

:17:57. > :17:59.

:17:59. > :18:08.We had a good car. I overtook him at the start. But we will -- we

:18:08. > :18:13.lost that place after the corner. It was not the best first few laps.

:18:13. > :18:17.We had a good fight back. It was a good performance and not a bad

:18:17. > :18:23.performance from Grosjean but he was involved in that incident on

:18:23. > :18:28.the track. Let us look at this. He gets involved in things left, right

:18:28. > :18:33.and centre. There is always something going on. That was

:18:33. > :18:38.unfortunate, he just clipped the back of Paul di Resta. Difficult to

:18:38. > :18:42.see that as anything other than a racing interest. The concertina

:18:42. > :18:50.effect, cold tyres, they could not have rehearsed were all the cars

:18:50. > :18:53.were going to be. He just has to give rein to his team-mate,

:18:53. > :18:59.Hulkenberg, an eclipse the front of his wing. That could have happened

:18:59. > :19:06.to anyone. I am sure he isn't to happy to see that incident too

:19:06. > :19:12.often. We have Romain Grosjean... How do you feel about that? Very

:19:13. > :19:20.good, fantastic. But the way the race went from 20 to all the way to

:19:20. > :19:25.six, to carrying the points, quite unbelievable. It was great for them

:19:25. > :19:30.to give me the car, which was fantastic. The strategy was only

:19:31. > :19:34.one stop. That was quite risky but it worked well and we had some good

:19:34. > :19:40.moments on the track. It was fantastic and Trulli enjoyable.

:19:40. > :19:45.Tell us what happened at the start. There was confusion between turn

:19:45. > :19:51.three and turn four. I think Force India came from the inside. It just

:19:51. > :19:57.touched my front wing with the rear wheels. It was a shame. But nothing

:19:57. > :20:03.you can do anything about in these conditions. The best thing is to

:20:03. > :20:07.qualify in second or third place. Thank you. 6th place and still

:20:07. > :20:12.smiling. Sadly, the driver of this car was not driving. They are

:20:12. > :20:17.packing everything up and throwing things off the top of the rig

:20:17. > :20:22.alongside a very expensive Formula One car. They will be disappointed

:20:22. > :20:29.this car does not have to go to it stuck to it? They came off the back

:20:29. > :20:32.of double points scored in Valencia. Points win prizes. As Eddie often

:20:32. > :20:35.says, it is a constructors championship, it is vitally

:20:35. > :20:39.important and they wanted drivers to show their talent but they need

:20:39. > :20:42.those points, it is worth a lot financially and it gives them

:20:42. > :20:48.another position in the pit lane. That is beneficial in terms of

:20:48. > :20:52.space and all those things. We're walking down here to take you down

:20:52. > :20:56.to the pit box of Kobayashi. That was one of the most dramatic

:20:56. > :21:03.moments. Let's look at the floor, it is pretty slippery, to refer to

:21:03. > :21:08.the drivers. On painted concrete. And the reason it is like that is

:21:08. > :21:13.because of the fuel spills. All the racing goes on here where they

:21:13. > :21:17.might have refuelling. In the end, he carried too much speed. And he

:21:17. > :21:24.overshot the box. Just like skittles. He took out some of his

:21:24. > :21:27.mechanics. That is a danger side. Coming out of the Faslane, you are

:21:27. > :21:32.limited, but on the concrete, it puts the pressure on the front

:21:32. > :21:37.right. But he has realised there was not enough group. There was

:21:37. > :21:41.nothing he could do, other than just tried to regain control. Sadly,

:21:41. > :21:48.that means running into some of his mechanics. One of them got wheeled

:21:48. > :21:55.away but thankfully, nothing serious. How easy is that? Not to

:21:55. > :22:00.that extent. I have taken out some men in a waitress. But I have

:22:00. > :22:03.overshot the box. It is easy to do. That is why you practise and

:22:03. > :22:07.practise, the pit stop is an essential part of the weekend and

:22:07. > :22:13.we lost at opportunity with the weather. It was just a moment of

:22:13. > :22:22.bad judgment. Show me someone who has never made a mistake... There

:22:22. > :22:27.is another issue. Watch me... David, began to, it isn't long enough,

:22:27. > :22:31.this is to close, the man is here, he has no movement, this is a

:22:31. > :22:36.hostile environment, trying to release the tyre, he has to move

:22:36. > :22:40.backwards. You must say, they need to look at this. If you look at the

:22:40. > :22:44.other teams, it seems to be further away. That is a valid point and I

:22:44. > :22:49.do not know if there is any regulation it says were the Gancho

:22:49. > :22:56.has to be positioned. Clearly, it does force the mechanics... We can

:22:56. > :23:01.see again... The men at the front, not able to get out of the way.

:23:01. > :23:07.Down on their knees. Even the front man, well, he gets knocked over as

:23:07. > :23:12.well. It is clear, this is where it is meant to stop. The front wing

:23:12. > :23:16.some were here and only space for someone to crouch. No were to fall

:23:16. > :23:22.backwards or get away. Let's hear from Kobayashi... It is never

:23:22. > :23:32.something the driver wants to do, cause any problem to the pit crew...

:23:32. > :23:32.

:23:32. > :23:42.We will start with the pit stop. was definitely my fault. I went to

:23:42. > :23:45.overshoot on the braking. I had the front lough. I'm in, the pit lane,

:23:45. > :23:52.it was mentioned in practice but I had no practice run so why did not

:23:52. > :23:58.know how hard I could push. I was fighting for the points. I pushed

:23:58. > :24:06.too much and I apologise to the team. What are you watching? Sorry!

:24:06. > :24:14.The tennis is on the big screen! I do apologise. I am fully focused.

:24:14. > :24:23.Well done, Andy Murray! The producer told me that Tim Henman

:24:23. > :24:27.took the first set! Hello, everybody! We need a little bit of

:24:27. > :24:33.a gap to chat to some people. Why is it that everywhere we go, there

:24:33. > :24:39.is always the Scottish flag. He must be a fan of David Coulthard?

:24:39. > :24:49.He's not bad! The last and at Silverstone, he won the race. It

:24:49. > :24:54.was that long ago. I think it was 1960...! David?! That's not nice.

:24:54. > :25:01.The greatest driver ever to come out of Scotland! We always get

:25:01. > :25:08.people chanting Eddie! What is the obsession? A look at that shirt!

:25:08. > :25:13.That is fabulous. Let's get your thoughts on the Grand Prix. I have

:25:13. > :25:22.followed Jordan since 1991. He is a big inspiration to the sport, to

:25:22. > :25:27.everything. Top man. For the drivers, everybody. You guys, BBC

:25:27. > :25:35.and Sky Sports... Everything! Lovely to say so! Let's talk about

:25:35. > :25:42.the race. Any thoughts? We have at Ferrari fan? I was gutted. He must

:25:42. > :25:47.have lost their group on his tyres. But I thought crow Sean... He was

:25:48. > :25:52.excellent. David, you have not sat on this grid because they have

:25:52. > :25:56.changed it. Why the fans are here, and they can hear the answer and

:25:56. > :26:02.you are giving a thumbs-up to the man in the McLaren shirt. The next

:26:02. > :26:07.Jenson Button? Can he come forward. Can we get a word from the younger

:26:07. > :26:17.generation. Clearly a McLaren fan. Let's get the microphone over...

:26:17. > :26:18.

:26:18. > :26:24.How old are you? Sorry? And it just shout... I have been followed in 4

:26:24. > :26:33.min one for two years. Get in behind McLaren. -- Formula One. Do

:26:33. > :26:37.you want to be a driver? You can gnawed on television! I was going

:26:37. > :26:41.to ask both of you, it was frustrating for you, the best

:26:42. > :26:46.result over the years was 4th place for Jordan but you had two

:26:46. > :26:48.wonderful when's. How much of a difference to these people may?

:26:48. > :26:52.course they make a difference, we have been talking about how great

:26:52. > :26:56.the fans are. People might think we're going over the top but look

:26:56. > :27:00.at the amount of people trying to get a glimpse of the cars and

:27:00. > :27:05.drivers. It is over but they're here because they love the sport

:27:05. > :27:11.and they get behind the teams. The spread the love, there are a lot of

:27:11. > :27:15.McLaren fans here. Every single team is followed by the fans.

:27:15. > :27:19.125,000 fans today. After all the problems and people being turned

:27:19. > :27:26.away from qualifying and the rain and the campsites, the biggest ever

:27:26. > :27:31.crowd? When you have pm on Friday and Saturday, it pales into

:27:32. > :27:35.insignificance when you have this, sunshine, people in T-shirts, and

:27:36. > :27:43.fans have whoever they saw, some big Mark Webber fans, Ferrari fans

:27:43. > :27:47.and loss of McLaren fans. Everybody is a winner. The fantastic thing is,

:27:47. > :27:52.football is very different to this, you become a complete fan of one

:27:52. > :27:55.team or another whereas if you ask those people, that man he was

:27:55. > :28:00.wearing a Ferrari jacket, he said Grosjean was the driver of the day.

:28:00. > :28:04.That would not happen in other sports. There is a very open view,

:28:04. > :28:08.is someone does spectacularly well, these fans are so knowledgeable,

:28:08. > :28:12.they will give them credit. The aim of the game is to do our best for

:28:12. > :28:17.the fans. We know plenty at home wanted to come here. Maybe you

:28:17. > :28:21.could not make it or it was too expensive. We will do our best for

:28:21. > :28:28.the fans on the foreign and on the outside of the Luffield corner of

:28:28. > :28:38.the is a stage and hopefully at crowds... -- hopefully there is a

:28:38. > :28:42.

:28:42. > :28:46.crowd. Gearing up for the party. playing. Make sure you press red.

:28:46. > :28:51.We will chat about this race and what it mean for the Championship.

:28:51. > :28:57.First here the is man who everyone was cheering a very popular winner

:28:57. > :29:05.of the race. Well done, the British Grand Prix seems to suit you. Four

:29:05. > :29:09.consecutive podups here and your second win. -- podium. Yes I enjoy

:29:09. > :29:13.driving here. This one has taken longer to sink in, probably due to

:29:13. > :29:17.the circumstances. I don't think I have had a win where I have grabbed

:29:17. > :29:22.a victory so late. And when your dealing with Fernando, it is

:29:22. > :29:27.important to get things right. I knew when I arrived on him,

:29:27. > :29:34.tactically I needed to be spot on. Weed that dress rehearsal the night

:29:34. > :29:38.before. I sat up high on turn 4 and the next one I went lower. And I

:29:38. > :29:44.tried to make him vulnerable and the move worked well. Jat Ji-wise

:29:44. > :29:50.the team did a great job. -- strategy-wise. I don't think

:29:50. > :29:54.Fernando had the right balance. That can happen to any of us. We

:29:54. > :29:59.flow -- know if you don't get the balance rights, you can be in

:29:59. > :30:05.trouble A great day for the team and I'm very proud to win here

:30:05. > :30:09.again. It's special for me. build up in getting to Fernando,

:30:09. > :30:14.there was pressure, DC said it was like having to put in qualifying

:30:14. > :30:21.laps. Yes, DC is right. He know what is we're going through in the

:30:21. > :30:28.car. But also knowing that that was I was getting the information on

:30:28. > :30:32.lap 41 and 42 that Fernando is not doing much in terms what he had

:30:32. > :30:36.been doing. I thought come on, he is just waiting, giving the tyre a

:30:36. > :30:41.breather and will have the tyre at the end of the race. Once I got

:30:41. > :30:47.within two and a half seconds and then I could start to see where he

:30:47. > :30:54.was having troubles, and then I said I have got to get in the DRS

:30:54. > :31:03.and get in front of him. It worked out well in the end. His pace was

:31:03. > :31:11.real. He didn't have much else... Many more punches. Fortunately I 45

:31:11. > :31:17.a -- had a few more. How do you celebrate tonight, some karaoke,

:31:17. > :31:23.some Brian Adams? Yes we have a party. As usual, you always say we

:31:23. > :31:27.will only have a few and it turns into, let's just see how long it

:31:27. > :31:31.goes. Dangerously I have a quiet week next week. I will try not to

:31:31. > :31:38.go too late into Monday morning. When I wake up tomorrow

:31:38. > :31:44.morning/afternoon, it is all about Hockenheim. Well done to Mark. Just

:31:44. > :31:50.to let you know we're going disappear to the F1 forum. Just

:31:50. > :31:55.press the red button. And join us there. You can can see all the

:31:55. > :32:00.action later on tonight on the BBC from today. The tennis is on BBC1.