:01:05. > :01:11.Hello there. After seven incredible racist to start the 2012 Formula
:01:11. > :01:13.One season, welcome to raise eight, at Valencia. Let's look at how the
:01:13. > :01:23.drivers and Constructors' Championship was sitting going into
:01:23. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:37.McLaren have caught up. Lotus will be very happy with their season so
:01:37. > :01:40.far. The same applies to Sauber and Williams. All the action from the
:01:40. > :01:44.race in a moment but first, his Ben Edwards with what happened in
:01:44. > :01:48.qualifying. Mark Webber's Saturday started
:01:48. > :01:52.badly with the brake problem in free practice and got worse when
:01:52. > :01:58.his debt reduction system failed and left him unable to escape the
:01:58. > :02:02.first drop zone, which means he starts 19th. Due to was Mud -- one
:02:02. > :02:07.of the most competitive sessions with 13 cars covered by one quarter
:02:07. > :02:11.of a second, just missing the cut was Fernando Alonso making a first
:02:11. > :02:17.time since Australia that he has failed to reach the top ten. The
:02:17. > :02:22.Ferrari boss was supported off Alonso's efforts, Massa's 13th
:02:22. > :02:29.place seemed to elicit less response. Jenson Button was faster
:02:29. > :02:33.than Hamilton in that section but found himself in ninth. Hamilton
:02:33. > :02:37.surprised himself with second place but Vettel was not to be denied his
:02:37. > :02:40.third pole position of the season and his hat-trick in Valencia with
:02:40. > :02:47.an outstanding lap over three- tenths of a second faster than
:02:47. > :02:51.anyone else. So the front row is a repeat of Canada and Bahrain.
:02:51. > :02:57.Maldonado was a superb third for Williams while Gray John and
:02:57. > :03:07.Raikkonen are Forth and -- of fourth and fifth. Force Indias are
:03:07. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:23.weather. Due to a stomach said and -- due to a stomach upset Timo
:03:23. > :03:29.Glock will not be on the grid. We are said for the European Grand
:03:29. > :03:34.Prix in Valencia to get under way. Like Saud come away we go,
:03:34. > :03:38.Sebastian Vettel trying to get off the line. Lewis Hamilton in danger.
:03:38. > :03:43.Raikkonen gets past Grosjean but loses out. Raikkonen losing out,
:03:43. > :03:49.trying to get down the inside. Vettel Leeds Raikkonen, side by
:03:49. > :03:53.side with Pfahls Mark -- with Maldonado. Mal Sodano loses out. --
:03:53. > :04:00.Maldonado loses out. It is Grosjean who has got through, Raikkonen has
:04:00. > :04:05.missed out and the Ferraris, Alonso has made up ground. Massa and
:04:05. > :04:13.Button were all over each other into a turn for. The battle
:04:13. > :04:18.continues with Raikkonen. Coming across the swing bridge into turned
:04:18. > :04:24.ten, Rosberg has Massa on the outside. This will allow Schumacher
:04:24. > :04:30.a perfect run. Massa will be slow off the turf. Rosberg has had a
:04:30. > :04:33.terrible start, fighting with now with Schumacher. You have Massa on
:04:33. > :04:38.the right and Rosberg far right, trying to sort themselves out as
:04:38. > :04:45.they come down, trying to do it, can he do it? Massa sneaks past the
:04:45. > :04:49.Mercedes. Alonso is trying to get past, trying to gain places on the
:04:49. > :04:54.opening lap. Look at Sebastian Vettel, sprinting away from Lewis
:04:54. > :05:01.Hamilton, then it is Grosjean and here comes Alonso, trying to get
:05:01. > :05:05.past. Can he sweet round? No, Hulkenberg holds on to the place.
:05:05. > :05:10.good start for Fernando Alonso, battling with Hulkenberg. He will
:05:10. > :05:14.not be running too much in the dirtier of Force India, trying to
:05:14. > :05:21.lose his -- used his experience to leap on in his lap. They are doing
:05:21. > :05:25.190 miles an hour as they come through 1024. Jenson Button has
:05:26. > :05:30.dropped down to 19th -- dropped down to 13th. Mark Webber has
:05:30. > :05:37.gained a crucial place. Vettel leads from Hamilton at the end of
:05:37. > :05:42.the first lap. There is the race leader. Hamilton from Grosjean and
:05:42. > :05:48.behind him, Kobayashi. He has had a really great first lap. He started
:05:48. > :05:53.in sevens. Bruno Senna, trying to get down the inside and he has held
:05:53. > :05:58.down to 14th place. Senna just doing enough to hold on but it is
:05:58. > :06:01.dropping them away from the group ahead which is Jenson Button. You
:06:01. > :06:06.have Mark Webber in that group, the back of this group, so Mark Webber
:06:06. > :06:11.trying to join in the fun and games. Bruno Senna may be holding up this
:06:11. > :06:17.group. Senna is doing a lot to hold his position, understandable. He
:06:17. > :06:23.plays into the hands of Jenson Button. Grosjean. Grosjean is
:06:23. > :06:26.making some Hamilton go defensive as he runs down to turn 12. In this
:06:26. > :06:30.early stage McLaren taking some time to try and build the energy
:06:30. > :06:35.and their tyres. Could this be that Lewis Hamilton has been told let's
:06:35. > :06:38.see if we can do the opposite of Canada, see if we preserve the
:06:38. > :06:43.tyres and see if we can do one stop this weekend because the
:06:43. > :06:51.differential and pace between they took out front and what we see
:06:51. > :06:58.there, he runs in wide. It is cheeky. Great stuff from AGA up --
:06:58. > :07:04.from Maldonado. It is fair to say that he was mugged there by
:07:04. > :07:08.Maldonado. Maldonado was fending him off, Raikkonen was having a go.
:07:08. > :07:14.You can give a driver some space for you can run him wide and that
:07:14. > :07:18.is what Maldonado did. Now he has pressure, Raikkonen, from
:07:18. > :07:23.Hulkenberg. Kimi Raikkonen, who lost out at the start, made an
:07:23. > :07:27.initial quick getaway but then lost out, fighting for it. We are with
:07:27. > :07:32.Hulkenberg here, chasing Raikkonen. You have Sebastian Vettel two
:07:32. > :07:37.seconds a lap faster than Lewis Hamilton, a four second gap after
:07:37. > :07:43.two laps. That is astonishing. Where has Sebastian Vettel and Red
:07:43. > :07:49.Bull found this incredible pace from? DRS is enabled so they will
:07:49. > :07:53.use the debt reduction system, Hamilton definitely struggling, or
:07:53. > :07:59.controlling his pace, with a Grosjean behind, then cut the Ashes,
:07:59. > :08:03.then Maldonado and Raikkonen. Grosjean has the doctors Open. Will
:08:03. > :08:09.he be close enough on this particular lap? Hamilton is still
:08:10. > :08:17.defensive, not good enough to pick on the dust on the inside. Paul di
:08:17. > :08:22.Resta locking up a bit behind Massa. But it is behind Michael. Tyre
:08:22. > :08:27.temperatures are looking after the critical point. Tyre temperatures
:08:27. > :08:32.are critical. It is such a narrow window if you go beyond the tyre
:08:32. > :08:42.temperature that is comfortable thought that, but if tier, the
:08:42. > :08:45.
:08:45. > :08:51.drivers begin to struggle. Oh,... Getting past Grosjean but it did
:08:51. > :08:54.not quite come off. Kobe ashy in attacking mode and the sort of.
:08:54. > :08:58.What I would suggest is a sign of appreciation as the drivers went
:08:58. > :09:05.past, what I would suggest is to make this work, the message to
:09:05. > :09:09.Romain Grosjean he has been given the hurry it up, get a move on. He
:09:09. > :09:12.was the man who made impressive progress in Canada, one stop to
:09:12. > :09:17.second place but this afternoon the word is he has to push and get past
:09:17. > :09:22.Hamilton. That is right. Vettel is managing to build up the gap even
:09:22. > :09:26.more, 6.8 seconds between first and second places as Hamilton defence
:09:26. > :09:34.from Romain Grosjean in the Lotus, the black and gold colours of the
:09:34. > :09:37.Lotus. Kobayashi is in fourth place. You would do my great job. Which
:09:37. > :09:41.implies they are looking after their tyres and trying to control
:09:41. > :09:45.what is going on, control the pace and maybe, just maybe, they are not
:09:45. > :09:50.planning on as many stops as Sebastian Vettel, who is really
:09:50. > :09:52.going for it up front and putting in some very quick sector times so
:09:52. > :09:57.maybe this is a different story from McLaren, maybe they are
:09:57. > :10:01.looking to go less on pit stops. are told that time in pit lane is
:10:01. > :10:07.about 16 seconds if you get a nominal three-second stop. You need
:10:07. > :10:11.at least 19 seconds, 20, really, to be comfortable. To be able to get
:10:11. > :10:15.in, get your pit stop and get out and maintain track position. Vettel
:10:16. > :10:18.at the moment, 6.8 seconds after four laps ahead of Hamilton, if he
:10:18. > :10:27.keeps this pace up that will give them the opportunity to make that
:10:27. > :10:34.choice. They will have a pit stop in hand. The lead up to 9.7 seconds
:10:34. > :10:40.now as Vettel leads Hamilton, Grosjean still in third place.
:10:40. > :10:47.Kubica Behzti in fourth, Maldonado in fifth. This is the Russian car,
:10:47. > :10:51.though, they did make contact. they are battling over 22nd place
:10:51. > :10:55.but fighting for their careers and in this place just a bit
:10:55. > :11:00.comfortable -- clumsy from Charles. If you're going to make the pass,
:11:00. > :11:06.you have to get firmly alongside before turning in. A better
:11:06. > :11:13.performance this weekend from HRT, managed to out-qualified Marussia
:11:13. > :11:20.on merit. Glock it is not in the race due to illness, 23 cars out on
:11:20. > :11:23.track. That is the battle for last place. A little bit of debris at
:11:23. > :11:29.the end of the start to finish curve but hopefully that will not
:11:29. > :11:34.cause problems. Alonso is tucked in behind Hulkenberg still and it was
:11:34. > :11:39.a good first lap from Alonso's point or AU. He is in eighth
:11:39. > :11:42.position, now you are into the main part of the race. We are expecting
:11:42. > :11:46.to see pit stops coming up in the teams, I would think, but at the
:11:46. > :11:52.moment the lap times are holding up well. We are not seeing a sign of
:11:52. > :11:57.drop-off just yet, are we? We will catch up with Gary in a second and
:11:57. > :12:03.find that out. Alonso is chasing down Force India. Force India have
:12:03. > :12:07.had good results over the last few years here. They have had points
:12:07. > :12:11.for Valencia. Force India and this track go well together. They were
:12:11. > :12:16.disappointed with their qualifying yesterday, despite having both cars
:12:16. > :12:21.in the top ten. As I mentioned, as we walked down the grid, Paul di
:12:21. > :12:26.Resta felt he had the pace to be on the second row and felt he dropped
:12:26. > :12:28.some time in that last sector but I think overall Force India had made
:12:28. > :12:33.improvements as the scene -- the season has progressed and to have
:12:33. > :12:36.both cars in the top ten in qualifying in front of the likes of
:12:36. > :12:42.Ferrari and Red Bull and Mercedes, it shows that small private team is
:12:42. > :12:46.making progress. Look at the lead, Vettel goes through. Wait for it,
:12:46. > :12:50.there is Hamilton at last was Romain Grosjean and we're only on
:12:50. > :12:53.lap ten. Grosjean trying to go round the outside and to Lewis
:12:53. > :12:58.Hamilton in a battle for second place and he has done it, gone past
:12:58. > :13:04.Lewis Hamilton. A great move by Grosjean. He made his debut here in
:13:04. > :13:07.2009. From that point his early career was not good but this year
:13:08. > :13:12.he has a different driver. He saw the opportunity and he did exactly
:13:12. > :13:16.what he had to do around the outside in turn 12 and unlike Massa
:13:16. > :13:19.on Paul di Resta he made sure enough of his car was alongside
:13:19. > :13:24.Lewis Hamilton that he had no choice when he turned into 13 but
:13:24. > :13:30.to give him the position. Fantastic, mature overtaking. Still watching
:13:30. > :13:34.Fernando Alonso as he chases down Hulkenberg. He positions the car on
:13:34. > :13:37.the outside of the braking zone Hamilton goes to squeeze him into
:13:37. > :13:41.13 but there is too much of the Lotus alongside him and that was
:13:41. > :13:46.crucial. You see at once again, Hamilton has gone defensive and he
:13:46. > :13:49.would be looking to the outside, he will sense were Grosjean is but as
:13:49. > :13:54.they start to ride up the curve, that was very fair from Hamilton,
:13:54. > :13:57.he gave him the room and a great professional driving from Lewis
:13:57. > :14:00.Hamilton and you can see Grosjean releasing the pace of that Lotus
:14:00. > :14:04.and if we believe the message of earlier as we see Jenson Button
:14:05. > :14:10.coming in for his first stop this afternoon, we can expect Grosjean
:14:10. > :14:15.to be in on a two-stop strategy, the harder of the tyres going on,
:14:15. > :14:20.the medium tired, so that means that he started on, now this is
:14:20. > :14:23.interesting. Perez has been into the pits and we expected to do one
:14:23. > :14:33.of his long, single stop runs but he has not done it because he has
:14:33. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:48.past past Loch Maldonado for fifth- place... He has got it! -- getting
:14:48. > :14:55.past Pastor Maldonado. Instead of going round the inside for 13, he
:14:55. > :15:03.goes around the outside of Maldonado! Alonso's engineers said,
:15:03. > :15:10.now we push. They are going for it. That furrow road team with Fernando
:15:10. > :15:20.Alonso, they worked so well together. Sergio Perez, 19th place,
:15:20. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:38.moment. Button makes them pass and that leaves him with Massa up ahead.
:15:38. > :15:44.Lewis Hamilton has a fresh set of tyres, the medium one. Let's see if
:15:44. > :15:52.it brings him out on track. Schumacher has gone through. He
:15:52. > :15:56.comes up behind Bruno Senna, in 12th place. A good pit stop. 2.9.
:15:56. > :16:06.Excellent. McLaren seemed to be turning around their pit stops from
:16:06. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:25.Vergne in the Toro Rosso, relatively straightforward. Button
:16:25. > :16:31.has gone to do that himself. Debris there. I think it was a straw hat
:16:31. > :16:37.that was blown onto the circuit! Alonso is on Bruno Senna in the
:16:37. > :16:47.Williams. He goes on the outside of him very tightly, no problem. The
:16:47. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:14.fans are loving this. Alonso will obviously not very happy, the plan
:17:14. > :17:24.not working as they had hoped. car is systematically running wide
:17:24. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:35.on the exit of 10 at 20. -- turn up 24. Alonso is going past Michael
:17:35. > :17:45.Schumacher. On the outside. Michael is having none of it and stays in
:17:45. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:57.about gives him space! Webber trying to take advantage of the
:17:57. > :18:04.loss of momentum of Senna. Another standing ovation for Alonso. Flying
:18:04. > :18:14.down the inside. Kimi Raikkonen and Kobe ashy are battling it out. This
:18:14. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:24.is Grosjean. -- Kobayashi. Lewis Hamilton getting past Rosenberg as
:18:24. > :18:30.well. Di Resta has been running in second place because he has not
:18:30. > :18:37.made a stopped yet. Button is in 15th position. Sergio Perez just
:18:37. > :18:45.behind him, 16th. All of this playing into the hands of Sebastian
:18:46. > :18:51.Vettel, 16.7 seconds up the road from Grosjean. Bruno Senna is
:18:51. > :19:01.outside Michael Schumacher or in 17th. Mark Webber trying to take
:19:01. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:21.advantage of it as well. Kimi Mark Webber is coming in as well.
:19:21. > :19:29.He has had enough of that battle. Kimi Raikkonen trying to get past
:19:29. > :19:39.Bruno Senna there. Bruno Senna is going as far as he possibly can on
:19:39. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:01.his first stint. Webber are going to his car, Bruce Senna is
:20:01. > :20:11.effectively out of the race! It was bunching up so much, David! It was
:20:11. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:30.pass. Kobayashi thought he wanted some of that but he was closed up
:20:30. > :20:40.against the wall. Let's wait and see if it is a racing incident. We
:20:40. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:10.need to see the cameras. Damage to India. Good news for Button,
:21:10. > :21:18.Hulkenberg has been told that his break temperature is high. He will
:21:18. > :21:23.be encouraged to lift out of the throttle. To take out some of the
:21:23. > :21:33.energy that has been built into vivid calibres. Sebastian Vettel is
:21:33. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:50.Vettel is still able to achieve, he has such a comfortable advantage --
:21:50. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:25.past the Force India. They will investigate the incident between
:22:25. > :22:31.
:22:31. > :22:36.Kobayashi and Senna, as you saw on the fact that di Resta has very
:22:36. > :22:46.little grip available and goes past. The team have to react to this,
:22:46. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:56.surely. Di Resta will be in this lap. Looking to try to do one stop
:22:56. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:29.Vitaly Petrov has been told, give why he is seen to be the guilty
:23:29. > :23:39.party. He is one lap down. Crossed John has just set a new fastest lap.
:23:39. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:57.-- Grosjean. Lapping very quickly Sebastian Vettel, but certainly
:23:57. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:14.quicker than Lewis Hamilton and indeed. Alonso is in fourth place
:24:14. > :24:24.and is only six seconds behind Hamilton. Closing that gap. We
:24:24. > :24:38.
:24:38. > :24:48.could see Hamilton and Alonso going Vitaly Petrov has also just stopped.
:24:48. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:59.Vettel is still leading. Alonso his fourth, Raikkonen Fifth, Maldonado
:24:59. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:11.6, Button 9th. The two Mercedes are just outside the top 10. Webber is
:25:11. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:47.in 13th place and di Resta is in once again. He is on a harder
:25:47. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:59.Jenson Button. Hulkenberg is not letting go of that Ferrari, chasing
:25:59. > :26:04.Felipe Massa. Felipe Massa's position at Ferrari is in some
:26:04. > :26:09.question of course. Not this year but perhaps in the future. Nico
:26:09. > :26:19.Hulkenberg trying to impress in the Force India as he chases him down
:26:19. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:27.the DRS zone. India have shown genuine pace all weekend. They on
:26:27. > :26:37.the same tyres, compound. Force India looking the faster car this
:26:37. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:50.afternoon in the hands of top 10. Sparks! What happened?
:26:50. > :27:00.Contact with Kovalainen's car! suggests contact with Jean-Eric
:27:00. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:05.Vergne. Yes. Jean-Eric Vergne was behind Kovalainen. He must have
:27:05. > :27:13.slipped past with the DRS because you have damage to your front left
:27:13. > :27:20.and he has damage to his back right. There is no point going back that
:27:20. > :27:25.quickly. Jean-Eric Vergne's weekend has gone to from bad to worst.
:27:25. > :27:33.can tell he's a newt driver to Formula One. He has not experienced
:27:33. > :27:37.this before. There was no need for him to do the move to the right.
:27:37. > :27:42.Kovalainen is holding position. I am not quite sure what Jean-Eric
:27:42. > :27:47.Vergne was thinking. He may be thought with the DRS Open that he
:27:48. > :27:57.would clear Kovalainen but at almost 200 mph, it is not necessary
:27:58. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:12.to be weaving around. Button just it is about his car and that
:28:12. > :28:21.section of track, the same that section at Mark Webber went over
:28:21. > :28:26.him... Safety car on circuit! It was for Webber's accident that it
:28:26. > :28:32.happened previously. Jean-Eric Vergne has made it back but I
:28:32. > :28:36.reckon there is too much damage to the back of the car. Grosjean
:28:36. > :28:41.coming in. As the safety car goes out, with the current rules you
:28:41. > :28:45.would wait for everybody to get behind the safety car but Grosjean
:28:45. > :28:53.is waiting for the early stock. Several cars are using this moment
:28:53. > :28:59.to change on to another set of tyres. We have Raikkonen,
:28:59. > :29:04.Maldonado... Problems for Lewis Hamilton! Miserable news for Lewis
:29:04. > :29:11.Hamilton and McLaren! It takes forever to get Lewis Hamilton out!
:29:11. > :29:16.It looks like it fell off the front jack! Was that misinformation from
:29:16. > :29:23.the signalling? What would allow the front jack to pull away or did
:29:23. > :29:28.it fail? We will look for a replay. This changes everything. Be it
:29:28. > :29:33.looks like the front jack just fell away, it would not hold its
:29:33. > :29:43.position. Did they know it they had an issue? The second man goes in
:29:43. > :29:51.
:29:51. > :29:57.place. How we it is that! It was a the pace. He will be allowing the
:29:57. > :30:02.safety car to disappear into the distance and I would expect him to
:30:02. > :30:06.bold a time before they get down to the next phase of the corner and it
:30:06. > :30:10.looks like he has started to go now. The pack have gone with him so he
:30:10. > :30:16.does not have a clear lead as he goes through 24 and under 25,
:30:16. > :30:20.almost catching the safety car. The race gets under way again. The
:30:20. > :30:28.Kimi Raikkonen trying to get the Toro Rosso of Ricardo. Here comes
:30:28. > :30:33.Alonso. The Ferrari going wide, the Lotus going tight. Here goes along
:30:33. > :30:38.so, trying to go around the outside, contact a little bit, he is through,
:30:38. > :30:43.Fernando Alonso into second place. Hamilton could not get past
:30:43. > :30:48.Raikkonen. Maybe the Lotus engineer might wish she had warned his
:30:49. > :30:54.driver that Alonso had perfected a technique earlier. Mark Webber,
:30:54. > :30:58.fantastic stuff. As they came out of turn two, the Spanish crowd not
:30:58. > :31:02.only happy from the football, they will be delighted their man has
:31:02. > :31:09.gone from 11th to second place. Astonishing drive from Alonso. What
:31:09. > :31:12.a beautiful pass. Massa making contact, Kobayashi I think, just
:31:12. > :31:17.touching on the exit of the swing bridge. There was some debris.
:31:17. > :31:22.Could there be another safety car? Hamilton on Raikkonen, Hamilton has
:31:22. > :31:28.managed to get past the Lotus, a crucial move for Hamilton.
:31:28. > :31:32.Schumacher is behind. There is the damage on Massa's car. He has a
:31:32. > :31:39.puncture on the RIA, look at the front tyre, flat as well. What has
:31:39. > :31:44.been a reasonable run for Master... Vettel has a problem. What is the
:31:44. > :31:49.trouble? He has a puncture? What has happened? Sebastian Vettel is
:31:49. > :31:55.in trouble, dropping back down the order. Major dramas in the European
:31:55. > :31:59.Grand Prix. Vettel has slowed to a stop. He can't believe it. He is
:31:59. > :32:04.not going to take a hat-trick of wins in Valencia. Not only that we
:32:04. > :32:08.have Fernando Alonso who leads the European Grand Prix in Spain. His
:32:08. > :32:13.Vettel in a position where they can recover the car? Well, we could
:32:13. > :32:20.have a safety car again, I am not sure. Alonso Leeds in Valencia.
:32:20. > :32:29.Grosjean in second place. So, we have got yellows but no sign of the
:32:29. > :32:33.safety car just yet. Third place is still Ricardo in the Toro Rosso. So
:32:33. > :32:36.while one Ferrari Leeds cover the other one is in trouble in the pits
:32:36. > :32:42.with a puncture and we will get a view in a moment of what caused
:32:42. > :32:50.that. Kobayashi I think was involved, although he has not come
:32:50. > :32:55.into the pits. And you set of tyres, from wind changed. -- A new set of
:32:55. > :33:01.tyres. There is a problem somewhere. Have they found some damage? To do
:33:01. > :33:06.we will not go on properly? A different said. That was odd. They
:33:06. > :33:11.had soft tyres. Meanwhile Hamilton is going to get past the Toro Rosso
:33:11. > :33:15.cometh no worries at all. He is up into third place now. Look how
:33:15. > :33:20.close Grosjean was to the back of Alonso. Alonso is not running away
:33:20. > :33:23.with this and suddenly you have a real race on our hands here.
:33:23. > :33:28.yellow flag is there but I think Raikkonen had the past done before
:33:28. > :33:33.they got into that yellow flag zone, so he should be OK but that takes
:33:33. > :33:36.away any opportunity of pushing the car away from turn 17, trying to
:33:36. > :33:41.find a break in the war, decided not to have a safety car when you
:33:41. > :33:44.have marshals on the track, you do have waved yellows, the drivers are
:33:44. > :33:49.meant to slow down and be ready to react to that incident but here we
:33:49. > :33:57.see a replay of what went on with Massa. He got wide in turn ten,
:33:57. > :34:02.that allowed country ashamed to assault the side of the car. -- Cow
:34:02. > :34:09.Bridge Ash the assaulted the side of the car. This is where Vettel
:34:09. > :34:19.suddenly slowed but we have no idea why. We can't see any smoke, his
:34:19. > :34:22.
:34:22. > :34:27.response, he cannot believe it. He under investigation for potentially
:34:27. > :34:32.involved -- ignoring a yellow flag. That could be used for Hamilton.
:34:33. > :34:38.That would have been for Vettel's car in turn 17. It is clear cut.
:34:38. > :34:42.You have the GPS marshalling system on the cards. We see whether under
:34:42. > :34:47.pressure. Maldonado puts his car down the inside it pushes Mark
:34:47. > :34:52.Webber wide. This will allow Hulkenberg to get the run of Mark
:34:52. > :34:57.Webber. He has that position now. Paul di Resta, can he follows
:34:57. > :35:01.through as they then down into turn two? He is trying. Mark Webber
:35:02. > :35:06.loses three places in three corners. Daniel Ricardo came in the pits.
:35:06. > :35:10.You saw him peel off in the Toro Rosso. He has not been able to hold
:35:10. > :35:13.out any longer before making that other pit stop. For a while he must
:35:13. > :35:18.have enjoyed himself running in front of some very established
:35:18. > :35:22.Formula One names. It is going to be interesting, back with Hamilton,
:35:22. > :35:27.to see what the outcome is. The marshalling system is clear cut, if
:35:27. > :35:32.they are looking into it. We see Sebastian Vettel, helmet off,
:35:32. > :35:35.normally the lead it on when they don't want to talk to anyone. --
:35:35. > :35:39.normally they leave it on. He is disappointed, clearly, but sporting
:35:39. > :35:43.enough to wave to the fans. He knows he could not have done
:35:43. > :35:49.anything different this afternoon and Mark Webber leaves the door
:35:49. > :35:54.open, Maldonado takes it and gives him a push out wide on to the Kirk.
:35:54. > :35:59.A look from Mark Webber's point of view. At think he was following
:35:59. > :36:04.into the pit lane. Mark is losing a place on the exit as Hulkenberg
:36:04. > :36:08.swept past in the Force India. At the front Alonso has established a
:36:08. > :36:12.bit of a gap over Grosjean but there is still plenty of time to go
:36:12. > :36:17.and this race and Grosjean will not be thinking I have got to get past
:36:17. > :36:21.him straight away. Hamilton, a bit further behind in third. He is
:36:21. > :36:25.indeed. What I think I started before I interrupted myself is that
:36:25. > :36:30.Grosjean has the advantage of about three-tenths of a second of a lap
:36:30. > :36:34.by being able to open the DRS on the run between turned ten and 12,
:36:34. > :36:37.so in effect he can sit there quite comfortably behind Alonso
:36:37. > :36:44.maintaining that one-second gap, not taking quite so much out of his
:36:44. > :36:50.time as because he is getting the over speed, the reduction in drag,
:36:50. > :36:55.just biding his time. I love the Mexican waves you get every time
:36:55. > :37:00.there Alonso comes past the grandstand. He has never won in
:37:00. > :37:04.Valencia, of course. He has had a difficult time at his second home
:37:04. > :37:09.venue. He did not finish the race in 2008, has had some finishes but
:37:09. > :37:16.never the victory that he has been cheered onto. Hamilton still chased
:37:16. > :37:20.by Raikkonen, the two lotuses are running top four. Still with an
:37:20. > :37:26.opportunity to win, possibility that we could have and 80 different
:37:26. > :37:29.winner. Raikkonen closing to the back of loops Hamilton. She back in
:37:29. > :37:33.fifth. We are expecting him to make a pit stop. Mark Webber has been
:37:33. > :37:43.into the pits as well so it has dropped him down the order but
:37:43. > :37:47.
:37:47. > :37:56.Michael Schumacher will have to Rosberg 11th, Petrov 12th, whether
:37:56. > :38:00.13th on rejoining, there are three cars lost from this race most
:38:00. > :38:03.dramatically Sebastian Vettel after leading, dominating the early
:38:03. > :38:11.stages and then looking to pull away again after the restart.
:38:11. > :38:21.Something went wrong with his car. We have lost Kobayashi, who has
:38:21. > :38:22.
:38:22. > :38:28.retired after an incident with Massa. We have lost Vergne as well.
:38:28. > :38:33.A little slow from Grosjean, still chasing down Alonso. It is easy to
:38:33. > :38:38.forget that Alonso started in the 11th. He is slow. Grosjean has a
:38:38. > :38:42.problem. Grosjean is in trouble. I thought that he was slow, I thought
:38:42. > :38:47.he was taking it easy on the turn in but he is in trouble. What is
:38:47. > :38:51.going on? These reliable Formula One cars, 24 finished last year,
:38:51. > :38:56.now we have lost the guy who was leading and the guy who was in
:38:56. > :38:59.second place. Hamilton is up to second and Raikkonen will be third.
:38:59. > :39:08.Looking for the gap in the wall, so disappointing for this young
:39:08. > :39:13.Frenchman. OK, sorry about that. I am sorry, we lost the alternator,
:39:13. > :39:18.we could not do anything. He lost the alternator, the alternator has
:39:18. > :39:24.failed, the electric power has gone for Grosjean. He gets art of the
:39:24. > :39:31.car. You have to feel for this young guy. It has all gone wrong
:39:31. > :39:41.when he could still perhaps have had chance of winning. It is cruel,
:39:41. > :39:45.the engine is normally reliable but the alternator has got. -- gone.
:39:45. > :39:50.When you see him finding a gap in the Fens, finding a gap, this is
:39:50. > :39:53.the young man who absolutely as comfortable words where he is in
:39:53. > :39:57.Formula One. He is bitterly disappointed but trying to do the
:39:57. > :40:03.right thing after his car has broken down. Perez has gone past
:40:03. > :40:08.Button. Into seventh place. Schumacher has made his pit stop.
:40:08. > :40:14.He has gone on to his softer tyres, Michael Schumacher. This is how
:40:14. > :40:20.Perez got past. It is into the last turn, turn 25, like we saw with
:40:20. > :40:27.Maldonado on Mark Webber. There was nothing that Jenson Button could do.
:40:27. > :40:34.You see the look of frustration. Hamilton, 3.9 seconds behind the
:40:34. > :40:38.race leader, Alonso. Does Hamilton have any answer for the Ferrari?
:40:38. > :40:42.Well, the gap, as you say, just under the four second mark.
:40:42. > :40:48.Hamilton has not had the pace that we saw from him in qualifying
:40:49. > :40:52.yesterday. Alonso looks comfortable in front. We are with Mark Webber
:40:52. > :40:57.here, with Michael Schumacher, having a battle, Schumacher has had
:40:57. > :41:00.his pit stop and trying to get past for 11th place. Schumacher is not
:41:00. > :41:05.that quick at the moment, Mark Webber on the softer tyre, I think
:41:05. > :41:10.and ethic Schumacher on the softer tyre, but he is still trying to get
:41:10. > :41:14.up to speed. Michael has not got any speed in a straight line and
:41:15. > :41:19.was of position as he came through the turn 14, so does Michael
:41:19. > :41:25.haven't issue? He has done his pit stop and he is back out and he is
:41:25. > :41:31.slow. Let's keep an eye on the Mercedes as -- is it just a warm-up
:41:31. > :41:35.issue? As far as my record tells me that is a new set of options he had
:41:35. > :41:39.available, the tyres. It looks whatever the is sheet -- whatever
:41:39. > :41:42.the issue was, it has cleared itself. Or was the Red Bull very
:41:42. > :41:50.good and where ber macro -- and whether has not had the chance to
:41:50. > :41:55.show it. -- Mark Webber. Perhaps Mark has the opportunity now. The
:41:55. > :41:59.two are behind Petrov in the Caterham, currently in tenth place.
:41:59. > :42:05.He has done three stops this afternoon, working the pit crew
:42:05. > :42:09.heart and Caterham, a press -- an impressive weekend or round.
:42:09. > :42:16.Kovalainen did not have such luck. Let's see Mark Webber, he went on
:42:16. > :42:20.the attack,. Going defensive into 12th. He thought he would have a
:42:20. > :42:25.cheeky pass into 14 but bailed out early, it cost him pace but was
:42:25. > :42:35.able to close up on the run to 17, which is why I asked the question,
:42:35. > :42:42.does he have an issue? Up front, Alonso. We can do is come a great
:42:42. > :42:45.job. Do what, when it? Three-tenths quicker than Alonso on the last lap.
:42:45. > :42:50.Raikkonen, as thought he was staying with him, but losing a
:42:50. > :42:54.length or two over the last half lap. There is Fernando Alonso,
:42:54. > :42:59.chasing his Lewis Hamilton, we will keep an eye on the lap times.
:42:59. > :43:06.Raikkonen is not far behind. Three world champions going at it for the
:43:06. > :43:10.final 13 laps here in Valencia. On that lap, a good lap from Alonso,
:43:10. > :43:15.two tends faster than Hamilton and it was a good luck from Raikkonen,
:43:15. > :43:20.who was faster than both of them. It is interesting, the McLaren
:43:20. > :43:23.message, they think they are doing two stops this afternoon, it is
:43:23. > :43:27.questionable whether Hamilton has the pace to catch Alonso but do
:43:27. > :43:31.they think the Ferrari are going to burn up these tyres and do a third
:43:31. > :43:37.stop this afternoon and just to compound the difficulty for
:43:37. > :43:43.Hamilton, he has mirrors full of a Lotus and Raikkonen and Raikkonen
:43:43. > :43:46.has got to come and go it is only raced eight but he has to show he
:43:47. > :43:54.has that racing, attacking spirit that he had the first time around.
:43:54. > :43:58.He has been soft with his passes this year. Rosberg is all the
:43:58. > :44:02.sudden the fastest man on the track. He is definitely sliding. Hamilton
:44:02. > :44:07.made a mistake. This is a chance for Raikkonen. Going one way, then
:44:07. > :44:11.the other, trying to take second place. Surely the McLaren has run
:44:11. > :44:16.out of grip. Kimi Raikkonen is trying to go down the outside,
:44:16. > :44:21.wheel-to-wheel. He is trying to go round the outside, Hamilton won't
:44:21. > :44:25.let him and panel -- and Raikkonen cannot do it. Somehow after the
:44:25. > :44:29.error and the slight, he is holding on to position. Raikkonen will try
:44:29. > :44:33.to come back at him and try to get in on the run to the hairpin.
:44:33. > :44:39.Raikkonen, you have doctors, the clean-lined, he could not make it
:44:39. > :44:45.stick but will he do it on turn 17? He is going for the outside but he
:44:45. > :44:51.seems tenser tip -- tentative. He does not seem comfortable. He makes
:44:51. > :44:55.it stick. Well done, Raikkonen. has done it, gone into second place,
:44:55. > :45:00.Kimi Raikkonen. The Lotus is in second and it is the McLaren that
:45:00. > :45:06.has run out of grip. Hamilton could be under pressure from Maldonado.
:45:06. > :45:11.He does wide. He will pass him on the run out. There will be two
:45:11. > :45:16.abreast as they run through the high-speed corner. That is tight,
:45:16. > :45:23.so close, almost touching we lack 180 miles an hour but somehow
:45:23. > :45:33.Hamilton holds on to it. HRT has gone wide. Hamilton, that was brave
:45:33. > :45:42.
:45:42. > :45:48.the end Hamilton held onto the place but can he hold on into the
:45:48. > :45:55.last lap? He has no back tyres left by the look of it. Maldonado will
:45:55. > :45:59.be right into his slipstream as they come into the DRS zone.
:45:59. > :46:03.Maldonado, the Barcelona race winner, looking to try to get his
:46:03. > :46:13.second Formula One podium but Hamilton will fight it with
:46:13. > :46:19.
:46:19. > :46:24.of the European Grand Prix! He beats the steering wheel! He cannot
:46:24. > :46:34.believe what has just happened! Disappointment. McLaren were so
:46:34. > :46:41.
:46:41. > :46:46.to come through and take the position for third place so this
:46:46. > :46:56.could be a podium for Michael. Maldonado runs offered the circuit.
:46:56. > :47:09.
:47:09. > :47:19.Mark Webber can also sniff the the track. He T-boneed at the side
:47:19. > :47:25.
:47:25. > :47:32.white line defines the racetrack and even know there was plenty of
:47:32. > :47:35.room there, Maldonado was off the racetrack. Does this mean Michael
:47:35. > :47:45.Schumacher will benefit, as an expensive Steering wheel gets
:47:45. > :47:52.
:47:52. > :47:57.thrown across but expensive for the podium. We are on the last
:47:57. > :48:03.lap! Fernando one on so leads. A yellow flag means you cannot
:48:03. > :48:12.overtake. He have to sit behind for the moment. -- Fernando Alonso
:48:12. > :48:17.leads. He started in 11th place, and he has now just got a final
:48:17. > :48:23.half of a lap to complete to take victory in Valencia. What a
:48:23. > :48:28.remarkable story it has been once again for Fernando Alonso and for
:48:29. > :48:35.Ferrari! He comes down to the final corner. Fernando Alonso is the
:48:35. > :48:42.first repeat winner of 2012! It is his 29th win and the first time he
:48:42. > :48:45.has won in Valencia! Second place will go to Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus.
:48:45. > :48:51.Third ball before Michael Schumacher! His first podium since
:48:51. > :49:01.his comeback! He has done it at last! Mark Webber finishes in
:49:01. > :49:10.fourth place. Hulkenberg will be 5th. Nico Rosberg grabs sixth place
:49:10. > :49:14.from di Resta, who villages 7th. Button eighth, Sergio Perez 9th.
:49:14. > :49:20.Maldonado has managed to get home intent, the guy that made contact
:49:20. > :49:26.with Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton walks back. Alonso has seen his two
:49:26. > :49:35.biggest rivals out of the European Grand Prix, whereas he has taken
:49:35. > :49:44.victory at home for Spain. What a date for Fernando Alonso.
:49:44. > :49:53.Fantastic! We did not meet any translation on that. A world-class
:49:54. > :49:58.drive. -- we did not need. Time for the photographs. Those three world
:49:58. > :50:06.champions, such famous names in Formula One, who have emerged on
:50:06. > :50:12.top. Time for the Champagne shower. Fernando one on so, the winner of
:50:12. > :50:16.the European Grand Prix in Spain -- Fernando Alonso. Last year his only
:50:16. > :50:24.victory was that the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Guess what?
:50:24. > :50:31.That is next on the calendar. Without question, that has been the
:50:31. > :50:36.best race ever held at Valencia. A very popular home winner. Bruno
:50:36. > :50:41.Senna in the top 10. Maldonado knocked out of the top 10 because
:50:41. > :50:51.of the crash for Lewis Hamilton, and he was given a 22nd penalty.
:50:51. > :51:03.
:51:03. > :51:13.This is what it means for the We will discuss all the action with
:51:13. > :51:16.
:51:16. > :51:20.Fernando, who says you can't overtaken Valencia? This is
:51:20. > :51:27.something difficult to describe. Forshaw, the most emotional win of
:51:27. > :51:32.my career. To be on the podium is something unique. Unexpected. It
:51:32. > :51:37.feels emotional because for Spain it is a difficult time now with the
:51:37. > :51:43.economic problems, people making a lot of sacrifices to come here, a
:51:43. > :51:46.lot of people sleeping in the car and caravans, 35 degrees all day,
:51:46. > :51:51.and yesterday we felt it was sad because we did not deliver what
:51:51. > :51:56.they were hoping for an today we knew we had to give something back.
:51:56. > :52:02.The win was not in our predictions. But I think they enjoy and we enjoy
:52:02. > :52:07.much more. Spain has the footballers and you. Where was the
:52:07. > :52:12.race won today? I think it was the pace because you need to have the
:52:12. > :52:16.pace in some moments of the race to overtake people. There were some
:52:16. > :52:22.overtaking manoeuvres. We were lucky because they were quite
:52:23. > :52:31.aggressive. We touch with people like Grosjean are for example. It
:52:31. > :52:37.could go either way. We risk it, we were aggressive and we were lucky.
:52:37. > :52:42.The battle at the start did not go your way, the battle at the end did.
:52:42. > :52:47.You must be happy, Kimi Raikkonen. Happy. I had a very good start but
:52:47. > :52:52.then I got blocked by Maldonado and I had to back off and I lost quite
:52:52. > :53:00.a few places. Without that I thought we could have had even
:53:00. > :53:05.better results. A lot of fighting in the race. We got second place,
:53:05. > :53:11.it is not too bad. For the team we would have liked to have been first
:53:11. > :53:21.place. Could you have won this race do you believe? We did not, so
:53:21. > :53:26.there is no point with ifs. We have to try to do better next time.
:53:26. > :53:33.Michael. Never mind the chequered flag, what about a podium? How do
:53:33. > :53:39.you feel? I am very, very excited. It is one of those moments that you
:53:39. > :53:45.love so much as a racing driver, particularly after coming from a
:53:45. > :53:51.reasonably nice retirement to do all of this again! I am feeling
:53:51. > :53:58.excited. Beautiful moments that we all love and after the criticism
:53:58. > :54:03.that happened to be given to us, it is the best answer that we can give.
:54:03. > :54:08.It was a brave strategy. Was it the right one? It would have been had
:54:08. > :54:14.the safety car not come out. Any chance of us making any ground, it
:54:15. > :54:19.all comes down to being able to do one stop and not have a safety car.
:54:19. > :54:25.There was a lot of retirements. I suppose we got relatively lucky at
:54:25. > :54:33.the end. To be able to achieve that, given way we work in Canada, I
:54:33. > :54:39.think our pace was not too bad. I think what we set out to achieve
:54:39. > :54:46.today regardless was the safety car that blew it. Tell us what happened.
:54:46. > :54:53.12 years of experience did not help me. Yeah. I was boxed in at the
:54:53. > :54:58.first turn. I saved Ben Ando and myself on having an accident at the
:54:58. > :55:04.second, where he was coming across -- Fernando and myself. I was
:55:04. > :55:08.trying moves here and there and nothing really worked out. The car
:55:09. > :55:13.felt reasonably good in the race. Improving it all the way through
:55:13. > :55:18.the race. I think we did well in terms of strategy but we were just
:55:18. > :55:23.unlucky and a lot of teams got into a strategy at the end up where they
:55:23. > :55:27.put new tyres on and almost won the race. It was an unusual race. I
:55:28. > :55:33.don't think we are ever going to learn! We have to get lucky
:55:33. > :55:39.sometimes. Abbey congratulations to Fernando, it was a good race for
:55:40. > :55:45.him. -- Big congratulations. It was a tough day at the Office for us
:55:45. > :55:51.but that's life. I put my heart and soul into it as usual. I am looking
:55:51. > :55:57.forward to the next Grand Prix. Eddie Jordan, what a Grand Prix and
:55:57. > :56:02.what a win. A great win for Valencia, for Spain, for Alonso,
:56:02. > :56:06.and we were served up with a fantastic race. A few little things
:56:07. > :56:12.we have to discuss, some contentious points. Pastor
:56:12. > :56:16.Maldonado was demoted 20 seconds by the race stewards because they
:56:16. > :56:22.believe he took Lewis Hamilton out of the race. Was that the right
:56:22. > :56:28.call? Probably on balance. We do not have the full information about
:56:28. > :56:33.the different camera angles that the stewards have but there were
:56:33. > :56:38.mitigating circumstances. I think 20 seconds was a small penalty
:56:38. > :56:43.given the fact that he could have had a five race protected position.
:56:43. > :56:48.They were so severe -- they were not so severe and I think that was
:56:48. > :56:53.probably the right decision. Many people expected that Michael
:56:53. > :56:58.Schumacher would get a penalty because he had his DRS Open, which
:56:58. > :57:02.indicated he wanted extra speed, but he took the speed of the car as
:57:02. > :57:08.far as the stewards are concerned. You will never know what speed was
:57:08. > :57:13.taken from the car at that given moment. We know he did have his DRS
:57:13. > :57:19.Open through at least two of the yellow flags and that in itself,
:57:19. > :57:25.there is a penalty for that. A lot of the teams are surprised. Of
:57:25. > :57:29.course Mercedes are not. Nevertheless, all the other
:57:29. > :57:33.competitors felt that Michael Schumacher or, given the
:57:33. > :57:38.circumstances, given his third place in the championship, I do not
:57:38. > :57:44.want to Olu to anything, but he was probably given the benefit of the
:57:44. > :57:54.doubt -- want to a lewd to anything. We should also say, a great drive
:57:54. > :57:54.
:57:54. > :57:59.by Schumacher, and Webber. Yes and we must not so -- we get Grosjean
:57:59. > :58:03.and Sebastian Vettel. That is the big concern for all of the teams.
:58:03. > :58:08.There improvements in that car this weekend have been sensational and
:58:08. > :58:12.they will be very hard to beat in the championship. They hope to take