The European Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:02. > :01:10.An incredible weekend. Sometimes you really do have to pinch

:01:10. > :01:16.yourself and think, I'm in Formula One. I knew it would be in

:01:16. > :01:21.incredibly tough race. The Ferrari's were very strong. Same

:01:21. > :01:29.with the Red Bulls. The flag waves from the back of the field, the

:01:29. > :01:33.Canadian Grand Prix about to start. I'm in position. Away we go, a good

:01:33. > :01:40.start from the Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel surges into the lead. I was

:01:40. > :01:49.surprised I could keep up with Vettel. He has closed the gap.

:01:49. > :01:54.looked after my tyres really well. Hamilton has gone in front of

:01:54. > :02:00.Vettel on the pit stop. I was thinking these guys were quite far

:02:00. > :02:04.behind so I assumed one stop. I kept pushing and increasing the gap.

:02:04. > :02:14.The second stop was slower than the first. When I release the clutch,

:02:14. > :02:15.

:02:15. > :02:20.installed. It may have been my fault. I never had a doubt in my

:02:20. > :02:23.mind that there was the possibility to win. Hamilton has grabbed second

:02:23. > :02:30.place, just the Ferrari ahead. Passing the world champion is a

:02:30. > :02:35.great feeling. Hamilton is in front. It is five years since I first won

:02:35. > :02:40.hair, but it felt just as good. Lewis Hamilton becomes the 7th

:02:40. > :02:46.different winner in 2012. It feels like one of the best races I've had

:02:46. > :02:56.for a very, very long time. Lewis Hamilton was masterful today.

:02:56. > :03:01.

:03:01. > :03:05.We all loved it! Beautiful music to accompany a quite beautiful drive.

:03:05. > :03:09.It may not have had the drama of Jenson Button's winning Canada 12

:03:09. > :03:12.months ago, but it was no less special and it means we have had

:03:12. > :03:16.seven different winners and there are many reasons to think this

:03:16. > :03:20.weekend we might have an 8th different winner. David Coulthard

:03:20. > :03:25.and Eddie Jordan were with me. You interviewed Lewis after the race,

:03:25. > :03:31.I'm intrigued by what drivers are like off-camera, how was? They tend

:03:31. > :03:35.to be more relaxed when the camera is not on. We raced together as

:03:35. > :03:40.well, or shared the same race track! He seems in a much happier

:03:40. > :03:47.place. He wears his heart on his sleeve, you know when he is happy

:03:47. > :03:51.or frustrated. But that was a perfect Lewis Hamilton race, coming

:03:52. > :03:56.back and having to overtake the world champion. A stunning victory.

:03:56. > :04:00.The car is being worked on. Jenson Button was the quickest man in

:04:00. > :04:07.final practice ahead of qualifying. It is a tough qualifying session to

:04:07. > :04:12.call. The cars are so close. Some people are now saying to

:04:12. > :04:16.unpredictable. Really? It is too unpredictable. It wipes out the

:04:16. > :04:19.opportunity for us to be gainfully employed because I have no idea who

:04:20. > :04:23.will be on pole position. The form book has been thrown out of the

:04:23. > :04:28.window and that is good for the sport, but not good for me because

:04:28. > :04:33.I don't have a clue what will happen! Can I distance myself? I

:04:33. > :04:39.have a feeling who might be on pole position. Do you think it is too

:04:39. > :04:43.unpredictable? It is sport, by its nature it is unpredictable. You can

:04:43. > :04:49.have a Premier League club against a newly promoted club and the first

:04:49. > :04:56.batch formbook says they wouldn't have a chance. It wouldn't happen

:04:56. > :04:59.seven times, though. Engines are pretty much the same as each other.

:04:59. > :05:04.Pirelli have tyres which have different operating Windows and the

:05:04. > :05:08.teams can get into that window and make it last. We said before, I

:05:08. > :05:14.don't see why this is a bad thing for Formula One. You don't have any

:05:14. > :05:19.idea winning a Grand Prix! They are worthy winners. -- An idiot.

:05:19. > :05:23.think wattages is that Eddie is frustrated that his predictions are

:05:23. > :05:28.not coming true. Let's talk about this weekend. If there's one thing

:05:28. > :05:36.you should say about Valencia, it is that this circuit is predictable.

:05:36. > :05:40.Can you understand a criticisms? One of the most outspoken people is

:05:40. > :05:44.Mark Webber. He had a big accident here, maybe that is in the back of

:05:44. > :05:49.his mind and he doesn't want the same thing again, needless to say.

:05:49. > :05:57.But it is a street circuit. We seem to be going in that direction. We

:05:57. > :06:01.have seen what is happening in New York. And what happens in Singapore.

:06:01. > :06:05.People and racetracks are becoming more like this. A nice overview of

:06:05. > :06:09.the old fish warehouses, which now house the cars in Formula One.

:06:09. > :06:14.There are some nice things about this circuit. But what we have not

:06:14. > :06:24.had over the years is unpredictable racing, but we get the sun, the sea,

:06:24. > :06:41.

:06:41. > :06:51.the Spanish, and of course, the For now, this race has its place on

:06:51. > :06:59.

:06:59. > :07:02.the calendar. We are here for the Behind us, the fans have turned out,

:07:02. > :07:06.there's always interest when Fernando Alonso is involved in

:07:06. > :07:11.Spain, but there's talk this race will not happen next year and a few

:07:11. > :07:15.other bits of gossip surrounding next year's race for top the latest

:07:15. > :07:20.bits of information is this race will alternate with Barcelona.

:07:20. > :07:23.understand that is certain. We have had great talk during the week.

:07:23. > :07:26.Bernie Ecclestone is in talks with people from the Olympic Commission

:07:26. > :07:33.in London and it's possible we may have a European race, in addition

:07:33. > :07:37.to Silverstone, in London. It could be unbelievable. Who knows what

:07:38. > :07:41.will happen. But then we know New York will happen. All sorts of

:07:41. > :07:50.intriguing opportunities. A race around the Olympic Park sound

:07:50. > :07:56.special! Talk about something less exciting, the fact that spark may

:07:56. > :08:00.be missing from the calendar. the nature of Formula One, it has

:08:00. > :08:05.moved into new territories and it puts pressure on the traditional

:08:05. > :08:11.European Grand Prix. Spark is a favourite, but financial restraints

:08:11. > :08:14.make it difficult. Let's give some credit to Bernie Ecclestone because

:08:15. > :08:19.his vision to go into the East, particularly in this moment of

:08:19. > :08:23.crisis in Europe, who knows, motor- racing is stronger because of his

:08:23. > :08:28.guile and making sure we are in the proper place. Giving credit to

:08:28. > :08:32.Bernie for a change! Lewis Hamilton won last time out, a fantastic win

:08:32. > :08:42.from him. We've seen it from his perspective, but what did David

:08:42. > :08:45.

:08:45. > :08:48.Coulthard and Ben Edwards make of start from the Red Bull. Sebastian

:08:48. > :08:58.Vettel surges into the lead. Hamilton is in second, Alonso in

:08:58. > :09:04.third. Massa has spun on the exit of turn one. Raikkonen on Button

:09:04. > :09:12.empty makes the move. Jenson Button on the heart of the two tyres, he

:09:12. > :09:22.has decided to bail on those. Hamilton is going past on the DRS!

:09:22. > :09:24.

:09:24. > :09:34.He read takes the lead from Alonso. Corsham, Corsham. -- Corish and.

:09:34. > :09:36.

:09:36. > :09:42.Michael will have to retire. There's a problem! Away he goes.

:09:42. > :09:49.Perez just sweeps past Felipe Massa and up into fifth place. Hamilton

:09:49. > :09:53.is back in front and takes the lead. This is the story of, if you try

:09:53. > :10:02.and keep tyres that are well past it, you have nothing left to fight

:10:02. > :10:12.with. Here comes Romain Grosjean. The Lotus is now aiming at a

:10:12. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:21.second-place finish. Perez, an easy pass with DRS. Lewis Hamilton

:10:21. > :10:25.becomes the 7th different winner of 2012! Grosjean finishes in second

:10:26. > :10:30.2012! Grosjean finishes in second place. Perez his third. Lewis

:10:30. > :10:40.Hamilton was masterful today. Masterful indeed and that win for

:10:40. > :10:43.

:10:43. > :10:47.McLaren edges them closer to Red Taking a look at this, Vettel's

:10:47. > :10:55.lead was 60 points when we came here last year. Now 60 points

:10:55. > :10:59.between the top 10. It is. Is this a dream or not? It is not a dream.

:10:59. > :11:05.It is so close, any one of those top 10 could forge forward and win

:11:05. > :11:13.the championship, but it does look like the top three are looking like

:11:13. > :11:18.pulling away. Do you agree with that, David? You can start dropping

:11:18. > :11:21.down to the likes of Rosberg and Raikkonen, there's a gap emerging.

:11:21. > :11:27.There is, but Rosberg is within one victory of leading this

:11:28. > :11:31.championship. It is not against what we expect during a normal

:11:31. > :11:35.what we expect during a normal season. You would expect maybe one

:11:35. > :11:39.mechanical failure. You definitely expect one incident, a driver to

:11:39. > :11:42.get involved in something or drop the car in changing conditions. I

:11:42. > :11:47.don't see that anyone is clearly moving ahead in the championship at

:11:48. > :11:50.this stage. There's work going on on Mark Webber's car at the moment.

:11:50. > :11:57.Only four laps in the final practice session because of an

:11:57. > :12:01.issue with his brakes. He has raced here a lot and he has had a bird's-

:12:01. > :12:06.eye view of this circuit when he had the airborne moment with Heikki

:12:06. > :12:08.Kovalainen a couple of years ago. It will affect his tyres. He is

:12:08. > :12:14.under pressure to run the faster tyres in qualifying because he

:12:14. > :12:20.can't afford to get his eye in and then just sit there. I would expect

:12:20. > :12:26.him to go out there on the primes straight away and then go to the

:12:26. > :12:30.option tyres. We will discuss Mark Webber's future in a bit, we will

:12:30. > :12:34.also talk about some of the young drivers, and we will see David

:12:34. > :12:44.Coulthard going back to his roots, but first Lee McKenzie with all the

:12:44. > :12:44.

:12:44. > :12:49.The Formula One roller-coasters or Lewis Hamilton becoming the 7th

:12:49. > :12:52.different winner from as many races and if the championship looks

:12:52. > :12:56.increasingly like a fairground, the driver contract merry-go-round has

:12:56. > :13:01.also started turning. Sebastian Vettel has been linked with Ferrari

:13:01. > :13:06.and Lewis Hamilton with most of the top teams. I'm happy, I'm proud to

:13:06. > :13:12.still be a part of his team and to have the success we have, working

:13:12. > :13:17.with the guys I'm with. Just excited about the next step. That

:13:17. > :13:21.can come in time. Things will fall into place when the need to.

:13:21. > :13:25.thing is for sure, Fernando Alonso is sticking with Ferrari and after

:13:25. > :13:29.finishing second in Barcelona, he is looking to go one better at his

:13:29. > :13:34.second home race of the season. Racing at home is always special.

:13:34. > :13:37.In Valencia it is not only the race, it is also the team around the

:13:37. > :13:42.Grand Prix with music concert that night and go-kart circuits for the

:13:42. > :13:47.fans. In general the weekend is quite special and attractive for

:13:47. > :13:52.the fans. Jenson Button has had a torrid time lately, finishing 16th

:13:52. > :13:56.in the last two races and has scored only two points in the last

:13:56. > :14:02.four Grand Prix. Every race, 18 cars on the grid fighting for

:14:02. > :14:06.victory. It is no different for me. I come here hoping we have sorted

:14:06. > :14:10.out the issues and we can go racing and make the best of what we have

:14:10. > :14:14.over three days. Whilst Valencia might not be a favourite track for

:14:14. > :14:18.the armchair spectators, it does split the opinions of the drivers.

:14:18. > :14:22.Some love it here and others are not so sure. It is not in the top

:14:22. > :14:27.five of tracks in the world, that's for sure. It is pretty repetitive,

:14:27. > :14:32.a lot of low-speed corners, which is not extremely satisfying for the

:14:32. > :14:36.car. The cars are pretty choked around here. You can't pick and

:14:36. > :14:41.choose your golf course, you have to be good everywhere. The

:14:41. > :14:45.challenge we have this weekend is that. The highlight of coming to

:14:45. > :14:50.Valencia for Kobayashi is not only the on-track action, but also the

:14:50. > :14:56.orange juice. Valencia orange juice is very famous. I'm always excited

:14:56. > :14:59.to come here for the orange juice. This morning I woke up at 8am and I

:14:59. > :15:03.went downstairs to get breakfast, but the first thing I get his

:15:03. > :15:13.orange juice. If you get on the podium this weekend, you will want

:15:13. > :15:16.

:15:16. > :15:24.to spray orange juice at night that That is a good idea! He is so

:15:24. > :15:30.quirky, I love him. All the money spent on cars, all that effort and

:15:30. > :15:35.they end up putting take on the driver's seat! They have to be able

:15:35. > :15:42.to remove the whole drum to make changes. It is just the most

:15:42. > :15:48.efficient system. It is able to withstand the heat and any Robing

:15:48. > :15:58.from the inside of the wheel. You can see the hand-built nature of

:15:58. > :15:58.

:15:59. > :16:03.Formula 1 car! A mention of Mark Webber and Ferrari, interestingly,

:16:04. > :16:09.they chose to put up the story about Sebastian Vettel on their own

:16:09. > :16:15.website. It is part of the game of Formula 1. Teams will

:16:15. > :16:21.systematically inquire about other drivers even if they do not have a

:16:21. > :16:26.particular interest in them, perhaps to destabilise that driver

:16:26. > :16:31.by making them the big offer even if they have no intention of

:16:31. > :16:37.actually honouring that. It is a distraction from their main job.

:16:37. > :16:41.All the top teams will be doing exactly the same. Mark will be

:16:41. > :16:50.hoping he does not end up upside down on this circuit as he did two

:16:50. > :16:55.years ago. He would certainly love to stay at Red Bull another year?

:16:55. > :17:01.It is testament to how strong these cars are. He was able to walk away

:17:01. > :17:07.from that. But you have to imagine that the safe place for him to be

:17:07. > :17:15.is in her Red Bull car. He knows the team, he is in a good situation

:17:15. > :17:21.and to go somewhere new at his stage in his career, it is a risk.

:17:21. > :17:27.He is in the twilight of his career in many ways. The older drivers

:17:27. > :17:37.have been warned, there are many young bloods coming up eager to

:17:37. > :17:54.

:17:54. > :18:02.Grosjean finishes in second place! Tell us about that race? It was

:18:02. > :18:09.just amazing. It was crazy, it was a difficult start but then the

:18:09. > :18:15.sunshine came out and we had a good strategy. The race was crazy and

:18:15. > :18:24.then suddenly we saw that our strategy was a good one. And we got

:18:24. > :18:30.second place on the podium which is my best result so far.

:18:30. > :18:39.It is Pleistocene Europe and all these young people starting to show

:18:39. > :18:47.what they can deal. We want to race and we are in

:18:47. > :18:57.Formula 1. It is a long career and a lot of effort. It is just great

:18:57. > :19:00.

:19:00. > :19:07.to be part of this. The you look round and think, we

:19:07. > :19:11.are the future of Formula 1? It is difficult to say that. I'm just

:19:11. > :19:15.concentrating on doing the best that I cannot and enjoying it.

:19:15. > :19:21.Trying to get the best result for the team. We have a common goal

:19:21. > :19:31.which is to become world champion one day. We have a common objective.

:19:31. > :19:33.

:19:33. > :19:38.Would you be on happy not to get a win this year? Definitely. We need

:19:38. > :19:48.to get ever think we perfect to win a race. But I think it is possible,

:19:48. > :19:48.

:19:49. > :19:54.it could happen. We have consistency at the front.

:19:54. > :20:02.We were on the podium in Barcelona, in Canada. We just need to find

:20:02. > :20:12.that extra bit to get a win. We need to just keep going in the

:20:12. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:25.same way and get some extra podiums. Well here I am, of and I will ask

:20:26. > :20:34.the same question. Do you think you have joined the big boys? I think

:20:34. > :20:40.we have. We know we have to keep the development stage going on and

:20:40. > :20:48.manage to stay through the season. 25 years ago, Lotus last won a

:20:48. > :20:55.Grand Prix. Can you do it again? do not know, we expect we can do it.

:20:56. > :21:02.We have never been so close to doing it. It is our turn. What has

:21:02. > :21:07.made a difference? The differences are tight this year, you just need

:21:07. > :21:13.to be competitive in any session and not miss any opportunities to

:21:13. > :21:20.make sure you can qualify it well and race well. Everyone is talking

:21:20. > :21:26.about Sergio Perez. And we saw on the website at Ferrari that he is

:21:26. > :21:31.too wild. Can you hang on to him next year? We have announced in for

:21:31. > :21:36.this year and we always announce the drivers just for one year,

:21:36. > :21:41.we're not going to change that. he is one you would like to keep?

:21:41. > :21:51.We will see. I'm going to make an apology because at the start of the

:21:51. > :21:54.

:21:54. > :22:00.season I did Romain Grosjean was good enough to be in Formula 1, but

:22:00. > :22:07.he has been doing a remarkable job. I would love him to continue to win

:22:07. > :22:12.and I'm definitely sure that he can do it. In the first five or six

:22:12. > :22:20.races of the season and in Canada, I definitely saw that he is ready

:22:20. > :22:27.to win. Let's get the thoughts of the only

:22:27. > :22:35.man to have driven a Formula 1 car who can give us an idea of Grosjean

:22:35. > :22:43.is. Did we judge him to have quickly first time around? I think

:22:43. > :22:50.so. It is a lot to ask. We have seen even more experienced drivers

:22:50. > :22:54.struggled to adapt to a different team. He came back into Formula 1

:22:54. > :23:00.and no one would say that he has not shown great speed. He needs to

:23:00. > :23:06.be a little more consistent and the next logical step would be to win a

:23:06. > :23:16.Grand Prix. Consistency is the key. When he does race, he does a great

:23:16. > :23:19.

:23:19. > :23:29.to job. Here he is at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix. This was

:23:29. > :23:34.

:23:35. > :23:38.without DRS on the back straight. You do not see too many of those.

:23:38. > :23:44.How hard is it to marry up the speed with the consistency? Because

:23:44. > :23:49.to be fast enough to you have to be on the edge. You do indeed. And I

:23:49. > :23:59.spoke with Gary Anderson earlier and she summed up the difference

:23:59. > :24:02.

:24:02. > :24:06.between the drivers. Kimi Raikkonen uses his experience Grosjean just

:24:06. > :24:13.wants to be quick around every corner. He needs to even that up.

:24:13. > :24:18.He has the speed to be one of the graves in Formula 1. All of the

:24:18. > :24:28.parts of his car being put together behind as as weak year up for

:24:28. > :24:31.

:24:31. > :24:35.qualifying which is less than -- we gear up. It is all about learning

:24:35. > :24:39.when you're young and you're learning. And I'm usually the one

:24:39. > :24:46.that asks the questions. But David Coulthard has got a question for

:24:46. > :24:54.you. Here is a question, what does Nigel

:24:54. > :25:04.Mansell, Ayrton Senna, of Damon Hill, what do they all have in

:25:04. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:14.common? I note what you're thinking, one of them was too good-looking to

:25:14. > :25:19.be a racing car driver, but the answer is they all started in

:25:19. > :25:29.Formula Ford. It was the first time I actually drove something that was

:25:29. > :25:31.

:25:31. > :25:36.big and heavy. It is a grace -- a great place to learn race grafting.

:25:36. > :25:43.You learn a lot of techniques. Driving in the wet and things like

:25:43. > :25:48.that. It was cut-and-thrust, as close as you'll ever get in a

:25:48. > :25:52.racing car or denying all your abilities. If you look at my

:25:52. > :25:59.generation seven or eight of us came out of there and went to

:25:59. > :26:07.Formula 1. It is not just a case of getting in and driving fast.

:26:07. > :26:11.Formula 1 are looking for the driver that is the most complete.

:26:11. > :26:20.It is incredible how much motorsport has moved on since I

:26:20. > :26:30.started. Now they're getting the full briefing on how to interact

:26:30. > :26:31.

:26:31. > :26:38.with the team, how to deal with engineers, the media.

:26:39. > :26:44.Race craft is the area where it you really learn about it. We have got

:26:45. > :26:53.driver coaches here who help us with that side of it. I do not

:26:53. > :26:58.think you get that in any kind of car racing. It is important, it you

:26:59. > :27:03.want those guys out there to work as hard for you as they possibly

:27:03. > :27:09.can. I love this line, are you working harder than your

:27:09. > :27:12.competitors? It is a great endorsement of how important it is

:27:12. > :27:17.to serve your time in the lower quarters were stuck you definitely

:27:17. > :27:23.have to go through the stepping stones, to learn the mechanics of

:27:23. > :27:28.the car and how to work with people. I have been through at least five

:27:28. > :27:32.workshops and they always help you. The standards now are just getting

:27:32. > :27:35.higher and the guys need to be educated. How do they look after

:27:35. > :27:44.themselves? How do they push themselves and get the most out of

:27:44. > :27:49.the car and the team around them? It is where you start and there is

:27:49. > :27:57.no one out there today who will not gain something. Then it was time to

:27:57. > :28:04.put on the helmet and roll back the years.

:28:04. > :28:14.It is a little bit heavier, more power. It is a lot quicker than I

:28:14. > :28:14.

:28:14. > :28:20.remember. That is fantastic! The raw teaching that you get for the

:28:20. > :28:27.young drivers is still there. Formula Ford, a fantastic proving

:28:27. > :28:35.ground. A brilliant day for me. I feel like a young man a Kent! Does

:28:35. > :28:43.that mean I can date young girl's?! It has not stopped you in the past

:28:43. > :28:47.20 years! Good memories can smack it felt like home. I do some racing

:28:48. > :28:52.in a touring car or right now and it always feels quite alien. But a

:28:52. > :28:57.Formula Ford, of course the technology has improved, but it is

:28:57. > :29:06.still the ultimate proving ground for young drivers. And how is the

:29:06. > :29:15.dating going? Yes, well.... Let us move on and talk about some news

:29:15. > :29:20.that has been unfolding. News about Timo Glock? He will not take part

:29:20. > :29:25.in the qualifying session today. He has been suffering with the stomach

:29:25. > :29:29.bug. He only managed to do is seven laps since Monday morning and it

:29:29. > :29:35.has gradually been getting worse. I saw him at breakfast and tea did

:29:35. > :29:39.not look very well. He tried to do some lapse in practice but it is

:29:39. > :29:44.all too much and he will not take part in qualifying. The team says

:29:44. > :29:49.no decision has been reached regarding the race tomorrow. There

:29:49. > :29:59.is a board that he might get some dispensation, he is an experienced

:29:59. > :30:03.

:30:03. > :30:08.Would you see them allowing him to raise even if he can't qualify?

:30:08. > :30:13.What is important, and I think Lee is perfect, he's an experienced

:30:13. > :30:17.driver, he will not do something silly. He knows his way around here,

:30:17. > :30:23.he has done hugely competitive laps. He also knows what it is like to be

:30:23. > :30:29.on the podium. He is a top driver. I would give him dispensation.

:30:30. > :30:32.is quite straightforward. It is no different from if your car stalls

:30:32. > :30:37.immediately in the pit lane. There's no question, he will take

:30:37. > :30:40.part if he is fit enough. Regarding racing when you are not well, we

:30:40. > :30:45.remember the famous radio commentary of Mark Webber trying to

:30:45. > :30:53.talk to his team whilst being sick whilst racing in Japan. In this

:30:53. > :30:58.heat, you can understand why he might not. I can and I can't. To my

:30:58. > :31:02.mind, real fighters will be out in any conditions. I remember Heinz

:31:02. > :31:06.Harald Frentzen was physically ill in a Jordan but managed to do the

:31:06. > :31:11.Grand Prix. Unless you have something affecting your vision,

:31:11. > :31:17.you get out there and tried. you race when Gail? Of course. I

:31:17. > :31:24.was not fit for every of my 240 races. You see drivers having to be

:31:24. > :31:29.lifted out of the car. I don't know the condition Timo Glock is in, but

:31:29. > :31:33.it is unusual to see a driver not racing because of a tummy bug.

:31:34. > :31:38.team are taking medical advice. At the moment, Timo Glock is not

:31:38. > :31:43.involved in qualifying today. Hopefully he will be well enough

:31:43. > :31:53.tomorrow. We saw David in his Formula Ford car. This car behind

:31:53. > :31:57.

:31:57. > :32:03.us, Jean-Eric Vergne. He has never tested a Formula One car. David, in

:32:03. > :32:08.the peace, regarding Formula Ford, that is where the young drivers

:32:08. > :32:12.start. It starts a karting, Formula Ford, Formula Three, and if you are

:32:12. > :32:15.really good enough, you go straight to Formula One. That was the

:32:15. > :32:19.sequence. You get as much experience as you can at junior

:32:19. > :32:24.level and you never lose it. Once you are able to ride a bike, you

:32:25. > :32:29.can ride a bike forever, and these guys can do that. They say and an

:32:29. > :32:34.Ricciardo are good enough to go into the Red Bull. -- Laverne and

:32:34. > :32:38.Ricciardo. Is that now of a barometer? I think so. They are

:32:38. > :32:43.both potential world champions, but because there's no can tuck in the

:32:43. > :32:46.performance, no one is standing out as a clear leader of the team. They

:32:46. > :32:50.might be a victim of their own success in many respects. It is

:32:50. > :32:54.tricky when you come in to have made great team, you have to do

:32:54. > :32:57.something remarkable. Some people to take notice. You can't say they

:32:57. > :33:02.are not experienced enough because they have been part of the Red Bull

:33:02. > :33:05.system for several years. Being part of the Toro Rosso or the Red

:33:05. > :33:08.Bull system, there's no guarantee you will have a seat next season.

:33:08. > :33:14.We were all shocked with the way drivers were dispensed with last

:33:14. > :33:18.season. That is the way they want to operate. I thought you would say

:33:18. > :33:24.it we were shocked with the way David Coulthard was dispensed with.

:33:24. > :33:29.That was a natural progression. He lived his life. We are glad to have

:33:29. > :33:32.him. David is lower number driving in Formula One, but it is a sport

:33:32. > :33:37.that continues to move forward. When Gary Andersson was driving --

:33:37. > :33:41.designing cars, you did things quicker than now. After a bit of

:33:41. > :33:44.criticism of McLaren in the last race, he was invited to pop down

:33:44. > :33:54.and see for himself what has changed in Formula One in the past

:33:54. > :34:00.

:34:00. > :34:06.1991, 2011, two completely different concepts. 20 years of

:34:06. > :34:11.development. A new gearbox. As opposed to a carbon composite

:34:11. > :34:16.gearbox of 30 kilos. In Montreal, Jenson Button had oil in the

:34:17. > :34:21.gearbox and I was a bit critical. Three hours and 45 minutes since

:34:21. > :34:24.you started working on that car. I found it ridiculous that it has

:34:24. > :34:30.taken that amount of time. It is something that should be done in 30

:34:30. > :34:35.minutes. Do you think that is correct, does it take too long?

:34:35. > :34:40.is the way development has gone now. Everything is so tightly packaged.

:34:40. > :34:44.This is not really a gearbox any more, it is a chassis career. One

:34:44. > :34:48.of the visuals things you see is the link. This gearbox does not

:34:48. > :34:52.have any safety impact structured on it, whereas this one has a large

:34:52. > :34:57.impact structure with the gearbox starting here and going to the back.

:34:57. > :35:01.That is because of safety. This is a complete crushed stone to enable

:35:01. > :35:08.the driver to go into an all -- into a walk backwards and not hurt

:35:08. > :35:12.himself. The gearbox changed times are over an hour now and I do

:35:12. > :35:17.remember them being fed five minutes when I started in Formula

:35:17. > :35:22.One. We have to make sure things don't go wrong. That oil leak in

:35:22. > :35:27.Montreal should never have happened. A massive number of centres, there

:35:27. > :35:32.were only two sensors, this one has almost 30. For a whole car has a

:35:32. > :35:36.lot of sensors. Has this made the driver a little bit more redundant

:35:36. > :35:40.from the James Hunt days? Definitely. It means the driver

:35:40. > :35:47.can't make up stories. They don't do it on purpose, but the driver

:35:47. > :35:55.tries to interpret what is going on around him. Hamilton and Button's

:35:55. > :35:58.mentality is to use data. I can't control it. They won't even try to

:35:58. > :36:03.go down because they know it is all backed up by 25 engineers looking

:36:03. > :36:07.at every single thing. Formula One still has a responsibility to make

:36:07. > :36:13.sure it is a driver's sport. The driver has to remain a big part of

:36:13. > :36:19.that. In 20 years' time we will ask you about that. I will be saying

:36:19. > :36:23.that to some young guy. Thank you. All the best. Time never stands

:36:23. > :36:26.still in Formula One and the same applies right now. 15 minutes to go

:36:26. > :36:32.until the start of qualifying as we emerge from the back of the old

:36:32. > :36:35.fish market. These days fighting of the points in Formula One.

:36:35. > :36:40.Interesting to hear Sam and Gary chatting about the way cars have

:36:40. > :36:47.changed. Are you sad to see there's no longer an onus as much on the

:36:47. > :36:54.driver's skill? I'm one of the older guys. Sam and Gary and I

:36:54. > :36:58.worked for -- worked together for a long time. They are missing it, too.

:36:58. > :37:01.We just wanted to see the drivers do more things. I was against

:37:01. > :37:09.paddle shift some stuff, but modern cars have that now. We have to move

:37:09. > :37:13.with technology. You can't hold back the tide of technology it. We

:37:13. > :37:20.except technology, we use it and it makes life easier. It is the same

:37:20. > :37:24.with racing cars. I think they are very busy -- behind the wheel. KERS,

:37:24. > :37:29.DRS, brake balance, engine loads. There's a lot going on we don't get

:37:29. > :37:34.when we are watching. I don't think you'll find many drivers saying

:37:34. > :37:37.they are not fully engaged. They call them the computer game

:37:37. > :37:43.generation and he can use one of these already. That is the kind of

:37:43. > :37:51.skill you need behind the wheel. It is more knowing about the buttons.

:37:51. > :37:54.Fingers control of the thing. everything. What we were talking

:37:54. > :37:59.about, gone are the days when you would see Mansell getting out of

:37:59. > :38:05.the car, the same with Senna, dehydration and exhaustion. We

:38:05. > :38:09.don't see that. Easier to drive. They are physically easier because

:38:09. > :38:13.they are running six or seven seconds off the pace of qualifying.

:38:13. > :38:19.If you look back, we had no Oumou refuelling, there was only one or

:38:19. > :38:23.two seconds between qualifying pace and race pace. It is physically

:38:23. > :38:27.chaff -- tough for the drivers and it is well over 25 degrees here.

:38:27. > :38:33.Let's head back to the pit lane because Gary is there taking a look

:38:33. > :38:37.at how the cars have changed for this weekend.

:38:37. > :38:40.At Red Bull, they have come here with a raft of parts. This year's

:38:40. > :38:45.championship will be won by the team with the best development

:38:45. > :38:52.programme. Red Bull have done a few subtle changes. These turning

:38:52. > :38:57.beans... This area gives you a lift. These help that airflow and reduce

:38:57. > :39:04.the lift. It reduces the negative. In the could bottle area, much more

:39:04. > :39:10.elaborate. The air flow comes in on top of the floor, but on the right

:39:10. > :39:14.hand side, they've gotta ducked. The air flow goes into the duct and

:39:14. > :39:18.comes out into the diffuser area. The airflow over the top is the

:39:18. > :39:28.same, but the air is redirected into a double panel and detects its

:39:28. > :39:28.

:39:28. > :39:32.Red Bull fighting for victories in the last few races. This is our

:39:32. > :39:37.view for the afternoon. What is that you like from the commentary

:39:37. > :39:41.box? We have a great view from the box. We overlook the main

:39:41. > :39:47.contenders for the world championship. It is so tight and

:39:47. > :39:52.you said earlier you think... think Vettel. Keep your eyes on

:39:52. > :39:56.Sebastian Vettel. What about Felipe Massa? He is the only man to have

:39:57. > :40:06.won on this track apart from Vettel. He was racing with David and we

:40:07. > :40:09.

:40:09. > :40:18.thought it was time they shared a Down the top or off the bottom?

:40:18. > :40:25.go up. Go down? How does that look? Looks good? I'm tied for time so

:40:25. > :40:29.let's go. You won the inaugural winner here in 2008. It was a great

:40:29. > :40:34.car, a great race, everything worked perfectly. That is what I

:40:34. > :40:40.need now. Really struggling now, Massa. Bruno Senna and Massa

:40:40. > :40:46.tangling. The first day I drove the car I was not very happy. It was

:40:46. > :40:52.different to what I expected. And then I drove the day after, he also

:40:52. > :40:55.came in the same direction as me. It is looking more promising now as

:40:55. > :41:05.we get towards the middle part of the season. We are improving the

:41:05. > :41:08.car now. From now to the end, I expect things will be different.

:41:08. > :41:13.expect things will be different. This corner is more related to the

:41:14. > :41:18.start. The normal laps, you don't see much overtaking here because

:41:18. > :41:24.the Street is not very long, but at the start, it is very important

:41:24. > :41:31.because you can gain a few positions. Turn two is coming

:41:31. > :41:36.immediately and I can't remember, is it flat? It is flat. New tyres,

:41:36. > :41:42.qualifying, it is flat. And then the race is another story when you

:41:42. > :41:51.have 150 kilos. Everything changes in the race. At the beginning you

:41:51. > :41:56.are six or seven seconds slower. have stopped at what is the only

:41:56. > :42:03.swing bridge in Formula One and you can see, literally... That is a

:42:03. > :42:09.six-inch gap. It doesn't look like a racetrack! Very unusual. Can you

:42:09. > :42:15.feel the bump? Yes. This is the longest section on the track, but

:42:15. > :42:25.it is not straight. You have a little kink. And then you get to

:42:25. > :42:27.

:42:27. > :42:37.the straight. It is the longest straight. This is twentysomething...

:42:37. > :42:42.I think there are 29 corners. 18 or 19? No, more. 22? We will ask

:42:42. > :42:52.Michael. Do you know which corner No. This is? We are trying to work

:42:52. > :43:01.

:43:01. > :43:08.out the corner number. I think it Thanks very much. What did he say?

:43:08. > :43:15.19 and 20? 19... I am always get, I always think he will try to hit me.

:43:15. > :43:21.He is going to have it out with David Coulthard! It is not 29

:43:21. > :43:27.corners. I think I got confused. Here we are in the heart of 19 and

:43:27. > :43:33.20. Officially verified by your former team mate. It is flat out.

:43:33. > :43:39.You have very slow corners. What stands out on this track as being a

:43:39. > :43:44.great corner? The bridge! At least you didn't say the exit from the

:43:44. > :43:49.circuit when you go to the airport. We thank you for your time. 2000

:43:49. > :43:59.and a winner here. We wish you all the best this weekend. If I win

:43:59. > :44:05.

:44:05. > :44:11.Thanks to Michael for the man lesson. Felipe Massa has improved

:44:11. > :44:15.in the last few races but is a winter much to ask? As much as he

:44:15. > :44:23.as improved, he is not have the level of those guys that we talked

:44:23. > :44:30.about. Just to make it totally clear, it is 25 corners and the

:44:31. > :44:40.drivers do it in around 100 seconds. Time to find out how things will

:44:41. > :44:53.

:44:53. > :44:58.determine the outcome of qualifying here in Valencia. As the sun beats

:44:58. > :45:07.down temperatures are rising and not only on the track. The driver's

:45:07. > :45:17.return to Spain for the second time this season. Pastor Maldonado took

:45:17. > :45:17.

:45:17. > :45:21.his first pole position some weeks ago in Catalonia. This track has a

:45:21. > :45:28.lining of concrete walls that look identical in different parts of the

:45:28. > :45:35.circuit. Qualifying honours in the past have gone to Ferrari, McLaren

:45:35. > :45:40.and Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel is looking for a hat trick of poll

:45:40. > :45:46.positions around this circuit and to take his 33rd career pole to

:45:46. > :45:49.bring him a joint third in the all- time list. That is the beach right

:45:49. > :45:58.next to the circuit, around the marina. And the temperature now on

:45:58. > :46:06.the track is up to 43 degrees and climbing. Therefore casting even

:46:06. > :46:12.warmer temperatures at the weekend. And how that changes the

:46:12. > :46:16.performance of the teams, that will only unfold as we go through the

:46:16. > :46:22.three qualifying sessions that we are now looking forward to here.

:46:22. > :46:31.Fastest this morning, Jensen Button set the pace in practice. But

:46:31. > :46:35.Sebastian Vettel got the fastest sector of times. So he does look to

:46:35. > :46:43.be one of the favourites to take pole position here today. But there

:46:43. > :46:47.will be some competition. Button, Kimi Raikkonen, they are fast. And

:46:47. > :46:54.the Force India looking competitive as well. The teams now have just

:46:54. > :46:58.moments away from the first qualifying session. David, you

:46:58. > :47:06.think that Sebastian will be the one to beat, but we could be in for

:47:06. > :47:09.some surprises. Pastor Maldonado was in pole position in Barcelona.

:47:09. > :47:15.Williams and Force India, a couple of teams could surprise the front

:47:15. > :47:23.runners today. Indeed. And Sebastien fettled could beat the

:47:23. > :47:33.one for pole. He was quickest in a Friday session for the first time

:47:33. > :47:36.

:47:36. > :47:43.this year. He was fastest of all in the first couple of sectors. So I

:47:43. > :47:50.just think he has the pace in hand if he can deliver the lap. Fernando

:47:50. > :47:56.Alonso on home turf for the second time this year. There is great

:47:56. > :48:00.support for him. Anti will try to do the best for his fans. He has

:48:00. > :48:07.not won at this circuit in the past and has not yet qualified in the

:48:07. > :48:17.front row. McLaren have had a poll position here in the past, that was

:48:17. > :48:23.

:48:23. > :48:33.Lewis Hamilton. But race victory actually went to Rubens Barrichello.

:48:33. > :48:37.

:48:37. > :48:41.RADIA Cologne front wing down half race engineer. The conversations

:48:41. > :48:46.required for the change in temperature. Our technical man is

:48:46. > :48:56.down in the pits. That was an interesting call, a front wing

:48:56. > :48:56.

:48:56. > :49:00.change. You actually lose a little bit of downforce, the majority of

:49:00. > :49:05.which is on the rear of the car. You lose a little bit of that

:49:05. > :49:11.because the track temperature is working against you. So you take a

:49:11. > :49:21.little bit of the front to balance the car. Well we have the soft and

:49:21. > :49:23.

:49:23. > :49:28.the medium tyres here this weekend. But weather conditions are

:49:28. > :49:33.absolutely stunning. With the soft target you get a faster lap time in

:49:33. > :49:36.qualifying but we will see some of the top teams trying to stay on the

:49:36. > :49:41.medium fires in this first part of qualifying because they want to

:49:41. > :49:45.save the soft tyres for the last part of qualifying and that

:49:45. > :49:50.ultimate battle. Where's the midfield and the slower teams will

:49:50. > :49:59.Prom Belleek have to use the softer compounds to do the best they can

:49:59. > :50:09.in this first qualifying sector. -- probably have to use.

:50:09. > :50:17.

:50:17. > :50:22.All through Friday practice we saw some crazies beans. Lewis Hamilton

:50:22. > :50:32.looking a bit frustrated with the balance of his car. It is more or

:50:32. > :50:43.

:50:43. > :50:53.rally style than we had in Canada. Radio communications there saying

:50:53. > :50:57.

:50:57. > :51:07.that they have a similar winter. Pastor Maldonado is 5 - 2 against

:51:07. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:18.Bruno Senna in terms of competition with his team-mate.

:51:18. > :51:24.Daniel Ricciardo out there currently. Problems this morning,

:51:24. > :51:32.and some braking issues with Mark Webber was my car. They have to

:51:32. > :51:38.give up on a session in the morning, he only completed four laps. But

:51:38. > :51:42.the saving grace is that the track conditions are different now and

:51:42. > :51:49.Mark Webber has experience of this track. He might be forced into

:51:49. > :51:56.running a couple of sets of tyres. I would not be surprised to see him

:51:56. > :52:04.taking to the track soon. Nico Rosberg heading out. And Mark

:52:04. > :52:10.Webber will be out on track in the next few minutes. Daniel Ricciardo

:52:10. > :52:18.is on the harder of the compound tyres. He had a brilliant

:52:18. > :52:26.qualifying performance at the last event where this compound choice

:52:26. > :52:32.was the same. It was a stunning effort of from the young Australian.

:52:32. > :52:42.He started this season extremely impressively in Australia. Since

:52:42. > :52:43.

:52:43. > :52:48.then he has not had quite the same level of success. Toro Rosso just

:52:48. > :52:56.seemed to be slipping back down that midfield in the last couple of

:52:56. > :53:03.events. Daniel Ricciardo coming through the fastest and most of

:53:03. > :53:09.flowing part of this track. A tricky braking area coming into

:53:09. > :53:18.this last bend. They often we can see the cars blocking up and the

:53:18. > :53:23.reason is they arrived there at just over 190 mph. And you have a

:53:23. > :53:32.different kind of feeling in the card burnt you would normally have

:53:32. > :53:37.because of the braking. -- than you would normally have.

:53:37. > :53:47.Pastor Maldonado locking up and that will mean he has to use the

:53:47. > :53:56.rest of the lap for a trap -- track positioning.

:53:56. > :54:02.Sergio Perez also struggling. We are seeing so much blogging with

:54:02. > :54:08.the cars in 20 trough. Fernando Alonso their sliding around a

:54:08. > :54:13.little. Gary, it just to bring you in, in the area part of the session

:54:13. > :54:23.we see everyone going out on the harder tyres. That is what you

:54:23. > :54:28.

:54:28. > :54:34.would expect. The softer tyres seem to be around half a second faster.

:54:34. > :54:43.It is not going to be easy on the harder tyres to get into the top

:54:43. > :54:48.rankings. I'm not sure they will make it on the harder tyres. We

:54:48. > :54:55.will see at the end of the session will start Fernando Alonso

:54:55. > :55:01.certainly got a bit sideways. Kobayashi moves out of the way as

:55:01. > :55:08.Nico Rosberg comes past in the Mercedes. Felipe Massa is the

:55:08. > :55:15.fastest. On board with Sergio Perez, one of

:55:15. > :55:25.the stars are from Canada. Despite starting back in 15th position on

:55:25. > :55:30.

:55:30. > :55:40.the grid. He qualified in 5th place on the

:55:40. > :55:50.

:55:50. > :56:00.grid back in Catalonia but he was tricky last corner. Felipe Massa

:56:00. > :56:08.

:56:08. > :56:12.still setting the pace in the early stages of qualifying. We will lose

:56:12. > :56:16.six or seven cars from this but we have already lost Timo Glock was

:56:16. > :56:26.not taking part in this session. He is not feeling well enough to

:56:26. > :56:29.

:56:29. > :56:39.compete. So we will lose six cars that are active out on circuit.

:56:39. > :56:47.Grosjean was very quick this morning. We go on board with

:56:47. > :56:55.Michael Schumacher at. And this vast section at the end of the lap.

:56:55. > :57:01.They have the wall. A bit of oversteer on exit of which we saw

:57:01. > :57:11.from Michael this morning. It seems to be the nature of his car, but

:57:11. > :57:18.

:57:19. > :57:23.that puts him fastest at this stage. Kobayashi going quickly here. He

:57:23. > :57:33.had the fastest first sector of anyone and in fact he has been

:57:33. > :57:35.

:57:35. > :57:41.going well all weekend. Fastest of anyone in the first sector and good

:57:41. > :57:44.times in the second sector as well. But it is the lower order it that

:57:44. > :57:49.really matters in his first and second parts of qualifying because

:57:49. > :57:56.you have got to qualify through to the next stage and only 17 will do

:57:56. > :58:02.that. Paul di Resta, a Force India have been looking good here and

:58:02. > :58:12.they have a good record. Paul di Resta is the 5th fastest at the

:58:12. > :58:13.

:58:13. > :58:20.moment. He was going well this morning. Jean-Eric Vergne, let us

:58:20. > :58:27.have a look at what he is up to have.

:58:27. > :58:34.There is a tail wind, a little more wind speed today then yesterday and

:58:34. > :58:44.it is catching the drivers out. Pastor Maldonado is doing another

:58:44. > :58:44.

:58:44. > :58:54.run on the harder compound tyres. I think he will have to come back out.

:58:54. > :58:56.

:58:56. > :59:06.Let us ride with Lewis Hamilton. That unusual growl from the

:59:06. > :59:11.

:59:11. > :59:19.Mercedes engine. A reasonable first section from Lewis Hamilton. It

:59:19. > :59:29.should be enough if he just keeps it together. Sounding more like a

:59:29. > :59:29.

:59:29. > :59:37.motorbike! Leaning on that front tyre. He is well under the mark for

:59:37. > :59:47.getting 17th, but is he on the mark for going fastest of all? Not quite.

:59:47. > :59:50.

:59:50. > :59:56.I think he is on target. He's nip and tuck with Felipe Massa. It all

:59:56. > :00:00.depends on his last sector. And he is fast does, a very good luck for

:00:00. > :00:10.Lewis Hamilton and he should be able to go through without having

:00:10. > :00:17.

:00:17. > :00:21.to change to his softer tyres. He lap so he is going again. That will

:00:21. > :00:25.cost him about a tenth of a second to carry that extra fuel, but I

:00:25. > :00:29.think the drivers have seen through practice that they find more from

:00:29. > :00:34.building speed and getting heat in the tyres and gaining confidence on

:00:34. > :00:39.these medium tyres. Michael Schumacher has gone fastest in the

:00:39. > :00:45.middle sector, which has moved him up to fourth place. Jenson is

:00:45. > :00:50.coming to the last part of the swing bridge. A good drive into the

:00:50. > :00:57.longest section. This will be the DRS overtaking section in the race

:00:57. > :01:04.tomorrow. They are able to use DRS on the entire lap, 63% of the lap,

:01:04. > :01:10.during qualifying. It gains them up to 20 mph depending on the system.

:01:10. > :01:15.From Button point of view, the key is to get through to the final part

:01:15. > :01:21.of qualifying and be in the hunt because he has struggled. Two of

:01:21. > :01:26.the last three qualifying sessions... Trafficker head. --

:01:26. > :01:30.traffic a head. He sounded hesitant in that turn. Something has given

:01:30. > :01:36.him the feedback that either he is comfortable on a 39.6 with seven

:01:36. > :01:42.minutes to go all he knew about the traffic ahead. Let's see if he

:01:42. > :01:50.decides to have another lap or whether he comes in. He has taken a

:01:50. > :01:55.very wide line to start the opening of his lap. That man really is that

:01:55. > :02:02.all! No future as a Grand Prix driver! Sebastian Vettel is on the

:02:02. > :02:10.track now. Let's see what he can do. And he has been very far as this

:02:10. > :02:14.weekend. He will try to put himself safe on the harder compound tyre.

:02:14. > :02:19.He heads out of turns four and five and heading through the sweeping

:02:19. > :02:29.curves. They have corner numbers, but they are not really corners as

:02:29. > :02:29.

:02:29. > :02:35.such. Threading his way over the bridge. Looking for a good exit.

:02:35. > :02:39.His team-mate, Mark Webber, has gone out on a set of the soft tyres.

:02:39. > :02:46.Sacrificing a set of the more gripping tyres at this stage. When

:02:46. > :02:52.he went out earlier, he went straight back in. It was an

:02:52. > :02:56.installation lap. We have got Lewis Hamilton up front doing a personal

:02:56. > :03:03.best first sector, quickest of all in the middle sector. Hamilton is

:03:03. > :03:09.still finding pace on medium tyres. Back on board with Vettel. This is

:03:09. > :03:12.all about getting through the top 17. Three-tenths down on Hamilton

:03:12. > :03:17.in the middle sector. This should be enough to comfortably getting

:03:17. > :03:22.through. It should be enough, but behind the battle is beginning to

:03:22. > :03:29.hot up for getting into that top group. Hamilton is currently

:03:29. > :03:38.fastest. He had a mistake in the last sector. Two-tenths slower than

:03:38. > :03:42.his previous best. McLaren are quick. Vettel is six fastest with

:03:42. > :03:46.that. I'm surprised he has not gone a little quicker. Will Red Bull

:03:46. > :03:52.have to put the softer tyre on? Maldonado and Perez have gone out

:03:52. > :03:57.on softer tyres, as has Bruno Senna. Now we will see some real pace.

:03:57. > :04:01.That is Mark Webber. You think he is on the softer tyre? We will get

:04:01. > :04:05.an idea of what the Red Bull can do. He had no real running this morning

:04:05. > :04:09.so it is important from his point of view that he goes for it on the

:04:09. > :04:13.best available tyre. As Gary mentioned, they reckon there's

:04:13. > :04:19.about half a second depending on your car to be gained from having

:04:19. > :04:26.yellow tyres on. Mark Webber can expect to be around 39.1 if he is

:04:26. > :04:30.driving like-for-like to his team- mate, Sebastian Vettel. He

:04:30. > :04:36.completed all of the Saturday morning free practice. Expect him

:04:36. > :04:42.to be a little bit cautious as he builds the flap. Both the Force

:04:42. > :04:46.Indias going out on soft tyres as well. That is a very slow first

:04:46. > :04:51.sector from Mark Webber. Currie about six-tenths off the first

:04:51. > :04:55.sector. -- currently. He will have to complete another lap and hope

:04:55. > :04:59.for a clear lap with only just over four minutes to go. The car is

:05:00. > :05:04.looking a little bit snappy. will be getting feedback that he is

:05:04. > :05:09.not on a great lap. He will be getting feedback from his race

:05:09. > :05:13.engineer as well, telling him where he is losing time. They will know

:05:13. > :05:17.exactly where he needs to improve. Inevitably, when you know you're

:05:17. > :05:21.running out of time, pressure starts to build. You need a certain

:05:21. > :05:24.amount of pressure to focus your mind, but too much and you can

:05:25. > :05:29.start getting ragged behind the wheel. On the harder tyre you can

:05:29. > :05:34.get a couple of good laps, but the soft tyre might be difficult to get

:05:34. > :05:40.a second quick lap. Let's see what his time is. Has he made anything

:05:40. > :05:45.up? Not really. Only in 16th place. He goes on to another lap. We saw

:05:45. > :05:50.this morning, some cars were taking three laps to get the time out of

:05:50. > :05:57.their tyres. He might not be too concerned, but he certainly would

:05:57. > :06:03.not have expected to be eight- tenths slower than Vettel on the

:06:03. > :06:12.harder tyre. It is coming down to the final few moments. It is

:06:12. > :06:18.getting crucial for Senna, he is in the drop zone. Remember, Timo Glock

:06:18. > :06:22.is not running in this one. Senna has not made it through to Q3 in

:06:22. > :06:27.any of the qualifying sessions so far this year. Qualifying has been

:06:27. > :06:30.his bugbear. He blew his chance in Spain when he spun when he was

:06:30. > :06:35.trying to get through to the next part of qualifying. That was that

:06:35. > :06:38.the Spanish Grand Prix. We are now back in Spain for the European

:06:38. > :06:44.Grand Prix and Senna needs a decent qualifying performance to boost his

:06:44. > :06:48.morale. At the moment, against the fastest time, looking like a

:06:48. > :06:52.reasonable lap for Bruno Senna. Interestingly, behind, the man who

:06:52. > :07:02.is just one place in front of him, Mark Webber, is on a cruel lap.

:07:02. > :07:11.

:07:11. > :07:15.He's leaving it to one flying lap. should be enough to get him through

:07:15. > :07:21.to Q2. Paul di Resta has just gone fastest of anybody in the middle

:07:21. > :07:27.sector. He is absolutely on it in the Force India as he tries to move

:07:27. > :07:32.up. Maldonado is also going quickly on his soft tyres. Now you will see

:07:32. > :07:39.people moved down the order. Webber is in the drop so now. Di Resta

:07:39. > :07:42.goes fastest in the Force India! 38.8. A good lap from Paul di Resta.

:07:42. > :07:46.We have seen the performance from Force India, but this is now a

:07:46. > :07:51.critical for Mark Webber. It is indeed. Paul di Resta has matched

:07:51. > :07:57.his lap time from the morning session. That is a clear indication

:07:57. > :08:01.that track conditions are good. Pressure on Mark Webber to deliver.

:08:01. > :08:07.He is down on what he needs to be even to get into the top 17 at the

:08:07. > :08:12.moment. He has got some traffic ahead of him. It is not ideal.

:08:12. > :08:16.just doesn't seem to be doing it this qualifying session. But it is

:08:16. > :08:23.not over yet. Will he get round before the chequered? My maths are

:08:23. > :08:30.not good enough! I think it will be pretty close. We will keep an eye

:08:30. > :08:35.on that. Maldonado is still on a good lap. Webber is hoping that he

:08:35. > :08:39.can get one more... Maldonado has gone fastest! He has set the pace

:08:40. > :08:43.in the first and third sectors. Maldonado, who got pole position in

:08:43. > :08:47.Barcelona, but he has gone to the softer tyre, whereas some of the

:08:47. > :08:53.other top runners have not done that in this session. What about

:08:53. > :09:01.Mark Webber? He will not get another lap. I suspect he will come

:09:01. > :09:08.in. What is the point of finishing this lap? He will get round.

:09:08. > :09:13.mathematics... Don't panic! It is all down to this lap, the third lap

:09:13. > :09:18.on the soft tyres. What about that for pressure? Mark Webber is

:09:18. > :09:24.currently in 18th place. There's an alleged impeding of a car being

:09:24. > :09:29.investigated as well by the stewards. Hulkenberg allegedly

:09:29. > :09:38.impeded with Kobayashi. You can see the notice on the screen. The

:09:38. > :09:43.drivers steered this weekend is Nika Salto. Mark has just said,

:09:43. > :09:47.that's it, a game over. He will be the first of the big scalps to go

:09:47. > :09:52.out. Mark Webber is not going any further in qualifying and that is a

:09:52. > :09:58.massive surprise. The Monaco pole position man, and Red Bull are

:09:58. > :10:02.looking for three successive pole positions this season, but it is

:10:02. > :10:06.not going to come from Mark because he goes no further in this session.

:10:07. > :10:12.He had problems this morning, but that is still a huge surprise.

:10:12. > :10:16.is indeed. Maybe they were not able to rectify the problem. They did an

:10:16. > :10:21.installation at the beginning of qualifying, which if you have

:10:21. > :10:25.confidence in the car you would just go for it. I suspect he was

:10:25. > :10:31.trying to qualify with the room did car. We will get more information

:10:31. > :10:37.when Lee catches up with him. have got both Caterhams down there

:10:37. > :10:42.at the moment. Kovalainen a fraction faster than Petrov. They

:10:42. > :10:45.are racing each other hard. Only on one occasion this year has Petrov

:10:45. > :10:51.out-qualified his team-mate and he is trying to do it again. A great

:10:51. > :10:57.battle. They are both coming to the end of their laps. Does it move him

:10:57. > :11:05.ahead? Yes. But Kovalainen is on a lap now as well and trying to get

:11:05. > :11:10.it back. We are with Heikki Kovalainen now. He takes it back.

:11:10. > :11:14.He is into Q2! He has pushed out Jean-Eric Vergne. Caterham faster

:11:14. > :11:18.than Toro Rosso. We saw a bit of that in free practice yesterday,

:11:18. > :11:24.but that is a brilliant performance from Caterham. They are expecting

:11:24. > :11:31.even more at Silverstone. You are spot-on. An incredible performance,

:11:32. > :11:39.less than a tenth away from Daniel Ricciardo in the other Toro Rosso.

:11:39. > :11:43.Only four-tenths away from what Kobayashi managed on the prime tyre.

:11:43. > :11:50.Mark Webber, frustration in his eyes. Lee will get a word from him

:11:50. > :11:56.later, but I would suggest that she approaches with caution! He is not

:11:56. > :12:03.a happy man. He is out of qualifying, along with Jean-Eric

:12:03. > :12:08.Vergne, Vitaly Petrov, Pedro de la Rosa and Karthikeyan and Charles

:12:08. > :12:18.Pic. And Timo Glock did not start this session.

:12:18. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :12:25.While it is frustration at Red Bull... Yes! This is what we were

:12:25. > :12:28.talking about. It is happiness at Caterham. Congratulations to

:12:28. > :12:31.Kovalainen. They have made it through to the second part of

:12:31. > :12:34.through to the second part of qualifying. They talked about

:12:34. > :12:37.upgrades and Caterham have done what they said. They have to do

:12:37. > :12:41.that because they made us a prommers at the beginning of the

:12:41. > :12:44.year and I'm quite certain they signed Petrov on that basis. They

:12:44. > :12:51.said they would make Q2 on a regular basis. Let's hope it

:12:51. > :12:55.continues. At the front, we have got Red Bull celebrating, usually.

:12:55. > :12:58.The last two races here, front row lock-up for Red Bull, but Mark

:12:58. > :13:02.Webber is out. They will be very, very upset about theirs. It opens

:13:02. > :13:07.the door in the Constructors' Championship to McLaren. McLaren

:13:07. > :13:11.are looking good and they are making much more progress. They are

:13:11. > :13:15.right on the tail of Red Bull and Red Bull's non- qualifying going

:13:15. > :13:22.into the Q2 as far as Webber is concerned is a real boost to

:13:22. > :13:26.McLaren. Give us an idea what it is like in a team. The team was saying,

:13:26. > :13:31.despite all the effort, and so many sensors on these cars, they didn't

:13:32. > :13:38.really know what the issue was. It is not solved. It has a wider

:13:38. > :13:41.effect. This has implications with the mind of Mark Webber. They want

:13:41. > :13:47.stability, they want calm, they want to be able to come into the

:13:47. > :13:53.garage and see the car gleaming and ready to go. This was a problem for

:13:53. > :13:57.them. He didn't know what the problem was. Nothing worse than

:13:57. > :14:02.racing when you don't know what is happening. And it is at a circuit

:14:02. > :14:07.which is so difficult to overtake on. This is the problem. Mark

:14:07. > :14:13.himself is not tuned in. He has already said this is in there --

:14:13. > :14:17.not in his top five race circuits. When you're into a race and you are

:14:17. > :14:21.mentally attuned to what you want to achieve and you automatically

:14:21. > :14:25.think, I don't like the place, and now this happens, it is going to be

:14:25. > :14:31.a long weekend for him. Mark Webber out of the first part of qualifying.

:14:31. > :14:34.Timo Glock did not even take part. He was not feeling well and it is a

:14:35. > :14:39.hot and difficult circuit. 25 corners for the drivers to

:14:39. > :14:46.negotiate. He decided he was not well enough. He has not taken part

:14:46. > :14:49.in qualifying today. When Caterham first sign Petrov, they expected to

:14:49. > :14:59.sign a driver who would fight to get into the second part of

:14:59. > :14:59.

:14:59. > :15:04.Having come from bloaters, and we have seen the turnaround with Lotus

:15:04. > :15:08.which has been phenomenal, I presume they see themselves in that

:15:08. > :15:12.ilk. Here is a team that have invested and put a lot of things

:15:12. > :15:20.together with a lot of pub dates and they would have come to it

:15:20. > :15:26.driver like Vitali Petrov and told him they were in a position to get

:15:26. > :15:34.him to 14, 15 on the grid. But they have not done that. Vitali Petrov

:15:34. > :15:39.now joining as. Are you frustrated about the fact that you are not in

:15:39. > :15:42.the second stage of qualifying? Or do you think they're building a car

:15:42. > :15:48.here that is good enough to Challenge in Formula 1. The moment

:15:48. > :15:55.I am focusing on myself and I think I made a couple of mistakes during

:15:55. > :15:59.the lap. That is life. But we are working quite hard, and we are

:15:59. > :16:07.working well. And we will try to pick up the pace and show better

:16:07. > :16:14.results. Due see any comparison between yourself and Lotus, who

:16:14. > :16:20.have come on great strides? Dean of gathering themselves,

:16:20. > :16:26.pushing very hard to get to the target. We have some good update

:16:26. > :16:36.and we will be better at Silverstone. Back to qualifying

:16:36. > :16:42.

:16:42. > :16:47.times. Q2 now underway. Nico Rosberg was

:16:47. > :16:52.fastest amongst those who did not fastest amongst those who did not

:16:53. > :17:00.go for the softer tyres. What will happen in the second part of

:17:00. > :17:10.qualifying? The battle to be into the top 10. And then you can really

:17:10. > :17:14.

:17:14. > :17:20.tried to take pole position. Felipe Massa was saying that the

:17:21. > :17:27.Ferrari has become a much easier car to drive. It is a remarkable

:17:27. > :17:32.turnaround. There is a radical front suspension. They have turned

:17:32. > :17:40.it around and they're standing among the drivers and constructors

:17:40. > :17:45.is absolutely justified. Gary, what are we looking for in this stage?

:17:45. > :17:55.Well the track must be slower than it was this money because the Times

:17:55. > :17:55.

:17:55. > :18:05.really did not improve from this morning. The track got a bit slower

:18:05. > :18:15.in net session. The only one to match his time, the ones are the

:18:15. > :18:16.

:18:16. > :18:20.front. We're looking at a 38 to get into the top 10. Well as you said

:18:20. > :18:26.the track temperatures are changing and that makes a difference that

:18:26. > :18:36.took the lap times. Massive support of course for Fernando Alonso. And

:18:36. > :18:37.

:18:37. > :18:47.also for Pastor Maldonado. He is getting a big old cheer every time

:18:47. > :19:19.

:19:19. > :19:23.he goes past. Alonso going through bridge. This long back stretch is a

:19:23. > :19:28.great shot when they show the overhead. The dual carriageway

:19:28. > :19:37.running parallel to this section of the track. And you visibly see the

:19:37. > :19:43.difference in speed between a Formula 1 car and normal traffic.

:19:43. > :19:53.That looked much neater from Fernando Alonso Hill is setting the

:19:53. > :20:10.

:20:10. > :20:20.deep you go over the front tyre and you start to have understeer. That

:20:20. > :20:21.

:20:21. > :20:31.will have cost him some time. Ferrari quicker than the Williams

:20:31. > :20:32.

:20:32. > :20:40.on harder of the compound tyres. That is significantly slower than

:20:40. > :20:50.the first part of qualifying. Paul di Resta et is currently the

:20:50. > :21:26.

:21:26. > :21:36.fastest. Force India are one and two at the moment. Nico Rosberg

:21:36. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :21:56.fastest now. We are talking about how Force India are looking good. A

:21:56. > :22:02.

:22:02. > :22:12.reasonable opening up their from Rosberg. We have seen a lot of

:22:12. > :22:14.

:22:14. > :22:24.locking up from the McLaren. Great to see these cars bouncing over the

:22:24. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:42.kerbs. Again, a lock up. And then this long drag down in to turn

:22:42. > :22:48.

:22:48. > :22:58.number 12. Nice and tidy as he builds his way through understeer

:22:58. > :23:03.

:23:03. > :23:12.through 14. Then the next big decision, when to brake into 17.

:23:12. > :23:15.Heat gets away with it. Hamilton has been the top qualifier this

:23:15. > :23:22.year in terms of qualifying performance, not always grid

:23:23. > :23:32.position. He has been a top three qualifying driver in every race

:23:32. > :23:39.this year. He just has to beat in the top 10 in this session. Jensen

:23:39. > :23:49.Button is on a better lap than Lewis Hamilton. It all comes down

:23:49. > :23:59.to this last sector. Third-fastest for Jensen Button. Felipe Massa

:23:59. > :24:00.

:24:01. > :24:10.trying to get into that top 10, he is only on 14th at the moment.

:24:10. > :24:20.No sign Bob Heikki Kovalainen coming out yet, he may not bother.

:24:20. > :24:32.

:24:32. > :24:38.Heikki Kovalainen on track. It is all about saving your tyres for at

:24:38. > :24:43.the race? I think he will just accept that he cannot do much more

:24:43. > :24:53.at then 17. But I would be surprised if he did not go out for

:24:53. > :24:54.

:24:54. > :25:02.one little run on the soft tyres. Perhaps they just decided to save

:25:02. > :25:11.the tyres. It is a good thing to do it if you're one of the smaller

:25:11. > :25:21.teams, to go out when the track is quieter. Commercially, you need air

:25:21. > :25:26.

:25:26. > :25:31.time as well to get the investment. The circuit drops away a little bit

:25:31. > :25:41.into the apex fare so it does not do as much damage as you would

:25:41. > :25:44.

:25:44. > :25:54.imagine. But of course the next time around, it finds that same hot

:25:54. > :26:03.

:26:03. > :26:08.spot. And is more likely to lock. Grosjean in the top ten. If you

:26:08. > :26:15.look at the top 10 right now and say, who does not deserve to be

:26:15. > :26:21.there based on the fact that we would expect Pastor Maldonado,

:26:21. > :26:27.Fernando Alonso, to be in their, who will buy the three in the top

:26:27. > :26:33.10 currently that are the most likely? This is all about the

:26:33. > :26:39.incredible season we're having this year, so many guys have shown and

:26:39. > :26:44.delivered great qualifying performances. We are going to see

:26:44. > :26:50.differences and in some senses this is the most difficult part of

:26:50. > :27:00.qualifying, to get into that top 10. Look at the margins there on the

:27:00. > :27:12.

:27:12. > :27:22.graphic. Hundreds separate the cars. I think it sums up just how

:27:22. > :27:26.

:27:26. > :27:29.competitive Formula 1 is this year. It is very tight indeed. His Nico

:27:29. > :27:35.Rosberg going to come back out with that time he has done already?

:27:35. > :27:44.Fernando Alonso has a personal best in the first sector and not far off

:27:44. > :27:54.the best of all. But he will want more than just to be in the top 10.

:27:54. > :27:58.

:27:58. > :28:08.He might be just down on Rosberg's best. Has he found something

:28:08. > :28:12.

:28:12. > :28:22.special in this last sector? He is just 6th fastest. The current

:28:22. > :28:32.president of Ferrari showing no favouritism there!

:28:32. > :28:47.

:28:47. > :28:57.They have got great pace this weekend. They managed to develop

:28:57. > :29:16.

:29:16. > :29:26.lightly in his last sector. If he can deliver it again now it should

:29:26. > :29:27.

:29:27. > :29:33.secure his place in the top 10. No traffic ahead. Run for the line.

:29:33. > :29:43.qualified well in Canada. He goes second fastest just behind Nico

:29:43. > :29:50.

:29:50. > :29:54.Rosberg. That should put him into part of the lap, he could just make

:29:54. > :30:04.the top 10, but he will not challenge the time we've just seen

:30:04. > :30:05.

:30:05. > :30:10.from Paul di Resta. Massa is also on track in the Ferrari. Kovalainen

:30:10. > :30:17.is still not coming out to play. Felipe Massa moving up. Maldonado

:30:17. > :30:23.in fifth place. That might be enough for him. 1:38.5. We are on

:30:23. > :30:32.board with Massa. Top five are all on a 38.5, incredibly close.

:30:32. > :30:38.Astonishing. Massa is trying to get there. He is in 12th place, not

:30:38. > :30:45.enough! The clock is ticking. He may well be running out of time.

:30:45. > :30:49.These guys are trying to find tap - - track position. Massa is only

:30:49. > :30:54.two-tenths from pole position and he is in 12th place. Tell me I'm

:30:54. > :31:02.not imagining things! Incredible. Ricky Adar is out of his car.

:31:02. > :31:06.Vettel is currently in tenth place. Vettel is not safe on his 1:38.7.

:31:06. > :31:12.The times are so very, very close to one another. Grosjean has just

:31:12. > :31:16.set a new fastest first sector. He is in 11th place. On board with

:31:16. > :31:22.Vettel. Pole position winner here for the last two years. This is

:31:22. > :31:27.right on the cusp. It comes down to the last sector. He is green in

:31:27. > :31:31.both these sectors so he is on a better lap, but he is currently

:31:31. > :31:35.about two-tenths down, maybe slightly less, on the current

:31:35. > :31:44.fastest runner. That is right on the cusp of not going through to

:31:44. > :31:49.the next section. He is third. 1:38.5. He goes ahead of Raikkonen.

:31:49. > :31:52.Grosjean could still move up and that would push Alonso down. Alonso

:31:52. > :31:57.is in trouble because he is currently in tenth place. Grosjean

:31:57. > :32:02.is on a very quick lap. He has missed a bit in the middle sector.

:32:02. > :32:08.That might give Alonso some breathing space. I don't think

:32:09. > :32:16.Perez will threaten Alonso. Perez is not into the top 10. What about

:32:16. > :32:23.Grosjean? He lost a bit of time on the lap. He goes fastest! Where did

:32:23. > :32:26.that come from? Grosjean has pushed along so out of the top 10. Michael

:32:26. > :32:34.Schumacher we are with now. Desperately trying to get into the

:32:34. > :32:42.top 10. This is his last attempt. He is wide. Can he do it? Personal

:32:42. > :32:52.best in the middle sector. No! Michael is out. Rosberg was second,

:32:52. > :32:57.Michael 12th. Massa, 8 hundredths slower than Alonso. You can't say

:32:57. > :33:07.that Massa hasn't up his game. Today, in a remarkable middle part

:33:07. > :33:07.

:33:07. > :33:16.of qualifying, the run to get into the top 10 is 0.22 of the second.

:33:16. > :33:20.That has to be one of thickos list -- closes qualifying sessions.

:33:21. > :33:28.of the Ferraris are out. Michael Schumacher is gone. Senna is out,

:33:28. > :33:35.as is Perez. And Kovalainen and Ricciardo. That shows you how

:33:35. > :33:40.dramatic Formula One is at the moment. Hundredths of a second

:33:40. > :33:44.preventing drivers going through. If that was Q2, stairway Wharfe of

:33:44. > :33:50.Q3. The Ferrari doesn't quite limp Q3. The Ferrari doesn't quite limp

:33:50. > :33:53.back, but it was not flying. Disappointing for that team.

:33:53. > :33:57.much for the pushing and cajoling by their President. I don't think

:33:57. > :34:02.it worked particularly well. That is one of the worst performances we

:34:02. > :34:06.have seen in qualifying from Ferrari for a long time.

:34:06. > :34:11.situation we are in it after qualifying, one of the Red Bulls

:34:12. > :34:17.gone, one of the Mercedes gone. We have the likes of Sauber, Lotus and

:34:17. > :34:21.Force India still in the fight for pole position. It is just theatre

:34:21. > :34:25.at the highest level. You can't get your breath. We are redundant in

:34:25. > :34:30.this job at the moment. There's no such thing as a punter, we don't

:34:30. > :34:38.know what's going on! Absolutely fascinating stuff. You're never

:34:38. > :34:42.redundant eight back I am redundant. How will Mark Webber feel? A little

:34:43. > :34:48.bit of tonic with the Ferraris. He wants to put the weekend out of his

:34:48. > :34:52.mind and salvage a couple of points. Nevertheless, he has a car where he

:34:52. > :34:56.doesn't understand what is going on with it, and neither does his team.

:34:56. > :35:01.But the whole effort is happening. We thought Red Bull would be flying.

:35:01. > :35:04.This qualifying is not finished yet, but the gauntlet has been thrown

:35:04. > :35:09.down. Red Bull are not the team they thought they were going to be

:35:09. > :35:15.this weekend. It is not finished for Vettel, but it is finished for

:35:15. > :35:20.Webber. He starts in 19th place. Really disappointing to see you

:35:20. > :35:26.standing here now. He had the soft tyre on, what went wrong? We had no

:35:27. > :35:31.DRS. About 1.3 seconds. It makes it very difficult when you don't have

:35:31. > :35:36.DRS. The car put up a big fight today, we only did four laps all

:35:36. > :35:44.day. Three of those were in qualifying. One lap on the Prime at

:35:44. > :35:51.the start. The gearbox and hydraulics were playing up. We were

:35:51. > :35:55.in a desperate situation to get through. It is very tight. The lap

:35:55. > :36:01.time wasn't too bad with the DRS out, but it doesn't do anything to

:36:01. > :36:05.help the situation. Now we have to do what we can tomorrow. It is a

:36:05. > :36:11.big hit for us in terms of this one and Barcelona, through no fault of

:36:11. > :36:16.my own. That is the way it can go over 20 races. How does the driver

:36:16. > :36:20.react to that kind of situation? You have got issues with your DRS,

:36:20. > :36:27.which has cost him the chance to get into Q2. How will he deal with

:36:27. > :36:32.that? We don't want to stop you, lads! The problem is, he will have

:36:32. > :36:35.to sit down, sit with his engineers and work out why. What has happened

:36:35. > :36:40.to the Diarra as? This is not the first time they have had problems

:36:40. > :36:45.with this. They were one of the last scenes to sort out DRS and

:36:45. > :36:51.KERS. -- teams. Red Bull should be above this, they shouldn't have

:36:51. > :36:55.this problem. Just to make it clear how close to tears, Michael

:36:55. > :37:01.Schumacher out in Q2, less than three-tenths behind his team-mate

:37:01. > :37:05.Nico Rosberg. Let's speak to a man with a smile on his face. Heikki

:37:05. > :37:09.Kovalainen. The celebration, almost like you had won the Grand Prix.

:37:09. > :37:13.What does it mean for you and the team to start in 16th place and

:37:13. > :37:18.make it through to the second part of qualifying? It shows that the

:37:18. > :37:21.effort everybody has put in it is paying off. We were targeting

:37:21. > :37:25.higher and we were not happy with the beginning of the season, but

:37:25. > :37:30.I'm very happy that everybody has kept their heads down and kept

:37:30. > :37:36.working on the issues. It seems to be working. This is what we have to

:37:36. > :37:39.carry on tomorrow and the next few races. The first time we are really

:37:39. > :37:45.challenging the teams ahead of us. I'm very happy for everybody in the

:37:45. > :37:49.team. Can we expect to see this on a frequent basis? Every race? You

:37:49. > :37:52.have promised great things and we want to see you deliver them.

:37:52. > :37:57.Absolutely. We still want to be cautious, but today was a genuine

:37:57. > :38:01.performance. This circuit is not like Monte Carlo where you can

:38:01. > :38:04.maybe sneak a good one in. Here, everybody is performing at their

:38:04. > :38:08.maximum level and as a team we are working better than some of the

:38:09. > :38:16.teams ahead of us. We still need to put more performance in the car,

:38:17. > :38:20.but I hope this is a genuine trend. Bigger updates coming for

:38:20. > :38:25.Silverstone as well. Is this the start of the resurgence of

:38:25. > :38:29.Caterham? Hopefully. We need to wait and see how everything works

:38:29. > :38:35.out. This weekend we have new parts and they are working. We have had

:38:35. > :38:38.them in the past and they have not always worked. We shouldn't worry

:38:38. > :38:44.about it too much yet. We are on the right track and what I see from

:38:44. > :38:49.the team, we are focusing on the right areas. Thank you,

:38:49. > :38:54.congratulations. You start in 16th place. Let's chat to David

:38:54. > :38:57.Coulthard and Ben Edwards. Let's take the money -- Felipe Massa as

:38:58. > :39:02.one example of a driver who has not qualified as well this season as in

:39:02. > :39:09.previous years. It tends to be an example of how close to tears. If

:39:09. > :39:12.you stay still, you have gone backwards. That's right. He is

:39:12. > :39:17.eight hundredths slower than Fernando Alonso. The times are so

:39:17. > :39:20.close. Can you say that Massa is no good because he's only eight

:39:20. > :39:30.hundredths slower than Alonso? We have to think about a one

:39:30. > :39:31.

:39:31. > :39:36.under way and it looks as though Kimi Raikkonen will be first out on

:39:36. > :39:40.track. Pastor Maldonado following him out. Lotus are in good shape

:39:40. > :39:45.because we believe Jimmy has two sets of the soft tyres still

:39:45. > :39:49.available. We think Nico Rosberg has similar and may be Kobayashi as

:39:49. > :39:54.well. Most of the others will have one set of the new softer tyre to

:39:54. > :39:59.go out on. They might go out on a used set first. Gary, it will be

:39:59. > :40:04.tricky. Having another set of soft tyres available has to be a big

:40:04. > :40:13.advantage. Yes, that second set allows you to do two runs on new

:40:13. > :40:16.tyres. Hulkenberg has gone out on a harder tyre for a lap. I think he

:40:16. > :40:23.wants to use his new tyre after he has done a balance changed on the

:40:23. > :40:25.front wing. A lot of time to do two runs around here. Two new sets of

:40:25. > :40:31.tyres as the luxury of. I'm not sure about Kobayashi, whether he

:40:31. > :40:36.has got one set or two sets. would not be surprised if Rosberg

:40:36. > :40:40.tried to do one run and saved a set of options for the race. We will

:40:40. > :40:45.keep an eye on what the strategy is this afternoon. We know qualifying

:40:45. > :40:49.is very important this season. Nobody has won from lower down than

:40:49. > :40:56.fourth place on the grid. With these high track temperatures and a

:40:56. > :41:00.reasonable spread between the tyres, strategy could be crucial. Kimi

:41:00. > :41:06.Raikkonen will have an eye on pole position glory. He might use both

:41:06. > :41:11.his sets. You never know. Raikkonen enjoying the handling of the Lotus.

:41:11. > :41:16.Back in Formula One this year, one of our six world champions on the

:41:16. > :41:21.grid. One of two world champions yet to win a race this year. He and

:41:21. > :41:27.Michael Schumacher, of course, joined a band of seven that have

:41:27. > :41:33.won races this season. -- not joined. Turn one it is nothing,

:41:33. > :41:38.really. Flat through there. Turn two is a bit more tricky, but he

:41:38. > :41:43.spotted his braking well. The director decided a bit of pit lane

:41:43. > :41:47.action will be more exciting than on track. We can question what he

:41:47. > :41:52.might have been drinking! Back with what we want to see, a bit of track

:41:52. > :41:55.action. The green flag being waved so it is the beginning of the

:41:55. > :42:01.session. Common practice for the marshals to remind the race

:42:01. > :42:07.director that they are still awake. A tidy laps so far from Raikkonen.

:42:07. > :42:16.A reasonable first sector, 26.1. He has just been beaten by Rosberg,

:42:16. > :42:20.26.0. We will watch the rest of the lap. We are not seeing any lock-ups

:42:20. > :42:28.from Raikkonen. He has been a little bit slower than I was

:42:28. > :42:31.suggesting. Maybe his team-mate is the man most likely to get

:42:31. > :42:37.everything out of his Lotus this afternoon. As the track temperature

:42:37. > :42:41.continues to grow, it is 46 degrees, air temperature 26 degrees, you

:42:41. > :42:45.sometimes get the car coming in and out of an operating window. Let's

:42:45. > :42:49.see if Raikkonen ends up with a smile on his face at the end of

:42:49. > :42:55.this qualifying session. He has qualified best a fourth this year,

:42:55. > :43:00.in China and Spain. He has had a couple of podium finishes as well.

:43:00. > :43:05.We are still looking for that first victory on his comeback. Rosberg is

:43:05. > :43:12.going quicker. Raikkonen sets the Mitchell pace. But Rosberg is

:43:12. > :43:21.lapping faster. A bit of a lock-up from Rosberg! This is looking like

:43:21. > :43:27.a good lap. He goes fastest, 1:38.6. And what can Hamilton do? I don't

:43:27. > :43:33.think he is quite as fast but where will this put the McLaren? Hamilton

:43:33. > :43:38.is in second, Button crosses the line, he does second! Button faster

:43:38. > :43:43.than Hamilton! Jenson Button had a big debrief after the Canadian

:43:43. > :43:46.Grand Prix and adopted some of the set up that Hamilton has been using.

:43:46. > :43:53.Michael Schumacher is smiling. I doubt very much he is happy with

:43:53. > :43:57.12th place. A lot to play for tomorrow. A replay of Maldonado

:43:57. > :44:03.getting on the kerb in the last corner. An example of how not to do

:44:04. > :44:09.it. He comes in the pits as a result. End of that lap for

:44:09. > :44:14.Maldonado. We have only got four times having been set so far.

:44:14. > :44:18.could have been a case of being how great you can be in keeping your

:44:18. > :44:24.DRS Open and that is an example of a step too far for Maldonado. He

:44:24. > :44:30.got on the kerb, which would have destabilised the car. We thought --

:44:30. > :44:40.we saw Rosberg locking. That put him off line slightly in to turn 25.

:44:40. > :44:46.

:44:46. > :44:56.I expect more time to come from McLaren trailing the Mercedes the

:44:56. > :45:11.

:45:11. > :45:20.little bit. Have they got more to Pastor Maldonado going out on a new

:45:20. > :45:26.set of the softer tyres. This is the big chance for him now.

:45:26. > :45:30.Interesting that before he left the pits, they go through and the

:45:30. > :45:35.procedure of finding the clutch biting point but it just seems to

:45:35. > :45:43.me that that uses up vital seconds when you're sitting there in

:45:43. > :45:49.qualifying. As a driver and I think I would say let us just get the car

:45:49. > :45:54.out as quickly as possible. Gary, what is your prediction for pole

:45:54. > :46:04.position time's based on what we have seen so far, I have got no

:46:04. > :46:17.

:46:17. > :46:23.idea! It is just so close. Grosjean did a 38.48. Here comes Grosjean.

:46:23. > :46:30.Let us watch as he goes for it here. He made his Formula 1 debut on this

:46:30. > :46:38.very track. It was a difficult season for him but he has come back

:46:38. > :46:48.with some mighty performances so far this year. He was nice and

:46:48. > :46:48.

:46:48. > :46:54.early on the power on the exit of the second turn. He is fastest of

:46:54. > :46:59.the second turn. He is fastest of all on that first sector. There's

:46:59. > :47:09.still some time to be found there. But the opening of this lap not

:47:09. > :47:19.

:47:19. > :47:24.looking too bad for him. He is avoiding those lock ups.

:47:24. > :47:30.Let us see how this has affected this middle sector. Three-times

:47:30. > :47:37.done it on the overall best from the previous part of qualifying. --

:47:37. > :47:47.three times down. But it is still going to be close, if he can get a

:47:47. > :47:57.

:47:57. > :48:06.good final sector as he did in Q2. Grosjean is quickest! Is that their

:48:06. > :48:12.own to be enough for pole position? So the middle sector, he is leaving

:48:12. > :48:15.some of that time behind. He is fastest of all in the first and the

:48:15. > :48:20.last sectors which are quite contrasting sectors. So that shows

:48:20. > :48:30.that the Lotus car is performing very well both at low and at high

:48:30. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:47.there. That was Jensen Button making way for Pastor Maldonado.

:48:47. > :48:56.Good, professional driving. A bit of traffic from Nico Rosberg,

:48:56. > :49:02.hopefully that will not cost him too much. Pastor Maldonado quickest.

:49:02. > :49:09.But Paul di Resta and has just set the fastest Mid sector time for the

:49:09. > :49:19.Force India. It would be incredible if this could put him up into the

:49:19. > :49:29.

:49:29. > :49:39.top three. It is seventh for him. A poor last sector there from Paul.

:49:39. > :49:40.

:49:40. > :49:46.Let us see what Nico Hulkenberg can do it in this sister car? And he is

:49:46. > :49:50.4th fastest, still a great effort for Force India.

:49:50. > :49:58.Look at the time that Sebastian Vettel is doing! Half a second

:49:58. > :50:04.faster than anyone else at just over the halfway point of the lap.

:50:04. > :50:12.It all comes down to braking in this last corner. That is looking

:50:12. > :50:18.so good. He is trying to take his third pole position here on the

:50:18. > :50:28.bonanza street circuit. He goes fastest, four-tenths fastest than

:50:28. > :50:29.

:50:29. > :50:35.anyone else. Lewis Hamilton now the second

:50:35. > :50:43.quickest. The same as it was in Montreal. But perhaps Jensen Button

:50:43. > :50:47.can change that? No, he is down in eighth place. A disappointing end

:50:47. > :50:52.to the lap for Jensen Button. I think that is everybody. It is

:50:52. > :50:56.Sebastian Vettel Fu has taken pole position. But Williams are happy

:50:56. > :51:01.because Pastor Maldonado has qualified in third place. But

:51:01. > :51:06.Sebastian Vettel has indeed match the greats, Alain Prost and Jim

:51:06. > :51:15.Clarke, 33 Courier poll victories and he has done it in style while

:51:15. > :51:22.everyone else was fighting, he took it fight over 3.5 tenths of a

:51:22. > :51:26.second. In the end it came down to having the confidence in the

:51:26. > :51:33.braking areas. So many of the cars were struggling and it just takes

:51:33. > :51:36.away that confidence when you run at a very high speed. Such a young

:51:36. > :51:44.man and a great record that you mentioned, matching the other

:51:44. > :51:49.greats of the sport. A great performance for Williams and Pastor

:51:49. > :51:58.Maldonado. He has only been in the top 10 on one other occasion. So he

:51:59. > :52:02.has delivered on that promise. And do not forget that Lewis Hamilton

:52:02. > :52:12.won at Caradak in spite of Sebastian Vettel been fastest in

:52:12. > :52:22.

:52:22. > :52:30.qualifying. -- at Canada. That was a Challenge, thank you!

:52:30. > :52:40.Sebastian Vettel's third pole position of the 2012 season. It is

:52:40. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:46.all very close behind. Lotus in 4th and 5th position. Kobayashi is

:52:46. > :52:56.superb 7th. Jensen Button will be a little disappointed with the 9th

:52:56. > :52:58.

:52:58. > :53:06.position. The big surprise of course was Mark

:53:06. > :53:12.Webber with problems with his car, starting down in 19th position.

:53:12. > :53:16.Timo Glock unwell, he did not take part in qualifying. But this man

:53:16. > :53:24.did come as Sebastian Vettel. Congratulations to him. 33 bull

:53:24. > :53:33.positions in his young career. -- pole position us. This man loves to

:53:33. > :53:42.break records. Well they made a strategic change

:53:42. > :53:49.in the set-up of the car. He made reference to that on the radio. I'm

:53:49. > :53:58.sure Mark Webber would like to know what that was. But to actually get

:53:58. > :54:08.pole position by that margin, that is remarkable. The driver is being

:54:08. > :54:15.

:54:15. > :54:20.weighed. Lewis Hamilton looking a little wilful, and well he might.

:54:20. > :54:25.The idea was, let us get pole position but whatever else, I have

:54:26. > :54:31.to make sure I'm in the front row. We know what happened in Canada and

:54:31. > :54:39.he is looking for a repeat performance. And what does it mean

:54:39. > :54:49.for Pastor Maldonado? Well we thought this was just a one-off

:54:49. > :54:54.thing when he won the race. He was doing some impetuous things. I was

:54:54. > :54:59.asking if he would ever find his form again? He has certainly found

:54:59. > :55:00.it now. And the Williams car is very good. Paul di Resta made it

:55:01. > :55:06.very good. Paul di Resta made it through at the final part of

:55:06. > :55:10.qualifying. Congratulations. You start the race in 10th place. I

:55:10. > :55:20.suppose we all thought there was a little more speed in the car?

:55:20. > :55:24.

:55:24. > :55:27.think there was, I hold my hands after that. It locked up on 17. I

:55:27. > :55:32.made a mistake when the car had a lot of potential which is a bit

:55:32. > :55:38.gutting. But at the end of the date you have to be a bit on the edge. I

:55:38. > :55:43.have a lot of work to do tomorrow. Great to think you're disappointed

:55:43. > :55:49.by making it through to the third part of qualifying. But during that

:55:49. > :55:52.mid-section, you were the fastest at that stage. We were all on the

:55:52. > :56:01.edge of our seats, we thought you would get pole position. What

:56:01. > :56:06.happened? Well, we probably lost a 10th of a second in the first

:56:06. > :56:11.sector just trying a bit too much. But you always go into qualifying

:56:11. > :56:17.on the edge and I just locked of wheel going into turn 17. It seems

:56:17. > :56:23.to be a bit of a bogey in qualifying. But I'll take the

:56:23. > :56:29.positives and reflect on that. positive is you have got good pace

:56:29. > :56:39.in the car. We look forward to seeing him performing tomorrow. And

:56:39. > :56:39.

:56:39. > :56:43.of course the British Grand Prix in a couple of weeks' time. Sebastian

:56:43. > :56:50.Vettel the fastest man followed by Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado.

:56:50. > :57:00.Red Bull will be happy to be on pole position. But it was a sweet

:57:00. > :57:00.

:57:00. > :57:06.and sour question for them. A fantastic lap. You got the poll

:57:06. > :57:11.position by Ford tense. It was remarkable. It was all about

:57:11. > :57:16.stringing the perfect flat together and that was unbelievable from

:57:16. > :57:21.Sebastian. He was inch-perfect. And the margin he got in the end

:57:21. > :57:28.surprised all of us. But it is the same front row as it was in

:57:28. > :57:34.Montreal. We have to try to make it stick tomorrow. And Mark Webber had

:57:34. > :57:43.a problem with the DRS? We had a hydraulics issue with that which

:57:43. > :57:48.meant to be -- meant that he could not use it. But he can be a

:57:48. > :57:54.contender tomorrow for several points, for sure. We will keep

:57:54. > :57:58.pushing and try to convert that into a big result. I think tomorrow

:57:58. > :58:05.is supposed to be hotter again, track temperatures of something

:58:06. > :58:10.like 50 degrees. So looking after the tyres is going to be critical.

:58:10. > :58:19.It will be critical to make sure we do not oh we used the tyres. Good

:58:19. > :58:27.luck for tomorrow. We have got people St Lotus will be

:58:27. > :58:35.faster in the hot conditions. All eyes on Red Bull and forced India

:58:35. > :58:40.who just appear and slap all that down. Well done to Sebastian. We

:58:40. > :58:45.did not speak too much about him. Perhaps it is a bit like the

:58:45. > :58:54.English football team, not too much expected but they provide the big

:58:54. > :59:03.form at the end. Let us hear from Jensen Button. Out qualified by his

:59:03. > :59:13.team-mate at every race so far this season for a DUP -- this season.

:59:13. > :59:13.

:59:13. > :59:18.Are you scratching your head? really, it was how it was. The last

:59:18. > :59:25.run in qualifying I had a massive amount of front locking. I just

:59:25. > :59:30.could not slowed the car down. That is it, really. It will be an

:59:30. > :59:37.interesting race tomorrow, quite a lot of the big names further back

:59:37. > :59:45.down the grid. It is a long race here and a lot can happen. We're in

:59:45. > :59:51.Valencia at! Not a lot happens here in the race. You cannot overtake

:59:51. > :59:56.around here. And I think if you get it right on the strategy, maybe.

:59:56. > :00:01.But the way that the tyres seem to hold on for most people, it is not

:00:01. > :00:06.going to be the most exciting race I have ever seen. Perhaps the Lotus

:00:06. > :00:16.could move up. We will tell the viewers to tune in anyway and

:00:16. > :00:17.

:00:17. > :00:21.Mark Webber in 19th place, Massa in 13th, she Mackin 12th, Button 9th

:00:21. > :00:28.and what of Fernando Alonso? Second was qualifying of the season and he

:00:28. > :00:37.starts 11th. It was so tight. I'm sure going out

:00:37. > :00:43.in Q2 was not what you hoped for. Definitely. Sad for not reaching Q3.

:00:43. > :00:47.But that was the way it was today. Unfortunately we were not fast

:00:47. > :00:55.enough. But the races tomorrow, hopefully we can score some good

:00:55. > :01:02.points. We will see how the positions are at the end. What was

:01:02. > :01:07.the Ferrari lacking? Was it just not fast enough? Yes, lacking top

:01:07. > :01:14.speed on the long straights. We were two-tenths from pole position

:01:14. > :01:18.so being that close you need a bit of luck as well. It can make a

:01:18. > :01:26.completely different thing. Today we did not get the luck. Blaming

:01:26. > :01:30.luck! Updates to the front wing, update to the floor, to the exhaust.

:01:30. > :01:34.Fernando Alonso said he was delighted with the improvements

:01:34. > :01:39.Ferrari had made. He will now know for sure the other teams got more

:01:39. > :01:46.improvements. It is a big catch-up game for Ferrari yet again. They

:01:46. > :01:51.just leave it too late to often. We all know what a star Alonso is. He

:01:51. > :02:01.should not be outside the top 10. It is set up as it was in Canada.

:02:01. > :02:02.

:02:02. > :02:05.Vettel from Hamilton. Tomorrow, keep your eyes on Pastor Maldonado.

:02:05. > :02:11.Congratulations, Sebastian, a third pole position in a row at this race

:02:11. > :02:16.and any one flying lap in Q3 to do it. Yes! I had one shot at the end

:02:16. > :02:22.which turned out to be a very good lap and I was very happy. But Q1

:02:22. > :02:30.and Q2 were not to our liking. We were struggling to find the balance

:02:30. > :02:34.that we had earlier on this weekend. But a good recovery throughout

:02:34. > :02:38.qualifying. Unfortunately we had to put on the second set of options in

:02:38. > :02:43.Q2. It was the right call because it was very tight. My time would

:02:43. > :02:47.not have been good enough with the first set. It was good to go again.

:02:47. > :02:53.But in the last qualifying, I knew that if the track came in a little

:02:53. > :03:00.bit more, tying de Laet together, it should be good enough to have a

:03:00. > :03:03.look at pole position. In the end it was a surprising gap, but the

:03:03. > :03:07.boys have been working incredibly hard in the garage, all of the

:03:07. > :03:11.people in the factory as well, to make sure we bring a couple of new

:03:11. > :03:16.parts to the car. They seem to work and I am looking forward to the

:03:16. > :03:20.race tomorrow. Lewis, a front row for you. Sebastien said there was a

:03:20. > :03:28.surprising gap in the end. Did you expect it to be much closer at the

:03:28. > :03:34.end of Q3? I expected to be a lot further back. I struggled with set

:03:34. > :03:40.up and going into Q3 to qualify and we had to make some guesses as to

:03:40. > :03:45.what set-up we wanted to change. It seemed to work OK. Really, really

:03:45. > :03:49.surprised, the guy's obviously did a good job, as always, to give me a

:03:49. > :03:55.good gap. While the car still felt pretty good, the gap is still quite

:03:55. > :04:00.big. It will be a tough race. that just the way it is in 2012?

:04:00. > :04:06.You go from winning one Reece and then the next one you struggle. --

:04:06. > :04:12.race. I think so. It appeared so when we first started practising

:04:12. > :04:18.here yesterday. But generally, you look at the grid, because it is so

:04:18. > :04:21.hot, you know that the Lotuses look massively competitive. I think they

:04:21. > :04:25.will be the ones to watch out for tomorrow. I'm sure the Ferraris

:04:25. > :04:30.will be quick on the long run as well. Who knows what will happen

:04:30. > :04:36.tomorrow. We have to look after our tyres in tricky conditions. 2012 is

:04:37. > :04:43.certainly unpredictable! One thing is for sure, you quite like Spain!

:04:43. > :04:51.I think we've been working so hard. The car has been quite quick from

:04:51. > :04:56.yesterday. We were struggling a bit with the option tyres. We were a

:04:56. > :05:04.bit confused because the car was not the same. I didn't feel the

:05:04. > :05:08.same feeling with the prime tyres. But then we have been working so

:05:08. > :05:16.hard, trying to understand what happened in the car this morning,

:05:16. > :05:19.still struggling, especially with the option tyres. Here we are. I

:05:19. > :05:24.think we did a pretty good job. Williams is getting better and

:05:24. > :05:33.better every time. I am pretty happy for the team, pretty happy

:05:33. > :05:37.for my country and that is going to be a great opportunity to get the

:05:37. > :05:47.job done. A good result for Williams in qualifying. This is the

:05:47. > :06:13.

:06:13. > :06:21.Let's find out how the race will shape up. What do you think about

:06:21. > :06:26.tomorrow? Looking at the tyres data we have got, I am sure a two-stop

:06:26. > :06:30.strategy is the best solution. Some people will do a three, but we

:06:30. > :06:38.thought a one stop in Montreal was good. With 25 Corners, one is not

:06:38. > :06:42.the way to go. Get rid of the soft tyres as early as possible. Thank

:06:42. > :06:48.you. It is so difficult to call the race because it has been so close

:06:48. > :06:53.today. The weather can play a big part. I've just a sneaking feeling

:06:54. > :06:58.that we might have the 8th winner in the eighth race. Romain Grosjean.

:06:58. > :07:03.He is looking very dangerous, very quick, possibly should have had

:07:03. > :07:08.pole position. He is looking very strong. Overtaking is not easy here.

:07:08. > :07:13.He looks so good. The way he controls the car, even when it

:07:13. > :07:17.steps away from him, he gets it back together. He has matured

:07:17. > :07:21.enormously this season. Have you enjoyed that qualifying session? I

:07:21. > :07:27.had a naysayer on twittered saying qualifying never delivers, but it

:07:27. > :07:31.delivered today. For the first time, we've had some relative consistency.

:07:31. > :07:37.The same qualifying as we had in the previous race. Maybe There's a

:07:37. > :07:42.trend coming. David thought Sebastian would get pole position,

:07:42. > :07:52.but I would not rule out Lewis. There's more Formula One coming

:07:52. > :07:53.

:07:53. > :08:01.We will return tomorrow. A full weekend of live Formula One on the

:08:01. > :08:06.It is a year of new faces and new records being broken. And despite