The German Grand Prix - Highlights

:01:01. > :01:04.Hello and welcome to the German Grand Prix. Almost 20 years ago,

:01:04. > :01:07.Michael Schumacher was the inspiration for Sebastian Vettel to

:01:07. > :01:12.become a racing driver, but in England, another little boy was

:01:12. > :01:17.having his own dreams of becoming a far below one world champion. He

:01:17. > :01:27.has already ticked that box and is starting his 100 Grand Prix.

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:01:28. > :01:38.Hopefully, I would like to have sponsorship from Ron Dennis.

:01:38. > :01:38.

:01:38. > :01:44.He likes to win. Wedding is his sole objective. I did think about

:01:44. > :01:51.winning the World Championship that getting millions of pounds. -- and

:01:51. > :02:01.getting. It is a fantastic performance. My goodness me. 2008

:02:01. > :02:03.

:02:03. > :02:13.Lewis Hamilton, winner. There was a tie that my life when I couldn't

:02:13. > :02:17.wait to get out there and now I just want everything to slow down.

:02:17. > :02:24.And from a slightly younger David Coulthard to a slightly older one.

:02:24. > :02:27.Hugh Laurie veteran of 246 Grand Prix, what do these milestones mean

:02:27. > :02:34.-- you worry veteran? At the is reminds him that he is living his

:02:34. > :02:37.dream. It did not count the Grand Prix as you are going, but 100

:02:37. > :02:43.active hundred of Milestone she can be proud of. He may not be in the

:02:43. > :02:46.starting position he had hoped for, but qualifying yesterday was tricky

:02:46. > :02:49.in very mixed conditions. Here is Ben Edwards.

:02:49. > :02:53.Qualifying saw contrasting positions and performances. Michael

:02:53. > :02:57.Schumacher had only just made the cut in key one in the dry but was a

:02:57. > :03:05.step in the wet been due to acute three and will start in third

:03:05. > :03:08.position. -- been due to and Q3. Lewis Hamilton was a six -- six

:03:08. > :03:12.tense faster than anyone in Q2, but both drivers struggled on the

:03:12. > :03:16.extreme wet and Hamilton starts in seventh, with Jenson Button in

:03:17. > :03:21.sixth. One of the outstanding results of the day came from Nico

:03:21. > :03:26.Hulkenberg, who survived a high- speed aquaplaning moment and set a

:03:26. > :03:30.time that puts him fourth on the grid. Babak Red Bull, they did not

:03:30. > :03:36.shine in the early stages but we are on the pace when the track was

:03:36. > :03:40.at its wettest. Vettel start second, Mark Webber a penalised eighth.

:03:40. > :03:44.Pole position Wed to Fernando Alonso, at once again proving the

:03:44. > :03:48.master of wet conditions, or an for the first time in his career, he

:03:48. > :03:58.will start the German Grand Prix will start the German Grand Prix

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:04:13. > :04:21.with a clear view ahead -- and for places for blocking in qualifying.

:04:21. > :04:25.Gearbox penalties have affected Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean.

:04:25. > :04:28.A excitement yesterday but, today when we found that the FIA had

:04:28. > :04:33.referred Red Bull to the stewards for unexpected Bridge of technical

:04:33. > :04:36.regulations. Gary Anderson, they have been cleared, it was a

:04:36. > :04:42.complicated one that involved engine mapping. Explain what was

:04:42. > :04:48.going on for so stop it is about setting a throttle rpm or getting

:04:48. > :04:53.maximum torque. You have to have 100% torque available at that

:04:53. > :05:03.engine rpm, but Red Bull reduced the talk by altering this mapping,

:05:03. > :05:05.

:05:05. > :05:10.so at 95% throttle, they had less wheelspin but all flu -- more flow

:05:10. > :05:12.through the rear. The FIA did not accept the arguments of Red Bull,

:05:12. > :05:17.but the way the regulations are written, Red Bull did not

:05:17. > :05:23.contravene it and so they are free to go ahead. They have been cleared,

:05:23. > :05:26.but how close well-fed have been? It is a fine line in Formula One.

:05:26. > :05:30.That is the nature of the sport, it is down to the engineers and

:05:30. > :05:31.designers to have exploited to the maximum. It is a little bit

:05:31. > :05:36.maximum. It is a little bit surprising but it is a big relief

:05:36. > :05:39.for Red Bull and for sport in general that it has been cleared up

:05:39. > :05:42.and we get on with the Grand Prix. Let's talk about the man at the

:05:42. > :05:47.front, Fernando Alonso, he has proved himself time and again in

:05:47. > :05:52.wet conditions but he can do it in the dry again, as he proved the

:05:52. > :05:57.last time we were here in 2010. That was the famous Fernando is

:05:57. > :06:00.faster than you situation. He is there on merit, he qualified

:06:00. > :06:03.fantastically in the wet conditions yesterday and he must feel very

:06:03. > :06:07.confident going into this race. confident going into this race.

:06:07. > :06:11.Fernando Alonso not just that the front of the grid, he is at the top

:06:11. > :06:19.of the Drivers' Championship as well. Mark Webber is 13 points

:06:19. > :06:29.behind. Jenson Button has only scored seven points in the last six

:06:29. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :06:43.races. In the Constructors' here, the drivers have got their

:06:43. > :07:00.

:07:00. > :07:04.Sebastian back row, A quick word. We have always had the distraction

:07:04. > :07:09.of the morning. Is everything as normal, or anything ahead of this

:07:09. > :07:16.race? I did have a conversation with him, but nothing to do with

:07:16. > :07:20.this morning. I think it is fine. There is always a lot of talk, but

:07:20. > :07:25.we are here on the grid and everything is fine. The focus is on

:07:25. > :07:29.the race. Good luck. Nico Rosberg, your best grid

:07:29. > :07:34.position of the year but different track conditions, can you stay with

:07:34. > :07:39.them? It is the same for everybody, we haven't run under these

:07:39. > :07:43.circumstances, it is a lot hotter, so the only surprise for everybody

:07:44. > :07:47.going into this race... I will be trying to make a good start and I

:07:47. > :07:53.will say what the offer -- of the race will offer for me. You seemed

:07:53. > :07:58.very relaxed. I am a bit excited. It is one of 20 races, I am focused

:07:58. > :08:01.on my job. Jenson, you are looking good, it is

:08:01. > :08:11.not a bad day of qualifying yesterday, the whole thing

:08:11. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:20.considered. It didn't really go to plan. Not too bad. Being sixth on

:08:20. > :08:24.the grid, you are very close and a lot can happen from here on, so yes,

:08:24. > :08:27.I am looking forward to it and hopefully we have a car which can

:08:27. > :08:34.really fight the guys in front of us. What you expect in strategy

:08:34. > :08:39.from those around you? Everyone has brand-new tyres, the prime and the

:08:39. > :08:43.option. I think it seems to be people will go with what feels

:08:43. > :08:48.right, some will be option, some will be prime at the start, we will

:08:48. > :08:52.see. The drivers have got 67 laps,

:08:52. > :08:55.almost 200 miles in front of them and whilst they do the hard work,

:08:55. > :09:05.we can enjoy it in the company of we can enjoy it in the company of

:09:05. > :09:17.

:09:17. > :09:21.three we have on the grid. To double world champions on the front

:09:21. > :09:25.row and behind them, the driver who inspired their early careers and

:09:25. > :09:29.has won more had -- races on home soil than anyone, Michael

:09:29. > :09:35.Schumacher. They are away on their formation lap and it looks as

:09:35. > :09:38.though all of the front-runners have gone for the softer tyre. A

:09:39. > :09:43.few drivers to was the back have gone for the medium compound tyre,

:09:43. > :09:49.the father of the tyres this weekend. Jean-Eric Vergne, Charles

:09:49. > :09:54.Pic, Nico Rosberg, but they are way back towards the back of the field.

:09:54. > :10:00.Gary Anderson, what can we expect in terms of strategy? They two-stop

:10:00. > :10:04.strategy is the fastest, but from what we have seen in the earlier

:10:04. > :10:09.sessions, there isn't a big degradation, so I would see one of

:10:09. > :10:14.those guys on the back coming through trying to do a one-stop. I

:10:14. > :10:20.think we will see a bit of a mix. little better the next. Kobayashi

:10:20. > :10:25.is on the harder tyre as well. Jean-Eric Vergne, as he said,

:10:25. > :10:30.Charles Pic, Nico Rosberg and Timo Glock on the harder compound tyres.

:10:30. > :10:35.You are on board with Nico Rosberg. The white markings on the tyres

:10:35. > :10:45.indicate it is the harder compound. He has a lot of work to do from way

:10:45. > :10:51.

:10:51. > :10:56.down the field. A reminder of the brought here this weekend are going

:10:56. > :10:59.to be effective in the dry. And the indications are they will be, they

:10:59. > :11:04.looked very fast in dry conditions with the little bit of dry running

:11:04. > :11:08.we have had so far, the McLaren seemed to be in good form. In the

:11:08. > :11:14.Constructors' Championship, Red Bull our way out ahead. McLaren

:11:14. > :11:19.have gone from second to fourth. But with Romain Grosjean qualifying

:11:19. > :11:23.way down and with a gearbox penalty, it is going to be tough for Lotus

:11:23. > :11:33.to hold on to that third position this weekend. The cars are run to

:11:33. > :11:52.

:11:52. > :11:56.the grid, Fernando Alonso and - Karthikeyan will be the last got

:11:56. > :11:59.a line up on this great for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

:11:59. > :12:08.The stadium as colourful as ever as we prepare for the start of the

:12:08. > :12:16.race. Lights out, away we go. Fernando back row quick off the

:12:16. > :12:24.line, much quicker than Vettel. There is a bit of bunching. Some

:12:24. > :12:30.body runs wide, but what they start from Alonso. -- what a start. One

:12:30. > :12:35.of the McLaren's is already trying to move up. Felipe Massa has a

:12:35. > :12:39.damaged front wing. There was contact to the corner. Look at the

:12:39. > :12:45.start from Fernando Alonso, as he goes safe into the hairpin. It is

:12:45. > :12:51.but then who is ahead of the McLaren's. Schumacher trying to go

:12:51. > :12:56.around the outside. -- McLarens. And look at the German champions

:12:56. > :13:00.fighting one another. Vettel versus Schumacher, Schumacher is all over

:13:00. > :13:04.the back of the Red Bull. Nico Hulkenberg is just behind, so is

:13:04. > :13:11.Jenson Button. Hamilton is back in ninth place, he didn't get off the

:13:11. > :13:16.line very well, one ahead of di Resta. We have already seen

:13:16. > :13:19.problems for Romain Grosjean on this opening lap. A very robust

:13:19. > :13:25.defence from Sebastian Vettel. He came here as a young boy to watch

:13:25. > :13:32.Michael Schumacher race. Artificial grass on the edge their saved him.

:13:32. > :13:35.This is the old part of the circuit, very unforgiving. This is a dream

:13:35. > :13:39.scenario for Fernando Alonso, look at all the debris from the front

:13:39. > :13:47.wing of Felipe Massa, and carbon fibre can be particularly bad for

:13:47. > :13:51.the tyres, so everybody will be looking to avoid a puncture.

:13:51. > :13:55.Marussias are running together, Pedro de la Rosa towards the back.

:13:55. > :13:59.In comes Felipe Massa after that damage to the front wing and after

:13:59. > :14:03.a great result at Silverstone, it has gone horribly wrong for him.

:14:03. > :14:06.hasn't looked comfortable through any of the practice sessions and

:14:06. > :14:11.qualified out of position in that car. Even before the first corner,

:14:11. > :14:16.he had contact. He has gone on to the prime tyre, they will try and

:14:17. > :14:23.get away with not stopping, that would be pretty brave. He has used

:14:23. > :14:28.both of the options there. Jenson Button is on the ATOC -- the attack.

:14:28. > :14:33.A quick, rapid change hope before Romain Grosjean here. Bruno Senna

:14:33. > :14:37.is in the pits under Williams. puncture on the front left. Did he

:14:37. > :14:43.pick that up in the first corner or was it from contact around the

:14:43. > :14:47.first lap? He and Felipe Massa were together on the grid. Meanwhile,

:14:47. > :14:51.Jenson Button is chasing after Nico Hulkenberg and the Force India

:14:51. > :14:55.qualified extremely well in the wet yesterday, but we would expect the

:14:55. > :15:00.McLaren to be capable of much faster times in the dry. Hamilton

:15:00. > :15:06.is sliding around a little bit, in eighth place. He has Kimi Raikkonen

:15:06. > :15:10.bearing down on him. Both of them are trying to move up the order.

:15:10. > :15:15.Out wide goes Hamilton, of Raikkonen has got him. He has got

:15:16. > :15:19.past Hamilton, and di Resta has also gone past him. Some of the

:15:20. > :15:23.McLaren pit crew are out in their box, so are they expecting to bring

:15:23. > :15:29.one of the drivers in? They are read very early. You are not

:15:29. > :15:39.normally allowed to stay out. Maybe they had a message from Lewis

:15:39. > :15:41.

:15:41. > :15:45.is drping further and further back. That is Hamilton, trying to limp

:15:45. > :15:49.round round on a flat tyre, she desperately trying to get back to

:15:49. > :15:54.the pits. There is a long way to go. Hamilton's miserable season as we

:15:54. > :15:58.have seen the last couple of races continues, doesn't it. When out in

:15:58. > :16:02.Valencia after that incident with Maldonado, struggled at Silverstone

:16:03. > :16:09.but got in the points. Now she desperate to get back to the pits

:16:09. > :16:14.and back into the race. Up front Alonso leads. Beginning to really

:16:14. > :16:19.get a feel for the car, Michael Schumacher is in third place.

:16:19. > :16:24.Hulkenberg is in fourth position. Jensen Button fifth. Maldonado is

:16:24. > :16:29.in sixth. Mark Webber is in 7th position. Then we did have Hamilton.

:16:29. > :16:33.It is Raikkonen who has come up, di Resta, di Resta, I think may well

:16:33. > :16:38.be ahead of Raikkonen. We will have to check that as they come past us

:16:38. > :16:45.next time. It is Hulkenberg here, versus Jensen Button and di Resta

:16:45. > :16:49.is in front of Kimi Raikkonen, that is a important move for the Force

:16:50. > :16:54.India driver. TEAM RADIO: That is it guys. We should retire. Oh, that

:16:54. > :16:59.is bad to hear. It sounds like Lewis may well be out of the race.

:16:59. > :17:02.Gary, what do you see in pit lane. The guys are out waiting for him to

:17:02. > :17:07.come round. It's a long way. The damage to the rear suspension might

:17:07. > :17:12.not just be tyre. He is telling them he thinks it is over.

:17:12. > :17:19.Raikkonen on the attack. Trying to get past di Resta, can't quite do

:17:19. > :17:23.it. We didn't see where di Resta got past Raikkonen. Both got past

:17:23. > :17:28.Hamilton. Hamilton on his way. It looks as though the car might have

:17:28. > :17:33.got away wit. Hamilton has lot a lot of time, but he is till in the

:17:33. > :17:38.race. Onboard with Raikkonen. This is the race for eighth place and a

:17:38. > :17:44.bit wide there from Paul di Resta. That is the line, he raced here, he

:17:44. > :17:48.won the DTM Championship W the way the corner is cambered, all of the

:17:48. > :17:54.drivers who are familiar with it tend do that. Let us see if that is

:17:54. > :17:59.manager that causes an issue later. Up at the front. Vettel is faster

:17:59. > :18:03.at this stage than Alonso, getting into the activation zone. Not close

:18:03. > :18:07.enough this lap to get a pass, but further back Michael Schumacher

:18:07. > :18:10.dropping down, and has been aided by the fact that Hulkenberg in

:18:10. > :18:14.fourth is pushing back Jensen Button. That has given Michael

:18:14. > :18:19.Schumacher a bit of breathing space to not have to work the tyres too

:18:19. > :18:23.hard.. That is right. We have seen Hamilton into the pits. Let us look

:18:23. > :18:28.at this. Raikkonen on the attack. Look behind. That is Perez trying

:18:28. > :18:34.to come down the inside of Ricciardo and Kobayashi is there

:18:34. > :18:40.too. Both Saubers coming up. Di Resta, they almost touch. Wonderful

:18:40. > :18:45.racing between the two. Giving only one another enough space. Now

:18:45. > :18:50.Raikkonen has the inside line and he finishes the move. That was

:18:50. > :18:55.brilliant driving from both guys. Paul di Resta gave him enough room,

:18:55. > :18:59.in the end Raikkonen not showing any sign of rust. Look in the

:18:59. > :19:09.middle of the pack the see where the contact with Massa is. Where is

:19:09. > :19:14.the other Ferrari. There is a long way up front. He caught the back of

:19:14. > :19:19.Bruno Senna. We will see when he cuts across the back of the

:19:19. > :19:25.Williams he catches the rear tyre. There you go, just the smallest of

:19:25. > :19:32.touches, but it was enough to just remove his front wing. Yeah. Was it

:19:32. > :19:39.a Williams. Thros tros -- Toro Rosso. Not a good start for Felipe

:19:39. > :19:44.Massa. Button had a good run. Let us see what happened to Hamilton.

:19:44. > :19:48.No, he didn't get a good start. Engine bobbed down haen didn't get

:19:48. > :19:52.the momentum going, then has a bit of wheel spin, then very close with

:19:52. > :19:59.Raikkonen, as you go through the first corner. Raikkonen gets

:19:59. > :20:04.sideways on the curb. At this stage they are running with 150 kilos of

:20:04. > :20:10.fuel onboard. Even listen cautious in the breaking area. Is this where

:20:10. > :20:14.Senna picked up his puncture? At that stage you you can see the

:20:14. > :20:19.puncture. Already had a puncture that took him out wide. This is the

:20:19. > :20:23.battle between Michael Schumacher and Vettel. Button did well on the

:20:23. > :20:27.outside. Yes, that was Grosjean, he presumably got a touch. It looks

:20:27. > :20:35.like he got touched by the Williams of Bruno Senna. There so much

:20:35. > :20:39.action. Fernando Alonso continues to lead. In the meantime, Michael

:20:39. > :20:44.Schumacher is still the one dropping away from the top two, in

:20:44. > :20:51.the Mercedes, Hulkenberg is still in fourth place, ahead of Jensen

:20:51. > :20:59.Button, now Maldonado sixth. Webber is 7th. Let us listen into Lewis.

:20:59. > :21:04.TEAM RADIO: The car doesn't feel stable. I understand, we are still

:21:04. > :21:08.trying to look into it. So Lewis not totally happy with the feeling

:21:08. > :21:15.of his car. Obviously the team have a lot of data they are looking at

:21:15. > :21:20.all the time. Maybe they can work out what's happened. They have all

:21:21. > :21:24.the information. It is good as any. Button is down the inside. He has

:21:25. > :21:29.taken the place, down into turn six, Jensen Button is now in fourth

:21:29. > :21:34.place. It almost looked like he was thinking to fake a past. Hulkenberg

:21:34. > :21:38.got on the brakes and Jensen knew he was about to make contact so had

:21:38. > :21:42.to pull out. He has gained the place. That puts Michael Schumacher

:21:42. > :21:48.under pressure. It does, Michael is the next on the list. I seems as

:21:48. > :21:54.though the updates are working well. Hamilton in trouble as we have

:21:54. > :22:00.heard. Button still putting a charge in. Maldonado is the next

:22:00. > :22:07.one behind Hulkenberg. Doing a solid job. She DRS open. Looks like

:22:07. > :22:12.he is feinting to the inside. Hulkenberg leaves the door open and

:22:12. > :22:16.Jensen completes the pass. Hamilton sometimes, the driver, because you

:22:16. > :22:20.know you have had a problem with one particular corner, psych clodge

:22:20. > :22:28.I can you think there maybe another issue there, and as Gary mention

:22:28. > :22:34.head is managed to do respectable lap times at this stage. 22.05.

:22:34. > :22:39.Compared with Fernando Alonso. di Resta is in ninth place, ahead

:22:39. > :22:44.of the two Saubers. We saw excellent pace from the Saubers in

:22:44. > :22:52.the dry-runing we had this weekend, their race pace was looking strongs

:22:53. > :22:58.that has within proved again. Di Resta can't defend. Di Resta trying

:22:58. > :23:03.to get a good exit off the hairpin be u the Sauber has gone. Great

:23:03. > :23:11.driving from Perez, he is on a real charge, he has more often than not

:23:12. > :23:16.been able to get away with one-stop. If he is trying do that he is using

:23:16. > :23:24.up everything available from option tyres. He has gone from 17th to

:23:24. > :23:30.ninth. This is a strong performance from Perez, he went out at

:23:30. > :23:38.Silverstone after a clash with Maldonado. Raikkonen still in

:23:38. > :23:48.eighth place. The arrest was open and carried that momentum past Paul.

:23:48. > :23:51.

:23:51. > :23:56.-- DRS. Look at the blistering on the front right tyre of smuemsmuem

:23:56. > :24:00.-- Schumacher. It That is a really marked tyre. Front left as we look

:24:01. > :24:05.at the cars but his front right. That is unusual. The actual tyre

:24:05. > :24:10.that takes most of the load as di Resta comes in. From the soft tyre

:24:10. > :24:15.to the peed yum compound tyre. He has come in on that ten. That is

:24:15. > :24:19.earlier than sop of the teems. Button down the inside. Schumacher

:24:19. > :24:25.looks up in trying to defend but he can't do anything, Jensen Button

:24:25. > :24:29.has moved up into third position now. Aim wondering if that was pick

:24:29. > :24:33.up rather than blistering. TEAM RADIO: At the moment we think

:24:33. > :24:38.options are the best, we are planning to go as we were before

:24:39. > :24:45.the race, so we will go as planned. It is, just trying to see that tyre,

:24:45. > :24:53.it is not looking the same. Let us look at the replay of how Jensen

:24:53. > :24:59.got past him. Site bit DRS open. Michael picks the middle line.

:24:59. > :25:04.Jensen had his car there so pulls away. Raikkonen into the pits, so

:25:04. > :25:08.Kimi into the pits on the soft tyre, he is staying on the soft tyre.

:25:08. > :25:12.Gary, I know you down there, that is an interesting tactic going with

:25:12. > :25:18.the softer tyre again. He is putting on the soft tyre again. I

:25:18. > :25:25.there is no blisters on the Lotus tyre, so their strategy looks as if

:25:25. > :25:29.they are going for the two stop and use the faster fire for as long as

:25:29. > :25:34.possible. Maldonado heads down to turn six, and still chasing

:25:34. > :25:38.Hulkenberg, Hulkenberg in the Force India is holding on the fifth place.

:25:38. > :25:42.Sixth behind him the Williams of Pastor Maldonado. The winner in

:25:42. > :25:49.Spain. He has only scored points on one other occasion during the nine

:25:50. > :25:56.grand prees we have held. Behind him is Mark Webber. But he is stuck

:25:57. > :26:02.there in seventh place. Perez. We have seen Raikkonen into bits and

:26:02. > :26:06.that will drop Raikkonen down the order. It will move Kobayashi and

:26:06. > :26:11.Rosberg into the top ten. Rosberg has been going well, he started

:26:11. > :26:17.down in 21st place. He has managed to avoid some of the problems of

:26:17. > :26:22.the early lapse. Alonso leads, and Alonso has set fastest lap. Again

:26:22. > :26:29.as we saw, he was not making any progress he was being caught by

:26:29. > :26:32.Perez. Hulkenberg is in as well, so two crucial stoppers. They both

:26:32. > :26:38.have develop on to the medium tyre, so both on the harder of the two

:26:38. > :26:48.options of tyre, and as they come back out again. Rosberg has been in,

:26:48. > :26:48.

:26:48. > :26:56.he started on the hard over two and he switched over to the -- soft.

:26:56. > :27:02.Raikkonen coming out behind Petrov. You can see already Raikkonen

:27:02. > :27:10.making the pass, DRS will gain him anything up to about 20 kilometres

:27:11. > :27:18.an hour, not a great deal you do to defend against that. Petrov running

:27:18. > :27:22.slow. E Petrov not one who has yet made his pit-stop. No sign yet of

:27:22. > :27:26.Alonso or Vettel. They are trying to stretch it deeper into the race

:27:26. > :27:31.before they make their pit-stops. Onboard with Mark Webber, so he has

:27:31. > :27:35.to try and get past that Caterham himself. It should be fairly

:27:36. > :27:44.straightforward. This is for position so the Caterham is fair

:27:44. > :27:50.enough to race like he is. You can see the gap the rake nan's --

:27:50. > :27:55.Raikkonen. I wonder whether he was trying to save the tyre, but he has

:27:55. > :28:00.come in and pitted. We see Maldonado doing the same. Where is

:28:00. > :28:04.he coming to come out? Webber has lost out in the battle here. He is

:28:05. > :28:08.coming out in front of Webber. He goes off the the circuit. In his

:28:08. > :28:15.attempt to try and get past the Caterham. Spending that time has

:28:15. > :28:22.cost him but he is in a tight line, so Webber will get DRS and a good

:28:22. > :28:26.run on Maldonado, so he should be able to pass him. Now you have got

:28:26. > :28:31.those cars being newt rise liezed and it looks like Mark Webber has

:28:31. > :28:41.missed an opportunity there and not passing the Caterham. Strange. No

:28:41. > :28:41.

:28:41. > :28:46.way through for Mark Webber, of course, Caterham and Red Bull.

:28:46. > :28:50.Maldonado stays in front of with Webber, the one that has gained

:28:50. > :28:55.looked to have been Raikkonen. He has managed to displace Welsh and

:28:55. > :29:01.Maldonado after that fist stop, he is going very quickly as Kimi

:29:01. > :29:05.Raikkonen. Of course we are still waiting to see om of the other

:29:05. > :29:10.leaders in. Michael Schumacher? The pits, so Schumacher coming in from

:29:11. > :29:16.what was fourth position, and he has gone for another set of the

:29:16. > :29:20.soft irtires. Develops the car on its way, we really are seeing a

:29:20. > :29:28.difflept are the strategies here. He is going to come back out with

:29:28. > :29:34.Hulkenberg. These two were dicing from the decision -- beginning. He

:29:34. > :29:39.might lose the place yet. No, not quite. Behind them is Raikkonen in

:29:39. > :29:44.the the Lotus. Schumacher will be able to get DRS so he will come

:29:44. > :29:47.back at Hulkenberg. Will Hulkenberg have to be defensive? He has picked

:29:47. > :29:54.the inside line. Schumacher trying down the insiest. Hulkenberg hangs

:29:54. > :30:03.him out the dry a bit, look at Raikkonen, he is hunting them down,

:30:03. > :30:07.the Force India versus Mercedes. They have Mercedes engines. Up the

:30:07. > :30:17.inside goes Michael Schumacher. Raikkonen is going to get past

:30:17. > :30:18.

:30:18. > :30:23.Hulkenberg and nearly get past do it in front of the Mercedes

:30:23. > :30:29.Grandstand? You will get a standing ovation for that. Kimi Raikkonen

:30:29. > :30:34.has now split these two cars. That Lotus is flying. Rosberg is also

:30:34. > :30:38.going very quickly in the other Mercedes, interestingly. He has

:30:38. > :30:43.just set the new fastest lap. Let's take a look at this again, feisty

:30:43. > :30:53.stuff from Schumacher. He leaves Hulkenberg no choice but to give

:30:53. > :30:53.

:30:53. > :30:58.him room and that leaves Raikkonen implying a bit of DRS. The race

:30:58. > :31:03.leader Alonso is in. Sebastian Vettel becomes the new race leader.

:31:03. > :31:08.Jenson Button has stayed out. A way it goes for Ferrari, and that looks

:31:08. > :31:13.like a pretty good stop and he is on to the harder compound tyre,

:31:13. > :31:18.Fernando Alonso. Red Bull against the mark -- Ferrari. We saw it with

:31:18. > :31:24.Mark Webber at Silverstone and Jenson Button, this time it is

:31:24. > :31:30.Fernando Alonso. On board with Mark Webber. He is in 11th place at the

:31:30. > :31:33.moment, behind Sergio Perez. He managed to come out ahead of him

:31:33. > :31:38.after that stop, it shows you how well the Sauber is going. There

:31:38. > :31:45.Sauber is performing well, but Mark Webber is struggling for pace. I am

:31:45. > :31:50.wondering if the will have a KERS issue. He has dropped quite a bit

:31:50. > :31:56.of time to the cars in front, normally Q1 to use your KERS in the

:31:56. > :32:04.acceleration areas. Michael has just gone past Ricciardo for fifth

:32:04. > :32:09.place. Behind Sergio Perez, you can see Maldonado. He has gone ahead of

:32:09. > :32:16.Maldonado. Mark Webber behind. So another game for Sergio Perez, who

:32:16. > :32:21.is having a very strong run. TEAM RADIO: We have three seconds to

:32:21. > :32:26.Kobayashi behind, so no problems. We will see what they do. Jenson

:32:26. > :32:31.Button comes in, and it was a good couple of sectors he had said

:32:31. > :32:34.before he came in. It goes on to the harder compound tyre. There's

:32:34. > :32:41.pit-stop gremlins that were affecting them earlier in the year,

:32:41. > :32:48.no sign of them. Blair will take about? Well in front of Schumacher.

:32:48. > :32:54.-- where will he come out? There is no sign of the Red Bull coming in

:32:54. > :33:00.to stop. Meanwhile, Perez has just set the fastest lap of the race at

:33:00. > :33:04.20.7, so impressive. That Sauber is flying. You are on board with

:33:05. > :33:10.Sergio Perez, the fastest man on track, as he tries to close the gap

:33:10. > :33:15.to Nico Hulkenberg, who is next on his list. Lap 20 out of 67 and it

:33:15. > :33:21.is still about Vettel versus Alonso. We are still waiting for Vettel to

:33:21. > :33:28.come in. Maldonado a bit too wide and Mark Webber is through. Mark

:33:28. > :33:31.Webber takes tenth place away from the Venezuelan. It looks as if we

:33:31. > :33:38.are going to see Sebastian Vettel coming in from this next lap.

:33:38. > :33:42.are out in the pit. We will he come out ahead of Fernando Alonso? Can

:33:42. > :33:47.Red Bull turn it around? What have his lap times been like? They have

:33:47. > :33:51.been pretty competitive. He goes on to the harder compound tyre. It is

:33:51. > :33:58.not enough, Fernando Alonso is passed him already, he is in turn

:33:59. > :34:05.one. The loss of time relative to Fernando Alonso in that stop.

:34:05. > :34:09.Kobayashi is going to be in front of them. Kobayashi has not yet

:34:09. > :34:13.stopped in the Sauber, he is definitely a player here. We have

:34:13. > :34:18.seen how fast Perez is going, slightly different manoeuvres from

:34:18. > :34:23.Kobayashi. Sebastian Vettel uses the DRS, no problem to get past,

:34:23. > :34:30.but both of the Sauber cars are in this race. You can see Sebastian

:34:30. > :34:36.Vettel on the harder compound as he goes on to his second stint. The

:34:36. > :34:46.leaders have stopped, it stays the same. Fernando Alonso is leading.

:34:46. > :34:46.

:34:46. > :34:50.Vettel is second. I think Michael Schumacher has gotten past. Kimi

:34:50. > :34:57.Raikkonen moves up to fifth place. Jenson Button has still got to get

:34:57. > :35:01.past Kobayashi, he is in fourth place at the moment. But Kimi

:35:01. > :35:06.Raikkonen is really cutting his way through this field at the moment.

:35:06. > :35:12.Up front, Alonso still leads and we have five world champions in the

:35:12. > :35:18.top five places. TEAM RADIO: Lewis, the pace is still looking strong.

:35:18. > :35:22.We are going to make a one-stop work here. Keep this place secured.

:35:22. > :35:26.The added world champion who is not up there is Lewis Hamilton, but

:35:26. > :35:32.maybe they can make the strategy work -- the only world champion.

:35:32. > :35:39.is not the way the Lewis Hamilton would want to celebrate his one

:35:39. > :35:44.hundredth Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg passes Maldonado.

:35:44. > :35:51.Resta... Here comes the Japanese drive their down the inside. A late

:35:51. > :35:55.lunch, and he can't quite hold it, di Resta gets the advantage back.

:35:55. > :35:59.He is so exciting when he gets on the Flat, but he couldn't make it

:36:00. > :36:04.stick. You have to pull the car back across in eight to get

:36:04. > :36:09.position for nine. TEAM RADIO: A good first stint, you are the

:36:09. > :36:14.quickest car on track, catching the leaders. So an NICE message for

:36:14. > :36:18.Kimi Raikkonen, fourth place, 6.5 seconds behind Jenson Button.

:36:18. > :36:22.Fernando Alonso beats the German Grand Prix from Sebastian Vettel.

:36:22. > :36:29.Sebastian Vettel is looking for his first ever win on German soil and

:36:29. > :36:33.Ferrari are getting ready, presumably, for Felipe Massa. A bit

:36:33. > :36:38.of a lock-up there from Kobayashi. And once you lock a friend tyre, it

:36:38. > :36:43.is easy to do it again, but he is still pretty much in DRS range and

:36:43. > :36:47.he might be able to make the move down to the hairpin. His team mate

:36:47. > :36:51.Perez is trying to get past Hulkenberg. Kobayashi to the

:36:51. > :36:59.outside, the speed advantage of the DRS means he is ahead before they

:36:59. > :37:04.even get to the braking area. That puts Kobayashi up in tonight. As

:37:04. > :37:09.long as knitted breast that -- di Resta doesn't fight straight back,

:37:09. > :37:16.which he is looking like doing. Keep it tidy this time and manages

:37:16. > :37:24.to make that pass stick. Over 200 mph with the DRS Open as he

:37:24. > :37:34.approaches the braking point. A little bit of lock up right at the

:37:34. > :37:38.

:37:38. > :37:42.last few yards of breaking. -- braking. A few cheers in the garage.

:37:42. > :37:47.Fernando Alonso versus Sebastian Vettel, the gap has gone down, but

:37:47. > :37:52.it is Jenson Button behind them in the last sector putting the times

:37:52. > :37:58.together. He is only four seconds behind Sebastian Vettel, closing in.

:37:58. > :38:03.Not by much, but he is working his way forward and Sebastian..., if he

:38:03. > :38:13.is trying to pace himself at this stage, it will not be good news for

:38:13. > :38:15.

:38:15. > :38:19.him if he is going to have a McLaren to battle with. Fernando

:38:19. > :38:23.Alonso looking composed and comfortable out in front, but he

:38:23. > :38:26.was there at Silverstone as well and Ferrari, in the final stint of

:38:26. > :38:31.the race, could not keep the other red what -- Red Bull of Mark Webber

:38:31. > :38:35.behind them and they lost the victory. But he still leads the

:38:35. > :38:40.championship, he has had more podium finishes, Fernando Alonso,

:38:40. > :38:44.than anyone else this year, and he has led more laps than anyone else.

:38:44. > :38:50.But the fastest driver on circuit that the mother to his Jenson

:38:50. > :38:55.Button, who is behind these drivers by 3.9 seconds. Kimi Raikkonen is

:38:55. > :39:01.fourth, Michael Schumacher's still in fifth place ahead of Hulkenberg.

:39:01. > :39:07.Perez and Mark Webber, Kobayashi is night, di Resta is 10th, Maldonado

:39:07. > :39:13.is dropping down the order. He has just come into it -- Jean-Eric

:39:14. > :39:23.Vergne has just come into the pit in the Toro Rosso. There is a

:39:23. > :39:28.little baffled just ahead, lapping another car, that HRT. Perez almost

:39:28. > :39:34.slides the car into the HRT as he tries to shed the speed down into

:39:35. > :39:38.Turn Six. Cabbing she was saying to -- going back to what you are

:39:38. > :39:43.saying about Jenson Button being the fastest on the track, that will

:39:43. > :39:48.be a relief to him. He has had some lean racist intent of outright pace,

:39:48. > :39:52.but that will be a relief for the McLaren team, they have brought a

:39:52. > :39:55.lot of operatives to the track, it was hard for them to know how much

:39:55. > :40:00.before that it had given them yesterday, but all of the evidence

:40:00. > :40:06.so far is it has put them right on the pace of the world championship

:40:06. > :40:11.leader at this stage. Jenson hasn't had a top six since round three in

:40:11. > :40:16.China. A long time ago. Things are definitely looking better. Hamilton

:40:16. > :40:19.is still out there on his set of tyres, so maybe Lewis can still get

:40:19. > :40:24.some points out of this race if they can make the strategy work,

:40:24. > :40:28.but he lost the last -- massive amount of time with that puncture

:40:28. > :40:34.on the second lap. Vettel getting closer yet to the back of Alonso,

:40:34. > :40:39.and he will be in DRS range. In fact, he pretty much is now. Alonso

:40:39. > :40:49.may have a problem on his hands, because Vettel is looking very racy

:40:49. > :40:50.

:40:51. > :40:55.indeed. We will get to find out. I just love had calm the messages are.

:40:55. > :41:00.Jenson Button hopefully taking advantage. Dave Robson is always so

:41:00. > :41:03.calm on the radio and very matter- of-fact. We can catch these guys.

:41:03. > :41:08.The kind of person you would like to listen to on Sunday morning

:41:08. > :41:13.radio, having a lie-in. You are suggesting a future career. As

:41:13. > :41:18.Sergio Perez finally got past Hulkenberg? Then the outside into

:41:18. > :41:24.106. Did he make the most of it bodied Hulkenberg fight back? This

:41:24. > :41:30.is Nico Rosberg and Paul di Resta, also in defensive mode. And Nico

:41:30. > :41:36.Rosberg did make the move stick. Hamilton. Running wide at the exit

:41:36. > :41:39.of Turn One, as we saw with Mark Webber earlier in the race. Michael

:41:39. > :41:46.Schumacher's car, looking like there is a ring of blisters. That

:41:46. > :41:50.is unusual that the tyre would be picking that up. A lot of

:41:50. > :41:56.blistering does at care on the tyre sometimes but it doesn't seem to

:41:56. > :42:03.cost them too much in terms of performance -- does occur. Vettel

:42:03. > :42:09.is using a DRS but Alonso has a DRS and there is a chance for Vettel to

:42:09. > :42:16.do the same. There must have been a mistake by Vettel denied the turn

:42:16. > :42:23.one or turn to, because you can see the gap has opened -- in either

:42:23. > :42:29.turn one or back row turned two. He may have locked up. No summit --

:42:29. > :42:34.sign of damage to the tyres are Vettel's car. This was Sergio Perez

:42:34. > :42:38.with Hulkenberg. He has completed the move, let's see how he did it.

:42:38. > :42:42.He had to be very aggressive on the pass with Hulkenberg, he really ran

:42:42. > :42:47.him to the right-hand side of the circuit. Now back getting on the

:42:47. > :42:53.artificial grass. We have seen in GP 2, cars and get lodged up into

:42:53. > :42:56.the air as they run onto the grass. It can be a costly mistake. This

:42:56. > :43:02.was Mark Webber mother to go with Nico Hulkenberg. That has promoted

:43:02. > :43:06.Mark Webber up to seventh place -- a moment ago. Fernando Alonso leads,

:43:06. > :43:15.let's see what they gap is back to Sebastian Vettel, just under one

:43:15. > :43:25.second. Hamilton is out of position, he is running in 18th place. Jenson

:43:25. > :43:30.Button to pass man in 106? He is in the DRS zone. Hamilton, you mean.

:43:30. > :43:37.was getting excited. Hamilton is racing hard, he is in 18th place,

:43:37. > :43:45.but does he use the advantage to unlap himself? If he has the pace,

:43:45. > :43:50.he can do. Sebastian Vettel tucked in behind the leader Fernando

:43:50. > :43:57.Alonso. Then it is Jenson Button. Lewis Hamilton is a lap down after

:43:57. > :44:04.the puncture earlier on today. RADIO: You have Jenson about three

:44:04. > :44:11.seconds behind us. Make sure we don't hold him up. Of course, this

:44:11. > :44:17.was the track where Felipe Massa famously cocked their team to move

:44:17. > :44:27.over for the lead for Fernando Alonso. All McLaren are doing is

:44:27. > :44:29.

:44:29. > :44:34.trying to get a free run for Jenson if -- Jenson Button. Then into the

:44:34. > :44:39.first corner they go. Alonso, Vettel and Hamilton, but Hamilton

:44:39. > :44:45.is out of position. Lapping very good times from Hamilton at the

:44:45. > :44:49.moment. Vettel just sliding a little bit. I wonder whether

:44:49. > :44:54.Hamilton will just have to settle back and little bit here. I believe

:44:54. > :45:00.he has been told to attack the leaders. Here he is with DRS Open,

:45:00. > :45:05.is he going down the inside of Vettel? He is down the inside, no

:45:05. > :45:08.reason why not. It is his race he is worried about. Vettel tried to

:45:08. > :45:14.fight back on the exit but there is no way through, Sara Hamilton

:45:14. > :45:22.getting past Vettel and Vettel is not very impressed. In terms of

:45:22. > :45:25.strategy and etiquette, Gary? Is he doing the right thing? He is doing

:45:25. > :45:29.the right thing, if he can unlap himself, that is the most important

:45:29. > :45:34.thing. At the end of the race, that lack of might be very valuable for

:45:34. > :45:40.him. He also wants to show he has this -- he is as quick as the men

:45:40. > :45:45.up front, if he hadn't had that puncture. I remember when Eddie

:45:45. > :45:51.Irvine made his debut for Jordan, he famously upset the late, great

:45:51. > :46:01.Ayrton Senna by Anne lapping himself. That ended in fisticuffs.

:46:01. > :46:04.

:46:04. > :46:09.phase of coming into the box. Which tyre, the harder of the two.

:46:09. > :46:14.Straight on goes the McLaren. That looked like a fabulous stop from

:46:14. > :46:18.McLaren who sorted out the issues they had earlier in the year. Away

:46:18. > :46:24.it goes. Jensen came in from third and he is into the final stint of

:46:24. > :46:30.the race he has to go quickly and try and have a chance of attacking

:46:30. > :46:33.Alonso and Vettel in the latter stages of the race. Perez is in, so

:46:33. > :46:37.is Webber. That is Mark Webber for Red Bull who is into the pits now

:46:37. > :46:42.as well. Raikkonen is just lighting up the timing screens with the

:46:42. > :46:46.fastest lap, good clean get away as well for Mark Webber. Raikkonen

:46:46. > :46:52.getting the faster lap out of the fresh tyres of course, will Red

:46:52. > :46:59.Bull and Ferrari have to respond? Vettel will have to respond to Butt

:46:59. > :47:06.if he is to ex -- Jensen Button. I expect to see them coming in early.

:47:06. > :47:10.This lap I would imagine, and Ferrari are out in the pit lane.

:47:10. > :47:16.so crucial time in the German Grand Prix. It is Alonso and Vettel both

:47:16. > :47:20.coming in at exactly the same time, now, watch them, Alonso, renowned

:47:20. > :47:26.for being accurate on his marks as he comes into the stop. Vettel up

:47:26. > :47:29.to that mark as well. Down goes the Ferrari, down goes the Red Bull.

:47:29. > :47:35.Little difference as far as I can see between the two stops. They are

:47:35. > :47:39.on the limiter and away goes Alonso. Is Jensen Button going to get past

:47:39. > :47:43.Vettel? He is. Trying to get second place, what will be second place

:47:43. > :47:46.for Jensen Button, he goes round the outside of Vettel, and takes

:47:46. > :47:50.that position away, crucial move for the McLaren there. That is why

:47:50. > :47:55.they had to respond, as soon as the McLaren pitted, then they had no

:47:55. > :48:01.choice but to both bail in to cover. In the end, although they service

:48:01. > :48:05.the car and get him out,. He goes one way and the other. Can't quite

:48:05. > :48:10.get. Looks up on the outside, just manages to hold it. Sense of

:48:10. > :48:18.frustration there as well from Vettel, as he tried to take that

:48:18. > :48:23.second place away once again. TEAM RADIO: And now there is a chance

:48:23. > :48:27.that a McLaren could win this race, Jensen Button with just the Ferrari

:48:27. > :48:31.ahead of him. Let us look at this. This is wanted to see, he is side

:48:31. > :48:36.by side with the Red Bull as it gets up to speed. Crucially he has

:48:36. > :48:41.the lap of knowledge, on where the tyres are, and Vettel always going

:48:41. > :48:46.to be a bit uncertain when you come, that is the first braking moment on

:48:46. > :48:51.the tyres, in the end he sees Vettel has oversteer as he wobbled

:48:51. > :48:58.in. Tried to respond with DRS and Jensen defended beautifully. What

:48:58. > :49:02.is the relative pace of the cars going to be like now? Vettel goes

:49:02. > :49:05.wide. That was very wide from Sebastian Vettel. Shows how hard he

:49:05. > :49:10.is trying to win the German Grand Prix. He has never won his home

:49:10. > :49:14.event. He was born and raised not far from this Hockenheim circuit

:49:14. > :49:21.but it seems to be he might be in phosphorus traition again here

:49:21. > :49:25.today. Let us wait and see. Plenty of time to go. Vettel third what is

:49:25. > :49:29.going on behind is Kobayashi. McLaren locked up into the hairpin.

:49:29. > :49:35.We haven't seen the smoke. We haven't seen too much of that for

:49:35. > :49:40.the McLaren this weekend. It has been an issue in previous Grand

:49:40. > :49:46.Prixs. Jensen Button had to be care, making sure the tyres go to the end.

:49:46. > :49:51.Gary, what have you gleaned from what happened during the pit-stops?

:49:51. > :49:55.Looks to see how Jensen Button achieved that. His time was 2.6

:49:55. > :50:02.seconds faster than Vettel, and 2.4 seconds quicker than Alonso, so I

:50:02. > :50:09.think all the pit-stops were pretty much the same time, so that out-lap

:50:09. > :50:14.with Jensen put the hammer down. Chances for Button here, they are

:50:14. > :50:19.in among the traffic. The gap down 0.8 of a second as they pit their

:50:19. > :50:22.way through all of the cars and Petrov getting out of the way of

:50:22. > :50:32.Jensen Button. More cars up ahead of Alonso. What a feeling this must

:50:32. > :50:37.

:50:37. > :50:42.be for Jensen, after all the problems. Telling him not the push

:50:42. > :50:48.the tyres too hard. They suffer from thermal degradation, so there

:50:48. > :50:51.maybe plenty of rubber left on the tyre, but if you spin them up too

:50:51. > :50:55.much, leaving the tight corners, the heat that builds in the surface

:50:55. > :51:01.of the tyre. You see massive drop off later in the Grand Prix, so Red

:51:01. > :51:06.Bull on the back foot, if you see a replay of Kobayashi. He has come

:51:06. > :51:13.back at Hulkenberg. He has taken the sixth place. A good move down

:51:13. > :51:17.the inside. A bit of lock up. We are on lap 49, out of 67. Jensen

:51:17. > :51:21.Button close behind Alonso, Vettel not far behind the pair of them, in

:51:21. > :51:25.third place, and it does look as though it is Ferrari, McLaren or

:51:25. > :51:31.Red Bull, who will emerge victorious here today, which wung,

:51:31. > :51:39.who knows? It is a tight tussle. Raikkonen fourth, Schumacher fifth.

:51:39. > :51:43.Kobayashi sixth. Perez in seventh. Rosberg is in eighth. He has moved

:51:43. > :51:48.up from 21st. I don't know if Webber has a problem, he hasn't

:51:48. > :51:53.been able to make progress. Di Resta in tenth. Hulkenberg right

:51:53. > :52:03.behind him then Ricciardo, Maldonado, Massa is 14th. Vergne

:52:03. > :52:04.

:52:04. > :52:09.15th. Hamilton 16th ahead of Petrov. Then we have Grosjean. All 24 cars

:52:09. > :52:13.are still running, in this Grand Prix, with 17 laps to go. And there

:52:13. > :52:18.is Vettel, is he just looking after his tires? Is he biding his time?

:52:18. > :52:21.Or has he not quite got the pace of those in front? Thafrpblts is the

:52:21. > :52:25.million dollar question at this phase of the race, you have to say

:52:25. > :52:29.the McLaren is looking the strongest but he is getting right

:52:29. > :52:32.into that area where running so close to Alonso, if he doesn't try

:52:32. > :52:36.to make the pass he will take more o out of the tyre, he will lose

:52:36. > :52:40.down force as he runs in the dirt tear of the Ferrari. That is

:52:40. > :52:43.Grosjean, he is having a horrible time today. He has been struggle

:52:43. > :52:48.with the car. He couldn't understand why the car wasn't good

:52:48. > :52:52.in qualifying. He is mystified and he is having a torrid time this

:52:52. > :52:56.afternoon. That was a replay of Vettel running wide on the exit of

:52:56. > :53:02.turn 11. Good afternoon, running wide on the exit of turn 12 as he

:53:02. > :53:07.enters the stadium. That would suggest you have the replay in turn

:53:07. > :53:10.11 and when he goes into the stadium here, runs ow on to the

:53:10. > :53:16.artificial grass. Muem nuem the pits. That is interesting. He loses

:53:16. > :53:19.the place to Kobayashi. They have had to go for quite a late pit-stop.

:53:19. > :53:25.Garyer are you surprised? Do you think they have to play it careful

:53:25. > :53:29.and make sure they are in good shape at the end? I am surprised.

:53:29. > :53:34.Their strategy wasn't work out. They gained good positions, but

:53:34. > :53:38.they may be try doing the same thing. 14 laps to go. Put the soft

:53:38. > :53:43.tyre on, brand-new set. If they can go for 14 qualifying laps which

:53:43. > :53:47.Mike kl do. Have to see how it works out in the end. Back on track

:53:47. > :53:54.again, saw a bit of dust kicks up. I wonder if we can find out who

:53:54. > :53:59.that was. We are onboard with Vettel. He ran wide out of the last

:53:59. > :54:03.corner. He was he the one that kicked up the dust. Has to do a big

:54:03. > :54:07.catch, and then runs wide as you say, picks up that demust the run-

:54:07. > :54:10.off area, so he is trying and it looks like some carbon from the

:54:10. > :54:18.accident at the beginning of the race or from the underside of the

:54:18. > :54:24.car is thrown up into the air. RADIO: There is a lot of traffic

:54:24. > :54:28.ahead. Pick up DRS off the traffic. So Jensen maybe able to use that

:54:28. > :54:32.traffic to his advantage, and we will see whether that allows him a

:54:32. > :54:36.bit more of an attack. There is confirmation of Schumacher's

:54:36. > :54:41.fastest lap. He is flying. Next time round he is not quite so quick.

:54:41. > :54:48.Let us see what has been going on here. Rosberg in the background

:54:48. > :54:53.getting past Hulkenberg. Past di Resta, sorry. That is di Resta. I

:54:53. > :54:59.think he held on to it. Nfrpblt the breaking zone, Paul, very early on

:54:59. > :55:04.the brakes. Nico making full use of the option tyres on the braking.

:55:04. > :55:09.Meanwhile, with Schumacher flying, Perez may struggle to fend

:55:09. > :55:13.Schumacher off when he gets a bit closer, that is in the battle for

:55:13. > :55:18.sixth place. Perez has done a lot lap, he will have done 35 laps by

:55:18. > :55:23.the end of the race. So not that bad yet. He is going a long way on

:55:23. > :55:27.the tyres. Alonso in the traffic. Can this help stkpwhruth not really,

:55:27. > :55:31.he is not close enough. Lop being very clever, very canny,

:55:31. > :55:36.positioning the car and just getting it into a good position,

:55:36. > :55:41.Button closing up under braking, will lose that again under

:55:41. > :55:45.acceleration. Hamilton is out of the German Grand Prix. And it is

:55:45. > :55:51.all over. And another non-finish following on from the accident in

:55:51. > :55:55.Valencia a few weeks ago, now it's a non-finish in Germany, and his

:55:55. > :56:05.title challenge not in tatter, but definitely not where he wants it to

:56:05. > :56:05.

:56:05. > :56:15.be. Onboard with Perez who has tires that have done a fair few

:56:15. > :56:18.laps. You wonder, I am sure they wouldn't do it, they could have a

:56:18. > :56:21.placebo Button, the boost Button, drivers who have been adjusting

:56:21. > :56:25.Buttons coming in and telling the team how it changed the car, only

:56:25. > :56:30.to be told that particular switch wasn't connected to anything.

:56:30. > :56:33.that done to you, have you? I never did that! Of course not. Alonso

:56:33. > :56:40.leading the race, and in terms of the championship, if it stays the

:56:40. > :56:44.way it is right now, it would be very very healthy, in terms of

:56:44. > :56:49.Alonso's lead. Webber second in the point, only running in eighth place.

:56:49. > :56:54.Vettel of course, he is still in the hunt, very much in the hunt in

:56:54. > :56:58.championship terms, he is down in third. If it stays like it is now

:56:58. > :57:01.Alonso could go with a 34 point lead in the Championship. But let

:57:01. > :57:07.us not call that yet, because Button is there and Vettel is also

:57:07. > :57:11.a little closer this time. Yes, Vettel getting in, he's got his

:57:11. > :57:17.sight on how many laps to the end of this race, he will have a

:57:17. > :57:22.feeling as to how much he can take out of the tyres, a healthy gap to

:57:22. > :57:27.Raikkonen of 11.8 seconds, so all- or-nothing at this stage. The race

:57:27. > :57:31.is on between the Ferrari, the McLaren, and the Red Bull, for

:57:31. > :57:35.three different manufacturers, they have all had race victories this

:57:35. > :57:38.year. But the battle for the Championship very much between the

:57:38. > :57:44.three of them. The Red Bull dominating the constructors but in

:57:44. > :57:48.the drivers it is a much tighter affair. As Jensen went with the

:57:48. > :57:53.yellow G2 it looks like Alonso has pushed the black prancing horse in

:57:53. > :57:58.the middle of his steering wheel and he is giddying up and pulling

:57:58. > :58:03.out the gap. It is 1.3 second. He is breaking the DRS. So there is

:58:03. > :58:10.confirmation of what the points would be if it stays as it is right

:58:10. > :58:15.now, Kobayashi still in fifth. Perez is in sixth. Schumacher

:58:15. > :58:20.seventh. We are hearing that Michael Schumacher has been told he

:58:20. > :58:25.needs a 25 metre lift, which will be to save fuel, you will be, if

:58:25. > :58:31.you use the brake marker boards into turn six, he is braking at one

:58:31. > :58:35.hundred, then he thats to work out where 125 is and lift out at that

:58:35. > :58:40.point. He coasts all, coasting in a Formula One car is more braking

:58:40. > :58:45.than you would get in a road car.. Gary will tell us how much drag

:58:45. > :58:53.that creates. It is profrbl a G. Typical road car, if you are lucky

:58:53. > :58:58.you pull a G in any kind of lateral or deceleration. There we are.

:58:58. > :59:02.Looking at the stops we have seen, and the tyre compounds that have

:59:02. > :59:07.been used. They have all gone with the same strategy. That is a oft

:59:07. > :59:13.tyre to start with, then medium. The harder for the next two stints.

:59:13. > :59:19.Five laps to go. Gary, let us get a comment from you, not only on that

:59:19. > :59:23.and what we are seeing and the lap times they are doing? Alonso, if he

:59:23. > :59:28.was asked that was about trying to get as much power as he could for

:59:28. > :59:36.the rest of the race, to hold Button off. It looks as if he has

:59:36. > :59:39.nuend little bit to allowed him to get out of the DRS, through that

:59:39. > :59:43.traffic. So the ris, the race is only going to be about not making

:59:43. > :59:48.that mistake, they are so close one little error and you have lost the

:59:48. > :59:54.position. It is a tight battle between Alonso, Button and Vettel.

:59:54. > :59:59.Button dropping back a fraction on the last lap or two. Made a great

:59:59. > :00:04.passing manoeuvre on Alonso some years ago here at Hockenheim. He

:00:04. > :00:07.was trying to hang on to his melt, which was loose. He pulled off a

:00:07. > :00:11.great move of that season. It was for a second place finish. But to

:00:12. > :00:21.do it here today, let us wait and see, Button has never won a German

:00:22. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :00:37.ahead now. Michael Schumacher going into the 10, 11 section. Using the

:00:38. > :00:43.break adjustment with his left hand, he doesn't like that. We see a lot

:00:44. > :00:51.of bad from Michael. And that is Perez just up ahead. That is sixth

:00:51. > :00:58.position for Michael Armley is much fresher tyres. Jenson was held up

:00:58. > :01:02.by the HRT, so he will be able to use his DRS. He is not close enough

:01:02. > :01:06.to very Jenson enough to go defensive, but look how close he is.

:01:06. > :01:11.So from Jenson Button being on the attack, he is now having to defend

:01:11. > :01:15.from Sebastian Vettel. Can Vettel get himself back into second place?

:01:15. > :01:21.The pit stops have worked so well for McLaren but are they beginning

:01:21. > :01:24.to struggle in the final sections of this race for grip? Perhaps the

:01:24. > :01:27.tyres have overheated slighted. They are still learning how to set

:01:27. > :01:33.this car up after all of the modifications they made for the

:01:33. > :01:37.weekend. Vettel very wide on turn 11. He will get away with it one or

:01:37. > :01:40.two times, but if he is systematically using it to gain

:01:40. > :01:46.performance, I imagine race control will send a message to the team

:01:46. > :01:52.manager. As we come around to complete another lap, crossing the

:01:52. > :01:56.line, 64 laps, three to go. 2.4 seconds is the gap now, so it has

:01:57. > :02:03.gone up by half a second between Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button,

:02:03. > :02:09.with Vettel close enough to use the DRS. And again, Alonso has managed

:02:09. > :02:14.to clear the traffic in front. big slide. A bit back-end slide

:02:14. > :02:22.from Jenson Button. It is those rear tyres. That would have been

:02:22. > :02:32.using KERS leaving Newtownabbey -- leaving turn two. As soon as Vettel

:02:32. > :02:36.is able to use DRS, at around 50 kilometres an hour for Red Bull.

:02:37. > :02:43.Jenson Button has been out of any decent points for Red Bull for such

:02:43. > :02:48.a long time -- or McLaren for such a long time and at the moment, it

:02:48. > :02:52.is slipping away and he has to work hard to get Sebastian Vettel behind.

:02:52. > :02:58.Again, it looks like Vettel will not be winning his home Grand Prix

:02:58. > :03:00.but any chance of second, he will be going for it. And past the high

:03:00. > :03:08.seat at the grandstands at Hockenheim, some traffic to

:03:08. > :03:13.negotiate. They have some Marussia, they have to try and get why

:03:13. > :03:19.without losing any time at all, dead the HRT is ahead of them. Two

:03:19. > :03:23.laps to go, Jenson Button holding on to second. Jenson Button was one

:03:23. > :03:28.second slower than Alonso on that lap, so it looks like it is all

:03:28. > :03:34.over for that win. Vettel is right in the DRS zone, he will get the

:03:34. > :03:40.activation. Jenson Button using his KERS to get defensive, but look at

:03:40. > :03:44.the over speed that Vettel is getting. Sebastian Vettel is going

:03:45. > :03:49.there the outside, trying to get past the McLaren. They are still

:03:49. > :03:54.side by side. He has done it, Sebastian Vettel takes second place

:03:54. > :03:59.once again from Jenson Button. Much to the delight of the local fans,

:03:59. > :04:02.but Jenson Button is not quite giving up yet. Vettel should have

:04:02. > :04:08.the place now but I am not sure he has the pace to chase the race

:04:08. > :04:14.leader, because Alonso has just done a personal best in the first

:04:14. > :04:18.sector. The Ferrari is flying. we consider the use of DRS. Jenson

:04:18. > :04:24.Button goes defensive, Vettel pulls to the left. It is all about the

:04:24. > :04:29.brakes. Side by side, using up a little bit of KERS. And the clever

:04:29. > :04:34.boy has gone out and realised he can use the run-off from the exit

:04:34. > :04:40.of that corner. We have -- I run the final lap, Fernando Alonso has

:04:40. > :04:50.driven superbly once again. He may have missed out on victory last

:04:50. > :04:53.

:04:53. > :05:00.time... TEAM RADIO: The FIA are aware. That is a good point, all

:05:00. > :05:03.four wheels were off? Did he gain an advantage? Jenson has a point. I

:05:04. > :05:09.said it was clever of Sebastian to realise there was based there, but

:05:09. > :05:14.technically, the racetrack is defined by the white lines -- there

:05:14. > :05:19.was space there. It is part of the sport that you run over kerbs and

:05:19. > :05:23.the lines, but that could be looked at by the stewards. On board, we

:05:23. > :05:30.are with Fernando Alonso and this race has gone absolutely like

:05:30. > :05:37.clockwork for the Ferrari team. He has just got the final few corners.

:05:37. > :05:40.Ferrari are heading for their 21st victory of a German Grand Prix.

:05:40. > :05:46.Just beat Double right-handers to come through. Fernando Alonso takes

:05:46. > :05:51.his third win of 2012, his third win of the German Grand Prix, and

:05:51. > :05:57.back-to-back wins at Hockenheim. Second place goes to Sebastian

:05:57. > :06:01.Vettel. Third goes to Jenson Button, only his fourth podium finish of

:06:01. > :06:05.the 2012 Stadium. So although he lost seconds at the closing stages,

:06:05. > :06:10.he will be so much happier than we have seen recently. Kimi Raikkonen

:06:10. > :06:16.crosses the line in fourth. We are waiting to see... Kobayashi his

:06:16. > :06:20.fifth, so he matches his best result of the season. Perez is

:06:20. > :06:30.sixth. Sauber had done a stunning job with by a car as well inside

:06:30. > :06:30.

:06:30. > :06:40.the point. Michael Schumacher comes in seventh place. Fernando Alonso

:06:40. > :06:52.

:06:52. > :07:00.celebrates. TEAM RADIO: Es! -- yes! Thank you. That was fantastic again.

:07:00. > :07:03.Tonight, we have a party. little party on the plane. And just

:07:03. > :07:07.confirmation that race control are looking into the incident when

:07:07. > :07:10.Vettel overtook Jenson Button, and if he was deemed to get an

:07:10. > :07:14.advantage by running off the track, they could reverse that. We will

:07:14. > :07:21.have to see what the KERS. Jenson would like to be promoted back to

:07:21. > :07:23.second place -- what happens. Let's see what they decide. So Fernando

:07:23. > :07:28.Alonso takes victory from Sebastian Vettel in second place and Jenson

:07:28. > :07:38.Button in third. Kimi Raikkonen with a fighting for but never on

:07:38. > :08:05.

:08:05. > :08:09.terms with the leaders. Kobayashi Jenson saying, they are going to

:08:10. > :08:14.investigate will overtake. Sebastian saying he didn't care

:08:14. > :08:20.where Jenson was, so he was giving him space, so it could be a fair

:08:20. > :08:24.defence. Fernando Alonso has that winning victory again, victory in

:08:24. > :08:30.Germany at the halfway stage. He has built himself a useful lead.

:08:30. > :08:36.Jenson Button, it is his 46 Korea podium, tied with Lewis Hamilton,

:08:36. > :08:40.but a few more races and it Jenson back row's belt. The 100 to race

:08:40. > :08:42.for Lewis did not go quite to plan. for Lewis did not go quite to plan.

:08:42. > :08:51.for Lewis did not go quite to plan. for Lewis did not go quite to plan.

:08:51. > :08:56.What a fantastic result, Stephan Louw, you must be delighted with

:08:56. > :09:05.the way things are going. Do they was a great day, with victory for

:09:05. > :09:09.Fernando and the team, but I always said that it is only halfway

:09:09. > :09:13.through the season, we have seen things that change so quickly, we

:09:13. > :09:17.cannot afford to lose concentration, we need to be perfect in all points

:09:17. > :09:23.of the performance. We need to start managing the tyres,

:09:23. > :09:28.understanding the tyres, bringing downforce on to the car. Otherwise,

:09:28. > :09:32.with such a tight season, you cannot really win. We do since the

:09:32. > :09:39.beginning it was tough, we couldn't imagine it was said to have, so

:09:39. > :09:43.that is why I asked people to stay with their feet on the ground. OK,

:09:43. > :09:49.tonight they can celebrate. A lot of people in testing were saying

:09:49. > :09:54.the Ferrari would not be very good. Tonight, Fernando is celebrating

:09:54. > :10:01.his third win of the season. the people speak, we don't care. We

:10:01. > :10:03.don't need to follow. Of course, it was not really a car at the

:10:03. > :10:09.beginning of the season, so we knew that we could have performed well

:10:09. > :10:14.in the winter, but as I said to my engineers, let's stay cool, I can

:10:14. > :10:18.count on the fact that other people are very good, we need to just

:10:18. > :10:24.focused on how long it takes and as I said, there is a long way to go.

:10:24. > :10:29.If you are the fastest, you can be relaxed, but you can see today,

:10:29. > :10:32.McLaren are back after a week when everyone was saying McLaren is

:10:32. > :10:36.through. Red Bull is always strong, but you see the other teams, very

:10:36. > :10:41.close. If you love that classification, the gaps, if you

:10:41. > :10:45.make a mistake and have a problem, it is difficult. Fernando always

:10:45. > :10:48.makes a good start in a Grand Prix, he did another one today but had a

:10:48. > :10:51.he did another one today but had a clear road ahead of him. It must be

:10:51. > :10:56.so pleasing when you can watch this and it must be a huge relief when

:10:56. > :11:00.you have such hard charging drivers behind you. It is crucial to start

:11:00. > :11:03.from the first position, because then you don't have to worry about

:11:03. > :11:09.the others. It is not such a long straight, so we need to have a good

:11:09. > :11:14.jump at the beginning and then manage that jump. It is good, as I

:11:14. > :11:18.said before, we need to work out all the things of performance. In

:11:18. > :11:23.such a tight race, if you miss the start and you go back, the race can

:11:23. > :11:28.be totally different. As you say, a lot of points are still on the

:11:28. > :11:33.board, 250 still available, how are you targeting your development to

:11:34. > :11:39.try and keep ahead? We saw McLaren take a step ahead this weekend, is

:11:39. > :11:45.it that you look at one-tenth each race or is it a bigger package?

:11:45. > :11:50.think the targets should be to be able to bring one-tenth every race,

:11:50. > :11:55.but it is very difficult. The rules are quite stable now, so the more

:11:55. > :11:58.that you go up to a peak and the that you go up to a peak and the

:11:58. > :12:07.curve, the more difficult it is to find performers. And the other

:12:07. > :12:11.thing I would say is that we did not have the test, you need to make

:12:11. > :12:15.sure that what you are using is working. If you push it too hard,

:12:15. > :12:19.you lose the right way to go, so it is fundamental that the base for

:12:19. > :12:23.development as to keep in the right direction without losing direction,

:12:23. > :12:26.otherwise it would be difficult to go on the main straight. They queue

:12:26. > :12:31.so much for joining us, I know you have some celebrating to do --

:12:31. > :12:36.thank you. As I said, we will celebrate when it counts, but there,

:12:36. > :12:41.we will be happier. OK, a mini celebration. Let's hear the

:12:41. > :12:45.thoughts of Fernando Alonso. Fernando, Many congratulations,

:12:45. > :12:55.dominant all the way and you seemed inch-perfect. P yes, a lot of

:12:55. > :13:00.pressure from everybody today. Sebastian -- Sebastian..., Lewis.

:13:01. > :13:04.But it was good to defend. Out of turn three, we had a very good car,

:13:04. > :13:11.very good traction and we were able to keep position and then the team

:13:11. > :13:18.did a very good job at the start, it was a fantastic time for the pit

:13:18. > :13:23.stop and the pit stop itself. The team deserved this victory and we

:13:23. > :13:27.need to work and little bit too close the gap that we still have

:13:27. > :13:32.with the competitors, with some good performances, because we

:13:32. > :13:42.cannot forget that when Sebastian Border Jenson had a bit of free air,

:13:42. > :13:45.they were quicker than us. -- We heard at the end of the race

:13:45. > :13:50.that the stewards would investigate the move from Sebastian Vettel on

:13:50. > :13:58.Jenson Button for second place. Let's hear his explanation.

:13:58. > :14:03.They making regulations, Sebastian. Jenson Button thinks he will finish

:14:03. > :14:08.this race second, what you make of that? He didn't say that when we

:14:08. > :14:17.finished the race. I think it of the question of when, rather than

:14:17. > :14:22.wear. Jenson's tyres were gone by the end. I try to out-brake him, I

:14:22. > :14:27.didn't want to squeeze him up the inside and risk a crash, so I

:14:27. > :14:33.decided to run wide and surely at the outside, I was quite afraid,

:14:33. > :14:40.because the group is not as good as the track, but in combination with

:14:40. > :14:45.Jenson's tyres, I was able to stay ahead. I was able to defend. All in

:14:45. > :14:50.all, I think all I tried to do was too passive and I wanted to make

:14:50. > :14:54.sure I gave him enough room to survive. Here we can see Sebastian

:14:54. > :14:59.Vettel heading to the stewards to explain to them. I am not sure what

:14:59. > :15:03.she thought at home, but the stewards were not convinced. He has

:15:04. > :15:13.been given a 20-second penalty and that drops into fifth. Christian

:15:14. > :15:14.

:15:14. > :15:18.. The stewards have ruled that he got ab an unfairal advantage and

:15:18. > :15:23.the only penalty available is the equivalent of a drive through which

:15:23. > :15:27.is a harsh penalty,20 secs, drops him to fifth, so you know, it is

:15:27. > :15:34.one of those things very disappointing, but we have to take

:15:34. > :15:38.it on the chin. The time in pit is only 12 seconds so it's a much

:15:38. > :15:42.bigger penalty than a drive through. I mean it is one of those things,

:15:42. > :15:47.unfortunately, it is the only penalty available to the stewards,

:15:47. > :15:53.so yeah, it doesn't perhaps fit the crime, even if in our opinion there

:15:53. > :15:57.wasn't a crime, but, you know, that's it, you know, it's a P5

:15:58. > :16:03.instead of a P2 so it cost seven, eight points today. We can look at

:16:03. > :16:09.this now. When you saw the incident, did you instantly know you were

:16:09. > :16:17.going to be in trouble? No we thought he was in the braking area.

:16:17. > :16:21.Jensen comes back, he runs wide on to the white line and kerb: You

:16:21. > :16:24.will see Sebastian getting clear. He goes deep into the corner and

:16:24. > :16:28.both accelerate and you can see Jensen is on the kerb as well. So

:16:28. > :16:32.one of those things you call it aration incident. We saw Michael

:16:32. > :16:39.Schumacher do it a few years ago in a race I think you were in David

:16:39. > :16:44.and get away with it. Have you spoken to him? How is his mood.

:16:44. > :16:48.Philosophical. It is his home race, it is very tough to have that kind

:16:48. > :16:52.of penalty, especially having driven so well, you know, to have a

:16:52. > :16:56.20 second penalty is a bit harsh. Mark Webber had a difficult day,

:16:56. > :17:00.from winning two races to then sort of, it seemed he was lost out there.

:17:00. > :17:03.We didn't see him making much head way? He didn't have a great

:17:03. > :17:07.afternoon. He wasn't happy with the balance of the car. The the lack of

:17:08. > :17:14.running on Friday interrupted preparation for the race. He just

:17:14. > :17:17.found himself out that vital sweet spot with the tyres, so one of

:17:17. > :17:23.those things. Thank you. Mark Webber walked past there, but

:17:23. > :17:28.earlier on he spoke to Tom. A frustrating day at the office, you

:17:28. > :17:32.win two weeks' ago and then we have this kind of race. It wasn't very

:17:32. > :17:37.special. I couldn't keep a solid pace at all. It was basically

:17:37. > :17:41.hanging on, obviously I was a bit held up in the first, but after

:17:41. > :17:46.that, wasn't, just wasn't strong enough at any point in the race to

:17:47. > :17:51.put up a serious challenge for a decent amount of points, yeah.

:17:51. > :18:00.Disappointed with, yeah, bizarre to have quite a lot of races very

:18:00. > :18:05.competitive and you finish one 40 secs away from the leader, so yeah.

:18:05. > :18:11.Jensen Button will be relieved to be back on the podium, even if it

:18:11. > :18:13.wasn't on the correct step. He spoke to Tom before his trip to the

:18:13. > :18:19.stewards. Jensen many congratulations, great to see you

:18:19. > :18:23.back on the podium. You must be happy. I am. Every race you go in

:18:23. > :18:29.for, even if you have had a bad race you go in for the win. Wish we

:18:29. > :18:33.could have got that, but there was no way of getting past Fernando.

:18:33. > :18:39.All in all a great race. We have to see the stewards after this, to see

:18:39. > :18:43.what the outcome is, but I think, it looks straightforward to me, but

:18:43. > :18:47.forgetting that, you know I am happy with the race it was a good

:18:47. > :18:54.start, good couple of moves on Nico and Michael, and I must say the

:18:54. > :18:57.boys did a great job. The strategy and pit-stops were phenomenon asm I

:18:58. > :19:02.wasn't even ready when we did the last one. Ity it was 2.4. Yeah, you

:19:02. > :19:07.know, amazing and we have made some mistakes this year, but it is

:19:07. > :19:10.paying off now, and the guys are do a phenomenal job. They brought a

:19:10. > :19:14.lot of up grades to the track but it was much more than a good car,

:19:14. > :19:18.this was a supercharged Jensen Button behind the wheel. It is

:19:18. > :19:24.great to see, he had lost his mojo and was struggling with the car

:19:24. > :19:27.over the last few Grand Prix, but came back, stunning pit work from

:19:27. > :19:31.McLaren. He should be happy with his work rate. He made a lot of

:19:31. > :19:35.overtakes out there, some of them were lightning speed this is a

:19:35. > :19:39.great one past Nico Hulkenberg. was attune, in tune I should say

:19:39. > :19:45.with the car, and that allowed him the confidence to, you know, pull

:19:45. > :19:51.off these overtake, and again, Michael Schumacher, down the inside.

:19:51. > :19:58.Catches him a bit sleeping on the run down to turn six. The hairpin

:19:58. > :20:02.where where Jensen came alive. You can see through turn one, that is

:20:03. > :20:07.the maidge magic moment he sees Sebastian Vettel Ovett vet. Jensen

:20:07. > :20:11.has the experience of where the tyres are, saeb bit uncertain on

:20:11. > :20:15.the new tyres running down into turn two and pulls off the pass.

:20:15. > :20:19.What goes through a driver's mind when question see the driver he was

:20:19. > :20:23.racing against and it is going to be edge to Edgecombeing out of the

:20:23. > :20:28.pits. You wonder where they are going to be, as you come out of the

:20:28. > :20:32.pit lane it is the say if it works you think yes, then if it doesn't

:20:32. > :20:36.you immediately blame the team! That case it worked wonderfully for

:20:36. > :20:40.McLaren. They have taken a hammering this season but this is a

:20:40. > :20:44.pit-stop they won't mind seeing time and time again. We can see the

:20:44. > :20:48.comparison to one with Sebastian Vettel one lap later. This was

:20:48. > :20:52.crucial for the race. As you can see 2.4 seconds. McLaren, we gave

:20:52. > :20:57.them a lot of criticism earlier in the year for failed pit-stops but

:20:57. > :21:01.they were trying to perfect this system. We can actually see the

:21:01. > :21:06.wheel nuts that are held within the wheel. That is key to them being

:21:06. > :21:12.able to get quick pit-stop, they don't have to take it off with the

:21:12. > :21:15.gun. They bring in the next set. Incred Jensen laughing, saying he

:21:15. > :21:20.wasn't even ready. It is just, it is almost a split second. It is

:21:20. > :21:28.difficult for us and you at home to imagine how quick that is. Well, we

:21:28. > :21:34.used to be incredibly impressed if you could co-under 3 seconds. But

:21:34. > :21:38.at 2.4. When we will we see them go under 2. I must be possible?

:21:38. > :21:41.Hamilton, it really wept wrong from the start. The car didn't seem to

:21:41. > :21:47.get away, whether that is something in the software, the programming or

:21:47. > :21:54.something Lewis is doing, I am sure they will analyse that, hiz -- his

:21:54. > :22:00.race fell apart and got a puncture. After retiring he spoke to Tom.

:22:00. > :22:05.Lewis, an incredibly frustrating race, talk us through it. Well,

:22:05. > :22:10.didn't get off to a great start and we had a puncture, unlucky to have

:22:11. > :22:16.that, then we had damage on the car, and that was it. What caused the

:22:16. > :22:20.puncture? I have no idea. I think it was, I this it was debris, after

:22:20. > :22:25.turn two, some guys in front seem to have broke wings or something,

:22:25. > :22:31.and I saw the debris come out and it must have hit the car and

:22:31. > :22:36.damaged it. You had to do almost a whole lap with the kphurpbg, was

:22:36. > :22:46.there any damage to suspension? rear floor is damaged. I think a

:22:46. > :22:46.

:22:46. > :22:50.dip was destroyed as well. Perez and Kobayashi. Guys what a

:22:50. > :22:54.fantastic race for yourselves and for Sauber after a couple of non-

:22:54. > :22:58.points scoring finishes, you have managed to get saub eover the 3

:22:58. > :23:02.hundred point mark, you must be pleased. Of course. Especially

:23:02. > :23:08.after yesterday, you know with such a bad qualifying. We had the pace

:23:08. > :23:13.all the weekend, and we didn't put it together in qualifying. We went

:23:13. > :23:18.out too late and couldn't warm up the tyres. It was difficult

:23:18. > :23:24.qualifying but we nerve gave up. I had a penalty so I had to go back,

:23:24. > :23:28.I started at 17 and to finish 6th is a great result. For me team-mate

:23:28. > :23:33.it's a great result. It didn't seem to hold you back. You were charging

:23:33. > :23:41.through the field at some points? We had a fantastic pace.

:23:41. > :23:46.Unfortunately the main issue was that that I had a problem with my

:23:46. > :23:51.first on laft 15. The rim was coming out. I had to stop. I lost

:23:51. > :23:58.1.5 seconds, plus the stop, I had to stap very early. So it was a big

:23:58. > :24:02.shame. But any way, I think we have done a good job. We recover from

:24:02. > :24:07.that. It was difficult to lose it but it was a good result for the

:24:07. > :24:10.team. We saw you with hubg. You got into a battle with him. You got

:24:10. > :24:17.into a great battle between yourselves as well. It seems to be

:24:17. > :24:23.a lot of respect between you two as team-mates. We had different tyres,

:24:23. > :24:27.so we know each other and of course the target is to be the best of

:24:27. > :24:31.ourselves, we don't risk too much and I think that is important for

:24:31. > :24:34.the team-mate and I think we do good. What do you think you are

:24:34. > :24:39.lacking in the car to take you to the next level? You had your podium

:24:39. > :24:45.earlier in the year. It is a great team result today, but there is a a

:24:45. > :24:51.bit more needed to give you the performance? This weekend, if you

:24:51. > :24:57.put, if you take into account, every weekend is changing but

:24:57. > :25:02.specially this weekend, and in Silverstone, we qualify very well.

:25:02. > :25:10.We then in the six minutes we choose the wrong tyre and we start

:25:10. > :25:14.12th and it is difficult to recover. Again, here, we went out in the

:25:14. > :25:20.wrong time, and we qualify, I qualify 12, plus I have a penalty

:25:20. > :25:26.so I qualify 17, so I think it is to focus on getting the weekend

:25:26. > :25:33.right and. We saw great overtakes from you, that has ban trademark

:25:33. > :25:39.and I think we have, we are able to look at an overtake you had with

:25:39. > :25:49.Mark Webber. In is a good one. He is closing on myself on the inside.

:25:49. > :25:53.I try to stay inside. I think I am not sure, I can't stop. I had good

:25:53. > :26:00.sad vantage from the tyre, but that was the right move. Can we just

:26:00. > :26:05.show what is happening here, maybe before David get their shoes very

:26:05. > :26:11.clean. Guys, thanks very much it has been great talking to you, a

:26:11. > :26:21.great day for Sauber.. Thank you very much. Sebastian Vettel's 20

:26:21. > :26:35.

:26:35. > :26:42.second penalty moves him from Well, Fernando Alonso's three

:26:42. > :26:52.victories means he is taking aifies lead heading into the next ten race.

:26:52. > :27:09.

:27:09. > :27:13.In the Constructors Championship, David, Fernando Alonso is bound to

:27:13. > :27:17.be a happy man, ten races to go, he is leading the Championship. A lot

:27:17. > :27:21.of points still on offer, but this is a car that was deemed not to be

:27:21. > :27:25.very good at the start of the season. It wasn't and it was second

:27:25. > :27:29.in Melbourne. They have developed it well. They have a different full

:27:29. > :27:33.suspension and that seems to be working for them now, but is it the

:27:33. > :27:36.best car in Formula One? It was in pole position and it won the race.

:27:36. > :27:40.He sleeding the Championship. They have developed it well. Fernando

:27:40. > :27:44.Alonso said it wasn't the fastest carton grid, do you think that is

:27:44. > :27:47.still the case? Well, he was on pole in changing weather conditions,

:27:47. > :27:51.so it was a great drive from him, and clearly it was fast enough for

:27:51. > :27:55.him to control the race. When it looked like we were going to have a

:27:55. > :28:02.Grandstand finish he somehow found pace and opened out that gap. So,

:28:02. > :28:06.yeah, it has developed fantasticically. In a week's time

:28:06. > :28:11.the chequered flag will have fallen in Hungary. You can see highlighted

:28:11. > :28:16.on Saturday and the race on Sunday. At least the Olympics are upon us,

:28:17. > :28:20.the opening ceremony is on Friday 7.00, on BBC One and BBC HD. David,