:01:03. > :01:07.Here we are then, race 12 of the season from the Monza circuit. It's
:01:07. > :01:17.the final European Grand Prix of the year and what things we have
:01:17. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :02:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:02:04. > :02:14.Incredible images, remarkable moment, but what will be the
:02:14. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:42.defining image of the 2012 Italian Alongside me two men who have made
:02:42. > :02:46.their own bit of history here, David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan.
:02:46. > :02:51.The drivers talk about it meaning more to them when they win around a
:02:51. > :02:58.classic track. Did it mean that for you? Yes, when you first come here
:02:58. > :03:05.in the lower orders, there is so much history. You have seen the
:03:05. > :03:12.great drivers win here and the fans are special. Eddie I must apologise
:03:12. > :03:17.you for only having won in the wet. You did win here in the dry.
:03:17. > :03:21.qualified second and handed the McLaren into a problem at the first
:03:21. > :03:26.Parabolica. What I think DC is right, when you're standing there,
:03:26. > :03:32.because the podium is here, it is slung out on a screen over the
:03:32. > :03:36.track and you have everyone here crowding around. It is closer to
:03:36. > :03:43.the action. There is nothing like Italian passion when they want to
:03:43. > :03:48.make a noise. The race is special heerbgs post-race it is special.
:03:48. > :03:55.The fans come down here. I wonder who will be on the podium today.
:03:55. > :04:05.First here is thousand battle was looking for battle and -- the
:04:05. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:19.battle for the drivers and Red Bull are looking for a hat
:04:19. > :04:23.trick of wins. They lead the way and look down where Mercedes and
:04:23. > :04:28.Ferrari are. That is the fight to pick up the Championship. Yesterday
:04:28. > :04:34.was the fight for pole position. It was dramatic, it was very close.
:04:34. > :04:41.was dramatic, it was very close. Here is what happened. Qualifying
:04:41. > :04:47.was about contrasts, Paul di Resta delivered his best ever qualifying
:04:47. > :04:52.performance, by going fourth, although there was a five place
:04:52. > :04:57.penalty for a gear box change. Fernando Alonso set the pace in Q1
:04:57. > :05:03.and Q2 and helped Felipe Massa to his best qualifying performance.
:05:03. > :05:09.But a problem on the final run meant he was slowest of the top ten.
:05:09. > :05:12.Red Bull had a low-key day, with Mark Webber failing to make the top
:05:12. > :05:15.ten cut and Sebastian Vettel settling for fifth. But with a good
:05:15. > :05:19.chance of closing the gap to Fernando Alonso in the Championship.
:05:19. > :05:25.The smoothest pairing was at McLaren, Lewis Hamilton set the
:05:25. > :05:32.pace in the early stages for his fourth pole of the season. Jenson
:05:32. > :05:37.Button almost matched it at the end. Neither of them has Monday at Monza.
:05:37. > :05:40.But that could be about to change. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button
:05:40. > :05:45.hold the front row ahead of Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher.
:05:45. > :05:55.Sebastian Vettel starts fifth ahead of the second Mercedes of Nico
:05:55. > :06:04.
:06:04. > :06:14.Rosberg. The penalised Force India of Paul di Resta is ninth. Romain
:06:14. > :06:15.
:06:15. > :06:25.Grosjean's replacement, Jerome D'Ambrosio, is 15th. Pastor
:06:25. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:30.Maldonado starts 22 after his penalty for incidents at Spa. Well
:06:30. > :06:37.done to Lewis Hamilton, his fourth pole of the season. But he was made
:06:37. > :06:41.to work for that. And Fernando Alonso, if he hadn't had the
:06:41. > :06:46.problem going into that last part, Lewis must have been thinking that
:06:46. > :06:50.was the man he had to beat. It was a great lap in the end and with
:06:50. > :06:56.many ways with all the speculation, the best way to silence that talk.
:06:56. > :07:00.We can see the fans packed along the fence. There is a real love for
:07:00. > :07:05.motor sport here. Despite Felipe Massa qualifying in third, we have
:07:05. > :07:09.an idea of the frustration of Ferrari. Luca de Montezemolo is
:07:09. > :07:14.clear, the passion that comes out of Ferrari thing, the sea of red
:07:14. > :07:18.that is here in Monza. They are passionate. He was so upset,
:07:18. > :07:22.because Fernando Alonso could have made ta pole position his and there
:07:22. > :07:27.would have been two Ferraris on the top two rows and these people would
:07:28. > :07:33.have gone out of their heads. Don't be fooled, because Fernando Alonso
:07:33. > :07:41.will make a big fight. The cars are on their way to join us here. David
:07:41. > :07:51.and Eddie will have a chat to some drivers and to get close to the
:07:51. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:09.second front row start within a week. You must be happy. Views for
:08:09. > :08:15.the race? It is great for the team. It is a long old slog down to turn
:08:15. > :08:22.one. And then it is a 90 degree right hander, so it is always
:08:22. > :08:27.tricky. It is high speed when you hit the brakes. Yeah, I feel good.
:08:27. > :08:31.The good thing is we are going to do our own thing and I think
:08:31. > :08:34.planning it at this stage is difficult in term of what you do,
:08:34. > :08:39.because you're both on the front row. We're just going to do our own
:08:40. > :08:47.thing and see what happens. message is your both free to race
:08:47. > :08:52.no, team orders. Exactly. Good luck. The man he has to beat is Lewis
:08:52. > :08:58.Hamilton. His sitting eight metres in front of him. A wonderful race
:08:58. > :09:02.last week this Spa and a fantastic qualifying, can you win this race?
:09:02. > :09:10.We're going to try. The idea is always to start the Rhys thinking
:09:10. > :09:17.about the victory. -- race thinking about the victory. Ferrari and
:09:17. > :09:22.Monza, does that put extra pressure on you It is always a big pressure.
:09:22. > :09:27.Spa was not an easy qualifying, will bit similar here? It looked
:09:27. > :09:32.like it obviously. We knew that it might be a difrt one after we
:09:32. > :09:36.started the weekend on Friday and saw the pace was not there. We did
:09:36. > :09:39.a good job and qualified as high as we could. In the races, I think
:09:39. > :09:47.anything is possible. So looking forward to this afternoon and the
:09:47. > :09:50.car should be better. Good luck with that. Paul di Resta, what a
:09:50. > :09:56.fantastic qualifying, tell me about the position, you have lost five
:09:56. > :10:03.positions, what can you do? As long as we're going forward that is all
:10:03. > :10:07.that matters. We have a fast car. If there is any drag you can take
:10:07. > :10:15.over. Time for Ben Edwards to commentate on the 2012 Italian
:10:15. > :10:20.Grand Prix from here in Monza. The last British man to win here was a
:10:20. > :10:25.certain David Coulthard and the way the front of this grid shapes up,
:10:25. > :10:35.that could be a record that is set to be broken. It is time for the
:10:35. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:57.Monza Grand Prix and it is usually start of the formation lap. Options
:10:57. > :11:04.Alonso,. Perez primed. Senna option. The most successful driver at Monza
:11:04. > :11:07.has been a certain sir Stirling Moss who won here in 1959. Today
:11:07. > :11:12.Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button will try to win this event for the
:11:13. > :11:17.first time in their careers. They lead the cars around. Everyone that
:11:17. > :11:23.qualified on the medium the softer compound tyre, has to start on that
:11:23. > :11:29.tyre. But choice from 11th down wards and Sergio Perez is starting
:11:29. > :11:35.on the harder tyre, as has Jerome D'Ambrosio and Pastor Maldonado and
:11:35. > :11:43.Nico Hulkenberg from the very back of the grid. The leaves beginning
:11:43. > :11:50.to fall in Monza. Gary Anderson what can we expect. I think it will
:11:50. > :11:56.be a one stop race, but there is a worry about tyre wear. That is the
:11:56. > :12:03.white strip on the right hand front tyre. We need a good job on engine
:12:03. > :12:07.cooling. Gear box is good. Engine is hot. That is the engineering
:12:07. > :12:14.telling Sebastian Vettel to cool the engine down. You keep the revs
:12:14. > :12:19.low and the speed up. Wear on the right front tyre. I think it will
:12:19. > :12:23.get better during race. There is more rubber down than on Friday. A
:12:23. > :12:27.one stop is the fastest by ten seconds, but a two stop is not out
:12:27. > :12:32.of question. That is what to watch out. Red Bull have the advantage,
:12:32. > :12:39.but they didn't qualify as well as McLaren. McLaren, the gap the
:12:39. > :12:44.McLaren is 54 points. If you gate one/two you can score 43 points. So
:12:44. > :12:49.even if they got a one/two, Red Bull would still be leading. But
:12:49. > :12:54.Lewis Hamilton heading around the Parabolica, that is the final turn.
:12:54. > :12:58.Sebastian Vettel is here just getting ready to line up on the
:12:58. > :13:04.grid. DAVID COULTHARD: We are hearing Sebastian Vettel has been
:13:04. > :13:12.asked to do a good job on engine cooling. They will set for near on
:13:12. > :13:20.a minute waiting for the others. And that can take away horsepower.
:13:20. > :13:30.It puts the engine closer to its theoretical limit as well. Ross
:13:30. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:35.Prawn -- Ross Brawn keeping an eye on the Mercedes. Don't count
:13:35. > :13:42.Mercedes out of this. We're wonding -- wondering whether they might go
:13:42. > :13:47.for a two-stop. They did struggle doing a one-stop last week. You see
:13:47. > :13:53.the two Mercedess lining up behind each other. Kimi Raikkonen starts
:13:53. > :13:57.in seventh. He has never won the Italian Grand Prix. But we have
:13:57. > :14:01.seen great race pace throughout the season and Felipe Massa's best
:14:01. > :14:05.qualifying of the year. He starts in third. Another driver who has
:14:05. > :14:09.not won here. You have to go back to fourth to find one whether has
:14:09. > :14:15.won herement and that is Michael Schumacher. Nico Hulkenberg is
:14:15. > :14:25.right at the back. Keep an eye on the Force India as he tries to make
:14:25. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:38.Italian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton gets off the line quickly. They
:14:38. > :14:43.could start from Felipe Massa in the Ferrari, and he is attacking.
:14:43. > :14:49.He is attacking Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button is in third place,
:14:49. > :14:55.Michael Schumacher in fourth place, Sebastian Vettel in fifth-place. He
:14:55. > :15:02.had quite a battle. Paul di Resta trying to make up ground. Fernando
:15:02. > :15:07.Alonso can gain, as Jenson Button comes back. Felipe Massa turns in
:15:07. > :15:11.ahead, and Fernando Alonso cannot get past Kamui Kobayashi. A clean
:15:11. > :15:18.start. A bit of bodywork in the middle of the first chicane. It
:15:18. > :15:22.remains to be seen who that was. Otherwise, steady stuff. Lewis
:15:22. > :15:29.Hamilton, this is what he would want to see, he has opened a gap
:15:29. > :15:39.already. Nico Rosberg has dropped down to tenth place. He started in
:15:39. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:50.sixth place. Lewis Hamilton leads. Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull in
:15:50. > :15:56.fifth place. Watch out for the other Force India, I do not see
:15:56. > :16:02.Nico Hulkenberg. He is up to 18th place. Fernando Alonso has got past
:16:02. > :16:09.Kamui Kobayashi. He has lined up perfectly into the slipstream of
:16:09. > :16:15.Kimi Raikkonen. The straight line speed has been pretty impressive.
:16:15. > :16:25.Fernando Alonso is down the insider. Again, Fernando Alonso on the
:16:25. > :16:30.charge. 212 mph. A bit less with a heavy fuel load. The braking
:16:30. > :16:36.distances have changed massively since we last saw the cars. Under
:16:36. > :16:41.normal conditions, it is the longest braking zone of the year.
:16:41. > :16:47.140 metres. That will increase by 10 to 20 metres, depending on your
:16:47. > :16:55.confidence level. That has to be taken into account. Mark Webber has
:16:55. > :17:00.not had a great start, he is in 14th place. A reasonably good start
:17:00. > :17:04.from Sebastian Vettel. He had a storming try it in Belgium a week
:17:04. > :17:11.ago, he finished in second. He pulled off some brilliant
:17:11. > :17:17.overtaking manoeuvres. Next time around, the DRS will be available.
:17:17. > :17:23.Timo Glock has got some damage on his front wing. Everybody is
:17:23. > :17:29.running, nobody has gone out. will be in the first chicane, we
:17:29. > :17:36.saw a bit of a front wing of flying in the air. It should not affect
:17:36. > :17:39.the front runners. The Marshalls should have removed any debris.
:17:39. > :17:47.Fernando Alonso chasing Sebastian Vettel. Michael Schumacher is
:17:47. > :17:52.weaving slightly. The straight line speed of the Red Bull is stronger.
:17:52. > :17:56.Last year, Lewis Hamilton struggled to get a slipstream in a straight
:17:56. > :18:02.line, because he was buzzing into the limiter. This is the compromise
:18:02. > :18:07.the teams have. Lewis Hamilton hooked it up fantastically. Jenson
:18:07. > :18:12.Button got a bit too much wheelspin. Felipe Massa was the first to
:18:12. > :18:18.release his KERS and he got a very solid start. It was brave from
:18:18. > :18:23.Felipe Massa. No harm in having a go, but Lewis Hamilton was wise to
:18:23. > :18:29.wait. Nico Rosberg had already lost a bit of time, and he got boxed to
:18:29. > :18:39.the outside. Mark Webber had a contact with the back of Sergio
:18:39. > :18:46.Perez. He is in the slipstream of Lewis Hamilton, a 600 metre dash to
:18:46. > :18:50.the first corner. This was brave. Lewis Hamilton runs him wide.
:18:51. > :18:59.have had their incidents here in the past. Lewis Hamilton clattered
:18:59. > :19:06.into the back of Fernando -- Felipe Massa or a couple of years ago.
:19:06. > :19:10.he reacted, he got a wheelspin, and he lost vital metres. It was not a
:19:10. > :19:16.bad start, but you do not want to lose a position. Lewis Hamilton
:19:16. > :19:25.leads the race, he is opening up a gap. Sebastian Vettel gets past
:19:25. > :19:29.Michael Schumacher. Fernando Alonso is there as well. Fernando Alonso
:19:29. > :19:35.will try to get past Michael Schumacher. It did not book like
:19:35. > :19:40.Michael Schumacher did a great deal of defending. RADIO: We need to get
:19:40. > :19:50.past these cars again, they are stopping once. Mercedes will make
:19:50. > :19:54.two stops. It is what we thought they would be. Fernando Alonso is
:19:54. > :20:04.behind Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher does not have a great
:20:04. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:08.amount of grip. Fernando Alonso has got DRS. Michael Schumacher has the
:20:08. > :20:13.DRS open as well. Look at the Ferrari, running into the rev
:20:13. > :20:22.limiter, losing speed, its relative to the Mercedes, so he has to make
:20:22. > :20:28.the pass through one of the tighter sections. Lewis Hamilton leads.
:20:28. > :20:34.Nico Rosberg having to defend. They have lost a place to Bruno Senna,
:20:34. > :20:44.and he has got Daniel Ricciardo behind him. Nico Rosberg is having
:20:44. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:53.a tough time. A bit further back, Jerome d'Ambrosio. That was Bruno
:20:53. > :20:57.Senna, they clashed in the first chicane. Fernando Alonso has got
:20:57. > :21:02.past Michael Schumacher, he has made the move this time. Ferrari
:21:02. > :21:06.have not had to wait too long, they have got a car in second and in
:21:06. > :21:11.fifth place. Fernando Alonso did not have the speed at the end of
:21:11. > :21:18.the straight, so he has gone for an early pass. He got in the
:21:18. > :21:22.slipstream alia, he used his KERS, presumably. Fernando Alonso locking
:21:22. > :21:29.the wheel as he goes defensive. Michael Schumacher having a strong
:21:30. > :21:39.race. He can be a bit more aggressive with the tyres. If
:21:39. > :21:45.Fernando Alonso was trying to just stop once... This is the replay, he
:21:45. > :21:49.comes early. Even before the DRS is activated. Then he opens it, which
:21:49. > :21:55.releases track from the car. Michael moves back into his
:21:55. > :22:01.slipstream. Fernando Alonso had the inside line up. To take the outside
:22:01. > :22:06.it to the first chicane, extremely difficult. They must all be members
:22:06. > :22:16.of the same family, the same hair colour! They are nothing back.
:22:16. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:26.Lewis Hamilton has control. Seven laps completed. Fernando Alonso is
:22:27. > :22:35.not that close to Sebastian Vettel. Sergio Perez is ahead of Kamui
:22:35. > :22:44.Kobayashi. Kamui Kobayashi is trying to get past him. Paul di
:22:44. > :22:48.Resta is battling with Bruno Senna. I do not know if Bruno Senna gave
:22:48. > :22:54.the position back. He is trying to get back into the top 10.
:22:54. > :23:03.cannot go past somebody off the racetrack. Bruno Senna on the
:23:03. > :23:07.grass! He goes down the escape road. That has proved a bit costly. He
:23:07. > :23:11.gets passed by a Mark Webber. It was good attacking driving, but he
:23:11. > :23:15.got a wheel on the grass, and he could not do anything about it. He
:23:15. > :23:21.did not look as though there was any unusual weaving from Paul di
:23:21. > :23:28.Resta. Bruno Senna would say, my car was there, but it was difficult
:23:28. > :23:34.to judge. Paul di Resta stays defensive. You cannot close down
:23:34. > :23:41.the braking zone. That was very tight. I would imagine she would
:23:41. > :23:45.would have a look at that. I have been clarified and, after Bahrain,
:23:45. > :23:50.but it is so hard when you are doing these speeds, over 200 miles
:23:50. > :23:55.per hour. You are not looking in your mirror the whole time you go
:23:55. > :24:00.into the corner. You have to say, I have made my decision, I am focused
:24:00. > :24:08.on the apex. You do not have sensors that start beeping when
:24:08. > :24:15.another car is close. A big slide from Sergio Perez. He is in eighth
:24:15. > :24:20.place. A Toro Rosso has lost control! Jean-Eric Vergne is off
:24:20. > :24:25.onto the grass. It looks like the rear suspension is damaged. Did
:24:25. > :24:32.that go in the braking zone? I would be amazed if he can drive
:24:32. > :24:37.away from there. The Marshalls will be to take a view. My goodness,
:24:37. > :24:45.that's not on him. The left rear suspension. It took like he was
:24:45. > :24:53.already damaged by the time he hit the brakes. It is hard to know if
:24:53. > :24:58.it was the code that did the damage. If you look at the left rear, it is
:24:58. > :25:08.pointing at the wrong angle. The underside of the chassis took quite
:25:08. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:22.a hip. RADIO: Are you OK? I am fine, just my back. He came down hard.
:25:22. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:34.The coccyx sits right on the base. No overtaking allowed here. He is
:25:34. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:42.known by his initials in the team. RADIO: Box, boost to zero. They are
:25:42. > :25:52.on a two stop. The poor start is making life difficult. Three times,
:25:52. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :25:59.the message. In he comes. This should be short work. He has gone
:25:59. > :26:05.out on the harder tyre. He qualified on the softer of the
:26:05. > :26:13.compounds. A pretty good stop, but we might see some faster than that.
:26:13. > :26:18.Michael Schumacher, a rally cross stile. We would expect Michael
:26:18. > :26:25.Schumacher to be coming in on this lap. His times are starting to drop
:26:25. > :26:34.away, 1:31.2 on the last lap, compared to 1:30.1 for the leader.
:26:34. > :26:41.It would appear that he has hit the many cliffs. This is affecting Kimi
:26:41. > :26:45.Raikkonen's race. Kimi Raikkonen is losing time as a result. Sergio
:26:45. > :26:50.Perez is closing up. The Sauber cars are both in the points
:26:50. > :26:55.correctly. Better than what happened to Sauber last of the time
:26:56. > :27:03.out. Gary Anderson, the Mercedes crew are getting ready, so Michael
:27:03. > :27:09.Schumacher will come in. It is the hard tyre that will go on. It is
:27:09. > :27:15.falling away quicker than expected. Two stops for both Mercedes. They
:27:15. > :27:21.will have to make another stop. Jenson Button is in the window..
:27:21. > :27:29.Let's see what McLaren do. Will they try to just make one single
:27:29. > :27:35.stop? Michael Schumacher rejoins. He is coming out ahead of Nico
:27:35. > :27:40.Hulkenberg. In fact, Nico Hulkenberg has gone through, so it
:27:40. > :27:44.is Heikki Kovalainen. A lot of work at Ferrari. That was the technical
:27:44. > :27:49.chief having a conversation. Have they got an issue with one of the
:27:49. > :27:57.cars? Or are they talking about strategy? It is unusual to see him
:27:57. > :28:01.off the pit wall. Normally, they would talk on the radio circuit. He
:28:02. > :28:07.has felt the need to go to the garage. Gary Anderson, perhaps you
:28:07. > :28:13.could get a line for us. Do you think that does indicate your
:28:13. > :28:18.problem? I would have thought that was strategy. They are doing quick
:28:18. > :28:23.laps, for under one arm so putting his fastest lap of the race. --
:28:23. > :28:28.Fernando Alonso. He is matching Lewis Hamilton. They have got to
:28:28. > :28:33.beat Lewis Hamilton, but it is best to defeat Sebastian Vettel, because
:28:33. > :28:39.he is closest in the championship. Sergio Perez has overtaken Kimi
:28:39. > :28:45.Raikkonen. This is on the run down to the second chicane. He has gone
:28:46. > :28:50.round the outside. A brilliant pass. Very fair driving from Kimi
:28:50. > :29:00.Raikkonen. He could have tried to Li Na him, but Sergio Perez got
:29:00. > :29:10.enough of his cot alongside him. Kimi Raikkonen has come in. Losing
:29:10. > :29:18.
:29:18. > :29:22.a lot of speed. He was passed by in front. That didn't work for the
:29:23. > :29:28.Lotus team, that extra lap, lawsing time and being overtaken has
:29:28. > :29:36.dropped Kimi Raikkonen further behind Michael. He has got to work
:29:36. > :29:43.to get back up. Ahead of Michael is Raikkonen's new team mate for the
:29:43. > :29:51.weekend, Jerome D'Ambrosio, in the other Lotus. We're hearing he
:29:52. > :29:57.doesn't have KERS, so he may struggle. Michael is on the fresher
:29:57. > :30:04.tyres. If you flay pure team strategy, they would leave Jerome
:30:04. > :30:08.D'Ambrosio until he has passed Michael. You can see Michael
:30:08. > :30:14.already in the DRS zone. He will have a look up here and we have
:30:14. > :30:20.news as to why there was the consternation at Ferrari, Massa has
:30:20. > :30:25.a problem. Button having a go at Felipe Massa for second place. The
:30:26. > :30:34.team are saying you got to tell us what is going on with the car. He
:30:34. > :30:40.can't talk much now, because he has his mirrors full of Jenson Button.
:30:40. > :30:44.Look at this. He is having a go. Is he going to do it? He is into the
:30:44. > :30:48.chicane and he has it complete. I don't know whether Felipe Massa has
:30:48. > :30:51.other problems with the car. But Jenson Button is into second.
:30:51. > :30:57.Felipe Massa down to third. Sebastian Vettel and Fernando
:30:57. > :31:02.Alonso beliends them. A great pass from Jenson Button, put Felipe off
:31:02. > :31:10.line as he went into the second chicane and Ferrari are getting
:31:10. > :31:16.kpweered up for a -- geared up for a pit stob stop. Presumably this is
:31:16. > :31:20.for Felipe Massa. Not a DRS zone, but he would have been able to
:31:20. > :31:25.release KERS. In the slip stream of the Ferrari. Ferrari stays to the
:31:25. > :31:29.left for defence, into the corner and the McLaren uses that slip
:31:29. > :31:33.stream to pull out. Michael Schumacher has got past Jerome
:31:33. > :31:38.D'Ambrosio. We will keep an eye on the pace of Michael Schumacher and
:31:38. > :31:41.Kimi Raikkonen. That looks like an interesting battle. Ferrari still
:31:41. > :31:47.waiting for their man to come around. I think he will be coming
:31:47. > :31:54.in now. Felipe Massa has come into the pit lane. Loss of performance.
:31:54. > :32:04.I wonder if they have any other issues. Away goes Massa. Gary,
:32:04. > :32:05.
:32:05. > :32:10.losing the power. What happens is they get used to using it and
:32:10. > :32:15.they're not used to flying blind. It shouldn't make any difference to
:32:15. > :32:20.the performance of the car. You can't can only send data from the
:32:20. > :32:24.car to the pits. Massa has just got to drive the car. They can't
:32:24. > :32:32.monitor tyre temperatures or pressure. We need to make the most
:32:32. > :32:39.of is. Push now. Jenson Button being encouraged to push as we see
:32:39. > :32:43.Kobayashi. It is an important tussle here, in terms of
:32:43. > :32:51.constructor s' Championship. Paul di Resta trying to work through the
:32:51. > :32:55.field after that five-place gear box penalty. Sebastian Vettel comes
:32:55. > :32:59.in and Fernando Alonso in at the same time. This is early if you're
:32:59. > :33:02.going to go for the one stop. I wonder if they feel they can do it.
:33:02. > :33:07.Jenson Button comes into the pits side by side and Sebastian Vettel
:33:07. > :33:12.is still just ahead of the Ferrari as they come down the pit lane. But
:33:12. > :33:19.we're going to have a race on our hands as they join in behinds the
:33:19. > :33:29.likes of Senna and... He will come out behind mas Alex Salmond he is
:33:29. > :33:30.
:33:30. > :33:36.stuck behind the -- behind Massa, he is stuck behind the the gear box.
:33:36. > :33:41.Nico Rosberg going fast at the moment. This is good, looks like a
:33:41. > :33:46.few two-stoppers out there. wonder if they think those guys who
:33:46. > :33:50.have just stopped, are they two- stopping? They're on the verge of
:33:50. > :33:55.trying to go through on one stop. But Gary, do you think they can go
:33:55. > :34:02.this far in the race? Just before we ask your opinion, we will have a
:34:02. > :34:08.look at this replay as Ferrari try to release him. There was plenty of
:34:08. > :34:16.space there. No question of unsafe release. Fernando Alonso cities on
:34:16. > :34:24.the inner part of the pit lane. Mark Webber is in the pits. Felipe
:34:24. > :34:29.Massa not quite there. Now Felipe Massa has got a chance to go past.
:34:29. > :34:35.And now Sebastian Vettel will try and do like-wise. But there is not
:34:35. > :34:41.the room he needs. I expect Sebastian Vettel to pass Daniel
:34:41. > :34:45.Ricciardo as Daniel Ricciardo comes back at the Ferrari and was able to
:34:45. > :34:50.keep the battle going and Vettel hit the back of the Toro Rosso. If
:34:50. > :34:56.there is any question as to whether the two teams owned by... Alonso
:34:56. > :34:59.goes through as well. Has Sebastian Vettel sustained any damage there?
:34:59. > :35:03.Sorrow Rosso tried to retake position and got off line and as
:35:03. > :35:10.Sebastian Vettel tried to do the cut back, leaving the second
:35:10. > :35:18.chicane, it looked like he nudged the back of the car. McLaren around
:35:18. > :35:24.the pit lane. Will bit for Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button. Is this
:35:24. > :35:28.e-- this is more what we expected. Jenson Button comes in first.
:35:28. > :35:32.a problem on the front rights. slow stop for Jenson Button. He
:35:32. > :35:41.gets away. Whether that will put him under pressure, we will have to
:35:41. > :35:48.wait and see as he comes back out. I think all that axivity behind has
:35:48. > :35:58.held up Massa. So although it was a slow stop, it allowed Jenson Button
:35:58. > :36:01.
:36:01. > :36:10.to come out in front. You're right, that affected Massa's chances of
:36:10. > :36:14.beating Jenson Button. Lewis Hamilton completes his stop. This
:36:14. > :36:19.shueb routine. Button yet to enter Parabolica, so Lewis Hamilton, well
:36:19. > :36:27.maybe it is early to say he is dominating. But he is well on his
:36:27. > :36:36.way to do so. The Toro Rosso looking for pass on the wams. --
:36:36. > :36:42.Williams. Ricardo racing hard. The young Australian with the Italian
:36:42. > :36:47.heritage, enjoying the Monza Grier. Let's swhree went wrong on Jenson
:36:47. > :36:52.Button's pit stop. Front right, he has had an issue getting the, was
:36:52. > :36:59.it with the gun? Did he have to rerelease the nut a 5 bring it
:36:59. > :37:03.back? This is where Vettel looked like he touched the back of the
:37:03. > :37:09.Toro Rosso and that angle, it looked like he was clear. Well,
:37:09. > :37:13.whether he had to hit the brakes a lot. Here is Fernando Alonso, he
:37:13. > :37:18.has a slip stream and Sebastian Vettel protects to the inside 5
:37:18. > :37:24.Fernando Alonso tried to go around the outside of Vettel, he can't do
:37:24. > :37:28.it there. These two had a great battle for the lead last year. Was
:37:29. > :37:35.there a bit of bad blood after that. Fernando Alonso wasn't happy about
:37:35. > :37:39.the move. He almosts touches on the grass. Fernando Alonso is on the
:37:39. > :37:43.grass and he will be even more angry after that, because that
:37:43. > :37:48.could have ended with a huge accident. But he gathered it
:37:48. > :37:54.together. Take your mind back a year and it was the other way
:37:54. > :37:58.around, Fernando Alonso easing Sebastian Vettel on to the grass.
:37:58. > :38:02.I'm not sure whether that was easing or stronger. Felipe Massa
:38:02. > :38:07.comes through the shot and Sebastian Vettel had already taken
:38:07. > :38:12.the wider line and Fernando Alonso trying to hold on and go with it.
:38:12. > :38:19.At the point he had to enter the grass, he got right alongside him.
:38:19. > :38:23.That is as close as you ever want to be at 200mph. Why was Vettel so
:38:23. > :38:30.slow, was it the slip stream effect? He was slightly out of
:38:30. > :38:39.position when he went into the chicane. OK that's enough. We saw
:38:39. > :38:43.that. It's clear what happened. think Charlie Whiting might be
:38:43. > :38:48.receiving a deputation from Ferrari at this moment! They have a direct
:38:48. > :38:54.line from the pit wall to Charlie. It would be normal for the team
:38:54. > :39:00.manager to pass a message. Are you watching? Remember last year? We
:39:00. > :39:06.had Ross Brawn on the radio to remind pliebg toll only do one
:39:06. > :39:11.change of -- Michael to only do one change in the braking zone.
:39:11. > :39:16.front and I want the emphasise this, this race is being led by Sergio
:39:16. > :39:21.Perez who has not stopped so far. We think he is trying to go deeper
:39:21. > :39:27.and he is still a major contender. That is Jerome D'Ambrosio sorry
:39:27. > :39:31.going into the gravel, but getting back on. Of course it is his first
:39:31. > :39:37.Grand Prix of the season. Here we are with the leader, Sergio Perez,
:39:37. > :39:42.yet to stop in this race. Lewis Hamilton is 1.8 seconds behind on
:39:42. > :39:46.the harder compound tyre. So he is going deep into the race before
:39:46. > :39:52.making his pit stop. You have got to run the other type of tyre at
:39:52. > :39:58.some point. Sergio Perez doing a good job hanging on. His lap times
:39:58. > :40:08.are not particularly good. It is good, keep the pace, stay out.
:40:08. > :40:13.They're keeping him out for longer. A normal pit stop costs 20 seconds
:40:14. > :40:21.of track time. Michael Schumacher is exactly 20 seconds behind him.
:40:21. > :40:25.Michael Schumacher's time is a 29.7 versus 29.9 for Raikkonen. He will
:40:25. > :40:30.come out behind that battle. If everything runs normally, Sergio
:40:30. > :40:35.Perez is looking like he will slot in to ninth place after the stop.
:40:35. > :40:39.That is the position that Nico Rosberg occupies now. It doesn't
:40:39. > :40:44.look like he will do enough to stay in front of that battle. That is
:40:44. > :40:48.presuming these two don't cost each other time by coming together.
:40:48. > :40:54.is right. Michael Schumacher defending hard as we saw last year,
:40:54. > :41:01.his defence on Lewis Hamilton caused some interest. Target
:41:01. > :41:07.extended. Four laps or more. That is interesting, they're going to
:41:07. > :41:11.take Perez further. Gary, are you surprised they will get him to go
:41:11. > :41:16.that far? GARY ANDERSON: No he is running his own race. He is in free
:41:16. > :41:21.air. Lewis Hamilton is closing him down, but not by much. He is
:41:21. > :41:25.driving a perfect race and if he takes the tyres further, then he
:41:25. > :41:29.has less worry and risk on the next set. You're on board with Lewis
:41:29. > :41:37.Hamilton, he is using the DRS to close up on the Sauber, he may take
:41:37. > :41:41.the lead. He is down the inside. And Lewis Hamilton does so fairly
:41:41. > :41:49.easily getting past Sergio Perez. He has not led every lap. But we're
:41:49. > :41:55.still waiting for that saub tore come N And the man chasing Lewis
:41:55. > :41:59.Hamilton has been beaten by Nico Rosberg. So button and Lewis
:41:59. > :42:03.Hamilton trading lap times, but Lewis Hamilton has more than seven
:42:03. > :42:07.seconds of a lead over Jenson Button. You see the battle behind
:42:07. > :42:10.him, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso's past. He has got past
:42:10. > :42:16.Sebastian Vettel. That was a similar area where he ended up on
:42:16. > :42:21.the grass. This time it seemed to work. The Ferrari is now up into
:42:21. > :42:29.fifth. The Ferraris are running fourth and fifth. Once Perez pit
:42:29. > :42:35.there is a will give pera shot at the podium and from a -- Ferrari a
:42:35. > :42:42.shot at the podium. It is early days, but I think we can presume
:42:42. > :42:50.that later on if they are run foorg podium, Massa will give that
:42:50. > :42:54.position to Alonso. The Tifosi are loving this. Massa's last podium in
:42:54. > :42:59.2010, race heard n it is Sergio Perez who brings the Sauber. Well
:42:59. > :43:05.he was leader. He had been passed by Lewis Hamilton. But a good stint.
:43:05. > :43:11.He has gone deep into the race, 29 laps completed on the harder tyre
:43:11. > :43:15.and they will be studying the wear, particularly on the inside right
:43:15. > :43:18.tyre. Presumably it has not been as much of a factor as they worried
:43:18. > :43:26.about. Here is the battle with Michael Schumacher and Kimi
:43:26. > :43:31.Raikkonen. Will Perez snai front of Rosberg? Although that is an
:43:31. > :43:35.impressive stint on the tyres, the lap time were not quick enough. He
:43:35. > :43:38.had a small opportunity to stay in front of Michael Schumacher and
:43:38. > :43:47.Raikkonen, but for some reason they give that opportunity up. Lewis
:43:47. > :43:52.Hamilton leads as they cross the line. 31 lapse completed. The tkwap
:43:52. > :44:01.to -- the gap to Jenson Button is just about the same. Now here is
:44:01. > :44:06.the move that Fernando Alonso made on Sebastian Vettel. OK we see that.
:44:06. > :44:11.I see what you're doing. It is destroying our race. I see what you
:44:11. > :44:21.mean. That is a replay of the first incident. Not that time he did go
:44:21. > :44:28.
:44:28. > :44:35.past. Lets's just see the rest of successfully. He went to the inside.
:44:35. > :44:40.He decided, having had the scary ride around the outside...
:44:40. > :44:44.Drive through for Sebastian Vettel, which has a big impact, because he
:44:44. > :44:52.is second to Fernando Alonso in the points, coming into this race. He
:44:52. > :44:58.will be driving through the pits. It costs you 20 seconds here. 17
:44:58. > :45:02.seconds, in fact, because he does not stop. It will put him back to
:45:02. > :45:07.tenth position. The roundabout where Mark Webber is. Behind Mark
:45:07. > :45:16.Webber, actually. It will drop him out of the points, probably behind
:45:16. > :45:23.Paul di Resta. You take your choice, you pay the price. The stewards
:45:23. > :45:28.have taken a look. Scary stuff. You do not want anybody weaving around
:45:28. > :45:34.at these speeds. A McLaren has a problem! Jenson Button Pollinger
:45:34. > :45:40.over to the side of the track. McLaren appalling Gogh, Jenson
:45:40. > :45:44.Button is out of second place. Ferrari are in second place and
:45:44. > :45:49.third place. That is rare, and a failure to finish when running in a
:45:49. > :45:54.strong position, Jenson Button is out of the Italian Grand Prix.
:45:54. > :45:59.obvious signs of smoke to give us an indication whether it might be
:45:59. > :46:03.an engine or otherwise. We will wait to hear from the team.
:46:04. > :46:09.Bitterly disappointing. He had a fantastic victory in Belgium. He
:46:09. > :46:17.was keeping his team-mate Lewis Hamilton honest this afternoon.
:46:17. > :46:21.Matching him. The question is, is this something isolated to his car,
:46:21. > :46:27.or two we need to look out for Lewis Hamilton? What a blow to his
:46:27. > :46:32.championship hopes. He felt there was a real chance of still being in
:46:32. > :46:38.this title hunt, but this is making life tough, but it is lovely to see
:46:38. > :46:43.he is still able to wait at the fans. He has got a firm perspective
:46:43. > :46:48.for on the good and bad of Grand Prix racing go. The Italian fans
:46:48. > :46:56.are showing their appreciation. He repays it by acknowledging the
:46:56. > :47:06.crowd, a fantastic gesture. The car just coasting to a halt. RADIO: No
:47:06. > :47:13.drive, the engine is off. Understand. As simple as that.
:47:13. > :47:18.fuel Pickup problem. We had that on the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg
:47:18. > :47:25.yesterday, probably not related, but really surprising. It is so
:47:26. > :47:35.unusual. That is the drive through for Sebastian Vettel. Let's see
:47:35. > :47:41.where he comes back out. Mark Webber, he will slot in behind him.
:47:41. > :47:51.Crucially, just in front of Paul di Resta. That was well caught. That
:47:51. > :47:52.
:47:52. > :47:58.did not cost him as much as we were projecting. 17 seconds. Here comes
:47:58. > :48:03.Sergio Perez, looking down the outside of Kimi Raikkonen. A lovely
:48:03. > :48:07.move by Sergio Perez. He has impressed so many people this year.
:48:07. > :48:14.He has pulled off a move on one of the maestro's, Kimi Raikkonen could
:48:14. > :48:22.do nothing about it. Nico Rosberg looking at Kimi Raikkonen. Behind,
:48:22. > :48:29.Red Bull fighting away. Sebastian Vettel has got it, he has got in
:48:29. > :48:33.front of Mark Webber. I thought Mark Webber was trying to do they
:48:33. > :48:37.could back. You go wider on the entry... Nico Rosberg on the
:48:37. > :48:43.outside of Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi Raikkonen has been passed three
:48:43. > :48:48.times they are now at that corner. You would not normally overtake
:48:48. > :48:54.somebody there. I am surprised he has not made a second stop. Michael
:48:54. > :48:58.Schumacher has just been in it. Gary Anderson, perhaps you could
:48:58. > :49:05.give us a line on that, because it has looked like Lotus and Mercedes
:49:05. > :49:12.have been slow to react to the drivers losing time. Kimi Raikkonen
:49:12. > :49:21.makes it obvious he is on the left- hand side. Nico Rosberg, a bit
:49:21. > :49:28.surprised. Fairly straightforward. It is good to see. Kimi Raikkonen
:49:28. > :49:31.is such a fair race there, but he leaves enough space. This is
:49:31. > :49:36.important that Fernando Alonso loses as little time as possible,
:49:36. > :49:41.because the threat from Sauber is real. Sergio Perez, remember what
:49:41. > :49:50.he did in Canada, he caught the leaders. Fernando Alonso dropped
:49:50. > :49:53.back to fifth place as a result. Will he make the move? Yes, the
:49:53. > :49:58.world championship leader passes his team-mate, Felipe Massa, but
:49:58. > :50:03.Felipe Massa could still get his first podium in two years.
:50:03. > :50:10.Sergio Perez is 1.3 seconds quicker. Gary Anderson, give us an update on
:50:10. > :50:14.what you think of Sergio Perez's progress. He is driving very well,
:50:15. > :50:19.it is making sure he looks after the tyres. He is not abusing the
:50:19. > :50:27.tyres too much. That is what Fernando Alonso had to do, get past
:50:27. > :50:31.Felipe Massa. Lewis Hamilton has a comfortable advantage. Second and
:50:31. > :50:37.third for Ferrari, but the story is that Sergio Perez is hunting
:50:37. > :50:42.Ferrari down. He has done it before, people try to do it again. He
:50:42. > :50:48.hounded Fernando Alonso in Malaysia, in Canada he past Fernando Alonso,
:50:48. > :50:53.and here, he is closing the Brazilian, Felipe Massa. His tenure
:50:53. > :50:59.of that seat might not last much longer. It could be Sergio Perez to
:50:59. > :51:03.take it for him. RADIO: Sebastian Vettel has a problem. We will
:51:03. > :51:08.continue as we are for now. Sebastian Vettel had a problem with
:51:08. > :51:15.the alternator through free practice. That was also what
:51:16. > :51:23.stopped him waltzed leading in Valencia. An almost inevitable pass
:51:23. > :51:29.for Sergio Perez. Why not do it here? He will be in a DRS zone. The
:51:29. > :51:35.initial acceleration of the Ferrari allows Felipe Massa to maintain
:51:35. > :51:42.position here. This is almost like a replay of what we saw, Sergio
:51:42. > :51:47.Perez on Kimi Raikkonen. He could pass Felipe Massa here. It is such
:51:47. > :51:52.a late moment! That was so late, how he pulled out of the
:51:52. > :51:58.slipstream! That was brave talk Sergio Perez. I thought he was
:51:58. > :52:04.remanded to the back of him! Me to! It did not happen! Sergio Perez is
:52:04. > :52:08.into third place. Remember what happened to Sauber last week, they
:52:08. > :52:14.were on the front and second rows, but both cars were out at the first
:52:15. > :52:19.corner. What a boost this could be. Their first-ever podium was here,
:52:19. > :52:26.thanks to Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the early 90s. Can they do better
:52:26. > :52:36.than third place? What about Lewis Hamilton? He did pick out in time,
:52:36. > :52:44.thankfully. That is as close as you ever want to be! 200 mph. My
:52:44. > :52:52.goodness! How he did not come into contact with the back of that car...
:52:52. > :52:56.The other Sauber, Kamui Kobayashi. Michael Schumacher goes past him.
:52:56. > :53:06.That is for ninth place. contrasting performance of the
:53:06. > :53:11.Sauber cars. Let's see the gap between Fernando Alonso and Sergio
:53:11. > :53:16.Perez, 1.2 seconds. Sergio Perez is flying, another fastest lap, as he
:53:16. > :53:22.heads towards the first chicane. He is almost within DRS range of
:53:22. > :53:28.Fernando Alonso. Fernando Alonso has got some traffic to cope with.
:53:28. > :53:38.He has been well over one second ahead, Sergio Perez, except on the
:53:38. > :53:40.
:53:40. > :53:46.lap when he passed Felipe Massa. RADIO: Anything could happen.
:53:46. > :53:51.are just doing the maths, if Sergio Perez can keep this up, Lewis
:53:51. > :53:57.Hamilton could be vulnerable. He is 12 seconds up the road from
:53:57. > :54:03.Fernando Alonso. He was slung on that last lap and Fernando Alonso,
:54:03. > :54:08.by 0.6 seconds. McLaren will be looking at the speed between Sergio
:54:08. > :54:13.Perez and Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton will have done 29 laps on
:54:13. > :54:20.this set of tyres, which is more than this amazing drive from Sergio
:54:20. > :54:24.Perez. He closes the gap to Fernando Alonso. This Grand Prix
:54:24. > :54:31.has seen plenty of action. Lewis Hamilton has dominated from the
:54:31. > :54:35.start. Felipe Massa had a very good getaway. Jenson Button could move
:54:36. > :54:39.into second later, only for the car to break down on him. Fernando
:54:40. > :54:46.Alonso has moved up from 10th on the grid to be running in second
:54:46. > :54:52.place. The gap between him and Sergio Perez, 0.6 seconds. Sergio
:54:52. > :54:57.Perez started in 12 place, he started on the harder tyre, he is
:54:57. > :55:02.now on the soft of the compounds, and the tyres are in great shape,
:55:02. > :55:07.and that is why he is able to get so close to Fernando Alonso.
:55:07. > :55:12.Fernando Alonso is under threat. He almost got past him in Malaysia,
:55:12. > :55:18.did Sergio Perez, he made a little mistake, he has got a huge chance
:55:18. > :55:24.here to get past than the one on so, but can he catch Lewis Hamilton?
:55:24. > :55:31.you qualify in the top 10, you must start on the tyres that you set
:55:31. > :55:38.your best time on. That was the option tyre for the top 10. Down
:55:38. > :55:42.the outside, he has done it! Fernando Alonso is not going to get
:55:42. > :55:49.involved in that kind of incident, that car is so much quicker.
:55:49. > :55:57.Different tyres. This car, driven by this Mexican, it is working
:55:57. > :56:03.superbly. When you sometimes see people qualifying in 11th place and
:56:03. > :56:12.12 place... Fairly straightforward. That is why, you sometimes find
:56:12. > :56:16.yourself just outside the top 10,... Excited reaction! They have a
:56:17. > :56:22.tequila sponsor, we saw it come out a few times this year. Today might
:56:22. > :56:27.be another one of those days. Hamilton has responded to the
:56:28. > :56:35.threat from Sergio Perez in the Sauber. He puts in a personal best,
:56:35. > :56:40.1:28.6. A bit slower than Sergio Perez, but he has a 10.5 second
:56:40. > :56:46.advantage, so it should not be a problem. Michael Schumacher has got
:56:46. > :56:56.past Paul di Resta. He is in a place. He adjusted his brake
:56:56. > :57:01.balance. Sebastian Vettel! He is out! We have lost two world
:57:01. > :57:05.champions from this race, and two potential contenders! Sebastian
:57:05. > :57:09.Vettel was second in the points. Look at the reaction from Christian
:57:09. > :57:14.Horner, he cannot believe it. The second time this year we have seen
:57:14. > :57:19.this. He had an alternator problem in Valencia, and they have had one
:57:19. > :57:25.this weekend. High temperatures today, like in Valencia, could it
:57:25. > :57:31.be that again? Possibly. They will be a full analysis of what has gone
:57:31. > :57:36.wrong. They were aware of it for some time, so it could be the
:57:36. > :57:46.alternator. It could be a question of, cannot hang in there? Can it go
:57:46. > :57:47.
:57:47. > :57:52.the distance? That is one part each for McLaren and Red Bull. RADIO:
:57:52. > :57:57.Stop the car, we need to save the engine! Alternator failure,
:57:57. > :58:06.confirmation. Stop the car. Rather than running it to the point where
:58:06. > :58:10.the battery fails, and then you run the risk of not sending divide
:58:10. > :58:15.passages to the engine, they aborted it, they stopped the car.
:58:15. > :58:23.They felt five laps was too much. This throws the championship wide
:58:23. > :58:29.open. Mark Webber under pressure from Michael Schumacher. Having a
:58:29. > :58:33.strong weekend in the Mercedes. is coming back at him. Michael
:58:33. > :58:38.Schumacher is currently in seventh place. Michael Schumacher has got a
:58:38. > :58:45.great run, we have seen so much overtaking there. He gets past Mark
:58:45. > :58:51.Webber, and he has done be moved. Michael Schumacher has moved up
:58:51. > :58:58.into sixth position, Mark Webber back down to seventh place. The
:58:58. > :59:02.question now is, Michael Schumacher trying to close on Kimi Raikkonen,
:59:02. > :59:07.Mercedes went for two stops, Kimi Raikkonen has stayed out, but he
:59:07. > :59:12.has done a lot of laps on his tyres, so I would think that he could be
:59:12. > :59:22.under threat, although he has been putting in some good times. The
:59:22. > :59:26.
:59:26. > :59:30.Lotus has looked after the second stream on Paul di Resta. Into the
:59:30. > :59:37.DRS activation zone. You don't need a timing beacon to know he is
:59:37. > :59:40.within the one second window. This is Force India Mercedes against
:59:40. > :59:45.Mercedes Mercedes. Not much difference in terms of engine
:59:45. > :59:49.performance. But rest rest having a look in his mirrors. Nico Rosberg
:59:49. > :59:59.looks one way and the other and stays there. Doesn't get the move
:59:59. > :00:04.made at all. But two drivers whose futures are under consideration.
:00:04. > :00:09.Paul di Resta has been showing well this year. He goes for the pass. He
:00:09. > :00:16.was successful last time around. This time he makes its work as well.
:00:16. > :00:24.It is interesting how paddock rumour has various drivers going to
:00:24. > :00:30.different positions. Nice consistent lap. Keep this position.
:00:31. > :00:34.Calming words for Felipe Massa there. Sebastian Vettel walks back.
:00:34. > :00:39.Look in the predictor of the Championship predictions, he has
:00:39. > :00:42.lost second place. He has lost third as well F they stay as they
:00:42. > :00:47.are, Lewis Hamilton will be second in the points. What a turn around
:00:47. > :00:54.for Lewis Hamilton. We have a car off. That is Mark Webber. He has
:00:55. > :01:01.had a moment coming out of Ascari chicane. He has been passed by
:01:01. > :01:08.Kobayashi. Mark Webber has dropped at least two or three places.
:01:08. > :01:13.saw the back end of that. Let's see if we get a replay. There is the
:01:13. > :01:18.middle, hits the kerb and loses the back end and very lucky. Good
:01:18. > :01:24.reauctions to keep it out of the barrier. We join him on the entry
:01:24. > :01:29.to Ascari. You go to the left and to the rate. Hold your breath! Miss
:01:29. > :01:34.the barriers. You know that one quite well. Yes I ended up on the
:01:34. > :01:44.gravel there in 95, having sat on pole. An embarrassing moment to
:01:44. > :01:50.relive, thanks for that Ben! Almost certainly flat-spotted tyres. If he
:01:50. > :01:57.is not down to the canvas h he should make it to the end. But you
:01:57. > :02:03.remember a few years ago Kimi Raikkonen had such a bat flat-spot
:02:03. > :02:09.it generated a fault in the suspension. Nico Hulkenberg is out.
:02:09. > :02:14.He started from the back. Mark Webber driving slowly. Let's have a
:02:14. > :02:20.lack. Webber's cruising. It looks like it is over for the two Red
:02:20. > :02:24.Bulls. He is short-shifting his way home. Whether that is because of
:02:24. > :02:28.the flat-spots or another issue. indication of any particular wear
:02:28. > :02:32.on the right front. When did we last see a double retirement from
:02:32. > :02:37.Red Bull? A long time ago. It is something you don't expect from the
:02:37. > :02:41.world champions. They will still be leading the Championship and
:02:41. > :02:45.McLaren haven't been able to capitalise as much as they could
:02:46. > :02:52.have, because they have lost Jenson Button. That is crucial. The fact
:02:53. > :03:02.that McLaren have lost a car today. Mark Webber, no one to worry about
:03:03. > :03:06.
:03:06. > :03:10.as he goes through Parabolica in cruising back into retire his car.
:03:10. > :03:14.Massive flat spots. You can almost see it on the front left. You can
:03:14. > :03:19.see the white and Mark Webber deciding that not worth the risk.
:03:20. > :03:24.He may come back out perhaps? it is not going to get him any
:03:24. > :03:31.points now. Let's see what is happening up front. Lewis Hamilton
:03:31. > :03:37.is leading. Lewis Hamilton leads on to the final lap. He has had a six-
:03:37. > :03:42.second lead. It is down to 5.8. But Lewis Hamilton has controlled this
:03:42. > :03:48.race beautifully and never been under pressure. It was a superb
:03:48. > :03:53.start. Button got some wheel spin, Lewis Hamilton although he had a
:03:53. > :03:58.threat from Massa, he fended that off. There is Mark Webber, he is
:03:58. > :04:02.being pushed. You can see the not spot on the right. No question of
:04:02. > :04:11.that being anything other than a safety call from inside the cockpit.
:04:11. > :04:15.What a drive -- great drive by Sergio Perez. Spotted by our eagle-
:04:15. > :04:20.eyed Anderson in the pit lane. This Sauber does seem to be a good car.
:04:20. > :04:25.If they can get it to qualify, they could be pushing this man who is
:04:25. > :04:30.cruising to victory here in Monza harder. Lewis Hamilton will be
:04:30. > :04:35.looking forward to the final part of the lap here. He has never won
:04:35. > :04:44.at Monza in the past. He has had some successful runs. He was second
:04:44. > :04:49.to Fernando Alonso with McLaren back in 2000 and 7. Lewis Hamilton
:04:49. > :04:53.is going to put himself right back into the Championship hunt, with
:04:53. > :04:57.victory at Monza. Lewis Hamilton wins the Italian Grand Prix. It is
:04:57. > :05:02.his third win of the season and he matches Fernando Alonso for three
:05:02. > :05:05.wins. But Sergio Perez, again the young Mexican driver has starred
:05:05. > :05:12.here today. He finishes second for Sauber. Fernando Alonso is going to
:05:13. > :05:17.come through in third. But there is a good battle for fifth and six.
:05:17. > :05:21.Michael Schumacher and Raikkonen. There is Michael Schumacher,
:05:21. > :05:26.doesn't look like he has got the pass on Raikkonen. But he has
:05:27. > :05:31.closed up the Gatt gap. Felipe Massa is fourth, Michael Schumacher
:05:31. > :05:36.is in sixth. Nico Rosberg catching them at the end and sets fastest
:05:36. > :05:42.lap on the final lap. So the risk paid off for Lotus in not making
:05:42. > :05:46.that second stop. An interesting deSigg. Celebrations at Sauber.
:05:46. > :05:53.Second place. That is a third podium finish this year for Sergio
:05:53. > :05:58.Perez and it is at the track that Sauber took their first podium
:05:58. > :06:07.finish. Lewis Hamilton has taken victory, the first British winner
:06:07. > :06:11.so since you did it in 1997, David. That was a fantastic lights to flag
:06:11. > :06:15.victory. He got off the line cleanly and you see Fernando Alonso
:06:15. > :06:20.after a difficult qualifying, damaged rear suspension, finishing
:06:20. > :06:26.on the podium. You saw the joy as he punched the air. He knows how
:06:26. > :06:34.important this is for the Championship. Got to know what a
:06:34. > :06:43.great drive that was. Fantastic job made. Super job. I was saying thank
:06:43. > :06:50.you so much guys. Incredible job. Really fantastic job. Great effort.
:06:50. > :06:54.Yeah, so grateful for this opportunity. I appreciate it.
:06:54. > :06:59.Lewis Hamilton takes the race victory here at Monza for McLaren.
:06:59. > :07:03.But sauber takes second with their Ferrari engine beating the Ferraris
:07:03. > :07:10.of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Kimi Raikkonen just held on to
:07:10. > :07:18.finish in fifth, followed by the two Mercedess of Michael Schumacher
:07:18. > :07:26.and Rosberg. Pastor Maldonado was conspicuous by his inviz yibt today.
:07:26. > :07:36.He stayed out of trouble and we didn't see him. -- invisibility.
:07:36. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:43.Jerome D'Ambrosio was 13th, a solid performance on this one-off outing.
:07:43. > :07:48.Some high-profile retirements, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Hulkenberg,
:07:48. > :07:54.Sebastian Vettel and of course Jenson Button as well as Jean-Eric
:07:54. > :08:00.Vergne. Look at this, look at the celebrations for Sergio Perez.
:08:00. > :08:06.Great stuff. He should be proud of that drive. If we remember Malaysia,
:08:06. > :08:13.where he came close to achieving his first victory and Lewis
:08:14. > :08:21.Hamilton, he's... Who is he going to jump into? Is he going jump into
:08:21. > :08:28.anybody's arms? There is the McLaren taking victory, but chased
:08:28. > :08:33.all the way by press. Lewis Hamilton clenching his fist.
:08:34. > :08:43.honour of the winning driver... guys come up to the podium. The
:08:44. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :09:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:09:29. > :09:33.first time for Lewis Hamilton to drive from Lewis Hamilton. The
:09:33. > :09:40.trophy being handed over to Lewis Hamilton. And McLaren take their
:09:40. > :09:46.tenth ever victory at Monza. Still some way behind Ferrari. That is
:09:46. > :09:52.the team with the highest number of wins at Monza. But Sergio Perez in
:09:52. > :09:58.second place, he now has surpassed the points score of any other
:09:58. > :10:01.Mexican Grand Prix driver, including Pedro Rodriguez. But
:10:01. > :10:06.Fernando Alonso again coming through from tenth place on the
:10:06. > :10:15.grid this time, tremendous pace all weekend. They had a problem in
:10:15. > :10:21.qualifying. They love him here. Celebration time in Italy for Lewis
:10:21. > :10:28.Hamilton, Sergio Perez and for Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton has
:10:28. > :10:37.taken 20 wins in Formula One, that makes him equal to Inzamam-ul-Haq.
:10:37. > :10:47.Can he clais down the -- to Mika Hakkinen. Can he chase down the
:10:47. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:53.victory in 2012? Well done a calm and controlled race. You must be
:10:53. > :10:58.pleased. Yes this is one of the races I haven't won. So very happy.
:10:58. > :11:03.And the team did an incredible job. So glad the pit stops are strong
:11:03. > :11:06.and I got a good job. The car has been fantastic all weekend A strong
:11:06. > :11:10.performance by the team. Unfortunate for Jenson Button,
:11:10. > :11:16.because we could have had a one/two. But hopefully we can go to
:11:16. > :11:22.Singapore and do the same. Some great points for you, with the non-
:11:22. > :11:27.-storing from both Red Bulls. the Championship is showing it is
:11:27. > :11:32.so unpredictable. I'm grateful that we were in the fight and we have
:11:32. > :11:38.got a good car and we can compete. It is not necessary think fastest,
:11:38. > :11:43.but its as fast. That is the great feeling. Race wins and being able
:11:43. > :11:48.to fight for Championship, is this why you race at McLaren, is it
:11:48. > :11:54.enough to keep you there? I'm not focusing on next year. I want to
:11:54. > :11:59.focus on this year. It is one race at a time. I'm trying to take this
:11:59. > :12:03.team to the top and win both Championships and you know, this is
:12:03. > :12:10.an incredible team. I have a great relationship with them. I'm looking
:12:10. > :12:17.forward to the Fujitsu Motor -- future. Sadly you were forced to
:12:17. > :12:21.retire. What was the problem? don't entirely know. But it is to
:12:21. > :12:28.do with fuel. The engine doesn't have any in it. That is the problem.
:12:28. > :12:32.So it is, not pumping the fuel in correct Liverpool I don't know if -
:12:32. > :12:37.- fuel in correctly. I don't know if it is a pipe problem. It cut out
:12:37. > :12:42.and that was the end of it I had to coast to a stop. So, yeah, not the
:12:42. > :12:45.best way to end the day. But I was having fun out there. It is a race
:12:45. > :12:52.you always come awhich with a headache, because it is high revs
:12:52. > :12:58.and full throttle for so long. But I didn't gate good start, I had
:12:58. > :13:04.wheel spin which cost me time. And then in the my stop, it wasn't as
:13:04. > :13:10.quick as we would have hoped. So I was never going to challenge Lewis.
:13:10. > :13:15.But we're in a good position for a second place. That would have been
:13:15. > :13:21.great for the team. But it wasn't to be. Well done to to whole team.
:13:21. > :13:27.I think we have proven in the last few races that we are strong in
:13:27. > :13:32.qualify ago also in race trim. And the consistency is really key and
:13:32. > :13:37.we haven't seen this from anyone this season. So it's good to see
:13:37. > :13:44.and also congratulations to Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull didn't get any
:13:44. > :13:49.car home. But far Nando and Lewis scoring. It is a lot of points lost
:13:49. > :13:55.for me. But there you tkwofplt -- go. These things happen. It is...
:13:55. > :14:01.If it is going to stop in a race, it is probably one of bst way tos
:14:01. > :14:07.stop. -- best ways to stop. It is not a mistake or an accident. Your
:14:07. > :14:14.never want to finish lierk I did. But it is what it is. JAKE
:14:14. > :14:24.HUMPHREY: A frustrated Jenson Button. Martin Whitmarsh this is
:14:24. > :14:29.
:14:29. > :14:34.to celebrate for the last two races, and we will celebrate again tonight.
:14:34. > :14:39.For Jenson Button, it is tough, because it should have been first
:14:39. > :14:47.and second. He has been doing all right. He wanted those points, and
:14:47. > :14:53.we wanted them. It is disappointing. But we think there was a failure in
:14:53. > :15:01.the fuel tank, they are complicated systems. Been while, they will try
:15:01. > :15:04.to enjoy the moment. We heard from Ron Dennis, he was emphatic, he
:15:04. > :15:11.said the management and the investors, the decision is yours,
:15:12. > :15:17.do you think this helps you make a decision? The fact is, we know what
:15:17. > :15:22.our decision is. This weekend, despite all of the furore, we have
:15:22. > :15:27.been focused on trying to win races. We enjoy working with Lewis
:15:27. > :15:32.Hamilton, he enjoys being in the team, it is a good moment to get
:15:32. > :15:36.together and had! It is a good reminder of what he can achieve
:15:36. > :15:43.with you. He is leaving here in second place in the championship,
:15:43. > :15:47.that is a quick reminder to all of us. The championship is on,
:15:47. > :15:53.Fernando Alonso has got a great knack of rescuing points out of
:15:53. > :15:58.whatever the situation is, but the fact is, we are hauling him in a
:15:58. > :16:07.little bit, and with the remaining races, there is a championship
:16:07. > :16:13.fight to be had. Contrasting result, what conversation will you have
:16:13. > :16:19.with Jenson Button? I will hurt him as well. I will congratulate him on
:16:19. > :16:24.a great weekend, I will apologise for letting him down. He will move
:16:24. > :16:30.on, he knows we are pushing hard, and it is frustrating. He is one of
:16:30. > :16:35.the more mature drivers in the paddock. He will say, OK, I will
:16:35. > :16:39.try to beat Lewis Hamilton in Singapore. He has got to come away
:16:39. > :16:44.feeling good about the weekend. He has got form, people were
:16:44. > :16:49.questioning that a few races ago. He has got to go out there and
:16:49. > :16:54.score as many points as he can. it getting to the point where you
:16:54. > :17:00.need to have a word with him about playing for the team? Lewis
:17:00. > :17:05.Hamilton is 34 points off the lead. At the moment, the dynamic is right.
:17:05. > :17:11.They are racing each other, we enjoy that. It will be some time
:17:11. > :17:17.before we change our mind. Rocket read it looks lovely on you! I will
:17:17. > :17:22.get you a shirt if you like! It was a fantastic day for McLaren. Behind
:17:22. > :17:28.Lewis Hamilton, catching him on the track, a brilliant drive from
:17:28. > :17:32.Sergio Perez, and a good day for Sauber.
:17:32. > :17:39.Yes, that second-place finish is the reason for this fuss around him.
:17:39. > :17:45.You ran into your team, clapping and cheering, how does it feel?
:17:45. > :17:50.is great to have a great atmosphere with the team. We never expected to
:17:50. > :17:56.have a podium this weekend. Before the race, they told me I would
:17:56. > :18:00.finish in eighth place on ninth place, and I would have a grid. We
:18:00. > :18:05.were missing half a second on the straights. With that, it is
:18:06. > :18:11.impossible to fight for the victory. But we went for that the strategy,
:18:11. > :18:15.agreed risk everything, and it worked well. Fantastic overtaking,
:18:15. > :18:21.especially on the Ferrari cars. The second one that our attention, you
:18:21. > :18:26.came close to the back of Felipe Massa. It was important to get them
:18:26. > :18:33.sooner. The most important, I was quicker than them, but with Kimi
:18:33. > :18:36.Raikkonen, I had to get him soon, otherwise I would lose too much
:18:36. > :18:43.time and the greater tyres. Starting in 12th place and fighting
:18:43. > :18:52.so dramatically, was that your best race in Formula One? I do not know.
:18:52. > :18:55.I think my best oarsmen a share, such difficult conditions. -- My
:18:56. > :19:01.Best was Malaysia. But it is definitely one of my best races
:19:01. > :19:05.ever. When you added up the Ferrari cars, were you only get in second
:19:05. > :19:11.place in the race, or wait you moving into the Ferrari seat for
:19:11. > :19:18.next season? As I always say, there are still 81 line races to go, so
:19:18. > :19:23.why have to retain my focus -- eight or nine races. You are tyre
:19:23. > :19:28.Rigg up for a team photo, so we will let you do that! You can see
:19:28. > :19:38.the excitement here, a really popular second place for him. The
:19:38. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:43.reason why it is so popular, he got it by overtaking the Ferrari cars.
:19:43. > :19:51.Felipe Massa, after such a tremendous start, how did you feel
:19:51. > :19:56.about fourth place? Our degradation was high, so it was not so bad. It
:19:56. > :20:04.was too high. We were struggling completely on the tyres. That was
:20:04. > :20:12.the main issue for us. We had no tyres at the end of the race. I
:20:12. > :20:19.anticipated my stop, so it was difficult. Looking at the result,
:20:19. > :20:26.it was very positive, for the team, and now we be to concentrate to
:20:26. > :20:29.bring in points to the team all the time. It was a good race. It is
:20:29. > :20:34.never great when you see Pat Fry running around in the garage.
:20:34. > :20:38.was a problem with the telemetry, they could not see us. There was a
:20:38. > :20:48.blackout. But it was OK. Tell us about the incident with Sebastian
:20:48. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:59.Vettel. It was dangerous, thin edge of the circuit, 350 kilometres per
:20:59. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:06.hour, it was not nice. But the race director made the decision. At the
:21:06. > :21:11.end, it did not change anything, because he was forced to retire
:21:11. > :21:14.with problems. Is there enough respect between drivers at the
:21:14. > :21:24.moment? It seems that every week we are talking about something like
:21:24. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:29.this. I do not know. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It is difficult. It
:21:29. > :21:34.is on the borderline, this one. I do not know.
:21:34. > :21:39.It might not have been the victory the Italian team craved, but how
:21:39. > :21:44.will they be feeling inside right now? Very happy, because with all
:21:44. > :21:47.of the things going on, everything plays into the hands of Fernando
:21:47. > :21:53.Alonso and the team. It is becoming more certain they can capture the
:21:53. > :21:58.championship. It is easy to focus on the mind the shy, but Fernando
:21:58. > :22:04.Alonso has extended his championship lead. It is a big sigh
:22:05. > :22:09.of relief. Luca di Montezemolo was disappointed in qualifying, but
:22:09. > :22:15.what a comeback. Third place, podium result, he extends his
:22:15. > :22:20.podium -- his championship lead. Felipe Massa, finishing behind his
:22:20. > :22:25.team-mate, he said he had no telemetry in the car at all, just
:22:25. > :22:31.as Jenson Button overtook him. How difficult is that? It is very
:22:31. > :22:36.difficult, of course. He needed to be a team player, which he is. But
:22:36. > :22:41.think about his position, he finished in fifth place in Belgium,
:22:41. > :22:46.he qualified in third place here, he finished in fourth place, he is
:22:46. > :22:51.giving a sterling job. Is it too late? Fernando Alonso said there is
:22:51. > :22:59.not enough respect between the drivers. Would you agree? Emotions
:22:59. > :23:02.run high. When you are going around at 200 plus miles per hour, it gets
:23:02. > :23:08.extremely difficult. The stewards make the decision, and everybody
:23:08. > :23:12.continues. Well done to Ferrari, they will be happy. Slightly less
:23:12. > :23:20.happy, a few metres in that direction, Red Bull, a double
:23:20. > :23:25.retirement. A difficult race today, tell us
:23:25. > :23:29.what the problem was and when you first knew about it. Roughly 300
:23:29. > :23:33.metres before I stopped the car, and alternator problem, like
:23:33. > :23:36.yesterday morning. The incident with Fernando Alonso, was the
:23:36. > :23:43.drive-through penalty fare? I do not think so, but it is not for me
:23:43. > :23:48.to judge. Sum up this weekend and the championship as it is. We lost
:23:48. > :23:56.some points today. We did not finish, it does not help. All in
:23:56. > :24:02.all, we weren't where we deserved to be. We did the best we could.
:24:02. > :24:07.Our pace was not as strong as the leaders. It was a good race for us,
:24:07. > :24:12.given the lack of pace. Talking about that, heading into the rest
:24:12. > :24:18.of the season, that is a crucial think. There are not so many
:24:18. > :24:21.straight lines in the next couple of races, at least, showed -- so we
:24:21. > :24:26.should not lose too much. We can still challenge for the
:24:26. > :24:33.championship. A difficult day, explain what happened. At the end,
:24:33. > :24:39.I had no rear tyres left. I was pushing reasonably hard, Nico
:24:39. > :24:45.Rosberg was fresh, so I had to keep pushing. For the sake of getting a
:24:45. > :24:55.couple of points, I could not have pushed so hard, but I tried to stay
:24:55. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:05.on it. My rear tyres were finished. I kept it off the wall. The tyres
:25:05. > :25:08.were flat spot it. I could not see the track. I thought I might as
:25:08. > :25:12.well retire. We imagine the team principal is
:25:12. > :25:17.not an awful lot happier. We have been racking our brains to remember
:25:17. > :25:22.when you last had a double retirement. It was an engine
:25:22. > :25:27.failure and eight did not finish in South Korea in 2010. Since then, we
:25:27. > :25:32.have scored in every single Grand Prix. Very disappointing today.
:25:32. > :25:40.Read emotions for Red Bull, and an example of how reliable you usually
:25:40. > :25:44.are. What is the biggest asset of Red Bull, it is the reliability.
:25:44. > :25:50.Today, it was very difficult to understand. It was very
:25:50. > :25:55.disappointing, especially to retire from a points-scoring finish. It
:25:55. > :25:57.was a repeat failure, the same one that cost as a victory in Valencia
:25:57. > :26:04.earlier in the summer. Very disappointing to have the same
:26:04. > :26:07.thing happen again twice this weekend. Obviously, one of the
:26:07. > :26:13.talking point is the penalty that Sebastian Vettel took. He said he
:26:13. > :26:16.was not at all happy about the decision. It was difficult to call.
:26:17. > :26:20.From what I saw, it looked like a mirror image of what happened last
:26:20. > :26:26.year at the same corner, where he went round the outside of Fernando
:26:26. > :26:30.Alonso. Sebastian Vettel took his line, and I thought it was more
:26:30. > :26:35.than fair, I thought the penalty was harsh. It was irrelevant at the
:26:35. > :26:39.end, but it seemed a particularly harsh. When we come here, all of
:26:39. > :26:43.the other teams think it is against us, do you think it was a decision
:26:43. > :26:47.that went in Ferrari's favour? is difficult to say, you need to
:26:47. > :26:51.ask them to understand why they chose a penalty like that. It
:26:51. > :26:57.seemed harsh, it did not seem to fit the crime, if there was a crime
:26:57. > :27:01.at all. It was irrelevant in the end, because that cost us dearly.
:27:01. > :27:11.Thank you so much for joining us, a difficult day for Red Bull. Let's
:27:11. > :27:16.confirm the result and what it means for the championship battle.
:27:16. > :27:25.Smiles on the faces of Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and
:27:25. > :27:29.Bruno Senna. Look at how close it is in the championship battle. Red
:27:29. > :27:39.Bull remained top of the Constructors' Championship, as we
:27:39. > :28:10.
:28:10. > :28:15.of Singapore or wake until the wee small hours in a couple of weeks.
:28:15. > :28:21.It is extremely special, the mix of a street circuit in the centre of
:28:21. > :28:25.the major city and the lights, it is compelling. It was all eyes are