The Malaysian Grand Prix - Highlights

:01:00. > :01:05.The McLaren look in good shape in Melbourne but will it be Hamilton

:01:05. > :01:10.or a Button who comes out on top? Lewis Hamilton has taken pole

:01:10. > :01:20.position. That was an incredible performance from Lewis Hamilton.

:01:20. > :01:21.

:01:21. > :01:26.Jensen Button goes second. I was happy to be out there. I was second.

:01:26. > :01:31.The problem is, when you start on pole position, he will not be happy

:01:31. > :01:35.if you do not finish in that position. Hamilton verses Jensen

:01:35. > :01:39.Button up On the Run to the first corner. It is their best to close

:01:39. > :01:45.the visor and head out and do the business. That we feel we were born

:01:45. > :01:51.to do. You have to be relaxed. If you're nervous, you have problems.

:01:51. > :01:56.If you are stressed, problems. those lights go out and it goes

:01:56. > :02:04.from massive noise all round from the cars to just silence when we

:02:04. > :02:11.could get the clutch and it is just silent. Hamilton versus Jenson

:02:11. > :02:17.Button on the front row. Suddenly, crazy again. Lights out, away we

:02:17. > :02:25.go! Hamilton and bottom going for the first corner. Hamilton is side

:02:25. > :02:31.by side. Jensen Button is ahead. You're controlling it as you go

:02:31. > :02:40.away and it is quite simple. Go on the clutch, the same sequence as

:02:40. > :02:47.you always do. Then disaster. Jensen Button takes the lead.

:02:47. > :02:51.Impressive stuff. We have the safety car. Oh! When the safety car

:02:51. > :02:56.came out, I saw it on the screen that Sebastien was about to go into

:02:56. > :03:02.the pit lane. When I came behind the safety Crush her -- safety car,

:03:02. > :03:07.I knew he was ahead. It was no real surprise. Things like that often

:03:07. > :03:12.happen. The lights are out on the safety car. They car came men and

:03:12. > :03:18.you just pushed like hill. Jensen Button is on it straight away.

:03:18. > :03:24.car felt really good, it was a real pleasure to drive. Jensen Button

:03:24. > :03:30.wins in Australia. Hamilton finishes in third place. And pasta,

:03:30. > :03:36.what a great way to start the year! I always get confused, I get up and

:03:36. > :03:44.Sebastien has this anger and fair play, he has taken it out over the

:03:44. > :03:50.last couple of years a lot. I just get excited. A brilliant stuff from

:03:50. > :03:56.Jensen Button. And first -- third place goes to Lewis Hamilton. He

:03:56. > :04:01.does not seem that have been out there. Of course I can get out of

:04:01. > :04:07.the car and I can smile and I am happy. I don't feel like I should

:04:07. > :04:12.ever hide my emotions. I was unhappy, I went backwards. I had

:04:12. > :04:17.nothing to smile about. He is always tricky when it is in house.

:04:17. > :04:22.But exciting. There is a good atmosphere. We work well together

:04:22. > :04:27.but in the car, we want to beat each other. That is the way for men

:04:27. > :04:32.are one is. I love any battle, it does not matter who it is wet. Yes.

:04:32. > :04:38.It will be an interesting year. Interest has heightened when you

:04:38. > :04:41.see how the cars line-up for the start of the Grand Prix. McLaren

:04:41. > :04:45.dominating in Formula One but David Coulthard is gearing up and things

:04:45. > :04:50.might not go to plan? We were geared up to talk about the heat

:04:50. > :04:55.and humidity. But as we get towards the start time, the clouds have,

:04:56. > :05:00.over. This could change everything. Here we go for the second Grand

:05:00. > :05:07.Prix. For McLaren to lock out the front row once his impressive but

:05:07. > :05:12.twice is important? They are such different tracks and Melbourne is

:05:12. > :05:17.temperate and the cooling was not an issue. Come in here, there is

:05:17. > :05:21.high humidity and you have to open up the cars. Once again, they have

:05:21. > :05:26.locked out the front row. Alas time we had two British drivers at the

:05:26. > :05:32.front in successive races was yourself and Damon Hill in 1990.

:05:32. > :05:37.You did not win the title that season. Or any other season! It is

:05:37. > :05:43.all about Sunday? We have two world champions with McLaren. They know

:05:43. > :05:49.what it takes to win. This will be an intriguing battle. 1 - 0, Jensen

:05:49. > :05:54.Button. Lewis will want to just lay down a marker. Either way, both

:05:54. > :05:57.those races, you were in front of Damon Hill. Let's look at the

:05:57. > :06:02.calendar. We will be leaving the heat and heading home for some

:06:02. > :06:06.weeks and then off to China as the season kicks off and then towards

:06:06. > :06:10.Europe. We are coming over for the British Grand Prix before long and

:06:10. > :06:16.it wraps up in Austin, Texas and then Brazil. Who will be at the

:06:16. > :06:21.front of the grid? Plenty of water to pass under the bridge. As for

:06:21. > :06:27.today, McLaren at the front. How did we get you? Here is

:06:27. > :06:33.qualifying... To not a great start for Pastor Maldonado, who ran

:06:33. > :06:38.through the gravel and damaged his car. He made it out and then starts

:06:38. > :06:42.in 11. Kimi Raikkonen's rally days came in handy. He spent much of the

:06:42. > :06:52.race sideways. He qualified in 5th place. But faces a penalty for the

:06:52. > :06:55.

:06:56. > :07:00.starts and 50s. Michael Schumacher had his best qualifying since his

:07:00. > :07:03.comeback and that the Mercedes into third place. But the fastest two

:07:03. > :07:06.drivers were McLaren. Lewis Hamilton gets his first ball

:07:06. > :07:12.position at Sepang with Jensen Button alongside, Schumacher and

:07:12. > :07:16.Mark Webber refined and Kimi Raikkonen's penalty means Sebastian

:07:16. > :07:21.Vettel is and 50s. Ferrari say the cars are improving with Fernando

:07:21. > :07:25.Alonso in eighth place and Felipe Massa it in 12 days. Paul di Resta

:07:25. > :07:33.is 14th with Hulkenberg behind his rear wing. Vitaly Petrov is the

:07:33. > :07:36.highest placed Caterham. And HRT have qualified for their first

:07:36. > :07:41.grand prix of the season. We are getting close to the start of the

:07:41. > :07:45.race and the engines are far enough. It looks like it might not be the

:07:45. > :07:49.case when the race starts but as for the race, lots of talk about

:07:49. > :07:54.Sebastian Vettel. If he can jump in front of Michael Schumacher, they

:07:54. > :07:58.believe he will challenge McLaren. And we have Grosjean, impressive in

:07:58. > :08:03.the Lotus car. His team started in 6th place on the grid and finished

:08:03. > :08:10.on the podium. Michael Schumacher comes past, let's hear from the

:08:10. > :08:18.rest of the drivers. Down on the grid, very different conditions

:08:18. > :08:24.than in Melbourne. The strategy in Australia, you went for it at the

:08:24. > :08:30.start. What about you? I do not know, looking at the radar, it will

:08:30. > :08:35.rain. Just as the race starts. That will be interesting, we do not know

:08:35. > :08:43.what to expect. No reason why the car should not work. If it is dry,

:08:43. > :08:47.I really do not know what to expect. I'll tell you later! You're meant

:08:47. > :08:54.to be starting on harder tyres but it will not be long until the wet

:08:54. > :09:00.tyres, on, what do we know about the conditions? It does not look

:09:00. > :09:06.too friendly at the moment but we will see, it is along race. Rain is

:09:06. > :09:11.always expected here. It looks likely right now. You are heading

:09:11. > :09:17.off for the last minute focus before the race. How do you feel?

:09:17. > :09:22.You have reasonable pace? Yes, we are looking pretty good. We did

:09:22. > :09:28.some decent long runs on Friday and here comes the Rain. That allspice

:09:28. > :09:32.the race up. You know what it is like, the group level is the

:09:32. > :09:38.standing order. The cars are set for dry conditions. Yes, some

:09:38. > :09:42.challenges but we are looking forward to get. Good luck. The rain

:09:42. > :09:47.is a pain for everybody, not just to dignitaries but of course the

:09:47. > :09:53.teams. This is the second longest start to get to the first corner

:09:53. > :09:58.but what kind of tyres will they be on? Wet, intermediate? Time to find

:09:58. > :10:04.out, three world champions at the front and 56 potentially rather wet

:10:04. > :10:14.laps between them and the chequered flag. The sky is dark, time for the

:10:14. > :10:22.

:10:22. > :10:27.2012 Malaysian Grand Prix with Ben all the cars will be starting their

:10:27. > :10:31.stress on intermediate tyres with the green writing on the site.

:10:31. > :10:36.Let's get a chance on this formation lap to see just how

:10:36. > :10:42.slippery it might be. We have a light rain, no downpour to contend

:10:42. > :10:48.with? There are no obvious signs of spray coming from the tyres, the

:10:48. > :10:57.helicopter does not have any window wiper?! There is still some light

:10:57. > :11:02.drizzle. There is a car stopped at the back. He charges. -- he charted.

:11:02. > :11:07.It is 10 years since he started the race in the Jaguar and when he was

:11:07. > :11:13.here for Sauber, he did not start on that occasion. What is it?

:11:13. > :11:17.Unlucky. Turn No. 4, there is some spray on the track, not enough to

:11:17. > :11:21.affect any decision to start on intermediate. With these high

:11:21. > :11:25.temperatures, if it does not rain further on, we expect the track to

:11:25. > :11:32.dry out quickly. No one taking the gamble with slick tyres, that would

:11:32. > :11:37.not work. You would lose too much time. Lots of adrenaline from the

:11:37. > :11:39.teams and drivers. We saw those tyre choices, and there is a

:11:39. > :11:45.reminder of the Drivers Championship, how they finished in

:11:46. > :11:55.Australia. Jensen Button, Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton, Mark Webber.

:11:55. > :11:59.Riccardo did well to finish. Paul di Resta grabbed the final point.

:12:00. > :12:09.And the constructors championship... There is at 10. Advantage for

:12:09. > :12:13.McLaren Mercedes. Sauber ahead of Ferrari. After that first grand

:12:13. > :12:20.prix in Australia. Other parts of the track looking dry. Turn 12. The

:12:20. > :12:25.third sector. On board with Jensen Button, gentle weaving. You do not

:12:25. > :12:31.want to brake the surface of the intermediate tyre. That would bring

:12:31. > :12:38.on early grains. You want to keep the compound slow. Enter the last

:12:38. > :12:43.corner, looking wetter. This will be very interesting. We talk about

:12:43. > :12:46.management in the dry but what this needs is have wet conditions and it

:12:46. > :12:53.becomes even more crucial. leaders, I wonder if the boys

:12:53. > :12:59.further back will make any change? Somebody might take the risk.

:12:59. > :13:05.Felipe Massa... We will not be long what these tyres because if it does

:13:05. > :13:09.not read any more, it will not be long. It will not be long. Judging

:13:09. > :13:13.by the conditions that is correct but which car will get off the line

:13:13. > :13:18.best? Hamilton and Jensen Button on the front row with Schumacher and

:13:18. > :13:22.Mark Webber on row number two. Rosberg in the Mercedes and

:13:22. > :13:32.Fernando Alonso on row for. Perez, MacKinnon. Maldonado and Felipe

:13:32. > :13:35.

:13:35. > :13:39.Massa. Down towards the back, Timo Glock, Charles Pic. It will be the

:13:39. > :13:47.battle between McLaren team-mates to watch for once again and as we

:13:47. > :13:52.saw last weekend in Australia, who will it be? Lights out and away we

:13:52. > :13:57.go! Hamilton against Button and there isn't much in it. Schumacher

:13:57. > :14:02.under threat from behind. Grosjean tries to squeeze through the middle

:14:02. > :14:07.but Hamilton has a lead, I think. Jensen Button trying to get around

:14:07. > :14:11.the outside but Hamilton keeps them back in second place. Grosjean in

:14:11. > :14:17.third, the French man in the Lotus getting past Schumacher, that is a

:14:17. > :14:20.brilliant start. Michael Schumacher pushed into 4th place. Slipping and

:14:20. > :14:26.sliding, that is Mark Webber, making ground, he has got past

:14:26. > :14:32.Grosjean. It incredibly wet in to turn No. 4. They have to be so

:14:32. > :14:37.cautious on the brakes. Michael just got tagged by Grosjean. Tied

:14:37. > :14:43.by someone. As he goes through the corner. Michael Schumacher, his

:14:43. > :14:49.game place in the last 11 Grand Prix and a look at that rain.

:14:49. > :14:54.pouring down. Hamilton leads, Jensen Button. Look at Fernando

:14:54. > :14:59.Alonso in 5th place, then Rosberg, Perez. Everybody... Schumacher in

:14:59. > :15:04.the middle of the pack. Heikki Kovalainen is going well in the

:15:04. > :15:09.Caterham. Downforce from turn number four. You find yourself in a

:15:09. > :15:16.situation where you are aquaplaning. Look here, it is almost completely

:15:16. > :15:21.dry. Who will go first? It will be tough. Lewis Hamilton has the

:15:21. > :15:26.advantage over Jensen Button. He went wide. Then Webber, Sebastian

:15:26. > :15:31.Vettel. Fernando Alonso. Kimi Raikkonen just clips over the kerb.

:15:31. > :15:37.He has got away with it. Or all of the maintains, the pit crews are

:15:37. > :15:41.out. Ready for the drivers. -- main teams. It would be beneficial for

:15:41. > :15:51.the team that if the driver came in. Keep an eye on that. No tyres

:15:51. > :16:02.

:16:02. > :16:08.coming into the pits. Lewis Hamilton leads, Jenson Button is in

:16:08. > :16:13.second. Look at the rain falling now. The frontrunners are choosing

:16:13. > :16:22.to keep themselves on the same strategy. And there are two types

:16:22. > :16:27.of tyres for these conditions, the intermediate or the wet tyres. We

:16:27. > :16:33.have Michael Schumacher in 16th place after this bin in the opening

:16:33. > :16:39.lap. Gary in the pit lane, what can you tell us anchored there full wet

:16:39. > :16:49.tyres be the answer? I'd been so, Mercedes were out with a full wet

:16:49. > :16:49.

:16:50. > :16:53.tyres for both of their cars. The rain has become heavier.

:16:54. > :17:01.TEAM RADIO: It is raining very hard in the pit lane, how are these

:17:01. > :17:06.tyres? OK for now. From the man himself in second place. Trying to

:17:06. > :17:16.keep it under control. Look how different it was at the start on a

:17:16. > :17:27.

:17:27. > :17:36.virtually dry track. It was nip and wave from the line than the rest of

:17:36. > :17:41.the grid. Grosjean trying to go round the outside of Schumacher. He

:17:41. > :17:49.made a terrible start in Australia, but he has put that behind him,

:17:49. > :17:57.Romain Grosjean. This was Kimi Raikkonen's start? It looks like he

:17:57. > :18:07.locked down a bit when he released the crutch. A lot of the controls

:18:07. > :18:11.

:18:11. > :18:16.are controlled by software. This is the start from Mark Webber's point

:18:16. > :18:22.of view. This has been one of the difficulties for Mark Webber,

:18:22. > :18:27.getting away from the line. I don't think he will be too dissatisfied

:18:27. > :18:32.with that start, because he is currently in third place. Now, what

:18:32. > :18:39.happened to Michael Schumacher? We are riding on board. This is what

:18:39. > :18:47.happened in the 4th term. He was on the outside of Grosjean, and they

:18:47. > :18:52.touched. Grosjean goes around as well. Grosjean get sideways as he

:18:52. > :19:02.gets on the power out of the turn. He goes into the side of Michael,

:19:02. > :19:04.

:19:04. > :19:14.so Michael was the innocent victim. We have seen Paul di Resta in the

:19:14. > :19:20.pits, so presuming he is changing his tyres? Rosberg is in sixth

:19:20. > :19:30.place. There is the battle between Alonso in the Ferrari chasing after

:19:30. > :19:34.

:19:34. > :19:44.Sebastian Vettel. They are a long way off the trial were the times. -

:19:44. > :19:45.

:19:45. > :19:50.- dry or whether times. Senna and Perez have gone soon wet tyres.

:19:50. > :19:58.With no sign of aquaplaning come as Jenson Button said to his engineer,

:19:58. > :20:04.it is OK for now. If it does dry up, the change of tyres won't work so

:20:04. > :20:10.well. Mark Webber is in third, Sebastian Vettel in fourth position.

:20:10. > :20:16.Mike been Alonso was behind him, but it is hard to tell. If you

:20:16. > :20:22.cannot see the cars coming to you with this camera angle, imagine

:20:22. > :20:27.what it is like sitting in the car? It is so wet down Burg, but all we

:20:27. > :20:33.are seeing variation on different parts of the circuit. Felipe Massa

:20:33. > :20:39.comes into the pits. This will dropping down the order. We will

:20:39. > :20:44.watch the town's -- times Perez is setting over the next few laps.

:20:45. > :20:50.Ferrari had brilliant pit-stops in Ferrari, they were the fastest

:20:50. > :20:55.stopping team. They have worked on that a lot during the winter and

:20:55. > :21:03.they have set up new standards. Each of their stops was under three

:21:03. > :21:13.seconds. Ferrari have been working on it hard, Vettel still ahead of a

:21:13. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:38.yesterday, but has put that behind him. Hulkenberg is in tenth in the

:21:38. > :21:39.

:21:39. > :21:44.Force India. We'll keep an eye on him in these conditions in Malaysia.

:21:44. > :21:50.Grosjean is off. Vat is a shame because he had been running well.

:21:50. > :21:54.But the contact with Michael, looks like it is all over. You might

:21:54. > :22:00.expect a safety car, but it is unlikely on this track because they

:22:00. > :22:10.are good at getting the cars out of the wave. They will have to bring

:22:10. > :22:11.

:22:11. > :22:19.in a crane to remove fat. -- that. He loses the back end and pretty

:22:19. > :22:23.much the line you are forced to take. McLaren coming out and

:22:23. > :22:29.reacting. Which driver is this going to be? It does not mean they

:22:29. > :22:35.are coming in, it just means they are preparing for the driver.

:22:35. > :22:41.Jenson Button is in the pits. for the blue writing on the outside

:22:42. > :22:48.of the tyres. Alonso is also coming into the Ferrari pit at the same

:22:48. > :22:54.time. They have monitored at what Felipe Massa is doing with his lap

:22:54. > :22:57.times. That was closed between Hulkenberg and Alonso. Although the

:22:57. > :23:05.camera does fall short of that, so it might not have been as close as

:23:05. > :23:11.it looked. It was extremely close. Stops not quite as quick as they

:23:11. > :23:15.were doing in Australia. Jenson Button is on the fall wet. This is

:23:15. > :23:21.the drivers taking the view that with this level of rain,

:23:21. > :23:26.aquaplaning will be more of an issue. It is filling up the shallow

:23:26. > :23:36.depth on the intermediate that causes the issues. The car sits up

:23:36. > :23:47.

:23:47. > :23:52.now he has come back out. You can see the extra grip he has on those

:23:52. > :24:02.tyres and versus Schumacher. Witnessing the difference, you have

:24:02. > :24:04.

:24:04. > :24:11.that bit more confidence. TEAM RADIO: Started to aquaplaned.

:24:11. > :24:16.That is what you were talking about. Not enough depth to get the surface

:24:16. > :24:22.of the tyre on to the road. Also the feeling the driver has in the

:24:22. > :24:30.car. Would there were tired, there is more movements, gives you more

:24:30. > :24:34.heat in the tyre. This is going to be interesting to compare how his

:24:34. > :24:41.in lap has been inverses the out a laugh. His Jenson Button going to

:24:41. > :24:49.be ahead after this pit stop from Hamilton? Hamilton comes into the

:24:49. > :24:56.pits. A couple more people coming in as well. Red Bull is in as well.

:24:56. > :25:03.Mark Webber has decided to do the same, where his Gamma Butyrlactone?

:25:03. > :25:09.Vettel is in so boats Red Bull cars in at the same time. I think Jenson

:25:09. > :25:13.Button will be in front. We will get the camera shot and very soon.

:25:13. > :25:22.There is Rosberg, he has come into the pits. They are virtually

:25:22. > :25:32.together. Hamilton is in front. But there you have it that stopped is

:25:32. > :25:37.it Hamilton? It is, it is Hamilton and Button. So close, he made the

:25:37. > :25:47.stock later than Gamma Butyrlactone. Hamilton is just getting used to

:25:47. > :25:47.

:25:47. > :25:55.the feel of the new tyre. Crucially, the Lewis Hamilton he is still in

:25:55. > :26:00.front. It looks as if Lewis Hamilton is getting to grips with

:26:00. > :26:05.these tyres for Stam he is opening a gap to Jenson Button. Top driving

:26:05. > :26:09.from both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Hamilton having to get used

:26:09. > :26:15.to these new tyres immediately. Jenson Button just missing out on

:26:15. > :26:20.getting ahead of his team-mate by making the stock earlier. And there

:26:20. > :26:27.is Sergio Perez he was the first to switch to these tyres and is in

:26:27. > :26:33.third place. Everyone else has stopped. Perez, having made the

:26:33. > :26:39.stock earlier, he is in third place ahead of Mark Webber. We did ask

:26:39. > :26:46.the question at the beginning, was that a strategic decision? He is

:26:46. > :26:51.off the circuit. He has damaged the front of the wing? I think it is

:26:51. > :26:57.some grass. He did get away with it but it will have cost him a bit of

:26:57. > :27:03.time. We have got problems as well, thunder and lightning, the picture

:27:03. > :27:07.disappeared from the screen. It is getting very dark and gloomy.

:27:07. > :27:13.lights have gone off in the commentary box as well. A red flag,

:27:13. > :27:20.the race is being stopped. Schumacher or nearly went off. We

:27:20. > :27:30.are seeing red flag symbols on our timing screen and the safety car

:27:30. > :27:33.

:27:33. > :27:42.has been deployed. TEAM RADIO: Last sector is like a

:27:42. > :27:49.lake. Aquaplaning again. What you need on a lake is a boat and not in

:27:49. > :27:55.racing-car. It is a safety car rather than the race being stopped.

:27:55. > :28:05.It does look as if it is just the safety car. As they followed behind

:28:05. > :28:22.

:28:22. > :28:27.the safety car, it is Hamilton, immediate tier, so he is very

:28:27. > :28:32.bravely driving round. What the weather conditions being changeable

:28:32. > :28:39.from the start, Charlie Whiting is making some difficult decisions,

:28:39. > :28:43.calling the safety car. No red flag, but it was confusing because the

:28:43. > :28:48.red flag did come up on our screen, but they are running under the

:28:48. > :28:53.safety car. Lewis Hamilton, I wonder how relieved he is to be

:28:53. > :28:58.sitting behind the safety car after coping with the slightly later pit-

:28:58. > :29:04.stop very well and just getting out ahead of Jenson Button. This was

:29:05. > :29:14.Sebastian Vettel a moment ago. What happened to him? He is there with

:29:15. > :29:20.

:29:20. > :29:24.Jean-Eric Vergne. He went past. That was in Number 11, and Jean-

:29:24. > :29:31.Eric Vergne is still on intermediate as far as we know.

:29:31. > :29:36.That is where Perez lens of or when we saw him cut across. Two Grand

:29:36. > :29:41.Prix in a row were Vettel has been on the grass at some point. There

:29:41. > :29:46.is a lot of undulations in his racetrack that is not caught on the

:29:46. > :29:51.camera. The red flag has been brought out on this race, so all

:29:51. > :29:56.drivers will have to head back on to the grid and stop running and

:29:56. > :30:01.the safety car will wait, until they get the signal to restart.

:30:01. > :30:06.They did return to the grid for 50 minutes or wells the race director

:30:06. > :30:12.decided if it was safe. The drivers did their best to keep themselves

:30:12. > :30:22.dry, and it was not so easy for the fans. Then they restarted the Grand

:30:22. > :30:26.

:30:26. > :30:30.Sebastien Vettel but we have heard from the teams that it is possible

:30:30. > :30:35.that they will be coming in as the race restarts to switch from full

:30:35. > :30:45.wet tyres and put the intermediate tyres on. Maybe others will not,

:30:45. > :30:49.there is a drive-through penalty for to Rossa. They have done

:30:49. > :30:54.several laps like this, hopefully they will have enough heat in their

:30:54. > :30:59.tyres. Michael Schumacher's still working as front tyres like mad to

:30:59. > :31:04.get that front temperature up. We are now getting ready. They have

:31:04. > :31:08.one third of the lap to complete before this race wheeziness. I do

:31:08. > :31:15.not see any of the teams rushing out with any intermediate tyres,

:31:15. > :31:23.they do not want to show their hand too early. I'll keep an eye on that.

:31:23. > :31:29.Here we go. Lewis Hamilton dictates the pace of the restart, of course

:31:29. > :31:35.with Jenson Button behind them Sergio Perez. Will he be a hero? He

:31:35. > :31:39.nearly ran into the back of Jenson Button, there. Hamilton gets to

:31:39. > :31:44.determine when they make their brake. Look at Mark Webber,

:31:44. > :31:50.squeezing down the outside, waiting for Lewis Hamilton to go for it and

:31:50. > :31:56.he does. Jenson Button has been left behind. He goes on the attack,

:31:56. > :32:00.down to the last corner, Mark Webber under attack from Fernando

:32:00. > :32:07.Alonso then Sebastian Vettel as well. Rosberg comes into the pits.

:32:07. > :32:17.And Kimi Raikkonen. Mercedes and Lotus coming in. Where is Jenson

:32:17. > :32:21.Button? He is in the pits. I could not see him. Webber and Alonso

:32:21. > :32:29.side-by-side and second place for Sergio Perez. Look at Felipe Massa,

:32:29. > :32:34.getting past Jean-Eric Vergne. Side by side on the exit. Jenson Button

:32:34. > :32:38.has done the pit stop, he decided to come in to switch to the

:32:38. > :32:42.intermediate tyres and again there is a great battle going on.

:32:42. > :32:48.Sebastian Vettel going down the inside of Mark Webber. Mark Webber

:32:48. > :32:54.will try to come back. And he does, he gets back past. Slipping and

:32:54. > :32:58.sliding in these conditions. Hamilton has the lead. Perez, Mark

:32:58. > :33:03.Webber has dropped to 4th place but he has kept his team-mate behind

:33:03. > :33:11.him. I love to see team-mates going wheel to wheel, the stakes are so

:33:11. > :33:16.much higher. Sebastian Vettel struggling with getting these tyres

:33:16. > :33:20.back up to temperature for the restart. Mark Webber has got

:33:20. > :33:25.Fernando Alonso in his sights. Felipe Massa is going well because

:33:25. > :33:32.he has caught up and Jean-Eric Vergne has dropped back just a

:33:32. > :33:37.little. He is still ahead of the Force India. We had Jenson Button

:33:37. > :33:42.coming for the intermediate tyres, we will have to wait and see his

:33:42. > :33:50.middle sector times to give us some indication if that was right.

:33:50. > :33:58.Michael, do you think intermediate? I think so, yes. Yes, I think so.

:33:58. > :34:03.Yes, he thinks so. Hamilton, 43.8 on the middle sector. Is that the

:34:03. > :34:07.right tyre? Hamilton is in. The lap that Jenson Button does is

:34:07. > :34:13.absolutely crucial for the outcome of this race. Hamilton goes in, he

:34:13. > :34:19.has to surely go for intermediate tyres? Sergio Perez leads the

:34:19. > :34:25.Malaysian Grand Prix, how about that? Hamilton is in the pit and

:34:25. > :34:30.Alonso and Mark Webber and Felipe Massa. That was a very slow stop

:34:30. > :34:36.for Hamilton, Jenson Button coming out on the last corner. He might

:34:37. > :34:42.have just done enough to hold Jenson Button. Jenson Button is in

:34:42. > :34:46.front of Hamilton. But behind Fernando Alonso. Those Ferrari pit

:34:46. > :34:52.stops are amazing this year. Fernando Alonso has gone ahead of

:34:52. > :34:57.Jenson Button. They us is an amazing stop for Ferrari but do

:34:57. > :35:02.they have the car that is fast enough to stay in front of McLaren?

:35:02. > :35:07.Sergio Perez, despite being on the full wet tyres, has just set the

:35:07. > :35:11.fastest lap so he is leading for Sauber. He has not made the pit

:35:11. > :35:18.stop, these guys have and Hamilton has lost out. Let's take a look at

:35:18. > :35:21.what went wrong. The stop is just a little bit long. The front axle was

:35:21. > :35:29.absolutely fine and the car was dropped late and was he told to

:35:29. > :35:35.wait? For Felipe Massa. Just very unlucky. And that has cost him one

:35:35. > :35:44.track position to his team-mate and that amazing pit-stop for Ferrari.

:35:44. > :35:54.Sub three-second in Australia. is a battle up front. He has hit

:35:54. > :35:56.

:35:56. > :36:01.the HRT?! Jenson Button has lost his right front wing against the he

:36:01. > :36:06.charted. Hamilton is bearing down on him. He will have to pit. Jenson

:36:06. > :36:14.Button in big trouble, there. That is absolute disaster. Hamilton will

:36:14. > :36:23.take full advantage of that. Jenson Button will be so disappointed. We

:36:23. > :36:29.have to figure out which HRT that was. Narain Karthikeyan. That is

:36:29. > :36:37.unfortunate. In to turn No. 9. Jenson Button will have to surely

:36:37. > :36:42.pit for the new front wing? He is in. He follows Karthikeyan. He had

:36:42. > :36:46.not made his pit stop yet and he was intent players so Sergio Perez

:36:46. > :36:51.we joins in front of Fernando Alonso. Sergio Perez is still

:36:51. > :36:57.waiting. He has gone out in front of Fernando Alonso. Sauber is

:36:57. > :37:01.working. They were side by side at the top of the shot. We need to see

:37:01. > :37:06.that. What a fight is going on. Jenson Button has gone into the

:37:06. > :37:10.pits. The new front wing and the intermediate. This is dropping him

:37:10. > :37:15.right to the back of the field because the field has been

:37:15. > :37:21.compressed by the safety car and he is right at the back. Let's see

:37:21. > :37:25.what happened to Jenson Button behind Karthikeyan. That was just a

:37:25. > :37:29.little clumsy, he felt that the door was being left open. Through

:37:29. > :37:34.the braking his own... Karthikeyan it looked like he was going wide

:37:34. > :37:39.and in the end that was just as normal line. Jenson Button was just

:37:39. > :37:44.caught out. The HRT effectively stopped at the apex. He will have a

:37:44. > :37:48.very long afternoon to get back into the points. Meanwhile, brave

:37:48. > :37:54.decision from Perez. He did that extra lap on the full wet tyres. He

:37:54. > :38:00.has Fernando Alonso in front of him. He has indeed. Ferrari leading in

:38:00. > :38:04.Malaysia. How about that? Fernando Alonso leads with Ferrari after all

:38:04. > :38:10.those disastrous winter Tests they have had. It is a car that has not

:38:10. > :38:16.been at all good for them in terms of its sheer pace. But he is now

:38:16. > :38:19.leading this race. He has just set the fastest first sector. Trying to

:38:19. > :38:26.kill the wheelspin. Sergio Perez coming into second place in the

:38:26. > :38:31.Sauber. We have to Britain that at some point Hamilton will find a way

:38:31. > :38:36.to get past Sergio Perez? Fernando Alonso is almost one second quicker.

:38:36. > :38:46.He has gone out on these intermediate tyres. The battle

:38:46. > :38:54.behind. It looks like he was trying to pass him on the inside. Lotus,

:38:54. > :38:59.Red Bull battles going on. Fernando Alonso, fastest lap of the race.

:38:59. > :39:07.Hamilton was losing a lot of time on that. What is going on with

:39:07. > :39:12.positions... It is Fernando Alonso, Perez, Hamilton, Rosberg, Sebastian

:39:12. > :39:18.Vettel, like an end, then Mark Webber, Felipe Massa. You can see

:39:18. > :39:22.the other Ferrari. Paul di Resta. Then Jean-Eric Vergne in the top 10.

:39:22. > :39:28.And then I think we have got Hulkenberg. Kobayashi, Michael

:39:28. > :39:35.Schumacher only 38 days. Unable to make out -- make up lots of ground.

:39:35. > :39:40.Fernando Alonso leading for Ferrari. There is this news check on the

:39:40. > :39:45.sector times. Sebastian Vettel is the fastest man on that first

:39:45. > :39:50.sector. 29.7. That is a very big advantage. This is what happened

:39:50. > :40:00.when Fernando Alonso came out, he was ahead of Jenson Button and he

:40:00. > :40:00.

:40:00. > :40:06.got ahead of Hamilton. At that point, Sergio Perez was a leader.

:40:06. > :40:09.Quick shift forwards... Let's get those tyres working...

:40:09. > :40:13.difficulty in moving the brake balance forward is to become more

:40:13. > :40:20.susceptible to front blocking. What Jenson Button is talking about is

:40:20. > :40:24.it not only affects your ability to steer but also to brake. And I

:40:24. > :40:29.sympathise with his engineers suggesting more heat on the brakes

:40:29. > :40:34.but as a driver, he will think, how can I put more load into that front

:40:34. > :40:38.tyre with braking if I am struggling to hit this up? There he

:40:38. > :40:48.is, that's super lap on the new tyres, it was nice and fresh, but

:40:48. > :40:49.

:40:49. > :40:53.since then he has not been showing the same place. -- pace. He says he

:40:53. > :40:57.has got no group, struggling with front and rear. That is certainly

:40:57. > :41:04.the case over the last lap or two. He has been unable to close that

:41:04. > :41:14.gap. Sebastian Vettel, Rosberg just up ahead. Good laps coming in from

:41:14. > :41:19.Sebastian Vettel. Closing the gap. Up to turn No. 4. You have to be so

:41:19. > :41:27.gentle on the throttle application. He just spins off the rear tyres.

:41:27. > :41:31.Nissan... 5 and 6. You can see that superior group with the Red Bull

:41:31. > :41:37.against the Mercedes at high speed. The traction on a Mercedes did not

:41:37. > :41:40.look too bad coming out of No. 4. Sebastian Vettel well and Trulli in

:41:40. > :41:45.the DRS zone and the activation. Is just to the right of the camera

:41:45. > :41:51.shot, turn number 15. If he does not manage to look for any passage

:41:51. > :41:57.around this middle part, certainly he will be able to do so On the Run

:41:57. > :42:00.down past the start-finish. Saving up any KERS. He will have that

:42:00. > :42:04.extra 80 horsepower. Difficult to use in the wet because you are

:42:04. > :42:09.closer to the point of spending the rear tyres. The effectiveness drops

:42:09. > :42:13.away because you end up using it at a higher speed and then you are

:42:13. > :42:20.into the case of diminishing returns. Let us see if we will see

:42:20. > :42:24.any KERS used in the next part of the lap. And indeed, DRS. They

:42:24. > :42:27.cannot do it on this section of track but there can on the next. If

:42:27. > :42:31.they are close enough. At this point. Sebastien Vettel should be

:42:31. > :42:39.close enough for the rear wing flap to operate coming off the next

:42:39. > :42:46.straight. That is less than one second. He has ers operating. Also

:42:46. > :42:54.using KERS. That extra horsepower. Sebastian Vettel goes on the attack.

:42:54. > :43:01.Rosberg, defensive. Sebastian Vettel has to go very deep. Still

:43:01. > :43:09.trying... Lovely! I held my breath in the braking zone. You have to

:43:09. > :43:13.say that Rosberg was very fair, pecking at inside line. Once again,

:43:13. > :43:18.showing his racing skills. Alonso has opened up the gap to around

:43:18. > :43:23.five seconds. He has just set a new fastest lap but Felipe Massa is

:43:23. > :43:28.under attack from Paul di Resta and Force India. But behind the other

:43:28. > :43:32.Ferrari. Fighting for eighth place. Jean-Eric Vergne still in that grid,

:43:32. > :43:38.behind Toro Rosso. Paul di Resta can sense an opportunity if he can

:43:38. > :43:45.find his way past Ferrari. Look at this DRS assisted manoeuvre from

:43:45. > :43:49.Sebastian Vettel. He was a long way back but he opened up the rear flap.

:43:49. > :43:57.It did not look anywhere near as close as it did from the on-board

:43:57. > :44:01.shot. We can see the replay. Vicario must have made an error and

:44:01. > :44:08.dropped back into seven. And Bruno Senna has gone around the outside.

:44:08. > :44:15.Did he manage to hold that? information is that he was on the

:44:15. > :44:23.racing line for turn number two. Rosberg under attack from reckon

:44:23. > :44:28.and. -- Kimi Raikkonen. We are ready to manage these tyres. There

:44:28. > :44:36.might be a shower coming soon so please manage the tyres. Many

:44:36. > :44:41.another shower on its way. Timo Glock in 18th place. As Nico

:44:41. > :44:45.Rosberg is still trying to defend from Kimi Raikkonen and look how

:44:45. > :44:49.much Sebastian Vettel has got away in the last lap. Look at that use

:44:49. > :44:55.of DRS from Kimi Raikkonen. He will try to do exactly what Sebastian

:44:55. > :45:00.Vettel did, up the outside. Has he got enough? Yes, he has some group

:45:00. > :45:05.on the outside and we then get the inside line. Just about. Let's

:45:05. > :45:10.watch what happens. Kimi Raikkonen had to be on the inside line, he

:45:10. > :45:14.used up his KERS. Rosberg still had his full use. And the information

:45:14. > :45:18.we had before the restart was that they did not think the KERS would

:45:18. > :45:23.be working in Kimi Raikkonen's car but the graphic shows that whatever

:45:23. > :45:33.the issue was, it is now working. Be using that wide line. He has

:45:33. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:56.been using a fine for quite a few down on Nico Rosberg. Just seen

:45:56. > :45:58.

:45:58. > :46:08.Kovalainen coming into the pits. It is raining at a 4th term. Alonso

:46:08. > :46:19.

:46:19. > :46:29.reporting there is the more rain towards the final few corners of a

:46:29. > :46:30.

:46:30. > :46:37.lack. Let's take a look at Kimi Raikkonen's passing manoeuvre.

:46:37. > :46:41.Pretty much carbon copy of Vettel. They were pretty much at neck and

:46:41. > :46:51.neck in the braking zone. Raikkonen able to use the extra grip

:46:51. > :46:54.

:46:54. > :47:04.available off-line. Curious Nico Rosberg did not use his KERS to

:47:04. > :47:06.

:47:06. > :47:16.defend. The DRS was operating. Felipe Massa was under attack from

:47:16. > :47:21.

:47:21. > :47:28.Paul di Resta. I am impressed with Alonso's pace at the moment. He is

:47:28. > :47:36.almost 1.5 seconds faster than the others. We have McLaren in. It is

:47:36. > :47:46.Jenson Button, gone for another set of the intermediate tyres. We were

:47:46. > :47:49.

:47:49. > :47:56.hearing since some reports from Fernando Alonso of more rain.

:47:56. > :48:04.Felipe Massa still defending from di Resta. Vergne is defending well

:48:04. > :48:09.so both Toro Rosso cars are worth watching. It will be any

:48:09. > :48:15.interesting piece of intelligence to look, how does Jenson Button get

:48:15. > :48:20.on with a fresh set of intermediate tyres. Does he get the temperature

:48:20. > :48:26.in the tyre and find some pace? If that is the case expect some of the

:48:26. > :48:30.other drivers to pit. There is so much action going on at the moment,

:48:30. > :48:36.and what our delight to hear from Gary, as we see a replay from Mark

:48:36. > :48:42.Webber as he gets on the white line, hard on the power. As Nico Rosberg

:48:42. > :48:48.goes defensive onto the inside, he appears from nowhere. Gary watch

:48:48. > :48:58.the pit stop at Jenson Button, what did you see? They put a better

:48:58. > :49:06.front wing on and changed his tyres. On board with di Resta is behind

:49:06. > :49:11.Felipe Massa as well. Jenson Button, has gone purple in the middle

:49:11. > :49:17.sector, which tells us it is the fastest middle sector in the Grand

:49:17. > :49:23.Prix. Felipe Massa has ran wide. The he looked up on the way into

:49:23. > :49:33.nine and his loss is di Resta's game. It could be Jean-Eric

:49:33. > :49:33.

:49:33. > :49:39.Vergne's game as well. They almost touch! Vergne trying to defend off

:49:39. > :49:46.the Ferrari. What an opportunity at the other guy in only his second

:49:46. > :49:52.ever Grand Prix going wheel-to- wheel with Felipe Massa.

:49:52. > :49:58.Technically, Felipe Massa would have used their bits of KERS coming

:49:58. > :50:08.out of that term. Vergne has gone to the outside. He will try and do

:50:08. > :50:09.

:50:09. > :50:16.the cutback. He will be in the DRS zone. The wing flap is open on

:50:16. > :50:20.Jean-Eric Vergne's car and he has the extra straight line speed.

:50:20. > :50:29.There is a possible change, Hulkenberg is trying to get past

:50:30. > :50:36.Senna. Senna just about holding on to the position in Williams. He and

:50:36. > :50:45.Massa make contact last time out. Hulkenberg in the other Force India.

:50:45. > :50:51.Force India looking strong. Jenson Button is going fast, although

:50:51. > :51:01.Alonso is still amazing looking after his tyres and leading this

:51:01. > :51:01.

:51:01. > :51:08.race by 7.6 seconds. Felipe Massa, looking at that again. Be little

:51:08. > :51:13.bits to the left. You see that twitch. Momentarily, just like your

:51:13. > :51:22.handbrake being called on in your car, it takes away their grip.

:51:22. > :51:31.happened here, Hulkenberg trying to get up the inside. Senna is now 9th.

:51:31. > :51:36.Money is having a very good drive. We are watching Kobayashi trying to

:51:36. > :51:39.get round the outside of Michael Schumacher. He has done it, the

:51:40. > :51:46.Japanese driver gets past the seven-times world champion and made

:51:46. > :51:50.it look easy. That is twice Michael has been passed at that turned. It

:51:50. > :52:00.is worth having a look to see what it grip of these drivers are

:52:00. > :52:07.

:52:07. > :52:12.finding. What a day this is the Peter saw there. -- Peter Sao buyer.

:52:12. > :52:19.He is watching from the pit lane as they are having one of their best

:52:19. > :52:25.days ever. Ferrari are still looking after the tyre. Alonso is

:52:26. > :52:33.banging in those quick lap times. Kimi Raikkonen is just going deep,

:52:33. > :52:37.it look as though he was going in the pit. There is a long way to go

:52:37. > :52:42.in this Grand Prix. What a remarkable story this would be if

:52:42. > :52:50.Alonso was able to maintain this position. A remarkable story for

:52:50. > :52:54.Perez also. The pre-season chat was which head was going to roll at

:52:54. > :53:04.Ferrari? But in these conditions, the car is coming alive, talking to

:53:04. > :53:14.the driver. And Alonso is at his absolute best this afternoon.

:53:14. > :53:21.RADIO: Possibly a shower coming in in five or 10 minutes, Mark. There

:53:21. > :53:26.is a 50% spread, is it five or 10? And how do they know it is going to

:53:26. > :53:33.rain? The weather is so unpredictable. It can go around the

:53:33. > :53:38.circuit sometimes, over it. The top teams will have somebody up wins,

:53:38. > :53:46.standing there without a hat on, and possibly a bald heads ready to

:53:46. > :53:55.say, I am getting wet, the rain is coming. Perez is still going well.

:53:55. > :53:59.The youngster is staying within 7.7 seconds. Large rain cell located it

:53:59. > :54:09.in the North West gradually moving towards the circuit. But and coming

:54:09. > :54:12.

:54:12. > :54:17.back, passing Ricardo. Petrov is running in 15th position at the

:54:17. > :54:21.moment in the green and yellow machines. Jenson Button trying to

:54:21. > :54:31.make up the the incidents at when we saw him lose part of his sons

:54:31. > :54:32.

:54:32. > :54:42.wing in a clash with Karthikeyan. Felipe Massa just takes back his

:54:42. > :54:43.

:54:43. > :54:48.track position. Ricciardo is going to have fun as well. Jenson Button

:54:48. > :54:57.will have to be brave and go round the outside. Felipe Massa is

:54:57. > :55:01.running him wide. Ricciardo and early ended up on the grass.

:55:01. > :55:09.Wonderful action. Jenson Button has got through and you are now on

:55:09. > :55:18.board with that Ricciardo will try and do likewise. It is Ferrari,

:55:18. > :55:26.Ferrari of course, Toro Rosso owns the Ferrari engine. It is exciting

:55:26. > :55:31.racing this afternoon. We now have Nico Hulkenberg in the Force India

:55:31. > :55:36.going fastest in the first sector. They seem to take a while,

:55:36. > :55:44.overtaking? This was brave positioning for Jenson Button.

:55:44. > :55:48.Doesn't quite manage to get the throttle open. Felipe Massa was

:55:48. > :55:54.able to come back into his racing line and Jenson Button quite

:55:54. > :55:58.rightly pulling out of that. Jenson Button never wanting to give up, it

:55:58. > :56:05.runs to the outside and Felipe Massa running him wide as fair as

:56:05. > :56:10.he possibly can be. Then Jenson get traction and it was a wheel-to-

:56:10. > :56:20.wheel racing. A round of applause and quite right. The drivers giving

:56:20. > :56:21.

:56:21. > :56:31.themselves just enough space. Perez is still going quickly. Alonso will

:56:31. > :56:32.

:56:32. > :56:39.have to watch out. Can they make it to the end of the Grand Prix? If

:56:39. > :56:47.this -- weepers in conditions stay like this, damp. TEAM RADIO: It is

:56:47. > :56:51.touch and go with the conditions, it really is. If they pit now and

:56:51. > :57:01.then tried to run to the end up on another set of intermediate, and

:57:01. > :57:03.

:57:03. > :57:08.the rain comes, you will have to go in and change tyres again.

:57:08. > :57:14.Ricciardo has got past Massa 4 star gazumping Caplan bed. I don't know

:57:14. > :57:22.if he was recovering, we might get another look. This is what happened.

:57:22. > :57:28.On board with Ricciardo. Uses the DRS and moves to the outside. The

:57:28. > :57:33.Australian got it turned in and the head. Felipe Massa could do nothing

:57:33. > :57:38.about it. Whether he had a bit of a go at getting back at him through

:57:38. > :57:44.the corner? Alonso still leads. Another second has been gained by

:57:44. > :57:49.Perez. There he is in the background. The other car running

:57:49. > :57:58.third, don't worry about, it is a lapped car. But Sergio Perez are

:57:58. > :58:02.now within four seconds of race leader, Fernando Alonso. We are on

:58:02. > :58:07.lap 37 and he is showing such a great turn of pace. Alonso is

:58:07. > :58:17.having his work cut out up front to maintain the gap. Vettel is still

:58:17. > :58:31.

:58:31. > :58:35.Ricciardo. -- Jenson Button. Given the conditions, we have only got

:58:35. > :58:42.one retirement, which was at the start, Romain Grosjean went out at

:58:42. > :58:52.the start of this race. He is the only retirement so far. 100%

:58:52. > :58:58.scoring record in that respect so far, he went out in Australia.

:58:58. > :59:08.Petrov is up to 15th, but outside the points. Let's see if Perez is

:59:08. > :59:19.

:59:19. > :59:23.a second gained by Perez. And other fastest lap of or the Mexican. Only

:59:23. > :59:31.in his second season of Formula One and is showing everybody what he

:59:31. > :59:36.can do today. Alonso is an experienced driver. He will, I can

:59:36. > :59:41.assure you the feeling the pressure building in the cockpit. No way

:59:41. > :59:46.will he be allowing this gap to be eroded as quickly as that if he was

:59:46. > :59:52.holding something back. This is the pure performance of these cars in

:59:52. > :59:58.his Grand Prix. It puts Alonso in a difficult position. In his mind he

:59:58. > :00:04.will be thinking he needs a fresh set of intermediate. He can do that

:00:04. > :00:07.and I'll get back out in third place because he has a 24 second

:00:07. > :00:12.lead over Sebastian Vettel. But if he does that, he will relinquish

:00:12. > :00:22.the lead. But this is a battle of the mines as much as a battle of

:00:22. > :00:31.

:00:31. > :00:40.lane. This is a brave move, surely. I remember seeing this in Melbourne.

:00:40. > :00:48.A remember saying that it was too early but let us wait and see.

:00:48. > :00:53.this got the white writing on? The softer compound available. Everyone

:00:53. > :00:57.in the pit lane, the strategists, they say, thank you, Toro Rosso,

:00:57. > :01:07.because that gives them the vital information they need. They are

:01:07. > :01:13.closer. It is down to 2.3 seconds. TEAM RADIO: More rain is

:01:13. > :01:18.approaching. They need to get to the end of the race on the set of

:01:18. > :01:28.tyres, according to the engineer. Jenson Button is on a fresh set of

:01:28. > :01:29.

:01:29. > :01:36.intermediates. Hamilton's front tyre is almost looking bald. I have

:01:36. > :01:44.to say, it is looking quite good round 5 and 6. Let's hope for a

:01:44. > :01:49.stay on board with him for the lap. This double right hand... We will

:01:49. > :01:56.watch those sector times. This is looking good with slick tyres. They

:01:56. > :02:02.might just be the saviour for Fernando Alonso. Perez, half a

:02:02. > :02:07.second quicker. The fastest middle sector for the car that has

:02:07. > :02:13.switched to slicks. Ricardo has become the fastest out there.

:02:13. > :02:16.has to comment on this lap. They will be piling into the pit lane.

:02:16. > :02:26.The last shot we have an Alonso coming out of that corner... The

:02:26. > :02:28.

:02:28. > :02:32.back end was moving. Into the pits. We are waiting for Fernando Alonso

:02:32. > :02:38.and the crew. They had the softer tyre available but Perez will

:02:38. > :02:43.surely be coming in? It looks like the slick tyres are quicker so he

:02:43. > :02:52.has to follow Fernando Alonso because he would just lose time.

:02:52. > :02:57.stays out! Why? Do they think it is raining on Ready? They might have

:02:57. > :03:01.information that we simply cannot see. Felipe Massa has come in for

:03:01. > :03:09.the slick tyres, they must be convinced it will be in. That must

:03:09. > :03:17.be the only reason Felipe Massa is on softer tyres. Perez will

:03:17. > :03:22.definitely be on the back. TEAM RADIO: Some people have moved to

:03:22. > :03:26.slick tyres and they are quicker. There is always a delay on the

:03:26. > :03:36.radio communication so that will have been just a little while ago

:03:36. > :03:43.that they said that. I wonder if he will be in? Mark Webber on to slick

:03:43. > :03:48.tyres. Fernando Alonso still leading on his intermediate tyre of,

:03:48. > :03:52.which are are now very much past their best. The faster lap times,

:03:52. > :03:59.Daniel Ricardo lighting up the screens with the fastest middle

:03:59. > :04:03.sector. The right time to be on slicks. Perez is close to the race

:04:03. > :04:07.leader, Fernando Alonso. Ferrari bargaining on their super quick pit

:04:07. > :04:11.stops to maintain position because if he comes in, you assume that

:04:11. > :04:18.Perez would follow him in. No question that slick tyres are

:04:18. > :04:22.faster. After first and second sector times. It can only be that

:04:22. > :04:29.they really believe the reason is close. Jenson Button has reacted to

:04:29. > :04:33.his engineer and has put on the softer tyres. Ferrari are coming

:04:33. > :04:40.out into the pit lane in front of us so we expect Fernando Alonso to

:04:40. > :04:44.pile into the pits. No... Perez stays out. Sauber are going for a

:04:44. > :04:49.very different strategy, maybe they are convinced it will be raining in

:04:49. > :04:54.a moment. Fernando Alonso comes in from the lead, after the race was

:04:54. > :04:58.restarted behind the safety car, there were some great laps from him

:04:58. > :05:05.and he went on to the intermediates at the right time and he has been

:05:05. > :05:10.leading ever since. Hamilton went past, he has decided to stay out.

:05:10. > :05:17.He was 12 seconds behind the leader. Hamilton doing at least another lap,

:05:17. > :05:23.praying for the rain. Both Ferrari cars now on slicks and both Red

:05:23. > :05:29.Bull cars on slicks because we have seen Webber coming in. He has gone

:05:29. > :05:33.for the harbour of both options. That is interesting that Sebastian

:05:33. > :05:38.Vettel felt more comfortable on harder tyres during qualifying but

:05:38. > :05:43.it will be a very slightly harder compound and difficult to switch on

:05:43. > :05:48.with these cooler conditions. I would have been inclined to go for

:05:48. > :05:52.the softer tyres to get the switch. Look at that, they leave the pit

:05:52. > :05:56.lane and all of the heat up the tyres, they are losing surface

:05:56. > :06:02.temperature running over the water on the edge of the pit lane. That

:06:02. > :06:11.is again for whoever because he has gone past Kimi Raikkonen. -- for

:06:11. > :06:17.Mark Webber. 1:49.8. Remember, Fernando Alonso has switched. The

:06:17. > :06:22.race leader, Sergio Perez, the 21 year-old Mexican, leads this race

:06:23. > :06:28.and that is phenomenal. He has driven so clearly in this race.

:06:28. > :06:34.This is the reader. Sergio Perez, the first Mexican in Formula One in

:06:34. > :06:39.30 years. In he comes to the pits. Where will he come out? You would

:06:40. > :06:44.expect Fernando Alonso to be lighting up the timing screens.

:06:44. > :06:54.Fernando Alonso on the circuit track is just coming in to turn No.

:06:54. > :06:54.

:06:54. > :07:02.15. Presenting he gets the tidy pit-stop... The front wing

:07:02. > :07:09.adjustment. Putting in some extra front wing. Slipping the clutch.

:07:09. > :07:15.Fernando Alonso has gone through in the lead. A long way. He is on a

:07:15. > :07:21.harder tyres. Lewis Hamilton has made him stop and he is on his way

:07:21. > :07:27.once again so Hamilton at stopping later than some. Comes out behind

:07:27. > :07:37.Heikki Kovalainen. He has just set the fastest lap in the race in the

:07:37. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:42.Caterham. Now, it is Mark Webber! He is quite a long way down, in

:07:42. > :07:50.20th place. The fastest lap has now gone to Mark Webber. Look at this

:07:50. > :07:55.big chunk in time. Trying to get the front brake off. The brakes are

:07:55. > :08:01.burning as they set there. That piece of tape caused them so much

:08:01. > :08:09.time. With all the technology, they still rely on gaffer tape on the

:08:09. > :08:15.front brake gaps. Bruno Senna, he has changed, he has been into the

:08:15. > :08:20.pits, you can see those white labels. And slicks on the car in

:08:20. > :08:27.front, which is Paul di Resta. And modern manner, he has just set the

:08:27. > :08:34.fastest lap. All sorts of people. - - Pastor Maldonado. Closing up to

:08:34. > :08:39.the back of Paul di Resta. And Bruno Senna having his best race

:08:39. > :08:43.for Williams, that is for sure, probably his best race ever at the

:08:43. > :08:48.moment. Sitting in eighth position and the opportunity to move up

:08:48. > :08:58.further. The best before this was 9th place in Italy. Can he go back

:08:58. > :09:01.

:09:01. > :09:04.to? He is a pretty cool character, I have to say. He did not have

:09:04. > :09:11.quite as good a performance in qualifying but he has delivered

:09:11. > :09:18.great race pace. From difficult positions. Still closing up behind

:09:18. > :09:27.Paul di Resta. Kimi Raikkonen just ahead of them and Mark Webber has

:09:27. > :09:31.set a fastest lap. Sebastian Vettel is on the harder tyres. We will

:09:31. > :09:39.have to watch that lap time comparison but Mark Webber on the

:09:39. > :09:46.softer tyres has set the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso leads the race.

:09:46. > :09:50.Fernando Alonso, Perez, Hamilton is 11.7 seconds behind in third,

:09:50. > :09:56.Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Kimi Raikkonen is in 6th place, then

:09:56. > :10:00.these guys, 7th and eighth is, Paul di Resta and Bruno Senna in the

:10:00. > :10:05.Williams. Jean-Eric Vergne is in 9th place, Hulkenberg his tent is,

:10:05. > :10:12.Pastor Maldonado in 11th place with that you fastest first sector,

:10:12. > :10:21.Schumacher, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Jenson Button is back down in 16th

:10:21. > :10:31.position. 78 days is Vitaly Petrov, then Felipe Massa, then Timo Glock

:10:31. > :10:33.

:10:33. > :10:37.and Kovaleinen. And Charles Pic still running. Lap 44. Still, Bruno

:10:37. > :10:42.Senna in the Williams, chasing down Paul di Resta in the Force India.

:10:42. > :10:46.Very little to choose between the strong midfield runners. I can see

:10:46. > :10:52.some rain out the back of the commentary box landing in a puddle

:10:52. > :10:57.nicely positioned. Will we see some change again? Rain over the circuit

:10:57. > :11:02.isn't sure but we have just seen this. From the back of the

:11:02. > :11:11.commentary box. That was Perez, he was slow to get away. I think he

:11:11. > :11:21.was OK. Then that replay of Felipe Massa. With Petrov? Yes, fighting

:11:21. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:28.for 17th place. So... And more rain in the air. Fernando Alonso leads

:11:28. > :11:32.by 5.7 seconds over Sergio Perez. Hamilton in third. Mark Webber is

:11:32. > :11:40.still the fastest man on the track and has just 3.6 seconds behind his

:11:40. > :11:47.team-mate. Will we see him passing Sebastian Vettel? Great performance

:11:47. > :11:52.from Sergio Perez. Can he keep it up? Let's look. Bruno Senna has had

:11:52. > :11:57.a go with DRS to get past Paul di Resta, around the outside, and that

:11:57. > :12:03.was a lovely move from Bruno Senna and that puts an end to 7th place.

:12:03. > :12:09.It is down to 2.3 seconds between Ferrari and Sauber. Perez is still

:12:09. > :12:13.catching Fernando Alonso. Lap 47 out of 56. This is going to be a

:12:13. > :12:17.grandstand finish. Particularly with that change in weather

:12:17. > :12:22.conditions to consider. Hamilton is in distant third. Sebastian Vettel

:12:22. > :12:27.in 4th place. Maintaining that advantage over Mark Webber. Then

:12:27. > :12:32.Kimi Raikkonen is under some threat from Bruno Senna. Paul di Resta

:12:32. > :12:39.close behind. These are the closest battles. Jean-Eric Vergne is still

:12:39. > :12:48.in 9th place for Toro Rosso and Hulkenberg is intent place. -- 10th

:12:48. > :12:54.place. And Perez has now set another fastest middle sector as he

:12:54. > :12:59.continues to bear down on the Ferrari in front. This guy is

:12:59. > :13:05.driving the wheels off at the moment. Sliding around just enough.

:13:05. > :13:10.That is a tidy style that he has. The nerves in my stomach for him.

:13:10. > :13:12.For Ferrari. Because the stating they have had in the media with

:13:12. > :13:17.pre-season testing and those difficulties going into the

:13:17. > :13:25.Australian Grand Prix. That is a remarkable turnaround, what a

:13:25. > :13:32.difference one week makes. Leading Sauber. 14 seconds. Sebastian

:13:32. > :13:38.Vettel is in trouble! He has lost drive. One is going on? Puncture,

:13:38. > :13:44.left rear. He has tried to get it back to the pits. That is the

:13:44. > :13:50.harder compound tyre. Maybe there was contact with somebody?

:13:50. > :13:59.remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, that has cost him

:13:59. > :14:07.potentially points, he was running in 50s. Right on the cusp of 10th

:14:07. > :14:17.place. This would put him outside the top 10. On the seven laps since

:14:17. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:25.he made his pit stop. Quick work from the mechanics. It has to be

:14:25. > :14:30.content? Surely? He caught the front wing of the He charity, the

:14:30. > :14:40.tyre immediately loses pressure. That was on the wrong end for turn

:14:40. > :14:40.

:14:40. > :14:48.No. 9. That has cost 10 time. Look at his hand waving, he looks like

:14:48. > :14:51.he is speaking Italian Right Now! That was Narain Karthikeyan. Look

:14:51. > :14:59.how close Perez is and they are trying to avoid those big chunks of

:14:59. > :15:07.rubber. That can cost you aerodynamic damage to the car. It

:15:07. > :15:15.could cause punctures as well, this is a straightforward race to the

:15:15. > :15:19.flag. Ferrari but Fernando Alonso against Sergio Perez. And Fernando

:15:19. > :15:24.Alonso, double world champion, against a man who is only starting

:15:24. > :15:31.his second year of grand prix racing, only one -- 21 years old

:15:31. > :15:40.and he is on the attack. So much closer over these last laps. TEAM

:15:40. > :15:46.RADIO: Fernando Alonso is on the option. Fernando Alonso on the

:15:47. > :15:52.option. The softer tyres. And struggling for group. He is indeed.

:15:52. > :15:56.The option was the faster tyre in qualifying and he was expected to

:15:56. > :16:02.be not 0.2 seconds slower than the prime tyres during the rest. What

:16:02. > :16:09.we are seeing is it is more than that, because normally Sauber

:16:09. > :16:19.should be slower than Ferrari but right now, Perez is the fastest on

:16:19. > :16:25.

:16:25. > :16:31.climax. Alonso having to think about the positioning of the car

:16:31. > :16:40.but it with DRS becoming available at the end of each lap. It will be

:16:40. > :16:50.tough. The I am going to check what her top speeds were in comparison

:16:50. > :16:58.to qualifying. It lights up on the graphic, he has DRS in operation

:16:58. > :17:07.now. What does it give him? Not much. Both have Ferrari engines.

:17:07. > :17:13.Still got some laps to go. We are on lap number 50 out of 56. It is a

:17:13. > :17:20.wily old fox, Fernando Alonso, as he was described to us by one of

:17:20. > :17:26.the Williams guys after he defended from Maldonado last weekend, but he

:17:26. > :17:36.has his work cut out here. TEAM RADIO: Be careful, we need this

:17:36. > :17:37.

:17:37. > :17:47.position. Possible light terrain -- light rain. They are saying we need

:17:47. > :17:48.

:17:48. > :17:54.this position, even if they come second. It is a big position. Will

:17:54. > :18:00.Perez have understood that? He is it a team order between the Ferrari

:18:00. > :18:08.supply teams? There is one thing for sure, they were neck and tuck

:18:08. > :18:18.in a straight line. Alonso get so wide in the middle of 12. Perez has

:18:18. > :18:23.a problem. He has ran wide. Is he still OK? Can he keep it going?

:18:23. > :18:33.Perez in trouble after building up to this remarkable finish. He just

:18:33. > :18:38.ran wide. He might have done. Then the car looks OK. Is it going?

:18:38. > :18:45.Alonso has been given a huge break by that. It is up to 5.3 seconds

:18:45. > :18:51.now, the gap between them. Suddenly it is all change here. Alonso is

:18:51. > :18:57.looking much better for victory. What happened to Perez? He went on

:18:57. > :19:06.the kerb. They gave him the message. I have to say it and not to

:19:06. > :19:11.reminisce of bad memories, in 1986, the team manager of McLaren came up

:19:11. > :19:21.on the radio and said you have a 22nd lead, take it easy. At the

:19:21. > :19:26.

:19:26. > :19:30.next corner, I crashed the car. Perez is still fastest in the

:19:30. > :19:40.middle sector again. He has not completely given up and trying to

:19:40. > :19:44.

:19:44. > :19:52.win this thing. The race settled down after the restart from the

:19:52. > :19:59.safety car race. Mark Webber is going very quickly but I don't

:19:59. > :20:07.think there is time to catch Lewis Hamilton. Senna has put in a great

:20:07. > :20:12.drive this afternoon. And to stop for a new nose before the safety

:20:13. > :20:17.car, kept calm and made some beautiful passes. So great to see

:20:17. > :20:22.the Senna name in the points, chasing down Kimi Raikkonen who is

:20:22. > :20:30.4.9 seconds behind him. I don't think Senna put him under pressure

:20:30. > :20:35.in the last part of the race. Kimi Raikkonen, only his second race

:20:35. > :20:39.back, in the points last week in Australia, will be even better.

:20:40. > :20:44.Even if he did not have that penalty for a gearbox change, it

:20:44. > :20:50.does look as though we have got the old Kimi Raikkonen back. He said he

:20:50. > :20:59.has never been away. He was not racing in Formula One, but it was

:20:59. > :21:04.in other forms of racing. He sampled other types of motor racing

:21:04. > :21:09.and has come back. They have allowed him to be just Kimi

:21:09. > :21:14.Raikkonen, not put too much pressure on him out of the car.

:21:14. > :21:19.That has allowed him to rediscover his old form behind the wheel.

:21:19. > :21:25.There he is in fifth place. But I think the team will be happy if he

:21:25. > :21:28.comes home in that position. The only two retirements, was Grosjean,

:21:28. > :21:37.who had contact with Michael Schumacher at the beginning, which

:21:37. > :21:42.seems a long time ago. We have a bit of smoke from a Maldonado's car.

:21:42. > :21:49.I think that is an engine. Maldonado is getting a reputation

:21:49. > :21:56.for things going wrong in the closing stages of a Grand Prix.

:21:57. > :22:02.This is unusual nowadays in Formula One. To see a car smoking a wave?

:22:02. > :22:10.The Renault engine has been very reliable and has helped Williams in

:22:10. > :22:15.their pace. Michael Schumacher coming through. TEAM RADIO: We have

:22:15. > :22:20.got an engine problem. An engine problem confirmed by the team,

:22:20. > :22:26.telling him to bring it into the pits. Michael Schumacher is into

:22:26. > :22:31.tenth place. Maldonado loses out almost within sight of the

:22:31. > :22:36.chequered flag. He is out of the Grand Prix when it looks as though

:22:36. > :22:41.both the Williams were going to score points. But Senna is still

:22:41. > :22:49.running in six. The points Maldonado an early got last week,

:22:49. > :22:54.that it is a worse Senna is now. Very unlucky for the team. It just

:22:54. > :22:57.highlights what a fantastic drive we have seen from Bruno Senna this

:22:57. > :23:03.afternoon and the importance for the team to come away with some

:23:03. > :23:09.points. Vettel won't score any points in this one. Even though one

:23:09. > :23:15.car has gone out ahead of him, it is not enough for him to get into

:23:15. > :23:21.the top 10. There never say never! It has not been a good day for

:23:21. > :23:24.Sebastien. Not a good weekend, really. Mark Webber is in thought

:23:24. > :23:30.position, so they will score some points with the other car, but what

:23:30. > :23:36.a turnaround it is from last year. TEAM RADIO: We are going to retire

:23:36. > :23:43.the car, a retired the car, a retired the car! A strategic

:23:43. > :23:48.decision based on engine, gearbox and something else I cannot think

:23:48. > :23:53.about at the moment. Fernando Alonso is heading a round on his

:23:53. > :23:59.final lap. He is still chased by Sergio Perez. And he has got the

:23:59. > :24:09.gap down to 2.5 seconds. Perez has managed to narrow the gap, but

:24:09. > :24:13.

:24:13. > :24:18.Alonso is on his way. TEAM RADIO: Stay out. A change of a

:24:18. > :24:22.strategic decision from the team. Alonso on his way. Coming into this

:24:22. > :24:28.race weekend, I would never have said Fernando Alonso was going to

:24:28. > :24:35.take a victory here today. TEAM RADIO: Stopped the car, stop the

:24:35. > :24:41.car. Emergency, stop the car. used to be indecisive, but now they

:24:41. > :24:45.are not so sure! Fernando Alonso is down the penultimate straight.

:24:45. > :24:50.Ferrari are going to dig themselves out of the trouble they have had

:24:50. > :24:57.been testing over the last couple of months. Fernando Alonso is going

:24:57. > :25:00.to win the Malaysian Grand Prix. He takes the victory! Second place

:25:01. > :25:09.goes to the 21-year-old Mexican, Sergio Perez, just 2.2 seconds

:25:09. > :25:14.behind. Third place it is going to be Lewis Hamilton, who comes home

:25:14. > :25:20.for a podium finish with Mark Webber catching him at the end, to

:25:20. > :25:26.finish in fourth position. Kimi Raikkonen, we are waiting to bring

:25:26. > :25:31.home fifth place. And there is the Lotus crossing the line. Behind him,

:25:31. > :25:37.a great result, best-ever finish a for Bruno Senna as he brings the

:25:37. > :25:45.Williams' home bus-stop just look at the emotion going on and that

:25:45. > :25:53.Ferrari. It is a wet eyes at Ferrari and that sort of. It is

:25:53. > :25:58.only the second Grand Prix. completely different podium except

:25:58. > :26:03.that Hamilton but this raised from what we had in Australia. Fernando

:26:03. > :26:08.Alonso is rated so highly by so many people in Formula One for

:26:08. > :26:17.stopped TEAM RADIO: It is a one of the most beautiful, one of the most

:26:17. > :26:27.beautiful. We are so proud of you and of the team. Just fantastic

:26:27. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:43.emotion from Ferrari. TEAM RADIO: Well done, very good, very good.

:26:43. > :26:44.

:26:44. > :26:51.Absolutely great. Fantastic race. It is the first Mexican to finish

:26:52. > :26:57.on the podium in 41 years. Pedro Rodrigues, the great Mexican racing

:26:57. > :27:04.driver was the last to do it. There will be so much an ocean-going on.

:27:04. > :27:09.Mexicans have the great passion for their motor sport and to seek

:27:10. > :27:16.Sergio finishing in second place for staff we have the Vettel finger,

:27:16. > :27:22.the W Jenson Button also displays when he wins. And a hand puppet

:27:22. > :27:32.thing Alonso does when he wins. What a fantastic race. The Ferrari

:27:32. > :27:42.engineers saying to Alonso, this is beautiful. It was a beautiful race.

:27:42. > :27:42.

:27:42. > :28:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

:28:24. > :28:31.Fernando Alonso takes victory in Peter? Thanks. The driver was

:28:31. > :28:36.incredible, but the car and strategy was excellent. Barmaid, he

:28:36. > :28:41.can stay in front of all of the big boys. It is a miracle. The pressure,

:28:41. > :28:51.the conditions must have been horrendous? Wet and dry and

:28:51. > :28:52.

:28:52. > :28:56.everything. Fantastic. A fantastic Fernando Alonso has been here

:28:56. > :29:06.before in Malaysia. He has won in a Renault and in a McLaren, and now

:29:06. > :29:16.he has won it in a Ferrari. What a Grand Prix it was. The perfect

:29:16. > :29:16.

:29:16. > :29:24.storm created by Malaysia. Look at the celebrations. There's the young

:29:24. > :29:29.Mexican driver, Sergio third Perez. What a relief of Ferrari. -- Sergio

:29:29. > :29:35.Perez. Watching those scenes, Sergio himself, how does it feel to

:29:35. > :29:43.take a look at that and see the emotion in the garage? I want to go

:29:43. > :29:50.and celebrate with them. We have done a very good job. I ran out a

:29:50. > :29:54.bit like an touch the kerb. It was wet. It was impossible to get the

:29:54. > :29:59.car there. I was calling God to help me to keep the car on the

:29:59. > :30:04.track. Can you talk us through the motions when you are catching

:30:04. > :30:11.Alonso, seemingly within sight of scoring your first victory, never

:30:11. > :30:16.mind your first podium? I have always dreamed of this. Alonso is

:30:16. > :30:22.the best driver at the moment. To beat him in this competition would

:30:22. > :30:27.always be a dream. A fully we can do it soon. We heard the radio

:30:27. > :30:35.message being transmitted saying, Sergio we need the position but

:30:35. > :30:41.then you ran wide and No. 14? I cannot remember when it was given.

:30:41. > :30:47.Maybe a bit before. Some people asked me if it made me lose

:30:47. > :30:53.concentration, but it did not. it simply driver error? Yes it was.

:30:53. > :30:59.I was trying and I got some understeer and then I lost the rear,

:30:59. > :31:04.I went to the wet bar. And then I ran wide. I was going into the

:31:04. > :31:13.gravel, so I ran a bit wide. wouldn't feel too bad about that

:31:13. > :31:19.because you finish second in the He is running to see his team. You

:31:19. > :31:23.can relate? I remember getting my very first podium, it seems a long

:31:23. > :31:27.time ago but he had the biggest smile and he was to celebrate that

:31:28. > :31:32.with his team, it is very important with all the rumours about his

:31:32. > :31:38.future, where will he be going in his second season? With Sauber, to

:31:38. > :31:44.score their second result, second best result, that is brilliant. He

:31:44. > :31:48.said to the world that he is a great driver. Clearly, he is very

:31:48. > :31:53.happy to share that moment with Sauber. But his sights will be on

:31:53. > :31:57.having a race win in the future. Plenty of great drivers. Let's go

:31:57. > :32:03.back to the start, remarkable to think that the only had a couple of

:32:03. > :32:13.retirement. Races like this are notoriously difficult. Everybody

:32:13. > :32:16.

:32:16. > :32:21.very well behaved? McClaren Es at but nonetheless, it was all very

:32:21. > :32:26.clean at this point and it was later in the lap, turn No. 4, where

:32:26. > :32:30.we once again, you can see Michael Schumacher's slotting in behind, he

:32:30. > :32:39.is getting overtaken by Mark Webber, and you can see how much better it

:32:39. > :32:44.was. This is where it gets messy. Grosjean goes up the inside.

:32:44. > :32:48.Schumacher loses control and he pushes Michael around, that is to

:32:48. > :32:53.mistakes, he needs to be able to convert those great qualifying

:32:53. > :32:57.results in two races. Can you explain how difficult it is at the

:32:57. > :33:02.start of a race? You have driven in the drive all weekend and you

:33:02. > :33:06.suddenly have to work out the braking point? It is difficult

:33:06. > :33:12.enough in the dry because you qualify with 10 kilos of fuel and

:33:12. > :33:21.you has suddenly added 250 kilos. There are fundamental changes to

:33:21. > :33:25.the way the car reacts. Wet weather it's like a different car. This is

:33:25. > :33:29.what the scale of the drivers comes in. We have talked about Sergio

:33:29. > :33:35.Perez, who is probably in the middle of embracing his garage.

:33:35. > :33:39.Fernando Alonso, taking the lead. That was a very nice moment for

:33:40. > :33:45.Ferrari but good luck holding on to that with your car. But he took

:33:45. > :33:49.this over take all the way to the end of the race. Very experienced

:33:49. > :33:56.driver, former world champion, it seems a very long time ago, but he

:33:56. > :34:01.has had victories for Ferrari. When it really mattered, he was able to

:34:01. > :34:04.make the right strategic call on the tyres and he hung in. He was

:34:04. > :34:10.being chased hard towards the end but he made good use of those tyres

:34:10. > :34:14.and it is a thoroughly deserved victory for Fernando Alonso. And on

:34:14. > :34:19.the radio, they said that was one of the most beautiful, was that the

:34:19. > :34:25.race or the car? This isn't one of the most beautiful Ferrari cars

:34:25. > :34:28.that has ever come off the drawing board. That is for sure. But

:34:28. > :34:37.victory is what they deserved. it all looked better to Fernando

:34:37. > :34:43.Do someone said last week he would be winning the Grand Prix, you

:34:43. > :34:53.would think we were mad, but how do you feel? I feel great, the people

:34:53. > :34:53.

:34:53. > :34:58.felt that they should put money in but this is Formula One, so many

:34:58. > :35:02.times this happens on the race on Sunday. Malaysia can change with

:35:02. > :35:09.the weather. And it did happen again today, the conditions, the

:35:09. > :35:14.Red Flag, finishing on dry tyres, I remember it was like Korea in 2010,

:35:14. > :35:20.similar conditions. We grabbed victory both times. It seems like

:35:20. > :35:24.we like these difficult races. pit stops were very fast? Fantastic

:35:24. > :35:28.effort from the team, the pit stops in the right time and the right

:35:28. > :35:34.tyres and the pit stop itself was the quickest again. Like in

:35:34. > :35:39.Australia. We are maximising what we have. Here on the trackside,

:35:39. > :35:45.winner of the main priority is to improve the car but with these

:35:45. > :35:49.times, we need to maximise those. The her demotion from the pit wall,

:35:50. > :35:56.what does this mean for Ferrari? It has been a tough time? Ferrari were

:35:56. > :36:03.not feeling well, everything has been saturated and when things go

:36:03. > :36:06.bad, nobody is happy and it isn't affecting us but we needed a good

:36:06. > :36:11.result in the first part of the championship. We were struggling,

:36:11. > :36:16.for sure, and we want to make people happy. That is the message,

:36:16. > :36:20.8 o'clock tomorrow morning, working in Italy. It does get very dark

:36:20. > :36:26.quickly here but the sun has set on one of the best days for Ferrari in

:36:26. > :36:31.quite a while. Not so for McLaren, Jenson Button finishing outside the

:36:31. > :36:36.points. Uncharacteristic for him? The this was an unfortunate

:36:36. > :36:42.situation where he lost his front wing. He just simply was not able

:36:42. > :36:46.to do anything. It was an unusual incident. HRT was going on the

:36:46. > :36:52.racing line and he runs wide. And Jenson Button sees a door opening.

:36:52. > :36:57.He tries to go past. Is he so used to having HRT moving out of his way

:36:57. > :37:02.that he as soon as it cannot be racing for position? It is so

:37:02. > :37:07.difficult when running into those corners behind cars, you simply do

:37:07. > :37:11.not know. At what point of a brake? When will he turn? There are

:37:11. > :37:16.multiple lines available in wet conditions. He might have thought

:37:16. > :37:20.he was taking the karting blind and then the pit stop, Hamilton comes

:37:20. > :37:26.in, the rear jack had difficulty getting under the car. They make

:37:26. > :37:32.some adjustment. And they then have to wait for Ferrari to come into

:37:32. > :37:36.the pit box. That was a slow release. You can see how quickly

:37:36. > :37:41.with the front tyres, if he did not have that problem with the reject,

:37:41. > :37:46.he could have got out quicker. That possibly cost him? Hindsight is a

:37:46. > :37:51.wonderful thing and we could have all sorts of scenarios playing out

:37:51. > :37:55.differently. But in the end, they have those issues and you can see

:37:55. > :38:00.that this was so frustrating. Tape that was put on to help the

:38:00. > :38:04.temperatures of the brakes, running them higher. There is no energy in

:38:04. > :38:08.the wet. And in the end, something as simple as that was so difficult

:38:08. > :38:12.to remove and that caused them for the time. They are second

:38:12. > :38:17.consecutive race, pole position start leads to third place for

:38:17. > :38:22.Lewis Hamilton. Congratulations on the podium, that was not easy but

:38:22. > :38:29.this is a case of what might have been? Not really, it is what it is.

:38:29. > :38:33.Of course, you would have loved to have won, starting on pole, and in

:38:33. > :38:41.the beginning I was in the lead and then we went back into the lead

:38:41. > :38:46.again. I think for my lost the time was the first pit-stop, the traffic.

:38:46. > :38:50.And then on the second stops, I had problems with my rear right and my

:38:50. > :38:57.front right so there was a lot of time lost. I still pushed hard and

:38:57. > :39:02.these guys did a great job. have been the podium consistently

:39:02. > :39:06.for the past couple of weekends, Jenson Button did not score,

:39:06. > :39:12.Sebastian Vettel did not score, is that something you do not wish, you

:39:12. > :39:16.don't wish bad luck and others but you are doing what you can? Yes, I

:39:16. > :39:22.do not know what has happened back there. It has not hurt Jenson

:39:22. > :39:27.Button too much, he still has 25 points so he is still there. The

:39:27. > :39:32.same thing for Sebastian Vettel. We just have to keep up consistency to

:39:32. > :39:36.stay ahead in the constructors championship. Interesting point

:39:36. > :39:42.about consistency, Jenson Button rise McLaren with the wind and

:39:42. > :39:45.Lewis drives the one leading in the championship? That has not been

:39:45. > :39:50.lost on him, you have to pick your fights and earlier on, things were

:39:50. > :39:54.not working out for Lewis Hamilton and that was a very mature and

:39:54. > :39:59.drive, he is looking ahead to the World Championship and that is his

:39:59. > :40:02.goal. He wants victories but he wants another championship. You're

:40:02. > :40:07.unlikely to do that without winning races but if you are consistent,

:40:07. > :40:10.you can still do it. There is going to be a very big fight for that

:40:10. > :40:16.this season. Let's hear from someone who would hope to be in the

:40:16. > :40:23.fight. Jenson Button. How can we put so much into some questions,

:40:23. > :40:27.such an eventful afternoon. Not the result we wanted? Not really, I can

:40:27. > :40:31.only laugh because it was such a horrendous race. From my point of

:40:32. > :40:39.view, I did not do a very good job but everything that could have gone

:40:39. > :40:45.wrong really did. Just one of those things. It was a tough afternoon,

:40:45. > :40:50.tough when in 15th place, everyone is so close, it is so difficult to

:40:50. > :40:54.overtake. It made it very difficult but a lot of the issues were

:40:54. > :40:58.because I went to the front wing off at the start and I locked up

:40:59. > :41:06.the rear tyres and could not slow the car down. And Karthikeyan, that

:41:06. > :41:09.was frustrating. That was it, really. An honest interview from

:41:09. > :41:13.Jenson Button, you can see some of the work going on behind us,

:41:13. > :41:19.everybody preparing for the next race in China and Jenson Button

:41:19. > :41:22.cannot wait to make amends. Mark Webber, 4th place again, how will

:41:23. > :41:28.he feel? The will think he has made the best of the current situation

:41:28. > :41:31.that Red Bull find themselves in. They do not have any out rights be,

:41:31. > :41:34.that gives them an error in position and then difficult

:41:34. > :41:40.conditions, because all about surviving and getting points

:41:40. > :41:43.possibly. He will not be too disappointed. That team battle is

:41:43. > :41:47.important and psychologically, Sebastian Vettel has taken the

:41:47. > :41:52.blows better now. That will not be lost on Mark Webber. If you

:41:52. > :41:56.consider 2010, he was right there until the end and and 2011 he was

:41:56. > :42:01.relatively know where. This will allow him to build confidence.

:42:01. > :42:04.will be feeling good? Absolutely, there is such a fine line with the

:42:04. > :42:09.psychology of the drivers between what makes them happy and what

:42:10. > :42:13.makes them not very happy. He will be OK on balance. Sebastian Vettel

:42:13. > :42:20.said the car is quite hard to drive, it looks particularly hard with

:42:20. > :42:24.only three wheels. Driver error by Sebastian Vettel? How do you read

:42:25. > :42:30.this? The ice was just a racing incident but what was mentioned was

:42:30. > :42:35.the similar situation in Turkey where they were running wheel to

:42:35. > :42:39.wheel and Sebastien Vettel moved to the left and they came together. He

:42:39. > :42:43.would have expected Karthikeyan to be passed him at that point and you

:42:43. > :42:46.could say that Karthikeyan cannot make his car invisible. Racing

:42:46. > :42:52.incident, that was quite costly with the puncture and you can see

:42:52. > :42:57.him on the exit. The finest of touches. Perhaps this year will be

:42:57. > :43:04.a real test on his mettle as a world champion? It is relatively

:43:04. > :43:09.easy... That was a very nice single. I didn't see that earlier! --

:43:09. > :43:14.signal. I did not know he was into sign language. He is clearly not

:43:14. > :43:21.happy. Let us hear from him. That was a pretty eventful afternoon and

:43:21. > :43:28.not the result he wanted. What happened at the end? We lost radio

:43:29. > :43:32.communication which made it difficult in these conditions.

:43:32. > :43:38.Nevertheless, to lose those points out that, it is extremely

:43:38. > :43:44.frustrating. S. It is like on normal roads, you have some idiots

:43:44. > :43:48.driving around. And there is one driving here. Date has been a very

:43:48. > :43:53.mixed up race, can you take solace in the fact that Jenson Button had

:43:53. > :43:56.a bad day as well? I did not see much of the race to be honest, it

:43:56. > :43:59.was a kind of race where it was most crucial to come in at the

:43:59. > :44:04.right time and people were generally late and we could have

:44:04. > :44:10.been better. It does not make it easy if you had no possibility to

:44:10. > :44:13.CT. You're all was delayed by one lap. Yes. Frustrating day for

:44:13. > :44:18.Sebastian Vettel. It looked like it might be frustrating for the man on

:44:18. > :44:24.my right, the restart under the safety car, Bruno Senna running in

:44:24. > :44:29.last and he finished in the points. Congratulations. It was a great

:44:29. > :44:32.race, very tough and when the conditions are like this it is like

:44:33. > :44:36.a lottery but the team denigrate job and the car was working so well

:44:36. > :44:42.with intermediates and and that fears of the race I was able to go

:44:42. > :44:45.faster with the track conditions and I passed a lot of cars. Then we

:44:46. > :44:52.gambled with dry tyres and the pace was so strong with the dry tyres at

:44:52. > :44:59.first. We pushed. And it paid off. I hope I do not have to do that

:44:59. > :45:02.again! I want to make it easier. is so important to get a good

:45:02. > :45:06.result for a team early in the relationship and there was that key

:45:06. > :45:10.moment that I thought stood out which was you overtake on Michael

:45:10. > :45:20.Schumacher? It might be difficult for the public to understand how

:45:20. > :45:24.

:45:24. > :45:28.I could feel the car had very good grip. Of course you had to take

:45:28. > :45:34.some risks today, because the best lap was not the best results. At

:45:35. > :45:38.the end of the day we are racing for the same positions. It is great

:45:38. > :45:43.to be sharing this space with the best drivers in the world and

:45:43. > :45:48.sometimes going ahead of them. is great to see the celebrations in

:45:48. > :45:53.your motor home, but the rest are clearing up and getting ready to go

:45:53. > :46:01.to China. What are the emotions in Williams at the moment, after an

:46:01. > :46:06.awful season last year? We saw the potential in the car. We didn't get

:46:06. > :46:10.the points, which was very disappointing. But we knew the car

:46:10. > :46:15.had potential. For them it is a massive boost. They have made a

:46:15. > :46:19.huge step forward in terms of performance. I am very proud of

:46:19. > :46:24.these guys because they went through some difficult times last

:46:24. > :46:30.year. They kept their spirits up and now they are collecting good

:46:30. > :46:35.results. Where in terms do you think in your mind, and in your

:46:35. > :46:42.driving, do you think you are maximising your potential and is

:46:42. > :46:48.there some growth in his car? had a good balance in the car. I

:46:48. > :46:52.need to work in qualifying, need to work on dry pace. Being in a new

:46:52. > :46:57.team is not easy because you need to get to know the engineers and

:46:57. > :47:02.how the team works. This weekend, we were chipping away. We lost a

:47:02. > :47:09.bit on Friday, which was a bit of a problem. But now we have a better

:47:09. > :47:13.buys line to build on in China and hopefully be better in qualifying.

:47:13. > :47:17.The best way to get to know your engineer is to go out and have a

:47:17. > :47:22.few drinks. Well done, and good luck when we

:47:22. > :47:27.see you in China. A grade finish for Bruno Senna, and just behind

:47:27. > :47:32.him was Paul di Resta. Congratulations, a good day out in

:47:32. > :47:39.the end, a complicated day, not the easiest of races? At the start it

:47:39. > :47:47.was a bit of a mess. Unfortunately, Maldonado hit me just before the

:47:47. > :47:51.red flag came out and I lost about three places. But it was very wet

:47:51. > :47:57.after the red flag. As it dried out, the performance showed with it not

:47:57. > :48:05.been quick enough. We managed everything as much as we could to

:48:05. > :48:09.get home in seventh. A few people came off and we scored some points.

:48:09. > :48:14.Rosberg has scored some points, but the team can be happy and we need

:48:14. > :48:23.to keep plugging away before we get to the European season to get some

:48:23. > :48:32.upgrades on a car. To see your car on the podium, it has been a mixed

:48:32. > :48:37.up raised? A somebody does a good job, they will get there. It worked

:48:37. > :48:42.for Sergio. His gamble to go on wet tyres worked. And he was very quick,

:48:42. > :48:47.but we will be hunting him down. We would be challenging towards the

:48:47. > :48:49.middle part of the year. Another message from a driver looking

:48:50. > :48:55.forwards. Many people had high hopes for Michael Schumacher this

:48:55. > :49:01.weekend. Strong in qualifying, his best and returning to Formula One.

:49:01. > :49:05.Third on the grid, but did not start as well as he wanted? He has

:49:05. > :49:10.the reputation of being a good starter. We did not work out as he

:49:10. > :49:15.pulled away from the grid. Michael checking his mirrors, brake balance

:49:15. > :49:21.adjustments. And then he finds himself with Kimi Raikkonen on the

:49:21. > :49:26.outside. Running a bit wide. Then finds himself on the outside which

:49:26. > :49:32.shouldn't be too much of a problem. But has to get out of the power as

:49:32. > :49:38.the Lotus claims the track positions. Michael had a wobble in

:49:38. > :49:44.a third term. That allows Red Bull to pass. Keeping out of trouble at

:49:44. > :49:49.this phase, then he gets TAG from the rear by Grosjean in the Lotus.

:49:49. > :49:55.Michael completely blameless and lucky not to be collected by the

:49:55. > :49:59.rest of the field. But it was a terrible Grand Prix. Nothing more

:49:59. > :50:03.frustrating than seeing all of the cars streaming past is. He did

:50:03. > :50:09.fight back, he fought up to tenth and picked up a point and is

:50:09. > :50:13.talking to Lee McKenzie. Michael, a pretty eventful race,

:50:13. > :50:23.you seemed an innocent victim at the start? Unfortunately it is part

:50:23. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:29.of racing. It is a shame. I was hoping for a good result. You hope

:50:29. > :50:32.among the how it will work for you. We have seen that under those

:50:32. > :50:38.conditions I can occasionally do reasonably well. It was not the

:50:38. > :50:42.case today Bostock but when you are stuck in the pack behind, I

:50:42. > :50:49.physically did not see anything. So I was lucky and happy to stay on

:50:49. > :50:55.the road. Low-key and could be FIA stop the race. It was the good

:50:55. > :50:59.decision. After this we were not quick enough. In the drive towards

:50:59. > :51:03.the end of the raise the we were picking up speed again and getting

:51:03. > :51:09.closer because we had a hard tyre and have a consistent approach with

:51:09. > :51:19.17 laps to go. You might call it right or wrong, I don't know. But

:51:19. > :51:19.

:51:20. > :51:25.at the end of the day, the pack in the middle is so close together.

:51:25. > :51:30.There is a lot of teams close together, highly performing and

:51:30. > :51:35.when you are stuck at the back at the start, that is what it is.

:51:35. > :51:43.Tenth place finish, just in the points. He Jean-Eric Vergne joins

:51:43. > :51:51.us now. What was it like for a rookie driver? It was difficult,

:51:51. > :51:56.especially at the beginning of the race. I did not know where I was

:51:56. > :52:06.going. I know I was later to see the safety car and red flag to come

:52:06. > :52:08.

:52:08. > :52:14.in. How hard was it at that point? It was very hard. So much

:52:14. > :52:19.aquaplaning, it was difficult. veteran of two Grand Prix is, how

:52:19. > :52:26.difficult was it to stay on the tyre? Was it your decision or did

:52:26. > :52:31.you discuss it with your engineers? We had some radio communication

:52:31. > :52:37.issues. But in the end it was a good call wasn't it?

:52:37. > :52:47.Congratulations. What is it like being a Formula One driver battling

:52:47. > :52:48.

:52:48. > :52:58.with a Ferrari during a Grand Prix? It was fine. It was cool. It was

:52:58. > :53:00.

:53:00. > :53:10.quite a tough battle? I was trying to get the DRS. You just coming out

:53:10. > :53:15.

:53:15. > :53:23.of the slipstream early. Is that they used of KERS? It was the try

:53:23. > :53:29.line. Two races into your Formula One career and you have point. Kimi

:53:29. > :53:37.Raikkonen finished 5th. It was a pretty eventful race, some

:53:37. > :53:46.it up? They did not have any idea how the tyres would be. It was the

:53:46. > :53:51.first time. It was tricky to know how the car would behave, how the

:53:51. > :54:01.tyres would be. I just tried to stay on the road and push as much

:54:01. > :54:05.

:54:05. > :54:15.as I felt comfortable. The dry tyres, it took three laps. I had to

:54:15. > :54:16.

:54:16. > :54:21.take it very easy on those laps. Not doing anything on the wet

:54:21. > :54:27.before, Fifth is OK. But we are looking for better results. There

:54:27. > :54:32.was plenty of this going on David, as the conditions changed and

:54:32. > :54:39.drivers got a grip with differing conditions on the track, plenty of

:54:39. > :54:43.overtakes in different positions? Kimi Raikkonen going here in the

:54:43. > :54:48.first term. When it comes to the second, Kimi Raikkonen has tracked

:54:48. > :54:52.position and it is a very clean position in the Mercedes.

:54:52. > :54:58.enjoyed those overtakes on the outside? I do, because I can still

:54:58. > :55:01.feel what it is like to be in the car. And in that line, you have so

:55:01. > :55:06.little track to play with if you little track to play with if you

:55:06. > :55:09.get it wrong. The bravery gave Fernando Alonso the wind.

:55:09. > :55:14.Congratulations to Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton. Mark Webber will be

:55:14. > :55:18.pleased with his work today. And look at the rest of the point

:55:18. > :55:22.scorers. They will all leave here very happy indeed and Michael

:55:22. > :55:27.Schumacher's sneaking into the points at the end. And there was

:55:27. > :55:33.Hamilton, despite no wins so far, sitting second in the battle for

:55:33. > :55:43.the drivers. And in the constructors battle, at the two

:55:43. > :55:47.

:55:47. > :55:50.races, it is McLaren leading the What they had in association with

:55:50. > :55:56.Malaysia in a previous Korea, and it is almost like a hole victory

:55:56. > :56:01.for the steam and a big result to finish in second place. Very