:02:17. > :02:27.heartbreaking... Race four, Bahrain. Is will have come off! -- his
:02:27. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:42.The result to stand alone and fight against the odds sums up the manner
:02:42. > :02:49.most successful at this cranberry. Fernando Alonso, he is a back to
:02:49. > :02:55.back Bahrain winner. The Nanda Afonso wins in 2010. And a man who
:02:55. > :03:02.this year looks even faster. Going for the lead and taking it!
:03:02. > :03:12.Fernando a Lancer wins in China for Ferrari. -- Fernando Alonso.
:03:12. > :03:18.
:03:19. > :03:24.dominated this race and Ferrari are Bahrain, and a lot of wins today, so
:03:24. > :03:27.let's hope the drama will be just as hot and exciting. David Coulthard is
:03:28. > :03:33.taking us through the action, where has this wind come from? I have
:03:33. > :03:36.never known it as windy as this in Bahrain before. The tyres seem to be
:03:36. > :03:45.in their operating windows, but different cars are affected by windy
:03:45. > :03:55.conditions. Not long to find out, this is round four at 19, and in
:03:55. > :04:35.
:04:35. > :04:38.three weeks' time we will be in very controversial location for
:04:38. > :04:41.Grand Prix. The unrest has led to heightened security, several
:04:41. > :04:51.checkpoints to pass to get to this race track in the desert. The
:04:51. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :05:00.If you have got a car with a nervous rear, will that be a
:05:00. > :05:07.problem? Yes, because of the big braking zones, recharging the KERS.
:05:07. > :05:12.It takes a lot out of the tyre. Managing it is key. OK. Let's look
:05:12. > :05:14.at how the drivers stand in the championship. Four manufacturers
:05:14. > :05:21.championship. Four manufacturers and four world champions hogging
:05:21. > :05:25.the top of the table. Just 12 points to Lewis Hamilton in fourth.
:05:25. > :05:31.The Austrian team based in Milton Keynes are top of the constructors
:05:31. > :05:36.table, with Ferrari breathing down their neck with a five-point gap.
:05:36. > :05:43.Let's see how they qualified. Lewis Hamilton could only manage 4th, not
:05:43. > :05:47.good enough in his eyes, especially as he had to carry a penalty into
:05:47. > :05:51.qualifying following debris on the track damaging his tyre resulting
:05:51. > :05:55.in a gearbox change. He now starts in ninth. Paul Di Resta had a
:05:55. > :06:05.strong day getting through to the final part of qualifying, but in
:06:05. > :06:13.
:06:14. > :06:17.Alonso, the only driver in the top ten who will start on the hard
:06:18. > :06:21.drive. Mark Webber came into qualifying knowing that he was
:06:21. > :06:26.carrying a three place grid penalty, he starts from seven. His
:06:26. > :06:31.team-mate and last year's race winner, Sebastian Vettel, but is Red
:06:31. > :06:38.Bull into second, but it was Nico Rosberg who stole the show. It was
:06:38. > :06:41.over a quarter of a second faster than Vettel. Nico Rosberg takes his
:06:41. > :06:51.second pole position in his career. Championship leader Vettel is
:06:51. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :07:01.after his penalty, and Hamilton dropped from fourth to ninth. Button
:07:01. > :07:04.settles for 10th, Grosjean is 11th, with McLaren's Sergio Perez in 12.
:07:04. > :07:10.Valtteri Bottas is 15th with his Williams team-mate behind him
:07:10. > :07:15.despite setting exactly the same time to 1000th of a second in Q1.
:07:15. > :07:20.The Caterhams and Marussia fill 18-21, with Gutierrez at the back of
:07:20. > :07:23.the grid following his penalty for causing a collision in China.
:07:23. > :07:27.Let's have another look at that situation that Lewis Hamilton
:07:27. > :07:31.encountered in that final session at practice, because it has provoked
:07:31. > :07:36.quite a lot of chat. It has indeed, the season talk has all been about
:07:36. > :07:44.tyres, he was running out of turn 13, and you can see from the in but
:07:44. > :07:47.it's that the car snapped sideways as the rear tyre bails. -- the
:07:47. > :07:52.in-car footage. Pirelli tell us it is a failure due to damage related
:07:52. > :07:57.to debris on the track, but as a team you are always a little bit
:07:57. > :08:00.nervous when that happens to your car. He has had to take a five place
:08:00. > :08:05.grid penalty because they had to change the gearbox, not his fault at
:08:05. > :08:10.all, is that hard? It is, that regulation needs to be looked at.
:08:10. > :08:14.The whole idea is to make the team make more reliable parts, but if it
:08:14. > :08:18.is due to a tyre failure, it is unrelated. I am sure he will be
:08:18. > :08:25.charging through this afternoon. go and see that you can find, I want
:08:25. > :08:29.to find step in at the manic kali. A 10th place start for you, the wind
:08:29. > :08:33.seems wrap it up, have you got a sneaky strategy to get ahead?
:08:33. > :08:36.would be nice, it is a bit different here with the way the tyres are, it
:08:37. > :08:42.is not so much degradation in terms of where, it is heat, which is
:08:42. > :08:47.tricky for us. But no, the wind is good, I think we have chosen the
:08:47. > :08:51.right gear. I am going to leave you, because I am in the shade.
:08:51. > :08:56.You have been one of the most consistent qualifiers, you are
:08:56. > :09:01.starting on different tyres to the others, quietly confident? Confident
:09:01. > :09:06.because you always need to be confident in the race, anyway, but
:09:06. > :09:09.everything is to do with strategy now, so we need to try to do
:09:09. > :09:14.sometimes different things, but we start in a good position, it can
:09:14. > :09:18.help. Very quickly, the left side of the grid is in the shade, you are on
:09:18. > :09:23.the hot part of the track, does that make any difference? Maybe a bit.We
:09:23. > :09:26.wish you luck. It is an already second row, but you
:09:26. > :09:31.have got different strategies for each of your drivers, with Felipe
:09:31. > :09:35.going out on the hard tyre, what and bandages will you get from that?
:09:35. > :09:41.mean, yesterday, we took that decision because we were not really
:09:41. > :09:45.sure about the right tyres for the race, so we decided to cover both.
:09:45. > :09:50.It is good to have both drivers on the second row, so now it is
:09:50. > :09:54.important at the beginning not to overstress the tyres, you know, to
:09:54. > :10:02.avoid overheating on the rear. We will see what is going to happen,
:10:02. > :10:06.because today the temperature... They are for sure higher than
:10:06. > :10:12.yesterday, so maybe the situation will be totally different. We need
:10:12. > :10:17.to be spot on, as always, we will try. We wish you the best, thanks.
:10:17. > :10:21.You are looking pretty chilled ahead of the race, what is your realistic
:10:21. > :10:28.expectation? If we finish where we are, that would be a massive result.
:10:28. > :10:33.I do not think we should think like that, because our pace on Friday, N
:10:34. > :10:43.P2, it is much harder than that, so fairly optimistic that we can try to
:10:44. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:53.fight. The. Good luck, thanks very do they have the race pace? Not long
:10:53. > :11:03.to find out, Tom and Lee are in the pitlane, Gary, David and Ben are in
:11:03. > :11:14.
:11:14. > :11:18.powered pole position in Bahrain that Rosberg leads the field away on
:11:18. > :11:22.the formation lap, but of the frontrunners only Fernando Alonso
:11:22. > :11:25.has a team-mate anywhere near perhaps able to help as wing man,
:11:25. > :11:31.but it could be argued that Felipe Massa, the only driver in the top
:11:31. > :11:36.ten on the hard tyre, is best placed to win this race. Yes, he is,
:11:36. > :11:39.Ferrari have covered both bases, one medium, one on the hard tyre, and
:11:39. > :11:42.Felipe Massa can hopefully stay on the track when others make their pit
:11:42. > :11:49.stop. They may get caught in traffic, that is when he needs to
:11:49. > :11:52.pounce, because he has that extra laps on that tyre. The medium has
:11:52. > :11:57.the white writing on the side, the hard has the orange. As we said, the
:11:57. > :12:01.Felipe Massa is the only one of the frontrunners to start on that hard
:12:01. > :12:07.tyre. The guys who start on that white tie, how far ahead do they
:12:07. > :12:11.have to get to get out of traffic? imagine they will be coming in
:12:11. > :12:15.around lap 12 or 15, whereas believe they can get to lap 20 with the
:12:15. > :12:21.harder tyre, so that gives them a five or six lap gap, that is where
:12:21. > :12:24.he needs to make a difference. championship sees Vettel leading
:12:24. > :12:28.from Raikkonen, Alonso is third in the points, but if he were to win
:12:28. > :12:35.here today and Vettel were third, for example, then Alonso would take
:12:35. > :12:38.the championship lead. Is that going to happen? Lots to look forward to.
:12:39. > :12:43.The constructors championship, Red Bull have a 5-point advantage over
:12:43. > :12:48.Ferrari, Lotus in third place, Mercedes in fourth. This is Nico
:12:48. > :12:52.Rosberg, the pole position sitter, his second career pole position, the
:12:52. > :12:57.11th ever for Mercedes in Formula One, but he has had a little bit of
:12:57. > :13:03.bad luck so far this year, two nonce in issues for Nico Rosberg, so he
:13:03. > :13:07.has only had that fourth place in Malaysia to score him some points.
:13:07. > :13:12.Hear Ely could do with a good results today to try to correct that
:13:12. > :13:16.position. Sebastian Vettel, the championship leader is going to be
:13:16. > :13:20.starting alongside him, we know the Red Bull is quick, but how will it
:13:20. > :13:25.look after its tyres? I think everyone has that question going
:13:25. > :13:28.into the race, but as we get past the midpoint of the afternoon, we
:13:28. > :13:32.will see temperatures drop as the afternoon goes on. A more key
:13:32. > :13:39.question is where we will be running at the end of the first lap, getting
:13:39. > :13:43.into clear air, that is absolutely key to preserving the tyres. Ross
:13:43. > :13:49.Brawn is a cool character, he has been a and done that. He has, many
:13:49. > :13:53.times. The wind speed has picked up quite a lot today. Let's just
:13:53. > :13:58.quickly run you through the grid once again, Rosberg and Vettel on
:13:58. > :14:03.the front row, the second row is all Ferrari, Alonso and Massa, and then
:14:03. > :14:07.all Force India third row, with Di Resta and Sutil. Mark Webber is
:14:07. > :14:09.seventh, Kimi Raikkonen eighth, and the top ten is completed by the
:14:09. > :14:16.British drivers, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and his former team-mate,
:14:16. > :14:21.Jenson Button, he was ten. Roma Grosjean and Sergio Perez are on the
:14:21. > :14:28.sixth row, then Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg. Bottas and Vergne,
:14:28. > :14:33.Maldonado and Pic. Jules Bianchi was outqualified by Charles Pic on this
:14:33. > :14:37.occasion. Giedo van der Garde is 20th, then Max Chilton, 22 today,
:14:37. > :14:40.let's see whether he can celebrate with a good result. Gutierrez lines
:14:41. > :14:44.up at the very back of the field, the Sauber driver who had that
:14:44. > :14:49.incident in China and therefore paying the price of that by having
:14:49. > :14:53.to take a five place penalty here on the grid. They do a lot of race in
:14:53. > :14:59.relation running yesterday. Looking at the commentary box window, Perez
:14:59. > :15:02.has stopped short, interesting, we will see how he goes off the line.
:15:02. > :15:06.Everybody is into position, the last couple of cars moving into place,
:15:06. > :15:16.looking out of the window, I can see Gutierrez lining up into position as
:15:16. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:29.we get set for the start of the Sebastian Vettel is very quick.
:15:29. > :15:34.Fernando Alonso round the outside is going to get at least second
:15:34. > :15:39.here from Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso takes second place
:15:39. > :15:45.from Sebastian Vettel. Chased by the Force India of Paul Di Resta.
:15:45. > :15:55.Felipe Massa in trouble. Nico Rosberg is lido. That is a great
:15:55. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:04.get away from Fernando's car. Fernando Alonso and Sebastian
:16:04. > :16:08.Vettel really attacking each other on this opening lap. That is Force
:16:08. > :16:14.India, damage to the car. Adrian Sutil. They have had to put in such
:16:14. > :16:19.a fast car, that Sebastian Vettel reclaims that place from Fernando
:16:19. > :16:29.Alonso. Dramatic stuff. Just about avoiding contact. Nico Rosberg
:16:29. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:46.ninth and tenth. Nico Rosberg had a little bit of a gap as Red Bull and
:16:46. > :16:52.Ferrari were fighting each other. Closed down immediately by
:16:52. > :17:02.Sebastian Vettel. Will he be looking for a pass? It depends on
:17:02. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:12.how they the other cars. -- manage the cars. Sebastian Vettel forced
:17:12. > :17:17.to drive the long way round. Nico Rosberg holds his ground
:17:17. > :17:21.beautifully. Nothing that Sebastian Vettel can do about it right now.
:17:21. > :17:26.Fernando Alonso in third, Di Resta in fourth, but beginning to drop
:17:26. > :17:36.back. Sebastian Vettel tries to go around the outside and does so! Can
:17:36. > :17:41.he holed it? I'm not sure. He is on the dirt. He can't get through.
:17:41. > :17:46.Sebastian Vettel again able to position that Red Bull more
:17:46. > :17:51.accurately than the Mercedes in front. Taking a defensive strategy
:17:51. > :17:55.in the early laps? It could only be a matter of time before he is
:17:55. > :17:59.passed by both the Red Bull and the Ferrari. Fernando Alonso is sitting
:17:59. > :18:09.back a little but, mindful of the fact that he lost his front wing in
:18:09. > :18:16.Malaysia. The Red Bull catching up on the straights. It looks like the
:18:16. > :18:21.Mercedes is struggling for drive in these early laps of the corners.
:18:21. > :18:26.The DRS is coming up, which will make life even more difficult for
:18:26. > :18:35.Nico Rosberg. Batten has made three places from the start, so good news
:18:35. > :18:39.for him. -- Jenson Button. You have a puncture, you have a puncture.
:18:39. > :18:45.That is bad news for Kimi Raikkonen. I think he lost a bit of ground a
:18:45. > :18:52.moment ago, which we will check. Across the line comes Nico Rosberg,
:18:52. > :18:57.and right behind him, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso. This is
:18:57. > :19:01.the race leader, Nico Rosberg. He is able to defend. This next
:19:01. > :19:08.section of track is defended vigorously by Fernando Alonso
:19:08. > :19:13.usually. Great driving from Nico Rosberg in these early laps,
:19:13. > :19:17.running down the inside line to turn one. Picking up sand and dust
:19:17. > :19:23.in the tyres. He is going to charge round the outside now! He has done
:19:23. > :19:29.it because Rosberg did not have enough speed through the corner. He
:19:29. > :19:34.takes the lead. In the run down to four, you pick up sand and dust in
:19:34. > :19:41.the tyres and something has to go. At this point Sebastian Vettel
:19:41. > :19:51.passed exactly where he passed the Fernando Alonso. This is absolutely
:19:51. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:01.key for Sebastian Vettel to try to cuts down that one-second gap.
:20:01. > :20:08.Perez is eight. Kimi Raikkonen behind. Really there with Sergio
:20:08. > :20:11.Perez. There was contact between these two last time out in China.
:20:11. > :20:17.Kimi Raikkonen was questioning whether Sergio Perez was weaving
:20:17. > :20:26.too much and causing issues. Along so gets into position. Rosberg has
:20:26. > :20:31.to be defensive. -- Fernando Alonso gets into position. There he goes!
:20:31. > :20:35.That was like taking candy from a baby. Fernando Alonso takes second
:20:35. > :20:43.place and Nico Rosberg coming back down the end of this road. Look at
:20:43. > :20:50.this! He won't have that and he is back into second place. He used the
:20:50. > :20:57.DRS very effectively. Nico Rosberg still their in second. A great
:20:57. > :21:07.driving. Meanwhile Jenson Button is right at the back of this group,
:21:07. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:19.chasing Mark Webber. Perez intake, Kimi Raikkonen 9th, -- Perez in
:21:19. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:41.He has gone out onto the circuit. He had a puncture and he has gone
:21:41. > :21:46.back on to track. Still the Jays for second place. Rosberg keeping
:21:46. > :21:50.an eye. The front wing is not too bad, he has been told, trying to
:21:50. > :21:55.drive through it to get some points. I wonder if there has been contact
:21:55. > :22:02.with someone in a concertina effect. On board with Fernando Alonso, into
:22:02. > :22:06.the braking zone in 14. Nico Rosberg able to take his line.
:22:06. > :22:12.Fernando Alonso will be in a DRS zone. Clean as they drive off the
:22:12. > :22:18.corner. The DRS activates now and you see that increase in top speed.
:22:18. > :22:23.Will Nico Rosberg go defensive? Not this time. He is saving the KERS a
:22:23. > :22:28.bit. They did not work. This time Fernando Alonso has taken second
:22:28. > :22:33.place. He goes chasing after Sebastian Vettel. The next problem
:22:33. > :22:39.will be the Force India of Paul Di Resta, in fourth. Mercedes against
:22:39. > :22:46.Force India, carrying a McLaren gearbox. A lot of love and sharing
:22:46. > :22:51.in Formula One! Let's take a look at the start. Fernando Alonso pulls
:22:51. > :22:56.away. Further down the grid, you can see where Lewis Hamilton did
:22:57. > :23:00.not make a good start. On the left of your screen. He was passed
:23:00. > :23:07.cleanly on the run down to the first corner. Thankfully for him
:23:07. > :23:17.there was some action behind. The door was wide open. He passes round
:23:17. > :23:20.the outside of Romain Grosjean in a Lotus. He has to go defensive, you
:23:20. > :23:27.can see at the bottom of your screen. Defending against Romain
:23:27. > :23:32.Grosjean. On board with Kimi Raikkonen. He spins the wheels a
:23:32. > :23:37.little bit in the second phase of the start. The door is wide open.
:23:38. > :23:47.He has to make that judgement call. How will that car stop with 150
:23:48. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:55.kilos? Brought Stan a little bit too much by Sebastian Vettel. --
:23:55. > :24:02.brought down. But Nico Rosberg is firm but fair. He just comes round
:24:02. > :24:07.the outside, if you don't mind. Paul Di Resta trying to get it from
:24:07. > :24:15.Nico Rosberg. In to turn one, just giving each other enough space.
:24:15. > :24:20.This got his just gaining ground. - - the Scottish driver. Right now he
:24:20. > :24:27.is doing it on pure pace. Nico Rosberg under pressure from Felipe
:24:27. > :24:34.Massa. I think the rear wing is broken on this Ferrari. Yes, rear
:24:34. > :24:42.wing damage. Back to DRS. It has gone beyond open. How is the
:24:43. > :24:46.managing to drive this car? He is taking 200 kilos of downforce. The
:24:46. > :24:53.load of the wind should keep it in place, but expect to see the
:24:53. > :25:01.Ferrari in here. Yes, that is the call for a Fernando Alonso,
:25:01. > :25:09.dangerous to run with that rare win. He will be coming into the pit spot.
:25:09. > :25:15.-- that rear wing. Ferrari's pit stops last time out in China were
:25:15. > :25:25.not very good. They averaged 3.1 seconds, compared to 2.2 per Red
:25:25. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:29.Bull. They seem to have got that flat down. The DRS is hinged on the
:25:29. > :25:39.back of the wing played, so it has gone beyond Centre for whatever
:25:39. > :25:47.reason. Sergio Perez coming out. OK, a quiet start from his career with
:25:47. > :25:51.McLaren, but he wants some now. Nico Rosberg doing his best at this
:25:52. > :26:01.stage, holding on to third place. Look at Kimi Raikkonen attacking
:26:02. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:11.Sergio Perez. Last year the Lotus cars were able to make up ground,
:26:11. > :26:17.but not at this stage. Sebastian Vettel draws a way with Di Resta in
:26:17. > :26:25.second place. Nico Rosberg in third position. Both Ferraris in trouble
:26:25. > :26:33.in the early stages. Let's see how Paul Di Resta is making out in the
:26:33. > :26:40.second sector. The DRS is working how it is meant to hear. No! It is
:26:40. > :26:44.broken. It has gone be on centre so he has to go to the pit stop again.
:26:45. > :26:49.I am surprised the team did not give him the message not to use DRS,
:26:49. > :26:57.because once you have got an issue, what are the chances of it coming
:26:57. > :27:00.back? Sebastian Vettel in the pit stop and we have a Lotus as well.
:27:00. > :27:06.Romain Grosjean has virtually no brakes. He has been told to move
:27:06. > :27:11.the brake balance forward on the radio but that is shopping. Mark
:27:11. > :27:16.Webber has to look in his mirror to see exactly where the other car is,
:27:16. > :27:22.but he has some front damage on his Ferrari. Hamilton still in ninth,
:27:22. > :27:26.the other Mercedes. Mark Webber is into the pit stop. Quite a lot of
:27:27. > :27:32.pit stops quite early. These guys will be on a three-stop strategy, I
:27:32. > :27:41.would think, to be stopping so early. Fernando Alonso has been in
:27:41. > :27:51.and out again. The Azuma be with the message not to use the DRS?
:27:51. > :27:57.
:27:57. > :28:05.presumably. As to say, surely you can't use it now? That is where the
:28:05. > :28:11.damage to Jean-Eric Vergne's rear tyre was. Let's look at the replay.
:28:11. > :28:19.Sebastian Vettel in to turn four. He is able to us a lot of the curve
:28:19. > :28:25.on the left-hand side. Keeping it tight through six. This is Felipe
:28:25. > :28:35.Massa getting past Nico Rosberg a moment ago. That is with the DRS.
:28:35. > :28:35.
:28:35. > :28:41.Coming back on the brakes. Running in third place now. I think Jenson
:28:41. > :28:49.Button was heading into the pit stop as well? Yes. Early stops. One
:28:49. > :28:59.of the intriguing ones, Romain Grosjean did nine laps on the hard
:28:59. > :29:04.
:29:04. > :29:09.tyres. Mercedes and McLaren send their guides en route. How long
:29:09. > :29:19.before Sebastian Vettel will want to change his own tyres? On the
:29:19. > :29:23.medium compound tyre. He is in the dream position now. A five-second
:29:23. > :29:33.lead over Di Resta. He has seen the reaction to fresh tyres for much of
:29:33. > :29:33.
:29:33. > :29:39.the opposition. It is pretty much in his hands to manage it now.
:29:39. > :29:47.Force India are not coming out. That means Di Resta is likely to
:29:48. > :29:57.take the lead in this Grand Prix, as he did last time for the first
:29:58. > :30:09.
:30:09. > :30:14.the front wing. He has come out in front of Perez and McLaren. Webber
:30:14. > :30:20.has just gone through, coming out just behind Button. Yes, he has come
:30:20. > :30:25.out in fifth place, Sebastian Vettel. Grosjean gets the place on
:30:25. > :30:28.Perez. Meanwhile, back with the race leader, Paul Di Resta, clearly the
:30:28. > :30:34.message from his engineer has suggested they are aiming for two
:30:34. > :30:40.stops this afternoon. Kimi Raikkonen is looking a little bit quicker on
:30:40. > :30:44.this lap, the gap is down to 3.5 seconds. Yes, Kimi was about extents
:30:44. > :30:49.quicker than the race leader, Paul Di Resta, but the fastest man on
:30:49. > :30:53.track is Sebastian Vettel. He is the fastest of those who have stopped
:30:53. > :30:58.and is now into third position, he is chasing, only five seconds behind
:30:58. > :31:05.Raikkonen. Look at this, side-by-side, battling for seventh
:31:05. > :31:10.place. Button has lost the position back to Rosberg and almost two Massa
:31:10. > :31:17.as well. Massa was going to be under pressure from Grosjean as well as
:31:17. > :31:24.they exit through the king at three. Oh! Massa down the inside of the
:31:24. > :31:30.McLaren, but Jenson allows it to run wide, but Grosjean comes back at
:31:30. > :31:34.massacre broke, contact, that is as close as you want at 120 mph.
:31:34. > :31:39.is great stuff, what a scrap, and diving down the outside is Sergio
:31:39. > :31:43.Perez. Grosjean will not have that, squeezing in wide on the exit. They
:31:43. > :31:47.are all on the harder compound tyre. The only one of the
:31:47. > :31:52.frontrunners who has switched onto mediums is Lewis Hamilton. In fact,
:31:52. > :31:56.he started slightly different to them. Nico Rosberg, then, looking a
:31:56. > :32:01.little bit happier on this second set of tyres. Jenson Button chases
:32:01. > :32:04.him, then Massa, Grosjean, Perez, all fighting for sixth place.
:32:04. > :32:11.Upfront it is Paul Di Resta who leads the race by 3.5 seconds at
:32:11. > :32:14.this point. Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel are catching on
:32:14. > :32:19.what will be a three-stop race for the Red Bull, we would think, as
:32:20. > :32:24.opposed to a two-stop race for both Lotus and Force India. You can see
:32:24. > :32:32.the damage on Massa's front wing. Raikkonen continues to close the gap
:32:32. > :32:38.to the race leader, down to three seconds, and Bottas is now in the
:32:38. > :32:42.pits. Yes, and we have still got this fighting going on between Perez
:32:42. > :32:46.and Grosjean in the background, the McLaren on the outside of the
:32:46. > :32:50.Lotus, side-by-side, two young drivers desperate to prove
:32:50. > :32:54.themselves. Both have a difficult start to their seasons, Grosjean was
:32:54. > :32:58.on the podium here last your. Sergio Perez was on a couple of podium
:32:58. > :33:01.finishes with Sauber last year, but he has not looked like anything
:33:01. > :33:06.similar this year, but of course the McLaren team have been struggling
:33:06. > :33:10.with performance. Let's see what he can do here, trying to get alongside
:33:10. > :33:15.the Lotus, there, though. Grosjean has been fairly quiet this season,
:33:15. > :33:19.it has to be said, defending well here. Perez takes a big lunge down
:33:19. > :33:26.the inside, Grosjean leaves some space, but you are driving from
:33:26. > :33:32.Grosjean. Perez, no harm in having a go, but that was a bit optimistic.
:33:32. > :33:37.Sensible driving from Grosjean, as you say. Box after this lap.They
:33:37. > :33:44.have got to lap 13, that is good to stop territory, as long as the next
:33:44. > :33:49.tyre, the harder tyre, works well. -- ttwo- stop territory. We will get
:33:49. > :33:53.a real idea after this next stint and indeed which car works better on
:33:53. > :34:00.which tyre. Sometimes one car works better on the median, another works
:34:00. > :34:10.better on the heart. That is as much a reaction to closing the gap to
:34:10. > :34:10.
:34:10. > :34:14.write in and. And that puts him into the race lead. Vettel take the lead
:34:14. > :34:18.from Raikkonen. He is on a three-stop strategy and has already
:34:18. > :34:23.managed to get past Kimi Raikkonen, who was trying to stretch out the
:34:23. > :34:30.distance on the first set of tyres. Vettel is running very quick laps on
:34:30. > :34:33.the hard tyres. Lotus will keep an eye on his lap time, he is unlikely
:34:33. > :34:38.to spring a time that will get him in front of Paul Di Resta at this
:34:38. > :34:43.round of pit stops, but he sensibly did not fight too hard with Vettel.
:34:43. > :34:49.He could lose lap time, so that gap to Di Resta, it will increase now
:34:49. > :34:54.that's Di Resta is on a fresh set of tyres. Kimi Raikkonen is into the
:34:54. > :34:59.pits from second place, the Lotus pit, Sebastian Vettel is the race
:34:59. > :35:03.leader, but he has gone deeper into this race than the Force India. Oh,
:35:03. > :35:10.a little slow getting the front jack away. He is going to be way behind
:35:10. > :35:15.this group of cars. Where is he versus Di Resta? You can see the
:35:15. > :35:22.Force India has just gone through, Rosberg, he slotted in front of the
:35:22. > :35:27.Williams. That is Maldonado. That is right, he is ahead of Hulkenberg,
:35:27. > :35:32.behind Maldonado, not ideal for them. Tom? I am near the Lotus pit
:35:32. > :35:35.at the moment, and what happened there was the front right was
:35:35. > :35:42.slightly slow, and Kimi was not aware of that, he thought he could
:35:42. > :35:47.go, and he couldn't, as we are watching now. Yes, just seeing that,
:35:47. > :35:51.just a little delay getting that front jack free as well, wasn't it?
:35:51. > :35:57.It almost clipped the wing, but I think they got away with it. They
:35:57. > :36:02.need a bungee attached to that front jack, the cars go so quickly now.
:36:02. > :36:07.The man cannot pull the loft of limbic device away quickly enough.
:36:07. > :36:12.-- lump of lifting device. Massa has been passed by Grosjean and Perez,
:36:12. > :36:18.in trouble, Massa, we will keep an eye on him. Jean-Eric Vergne is...
:36:18. > :36:22.He is cruising. He is in trouble, he is going to be retiring, too much
:36:22. > :36:26.damage on the Toro Rosso. Massa is keeping out of everybody's way. It
:36:26. > :36:33.looks like this might be race over, or they may change the front wing.
:36:33. > :36:37.Look at the vibration. Yes, I think he may have got a flat spot. They
:36:37. > :36:42.are out in the pit lane with a new set of tyres, is it simply that he
:36:42. > :36:50.got a flat spot? Look at the right rear. The lamb and, well spotted,
:36:50. > :36:58.Ben. It shakes the fillings out of your teeth. -- delamination. Is that
:36:58. > :37:06.something that is similar to what Hamilton had in practice? Let's have
:37:06. > :37:10.a look at these tyres, he has got to from lap 11, so it is unlikely to be
:37:10. > :37:15.where, maybe damage from a curb or pure delamination of the tie-up. We
:37:15. > :37:20.saw it with Hamilton in free practice. It is a worrying sign, no
:37:20. > :37:24.doubt about it, all the other teams will be paying attention to that
:37:24. > :37:30.one. Button is in fourth place, behind Rosberg in third, so the top
:37:30. > :37:37.order is Vettel and Webber, Red Bull one and two, Rosberg third, Button
:37:37. > :37:44.fourth, then Grosjean. As we thought, Vergne is being retired.
:37:44. > :37:48.This is what has been happening, a very busy opening segment to this
:37:48. > :37:53.race - Nico Rosberg led the initial laps what but was under attack
:37:53. > :37:56.almost immediately, the Mercedes struggling for pace. We saw great
:37:56. > :38:00.dicing between Alonso and Vettel, but Alonso has dropped out of the
:38:00. > :38:04.equation after a problem with the DRS on his rear wing sticking open,
:38:04. > :38:09.and he has had to make an extra pit stop. Button trying to get past
:38:09. > :38:14.Rosberg, can he make the move down the outside for third place? He
:38:14. > :38:17.tries, but Rosberg... He has got through, Jenson Button, a bit too
:38:17. > :38:22.much wheelspin from Rosberg, who was now under threat from Romain
:38:22. > :38:27.Grosjean in the Lotus. Sergio Perez is not far behind, wheel to wheel
:38:27. > :38:30.they go, Rosberg cannot defend any longer, and Grosjean is in fourth.
:38:30. > :38:37.Rate strategy from Jenson Button, he knew he did not have enough on the
:38:37. > :38:41.way into turn one, but he had a short squirt before two, and
:38:41. > :38:45.Rosberg's Mercedes could not make the tyres last. Lewis Hamilton has
:38:45. > :38:53.been told by his engineer that the pace is looking good, to which he
:38:53. > :38:58.replied, it doesn't feel that way, man! I mentioned Alonso's problems
:38:58. > :39:02.earlier, he is down in 12th, and to remind you also that Massa had a
:39:02. > :39:07.problem, we saw the tyre delamination, that big vibration,
:39:07. > :39:11.and he is back on circuits now, Felipe Massa, all the way down in
:39:11. > :39:14.15th, and from a second row start, the Ferraris look like they will
:39:14. > :39:24.struggle to take any points from this race at all. Just riding on
:39:24. > :39:25.
:39:25. > :39:29.Sutil, all the way down in 20th, he had problems at the start of the
:39:29. > :39:35.race with damage on his car. Vettel is the race leader. Here comes Perez
:39:35. > :39:38.once again on Rosberg as they come down to the final section. In fact,
:39:38. > :39:48.that is down to the start finish straight. Here they come, both of
:39:48. > :39:49.
:39:49. > :39:56.them. Into the pits comes Rosberg for his next pit stop. He will be
:39:56. > :39:59.further down the pitlane, Rosberg, yes, a little bit slower than the
:39:59. > :40:03.McLaren, but he gets out in front because he has got track position in
:40:03. > :40:08.the pitlane. We are not seeing nearly as many laps on the hardest
:40:08. > :40:12.tyre. Look at this, Grosjean and Button, Grosjean takes third place,
:40:12. > :40:17.but he runs wide, Button will be wary a little bit and he gets the
:40:17. > :40:23.place back. Jenson Button goes wide himself, Grosjean will try to take
:40:23. > :40:27.the momentum. Box this lap, Bush now! He is pushing and being pushed,
:40:27. > :40:30.all at the same time. He is having a great afternoon when you consider
:40:30. > :40:35.they were delighted to qualify inside the top ten, strategically
:40:35. > :40:40.did not do a time in qualifying, started with a fresh set of tyres.
:40:40. > :40:44.He is now trying to defend, he will be open to a DRS pass here from
:40:44. > :40:50.Grosjean, although Grosjean was a little bit slow on acceleration from
:40:50. > :40:54.turn ten. Button knows he is coming in this lap, he can use any
:40:54. > :40:59.available grip on the tyres on this run to the pits, this is flat in
:40:59. > :41:09.qualifying, not quite now, as we go through the early phase of burning
:41:09. > :41:14.
:41:14. > :41:17.fuel. They have probably burned off not happy, is he? Di Resta is in
:41:17. > :41:23.fifth place on what we think is a stock less than everybody else, and
:41:23. > :41:28.he is doing well at this point in the Force India. Webber and Button
:41:28. > :41:33.come into the pits, Grosjean stays out there, Vettel leads this Grand
:41:33. > :41:39.Prix, as he has been now for quite a few laps. We see the pitstops take
:41:39. > :41:42.place, good pit stop from McLaren, getting on his way. Jenson Button
:41:42. > :41:46.and Mark Webber, Webber out of the pits first of all, he comes out
:41:46. > :41:53.behind Fernando Alonso there. behind, Rosberg defending again from
:41:53. > :41:57.Perez. Rosberg has spent his whole race defending, and Button gets out
:41:57. > :42:03.just in front of Felipe Massa, but of course Massa had that extra stop
:42:03. > :42:08.already himself. Perez has got in front of him again, Jenson Button is
:42:08. > :42:13.behind Rosberg, he lost some time in that phase of the pitstops, both on
:42:13. > :42:18.and two stops already, and Perez makes the past stake, that is a
:42:18. > :42:22.popular overtaking spot coming out of turn four into the high-speed
:42:22. > :42:26.chicane. Adrian Sutil has just set a fastest lap, he is down towards the
:42:26. > :42:32.back of the field but showing good pace. Massa get past Valtteri
:42:32. > :42:36.Bottas, that is for position, 13th place. Massa is struggling a little
:42:36. > :42:44.bit to just go down the inside of Bottas, but he gets through nicely.
:42:44. > :42:47.Tom, you saw the McLaren pit stop. Jenson lost a little bit of time in
:42:47. > :42:52.a stop, but the choreography of the pits crew is so much better than it
:42:52. > :42:57.was here last year. Keen F1 fans might remember that they have some
:42:57. > :43:02.disastrous times last year with Lou was losing five blazers at his first
:43:02. > :43:08.stop last day, a 12 second stop. -- Lewis losing five blazers. Much
:43:08. > :43:12.better this year. He can physically see how he is having to grip that
:43:13. > :43:18.steering, these Formula One cars have power assistance, but nowhere
:43:18. > :43:20.near the level we enjoy in our comfortable family saloon cars. He
:43:21. > :43:26.is having to fight the amount of load that is kicking through the
:43:26. > :43:30.steering. The Mercedes of Hamilton is in the pits. Webber battling with
:43:30. > :43:35.Alonso, both of these guys are doing their 200th Grand Prix this weekend,
:43:35. > :43:40.and they would be rather fighting up front than seventh and eighth
:43:40. > :43:44.positions. Outcomes Lewis Hamilton once again from what was his second
:43:44. > :43:48.pit stop. We are on lap 23, not quite half distance, and here we
:43:48. > :43:54.are, Perez still side-by-side with Rosberg. Jenson Button not far
:43:54. > :44:00.behind, Perez doing everything he can to get past the Mercedes. Can he
:44:00. > :44:04.complete the move? This is helping Button close up, as Webber gets past
:44:04. > :44:08.the Williams of Maldonado. Webber opening the gap to Alonso, who
:44:09. > :44:13.stopped on lap nine because of the issue with the DRS, so he is on much
:44:13. > :44:17.older tyres, even though they have both done two stops this afternoon.
:44:17. > :44:22.It is damage limitation for Ferrari, trying to get a few points. It is
:44:22. > :44:26.some time since they had either car -- neither car in the points, so a
:44:26. > :44:30.lot to play for this afternoon. Rosberg holding on just about in
:44:30. > :44:38.position at the moment ahead of these two McLarens, but they are
:44:38. > :44:42.down in ninth, 10th and 11th places here. We are on lap 24 of 57,
:44:42. > :44:48.Sebastian Vettel leads the race by 21 seconds from Romain Grosjean.
:44:48. > :44:53.This was Webber on Alonso just a moment ago. Very straightforward.
:44:53. > :45:02.Crucially, Vettel has got that gap beyond the 22nd he would need to be
:45:02. > :45:07.able to come in, make stop and get out again. Mark Webber is next on
:45:07. > :45:11.the two - stop us. Look at Button, oh, my goodness, on his team mate!
:45:11. > :45:16.That could have been frightening, but they have both got past the
:45:16. > :45:26.Mercedes. Rosberg says he's going to stay there and runs right around the
:45:26. > :45:39.
:45:39. > :45:44.outside, will he hold it or not? space. Great driving. He did it
:45:44. > :45:54.stop on lap number 25. That is a fairly routine three stock raised.
:45:54. > :46:07.
:46:07. > :46:12.He has done a decent length on that lead in this Grand Prix by two or
:46:12. > :46:22.three seconds. That works well for Red Bull, even though they are on
:46:22. > :46:22.
:46:22. > :46:30.bless -- less stops. Mark Webber in fifth place. Sebastian Vettel tries
:46:30. > :46:37.to overtake again. Trying to get down the inside of Nico Hulkenberg.
:46:37. > :46:42.Sergio Perez as well. How is Sergio Perez getting DRS? He had it open?
:46:42. > :46:52.Where did you get the activation from? Alessio was behind Nico
:46:52. > :46:59.Hulkenberg going into the last corner. -- and unless he was. I
:46:59. > :47:02.think I have answered my own question! The Sauber of Hulkenberg
:47:02. > :47:12.has only done one stop so far, so maybe they are trying something
:47:12. > :47:16.else. They have done 13 laps on these tyres. Judging from what they
:47:16. > :47:23.did in practice, that should be achievable. We have seen in a race
:47:23. > :47:28.that they are not getting what they expected from them. Tom? He seemed
:47:28. > :47:36.surprised by Hulkenberg's strategy, because they were getting somewhere
:47:36. > :47:41.and tear in practice. On Sergio Perez, are you seeing a different
:47:41. > :47:51.driver? Yes. They are battling for points, but also the best of the
:47:51. > :47:54.
:47:54. > :47:59.rest and team on. -- team are now. Romain Grosjean down the straight.
:47:59. > :48:03.In the hunt for a podium finish, Paul Di Resta has got past one of
:48:03. > :48:09.his key challengers. On a different strategy to some of the other teams
:48:09. > :48:14.around him. Jenson Button is ahead of Sergio Perez. The sum dicing
:48:14. > :48:21.going on between the team mates as they came down the straight.
:48:21. > :48:31.Looking at the low does boys getting ready. This will be for
:48:31. > :48:31.
:48:32. > :48:41.Romain Grosjean. -- Lotus boys. He has done a longer stint on that set
:48:41. > :48:45.of hard tyres. He has put a medium tyre on this time. There about this,
:48:45. > :48:53.two McLarens virtually together as Romain Grosjean rejoins behind
:48:53. > :49:03.Felipe Massa. In ninth place. The fastest lap for Sebastian Vettel,
:49:03. > :49:03.
:49:03. > :49:09.showing once again at that Red Bull is flying. Lewis Hamilton. He is
:49:09. > :49:14.down in tenth place. Having a very quiet afternoon at this point.
:49:14. > :49:21.Sergio Perez goes for it down the inside of his team mate! Don't hit
:49:21. > :49:26.each other, boys! They just managed to get through. Jenson Button stays
:49:26. > :49:31.ahead. Do they need to be fighting this hard? I guess they are racing
:49:31. > :49:36.for position, which is fair enough, but it is putting them in danger.
:49:36. > :49:44.Contact! Sergio Perez runs into the back of Jenson Button. Golden rule,
:49:44. > :49:49.don't hit you to make! -- your team mate! I know that because I have
:49:49. > :49:54.done it in the past! What was looking like a great performance
:49:54. > :50:00.from Sergio Perez is and done. He has lost the front end plate, which
:50:01. > :50:05.has gone off the car, like Felipe Massa's. Just watch. Jenson
:50:05. > :50:15.Button's defensive. That makes him slow. Sergio Perez tries to cut
:50:15. > :50:26.
:50:27. > :50:33.puncture? Absolutely. It you can put both cars are out on the spot.
:50:33. > :50:40.-- you can put both cars out. Sebastian Vettel is enjoying
:50:40. > :50:45.himself out in front. May has been told to keep the place of 1:39. He
:50:45. > :50:52.is doing exactly what he has been told by the team. That Red Bull
:50:52. > :50:58.does look dauntingly fast and under control. Another lap, 1:39.3,
:50:58. > :51:06.almost identical to the previous one. Romain Grosjean has the
:51:06. > :51:16.benefit of DRS, which will give them a few tenths of a second.
:51:16. > :51:18.
:51:18. > :51:26.Clean air, without the benefit of taking the drug off. -- drag. He
:51:26. > :51:33.has just been told to do high 39s of. He is still getting right onto
:51:33. > :51:36.the gearbox of his team-mate, Jenson Button. They might have
:51:36. > :51:46.another go for a stock Kimi Raikkonen coming down, side by side,
:51:46. > :52:04.
:52:04. > :52:09.action from Jenson Button, giving him not any space at all. It is
:52:09. > :52:12.getting hairy between the McLaren team mates. That is an angry Jenson
:52:12. > :52:18.Button, who could have been more compliant given the nature of the
:52:18. > :52:28.corner. It runs out on to what was the extended Grand Prix track, from
:52:28. > :52:35.
:52:35. > :52:40.Sergio Perez would get back at the McLaren pit. It is one thing to go
:52:40. > :52:48.racing but you have to do it in a way that keeps your team mate the
:52:48. > :52:58.safe, above all else. Jenson Button reacts by saying, OK, I will drive
:52:58. > :53:08.
:53:08. > :53:18.inside of Sergio Perez. He is not giving up! Side by side. He managed
:53:18. > :53:18.
:53:18. > :53:22.to get out of that but to really had to lift. Romain Grosjean forced
:53:22. > :53:29.to the outside. Trying to go round the outside of the McLaren and he
:53:30. > :53:34.just does it. They really are putting on a display for us. I
:53:34. > :53:40.don't think it is something Jenson Button is enjoying a saying from
:53:40. > :53:50.the youngsters in Formula One. Excuse me, I am holding my breath!
:53:50. > :53:51.
:53:51. > :53:59.You don't know what will happen. Sergio Perez cuts back a bit. Then
:53:59. > :54:04.the battle continues. The rear facing camera on Sergio Perez.
:54:04. > :54:12.would love to be in the next drivers' briefing after this one.
:54:12. > :54:17.Pretty exciting stuff. Sergio Perez was resolute in his defence but
:54:17. > :54:25.Romain Grosjean got through. This is the fight for second place. Kimi
:54:25. > :54:30.Raikkonen has caught Paul Di Resta over the last few laps. These guys
:54:30. > :54:39.have a similar strategy. On to the dirt, Kimi Raikkonen, the Lotus in
:54:39. > :54:49.second. Paul Di Resta still in the hand but he has had to concede a
:54:49. > :55:00.
:55:00. > :55:04.driver's ears. At some lap time, manage the tyres, clear
:55:04. > :55:11.instructions that it is under control. The Lotus boys are coming
:55:11. > :55:17.out, presumably for Kimi Raikkonen. He has done a reasonable stint on
:55:17. > :55:21.those tyres. He was last in on lap 16. Yes. This should see him
:55:21. > :55:29.through to the end of the race on his two-stop strategy. Perfect
:55:29. > :55:38.timing for him. He has already got ahead of Di Resta, so interesting
:55:38. > :55:43.to come in now. On to the hard compound tyre. The first pit stop
:55:43. > :55:51.between him and Sergio Perez, which should help him. Last time he got
:55:51. > :55:56.the first one and surged ahead. Jenson Button rejoins in 12th place,
:55:57. > :56:03.so Felipe Massa is now behind his team-mate, Alonso. The Force India
:56:03. > :56:09.boys ready for Paul Di Resta. Probably just behind Alonso, I
:56:09. > :56:18.would imagine. Actually, yes, between Felipe Massa and Alonso, I
:56:18. > :56:22.suspect. Felipe Massa in that group behind. Has he got a problem? The
:56:22. > :56:28.Ferrari coming in. A late move. Looks like they will be retiring
:56:29. > :56:34.the car. Nico Rosberg under threat from Jenson Button. It is the tyre
:56:34. > :56:39.again! Why is it all happening for Felipe Massa and nobody else?
:56:39. > :56:43.could be a particular line, debris, an area that he is running over?
:56:43. > :56:49.Unlikely that it is a pure Ferrari issue, otherwise we would expect
:56:49. > :56:56.the same thing from Alonso. Felipe Massa goes on his way, but another
:56:56. > :57:00.tyre problem for him and only him. Let's look at the replay. He starts
:57:00. > :57:09.to accelerate off the turn and he splits from the side wall of the
:57:09. > :57:16.tyre. That is a fantastic piece of footage for Pirelli in trying to
:57:16. > :57:23.understand what is going on with the tyres. Very different failure
:57:23. > :57:33.to whether the trend surface came off, which was different. -- when
:57:33. > :57:50.
:57:50. > :57:55.Can Sergio Perez slip past? He gets DRS as well from Hamilton in front.
:57:55. > :58:05.Kimi Raikkonen has got the move done, which gains home another
:58:05. > :58:14.
:58:14. > :58:20.position. He is now in fourth place Unquestionably! That was pretty
:58:20. > :58:25.hefty contact. Nico Rosberg is still running round quickly. Lewis
:58:25. > :58:32.Hamilton under pressure from Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi Raikkonen all over
:58:32. > :58:39.the back of the Mercedes. That should give him DRS anyway? Yes, I
:58:39. > :58:45.think he did it... No need to worry, Lewis Hamilton is back in. This is
:58:46. > :58:50.his third pit stop. He has been struggling today. He has managed 15
:58:50. > :59:00.laps on are those tyres. That will see him through to the end of the
:59:00. > :59:06.
:59:06. > :59:11.Grand Prix. A way goes Lewis tenth position. We wondered when
:59:12. > :59:20.Sergio Perez would be coming in. His tyres will be fresher than his
:59:20. > :59:30.team made. Alonso on his way as well behind Sergio Perez. I think
:59:30. > :59:38.he came out behind Hamilton. Hulkenberg behind. Jenson Button
:59:38. > :59:45.world down in the road on the straight towards turn four. -- well
:59:45. > :59:50.down. This has been a beautifully judged race from Sebastian Vettel
:59:50. > :59:55.so far and the Red Bull team, as we have come to expect over the years.
:59:55. > :00:05.The pit stop goes according to plan as well. Beautifully in control
:00:05. > :00:05.
:00:05. > :00:13.here. He will be very happily in place. Romain Grosjean has just
:00:13. > :00:23.added to the pit lane. That is the race leader. Comfortable drive from
:00:23. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:36.where will he come out? Behind Webber, a roundabout where Button, a
:00:36. > :00:41.really good challenge with Jenson Button, here's an fresh tyres, that
:00:41. > :00:44.is a crucial move for Romain Grosjean, and it puts Button under
:00:44. > :00:50.pressure from Rosberg as well. Rosberg be able to use that? The gap
:00:50. > :00:56.is a little bit too much. Button does not have to go defensive.
:00:56. > :01:00.just take a look, Perez now putting Hamilton under pressure for eighth
:01:00. > :01:03.place. Behind them, Fernando Alonso is desperate to score some points
:01:03. > :01:11.from what has been a really disappointing day at the Sakhir
:01:11. > :01:19.circuit in Bahrain, a track that Ferrari have won one four previous
:01:19. > :01:25.occasions. The rear wing problem for Alonso and two front wing problem is
:01:25. > :01:29.and tyre problems for Massa, but you know that Alonso will not give up.
:01:29. > :01:33.replay of the stop, a little bit of hesitancy on the front left, it took
:01:33. > :01:39.a little bit longer to get that gun released, but he had time to play
:01:39. > :01:42.with. Alonso looking racy, this is a replay of Grosjean coming out,
:01:42. > :01:52.Button had tried to roll the car through the apex, but Grosjean gave
:01:52. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:05.him the squeeze. Here it is from the today, he needed a decent race. He
:02:05. > :02:11.has been in the points of all the races so far. Grosjean has pitted
:02:12. > :02:17.the same lap as you, he is the man to watch. Here he comes down the
:02:17. > :02:21.inside of Webber! And Rosberg gets past Button, or does he? Button has
:02:21. > :02:28.to give that up, and Grosjean is on the attack. Red Bull are still a bit
:02:28. > :02:33.worried about Grosjean. Look at all this, Perez now with Alonso trying
:02:33. > :02:38.to go past the Mexican. Write down the outside, he cannot do it there,
:02:38. > :02:44.he will try to get the cutback, but the Spaniards denied for the moment,
:02:44. > :02:49.but that Ferrari is looking fast. Meanwhile, we have got Rosberg and
:02:49. > :02:54.Button, Hamilton in that group as well, a position. Behind them, for
:02:54. > :02:58.ninth and 10th, Perez and Alonso. We have seen some tyre issues, let's
:02:58. > :03:02.get more on that with the Pirelli motorsport director, Paul Henry.
:03:02. > :03:09.All, we have seen some tyre issues in the race, particularly with
:03:09. > :03:14.Massa, what can you tell us? He has been very unfortunate. The first
:03:15. > :03:19.tyre, there was a big cut through the belt, which is very deep, it is
:03:19. > :03:23.a strong part of the tyre. I have not seen the second, but apparently
:03:23. > :03:27.he had another cut through the side wall, very unlucky. A lot of
:03:27. > :03:34.marbles, have you been surprised by the high where this afternoon?
:03:34. > :03:38.not really. 40 Celsius on track, it is a high where circuit in terms of
:03:38. > :03:45.the material, so that is not surprising. It will be interesting
:03:45. > :03:50.to see if Kimi and Di Resta do a two-stop race, that will be
:03:50. > :03:55.surprising. Hamilton is attacking Jenson Button down the inside, he
:03:55. > :03:59.has got the DRS in operation, and the Mercedes gets past the McLaren.
:03:59. > :04:05.The McLaren also had DRS, because he had been following Rosberg, who has
:04:05. > :04:09.now come into the pits, but Hamilton wins that little tussle between the
:04:09. > :04:14.Mercedes and the McLaren, and Rosberg now comes back out of the
:04:14. > :04:17.pit lane. Perez goes for Button. Again on his team-mate,
:04:17. > :04:23.straightforward down the inside, nothing that Button could do about
:04:23. > :04:26.that, and Alonso, without any DRS, has to overtake in these twisty
:04:26. > :04:31.sections, proving incredibly difficult. It is not an easy track
:04:31. > :04:35.on which to overtake. Down the inside of Button, that was
:04:35. > :04:41.beautiful, Button just gives in space, and Alonso makes the move
:04:41. > :04:48.stake. That puts the Ferrari now into eighth place. Well, Perez,
:04:48. > :04:52.credit where it is due, fantastic aggressive driving, good use of his
:04:52. > :04:57.McLaren. Damage to the front wing from the contact with Button earlier
:04:57. > :05:02.in the Grand Prix, but in the end Button had no answer to the balance
:05:02. > :05:06.that Perez is showing. This is a replay of Alonso, he saw the
:05:06. > :05:11.opportunity, sneaking down the inside into turn four. Jenson gives
:05:11. > :05:16.in the space. Yes, he had just enough room. Perez on younger tyres
:05:16. > :05:20.than Jenson Button, so he has got that bit more track performance at
:05:20. > :05:25.this stage, but look at Alonso bearing down on Perez once again, a
:05:25. > :05:29.similar number of laps on their tyres, Ferrari and McLaren...
:05:29. > :05:34.McLaren in. Yes, Button in for another pit stop. Alonso goes
:05:34. > :05:39.side-by-side with Perez. He has got no DRS, of course, so they are
:05:39. > :05:44.fighting with the same tools. And Alonso gets the past. He has to be
:05:44. > :05:50.careful, though, to brake the gap to Perez. Otherwise he will be a
:05:50. > :05:55.sitting duck. What has been going on here? This is Maldonado with Massa.
:05:55. > :06:02.I think it was Massa, wasn't it? Yes. Yes, it was. What actually
:06:02. > :06:10.happened? I think he just manages to sneak through, Maldonado. Vettel
:06:10. > :06:20.leads by 9.3 seconds, writing in Di Resta is bird in the fourth India.
:06:20. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:39.-- Raikkonen is bird, Di Resta is in breathing down his neck. Hamilton on
:06:39. > :06:43.Webber. No, Webber going quite steep. Webber really slow on the
:06:44. > :06:48.entry to turn one, Hamilton almost nudged the back of his gearbox
:06:48. > :06:53.there. Webber is in trouble, Hamilton will go for the past.
:06:53. > :06:58.Straightforward for Hamilton. looks like a wounded car in a way.
:06:58. > :07:03.It did not look like there was any KERS available, I wonder if Webber
:07:03. > :07:06.has some issues. 13 laps on the tyres, he should have been able to
:07:06. > :07:10.manage that, I would have thought, but maybe some damage in the
:07:10. > :07:15.collision with Rosberg. Nothing obvious, unless he has tweaked a
:07:15. > :07:19.toll on the car, something from a bodywork point of view. This is a
:07:19. > :07:24.replay of the past and into turn four. It would have been visible to
:07:24. > :07:27.us if there was some damage. In the end, I think he knew it was almost
:07:27. > :07:32.inevitable, he tries to do his thing on the brakes, but Hamilton slips
:07:32. > :07:37.through. Look how close Grosjean is to the back of Di Resta here. This
:07:37. > :07:41.is for the final podium spot between Paul di Resta, who has never had a
:07:41. > :07:47.podium finish, and Romain Grosjean, who got his first-ever podium here
:07:47. > :07:51.12 months ago. You have got to feel for Paul, he can almost taste the
:07:51. > :07:57.rosewater in the last laps of this Grand Prix, but for Grosjean, this
:07:57. > :08:01.should be fairly straightforward. There is a reasonable gap as they go
:08:01. > :08:07.across the line, but the DRS will open on the Lotus. Here comes Romain
:08:07. > :08:11.Grosjean, he gets past Di Resta, and I think, yes, he does, he gets into
:08:11. > :08:16.third place. I wondered whether Paul was going to fight extra hard, it is
:08:16. > :08:21.a special to get your first podium. It would be a great result for him
:08:21. > :08:28.to finish fourth. He has not given up completely. But member, he is an
:08:28. > :08:33.tyres that have done 16 laps, the hard compound tyre, 16 laps,
:08:33. > :08:36.compared to the medium tyre on Grosjean's car, that is no contest.
:08:36. > :08:41.It may not be a podium this afternoon, it remains to be seen
:08:41. > :08:46.whether the cars in front maintain liability, -- reliability, but it
:08:46. > :08:51.has been a fantastic drive from Paul di Resta. In the end, Grosjean has
:08:51. > :08:56.the inside line. Such a tight cut back through one into two. A round
:08:56. > :09:02.of applause from his team. He's had a fairly quiet start to the,
:09:02. > :09:05.Grosjean. An unsafe relief being investigated from Van der Garde.
:09:05. > :09:11.have something similar in Malaysia where the two cars came together,
:09:11. > :09:15.that is down to whoever it is who releases the car from the box, it is
:09:15. > :09:20.his responsibility to look down the pitlane. Hamilton really having to
:09:20. > :09:24.defend from Webber, who can go around him. Suddenly, Hamilton is
:09:24. > :09:29.struggling for grip on the Mercedes. He has got to 14 laps on the hard
:09:29. > :09:34.tyre, but it is what we have seen before, they go away a little bit on
:09:34. > :09:38.the Mercedes when some of the other cars... But Webber, can he hold on?
:09:38. > :09:45.Just about, he is in front of Hamilton. In the background, Alonso
:09:45. > :09:49.under pressure from Perez as well. You do not want to take a knife to a
:09:49. > :09:54.gunfight, and he is in a slightly vulnerable position, no DRS
:09:54. > :09:57.available, trying to mix it with these guys. He will have to do it
:09:57. > :10:01.the old-fashioned way, find a position to affect on overtake, and
:10:01. > :10:05.he will be hoping that Perez overheats the servers of his tyres
:10:05. > :10:10.while running into the air, but he has to go defensive. Perez has got
:10:10. > :10:13.the inside line, and he is down the inside of the Ferrari, who goes
:10:13. > :10:18.side-by-side on the exit of the corner, squeezed out wide, oh, they
:10:18. > :10:24.touch! Now Perez gets through. I wonder how Alonso feels about that
:10:25. > :10:30.one. Well, not nice.He is coming back at him, trying to go around the
:10:30. > :10:34.outside, he will get the cut back on the exit. You might expect Perez to
:10:34. > :10:37.give him some space, but Perez did to them exactly what Jenson did.
:10:37. > :10:43.Risky to put yourself on the outside, but he should get the cut
:10:43. > :10:47.back out of turn ten. We are seeing some real racing here today, Alonso
:10:47. > :10:52.hampered by the loss of DRS on his rear wing, but you can feel that the
:10:52. > :10:55.blood is up now inside that Ferrari cockpit. One angry racing driver,
:10:55. > :11:00.there has been some great racing this afternoon. There has, let's
:11:00. > :11:08.take another look at this. Because of the shape of turn four, a
:11:08. > :11:11.wide-open except, Alonso decides to run around the outside. Perez did to
:11:11. > :11:21.run around the outside. Perez did to Alonso what did to Perez and just
:11:21. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:31.gives him the squeeze. He does not he has the chance to take the
:11:31. > :11:37.place, Webber goes to the inside, gives him a cars with, according to
:11:37. > :11:41.the rules. But it is certainly very hot stuff between Webber and
:11:41. > :11:46.Hamilton, who cuts back now, great opportunity to take on down the
:11:46. > :11:52.inside into turn four. Webber is not going to give it up easily, and
:11:52. > :11:57.through goes Hamilton, side-by-side, this is great stuff! Hamilton gives
:11:57. > :12:02.in space, Webber gets back in front. A perfect example, Hamilton gave him
:12:02. > :12:12.the space, Perez did not. Well, Mark survives until this next straight,
:12:12. > :12:17.presumably. Two great races here. Hamilton really feeling it right
:12:17. > :12:21.now, using the grid from this car. As a driver, they love it when it is
:12:21. > :12:26.like this, it might not be for the win, but they are loving it wheel to
:12:26. > :12:35.wheel. Not just them as rivals, past the commentary box, this is great
:12:36. > :12:42.stuff, we have seen quality racing. No big damage to any of these cars.
:12:42. > :12:46.The fastest lap of the race there, 1:30 6.9, how does that compare to
:12:46. > :12:50.previous fastest laps? It is not as quick as the previous lap record,
:12:50. > :12:56.but let's keep an eye on Hamilton, he still has not given up on the
:12:56. > :12:59.idea of getting past Webber. He has made up three places from where he
:12:59. > :13:05.started the Grand Prix, he had that gearbox penalty, a very unfortunate
:13:05. > :13:09.thing. He picks up the DRS, look at the increase in speed, he is
:13:09. > :13:13.catching and closing, Webber goes defensive. Hamilton is forced around
:13:13. > :13:23.the outside, and again the Red Bull has just enough pace, a big slide on
:13:23. > :13:25.
:13:25. > :13:29.the rear, and that has lost in speed guaranteed year, Hamilton getting
:13:30. > :13:34.dust on his tyres as he tries to find a way past Webber. This is
:13:34. > :13:37.going to go right down to the line. Great stuff once again between
:13:37. > :13:44.Webber and Hamilton, they have just got to avoid running into each
:13:44. > :13:51.other. Asking about the fastest lap from last year, it was Vettel, six
:13:51. > :13:56.tenths slower, the lap he has just done. Look at this, it is so close,
:13:56. > :14:00.and it has been so close lap after lap. Mark Webber is enjoying his
:14:00. > :14:04.200th Grand Prix here today. He might not be about to win it, but a
:14:04. > :14:09.wonderful dice with Lewis Hamilton. Look at the space that Lewis leaves
:14:10. > :14:14.him as Mark comes back, I will give you the space! He was always going
:14:14. > :14:19.to come back, Lewis allowed for that. We are on to the final lap
:14:19. > :14:22.now, and Sebastian Vettel is in total control, and he has been from
:14:22. > :14:30.a pretty early stage, it has to be said. He started on the front row of
:14:30. > :14:35.the grid. RADIO: Stay under control. Understood. Understood, he is being
:14:35. > :14:38.very well behaved today. That was probably after he set the fastest
:14:38. > :14:43.lap. Red Bull are looking good for the win here, it is going to be a
:14:43. > :14:49.Renault engine one, two, three, as it was last year, Renault engines in
:14:49. > :14:52.the Red Bull and the two Lotus cars, but Paul di Resta is on target to
:14:52. > :14:59.achieve all matches best ever... Hamilton down the insightful
:14:59. > :15:03.birthplace, and he is on to the last lap. -- Hamilton down the inside for
:15:03. > :15:09.fifth place. That is a key move, he gets past Mark Webber, but can he
:15:09. > :15:18.hold on for the remainder of the lap? This was it, down the inside.
:15:18. > :15:22.In the end, Lewis going down the inside. Here is our race leader,
:15:22. > :15:31.Sebastian Vettel, and he has just got the final part of the lap to
:15:31. > :15:35.complete. Down the back stretch towards the final turn, I think
:15:35. > :15:42.Perez might have got past Webber, yeah, he has just got past Webber.
:15:42. > :15:46.Out of the final turn, here comes Sebastian Vettel, Sebastian Vettel
:15:46. > :15:51.wins in Bahrain! It is back-to-back victories here at the Sakhir
:15:51. > :15:56.circuit, and it is also the first repeat winner of 2013, second place
:15:56. > :16:00.goes to Kimi Raikkonen, who is getting another podium finish, his
:16:00. > :16:03.third of the year. And third position will go to the other
:16:03. > :16:07.Lotus, it is a double podium once again in Bahrain followed Lotus as
:16:08. > :16:14.Romain Grosjean finishes third. Di Resta matches is best ever finish in
:16:14. > :16:20.Formula One with fourth. And Lewis Hamilton, where is he going to be? I
:16:20. > :16:25.think he is going to come through, yes, in fifth position, and Webber
:16:25. > :16:31.has lost several places. Hamilton finishes in fifth, Perez is six,
:16:31. > :16:41.Webber is seventh. Alonso finishes eighth after a wonderful dice.
:16:41. > :16:41.
:16:41. > :17:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:17:30. > :17:34.Rosberg finishes in ninth, Button... Vergne. Great reception for all of
:17:34. > :17:39.these drivers after that afternoon's work in Bahrain. The
:17:39. > :17:45.temperature is beginning to drop towards the end of the day. Look at
:17:45. > :17:49.that. For the second year in succession, he takes victory. Kimi
:17:49. > :17:53.Raikkonen in second place. Romain Grosjean started in 11th, yet he
:17:53. > :17:58.has gone through to finish in third. That is where Kimi Raikkonen
:17:58. > :18:02.started last year to take second. And Romain Grosjean, after a tough
:18:02. > :18:11.start to the year, you can sense the relief in achieving this could
:18:11. > :18:15.result. -- good result. No champagne in Bahrain, of course.
:18:15. > :18:21.Waard, it is called, the mixture of fruit juice and rosewater, that is
:18:21. > :18:31.sprayed around in this part of the world. Everybody getting a swig.
:18:31. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:38.Sebastien, huge congratulations today. We did not see very much of
:18:38. > :18:42.you on the track because you seemed to be in a class of your own. The
:18:43. > :18:50.first few laps seemed to be sticky for you. The shore. It was
:18:50. > :18:55.important to get into the lead. -- for sure. The first couple of laps,
:18:55. > :19:00.and you don't know really how fast you can be. Everybody is in the
:19:00. > :19:06.same kind of situation. I lost a position to Fernando but I managed
:19:06. > :19:11.to save some KERS and get it back. Then I got ahead of Nico Rosberg. I
:19:11. > :19:17.think after that we had the possibility to look after our tyres.
:19:17. > :19:20.At the start, I thought I could have a go, but Fernando took it. It
:19:20. > :19:27.looked like he would go straight, but he managed to stop the car.
:19:27. > :19:33.Then I had been a good exit. I did not need the KERS here. Going in to
:19:33. > :19:38.turn four, I was able to align myself up on the entrance, get a
:19:38. > :19:43.good exit. Then I gained on him and got a little bit of KERS and
:19:43. > :19:49.managed to pass him. It was a bit tight in to turn six, but I managed
:19:49. > :19:55.to pass him. On board you don't have the audio, but talk us through
:19:55. > :20:01.the launch from a line. The engine was roaring, but the start was good.
:20:01. > :20:08.As soon as you put KERS into play, the cars are more or less the same.
:20:08. > :20:14.I got lined up, but then Fernando was there. I had a good exit out of
:20:14. > :20:21.two and three. Later in the race, we saw your baffling with Nico
:20:21. > :20:28.Rosberg, in to turn four, your favourite place. -- battling with
:20:28. > :20:32.Nico Rosberg. Yes, it worked out pretty well for people this weekend.
:20:32. > :20:36.Is that the old racing instinct coming out of your team principle?
:20:36. > :20:41.It is not very many years ago that you were racing and you have
:20:41. > :20:45.advised this triple World Champion how to do it. It is part of the job,
:20:46. > :20:50.really! He does listen to me occasionally. I sometimes have good
:20:50. > :20:55.ideas! Two fantastic passing moves and very well executed and you have
:20:55. > :21:01.to be brave into the next turn as well. 28th victory. Just as sweet
:21:01. > :21:06.as all the others? Yes, surely it was a strong race. We did not
:21:06. > :21:10.expect it to be, to be honest. The strategy worked fine. It was the
:21:10. > :21:18.right thing to keep the hard tyres because they turned out to be
:21:18. > :21:23.better for us. The pace, once I was in clear air, was phenomenal. I was
:21:23. > :21:28.pushing hard to build up the gap. If there was no safety car, I knew
:21:28. > :21:33.I could take it easy at the end, and that was the case. Very pleased
:21:33. > :21:39.and the tyres seemed to hold up as we expected. Congratulations today.
:21:39. > :21:44.Let's hear from mark. It was a shame to concede those places at
:21:44. > :21:50.the end. Were their problems with the car? No rubber left. I think
:21:50. > :22:00.that was the only thing. We were driving around with no tyres
:22:00. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:06.laughed. -- left. It is as quick as you can go, while holding position,
:22:06. > :22:12.as low as possible. I got some damage from Nico Rosberg. We had
:22:12. > :22:22.some contact. That was the day at the races. A lot of overtaking out
:22:22. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:33.their today. Yes, yes. But it is I am at the low to celebrations at
:22:33. > :22:36.the moment and I am delighted to have Eric with me. -- Lotus
:22:36. > :22:44.celebrations. And Romain Grosjean as well. You have brake problems at
:22:44. > :22:48.the beginning. Then you have to overtake so many cars to make the
:22:48. > :22:52.strategy work. That was the point of the strategy. We thought it
:22:52. > :23:00.would be later in the race, but we had to go earlier because of the
:23:00. > :23:06.debris blocking our air flow. So we did it. Why engineers were telling
:23:06. > :23:11.me the base was good. -- my engineers. I was fighting with the
:23:11. > :23:20.Ferrari and the McLaren. I knew I was where we wanted, but I had to
:23:20. > :23:26.make the second one last longer. There was a good pit stop, a good
:23:26. > :23:30.strategy, and we made the third stint shorter for the end. We did
:23:30. > :23:35.it and that was great. It is always good to have two people on the
:23:35. > :23:44.podium. Lots of battles on track. You have to pass Sergio Perez. I
:23:44. > :23:48.imagine people do that with a sigh of relief. Yes. It was tough, but I
:23:48. > :23:55.think the real moment was with Felipe Massa in turn six when he
:23:55. > :24:01.turned into me. We touched, I thought, but in the end we did not.
:24:01. > :24:11.Paul Di Resta was easier. My car was performing well at the end.
:24:11. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:18.There so good to be back here with all the guys working really hard.
:24:18. > :24:23.That is what is most enjoyable. Great for Lotus to be second in the
:24:23. > :24:28.Constructors' Championship. Yes. It is great to have this start to the
:24:28. > :24:38.season, obviously. Lovely to have both cars on the podium. Am very
:24:38. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:44.happy for Romain, because we fix the issues on the car. He is back
:24:44. > :24:49.on the podium, back where he is, so is starting this season finally and
:24:49. > :24:57.he deserves it. It looked like you were enjoying it out their today,
:24:57. > :25:02.gentleman. Thank you very much. Congratulations, Sergio. Your best
:25:02. > :25:06.result for McLaren. You must be pleased. First of all, I am pleased
:25:06. > :25:13.to finish the race. It was such a difficult race, managing the tyres
:25:13. > :25:20.and fighting all the time. Not easy at all. Especially the last Stent.
:25:20. > :25:23.-- stint. I am happy and very pleased with the team. I think it
:25:24. > :25:32.is a good lesson for the other teams as well to see how hard we
:25:32. > :25:36.can fight. We can fight a bit too much. I am happy with the result in
:25:36. > :25:41.very difficult conditions today. Your team told you to get your
:25:41. > :25:46.elbows out in racing and you certainly did. Talk us through this
:25:46. > :25:52.contact. Presumably you were surprised by Jenson Button's speed
:25:52. > :25:57.at the apex. Yes, I was surprised. He was very slow. I thought he was
:25:57. > :26:04.struggling with the traction of his car. Unfortunately I touched and I
:26:04. > :26:12.lost my end plate. And this is in to turn four, driving with a broken
:26:12. > :26:18.front wing, but it did not seem to affect your performance. It was
:26:18. > :26:24.very hard fighting with Fernando. And struggling with the tyre. Every
:26:24. > :26:28.time it really mattered, the position. But I am very happy. I
:26:28. > :26:32.have to say thank you to the team because they always support may
:26:32. > :26:37.even prove very difficult moments. Is it enjoyable when you are
:26:37. > :26:40.fighting like that on track or can you only enjoy it retrospectively?
:26:40. > :26:49.It is enjoyable at some points because you are thinking so much
:26:49. > :26:55.about the tyres. It is not pure racing, like when you can fight. It
:26:55. > :26:58.is not so enjoyable, but I have to say I really enjoy it, too! Thank
:26:58. > :27:06.you. A huge amount of effort, finishing
:27:06. > :27:11.why you started, but enjoyable nonetheless? -- where you started.
:27:11. > :27:16.Yes. I could of look after my tyres. I was fighting with Romain Grosjean
:27:16. > :27:22.and everybody pitted and I came up behind him. A lot of clean racing,
:27:22. > :27:30.which is good, apart from my team mate. He did a good job today say
:27:30. > :27:35.congratulations for the whole team. 300 kilometres per hour is not
:27:35. > :27:39.normally a good idea. You came on the radio telling him to calm down,
:27:39. > :27:49.and Martin told him to fight harder, but probably not with you. I don't
:27:49. > :27:52.
:27:52. > :27:57.know. It is good for the team. Paul, you are happy yesterday. It
:27:57. > :28:03.was agonising to watch. We thought you would get the podium but the
:28:03. > :28:09.tyres did not hold out. I don't know if it was our tyres.
:28:09. > :28:13.Unfortunately with Romain Grosjean not qualifying into three, then we
:28:13. > :28:19.would have used that strategy if we had had the tyres. We were always
:28:19. > :28:26.going to be vulnerable at the end but they have got a car that has
:28:26. > :28:33.won of Grands Prix this year. When you miss the podium by two seconds,
:28:33. > :28:40.there is the bigger picture of losing the Grand Prix by 20 seconds.
:28:40. > :28:47.Let's look at the key moments. us through the first corner, in the
:28:47. > :28:52.slipstream, DRS open. The DRS has been quite effective. When people
:28:52. > :28:57.were challenging me, I had a bit of an issue. The biggest thing was
:28:57. > :29:01.when Fernando's DRS got stuck open. You just could not get past him.
:29:01. > :29:06.What about this with Romain Grosjean? You had to approach with
:29:06. > :29:11.caution? He has been wild in the past. I did not know which way he
:29:11. > :29:17.was going to go. When I started to move, he moved. It left me enough
:29:17. > :29:27.room. In the end, he got past me, which was a bit of a shocker. It is
:29:27. > :29:28.
:29:28. > :29:32.all about taking positives. The first four Grands Prix have been
:29:32. > :29:38.positive. You will be going away with lots of points, so still
:29:38. > :29:44.smiling? Yes. We set ourselves the target of scoring points. We could
:29:44. > :29:47.have been hard on Romain Grosjean when he was passing, but looking at
:29:47. > :29:51.the big picture it is all about the end of the year for the constructor,
:29:51. > :30:00.the team and for the driver. I go into Barcelona with high hopes of
:30:00. > :30:06.scoring more big points. Thank you. David, this was absolutely not the
:30:06. > :30:14.day that Ferrari wanted. Lots of people tipped Felipe Massa to be on
:30:14. > :30:19.the podium and Alonso to win. for Fernando it was a DRS failure.
:30:19. > :30:24.You can see at turn 11, it goes beyond centre and it will not
:30:24. > :30:27.resettle itself. He had to return to the pits for the second time,
:30:27. > :30:32.which cost him the chance of being on the podium. The team put it back
:30:32. > :30:41.into place, and off he goes. And in a case of Felipe Massa, so one
:30:41. > :30:45.lucky. He had two tyre failures. -- unlucky. As he comes off,
:30:45. > :30:49.accelerating from the turn, it rips the tyre away, and he goes into the
:30:49. > :30:53.pit stop for the second time. good day at the office. A real war
:30:53. > :30:59.of attrition out there. You are probably sick of the site of the
:30:59. > :31:04.pit lane. What happened with the tyres? I don't know. Two punters in
:31:04. > :31:14.one race has never happened to me. It is difficult to explain why. I
:31:14. > :31:19.had some contact in the start but it was not that bad. I don't
:31:19. > :31:25.understand why I had this puncture in the tyres. It destroyed my race
:31:25. > :31:33.completely. Not running over the kerb so aggressively? No. You are
:31:33. > :31:41.less aggressive on the race to save the tyres. It is strange. Sebastian
:31:41. > :31:47.Vettel takes for honours with 25 points. -- for honours. Paul Di
:31:47. > :31:50.Resta has equalled his best ever result in fourth. In terms of the
:31:50. > :31:55.championship, Sebastian Vettel leading the way ahead of Kimi
:31:55. > :31:59.Raikkonen by 10 points, with Fernando Alonso in fourth and Lewis
:31:59. > :32:01.Hamilton in third. Red Bull are leading the Constructors'
:32:01. > :32:11.leading the Constructors' Championship, but looked down at
:32:11. > :32:18.
:32:18. > :32:22.Force India. They have jumped ahead point today. Yes, I think so.
:32:22. > :32:26.Running inside of Jenson Button, wheel-to-wheel. Sergio Perez had
:32:26. > :32:29.his strongest race and he was happy with his performance, Jenson Button
:32:29. > :32:34.less so. He had some great wheel- to-wheel action apart from with his
:32:34. > :32:39.team mate. As they run into turn four, this is an example of why
:32:39. > :32:44.Jenson Button was not happy. Sergio Perez hitting the rear wheel. They
:32:44. > :32:48.were on the radio saying, come on, slowdown, boys. We will be back in
:32:48. > :32:52.three weeks' time in Barcelona, and we will have all the action live
:32:52. > :32:57.and the practice sessions live on BBC Two. The race and qualifying