:14:49. > :14:54.of the car or the way he is able to utilise his qualifying position to
:14:54. > :14:57.show that this is a team that he can then move forward into one of the
:14:57. > :15:04.bigger teams. Force India are really punching above their weight, all
:15:04. > :15:07.things considered. They must be looking further down the grid.
:15:07. > :15:17.Hopefully no more sticky moments for them, a couple of tricky moments in
:15:17. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:25.the final session of free practice. KERS or gone to full power a bit
:15:25. > :15:30.early, it is a very gentle slide, it is fairly low loaded, that left-hand
:15:30. > :15:34.corner. Down into first year, it all looks sensible, goes up through the
:15:35. > :15:39.gears, and he did not touch the curb on the inside. Subject to
:15:39. > :15:43.confirmation, I think he had the KERS but in a bed early. This was
:15:44. > :15:49.Lewis Hamilton getting us chatting in the final moments. Just watch the
:15:49. > :15:53.steering, massive correction in a straight line, that indicates a
:15:53. > :15:58.failure at the rear of the car. It was a tyre service failure, which
:15:58. > :16:03.led to a rear suspension failure. The good news is they have had time
:16:03. > :16:09.to fix his car for Q1. But because they have had to change the gearbox,
:16:09. > :16:19.he has a five place penalty. With David in the commentary box is
:16:19. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:37.third pole position of the year and is there it in a row in Bahrain, but
:16:37. > :16:41.as qualifying begins, there are several drivers with grid penalties.
:16:41. > :16:45.Esteban Gutierrez, five place penalty to deal with. Mark Webber, a
:16:45. > :16:48.free place penalty. And now Lewis Hamilton, as a result of that
:16:48. > :16:51.gearbox change, a five place penalty. They will go through
:16:51. > :16:56.qualifying as normal, and the penalties will be added later on.
:16:56. > :17:02.Gary Anderson, walking calculator, what kind of lap time you expecting
:17:02. > :17:06.to see to get into the top 16? a pretty tough one to decide, the
:17:06. > :17:13.cloud cover keeps coming and going, and a couple of degrees of change
:17:13. > :17:19.makes a big difference. If you cannot do a good run on the tyres
:17:19. > :17:24.burst time out, the track changes so quickly, so it could get quite a lot
:17:24. > :17:29.faster. We have the hard and medium compound, how will they use that
:17:29. > :17:33.allegation? The last race proved that if you get to the front of the
:17:33. > :17:37.grid, you can win. At the end of the day, you have got to go out to
:17:37. > :17:40.qualify. I think we will see the top teams running the harder tyre,
:17:40. > :17:45.hoping they can do a good enough time on the first run. If they have
:17:45. > :17:51.to do a second one, it will be on the medium. But from tents
:17:51. > :17:55.backwards, they will all be running the mediums. Daniel Riccardo
:17:55. > :17:58.qualified and finished in seventh, and he had his best ever qualifying
:17:58. > :18:04.here 12 months ago when he put the Toro Rosso sixth on the grid, a
:18:04. > :18:08.genuine time, he did a good job, but he had a dreadful start. Toro Rosso
:18:08. > :18:12.definitely finding a bit of pace with their car over the last couple
:18:12. > :18:18.of events, and it looks like he will be trying to get into that top ten
:18:18. > :18:23.this morning. He was 14th, so I think top ten is going to be a bit
:18:23. > :18:26.of a tall order, but who knows? You did a good job here last year. Down
:18:26. > :18:32.towards turn 11, a little bit of a tail wind blowing into this corner
:18:32. > :18:38.here. That could make the back end of the car a little less stable than
:18:38. > :18:41.we have seen. What is interesting about F1 2013, the way the engines
:18:41. > :18:45.have evolved, the blowing of the rear of the car, not quite the
:18:45. > :18:49.diffuser in its entirety like we are used to, but a bit of traffic ahead,
:18:49. > :18:54.that is Hulkenberg getting out of the way, or at least not holding him
:18:54. > :18:58.up. But you do not want to run off the racing line and pick up dust.
:18:58. > :19:02.All of the corners, everything that used to be fourth gear is now third
:19:02. > :19:06.gear. They are doing everything they can to have high energy exhaust gas
:19:06. > :19:12.coming out of the engine. The downside of that from the driving
:19:13. > :19:19.point of view is you take of middle corner speed, going down ADA, a
:19:19. > :19:22.lock-up there from Rosberg as he runs down into turn eight. This is a
:19:22. > :19:27.better camera angle to show you how it gets down into the little apex, a
:19:27. > :19:32.bit of traffic ahead from Massa, he is on an out-lap. Nico Rosberg is
:19:32. > :19:37.one of the front-running teams to make a lap here, but Romain Grosjean
:19:37. > :19:44.is also won a quick lap, he has gone fastest of anybody in the first
:19:44. > :19:50.sector so far. Most of the top teams... There is something in front
:19:50. > :19:58.of me moving! Worrying for Giedo van der Garde, something rattling around
:19:58. > :20:02.in the cockpit. The top teams are using the medium compound. Williams
:20:02. > :20:06.and Marussia have gone out on the hard compound, as have catering,
:20:06. > :20:10.Charles Pic definitely. Grosjean is looking good on his lap, Rosberg
:20:10. > :20:14.goes fastest, and that is getting to the kind of pace we saw this
:20:14. > :20:19.morning, and that is on the harder tyre. Let's see how Grosjean
:20:19. > :20:23.responds in the Lotus. Mercedes have been reasonable over one lap but
:20:23. > :20:33.struggling over a series of laps, and the Lotus has been looking fast
:20:33. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:36.all day. Last time, in the last sector, he was faster in the first
:20:36. > :20:42.and second sectors than Rosberg, dropped a bit in the last turn, a
:20:43. > :20:46.bit late getting on the throttle out of turn 14. There are 15 corners
:20:46. > :20:51.registered in this circuit, but you can see that 15 is basically a kink
:20:51. > :20:56.in the straight. Interestingly, as we see a replay of Kimi Raikkonen
:20:56. > :21:00.down into turn one, he grabs the front wheel under braking and then
:21:00. > :21:04.get out of it because he does not want to have a flat spot. A little
:21:04. > :21:14.lock-up, immediately reacting to that. Running wide, but there will
:21:14. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:20.be no damage done to the tyre. two Ferraris are out together.
:21:20. > :21:26.di Resta is not happy, not hearing anything on the radio. What is he
:21:26. > :21:31.wanting to hear, David? Paul, P1, fastest of all, come back to the
:21:31. > :21:37.pits for a cover copy! I do not think he is going to hear that just
:21:37. > :21:42.yet. Alonso is lighting up the sectors, just the last little bit of
:21:42. > :21:50.the lap to finish year. Ferrari was fastest in the hands of Alonso this
:21:50. > :21:54.morning despite a spin at turn one and turn two. He goes fastest, 1:30
:21:54. > :21:58.2.8, and that is a good margin quicker, four tenths quicker than we
:21:58. > :22:03.have seen so far this weekend, and he is still on the hard compound, he
:22:03. > :22:07.will become the lead through to the next stage of qualifying. Paul di
:22:07. > :22:11.Resta is also on the hard tyre, and he is also trying to get himself
:22:11. > :22:16.through to the next stage of qualifying, into the top 16. Keep an
:22:16. > :22:22.eye on his split times, Hamilton is out on truck, quite a lot of
:22:22. > :22:25.activity with six and a half minutes to go now. Using a bit of the curb,
:22:25. > :22:31.but as long as you do not get a wheel over to the other side, where
:22:31. > :22:36.it is sand and dust, tidy out of the last two turns, maybe a bit too much
:22:36. > :22:40.rumble strips. Anyone who plays computer games, you will know how it
:22:40. > :22:46.feels when you run onto those strips! It takes away a bit of time,
:22:46. > :22:53.but not molest that should be enough to see him safe in this first part
:22:53. > :22:57.of qualifying. -- but not molest. are waiting to see Jenson Button but
:22:57. > :23:01.in a representative lap, but the McLarens have been looking like they
:23:01. > :23:05.will be struggling to get into the top ten, and Force India may have
:23:05. > :23:12.better performance than them. At the moment, still a little bit of work
:23:12. > :23:16.to do, let's just watch the rest of the lap. So he is coming down into
:23:17. > :23:23.the final two turns now, he has just got the run to the line to go here
:23:23. > :23:26.for Jenson Button. Across the line he goes, where does this put him? He
:23:26. > :23:32.is eighth for the moment, he should be safely through to the next part
:23:32. > :23:36.of qualifying as we now ride on board with Mark Webber. He is on the
:23:36. > :23:42.medium compound, he has gone for the softer tyre. Perez was on the medium
:23:42. > :23:46.compound as well. Jenson was also on the medium compound tyre. It is
:23:46. > :23:53.interesting... I am surprised that Red Bull have had to go for this
:23:53. > :23:56.already. Vettel, on his out-lap, he has gone for the medium tyre. We are
:23:56. > :24:00.getting conflicting... Very wide there, that will have cost him a bit
:24:00. > :24:09.of acceleration into the last corner. How Billy Hayes E on the
:24:09. > :24:12.power? Quite progressive. -- how early is he on the power? The time
:24:12. > :24:16.should be pretty good for Webber, seventh quickest at the moment,
:24:16. > :24:23.using the medium compound, so perhaps he wants to save the hard
:24:23. > :24:29.compound for the race tomorrow. A little bit too much understeer for
:24:29. > :24:32.Jenson Button, he is ninth, 1.1 seconds off the pace, and he went
:24:32. > :24:36.for the softer of the two compounds. Let's see what Sebastian
:24:36. > :24:41.Vettel can do, he and Lewis Hamilton are on their flying laps, neither of
:24:41. > :24:47.them have set a time, we will keep an eye on their splits. Both very
:24:47. > :24:52.competitive to the first checkpoint, about a 10th off the fastest we have
:24:53. > :24:57.seen to that point. What we have been seeing, Ben, is not a
:24:57. > :25:00.consistent time gap between the two tyres. It was the same at the last
:25:00. > :25:05.Grand Prix as well. Some are seeing quite a gain running on prime or
:25:05. > :25:13.option, and others are seeing very little gain. At this stage,
:25:13. > :25:16.Sebastian Vettel there, correction from oversteer as he ran through the
:25:16. > :25:19.apex at turn 11. He was fastest of all in the last sector during free
:25:19. > :25:25.practice, Mike Mark Webber, very wide on the exit of turn 13. -- like
:25:25. > :25:29.Mark Webber. This double right-hander leads onto the start-
:25:29. > :25:34.finish straight. Hamilton is on a lap as well, he has just come
:25:34. > :25:39.around, a fairly steady lap. He needs to do another flying lap.
:25:39. > :25:43.Vettel goes second, he is on a different tyre, remember to the one
:25:43. > :25:46.that Alonso has used, so a different strategy from Red Bull. We have seen
:25:46. > :25:51.them go easy on tyres a couple of times, they are really thinking
:25:51. > :25:56.about strategy at the moment. What did Webber do here? That was a
:25:57. > :26:03.replay of him running wide up over the rise as 12, absolutely flat out.
:26:03. > :26:06.And then you drop down into 13, just beyond the curb. You can see the
:26:06. > :26:13.sand and dust there, impregnated into the tyre. Hulkenberg, the back
:26:13. > :26:16.straight, a tailwind, as you mentioned, taking away the overall
:26:16. > :26:22.downforce from the car. The ones in the drop zone, Daniel Ricciardo,
:26:22. > :26:26.Charles Pic, Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton. And the one we are watching
:26:26. > :26:30.now, Lewis Hamilton, but he is up on time, and he should not have a
:26:30. > :26:33.problem making it through to the second part of qualifying. He is
:26:33. > :26:38.running the hard compound tyre with the orange sidewall, a different
:26:38. > :26:42.strategy to Red Bull, but this should see the Mercedes comfortably
:26:42. > :26:47.through, I would say. Rosberg is third fastest, there is good pace
:26:47. > :26:52.with the Mercedes. But can they keep that during the race? He goes fifth
:26:52. > :26:57.fastest, safely in, pushing Gutierrez... No, not quite, it
:26:57. > :27:03.pushes Maldonado down to 17th place, can he improve and get ahead
:27:03. > :27:07.of the South where? Very close, competitive times once again. -- the
:27:07. > :27:11.Sauber. Gutierrez does have a time penalty, but you take the time then
:27:11. > :27:15.get the penalty added when the grid is put together. Let's see whether
:27:15. > :27:20.Maldonado is doing enough here, he has got a good middle sector, and he
:27:20. > :27:26.just displaces Gutierrez, enough to go 16th just behind his team-mate.
:27:26. > :27:30.Exactly the same lap time for both the Williams drivers, but Bottas did
:27:30. > :27:35.it first, he gets 15th place at this stage as we are in the closing phase
:27:35. > :27:40.of this session. They did the same time, and so have Romain Grosjean
:27:41. > :27:44.and Lewis Hamilton, to the thousandss of a second. Two
:27:44. > :27:50.different kinds of car, which seems even more amazing, that you can be
:27:50. > :27:53.that close. Charles Pic has the updated parts on his car, he is
:27:53. > :27:59.currently a couple of tenths of a second faster than Jules Bianchi in
:27:59. > :28:03.the Marussia, as you can see. Max Chilton, three tenths slower, he
:28:03. > :28:07.lost valuable track time this morning with a KERS related issue on
:28:07. > :28:14.the car. Years down at the bottom of the times, Giedo van der Garde, in
:28:14. > :28:21.the other Caterham. -- he is. Let's see if this is an improvement for
:28:21. > :28:26.Charles Pic, it is an improvement, 1.35.2, nobody looking particularly
:28:26. > :28:32.delighted, but that may have kept them ahead of the Marussias. What is
:28:32. > :28:39.Daniel Ricciardo doing? How is his lap looking? Working the wheel a
:28:39. > :28:46.bit, he looks to be 0.6 of a second faster against his best lap. If that
:28:46. > :28:50.is the case, that will comfortably getting through on a 34.1. Vergne is
:28:50. > :28:54.through, and Ricciardo joins his team-mate, pushing Maldonado down,
:28:54. > :28:58.and that looks like the way it is going to stay. Giedo van der Garde
:28:58. > :29:02.has gone ahead of Chilton, one Caterham head of one Marussia, and
:29:02. > :29:08.then the same again towards the back of the grid. But would you believe
:29:08. > :29:18.it? For Maldonado, that is cruel, the same lap time as is team-mate,
:29:18. > :29:28.
:29:28. > :29:32.but his team-mate is in the top 16 there was something loose in the
:29:32. > :29:37.cockpit, and every time you brake, it goes forward, and then when you
:29:37. > :29:41.throttle and go sideways, it moves around, it was not ideal, just one
:29:41. > :29:46.of these. Did it affect your first set of fast laps? You have to switch
:29:46. > :29:51.your mind off of that and then work with it. You looked pretty
:29:51. > :29:55.aggressive head of Max Chilton, good qualifying? Yeah, I think I am
:29:55. > :29:59.pretty happy with today, and I am very happy with the team
:29:59. > :30:02.performance, because it looks like the updates are working well on the
:30:02. > :30:07.other car. Unfortunately I did not have it, but we will have it in
:30:07. > :30:14.Barcelona. Peggy Kovalainen has been with you in free practice, as he
:30:14. > :30:17.said anything that can help you? is good to have him, he has a lot of
:30:17. > :30:27.experience, and I think he gave the same feedback as I am, the car is
:30:27. > :30:33.
:30:33. > :30:37.not easy to drive, but we will work The clock is ticking down. We have
:30:37. > :30:43.seen an intriguing first session. Now the battle is to get into the
:30:43. > :30:49.top ten. The fire-extinguisher has gone off again on the Marussia.
:30:49. > :30:57.This happened this morning. So a lot of fire-extinguishers
:30:57. > :31:00.being held by the mechanics and the marshal there is. They had a fuel
:31:00. > :31:06.vapour fire before. Gary, your comments on that and the
:31:06. > :31:16.use of tyres in the first session. Interesting that Red Bull used the
:31:16. > :31:21.
:31:21. > :31:25.medium and the others using the har tyre? They do see this as
:31:25. > :31:30.interesting. Kimi Raikkonen was on the medium tyre and quick and
:31:30. > :31:35.consistent. Others quick and consistent on the hard tyre. Maybe
:31:35. > :31:43.Red Bull believe it is better to save the hard tower for the race,
:31:43. > :31:47.and others to save the medium tyre. Well, Sir Frank Williams watching
:31:47. > :31:55.there. A little worrying what is going on there with that fire. We
:31:55. > :31:59.saw something like that this morning? Yes it was put down to a
:32:00. > :32:06.vapour fire. It maybe, for some reason, there has been a problem.
:32:06. > :32:10.The fuel tank, as it gets hot, the fuel does expand a little bit.
:32:10. > :32:16.Maybe a valve or something has blown off. It looks like it has
:32:16. > :32:19.been put out. Thank you very much. So the first car on track. It is a
:32:19. > :32:23.front-runner, Mark Webber. Nico Hulkenberg has come out too. There
:32:23. > :32:27.is Sebastian Vettel. Now they are going out on to the track on the
:32:27. > :32:31.medium compound tyre that has been used. They are on the scrubbed
:32:31. > :32:35.tyres from the first segment there, David. So obviously, like Gary was
:32:35. > :32:39.saying, perhaps they are trying to get two runs out of the tyres, that
:32:39. > :32:43.means that they save tyres for tomorrow's race.
:32:43. > :32:49.There are issues over the tyre wear. If they feel they can do the
:32:49. > :32:54.majority of the race on the hard tyre, it could explain why they are
:32:54. > :32:59.using the medium tyres, a cautious lap to get through the first phase
:32:59. > :33:03.of qualifying as discussed. From free practise, we are seeing
:33:03. > :33:09.that both compounds of tyre have been able to deliver lap time over
:33:09. > :33:14.the course of a few lap runs. In the case we talked about earlier,
:33:14. > :33:19.they did a slow lap between, but they are running a bit more fuel in
:33:19. > :33:23.free practise. Into qualifying, less than ten kilos on board it is
:33:23. > :33:28.diminishing returns. It is down to the driver, what they can do with
:33:28. > :33:31.the positions of the car. So, Nico Hulkenberg setting the pace here in
:33:31. > :33:35.Hulkenberg setting the pace here in the second part of qualifying.
:33:35. > :33:43.Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are on decent laps on the tyres.
:33:43. > :33:48.They have done one run in Q1. They did this in malaisa, using it
:33:48. > :33:53.gently in Q2 and hard in Q2. It worked well there. Sebastian Vettel,
:33:53. > :33:57.you are riding with him. Mark Webber has gone fastest. It should
:33:57. > :34:01.abcompetitive mark. Then we will see what Sebastian Vettel can do
:34:02. > :34:06.here heading down to the final turn. He is fastest in the first and the
:34:06. > :34:13.second sectors but that is compared to Nico Hulkenberg and Mark Webber.
:34:13. > :34:21.Let's watch him across the line. It will be a good lap. Not as quick as
:34:21. > :34:26.Fernando Alonso earlier. A 1.27.8. Now he has done it on tyres that
:34:26. > :34:31.have done some six laps. Paul Di Resta on a good lap here.
:34:31. > :34:36.This looks as though it could beat Sebastian Vettel's pace. Yes, it
:34:36. > :34:39.does. Paul Di Resta fastest in a 1: 33. He is on the medium compound
:34:39. > :34:45.tyres. So he did not have to scrub tyres
:34:45. > :34:51.like the Red Bulls. That gained him an edge. He will thop is enough to
:34:51. > :34:59.get him into the top ten. Let's watch Kimi Raikkonen. I think that
:34:59. > :35:04.he scrubbed all of that off. He is hunting for every advantage he can
:35:04. > :35:13.get. Let's see what Kimi can do. He is
:35:13. > :35:19.just in the 1: 33. Fourth fastest. Also on a new set of the medium
:35:19. > :35:25.compound tyre. Now on board with Fernando Alonso. Let's listen and
:35:25. > :35:30.watch. A little wide there, through the
:35:30. > :35:34.apex but getting away with it. Let's listen and watch. This is
:35:34. > :35:39.what low fuel and those tyres look like in the hands of the double
:35:39. > :35:45.champion. That is what is looks like from the outside! DRS zone on
:35:45. > :35:49.the back stretch as well as on the start/finish straight. Now, the
:35:49. > :35:56.tricky turn 11. You can see him straightening the
:35:56. > :36:02.wheel in the middle of the corner. Massa has been fastest in the
:36:02. > :36:09.middle sector. Massa has gone third. Fernando
:36:09. > :36:15.Alonso, looking a little slower on this lap. An aggressive turn into
:36:15. > :36:21.the last couple of corners. Fernando Alonso is going to be
:36:21. > :36:26.challenging the top spot. He does go faster. Only just.
:36:26. > :36:33.He should be safely into the top ten with that lap.
:36:33. > :36:39.What has Jenson Button done? He is eighth quickest.
:36:39. > :36:45.I would think he will have to find more. He will have to anybody the
:36:45. > :36:52.1: 33s to get in the top ten. Button on the scrubbed tyres there.
:36:52. > :36:56.What is going on? A squabbling over the positioning. Massa must feel he
:36:56. > :37:02.was held up by Nico Hulkenberg. He cruised down from eight to seven.
:37:02. > :37:12.That is a less than helpful Massa repaying the compliment from
:37:12. > :37:15.
:37:16. > :37:20.earlier in the lap. There is tail wind everywhere
:37:20. > :37:24.around the track. There could abcompromising balance
:37:24. > :37:30.on the scked attempt there. Lewis Hamilton crosses the line.
:37:30. > :37:36.Third fastest. So, Fernando Alonso, rest Restivo and Lewis Hamilton.
:37:36. > :37:42.Tom, what do you have for us? was talking about the temperatures,
:37:43. > :37:49.how they have fluctuated. It seems a little ridiculous to be giving a
:37:49. > :37:53.weather report from the desert, yesterday was scorcio but we have
:37:53. > :37:59.the sun coming out and a head wind down the straight.
:37:59. > :38:02.Well, the performance has been good by Nico Rosberg. He has gone
:38:02. > :38:09.fastest. That is a big margin over
:38:09. > :38:15.everything else. We were looking at how close the
:38:15. > :38:22.others were, now Nico Rosberg has blown them away.
:38:22. > :38:28.Now a Lotus of Romain Grosjean has set a pretty good first sector. We
:38:28. > :38:33.will see if he can try to do anything on the sect sector of the
:38:33. > :38:39.lap. Interesting, Rosberg has in the last few races in Britain brain
:38:39. > :38:44.always managed to finish the race where he started. He has been only
:38:44. > :38:47.outraced by a qualifier. Thank only one when it was a certain Mark
:38:47. > :38:52.Webber. There that was a mistake. He ran
:38:52. > :39:01.wide on the kerb. That could cost him a valuable tenth or twofplt
:39:01. > :39:04.From the split times you can see this is not the a -- not a front-
:39:04. > :39:10.running pace. I don't think it is enough to
:39:10. > :39:20.challenge the front ones. At the moment in the drop-zone we have
:39:20. > :39:23.Perez, and Jenson Button is in 11th place. McLarens are in the drop-
:39:23. > :39:27.zone with over two-and-a-half minutes to go. This is where it
:39:27. > :39:31.starts to get serious. This eare putting on the new, softer tyres.
:39:31. > :39:36.The medium, I should think. There is Perez.
:39:36. > :39:41.Jenson Button was on a new set of mediums. Nobody using the hard tyre
:39:41. > :39:45.now. There is more of an advantage on
:39:45. > :39:50.the medium tyres. Mark Webber challenging for the top spot.
:39:50. > :39:59.Safely into the top ten but a little off what Rosberg did a
:39:59. > :40:05.moment ago. The Red Bull is working well in the medium speed corners.
:40:05. > :40:11.The first sector is pretty much a straight line. So struggling to get
:40:11. > :40:15.the maximum from the package. The sect sector is combined.
:40:15. > :40:21.The McLarens are both out on the track. Desperate to get into the
:40:21. > :40:27.top ten. To do that they have to beat Adrian Sutil. Kimi Raikkonen
:40:27. > :40:33.is not as far up as he would like to be. Paul Di Resta is safe. He is
:40:33. > :40:39.iting in the pits. He eis happy on his 1: 33.03.
:40:39. > :40:45.And Jenson Button goes on to a lop to try to get into the top ten.
:40:45. > :40:52.I'm sure this will be a better lap with a clean run, but currently
:40:52. > :41:00.sitting at 1: 4 seconds off the pace. It is a while since we have
:41:00. > :41:05.seen a McLaren in that situation. He eis racing against qualifying
:41:05. > :41:11.here. Here is Adrian Sutil, one to watch, but Paul Di Resta has put in
:41:11. > :41:15.a lap good enough for fourth. Ricardo has pushed him down. So he
:41:15. > :41:20.has improved. Adrian Sutil has to keep his lap together.
:41:20. > :41:24.Force India use the gearbox, they have the Mercedes engine, they use
:41:24. > :41:29.the simulator at McLaren and probably some facilities. It must
:41:29. > :41:34.hurt. On one hand the money coming in for the team to McLaren on the
:41:34. > :41:39.other hand, they are doing, the other team are doing a better job.
:41:40. > :41:45.Let's see how the session finishes Here comes Adrian Sutil. He goes
:41:45. > :41:49.sixth. 1: 33: 3.
:41:49. > :41:56.Close to Paul Di Resta's time. It knocks Kimi Raikkonen down out
:41:56. > :42:06.of the top ten. Sebastian Vettel has don a 1: 32: 7.
:42:06. > :42:08.
:42:08. > :42:14.Kimi Raikkonen on a lap. Button is going to cross the line.
:42:14. > :42:18.Is it enough? It is for the moment, but will he stay there? Kimi
:42:18. > :42:23.Raikkonen crosses the line. Ut button is tenth. What is Perez
:42:23. > :42:31.going to do? He eis 12th. Is there anyone out there to challenge
:42:31. > :42:37.Ricardo? Is he on a lap? No, he eis down. That is sorted. Massa does
:42:37. > :42:41.improve. In eighth place, but no- one there to challenge Button's
:42:41. > :42:46.tenth. He has just made it into the top ten.
:42:46. > :42:52.Romain Grosjean did not make it in the second Lotus. Nor has Perez.
:42:52. > :42:55.The pressure continues. He is only two tenth off Jenson Button but it
:42:55. > :43:02.makes a world of difference in terms of positioning.
:43:02. > :43:05.You can lose a Grand Prix by a thousand andth of a second.
:43:05. > :43:11.Look at the shake of the head from Romain Grosjean. He is going
:43:11. > :43:15.through a tough time. They changed the chassis for him. They are
:43:15. > :43:20.trying to give him opportunities but it is not coming together for
:43:20. > :43:26.him. He has natural speed. Let's hear
:43:26. > :43:31.from Jenson. Hey! I did what you said, dauv.
:43:32. > :43:41.Lovely job! No, whatever Dave said to him, his race engineer it
:43:42. > :43:43.
:43:43. > :43:47.obviously worked. It is a bit sad, that the world
:43:47. > :43:52.champion, driving for the McLaren team is so excited to make it in to
:43:52. > :43:57.the top ten, but that is the way it is for McLaren.
:43:57. > :44:06.Daniel Ricciardo starred in China but he has not made it through.
:44:06. > :44:10.Nico Hulkenberg, Bottas and Jean- Nico Hulkenberg, Bottas and Jean-
:44:10. > :44:15.Eric Vergne will also eliminated. You made it through? Yes, by a few
:44:15. > :44:20.tenths, but I'm not disapoint -- disappointed. Daniel Ricciardo is
:44:20. > :44:23.looking well. If tomorrow we are able to manage a perfect race, a
:44:23. > :44:27.perfect strategy we can dream with some points.
:44:27. > :44:32.So you think that going from 12th place or higher, depending on what
:44:32. > :44:38.happens in the session is not too bad for you? You can get some
:44:38. > :44:43.points? Yes. We are happy. The pace of the car. Where Jenson is, we
:44:43. > :44:46.cannot expect higher than that. I come tomorrow to hope to have a
:44:46. > :44:49.perfect day. We wish you the best. Thank you
:44:50. > :44:56.very much. The final part of qualifying is
:44:56. > :45:01.underway in Bahrain. We are in for the shoot-out for the top spot. For
:45:01. > :45:05.the pole position. Gary, the players are separated by
:45:05. > :45:08.tiny margins and Jenson Button is delighted getting into the top ten.
:45:08. > :45:16.It is turning into a competitive It is turning into a competitive
:45:16. > :45:22.session? I was to predict a 33: 3, but when I saw the times, I thought
:45:22. > :45:27.was it a 33: 1 or a 33: 9? So looking at the tyres, the medium
:45:27. > :45:30.tyre is quicker but come the race day tomorrow. It is not that
:45:30. > :45:35.critical which tyre you have on the car.
:45:35. > :45:41.We saw them into the 1: 32: 7 for Sebastian Vettel. Do you think that
:45:41. > :45:47.there will be better times than that? Last year it was a 32: 4. I
:45:47. > :45:50.would not be surprised to see a 32: 4. Something similar. The track is
:45:50. > :45:54.quick. The sun is staying with the cloud cover. So the track
:45:54. > :46:01.conditions are good. Thank you very much, Gary.
:46:01. > :46:07.Celebrated his 27th birthday, did Paul Di Resta. Let's watch him now
:46:07. > :46:13.has he goes on a lap of the Sakhir Circuit. It may abchallenge to go
:46:13. > :46:17.for pole position. They have a rap rapid car.
:46:17. > :46:22.-- rapid car. Here we can see a glimpse of the
:46:22. > :46:25.longer track used here in 2010, but not popular with the drivers. They
:46:25. > :46:30.reverted to the shorter track last year.
:46:30. > :46:33.It was a fun circuit to drive, but it did not add anything to the
:46:33. > :46:39.racing spectacle. No real overtaking opportunities. So it was
:46:39. > :46:44.back to this circuit. Down into turn nine. Through the apex nicely.
:46:44. > :46:52.Turn 10, sorry, as it exits from the back straight. A tail wind. You
:46:52. > :46:56.have to throw the car in at high speed about 108 miles an hour.
:46:56. > :47:01.Shrugging off about 57 miles an hour, then up over the Yahoo!
:47:01. > :47:11.Section. Flat out at 126789 it is a drop here.
:47:11. > :47:16.
:47:16. > :47:21.A bend down into turn 13. A lot of care and into the exit.
:47:21. > :47:25.Paul Di Resta's best qualifying time this year has been ninth in
:47:25. > :47:30.Australia. He goes fastest for the moment, but we have to see what
:47:30. > :47:40.everyone else can do. 1: 33: 3.
:47:40. > :47:43.Rosberg has proved. He goes 1: 33:5.
:47:43. > :47:47.Let's see what Fernando Alonso can do. He is fastest in the middle
:47:47. > :47:52.sector. The Ferrari is flying. It is second fastest.
:47:52. > :47:57.Just over a tenth of a second slower than from Rosberg. That is a
:47:57. > :48:00.really good opening gambit from Nico Rosberg. Impressive stuff.
:48:00. > :48:06.Mark Webber comes on to the circuit for his final charge.
:48:06. > :48:11.We are looking at nice shiny new tyres on Nico Rosberg's car. He did
:48:11. > :48:14.a lap earlier, so we can see more dramatic stuff from the Mercedes.
:48:14. > :48:19.It will be interesting if the Mercedes get up front.
:48:19. > :48:24.If they get the track position it could be helpful, but Lewis
:48:24. > :48:34.Hamilton and Mark Webber both have grid penalties. Lewis Hamilton with
:48:34. > :48:45.
:48:45. > :48:52.a five-place grid penalty, Mark team-mate is on the soft tyre,
:48:52. > :48:56.conflicting strategy to start this Grand Prix for Ferrari. Jenson
:48:56. > :49:01.Button has gone out on the medium whites tyres, a split strategy from
:49:01. > :49:05.Ferrari, let's see if anyone else has done something similar. It looks
:49:05. > :49:10.like everyone else apart from Massa is on the medium tyre. Very
:49:10. > :49:13.interesting from Ferrari, playing the strategic game as well, but we
:49:14. > :49:17.are just seeing the clock ticked away at the top of the screen, and
:49:17. > :49:23.they are all now on an out-lap, I think. Nobody has stayed in the
:49:23. > :49:27.pits. I think most of them are going to go for it here and try and get a
:49:27. > :49:31.lap time in, rather than sit around and just have that tyre choice
:49:31. > :49:36.tomorrow. It is Mark Webber who will be coming around on to a flying lap,
:49:36. > :49:42.we will keep an eye on those sector times, Rosberg is quickest from his
:49:42. > :49:47.earlier lap, Alonzo was fastest in the long middle second sector. The
:49:47. > :49:56.final sector was Rosberg again. It is a mix between Ferrari and
:49:56. > :50:00.Mercedes at this stage. Let's keep an eye on Mark Webber first. He has
:50:00. > :50:05.compromised his line a little bit for turn two, let's see how he
:50:05. > :50:11.breaks into turn four. Very late downshift and immediately shifting
:50:11. > :50:16.up again, just messy, unfortunately! That is how they get the best out of
:50:16. > :50:26.the high exhaust gases. He locks up, runs wide, there goes a 10th, and he
:50:26. > :50:27.
:50:27. > :50:33.will know it. Sutil has done the first sector time as Webber. Still
:50:33. > :50:38.hesitant as he works the wheel. So I am not sure this is the ultimate lap
:50:38. > :50:41.that Mark could have done, certainly in the opening corners. Paul di
:50:41. > :50:46.Resta is a couple of tenths faster than Sutil and Webber in at first
:50:46. > :50:54.sector, pretty much confirming he is leaving some lap time behind.
:50:54. > :51:04.listen. A small correction on the entry. You can really hear it
:51:04. > :51:12.
:51:12. > :51:17.but meanwhile, down the track, Rosberg is a 10th also faster than
:51:17. > :51:20.Vettel, that is only good enough for fourth for Webber. Rosberg is still
:51:20. > :51:27.looking good for pole position, let's see how the middle sector is
:51:27. > :51:30.an fold. No purple times coming up for anybody. Rosberg has just gone
:51:30. > :51:38.fastest of all in that middle sector, so he continues to look
:51:38. > :51:42.good, let's follow... Vettel is slower by two tenths. Paul di Resta,
:51:42. > :51:47.he goes fifth for the moment. That would be a fantastic starting
:51:47. > :51:51.position for him if he gets to stay there. Rosberg comes over the line,
:51:51. > :51:56.even faster, Rosberg is fastest in Bahrain. Sebastian Vettel goes
:51:56. > :52:03.second fastest, and he doesn't have an answer for the pace of the
:52:03. > :52:08.Mercedes. Fernando Alonso, a big slide! It is not going to be enough,
:52:08. > :52:16.he was a 10th also down, and he bails out, it's to the pits, he knew
:52:16. > :52:20.it. Third, that is where he qualified in Shanghai, he will not
:52:20. > :52:25.be worried. Jenson Button heads back into the pit lane as well, but Nico
:52:25. > :52:30.Rosberg, just over one year from his first ever and only pole position to
:52:30. > :52:34.date, he now takes his second pole position, and in the last five Grand
:52:34. > :52:39.Prix, in Bahrain, wherever he has started the race, he has finished
:52:39. > :52:43.it. I wonder whether he will keep that record. Hamilton this time out
:52:43. > :52:50.qualified by his team-mate. Well done, Nico, pole position, good
:52:51. > :52:54.effort! Yes, come on, guys, that is how it's done! Well, we have heard
:52:54. > :52:58.that comment before, but Nico Rosberg has had to wait quite a long
:52:58. > :53:04.time to earn his second pole position for the Mercedes team, but
:53:04. > :53:07.Vettel will be on the front row. You would say that the red ball has
:53:07. > :53:13.better tyre wear and perhaps look after its tyres better. -- the Red
:53:13. > :53:18.Bull. Unless Mercedes have found something really special overnight.
:53:18. > :53:22.To throw this into the mix, most of those long-run comparisons are done
:53:22. > :53:27.in clean air, and the Red Bull will find yourself running in the dirty
:53:27. > :53:32.air of the Mercedes, so it may be a different story tomorrow. It has
:53:32. > :53:41.been very overcast, bright by UK standards, but dull by Bahraini
:53:41. > :53:47.standards. It was Lewis Hamilton last time in Shanghai, and you have
:53:47. > :53:49.to go back to the first time that Mercedes were in Formula One that
:53:49. > :53:59.they had back-to-back pole positions. The order from
:53:59. > :54:33.
:54:33. > :54:37.qualifying, with penalties to be thing as rubbing people's nose in
:54:37. > :54:42.it, you know. It would be great if we were rubbing it in people's nose,
:54:42. > :54:46.but we are not quite there yet. As we saw in China, the car is not
:54:46. > :54:51.quite as quick in the race, and tomorrow will be tough, for sure.
:54:51. > :54:54.This track is hard on the rear tyres, and that is what it is all
:54:54. > :54:58.about in the race. The card that works the rear tyres less will be
:54:58. > :55:03.able to win the race. We have done a lot to improve that this weekend,
:55:03. > :55:13.tried to progress, but is it enough? I don't know. A blinding lap, shall
:55:13. > :55:17.
:55:17. > :55:21.to brake very late, and there is always the risk of locking the
:55:21. > :55:26.inside. If you do, you lose three tenths. Going into turn four here,
:55:26. > :55:30.always running super wide over the Exeter, just trying to nail it. This
:55:30. > :55:34.is the two fastest corners of the track, right-left, and it is
:55:34. > :55:38.difficult because the wind is coming from behind today, and you all of a
:55:38. > :55:42.sudden have a lot less grip than other corners. So it is really
:55:42. > :55:47.difficult braking down there, easy to make a mistake. This is a
:55:47. > :55:51.challenging corner, we cannot see anything anymore! It is a really
:55:52. > :55:57.long lateral entry, very easy to work the inside front tyre, there is
:55:57. > :56:01.no load. Then into the fast section around the back, this is a third
:56:01. > :56:06.gear corner, running wide all the way, and this next part is easily
:56:06. > :56:10.flat out. Overheating the rear tyre through that corner, so this corner
:56:10. > :56:13.is always on the oversteer side, you saw the nervous steering wheel, just
:56:13. > :56:18.because the rear tyres are completely overheating. Going into
:56:18. > :56:22.the last corner, a difficult corner, you always understeer out
:56:23. > :56:28.over the curb. It is always a bit risky, you can see the understeer
:56:28. > :56:35.there, anyway, some people are able to see it! Davis did not see it, so
:56:35. > :56:39.there you go! Going into the race, what do you expect? For sure,
:56:39. > :56:43.starting first is going to help a lot, hopefully we will get away and
:56:43. > :56:47.be first, everybody behind me is going to have to tear, what you
:56:47. > :56:52.say, turbulence from my car, so more sliding will damage their tyres.
:56:52. > :56:56.That will help, and from there it is all down to pace and managing the
:56:56. > :57:01.rear tyres. It is difficult for me to say if we have got what it takes,
:57:01. > :57:11.it will be a challenge, but with a good strategy it is possible.
:57:11. > :57:12.
:57:12. > :57:16.thank you. And by, we wish you all had, how would you sum up
:57:16. > :57:21.qualifying? It has not been the best of days, congratulations to Nico, a
:57:21. > :57:24.great result for him. We can still do something from there, I guess.
:57:24. > :57:31.Tell us about what happened in free practice, is it a concern for the
:57:31. > :57:35.race tomorrow? For me, I don't know exactly what went on. I think they
:57:35. > :57:39.are still investigating to find out what happened. It was not a very
:57:39. > :57:44.good situation for us, the team, because we had to change the
:57:45. > :57:48.gearbox, but those things happen. There is still a long way to go.
:57:48. > :57:53.their strategy that can help give you a put up there tomorrow? Is that
:57:53. > :57:56.what it is going to come down to? There is no particular strategy to
:57:56. > :58:00.give me an advantage, I just hope to gain as many positions at the start
:58:00. > :58:04.as possible. Understandably flat there, will that
:58:04. > :58:07.be in the back of his mind tomorrow? He has been around racing long
:58:07. > :58:11.enough to know that he just needs to get out and make the most of it. In
:58:11. > :58:16.many ways, it will play to his strengths, he is a natural born
:58:16. > :58:21.racer, the car is quick, Nico is not graduate where the car sits in terms
:58:21. > :58:24.of tyres over the weekend, so can he win? That is a big question, but
:58:24. > :58:28.Lewis can move forward. incredible amount of work done in
:58:28. > :58:33.the Mercedes garage from Friday. This is a team that are making big
:58:33. > :58:36.steps in their development, and that is why they are burning so much
:58:36. > :58:40.late-night oil, not more so than McLaren, who are really trying to
:58:40. > :58:43.come back from a very difficult start. What Lewis said, they are
:58:43. > :58:50.ahead of where he expected them to be when he signed for the team last
:58:51. > :58:54.year. Fernando, it seemed lusty that the magic number on Saturday was
:58:54. > :59:01.fifth and you can still fight amongst the top guys, so it must be
:59:01. > :59:05.good to fight further up, a better chance tomorrow. Yeah, definitely,
:59:05. > :59:10.normally we are weakest on Saturday, qualification, the pace is not
:59:10. > :59:15.great, and then on Sunday we are together with the best ones. If we
:59:15. > :59:20.start in front, as we saw in China, very happy with third, it is true
:59:20. > :59:26.that tomorrow we need to think about the strategy carefully, because
:59:26. > :59:30.tyres will be, again, the key point, but the signs of the long run pace,
:59:30. > :59:33.this morning with the league as well, it shows that we'll will be
:59:33. > :59:37.competitive tomorrow, and I don't see any other possibilities, so it
:59:37. > :59:43.is looking good. He has given himself the best chance, he is
:59:43. > :59:47.brilliant around this circuit. Looking good, isn't it? He is, the
:59:47. > :59:51.start is crucial, Ferrari make great starts, very tricky first corner,
:59:51. > :59:55.the cars almost stopped at the apex, and he knows that being in the top
:59:55. > :00:00.three get out of that troubled area of the Middle grade, so is
:00:00. > :00:04.confident, playing the long game. He wants to win them all, but it is
:00:04. > :00:08.unlikely he will. Ferrari certainly look good on their usage of tyres,
:00:08. > :00:12.and it will be interesting to see which one of the two conflicting
:00:12. > :00:22.strategies between himself and Massa turns out to be quicker. That is
:00:22. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:45.something his boss will be having a interesting race here. Especially
:00:45. > :00:50.for you? Yes. We have a good race here. The race tomorrow will be
:00:50. > :00:55.challenging, but to be in front, to try to keep our pace, I think that
:00:55. > :01:00.the race is very open. Why have you split the strategy? It
:01:00. > :01:09.is a matter of confidence for the drivers. Of course, we would like
:01:09. > :01:16.to keep as many hard new tyres for Fernando, if you look at what he
:01:16. > :01:20.did on Q1. It was an impressive lap. Two strategies for Ferrari. How
:01:20. > :01:25.difficult do you think it will be. The tyres are close together?
:01:25. > :01:32.It will come down to the track trfs tomorrow. It has been cloudy today.
:01:32. > :01:37.We have had rain as well. Bu so a number of factors, that, honestly,
:01:37. > :01:42.they don't even know they have to use both tyres at some point in the
:01:42. > :01:46.Grand Prix. It gives both drivers to find out which is working best.
:01:46. > :01:53.They got the opportunity to see over the first 10, 15 laps, but
:01:53. > :01:58.then it is a different story to getting into the of the Grand Prix
:01:58. > :02:03.which is the last 10 or so lapse. It is so different when you are
:02:03. > :02:07.starting the race with a fuel load. It is a completely different car?
:02:07. > :02:11.It is. It is like strapping a couple of
:02:11. > :02:15.extra passengers in the car. It changes the balance, the whole way
:02:15. > :02:21.you drive. Let's hear from Massa now.
:02:21. > :02:25.You jumped forward to the second row of the grid alongside Fernando
:02:25. > :02:34.Alonso. Girch strategies for tomorrow, it looks like? Yes, think
:02:34. > :02:40.that knowing two cars could be in front. We did a gamble.
:02:40. > :02:43.We shall see if we are in a good position. To look if the car is
:02:43. > :02:47.losing position. If this work it is can be a very interesting thing for
:02:47. > :02:55.the race. So the position I am starting on, the hard is not bad
:02:55. > :03:02.for the tyres that I have. Confident that maybe tomorrow, it
:03:02. > :03:06.can be a good race for my strategy. Well, Paul, congratulations. A
:03:07. > :03:12.great qualifying. You are the top Brit on the grid tomorrow? Yep. I
:03:12. > :03:18.didn't know that I think it was a great qualifying session for us. Q1
:03:18. > :03:23.and Q2 were good. That set us to Q3 with more tyres that the grid, but
:03:23. > :03:27.as the track gripped up, we did not take advantage of it. We were
:03:27. > :03:31.thrown a dummy in the last set and then lost a bit of performance in
:03:31. > :03:35.sector three, but where we are starting, we don't deserve to be
:03:35. > :03:40.higher than that. It puts us in good stead tomorrow. The tyre
:03:40. > :03:44.strategy will be key at the end of the Grand Prix to score points.
:03:44. > :03:47.The hopes of the nation resting on your shoulder. Tell bus the tyre
:03:47. > :03:51.strategy tomorrow. What is different about this Grand Prix in
:03:51. > :03:55.your predictions than the last race? The strange thing is that the
:03:55. > :04:00.compounds are working similar. There will be a difference. To ask
:04:00. > :04:04.me which one to race now, I could not tell you. It is difficult to
:04:04. > :04:08.choose. It will be who gets the tyre in the right working race, but
:04:08. > :04:13.a more normal race than in previous years. The degradation is more
:04:13. > :04:19.dominated by the rear, as we are used to, not in the front like in
:04:19. > :04:25.China. That is the key. If you want to do a two-stop or a three thv
:04:25. > :04:31.stop. It will be about making them last. You look like you are flying
:04:31. > :04:36.and as a team as well. We finished sixth lass year. If we
:04:36. > :04:42.finish where we start we can build on that. The car is strong. If the
:04:42. > :04:47.performance was like it was in malaisa, I believe we can do that.
:04:47. > :04:53.We wish you the best. Thanks Paul. It has been a difficult week.
:04:53. > :05:01.It is a traction circuit. We will see what happens tomorrow.
:05:01. > :05:04.We want to know what Dave told you to do to get from Q2 to Q3.
:05:04. > :05:10.Sorry. On the radio, we heard you. You
:05:11. > :05:15.were excited to get from Q2 to Q3? It has been a long weekend. We had
:05:15. > :05:18.been off the pace. So, that was amazing.
:05:18. > :05:23.Little achievements like that is good for the team.
:05:23. > :05:28.It sounds like this could be their most difficult weekend so far?
:05:28. > :05:32.remains to be seen what will happen. The tyres are more persistent than
:05:32. > :05:35.previously. It is a sign of the sorry state that the McLaren are in.
:05:35. > :05:40.That they are happy to be in tenth place.
:05:40. > :05:42.Happy? He was cheering! He was obviously more subdued in the
:05:42. > :05:47.interview, but you can score points from there.
:05:47. > :05:50.If there are competitive cars behind he can also lose out, but
:05:50. > :05:54.they have difficulties. They know that.
:05:54. > :06:02.It is about damage limitation. He is looking to score points. We
:06:02. > :06:08.spoke to Perez, he thought he could get points. 12th was not too bad
:06:08. > :06:11.but getting out of that could be sticky? There are difficult times
:06:11. > :06:15.ahead. It's a tough one.
:06:15. > :06:20.I have to admit that Nico was too fast. Congratulations to him. He
:06:20. > :06:26.had a very, very strong lap.Ish initially I thought I lost the pole
:06:26. > :06:31.by a little bit. I think that the first run in Q3 was more or less
:06:31. > :06:37.the same time. On my final run, then I was told on the radio that
:06:37. > :06:41.the gap was big. So, yeah, it was not in reach.
:06:41. > :06:47.So, all in all, I'm very happy. Very happy to start from the front
:06:48. > :06:51.row. I think it is good to start with a leader, with the leaders.
:06:51. > :06:55.Hopefully we will have a good start off the line and a good start to
:06:55. > :06:57.the Grand Prix. Then we see what happens with the rest. We managed
:06:58. > :07:02.to save tyres. Let's see what happens.
:07:03. > :07:08.David, qualifying is one thing, what about the Red Bull pace
:07:08. > :07:13.tomorrow? They have acknowledged, Mercedes too, how the car is under
:07:13. > :07:17.the long run. They feel under pressure from Red Bull and Ferrari.
:07:17. > :07:23.And with Sebastian Vettel on the front row, you must expect big
:07:23. > :07:29.things? It will be interesting. Ferrari make great starts. Both
:07:29. > :07:35.Ferrari and Rosberg are under pressure.
:07:35. > :07:39.Now, Mark Webber. I felt good in P and P3. Overall, I
:07:39. > :07:47.would have liked to have extracted more from the car.
:07:47. > :07:51.It is easy to lose a little lap time. That is how it is for all.
:07:51. > :07:55.There are a lot of treacherous corners. So, overall, I think it
:07:55. > :07:59.would have been difficult to be on the front row. I left a little out
:07:59. > :08:04.there. But overall we have a different tyre strategy. We have a
:08:04. > :08:08.set of primes on most people. So we see how that will bode for the race.
:08:08. > :08:12.Seventh with the penalties it is not too bad. It would have been
:08:12. > :08:18.nice to be a row further up with a penalty, but it is a long Grand
:08:18. > :08:22.Prix tomorrow. We have bumped into Rubens
:08:22. > :08:28.Barrichello, it is a welcome return to the paddock. What are you doing
:08:28. > :08:31.here? I am working for Brazilian TV Global. Working on the set up of
:08:31. > :08:35.the cars. Talking about the grid. Being with them to talk about the
:08:35. > :08:44.race, basically. Fun. My question to you, is when
:08:44. > :08:49.you were watching the malaise yarb Grand Prix and heard Ross Brawn
:08:49. > :08:54.saying "negative" did it bring back memories for you? It was just like
:08:54. > :08:58.a movie! I saw that some time ago. It is something that it is so much
:08:59. > :09:05.nicer for the public. They can see it. They can participate. Actually,
:09:05. > :09:10.they can say that it is right or wrong. Ten years ago, it was only
:09:10. > :09:15.the driver who knew some stuff that he either agreed or not. So it is
:09:16. > :09:21.nice that the public is on it. Two quick questions, how many wins
:09:21. > :09:24.do you think you lost out, that you could have win but given the team
:09:24. > :09:28.orders. On the back of that, Fernando Alonso has been pushed
:09:28. > :09:32.hard. You are a friend of his, have you been having a conversation with
:09:32. > :09:38.him how to deal with the pressure in Ferrari? Well, the first answer
:09:38. > :09:41.is a tough one. I could have said maybe ten. I could have said one.
:09:41. > :09:50.But it, honestly it will not change our past.
:09:50. > :09:54.It is what it is. I am happy that at least now things
:09:54. > :10:00.have changed. That past there was strange.
:10:00. > :10:06.At least this present is changed because of a reason at the back.
:10:06. > :10:11.With Philippe, he is a bit more estranged. All of a sudden he
:10:11. > :10:17.became competitive, but it is more like in here than on his hands or
:10:17. > :10:21.his feet or on driving the car. He is feeling well. He is starting to
:10:21. > :10:26.enjoy himself again. You know, it makes such a
:10:26. > :10:30.difference. Whenever we are well settled, when we don't put limits
:10:30. > :10:36.to ourselves, we just go and drive as fast as we can, we do a lot
:10:36. > :10:42.better. Rubens can you enjoy what you are
:10:42. > :10:47.seeing here now in 2012? As an ex- driver? Are you feeling Formula One
:10:47. > :10:51.still? It would not be fair to tell you that I didn't feel, it was
:10:51. > :10:56.mixed feelings when I saw the cars going around. Especially yesterday
:10:56. > :11:00.when I went to the racing track. Watching the cars go by. There are
:11:00. > :11:04.great racing drivers. There are cars that could have
:11:04. > :11:09.better race car drivers there. So, sometimes you feel, like I could
:11:09. > :11:14.jump into that one, but having said that, I am having a wonderful life
:11:14. > :11:22.in the ways that I am back to Formula One. I turned a page. You
:11:22. > :11:28.never know. Maybe I could be in a team in the future. You never know.
:11:28. > :11:31.It is wonderful to talk to you. We will talk to you as the season
:11:31. > :11:41.unfolds. Good luck with the stock car racing.
:11:41. > :12:10.
:12:10. > :12:14.Well, Gary is joining us now. Have you done the number crunching? What
:12:14. > :12:18.do you think about the strategy tomorrow? Really, the strategy is
:12:18. > :12:22.everything. It will happen tomorrow. From the numbers I have put
:12:22. > :12:28.together, a two-stop race is the fastest. Starting with the option
:12:28. > :12:32.tyre going to sets of primes. A three-stop race is five seconds
:12:32. > :12:36.slower. So you can go into the race pushing harder. You don't have to
:12:36. > :12:40.worry, you can convert to a three- stop.
:12:40. > :12:44.Massa starting on the hard, Fernando Alonso on the medium, what
:12:44. > :12:48.do you think? Well it is good. Ferrari will have a chance to see
:12:48. > :12:54.how well the hard tyre is lasting. They have a good situation there.
:12:54. > :13:00.Not long to wait and see. Join us for the highlights tomorrow on BBC
:13:00. > :13:04.One and BBC One HD at 5pm. So, Mercedes take back-to-back pole