The Brazilian Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:07. > :01:12.It is the conclusion to the 2013 season, it is time for a bit of a

:01:13. > :01:21.reflection, contemplation and sophistication. Who do we think got

:01:22. > :01:28.the best start this year? I think we should talk about Fernando Alonso.

:01:29. > :01:37.Pick a race. Spa, Spain. Do we really think it was the best? There

:01:38. > :01:43.were other candidates. I think his team-mate, Massa. British Grand

:01:44. > :01:47.Prix, gained six places. We are so overjoyed that in the wisdom of BBC,

:01:48. > :01:52.you are the winner of the best start of the season. It was definitely a

:01:53. > :01:58.fantastic start, we overtook so many cars and that is really nice. It

:01:59. > :02:05.will go to my museum. Thank you very much. I hope I can repeat many

:02:06. > :02:10.starts like that. Best overtake. He has that charisma and style and can

:02:11. > :02:16.make something special out of an occasion. I am talking about

:02:17. > :02:19.Fernando Alonso. Last year he won the best start, but this year you

:02:20. > :02:26.got the best overtaking manoeuvre, how did you do it? Overtaking mark

:02:27. > :02:34.is not easy because he is a fighter and a great racing driver. I used

:02:35. > :02:42.all of the KERS out of turn one. There was space enough for the car.

:02:43. > :02:49.There was not time to back off so I had to pass. We have to talk about

:02:50. > :02:55.driver of the year and I think the most improved driver of the year was

:02:56. > :03:00.Grosjean. You thought you would never say that. Which race? I

:03:01. > :03:05.thought Texas was a very mature drive but there are other great

:03:06. > :03:13.ones. The way he kept Hulkenberg behind. This is drive of the year,

:03:14. > :03:22.can you guess for which race? It is probably career. It is a pleasure, a

:03:23. > :03:26.privilege to have this one. I will put it among the other good trophies

:03:27. > :03:32.I have, hopefully there will be a Formula 1 trophy very soon. Thank

:03:33. > :03:36.you. We should give an award called broadcast of the year to the driver

:03:37. > :03:41.that has given us the best team radio entertainment and I think that

:03:42. > :03:44.is Lewis Hamilton. I cannot think of anyone else who gave us such a laugh

:03:45. > :03:49.at that moment and I would agree with everything you have said,

:03:50. > :03:56.except that. What particular moment are you talking about? I can't drive

:03:57. > :04:02.any slower and I have been overtaken by a Williams. Are you going to pull

:04:03. > :04:12.me in? We need to manage this position. I am trying to.

:04:13. > :04:19.Broadcaster of the year. For keeping that entertained with your fabulous

:04:20. > :04:26.radio quips. It is a trophy, I suppose was up thank you to the

:04:27. > :04:33.team. Who has been naughty? Sebastian Vettel has been a bit

:04:34. > :04:43.controversial. He has been properly naughty and he has been cheeky. The

:04:44. > :04:47.BBC have decided you are... No, this naughty boy is for swearing. Doing

:04:48. > :04:56.doughnuts when you were not supposed to. It is not that naughty, is it?

:04:57. > :05:00.It was expensive but was it naughty? I am very proud, officially it is

:05:01. > :05:05.the first time I am the bad boy. Usually nice guys finish last. And

:05:06. > :05:14.the bad guys get to take the prom queen home. I don't know where she

:05:15. > :05:17.is but I am sure I will find! I think we also need to do something

:05:18. > :05:22.to bring on record those who did something a little bit dippy. I am

:05:23. > :05:26.talking about Lewis, he completely did what Jenson Button did. They

:05:27. > :05:35.seem to always call into the wrong pets. He went in the wrong pets,

:05:36. > :05:39.Hamilton went into the wrong pet! You get another award, the BBC

:05:40. > :05:45.nostalgia award, you are so nostalgic about your time at McLaren

:05:46. > :05:48.that you pulled into their pit box. It is just amazing! It was a good

:05:49. > :05:54.experience and they said I could come back at any time! That is a

:05:55. > :05:57.good note to leave on. We have to give mark an award. He had had some

:05:58. > :06:05.incredible retirements, he is retiring. There have been a few

:06:06. > :06:10.retirements, can you remember walking under a ladder at the start

:06:11. > :06:15.of the season? I consider myself lucky. Anyway, thank you, BBC, I can

:06:16. > :06:19.see you have put a huge amount of imagination into the award and I am

:06:20. > :06:25.by excited to have it will stand pride of place next to my GP wins.

:06:26. > :06:34.Mark, you are a genius, I will miss you, I think you are a top guy. Who

:06:35. > :06:38.are you talking to? We are definitely talking to you now, hello

:06:39. > :06:43.and welcome to a wet qualifying session from Interlagos. There were

:06:44. > :06:46.so many reasons to watch this weekend. Undoubtedly Sebastian

:06:47. > :06:51.Vettel has dominated with his masterful, magical, majestic

:06:52. > :06:55.performance. This weekend, Spotlight on Mark Webber, for his last ever

:06:56. > :07:01.Formula 1 race and what an amazing place to do it. It is, this place is

:07:02. > :07:11.steeped in history. We have just bumped into eminence -- Emerson fit

:07:12. > :07:15.about it. -- Fittipaldi. It is unthinkable to think of a Grand Prix

:07:16. > :07:24.without a Brazilian driver. It is a fitting base to retire from. He has

:07:25. > :07:27.had a couple of good wins here. He has, we just walked past the podium

:07:28. > :07:32.and that is where he will be hoping to be. As he stepped out of the car

:07:33. > :07:38.after qualifying, he will start to feel, this is it, my last moment in

:07:39. > :07:44.a Grand Prix car. The last moment for Felipe Massa in a Ferrari, he

:07:45. > :07:51.will get a heroes welcome. Brazil are so patriotic. The reality is

:07:52. > :07:55.that as far as Felipe Massa is concerned, he is going to Williams,

:07:56. > :07:58.he is finally letting go of the number two slot, he will probably be

:07:59. > :08:04.number one at Williams and he needs and deserves that. In terms of this

:08:05. > :08:17.track, you have driven and one here, it looks amazing. It is of -- a very

:08:18. > :08:24.short nap. Busy for the drivers. The racetrack is bumpy, like the open

:08:25. > :08:31.roads here in Brazil. Even in these conditions, it is still physically a

:08:32. > :08:38.tough track. As you can tell, it is raining here. It was very wet

:08:39. > :08:44.yesterday. This is one of those tracks that does train quite well.

:08:45. > :09:05.It could throw up different conclusions. -- it does drain.

:09:06. > :09:11.If Sebastian Vettel wins, he will have taken nine wins on the bounce.

:09:12. > :09:15.Eight consecutive wins in one season, a record, happened last

:09:16. > :09:22.weekend in that car in Austin. Because Sebastian Vettel is a

:09:23. > :09:25.fanatical Formula 1 historian, he had to fight back the tears as he

:09:26. > :09:29.edged his name into the history books one last time. -- he etched

:09:30. > :09:40.his name. Vettel just gets in front. Grosjean

:09:41. > :09:47.goes into second place. Hamilton goes up to third. Webber lost out,

:09:48. > :09:53.big-time. Sutil has hit the wall and we have the safety car on track. It

:09:54. > :10:03.was contact with Maldonado. We need to manage these tyres. Let me focus.

:10:04. > :10:08.He has taken the place from Hamilton, it was a great move from

:10:09. > :10:10.Mark Webber. You are doing a great job, you need to manage this

:10:11. > :10:20.position. I am trying to. Bottas goes around the outside, he

:10:21. > :10:28.has made it. He has moved up into eighth position.

:10:29. > :10:31.Fernando Alonso moves into fifth place.

:10:32. > :10:37.Grosjean is hanging in there at the moment, doing a fine job of keeping

:10:38. > :10:44.Webber behind. ON RADIO: Do the same again. Is he

:10:45. > :10:48.going to make a lunge for it. It is not going to happen for him. He has

:10:49. > :10:54.used too much rear. He made a big mistake. That has dropped away and

:10:55. > :10:58.we are running out of laps. Ferrari are struggling for grip. This is

:10:59. > :11:02.Hulkenberg on Alonso. It looks as to the Ferrari has hit the cliff. He

:11:03. > :11:06.has a great speed advantage, moves to the inside. He is going to return

:11:07. > :11:10.the favour on Fernando Alonso, he was past him. But Alonso cuts back.

:11:11. > :11:15.Lovely race craft. First win for Vettel, first win for Red Bull in

:11:16. > :11:19.America, but it is his eighth in a row, the 12th of 2013.

:11:20. > :11:23.ON RADIO: You have to remember there is no guarantee they will last

:11:24. > :11:27.forever. I love you guys. So with that result and all that

:11:28. > :11:33.team adoration Vettel secured the headlines and Alonso secured second

:11:34. > :11:37.spot in the drivers' standing. Third place is up for the taking. Kimi

:11:38. > :11:41.Raikkonen is recovering from a back operation so Hamilton and Webber

:11:42. > :11:46.have a shot as moving up. Millions of reasons for Mercedes and Ferrari

:11:47. > :11:50.to confirm that second place in the constructor's table. 15 points is

:11:51. > :11:55.the difference, Lotus are still in that mix as well, Fernando Alonso

:11:56. > :11:59.has said that he feels a second dream, second is a dream that may

:12:00. > :12:03.not be realised by Ferrari this year.

:12:04. > :12:07.It certainly has been a disappointing year, really for them

:12:08. > :12:12.but you can't say the same the team behind us. Vettel has been

:12:13. > :12:17.extraordinary and seemed to take command, from Malaysia on wards. He

:12:18. > :12:21.has been dominant and some people may say, somewhat tedious, but is he

:12:22. > :12:26.the same as Michael Schumacher? He does it with a bigger smile and a

:12:27. > :12:30.more appealing approach to the way he goes about his motor racing. I

:12:31. > :12:33.would say not Malaysia. They have been dominant in Silverstone, the

:12:34. > :12:38.tyre change, everything that happened here, made it easy-peasy

:12:39. > :12:41.for Red Bull, and I think it has played into their hands, but someone

:12:42. > :12:46.had to drive the car. Sebastian Vettel did that, and he did it

:12:47. > :12:52.brilliantly. It he has done it brilliant. Ben,ed him eight in the a

:12:53. > :12:55.row at the last race in Austin Texas. Do you think this is a

:12:56. > :13:01.special era? Unquestionably, you need the look at the competition.

:13:02. > :13:05.And the drivers that are in the car, anyone who belittles the achievement

:13:06. > :13:09.of Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel is just being so blinkered by their

:13:10. > :13:16.love of the team they follow. This is a special period and I think the

:13:17. > :13:21.words of interest yen saying that, enjoy these times because they might

:13:22. > :13:27.never come back again. This could be the last World Champion Red Bull

:13:28. > :13:31.Racing win for all we know. It is unlikely but it is not impossible.

:13:32. > :13:35.It is interesting you were talking about that, I was thinking about

:13:36. > :13:41.Fernando Alonso and our website, we have an interview Lee did, and he

:13:42. > :13:44.does talk about Vettel and not particularly favourably, so we will

:13:45. > :13:49.discuss that again tomorrow, but in terms of those other team, Ferrari,

:13:50. > :13:52.McLaren, what are they? Is it these guys have to brilliant or has

:13:53. > :13:56.everybody else fallen behind? I think they have underperformed. Let

:13:57. > :13:59.us be clear about this. I think Ferrari, they have had probably one

:14:00. > :14:04.of the worst seasons they have had for a long time, by thaun our

:14:05. > :14:08.admission. They may sound extreme, McLaren have yet to finish on the

:14:09. > :14:11.podium. That is unheard of territory for McLaren, they need to get a

:14:12. > :14:15.grip, they have a change, they have announced a new driver, obviously

:14:16. > :14:19.general so seven is going to be there, let us hope they can bring

:14:20. > :14:24.the fight -- Jensen. We need them bringing the fight to Red Bullment

:14:25. > :14:27.while David thinks they maybe their possibly championship to win, I

:14:28. > :14:31.don't go along with that, I think Red Bull are going to be the team to

:14:32. > :14:36.beat. We don't know, but coming into this season there weren't many rule

:14:37. > :14:40.changes you could be forgiven for thinking it was closer than it was

:14:41. > :14:44.On On paper McLaren had the fastest car when you look at all the races

:14:45. > :14:49.but in the end they didn't have the reliability. They lost their driver

:14:50. > :14:52.in Lewis, in all of the uncomfortable moments there, they

:14:53. > :14:56.went for a radical change and it hasn't worked for them. It's the

:14:57. > :15:00.first time since 1980 they haven't had a podium finish, so a long time

:15:01. > :15:04.and they have done a very good job, I should say, of managing the

:15:05. > :15:09.disappointment this year, so top marks to their media team. Certainly

:15:10. > :15:17.been an intriguing season. Let us catch up with the latest news.

:15:18. > :15:22.Mark Webber sets on the Formula One grid for the final time. He has been

:15:23. > :15:26.in the sport for 11 years and has been reminiscing about his career.

:15:27. > :15:31.The longevity has been something I am proud of. Never thought I would

:15:32. > :15:34.spray the champagne over 40 time, and some big victories along the

:15:35. > :15:38.way, which were good. You want more, that is human nature, would you

:15:39. > :15:41.trade in wins for a Championship? Of course.

:15:42. > :15:44.Sebastian Vettel refuses to talk about the possibility of becoming

:15:45. > :15:50.the first man to win nine consecutive Grand Prix. He did see

:15:51. > :15:55.the eighth win and his 12th of the season last week. It has taken some

:15:56. > :16:00.time to sink in. It is not what keeps me going but it means a lot,

:16:01. > :16:05.when you start to realise these thing, this year has been incredible

:16:06. > :16:09.in this regard. So I am looking forward to the winter break. You

:16:10. > :16:12.have to calm down and let all the things sink in.

:16:13. > :16:16.Jenson Button is looking forward to the end of the season after a torrid

:16:17. > :16:23.year for McLaren. But he still hopes he might get some champagne in 2013.

:16:24. > :16:27.I think I would like a podium. That is a long shot. I don't think we are

:16:28. > :16:32.too far away from that. Fighting for one has to be the aim, whether we

:16:33. > :16:36.get it is another question. Many drivers raise racing at

:16:37. > :16:40.Interlagos ant sure whether this could be their last Formula One

:16:41. > :16:43.race. Contracts are being sorted out and Sergio Perez and Paul di Resta's

:16:44. > :16:47.futures still aren't secure. The pressure for an experienced driver

:16:48. > :16:51.is going to be hard. I think there will be a lot less run in, I have a

:16:52. > :16:55.lot to offer this teem still but you need to get the performance and when

:16:56. > :16:58.you are asked to deliver in Melbourne in qualifying and to

:16:59. > :17:02.deliver in a race, the team know what I will deliver if you have the

:17:03. > :17:05.tools. Pastor Maldonado and Hulkenberg say why they can't reveal

:17:06. > :17:09.where they are going will be they in the sport next season. Max Chilton

:17:10. > :17:13.is the only driver to finish every Grand Prix this season. He will be

:17:14. > :17:18.in Formula One next year, most likely staying with Marussia. We

:17:19. > :17:23.have had good discussions and I hope to be coming back nest year. Are you

:17:24. > :17:27.90% confident you will be there? Yes, I never say 100 because you

:17:28. > :17:31.would be silly to say that unless it is signed and on the dotted line. It

:17:32. > :17:35.looks as though the news could be there for Max Chilton, sensible

:17:36. > :17:40.though, not saying 100%, you can't. He knows what is going on. Certainly

:17:41. > :17:44.does. Let us look at what we do know so far, in terms of driver line ups

:17:45. > :17:51.for next season. You will notice there are gap, can you fill those?

:17:52. > :17:56.E?? Lotus is the first one. I am sure Pastor Maldonado will go in

:17:57. > :18:02.there. A regruen I don't know if row like, people forget Eric Boullier

:18:03. > :18:05.and Pastor were partners, team drivers long ago as five years ago

:18:06. > :18:08.so they come back into the fold, that would be a strong connection.

:18:09. > :18:12.Are you saying that is not about money? Of course it is. The problem

:18:13. > :18:17.is that the money split is too difficult now. You see the top four

:18:18. > :18:20.have the money and the bottom don't. They are struggling. Somebody has to

:18:21. > :18:26.look the way the money is distributed. That is not for me to

:18:27. > :18:30.decide. Let us move on the Force India. That is where Paul di Resta

:18:31. > :18:33.is. Fans want to know what is happening to him. What have you got

:18:34. > :18:37.there? I think we have been saying for weeks, probl a couple of months

:18:38. > :18:42.that Hulkenberg for me, absolutely will announce shortly that he will

:18:43. > :18:46.be the driver at Force India so you can put Nico in there. Alongside

:18:47. > :18:51.him, there is a lot of interest and a lot of us both agree we would love

:18:52. > :18:55.to see Paul there, but I think will it be go to Sergio Perez. He has

:18:56. > :19:00.come into the mix because he got left out of at McLaren. He has money

:19:01. > :19:03.and his people are working like crazy to make sure this happens,

:19:04. > :19:09.this could be the problem for Paul going forward. Why you put Perez,

:19:10. > :19:13.because of the backing? We are are in the world at the moment, and in

:19:14. > :19:18.the world there is people like one of the richest people who has a huge

:19:19. > :19:22.marketing business but he has a Telecoms business and they want to

:19:23. > :19:25.support Mexican people. We saw the huge number of people at the race in

:19:26. > :19:30.Austin and there are people who want to support their driver, that is why

:19:31. > :19:34.Perez will get the seat. Let us look at Sauber, see what you have for

:19:35. > :19:38.them? I believe there will be a shift. This is where I think Paul

:19:39. > :19:43.has the chance, I do believe Sutil will go there, and that that other

:19:44. > :19:46.seat for me is Gutierrez or Paul di Resta. I can't be certain, but

:19:47. > :19:51.Gutierrez seeing he has been there, he will have some money, Paul has

:19:52. > :19:55.said how difficult it is about the money situation in Formula One, it

:19:56. > :19:59.is not an easy position, I am not happy about it but that is what is

:20:00. > :20:03.happening. We talked about the Russian driver. He hasn't got the

:20:04. > :20:06.license, he will be number three, most of the teams are desperate for

:20:07. > :20:11.cash, they need money to make sure that the wheels are roll, and he

:20:12. > :20:17.will be there but as a number three. We saw Max Chilton there, from

:20:18. > :20:21.Marussia and I presume you have him down as the second driver. There is

:20:22. > :20:24.no doubt about that, I think max was being nice to us there, I think he

:20:25. > :20:29.knows the same as we although it is a done deal. The situation in

:20:30. > :20:35.Caterham, dare I say, Giedo van der Garde, he is going to keep his seat.

:20:36. > :20:46.He comes with a bit of sponsor sigh ship so I am sure we will keep that

:20:47. > :20:53.position. Then the big surprise, and that is the Swedish driver Magnus

:20:54. > :21:00.Eriksson. How did you know that? He is a GP 2 driver. It a big surprise.

:21:01. > :21:04.Presumably comes with some backing. If he does or doesn't, are you

:21:05. > :21:08.telling me there isn't experienced Formula One drivers that can't take

:21:09. > :21:15.that seat. I am not it willing you egg anything. What about haky. He is

:21:16. > :21:20.the forgotten man, until somebody needs experience and he is doing an

:21:21. > :21:26.amazing job. Don't be surprised if he is in the top ten. What do you

:21:27. > :21:31.feel about this? Are you part of this show? Predictions are part of

:21:32. > :21:35.your game! There are compelling arguments for the seats to be filled

:21:36. > :21:39.out, but I agree there is great talent that has been overlooked. You

:21:40. > :21:43.mention with Kovalainen, Paul di Resta, there are a number of drivers

:21:44. > :21:46.that can clearly deliver, so, difficult times in Formula One.

:21:47. > :21:52.Difficult and interesting times. Lots of drivers changing teams and

:21:53. > :21:56.of course 2014 will mark the new era in Formula One as we say hello to

:21:57. > :22:02.the V 6 turbos. That should shake things up a bit.

:22:03. > :22:09.One man has dominated Formula One for the last four years.

:22:10. > :22:14.That could be about to change. There is a new set of regulations

:22:15. > :22:19.that will turn Formula One on its head.

:22:20. > :22:24.The first of the big rule changes is the engine.

:22:25. > :22:29.I am with Pat Symonds technical director of William what is going on

:22:30. > :22:33.with the engines? Firstly, I think we have to call them Powertrains

:22:34. > :22:42.because they are more than engines, you are going from a 2.4 litre V 8

:22:43. > :22:48.to a 1.6V 6 turbo charged energy. We have had Kerr, next year we are

:22:49. > :22:53.calling it ERS. It is more than the Ken tick, we have ten times the

:22:54. > :22:57.energy storage and twice the power. So 160 horsepower of electric power

:22:58. > :23:02.we can add to the engine and we can do it for round 33 seconds.

:23:03. > :23:06.As if that wasn't enough, the rule makers have chucked in a bunch of

:23:07. > :23:09.aerodynamic changes as well. Sam Michael, sporting director of

:23:10. > :23:15.McLaren, what is changing? The first thing you will know is that the

:23:16. > :23:20.front of the car, the front wing will be 70ml narrower. As you go

:23:21. > :23:24.down the car it has a massive effect on the diffuser, so that, combined

:23:25. > :23:31.with the lower chassis is the first change. So let us move on to the

:23:32. > :23:39.nose. You have a certain chassis height. 625ml. That is coming down

:23:40. > :23:41.by 75. That will push the nose tip. It is to improve safety on the

:23:42. > :23:46.front. A lot has been said about the

:23:47. > :23:51.changes to the exhausts. It is a relief for the teams that it is no

:23:52. > :23:54.longer a problem It is going to be gone completely. The exhaust engine

:23:55. > :23:59.is there, that blows air down, you will have a single tail pipe that

:24:00. > :24:04.will run through here, down the back of the impact structure you won't

:24:05. > :24:09.have any about to do exhaust blowing. At the rear of the car, we

:24:10. > :24:14.have the rear wing box which is this distance here, this heightlet it is

:24:15. > :24:17.reduced by 20mm so it makes the box smaller, so the rear low wing, that

:24:18. > :24:22.has gone next year. The key to finding the advantage in Formula One

:24:23. > :24:27.is finding that loophole. Are there any in the new regulations?

:24:28. > :24:31.Inevitably. We have had all the working groups, we try and close

:24:32. > :24:36.everything down, you have to remember it is 500 people in every

:24:37. > :24:39.Formula One team, and their job is to find loopholes so there will be

:24:40. > :24:44.some. The question now is which of the drivers will adapt best to the

:24:45. > :24:48.new rules? Going into next year you can't judge or say, you know you

:24:49. > :24:53.can't say based on this year's performance you will be good this

:24:54. > :24:57.years, or the other way round. Next year if you apply it too quickly

:24:58. > :25:02.because of the for you will lose the rear end. It's a very different

:25:03. > :25:06.feeling. Give the throttle pedal more respect than any other year. I

:25:07. > :25:12.am sure Red Bull is going to be quick because they have a great team

:25:13. > :25:21.but we can give them a good run for their money.

:25:22. > :25:29.The shape of things to come, fascinating times in Formula 1. Our

:25:30. > :25:36.technical expert Gary Anderson has been in that situation, how big a

:25:37. > :25:39.deal is this? It is huge, it is the car regulation change as well as a

:25:40. > :25:43.power regulation change and they have not happened together for a

:25:44. > :25:47.long time. The teams and the engine companies will have to dig deeply.

:25:48. > :25:54.What do you see as the major problems?

:25:55. > :25:59.To get ready in time. After Melbourne you will see such a rapid

:26:00. > :26:06.development. You will have to be competitive in a steer. If one of

:26:07. > :26:11.the engine companies gets it wrong it will be a real problem, it is so

:26:12. > :26:15.long to recover. If you have a problem with the crankshaft it takes

:26:16. > :26:22.three months to get a new one. That will be the biggest problem. How

:26:23. > :26:28.tough is it from a driver's point of view? Adapting to change is what

:26:29. > :26:31.separates the good from the great. The great drivers will try to find a

:26:32. > :26:37.way to exploit the new regulations to their advantage. That is why Mark

:26:38. > :26:46.Webber is saying that will be right up Sebastian Vettel's Ali. I know

:26:47. > :26:54.that Jenson Button has spent time getting used to this increased

:26:55. > :27:00.torque that is available. If we had traction control it would be a huge

:27:01. > :27:04.advantage. How different is it to sit in a simulator, I know they are

:27:05. > :27:07.fantastic these days, but to actually get in the car and drive

:27:08. > :27:14.it, they must feel completely different. Can you get good stuff

:27:15. > :27:17.out of a similar to? You get the basis of something but there is no

:27:18. > :27:21.fear when you know the worst thing that can happen is that the system

:27:22. > :27:26.will reset itself. I know some young guys who are the kings of this year

:27:27. > :27:34.later but they can't deliver the last bit of lap time in a Grand Prix

:27:35. > :27:39.car. Just quickly, Gary, only six days of testing for the drivers and

:27:40. > :27:45.the teams, will reliability be an issue? Reliability and testing will

:27:46. > :27:51.be a huge issue and reliability coming into the racing will be huge.

:27:52. > :27:56.It is so different. The heat and the electrical source, it will take a

:27:57. > :28:00.massive amount of cooling. Who is going to take the risks? It is going

:28:01. > :28:06.to be very difficult to make those decisions. Six days for each driver,

:28:07. > :28:10.I am sure they would like to have more than that. You may have noticed

:28:11. > :28:15.Eddie Jordan is not joining us at the moment. We will speak to one of

:28:16. > :28:19.the most popular men around here who has had over 300 starts, and his

:28:20. > :28:26.first one was with Gordon. Rubens Barry

:28:27. > :28:35.a lot of good friends still there? A lot of good friends, good memories.

:28:36. > :28:40.I have the passion for it and I have my friends. My son was asking, where

:28:41. > :28:46.can we go? I said, we can go everywhere. I know pretty much 85%,

:28:47. > :28:54.probably I have worked with 85% of the Formula 1 paddock. I feel proud

:28:55. > :29:01.of it. What do you think that yourself, and now with Massa

:29:02. > :29:09.leaving, what are the memories for Massa leaving here? Will he be

:29:10. > :29:12.upset? At the end of the day, drivers will be searching for good

:29:13. > :29:17.cars. You know that the red cars are good cars. That is where he could be

:29:18. > :29:23.a bit disappointed to leave. But if he has a good car in Williams,

:29:24. > :29:31.everything goes in a second. It is just having a good car. He had good

:29:32. > :29:35.times here, just like I had. Your career and his career are very

:29:36. > :29:38.similar, you are working alongside Schumacher, we know what happened

:29:39. > :29:45.then. He is working alongside Alonso. Is the pressure on being

:29:46. > :29:51.called number two, not being disrespectful, Ferrari always have a

:29:52. > :29:54.number one driver. Is it difficult? It was difficult to begin

:29:55. > :29:59.everything, because a lot of people say, he must have had that in the

:30:00. > :30:05.contract. It wasn't written in my contract about being number two. If

:30:06. > :30:09.we close our eyes and see who had more talent, Michael had more talent

:30:10. > :30:17.than I did. I have to be honest with that. But I am pretty sure if we

:30:18. > :30:22.were free to play, I am pretty sure with those seven championships,

:30:23. > :30:29.maybe one would have been mine. I am being simple in that, but it is

:30:30. > :30:32.quite a unique place to work. I think I can not be disappointed to

:30:33. > :30:37.have worked with Ferrari, everything I remember, I remember with a smile.

:30:38. > :30:42.I am not crying and saying I would have been well champion but I have

:30:43. > :30:47.done everything I wish I had done. They work in a different perspective

:30:48. > :30:52.from other teams. Could you be a dinner date for Michael Schumacher

:30:53. > :30:57.if he rang you up? Absolutely. In life you have to learn everything. I

:30:58. > :31:02.tried to change their minds when I was there. That is why I left my

:31:03. > :31:07.contract one year before the end, I wasn't satisfied with the situation.

:31:08. > :31:15.I said, I am going to try to win somewhere else. It almost happened

:31:16. > :31:22.with the Brawn team. Friends are for life, cars come and go. So why not a

:31:23. > :31:27.dinner? Always a great pleasure, we love you on the BBC. Lots of luck,

:31:28. > :31:35.not just today but they World Cup coming up and lots of other things.

:31:36. > :31:41.Lots of romance going on. He was quite frank in that interview. I

:31:42. > :31:46.think Eddie loves him so much because he brought some money to

:31:47. > :31:51.Jordan in the early days. He gave an insight into how Ferrari operate

:31:52. > :31:56.their team. It is still spitting a bit. Jenson Button earlier in the

:31:57. > :32:01.programme said he thought he might get a podium. What do you think the

:32:02. > :32:04.chances are? Mixed weather conditions will always play to the

:32:05. > :32:09.strengths of those who don't have great pace. McLaren haven't had the

:32:10. > :32:13.car they are used to enjoying. They have to see this as an opportunity.

:32:14. > :32:19.As we get into these more stable conditions, there is more likelihood

:32:20. > :32:22.of the intermediate tyres. It remains to be seen, a short lap,

:32:23. > :32:31.different to a lot of the tracks, so let's see. Of course, he was the

:32:32. > :32:33.winner here last year. He met up with David to take us on a special

:32:34. > :32:47.lap of this glorious track. Jenson Button takes victory, a

:32:48. > :32:51.masterful performance. Jenson Button, all-round good guy,

:32:52. > :33:01.who we are in Brazil. Normally we do a track guide. We normally do the

:33:02. > :33:06.track guide on the circuit. But you have agreed to talk to us from in

:33:07. > :33:11.the car. I have indeed, we will see how it goes. I have tried it before.

:33:12. > :33:16.It should be all right. It is a bit wet out there, I might be a bit

:33:17. > :33:17.hesitant on the radio. As long as you talked me through it well, I

:33:18. > :33:38.will give good feedback. If you can install the car and start

:33:39. > :34:02.with a practice start, please. That was a great practice start. You

:34:03. > :34:09.have one here -- won here last year, if you would like to talk us through

:34:10. > :34:16.this historic racetrack. There is normally a lot of water on the

:34:17. > :34:24.circuit. Today is not too bad. Turn six and seven, the two quickest

:34:25. > :34:31.corners on the circuit. Going into turn eight when normally you would

:34:32. > :34:46.strike the kerb but not today. Quite a lot of grip. The hairpin is second

:34:47. > :34:55.gear, another quick left-hander before the last corner of the

:34:56. > :35:02.circuit. If you get a good... Important to get a good exit here

:35:03. > :35:10.because you have a lot of drag up the hill.

:35:11. > :35:16.Thanks for that, I hope my messages were nice and clear. Beautifully

:35:17. > :35:21.done, you have a future career in engineering. You understand the

:35:22. > :35:26.Scottish tongue over the radio foot of a great venue, one you have had a

:35:27. > :35:32.good success here in the past, what can we expect for the weekend? We

:35:33. > :35:36.can expect a lot of rain, it is forecast every day. If we can have

:35:37. > :35:42.it off and on, that would be nice, please. It is a fun circuit to

:35:43. > :35:46.race, the perfect way to end the season. This is where I have won the

:35:47. > :35:52.World Championship and we are hoping for a good result, it has been a

:35:53. > :35:57.tough year for us. On the plus side, you still have your looks, it

:35:58. > :36:04.is not all bad. A little bit hairy at the moment, it

:36:05. > :36:16.is an excuse to grow a beard because it is Movember. More bromance in

:36:17. > :36:23.Formula 1! It would be amazing to see Jenson Button, what a difference

:36:24. > :36:29.12 months has made. Can we really see it? The only thing in his favour

:36:30. > :36:35.is the weather. We know, one of the greatest races in my memory was in

:36:36. > :36:39.Canada where he beat Vettel on the last lap for a brilliant win. If he

:36:40. > :36:44.could do anything close to that and finish on the podium, we would be

:36:45. > :36:45.overjoyed. He did say I won some rain, I want it to stop, it looks

:36:46. > :36:56.like it is going his way. Anything is possible. You have an

:36:57. > :37:02.unpredictable weather pattern on a very tricky track, end of season

:37:03. > :37:10.reliability, engines and gearboxes getting towards the end. A lot can

:37:11. > :37:14.happen this afternoon and tomorrow. In terms of qualifying, it is always

:37:15. > :37:19.important to be on the front row but how vital is it to get pole position

:37:20. > :37:24.here? Overtaking here is pretty difficult. It is such a

:37:25. > :37:27.here? Overtaking here is pretty difficult. It is such short lap, I

:37:28. > :37:37.think the DRS has a smaller effect. In qualifying, a tense can cover two

:37:38. > :37:42.or three rows. In some races we may well think more about the racetrack

:37:43. > :37:47.and give up some good position. It is tricky into the first corner and

:37:48. > :37:57.Djourou want to try to keep out of trouble. -- and you really want to.

:37:58. > :38:02.Sebastian Vettel is walking from his hospitality, ready to prepare for

:38:03. > :38:09.qualifying. After eight years with Ferrari, it was time for Felipe

:38:10. > :38:19.Massa to hand back the red overalls and move on to pastures new.

:38:20. > :38:24.Cast your mind back to when you were first told you are going to be a

:38:25. > :38:29.Ferrari driver, what were those emotions like? It was a dream come

:38:30. > :38:36.true. One of the first go-kart I have, it was red. Brazilian people

:38:37. > :38:41.are close to Ferrari because of Senna. I always loved the red car,

:38:42. > :38:44.always loved Ferrari. I never believed I would drive for Friary in

:38:45. > :38:51.my career. I had a chance to drive for Ferrari for eight years. I never

:38:52. > :39:03.believed that. When you drive a Ferrari for the first time, it is a

:39:04. > :39:08.dream come true. To win in Brazil is like winning the championship. When

:39:09. > :39:13.Senna won it, his reaction was much more than when he won the

:39:14. > :39:16.championship. I remember I won in Brazil with a Brazilian overall,

:39:17. > :39:22.yellow and green, which is very special. Felipe Massa has done

:39:23. > :39:29.everything he needed to do, who will be the world champion of 2008? I did

:39:30. > :39:34.everything the best I could, I started in pole position, I won the

:39:35. > :39:42.race. I didn't lose the championship in Brazil, I lost it before.

:39:43. > :39:52.Hamilton is back in position again to become Formula 1 world champion!

:39:53. > :39:57.They both think they have won it. So many other races, especially

:39:58. > :40:06.Singapore, was unacceptable. What happened in Singapore, it cannot

:40:07. > :40:12.happen. 2009, a terrible accident, how much did that take out a view?

:40:13. > :40:19.Felipe Massa is in intensive care, he has had emergency surgery after

:40:20. > :40:25.suffering two skull fractures. I was not really in a good shape with a

:40:26. > :40:31.very hard Bridgestone tyres. I enjoy my life after the accident more than

:40:32. > :40:35.I was enjoying before, because you never believe something will happen

:40:36. > :40:41.to you. When something happens, you know that things can change in one

:40:42. > :40:47.minute. How do you feel about leaving Ferrari? A bit cheated?

:40:48. > :40:52.I have sosome friends here talking about my career, talking about the

:40:53. > :40:57.professional side, it is OK. I am happy to change, you know, to try to

:40:58. > :41:04.do different things and even starring from zero, I think it can

:41:05. > :41:09.be a very good restart. I do everything for this team.

:41:10. > :41:15.ON RADIO: Fernando is faster than you. You have won races and given a

:41:16. > :41:21.position to Fernando hen he needed it. You took a gearbox change. What

:41:22. > :41:25.more did Ferrari need do you do to be here next season? I don't know. I

:41:26. > :41:30.did a lot for the team. I always try to work 100% the way I am with the

:41:31. > :41:38.team, for sure. It won't be so easy to find another one like that.

:41:39. > :41:45.I am sure it won't B we are in the busy old paddock with the team boss

:41:46. > :41:53.Juan Pablo Montoya. Mixed emotion for you. Hes been a loyal soldier.

:41:54. > :41:58.N't absolutely, he is for sure. Not a normal weekend, because, in our

:41:59. > :42:03.life, we consider things that are slipping away, in a very, very easy

:42:04. > :42:07.but I think that this weekend, for us, for him, as you say it is very

:42:08. > :42:15.special. So we don't have to for get on top of the driver, that has made

:42:16. > :42:20.a lot of good pages of our history, there, it has been great. I was

:42:21. > :42:26.close to him in a moment, where race is not so important band I am

:42:27. > :42:31.pleased to see it is like the guy we know, he is also being loyal and

:42:32. > :42:36.sensible and attached to our family. You said slipping away, what has

:42:37. > :42:40.happened to the performance? That has slipped away. What has happened

:42:41. > :42:44.to Ferrari this year We didn't improve the car during the season,

:42:45. > :42:50.after, I would say from July on wards, we didn't get to the pace of

:42:51. > :42:54.development, no doubt about it, secondly we pay with a very heavy

:42:55. > :42:59.price, the change of the tyre, we were not able to, to understand the

:43:00. > :43:09.old tyres, and for sure we were better with the ones we had at the

:43:10. > :43:14.beginning of the season. Your President gave Fernando Alonso eight

:43:15. > :43:20.out of ten, what would you give him? These thing, I keep it for myself,

:43:21. > :43:25.and but in any case, as a team boss, I am always believe that our team

:43:26. > :43:32.and driver has to be considered the best. So that is my approach. It is

:43:33. > :43:35.not very motivational to be given eight out of ten when you are almost

:43:36. > :43:42.masking the problems, he is driving the wheels off their thing, isn't

:43:43. > :43:47.he? I said for me if he is the best, more than that... Ten out of ten! I

:43:48. > :43:51.think most people would be giving him ten out of ten. He is being

:43:52. > :43:57.honest, the car by his own standards has been really disappointing. Yes.

:43:58. > :44:00.We as fans we need to see Ferrari performing better not just because

:44:01. > :44:07.we need to report it but we need to be happy about it. We need to see

:44:08. > :44:14.Ferrari Ferrari there. You know me, I am not a man of great words, we

:44:15. > :44:19.need facts to say yes, but that is my approach and what I have asked of

:44:20. > :44:23.my engineer, better to keep their heads down on the work without

:44:24. > :44:27.saying anything special. Talking about next year and Kimi, he won't

:44:28. > :44:32.be happy to be number two. Are things going to hang in terms of how

:44:33. > :44:35.things are set up? Nothing has been changed since the history of

:44:36. > :44:40.Ferrari. The if you look at the record of my interviews, five years

:44:41. > :44:44.ago, six years ago, would have said the same thing. So nothing has

:44:45. > :44:50.changed. I know there is not a lot to say during the last race of the

:44:51. > :44:56.season. Stefano Domenicali, thank you for your time.

:44:57. > :45:00.100% chance of rain today, no, no whatever Sherlock because it is

:45:01. > :45:04.raining. And it is going to rain for this whole session, which is going

:45:05. > :45:09.to shake things up a bit. Don't forget, loads of information on our

:45:10. > :45:13.BBC website, and you can download the BBC sport phone app, all the

:45:14. > :45:18.latest result, column, news for you, if you are out and about we are

:45:19. > :45:23.leave, we will stream the race for your live.

:45:24. > :45:27.So, Felipe moves to William, and a lot of people are happy about that.

:45:28. > :45:33.It has been a good partling of the ways. But he is such a cool guy.

:45:34. > :45:39.Massa would fit into any team. He is very easy, very honest, very quick,

:45:40. > :45:42.and if you remember, we said maybe the shackles will be released from

:45:43. > :45:45.him when it is found out that what he is doing and how his Championship

:45:46. > :45:50.is going, because when he finally realised he was no longer required

:45:51. > :45:55.at Ferrari, I think his game absolutely went sky high, he

:45:56. > :45:59.performed better he raced better, certainly qualified better, and I

:46:00. > :46:03.think he is preparing himself for a big onslaught. I think he will have

:46:04. > :46:07.a good season next season at Williams. No Nikki, you won't

:46:08. > :46:12.interrupt me. That is OK. He is trying to distract me. I hope not!

:46:13. > :46:16.We are back. I think Massa, it is a big turn round time for Williams

:46:17. > :46:20.too. They have a lot to achieve, because nay have been floundering

:46:21. > :46:25.for the last number of years and this could be a big change. They

:46:26. > :46:36.have five points this season, which isn't great. Felipe, he could have

:46:37. > :46:40.his hands full with Valtteri Bottas. . They need them to buevens each

:46:41. > :46:44.other. This is how great teams emerge. It doesn't usually happen

:46:45. > :46:49.when there is a great driver and a make up driver. That is why I used

:46:50. > :46:53.to disagree with what went on at Ferrari. He denied having number two

:46:54. > :46:56.drivers, we have spoken to two drivers that admitted they were

:46:57. > :47:01.number two. Who are you going to understand? I am not going to say

:47:02. > :47:08.who would you believe because dom is an honest guy. There is no doubt

:47:09. > :47:24.Fernando Alonso was favoured as was shuem. -- Schumacher. Clear is

:47:25. > :47:31.Claire Williamers. -- Williams. Can I go here, so I can paddle my mic.

:47:32. > :47:35.Crazy paddock here. It is bonkers. Well done last weekend for the

:47:36. > :47:38.points, first of all but looking forward to next year, Felipe Massa

:47:39. > :47:43.coming to your team. Tell us your thoughts? So excited. I can't wait

:47:44. > :47:48.for this season to be over. It has been difficult for everybody and

:47:49. > :47:52.Austin was fantastic. Valtteri was great to get the points but we are

:47:53. > :47:56.looking forward to next year. We have done work behind the scenes,

:47:57. > :48:00.and Felipe is joining us in the line up, which we are excited about. He

:48:01. > :48:03.brings a huge amount of experience, talent, he is a proven race winner,

:48:04. > :48:09.we are just looking for war to getting started. It has been a long

:48:10. > :48:12.time since he has won a race, five years but hopefully he can change

:48:13. > :48:17.things. I think we have just said, you need him as much as he needs

:48:18. > :48:22.you, he needs to refind his own career, find some races, have you

:48:23. > :48:28.got, I mean you have Pat, Pat Symonds so we love and know what a

:48:29. > :48:32.great winner he was when he was with Benton, can he deliver the car for

:48:33. > :48:37.you? Pat has joined us in Augusts. He was able to come in quickly, and

:48:38. > :48:40.he has made so many changes, with the structure of the team, so I

:48:41. > :48:44.think he can absolutely have an impact on next year's car, I know he

:48:45. > :48:48.is looking forward to 2015 and that car, because that is the greatest

:48:49. > :48:52.impact he can have. Tell me, you talked about him coming in August.

:48:53. > :48:56.When did you start working on next year's project? The end of last year

:48:57. > :49:01.because of the regulation change, next year we had to start work on

:49:02. > :49:04.the 2014 car further in advance we normally would.

:49:05. > :49:08.In terms of the turn round at William, have you noticed or can you

:49:09. > :49:13.feel commercial activity, can you find new sponsors that you think may

:49:14. > :49:17.be coming to the team, or is that still dark territory for you guys?

:49:18. > :49:21.It is not. We are lucky, we always have a strong pipeline of prospects

:49:22. > :49:25.that we are talking to. This year has been no different. Considering

:49:26. > :49:29.our ontrack performance sh you may think that is a surprise, we have

:49:30. > :49:34.great heritage, we have a great story to sell. We have the advance

:49:35. > :49:38.engineering business which lots of prospects like to get working with.

:49:39. > :49:43.We are working with batteries and energy efficiency, that is

:49:44. > :49:47.interesting for people. But we hope he have some interesting new

:49:48. > :49:51.announcements coming up. We have signed a new partner though we won't

:49:52. > :49:57.be talking about it just yet. We will look forward to announcing it

:49:58. > :50:06.next year. We look forward to that. Not very long to go before three

:50:07. > :50:10.qualifying sessions for you, who you got down for pole position? Lewis

:50:11. > :50:15.Hamilton. Looking forward to this one, it is

:50:16. > :50:40.going to stay rainy boys! The final event of the 2013 F1

:50:41. > :50:47.season has brought us to the Grande Premio Do Brasil. A country which

:50:48. > :50:51.has produced champions of the past. How can we forget last year? It lies

:50:52. > :50:55.in sprawling suburbs of one of the biggest cities in the world. Sao

:50:56. > :51:01.Paulo and while I won't see any titles decided here this time, the

:51:02. > :51:05.lay out of the 2.7 mill, 4.3 kilometre track invites exciting

:51:06. > :51:11.racing. The first sector features the Senna S and the first of the DRS

:51:12. > :51:20.zones. Sector two starts fast and flowing and tightens up into a

:51:21. > :51:23.series of near hairpins, the next section demands horsepower, where

:51:24. > :51:26.DRS is active. The fastest lap in qualifying last year was set by

:51:27. > :51:30.Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren, but that was fully dry, and so far this

:51:31. > :51:34.weekend, the track hasn't been dry for any part of free pack tis, so we

:51:35. > :51:39.are going to a bit of new territory. It is not dry at the moment, but it

:51:40. > :51:43.has stopped raining. That will give the teams a chance to dial the cars

:51:44. > :51:46.in, but remember, however they set the cars up for qualifying is how

:51:47. > :51:50.the car has to run in the race tomorrow.

:51:51. > :51:55.Yes, of course the only change they are allowed do is make some changes

:51:56. > :51:59.to the cooling of the car, they will need to blank off the brakes to

:52:00. > :52:03.generate the same temperatures, a load of enen I is taken out the lap

:52:04. > :52:08.because you are running slower, otherwise the main mechanics of --

:52:09. > :52:12.managerles of the car remains the same. Tom Clarkson is in the pits.

:52:13. > :52:15.How are things at the moment? It is dry, as you say, but I have been

:52:16. > :52:19.talking to some of the teams about what you do with the set up, and

:52:20. > :52:23.they are saying you have to go dry this afternoon, the weather forecast

:52:24. > :52:27.is for it to rain during this session, but a couple of the guys on

:52:28. > :52:32.the pit wall, they have given up looking at the radar, the rain is so

:52:33. > :52:35.unpredictable, all they know it is due in the next hour, and they will

:52:36. > :52:40.put a dry set up on the cars because tomorrow the forecast is better.

:52:41. > :52:44.Right. Well, as you can see from the puddle, it is not, well, there is a

:52:45. > :52:48.bit of rain there. We will keep an eye on it. In the Drivers'

:52:49. > :52:52.Championship Sebastian Vettel has wrapped up the win and Alonso has

:52:53. > :52:56.wrapped up second place. Still a bit of a tussle going foreign third

:52:57. > :53:01.place, Lewis Hamilton currently third, could still be beaten by Mark

:53:02. > :53:08.Webber, Raikkonen lies fourth but is likely to lose it, as Eddie is

:53:09. > :53:13.continuing his chat with Claire Williams. Deputy team principal. Red

:53:14. > :53:17.Bull Racing have won the constructors title, but where we are

:53:18. > :53:22.looking is the battle for second. Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus,

:53:23. > :53:27.although Mercedes have their edge of 15 points it can change quickly when

:53:28. > :53:34.you have two cars scoring. It can change things quickly, at the bat

:53:35. > :53:38.back the battle for tenth. Marussia have the tenth place

:53:39. > :53:44.courtesy of a 13th place finish in Malaysia. As we saw last season it

:53:45. > :53:49.can change. It has changed in the last five laps. Special crash helmet

:53:50. > :53:53.there for Felipe Massa as he celebrates his time at Ferrari, the

:53:54. > :53:57.last Grand Prix for the Brazilian in the Ferrari team, he has twice won

:53:58. > :54:02.this Grand Prix, so, and the third time he could have would be won it

:54:03. > :54:07.he handed the victory to Raikkonen. He went on to win the Championship

:54:08. > :54:14.in that 2007 season. Interestingly on the radio Charles Pic at Caterham

:54:15. > :54:18.are told the conditions are going to get worse. Several teams are sending

:54:19. > :54:22.their drives to the end of the pit lane. There is a compromise in

:54:23. > :54:25.cueing up at the end of the pit lane. You start to lose some

:54:26. > :54:29.temperature, surface temperature in the tyre, they have come out of the

:54:30. > :54:32.blanket, not a at the same temperature you would put the slick

:54:33. > :54:38.tyres but as we wait for the light to go green, there is 45 seconds or

:54:39. > :54:43.so beforehand, you start to lose the heat, Red Bull choosing to leave

:54:44. > :54:47.those tyres wrapped up snug in the blanket, and Sebastian Vettel

:54:48. > :54:51.getting ready. Didn't do a lot of laps in the free practise this

:54:52. > :54:55.morning. I think he did about four in total. Ferrari and Mercedes

:54:56. > :55:00.didn't do anything at all. So different strategies being run. You

:55:01. > :55:03.see the intermediate tyre there, the Greenside wall limited tread

:55:04. > :55:07.pattern, that gives stability to the block when you are on a track which

:55:08. > :55:14.is damp but not a lot of standing water. That is ideal, not too much

:55:15. > :55:24.standing water. The risk of aqua plaining is reduce. The green light

:55:25. > :55:31.indicating the beginning of the final session of qualifying in 2013.

:55:32. > :55:35.There are still some schools to be settled and they are all trying to

:55:36. > :55:40.get out on track first, the because they expect things are going to

:55:41. > :55:45.worsen. The intermediate tyre is the tyre of choice for the teams. It was

:55:46. > :55:52.the choice because it was windy for the last half an hour, a bit of wind

:55:53. > :55:56.and no rain. Then it started to spit a bit. You have to get a banker lap

:55:57. > :56:01.and intermediate is the right tyre there will be lot of gambles. You

:56:02. > :56:06.are limited on the number of sets that you have and if it carries on

:56:07. > :56:10.drying up, you don't want to waste your intermediate tyres on a race

:56:11. > :56:16.that might be damp. That is the problem.

:56:17. > :56:25.RADIO: It will be important to get through some of these cars. Every

:56:26. > :56:30.car is on and out lap at the moment. Nico Rosberg being told to get past

:56:31. > :56:35.the slower cars. He is looking forward to that pole position. In

:56:36. > :56:40.the wet, that is the place to be. You don't want all of that spray. We

:56:41. > :56:44.are seeing dry patches on the track so this will probably be the

:56:45. > :56:49.quickest part of qualifying. It is the first time we have seen any dry

:56:50. > :56:56.patches all weekend. It may surprise a few of the teams that haven't had

:56:57. > :56:58.a chance to send out a spotter. There have just been some

:56:59. > :57:03.promotional laps for a local car company. Those who have left no

:57:04. > :57:11.stone unturned will be well aware that there is some dry running

:57:12. > :57:15.available in the middle of turn ten. A bit sideways for a Lewis Hamilton,

:57:16. > :57:23.the first to go on to a flying lap. He took pole position 12 months ago.

:57:24. > :57:27.He has never won at Interlagos. He is dropping down to the lowest part

:57:28. > :57:34.of the circuit. The track is almost on three separate levels. He now

:57:35. > :57:39.climbs slightly into the middle level, fast on the entry here and

:57:40. > :57:42.then it starts to tighten. It is difficult on the circuit because you

:57:43. > :57:56.are breaking and turning into the apex at the same time. As we go into

:57:57. > :58:03.this turn ten, it is another one of these long, sweeping loads as you

:58:04. > :58:09.brake and then you have this fantastic drop for the elevation

:58:10. > :58:16.change, and into the last corner, where Ayrton Senna spun his Williams

:58:17. > :58:19.in 1994. It is a tricky turn and then up through the series of kinks

:58:20. > :58:25.that take you up through the start finish line. He was a great fan of

:58:26. > :58:35.Senna himself and he sets the first time. Minutes 25 -- 1:20 5.3. Test

:58:36. > :58:50.one: RADIO: There are a few dry patches

:58:51. > :58:54.in sector one. Hulkenberg reporting be drying

:58:55. > :59:08.patches. Hamilton is going for it wittily again on the next sector. --

:59:09. > :59:09.quickly again. Having to pass whether as they head towards the

:59:10. > :59:24.Senna S -- pass Mark Webber. Hamilton is quick but Rosberg is

:59:25. > :59:34.quicker, he has gone slightly faster in the first sector. Sebastian

:59:35. > :59:41.Vettel comes up to the line. He goes second. Hulkenberg goes third. Is

:59:42. > :59:52.this going to be a further improvement for Lewis Hamilton? 1:20

:59:53. > :00:02.5.3 is what he did last time. -- one: 25.3.

:00:03. > :00:07.It looks that we are in a bit of a lull, anyone who has find themselves

:00:08. > :00:25.out of position. Already children about the --

:00:26. > :00:30.already talking about the possibility of dry tyres. Yesterday

:00:31. > :00:36.when the track was a bit wetter, they were getting about ten laps out

:00:37. > :00:40.of each set of intermediate tyres. If the track conditions don't get

:00:41. > :00:48.worse during Q1, they might be forced to use a second set of

:00:49. > :00:55.intermediates. Romain Grosjean, he was not impressed. It is a sort of

:00:56. > :01:03.unwritten rule, don't dilly-dally around the apex.

:01:04. > :01:14.You are leaning on the front tyres, it is easy to drift into that car

:01:15. > :01:26.and cause an incident. This is all about getting in the top 16. Fastest

:01:27. > :01:30.is Lewis Hamilton. There is a long time to go in this session, just

:01:31. > :01:36.under 14 minutes as we ride on board with Mark Webber. It is the last few

:01:37. > :01:43.moments that could prove crucial, depending on how much rain we get. A

:01:44. > :01:51.bit of traffic, the Sauber, he gets out of the way. Up ahead of him,

:01:52. > :01:56.Alonso. Don't expect any problems. Mark needs to get a clean lap to

:01:57. > :02:02.make himself a bit more comfortable. The rain is coming down hard, he

:02:03. > :02:06.could be in trouble. We might have 30 minutes to go but it could be

:02:07. > :02:13.relevant as it gets more slippery -- 13 minutes to go. He has a decent

:02:14. > :02:25.bit of traction, is he going to have enough time to move up the order? He

:02:26. > :02:30.is 1.4 seconds off the top time. It should put him in tenth or 11th,

:02:31. > :02:39.this will improve his time. He needs to get out of the bottom group. It

:02:40. > :02:40.is enough, he moves up to ninth. The conditions are worsening but Webb as

:02:41. > :03:01.many as are confirmation from Mercedes. Let's

:03:02. > :03:09.have happened with Kovalainen. This is coming up to turn ten, the

:03:10. > :03:16.so-called duckbill. They have some issues with the Caterham.

:03:17. > :03:25.The problem with impeding that we, -- come across quite often, in this

:03:26. > :03:30.situation, they are all trying to get their lap in. If they are all on

:03:31. > :03:35.a timed lap there is no such thing. If someone is on and out lap or in

:03:36. > :03:42.lap and driving below pace, that is impeding. In the case of this,

:03:43. > :03:56.Kovalainen just following Pic around. The two Caterhams circling

:03:57. > :04:01.in close proximity. It could be dangerous and Vergne is in the drop

:04:02. > :04:04.zone. Usually one of the fastest in the wet. He has out-qualified

:04:05. > :04:13.Ricciardo in most of the wet sessions this year. He is down in

:04:14. > :04:17.terms of comparison with Ricciardo. He might have just been out of

:04:18. > :04:28.position. It will be interesting to see if he goes with a fresh set of

:04:29. > :04:35.intermediates. RADIO: Why did we wait, there was

:04:36. > :04:42.rain coming? Don't worry about that, get yourself ready. It is a good

:04:43. > :04:46.question, why did they wait? We can't forget what Paul di Resta did

:04:47. > :04:53.at Spa, you have got to read the conditions and expect them to

:04:54. > :04:57.worsen. It is a good point, Jean-Eric Vergne has been good in

:04:58. > :05:06.these conditions relative to his team-mate. For whatever reason, his

:05:07. > :05:09.side of the garage, for which he has to take responsible a tee as well,

:05:10. > :05:19.was physically ready. He could have said, I want to go now. --

:05:20. > :05:25.responsibility as well. Maldonado is 16. -- 16. Video as is also in the

:05:26. > :05:50.drop zone. -- some of the circuits have grip

:05:51. > :05:53.paint, bits of sand in the paint. That is what happens, it is super

:05:54. > :06:03.slippy when you take out what is already a very stressed tire. --

:06:04. > :06:13.tyre. There are still nine minutes to go in Q1. He has always been good

:06:14. > :06:17.in the wet conditions, Kovalainen. If it now starts to dry up, it could

:06:18. > :06:26.all change again. How are things in the pit lane? I can only judge the

:06:27. > :06:35.amount of rain by the blooms of spraying -- plumes of spray.

:06:36. > :06:43.Hulkenberg is a real specialist around here. Sauber have struggled

:06:44. > :06:47.with their car, they had to throw an extra set of tyres at the

:06:48. > :06:51.performance. They were saying before this session, if they get a decent

:06:52. > :07:00.result, it is all thanks to Nico Hulkenberg. It was a very strong

:07:01. > :07:05.performance. Has he managed to move himself up? No, he hasn't. Where

:07:06. > :07:15.Kovalainen found some time, Gutierrez has not yet bound it. Turn

:07:16. > :07:20.three is the scene of many a driver heading into the barriers when it is

:07:21. > :07:26.damp. Intermediates, they don't quite have the tread depth or the

:07:27. > :07:36.block movement. Once you get more water down the grip drops away. He

:07:37. > :07:41.has done a run of eight laps in all so if he feels he is up against it,

:07:42. > :07:48.maybe the only option is to put a fresh of tyres on. Quite a lot of

:07:49. > :07:52.work on the wheel, he is trying to use wider alliance to find more

:07:53. > :07:59.grip. He has not improved on his first sector. You try to get the car

:08:00. > :08:03.as straight as possible before accelerating and when you get to

:08:04. > :08:11.full power, you start to drop down. This is flat in dry conditions, not

:08:12. > :08:15.so in these. He has gone a bit wide and as a consequence he got the

:08:16. > :08:19.oversteer on exit and then this long drag up the hill. Interesting to see

:08:20. > :08:32.if he can keep flat through the kink. Sounded as if he was lacking

:08:33. > :08:39.confidence. He is down in 19th position so it looks as if Gutierrez

:08:40. > :08:43.could be slipping out in Q1. He got a bit out of shape on a couple of

:08:44. > :08:49.places and hitting on to the kerbs will not help them. When you run out

:08:50. > :08:57.beyond the white lines onto the kerb, you need to lift off the

:08:58. > :09:09.power. You don't want a Grand Prix car to get sideways, it is not

:09:10. > :09:16.designed to absorb the slip angle. Rear-wheel drive, no front wheel

:09:17. > :09:22.drive to help you around the corner. Mark Slade giving the signal to stop

:09:23. > :09:24.the engine on the calf Heikki Kovalainen -- the car. They feel he

:09:25. > :09:31.has done enough. Bianchi is going out for a full lap

:09:32. > :09:55.run, we gather. There is Bianchi, let's see how he

:09:56. > :10:00.is getting on. A good opportunity for the drivers and smaller teams at

:10:01. > :10:04.the back to show their skills. When you look at the history of this

:10:05. > :10:11.book, drivers who have had exceptional skills have been able to

:10:12. > :10:18.take a step forward -- history of the sport. In Q1 at Spa they gambled

:10:19. > :10:22.on slicks and they had three cars into Q2, which was a good gamble. I

:10:23. > :10:32.am not sure it is going to work today, I think there is too much

:10:33. > :10:37.rain. He has done he is two seconds slower than his previous best.

:10:38. > :10:40.Gather that Gutierrez got a new set of intermediates on his car, so she

:10:41. > :10:45.back out. They are having to throw the tyres that are in the drop zone,

:10:46. > :10:48.hoping they will drag a time out before that clock clicks down to

:10:49. > :10:53.zero, there is only four-and-a-half minutes to go, and there is not much

:10:54. > :10:57.sign of the rain stopping, so it is pretty difficult. This will give

:10:58. > :11:00.them a couple of time laps, by the time they get round. Jean-Eric

:11:01. > :11:04.Vergne is going to open his lap. Look at the spray. So certainly

:11:05. > :11:09.visibly wetter than at the start of the session. Yes, now Vergne is

:11:10. > :11:18.going to need a very good lap to try an get out of that drop zone. He has

:11:19. > :11:23.to try and push Maldonado down, in fact Ricciardo is not much further

:11:24. > :11:31.up. He is 15th. . Is coming out in front of him. Will he give Miguel

:11:32. > :11:36.Jiminez a clear run into turn four. -- give him. In terms of being on

:11:37. > :11:43.the pace for 16th place, he was a tenth out of what he needs.

:11:44. > :11:48.You go in, it is uphill double apex right-hander, seven and eight.

:11:49. > :11:52.Then you have the difficult breaking down into the turns there, and

:11:53. > :11:57.immediately you are dropping down into nine. Try and get the car as

:11:58. > :12:01.straight as possible. You use what the drivers would call carting line,

:12:02. > :12:05.you know, the lines you learn back in carting as a kid and you try and

:12:06. > :12:10.keep off the classic dry line. That is where all the rubber is laid

:12:11. > :12:16.down, it becomes slick when you have wet conditions like this. Some

:12:17. > :12:21.places you are committed to having to cross over the racing line, and

:12:22. > :12:24.just have to feather the throttle at that point.

:12:25. > :12:27.Vergne desperate the try and get into the second part of qualifying.

:12:28. > :12:32.This is not working out, according to plan. He is not going to make it

:12:33. > :12:36.on the lap. Half a second away from what he needed. And for the guy who

:12:37. > :12:39.was acknowledged to be one of the best in the rain, we spoke to

:12:40. > :12:42.Christian Horner this morning and he was saying how impressive Jean-Eric

:12:43. > :12:46.Vergne usually is in the wet condition, it was purely by not

:12:47. > :12:50.having him out there at the correct time. Ricciardo is out there as

:12:51. > :12:54.well, so he has gone out on a new set of intermediates. Vergne has

:12:55. > :12:58.been told do a cool down lap and go for it again. Even on the

:12:59. > :13:09.intermediates you have to look at after the tyres. His lap time was

:13:10. > :13:15.quicker than Daniel Ricciardos. : He hasn't been able to get in front of

:13:16. > :13:24.Ricciardos in the majority of the qualifiers. It is one of the biggest

:13:25. > :13:27.gaps between tame mates. Big year for Jean-Eric Vergne next

:13:28. > :13:32.season, got a new team-mate alongside him, if he is not able to

:13:33. > :13:36.show him the way it could be the end of his career. Slight improvement

:13:37. > :13:41.from Gutierrez. He can do another lap that is quicker and push

:13:42. > :13:45.Maldonado down into the drop zone. Bottas is comfortably in there, he

:13:46. > :13:49.is 11th. Kovalainen has done a couple of green n that sector it is

:13:50. > :13:54.his personal best, so looking like he is going to improve on hiss 14th

:13:55. > :13:57.place. It means the track is slightly improving, with a

:13:58. > :14:01.minute-and-a-half to go in this session, Kovalainen still trying to

:14:02. > :14:05.get himself out of trouble. He goes up to fifth there is real

:14:06. > :14:10.opportunity here, for those in the drop zone. What that means for the

:14:11. > :14:14.likes of Massa. Sutil, Ricciardo. Ricciardo and Maldonado is out

:14:15. > :14:19.there. Sutil is out there. But Massa is not out there.

:14:20. > :14:23.ON RADIO: Improving in all sectors. That is what Vergne wants to hear.

:14:24. > :14:28.How is he looking? He is doing a slow lap at the moment. So it will

:14:29. > :14:32.come down to the last lap. He has just gone on to it He will get the

:14:33. > :14:36.checker at the end of it. One lap will separate him from going out in

:14:37. > :14:42.the first part of qualifying or getting to play a bit more this

:14:43. > :14:45.afternoon. I guess you could say Massa should be safe. Wait to see

:14:46. > :14:48.whether the Caterhams and the Marussias can do anything. I don't

:14:49. > :14:53.think it is likely. Both Caterhams are in the pits. I am surprised they

:14:54. > :14:58.have decided -- decided to stay there. They have decided to save

:14:59. > :15:03.their tyres. Maldonado has not been able to improve. Is out there and so

:15:04. > :15:08.he has one more chance. Vergne is on his last chance. You are watching

:15:09. > :15:14.it. He has potential. Look look to the right of the screen you can see

:15:15. > :15:16.he is in second gear. He is currently three tenths slower than

:15:17. > :15:20.his best. He has done a personal best in thes first sector, gaining

:15:21. > :15:25.time now, he is just about two tenths up. Looks up, he will be

:15:26. > :15:31.glancing down at his lap delta, every, he is half a second up.

:15:32. > :15:37.ON RADIO: Kovalainen is improving. He did 26.2. You do one more lap.

:15:38. > :15:43.Vergne is improving. He is. He is about five or six tenths faster,

:15:44. > :15:49.that is enough to do a 26.9 if he can keep it together. Ricciardo is

:15:50. > :15:53.on a lap too. So the team-mates hoping to get through to the next

:15:54. > :15:58.part of qualifying. Has Vergne done enough, he goes 15th. Ricciardo is

:15:59. > :16:04.about to see the chequered flag. He is not as quick but he is still in

:16:05. > :16:09.there, it depends on Gutierrez, as to whether Ricciardo is going to

:16:10. > :16:12.survive. Maldonado is still going. Maldonado should still drag a lap

:16:13. > :16:17.but I don't think it is a particularly quick lap from him and

:16:18. > :16:22.am not sure Gutierrez is going quick enough. Maldonado crosses the line.

:16:23. > :16:26.He stays 17th. So he is out. That is it from Maldonado. One Williams has

:16:27. > :16:29.failed to make it through to the second part of qualifying and

:16:30. > :16:33.Gutierrez has failed. You have to say well done to Jean-Eric Vergne,

:16:34. > :16:37.he did it. Gutierrez and Maldonado failed, Vergne has scraped through

:16:38. > :16:40.and both Toro Rossos are in there, but we have lost a Williams and a

:16:41. > :16:45.Sauber. Ten out of ten for Vergne. He

:16:46. > :16:53.handled the pressure. It looks like he was slipping away in the garage,

:16:54. > :16:57.but finds himself sitting. A couple of tenth quicker than his tame mate.

:16:58. > :17:02.Maldonado's difficult year with Williams coming to an en. He is

:17:03. > :17:05.leaving the team. He wasn't very complimentary after qualifying last

:17:06. > :17:09.time. At the end of the day, that was all about being on track at the

:17:10. > :17:15.right time, and trying to get a quick lap to the end. He couldn't do

:17:16. > :17:19.it and he is out. So we have lost, listen.

:17:20. > :17:24.ON RADIO: P 17 Vergne jumped us on that round. Very matter-of-fact, but

:17:25. > :17:28.that is the case. Maldonado is out, so is Gutierrez. That is

:17:29. > :17:33.disappointing for the Sauber driver. Charles Pic the fastest of the young

:17:34. > :17:38.team driver so Caterham car, both will be ahead on the grid of

:17:39. > :17:44.Marussia with Bianchi just a bit quicker than Max Chilton.

:17:45. > :17:50.If ever it was about timing the track started off; everybody went

:17:51. > :17:55.out and it got worse, you have got to really say well done Toro Rosso.

:17:56. > :17:59.Look, well done everybody. That is what I say, these are treacherous

:18:00. > :18:03.conditions, the fact that we have had stopped, the fact that every

:18:04. > :18:08.driver has driven impeccably, but some quicker than others, but there

:18:09. > :18:11.has not been a big sense of surprises there. It is pretty much

:18:12. > :18:15.what we expect. Jean-Eric Vergne played it very well. He was

:18:16. > :18:18.obviously frustrated. He had one chance to get it right and he did do

:18:19. > :18:24.that. Here are the conditions you are talking about. Visibility also

:18:25. > :18:28.awful. I don't know why it is but every year Brazil throws up

:18:29. > :18:31.something like this. It rain in the qualifying or the race or half way

:18:32. > :18:35.through the race, that is why it is so exciting and I love this place

:18:36. > :18:39.here because the track is different for those people who want to know

:18:40. > :18:42.about it. It is anticlockwise which is a different set of circumstances

:18:43. > :18:46.for the driver, their necks and everything, how they approach it.

:18:47. > :18:51.Then you add the mix into the wet condition, look at the big, long,

:18:52. > :18:56.white line, they are so slippery, that is what the driver must make

:18:57. > :19:01.sure, their rare tyre does not go anywhere close to that or they will

:19:02. > :19:05.go round. That is about brave Friday the driver but strategy from the

:19:06. > :19:09.team. There has been times from your point of view as a team principal

:19:10. > :19:14.where you think we will go now, later it is tough to call, isn't it?

:19:15. > :19:18.Yes, but you form a view, in my case and we will hear from Gary in a

:19:19. > :19:22.second, Gary, myself, Trevor, we used to talk about these thing, so

:19:23. > :19:28.in other words we didn't even have to speak much, we would nod and that

:19:29. > :19:34.is it. You had an idea and you had a good feel for it and anyone who was

:19:35. > :19:39.in racing it came naturally. Most teams will have been geared up for

:19:40. > :19:43.this. When you are in a situation like this and you can see what is

:19:44. > :19:46.supposed the happen, is it better to stick your head out and listen to

:19:47. > :19:50.your spotter and see what they are saying? We always had a spotter.

:19:51. > :19:55.People think I was daft but we used to have guys in fields spots which

:19:56. > :20:01.way the rain was coming, and honestly, it plays in our favour on

:20:02. > :20:07.several occasion, so I am sure the system now with all the computers

:20:08. > :20:12.they probably don't need it but if it was me I would have my guy in the

:20:13. > :20:16.field. There was a problem with traffic. Maldonado and Mark, that is

:20:17. > :20:21.very difficult isn't it You are going to get that. I come back to

:20:22. > :20:24.the thing what Ist -- started with. Compliments to everybody because I

:20:25. > :20:29.think the drivers behave brilliantly in very difficult circumstances. Let

:20:30. > :20:35.us look, we can probably see this, this is Grosjean and Max Chilton

:20:36. > :20:40.ahead of him. It is really tough, isn't it. I don't know why Grosjean

:20:41. > :20:44.is putting his hand up there. Max Chilton is entitled to it. He is

:20:45. > :20:48.giving the outside line and Grosjean let the car slide out. He probably

:20:49. > :20:52.had too much speed. What has he got to do? He is paying his money, he is

:20:53. > :20:57.a driver, Max Chilton is doing everything right. He hasn't impeded

:20:58. > :21:02.him, and I don't understand why his hand is going up like that, it was

:21:03. > :21:06.unnecessary. We have about 90 seconds to go until the session

:21:07. > :21:13.starts. This is going to be ability timing. Let us catch up. Here is Q2.

:21:14. > :21:17.Your commentary team. Sebastian Vettel was second fastest to Lewis

:21:18. > :21:21.Hamilton in that first part. Very light rain expected for Q2 says the

:21:22. > :21:27.computer. We have a few cars ready to go out an track at the very

:21:28. > :21:30.beginning. Most Mercedes are at the end of the pit lane. So they are

:21:31. > :21:33.taking no chances. This time Toro Rosso making sure they are getting

:21:34. > :21:42.their cars down to the end of testify pit lane. You just don't

:21:43. > :21:46.know. As we look to the right of the circuit which is beyond turn four it

:21:47. > :21:50.looks like there is a lot of rain and you look to the left and it is

:21:51. > :21:55.clear. I can't see any flags but looking at the indication on the

:21:56. > :21:59.timing screens it looks like that is weather that has passed us over.

:22:00. > :22:10.What is behind us? The rain is pick pg up a bit in the paddock. It is

:22:11. > :22:14.not damning the thousands ya. , damping the enthusiasm.

:22:15. > :22:20.Maybe it is an opportunity for Ferrari to do something special.

:22:21. > :22:25.Second part of qualifying is under way, and the first cars out of are

:22:26. > :22:30.the two Mercedes of Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. We have Kovalainen's

:22:31. > :22:35.Lotus, both Toro Rossos this time, of Vergne and Ricciardo, and it was

:22:36. > :22:40.clear if you weren't out early you were were struggling. Vergne only

:22:41. > :22:44.just made it through. Definitely the beginning was the best. I have to

:22:45. > :22:48.put my back slapping machine on Kovalainen. That was a fast lap. It

:22:49. > :22:52.shows if you have the commitment and determination you can pull it out.

:22:53. > :22:56.That is a very good point. His lap was very good. I wonder if he is

:22:57. > :23:00.going to be able to repeat that in the second part of qualifying. What

:23:01. > :23:05.else impressed you from the list that we saw there? If you look at

:23:06. > :23:10.everybody and those condition, pushing as add hard as they did. So

:23:11. > :23:15.everyone has respect for the circuit. This is where the pressure

:23:16. > :23:18.starts. If the forecast is right it will be the end of testify session

:23:19. > :23:24.that count, you have to put a banker in but it will be the end you have

:23:25. > :23:28.to get it right. You are probably having to save an intermediate set.

:23:29. > :23:32.Yes, if you get in the top ten you will have to go again. So you have

:23:33. > :23:36.to look after them. Onboard with Mark Webber so we are looking into

:23:37. > :23:40.his visor there, different camera angle to the one we normally have,

:23:41. > :23:45.but great to enjoy his last race with him, looking straight back in

:23:46. > :23:48.his face, Fernando Alonso's girlfriend in the Ferrari pit

:23:49. > :23:52.waiting to see what Fernando can do. No front row starts for Fernando

:23:53. > :23:57.Alonso, but he performs well in these slippery condition, we saw

:23:58. > :24:01.last year he got a couple of pole positions in these situation, so I

:24:02. > :24:07.wonder whether he will do anything this time? Doesn't look like free

:24:08. > :24:12.practise, we have seen Nico Rosberg power steering through. It doesn't

:24:13. > :24:16.look like Ferrari has unleashed some performance, unless he finds himself

:24:17. > :24:20.on an out of track condition qualifying sessions where he just

:24:21. > :24:23.gets that small window of performance, I think we are more

:24:24. > :24:28.likely to see a Mercedes pushing for pole position. Nico Rosberg was

:24:29. > :24:33.quickest in both sessions in the wet on Friday. Hamilton is behind him on

:24:34. > :24:39.track. Hamilton system a fraction quicker but by only 900th --s of a

:24:40. > :24:43.second. Kovalainen is about a tenth off the pace. More than a tenth off

:24:44. > :24:48.the pace of Hamilton, through the first sector. This middle sector

:24:49. > :24:52.probably defines the lap time in these condition, would you say? The

:24:53. > :24:56.middle sector so crucial when its slippery is probably going to have

:24:57. > :25:01.more of an effect on your overall lap time? ? The middle sector has

:25:02. > :25:07.been where the main part is won or lost. You can compromise in wet and

:25:08. > :25:09.dry conditions but running lighter downforce which gives you

:25:10. > :25:14.granddaughter speed in this part of the lap, but you start to struggle.

:25:15. > :25:18.He is faster than Hamilton by half a second. So let us see what the lap

:25:19. > :25:25.time is right. I think that Hamilton has lost a bit in the mid sector. I

:25:26. > :25:30.am not sure he can beat that lap. Is he faster? No, he is not. That half

:25:31. > :25:37.a second, he gained back a little in the final sector but he lost nearly

:25:38. > :25:42.five tenths. That could be just confidence in the car. It could be

:25:43. > :25:45.the difference of set up based on what they expect the race conditions

:25:46. > :25:48.tomorrow. This is only part of the story of course. It is all about

:25:49. > :25:57.trying to get the points in the Grand Prix on Sunday. Jean-Eric

:25:58. > :26:03.Vergne has gone forth, Ricciardo has gone a fraction quicker in third. We

:26:04. > :26:08.are getting used to this on-board shop for one of the last times, the

:26:09. > :26:26.distinctive crash helmet design of Marco Weber. -- Marco Weber. -- Mark

:26:27. > :26:31.Webber. He dropped back, the two Red Bull is running quite close

:26:32. > :26:41.together. He is quickest at this point. The Red Bull ahead of the two

:26:42. > :26:47.Mercedes by just under a tenth of a second. All you are trying to do is

:26:48. > :26:52.get in the top ten here, it is not about being fastest, you need to

:26:53. > :26:59.look after the tyres. Kovalainen is only 10th, he needs to find a bit

:27:00. > :27:05.more pace to be safe and secure. You always cut the pit lane entry line,

:27:06. > :27:09.it is standard practice here. A good lap, perfect conditions for him to

:27:10. > :27:16.show his skills. He did a good job in Austin. It was a power slide from

:27:17. > :27:23.the Force India of Adrian Sutil, he has two lift out of it. He is

:27:24. > :27:33.currently 10th fastest, Valtteri Bottas. Just seeing the vortices of

:27:34. > :27:42.the aerodynamics, a lot more humidity in these conditions. You

:27:43. > :27:52.can visibly CVS flow. Jenson -- see the airflow. Webber has been told we

:27:53. > :28:01.expect this light rain for ten minutes. Can Hulkenberg it into the

:28:02. > :28:06.top ten again? Webber goes third. It should put him safe. As long as the

:28:07. > :28:17.track conditions don't hugely change. This is Hamilton climbing up

:28:18. > :28:23.the hill. I don't expect this last sector to be quickest of all but it

:28:24. > :28:37.should be an improvement on the lap. He goes third, but no position

:28:38. > :28:41.change. He was three tenths of the best we have seen so far and slower

:28:42. > :28:57.than what he managed earlier. Both Toro Rossos in the top ten so

:28:58. > :29:16.far. Neither of the Force Indias in the top ten. Hulkenberg is still

:29:17. > :29:27.down in 15th. It looks like the top three are just doing cool laps. None

:29:28. > :29:35.of them improving. They are either looking for track position or trying

:29:36. > :29:39.to cool the tyres. This is not a timed lap in terms of him trying to

:29:40. > :29:43.improve. All using the intermediate tyres, giving enough water

:29:44. > :29:50.clearance, there is not too much standing water. What happened to

:29:51. > :29:54.Kovalainen? Maybe a mistake. Loses the back end of the car. Always a

:29:55. > :30:03.compromise to try to get enough back to load. A big power slide, drift

:30:04. > :30:12.off the back of the breaks from Paul di Resta. -- the brakes. You are

:30:13. > :30:16.trying to avoid a snap of the rear. You have to take out front wing when

:30:17. > :30:21.you put the intermediate tyres on and it takes load of the front axle

:30:22. > :30:26.and takes away the tendency for it to want to snap. Then you are trying

:30:27. > :30:31.to control the peaks of talk that you get from the engines. Next year

:30:32. > :30:42.there are going to be dealing with a lot more to

:30:43. > :30:51.Hulkenberg tried to get into the top ten. Usually Sutil is quick in the

:30:52. > :30:57.wet. I guess he is going to put a new set of intermediates on. We have

:30:58. > :31:05.just seen Kovalainen, bit of work going on on his car. He has been in

:31:06. > :31:14.the pit lane for a few moments. What does Button do? It is a slight

:31:15. > :31:23.improvement in time. There is Heikki Kovalainen's car. And Grosjean. They

:31:24. > :31:30.are waiting to service Grosjean before sending him out. Timing is

:31:31. > :31:35.going to be everything. It is about being out there when the track is at

:31:36. > :31:44.its quickest. It will be quickest at the end, they think. There is a life

:31:45. > :31:53.pit stop taking place on Lewis Hamilton's car. It is very busy down

:31:54. > :31:57.here. We have the Toro Rossos coming in, everybody is going to go for a

:31:58. > :32:01.new set of intermediatess. They know the danger of sitting out in the

:32:02. > :32:05.pits. We have seen teams make mistakes on so many occasions. You

:32:06. > :32:10.have got to be out there when the track is at its best. A good first

:32:11. > :32:21.sector from Vettel but not the best of all. Temperatures here are better

:32:22. > :32:26.than for the first set. It is all to do with the preheating. What they

:32:27. > :32:31.are talking about on the radio is the temperature they have preheated

:32:32. > :32:36.the tyre to. They have changed the preheating and are hoping for more

:32:37. > :32:40.grip on the second run. They don't have the queueing up at the end of

:32:41. > :32:41.the pit lane, losing temperature. The benefit is that Vettel improves

:32:42. > :32:53.further. These tyres go on, straight out of

:32:54. > :32:58.the blankets, he will leave the pit lane and get straight into a hard

:32:59. > :33:02.lap. The breaks are hot because we are well enough into the collar

:33:03. > :33:08.firing sessions. In theory it gets easier for the drivers to manage the

:33:09. > :33:13.preparation. It was a mistake that McLaren and Mercedes made earlier in

:33:14. > :33:19.Malaysia. We have a fastest first sector from Felipe Massa. Flying in

:33:20. > :33:27.the Ferrari, his last outing for Ferrari in qualifying. Can he keep

:33:28. > :33:31.it going for the rest of the lap? Let's see whether he can maintain

:33:32. > :33:38.that pace. A lot of quick guys out there. Mark Webber improving his own

:33:39. > :33:43.time in the first sector. Paul di Resta going better, he has a chance

:33:44. > :33:49.of getting into the top ten. The middle sector from Massa is not so

:33:50. > :33:54.good. It doesn't look as if he will suddenly surprise us. He is only a

:33:55. > :34:02.tenth or so of what he needs for Ricciardo. Massa crossing the line

:34:03. > :34:10.in six, you would think it might be reasonably safe. Still a bit of a

:34:11. > :34:15.way to go. Three minutes to go. Hulkenberg is not there in terms of

:34:16. > :34:18.the lap time he needs. A bit of a wobble from the Force India, they

:34:19. > :34:22.might be struggling to get the heat in the tyres. They tend to be better

:34:23. > :34:27.over the long runs and dry conditions. The heat management of

:34:28. > :34:31.the car enables them to control that. The wet weather is not

:34:32. > :34:34.dampening Adrian Sutil's girlfriend's view. Hulkenberg

:34:35. > :34:48.scraped in. He goes second, look at that, a

:34:49. > :34:59.great lap from Fernando Alonso. Grosjean has just gone six fastest.

:35:00. > :35:04.He may even go fastest in the middle sector -- go fastest, he is fastest

:35:05. > :35:12.in the middle table. Yes, he tops the table. More changes coming up, I

:35:13. > :35:17.am sure. Alonso's lap shows the track conditions are pretty good.

:35:18. > :35:28.Kovalainen has just improved his lap time. Bottas is not there yet, Perez

:35:29. > :35:40.is footing. Jenson Button hasn't done enough yet -- Perez is 14th.

:35:41. > :35:44.Kendra Keanu get in the top ten? Fax --

:35:45. > :35:57.can Ricciardo get in the top ten? Kovalainen is on a quiet lap. Look

:35:58. > :36:02.at where he is on the circuit. He will get one final lap to get

:36:03. > :36:11.through. Look at the rain, visibly heavier. It could well be an locked

:36:12. > :36:16.in top ten. It might be too late for Kovalainen, he is 11th at the

:36:17. > :36:22.moment. His team-mate has gone fastest. It looks as though the rain

:36:23. > :36:28.is coming down more heavily. The last chance for Kovalainen. Di Resta

:36:29. > :36:36.is in his last chance, so is Bottas, Perez, Button and Sutil. It is

:36:37. > :36:45.impressive that Button has improved his first sector. He is coming up

:36:46. > :36:53.over the rise, locking the wheel, you can see the understeer. They

:36:54. > :36:57.tend to under rotates the wheel in dry conditions. I suspect it is

:36:58. > :37:02.something you have to drive with and manage in these conditions. This

:37:03. > :37:06.last part of the lap seems to be more slippery. Button qualified on

:37:07. > :37:14.the front row last year and went on to win the race. He is seven tenths

:37:15. > :37:17.down on where he needs to be. Everyone is going slower in this

:37:18. > :37:26.middle sector. I think it is all over. Webber is slower in the middle

:37:27. > :37:32.sector. It looks as though we might have two Toro Rossos in the top ten.

:37:33. > :37:39.Sergio Perez has hit the wall. That will bring out yellows, if not the

:37:40. > :37:43.red flag. The chequered flag is out so I guess they don't need the red

:37:44. > :37:52.flag. It looks as though our top ten is set. Perez is out, as is Jenson

:37:53. > :37:56.Button. Perez was quicker than Button before that but a sad end to

:37:57. > :38:05.his McLaren career, as Sergio Perez crashes in Q2. This is to turn four.

:38:06. > :38:10.He controls it there but as he goes through five, he gets out onto the

:38:11. > :38:16.kerbs and goes on a high-speed journey to the wall. Thankfully the

:38:17. > :38:28.impact was lower than the damage looks.

:38:29. > :38:35.RADIO: Are you OK? Yes, I am OK. Making sure of the most important

:38:36. > :38:42.aspect, that the driver is OK. It was getting worse and worse and he

:38:43. > :38:45.just got onto the kerb. Once you go onto the painted curbs you have got

:38:46. > :38:49.to lift out and he tried to stay with it, and that is the result. --

:38:50. > :38:59.curbs. Over the course of the season he has

:39:00. > :39:08.out-qualified him on ten occasions. He has actually come out on top. He

:39:09. > :39:14.wouldn't have wanted to end it like that.

:39:15. > :39:22.The other key loss was Heikki Kovalainen. He had been going well

:39:23. > :39:27.and we thought he might scrape in but I think the rain caught him out.

:39:28. > :39:31.Yes, you have got to be on the track at the right time. He was doing a

:39:32. > :39:36.slow lap at the time the rain came and it is about having that crystal

:39:37. > :39:41.ball. I think it sums up how difficult this McLaren has been to

:39:42. > :39:48.drive, that Jenson Button finds himself in 15th. Good efforts from

:39:49. > :39:56.Paul di Resta, Bottas is growing in confidence. Bottas shakes the hand

:39:57. > :40:00.of the Williams guys. Heikki Kovalainen is out. Sergio Perez

:40:01. > :40:09.crashing out in the end. Both McLarens not in the next part.

:40:10. > :40:16.It was fascinateling conditions and tricky conditions here as we can

:40:17. > :40:20.see. -- fascinating. We can't see them because of the rain, you can

:40:21. > :40:24.see the shots of the rain coming off there, the visibility is bad for the

:40:25. > :40:29.driver, and not the way that Perez would want to end that session,

:40:30. > :40:33.trying too hard. Perez, again, I want to compliment the driver. Perez

:40:34. > :40:38.is the only person who had that big mistake and hit the wall. But we are

:40:39. > :40:43.going to be on full wet. You are smack on there. Nevertheless, let us

:40:44. > :40:46.not be too surprised if some teams go on to the intermediates towards

:40:47. > :40:52.the end of the final session. Now they know they are in the top ten

:40:53. > :40:55.they will have a go. Perez lost it. Maybe the car is too low, you don't

:40:56. > :41:01.eknow where the floor touched the grouped with the water effect, this

:41:02. > :41:06.circuit is so undulating it has little rivers and they cause mayhem

:41:07. > :41:10.over years gone by. Let us look at it from another angle. It seems

:41:11. > :41:14.there were a few moments where the track improved slightly enough for

:41:15. > :41:17.Grosjean and the deluge caught everybody out. What happens is you

:41:18. > :41:24.get your mind set into a way that you want to go into this race, and

:41:25. > :41:28.you just lose, you know the focus changes, because the rain is coming

:41:29. > :41:34.down in ter rents. It is awesome what is going on here. -- forrence,

:41:35. > :41:39.we have seen rain here in Brazil but not as heavy as this. It is coming

:41:40. > :41:43.down like cats and dogs. So, so Perez. Thank goodness he is OK. Paul

:41:44. > :41:49.di Resta is now talking though to Leigh.

:41:50. > :41:52.We will let you stand under the umbrella. Such difficult condition,

:41:53. > :41:57.how do you feel after that? Was there any more you could be giving

:41:58. > :42:02.when the flag came out, the session was limited with Sergio Perez's

:42:03. > :42:06.crash. I think unfortunately, this first set of tires -- tyred didn't

:42:07. > :42:11.switch on, we got in early, got out but the conditions were

:42:12. > :42:19.deteriorating, but to be P 12, after only doing six laps all weekend, I

:42:20. > :42:23.messed FP 1, and competitive lap times, I am satisfied with that,

:42:24. > :42:26.going into a race that is looking like it should be dry, autumn though

:42:27. > :42:30.today should have been, who has done the best work on the simulator

:42:31. > :42:35.womaning here, nobody hassed in idea what it is going to be. How could

:42:36. > :42:39.this be? He looks like he is pleased to be off the track and not

:42:40. > :42:45.surprisingly so. What he said is important to remember about the

:42:46. > :42:50.simulator, most people now, if tomorrow is dry, it would be pot

:42:51. > :42:55.ruck or whatever they wound up with, in the simulator. -- luck. That is

:42:56. > :42:58.how they will run the car. They have to be careful about the wing

:42:59. > :43:02.settings and stuff like that to comply with the regulations but the

:43:03. > :43:06.car will be set up as they came here, on Thursday, for the set up of

:43:07. > :43:09.the car before the car is has ran, so it is all to play for. Max

:43:10. > :43:14.Chilton went out in Q1, and he caught up with Leigh.

:43:15. > :43:19.Max, it looks difficult conditions out there, how tough was it? It is

:43:20. > :43:22.very challenging. We got practise over this weekend

:43:23. > :43:26.luckily in the tricky condition, but when you have to go straight out and

:43:27. > :43:30.on your first lap you don't know where the limit is s and I just had

:43:31. > :43:34.a big moment coming out of turn 3, luckily got away with it. Lost too

:43:35. > :43:38.much speed on the straight. The next lap it was raining too much. It's a

:43:39. > :43:43.fine line, you have to get it right. Yeah, well, we can see Sergio

:43:44. > :43:48.Perez's car being removed from the track, in these, well, frankly

:43:49. > :43:52.appalling condition, and we have heard that Q 3 will be delayed by

:43:53. > :43:57.ten minute, or so, because of the weather, so, we wait to see if that

:43:58. > :44:01.will improve. As I am saying that it seems as though it has got brighter,

:44:02. > :44:07.so it changes from minute to minute here. It is incredible. David said,

:44:08. > :44:12.we have got altitude here and therefore it is very hard to clearly

:44:13. > :44:17.depict what is going to happen. The other thing about the delay, I

:44:18. > :44:20.wouldn't be surprised, there is no way the medical helicopter could fly

:44:21. > :44:25.in conditions like this, so there are a number of reason, it is not

:44:26. > :44:28.down to poor old Perez, we must not blame him for this not happening.

:44:29. > :44:32.There are a number of issue, what we see on the screen here, is I can't

:44:33. > :44:38.imagine why, the people at home think it is OK. It is very difficult

:44:39. > :44:42.to see, because in reality, if you like the cloud has engulfed us. I

:44:43. > :44:46.never really shows, that is is a good shot you can see, everything

:44:47. > :44:50.misted up. It is absolutely bucketing down, it is constant and

:44:51. > :44:54.it is that, you know, it is that really thick heavy wet rain that is

:44:55. > :44:59.causing a problem. Do you want to put the umbrella over me a bit.

:45:00. > :45:06.Thanks Eddie! I didn't want to get too close for all sorts of reasons!

:45:07. > :45:12.Who is going to be on pole position? You know, you are the man with the

:45:13. > :45:17.old crystal ball. Don't schmooze me now. I am not, especially after what

:45:18. > :45:22.you just said about me! Jean-Eric Vergne let us tack about him. He is

:45:23. > :45:27.in the top ten shoot out when it start, he will be thrilled about

:45:28. > :45:31.that, because we have heard, that Jean-Eric Vergne is great guy, a wet

:45:32. > :45:36.weather master, this could be fantastic for him, because he has

:45:37. > :45:41.had so much bad luck, to see him go from the top ten. For anyone who is

:45:42. > :45:45.not wear of the ability of Jean-Eric Vergne, then, this could be the

:45:46. > :45:49.weekend as you rightly say, this guy is hugely talented and I would say

:45:50. > :45:52.it was a real cliffhanger, for Red Bull to decide which of their

:45:53. > :45:57.drivers they were going to take into the main team, because obviously,

:45:58. > :46:00.Ricciardo has now got the reputation, but Jean-Eric Vergne is

:46:01. > :46:06.exactly the same mould, the same speed, and the same quality, and he

:46:07. > :46:12.is a top driver. I would be happy to have him in any team of mine. That

:46:13. > :46:16.last session was all about timing and unfortunately for Kovalainen it

:46:17. > :46:19.didn't work out. Looking at satellite map, which says it is

:46:20. > :46:23.rain, I could have told you that! But there you go. It is about

:46:24. > :46:27.ticking your head out and looking at what the weather is doing. It

:46:28. > :46:31.doesn't look to change very much at the moment. We will keep you

:46:32. > :46:38.informed. The The great thing about this we probably see the top ten all

:46:39. > :46:42.higgledy-piggledy. When it hopefully becomes a dry race tomorrow it will

:46:43. > :46:45.be exciting. The last few races haven't been filled with the

:46:46. > :46:49.excitement we have been used to in years gone by, that is because of

:46:50. > :46:53.the dominance of Vettel. Well done for him to make sure he is top of

:46:54. > :46:57.the draw. It would be nice to see if he is beaten for pole. I believe

:46:58. > :47:01.there is a chance for Grosjean, there is a chance, we are saying

:47:02. > :47:06.hello to Paul again, there is a chance for Hamilton. Let us see what

:47:07. > :47:10.does happen, but my guess is it will not be Vettel. You have been saying

:47:11. > :47:16.all day today you think is going to be Hamilton. Rosberg was yesterday

:47:17. > :47:20.fastest in both sessions, we are looking at pictures of Hulkenberg

:47:21. > :47:26.there, another guy that can be terrific in the wet, but it must be

:47:27. > :47:30.nerve-wracking, he has wander off. I wonder if, how difficult, tell you

:47:31. > :47:34.what, let us go up to the commentary box where David is sitting. He has

:47:35. > :47:38.driven here in the wet and he beat Michael Schumacher one year here who

:47:39. > :47:44.was a weather master himself. In fact, we won't do that, because

:47:45. > :47:48.David just popped out. He has gone for a comfort break. He has

:47:49. > :47:53.returned. He is running back as we speak. David, are you donning

:47:54. > :47:58.hopefully he is donning his mic and headphones. I just wondering from ra

:47:59. > :48:05.driver's persecretive. Sorry I caught you out there. We are happy

:48:06. > :48:09.we caught you out. Could you put some, you know, meat

:48:10. > :48:14.on the bones for us, because we are are only used the driving in normal

:48:15. > :48:17.cars and that is tricky enough. What makes this track particularly

:48:18. > :48:20.difficult is the fact you have the elevation change so naturally water

:48:21. > :48:23.will find its way down the hill, it doesn't consider whether that gives

:48:24. > :48:28.standing water for the drivers or not. When you go through the Senna

:48:29. > :48:31.curve at the first three corners, you have all this different water

:48:32. > :48:37.patches, so you are not only trying to find your line, you are trying to

:48:38. > :48:40.judge how much water is there. Looking at Daniel Ricciardo, of

:48:41. > :48:43.course, driver for Toro Rosso at the moment, but a driver who will be

:48:44. > :48:49.competing with Red Bull next year. Joining us from the pit wall, team

:48:50. > :48:53.prince Pam Christian Horner, you have both top name drivers into the

:48:54. > :48:58.top ten but both Toro Rosso drivers are there. It is working out well

:48:59. > :49:01.for you at the moment. Yes, both guys have done well to get into the

:49:02. > :49:06.top ten, seeing as they were on the border of being knocked out in Q1,

:49:07. > :49:10.so, to have four Red Bull cars is obviously very good. Any worrying

:49:11. > :49:14.moments for yourselves? Mark Webber needed to draw a lap out earlier on

:49:15. > :49:21.in Q1, but otherwise they seem to have been pretty comfortable. He got

:49:22. > :49:26.a bit messed up with foreign doe and compromised his first lap, which was

:49:27. > :49:30.an important lap, but he managed to get a lap in and navigate his way

:49:31. > :49:33.into Q2. The problem now is, you need more of a boat than a car with

:49:34. > :49:38.the conditions the way they are. Yes, I mean it has got worse, we

:49:39. > :49:42.have images on the screens as you have, of how much water is standing

:49:43. > :49:46.on the track. Extreme wets will be needed, but at the moment, are we

:49:47. > :49:52.beyond being able to go out on the extreme wets do you think? I think

:49:53. > :49:57.so, the problem as DC know, the rivers that form across the circuit,

:49:58. > :50:02.and once the car aquaplanes, you are just a passenger, and because of the

:50:03. > :50:06.gradients in the track here, these rivers form, and particularly in the

:50:07. > :50:10.last sector, and in the middle sector, so it is safety above

:50:11. > :50:14.everything in these conditions. Given the changeable conditions we

:50:15. > :50:20.are seeing here, have you had to compromise the set up beyond normal

:50:21. > :50:23.putting the wets on and allowing the car to raise its height naturally

:50:24. > :50:28.because of the depth and the width of the tyre, is there any other

:50:29. > :50:32.compromises you have done? Not too much to be honest. I mean you are

:50:33. > :50:37.trying to come up with a car that has a broad window of balance across

:50:38. > :50:42.the three types of tyre. If it gets to be on slicks it is the first time

:50:43. > :50:46.we have will have run slicks all weekend. That will be a voyage into

:50:47. > :50:49.the unknown. You are stabbing in the dark and trying to achieve the best

:50:50. > :50:53.ambulance you can in these conditions. What do you rely on? Do

:50:54. > :50:57.you let the engineer and driver put their ing finger in the air and use

:50:58. > :51:01.their experience or are you draw morgue on the simulation and the

:51:02. > :51:06.operational rapes the teams have back at base? We have the operations

:51:07. > :51:11.at base, we have Adrian on the line back in Milton Keynes, and you know,

:51:12. > :51:14.so we are fully supported to the link back to the factory, the data

:51:15. > :51:18.and information we have from the race last year, where it was similar

:51:19. > :51:23.conditions, it is a very good reference for us to be able to use.

:51:24. > :51:31.Thank you for joining us, we will see how the final part goes when it

:51:32. > :51:34.gets going. Thanks the a lot. Good shots of Sergio Perez looking fine,

:51:35. > :51:39.that is the scene here in Interlagos, Brazil for qualifying,

:51:40. > :51:44.the rain is pouring drown, we have a slight delay. Let us hear from

:51:45. > :51:49.Jenson Button, who has been talking to Leigh. This is nice, at least we

:51:50. > :51:55.are under umbrella, how tricky was it on the track today? Q1 wasn't. It

:51:56. > :52:01.felt pretty good. Q2 there was more water on the circuit. We, we haven't

:52:02. > :52:07.been out in the wet, we have been trying to save tyres, and we have

:52:08. > :52:11.proven that was the wrong call. But rounds off the year nicely and one

:52:12. > :52:15.more day of pain, and then we can start working on hopefully a good

:52:16. > :52:19.car next year. The car you were out there in today, you can make changes

:52:20. > :52:23.for tomorrow because you are not in the top ten, what was it set up for

:52:24. > :52:31.and what is tomorrow's forecast looking like? We have, we have got

:52:32. > :52:35.pretty low down Fox we fell it was working yesterday but we didn't run

:52:36. > :52:39.when it was very wet. We are struggling to get the tyre pressure,

:52:40. > :52:43.however high we go with the temperature of the tyre, so it is

:52:44. > :52:49.something, it is like a switch, today, as I said in Q1 the car was

:52:50. > :52:55.working well and relatively quick. We are not in Q2 when it is wet. It

:52:56. > :53:02.came in the last corner, turn 14 and I was three tenths up and I got to

:53:03. > :53:07.that 10.14. There was a river running across circuit and I lifted

:53:08. > :53:11.it and the three tenths was gone. Tomorrow is supposed to be a bit

:53:12. > :53:18.drier. You lovb obviously love your job, are you at the stage it is one

:53:19. > :53:23.more sleep? Yes. Thanks Jenson. Just two minutes to go now, until Q 3. It

:53:24. > :53:28.sounds as toe the depth of the condition, the treacherous

:53:29. > :53:34.conditions have caught McLaren out. They wanted some rain and were

:53:35. > :53:38.hoping to make it to Q3. It is indicative of their season. Jenson

:53:39. > :53:43.didn't look a happy camper there, for a guy not that many years ago

:53:44. > :53:47.was celebrating his World Championship here. And granddaughter

:53:48. > :53:53.great memory, last year, success, He won. Absolutely. So the reality is

:53:54. > :53:57.that McLaren, they want the see the back of this year, unless a miracle

:53:58. > :54:01.happens tomorrow, they need to finish on the podium to have any joy

:54:02. > :54:08.going home. A further ten minute delay I am hearing, to the next

:54:09. > :54:12.session. So we will have a little chat about Heikki, that is due to

:54:13. > :54:16.the volume of water standing on the track, that is far too dangerous for

:54:17. > :54:20.the cars to go out. So let us hear from Heikki.

:54:21. > :54:28.It looked like there was work going on on your car in Q2? Not really.

:54:29. > :54:31.Changing tyres. You were holding position Yes holding in the pit lane

:54:32. > :54:37.and trying to find the right time. No problems with the car, the car is

:54:38. > :54:41.performing as well as Jed -- yesterday. How do you think it will

:54:42. > :54:45.translate to tomorrow, are we expecting a dry race? Can you ever

:54:46. > :54:49.tell here? We can't tell, we don't have a clear weather forecast, today

:54:50. > :54:54.was supposed to be better and it wasn't really much better, so, to be

:54:55. > :54:58.honest I have no problem with the condition, I enjoy driving in the

:54:59. > :55:02.rain. It is not an excuse, it is the same for everybody. In qualifying

:55:03. > :55:08.you have to be there at the right time to nail the lap. We didn't do

:55:09. > :55:13.it well enough today. In the race, you know, the conditions you know,

:55:14. > :55:20.anything can happen in these condition, so I have to keep pushing

:55:21. > :55:24.and I still do a good race, but it would be easier further up the grid

:55:25. > :55:28.but there you go. So Heikki speaking frankly, you saw ten minutes to go

:55:29. > :55:32.until the next session starts. It is, it is frustrating I think, as a

:55:33. > :55:36.motor sport fan to think Heikki isn't going to get a drive next year

:55:37. > :55:46.when he is doing so well. Shown what he can do. It is a sign of the times

:55:47. > :55:51.of course but very frustrating. Particularly because we are talking

:55:52. > :55:56.about a Grand Prix winner. It was sad to see he was not driving in a

:55:57. > :55:59.permanent seat this year. It was only halfway through the season that

:56:00. > :56:06.cater decided they should bring him along for his experience. --

:56:07. > :56:11.Caterham decided. As a result of that he has the drive that he had at

:56:12. > :56:14.Lotus. I think he will do an amazing job in the race tomorrow. We have

:56:15. > :56:25.just been joined by the man from last week, Valtteri Bottas. You

:56:26. > :56:33.stand out in the rain, Eddie. Took us through the conditions. -- talk

:56:34. > :56:38.us through. It was quite tricky. In the beginning it was about getting a

:56:39. > :56:44.very good lap in the first lap and after that, every lap was slower and

:56:45. > :56:48.slower. Q2 was getting more wet. We have seen that the more wet it is,

:56:49. > :56:54.we have been struggling more and more. We were hoping for more dry

:56:55. > :56:58.conditions. We will think positively for next year, your new team-mate,

:56:59. > :57:05.Massa and yourself, looking forward to that? Definitely, looking forward

:57:06. > :57:09.to working with Felipe, he has so much experience and it is good that

:57:10. > :57:13.it is from a team like Ferrari. It is good for us, really looking

:57:14. > :57:21.forward to it. Do you know him quite well? I met him once when we did the

:57:22. > :57:26.announcement at the factory. He seems like a nice guy and there

:57:27. > :57:32.should be no problems. How relieved... You don't have to be

:57:33. > :57:37.Einstein to work out the maths, there are more drivers than seats.

:57:38. > :57:45.How relieved are you that you got the seat that you wanted? Of course,

:57:46. > :57:50.it is a big relief. It was always in my head that I would continue with

:57:51. > :57:55.Williams, I didn't doubt it. But it is Formula 1, nothing is sure unless

:57:56. > :58:02.it is confirmed. It is very nice to know what is going to be in the

:58:03. > :58:06.future so of course, it is a relief. Thank you very much, I am sure you

:58:07. > :58:10.want to have a cup of tea and we would love you to bring a couple

:58:11. > :58:16.out! Let's go to the commentary box and get their thoughts.

:58:17. > :58:20.Comes we have some shots from the helicopter above the circuit and it

:58:21. > :58:27.is looking pretty awful -- COMMENTATOR: We have some shots from

:58:28. > :58:32.the helicopter above the circuit. We are expecting another report at

:58:33. > :58:40.five minutes past the hour. We should hear something more in a

:58:41. > :58:44.couple of minutes. That chap's hair was straight before he came to the

:58:45. > :58:48.circuit! We should remind ourselves where we are in the world, the only

:58:49. > :58:52.thing that is missing is the actual rainforest, it has been cleared to

:58:53. > :58:57.create this vast, sprawling city that is Sao Paulo. The conditions

:58:58. > :59:01.are what you would expect in the rainforest. We have seen it many

:59:02. > :59:07.times. It has been the dry season of racing since 1987, apparently. It is

:59:08. > :59:11.making up for it now. It is an amazing circuit, the city surrounds

:59:12. > :59:16.it. On every side there are buildings, houses, businesses. I am

:59:17. > :59:21.sure it was not like this when it was first built. It was built around

:59:22. > :59:26.the time of the Second World War and I am sure Sao Paulo wasn't as

:59:27. > :59:31.sprawling as it is now. 11.5 million people in the centre of city, 20

:59:32. > :59:35.million in the outlying regions and its surrounds the track.

:59:36. > :59:37.million in the outlying regions and its surrounds It does and apparently

:59:38. > :59:42.it was built on land considered not suitable for housing. Quite why it

:59:43. > :59:47.you would think it was suitable for racing cars... There is the

:59:48. > :59:52.opportunity for locals to make some extra money with providing parking

:59:53. > :59:56.when we come in here. There has been hugely relevant in Brazil since I

:59:57. > :00:01.first came into racing in Formula 1. It will continue as they head

:00:02. > :00:05.towards the World Cup next year and the Summer Olympics couple of years

:00:06. > :00:09.later. A huge growth in sport and the economy. It is just that the

:00:10. > :00:15.weather is not something they can control. We have seen many wet

:00:16. > :00:21.Brazilian Grand Prix and changeable conditions, it does usually provide

:00:22. > :00:26.an exciting event. We just want to see some cars on track. It is purely

:00:27. > :00:30.down to the amount of water on track, the reason we are not seeing

:00:31. > :00:33.anything out. We just saw the third driver at Lotus, who sadly missed

:00:34. > :00:40.out on the opportunity to replace Kimi Raikkonen. He has clearly been

:00:41. > :00:45.disappointed about that committee has said as much, almost reluctant

:00:46. > :00:49.to have his face on camera. Which begs the question, why stand in

:00:50. > :00:55.front of the garage where the cameras will firmly! You can't

:00:56. > :01:00.really film -- will film you, you can't re-that! -- you can't really

:01:01. > :01:11.hide from that. People are running up and down the

:01:12. > :01:14.paddock, trying to find dry positions to wait for Q3, which

:01:15. > :01:20.should hopefully be in about five minutes or so. The last action we

:01:21. > :01:27.had from Q2 was the Sergio Perez crash as he slid and spun into the

:01:28. > :01:33.wall and we can hear from him. First of all, it looks like a big hit, are

:01:34. > :01:40.you OK? I am hearing the same from everyone, I think it looked bigger

:01:41. > :01:46.than it was. I am OK. Thankfully it was not very hard. I saw the front

:01:47. > :01:53.wing a bit on the rear suspension. We were planning something today,

:01:54. > :01:57.hopefully we could make it to say goodbye to my people. That is most

:01:58. > :02:03.important for me at the moment. How tricky are the conditions, it looked

:02:04. > :02:08.like you got onto the white line? I was trying my best to find a lap

:02:09. > :02:13.time, the car was not performing. I knew it was my last lap, I gave it

:02:14. > :02:19.my all, the conditions were at their worst. I tried to risk everything

:02:20. > :02:23.and it ended badly. In actual fact you have outqualified Jenson Button

:02:24. > :02:36.ten times to his nine this season. It has been a good qualifying season

:02:37. > :02:41.for use -- you, for McLaren, does it answer anything about why you are

:02:42. > :02:45.leaving the team? I think only time will tell if the decision was the

:02:46. > :02:49.right one. I have to look forward to the future. I hope next year I am

:02:50. > :02:59.sitting here doing an interview and telling you it was a great thing, to

:03:00. > :03:03.leave McLaren. Let's look at his last qualifying session with

:03:04. > :03:10.McLaren. This happened just about 20 minutes ago. We talked about keeping

:03:11. > :03:15.away from the white lines, they are so treacherous. Even on the paddock

:03:16. > :03:22.you do not go on them in case you fall over, what must it be like at

:03:23. > :03:27.that speed? Once he is on the kerb and the white line, it is a miracle

:03:28. > :03:38.that it was as little impact as it was. It looks like we are going to

:03:39. > :03:44.have another delay to Q3. Tilting about Perez, you are not with us

:03:45. > :03:46.when the news was announced he would be leaving McLaren committee was

:03:47. > :03:58.very shocked, as I think a few people were. -- he was very shocked.

:03:59. > :04:07.You have brought your own umbrella. I have brought one of yours! Pop,

:04:08. > :04:12.what is happening next year? There has been an Eddie Jordan theory that

:04:13. > :04:19.there is going to be a change in line-up and we might not be seeing

:04:20. > :04:22.Paul di Resta. -- Bob. We have two excellent drivers and there has to

:04:23. > :04:29.be compelling reasons why we would change them and at this point, those

:04:30. > :04:35.reasons are not there. Adrian Sutil putters manager said there are two

:04:36. > :04:42.options, you guys and Sauber. In an ideal world, you would remain the

:04:43. > :04:47.same? The decision is not one we need to take yet. At the end of the

:04:48. > :04:53.day we will finish this weekend, there are some issues with Lotus. I

:04:54. > :04:56.think they are the key in the driver market and once that decision is

:04:57. > :05:01.made, he will give direction on where we want to go. We have two

:05:02. > :05:12.good drivers and there have to be good reasons to change them. What

:05:13. > :05:17.did you mean by Lotus and change? I think Lotus is the key in terms of

:05:18. > :05:23.getting a position for that driver. Once it is done it tumbles back down

:05:24. > :05:26.and we are probably next in line. There is obviously a massive

:05:27. > :05:30.financial problem at Lotus and they are waiting for money to come in, it

:05:31. > :05:34.is a question of whether this money is going to come in or not in terms

:05:35. > :05:40.of whether they are looking at Maldonado or Hulkenberg, is that not

:05:41. > :05:44.the situation? It is up to them to resolve, we can't do anything about

:05:45. > :05:50.it, we are passengers. We can't hide behind the cloak, I have repeatedly

:05:51. > :05:57.said that Hulkenberg will be in your team. Do you not want to confirm

:05:58. > :06:03.that? I can't hide behind anything because you told me. You have said

:06:04. > :06:07.something on previous occasions, Hulkenberg would be welcome back in

:06:08. > :06:17.the team. You have this trio of drivers. It is quite convert hated.

:06:18. > :06:27.-- quite convert hated. -- quite complicated. It is that it will

:06:28. > :06:35.resolve itself. -- but it will resolve. Thank you for coming with

:06:36. > :06:39.your umbrella. We appreciate it and we work to find out. Of course, you

:06:40. > :06:48.will let us know first what is happening with Force India. Lots of

:06:49. > :06:54.mechanics are waving and it looks like things are happening. Every

:06:55. > :07:00.time you say that, it is a downpour and we are into another five-minute

:07:01. > :07:15.delay. We were having a conversation about Perez, what are your thoughts.

:07:16. > :07:21.Will he end up getting a drive? I would be very sad to lose him out of

:07:22. > :07:29.Formula 1. I think what he did in Sabah was amazing. I know we have

:07:30. > :07:31.slight difference of opinion about the job did at McLaren -- what he

:07:32. > :07:52.did in Sabah. Bob has played a very good poker

:07:53. > :08:01.hand. Perez is an exciting driver to watch. It is what you want in

:08:02. > :08:05.Formula 1. Remember we loved watching curb by Ashley and not many

:08:06. > :08:15.people are talking about him. -- we love watching Kobayashi. The top end

:08:16. > :08:28.of professional sport everywhere in the world, it is really hard.

:08:29. > :08:35.Do you think it will have any clever task?

:08:36. > :08:43.You enlarge the statement and you say, would Martin Whitmarsh come to

:08:44. > :08:48.a fellow Mercedes team and bring it to Force India? You say, why would

:08:49. > :08:51.he do that when already, Martin Whitmarsh knows that Paul di Resta

:08:52. > :08:56.could be losing a seat as a result of that. He was already a solid and

:08:57. > :09:02.great member of the Mercedes team. There are a lot of conflicts, I

:09:03. > :09:09.don't want to get run on it. -- drawn on it. What else did Paul di

:09:10. > :09:14.Resta have to do to secure that seat? It is a problem with British

:09:15. > :09:24.drivers. Traditionally we have never gone about... Come and join us here.

:09:25. > :09:29.Thanks for joining us, it is not quite the weather we had hoped for.

:09:30. > :09:35.Not really but at the moment you cannot go, there was a lot of water

:09:36. > :09:38.on the track. Lewis Hamilton was looking quite sharp out there today,

:09:39. > :09:46.weather conditions will have to improve and are you hopeful of

:09:47. > :09:48.locking out the front row perhaps? Obviously it would be great but

:09:49. > :09:55.Sebastian Vettel was very strong so I guess it is going to be the usual

:09:56. > :10:06.suspects. What are you going to do with regards to the tyres?

:10:07. > :10:19.If the rain stops, it could go quickly. That is the danger at the

:10:20. > :10:22.moment. Or stay on the full wets. There is too much standing water, my

:10:23. > :10:27.guess is you will be on the full wets. We made a forecast earlier, we

:10:28. > :10:32.said Lewis Hamilton will be on pole position, can you make sure that

:10:33. > :10:39.happens? All of us would like that to happen. I am thinking about the

:10:40. > :10:42.lucky punch. How that would work. We will talk about that later on.

:10:43. > :10:45.Moving forward, an moving sort of, well having a look at what you have

:10:46. > :10:51.done this year as a team, I have been told there is a further ten

:10:52. > :10:58.minute delay, so stay with us, You could here for a lifetime. You

:10:59. > :11:03.should have a coffee! In terms of getting your ducks in a row, we have

:11:04. > :11:07.seen changes in personnel, rumours about whether Ross is going to stay

:11:08. > :11:13.or go, how you feeling about how things have shaped up for next

:11:14. > :11:19.season? Obviously, this is probably the biggest, the rule or regulation

:11:20. > :11:23.change in the last years, and it is not only a new energy, a new

:11:24. > :11:27.Powertrain but a new set of regulation, and so the change is

:11:28. > :11:33.Mags Si. In terms of the organisation, we started to get a

:11:34. > :11:44.bunch 06 good guys and they start well, they work well with the team,

:11:45. > :11:49.so we should be in good shape. We spoke earlier, dominance of interest

:11:50. > :11:55.yen, he is brilliantly talented. The change of tyres have helped him and

:11:56. > :12:01.helped Red Bull, why do you think was, and surely you had more control

:12:02. > :12:05.to give everyone a fair chance. It is guessing but they were very

:12:06. > :12:10.dominant last year, with those tyre, and they had a lot of experience on

:12:11. > :12:14.the tyres and when they came back, they simply kept the momentum and

:12:15. > :12:19.after the summer they were the one, the only ones doing massive steps

:12:20. > :12:23.forward. You could see a bunch op of teams were all keeping close

:12:24. > :12:27.together, but Red Bull was between half a second and up from them. This

:12:28. > :12:31.is just the sum of being sustainable, over the last years and

:12:32. > :12:35.understanding the tyres. There you go. That is answered in

:12:36. > :12:41.one go. It is frustrating for the people at home. They want exciting

:12:42. > :12:45.racing and we have seen such exciting racing, and interest yen's

:12:46. > :12:48.dominance, it is akin to the likes of Michael Schumacher's years and we

:12:49. > :12:53.don't want to see too much of that so we hope that you have all your

:12:54. > :12:58.ducks in a row and make sure you come back and win lots of races next

:12:59. > :13:04.year. Now the pressure is on! Thank you for your time. Good luck in this

:13:05. > :13:10.next session. Looking at pictures of Felipe Massa, waiting to go into Q3.

:13:11. > :13:13.And we are going to be running out of time on BBC One and switchling

:13:14. > :13:19.over to BBC Two shortly. -- switching. Stay with us, for the

:13:20. > :13:23.next few seconds, and weather conditions, it is really remaining

:13:24. > :13:27.the same. This is pot luck, as I said we look up, we see some

:13:28. > :13:31.clearing, and we think, wow, there is a window of opportunity, and

:13:32. > :13:37.suddenly, as soon as you look away, another cloud is over.

:13:38. > :13:42.Well, we are going to go to BBC Two, in just a few seconds, so you will

:13:43. > :13:47.have to switch over, so if you want to switch over now you will be able

:13:48. > :13:50.to rejoin us in the rain and see if we ever get this session away.