The British Grand Prix Formula 1

great racing here today! Race number eight. Silverstone. This is Formula

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year, we would have been quicker whopping! 2013! Brilliant!The

Formula one relay! I was wondering why people were looking at me a bit

silly. This has been the home of the Jordan Grand Prix! Are you going to

a limey in here? I don't know about that! This must be the prototype for

next yearcar! We are taking the building back on behalf of all

Jordan! We were checking it by ever win a Grand Prix! Give us a

of the British Grand Prix? If there was a hotel, you would not stay!

are liars! -- an important part. they really get behind everyone.

Very funky, I love those flags! I think Silverstone has a very nice

way of doing things. This is one of the ultimate challenges, you need

tremendous bravery to go through the Copse, Becketts, down onto the

straight. That would need a separate the men from the boys. Would you

trade a victory in another Grand Prix to have had one of those here?

Good question. Would I have? I've hobbled leeward, in some respects.

It would have been special. We are here. -- I've wobbly would. -- I

probably would. From the smallest to the fastest, welcome to the home of

Formula one. The sun is shining and the crowd are going crazy. How good

will today be? 130,000 people and everyone is on the edge of their

seats because they are willing Lewis Hamilton on to win this. A home win

would be fantastic for Lewis Hamilton, he has been smiling after

qualifying. Your favourite mum and? I have to say, watching David

Coulthard winning a couple of times. We were fighting a couple of times

and he never came to join Jordan. But we loved his winnings. I am

morally that you are being nice but my favourite was Nigel Mansell

winning here! He had so many moments? Incredible.Everybody is

getting ready and we have to go down to the pits. One more good by! -- or

by! -- goodbye! There is some hunting to be done and Sebastian

Vettel has the target. He is leaving Fernando Alonso by 36 points, Kimi

Raikkonen is eight points away and Lewis Hamilton is in fourth place

with Paul di Resta in eighth place and Jenson Button competing the top

ten. Red Bull dominate the constructors championship, having

won three in a row. They are looking for their fourth second. Yesterday,

it was a very noisy place. Displays erupted. I will let mail me explain

my... -- this place. The grandstand was pack and his son almost shining

as qualifying got underway. One of the first big names to fall was

Jenson Button, who could not find any pace. His P11 and Sergio Perez

means no McLaren qualified in the top ten. Ferrari did not do much

better. Felipe Massa went out in Q2 and Fernando Alonso did make it into

Q3 but was left frustrated whilst his rivals went faster. Daniel

Ricciardo made the most in Toro Rosso. Red Bull are looking for a

replacement driver for Mark Webber next season and he starts in an

impressive sixth place. Another driver making the most of it was

Paul di Resta, the used home advantage and a quick car to put

into fifth place. After qualifying, the stewards find his car to be

liked by 1.5 kilograms, Knight has to start from the back of the grid.

Red Bull is traditionally quick, Mark Webber could only manage fourth

phase whilst Sebastian Vettel was third place. That -- that left

Mercedes to battle it out and Lewis Hamilton but in a stunning lap,

getting pole position and a new lap record around this track. It was

incredible, big thank you to everyone and it means the world to

me to come here. They are always so disappointed every year and this is

the first time I relief at the car. I am so proud of the team. Mercedes

look at the front row and then comes Red Bull. Paul di Resta is

disqualified and everyone moves forward. The car was for. Adrian

Sutil is the highest placed Force India. Then comes Lotus. Button

makes it into the top ten. Maldonado is the highest placed Williams car.

With Valtteri Bottas alongside. Giedo van der Garde takes one point

from Canada. Paul di Resta starts a long way from where he qualified.

Such a shame because it was so incredible. Paul di Resta has been

on pace all weekend? Not just this weekend, he was brilliant in Canada

and came back after driving through the field and it was one of the best

rides he has ever had to finish in seventh and then to qualify in death

and lose it is very disappointing. -- fifth. How can this happen?You

are dealing on the finest of margins and every kilogram is so special and

expensive. Because you cannot give away time and you need the car

absolutely on that weight limit and harder this happen? 1.5 kilos? If he

was, he has to pay the penalty but that is a very better appeal.

find out what the team boss thought because he caught up with Tom

Clarkson. The car, in our opinion, weighed in OK. Paul was at a lower

weight than he should have been. And the combination of those, car and

driver, was below the prescribed weight limit. It is going to be

impossible to do any post-mortem to check this out. But we will

certainly be very diligent on this particular aspect going forward.

Paul 's car and pull himself, they were both weighed after a P3 and he

checked out fine. Why this happened is something that remains a mystery.

We are standing in front of Force India. It seems so confusing?

is a rumour that the calibration of the skills were in question and

perhaps suspect and we do not know the full story. That seems hard to

understand but nevertheless, if he says, which we have to believe, that

Paul was weighed after qualifying and was told it was the car, but

things change. You don't know the weight of the tyres, there could be

different rims, any number of different things that went on that

would just make that horrible kilo underweight and you can never be too

careful. In my experience, we used to try to run the car with that too

kilogram margin and that would not have happened because 1.5 kilos,

underweight, but also shows a good sign that the FIA are ruling this

with integrity. We saw that recent problems and we felt that was

correct and Nigel Mansell was one of those stewards and was one of his

decisions at the car should be at the back. 1.5 kilograms, but isn't

about... It is less than one second? It is either illegal or it is not.

You are either in this or out. A neighbour outside regulations.

can hear the Red Arrows flying overhead. They have been doing their

display for the fans. Paul di Resta, essentially, is at the back

of the grid. They have chosen not to go from the pit lane, they will go

from the back. Does he have any chance of making this up? I think he

will score points. This will make him doubly determined to show what

he can do. And my gut feeling is this is his racetrack and we saw how

he could qualify, he was absolutely sensational. And I think he will

make this into a really tough, hard race for himself and he will score

points. Owing from the back but it was the Mercedes front row lock-out.

David is with Ross Brawn. plastic third pole position. The

front row. It will be about strategy and people want to know about tyres.

Can you make them last in the Silverstone? All of us will be

facing different conditions than Friday and Saturday because the

track temperature is 12 degrees hotter today, or predicted to be so.

We have to be flexible with our strategy. It will almost certainly

be three stops or two stops. We shall see how those first set of

tyres behave and decide on strategy afterwards. Presumably you go off in

grid order, Wetherby the team strategy to give Lewis Hamilton the

best opportunity to get that gap will you let them race and then see

afterwards what the best way is to maximise points? We will let them

race but I do not think it is of any interest on either to raise hard at

the beginning. This race will evolve. They are free to race each

other but they understand the best way of protecting their position,

because we have those cars stacked up and that is not the best way to

protect positions at the beginning. There are no team orders apart from

bringing both Castle. Quickly, we hear that other teams are struggling

with front left were, is that the case? Is any contrast indifference?

That is the good sort of overall statement. We started with the front

left being the problem and this has evolved to being more balanced and

we have to avoid going the other way, and the rear wheels becoming

the problem because they are the ones that become difficult to

maintain with lap times. The front, we can increase understeer but the

drivers can still generally get time out of the car. We shall watch with

interest. Added that it -- afternoon. -- have a good afternoon.

What do you reckon? There are 100,000 people who hope the envelope

that Lewis Hamilton will do this because he is the darling of the

crowds, he has made all those extra ticket sales possible and he

certainly has all of those ingredients necessary to win this. I

personally think it would be great for the British Grand Prix to have

him winning. The crowd have been entertained by these people, the Red

Arrows. Absolutely fabulous display. Let's catch up with the drivers. And

how they feel about the day ahead. Lewis, I suppose you never tire of

this and very shortly, all of these guys will be cheering you on for

pole position. How does it make you feel? It is

incredible, I am honoured to be here and to represent the country and the

weather is great, such a good turnout. I want to give them a good

result. Jenson, I can't imagine you ever get tired of seeing these funds

come at you want to give them something to cheer about? We will

give them something to cheer about, whether or not we are doing good

from the front. We still have the pace but we are going to do

everything we can to get the right result. Finishing 10th doesn't mean

anything for us so we are going to fight and see what happens. Paul, a

strong a drive for you yesterday hasn't turned out like he wanted,

you're starting from the back. is right, but it doesn't take away

from the labs we did. We are to promote committed and we all have a

fight on our hands, but we will do what we can -- we have to stay

committed. Can you spoil the party today? I think you -- they will be

partying whatever. We are looking forward to having a nice race and

I'm looking forward to do the best that I can. I won in 2009 and

hopefully I can do it again. Mark, it is your last British Grand Prix,

I know it is a special place for you. It has been a long time I have

been here in the UK. I really saw a change when I started to win races,

and when BBC took over the coverage, the interest in the sport blew up,

getting petrol in your car started to change, which was good become a

English took a bit of like to me. This is a fantastic event for us. We

used to race in some circumstances when it was nearly empty, and we

come here and there is so much support, it is fantastic. Fantastic

support for the British drivers and the British teams but there is a

huge respect for all of us and we want to put the show, they deserve

SUZI PERRY: All of them looking fairly relaxed out on the bus with

Lee and very confident. Sony reasons for all of them to want to win the

Grand Prix. It is the most animated I have seen people for a long time.

It is a shame, Ferrari have such a huge following here, irrespective of

who is driving the car, it has been a favourite and the magnetism there

is huge. David, how difficult is it for Lewis? He is in pole position,

they know the car is a little bit better than it has been in the

past, what will be going through his head? Being in pole position gives

you a huge advantage, not only track position of course, but you don't

have to be driving 100%, you can control the pace, especially on a

circuit like this where to overtake, because of its vast

nature, you can actually control the race from the fund. So the only

thing we are concerned about is a good launch into turn one. He turned

out to be top dog in qualifying but how would he fare with David

Coulthard and the top guns of the RAF, the red arrows? Bring on the

scale. The Red Arrows is an amazing display of the quality of the RAF,

the pilots, the skills that they have banned the trust they have in

each other. There are many similarities between the teams in

F1, they have to trust the mechanics, the mechanics had to

trust the machine, you have to trust those around you, so the team

working element, the technology, the aerodynamics, it is a vital role in

the aircraft and it is something grand prix racing is all about.

is something I have wanted to do for a long time. It is very different to

be here. A huge welcome, it is a great privilege to have both of you

here and all of the pilots are pretty good, so don't worry too much

about that. Can you not take the word pretty out of that sentence!

David, is it all right if I take a picture? This is what happens when

you retire from racing. It has been broken a few times. Sorry, I have

171. Darn, I have shrunk. All done, going to measure you up now. Get

your helmet. This is which -- when you realise what we are about to do.

Are you happy about that? This is the coolest jacket I have ever had.

I think in these kinds of situations come you don't really realise what

is going on. Until I am walking into the

aircraft, then I will realise. Welcome everybody, we are going to

look at two p.m. Takeoff. We are going to 15,000 feet. It is little

bit misty. The weather is improving all the time. You lost me at the

word hello. Is there any change you can do it all again? I know what

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they are talking about. It is time cool. Red arrows, clever takeoff. --

cleared for takeoff. , I'm so excited. This is it. We

come true. I just had a bit of a excited. They are so close together,

it is incredible. I can almost touch be over. What a ride. Wonderful,

absolutely wonderful. This is the coolest thing I have ever done.

How good does that look? Did you do that big summer break, where you

experience seven geez? You have got me in that one but I did have a

closing of the pigeon, and I felt like I would pass out, but he backed

out of its -- of the vision. It is amazing, it blows your mind.

Lewis looks like he had a great time. And him as well, I think that

was the best piece of video we have ever done on the show. Because he

was a bit naked? I am used to that. I think it was just amazing, I think

it was a new Lewis, and David was there and Red Arrows, that is why

people come to Silverstone, all the things together, the noise and the

excitement. I would love to have done it but I'm not sure my heart

would be able to take it. GeForce you experience, how does it

compare to being in a racing car? is a different access, so in simple

terms, it is trying to push the blood into your feed where as in a

racing car, it is more aggressive. In a jet, you're pushing down on the

head, it is a bit more different. you want me to go and get him sorted

at question marks big yellow you are usually going out and talking to

drivers --? You are usually going out and talking to the drivers now.

There are lots of sports stars and actors on the grid. Just spin

around... The man who has done it on two wheels and four wheels, the only

man. Eddie. The atmosphere on the grid here at the British Grand Prix.

I think it is always electric, it is triumphant, something that catches

you. I don't think there is another grid like it. Maybe I am being a bit

biased but that is how I feel, the atmosphere at Silverstone is created

by the fans and you saw people like Alonso paying tribute to the fans,

they don't do that at any other race to my knowledge, and that carries on

all stock that is why we have so many dignitaries and people coming

here. If you run over there now and they saw you... Do you want to do

it? Just wander over here and see if they are being attentive to Mister

Jordan. There they are. They are awake. There are loads of Hamilton

flags, loads of flags for Paul di Resta and Jenson Button. Superb

support for all of the British drivers. It is all around the

circuit, that is the nice thing, Susie. -- Suzi. We have 300,000

people here this weekend, it has been a joy to be part of the British

Grand Prix and it is not long now until we find out who is going to be

victorious at this glorious track, it really is one of the greatest in

the world. I like it because it is so fast and it is one of the

permanent circuit. We have been to Monaco and Canada, which are not

permanent circuits. This is where you can actually make big fast

corners, and the driver absolutely adore this place because it gives

them a sense of excitement and it makes them push hard Allsopp it will

be interesting to see how the tyres work, because was interesting to

hear what Ross Brawn was saying. Mercedes have made huge strides and

don't be surprised if they lead from the front and continue to lead.

can go to David now, he's going to start his report for us.

DAVID COULTHARD: I am beside Mark Webber, one of the only top for guys

who has come to the grid -- top four. Your last British Grand Prix,

a few words on that before we get into what you expect? I have been

very lucky to race in the British Grand Prix a few times, managed to

win it as well like yourself and some amazing crowds, some of my best

memories from here. Trying to add to that again today, we have a great

chance. The experience that I have had here over the years, I drove a

car for the first time in Formula Ford in 1995, but I will be back

here again next year. It will be different but we will concentrate on

now. You're sitting there in fourth place, you have a good run to the

first corner, what is the strategy? The last few races, we are getting

better start, so we need to do that again today. We have the chance to

do it in Monaco and we have more room and we need to do it again

today if we can, but we have to put pressure on them immediately.

wish you luck in your last Grand Prix. In a moment, I would like to

have a word with Nico Rosberg, whose car has not quite right on the grid,

but I am going to walk directly over to Daniel Ricciardo. Letters just

listen... It has been going so well? It came at a very good time, the

last couple were not so great and the whole weekend has been good, we

have done the right thing and I will push hard and I got a great

opportunity and are a lot of quick guys in front and we shall see what

we can do. Do you think you can take it to the guys around you? I hope

so, I am planning on it. The strategy is to push and really see

what we can get. We are not going to see any thing from here, we shall go

from here. What is the biggest concern? Your best qualifying

position, what will limit your chances of maintaining or going

forward? At the end of the day, it is just how well we can use those

tyres, we were really quick yesterday over one lap and we can

manage those tyres, we will be OK, unless they give us a hard time. We

wish you luck. Without this. If we can just wander down here, trying to

find my way to the legend of the sport. Actually, two of them. I am

sure these fine gentleman will not mind us jumping in. The president,

and Nigel Mansell. Quicklime from both of you? This is everything. And

Silverstone, it comes alive. -- quick line. This is electrifying and

the president to my right, he is very proud and justifiably so.

is repaying the fans, who had a very tough time last year and the sun has

come out. It is like a festival. Fantastic. Great stuff, I could not

hear too much of that. Enjoy. We were just wander across all of these

cables, mind yourself... Nico Rosberg just getting out of his car.

I will handover. We are spoiled for choice! Talk to us, last night?

was in Marussia, and I came here at three o'clock in the morning,

straight from Munich. They changed all of the flights to get me.

Poulter, you will be gracing the fairways of the British Open. What

are you doing here? I live down the road, I had a week of and the boys

are playing in Ireland. Just a couple of miles down the road, we

shall see if Lewis Hamilton can hold on. Another petrol head! Carroll,

nice to see you! And Chris Evans! You will at Glastonbury last night.

What are you doing here today? We have kids and we have to get back to

feed them! We could not be more excited, we have the weather, this

is the home of motor sport. We know that and we have a line-up that is

incredible. If Hamilton wins or whether, Ferrari, we shall be happy.

Can I keep quiet? ! Thank you very much. -- or Mark Webber. Actor

David. I am just behind Nico Rosberg. I will walk with you. --

back to David. We shall go with him, once he has had his conversation. I

will not put my microphone in because he is speaking in German. I

want to know what they are saying. Perhaps we should reposition? He

gave the signal that he would go for just a little walk. If we can get

into position, we might be able to take a walk with him. Just going

past his car. Wonderful view. Not that clear right now. But wonderful,

clear view from the front row. Very open quarter at that first turn.

Nothing much to hold them back. As we walk around the cars, Nico

Rosberg has wandered off, actually? Can anybody spot? In that case, I am

not sure if we have anybody else... I shall just take a little wander.

Those girls struggling to hold the Union Jack against this wind. It is

incredibly windy. As we rejoin with Eddie Jordan... You were in full

swing and I took off. It has that attraction, doesn't it? So many

people want to be seen here but they want to enjoy the action. It is very

windy today. That will affect them? As I said about those ladies with

those flags, we can imagine the effect that has on the back of the

car. You think Paul di Resta should have started with the pit lane and

made that different gear change, that would have been more important?

With Mercedes, they have pretty good top speed. He should be OK from a

position and he can gain some places. Lots of British flags flying

all over the place. Lots of girls dressed in the Union flag. It is

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about time that we can listen to the Crutchlow joins us, you might have

seen him yesterday. Absolutely terrific year in MotoGP. It has been

a very good season for you in the Championship but it is tight at the

top? It is nice, it is great to be here at Silverstone. I have never

been to a Formula one race before Agassi Lewis Hamilton on pole

position is great. We had a very busy schedule yesterday, taking the

podium and coming straight year but Valentino was fantastic yesterday. I

have to say that, he had a better race than anybody. I had to come

from the back. But I did a good job, I think. Disappointed not to win but

then again, I crashed out of the last race in Barcelona. Great to get

those points. We think you're doing a very good job and you have a lot

of fancy. Valentino Rossi on the race yesterday. The first time since

2010. What are you doing next season? I really don't know. I am

here with Mercedes, so perhaps we could start some rumours that I will

drive for them next year! , and win this Championship! I would love to

but I am not very good in a car! have to go. Cheers! Gary, strategy

today? Stops? As far as I'm concerned, one stop is

mathematically the fastest but to stops would be five seconds slower

than three stops would be 13 seconds. The more stops, and we know

Lewis can be aggressive and he will drive the wheels off from lap number

one. This race will be all about that at the end. Ross Brawn said two

or three? They have made ground on those tyres, they don't really know

but looking at those Friday times, they were better than Barcelona.

They are pretty good today. Not long to go. Thank you. Let's take a

closer look at the track and see how one thing. It's the British Grand

Prix! Can you take us around this track? We are going to run?I don't

run! David Coulthard has got shaved legs! Did you know that? This is the

start of the lap, number one. You have just been warming those tyres

for qualifying and you get here and you are not sure whether you can

take this flat or not, and there is a big bump at the apex. You went

down yourself? Seven cars will find this easier, flat. Coming here, in a

way, you are not sure what will happen. That was turn one.Copse or

Becketts? What is more interesting? Becketts is the corner I watched in

1984, my first time here. It is so fast and changes direction and the

smell and the noise, that is one of the most special moments I have had

watching races. And by the magic of television... That was quick!

Between Maggots and Becketts? Exactly. Maggots comes before

Becketts, it is flat. Left, right kink. And then you have to learn the

car up for the first part of Becketts. And Becketts is basically,

left, Right, left. But there is such a nice flow to this. And you then

head off into hangar straight. The longest on the circuit. What I love

to remember is 2000 I overtook Schumacher on the outside. I crossed

the finish line and the crowd were going crazy. I realised, David

Coulthard had won the Grand Prix and that was one of the best weekends of

my career! David Coulthard wins the British Grand Prix! It must have

been a pretty good party? You were there - you cannot remember? !

somewhere else? Still corner. Right. Lots of good overtaking down

here. This was a very special price for our guy, going around the

outside. 1997. Those cars were so wide, to get the job done, sparks

were flying. I was doing that a couple of years ago with Felipe

Massa. And it worked, strangely. Exactly. Not as good as Nigel. But

it felt great. I could not have said it any better. Thank you for your

time. Thank you.We wish you is accessible British Grand Prix. Shall

beget in? ! -- get in. Somebody love. That was filmed on Thursday,

which is why it was raining. Glorious, perfect conditions today.

Just windy. In a certain area, it might have an effect. But generally,

you would not want a better day, it is absolutely perfect and the fans

are ecstatic. Good to see Jenson Button, such a great broadcaster!

are all in danger! He will take our jobs. Stay in that car as long as

you can! There are a lot of fans that want to see him out there,

winning. Keeping in the car.We are really not that far away from the

start of the British Grand Prix. I think it is about three minutes. For

years and years, Steve Rider would be standing here, about to hand over

to the king of motor sport commentators, the most adorable

Murray Walker. We would have loved to have had him here but he is not

very well and I know he is watching so we send you lots of love. Get

well very soon. Look at this, they have erected -- erected this huge

car and it is being signed by everybody. He will really enjoy

looking at all of those comments. Everybody wants the British to do

well here. Union Jacks. Nigel Mansell, the crowd. Real enthusiasm.

The smell of hamburgers and onions when you have an empty stomach, that

takes a lot of beating. Speed, noise, drama. Sometimes it is wet.

Above all, the racing is terrific. There are no fans anywhere else in

the world as knowledgeable, as cheerful as the British. To win as a

British driver at Silverstone must be absolutely fabulous. David

Coulthard wins the British Grand Prix! Hands off the wheel! What more

can anybody say? We are minutes away from the start of the British Grand

Prix and Windows lights go out, it Sitting across the county border of

Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, Silverstone is the

home of the British Grand Prix and at the heart of motorsport in the

UK. Rent eight comes at a point of the season when the Milton Keynes

-based Red Bull team is beginning to ease away from the opposition but

the Mercedes cars, built in Brackley, just ate whilst from the

track, and annexed the front row of the grid -- just eight miles from

the track. Can they maintain the pace? There are two DRS zones this

year. Significantly, the weather is pretty much the best we have had all

weekend. We have a track temperature of 31 degrees, that could even allow

Ferrari and loaders to play a more significant part in the race than

they did in qualifying. And add to the mix that Paul di Resta was fifth

fastest in qualifying but as to start from the back of the grid

following a technical exclusion, all of the ingredients are in place for

a wonderful concoction that could see a British winner for the 22nd

time in the history of this event. David, so much to look forward to,

so many little stories. Daniel Ricciardo qualifying so well, he

knows now there is a space vacant in the Red Bull team the next year.

Mark Webber's last ever British Grand Prix. Like you, he has won

this race on two occasions and you have to bet he will be going for it.

Yes, so many stories out there and the most impressive is that Lewis

has such a good pole position, the biggest margin of the entire season,

the gap between him and his team-mate. Nico Rosberg looked most

likely in Monaco and Lewis has looked in great form since Saturday

morning and who would bet against him? He does have a chance but

Mercedes have not showed that type of sustained pace at the started the

race. Is Hamilton on pole position with Nico Rosberg alongside him, and

Red Bull on the second row with Sebastien Vettel just ahead of Mark

Webber. Daniel Ricciardo, his best ever grid position and Adrian Sutil

already well up the grid. Grow shone has outqualified Raikkonen, but not

much to choose between them -- Romain Grosjean. Felipe Massa lines

up in 11th place, Jean-Eric Verney is 12. -- Vergne. Pastor Maldonado

and Bottas share the eighth role of the grid for the Williams-Renault

team and then we see Charles Peek. Max Chilton and Bianchi are just

behind. Van der Garde had a penalty hanging over him from the previous

Grand Prix for causing an accident and Paul di Resta stopped at the

very back of the grid after the exclusion for the car being

underweight in qualifying yesterday. There is the view down to the

starting grid. The big pit building, the wing as it is known.

The grandstand is over on the right-hand filled with thousands of

fans with this fantastic response as ever. There is Kimi Raikkonen,

further back than he would have liked, but he did finish second from

eighth position on the grid in Bahrain so we have seen the Lotus

work its way through the ranks. Fernando Alonso, his worst

qualifying performance of the year but he is second in the championship

and he does see the prospect of that gap opening up a little bit. Mark

Webber lines up in fourth place. Tom, you are in the pit lane, what

are conditions like? It is peaceful, the calm before the storm.

The mechanics are taking the trolleys back to the pits. It is

this wind that is really taking my attention. It is a 25 kilometre per

hour wind and that is going to make Copse in particular very difficult.

Unquestionably. It is very much affected by the wind direction on

the circuit. There are huge rear wing is hanging up there in the air

and when you turn in, if you get a gust of wind, it takes the load off

the rear of the car and the driver doesn't realise until he is

committed to the corner. The drivers are about to make their way off on

the formation lap. All of them on the medium compound tyre. In the top

ten. Jenson Button has gone for the harder compound. Nico Hulkenberg,

Gutierrez and at the back, so has Paul di Resta. Interesting to see

that some of those further down have gone for the harder tyre.

GARY ANDERSON: I think Paul di Resta thinks the medium tyre is going to

be faster but you have to use both tyres. While he is caught up in

traffic, he will have cars in front of him, he won't lose that speed.

did the longest and there has been on a Pirelli tyre, 55 lapse. Ollie

has to do is keep it tight and has as many cars as possible, so if it

was me, I would be saying keep going at the page you can driver and

make-up as many spaces as possible and we will look at the tyre

situation spent. If they stop too early, they lose too much.

Mercedes hold on in front of Red Bull? Looking at Friday's times, it

is going to be tough but I think they can. It may be a three stop

strategy, whereas Red Bull can plan for aid to stop strategy, whereas

Red Bull can plan for a to stop and plan that -- a two stop strategy.

they are on different strategies, we will only find out in the closing

stages of the race. Lewis Hamilton, his second pole position at

Hamilton. His first game back in 2007. It is also his first of this

year. In the driver's championship, Lewis Hamilton is fourth in the

points, as you can see. It is Sebastien Vettel who is making an

outbreak of front courtesy of victory last I read in Montreal, and

what a great run of success Sebastien Vettel has had. He has led

the most successive laps and has led six out of seven Grand Prix is this

year. The only one he did not was Monaco. He will be one to watch from

third on the grid. Mark Webber starting from fourth position, the

same position he qualified in Monaco.

TEAM RADIO: You need to remember the back of the grid up, they are

stringing out a lot. That is an engine temperature issue. If you are

on the front row, you considered their promilitary for the last car

lines up -- you can sit there for a minute until the last car lines up

and Charlie starts. Just saying, arrive as tight as possible. Lewis

Hamilton has had three podium finishes this year but is yet to win

a race for Mercedes, the team he joined for this 2013 season. He has

won here in the past, for McLaren, the team he grew up with. Now he is

in a different scenario. As you look at the line-up, Lewis Hamilton is on

the right-hand side of the shot with Nico Rosberg on the left-hand side,

angling the car slightly. Will that? As long as he is in his box

position, it is fine, but he has a slight uphill climb to the start.

They are moving into position. Watch out for Daniel Ricciardo, the Toro

Rosso starting fit. Jenson Button is on that fifth row of the grid with

him. Watch for di Resta coming from the back. The British Grand Prix

2013 is also to under way at Silverstone. -- all set. Lights out

and Lewis Hamilton lights up the rear tyres but it was Nico Rosberg

who was very slow away. It is a good start for Sebastien Vettel. Contact

behind, was at one of the Toro Rossos? We keep an eye on it, but a

great starter Lewis Hamilton. Mark Webber has dropped back. I think it

was contact with Mark. And the Lotus has worked its way through. Kimi

Raikkonen has had an excellent getaway, no doubt about it, but

Lewis Hamilton has got to start he was hoping for. Sebastien Vettel

second, Nico Rosberg in third, Mark Webber has dropped way down. He has

come through in 15th place. It has all gone wrong for the Australian

here. On board with Fernando Alonso, after he chases Romain Grosjean. The

tyres have lost temperature, the car is banging against the deck and you

are trying to make progress for someone a taxi from the rear.

Massa has made a tremendous start. He started then in 11, here's a pin

to fit. I don't care how he has managed that. -- he started in 11

and he is now in fifth. Fernando Alonso is coming. Trying to get

pasta Jenson Button into stove. Jenson Button stays with him and he

has to give it up. He runs out of space on the exit. Jenson Button has

seen Grosjean gone through... I'm sorry, seen Fernando go through.

Ricciardo lost out a bit on the Grosjean over breaking. Mark Webber

has damage to his front end plate. Going around the outside into the

Brooklands left-hander, but Romain Grosjean covers the line.

Side-by-side into Luffield. TEAM RADIO: We can see front wing

damage, it looks the same as Canada. Alonso is through.

Remember, Felipe Massa is further up draw away but the gap between

Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel is just 0.8 of a second at the end of

the first lap. Nico Rosberg with a slow getaway, putting down into

third position and as we can see, Mercedes lead, with Red Bull second.

Mercedes third, Force India fourth. Ricciardo starting to come under

pressure from Alonso and further back, Jean-Eric Vergne challenging

Pastor Maldonado. The Frenchman has had some very good results in the

last two Grand Prix and he is trying to go on the outside but Maldonado

covers that and there is no way through. Maldonado for Williams, a

team that has had so much success at Silverstone over the years,

determined to try and keep him behind. His team-mate is behind,

Bottas is in 18th. You can just see in the background, Paul di Resta is

running 17. Making progress. It looks like there is some grass on

the run down to turn one, it looks like there has been some bunching up

as they run down into that corner and somebody has gone out onto the

grass. I wonder if it was the incident involving Mark Webber.

There is Mark Webber, getting past Hulkenberg. That moves Webber of one

position with the damage on his car, he is in 12. What a

disappointing start. It is a track he adores and he knows this is his

final Silverstone Grand Prix. Vettel is staying in touch with Hamilton,

the gap is one seconds. -- 1.2 seconds. The current done three

times world champion is chasing Lewis Hamilton to try and deny him a

home victory. Let's take another look at the start. Watched the

left-hand side. Lewis Hamilton have a lot of speed of the line, once it

bit, he launched away, Nico Rosberg were struggling. Mark Webber

actually gets sideswiped with the Lotus hitting him and pushing him

wide. Now, I don't want to take anything back here, but I will

hazard a guess it is remain corrosion. They have had incidents

in the past. -- I will hazard a guess it is Romain Grosjean. It was

him in the middle of that pack. There was a whole group of

Carlsberg. By Mark Webber must've very poor. Here is Fernando Alonso

come into the slipstream little bit. In his team-mate gets an absolute

flyer. You can see the incident with Sebastien Grosjean, I think that was

Jenson Button who was the car alongside him and it is like you did

not see Mark Webber at all. Here we are with Bottas, his team-mate, on

the left-hand side. A bit of wheelspin in the second phase.

Jean-Eric Vergne on his inside. All bunching up as Mark Webber, on the

left of his angle... You see how difficult it is to see anything on

your peripheral vision. We saw Gucci RS in the Sauber make a great start

and they are running in 13th and 14th, Hulkenberg and Esteban

Gutierrez. There are the McLarens. TEAM RADIO: Second quickest to Sutil

last lap. They are saying that he is not running the same sort of pace as

the top three, so he's going to back up the rest of the field and that

will help Hamilton to a certain extent. He has bolted up slightly

more. Rosberg is still there, and Adrian Sutil, coming under pressure

from Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen, Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso.

Daniel Ricciardo in the Toro Rosso, doing extremely well. He will turn

24 years old on Monday. Tomorrow. His best birthday present would be

some decent points as he continues to put himself forward for the Red

Bull drive for next year. Adrian Sutil, still doing a very good job

and Paul di Resta has moved up, 16th place. I think this was the move.

This saw him going past Pastor Maldonado. Fairly straightforward?

Nice overtaking move. He did not have to worry too much. Ferrari,

looking like they have decent pace. Fernando Alonso, trying to close

that gap. Romain Grosjean in 90 days. TEAM RADIO: we are changing

plans, stay out for the moment. We've heard that they might change

from harder tyres to get those medium tyres and get that over and

done with but change of plan, as we heard, and they will stay out

longer. Peris is challenging Button. Fernando Alonso challenging

Ricciardo. Fernando Alonso is really charging and trying to attack.

Ricciardo takes that defensive line. It looks very much like they are

going for three stops. Very aggressive in the way he is

positioning his car. It is possible to do only two stops but it is about

those front tyres and tread depth. Perez has moved up into 10th place.

Remember, they are all on different tyres. Perez is on the softer

compound. Jenson Button has started on those harder tyres. You can see

that fastest lap for Lewis Hamilton, building his cap. -- gap. Fernando

Alonso, into that left-hander, Love Field coming up. Those grandstands.

But it is not easy for him to close that gap any more on Ricciardo. The

same engine in Toro Rosso as with Ferrari. They have the same

blueprint which means any area of variation in horsepower would be

that killed Princess. Mark Webber, he is bearing down on Jenson Button.

That could make some difference. -- that would be the process of the

build. TEAM RADIO: the front tyres? They are overheating and also my

rear tyres. They all feel like that. But as interesting feedback. The

track temperature is 32 degrees, they can do some decent long stints

on these tyres. This was Perez overtaking Jenson Button. Massive

slipstream. The RS open. Not what she could do. That neutralise the

effect of Mark Webber running behind him. As long as Jenson Button can

stay within one second of Perez, he can defend against Mark Webber and

neutralise his DRS. And when he drops back, he will be a sitting

duck. Mark Webber, he is open and I don't think Jenson Button was within

those limits. It does not work on Wellington, but through Brooklyn's

-- Brooke lands and Copse, he will have a chance. You can just see his

plate flapping around in the wind. He had the same damage in Canada but

he was able to stay out. The cost of changing the front nose is so much

different to just changing your tyres. This will clean up as he goes

through some laps. That could be a function of losing front downforce

and running into that dirty air. will not make life very easy for

Mark Webber this afternoon but he is a fighter and he will not give up.

Look at the difference, he will have a go! And he does. That interests me

because normally, Red Bull are not so quick on the straight. He ran

wide but there is just that slight headwind on Hangar Straight and

others coming across. As we look down. That is why Jenson Button runs

into that headwind. You can see the offset in the distance between those

crimes. Jenson, no DRS. Mark Webber has his wide open. It was more

effective. Lewis Hamilton! He is out of the British Grand Prix, Shirley?

! He is out of any chance of winning this race! Real drama for Lewis

Hamilton! Decried cannot believe this! This is unbelievable. It has

happened near Wellington straight, that is as far away from the pets as

you would want. It is a long way back. We saw the tyre failure with

Perez you were told was a cut in his tyre due to some debris or catching

the kerb, so presumably, Pirelli will say it is the same thing, here.

Doing a lot of damage to his bodywork. Ross Brawn, impassive as

ever as he watches from the pit wall. But their chance of seeing

Lewis Hamilton winning this is over. He will not get watch further with

that. Rosberg is still in the race, second place. Sebastian Vettel is

neither leader. -- get much further. Lewis Hamilton, his dreams of

winning the British Grand Prix are over for another year. He had that

one victory in 2008 but it is proving hard to repeat that. You can

see, it is an absolute failure. It just loses pressure, and as the car

spins around, it just explodes, overheating the edge of the corner.

Wellington. Watch that steering. You can see it looked like a slow

puncture, he was already correcting it. Onto Wellington and then

absolutely imploded. Sebastian Vettel had to take some avoiding

action, bits of rubble being fired at him. Sebastian Vettel leads by

2.2 seconds. He has made it into the pits. Putting a set of hard tyres

on, but the damage to the back of the car? They had a quick look and

they sent him on his way. Hopefully, not too much damage around that

Flora. That is very prone to pieces of rubber flying around. He is on

his way and he will get a feel for the car. Adrian Sutil is in third

place, Force India. What a fantastic result this could be but it is early

days. And he has the might of Ferrari behind him in the shipper

Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen in fifth place. Daniel Ricciardo in

sixth position. -- in the shape of. Felipe Massa, having a think but not

going through. The apex of Stowe Corner, unless you have committed to

at least halfway along your competitor, you simply have to

bailout. Sensible stuff from Felipe Massa, that some under pressure from

Kimi Raikkonen and Lotus as they come onto the start finish. Romain

Grosjean has come into the pets. That would indicate that perhaps

they will go for perhaps three stops but they might do longer stints.

Gary, we have seen drama again. did look like a puncture. Felipe

Massa has gone off! He was right behind Adrian Sutil! Puncture? We

have to wait for the replay. That was the cause of it as well.

same thing, left rear tyre. There might be something out there cutting

those tyres or there might be drama going on. The left rear tyre has

taken a lot of load. The same area, onto Wellington. That gave him no

chance. The left rear, when it goes, that is it. He was not on the kerb

to much. I did not think... Another look. Pretty standard line and it

goes before he even gets halfway through? Yes, either there is some

debris out there but it might be Mark Webber 's rear end plate.

Whether this is caused by bits of debris or other bits it might be on

the circuit, whatever that is, it is very dramatic and we have lost

Hamilton from the lead, he is back out, in last place, and we have to

see whether Felipe Massa can make it a? Nervous times for Pirelli. Will

we see a number of teams bailing out from two stops to cover the fact

that with that heavyweight, as we can see Mark Webber getting his nose

changed... Will we see if anybody else tries to make this three stops?

I wonder if there are concerns about debris? Was that part of it? They

don't want that wing disintegrating any more. Plenty of front wing on.

He comes back out in 14th place. Hamilton is running down the back,

Felipe Massa is back on the circuit. He has rejoined. In fact, he is

running in the last place. Paul di Resta, you can see, he has come out

and that is where Mark Webber was. Paul di Resta. And Felipe Massa,

sorry, he has not actually made it in, yet. It has been a very slow run

round to the pit lane. The same situation. I wonder how much damage

has been done to the back of that car? We can notice the actual debris

of his tyres hanging on the inside rim. That will flap around and

damage his Flora. For Hamilton, it was the outside rim. They are having

problems seating that tyre. You are always told, keep your foot on the

brake until the car hits the deck. There could be a man with a gun and

his hand could be stuck in, there. In his frustration, he forgets the

normal rules. Kimi Raikkonen has come in am also Daniel Ricciardo.

Sebastian Vettel stays out and leads from Nico Rosberg. Surprised that

Mercedes have not brought Nico Rosberg back in. They seem to be

going OK, in terms of his pace. So, Izzy pit lane. -- Izzy. -- busy.

Daniel Ricciardo rejoins. We shall have to see exactly where he has

come out. In front of Pastor Maldonado. He has not stopped.

RADIO: people have been having punters, it looks like right rear,

turn four and turn number five. Romain Grosjean has just gone past

his team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen. He has made full advantage of that. He

is on the hard tyre. Fernando Alonso will try to take the pace. And he

does so, really quite easily. Kimi Raikkonen perhaps struggling?

Struggling getting his tyres into the operating window. If there is

any fear that those tyres are being damaged, this should the NEC pass on

the Lotus. Whether that was a slight malfunction, we saw the wing opening

and closing. We will find out. -- should be an easy pass. Adrian Sutil

stays out. Running second and third, they have made pit stops. He can

push and extract the maximum. Sebastian Vettel might have to

react. One of the realities of this track is you are actually quicker

coming into the pit lane and doing any time flap because of the fact

that this cuts in and Mrs Ida the corner. Let's just watch what

Sebastian Vettel does. -- misses the corner. Here comes Fernando Alonso.

Jean-Eric Vergne has not made his pit stop, yet. Fernando Alonso in

fifth position. Kimi Raikkonen has got his tyres back up to

temperature. Ricciardo is running in ninth position. Riccardo really lost

out on that pit stop. He was well ahead of Lotus beforehand. Kimi

Raikkonen has got a chance of getting past his team-mate.

Side-by-side but he has to backlight. Romain Grosjean claims

the line into Maggots. It will be interesting to see, as he comes in,

exactly where he will rejoin the circuit. Is Nico Rosberg faster than

everyone else so far in the middle sector. And Nico Rosberg is not

going to appear in time here. in the back of the shot, the Red

Bull team have reacted well. Nico Rosberg will just be in the back of

the camera shot in the next corner. And the distance they have done

should allow them to go through on to stop race for Red Bull and

Mercedes, that be one to watch -- take to stop race. Can Nico Rosberg

Jean-Eric. Kimi Raikkonen just sitting back, letting the two young

charges in front battle it out. TEAM RADIO: Battle is on prime

tyres. We believe he is on a three stop strategy. -- Sebastien Vettel.

That is interesting, they believe he is on a three stop strategy.

Jean-Eric Vergne fighting. Not only for track position but for the

opportunity to put his name forward to replace Mark Webber next year.

TEAM RADIO: Kimi Raikkonen is faster than you. There is a comment we have

heard on the radio before! The tyre has gone on Vergne! Right

in front of Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. He managed to go

straight, that is the third tyre failure we have seen today. This is

shocking, we do not expect to see this in grand prix racing. He gets

into the pit lane. Well held, that man. This is not what you want to

see in Grand Prix racing. Tyre failures are very own --

unpredictable. We had a message earlier from Red Bull saying they

thought the tyres would be damaged on the fourth turn curbs. They are

using the curbs through Becketts, the stewards are getting rid of the

debris. We could get the safety car. We were watching the battle behind.

The tyre just loses its structure and at that speed, 190 mph, there is

no way it can maintain its structure. It has probably got a

slight puncher already at this point and you can see the whole surface

comes off the tyre. Incredibly well held. This is the view from on-board

Kimi Raikkonen as he was trying to get past Romain Grosjean. Look at

the debris that was thrown at him. The tyre made of bits of Kevlar and

battle to hold it together, so not pleasant. They are trading fastest

times at the front. Nico Rosberg had the fastest for a moment but no

Sebastien Vettel has it back. Tom, very busy down in the pit lane. The

safety car is on the circuit. Tom, it really has been pretty frantic.

It has, there has been so much action. Both tyre compounds have now

gone and what has been remarkable is there has been very little bodywork

damage to any of the cars. Cast our minds right to free practice...

TEAM RADIO: It is the state of the curbs. There are punctures all

I was going to comment on Sergio Perez's failure in free practice,

which the team thought was on the kerb. We had to replace all of the

rear of the car when he came to the pit lane. So the three guys have

been lucky so far. Some of the people who had not yet stopped now

coming in. Maldonado is in, Peek. A little battle on the exit pit lane.

That was Bottas, who was another one in, with Charles Pic. It was a late

call on the safety car, he came out of the pit lane just as Nico Rosberg

and Sebastien Vettel were on the far corner and he just missed them which

means he will waive everyone past and wait for them to go round.

Meanwhile, they are all being held to the safety car predefined speed

limit. So they are not able to go faster than the limit set for them

by the FIA. The safety car going extremely slowly. The leaders are

currently coming through club corner -- Club. Hamilton is now running in

17th. It looks like there are some tyre pressure changes going on, the

teams responding to what they have seen. Worrying times for all of

them. You can run higher pressures, try and keep a bit more structure to

the tyre. We heard Sebastien Vettel's engineer telling him to

keep up the kerbs where possible. Technically, the race is defined by

the white lines, so you shouldn't be using any of the kerbs if you want

to be picky about it, but it has become an accepted practice that you

can run wider. Eddie Irving always used to say that macro Adrian Newey

rubbing his head in despair TEAM RADIO: You have got to do the best

you can from here. It was a very poor start by Mark

Webber. Although he has not been renowned for getting away quickly

off the line but it is last year Grand Prix is, they have been some

of the best arts he has ever done. And it went wrong today. -- in the

last few Grand Prixs. When we spoke to him earlier, he said he was happy

with the starting procedure. We can see another replay here of Jean-Eric

Vergne's tyre failure and the debris going into Kimi Raikkonen's car. I

wouldn't be surprised if some of it found its way into radiators, which

may affect the Lotus this afternoon. This is something they really

practice, changing a torn to pieces tyre, but given what we have seen

this afternoon, maybe the teams have to look at this in the future.

practice everything but the reaction on the pit wall, that tells the

story. Adrian Newey and Christian Horner, and they have not yet had a

car suffer what we have seen with Mercedes, Toro Rosso and the Ferrari

of Felipe Massa. I think his car is being pushed away. He is back out.

TEAM RADIO: What happened? He is still running, but his tyre has

cuts. We have to be careful of the left rear tyre.

As matter-of-fact as ever from Mark Webber. That is interesting, it was

cut out of the pit stop, not the tyre he has got right now. The

engineer made it sound like he had damage to his tyre now. It does

sound like the cuts were on the previous set of tyres, which she has

switched from and he is on the second set of hard compound tyres.

Sebastien Vettel and Nico Rosberg are on the harder compound and

Adrian Sutil is on a set of the medium compound tyre. And then you

have got Fernando Alonso running fourth and Raikkonen, they are both

on the hard tyre. Raikkonen did get past Romain Grosjean, but had to

take some avoiding action as those bits of tyre came at him. You have

Ricardo in seven, Webber is now in nine -- Ricciardo. Paul di Resta is

no 11th. The safety car helps Lewis Hamilton, he has the chance of

getting some point this afternoon. He is now only 15 seconds behind the

leader. It also helps those only doing two stops, it takes a massive

amount of energy out of the car right now, they are not playing as

much fuel, but the consequences you can start the car slightly under

fuelled, because they got carried away, but now they can run at a

higher level of power for the remainder of the race because they

have not burnt the amount of fuel you would do each lap at high speed.

They will be burning just over a kilo of fuel at the moment, so this

changes a lot of things in the strategy. The marshals have gotten

rid of as much debris as they can, they have taken this sweep road to

get rid of some of the smaller parts that are out there. -- the sweeper.

The stewards as ever doing a fantastic job. Over 1,000 of them,

volunteer marshals and there is a special event next weekend for

people who want to get involved one way or another, and marshalling is a

great way to get involved. Silverstone hosting that event in a

week's time. 1100 volunteers in total here this weekend, and it is

great that they are having this opportunity. I'm not sure they

expected to be out on track in the middle of the Grand Prix! It is

fantastic to see they are all coordinated and and lead Marshall

will be in contact with Charlie Whiting.

TEAM RADIO: Just be aware, there have been a multitude of tyre

failures. It has been weather tyres are getting hot and we think cars

are running over kerbs. That is why we have warned you to watch the Apex

kerb at turn two and four. Obviously the high-speed exit kerbs could

cause problems. The team trying to get the point across about not using

the kerb. As you were saying, it is a fairly standard part... Yes, it is

the damage. That is a substantial amount of damage to the tyre. We

hadn't picked up on that during the pits of itself, so that will explain

Adrian Newey's concerns. And written on there was state of the kerbs. --

stay off the kerbs. You can see the sidewalk has completely broken away

from the surface of the tyre there and it has let go. He would have

been around 150 mph. This is Felipe Massa, coming out of turn four. He

runs onto the kerb with the outer tyres but it is the inner tyre

shoulder that let's go. Look at the damage being done to the floor as

the belt of the tyre and sidewall goes to the inside of the wheel. So

it is really in the lap of the racing's gods. He rarely,

unfortunately, are just in the news too often for this to be a

comfortable situation for them. There has been so much controversy

about tyres this year and how they are constructed and what has been

going on. Earlier this season, we saw the trade coming off but the

tyre still stayed up. Now we have a different problem.

TEAM RADIO: It has been busy the last few laps and there have been

some punches on at least three cars, mostly left rear tyre. It is on the

inside shoulder. At this point, we're not sure if it's a time

problem or a kerb problem. Try to stay away from the kerbs and save

your left rear tyre. So lots of information. Tom Clarke is with the

managing director of McLaren, You experienced a tyre failure with

Perez in practice, what is your take on what is happening? All of the

failure so far have been rear left, just both Sergio. We were telling

the drivers to be cautious on the kerbs but I'm working in the dark,

we have not heard anything from Pirelli, who are the best people to

know what is going on, but it is very concerning. I think the drivers

have done amazingly well to keep the cars in a straight line. What did

Pirelli tell you about Sergio's failure in practice? We will build

the tyre in the garage and there were some cuts on either side. It is

really hard to work out what was cause and what was affected, some of

it could have been as a result of the tyre moving around next to the

bodywork but it is inconclusive. This is the pinnacle of motorsport,

is this acceptable? The first thing you have to do is

make sure that racing is saved, -- save but I want to be cautious about

making sweeping statements. We are here to put on a show and the

driver's health is important. it have to be a three stop race?

necessarily, it depends on how much debris is left on the circuit.

Gary, it is very worrying to see three of these tyre failures.

reality, it was for, because Sergio Perez's was left rear as well. It

looks like the kerb between three and four is the culprit. You

accelerate through it quickly, it is a kink, not a corner, and it is very

easy to get wheelspin. I had a look at it a bit closer when we saw some

of the replays and it looks like the shoulder fails, because of low

pressure and falling very quickly. Again, the Mercedes are hard on

tyres, Ferrari are normally very good on tyres. We saw two of the

mediums fail and one of the harder tyres fail. So hard to pick a pass

through this. Some indications that some teams are changing tyre

pressure, is that what you would be doing? Yes, raising the pressure. I

kept an eye on some people and they were running about 15 psi and other

people on 17. The problem might not be all the way through, the lower

the pressure, the better traction and better movement on high-speed

corners. Is there something exceptional about this circuit? I

know it is high-speed with fast corners but we have fast corners in

Barcelona and we have not seen these problems, we saw some denomination

but not like this? Those highly dynamic loads through Becketts,

through Hangar Straight, that happens at once and the tired does

not have any time to rest. In Barcelona you have high-speed bets

but rest between them. The safety car will be coming in. Sebastian

Vettel will once again be setting the pace. Rosberg behind him. Adrian

Sutil, Fernando Alonso, having not qualified well. Kimi Raikkonen,

Romain Grosjean. Then Ricciardo, despite a very slow pit stop. Sergio

Perez. He has gained a little bit out of this. Then Mark Webber,

Jenson Button then Paul di Resta. Then we have Hulkenberg and

Gutierrez. The safety car has allowed Hamilton to make up some

lost ground that he suffered through that failure himself. He runs in 14.

In Pastor Maldonado, then Jean-Eric Vergne. Then Valtteri Bottas,

Charles Pic. Then Jules Bianchi. Max Chilton is ahead of the other

future. And at the act, having in that second pit stop, Felipe Massa.

-- at the back. That was uninteresting radio message that

Sebastian Vettel was not saving fuel as much as he could have been under

safety car conditions. Everybody just gets that feel for those tyres

and really that is what this is about, than trying to heed them?

Their engineer can only know how Mark was saving the fuel and looks

like he has gone early. I told Stowe Corner. They would have expected him

to back this up into Club. That just strings them out. Clever move. It

would not surprise me if they have discussed this. If we get the safety

car and we are leading, when do we go? The rest. Sergio Perez, Mark

Webber side-by-side. Mark Webber unable to get through and his car is

back to full fit this after having that front wing change. Under safety

car has helped him. Deep and wide with Jenson Button chasing him.

will be in that slipstream down Wellington straight. Perez struggles

to get his car tuned in. Mark Webber goes round the outside of Perez! He

loves that line TEAM RADIO: good job, watch out for those high-speed

corners with that left rear. Meaning that was a good job because that

work rigidly. That just shows how much information is going to the

drivers. All the adrenaline from that restart and he is getting those

messages on his engineer. Second place, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil

under pressure from Fernando Alonso. This will be interesting because the

Ferrari has been looking good. who is brave enough to ignore that

message? He will go faster if he uses those kerbs. Will he tried to

cut back slightly and go early on the power? I don't think on this

lap. Adrian Sutil has plenty of experience, he only scored points at

one location in the past at Silverstone but driving well since

his return to Formula One this year. Paul di Resta, still running in 11th

place. Nobody seems to be avoiding those kerbs completely. In some

cases, they are running out onto that green concrete. Adrian Sutil,

down into the corner. Fernando Alonso used some kerb on the inside

of injury. But he seems to still be pushing to try to catch Force India.

This is allowing those cars of the head to make something of a brake

again. On board with Hamilton. Working his way through. My

goodness, that was close! That is for 13th place and the almost made

contact. They did but that was almost like a delayed reaction from

Gutierrez! Lewis Hamilton going for that cheeky pass and did not come of

this lap but he will just find his way into position as he goes through

the gates. We would like to see him closing through the left and right,

can he get early on to the power? Well, gap at the moment.

Straight-line speed not too bad. The GRS will be enabled as the go across

the line. He loves overtaking at Silverstone. He overtook a huge

number of cars and a brilliant strike that was, back in 2006. He

knows just how to overtake at Silverstone but he has to get on

with it if you want to get some points because he is down in 14th

place at the moment. We can see the battle between Ricciardo and Mark

Webber, in eighth place. But bearing down on his fellow Australian,

Daniel Ricciardo. We will start to see some passes. The car is burned

off about 50 kilos. It just gets more nimble, they can brake later

and turn sharper and accelerate more quickly. And the smile increases on

the face as these cars get faster and faster through this Grand Prix.

Ricciardo being chased by the driver he wants to replace at Red Bull.

There is good respect there and Mark Webber has been very supportive of

Ricciardo. Look at this, back on board with Hamilton. Gutierrez,

surely this time he has made that move? He makes it look very easy.

Taking 13th base. That is anything but easy. But shallow line, it still

would have been around 140 mph. Brave stuff and good driving from

both of them. Mark Webber still not quite there. With Daniel Ricciardo,

who does everything he can to show himself to read all as a potential

replacement. He has to show that he can defend. They won't want to just

let him through? No, he is driving for his career. Felipe Massa looks

down into Club. Not on this lap. has made quite a fee places? He has

gone past four cars already and is now behind Valtteri Bottas. And

trying to get past Williams. Giedo van der Garde also suffered tyre

failure himself. He goes wide. then Williams follows him out of 70.

Felipe Massa can go down the inside. Williams don't want to get into any

trouble at all. And that maintains that place. Felipe Massa will

struggle just a little bit to get his GRS in an effective position on

Wellington straight. Jean-Eric Vergne seems to be struggling.

Valtteri Bottas left that Dora wide open. He has really got good

awareness. Here comes Felipe Massa. This will be easy pickings.

Jean-Eric Vergne, not running as well as it was. Yes, he looks a

little bit wounded at the moment. And of course, the aerodynamics in

that section of the car on the floor are crucial for running the bulk of

the downforce. Hamilton in the middle of that group, he is catching

Hulkenberg, little by little. Never an easy track to overtake on, here?

It is not because of the high-speed nature. Clearly, it will be easier

to overtake into those big stops. TEAM RADIO: keep closing that gap to

Rosberg progressively. Rosberg was slightly quicker in that middle

sector but that was a bit of a wiggle from Kimi Raikkonen, looks

like he was caught out by Fernando Alonso? During that rigging phase,

that is where they can harvest the energy. He might have some under

rotation of that rear axle. And you have to react. These cars change,

lap after lap, every lap, you burn off a couple of kilos of fuel that

allows you to go faster, just in pure weighted terms but also the

tyres are changing so there are so many variables they have to deal

with. It is like the juggling for balls. Fernando Alonso, double

winner of this dish Grand Prix in the past. -- they are juggling.

Adrian Sutil, Force India, in that final podium spot at the moment. And

he is chased by Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen? Tom? Confirmed by

Toro Rosso that Jean-Eric Vergne has a damaged floor after that puncture.

TEAM RADIO: minimise that... There was nothing extensively damaged

after he drove past me after that puncture but Toro Rosso have

confirmed it is damaged to the floor. Bad news for him. And that

radio message, some overlap for a Lewis Hamilton between throttle and

brake? Your left foot is the brake so it is normal that when you come

of trouble, he instinctively goes on to that brake pedal at the same time

but that is bad because it uses more fuel because you're powering and

braking at the same time and you can use that to stabilise your car on

some circus, like Japan, but you just use more fuel. This is

something we have heard within Mercedes, that clearly Lewis

Hamilton is a little bit more into overlapping and that means that

history will efficiency is not as good as Nico Rosberg. And that

affects them. You really want to avoid that were possible. Sebastian

Vettel leaves. We are just over half of the distance. Lewis Hamilton,

leading from pole position, he suffered the tyre figure. And we

have had failures or Felipe Massa, who had a brilliant start, he is not

at the back of the field. But still in this race, the third failure for

Jean-Eric Vergne, struggling with a car that is not handling as well as

it should be. But all 22 cars are still running. That gap to third

place. Daniel Ricciardo, from being under pressure from Mark Webber, is

the one putting pressure on Romain Grosjean. We look down the inside.

Did Mark Webber make a mistake on that lap? He was much closer when we

last saw them but somewhere he seems to have dropped away and Mark Webber

finding things difficult, despite Red Bull adding a very good speed

advantage, he is proving hard to make the advantage. Where has

Hulkenberg gone? He has made his second pit stop. Now, Lewis Hamilton

is written behind Paul di Resta. -- right behind. Faster on the brakes,

massive gain in performance. Paul di Resta having to take that wide line

preparing for the run down to Wellington straight. That gives him

some very good entry. Strategically, that was very good play. Daniel

Ricciardo gets past Romain Grosjean. He is flying at this point, you

manage to stay ahead of Mark Webber and he has got past Lotus. That has

allowed Perez to stay close to the rear of Mark Webber as we go past

the old start-finish into Copse. Jenson Button in 10th place, McLaren

in the points. TEAM RADIO: are your tyres grinning? Yes. So, front and

rear? That is consistent with the message earlier and there is also

some carbon on that track. Obvious the very worrying. Fernando Alonso

attacking for third place. I wonder if this could mean another safety

car? -- obviously. There is a gap between Sebastian Vettel and Max

Chilton. In the meantime, we just have to hope that the drivers can

avoid it. This section was introduced a few years ago, great

spectating opportunities to see the cars through a sequence of corners.

Alonso, although he was very close to the back of Sutil, Adrian Sutil

has managed to open it up. Let's see if we can find out whether debris

came from. It was ahead of Maldonado. It was the Sauber, I

believe, which looks likely major failure on the front wing of Esteban

Gutierrez. And there is as battle between Grosjean and Mark Webber.

Mark Webber is real struggling pace. Esteban Gutierrez has been in the

pits and is out again. Grosjean is not giving up. They had contact at

the start of this race which broke the front wing on Mark Webber's car.

But he has got through. This is then into Brooklands. Grosjean goes

defensive. Mark Webber loves this around the outside. Look at the

reigning on the inside of that front left tyre. -- raining. Grosjean

makes his intentions clear, he gives Mark Webber space, that is the way

they should be racing, wheel to wheel, not like at the start of the

race. Into the pits comes Kimi Raikkonen, in for his second pit

stop, lap 30. 22 laps to go. Maybe the Lotus can make it through to the

end of the race. Again, Raikkonen coming in a little earlier for that

final stop and some of the others. Jenson Button has been asked what is

his preferred time he has said the option, but white sidewall tyre that

Jenson Button will be getting when he makes his stop -- that white

sidewall tyre. There is very little difference between the two tyres,

the two compounds of tyre, that have been brought here to Silverstone, so

it is really down to drive a choice as to which one they want to go

onto. Back into the pits has come the Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez.

Another stop him after whatever happened, whatever the

disintegration was. It is a shame we didn't really get to see what

happened. But meanwhile, Grosjean is definitely struggling with his car.

Whether he has picked up some debris from earlier on in the race which is

affecting the cooling... He was behind the Jean-Eric Vergne

incident. These guys are running decent lap times. The fastest man

out there at the moment is Nico Rosberg. Four tenths faster than the

race leader Sebastien Vettel. Fernando Alonso is in, Ferrari

reckon they can get to the end of the race on this next stint, I would

think, all the way to the end. That should be just about achievable.

They will have to monitor it. Maybe it is asking too much but you think

they will try and do it. Raikkonen going very quickly and Fernando

Alonso pretty close to the white line on the exit of pit. Grosjean a

pretty good stop, to .8 seconds. Two and a half seconds for Sebastien

Vettel is the fastest. So the two McLaren cars going through virtually

together running eighth and ninth. Paul di Resta is into the top ten

but that is partly because others ahead of him have made pit stops.

There is Hamilton right behind di Resta. Pit time will cost you around

14 seconds. TEAM RADIO: You're doing a good job

to close down Sebastien Vettel, half a second a lap faster.

As I was saying, 14 seconds per lap time for your pit stops, so as we

heard from the engineer, Nico Rosberg is the fastest man on the

track. Closing that gap down to Sebastien Vettel, who we would

expect to react to it fairly soon. That could be an unsafe release.

There is a marker on the pit wall that tells the engineer that is

responsible for that when they are allowed to release their car,

Ferrari could come under investigation. That is one to watch.

Mark Webber is into the pits. Tom, you saw that release? One second, we

have Lewis Hamilton on the attack, trying to get past di Resta as they

compass the start finish line. I don't think he could do anything

just here. Tom, what did you see? have it right in front of me. I

don't know how an unsafe release is defined by the FIA but Fernando came

straight out of his head, had to get out of the throttle, as it must've

been in his blind spot and could almost hear the wheel guns of the

Ferrari. It was very close. That was very good racing by the two British

drivers but that was as close as you wanted. I will come out from under

the table, I thought there was impact written all over that! Great

stuff from Lewis, great awareness from Paul di Resta. It just seems

like a matter of time before the Mercedes car can get past the Force

India but they are not giving an inch. That is how you do it if you

want great wheel to wheel action. Raikkonen is behind these two, so is

Alonso. TEAM RADIO: Box this lap, box this

lap. OK, Jenson Button is going to make his pit stop. Macau much

Hamilton closes of the gap, but then he is into the dirty air of the

Force India. He is not quite close enough. Paul di Resta just missed

the apex, that'll give Hamilton a bit of confidence. And behind them,

Kimi Raikkonen on a fresh set of tyres. The top speeds of the Force

India and the Mercedes were very similar in qualifying, 308 and 307,

Sir Paul is driving strategically, backing them up, to do everything he

can to maximise his drive of the corner and break the DRS. Raikkonen

is in front of Alonso, so the early pit stop worked effectively, but no

Alonso has DRS on the Lotus airhead. We know Paul di Resta is going to be

coming in at the end of the lap. Wheelspin for Hamilton, that allows

Raikkonen to get up the Mercedes. He goes into Copse Corner. Watch out

for the Ferrari. Alonso has to follow through. Hamilton can't do

anything about it. He has tyres that are that much older and cannot

respond. He put everything into trying to get past Paul di Resta and

burned his tyres, overheating them and he is now vulnerable to those

two cars. This is crucial. Alonso trying to get past Kimi Raikkonen

but he can't do it. We think Paul di Resta will be coming in. Yes, he

heads to the pit lane. Upfront, Sebastien Vettel has responded and

has been able to maintain that gap. It is nip and tuck. Adrian Sutil in

the pits. This is where we see whether he can hang on to third

place or not and I'm not sure he's going to be able to. Paul di Resta

comes in as well, it is a double stop, but Adrian Sutil has dropped a

couple of places. For a short moment, we housed Germany one, two,

three. As you say, Adrian Sutil has broken that. Fernando Alonso was

closed there, but he couldn't do it, couldn't get her striker.

Hamilton not giving up, he never does. But it is not good enough on

this occasion for him to get past and Raikkonen still fends off

Alonso. Surely Hamilton has got to pit in this lap? He's just losing

time, not just losing positions. TEAM RADIO: Box, box, box. So Nico

Rosberg is in before Sebastien Vettel. We have seen that those who

pit early have got the advantage on the new tyres. There is a brand-new

set of hard tyre is available for Nico Rosberg, they saved all of

their hard compounds from yesterday and this is where the race could be

decided. If he gets a brilliant out lap here and how long Red Bull

decide to leave Sebastien Vettel out there. EToys makes you smile and her

the engineers like to deliver messages and it looks like Nico

Rosberg's is a fan of Lionel Richie, saying it three times as if he did

not know what it would have been the first time. This lap has to be very

special. We haven't seen any further tyre problems, which is good news,

hopefully it'll stay that way till the end of the race. All 22 cars

still racing. And the pace is good, we can actually see the guys pushing

only about six seconds slower than qualifying. They have definitely

been able to work hard and push at all the way through this Grand Prix.

Bits of rubber debris on the track but that is fairly standard. Mark

Webber is picking up the places. Sebastien Vettel moves this race.

Nico Rosberg is second and now Sebastien Vettel responds. He is in

the pits. I think he had enough in hand coming in that he will come out

ahead of Raikkonen. Got to be a good stop. And that was the usual

efficiency from Red Bull. That was a brilliant stop. 2.6 seconds. I can

tell you that Raikkonen is a leader is turning into the fail. Sebastien

Vettel is clearly in front as he rejoins this race, despite Nico

Rosberg setting the fastest middle sector of anyone in the race so far.

Mark Webber on Alonso, this is how he did it. Alonso when defensive but

he left the door open. Has there been some contact here? The front

wing has gone. There is contact, touching the rear of Hulkenberg as

he tried to do the comeback. And here is Perez en masse. Street got

massive long way back -- Felipe Massa was a long way back. He is

struggling. He has been out there fro long time on this set of tyres

and are beginning to server. That is Jenson Button who has just passed

him. They can deploy KERS at their will once they feel the rear axle

will take the 180 horsepower extra TEAM RADIO: The tyre pressures on

this are very high. Intentionally, to protect the punches. Jean-Eric

Vergne has been pushed into the pit garage. We saw he had been

struggling and he may well be the first retirement of this race.

Hamilton is in the pits, Felipe Massa is in at the same time.

seems to me that Hamilton went much longer than was necessary, given

that he had the relative pace. He's going nip and tuck with Sutil. This

is good stuff. It is Paul di Resta he's fighting with. And Hamilton

just about staying in front of Paul di Resta. This is for 11th place.

The two Brits have been racing hard against each other. He has got DRS.

A good spot in the excitement of where he was running. This has been

a fantastic battle. And Hamilton write down the inside. He left the

door open. Side-by-side through Woodcote corner. And di Resta and

Hamilton into Copse Corner, this is great stuff for the British fans. I

turned a Sutil into a British driver for some reason, but this is

brilliant for the fans watching their two heroes go at it so hard. I

wonder whether Hamilton, with the DRS enabled, should be able to make

the move down towards stove. Locate defensive di Resta is going and

Hamilton cannot get past. Contrasting tyres. We have Paul di

Resta on the option, Lewis Hamilton on prime. There should be half a

second difference, new to new. That Force India is struggling on the

rear axle. This has to be a prime chance for Lewis to position his car

through turn one into the Farm corner and get himself into position

and well into straight. Paul has been driving fantastically well. But

Hamilton goes for it! Side-by-side! Fantastic woman from Lewis Hamilton,

he took that deeper approach and is no DRS macro available because the

one in front, -- they went in front. That was smart stuff. As Paul was

going on the defensive line, he has gone for that little boost of KERS.

That is what 80 horsepower will do. Another example of an unsafe

release. That is fair for position. Nothing wrong, just very close

between them. Sebastian Vettel leaves, then Rosberg and Kimi

Raikkonen. Mark Webber is in fourth place. Then Fernando Alonso, Adrian

Sutil still up there. Ricciardo. Perez for McLaren then Romain

Grosjean and Jenson Button. Maldonado, just outside those

points, followed by Hamilton. RADIO: the rear is not a problem but

the front is limiting. Interesting because from what we heard in

general terms, Mercedes was harder on rear tyres than the competition

but we also know that as a track, tyre wear becomes less of an issue,

as more rubber gets impregnated into the tarmac. If you project 20 laps

on one set of tyres ahead of the Grand Prix, you can typically get

three or four laps more once you get into that race. At the moment, this

is what the potential podium finish. Mark Webber, as last ever

Silverstone Grand Prix. That would mean something. Lots of graining on

that front left. Mark Webber, yes. We saw that earlier. We thought that

was because of the loss of front downforce. He still seems to be

marking up that front tyre and Fernando Alonso has dropped back

further from him, still in fifth days. The leaders are charging.

Really going a lot quicker than these guys behind them. It has come

down to only 1.2 seconds. They heard rebels saying they might have to do

three stops but they are pushing that more with Jenson Button. That

late move from the despot he gets down the inside into Brooklands. We

can see his car sparking as it runs over those bumps. Mercedes,

strategically, could be pushing with Red Bull to need to do another stop.

We think we are good with two stops and be sure that our driver wish his

limits. Down to only 1.6 seconds. This is between Adrian Sutil and

Daniel Ricciardo, right kind. Adrian Sutil in the West position any Force

India has ever finished at Silverstone but he is under serious

attack from Toro Rosso, also looking for their best ever result for the

team here. They have only ever scored in the lower reaches of the

top ten but Daniel Ricciardo is determined to show what he could do

if he had a Red Bull under him. Copse corner, one of the fastest on

the track. My goodness! He was too wide on the way in. Just a bit

naughty, 180 mph, you must know where the car will position itself.

Adrian Sutil whence defensive, is absolute right. We will put that

nine to judging distances. He has to be careful because it could be

regarded as true moves? Absolutely, the rules are very clear, you are

not like that. Hamilton, making another move on Romain Grosjean, and

Lotus, which has not looked right in the second part of this. Romain

Grosjean limping slightly with his car. Hamilton moving into points, as

a result. Lewis Hamilton into 10th position, despite his tyre failure

earlier on. Other drivers suffering or Felipe Massa and Jean-Eric

Vergne. 21 car is still running, Charles Pic running at the back,

16th place. Then Jules Bianchi, Valtteri Bottas, Giedo van der Garde

and Max Chilton. Rosberg was told his left rear tyre is under control

so he can push. But Sebastian Vettel has responded and that gap is 2.1

seconds. Rosberg was quicker for two of those laps, 38 and 39 Sebastian

Vettel responded on lap 40. So, very little difference between these but

this is telling us a story cars Mercedes are able to raise at front

running pays and that is not what we have always seen? Is a problem?

Gears? And Rosberg takes the lead! Sebastian Vettel is in trouble. And

some of the crowd are cheering. They have seen Sebastian Vettel, so

successful, and the Championship leader is in trouble. Coasting

along. I can hear his car going into that corner. TEAM RADIO: the

gearbox. Well, Sebastian Vettel coasting into retirement. The first

non-finish for him of the season and Alonso has been in for his third

stop. The safety car message was to move that car. That makes sense.

Sebastian Vettel's first non-finish since Italy last year. And he has

brought the safety car eyed. That gives opportunities for people like

Lewis Hamilton in particular to move further up into that top ten and

Fernando Alonso has just made his pit stop. It will be a pit stop for

the race leader. I wonder if they were always planning an extra stop

or if they are taking advantage of that advantage over Kimi Raikkonen

and this is a safer due measure, get new tyres and don't risk any punter

in the last stages? It can only be that because they were entirely

comfortable they would leave things as is. And just run to the end.

Disappointment for red all, but, well, look who has picked up in

second place. Kimi Raikkonen, and Sebastian Vettel... Well, difficult

to see that front wing with your helmet on! . -- Red Bull. Sebastian

Vettel, leading the world Championship and suddenly, that

advantage will be reduced. His main rivals, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando

Alonso, second and third, it does not look as if they will have an

answer for Rosberg but he has come into those Pits. He has been asked

to comment as a precaution. Onto another set of hard tyres. He has

got plenty of time. His opponents are behind. He does not need to be

meteoric, fairly conventional. On his way. He is well ahead. And Mark

Webber also into the pits. Mark Webber going for his final change of

tyres. Gary, what drama! The World Championship reader out of this race

and this one had nothing to do with tyres? Gearbox failure, the engine

was running, you could see his -, he just lost his drive. -- his