:01:11. > :01:15.Villeneuve for the Canadian Grand Prix. This is round seven of 19 and
:01:15. > :01:25.currently, Sebastian Vettel is topping the table. He is 21 points
:01:25. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:42.you in a moment. First, here is the story of qualifying. Rain and mist
:01:42. > :01:46.in Q1 meant chaotic conditions. As everyone came into pit and
:01:46. > :01:52.changed tyres, a couple of big names were caught out. Romain Grosjean
:01:52. > :01:55.could not find space on track for an opening lap, while Paul di Resta was
:01:55. > :01:59.angry with his team after a problem meant he couldn't be on the circuit
:01:59. > :02:09.in the right time to put in a quick run. In Q2, Felipe Massa lost
:02:09. > :02:16.control of his Ferrari. The Q2 exit for pit lane should have been single
:02:16. > :02:19.file, but it looked more like a motorway at rush hour. Raikkonen and
:02:19. > :02:24.Ricciardo were both given a penalty. Jenson Button was caught out by not
:02:24. > :02:32.getting on the circuit in enough time to put in a lap. He has to
:02:32. > :02:37.settle for 14th. Timing was crucial in Q3. Valtteri Bottas was already
:02:37. > :02:43.is a prize, but he put in a great lap and starts in impressive third
:02:43. > :02:48.on his debut at this circuit. I saw after Q1 that we have some good
:02:48. > :02:53.chances here. If you get a good lap on the track is at its best, you can
:02:53. > :03:01.make a big difference. The team did a good job. Lewis Hamilton had been
:03:01. > :03:06.fast all day, but he just missed out on pole position. A bit
:03:07. > :03:11.disappointed, but it is good to be up there. Difficult conditions, but
:03:11. > :03:17.tomorrow might be more stable. that favour you guys? I hope that
:03:17. > :03:23.tomorrow is dry. Sebastian Vettel claimed his third pole position in
:03:23. > :03:27.Montreal. Now he just has to convert it into his first victory here.
:03:27. > :03:32.Today was mostly about trying to read the conditions and having a bit
:03:32. > :03:40.of luck here and there to get the track during the best window.
:03:40. > :03:50.Overall, pretty confident for a strong race tomorrow. So, Vettel and
:03:50. > :04:20.
:04:20. > :04:24.Hamilton line-up in the front row of Away we go. Mark Webber makes a good
:04:24. > :04:29.start. Valtteri Bottas is being squeezed out. He has lost a couple
:04:29. > :04:39.of places already, but is keeping his nose clean. Webber trying to go
:04:39. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:49.round the outside of Williams. aggressive drive from Mark Webber.
:04:49. > :04:57.The pace of the Red Bull was too much. Vettel has got the lead.
:04:57. > :05:02.Rosberg has gained a place. Here comes along so on Bottas. We know
:05:02. > :05:09.how good he is on the opening lap. Bottas makes the most of the inside
:05:09. > :05:19.line. Good driving from Bottas, but Fernando will come back along the
:05:19. > :05:23.
:05:23. > :05:33.outside. Bottas fend him off on the inside. Behind, Alonso has picked up
:05:33. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:51.the pace. No DRS, but he is in front already. Some contact there.
:05:51. > :06:01.Raikkonen is a long way down in 11th place. Not great from his point of
:06:01. > :06:06.view. Bottas is coming under pressure from the Jean-Eric Vergne
:06:06. > :06:16.in the Toro Rosso. Behind him is Sutil in eighth place, Ricciardo in
:06:16. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:25.ninth place. Then Perez, Maldonado, Massa and Button. That was a fairly
:06:25. > :06:35.sensible getaway for everyone. Mark Webber was able to get up alongside
:06:35. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:51.Bottas. In the end, Bottas sensibly backs out. What a feeling for him.
:06:51. > :07:00.He knows Webber is sneaking up the inside and he is getting squeezed by
:07:00. > :07:05.the Mercedes. Very mature, sensible driving from the young Finn.
:07:05. > :07:14.decided to let Webber have the place. This is a replay of Massa,
:07:14. > :07:22.when he was battling with Maldonado. That almost ended in tears.
:07:22. > :07:31.contact made, but he had to back out of it. Bottas still under attack
:07:31. > :07:34.from the Jean-Eric Vergne. The Williams has been struggling.
:07:34. > :07:44.Raikkonen is intense, tucked in behind the Toro Rosso of Danielle
:07:44. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:52.Ricciardo. Sutil in the Force India, Force India's 100th Grand Prix
:07:52. > :07:59.event. Williams are desperate for points. Sutil spins! The rest of the
:07:59. > :08:03.pack have to take to the grass. A complete 360, and he rejoins. Hats
:08:03. > :08:08.off to Bottas. He did not give up the position and there was no
:08:08. > :08:16.contact made. Sutil spun and lost the back end, and it has cost him a
:08:16. > :08:22.bit of time, of course. Bottas survives that for the moment, but he
:08:22. > :08:28.has dropped down to seventh place. Sutil has dropped down to 13th
:08:28. > :08:33.position as a result of that spin. That has cost forced India dear --
:08:33. > :08:39.it has cost Force India dear. There is contact into the back of the
:08:39. > :08:49.Force India. That has allowed the McLaren through. That will have
:08:49. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:00.affected the front wing. You can see bits of carbon flying. Sutil is
:09:00. > :09:05.still at the front of that group in 13th place as they come through the
:09:05. > :09:09.chicane. But things have not gone according to plan for him. Button is
:09:09. > :09:15.now trying to get past the Force India. Sebastian Vettel still leads
:09:16. > :09:25.this race by 4.3 seconds. He is opening up the gap. This was
:09:26. > :09:29.
:09:29. > :09:35.Maldonado in the Williams. Bottom nipped through on the inside. That
:09:35. > :09:41.will affect the performance of his front wing. Has it damaged anything
:09:41. > :09:46.on the back of that Force India? Maldonado getting into trouble.
:09:46. > :09:52.the Sutil spin? RH driving from both drivers. Hats off to Sutil for
:09:52. > :10:00.having a go. I don't believe there was any contact. Sutil was
:10:00. > :10:06.marginally behind. Bottas leaves him space, and in the end it was a good
:10:06. > :10:16.comeback for Adrian Sutil after his year away from racing. Mass is
:10:16. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:27.flying in this race. -- Massa. Massive visible graining on the rear
:10:27. > :10:32.tyres of that Lotus car. Presumably, he will be a sitting duck when it
:10:32. > :10:37.comes to the DRS zone. This was a replay of Sebastian Vettel.
:10:37. > :10:44.Goodness, that is the race leader touching the wall! He does not need
:10:44. > :10:48.to be doing that at the moment. He has a five and a half second lead.
:10:48. > :10:55.Adrian, you have got some damage to the rear wing. I wonder if that was
:10:55. > :11:02.before or after the stop. I presume that was after the hit. That was
:11:02. > :11:12.when he almost hit the back of Perez and then came into the pit. I don't
:11:12. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:25.know if that was a miss timed entry. Look at this, why come in and
:11:25. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:36.Massa. Raikkonen moves to the outside of Daniel Ricciardo. He
:11:36. > :11:46.moves up into eighth place. Some other guys have gone into the pits
:11:46. > :11:47.
:11:47. > :11:55.as well. Look at the kind of pace that Kimi Raikkonen can do. Great
:11:55. > :12:00.stuff. This is wheel to wheel action. Bottas is still ahead of
:12:00. > :12:10.these guys. He is running in seventh place. That is the next card they
:12:10. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:21.will be chasing. It is target plus two at the moment. Hulkenberg has a
:12:21. > :12:31.chance to get in on the act. Now the DRS will be in operation and he may
:12:31. > :12:31.
:12:31. > :12:35.be able to make the overtake as they had towards the chicane. He is going
:12:35. > :12:45.to the pits. That was what I was explaining about the entry to the
:12:45. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:54.pitlane. Very early first round of stops here from the cars.
:12:54. > :13:01.Interesting to see a Ferrari with the DRS wide-open. But the Toro
:13:01. > :13:11.Rosso had the DRS closed. Toro Rosso tend to set the car up for a high
:13:11. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:22.speed with the DRS closed, so two contrasting styles. Vettel is still
:13:22. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:33.our race leader. There is not much difference between doing two stops
:13:33. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:38.and three stops. Webber has, in to the pits. That was why he suddenly
:13:38. > :13:46.vanished from shops. Mark Webber making a relatively early stop, lap
:13:46. > :13:50.14. But he should still be able to make this a two stop race. But three
:13:50. > :13:56.stops is actually quicker on paper than a two stop race. But you then
:13:56. > :14:03.have to overtake a two stop if he is out on track. That should not be a
:14:03. > :14:09.problem on a track like this. McLaren has just come in as well.
:14:09. > :14:18.That is Perez. Grosjean has been making up some ground. He is now
:14:18. > :14:24.into 12th. Perez is in. Webber closes up to the back of Nico
:14:24. > :14:33.Rosberg. Contrasting tyres, Webber on the prime and Rosberg on the
:14:33. > :14:43.option. Dettol has just come into the pits. Our race leader is in.
:14:43. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:49.does lose sometime on the hairpin. Sebastian Vettel goes on to the
:14:49. > :14:59.medium compound tyre and sets off again. Alonso has also gone into the
:14:59. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:29.got to try and close that gap. RADIO: Lewis, you are doing a good
:15:29. > :15:36.job. Alonso out on the medium compound tyre, the same kind that
:15:36. > :15:40.Mark Webber is on, but different from the one that Rosberg is on. A
:15:40. > :15:47.different strategy on the Mercedes of Rosberg and T is not able to run
:15:47. > :15:53.the same pace at the moment as those guys behind him. Is this a
:15:53. > :15:59.plan from Mercedes? Are they trying to help Hamilton? Webber is very
:15:59. > :16:07.close again as they come down towards the hairpin. All the
:16:07. > :16:16.attraction of that corner, trying to be in the DRS zone. It looks
:16:16. > :16:22.like Mike is struggling for attraction of turned 10. RADIO: Red
:16:22. > :16:31.casing in danger zone at the moment. Rosberg is going to be careful. The
:16:31. > :16:41.rear tyre is getting hot. It does sound a bit Holyrood, danger zone.
:16:41. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:48.Into the red. At the moment he is still holding into third place.
:16:48. > :16:55.They are waiting for Felipe Massa. Paul di Resta is gradually moving
:16:56. > :17:05.up the order because he has not made a pit stop yet. The softer
:17:05. > :17:12.tyre is chosen by Felipe Massa, different to Alonso's choice.
:17:12. > :17:17.Felipe Massa comes out in 14th position. Perez his 50th. Lewis
:17:18. > :17:27.Hamilton has not stopped. Kimi Raikkonen is one to watch. He has
:17:27. > :17:33.not stopped. RADIO: That target is 25 more laps on this set. That is
:17:33. > :17:39.on the medium compound for a Williams. Just under the 30 lap
:17:39. > :17:43.mark for the medium compound tyre is what they are hoping to get.
:17:43. > :17:50.Trying to cool the car and cool the brakes, keeping out of the
:17:50. > :18:00.slipstream in front. It is more likely to be in issue with the
:18:00. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:09.brakes. Sebastian Vettel has already made a pit stop. When
:18:09. > :18:14.Hamilton comes back out he would still be in second position if they
:18:14. > :18:19.stay as they are right now. Sebastian Vettel is beginning to
:18:19. > :18:23.fly. Mark Webber is doing everything to stay out of the
:18:24. > :18:29.slipstream of the car in front. There could be a number of cooling
:18:29. > :18:38.issues. This will be for Hamilton. The boys are coming out into the
:18:38. > :18:45.pit lane. Hamilton goes straight in. RADIO: We are going to be under
:18:45. > :18:54.time. Take control. This is a different tyre from the one that
:18:54. > :19:01.Rosberg is on, so it is a different strategy for Rosberg and Hamilton.
:19:01. > :19:07.They are on the verge of a one stop. I did not think the Mercedes would
:19:07. > :19:13.do a one stop with Hamilton, but he is on the verge of a one stop.
:19:13. > :19:23.Meanwhile, Jenson Button's tyres have gone through the graining
:19:23. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:33.phase. Kimi Raikkonen last time around, 21.1, which is two second
:19:33. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:41.slower than the race leader Vettel. The Ferrari down the inside. He is
:19:41. > :19:48.not quite on the Force India. He has still got DRS on this next
:19:48. > :19:58.straight. That is a tough place to overtake. Adrian Sutil does not
:19:58. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:07.want to give up. They'd just about gave each other racing worked --
:20:07. > :20:17.room to work with. He realised that Adrain Sutil was carrying enough
:20:17. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:26.speed. That will mark his car for next time around. Felipe Massa has
:20:26. > :20:31.been flying, but he is not in the top 10. RADIO: Fuel consumption is
:20:31. > :20:39.higher than expected. Do what you can to save fuel. That is a
:20:39. > :20:44.nightmare to hear. He will have to go into fuel-saving mode. And he is
:20:45. > :20:51.losing a place as a result of it. He is in and has given up on that
:20:51. > :20:59.set of tyres. I wonder if he has done enough to make it through with
:20:59. > :21:08.one stop. It does not necessarily mean he can get all the way to the
:21:08. > :21:14.end on those tyres. It looked like the jack dropped. They had to lift
:21:14. > :21:22.the car again and have another go at it. It is not going perfectly at
:21:22. > :21:27.the moment. Felipe Massa does not quite get down on the inside. Tom,
:21:27. > :21:35.you saw that pit stop. You are right, it came off the jack and
:21:35. > :21:42.they had to put it up again. The guy putting on the look last we'll
:21:42. > :21:50.was very dejected and he was the last one in the garage. They had to
:21:50. > :21:59.have another go at it. Here comes Felipe Massa in the DRS zone once
:21:59. > :22:09.again. Not enough straight line speed. Paul di Resta N the other
:22:09. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:16.Force India has one of the highest top speeds in the race so far. He
:22:16. > :22:21.just gives him a car's weather. I thought they make contact.
:22:21. > :22:30.thought we were going to see Felipe Massa touching the grass. Adrian
:22:30. > :22:39.Sutil defending well, right on the limit. Well, this is Grand Prix
:22:39. > :22:46.racing. Here comes Mark Webber. He is going to run on Rosberg. He is
:22:46. > :22:55.in the limiter, though. But he nearly has contact. He is going to
:22:55. > :23:05.be under pressure from a long soak. Alonso was honing in on the back of
:23:05. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:12.the Red Bull. -- Alonso. A real opportunity for Fernando Alonso.
:23:12. > :23:20.Plenty of stars enjoying the show. At the moment it is Sebastian
:23:20. > :23:29.Vettel who leads. This is a three- way fight for third position.
:23:29. > :23:39.mistake cost Mark Webber 1 second. Bottas is in 12th place. Jenson
:23:39. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:46.Button is in 11th. Bottas has got past Jenson Button now. Jenson
:23:46. > :23:56.Button is trying to go as far as possible on these super soft tyres.
:23:56. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:05.They want to make it a one-stop race. In the battle of the UN teams,
:24:05. > :24:14.Jules Bianchi is in 18th place. He has just been pushed down to 90
:24:14. > :24:23.place. Jenson Button is 3.5 seconds a lap slower than the race leader.
:24:23. > :24:33.It puts it into perspective how much time you lose. It will be a
:24:33. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:47.relief to him to hear that he is coming in for tyres. That will
:24:47. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:52.bring him back out behind Ricciardo at least, may be Gutierrez. Jenson
:24:52. > :25:01.Button is hanging on. But out in Frant is Sebastian Vettel leading
:25:01. > :25:08.by 15 seconds from Lewis Sam Oldham. -- Lewis Hamilton. This is Jenson
:25:08. > :25:16.Button's pit stop. That was lovely. That is how it should be. It was
:25:16. > :25:26.not for Kimi Raikkonen earlier. A stop time of 2.5, very impressive
:25:26. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:31.from them. Fernando Alonso is tucked in behind. As ever, the Red
:25:31. > :25:35.Bulls are not that fast in a straight line. It is giving
:25:35. > :25:44.Fernando Alonso a chance to close right up on the back of the Red
:25:45. > :25:53.Bull. It will be tricky for the Marisha to get out of the way. --
:25:53. > :25:59.de Marussia. Alonso is in that zone, ready to pounce. He can be dangers
:25:59. > :26:07.in that position. He needs points. Kimi Raikkonen is behind him and he
:26:07. > :26:10.is trying to close the gap to the championship leader. From Red
:26:10. > :26:18.Bull's point of view, the last thing they want to see his Mark
:26:18. > :26:25.Webber allowing the Ferrari through. 15.7 seconds ahead of Hamilton,
:26:25. > :26:34.Sebastian Vettel, that is quite impressive. One picks up a head.
:26:34. > :26:41.And we are not even at half distance yet. TRANSLATION: The data
:26:41. > :26:47.looks healthy for these tyres. So push. A quality drive, keep going.
:26:47. > :26:55.Did you see how close Mark Webber was to Rosberg? I think Mark Webber
:26:55. > :27:05.is getting hot under the collar. We see some dust being picked up on
:27:05. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:13.the tyres. Rosberg may be wise to release his DRS, excuse me, his
:27:13. > :27:17.KERS. It will only be a matter of time before something gives in his
:27:17. > :27:24.battle with three quality drivers. Alonso trying to pick up the pieces
:27:24. > :27:29.if he can. Paul di Resta is being told that everything is looking
:27:29. > :27:35.good on that tyres. He is up to seventh as we continue with this
:27:35. > :27:44.tussle up towards the top end of the circuit. They hairpin comes
:27:44. > :27:50.next. Can Mark Webber align himself up and overtake on the DRS? Alonso
:27:51. > :27:58.has got a whole bunch of KERS he can release now. That will allow
:27:58. > :28:05.him to get into the slipstream of Mark Webber. Rosberg is under
:28:05. > :28:15.pressure from Webber and Alonso. Weather finally gets in front of
:28:15. > :28:18.
:28:18. > :28:23.the Mercedes. Here comes Alonso.I think he will hold on to that.
:28:23. > :28:29.Rosberg has lost two places and is now end fifth position as Webber is
:28:29. > :28:35.into third and Alonso is into 4th. I do not think it is much threat to
:28:35. > :28:43.Sebastian Vettel up front. But how quickly can they close the gap up
:28:43. > :28:50.to Hamilton? Mark Webber got a massive slipstream on Rosberg and
:28:50. > :29:00.managed to keep it on the outside into the last chicane. Then Alonso
:29:00. > :29:00.
:29:00. > :29:10.pounced. He got his DRS. Rosberg, after so many laps of defending, he
:29:10. > :29:15.said, give me a break. Bottas is then 11th place. But Perez is
:29:15. > :29:20.trying to get on the outside and he has done it. There is Kimi
:29:20. > :29:30.Raikkonen. We sake he is going to the end of the race on this set of
:29:30. > :29:40.tyres as well. Side by side, the two Finnish men. Bottas holds him
:29:40. > :29:43.
:29:43. > :29:47.off. You do not often see cars go side by side through there.
:29:48. > :29:56.Normally they would be waving blue flags. I am not seeing any right
:29:56. > :30:03.now. We are getting a message now, I cannot see any out there. Kimi
:30:03. > :30:09.Raikkonen is trying to get himself into position. DRS problems for
:30:09. > :30:19.Hamilton. Raikkonen is getting out of the wake of Sebastian Vettel and
:30:19. > :30:30.
:30:30. > :30:40.Death toll will now try and get past Bottas. He should be able to do that
:30:40. > :30:40.
:30:40. > :30:44.easily -- Sebastian Vettel will try and get past Bottas. From my
:30:44. > :30:49.commentary box, I can see part of a front wing part on the exit of the
:30:49. > :30:56.chicane. Is that from a Ferrari? There was contact from the Red Bull,
:30:56. > :31:06.so the wing part we can see is part of Webber's front wing. This is what
:31:06. > :31:07.
:31:07. > :31:17.I love to see. Three different cars, four different drivers and they are
:31:17. > :31:19.
:31:19. > :31:22.unquestionable Lee all pushing to the limit. Grosjean is in eighth
:31:22. > :31:27.place. They are now getting to the point where they will be able to
:31:27. > :31:33.make this on a one-stop race, starting from their medium and then
:31:33. > :31:42.going on to the supersofts tire. Grosjean could end up getting some
:31:42. > :31:48.decent points out of this race. There are others in the top ten. We
:31:48. > :31:52.have Felipe Massa, Perez. We heard a radio message that told Perez from
:31:52. > :32:01.his team, look after your tyres, you will end up racing with your
:32:01. > :32:06.team-mate again at the end of the race. Button is down in 15th. He has
:32:07. > :32:11.just been promoted to 14th. And Jean-Eric Vergne is still running
:32:11. > :32:18.solidly in sixth place, which would be his best ever result if he can
:32:18. > :32:26.hang onto it. Mark Webber is running in clean-air right now. Fernando
:32:26. > :32:33.Alonso picking up extra time from being within the DRS zone. Red Bull
:32:33. > :32:38.seems to have more underlying pace. Mark Webber does not have the
:32:38. > :32:41.benefit right now of reducing that drag from opening the DRS, so
:32:41. > :32:51.Fernando Alonso is picking up a couple of tenths of a second in that
:32:51. > :32:52.
:32:52. > :33:02.last sector. The more I keep explaining it, the more I confuse
:33:02. > :33:07.
:33:07. > :33:17.myself! Could you explain it to the people at home! Just a quick note -
:33:17. > :33:19.
:33:19. > :33:26.this is a chance for Alonso, no doubt about it. He is much closer.
:33:26. > :33:31.He is heading towards turn one. Alonso makes the move! He has gone
:33:31. > :33:38.past Mark Webber. These two have huge respect for each other. Great
:33:38. > :33:46.support for Alonso in the grandstands. Ferrari or always
:33:46. > :33:56.massively supported in Canada. But can he catch Hamilton? The gap is
:33:56. > :33:56.
:33:56. > :34:06.still some 7.8 seconds. This was through the last chicane. Mark
:34:06. > :34:06.
:34:06. > :34:10.Webber keeps to the left. Alonso pulls out. He is just relentless.
:34:10. > :34:20.When you see him in your mirrors, you might as well lie down, because
:34:20. > :34:21.
:34:21. > :34:26.he will get you in the end. We are racing. Perez versus Button. But
:34:26. > :34:31.Button is going a lot quicker on his tyres at the moment. We have seen
:34:31. > :34:35.Alonso move up and Webber dropped back. The Ferrari is looking in good
:34:35. > :34:45.shape, but whether it can put the pressure on Hamilton is a bit more
:34:45. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:52.to ask, perhaps. Yeah, if anything, they are running at the same pace.
:34:52. > :34:59.Could Lewis stretch it to a one-stop? I don't know why Rosberg
:34:59. > :35:02.went with two sets of supersofts. That immediately boxes you in.
:35:03. > :35:07.wondered whether he was almost trying to help Hamilton. By the
:35:07. > :35:13.way, Vettel is responding. If Red Bull think Mercedes might be doing a
:35:13. > :35:23.one-stop, Sebastian Vettel is responding. He is now setting some
:35:23. > :35:26.
:35:26. > :35:32.very fast times. Bit slow on the getaway. Is there an issue into turn
:35:32. > :35:38.one? Somebody is going very slowly. Has there been contact? Look at the
:35:38. > :35:43.broken front wing on the Caterham. It was Hulkenberg in the Sauber.
:35:43. > :35:49.other Sauber goes through. Gary, a quick word about the damage on
:35:49. > :35:58.Webber's wing and the fact that they have not changed it? That is about
:35:58. > :36:06.�20,000 worth, that piece. If this ends up on the track, we could have
:36:06. > :36:10.the safety car this afternoon. van der Garde has the front wing
:36:10. > :36:17.stuck under his car and he is dragging it all the way around the
:36:17. > :36:21.track. Sebastian Vettel is going quickly again. 1: 16.9 on that last
:36:21. > :36:25.lap. He is flying. He may be aware that Mercedes may be trying to go
:36:25. > :36:31.through this race on one more stop, so he's trying to open up enough of
:36:31. > :36:36.an to make the pitstop. This will cause a puncture in a minute. Alonso
:36:37. > :36:40.is in from third place. Webber has just been into the pits, so I don't
:36:40. > :36:43.think this will change anything between the Ferrari and the Red
:36:43. > :36:48.Bull. It is all going on in different parts of the circuit.
:36:48. > :36:57.Giedo van der Garde has stopped. That is probably the wisest thing to
:36:57. > :37:04.do. But not the wisest place to stop. This was the Sauber and the
:37:04. > :37:14.Caterham. Presumably there was some damage to the Sauber as well.
:37:14. > :37:20.
:37:20. > :37:24.Suspension damage on Hulkenberg. don't think it is safe. Nico, stop.
:37:24. > :37:30.Giedo van der Garde is having a nightmare this afternoon. He has
:37:30. > :37:38.part the car right in an area where... That is Hamilton who has
:37:38. > :37:43.come in. So Hamilton can't get through on one more stop. Where will
:37:43. > :37:48.he be with regard to Alonso and Webber? They have made their stops.
:37:48. > :37:51.Now he will be able to push to the end and try and hold on to second.
:37:52. > :37:57.Any thoughts of challenging for the winner are out of the window. Now it
:37:57. > :38:06.is about trying to hold on for second position. He will come out
:38:06. > :38:13.between the two McLarens. He retains second place in this race as he
:38:13. > :38:17.tries to put a lap on Sergio Perez. Amazingly, Paul di Resta is still
:38:17. > :38:27.running round, not having stopped this afternoon. He will have to stop
:38:27. > :38:31.at some point. OK to push to the end. Tyres are good. Everybody is
:38:31. > :38:39.having a different race of it here than we have seen on other
:38:39. > :38:46.occasions. Hamilton has 9.4 seconds advantage. Pitstop for Vettel. The
:38:46. > :38:50.race leader is infrared all. Does this go to plan? He has never won
:38:50. > :38:56.this race, but he is in comfortable shape at the moment. So far I had,
:38:56. > :39:01.he has been able to make that stop and still have a healthy lead of
:39:01. > :39:05.some 15 seconds as he rejoins. Sebastian Vettel in front, with 20
:39:05. > :39:11.laps to go of the Canadian Grand Prix, a race that has eluded him in
:39:11. > :39:15.the last few years is definitely going his way. He still needs
:39:15. > :39:25.reliability from the car, but he has taken control of the race. In the
:39:25. > :39:32.battle for the other podium places, can Hamilton retain second-place?
:39:32. > :39:37.Webber is lapping in the low 1: 17s, so we could still be on for a
:39:37. > :39:42.race for the podium places. We are still waiting for Di Resta to stop.
:39:43. > :39:48.He is in seventh place. Even when he makes his stop, he will be inside
:39:48. > :39:53.the top ten will stop his team-mate Sutil is in eighth place and
:39:53. > :40:00.Grosjean is in 10th position. It is a very different style of race on
:40:00. > :40:05.the tyres. Paul, we are going to leave this call to you. As soon as
:40:05. > :40:11.you feel the tyres are shot... did not get all of that, but we got
:40:11. > :40:16.the gist. Di Resta will get the choice. There have been a few
:40:16. > :40:26.mistakes on strategy in qualifying, so they want to let Paul decide. We
:40:26. > :40:27.
:40:27. > :40:33.have the benefit of no background noise. Sebastian Vettel rejoins a
:40:33. > :40:36.bit of tarmac there. A small error from him. He committed to turning,
:40:37. > :40:41.lost the back end, corrected and then found himself off track. He
:40:41. > :40:50.tried to keep it off the grass and then rejoined on the tarmac. That
:40:50. > :41:00.was a rare error from him. Alonso is closing that gap again. Hamilton is
:41:00. > :41:03.
:41:03. > :41:09.up ahead. And we have Di Resta in the pit. At last. 57 laps on his
:41:09. > :41:15.medium compound tyres. Let's hope the pitstop goes well for him. It
:41:15. > :41:25.does. You have to use them at some point in the race, but if you only
:41:25. > :41:35.
:41:35. > :41:42.want to use them once, that is fine. Metrics are under 2000. We are
:41:42. > :41:47.getting a response from Lewis Hamilton - let me drive, man. Tom,
:41:47. > :41:52.you had to wait a long time to see that Force India of Paul di Resta
:41:52. > :41:57.come into the pit, but it seemed to go well. I was back in the garage.
:41:57. > :42:00.It was a very late call will stop the guys just sat on their chairs,
:42:00. > :42:03.goggles up on their foreheads. They did not even have time to put their
:42:03. > :42:07.goggles down before they got the call to go out there. They were
:42:07. > :42:17.still taking the blankets off as Paul di Resta was about 15 metres
:42:17. > :42:20.
:42:20. > :42:25.away, so really late call. Jean-Eric Vergne has come into the pits. He
:42:25. > :42:29.has been running round in sixth position. He will try and come out
:42:30. > :42:38.ahead of Di Resta. That is in response to Di Resta making that
:42:38. > :42:43.stop. All has gone through the last chicane. There will be a battle of
:42:43. > :42:49.fresh tyres for both those guys today. Ten laps to go. Can Hamilton
:42:49. > :42:54.hang on for second, or are Ferrari going to get a car up into second
:42:54. > :42:59.place and reduce the damage of Sebastian Vettel beating them again?
:42:59. > :43:06.He is very much on his way to victory in Canada, but who will get
:43:06. > :43:09.second-place? Hamilton or Alonso, these two former team-mates. They
:43:09. > :43:18.have a fiery relationship as team-mates at McLaren. It is years
:43:18. > :43:24.behind them now and then seems to be respect between the two. Hamilton
:43:24. > :43:34.has his work cut out to try and keep that Ferrari behind. This shot gives
:43:34. > :43:35.
:43:35. > :43:45.us an idea of how quickly these cars are going. You can see the
:43:45. > :43:46.
:43:46. > :43:50.vibration. I am sure the teams will be studying pictures like that.
:43:50. > :43:55.Hamilton is in the DRS zone will stop this could be a real cat and
:43:55. > :44:01.mouse game for the rest of this race. In terms of tyre wear, they
:44:01. > :44:05.have pretty much the same. Drive-through penalty for Sutil for
:44:05. > :44:10.ignoring blue flags. That is damaging for Force India. He will
:44:10. > :44:18.lose places as a result of that. drop out of the top ten, I would
:44:18. > :44:22.have thought. That was a bit silly of Adrian. He has driven so well so
:44:22. > :44:28.far this year. There is no point ignoring blue flags. You know what
:44:28. > :44:31.will happen. The rules are clear. You have to react. You can't even
:44:31. > :44:41.claim you couldn't see the blue flags. You have those big boards
:44:41. > :44:42.
:44:43. > :44:47.flashing at you. Alonso will be within the DRS activation zone. Look
:44:47. > :44:54.at the deceleration. Contrasting driving styles. That Mercedes has
:44:54. > :44:59.good traction off the corner. At this point, the DRS will open up.
:44:59. > :45:09.But it will be too late for the entry to the chicane. Bit of traffic
:45:09. > :45:30.
:45:30. > :45:35.Hamilton's tyres are a fraction younger than Alonso's. They are
:45:35. > :45:40.trying to get the car of Maldonado moved out of the way and he does
:45:40. > :45:50.move out of the way. Williams are sadly not likely to score any
:45:50. > :45:50.
:45:50. > :45:55.points today. Hamilton with the pressure on. Joining us is team
:45:55. > :46:05.principal of Mercedes, Ross Brawn. I think you are about to lose your
:46:05. > :46:05.
:46:05. > :46:10.place. Alonso is alongside Hamilton. Hamilton is doing his at most. They
:46:10. > :46:15.were side by side. How are you calling this one? It is really
:46:15. > :46:25.exciting, this is why we are here this weekend racing. That is great
:46:25. > :46:27.
:46:28. > :46:36.stuff. The DRS is so powerful in Montreal. You have got DRS in this
:46:36. > :46:43.sector as well. Alonso has got past your man Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton
:46:43. > :46:48.is back down to third. The Ferrari fans are happy. Is there anything
:46:48. > :46:57.different you could have done? Did you get everything out of the tyres
:46:57. > :47:02.you could have today? I think we got the best we could have. Let's
:47:02. > :47:08.see what happens. Looking at the replay, this has been a different
:47:08. > :47:16.style of race. In Monaco you controlled the pace. In this race
:47:16. > :47:25.it seems it has been pretty much flat out. Is that true? Yes, we had
:47:25. > :47:30.to watch it in some respects. DRS is such a factor that when somebody
:47:30. > :47:37.gets on the back of you it is difficult. Read Paul have never won
:47:37. > :47:41.a race in North America at all. It is such a big deal for them to win
:47:41. > :47:48.in this part of the world and it looks as if it is going to happen
:47:48. > :47:54.this time. He was incredible in the qualifying session. In the end we
:47:54. > :47:59.have not had the pyre conservation issues that we have seen in other
:47:59. > :48:04.races. I think it has been a thrilling race personality, maybe a
:48:04. > :48:12.bit boring having Sebastian Vettel so far out front, but there have
:48:12. > :48:18.been some great battles in the middle of the pack.
:48:18. > :48:24.Sebastian Vettel will have a 37 point lead over Fernando Alonso a.
:48:24. > :48:31.Mind you, Fernando Alonso had a 40 point lead and it did not go his
:48:31. > :48:41.way. Is he able to get past Kimi Raikkonen? He will have to have a
:48:41. > :48:42.
:48:42. > :48:50.goat. Kimi Raikkonen is getting good drive off turns 7 and 8. It is
:48:50. > :48:59.about having a nice, clean chicane. The DRS detection point is just
:48:59. > :49:07.coming up. We have got no yellow flags at the first turn. Sebastian
:49:07. > :49:14.Vettel is on his final lap. Let's see how good is the top speed of
:49:14. > :49:21.this Ferrari. Raikkonen goes to the inside and Felipe Massa goes to the
:49:21. > :49:26.outside. There is nothing Kimi Raikkonen can do. Felipe Massa
:49:26. > :49:35.moves into eighth place. Mark Webber suddenly has just set the
:49:35. > :49:44.fastest lap. 1:16.1 per. But Sebastian Vettel has just set the
:49:44. > :49:49.fastest sector of anybody. I think he has led every lap in this race
:49:49. > :49:55.with pit stops and things. I think he has been in front of the whole
:49:55. > :50:02.race. If he gets the fastest lap, that would be the Grand Slam of
:50:02. > :50:09.doing everything you can at a Grand Prix. Is he going to do it? He is
:50:09. > :50:14.going to win, there is no doubt about that. Sebastian Vettel wins
:50:14. > :50:22.in Canada for the first time. Third time lucky in terms of pole
:50:22. > :50:31.positions over the last few years. It is his 29th career waned. He did
:50:31. > :50:36.not get fastest on the last lap, he backed off end the end. RADIO:
:50:36. > :50:46.Fantastic, you wondered Canadian Grand Prix. Brilliant drive,
:50:46. > :50:49.
:50:49. > :50:58.fantastic. Yes, thank you. That was amazing. The car was fantastic.
:50:58. > :51:03.Yes! Celebration time in Canada and a little bit of a break comes up
:51:03. > :51:13.after this boy these guys. A couple of weekends off before they go into
:51:13. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :51:57.the wide, open expanses of the fast Well done, the Canadian Grand Prix
:51:57. > :52:04.was one of the few things missing off your CV. Well done. Yes, we
:52:04. > :52:09.were desperate to win here, and it is great to take it off the list.
:52:10. > :52:15.Mostly because it is such a nice race. I had so many fans here and
:52:16. > :52:21.the sun came out today which is a big surprise. All in all a great
:52:21. > :52:26.race. I was pushing quite hard and so I was pretty close to the wall
:52:26. > :52:31.here and there. But you never know what is going to happen later on.
:52:31. > :52:36.We saw we could control the race and the pace from where we were,
:52:36. > :52:39.but you do not know that when you start the race. It looked like this
:52:39. > :52:46.morning it might be damage limitation, but it ended up pretty
:52:46. > :52:53.well for you out there. Better than expected? Yes, to be on the podium
:52:53. > :52:59.in second place is better than the simulation. The complicated things
:52:59. > :53:04.a bit yesterday. Conditions were not great for us, the cold
:53:04. > :53:09.conditions, and we did not put a lap together, so we complicated
:53:09. > :53:15.things a little bit. Next time we need to do a better job in the
:53:15. > :53:21.overall weekend. A Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This time it
:53:21. > :53:27.was only a Good Friday and a good Sunday. First would have been nicer,
:53:27. > :53:33.second would have been nicer, how do you feel about third? It would
:53:33. > :53:39.have been nice to have kept second for sure it. There was a lot of
:53:39. > :53:45.traffic which was not helpful. But Fernando was generally quicker. We
:53:45. > :53:51.have taken a step up in the constructors' championship. We have
:53:51. > :53:58.recovered very strongly. To go into a raise when you have not had many
:53:58. > :54:01.runs, we have pulled something out of the basket. I hope we have a
:54:01. > :54:07.trouble-free weekend and we can celebrate in front of the British
:54:07. > :54:14.fans. It was a tough day out there today. I am very pleased to see you.
:54:14. > :54:20.I have never been so pleased to get out of a car. It was not the best
:54:20. > :54:26.race for us as a team. This circuit normally treats as pretty well over
:54:26. > :54:32.the years. There were battles throughout the field, but 14.4
:54:32. > :54:38.seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso. Sebastian Vettel was untouchable
:54:38. > :54:43.today. Red Bull really found their form. The track temperatures came
:54:43. > :54:48.up to its warmest we have seen all weekend. Sebastian Vettel was
:54:48. > :54:54.dominant out front. Fernando Alonso had a great race and picked Lewis
:54:54. > :54:59.Hamilton to the second spot. great battle between those two
:54:59. > :55:05.team-mates. This is what stood out for me. No safety car like we have
:55:05. > :55:13.seen in previous years, but a lot of very aggressive but fair racing.
:55:13. > :55:16.There were some stunning results, Paul di Resta, Jean-Eric Vergne.
:55:17. > :55:23.This is an opportunity for those young drivers to show themselves to
:55:23. > :55:29.their teams. Paul di Resta after a difficult qualifying showed his
:55:29. > :55:37.skills and his talent and he had a big smile on his face. It had been
:55:37. > :55:42.a difficult weekend for him. A lot was expected from Bottas, but the
:55:42. > :55:47.weather conditions were not right for Williams. That is right, he had
:55:48. > :55:52.great form in qualifying in damp conditions. That said, the Williams
:55:52. > :55:57.is not the car we saw on track last year and they do not have raised
:55:57. > :56:02.pays and he worked his way backwards. How important is it for
:56:02. > :56:07.these young riders to get these highlights? These highlights is
:56:07. > :56:14.what is giving them the opportunity to be in Formula One. It means they
:56:14. > :56:17.do not get overlooked when the teams are trying to see who is the
:56:17. > :56:27.next Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel. We will be back in three
:56:27. > :56:33.
:56:33. > :56:43.weeks' time for the British Grand We hope you enjoyed it. See you in
:56:43. > :56:53.
:56:53. > :57:00.# I like you the way you are at when we are driving in Beqaa. But
:57:00. > :57:10.you become somebody else, like everybody else. You are trying to
:57:10. > :57:11.