The Canadian Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:46. > :01:54.alley in the streets, I saw a man standing by the wall. # get away

:01:54. > :02:04.from the wall. # get away from the wall.

:02:04. > :02:24.

:02:24. > :02:28.# it's my wall. It has claimed its fair share of

:02:28. > :02:32.famous scalps over the years. Welcome to Montreal for qualifying

:02:33. > :02:36.at the Canadian Grand Prix. We greet you with dirty weather, which will

:02:36. > :02:41.have implications for the qualifying later. Before that, let's backtrack

:02:41. > :02:45.a couple of weeks to win the streets of Monaco were littered with carbon

:02:45. > :02:55.fibre and Formula One was having a smashing time will stop Nico Rosberg

:02:55. > :02:55.

:02:55. > :03:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:03:35. > :03:41.car has been deployed. Hamilton in fourth place, having lost the

:03:42. > :03:51.position through the safety car intervention. Webber gets back in

:03:52. > :03:54.

:03:54. > :04:01.front! Button has a chance! They hit each other. Ferrari and McLaren,

:04:01. > :04:11.there was definite contact. Perez has passed Button! He is not going

:04:11. > :04:18.

:04:18. > :04:28.to like that. Huge crash, is this going to be a safety car? Red flag.

:04:28. > :04:43.

:04:43. > :04:50.He crossed my way. Rosberg leading probably looking for a gap that I

:04:50. > :05:00.don't believe was there. You run out of luck eventually. If someone could

:05:00. > :05:02.

:05:02. > :05:07.have avoided the accident, it was Kimi. Nico Rosberg wins in Monaco!

:05:07. > :05:17.Can't believe it! Thank you so much. This is a childhood dream for me, to

:05:17. > :05:18.

:05:18. > :05:28.win in Monaco. It doesn't get much better.

:05:28. > :05:45.

:05:45. > :05:53.Well, Nicola's superb win marked the For any good night out, you need two

:05:54. > :06:00.special ingredients, ADC and an EJ. , gentlemen. I would not take him

:06:00. > :06:05.with me on a night out! I would not go with him. Wasn't he singing on

:06:05. > :06:11.that talent programme? I thought it was you. Have you recovered from

:06:11. > :06:21.Monaco, chaps? Monaco was great. Full of drama, intrigue. It had

:06:21. > :06:30.everything. Great moment for Nico Rosberg. More important was the on

:06:31. > :06:36.track action. Nico Rosberg had a great victory there, but there was

:06:36. > :06:40.not really that push that we are used to seeing. But Canada will be

:06:41. > :06:47.different. This is also a huge event. We talk about Monaco being a

:06:47. > :06:50.rock 'n' roll event, but it is in Canada as well, isn't it? Canada has

:06:50. > :06:54.captivated everyone. When we look to North America from the team

:06:54. > :06:59.perspective, we wanted to make sure we had a big voice in North

:06:59. > :07:03.America. Canada and Montreal in particular embraced that. It brought

:07:03. > :07:07.huge volumes of tourism here. The nightlife is staggering, and the

:07:08. > :07:14.racing is the best. David was not concentrating on anything you said,

:07:14. > :07:20.because we were showing lots of pictures of hot women. Would you

:07:20. > :07:29.mind not putting your shoes on my white shoes? Is this one of your

:07:29. > :07:33.favourite tracks? The venue makes it special. It is not the best race

:07:33. > :07:38.track in the world. You can't really exploit the high-speed nature of the

:07:39. > :07:45.race cars, which is what the drivers want to do. But it is nonetheless

:07:45. > :07:52.challenging. It is an enjoyable weekend. Everyone who comes here

:07:52. > :08:00.goes back with fabulous memories. know, but she asked me about the

:08:00. > :08:06.driving, the track. Eddie, for you, some good memories for Jordan. Have

:08:06. > :08:11.you been going back in time? Look at that nice looking car? That is are

:08:11. > :08:17.Gary Anderson of the nicest looking Formula One car. I am naturally

:08:17. > :08:25.biased, but it is a beautiful car. Fourth and fifth, wasn't it? Fourth

:08:25. > :08:30.and fifth. This was Barry Callow finishing second -- Rubens

:08:30. > :08:33.Barrichello finishing second. A bunch of Irish people came up from

:08:33. > :08:40.New York, and Boston is full of Irish people. So we endeared

:08:40. > :08:44.ourselves to the people. We had the odd little party, and I brought my

:08:44. > :08:49.rock 'n' roll band and they all enjoyed the occasion. It is a rock

:08:49. > :08:53.'n' roll event. He doesn't like rock 'n' roll, he is involved with the

:08:53. > :08:58.racing. Has something been going on while I haven't been with you two

:08:58. > :09:02.today? We have people behind us, a fantastic atmosphere. Let's check

:09:03. > :09:12.out how they stand at the moment. Sebastian Vettel's podium finish at

:09:13. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :09:50.around here. He is sensational around Canada. He won his first

:09:50. > :09:58.Grand Prix here. He is looking for number four. But on different

:09:58. > :10:07.machinery. Is it possible? Of course it is possible. Lewis was the first

:10:07. > :10:11.to get it. It is pretty cold here this weekend. It was 15 degrees in

:10:11. > :10:17.free practice this morning. They have a bit more experience of

:10:17. > :10:23.testing these tyres than the other teams as well, so that may give an

:10:23. > :10:27.advantage. Mercedes do arrive here making all the headlines in the

:10:27. > :10:33.Formula One paddock, because they did the test with Pirellis after the

:10:33. > :10:38.Barcelona Grand Prix. Eddie, people who don't know the story, might be

:10:38. > :10:45.wondering what is wrong with what they did? It is against the rules.

:10:45. > :10:50.You are not allowed to use a 2013 car, and furthermore, you have to

:10:50. > :11:00.advise your other competitors of the test if you are doing so. They did

:11:00. > :11:01.

:11:01. > :11:03.run a 2013 car and they did not cover competitors. The competitors

:11:03. > :11:08.are in arms. Red Bull have protested. They have had a test,

:11:08. > :11:14.which is invaluable with the tyres and brakes. Typical Formula One. All

:11:14. > :11:24.hell has broken out. The news broke the night before the Monaco race,

:11:24. > :11:34.

:11:35. > :11:44.which is what we were talking about over race day in Monaco. We are now

:11:45. > :11:49.

:11:49. > :11:56.in a situation where that story has gone to an international tribunal,

:11:56. > :12:02.which we here will happen before Silverstone, which is good news,

:12:02. > :12:08.because we want to clear this up. Nobody wants something like this to

:12:08. > :12:15.drag on. This weekend, we will be talking about it. Hopefully, there

:12:15. > :12:19.will be on track action which gives us something else to get stuck into.

:12:19. > :12:22.Were you surprised by this story? There is a test going on after

:12:22. > :12:26.Barcelona. How secret was it? confused, because in my day we had a

:12:26. > :12:30.referee. And the referee used to be the tyre manufacturer. You were

:12:30. > :12:34.allowed to test the week before the race. What has happened here between

:12:34. > :12:38.Pirelli and the team? This was badly handled by a number of people.

:12:38. > :12:44.is why we sent him to speak to team boss Ross Brawn.

:12:44. > :12:51.Ross, congratulations. Pole position at Monaco. We managed to turn it

:12:51. > :12:56.into a race win. That was rewarding. Do you think the protest after the

:12:57. > :13:01.race took the gloss off the win? is never nice. We heard about it

:13:01. > :13:06.before the race started, so it is a distraction. Your immediate thought

:13:06. > :13:10.is then to deal with that, rather than celebrating a win. We have to

:13:10. > :13:17.deal with those things. This test that occurred, did you learn

:13:17. > :13:21.something from it that was helpful to win the race in Monaco? No. There

:13:21. > :13:27.was nothing that you could directly link with our race in Monaco. The

:13:27. > :13:35.track is very different. None of the tyres were related to Monaco, they

:13:35. > :13:39.were tyres for the future. Please confirm to us that it was a

:13:39. > :13:44.straightforward 1000 kilometre test from the beginning and that you had

:13:44. > :13:48.written confirmation from the FIA permitting you to do so? I will not

:13:48. > :13:55.go through the process by which we arrived at the test, but it was a

:13:55. > :13:59.Pirellis 1000 kilometre test. We were seeking privacy, not secrecy.

:13:59. > :14:03.You know that you don't go testing for three days at Barcelona and

:14:03. > :14:08.expect people not know about it. I was surprised that people did not

:14:08. > :14:12.comment on it earlier. You signed the agreement whereby it is to

:14:12. > :14:17.defined as to what a testing Day is and what a promotional day is, and I

:14:17. > :14:22.believe you are obliged to advise them that it is taking place. You

:14:22. > :14:27.did not do that. Well, this was a Pirelli test. Some of them have

:14:27. > :14:31.taken place before. It is not the first one that has happened. It was

:14:31. > :14:37.the first one with a current car and current drivers and your team.

:14:37. > :14:42.was a Pirelli test. So we don't believe we have an obligation to

:14:42. > :14:48.inform other teams. If Pirellis want to inform other teams, that was up

:14:48. > :14:55.to them. We are comfortable with the fact that it was a test requested by

:14:55. > :15:00.Pirelli. What would you do differently if this happened again?

:15:00. > :15:06.In the long-term, Formula One has to look at this whole tyre situation.

:15:06. > :15:11.We are not giving the tyre supplier a chance. We have to specify the

:15:11. > :15:21.2014 tyres in about six weeks' time. If we have a problem, we only

:15:21. > :15:27.

:15:27. > :15:37.have ourselves to blame. I know Pirelli pushed for teams to test

:15:37. > :15:47.

:15:47. > :15:53.them, queued up and said, how much What you think the outcome it will

:15:53. > :15:59.be? I am optimistic. This is a new process and the judges will sit and

:15:59. > :16:04.listen to our perspective on things. I am optimistic once the facts are

:16:04. > :16:09.presented they will see things as we saw them and we can move on.

:16:09. > :16:16.you feel you needed written approval from the FIA to do this

:16:16. > :16:22.test? Why we get to the tribunal we will see what went on. Did you

:16:22. > :16:32.think you needed written approval? I was comfortable with the position

:16:32. > :16:32.

:16:32. > :16:38.we were in. Let's see what the tribunal says. We are not party to

:16:38. > :16:43.any paperwork or conversations that have been had regarding this test.

:16:43. > :16:48.In your opinion who is at fault? Is it Mercedes or Pirelli or is it

:16:48. > :16:53.both? I do not think we know all the facts yet and I think it will

:16:54. > :16:57.emerge at the tribunal. One seems to be blaming and putting all the

:16:57. > :17:04.effort on to Pirelli's test and we do not know about the obligations

:17:04. > :17:08.of the team because it is a matter of a judicial system. They are very

:17:08. > :17:14.experienced judges and they will see which document takes preference

:17:14. > :17:23.over another. I am sure there are a lot about him as their. Ross was

:17:23. > :17:28.very eloquent. As always.Let's see how strong his argument is. He kept

:17:28. > :17:36.saying it was a Pirelli test. You try to speak to them, but you could

:17:36. > :17:44.not. I could not, but I think the lawyers said not to. When there is

:17:44. > :17:50.a very strong, legal process, it is a process between two major brands

:17:50. > :18:00.and the world, Pirelli and mayors - - Mercedes. They are innocent until

:18:00. > :18:00.

:18:00. > :18:04.proven guilty. Christian Horner is standing next to us. You were the

:18:04. > :18:11.first team to protest about this situation. When you first heard

:18:11. > :18:16.about it, what did you then? When we first heard about it, which was

:18:16. > :18:20.Saturday night in Monte Carlo, it was, that cannot be true. Then more

:18:20. > :18:25.facts started to come out and it appeared it was true and for us it

:18:25. > :18:30.was black and white. It was a clear breach of the rules and the best

:18:30. > :18:34.way to deal with that is a protest. In order to achieve clarity put it

:18:34. > :18:40.in the hands of the stewards and the FIA and let them make a

:18:40. > :18:45.judgement on it. Was the problem the fact they used this year's car?

:18:45. > :18:52.That is a fundamental thing. For I can understand Pirelli wanting to

:18:52. > :18:56.test cars -- tyres. But for an existing team to do it with current

:18:56. > :19:00.drivers it is a monumental advantage and that is not right.

:19:00. > :19:05.They won the next raised immediately after that test. What

:19:05. > :19:09.could they have learnt? switching the rear tyres around

:19:09. > :19:13.they go further. They do that in that race and it worked for them.

:19:13. > :19:19.Just learning one thing. The drivers having a bit more

:19:19. > :19:24.experience. Our drivers get six days each of testing pre-season. To

:19:24. > :19:29.be able to do more running in a current car is a huge advantage and

:19:29. > :19:33.that is why we felt it was a clear breach of the regulations. A hoodie

:19:33. > :19:38.you think should have told you they were doing a test? Pirelli or

:19:38. > :19:43.Mercedes? They should not have done it. They would have needed the

:19:43. > :19:49.unanimous agreement of all the teams, which they did not have. It

:19:49. > :19:56.is disappointing we were not told by either Pirelli or Mercedes.

:19:56. > :20:02.need clarification. Were you ever asked by Pirelli to do a test?

:20:02. > :20:07.we have been asked in the previous season and earlier this year. But

:20:07. > :20:11.we dismissed it immediately because our view was that running a current

:20:11. > :20:17.carp is in clear breach of the regulations. Did you tell them

:20:17. > :20:24.that? We did not take it any further. We will wait for the

:20:24. > :20:32.results from that. I do not know where Gary is? How can I not find M

:20:32. > :20:38.Quested Nike is a giant. Did you like that little 191? In it was

:20:38. > :20:42.always a nice little car. I want to continue the conversation we were

:20:42. > :20:47.having about the advantages that Mercedes could have got from that

:20:47. > :20:53.test. It was 1000 kilometres of stock Ross said they gained no

:20:53. > :21:02.advantage from that. What is your take on it? I would love to do that,

:21:02. > :21:07.it is such a big advantage. We heard some stuff about Nico Rosberg

:21:07. > :21:11.and the engineer and how the tyres were lasting very well. At the end

:21:11. > :21:16.of the day, they had confidence from that test in Barcelona to do

:21:16. > :21:26.that. They had confidence more than anything. Let's listen to what you

:21:26. > :21:29.

:21:29. > :21:38.are talking about. 60% remaining on the rear tyres. 50% on front left.

:21:38. > :21:44.You are event. We would like to up the pace again. Not immediate, but

:21:44. > :21:50.just bring it up. They are not necessarily to Nico Rosberg. The

:21:50. > :21:56.rest of the team was saying, do not bother trying, we can pick up half

:21:56. > :22:03.a second if we wanted. Forget about is raised, we are going to win it.

:22:03. > :22:07.That came from confidence. I do not believe they started to do a 1000

:22:07. > :22:11.come at a test with the same set-up of the car as they would have run

:22:11. > :22:15.at the weekend. They would have tried something different and they

:22:15. > :22:23.got knowledge from it. The drivers learnt a lot. They would have had

:22:23. > :22:27.10 or 12 sets of tyres each. It is very difficult to get the tyres

:22:27. > :22:33.warmed up before qualifying. They could experiment without paying a

:22:33. > :22:38.price for it. Lewis Hamilton is saying he has got braking problems.

:22:38. > :22:44.In his 100 laps in Barcelona he would have had eight or 10 good

:22:44. > :22:49.braking episodes per lap. It is experimenting a bit more, you never

:22:49. > :22:56.forget that star, so they learnt a lot. A as a driver when you are

:22:56. > :23:02.doing a tyre test, what kind of things are you being told to do?

:23:02. > :23:06.Pens, there is no-one answer to that type of question. They are

:23:06. > :23:10.developing tyres which are relevant to the car they are racing this

:23:10. > :23:15.year and with a view to next year. It is very relevant to breaking,

:23:15. > :23:21.two issues drivers might have. It is a non pressure environment for

:23:21. > :23:26.the driver of. It does not matter if he locks up, it will not affect

:23:26. > :23:29.his grid positions. It is the freedom to experiment and play with

:23:29. > :23:38.your own driving as well as understanding how to get the best

:23:38. > :23:42.out of the tyres. It is great for a driver. From a team perspective I

:23:42. > :23:48.would be furious. I felt it was an necessary and underhand that we

:23:48. > :23:54.were not told. Had you been told, it would have eliminated some of it,

:23:54. > :23:59.but not all. The drivers ran in cloaked out helmets. I would like

:23:59. > :24:03.to know why they did that. Someone needs to come out and tell everyone

:24:03. > :24:08.so we can get on with further business. It has to go to a

:24:08. > :24:13.tribunal. We need an answer quickly and we need to move on, but we need

:24:13. > :24:18.to make sure we have a strong group of teams including Mercedes and we

:24:18. > :24:25.need Pirelli there as well. They contribute significantly to this

:24:25. > :24:29.championship. Bringing things forward to this weekend, Lewis

:24:29. > :24:34.Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have been asked about this. As a driver, how

:24:34. > :24:37.would it affect their preparations? It is better to be asked about

:24:37. > :24:42.something that is not your responsibility than to be asked

:24:42. > :24:47.about an issue that affects your driving. It is no pressure for them

:24:47. > :24:53.to say, we did that tears, we are the drivers, we are employed by the

:24:53. > :24:59.team. The fact we wore a cloaked out helmet, whatever ad referred to,

:24:59. > :25:04.I think it meant a plane helmet, they'd just drove it, so they

:25:05. > :25:09.enjoyed the pressure was off them. If you contrast somebody like Perez,

:25:09. > :25:12.there has been asked about his driving Standards, that is

:25:12. > :25:20.affecting his preparations for driving on this racetrack.

:25:20. > :25:25.point. To will have you got for pole position? The rev Pauls and

:25:25. > :25:33.the Mercedes. I am not sure which one. I could not put a driver on it,

:25:33. > :25:43.but I think it will be one of the two Red Bulls. There is some other

:25:43. > :25:44.

:25:44. > :25:48.news going on and E McKenzie has it all. Kimi Raikkonen said after the

:25:48. > :25:52.Monaco Grand Prix that somebody should punch Sergio Perez in the

:25:52. > :25:58.face after this incident. Almost two weeks on he has not changed his

:25:58. > :26:04.opinion. He is stupid what he did. In one year thawed it will still be

:26:04. > :26:10.the same. It is in the past and be cannot change it, unfortunately.

:26:10. > :26:17.But when you have no chance and you expect people to go off because

:26:17. > :26:22.they come to fast, and they make mistakes, we pay the price. McLaren

:26:22. > :26:27.have won the last three Canadian Grand Prix, but Jenson Button knows

:26:27. > :26:33.he has a big task on his hand this weekend to make it four for a

:26:33. > :26:38.constructive. Hopefully we will make some improvements. We have

:26:38. > :26:42.some things that should help us. Last year's when yet Lewis Hamilton

:26:42. > :26:50.knows it will be difficult to repeat Mercedes' when poor Monica,

:26:50. > :26:59.but he is not blaming his pyres or his tools. I am just breaking very

:26:59. > :27:06.late. I am not able to apply the pressure that I normally applied.

:27:06. > :27:12.But I will fix it. Pastor Maldonado says he is still suffering a few

:27:12. > :27:20.aches after this crash. He also suffered a cut to his arm. Yes,

:27:20. > :27:26.there are still some small panes. It is up to the main men. I am

:27:26. > :27:29.focused and I will be up to it in the car. Finally Romain Grosjean is

:27:29. > :27:36.back in the spotlight after an incident strewn at weekend last

:27:36. > :27:41.time out. He takes a 10 points penalty in today's race. I was

:27:41. > :27:47.unlucky sometimes, I got caught in the race with Danny breaking early.

:27:47. > :27:51.It is a mistake, but it sometimes happens. It sometimes happens

:27:51. > :27:59.comment but is seems to happen quite a lot of him. You cannot keep

:27:59. > :28:07.blaming everybody else round About Eve. If it had been someone as's

:28:07. > :28:15.bolt, they would have given Danny Baker nodded. But Romain Grosjean

:28:15. > :28:21.is a great driver. He has flashes of brilliance and then he destroys

:28:21. > :28:26.it all by doing what he did in Monica. He has something wrong with

:28:26. > :28:32.his peripheral. I do not mean wrong with it. When he is on his own, he

:28:32. > :28:37.is fantastic, but when he is in competition with someone directly,

:28:37. > :28:42.he used his position on track. was a beautiful example of how to

:28:42. > :28:48.remove your front left corner in under three seconds. This is more

:28:48. > :28:54.worrying, he misjudged completely the length of his car. He locked

:28:54. > :29:00.the rear, that could have been a KERS issue. There is enough room

:29:00. > :29:04.left or right, but he panicked and ran into the back of Daniel. He is

:29:04. > :29:10.a good racing driver, he has got speed. I do not think there is

:29:10. > :29:15.anything brilliant about him. Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, have

:29:15. > :29:21.consistently shown they can lead teams and win. So far he has not

:29:21. > :29:27.been able to do that. His team-mate Kimi Raikkonen has consistently

:29:27. > :29:32.outperformed him. Is it difficult for teams and drivers to respect

:29:32. > :29:37.somebody who ends up in so many tangles? Even more difficult in

:29:37. > :29:43.this case because his manager is Eric and is the team principal.

:29:43. > :29:49.There is possibly a conflict of interests. I do not want to go more

:29:49. > :29:56.into that. But the reality is that Eric has to sit him down and say to

:29:56. > :30:02.him, if you want to keep your seat, I cannot do any more for you.

:30:02. > :30:06.spoke to Eric yesterday and he seemed exasperated, but he was

:30:06. > :30:10.saying the first crash was a technical problem and the next

:30:11. > :30:15.three when not technical problems. He has got to sit down and sort his

:30:15. > :30:20.head out, otherwise perhaps he is not going to be here very long in

:30:20. > :30:25.terms of contract. Eddie knows very well the pressure in terms of the

:30:25. > :30:31.team principal. Sometimes you have got young charges who are an asset

:30:31. > :30:35.and you can sell on in the future. In the case of Lotus they are a

:30:35. > :30:39.world championship constructed team, they can win this World

:30:39. > :30:44.Championship, but you need both drivers getting the points that

:30:44. > :30:50.Kimi Raikkonen is. At the moment Romain Grosjean is not getting back,

:30:50. > :31:00.so you have to say he is the weak link. We will catch up with Eric

:31:00. > :31:19.

:31:19. > :31:25.know there was an error with the mechanical suspension. And there was

:31:25. > :31:31.one driver error. It was weird at the time to have two driver errors.

:31:31. > :31:34.They were carbon copies of each other. How you could replicate the

:31:34. > :31:39.first one was startling. But we listened to the team, and they are

:31:39. > :31:47.honest. They tell us how it is. It will have knocked Felipe Massa's

:31:47. > :31:52.confidence. He has looked confident so far in the practice sessions.

:31:52. > :31:59.has never had a big result in Canada, either in qualifying or the

:31:59. > :32:04.race. But maybe this could be the time. He has had a couple of good

:32:04. > :32:09.races in terms of single lap race. You have to be on top of your game

:32:09. > :32:16.to be in front of Fernando. Seems like Fernando has been working

:32:16. > :32:22.really hard as well. Now, you probably will not remember this, but

:32:22. > :32:27.this place was special. It was your last podium in 2008. I will always

:32:27. > :32:37.remember that. We have some shots of David's celebration here. What do

:32:37. > :32:39.

:32:39. > :32:42.you remember of that race? That was nice. I knew it was my last season.

:32:42. > :32:49.I suppose you were only interested in the result, and not in the points

:32:49. > :32:55.bonus. I never thought about that. You know it is not about that once

:32:55. > :32:59.you have got a few pennies stashed away. We were still building the

:32:59. > :33:03.performance of Red Bull at that time. We hear that Robert Kubica is

:33:03. > :33:07.doing simulation tests with Mercedes, so we may see him back in

:33:07. > :33:11.a Formula One car in the future. Robert was of course taken out of

:33:11. > :33:21.action after a rallying crash, so Tom Clarkson went to the rally in

:33:21. > :33:22.

:33:22. > :33:29.Athens to see how he was getting on. Another great performance by Robert

:33:29. > :33:35.Kubica. This season, he has been flawless. A star is well and truly

:33:35. > :33:42.born. Formula One driver Robert Kubica has undergone surgery after a

:33:42. > :33:46.high-speed crash. He is unlikely to compete for Renault this season. He

:33:46. > :33:56.had serious injuries to his right hand and arm. There were fears his

:33:56. > :33:59.

:33:59. > :34:07.hand would be amputated. I paid quite a big price for a mistake. I

:34:07. > :34:17.could have paid a much higher price. Unfortunately, it is part of this

:34:17. > :34:47.

:34:47. > :34:50.sport. You have to accept it. are not accepting it, you are not

:34:50. > :34:54.doing it. After everything that has happened, are you still in love with

:34:54. > :34:57.the sport? I think more. Of course, I was always thinking that I am very

:34:57. > :35:00.lucky. I had a hard time after the accident. Not only a hard time

:35:00. > :35:04.because of the surgery and the pain, but after it, when you lie down in

:35:04. > :35:06.the hospital, you realise how big an effect you have on the sport.

:35:06. > :35:11.paddock misses you. Impossible!Do you miss Formula One? I miss racing,

:35:11. > :35:17.yes. You do everything to become a Formula One driver, and then I

:35:17. > :35:22.stayed for how many seasons? Five. And then suddenly it stops. It is

:35:22. > :35:29.not painful, but not what you were looking for. But that is life. I

:35:29. > :35:36.have suffered big injuries in the crash. But on the other hand, I am

:35:36. > :35:41.lucky that I am still able to drive, although not any more in F1.

:35:41. > :35:51.Driving in F1 will not be such a big problem. The problem will be to

:35:51. > :35:53.

:35:53. > :35:57.compete in races. That is not possible for now. Maybe one day, if

:35:57. > :36:05.they change the rules that the car has to be wider by ten or 15

:36:05. > :36:10.centimetres, I can drive. What is important is that I am seeing

:36:10. > :36:16.progress. Even if in normal life, I struggle using my hands, in driving,

:36:16. > :36:21.I see the progress in the rally car and in simulators. And riding is

:36:21. > :36:25.more difficult for my hand. The question is how far I go and how

:36:25. > :36:35.long I will take. But it does not matter if it takes one year or ten

:36:35. > :36:55.

:36:55. > :37:03.years. Maybe one day I will have a has always been good in Canada. I

:37:03. > :37:09.crashed, of course, but that is part of the game. It was one of the most

:37:09. > :37:19.spectacular ones in F1. I had a better than the year after. It was a

:37:19. > :37:23.

:37:23. > :37:30.great day. It is better to at least win one race. Going forward, Robert

:37:31. > :37:35.Kubica, world Rally Champion or world Formula One champion? It would

:37:35. > :37:43.be 1000 to zero, but I would prefer the second option. But you never

:37:43. > :37:46.know in life. Because of my situation, I cannot look too much

:37:46. > :37:54.forward. I have to look weak after week, day after day, and look

:37:54. > :38:01.forward. Well, he went on to win that Acropolis Rally in Greece,

:38:01. > :38:04.which was great news, and his first win since the accident. Big

:38:04. > :38:13.personality, very much missed. Eric Meunier was at the helm while that

:38:13. > :38:19.was going on. Clearly, he has not lost his speed. No. And I am happy

:38:19. > :38:26.for him. He was a great fan of rally, and seeing him racing in

:38:26. > :38:35.rally and winning is quite impressive. As you say, he is a

:38:35. > :38:42.strong character. He is missing us, but I knew him from the past and he

:38:42. > :38:51.always impressed everybody. It seems that the rallying has helped him in

:38:51. > :38:55.terms of getting better. He is sadly missed, because we had a lot of

:38:55. > :39:01.those Polish vans come, swarms of them. He was a cult figure in

:39:01. > :39:06.Formula One, and he was brilliant. He had that monstrous crash and then

:39:06. > :39:15.came back the following year to win. How many can do that? In some

:39:15. > :39:19.ways, he is similar to Kimi. He is strong and capable and popular. He

:39:19. > :39:23.is a hero in his country. We would talking about Romain Grosjean

:39:23. > :39:33.earlier. We would like to ask you about how he's doing this weekend.

:39:33. > :39:34.

:39:34. > :39:42.How is his head? His head is to! He is doing well. He has clearly done

:39:42. > :39:52.work on himself over the winter. You could see at the beginning of the

:39:52. > :39:55.

:39:55. > :40:00.season, he came back step-by-step. Monaco was a bit of a files, but he

:40:00. > :40:04.is OK this weekend. Monaco was actually a shocker. It was really

:40:05. > :40:09.very, for all sorts of reasons. His driving was appalling. How many more

:40:09. > :40:18.chances are you going to give him? It is not the number of chances we

:40:18. > :40:24.give him. He came back last year and everybody agreed that the guy has

:40:24. > :40:31.phenomenal speed. We just want to help him to make sure he can

:40:31. > :40:41.transform the speed into success. But these points are flitting away.

:40:41. > :40:49.Surely that is a worry? It is a concern. But we still believe we can

:40:49. > :40:57.transform the speed into success. How do you do that? We support as

:40:57. > :41:02.much as we can. It is not an easy life to be a Formula One driver. It

:41:02. > :41:08.is difficult to step into the big five. To win races in Formula One or

:41:09. > :41:14.to be a champion is a special class. He is one of the fastest drivers in

:41:14. > :41:20.Formula One, and we all know this. We just need to help him to get the

:41:20. > :41:24.maturity to battle the top guns. Thank you for talking to us. This

:41:24. > :41:30.track has been fantastic for McLaren over the years. DC is with Martin

:41:30. > :41:36.Whitmarsh. Looks like it will be dry going into qualifying.

:41:36. > :41:43.Let's focus on qualifying first. Anything can happen on this track,

:41:43. > :41:49.as you know. You can get a yellow or a read. We will probably go out on a

:41:50. > :41:53.dry tyre. If you don't go out and there is a red flag, you are in

:41:53. > :42:03.trouble, so you are forced out onto the track probably earlier than you

:42:03. > :42:05.

:42:05. > :42:09.want. And you just try and secure it and make the right judgement and

:42:09. > :42:14.hopefully be on it in good condition just as the track reaches its best

:42:14. > :42:22.conditions at the end. That is the plan. You have started behind where

:42:22. > :42:26.you would like to be. Canada being a different race track, does that take

:42:26. > :42:34.up the development process? Are you looking as the next Grand Prix as

:42:34. > :42:38.the one where you can judge the development? I am an optimist, so I

:42:38. > :42:44.always think you can be up there. I think we have made progress. As you

:42:44. > :42:54.say, this is an unusual circuit in unusual conditions. So you can't

:42:54. > :42:54.

:42:54. > :42:58.read too much into this. You almost feel like you are in a cloud. We are

:42:59. > :43:06.working hard to bring more developments to Silverstone. We are

:43:06. > :43:11.not where we want to be. We want to do justice to the fans in

:43:11. > :43:13.Silverstone, so we are working to be as competitive as we can there.

:43:13. > :43:17.have a great following at Silverstone and a great history

:43:17. > :43:21.there. The fact that there is this tyre scandal, do you see that as a

:43:21. > :43:25.welcome distraction on the relative lack of performance you have had so

:43:25. > :43:29.far, and do you have a view on what you would be doing if you were

:43:29. > :43:35.battling for the championship at the front right now, on Red Bull's

:43:35. > :43:38.protest and Mercedes' defence? you were battling for a

:43:38. > :43:42.championship, perhaps you would take as much distraction for your

:43:42. > :43:45.competitors as you could, which is why we stood out a bit and said,

:43:45. > :43:51.let's focus on trying to get our car quicker. We are not expressing a

:43:51. > :43:57.view, and I am pleased that we are not involved in a controversy like

:43:57. > :44:03.this. Teams obviously try to draw us into it and ask us to get involved,

:44:03. > :44:07.but we haven't. We want to get on with our job. Hopefully, they can

:44:07. > :44:13.all distract themselves as they fight over that. So you have an

:44:13. > :44:17.opinion, you are just not voicing it? Of course I do. We have partners

:44:17. > :44:23.involved in this issue, so it is best that we just stand out a bit

:44:23. > :44:28.and focus on doing our job. I have a clear opinion on the matter. Who is

:44:28. > :44:37.going to be poll this afternoon? these conditions, Fernando is pretty

:44:37. > :44:45.good. But so is Sebastian. They are two smart cookies. We will do our

:44:45. > :44:49.best, but I would probably not bet on us this afternoon. Sebastian or

:44:49. > :44:53.Alonso would be the right place to put your money.

:44:53. > :44:57.Martin has a strong opinion on that, and I know you have as well,

:44:57. > :45:03.regarding McLaren. Of course he must have an opinion. It does affect

:45:03. > :45:08.him. This race and the testing that went on at Mercedes directly affect

:45:08. > :45:12.him. I just wonder how much of an effect his quietness on the

:45:12. > :45:17.situation has to-do with the fact that he also runs a Mercedes engine.

:45:17. > :45:26.But sometimes you have to come off the fence. He knows it was wrong. We

:45:26. > :45:36.would like to hear his opinions. David is just getting one over by

:45:36. > :45:43.

:45:43. > :45:50.four tyres. They are beautiful! Dolly mixtures! David, you have such

:45:51. > :45:54.a weird choice of words sometimes. Before he starts talking about birds

:45:54. > :46:04.and does his Spring watch thing, let's get up close and personal with

:46:04. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:21.How come the race so get the racer and I get... What is this? It is a

:46:21. > :46:28.ladies'. I am old school, I get out there. If you stick with me, I will

:46:28. > :46:37.give you some pointers. This says a rent me on your bike. I can rent

:46:37. > :46:43.you. Standing here at turn two. Not the weather we were expecting.

:46:43. > :46:50.did not run much in the rain here. We had that rain two years ago when

:46:50. > :47:00.it did not stop. That looks like a red shouldered blackbird. The track

:47:00. > :47:05.is very smooth, it is quite slippery. Is this a track you

:47:05. > :47:12.naturally enjoy driving? Yes, I think it is a nice track. It is

:47:12. > :47:16.obviously different with the long stretches. It is good fun and it is

:47:16. > :47:26.a challenge every time to be a little bit closer, especially on

:47:26. > :47:27.

:47:27. > :47:36.the last turn. # I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike.

:47:36. > :47:42.I want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle. They call this the war of

:47:42. > :47:46.champions. What is it that makes it so tricky? You need to have a

:47:46. > :47:53.larger radius and you need to open the corner and to open the corner

:47:53. > :47:58.you need to use the kerb. There is a limit at some stage. It is quite

:47:58. > :48:02.high, the kind of sausage you have on the inside. You cannot use

:48:02. > :48:12.everything because you get too much of a hit and if that happens you

:48:12. > :48:13.

:48:13. > :48:18.lose control over there and we know the rest of the story. You want to

:48:18. > :48:23.use KERS, but you have to be careful because you cannot use to

:48:23. > :48:32.much. When you are a German you have an advantage when it comes to

:48:32. > :48:40.sausages. I enjoy a sausage to eat from time to time, being German.

:48:40. > :48:48.But the English have quite good sausages as well. You are busy so

:48:48. > :48:56.we had been kindly offered to share this track guide with Blucher from

:48:56. > :49:00.Italian television. I have no idea what he said. The just invited you

:49:00. > :49:06.to a party on Saturday night. was telling me a story about

:49:06. > :49:15.sausages. Maybe you can explore that on Saturday night. Take me to

:49:15. > :49:25.the Wall of Champions. I have never been in there. That hurts.

:49:25. > :49:30.Do not say you were not warned! am very pleased, as Suzi, that

:49:30. > :49:36.David never auditioned to be a Queen. I think he is quite camp

:49:36. > :49:42.myself. I think he has got a following. He is better as a racing

:49:42. > :49:48.driver than he is as a singer. bringing you outside the paddock in

:49:48. > :49:58.terms of conditions. Getting away from sausages, it is quite blustery,

:49:58. > :50:05.not too windy. It is cool with a bit of rain in the air. A really

:50:05. > :50:09.quick time it will be on slicks. It will be a matter of bravery and the

:50:09. > :50:14.key to it is picking the right moment. The clever ones will pick

:50:14. > :50:19.the right moment and they will get pole position. It is 16 degrees and

:50:19. > :50:24.it is quite chilly. Talking of bravery, let's have a look at

:50:24. > :50:29.something that happened yesterday in free practice. This is Adrian

:50:29. > :50:36.Sutil. Check this out. All wheels off the ground. That is over the

:50:36. > :50:44.sausage kerb. That is amazing. is amazing the mechanics of that

:50:44. > :50:49.car. That will not have done that car any good. Alexander Rossi was

:50:49. > :50:54.talking in commentary yesterday and he said as the driver, Adrain Sutil,

:50:54. > :50:59.his in nerds would have shaken. That would have been quite violent.

:50:59. > :51:05.He it would have been violent. The driver should have spent all day

:51:05. > :51:09.Thursday going round when there are no cars on track. There is a gap at

:51:09. > :51:15.the end of that where he could have avoided that. He could have been a

:51:15. > :51:19.lot kinder to his own body and more importantly to the car.

:51:19. > :51:27.Preparations continuing for qualifying. It is one of those

:51:27. > :51:34.sessions that is all going to be down to time is. That is a fast

:51:34. > :51:42.bend it, isn't it? I will have to check that he still has his

:51:42. > :51:48.passport. The stars come to Canada, they come to this race. And a big

:51:48. > :51:53.surprise, tomorrow night the Rolling Stones are live in Montreal.

:51:53. > :51:58.Montreal is the place to be. certainly is. I hope you have got

:51:58. > :52:04.us tickets to go. I certainly have not because you are obliged to pay

:52:04. > :52:09.for these things will stop I am joking. This is going to be rock

:52:09. > :52:14.and roll, this qualifying session. It is all about timing. If you are

:52:14. > :52:20.a massive Formula One fan, you never have to miss a moment with

:52:20. > :52:25.the BBC. You can check out all the action online on our website. We

:52:25. > :52:34.have got lots of news and lots of Vidya content and Lewis Hamilton's

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:52:38. > :52:46.Also this gives you lots of radio interviews so you can feel you are

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:52:50. > :52:59.Download the BBC sport application. If you miss all of that, you can

:52:59. > :53:09.catch up on BBC iPlayer. We are in the Caterham garage. That is James

:53:09. > :53:12.

:53:12. > :53:19.Macca boy. Why am I out here? are missing all the action, Suzi.

:53:19. > :53:25.Think of me. What do you think about Mark Webber this weekend?

:53:25. > :53:29.loves circumstances like this, as indeed do so many other drivers. We

:53:29. > :53:33.know event to this day my favourite all-time Grand Prix was here a

:53:33. > :53:40.couple of years ago when he passed Jenson Button on the last lap. The

:53:40. > :53:47.great thing about here is that anything can happen to. He is a

:53:47. > :53:50.specialist of Silverstone. He is a specialist at Monte Carlo, and

:53:50. > :53:55.whilst that did not go quite to plan for him, Mark innies took up

:53:55. > :54:00.his game because he has got a new contract to think about. Whether or

:54:00. > :54:06.not he is going to be retained at Red Bull. He needs to kick-start

:54:06. > :54:11.his season. It has not been strong enough yet for him. As we stand

:54:11. > :54:18.here and tat, the range is starting to come down a little bit more. We

:54:18. > :54:24.have got six minutes to go and tell qualifying stars. The Caterhams so

:54:24. > :54:32.far this weekend? It is more of the same. There was a lot of jubilation

:54:32. > :54:36.and people getting excited about the Caterham team and Marussia.

:54:36. > :54:41.Marussia have moved up, but they need to get up and move amongst the

:54:41. > :54:47.main runners in the teams. Maybe with this kind of whether they have

:54:47. > :54:50.a chance here. It always changes the playing field. Williams were

:54:50. > :54:55.hoping they would have the changeable conditions and they will

:54:55. > :55:01.be clapping their hands. Just as we are speaking there is a drizzle and

:55:01. > :55:07.this will have a major impact on the qualifier. Lee McKenzie and Tom

:55:07. > :55:17.Clarkson are in the pit lane reporting for years. Let's go to

:55:17. > :55:29.

:55:29. > :55:36.backdrop for a qualifying in Montreal. Round seven other

:55:36. > :55:42.championship brings Formula One to another of its favourite cities, in

:55:42. > :55:46.French-speaking Quebec. We are now one third of the way into the

:55:47. > :55:52.season with his brief interlude of from the races in Europe. We have

:55:53. > :55:58.come to a 2.7 mile circuit. It has long straights interrupted by

:55:58. > :56:03.chicanes, and it puts the emphasis on breaking and good traction and

:56:03. > :56:07.extreme accuracy from the drivers. McLaren and Williams had taken the

:56:07. > :56:12.most pole positions here, but Red Bull have dominated over the last

:56:12. > :56:17.few years with Mark Webber are looking for pole position. But he

:56:17. > :56:22.has yet to win the event. He could have a battle on his hands to win

:56:22. > :56:28.that pole position from Mercedes and Ferrari, but also with the

:56:28. > :56:31.changing weather conditions adding to the confusion. David, you have

:56:31. > :56:37.come over to the commentary box. That rain is hanging around at the

:56:37. > :56:41.moment. It is annoying for the drivers because it takes away your

:56:41. > :56:48.confidence not knowing what is on the track surface. It is a fine

:56:48. > :56:58.drizzle, which is enough to get on your visor. We are not sure how

:56:58. > :57:03.long it is going to last. A little bit more rain is coming now. You

:57:03. > :57:08.can see the raincoats going on and the umbrella is going up. This

:57:08. > :57:14.throws everybody into a bit more confusion. They were running

:57:15. > :57:18.intermediate tyres this morning. You are in the situation at the

:57:18. > :57:24.beginning of qualifying where you have got 20 minutes to play with,

:57:24. > :57:30.so you have more time to build heat in the tyres. If this was a couple

:57:30. > :57:35.of laps in the later part of the session, you might go for a wet to

:57:36. > :57:40.give a more heat in the tyre. But this will be intermediaries with

:57:40. > :57:47.that amount of rain down there. It will get to the point where the

:57:47. > :57:51.tyres lose surface temperature. The drivers cannot get the heat in the

:57:51. > :57:56.tyre. A few years ago Sebastian Vettel got a little bit wide and he

:57:56. > :58:03.got sucked out into the run of area, so it is critical to make the right

:58:03. > :58:08.choice. The first practice session was dry towards the end and Paul di

:58:08. > :58:13.Resta was fastest in that session. This morning they were on slick

:58:13. > :58:20.tyres by the end of it. Mark Webber was fast, but it is about being on

:58:20. > :58:27.the track at the end. Look how close Mercedes are to Lotus.

:58:27. > :58:32.Neither of them are that far behind Ferrari. Red Bull have made a break

:58:32. > :58:37.at the pub. Mercedes have been the dominant force in qualifying. Nico

:58:37. > :58:42.Rosberg had that hat-trick of pole positions. I wonder if they will

:58:42. > :58:47.have that same pace in these changeable conditions? It remains

:58:47. > :58:51.to be seen. If we have a scenario where it is slick tyres at the end

:58:51. > :58:57.of the session, they have that advantage and the driver goes out

:58:57. > :59:04.and has confidence to deliver that single lap. There is very light

:59:04. > :59:09.rain at the moment. It should not get any worse. It should stop.

:59:09. > :59:14.little bit of uncertainty on the weather conditions. Fernando Alonso

:59:14. > :59:20.keeping a close eye. He loves the changeable conditions. Last time he

:59:20. > :59:27.was on pole position in Germany. Tom, you are in the pit lane, how

:59:27. > :59:32.are things that thing? I have spoken to somebody who says there

:59:32. > :59:38.is no new where they're coming in. It is hovering around as it has

:59:38. > :59:44.done for the last two days pretty much. It is drizzling, but it is so

:59:44. > :59:50.fine, it is not making the track very wet. The teams are going to be

:59:50. > :59:53.frustrated by this because a couple were telling me they wanted to use

:59:53. > :00:01.of Q1 it to verify some overnight set up changes they had made and

:00:01. > :00:05.they were not able to do all the work they were able to do. That is

:00:05. > :00:09.a Toro Rosso going out. It will be interesting to see what the tyre

:00:09. > :00:14.tries is going to be and there are some great vantage points around

:00:14. > :00:22.this track. The cars are making their way to the end of the pit

:00:22. > :00:28.lane as we prepare for the start of the first qualifying segment. We

:00:28. > :00:33.are on the Leon Notre-Dame. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. There is

:00:33. > :00:39.a great heritage for the Canadian fans, but we are likely to be using

:00:39. > :00:49.all the different types of tyre. They are all going out on the super

:00:49. > :00:58.

:00:58. > :01:08.soft tyre. Gary, do you think that the moment to use the intermediate

:01:08. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:16.tyres. We have seen these courses change as the conditions change.

:01:16. > :01:26.What sort of lap time should we be considering? If the track is damp

:01:26. > :01:29.

:01:29. > :01:33.and wet, if you do 1: 23, and vice versa, if you are out in dry

:01:33. > :01:41.weather, I would say it is looking to wet on parts of the track at the

:01:41. > :01:47.moment. We are already seeing cars slipping and sliding around. It is

:01:47. > :01:54.to wet. They were struggling to even run flat on the run down to turn

:01:54. > :01:58.number ten. So we have this problem where you have a bit of water on the

:01:58. > :02:03.surface, and you lose tyre temperature massively. Although

:02:03. > :02:06.there is no standing water, you have no heat in the tyres. I would not be

:02:06. > :02:16.surprised to see people going straight back into the pits and

:02:16. > :02:17.

:02:17. > :02:21.going for a set of intermediates. It is not predicting good for slicks.

:02:21. > :02:30.If you had gone out on the intermediates initially, you could

:02:30. > :02:34.have been good enough for one lap. They want tangible conditions to

:02:34. > :02:39.give them a chance to pull a result out of this qualifying session.

:02:39. > :02:43.Felipe Massa is heading down the pit lane to make a change onto

:02:43. > :02:49.intermediates. Doesn't look like anyone will get a grip. They will

:02:49. > :02:52.now change onto the intermediate Pirelli tyre and then head back. But

:02:52. > :02:56.of confusion there. No one was there to receive Fernando Alonso.

:02:56. > :03:05.Normally, there would have their number one mechanic standing in

:03:05. > :03:11.front of the car. An unusual team mix-up. You would have expected him

:03:11. > :03:17.to pull up behind Felipe Massa and white. Nico Rosberg on his way. You

:03:17. > :03:23.saw Romain Grosjean sitting and waiting. The guys are ready for

:03:23. > :03:30.Button. They have rehearsed this so many times over the course of the

:03:30. > :03:34.weekend. A number of adjustments are made, and then they are on their

:03:34. > :03:40.way. Sebastian Vettel is not out on track at the moment. Taking a

:03:40. > :03:43.relaxed approach to the start of the session, which, we have to save from

:03:43. > :03:49.previous sessions, it is easy to get caught out if you don't get out

:03:49. > :03:57.there early. If the heavens opened, you can find yourself in a

:03:57. > :04:02.vulnerable position. But red Bull are confident. Sebastian Vettel

:04:02. > :04:11.calmly sitting there, with a set of brand-new intermediates being

:04:11. > :04:21.unwrapped. He will go out now. Looks like he will slot in behind a Toro

:04:21. > :04:22.

:04:22. > :04:26.Rosso which is about to open its timing lap here. It was Jules

:04:26. > :04:33.Bianchi that spun at turn ten, rather than Max Chilton. But they

:04:33. > :04:38.are both OK. I wonder if all 22 will get through with no damage. It is

:04:38. > :04:45.easy to make contact with the walls here. Felipe Massa a has been

:04:45. > :04:50.looking aggressive this weekend. You would expect him to get through

:04:50. > :04:57.qualifying. We will lose six parts in this -- six cars in this first

:04:57. > :05:02.part of qualifying. A lot of slipping and sliding going on here.

:05:02. > :05:06.Looks like a real window of opportunity to be out on the driest

:05:06. > :05:15.part of the track was the first moment of the session opening. You

:05:15. > :05:19.can now see the spray as they go down into the chicane. There was an

:05:19. > :05:22.opportunity for a brave team to have sent somebody out on intermediates

:05:23. > :05:31.at the very beginning, but none of them did that. It is often worth a

:05:31. > :05:37.gamble. But unless you have a man standing up wind, the local weather

:05:37. > :05:44.forecast is so unpredictable. You look at the cloud mass, track

:05:44. > :05:54.temperature, very low. I wish I had brought my scarf! It is chilly.

:05:54. > :05:59.

:05:59. > :06:09.Jean-Eric Vergne sets the first lap at 1: 28. He has now been beaten by

:06:09. > :06:18.

:06:18. > :06:24.massacre. -- Felipe Massa. And Rosberg is not far behind. There is

:06:24. > :06:30.a huge amount of rivalry between these two. Rosberg takes initial

:06:30. > :06:35.blood. Looking back to Australia, one we had that wet qualifying

:06:35. > :06:41.session, Rosberg was impressive. Lewis had a spin, but recovered.

:06:41. > :06:48.Felipe Massa used a loss of curve in these conditions. This is one of the

:06:48. > :06:57.more tricky chicanes, the second chicane. He tries to straighten the

:06:57. > :07:07.corner as much as possible. So he launches over the curve. Ooh, that

:07:07. > :07:16.was Sutil. He was clearly not able to slow down, but good reactions to

:07:16. > :07:22.avoid contact. Just shows how tricky the conditions are. Braking has been

:07:22. > :07:30.the problem. And Vettel goes fastest, despite coming out later

:07:30. > :07:40.than some of the others. His team-mate is faster in the middle

:07:40. > :07:45.

:07:45. > :07:48.sector of the lap. Webber is not as quick as Vettel, but they do go on

:07:48. > :07:58.to. So the Red Bull seem to be in good shape on the intermediate

:07:58. > :07:59.

:07:59. > :08:03.tyres. We are respecting the lap times to come down to 24s. Still,

:08:03. > :08:10.you have to keep your car in one piece. You don't want to be throwing

:08:10. > :08:20.in the wall. Interesting that they have worked out what they believe

:08:20. > :08:28.

:08:28. > :08:34.the lap time will be. Coming back to the McLaren engineer saying they

:08:34. > :08:39.expect 1: 24, we believe the crossover is 1: 23. How can they

:08:39. > :08:49.know it will be 1: 24? I don't know, I was wondering how they can

:08:49. > :08:53.

:08:53. > :09:00.assess changing conditions. Kimi Raikkonen is want to keep an eye

:09:00. > :09:04.on, but he was just beaten by Felipe Massa. It is the bottom six who will

:09:04. > :09:09.drop out of this section of qualifying. Over ten minutes to go,

:09:09. > :09:13.though. You have to look after your tyres. David, we are looking at

:09:13. > :09:19.Sutil here, but I am thinking of what happened to Paul di Resta in

:09:19. > :09:27.Monaco. He went from being one of the fastest to not making it through

:09:27. > :09:34.Q1. Is that something we have to watch? Absolutely. This is a replay

:09:34. > :09:41.of Alonso going into turn one. Just a bit wide. You can get caught out

:09:41. > :09:46.easily. Probably 80 miles an hour in the wet as you go through turn on,

:09:46. > :09:51.and as you are trying to gather that up, turn number two comes up and

:09:51. > :09:59.effectively mugs you. He was lucky to get through that. Jimmy Raikkonen

:09:59. > :10:05.is at the second chicane. It is proving difficult. Whether they will

:10:05. > :10:14.have to put another set of intermediates on, it is changing all

:10:14. > :10:20.the time. You can tell the important people have dark sunglasses on on

:10:20. > :10:23.the dullest day in Canada! Lovely to see so many fans here. I love coming

:10:23. > :10:29.to Canada, because this Grand Prix is tremendously well supported,

:10:29. > :10:35.whether it is wet or dry, baking hot or trying to keep out of the rain.

:10:35. > :10:40.But is halfway the circuit. Currently quite a long way down the

:10:40. > :10:48.list, in the drop zone in 18 double my position. Hamilton has moved up

:10:48. > :10:52.to third. And then we have Hulkenberg, as ever, he loves these

:10:52. > :11:01.conditions. The Sauber has not been quick this year, but at the moment,

:11:01. > :11:05.he is fourth. Buster Maldonado is fifth. But with nine minutes to go,

:11:05. > :11:15.it could be that somebody could get a set of slicks on towards the end

:11:15. > :11:20.of the session. The rain seems to have eased off. Our commentary box

:11:20. > :11:29.overlooks the last chicane. This is Kimi Raikkonen as he goes into turn

:11:29. > :11:37.ten. He needs a good lap, because he is on the verge of the drop zone at

:11:37. > :11:47.the moment in 16th. But this is a better lap. Let's watch him through

:11:47. > :11:49.

:11:49. > :11:53.the last chicane. This puts him up into fourth place. He has never

:11:53. > :11:58.qualified on the front row in Canada, but for the moment, that

:11:58. > :12:08.should put him say. Let's see where Alonso goes here. No change in his

:12:08. > :12:10.

:12:10. > :12:20.position. Rosberg has gone to second. Expect Hamilton to go

:12:20. > :12:24.quickest. This was Jules Bianchi. Look at that. If you go further

:12:24. > :12:30.down, there is a gap for you to pass. It surprises me when drivers

:12:30. > :12:35.have not gone out and done due diligence on Thursday. If he was

:12:35. > :12:45.patient, that orange kerb runs 30 metres or so down, and there is a

:12:45. > :12:45.

:12:45. > :12:49.gap in the tarmac. Vettel is made better lap than Hamilton. It looks

:12:49. > :12:53.as though Mercedes and Red Bull are the dominant cars here at the moment

:12:53. > :13:03.in these conditions. But whether it will stay that way, Vettel looks as

:13:03. > :13:04.

:13:04. > :13:11.though he is on a quicker lap. He goes through the final chicane now.

:13:11. > :13:15.We will see whether he beat Hamilton. Yes, he does. He is half a

:13:16. > :13:25.second up on what Hamilton has just done. Sutil is a good fourth from

:13:26. > :13:34.

:13:34. > :13:38.Webber. Williams has just been into the pits to put another set of

:13:38. > :13:48.intermediates on. With six and a half minutes to go, they don't feel

:13:48. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:57.this is anywhere near slick tyres. On the pit straight here, it is not

:13:57. > :14:07.looking too bad. You can see a very dry line that some of them drive

:14:07. > :14:12.

:14:13. > :14:22.straight towards. Now you have Button in 17th place. Rosberg has

:14:23. > :14:27.

:14:27. > :14:31.gone fastest. New set of intermediates. I can't imagine that

:14:31. > :14:37.Force India will not do that after the terrible time they had last time

:14:37. > :14:40.with Paul di Resta not getting out of Q1. That was a clear decision

:14:40. > :14:45.from the race engineer. That gives Sebastian time to reflect. If he

:14:45. > :14:53.feels that should be challenged, he can make the call for super softs.

:14:53. > :15:00.He did not make any broadcast, so we have to presume he concurs.

:15:00. > :15:10.Ferrari looks very driveable in these conditions. Heavy braking for

:15:10. > :15:13.

:15:13. > :15:20.turn three. Just stay on that line, try not to drift off it. It is so

:15:20. > :15:24.easy to go wide. Vettel did that a few years ago and lost the win here.

:15:24. > :15:34.Kimi has reported on the radio that it is still raining on track. He

:15:34. > :15:49.

:15:49. > :15:55.says there is no way could they can that the tyres are going off. Let's

:15:55. > :16:02.look at his septet times will stop it was purple for a very brief

:16:02. > :16:07.moment in the middle sector. Felipe Massa is down in 16th as we go into

:16:07. > :16:16.the last four minutes of this session. Jenson Button is behind

:16:16. > :16:24.him, in the drop zone as we speak. Felipe Massa on top in the Ferrari

:16:24. > :16:28.by a few hundredths of a second from Hamilton, Rosberg and Best of.

:16:29. > :16:38.But Button is in the drop zone. He has got traffic ahead of him, that

:16:39. > :16:41.

:16:41. > :16:48.is not what he needs. This is going to cost Jenson Button a bit of time

:16:48. > :16:57.as he runs down into the chicane at 8 and 9. Nico Rosberg is taking its

:16:57. > :17:02.steady on this lap. A Vettel allows Jenson Button through clearly. He

:17:02. > :17:12.would have got that information from the team. McLaren is on a fast

:17:12. > :17:14.

:17:14. > :17:20.lap. They are highlighting he might have lost a bit of time. Overall he

:17:20. > :17:27.will be within a second if he can finish off this last sentence OK.

:17:27. > :17:35.He has got another lap or two to try and move further up. Jenson

:17:35. > :17:40.Button drags him sub out of the danger area. There is an

:17:40. > :17:46.opportunity for some of them at the back of the grid. Can they time

:17:46. > :17:55.their lap correctly? Perez has improved slightly, he his 7th

:17:55. > :18:01.fastest. Both McLarens are in the top seven. This is Valterri Bottas,

:18:01. > :18:06.in his first visit to the Montreal circuit. He comes out neatly and

:18:06. > :18:11.tidily out of the final corner. But he goes second-fastest and moves

:18:11. > :18:18.out of the drop zone. He was two- and-a-half seconds up going into

:18:18. > :18:24.the last chicane. Nobody is showing any sign of going on to the slicks.

:18:24. > :18:32.There is no time to do it. There is every chance they will be on slicks

:18:32. > :18:38.in the second part of qualifying. Niko Hulkenberg is up to seventh.

:18:38. > :18:43.Still a minute and a half to go up. Everyone is committed to the end of

:18:43. > :18:53.the session on the intermediates. There is no time to change tyres.

:18:53. > :18:57.Who is looking as if they are in a pickle? Romain Grosjean and Paul di

:18:57. > :19:07.Resta. They have learnt from Monaco to go out late on a fresh set of

:19:07. > :19:09.

:19:09. > :19:13.tyres. Sebastian Vettel has gone quickest. Paul di Resta only 16th.

:19:13. > :19:18.He has got to get this lack right now and not encountered too much

:19:18. > :19:25.traffic. He does not want a repeat of what happened in Monaco where he

:19:25. > :19:32.was dropped in the first part of qualifying. Romain Grosjean is in

:19:32. > :19:38.the drop zone at the moment. He has got a bit of work to do. The middle

:19:38. > :19:45.sector is not good. He knows it and he runs a wide. He is just outside

:19:45. > :19:50.what he needs. Gutierrez is up on what he needs to be in the top 16.

:19:50. > :19:54.You only have one corner, you know you are in trouble and you have 22

:19:54. > :20:02.seconds, but he should have enough to get one more lap and he is going

:20:02. > :20:08.to need it. There is the line, he will get across. That is not enough

:20:08. > :20:16.at the moment. Romain Grosjean in danger here. He has got one lap to

:20:16. > :20:19.go up. Gutierrez gets himself into 12th place. Charles Pic is

:20:19. > :20:26.definitely out because he has seen the chequered flag and that means

:20:26. > :20:34.he will not be able to improve any further. His team-mate Giedo van

:20:34. > :20:40.der Garde has been quicker than him in the last two events. That is not

:20:40. > :20:46.a good lap. He has got a chequered flag, he is out again. That is

:20:46. > :20:52.interesting. The force endear cars are good at looking after their

:20:52. > :20:56.tyres in the dry, but maybe they are struggling in the wet. Romain

:20:56. > :21:01.Grosjean is more than a second down in the first sector and it looks

:21:01. > :21:07.like there is more rain coming down as well. The tyres will be

:21:07. > :21:13.overheating. Lotus may be having the same problem. They are very

:21:13. > :21:21.kind on their tyres, but they are struggling. Raikkonen is only 13th

:21:21. > :21:25.at the moment. Paul di Resta is definitely out. Jules Bianchi is

:21:25. > :21:32.not too far off his well-respected team-mates. His Romain Grosjean

:21:32. > :21:39.going to get through? No, he has not, and he has got a 10 plays grid

:21:39. > :21:49.penalty as well. Only the 19th fastest. That 10 players penalty is

:21:49. > :21:52.

:21:52. > :21:57.only going to be three places! -- 10 place penalty. That is cunning.

:21:57. > :22:07.That is a bit of a shocker. That was Nico Rosberg having a bit of a

:22:07. > :22:17.Spain. He was 7th quickest. That is down at 106 and 7. Pulling in front

:22:17. > :22:18.

:22:18. > :22:22.of the Ferrari. That would have got Felipe Massa's attention. Paul di

:22:22. > :22:30.Resta for the second race in succession. Whether they got their

:22:30. > :22:37.tactics wrong or whether they got traffic on the lap, he is out again.

:22:37. > :22:47.But Sutil, his team-mate is in 14th. These cars struggle to get heat in

:22:47. > :22:50.

:22:50. > :23:00.the tyres in the race. These have gone from qualifying. It is Paul di

:23:00. > :23:25.

:23:25. > :23:28.Resta, Charles Pic, Romain Grosjean, playing field, Eddie, but nobody

:23:28. > :23:33.would have thought Paul di Resta and Romain Grosjean would have been

:23:33. > :23:38.out in the first session. Of all the tracks, I would have thought

:23:38. > :23:43.this would have suited Force India. It is a big surprise for me and I'm

:23:43. > :23:50.sure it is an even bigger surprise for Paul. He will have a big battle

:23:50. > :23:56.on his hands tomorrow. Is that a case of timing? The laps looked OK

:23:56. > :24:01.to me. Maybe the TV camera was kind to have him, but he did not have

:24:01. > :24:07.the pace. But Adrian Sutil did not have the pace either and he was

:24:07. > :24:11.only just in front of him. It could be what David is talking about, the

:24:11. > :24:17.temperature of the tyres and the cars that are traditionally good

:24:17. > :24:22.with track use of the tyres have failed here. It could a bit with

:24:22. > :24:27.the rain coming towards the end of the session. Those cars missed the

:24:27. > :24:32.opportunity of going on the slicks. In hindsight maybe I'd airport or

:24:32. > :24:42.Adrian should have taken a chance and had a crack at the slicks in

:24:42. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:52.these conditions. It was probably marginal for them. Tom Clarkson is

:24:52. > :24:53.

:24:53. > :24:58.Let's talk about what we have just seen. How difficult is it team-mate

:24:58. > :25:02.the intermediate tier last? It is all about temperature and we saw

:25:02. > :25:12.Paul di Resta walk by. You mentioned it Romain Grosjean as

:25:12. > :25:13.

:25:13. > :25:17.well. They struggled a bit more in the cool weather here. Were you

:25:17. > :25:23.surprised that they did not use slicks? We were getting close to

:25:23. > :25:28.that. The crossover is 1.23 and then it started raining again. When

:25:28. > :25:33.we have a bit of rain it makes the qualifying interesting. It is

:25:33. > :25:40.drizzling now, I do not know if we are going to see slick tyres in the

:25:40. > :25:45.session, but if we see them, talk as through the dry performance

:25:45. > :25:49.between them and the intermediate. There is a big difference between

:25:49. > :25:54.the two. In dry conditions you would want to use the super soft,

:25:54. > :26:00.but it is unlikely we will see it today, if anything it will be or

:26:00. > :26:06.ban on the intermediate. Any warm- up issues? There will be. If we

:26:06. > :26:12.have a race where it is like this tomorrow, 15 or 16 degrees, some of

:26:12. > :26:17.the cars that have the benefit in the hot conditions will suffer it.

:26:17. > :26:22.But others might find it to their advantage. Who is going to be on

:26:22. > :26:29.pole? I think Lewis is pretty good and for the British people that is

:26:29. > :26:39.something we would like to see. Thank you, Tom. We will go back up

:26:39. > :26:45.

:26:45. > :26:49.to our commentary box for acute two. Grosjean. He scored a fine podium

:26:49. > :26:55.finish last year and he will start at the very back after failing to

:26:55. > :27:00.get through Q1 and also having that 10 plays grid penalty. Very

:27:00. > :27:03.changing conditions. Gary, it got to the point where slicks might

:27:03. > :27:09.have been right, but they were all committed to bring on the

:27:09. > :27:14.intermediate. It would have been an opportunity to change, but at the

:27:14. > :27:21.end of that session the rain came a bit again. That is where Romain

:27:21. > :27:26.Grosjean and Paul di Resta has suffered a bit more. Those cars

:27:26. > :27:34.that are a little gentler on their tyres seemed to be struggling to

:27:34. > :27:38.get these intermediate to work. for sure. Because of the long

:27:39. > :27:43.straights, you lose a lot of tyre temperature. In other circuits are

:27:43. > :27:47.there are nowhere near as many long straights as this. He spent a lot

:27:47. > :27:54.of time in four throttle and not going around corners, so they are

:27:54. > :27:58.struggling to get the temperature up. We have seen some struggling on

:27:58. > :28:07.intermediates in this session. Do you think they will go to six later

:28:07. > :28:12.on? RADIO: We have another new set of tyres. We are planning to do

:28:12. > :28:18.four and then another run on another set. That is confirming

:28:18. > :28:24.they have got tyres available. That is Nico Rosberg running wide.

:28:24. > :28:30.Confirm how many sets of intermediates they have got to use?

:28:30. > :28:36.All the drivers starting this morning will have up four sets of

:28:36. > :28:40.intermediate and three sets of the wet. I am sure that these cars will

:28:40. > :28:46.have a use set of intermediates and when they need it right at the end

:28:46. > :28:52.of the session, a fresh set if it stays raining, and if not, a set of

:28:52. > :28:58.slicks. We shall see how this session unfolds. It is a slightly

:28:58. > :29:03.shorter session. Everybody out there already, David, it is about

:29:03. > :29:08.getting on track and getting a feel for it. You cannot miss sitting

:29:08. > :29:13.there in case you have a downpour. You have got to make the most of

:29:13. > :29:18.being on track and let the driver go and deliver what he can. A lot

:29:18. > :29:24.of it comes down to confidence in these conditions will stop the

:29:24. > :29:33.driver needs to be in a zone, but you need more of the car balance.

:29:33. > :29:37.If the driver is feeling confident, he can extract a bit of lap time.

:29:37. > :29:43.Beneath the trees, presumably here that makes things in terms of the

:29:43. > :29:48.track drying out. The spray tends to hang there and come back down

:29:48. > :29:55.onto the circuit. As you can see the island that is the Gilles

:29:55. > :30:05.Villeneuve circuit. This is Mark Webber. He is blacked out. He locks

:30:05. > :30:06.

:30:06. > :30:11.up slightly and takes the wide line. That is a karting line. He is

:30:11. > :30:15.reversing against the traffic and deciding not to go for a have Spain.

:30:15. > :30:25.At least we know the reverse works in the Ferrari. Always handy when

:30:25. > :30:47.

:30:47. > :30:51.you want to find a parking space! - crackdown. Hamilton goes fastest.

:30:51. > :31:01.Jean-Eric Vergne is within eight tenths of the big boys. Good

:31:01. > :31:06.

:31:06. > :31:11.performance for him. But is currently eighth fastest. You got

:31:11. > :31:17.out of the traffic, so that was a nice move. No harm done for Felipe

:31:17. > :31:27.Massa. Got himself back on the track. So as yet, all the cars are

:31:27. > :31:34.still surviving. It is all about getting in the top ten now in this

:31:34. > :31:42.second part of qualifying. This is where it gets really difficult.

:31:42. > :31:47.Alonso coming out of the hairpin. We will see the DRS open up. It was

:31:47. > :31:57.interesting that the radio said, you got yourself out of traffic. He did

:31:57. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:16.not mean to do that, but every cloud has a silver lining. That was

:32:16. > :32:23.Hamilton bumping over the kerb and Sutil, I believe. It is all

:32:23. > :32:27.happening. This last chicane is one of the fastest parts of the

:32:27. > :32:37.racetrack. There will be 19 to 200 miles an hour in the drive. They

:32:37. > :32:37.

:32:37. > :32:42.will be a bit slower in the wet. That is interesting, we have gone

:32:42. > :32:47.backwards. They are on the verge of putting wet tyres on the cars. The

:32:47. > :32:55.crucial thing is not so much whether a wet tyre is quicker, but it gives

:32:55. > :33:01.confidence to the driver. All of the drivers are struggling to stop the

:33:01. > :33:09.car into this last part of the track. It may be that these early

:33:09. > :33:19.times could be crucial if the rain is still falling. The likes of

:33:19. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:37.Button could be in trouble. Can they improve on these lap times? This is

:33:37. > :33:44.the hardest it has rained throughout the whole session, so if it carries

:33:44. > :33:49.on like this, those lap times earlier on will be... Oh, look at

:33:49. > :33:52.that. Double bounce over the kerb, flying the front in the air. Great

:33:52. > :34:02.place to have the slow motion camera, but painful for the

:34:02. > :34:05.

:34:05. > :34:10.engineers and mechanics. Hamilton was sliding as he aborted going

:34:10. > :34:19.round the apex of the second part of turned 14, the last corner, and then

:34:19. > :34:24.had to run over that orange curb. I suspect that might be mentioned in

:34:24. > :34:28.the letters that go to the Grand Prix Association. That second curb

:34:28. > :34:34.is causing difficulty and possibly doing damage to the underside of the

:34:34. > :34:44.cars. Another set of intermediates for pasta Maldonado -- Pastore

:34:44. > :34:54.

:34:54. > :34:57.is still possible to go a bit quicker. It gives you an insight

:34:57. > :35:07.into how a driver works. The fact that they are missing the last

:35:07. > :35:11.

:35:11. > :35:16.chicane, anywhere they have a zone to play with, they try and exploit

:35:16. > :35:20.taking risk. Anywhere where there is no margin for error, they don't run

:35:20. > :35:27.wide, because they will hit the wall. They play the game of trying

:35:27. > :35:37.to find that step change in performance. Mark Webber is back out

:35:37. > :35:37.

:35:37. > :36:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:36:22. > :36:32.intermediates on. We will shortly update you on whether he is looking

:36:32. > :36:46.

:36:46. > :36:56.good to get through into the top ten. Lewis Hamilton is currently out

:36:56. > :36:57.

:36:57. > :37:00.there. Now you will have the problem of traffic to deal with as well.

:37:00. > :37:10.Here is what you said about the rain hanging in the air between the

:37:10. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:34.trees. Let's listen. That sounds nice, not too much wheelspin. The

:37:34. > :37:36.engines are dropping down to low revs in these conditions. It is

:37:37. > :37:46.still probably max revs in an average family saloon. It is all

:37:47. > :37:50.

:37:51. > :38:00.relative. Felipe Massa still not getting himself out of that robs

:38:00. > :38:10.zone. You can see the rain from the helicopter shots. Button is in the

:38:10. > :38:17.

:38:17. > :38:27.lowest spot at the moment, in 16th place. That is the hairpin. Looking

:38:27. > :38:37.

:38:37. > :38:45.good. Nice and tidy. We need to find two seconds. Thanks for that!

:38:45. > :38:47.see whether he has found two seconds or not. Interestingly, a

:38:47. > :38:53.radiocommunication from Hulkenberg to his team said he is going to

:38:53. > :39:00.cruise for a lap or so, just to keep the tyres in their best possible

:39:00. > :39:09.shape for the last lap. Intelligent thinking from Hulkenberg. Bottas has

:39:09. > :39:19.just gone third, the rookie in the Williams. He is impressing a lot of

:39:19. > :39:24.

:39:24. > :39:32.people, Valtteri Bottas. Felipe Massa is struggling. That is his

:39:32. > :39:37.brother. He is not impressed. Alonso is not doing much better. Gutierrez

:39:37. > :39:47.has shown missing performance, but this is where it counts, in

:39:47. > :39:58.

:39:58. > :40:05.qualifying. He is a long way off Felipe Massa has crashed again! He

:40:05. > :40:11.crashed twice in Monaco. With two minutes to go, David, it could have

:40:11. > :40:16.a huge effect on the outcome of this qualifying segment. Red flag. The

:40:16. > :40:21.session has been stopped. Matter is OK. He stepped away from the car,

:40:21. > :40:27.but the session has been stopped. Will there be time to restart and

:40:27. > :40:35.get a lap in? They could start, but I don't see how you could get out of

:40:36. > :40:45.the pits. He lost it early on the braking. You can see his

:40:45. > :40:49.frustration. Does he touch the white line? He does indeed. And then it

:40:49. > :40:55.just slides the rear end of the car and he goes into the barrier. It was

:40:55. > :41:00.the same way he went in Monaco. neck is taking a pounding every time

:41:00. > :41:04.on exactly the same muscles and tendons. Poor Felipe Massa. You have

:41:04. > :41:08.to feel for him. It just shows you that when a car goes off, you think

:41:08. > :41:16.they are not going that quickly, but my goodness, it still hits the

:41:16. > :41:21.barrier very hard. The tyre took the major part of the impact, but

:41:21. > :41:31.frustration for Felipe Massa. So, Q2 is red flag and it will be very more

:41:31. > :41:35.

:41:35. > :41:42.marginal as to how many cars will be able to come out and get a lap in.

:41:42. > :41:46.Adrian Sutil is waiting to hear what the team will do next. Red Bull 12,

:41:46. > :41:51.but the outstanding performance is Valtteri Bottas in third place, in

:41:51. > :42:01.the Williams. It is impressive. is finding his form will stop a lot

:42:01. > :42:17.

:42:18. > :42:24.was expected of this young Finnish intermediates in wet conditions.

:42:24. > :42:30.minutes to go, so we will have to be straight out. We will try for one

:42:30. > :42:34.more time lap. As long as you are near the front of the queue. They

:42:34. > :42:38.will not be hanging around on that out lap, or they will not get round

:42:38. > :42:42.in time. If you wanted to be naughty, if you were sitting in 10th

:42:42. > :42:50.place, you would put yourself down the end of the pit lane early.

:42:50. > :42:55.Doesn't matter if you lose tyre temperature. You cruise down the pit

:42:55. > :42:58.lane, and you are not blocking the map, so you can technically control

:42:58. > :43:03.the pace and effectively on people out of time. That would be on

:43:03. > :43:08.sporting, but it is possible. You were thinking about all the angles

:43:08. > :43:12.in Formula One. Felipe Massa's car has been picked up by the cranes.

:43:12. > :43:19.The Marshall is doing a great job of trying to get that car out of the

:43:19. > :43:29.way quickly. A lot of it is down to getting a clear lap. Here is another

:43:29. > :43:33.

:43:33. > :43:35.look at what happened to Felipe Massa. Look at the GeForce. It goes

:43:35. > :43:43.quickly, to state the obvious, in these conditions. He just drifted

:43:43. > :43:47.over and touched the white line. Some of the modern tracks have a

:43:47. > :43:55.white line that grips. I can't remember what they call it. It has

:43:55. > :44:01.got sand or something in the white lines. And you have slippery white

:44:01. > :44:05.lines on the old tracks. And that was a slippery white line. Felipe

:44:05. > :44:09.Massa is out of the session, whatever happens to anyone else. He

:44:09. > :44:14.is not into the final part of qualifying. Mercedes are still

:44:14. > :44:20.looking strong, but Red Bull are ruling the roost for both Webber and

:44:20. > :44:27.Vettel at this stage. A lot of concentration on Rosberg's face.

:44:27. > :44:31.Apart from Monaco, when Felipe Massa failed to reach Q3 in 2012, but then

:44:31. > :44:36.he finished second in the race. So it does not always go disastrously

:44:36. > :44:40.wrong if you don't complete in qualifying. This track is very

:44:40. > :44:50.different to Monaco, where you can use the DRS. You have a couple of

:44:50. > :44:51.

:44:51. > :44:55.long straights, you can overtake. We have been given a restart time,

:44:55. > :44:59.which is just over two minutes from now. It will not be long before the

:44:59. > :45:04.cars are back out. Then it will be a race to do a lap before the

:45:04. > :45:11.chequered flag comes out. Looks like there has been no further rain while

:45:11. > :45:15.we are waiting. So the track could be quicker. We are already seeing

:45:15. > :45:19.the first few cars following the medical car that has just come back

:45:19. > :45:29.in down to the end of the pit lane. They are scurrying around. There

:45:29. > :45:49.

:45:49. > :45:53.will be a long line of them sitting meant to line up in single file,

:45:53. > :45:57.but they are all sneaking up and trying to see if they can get a

:45:57. > :46:06.jump when the light goes out. They will get a countdown from their

:46:07. > :46:13.team. It is virtually three abreast. Shall I take a picture and tweet

:46:13. > :46:17.it? These are cars all desperate to be able to get around the track

:46:17. > :46:27.before the chequered flag comes around. The engines are still

:46:27. > :46:27.

:46:27. > :46:32.running and there is no cooling on his Formula One cars. RADIO: It is

:46:32. > :46:41.going to be getting yourself in the best tax position and trying to get

:46:41. > :46:47.temperature in Europe tyres. Brendan talking to Adrian Sutil.

:46:47. > :46:53.They can see all the other cars around them. 16 cars will be taking

:46:53. > :46:58.to the track. I wonder if they read Pauls are going to go out. They are

:46:58. > :47:03.first and second at the moment. they do, all of these cars

:47:03. > :47:13.eventually will be backing up to get a clear run at it. You will

:47:13. > :47:15.

:47:15. > :47:19.have a long train of cars down at turns and train -- 13 and 14.

:47:19. > :47:25.final segment of cue to gets under way. They have got to get back

:47:25. > :47:35.ground before the chequered flag comes out. Then they will have one

:47:35. > :47:43.more lap to determine what the top 10 is going to be a. I am not sure

:47:43. > :47:51.they are going to get round this lap. They are desperately trying to

:47:51. > :47:55.monitor how long it will take them to go around. This only gives them

:47:55. > :48:02.a 32nd leeway which is not that much. They certainly cannot hang

:48:02. > :48:12.around. They are travelling at a decent pace at the moment. Right at

:48:12. > :48:13.

:48:13. > :48:16.the back of its Sebastian Vettel has gone out. It is even

:48:16. > :48:26.questionable whether Sebastian Vettel has gone for another look to

:48:26. > :48:26.

:48:26. > :48:32.save. Alonso doing a lot to heat up the front tyres as well. He was

:48:32. > :48:38.yanking the steering. Behind him is Rosberg. Then you have got the

:48:38. > :48:43.Williams of Valterri Bottas. Jenson Button is in that group as well.

:48:43. > :48:49.Gutierrez is at the front of the group will stop he will get there

:48:49. > :48:57.before the chequered flag. Sebastian Vettel might just manage

:48:57. > :49:03.to do it. No, he is at the hairpin with 18 seconds to go. RADIO:

:49:03. > :49:06.Slowed down. They are bringing him in, they are convinced he will be

:49:06. > :49:14.aired cable stock they are convinced he will not get to the

:49:14. > :49:21.line. Gutierrez is the first of the cars and he is slipping and sliding.

:49:21. > :49:28.Button and Webber did not make it across the line. Batten is out of

:49:28. > :49:33.qualifying for the next session. He is not in the top 10. McLaren were

:49:33. > :49:39.to relate effectively in getting him out. He has not made it. All

:49:39. > :49:45.these guys have a chance. Then the question is, is the track going to

:49:45. > :49:54.allow them to go much quicker? We have to keep an eye on the sector

:49:54. > :49:59.times. Gutierrez, his first sector was 26. I do not think they are

:49:59. > :50:06.going to be able to improve. That might mean we get the same

:50:06. > :50:13.positions as we have at this point. Could cheer his knees 1.2 9.27. He

:50:13. > :50:23.is on a better lap and he has done before. Adrian Sutil is on a better

:50:23. > :50:28.

:50:28. > :50:32.lap. -- could hear his needs 1.2 9.27. Adrain Sutil has moved up.

:50:32. > :50:42.That has pushed Hulkenberg down. Hamilton is faster than everybody

:50:42. > :50:48.up. Rosberg has not improved. Valterri Bottas has made it through

:50:48. > :50:57.for the first time in his career. He is in the top 10. Adrain Sutil

:50:58. > :51:03.has made it into the top 10. So has Ricciardo. That is the first time

:51:03. > :51:13.Toro Rosso has had any one in the top 10, that is Briot by them.

:51:13. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:28.Birth of the McLarens are out. Maldonado is out as well. Button

:51:28. > :51:28.

:51:28. > :51:31.did not make it across the line in time. McLaren for whatever reason

:51:31. > :51:39.serviced the car too slowly and by the time they sent him out it was

:51:39. > :51:46.too late. RADIO: We have just missed out. It looks like we could

:51:46. > :51:56.not get enough tension into the tyres. McLaren with two cars out in

:51:56. > :52:03.

:52:03. > :52:08.due to. -- Q2. Adrian Sutil and Ricciardo making

:52:08. > :52:12.the most of that challenging last lap. We talked particularly about

:52:12. > :52:16.Force India. They need to higher temperature to make that cargo

:52:16. > :52:24.quickly. They found that extra temperature because it had not

:52:24. > :52:31.rained this because the race had not stopped. He could have a good

:52:31. > :52:36.qualifying session. Let's have a look at the crash. A David was

:52:36. > :52:42.absolutely right. The white lines here are no Tories and that is why

:52:42. > :52:47.it is called the wall of the champions. He is on the side of the

:52:47. > :52:53.track and he gives the car and himself no chance. Once you are on

:52:53. > :53:03.that you are on a skating rink. It is an old style circuit, people

:53:03. > :53:03.

:53:03. > :53:07.love it for that, but you must keep It is also frustrating for McLaren

:53:07. > :53:11.because they did not get Jenson Button out quickly enough. I got

:53:11. > :53:16.the feeling he was not over- confident about having a very

:53:16. > :53:22.strong qualifying. That is exactly what happened. Not any chance of

:53:22. > :53:29.getting into the top 10. Very frustrating. Paul di Resta did not

:53:29. > :53:34.make it into Q2. The second race in a row, tell us how you are feeling.

:53:34. > :53:39.What went wrong? It is not even accept a bowl what happened. They

:53:39. > :53:44.were not have the right settings to begin with and we had an issue with

:53:44. > :53:52.the gearbox and sat in the garage for four minutes to fix it and when

:53:52. > :53:58.we got out again it rained. Again when you have had a day like we had

:53:58. > :54:02.yesterday and to blow it all away, fortunately it is a track where you

:54:02. > :54:09.can overtake, but we need to go back and analyse what is going on.

:54:09. > :54:15.It is not acceptable. You were fastest in free practice, it might

:54:15. > :54:19.not have been 100% represented it. What is the problem? Where is it

:54:19. > :54:22.going wrong? Today there was something wrong from the beginning

:54:22. > :54:27.and we did not rectified at the right time when the track

:54:27. > :54:34.conditions were at their best. Quite strong words from Paul di

:54:34. > :54:38.Resta. It seems like it was a timing in the team. People do not

:54:38. > :54:43.like to hear that. He feels very frustrated at this moment in time,

:54:43. > :54:47.but there is a race at tomorrow and he could do a good job. He needs to

:54:47. > :54:52.have a discussion with his team as to what did happen and how they can

:54:52. > :54:58.stop it happening in the future and to point a few fingers to show

:54:58. > :55:05.whose fault it was. Busy blaming the team or himself? Whatever it is,

:55:05. > :55:09.it does not seem acceptable to him. More discussions at Lotus as well.

:55:09. > :55:17.A you knew you came into this qualifying session carrying that 10

:55:17. > :55:23.place penalty, but 19 is not what you expected. No, it is quite far.

:55:23. > :55:27.We got caught by the weather and we stopped for a new intermediaries in

:55:27. > :55:32.midsession and we went out and a car went in front of me and there

:55:32. > :55:39.was a yellow flag and I had to respect it. To was there a mistake

:55:39. > :55:43.from the team in terms of timing with the tyres? No, it was the

:55:43. > :55:52.condition, we did not even see on the radar there was going to be

:55:52. > :55:57.rain, so it is very hard for everyone. Do you think that is his

:55:57. > :56:03.Canadian Grand Prix over? surprises everybody. When you

:56:03. > :56:07.expect him to have a good race, he runs into everybody and when you do

:56:08. > :56:11.not expecting to have a good race, he gets onto the podium. The

:56:12. > :56:18.unpredictability of his results has played into the excitement of the

:56:18. > :56:28.races. The it is going to be exciting. It is just about time for

:56:28. > :56:31.

:56:31. > :56:37.the circuit in a moment or two. You can see that dry line developing

:56:37. > :56:43.again. It keeps changing, the conditions. It is eight teaser.

:56:43. > :56:48.There is a flash of something which is saying, challenged me. We should

:56:48. > :56:55.be able to see them getting onto it towards the end if we do not get

:56:55. > :57:00.any more rain. That was a good lap from Lewis Hamilton straight out of

:57:00. > :57:09.the pits. It shows that the Mercedes switches on the tyres.

:57:09. > :57:16.Lewis is a lot more confident on this track compared to other

:57:16. > :57:23.sessions. The top 10 shoot-out is under way it. Kimi Raikkonen pops

:57:23. > :57:28.out from behind Webber. Gary, it is hard to keep track of the changing

:57:28. > :57:35.conditions. They are all out on intermediates. Any opportunity at

:57:35. > :57:39.all to be on the sticks? I do not think so. It is a lottery. It is a

:57:39. > :57:47.10 minute session and there are only 10 cars out there as well.

:57:47. > :57:51.Part of the track is very wet and the rest of it is a very damp. It

:57:51. > :57:57.is an intermediate position. We could see a different race Tamara.

:57:57. > :58:01.You loved these conditions when you were in charge of the set-up.

:58:01. > :58:10.there are good because there is a small team and you can try and do

:58:10. > :58:14.something different. My back- slapping goes to the Williams team

:58:14. > :58:22.with Valterri Bottas. That was a fantastic drive from him to get

:58:22. > :58:27.fourth position. What is your prediction? He did a pretty meadow

:58:27. > :58:37.lap in the last little flurry. think it is going to be that tyres

:58:37. > :58:38.

:58:38. > :58:46.and the right timing. RADIO: We need to get two time-lapse and a

:58:46. > :58:51.pit stop and two time-lapse. It is only a 10 minute session. Two or

:58:51. > :58:56.three laps exploratory on this set of tyres unless you have got a

:58:56. > :59:05.fresh set of intermediate. You hope tomorrow you have got enough tyres

:59:05. > :59:09.left. Daniel Ricciardo almost got caught by Adrian Sutil. Adrian

:59:09. > :59:18.Sutil slipped into the inside and he is running in front of him on

:59:18. > :59:23.track. That is very wet on five. I concur with Gary. I do not think

:59:23. > :59:28.anyone is going to go on the slicks in this session. Sebastian Vettel

:59:28. > :59:34.is showing that the Red Bull is fast not only in the dry, but in

:59:35. > :59:40.the wet as well. He loves these changeable conditions. His first

:59:40. > :59:48.victory came back in one set in 2008 and he has never been afraid

:59:49. > :59:52.of a damp track. He goes quite deep and finds the dry track crucially.

:59:52. > :59:59.Straight in the car nicely to unleash as much top speed as

:59:59. > :00:05.possible along the longest section. 100% throttle and spot you're

:00:05. > :00:11.breaking down into 13 and 14 across the sausage curves. Uses a little

:00:11. > :00:16.bit of a curb on the way out. He is looking for three pole positions in

:00:16. > :00:26.a row on this Montreal's Circuit. It is something Lewis Hamilton has

:00:26. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :00:59.achieved in the past. Look at this the teams were talking about is 1:

:00:59. > :01:09.23. We still have a few minutes to go. Look how slippery it is. And

:01:09. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:32.Kimi Raikkonen has never had the pole position. Mark Webber has also

:01:32. > :01:39.never been on pole position. He just had the one podium finish. Bottas is

:01:39. > :01:42.the other one who has not set a time yet. This is about who will be

:01:42. > :01:48.fastest man, but you have to set your car up what you expect race to

:01:48. > :01:54.be. Other than making wing adjustment and break temperature,

:01:55. > :01:58.you are not able to do anything else other than what will affect the temp

:01:58. > :02:03.job the car. They have to choose the mechanical set-up they will expect

:02:03. > :02:08.to have to race tomorrow for 70 laps. So they may have compromised

:02:08. > :02:12.on performance today, hoping for drive tomorrow. Very impressive

:02:12. > :02:16.again from the young Finn. He has gone into the top ten for the first

:02:16. > :02:26.time in his career, and his first run is very representative. That

:02:26. > :02:28.

:02:28. > :02:38.will make people sit up and notice. Jean-Eric Vergne and his team-mates

:02:38. > :02:41.

:02:41. > :02:51.are both trying to impress. A bit of miscommunication in the Mercedes

:02:51. > :02:53.

:02:53. > :02:57.team. Hamilton waiting to come back out on circuit. They are all looking

:02:57. > :03:03.at the stop watch and deciding when to come into the pits to go for your

:03:03. > :03:06.final, flat-out run which will determine the top ten positions.

:03:07. > :03:10.Hulkenberg will start this race in 11th, because he was the fastest of

:03:11. > :03:15.those not to make it through. Both McLarens are out of the top ten. It

:03:15. > :03:24.has been a long time since that happened. Away goes the Red Bull,

:03:24. > :03:34.and incomes Webber. This session is now building up nicely towards its

:03:34. > :03:41.

:03:41. > :03:49.climax. So, three laps. DRS in operation as he heads towards turn

:03:49. > :03:59.on. We know the Lotus is kind on its tyres, but that might not be what

:03:59. > :04:02.

:04:02. > :04:07.you need here. You want a car that is aggressive on its tyres.

:04:07. > :04:11.Struggles for traction as he comes through four. Raikkonen explores

:04:11. > :04:14.where the grip levels are. Every session they have done, the

:04:14. > :04:23.conditions have been a bit different. There is room for

:04:23. > :04:29.improvement. Temperatures are still on the low side. Rain increasing, so

:04:29. > :04:33.it could get more slippery. But Rosberg has gone fastest in the

:04:33. > :04:38.first sector of anybody so far in this session. We are still watching

:04:38. > :04:45.Kimi Raikkonen in the Lotus. Interestingly, Lotus have a strange

:04:45. > :04:53.record in Canadian Grand Prix. They have had several pole positions, but

:04:53. > :05:00.they never had a race victory, despite all those years and the

:05:00. > :05:05.great period in the 70s. Rosberg had a good middle sector. Let's watch

:05:05. > :05:10.the rest of Kimi Raikkonen's lap. Let's see where this puts the Finn.

:05:10. > :05:17.He has not been on pole position in the past. I don't think he will be

:05:17. > :05:27.fastest by the end of this. Rosberg crosses the line. Is it getting

:05:27. > :05:44.

:05:45. > :05:47.wetter? This is Lewis Hamilton, currently second quickest. They are

:05:47. > :05:57.looking for five consecutive pole positions between himself and Nico

:05:57. > :05:58.

:05:59. > :06:03.Rosberg. Red Bull asked the looking incredibly strong. Just over a

:06:03. > :06:13.minute ago. You will not see a chequered flag this time. They will

:06:13. > :06:19.

:06:19. > :06:24.get another lap in, at least. Vettel is half a second down on what he had

:06:24. > :06:31.done. Big slide for Mark Webber as he exits the final corner.

:06:31. > :06:37.Indications are that the track is getting slower, not weaker. Bottas

:06:37. > :06:44.is slower. If the track does not improve, he could end up with an

:06:44. > :06:50.incredible starting position. Under 30 seconds to go. David, I am not

:06:50. > :06:55.sure they are getting the quicker laps we were expecting. No. Last

:06:55. > :07:00.sector, they are all going slower. It could be a big day for Williams

:07:00. > :07:10.and more importantly for Bottas, who has been a bit ominous, given that

:07:10. > :07:11.

:07:11. > :07:16.the car has not been performing. No visible signs of strain, but this is

:07:16. > :07:22.a long drag down to the last chicane. The chequered flag is now

:07:22. > :07:26.out on this session. Lewis Hamilton, looking for a fourth pole position

:07:26. > :07:36.in Canada. He has missed the chicane. And Vettel is slow in the

:07:36. > :07:39.

:07:39. > :07:49.middle sector as well. Vettel is currently fastest. Can Webber do it?

:07:49. > :07:59.Into the final chicane. He has got the braking right. Will it be enough

:07:59. > :07:59.

:07:59. > :08:04.to challenge his team-mate, Sebastian Vettel? It is not. Bottas

:08:04. > :08:14.is a brilliant third as Kimi Raikkonen slides his way out of the

:08:14. > :08:15.

:08:15. > :08:21.final corner. Sebastian Vettel has taken pole position, his hat-trick

:08:21. > :08:26.of pole positions in Montreal. Another outstanding effort by the

:08:26. > :08:31.championship leader, but he has not yet won this race. So maybe it is

:08:32. > :08:36.the time lucky for Sebastian Vettel, as he dominates qualifying.

:08:36. > :08:41.I say dominates, but it was a tight session. Hamilton will join him on

:08:41. > :08:46.the front row of the grid. But Valtteri Bottas is surely the star

:08:46. > :08:51.of the show. He starts third for Williams, and they had scored no

:08:51. > :08:55.points at all this year. For those tuning into Formula One for the

:08:55. > :09:02.first time, you will get to see his smiling face in the top three

:09:02. > :09:07.conference coming up after this. He is making his way back now. He is a

:09:07. > :09:17.very composed young man. He has been a test driver with them for a while.

:09:17. > :09:18.

:09:19. > :09:27.That was a mega jump. Very good job. Excellent work. Thank you,

:09:27. > :09:37.guys. Sebastian Vettel takes pole position in Canada, but Valtteri

:09:37. > :09:38.

:09:38. > :09:41.Bottas qualifies third and was definitely the star of the show.

:09:41. > :09:49.Valtteri Bottas, what a superstar. Could this be Williams' first points

:09:50. > :09:53.tomorrow? Let's hope so. What is it with fins and slippery conditions?

:09:53. > :09:58.They are brought up to be brilliant on the ice. He drove brilliantly

:09:58. > :10:04.today. Not taking anything away from Sebastian Vettel. That was also a

:10:04. > :10:12.superbly timed pole position. And he led it from the beginning. He picked

:10:12. > :10:18.his timing perfectly. The weather changed against the other guys. But

:10:18. > :10:23.Vettel is the astute guy we know him to be, can he turn it into another

:10:23. > :10:28.race win? We don't know, because Hamilton looks very strong and a lot

:10:28. > :10:31.of money will be on him. It was certainly a very eventful qualifying

:10:31. > :10:36.session. We know that the rain always levels out the playing field

:10:36. > :10:40.a bit. That was what some of the teams needed. It worked for Williams

:10:40. > :10:44.today, and perhaps we will see what Valtteri Bottas is really made of.

:10:44. > :10:49.We have been waiting for that all season. Unfortunately, we haven't

:10:49. > :10:52.got time for any reaction, but you can catch all of the interviews and