The Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1

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Race No. 7, Montreal. This is # At last... This might be the

coolest way I have ever arrived at work. My love has come along.

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is unique. It is unique because it utilises

what was the Olympic area. And life is like a song. Is that the bit

from the Expo? That is their hairpin bend when Nigel Mansell

stopped. He wound up at the end. The skies above are blue.

characteristics of this track gives us such exciting racing. My heart

was wrapped up in clover. This is a special place for Lewis Hamilton.

He has had three wins here. Might he make it four? The car looks to

be in top shape and I think he will be going all out to win. It looks

like we are going to get some rain, perhaps. It makes racing all that

more exciting. No traffic jams for us today because we can land right

next to the track. David will be so furious. OK, thank you, no worries,

goodbye. # You smile, you smile. And then the spell is cast. These

moments have been very special to me. Who is the oldest man you have

ever kissed? The it is going to be fine. Hang on.Is that it? Welcome

to Canada, folks. # You are mine at Hello and welcome to Montreal.

Sublime formula races we have had over the years. David, Eddie, what

are you expecting this weekend? The weather has been offered so far and

the sun has come out today. More of the same. The Grid is all upside

down and we are going to be served a titanic race. We have got some

terrific crowds here. I believe over 200,000. It is so popular.

This is the only race we have at this end of the world. There has

always been a big European fan base. It has always been very popular.

Even though it is sunny now, there are some clouds around. Whatever

happens, it is going to be interesting because of the demands

on the drivers to control the tyres. I have just looked over my shoulder

and there is Hugh Grant. He is a big Formula One fan. Do you want to

talk to him? No, I want to talk about the teams. When the drivers

came out on the parade there was an amazing reaction from the crowd. It

was superb to be at a Grand Prix where you have got this terrific

atmosphere. Unquestionably. Eddie is a rock and roll specialist and

he knows there is a lot of young energy in this city, Montreal. They

come here and they get it. It is a technology sport. It is rock and

roll. It is, absolutely. Each of the streets seemed to be blocked

off and at the top end they have got a big stage and bans are

playing. It is a rock and roll bay, they embrace it brilliantly. There

is every nationality here. They get the formula 15. It sounds like a

This weekend is round seven of 19. Silverstone will be next for the

British Grand Prix. And we have been hearing from the New Jersey

promoter that they will be hosting a race next year, which will bring

Williams are yet to score a point, but could that chase today? If you

missed qualifying yesterday, you are now in for a real treat. Here

is Lee McKenzie with the story. Rain and mist in Q1 meant chaotic

conditions. As everyone came into Pitt, a couple of big names were

caught out. Romain Grosjean could not find space on track and Paul di

Resta was left angry with us his team after he could not be on the

circuit on time. Felipe Massa lost control of his Ferrari in cute too.

It brought out the red flag with less than two minutes on the clock.

It looked like a motorway in rush hour. Kimi Raikkonen and Ricciardo

were given a to place penalty. Jenson Button has to settle for

Forte. In Q3 timing was crucial. Valterri Bottas put in a great lap

and starts in third in his debut on the circuit. I saw after Q1 we had

some chances. If you get a good lap when the track is at its best, it

makes a big difference. We wear on the track at the right time with

the right tyres. Lewis Hamilton had been fast or bay, but a mistake

meant he missed out on pole position. The I was a bit

disappointed, but it is good to be up there. It looks like tomorrow it

will be a little bit warmer tomorrow. Well that Fabia? Yes, I

hope it is warmer. Sebastian Vettel has to claim and convert his pole

position into a win. We had a bit of luck to get onto the track in

the best window. I am confident we As the drivers are preparing for

the battle, there you can see Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso greeting

each other, we have wandered down to Williams after that spectacular

qualifying session yesterday. It was in changeable conditions. I saw

some champagne in your hospitality yesterday. They it was not me, I

did not drink any of it. It has been a great weekend so far for

Valterri Bottas. Conditions are different today. What do you think?

Yes, they are, but he has done a very good job. They do not have the

best equipment at the moment. After a disappointing start in Monaco, it

is good for the team and we are waiting to see what they can do

today. Looking forward to the race, I think it is a fact you went for a

higher end force. You never know what can happen here. To end this

race with both cars in the points, which we think we can do with a

good strategy, we will have to save. They will be the first points of

the year. We did hear that if you do get some points, Valterri Bottas

is going to jump into the lake. he is. In a moment of madness,

Clare said she would do the same. In his that right? No, I do not

know what he is talking about. are probably hoping for a little

bit of rain. It is sunny at the moment, but there are a few clouds

around. We think there is a 40% chance, but I am not convinced

about that. We want a nice, clean, dry grace that is managed by

everybody. Just a clean race for everybody would be nice today.

wish you the best. Ben Ando feels confident and thinks he can still

win this race. Do you think you will win this afternoon? We know it

will not be easy, but a lot depends on the weather conditions. Now it

is cloudy, but rain can come at any time. If it is normal conditions,

the key point well-being to not damaged the cars at the beginning

of the race and then to make the pace that we showed up on Friday.

That is an encouraging sign. A lot depends on the temperature and how

we are able to generate grip and that is the key point for everyone.

Confidence levels are quite high. Felipe Massa has had some incidents

in the last few races. Does that set you back as a team when you

have to replenish so many spare important thing is that Felipe

concentrates. I hope he can do a good race. Going back to the race,

who do you think are the movers and shakers 's Raikkonen, Sebastian,

Lewis. What would you expect to be the finishing order? Vettel is for

sure the best one. And don't underestimate Lewis, because he is

always really good. He will try to do a great race because he wants to

show that he is still number one on the team. I expect a good fight.

Well, it is the British Grand Prix in three weeks' time, so we thought

it would be a good idea to see the first British Silver arrows driver

in 35 years. You know who I am talking about. He is an absolute

legend. What he was able to achieve in a car like this was phenomenal.

Every time I him, he says when he was younger, he had lots of ladies.

Not any more. What is going on? He has done so much for the sport.

Having the privilege of having him here is a real honour. Two different

eras, but two stunning cars. What is the biggest difference when you look

at Formula One now? These things grip the roads. They are a whole

generation above us. Would you wear that? No way would I ever wear this

helmet. It is like what you would wear on a building site, or what the

kid would wear on a icicle. Don't damage it! How many of those did you

have? Only one. What speed did this dude? About 170. Is it true that

when you won the British Grand Prix, you wore short sleeves? Yes. What

happens when you are driving, do you get fires in your face? Yes. That is

the windscreen. It is completely different. They look like your

lounge seats from back home. It was a dangerous time. It was. We lost a

few drivers each year F1 driver if the statistics were the same

nowadays? I don't think so.At the time, it was the done thing.

there an era of Formula One that you would have liked to have been part

of? Around the mid-80s, the cars looked fantastic. They did not look

like they had too much downforce. I hate driving in the wet. They are

horrible. They snap so fast. Even if you have the fastest reactions, it

is so hard to catch it. Look at that for an engine. Isn't it beautiful?

It is a straight edge. Fuel injection. He says his wheels are as

heavy as that. It is the weight of the wheel that gets me. What makes

it so heavy? It is all the switches you have. The dashboard.How can you

read it? There is nothing on there. When you start, you pull either

side. Then you get to half throttle, and the lights will come on here.

Then you look at the lights and you have to release one, and one second

letter, you release the other one. Boy. What did you do when you were

about to start a Grand Prix? Check the instruments, look across at the

other guy, hope you would make him feel bad. What was that look?If you

looked relaxed, they must think you were better off than you are.

could learn from that. That is where our discussion ends. It has been a

pleasure spending time with you both. I hope you have enjoyed it as

much as our viewers. It is great to see you. I can't tell you I would

like to go in that. It would be the same for me!

Absolutely furious. What a wonderful piece that was. So incredible to see

the difference. And you could see the respect that Lewis has. He is in

or of what was being done at that time. Formula One cars were fast and

incredibly dangerous, but the technology was cutting-edge. Let's

go onto the grid. They are almost two different sports. You say that,

but it was still the fastest form of closest circuit racing and that was

the best technology available at the time. That is what unites the

drivers over the history of Formula One. We are hoping to find Mr Jordan

at the front. If you have missed the headlines me yesterday we talked at

length about what we have called Ty Gate, which was Mercedes doing a

thousand kilometre test with Pirelli after the Barcelona Grand Prix. The

problem with that was that they used the 2013 car and none of the

products knew about it, so Red Bull launched a complaint. It is now with

the international tribunal. We hope that will happen before

Silverstone. It has been recommended by the sporting group that there

will be four tests next year, which would be great, because it is so

difficult for tyre companies to get information without tests. They took

away end of season testing to reduce the overall spending that was

necessary to be competitive in Formula One. But if Formula One

teams don't have the ability to go on track, they spend on our run the

facilities and high-tech simulators. So there was an argument to say,

let's trade that virtual world and give the tyre manufacturers and

drivers a chance to get on the track and prove it in real-time. You can

simulate all you like, but there is nothing like a stopwatch for telling

you whether you have a quick car or a safe tyre. There you are. We are

spoilt for choice. We have two protagonists, Paul Henry from

Pirelli. What I would love to know what is being said there. They are

getting ready for the tribunal. Every time in Canada, it is actually

Monaco in North America. We have people from England, and anybody who

knows anything about X-Men, here are X-Men in the extreme. BBC. What are

you doing here? You are with Caterham, but we know you support

McLaren. We are with Caterham this weekend. James is trying to but in

here. He likes green, because he is a big Celtic fan. There is a driver

on this grid, and he has a brother who plays for your favourite team,

Celtic. That is Paul di Resta. Did you know that? He is the only

Scottish driver, right? I wish we still had David Coulthard, because

then he would not be driving me mad. What brings you to Formula

One? What excites you about it? have been watching it since I was a

kid. It seems like science fiction to me on TV. Then I get here and

look at the cars, and I am not joking, they have got gaffer tape on

them holding bits together. They are made of carbon fibre, but they are

also made of Sellotape. Don't be telling too many stories like that!

That is the secret. Paul, you are in the dock at the moment. I bet you

wish this weekend was over? It has been a normal week, but always a

great race this week. I went on a date this week, that was the biggest

problem I had. But it did not work out. What do you expect here?

Obviously, they have lots of choices with the tyres. We think they will

start on the supersoft before going on to the medium. I don't think they

will do a 1-stop race. We wish you the best. You are a good sport over

the tribunal. Let's see the big surprise of the weekend. For me

anyway, he was amazing. We are familiar with Finnish drivers up

near the front of the grid, but no one in their right mind... Hang on,

I will come back to you in a second. Valtteri Bottas was one of the

biggest story is not just yesterday, but of the season. What he has done

has been amazing. How are you feeling? Feeling good. Should be an

interesting race. Looks like it will at least be dry at the beginning.

You are running a lot of downforce. Will that hurt you on the straight?

May be a bit. Just need to get a good exit from the hairpin.

points on the board? That is the goal. You said you would jump in the

lake if you scored points. We wish you luck. There seems to be a war

going on between the people in X-Men, because they all seem to be

here. I saw Michael Fassbender out of the corner of my eye. I am trying

to figure out where I might find him. He was brought up and educated

in County Kerry, my own homeland. What are you doing here? Just

thought I would come for a bit of motorists in. We are actually

filming in Montreal at the moment, doing the next instalment of X-Men.

I am being a mutant. Your co-star, James McAvoy, he says these leading

ladies are better than yours. What is the reply? He is right. It is the

Scottish charm. I can't compete against it. Good to see you. Believe

it or not, it seems strange that Red Bull have yet to win this race. Yes,

Pole position, but Sebastian, who did a brilliant job yesterday, the

man who arguably should have won is back in fifth place and he feels

strong about this race. We will have a word with Mark Webber. Before he

comes to Silverstone, where he is an expert, we will have a quick word

with him. We will just pass by Bernie. You can't get away from me

that easy. I will have to handcuff him. You are trying to choke me!Are

we going to have lots more races in Canada? We are trying.Leave

something on the table for the next guy. The reason we had complete with

Silverstone is the same here. going to Silverstone for the next

race. Don't be so hard on it. it is good. But this is a bit tired

now. Well, we love it here. The day before you last, you had the

representatives here from New Jersey. Are we likely to see

progress that? We are trying. easy. Does that mean yes?It means

we are trying. You only try when you know you can succeed. We are doing

our best. Have a good time. And the man beside us in the leading Ferrari

because Felipe had a problem at the weekend. I heard a report about

Fernando will stop he believes, with the downforce he has got, he

believes he can win this race. We would be served up with a titanic

race if he could do that. Yes, I know this grid is not exactly

forming like we would have expected because of the race and the rain.

But this is one of the cars you have got to look out for. Behind him,

Adrian Sutil, who are diluted an amazing job at Monaco. I will try

and catch his eye will stop this is my home territory here, like Force

I remember the battles we used to have in the past. Force India, you

see it here, I think it has been one of the success stories of the

season. May I talk now? You had a great race, one of the stars of the

race in Monaco. Will you repeat that here? I always try. Every race

has its chances and possibilities. I really look forward to it. We

finally have good weather here. car is perfect for these conditions.

You should be battling away at the front. We have had some good

results already and you always want to improve, that is normal. I wish

you well. Thank you for being such a lady. She is great. Where is Kimi

Raikkonen. He is such a favourite, but he is not the leading Finnish

man in this race. He probably will not speak to me. He is there and

this is a surprise. He is very quiet. I would like to know which

of those actors we saw would like to play Kimi Raikkonen in a movie

about Formula One. We will leave him in peace and let him get on

with what he is doing. This has been an amazing Grand Prix in terms

of the VIPs. I am looking for her Sergio Perez. Mexico is desperate

to get a new Grand Prix and we would be happy to go there. He is

talking to his engineer. He is leading his team at the moment in

terms of performance. He and Jenson Button are having big, titanic

battles. You are surrounded. Your father is here and the ex-president

is here and half of Mexico is here. This is almost your home race.

almost. It is the closest one to home this season. I have a lot of

support here. I am very confident with the car. We were unlucky

yesterday, but today we can do a good race. You are exerting your

own aggression and you are not perturbed by what people are saying.

How strong is that for you and your mind set to do your own race?

come here to do my job and at the end of the day I have to do my best

for the team. It means I have to try to fight the others. I do not

care who they are. I have a lot of respect for the world champions

especially. But during the race they are just one more driver and I

will attack them just as much as any other driver. We wish you a

great race. You could get McLaren some decent points.

This is just one of those races where drivers can come from the

blunt end of the field. David did it in 2008. It is going to be

fantastic and there will be overtaking and Daniel Ricciardo has

been talking to Lee McKenzie. He took a penalty yesterday, what

are your thoughts on that? I got it, so I cannot do much else. In the

end it worked out to be only one place. One place is one place, but

people have been given five and 10 players penalties before, so that

is a lenient one. A you looked strong out there, can that

translates into the race? I was happier in the dry, to be honest,

so I am pleased the sun is out. Good luck.

John Eric Vergne concentrating and it is fantastic and hot here.

is his best ever qualifying. He feels very strong. They have a very

fast downforce set-up and they will be strong in this race as well.

Somebody who did not do so well in Monaco is Romain Grosjean. You are

starting at the back. Are you going to start in the pit lane or at the

back of the grid? The back of the grid. Hopefully we can do a good

race. You had a good race here last year. Today it will be more

difficult. What is your aim at the end of this? To do my best and we

are going to give everything. did a joke and he said he was going

to the 29th. When we all started there were over 30 cars on the grid.

He could have started at 29. It has been a difficult weekend for him.

But that is the way it happens. He could bounce back. You never know

what he is going to do. Let's have a closer look at the track. On

board with Sebastian Vettel and The circuit is a 4.3 kilometre a

racetrack with incredibly high speeds and huge energy underbraking.

All that went out the window as we had a damp qualifier. We can see

the green marked tyres tell us that Sebastian Vettel is on intermediate.

He gets great positioning out of two up the hill towards the first

chicane. Avoid the white lines because they are very slippery. He

threads the eye of the needle perfectly through the first chicane.

Five is normally flat out on the dry. Sticking through the dry lines

where possible through 6 and 7. Nice and early to fall power. A bit

of release of KERS. We can see that from the graphic on the screen.

Down into the second chicane and avoiding the kerbs as much as

possible. A small release of KERS as he comes underneath the bridge

and down towards 10 and their hair paint. Late shift to first. A short

shrift to second to try and control the talk of the engine. He will

release the maximum he can as we get into the longest section.

Around 13 seconds approaching a speed of 316 kilometres an hour.

His confidence is so high he uses as much of the kerb as possible. A

round of applause from the celebrity Garrett. The Mercedes

stranglehold of four consecutive pole positions is finally broken.

Pictures of Bernie Ecclestone and Christian Horner. And Paul Hembery.

I bet that is an interesting conversation. We would like to be a

fly on the wall. Not of sorting out before everything changes next year.

200,000 people over the weekend to watch us and it is a stunning

weekend. It is the week of the Year, every restaurant and every place is

flat out, so it is brilliant. Clarkson and Lee McKenzie are you

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This is the Canadian Grand Prix, First used for Grand Prix racing in

1978. It is named after the person who won that race. Circuit Gilles

Villeneuve. This is the 50th time a Canadian Grand Prix has taken place,

although the first few races where poor sports cars. This circuit on

Ile Notre-Dame has seen 33 Grand Prix. Many of them were dramatic

events. Alan Jones beat Gilles Villeneuve in 1979. The often there

is a story attached. Last year it witnessed Hamilton becoming the 7th

different winner of the season in seven races. He loves this circuit

and he starts from the front row, but he has not finished better than

third so far in his Mercedes career. Starting from pole position

alongside him is the man who started in pole position last year,

Sebastian Vettel. He is looking for that first win here, but he has a

good chance. But his car looked good in the wet and the dry. What

will be interesting is the run down to first corner. It is a couple of

hundred metres down to the apex. Not a lot of time before the

drivers to gain anything off the start. Nico Rosberg looking focused

and trying to get in front of Valterri Bottas. Apparently running

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sits second in the championship. He is on 86 points and Sebastian

Vettel is on 170. If that gap opens up more, he has got a whole race

advantage. There is Lewis Hamilton, fourth. His third consecutive front

row start this season. He maintains that 100% record of out-qualifying

his team-mate. Nico Rosberg starting in fourth place. There is

Sebastian Vettel breaking that streak of pole positions. He has

out-qualified Mark Webber on every single occasion this year. The

track temperature is the highest we have seen the throughout the course

of the weekend's so far. That will be the talking point. A few degrees

of the track temperature significantly changes the balance

of these cars. It is a bit of a voyage of discovery, so that is why

they get paid the big buck. Jenson Button did not start last, that he

came through to take an amazing victory last year. It looked as

though Sebastian Vettel was going to win. That he snatched it away

from him on the very last lap. He has been on the podium a few times

in addition to that victory. He was third here in 2004. I wonder how

Valterri Bottas is feeling right now. It looks like everybody is

pretty much on the super soft tyres. They have the red writing on the

sidewalk. For perhaps Jenson Button. strategy? A 1-stop job is not beyond

the realms of possibility. For Paul di Resta, for me, he is doing the

right thing. If you have a fast attire on, which the supersoft is,

why suffer the consequences of that tyre right now? Supersofts are the

right thing. The people need -- behind Sebastian Vettel need to stop

him. What is the limiting factor on the tyres here today? It is

distraction out of these slow corners. -- traction. Because of the

slippage, it causes more tyre pressure. And you end up with more

wheelspin, so it is a spiral to nowhere. It is up to the drivers to

a certain extent to modulate that power application. This is one of

the shorter laps, not as short as Monaco, though. The cack lends

itself to making extra stops. Sebastian Vettel leads the grade

down on to the starting position is here. He will try and take his first

victory in Canada. But Fernando Alonso had a good run here earlier.

Lewis Hamilton executed a perfect to stop strategy for his victory. But

there were people like Grosjean and Perez who managed to go through on a

one stop. We are on board with Valtteri Bottas, starting in the

place. Battled on and Hamilton en Route one, but is on road two. Then

we have Hulkenberg and Raikkonen, Ricardo and Perez. Then Maldonado

and two. Good Shiraz and Massa. The rest starts 17th. And right at the

back, what out for the Frenchman, Romain Grosjean. All set to go in

Canada, then. Away we go. That'll gets off the line well. Mark Webber

makes a good start as well. Back to rebut worse -- Valtteri Bottas is

being squeezed out. Webber trying to shut the door on the youngster.

Aggressive drive from Mark Webber. Bottas did everything he could to

try and hang in there, but the pace of the Red Bull was too much. He is

under pressure from Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari. Rosberg has gained a

place. Here comes Alonso on bottles. We know how good he is on

the opening lap, but he is on the outside here, and Bottas makes the

most of the inside line. Good driving from Bottas. Bottas fence

him off on the inside, and he can't go through. Meanwhile, on the

inside, Alonso has picked up speed. No DRS, but he is in front already.

He did well. Some contact there between the Force India and the

Williams. Raikkonen is a long way down. That'll already trying to

build up a lead. Bottas is now coming under pressure. Then Perez,

Maldonado, Massa and Button in 15th place. This stage of the race is

heavy with fuel, so they are having to be more respectful of the curves.

The car runs more with all that weight on board. The drivers have to

respect the braking zones. Felipe Massa is looking for a way past

Maldonado. Maldonado goes defensive. Massa trying down the outside, and

he has done it. Massa coming from the back after the accident in

qualifying. Jimmy Raikkonen is further down than he would like in

10th place, with a car the other teams reckon will be in great shape

now that the temperatures are kind. And they are still climbing. The DRS

zone will be open on this lap, so Vettel is again exploiting pole

position. It will be down to be taught us and the hair. Who does one

stops and who does to stops? Giedo van der Garde, who was right at the

back, is ahead of his team-mates. Grosjean is in 20th. Giedo van der

Garde had an amazing first lap. You are looking at Felipe Massa in 13th

place. His next target is Sergio Perez. Rosberg is in third. Then

Webber, and Alonso in fifth. Bottas is still holding on to sixth place.

Hulkenberg is being chased by Perez. Then it is Massa in the

Ferrari. The rest has not been able to do much. He is still in 16th

place, but it is early days. He might be playing the long game,

having to think more about preserving those tyres. It is rear

grip that is the big issue. You can end up running out of rubber. That

was a fairly sensible getaway for everyone. Mark Webber was able to

get up alongside Bottas as he was squeezed into one. Then Bottas came

back at him towards turn three, but in the end, he sensibly backed out.

This is the first time they have run with this amount of fuel. We see

Raikkonen bogged down a bit at the start. You see the McLaren of Perez

around the outside. I love this camera angle from Bottas. As he

glances in his mirrors, he knows Webber is sneaking up the outside.

It was sensible, mature driving from the young Finn. We are looking at a

replay here of mass, when he got past Maldonado -, or rather, he was

battling with him. No contact made, but he had to back out of it.

still trying to make some moves. He is trying to catch up with Webber.

This was Alonso getting past but us. -- Bottas. But Bottas was sensible.

It has been a met your opening lap for him. Then we saw Hulkenberg

missing the chicane. I think it cost him some as well. Bottas still under

attack here from Jean-Eric Vergne. We saw Raikkonen slipping and

sliding. He is intent, tucked behind the Toro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo.

Sutil in the Force India, their 100th Grand Prix event, will be able

to gain a place. Oh! Sutil spins. I have to take to the grass. A

complete 360, and he rejoins. off to Bottas. He did not give up

the position. There was no contact made. In the end, Sutil just spun

and lost the backend. It has cost him a bit of time, of course.

has dropped down to seventh place. Sutil has dropped down to 17th place

as a result of this spin. That has really cost Force India dear.

is contact. That has hit the back of the Force India. That will have

affected the front wing. You can see bits of carbon flying. I think that

was Maldonado. We will take another look at that in a minute. Paul di

Resta is still behind Sutil. Things have not gone according to plan for

him. Up front, it is still Sebastian Vettel who leads this race by 4.3

seconds. He is opening up the gap. Let's see what happened. It was

Maldonado in the Williams. He breaks a bit too late. That allows Button

to nip through on the inside. Whack. That will unfortunately affect the

performance of his front wing. the Sutil spin? Hats off to Sutil

for having a go, and all credit to Bottas for not giving up the

position to easily. This is his shopfront opportunity to show people

he has the speed and the racing ability. I don't believe there was

any contact. Sutil was marginally behind, but never in front. Adrian

Sutil has made a good comeback from his year away from racing. No damage

to the car. Some changes already as Raikkonen is beginning to attack.

have got the Ferrari down the inside. Massa going past Perez.

Raikkonen is still all over the back of the Toro Rosso of Daniel

Ricciardo, trying to move up in the top ten. It is now a bit of a

slippery surface. Daniel Ricciardo is starting to slide around. We had

so much rain over the weekend. have not had an opportunity to

penetrate the rubber down into the tarmac. Paul, to manually use DRS,

it is default 76 act set, if you haven't already done it. Paul has

obviously got an issue with his DRS and his team are telling him how to

reset the system. That basically reboots your computer whilst you are

moving along. Let's get an update from, in the pits. Another driver is

having a few problems, Max Chilton. His brakes are not working. After

that incident with Maldonado, the pit boys had a new set of supersoft

tyres ready for him. And then they all went back in. So he has not lost

any time. A few people are complaining about raking macro

problems. Kimi has been saying more what is going on with the brakes? To

his team. They have been saying, it is the same problem you had on

Friday. They are trying to instruct him on what to do about it. Through

the braking phase, that is when you get the regeneration of unused

energy and that goes into charging the batteries. That is why they are

playing around so much with brake balance. Hamilton is in second

place. The gap is up to 5.1 seconds again. He has got in front of Niko

Hulkenberg. Jenson Button is still part of that group N 30th place.

looks to me the way Felipe Massa is driving is that he is pushing hard,

and I think they will be aiming for two stops this afternoon. I think

they will be more than just changed tyres in that stop. Felipe Massa is

flying in this race. Raikkonen is back behind Ricciardo. Felipe Massa

is the one on the move. There is massive, visible graining on the

rear tyres. Presumably he will be a sitting duck when it comes to the

BRS a zone. My goodness, that is the race leader touching the wall

and he does not need to be doing that at the moment. He has got a

5.5 second lead. We have got Felipe Massa trying to get past Kimi

Raikkonen. Raikkonen has got BRS as those into the corner. This is all

giving Ricciardo a bit of breathing space. I was saying a Monaco was a

bit rubbish at times, but this is brilliant stuff. I do not see that

any of these drivers have anything in reserve. Raikkonen closes up the

gap. Vettel is in the lead. We have seen other champions hit the wall

when they were leading the race. That is not even the famous Wall of

Champions. RADIO: You have got some damage to the rear wing. I wonder

if that was before or after the stock. That is where he almost hit

the back of Perez. I am not sure if that was a mistimed entry or if he

was always meaning to come in. You start to break for the last chicane,

if you are going into the pit lane, you do not have to do it until much

later. Raikkonen moves to the outside of Ricciardo. Felipe Massa

does not quite follow him through it. Raikkonen moves up into a place.

We have got some other guys coming into the pit as well. Charles Pic

has just come in. Look at the kind of pace that Kimi Raikkonen can do.

He is struggling a bit. He is having issues with the brakes. But

this is great stuff, it is a wheel- to-wheel action. But as his running

in seventh place. But that is the next car they will all be chasing.

RADIO: It is target plus two. Felipe Massa runs wide. That will

give Niko Hulkenberg a chance to get in on the accent as well. The

deal ers will be in action and he may be able to overtake here.

Ricciardo gives him the space on this occasion. Oh, he is going into

the pit. That is what I was explaining, you do not have to

break when you go into the pit lane as you do on the last chicane. A

very early first round of stops from the cars. It is interesting to

see the Ferrari with the BRS wide open. The Toro Rosso had the BRS

closed. Toro Rosso tend to set their car up with a very high speed.

Two contrasting styles and set-up. Sebastian Vettel is still the race

leader. It is still quite early for pit stops. There is not a huge

difference in time between doing two stops and three stops. A lovely

shot through the Wall of Champions. Webber came into the pits because

he banished from shot. Mark Webber making a relatively early stop, but

should still be able to make this a two stock race. Three stops is

quicker on paper than a two stock race, but you have to overtake a

two stop if they are out on track. McLaren has just come in as well.

Romain Grosjean has been making ground. He is up into 12th. Perez

has gone on to the medium compound tyre. As has Mark Webber. They are

the harder of the two compliance -- compounds. Paul di Resta started

this race on that harder tyre. He has now moved up to tenth place.

Sebastian Vettel is in control by 7.5 seconds. 1:20.0. Nico Rosberg

is pitting. On lap 15. Hamilton stays out on that extra lap. He is

changing tactics. He has gone on to another set of super soft tyres.

His second stint is going to be on the super soft. Presumably he will

have to put the mediums on at some point. He has come back out in

fourth and is still ahead of Mark Webber. Into the pits is the

Williams of bought us. Can he maintain some performance? He goes

on to the medium compound tyres as well. But has and Williams are

desperate for points today. The stewards are investigating the

collision between cars at 15 and 16. Bottas rejoins and comes out ahead

of Adrian Sutil. Tom, what have you got? I was surprised to see Bottas

coming in quite so early because he is carrying more downforce. RADIO:

We want three to a four laps at his pace. I was expecting him to stay

out a little bit longer because he is carrying a bit more downforce

and I thought that would have protected his tyres. The track

surface is very abrasive today. has not had much running on it.

Mark Webber is behind Nico Rosberg. This is the battle for fourth

position. Rosberg is running pretty well. Sebastian Vettel set the

fastest time in this race. But Mark Webber is keeping the pressure on

Rosberg. Making use of those fresh tyres. Maldonado not having a much

better day. But what has been the other Williams is hoping for better

things. Contrasting tyres. Webber on the Prime and Rosberg on the

option. Hour race leader is in as we continue to see Mark Webber on

the attack. He lost some time at their hair end. On board with

Sebastian Vettel. He goes on to the medium compound tyre and sets off

once again. Alonso is also in the pits. Where would he come out?

Alonso is still going to be behind Webex. Webber and Rosberg have gone

through. You can see them at the entry of 10 two. Clean air again

for Alonso. He has got to try and close that gap. RADIO: Four-tenths

slower in the last lap. He is currently holding up Webber. Alonso

in the medium compound tyre, the St tyre that Mark Webber is honour. It

is different to the tyre that Rosberg is on. It is a different

strategy. Is this all a bit of a plant from a Mercedes? Are they

trying to help Lewis Hamilton? Webber is very close once again as

they come down to their hair paint. It is all about traction at that

corner. The gap is probably not close enough for Mark Webber.

looks like Mark Webber is struggling for traction off 1010.

RADIO: Red casing in danger zone at the moment. The rear tyre is

getting too hot, basic late. does sound a bit Hollywood, danger

zone. Hamilton is the race leader because Sebastian Vettel has been

into the pits. Now we are waiting for a Felipe Massa at. Paul di

Resta is gradually moving up the order because he has not made a pit

stop as yet. Back out on the super sub. The software tyre chosen by

Massa. -- the softer tyre. Felipe Massa comes back out in 14th

position. But we have got guys who have not stopped. Lewis Hamilton

has not stopped. Kimi Raikkonen has not stop. RADIO: The target is 25

more laps on this set. That is on the medium compound from Williams.

They have done a couple of laps already on those. Just under 30 is

what they are hoping to get. Webber is trying to cool the car and

keeping out of the slipstream in front. It is quite likely to be a

break issue. The gap to Sebastian Vettel is only 6.1 seconds. Lewis

Hamilton meets 15 seconds. When he comes out he will still be in

second position if they stay as they are right now. Sebastian

Vettel beginning to fly right now. Mark Webber is doing everything he

can to stay out of the slipstream of the car in front. They could be

eight cooling issue. Hamilton goes straight end. RADIO: Lewis, we are

going on to the other tyre. This is different to the one that Rosberg

is on. It is a different strategy between Rosberg and Hamilton.

front wing touched as well. Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of a one

stop with that length of stay and he has just done. Tom, what do you

have for us? The Mercedes engineers think that Lewis Hamilton's tyre is

slightly better than Nico Rosberg. We have not had a safety car yet

this afternoon in the same way we did not have a safety car last year.

The last time we had it two years overtaking that anyone else.

Hamilton has come out in second place. Webber is 4th and Alonso is

in fifth place. Raikkonen has come up to sixth, but he has yet to stop.

The Lotus may be looking to do one another few laps out of his tyres.

If he can do that, he could get through this race with one stop.

Classic DRS pass out of the last chicane. There will be a bit of

Mexico on Mexico, Perez and Gutierrez. Good racing from the two

Mexicans. Perez moves into 14th place. Esteban Gutierrez has been in

a few incidents this year. He crashed into the back of Adrian

Sutil in China and got penalised at the next race for it. Kimi is being

urged to go as long as possible on this set of tyres. He is still out

there at the moment. Meanwhile, Button says his tyres have gone

through the graining phrase. So the team are saying carry on. Once you

get through it, the grip comes back. The Ferrari goes down the inside.

This is a double DRS zone. It is a tough place to overtake. Sutil does

not want to give up! He stays in front. They just about gave each

other racing room to work with. Sutil was as aggressive as you would

want to have from someone that you are racing wheel to wheel with.

Matter tried to run it around the outside, realised that Sutil was

carrying enough speed to justify letting the car rolled into turn

two. Massa clearly much faster than the Force India at this phase of the

Grand Prix. Master has been flying, but he is still not in the top ten.

Fuel consumption is higher than expected. Do what you can to save

fuel without losing performance. It is a nightmare to hear that

information. That will affect hp, as they have to go into fuel saving

mode. He has given up on that set of tyres. I wonder if he has done

enough on that to be able to make this the room with just one stop.

Looks like the Jack dropped. The man was lying on the ground. They had to

lift the car again and have another pump at it. It is not going

perfectly at the moment. Tom, I think you saw that pitstop? From a

distance, but you are right. They had to put the car back up and the

guy putting the wheel on the right rear was very dejected. Last man

back into the garage. Watch the rear jack. He had not managed to get it

seated, so they had to go back under and have another lift at it. They

practised these procedures over and over, but occasionally of course, if

you add the human element, you will get human error. We have been

looking at the first round of pit stops. Kimi Reichmann did not get as

far as Lotus would have liked. Do you think they will try to get

through on one stop? I would have seen him get to lap 28 or 30, but it

was not going to happen. He was losing too much time. 48 laps on a

medium tyre 's it will be adventurous. Master is making

another move on Button this time. Felipe Massa has really been pushing

hard. The Ferrari is working well for him. Button has now done 23

laps. He is obviously trying to do a one-stop race. But a pitstop here is

very quick. You lose about 17 seconds in all. So you have to wear

that up against the lap time are losing. Ten is now losing too much

time. Grosjean is still making progress from the back of the

field. He has still not made a pit stop. And Di Resta has not pitted

either. Di Resta is the only sensible one in my book. He did not

start like that, but he has the opportunity to take that medium tyre

at a competitive pace as far as possible. If he can stretch to lap

40 or 41, he could definitely do a one-stop race. Felipe Massa is

making another attempt to get past, but it does not work on Adrian

Sutil. Sutil just fended him off. It is all exciting on track at the

moment. Felipe Massa is really trying to work into the top ten. He

has got to 10th place. How much further can he go? It is all a bit

static at the top end. Sebastian Vettel has a 13.1 second advantage

here. Then Hamilton is second, five seconds back. Then Rosberg in third,

Webber in fourth, Alonso in fifth. Three cars at least are on two

stops. That confirms that Reich and is aiming for a one-stop. The

question is whether the car will allow them to do it. That must be an

old radio message. I can't honestly believe they would try anything

other than two stops this afternoon. Di Resta has one of the highest top

speeds in the race so far. Hulkenberg has been fastest in the

speed traps. Oh! Only a car's which there. I thought they were going to

make contact. Not just that, I thought we would see Felipe Massa

touching the grass. Sutil is defending well, right on the limit.

This is Grand Prix racing. Webber is making a run on Rosberg. DRS open.

Nearly has contact, as he gets caught out. He will be under

pressure from Alonso. Alonso was really honing in on the back of that

Red Bull. A real opportunity for Alonso, as things didn't work out

for Webber. Plenty of stars enjoying the show of Formula One in

Montreal. But at the moment, Vettel leads. This is a 3-way fight now for

third position, with Vettel and Hamilton quite some way up the road.

That mistake cost Webber a second. But, who has not stopped yet, is in

11th place. So he will be struggling on the tyres. Bottas has got past

Button now. Button is down to 12 position. He is trying to go as far

as possible on these supersoft tyres to make it a one-stop race. Some

good battles further back down the field. In the battle of the young

teams, Jules Bianchi leads that group. He is in 19th place. Jenson

Button, not having stopped yet this afternoon, is three and a half

seconds a lap slower than our race leader. It puts into perspective how

much time you lose. It will be a relief to him to hear that he is

coming in for tyres at this point, because it has been a struggle. The

leader is doing 1: 18, and he has done 1: 22. Long Way to go in this

race as yet, but Jenson Button has been holding on. He is coming into

the pits now. But out in the front, it is still Sebastian Vettel leading

by 15 seconds from Lewis Hamilton. Here comes Jenson Button. That was

lovely. That is how it should be and it was not for Kimi Raikkonen when

we watched earlier. But the McLaren crew got it beautifully right, 20.2

seconds spent in pit lane. Very impressive. Webber still looking at

a way to pass Rosberg. Alonso tucked in behind this time. As ever, the

Red Bulls are not that fast on a straight line. That is certainly

giving Alonso a chance to close right up to the back of the Red

Bull. Bit of traffic ahead. Could be tricky for the Marussia to get

ahead. Alonso is in that hunting zone, ready to pounce. He can be

dangerous in that position. He needs points. He is trying to close on

Kimi Raikkonen, but also Vettel, the championship leader. Sebastian

Vettel is leading comfortably at this stage. From Red Bull's point of

view, the last thing they want to see is Webber allowing that Ferrari

through. A pit stop ahead on this track, and we are not even at half

distance yet. Data really does look very healthy for these tyres, so

push. Excellent job so far. Keep going. Oh! Did you see how close

Webber was to Rosberg? Mark Webber will be getting hot under the

collar. Rosberg defending well, but that forced Webber to try and have a

look again round the outside. We can see dust being picked up on the

tyres. Rosberg can release his KERS defensively as he runs up into the

first UK. Only a matter of time before something gives in this

battle. Three quality drivers. Alonso trying to pick up the pieces.

As we heard on the radio, Di Resta was being told everything is looking

good on the tyres. He is up to seventh place now as we continue

with this tussle towards the top end of the circuit. The hairpin comes

next. Can Mark Webber get into position to overtake on the DRS?

has spent his KERS. Alonso has a whole bunch he can release now. Mark

Webber will have the slipstream from Rosberg. 3-way fight for third

place. Webber finally gets in front of the Mercedes. Although Rosberg

defended, he could not keep that Red Bull back any longer. We have a

change. Was Berg has lost two places and is now down into fifth place. I

don't think there is much threat to Vettel up front, but how quickly can

they close the gap to Hamilton? It is a big gap, some ten seconds.

Webber knew he had to get it done. He got a massive slipstream on the

Rosberg and managed to keep it around the outside into the last

chicane. Alonso pounced and got the DRS. Rosberg, after so many laps of

defending, it is almost like he said, OK, give me a break! There was

nothing he could do. He has done 16 laps on those supersoft tyres, which

is about the limit of what we have seen. I am sure he will be heading

for a pit stop soon. But if they were trying to get Rosberg to defend

for Hamilton, it has worked, because Hamilton has been able to open up

quite a gap over these guys. Rosberg was told he was getting critical on

the tyres. He is in the pits now. will presumably go for a set of the

medium compound tyres now and get a longer stint here. It is lap 31.

Still a long way to go in this race. I wonder whether he can get many

laps before the end of this. He stop. He has gone super soft and

super soft again. The medium tyre is thought to be around 35 laps. He

will need more than that. It is possible he will need an extra stop.

Sebastian Vettel is totally in control of this race. He has a huge

lead of 17.6 seconds. Paul di Resta is doing respectable lap times. He

has not stopped this afternoon. It looks like he might be able to

recover some points this afternoon. The how fast can where they go? He

has just gone faster than everybody pulls up Hamilton is lapping

reasonably quickly. Where they gained three-tenths on that lap.

And his tyres are looking clean. No real visible signs of graining.

There is something flapping on the front right off his wing. It could

be helicoptered tape. RADIO: You are going to the end of the race on

a sec. 39 laps to go. Unique to look after the tyres. So now we

know. Bottas is in seventh place. Perez gets the plays and tucked in

behind him is Kimi Raikkonen and we think he is going to the end of the

race on these tyres as well. The two Finnish men side by side. Kimi

Raikkonen did not spend a car. You do not often see cars go through

their side by side. Normally they would waive some blue flags. I am

not seeing any right now. We are getting a message, I cannot see any

out there. Kimi Raikkonen is trying to get himself into position.

problems for Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen gives Sebastian Vettel of

the space. Bottas will have to do likewise. He is passing Giedo van

der Garde. Sebastian Vettel will try and get past Bottas. He should

do that easily. Kimi Raikkonen will have to work a bit harder to get

past the Williams. 18. 7th last time around and 21.4 on that lap.

wonder if Raikkonen will get into any trouble over that. He was

involved in a battle with Bottas. A blue flag means they have to get

out of the wake of the leaders. Both of them have made one pit-stop

in this race. Sebastian Vettel has managed to lap his nearest rival in

the championship, Kimi Raikkonen. But it is possible he might be

making one more stop and Kimi Raikkonen. Unless he has an

absolutely terrible pit stop, it will not cost him a lap. That is a

humbling experience for Kimi Raikkonen as he works his way into

position again with Bottas. He is under a little bit of pressure.

mix of Italian and English. The safety car window is open. If the

safety car gets deployed, it would be a good time to get a pit stop.

Bottas is going to be under threat here. Sebastian Vettel has lost

several seconds, but still 16 seconds over Hamilton. That pit

stop for the McLaren crew was the fastest of the race so far. It was

very impressive. It will be frustrating for Sebastian Vettel

and Red Bull who had more than a pit stop in hand. If he had an

issue now and had to come in, Hamilton would be nip and tuck

coming out of the pit lane. Raikkonen still has not got past

Bottas. They are 12th and 13th. The gap between Hamilton and Webber is

8.6 seconds. Webber is closing that gap and Alonso is going with him.

But he is not trying to challenge the Red Bull because he wants them

to work together. This is Raikkonen on Bottas. There is no way he can

defend any further and Kimi Raikkonen moves up into 12th

position. Bottas is slowly going backwards this afternoon, but it

has been a good display of driving. That is coming out of 1010, their

hair pain. Mark Webber had DRS. A bit off front wing has fallen off.

Is that on the Ferrari? There was contact from the Red Bull. The wing

Park weakens this part of Mark Webber's front wing. He has taken

the end played. I think it is the upper flat. That took a hit from

the Caterham. I am not quite sure what the Caterham was playing at.

He could have looked in his mirror and thought, yes, I am racing that

Red Bull. A lot of the front wing is missing. What is that going to

do to his afternoon? The end plate has fallen off the car at the last

chicane. That is not good news for FM. He has had the front wing

working well. Alonso has a chance of getting past the Red Bull.

flashing yellow is to pick up the debris. Let's keep an eye on

whether Mark keeps going. He will be hoping that car was a bit on the

nose. Effectively what he has done is lost brunt performance. Can it

stayed together? It is not supported. That was a great lap

time from where her. He is able to respond. Remember when that

happened last time? We had Adrian Newey studying photographs of the

damage from some video footage he was handed. They are investigating

Giedo van der Garde death for ignoring the blue flag. The

incident with Webber was with the Caterham driver. That was clumsy

from him. Adrian Sutil has come into the pits now. They have done

mid-20s in terms of the tyres. It might not hurt Mark Webber quite so

much. In the time that he stops they will be able to put a new

front wing on. Alonso has not been able to take advantage. Webber has

just set the fastest first sector of anybody. For all those hundreds

of thousands of developments on front wings, he is now going faster.

It can clearly be offset by some angry Ossie. Weather was only a

tenth of a second slower and they are beginning to close the gap on

Hamilton now. They are down to 7.6 seconds. They are definitely

chasing down the Mercedes. Alonso's team it would have radioed him and

said, Mark Webber has damage, start pushing. Mark Webber never gives up.

There is an opportunity to get a podium finish. But they both need

to get awards and Lewis Hamilton. - - towards. Amazingly all 22 cars

are still running in this race. They have been matching each other

in the first and second sector. Mark Webber has good drive off the

turn 10 pair -- hairpin. Caterham will have to go into the

pits, but it has done Mark Webber a favour. But Hamilton has responded

a bit and has done 18.00. They have not caught up as much. This is what

I love to see it. Three different cars and four different drivers and

they are all pushing to the limit at this stage. Paul di Resta has

not been in and he is in seventh place. Romain Grosjean is the same

and they are in eighth place. They are going to be able to make this

on a one-stop race. They will be going to the super soft tyre. Paul

di Resta and Romain Grosjean may get some points out of this. After

that difficult strategy start at the race. Perez is just in the top

10. We heard a radio message to parents saying, look after your

tyres, you are going to be racing with your team-mates again at the

end of the race. Jenson Button is in 15th, but has been promoted to

14th. Jean-Eric Vergne is 6th in this race, which would be his best

ever result if he could hang onto it, but there is still a long way

to go up. Mark Webber is in clean air at the moment. It is keeping

him in there. Red Bull has a bit more pace to explain. Mark Webber

does not have the benefit of reducing the drag from opening the

DRS. Alonso has picked up a couple of tenths in the last sector. He

can match of the lap time because of the gain of reducing the drag on

the rear wing. The more I explain it, the more I keep confusing

myself. This is Alonso's best chance. I leave it to you. The

tyres that they are or have done more laps than Hamiltons. That was

a chance for Alonso, but he is much closer. Alonso makes the move and

he has gone past Mark Webber. These two have huge respect for each

other. Ferrari is always massively supported en Canada. He has moved

himself into a podium of finishing position, into third place. But can

he catch Hamilton? Hamilton is responding all the time. This is

through 13 and 14, the last chicane. Alonso pulls out and he took it on

the outside. He is relentless. When you see him in your mirror, you are

just as well to lie-down straight away because he is going to get you

in the end. He has and 28 laps on those tyres. Felipe Massa comes

into the pits. He is on super soft tyres. He did an amazingly, at long

Stent. He is on his way once more and that will be his final stop of

the day. Romain Grosjean getting out of the wake of Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel has just set the fastest lap. He is picking his way

through the back markers and it is amazing that Romain Grosjean should

respectable times. On board with Adrain Sutil. Felipe Massa did 25

laps on those super soft tyres. can see the damage on the wane. He

was hit by Maldonado at. We heard a radio message saying there was

damage to his wing. He has than 44 laps on those tyres. The Lotus is

showing it is good on its tyres. He comes back into 11th place.

Sebastian Vettel still continues to lead this race. Still looking for

his first ever win in Canada. Jenson Button is about to be lap.

It is impressive pace from the frontrunners will stop it is, but

are they going to stop again? Raikkonen having to get out of the

wake up Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton is 14 seconds behind

Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel is due a pit stop. He has done a

long stint on his medium compounds. Alonso has been a bit quicker over

the last couple of laps. The gap is still 7.6 seconds. Perez is in for

McLaren. 14. Two seconds behind Vettel. I wonder whether Mercedes

can get through on one stop. It would make a race of it at the end

of the race if they can. Alonso is in third and Webber is still in

fourth place. We are seeing Perez as well, but he is a lap down. Gary,

Sebastian Vettel has got his advantage around 15 seconds. But he

has done a lot of laps on those tyres. Yes, he has. It is strange

because what seems to happen, if you look at Paul di Resta, you go

through a stage when the tyre has got good grip. Then it falls away

and you panic a bit. Their reaction to that situation is maybe you

should leave it alone. Paul di Resta has just done his fastest lap

of the race and is in contention for a strong result. You should not

panic when the tyres are graining. You should push it a bit further up.

Her mother and has done 25 laps on his set of tyres. Do you think he

can go to the end? There will be a lot of people thinking about that.

It is 25 laps more to go and that would make it 50 in total. Nobody

has got that far yet. But Paul di Resta is showing it is possible. He

might be vulnerable on the last few laps, but it is a gamble that you

would take. We have seen Alonso move strategy, could you stripped it to a

one-stop? I don't know why they went with two sets of supersofts. By the

way, Vettel is responding. He is now setting some very fast times.

at the broken front wing on the Caterham. Looks as though there

could have been contact. Gary, a quick word about the damage on

Webber's wing? That is about �20,000, that piece. If this ends up

on the track, this could be the safety car this afternoon. Let's see

if he can keep dragging it. Thanks, Gary. We will keep an eye on

everything going on here. Sebastian Vettel is going quickly again. He is

trying to open up enough of an advantage to make the pitstop. Look

at this. I am sure it will cause a puncture in a minute. Alonso is in

from third place. Webber has just been into the pits, so I don't think

this will change anything between the Ferrari and the Red Bull. It is

all going on in different parts of the circuit. Giedo van der Garde has

stopped, which is probably the wisest thing to do. But it is not

the wisest place to stop. This was how it came about. Presumably there

was damage to the back of the Sauber as well. You can see the suspension

damage on Hulkenberg. Nicole, stop. Giedo van der Garde is having a

nightmare at the moment. He has parked the car right in the area...

Hamilton has come in. This will be interesting. Where will he be with

regards to Alonso or Webber? Hamilton will try to hold on to

second. Any thoughts of challenging for a win are out of the window. Now

it is about trying to hold on to second position. Amazingly, Paul di

Resta is still running around there, not having stopped this

afternoon. He will have to stop at some point. Tyres are good. OK to

push to the end. Everybody is having a slightly different race of it here

than we have seen on other occasions. They are all pushing very

hard. Hamilton has 9.4 seconds advantage over the third-place. The

leader, Sebastian Vettel, makes a pitstop for Red Bull. Does this go

to plan? He has never won this race, but he has never won this race, but

he's in very comfortable shape at the moment. So far ahead that he has

been able to make that stop and still have a very healthy lead of 15

or 16 seconds. He is out in front, with 20 laps to go in the Canadian

Grand Prix, a race that has eluded him in the last few years is

definitely going his way. He still needs reliability from the car, but

he has taken control of the race. Now we need to keep an eye on the

battles for the other podium places. Can Hamilton retain

second-place? Alonso is going very quickly, and the gap is down to just

under seven seconds. Webber is also lapping in the low 1: 17s, so we

could still have a race for the podium places. We are still waiting

for Di Resta to stop. He is in seventh place. Even when he makes

the stop, you will be in the top ten will stop his team-mate, Sutil, is

in eighth place. It is a very different style of race on the

tyres. Tom Clarkson is talking to Pirelli's Paul Hendry. Paul di Resta

has done 50 laps now. Why did more drivers not start on the prime? That

is probably what a few of them are asking. I spoke with Paul before, so

I knew what he was going to do. Force India have been trying

different tactics all season, and it is bringing results. We have been

commenting on the fact that Mercedes have been contemplating trying to

get Lewis to the end without making another stop. Were you surprised

that they brought him in? No. When you saw the first stint cut short by

five to eight laps, it was clear that it would become a two stop

race. Red Bull were thinking of making it one-stop mobot we have 20

degrees more tarmac temperature today impaired with Saturday, and

that has changed things. Is this a better race than Monaco from your

point of view? We always get great races here. Despite the rain, it was

fun in the practice sessions. Qualifying was fantastic. Canada

always throws up interesting races. Alonso and Webber are both posing

the gap. It is down to 5.7 seconds between Hamilton and Alonso. Webber

is the fastest man on circuit. He is now 3.2 seconds behind Alonso. The

Red Bull and the Ferrari are really going for it as they try to close

the gap to Hamilton. Hamilton will not want them to get much closer.

Paul, we will leave this call to you. As soon as you feel the tyres

are shot... We did not catch all of that, but we got the gist. Di Resta

will get the choice. There have been a few mistakes in strategy in

qualifying, and they say they want people to decide. We have the

benefit of no background noise. A small error from Sebastian Vettel.

rare error from him. But coming back to Paul's message... Oh, here is

another one. Settle down, bring your tyres back in. We hear all those

messages and it sounds clear. But when you are in the race car, there

are so much background noise. You are strapped to a race engine and

you don't always hear the message. Paul might have thought he was

getting a message to go to the shop, rather than" come in when your

tyres are shot"! Paul di Resta is still going. He has not made a

pitstop after 53 laps of this race. The longevity he is getting out of

those tyres is amazing. Lewis Hamilton is trying hard, but the gap

is down to 3.9 seconds to Alonso. Hamilton has no choice but to push.

He has to defend against Alonso and Webber if he wants a podium. He has

a healthy gap of over 25 seconds to Nico Rosberg. For Hamilton, it is

second-place, or he could find himself in fourth place. I don't

think Sebastian Vettel is in much difficulty. Felipe Massa is behind

Grosjean, but not for much longer. The Ferraris slots past the Lotus to

move back into a points scoring position. Raikkonen is only another

three seconds up the road. It has been a tough day for Lotus. They

have not shown the performance they would have been hoping for. Mercedes

will definitely jump ahead of Lotus if the positions stay as they are.

Raikkonen is still on target at the moment to match Michael

Schumacher's record of 24 consecutive races in the points, but

not by a huge amount. Di Resta is not coming in yet. He is having fun!

He is in the groove. Got through the difficult phase. How is the lap time

looking? Very good. 18.4, only a second off our race leader.

Jean-Eric Vergne is having a quiet time. But it is a key performance

for him. He has made one pitstop. He has done 39 laps on the current set

of tyres, so he is trying to go a long way. Right now, for the young

Frenchman, it is working. He is in sixth position. Incomes Grosjean.

This is his second pit stop. He was not able to make it to the end. I

wonder whether Lotus are paying the price of trying to make it one-stop

for both cars. We may catch Hamilton by the end of the race. Keep up the

pace. Hamilton is behind Massa at the moment, and Alonso is catching.

Matter has to get out of the way. He has beaten given the blue flag, but

that was an opportunity for Ferrari to hold him up for an extra corner.

Massa will be aware that he has his team-mate behind him. He did not

have the best starting positions, but has lost a lot of time this

afternoon relative to his team-mate. We could do a precautionary pitstop

to change tyres. They have an advantage of 15 seconds at the

moment. Alonso's gap to Hamilton is down to 1.9 seconds, so he was able

to use that lap to gain more time on Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton's front

left is looking a bit worn. It is showing signs of graining. That is

allowing Alonso to get into that so. Alonso comes up behind Massa. Masur

has had such a torrid time in Monaco and now in Montreal, with three

crashes. The one here was not as heavy as the ones in Monaco, but it

is still something he has never experienced for, bashing so often

and in sequence. He was disturbed by it yesterday. Good chance for

Ferrari today, but the big rivals from the race. And what about the

start of qualifying? By Terry Bottas is in 40 the place. It does

not look as if Williams will be able to score points today. It has

been amateur driver from him. He got that position on merit. It

worked well on qualifying date. They do not have the pace on race

day. Alonso is closing that gap again. Hamilton is up ahead. He is

gradually eating into that gap. Paul di Resta has come into the

pits at last. 57 laps on his medium compound tyres. The pit stop goes

well for him. He will have to use the super soft tyres at some point

in the race. That was a brilliant drive from him this afternoon. He

is going to come out well in front of Adrian Sutil. RADIO: They are

looking good. Let me drive, man. Lewis Hamilton knows what he is

doing. We had to wait a long time to see for us endear and Paul di

Resta come into the pit, but it went well when he dared. They were

sitting on their chairs with their gobbles up, they did not have time

to put their goggles down before they got the call to go out. They

were still taking the blankets of when Paul was only 15 metres away.

A really late call. John Eric Vergne has been in sixth position.

He has come into the pits. He is going to try and come out in front

of Paul di Resta. That was in response to Paul di Resta making

that stop. It will be a battle of fresh tyres for both of them to the

end. That will be a close-run thing. It is going to be very close.

Alonso is closing on Hamilton. He is within a second and is in DRS

range. Adrain Sutil is being lapped by Hamilton. He has got to get out

of the way. The blue, flashing lights are telling him he is

wasting time. He should not be battling with these guys, he is a

lap down. Alonso will be able to have a run on Hamilton down to the

second chicane. They used to be very close. Adrian Sutil is not

making it easy for Lewis Hamilton this afternoon when he is a lap

down. Alonso is ripe with the Mercedes. Webber has dropped away.

He has dropped nine seconds behind. For whatever reason the Red Bull is

not as quick. Now Adrain Sutil gets out of the way. Both cars are still

in the DRS a zone. Maybe he did his old mate a favour. Ten laps to go

up. Can Hamilton hang on for a second? Orwell Ferraris get up into

second place and reduce the damage limitation of Sebastian Vettel

beating them again. Sebastian Vettel is very much on his way to

victory in Canada. But who is going to get second place? There is a

good element of respect between these two. But Hamilton has got his

work cut out to try and keep that Ferrari behind. This is an

interesting shot. It gives you an idea of how quickly they go. This

is turn 10. You can see the vibration. I am sure all the teams

will be studying pictures like that. Hamilton stays in front in the DRS

a zone. Alonso is not quite close enough. This could be a real cat

and mouse game. In terms of tyre where, they have got pretty much

the same. A drive-through penalty for Adrian Sutil for ignoring the

blue flags. He will lose places. Maybe he will come in intent and

promote Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. That is a bit silly of him.

There is no point in ignoring those flats. You have to react. You

cannot claim that you cannot see the blue flags with those big

boards flashing at you. We are back on board with Alonso. Look at the

deceleration, the contrasting driving styles. He goes a bit wider

on entry. That Mercedes has good traction. At this point that ers

will open up and Alonso well close the gap on Hamilton. It is too late

to the entry to the chicane at 13 and 14. He is close, but I am not

sure there is a chance. The traffic might affect things. The same

strategy of tyres. Hamilton's tyres are a fraction younger than Alonsos.

Just trying to get the car of Maldonado moved out of the way. He

is in 70 the plays and he does move out of the way. Williams are not

going to score any points today. Joining us, his team principal of

Mercedes, Ross Brawn. You are just about to lose your place. Alonso is

drawing alongside Hamilton. You might not hold on to second place.

Hamilton did his utmost. How are you calling this one? It is pretty

exciting. This is why we are here this weekend. That is great stuff.

The DRS is so powerful at Montreal. You have got to the arias in this

sector as well. Alonso is taking second place. He has got past Lewis

Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton is back down to third. Not so good for you.

Is there anything different that he could have done? Beat you get

everything you could tab out of the tyres to date? I think we got the

best we could. This has been a very different style of race. A Monaco

you controlled the pace. In this race it seems it has been pretty

much a flat out. Is that true? Yes, in some respects. DRS is such a

factor so that when somebody gets onto the back of you like that, it

is a factor of. Hamilton is in third and Webber is in fourth and

Nico Rosberg is in fifth place. Sebastian Vettel is on his way to

winning and they have got to get the best out of it they can. It is

like Mark Webber has said, I have got some damage and I am going to

settle for the. This afternoon. Kimi Raikkonen is in eighth place,

but that is under threat from Felipe Massa. But his tyres are

very much younger than Kimi Raikkonen. Felipe Massa has already

made two stops. His tyres are much pressure. I do not think Kimi

Raikkonen will be able to hold on much longer. Hamilton has not given

up. He has got better traction than the last time around. Hamilton is

going to be in the DRS zone. It will pop open. Is he going to pass

in the last chicane? We have seen how a front wing can easily make

contact with a rear tyre. Do not count Hamilton out. Alonso was very

clever. He slowed the pace down into the last chicane and used it

almost like a safety car restart. That one did not work, but Hamilton

might have a bit more time. He has got slightly fresher tyres. Further

down in the top 10 we were talking about Jean-Eric Vergne. He is doing

fine so far in terms of maintaining pace and Paul di Resta has not been

able to close that gap. Paul di Resta is 7th. Perez is only two

seconds behind Adrain Sutil. There is a lot at stake this afternoon. A

lot more than just one point. Can Perez Cup that gap? That is

interesting. Five laps to go. Adrain Sutil had that penalty and

that dropped him down into 10th positions. Let's take another look

at Alonso. Getting some oversteer. He got on the sausage kerb. There

is contact. You can see the Mercedes touched the back of the

Ferrari and a bit of carbon flew up into the air. It is a change next

year. The very fall with front wing is going to be slightly narrower

again. I am not unhappy about that. It is almost too easy to clip these

front wings. You have got no visibility weather front wing is

when you sit in the cockpit. That is Gutierrez. It looks as if he is

embedded in their. It looks like he has gone straight over without

leaving the pits. He has locked up and made contact with the tyres.

That is an embarrassing end to the crane like you would have in Monte

Carlo to remove those cars. Massa is still behind Kimi Raikkonen, but

can't overtake now. DRS has been disabled. He has to stay behind the

Lotus for the moment. Sebastian Vettel is way out in front in this

race will stop he has a 19 second advantage. This is the battle

between Raikkonen and Massa for eighth place. I wonder what happened

for Paul di Resta last time around. There is a seven second gap to

Raikkonen behind. DRS is still disabled. They will not be able to

use it. This is frustrating for Massa, because he can get close to

the back of the Lotus, but not overtake it. And he will not be able

to pass Raikkonen in the run to turn one. Can he conserve the tyres and

hope they get that car moved out of the way before the chequered flag

comes out? Raikkonen is still on target to match Michael

Schumacher's record of 24 consecutive points finishes. It is

easier nowadays, of course. You get points all the way down to 10th

position. But when you consider that he has come back into Formula One,

it is a very impressive return for Kimi Raikkonen. There is Sebastian

Vettel. Finally, it looks as though the Canadian Grand Prix is going to

go his way. Red Bull have never won a race in North America. It is such

a big market for them and such a big deal for them to win in this part of

the world, and it looks as though it will happen this time. He was

incredible through that damp qualifying session. We have not had

the car conservation issues we have seen at other Grand Prix. Maybe a

bit boring having Sebastian so far out front, but there have in some

great battles in the middle of the pack. In terms of the championship,

though this will be great news for Sebastian Vettel. He will have a 37

point lead over Fernando Alonso. Mind you, Alonso had a 40 point lead

last year and then it did not go his way. Is Alonso going to be able to

get past Kimi Raikkonen? He will have to get himself into the second

chicane. It is all about having a nice, clean chicane. The DRS

detection point is coming up. We have no yellow flags now. We are

clear now. Sebastian Vettel is on to his final lap. How good is the top

speed of this Ferrari with DRS? Raikkonen goes to the inside, Massa

goes to the outside, and there is nothing like and can do. His tyres

are much older. Felipe Massa moves into eighth place. By the way, Mark

Webber, out of nowhere, has just set the fastest lap of 1: 16. But

Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest first sector of anybody, and we know

how he loves to get in front. think he has led every lap of this

race, even with pitstops. If he gets fastest lap, that would be the Grand

Slam of doing everything at a Grand Prix. Fastest lap would be the icing

on the cake. There is no doubt that he is going to take the win.

Sebastian Vettel comes out of the final chicane in Canada. He wins in

Canada for the first time! The time lucky in terms of all positions over

the last few years. He has taken victory for Red Bull. It is his 29th

career win. He did not get fastest lap on that last lap, but it is his

third win of 2013 and it gives him a very useful championship advantage.

Alonso finishes second, Hamilton third. Hamilton could not do it in

the end. Alonso came from sixth on the grid to finish in second place.

Hamilton is on the podium again. Webber finishes in fourth, from Ross

Burke in fifth position. We think Jean-Eric Vergne has held on to take

sixth position from Paul di Resta in seventh. Good run from Di Resta to

get into the points. Fantastic! You have won the Canadian Grand Prix.

Makes up for two years ago. Brilliant drive. Yes! We won

Canada! Thank you. That was amazing. The car was amazing. Thank

you, boys. Yes! One of the few Grand Prix missing from his impressive

CV. The triple world champion wins in Canada in impressive style. 14

seconds were the advantage. He really showed it to the opposition

today. Mark Webber finished in fourth position in the other Red

Bull. He did not seem to be able to match the pace of Alonso, but he did

have that front wing damage on the car, which they said not to change

because he would have lost time in the pits. That was probably why

Webber was not able to continue apace. He was right there until

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three quarters of the way through battle of the young teams, and we

lost three cars. Very good job this weekend. The traffic did not help

today, but very good job. That was Ross Brawn, congratulating Lewis

Hamilton. Very exciting, as Alonso managed to claim that second place.

Alonso drove brilliant lead today to maximise what he had with the

Ferrari. But Sebastian Vettel continues on his winning ways.

People say he has the best car, but when you see the kind of performance

he puts in, especially in the wet qualifying yesterday, it does not

matter what the car is, it is about pure driving talent. Amazingly, some

people still question how good he is. They say it is all about the

car. I consider Mark Webber to be a quality race driver, but Sebastian

just manages to deliver when it matters in qualifying. How often

have we seen him break the DRS is owned by lap two and then march away

with a Grand Prix? He fought for it today. He touched the wall at turn

four and ran wide on the entry to turn one. That was aggressive

driving out front and a massive winning margin. Hugely impressive,

14.4 second winning margin. Alonso will be relatively satisfied. He

would have loved to have not seen Sebastian Vettel score, of course,

but he moves up to second. This was Massa getting past Raikkonen.

Sebastian Vettel came within half a lap of doing this two years ago.

Jenson Button beat him on the last lap of that incredibly dry Grand

Prix that went on for over four hours. He lost on that occasion, but

surely this makes up for that, because he has dominated. Shaking of

hands between the guys. Let's listen When they are studying those

screens, David, what are they looking for? Are they able to learn

anything more other than where other people finished? Lap times, gaps.

They have only been able to look through their helmet, that very

small aperture that tells them what is going on in the world. This is

their opportunity to see where their bodies are. They have been to busy

being in the Grand Prix. Now it is time for them to head out onto the

podium area. There is a mass of cameras. Hamilton did not manage to

hold onto second place, but still solid performance. Alonso second,

but finally, Sebastian Vettel manages to win in Canada and the red

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Bull team take a victory here as The anthems play out, something

Sebastian Vettel is accustomed to, but surely with the greatest

satisfaction today, finally winning this Grand Prix today which has

escaped him in the past. That is the trophy, which he has been wanting to

get hold of, and he did it so superbly well today that nobody else

really saw where he went! He was so far up the road. There is his race

engineer. Lovely opportunity for him to pick up the construct the's

trophy. We often hear him on the radio. It was his opportunity to