:01:08. > :01:13.The pit wall, a place for team bosses and engineers to constantly
:01:13. > :01:22.analyse data and skruetnieds track action. It's from here --
:01:22. > :01:30.scrutinise track action. It's from here that team orders are issued.
:01:30. > :01:39.Again Mansell attacks. Again he's through. So still no team orders at
:01:39. > :01:47.Williams? No comment about that. Hakkinen is beckoning him. He's
:01:47. > :01:57.going to win. Jack drove a brilliant race. He left through
:01:57. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:12.Hakkinen. Did you tell him to do Oh, big crash. The first safety car
:02:12. > :02:15.I think helped me a lot. I was able to win the race. The people who sit
:02:15. > :02:18.here would argue they're looking at the bigger picture. Their main
:02:18. > :02:22.concern is getting the maximum benefit out of the race for the
:02:22. > :02:29.team, but sometimes the only picture the driver can see is the
:02:29. > :02:38.one that's through his visor. He was under team orders to let
:02:38. > :02:43.Jones win, but he hasn't done it. There's no Alan Jones. He's
:02:43. > :02:49.supposed to be slowing up. Prost is supposed to be winning. There's
:02:49. > :02:56.going to be terrible repercussions within the team. He's got it. It's
:02:56. > :03:00.going wide, oh. Fantastic stuff. There we go. Peroni wins,
:03:00. > :03:05.magnificent race. Team bosses and drivers would agree on one though,
:03:05. > :03:11.though, there's no I in team. But there is in win. Great job Suzy.
:03:11. > :03:15.Let's get ready for qualifying. Welcome to qualifying for the
:03:15. > :03:19.Chinese Grand Prix. We may well have a case of history repeating
:03:19. > :03:23.itself. Last Time Out controversy rocked this paddock when Sebastien
:03:23. > :03:32.Vettel decided to ignore team orders, pass his team-mate to take
:03:32. > :03:41.the win in Malaysia. the win in Malaysia.
:03:41. > :03:44.Lights out ah, way we go. Sebastien Vettel tries to get off the line.
:03:44. > :03:49.Webber is in second. Alonso has damage to his car. Oh, the front
:03:49. > :03:52.wing has come off. He has no steering. Thankfully he doesn't hit
:03:52. > :04:01.another car. Hamilton in from second. Oh, he went in the wrong
:04:01. > :04:06.pit! Hamilton went into the wrong pit. Another problem on the left.
:04:06. > :04:10.At force India they're having a real problem. This is desperate.
:04:10. > :04:15.It's not actually taking up its position. Mark Webber continues to
:04:15. > :04:21.lead this race. Sebastien Vettel not far behind him. He's too slow.
:04:21. > :04:27.Get him out of the way. Sebastian be patient. Sebastien Vettel into
:04:27. > :04:33.the pits. OMG Norton lookin totes hot 2nite btw v cool suit that's
:04:33. > :04:38.rare. Hamilton is past Vettel. He's into third. Side biside racing
:04:38. > :04:45.between Webber and Button. Button into the pits. There's a problem.
:04:45. > :04:49.Slow on the engagement. The front wheel is not seated. He's stopped.
:04:49. > :04:55.Hamilton under pressure. Vettel has the DRS in operation. Red Bull are
:04:56. > :05:00.one, two again. Contract then between Hulkenberg and Raikkonen.
:05:00. > :05:04.You see what he's doing, he's putting me off and now he hits me.
:05:04. > :05:10.Kimi not impressed. Top two pairs of team-mates racing hard against
:05:10. > :05:16.each other. Vettel side by side with Mark Webber. Careful Sebastian,
:05:16. > :05:19.careful. Look at the two Mercedes. Hamilton has re-asserted himself.
:05:19. > :05:25.The two red bulls, Vettel on the inside. They touch. Wow what racing
:05:25. > :05:31.this is. He's gone around the outside, Vettel takes the lead.
:05:31. > :05:37.This is silly Seb, come on. I can go so much faster, just let me
:05:37. > :05:43.drive past. Negative, Nico. It's Sebastien Vettel who takes his
:05:43. > :05:48.third win in Malaysia. Mark Webber finishing in second position. And
:05:48. > :05:53.third place is just going to go to Lewis Hamilton. Good job Sebastian.
:05:53. > :05:57.Looks like you want today bad enough, still. -- wanted it bad
:05:57. > :06:02.enough, still. Well it was dramatic stuff. It
:06:02. > :06:08.could be the same here today. Not only am I joined by David Coulthard,
:06:08. > :06:11.but also Eddie Jordan is back with Suzy, let me please the welcoming
:06:11. > :06:15.factor to you. We're delighted to see you on the show. Thank you very
:06:15. > :06:19.much. It's nice to all be together, much. It's nice to all be together,
:06:19. > :06:23.I think. All this controversy, what are your thoughts? Well, I'm sure
:06:23. > :06:27.Red Bull would wish it would go away. I probably believe that
:06:27. > :06:31.Sebastien Vettel had been a little bit more honest in Malaysia and say
:06:31. > :06:34.look, I was the quickest, I should have won the race. I did win the
:06:34. > :06:38.race. I deserve to do so. Then all this would have been forgotten.
:06:38. > :06:40.Going back on the story continually doesn't help the case. Seb looked
:06:41. > :06:45.like he was racing for himself rather than the team, David.
:06:45. > :06:49.Clearly. He was racing to win. This is where this whole confusion is
:06:49. > :06:53.for us. We shouldn't be surprised that racing drivers want to win. Of
:06:53. > :06:57.course, you're a team within the team. You've got to respect the
:06:57. > :07:00.wishes of the management. We've seen it over many years where some
:07:00. > :07:05.drivers have listened to their team and others haven't. Ultimately you
:07:05. > :07:10.count the winners at the endive suppose.
:07:10. > :07:14.-- End, I suppose. We sent Eddie to assess the situation.
:07:14. > :07:23.It's the start of formula -- since the start of Formula One team
:07:23. > :07:33.orders have been there. That looks like a planned move. As a team boss
:07:33. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:38.in years gone by, in 98 I distinctly remember telling Ralph
:07:38. > :07:43.Schumacher not to take overtake Damon Hill. It enabled the team to
:07:43. > :07:53.finish one, two. However, in Malaysia one driver
:07:53. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :07:59.didn't play the game. Multi 21. What does that mean? In Red Bull
:07:59. > :08:03.speak it means car number two finishes in front of car number one.
:08:03. > :08:07.Had I understood the message, then I think I had thought about it,
:08:07. > :08:11.reflected on what it means, what the team wants me to do. I would
:08:11. > :08:16.have thought about it and probably had done the same thing because
:08:16. > :08:19.Mark doesn't deserve that. This is silly Seb, come on.
:08:19. > :08:25.Sebastian says he didn't hear that instruction. However his body
:08:25. > :08:35.language and indeed, his apology tells a different story. Multi21,
:08:35. > :08:38.Seb. Yeah multi 21. It seems easier to ask for forgiveness than to seek
:08:38. > :08:43.permission. With Sebastian following his own agenda, very
:08:43. > :08:46.different to that of the team, it begs the question - who is the real
:08:46. > :08:51.boss? He's apologised to me personally. He's apologised to
:08:51. > :08:54.every single member of the team for putting himself above the team.
:08:54. > :08:58.There's also, he has explained there was a lot of emotions and
:08:58. > :09:01.things going through his head at the time he committed that move.
:09:01. > :09:05.Was that an embarrassment to you? Of course, it's not what you want
:09:05. > :09:10.to see. You've given instruction and you expect it to be adhered to.
:09:10. > :09:14.There was confusion as to what he thought the code was. Two races ago
:09:14. > :09:20.in Brazil, that code was given to the other car and he didn't
:09:20. > :09:25.understand it either. Sebastian was determined to win that Grand Prix.
:09:25. > :09:29.I think he took things into his own hands. Good job. Looks like you
:09:29. > :09:33.want today bad enough. Still, there'll be some explaining to do.
:09:33. > :09:39.Ferrari, famous for their belief in team orders and indeed number one
:09:39. > :09:45.drivers. Can you recall ever a driver disobeying your order?
:09:45. > :09:52.no I don't think so, to be honest. You may have seen drivers not happy.
:09:52. > :09:56.Or something like that. But if everyone is clear, we said this
:09:56. > :10:00.since the beginning, this is our philosophy, I don't rekale anything.
:10:00. > :10:04.Whilst team orders have been a positive for Ferrari, the lack of
:10:04. > :10:07.them have been a cost to McLaren. What we did though is coming into
:10:07. > :10:10.each year we give both drivers, we always have done, an equal
:10:10. > :10:15.opportunity to win the race. Arguably that's cost worl
:10:15. > :10:20.championships in the past, 2007 being the clear case in point,
:10:21. > :10:24.where we lost the World Championship by one point. Had we
:10:24. > :10:31.given preference to Fernando ar Lewis we would have won the World
:10:31. > :10:35.Championship. Like all great racing drivers, the visor goes down and
:10:36. > :10:42.they grow horns. Much more aggressive, like Schumacher, Prost,
:10:42. > :10:47.Senna, even Hamilton and Alonso, they all want to win. It's just
:10:47. > :10:50.such a great shame Sebastian didn't say that at the very beginning.
:10:50. > :10:53.Being completely honest I never had support from his side. I think
:10:53. > :10:58.there were more than one occasion in the past where he could have
:10:58. > :11:04.helped the team. And he didn't. Bottom line is that I was racing. I
:11:04. > :11:10.was faster. I passed him.Ive won. That really has been the talking
:11:10. > :11:14.point since Malaysia. It looks set to roll on not just for this
:11:14. > :11:24.weekend but possibly for the season weekend but possibly for the season
:11:24. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:35.ahead. Next weekend Formula One race win in Malaysia puts him top
:11:35. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:48.together but they have work to do to catch the leaders Red Bull.
:11:48. > :11:55.Let's get straight on with the action then. Here's David Coulthard
:11:55. > :11:58.and Ben Edwards. The scale and grandeur of the
:11:58. > :12:03.Shanghai International Circuit still impresses the visitor despite
:12:03. > :12:05.being the tenth Grand Prix event in China. Round three of the World
:12:06. > :12:09.Championships brings us to the outskirts of this vast country and
:12:09. > :12:13.one of the fasted expanding cities in the world.
:12:13. > :12:18.Green light on at the end of the pit lane. The first session of
:12:18. > :12:22.qualifying gets under way, just 20 minutes this session. There's no
:12:22. > :12:25.rush to get on the circuit. Gary Anderson joins us. Looking at the
:12:25. > :12:29.times we watched this morning, great pace from Ferrari, what do
:12:29. > :12:33.you think the cut off point is going to be for all the teams to
:12:33. > :12:39.get in the top 16, which is the initial target. Yes, that's the
:12:40. > :12:45.difficult thing. For me 37.0 would be adequate. If I did that in my
:12:45. > :12:50.first run I would be happy to coo park the car in the garage. If you
:12:50. > :12:55.use the tyres too much in the first part of the lap you have too much
:12:55. > :12:59.underspin in the last lap. teams just going to use, keep the
:12:59. > :13:05.medium or not use them basically, because they want them used fortd
:13:05. > :13:09.race? They may just use the soft tyres throughout qualifying?
:13:09. > :13:15.you're confident in yourself and the car, put on the soft tyre, do
:13:15. > :13:20.one lap and then the same in the second session. The Ferraris for
:13:20. > :13:24.example, Mercedes, you could use a hard set. It wouldn't do them too
:13:24. > :13:29.much harm. Engines being fired up at last with 11 minutes and 40
:13:29. > :13:34.seconds on the clock. Jules Bianchi one of the drivers there doing a
:13:34. > :13:38.good job so far for the team. Finished in 13th place in Malaysia.
:13:38. > :13:42.That's pretty close to the best ever finish Marussia has had.
:13:42. > :13:45.They've had 12th place finishes in Formula One. He's the first one out.
:13:45. > :13:50.Gone are the days when the small teams were the first teams out
:13:50. > :13:54.there to do the track cleaning. No, they're not, it's exact lit same.
:13:54. > :13:58.Chilton is next. Then Daniel Ricciardo. We're not seeing any of
:13:58. > :14:04.the heavy hitters. No, they're giving us more time to talk and
:14:04. > :14:08.less track action. We all want to see some on-track action. I would
:14:09. > :14:15.expect that Red Bull to, out there on the prime tire, the Marussia on
:14:15. > :14:20.the option tyre. I would expect Red Bull to drop way back, sorry the
:14:20. > :14:24.Toro Rosso to drop back and pass the Marussia. There is an offset in
:14:24. > :14:28.the overall performance between those two. The tyre blankets are
:14:28. > :14:32.coming off the Mercedes as well. He's straight onto the soft tyre,
:14:32. > :14:37.interestingly. Enough. He won't do a run on the medium compound tyres.
:14:37. > :14:41.We will see him out on the soft tyre. Presumably he will dot one
:14:41. > :14:44.lap, which should be enough to get him into the second part of
:14:44. > :14:48.qualifying. All they're trying to do is get into the top 16. Williams
:14:48. > :14:52.will be fighting to do that. They've had one car make it through
:14:52. > :14:56.and one car fail in the two Grand Prix qualifying sessions that we've
:14:56. > :15:00.had so far this year. Bottas has managed to do it last time in
:15:00. > :15:04.Malaysia. Maldonado did it the first Time Out in Australia.
:15:04. > :15:10.Fernando Alonso still waiting to come out onto the track though. No
:15:11. > :15:15.sign of him coming on for his atoplt just yet, going into his
:15:15. > :15:18.199th Grand Prix come tomorrow. Fernando Alonso looking to be one
:15:18. > :15:21.of the favourites in terms of qualifying pace here. Adrian Sutil
:15:21. > :15:31.another one to watch. The Force India was going well this morning.
:15:31. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:48.They're looking to get into the top there down into the hairpin at six,
:15:48. > :15:53.which is rather reasonable, a nice hairpin with a nice blow to it,
:15:53. > :16:00.plenty of room to get the car straightened up, then going into
:16:00. > :16:06.the high-speed turns of 7 and 8. That should be flat in one of the
:16:06. > :16:12.more aerodynamically developed cars. Two separate corners with it pretty
:16:12. > :16:16.much constant lock between 9 and 10, careful not to run too much on to
:16:16. > :16:22.the artificial grass, which has a tendency to support the car on to
:16:22. > :16:31.it. This is tricky, out of 12, shifting a pin to 13. He is taking
:16:31. > :16:37.a narrow line, he has gone very low. You don't see it from that camera
:16:37. > :16:43.angle. He will be able to pop open his DRS on the second longest rate
:16:43. > :16:53.in form and a one, then he will be 200 miles an hour. -- it in a
:16:53. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:28.line. His opening time is... 39.4 1:39 went. -- 1:39.4. He fed it out
:17:28. > :17:38.a bit slighted. At this stage not confident to keep it absolutely
:17:38. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:48.flat there. Very small throttle travel, I would be surprised if it
:17:48. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:53.was more than 30 mm. Meanwhile Sergio Perez about to come out for
:17:53. > :17:58.McLaren. We are definitely seeing a few more cars out on track, not
:17:58. > :18:08.surprising with only seven minutes to go. Shall Bianchi for Marussia
:18:08. > :18:12.the fastest so far. -- Jules Bianchi. Van der Garde has just
:18:12. > :18:16.gone across the line. A good opening gambit by Jules Bianchi,
:18:16. > :18:21.once again impressing everybody, the young Frenchman. A bit wide
:18:21. > :18:31.there from Rosberg but at think it will shatter that time that Bianchi
:18:31. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:43.has set. 1:35.9. There could still be more time to be found. Di Resta
:18:43. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:54.did 1:get his 7.4, he should be safely three whip back -- 1:37.4.
:18:54. > :18:58.He should be safely through with that. Fernando Alonso is on the
:18:58. > :19:02.money in the first and second sector, he is slower in the third
:19:02. > :19:12.sector, the majority of which is straight. It could be a change in
:19:12. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:18.wind direction. Lewis Hamilton's de DRS closes as he hits the brakes.
:19:18. > :19:22.He has the fastest first and second sector times, so it looks as though
:19:22. > :19:32.he will get faster here than his team-mate Nico was bed. The first
:19:32. > :19:42.contest between them this weekend - - his team-mate Nico Rosberg.
:19:42. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:53.Mercedes, as we thought, going to the order in his Marussia as we see
:19:54. > :19:58.a few more cars now on track. Another look at Lewis Hamilton as
:19:58. > :20:07.he comes to the end of the straight. So much of the suspension is in the
:20:07. > :20:12.tyres. A very stable front wing there. Raikkonen down through the
:20:12. > :20:19.kink at five and into the hairpin at six. First sector is very tense
:20:19. > :20:28.of a second slower. A bit wide at six, understeer through the apex.
:20:28. > :20:38.Unlikely to be related to breaking. The compromise did it in seven. --
:20:38. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:56.penalty for impeding during qualifying in Malaysia. He is
:20:56. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:09.trying to get back some of the other cars. 29th win three for Kimi
:21:09. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:30.Raikkonen in the second sector -- down to depression not having come
:21:30. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:38.incorrectly. -- down to the pressure. We have got 3.5 minutes
:21:38. > :21:42.to go, only the top 16 go through, we have not yet had 16 complete a
:21:42. > :21:49.lapped! Vettel goes through, seven- tenths of a second slower than
:21:49. > :21:54.Hamilton, so it does not much as the Red Bull have the pace. A
:21:54. > :22:04.little bit of a gap back to Alonso. Is he keeping something in check
:22:04. > :22:09.for later on? Row shone crossed the line, sixth fastest. -- Rene
:22:09. > :22:14.Grosjean crossed the line. The drop zone beginning to appear now on the
:22:14. > :22:24.graphic. 17 all-over and you will go no further in qualifying. Mark
:22:24. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:30.Webber goes third. Gutierrez goes through, 14th. Mark has looked more
:22:30. > :22:34.comfortable with the balance of his car compared to what Massa gives us.
:22:35. > :22:40.He was fast this morning and yesterday as well. He does that,
:22:40. > :22:44.faster than Alonso on his first run. Massa showing great competitiveness
:22:44. > :22:47.from Ferrari as he showed yesterday afternoon, and as Alonso uproot
:22:48. > :22:53.this morning is will not be straightforward for Mercedes, they
:22:53. > :22:57.have got a battle on their hands. In the drop zone at the moment,
:22:57. > :23:04.that two Toro Rossos and Max Chilton in the Marussia, van der
:23:04. > :23:09.Garde and Charles Pic. Jules Bianchi currently is in the top 16,
:23:09. > :23:14.but Valterri Bottas has not yet set a time. Hopefully he will not have
:23:14. > :23:19.a problem with the car. 13th for Adrian Sutil. Bottas is out there,
:23:19. > :23:26.on a lap now, they have left it nice and laid before they sent him
:23:26. > :23:31.out. Maldonado is well in the top 16, he is currently in 12th place.
:23:31. > :23:41.Not a great first sector for Bottas. A bit of traffic ahead as he comes
:23:41. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:59.Williams car. RADIO: Based on our current estimation, we should be OK.
:23:59. > :24:03.
:24:04. > :24:13.Grows it is around what Gary said, 1:37.0 -- Grosjean is around what
:24:13. > :24:17.Gary said. That is outstanding from Jules Bianchi in the Marussia.
:24:17. > :24:22.has to be said Max Chilton in the other Marussia is only half a
:24:22. > :24:28.second behind Bianchi, that is a good effort. Let's see if it is
:24:28. > :24:34.enough for Bottas to save lido, only 15th, not exactly say.
:24:34. > :24:38.Gutierrez is behind him. You only really get the one lap on a set of
:24:39. > :24:48.tyres. The others may well have gone for a second set of new tyres,
:24:49. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:02.those who would not normally expect there but carried too much speed.
:25:02. > :25:07.You have to hurry up and wait because the car does not like the
:25:07. > :25:17.long, long corners. Can Toro Rosso drag themselves out of the bottom
:25:17. > :25:21.
:25:21. > :25:29.six group? At the moment Daniel Ricciardo is 18th. RADIO: Just 3.5
:25:29. > :25:34.tense off Jenson Button. What can Daniel Ricciardo did? A good
:25:34. > :25:44.qualifier, he has improved each time out in the last year Gran. Can
:25:44. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:55.he now make sure of safety -- the last few Grands Prix. He had to use
:25:55. > :26:01.another set of tyres, which will compromise them in the latter part
:26:01. > :26:03.of qualifying. Bottas has now been squeezed out, across the line goes
:26:03. > :26:09.Bianchi, 19, and Charles Pic crosses the line with no
:26:09. > :26:12.improvement. Both of the Marussias have out-qualified both of the
:26:12. > :26:22.Caterhams unless we see a big improvement here from van der Garde,
:26:22. > :26:28.which I don't think will happen. No, he crosses the line. RADIO: OK,
:26:28. > :26:34.that has got us through, Adrian. But it looked a bit of a struggle.
:26:34. > :26:39.Raikkonen destroyed my lap, so please tell the stewards.
:26:39. > :26:44.Interesting, Sutil not happy that Kimi Raikkonen spoilt his lap, but
:26:44. > :26:47.he is through anyway. Sutil Andy Webster 14th and 15th, but we have
:26:47. > :26:52.again lost to Williams, and it is the rookie driver who has not made
:26:52. > :26:56.it through, Valtteri Bottas. He lost out by two-and-a-half tenths
:26:56. > :27:03.of a second in the end. Kitty errors, the other Ricky driving for
:27:03. > :27:13.Sauber, has also failed to make the trip -- Gutierrez, the other rookie
:27:13. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:19.driver. Both of the Caterham drivers are also out. We need to
:27:19. > :27:24.see a quick due to now, don't we? We want to see some excitement
:27:24. > :27:27.because that was lacklustre. It was a long time before they went out
:27:27. > :27:32.and Sutil found himself in a situation where he felt as though
:27:32. > :27:35.he was getting slowed down by Kimi Raikkonen, and you do end up in
:27:35. > :27:40.those situations because you are running out of time and you don't
:27:40. > :27:44.want to use up too many tyres. and if you go out in the session
:27:44. > :27:48.they have to be the soft tyre because the difference is over a
:27:48. > :27:52.second between them so it is pointless waste in tyres, you just
:27:52. > :27:56.have to sit there, and that is what they did. Week we got our thumbs,
:27:56. > :28:00.waiting to see action on the track, and it is fast and furious when it
:28:00. > :28:10.comes, but it is too little, too late. I want us to get into this
:28:10. > :28:12.
:28:13. > :28:17.race. And here it is. COMMENTATOR: We have lost the two Marussias and
:28:17. > :28:23.the two Caterhams. Now we have seen that general mix and the fact that
:28:23. > :28:33.everybody decided to use the soft tyre and keep the mediums for race
:28:33. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:41.day, what can we expect in the second session? This morning we got
:28:41. > :28:51.a 35.3, it is difficult to say with the temperature, but you have to
:28:51. > :28:52.
:28:52. > :28:58.365 look at 36.5 before you part in the garage. Interesting, Sebastian
:28:58. > :29:08.Vettel is out there on the set of softs. It might be a scrub set,
:29:08. > :29:09.
:29:09. > :29:15.though. It is probably the set from the first session. RADIO: Make sure
:29:15. > :29:20.you report that one part lap. will push really hard in this map,
:29:20. > :29:26.you only use one set of tyres. It is short sequences. That is what
:29:26. > :29:29.they did in Malaysia, they worked the tired just hard enough to get
:29:29. > :29:38.three from one segment of qualifier to the next but kept it in good
:29:38. > :29:43.shape. A clever strategy. Yes, and we heard there what was probably
:29:43. > :29:47.their terminology for, use it, get what you can from these tyres. They
:29:47. > :29:52.will find themselves whatever happens tomorrow having to use both
:29:52. > :29:56.sets, but just preparing, getting feedback on tyre pressure, so he
:29:56. > :30:00.will know whether he is in the zone and whether he scored faster and
:30:00. > :30:07.will need to add an extra brake on the long back straight radiate heat
:30:07. > :30:11.from the disc into the wheel and ultimately the tyre. Great shots
:30:11. > :30:17.overhead of turns 12 and 13, bringing them on to the straight.
:30:17. > :30:21.They are carrying a lot of speed by the time they come on to the
:30:21. > :30:25.straight, usually into sixth and seventh gear and then sitting there
:30:25. > :30:29.for an MA in time. Huge amounts of drag on a Formula One car, exposed
:30:29. > :30:35.wheels and tyres creating a lot of tepid and air, but they power
:30:35. > :30:39.through that. The wings give you downforce and track. If you have
:30:39. > :30:49.covered this over with a sports car covered this over with a sports car
:30:49. > :30:55.
:30:55. > :31:01.but it would go considerably so far. Daniel Ricciardo has 319
:31:01. > :31:05.kilometres per hour, a shade under the 200mph mark. We're on with
:31:05. > :31:10.Vettel now. He goes for one flying lap. Can he do enough to get into
:31:10. > :31:16.the final part of qualifying? That's the target. Also to save
:31:16. > :31:19.tyres an enable them to do that. It's the same theer row for Mark
:31:19. > :31:24.Webber. -- same theory for Mark Webber. He is on track now. We'll
:31:24. > :31:28.see if this is going to work for them. It's a couple of tenths
:31:28. > :31:31.slower from what we saw as the fastest in the previous sector.
:31:31. > :31:35.It's a little bit down on what Red Bull have done in the first sector.
:31:35. > :31:39.No surprise that once, even if it's an easy lap on a set of tyres,
:31:39. > :31:49.they're not as fresh. You get pick up on the rubber. This is all just
:31:49. > :31:53.
:31:53. > :31:59.about making there -- it through to pole positions in a row to start
:31:59. > :32:04.off this sb. -- season. It has been impressed in terms of qualifying
:32:04. > :32:07.pace. Pole position in Melbourne and Malaysia and taking the victory
:32:07. > :32:11.in Malaysia in somewhat controversial circumstances. Can he
:32:11. > :32:14.take pole today? I think it's going to be more difficult for him,
:32:14. > :32:18.unless he was really looking after the tyres in the first session and
:32:18. > :32:21.we haven't seen the true pace of the Red Bull. We didn't see that
:32:21. > :32:26.much pace for the soft tyres this morning either. Let's see what
:32:26. > :32:32.they're keeping from us. The first time, it's a quick lap, 1.36.2.
:32:32. > :32:39.That is a pretty representative lap. Hamilton did a 1.35.7. Gary
:32:39. > :32:42.reckoned, 1.36.5 would be enough. He's done 1.36.2. That's impressive.
:32:42. > :32:46.That's faster than in the first part of the session. Confirming
:32:46. > :32:50.they were just doing enough to make sure to get through. Let's see what
:32:50. > :32:54.Webber does in comparison. He's the fastest man so far in this session
:32:54. > :32:59.through the first sector. He's marginally quicker than Sebastien
:32:59. > :33:02.Vettel. The interesting thing is he was slightly quicker than Vettel
:33:02. > :33:06.earlier on, does that mean he took more out of his tyres in the first
:33:06. > :33:12.part of qualifying? Possibly. It's a difficult challenge. Go out there
:33:12. > :33:16.push, but don't push too much. The whole response of the racing car is
:33:16. > :33:19.based on hustling it through the turn. If you don't hustle it, you
:33:19. > :33:24.don't get the rotation, which means you end up turning the steering
:33:24. > :33:34.more. Every time you turn the steering on a Grand Prix car you
:33:34. > :33:35.
:33:35. > :33:41.affect the aerodynamics. It creates turbulence off the front wheel.
:33:41. > :33:45.Vettel currently fastest and Webber goes second fastest. He's four
:33:45. > :33:51.tenths slower than Vettel. Maybe that goes back to having done a
:33:51. > :33:55.slightly faster lap on the scrubbed tires. He's going to be -- tyres,
:33:55. > :34:02.he's going to be marginal on that time. Will Red Bull put him on
:34:02. > :34:09.another set of tyres or feel that's enough? 36.2 for bet vet -- Vettel
:34:09. > :34:14.should be enough. Hulkenberg has gone third. 36.9, Sutil and Jean-
:34:14. > :34:21.Eric Vergne rs Di Resta here, he's done the fastest first sector of
:34:21. > :34:26.anybody. He's on a new set of the soft tyres probably. He's trying to
:34:26. > :34:30.make the most of it in this early part of Q2. He doesn't run too wide.
:34:30. > :34:35.A lot of cars over the artificial grass there. He goes second fastest.
:34:35. > :34:40.Good lap. He beats Mark Webber with that time. He's done 1.36.6. Alonso
:34:40. > :34:46.is fastest of all on 1.36.1. Here comes Felipe Massa now. He's going
:34:46. > :34:52.to be quick. Not quite as fast as his team-mate. He goes third,
:34:52. > :35:00.Ferrari, Red Bull, Ferrari, then Force India and then the other Red
:35:00. > :35:04.Bull. Coming out that -- of that long turn 13, he's working the
:35:04. > :35:08.wheel as he tries to find the right line. You want the car to run as
:35:08. > :35:15.wide as possible, tpwhau kerb comes to meet you quickly at 150mph on
:35:15. > :35:19.the exit of the turn. They gain an extra 50mph. You can hear it
:35:19. > :35:26.buzzing the limiter then. Whu run on light fuel in qualifying, whu
:35:26. > :35:32.start the race with 150 kilos you drop too far away from being at
:35:32. > :35:35.maximum RPM. There's a huge engineering offset and compromise
:35:35. > :35:40.between the qualifying pace and what you need for the race. He goes
:35:40. > :35:44.tenth. Being in the top ten is what this is about. He's 1.8 seconds off
:35:44. > :35:48.the pace. He's got a bit of work to be done. Jenson Button, now we're
:35:48. > :35:55.going to get a true test of what the McLaren is capable of. Sergio
:35:55. > :36:00.Perez is already on a lap as well. 25.7. Perez has gone through the
:36:00. > :36:05.nirs sector about half a second down on the fastest we have seen
:36:05. > :36:09.and pulled off. Red Bull? Yes, it is the Red Bull. Mark Webber is out.
:36:09. > :36:14.I don't think we'll make it in. I'll let you know. We need to save
:36:14. > :36:19.as much fuel as we can. Save fuel. It looks as though he could have
:36:19. > :36:24.run out of fuel. That is terrible news for Mark Webber. The challenge
:36:24. > :36:27.for the championship, he has run out of fuel. He won't be going
:36:27. > :36:31.through into the final part of qualifying. He may end up at the
:36:31. > :36:36.back of the field if there isn't enough fuel in that car too.
:36:36. > :36:43.They'll do a fuel sample afterwards. Yeah, it may be something else. It
:36:43. > :36:46.could be a pick up issue, it might not necessarily be a fuel issue.
:36:46. > :36:49.They've got procedures in place. I would be surprise if they haven't
:36:49. > :36:54.stuck fuel in there unless there was a problem with the refuelling
:36:54. > :36:58.rig. It happened to Vettel last year when he stopped on circuit and
:36:58. > :37:01.lost his qualifying time. We'll have to wait and see. Perez has
:37:01. > :37:06.crossed the line in tenth place. That's where he wants to be.
:37:06. > :37:10.Raikkonen is still to come. He's fastest in the first sector.
:37:10. > :37:15.Rosberg is fastest in the middle sector now of anybody. We will see
:37:15. > :37:19.more improvements coming up here, both Rosberg and Raikkonen going
:37:19. > :37:23.quickly. Poor Mark Webber, well. You say that, if he's done enough
:37:23. > :37:28.here, let's see. If he makes it through on that time into the top
:37:28. > :37:36.ten, then starting tenth, with less mileage and get that tyre out of
:37:36. > :37:40.the way, it might not be so bad. Great lap from Kimi Raikkonen.
:37:40. > :37:46.1.35.6. That's very quick. Not the fastest of the weekend, but it's
:37:46. > :37:51.quick. Rosberg does 1.35.5. He's fastest so far. We're waiting to
:37:51. > :37:54.see what Hamilton can do, though. Hamilton has just set the fastest
:37:54. > :37:58.midsector. Mercedes definitely in the hunt to make it two pole
:37:58. > :38:03.positions here in Shanghai in two years. But the battle is to be in
:38:03. > :38:07.the top ten at this stage. At the moment Sutil is out of the top ten,
:38:07. > :38:11.so is Perez and Jean-Eric Vergne and Pastor Maldonado. We're waiting
:38:11. > :38:14.for Hamilton here and Grosjean to set a lap time. Grosjean is still
:38:14. > :38:18.in the pits. Maybe he will get just the one run at the end of the
:38:18. > :38:27.session to try and break into the top ten. Can Hamilton go faster
:38:27. > :38:35.than Rosberg? He does. Look at that. Now that is the fastest lap of the
:38:35. > :38:40.weekend. 1 -- 1.35.0. A nice half second quicker than Rosberg. He'll
:38:40. > :38:46.cruise it home with four-and-a-half minutes to go. Paul di Resta in
:38:46. > :38:50.seventh place. Let's look at who might have the opportunity to knock
:38:50. > :38:55.those guys out of the top ten. Looking at Romain Grosjean, still
:38:55. > :39:01.no time set. Doesn't look as though there's any panic around the car. I
:39:01. > :39:05.just thif they're planning to run him at the end of the session. Mark
:39:05. > :39:10.Webber started here in 18th a couple of years ago and finished in
:39:10. > :39:20.third. You'd always want to be out and doing your run, but we'll see.
:39:20. > :39:22.
:39:22. > :39:32.Lewis, P135.0. Nico P2, 35.5.? was an interesting intonation there.
:39:32. > :39:39.
:39:39. > :39:49.through. He's in fiventh -- fifth. Webber is current live eightening.
:39:49. > :39:50.
:39:50. > :39:56.another set of tyres he could go quicker. Then the two McLairns. Do
:39:56. > :40:03.we think they can improve enough to bump webber out of the top ten?
:40:03. > :40:06.don't think that we can really get too excited about the overall pace
:40:06. > :40:13.here because of the offset in the tyres. Clearly no-one wants to put
:40:13. > :40:16.the drivers in a compromised position if they don't have to. Set
:40:16. > :40:21.of option tyres there. Adrian Sutil ready to come out for Force indya.
:40:21. > :40:29.We were expecting them to be challenging for a top-ten place. At
:40:29. > :40:32.the moment Sutil is in 12th. Di Resta is well in there. I wonder
:40:33. > :40:36.whether Di Resta will hope that will be enough for him now. That
:40:36. > :40:40.will give him the advantage, he'll have more tyres available for
:40:40. > :40:45.tomorrow. Vettel has come back out. Maybe Red Bull don't feel safe
:40:45. > :40:49.enough on the time that Vettel has done. Perhaps they're just going to
:40:49. > :40:53.bide their time and wait to see what's ping from other teams. You
:40:53. > :40:58.can't afford to bide your time too much because it all happens after
:40:58. > :41:03.the checkered flag comes out. want to across the line with a
:41:03. > :41:13.second to go, that would be the ultimate time to do it. Temperature
:41:13. > :41:13.
:41:13. > :41:18.is consistent. No clouds are coming tyres. Vettel has gone out on a new
:41:18. > :41:23.set of the soft tyre as well. Everybody just building up to speed
:41:23. > :41:31.once again in the remaining minute and three quarters of Q2. All about
:41:31. > :41:39.getting into the top ten here. That is the challenge. Daniel Ricciardo
:41:39. > :41:43.he's 11th at this stage. We know Webber is a bit vulnerable, well,
:41:43. > :41:50.very vulnerable. Let's just wait and see what happens here. Sergio
:41:50. > :41:54.Perez had a tricky weekend so far. But looked a bit more settled this
:41:54. > :42:00.is. Yes, Jenson has been a lot more comfortable with the car and
:42:00. > :42:07.showing his experience, averaging out the session. Martin Whitmarsh
:42:07. > :42:10.very honest in the interview saying we don't expect them to move at all.
:42:10. > :42:16.Any upgrades we have brought doesn't give performance on this
:42:16. > :42:20.type of track. You see how much you have to wait as you roll into the
:42:20. > :42:24.last part of turn two. He's a lot of patience from him. He's not
:42:24. > :42:28.hustling the wheel so much. battle for the top ten will be
:42:28. > :42:32.fierce. Grosjean is out. He's going to be building up to a quick lap.
:42:32. > :42:38.Hulkenberg is trying to stay in the top ten. He's currently ninth
:42:38. > :42:42.fastest. Remember, Button is only tenth at the moment. Perez, 13th.
:42:42. > :42:46.McLaren could be in danger of not getting their cars into the top ten.
:42:46. > :42:50.It is fuel pressure problem that's been relayed to us as the issue for
:42:50. > :42:55.Mark Webber. Is that just a pump problem or was there as lack of
:42:55. > :42:59.fuel, we don't yet know. It looks as though Mercedes are happy to sit
:42:59. > :43:07.in the pits. They won't play a further part in Q2. They are
:43:07. > :43:12.waiting for the battle for poll position in Q3. Maldonado is up on
:43:12. > :43:17.the time required to get into tenth. That's what the graphics mean. He's
:43:17. > :43:22.up on the time that is required to get into tenth place. Which is
:43:22. > :43:27.currently button on 1.37.2. The checkered flag is now out. Who is
:43:27. > :43:37.going to be able to improve? It will be a real flurry of cars yoos
:43:37. > :43:39.
:43:39. > :43:43.the line to get into that top ten. We have quarantined the fuel
:43:44. > :43:47.bowsers. There's a story at Red Bull, no doubt. What can Maldonado
:43:47. > :43:51.do? Can he drag the Williams into the top ten? Yes, for the moment,
:43:51. > :43:55.but only for the moment. He is tenth but under threat from
:43:55. > :44:00.everyone else still on a lap. Vettel is currently safe. Buff he
:44:00. > :44:04.has put together a quick lap. It might not be an ultimate lap. He's
:44:04. > :44:10.looked for a bit of improvement. He has split the mer aidies, it's a
:44:10. > :44:15.good lap. Sutil across the line. He goes anyoneth. Di Resta, now is he
:44:15. > :44:20.going to push Sutil back down? Di Resta is eighth. He's quicker than
:44:20. > :44:26.his team-mate. Webber has been pushed out of the top ten now and
:44:26. > :44:30.can't respond. Grosjean goes fifth. Good lap from him. 11th for Perez,
:44:30. > :44:36.he's out. Alonso is second. He is faster than Vettel. Close to
:44:36. > :44:45.Hamilton's time. Waiting for Button, he's in the top ten. McLaren, one
:44:45. > :44:49.in and one out. Massa is safe in fourth position. Di Resta has been
:44:49. > :44:53.squeezed out. Di Resta and Sutil have been squealsed out. An
:44:53. > :44:57.outstanding effort by Daniel Ricciardo to go ninth in the Toro
:44:57. > :45:04.Rosso. That is brilliant for the small team. Toro Rosso, Daniel
:45:04. > :45:09.Ricciardo in ninth ahead of the McLaren and both Force Indias;
:45:09. > :45:14.ahead of Red Bull. Even so, Daniel Ricciardo the star of that session.
:45:14. > :45:24.Yeah, strong performance, no question about it. Jean-Eric
:45:24. > :45:34.
:45:34. > :45:37.Vergne... How many laps? We've just Jenson did make it. Jenson a game-
:45:37. > :45:44.show in he is a little more comfortable with his car and the
:45:44. > :45:48.team. Sergio perhaps expected an easier time coming to McLaren, the
:45:49. > :45:53.car of the year last year in out right pace but did not have the
:45:53. > :45:57.reliability and consistency to turn that into championships. It seems
:45:57. > :46:01.to me the wheels have come off that Machin at the moment. A bit more
:46:01. > :46:05.pain for McLaren to merit a stop definitely disappointing for them,
:46:06. > :46:13.but that is the way it goes. In the knockout zone we have lost both of
:46:13. > :46:23.the Force Indias, Paul di Resta is out, said Tipperary as -- Sergio
:46:23. > :46:27.
:46:27. > :46:37.Perez, Adrian Sutil, Mark Webber, Pastor Maldonado and John Readman.
:46:37. > :46:41.
:46:41. > :46:48.Brady unable be -- RADIO: Behind us we have Hulkenberg. Daniel
:46:48. > :46:52.Ricciardo has all the qualities that can emerge, possibly even
:46:52. > :46:56.ousting his own country mate Mark Webber in future. He looks a big
:46:56. > :47:00.champion and I have a lot of time for him. Perhaps the story of that
:47:01. > :47:06.qualifying session is Mark Webber, something we did not expect to see.
:47:06. > :47:10.What do you make of these pictures? He goes on to talk about the Bowser,
:47:10. > :47:14.about the fuel system and the fuel pressure. This, for me, is a
:47:14. > :47:20.typical example of not enough fuel went into the car. I'd be surprised
:47:20. > :47:25.if that car has and the fuel in it. This is why somebody from Red Bull
:47:25. > :47:30.has said, quarantine the fuel Bowser. They will try to see where
:47:30. > :47:35.and why did is a cat. Something has clearly happened, they are talking
:47:35. > :47:41.about a fuel pressure problem, but I think that is a bit of a cloak.
:47:41. > :47:48.Something has gone wrong in the mechanism that fills the car with
:47:48. > :47:52.fuel. We can hear from Mark Webber now. We had to talk about fuel on
:47:53. > :47:56.the team Radia, was it a manual problem or technical problem?
:47:56. > :48:01.of feel pressure so I couldn't get back, we stopped the car so
:48:01. > :48:05.qualifying was over before it began. Do you expect to start in that
:48:05. > :48:09.position or will that be enough fuel for a fuel sample? We saw what
:48:09. > :48:13.happened to Sebastian in Abu Dhabi going to the back of the grid.
:48:13. > :48:19.don't know, we will see what the rules are. I am sure we will go
:48:19. > :48:25.through the processes and go from there. A double whammy. You do have
:48:25. > :48:30.extra tiers, if I'm trying to think of positives. Yeah, but I think
:48:30. > :48:34.everyone is in a similar but saving as many tyres as they can. The
:48:34. > :48:40.option is not a tyre for this track, it is the wrong tyres that everyone
:48:40. > :48:45.has the same idea. Disappointing, Q1 went very well for me, felt good
:48:45. > :48:51.in the car, felt good all weekend. Didn't get the right part of the
:48:51. > :48:55.weekend correct. Said it all there. McGinn fantastic this weekend for
:48:55. > :49:00.us up against know how he will pull himself back up for the race
:49:00. > :49:06.tomorrow, he looks as though all of the troubles are on his back. We
:49:06. > :49:13.have got final qualifying coming up now.
:49:13. > :49:19.COMMENTARY: This is the battle for pole, all the ones who have made it
:49:19. > :49:28.into the top 10. Daddy, I want to bring you in an Daniel Ricciardo's
:49:28. > :49:32.performance -- Gary, I want to bring you in. He seems to be really
:49:32. > :49:36.thriving at Toro Rosso in this second year. He does, he is one of
:49:36. > :49:41.these drivers, Mike Mark Webber normally, he seems a bit down at
:49:41. > :49:51.the minute, but he can shrug most of this stuff off, he drives the
:49:51. > :49:53.
:49:53. > :49:59.car he has got an does the best job possible. He has got the right
:49:59. > :50:02.attitude to really put a laboured performance. You are right about
:50:02. > :50:07.Red Bull saving tyres. Sebastian Vettel went out only on in his
:50:07. > :50:13.group set of soft tyres. In terms of the battle for pole position to
:50:13. > :50:21.using Vettel has a chance against Mercedes and the Ferraris? He was
:50:21. > :50:26.three-tenths of in that session and was on a new set of tyres. Maybe he
:50:26. > :50:35.won't use the other new set. To qualify in the top 10 you would be
:50:35. > :50:43.better with a new set on the car, as fresh a set as possible. It is
:50:43. > :50:53.getting that lap in and making it right. So close, 35 bring 04
:50:53. > :50:58.Hamilton, 35.44 Alonso. 34.8 would be what I think they will get you.
:50:58. > :51:06.The track seems to have come back now. Thank you, Gary. It still
:51:06. > :51:12.won't quite be a qualifying record, Sebastian Vettel got a 33.7 here
:51:12. > :51:15.back in the days when full exhaust blaring was allowed. Let's ride on
:51:15. > :51:21.board that Sebastien and see how this first run on this group tyres
:51:21. > :51:28.goes for him. It doesn't sound like he is on a lap at all. He has
:51:28. > :51:32.backed right off. What was all that about? He has crossed a line. There
:51:33. > :51:41.is a thing if you don't set a time that you still have an option on
:51:41. > :51:45.tyres. RADIO: OK, Sebastien, pit this lap. He is definitely being
:51:45. > :51:50.asked to come back into the pit at the end of the lap, so he has got
:51:50. > :51:59.across the line but will not get it timed lap in, which would suggest
:51:59. > :52:04.the choice of tyre. I think we will see him out on a new set of tyres.
:52:04. > :52:09.It could also be that they have made a soft wet change in the car.
:52:09. > :52:14.There are a number of parameters the driver can be just,
:52:14. > :52:18.differential settings, breaking, they might well have made a sizable
:52:19. > :52:24.tyre pressure of set as welders to get a feel for a change in balance
:52:24. > :52:32.with no intention of completing a lap. We will find out in time,
:52:32. > :52:38.that's for sure, but meanwhile it is a fact that we only have one man
:52:38. > :52:42.out on track, no time set. Nico Hulkenberg will be pleased to have
:52:42. > :52:45.got the Sauber into the top 10, it is a bit of a boost for them
:52:46. > :52:53.because they have been fighting with Force India who had the edge
:52:53. > :53:02.over Sauber initially but he has got one over on them because both
:53:02. > :53:06.Force Indias are cut. I think will convert looks really strong. He is
:53:06. > :53:12.consistently able to be in front of gritty errors, and he should be, he
:53:12. > :53:16.has got more experience -- to be in front of Gutierrez. This might be a
:53:16. > :53:21.springboard for him to find a more competitive team going forward.
:53:21. > :53:27.lots of eyes, as you say, in the pit lane arnica will come back. He
:53:27. > :53:30.is not out on track yet, no one. Some of them might go out on the
:53:30. > :53:35.medium tyre in this session. It is possible because they might decide
:53:35. > :53:41.to do a lap on the mediums and then start the race on the medium, as
:53:41. > :53:49.you have been describing to us because that is the effective raced
:53:50. > :53:59.higher here this weekend, most effective on race day. The mediant
:53:59. > :54:03.higher macro was very consistent -- the medium tyre. If he had no
:54:03. > :54:08.regulations saying which tyre you had to stay on, you would want to
:54:08. > :54:13.stay on that. If the rule was that he would still have to use both the
:54:13. > :54:20.Prime and the option, you would only want the option for a couple
:54:20. > :54:25.of raps. Surely they will go for the glory of pole position as well,
:54:25. > :54:28.or think about it. Ferrari have a great chance of taking her first
:54:28. > :54:33.pole in several years in dry conditions and their first since
:54:33. > :54:37.Germany last year in wet conditions. Ms Hamilton of course still has a
:54:37. > :54:42.car here that is capable of challenging the Ferraris for pole
:54:42. > :54:46.position. That would be a big story if he could take his first pole for
:54:46. > :54:52.his new team. Meanwhile his old team-mate Jenson Button has done a
:54:52. > :54:55.good job. McLaren don't have a car able to challenge for pole. They
:54:55. > :55:00.have to do damage limitation now, what is the best option to maximise
:55:00. > :55:04.the points. They will have a strategy worked out that under
:55:04. > :55:09.normal conditions what is the realistic best result? Coming back
:55:09. > :55:16.to Ferrari, I got the distinct impression that they will go for it,
:55:16. > :55:19.pole is important. Ross Brawn is looking at the bigger picture.
:55:19. > :55:26.Qualifying is important, but not as important as trying to win this
:55:26. > :55:30.Grand Prix. There is a stand-off at the moment, nobody wants to get out.
:55:30. > :55:34.Vettel is the only one to have been out at all, but he did not set a
:55:34. > :55:38.time. If they were all to do that, which is not likely, Vettel would
:55:38. > :55:42.have the edge because he is car number one. If no one sets a time
:55:42. > :55:46.it goes to car number order and as reigning world champion and car
:55:46. > :55:51.number one he would be on pole position, but I don't see that
:55:51. > :55:56.happening. Toro Rosso, what will they do. Daniel Ricciardo has to a
:55:56. > :56:01.mile to get into the top 10. They have to think about race strategy,
:56:01. > :56:06.whereas Mercedes have a real shout at may be a front row like last
:56:06. > :56:12.year, where they got both cars on the front row. Engines have started,
:56:12. > :56:19.cars are going to be released. Somebody is going to go out and at
:56:19. > :56:25.least do a lap, hopefully they will set a time. It is Kimi Raikkonen
:56:25. > :56:31.who will be first out. He is on the soft tyre but that think he is on a
:56:31. > :56:37.set of tyres... Medium tyres for Sebastian Vettel. He will set a lap
:56:37. > :56:41.on the harder compound tyre, a very interesting strategy from Red Bull.
:56:41. > :56:45.It looks as though most of them are on soft tyres as they head out of
:56:45. > :56:49.the pits, but Sebastian Vettel has taken a slightly different ways.
:56:49. > :56:53.Everyone else is on the soft iron, Red Bull are playing a different
:56:54. > :56:58.game, they are on the medium, the harder compound that will be more
:56:58. > :57:08.effective in the race. This is great stuff because it is now a
:57:08. > :57:09.
:57:09. > :57:13.question of, how far out of trouble can he stay? Jenson Button going
:57:13. > :57:23.with the same strategy. That is not so much of a surprise because we
:57:23. > :57:29.
:57:29. > :57:34.knew that he is less likely to battle for pole anyway. The prime
:57:34. > :57:40.runners will be able to stay it out for 10, 15 amps more depending on
:57:40. > :57:44.how they can make the tyre run. It is a sizable advantage because
:57:44. > :57:49.those who come in for the first stop will have to put the Prime on
:57:49. > :57:53.because the car is too heavy, it is a more consistent tyre. We are
:57:53. > :57:58.getting different strategy. might not see Vettel delay time, he
:57:58. > :58:03.might just come out and decide not to do a lap time. He will know that
:58:03. > :58:08.Jenson Button is the only other one who has not come for the soft tyre.
:58:08. > :58:12.He has clear sight of all of his main competitors ahead of him.
:58:12. > :58:19.Raikkonen, Rosberg, Hamilton, Alonso are all up the road from
:58:19. > :58:29.where he is. All of the strategy playing out his great fun.
:58:29. > :58:39.Raikkonen is the first in two turns one and 2. Now he can begin to open
:58:39. > :58:43.
:58:44. > :58:50.it up through tents four and five. 24.6 to the first checkpoint, in
:58:50. > :58:53.reasonable star. He looked good as he dropped into three. Raikkonen
:58:53. > :59:02.looking more comfortable with the balance of his car compared to the
:59:02. > :59:06.beginning of the session. Clearly the Lotus is not as well suited to
:59:06. > :59:11.this particular track. It works the front tyre a lot more than the rear,
:59:11. > :59:15.and that is what is the limitation of round this track. A good first
:59:15. > :59:25.sector, though. It has stirred up so far to a lot of other cars on
:59:25. > :59:34.
:59:34. > :59:38.tense down after the first sectors that it will all be about this last
:59:38. > :59:42.sector. Hamilton is going faster than Rosberg in the middle sector
:59:42. > :59:47.and was marginally quicker in the first, so Hamilton looking at the
:59:47. > :59:55.man for Mercedes. Mercedes is quick on a straight line. Kimi Raikkonen
:59:55. > :59:59.sets the initial pace, 1:34.7, that is a quick lap. It could be even
:59:59. > :00:04.faster than Nico Rosberg. He goes wide in the final turn. Is it
:00:04. > :00:14.enough? No, second at the moment but Hamilton is on a good lap.
:00:14. > :00:14.
:00:14. > :00:19.Could he do it here? The Gers fastest in the Mercedes, Hamilton
:00:19. > :00:26.out on top at the moment. Can Felipe Massa take pole position in
:00:26. > :00:36.China? No, he can't. He is fit. He does not out-qualify Fernando
:00:36. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:49.No Romain Grosjean is in sixth place. For the second year, in a
:00:49. > :00:53.row, it is going to be pole position for mer aid diz --
:00:53. > :00:57.Mercedes. But it is the first time for Lewis Hamilton in the team. A
:00:57. > :01:01.brilliant pole position, his third pole position here in China.
:01:01. > :01:07.Sebastien Vettel did not set a time. He will start from eighth place on
:01:07. > :01:13.the grid. Jenson Button will start ninth and Hulkenberg start tenth.
:01:13. > :01:17.They have gone for a very different strategy. He's busy protecting his
:01:17. > :01:22.tyres. He basically got off the brakes. Button has just gone
:01:22. > :01:27.through. It's a slow lap, putting him to eighth ahead of Vettel.
:01:27. > :01:31.Lewis Hamilton has taken his first ever pole for Mercedes. He becomes
:01:31. > :01:36.the second British driver in hist Troy take a pole position for
:01:36. > :01:40.Mercedes. Sterling moss did it in 1955, now Lewis has done it. Get in
:01:40. > :01:48.there Lewis. Great job. That's P1. Very well done Lewis. First pole
:01:48. > :01:57.position for us. Great job. That's fantastic. Well done. Great job,
:01:57. > :01:59.guys. That was cool. There they are.. Front row of the grid Lewis
:01:59. > :02:03.Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen wave Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen wave
:02:03. > :02:08.ago way, joined by Fernando Alonso. The fastest boys out there today.
:02:08. > :02:14.think a word of praise needs to be given to Raikkonen. We never really
:02:14. > :02:20.saw him in the position. We talked about Ferrari, Red Bulls, of course,
:02:20. > :02:24.and Mercedes, and who pops up second? Brilliant, Raikkonen. He's
:02:24. > :02:29.on fire this year. He won the first race in Australia. Then coming here,
:02:29. > :02:33.a bit of a disappointment in Kuala Lumpur. He's in there for the fight
:02:33. > :02:35.and he's going to be there at the end of the season. Let's hear from
:02:35. > :02:40.the top three now. Lewis, congratulations. This must
:02:40. > :02:45.be a big day for you, first pole position for Mercedes? Yes,
:02:45. > :02:49.incredible feeling. Very happy and Yeah I was just saying that when I
:02:49. > :02:52.came across the line, when I found out that I had pole, I had to make
:02:52. > :02:56.sure the radio was off because I got excited. It's a great feeling.
:02:56. > :02:59.Due imagine when you signed for Mercedes that you'd have pole
:03:00. > :03:04.position in your third Grand Prix? Definitely not. I think none of us
:03:04. > :03:11.thought that. We all have a really good approach. That's what I love
:03:11. > :03:13.about this team. They've been working away at it. We're all
:03:13. > :03:20.probably surprielzed that we're as competitive as we are this weekend.
:03:20. > :03:23.That's just a blessing. Taize bone is -- bonus for us. -- it's a bonus
:03:23. > :03:27.for us. We have hope to maintain position. That would be a dream.
:03:27. > :03:31.There's not much time for excitement. I imagine there's a lot
:03:31. > :03:34.of strot ji being worked out. Tomorrow looks like a fascinating
:03:34. > :03:39.Grand Prix. I think. So the tyres we have here, the soft tyres r, not
:03:39. > :03:46.behaving very well. They don't last for very long. If you notice
:03:47. > :03:51.everyone goes out and does a really slow out-lap and then the next lap
:03:51. > :03:55.they go on the in-lap to make sure you save everything can you for the
:03:55. > :03:59.race. Tomorrow we'll do one lap addn't tires will feel OK and the
:03:59. > :04:03.second lap it will be a couple of seconds off. That's how bad the
:04:03. > :04:07.tyres are. There's going to be a lot of debris from the tyres. I
:04:07. > :04:10.think everyone's in the same boat. Kimi, well done on second. It's
:04:10. > :04:15.been a complicated morning in terms of suspension issues. You must be
:04:15. > :04:19.pleased with that? Yeah I'm happy. I hope that the car stays safe
:04:19. > :04:23.tomorrow all the way through the race. If it stays, we should be OK.
:04:23. > :04:27.But you never know. It's going to be a long and tricky race, so we'll
:04:27. > :04:31.just try to do our best tomorrow. In terms of strategy, it looks like
:04:31. > :04:35.it's going to be an interesting one. You have got Sebastian and Jenson
:04:35. > :04:41.on the mediums, do you have to keep an eye on them? No, we try to do
:04:42. > :04:46.our own fastest race and then we'll see where we're going to finish. I
:04:46. > :04:51.think we choose to do this because we obviously think it's the fastest
:04:51. > :04:54.way through the race, through the qualifying and the race. We'll see
:04:54. > :04:57.what happens. Lots of people are talking about strategy. Lots of
:04:57. > :05:01.people's brains working hard at the moment. Are you happy with how
:05:01. > :05:08.today wents? Yeah, I think. So today we did the job. The weekend
:05:08. > :05:13.in general has been very good for us. The car seems competitive. The
:05:13. > :05:21.qualifying positions show that we are competitive here in China. Buff
:05:21. > :05:24.the race is many factors in place. First the strategy, so we'll say
:05:25. > :05:29.it's interesting. How long do you expect the first stint to last?
:05:29. > :05:33.It's a question mark. Normally shorter you do it better it is
:05:33. > :05:39.because you are quicker. The problem that you go and big ground
:05:39. > :05:43.of cars and you can destroy the second tyres running in that group.
:05:43. > :05:47.This race not only the people starting from 11th maybe start with
:05:47. > :05:53.prime. People starting from prime already starting prime. I think
:05:53. > :05:58.we'll be not easy choice for the strategy people. But we pay them
:05:58. > :06:02.for that. Terrific session. happy for him because after years
:06:02. > :06:08.of McLaren, I think it's, for him, really an achievement to win in a
:06:08. > :06:11.different car. He's very happy and I really like it. What does it mean
:06:11. > :06:18.for the interteam rivalry. Nico came into the weekend really
:06:18. > :06:22.confident. That was a pretty impressive offset to Nico. There
:06:22. > :06:25.will be no team orders any more. We decided they can do what they want.
:06:25. > :06:29.If there are technical issues or problems we will tell the driver
:06:29. > :06:35.and they have to decide themselves. Do you believe that? I do, because
:06:35. > :06:39.I said it. It looks like an inspired move. When Jenson went
:06:39. > :06:43.from Brawn to McLaren it looked inspired. Louvre wis has learned
:06:43. > :06:47.from that and has learned the reverse. I don't imagine you have
:06:47. > :06:52.ever done such a chilled out-lap before. It was difficult judging
:06:52. > :06:57.how slow I could actually go. Yeah it was the idea before qualifying,
:06:57. > :07:01.we wanted to look at where our pace was through Q1 and 2 and judge what
:07:01. > :07:06.we should zo in Q3. It's a difficult call. The racer in you
:07:06. > :07:12.want to go out and drive round on a soft tyre. In Q2 we were relatively
:07:12. > :07:15.quick, quicker than what we expected. P7 was a surprise. But I
:07:15. > :07:20.really felt I got everything out of the car. We weren't going to make
:07:20. > :07:24.up any places unless people made mistakes. We went for the prime
:07:24. > :07:28.direction and just a bit of cat- and-mouse at the end with the other
:07:28. > :07:32.cars to see who does a lap or not. We know the strategy will be
:07:32. > :07:36.interesting. You're the first of the medium tyres, the guys in front
:07:36. > :07:39.are on soft. You could be leeding the race early on tomorrow. It's
:07:39. > :07:42.the end of the race that matters. That's normally the bit that you
:07:43. > :07:47.really care about. It could come, you know, the leads could be
:07:47. > :07:52.changing like we've seen previously in the last few laps. Yeah, we have
:07:52. > :07:58.a very fast car next to us. He's starting just behind me. He's
:07:58. > :08:06.starting on slightly new ir -- newer tyres. For us, we just have
:08:06. > :08:11.to hold on and see where we end up. This is the best option for us.
:08:11. > :08:15.It's sad not to go fast in Q3. I think three of us need to apologise
:08:15. > :08:17.to the fans for not doing, that but this is what we have to do to get
:08:17. > :08:21.good points tomorrow. We knew that strategy was going to be
:08:21. > :08:25.interesting here. No time set. Was that always going to be your plan
:08:25. > :08:30.today? Not entirely. I think you could see that I locked up quite a
:08:30. > :08:35.bit. I don't know what happened. I lost the brake pedal. So something
:08:35. > :08:39.broke. We couldn't finish the lap any way. I checked the tyre, no
:08:39. > :08:44.damage. So there seemed to be very little load on the tyre. So we'll
:08:44. > :08:49.see. Interesting, different approach to usual, where it all
:08:49. > :08:52.comes down to the last couple of minutes. I think you could see that
:08:52. > :08:58.four or five minutes to the end, it was completely silent and then
:08:58. > :09:02.everybody left at the same time. Big queue to start the lap. But
:09:02. > :09:06.yeah not really a problem. It could be one of those race where's it
:09:06. > :09:10.comes down to the last few minutes. By not setting a time you can
:09:10. > :09:17.choose what tyres you start on. You were out on the medium, is that the
:09:17. > :09:20.way you'll go? I think it was obvious what we tried to do.
:09:20. > :09:25.Potentially we could have been one position further up. Jenson did a
:09:25. > :09:32.very slow lap with only two minutes. I'm sure he wasn't pushing that
:09:32. > :09:35.hard, I'd be surprised if he had a drop of sweat. But we had the
:09:35. > :09:38.problem with the brakes so we couldn't finish the lap.
:09:38. > :09:42.Nevertheless, eighth or ninth is not a big difference. As you said,
:09:42. > :09:45.we have the advantage of choosing the tyres and surely, if you
:09:45. > :09:55.approach qualifying like that it's pretty obvious. This is how they
:09:55. > :09:55.
:09:55. > :10:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds
:10:48. > :10:51.pretty obvious. This is how they Qualifying finished three hours ago
:10:51. > :10:54.the stewards have decided there wasn't enough fuel in Mark Webber's
:10:54. > :11:00.car and he will have to start from the back of the grid for the race
:11:00. > :11:03.tomorrow. How can that happen? what I understand, it's a
:11:03. > :11:07.computerised system. They type in a number and press go and it's
:11:07. > :11:12.supposed to deliver that amount of fuel. What it does is take away the
:11:12. > :11:15.human error of pouring in a certain amount. In this case, the system
:11:15. > :11:19.has clearly not delivered all the fuel, whether that's because the
:11:19. > :11:25.bowser didn't have enough fuel on board initially or another
:11:26. > :11:29.technical issue. They had this issue in Abu Dhabi last year. They
:11:29. > :11:33.changed the systems. There's no benefit to not having fuel in the
:11:33. > :11:38.car. It's an automatic penalty. It's put down to mechanical failure.
:11:38. > :11:41.It's such bad luck for Mark in. 2011 he came from 18th on the grid
:11:41. > :11:46.here to finish third. Hev should have a decent race pace tomorrow.
:11:46. > :11:50.It's not writing him off for a podium. It's tough work though.
:11:50. > :11:53.circumstances are different this year. He will be able to have free
:11:53. > :11:58.choice on tyres. He has to get through all the traffic at the
:11:58. > :12:01.beginning. Overtaking as well with the amount of marbles, the rub
:12:01. > :12:05.discarded from the tyres, becomes more tricky. I expect Mark to get
:12:05. > :12:09.in the points. But it will be a tall order to get on the podium.
:12:09. > :12:13.How good was Lewis Hamilton today? To just move to Mercedes, third
:12:13. > :12:15.race in, pole position. It's a super story. It is a fantastic
:12:15. > :12:18.story. Prior to doing this filming with you, we were with Lewis
:12:19. > :12:22.filming the track guide for tomorrow. Of course he's bubbling.
:12:22. > :12:27.He's on pole position, third ever race for the team. He's a natural-
:12:27. > :12:33.born racer. He loves to push the limit of the cars. Hev said it was
:12:33. > :12:38.a perfect lap. One bit of oversteer from 13. Apart from that everything
:12:38. > :12:42.went perfectly. So we can expect to see a super chilled Lewis taking up
:12:42. > :12:45.the pole position grid tomorrow. should have the race pace,
:12:45. > :12:50.shouldn't he? They have very good pace. What's going to be the real
:12:50. > :12:55.challenge here is we expect most of the top cars to be in within four,
:12:55. > :13:00.five, six laps of the Grand Prix because the prime tyre is more
:13:00. > :13:06.dourable than the option. It's going to be interesting. You can
:13:06. > :13:11.catch all the action with us tomorrow morning on BBC One and BBC
:13:11. > :13:17.One HD at 7am. Lewis Hamilton, he's won here twice before. He's going
:13:17. > :13:23.for the hat-trick and is in pole position. See you in the morning.
:13:23. > :13:27.The scale and grandeur of the Shanghai International Circuit.
:13:27. > :13:31.There's no rush to get out on There's no rush to get out on
:13:31. > :13:36.circuit. It's the calm before the storm. Hamilton is quick. It is the
:13:36. > :13:42.Red Bull, Mark Webber is out. Hamilton now that is the fastest
:13:42. > :13:46.lap of the weekend. Coming up for Nico Rosberg. He goes wide out of