The Chinese Grand Prix - Replay

:00:19. > :00:29.Fast, curious, lot storming, heartbreaking, race 3, China. -- a

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:00:29. > :01:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

:01:18. > :01:23.furious, heart-stopping. This is And Good morning and welcome to

:01:23. > :01:28.race day at the Chinese Grand Prix. But in less than an idea -- an

:01:28. > :01:33.award, you can revel in the sound of engines, and all before 8

:01:33. > :01:38.o'clock, what a perfect day to spend with Eddie Jordan and David

:01:38. > :01:43.Coulthard. Nice of you to turn out, we have been doing all the work!

:01:43. > :01:46.Some people at my age have to do what we like and I have been

:01:46. > :01:55.sailing round the world since November and enjoying it! I cannot

:01:55. > :02:01.wait to be his eight! A you have a long wait! 55?A decade more, but I

:02:01. > :02:06.have a free bus pass! We talked yesterday about team orders because

:02:06. > :02:10.what happened in Malaysia, and also the demise of the relationship

:02:10. > :02:16.between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel and the malty twenty-one

:02:16. > :02:22.gate. A are you happy? I'm did not, aided

:02:22. > :02:26.a mistake and if I could and direct I would, but I cannot -- I did not.

:02:26. > :02:31.Had a understood the message, and would have thought about it and

:02:31. > :02:35.done the same thing because of market does not deserve it -- I

:02:35. > :02:39.understood. Berry's history between the two drivers, you need to have

:02:39. > :02:44.strong people to have everybody a chance to get the maximum results -

:02:44. > :02:54.- there is history. It went out of that -- it went out of control.

:02:54. > :02:56.

:02:56. > :03:06.Next question. Cartoon macro ahead of car one. A few was told. -- Kaka

:03:06. > :03:09.

:03:09. > :03:16.two. -- car. The bottom line is that I was faster, I passed him and

:03:16. > :03:24.I won! In he is into the wall and he cannot believe that! He is

:03:24. > :03:29.crying his eyes out! A have come together, what was going on?! --

:03:29. > :03:34.they have. There will be a difference of opinion until we go

:03:34. > :03:42.to our graves. You get to know people better and see their true

:03:42. > :03:50.faces. They have not enjoyed a rosy time together. It is always best to

:03:50. > :03:56.be truthful Paul Stocker get him out of the way, he is too slow.

:03:57. > :04:04.To be truthful. Get him out of the way, he is too slow. He has gone

:04:04. > :04:14.into the back of Mark Webber! What was going on?! Can you managed to

:04:14. > :04:19.smile now? What racing this is! Sebastian Vettel has gone past! And

:04:19. > :04:27.he takes the victory, Sebastian Vettel! Bottom line is that I was

:04:27. > :04:35.racing, I was faster, I passed him and I want! Explosive, R Red Bull

:04:35. > :04:38.18 in crisis? They are leading a both championships but there is

:04:38. > :04:43.strong that and it needs a firm and strong management to keep this team

:04:43. > :04:48.together because you never know how what can escalate or can change in

:04:48. > :04:55.your favour, it needs strong management. Who is managing the

:04:55. > :05:02.situation? I asked back yesterday. Christian Horner has been

:05:02. > :05:07.undermined. -- I asked that a. Sebastian runs off and sees

:05:07. > :05:14.somebody, it needs clarity and I would urge for them to sort this

:05:14. > :05:23.out quickly because they need to continue this winning process.

:05:23. > :05:29.David, what exactly does Motty Map 21 etc mean? Ever team will have

:05:29. > :05:33.their own instruction. -- every 18. Holding something on a pit board

:05:33. > :05:40.shows somebody a position, you could have a driver name above the

:05:40. > :05:47.other to show which one it should have the priority, it is quite

:05:47. > :05:53.simply which have a car they want to finish, they would say so --

:05:53. > :05:57.whichever. This is a hot topic and team orders are allowed in Formula

:05:57. > :06:02.One, teams can pick ultimately throughout the process

:06:02. > :06:06.d'instruction is to benefit one driver over the other, tyre choice,

:06:06. > :06:13.pit stop tests -- pit stop strategy, you cannot give identical

:06:13. > :06:18.opportunity to each man. These codes, Sebastian Vettel says he did

:06:18. > :06:28.not understand them. But listen to this cannot last year, this is the

:06:28. > :06:31.

:06:31. > :06:36.team radio. -- this his last year. Born, two, one, two. -- 1. De won't

:06:36. > :06:42.worry, just be patient. We are working in this, -- I don't worry,

:06:42. > :06:51.we are working on this, don't worry. There are really says it all!

:06:51. > :06:56.Moving forward, will this affect their title championships? I do not

:06:56. > :07:00.think so, they have won three World Championships. The money comes from

:07:00. > :07:03.the Constructors' Championships, the physical glory on the mile --

:07:03. > :07:11.on the marketing platform comes from the Drivers' Championship.

:07:11. > :07:18.Back in history, Mercedes -- McLaren won 15 out of 16 in one

:07:18. > :07:23.Championship and their drivers would not even debrief in the same

:07:23. > :07:27.office, so one of the most successful manager was not able to

:07:28. > :07:32.manage that situation because the personality of the drivers is

:07:32. > :07:37.volatile, and it is a great problem for any to have two drivers capable

:07:37. > :07:40.of winning. A worse scenario is a number two who does not win and

:07:40. > :07:45.give them the chance to win a Constructors' Championship because

:07:45. > :07:49.that is worth millions. If we believe that there will be a

:07:49. > :07:59.natural pecking order, in any given period, there will be a dominant

:07:59. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:21.China today, this time next week, we will be in Bahrain for round

:08:22. > :08:26.four and then the first of the European races. The Spanish Grand

:08:26. > :08:29.Prix in Barcelona. The British Grand Prix and Silverstone is at

:08:29. > :08:38.the end of June and the final showdown will be in November in

:08:38. > :08:48.Brazil. Sebastian Vettel is leading the stand-ins -- standings. Kimi

:08:48. > :09:02.

:09:02. > :09:11.Raikkonen is dividing the two Red And every point does count, so

:09:11. > :09:16.Mark Webber had been strong throughout the weekend, but he ran

:09:17. > :09:25.out of fuel and with not enough to provide a sample, it means a Red

:09:25. > :09:29.Bull driver will line up land. Q1 and Q2 went normal, but the third

:09:30. > :09:36.would be different. Sebastian Vettel was first out but did not

:09:36. > :09:41.set a time and came back into there pits. When he did go out on in the

:09:41. > :09:47.Jim tyre, he had to settle for my position. Jenson Button was the

:09:47. > :09:51.only other driver to take to the media and tireless -- tyres and was

:09:52. > :10:01.forced into a different strategy. Fernando Alonso was back to being

:10:02. > :10:04.

:10:04. > :10:07.the fastest Ferrari on Saturday, since 2009 ft Kimi Raikkonen. But

:10:07. > :10:17.Lewis Hamilton was flying and he got his first Mercedes pole

:10:17. > :10:22.position by almost three-tenths of Very happy, when I came across the

:10:22. > :10:27.line and I've found out I had pole position, I got a bit excited! It

:10:28. > :10:34.is a great is -- it is a great feeling. Lewis Hamilton is the

:10:34. > :10:44.first Brit to get a poor position in for Mercedes since Stirling Moss

:10:44. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:55.-- pole. An excellent performance sees Daniel Ricciardo in seventh

:10:55. > :10:57.

:10:57. > :11:07.position. And Nico Hulkenberg can still choose his tyres. Mark Webber

:11:07. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:15.was 14th but drops back so everybody else at moves forward.

:11:15. > :11:23.Australia Micropal start from the pit Lane.

:11:23. > :11:27.Moments to go until the race. Tom Clarkson and leave MacKenzie will

:11:27. > :11:37.be in the pit lane and David Coulthard will be providing

:11:37. > :11:47.commentary. -- Lee. This will be unpredictable and exciting, will it

:11:47. > :11:55.

:11:55. > :12:00.play out until the end of the race? 10 years ago, Rubens Barrichello

:12:00. > :12:03.gave Ferrari they are not of winning the first Chinese Grand

:12:03. > :12:08.Prix. Today, the Shanghai International Circuit will stage

:12:08. > :12:13.another cliffhanger, with at least four teams capable of taking

:12:13. > :12:23.victory and a variety of potential strategies. Full set for the start

:12:23. > :12:31.

:12:31. > :12:36.of what should be a mighty off first? Great start for Lewis

:12:36. > :12:43.Hamilton. Ferraris the second and third, a little bit wide for Felipe

:12:43. > :12:49.Massa, could have run a bit deeper. But Lewis Hamilton is leading,

:12:49. > :12:54.Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa or trained to go round the outside of

:12:54. > :13:02.Daniel Ricciardo has. For a great getaway for the Ferraris. Kimi

:13:02. > :13:10.Raikkonen was a bit slow with his response. Toro Rosso getting right

:13:10. > :13:15.in among the action. Jenson Button trained to deal with the Toro Rosso.

:13:16. > :13:21.They have got away cleanly and round the first corner. We are

:13:21. > :13:28.looking at Jenson Button. Mechanics already out on the pit lane of

:13:28. > :13:31.after only half a lap. The Ferrari crew are out ready. Fernando Alonso

:13:31. > :13:37.behind Lewis Hamilton of and everybody else behind, Williams

:13:37. > :13:44.trying to make a move, social pariahs under pressure. He has lost

:13:44. > :13:53.some ground. -- Sergio Perez under pressure. A fight going on in the

:13:54. > :13:59.middle. Nico Hulkenberg got off to a good start. No advantage in the

:13:59. > :14:08.slipstream at this stage. Fernando Alonso very close. And

:14:08. > :14:14.Mark Webber is coming in its early. The Force Indias hit each other!

:14:15. > :14:21.Adrian Sutil was trying to get past Nico Hulkenberg! Who is coming into

:14:21. > :14:27.the pit? Just Mark Webber getting not soft tyre out of the way, and

:14:27. > :14:34.the other teams just getting ready. And also Pastor Maldonado in the

:14:34. > :14:40.Williams. Mark Webber will go for the medium compound, a new set for

:14:40. > :14:50.him, he was at the back anyway, nothing glossed. A strategy for Red

:14:50. > :14:51.

:14:51. > :15:01.Bull as. The top four are close together, Lewis Hamilton, the two

:15:01. > :15:06.

:15:06. > :15:13.will store that away for his memory banks, the next time he is going

:15:13. > :15:22.wheel to wheel with errors. Sutil has gained from this, 11. Hopefully

:15:22. > :15:24.no damage done to the two Force Indias. Felipe Massa's resurgence in

:15:24. > :15:29.form from the Brazilian is being repeated once again here in China,

:15:29. > :15:34.let's see if he can keep it up. Kimi Raikkonen, this group is drawing

:15:34. > :15:40.away a little bit from Rosberg. Ricciardo is doing a sterling job,

:15:40. > :15:50.holding onto seventh head of Jenson Button and then battle. Hulkenberg

:15:50. > :15:58.

:15:58. > :16:03.Jean-Eric Vergne, he is down in 20th place. Across the line goes Lewis

:16:03. > :16:07.Hamilton, leading by 0.8 of a second. Staying out, there is a

:16:07. > :16:14.question of how many laps they can get out of these tyres. Mark Webber

:16:14. > :16:23.is lighting up the screens on the prime tyres, clean air, and if they

:16:24. > :16:26.can manage that tyre, he was very quick on Friday, setting the fastest

:16:26. > :16:28.lap at the end of that run. We will keep an eye on him for the end of

:16:28. > :16:33.the Grand Prix. At the front, Massa was pushing Alonzo, saying, hurry

:16:33. > :16:43.up, keep that pressure on, otherwise he will find himself in the DRS

:16:43. > :16:44.

:16:44. > :16:50.zone. That is enabled now, so by the time they get to turn 13, anyone who

:16:50. > :17:00.can get that activation will gain another 15 K B H on top speed.

:17:00. > :17:05.Grosjean showing good pace. Hamilton in control at the moment, but not by

:17:05. > :17:12.very much, trying to control the pace. I think he is in the DRS zone.

:17:12. > :17:20.If Hamilton is... He has opened that gap a little bit through 13, but

:17:20. > :17:28.Alonso will get DRS to Hamilton, so that will neutralise the effect of

:17:28. > :17:30.DRS of Massa behind him, but poor Hamilton is dragging all that extra

:17:30. > :17:40.win, they will be swarming all over the back of him. Let's keep an eye

:17:40. > :17:41.

:17:41. > :17:51.on the head Lane. Let's take a look at the start again. Raikkonen was

:17:51. > :18:01.

:18:01. > :18:05.sluggish, he spun up the wheels, DRS owns on this track, down to turn

:18:05. > :18:09.one and down into turn 14. Hamilton at the moment is under pressure. The

:18:09. > :18:15.best for him would be pitting from the lead and have the others follow

:18:15. > :18:21.him. I think Grosjean has got past Rosberg in the background. Yes,

:18:21. > :18:29.Rosberg dropping back a little bit. Another look at the start. We saw

:18:29. > :18:32.how sluggish Raikkonen was, but he goes to the right, which works for

:18:32. > :18:35.him. We saw Massa running very wide, he is lucky. One of the Caterhams

:18:36. > :18:45.runs off and joins behind the Marussia. A lot of racing happening

:18:46. > :18:48.

:18:48. > :18:52.wheels too much. Instead of getting a great launch off be start, his

:18:52. > :18:58.spatial awareness told where Rosberg was, the door was wide open. This is

:18:58. > :19:03.Rosberg. You can see the black lines left on the track by Raikkonen. He

:19:03. > :19:09.makes his choice to the left, just not enough run, 300 metres from the

:19:09. > :19:14.start, the front of the grid down into turn one. Alonso having a look

:19:14. > :19:19.at Hamilton. Vettel trying a move on Hulkenberg, but he is able to

:19:19. > :19:23.protect it. And Ricciardo. The challenge for the lead from Alonso.

:19:23. > :19:29.He is going side-by-side with Hamilton, who was struggling because

:19:29. > :19:34.they are in another DRS zone. The DRS is in operation, Massa might be

:19:34. > :19:38.able to get past the Mercedes as well, and he does click to the

:19:38. > :19:44.inside, Hamilton can do nothing, the two curare is our one and two, and

:19:44. > :19:49.now he has to watch out for Raikkonen. -- the two curare is.

:19:49. > :19:55.Hamilton was always going to be a sitting duck without DRS, he was not

:19:55. > :20:00.able to do it. Raikkonen will be around the outside into turn six.

:20:00. > :20:04.Amazing challenge, can he go around the outside? No, but Grosjean is

:20:04. > :20:12.catching in the other loaders, and we gather Daniel Ricciardo has a

:20:12. > :20:17.damaged front wing. -- Lotus. will be interesting to see where

:20:17. > :20:21.that damage occurred because he was just in front of the group with

:20:21. > :20:26.Hulkenberg and Vettel. Rosberg really seems to be struggling,

:20:26. > :20:36.behind him is Hulkenberg in seventh. This was the overtake of Hamilton by

:20:36. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:39.the furores. He was not able to brake the DRS one second

:20:39. > :20:46.activation, and that was Fernando Alonso's girlfriend, they are

:20:46. > :20:51.enjoying him taking the lead. wonder if the Ferraris will work

:20:51. > :21:01.together or just race hard themselves. Rosberg is really

:21:01. > :21:03.

:21:03. > :21:08.struggling, and that shows you how they are working. Down the inside

:21:08. > :21:15.into the hairpin, Vettel is up into seventh place. A damaged rear wing

:21:15. > :21:19.on that Force India. That is Sutil. He has lost the top section, that

:21:19. > :21:24.could have been nasty if he had not recognised it. Lewis Hamilton in,

:21:24. > :21:31.and Rosberg, they are going to double stack. I hope they get their

:21:31. > :21:40.pit stops done quickly. Rosberg will lose time, but they have got no

:21:40. > :21:41.choice. The tyres have gone off the edge. Rosberg roles in gently. That

:21:41. > :21:45.Force India will get rolled back into the garage. They will not be

:21:45. > :21:50.able to service that rear wing so quickly. 3.3 seconds, good, but not

:21:50. > :21:56.on the pace of what we saw from Red Bull last time out. That is how much

:21:56. > :22:01.time he has lost. Webber has already done one stop, and now he is ahead.

:22:01. > :22:06.That is the damage on the back of the Force India, I cannot see that

:22:06. > :22:11.car going much further in this race. There is a fire braking out. That is

:22:11. > :22:16.coming from inside the hub, they are blowing air on it. They need a fire

:22:16. > :22:21.extinguisher on that, you do not want to add oxygen! There you go,

:22:21. > :22:26.boys. Bad news once again for Force India, they have never scored points

:22:26. > :22:31.here in India, although Di Resta could still do that. He was hit by

:22:31. > :22:36.Gutierrez, I think that is Gutierrez, yes, in the Sauber.

:22:36. > :22:46.at this, he is an cited as he breaks into the corner, battling with

:22:46. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :23:02.Perez. The two Mexicans going wheel you can see the damage as he was hit

:23:02. > :23:06.by Gutierrez, maybe a little bit of inexperience there. Alonso in from

:23:06. > :23:12.the race lead, Felipe Massa takes over the lead, watch the guys go to

:23:12. > :23:17.work. Clean and efficient once more. Kimi Raikkonen also in on this lap,

:23:17. > :23:22.Lotus still in the hunt for this, a bit slow coming down off the jack,

:23:22. > :23:32.but he gets it going once more. In the background, I think we saw

:23:32. > :23:38.

:23:38. > :23:46.Marussia. Morison has gone past. -- stay in front. See how much Webber

:23:46. > :23:50.is back in his Grand Prix, Alonso was just in the except of this turn,

:23:50. > :23:54.he started from the pitlane. RADIO: Box this lap! So Massa will be

:23:54. > :23:58.coming in, but Mark Webber has used the soft tyre, he is in the same

:23:58. > :24:05.situation as these guys, he does not have to use it later, but he may

:24:05. > :24:13.have to do more laps on these medium tyres. He will, but they are new, of

:24:13. > :24:17.course. Hamilton, 27.0, the first sector, that compares with Massa's

:24:17. > :24:21.28.2, so Hamilton is one second faster in one sector alone. He has

:24:21. > :24:26.to respond to that to try to get back into the mix here with the two

:24:26. > :24:30.Ferrari cars. We may see a different performance on this tyre, we have

:24:30. > :24:34.seen that over practice, some cars work better than others. Jean-Eric

:24:34. > :24:41.Vergne tried to make up some ground, battling with Valtteri Bottas and

:24:41. > :24:51.Maldonado. The two Williams on the right of the shot. He is going to

:24:51. > :24:52.

:24:52. > :24:52.split the two Williams. Yes, he does. This is a real contest down at

:24:52. > :24:57.the lower end there. But remember that Sebastian battle is still

:24:57. > :25:01.looking very good at the moment, Hulkenberg leads this race. The

:25:01. > :25:06.second stop, let's see where he comes out, head of Alonso all behind

:25:06. > :25:12.him? Flashing across the line, that is Alonso, he has lost out usually

:25:12. > :25:16.by making that later stop. He has come out behind Webber, that is how

:25:16. > :25:21.much time Felipe Massa has lost. That is the advantage of being in

:25:21. > :25:25.clean air and having a tyre which you can push. Massa struggling to

:25:25. > :25:35.find a little bit of performance out of the pitlane. Hamilton with the

:25:35. > :25:38.

:25:38. > :25:41.to be crucial for the front runners, blue flags will not be operating at

:25:41. > :25:51.this stage because they are raising these guys, they are not slapping

:25:51. > :25:54.

:25:54. > :25:55.them yet. There is no neared for them to just get out of the way.

:25:55. > :25:55.This is where you will see some hard and incisive overtaking from the

:25:55. > :26:05.front runners, but they have got to judge the risk and not go too mad.

:26:05. > :26:09.

:26:09. > :26:14.over Sebastian Vettel, those are the leaders. He was such a star in

:26:14. > :26:17.Brazil at the end of last year for Force India, being chased by

:26:18. > :26:22.reigning world champion Sebastian battle. Jenson Button is in third,

:26:23. > :26:27.fourth is Perez, and behind him is Paul di Resta, because Massa has

:26:27. > :26:35.dropped further down the order. Alonso now trying to get past

:26:35. > :26:41.Jean-Eric Vergne. It looks like there was some contact with Rosberg,

:26:41. > :26:44.so whether that has damaged his car, we will find out in time. Massa

:26:44. > :26:54.is all over the back of Mark Webber, he will struggle to hold

:26:54. > :26:55.

:26:55. > :26:58.that position down into turn one. Hamilton will also try to get past

:26:58. > :27:00.Vergne, he is the fastest man on track, but now they are picking

:27:00. > :27:05.their way through the traffic it is much harder to set a quick lap. All

:27:05. > :27:10.of the front runners on the soft tyre have made their pit stop. The

:27:10. > :27:14.race is being led by those who started on the harder compound.

:27:14. > :27:20.Hamilton gets past Jean-Eric Vergne, no problems, trying to keep

:27:20. > :27:25.in touch with Alonso. Hulkenberg leads from Vettel, Button and Perez,

:27:25. > :27:30.with Di Resta in fifth. Vergne has lost six, Alonso was back in the

:27:30. > :27:36.sixth already. The difficulty we will have unfolding here is Vettel

:27:37. > :27:41.is only a second behind the leader. Crucially, he is only 12 seconds in

:27:41. > :27:45.front of Alonso, and it takes about 19 seconds to do a combined pitstop,

:27:45. > :27:51.three seconds for the stock, plus the time in the pitlane. When he

:27:51. > :28:00.does his stop, he will be a few seconds behind the leading group of

:28:00. > :28:01.Alonso and Hamilton. And they will all be going quickly themselves.

:28:01. > :28:09.Look at Hulkenberg, even with the dear Ross Ford Vettel, he was not

:28:09. > :28:15.closing the gap. -- even with the DRS for Vettel. He opens the DRS

:28:15. > :28:20.now, massive overspeed, he will pull into the slipstream. He will be left

:28:20. > :28:23.behind as they brake into turn 14. He has gone a bit wide and braking,

:28:23. > :28:30.a small lock-up, very susceptible to tyre temperature variation on that

:28:31. > :28:35.back straight, they lose 30 degrees from the tyre. They are normally at

:28:35. > :28:39.100 degrees, but they are down at 70 when they hit the brakes down into

:28:39. > :28:45.turn 14, so that is why you see lock-ups, and that can lead to

:28:45. > :28:49.delamination of the tyre. The Red Bulls do not have the straight speed

:28:49. > :28:53.of some of their rivals. That is intentional, they always go for

:28:53. > :29:01.better downforce, more grip through the fast corners, trading that

:29:01. > :29:08.against a straight line speed. Maybe that is hurting whether and Vettel.

:29:08. > :29:12.-- Webber. Button is three seconds further behind. Let's just watch, he

:29:12. > :29:17.has got to get close here, he has got to be within a second to get the

:29:17. > :29:22.DRS. He is probably close enough, but last lap he could not make the

:29:22. > :29:25.pass. It is the second time Hulkenberg has led any last four

:29:25. > :29:31.races, he is making a name for himself with the move from Force

:29:31. > :29:37.India to Sabah. Keeping that gap, I think he is within the one second

:29:37. > :29:40.trigger point, but too far back, DRS was open but he is too far back to

:29:40. > :29:46.gain the advantage down into the braking zone, so great stuff from

:29:46. > :29:51.Hulkenberg. Sergio Perez led a few laps when he was driving here last

:29:51. > :30:01.year for cyber. This is partly the same. Look, here comes Massa passing

:30:01. > :30:23.

:30:23. > :30:29.the Williams Valtteri Bottas to put Fernando Alonso. A second also

:30:29. > :30:34.faster and the men at front. minting the fact that at this pace,

:30:34. > :30:37.when Sebastian Vettel it does his pit stop, he will come behind him,

:30:37. > :30:43.unless they do two stops this afternoon and he will come back

:30:43. > :30:53.into play later. We are expecting three stops for those who started

:30:53. > :30:59.

:30:59. > :31:06.on the option tyre. 17 and 18, this was them -- this was a

:31:06. > :31:12.straightforward overtake for the Brazilian. This is Kimi Raikkonen

:31:12. > :31:16.getting past the Toro Rosso. He is about three seconds behind Lewis

:31:16. > :31:21.Hamilton, still in the hunt but needs to find a bit more pace to

:31:21. > :31:26.catch up to Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. A lovely pass

:31:26. > :31:32.around the outside, he made it look easy but it is a big decision. Will

:31:32. > :31:40.he gets the space? What happens at the other guy runs wide? He could

:31:40. > :31:45.take you with him. Kimi Raikkonen looks the pick of the Lotus drivers

:31:45. > :31:49.this year and he has looked fit again and hungry. He looks like the

:31:49. > :31:56.good old days when he won the Championship in 2007 and could have

:31:56. > :32:01.won the title in his early years but he had reliability problems.

:32:01. > :32:10.Not much to choose between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, sixth

:32:10. > :32:20.and seventh place. Felipe Massa is in tenth place. Mark Webber is in

:32:20. > :32:27.

:32:27. > :32:32.11th position. Nico Rosberg is 11. Mack Pastor Maldonado is 16th.

:32:32. > :32:42.Caterham ahead of the Marussia, so that battle continues down below

:32:42. > :32:42.

:32:42. > :32:51.and of the order. We have lost Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez.

:32:51. > :32:56.What have you got for us, Tom? bit of drama at Red Bull, first we

:32:56. > :32:58.had the refuelling problem at qualifying but they have been

:32:59. > :33:03.changed in that traffic light system for the drivers that hangs

:33:03. > :33:10.above them. They have replaced it, and it is done, but there was

:33:10. > :33:13.perhaps an issue at the first few stops. We are watching Nico

:33:13. > :33:17.Hulkenberg putting in consistent laps at the moment and I think

:33:17. > :33:22.Sebastian Vettel would be pleased to get past him and if he can look

:33:22. > :33:27.after his tyres, perhaps he can go further than the Sauber. Paul di

:33:27. > :33:37.Resta is now under pressure from Fernando Alonso for fifth position.

:33:37. > :33:38.

:33:38. > :33:44.He is running a different strategy. Close the pace. The pace is good.

:33:44. > :33:52.What kind of lap times could you do? Difficult to say. Probably half

:33:52. > :34:00.a second. A discussion, half a second, David, he reckons he could

:34:00. > :34:04.do faster. It is a decision. If you get right into the gearbox of Nico

:34:04. > :34:08.Hulkenberg and overtake, you lose downforce and the car starts to

:34:08. > :34:13.slide and that is the killer with this. It is the degradation from

:34:13. > :34:18.the tearing up the surface of the tyre, you run out of rubber that is

:34:18. > :34:28.available to use rather than the thermal degradation that we have

:34:28. > :34:30.

:34:30. > :34:35.seen before. He is certainly starting to be called in at this

:34:35. > :34:42.stage, we will see how this will play out. I wonder if red or are

:34:42. > :34:47.looking at the two stops this afternoon. -- Red Bull. The life of

:34:47. > :34:52.these players projected around lap 20. Depending on a number of

:34:52. > :34:58.factors, how much fuel you have, how much will it is on the track

:34:58. > :35:03.surface, a track temperature. Temperature has dropped it is down

:35:03. > :35:07.-- and it is down to go to one degrees. That was cheeky from

:35:07. > :35:12.Sergio Perez. That rules are clear, you can make one change of

:35:12. > :35:15.direction to defender position and that safety rule applies to

:35:15. > :35:21.everybody so if you make as though you are going to the right hand

:35:21. > :35:26.side, he will be a stint -- a sitting duck for Fernando Alonso.

:35:26. > :35:31.He is going to the left and the right, he gets past in the end.

:35:31. > :35:38.That was brought up in the meeting with Charlie Whiting because the

:35:38. > :35:45.real risk is contact between racers. That will rule applies to every

:35:46. > :35:55.driver. Lewis Hamilton now trying to get behind these two, your are

:35:55. > :35:59.on board with him now. -- you are. He almost hit the back of the Force

:35:59. > :36:08.India in to turn six. We know what his position is now, he does not

:36:08. > :36:12.feel he has the pace of the Ferrari. Look at the front left tyre. He is

:36:12. > :36:16.in this dirty air where you are quicker than the car in front but

:36:16. > :36:20.he is taking away the clean air coming onto the surface of your

:36:20. > :36:29.wing, he has used that up and it Cup -- and it gives you sand in

:36:29. > :36:36.your face, it is not pretty. This is his team-mate. That is quite

:36:36. > :36:40.interesting. For them to bring him and... We thought Sebastian Vettel

:36:40. > :36:47.could come in deeper but it looks as though it would be a three-star

:36:47. > :36:55.place. That is Nico Hulkenberg.The second stint could go longer. It is

:36:55. > :36:59.to deal with the traffic. Sergio Perez has Paul di Resta behind him.

:36:59. > :37:07.And this is the race leader, Nico Hulkenberg, humming again at the

:37:07. > :37:13.same time. Can Sauber get their man ahead of probably the fastest pit

:37:13. > :37:20.stop team, Red Bull? I do not think so. He this is Sebastian Vettel up,

:37:20. > :37:27.and you are right, David. -- this is. The pit stops from Red Bull in

:37:27. > :37:30.Malaysia or summer and that was quick, too 0.5 seconds. Massive

:37:30. > :37:37.frustration and for Nico Hulkenberg. Nothing more frustrating as the

:37:37. > :37:41.leader. Your guys cannot service it, that is frustrating. May be the

:37:41. > :37:51.resources are Red Bull allowed them to finesse every element of the

:37:51. > :37:59.procedure -- maybe. Contact!He has broken his front wings. Mark Webber,

:37:59. > :38:04.damage, from the sister wing -- from the sister team. That is not

:38:04. > :38:09.good news. That would be an extra pit stop for Mark Webber. It looked

:38:09. > :38:14.like an lake -- it looked like a late decision for the overtake, so

:38:14. > :38:18.you can imagine the other driver's eyes were on the road but maybe

:38:18. > :38:25.Mark thought there would be more complaints from the sister team. He

:38:25. > :38:35.will undoubtedly have to pit this lap on the front wing. The inside

:38:35. > :38:35.

:38:35. > :38:41.of the tyre would be spilling goths. How does the car feel? Not too bad.

:38:41. > :38:47.He has done 14 laps on these tyres anyway so perhaps it would not make

:38:47. > :38:55.such a big difference. He certainly makes the move to go for the inside

:38:55. > :38:57.but it was so late that Jean-Eric Vergne had his eyes on the road.

:38:57. > :39:03.Just imagine inside the cockpit, Jean-Eric Vergne can probably

:39:03. > :39:08.sensed mark is there but has not got alongside until he commits to

:39:08. > :39:12.the turn. There is no benefit in Jean-Eric Vergne making contact

:39:12. > :39:19.with another car so question -- so obviously just a racing incident

:39:19. > :39:23.and no Malek -- and no malice. adds a lot of time to a

:39:23. > :39:30.conventional stop, and that is Kimi Raikkonen, he has hit the back of

:39:30. > :39:34.Sergio Perez! There was definitely carbon-fibre come out was that

:39:34. > :39:42.leftover from and the contact earlier? -- carbon-fibre, was that

:39:42. > :39:52.left over. But damage on the front wings, difficult to say, but major

:39:52. > :39:54.

:39:54. > :39:57.drama for Kimi Raikkonen. It Sergio Perez -- Sergio Perez, that this

:39:57. > :40:07.leads to incidents come let you do not trust the menu race at 200

:40:07. > :40:07.

:40:07. > :40:12.miles per hour? -- that leaves. What is he doing?! A tip of the

:40:12. > :40:18.nose probably does not affect overall performance, but there is

:40:18. > :40:26.more to that damage. The weekend has just got even worse are for

:40:26. > :40:36.Mark Webber, what does he had to do? He is cruising in the middle of

:40:36. > :40:51.

:40:51. > :40:56.107 and 108, -- A 107 and 108. -- tuen seven and eight. To win was

:40:56. > :41:02.taken from hemp in Malaysia or by Sebastian Vettel -- the winner. And

:41:02. > :41:05.that is him -- and that is another great shame. He went to go to the

:41:05. > :41:13.outside and Sergio Perez was running the ordinary line, and

:41:13. > :41:21.Sergio Perez squeezes over some Kimi Raikkonen... We can see a few

:41:21. > :41:28.more of those. Sergio Perez staying out with damage to the front wing

:41:29. > :41:32.but still quick enough to get past there McLaren. Can we see where

:41:32. > :41:37.that pit stop went wrong? That was good discipline, they did not drop

:41:37. > :41:41.him until he was ready so having made a mistake, they did not

:41:41. > :41:46.compound at. So we now have Jenson Button reading this race because he

:41:46. > :41:50.has not had to make a pit stop. Fernando Alonso is already up to

:41:51. > :41:56.second having used the soft tyre early in this race. Lewis Hamilton

:41:56. > :42:00.is in third place. Felipe Massa is under pressure from Sebastian

:42:00. > :42:04.Vettel. And he has a different strategy. Mark Webber trained to

:42:04. > :42:14.keep out of the way, difficult because it is so narrow on the apex

:42:14. > :42:16.

:42:16. > :42:25.here. His wheels have come off in front of Sebastian Vettel! His we

:42:25. > :42:35.all was rolling across the road in front of his team-mate! -- his we.

:42:35. > :42:35.

:42:35. > :42:40.Mack -- wheel. You just could not make that up! Fernando Alonso is

:42:40. > :42:46.trying to catch Jenson Button who is leading this race. He has done

:42:46. > :42:53.17 laps on his tyres so he has gone deeper into the race, McLaren might

:42:53. > :42:59.be making this a two-stop race. But we know McLaren -- the McLaren does

:42:59. > :43:03.not have the pace of the Ferrari. He will be a sitting duck by the

:43:03. > :43:07.time he reaches 13. Fernando Alonso will probably keep back a little

:43:08. > :43:13.bit so as not to overwork those tyres and bring him into position

:43:13. > :43:16.as they come into the activation zone just after this corner.

:43:16. > :43:21.Fernando Alonso is getting into position to take the lead of this

:43:21. > :43:24.Grand Prix and looking very strong now that Kimi Raikkonen has been

:43:24. > :43:30.hampered with that damage. He has called for a nose changed at his

:43:30. > :43:34.pit stop and that will add on -- and that will add on time. Jenson

:43:34. > :43:43.Button was very quick three 13th and so it looks as though Fernando

:43:43. > :43:49.Alonso will not be able to get past him here -- very quick through 13.

:43:49. > :43:59.That we or was probably separate to the incident that brought him in,

:43:59. > :44:09.contact with the Toro Rosso. -- wheel. Be it is clearly an issue

:44:09. > :44:16.

:44:16. > :44:22.with the seating Govett. -- it is. -- of it. That was a good effort!

:44:22. > :44:26.That would have been very nasty, so bear that in mind. But it is a very

:44:26. > :44:34.slow corner so the impact would not have been as bad as it would on a

:44:34. > :44:39.fast bend. Let's take another look at that. Attire found the gap in

:44:39. > :44:49.the traffic and rolled away. -- that tyre has. His third retirement

:44:49. > :44:58.

:44:58. > :45:03.in the last six races, Mark Webber doing to be leading. Kimi Raikkonen

:45:03. > :45:08.has caught Lewis Hamilton, and there is no doubt that Mercedes are not

:45:08. > :45:12.showing the pace on the harder tyre that we have seen from some of the

:45:12. > :45:19.others. The Lotus, as we know from Australia, looks after its tyres

:45:19. > :45:24.extremely well. The battle for the lead, Button versus Alonso, McLaren

:45:24. > :45:30.versus Ferrari, and then behind, for third place, Hamilton versus

:45:30. > :45:34.Raikkonen, and no change again between the top two. DRS is not

:45:34. > :45:41.operating because of the yellow flag. The DRS flap was not open on

:45:41. > :45:47.any of those cars, it is not allowed to be used in a yellow flag zone.

:45:47. > :45:52.That is because of the debris from Gutierrez, the car is still on the

:45:52. > :46:02.extent of the turn. Rob Smedley talking to Felipe Massa. Probably

:46:02. > :46:03.

:46:03. > :46:04.box now. There he is. He lost out in the first round of pit stops, he has

:46:04. > :46:08.first call this time, interestingly, as he comes into the pits. Let's see

:46:08. > :46:12.how this one goes for him. Another set of the harder tyres, the medium

:46:12. > :46:20.compound. This looks like a three-stop race for them and indeed

:46:20. > :46:24.for Rosberg as well, who sets on his way, 2.7 seconds for Massa. Now,

:46:24. > :46:30.look at this, Sebastian Vettel down the inside of Sergio Perez, and that

:46:30. > :46:33.was a good, clean pass, no problem at all for Sebastian Vettel. That

:46:33. > :46:39.puts up into fifth position as he continued to chase after the likes

:46:39. > :46:49.Raikkonen and Hamilton. But remember that Sebastian Vettel, at some

:46:49. > :46:58.

:46:58. > :47:02.point, still has to run the soft tyre, at some stage in this race he

:47:02. > :47:03.has to do so. Hulkenberg is in the same boat, he has to run the soft

:47:03. > :47:04.tyre, but he is not far behind Vettel. Button is leading this race,

:47:04. > :47:04.and if he pitted now, he would come out between Massa and Grosjean, so

:47:04. > :47:11.McLaren are playing in a three second window to get their man out

:47:11. > :47:17.in front of the Lotus. DRS was operating that time, he thought you

:47:17. > :47:23.might make it, but good straight-line speed from McLaren.

:47:24. > :47:27.is saving it for the grandstand, the front straight year. As they go down

:47:27. > :47:32.across the start -finish, we could see under the rear wing of the

:47:32. > :47:36.McLaren onto the curb, so he is going to catch him a bit late.

:47:36. > :47:45.Alonso take the lead in China, the Ferrari going ahead of the McLaren

:47:45. > :47:49.of Jenson Button. Fernando Alonso, then, back in front. He did not want

:47:49. > :47:54.to waste that pass on a hairpin when no one was watching, other than

:47:54. > :48:00.millions of viewers around the world, of course! He was saving it

:48:00. > :48:04.for the grandstand, I am sure the Chinese fans went crazy. Can Kimi

:48:04. > :48:12.Raikkonen find a way past Lewis Hamilton? He is definitely

:48:12. > :48:15.struggling for grip, and that flapping front nose cone, too!

:48:15. > :48:20.Technical man Gary Anderson may be able to tell us whether that has any

:48:20. > :48:24.effect on the aero of the car, you would think so, but the main

:48:24. > :48:29.blockage comes from the front wing and tyres. He is running the risk of

:48:29. > :48:34.burning out the tyres, we keep talking about the dirty air, as the

:48:34. > :48:42.Mercedes pits. There must be a problem for Rosberg, he stopped only

:48:42. > :48:47.a few laps ago, so a problem. This was the pass on errors by Vettel. We

:48:47. > :48:53.will ask Gary about the damage to the Lotus, what is the answer?

:48:53. > :48:57.a lot of bits missing, so it will affect him, and it will use up the

:48:57. > :49:01.front tyres, but he is one of the quickest cars on the track at the

:49:01. > :49:06.moment, so they will be scratching their heads a bit. Raikkonen again

:49:06. > :49:11.close to the back of Hamilton, he will have DRS as they come out of

:49:11. > :49:21.the next corner as well, let's just see... Hamilton is coming in, along

:49:21. > :49:22.

:49:22. > :49:27.with Raikkonen. Strategy, Gary? Rosberg looks like he has got a

:49:27. > :49:31.problem, but some of them are definitely on three stops. I do not

:49:31. > :49:35.think he can get to the end on a two-stop strategy from there, it

:49:35. > :49:39.will have to be a three-stop strategy. We did wonder whether the

:49:39. > :49:48.Lotus would be able to do that, nothing to choose between them in

:49:48. > :49:57.the pitlane there. McLaren may be running a two-stop strategy. If you

:49:57. > :50:01.can get another five laps out of it, he can go late on to the softs.

:50:01. > :50:08.further action in that incident between Perez and writing. They did

:50:08. > :50:11.not change Raikkonen's nose at the stop, so they knew there was damage,

:50:11. > :50:15.but they thought they would lose more in the battle if they tried to

:50:15. > :50:20.make the change now. It looks like the Mercedes of Hamilton, though, on

:50:20. > :50:26.the fresh tyres, is opening up a gap on Raikkonen. Not looking too bad

:50:26. > :50:34.for Jenson Button, silky smooth driver. Even though Perez has been

:50:34. > :50:38.in the wars slightly, only 14 seconds behind Button. 22 laps in, I

:50:38. > :50:45.guess that is quite a lot. But he is within striking distance of good

:50:45. > :50:49.points. Alonso leads, Button in second place. Coming through there

:50:49. > :50:55.we have got Vettel, up into third place now, interesting, because

:50:55. > :51:01.Hamilton has made his pit stop. That has brought Vettel up into third

:51:01. > :51:09.position. Now, we saw an incident... RADIO: We stay out now, box at the

:51:09. > :51:13.end of next lap. We are going to see Alonso coming in soon. We saw Adrian

:51:13. > :51:17.Sutil being hit by Esteban Gutierrez, and we are also seeing

:51:17. > :51:22.the second retirement of the year for Nico Rosberg, two DNSs out of

:51:22. > :51:26.three races, that is not the start to the season he would have wanted,

:51:26. > :51:33.buried as appointing. As I mentioned, Sutil went out earlier,

:51:33. > :51:38.and he is talking to lead. Not a nice way to end the Grand Prix, tell

:51:38. > :51:42.us about the move and when you took the head. I was on the straight,

:51:42. > :51:49.right before the hairpin, and when I turned into the corner, I felt a hit

:51:49. > :51:54.in the rear, and that was it. My rear wing was broken. I think

:51:54. > :51:59.Gutierrez had a late braking point or whatever. Shame. Tell us about

:51:59. > :52:04.the incident with your teammate, Paul di Resta. Not much to say, I

:52:04. > :52:09.just felt a hit on my real left by, and then I was looking in my mirror

:52:09. > :52:15.and saw him, so I do not know what he was trying, we were on different

:52:15. > :52:19.strategies. There was no reason to do any silly stuff. A great shame to

:52:20. > :52:26.have lost Sutil from this race, we have also lost Gutierrez in the same

:52:26. > :52:29.incident, and Webber is out of the race, too. Lewis Hamilton is engaged

:52:29. > :52:33.in a real dogfight with Daniel Ricciardo. He slips past him without

:52:33. > :52:39.much problem in the end, as he goes through, but still waiting to see if

:52:39. > :52:43.Jenson will be coming in. He has been reporting he wants a front wing

:52:43. > :52:53.change. Ricciardo coming back. Trying to come back on Lewis

:52:53. > :52:54.Hamilton, not quite there. Alonso in, and he had to wait a fraction

:52:54. > :52:59.because Button came in as well. can see the marking, the board's

:52:59. > :53:05.there, that tells the teams when they are allowed to release the

:53:05. > :53:09.car, the point when it is at the marker board, you cannot release

:53:09. > :53:15.them into the path of the others. Where does Button come out? Just in

:53:15. > :53:20.front of... A quick stop by McLaren over the Ferrari team. Perez is in

:53:20. > :53:24.behind, interestingly enough. Alonso comes out in third place, so Vettel

:53:24. > :53:28.is now the race leader. Hulkenberg is in second place, Alonso third,

:53:28. > :53:33.Perez is in fourth place on a different strategy to those around

:53:33. > :53:39.him. And then Button is in fifth place. We would expect to see Perez

:53:39. > :53:43.coming in soon, he has not stopped yet, going deep into this race on

:53:43. > :53:47.this set of tyres, McLaren looking to make this a two-stop race, while

:53:47. > :53:50.their rivals make it a three-stop race. Over the years in China, that

:53:50. > :53:56.has set things up beautifully for the last few laps, let's hope we get

:53:56. > :54:00.the same again. Hulkenberg is running well in the Sauber. Lewis

:54:00. > :54:08.Hamilton is behind Button. The use of DRS in yellow flags are under

:54:08. > :54:14.investigation, as you can see. is Jenson Button, did he use DRS?

:54:14. > :54:19.RADIO: Jenson is ahead on aid to stop. A bit of explanation to Lewis

:54:19. > :54:24.Hamilton, telling him what is going on. That is the yellow flag, where

:54:24. > :54:28.we were talking about the DRS by Grosjean and Button, I would have

:54:28. > :54:32.thought it is fairly clear cut. If they have used it, there will be a

:54:32. > :54:36.penalty applied. Kimi Raikkonen, what are his lap

:54:36. > :54:40.times like? It is difficult to read them at the moment because they have

:54:40. > :54:46.been dealing with traffic. I think that was him flashing through in the

:54:46. > :54:50.background, we will just checked that. It is the McLaren of Perez.

:54:50. > :54:56.Thank you. Raikkonen has just gone over the line, as we can see, Perez

:54:56. > :55:00.in after a long stint, 25 laps, impressive, on the harder compound,

:55:00. > :55:10.definitely making it a two-stop race for McLaren. They will still have to

:55:10. > :55:12.

:55:12. > :55:21.run the soft tyre at some point. give you a comparison, Perez's last

:55:21. > :55:25.lap time was 3.5 seconds slower than Hamilton. 2.5, sorry, maths was

:55:25. > :55:30.never my strong point! Sebastian Vettel is up eight places from where

:55:30. > :55:34.he started his race, but he still has to run the soft tyre at some

:55:34. > :55:38.stage. The track temperature going down, 30 degrees track temperature,

:55:38. > :55:44.the soft tyre does not like the cooler conditions, so the longer he

:55:44. > :55:47.leaves it into the race, the more difficult it will be to run the soft

:55:47. > :55:52.tyre. It will be quick over the first lap or two, but then, as we

:55:52. > :55:56.know, it degrades, loses performance very rapidly. He is currently

:55:56. > :55:59.leading the race from Nico Hulkenberg, on a similar strategy.

:55:59. > :56:04.Alonso is on an alternative strategy, setting the fastest first

:56:04. > :56:08.sector of anybody. You have got to say, he is looking very good for

:56:08. > :56:12.this race at the moment. Jenson Button is next in fourth, Hamilton

:56:12. > :56:17.in fifth, Raikkonen in sixth position. We ride on board with

:56:17. > :56:22.Massa, tucked in behind Paul di Resta. Paul di Resta locks up very

:56:22. > :56:28.late in the braking zone into 14, good drive off that have been,

:56:28. > :56:38.though, but Massa will be within DRS activation as they go to the apex of

:56:38. > :56:44.

:56:44. > :56:49.16. He is quite a distance back, getting on with it, making sure he

:56:49. > :56:53.got off the last turn as well as he could. A bit wide through three,

:56:53. > :56:58.going for the cutback to get some clean air as they roll through four.

:56:58. > :57:02.Let's just see what we have got here, Daniel Ricciardo on his

:57:02. > :57:07.teammate, Jean-Eric Vergne, down the inside. Hopefully they did not do

:57:07. > :57:12.anything silly, no, that was OK. Ricciardo is currently in 11th

:57:12. > :57:17.place, Vergne in 12. That will be investigated after the race, the use

:57:17. > :57:23.of DRS. That always confuses the issue, doesn't it? Alonso Wright

:57:23. > :57:28.with Hulkenberg for second place, Alonso having set the fastest lap in

:57:28. > :57:32.this race last time around. He goes shallow and passes him in the middle

:57:32. > :57:36.of the corner! He will be susceptible to getting passed by

:57:36. > :57:41.Hulkenberg, but if he can stay in the slipstream, Alonso will get DRS

:57:41. > :57:45.because he was in the trigger point. Hulkenberg does not get DRS

:57:45. > :57:49.because he was behind at the activation point. Clever stuff from

:57:49. > :57:54.Alonso, the understands exactly how to use the systems at his disposal,

:57:54. > :57:58.and that is why he is a double world champion. And is tyres are looking

:57:58. > :58:02.nice and fresh, he made a recent pit stop in comparison to Nico

:58:02. > :58:06.Hulkenberg, who has done a few laps on those tyres now. Alonso on the

:58:06. > :58:13.charge now to see whether he can close the gap to Sebastian Vettel

:58:13. > :58:18.and take the lead of this race. with an overtake, he is 1.5 seconds

:58:18. > :58:28.quicker than Vettel on that last lap. Pressure tyres on the Ferrari,

:58:28. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:32.but significantly faster. Jenson Button versus Lewis Hamilton,

:58:32. > :58:38.getting very close. They are fighting for fourth place. This is

:58:38. > :58:45.the battle for seventh position behind Massa. Perez is ten, having

:58:45. > :58:50.made his pit stop, Ricciardo 11, Vergne 12. Let's just watch them

:58:50. > :58:54.down at the hairpin. Great stuff by Paul di Resta, one less stop than

:58:54. > :59:00.Massa at this point, using the tools at his disposal, you can use your

:59:00. > :59:04.KERS, not only for the best lap time but to give you the best chance of

:59:04. > :59:13.defending your position from the cars behind you. 80 horsepower

:59:13. > :59:21.available on the KERS. Jenson, he stopped two laps before us, they are

:59:21. > :59:27.five laps old. Do we want to fight? Yes, we do! Explain what that is

:59:27. > :59:31.about, surely they are going to fight. They are managing the tyres,

:59:31. > :59:34.making sure they have the best track position at the last stop. And that

:59:34. > :59:38.long straight, Jessica Burton has slipped on a pair of boxing gloves

:59:38. > :59:43.on the instruction of the team, and he is about to engage in battle and

:59:43. > :59:47.keep that Mercedes behind him. think Paul di Resta has done so,

:59:47. > :59:52.because he is managing to fend off Felipe Massa quite effectively. He

:59:52. > :59:56.will have to switch to the soft tyre later in this race, which has the

:59:56. > :00:06.danger of dropping him down. Alonso going very quickly, Hamilton still

:00:06. > :00:15.

:00:15. > :00:20.cannot get past Jenson Button in the fight. You have to defend, if you

:00:20. > :00:30.go into a hat pin, the chances of spinning up the rear tyre or when

:00:30. > :00:32.

:00:33. > :00:37.you go into there corner is increased. -- hairpin. It is like a

:00:37. > :00:42.game of chess, you have to play a long game to gain something else

:00:42. > :00:46.down the line, and it is all about averaging viewpoints across the

:00:46. > :00:51.season. They want to win everything but there was nothing more

:00:51. > :00:57.important than the Championship. Hamilton very much within the

:00:57. > :01:04.activations don't come up with and the one-second. He made a mistake,

:01:04. > :01:09.he compromised the turns. He looks a bit far back to get a good

:01:09. > :01:16.activation. But he might be over the back of the McLaren by the

:01:16. > :01:24.braking zone. So bastion that will still in front of Fernando Alonso.

:01:24. > :01:34.-- Sebastian Vettel. Lewis Hamilton ran wider before he could get power

:01:34. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:40.on to turn 13. Jenson Button, middle ground at the moment. It is

:01:40. > :01:48.a straightforward pass, he cannot defend against that, the superior

:01:48. > :01:52.speed with the DRS an operation. -- in operation. That is like getting

:01:52. > :01:57.knocked out with the first punch! And he did not even bothered to

:01:57. > :02:02.force him round the outside. would have compromised his position

:02:02. > :02:09.it and picked up dirt on his tyres. Had Lewis Hamilton tribe somewhere

:02:09. > :02:14.else, he would have put up a fight. Ferrari bearing down on Red Bull

:02:14. > :02:19.and whatever happens, the Ferrari performance has been very

:02:19. > :02:23.encouraging it. They know they have to fight hard this year. They had a

:02:23. > :02:27.-- they had a great second place in the opener in Australia and felt

:02:27. > :02:33.they could challenge in Australia, that went wrong when the front wing

:02:33. > :02:40.was damaged, but he just drives round the inside again, no problem!

:02:40. > :02:49.And has instructed, Sebastian Vettel did not fight it. -- as

:02:49. > :02:55.instructed. Fernando Alonso strategically using the tools

:02:55. > :03:00.exceptionally well. It is a game of cat and mouse but Fernando Alonso

:03:00. > :03:06.looks strong. Hamilton ahead of Jenson Button and now it is Kimi

:03:06. > :03:10.Raikkonen who will try to get past the McLaren, a different strategy

:03:10. > :03:20.to the other frontrunners. Butter is driving this sensible race at

:03:20. > :03:27.this stage. -- Jenson Button. Nico Hulkenberg has just come in, he did

:03:27. > :03:31.14 laps on that stint of tyres, decent, but not very long. Now he

:03:31. > :03:35.has put on the soft tyre, so he has not left it till the end, he has

:03:35. > :03:40.left it till the middle. Good information for the other teams

:03:40. > :03:45.because they will now see his lap time degradation, but Nico

:03:45. > :03:51.Hulkenberg has been looking very consistent and will get a lot of

:03:51. > :03:56.points this often in. Sergio Perez also doing a stint on the soft tie

:03:56. > :04:00.at the moment. That was it Fernando Alonso running round the inside of

:04:00. > :04:06.Sebastian Vettel to take the lead at the Grand Prix -- that was

:04:06. > :04:14.Fernando Alonso. The superior speed and operation and he went through

:04:14. > :04:19.no trouble. -- in operation. The softer tyre for Nico Hulkenberg and

:04:19. > :04:23.he was on the radio to his team at, they asked what they should do and

:04:23. > :04:31.he said, it is your choice, I cannot see what is happening in the

:04:31. > :04:37.race! A fair comment. We saw Nico Rosberg stepping out of his car

:04:37. > :04:42.before. We are talking to him. Were you did not want, another

:04:42. > :04:46.retirement, what was the problem? Just what you did not want. It was

:04:46. > :04:52.feeling strained and it got worse and my front wheel started to

:04:53. > :04:58.bounce on the inside, I do not know the reason. -- it was feeling

:04:58. > :05:04.strange. The front inside just came off.

:05:04. > :05:08.By at is a problem, two suspension issues for him -- that is the

:05:08. > :05:14.problem. He had a problem on Saturday morning which denied him

:05:14. > :05:21.the chance to do a qualifying stimulation -- simulation, so there

:05:21. > :05:26.are concerns at Mercedes. We have seen issues in practice, these cars

:05:26. > :05:35.are prototypes and they are updated every week, so it is not just about

:05:36. > :05:41.proving reliability, and Kimi Raikkonen is in position here. He

:05:41. > :05:47.will not need to do anything in seven and eight, they are

:05:47. > :05:52.considerably slower to what they do in qualifying. He is trying to line

:05:52. > :05:58.up for the next zones. And Sergio Perez has done six laps on his soft

:05:58. > :06:05.tyres and the last lap, you can see the tyres are losing performance.

:06:05. > :06:12.It looks like a soft option tyre really only has six laps and it.

:06:12. > :06:18.in it. So Sebastian Vettel will be coming in from second place. Will

:06:18. > :06:24.he run the option or leave it until the end of the race? Basic

:06:24. > :06:28.information from Sergio Perez, it will be... Kimi Raikkonen is down

:06:28. > :06:32.the outside, no problem. decision will be based on how many

:06:32. > :06:38.laps they will get out of it and where as a consequence of making

:06:38. > :06:44.the next stop they will end up in traffic. So this is where they

:06:44. > :06:50.think he is going to put them for the next round. In it is the medium

:06:50. > :06:55.compound, the harder tyre. -- it is. They want to save the option tyre

:06:55. > :07:01.for later in the race, and McLaren coming into the pit lane. Nico

:07:01. > :07:10.Hulkenberg has just set the fastest lap of the race, and he comes out

:07:10. > :07:16.in 8th place behind Felipe Massa. Sergio Perez is coming in for

:07:16. > :07:20.McLaren. Nico Hulkenberg going quickly on the soft tyre and he has

:07:20. > :07:26.got past Paul di Resta and put him into sixth place, so seven laps

:07:26. > :07:34.were done by Sergio Perez. And that was brave again from Sebastian

:07:34. > :07:39.Vettel! By at is how you do it, there was no hesitation. -- that is.

:07:39. > :07:44.He made it quite clear, I am coming through and I am running wide! So

:07:44. > :07:49.he has no choice to leave the door open, Felipe Massa, and hoped that

:07:49. > :07:55.he has misjudged it. But on the fresh tyre, he made good use of the

:07:55. > :07:59.extra grip. -- fresh tyres. It is easy for Sebastian Vettel to cut

:07:59. > :08:05.through at this stage. He has to use the extra grip when he has the

:08:05. > :08:11.opportunity. He goes down the inside of Paul di Resta here. But

:08:11. > :08:15.Paul di Resta has done a great job of pulling away from the Ferrari of

:08:15. > :08:20.Felipe Massa. Doing his utmost to get points for Force India, they

:08:20. > :08:25.have not had points here in China in the past and he has finished in

:08:25. > :08:33.11th place himself. Still looking back Nico Hulkenberg are not soft

:08:33. > :08:38.tyres. A Paul di Resta, I can see action from the pit crew in Force

:08:38. > :08:45.India, so he has done a good job with only one stop. In pretty good

:08:45. > :08:55.effort from him. How far behind Lewis Hamilton is Kimi Raikkonen?

:08:55. > :08:55.

:08:55. > :09:00.From 0.3 seconds only. -- 1.3. They started to get on the front row but

:09:00. > :09:06.it looks as though the Ferrari has had the more competitive

:09:06. > :09:11.performance here. He wanted to position his car on the outside at

:09:11. > :09:15.five, but Felipe Massa made it clear he was going that direction.

:09:16. > :09:20.He looks for the outside initially and it is on the second phase that

:09:20. > :09:26.he goes down the inside, that is it really difficult move. When you

:09:26. > :09:34.have made the decision by... And look at the amount of dirt have

:09:34. > :09:42.picked up by Romain Grosjean as. And a secondary has -- pass for the

:09:42. > :09:47.Toro Rosso. Daniel Ricciardo is in ninth position it and having a

:09:47. > :09:52.solid race. He has not got any points so far this year but they

:09:52. > :09:56.might be able to do something about that. The battle for fifth place

:09:56. > :09:59.now, and different tyre strategy. They were together in the early

:09:59. > :10:04.part of the race but Nico Hulkenberg are starting to drop

:10:04. > :10:11.away. His last lap was all right, how much further can he go on the

:10:11. > :10:15.soft tyres? He has an opportunity to pit now but he is staying out.

:10:15. > :10:20.But Sebastian Vettel has been able to get cleanly through the traffic

:10:20. > :10:26.ahead of him. A good lap from Sebastian Vettel, his fastest of

:10:26. > :10:30.the race, and of anybody's so far this race. Fernando Alonso and

:10:30. > :10:35.Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen started on the soft tyre and

:10:35. > :10:38.working through the medium compound, Sebastian Vettel has used three

:10:38. > :10:47.sets of medium tyres and still has to use the soft, everybody has to

:10:48. > :10:53.at some point, and Tom is worth the motorsport Director. -- his work.

:10:53. > :11:00.The soft tyres have lasted about six laps, did you expect that?

:11:00. > :11:04.looked at what Sebastian would do and we thought he would do his last

:11:04. > :11:08.picked up with five or six laps remaining, and we sent out Sergio

:11:09. > :11:13.Perez to drive them out and it is confirming about six, it so we

:11:13. > :11:19.expect the two that started on the medium tyres to come in with six

:11:19. > :11:29.remaining. Are how is the balance, do you need

:11:29. > :11:38.more front wing? -- how is. They are simple, he said, yes. Does that

:11:38. > :11:48.mean more? It does. And engaged along the conversation between Kimi

:11:48. > :11:53.

:11:54. > :12:00.Raikkonen and his engineer! -- and engaged. -- an. He will have to do

:12:00. > :12:06.20 laps on his final set of tyres, so I wonder if Mercedes will bring

:12:06. > :12:16.at Lewis Hamilton in next time? Lewis, Kimi Raikkonen is in the

:12:16. > :12:21.

:12:21. > :12:23.pit-lane, some posh! Mercedes have to respond. -- so push. Kimi

:12:24. > :12:33.Raikkonen is in a place, Romain Grosjean is in ninth place, Jean-

:12:34. > :12:37.

:12:38. > :12:47.Eric Vergne is in tenth. -- Kimi Raikkonen is in eighth place.

:12:47. > :12:51.board now with Paul di Resta. Jean- Eric Vergne is ahead of him at five.

:12:51. > :12:58.That was a good move by Paul di Resta and it takes him up into

:12:58. > :13:03.tenth place, but he still has softer tyres to run. So doing his

:13:03. > :13:11.utmost in their Force India and no doubt looking forward to Bahrain

:13:11. > :13:14.next week where they lead a Grand Prix briefly last year. And that is

:13:14. > :13:20.Lewis Hamilton in second place, 11 seconds behind Fernando Alonso, who

:13:20. > :13:24.is storming away at the moment. Jenson Button in fourth place,

:13:24. > :13:34.Sebastian Vettel in fifth position, and able to push. Nico Hulkenberg

:13:34. > :13:44.

:13:44. > :13:48.is still out. Jenson Button is ahead. He has just done it a one

:13:48. > :13:58.41.2, that should be good, as long as he is not overstretching the

:13:58. > :14:02.

:14:02. > :14:12.tyres. -- 141.2. The drivers are almost like Khamis as, managing the

:14:12. > :14:12.

:14:12. > :14:18.reaction of the compound. -- Khamis. -- chemists. I know you will think

:14:18. > :14:23.I am talking up the intelligence of drivers! We are going to have to

:14:23. > :14:33.get the traffic under way! He is a long way back behind the Marussia

:14:33. > :14:39.and even that far back, he is losing performance from his tyres.

:14:39. > :14:44.It is Max Chilton ahead of him, he is running in 18th place behind

:14:44. > :14:52.Giedo van der Garde and is trying to close that gap. They are running

:14:52. > :15:02.different strategies. Sebastien, we need to pass Jenson Button. And I

:15:02. > :15:10.

:15:10. > :15:14.that, so Sebastian Vettel moves back into third position, lap 37 of 56,

:15:14. > :15:20.and still the race is playing out, rocky happy with that, that is what

:15:20. > :15:24.he wanted to see, the Red Bull passing the McLaren. Up front,

:15:24. > :15:29.Fernando Alonso was in control by 12.3 seconds. Max Chilton being told

:15:29. > :15:35.about the blue flag, and I am sure that he will be getting out of the

:15:35. > :15:39.way. In comes Hulkenberg and Massa, locking up a little bit behind him.

:15:39. > :15:46.Raikkonen has just set his personal best lap time, Hamilton is still out

:15:46. > :15:50.there. Massa gets on his way once again. Hulkenberg, yeah, I thought

:15:50. > :15:57.they would be close, they are going to be side-by-side all the way down

:15:57. > :16:02.pitlane, and it will be a race. A problem for Hulkenberg! He did not

:16:02. > :16:05.get off the pits limiter. Normally that would deactivate as you pull

:16:05. > :16:10.for second or third year, it is programmed on individual driver

:16:10. > :16:15.preference that the upshift should be activated. There was something in

:16:15. > :16:19.the distraction, let's watch from inside the cockpit. He leaves room,

:16:19. > :16:25.glances in his mirrors, and it looks like the Ferrari is edging up on

:16:25. > :16:34.him. Well, there was no edging, the pits limiter was still on. You could

:16:34. > :16:39.see him flicking for a gear. It is down to individual and team choice.

:16:39. > :16:45.I would have gone for, the minute you upshift, it's deactivate the

:16:45. > :16:49.limiter. Is this part of moving to a new team? It is only his third Grand

:16:49. > :16:56.Prix with Sauber. We saw Lewis Hamilton pull up in the McLaren box

:16:56. > :17:01.last week, and he has known he has been a Mercedes driver since back in

:17:01. > :17:06.last year, and he still managed to stop in the wrong box! Where is

:17:06. > :17:10.Raikkonen? That is the big question, Kimi came in a couple of laps to go,

:17:10. > :17:16.they are going to try to get the end on this set of tyres, but they will

:17:16. > :17:21.be fresher than Kimi's come the end of the race. Where is the Lotus?

:17:22. > :17:30.Flashing down the straight... I think that is in there. That is a

:17:30. > :17:35.Toro Rosso. Years dead already. So Kimi Raikkonen... -- he is ahead

:17:35. > :17:40.already. He is in turn three already, Hamilton has lost out in

:17:40. > :17:45.that particular round. Raikkonen delivered a personal best at this

:17:45. > :17:49.phase of the Grand Prix, so reacting to the need to get a move on and try

:17:49. > :17:55.to clear the traffic that he was finding with the Mercedes.

:17:55. > :18:00.Ricciardo, Hamilton has come out behind him and needs to get past

:18:00. > :18:03.Ricciardo if at all possible, to go chasing after Kimi Raikkonen. What

:18:03. > :18:07.Lewis has to hope for but he will not feel confident about is that

:18:07. > :18:13.maybe the Lotus will not have any tyre performance at the end of the

:18:13. > :18:17.race, which is what happened to Kimi here last year. He ran wide, lost

:18:17. > :18:21.all performance and dropped like a stone out of the points from a

:18:21. > :18:25.potential podium finish. Looking at the Lotus' treatment of the tyres, I

:18:25. > :18:28.think that is unlikely, they will have judged it more carefully, and

:18:28. > :18:34.Raikkonen could have beaten Hamilton through this series of pit stops.

:18:34. > :18:38.Hamilton getting past Daniel Ricciardo, who holds his line for

:18:38. > :18:43.the moment. No problem at all for Lewis Hamilton to get past. And so

:18:43. > :18:47.Ricciardo drops a position. Let's just take a look at this, this is

:18:47. > :18:57.Kimi going past Ricciardo on the lap before. Around the outside, a couple

:18:57. > :19:03.

:19:03. > :19:08.of moves from Raikkonen, very late inside not to drive you wide. But

:19:08. > :19:12.Raikkonen making good use of the traffic. We are two thirds of the

:19:12. > :19:17.way through this Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso leads by 19.2

:19:17. > :19:21.seconds over Sebastian Vettel, and then we have got Button running in

:19:21. > :19:25.third position, Kimi Raikkonen is fourth, Hamilton is now in fifth

:19:25. > :19:30.place, Ricciardo has just come into the pits, by the way. Then it is Di

:19:30. > :19:35.Resta, then Massa, and then the top ten is completed by Hulkenberg,

:19:35. > :19:40.Perez, Grosjean, Jean-Eric Vergne. Both Williams are running in 13th

:19:40. > :19:46.and 14th. Jules Bianchi in the Marussia is leading the young

:19:46. > :19:51.teams' tussle, but only just from Charles Pic. Chilton is ahead of Van

:19:51. > :19:58.der Garde. We have lost four cars, Rosberg, Webber, Sutil and

:19:59. > :20:03.Gutierrez. Alonso spinning up the wheels, using a bit of KERS, exactly

:20:03. > :20:09.one pit stop in terms of time ahead of Vettel. We expect them both to

:20:09. > :20:14.make a further stop this afternoon. Of course, Vettel will be sticking

:20:14. > :20:19.those option tyres on. Let's just look for him in the background.

:20:19. > :20:26.is a long, long gap! That is what 19 seconds looks like, it may be even

:20:26. > :20:32.more this time. 19 flat, so Vettel actually picked up two tenths on

:20:32. > :20:37.Alonso on that last stop, but with one remaining stop each, this is the

:20:37. > :20:42.running order. Is he going to close that gap? Not unless Alonso has a

:20:42. > :20:46.technical issue at his pit stop. the tyres go off hugely, but that is

:20:46. > :20:52.not going to happen with three stops. And Vettel has the soft tyres

:20:52. > :20:59.to come. He has got the ugly ones at the end, Alonso will have the primes

:20:59. > :21:04.to put on. Raikkonen trying to pace it a little bit to look after his

:21:04. > :21:09.tyres. He is on a longer final stint than Hamilton, but Hamilton is on

:21:09. > :21:13.the attack. I said that Alonso had a scrub set of primes, but he started

:21:13. > :21:20.with three new sets, so he will have a primary set of tyres for the final

:21:20. > :21:28.stint. A number of cars are going to be investigated for DRS use in their

:21:28. > :21:34.yellow flag zone, Vettel and Webber, Raikkonen, 17 is Bottas, and

:21:34. > :21:38.then number 19 and 23 as well, so Max Chilton and Daniel Ricciardo.

:21:38. > :21:42.That could make a late night tonight. Breathe easy, Ferrari fans,

:21:42. > :21:46.Alonso is number three, his name is not on that list, further cementing

:21:46. > :21:50.the position that he looks like the man most likely to win this

:21:50. > :21:56.afternoon. It seems strange, if that many cars are being investigated, if

:21:56. > :22:00.something went wrong with the whole system. Unusual for so many to make

:22:00. > :22:03.a mistake. I guarantee they will all be getting on script before they go

:22:03. > :22:07.to see the stewards, because they will be fighting that together, they

:22:07. > :22:10.will have a better chance of getting through. Let's take a look at what

:22:11. > :22:17.is going on with Alonso, front wing moving around through the braking

:22:17. > :22:22.zone. You can see the brake ducts, all the little aero devices that are

:22:22. > :22:26.used to deflect air into the right position. That was just the director

:22:26. > :22:36.in dodging himself in a bit of slow motion camera work, no incident

:22:36. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :22:49.there. -- indulging. RADIO: Good very much as if Alonso, so far, is

:22:49. > :22:54.looking good for victory, but it is the second and third places that the

:22:54. > :22:59.racing is going on for here. On board with Kimi Raikkonen, looking

:22:59. > :23:07.back at Lewis Hamilton. It was this area of the track last year where

:23:07. > :23:11.Kimi had his problem. Box now!Here we go, final stop for Ferrari,

:23:11. > :23:17.perfect three-stop strategy. Locale calm they are, they know he is going

:23:17. > :23:21.to be boxing, but no emotion. -- look how calm they are. They do not

:23:21. > :23:27.have much time to get into position, and what they do is they keep the

:23:27. > :23:31.tyre off the cement in the pit area, because they lose heat so quickly.

:23:31. > :23:35.You need to keep them at the optimal working temperature. Fernando Alonso

:23:35. > :23:43.comes in, they need a good, clean pit stop, looking for victory in

:23:43. > :23:48.China at the moment. It is... OK, not the fastest, by any means.

:23:48. > :23:51.looked like the front jack man was out of the way, but Alonso waits for

:23:51. > :23:57.the likes to tell him when it is safe to go. Vettel coming through to

:23:57. > :24:03.take the lead. But he still has a pit stop to do, and he will be going

:24:03. > :24:08.on to the soft tyre as well. He is older tyres at this phase, so Alonso

:24:08. > :24:11.still looking good. Sebastian Vettel is where he likes to be, leading the

:24:11. > :24:16.Grand Prix, and of course these guys know that Jason consistent podiums

:24:16. > :24:20.is how you win the world championship, how Alonso came so

:24:20. > :24:25.close to beating Vettel last year. -- chasing. Another fastest lap from

:24:25. > :24:30.Lewis Hamilton, who is within a second of Kimi Raikkonen. So

:24:30. > :24:36.Raikkonen not secure in his position. Remember, they are both

:24:36. > :24:39.racing against Vettel, both Hamilton and Raikkonen, on differing

:24:39. > :24:44.strategies are racing against Vettel, so we will see how that

:24:44. > :24:48.works out through the Grand Prix. Massa is in seventh place in the

:24:48. > :24:51.other Ferrari, he really seems to have lost out. That first pit stop

:24:51. > :24:55.cost him hugely, and he has not been able to deliver the kind of

:24:56. > :25:00.performance that Fernando Alonso has done. Gary, I just wanted to bring

:25:00. > :25:06.you in here. I mean, it looks pretty good for Alonso, but it is all about

:25:06. > :25:13.second and third, isn't it? That is where the real race is going on.

:25:13. > :25:17.Vettel was 15 seconds behind Alonso, and in reality he will be

:25:17. > :25:21.coming out the Hamilton after the pit stop. You have to make sure you

:25:21. > :25:26.have got 23 seconds to keep that gap, or you are not going to make

:25:26. > :25:30.it. I wonder how the McLaren strategy is working out, they are on

:25:30. > :25:34.a two-stop, Jenson Button running third. This is going to be an easy

:25:34. > :25:38.overtake for Alonso before they go into turn one, he reclaimed the lead

:25:38. > :25:43.of the Chinese Grand Prix once more, and he is looking good up

:25:43. > :25:49.front. Vettel now has to manage his tyres. He still has one-stop to go,

:25:49. > :25:53.what are your thoughts on Button? was the right strategy, taking the

:25:53. > :26:00.best result of this weekend. I do not think they ever came here

:26:00. > :26:07.thinking they could win the race. are racing Vettel, let's close up to

:26:07. > :26:11.him. Racing Vettel? Have they got a chance? Once the tyres do this four

:26:11. > :26:17.or five laps, they will drop off, steady for a long time, so Jenson

:26:17. > :26:24.did a good run on the medium tyre early, so yeah. What is the longest

:26:24. > :26:28.run on the soft tyre we have seen? think we saw six laps for prayers,

:26:28. > :26:37.two second slower than Jenson Button. Two seconds is too much. --

:26:37. > :26:44.Perez. He has got to get to lap 50. B has got to make sure he has got a

:26:44. > :26:52.good tyre for the last few laps. Thank you very much, Gary. We were

:26:52. > :27:00.watching the tyre behaviour on Vettel's car. He came in for his

:27:00. > :27:07.stop, and my notes ESA lap 32, so he has done 11 now on these tyres. --

:27:07. > :27:11.my notes hearsay. He is getting into the training phase. Not far behind

:27:11. > :27:15.Jenson Button as well, so this is going to be fun, Jenson Button, a

:27:15. > :27:20.former winner here in China, so is Kimi Raikkonen and of course so is

:27:20. > :27:24.Lewis Hamilton, a double winner in China in the past, and he knows you

:27:24. > :27:28.have to race right to the end. He has claimed top spot in the last few

:27:28. > :27:32.laps in self here just a few years ago over Sebastian Vettel. No giving

:27:32. > :27:37.in, no surrender at this point, it has got to be full on all the way

:27:37. > :27:43.and see what happens in that race with Vettel in particular, was

:27:43. > :27:47.running in second place but is due another pit stop. Remember, Button

:27:47. > :27:53.is due another pit stop. He is being asked to try to close on Vettel, who

:27:53. > :27:57.is on much newer tyres. I thinking that is asking quite a lot of Jenson

:27:57. > :28:01.Button in a McLaren that we know is not as competitive as the other cars

:28:01. > :28:04.at this point. But they have got to give him some inspiration, back at

:28:04. > :28:09.the factory, it is great to see the McLaren on a different strategy up

:28:09. > :28:13.there with these guys. That is Grand Prix racing, played to your

:28:13. > :28:18.strengths. I think that McLaren recognised that they do not have the

:28:18. > :28:21.new package for this year optimised, but they have such a big spread of

:28:21. > :28:25.performance through the tyres that they have gone with a different

:28:25. > :28:30.strategy. Again, it fits comfortably with the fact that Jenson Button,

:28:30. > :28:33.more often than not, when we see changing conditions, the medium damp

:28:33. > :28:38.conditions, where he goes on the intermediates when others are on

:28:38. > :28:41.wets or slicks, he is good at understanding what might be. Here

:28:41. > :28:45.comes Raikkonen to take that position from Jenson Button, moving

:28:45. > :28:50.up into third place, and Lewis Hamilton will try to do similar.

:28:50. > :28:54.Still another stop to come for Jenson Button, remember, but

:28:54. > :28:58.Raikkonen, who has done his three starts now, he is charging to the

:28:58. > :29:05.flag from this stage, as is Lewis Hamilton. A different strategy. What

:29:05. > :29:08.McLaren are trying to do is stay up in the top ten and just get some

:29:08. > :29:13.points out of this race, bring more modifications to the car to Bahrain.

:29:13. > :29:19.Look at Hamilton, around the outside. He will do it, will he?

:29:19. > :29:24.That is unusual. He has ended up doing it, Button quite generous.

:29:24. > :29:29.Yes, sensible racing, once Lewis has positioned himself in the braking

:29:29. > :29:34.zone into two on the outer line, good spatial awareness from these

:29:34. > :29:39.two guys. If you do not see it, you do not see someone overtaking there

:29:39. > :29:42.everyday. Boat on the podium for McLaren last year, but Jenson Button

:29:42. > :29:51.lost the chance to close on Rosberg with a pit stop problem. This was

:29:51. > :29:56.Grosjean getting past Perez for 10th place. This is Raikkonen, this is on

:29:56. > :30:01.Button, the replay of the overtake we saw a moment ago. Raikkonen

:30:01. > :30:11.taking that position and moving up into third. This was how Hamilton

:30:11. > :30:22.

:30:22. > :30:27.fastest and Ulster -- fastest middle sector of anybody. He is

:30:27. > :30:33.looking after his tyres but still going very quickly, so he is in

:30:33. > :30:42.great shape and he is nine seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Can Kimi

:30:42. > :30:47.Raikkonen a close that gap? -- close. Kimi Raikkonen is really

:30:47. > :30:52.going to have to get on it here to close down at Ferrari in the

:30:52. > :30:59.closing laps, and Fernando Alonso is on fresher tyres. We will have

:30:59. > :31:04.to wait and see. We are on lap 46 now. It shows you the different

:31:04. > :31:10.strategies and how you have to manage the tyres. Fernando Alonso,

:31:10. > :31:15.Sebastian Vettel in second, two a second slower that last lap. The

:31:15. > :31:22.times all over the place as these drivers tied to manage their own

:31:22. > :31:25.Grand Prix. -- a price. As Kimi Raikkonen says, you drive your own

:31:25. > :31:33.Grand Prix rather than setting out to race against the others, you

:31:33. > :31:37.have to drive to plan. If that involves overtaking, great, but you

:31:37. > :31:43.stick to the plans. Lewis Hamilton is 1.1 seconds behind Kimi

:31:43. > :31:48.Raikkonen. They have to close that gap to Fernando Alonso and get into

:31:48. > :31:54.position ahead of Sebastian Vettel, which they are doing. Sebastian

:31:54. > :31:59.Vettel will drop behind when he makes a pit stop and he will drop

:31:59. > :32:03.behind Jenson Button as well, but he should come out in front of Paul

:32:03. > :32:08.di Resta. But Sebastian Vettel will not be looking at a podium finish

:32:08. > :32:11.the way things are going and he might even drop behind Felipe Massa

:32:11. > :32:18.potentially. And so Sebastian Vettel has to manage the estate of

:32:18. > :32:28.the race. Jenson Button will need to do another stop so that will be

:32:28. > :32:39.

:32:39. > :32:45.neutralised. So he will not said, as he just does another

:32:45. > :32:49.fastest lap! Man and machine come together in perfect harmony

:32:49. > :32:54.sometimes and nobody can match that. Fernando Alonso seems to have found

:32:54. > :32:59.that position today. Jenson Button has to go on to the soft tyre, as

:32:59. > :33:05.well as Sebastian Vettel, and track temperature has also dropped down

:33:05. > :33:13.to 27 degrees now so they will have that target to prevent a soft tyres

:33:13. > :33:19.graining too quickly. -- goes soft tyres. How his Kimi Raikkonen

:33:19. > :33:28.getting on against Lewis Hamilton? -- how is. Begat is still 1.2

:33:28. > :33:38.seconds. -- the gap. The battle for best of the rest, for second, he

:33:38. > :33:40.

:33:40. > :33:45.wants it to most. -- who wants it most. I do not think the Red Bull

:33:45. > :33:49.of Sebastian Vettel will make it. The strategy of using the soft tyre

:33:49. > :33:53.for qualifying seems to be the best strategy and the decision by Red

:33:53. > :34:03.Bull to run at a medium compound does not seem to be working out

:34:03. > :34:05.

:34:05. > :34:14.here. -- to run. That is a big challenge for teams. Compounds are

:34:14. > :34:19.generally a bit softer but tyres fundamentally are different. A car

:34:19. > :34:28.ahead of Kimi Raikkonen is Sebastian Vettel who has still it

:34:28. > :34:38.yet to stop, it is going to be close. -- the Shanghai. He should

:34:38. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:45.be able to make up ground. -- the car. He will have four laps to make

:34:45. > :34:49.some ground. And he may get some more out of it, he has a new set

:34:49. > :34:57.waiting for him, they have not been spoiled by going through a heat

:34:57. > :35:06.cycle. It might not be over yet, but he will be coming from behind.

:35:06. > :35:13.It will make for an exciting finish. Daniel Ricciardo in eighth place is

:35:13. > :35:18.not far behind Felipe Massa, great effort from him. And he's just

:35:18. > :35:23.getting past Nico Hulkenberg here, so Toro Rosso are showing the sort

:35:23. > :35:31.of performance we have seen some evidence of this year, but they are

:35:31. > :35:35.now delivering today. It could be the circuit. This time last year,

:35:35. > :35:40.Nico Rosberg won in style but Mercedes never looked like winning

:35:40. > :35:50.again, that is the nature of Formula One in this stage of the

:35:50. > :35:50.

:35:50. > :35:57.season. Difficult to bring the big upgrades when you are overseas. But

:35:57. > :36:07.they are winning points and that is very valuable. 1 small past, get

:36:07. > :36:10.

:36:10. > :36:14.everything out of this. -- pass. has done at 25 laps on the set of

:36:14. > :36:20.tyres, they are doing well, but Sebastian Vettel looks to be

:36:20. > :36:28.sliding around a bit. For and he is running 1.2 seconds faster than the

:36:28. > :36:33.last lap for Jenson Button. -- and he is. Sebastian Vettel can run a

:36:33. > :36:42.bit faster and he is trying to minimise the gap when he does his

:36:42. > :36:46.last pit stop. He will go out and hit it for a few laps. Still a gap

:36:46. > :36:53.between third and fourth place, which will become second and third

:36:53. > :36:57.when Sebastian Vettel makes his final stop. Paul di Resta...

:36:57. > :37:04.wish macro will be stopping for the next three laps and towards the end

:37:04. > :37:08.of the race, he will be very close -- Sebastian Vettel. Lewis has been

:37:08. > :37:13.in the situation with the faster tyres at the end of the race but I

:37:13. > :37:20.am sure he will be up for the fight. Paul di Resta is in sixth place and

:37:20. > :37:25.he also has to make a pit stop, and this is McLaren, for Jenson Button

:37:26. > :37:31.who will be coming into the pits. He should come out three seconds

:37:31. > :37:35.ahead of of Daniel Ricciardo. We will take a look at that to see

:37:36. > :37:42.where he comes out. But we hope that pit stop will go well because

:37:42. > :37:51.it did not go well in Malaysia. That is more like it! Poetry in

:37:51. > :37:58.motion! That is Daniel Ricciardo so he is going to come out ahead of

:37:58. > :38:04.him. That is a good position. He will be reasonably happy with that.

:38:04. > :38:08.We will see how the tyres work on the McLaren and if he can put

:38:08. > :38:13.Felipe Massa under pressure because he will have much quicker tyres for

:38:13. > :38:19.the next few laps. But will he be able to get past him and stay in

:38:19. > :38:22.front of him? We are still waiting for Paul di Resta to come into the

:38:22. > :38:32.pits and also for Sebastian Vettel, that is the big one we want to see

:38:32. > :38:37.

:38:37. > :38:42.what will happen when he comes in for the final stage of the race.

:38:42. > :38:48.That is Sebastian Vettel, in second place. Those of the two that seemed

:38:48. > :38:55.to be fighting for second. -- those are the two. This is another great

:38:55. > :38:59.effort by Lewis Hamilton and a fast middle sector on the soft tyres,

:38:59. > :39:05.and those guys continue round another lap. Sebastian Vettel is

:39:05. > :39:10.going deep before they make the final stop and this is Jenson

:39:10. > :39:17.Button, he is on the soft tyres and he will get him down the inside.

:39:17. > :39:24.Will be soft tyres last him? This is impressive from McLaren who have

:39:24. > :39:29.got past the Ferrari that was so quick here on Friday, and look at

:39:30. > :39:37.Felipe Massa sliding around. Jenson Button has a new set of tyres and

:39:37. > :39:42.he should be able to make it work. You cannot do much to preserve a

:39:42. > :39:48.life of that option tyre, you just have to use the grip that is

:39:48. > :39:53.available and if it does fall off in the last lap or so, you hope you

:39:53. > :39:59.have another -- you hope you have a big enough gap. Not easy in

:39:59. > :40:03.Shanghai it when the tracks are so wide. Jenson Button was the fastest

:40:03. > :40:13.man in the first sector, so he is not holding back and he is just

:40:13. > :40:13.

:40:13. > :40:18.giving everything. Villa two will be coming in. He is currently seven

:40:18. > :40:23.seconds behind Fernando Alonso. -- Sebastian Vettel Bobby coming in.

:40:23. > :40:28.He should come out in front of Paul di Resta put behind Lewis Hamilton,

:40:28. > :40:34.and quite a week behind. Will the soft tyres allow him to close that

:40:34. > :40:39.gap? -- quite a way behind. needs to make up more than 10

:40:39. > :40:45.seconds, this will cost them about 18 seconds. He will be behind

:40:45. > :40:55.Hamilton by about 10 seconds. this is the final stop for

:40:55. > :40:59.

:40:59. > :41:07.Sebastian Vettel. They were a bit slow! He needs every second here.

:41:07. > :41:17.So he will join them again. And how well the settle down? And look at

:41:17. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:30.the lap paste of Jenson Button. -- pace. Sebastian Vettel has run at

:41:30. > :41:32.

:41:32. > :41:40.it through four, five and into six. -- run out. So a bastion, race to

:41:40. > :41:46.the finish, and you have a big gap behind! -- Sebastian. Expect these

:41:46. > :41:51.to be fast laps. This is fun to watch, qualifying laps from a

:41:51. > :41:55.Sebastian Vettel, the reigning World Champion, going for it to

:41:55. > :42:00.catch Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton who are now second and

:42:00. > :42:04.third. Have they got enough to stay in front and claim their podium

:42:04. > :42:12.positions or will Sebastian Vettel close on them? This is the middle

:42:12. > :42:15.sector. That is the gap, can he really close that gap in the

:42:15. > :42:22.remaining four laps? It is a lot to ask but he will be giving it

:42:22. > :42:26.everything it. He was one second quicker in that middle sector.

:42:26. > :42:30.Hamel turn and Kimi Raikkonen have just passed in front of the

:42:30. > :42:40.commentary box -- Lewis Hamilton. He is pulling believe fat and its

:42:40. > :42:40.

:42:40. > :42:47.wobbles around. -- he is pulling believe that and it wobbles around.

:42:47. > :42:57.-- the lever. He has to make up 11.5 seconds in three laps, I do

:42:57. > :42:59.

:42:59. > :43:09.not think he will be able to do that. The fastest lap currently has

:43:09. > :43:11.

:43:12. > :43:17.been one 39.5. 139:5. Here is fastest again in the first sector -

:43:17. > :43:22.- he is. We have not seen Fernando Alonso much because he has been

:43:22. > :43:28.Supreme out from its dealing with every situation, and that Ferrari

:43:28. > :43:32.has looked superb, they have got a race-winning car here. Malaysia was

:43:32. > :43:37.disappointing, they did not finish, it could be costly at the end of

:43:37. > :43:41.the year, but what it replied to come here and dominate this race.

:43:41. > :43:46.He is 11 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, with Lewis Hamilton

:43:46. > :43:51.close behind is -- plus behind. Sebastian Vettel is two seconds

:43:51. > :43:59.faster in two sectors and if he can do that in each sector, we will see

:43:59. > :44:07.what could happen. He is trying to get into there DRS zone behind

:44:07. > :44:13.Lewis Hamilton. -- a DRS zone. Paul di Resta is going to pit now,

:44:13. > :44:20.and it is going to be close for him to get into the top 10. Kimi

:44:20. > :44:24.Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton continue in second and third. They

:44:24. > :44:29.gap is now down to eight seconds between Sebastian Vettel and Lewis

:44:29. > :44:35.Hamilton -- the gap. I think he will run out of time, but he has

:44:35. > :44:41.unleashed a time with those new tyres. Paul di Resta is in the pits

:44:41. > :44:45.and we will keep an eye on where he joins. Nico Hulkenberg was in ninth

:44:45. > :44:51.place and is coming down the finish straight now and I think Romain

:44:51. > :45:01.Grosjean has got past Nico Hulkenberg. We are still watching

:45:01. > :45:09.

:45:09. > :45:13.Lewis Hamilton as he chases down It may be that Force India can still

:45:13. > :45:18.get some points here today, we will wait and see, it is going to be

:45:18. > :45:27.marginal. Second and third go through, how quick is Vettel?

:45:27. > :45:30.one second up relative to Hamilton. Again, 0.9 up, so on scheduled to be

:45:30. > :45:33.getting close to his gearbox at the end of the Grand Prix, he is getting

:45:33. > :45:40.diminishing returns because these tyres are no longer brand-new, and

:45:40. > :45:44.there is higher degradation, even on the Mercedes in front, which is a

:45:44. > :45:49.much older prime tyre. You can see him in the background, we are going

:45:49. > :45:54.to get a grandstand finish, but I do not know if it is going to be

:45:54. > :46:01.enough. He is three seconds quicker, he is five seconds behind! The last

:46:01. > :46:06.lap is going to be fun here in China, no doubt about it! Vettel is

:46:06. > :46:10.closing, catching them up. Has he got enough time to do it? And there

:46:10. > :46:14.is traffic ahead, Hamilton and Raikkonen have to navigate through a

:46:14. > :46:20.group of slower cars that are getting on with their Grand Prix.

:46:20. > :46:27.They will get the blue flags. up is Bianchi and Pic at ahead of

:46:27. > :46:32.them. Bianchi is still leading in that young guns group. The gap to

:46:32. > :46:39.Vettel is 5.2, two laps remaining. They did not tell him how fast

:46:39. > :46:45.Vettel is going, I notice! He might have worked that out for himself!

:46:45. > :46:51.are on board with Vettel, are these tyres going off yet? Can we tell

:46:51. > :47:01.from watching? He is still going one second per lap faster. We can see

:47:01. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:04.the draining, sorry, one second per sector faster. These are the guys he

:47:04. > :47:08.is racing in front. It is a good feeling. It is a big gap, though.On

:47:08. > :47:13.superior tyres, will they last these last couple of tyres? There was a

:47:13. > :47:23.lock-up, who was that? We have seen Hamilton Locke already, a bit wide

:47:23. > :47:24.

:47:24. > :47:33.from Vettel. Getting scrappy now into the final lap. The gap was 5.2

:47:33. > :47:35.seconds to Hamilton, it is down to just two seconds! He can do it, if

:47:35. > :47:42.the tyres hang on, he can be right into the DRS owner of Hamilton into

:47:42. > :47:46.turn 14. Hamilton is going to be compromised in traffic through turn

:47:46. > :47:51.four and five. But the tyres are beginning to give up on Vettel's

:47:51. > :47:56.car, Raikkonen should be secure in second, but Hamilton is being

:47:56. > :48:01.threatened. He has fallen into a zone where his tyres have gone off,

:48:01. > :48:05.he will be a sitting duck to the Red Bull of Vettel. I do not think he

:48:05. > :48:15.can hold on. All said that Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes, can he

:48:15. > :48:19.

:48:19. > :48:24.hold on for a second finish? Blue flags! Blue flags! He wants the

:48:24. > :48:27.Caterham out of the way, but he is within the DRS zone. He has run

:48:27. > :48:36.wide, made a mistake, and then a further mistake, Hamilton may be

:48:36. > :48:40.safe. Vettel will get DRS, but he may be too far back. Remember, the

:48:40. > :48:44.Mercedes is quick in a straight line, and the Red Bull is not. Kimi

:48:44. > :48:49.Raikkonen heading down towards the hairpin. Anand Alonso is going to

:48:49. > :48:54.win this race, but who will finish in the third? A lock-up from Jules

:48:54. > :48:59.Bianchi, Fernando Alonso wins in China for Ferrari! They celebrate

:48:59. > :49:03.already, but what will happen in the battle for third place? Hamilton

:49:03. > :49:11.locks up! But he is still in front of Sebastian Vettel! Raikkonen

:49:11. > :49:16.second, Hamilton third, Vettel fourth, what a race to the flag! The

:49:16. > :49:21.Red Bull strategy did not quite payoff, Jenson Button is going to

:49:21. > :49:25.finish in fifth place. McLaren will be very happy about that, delivering

:49:25. > :49:32.a solid result with a car that perhaps was not up to the mark. But

:49:32. > :49:37.celebration in the Ferrari camp, the first Ferrari win of 2013. The

:49:37. > :49:43.second for Alonso here, the fourth for Ferrari in China. What a result

:49:43. > :49:50.for Fernando Alonso, he dominated this race, and Ferrari are definite

:49:50. > :49:52.championship contenders this year. Just to let you know, Massa finish

:49:52. > :50:01.sixth, Ricciardo a fantastic seventh, his best ever result, Di

:50:01. > :50:06.Resta in eighth place as well. RADIO: Fenomenale! Fenomenale!

:50:06. > :50:16.Grande weekend, grande weekend! Fernando Alonso drives into the

:50:16. > :50:29.

:50:29. > :50:34.number one spot, the fully deserved here in China, 31 victories to his

:50:35. > :50:41.name in his career, and that matches Nigel Mansell, interestingly enough.

:50:41. > :50:46.They are fourth in the all-time winners list. A very special podium

:50:46. > :50:52.for Fernando Alonso. It has been a while since he last took victory

:50:52. > :50:58.here in China, that was back in 2005 in his Renault days. And of course

:50:58. > :51:05.in 2005, he went on to win the world championship. Very early days! But

:51:05. > :51:09.he is surely going to be highly competitive all season long.

:51:09. > :51:12.Good afternoon, race fans, to the millions watching around the world,

:51:12. > :51:19.what a race, and I believe in Chinese...

:51:19. > :51:23.HE SPEAKS CHINESE I hope I have announced that correctly or high

:51:23. > :51:26.have offended a nation! I will step in to talk to race

:51:26. > :51:31.winner Fernando Alonso, congratulations, a dominant victory

:51:31. > :51:35.in the end, your 31st, but the new fifth in the all-time list behind

:51:35. > :51:42.Ayrton Senna, what does it mean to you? Well, hello, everybody, first

:51:42. > :51:48.of all, thank you for the support all weekend. Amazing fans all

:51:48. > :51:52.weekend, and it is very nice to race here. About the race, yes,

:51:52. > :51:58.definitely it was a fantastic race for us from the start to the end. We

:51:58. > :52:02.had no big problems on the car, tyre degradation was better than

:52:02. > :52:07.expected. We managed the pace, yeah, it feels great after the retirement

:52:07. > :52:16.in Malaysian, we were under pressure to finish the race, but the two we

:52:16. > :52:17.have finished this year, won second place, today the victory, so

:52:17. > :52:22.definitely the start of 2013 is looking good. We are very

:52:22. > :52:27.optimistic. Great stuff, congratulations. Kimi Raikkonen...

:52:27. > :52:30.Very popular with the Chinese fans, many Finnish flags there. That is

:52:30. > :52:34.your 20th consecutive finish in Formula One, you are Mr

:52:34. > :52:39.consistency, you have to work hard for second place today, you had

:52:39. > :52:49.damage to the front wing of your car after contact, tell us about that

:52:49. > :52:52.

:52:52. > :52:52.and how it affected the balance. Yeah, I mean, it was a pretty OK

:52:52. > :53:01.result. Obviously we want to win, but after a bad start, the car was

:53:01. > :53:04.handling well. I tried to avoid errors, but I hit him on the rear, I

:53:04. > :53:11.think, and that damaged the front. That did not help, but luckily it

:53:11. > :53:14.did not affect so much the handling. There was still a bit too

:53:14. > :53:23.much and as deer, but we could still fight for second place, and for sure

:53:23. > :53:23.without the damage we could have been quite a lot faster. Anyhow,

:53:23. > :53:26.good points and we will try to do better next time. Coming around to

:53:27. > :53:31.Lewis Hamilton, the first man to be on pole former CD since the great

:53:32. > :53:35.Stirling Moss, it did not quite work out on race pace, you really dropped

:53:35. > :53:40.away towards the closing stages under a lot of pressure from Vettel,

:53:40. > :53:45.but great racing on the less. really happy with the result, a

:53:45. > :53:50.great result for the team, happy with the points. The team did a

:53:50. > :53:56.fantastic job all weekend, we did not have the pace that these two

:53:56. > :54:00.had, fortunate to be on the podium. How was that for you? I mean, for

:54:00. > :54:04.me, it was always quite strange. We lead quite a bit of the race, and

:54:04. > :54:09.when you are doing less stops, it looks more exciting, but the end of

:54:09. > :54:13.the race is not as exciting. We did well today, we have to try something

:54:13. > :54:23.different. We are not quick enough to finish fifth on a three-stop

:54:23. > :54:24.

:54:24. > :54:27.strategy or a. Strategy. So we had to go long, which was trippy with so

:54:27. > :54:28.many people tripping over each other. It was quite a strange race

:54:28. > :54:31.for me, I could not block, there was no point fighting people, you have

:54:31. > :54:38.to let them overtake you aren't not fight back, that was the quickest

:54:38. > :54:44.way to the end of the race. Nerves of steel when you are pitting so

:54:44. > :54:51.late. Yeah, the pace of the third stint in clean air was unbelievable.

:54:51. > :54:55.We were able to improve and improve, and we were racing them, top job to

:54:55. > :55:00.the boys who had a bit of an issue before, but they kept their nerve,

:55:00. > :55:05.and the last pit stop, given the confidence was low from the last

:55:05. > :55:10.race, we managed to do it. Right strategy, but I was unfortunate with

:55:10. > :55:13.Adrian being a bit aggressive at the start, and I lost four places. I had

:55:13. > :55:18.to battle through from there. Whether he didn't see me, I will

:55:18. > :55:22.speak to him afterwards, but we can be content the race pace was as

:55:22. > :55:32.strong as it was. So the Chinese Grand Prix ended up

:55:32. > :56:12.

:56:12. > :56:19.today, to get you up to date Gutierrez gets a five place grid

:56:19. > :56:21.penalty in Bahrain for his accident. And Mark Webber gets a

:56:21. > :56:29.three place grid penalty for his incident with Jean-Eric Vergne. And

:56:29. > :56:31.then we had the whole DRS infringement with eight drivers up

:56:31. > :56:35.for penalties, but no further action there. It seems there has been a

:56:35. > :56:39.technical issue with the activation of the yellow flag boards, glad to

:56:39. > :56:44.see there is no further action, because it would have spoiled what

:56:44. > :56:48.was a good race. The yellow flag was out for Mark Webber's car, but it

:56:48. > :56:54.was not a real danger zone as such. But what it did do was leave us

:56:54. > :56:59.with, I think, a very exciting afternoon 's racing. We saw Fernando

:56:59. > :57:03.Alonso show once again why he is number one at Ferrari, Kimi

:57:03. > :57:06.Raikkonen is Mr Consistent, Lewis, a great pole position, he did not

:57:06. > :57:11.manage to convert that into something more, but being on the

:57:11. > :57:16.podium at the last two races gives him a strong position going forward.

:57:16. > :57:22.He did well to hang onto it with Vettel coming up behind him, he

:57:22. > :57:30.would not have expected him to make those two errors. Yes, Vettel made a

:57:30. > :57:32.mistake into turn 11, putting him out of position before the DRS own.

:57:32. > :57:37.It almost worked for him, that different strategy, he started on

:57:37. > :57:42.the harder tyre, the prime tyre. He did some amazing qualifying laps,

:57:42. > :57:47.but he came up just short. What it is setting us up for, four races in,

:57:47. > :57:52.three races, excuse me, the world championship is pretty tight both in

:57:52. > :57:57.drivers and constructors. Ferrari, in the top four, it could

:57:57. > :58:03.be any of them. When they get it right, Ferrari are supreme, and that

:58:03. > :58:07.was as dominant victory as we have seen from Fernando in that car, such

:58:07. > :58:11.a strong start to the year. Compared to last season, he won in KL, but

:58:11. > :58:15.that was more because of the weather. That was tyre management

:58:15. > :58:20.and strategy. They have to be seen as serious title contenders this