The Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying Formula 1

The twins! -- Ferrari wins! Nigel not so glamorous now for this

The twins! -- Ferrari wins! Nigel Mansell has won the Italian Grand

Prix. Michael Schumacher crosses the line

to win the Italian Grand Prix. His fifth a tree at Monza. -- 50

victory. A live with passion, a special

place, a fabulous track. The cathedral of speed welcomes you to

the Italian Grand Prix on this perfect qualifying day.

Traditionally, this has been a happy ground for Ferrari. 18 wins and pole

positions, but no victories in 2010. Their force, their fans, are here in

droves. Their love for the horse borders on religion. Monza is

pulsate in with expectation. -- pulsate in.

So, it is the final opportunity of a European victory this season. There

are just eight races to go now until the championship concludes in

Brazil. So, plenty to look forward to. The question, of course, is in

any body part the red Bull bubble? Last time it was Vettel.

I weigh Rego and Hamilton makes a good getaway. Vettel slots in

behind. Button is going around the outside. Vettel has got past Button.

He is Alonso. He moves to the outside.

Fernando Alonso started in ninth. He is fourth already. The DRS is in

opposition -- operation. A surprising amount of brake dust from

Kimi Raikkonen's car. Nothing Romain Grosjean can do. A drive-through

penalty for Sergio Perez. That was an important pass. Lewis Hamilton,

tucked into the slipstream. Alonso is determined on the brakes. He

almost lost control! That was all very tight. Brilliant, absolutely

brilliant. Here we go, this is the move. He

couldn't stop the move at all. It is a first retirement since his return

to Formula One for Kimi Raikkonen. He won't give up. Paul di Resta pays

the biggest prize. Vettel wins in Belgium. He takes his second win

here. Oh, what a shot! Seems a long time

since you have experienced a bit of champagne like that. It really

stings in your eyes. Eddie Jordan, you would know, you have had plenty

of success. Listen, two weeks ago, you announced to the world that

Daniel Ricciardo was moving to Red Bull and that he had been signed. So

they obviously listened to you and they announced it on Monday. Was it

the right decision? Absolutely. They have put a youth policy in. They

the right decision? Absolutely. They could have gone with Raikkonen. I

think it is the right decision to have Ricciardo in this team. He is

perfect for them. Let's have a look at how the

championship looks as we go Raikkonen is down to fourth.

Hamilton is hoping to reduce it 12.05 -- to reduce his 12 points

avoid. Red Bull still have 300 points

available. So, here we are in Monza. Just as

excited to be here as we were in Belgium. Let's wander down to the

pit lane. Monza ticks all the boxes for drivers and fans. It is the most

historic Grand Prix. You have got the old bank here. You

can see it from the start. The history is part of it. You have got

grandmothers, great-grandmothers, children. It covers everything in

terms of the fan base. The passion for motorsport and Ferrari, it is

something else. We rival it in Silverstone.

It is a different kind of rivalry. Silverstone, they are hard-core

fans, but not as passionate. You don't have that here. You are either

a Ferrari fan or you are not really at the races. They don't care about

anybody else. I might take you up on that. Italy

is hoping for a Ferrari win, but a small section of the country is

looking for another driver in small section of the country is

another area. I have come to just outside Naples

to find the only village that will not be supporting Ferrari. But there

is a good reason for that. Paolo di Resta. Paul di Resta?

Si. Walking around the streets, do you

feel more Scottish or Italian? It is always a good mix. Growing up in an

Italian family, I have had both aspects. We are traditional

Italian, but the Scottish weather is different. To come and see the

family and how they live, it is such a simple but happy life. It is

great. So amazing to see such an extended

family. The children are getting involved and the older people as

well. It must make you proud. It is such a small place. Everybody knows

each other. When you drive up the village, all of the old women are

sitting on the balconies. It is nice to come out and see the

day and to enjoy it. So, Paul, this was the family Farm.

100 years ago, this is where it started. They sustained their life

here. To this day, they keep the plantation going. There is a lot of

fruit. There is. Lemons, Kiwis, figs. Do the camera crew want some?

That is lovely. Let's talk about your season. How

would you sum it up so far? It is positive. We have been in the top

ten until the last race. We are above where we were last

year. We hear you are very vocal on the

radio, blaming the team. I apologise. That was a mess.

I have got a strong relationship with the team. None of it should be

taken as criticism. I don't want to come across like that. I need to go

back and analyse what has gone on because it is not acceptable.

I can't confirm and them enough with words. To repay them, it is a

podium, a win. When you speak to your family, it is

fantastic. They are obviously up -- passionate Ferrari fans. I Ferrari.

Paul is very good! How much would you like to be a

Paul is very good! Ferrari driver, as an Italian? It

would be a dream. When I was watching TV back in the day, it was

the generation of Michael Schumacher's domination in Ferrari.

That was always a dream, to be in that position. The car was mighty.

It would mean so much to me. Ideal management speaking to Ferrari

for next year? -- are your management. There is no confirmation

yet. I would love to be good enough to have the reputation to be given

the chance. Let's go and have a good time with

your family. I got four children, seven

grandchildren, a superstar. What more do you want? There is something

special about deadly? He is very lucky, family everywhere, and he can

special about deadly? He is very always nip off to Italy for the

weekend. -- Italy. He has done absolutely enough. You heard what he

said, he is hankering about coming to Ferrari but the last couple of

races have not helped him and his management, they need a strong

performance at the time of management, they need a strong

negotiating and that has not worked out. We don't know what will happen

this weekend. So far, if you have been watching, you will have seen

this last session. This is not what he wanted? In Parabolica, he thought

there was some failure but I have not heard anything to confirm that.

It does come as a surprise, over 200 mph, you always think it is

something else. I think it was just a driver error. That is such a

high-speed kink. Hopefully it will be fixed in time. Let's go back to

Tom Clarkson outside Force India. I can confirm he will be odd. They are

just putting the floor back onto the car but it has been expensive. Blood

from a financial point of view, he did about £150,000 worth of damage

with that brake disk failure and that and sent straight into the

Parabolica. And also, that cost in track time but at least he will be

there at the start of Q1. That is track time but at least he will be

good news. All of his fans will be pleased he can get out because if

you cannot, you are really stuck? I am concerned about that Rick

failure, that puts him in no man's land because you are just a

passenger. I would like to know why? Was at the right temperature?

Hopefully for all of his fans, we can expect a very strong qualifying.

Interesting thermal imaging shots? We shall see more of that. We talked

about Daniel Ricciardo, he has been fully signed for Red Bull - why not

Kimi Raikkonen? A couple of reasons and I am sure it was very difficult

for them. They wanted continuity of that young driver team, and what is

the point in having Toro Rosso if they will not use you? They are a

very strong partnership and they are a very good team this year and

either could have done that job. One Australian replacing another fifth

at marketing ploy and he is there on talent. Kimi Raikkonen, was he going

to do all of those other things? Would he upset the situation? This

was probably the right decision. This is a very big job, even though

Toro Rosso are a great team and this is the best team in the paddock and

he has made that jump into the is the best team in the paddock and

Championship winning team. You did a similar thing with Williams. Is that

forgot? Formula one is difficult, motor racing is difficult. It is a

question of taking that increase of the demands on his time and the

increased pressure and all of the indications are that he is well

prepared. 50 weekends, including Friday practice and he has all of

those credentials. Goodspeed and I expect him to be able to take this

chance and be a wonder in the future. Can he be a world champion?

He will have to beat Sebastian and at the moment, he is the cream of

the crop. Did you just believe you could do that? Self belief is King?

Of course, it comes as a great surprise when you crash or your

team-mate is faster but with the passing of time, some things become

familiar. He will have no doubt whatsoever, he knows that team and

he has lived in Milton Keynes and he is part of that system. If there is

any perfect way to make that step up, this is the perfect opportunity.

Let's hear from the man himself. Making his move on Sergio Perez! He

gets past Grosjean! Ricciardo, perfect seventh place. She is a

beauty at the moment, all right. It is nice. I'm very pleased to have

that news under contract for next year so it is good. It takes some

weight off my shoulders. How long has this been going on from first

being talked about to finding out? Since Mark announced his retirement

after the season, it was pretty much Silverstone weekend and the talks

started and that is when we really find out, that we were the serious

candidates. That was the turning point, from Silverstone onwards. We

scored some points as well, which helped. That seemed to put me in the

hot seat. This is a next step, I have a lot of work to do. One step

closer to what I want. We are joined by Christian Horner. You must be

relieved this is in the open? We just wanted to take our time to make

the right decision and I believe that he is the right decision and he

will have a big future. There will be a lot of people saying, John

Arlotte Fern is one point ahead, -- Jean-Eric Vergne. You have to look

at the circumstances, you can rent at their disposal and we have a lot

of information on Daniel through driving on this miniature and at

Silverstone one month ago, we looked at him and the way that he acquitted

Silverstone one month ago, we looked himself was very impressive.

Christian, he said he has no trophies yet. Is that a concern? His

performance is far less than his qualifying performance at the

moment? Again, he has not been in a car that he can achieve trophies

with and he has done a good job with the equipment he has had and you can

see that his raw speed is there and there is no substitute, he is a very

quick racing driver. Winning in Formula three and other categories,

standout candidate all the way through. It was the logical choice.

These decisions are not just made on gut instinct or not, there is more

analysis. Can you give the people at home some understanding of what your

assimilation people would have done? We have analysed everything from his

shoe size to every lap he has ever done. But you have to go with

instinct. The safer option would be to take some experienced hand but

you have to give youth a chance and he is an exciting young talent,

quick and just how good, we don't know. Fast and talented and I

believe he can be a winner. It is incredibly difficult to go up

against Sebastian. Dream ticket in terms of PR! Everybody loves them.

Is that part of the Australian great? He is like a better looking

version of you, Eddie! We don't need to go down that route! He is a

wonderful candidate. He always has a very big smile on his face and he

enjoys being a driver, he has passion and desire and that is so

important and will be great for the team great for Daniel. He will be a

big star in the future. All the best, thanks for your time. Here is

Thomas all the rest of today's news. Confirmation that Daniel Ricciardo

will race for red or next season, Confirmation that Daniel Ricciardo

leaving Kimi Raikkonen calling the shots in the driver market. Will the

2007 world champion stay at Lotus for a third year or will he return

to Ferrari in place of Felipe Massa? There are already for British

drivers on the grid and there could be another coming, James Colorado

has been confirmed as the third driver for Force India. And he has

set the 17th fastest time yesterday. He is confident of doing a very good

job going forward. I can only take this step-by-step and I have another

GP to race to win. It is tougher for those younger drivers coming

through. Very political and money oriented. But we shall see. Another

youngster knocking on the door is 18-year-old surgery, he signed a

deal with Sauber. But his backers must boost the winning coppers of

his Swiss team. We have a 2011 car and they have a lot of mental

preparation. -- Lewis Hamilton sees this as a pivotal moment. He is 58

points behind Sebastian Vettel but knows exactly what he needs to do to

reduce that gap. This is what we need to give us another boost. We

need to close that gap. Finally, a speculative 21 race calendar for

body for Dean has been given to the teams. It includes three new races

in Austria, Marussia and Mexico and a return to Mexico City, last used

in 1982, which would be music to the years of Sergio Perez. -- years.

in 1982, which would be music to the Definitely, it become a very popular

grand prix. Can it be finished in time? I definitely think. Those are

those about next year, not even provisional actually. 21 races. Will

that happen? Will you ever be at home? ! I don't think so. Not just

like 21 football matches, this is global and it has a lot of

travelling to it. Would you like to see Mexico happening? We went there

last year and I agree, the track needs a lick of paint but the actual

run-off around it, I don't think needs a lick of paint but the actual

they will have to do much to make that worthy. This is the calendar we

are talking about, 21 races. Austria, Marussia and Mexico, and

leaving Austria will happen. Korea, we not quite sure about that a lot

or Marussia or Mexico. Perhaps by we not quite sure about that a lot

Singapore we will have more of an idea. Earlier, you mentioned Kimi

Singapore we will have more of an Raikkonen and we were talking about

him and Red Bull and it is nice Ferrari. Without happen? It has a

lot to do with this weekend and a Felipe Massa has a very strong race

and the team are keen, the question is, can they keep on? They have not

been in the Constructors' Championship for quite a while and

in 2010, the last win, they have to do something special and perhaps it

is time for a shake-up and the fans are looking towards Kimi Raikkonen.

I guess it will happen. We thought it would be a very good idea to talk

to Ferrari royalty. Michael Schumacher.

It would be nice to see you again. Are you missing F1? It would be

wrong to say no. It is not that I needed, first of all. And my life is

pretty joyful right now. I would not have had the energy for further

years. I was just empty. I said the first time, I called the battery at

low level and it was pretty low level again by the end of last year.

Have you been surprised by the performance of Mercedes this season?

I have been positively surprised. They have established themselves and

have been able to use all of those resources in a positive trend. That

is why they are where they are. Was that down to the work that you were

doing? Well done, Michael.It is natural that the consequence of what

you see has built up in the various years. Look at those yearbooks, find

all of those people moving into the right vision that make it work into

the next. That took time. I was not very optimistic that we would see

this. Were you given the credit that you thought that you deserved? For

me, it is more important inside the team that I was credited. And people

understood what I was doing. And I never had the feeling that I would

doubt it. Fernando and Ferrari seem less comfortable and he has been

quite vocal, saying he has not been given the tools to win the Champion

ship. Would you agree? As part of a team, you are partly responsible for

what you have. I don't think in my last three years I ever complained

against the team because those guys, their work is to make it the best

possible. It does take time and sometimes it takes longer and

sometimes it may be does not happen. But still, you belong to that family

and you have to do things together so you win and lose together. You

watched with interest at Silverstone. What did you make of

the situation with the tyres? When the season started and I heard the

first complaints, I started to be used. Because I have been ahead of

time and in Bahrain I made this comment. 90% of the field, they all

complain about the same problem. comment. 90% of the field, they all

Maybe Pirelli should think about that. The car can go 100% and the

tyres cannot fully cope and you might have to drive 10% less. That

is what we use today. That means you have a margin to race and still hold

back. We have seen so many races where people drive five seconds

slower. That is pretty boring. I use sentimental about the records

you have and what you have achieved? -- are you. How will you

feel if they are broken? I didn't have statistics in my mind

when I was racing. It was a nice consequence. I enjoyed it

afterwards. It was not the reason I was racing. I will be happy for

Sebastian Vettel achieving this. It was different with myself. You

can't compare his five titles to the seven I have achieved. I feel guilty

to have broken those kinds of records. I don't think I broke them.

I just set my own benchmark. Nobody knows racing better than Ross

Brawn. How much work did he put into this team?

The thing with Michael is when he came into Formula One, he changed

the work ethic. He was the guy who was there at midnight on a Friday or

Saturday, working with the engineers, and also back at the

factory working with the engineers to help them to understand the

car's behaviour. He was not necessarily topping -- telling

people what to do but he was helping them to reach the right conclusions.

He was helpful to us in formative years. We are seeing the results

now. This morning we saw that you had a

hydraulic problem in Rosberg's car. What is the latest? We had the

problem once before. We thought we What is the latest? We had the

solved it. It has recurred this morning. We think we are OK.

It lost him the session. It was unfortunate. We had two parallel

programmes running with the two car do comparisons. We have one set of

the equation missing now. Getting tyres prepared for one lap is

tricky. He will not have the benefit of practice on that. Thanks. This

weekend, McLaren are celebrating 50 years. It has been a busy week for

them. They have had some highlights for you.

12 of my victories were on McLaren. Some highs and lows. That is the

rich tapestry of life. A busy weekend for Jenson Button but

he has found some time for us on the track.

If we can steal you away from your garage, let's take a walk around the

track. You are seen as a friend of Italian

motorsport. We have been on the podium at you have never won the

race. I get the vibe you think it will be unlikely to change this

weekend. It is always a great place to race.

Let's look at the historic parts. We can just see, in the distance,

the first chicane. It is about 100 metres from where we are. Every time

I come here, I just amazed that drivers would have tackled this flat

out and thought it was acceptable. The best bit for me is that it still

exists. They haven't tried to put more grandstands here. They have

kept it here so the history lives on, which is fantastic. 50 years of

McLaren. All of that stuff about celebrating the past, is it

something you feel part of? In the 1980s, getting to drive those

cars, it was very special. Also the 1974 car, basically the same as the

one James Hunt was using. I feel a good part of McLaren. I

look forward to adding, hopefully, to the history. We have stopped at

the first chicane. You were giving us some stats here. Arriving at 345

kilometres per hour. This is a pain, this corner. These

are massive. Make a little mistake and Bob over one and you are

spinning off into the gravel. We are doing 345. The guys were back in the

spinning off into the gravel. We are day, were going straight through

here. This is where a lot of the action happens.

Alonso has got through! This could be crucial.

But it is in Italy and sometimes you have got to give these things up to

a Ferrari driver. It does seem the Italians appreciate

the British. There is a union Jack at the top there.

They must have got here three weeks ago. To get a spot here at Monza, it

has got to be the best place to have your Winnebago.

It has not been a stellar season for you off McLaren. They are

struggling. Bright hopes for the end of the

year? It has been a difficult year. We are

not used to fighting for sixth, seventh place. We are getting there

but it is just the bit we need to really fight those guys. We think we

have found some time in the car so hopefully we can get a better

result. Good luck this weekend. We are joined by the chief executive

of McLaren. You have been here for half of the 50 years. What was your

standout moment? There have been so many. Ayrton Senna at Donington. We

have had some other big moments. Jensen in Canada a couple of years

ago, a fantastic race. Hamilton winning in Brazil. There have been

hundreds. We will not necessarily talk about

this year because, by your admission, it has been poor. Sergio

Perez came to this team looking back to win a Grand Prix. What do you

do? He is not going to be second this year.

He was up there in P-3. Now we are going to qualifying. Last year we

had a good strategy. We are not as quick as we need to be this year.

But we're getting there, slowly. We are calling back up through the

field. We are focused on doing a better job. Talking about next year

and beyond, fantastic news about Honda coming back. What will it do

for you? At the moment we have got to respect

Mercedes. We are focused on that. We want to finish on a high. Looking to

the future, I have been with Honda before. They are there to window we

are here to win. It is a fantastic future for the company. At the

moment, we are going to try to do a job in qualifying. My little spice

says they would be a collaboration between McLaren and Honda. IU

confirming that? -- are you confirming that?

He is always trying to get a confirmation out of somebody! It was

close. Jenson Button was very positive in that video. But the

McLarens have been looking strong. I sensed he was a little bit tired

on Thursday. You have to do a lot of media work. If you are not winning,

it is hard to answer the same old questions. I don't expect anybody at

home to feel sorry for these drivers. But the practice has looked

better than I think he was anticipating. We will have to see

how qualifying finishes. You have got to go to the commentary box, so

thank you for that. While I go and find Gary Anderson, it is a good

idea, if you are out and about, to download the BBC sport app.

You can get all the results and watch video content and our action

live when we are live. So, gentlemen, what are we expecting in

this next session? Monza call of these cars have got

specific part in the car. One of the most interesting developments was

the on-board camera in Paul di Resta's car.

We were looking at higher temperatures. Watching the cargo

around, it is amazing how the temperature changes. These different

changes, it is about 80 degrees when it is black. At yellow, it is about

160. You can see it warm up. The left front tyre is warming up. There

you go again, the same deal. The problem at Monza is the straights.

The tyre temperature is dropping. At the braking point of a corner, you

have lost the tyre temperature. You have got to look after the tyres.

Fascinating. You like this stuff? Indeed. I would say that some of

this is responsible for the failure on Paul di Resta's car. The change

in temperature is quick. You have to understand that this is what damages

things. Is it going to be a happy home

crowd? Any chance of a Ferrari pole?

The two Ferraris were going around trying to Tomic other. They did it

last year. -- trying to tone each other. These two are the only two

team-mates who are close enough to make it happen. Logically, it is

tough to do. Lewis Hamilton, he has qualified on pole for the last five

races. He is looking for his sixth. The Red Bull cars are quick. You can

never discount Hamilton. He is a pole position man. But he doesn't

have the confidence in the brakes. He will be pushing hard to get

himself up there. It would be an incredible feat. You

always say he holds something back. What about this weekend?

I don't think he sandbagged in the last session. I think he was trying

as hard as he could. In the first couple of laps, Alonso seems to have

this under control. That is frightening for the other teams. In

this downforce situation, I think Red Bull are strong. As Gary pointed

out, Mark Webber could do really well if he had a deal with Vettel.

Five in a row for Hamilton would be extraordinary, when you look at the

Five in a row for Hamilton would be back of the start of the season when

he wasn't sure about the team. Vettel just looked outstanding in

he wasn't sure about the team. every single session, didn't he?

That is the thing. Red Bull really do their work.

The car looked fantastic. The driver gets real confidence. That makes you

The car looked fantastic. The driver try harder. But if you look a wheel

in a chicane, you can lose time. -- lock a wheel. They were not only

confident, they were testing things. It is one of those situations. The

momentum is taking them forward. That is the important thing. I don't

see Mark Webber and Vettel tow ring each other around too much. They

don't work together in the same way as the Ferraris. They could spring a

surprise. Who is going to be on pole? I think

it is Vettel. Alonso will try to be alongside him. Let's go with

Ferrari. That is the prediction from Eddie

Jordan. We can go to the commentary team, Ben Edwards and David

Coulthard. Just like monocle, Monza is one of

the original venues of F1 yet sits in a park three times the size of

the entire monocle principality. Qualifying for round 12 will see an

average lap speed of around 150 mph, the highest of the season as we come

to the end of Europe, just outside Milan in sunny northern Italy. The

layout looks simple enough. Very little elevation, only six real

cornering events but each one demands such commitment on the

brakes that there is very little margin for error. Each sector

features a chicane but the final sector with Variante Ascari and

Curva Parabolica that can cause problems and in this final year of

the eight engines, we are very likely to see just how any fractions

celebrate -- separating each car. Sebastian Vettel has had a bit of a

margin over everybody. He was faster than Fernando Alonso this afternoon,

-- this morning. Perez was up there and then Daniel Ricciardo in the top

ten. But the track itself is in tremendous shape with a temperature

of 42 degrees in the air temperature is 30 degrees and it is gloriously

in Italy, people protecting themselves from the intense sunshine

that they are enjoying on the grandstand and the anticipation is

building. Can Ferrari deliver? That is one of the big questions. On home

turf, where they are almost a religion. And Ferrari support here

has always been a major part of coming. Tom is in the pit lane. You

know some stories. Passion and Ferrari go hand in hand? There is

this enormous flag of the prancing horse and the men underneath are

getting annoyed and they push it out of the way. But there is a wonderful

atmosphere and I had a quick chat with Fernando Alonso and he said

that his car dropped him outside of the panic turnstiles, right outside,

and it still took 20 minutes to walk ten metres because he got completely

swamped and it just goes with the territory. You are worshipped here

at Monza. And they will be hoping for a very good weekend. Paul di

Resta, ready to come out. He went off at the Parabolica this morning

and had a brake disc failure. He is ready to come out and do whatever he

can. He had a very good qualifying master. He had that gearbox penalty

and he was fourth fastest. I don't think there is much prospect that

Paul di Resta will be that much quicker because Force India were

struggling this morning? Through practice and we know that he had

that failure with the car but his team-mate, Adrian Sutil, has had

another seven or eight laps and ran on the option. He was only a feud

10th is faster so they stopped development and they have accepted

that the dream of staying in front of McLaren in the Constructors'

Championship is over and this is about consolidating their position.

Mark Webber. He has a record that he would probably like to change at

Monza. It has never been put together the kind to him. He has

never had a podium finish around this track or even top five. His

best finish was in 2010, sixth place. Here is a man that never won

at Monza and he came close. On one occasion he was leading and the

camera feel of his car and knocked into his team-mates car and he then

retired. He was second in the early 1990s. Another visitors year this

weekend. The Ferrari fans are right in force and it's great to see the

support that we get from them. Fernando Alonso has had wins from

pole position here in the past, once when driving for McLaren and then,

notably, when driving for Ferrari in 2010. Last year Lewis Hamilton was

the winner at Monza with that brilliant victory. He went on to

take the win from pole position. John Todd, the president of the FIA.

take the win from pole position. He will be standing for election. He

has some opposition this year from James Ward. -- Jean Todt. Christian

Horner joins us. Qualifying has just begun. Tell us about tactics going

into the next three sessions? Go as fast as you can and qualify as hard

as you can. Obviously, it is navigating as cleanly as you can

throughout this first session and then trying to get through on those

harder tyres and then go from there. Do you feel you have enough pace to

go through on the harder tyres? What sort of difference are we seeing in

the tyres? Not that great. Probably a maximum of half a second. There is

much less of a gap than we have seen at previous races. Who do you see as

your closest rivals? Clearly, Ferrari are in good shape and were

using each other. Do you see them as the major threat? They are working

in tandem. Obviously, Fernando will be the main benefactor of that body

has to be the main challenger but Lewis Hamilton has done this so many

times and Mercedes have had all of those polls since Montreal. They

have to be a very big factor. Thank you. Nico Rosberg is trying to make

up for lost time. It is important to get a feel for this. Looking at the

cut-off, the top 16 will go through from Q1 into Q2. What lap times

should we be looking at? TEAM RADIO: eight times. Planning to push. Leave

it up to you on four and we shall leave it up to you on six and eight.

Doing quite that long run on the hard tyre? Trying to push on every

other lap. You are trying to get the tyres warmed up, that is the biggest

problem, adding that balance. He will have to do 1:20 5.2. It is not

easy on hard tyres. Only three cars, I think, can do that but

unless you do that, you have to be ready to go again. Vettel was in 24

on the harder tyres. He should be able to get through this. For the

likes of McLaren and even notice, they might have to go to those

softer tyres? I would be surprised if most of them do not. Sebastian

Vettel can get through but softer tyres are not degrading so it does

not matter, it is still pretty quick. It is one of those things, it

is a very big challenge on the pit wall. We are waiting to see this

first times but Nico Rosberg will give the first indication because he

is one of the first out. Most of the other runners in the pit lane. Mark

Webber, Jenson Button, Perez, Kenny Raikkonen, Hamilton. Q1 is the

longer of the sessions, 20 minutes. -- Kimi Raikkonen. Gutierrez was

13th fastest this morning and Sauber has looked stronger relative to the

nearest opposition, like Force India. They seem to be one step

ahead this morning. Celebrating the anniversary of McLaren but not much

happening in the garage right now. Jenson Button, generally they are

performing better than they expected. And it remains to be seen

if those warmer track conditions from earlier in the day will

continue and just they were on good euros, he will not be doing as many

continue and just they were on good laps as Rosberg so there will be

that sizeable fuel effect carrying the extra kilos if possible to do

that extra. More to come.Ferrari, coming out together. Felipe Massa

ahead of Fernando Alonso and Pastor Maldonado in front of them. I was

advised he allied himself to be as close. Unless that has been an

agreement between the South Americans before heading out.

Williams have looked pretty racy free practice so this is sitting the

profile of their aerodynamic package. Maybe Williams are hoping

to get the car ten this afternoon. What kind of effect will Fernando

Alonso be picking up and how far back will he begin to gain something

by following? The more you or into the car in front, the more of the

slipstream because that car in front is punching a hole in the air. But

at that sort of distance, about 20 car lengths, you are getting some

effect. It is reducing drag a pushing all of the airflow so he is

not only getting that effect... He is also getting the benefit of

Williams upfront. And there is another in front, helping push them

forward. That will be helping Fernando Alonso. Let's keep an eye

on these tyres. Felipe Massa, goes across the slip -- split. He is

certainly helping Fernando Alonso. Part of that would also be the fact

that he is picking up slipstream. More slipstream from Paul di Resta,

going quite slowly. Fernando Alonso tucked in behind him. Into

Parabolica, he is not losing downforce. He might still pick up

some slipstream. And across the line, Fernando Alonso is fastest.

1:20 4.9. That could be enough. They may not have to go on to those

softer tyres. That will keep them happy. He looks very pensive at the

moment. He does, great passion for Ferrari. Having been there in the

days of Niki Lauda. Very part of that group. -- very much part of

that group. He has seen a lot over the years. Fernando Alonso, then

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso. They are the other Italian team. He was

going pretty well this morning, 11th fastest. Ricciardo was in sixth

place. It could be not the other Italian League could put in a

surprising result. Rosberg is third, on his longest sequence of laps.

On-board with Mark Webber. Second chicane. We are listening out for

just how quickly he gets onto that power is Mike he was hesitant.

Feeling his way on those prime tyres. Just a little bit pensive

from Mark Webber. He has been off his team-mate, three or four tenths

through these factors sessions. Quite late on that downshift. When a

driver is confident, he will go down through the gearbox like a machine

gun. Doing that last shift quite late. It suggests his rear tyres are

not giving him the grip and balance he would be looking for at this

stage. Nice and smooth through that he would be looking for at this

final turn, but Jean-Eric Vergne has gone fastest. Mark Webber, fifth

place. All of these drivers using the harder tyres at the moment and

some will switch. Daniel Ricciardo is lighting up the screens. Fastest

of anybody in the first sector and a reasonable second sector but not

quite as quick as some. Ricciardo has just gone third. Kimi Raikkonen,

fourth place then Jean-Eric Vergne quickly -- currently quickest. That

will give them a boost. They were looking good through free practice

and it is always a question about the fuel on board and Toro Rosso

have historically gone for those high top speeds to give the guys at

best chance of overtaking. And if you can Alan start and give you a

driver confidence, you can deliver lap times and hear is that great

thermal image... This shows just how the tyres heat up through corners

and lose temperature on the straight. There is a fantastic way

of cooling down the tyres. Watching that temperature, that left front

really holding up turning right and then the right front ending up as he

turns left. The orange colour shows then the right front ending up as he

those high-temperature is. -- temperatures. TEAM RADIO: OK,

understood. Hot on the left-hand side. That indicates cooling

problems? It depends on what electrical devices they have. It

could well be that the cooling duct has become blocked and the driver is

sitting in a carbon fibre tub and the brakes are also made of carbon

fibre because it conducts heat and you have the radiators of the

engine, 120 degrees, radiating into that cock that. If there is any

blockage, of any discussion, it could be Kers or battery packs and

that could indicate some problem. On-board with Lewis Hamilton. Tom?

He had a problem yesterday. He was late at the start of the session. He

doesn't seem to have the rub of the green. Certainly not here at Monza,

where he has never finished in the top five.

A couple of changes coming in there. Alonso has gone second. Hamilton is

third. Ricky Andrew is fourth. Here comes Sebastian Vettel. -- Ricciardo

is fourth. Look out for the white writing on the side walls. That

means they will go to the softer tyres.

Perez is getting information on where he needs to find time.

Raikkonen goes into fourth. Van der Garde is quickest at the moment out

of the Mirage drivers. -- Marussia drivers. Only Sebastian Vettel is

yet to set a time. Grosjean is using every inch of the road and a bit

more, but no penalties will apply for that kind of driving in

qualifying, anyway. It is only if you gain an advantage during the

race. Then they will start to look at it more closely. It happens to

race. Then they will start to look him in Hungary. Felipe Massa crosses

the line and he is fifth fastest him in Hungary. Felipe Massa crosses

with that. He is three tenths of a second off what Jean-Eric Vergne has

done. Rowan Atkinson in the Mercedes hits at the moment. He is a big car

fan. He used to do touring car racing. If you follow the tabloids,

he is in a few excursions in his road cars as well.

So, Sergio Perez. He has found where he needs to find time. Can he do

it? Keep an eye on who is in the bottom six at the moment. Vettel is

it to set a lap time. BT heiress is in the bottom six. -- Gutierrez. A

good time from Jenson Button. Perez has gone into number six. More

encouraging from McLaren. David? We are hearing a message that

Rosberg has been told to come off the DRS earlier. That is to bring

the ride-height up, to get the right attitude of the car when he enters a

corner. It shows the level of detail the engineers are looking at to

understand their loads. Now, Vettel could be going quickly

here. We will keep an eye on his times. In the second sector

committee has made up for his first sector time. -- in the second

sector, he has made up for his first sector time. A bit more happiness

there. Let's watch the completion of this lap. This will probably be the

only run of his. There is a suggestion of instability

into the corners. A bit of fine tooth -- time to find in that last

sector. It is just about trying to get

through this first part of qualifying. David Hasselhoff is a

guest of Red Bull. Di Resta is in 16th place. Any updates on Force

India, Tom? He is on the cusp of qualifying and

going through to Q2. It is encouraging that he is currently

ahead of Adrian Sutil on the time sheets. They rebuilt the front of

his car is morning. He went straight on to Parabolica with a new front

side to the car. He has gone out and put a lap time in. Hopefully he is

happy with the car and can get the maximum out of it.

Hamilton goes fastest. Good lad. He is still on the harder tyre. This

string of pole position he has had recently, he is not going to give it

up without a fight. Meanwhile, another message from Rosberg. He has

been told not to ride the brake pedal. As he tries to make up for

the last time of not running a full practice, his engineer is with him

all the way. He has got six tenths to make. He is assuming the role at

the front we have seen in all of the practice items -- sessions.

We are looking for the battle into the top 16. Out at the moment is

this driver, Gutierrez. Let's watch the remainder of his lap. A smooth

turn into Parabolica. He is trying to beat the target for the top 16,

and he just does it. He is certainly not secure. He has got di Resta and

Sutil behind him. If that is his first lap on the tyres, maybe he

will have a cooler and do it again. -- a cool it lap.

A good speech right figure for Gutierrez. -- speed track figure.

He was good in qualifying last year. He had a car failure. That was this

morning. You have got to get right back out there and deliver.

Di Resta is a reasonable lap here to get himself through this first part

of qualifying. Just under three minutes to go.

He was not up by much. Force in the are struggling. Sutil were fired

second a couple of years ago. -- Sutil qualified. Di Resta is 14th at

the moment. That is not as far as he would like to be.

It will be interesting to see what time Sutil dove. -- dads. It has

been it and tuck between them. He is into 13th.

We knew it would be fractions of a second. We have got van der Garde,

fastest of the Marussia teams. Behind him, Bianchi and Max Chilton.

Which two drivers are going to join them in the drop zone? Gutierrez and

Bottas will be fighting up the order. Across the line has gone

Bottas. He has not been able to improve. Still 1.5 minutes to go.

Grosjean, the Lotus is not looking so competitive. 24.7 against 24.3.

Oh, my goodness. He didn't want to do that. That will not do the bottom

of his car any good. Rosberg has gone fastest in the

second sector. Is it enough? Just! He is just into the top 16 x two

thousandss of a second. -- by two thousandss of a second.

Hamilton has not done that. Jean-Eric Vergne and Ricciardo have

done another outstanding job. Perez is going quickly, too.

Bottas is not going faster in any of these sectors. 12 seconds to go.

It is tight. Can he make the line? He is just going to beat the

chequered flag. Perfectly timed! The whole plan was to look after the

tyres and come up for one more. It is all about that one lap.

Di Resta is also trying to do a better lap. He is only just in there

Di Resta is also trying to do a at the moment. Let's see what

happens. He was a bit more of a at the moment. Let's see what

margin to move further up. He is 14th. He is ahead of his team-mate,

Sutil. Gutierrez is in the danger zone. Let's see what the Williams

pair can do. You are on board with Maldonado. His victories last year

seemed so long ago. He is doing all he can to get into the second part

seemed so long ago. He is doing all of qualifying. He is less than a

second away from the fastest car, so a small gap.

Oh, he has done it. He is up to 12th. Good luck from Maldonado. Can

his Finnish team-mate, Bottas, do the same and try to move up into the

top 16? It would push Sutil out. He has seen the chequered flag. No

response from Sutil. Has he done it? Oh, no, he hasn't. He ends up

18th and he has chopped out of qualifying. He could not quite match

Maldonado. He used his great experience to get through to the

next part of qualifying. We have lost a Sauber and a Williams as well

as the two caterers and the two Marussias. It shows you how tight it

is at both ends of the grid. I don't think we've had it that

close at any Grand Prix this year. Jean-Eric Vergne was one of the

stars of that session. He was impressive in the Toro Rosso. They

have got a great chance of being in the top ten here today. Yankee is

out but he beat his team-mate in the end. Max Chilton had been beating

him. -- Bianchi is out. This was Grosjean. He was indecisive

about whether to go straight on. Nine out of ten for stale. Yes, he

has got through. That was a slide for Bottas. Don't know where that

was. That would have cost him a bit. He got a strip Sleeman -- slipstream

on the way down to Parabolica. But overall it was a slow lap.

That brings it back to six all in terms of who has been the fastest in

qualifying this year. Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the first part

of qualifying from Rosberg, Hamilton, and Ricciardo. We have

lost Gutierrez, van der Garde, Bianchi and Max Chilton.

lost Gutierrez, van der Garde, What a hand it was that he showed.

He went out and did the business. Bottas will be disappointed because

his team-mates got through. Maldonado got through well.

The speed will appear to be in the car. He will be disappointed. Those

two are fighting like crazy. Nevertheless, Bottas come here not

going further. The Toro Rosso boys are impressive,

though. Very, very strong. People make

mistakes here. Anticipation about who can do what. The Toro Rosso

people are fantastic. They have a good chance of making the top ten.

The car is obviously very quick, aerodynamically. Have they let

anything from Red Bull? It is obviously a quick car. To have four

cars in the top six is brilliant. It is a track where a tiny mistake can

make you pay. You do, you have got to keep the

speed up all the time. He must not let it die in the car. You have got

to keep your foot on the throttle. You have got to be neat and tidy

through the chicanes. Why you impressed with Rosberg? --

were you. Those tyres may come into play

later. Let's see what happens. It is still Vettel for me. He looks so

strong. We are looking at Bianchi. A great

talent of the future, don't you think?

He is. I am mindful that his team-mate is Max Chilton. What I

love about these young guys coming through, even though they are a bit

depressed that they should be better, remember, two years ago,

Ricciardo was driving for HRT. He got a chance and he has worked his

way up and now he's in the best team in Formula One. We are coming up to

Q2 to find out who will go out in in Formula One. We are coming up to

our next shoot out. Sebastian Vettel, so far looking

very impressive in the first qualifying segment but what happens

to try to determine in the top ten qualifying segment but what happens

and that final shoot out, this is where it gets very close and all of

these drivers going into this next session were covered by one second

and will come down even further whether you make it into the top ten

or not. The calm before the storm and Mark Webber just seems to be

struggling a little against his team-mate but he did get through

using the harder compound. Fernando Alonso got through but Felipe Massa

had to go on to the softer tyre but still did not set a particularly

quick time? That will be concerning for them, he is certainly playing a

supporting role, trying to give his team-mate the best shot at the

slipstream but his tyres are older. He will always be on the back foot

but we still looks like tend to be comfortably in the top ten. -- we

still expect him to be. Sometimes drivers have tracks that really suit

them. Mark has been strong at drivers have tracks that really suit

Silverstone but Monza, it is one of those particular tracks, shedding

speed in short order, and that does not suit his driving style as much.

Sebastian Vettel focusing on what he needs to do. Gary, what do they need

to do? One second covering all of these car is! The one thing with

this circuit is the engine, nobody likes to turn eight up to maximum

performance to early with limited laps for that. 24.5, over that you

could trip up. Again, the performance just keeps coming up.

Toro Rosso going well, both cars in the top ten. Jean-Eric Vergne and we

did see Ricciardo going wide but they have got great pace. Is that

because of those high speeds and the low downforce nature of the circuit?

Everything as economise between straight line and corner speed and

we see both Toro Rosso cars, Ricciardo is faster on the straight

and they are right up there. And Ricciardo is faster on the straight

they are knocking on the door. They have got their car in its sweet

spot. Also, talking to David about the fact that Felipe Massa went on

to be the tyres but did not do a particularly quick lap. He still

could be a factor? That is difficult because the engineers told him he

did not needed. He went to tighten his seat belt and that might have

saved him for this next session. We have got under 13 seconds -- 30

minutes of this second qualifying and Daniel Ricciardo, an Italian

heritage but very much a pride Australian. We go on board with him

as he goes through Curva di Lesmos. We shall see if he can repeat the

kind of performance we have seen from Toro Rosso already. You can

hear some wheels spin as he went hard on the throttle. That will not

have helped his acceleration towards Variante Ascari. Small change of

direction, flat running out. And then pick the part that is least

resistant towards Parabolica. You traditionally stay on the right hand

side until under the bridge and then drift over. Working the wheel as he

tries to Alan 's his tyres flat out as he runs for the line. --

balance. He needed better macro 44.6. -- 1:40 4.6. Lovely, listening

to the gears as a charge through the first chicane. He might back off?

Hulkenberg is another who has made first chicane. He might back off?

it through into the second part but the next step is always proved very

difficult for Sauber this year. His best qualifying performance is 10th

place. Germany. But only then as he managed to drag Sauber into the

final part of qualifying and I doubt he will have much opportunity today.

Let us wait and see. Still a lot of interest as to where he might end up

next. He is being talked about by many people. Ricciardo currently

fastest and Paul di Resta is second-fastest. Jean-Eric Vergne,

not quite as quick as his team-mate on the opening gambit.

Sebastian Vettel still in the pits. TEAM RADIO: two laps of fuel. They

Sebastian Vettel still in the pits. will not do a very long run. Looking

onto the driver track, both Ferrari cars are out together. Felipe Massa

judicially leading the way as they come towards Variante Ascari. I love

this contrast between the old, historic track when we had the need

for speed and then a modern circuit with that chicane and health and

save the and all those sorts of things entered the thought process.

It is still fast, you cannot deny it! 220 mph into that first chicane!

We will see what it looks like from the driver 's point of view. This is

the first chicane. This is what you don't want to see! Well, he is

making his own line. The matter how many times he does that, he will

have two decide to take the apex into turn number one some time soon.

Last he was serving his ban for the accident. His reserve driver was

driving. He will still be angry about that. Fernando Alonso, fastest

in the first sector of anybody. Quite aggressive on the throttle in

the second part. His team-mate is quite a bit ahead of him. He will be

going for that slipstream on the run down to Variante Ascari. And

Fernando Alonso will pass before Parabolica. Did he go to early? Once

you have committed, you cannot go any faster than you are going. This

will make an fastest in this session. We'll Felipe Massa back

I'd? It looks like you will. Picking up the slipstream from Force India

and that might cost him some time. -- will Felipe Massa back out.

Someone has gone very wide. Alonso trying to pick up the slipstream

from that car. That is very fast. Fernando Alonso was fastest in Q2

last. Was it Hamilton who went wide? It might be. This is coming out of

Parabolica. Oh my goodness!He only just saved that! He was sucked into

the gravel pit! He was concentrating on something else! Interestingly,

Felipe Massa, quickest, did not allow Fernando Alonso to go past him

so he has gone for his lap but still half of a second down on his

team-mate. Kimi Raikkonen passing the line, in fourth place for the

moment. Gary Reich and made 24 would produce safe. And there is another

one-time Ferrari driver. Gerhard Berger. But very famous victory in

1998 when the season was dominated by McLaren. Anteater victory on that

day. That is a very poignant moment. Soon after the death of Enzo

Ferrari. -- and they took victory. Nico Rosberg, we know that he had to

use his softer tyres on the first part of qualifying but he moves up

to second place. In the drops, currently. -- drop zone. Tension

to second place. In the drops, building nicely. Through the second

part of qualifying. We will have to wait and see what Hamilton will do.

Out of Variante Ascari and then just the case of wobbling around to try

and shake some gravel from the car or... It is not to warm his tyres.

Perhaps he feels something is in the cockpit, perhaps dine in his foot

well and he is worried if that thought -- stone is going to sit

somewhere. He will have one more go. Perhaps he feels something he is not

happy with. Adrian Sutil. Drivers are very sensitive, it could be the

tiniest stone in the cockpit and he is trying to locate that. Someone

will try to locate that for him. Perez crossing the line. 11th place.

Exactly the same lap time as Paul di Resta. Force India and McLaren in

this very tight battle in the Constructors' Championship. Which

McLaren managed to grasp the last time out. Partly gangster that

incident down at that chicane. McLaren have just edged ahead but

Jenson Button is still ahead. Just four points separating McLaren and

Force India. Gerhard Berger drove for him at Benetton earlier in his

career. Rosberg back in. Both Mercedes car is back. Here is Mark

Webber. What will he do? He is on the softer tyres. And he is building

Webber. What will he do? He is on up to his lap. And Sebastian Vettel.

It looks like Red Bull have gone for that one single attempt. That shows

confidence. It does not mean the driver will not feel some different

-- difference. It puts more pressure on the team. Can Mark Webber try to

put what has been a bogey track behind him. And those new tyres will

be going on soon. He has some traffic coming out of the pits but

that is absolutely no problem. Try not to lock up. His car changes

direction nicely. That has got to be the target? You could visibly see

his grip at loose bid and that is one of the biggest advancements in

F1, not that engines are relatively stable with power but the

aerodynamic performance at loose bid has improved so much that these cars

really have to hustle everywhere. has improved so much that these cars

Just slightly over the kerb to come out that chicane and nice and tidy.

He is running absolutely to the white lines but he has not

He is running absolutely to the overstepping the mark too much.

Variante Ascari was his bugbear lustre. -- last year. A couple of

tenths down on his first sector, Ricciardo. This last sector has been

difficult for him relative to Sebastian Vettel. See just how clean

he is at Parabolica. Into the apex nicely and then that long exit. The

car gripping all the way through and delivers the horsepower. He cuts to

the inside, favoured by some, and just a fraction slower than Fernando

Alonso but Sebastian Vettel has been consistently quicker than Mark

Webber. On-board with Daniel Ricciardo. It is see Toro Rosso

crossing the line. Faster than Rosberg and Felipe Massa. He has a

very rapid Formula one car today. TEAM RADIO: we have to burn the

fuel. We have enough for a second go. Once again, Sebastian Vettel is

faster than anyone else. Mark Webber has got that gap dine. It is near

three tenths. But again, he shows he can always get more speed. -- down.

He seems to just love this circuit. He has real affection for it. And we

are in the scrap for the top ten with under two minutes. In the

drops, both Force India cars, McLaren with Perez and Grosjean,

Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton currently in that position but that

will not be for long. Hamilton has not failed to get into the top ten

at all this year. And it is a very long time since he failed to do

that. That looked a little bit wild? Unusual. His time is up. Very quick.

Uncharacteristic wild moment for Lewis Hamilton.

Should pick up a nice tow from Martin in front of him. Let's see

what the split time is like. Hamilton is up. He is not up on the

fastest. A lot of traffic around. Perez is trying to get a last bit of

heat into his tyres. When you open the lab, you have got a long

straight. Then you barrel into the first corner. As we said earlier,

from over 120 mph down to 50 mph, it is critical that the driver is

confident on the brakes. Rosberg should be safe. But this is

not enough for Hamilton. He needs more performance. Ricciardo has just

set the fastest first sector of anybody. Have they got enough

performance in the Force India? They did well to get in the top 16. Not

as wild as Hamilton on the X it. But an indication that maybe the grip

levels have changed. It will evolve during the session as

more and more rubber goes down. The chequered flag is now out. It is now

or never. Hulkenberg has done well. Paul di Resta you are watching.

Ricciardo has gone across the line. Hulkenberg has improved the game. He

is up to fifth. -- has improved again. Perez has got into the top

ten. Grosjean, is he going to make it? No, he fails to get into the top

ten. Raikkonen is only just in there. Button is up to seventh.

Felipe Massa goes into seven now. Raikkonen is out! Both Lotus cars

are out of qualifying in the second segment. We are just waiting for

Hamilton. That was Rosberg. Hamilton is in the pits. It is all over for

Hamilton as well. My good. What they went -- way to end his sequence of

pole positions. He has failed on this occasion to get into Q3. The

sequence of pole positions has come to an end. Looking at Nico Rosberg

here. That was his moment. The thing that was interesting with

Hamilton, but was significantly slower than he managed in the

practice session. -- that was significantly slower. This

appointment for Mercedes. Rosberg I think we'll be pleased with his

comeback from missing most of the practice session.

The Raikkonen flags are flying but he is not in the top ten. Grosjean

is 13. Di Resta is 16th. A big shock for the man who took pole position

here 12 months ago. Lewis Hamilton is out of qualifying at Monza. He

marches out of the Mercedes pit garage. His win might have come with

McLaren last year, but this year, with McLaren -- Mercedes, he

sequence of pole positions has come to an end. What a shock that

Hulkenberg should be in the top ten and Hamilton isn't.

It is the first time he has not made anything but Q3.

That is a surprise. Both below does cars are out. Kimi Raikkonen is in

the knockout zone. -- both the Lotus cars are out.

What a shocker. We knew Q2 would be exciting. Hamilton must be

disappointed. Something must have gone wrong. I

didn't think he would get pole position, but outside the final

qualifying, it doesn't even think about. -- bear thinking about. There

will be an explanation. There may have been something on the floor

plan. Something may have flown off. It disturbs the mind. If the car is

not responding, you are going to lose the time.

This is on board with him. It looked like he was hurling the Mercedes

around the track. Drivers like to say, with Sutil

ahead of him are not being quick, it distorts the mind. People want to

see the whole picture. He can't see it there. We saw him go slightly off

on the Parabolica. We thought it would be OK.

That was what caused the problems. When the car slides away from you,

it just does come back. We can talk to Christian Horner now.

It is all going very well, isn't it? It has been a positive Q1 and Q2

so far. The next one is important. How is Mark Webber looking? No issue

at all. Do you expect Felipe Massa and Alonso to work together to get

at all. Do you expect Felipe Massa this pole position?

I am pretty sure. Felipe Massa is doing his bit on

giving Fernando 80. It is just as easy to mess it up. -- giving

Fernando eight home. I think there's a big chance of

messing it up so they are better off going out and doing their own thing.

They are unlikely to hope each other anyway!

Good luck in Q3. Going back to the Lewis Hamilton story, we can have a

look at this image in Parabolica. That is Sutil, who looks like he is

impeding him. On that shot, there's no doubt about

that. I'm sure he will have a little visit to the stewards.

There he is. They used to be the best of buddies. Sutil has said some

strange things about Lewis. I am sure there is some bad blood

there. You have got to take your hat off to

Nico Rosberg. Absolutely. He is the quiet one. We

are always pumping up all the pole positions. The person who started

this was Rosberg. He had been a remarkably good team-mate.

So disappointing. It is the first time you have not qualified in the

top ten since 2010. What happened? Not much, really. I just drove like

an idiot. That was the worst I have driven for a long time. I messed up

for the team. I am sorry for the team.

Big Adrian Sutil in PD or the final lap? -- impede you. Yes. Why are you

so hard on yourself? I just didn't drive well. There is

not much more to say. I was cooking in Q1. I don't know.

What amends can you make tomorrow? You're not with you right off the

whole weekend. I will do what I can from where I

am. At it is going to be tough. Wow. Strong words. Destiny

disappointed with himself as well as what has happened. Let's go to the

commentary box. BEN EDWARDS: We are looking at a

replay of the impeding moment. It is not often you hear a top start

taking full responsibility, David. It is great. I think he has been too

hard on himself. He is a quality driver.

He has had a great start to the season. It is great that he is so

open, but I fear for him when he is so hard on himself. He doesn't need

to expose himself quite as much in that situation. Let's hope he gets

his head together and bounces back. Sergio Perez, lasted, he qualified

15th or 16th and he came back to Sergio Perez, lasted, he qualified

second position. -- last year. He got through some traffic. Hamilton

can do the same tomorrow. Why beat yourself up so much? It is over.

Perez was 12. That is exactly where Hamilton will be tomorrow. He is not

in the top ten. We are now into the top ten shoot out, as it were.

Vettel is looking good. A few surprises in there. We have got both

of the Toro Rossos in there. We could see some interesting

situations. I think there's probably a few

tenths of a second. You can do it perfectly done the main straight --

down the main straight, that is what you want to do. If they get it

right, it could be interesting. It was interesting in the last

session. What should be better? The closer it is, the quicker it

will be. You don't want to go to close through the fast corners. If

you are far enough back, it will not affect the corners.

One of the most important things is getting...

I'm sure that Alonzo -- Alonso is urging Felipe Massa to get the right

distance away. We have already seen a 1: 23.9. We will see how it goes.

The Ferrari flags are flying. Can they deliver? Can teamwork to be --

be to the benefit of the national team. Sebastian Vettel is out on

circuit. So are the likes of Sergio Perez and Jenson Button. There is a

turnaround in fortunes. A different configuration on the era

set up around you, -- aerobic set up around you, it can make a

difference. That was a good lap. It was only a

minuscule amount of what Vettel did in the fastest lap of Q2. A few more

horsepower, it helps to punch a hole in the air. Felipe Massa is running

in front. He is certainly playing the team game at the moment. If

Ferrari changed riders next year, I wonder whether a new driver would be

Ferrari changed riders next year, I such a good team driver. Felipe

Massa is matching Alonso. Let's see how it plays out.

Here is what Sebastian Vettel can do on his own. Let's take a look at the

lap time. Is he going to beat Mark Webber straightaway? Yes, he is.

Interestingly, it is all about the last sector. When it comes to

Parabolica, he seems to be able to find the right line and have the

confidence to flick it down two gears and get back on the power.

Rosberg has established quite a slow time. He did not do a proper attempt

and he hasn't got as many tyres available so he is saving his run

for the final part. No times from Jenson Button, Jean-Eric Vergne,

Hamilton and Hulkenberg. 4.5 minutes remaining. Sebastian Vettel, on a

Hamilton and Hulkenberg. 4.5 minutes slow lap but I presume he will be

coming back to the pits. Through the trees. I wonder how close this will

be. Certainly, the babble to get onto that front row, it looks like

Sebastian Vettel might sort out pole position but who will be with him?

Looking at the backend, Hulkenberg, Perez, will be run or just try to

put themselves in a situation where they can start on prime tyres? More

resilient and slower but they will be heavy with fuel. Very different

but recesses. Have you got a chance at pole position or are you just

grateful to be in the top ten and thinking about digging up some

points? Both Toro Rosso cars in the top ten, next year 's Red Bull

driver. Let us see how he copes with the pressure in Q3. He wants to get

as far up the grid as he can. He has had some good qualifying

performances this year and has generally been better than his

team-mate. His best position was in Germany, sixth place. That is a very

good first sector. That will have cost him a little bit of time and

you have that feeling going into Curva di Lesmos, can he commit but

the same aggression? Tidier than he was. Just one tenth down in the

first sector. It is keep an eye on this old banking, historic racetrack

first sector. It is keep an eye on rising up into the braking zone.

Looking tidy and smooth. Watch the exit. He has lost a lot of time.

That little mistake has cost him time. 1:20 4.2 previously. That will

not be matched. He comes over the line. 24.5. Behind Alonso but at the

moment, a head of Felipe Massa and that would be a major achievement if

he could qualify ahead of the other lorry. But we also have several

other cars to establish. Sebastian Vettel has another opportunity as

Perez and Jenson Button exit. Both McLaren cars on the track. Sebastian

Vettel, pulled position in 2008 in those terrible conditions of that

weekend, pouring rain. His first ever pole position. Let us see if he

can repeat that. On-board with Nico Rosberg. Cautious from that first

chicane. This is just to get himself wind up into the preparation for

being a fairly lowly mode at this stage, weaving around and checking

mirrors. He has the space. Hulkenberg ahead of him. We can see

him through the distance, in that run down. Mark Webber following

Jean-Eric Vergne. TEAM RADIO: OK, let us try to stay with Felipe

Massa. Ferrari trying to use the same technique. Always Fernando

Alonso behind Felipe Massa. It looks same technique. Always Fernando

like he is too far back to get any big benefit. He is the same distance

behind as Felipe Massa is to Mark Webber. This is the moment. Too

fast? He is not happy about that. Once you have committed to releasing

in that last part to the chequered flag, you cannot suddenly press a

button and go even faster. Just a little bit frustrated. Sebastian

Vettel and Mark Webber have the best chance in that front row, they are

in that zone. Fernando Alonso had a big slide. Lots of cars struggling

for traction. And the chequered flag comes out. It is this lap that

clients for everybody. He is slower, Fernando Alonso, in the first

sector. Mark Webber has gone fastest of all in the middle sector. Mark

Webber has never had pole position here. Sebastian Vettel faster than

anyone but only by a fraction. Could be well enough -- could be enough to

take pole position. And Mark Webber crosses the line and does not go

second force -- does not go first. Fernando Alonso has been

outqualified by Felipe Massa. That did not work at all. What about

Rosberg? Hulkenberg goes third! I never saw that coming! Amazing from

Hulkenberg. He has outqualified both Ferrari cars after a season when

they have even struggled to get into the top ten. I have no idea how they

manage that. One: 23 .7. Taking his first pole position at Monza. His

40th of his career. And the 50th ever for Red Bull. One, too. That is

their 20th. And they have not had one since Australia and the start of

the year. Sebastian Vettel has been supreme so far all the way through

his practice sessions. Can anyone stop him? Nico Hulkenberg, he has

qualified third, behind Red Bull. Let us see what happened. He gets

some oversteer, we'll onto the grass and bodywork, braking. Under

pressure, makes a mistake. And Sebastian Vettel has outqualified

all of them. Another pole position. TEAM RADIO: OK, good job. Brief

celebration. We always could see that he was going to be on pole

position but what an achievement for Red Bull. Mark Webber 's best ever

qualifying performance here. Christian Horner joins us.

Congratulations. That went to plan? That was a fantastic performance

with both drivers on the front row. Sebastian did not need to complete

that last lap but fantastic to have both cars on the front row for the

Italian Grand Prix. Could not have asked for more. Your 50th pole

position. It has not taken long. It has been a great run? To get the

50th pole position is testimony to all the hard work that goes behind

the scenes back in Milton Keynes and all other people track-side. It is a

great team effort. Many congratulations. You will want to

catch up with your drivers. Nico Hulkenberg has put his Sauber third.

He has had one pole position in Brazil when he was driving for

Williams in 2010. But it is their highest starting position since Nick

Hyde felled was third in 2006. And when BMW was involved. Sebastian

Vettel has clinched that pole position. His fourth of the season,

one behind Lewis Hamilton, who still has more than anyone else this

year. Still Red Bull and Mercedes, the only two teams who have managed

to take pole position this year. Dominant display, in contrast to

last year. They have learned their lesson of being able to run their

car with more downforce. Picking up on Hulkenberg, they have not been

any higher than 10th place so where did that come from? ! Look at that

smile! Huge smile on the face of Nico Hulkenberg. And a pat on the

back for Daniel Ricciardo, his team-mate next year. McLaren, they

just lost out on that final part. Carries out qualifying Jenson

Button. -- Perez. Sebastian Vettel 's margin was too tense and a

second. Mark Webber managed to close that gap. Interesting to note that

Ricciardo and Gutierrez were the fastest on a straight line

provisionally, this is how they will line up, barring any penalties.

Stunning third place for Hulkenberg, perhaps bidding for Ferrari next

year. Lewis Hamilton will have to come

from 12th place. Perez came from their and finished in second place.

Sauber have something special in their relationship with this track.

It worked well last year and this time it has worked in qualifying.

Outside the top 12... It has been all about Red Bull this

year. Nico Hulkenberg! He was absolutely

sensational in that session, wasn't he what carrots did they dangle in

front of him? It might even have been from Ferrari. It has been well

talked about that and ex-cyber driver will be the team-mate of

Fernando Alonso next. -- Sauber. It could even be fully they must

himself and Hulkenberg, so it looks like it is one of those. What are

the chances? I still think it is Kimi Raikkonen but you never know.

Hulkenberg has made a very big statement and if he has a very good

race tomorrow and Felipe Massa does not do a good job, he is in the

frame. Perez last year, he went from 12th place to come in second place.

Where did that come from? He was 12 finished with macro 12 quickest on

final practice. We could not believe it. We were hoping that we could

fight and get further up but this was fantastic. That was a great lap?

He said himself it was the perfect lap and he did a great job. How

important is this? You are going through some sticky times? It gives

us the kind of boost that we need and we have to keep in mind that

this is just qualifying and what really matters is tomorrow and last

year we ended up well so we hope we can get a good result tomorrow. Give

us some thoughts. What can you achieve tomorrow? Difficult to say.

We know the car is not as competitive as it was last year but

seeing what Nico Hulkenberg can make of this, there is a lot in this.

Exciting times. It'll be interesting to see what he can do. Let us go

back, Q2, lots of hairy moments. Jean-Eric Vergne had one around the

Parabolica? You know, he had this and the previous one but this is a

remarkable thing. There is absolutely no grip. You must keep

both wheels on the front. And he was doing everything to make sure that

he kept the power down but he got out of trouble. Let us hear from his

team-mate. The man of the moment. Daniel Ricciardo. What did you make

of that session? It was quite good, we have to be happy. And dry

conditions, so it is a first-time we have done this in dry conditions and

I am pretty pleased. It looks like top five throughout but anyway, we

have to be happy with top seven. I am pleased and hopefully we will --

we will be on the race pace tomorrow. Both McLaren through.

Let's hear from Jenson Button. Were you expecting better? But really,

no. -- not really. We ran a very similar time. It is a pity because

every did not run, it would have paid our options more open tomorrow.

But it is what it is and we will do what we have. I think we all realise

that. Any chance of progressing tomorrow? Lock or strategy? I do not

know where we stand in terms of pace but it will be interesting to see

where that is. Clean side of the grid, it is always fun and chaotic.

where that is. Clean side of the I am looking forward to tomorrow.

The conditions could be different tomorrow. They expect rain tomorrow.

We know what a rain master he is. That is the thing, it mixes it up

and it makes it exciting. Usually, races here are exciting in the

drive. But it would be better in the rain. Now let's get the thoughts of

the top three. Sebastian, you have got a long

history here. How much do you love this place?

It is a special place. The memories of 2008 are great. I had another

victory in 2011. I think the first victory is always special. This

weekend, the car was fantastic so far. I think it was better than we

could expect. We had a really strong pace yesterday. We were able to take

that into the qualifying today. Two good runs in the end. In the end, it

was a bit of a surprise to have both cards in the front row in a place

where, historically, we have had bad years. Yeah, this year seems to have

worked well. Hopefully we will have a good race from where we start

tomorrow. How much have you targeted the

performance here? We try to have the optimum every

year. Some years we are close, other years we are far away. This year we

are in a strong position. We can match other cars down the straight.

In corners, we have a strong car. It is a nice place, a nice track. It is

challenging to get the movement right. If you try to often to go

over the limit, there is a big penalty. It was a tough session but

we managed to get through and get a great result.

Mark, your best qualifying position here. Hopefully you are looking to

follow it up with a good result as well. Exactly.

I said before the session that I was looking for a qualifying PB. I am

happy with qualifying, to be up there. It took the old boy a while

to get ready for Q1, but I got there in the end. Jean-Eric Vergne went

off the Parabolica on the last corner. I didn't know if he had

off the Parabolica on the last dropped a wheel or he was continuing

on the circuit. I can see with the dust. When he got further around my

could see was in the gravel. -- I could see he was in the gravel. We

have a few different people up here, which is good. It is a mixed up

session, which is good at Monza. Looking at... This is your last

European Grand Prix. Is this an emotional moment for you?

Not really. I think Brazil will be more emotional. If I have got the

tissues out, I have made the wrong decision. I'm just looking for a

clean weekend to get some good results in the future. I'm not

retiring. A lot of people are stopping Formula One, but a lot of

people can watch me next year in some other races.

Thank you. Nico, whether that come from? -- where did that come from? I

don't know. Yesterday, we struggled a lot with the car. We were trying

different bits and bobs. We did a great job to turn the car

around. In Q1, Q2 and Q3, the car just got better.

provisional grid. It is a Red Bull locked out. Vettel and Mark Webber

on the front row. Alonso is fifth. The Toro Rosso is seventh. Jenson

Button goes in ninth. Kimi Raikkonen doesn't make it through to Q3. Zero

Romain Grosjean. -- nor does remain Grosjean.

David has scooted down from the commentary box to join us. That was

quite eventful, wasn't it? It was. Where did that lap from Hulkenberg

come from? His boss went in and told him, just do one lap. He was going

to do two. I'm sure the team appreciated that. Adding risk of

spreading rumours that I don't know for sure -- at the risk of spreading

rumours, I heard the radio from Alonso was him telling the team they

were stupid. He was frustrated that Felipe Massa and Alonso were not

able to play their gaps properly. It sounded like that. Did Ferrari

mess up, then? According to Fernando Alonso, they did! He has got to know

that is being played out in front of everyone. It doesn't look like the

warrior who keeps tweeting all these amazing fighting lines is entirely

settled. Come on, David, he was really vociferous. He said things

about this team that were Sagbo offences. The only way he held onto

his place is because he was so good. But he got a rap across the

president. The German told him, nobody, absolutely nobody, is as big

as the team. I'm surprised that Alonso has come out with this. Where

do they go from here, then? Maybe he will have a sabbatical next

year. Let's get the thoughts of his team-mate, Felipe Massa.

To hear Fernando on his radio saying that you were too fast probably gave

them a smile out there. The situation is getting better!

Tell us about your qualifying. You have out qualified Fernando.

I think I did a very good lap. Maybe I lost a bit of the Askari. It was a

good lap. I try to use the best I could from the car. Tomorrow is the

race. Let's concentrate on the race tomorrow. We know the guy in front

is very quick. It will be fantastic to have a great race tomorrow.

And you wouldn't mind if Fernando finished behind you tomorrow.

He is fighting for the championship. I'm not fighting. Whatever is

important for him, I will be inside. I don't fit Quinney to concentrate

on that. We need to concentrate on doing the best we can.

So, he goes off the second row. There is a story unfolding here.

Apparently, Fernando walked into the press conference and walked out

again, not wanting to talk to anybody. Not a happy boy. We might

be watching something unfold here that we were not expecting.

Certain journalists believed he could look for a sabbatical, just

like Raikkonen did. Perhaps it is the pressure off things aren't

happening. I know I Alonso would like Felipe Massa in the team. Now

he knows he might not be in the team. There might be a lot of people

wanting things to happen. We expect you, obviously, to go and unearth

what is fact and what is fiction. This was special from Sebastian

Vettel. He still has to go out and deliver

in the last part of qualifying. The confidence is there. It's perfect in

the first chicane. Running down under braking into the second

chicane. A little lock up there as he approaches the apex of the

corner. But otherwise he positions the car nicely. He uses all of the

artificial turf on the exit. Then he runs down underneath the old

circuit. We can see the banking. You can feel the nostalgia as you then

rise up into Askari. Let's listen to him. Going through the gears, flat

out, and as I said earlier really take the of least resistance. This

is the key to his lap. This is where he is able to gain the time. Listen

here. He commits to the power once. That is where you can carry the

speed out. He goes across the line. Once again the pole position.

legend, John Surtees. He's the only man to win on two Wales and indeed

four. In 1959, you came here and you won the 350 race and the 500 race.

It means you did six out of six and seven out of seven.

It was also my last race on a motorcycle in 1960. In between

fitting in a few races for Colin Chapman in Formula One, I was also

doing the World Championships. I was able to cap it in 1960 with the 300

and 500 championship. I only won the 500 because the exhaust fell off the

350. There is an admission for you!

There's a picture of you driving a Honda around here near my hotel.

I went to Honda at the start of 1967. The Honda car at that time was

about 210 overweight. If an engine that was designed along alpha male

lines from the 1930s. -- it had an engine. It had a tremendous will to

do things. We built the Honda I -- Honda in about six weeks. It was

based on the Lola Indianapolis car. We brought it here. We won the race.

I'm going to bring you up to date. What you're doing is bringing on

British talent. Is there going to be five British riders on the grid next

year? The sad thing is, of course, is it

depends on people like racing steps and rental to come along and bring

the youngsters through. -- and Red Bull. There is talent all the time.

Suddenly you are presented with enormous demands for megabucks. But

I had a good chat with James after the event. We were talking about my

time and the importance here of getting out the corners because it

controls the speed. If you come out at 100 revs faster, it is 250 revs

further up there. All these things were so important. Yes, I think

there's opportunities. He has shown himself first time out. He had done

some testing, but very little. He acquitted himself well. He found the

problem of Formula One downforce, meaning early power application.

They have to learn this. John Surtees, an aptly pleasure to

have your company. We hope to catch up with you later on. -- an absolute

pleasure. I think we can grab hold of Christian. He is coming to have a

chat with us. Christian Horner, perfect day? Looking good all

weekend and you turned this into what you wanted? It has been a

fantastic day for the team to get those cars on the front row, our

50th pole position and it has been a those cars on the front row, our

dream day. It is quickly here from Sebastian, talking earlier. Stunning

pole position and a very strong weekend generally? Very happy,

obviously. It's Kerry, the performance yesterday, and it was a

big surprise. We had median downforce but we did not expect to

be that strong, both cars, but is a very big surprise. Why? Hard work

from everyone in the team. The boys in the factory, we have had years

with a great car but one that was not very competitive with low

downforce so in that regard we did our homework and this circuit has

been up and down for DOS and it seems that this year, more up so

far. But yes, I am just looking forward to the race tomorrow. The

car feels great and we shall see what we can do. Sebastian looking

forward to tomorrow. Are you? It is the best possible place to be

starting from. Who knows what the weather will do? There is supposed

to be rain towards the bottom end of the race but it is marvellous to be

starting on first and second. Should you finish tomorrow like you

qualify, is at the end of the Constructors' champions? There are

still 200 points available. 75 after tomorrow. Our focus is one step at a

time and this is a track that we really did not expect to be doing

time and this is a track that we this at. Now we must convert these

great grid positions into points. Mark Hudson issues getting off the

line and we know they're not the best of friends but what can you do

to make sure the team can run that into the first corner and keep out

of trouble? Very diplomatically but! Hopefully both of them can get a

very good start but they are professionals, they will race each

other hard but they both know they are driving for the team and it is

not just about those two. We have Ferrari behind us, Lewis Hamilton

will be looking to come through and Hulkenberg is out of position. We

have been stuck behind him before. It is a question of getting a good

start and getting stuck in. You certainly did everything right

today. We wish you all the very best for the race tomorrow. And we shall

be back tomorrow at 12:10pm on BBC One. Same time, same place.

Everything live on BBC One and BBC One HD. And 50 years of McLaren so

we have something special for you. Ayrton Senna! We are putting the old

gang back together. Engineer, please come here! So much faster than I

remember! You need to have a good time. Some great stuff tomorrow and

Fernando Alonso saying, we are geniuses, rather sarcastically! We

will be with you same time, same place for the Italian Grand Prix.

Read bowl on the front row. Make it a date. See you then. -- Red Bull.