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separating Sebastian Vettel and Fernando comes in ninth or worse, he | :01:09. | :01:45. | |
dominating this situation. The race section in a moment but first, here | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
Q1 was fiery for some drivers with Gutierrez's are catching fire and on | :01:48. | :02:01. | |
track, Jean-Eric Vergne came to Gutierrez's are catching fire and on | :02:01. | :02:10. | |
fiery halt. Fernando Alonso needed a good qualifying to stay close to | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
Sebastian Vettel in the race. He could only manage a place. Felipe | :02:14. | :02:22. | |
Massa starts in fifth place. Lewis Hamilton knew would be difficult to | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
beat Red Bull and he was right, Q3, Sebastian Vettel failed. Mark | :02:27. | :02:38. | |
Webber put in an impressive early bed and as everyone crossed the | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
line, it was only Mark Webber who Sebastian Vettel is a qualified | :02:41. | :02:53. | |
line, it was only Mark Webber who team-mate, Hamilton is third. Felipe | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
Massa and Rosberg run the fourth rule and Hulkenberg outqualifies | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
Fernando Alonso. Paul di Resta is the highest placed Force India. | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
Valtteri Bottas outqualifies Pastor Maldonado for the ninth time. Jules | :03:06. | :03:25. | |
gearbox change for Adrian Sutil means he will trail the others as | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
Japanese Grand Prix. Light side means he will trail the others as | :03:27. | :03:36. | |
away we go. Webber and Sebastian means he will trail the others as | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
Vettel side-by-side. Romain Grosjean leads into the first corner! There | :03:41. | :04:08. | |
Hamilton. He is in trouble. It is hard to get the safety car in. That | :04:08. | :04:21. | |
TEAM RADIO: Potential front wing damage. Potential damage they are | :04:21. | :04:32. | |
with Sebastian Vettel. Max Chilton is still going and Romain Grosjean | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
is leading. He had the yellow flag but no sign of any safety car. | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
Sebastian Vettel is in third place. Another great start from Fernando | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
Alonso. He has moved up. Hulkenberg is in seventh place, which is where | :04:49. | :04:58. | |
he started. Gutierrez has also gained some places. He is in ninth | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
place. Jenson Button in 10th base. BDO macro initially, it looks OK. | :05:06. | :05:21. | |
But as a dream start for Romain Grosjean. He had that incident on | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
the second corner last year but Grosjean. He had that incident on | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
had very quick pace on Friday. This is an opportunity to win this grand | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
prix. We have a long way to go but he is in the currency. This is the | :05:34. | :05:44. | |
drive-through penalty for Charles Pic, he went out on the red light. | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
And Mercedes, that is a puncture. Lewis Hamilton. That was because of | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
wing. We can see there was damage Lewis Hamilton. That was because of | :05:53. | :06:01. | |
done at the exit of the second and will be difficult to score | :06:01. | :06:15. | |
year and there were seven incidents on that first lacklustre. Tom is in | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
happened last year for Mark Webber, on that first lacklustre. Tom is in | :06:18. | :06:37. | |
happened last year for Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton is on prime tyres, | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
can he get to the end with one pit stop? Let us wait and see. That | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
can he get to the end with one pit Frenchman, Romain Grosjean. Lots of | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
incidents last year but for the first time, he leads the grand prix | :06:51. | :07:00. | |
at the end of the first lap. Maybe he has put all of those difficult | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
starts from master behind him. Nico Rosberg had a very good start, | :07:06. | :07:14. | |
challenge from Jenson Button. They struggle to remove that car. We | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
challenge from Jenson Button. They see the replay. The initial getaway, | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
they are lunching at the of the field. You can see Romain Grosjean | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
launching up the inside, amazing Hamilton. They already had made | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
launching up the inside, amazing touch and then resell Caterham and | :07:38. | :07:45. | |
Marussia. On-board with Romain Grosjean. We believe the contact | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
happened before even the end of Grosjean. We believe the contact | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
pit lane. That would explain why it already. This is where it went | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
wrong. He cuts across. Hamilton already. This is where it went | :07:59. | :08:07. | |
the front wing of Sebastian Vettel. On-board from Hamilton. He tries to | :08:07. | :08:19. | |
and Kimi Raikkonen last year. This already happened. Racing incident, I | :08:19. | :08:55. | |
and Kimi Raikkonen last year. This to struggle. Out of the race, Giedo | :08:55. | :09:06. | |
Romain Grosjean is doing a very TEAM RADIO: Drop back to save your | :09:06. | :09:15. | |
tyres. We have seen this on other tracks. As you slide around in the | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
wake of another car, it puts lots of stress on your tyres and it can | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
wake of another car, it puts lots of beneficial to just hang back in | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
wake of another car, it puts lots of early stages. Another fastest lap | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
from Romain Grosjean, the sort of quality that Lotus are convinced | :09:30. | :09:38. | |
they have with this Frenchman. Here comes Kimi Raikkonen. His DRS is | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
open. And Daniel Ricciardo does likewise, getting past Valtteri | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
Bottas. The image of Mark Webber, he was drifting already. It was like a | :09:51. | :09:57. | |
rally car. Desperately trying to keep within one second. He did have | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
DRS on the last lap. Kimi Raikkonen really hooks that up. Gets his DRS | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
open. Nothing that Jenson Button could do. As Kimi Raikkonen adjusts | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
his neck balance. We have some pit stops coming up. Mercedes into the | :10:16. | :10:24. | |
Struggling with downforce. And we also understand the result problem | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
with Jenson Button. Very poor day for Lewis Hamilton. That was just a | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
else. Presumably the rear tyre has damaged the floor and we know how | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
important the rear tyre is. We can see one of those McLaren cars coming | :10:44. | :10:52. | |
stops would be more likely if they are doing a pit stop after just | :10:52. | :11:29. | |
stops would be more likely if they mistake from Nico Rosberg. Ferrari | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
on his tail. Extremely wide through the first part of turn number one. | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
damage. His first non-finish of the first part of turn number one. | :11:37. | :11:45. | |
year. He has had a very good run up until I in terms of reliability | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
year. He has had a very good run up that has come to an end for Lewis | :11:48. | :11:49. | |
Hamilton. On-board with Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel has been | :11:49. | :11:59. | |
catching Mark Webber just a little bit. But still, Romain Grosjean | :11:59. | :12:11. | |
Red Bull are managing this and dropping back? If they run to close | :12:11. | :12:19. | |
that will affect their tyres. Romain Grosjean has given Red Bull their | :12:19. | :12:28. | |
own you might say. He was also asked to save some fuel. And Mark Webber | :12:28. | :12:37. | |
has come into the pit lane. The first Red Bull. That normally gives | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
priority over his team-mate. He first Red Bull. That normally gives | :12:41. | :12:49. | |
gone all the way to lap 12. To stop territory with Red Bull? On the | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
harder tyres, they have to look laps left to do. You have to look | :12:56. | :13:08. | |
after them. Kimi Raikkonen has also traffic. That is Gutierrez. And | :13:08. | :13:21. | |
after them. Kimi Raikkonen has also Jenson Button. He made that earlier | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
terms of getting out in front of the fastest lap but came up short in | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
space to work in. Trying to pick up that Lotus. Kimi Raikkonen has | :13:33. | :13:50. | |
space to work in. Trying to pick up Sebastian Vettel. The gap between | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel is 4.4 seconds. Will Grosjean respond to | :13:52. | :14:01. | |
that stop? Those tyres will have burned off. He is heading in? Yes, | :14:01. | :14:09. | |
there he is. Sebastian Vettel, he stays out. He goes further into | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
this. Romain Grosjean does not want to be beaten by Mark Webber on this | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
first round of pit stops. Mark Webber has set the fastest middle | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
sector. It will be very tight. There is Marc Webber on the right-hand | :14:28. | :14:29. | |
side of your shot. It will be a is Marc Webber on the right-hand | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
race Dent to turn one. Sebastian Webber will have the advantage of | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
knowing how the car is performing with this fuel load. The gap to | :14:45. | :14:53. | |
Grosjean is just too far to make up on this lap and get himself into the | :14:53. | :15:01. | |
PRS wrote -- into the PRS on. He will be hearing from the stewards. | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
There is no way that he should have been released there. It is a good | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
reaction from Perez. Alonso has been released there. It is a good | :15:09. | :15:15. | |
out ahead of Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa. Those are the guys he is | :15:15. | :15:23. | |
racing against. Growth gene is also on. It is a big change around. Where | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
does he come back out, relative on. It is a big change around. Where | :15:31. | :15:38. | |
question. Gutierrez is real to on. It is a big change around. Where | :15:38. | :15:46. | |
11th place. That is Sergio Perez. on. It is a big change around. Where | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
Sebastian Vettel has to come in on. It is a big change around. Where | :15:50. | :15:57. | |
this lap. He is not under pressure from Rosberg. Alonso has come out | :15:57. | :16:10. | |
this lap. He is not under pressure Alonso losing out with the leak | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
this lap. He is not under pressure with the letter pit stop. It is | :16:16. | :16:17. | |
this lap. He is not under pressure likely that Rosberg will get the | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
penalty. Perez making use of the fresh tyres, he cuts to the inside. | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
It looks like Jenson had to be defensive of the chicane. We have | :16:27. | :16:33. | |
seen them side-by-side couple of times this year. That was all good | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
and clean. Read below getting ready for Sebastian Vettel. Here he comes. | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
There may be playing the longer game, a couple of extra laps on | :16:47. | :16:56. | |
position. That was a lovely stop. Webber goes through. He comes back | :16:56. | :17:06. | |
out. He is ahead of Ricciardo. Grosjean is ahead of both of them. | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
He has the new fastest lap 20 is established himself at the head | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
He has the new fastest lap 20 is the race. That was a lock-up from | :17:18. | :17:18. | |
Sebastian Vettel before he came the race. That was a lock-up from | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
That is the sort of thing that they need to try and avoid. This is him | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
running down to the speed limit line, really pushing to try and | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
running down to the speed limit every last little bit of time out of | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
those tyres. Alonso was flying up to the back, towards Felipe Massa. | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
those tyres. Alonso was flying up to are all being held up I Ricciardo on | :17:43. | :17:45. | |
his very old tyres, in relative terms. Hulkenberg is looking for | :17:45. | :17:57. | |
activated again. -- DRS. Here comes allowed Gutierrez and Raikkonen | :17:57. | :18:37. | |
activated again. -- DRS. Here comes the end, Felipe Massa just kind | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
activated again. -- DRS. Here comes gifted dad to Alonso. By going | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
defensively into the chicane, he compromised his exit line. They | :18:43. | :19:00. | |
defensively into the chicane, he Ricciardo. Gutierrez and Raikkonen | :19:00. | :19:08. | |
have caught the group. Button is still an 11th place. Nico Rosberg | :19:08. | :19:16. | |
Ricciardo is struggling on these tyres. He has gone a long way into | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
this Grand Prix. It is a good job in many respects that he has been able | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
to take the tyre this fire. The many respects that he has been able | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
Rossos have been struggling for many respects that he has been able | :19:30. | :19:41. | |
this weekend. Hulkenberg coming many respects that he has been able | :19:41. | :19:52. | |
towards 130 hour. -- up towards alongside his team-mate. He just got | :19:52. | :20:03. | |
out of it. Alonso had to back out of nearly saw the two Ferraris making | :20:03. | :20:19. | |
contact with each other. They nearly did the same in South Korea. Let's | :20:19. | :20:33. | |
been doing has allowed the leading three cars to open a 22nd gap. | :20:33. | :20:46. | |
been doing has allowed the leading This is brave stuff. A round of | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
Gutierrez, the Mexican, he is going for it. They are still side-by-side. | :20:56. | :21:09. | |
Gutierrez, the Mexican, he is going Gutierrez will have the inside lane | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
for the next corner. I think Massa has got back in front. Great stuff. | :21:12. | :21:23. | |
Gutierrez, a nice tidy move. Now he is under pressure from Raikkonen | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
behind. Is he going to go down the outside? We saw Alonso do this to | :21:27. | :21:34. | |
Schumacher a few years ago. He's going to get passed by the McLaren, | :21:34. | :21:41. | |
Perez. Watch Sergio Perez position his car for best traction. It looks | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
like Gutierrez may drop another well-positioned. No doubt about | :21:45. | :21:55. | |
like Gutierrez may drop another They are side-by-side, but he cannot | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
do it. They held on that time. It looked like the chain reaction of | :21:59. | :22:25. | |
are. -- into 130R. You have to break early when you have dust on your | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
tyres. That is contact as they come out of the hairpin. This is Ferrari | :22:31. | :22:43. | |
against Ferrari power, but different corner. It looked like he ran wide. | :22:43. | :22:57. | |
Incomes Webber. Webber is in from corner. It looked like he ran wide. | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
second place. He has done 14 laps on cannot get the performance out of | :23:06. | :23:29. | |
the tyre. What about the other two, doing a two stop race? It may well | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
be that Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel can get by on two stops. | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
be that Grosjean and Sebastian is very difficult to know. The tyre | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
grips are falling away from Webber. Sebastian Vettel is still trying to | :23:50. | :24:01. | |
seconds in the first sector. It looks like they have traffic to | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
seconds in the first sector. It with, that is Max Chilton. Incomes | :24:07. | :24:14. | |
Grosjean. This is a big pressure point for the Lotus team. Webber has | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
been consistently quicker over the last couple of laps. Webber is | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
coming out of the chicane. I think you may have done enough. There | :24:25. | :24:35. | |
coming out of the chicane. I think is, Webber has jumped in. He has, | :24:35. | :24:45. | |
is the big question. Grosjean has to achievable. It should be achievable, | :24:45. | :24:53. | |
edition, he can back off and start saving some of the tyres. The safety | :24:53. | :25:08. | |
car would help him? Yes, it would. Web is going to do three pit stops | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
not over yet, keep pushing, made. in this Grand Prix. It is a slightly | :25:12. | :25:30. | |
not over yet, keep pushing, made. chances? It is a reflection of the | :25:30. | :25:31. | |
fact that they are expecting him to come in again. You can see the slow | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
motion of the front tyre vibrating. come in again. You can see the slow | :25:39. | :25:51. | |
front of Grosjean. Raikkonen is suddenly going very quickly. He | :25:51. | :26:13. | |
front of Grosjean. Raikkonen is catching Fernando Alonso. Looking at | :26:13. | :26:14. | |
how the speed work site, Webber catching Fernando Alonso. Looking at | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
on fresh tyres. His tyres have done ten laps as opposed to the 21 laps | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
of his team-mates. You would expect Webber to be quicker at this stage | :26:24. | :26:26. | |
in the Grand Prix. Sure enough, Webber to be quicker at this stage | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
is closing the gap and setting sectors. This is the cam in the | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
is closing the gap and setting when everything is beginning to | :26:37. | :26:37. | |
resolve itself. We're wondering when everything is beginning to | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
much further Sebastian Vettel will go on the set of tyres. His next pit | :26:43. | :26:53. | |
stop is got to be within the next couple of laps. Looking at the | :26:53. | :27:07. | |
Mercedes scoring six. Motors are likely to score 23 points. That | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
would bring them into the territory of fighting for second overall in | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
the constructors' points. That will championship. Niki Lauda has stated | :27:17. | :27:25. | |
are getting into the mix again. that that is the goal, to finish in | :27:25. | :27:35. | |
are getting into the mix again. Lewis Hamilton went out at the start | :27:35. | :27:36. | |
of this race. He is speaking to Lewis Hamilton went out at the start | :27:36. | :27:45. | |
damaged was your car? Enough to Lewis Hamilton went out at the start | :27:45. | :27:51. | |
wise we deserve better. It looked feel bad for my guys. They have | :27:51. | :28:16. | |
wise we deserve better. It looked preparing for Sebastian Vettel's | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
stop. He is in. Where will he come out? This is the crucial moment | :28:22. | :28:26. | |
stop. He is in. Where will he come the Grand Prix. I suspect he will be | :28:26. | :28:29. | |
behind. Grosjean is parsing error box. There is Sebastian Vettel. | :28:29. | :28:36. | |
behind. Grosjean is parsing error he got the pace in the car with | :28:36. | :28:40. | |
behind. Grosjean is parsing error harder tyres? Yes, I'm sure he | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
prefers the harder tyres. He has gone for the harder compound. That | :28:43. | :28:54. | |
is a new set of tyres. Letters keep TEAM RADIO: Go and get him! Go | :28:54. | :29:07. | |
racing! He should not need to worry about looking after those tyres | :29:07. | :29:13. | |
racing! He should not need to worry Sebastian Vettel has the art of | :29:13. | :29:14. | |
getting the best out of his Pirelli tyres, keeping them alive. We have a | :29:14. | :29:24. | |
race on our hands here. On-board Gutierrez gets passed Jean-Eric | :29:24. | :29:40. | |
Vergne. That is an opportunity for him to score his first ever World | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
Championship points. But there are still some way to go in this grand | :29:44. | :29:53. | |
prix. That was fair. You are not allowed to make a double move. | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
prix. That was fair. You are not Esteban Gutierrez comes out of that | :29:56. | :29:59. | |
slipstream. Although it was a little bit closer than you would like to | :30:00. | :30:03. | |
see at 190 mph, they get away with that. Turn number one, but the | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
that Fernando Alonso catching Max that. Turn number one, but the | :30:08. | :30:30. | |
another pit stop relativism. Gary? far. Mark Webber still reading this | :30:30. | :30:43. | |
another pit stop relativism. Gary? He will have to make another. On his | :30:43. | :30:44. | |
second stop he had done 13 laps He will have to make another. On his | :30:44. | :30:47. | |
the set of hard tyres and Romain Grosjean had done 16 and Sebastian | :30:47. | :30:50. | |
Vettel had 22. It looks like he Grosjean had done 16 and Sebastian | :30:50. | :30:56. | |
able to look after his tyres. He would have to be 28 laps, Grosjean | :30:56. | :31:03. | |
24. They would really have to stop another time. Very fast laps for | :31:03. | :31:12. | |
Sebastian Vettel on those sector TEAM RADIO: Good stuff, keep it | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
going! They want to get first and second. If they possibly can. Romain | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
Grosjean has driven so well in this race. But look how much closer | :31:28. | :31:31. | |
Fernando Alonso in fifth place. race. But look how much closer | :31:31. | :31:40. | |
the Sebastian Vettel won this race, Fernando Alonso is doing enough | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
the Sebastian Vettel won this race, Championship but, Gary, look at | :31:46. | :31:48. | |
Sebastian Vettel. Getting closer and closer. Those fresh tyres give you | :31:48. | :31:54. | |
so much confidence and he only has to do 16 laps on the set of tyres. | :31:54. | :32:02. | |
TEAM RADIO: You will come under pressure from Mark Webber so make | :32:02. | :32:07. | |
sure you have some tyres left. Both Red Bull cars will be fighting | :32:07. | :32:10. | |
things out for the end of the grand prix. I'm sure that Sebastian Vettel | :32:10. | :32:16. | |
will be aware of that. Can you see any major changes further down? | :32:16. | :32:23. | |
will be aware of that. Can you see major part in the back for that | :32:23. | :32:25. | |
will be aware of that. Can you see from Nico Hulkenberg, holding off | :32:25. | :32:32. | |
Kimi Raikkonen is right on the tail of Fernando Alonso. This is the | :32:32. | :32:46. | |
Kimi Raikkonen is right on the tail is for second place because the | :32:46. | :32:48. | |
Kimi Raikkonen is right on the tail behind Mark Webber at this point. | :32:48. | :32:50. | |
ahead. Still putting in those quick Mark Webber has done 14 seconds | :32:50. | :32:58. | |
ahead. Still putting in those quick still could make that pit stop. | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
ahead. Still putting in those quick at this! Romain Grosjean! He holds | :33:03. | :33:04. | |
the middle ground. And he was surely at this! Romain Grosjean! He holds | :33:04. | :33:14. | |
the middle ground. And he was surely have the DRS zone available. Here we | :33:14. | :33:16. | |
go, Sebastian Vettel gets past Romain Grosjean, passed him down | :33:16. | :33:23. | |
this pit straight. He majored he got that place and he gets past Romain | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
Grosjean. There might be some damage to the car, he mentioned his front | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
wing. That little hit with Hamilton. Do we need any more confirmation | :33:33. | :33:37. | |
that he can raise? See what Mark Webber can do. He was 15 seconds | :33:37. | :33:43. | |
ahead last time. We can see that replay. Mark Webber will have fresh | :33:43. | :33:51. | |
tyres towards the end. Another view from on-board. Romain Grosjean does | :33:51. | :33:58. | |
make those moves, he did that on Kimi Raikkonen last week. Quite | :33:58. | :34:12. | |
make those moves, he did that on Just how this will be resolved | :34:12. | :34:12. | |
between himself and Mark Webber Just how this will be resolved | :34:12. | :34:15. | |
still to be played out in the final 12 laps of this Japanese Grand Prix. | :34:15. | :34:21. | |
It seems that Mark Webber, either hang out there and be in bad shape | :34:21. | :34:23. | |
with his tyres at the end or he hang out there and be in bad shape | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
have to go to the pits and get some fresh rubber. Here he is, going | :34:27. | :34:33. | |
have to go to the pits and get some the pits, from the lead. And this | :34:33. | :34:37. | |
will promote Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean but Mark Webber | :34:37. | :34:43. | |
will promote Sebastian Vettel and have great tyres available. He will | :34:43. | :34:57. | |
after this stop. Softer tyres, so he five seconds behind Romain Grosjean | :34:57. | :35:08. | |
after this stop. Softer tyres, so he top. Sebastian Vettel leads this, | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
after this stop. Softer tyres, so he Mark Webber. He has going for it. | :35:11. | :35:17. | |
after this stop. Softer tyres, so he but it might have been a very late | :35:17. | :35:20. | |
after this stop. Softer tyres, so he call because he was already in the | :35:20. | :35:22. | |
pit lane and the boys had not even with those boys in front. Adrian | :35:22. | :35:32. | |
Sutil battling with Jenson Button. He went past Force India. Now it is | :35:32. | :35:39. | |
Mark Webber, his chance to get past Grosjean. The softer compound has | :35:39. | :35:50. | |
got more grip available. Setting up to person. Look at how much he is | :35:50. | :35:56. | |
gaining. Getting past Hulkenberg! And he has done at - Fernando Alonso | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
finally finds his way past Nico Hulkenberg, who perhaps has some | :36:01. | :36:06. | |
tyre trouble. He is doing this on a two stop race. Hulkenberg looks | :36:06. | :36:15. | |
stranded as we go back to Mark Webber and his approach to Romain | :36:16. | :36:22. | |
Grosjean. The next section is one of the longer straights, where Mark | :36:22. | :36:26. | |
Webber has had some of the best speeds all weekend. They claim up to | :36:26. | :36:40. | |
flat out. Mark Webber moving into position. Perfectly placed to pick | :36:40. | :36:43. | |
up DRS. You can see the grip he position. Perfectly placed to pick | :36:43. | :36:49. | |
got. He can choose his line and position. Perfectly placed to pick | :36:49. | :36:52. | |
will be hard on the power. Watching news that and the KERS. Challenging | :36:52. | :36:59. | |
for second place, Mark Webber will That was good stuff from Romain | :36:59. | :37:07. | |
decision, squeeze to the pit wall or Grosjean. You have to make the | :37:07. | :37:11. | |
decision, squeeze to the pit wall or a leave enough space and go to the | :37:11. | :37:11. | |
of caution. He has to get himself but determined to score points. | :37:12. | :37:20. | |
closer as he comes off that chicane. but determined to score points. | :37:20. | :37:58. | |
Gutierrez in a points winning place. but determined to score points. | :37:58. | :38:06. | |
His first ever. The instructions or so subtle from the team to help | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
His first ever. The instructions or find his way past Romain Grosjean. | :38:09. | :38:14. | |
Also in the points, Nico Rosberg. And Paul di Resta is in 10th place. | :38:14. | :38:20. | |
But Jenson Button is just behind him so the final point is also proving | :38:20. | :38:27. | |
between both British drivers, Paul di Resta and Jenson Button. They | :38:27. | :38:33. | |
trained together and have the same management company. Not close enough | :38:33. | :38:39. | |
on this lap. That was a good exit from the chicane. Mark Webber has to | :38:39. | :38:44. | |
get pressure on him from Spoon and then go shallow. He's getting a | :38:44. | :38:51. | |
get pressure on him from Spoon and good drive from that chicane. This | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
helps Sebastian Vettel because this is less time that he can use to | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
catch the leader. It is looking is less time that he can use to | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
likely that Sebastian Vettel is is less time that he can use to | :39:08. | :39:11. | |
out in front and the question is, can body Valtteri Bottas takes | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
second place from Romain Grosjean in these last few laps? We can see | :39:15. | :39:20. | |
second place from Romain Grosjean in gap opening up. Sebastian Vettel has | :39:20. | :39:23. | |
been pushing hard. He is looking comfortable. Romain Grosjean, on | :39:23. | :39:28. | |
tyres that are much older than Red Bull. That is the key thing. Romain | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
second stop. Contrast in tyres, Bull. That is the key thing. Romain | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
Grosjean on the prime tyres. That is he going to go late into turn on | :39:43. | :40:10. | |
one? Not quite. This is impressive. he going to go late into turn on | :40:11. | :40:19. | |
one? Not quite. This is impressive. If anything, builders have struggled | :40:19. | :40:24. | |
Right now, they are doing enough to place, 34 seconds behind these cars. | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
Nico Hulkenberg is only just hanging on to fifth place. Kimi Raikkonen | :40:34. | :40:40. | |
was almost with a cross that line. Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg. And | :40:40. | :40:49. | |
you mentioned that battle with Just by a fraction. Paul di Resta in | :40:49. | :41:00. | |
11th place, then Adrian Sutil and Valtteri Bottas. Look at this great | :41:00. | :41:07. | |
move from Mark Webber! Trying to get Grosjean. Difficult place. There is | :41:07. | :41:13. | |
some traffic ahead, there is a one should traffic coming out of Spoon. | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
Five cars, running ahead. This is going to get messy. Romain Grosjean | :41:19. | :41:27. | |
will be under pressure with Mark Webber catching him and cars ahead | :41:27. | :41:30. | |
of him. Maybe he is not close enough to get DRS this time so this is | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
of him. Maybe he is not close enough very good opportunity for Mark | :41:34. | :41:43. | |
Webber. We hear word that Mark Webber's DRS did not open properly | :41:43. | :41:46. | |
on the last lap. Can we notice anything? It looks like it was | :41:46. | :41:52. | |
working on this lap. He still did not manage to close the gap as much | :41:52. | :41:55. | |
as we would have expected and the more he sits behind, the harder | :41:55. | :42:01. | |
as we would have expected and the running out of time. We are onto lap | :42:01. | :42:05. | |
50. Only 53 in the Japanese Grand Gutierrez? He tried to. Did he cut | :42:05. | :42:16. | |
back. Esteban Gutierrez still in seventh place. That was very wide | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
from Daniel Ricciardo. Grosjean not a good base to be catching this | :42:21. | :42:27. | |
be onto his radio. They will be not a good base to be catching this | :42:27. | :42:44. | |
bunch of cars. Pastor Maldonado not a good base to be catching this | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
in that group. Both Williams cars or in that. See what happens. As Romain | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
Grosjean tries to catch up with TEAM RADIO: Get past Sergio Perez. | :42:53. | :43:05. | |
He needs to turn down his engine performance. Grosjean will get DRS. | :43:05. | :43:11. | |
It will be difficult for Mark Webber to make any headway. Valtteri Bottas | :43:11. | :43:20. | |
is fighting with Jean-Eric Vergne. He gets past Maldonado. And Mark | :43:20. | :43:28. | |
squeezes down the inside. That is so tight. He was giving him room. But | :43:28. | :43:37. | |
is seriously running out of laps in which to take second place. We can | :43:37. | :43:46. | |
Raikkonen and Hulkenberg. Nico Hulkenberg locking up. This might | :43:46. | :43:51. | |
give him a chance. Sauber have got great attraction. Click out of that | :43:51. | :43:57. | |
chicane but does that help or mint tea and speed? Nico Hulkenberg in | :43:57. | :44:02. | |
fifth place. Kimi Raikkonen cannot do it. He is simply not fast enough. | :44:02. | :44:10. | |
The amount of drag on that car, downforce is a wonderful thing but | :44:10. | :44:23. | |
Bottas. Wheel to wheel. Another chance to get second place. Again, | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
it does not come. And again, Romain Grosjean is driving perfectly. He | :44:29. | :44:32. | |
second place from Mark Webber. Grosjean is driving perfectly. He | :44:32. | :44:46. | |
going to be slow out of this corner. Grosjean is driving perfectly. He | :44:46. | :44:50. | |
Grosjean will get DRS. Mark Webber has a great run going. Has he got | :44:51. | :44:55. | |
enough lamentable? They come down And Red Bull are heading for the | :44:55. | :45:11. | |
one, two. But they have been made to work extremely hard, thanks to the | :45:11. | :45:27. | |
exploits of Romain Grosjean. This is what I was saying earlier, he goes | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
to the inside. Grosjean goes towards the pit wall, but he gives him an | :45:33. | :45:37. | |
offer in. In the end, the pace of the Red Bull is too much. The other | :45:37. | :45:45. | |
Lotus is up in the points as well. Kimi Raikkonen is currently in fifth | :45:45. | :45:52. | |
place. He got past Hulkenberg. Let's see how that move was executed, | :45:52. | :45:56. | |
round the outside into the chicane. I have never seen that as -- before. | :45:56. | :46:07. | |
That was a great move by Raikkonen. We have heard that Nico Rosberg | :46:07. | :46:10. | |
That was a great move by Raikkonen. well be having to save fuel in the | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
closing laps. If Gutierrez could hold on to seventh place, it would | :46:15. | :46:18. | |
be his first-ever points in Formula One. He could be aids and still | :46:18. | :46:26. | |
be his first-ever points in Formula his first points. He is already | :46:26. | :46:27. | |
be his first-ever points in Formula top rookie this year because of | :46:27. | :46:30. | |
be his first-ever points in Formula scorers he has achieved. He has | :46:30. | :46:31. | |
moved ahead of Valtteri Bottas. scorers he has achieved. He has | :46:31. | :46:36. | |
to score points would be a major achievement in his first season | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
to score points would be a major Formula One. Just coming back to the | :46:41. | :46:43. | |
Raikkonen move, what makes it brave is that when you force yourself | :46:43. | :46:47. | |
around the outside, you are at the commitment and he got the reward. | :46:47. | :46:58. | |
around the outside, you are at the Nico Rosberg is still trying to | :46:58. | :47:34. | |
around the outside, you are at the has at Suzuka. Raikkonen is catching | :47:34. | :47:36. | |
around the outside, you are at the Alonso, by the way. We will keep and | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
I own that. Raikkonen was a lot quicker on the last lap. -- keep an | :47:40. | :47:53. | |
eye on that. Here comes Sebastian Vettel, and once again, Suzuka is | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
his circuit. He will come through to take the chequered flag. Sebastian | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
Vettel wins in Japan! It is his ninth victory of the season and | :48:05. | :48:08. | |
Vettel wins in Japan! It is his fourth win in five years around | :48:08. | :48:11. | |
Vettel wins in Japan! It is his track. Mark Webber finishes in | :48:11. | :48:15. | |
second place, it is a 1-2-mac for Red Bull. -- one-two for Red Bull. I | :48:15. | :48:34. | |
do not think that Raikkonen is close enough to challenge. Unless he cuts | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
the final chicane, he is too far championship will continue into | :48:39. | :48:47. | |
the final chicane, he is too far Indian Grand Prix. Alonso has done | :48:47. | :48:49. | |
enough, he has brought the car home in fourth place. Kimi Raikkonen | :48:49. | :48:56. | |
finishes in fifth position. Sixth place goes to Nico Hulkenberg. We | :48:56. | :49:01. | |
are waiting for Gutierrez to come through. I think he is still ahead. | :49:01. | :49:09. | |
Yes, the Mexican is going to score his first-ever points in Formula | :49:09. | :49:17. | |
place, many congratulations to him. Sauber have to make cars in the | :49:17. | :49:22. | |
place, many congratulations to him. seven. It is only the second time | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
this year that we have seemed red wool cards in first and second | :49:25. | :49:26. | |
To confirm the race result, it was wool cards in first and second | :49:26. | :49:47. | |
To confirm the race result, it was in third place. Gutierrez taking his | :49:47. | :49:47. | |
first-ever points in Formula One. In in third place. Gutierrez taking his | :49:47. | :50:01. | |
first-ever points in Formula One. In point lead over Fernando Alonso | :50:01. | :50:04. | |
which means that a top five finish will clinch his fourth title. This | :50:04. | :50:10. | |
is the constructors' championship. The difference is 148 points, so it | :50:10. | :50:15. | |
looks like it will be a fourth title for Red Bull as a team. Ferrari | :50:15. | :50:19. | |
looks like it will be a fourth title second with Mercedes in third. Let's | :50:19. | :50:26. | |
hear from the We learned a lot in 2011. We were keen in staying in | :50:26. | :50:28. | |
front. After the poor start, we 2011. We were keen in staying in | :50:28. | :50:40. | |
ourselves in third. We were lapping more slowly at the time. Once I | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
ourselves in third. We were lapping out of the pits for the final, I had | :50:44. | :50:51. | |
traction. I managed to get past Grosjean, and after that, the only | :50:51. | :50:56. | |
threat was Mark Webber, who got stuck a little bit behind Grosjean. | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
We could manage the gap until the end of the race. Even after my first | :51:01. | :51:06. | |
stop, I was weighed it was going to be two stops. The guys said that two | :51:06. | :51:13. | |
stops were fine. In the middle of that, we changed tactics. That was | :51:13. | :51:20. | |
it. It was a bit surprising. I asked the guys, are you sure this is going | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
to be right, three stops? And they said, yes, it will be. When they say | :51:24. | :51:30. | |
that, you have got to make it work and go for it. In the end, we line | :51:30. | :51:33. | |
out of rat -- we ran out of laps. and go for it. In the end, we line | :51:33. | :51:44. | |
impressive start? Yes, that was unbelievable, that starred came | :51:44. | :51:59. | |
impressive start? Yes, that was car could just pull away, but my | :51:59. | :52:04. | |
Never mind, we never thought we you got past? Yes, the traffic was | :52:04. | :52:25. | |
the point of the race, I was always behind someone, but to be honest, | :52:25. | :52:32. | |
the top three were too strong. Even without the traffic, the podium | :52:32. | :52:37. | |
positions were settled. The Red Bulls were quicker than us. Fourth | :52:37. | :52:46. | |
achieve today. It is important for the constructors' championship. | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
achieve today. It is important for happy about that. The style of the | :52:51. | :52:57. | |
race was awful. I was at the front of the grid. I was a bit worried. I | :52:58. | :53:01. | |
was worried about the front-end of the grid. I was a bit worried. I | :53:01. | :53:05. | |
the car, but it was definitely the wrong thing to do, I had so much | :53:05. | :53:06. | |
everywhere. I enjoyed it in the wrong thing to do, I had so much | :53:06. | :53:20. | |
and I had a good move with Paul wrong thing to do, I had so much | :53:20. | :53:22. | |
Resta around the outside of the chicane, and also Felipe Massa tried | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
to do the same, but he forced me over the kerb. It was a good end to | :53:27. | :53:29. | |
beginning. It seemed like there over the kerb. It was a good end to | :53:29. | :53:35. | |
not enough laps for Mark Webber today? We all felt for him, having | :53:35. | :53:40. | |
got all position, but it all went wrong for him from the start line. | :53:40. | :53:48. | |
three-stop strategy, trying to beat Sebastian Vettel. In the end, he ran | :53:48. | :53:57. | |
superb. Yes, it was great that he out of time. Sebastian Vettel was | :53:57. | :54:06. | |
superb. Yes, it was great that he kept it together. He had contact | :54:06. | :54:09. | |
with Hamilton in the first corner, but he was able to push when he | :54:09. | :54:11. | |
needed to. Grosjean's car was not as but he was able to push when he | :54:11. | :54:23. | |
board. That is maybe what compromise seem to put a foot wrong. They have | :54:23. | :54:34. | |
board. That is maybe what compromise their ability to tune everything at | :54:34. | :54:38. | |
the start. It was an amazing start from Grosjean. Phenomenal. Previous | :54:38. | :54:48. | |
the start. It was an amazing start for 12 laps in his career. The | :54:48. | :54:55. | |
sixth and seventh place. Gutierrez seems to have come on in his last | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
couple of races. Yes, Sauber has said that he always had bad taste. | :55:01. | :55:06. | |
In the last two races, he has shown that he is worthy of his seat in | :55:06. | :55:08. | |
Formula One. Hulkenberg remains that he is worthy of his seat in | :55:08. | :55:14. | |
team leader and it sounds like you will be heading off to another team | :55:14. | :55:19. | |
next season. Ferrari were better in qualifying. Alonso moves forward and | :55:19. | :55:23. | |
scores good points. But they do qualifying. Alonso moves forward and | :55:23. | :55:28. | |
have the outright pace, and the qualifying. Alonso moves forward and | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
focusing fully on next year's car. minimise the damage and control | :55:35. | :55:42. | |
focusing fully on next year's car. championship. There is a 3-way | :55:42. | :55:43. | |
battle and it has lots of State championship. There is a 3-way | :55:43. | :55:50. | |
those teams. The next time out will be in India in a fortnight, and | :55:50. | :55:53. |