:01:06. > :01:12.Sebastian Vettel is the 20 13th Formula one World Champion. His
:01:12. > :01:18.fourth consecutive. Sebastian Vettel has become the youngest driver
:01:18. > :01:23.ever... Pudding among the greatest names in the sport's history.
:01:23. > :01:40.Imperious form... Asking him, how do you stop this man?
:01:40. > :01:52.Runaway champions leader, Sebastian Vettel survives retirement. OK, he
:01:52. > :01:58.is destroying himself. His lead has been slashed have to get another
:01:58. > :02:02.disappointment. He's in trouble! Things have gone from bad to worse.
:02:03. > :02:06.It is Sebastian Vettel's third retirement. His lead is further
:02:06. > :02:14.reduced at the top of the championship. Where has it all gone
:02:14. > :02:19.wrong for Sebastian Vettel? Nobody expected him to blow what looked
:02:19. > :02:25.like an unassailable lead. Stop the car, stop the car! He is out, after
:02:25. > :02:27.dominating this race. The thoughts of David Coulthard. How has this
:02:27. > :02:32.gone so wrong? It has been an incredible run of resultss but this
:02:32. > :02:38.is why we love this sport. The team bosses refusing to apportion blame
:02:38. > :02:42.to anyone. It is important to understand what is causing the
:02:42. > :02:46.problems. It was an incredible result, seeing his lead slashed
:02:46. > :02:50.going into the final race. It all comes down to this, the final race
:02:50. > :02:59.of the season. Where has it gone wrong? Would you believe it? !
:03:00. > :03:03.You probably would not believe it. It would be more than astonishing if
:03:03. > :03:08.that happened. Welcome to the land of the rising sun. And the sun is
:03:08. > :03:12.shining. The question is, will it be shining on Sebastian Vettel this
:03:12. > :03:15.weekend as he gets his first shot at clinching his fourth world title.
:03:15. > :03:16.Let me show you why. He is currently 77
:03:16. > :03:22.Let me show you why. He is currently points ahead of Fernando Alonso and
:03:22. > :03:23.mathematically, any of the top four drivers could still win the
:03:23. > :03:28.mathematically, any of the top four championship. However, that seems
:03:28. > :03:32.rather unlikely now. In terms of the construction championship, 118
:03:32. > :03:41.points separate Red Bull from Ferrari. Five races left, 250 points
:03:41. > :03:45.still available. So here we are in Suzuka, an
:03:45. > :03:50.absolutely terrific, proper racing track, Eddie, but it will not be
:03:50. > :03:59.simple for Bethel because he cannot just win here. -- Vettel. Let's talk
:03:59. > :04:05.about the track. It is up there with Silverstone. It is an old-style
:04:05. > :04:10.racing track. A sell-out 130,000 tickets here in a day. They could
:04:10. > :04:16.probably do that for times over. It is such a popular sport in Japan. Is
:04:16. > :04:20.Alonso going to be able to take the fight to Sebastian Vettel? I don't
:04:20. > :04:24.think so. I think Sebastian Vettel is so strong, and getting stronger
:04:24. > :04:30.in his mind. It is a dominant force that he has. Alonso would have to be
:04:30. > :04:34.ninth or less for it to happen. It does not look like it is going to
:04:34. > :04:41.happen this weekend and it does seem as though it is when, and not if. In
:04:41. > :04:45.a way. We would like to go to the last race, for the excitement of the
:04:45. > :04:49.sport. But since they got over the tyre problems, earlier in the
:04:49. > :04:52.season, they have knuckled down, Red Bull, and they have been totally
:04:52. > :04:57.dominant. Let's get on with the action. Tom Clarkson and David
:04:57. > :05:03.Coulthard are your team. And then Edwards. The first session of
:05:03. > :05:11.qualifying gets underway. -- Ben F words. Gutierrez is on the
:05:11. > :05:15.track. Confirmation of the tyres were using this weekend. The medium
:05:15. > :05:20.compound, Pirelli, and they had compound tyre as well. Relatively
:05:20. > :05:23.conservative choice. We're not looking at tyres that will go down
:05:23. > :05:28.very quickly. Not a massive difference between the tyres in
:05:28. > :05:33.terms of the lap time. During the practice sessions, it has been six
:05:33. > :05:37.tenths of a second or so. Yes. And that has been interesting, from
:05:37. > :05:41.Lotus to Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. Normally we see one car
:05:41. > :05:46.being better than the other but here it is about six tenths. I think the
:05:46. > :05:52.top cars of the top six or eight, might not have to use the medium
:05:52. > :06:00.tyre in the qualifying. But it is not going to be easy. For my -- from
:06:01. > :06:05.my point of view, the cut-off time will be 13.3. If you can do that on
:06:05. > :06:10.the hard tyre, you can set that up for later. The team principal former
:06:10. > :06:16.cities joins us. What is your team saying? One minute and 33 seconds?
:06:16. > :06:24.Something like that? Eye to you what, have not asked. Eye will need
:06:24. > :06:33.to ask. -- I tell you what. I think certainly we will need to go through
:06:33. > :06:39.on the prime. It will depend how it looks on the prime. How important at
:06:39. > :06:45.the moment is it to save your options, to have two sets of options
:06:45. > :06:48.available? In other words, having the softer tyre available for the
:06:48. > :06:53.final part of qualifying. It is helpful because the drivers have the
:06:53. > :06:57.confidence that they have another set backing them up. I think drivers
:06:57. > :07:03.probably approach it a little differently, but certainly being
:07:03. > :07:05.able to put on the first set, and go for it on the second set, that is
:07:05. > :07:10.able to put on the first set, and go definitely helpful. Of course, you
:07:10. > :07:14.could span the session, particularly if the session gets quicker or
:07:14. > :07:18.slower, as it might with this wind. Well, Lewis Hamilton was second
:07:18. > :07:19.slower, as it might with this wind. fastest this morning. From your
:07:19. > :07:24.vantage point, do you think that you fastest this morning. From your
:07:24. > :07:30.are going to be able to challenge those Red Bulls for pole position?
:07:30. > :07:44.Very tough. They have made a step forward. It has been pretty tough
:07:44. > :07:51.since Spam. -- Spa. I think it will be close but we do not have the
:07:51. > :07:58.upper hand. If something happens, we could do. Thanks for joining us. We
:07:58. > :08:02.will watch the progress of the two cars with interest. David, Gutierrez
:08:02. > :08:07.is on track. Talk us through the section. This is the second part of
:08:07. > :08:14.the spoon corner which takes him to the end of the second sector. Then
:08:14. > :08:17.you have a small rise, and this is where you have this figure of eight
:08:17. > :08:26.section, the bridge. We can see the underpass they are, through the
:08:26. > :08:29.second exit. He has gone through 130R, not the challenge of use to be
:08:30. > :08:36.but it gets your attention. And then there is this tricky run, the last
:08:36. > :08:44.corner, releasing any leftover KERS, and going into the GRS on. The
:08:44. > :08:50.television can be deceptive, but it is a big drop. One minute, 33.5,
:08:50. > :08:55.comparing with what he did earlier on. Mark Webber is a bit quicker.
:08:55. > :09:02.Using the had compound tyre. Earlier on, Tom, you were discussing the
:09:02. > :09:03.change of wind direction. It has been 180 degrees. How are you
:09:03. > :09:07.feeling in the pits? It is 180 been 180 degrees. How are you
:09:07. > :09:13.degrees from yesterday but when it is different now, even from this
:09:13. > :09:16.morning, is the way the wind disgusting. One of the engineers was
:09:16. > :09:22.telling me that we're getting gusts of up to 50 countries per hour,
:09:22. > :09:26.which could really out the drivers. Also, under braking for the
:09:26. > :09:38.chicanes. That is something to look out for. Bottas is waiting. Paul Di
:09:38. > :09:45.Resta is out there. And Jenson Button is also on track. A few cars
:09:45. > :09:49.are pulling up. Kimi Raikkonen is one to watch. Heading towards the
:09:49. > :09:53.first turn. He has never been on pole position here. Surprising that
:09:53. > :09:58.he allowed himself to be close to the McLaren in front. In the second
:09:58. > :10:04.or third sector, that would give him the slipstream. But you do not want
:10:04. > :10:08.to be in any disrupted air. The McLaren is a division, so we will
:10:08. > :10:13.to be in any disrupted air. The see him going into the Spoon the
:10:13. > :10:18.corner. He may have time to this to perception -- claimed this to
:10:18. > :10:26.perfection. Kimi Raikkonen there, flashing past. We saw a lot of
:10:26. > :10:38.incidents there. That was beautiful. Very tidy. But in at 32.6. A couple
:10:38. > :10:44.of tenths quicker. -- Button. Running down towards Spoon. This is
:10:44. > :10:54.where Peres dropped it. Listen to this. Down to Maggie gears. And then
:10:54. > :10:57.had on the power. You can hear the rise up as the track comes to the
:10:57. > :11:04.point where it passes over the bridge. You can hear it just
:11:04. > :11:10.skipping. You can really hear the sound. And once he gets the brakes,
:11:10. > :11:13.it comes off the ground so you do not hear that surface contact so
:11:13. > :11:17.much. Paul Di Resta has gone fastest. And no Jenson Button takes
:11:17. > :11:21.much. Paul Di Resta has gone that away. Kimi Raikkonen? He goes
:11:21. > :11:29.second. Jenson Button is quicker on the half tyre. That will boost
:11:29. > :11:31.McLaren's confidence. Lotus have been relatively weak in qualifying
:11:31. > :11:36.but I think their confidence was boosted by the run on the medium
:11:36. > :11:42.compound tyre yesterday. We will see whether they can improve. Daniel
:11:42. > :11:46.Ricciardo, who was doing a pretty good run this morning. 13th quickest
:11:46. > :11:53.in final practice. Of course, the task is to get into the top ten for
:11:53. > :12:01.the likes of him and his team-mate. And the two sober drivers who did
:12:01. > :12:07.not manage it last time out. -- Sauber. Lewis Hamilton is on his
:12:07. > :12:11.way. It is likely that he and Nico Rosberg will be asked to do a quick
:12:11. > :12:17.and flat on the hard tyre so that they do not have to use the soft
:12:17. > :12:24.tyre in this session. It is like Bucking Bronco! Jenson Button, using
:12:24. > :12:27.the curve. And you can see how much of the suspension is in the tyre
:12:27. > :12:39.itself as it reacts to the low downforce. It is the slowest corner
:12:39. > :12:49.on the track, bar at the hairpin. There is a fire in the Sauber
:12:49. > :12:54.garage. Gutierrez got out of there. That is always a scary site. Any
:12:54. > :12:58.flash of flame is concerning. We saw a fire on Mark Webber's car, caused
:12:59. > :13:04.by an oil leak. The worry is sometimes whether it is related to
:13:04. > :13:15.KERS. It was a light for one moment. Now, it is around the area and take.
:13:15. > :13:22.Perhaps it was during the refuelling phase. -- intake two. They come in,
:13:22. > :13:30.and they will fuel the right side of the car. They will need a little
:13:30. > :13:38.more than 2.5 kilos each lap around this track. They will need enough to
:13:38. > :13:41.do the out lap, and the in lap. You do not want to carry more weight
:13:41. > :13:46.than you need. We will wait to see whether that was vapour is. The
:13:46. > :13:58.Ferrari of Fernando Alonso trying to get the slipstream. -- vapour's.
:13:58. > :14:04.very good. He likes using the kerb. We saw that over the weekend.
:14:04. > :14:08.Fernando Alonso goes fastest on the harder tyres. That is pretty rapid,
:14:08. > :14:16.quicker than this morning on softer tyres. The track seems to be getting
:14:16. > :14:20.quicker and quicker. The wind does not seem to be affecting lap times,
:14:20. > :14:28.giving good performance in the first sector. More downforce. A speed is
:14:28. > :14:34.faster over the car relative to the ground speed. Cruder than yesterday,
:14:34. > :14:38.which brings those tyres into slightly different operating
:14:38. > :14:43.windows. Sebastian Vettel has still not gone out yet, despite missing
:14:43. > :14:54.out on practice. He is still in the pit lane, with Mark Webber. He was
:14:54. > :14:58.still ninth in the session. They clearly have a level of confidence
:14:58. > :15:02.that he will be able to get through to the next part of qualifying.
:15:02. > :15:12.Perez, crosses the line behind Hulkenberg. Beating McLaren.
:15:12. > :15:18.Grosjean, into third. That might be close to what is necessary. This
:15:18. > :15:20.track is quicker than we thought. It has ramped up in terms of speed for
:15:20. > :15:26.track is quicker than we thought. It the qualifying. I would have thought
:15:26. > :15:31.he might have achieved more than that, I wonder what Hamilton will
:15:31. > :15:38.do? Fastest of all in that middle sector. He has find someplace. In
:15:38. > :15:45.five seconds we can announce to the great reddish public what exactly he
:15:45. > :15:56.has done. Still on hard tyres. 1:32 .5. -- British public. Fernando
:15:56. > :16:00.Alonso was fastest of all on that sector, picking up that slipstream
:16:00. > :16:06.on Hamilton. It will be interesting to see if Fernando Alonso handle any
:16:06. > :16:16.quicker when running without any slipstream. Kamui Kobayashi, one of
:16:16. > :16:30.the stars of last year. Pastor Maldonado getting past Felipe Massa.
:16:30. > :16:34.Clearly on a very quick lap. Very hefty fine of 60,000 euros for the
:16:34. > :16:37.Williams team because his rear wheel became detached. Even at that we'll
:16:37. > :16:45.comes loose, and it remains in became detached. Even at that we'll
:16:45. > :16:49.contact with the car. Into the last part of this vast section. Sebastian
:16:49. > :16:56.Vettel and Mark Webber have headed out. Eight Bennetts going. They are
:16:56. > :17:02.not living right to the very end, as we have seen before. Mass of lock up
:17:02. > :17:13.from Pastor Maldonado. He just made a crime that corner. -- made a round
:17:13. > :17:17.that corner. And remember, Williams have been struggling in recent races
:17:17. > :17:20.to get into the second part of qualifying and that is not quite
:17:21. > :17:28.what he needed. 12th place at the moment. Just as he brings that car
:17:28. > :17:33.across to the left, he notes that inside wheel and gets away with it.
:17:33. > :17:40.He shall be gaining time relative to the S lap because he is going too
:17:40. > :17:44.fast. After that left-hand part, he will start to see that time that you
:17:44. > :17:50.want. Drifting away towards the start-finish line. Sebastian Vettel,
:17:50. > :17:58.this will presumably be what he wants, one quick lap. Turn number
:17:58. > :18:10.one. Huge amount of load. Let us watch this section.
:18:10. > :18:17.Surprised he has not changed time. That is quite a long year. Choosing
:18:17. > :18:25.to stay in fifth gear right through that section. Only one down shift.
:18:25. > :18:38.Ontrack yesterday, Mercedes were doing two of them. That is a very
:18:38. > :18:48.tidy first sector. Fastest of all is Hamilton, then Sebastian Vettel. You
:18:48. > :18:55.can hear that seventh year, it is so long when set up for DRS. Hamilton
:18:55. > :19:03.is faster in that first sector. 32.5. Looking to be that target time
:19:03. > :19:07.that has been set by Fernando Alonso and progress into the second part of
:19:07. > :19:11.qualifying without softer tyres. And he is in great shape to do that.
:19:11. > :19:17.They will be close. Hamilton fastest. Still means that Fernando
:19:17. > :19:24.Alonso was extremely good. Sebastian Vettel does not beat Fernando
:19:24. > :19:28.Alonso. Out of nowhere, Fernando Alonso splitting Mercedes and Red
:19:28. > :19:35.Bull. Will he have that pace on the softer tyre? Other people coming out
:19:35. > :19:46.on the softer tyres. Kimi Raikkonen... Gutierrez is also out.
:19:46. > :19:54.Mark Webber going faster again. He goes quickest overall. Ahead of
:19:54. > :19:58.Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. They should be
:19:58. > :20:02.safely through to the next part of qualifying. Kimi Raikkonen is
:20:02. > :20:08.already on the back foot because he will have to run those softer tyres
:20:08. > :20:13.and he will not have as many sets available through qualifying. He
:20:13. > :20:27.will do his first run on the second part of qualifying or not scrubbed
:20:27. > :20:34.said. -- or not scrubbed set. -- on that. He feels he will be unable to
:20:34. > :20:38.hang in there. I'm not sure if they have had technical problems because
:20:38. > :20:43.he did not do that many laps this morning.
:20:43. > :20:49.TEAM RADIO: You need to work on sector one. Still some work to be
:20:49. > :20:56.found on sector one. They were doing some different strategies. 39.3. But
:20:56. > :21:06.he is on those softer tyres. That is what Nico Hulkenberg. -- let us
:21:06. > :21:15.watch. He uses every inch of available space.
:21:15. > :21:19.TEAM RADIO: We think that will be enough but with the change in wind,
:21:19. > :21:24.we're not sure. One more lap. That has really thrown those calculation
:21:24. > :21:29.is out of the window. Nobody knows quite what the target time is. It'll
:21:29. > :21:37.be interesting to see if can improve on those prime tyres. -- if they can
:21:37. > :21:45.improve. Jean-Eric Vergne has got a small fire on the back of his car.
:21:45. > :21:52.It is like his brakes are on fire. I do not know what is going on. At
:21:52. > :21:56.least he has managed to stop beside one of those martial posts. They are
:21:56. > :22:02.getting stuck in straightaway. Obviously, he is out of qualifying.
:22:02. > :22:08.He was not in the drop-zone but he will soon be. And red flag. The
:22:08. > :22:13.session has been stopped. Three minutes, enough time for the car is
:22:13. > :22:22.to do another lap? There is indeed but Jean-Eric Vergne, getting as far
:22:22. > :22:27.away from his car as necessary. This is quite early in the lap. He has
:22:27. > :22:37.already got that fire. It looks like it is in the driveshaft. Or the
:22:37. > :22:44.brakes. Both wheels simultaneously. Very unusual and on both sides. And
:22:44. > :22:50.in identical places. See what will happen in these next few moments. I
:22:50. > :22:59.do not think Hamilton will run in this restart.
:22:59. > :23:07.TEAM RADIO: If you are happy, we are running. That is hope they have got
:23:07. > :23:11.those cancellations right. Button is effectively the last one not to go
:23:11. > :23:21.again because Grosjean has been sent out again on the harder compound. ,
:23:21. > :23:25.sorry, medium compound. McLaren hope that their time will be enough to
:23:25. > :23:32.get through to the next stage. Jockeying for position. How close
:23:32. > :23:43.was that? My goodness! I was almost closing my eyes! Gutierrez, that
:23:43. > :23:47.was. He knows how important it is to be in the right place and he was not
:23:47. > :23:51.going to hang around behind Gutierrez. He has found himself a
:23:51. > :23:56.little bit of space, there. Sebastian Vettel has been told that
:23:56. > :24:06.they have probably done enough, fourth fastest. Because of the lap
:24:06. > :24:10.we pointed out, buttery Bottas, that has made everyone nervous. If
:24:10. > :24:16.Williams can do that, you would think that Jenson Button might be in
:24:16. > :24:29.difficulty. That was an impressive lap from lottery Bottas. -- Valtteri
:24:29. > :24:34.Bottas. Force India, swapping as a line-up through that lap. This is
:24:35. > :24:40.where punching can be a very real problem. And getting away from all
:24:40. > :24:43.of it, Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen. Gutierrez is also reasonably clear
:24:43. > :24:52.but there might be some people behind hunched up. We can see them
:24:52. > :24:58.coming passed through the window. Perez might be in some difficulty.
:24:58. > :25:02.The rest of them have find themselves some space but definitely
:25:02. > :25:08.not a very good way to start your lap, cruising into that last
:25:08. > :25:13.chicane. Watching Gutierrez, he is in danger, he is in that drop-zone
:25:13. > :25:17.at the moment and he has to have a better lap than so far. Jean-Eric
:25:17. > :25:20.Vergne will get squeezed out better lap than so far. Jean-Eric
:25:20. > :25:35.he is no longer running. Who else will join Caterham and militia? --
:25:35. > :25:42.Marussia? The only time Caterham did this was in Spa. It will not happen
:25:42. > :25:45.on this occasion. Gutierrez will want to keep an eye on that
:25:45. > :25:54.chequered flag. Adrian Sutil could also be in danger. It could be
:25:54. > :26:01.anybody in that list below Sebastian Vettel, to be honest. Only the top
:26:01. > :26:04.four drivers are reasonably safe. And the fastest middle sector for
:26:04. > :26:10.Kimi Raikkonen. He has a pretty clear lap going, here. What can he
:26:10. > :26:17.do? He moves up to 11th place, sorry, fifth place. Rosberg is
:26:17. > :26:24.fastest. Gutierrez, for the moment, is also safe. It gets nervous.
:26:24. > :26:30.Adrian Sutil only 14th being pushed down the order. Perez in 11th. Max
:26:30. > :26:34.Chilton, I doubt he will get into the second part of qualifying but
:26:34. > :26:40.can he go quicker than Caterham? Quicker for the moment. Daniel
:26:40. > :26:46.Ricciardo gets into those top 16 and Pastor Maldonado has been squeezed
:26:46. > :26:53.out. Felipe Massa in dangerous territory. Felipe Massa has not seen
:26:53. > :26:59.the chequered flag, yet. He is about to get to the line. Safe. Second, in
:26:59. > :27:05.fact, to Romain Grosjean. That Bush 's Adrian Sutil dying. And I am not
:27:05. > :27:09.sure anybody else will change this order. Adrian Sutil has failed to
:27:09. > :27:14.get through to the second part, along with Jean-Eric Vergne, who
:27:14. > :27:21.could not have any go because his car was abandoned. But Max Chilton
:27:21. > :27:25.has beaten all three of the other young teen drivers. That is a superb
:27:25. > :27:29.effort. And by far, his best young teen drivers. That is a superb
:27:29. > :27:34.qualifying performance of the year. Jean-Eric Vergne walks away. Adrian
:27:34. > :27:39.Sutil in that drop-zone. Max Chilton, beating his team-mate,
:27:39. > :27:42.which he has only done once before, but he has beaten both Caterham
:27:42. > :27:50.cars. TEAM RADIO: We are out of the
:27:50. > :27:58.session. Out of this session. He has had a troubled practice. But credit
:27:58. > :28:02.where credit is due, Max Chilton has been growing in confidence in his
:28:03. > :28:11.first season. That is a very good effort. Caterham have beaten them
:28:11. > :28:16.only 11 times in a row before this. Max Chilton, the British driver,
:28:16. > :28:21.still in his first season, and he has been very solid. Not quite as
:28:21. > :28:27.quick as his team-mate but we have never seen any non-finishes. Giedo
:28:27. > :28:33.van der Garde, beating on this occasion. The drivers are longer
:28:33. > :28:38.taking any further part in our... Adrian Sutil, Jean-Eric Vergne, ex
:28:38. > :28:48.Jordan, Charles Pic, Giedo van der Garde and Jules Bianchi. -- Max
:28:48. > :28:52.Chilton. Some very tense scenes. That fire seems to be the order of
:28:52. > :28:59.the day on the track. Let's look back at this. We were shocked to see
:28:59. > :29:05.this in the garage. Gutierrez, good job he jumped out quickly? But how
:29:05. > :29:10.good was that team to come back and finish that qualifying session and
:29:10. > :29:26.do a very good job? Jean-Eric Vergne, here we go. You can see the
:29:26. > :29:33.smoke already. They are on fire. The that is what happened. The oil
:29:33. > :29:37.quantifier. -- caught fire. Good thinking of Vergne to pull in.
:29:37. > :29:41.Jean-Eric Vergne must be thinking, what do have to do this season? So
:29:41. > :29:45.many disappointing races and completely out of his control. It
:29:45. > :29:49.has not been a great season but obviously he will get another shot
:29:49. > :29:54.next year. He is going to. Of course, his team-mate has gone off
:29:54. > :29:56.into the main team, into Red Bull. But that will give them
:29:56. > :30:01.encouragement because I thought that was very little for the early part
:30:01. > :30:06.of this season, between them. There is a big chance for his career. I
:30:06. > :30:11.think Jean Eric Vergne, keep an eye on him. He is a very talented
:30:11. > :30:16.driver. Perhaps the raised eyebrow that Sutil did not make it through
:30:16. > :30:21.but congratulations to Max Chilton. I think he has taken everyone by
:30:21. > :30:25.surprise. He has finished every race this year. He is so dependable. When
:30:25. > :30:32.you are trying to create a team, you need a person to bring the car home
:30:32. > :30:36.every time. You can develop, it is all about foundations. That is what
:30:36. > :30:39.he is doing. For me, he is one of the guys who, if I was running the
:30:39. > :30:44.team, I would have to be thinking about him. This guy could actually
:30:44. > :30:46.deliver, deliver real success. And as a team boss, when you are in a
:30:46. > :30:50.situation like that, where you have as a team boss, when you are in a
:30:50. > :30:56.one shot, it is difficult because you have but traffic. What goes
:30:56. > :31:00.through your mind? First of all, we were critical of Rosberg because he
:31:00. > :31:05.wasted quite a lot of time. David talked about losing the tyre
:31:05. > :31:08.temperature. Actually, track position is the key. You can have
:31:08. > :31:12.whatever temperatures like, but if you are boxed in, you're finished.
:31:12. > :31:23.Rosberg discounted that and put himself on the front row. And he
:31:23. > :31:27.benefited as a result. But as seems to be quite impressive, putting in a
:31:27. > :31:33.good time. He was under pressure. -- Bottas. We have heard of Massa and
:31:33. > :31:42.Hulkenberg, everybody talking about their situation. Is his place
:31:42. > :31:48.confirmed? I don't know. He had a fantastic qualifying. He certainly
:31:48. > :31:53.did. Let's see how he gets on in Q2. The second part of qualifying ready
:31:53. > :31:57.to get underway. Down in the pit lane, after that effort from Max
:31:57. > :32:02.Chilton, we caught up with Graham Louden.
:32:02. > :32:07.I was just there when Max Chilton was given a round of applause. It
:32:07. > :32:13.has been a tough weekend for the team. It is great to see a good lap
:32:13. > :32:18.from Max. He did a great job. We are very pleased with that. His best lap
:32:18. > :32:23.of the season? Well, he has been working very hard. He has put in
:32:23. > :32:28.some great performances. Sometimes you do not see it cost of other
:32:28. > :32:34.things but that was a really busy session for everyone involved. Great
:32:34. > :32:39.to beat so many other vehicles. A great effort. We need to get back to
:32:39. > :32:41.the commentary box because Q2 was underway.
:32:41. > :32:44.Nobody is rushing to get out on the underway.
:32:44. > :32:48.circuit but we are beginning to see some movement on there.
:32:48. > :32:55.Of course, this is to try to get into the top ten, and to determine
:32:55. > :33:00.the grid positions. Gary, Jean Eric Vergne's incident was interesting.
:33:00. > :33:08.Fire on both sides. What did you make of it? I think it was just the
:33:08. > :33:11.rear brakes, sticking. These cars have separate brakes for the front
:33:11. > :33:15.and the rear. Something in the balance bar may have jammed. The
:33:15. > :33:20.engine could not push it. And suddenly you get up to 1200 degrees
:33:20. > :33:24.and everything just sparks. The track, as we have heard, has been
:33:24. > :33:31.getting quicker and quicker. Everything has gone out of the
:33:31. > :33:36.window. Whenever you look at the relative times, it is getting faster
:33:36. > :33:44.and faster. But this morning, it improved by a second and a half.
:33:44. > :33:49.Now, as you say, it would have got a few people out. The red flag
:33:49. > :33:53.stabilised it and allowed them to get that extra lap. Just about
:33:53. > :33:58.enough time. Grosjean managed to go onto the softer tyre. Massa put on a
:33:59. > :34:04.good lap, as well. Sorry, Grosjean use the harder tyre. That was
:34:04. > :34:07.impressive stuff from them. Very impressive. The little to know what
:34:07. > :34:12.will happen when you change the tyres. But it does look as though
:34:12. > :34:18.these fast corners are generally picked up everywhere. When they put
:34:19. > :34:23.on the soft ones, it is a second faster. I think we're looking at an
:34:23. > :34:26.exciting top four. I'm not sure who it will be. The Red Bulls should be
:34:26. > :34:34.there. They do think that the Mercedes and the Lotus could give
:34:34. > :34:38.them a hard time. -- but I do think. It has to be in the low 32s, 32.2,
:34:38. > :34:44.that sort of area. With these cut-offs, if you can do inside that,
:34:44. > :34:48.you are in the garage, but you make sure that the car is running and you
:34:48. > :34:52.see what is happening. Thank you very much, Gary. Now we are well
:34:52. > :34:56.underway with the second part of qualifying. Paul Di Resta, to a
:34:56. > :34:59.certain extent, is driving for his career at the moment. I think did a
:34:59. > :35:05.great job. This, and Force India career at the moment. I think did a
:35:05. > :35:13.have struggled since he changed tyres. -- fifth. His team leader
:35:13. > :35:18.this afternoon has had a clean lap so far. Do not think anyone doubts
:35:18. > :35:22.that he has great speed. We have seen that. But it is very difficult
:35:22. > :35:29.for these drivers when the cars are not performing, during the show what
:35:29. > :35:38.they can to live. -- to really show. -- what they can deliver. Coming
:35:38. > :35:41.into Spoon Curve. He qualified 11th last year. He has not managed to
:35:41. > :35:49.score any points in his two Grand Prix here. Let's wait to see how the
:35:49. > :35:59.weekend goes. Flat out. Now watch the braking at this chicane. Nicely
:35:59. > :36:04.under control. You saw him sawing away at the steering. That shows
:36:04. > :36:08.that they are really on edge with the balance of the sky. That opens
:36:08. > :36:13.the session, as we would expect, quickest. Not as quick as he was at
:36:13. > :36:20.the end of the first section. He is presumably on the scrub tyre. That
:36:20. > :36:27.will be a good banker. Romain Grosjean, who did a 1.48 in the
:36:27. > :36:34.first session. It looks like he is still on the harder compound tyre.
:36:34. > :36:37.Certainly, they were more optimistic yesterday after the runs in
:36:37. > :36:41.practice, that they would be competitive in qualifying. And
:36:41. > :36:45.Grosjean that seems to be demonstrating that so far. We will
:36:45. > :36:50.have to wait and see but meanwhile, Alonso, Hamilton and Maldonado are
:36:50. > :36:56.heading out of the pit lane. Grosjean is half a second up. And
:36:56. > :37:04.that is on the hard, compound tyre. And it isn't used set. Interesting
:37:04. > :37:08.that the drivers seem to be using this wider line. Whether that is a
:37:08. > :37:13.function of having the car more straight for acceleration, we know
:37:13. > :37:16.that the Pirelli tyres are peaky. If they spend at all, the surface
:37:16. > :37:23.temperature goes through the roof and does not come back. Add good
:37:23. > :37:34.point. Hamilton seems to take on more of the apex. But several are
:37:34. > :37:39.staying wide. Down towards 130 are. -- 130R. Raikkonen is on the harder
:37:39. > :37:44.tyre, and has just done 32.0. An impressive lap. Not as quick as
:37:44. > :37:47.Grosjean achieved. Let's see if he can go that little bit quicker than
:37:47. > :37:54.his team-mate. Well, they are separated by five hundredths of a
:37:54. > :37:57.second. Surely, they will have to put a softer tyre on in a few
:37:57. > :38:04.moments. On that medium compound tyre, Hulkenberg, the rest,
:38:04. > :38:11.Gutierrez, Felipe Massa. -- Paul Di Resta. And now we're looking at
:38:11. > :38:21.Lewis Hamilton on the softer tyre. He is building up towards a lap. He
:38:21. > :38:28.does have not much traffic in front. Maldonado running past the
:38:28. > :38:34.grandstand. That is the only zone available this weekend. He has never
:38:34. > :38:41.qualified on the front row here at Suzuka. Let's see whether Lewis
:38:41. > :38:52.Hamilton can extract some pace out of the Mercedes today. It drops down
:38:52. > :39:00.hill, the track, briefly, before it starts moving through. And now these
:39:00. > :39:07.two tricky right-handers. So far, so good. You can knew the doubles shift
:39:07. > :39:13.there. -- you can hear the double shift. Using the exhaust gases to
:39:13. > :39:17.energise the vehicle. He has a different style. He was saying he
:39:17. > :39:28.had watched Vettel on board last year and that his line through the S
:39:28. > :39:32.was different. Nice and tight on the first part of Spoon. This is one of
:39:32. > :39:40.the sections where they will save some KERS to get a boost out of
:39:40. > :39:45.Spoon. Alonso has gone quickest in the first section. Suddenly, the
:39:45. > :39:48.Ferrari has found pace. Whether it is going to match up to the likes of
:39:48. > :39:54.cities and Red Bull, it is looking more promising. And he looked too
:39:54. > :40:05.shallow on his entry. That will have compromised his run out. Goes fast
:40:05. > :40:08.at this stage. Alonso, on the pace. I do not know where that has come
:40:08. > :40:14.from. Suddenly, Alonso is the fastest for the moment. He is in a
:40:14. > :40:19.rush to get back to the pits, I don't know why(!) Jenson Button,
:40:19. > :40:24.fastest of anybody in the first sector. The track may be still
:40:24. > :40:29.improving. The drivers may be getting their heads around where the
:40:29. > :40:34.grip is. He is at the Spoon Curve. Leading on the car as he comes out.
:40:34. > :40:40.This looks like a handy lap. Let's see the second split. Coming up to
:40:40. > :40:47.cross that checkpoint. 41.4. Only a 10th down on the time of the second
:40:47. > :40:56.split. You can hear the engine note dropping. Going through 130R.
:40:56. > :40:59.Scrubbing speed. He has qualified on the front row a couple of times
:40:59. > :41:04.here. And he goes third for the moment. And look, Hamilton in the
:41:04. > :41:12.Ferrari and now we have Button in the McLaren. I think McLaren will be
:41:12. > :41:17.happy with that. Work going on at Daniel Ricciardo's tyre. Jean-Eric
:41:17. > :41:19.Vergne's car still abandoned on track. Whether that is something
:41:19. > :41:23.connected with the problem more a track. Whether that is something
:41:23. > :41:26.setup change, maybe just checking to make sure it will not happen to
:41:26. > :41:34.Daniel Ricciardo, but they are getting it ready. The wheels are
:41:34. > :41:36.getting put in there. It is an upper position for the team. You either
:41:37. > :41:41.know categorically what caused it and you change it, or you are not
:41:41. > :41:46.sure, and you have to look. You cannot just blindly send him out
:41:46. > :41:59.there. Just under six minutes to go. At the moment, Paul Di Resta, both
:41:59. > :42:11.as -- Bottas and Gutierrez are in difficult was. He has never had a
:42:11. > :42:23.lot of luck, Paul Di Resta. A replay of Perez in turn one. Traffic on the
:42:23. > :42:28.right. That was a surprise, Mark Webber coming out of the pits. I
:42:28. > :42:35.thought Perez had finished his lap. He had just done 32.9. He had
:42:35. > :42:37.already back out of it. He is not really being impeded. Mark Webber
:42:37. > :42:46.would have been aware. Perez is there. We have just heard that Nico
:42:46. > :42:51.Hulkenberg has got a reprimand from practice for slowing down too much
:42:51. > :42:56.during the session. We have more information on that later. But it
:42:56. > :43:01.should not affect this session. Sebastian Vettel, the fastest in the
:43:01. > :43:05.first sector. And straightaway, it looks like the Red Bull is going to
:43:05. > :43:10.be on the pace. And setting the pace on the softer tyre. The macro three
:43:10. > :43:18.tenths faster than Alonso's best lap. Unusually, Red Bulls have been
:43:18. > :43:23.topping the speeds around this racetrack. Normally, we see them
:43:23. > :43:28.towards the bottom end, speed wise. Using the downforce to good effect.
:43:28. > :43:33.They seem to have gone for a different setup at the car this
:43:33. > :43:36.weekend. I can tell you that Webber is also one a good lap. Vettel is
:43:36. > :43:40.heading down towards the final chicane. Mark Webber, going through
:43:40. > :43:45.the second sector as we speak. Not quite as quick as Vettel. This will
:43:45. > :43:52.be a new target time. Just how fast is the Red Bull? Sebastian Vettel
:43:52. > :44:02.does 31.2, six tenths of a second faster than Alonso, Hamilton and
:44:02. > :44:06.Button. He is marginally quicker in the middle sector but one tenth down
:44:06. > :44:12.in the first. Deep into that running on that chicane. Getting some
:44:12. > :44:19.distance from the car in front as they dropped downhill. Two tenths
:44:19. > :44:23.slower than Sebastian Vettel. Interesting how he worked those
:44:23. > :44:29.front wheels, he tried to recover? He was working the steering wheel.
:44:29. > :44:36.It is like somebody has pulled his handbrake. It is so sensitive.
:44:36. > :44:41.Another very good lap from Paul di Resta, faster than Kimi Raikkonen
:44:41. > :44:44.and Grosjean. We have not seen that from Force India since before those
:44:44. > :44:52.tyres were altered. That is from Force India since before those
:44:52. > :44:57.certainly a much better effort for Paul di Resta. And we will see how
:44:57. > :45:04.that turns out with 2.5 minutes left to go. Into the final runs. The
:45:04. > :45:08.change in wind direction as brought some of the chorus into the zone.
:45:08. > :45:14.Lewis Hamilton said there was so much grip in the first sector.
:45:14. > :45:18.Talking to the Force India drivers yesterday, they complained about a
:45:18. > :45:22.lack of grip. But like Lewis Hamilton, they have find something
:45:22. > :45:28.in the car with the current conditions and they will pray that
:45:28. > :45:34.the wind keeps blowing the same way. Wind direction used to make the
:45:34. > :45:39.track much more grippy. Grosjean, split times adding up. Virtually the
:45:39. > :45:47.same as red well and Sebastian Vettel. Can he challenge? And he is
:45:47. > :45:52.close. Only one fraction closer. Sebastian Vettel has the slide edge.
:45:52. > :45:56.Lotus in front of Ferrari and Mercedes at the moment. Rosberg
:45:56. > :46:02.needs to do something special in the drop-zone. Daniel Ricciardo is out
:46:02. > :46:07.there, he still has not done a lap but Maldonado, Perez, Hulkenberg,
:46:07. > :46:15.Bottas and Gutierrez in the drop-zone. That is it definite boost
:46:15. > :46:23.after struggling for the last couple of occasions. Nico Hulkenberg, can
:46:23. > :46:30.he get back into the top ten? It will be interesting to see where
:46:30. > :46:34.Sauber end up. Gutierrez into the top ten as well. He has never got
:46:34. > :46:38.Sauber end up. Gutierrez into the close in other races. What a
:46:38. > :46:45.difference one week makes. Different track as well. The middle section at
:46:45. > :46:52.Korea had fast corners but Sauber, they were so fast after a number
:46:52. > :46:57.one. They were able to stay ahead of Hamilton and Alonso. The first
:46:57. > :47:05.sector is good, the split is for 10th place. He is being compared to
:47:05. > :47:11.Rosberg, currently in 10th place. All about getting into that top ten.
:47:11. > :47:15.Four tenths down on the fastest out right in the first sector. Other
:47:15. > :47:26.people around are doing very similar first sectors. Rosberg and Kimi
:47:26. > :47:30.Raikkonen have done similar. Mercedes not looking up and Rosberg
:47:30. > :47:35.not as comfortable with the balance of the car in comparison to Lewis
:47:35. > :47:40.Hamilton. They have lost pace from yesterday. Whether it is the track
:47:40. > :47:44.conditions. Hulkenberg looks like he could get into the top ten but the
:47:44. > :47:53.target time of change over the next few moments. He will still be in
:47:53. > :48:03.danger of the chequered flag. He goes in fifth place for the moment.
:48:03. > :48:11.Will that we enough? One: 31 .8. That has put Rosberg out of this
:48:11. > :48:19.session. For cars have done that time, Ying squeezed down. What can
:48:19. > :48:29.Ricciardo do? Daniel Ricciardo, limited laps. Same with Pastor
:48:29. > :48:33.Maldonado in Williams. 11th place is very good for Pastor Maldonado.
:48:33. > :48:38.Gutierrez, how many places will he be pushed? Perez makes the top ten,
:48:38. > :48:45.he is there for the moment. Anybody else to improve? Felipe Massa, he
:48:45. > :48:52.could push carries out. Button is safe. He did just improved from one
:48:52. > :48:57.fraction. We are waiting for Felipe Massa. Hamilton in fourth place,
:48:57. > :49:03.Felipe Massa in sixth place and Perez is once again squeezed from
:49:03. > :49:10.the top ten. He was only one tenth the web and his team-mate. That is
:49:10. > :49:18.how close this is. Hulkenberg has, once again, drag Sauber through.
:49:18. > :49:20.Just. In 10th position. Surprising how close all of these times are. It
:49:20. > :49:24.looks like such a technical track how close all of these times are. It
:49:24. > :49:32.and this bread from quickest... TEAM RADIO: We have just missed out,
:49:32. > :49:38.we are in 11th place, we have missed out by 1.4 seconds. Confirmation of
:49:38. > :49:44.those that have been knocked out. Perez, Paul di Resta, 12 place, but
:49:44. > :49:50.that was a very good lap from what us. Gutierrez also out. Maldonado in
:49:50. > :50:00.15th place and Daniel Ricciardo, 16th. -- put us. We can catch up
:50:00. > :50:05.with Max Chilton. Almost like winning the race. There was cheering
:50:05. > :50:12.and lots of celebration. How did it feel? It was amazing, we put in a
:50:12. > :50:20.lot of effort at the factory and sometimes we don't get a look in.
:50:20. > :50:26.Two outqualify both Caterham cars, I am just very happy and it was just
:50:26. > :50:37.one of those laps. We have the end of your lap. We can talk over these
:50:37. > :50:43.pictures. We're going flat out. Could and the great thing is this is
:50:43. > :50:46.very tricky, but I managed to get to the apex and I was stuck with that
:50:46. > :50:52.traction so it was tricky coming out. We have to use the road as
:50:53. > :50:59.well. And I used up most of the tyres. And also hand that when
:50:59. > :51:06.change? It definitely changed in sector one. The first sector is so
:51:06. > :51:10.challenging. If you get three wrong, it leads you wrong into the others.
:51:10. > :51:17.You have to nail the first one and the rest will flow. I am sure when
:51:17. > :51:22.you went brilliantly in Singapore, that can give you the motivation to
:51:22. > :51:28.get into Formula One? What does today's qualifying mean? Doesn't set
:51:28. > :51:33.the bar higher? That has put me out there. It has taken me some time to
:51:33. > :51:38.get into Formula One and I have had some moments that I was not happy
:51:38. > :51:43.with but since the August brake, I have really made a difference in my
:51:43. > :51:46.performance and it has improved. The last couple, I have qualified in a
:51:46. > :51:52.couple of columns and that makes the difference. Are you going to drive
:51:52. > :51:57.your? Where are you going? I will talk to Marussia and I need to get
:51:57. > :52:01.some things in place but I want the best for my career and I would love
:52:01. > :52:05.to be back at Marussia. They have a lot of potential to get to that
:52:05. > :52:10.midfield. I just want to be in Formula One and show my potential.
:52:10. > :52:15.Today did not you any harm. We have been very impressed. This is a very
:52:15. > :52:21.tricky track. Congratulations and we wish you all of the best for
:52:21. > :52:30.tomorrow. Well, we earlier could see that fire with Jean-Eric Vergne. He
:52:30. > :52:35.has been talking to us. Most of us can understand that cars and fire do
:52:35. > :52:44.not mix. What was the problem? The rear brakes were stuck. There was no
:52:44. > :52:48.way I could get them apart and eventually there was a fire. I spent
:52:48. > :52:57.a lot of time asking me about Robbins. Yes, it does not look like
:52:57. > :53:05.it is going to happen the season. -- problems. Confirming it was his
:53:05. > :53:09.brakes and it seems to me as of this year, some drivers have had an
:53:09. > :53:17.incredible dollop of bad luck. Mark Webber as well! It seems to be a
:53:17. > :53:21.problem. The situation with Jean-Eric Vergne and Mark Webber,
:53:21. > :53:28.they are similar drivers. You want them to be successful and to really
:53:28. > :53:33.get over this. But that is what happens, you have to ride things
:53:33. > :53:36.through and make it happen and when you look at somebody like Sebastian
:53:36. > :53:42.Vettel, look at his luck! That is life. He has had bad luck in the
:53:42. > :53:48.past. That is a fact. Nothing this year. Hulkenberg in the top ten,
:53:48. > :53:54.another impressive performance? He has to be on the shopping list. It
:53:54. > :54:01.happens every time in the season when so many other seeds are gone,
:54:01. > :54:08.and apart from Toro Rosso, that is a foregone conclusion, but deep exceed
:54:08. > :54:12.has to be Hulkenberg. He is doing an amazing job in this car. He had one
:54:12. > :54:19.year out, which surprised people, he has come back very strong. We shall
:54:19. > :54:29.wait and see. Paul di Resta mistyped on Q3 by one tenth. -- missed out.
:54:29. > :54:34.Did you get the best out of that? And more, given restarted. Credit to
:54:34. > :54:38.all of the engineers back at the factory because they have slowly
:54:38. > :54:43.dialled the car in and it has been hard work, one of the worst cars
:54:43. > :54:46.they have driven at the start. And getting them back into the zone at
:54:46. > :54:56.Silverstone, very stable and predictable. At the same time, you
:54:56. > :55:00.would expect to be of budget mess by less than one tenth of a second, we
:55:00. > :55:04.can make a very good tyre choice tomorrow and we are closer than we
:55:04. > :55:10.have been to scoring points. Steady race but we will not give up. We
:55:10. > :55:16.will keep pushing. That sounds a different Paul di Resta! Smiling.
:55:16. > :55:21.That is what we want. We want to hear lots of confidence from Paul di
:55:21. > :55:30.Resta because we know what he can achieve. Your prediction? Sebastian
:55:30. > :55:37.Vettel. Yes, here we go. The final qualifying. They will start on pole
:55:37. > :55:41.position? Well anybody stop the sequence of Sebastian Vettel at
:55:41. > :55:49.Suzuka? Can he take his fifth pole position? On board with thermal
:55:49. > :55:55.imaging. Tyres have been beautifully preheated. Driving down that pit
:55:55. > :55:57.lane, losing some of that heat. He would just work on this lap to try
:55:57. > :56:01.lane, losing some of that heat. He to retain as much as possible. He is
:56:01. > :56:11.trying to get five pole position 's in a row, which has been achieved by
:56:11. > :56:18.Michael Schumacher. Let us see a Sebastian Vettel can match another
:56:18. > :56:22.record. What about Ferrari? Can they keep their challenge alive? Fernando
:56:22. > :56:29.Alonso also was to qualify near the front. And keep that points gap from
:56:29. > :56:42.getting any larger and prevent him from winning the Championship. Keep
:56:42. > :56:46.an eye on Grosjean. Gary, when we look at the tyres available, who
:56:46. > :56:51.seems to be in better shape? It looks like all of the cars are
:56:51. > :56:58.making that grain on the softer tyres. Sebastian Vettel picks up
:56:58. > :57:02.three tenths and if that happens, that will take out of bounds for
:57:02. > :57:13.everybody. 30.8 yesterday from pole position. Saving the tyres for this
:57:13. > :57:17.last run is very important. To set gives you that extra set if you make
:57:17. > :57:29.any mistake. Sebastian Vettel on that new set of tyres. Notice,
:57:29. > :57:36.Grosjean, and in terms of time difference it was fractional but the
:57:36. > :57:37.field has become so compressed? Six tenths between the fastest,
:57:37. > :57:48.field has become so compressed? Six Sebastian Vettel, over the next ten
:57:48. > :57:55.cars. Incredible. That is what Sebastian Vettel. This could be pole
:57:55. > :58:06.position. Pressing, going early. Downshift this time. Previously he
:58:06. > :58:15.left that in gear. Working his rpm and not more. -- a lot more. He was
:58:15. > :58:28.speeding through there. Phenomenal downforce.
:58:28. > :58:38.TEAM RADIO: Push it. KERS is not working. It was not in practice
:58:38. > :58:42.either. Even so, he is putting together a very quick lap. We do not
:58:42. > :58:47.know when that radio message has been played, it could have been
:58:47. > :58:54.before the start of the lap. Let us keep an eye on that. See if there is
:58:54. > :59:04.any imbalance to his bragging. -- braking. It looks OK. This would
:59:04. > :59:09.mean he would be under threat from Mark Webber. Across the line he
:59:09. > :59:13.goes, fastest for the moment. Not as quick as he achieved in the second
:59:13. > :59:17.goes, fastest for the moment. Not as part of qualifying. Can Mark Webber
:59:17. > :59:22.get this? Fastest in the middle sector. He is quicker than Sebastian
:59:22. > :59:37.Vettel on this first run. Can he go ahead? He is faster! One: 30 point
:59:37. > :59:49.75. He has a problem with his car. Oversteer, onto that kerb. He is
:59:49. > :59:56.also losing time. That was a very big slide. And Grosjean, did he make
:59:56. > :00:01.any mistake? He ran wide again. He goes underneath the circuit above.
:00:01. > :00:08.He sort of got away with that pretty well. Tom? I wanted to comment on
:00:08. > :00:12.Mark Webber, great lap. And he has been looking forward to that all
:00:12. > :00:19.year. They spoke to him after the first time he drove and he said, it
:00:19. > :00:25.is a very good car, the sort of car that will be really good around
:00:25. > :00:30.Suzuka. I cannot wait for Q3. And here we are, and he is fastest. He
:00:30. > :00:41.is. But still five minutes left to go. Lewis Hamilton, on and out lap.
:00:41. > :00:47.It looks like he attempted to start, but failed out of it. He did a 31.9,
:00:47. > :00:51.putting in fourth bind Alonso. At the moment, we have not seen Button,
:00:51. > :00:55.Grosjean, Massa, Raikkonen or Hulkenberg take to the circuit. I
:00:55. > :00:59.Grosjean, Massa, Raikkonen or wonder if anyone will decide to sit
:00:59. > :01:04.it out and have a free tyre choice. It seems that the tyres are pretty
:01:04. > :01:14.consistent. Why doubt there's any huge advantage on having the option
:01:14. > :01:18.of which tyre to on. Everybody will be going on to a new set of tyres
:01:18. > :01:20.for the final run. It looks like Grosjean, although he has tyres
:01:20. > :01:28.available, they are keeping a new Grosjean, although he has tyres
:01:28. > :01:39.set of tyres available. It might benefit them to have a new set of
:01:39. > :01:48.the medium compound. Again, little bit of calm before we see what
:01:48. > :01:50.happens. He has never had pole position here but he has twice
:01:50. > :02:00.backed up Sebastian Vettel for a Red position here but he has twice
:02:00. > :02:04.Bull 1-2 here. Kenny keep that, or will Sebastian Vettel come through
:02:04. > :02:10.and take a fifth consecutive pole position? We do not know they will
:02:11. > :02:14.be able to recover the kerbs. It seems unlikely that Sebastien would
:02:14. > :02:20.be able to improve by the margin that the KERS gives you. If they are
:02:20. > :02:26.able to recover, if that Sebastien under pressure. That is clearly a
:02:26. > :02:36.tidy lap from Mark Webber. Mark Webber is being told to use his KERS
:02:36. > :02:40.at return 13. -- after turn 13. That is the area where presumably,
:02:40. > :02:43.Sebastien will not have it. There is the potential, perhaps, that they
:02:43. > :02:50.could do a reset now that Sebastien is in the garage. He might still
:02:50. > :02:54.have it. This is the sort of track, or that Mark Webber was saying he
:02:54. > :02:57.was looking forward to qualifying, if you play your fantasy Formula one
:02:57. > :03:01.game, this is the one track and would like to see along with Monaco.
:03:01. > :03:05.All of the great drivers are out there, driving the same car at the
:03:05. > :03:09.same time on a new set of tyres. This is really one of the tracks
:03:09. > :03:14.that would separate the men from the boys. It is amazing because you say
:03:14. > :03:16.that and the drivers love it but when you look at the lap times, they
:03:16. > :03:23.are separated by thousands of a second. It is astonishing how even
:03:23. > :03:29.the cars and drivers are here. Kimi Raikkonen is on the circuit. All ten
:03:30. > :03:45.cars are on track. It is all about finding space it is a little easier
:03:45. > :03:48.in Q3 because there are fewer cars. Vettel is next up. Normally he would
:03:48. > :03:53.be the last man across the line but today it is going to be Hamilton. He
:03:53. > :04:00.has just got his old team-mate a few hundred metres up the road. Webber
:04:00. > :04:04.is being told, we have the pace to do this. Can you really do it? Can
:04:04. > :04:08.he take his first pole position of the year? They can do it, that is
:04:08. > :04:15.what it would be. Raikkonen starting his lap. Lotus, do they have more
:04:15. > :04:18.qualifying pace or will be be dependent on race pace? That has
:04:18. > :04:21.been their strength throughout the season so far. Raikkonen has been
:04:21. > :04:25.saying that since the tyres have changed, he has been struggling with
:04:25. > :04:39.the front end of the car. He likes a pointy front-end. In other words, he
:04:39. > :04:44.once a great response. -- wants. It has been a beautiful first section
:04:44. > :04:55.so far. Tidy stuff from Raikkonen. Lock use of the curve. -- perfect
:04:55. > :05:01.use. But he is faster, four tenths of a second faster than Raikkonen.
:05:01. > :05:09.Again, the white line, staying clear of the apex. Webber, just under a
:05:09. > :05:18.10th slower. The battle for poor position is on. -- pole position. If
:05:18. > :05:29.KERS is not working, it is here that he will be losing the time. That is
:05:29. > :05:34.where sector two ends just here. The second sector, 41.2, the same as
:05:34. > :05:42.Raikkonen. In fact, he was quite a bit slower. Slower than Webber's. He
:05:42. > :05:46.crosses the line and he is third for the moment but let's see where that
:05:46. > :05:49.leaves them. Sebastian Vettel has not gone faster. Vettel has not
:05:49. > :05:55.beaten Webber's time. It looks good for Webber but don't forget, the
:05:55. > :05:59.Mercedes good potentially challenge. Ross Bird has challenged but it is
:05:59. > :06:05.not enough. He is some margin away. Mark Webber crosses the line. --
:06:05. > :06:14.Rothberg. It looks good for him. Romain Grosjean is still on a lap.
:06:14. > :06:19.Lewis Hamilton is also on the lap. I'm not sure they have the pace to
:06:19. > :06:26.beat a Red Bull. Romain Grosjean, where can he put his Lotus? Is it
:06:26. > :06:30.faster than Kimi Raikkonen and he goes third. That is a great effort.
:06:30. > :06:41.He beats Massa and Rothberg. But what about Hamilton? -- Nico
:06:41. > :06:45.Rosberg. Hamilton is the last to cross the line. And he goes third.
:06:45. > :06:51.Mark Webber has taken pole position in Suzuka, the first time he has
:06:51. > :06:56.beaten Sebastian Vettel all year long! His first pole position in
:06:56. > :06:58.just over a year. It was in Korea last year that he was last on pole.
:06:58. > :07:04.just over a year. It was in Korea For Red Bull, it is five consecutive
:07:04. > :07:12.pole positions at Suzuka. It is 1-2 once again. RADIO: excellent job.
:07:12. > :07:17.Good job. To confirm the qualifying results, there is the provisional
:07:17. > :07:20.grid. Mark Webber is in pole position with his team-mates
:07:20. > :07:23.alongside him. Lewis Hamilton six thirds and Romain Grosjean is in
:07:23. > :07:28.fourth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in ninth and Jenson Button rounding up
:07:28. > :07:31.the top ten. Sergio Perez just missing out on the top ten. Paul Di
:07:31. > :07:37.Resta is 12. And battery Bottas, in missing out on the top ten. Paul Di
:07:37. > :07:45.13 forward teams. -- Valtteri Bottas. But here from the main
:07:45. > :07:54.players. -- lets here. One eye open Bottas. But here from the main
:07:54. > :07:59.the lap, I've said, come on, Mark, try and do as best you can. But I
:07:59. > :08:06.was happy with the lap. Sebastien did a few issues -- data great lap
:08:06. > :08:10.but he had a few issues. You try to do your best without the weapons,
:08:10. > :08:15.and today was his turn. It was a very good lap. I was happy to be
:08:15. > :08:23.there. I'm looking to get away well, as best we can. We have a good
:08:23. > :08:27.race car. How will tomorrow work-out? You are desperate to win
:08:27. > :08:31.your last Japanese Grand Prix. Your team-mate is desperate to clinch the
:08:31. > :08:34.title. How confident are you that team orders will not come into play
:08:34. > :08:38.and you will be allowed to race for the victory? And he will be fine. We
:08:38. > :08:46.will have a standard Grand Prix. Everyone for themselves. Sebastien
:08:46. > :08:54.has got a huge lead because of the working has done in the previous,
:08:54. > :08:57.70% of the campaign. Tomorrow is another day and we will look to get
:08:57. > :09:03.the best result for both of us, which means me winning and the rest
:09:03. > :09:08.is whatever. Sebastien, if he can get more points than Fernando, that
:09:08. > :09:14.is great for the him and the team. Congratulations to Mark. He has had
:09:14. > :09:22.a strong appearance and a strong qualifying session. Two very good
:09:22. > :09:25.laps at Q3. I'm not... Usually racing drivers are good at finding
:09:26. > :09:30.an excuse that that is not my style. Think Mark did a good job with KERS.
:09:30. > :09:38.Could we be in the end of the day, he beat us. -- could we beat him? At
:09:38. > :09:43.the end of the day, they beat us. Today, we were not fast enough. They
:09:43. > :09:47.were quick year. It has been a great day. I enjoy driving the track and
:09:47. > :09:51.the car was feeling incredible. I'm glad that I am in head of the rest.
:09:51. > :09:56.I'm just going to have to try to stay there. After what we saw at the
:09:56. > :10:01.beginning of qualifying, were you frustrated by where you ended up? I
:10:01. > :10:08.think in qualifying, we took some extra risks. We needed to pass with
:10:08. > :10:16.the minimum set of tyres. There was a bit of margin but in Q3, we could
:10:16. > :10:23.not catch them. More less, I was eighth or ninth in the practice this
:10:23. > :10:28.weekend. We need to do better tomorrow. It has not been a good
:10:28. > :10:34.weekend for me. I need to improve for tomorrow. Was that hard work
:10:34. > :10:43.this afternoon? No, it was great. I've really enjoyed it. I did 31.83
:10:43. > :10:46.times. I could not get the car to go any quicker. I enjoy driving it
:10:46. > :10:51.nonetheless but we were just not fast enough. The wind and seems to
:10:51. > :10:58.change direction a couple of times? It was not too bad. The Spoon corner
:10:58. > :11:02.was doubled, and the last chicane. But the wind is helping us. A
:11:02. > :11:13.massive tailwind on the straights and a hail wind -- wind on the
:11:13. > :11:20.straights. KERS issues aside, a horrific performance by Mark Webber.
:11:20. > :11:26.There deserved bow position. Utterly fantastic. Today was his day. Forget
:11:27. > :11:31.about that KERS issue. The car has to perform. He got pole position and
:11:32. > :11:36.congratulations. I think Red Bull might be worried that the KERS issue
:11:36. > :11:41.will follow on. They have had these issues and they have not been happy
:11:41. > :11:43.with them. The most recent thing that keeps coming back to haunt them
:11:43. > :11:47.with them. The most recent thing is KERS. They will be keeping their
:11:47. > :11:54.anger is well crossed. Lewis Hamilton and third? Great. He is
:11:54. > :11:56.driving so well and he has been an inspiration. If you thought that
:11:56. > :12:00.people were criticising him this time last year, why did he think
:12:00. > :12:05.about going to this team? But he has helped to bring the team to a new
:12:05. > :12:13.level. I think they will be very strong in the future. And Grosjean
:12:13. > :12:18.ahead of Raikkonen? Yell macro that has happened quite a bit so we
:12:18. > :12:26.should not be too surprised. -- that has happened quite a bit. They have
:12:26. > :12:31.lost Raikkonen to Ferrari so Grosjean is going to have to lead
:12:31. > :12:38.the team next year. And Massa outqualified Alonso. I think without
:12:38. > :12:46.the pressure of Harare around him, Massa might emerge as a big star
:12:46. > :12:52.with a new team. -- the pressure of Harare. We have a great programme
:12:52. > :12:56.for you on the iPlayer. This week was the 90th birthday of Murray
:12:56. > :13:00.Walker. Catch that on the red Button after the show. If you missed it, it
:13:00. > :13:05.up on the iPlayer. We will be back tomorrow with the race build-up from
:13:05. > :13:11.six o'clock. And if that is too early, we will have a rerun at 2pm.
:13:11. > :13:17.All of that is on BBC One and BBC One HD. Well, it is shaping up to be
:13:17. > :13:18.a direct Japanese rubbery. One HD. Well, it is shaping up to be
:13:18. > :13:21.a direct Japanese Mark Webber on pole position. Thank you for today,
:13:21. > :13:26.Eddie. Join us tomorrow.