The Japanese Grand Prix

:00:06. > :00:17.Previously on Formula 1... It is Lewis Hamilton, they are

:00:17. > :01:29.side-by-side! Oh, my goodness! Race 15: Japan. This is Formula One!

:01:29. > :01:50.What do you reckon?! I was winning! Here we are in Japan at the business

:01:50. > :01:54.end of the season, and this has been the scene of some great championship

:01:54. > :02:00.wins and some controversial ones, and I think this season started off

:02:00. > :02:05.in quite a controversial way. Multi 21.

:02:05. > :02:13.I did not like the way Vettel handle that situation, and it has gone all

:02:13. > :02:17.the way through the season. I reckon we will miss the Aussie Grid. No

:02:17. > :02:23.question he has brought something special to Formula One, in the end

:02:23. > :02:29.he has had to give way to the fact that he has made better use of the

:02:29. > :02:35.Pirelli tyres. In the summer, Ferrari were making all the

:02:35. > :02:41.headlines. # The stars were bright, Fernando...

:02:41. > :02:45.Alonso, in his racing capacity, it is hard to believe there is anyone

:02:45. > :02:50.better than him, the car is clearly not as good as the Red Bull, but he

:02:50. > :02:57.is able to drag it right up to the front.

:02:57. > :03:02.# Ice, ice, baby... Can the Iceman win another world

:03:02. > :03:11.title? If you had asked me last year... I am asking you now! He can

:03:11. > :03:14.be world champion again. Lewis Hamilton's decision to leave the

:03:14. > :03:17.be world champion again. Lewis team that gave him the opportunity

:03:17. > :03:23.and former one, a lot of people thought he was crazy, your most won

:03:23. > :03:30.the world championship, he was winning Grands Prix, but it looks

:03:30. > :03:33.inspired all of a sudden. Changes...

:03:33. > :03:40.There are people saying that this season is getting boring now, but we

:03:40. > :03:45.have had five different winners. They'res everyone's a winner, baby,

:03:45. > :03:48.that's the truth! RRA have had some issues and not

:03:48. > :03:54.delivered, but the one consistent thing has been this young man from

:03:54. > :03:57.Germany, this focused, this finger that upsets people, it has

:03:57. > :04:04.consistently got the better of himself and the car.

:04:05. > :04:08.# Nobody does it have as good as you...

:04:08. > :04:12.He has dominated the last number of races, but when he had a chance to

:04:12. > :04:17.be humble, he did not take the chance. Put yourself back to when

:04:17. > :04:22.you are 26 years old, we were resilient, Teflon coated. He kissed

:04:22. > :04:29.the Blarney Stone. I didn't, I stole it!

:04:29. > :04:40.I promised that there is absolutely no more singing in this show, or

:04:40. > :04:45.indeed ever again. Hello and welcome to Japan. This is Suzuka, glorious

:04:45. > :04:49.conditions today, a little bit blustery, the son is beating down,

:04:49. > :04:57.but we could see a champion crowned today. This is around 15 on the

:04:57. > :05:01.calendar of 19, next time we will be off to India before the final

:05:01. > :05:08.curtain in Brazil. In terms of the standings, it looks like this...

:05:08. > :05:14.Is Vettel wins today, Fernando Alonso would have to be ninth or

:05:14. > :05:18.worse in order for Vettel to take his fourth world title. The

:05:18. > :05:28.constructors' championship cannot be decided today. But Red Bull are

:05:28. > :05:32.indeed dominating there. Exciting times, we could see a

:05:32. > :05:37.champion today, and we are at a proper race track with amazing fans.

:05:37. > :05:41.It is an incredible race track, the drivers love coming here,

:05:42. > :05:45.championships have been decided. 11 decided here. Ira member watching

:05:45. > :05:54.the great battles between crosstown senna. -- Alain Prost and Ayrton

:05:54. > :05:57.Senna. The fans are passionate about Formula One beyond the accession we

:05:57. > :06:00.see in Italy, where the fans from little children to

:06:00. > :06:03.great-grandparents are filling the grandstands. They are sitting here

:06:03. > :06:07.long into the night watching the teams and mechanics work on the

:06:07. > :06:13.cars, so the championship could be decided, and the paddock is almost

:06:13. > :06:15.resigned to the fact that Vettel will win. The think he will win

:06:15. > :06:24.here? -- do you think. It is a big will win. The think he will win

:06:24. > :06:27.ask, because Fernando Alonso would have to finish ninth or lower, and

:06:27. > :06:33.he does not often do that. He did get taken out on lap 1 lasted, so

:06:33. > :06:42.anything could happen! We saw fascinating scenes in qualifying,

:06:42. > :06:47.here is Lee McKenzie with the story. Q1 was fiery for some drivers,

:06:47. > :06:49.Esteban Gutierrez's Sauber caught fire in the garage while Jean-Eric

:06:49. > :06:53.Vergne came to a fiery hold after the brakes locked on, meaning the

:06:53. > :06:57.session was red flagged. Fernando Alonso knew that he needed a good

:06:57. > :07:01.qualifying to stay close to Vettel in the race and therefore in the

:07:01. > :07:04.championship. He could only manage eight. Team-mate Felipe Massa starts

:07:04. > :07:07.championship. He could only manage ahead of him. Lewis Hamilton knew it

:07:07. > :07:12.would be difficult to beat the Red Bulls, and he was right. Despite

:07:12. > :07:14.crossing the line last, he only put his Mercedes into third. In Q3,

:07:14. > :07:20.Sebastian Vettel's KERS bailed, his Mercedes into third. In Q3,

:07:20. > :07:24.lessening his chances for a fifth consecutive pole position at the

:07:24. > :07:27.track. Mark Webber but in an impressive early bid, and it was

:07:27. > :07:34.only he who managed to beat his own time. For the first time in Japan,

:07:34. > :07:37.Vettel is outqualified by a team mate. Hamilton is third with an

:07:37. > :07:42.impressive Romain Grosjean alongside. Massa and Rosberg are on

:07:42. > :07:45.the third row, Hulkenberg out qualifies Fernando Alonso. Raikkonen

:07:45. > :07:51.and Button round out the top drivers. Valtteri Bottas out

:07:51. > :07:55.qualifies Maldonado for the ninth time. It was not a good day for the

:07:55. > :07:59.Toro Rossos, Max Chilton was the fastest of the Marussia-cater in

:07:59. > :08:05.charge. Jules Bianchi and Charles Pic have penalties for reprimands.

:08:05. > :08:09.Pic must also take a drive-through penalty during the first few laps

:08:09. > :08:15.after leaving the pit lane and a red light. It is a Red Bull lock-out at

:08:15. > :08:20.the front with Mark Webber in pole position. The Japanese Grand Prix,

:08:20. > :08:23.Lee McKenzie and Tom Clarkson are in the pit lane, Gary Anderson, David

:08:23. > :08:26.Coulthard and Ben Edwards are your commentators.

:08:26. > :08:32.17 years ago to the day, Damon Hill clinched the world championship year

:08:32. > :08:36.at Suzuka. Today Sebastian Vettel could take his fourth title, but the

:08:36. > :08:40.odds are against it happening just yet. The 25th running of the

:08:40. > :08:44.Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka sees three quarters of the season

:08:44. > :08:48.completed, with India, Abu Dhabi, the United States and Brazil still

:08:48. > :08:53.to come. But there is no doubt that this track is very much a drivers

:08:53. > :08:57.favourite. It is narrow, twisty, fast and punishing. A mistake here

:08:57. > :09:00.often ends in contact with the barrier, as several drivers have

:09:00. > :09:03.already discovered this weekend. But when it all comes together, it can

:09:03. > :09:08.be one of the most fulfilling circuits in the world. Overtaking is

:09:08. > :09:17.not easy. The DRS zone is on the start-finish the rate that leads and

:09:17. > :09:20.not easy. The DRS zone is on the funnelling approach to turn one. A

:09:20. > :09:22.movie has to be well considered and decisive. The start is tricky as

:09:22. > :09:24.well. Last year, in separate incidents, Alonso went out, and Mark

:09:24. > :09:28.Webber's chances were wrecked. He has another chance today, starting

:09:28. > :09:31.from pole position. He has not been to lose as he aims for victory in

:09:31. > :09:36.the twilight of his Formula One career. What a place it would be to

:09:36. > :09:40.take that victory, Suzuka has been such a part of the Formula One

:09:40. > :09:44.calendar for so long, so much history and such fantastic bands.

:09:44. > :09:47.The support for all the different teams is huge, and we have been

:09:47. > :09:50.watching those fans pouring in through the course of the morning

:09:50. > :09:54.and filling up the grandstand seats all around us. Fernando Alonso start

:09:54. > :09:57.a long way back on the grid, but we have seen him make his way forward

:09:57. > :10:01.on many occasions this year. The qualified ninth in Belgium and

:10:01. > :10:02.finished second, seventh in Singapore and finished second, so

:10:02. > :10:05.the fact that his eighth on the grid Singapore and finished second, so

:10:05. > :10:10.and is not a big deal. Romain Grosjean starts fourth, the third

:10:10. > :10:13.time he has been on the second row consecutively here this year. Lewis

:10:13. > :10:18.Hamilton is starting in third place on the grid, only the second time he

:10:18. > :10:22.has qualified there in 2013. The last time you finished on the podium

:10:22. > :10:26.was in Belgium, and he has not had any second-place finishes this year.

:10:26. > :10:30.That is the man who has had so much success, Sebastian Vettel, an

:10:30. > :10:36.astonishing season for him, but will he get beat in this time? He has led

:10:36. > :10:39.142 laps consecutively since the Monza Grand Prix, has Sebastian

:10:39. > :10:43.Vettel, and if Mark Webber gets in front of him in this first lap, that

:10:43. > :10:48.sequence will come to an end. The opportunity to become the first

:10:48. > :10:52.driver ever to get the Grand Slam at three consecutive events has already

:10:52. > :10:56.gone. The Bernie Ecclestone hand puppets are obviously doing a

:10:56. > :11:00.roaring trade in the sales booths that are just stand behind our

:11:00. > :11:05.grandstand position here. Apparently £30 will buy you one of those! A

:11:05. > :11:10.little bit of a profit margin on those, I think, David. Everybody is

:11:10. > :11:17.on option, apart from Ricciardo in P16. Confirmation on who is on which

:11:17. > :11:20.tyres, and we are just seeing that the only drivers who are starting on

:11:20. > :11:22.the hard tyre with the orange writing on the side wall of Daniel

:11:22. > :11:26.Ricciardo and Charles Pic, everybody writing on the side wall of Daniel

:11:26. > :11:28.else is starting on the softer tyre. Well, that's tyre does have an

:11:28. > :11:32.advantage in grip, and you will Well, that's tyre does have an

:11:32. > :11:38.certainly feel that off the line. There is a long run to the first

:11:38. > :11:43.corner, over 400 metres bid to turn one, but at that point they will be

:11:43. > :11:47.flat, and Sterne two is a filter point. Last year there was contact

:11:48. > :11:52.between Grosjean and Webber. We also saw a bit of contact between

:11:52. > :11:55.Raikkonen and Alonso, so let's hope that everybody manages to get

:11:55. > :11:58.through the first corner safely. It will be Mark Webber who leads them

:11:58. > :12:02.away as we get ready for the start of the formation lap, the crews and

:12:02. > :12:07.everybody else moving to the side of the grid as we get ready for them to

:12:07. > :12:13.set off. Let's see what the practised art is like, first of all.

:12:13. > :12:17.-- practised art. Not a very good one for Mark Webber, he was sacked

:12:17. > :12:24.there for quite a long time. They do not have to go when the light goes

:12:24. > :12:27.out. Historically, of course the guy at the back is not going to start

:12:27. > :12:42.before the ones in front, because they are not If Vettel wins and

:12:42. > :12:46.Alonso is ninth or lower, Vettel wins the championship, but if Vettel

:12:46. > :12:50.is anywhere other than first, he cannot win today. Gary, let's focus

:12:50. > :12:57.on the race ahead. What are we looking at in terms of strategy? The

:12:57. > :12:58.two-stop strategy is the best. It is a little bit faster than three

:12:58. > :13:02.stops. We are talking about eight a little bit faster than three

:13:02. > :13:05.ten seconds, so if you do a two-stop, you will have to run the

:13:05. > :13:12.medium compound that they qualified on, and most cars are doing that.

:13:12. > :13:16.Ricciardo and Pic are not. They would have to go on the hard tyre

:13:16. > :13:21.for the last stint. A three-stop strategy gives you more choice of

:13:21. > :13:25.tyres. So we might see the softer tyre being used not just for this

:13:25. > :13:30.first stint, most of them or on the softer tyre, but perhaps later - in

:13:30. > :13:34.the middle or at the end? I think it would be better at the end, when you

:13:34. > :13:43.can go racing. There is so much overtaking at the start, you cannot

:13:43. > :13:49.do it because of traffic. You have been pointing out quite a big gap

:13:49. > :13:54.that Lewis left. Yes, as he came out of the hairpin, giving himself a

:13:54. > :13:59.lots of space to accelerate the heat into the tyres. Quite unusual to see

:13:59. > :14:04.because the concertina effect means bigeye in the last position on the

:14:04. > :14:09.grid has a lot of catching up to do but they are bunching up. Let's get

:14:09. > :14:15.a word from our man in the pit lane. Any news? No, it is quiet in

:14:15. > :14:36.the pit lane but very interesting to see Ricciardo's tactics. This is a

:14:36. > :14:43.steep downhill route here. They have got a hold on to the brakes a little

:14:43. > :14:48.bit. I think this is the steepest gradient of any races the drivers

:14:48. > :14:50.have. It just so happens it runs down into the first corner and they

:14:50. > :14:54.have. It just so happens it runs have a tail wind so I think they can

:14:54. > :15:04.expect to see some pretty good start times. A quick reminder on the

:15:04. > :15:31.line-up, Mark Webber on pole position, Vettel onside, Hamilton,

:15:31. > :15:33.then Grosjean, Felipe Massa... We just saw Adrian Sutil doing his

:15:34. > :15:37.then Grosjean, Felipe Massa... We rolling by point, that is why the

:15:37. > :15:43.car was juddering. You can see the heat in the front brake. Of course

:15:43. > :15:50.using that to get tyre temperature but he may well have overdone it.

:15:50. > :15:58.Let's see what happens at the start of the Japanese grand prix. Grosjean

:15:58. > :16:11.has made a brilliant getaway, leading into the first corner. There

:16:11. > :16:18.is contact at the back. And the Mercedes has a problem, I think that

:16:18. > :16:26.is Rosberg. It is Hamilton! Hamilton is in trouble, and it is hard to

:16:26. > :16:46.pick up. They might need the safety car for the incident on the first

:16:46. > :16:52.corner. That is Van Der Garde. Potential damage on Vettel's car. It

:16:52. > :17:01.is Grosjean who is leading. We have a yellow flag but no sign of a

:17:01. > :17:06.safety car at the moment. Another good start from Alonso, he always

:17:06. > :17:09.cuts his way through the traffic. Hulkenberg is in seventh, which is

:17:09. > :17:14.cuts his way through the traffic. where he started, and Perez has made

:17:14. > :17:22.some ground up to eighth place. Good Sierras has also gained some

:17:22. > :17:30.places. Jenson Button has held on to 10th place. At the moment, it looks

:17:30. > :17:34.OK. Stale. We have seen a few times the Red Bull front wing damaged. It

:17:34. > :17:40.has happened to Mark Webber in the past but what a start for Grosjean.

:17:40. > :17:45.A dream start. He has been quick at this lap for the last couple of

:17:45. > :17:47.years. He had a quick run base on Friday and this is a real

:17:47. > :17:51.opportunity to win this grand prix. Friday and this is a real

:17:51. > :18:04.I know there is a long way to go but he is definitely in the pound seat.

:18:04. > :18:10.We have a puncture on the Mercedes with Hamilton and he is trying to

:18:10. > :18:14.get the car park. We gather it was contact with Vettel's front wing

:18:14. > :18:19.which has caused the puncture. Indeed, and we could see the damage

:18:19. > :18:24.was done as he exited the second corner and that will make a long

:18:24. > :18:32.afternoon, incredibly difficult to score points from there. Grosjean

:18:32. > :18:37.crashed on the first lap here last year. Let's get down to the pits

:18:37. > :18:41.because Tom is watching Hamilton 's pit stop. They have put the hard

:18:41. > :18:47.tyres on and out he goes. The same thing happened here last year for

:18:47. > :18:51.Mark Webber, he had to pit stop on lap one and effectively drove a

:18:51. > :18:55.one-stop strategy from here. Lewis is on the prime, can he get to the

:18:55. > :19:02.end of the race with one more pit stop? I think that would be a tall

:19:02. > :19:08.order. Out at the front, it is Grosjean. Involved in lots of first

:19:08. > :19:12.lap incidents last year but for the first time in his career he led a

:19:12. > :19:22.grand prix at the end of the first lap. Maybe he has put behind him

:19:22. > :19:27.those difficult start of last year. Rosberg had a good start, a bit of a

:19:27. > :19:34.challenge from Kimi Raikkonen on Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen in

:19:34. > :19:40.11. This is a replay of the start. In the initial getaway you can see

:19:40. > :19:46.they are bunching up at the back of the field. You can see Grosjean just

:19:46. > :19:52.launches up the inside, an amazing getaway for the Lotus. There was

:19:52. > :20:09.contact here. Lewis Hamilton. They had already touched. We believe the

:20:09. > :20:16.contact happened before they even got past the end of the pit lane.

:20:16. > :20:24.This is where it all went wrong, then he got the wheel spin, and

:20:24. > :20:32.Hamilton just nixed the front wing of Vettel. You can see how fragile

:20:32. > :20:38.the Pirelli tyres are. He tries to squeeze between the gap, and the

:20:38. > :20:45.contact has already happened. A racing incident, I think. A similar

:20:45. > :20:50.thing happened between Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso last

:20:50. > :20:58.year. This is right from the back of the grid, Adrian Sutil slotting

:20:58. > :21:04.between them, and right onto the back of the Toro Rosso. As the

:21:04. > :21:07.incident unfolds behind him, the contact, and then we can see Lewis

:21:07. > :21:14.Hamilton already starting to struggle as he approaches turn

:21:14. > :21:19.three. Here they are trying to work out what went wrong, at least they

:21:19. > :21:28.are talking about it. It has been a hard weekend for Bianchi, started

:21:28. > :21:51.behind his team-mate in qualifying, then hasn't made it to turn two. We

:21:51. > :22:00.can hear Lewis Hamilton will be going to lap 19 on the first tyre.

:22:00. > :22:04.It will be interesting whether they do go to lap 19 because they

:22:04. > :22:10.normally have strategies, they would say target plus three, target -3,

:22:10. > :22:15.the drivers can work out what lap that is, to have such a bold

:22:15. > :22:20.statement they know that will more than likely get broadcast of the TV

:22:20. > :22:26.channels, of which the various teams and strategists will be listening

:22:26. > :22:42.to. They said DRS is enabled, because the LO is still out DRS is

:22:42. > :22:47.now disabled. Grosjean has got the gap to one second service yellow has

:22:47. > :22:52.helped him because it has not enabled DRS, now it will be next

:22:52. > :22:56.time around. Mark Webber will have the opportunity but he might not be

:22:56. > :22:58.close enough. He is certainly looking like he is dropping back a

:22:58. > :23:03.close enough. He is certainly little bit. The car is heavy with

:23:03. > :23:09.the also it is not an option to be sitting under the gearbox especially

:23:09. > :23:16.on this first sector. Mark Webber's top speed in qualifying was faster

:23:16. > :23:20.than Grosjean. Fernando Alonso drifts through, right underneath the

:23:20. > :23:29.gearbox of his team-mate Felipe Massa. He is in the safe zone, six

:23:29. > :23:33.would be plenty, especially as Vettel is only third at the moment.

:23:33. > :23:40.That would certainly prolong the championship. Mark Webber has just

:23:40. > :23:44.had a good first sector, but Grosjean not much difference between

:23:44. > :23:55.them. We have lost two cars from this race already. At the lower end

:23:55. > :24:08.of the field, Max Chilton is leading Pic, so he is holding on to 18th

:24:08. > :24:16.place. Jenson Button chased by Kimi Raikkonen. Ahead of them there was a

:24:17. > :24:25.lock-up, probably from good Sierras. RADIO: Lewis, it looks like we are

:24:25. > :24:32.second down. Yes, the car is low the place. It is very tight into turn

:24:32. > :24:39.one and Jenson Button knows exactly how to position the car. Lewis

:24:39. > :24:43.Hamilton seems like he is sitting in the back of the garage. He is so

:24:43. > :24:50.calm behind the wheel. They have always identified the downforce from

:24:50. > :24:53.the dated to the tune of around one seconds so they are keeping their

:24:53. > :25:00.man informed so he doesn't get demotivated. Kimi Raikkonen still

:25:00. > :25:06.chasing Jenson Button. There is Sebastian Vettel, his lap times

:25:06. > :25:10.looking OK. He is 1.5 seconds behind his team-mate Mark Webber. He has

:25:10. > :25:16.some damage on the front wing, how much that is affecting him we don't

:25:17. > :25:27.know yet. Let's see a replay on board with Vettel. This was the dust

:25:28. > :25:33.we saw from the on-board shots. Not going smoothly at all this afternoon

:25:33. > :25:39.for Vettel. Grosjean is doing an impressive job at the moment. RADIO:

:25:39. > :25:49.RADIO: Drop back to save your tyres. impressive job at the moment. RADIO:

:25:49. > :25:55.You are trying to look after your tyres and it can be beneficial to

:25:55. > :25:59.hang back in the early stages. The fastest man is Grosjean. This is the

:25:59. > :26:05.sort of class and quality that Lotus have been convinced they have with

:26:05. > :26:09.this Frenchman. Here comes Kimi Raikkonen, he has the DRS open on

:26:09. > :26:17.Jenson Button and he is able to overtake. Ricciardo, doing likewise.

:26:17. > :26:20.The images we saw of Mark Webber going through the last chicane, he

:26:20. > :26:23.The images we saw of Mark Webber was drifting like a rally car so he

:26:23. > :26:30.is desperately trying to keep it within that one second. He did have

:26:30. > :26:36.the DRS last lap around but it had a limited effect. Here, the DRS open,

:26:36. > :26:40.the DRS last lap around but it had a and in the end nothing Jenson Button

:26:40. > :26:48.could do as Kimi Raikkonen calmly adjusts his brake balance. It is

:26:48. > :26:52.Kimi Raikkonen who claims that edge with the good race pace the Lotus

:26:52. > :26:54.has had all season long but it is a long time since Kimi Raikkonen had

:26:54. > :26:59.his one win of this year. That was long time since Kimi Raikkonen had

:26:59. > :27:11.at the start of the championship in Australia. Alonso trying to get past

:27:11. > :27:20.Felipe Massa into that fifth place. RADIO: We need to start looking

:27:20. > :27:25.after the rear tyres. We know the teams, the big issue for them is the

:27:25. > :27:31.thermal degradation and some blistering in some cases on the rear

:27:31. > :27:36.tyre. Fernando Alonso is right in that position, you saw him spinning

:27:36. > :27:42.the rear tyres desperately trying to find a way past his team-mate. The

:27:42. > :27:49.DRS doesn't help him at all really to close up to the back of Felipe

:27:49. > :27:53.Massa. Tom? It will be fascinating to see how far Grosjean goes on this

:27:53. > :27:59.set of tyres because until now Lotus have been the best on degradation

:27:59. > :28:02.but not this weekend. On the strength of Friday 's practice

:28:02. > :28:18.times, they have fallen back into the group this weekend so can they

:28:18. > :28:24.go longer than Red Bull? RADIO: Multifunction strategy A. I think

:28:24. > :28:27.that means move over. The multifunction switch is a standard

:28:27. > :28:29.switch that the teams apply to get as many systems on the steering

:28:29. > :28:35.wheel as possible and if you go to as many systems on the steering

:28:35. > :28:40.multifunction eh, that could be further gearbox for example. It can

:28:40. > :28:45.be whatever parameter the teams require but when you put the word

:28:45. > :28:49.strategy in front of it, that sounds like they could be telling him he

:28:49. > :29:01.has to try to extend by a couple of laps. Or lead Alonso passed! But

:29:01. > :29:07.Massa wants a seat in Formula One next year. He has been doing well.

:29:07. > :29:11.We have a Mercedes into the pits, it is Hamilton, struggling with the

:29:11. > :29:17.lack of downforce, but we gather that... He is retiring the car, by

:29:17. > :29:21.the looks of it. A really poor day for Lewis Hamilton, who qualified so

:29:21. > :29:26.well. It was a tiny touch, he could not go anywhere else at the start.

:29:26. > :29:32.Presumably the rear tyre has damaged the floor, and we know how important

:29:32. > :29:35.the rear of the car is, as we see Jenson Button coming into the pits

:29:35. > :29:39.as well. They have not gone that far, nine laps, so a three-stop

:29:39. > :29:44.strategy would be more likely if they are doing a pit stop after just

:29:44. > :29:48.nine laps, so perhaps McLaren going for a three-stop strategy. We look

:29:48. > :29:54.at the thermal camera with Jenson Button, 3.2 seconds stationery, not

:29:54. > :29:58.the best we have seen. The preheated tyres go to work immediately.

:29:58. > :30:06.Rosberg are still holding onto fourth at Massa Alonso. Any time

:30:06. > :30:13.soon he will have a McLaren breathing down his neck. Let's take

:30:13. > :30:19.a look at Rosberg a moment ago, a big mistake, and that is why the

:30:19. > :30:21.Ferraris have got right on his tail. You was extremely wide through the

:30:21. > :30:27.first part of turn one, but he manages to rejoin. You can see Lewis

:30:27. > :30:30.Hamilton inspecting the damage to the floor. It is his first none

:30:30. > :30:34.finish of the year, his first none finish with Mercedes, and it has

:30:34. > :30:39.sadly come to an end with Lewis Hamilton. Romain Grosjean still

:30:39. > :30:44.leads this Grand Prix in the Lotus, 1.1 seconds ahead of Mark Webber.

:30:44. > :30:48.Vettel was third, then this group, Rosberg chased by the two Ferraris.

:30:48. > :30:57.Alonso is close to the back of his team-mate, is he going to get the

:30:57. > :31:01.opportunity to use DRS and KERS? As the sun begins to set at Suzuka, no

:31:01. > :31:08.way through, Massa certainly not helping him. Massa used his KERS

:31:08. > :31:12.over the start-finish line, making it difficult for his team-mate, so

:31:12. > :31:17.maybe that multifunction strategy A has got nothing to do with the team

:31:17. > :31:21.orders, which are allowed in Formula One today. Just to let you know that

:31:21. > :31:26.Button has gone out on the hard compound, as we expected, the prime

:31:26. > :31:30.tyre, and Valtteri Bottas is also back into the race after a stop. But

:31:30. > :31:34.none of the frontrunners, the top end of the field, have made a pit

:31:34. > :31:40.stop as yet. Riding on board Alonso here, giving us a fantastic view of

:31:40. > :31:45.the Suzuka track. You can see just how narrow the race track is, and at

:31:45. > :31:48.this stage of the Grand Prix, this is qualifying, how smoothly is with

:31:49. > :31:54.his steering wheel input, desperately trying not to see a peak

:31:54. > :32:00.of wheel spin or oversteer. We know that these tyres do not respond to

:32:00. > :32:03.that at all. So the battle for fourth is close between Rosberg,

:32:03. > :32:09.Massa, Alonso, with Hulkenberg not far behind in the Sauber. Perez is

:32:09. > :32:17.still in the top ten, Raikkonen has got past Gutierrez on this last lap

:32:17. > :32:22.as well. Engine 21. Engine 21 for Mark Webber, and other settings

:32:22. > :32:26.change. Tom, what have you got? I wanted to update you as to why Lewis

:32:26. > :32:30.Hamilton has retired, it is damage to the floor, but the data has shown

:32:30. > :32:36.his rear brake temperatures were too high, so two reasons he has had to

:32:36. > :32:37.put it in the garage. Very sad to Lewis Hamilton so early in this

:32:37. > :32:42.Grand Prix, but in the background we Lewis Hamilton so early in this

:32:42. > :32:46.saw Kimi Raikkonen, he is in ninth place, in fact up to eighth, because

:32:46. > :32:53.Hulkenberg is in the pits. Let's what Sauber go to work, that is

:32:53. > :32:58.another set of the hardest tyre going on. Paul di Resta followed him

:32:58. > :33:02.in from 11th place. A chance for Di Resta to knock on the door of

:33:02. > :33:05.getting some points after good qualifying yesterday. I think he is

:33:05. > :33:11.playing the long game this afternoon, trying to keep it clean.

:33:11. > :33:15.Historically, you do have people not finishing this Grand Prix. I would

:33:15. > :33:19.like to see where he comes out, will it be behind Jenson Button, for

:33:19. > :33:23.example? But we ride on board with Sebastian Vettel, that is how the

:33:23. > :33:27.gap has changed between himself and Webber over the last few laps. So

:33:28. > :33:30.Vettel has been catching Webber just a little bit, still Grosjean leads

:33:31. > :33:35.with his 2.5 seconds advantage at a little bit, still Grosjean leads

:33:35. > :33:37.the moment. Gary, looking at the pace of Romain Grosjean, he is

:33:37. > :33:40.looking quite comfortable in the pace of Romain Grosjean, he is

:33:40. > :33:44.lead, but as we have heard, Red Bull are managing this a bit, dropping

:33:44. > :33:52.back on purpose to look after the tyres. Yes, they are looking at

:33:52. > :33:56.going a bit further. Romain Grosjean has given Red Bull a bit of the Red

:33:56. > :34:00.Bull treatment, you might say, so the cannot follow closely. Webber

:34:00. > :34:04.has to look after his tyres and save some fuel. Weather has come into pit

:34:04. > :34:18.lane, and the guys are getting ready. -- Webber. It has gone to lab

:34:18. > :34:25.12 on that, so we are indeed to stop territory with the Red Bull. Just,

:34:25. > :34:33.he will have to look after these. I am sure he has put on the harder

:34:33. > :34:42.tyre. Four lap 11, 42 laps to go, 21 per set, you can do it but you have

:34:43. > :34:45.to look after them. Massa rejoins. That is Hulkenberg going past, that

:34:45. > :34:51.is Gutierrez, there is Raikkonen, and he has come out ahead of Jenson

:34:51. > :34:57.Button, by the looks of things, who made an earlier stop. Just an button

:34:57. > :35:01.-- Jenson Button has just done the fastest lap of the race, but coming

:35:01. > :35:06.up short in front of getting out in front of the Lotus. Kimi Raikkonen

:35:06. > :35:11.has found a little bit of space to work in, see if he can pick up some

:35:11. > :35:15.more of the top ten. Good lap from Button. On board with Sebastian

:35:15. > :35:20.Vettel, who is now in second place, Webber having made his pit stop and

:35:20. > :35:24.come out in sixth position. The gap between Grosjean and Vettel is 4.4

:35:24. > :35:28.seconds. I wonder if Grosjean is going to respond to the fact that

:35:28. > :35:33.Mark Webber has made a pit stop. They would be in better shape with a

:35:33. > :35:41.fresh set of tyres, they have burned off some fuel. He is heading in,

:35:41. > :35:45.isn't he? Downshifting, yes. Vettel stays out to go further into this

:35:45. > :35:48.race, so Grosjean does not want to be beaten by Mark Webber at this

:35:48. > :35:52.first round of pit stops. Mark Webber is going quickly with the

:35:52. > :35:56.fastest middle sector. It is going to be very tight between the two of

:35:56. > :36:00.them. Great work by the crew once again, and he fires it up, down the

:36:00. > :36:05.pit lane at this beat limit and then opens it up. Webber on the

:36:05. > :36:11.right-hand side of your shot, it is drag race, and Grosjean retains an

:36:11. > :36:18.edge over Webber, but Sebastian Vettel currently leads the race.

:36:18. > :36:25.edge over Webber, but Sebastian Vettel has the advantage of knowing

:36:25. > :36:29.how the car performs on these tyres. This was Rosberg a moment ago, and

:36:29. > :36:34.he came out with errors coming into his McLaren pit. That is an unsafe

:36:34. > :36:39.release, a slam dunk, he will be hearing from the stewards. No way he

:36:39. > :36:44.should have been released there. Good reaction from Perez, it has to

:36:44. > :36:48.be said. Meanwhile, Nico Hulkenberg got past Massa on that pit stop, so

:36:49. > :36:54.Massa and Hulkenberg have made a stop, Alonso is still out, but Nico

:36:54. > :36:55.Hulkenberg has set a fastest lap and got ahead of Felipe Massa as a

:36:55. > :37:00.result of the pit stops. Once got ahead of Felipe Massa as a

:37:00. > :37:02.Sauber, tied with Toro Rosso in the got ahead of Felipe Massa as a

:37:02. > :37:06.constructors' championship, in much better shape than the Toro Rosso

:37:06. > :37:09.cars. Jean-Eric Vergne is down in 17th place, Ricciardo was having a

:37:09. > :37:13.reasonable run of it, but he has not made a pit stop yet, and he is in

:37:13. > :37:17.seventh position. Mark Webber has gone quickest of all the first

:37:17. > :37:22.sector, trying to push into that zone, one second quicker than

:37:22. > :37:28.Grosjean through that first sector, unsurprisingly. Let's watch out the

:37:28. > :37:33.rest of times unfold. I do not know, we have spoken to the FIA, we have

:37:33. > :37:38.spoken to the FIA. Indeed it is under investigation, the unsafe

:37:38. > :37:41.release. And Alonso is in. Will he come out ahead of Hulkenberg and

:37:41. > :37:45.Massa? That will be the big question. Those are the guys he is

:37:45. > :37:49.racing against when he comes back out. We have still got Vettel

:37:49. > :37:55.leading the Grand Prix, as now we see Grosjean in as well. Grosjean is

:37:55. > :38:01.also in, so a big change around... Sorry, that is my mistake, Alonso.

:38:01. > :38:06.Where dizzy, relative to Hulkenberg? That is Gutierrez just

:38:06. > :38:12.in front of him, wall-to-wall with the McLarens! Perez gets that place

:38:12. > :38:16.from Button, that is pole position, up into 11th place for Sergio

:38:16. > :38:21.Perez. Vettel has to come in this lap, he is one second slower than

:38:22. > :38:25.the last lap of Mark Webber, so he is not under pressure to Rosberg,

:38:25. > :38:30.the last lap of Mark Webber, so he but they must give themselves in the

:38:30. > :38:34.battle for the lead. I can tell you that Alonso has come out behind

:38:34. > :38:38.Hulkenberg and Massa, losing out with that later pit stop, it has not

:38:38. > :38:42.helped him at all. Hulkenberg is ahead of both of the Ferraris,

:38:42. > :38:46.behind Rosberg's Mercedes, but it is likely that Rosberg will get a

:38:46. > :38:52.penalty. That is how that lined up, David. Perez making use of the fresh

:38:52. > :38:55.tyres, cutting to the inside. Jenson has to be defence of off the

:38:55. > :39:04.chicane, fairly straightforward as in the end, team-mate. -- defensive.

:39:04. > :39:05.We have seen them side by side a few times this year, but that was good

:39:05. > :39:10.We have seen them side by side a few and clean. Vettel will drop back in

:39:10. > :39:17.this round of stops. They have gone with it to see, maybe playing a

:39:17. > :39:21.longer game, doing extra laps on this set of tyres, pressure rubber

:39:21. > :39:27.later in the Grand Prix. It was a lovely stop, but it will lose

:39:27. > :39:33.imposition. Indeed, he comes out just ahead of Ricciardo, so up ahead

:39:33. > :39:38.of them is Grosjean, with a new fastest lap, and he has established

:39:38. > :39:41.himself in the front once again. Vettel has made his pit stop, and

:39:41. > :39:46.that was a lock-up from Sebastian Vettel just before we came in. Using

:39:46. > :39:48.everything from the tyre just before they head into the pits, that is

:39:48. > :39:51.what they need to avoid when they they head into the pits, that is

:39:51. > :39:54.are doing multiple laps, but running down to the pit, the speed limit

:39:54. > :39:59.line as well, really pushing to try down to the pit, the speed limit

:39:59. > :40:01.to get absolutely the last bit of time out of those tyres. That must

:40:01. > :40:09.to get absolutely the last bit of been a pretty sensational in-lap,

:40:09. > :40:14.because he pitted so much later. He was a second slower on the previous

:40:14. > :40:18.lap, so he found something. We have just seen Webber going through in

:40:18. > :40:23.second place, Vettel in third position. Ricciardo is the only one

:40:24. > :40:27.who has not been in yet, he started on the other tyre, and it will be

:40:27. > :40:30.interesting to see how far he goes. He is right on the cusp, a

:40:30. > :40:35.drive-through penalty for Nico Rosberg. They will deal with that

:40:35. > :40:36.nice and early, a difficult afternoon for Mercedes. Ricciardo

:40:36. > :40:41.nice and early, a difficult came out in that battle for

:40:41. > :40:48.14th-15th between Pastor Maldonado and Paul di Resta. Raikkonen, by the

:40:48. > :40:55.way, is down in tenth place behind Gutierrez, who is having a very good

:40:55. > :40:59.race in the second Sauber. Grosjean and Webber did he undercut, they are

:40:59. > :41:07.still ahead of you. But you are creeping up on them, OK? All working

:41:07. > :41:11.according to plan, and Vettel is lighting up the timing screens

:41:11. > :41:16.himself, not fastest on a whole lap but fastest middle and final

:41:16. > :41:19.sectors. He can see them just up ahead, it is not far, and he will

:41:19. > :41:23.have tyres in better shape later in the race, and that is obviously what

:41:23. > :41:27.they are thinking about here. So there is Romain Grosjean, no

:41:28. > :41:32.mistakes from him yet, Webber continues the chase, but as we know,

:41:32. > :41:35.Rosberg has a drive-through penalty. This will mix things up, Ricciardo

:41:35. > :41:37.currently in fourth, but he will drop down when he makes a pit stop.

:41:37. > :41:40.currently in fourth, but he will The effect of all this will be to

:41:40. > :41:46.move Hulkenberg up to fourth when things settle down. Tom, what is

:41:46. > :41:49.happening there? I am just reflecting on how the entire pit

:41:49. > :41:51.lane is in shadow now, and it reminded me of a comments that Nico

:41:51. > :41:54.Rosberg said at the entire pit lane reminded me of a comments that Nico

:41:54. > :41:56.is in shadow now, and it reminded me of a comments that Nico Rosberg said

:41:56. > :41:59.after practice on Friday, which ended at this time. He just said how

:41:59. > :42:02.difficult the driving conditions become at this time of day, less

:42:02. > :42:06.than two hours from sunset, and the sun is really in your eyes in a

:42:07. > :42:10.couple of points of the lap, and that makes it difficult to be

:42:10. > :42:13.precise. And if you're racing wheel to wheel, he said you're going to be

:42:13. > :42:19.slightly blinded at certain points, just something to bear in mind. It

:42:19. > :42:24.is a good point, and because it is such a physical racetrack, even with

:42:24. > :42:28.the cars going relatively... We need you to box this lap for a

:42:28. > :42:32.drive-through, box they slap for a drive-through. He will not like that

:42:32. > :42:37.message, but he will understand, nothing much the driver can do about

:42:37. > :42:42.that. That is a team issue, as to when the car gets released. They

:42:42. > :42:45.normally have a spotter, markers down the pit lane, where it

:42:45. > :42:48.indicates that if another car has passed that point, you are not able

:42:48. > :42:51.to release yours safely. Just look at the left-hand side, you can see

:42:51. > :43:01.the boards against the people. You can see the McLaren in the

:43:02. > :43:05.background, well past that point, unless they felt the McLaren was

:43:05. > :43:09.able to come in in front of the Mercedes. It has not been a good day

:43:09. > :43:16.for Mercedes, Hamilton already out, and we have lost jewel Bianchi and

:43:16. > :43:20.Van der Garde. Rosberg has come back out in 12th place after his

:43:20. > :43:25.penalty, well out of the run for a podium at this stage. So Grosjean

:43:25. > :43:30.has a 1.9 second lead over Mark Webber, but Vettel has set the

:43:30. > :43:33.fastest lap, now just 3.3 seconds behind his team-mate. Ricciardo

:43:33. > :43:38.hanging on in in fourth place, but due a pit stop. He might get through

:43:38. > :43:43.another four laps on those hard tyres. He is certainly going a lot

:43:43. > :43:48.longer. Coming back to the point about the sun going down, the

:43:48. > :43:54.drivers are wearing a smoked adviser, running they could take on

:43:54. > :43:59.the visor to compensate. You are minus three to Webber, you can sit

:43:59. > :44:05.there for a while. That is all about tyre management. The drivers do not

:44:05. > :44:08.like this tyre management aspect of the Pirelli is, it does not allow

:44:08. > :44:20.them to get up into the gearbox of the car in front and go racing. Car

:44:20. > :44:27.He will be racing later on in the race. This is Hulkenberg, currently

:44:27. > :44:34.in fifth place and just ahead of him on the road is Daniel Ricciardo with

:44:34. > :44:44.a set of tyres that are much older than Hulkenberg's and he is

:44:44. > :44:49.defending his line. Ricciardo will end up going 21 seconds or so down

:44:49. > :45:00.behind Hulkenberg but I get what you are saying. They have very different

:45:00. > :45:05.strategies. Also, they are tied on points, he will do nothing to help

:45:05. > :45:10.Hulkenberg at this point. Felipe Massa is behind them, and where is

:45:10. > :45:17.Alonso? Here's a couple of seconds behind, you can see him just coming

:45:17. > :45:29.into shot. Coming down towards the hairpin, Felipe Massa getting

:45:29. > :45:48.himself into position to pass the Sauber. Don't forget, the Sauber is

:45:48. > :45:54.Ferrari engined. We have four Harare engined cars all in a line at the

:45:54. > :46:00.moment. But the position is not what Enzo was dreaming of, I don't

:46:00. > :46:04.suspect! Change next year, Toro Rosso will be going to the Renault

:46:04. > :46:12.power unit but further now they still have the Ferrari engine, as we

:46:12. > :46:16.get to the end of the V8 era in Formula one. Hulkenberg has a really

:46:16. > :46:25.good run, but he is forced to the outside. The Toro Rosso having to go

:46:25. > :46:29.very shallow on its line into turn two. He is sticking to his strategy

:46:29. > :46:37.but compromising his lap time. We two. He is sticking to his strategy

:46:37. > :46:49.could see a replay here of the Force India. How close was that as they

:46:49. > :46:58.approach the corner. That was Maldonado getting a squeeze in. That

:46:58. > :47:03.was all very tight indeed. Look how they really get together. Alonso

:47:03. > :47:10.flying up to the back towards Felipe Massa just then, and Alonso's last

:47:10. > :47:14.lap. They are being held up by Ricciardo and Hulkenberg is looking

:47:14. > :47:18.for every opportunity here to get past the Toro Rosso but he hasn't

:47:18. > :47:22.done it and that was a mistake from Hulkenberg as a result, which could

:47:22. > :47:29.put him under threat from the Ferrari behind. They are losing time

:47:29. > :47:35.now, it is allowing them to bunch up behind. Somebody has got to be brave

:47:35. > :47:44.at some point. Allowing Gutierrez to catch the group as well. The DRS

:47:44. > :47:54.will be activated on the X it again here. Now, Alonso will make the

:47:54. > :48:01.fastest lap. He is getting past his team-mate, nothing Felipe Massa can

:48:01. > :48:06.do. Alonso will now be filling the mirrors of Hulkenberg. In the end,

:48:06. > :48:11.Felipe Massa just give did that to Alonso. He compromised his exit line

:48:11. > :48:16.and Alonso saw that, got himself straight for the best traction and

:48:16. > :48:24.used his KERS to get right into that DRS zone. You can see right now that

:48:24. > :48:41.Gutierrez and Kimi Raikkonen have called the -- caught the group. This

:48:41. > :48:47.is really... Ricciardo is struggling on these tyres now. He has done a

:48:47. > :48:52.long way into this grand prix, so a good job in many respects but he has

:48:52. > :49:00.been able to take the tyre this far. The Toro Rossos have been struggling

:49:00. > :49:09.for pace this weekend. That was a tough place to try to overtake into

:49:09. > :49:14.the Spoon. Hulkenberg coming up, Ricciardo goes defensive but

:49:14. > :49:20.Hulkenberg has got the run. Absolutely flat, no problems.

:49:20. > :49:25.Hulkenberg takes it, and now Felipe Massa is trying to get alongside his

:49:25. > :49:31.team-mate. Alonso had to back out of it because it looks like he was

:49:31. > :49:36.going to go down the outside. This is going to be straightforward for

:49:36. > :49:42.Alonso, but for a moment once again we nearly saw the two Ferrari is

:49:42. > :49:49.making contact with each other. It was very close in here at Suzuka a

:49:49. > :49:58.moment ago. Let's take another look at this. This is Alonso and Felipe

:49:58. > :50:05.Massa, and this wheel to wheel battling has allowed the leading

:50:05. > :50:11.cars to open 22nd gap. This is brave stuff, on the shallow line. He might

:50:11. > :50:15.have had to lift out slightly, certainly Ricciardo did. The team

:50:15. > :50:26.manager with a round of applause for his man. The Mexican Gutierrez is

:50:26. > :50:34.going down the inside. They made contact, surely? Nearly? Gutierrez

:50:34. > :50:41.over to the left will have the inside line for the next corner.

:50:41. > :50:47.Felipe Massa has got back in front. Great stuff. Felipe Massa saw what

:50:47. > :50:56.was happening. Gutierrez, a nice tidy move, and now he is under

:50:56. > :51:00.pressure from Kimi Raikkonen behind. He has got there in front before

:51:00. > :51:06.they turn in. He is going to be passed by the McLaren, Perez. As he

:51:06. > :51:11.goes into the chicane, watch Perez position his car for the best

:51:11. > :51:23.traction. It looks like Gutierrez may well drop another place here.

:51:23. > :51:29.Gutierrez goes defensive. It looks like the chain reaction of having

:51:29. > :51:34.taken it so deep, that he was then going to lose another place but gets

:51:34. > :51:45.away with it. This is a strong pace for Perez. Felipe Massa understeer

:51:45. > :51:54.is a little bit wide here, onto the curb, and that is where he lost some

:51:54. > :51:59.momentum. You have to brake early when you are dusting your tyres, and

:51:59. > :52:06.this contact wheel to wheel as they come out of the hairpin. They have

:52:06. > :52:13.the Ferrari power but different KERS systems. This is where Perez made

:52:13. > :52:18.his name last year, so many overtakes and eventually getting it

:52:18. > :52:23.wrong on that corner and spinning into the gravel. Let's remind you

:52:23. > :52:44.that Grosjean is leading by two microseconds. RADIO: Multi three.

:52:44. > :52:50.Some more engine change settings. Tom in the pit lane. Ricciardo has

:52:50. > :52:52.made his pit stop from 10th place and gone back out on the prime tyre

:52:52. > :52:57.which means he will have to make and gone back out on the prime tyre

:52:58. > :53:03.another pit stop. They have to run both types of tyre. It is

:53:03. > :53:07.disappointing for him because as the cars get lighter they take less out

:53:08. > :53:13.of the tyres so the one-stop might have been so attractive but he will

:53:13. > :53:21.have to stop again. He has come back out again in 16th place. What has

:53:21. > :53:27.been going on here? This is Rosberg moving up, getting past Jenson

:53:27. > :53:36.Button a moment ago. That strategy from Ricciardo has lost him sometime

:53:36. > :53:45.relative to that battle with four others. Let's run you through the

:53:45. > :53:54.top ten. Grosjean, whether, Bechtel... Of course with Mercedes

:53:54. > :53:59.having lost one car from this race and the drive-through penalty for

:53:59. > :54:04.Rosberg, with both Ferraris in the top ten, it means Ferrari can open

:54:04. > :54:08.up a little bits per second place in the constructors championship.

:54:08. > :54:35.Jenson Button is just outside the top ten.

:54:35. > :54:45.Solid stuff here from the Sauber driver. His tyres are older than

:54:45. > :54:52.Alonso behind in the Ferrari. Not looking like making much headway

:54:52. > :54:57.now. There we are, as he tries to shut down a little bit. Jenson

:54:57. > :55:05.Button is back into the pits once again, so again a relatively short

:55:05. > :55:11.stint. He stopped at lap eight of course so it will be multiple

:55:11. > :55:14.stopping this afternoon. We saw Ricciardo certainly doing plenty

:55:14. > :55:19.more laps then that on his initial hard tyres but he was losing a lot

:55:19. > :55:25.of performance. There is the race leader, Grosjean, and Mark Webber

:55:25. > :55:30.not far behind him. Mark Webber has two think about how close to go. He

:55:30. > :55:36.wants to look after his tyres but also wants to be in a position to

:55:36. > :55:39.challenge. If you remember Grosjean hit Mark Webber here last year and

:55:39. > :55:46.ended their chances of a podium finish. Mark Webber quietly bringing

:55:46. > :56:01.himself into that fighting zone. Just to highlight how the drivers

:56:01. > :56:09.have to tiptoe around in these tyres. There is a problem here, they

:56:09. > :56:16.cannot get the wheel off. The disappointing stop the Jenson

:56:16. > :56:25.Button. Yes, they are trying to do these stops in 2.5 seconds. In my

:56:25. > :56:34.opinion there are too many people around the car but that's life. What

:56:34. > :56:40.is it about bananas and Formula one at the moment? I have no idea.

:56:40. > :56:45.Vettel is still hanging on to third place. Jenson Button didn't get a

:56:45. > :56:51.long stint out of his second set of tyres. Ricciardo has been showing

:56:51. > :56:55.the teams what they could do on the hard tyres. His lap times have

:56:55. > :57:03.broken away and I think that is what Mark Webber has been waiting on. I

:57:03. > :57:14.still think that Grosjean has got the pace to defend others 15 needs

:57:14. > :57:20.to. Incomes Mark Webber from second place for his second pit stop. He

:57:20. > :57:28.has done 14 laps on the set of tyres. Yes, this is heading for a

:57:28. > :57:37.three stop race. Once the grip has gone you have got to get the pit

:57:37. > :57:43.stop done. The degradation is not that big, it drops off that bit.

:57:43. > :57:47.What about the other two doing to stop race? It looks like Mark Webber

:57:47. > :57:54.has to do a three stop race but it may well be that Vettel and Grosjean

:57:54. > :57:59.can get away with doing two. Yes, it is difficult to know. If it is

:57:59. > :58:08.falling away from Mark Webber, I'm sure it's not doing much good for

:58:08. > :58:12.Sebastian Vettel. Vettel has only done 11 laps, he had that later pit

:58:13. > :58:18.stop. He might have a flat stop but he has just done a very fast sector.

:58:18. > :58:26.He is clearly pushing on. He was closing that gap. They will be

:58:26. > :58:31.watching intently to see what Mark can do on this lap with a new set of

:58:31. > :58:36.prime tyres that has gone on. That is his last that this afternoon. Is

:58:36. > :58:42.he going to get all the way to the end? It is tall order but maybe it

:58:42. > :58:46.is achievable. A number of factors that could make it possible, it is a

:58:46. > :58:55.tall order but the track is getting cooler as the sun goes down, the car

:58:55. > :59:07.is getting lighter, the trap -- the track is getting more grippy and

:59:07. > :59:11.there is a tailwind. The gap is 2.5 seconds between Vettel and Grosjean.

:59:12. > :59:16.Massa and right in our sixth and seventh, Gutierrez still in eighth,

:59:16. > :59:21.ninth for Perez, tents for Bottas. That brings him up a bit, but there

:59:21. > :59:24.is a little bit of jostling further down the order, a few different

:59:24. > :59:31.strategies going on which will not be resolved until the end of the

:59:31. > :59:36.Grand Prix. See how the gap has closed between Grosjean and Vettel.

:59:36. > :59:39.Mark Webber, we will need to see and finishes lap to understand what he

:59:39. > :59:44.is delivering. If Vettel has turned up the wick, he could end up jumping

:59:44. > :59:49.Webber through the pit stops. Another small lock-up into the

:59:49. > :59:56.hairpin. Webber is 17 seconds behind Vettel. We are not racing Mark, we

:59:56. > :00:00.are racing Grosjean. That is fairly clear, they are going for victory,

:00:00. > :00:03.and Webber is not going to be in the same shape to challenge Grosjean for

:00:03. > :00:08.the race win. Grosjean is being caught, but no sign of any mistakes

:00:08. > :00:14.from him yet. Be has never been in quite this position before. He has

:00:14. > :00:17.only led 12 laps prior to this, and he has been looking stronger every

:00:17. > :00:23.weekend and is confidence growing since Raikkonen and he was going to

:00:23. > :00:31.Ferrari. Grosjean has outqualified him in each of those races. We are

:00:31. > :00:34.on target, Nico is timing us. Is race engineer keeping him calm,

:00:34. > :00:42.keeping him steady, saying they are on target at the moment, so far, so

:00:42. > :00:43.good. Let's just see a replay here of Adrian Sutil being passed by

:00:43. > :00:52.Daniel Ricciardo around the outside. of Adrian Sutil being passed by

:00:52. > :00:56.He goes off! Oh dear, I missed that. 180 mph, going around the outside,

:00:56. > :01:00.but when he turns in, he is on the marbles. A few years ago, that

:01:00. > :01:08.but when he turns in, he is on the run-off was not there. Rosberg is

:01:08. > :01:13.battling with... Does he do a sneaky one up into Dunlop? He does indeed.

:01:13. > :01:17.That was getting past Sutil. The fact that Ricciardo ended up going

:01:17. > :01:20.over the white line and gained a place while doing it, I think he may

:01:20. > :01:26.have to give that place up again and do it all over. He will indeed. Mark

:01:26. > :01:31.Webber is 1.4 seconds than Sebastian Vettel on fresh tyres, he will be

:01:31. > :01:38.hoping to keep his position there in second place and maybe challenge

:01:38. > :01:43.Grosjean. Are the Lotus driver... Is he just going to sit tight and go

:01:43. > :01:48.for two stops? Valtteri Bottas has come in, so has Adrian Sutil. They

:01:48. > :01:52.will be sent on the way, Sutil is already on his way and Bottas, too,

:01:52. > :01:58.as we look at the lap time comparisons. Do they stay out? Are

:01:58. > :02:03.they going to respond to Mark Webber's pace? It looks like they

:02:04. > :02:08.are staying out a little bit longer. Which one of them will be first in?

:02:08. > :02:12.It is not going to be yet as they go across the line, but we do think

:02:12. > :02:18.Webber is likely to have to make another stop. OK, Sebastian, put

:02:18. > :02:25.pressure on Grosjean. Time to go for it, Rocky giving him the reins, 1.3

:02:25. > :02:30.seconds was the gap as they went over the line. If you can get to

:02:30. > :02:34.within one second, DRS is enabled. At McLaren we had a radio set up

:02:34. > :02:39.that we could talk between the cars. We never raced it, because in free

:02:39. > :02:49.practice, when we tried it, we could be sending little wind-up messages.

:02:49. > :02:54.They deemed it was not safe to race! Ricciardo has just made a move again

:02:54. > :02:57.on Pastor Maldonado, yes, he did. It does not look like he did give up

:02:57. > :03:02.the place earlier, so whether that will be going to the stewards for a

:03:02. > :03:07.bit of investigation. Grosjean, race leader, had a lock up a bit of a

:03:07. > :03:11.moment ago. He is responding to the pressure behind. Massa has just been

:03:11. > :03:17.in the pits, so he rejoins and is going to come back out in ninth

:03:17. > :03:20.place, just ahead of Ricciardo. Ricciardo's strategy is working

:03:20. > :03:22.quite well, because he is overtaking, but I wonder whether he

:03:22. > :03:27.will be allowed to keep those places. We will find out later.

:03:27. > :03:31.Vettel are still trying to close that gap that he has gained, four

:03:31. > :03:34.tends in the first sector on Grosjean, and it looks as though

:03:34. > :03:39.they have got a bit of traffic to deal with as well. That is Max

:03:39. > :03:44.Chilton ahead of them in the one Marussia that is left in the race,

:03:44. > :03:49.and incomes Grosjean! Vettel stays out, this is a big pressure point

:03:49. > :03:53.for the Lotus team now. Mark Webber has been consistently quicker over

:03:53. > :03:57.these last couple of laps, is it enough to jump? He has got traffic

:03:57. > :04:01.ahead of him, Pic, but Webber might have done enough as

:04:01. > :04:07.ahead of him, Pic, but Webber might past our commentary spot. Away goes

:04:07. > :04:12.Grosjean. Webber has jumped in! He has, but will he have to stop again?

:04:12. > :04:17.That is the big question. It will be difficult for Webber to get to the

:04:17. > :04:22.end on his tyres, Grosjean has to do 23, and that should be achievable.

:04:22. > :04:27.Now Mark has the lead position, he can back off and start saving

:04:27. > :04:32.energy. A safety car would help him. Into the pits has come Nico

:04:32. > :04:38.Hulkenberg, who had to deal with a safety car last time out in Korea,

:04:38. > :04:42.but he did well, fending off Hamilton for so long. If you have

:04:42. > :04:46.just joined us, Hamilton went out of the race early, there was slight

:04:47. > :04:50.contact off the line between Hamilton and Vettel, puncturing his

:04:50. > :04:51.tyre, and the flailing tyre did well, fending off Hamilton for so

:04:51. > :04:54.long. If you have just joined us, well, fending off Hamilton for so

:04:54. > :04:56.Hamilton went out of the race early, there was slight contact off the

:04:56. > :04:57.line between Hamilton and Vettel, puncturing his tyre, and the

:04:57. > :05:01.line between Hamilton and Vettel, flailing tyre gives came into the

:05:01. > :05:23.pits! No surprise that Ricciardo's move at

:05:23. > :05:28.130R is under investigation for gaining an advantage, and I think it

:05:28. > :05:31.is going to be a hard one although he was aired, we have seen the

:05:31. > :05:37.presidents with Romain Grosjean, when he made that amazing move on

:05:37. > :05:42.Massa in Hungary. -- President. There will be a time penalty after

:05:42. > :05:46.the race, perhaps a drive-through. Mark Webber is in second place,

:05:46. > :05:49.Vettel leads but is due another pit stop at some point soon. And then

:05:49. > :05:53.the big question mark is where the stop at some point soon. And then

:05:53. > :05:57.challenge is going to be between Vettel and Grosjean. Webber is doing

:05:57. > :06:01.just what he needs to do, lapping consistently, and who knows? Paps

:06:01. > :06:03.something will happen to enable him to get to the end of the race on

:06:03. > :06:08.something will happen to enable him this set of tyres and hold onto this

:06:08. > :06:15.strong position. -- perhaps. In comes Fernando Alonso. A reasonably

:06:15. > :06:20.quick stop but not the fastest of the day, 2.5. Deceptive, it was a

:06:21. > :06:25.good stop. Hulkenberg is still ahead of him. Remember, these two have

:06:25. > :06:30.been pretty close to one another throughout the Grand Prix so far.

:06:30. > :06:38.Mark Webber, eight seconds ahead of Grosjean, he will have to push some

:06:38. > :06:45.two open up a gap. He is having one extra stop this afternoon. Yes,

:06:45. > :06:49.Alonso, let's just wait and see. Raikkonen still out on track, and of

:06:49. > :06:54.course Raikkonen is due another pit stop as well as some point. Both of

:06:54. > :06:58.them should be able to get to the end of the race at this stage.

:06:58. > :07:03.Sergio Perez a moment ago, a problem with the right rear. Another McLaren

:07:03. > :07:10.problem on the right rear, we saw Button have that earlier, the same

:07:10. > :07:13.for Sergio Perez. It is unusual, different wheels, the wheel nut is

:07:13. > :07:20.held inside the wheel, so unless it is an issue with the gun... It is a

:07:20. > :07:25.drive-through penalty for Ricciardo. Well, we sort of expected

:07:25. > :07:28.it once we saw him go through 130R so wide. That is a great shame,

:07:28. > :07:32.because he has driven well to overtake a few cars, but he perhaps

:07:32. > :07:35.should have given that up straightaway. He will lose his

:07:35. > :07:40.chance of getting points but gain the chance to overtake a few more

:07:40. > :07:43.cars once he has rejoined! Points are what matter to Toro Rosso,

:07:43. > :07:48.because Sauber have got two cars in the points at the moment, Hulkenberg

:07:48. > :07:52.and Gutierrez. Gutierrez has just rejoined, and he still got a good

:07:52. > :07:57.chance. In comes Kimi Raikkonen. He will be going to the end of the race

:07:57. > :08:00.on the hard compound tyre. And that was good, let's see where this

:08:00. > :08:03.brings out. He will be quite close to Ricciardo, because Ricciardo is

:08:03. > :08:10.due to be making a drive-through penalty. There he is on the

:08:10. > :08:16.outside, just behind Raikkonen, who rejoins. Again on that battle with

:08:16. > :08:23.Mark Webber and Romain Grosjean, I think he can hang in on the same

:08:23. > :08:27.strategy, because he is not pulling away enough to get in another stop.

:08:27. > :08:35.He was only three tenths quicker than Grosjean on the last lap.

:08:35. > :08:39.Ricciardo will need to come in next time around. That will release the

:08:39. > :08:43.me say these and put Rosberg up into eighth place. -- the Mercedes. We

:08:43. > :08:48.me say these and put Rosberg up into had Rosberg, Button. Errors has lost

:08:48. > :08:54.out, as we thought, on that slow pit stop. -- Perez. He has come back out

:08:54. > :08:58.in 13th position, Jenson Button, his team-mate, is up in tenth place.

:08:58. > :09:02.Both of them have lost out pretty much similarly at their pit stops.

:09:02. > :09:08.It has given Button the edge between them, and between them is Jean-Eric

:09:08. > :09:12.Vergne and Gutierrez at this stage. Just ahead of Ricciardo is Massa, so

:09:12. > :09:19.Rosberg will be battling with him at some point. One of his three stops

:09:19. > :09:24.was a drive-through, Massa is on two. Effectively, they are on the

:09:24. > :09:30.same strategy here this afternoon. Flat out through 130R. Just looking

:09:30. > :09:35.at the tyres that everyone is using, Rosberg on the medium compound, a

:09:35. > :09:38.very different strategy. Massa is under investigation for speeding in

:09:38. > :09:41.the pit lane. He is currently in sixth place, that would bring

:09:42. > :09:46.Raikkonen up if he gets a penalty. Let's wait and see what happens, but

:09:46. > :09:50.normally when they start investigating for speeding, they're

:09:50. > :09:53.very quickly follows a penalty. Yes, it is a slam dunk, it will be a

:09:53. > :09:57.drive-through. Daniel Ricciardo takes his drive-through penalty for

:09:57. > :10:01.going out of bounds and rejoins the takes his drive-through penalty for

:10:01. > :10:07.track, let's just see where he comes out, it is in 13th place with Paul

:10:07. > :10:10.di Resta quite close. It was Di Resta he was trying to overtake

:10:10. > :10:13.earlier when he went wide, of course. So Sebastian Vettel

:10:13. > :10:18.continues to lead this race, and as he crosses the line, he has got

:10:18. > :10:23.something like 11 seconds' advantage over his team-mate, Mark Webber, but

:10:23. > :10:27.he is really going to be racing hard with Romain Grosjean, who has made

:10:27. > :10:31.his top. Confirmation of the drive-through penalty for Felipe

:10:31. > :10:34.Massa, and that is a shame for Ferrari, because they were looking

:10:34. > :10:37.to score solid points in front of Mercedes, who've lost a car from the

:10:37. > :10:41.Grand Prix, and that is going to drop Massa back out of the points

:10:41. > :10:48.for the moment. It will be very difficult for him to get back into

:10:48. > :10:52.the top ten, I think. Well, Webber trying to keep it all as smooth as

:10:52. > :11:00.possible. We are riding on board here with Sebastian Vettel, 1:37.0

:11:00. > :11:04.last time around. Tom in the pit lane. I am just wondering whether

:11:04. > :11:07.Sebastian Vettel is trying to stay out on this had set of tyres so they

:11:07. > :11:11.can put the medium on for the last section of the race. If we look at

:11:11. > :11:13.practice on Friday, they were saying, the teams were saying that

:11:13. > :11:18.practice on Friday, they were the medium tyre can last about 18

:11:18. > :11:23.laps, so he only needs to do another and that would put him in the medium

:11:23. > :11:28.window, which would give him 1.7 of a lap of an advantage over the guys

:11:28. > :11:32.around him. It is quite possible, certainly Gary was telling us that

:11:32. > :11:34.the ability to use the softer tyre at the end of the race may well

:11:34. > :11:37.benefit teams and drivers. You could at the end of the race may well

:11:37. > :11:41.be right, maybe that is what they are tried to do, put that little bit

:11:41. > :11:47.steeper to put the softer tyre on at the end. Vettel has only done

:11:47. > :11:52.one-stop. He is 19.9 seconds ahead of Grosjean, call it 20. If you can

:11:52. > :11:56.get one second and a little bit of change, he can get is pit stop and

:11:56. > :12:01.come out in front of Grosjean. It will be difficult to do - last time

:12:01. > :12:06.around, Grosjean was a tenth and a half faster, consistent lap times

:12:06. > :12:10.for Vettel, let's see what Grosjean is doing. We will see him over the

:12:10. > :12:17.line in a moment or two. Hulkenberg is still in fourth place, 1:36.7 me

:12:17. > :12:26.so Grosjean has pulled the time down. Look at TV rear tyres, he is

:12:26. > :12:30.being urged. -- look after the rear tyres. Grosjean doing everything the

:12:30. > :12:34.team has been asking of him, that is what they have been reporting back,

:12:34. > :12:38.whether it is a single lap in qualifying for looking after the

:12:38. > :12:42.tyres in the race. He has been unlucky not to have two podiums in a

:12:42. > :12:45.row, he was heading for a podium in Singapore when he had an engine

:12:45. > :12:49.problem with the air pressure with that valve system. He did get the

:12:49. > :12:53.podium last time out but missed out on second place because Kimi

:12:53. > :12:55.Raikkonen took advantage of a tiny error by Grosjean. We have not seen

:12:55. > :12:57.any of those is still very much in this race,

:12:58. > :13:05.fighting opportunity, still, perhaps, for

:13:05. > :13:24.Felipe Massa opportunity, still, perhaps, for

:13:24. > :13:28.before the end of the Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel

:13:28. > :13:37.before the end of the Grand Prix. he has

:13:37. > :13:41.before the end of the Grand Prix. pit stop. No doubt he's

:13:41. > :13:45.on two pit stops, whereas Mark Webber

:13:45. > :13:48.on two pit stops, whereas Mark three pit stops in

:13:48. > :13:54.on two pit stops, whereas Mark the two Red Bulls,

:13:54. > :13:55.on two pit stops, whereas Mark is giving them a race for their

:13:55. > :13:57.on two pit stops, whereas Mark money. It is not over yet, keep

:13:57. > :14:08.pushing, mate, we have got some chances to come yet. What does that

:14:08. > :14:16.mean? I think it is a reflection of the fact they are expected to come

:14:16. > :14:22.in again. If the gap is 11 seconds. Map you can see a slow motion

:14:22. > :14:35.shot... As I was saying, he needs to get the gap bigger. Grosjean is now

:14:35. > :14:37.down in sixth place but he is catching Fernando Alonso pretty

:14:37. > :14:55.rapidly. Just looking at how the speed works

:14:55. > :14:57.out, remember Mark Webber is on much fresher tyres, is tyres have done

:14:57. > :15:06.out, remember Mark Webber is on much ten laps, as opposed to the 21 laps

:15:06. > :15:11.that his team-mate's have done. Sure enough, he is closing the gap and

:15:11. > :15:15.setting personal bests on each of the sectors. This is the part of the

:15:15. > :15:19.race where everything is beginning to resolve itself and we are

:15:19. > :15:25.wondering how much further Sebastian Vettel will go on this set of tyres.

:15:25. > :15:31.He is pretty much on the limit we have been told about by various

:15:31. > :15:39.teams. His pit stop has got to be within the next few laps. Ferrari

:15:39. > :15:45.are looking to score ten points in the Constructors' Championship.

:15:45. > :15:50.Lotus are looking to score 23 points, that would bring them back

:15:50. > :15:55.into the territory of second overall and that will liven up the last part

:15:55. > :16:00.of the championship because if we have Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus,

:16:00. > :16:11.all trying to get third, that would be amazing. As Nicky louder has

:16:11. > :16:21.stated, that is their goal now. Lewis Hamilton is talking to Ian

:16:21. > :16:27.McKenzie. -- Lee McKenzie. How badly damaged was your car? Bad

:16:27. > :16:32.enough, it was really unlucky and I just feel sorry for the guys because

:16:33. > :16:38.they have worked so hard. Performance wise we deserved a lot

:16:38. > :16:41.better. It looks like a good start, the gap was there but you looked

:16:41. > :16:47.like getting squeezed by the Red Bulls. It was the best start I have

:16:47. > :16:52.had all year so it was such a good feeling, so it is really

:16:52. > :16:57.disappointing but that's life. It looks like Red Bull are preparing

:16:57. > :17:09.for Sebastian Vettel's stop. He is in. This is a crucial moment of the

:17:09. > :17:14.grand prix. Grosjean is passing now, there he is. Has Sebastian Vettel

:17:15. > :17:25.got the pace in the car with the harder tyre, and he prefers the

:17:25. > :17:34.harder tyres. Yes, that is a new set of tyres.

:17:34. > :17:48.RADIO: That is Grosjean in front of you, go and get him! Go and get

:17:48. > :17:54.him! He seems to have the art of getting the best out of these

:17:54. > :17:58.Pirelli tyres, keeping them alive until the end of the lap. We have a

:17:58. > :18:17.race on here, there is no doubt about it. Gutierrez gets past,

:18:17. > :18:28.putting him in ninth place now and an opportunity to score him his

:18:28. > :18:39.first-ever championship points. You are not allowed to make a double

:18:39. > :18:50.move but Vergne makes his move and they get away with it. Vettel is

:18:50. > :18:55.lighting up the screens with the fastest sector times in sectors two

:18:55. > :19:03.and three and his next lap is likely to be even faster. This Lotus again

:19:03. > :19:07.showing great race pace so far. Mark to be even faster. This Lotus again

:19:07. > :19:11.Webber is still leading this grand to be even faster. This Lotus again

:19:11. > :19:17.prix, but surely due to make another pit stop relatively soon. I think

:19:17. > :19:23.they will have to make another pit stop. When they stopped for the

:19:23. > :19:31.second stop, they had done 13 laps, Grosjean had done 16 and Sebastian

:19:31. > :19:41.Vettel had done 22 so it looks like Vettel can look after his tyres.

:19:41. > :19:50.They are either going to have to stop another time or they will be

:19:50. > :19:56.limping for the last few laps. He is catching Grosjean and Grosjean will

:19:56. > :20:00.not have much in his tyres left to respond. They want to try to get

:20:00. > :20:05.first and second out of this race if they can but that will be tough

:20:05. > :20:13.because Grosjean has driven so well in this race. Look how much closer

:20:13. > :20:18.Vettel has got to him. Alonso is in fifth place so even if Vettel wins

:20:18. > :20:23.the race today, Alonso is doing enough to make sure he doesn't win

:20:23. > :20:29.the championship at the moment. Vettel is getting closer and closer

:20:29. > :20:34.to Grosjean's car. The fresh tyres will give him so much confidence and

:20:34. > :20:43.he only has to do 16 laps so he knows he can get away with that.

:20:43. > :20:51.RADIO: You will come under pressure from Mark so make sure you have

:20:51. > :20:57.enough tyres left. That's interesting. What about further down

:20:57. > :21:04.the order, any changes? A major pat on the back for Hulkenberg. He has

:21:04. > :21:11.been holding off Alonso three or four times. I don't think it is all

:21:11. > :21:15.over by any means just yet. Rosberg has just been in for another pit

:21:15. > :21:20.stop so that will drop him down slightly, but look how close now

:21:20. > :21:25.Sebastian Vettel is to Grosjean. This is for the effective race lead,

:21:25. > :21:31.although it is actually the second place because they are behind Mark

:21:31. > :21:36.Webber who is some 14 seconds ahead of them. Is Mark Webber can open up

:21:36. > :21:45.the gap a bit more, he could still make the pit stop. Grosjean holds

:21:45. > :21:53.the middle ground, and now he will surely have the DRS zone available,

:21:53. > :22:00.and Vettel needs to get past promptly, otherwise Mark Webber will

:22:00. > :22:06.begin a chance. He dives past him as they come down by the pit stop.

:22:06. > :22:10.There might be some damage to that car, you mentioned his front wing

:22:10. > :22:16.took a little hit at the beginning of the race, but do we need any more

:22:16. > :22:22.confirmation that the boy can race? Let's see what Mark Webber can do,

:22:22. > :22:51.he was 15 seconds ahead last time around. Let's see a replay of that

:22:51. > :22:59.wall. RADIO: Good job, Sebastian. Now it is all about keeping your

:22:59. > :23:04.tyres. Grosjean has done absolutely nothing wrong but ultimately the

:23:04. > :23:10.pace of the Red Bull, I think, as we have seen throughout recent grand

:23:10. > :23:12.breeze, just too much for everybody. The Lotus is certainly able to match

:23:12. > :23:17.them and control it at the beginning The Lotus is certainly able to match

:23:17. > :23:23.of the race, but when it comes to it how much energy you have to put into

:23:23. > :23:38.these tyres and how much energy you can leave on too much downforce and

:23:38. > :23:42.the drivers can manage it better. Hulkenberg is still holding on to

:23:42. > :23:48.fourth position, Alonso is fifth, Kimi Raikkonen has not made any

:23:48. > :23:54.headway in getting past Fernando Alonso soaks two champions running

:23:54. > :24:00.in fifth and sixth place. There is a big gap back to Jenson Button in

:24:00. > :24:06.seventh place. Gutierrez is still there in eighth place, Felipe Massa

:24:06. > :24:10.in ninth place, and Perez currently in the final points scoring position

:24:10. > :24:15.but Nico Rosberg has made a pit stop and is going very quickly so Perez'

:24:15. > :24:36.10th place will come under threat soon.

:24:36. > :24:43.It seems to me that Mark Webber can try to hang out there and being

:24:43. > :24:52.really bad shape with the tyres at the end, or he will have to take pit

:24:52. > :24:54.stop. It looks like he is coming in. This will promote Sebastian Vettel

:24:54. > :24:57.and presumably Grosjean, but of This will promote Sebastian Vettel

:24:57. > :25:02.course Mark Webber will have some great tyres available to him and he

:25:02. > :25:17.will go chasing after Grosjean. He will come out a few seconds after

:25:17. > :25:23.Grosjean. He has put the softer tyres on so he can absolutely charge

:25:23. > :25:29.now and go chasing after the top two. Vettel now leading this grand

:25:29. > :25:34.prix, Grosjean in second place and Mark Webber in third and he is going

:25:34. > :25:38.for it. A new set of options for Mark Webber but it might have been a

:25:38. > :25:43.late call because he was already in the pit lane and the guys had not

:25:43. > :25:51.even come out into the pit box, so it was a last-minute call and now he

:25:51. > :25:55.is flat-out. Adrian Sutil battling away against Jenson Button, and

:25:55. > :26:02.Button has made another pit stop so that has dropped him back down from

:26:02. > :26:07.seventh place into 13th position. You have to question whether Jenson

:26:07. > :26:15.has an issue with his car because we have not seen such a drop-off of

:26:15. > :26:19.performance in previous grand prix. This is like a ten lap sprint for

:26:19. > :26:27.victory, Mark Webber will have to do it the hard way if he wants to win

:26:27. > :26:34.his last Japanese grand prix. He has a puncture. Maybe this was not

:26:34. > :26:48.planned. He is on his way once again, it has not been a smooth race

:26:48. > :26:52.for Perez. Did they touch? If he clipped his tyre, it deflates

:26:52. > :27:03.immediately so not a planned stop. That will be a different story soon

:27:03. > :27:10.with a narrower front wing. Nico Rosberg went to the outside, you are

:27:10. > :27:16.not allowed to crowd the car off the circuit, which will be looked at. In

:27:17. > :27:23.fairness, you are looking at the corner, not driving in looking at

:27:24. > :27:27.your mirrors. Mark Webber is only 3.5 seconds behind Grosjean, and on

:27:27. > :27:32.the softer tyres, absolutely flying at the moment. He has just gone

:27:32. > :27:42.through the first sector about six tenths quicker than the guys ahead

:27:42. > :27:46.of him. The question is not only can he catch Grosjean, but does he have

:27:46. > :27:57.enough in the tank to go chasing after his team-mate, Vettel. This is

:27:57. > :28:10.a replay, one of the Williams getting out over the curb. We saw

:28:10. > :28:17.that earlier from Sebastian Vettel. Is that a little flat spot, or some

:28:17. > :28:22.pick up on his front left? Or is it a blister? It is very difficult to

:28:22. > :28:27.see clearly. Of course we still don't know how much damage was done

:28:27. > :28:54.to his front wing. He is now just two points -- two points -- 2.6

:28:54. > :29:02.seconds behind. If Vettel finishes were years, he would have a

:29:02. > :29:06.92-championship lead. He is not likely to do that on this occasion,

:29:06. > :29:12.so it looks as though he is heading for victory at the moment, but let's

:29:12. > :29:18.not discount Mark Webber's charge. Again, he is gaining a lot. Tell

:29:18. > :29:22.them to get out of the way. Vettel is keen to get the slower traffic

:29:22. > :29:30.out of his way, Perez is at the head of Sebastian Vettel at the moment. I

:29:30. > :29:37.think he has got as now all no? There he is, catching the McLaren.

:29:37. > :29:41.Perez has got fresh tyres, getting well out of the way, lifting through

:29:41. > :29:46.130R. He is having a difficult afternoon, but not wanting to spoil

:29:46. > :29:50.the party up front. You could hear in Sebastian Vettel's voice that he

:29:50. > :29:56.knows he is in a Grand Prix race until the end. A replay of

:29:56. > :30:00.Grosjean, oh, a little wide but he got away with it. When you get on

:30:00. > :30:06.top of that curve, the plank bottoms out, and it sucks the car onto the

:30:06. > :30:10.grass. He been caught by the man he knocked out in the first corner last

:30:10. > :30:15.year. Well, not completely, he did finish the race but way down the

:30:15. > :30:19.field. Now it is going to be Webber's chance to try to get past

:30:19. > :30:26.Romain Grosjean in these closing laps. Much pressure tyres, the

:30:26. > :30:31.softer compound, more grip as well. Where is he going to set up to

:30:31. > :30:36.passing? Look how much he has been gaining, 2.8 seconds. Alonso getting

:30:36. > :30:41.past Hulkenberg for position, he has done it! Fernando Alonso finally

:30:41. > :30:44.finds a way past Hulkenberg, and maybe Hulkenberg is running into

:30:45. > :30:50.tyre trouble, doing this on a two-stop race, Raikkonen is not far

:30:50. > :30:53.behind. Perhaps the Sauber is using its tyres a bit small, and

:30:53. > :30:54.Hulkenberg is a bit stranded as we go back to Mark Webber and his

:30:54. > :31:15.approach to Romain Grosjean. The climb up to where this figure of

:31:15. > :31:20.eight track crosses, 130R flat out at every point during the Grand

:31:20. > :31:25.Prix, Mark moving into position. Perfectly placed to pick up the DRS,

:31:25. > :31:31.looking in control. You can see the grippy as God through the chicane,

:31:31. > :31:36.you can line. -- the grip he has got. He is going to challenge for

:31:36. > :31:39.second place, Mark Webber will have to go around the outside, because

:31:39. > :31:45.Grosjean defends and holds it in tide. That was good stuff from

:31:45. > :31:49.Romain Grosjean. You have to make a decision - are you going to squeeze

:31:49. > :31:55.into the pit wall, are they going to be you and of space, or do you go to

:31:55. > :32:00.the left? Mark was on the side of caution, and it will have to get

:32:00. > :32:03.himself close off the chicane. Sebastian forced Grosjean to go

:32:03. > :32:09.shallow on the entry to the corner. This is Rosberg and Massa. Yes, for

:32:09. > :32:14.eighth place. Rosberg is going to get something back in that battle

:32:14. > :32:18.every point counts, only one point separates them coming into the Grand

:32:18. > :32:23.Prix. That is with damage to his front wing, of course, we saw parts

:32:23. > :32:27.of the front wing endplate flying off after the contact with Perez.

:32:27. > :32:31.Rosberg fighting back after what has been a difficult day, but determined

:32:31. > :32:35.to score some points. Gutierrez is heading for his first-ever points

:32:35. > :32:39.finish in seventh place at the moment, and Mark Webber is being

:32:39. > :32:45.told to use the KERS on the exit of the chicane, used 25% KERS early. It

:32:45. > :32:49.is so subtle, the instructions from the team. They want to help them

:32:49. > :33:00.find his way past Romain Grosjean. Also in the points, but Jenson

:33:00. > :33:02.Button is 0.3 behind him, so the final point is also proving to be

:33:02. > :33:08.Button is 0.3 behind him, so the quite a close run thing. That is

:33:08. > :33:12.something else to keep an eye on. The two friends, they train

:33:12. > :33:18.together, they have the same management company. Webber is not

:33:18. > :33:23.close enough on this lap. Good exit from the chicane by Grosjean. Mark

:33:23. > :33:27.has to put pressure on him in Spoon and getting shallow into the

:33:28. > :33:33.chicane. Even on the older tyres, he has good drive out of the chicane.

:33:33. > :33:36.This all helps Vettel, because all the time Mark Webber cannot get past

:33:37. > :33:44.Grosjean, it is less time for him to try to catch the base leader. Vettel

:33:44. > :33:48.has a seven second advantage, and it is more and more likely that he is

:33:48. > :33:54.safe out in front, and the real question is, can Mark Webber take

:33:54. > :33:58.second place from Romain Grosjean? You can see Vettel's gap over the

:33:58. > :34:05.last few laps really has opened up, he has been pushing very hard.

:34:05. > :34:08.Yeah, looking comfortable out front. Grosjean is on much older tyres than

:34:08. > :34:16.the Red Bulls, and that is the key thing. He made a relatively early

:34:16. > :34:18.second stop. Contrasting tyres, Mark on the option, Grosjean on the

:34:18. > :34:30.prime. He closes up towards the chicane and

:34:30. > :34:47.the DRS zone. Just too far back at the moment. By

:34:47. > :34:52.the time he gets the DRS open, he is too far back. Will he go late into

:34:52. > :34:56.turn one? Not quite, this is impressive, as you said, there was a

:34:57. > :35:00.gap in qualifying, and if any thing, the Lotus has struggled in

:35:00. > :35:04.terms of straight-line speed, but right now they are doing enough to

:35:04. > :35:10.stay in front of the Red Bull of Mark Webber. Alonso, by the way, is

:35:10. > :35:11.still in fourth place, 44 seconds behind these two. Hulkenberg is

:35:11. > :35:39.hanging on to fifth, but only just, Di Resta. Yes, just by a fraction.

:35:40. > :35:44.Sutil is 12th, and by Terry Bottas is 13th, but for cyber, look at

:35:44. > :35:48.this, a great move by Mark Webber, trying to get around the outside of

:35:48. > :35:53.Romain Grosjean. A difficult place to try to achieve that. There is a

:35:53. > :35:57.whole bunch of traffic ahead as they come out of Spoon, I count five cars

:35:57. > :36:02.running ahead of them, so this is going to get a bit messy. Yes,

:36:02. > :36:05.Romain Grosjean will be under pressure here in all sorts of ways,

:36:05. > :36:11.with Mark Webber catching him and cars ahead. He is not close enough

:36:11. > :36:15.to get the DRS this time, this is a good opportunity for Mark Webber to

:36:15. > :36:22.get the DRS in operation, get a good exit out of the chicane. His DRS did

:36:22. > :36:28.not open on the last lap, so let's see whether we can notice any this

:36:28. > :36:32.time. It looks like it was working this lap. We still did not manage to

:36:32. > :36:36.close the gap as much as he would have expected, and the more he sits

:36:36. > :36:41.behind Grosjean, the harder it is to overtake him, and we are running out

:36:41. > :36:47.of laps, we are onto lap 50 out of 53 in the Japanese Grand Prix, and

:36:47. > :36:51.let's take a look at what has been happening. Nico Rosberg getting past

:36:51. > :36:58.Gutierrez, no, he didn't, did he cut back on the exit? No, Gutierrez in

:36:58. > :37:01.seventh, Rosberg and eight. Ricciardo going very

:37:01. > :37:04.seventh, Rosberg and eight. following him. That is the traffic

:37:04. > :37:09.that they are having to deal with. Grosjean will be on the radio to his

:37:09. > :37:14.team ahead of time, and you get frustrated when you have got

:37:14. > :37:19.traffic, you have got the dominant car of the season behind you. Not a

:37:19. > :37:25.good place to be catching this bunch of cars, no doubt about it.

:37:25. > :37:28.Maldonado is in that group, isn't he? Both Williams are in that

:37:29. > :37:35.group, in fact, so let's see what happens as Romain Grosjean tries to

:37:35. > :37:39.catch up to Pastor Maldonado. It is important to get past Gutierrez now,

:37:39. > :37:43.critical on fuel. That means they need to turn down the engine

:37:43. > :37:47.mixture, and once they do that you lose house power and performance.

:37:47. > :37:52.Grosjean will get the RSS off Maldonado, so it will be difficult

:37:52. > :37:56.for Webber to make headway on this lap. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas is

:37:56. > :37:59.fighting with Jean-Eric Vergne, having their own private battle,

:37:59. > :38:03.with Ricciardo joining in the background. Grosjean gets Pastor

:38:03. > :38:11.Maldonado, and Mark Webber does likewise, yes, he squeezes down the

:38:11. > :38:15.inside. So tight, particularly from that camera perspective. It has not

:38:15. > :38:20.helped Mark Webber, and he is running out of laps to try to take

:38:21. > :38:25.second place. We see the battle from Raikkonen and Hulkenberg, down to

:38:25. > :38:28.the chicane. Hulkenberg locks up, this might give Raikkonen the chance

:38:28. > :38:34.to get better position. We know the Sauber has great traction. It does,

:38:34. > :38:39.it is quick out of the chicane, but does it maintain the speed down the

:38:39. > :38:42.start-finish straight? Hulkenberg in fifth place, Kimi Raikkonen cannot

:38:42. > :38:46.do it, he has run out of straight-line speed. It does not

:38:46. > :38:50.sound like he is on the limiter, but he is not fast enough, the amount of

:38:50. > :38:54.drag on that car. Downforce is a wonderful thing, but you do not get

:38:54. > :38:59.it for nothing. You do get dragged. So Ricciardo and... Wheel to wheel

:38:59. > :39:03.with Webber and Grosjean at Spoon! So Ricciardo and... Wheel to wheel

:39:03. > :39:08.Having another chance to get second place, but it does not come off,

:39:08. > :39:12.Grosjean driving perfectly here today. He has led so much of the

:39:12. > :39:16.Grand Prix and desperately wants to hold onto at least second place from

:39:16. > :39:19.Mark Webber, can he do it? He is delivering on the kind of promise

:39:19. > :39:24.that he is shown on several occasions, but it is tidier! He just

:39:24. > :39:29.covers the inside, but he is going to be slow out of the corner. And

:39:29. > :39:33.Grosjean will get DRS. But Mark Webber has a great run going, as he

:39:33. > :39:39.got enough momentum to overtake the Lotus? Yes, he has, he has a lot

:39:39. > :39:42.more speed, he has got to the inside. They just brushed past each

:39:42. > :39:48.other, and Mark Webber is into second place. Red Bull are heading

:39:48. > :39:52.for a 1-2 here today, but they have been made to work extremely hard for

:39:52. > :39:57.it, thanks to the exploits of Romain Grosjean, who is driving so well and

:39:57. > :40:01.not putting a foot wrong. Ultimately, the Red Bull is simply a

:40:01. > :40:06.faster car, but for a while he had that second place and was holding

:40:06. > :40:10.onto it. As I was saying earlier, he goes to the inside, Romain squeezes

:40:10. > :40:13.towards the pit wall that gives him enough room, and in the end the pace

:40:13. > :40:18.of the Red Bull on fresh tyres is enough room, and in the end the pace

:40:18. > :40:21.just too much. Well, the other Lotus is up in the points as well, of

:40:21. > :40:24.course, Kimi Raikkonen currently in is up in the points as well, of

:40:24. > :40:31.fifth place, having got past Hulkenberg. Let's see how that move

:40:31. > :40:36.was executed. Around the outside into the chicane! I have never seen

:40:36. > :40:42.that before! And other great move by Kimi Raikkonen, and we saw that as

:40:42. > :40:46.honesty made in Korea last time out. Gutierrez is defence of an Rosberg,

:40:46. > :40:50.we have heard Rosberg may be having to save fuel in these closing laps,

:40:50. > :40:53.so whether Gutierrez will be able to hold on to seventh, it would be its

:40:53. > :40:59.first ever points in Formula One if he stays seventh. He could still be

:40:59. > :41:02.eighth and get his first points. He is already top rookie this year

:41:02. > :41:06.because of the others thought that he has achieved, moving ahead of

:41:06. > :41:11.Terry Bottas in the recent races, but to score points, of course,

:41:11. > :41:14.would be a major achievement in his first season of Formula One in a car

:41:14. > :41:20.that at the beginning of the season was pretty difficult to drive.

:41:20. > :41:23.Coming back on that Raikkonen move, what makes it so brave is that

:41:23. > :41:29.around the outside you are at the mercy of the auto on the shallow

:41:29. > :41:32.line, so he does not lock up and TiVo new. He made the commitment, he

:41:32. > :41:41.stuck with it and he got the rewards. -- T-bone. Hanging back in

:41:41. > :41:46.Spoon to get some clear edge to get a drive off Spoon, important to use

:41:46. > :41:50.Spoon to get some clear edge to get your KERS, the extra 80 horsepower

:41:50. > :41:55.as you climb up the hill towards 130R. Well, we are getting towards

:41:55. > :41:58.the end of this Grand Prix, though, and it looks like Sebastian Vettel

:41:58. > :42:03.is going to add to his winning tally and it looks like Sebastian Vettel

:42:03. > :42:09.once more this year, is remarkable record at Suzuka. Raikkonen is

:42:09. > :42:13.catching Alonso, by the way, so we will keep an eye on that on the last

:42:13. > :42:20.lap, because Alonso was fourth in Brighton in fifth, and Raikkonen was

:42:20. > :42:23.a lot quicker on the last lap. Rosberg has not got what it takes to

:42:23. > :42:27.get past Gutierrez on the straight, will he do it on the next part? But

:42:27. > :42:34.here comes Sebastian Vettel, and once again Suzuka is his circuit. He

:42:34. > :42:37.is going to come through to take the chequered flag. It is going to be as

:42:37. > :42:43.dirty fifth career win, Sebastian Vettel wins in Japan! -- 35th. It is

:42:43. > :42:48.is ninth win of the season and is fourth in five years around this

:42:48. > :42:58.track, what a record he has. Mark Webber finishes in second place,

:42:58. > :43:03.watch out for Alonso in the Ferrari, with Raikkonen, they are a bit

:43:03. > :43:06.further back at the moment. Sutil finished 14th. There, I do not think

:43:06. > :43:11.Raikkonen is quite close enough. He is not going to be able to

:43:11. > :43:16.challenge. Unless he cut the final chicane, he is too far back. This

:43:16. > :43:20.means the world championship battle continues into the next round at

:43:20. > :43:24.least, into the Indian Grand Prix, because Alonso has done enough year,

:43:24. > :43:29.bringing the car home in fourth place. Vettel has not wrapped up the

:43:29. > :43:34.championship yet. Kimi Raikkonen finishes in fifth position, six goes

:43:34. > :43:35.to Nico Hulkenberg. We are just waiting for Esteban Gutierrez to

:43:35. > :43:39.come through to see whether he waiting for Esteban Gutierrez to

:43:39. > :43:44.managed to beat Nico Rosberg, and I think he is ahead, so let's see,

:43:44. > :43:48.here we are - Esteban Gutierrez, a Mexican, is going to score his first

:43:48. > :43:52.ever points in Formula One, he has done it, finishing in seventh place.

:43:52. > :43:58.Any congratulations to him, and Sauber have got two cars in the top

:43:58. > :44:01.seven and further extend their lead over Toro Rosso in the constructors'

:44:01. > :44:06.championship. Rosberg pulls off, he was low on fuel, he finished in

:44:06. > :44:10.eighth place. Button comes in ninth, and looks like Felipe Massa will

:44:10. > :44:14.come home in tenth place, yes, he has just crossed the line and the

:44:14. > :44:21.Ferrari takes the final point. Rosberg has pulled over and... It

:44:21. > :44:27.was fuel, they said it would be tight on fuel. What a drive, Seb,

:44:27. > :44:34.great job, you managed that fantastically well, brilliant drive.

:44:34. > :44:40.Also under, awesome. Ichiban, ichiban, yes, voice, unbelievable!

:44:40. > :44:45.We stayed there, patient, great job. Thanks a lot for bringing the car

:44:45. > :44:48.back, you are the best team in the world. Thank you very much, guys, I

:44:48. > :45:02.love you. Yes! Ichiban! Yes, number one first for Sebastian

:45:02. > :45:09.Vettel, and Grosjean also having to get a lift back so presumably out of

:45:09. > :45:15.fuel. Patients I suppose was one of the key things. This was the last

:45:15. > :45:20.lap, I believe, Jenson Button trying to get past Felipe Massa. They were

:45:20. > :45:24.fighting for position, I hadn't realised it was as close as that.

:45:24. > :45:30.There was contact as they came through the last chicane. They

:45:30. > :45:35.managed to survive without taking each other off. Jenson Button

:45:35. > :45:49.classified as ninth place, Felipe Massa in 10th place. This was the

:45:49. > :45:55.two Williams. No love lost! Yes, and Maldonado sneaking through, he got

:45:55. > :46:03.16th place ahead of Bottas. No points available but it seemed to

:46:03. > :46:08.matter a lot to Maldonado. Grosjean drove the race of his life today.

:46:08. > :46:12.Had to settle for third in the end but there are thousands of Lotus

:46:13. > :46:35.fans here who will have loved that drive.

:46:35. > :46:42.Nothing has changed in terms of the Constructors' Championship. Up

:46:42. > :46:48.front, Sebastian Vettel has taken Constructors' Championship. Up

:46:48. > :46:50.another giant stride of course towards his fourth world

:46:50. > :46:57.championship title but he hasn't wrapped it up on this occasion. He

:46:57. > :47:07.doesn't mind, he has taken another win on what must be his favourite

:47:07. > :47:12.track, with his record of four victories in four years. You can see

:47:12. > :47:20.just how popular he is here in Japan and he has a massive following in

:47:20. > :47:25.this part of the world. Yes, he is revered here, it has to be said, and

:47:25. > :47:31.Mark Webber, we were happy for him getting that pole position, I guess

:47:31. > :47:35.the dream was that he could get a victory at this race track in his

:47:35. > :47:44.last year but Sebastian was just too strong. Yes, he has taken nine

:47:44. > :47:51.victories this year, and in his dominant year 2011 he took 11

:47:51. > :47:55.victories. It is hard to see him being beaten. He would probably have

:47:55. > :48:00.an advantage in overall performance in the car, he seems to have an

:48:00. > :48:09.advantage in the team. You can see Mark Webber coming through to get

:48:09. > :48:16.his second place. RADIO: That is a very good drive, Mark. Unfortunately

:48:16. > :48:21.we lost too much time by Grosjean at the end. In fact it is only his

:48:21. > :48:33.second podium here in Japan for Mark Webber. Let's see Grosjean. RADIO:

:48:33. > :48:37.Brilliant drive. That is nice to hear, isn't it? They probably

:48:37. > :48:46.thought it was always going to be a long shot to beat Red Bull. Is

:48:46. > :48:50.anyone going to bring upgrades to their cars that can stop the pace of

:48:50. > :49:02.the Red Bull? It is only the second time this year we have seen a Red

:49:02. > :49:06.Bull 1-2. It was a straightforward run to the flag and Sebastian Vettel

:49:07. > :49:11.certainly earned his victory, but Mark Webber backing him up with

:49:11. > :49:28.another second place, and that is his third deck and place finish of

:49:28. > :49:39.the season. -- third second-place finish.

:49:39. > :49:46.With third place trophy and surely the driver of the day has to be

:49:46. > :49:53.Grosjean, because he led so much of the grand prix and headed off Mark

:49:53. > :49:59.Webber for a good period of time. In the end he had to succumb but he

:49:59. > :50:05.kept going to score solid points for Lotus. To confirm the race result

:50:05. > :50:11.today, it was a 1-24 Red Bull with Sebastian Vettel taking the full 25

:50:11. > :50:16.and Grosjean in third place. Good DRS taking his first-ever

:50:16. > :50:20.points in Formula One. In terms of both championships, it looks like

:50:20. > :50:42.Red Bull will be double champions next time out in India.

:50:43. > :50:49.Let's hear from the main drivers in the race today.

:50:49. > :50:55.Congratulations, such a strong result for you. How are you feeling?

:50:55. > :50:59.Fantastic, obviously a very rewarding win today. A horrible

:50:59. > :51:05.start to be honest. I spoke to the team before the race, we had a

:51:05. > :51:09.strategy meeting, I spoke to my engineers in particular about the

:51:09. > :51:17.strategy and I think we learned a lot in 2011 when we were keen on

:51:17. > :51:20.staying in front, pitted early and run into trouble later in the race,

:51:20. > :51:22.so obviously after the poor start we found ourselves sitting in third. We

:51:22. > :51:30.tried to go longer, taking into found ourselves sitting in third. We

:51:30. > :51:35.account we stayed out longer in the second stint, so when I came out for

:51:35. > :51:37.the final stint I had fresh tyres and unbelievable traction when I

:51:37. > :51:46.managed to get past Grosjean and after that the only threat was Mark,

:51:46. > :51:51.who got stuck behind Grosjean. We could manage the gap until the end

:51:51. > :51:57.of the race. How do you manage and control your thoughts of

:51:57. > :52:08.championships now? I am not really thinking about that. Obviously it is

:52:08. > :52:13.the big target. We set that at the start of the season when we realised

:52:13. > :52:17.we had a strong package. It is very strange because the season is very

:52:17. > :52:22.long still. You have the chance to wrap it up but I think the best

:52:22. > :52:31.chance is not to think about it so, to be honest, next week I am fairly

:52:31. > :52:34.happy to get back. We are at home, I will get the chance to relax a

:52:34. > :52:41.little bit before we go out to India. Mark, how do you feel, was it

:52:41. > :52:46.a missed opportunity or the best you could do under the circumstances?

:52:46. > :52:49.The best I could do under the circumstances. Probably high risk to

:52:49. > :52:54.put pressure on Grosjean for the circumstances. Probably high risk to

:52:55. > :53:00.win. It forced the hand of Lotus to do what they had to do to try to

:53:00. > :53:02.beat me on that, Sebastian meanwhile was doing a slightly different

:53:02. > :53:15.strategy which he committed too out of laps! How do you feel after

:53:15. > :53:49.that? out of laps! How do you feel after

:53:49. > :54:00.beginning. Yes, that start came out of nowhere. I was going for it. For

:54:00. > :54:07.sure I was stressed on the grid from last year but today was perfect. The

:54:07. > :54:11.performance was not good enough on prime today but never mind, we never

:54:11. > :54:17.thought we could challenge the Red Bull so finishing so close to them,

:54:17. > :54:20.I was the harm in the sun which, so pretty good. Mathematically the

:54:20. > :54:27.battle is still open, is your mind pretty good. Mathematically the

:54:27. > :54:33.still there? I don't think so. I would need to win nearly all four

:54:33. > :54:38.races so we struggle a little bit at the moment to do so, so it is a

:54:38. > :54:44.matter of time but it is true that we keep doing our best on Sundays.

:54:44. > :54:49.When it is mathematically impossible, we will congratulate

:54:49. > :54:54.him. At the moment we are still waiting. Jenson, that looks like a

:54:54. > :54:59.tough day at the office today. Yes, the start was pretty awful really.

:54:59. > :55:02.We were trying to do a long stint on the option at the beginning so I

:55:02. > :55:08.took some front end out but it was definitely the wrong thing to do, I

:55:08. > :55:14.had so much understeer, locking up at the front and lost pace because

:55:14. > :55:18.of it. The third stint was strong on the prime and the last stint on the

:55:18. > :55:25.option was very good so I enjoyed it in the end. Felipe Massa forced me

:55:25. > :55:29.option was very good so I enjoyed it over the curb and I ended up getting

:55:29. > :55:34.him on the straight. A good end to the race but a dreadful beginning.

:55:34. > :55:38.It seemed as if there weren't enough laps for Mark Webber today. We all

:55:38. > :55:41.thought this could be his opportunity to convert to victory

:55:41. > :55:51.but it went wrong of the start line, not just him but Sebastian Vettel as

:55:51. > :55:56.well. In the end he ran out of time. Today Grosjean was incredible, his

:55:56. > :56:02.race craft was superb, his head was focused, this is a great driver.

:56:02. > :56:06.Yes, but even more incredible was Vettel keeping it together. His

:56:06. > :56:12.front wing endplate was damaged but he was able to push when he needed

:56:13. > :56:18.to. In the end, Grosjean's car was not as quick as the Red Bull and

:56:18. > :56:22.Sebastian wins again. Yes and tactically they did it perfectly,

:56:22. > :56:29.didn't they? They never seem to put a foot wrong. They have had KERS

:56:29. > :56:33.issues. Maybe that is what compromised their ability to tune

:56:33. > :56:39.everything ahead of the start. An amazing start from Grosjean, he was

:56:39. > :56:44.hot right out of the box. Great experience for him. Previous to this

:56:44. > :56:57.grand prix, he had only led 12 laps in his career. Samba is also looked

:56:57. > :57:05.good today, and also mentioning good -- Gutierrez, he also looked

:57:05. > :57:08.incredible. Yes, the last few races he has shown he is worthy of his

:57:08. > :57:14.seat in Formula One. Hulkenberg looks like he will be the team

:57:14. > :57:24.leader for the next season. Ferrari off the pace this weekend? Better

:57:24. > :57:29.than they were in qualifying. They just don't have the out right pace

:57:29. > :57:34.and they are now focusing fully on next year's car. The championship is

:57:34. > :57:41.over as far as Alonso is concerned agencies about controlling the

:57:41. > :57:45.damage. The three wave battle, there is a lot at stake for those teams.

:57:45. > :57:50.It looks like the Drivers' Championship will be confirmed next

:57:50. > :57:53.time out and that will be India in a fortnight, where we will be live and

:57:53. > :57:58.we will see you there.