:00:17. > :01:28.Race 13, Singapore. This is Formula 1.
:01:28. > :02:18.in the night. Schumacher goes off! Massa has gone!
:02:18. > :02:28.for the second year in a row! He has lost his front wing!
:02:28. > :02:34.The sun has set, the street circuit is lit, and the drivers are in the
:02:34. > :02:38.zone. Welcome to race night in Singapore. Time is running out to
:02:38. > :02:44.zone. Welcome to race night in catch the seemingly unstoppable
:02:44. > :02:50.triple world champion Sebastian Vettel. Will the golden boy from Red
:02:50. > :02:54.Bull make a mistake or have a problem? There are 21 drivers who
:02:54. > :03:02.may be hoping so, and here is the reason why. Vettel is top dog, on
:03:02. > :03:11.222 points. Fernando Alonso is closest to him, Lewis is third.
:03:11. > :03:19.Ferrari got second and fourth last time out in Monza, moving them up to
:03:19. > :03:22.second in the constructors' battle. But it is Red Bull who are
:03:22. > :03:28.conducting proceedings. Joining me today, Eddie Jordan and David
:03:28. > :03:33.Coulthard, as ever. What it is going to take to stop Sebastian Vettel
:03:33. > :03:37.getting a fourth straight world title? A whole lot of bad luck, I
:03:37. > :03:41.would think. Even if he does not win the remaining races, you will
:03:41. > :03:48.accumulate enough points to win the title. Are we clutching at straws?
:03:48. > :03:49.Unfortunately, yes, I think so. Sebastian Vettel is on top of his
:03:49. > :03:55.game. He won this race last year. Sebastian Vettel is on top of his
:03:55. > :03:59.Everything is stacked in his favour. And he has been going very well this
:03:59. > :04:03.weekend as well. Here is Lee McKenzie, with the story of
:04:03. > :04:07.qualifying. After finishing fourth at this race last year, Paul di
:04:07. > :04:10.Resta was hoping for big things, but he could not make it out of Q1. Kimi
:04:10. > :04:15.Resta was hoping for big things, but Raikkonen was doubtful due to a
:04:15. > :04:18.recurring back problem. He had a painkilling injection, but it was
:04:18. > :04:24.not enough to get him into the top ten. He starts 13th. The big
:04:24. > :04:28.surprise was Esteban Gutierrez, who not only outqualified his team-mate
:04:28. > :04:35.surprise was Esteban Gutierrez, who and had a career-best performance in
:04:35. > :04:39.qualifying. Fernando Alonso could only put his Ferrari into seventh,
:04:39. > :04:46.whilst his outgoing team-mate, Felipe Massa, out qualified him for
:04:46. > :04:50.the fifth time this season. Sebastian Vettel parked his Red
:04:50. > :04:54.Bull, assuming he had done enough for pole position, but he was made
:04:54. > :05:06.to wait. His team-mate, Mark Webber, came close, but could not beat him.
:05:06. > :05:11.Rosberg also came close. So, Vettel takes his fifth pole position this
:05:11. > :05:14.year, with Rosberg alongside. Roman Grosjean matches his best qualifying
:05:14. > :05:16.performance of the season, starting third. Hamilton will be starting
:05:16. > :05:41.from fifth. Then come the Ferraris. So, some other stories from
:05:41. > :05:43.yesterday, Kimi Raikkonen, out of the top ten, possibly because of a
:05:43. > :05:48.yesterday, Kimi Raikkonen, out of problem with his back. Indeed, you
:05:48. > :05:52.do not want to have a problem with his back. Indeed, you
:05:52. > :05:56.your seat or with your back at any of the Grand Prix. He had an
:05:56. > :06:00.injection just before qualifying to try to ease the pain. Not only is it
:06:00. > :06:04.giving him a bad starting position, it will be a very long afternoon, in
:06:04. > :06:10.what is historically the longest Grand Prix. We now know that he has
:06:10. > :06:14.signed for Ferrari for next year. In terms of the Ferraris, they did not
:06:14. > :06:18.qualify particularly well, but they are great starters, could they have
:06:18. > :06:23.an effect on proceedings this weekend? For a street circuit, it is
:06:23. > :06:27.difficult for them. I am pleased for Massa, he has outqualified Alonso
:06:27. > :06:33.again, and he has to put himself in the shop window, because he needs a
:06:33. > :06:35.drive next year. My guess is that the release of the knowledge
:06:35. > :06:39.drive next year. My guess is that will not be at Ferrari from next
:06:39. > :06:45.year might give him a little push, we might see fireworks from him
:06:45. > :06:50.today. The last time Rosberg was on front row was Silverstone, which he
:06:50. > :06:56.won, and also Monaco, he won from the front row. He has got a thing
:06:56. > :07:02.about street circuits, hasn't he? Nico Rosberg did a great job in
:07:02. > :07:07.qualifying yesterday. You have to be looking at him as the real threat
:07:07. > :07:11.this afternoon. Finally, Gutierrez did a terrific job in qualifying, he
:07:11. > :07:16.is in 10th, so do you think they have got enough to keep him in the
:07:16. > :07:20.top ten for the race? If I was him, I would be thinking about
:07:20. > :07:25.consolidating where he is. He needs to score points for himself and for
:07:25. > :07:27.the team. It is particularly good for him to outqualified Hulkenberg,
:07:27. > :07:34.who is the talk of the paddock at the moment. If he can finish in the
:07:34. > :07:40.ninth, he has done an amazing job. You guys go off to the grid, I am
:07:40. > :07:47.going to have a quick chat with Gary Anderson. Gary, I was just thinking
:07:47. > :07:52.that it is all very well qualifying well on the Saturday, however, you
:07:52. > :07:57.get no points for that. However, it is so difficult to overtake here?
:07:57. > :08:01.Yes, as you say, the points are awarded on the Sunday. I have had a
:08:01. > :08:06.look at the top four teams in the Championship, and looked at their
:08:06. > :08:10.average qualifying lap times, and if you look at it a bit closer, you
:08:10. > :08:22.will see that the Mercedes is still the car to beat. Red Bull, not far
:08:22. > :08:28.behind. But that is Saturday. If you convert that to points in the race,
:08:28. > :08:35.you will see that Mercedes dropped back dramatically. Red Bull have got
:08:35. > :08:45.almost the same relative performance in the race itself as in qualifying.
:08:45. > :08:49.At the end of the day, Mercedes' performance on the Saturday is very
:08:49. > :08:54.good, but they have got to convert that into a Sunday performance. It
:08:54. > :08:59.has happened a few times with both Nico and with Lewis Thomas so, in
:08:59. > :09:03.terms of strategy, could we see a situation where the frontrunners
:09:03. > :09:08.come in and then take a different view with tyres after the first pit
:09:08. > :09:14.stop? Yes, the super soft tyre is faster than the medium tyre, for
:09:14. > :09:17.sure. You have to run both, but do you put on the medium in the middle
:09:17. > :09:21.of the race, or at the end? So, there will be different strategies
:09:21. > :09:39.today, it could be two stops or three stops. Flawless so far this
:09:39. > :09:45.weekend, so what is your focus going into the start? Trying to get a good
:09:45. > :09:49.launch, and then, it is a long race, it is two hours, a lot of things can
:09:49. > :09:56.happen, a lot of opportunities, so we will see what we can do.
:09:56. > :10:00.Fantastic qualifying... Yes, but now, we have two hours in difficult
:10:00. > :10:06.conditions, so we will do our best. Are you going to lead this team next
:10:06. > :10:12.yearwe hope so too. Feelings ahead of the race, is it just
:10:12. > :10:15.consolidation? We will try to consolidate, and also we will take
:10:15. > :10:20.every opportunity we get during the race. The start will be crucial, to
:10:21. > :10:31.make a clean start and to take any advantage we can. David, hugely
:10:31. > :10:37.exciting here in Singapore, is this a real coup for you to come here? It
:10:37. > :10:41.is only my second Grand Prix, because usually, I am always
:10:41. > :10:44.playing, but obviously, not playing any more. You are hoping to bring
:10:44. > :10:46.some good luck to Lewis, your team-mate, in the management company
:10:47. > :10:52.- what is he thinking back there? He team-mate, in the management company
:10:53. > :10:56.looks relaxed. Obviously I am supporting him, but it is great to
:10:56. > :11:04.be here, it is such a great spec go. I am excited. So, Nico Rosberg
:11:04. > :11:10.narrowly missing out on pole position. -- great spectacle. The
:11:10. > :11:18.undisputed master of Formula 1 right now is Sebastian Vettel. This is the
:11:18. > :11:22.Singapore Grand Prix. Your commentators are Terry Anderson,
:11:23. > :11:34.David Coulthard and Ben Edwards. -- Gary Anderson.
:11:34. > :11:41.It is 8pm local time in Singapore, as Sebastian Vettel leads the field
:11:41. > :11:45.away on the formation lap, on this, the toughest circuit in Formula 1.
:11:45. > :11:49.Carrie, the teams will have worked out their strategy, but they might
:11:49. > :11:55.Carrie, the teams will have worked have to react to problems as they
:11:55. > :11:59.crop up here today? There is a high likelihood of the safety car having
:11:59. > :12:03.to come out, based on what has happened in the past, and that would
:12:03. > :12:07.change things dramatically. The super soft tyre is faster than the
:12:07. > :12:13.medium tyre, it is a better tyre, it just does not go as far. But you
:12:13. > :12:16.have to use both tyres. It will come down to instant decisions. Do you
:12:16. > :12:18.see anybody managing to get ahead Sebastian Vettel, and what about
:12:18. > :12:23.Roman Grosjean behind him? Well, he Sebastian Vettel, and what about
:12:23. > :12:28.would be my pick. Some people have gone with the medium tyres, some
:12:28. > :12:39.people have gone with the super softs. Lotus are one of the ones who
:12:39. > :12:44.have saved some of the super softs. Let's get a quick update from the
:12:44. > :12:48.pit lane, with Tom Clarkson. What is the latest news on Kimi Raikkonen,
:12:48. > :12:52.after those back problems yesterday? He has been consuming
:12:52. > :12:57.anti-inflammatories and painkillers. What they discovered yesterday, when
:12:57. > :13:01.they gave him some pretty similar treatment, was that the painkillers
:13:01. > :13:08.in particular lasted up to about an hour. Kimi is one of the toughest
:13:08. > :13:12.drivers on the grid, but this could be a very painful Grand Prix for
:13:12. > :13:18.him. It is the toughest, David, not just in terms of the duration, but
:13:19. > :13:24.in terms of the bumps as well... It is relentless. It is used for
:13:24. > :13:33.trucks, buses and cars the rest of the year. The Grand Prix cars, if
:13:33. > :13:36.trucks, buses and cars the rest of they are not bumping on the tyres,
:13:36. > :13:49.then they are banging into the deck, with 150 kilos of fuel on
:13:49. > :13:52.board. Every two minutes, they are shedding ten kilos, and gaining
:13:52. > :13:56.about a second in performance, but that is counterbalanced by the
:13:56. > :14:06.degradation of the tyres. We have seen that Vettel leads the Drivers'
:14:06. > :14:14.Championship and the Constructors' Championship. But it is going to be
:14:14. > :14:23.interesting to see what happens in the constructors' battle. Vettel and
:14:23. > :14:26.Alonso, neither of them have dropped a place in the opening lap so far
:14:26. > :14:31.this year, they are both good starters. Rosberg not usually making
:14:31. > :14:36.up many places on the first lap, it has to be said, throughout this
:14:36. > :14:40.season so far. We know that the Ferraris have a particularly good
:14:40. > :14:46.start system, or launch system, on their car. Kimi Raikkonen has had a
:14:46. > :14:49.bit of a tough time in the last few races come so we will see whether he
:14:49. > :14:55.will be able to score some points. He has lost 50 points to Sebastian
:14:55. > :14:59.Vettel in the last two Grand Prix, failing to get any in either Belgium
:14:59. > :15:08.or Italy. Let's see what happens here. The race engineer for Felipe
:15:08. > :15:12.Massa, Rob Smedley, and they are now into their final phase of working
:15:12. > :15:27.together, as we know that Massa will be leaving the team.
:15:27. > :15:40.As we know, qualifying positions are important. Lights out, and away we
:15:40. > :15:45.go. Vettel gets off the line well. Rosberg has got in front! He takes
:15:45. > :15:52.the lead, but runs wide. Vettel still leads. Rosberg on the outside,
:15:52. > :15:59.and Alonso has come up to third. Another incredible start for
:15:59. > :16:05.Fernando Alonso. Incredible from Alonso but great driving from Vettel
:16:05. > :16:14.and Rosberg, the two young Germans unbelievably close. Webber has gone
:16:14. > :16:21.round the outside. Hamilton squeezed out wide by Felipe Massa. He has got
:16:21. > :16:27.past the Ferrari without contact this time. No contact so far on this
:16:27. > :16:36.lap, which is unusual for the Singapore race circuit. Perez trying
:16:36. > :16:42.to make a move on good Shiraz. The two Mexicans are side-by-side. Nico
:16:42. > :16:49.Hulkenberg already ahead of his team-mate. Ten out of ten for
:16:49. > :16:57.manners so far, but this opening lap has been aggressive for all of the
:16:57. > :17:03.drivers. Everyone looking intact. Look at how Vettel is already
:17:03. > :17:22.opening up that lead. He is flying. Remarkable. People still doubt his
:17:22. > :17:25.performance. A canny racer. Alonso third, Webber fourth, Grosjean in
:17:25. > :18:29.fifth. Several of the drivers have gone for
:18:29. > :18:32.different crash helmet designs. Lewis Hamilton is currently running
:18:32. > :18:37.in seventh position. Let's take a look at the start again.
:18:37. > :18:42.DAVID COULTHARD: Great start from Rosberg, on the right side, as you
:18:42. > :18:46.look down. So, the Mercedes start system working well, but Rosberg
:18:46. > :18:57.just over coax it, going wide. And look at that, aggressive driving
:18:57. > :19:03.from everyone. No wheels spin, absolutely perfect. Releases the
:19:03. > :19:11.KERS button, and he thinks, yes, I have got the corner, no, I have gone
:19:11. > :19:17.wide! Oh, no, I am being overtaken! Great stuff from the two of them.
:19:17. > :19:23.And this is Alonso... This is the first chance we are getting to see
:19:23. > :19:27.this, and he is the launch master. When everybody bundles up on the
:19:27. > :19:32.inside, he just goes right round the outside. Such awareness, he
:19:32. > :19:37.positions the car so well, and that took him straight into third place.
:19:37. > :19:39.And that is where he is right now. He got past Lewis Hamilton very
:19:39. > :19:43.quickly. This is the view from Jenson Button, with the thermal
:19:43. > :19:48.camera. quickly. This is the view from
:19:48. > :19:54.Jenson Button, Unsurprisingly, the front tyres completely cold, having
:19:54. > :20:00.been sitting on the grid. You can see the front tyre temperature
:20:00. > :20:03.starts to build. Hamilton got in front of Massa, at that point, which
:20:03. > :20:05.is why he was then told to give the place back, I think.
:20:05. > :20:07.is why he was then told to give the is why he was then told to If you
:20:07. > :20:11.look back, you can see him cutting across there. Alonso taking full
:20:11. > :20:14.advantage of a slightly nervous Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:14. > :20:18.slightly uncomfortable Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:18. > :20:21.Grand Prix career. Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:21. > :20:23.made a great start, to get Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:23. > :20:28.of Raikkonen, but unfortunately, Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:28. > :20:30.Raikkonen was able to use his Grosjean, unsurprisingly, given the
:20:30. > :20:48.momentum down into turn one. A
:20:48. > :20:53.some point or A
:20:53. > :20:58.had them in Singapore. Raikkonen has A
:20:58. > :21:01.headed to the pits, he has obviously A
:21:01. > :21:06.has cost him too much time. Vettel, A
:21:06. > :21:16.on lap ten. A
:21:16. > :21:25.This track is the other way round. A
:21:25. > :21:48.Does not cross the white line on the exit.
:21:48. > :21:58.Does not cross the white line on the Lewis Hamilton. Looks like he has
:21:58. > :22:07.dropped back a bit from matter in the front. We have heard that
:22:07. > :22:10.Raikkonen has been on the radio to his team, saying, can you move the
:22:10. > :22:19.traffic lights forward? He can't see. When the lights go green, that
:22:19. > :22:24.is his cue to go, so I am not sure what would have moved that he is
:22:24. > :22:29.having difficulty with, unless it is just the fact that it is a night
:22:29. > :22:36.race. Unusual for the team to have to make an adjustment of the traffic
:22:36. > :22:52.lights during a Grand Prix. Alonso is showing good race pace at this
:22:52. > :23:00.juncture. That is Mark Webber, still chased by Grosjean. Alonso looks to
:23:00. > :23:03.juncture. That is Mark Webber, still have a good pace here at the
:23:03. > :23:12.moment. Can he try and close the gap to Rosberg? Into the pits comes
:23:12. > :23:20.Felipe Massa. Dicing with Lewis Hamilton right from the start of the
:23:20. > :23:24.Grand Prix. Gets away cleanly. Matter will be determined to show
:23:24. > :23:46.how effective he can be as a Grand Prix driver as he chases a seat for
:23:46. > :23:51.next year. Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, having a look and trying
:23:51. > :23:55.to get past the Williams of Bottas, his fellow Finn. Now he takes full
:23:55. > :24:08.advantage of the fresh tyres. his fellow Finn. Now he takes full
:24:08. > :24:13.Leaving the Williams defenceless as he makes full use of those
:24:13. > :24:18.super-soft tyres. Kimi manages to cut through the traffic as quickly
:24:18. > :24:24.as possible. Felipe Massa has gone out with the medium tyre, so that is
:24:24. > :24:41.a different strategy. Mark is being pulled in by Grosjean. Vettel,
:24:41. > :24:54.meanwhile, goes faster and again sets a new fastest lap. It could be
:24:54. > :25:00.again a two or three stop strategy. It could be a two stop race. The
:25:00. > :25:06.preheated tyres are even hotter than the tyres he has just been running
:25:06. > :25:19.around on. But is coming into his stop. -- Button. He has just got to
:25:19. > :25:37.keep it clean through the inside apex here. Ricciardo is now up into
:25:37. > :25:44.eighth place. As they come towards turn seven, he will get DRS, of
:25:44. > :25:48.course. It is wide open already. Good Shiraz, who has made an early
:25:48. > :25:55.pit stop, has now just set fire to his lap. -- good Shiraz.
:25:55. > :26:04.But no sign of the race leader coming in just yet. It is still
:26:04. > :26:15.Vettel leading by 7.7 seconds over Nico Rosberg. Further behind, you
:26:15. > :26:24.have got Felipe Massa, who is trying to get past Pastor Maldonado. At
:26:24. > :26:29.this stage, Lewis, pace is good. Keep on with what you are doing.
:26:29. > :26:35.Looks as though Ferrari are getting ready for Fernando Alonso to be
:26:35. > :26:43.coming into the pits. Mercedes getting ready as well. I wonder
:26:43. > :26:45.whether Vettel has got a window he getting ready as well. I wonder
:26:45. > :26:51.can pop into, as we see Alonso getting ready as well. I wonder
:26:51. > :26:58.dropping in. Medium tyres, same strategy as Felipe Massa. Different
:26:58. > :27:08.cars respond better on the different tyres here in Singapore. Rosberg,
:27:08. > :27:15.into the pits from second position. Makes a few little changes. Brings
:27:15. > :27:23.the car to a halt in the Mercedes pit. Let's watch them in action.
:27:23. > :27:27.Pretty smooth. David Beckham gets the opportunity to film it at the
:27:27. > :27:42.same time. Incomes Romain Grosjean now. Lewis Hamilton is also in. Busy
:27:42. > :27:46.time in the pit lane for the crew. Grosjean sets off again. Ricciardo
:27:46. > :27:50.time in the pit lane for the crew. has also come into the pits. Lewis
:27:50. > :27:53.Hamilton is on his way again will stop up front, Sebastian Vettel is
:27:53. > :28:04.still leading, but Rosberg has managed to come out in second place.
:28:05. > :28:08.The rest is now in third. Hamilton is behind Grosjean. Tyres -wise, a
:28:08. > :28:19.bit of a difference between the front runners. Button is trying to
:28:19. > :28:21.close up on Felipe Massa. Pastor Maldonado being chased by Nico
:28:21. > :28:26.close up on Felipe Massa. Pastor Hulkenberg. This could be a bit
:28:26. > :28:34.fiery. They are side-by-side! He is over the kerb on the exit. Into turn
:28:34. > :28:41.eight, still side-by-side. Hulkenberg manages to nip in front,
:28:41. > :28:46.and Perez is denied. Sebastian Vettel comes in for his first pit
:28:46. > :28:51.stop as the counter goes to lap 18. And as ever, it is a beautifully
:28:51. > :28:56.choreographed change. Vettel has gone on to the medium tyre, so he
:28:56. > :29:01.will have completed both types of tyre. They can experiment now and
:29:01. > :29:09.see how far he can go. He has not been as comfortable and as quick
:29:09. > :29:18.relative to his team-mate on this medium tyre. I think he has opened
:29:18. > :29:21.his gap out to Rosberg. Perez has just gone past Hulkenberg, very
:29:21. > :29:26.easily. I don't know whether Hulkenberg made a mistake. You have
:29:26. > :29:42.to give the place back to Perez. What? For what? For leaving the
:29:42. > :29:48.track. Keep pushing. That is harsh. Message understood, Lewis. He is
:29:48. > :29:53.talking about the harder compound tyre, which is perhaps not working
:29:53. > :30:00.so well on the Mercedes. Looking at the gaps with Paul di Resta, 14
:30:00. > :30:14.behind the leader, but 26 in front of Perez. So to get in front of
:30:14. > :30:18.Perez would put him in 11th place. Force India might be getting a small
:30:18. > :30:30.moment in the sun here, but they are going to Pip Di Resta and bring him
:30:30. > :30:37.out behind Perez. Force India and McLaren still close to one another
:30:37. > :30:44.in the championship. Paul di Resta, is this a lap too late, reacting to
:30:44. > :30:48.Perez? I can't claim that maths was my strong point in school, but let's
:30:48. > :31:01.see if the numbers work out. He had a moment of opportunity. The total
:31:01. > :31:11.time you lose from the time you leave the circuit, do your three
:31:11. > :31:19.second pit stop and rejoined... He is just controlling the RPM as he
:31:19. > :31:27.leaves the turn. Jimmy, we understand that you are feeling a
:31:27. > :31:31.problem. Unfortunately, we can't give you any info at the moment. So
:31:31. > :31:35.something is affecting Kimi Raikkonen to do with the car, but it
:31:35. > :31:40.is not showing up for the team. You can imagine when your emotions and
:31:40. > :31:43.sensors are off the scale, drivers become a bit like the Princess
:31:43. > :31:49.sensors are off the scale, drivers the Pea. They can feel the tiniest
:31:50. > :31:53.of problems with the cockpit or anything that is moving unusually.
:31:53. > :32:01.The car becomes an extension of your body as it answers around the race
:32:01. > :32:07.track. And that is Ricciardo in the wall! It is the same place where
:32:07. > :32:13.there was a crash last year for the safety car. This is a hard place to
:32:13. > :32:18.recover from, with suspension damage as well. Danny Ricciardo is out. The
:32:18. > :32:25.safety car has been deployed, and this could change the complexion of
:32:25. > :32:27.the race. We are on 25 -- lap 25 now out of 61. Who is going to come in
:32:27. > :32:33.now at this stage of the Grand Prix? out of 61. Who is going to come in
:32:33. > :32:37.Ricciardo has crashed out. We have not seen what happened yet, but
:32:37. > :32:42.clearly, the Australian is going no further. Vettel went on to the
:32:42. > :32:53.medium. He has made the choice of both tyres earlier this evening. So
:32:53. > :33:05.he may choose just to run it round. Williams has also popped into the
:33:05. > :33:10.pits. As you attempt to go underneath the Grandstand, it is
:33:10. > :33:22.almost like the car was not slowing down. Unusual mistake to be made by
:33:22. > :33:26.Daniel Ricciardo. Very unusual. His problems were only mechanical up
:33:26. > :33:31.until this stage. But looters are ready. Let's see who will be coming
:33:31. > :33:34.in. Max Chilton has just come into the pits. Bottas has pitted as
:33:35. > :33:36.well. Let's have another view of the pits. Bottas has pitted as
:33:36. > :33:57.this accident. It is almost like in the pits. Bottas has pitted as
:33:57. > :34:10.disbelief, he then locks up the outside tyre, very late.
:34:10. > :34:32.RADIO: OK, understood, Nico, we focus now on the race. I think he
:34:32. > :34:37.has got a point. Yes, would he have gone wide if he had not had the
:34:37. > :34:48.touch which are marked and think sometimes, we should leave it as
:34:48. > :34:55.is. -- if he had not had the touch? I think sometimes... None of the top
:34:55. > :35:04.three came into the pits for a pit stop while the safety car was out.
:35:04. > :35:07.The big question is, can they get to the end of the Grand Prix, on the
:35:08. > :35:13.tyres that they have currently got on, now that we have had the safety
:35:13. > :35:18.car? Moving up the order has come Paul di Resta. His late pit stop has
:35:18. > :35:23.helped him, but he will need one more stop. It is all about the use
:35:23. > :35:28.of the tyres in the latter stages of this race. It will be fascinating.
:35:28. > :35:36.Massa is on the super, it is likely he will have to stop again. He is in
:35:36. > :35:45.eighth, Button is ninth, and Kimi Raikkonen is in 10th position. Now,
:35:45. > :35:49.Sebastian Vettel getting ready to get this restart right. Last year,
:35:49. > :35:53.he had to do this in front of Jenson Button, but he is already on his
:35:53. > :36:00.way. And Sebastian Vettel takes the restart, opening up the gap over
:36:00. > :36:07.Nico Rosberg yet again. He gets everything right. There will be a
:36:07. > :36:11.few disappointed team bosses, that some of the drivers were not able to
:36:11. > :36:16.keep it close. You could see what Vettel's strategy was going to be,
:36:16. > :36:22.as soon see nos the safety car has left the circuit, then he is able to
:36:22. > :36:23.bolt for it. But we saw Rosberg dropping back from Sebastian Vettel.
:36:23. > :36:29.So, Vettel again marching away. Nico dropping back from Sebastian Vettel.
:36:29. > :36:39.Rosberg with a real opportunity in this race, but he will have to make
:36:39. > :36:46.another pit stop. Massa will be racy, because he is on the softer
:36:46. > :36:51.tyres, like Paul di Resta, so we might see some action from both of
:36:51. > :37:01.those two. Right now, it is Massa trying to get past the rest. Coming
:37:01. > :37:08.out of turn seven, di Resta was having to be a bit defensive. Felipe
:37:08. > :37:11.Massa with everything to do, but Sebastian Vettel, nice and
:37:11. > :37:17.controlled, looks in his mirror, sees Rosberg behind. Hamilton also
:37:17. > :37:22.did not come in for that pit stop. He is trying to close up to the back
:37:22. > :37:26.of the Force India. Can see sparks coming up from the bottom of his
:37:26. > :37:33.car, but a fair bit of fuel has now been burnt off. The safety car has
:37:33. > :37:37.enabled them to save fuel, which means they will be able to turn
:37:37. > :37:44.their engine up a little bit for the end of the race. They will be able
:37:44. > :37:51.to burn the fuel a little bit richer. Now, look at the number of
:37:51. > :38:00.marbles, the little bits of rubber, off-line. I have spoken to Pirelli
:38:00. > :38:06.to ask, can Raikkonen and Alonso gets to the end of the race on the
:38:06. > :38:09.medium tyre, and they are saying, they were probably hoping for a
:38:09. > :38:13.slightly longer safety car, in the hope that they would be able to get
:38:13. > :38:16.to the end of the race, but Pirelli are now saying it is absolutely on
:38:16. > :38:26.the limit as to whether they can do it. On board with Lewis Hamilton, in
:38:26. > :38:30.fourth place. Webber, in third, may gain out of all of this, but we know
:38:30. > :38:33.he will definitely have to stop again. The question is whether
:38:33. > :38:39.Alonso behind him is going to have to stop. And Roman Grosjean could be
:38:39. > :38:46.the key, in many ways. We are just trying to work out, if we apply the
:38:46. > :38:52.pit stop time of 26-27 seconds, that is what Vettel needs to open out to
:38:52. > :38:56.be able to cover the fact that Grosjean may not stop this
:38:56. > :39:02.afternoon. He is currently nine seconds behind, being held up behind
:39:02. > :39:05.Alonso. Yes, Vettel pushing on-again, we are really watching
:39:05. > :39:13.some fantastic driving from Vettel. on-again, we are really watching
:39:13. > :39:15.He is absolutely on it now, Sebastian Vettel, as he tries to
:39:15. > :39:25.further open up the gap. But he is Sebastian Vettel, as he tries to
:39:25. > :39:29.doing it within control. RADIO: We have a problem, so we have
:39:29. > :39:37.to box this up. Oh, no! RADIO: We have a problem, so we have
:39:37. > :39:45.DAVID COULTHARD: We are with you, Roman Grosjean!
:39:45. > :39:52.BEN EDWARDS: This is unbelievable, one of the potential podium
:39:52. > :39:57.finishes, definitely, even perhaps with a chance of giving Vettel a
:39:57. > :40:00.worrying moment or two, they are trying to recharge... Yes, the
:40:00. > :40:05.engineer getting in, you trying to recharge... Yes, the
:40:05. > :40:10.normally see him out there. RADIO: What is wrong with this car?
:40:10. > :40:15.Well, be patient and they will tell you afterwards. You do not normally
:40:15. > :40:18.see the engineer there like that, you are supposed to have a
:40:18. > :40:22.protective suit and a helmet, in the pit lane. I believe that is now a
:40:22. > :40:26.regulation for anybody working on the car. Certainly it is for next
:40:26. > :40:32.year, whether it has been ratified for this year or not... Yes, after
:40:32. > :40:39.the Nurburgring. They should just get a foot pump on there! Well, off
:40:39. > :40:43.he goes once again. That has just completely ruined Roman Grosjean's
:40:43. > :40:46.race, no question. That would not have hurt as much if it was under
:40:46. > :40:50.race, no question. That would not normal racing conditions, but having
:40:50. > :40:55.had the safety car, not only does he go to the back of the field, but way
:40:55. > :41:01.at the back. So, I'm lucky, he was doing a great job this weekend. That
:41:01. > :41:06.was Gutierrez, did he get away with it? Just, he went on to the marbles,
:41:06. > :41:12.lost a load of grip. That will make it difficult braking into turn one.
:41:12. > :41:17.Vettel has now opened up 20 seconds over Alonso. So, he is still
:41:17. > :41:27.building up his advantage hugely over Alonso. Rosberg has now done 22
:41:27. > :41:30.laps on the medium tyres, more on his mediums than Vettel has done on
:41:30. > :41:35.his. Let's remember that Vettel is doing these very quick laps on the
:41:35. > :41:39.harder of the two compounds, and he has just done a new fastest middle
:41:39. > :41:46.sector, as the fuel continues to burn away. No degradation in the
:41:46. > :41:50.tyres at all, it is just the effects of the fuel burning away, and he is
:41:50. > :41:57.able to go faster. Roman Grosjean is back in the pits, so maybe the
:41:57. > :42:03.corrective action on the air pressure in the system has not
:42:03. > :42:04.worked. It looks like the team are preparing for him to come into the
:42:04. > :42:09.worked. It looks like the team are garage. It looks like he will be
:42:09. > :42:13.retiring. It has been a difficult weekend, apart from his superb
:42:13. > :42:23.qualifying performance... RADIO: We believe six cars will have
:42:23. > :42:27.two pit again. Jenson Button is currently running in eighth place.
:42:27. > :42:31.He has done 12 laps on the medium tyres. That would give him a long
:42:31. > :42:35.way still to go, 20 laps or so. So, we will have to see whether he will
:42:35. > :42:42.have to stop again. That was a big leap over the kerb from Lewis
:42:42. > :42:47.Hamilton. DAVID COULTHARD: Yes, he just cut
:42:47. > :42:51.the corner in order to keep one side of the car within the white line. It
:42:51. > :42:56.is all acceptable, that is clearly what feels comfortable to him. Just
:42:56. > :43:02.coming back to Button, it is rather a long stint on these tyres, if you
:43:02. > :43:06.want to try to make it to the end, as the rubber continues to be laid
:43:06. > :43:09.on this track surface. We have not had any rain that I am aware of over
:43:09. > :43:12.the course of the weekend, so the grip levels will be there. And we
:43:12. > :43:18.know that tyre wear is not the issue.
:43:18. > :43:24.RADIO: Exactly what we need, keep going. Well, he is doing exactly
:43:24. > :43:28.what they need indeed. Alonso is the one that we are wondering whether
:43:28. > :43:33.McLaren are thinking, is he going to become in into the pits? Alonso
:43:33. > :43:37.might try to go all the way. He has got less laps on his tyres than
:43:37. > :43:43.anyone else. Rosberg also bouncing over that kerb town at turn one. It
:43:43. > :43:51.does not look pretty, but it is the fastest way for them to shorten the
:43:51. > :43:57.distance going into turn two. Force India, with Paul di Resta, are
:43:57. > :44:00.showing good long run pace again. This, a circuit where he had a
:44:00. > :44:06.really good result last year. That is the second retirement of this
:44:07. > :44:12.Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo having crashed out earlier. So, we are at
:44:12. > :44:13.two thirds distance, pretty much, here in Singapore, and Sebastian
:44:13. > :44:17.two thirds distance, pretty much, Vettel has not had the crews upfront
:44:17. > :44:23.that some people thought he would have. It is a very glum looking
:44:23. > :44:31.Roman Grosjean, and nobody going anywhere near him, I notice. A
:44:31. > :44:35.number of people, including our only McKenzie, waiting to get his
:44:35. > :44:40.thoughts. It is very disappointing, after what had been a strong
:44:40. > :44:45.weekend. Mark Webber, into the pits, so, the first of those upfront
:44:45. > :44:50.to have to make a stop. He has done 26 laps on that set of medium
:44:50. > :44:54.compound tyres. He puts on another set of mediums, and away goes
:44:54. > :44:59.Webber. Also in the pits is Adrian Sutil, and Webber is going to have
:44:59. > :45:04.to charge now, no doubt about it. It will be a spread to the the field is
:45:04. > :45:09.still relatively bunched up after will be a spread to the the field is
:45:09. > :45:17.that safety car. Let's see where he comes back out. I think he is just
:45:17. > :45:22.in front of Bottas, so that puts him in 13th place.
:45:22. > :45:32.RADIO: Push, Lewis, it is all starting to happen now.
:45:32. > :45:41.Alonso is the one to watch, because he has a very realistic opportunity
:45:41. > :45:46.of making it to the end. 20 laps to go. He has done 16. You have to do
:45:46. > :45:53.36 laps on this set of tyres. I wonder how much he has been looking
:45:53. > :45:57.after them, David. Well, we know that that highlight improves during
:45:57. > :46:05.the distance of the Grand Prix. The projection going into the race is
:46:05. > :46:11.around 25. Rosberg is going to be coming in. He has also done 25 laps.
:46:11. > :46:17.That was what we were told in terms of tyre life for the medium compound
:46:17. > :46:25.tyre. Meanwhile, Vettel is still going faster and faster. Where will
:46:25. > :46:36.Rosberg come out with regard to whether? -- Webber? It will be
:46:36. > :46:46.interesting to see what lap time Alonso can do. We are not going to
:46:46. > :46:51.understand what the Ferrari can do. We can get an indication of what the
:46:51. > :46:56.Mercedes is able to do. There is Webber in the background, as Rosberg
:46:56. > :46:58.comes down. This is going to be close. Webber, on the new attire,
:46:58. > :47:03.has been able to use it, and he close. Webber, on the new attire,
:47:03. > :47:10.should be able to sweep through and past Nico Rosberg. The earlier stop
:47:10. > :47:21.from Red Bull has got them out ahead. Rosberg struggling. Hindsight
:47:21. > :47:28.is a wonderful thing, but clearly, Mercedes were just a lap late. Good
:47:28. > :47:36.piece of strategy. The question is, what can Alonso do if he was running
:47:36. > :47:42.on clean air? Does he have the pace to go to the end, or will he have to
:47:42. > :47:47.make a stop like the rest? His team-mate Felipe Massa will have to
:47:47. > :47:57.make another stop. He has been told that 35 laps is too much, and they
:47:57. > :48:02.are trying to find him a window. Get him into some clean air. Felipe
:48:02. > :48:07.Massa is currently fifth. Right now, Sebastian Vettel leads, with Lewis
:48:07. > :48:13.Hamilton in second place. It looks as though Massa will becoming in
:48:13. > :48:23.shortly. It is Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso. Di Resta has still got a
:48:24. > :48:33.chance. Massa is going to be coming in. Di Resta is in as well. Both Di
:48:33. > :48:36.Resta and Massa are into the pits. This is a genuine battle between
:48:36. > :48:40.them now for the pit stop and getting them set on their way
:48:40. > :48:45.again. Ferrari completed it quickly. How can Force India do
:48:45. > :48:53.against the Ferrari? He is just out in front. It was always going to be
:48:53. > :49:04.marginal. Good work from Force India. Very effective work from
:49:04. > :49:10.Force India. With regard to Webber and Rosberg come they are definitely
:49:10. > :49:15.behind them, as you would expect. Di Resta has come out in 11th place and
:49:15. > :49:19.Massa in 12th position. Now we wait to see who else will be stopping
:49:20. > :49:26.amongst this next group. Nico Rosberg is now intense. RADIO: push
:49:26. > :49:41.hard now, Nico, you have 20 laps remaining. Other cars have not
:49:41. > :49:45.stopped yet. He does have to push, but he does not want to take too
:49:45. > :49:50.much out of his tyres while doing it. How many cars ahead of him will
:49:50. > :49:55.be stopping? That is the question. Vettel has almost enough of a lead
:49:55. > :50:00.to make a pit stop and get back out without losing any position. Jenson
:50:01. > :50:05.Button is hanging on to fourth place from Kimi Raikkonen at this stage.
:50:05. > :50:10.Raikkonen is another one who might potentially stay out there for the
:50:10. > :50:12.remainder of this race. Button might try and stay out there. Lewis
:50:12. > :50:18.Hamilton is heading into the pit try and stay out there. Lewis
:50:18. > :50:23.from second place. That puts Alonso now into second, at least 30 seconds
:50:23. > :50:29.behind Vettel. That is very close in terms of what Vettel needs to have a
:50:29. > :50:34.margin over Alonso. We need to see what Alonso can do. Does he have
:50:34. > :50:38.life in those tyres? To comment on Rosberg, I would have thought that
:50:38. > :50:44.was joy to get confirmation from the team saying, now you can push for
:50:44. > :50:56.those 20 laps, rather than complaining about it. Unless he sees
:50:56. > :51:02.some sort of marginal issue. Di Resta rejoins, Hamilton in front of
:51:02. > :51:08.him. Adrian Sutil has just set the fastest lap, interestingly. Hamilton
:51:08. > :51:18.has come back out in 10th place. Di Resta in 11th. They have both done
:51:18. > :51:21.their pit stops now. This is the opportunity for Sebastian Vettel to
:51:21. > :51:34.come into the pits now. Alonso will stay out. He has built up a more
:51:34. > :51:40.than 32nd gap over Alonso. Vettel comes in, Red Bull hoping to keep
:51:40. > :51:44.their lead position. Vettel has charged and built up a huge gap over
:51:44. > :51:49.Alonso, but Alonso is trying to get to the end without making a pit
:51:49. > :52:01.stop. Beautiful. It is a brand-new set of the super-soft tyres. No sign
:52:01. > :52:07.of Alonso in the background yet. About now, he will be coming round.
:52:07. > :52:13.Vettel makes a clean exit out of the pits. And he is an better tyres by
:52:13. > :52:17.far than Fernando Alonso. Sebastian Vettel has done enough in that stint
:52:17. > :52:21.of the race. He has basically done it again. Whatever you throw at him,
:52:21. > :52:23.whatever change of tactics everybody is going through, he still comes
:52:23. > :52:38.whatever change of tactics everybody on top. RADIO: I need to save my
:52:38. > :52:43.tyres now. Interesting argument going on between Rosberg and his
:52:43. > :52:52.engineer. Rosberg wants to save his tyres, but they reckon they have to
:52:52. > :52:57.chase down Alonso. Now, this is fun. Rosberg versus Hamilton. We have not
:52:57. > :52:58.seen this often in the race, them having to go wheel to wheel with
:52:58. > :53:12.each other. This is a test for the having to go wheel to wheel with
:53:12. > :53:15.youngster. He has got some of the best in the world now on his tail.
:53:15. > :53:24.Mark Webber is the first of them, and he has got the DRS in operation.
:53:24. > :53:28.The DRS helped him make a straight forward pass. Mark Webber is into
:53:28. > :53:33.seventh place. Big slide in the background from Lewis Hamilton. That
:53:33. > :53:37.kerb is as much to hold them away from the wall when exiting the
:53:37. > :53:43.turn. If they get onto the top of it, you dropped a wheel over the
:53:43. > :53:51.other side. Gutierrez is not making it difficult at all. That was
:53:51. > :53:57.strange. This is costing Hamilton sometime now. This is a section
:53:57. > :54:09.where it is virtually impossible to overtake. The bridge is so narrow.
:54:09. > :54:20.They lined the car up to get the best exit. Hulkenberg is the next
:54:20. > :54:26.one they will be catching. Paul di Resta has to find his way past
:54:26. > :54:36.Gutierrez. Felipe Massa is running in 12 position. He and Paul di Resta
:54:36. > :54:37.have more grip available to in 12 position. He and Paul di Resta
:54:37. > :54:47.than either of the Saubers ahead. in 12 position. He and Paul di Resta
:54:47. > :55:02.Paul di Resta will be in the DRS zone. It is a very short run into
:55:02. > :55:15.the first corner. RADIO: good job, Sebastian. Further back down the
:55:15. > :55:24.order, a quick correction. All the rest is now making a move on Goody
:55:24. > :55:35.arrives. -- Paul di Resta is trying to make a move on good heroes. --
:55:36. > :55:39.Gutierrez. Gutierrez just not able to keep that car online. It has been
:55:39. > :55:49.a good effort this weekend from him, but you can see that his tyres
:55:49. > :55:56.are tired. We saw this earlier in the Grand Prix as well. Hits the
:55:56. > :56:01.bumps, under rotate that front wheel. He was releasing the brake
:56:01. > :56:11.pressure slightly and allowing that tired to run again. He ran slightly
:56:11. > :56:27.wide in the middle of turn two. Up front, Sebastian Vettel leads this
:56:27. > :56:33.race. Alonso in second place. RADIO: the cars ahead are struggling. So,
:56:33. > :56:37.Mark Webber is definitely making the most of cars that are struggling on
:56:37. > :56:42.tyres that have done some 27 laps now. Most of the guys stopped at
:56:42. > :56:44.around lap 25 on their tyres. Even thing that Erez could be coming
:56:44. > :56:56.under pressure soon. Big test for a driver like
:56:56. > :57:03.Hulkenberg. He has to do his best on Big test for a driver like
:57:03. > :57:20.tyres that are very much from their best. He has his sights set on Perez
:57:20. > :57:24.in front of him as well. Webber's advantage in the last few laps was
:57:24. > :57:26.over three seconds. Just shows you that there needs to be a big
:57:26. > :57:41.difference in time. Perez has still that there needs to be a big
:57:41. > :57:47.got a bit of breathing space over Hulkenberg and Webber. Hamilton has
:57:47. > :57:59.not been able to close the gap any more than a second and a half. The
:57:59. > :58:20.Lotus has a lot more pace if it can get into clear air. Jenson Button
:58:20. > :58:27.was fastest in qualifying yesterday. Even with the DRS, the Lotus have a
:58:27. > :58:40.problem. Mark Webber slides the rear of his car. Great battle here. This
:58:40. > :58:47.is one of the best overtaking slots. Webber surely has to go for it. Mark
:58:47. > :58:51.Webber gets past Nico Hulkenberg. That puts Webber into sixth place.
:58:51. > :58:55.Round of applause from the team. I am sure Rosberg and Hamilton will be
:58:55. > :59:14.quick to follow through. Still no progress for Kimi Raikkonen. How
:59:14. > :59:22.close are the Mercedes now? Jenson is the slowest of anyone in the race
:59:22. > :59:27.right now. Even the guys well outside the top ten are doing...
:59:27. > :59:38.Raikkonen side-by-side with Button, and he goes around the outside!
:59:38. > :59:44.Fabulous move from Kimi Raikkonen. The McLaren is in danger of dropping
:59:44. > :59:54.very rapidly, with this group catching. This helps Raikkonen open
:59:54. > :00:01.up a gap now. It is a really good effort from Kimi Raikkonen. Superb
:00:01. > :00:07.drive so far. His back is presumably not giving him any issues coming
:00:07. > :00:16.into this race. I suspect the adrenaline is working. Fear focuses
:00:16. > :00:22.the mind. Sergio Perez, another tough nut to crack. Still, the two
:00:22. > :00:26.Mercedes have not managed to find their way around the side bar of
:00:26. > :00:39.Hulkenberg. RADIO: If I fight now... OK, Nico,
:00:39. > :00:46.try your best, otherwise director will be all over us. The rest has
:00:46. > :00:53.gone wide! Did he go into the barrier? ! Webber getting past Perez
:00:53. > :00:59.as well, but di Resta is in the barrier! He looked up and
:00:59. > :01:04.disappeared into the barrier. Oh, what a time to do that in this race,
:01:04. > :01:09.when he was on full school on some points. Yellow flag, but will there
:01:09. > :01:15.be a safety car? He has kept it running. He has found the button for
:01:15. > :01:23.reverse, but these cars are not very happy reversing. No, they do not
:01:23. > :01:27.like sitting there for very long. It is over, it is all over for Paul di
:01:28. > :01:33.Resta, another retirement. He is having a miserable run of races, and
:01:34. > :01:37.particularly today, when he had actually driven superbly, great
:01:37. > :01:41.strategy from the team. What a time to make a mistake, when the driver
:01:41. > :01:46.market is as active as it is right now. Hamilton having a look at
:01:46. > :01:52.Rosberg. Can they get that car out of the way without having to get the
:01:52. > :01:55.safety car out? Let's hope so, we should have some great racing here
:01:55. > :02:02.in the closing stages. Yes, it would be a shame to have the safety car
:02:02. > :02:08.now. The two Mercedes, Rosberg in Hamilton, and Mark Webber gets
:02:08. > :02:10.passed Jenson Button, to go into fourth place! Now, Kimi Raikkonen is
:02:10. > :02:15.passed Jenson Button, to go into his next target, and not that much
:02:15. > :02:19.further up the road. And then Webber will be able to get himself onto the
:02:19. > :02:22.podium, and Red Bull will have worked their strategy brilliantly.
:02:22. > :02:27.But Alonso is still hanging on in second-place. The question is, will
:02:27. > :02:33.Webber catch Alonso, as Alonso struggles with his tyres? The yellow
:02:33. > :02:38.Webber catch Alonso, as Alonso flag in that zone neutralises any
:02:38. > :02:46.chance of overtaking down into turn seven. So, no safety car coming into
:02:46. > :02:53.operation, we are going to get a clear run to the flag, certainly at
:02:53. > :02:56.the moment. But Webber on a charge, he has got a possibility not only to
:02:56. > :03:02.catch Raikkonen, but also Fernando Alonso. So, read all will be urging
:03:02. > :03:12.everything from Mark Webber at this point, as Vettel continues to lead
:03:12. > :03:17.Syrian Lee, by 20 seconds. Rosberg settles in behind Perez once again.
:03:17. > :03:23.Massa is in there as well, genuine pace from the Ferrari. Hamilton
:03:23. > :03:28.looking for every opportunity. This does have chaos written all over it.
:03:28. > :03:33.Hamilton on the inside... That is going to be the outside for the next
:03:33. > :03:34.term. This is a proper scrap, and Massa is going to be right in
:03:34. > :03:36.Hamilton's mirrors. term. This is a proper scrap, and
:03:37. > :03:41.Massa is going to be right Rosberg having to go defensive. Go off-line
:03:41. > :03:46.hero, and you lose a huge amount of grip. That was a very clear
:03:46. > :03:51.team-mate could team-mate message, don't think about it. But there is
:03:51. > :03:53.no more instinctive racer than Lewis Hamilton. If he sees half a chance,
:03:53. > :03:59.he will go for it. It does seem that Hamilton. If he sees half a chance,
:03:59. > :04:05.Hamilton has consistently dropped back in this last corner, as Rosberg
:04:05. > :04:12.goes for it! He gets past the McLaren of Sergio Perez! Now, can
:04:12. > :04:17.Lewis Hamilton, in the upcoming DRS zone, do the same? He has also got
:04:17. > :04:23.Massa behind him. Massa is going to get a great run! Indeed, well
:04:23. > :04:27.spotted, Massa takes full advantage, and he is out of the slipstream of
:04:27. > :04:32.Hamilton. But he has to back out of it coming into turn six. They have
:04:32. > :04:36.clashed here in the past, but this time, they just about avoid each
:04:36. > :04:42.other. This very corner, I believe, they came together.
:04:42. > :04:44.RADIO: Short shift, if you can. That is not good news, that means a loss
:04:44. > :04:53.RADIO: Short shift, if you can. That of lap time. It could be they are a
:04:53. > :04:57.bit marginal on fuel, but he is ill catching Raikkonen, although not as
:04:57. > :05:01.quickly. Raikkonen is still doing a decent lap time at this point.
:05:01. > :05:05.Alonso and Raikkonen might still be safe for second and third here. Oh,
:05:06. > :05:08.very close once again, Hamilton, to the back of Perez, and this is
:05:08. > :05:23.allowing Rosberg to make a break. Side-by-side with Jenson Button,
:05:23. > :05:29.Rosberg has the inner line, and he takes the McLaren, which pushes
:05:29. > :05:33.Button down another position, to sixth place. Hamilton getting past
:05:33. > :05:39.Peres... Yes, that was fairly straightforward in the end. There is
:05:39. > :05:45.not much space down there. RADIO: We need to short shift all
:05:46. > :05:49.gears, please. Same message as at Monza last time out. Now, look at
:05:49. > :05:54.this, Massa trying to get past Sergio Perez. You can see how much
:05:54. > :06:04.the cars are moving around at this stage of the race. And Hamilton goes
:06:04. > :06:08.past Button! And Massa at the same time getting past Sergio Perez, so,
:06:08. > :06:20.we are seeing loads of overtaking now, as the different tactics come
:06:20. > :06:24.into effect. That timing of the safety car was crucial, and here is
:06:24. > :06:31.another look at Nico Rosberg getting past Jenson Button. That was out of
:06:31. > :06:34.14, he got himself as a share and to be on the right line for the chicane
:06:34. > :06:41.at 16, and there was nothing that Jenson could do. Some locking up
:06:41. > :06:45.from Jean-Eric Vergne, as they went through the same corner, where
:06:45. > :06:52.Ricciardo crashed earlier. This is along the waterfront. He backs out
:06:52. > :06:56.of it, but oh, so close. That was with Gutierrez, it was very tight
:06:56. > :07:05.indeed. Maldonado is behind them, I believe. By the way, Charles Pic has
:07:05. > :07:14.dropped back, and Giedo van der Garde is leading in the small teams
:07:14. > :07:21.battle. Jenson Button trying his utmost to defend here against Massa.
:07:21. > :07:25.But Massa has got the inside line, and not much that Jenson could do
:07:25. > :07:31.about it. And he is being caught by his team-mate, Sergio Perez. As far
:07:31. > :07:35.as I can see, they both have the same age of tyres in terms of their
:07:35. > :07:40.last stop. RADIO: This is about trying to get
:07:40. > :07:47.the car to the finish now, low revs... We have also got Hulkenberg
:07:47. > :07:51.and Sutil in there. Adrian Sutil is just outside the points, in 11th
:07:51. > :07:57.position. Force India get something out of this? They are desperate to
:07:57. > :08:06.try to close the gap to McLaren in the Constructors' Championship.
:08:06. > :08:10.McLaren have been saying to Sergio Perez, we would like to see you beat
:08:10. > :08:15.Button more often than you have been. But Sergio Perez at the moment
:08:15. > :08:20.is just giving a little bit of space to Button. As I say, their tyre
:08:20. > :08:30.situation would appear to be similar.
:08:30. > :08:41.Hulkenberg doing everything he can to hold on to the final point, in
:08:41. > :08:44.10th place. Vettel still leads, just two laps to go. Alonso is still
:08:44. > :08:50.holding onto second, and Raikkonen is in third. We are going to see a
:08:50. > :08:54.different podium to that which we expected, because Rosberg, who ran
:08:54. > :08:58.so strongly in second-place earlier in the race, finds himself in fifth
:08:58. > :09:02.position, and I think he will be wondering what on earth happened in
:09:02. > :09:07.this race. Well, a lot of it was down to the timing of the safety
:09:07. > :09:11.car. Hamilton is currently sixth. The gap has opened up between him
:09:11. > :09:17.and his team-mate now to some three seconds. Still a couple of these
:09:17. > :09:20.positions to be resolved, I think, in the dying moments of this race.
:09:20. > :09:25.Still watching the battle for eighth.
:09:25. > :09:37.DAVID COULTHARD: Mark Webber last four seconds to Nico Rosberg on the
:09:37. > :09:45.last lap, so, Rosberg, only 1.5 seconds behind Webber. He will be
:09:45. > :09:50.finding himself with a load of cars trying to overtake him as he comes
:09:50. > :09:54.into the final lap. Remember, the McLarens have done 33 laps on this
:09:54. > :09:58.set of tyres, Button and Sergio Perez, trying to get them to the
:09:58. > :10:04.finish. Alonso has driven superbly, as ever, because not only did he
:10:04. > :10:08.make that amazing start, to move up into third, but he has looked after
:10:08. > :10:14.his tyres, he is currently running in second. Riding with Nico Rosberg,
:10:14. > :10:18.right with Webber again. We have heard that Webber has got problems,
:10:18. > :10:23.and there is a chance for Rosberg to get past him, Sibley. It always
:10:23. > :10:25.seems to happen to Mark Webber, and he is definitely in trouble here!
:10:25. > :10:29.And it will not be much he is definitely in trouble here!
:10:29. > :10:33.before Lewis Hamilton does likewise! So, the prospect of a
:10:33. > :10:44.double podium for Red Bull has gone out of the window.
:10:44. > :10:54.RADIO: In trouble, mate, in trouble. OK, Mark, understood. So, can he
:10:54. > :11:00.hold on at all for any points? Both of the Mercedes have gone past him
:11:00. > :11:03.now, and Massa and Button will be catching him next. He is in sixth
:11:03. > :11:08.place currently. So, it will be mixed feelings at Red Bull after
:11:08. > :11:12.what has been a stunning, dominant drive up front from Sebastian
:11:12. > :11:21.Vettel. That is not sounding good at all...
:11:21. > :11:28.DAVID COULTHARD: Bring it home, Mark. Vettel is on his last lap, but
:11:28. > :11:34.Mark Webber will have to try to complete one more lap. He has got no
:11:34. > :11:43.choice. He has got no power. It is going to be too far for him to try
:11:43. > :11:47.to pick up a point this afternoon. Massa is he has still got gears,
:11:47. > :11:52.still changing gear, there is just no power at all. There goes Massa.
:11:52. > :11:59.That takes Massa up into sixth place. The next one to catch him
:11:59. > :12:04.will be Button. Yes, he is 14 seconds down, as far as I can see.
:12:04. > :12:08.Sebastian Vettel is already into the closing of the final lap of the
:12:08. > :12:12.Singapore Grand Prix. And he had to deliver today. He fought for the
:12:12. > :12:18.lead into the first corner. Fire from the back of Mark Webber's car.
:12:18. > :12:22.He will have to pull off. He finds the marshals and stops the car. But
:12:22. > :12:28.out of the final corner, it is Sebastian Vettel, to take his
:12:28. > :12:33.seventh win of 2013, his hat-trick in Singapore, and his 33rd career
:12:33. > :12:36.victory! That moves him ahead of Fernando Alonso. What a performance
:12:36. > :12:43.from Vettel, the maestro, once again. And he had to push so hard
:12:43. > :12:47.after the safety car, to achieve it, but he achieved it to perfection.
:12:47. > :12:51.The fireworks go off in Singapore, but what is happening behind? We are
:12:51. > :12:57.waiting for Alonso to come past. He is just a bout to cross the line...
:12:57. > :13:01.Alonso finishes in second place. Raikkonen holds on to finish in
:13:01. > :13:05.third position. Raikkonen, coming from 13th place on the grid. The
:13:05. > :13:15.battle between the young teams, on the line, virtually, that was the
:13:15. > :13:22.battle between Chilton and Bianchi, so... Rosberg beating Hamilton, but
:13:22. > :13:26.Rosberg will be disappointed, he was running second in that race, looked
:13:26. > :13:31.as though he was definitely on for a podium finish, but the safety car
:13:31. > :13:36.did not work to their advantage. Massa brings it home in sixth
:13:36. > :13:39.place. Who is 27th? It is not there to be Webber now, it is good to be
:13:39. > :13:53.Jenson Button, I believe, who will finish in seventh. -- who is going
:13:53. > :13:58.to be seventh? And Hulkenberg holds on, from Adrian Sutil behind, the
:13:58. > :14:02.final points going to Sabah and Force India. A good effort from
:14:02. > :14:06.Sutil, disappointment for Paul di Resta, who crashed out, and just
:14:06. > :14:17.missing out on the points was Pastor Maldonado. Well done, rate drive,
:14:17. > :14:22.well done. Yes, boys! Think you, absolutely fantastic. It is an
:14:22. > :14:28.absolute team effort. Yes, I am loving it! And he is right when he
:14:28. > :14:34.says it is a team effort. There is Alonso giving a lift to Mark Webber.
:14:34. > :14:38.They are very experienced campaigners, these two. They have
:14:38. > :14:44.both done exactly the same number of Grand Prix in their careers, 209. It
:14:44. > :14:55.is nice to see that. Celebration time for this young man, Sebastian
:14:55. > :14:57.Vettel, well on his way to his fourth world Championship title.
:14:57. > :14:58.So, the results of the Singapore fourth world Championship title.
:14:58. > :15:16.Grand Prix... Sabah, with Hulkenberg, scoring
:15:16. > :15:23.points again, as he did in Italy. -- Sauber. Most disappointingly,
:15:23. > :15:38.perhaps, Mark Webber, whose car broke down on him at the end.
:15:38. > :15:49.The presentation is now being made to a man who looks very relieved and
:15:49. > :15:53.very happy. The trophy for second place once again goes to Fernando
:15:53. > :16:00.Alonso. That demon start that he made put him into third place. And
:16:00. > :16:05.another great drive from Kimi Raikkonen. He died 36 laps on his
:16:05. > :16:12.tyres, the Lotus is working well when it comes to being marginal on
:16:12. > :16:14.tyre wear. It is celebration time. The fireworks go off as Sebastian
:16:14. > :16:20.tyre wear. It is celebration time. Vettel has now won his 33rd Grand
:16:21. > :16:25.Prix in his career, which puts him fourth in the all-time winners'
:16:25. > :16:29.list. He's eight short now of Ayrton Senna. When you think of what this
:16:29. > :16:35.man has achieved in six years of winning races in Formula One, there
:16:35. > :16:45.is not much chance that that fourth title is not going to go his way
:16:45. > :16:48.before the end of the season. Sebastian, how would you sum that
:16:48. > :16:56.up? Was it the end of a perfect weekend? Yes! How do you then
:16:56. > :17:00.perfect that heading into the next race, when you are driving so well?
:17:00. > :17:08.Is it difficult to build on that and keep the concentration? Part of that
:17:08. > :17:15.was obviously the fact that we were on a fresh set of supersofts,
:17:15. > :17:19.whereas Fernando was on a very old set. His prime target was to get to
:17:19. > :17:25.the end on those tyres. The offset was around one hour seven seconds,
:17:25. > :17:28.so we did not have too pushed too hard to increase the gap towards the
:17:28. > :17:40.end. But we worked for that yesterday. It was quite close.
:17:40. > :17:42.Fantastic weekend. We are joined by a joyous and quite drained Christian
:17:43. > :17:45.Horner. Congratulations. A dramatic last lap. Fireworks going off for
:17:45. > :17:52.Sebastian as he crossed a line, and fire in Mark's car. It was it a
:17:52. > :17:58.sweet. To win was fantastic, but to lose Mark's car on that last lap,
:17:58. > :18:05.especially after two hours, it was a getting result. He was on for the
:18:06. > :18:09.podium. It would have been close. We could see we were losing water
:18:09. > :18:13.pressure and the temperatures were going up. Then the engine ran out of
:18:13. > :18:20.water, and then you are in the lap of the gods. It was right at the
:18:20. > :18:25.start will stop but fantastic racing for Sebastian Vettel. What were you
:18:25. > :18:31.thinking at this point? It looked like Nico had made the better start.
:18:31. > :18:34.Then Sebastian got back up the inside with a move he pulled on
:18:34. > :18:40.Lewis Hamilton a couple of years ago. He kept ahead and then got his
:18:40. > :18:49.head down, and that was the last they saw of him. Christian, is he
:18:49. > :18:54.going to coast home now? Not really, because we only extended our lead by
:18:54. > :18:59.seven points. There are still 150 available, and Sebastian is only 60
:18:59. > :19:03.ahead. It is a healthy lead, but we can't take anything for granted. We
:19:03. > :19:10.have got to keep pushing with all the remaining races. Mark Webber
:19:10. > :19:15.seems to be so unlucky. When did you first know of the issue he had? We
:19:15. > :19:18.knew with about ten that's to go, because we could see the water
:19:18. > :19:26.pressure dipping down. We were trying to find a solution with short
:19:26. > :19:34.shifting. But once the water had run dry, the engine is only going to
:19:34. > :19:37.overheat. With half a lap to go, it was so frustrating. Congratulations
:19:37. > :19:46.for Sebastian. We hope for more luck for Mark in the next race in Korea.
:19:46. > :19:58.I did everything I could. We replaced the tie when we needed to.
:19:58. > :20:03.And then, yeah, someone has had a tougher day than me somewhere. Then
:20:03. > :20:08.things got worse for Mark as he was given a reprimand for hitching a
:20:08. > :20:12.ride back with Fernando Alonso. This is his third reprimand, and under
:20:12. > :20:16.the totting up procedure, he gets eight ten place penalty for the next
:20:16. > :20:21.race. This is the third time in a row it
:20:21. > :20:25.has been Sebastian in first place and you in second. What must you do
:20:25. > :20:29.to beat him not only on a Sunday, but also in the championship? One
:20:29. > :20:34.thing leads to the other. Does it have to start on a Saturday? Well, a
:20:34. > :20:39.Sunday will be enough. But obviously, we need to be very lucky.
:20:39. > :20:43.In the remaining races, if we want to win a championship, we are 60
:20:43. > :20:53.points behind, so we have a deficit in points and we are slower than
:20:53. > :20:56.them. If we put the two together, it is very difficult to win the
:20:56. > :21:01.championship if we are not extremely lucky. But if this luck comes, we
:21:01. > :21:05.will be there to take it. We will push until the end. It will
:21:05. > :21:08.certainly be about taking opportunities, but then need to be
:21:08. > :21:13.several of them, and luck and time are running out. You can only have
:21:13. > :21:18.so much luck in life, and he has already had some fantastic start. He
:21:18. > :21:25.has probably used a fair bit of his luck quota. Anyway, he was fairly
:21:25. > :21:32.negative in my view. His start was sensational. Incredible, yet again.
:21:32. > :21:38.This is a very good starting strategy. It was no coincidence. He
:21:38. > :21:43.This is a very good starting has just got great spatial
:21:43. > :21:45.awareness. I don't think luck has got anything to do with where they
:21:45. > :21:58.are now, it is just pure performance. Listen to that, no
:21:58. > :22:05.wheel spin until the last part. He just finds his slot, and errors that
:22:05. > :22:12.battle up front for first place between Vettel and Rosberg. It
:22:12. > :22:16.really was a battle for second. They have a real battle with Mercedes,
:22:16. > :22:24.and it was questionable whether they had missed an opportunity at one
:22:24. > :22:28.point. Going back to the start, you can get away with it once or twice,
:22:28. > :22:39.but to continually do it as well as he does it, that is real talent.
:22:39. > :22:42.Kimi, congratulations. A lot of drivers were questioning why they
:22:42. > :22:50.couldn't make their tyres last, and you could. What was the secret? It
:22:50. > :22:54.was risky, but taking care of the tyres in the first place and then
:22:54. > :22:59.trying to make them last, it is not the first time we have done those
:22:59. > :23:08.things. My car was not ideal, so it made it a bit more tricky, but we
:23:08. > :23:20.made enough of a difference earlier. We are joined by Eric. It
:23:20. > :23:25.must have been a bittersweet experience today. Kimi Reichmann,
:23:25. > :23:35.arguably driver of the day? Yeah, he did the job. He had a brilliant
:23:35. > :23:40.strategy. We are obviously delighted for the team and for Kimi, because
:23:40. > :23:45.even with his back pain, he drove a superb race. But Kimi release had to
:23:45. > :23:50.deliver on the racetrack. Was there much communication? Were your
:23:50. > :23:54.engineers talking to him and telling him to get on with it? At the
:23:54. > :24:05.beginning of the race, we did not have to tell him anything. Then we
:24:05. > :24:12.decided early in the race to give him clear laps. When he passed
:24:12. > :24:17.Button, we told him the other guys him clear laps. When he passed
:24:17. > :24:20.were catching up. I was intrigued about the message he gave to the
:24:20. > :24:29.pits about the lights. Explain what he was telling you? We changed the
:24:29. > :24:36.configurations, and the lights were a bit too close to him come as he
:24:36. > :24:39.wanted us to move the lights for the next one. Huge disappointment for
:24:39. > :24:42.Romain Grosjean today. He do it like he could have been challenging for
:24:42. > :24:54.the victory, certainly for a podium. Problems in the pits? Yeah,
:24:54. > :25:01.we knew from the Renault guys that we were losing the air. We had only
:25:01. > :25:06.a few laps in front of us, so we decided to stop and try to refill
:25:06. > :25:11.and give it another go, just for glory, to be honest. Unfortunately,
:25:11. > :25:15.we soon understood that the air loss was too much and the engine would
:25:15. > :25:24.blow up, so we had to stop him, as it was a fresh engine.
:25:24. > :25:28.Congratulations on Kimi's results. I was surprised at the end. I didn't
:25:28. > :25:32.know what position I was in stock I would thought I was in third, and
:25:32. > :25:41.then I was seriously gutted when they told me. But it was a tough
:25:41. > :25:46.race. Absolutely shattered. I wanted to pit for options in the race. I
:25:46. > :25:50.will discuss with them which one was best. It obviously worked for
:25:50. > :25:55.whoever was ahead of me. It did not work for Grosjean, did it? I don't
:25:55. > :25:59.know how Kimi came from where he died. That is incredible.
:25:59. > :26:04.Surprisingly upbeat today the Lewis Hamilton. What was your feeling
:26:04. > :26:10.about Mercedes' performance? Yes, a bit of a change of tone and style.
:26:10. > :26:13.At Lewis Hamilton drove very well. I think Mercedes have overcome a lot
:26:13. > :26:16.of the problems they had at the start of the season about tyres.
:26:16. > :26:19.Thankfully, we have not heard anything but complimentary things
:26:19. > :26:25.about Pirelli here. So maybe the whole thing has moved on. But one
:26:25. > :26:30.disappointing thing he said was that we should enjoy ourselves for the
:26:30. > :26:34.rest of the season. He does not see himself as a contender. He has
:26:34. > :26:39.thrown the towel in. On this occasion, I think he has. I wonder
:26:39. > :26:43.whether Nico Rosberg will be disappointed without a podium. Ever
:26:43. > :26:49.since the safety car came out, it was a very strange race. Alonso and
:26:49. > :26:57.why can and did a great job. It was a lot of laps. It was good that the
:26:57. > :27:03.safety car lasted that long. So that helped them. I am not sure if we
:27:03. > :27:07.could have done that many laps. So a tough result, for sure. Would have
:27:07. > :27:12.liked to have been better. Second place should have been on the cards
:27:12. > :27:20.today. But that is the way it is. We will analyse what we did wrong.
:27:20. > :27:23.Looking at the positives, a double points finish for McLaren, but it
:27:23. > :27:27.could have been better if the race was shorter. A lap shorter would
:27:27. > :27:32.have been great, but it is not, and everyone knows that, so that is why
:27:32. > :27:40.they do the strategies they do. But we took a punt on the strategy. But
:27:40. > :27:46.for us, really struggling with traction. He has got a point about
:27:46. > :27:53.those tyres, for 35 laps. But not a bad day for McLaren overall 's I
:27:53. > :27:57.would like David's view in a moment about being a driver with McLaren.
:27:57. > :28:00.For a world champion like Jenson Button to come out and say he is
:28:00. > :28:05.happy with seventh place, I don't know what has gone wrong with his
:28:05. > :28:11.team over the last year. He was almost questioning the strategy as
:28:11. > :28:14.well. So there are some mixed messages going on at McLaren. We
:28:14. > :28:20.don't know whether he will stay there or not, although we can't
:28:20. > :28:22.imagine that he would go elsewhere. Difficult season. Less confirmed
:28:23. > :29:10.today's race result for you. Gary joins us now. Jenson was
:29:10. > :29:16.talking about try to make the tyres worked for 35 laps. It was a tall
:29:16. > :29:19.order, but a few managed it. It was a tall order. The tyres worked
:29:19. > :29:25.fairly successfully for 30 laps. The last few laps were just a leap into
:29:25. > :29:34.the unknown. Button managed it in the end. Alonso and Raikkonen hung
:29:34. > :29:41.onto their positions. It shows that the tyres did last, but it is an
:29:41. > :29:43.amazing amount of laps. We will be back in two weeks' time. Korea will
:29:43. > :29:57.be our next stop. That is it from all of us. Whatever
:29:57. > :29:59.you think about Sebastian Vettel, he is brilliant in a Formula One car.
:29:59. > :30:04.See you in two weeks.