:01:08. > :01:12.It is confirmed, Eddie was right, Kimi Raikonnen will return to
:01:12. > :01:18.Ferrari next year. Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikonnen will share the
:01:18. > :01:26.same garage. Two world champions, to level one drivers, how will that
:01:26. > :01:33.work? -- two number one drivers. The biggest is when the visor comes down
:01:34. > :01:46.in the wonderful racing. Get him out of the way. For strange thing will
:01:46. > :01:54.soon start to happen, it has also of fair play and honour, the car then
:01:54. > :01:57.begins to steer. Fernando is faster than you. As their eyes turn white
:01:57. > :02:08.and rollover they gradually turning to a shock. There is power flowing
:02:08. > :02:13.into the bloodstream. As light gets confused with the dark. What is he
:02:13. > :02:34.doing? As the other leaps out of the car,
:02:34. > :02:43.thoughts and feelings enraged, his visor has now come up, and a few
:02:43. > :02:48.begins to be wedged. Remember this one.
:02:48. > :02:51.Welcome to the darkness and sweltering heat of glorious
:02:51. > :02:55.Singapore. We have had some fireworks so far this season, not
:02:55. > :02:58.just between these two. What do you think about this relationship next
:02:58. > :03:05.year, will there be fireworks? Absolutely. This is a monster tussle
:03:05. > :03:09.between those two, I cannot wait for it to start. We have got half a
:03:09. > :03:15.season to go, this will be awesome next year. What is your take,
:03:15. > :03:19.arguably the strongest pairing? Two world champions, a very strong
:03:19. > :03:24.line-up. I think because they are older and wiser, I don't think we
:03:24. > :03:29.will see the fireworks, there could be a natural order at any given
:03:29. > :03:32.weekend and they are both old enough to realise they cannot win them all.
:03:32. > :03:39.They have never really had to number one drivers, the mentality, they
:03:39. > :03:44.both want to win. They do want to win but it is a new
:03:44. > :03:48.philosophy, we saw from the interview with Luca di Montezemolo
:03:48. > :03:52.last week, they are very concerned, they want to dominate certain parts
:03:52. > :03:59.of racing and that includes the construct this championship they
:03:59. > :04:03.haven't done that for some time. -- constructor's championship. This
:04:03. > :04:08.is a concerted effort on behalf Ferrari to make sure can fight very
:04:08. > :04:11.strongly for the championship. Do you think they can change their
:04:11. > :04:15.mentality? It is difficult because the mindset
:04:15. > :04:19.research, Alonso was always in his mind he was going to be number one.
:04:19. > :04:27.Will he throw his toys out of the pram? I would think so. They
:04:27. > :04:29.produced two cars and it is down to the drivers to race as fast as they
:04:30. > :04:38.car. You have to resume writing and --
:04:38. > :04:42.Kimi Raikonnen will drive at the same time come naturally one of the
:04:42. > :04:47.qualifiers will be higher on any given weekend. It will be a great
:04:47. > :04:50.pairing. Time will tell, I still believe there will be fireworks and
:04:50. > :04:54.they should not give into each other. We are awash with rumours
:04:54. > :04:57.this weekend in the paddock. They need to be sorted out so step
:04:57. > :05:09.forward, Mystic Ed. The F1 circus has arrived in
:05:09. > :05:13.Singapore. It is that time of the year when the driver merry-go-round
:05:13. > :05:18.is in full swing. Step right up. Let's get the big boys out of the
:05:18. > :05:25.way, at the front of the grid. We know Kimi Raikonnen is joining
:05:25. > :05:28.Ferrari but the paddock is full of rumours of Fernando going to
:05:28. > :05:30.McLaren. I believe this is premature, he will battle it out
:05:30. > :05:35.McLaren. I believe this is next year. Despite some unrest I
:05:35. > :05:39.don't expect any changes at McLaren. Mercedes are happy with their
:05:39. > :05:51.pairing. Both race winners this year. The best of buddies. Red Bull
:05:51. > :05:54.have put Daniel Ricciardo getting his dream move alongside Sebastian
:05:54. > :06:00.Vettel. That leaves his old seat at Toro Rosso free. This is already
:06:00. > :06:07.done, Red Bull will continue their policy of bringing drivers through
:06:07. > :06:17.their Academy so Antonio Felix DaCosta is a certainty for stop for
:06:17. > :06:23.Marathi, Williams and headroom I don't predict any change will stop
:06:23. > :06:36.but letters, Force India and sour but will change. We know the Russian
:06:36. > :06:43.will be in the sour but next year -- Suvber. There are issues about him
:06:43. > :06:49.not having a super-licence for stop there is at least one seat at Lotus.
:06:49. > :06:58.Or is there too? Or Jon has matured a lot this year -- Romain Grosjean.
:06:58. > :07:02.He will stay. In the garage next to him that his tough. There are three
:07:02. > :07:09.candidates, Paul Di Resta, Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa. F1
:07:09. > :07:15.without a Brazilian racing driver? I don't think so. This is an ideal
:07:15. > :07:19.seat for Felipe Massa. A Grand Prix winning team and no longer in
:07:19. > :07:26.Alonso's shadow. This is a man that came with him a blink of being world
:07:26. > :07:31.champion. A change of team could give him a new lease of life, let's
:07:31. > :07:33.not rule him out of Force India, they will be an interesting
:07:33. > :07:38.proposition. Any engine means they they will be an interesting
:07:39. > :07:44.should have a competitive car. I believe Adrian Sutil will stay,
:07:44. > :07:50.where does this leave Paul Di Resta? It is an attractively -- seat for
:07:50. > :07:56.Felipe Massa, possible return for Nico Hulkenberg. Nico Hulkenberg was
:07:56. > :08:02.a hugely respected figure and favoured son at Mercedes. This is
:08:02. > :08:06.the inside track of what I am hearing at the moment. But only time
:08:06. > :08:12.will tell whether this merry-go-round stops. There are one
:08:12. > :08:17.too many drivers, who will miss out? merry-go-round stops. There are one
:08:17. > :08:23.It is too early to say. Everybody is talking about Nico Hulkenberg going
:08:23. > :08:26.to Lotus, all sorts of things, I don't want to make her choice at
:08:26. > :08:33.this stage. Who holds the key? It sounds like Eddie. I think Nico
:08:33. > :08:38.Hulkenberg this will stop there is sounds like Eddie. I think Nico
:08:38. > :08:44.Paul Di Resta, Felipe Massa, not an easy decision.
:08:44. > :08:48.We have seen in the past just because somebody may not start the
:08:48. > :08:55.season doesn't mean doom and gloom, we have seen Reich and then come
:08:55. > :08:59.back -- Kimi Raikonnen. Maybe sometimes it sets the mind afresh,
:08:59. > :09:03.re-triggers everything into place, and the second chance is always
:09:03. > :09:05.better. Let's have a look at how the
:09:05. > :09:18.championship Kimi Raikonnen is fourth, he was
:09:18. > :09:22.rather downbeat in Italy. 53 point separate Fernando Alonso and
:09:22. > :09:26.Sebastian Vettel. The German may have grabbed all the points in
:09:26. > :09:30.monster that it was Fernando Alonso who stole the show on the podium
:09:30. > :09:39.which was definitely, as you can see from these is -- pictures, the
:09:39. > :09:42.preferred place to be. Including a still image which may well go down
:09:42. > :09:48.as one of the best and most colourful self pictures ever. Second
:09:48. > :09:56.place finish for Alonso helped Ferrari to leapfrog Mercedes to
:09:56. > :10:07.second . Red Bull can continue their dominance.
:10:07. > :10:12.After eight years racing for Felipe Massa will leave to make way
:10:12. > :10:17.for Kimi Raikonnen. He hasn't won a race since he became world champion
:10:17. > :10:21.for those few seconds in 2008. Felipe Massa says he is not ready to
:10:21. > :10:27.leave Formula One just yet. I want to find the best car, in the
:10:27. > :10:34.best opportunity to fight for victory, the championship, find the
:10:34. > :10:40.best for me. That is what I am looking for. I hope I can find this
:10:40. > :10:44.direction. Fernando and Kimi Raikonnen, they are great drivers, I
:10:44. > :10:51.know them both very well. They are very strong drivers for whatever
:10:51. > :10:56.team. Working together for sure, Ferrari has top quality drivers.
:10:56. > :11:00.Fernando Alonso was asked by Ferrari who he would like in place of
:11:00. > :11:03.matter. They decided it was better to change
:11:03. > :11:12.Felipe Massa, they asked my opinion, it was that Kimi Raikonnen
:11:12. > :11:18.was the best in the market, especially for our championship with
:11:18. > :11:25.many changes for next year, it was important. The team chose him so I
:11:25. > :11:30.am happy. It wasn't an easy choice but I had to make a decision. You
:11:30. > :11:39.looking forward to having Fernando as a team mate? I think we will be
:11:39. > :11:46.fine. We should put the Ferrari in a strong position. Mark Webber knows
:11:46. > :11:49.his chance to win the first race of the season he needs qualifying
:11:49. > :11:55.right. It is a track that can catch you out
:11:55. > :12:00.at any given point, qualifying is crucial, overtaking in the race is
:12:00. > :12:05.not an option. Drive well, good result as possible. Now that Formula
:12:05. > :12:08.not an option. Drive well, good One has left Europe Louis Hamilton
:12:08. > :12:15.is hoping to start a new chapter of his season. I had a dodgy last
:12:15. > :12:21.European sprint, time to start again. I am here to attack, get us
:12:21. > :12:25.back up different and I feel positive coming here, it should be
:12:25. > :12:33.more competitive. Hopefully can have a good race. Jenson Button refused
:12:33. > :12:37.to discuss his contract for next year or even if McLaren was his
:12:37. > :12:43.first -- preferred choice. I cannot speak for the team or contractually,
:12:43. > :12:50.but I have a feeling I will be here next year. You would like to? I have
:12:51. > :12:58.a good feeling. That seemed like an odd reaction. This has been ongoing
:12:58. > :13:04.for a couple of races. Back to Singapore, this weekend, it has
:13:04. > :13:10.captivated fans. Driving under floodlights, it adds a certain
:13:10. > :13:13.magic. For the hundreds of thousands of people who come here, they can
:13:13. > :13:17.party all night and not get up too early in the morning. I am sure the
:13:17. > :13:23.drivers are out and about to. I am sure they are. Some breaking news
:13:23. > :13:28.about Kimi Raikonnen who is going to try and qualify but he has got a
:13:28. > :13:33.problem with his back. Don't expect to see him out there for the whole
:13:33. > :13:38.session. He has got an issue with his lower back, had an injection. We
:13:38. > :13:48.will see different lap times because they have changed 1010. It was an
:13:48. > :13:53.ugly solution, you can seek are popping, not only hard on the car,
:13:53. > :14:00.physically it makes it tough on the drivers, a fairly ugly solution to
:14:00. > :14:02.the problem. 2013, they have come up with a better solution, a
:14:02. > :14:12.straightforward left-hand turn, classic apex, accelerate out. Who
:14:12. > :14:13.will be in pole position? All the sessions have been dominated by
:14:13. > :14:18.will be in pole position? All the Sebastian Vettel. It could be quite
:14:18. > :14:24.boring qualifying but he is on top form. He has been on the pace all we
:14:24. > :14:32.can. What is going on with the Ferrari drivers? Trying to catch up,
:14:32. > :14:37.a lot of work to do, but some parts here but we can have a look at a new
:14:37. > :14:42.front wing. They have about half a second to catch up, this is the
:14:42. > :14:48.normal front wing, you can see the slot gaps. Getting inconsistent
:14:48. > :14:55.airflow to the rear of the car. This is a new version, long gets top --
:14:55. > :15:00.longer slot gaps. You lose downforce, more consistent and force
:15:00. > :15:09.but not quite as much. They also brought a new diffuser, a refitting
:15:09. > :15:15.infrared camera. You can see them changing temperature as they go
:15:15. > :15:17.round the corner. The inside is getting hot, that is when the
:15:17. > :15:24.exhaust gases are blowing out to create downforce. When it is back on
:15:24. > :15:29.the throttle it blows high energy airflow, and helps the diffusion.
:15:29. > :15:33.That is an area where Ferrari probably aren't quite as good as
:15:33. > :15:39.other cars were stopped in which energy lost because it is pointing
:15:39. > :15:44.towards the tire. They slide around a lot more than the Red Bull. A lot
:15:44. > :15:51.more work to do. Will they struggle in qualifying? It will be hard to
:15:51. > :15:55.see them get further than fifth or sixth and it is so difficult to
:15:55. > :16:16.overtake stop here is your qualifying session.
:16:16. > :16:22.The first qualifying segment of the second St track of the 2013 calendar
:16:22. > :16:30.is about to get underway, but with 20 minutes to play with, they are
:16:30. > :16:34.anxious to get out on circuit. Mark Webber just studying the screens
:16:34. > :16:40.before going out on circuit. Going well. He was the fourth fastest this
:16:40. > :16:48.morning. Hamilton was fifth behind him. Alonso was sick. -- Alonso was
:16:48. > :16:54.number six. And there is the man many people are expecting to take
:16:54. > :16:59.pole position. I'd think you think that qualifying record is going to
:16:59. > :17:07.be shattered? I think there's a very good chance. Cars have been 7.3
:17:07. > :17:12.seconds faster than last year so that is an amount they really have
:17:12. > :17:17.to concentrate with. It is a big change. Jenson Button getting ready
:17:17. > :17:21.to come out in the McLaren. What about the first stage of qualifying
:17:21. > :17:25.now that we are into? Because we are going to lose six cars at the end of
:17:25. > :17:32.this 20 minutes, though counting down, it is now 19. What would be
:17:32. > :17:42.the laps of the cut-off? I would be looking at 46.0 as a cut-off point.
:17:42. > :17:51.Fast, slow, fast, so just explain what they are talking about. He will
:17:51. > :17:56.hit his first flying lap wherever you can from the tyres and then do a
:17:56. > :18:05.cooling lap to just read gain and balance the tyre pressure. They will
:18:05. > :18:08.advise as to whether he needs to heed the rear or the front a bit
:18:08. > :18:12.more during that last second slow lap, and then another lap to see
:18:12. > :18:16.whether he has been able to improve his time. Unlike the normal
:18:16. > :18:20.conditions. Normally with brand-new tyres you get that first bit of
:18:20. > :18:25.performance on that first lap, but you what one Street Circuit and it
:18:25. > :18:32.is evolving, it is dirty, it is dusty. -- but you are on a Street
:18:32. > :18:35.Circuit. They will just be looking for that maximum in performance.
:18:35. > :18:42.Let's get an update from Tom. Yes. for that maximum in performance.
:18:42. > :18:48.It is sweltering down here. An ambient temperature. I have just
:18:48. > :18:52.been speaking to the guys at Mercedes who are quite confident
:18:52. > :18:56.that they can get one of their cars on the front row of the grid this
:18:56. > :19:01.afternoon, so they think Vettel is out front and a bit untouchable but
:19:01. > :19:06.it will be a really good scrap out behind. It will be fascinating to
:19:06. > :19:10.see who can get through this first second of qualifying on the harder
:19:10. > :19:18.of the two tyres, and who needs to go out. Jenson Button is on a lap as
:19:18. > :19:24.well. We are looking at the latter part now. A series of 90 degrees
:19:24. > :19:34.corners, six of them all one after the other. Williams will remind you
:19:34. > :19:43.his first car was much better than this. But one soft tyre this
:19:43. > :19:51.morning. A big difference. Lewis Hamilton also on the harder copout
:19:51. > :19:56.tire, the medium tyre. He could get through this part of qualifying by
:19:56. > :20:02.using the harder tyre. The rest is just crossing the line. Quite a good
:20:02. > :20:10.first lap. Raikkonen today first fairly gentle lap. The track
:20:10. > :20:15.temperature today, as you mentioned, is about the same, but as the sun
:20:15. > :20:19.has set long ago, it should just allow their performance to pick up a
:20:19. > :20:24.bit. So maybe these are just cautious opening laps with a bit of
:20:24. > :20:30.overstaying here from Hamilton as he comes into the last two turns. Lewis
:20:30. > :20:36.overstaying here from Hamilton as he Hamilton, pole winner here in the
:20:36. > :20:40.past, and his time compares with the time on the super soft tyre this
:20:40. > :20:44.morning, so that gives you an idea. That is the gap between the two
:20:44. > :20:55.different types of tyre this weekend. Rosberg lighting up the
:20:55. > :21:00.timing in the first section. So we can see this revolution. Just the
:21:00. > :21:05.end of the last ten minutes of this session as people build their
:21:05. > :21:09.confidence. Even though it is a very open racetrack, relatively speaking,
:21:09. > :21:17.compared with Monte Carlo, which has the slowest speed of the season,
:21:17. > :21:22.this is the second slowest average speed of the year. So, Kimi
:21:22. > :21:39.Raikkonen. We know he has had this injection in his back. Currently P1,
:21:39. > :21:45.coming up to P2. Good feedback there from the engineers. I wonder if the
:21:45. > :21:49.side-effect of the injection in his back is that he becomes very
:21:49. > :21:54.talkative and he could be on the end of the line saying, give me
:21:54. > :21:58.information! Talk to me! Nico Rosberg. He has with been very
:21:58. > :22:02.competitive on this track with a second-place finish very early in
:22:02. > :22:07.his career when he was driving here for Williams in Singapore. He goes
:22:07. > :22:14.fastest with that. Eight tenths of a second. Faster than Hamilton on
:22:14. > :22:24.these compound tyres. A bit of a lock-up. And he gets way over the
:22:24. > :22:28.side of the artificial grasses. He goes beyond the white line, Alonzo,
:22:28. > :22:33.so he would have lost a lot of time anyway had he continued and finished
:22:33. > :22:42.that as a timed lap. That would have been called as having gone and
:22:42. > :22:46.exceeding the track limits. Let's see what Maldonado was doing a few
:22:46. > :22:51.moments ago, and we have seen a few cars doing that over the weekend,
:22:51. > :22:57.losing a fair time as a result. Now, we have Hulkenberg, with the soft
:22:57. > :23:01.tyres. He goes fastest in the first sector, though not by very much.
:23:01. > :23:05.This morning, you within the top ten. He has only been on the top ten
:23:05. > :23:13.a few times this year. -- this morning, he was in the top ten. He
:23:13. > :23:18.qualified in Italy, well up on the grid, so we will have to wait to see
:23:18. > :23:23.qualified in Italy, well up on the what he can do on this grid. He
:23:24. > :23:32.finished with his best finish of the season as well. Along this little
:23:32. > :23:38.straight. They are getting up to about 165, , 170 miles an hour, and
:23:38. > :23:42.then into another tight right-hander, turn number 14 at the
:23:42. > :23:48.top of that, and, David, then it gets really busy after this. We get
:23:48. > :23:53.into a series of chicanes but the distance of the apex is so much that
:23:53. > :23:56.they are ready to be treated as individual corners. And he
:23:56. > :24:02.disappears beneath the grandstands turning towards turn number 20. You
:24:02. > :24:07.can see the second apex. They are too far apart. They cannot really be
:24:07. > :24:11.considered a chicane. This is a challenge for the drivers because
:24:11. > :24:18.they have to roll between forcing and braking. On the super-soft
:24:18. > :24:28.tyres, Hulkenberg fastest at this stage. Half a second of improvement,
:24:28. > :24:34.which you would expect here. Can his team mate match that? No, you can't.
:24:34. > :24:37.So he is over a second away from his team-mate. I wondered whether that
:24:37. > :24:40.So he is over a second away from his was because of traffic or a mistake
:24:40. > :24:50.here, so we need to follow that closer. But he is one second closer.
:24:50. > :24:58.If there is a problem with that car, that has to be not a good sign
:24:58. > :25:01.for his future in Formula One. I was walking past the barrage before the
:25:01. > :25:08.start of the session and his car was up on the jacks, the floor was off.
:25:08. > :25:12.The team said, no problem. But I would say the evidence in front of
:25:12. > :25:22.me would suggest otherwise. We will have to see. Further down the order,
:25:22. > :25:33.by the way, impressive work from Jules Bianchi. Then Max Chilton. We
:25:33. > :25:51.have seen no times yet from Vettel, Webber and parents. -- Peres. It is
:25:51. > :25:55.incredibly satisfying when you get a great result here. Not that I've
:25:55. > :26:01.spent a lot of time studying the drivers' physics, but Sebastien
:26:01. > :26:06.looks visibly stronger. He looks like he is putting on some muscles.
:26:06. > :26:10.He started his career very young and is evidently growing into his body
:26:10. > :26:14.that looks as though he has been working out a bit, so whether that
:26:14. > :26:18.is with the tough races in Singapore in mind or whether he wants to look
:26:18. > :26:23.good down the beach, I'm not sure! But it will certainly all help in
:26:23. > :26:27.his quest to push 100% around this difficult racetrack. What he wants
:26:27. > :26:32.to do is get into this next phase of race qualifying but we will need to
:26:32. > :26:38.keep an eye on what sort of lap time he is doing. Alonzo has gone out on
:26:38. > :26:42.the super-soft tyre for Ferrari. No surprise there. -- Fernando Alonso.
:26:42. > :26:46.the super-soft tyre for Ferrari. No Interestingly, the fastest car out
:26:46. > :26:50.there at the moment is Mark Webber. Webber setting the screen is alive
:26:50. > :26:55.at the moment and he is still on the harder of the two tyres. So he does
:26:55. > :27:03.a 145.7 and that should be plenty to get through to the next stage. Well,
:27:03. > :27:08.every time, Mark Webber has been the faster of the two drivers. But
:27:08. > :27:11.whenever they have gone to the super-soft, Sebastian Vettel has
:27:12. > :27:17.leapfrogged him. And the lap time is fast on super-soft. If Mark Webber
:27:17. > :27:25.goes fastest, Hoffer second up on his team-mate... Just giving a view
:27:25. > :27:38.of the front tyre on Mark Webber's car. We also have some thermal
:27:38. > :27:42.imaging cameras on the wheels. Hopefully we will show you that. Was
:27:42. > :27:48.Berg has had three pole positions this year but the last was in
:27:48. > :27:52.Monaco. -- Nico Rosberg. He went along to win that Grand Prix along
:27:53. > :27:58.with the British later that season. He has qualified third here in the
:27:58. > :28:03.past, back in 2009. Let's see what this lap is like. Does it
:28:03. > :28:07.challenge? It should challenge. But a bit disappointing. Only a fraction
:28:07. > :28:18.quicker than Webber and Webber is on the harder tyre. McLaren popping a
:28:18. > :28:24.lap time in. They must be happy. Let's see what Jenson Button can do.
:28:24. > :28:34.He goes fastest. Maybe Mercedes are doing what we saw earlier this
:28:34. > :28:37.year. We have seen Red Bull put the soft tyre on but try not to push it
:28:37. > :28:42.flat out and maybe that is what we are seeing here. A couple of minutes
:28:42. > :28:45.to go and it remains to be seen are seeing here. A couple of minutes
:28:45. > :28:47.whether that is enough to keep him in there. But Hamilton overtaking
:28:47. > :29:11.Nico Rosberg. Back out on track now and all of
:29:11. > :29:18.these guys have gone for super-soft tyres. Daniel Ricciardo really
:29:18. > :29:24.throwing things out here. I'd think you will see a big jump on this lap
:29:24. > :29:33.as he is on the super-soft tyre. -- I think. He goes eighth on a 145.3.
:29:33. > :29:43.You would certainly think that was safe but it begins to put the red
:29:43. > :29:47.Bulls in a bit of trouble. Now, Jean-Eric Vergne has dropped down
:29:48. > :29:57.the order. So Felipe Massa finds himself in the drop zone. Felipe
:29:57. > :30:02.Massa will get one flying lap by the time he gets around to start this
:30:02. > :30:06.lap. He just gets through the turn, 18, 19 seconds, through the
:30:06. > :30:10.Grandstand, so he will get to start his lap but worryingly fame, he has
:30:10. > :30:18.quite a bit of traffic ahead of him and he will be hoping they will be
:30:18. > :30:24.piling into the pits. We will have to keep an eye on whether he can
:30:24. > :30:34.stay out of Nico Rosberg's lap. They have to be wary about the medium
:30:34. > :30:38.compound tyre, with Romain Grosjean in 12. They certainly won't want to
:30:38. > :30:46.lose him because he has been very rapid today. Ooh! He hits the wall!
:30:46. > :31:00.Can he get away with it? I'm not sure how much damage she will have
:31:00. > :31:08.done there. To As long as he hasn't damaged the rim it will be OK.
:31:08. > :31:12.The general rules are if you are going to hit a wall, hit it
:31:13. > :31:18.sideways. D-day van der Garde is the fastest
:31:18. > :31:31.of the young teams at the moment. Gutierrez desperate to get up there.
:31:31. > :31:39.The catering team have been very even in terms of qualifying. --
:31:39. > :31:46.Caterham. Felipe Massa is on a lap that should see him get into the top
:31:46. > :31:50.16. Maldonado it out of it at the moment. Pot ash is in the pits. They
:31:50. > :31:58.could be a bit of danger in the group -- boat as.
:31:58. > :32:08.Final corner. Let's see whether this moves them up. Tenth place, good
:32:08. > :32:16.effort from Gutierrez. A little bit of his team-mate. Maldonado, Massa,
:32:16. > :32:23.he has got up to 13th place. That has pushed Paul Di Resta out. He has
:32:23. > :32:28.been squeezed out in the first part of qualifying, we have seen that
:32:28. > :32:36.before. Often it has been when he has had a problem. He has been
:32:36. > :32:42.squeezed out into 17th, that means Sutil has made it through stop
:32:42. > :32:49.nobody else is on a quiet lap. -- quick lap. Chilton is close to
:32:49. > :32:54.nobody else is on a quiet lap. -- Bianchi's time. Disappointment for
:32:54. > :32:58.Paul Di Resta. Extreme disappointment but he did get a
:32:58. > :33:01.great result here last year so he will be hoping he can turn a
:33:01. > :33:09.disappointing qualifying into a better race day. Paul Di Resta,
:33:09. > :33:15.Pastor Maldonado, the young Kirk -- Bianchi and Max Chilton. Shock exit
:33:15. > :33:21.from Paul Di Resta. He will be livid. This car hasn't been
:33:21. > :33:27.performing up to expectation for a number of races will stop it hasn't
:33:27. > :33:32.played well into Paul's hands. This is a problem and the team has to
:33:33. > :33:38.look at it because both cars are in a poor position. A lot of hairy
:33:38. > :33:46.moments out there. He was very lucky to save this. Slowly he is creeping
:33:46. > :33:54.up there, a lot of people talking about him and he is putting his life
:33:54. > :34:01.on the line that all the time. Quite exciting. He is a cool kid, he will
:34:01. > :34:06.go places. This from Felipe Massa as well which we didn't see during
:34:06. > :34:13.qualifying but have a look at this. It doesn't get any closer. It is a
:34:13. > :34:18.complete 4-wheel slide, he is out of control, something is wrong, the way
:34:18. > :34:23.he put the car into the corner, he clearly shouldn't have got away with
:34:23. > :34:27.that, extremely fortunate, great car control for the driver, so full
:34:27. > :34:33.marks to him by the way he put the car into the corner is questionable.
:34:33. > :34:39.He has made it three, as has Kimi Raikonnen selflessly his treatment
:34:39. > :34:49.is working well. We were concerned, we had heard there was a driver
:34:49. > :34:55.change, perhaps, and the driver was lying on the ground. He had an
:34:55. > :34:58.injection, it was a spasm which is very uncomfortable, particularly in
:34:58. > :35:04.the lower back but he seems to be coping very well. Letting -- let's
:35:04. > :35:10.see how they get on. The clock is ticking away. Nobody
:35:10. > :35:14.taking to the track just yet. Everybody waits to see who will get
:35:14. > :35:26.into the top ten. We will see how many of the frontrunners will drop.
:35:26. > :35:34.We have got one Force India, both Saubers. It is all quiet at the
:35:34. > :35:38.moment. Gary is back with us once more. Looking at the lap times. Only
:35:38. > :35:46.three drivers and wished to make it through using the medium compound
:35:46. > :35:53.towers -- tyres. I think you will need to do 45.2, one of those
:35:53. > :35:59.situations where a lot of guys have used the super-soft tyres so if I
:35:59. > :36:05.was a top team and hadn't done that I would go out again.
:36:05. > :36:08.Watching some of the action, a lot of cars sliding around, just about
:36:08. > :36:13.keeping off the wall, it gives you an idea of how hard they are having
:36:13. > :36:18.to push it. The limits are the walls, there is no room to run off.
:36:18. > :36:22.You have to push it to the limit. One centimetre gap is good, one
:36:22. > :36:26.centimetre too far, not quite so good. As a former pinnacle director
:36:26. > :36:34.would you build your cars stronger for the street races?
:36:34. > :36:42.-- technical. The concrete walls are pretty demanding so it would be too
:36:42. > :36:50.heavy. We can do to times laps. Kimi Raikonnen has gone out on a script
:36:50. > :36:58.set of the super-soft tyres. -- scrubbed. Most of the guys have gone
:36:58. > :37:05.out on the tyres that they set their best time in the previous session of
:37:05. > :37:11.qualifying. Again, with a being a street circuit, constantly evolving
:37:11. > :37:15.through qualifying, more rubber gets laid down on the track surface. It
:37:15. > :37:20.gives them an opportunity to feel where the balance is, and he is
:37:20. > :37:25.probably wincing every time he goes over a curb, a bump in the track, to
:37:25. > :37:32.spending on health stronger particular injection he has had in
:37:32. > :37:36.his back. What have you got for us? I was pondering the number crunching
:37:36. > :37:49.going on in the pit garages. If you look at the nap time, 45.2, 45.3, on
:37:49. > :37:55.a medium tyre, a second improvement with the super-soft which would take
:37:55. > :37:59.them down to 43. Hamilton, quickest and yet needs to find another second
:37:59. > :38:04.on the super-soft tyres if he will hope to fight for the front row. It
:38:04. > :38:11.will be a tall order. Talking to Gary earlier, we might
:38:11. > :38:16.see cars as quick as 42. Watching Kimi Raikonnen on a reasonable run
:38:16. > :38:23.but he is likely to have to do another one. A script set of tyres
:38:23. > :38:29.out of the corner where we have seen some action. This is another area to
:38:29. > :38:33.watch. Through the two left-hand turns, the wall not quite so close
:38:33. > :38:46.as they go into the start, finish straight. He was 45 last time, an
:38:46. > :38:49.improvement from Q1. A lot better. He was only three tenths faster than
:38:49. > :38:52.his team-mate despite having the tyre with a lot more performance was
:38:52. > :39:01.you can the fact it was groped, he wasn't able to get a clean-up --
:39:01. > :39:05.scrubbed. Romain Grosjean has been the quick of the two. It might
:39:05. > :39:11.explain the back issues he has experience, this is all about making
:39:11. > :39:17.it through to the top ten. Romain Grosjean was good here last year and
:39:17. > :39:23.gave up a place and played a team game. Let's see what he does,
:39:24. > :39:31.suddenly now we are beginning to see some really rapid lap times. Lovely
:39:31. > :39:36.views, the clear visor here is used in the night-time. You can see the
:39:36. > :39:42.concentration in his eyes, you don't normally get to see their eyes.
:39:42. > :39:47.Don't see any fear in those, total concentration. No blinking at the
:39:47. > :39:53.apex. Good record here, let his first ever Grand Prix here in
:39:53. > :40:05.Singapore. Fernando Alonso has gone 144.5. He found 1.4 seconds between
:40:05. > :40:12.Q1 and Q2. Mercedes didn't show it beforehand in Q1. There was a
:40:12. > :40:18.familiarity to their press release after Friday. Everybody is going
:40:18. > :40:24.quite a bit quicker on the used tyres. Interesting, they clearly
:40:24. > :40:27.were not expecting that to be the case and under normal conditions and
:40:27. > :40:34.new set of tyres will give you performance but Rob Smedley letting
:40:34. > :40:40.him know. It is all about getting in the top ten. Sebastian Vettel on to
:40:40. > :40:46.a flying lap. We can see how good this Red Bull really is.
:40:46. > :40:54.Starting to see him disappear behind the trees, goes through the kink,
:40:54. > :41:02.turn five, tricky corner as you are going with reasonable speed through
:41:02. > :41:07.the fracture. Trying get your breaking into seven. Look at this BT
:41:07. > :41:11.rolled through the apex, and then we get into the classic Monaco street
:41:11. > :41:17.circuit section, there is no room for error, up against the walls.
:41:17. > :41:26.Hard acceleration as he runs down to this new turn ten, none of that ugly
:41:26. > :41:34.curb hopping, a case of the apex. Look at the amount of Kirby is able
:41:34. > :41:36.to use. Shortens the lap, takes out so much resistance against the
:41:37. > :41:46.spearing leaves you with more life in your tyres. The ghost in the
:41:46. > :41:52.second sector, half a second. A good lap, no great surprises there. It
:41:52. > :41:57.seems to ride the bumps smoothly compared to some of the other cars.
:41:57. > :42:04.It is visible. When you see some slow motion images, it seems to have
:42:04. > :42:13.more role in its setup. Visible, the amount of movement the chassis has.
:42:13. > :42:32.Amazing how much curve he is able to run. It makes the truck wider. It is
:42:32. > :42:45.one -- 42.9. A scintillating. On board with Ricciardo. He is in sixth
:42:45. > :42:57.gear right now. As the Excel raced down the street continuing to lose a
:42:57. > :43:01.bit of luck time. It hasn't improved in that sector relative to his best
:43:01. > :43:12.in qualifying. Let's see what he can do. Keep watching. Toro Rosso and
:43:12. > :43:16.Red Bull have the -- display attached to the cockpit surrounds as
:43:16. > :43:26.opposed to all the other teams. That cockpit display is actually attack,
:43:26. > :43:32.an electronic part, they buy it from McLaren as a standard part and Vidic
:43:32. > :43:36.who the car, the McLaren provides the electronic boxes which is used
:43:37. > :43:39.to help govern this board. Quite interesting when you consider some
:43:39. > :43:44.of the parts that are interchangeable between the teams.
:43:44. > :43:50.Let's see whether they can get through, trying to get into the top
:43:50. > :43:54.ten. Kimi Raikonnen is out there on
:43:54. > :44:00.track. There may be a bit of traffic for him to deal with because he is
:44:00. > :44:05.following Hulkenberg. . Will this be enough? It is enough, he goes
:44:05. > :44:18.seventh but what about his team-mate? Is he going to maintain
:44:18. > :44:25.the edge in qualifying? Yes, he has. He has gone up to ninth. We all
:44:25. > :44:30.waiting for Button, Peres, Sutil. Maybe less likely the Force India
:44:30. > :44:41.will go through. Paul Di Resta is already out. Not enough either for
:44:41. > :44:47.Adrian Sutil. He is 12. Good effort in 13th, Hulkenberg in the top ten,
:44:47. > :44:52.that pushes Kimi Raikonnen out. He is out of qualifying and you do
:44:52. > :44:56.wonder whether those back pains have hindered him stop he is out at the
:44:56. > :45:00.stage for stop Gutierrez has gone into sixth place, great effort from
:45:00. > :45:06.the Mexican. Alonso pushes him down to seventh. What about the McLarens?
:45:06. > :45:08.Not enough for Sergio Perez. Jenson Button is behind him, he gets in the
:45:08. > :45:24.top ten. So, Gutierrez has outqualified the
:45:24. > :45:30.man everybody has been speaking about over the last few weeks,
:45:30. > :45:37.Hulkenberg. It is classic. When he needs to find some pace, he does so
:45:37. > :45:42.just when his career is in doubt. So, the first time Gutierrez has got
:45:42. > :45:49.into the final part of qualifying, but his team-mate, Hulkenberg, is
:45:49. > :45:57.out, and so is Vergne and so is Raikkonen.
:45:57. > :46:05.Some great news for Jenson Button. Not so for Sergio Perez. But the
:46:05. > :46:09.first time ever for Gutierrez through in the top three. We should
:46:09. > :46:14.not be surprised. It has carried forward the momentum he had from
:46:14. > :46:16.last year. He obviously likes these straight circuit runs because it was
:46:16. > :46:23.last year. He obviously likes these a huge effort to outqualified his
:46:23. > :46:27.team-mate. A big, big jump. He will be happy this year but perhaps not
:46:27. > :46:31.such a happy face from Paul di Resta.
:46:31. > :46:43.What went wrong out there? Nothing. I think you can say... I think we've
:46:43. > :46:47.optimised a bit too much but we have become vulnerable in the first
:46:47. > :46:50.quarter because it doesn't leave us with much for tomorrow in turns of
:46:51. > :46:54.strategy, but hopefully we can fight our way through and if there is
:46:54. > :47:02.anything up for grabs, we will grab it. There is very little overtaking
:47:02. > :47:11.and you just have to hope you are on the right tyre when the safety car
:47:11. > :47:18.comes out. At least some positions will show the speed is better than
:47:18. > :47:23.today. So, not all doom and gloom. Yes. He feels he has a better race
:47:23. > :47:29.pace than his team-mate. The problem is, there are so many cars in front
:47:29. > :47:35.of him to pass and that will be hard for him to hear. Now over to Q3.
:47:35. > :47:47.The top ten to determine who will be on pole position. And Sebastian
:47:47. > :47:54.Vettel has certainly shown his pace in parts of qualifying. Will he
:47:54. > :48:04.retain his clean sheet over his team-mate, Mark Webber? There is
:48:04. > :48:09.Kimi Raikkonen. Just heading away from the pit garage. He seems to be
:48:09. > :48:13.moving OK, walking OK having had those painkilling injections for his
:48:13. > :48:24.painful back, but he didn't make it into this top ten. His team-mate,
:48:24. > :48:29.Romain Grosjean is there. We really have seen the Times ramp up. I know
:48:29. > :48:34.you told me a one minute and 42 second lap might be possible but it
:48:34. > :48:41.is surprising how quickly we got there. Yes. Obviously you get more
:48:41. > :48:45.rubber down at a pretty good lap. I've thought 42.5 would be pole
:48:45. > :48:51.position so it has not been reached just yet. Vettel usually has that
:48:51. > :48:56.extra element but I wouldn't be surprised... It was amazing how
:48:56. > :49:07.close it was. Everybody went fast down that. A bit of pressure on
:49:07. > :49:11.Sergio Perez at the moment. Both cars out at the same time at the end
:49:11. > :49:17.of the lap so maybe they shouldn't have put all their eggs in one
:49:17. > :49:21.basket. So maybe they should have gone with the youngster. But I think
:49:21. > :49:31.it was too much pressure for Perez. At the best one we have seen from
:49:31. > :49:42.Gutierrez. Yes. The speed is in the car. Making progress, great news.
:49:42. > :49:48.Sebastian Vettel looking for a hat-trick of victories in Singapore.
:49:48. > :49:54.Let's ride on board with him. He is just marginally up on his best lap
:49:54. > :50:02.of earlier. He has almost gained two tents in the braking. Losing a bit
:50:02. > :50:12.as he accelerates out of 14. -- two tenths. And now coming up again, 90
:50:12. > :50:18.degrees, right, left. He runs down towards the last two corners. It is
:50:18. > :50:23.going to be a fast lap from Sebastian Vettel. It is so composed,
:50:23. > :50:26.it is so under control. The fastest of the day so far by less than a
:50:26. > :50:31.10th from his previous best. Let's of the day so far by less than a
:50:31. > :50:36.see what Webber does now. Coming out of the final corner and it is not as
:50:36. > :50:42.quick. Hamilton is also on a lap. Let's just watch the Mercedes
:50:42. > :50:48.crossed the line. He goes forth. Nico Rosberg has gone second there.
:50:48. > :50:53.And Grosjean in third. So almost as Nico Rosberg has gone second there.
:50:53. > :50:57.fast as Hamilton on that lap. But Rosberg is quicker than Hamilton on
:50:57. > :51:02.that. And we have seen that a few times in Q3 earlier this year. That
:51:02. > :51:07.has happened in more recent races where Rosberg had the edge earlier
:51:07. > :51:15.in the season. I just wonder whether the tyres, the balancing of playing
:51:15. > :51:22.a part here. Do you think you have a good gap again for the second
:51:22. > :51:36.outing? I think I'd could improve but... A 10th or two. So, a bit more
:51:36. > :51:42.to come from Sebastian Vettel. The more the streets rubber in, the more
:51:42. > :51:43.you can extract from it. Unquestionably the track does
:51:43. > :51:48.improve as you go along, but it is a Unquestionably the track does
:51:48. > :51:52.straightforward question from his engineer, the engineer of Sebastian
:51:52. > :51:56.Vettel, but it gives a lot to your opposition as well. It is absolutely
:51:56. > :52:01.normal that he thinks he can go faster because you always do, and
:52:01. > :52:06.then once the session is over, you reflect on whether he needed to or
:52:06. > :52:10.not. I would be surprised. Do they really feel the need to go back out
:52:10. > :52:13.there? Doesn't look like he is having a large amount of pressure
:52:13. > :52:22.from the Mercedes guys, who have been the main qualifiers. A string
:52:22. > :52:28.of pole positions. It would be a lot to think Alonso can push them but it
:52:28. > :52:36.looks like... No, that was his helmet coming out. He is stepping
:52:36. > :52:40.out of the car. So, Vettel things he has done enough, the team think he
:52:41. > :52:46.has done enough. And that is to snatch pole position here. I think
:52:46. > :52:52.everybody else in that top ten has decided to go out on track in the
:52:52. > :52:55.last minute and a half. So have they calculated this right? Or could
:52:55. > :53:00.somebody just match it away from Sebastian Vettel in the dying
:53:00. > :53:03.moments of this session? It is like one of those crime scene
:53:03. > :53:10.investigation programmes! You just have to hang on in there! You have
:53:10. > :53:15.to be confident he has done enough. Not a confident feeling. Not
:53:15. > :53:19.necessarily. Just wondering if somebody can go quicker. It would be
:53:19. > :53:25.miraculous and take somebody miraculous to beat it from here.
:53:25. > :53:31.Felipe Massa, not really looking like a pole winner this weekend.
:53:32. > :53:37.Nearly out in the first part of qualifying earlier today and an
:53:37. > :53:42.amazing recovery to bring it back. The rival teams are pretty nervous
:53:42. > :53:47.about the ability of the Ferrari, mind you, so they get into the
:53:47. > :53:55.second and third row and they know that the Ferrari can be very quick
:53:55. > :54:04.into the corner. Ferrari seem to be mastering that art. So, Massa
:54:04. > :54:09.through the first sector. That is mastering that art. So, Massa
:54:09. > :54:14.about three tenths off the fastest we have seen so far. But a good
:54:14. > :54:19.section from Mark Webber. The fastest section of anybody. So he
:54:19. > :54:25.has gone quicker than Vettel in sector one but can he do the same in
:54:25. > :54:29.sector to? Vettel is not going to contest it. He thinks he's done
:54:29. > :54:36.enough, the team thinks he's done enough. What will happen? Another
:54:36. > :54:43.slide there from Massa. Hamilton has picked up a bit over his team-mate
:54:43. > :54:49.in the first sector. Rosberg has gone faster in the middle sector.
:54:49. > :54:58.Rosberg is on a good lap here but he was a few tenths down in the first
:54:58. > :55:04.sector. Webber is matching Vettel's lap! And there you have Nico
:55:04. > :55:08.Rosberg. He took pole position in Monaco. Lewis Hamilton will not want
:55:08. > :55:12.to be beaten on another street circuit by his team-mate. He loves
:55:12. > :55:20.the street circuits as much as Rosberg. So, some internal rivalry.
:55:20. > :55:24.Just a 10th slower, Webber, than Sebastian Vettel! And Mark Webber is
:55:24. > :55:28.going to come across the line. He is safe for the moment and he thinks he
:55:28. > :55:33.has done it. What about Hamilton? That is the only question now. But
:55:33. > :55:38.has done it. What about Hamilton? we have to keep an eye on Grosjean.
:55:38. > :55:47.Yes. Can you produce one of his magical laps, Hamilton? Can he
:55:47. > :55:51.produce it? No, he can't. So he pushes Hamilton down another,
:55:52. > :55:55.Grosjean. But it is Sebastian Vettel who has taken his fifth pole
:55:55. > :56:00.position of the season, and he matches Lewis Hamilton in turns of
:56:00. > :56:05.pole positions this year. His second here in Singapore, and of course,
:56:05. > :56:09.that is two in a row. He got pole last time in Italy and now he has it
:56:09. > :56:14.this time as well. Another stunning performance from Sebastian Vettel
:56:14. > :56:17.with the Red Bull. Man and machine in perfect harmony once again, but
:56:17. > :56:24.it was a little bit closer than he would have liked. Yes. The lap time
:56:24. > :56:29.improved and it was close but the image of them... You know, punching
:56:29. > :56:39.the air, even before the session was over. It means so much to them. It
:56:39. > :56:54.was a tremendous stride by Romain Grosjean. He is third on the grid.
:56:54. > :56:59.And he has out qualified Alonso. Jenson Button ended up eighth.
:56:59. > :57:04.Interestingly, Button did set a time on the soft tyre but Gutierrez
:57:04. > :57:10.didn't. They are happy. They don't have Ferrari right up their gearbox!
:57:10. > :57:18.They have got a bit of space with Rosberg in second. A great lap by
:57:18. > :57:21.Rosberg. He was, what, three tenths quicker than Hamilton? He adores
:57:21. > :57:26.this Singapore track and has just been outpaced by his team-mate. That
:57:26. > :57:39.is both tracks this year that Rosberg has outpaced Hamilton.
:57:39. > :57:47.So, Vettel takes pole position in Singapore and Rosberg will join him
:57:47. > :57:53.on the front row. Grosjean and Webber will make up the grid. And
:57:53. > :58:01.this is what Massa needs as he tries to secure a driver for next year, in
:58:01. > :58:06.six. Gutierrez in his first octane, and ultimately, he ends just ahead
:58:06. > :58:15.of his team-mate, Hulkenberg. Good race pace for Raikkonen on the
:58:15. > :58:25.Lotus. Let's hope that continues. A disappointment of this session from
:58:25. > :58:29.Paul di Resta. Despite Nico Rosberg's best efforts in the end,
:58:29. > :58:35.pole position has gone, once again, to Sebastian Vettel.
:58:35. > :58:46.Now you know what it was like to be a spectator in qualifying. It is
:58:46. > :58:51.exciting, isn't it? As long as you had your car working perfectly next
:58:51. > :58:55.to you! It is a feeling when you are standing there and you can't do
:58:55. > :58:59.anything. I'd prefer not to know the sector times and just try to do it
:58:59. > :59:05.on the track. It is a decision we took together. We had a big margin.
:59:05. > :59:12.It was very close in the end. Well, we are joined by your team
:59:12. > :59:17.principal. Sebastian Vettel said it was a bit hairy towards the end. Was
:59:17. > :59:26.there ever a session when you said, I might rue this decision? I was
:59:26. > :59:27.never in doubt! Oh, come on! Well, with the information we had, we said
:59:27. > :59:32.never in doubt! Oh, come on! Well, if we were half a second clear, we
:59:32. > :59:37.wouldn't run again. We asked him, could you go quicker? He said, maybe
:59:37. > :59:49.a 10th. And we thought let's stick to this decision based on the
:59:49. > :59:54.formation he has given us. Let's be clear about this! You have this in
:59:54. > :00:03.the bag, don't you? You have won? I hope you are right and I wish you
:00:03. > :00:07.are right, Eddie! He is so on top of his game and he desperately wants to
:00:07. > :00:12.win this World Championship. Absolutely. He is driving supremely
:00:12. > :00:17.well. It is a tough race and physical on the cars as well, so we
:00:17. > :00:24.are taking nothing for granted. It is a long, tough race tomorrow.
:00:24. > :00:36.Mercedes matching up alongside you or do you think you can convert that
:00:36. > :00:40.pole into winning? Hopefully we can get a reasonable getaway and into
:00:41. > :00:45.the first sequence of corners. The tyres are a bit of an unknown. That
:00:45. > :00:49.is why strategically we were keen to keep the set of option softer tyres
:00:49. > :00:59.up our sleeves just in case the race pans out differently tomorrow. That
:00:59. > :01:05.extra set of tyres gives you an advantage. It gives a strategic
:01:05. > :01:09.options, it will be a voyage of discovery as we see how the race
:01:09. > :01:14.unfolds. If the soft tyres are the right ones to have we have got
:01:14. > :01:19.another new set pupil on. Hopefully some reasonable options for stop
:01:19. > :01:22.thank you very much and we wish you all the best. Let's hear from the
:01:22. > :01:29.man who gave Sebastian Vettel run for his money, Mark Webber. It was
:01:29. > :01:36.tight at the top, how do you feel? A bit disappointed, would like to be
:01:36. > :01:40.on the front row. A bit more maintenance, not quite as
:01:40. > :01:52.comfortable. Along race tomorrow. The disappointed. We will see how we
:01:52. > :01:59.go. In a good decision to try and get something tomorrow. -- good
:01:59. > :02:03.position. Very well done, so tight out there, did you think you had got
:02:03. > :02:06.it? I wasn't really sure what was going
:02:06. > :02:12.on. I thought Sebastian Ross out of reach, I didn't know he got out of
:02:12. > :02:19.the car for stop I was pleased with my lap, very good. That worked out
:02:19. > :02:24.really well. Did a good job with the whole team, all of us together,
:02:24. > :02:31.improving the car Friday was not so nice, especially Friday morning.
:02:31. > :02:37.Nice juicy olivine close to Sebastian Vettel again for stop
:02:37. > :02:42.second is great for tomorrow. Is it a coincidence this is another street
:02:42. > :02:46.circuit and he is ahead of Hamilton? He is more comfortable with this
:02:46. > :02:51.Mercedes car and the tight confines. It is more open here in Monaco for
:02:51. > :02:55.stop the second slowest circuit on the calendar so very closely
:02:55. > :03:00.matched. I think Hamilton will be a bit disappointed. There is this
:03:00. > :03:05.thing between drivers, only the brave on the street circuits. He
:03:05. > :03:09.looked relaxed. He just passed us and had a face like thunder. He has
:03:09. > :03:16.been beating himself up, we know that. Interesting to see what his
:03:16. > :03:20.mindset is like. I thought Nico Rosberg was outstanding, a very fine
:03:20. > :03:25.effort. Nobody, even Red Bull have admitted, they thought their man was
:03:25. > :03:33.so far front. They must have been shocked. Here is Hamilton. Hard work
:03:34. > :03:37.in the heat, was that the reward you were looking for?
:03:37. > :03:43.It wasn't a good day for me. That is life. We have got to push
:03:43. > :03:48.hard tomorrow and see if we can get on the podium.
:03:48. > :03:54.What you put it down to? Just wasn't fast enough. Will that change
:03:54. > :04:00.overnight? That is pretty much it for the weekend. Difficult to
:04:00. > :04:04.overtake here, how do you set yourself up? Turn the negativity
:04:04. > :04:09.overtake here, how do you set into a positive overnight and
:04:09. > :04:11.tomorrow pushed as hard as I can and see if we can get on the podium,
:04:11. > :04:21.that would be amazing. We are joined by Romain Grosjean,
:04:21. > :04:29.what a terrific lap and it seems like there is more to come tomorrow.
:04:29. > :04:33.The start of the lap was a bit slow, traffic, I can get the tyre to get
:04:33. > :04:38.ready for the first few corners but the middle sector the car worked
:04:38. > :04:45.really well. This is going into turn for, really
:04:45. > :04:52.fast. The car is very stable, so I just carry on because the wall is
:04:52. > :05:00.there, straight-line for heavy braking, easy to log the wheels, the
:05:00. > :05:08.car went quicker, late-breaking, that was surprising, the traction
:05:08. > :05:14.wasn't too bad, tricky left corner. Close to the wall. We can have got a
:05:14. > :05:19.new turn ten, Goodspeed, surprised the car could make it, then the
:05:19. > :05:25.chicane was a bit of this there maybe, maybe lost a little bit. --
:05:25. > :05:38.oversteer. Important I got good traction at their, dashed out there.
:05:38. > :05:44.I can see you really enjoyed that there was exhilarating, magic.
:05:44. > :05:48.Driving an F1 car when you have got good tyres, low fuel, you can feel
:05:48. > :05:53.all the downforce, the way the car is working, we have got a good
:05:53. > :05:59.mechanic, the downforce level we are raising, I felt comfortable in the
:05:59. > :06:05.car. I could play with the wall without kissing them. There are a
:06:05. > :06:07.lot of people who would have thought you should be sacked by your
:06:07. > :06:10.inconsistencies last year, you have you should be sacked by your
:06:10. > :06:15.turned it around, proved everybody wrong, is your seat safe? If they
:06:15. > :06:23.trusted me last year then they should follow next year. Good luck
:06:23. > :06:27.for the race. Tellers about the back, how bad is
:06:27. > :06:32.it? This morning I couldn't drive very
:06:32. > :06:38.well. Couldn't really do what we wanted. At least we got the car on
:06:38. > :06:40.the grid and see what we can do. What do you do between now and
:06:40. > :06:47.the grid and see what we can do. tomorrow to get yourself better?
:06:47. > :06:49.Hopefully it gets a bit better with time. We will know tomorrow during
:06:49. > :06:58.the race. Fernando, your team a qualified in
:06:58. > :07:00.sixth place, how much of an advantage is it to be on the clean
:07:00. > :07:07.sixth place, how much of an side of the grid?
:07:07. > :07:10.Obviously we will see some advantage tomorrow but when you go for
:07:10. > :07:15.qualifying you don't know which result you will get, you will go for
:07:15. > :07:23.the maximum, I did Maxim, Felipe Massa did maximum as well, we asked
:07:23. > :07:25.some pace of the pole position, that is the important thing.
:07:25. > :07:30.some pace of the pole position, that This is last chance saloon in terms
:07:30. > :07:34.of the championship for Ferrari, Alonso has got to make the most
:07:34. > :07:37.amazing start, we know you can but has he got any chance of making up
:07:37. > :07:45.any points, even beating Sebastian Vettel? I think not, where can he
:07:45. > :07:52.come? If Sebastian Vettel was to win this race it is over for Ferrari,
:07:52. > :07:56.there is no way. There is still a mathematical chance. It is still all
:07:56. > :08:00.to be playful but they are not quick enough. Red Bull are getting
:08:00. > :08:04.stronger. Sebastien has been quick in every single session. He looks a
:08:04. > :08:09.man on a mission right now, he wants in every single session. He looks a
:08:09. > :08:16.to nail this championship in as short as possible time. Let's get
:08:16. > :08:20.thoughts from Felipe Massa. This has been quite a good day for
:08:20. > :08:28.you. A very good day, good qualifying.
:08:28. > :08:36.The qualifying in 2008 but the lap I did today was similar. I was
:08:36. > :08:43.struggling massively yesterday, not able to drive the car yesterday, we
:08:43. > :08:48.changed completely from yesterday, still not great, I changed even more
:08:48. > :08:55.to the qualifying managed to get it right, get ready for the fight,
:08:55. > :08:59.managed to put out a great lap in Q3. That was really good. I think it
:08:59. > :09:13.was very good. Jenson, how did that go? It was OK.
:09:13. > :09:16.It is tough when you don't think you are going to get much out of it and
:09:16. > :09:23.you up 1.5 seconds off the pace. In are going to get much out of it and
:09:23. > :09:26.terms of what we did in qualifying, we are pretty much right, we might
:09:26. > :09:33.have gone a little bit too on the nose for Q3 in terms of the front
:09:33. > :09:37.end of the car but not too bad. Doing a lot of setup work this
:09:37. > :09:42.weekend that has improved the car so happy about that.
:09:42. > :09:49.Going from eighth place, fourth row, can he improve? It will be
:09:49. > :09:53.difficult, they don't have the underlying pace. Maybe there are
:09:53. > :09:56.some incidents or the Chinese will come during the Grand Prix book your
:09:56. > :10:06.place, that is where they are. Who else best you? Daniel Riccardo,
:10:06. > :10:11.another superstar. Gutierrez was a huge surprise. And Sauber have
:10:11. > :10:16.picked their game up remarkably. Let's hear from him right now.
:10:16. > :10:23.Congratulations. You must have the biggest smile, a really strong day
:10:23. > :10:33.of this and we set some goals, it was critical to qualify well. They
:10:33. > :10:40.didn't make it fun for me. I focus on what to find a solution and
:10:40. > :10:43.together with the team I feel grateful. When you set the goal from
:10:43. > :10:50.a difficult position and you reach it earlier than expected. Honestly I
:10:50. > :10:54.expected to move up a step are probably not that big. Knowing I am
:10:54. > :11:00.capable of doing this kind of qualifying is really satisfying. It
:11:00. > :11:04.is the only thing we were missing. This is interesting. There will be a
:11:04. > :11:08.lot of people also surprised as indeed they were a couple of weeks
:11:08. > :11:13.ago with Hulkenberg's performance. What is going on with Sauber? How
:11:13. > :11:18.come they make this big step forward? I am sure lots of people
:11:18. > :11:22.will say sponsorship time, driver time, who will be the main
:11:22. > :11:28.protagonist, where will we get our money? I dispel all of those things.
:11:28. > :11:33.The car has looked better only one in the season -- earlier on in the
:11:33. > :11:37.season. They are getting that extra sparkle out of it now. Nothing
:11:37. > :11:42.sinister, they are doing a good job. In terms of race pace, we seek the
:11:42. > :11:50.Sauber operable oral up there in the top ten? It will be interesting how
:11:50. > :11:56.he handles that expect patient. Normally it should be a bit clean at
:11:56. > :12:01.forward you go. Let's have a look at the provisional
:12:01. > :12:06.grid. Sebastian Vettel will start from his
:12:06. > :12:15.fifth pole position. Romain Grosjean badges his best position of the
:12:15. > :12:18.year. Hamilton has the fast start. Jenson Button is an evil place. A
:12:19. > :12:22.career-best performance for Gutierrez. Nico Hulkenberg on the
:12:22. > :12:40.sixth row. Kimi Raikkonen is 13th. The track can throw up some
:12:41. > :12:47.surprising results. That is the grid for tomorrow's.
:12:48. > :12:53.surprising results. Disqualifying give more relevance to
:12:53. > :12:57.the merry-go-round? Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, a lot of good
:12:57. > :13:04.performances. Paul Di Resta will be fighting to get his name back in the
:13:04. > :13:08.mix. Anything can happen, 2009, the brakes of Mark Webber one, we don't
:13:08. > :13:12.know what will happen tomorrow? Long-distance lap, historically they
:13:12. > :13:17.have safety cars here, anything can happen.
:13:17. > :13:22.We will have all the action on BBC One.
:13:22. > :13:29.Mercedes said they would put a car on a front row, they did, we will
:13:29. > :13:31.see you tomorrow.