The Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:10. > :01:15.Belgian? You are thinking of wire rope. He is fictional! You could

:01:16. > :01:17.have the muscles from Brussels. Extra points if you said Audrey

:01:18. > :01:30.Hepburn. This time, don't think who, think

:01:31. > :01:38.what. What has Belgium given us? Chocolate, waffles and beer, not add

:01:39. > :01:47.but not great for the West line -- waistline. What has this got to do

:01:48. > :01:48.with Formula One? Nothing! Except that Belgium also gave us the

:01:49. > :01:49.internal with Formula One? Nothing! Except

:01:50. > :01:59.that Belgium also combustion engine. Starting to see the link?

:02:00. > :02:07.This country gave the world something even more precious, this

:02:08. > :02:11.place, Spa, a racetrack like no other, history twisting and turning

:02:12. > :02:17.as it cuts through the landscape. And the famous Eau Rouge, the

:02:18. > :02:24.drivers taking it flat out. It is a real test, unforgiving, frightening

:02:25. > :02:29.and mentally tough. Mix this with the most unpredictable weather and

:02:30. > :02:35.the challenge is immense. The pictures don't do it justice, you

:02:36. > :02:39.have to see it, feel it and live it. This country is so much more than

:02:40. > :02:46.chips and mayonnaise. God bless Belgium! And here she is in all her

:02:47. > :02:51.glory, one of the most iconic corners in Formula One, Eau Rouge,

:02:52. > :02:53.and here they are in their splendour, David Coulthard and

:02:54. > :03:00.welcome back to Eddie Jordan, we have missed you. I've missed you as

:03:01. > :03:04.well! Talking about the greatest circuit in the world and the most

:03:05. > :03:11.iconic track, no doubt, this is everybody's favourite. You couldn't

:03:12. > :03:16.miss this one? I enjoy it, I have good memories and it was lucky to me

:03:17. > :03:21.and also for David because he gave us a great win here in 1998 as a

:03:22. > :03:25.result, causing the biggest crash in the history of Formula One! And he

:03:26. > :03:31.took out Michael Schumacher as well. David is a legend in my book

:03:32. > :03:40.here. You don't remember it that one, it was 99, not 98! No, you

:03:41. > :03:44.don't member, it was 98! Safe to say that you had mixed results here,

:03:45. > :03:49.winning in 99. What is it like coming up here? It is incredible,

:03:50. > :03:57.they will be doing about 100 80 mph here. -- 180 mph. You are going over

:03:58. > :04:02.the top of the hill and at this stage you think you are heading into

:04:03. > :04:08.the trees. It only presents itself as you go over the top. It is one of

:04:09. > :04:13.the corners on this track that make it really special for the drivers.

:04:14. > :04:16.This qualifying session which will be affected by the weather which

:04:17. > :04:20.looks a bit dreary and that played a huge factor three weeks ago in

:04:21. > :04:25.Hungary which turned out to be one of the most spectacular weekend in

:04:26. > :04:31.recent years, certainly not starting well for Lewis Hamilton when his car

:04:32. > :04:39.cut fire -- caught fire in qualifying and he had it all to do

:04:40. > :04:44.in the race. Away we go. Rosberg gets off the line, Bottas has made a

:04:45. > :04:54.good start, Hamilton in the pits to start the race. Hamilton has gone

:04:55. > :05:00.straight off. A big accident for Marcus Ericsson indicator. Everybody

:05:01. > :05:08.will be behind the safety car -- for Marcus Ericsson in the Caterham.

:05:09. > :05:12.This really does turn things around because this group will be at the

:05:13. > :05:16.back of the queue, a complete turnaround. Rosberg is under

:05:17. > :05:21.pressure from Alonso, he goes through and there is only one car

:05:22. > :05:29.between Rosberg and Hamilton! That is Sergio Perez! The Red Bull, it is

:05:30. > :05:36.Sebastian Vettel, but he has not hit anything! Lewis Hamilton trying to

:05:37. > :05:43.make a move on Vergne, he took a wheel on the grass, he makes the

:05:44. > :05:53.move! You have to let Nico passed on this lap. I think that is a tough

:05:54. > :05:56.call, I am sorry, they are racing. This is the battle for the lead,

:05:57. > :06:01.Fernando Alonso with Lewis Hamilton bearing down on him despite starting

:06:02. > :06:04.from the pit lane. Ricciardo has gone round the outside to take

:06:05. > :06:10.second place! A brilliant manoeuvre and he is chasing Fernando Alonso.

:06:11. > :06:17.Daniel Ricciardo started in fourth place, he has run towards the first

:06:18. > :06:24.corner and he is down the inside! And has got more grip and he holds

:06:25. > :06:28.the apex. The title contenders going wheel-to-wheel, Hamilton defending.

:06:29. > :06:33.Round the outside, this is where we saw Ricciardo but Hamilton squeezes

:06:34. > :06:42.him, you are not coming through! Daniel Ricciardo wins the Hungarian

:06:43. > :06:46.Grand Prix! Two victories this year, Canada and Hungary, second place to

:06:47. > :06:55.Fernando Alonso, Hamilton holds on for the final podium slot ahead of

:06:56. > :07:00.Rosberg. Incredibly, Hamilton's enthralling pit to podium escapade

:07:01. > :07:13.allowed him to close the gap on Rosberg who leads the way by just 11

:07:14. > :07:16.points now. Ricciardo is in third. Fourth belongs to the only man who

:07:17. > :07:23.has scored points in every race this season, Fernando Alonso. Mercedes

:07:24. > :07:29.have the Constructors' Championship firmly in their grasp. Williams

:07:30. > :07:38.returned back into fourth place, seven points adrift of their desired

:07:39. > :07:44.third spot. So, the weather has turned! A minute ago there were

:07:45. > :07:50.about 150 people standing there but the heavens have opened in true Spa

:07:51. > :07:56.style. Let's go back to that incredible weekend. David talked

:07:57. > :07:59.openly about the team orders which dominated the newspapers. Where user

:08:00. > :08:04.prized that Mercedes gave those orders having said they would not do

:08:05. > :08:08.so -- were you surprised? There is no point in saying something and

:08:09. > :08:15.doing the opposite as we get blown away! Maybe if this is the end of

:08:16. > :08:22.the world! I am so happy to spend it with you then! Back to Hungary and

:08:23. > :08:36.the team orders, I think it was very confusing. They are embarrassed.

:08:37. > :08:43.Come this way! It fell apart! I will put my head under your umbrella if

:08:44. > :08:50.we can share. Let's go in here! This is incredible. To finish this

:08:51. > :08:59.conversation if it is possible... It is now hailing, yesterday we were

:09:00. > :09:05.talking to Toto Wolff and he said that it was not the team orders he

:09:06. > :09:10.thought was the problem but the language use, insinuating they would

:09:11. > :09:16.do the same thing again. I am not sure how they delivered the language

:09:17. > :09:21.but the big winner out of this is Lewis Hamilton who stood his ground.

:09:22. > :09:27.He was given an instruction, there was no agreed strategy agreed

:09:28. > :09:32.beforehand for moving over. They told him to, they have now clarified

:09:33. > :09:40.that if the driver behind is on a different strategy, they will tell

:09:41. > :09:44.the lead driver that the second driver is on a different strategy.

:09:45. > :09:51.It is still down to the driver behind to get past. Lewis is the big

:09:52. > :09:55.winner. I see that as another psychological blow to the Rosberg.

:09:56. > :09:58.What a start to the show, it is hailing here. Let's catch up with

:09:59. > :10:10.the news now. The World Championship battle

:10:11. > :10:13.resumes this weekend with Nico Rosberg 11 points ahead of Lewis

:10:14. > :10:18.Hamilton. The last race in Hungary ended in controversy after a row

:10:19. > :10:23.over team orders but they claim it is behind them and the fight is on.

:10:24. > :10:27.I spoke to the team a couple of days later. I have a great relationship

:10:28. > :10:31.with Toto and Paddy so I can approach them and if I have any

:10:32. > :10:41.issues, I raised it with them and they answer it. Otherwise, what can

:10:42. > :10:46.I do to help them and what can they do to help me. We discussed it

:10:47. > :10:52.internally and reviewed what happened and how to move forward.

:10:53. > :11:01.Now it is behind us. Everything is calm? It is behind us. There is a

:11:02. > :11:04.new Caterham driver. Kamui Kobayashi has been replaced by Andre Lotterer

:11:05. > :11:10.who last drove a Formula One car when he tested for Jaguar in 2002.

:11:11. > :11:18.At this stage, the deal is just for one race. It came through: Colours,

:11:19. > :11:34.I raced for him in 2009 in a private Audi --: : Is -- Colin Kolles. Is it

:11:35. > :11:42.just for one race? Yes. I feel more or less ready to do it. I am fully

:11:43. > :11:46.active in Japan in super formula which is one of the fastest

:11:47. > :11:51.categories after Formula One. In that sense I am kind of up-to-date.

:11:52. > :11:55.There will be a new face at Toro Rosso next season after news that

:11:56. > :12:01.Jean-Eric Vergne is to be replaced by Max Verstappen, son of former

:12:02. > :12:05.driver Yost the star. He will be just 17 when he lines up on the grid

:12:06. > :12:13.in Melbourne next March -- Jos Verstappen. I can't remember someone

:12:14. > :12:18.in the last 15 years who went from go-kart directly in Formula Three

:12:19. > :12:26.and was immediately competitive. For his age he is a very mature person.

:12:27. > :12:30.We have plenty of time to prepare him the Melbourne next season so we

:12:31. > :12:37.are really positive and I am sure he will immediately do well. Musical

:12:38. > :12:41.chairs went into overdrive on Thursday when Max Chilton announced

:12:42. > :12:46.he was giving up his seat at Mauricio Pochettino the good of the

:12:47. > :13:01.team. Alexander Rossi was lined up to make his debut -- at Marussia. It

:13:02. > :13:05.is still pouring down here, appalling weather and this is the

:13:06. > :13:09.worst weather we have seen all weekend, typically as we go on air!

:13:10. > :13:16.But we are going to have a delay here. Absolutely, this amount of

:13:17. > :13:26.standing water would not be safe. Because of the elevation change, you

:13:27. > :13:31.get rivers going across the track. And the bottom of the car can act

:13:32. > :13:34.like a rudder. Charlie is well aware, the drivers will have no

:13:35. > :13:43.desire to go out and practice their skiing skills! I wanted to walk down

:13:44. > :13:47.the pit lane but we will leave it for a bit. Going back to that news,

:13:48. > :13:55.Andre Lotterer coming in at Caterham. He has an incredible

:13:56. > :14:01.reputation but what is that about? He is still a single seater driver

:14:02. > :14:06.in Japan, racing for Audi, three-time champion, team-mates with

:14:07. > :14:09.Allan McNish in that squad, competed in British Formula Three, he knows a

:14:10. > :14:15.lot about this track from his previous sports car days and he

:14:16. > :14:19.knows the management of the team. It is a bit of payback in trust and

:14:20. > :14:25.friendship and quite frankly he is a very quick driver. He may not get a

:14:26. > :14:31.chance to show it this weekend but that sort of talent deserves ago.

:14:32. > :14:39.Interesting to watch. We saw the merry-go-round with tongues wagging

:14:40. > :14:45.in the paddock. Eddie is with Graeme Lowdon and perhaps he can shed some

:14:46. > :14:50.light. One of the great revelations of the season so far, what on earth

:14:51. > :14:57.did you need to do, all of the confusion with changing drivers? It

:14:58. > :15:03.is never ideal. It is not ideal for the fans because they'd like to know

:15:04. > :15:07.which drivers are racing. But it is a fantastic sport, but also a big

:15:08. > :15:13.business and there is a lot of interlocked contracts. Sometimes

:15:14. > :15:18.these things happen, it is not the first time and I am sure not the

:15:19. > :15:22.last in Formula One. We are looking for stability now and looking to see

:15:23. > :15:31.if we can hold onto opposition in championship going forward.

:15:32. > :15:35.what you did have. You have had remarkable success with both of your

:15:36. > :15:40.drivers. Chilton and Bianchi have been phenomenal for you this year.

:15:41. > :15:45.To bring in a rocky, most people out there don't quite get this. There is

:15:46. > :15:51.a lock that looks difficult to understand about Formula One from

:15:52. > :15:55.the outside. -- a lot. But a lot of these decisions are incredibly well

:15:56. > :16:00.fought through and make a lot of logic. Often your hands are tied in

:16:01. > :16:05.certain ways. I agree that it can look confusing from the outside, but

:16:06. > :16:10.it makes perfect sense to everyone involved. These things happen and it

:16:11. > :16:17.is important for us to focus on the race and move on. Moving an indeed.

:16:18. > :16:24.These kind of conditions, do they play into your hands? You could pull

:16:25. > :16:28.a big surprise here. You're currently ninth in the championship,

:16:29. > :16:32.ahead of Sauber, and Caterham. You are doing incredibly well. Could you

:16:33. > :16:34.capitalize you could pull a big surprise here. You're currently

:16:35. > :16:36.ninth in the championship, ahead of Sauber, and Caterham. You are doing

:16:37. > :16:38.incredibly well. Could you? You could pull a big surprise here.

:16:39. > :16:40.You're currently ninth in the championship, ahead of Sauber, and

:16:41. > :16:42.Caterham. You are doing incredibly well. Could you? You could pull a

:16:43. > :16:45.big surprise here. You're currently ninth in the championship, ahead of

:16:46. > :16:48.Sauber, and Caterham. You are doing incredibly well. Could you I know

:16:49. > :16:50.you have been doing a lot of sailing recently it is the greatest team

:16:51. > :16:53.game in the world and everyone wants to try to perform on the big stage.

:16:54. > :16:58.When you have opportunities like this it is important to try and take

:16:59. > :17:01.advantage of it. Our drivers have done a spectacular job whenever we

:17:02. > :17:06.have had the opportunity to level the field a bit, we have grabbed it.

:17:07. > :17:09.The drivers have done a great job with that. Hopefully we can look at

:17:10. > :17:14.something like this and take something from it. The thing I would

:17:15. > :17:19.point out is that it is the same for everyone, Red Bull, Ferrari,

:17:20. > :17:24.McLaren, we are all presented with these conditions. That is the team

:17:25. > :17:29.sport element of it. I know what it feels like, I have been in the same

:17:30. > :17:30.position very often. Stability, please, that is what I would look

:17:31. > :17:40.for. The complicated world of Formula One

:17:41. > :17:43.and its contracts and finances. The weather has slowed down a little

:17:44. > :17:50.bit, it is now just pouring with rain rather than any hailstones. The

:17:51. > :17:54.situation is obviously complicated but it makes sense to people

:17:55. > :18:02.involved. In terms of Macs this weekend, it is not great for his

:18:03. > :18:07.concentration, is it? It is not. He has a bigger thing to focus on,

:18:08. > :18:12.which is finishing in front of Jules Bianchi, which he can't do if he is

:18:13. > :18:18.not in the car. He has done a good job and he is a capable of young

:18:19. > :18:26.driver. That is where his focus needs to be, not worrying what is

:18:27. > :18:32.going on with contracts. There were several times when I did not know if

:18:33. > :18:38.I was going to be in the car, with other drivers and managers sniffing

:18:39. > :18:41.around trying to get your seat. The only thing that matters is the lap

:18:42. > :18:47.time, the lap time in qualifying and the lap time in the race. You can't

:18:48. > :18:53.allow anything else to distract you. You had to share the seat with Nigel

:18:54. > :19:03.Mansell once? That is right. It was a bit destabilising. It is all part

:19:04. > :19:07.and parcel of Formula One. If it were simple, everyone would be doing

:19:08. > :19:14.it. As we heard earlier, Max Verstappen will be taking on from

:19:15. > :19:19.Jean-Eric Vergne at Toro Rosso next year, making his debut at 17, the

:19:20. > :19:23.youngest Formula One driver ever. We will see him in free practice in

:19:24. > :19:29.Austin, and the question everyone is asking is how can he be ready?

:19:30. > :19:42.Sometimes you are ready with 17 at Formula One, sometimes you are ready

:19:43. > :19:49.at 29. Were you ready at 17? I was not ready at 17. I was not ready at

:19:50. > :19:54.17, no. I wish him all the best, I hope he has good people around him

:19:55. > :19:58.to help him manage it, because it will be tough. There is a lot to

:19:59. > :20:04.learn in Formula One, it is another level to any other category. A lot

:20:05. > :20:11.of people are asking if he is too young or not. What do you do? You

:20:12. > :20:16.asked the question are you ready for Formula One? This is your

:20:17. > :20:21.opportunity. You say yes whether you are ready or not. How do you know

:20:22. > :20:27.that you are ready for Formula One when you have been driving cars for

:20:28. > :20:32.less than a year? Formula Three is a really difficult class to start in.

:20:33. > :20:35.I think I made a good transition. I made some mistakes but I learned

:20:36. > :20:42.quickly and I won eight races so far. I just feel ready for it. If

:20:43. > :20:45.someone said to you this time last year that we would be having a

:20:46. > :20:51.discussion about you being a Formula One driver, would you have believed

:20:52. > :20:57.them? I think I would be laughing out loud! But things happen fast. I

:20:58. > :21:04.did not expect that I would end up so quickly in a racing car. I think

:21:05. > :21:13.that things can happen quickly. The gritty on budget man, Jos

:21:14. > :21:23.-- the gritty young Dutchman, Jos Verstappen! Your career mirrors how

:21:24. > :21:27.your father got involved in Formula One, he almost became a Formula One

:21:28. > :21:33.driver straight away from Formula Three. How important has his advice

:21:34. > :21:37.been to you? Really important. We did everything together so far. He

:21:38. > :21:42.made some mistakes in his F1 career and I think that will help me a lot

:21:43. > :21:47.in my career. After his career he basically gave up his career to help

:21:48. > :21:51.prepare me for Formula One really. Because that was always our dream

:21:52. > :21:58.together. So I have two thank him a lot for that as well. The thing I

:21:59. > :22:04.have to do from now on is the quick straightaway and be consistent and

:22:05. > :22:08.don't make too many mistakes. Do you have any worries that if you don't

:22:09. > :22:14.prove yourself from the beginning that you might be a flash in Formula

:22:15. > :22:17.One and that is all? I mean, that can happen, but I'm not worried

:22:18. > :22:21.about that because I know what I'm capable of. You have to relax

:22:22. > :22:29.because if you start to worry about that already, it is not a good

:22:30. > :22:34.thing. What a sensible young man and a sensible father as well, because

:22:35. > :22:39.we have decided to be brave and not go outside, we are in the Toro Rosso

:22:40. > :22:45.hospitality. It is cold and wet, so better to stay inside. You must be

:22:46. > :22:49.so proud of Max and what you have achieved with him best to mark he is

:22:50. > :22:54.young but I think he is very mature. Even in go-kart when he was

:22:55. > :22:59.there and this year when he made the jump to Formula Three. If you see

:23:00. > :23:06.how quickly he picks it up and how fast he is, straightaway, I think it

:23:07. > :23:11.is possible. He said to me that you were the one stressing about these

:23:12. > :23:15.contracts. He was waking up when his alarm went off and you were worrying

:23:16. > :23:21.all-night! That should help him in the frenetic world of Formula One.

:23:22. > :23:26.Yes, I was nervous. I was waking up at five in the morning and he would

:23:27. > :23:30.be still asleep and that was an race weekend. But he knew what was going

:23:31. > :23:36.on. We talk about everything and discuss everything and at the end of

:23:37. > :23:44.the day we made a deal and it was very easy. OK, good, no problem. Why

:23:45. > :23:50.Toro Rosso? I know Mercedes showed an interest. We were talking with

:23:51. > :23:59.other people. I know Red Bulls showed an interest for a long time.

:24:00. > :24:05.I feel really good that Max is at Toro Rosso. You have had a big

:24:06. > :24:11.accident here in your career. What are we expecting this afternoon,

:24:12. > :24:17.with the rain coming down? Not an easy place to get things right. It

:24:18. > :24:23.is wet, so anything is possible. But it makes it very exciting. Maybe it

:24:24. > :24:31.dries out at the end. It will be a very exciting qualifier. It is going

:24:32. > :24:38.to be an exciting qualifier. Still raining, still pretty much the same.

:24:39. > :24:42.What do you make of it? He is 16 now and clearly very talented. Probably

:24:43. > :24:49.comparable with Kvyat, who has come in and done a good job. Would you

:24:50. > :24:54.have signed a driver so young? A lot of things go on behind the scenes

:24:55. > :24:58.that we are not privy to, whether it is financial, a contract obligation.

:24:59. > :25:01.Red Bull have been sensational because this is where Vettel started

:25:02. > :25:09.from, and he became four times world champion. I think he is too young, I

:25:10. > :25:13.really do. I think he is missing out a lot on life and it could have

:25:14. > :25:17.happened later. I would call into question Red Bull. What are they

:25:18. > :25:23.doing with these drivers when they suddenly let them go at the age of

:25:24. > :25:31.20, 21. We have seen what happened with Jaime Alguersuari. He was a

:25:32. > :25:35.sensational young driver. I would ask the people at Toro Rosso and

:25:36. > :25:38.indeed at Red Bull that there is something left that is available to

:25:39. > :25:46.them at the age of 21, because that is too young to retire from this

:25:47. > :25:52.sport. I guess only time will tell. I disagree with quite a lot of that

:25:53. > :25:57.actually! If you are good enough, you are old enough. They have given

:25:58. > :26:08.him an opportunity. As Jenson Button said during the weekend, if someone

:26:09. > :26:12.gives you an opportunity... You are missing out on what? Sleeping on a

:26:13. > :26:18.sofa in a student union or something? He's going to earn a

:26:19. > :26:23.salary. All the drivers who come through the Toro Rosso system, they

:26:24. > :26:29.leave not having made it, but with a good salary which sets them up for

:26:30. > :26:35.whatever they want to do in life. I see it as giving them an

:26:36. > :26:40.opportunity. If they don't deliver, UK condemn out.

:26:41. > :26:47.-- you kick them out. Daniil Kvyat has been one of the stars this

:26:48. > :26:54.year. Everyone said last year he is too young, what does he know? I am

:26:55. > :26:59.sure Bernie will be happy because it has been creating huge headlines.

:27:00. > :27:04.And Bernie has been creating his own headlines as well with his courtroom

:27:05. > :27:06.drama, where he has been charged with bribery and if found guilty he

:27:07. > :27:14.could be sent to prison. Were there times when you were

:27:15. > :27:18.worried about the ramifications? It would be amazing for any man not to

:27:19. > :27:24.consider having to go to prison. As it played on your mind? Is it

:27:25. > :27:28.bothered me because I knew I was innocent. I guess most people, if

:27:29. > :27:32.they had the threat of a ten year jail sentence hanging over them,

:27:33. > :27:37.they would be scared, they would go to bed at night worrying about that

:27:38. > :27:45.prospect. I'm not scared of anything to be honest with you. Even a ten

:27:46. > :27:49.year jail sentence? I was never ever bothered about the ten year jail

:27:50. > :27:54.sentence because I was sure it did -- would not happen. Why did you pay

:27:55. > :28:03.up to settle? Why do due pay up to settle? There

:28:04. > :28:11.is a system in place in Germany that allows you to do that. I had been

:28:12. > :28:17.found innocent, I just had to pay. Tell me about the future of the

:28:18. > :28:19.sport. In Sochi, let me ask you about that, some politicians have

:28:20. > :28:24.suggested that Formula One should not be going there. What is your

:28:25. > :28:32.take on the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi a few weeks away? We respect

:28:33. > :28:39.the complaint. Do you understand those who are concerned about a race

:28:40. > :28:42.in Sochi? I don't know what the race in Sochi has got to do with

:28:43. > :28:52.anything. We don't get involved in politics. I don't know what the

:28:53. > :28:58.problem is with people there. I asked somebody the other day if they

:28:59. > :29:04.decided who shot that plane down. Nobody seems to know, do they? The

:29:05. > :29:09.rest of this season, how do you think it is shaping up? It is an

:29:10. > :29:11.exciting title race. The race has been good. A little bit quiet,

:29:12. > :29:16.exciting title race. The race has been good. A little but good. That

:29:17. > :29:22.is where Bernie is this weekend. Bernie being Bernie very much,

:29:23. > :29:29.there. How can he possibly not know why people were upset about the

:29:30. > :29:38.Russian race? He has a very difficult task. He has signed a

:29:39. > :29:41.contract and it is with the FIA as well. They have an obligation to be

:29:42. > :29:46.there and that is part of the criteria of the funding and the

:29:47. > :29:52.financial aspects, so it is not a case of ducking in and ducking out

:29:53. > :29:57.of races. Your own personal view is another aspect. Should we be there?

:29:58. > :30:07.It is not for me to say. But we will be there. Is it good that Bernie is

:30:08. > :30:15.back full-time controlling Formula One? Is it good for the sport? In

:30:16. > :30:22.the short term, for sure. The court case has focused on the need for a

:30:23. > :30:26.new Bernie, a new person to control the sport. I would believe that he

:30:27. > :30:30.will look at it carefully and say look, succession is an important

:30:31. > :30:35.aspect of what he has built, to find a really top successor for him to

:30:36. > :30:39.bring it to the next level. He has brought it to a number leave a

:30:40. > :30:42.level. In terms of the footprint, the platform that Formula One has

:30:43. > :30:50.globally is remarkable and that is down to him. Now let's put it in

:30:51. > :30:54.safe hands the next decade. It is still raining here, not quite as

:30:55. > :30:59.heavily as earlier and a little bit brighter. I am the only one that is

:31:00. > :31:07.wet out of the three of us! That is untrue, I am saturated! I was sent

:31:08. > :31:11.all the way up to Marussia in the most appalling rain! Eddie has been

:31:12. > :31:18.taking a look at the twists and turns in Formula One.

:31:19. > :31:24.Where are we as we enter the second half of the season? We all knew that

:31:25. > :31:36.Mercedes would take the fight to Red Bull. They have been supreme. Yes,

:31:37. > :31:40.Red Bull one the other two but not with the expected driver. Four times

:31:41. > :31:46.world champion Sebastian Vettel has been overshadowed by his new

:31:47. > :31:55.team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. My fascination now is who will fill the

:31:56. > :31:59.next four places. Ferrari continue to be a disappointment despite

:32:00. > :32:06.promises, technical and personnel changes. The giant of F1 is in a

:32:07. > :32:10.dogfight with Williams. We can only do what we have been doing all year

:32:11. > :32:15.which is step-by-step to make the car quicker. We have generally crept

:32:16. > :32:22.up towards the leaders. It will be a fight, Williams are strong. Over the

:32:23. > :32:30.remainder of the season I hope we have the strength in depth to take

:32:31. > :32:34.that place. Williams, at team that took a meagre five points last

:32:35. > :32:39.season. Since then they have risen like a Phoenix from the ashes. How

:32:40. > :32:47.Massa must be wishing the fight with his old team. It doesn't really

:32:48. > :32:52.matter who is in the championship, we just want to beat them, whether

:32:53. > :32:57.it is Ferrari or Red Bull or any other team, that is our target.

:32:58. > :33:03.Force India and Nolan the be considered a small team. Two highly

:33:04. > :33:08.respected drivers, a top engine and a very driveable car. Can they keep

:33:09. > :33:14.the momentum going and finish in front of McLaren? With Williams and

:33:15. > :33:18.Ferrari they are doing a good job but we are not too bad ourselves. We

:33:19. > :33:24.have two incredibly fast drivers who are both very capable, scoring

:33:25. > :33:29.strong results in each race. We also have McLaren, they are a worry

:33:30. > :33:32.professional and strong outfit but we have our plan and we will not

:33:33. > :33:41.change anything and we will fight to the end. Momentum, it seems McLaren

:33:42. > :33:45.have lost it. From the great start in Australia to the bitter

:33:46. > :33:52.disappointment now, a world champion driver, the best engine and still

:33:53. > :33:55.they struggle. We have changed a lot in the engineering and management

:33:56. > :34:01.structure but there is another change going on which is a change of

:34:02. > :34:06.culture and in some ways a return to racing ways and also giving us a

:34:07. > :34:08.platform for the next ten years. We are hell-bent on making it a

:34:09. > :34:14.different organisation and there has been a lot of change. Ron is an

:34:15. > :34:20.impatient man and Formula One will not wait for anybody, we have got to

:34:21. > :34:25.get ourselves together quickly. So, eight races to go, all to play for,

:34:26. > :34:33.points, positions, reputation and respect. I have been joined now by

:34:34. > :34:41.Williams Deputy team principal fair Williams. The sun is coming out! --

:34:42. > :34:46.Claire Williams. Rob Smedley was talking about your position and you

:34:47. > :34:55.said openly that bird is where you want to be. Can we safely say that

:34:56. > :34:59.is your goal? -- third place. Everybody would love to beat

:35:00. > :35:05.Ferrari. We took their third position of them at Silverstone and

:35:06. > :35:11.they took it back just before I'm great but we are only seven points

:35:12. > :35:19.behind. -- just before Hungary. But there is no reason come with the

:35:20. > :35:25.remaining races and our car, that we cannot look at challenging Red Bull.

:35:26. > :35:28.That is a statement and a half. Do you see the next two races as

:35:29. > :35:37.opportunities with fast tracks and you're reduced drag? Yes, this

:35:38. > :35:41.weekend and Monza are big opportunities but our car has been

:35:42. > :35:46.competitive in pretty much every track. Singapore could be a

:35:47. > :35:50.challenge but the remaining races are great opportunities. We have got

:35:51. > :35:57.to make sure both drivers finish in strong positions. This weekend,

:35:58. > :36:01.yesterday and this morning, we saw Valtteri doing very well but have

:36:02. > :36:06.you been running heavy fuel load? Could there be something special in

:36:07. > :36:11.this qualifying, especially in this weather? I can't tell you about

:36:12. > :36:16.before you will loads but we are looking forward to qualy. It has

:36:17. > :36:21.dried out now and I hope it stays dry. A couple of seasons ago we

:36:22. > :36:26.would have been desperate for rain in every olivine session but here we

:36:27. > :36:32.hope it is dried -- every qualifying session.

:36:33. > :36:40.You are rushing at this now, do you ever look back and think what an

:36:41. > :36:48.incredible difference to last year? I think that every day! I pinch

:36:49. > :36:55.myself, I can't believe it. Having grown up in this team, I have

:36:56. > :36:59.experienced highs and lows. The seasons we have just had, to have

:37:00. > :37:04.made this turnaround, we are not where we want to be, we want to win

:37:05. > :37:08.races and championships but the turnaround we have effected in the

:37:09. > :37:13.last 12 months has been staggering and I am so proud of everybody. It

:37:14. > :37:19.has been an incredible season for both drivers. Felipe Massa has had

:37:20. > :37:24.an incredible season and an incredible career really. He left

:37:25. > :37:28.Ferrari last year and picked up this great contract and I wonder if he is

:37:29. > :37:47.pleased he got his marching orders. Hamilton is back in it! Felipe Massa

:37:48. > :37:53.is in intensive care tonight... Felipe Massa is the latest driver to

:37:54. > :38:01.switch teams. When I decided to move to Williams, I was sure I was moving

:38:02. > :38:07.to a team with good potential and possibility to be competitive again

:38:08. > :38:13.and I am really happy. This year we are fighting with the big teams.

:38:14. > :38:18.Massa is making a move, can he go round the outside? He has done it. I

:38:19. > :38:20.hope we can fight in the future with Mercedes.

:38:21. > :38:22.round the outside? He has done it. I hope we can fight What is the

:38:23. > :38:30.biggest difference between Williams and Ferrari? The budget definitely

:38:31. > :38:37.but apart from that it is no different, we have an incredible

:38:38. > :38:39.company and incredible people. The team is working hard to make the

:38:40. > :38:45.budget a little bit bigger which will help the team to become even

:38:46. > :38:51.more on the top. I am sure we will get there. We have had 11 races, you

:38:52. > :38:58.have had a pole position, so much, is that you have not had a podium

:38:59. > :39:06.yet. Has it been frustrating? Yes, I used need some luck but I am sure it

:39:07. > :39:14.will come, -- I just need some luck. But I am happy with how I am

:39:15. > :39:21.driving. But the luck will come and we will do a much better second part

:39:22. > :39:28.of the season. Sergio seems adamant it was not his fault still. He will

:39:29. > :39:34.never learn. It is not as first-time heat causes problems. This accident

:39:35. > :39:40.happens with young guys. You have been quite critical about younger

:39:41. > :39:44.drivers, do you stand by the fact that some of these younger guys

:39:45. > :39:50.don't understand the respect you need on a circuit? Yes, you can see

:39:51. > :39:56.how they arrive from GP two, it is not really correct. You ask them not

:39:57. > :40:05.to be aggressive, you need to follow the rules. Otherwise you are going

:40:06. > :40:10.to get a penalty. They might say that it is always you involved in

:40:11. > :40:16.these situations. I was never involved in these situations all my

:40:17. > :40:22.career, just this season of a few times. You have had some big

:40:23. > :40:31.accident this year. Surely there are so many hits you can take. I am

:40:32. > :40:36.fine, no problem, 100% ready and the batteries recharged for the second

:40:37. > :40:41.part of the season. And what about your family, how difficult is it for

:40:42. > :40:50.them to see you in these situations? My son does not care! Daddy rolled

:40:51. > :40:59.over! He has hit him! My wife, and my mum, they suffer ten times more

:41:00. > :41:02.than anybody! It would not be a Spa weekend if we did not mention

:41:03. > :41:12.contracts, will you be at Williams next year? Yes, no doubt. And I hope

:41:13. > :41:17.we have an even more incredible second season. What would it mean to

:41:18. > :41:22.finish third in the championship ahead of Ferrari who you are very

:41:23. > :41:26.close to, but the fact that they did not want you is why you are here? It

:41:27. > :41:33.is one of the famous teams in motorsport. If you can be in front

:41:34. > :41:41.of them, that is an incredible result for Williams. If we do a

:41:42. > :41:46.perfect job until the end, we can beat second but everything needs to

:41:47. > :41:54.be perfect. -- we can be in second place. Felipe Massa talking to Lee

:41:55. > :41:58.McKenzie. It is a rather steamy track, the sun has come out and the

:41:59. > :42:05.heat is quite strong and the track looks to be drying quickly will stop

:42:06. > :42:11.we are joined by Allan McNish. What conditions we are experiencing.

:42:12. > :42:17.There were hailstones at one stage! It is all wet summer and it could be

:42:18. > :42:24.getting to the stage where it is dry at the end of qualifying. What have

:42:25. > :42:30.you been looking at in the break? How people have stacked up from the

:42:31. > :42:36.beginning of the season until now. These are all of the teams relative

:42:37. > :42:43.to Mercedes, fastest lap of the weekend per kilometre. About Monaco

:42:44. > :42:47.there is a big separation. You can clearly see afterwards there have

:42:48. > :42:54.been four teams rowing well, Red Bull, Williams, Ferrari and

:42:55. > :43:01.obviously Mercedes. Red Bull have been there all the time,

:43:02. > :43:04.consistently. And then a big drop-off in Monaco but after that

:43:05. > :43:09.they were fastest and the main challenges. Ferrari are there or

:43:10. > :43:16.thereabouts but not quite good enough. They are pretty close now? I

:43:17. > :43:21.think this will be one of their strongest weekends of the year. But

:43:22. > :43:26.through the rest of the season we will look at Red Bull and Williams

:43:27. > :43:34.challenging Mercedes. And we have got some updates from some teams.

:43:35. > :43:39.This is quite a different circuit, this and Monza are different to the

:43:40. > :43:45.rest. One team has not been up to speed, McLaren. They came here with

:43:46. > :43:51.a real wing, trying to reduce their drag. They have a sculpted main

:43:52. > :43:57.plane. And they have been doing quite a lot of work, the old

:43:58. > :44:06.blockers have been taken away, and also the little downforce wing. This

:44:07. > :44:15.all increases the air flow. Ferrari, as you can see, they have a

:44:16. > :44:21.difference on the front wing but also on the rear of the car as well,

:44:22. > :44:28.going for a slightly lower drag and also in the centre. And Red Bull,

:44:29. > :44:31.constantly evolving, look at their main claim, significantly smaller

:44:32. > :44:38.and they have taken away the little wings at the back. All to get the

:44:39. > :44:45.speed around this circuit. And pole position, who would you say? It will

:44:46. > :44:52.be difficult because of the weather. I will go with Lewis Hamilton. No

:44:53. > :44:58.surprise! Qualifying is coming up. Let's go to the pit lane. David and

:44:59. > :45:13.Ben are in the commentary box and we are hoping it does not rain again!

:45:14. > :45:22.COMMENTATOR: Magnificent, majestic, Spa-Francorchamps, a ribbon of

:45:23. > :45:32.tarmac cutting a swathe through the Ardennes forest which challenges

:45:33. > :45:35.every aspect of a racing driver. Qualifying will provide a rapid

:45:36. > :45:40.wake-up call to any drivers still dealing with the after-effects of

:45:41. > :45:45.the August break. Around 70% of the track is normally taken at full

:45:46. > :45:50.throttle, perhaps a little bit less in the wet conditions. But even so,

:45:51. > :45:55.engine and hybrid are crucial. The turns of the middle sector require a

:45:56. > :45:59.well balanced chassis and fine judgement from the drivers. On only

:46:00. > :46:02.one occasion this year has a car other than a Mercedes taken pole

:46:03. > :46:08.position and that was in Austria when Felipe Massa took top spot for

:46:09. > :46:12.Williams. Conditions here could open up opportunities for other teams. We

:46:13. > :46:16.have got some blue sky above and the sun is out again. It is beginning to

:46:17. > :46:20.dry off. You can see the steam rising through the trees of the

:46:21. > :46:24.forest and it will be one of those sessions where judging conditions is

:46:25. > :46:29.absolutely critical, as we get to the end of each qualifying segment.

:46:30. > :46:35.Classic conditions here on a classic racetrack. Often when we have come

:46:36. > :46:38.here we have had these unpredictable weather patterns and it can

:46:39. > :46:42.sometimes play into the hands of the smaller teams, who are more prepared

:46:43. > :46:46.to take the gamble of sending out a car early or late depending on what

:46:47. > :46:51.they think might be the best situation. That was certainly quite

:46:52. > :46:56.a downpour! Difficult to imagine, even if it doesn't rain again, that

:46:57. > :46:59.we will see any dry action in this first part of qualifying. It is more

:47:00. > :47:05.likely going to become come with an heir Tim Bridger of 9 degrees, more

:47:06. > :47:09.likely to be through the majority of this session. I may be wrong, once

:47:10. > :47:12.you get to all the cars going around the track. One of the things

:47:13. > :47:16.affecting this is that we have not had a lot of residual heat here the

:47:17. > :47:22.last few days, so it has not been penetrating into the tarmac. It has

:47:23. > :47:27.been so cold here the last few days, a bit of a shocker actually when we

:47:28. > :47:32.came back from the summer break. Just 11 points between Rosberg and

:47:33. > :47:36.Hamilton. Ricciardo, looking at him getting in the car, he is third in

:47:37. > :47:41.the championship courtesy of two stunning results, race victories he

:47:42. > :47:44.has stolen away from Mercedes this year. Let's see what happens in

:47:45. > :47:48.qualifying today. There has been quite a lot going on over the course

:47:49. > :47:52.of the practice sessions. Sebastian Vettel particular missing out on a

:47:53. > :47:56.number of laps. He had engine problems on Friday and because of

:47:57. > :48:02.changeable conditions today he lost some of the opportunity to catch up

:48:03. > :48:06.on that. A crash for this man's team-mate yesterday, Romain Grosjean

:48:07. > :48:11.was fine but Pastor Maldonado big crash. He was fine but the car was

:48:12. > :48:17.quite badly damaged. Esteban Gutierrez spun off at 190 mph,

:48:18. > :48:20.thankfully away from the barrier. I know you have been investigating

:48:21. > :48:25.what has been going on at Ferrari this weekend, Tom. They have the

:48:26. > :48:28.same problem that everyone else who does not have a Mercedes engine

:48:29. > :48:33.has, which is a lack of straight-line speed. Fernando

:48:34. > :48:37.Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen's team-mate, is specific that he wants lower

:48:38. > :48:41.downforce. The big question for him is how much can you take off and

:48:42. > :48:47.keep it on the road during the qualifying session? Lower downforce

:48:48. > :48:52.would give him better straight-line speed. That is his dilemma. It will

:48:53. > :48:57.be interesting to see how it develops this session. We say -- you

:48:58. > :49:03.say that we know tomorrow will be dry, do you have extra information

:49:04. > :49:09.on that? That is a very good point! The weather today is coming from

:49:10. > :49:13.Stavelot, towards the end of the lap. That is what the teams are

:49:14. > :49:23.saying tomorrow, it will be a dry race. Wet qualifying and dry race,

:49:24. > :49:28.that is normally a good mix-up. The Marussia cars did well. This can

:49:29. > :49:32.sometimes throw up opportunities for teams that you would not normally

:49:33. > :49:37.expect to be getting out of this first part of qualifying. The

:49:38. > :49:40.downside of sitting there for over a minute in the pit lane is that you

:49:41. > :49:45.lose the heat from the intermediate tyres and you go out with lower

:49:46. > :49:51.track temperature, difficult to build the heat again. Ron Dennis

:49:52. > :49:55.talking to Eric Boullier, who was brought in this year to run the

:49:56. > :49:59.racing operation. They don't want to make mistakes. There was an error on

:50:00. > :50:06.strategy in the race in Hungary last time when it came to wet and dry

:50:07. > :50:12.conditions. Ron is very keen that the mistakes are not made. Andre

:50:13. > :50:17.Lotterer is next out, head of Marcus Ericsson. Just to remind everybody,

:50:18. > :50:28.Andre Lotterer is a sports car driver normally, he is a three times

:50:29. > :50:32.winner of Le Mans. He is also a champion in Japanese single seater

:50:33. > :50:38.racing. He is 32 years old, older than most people to make their

:50:39. > :50:44.debut. We're riding on board with him and he is going into a fully wet

:50:45. > :50:50.session. He is going into it in the full wet. I see that as an advantage

:50:51. > :50:55.him. It may seem a bit strange, but he races single-seat in Japan in

:50:56. > :51:05.some pretty monsoon conditions there a lot of the time. A bit like we saw

:51:06. > :51:09.with Jordan and Suzuka. You can really get a driver that has

:51:10. > :51:12.developed good skills in the wet. Despite the fact that he is driving

:51:13. > :51:16.a car that he doesn't really know, in the rain as you know it is much

:51:17. > :51:20.more seeds of the pants, rather than trying to exploit the last little

:51:21. > :51:26.bit of high-speed performance when you have the high-speed tyres on. It

:51:27. > :51:33.could be a good opportunity to him. Andre Lotterer has some 71 race

:51:34. > :51:39.victories in his career. Except yourself and Sauber, they...

:51:40. > :51:53.On the full lap. Valtteri Bottas here, a very cleared tread pattern

:51:54. > :51:57.on the tyres. Jean-Eric Vergne is on the intermediate tyres and we saw

:51:58. > :52:01.Andre Lotterer on the intermediate tyres will start Hamilton clearly

:52:02. > :52:05.choosing them as well. How come we are seeing quite a difference in

:52:06. > :52:12.decision-making as well here? Rather bizarrely, and I've never had a

:52:13. > :52:18.proper answer on this, sometimes you can have a car like that and put the

:52:19. > :52:23.wets on and you gain performance relative to the fastest car, and

:52:24. > :52:32.otherwise you lose performance because of the effects of running a

:52:33. > :52:36.full wet or intermediate. We may potentially see some rain activity

:52:37. > :52:42.jewelled the end of Q1 -- towards the end of Q1. Most teams, having

:52:43. > :52:47.had some free practice and things like that, we'll have built up a

:52:48. > :52:53.picture of how this reacts to the different tread pattern and the

:52:54. > :53:02.airflow, the difference you get between intermediate and wet, and it

:53:03. > :53:07.is down to what you can make work. As long as you don't have standing

:53:08. > :53:10.water, you want to be in that car with the tyres with the fewest kinks

:53:11. > :53:18.and blocks. That is a scary place for the car to

:53:19. > :53:24.be moving around. It looked like the back end of the car was moving

:53:25. > :53:33.around on the water. We can use the words scary, but as you know it is a

:53:34. > :53:40.question of focusing the mind. You learn from that for next time

:53:41. > :53:50.around. Trees and leaves have been blown off the circuit. Kvyat looks

:53:51. > :53:55.through the grip through Rivage. Too wide, that wasn't intentional! You

:53:56. > :53:59.try and keep off the racing line because the rubber that the cards

:54:00. > :54:03.have been using gets impregnated into that tarmac and that becomes

:54:04. > :54:10.very slick when the rain is on top of the surface. You get a sheen

:54:11. > :54:14.across the surface that you try and keep off there from wider lines on

:54:15. > :54:19.entry. But at a certain point, you have to cross over to where the

:54:20. > :54:22.racing line is, and that is when you throttle back slightly and tried to

:54:23. > :54:29.control the car. They have a massive amount of torque. The way they

:54:30. > :54:36.control that is to run a lower gear and keep the rpm lower. -- a higher

:54:37. > :54:42.gear. Ricciardo is the fastest of anyone so far. Bottas had the

:54:43. > :54:50.fastest time until Ricciardo went a fraction quicker a second ago. Still

:54:51. > :54:54.plenty of time in Q1 and still this mix of cars using intermediates and

:54:55. > :54:59.the full wet. Kvyat is on the intermediate tyre and Daniel

:55:00. > :55:10.Ricciardo is on them as well. It may prove to be the better tyre.

:55:11. > :55:13.2.14.966. We are 20 seconds or so away from a dry weather time.

:55:14. > :55:19.Valtteri Bottas could well eclipse that time quickly. Fastest this

:55:20. > :55:28.morning, crosses the line and goes fastest by a big margin. He was

:55:29. > :55:34.three seconds quicker on that middle sector. Felipe Massa deciding to

:55:35. > :55:38.bail out there. Bottas is just growing and growing in confidence.

:55:39. > :55:42.Felipe Massa has been unlucky so far this season, getting involved in an

:55:43. > :55:46.accident, but there was a slight desperation to his driving, which

:55:47. > :55:53.tells us he is contracted for next year so that takes pressure off his

:55:54. > :55:59.future. Keen to show that he has still got the speed alongside

:56:00. > :56:04.Bottas, as Ricciardo goes fastest on the intermediates. Bottas was able

:56:05. > :56:09.to use the increased warm up ability of the wet tyres. You generate the

:56:10. > :56:16.heat in the tyres by moving the block across the surface. Still not

:56:17. > :56:22.happy with these tyres. Some guys are quicker with extreme. Hamilton

:56:23. > :56:28.is on the intermediate, locks up here, he was on for a quick lap but

:56:29. > :56:32.he has overshot his mark. It is still worth finishing up this lap

:56:33. > :56:37.because it will put him up there. You lost a couple of seconds at

:56:38. > :56:44.least, on that mistake. He still goes fastest! How about that? He was

:56:45. > :56:49.so well up on the split times that he makes a huge mistake and still

:56:50. > :56:54.goes fastest. Normally the race director can have certain situations

:56:55. > :57:02.in place where you get a penalty. Keep pushing. Please don't speak to

:57:03. > :57:08.me during my lap. That was a delayed message from when he locked up at

:57:09. > :57:18.the chicane. There is no question here, the front wheels locked up. He

:57:19. > :57:22.found it so difficult to get any form of turn in. There is no way

:57:23. > :57:27.that he gained any time advantage from going so wide and then coming

:57:28. > :57:32.back again. He added quite a lot of lap distance on that occasion. It is

:57:33. > :57:37.the longest lap in Formula One as it is, and Lewis Hamilton made it even

:57:38. > :57:45.faster! And he is still fastest at the moment. The target in this part

:57:46. > :57:52.of qualifying is to get into the top 16, it is not about being fastest.

:57:53. > :57:58.That comes in Q3 when it comes down to the top ten. Massa has just moved

:57:59. > :58:06.out of it to move Magnussen down. Look at Alonso with the full wets.

:58:07. > :58:10.He is running low downforce than Raikkonen was this morning,

:58:11. > :58:15.favouring looking at the race as a dry race, and I wonder if that has

:58:16. > :58:19.influenced his decision to go with the full wet tyre with lower

:58:20. > :58:24.downforce you're not going to put as much load into the tyre and

:58:25. > :58:29.therefore you can increase the working temperature a little.

:58:30. > :58:34.Raikkonen may be switching to the intermediate. Alonso has gone forth

:58:35. > :58:40.with that. This will favour Raikkonen if he is on a higher

:58:41. > :58:44.downforce set up in his car. Riding on board with Rosberg. Reasonable

:58:45. > :58:48.lap but nothing special, he's not setting the timing screens alight at

:58:49. > :58:53.the moment. Let's just see what this is. He needs to get into the top

:58:54. > :58:59.16, that is clearly the ambition at this stage. He goes second fastest

:59:00. > :59:05.and that should do now, as long as the track does not suddenly dry up.

:59:06. > :59:12.Niki Lauda, he is not leaning against those tyres just because...

:59:13. > :59:20.He is warming his hands on the tyre blankets! We need to see them

:59:21. > :59:28.getting down to lap times of 2.0 for it to be the potential of the

:59:29. > :59:31.crossover onto the slick tyres. We are a way off that yet, but it

:59:32. > :59:37.certainly seems to be intermediate time territory. Romain Grosjean goes

:59:38. > :59:46.a bit deep but that is OK, as the Caterham boys go into the pits.

:59:47. > :59:55.Andre Lotterer the slowest so far. Romain Grosjean goes 18th with that.

:59:56. > :00:02.A driver of great capabilities, Romain Grosjean, you might expect in

:00:03. > :00:06.the wet for him to be able to bring this car is closer to the front.

:00:07. > :00:12.Gutierrez in the Sauber, going very slowly.

:00:13. > :00:20.He had a failure on the kinetic energy recovery motor yesterday and

:00:21. > :00:26.it looks like something has just stopped. He was just coasting,

:00:27. > :00:31.running down the hill, he did not have enough momentum to get off the

:00:32. > :00:40.circuit but there is plenty of run-off area for the marshals to

:00:41. > :00:44.push him by the barriers. That is a shame for Gutierrez, having a bit of

:00:45. > :00:49.a rough time, he had a failure that put him out of the Hungaroring Grand

:00:50. > :00:58.Prix to take his non-finishing tally up to five. The qualified 13th in

:00:59. > :01:04.Hungary -- out of the Hungaroring Grand Prix -- Hungaroring.

:01:05. > :01:15.Just under seven minutes to go. Like and has changed onto the

:01:16. > :01:26.intermediates. He is looking for a clean lap. He got knocked out of Q1

:01:27. > :01:30.in Hungary when they miscalculated. He has Hamilton, Alonso, Ricciardo

:01:31. > :01:35.in front of him, so he does not need to worry too much about traffic. My

:01:36. > :01:40.goodness, through Eau Rouge, that gets your attention! And that was a

:01:41. > :01:48.big lift off the throttle and presumably a dab of the break. He

:01:49. > :01:59.was still doing 120 mph over the top of the hill. 60 mph down on the

:02:00. > :02:05.normal dry running we would see. We will see about the rest of his lap.

:02:06. > :02:12.35.8 through the first sector so about a second slower than we have

:02:13. > :02:17.seen so far. But still well inside the zone, but he cannot afford any

:02:18. > :02:26.more mistakes. We have Grosjean, Chilton, Raikkonen, Mackems Eriksson

:02:27. > :02:30.and Lotterer in the drop zone so far -- Magnus Eriksson. -- Marcus

:02:31. > :02:39.Ericsson. Everybody has now switched or

:02:40. > :02:47.already had the intermediate tyre on their car. Let's have a look at the

:02:48. > :02:54.middle sector. Hamilton is still fastest.

:02:55. > :03:08.Hamilton and Rosberg, then behind them is Sebastian Vettel but there

:03:09. > :03:12.is a sizeable gap. And in wet conditions which are said to be the

:03:13. > :03:16.equaliser but you still need power here and a lot of downforce and the

:03:17. > :03:21.Mercedes has the best of both worlds. To explain some of the

:03:22. > :03:29.differences, the fast first and last part of the lap here, that is much

:03:30. > :03:34.better from Raikkonen. The teams may have made some last-minute changes

:03:35. > :03:39.to downforce levels if they believe we will see this changeable weather

:03:40. > :03:44.tomorrow as well. You don't want to be caught out with low downforce. If

:03:45. > :03:52.they are competent, as Tom was suggesting, that it will be a dry

:03:53. > :03:58.race, you don't want to come to my is your qualifying. It could make

:03:59. > :04:05.for an exciting race with cars further back on the grid that are

:04:06. > :04:10.potentially faster in the dry. Romain Grosjean trying to get out of

:04:11. > :04:13.the drop zone which he does and that should be comfortable, up into

:04:14. > :04:19.seventh position and his wife is happy. Daniil Kvyat now on a lap,

:04:20. > :04:28.gets a bit crossed up out of the last corner. He is in eighth place

:04:29. > :04:34.with that. The times are not improving significantly but a little

:04:35. > :04:39.bit. People need to get laps in. The Mercedes should be well and truly

:04:40. > :04:43.safe. Felipe Massa is 13th at the moment and could do with finding

:04:44. > :04:54.some pace to move out of the danger zone, Perez has now dropped into it.

:04:55. > :05:00.Searching for grip there. RADIO: Looking after the tyres, we are

:05:01. > :05:04.expecting light rain shortly. Just to show what a visionary I am,

:05:05. > :05:13.Lotterer is four second slower than his team-mate! Racing in Japan does

:05:14. > :05:18.not seem to have given him any advantage. Struggling to get used to

:05:19. > :05:24.the peculiarities of the Pirelli tyres. He has said that he felt the

:05:25. > :05:29.Michelin tyres were wetter in the sports car racing which I am sure

:05:30. > :05:36.India to him to Paul Hembery. -- endeared him. Hamilton has gone even

:05:37. > :05:43.faster but it has not changed the situation. I suppose the key

:05:44. > :05:47.decision for some teams is putting enough fuel in the car. Normally you

:05:48. > :05:55.only put in enough for one lap but you have to have enough so you are

:05:56. > :06:04.out there as the track gets better. Normally ten kilos is around four

:06:05. > :06:10.tenths of a second. But it is much less of an effect in wet conditions

:06:11. > :06:13.where the dominant factor is the driving having the confidence to

:06:14. > :06:19.position the car correctly on the track. You don't want to be caught

:06:20. > :06:24.short. Great job from Bianchi to get up into 10th place with just over a

:06:25. > :06:32.minute and a half to go. RADIO: May be some rain in turn 12 and turn

:06:33. > :06:37.13th. Maldonado really fighting the Lotus. We will keep an eye on

:06:38. > :06:45.Jean-Eric Vergne, he normally likes these conditions. I think it is

:06:46. > :06:50.raining at the back of the circuit. That is going to make it difficult,

:06:51. > :06:59.this could be a bit of an upset. He has lost it again. And he is in the

:07:00. > :07:05.drop zone. He is out, he is not going to do anything now. That is it

:07:06. > :07:10.for Maldonado and he has thrown it away at the end of that. Max Chilton

:07:11. > :07:14.is in the drop zone as well, Perez, that is as a prize will stop

:07:15. > :07:23.Lotterer has gone quicker than Marcus Ericsson. I bottled it

:07:24. > :07:29.earlier! Just to prove you wrong. It is worse out there again now. Can

:07:30. > :07:34.Perez get out a bit in the worst conditions? He has done it. Still

:07:35. > :07:42.potential to get a lack of time and that has pushed Sutil down into the

:07:43. > :07:48.elimination zone. Jenson Button in 14th but on a better lap so he

:07:49. > :07:56.should be secure. Hulkenberg is not safe. He is in 16th position. I

:07:57. > :08:02.think he was so surprised to make it around 99% of the track, he got so

:08:03. > :08:11.close to the end and forgot to turn! Oh dear, Pastor Maldonado, can it

:08:12. > :08:15.get any worse? And then it does. Just a mistake underbraking as he

:08:16. > :08:26.turned in. Rosberg has gone quickest, just crossed the line in a

:08:27. > :08:31.2.07.1. Still Mercedes dominating. Rosberg has snatched the advantage

:08:32. > :08:36.from his team-mate. Williams have got both cars up there. Vergne has

:08:37. > :08:42.gone up into fifth place, always goes well in the wet. He will not be

:08:43. > :08:48.driving for Toro Rosso next year. It is only the first part but Massa is

:08:49. > :08:52.slightly quicker than his team-mate and he will take some confidence

:08:53. > :08:58.from that. It is all about being on the track at the right time. It has

:08:59. > :09:06.been a bit of a lottery. The chequered flag is now out. Bottas

:09:07. > :09:11.has improved slightly. Maldonado is desperate that this lap is enough.

:09:12. > :09:18.Can he get into this last corner securely? He does. Has he got enough

:09:19. > :09:24.performance? He would push Hulkenberg into elimination if he

:09:25. > :09:29.improves. He has pushed him down! Hulkenberg is on a lap. I think he

:09:30. > :09:36.got across just before the chequered flag. Sutil is in 15th. He has

:09:37. > :09:44.pushed Maldonado back into elimination. People not make it

:09:45. > :09:50.through. He cannot improve. Hulkenberg will be the one to see if

:09:51. > :09:57.he will come through. He has completed his lap, he is out. That

:09:58. > :10:01.is a huge surprise. Hulkenberg scored every race until the last

:10:02. > :10:07.one. He has been pushed out in the first part of qualifying. Just

:10:08. > :10:15.surviving is the McLaren of Kevin Magnussen. Bianchi is the star

:10:16. > :10:21.driver I think that Q1. He has done it again, he has got his Marussia

:10:22. > :10:26.into 14th place and the next part of qualifying. That is a great effort

:10:27. > :10:34.and he has to be looked at as a serious option for any of the top

:10:35. > :10:40.teams. No disrespect to Marussia but a great job. RADIO: That is you out,

:10:41. > :10:46.Nico. I think the brakes got colder and colder. The brakes getting

:10:47. > :10:53.colder, that was the problem. Those that we have lost, Pastor Maldonado,

:10:54. > :10:58.Nico Hulkenberg, Max Chilton, Esteban Gutierrez, Andre Lotterer

:10:59. > :11:04.who did go faster than his team-mate Marcus Ericsson.

:11:05. > :11:12.What conditions for Q1, not really a surprise and difficult for all of

:11:13. > :11:16.the drivers. They seems to get worse towards the end. We heard Nico

:11:17. > :11:19.Hulkenberg talking about his brakes getting colder and he lost

:11:20. > :11:26.confidence. This is a track where you need confidence and the

:11:27. > :11:31.conditions can take it away. First things first, you definitely need

:11:32. > :11:36.breaks because you are going at an unbelievable speed, particularly out

:11:37. > :11:40.of Eau Rouge. It is a daunting situation at the best of times and

:11:41. > :11:46.with conditions like this, cold brakes and tyres, I would not want

:11:47. > :11:49.to be out there. Lewis sounded right he was concentrating at full pelt,

:11:50. > :11:56.he did have a moment when this happened and he ran wide. He told

:11:57. > :12:03.his boys not to talk to him on his lap. You can understand why. This is

:12:04. > :12:07.one of those strange occasions where you need total and absolute

:12:08. > :12:12.concentration and somebody talking to you is not what you need. The

:12:13. > :12:15.driver has to be in the best position and in the best control,

:12:16. > :12:21.and not talk to him. We would never talk to a driver in a situation like

:12:22. > :12:26.that. Kimi looks to be in trouble and left it quite late at he did get

:12:27. > :12:34.through. He has a habit of doing that. But look at this through Eau

:12:35. > :12:40.Rouge. This is absolutely on the edge. The car could have gone

:12:41. > :12:47.anywhere. The drivers have actually behaved and handled the conditions

:12:48. > :12:53.remarkably well. They really have. Tom is with Graeme Lowdon from

:12:54. > :13:00.Marussia who will be smiling because Jules Bianchi is through. And he is.

:13:01. > :13:07.What a great session for jewels. -- Jules Bianchi. Both drivers did

:13:08. > :13:12.well, it was a tricky session, a lot of communication to get them in the

:13:13. > :13:17.right place. But a good team effort all round and nice to get into Q2.

:13:18. > :13:23.What were the drivers saying about the conditions? It is a constant

:13:24. > :13:30.conversation, the drivers were incredibly calm, both of them, and

:13:31. > :13:36.also the race engineers. It was very variable in that session and with

:13:37. > :13:43.the threat of rain, mix that in with balancing the new power units, it is

:13:44. > :13:48.very tricky. A good team effort. The fans of Max Chilton will be asking

:13:49. > :13:54.if his performance was compromised by not being in free practice one. I

:13:55. > :13:59.don't think so. Both drivers have driven this track an awful lot. It

:14:00. > :14:04.was dry back then so there was not much to be gained from that. I would

:14:05. > :14:10.not read anything into it, they both did a good job and we are happy.

:14:11. > :14:13.Good luck. You just can't underestimate how difficult it is

:14:14. > :14:23.not only for the drivers but for the teams, making that come from eyes.

:14:24. > :14:27.-- that compromise. We are in the Ardennes forest, anything happens

:14:28. > :14:32.here, we know this. It is so unpredictable. There is more weather

:14:33. > :14:38.on the way, back up to our commentators for Q2. COMMENTATOR:

:14:39. > :14:41.The second part of qualifying about to get underway and the focus

:14:42. > :14:47.required to get around here is intense enough in dry conditions,

:14:48. > :14:54.let alone when it is wet. It does not look like we are ready for

:14:55. > :14:57.slicks yet. Air temperature is still 10 degrees, Tom is in the pits and

:14:58. > :15:05.it is still pretty chilly. The track will not dry out any time soon? We

:15:06. > :15:07.will come back to Tom in a second. Clearly you can see that there is

:15:08. > :15:20.more rain coming in on the scene. A little discussion between Toto

:15:21. > :15:28.Wolff and Niki Lauda. His arm still taped up -- strapped up after the

:15:29. > :15:36.motorcycling accident he had. Several other Mercedes guys were

:15:37. > :15:43.involved in that. Three breaks, they say bad things come in threes. We

:15:44. > :15:46.can see how much more spray there is on the track now. Romain Grosjean

:15:47. > :15:51.the only Lotus to make it through to Q2. Just one Marussia into Q2, but

:15:52. > :16:11.Jules Bianchi outstanding in his efforts. Lucien Bianchi, his uncle,

:16:12. > :16:17.scored points here in the 1970s. There is a lot of heritage for Jules

:16:18. > :16:26.Bianchi. The team did a good job getting him out. He has pulled a lap

:16:27. > :16:32.together. He is continually showing that in a faster car and a team with

:16:33. > :16:38.a battered budget, he could do some special things. Jenson Button is

:16:39. > :16:41.renowned for his wet weather expertise. I know at times he has

:16:42. > :16:50.struggled to get the tyres working as he wants them to. I think the

:16:51. > :16:57.thing he has been exceptional at in the past is making the decision went

:16:58. > :17:02.across over. This run could be the fastest of the session. That means

:17:03. > :17:07.the team is expecting more rain. They want to get the cars out

:17:08. > :17:14.quickly. Just looking at it, we have got 15 cars on track. The only one

:17:15. > :17:17.not on there yet is Jean-Eric Vergne, interestingly. I think

:17:18. > :17:22.everyone else has gone straight out onto the track on the intermediate

:17:23. > :17:28.tyres. It is a strategic position to sit and wait and get some feedback

:17:29. > :17:33.on what tyres are working. Romain Grosjean scrabbling, so little grip

:17:34. > :17:40.there. As the downforce comes off the car, you are slowing it down. As

:17:41. > :17:43.you slow the car down, you are losing downforce. You are

:17:44. > :17:47.compounding the fact that you don't have enough grip or load on the

:17:48. > :17:56.front axle. That is where you have to lift off the brake pedal and pump

:17:57. > :18:00.out the pedal. And then have a stab at the breaks.

:18:01. > :18:08.The outside could be tricky, a few years ago Fernando Alonso crashed in

:18:09. > :18:12.the race by tipping a wheel over that curb and losing the back end of

:18:13. > :18:23.the car. Several places around here you have to be very cautious. The

:18:24. > :18:27.key on this tracks is very grippy paint. It has got some sort of grip

:18:28. > :18:39.effect. Keep pushing. The track is getting

:18:40. > :18:45.worse. A lot of water. So keep pushing. He was asking if everything

:18:46. > :18:50.was OK on the rear end of the car, asking for the engineers to make

:18:51. > :18:56.sure that everything is OK. In free practice he was also complaining

:18:57. > :19:01.about that. His radio transmission, it sounds like he is wearing a

:19:02. > :19:10.helmet about three sizes too big for him. Some loud echo there. Jenson

:19:11. > :19:15.Button just getting a slide on in the middle of that corner. He would

:19:16. > :19:21.have been hard on the power by that second apex. Just easing the car

:19:22. > :19:30.through the right and left and now through the right-hander. This is

:19:31. > :19:35.now the run back towards the pits from here on in. Even that isn't

:19:36. > :19:40.straightforward, because they are now up to maximum speeds of 190 mph.

:19:41. > :19:47.Blanchimont normally flat out easy in the dry becomes a corner. With

:19:48. > :19:54.Rosberg, he actually shifted down in the middle of that corner. Part of

:19:55. > :20:00.that is to get the torque of the turn. They will gain confidence in

:20:01. > :20:05.the session if the track conditions are stable. You certainly don't want

:20:06. > :20:12.to go barrelling into a corner at 200 mph to find out there is some

:20:13. > :20:17.standing water. 208 -- two .08 straight away from Bottas. What is

:20:18. > :20:20.it about the Finnish drivers and their performance in these slippery

:20:21. > :20:30.conditions? But Alonso has just eclipsed that, with a 2.08.4. An

:20:31. > :20:36.opportunity for him. He just ran wide. That was and resides, I think.

:20:37. > :20:43.Not a major problem. Did Hamilton have two straight line there? He did

:20:44. > :20:47.indeed. Most of the lock-ups are coming from the outside tyre. See if

:20:48. > :20:54.it happens here for Romain Grosjean. Yes, same again. Like his

:20:55. > :21:00.team-mate Maldonado, he just goes around. That Lotus must be though

:21:01. > :21:06.difficult to drive. Fair play to Maldonado. They are all going

:21:07. > :21:11.straight on and taking advantage of the fact that that is now tarmac

:21:12. > :21:18.run-off. A view years ago that was gravel and you could pretty much

:21:19. > :21:22.guaranteed to be out of the session. Romain Grosjean has come over the

:21:23. > :21:26.radio saying he is convinced there was something wrong with the back

:21:27. > :21:28.end of his car. He was complaining about it earlier and now he's

:21:29. > :21:35.convinced there is something not quite right there. Rosberg currently

:21:36. > :21:39.tops the times. All about getting in the top ten now of course. Currently

:21:40. > :21:44.Hamilton is in the drop zone but I don't think that is going to last

:21:45. > :21:49.much longer. Marussia need to think about how they play this a little

:21:50. > :21:53.bit. It is an opportunity, but the likelihood of getting into the top

:21:54. > :21:57.ten, well, if they were to do that it would be the first time ever.

:21:58. > :22:02.Let's see what happens. Raikkonen in the drop zone at the moment. We

:22:03. > :22:08.expect to see a lap coming up from him in a moment. Hamilton, a couple

:22:09. > :22:20.of corners to go before we get his sector to report. He has backed out

:22:21. > :22:28.of the middle sector. Hamilton continues to go purple in this

:22:29. > :22:32.session. He posts a purple time on the middle sector, meaning he is the

:22:33. > :22:37.fastest time of anybody so far in this session, now in both the first

:22:38. > :22:48.and second sectors. This lamp should put him comfortably fastest. There

:22:49. > :22:53.was a big lift at Blanchimont. I am not sure if he was fastest in each

:22:54. > :22:59.of the sectors, but academic as it is, we will see where he goes here.

:23:00. > :23:06.Jean-Eric Vergne has only just come out, interestingly. Hamilton goes

:23:07. > :23:11.fastest, 2.07.09. We are getting close down to that sort of pace.

:23:12. > :23:20.Massa goes in fifth place for Williams. A bit of a slide for

:23:21. > :23:28.Raikkonen. Riccardo going seventh. Not as quite a quick lap from

:23:29. > :23:33.Ricciardo. A few laps to go. They are all on the intermediate tyres,

:23:34. > :23:39.of course. Let's see what happened to Lewis Hamilton through Eau

:23:40. > :23:43.Rouge. He used the kerb. We'll spin on top of the kerb. You can see the

:23:44. > :23:48.confidence he has just to cut the corner. We have seen some cars this

:23:49. > :23:53.year where they correct and then the car bounces back. Was it Ericsson in

:23:54. > :24:01.the last race in Budapest that did exactly that? Cat -like reactions

:24:02. > :24:06.from Hamilton. Jean-Eric Vergne has only just come out, there he is an

:24:07. > :24:12.circuit. Can he use his renowned wet weather skills in the final six

:24:13. > :24:13.minutes of this session? Rosberg has gone faster than anybody in sector

:24:14. > :24:27.one. Not as wide through Rivage. I wonder

:24:28. > :24:35.if they are starting to use that systematically because there is so

:24:36. > :24:39.much grip there on the new tarmac. We will stop in the box. There would

:24:40. > :24:46.be time to change gloves if you need to. You watch the driver 's hands,

:24:47. > :24:51.when you turn to half lock, your hands are actually out of the

:24:52. > :24:55.cockpit. Was both's and is actually out of the cockpit, you get

:24:56. > :24:59.completely soaked. It is rather nice on a hot day to have the cooling

:25:00. > :25:05.coming through the fabric of the glove, but of course not nice at all

:25:06. > :25:11.in the rain. We will see how Rosberg is doing. He's not as quick on the

:25:12. > :25:13.overall lap as Hamilton. He lost sometime in the middle sector.

:25:14. > :25:18.Actually lost quite a lot in the middle sector, two tenths compared

:25:19. > :25:25.to what Lewis Hamilton did a few moments ago. That is brave, through

:25:26. > :25:29.there. It is such a daunting corner in these kind of conditions. They go

:25:30. > :25:33.through it so quickly, it underlies what is going on there. It is a

:25:34. > :25:40.difficult corner in these conditions, no doubt. He is second

:25:41. > :25:44.fastest with that. Four tenths of a second off Lewis Hamilton's pace

:25:45. > :25:50.from earlier in the session, but comfortably ahead of everyone else.

:25:51. > :25:57.Alonso is now third. Bottas in fourth, Raikkonen fifth place, Massa

:25:58. > :26:00.in six. There is a limit on the number of intermediate tyres they

:26:01. > :26:04.can use through the week in, they have four sets of intermediates.

:26:05. > :26:08.They only get an extra set if it is raining on Friday, but it didn't, so

:26:09. > :26:17.they have to live with the four sets for the rest of the weekend. That is

:26:18. > :26:21.a real concern. Coming up to the end of sector two, it is just these two

:26:22. > :26:27.corners. He has done a personal best lap in this particular session.

:26:28. > :26:32.Meanwhile Hamilton has got fastest. Is there anyone again in sector one?

:26:33. > :26:40.We have got Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso, Sergio Perez in the Force

:26:41. > :26:47.India, Bianchi is in the drop zone and so is Jean-Eric Vergne. He

:26:48. > :26:55.hasn't set a time yet. If this last sector is tidy, it could put him

:26:56. > :27:02.around where L is -- where Vettel is. Hamilton obviously had a mistake

:27:03. > :27:12.in the middle sector, taking a few seconds off. I don't think he will

:27:13. > :27:16.be under any pressure to do so. The track is getting slightly better and

:27:17. > :27:22.you want to be last across the line effectively when the chequered flag

:27:23. > :27:27.comes out. Kvyat, nicely through Eau Rouge. 260 kilometres over the top

:27:28. > :27:33.of the hill and in those wet conditions it is super impressive.

:27:34. > :27:45.He is moving off line a bit on the straight. A good first centre. Not

:27:46. > :27:48.the fastest of anybody, but nonetheless a pretty fast sector.

:27:49. > :27:53.Max Chilton is out, and Alex Rossi thought he would be racing for

:27:54. > :27:55.Marussia this weekend. He started out with the idea that he would be

:27:56. > :28:06.doing the whole weekend. Now, Daniil Kvyat, through the

:28:07. > :28:13.tricky double left-hander. Stay off the kerbs. He still gets a big

:28:14. > :28:22.wiggle in the middle of the corner. Stonehill off camber. Nice wide

:28:23. > :28:24.line. As he rolls the car into 12. Generally seeing improvements from

:28:25. > :28:29.all of the drivers. The track is getting very slightly better,

:28:30. > :28:35.certainly that first sector we saw signs of improvements. He is really

:28:36. > :28:42.hustling. Really attacking. No fear for this young Russian getting his

:28:43. > :28:48.first run in the Toro Rosso last year this time in Brazil. Did a

:28:49. > :28:57.fantastic job there. I remember being so impressed with him coming

:28:58. > :29:04.up through formula three, a little lock-up but he dealt with it

:29:05. > :29:07.beautifully. Is he just trying to shorten the route to the line? He

:29:08. > :29:11.goes across the line and he is in eighth place with that. A very

:29:12. > :29:17.respectable performance. The chequered flag will be out the next

:29:18. > :29:21.time that he comes around. Sutil hasn't improved, he is still in the

:29:22. > :29:28.drop zone, in 13th. So is Kevin Magnussen, they are all in the drop

:29:29. > :29:31.zone but they are on laps that should improve their positions, as

:29:32. > :29:41.we see them coming through the murk of the last corner. So, Vettel is

:29:42. > :29:45.only ninth at this stage. Hamilton with a good lap, the fastest lap of

:29:46. > :29:52.any of the qualifying we have had so far today. I'm happy for him to have

:29:53. > :29:57.that opportunity as he drifts the car into La Source. As we said

:29:58. > :30:01.before the mollifying session, some of them may take the long view for

:30:02. > :30:06.the race tomorrow, but as a young driver you certainly want the

:30:07. > :30:08.opportunity to impress in these wet conditions. So many of the greats

:30:09. > :30:13.have been able to jackal the damper good conditions. You don't want to

:30:14. > :30:24.compromise yourself in the eyes of the teams.

:30:25. > :30:31.Track conditions definitely getting better, this looks like a committed

:30:32. > :30:42.lap from Ricciardo. There was an unusual noise coming from his car.

:30:43. > :30:46.It was a high-pitched whine. It sounds OK as he accelerate out of

:30:47. > :30:49.the corner, into the top ten but there will be a few more

:30:50. > :30:55.improvements but he can't improve further after the chequered flag.

:30:56. > :31:02.Romain Grosjean is definitely out with a shake of the head and Lotus

:31:03. > :31:11.go no further. Vettel is on the cusp, he has not done a better first

:31:12. > :31:18.sector. Generic firm -- Jean-Eric Vergne has not done enough. He has

:31:19. > :31:25.been outqualified in the wet by Daniil Kvyat. He was often quicker

:31:26. > :31:34.than Ricciardo in their early careers. Ricciardo adjusted. Jenson

:31:35. > :31:40.Button has gone into ninth place. Vettel is not going that quickly. I

:31:41. > :31:44.don't think he will push him out and he is in danger of dropping out. He

:31:45. > :31:54.has done enough, he has gone seventh which has pushed out Kvyat. That was

:31:55. > :31:59.all about the last sector. The first two there was nothing special at all

:32:00. > :32:07.but the last sector he pulled it together. Can the Force India get

:32:08. > :32:11.through? This would push out Jenson Button. Sergio Perez crosses the

:32:12. > :32:18.line but it is not enough and he is in 13th place. Both of the McLaren

:32:19. > :32:25.cars are just in the top ten. Force India have had a tough afternoon

:32:26. > :32:31.because Hulkenberg was 18th and Perez 13th. That could have a

:32:32. > :32:36.significant outcome in that points in the Constructors' Championship.

:32:37. > :32:43.Both Red Bull cars, both Mercedes cars in the top ten, McLaren and

:32:44. > :32:47.Williams and Ferrari all paired up. The top teams have responded in

:32:48. > :32:50.these conditions and delivered. You have to feel a little sorry for

:32:51. > :32:58.Daniil Kvyat who seems to have got in but was beaten by a 10th of a

:32:59. > :33:07.second. We have lost Daniil Kvyat, Jean-Eric Vergne his team-mate,

:33:08. > :33:14.Sergio Perez, Adrian Sutil, Romain Grosjean for Lotus, he will qualify

:33:15. > :33:19.15th and Jules Bianchi could not go any further but still an outstanding

:33:20. > :33:27.effort. Kvyat was very upset about something. And then he spun. A

:33:28. > :33:33.lesson to up and coming racers, keep your frustration under control until

:33:34. > :33:39.you get out of the car. I would love to know what that was about. I think

:33:40. > :33:44.it was frustration at being told he had been knocked out of the top ten,

:33:45. > :33:49.admirable that he is disappointed but you have to control your

:33:50. > :33:53.emotions. He was just outside in the end but Hamilton and Rosberg are

:33:54. > :33:54.literally sailing through to Q3 and it looks like the battle for pole

:33:55. > :34:07.position will be between them. You have got to be Superman out

:34:08. > :34:10.there. The Ferrari and Williams cars coming in behind. Treacherous

:34:11. > :34:16.conditions and we could see the frustrations of the drivers but you

:34:17. > :34:21.have to stay concentrated. I reiterate what I said, in conditions

:34:22. > :34:25.like this it is hard at home to realise what the drivers are going

:34:26. > :34:29.through. You heard Jenson Button looking for different gloves because

:34:30. > :34:36.his hands were freezing and he did not have any feeling in the car. It

:34:37. > :34:40.is really cold. When everything is wet it takes away that natural feel

:34:41. > :34:46.that the drivers have and what you need more than anything here at Spa

:34:47. > :34:54.is a natural feel. It is undulating, up and down, wet then dry and it is

:34:55. > :35:00.a huge test. And that is one of his skills, Jenson Button, that natural

:35:01. > :35:05.feel. None of these drivers have any fact, they are super fit and

:35:06. > :35:10.skinny, nothing to keep them warm! Their body temperature drops a lot

:35:11. > :35:18.more than ours. Speak for yourself! You are skinny. Esteban Gutierrez

:35:19. > :35:22.went out in Q1 and we saw and have a problem yesterday with energy

:35:23. > :35:32.recovery. I wonder if it was the same problem. Esteban, you have had

:35:33. > :35:39.five non-finishers this season, and other technical problem today, you

:35:40. > :35:45.must be frustrated. Yes, it is quite not acceptable to have a weekend

:35:46. > :35:51.like this. I have six or seven laps in the whole weekend and it puts me

:35:52. > :35:59.in a very difficult position to extract the most from the car. And

:36:00. > :36:05.the situation, it is already too many sessions that we lose with

:36:06. > :36:12.technical problems. It becomes to be too much and something needs to be

:36:13. > :36:16.changed. It is definitely, we are not going to accept being like this

:36:17. > :36:22.any more. Tomorrow is a new day, fingers crossed. Esteban Toledo fed

:36:23. > :36:30.up. We also heard Nico Hulkenberg complaining about the breaks --

:36:31. > :36:37.clearly fed up. I imagine you are a bit frustrated? Yes, definitely not

:36:38. > :36:44.the outcome we hoped for, it just slipped away during Q1. We started

:36:45. > :36:49.OK but progressively went backwards. I did not put the lap together as I

:36:50. > :36:56.should have, lost a bit in the final corner. And here we are, out of Q1.

:36:57. > :37:01.We heard you saying the breaks were getting colder and you don't want to

:37:02. > :37:06.lose confidence in your breaks here. Yes, that was a bit of an issue that

:37:07. > :37:10.I was losing confidence and did not have any feeling in the breaks but

:37:11. > :37:17.other people have to deal with the same thing. He is a good bloke. Top

:37:18. > :37:24.man. He is very honest, doesn't moan, gets on with the job. He is a

:37:25. > :37:29.great driver, where do you see his future? Top teams have been talking

:37:30. > :37:38.about him, if you had a space at Harare, would you go with him, with

:37:39. > :37:46.Jules Bianchi? -- at Ferrari. Bianchi, Ferrari give the engine

:37:47. > :37:53.because he is dead young driver. If it was a Red Bull situation -- and

:37:54. > :37:58.their young driver. But my guess would be that Hulkenberg would make

:37:59. > :38:03.the team. The future now is all about the top ten. Here comes Q3.

:38:04. > :38:09.COMMENTATOR: Fernando Alonso has never taken pole position here but I

:38:10. > :38:14.wonder if these conditions might give him a chance. Looking at the

:38:15. > :38:20.pace of the Mercedes drivers, it would be tough to bet against them.

:38:21. > :38:30.Rosberg was fastest in Q1 and Hamilton fastest in Q two. Who will

:38:31. > :38:37.get the decisive vote? They have got a big margin over everybody else,

:38:38. > :38:44.they have a big -- so we will find out.

:38:45. > :38:52.There are not many physical changes they can make. Some adjustment

:38:53. > :39:00.within the cockpit. I wonder if they were just checking something on the

:39:01. > :39:07.car. Hopefully that will not prove to be a problem for Ricciardo. Kimi

:39:08. > :39:18.Raikkonen waiting patiently. We have the two Ferrari cars, both Mercedes,

:39:19. > :39:22.Williams, Red Bulls. I am looking up being pit lane to where the weather

:39:23. > :39:28.is coming from. I have been told that there are rain showers seven to

:39:29. > :39:38.limiters awake. I am standing in sunshine away -- seven kilometres

:39:39. > :39:43.away. It is going to be all about being the last man to cross the

:39:44. > :39:52.line. We are watching a replay of Fernando Alonso, a very gentle cut

:39:53. > :40:00.through the corner at Les Combes. He must have felt he was close to

:40:01. > :40:07.locking the front wheel. He did not want to put a small flat spot on

:40:08. > :40:18.that tire, it can tear the surface if you lock-up. Hamilton getting

:40:19. > :40:23.ready to wind up a lap. Straightening the car for best

:40:24. > :40:28.acceleration. And Rosberg is not far behind, just opening up a gap. It

:40:29. > :40:34.looked like the track was starting to get a dry line as Hamilton goes

:40:35. > :40:41.very wide, that will cost him three or four tenths in acceleration. I

:40:42. > :40:44.was surprised that Rosberg was shadowing Hamilton so much because

:40:45. > :40:52.you put yourself in a situation where you get sprayed on your

:40:53. > :40:58.visor. You are not going to try to qualify in dirty air unless you are

:40:59. > :41:02.completely under pressure. I expect Rosberg to be quicker in this first

:41:03. > :41:09.sector presuming that Rosberg has not made the same mistake. The first

:41:10. > :41:17.sector times coming up. And Rosberg definitely quicker courtesy of that

:41:18. > :41:23.little mistake from Hamilton. 1.6 seconds, it cost him a lot. A lot

:41:24. > :41:30.more than I expected so maybe he lifted through Eau Rouge as well. It

:41:31. > :41:36.looks like this first lap could go to Rosberg. He did not use the

:41:37. > :41:42.run-off line, stayed on track. It is possible that Charlie Whiting has

:41:43. > :41:52.sent a message to Mercedes just marking their card, that is

:41:53. > :41:57.something that happens. You get one or two strikes and then they start

:41:58. > :42:02.handing out penalties. Rosberg staying wide looking for extra grip

:42:03. > :42:06.and traction off the normal racing line on some of the corners. Vettel

:42:07. > :42:15.quicker in the middle sector than Hamilton. Hamilton has given out on

:42:16. > :42:20.this particular lap, using it to get a feel on the car and not push his

:42:21. > :42:28.tyres too hard and we will see what the track can deliver in lap time as

:42:29. > :42:33.it dries out. Can Rosberg stop the car at the chicane? Lewis is

:42:34. > :42:39.reporting that the car is pulling to one side and he is aborting that

:42:40. > :42:46.lap. That could just be difference in the break temperature. Everybody

:42:47. > :42:54.has to aim for the opening lap, that is Rosberg. I don't think we will

:42:55. > :42:57.get down to slick territory in these final seven minutes but we are

:42:58. > :43:03.seeing faster times as Alonso goes third and look at the gap between

:43:04. > :43:10.them. Rosberg in a world of his own because Hamilton backed out. Two and

:43:11. > :43:15.a half seconds faster. Looking at the sun breaking through the clouds,

:43:16. > :43:20.it does not rain, this is all about who delivers right at the end of the

:43:21. > :43:25.session. The Mercedes cars seem to have such an advantage that it might

:43:26. > :43:31.not pressure them but who will line up in third place could come down to

:43:32. > :43:38.the last lap. Vettel had a spin but continued. Bottas, what does he do?

:43:39. > :43:44.He goes into fourth place, faster than Massa but not as fast as Vettel

:43:45. > :43:50.or Alonso. Williams struggled with the wet tyres earlier in the year.

:43:51. > :43:55.It looks like that might be the case again, maybe they are not getting

:43:56. > :44:00.the best out of these intermediate tyres. It depends on how the chassis

:44:01. > :44:08.uses the tyres. Ricciardo goes into fifth, splitting the Williams. But

:44:09. > :44:13.in just goes faster than Magnussen. Up front is a different story,

:44:14. > :44:20.Hamilton still a fraction slower. But a much tidier first and second

:44:21. > :44:24.sector, it is all about getting the breaking right at the chicane. We

:44:25. > :44:30.expect the times to continue to improve. He might have been a bit

:44:31. > :44:36.more reserved on the entry speed into Blanchimont. Maybe getting a

:44:37. > :44:40.banker lap in to make sure he is ahead of everybody apart from

:44:41. > :44:46.Rosberg and then go for it at the end. He has got that safe lap and he

:44:47. > :44:54.is comfortably ahead of everybody else. He can now focus on getting a

:44:55. > :44:58.great lap at the end. Definitely fighting the back of the car,

:44:59. > :45:04.drifting a bit through the apex. All the time you are not hitting the car

:45:05. > :45:07.rotated to get the best acceleration. This was on board

:45:08. > :45:24.through the last corner with Hamilton.

:45:25. > :45:28.oversteer side. Hamilton currently second, Rosberg fastest. Can

:45:29. > :45:44.Hamilton break the sequence of Nico Rosberg, who has Alzheimer's and

:45:45. > :45:48.the last few -- six times this season. John hurt, I'm sure he is

:45:49. > :45:54.enjoying the rivalry going on might now between Rosberg and Hamilton, as

:45:55. > :46:01.we all are. 11 points separating them in the World Championship.

:46:02. > :46:08.Vettel taking the wide line in Rivage that we saw Hamilton taking

:46:09. > :46:15.earlier. It is a long lap here. You have to allow plenty of time to get

:46:16. > :46:19.the tyres changed. Putting a new set of intermediates on. How you have

:46:20. > :46:23.used your tyres through the rest of qualifying is crucial at this stage.

:46:24. > :46:27.If you still have a new set of intermediate tyres available to you,

:46:28. > :46:33.it will be worth quite a lot of lap time. Teams will have to plan for

:46:34. > :46:38.that. According to the forecast they will be back on slick tyres when it

:46:39. > :46:39.comes to race day. At the moment it is Rosberg ahead of Hamilton and

:46:40. > :46:59.Vettel potentially... He knows now what he has got to do.

:47:00. > :47:04.But it is changing all the time. It is one thing in the dry when you

:47:05. > :47:10.have consistent conditions, but that information could be second-hand.

:47:11. > :47:19.Within half a minute. Rosberg is out on track, coming through the last

:47:20. > :47:27.chicane. Everybody has set their in initial lap time in the top ten

:47:28. > :47:34.shoot out. Will Rosberg get one lap or two? He should get two. He is

:47:35. > :47:41.going on to a flying lap now. Interesting line that he takes, he

:47:42. > :47:46.runs down past the old pits, the GP2 pits. He will see his team-mate

:47:47. > :47:54.Hamilton in the distance. There is a lot of traffic as well, Vettel,

:47:55. > :47:59.Ricciardo, Raikkonen as well. He will need to either get out of the

:48:00. > :48:04.way or get a hurry on. That is Hamilton at the top of the screen.

:48:05. > :48:09.As he backed out of it? I think Rosberg has gone he has lifted out.

:48:10. > :48:15.That is a bit strange. Rosberg backing off. They have all found

:48:16. > :48:18.themselves pretty much between turn five and Magnussen at 16, that is

:48:19. > :48:26.where all the cars have bunched together. Vettel is at the head of

:48:27. > :48:32.that. He has some clear track here. Still using the kerb. So brave,

:48:33. > :48:38.running that wide out towards the artificial grass. Through 12

:48:39. > :48:44.successfully, a wide line through 13. Sebastian Vettel, race winner

:48:45. > :48:49.here last year. Lewis Hamilton took pole position last year, but Vettel

:48:50. > :48:58.swept past him on the opening lap and went on to a dominating victory.

:48:59. > :49:10.You can see the rear snaking as he turns in there, close to 190 mph. So

:49:11. > :49:14.impressive. You can really see why these guys are the best in the world

:49:15. > :49:18.when they are driving in these conditions on a track like Spa.

:49:19. > :49:26.Let's see what he has done in terms of track time. He has done a 2.07.7,

:49:27. > :49:35.but he is still two seconds away from what Rosberg did earlier. The

:49:36. > :49:38.margin is massive. Just trying to get some clear space to the Ferrari

:49:39. > :49:45.of Alonzo in front of him. This is far from ideal. Rosberg under

:49:46. > :49:51.pressure in the last chicane. Tass is the last man that will get across

:49:52. > :49:55.before the chequered flag. Another mistake from Hamilton, as he tries

:49:56. > :50:07.to break on his way to La Source. On board with Hamilton. Lovely,

:50:08. > :50:12.beautifully done, down change in the middle of that. He will be

:50:13. > :50:21.frustrated, he will know he is giving away some time at La Source.

:50:22. > :50:23.33.7, fast as a ball at this stage of the qualifying session. We can

:50:24. > :50:37.see what Rosberg was trying to do. Rosberg just under a 10th faster in

:50:38. > :50:42.that first sector. This is really going down to the wire. The battle

:50:43. > :50:46.for pole position, this is what we want to see. It has been denied in

:50:47. > :50:49.the last few races because Hamilton has had problems in qualifying, so

:50:50. > :50:57.we have not seen this rivalry developed. The way the downforce is

:50:58. > :51:02.generated from these cars, it just sucks the swing out of the tarmac

:51:03. > :51:08.and chucks it up into the air. Arguably he has the advantage. Kevin

:51:09. > :51:12.Magnussen is the first to see the chequered flag. Jenson Button has

:51:13. > :51:18.seen it as well. Going right over the edge as well, that has cost him

:51:19. > :51:24.time. Another mistake from Lewis Hamilton. Although he is up on the

:51:25. > :51:30.time that Rosberg set earlier, how close -- it is not as close as it

:51:31. > :51:36.could have been. That is the exit Blanchimont to the chicane, that is

:51:37. > :51:40.a massive moment. Nip and tuck between Hamilton and Rosberg. It

:51:41. > :51:49.will be so close, the battle for pole. Let's see where the Ferrari

:51:50. > :51:55.goes. Raikkonen is seventh, Hamilton is second, he has not done enough to

:51:56. > :52:00.beat Rosberg's earlier time, let alone this lap. Rosberg will take

:52:01. > :52:03.pole position here at Spa. We will see if the lap time is any different

:52:04. > :52:09.on this lap. Rosberg further improves to stamp his authority on

:52:10. > :52:15.this qualifying session. What a performance from Nico Rosberg. Lewis

:52:16. > :52:21.Hamilton simply beaten in the damp conditions. Bottas ended up sixth

:52:22. > :52:27.fastest there. Rosberg has taken his seventh pole position of 2014, the

:52:28. > :52:35.28th pole position for Mercedes. Back-to-back pole position 's for

:52:36. > :52:42.Mercedes as a team at this Spa circuit, but not for Lewis Hamilton.

:52:43. > :52:43.-- pole positions. It hasn't been done back-to-back since then, but

:52:44. > :52:53.not again now. Well done Nico, really good job in

:52:54. > :53:01.these conditions. Really good job mate, well done. Yes! That is a

:53:02. > :53:05.truly superb effort by Nico Rosberg because Hamilton in these conditions

:53:06. > :53:10.is renowned for being one of the very best, and yet he has been

:53:11. > :53:13.beaten. Two tenths of a second gap in the end between Nico Rosberg and

:53:14. > :53:16.Lewis Hamilton, but the race will still be on between them tomorrow

:53:17. > :53:17.and you can bet that Hamilton will throw

:53:18. > :53:21.still be on between them tomorrow and you can bet that everything at

:53:22. > :53:28.getting past Rosberg in the early stages. Vettel was third, then

:53:29. > :53:35.Alonso in fourth. Magnussen with a good effort in seventh, ahead of

:53:36. > :53:39.Raikkonen's Ferrari. The two Toro Rossos didn't quite make it into the

:53:40. > :53:51.top ten but have qualified a very respectable 11th and 12th. Those who

:53:52. > :53:56.failed early on, Nico Hulkenberg, Chilton, Lotterer, Gutierrez and

:53:57. > :54:03.Ericsson. Fascinating contest between the two stars at the moment,

:54:04. > :54:07.Rosberg and Hamilton. It looks like Rosberg kept his head. I'm curious

:54:08. > :54:11.to know whether Hamilton genuinely had a problem, or he just made a few

:54:12. > :54:20.mistakes in qualifying and allowed Rosberg the clean run to it. Two

:54:21. > :54:24.seconds is the best of the rest, Vettel in third place. I don't

:54:25. > :54:28.remember the last time we have had 18 so dominant in qualifying

:54:29. > :54:33.performance. Not that long ago Red Bull managed a 1-2 on the grid. It

:54:34. > :54:38.is the first time Mercedes as a team has ever had the 1-2 in qualifying

:54:39. > :54:47.here. They had a one -to finish back in the 1950s, had never 1-2 on the

:54:48. > :54:51.grid. That margin of victory in terms of performance is just

:54:52. > :54:59.stunning. Two seconds a lap, over two seconds faster there, Nico

:55:00. > :55:03.Rosberg, than Sebastian Vettel, who was third. It is an interesting

:55:04. > :55:13.second row, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. Vettel gets one

:55:14. > :55:17.back on Daniel Ricciardo. It will be interesting to see exactly what went

:55:18. > :55:20.on for Daniel Ricciardo on the exit of Blanchimont. A good exit and

:55:21. > :55:30.recovery to get himself back into fifth place. The mental scars of not

:55:31. > :55:35.quite getting the job done in Budapest will be firmly behind him.

:55:36. > :55:40.Nico Rosberg on a big run success at the moment, despite the August break

:55:41. > :55:46.coming along you wondered if that might interrupt the momentum. An

:55:47. > :55:50.absolutely straight fight between him and Hamilton, from the looks of

:55:51. > :55:54.it. But it will still be a fight and that is something to relish. At Red

:55:55. > :55:59.Bull, they are looking pretty happy, the best of the rest, and what more

:56:00. > :56:03.can you ask for this year. This was not a track that you thought might

:56:04. > :56:09.suit Red Bull, they were going to be under threat from the other cards

:56:10. > :56:13.with Mercedes engines. That is a good result for Red Bull, given the

:56:14. > :56:19.performance issues they have had, this being a power circuit, the rain

:56:20. > :56:23.has neutralised that performance a bit, and the threat from the

:56:24. > :56:27.Williams team. That was Saturday, it was an exciting qualifying session.

:56:28. > :56:32.We don't quite know what we're going to get tomorrow. Valtteri Bottas a

:56:33. > :56:36.bit disappointed with sixth place in the end, he has beaten his team-mate

:56:37. > :56:41.quite comfortably, but Williams didn't quite generate the tyre grip

:56:42. > :56:46.from the intermediates that was required in these conditions. A

:56:47. > :56:52.result perhaps of the lower downforce drag setup of the car. An

:56:53. > :56:56.issue they have had all season long. Difficult to generate that kind of

:56:57. > :56:58.grip. A six different pole setter here in the last five years -- six

:56:59. > :57:06.years. Paddy, a fraught qualifying session

:57:07. > :57:12.but what a great lap from Nico Rosberg in the end? Fantastic. Quite

:57:13. > :57:21.surprising pace from the car to be honest. Surprising pace from the

:57:22. > :57:25.car? Well, we got pole position by over two seconds, which is

:57:26. > :57:29.tremendous. When you go into a wet session, anything can happen.

:57:30. > :57:33.Actually in the event, all credit to the drivers, because of course it is

:57:34. > :57:39.very tricky to drive out there, but in terms of managing the session, it

:57:40. > :57:43.was a lot easier than it would have been. Lewis's qualifying session

:57:44. > :57:49.seemed to be littered with little errors, was there a problem with his

:57:50. > :57:53.car? He had a bit of a problem with breaking but in the wet it is always

:57:54. > :58:00.difficult to get that better temperatures. -- braking. They are

:58:01. > :58:05.saying less likelihood of rain than today. They always say in

:58:06. > :58:11.percentages, so you never quite know. You never quite know what is

:58:12. > :58:14.going to happen in Spa. What a session that was. Interesting

:58:15. > :58:18.conversation, and they did dominate that session. It was all about

:58:19. > :58:24.bravery but for Lewis Hamilton, it looked like he lost a bit in the

:58:25. > :58:27.first section and then seemed to regain his composure. At the end of

:58:28. > :58:35.the lap he lost his composure as well. Just all coming together. The

:58:36. > :58:39.lap never looked easy for him. He was struggling right from the corner

:58:40. > :58:44.here and all the way through, every time he was up, because he was

:58:45. > :58:47.quickest in the first little sector and we thought maybe despite a few

:58:48. > :58:52.little errors he could pull this one together. But he didn't. He made

:58:53. > :58:57.small it'll errors. He did complain about the car pulling to the left. I

:58:58. > :59:01.don't know whether that was playing on his mind. They are so far ahead

:59:02. > :59:05.that it doesn't really matter. Here, if it is wet, the front row is vital

:59:06. > :59:10.here. I don't think there is any real disadvantage in terms of where

:59:11. > :59:15.they start, and I expect Hamilton to fight like crazy from the very

:59:16. > :59:19.start. He is on the front row, there is an argument to say that this is

:59:20. > :59:24.the best position he has had for ages. And I think he will want to

:59:25. > :59:29.capitalise on it. He knows in the back of his mind that we are in the

:59:30. > :59:35.second half of the season, eight races to grow, and he doesn't want

:59:36. > :59:42.to grab -- the gap from Rosberg to grow any bigger. It is very exciting

:59:43. > :59:51.because it is very finely poised. Rosberg is responding brilliantly,

:59:52. > :59:56.because everyone who but say? -- everyone who questions whether he is

:59:57. > :00:07.quick enough, he answers. 10th place for you tomorrow. Yeah,

:00:08. > :00:12.it was going all right. Obviously very slippery out there, difficult

:00:13. > :00:16.to get the tyres working. First run in Q3 was pretty good and then the

:00:17. > :00:21.second run on the new tyres in the dry conditions, I locked up at the

:00:22. > :00:27.top of the hill and as soon as it locks, that is it really. Locked up,

:00:28. > :00:34.went straight on, and that was the end of my lap. I tried to continue

:00:35. > :00:43.but I was several seconds down. What would suit your car, if anything,

:00:44. > :00:51.I would prefer it if it was dry. I think it would be a better race. We

:00:52. > :00:57.will have to wait and see, predictions are that it will be dry,

:00:58. > :01:05.certainly not as bad as today. Kevin Magnussen, five in seventh. We have

:01:06. > :01:10.had umbrellas up but now it is too hot! Difficult conditions but you

:01:11. > :01:22.must be pleased. Yes, tricky conditions. Q1 was close that I did

:01:23. > :01:31.not go through. I had a flat spot on both my front tyres. I couldn't

:01:32. > :01:37.really push. Lucky to get through. But in the end, Q3 worked out well

:01:38. > :01:45.and I got a good lap and had a good feeling in the car. Seventh is not a

:01:46. > :01:49.great result but we got most of it. And you must be looking forward to

:01:50. > :01:56.your first Belgian Grand Prix? It is a special place. Definitely, I

:01:57. > :02:02.cannot say enough how much I enjoyed driving here, it is a pleasure to

:02:03. > :02:10.drive on this track in any car. It is great fun driving and hopefully

:02:11. > :02:16.we can do what we came here to do and get some good points and a

:02:17. > :02:23.result. Kevin Magnussen once more and that is good to hear. He has

:02:24. > :02:30.grown up a lot. We were calling into question if he was too young, could

:02:31. > :02:35.he go to McLaren as a so-called paid driver? He has done really well. I

:02:36. > :02:41.guess they should keep him. He has great potential and is a potential

:02:42. > :02:45.world champion perhaps. And the pressure of coming into a big team

:02:46. > :02:51.like McLaren, that is the difference, coming to Toro Rosso is

:02:52. > :02:56.one thing, but McLaren expect a lot you are expected to be at the front

:02:57. > :03:00.all the time. Coming into McLaren and replacing a world champion like

:03:01. > :03:05.Lewis Hamilton is even more daunting. That could be scary for a

:03:06. > :03:11.young boy but he is very balanced, he comes from a racing background.

:03:12. > :03:16.His father would have taught him well. I believe in Kevin, he is a

:03:17. > :03:23.top young boys. Let's hear now from the top three. Nick O'Connor many

:03:24. > :03:25.congratulations, your first pole position at Spa, typical

:03:26. > :03:37.conditions, tell us how special the feeling is. -- Nico. It is very

:03:38. > :03:41.special so to be in front is great. Not quite as difficult as on some

:03:42. > :03:44.other occasions because the conditions were always

:03:45. > :03:51.intermediates, just varying slightly which made it a bit easier but it is

:03:52. > :03:55.always difficult in the wet so I am happy. The cart was handling well

:03:56. > :04:05.and with Mike engineers, we find chewed it perfectly -- the car was

:04:06. > :04:11.handling well and we find chewed and it -- fine June.

:04:12. > :04:20.The first sector was always strong, why is that? I am not sure, it is

:04:21. > :04:27.mainly Eau Rouge so feeling good. Maybe that was where it was done but

:04:28. > :04:34.I am not sure. Lewis, you were right in the hunt. It seemed like Q3 was

:04:35. > :04:44.not as comfortable from the outset. Why was that? I had a glazed front

:04:45. > :04:47.left brake so the cart was pulling and there was nothing I could do to

:04:48. > :04:52.get rid of that so I was struggling underbraking and had to bring back

:04:53. > :04:58.the breaking point and was losing a lot out of Turn 1. It looked like

:04:59. > :05:03.you were enjoying yourself out there, how much can you enjoy it in

:05:04. > :05:08.conditions like these? It is more fun in the dry but still a huge

:05:09. > :05:16.challenge. The conditions were quite good. And Sebastien, winner here

:05:17. > :05:22.last year, your feelings on this result and what you can do from

:05:23. > :05:29.here? It would be nice to be further up but the gap is quite big. It was

:05:30. > :05:36.the best we could do today. It was a tricky qualifying, especially Q2 was

:05:37. > :05:40.very tight, I tried to stay out, it started to rain heavier but I was

:05:41. > :05:50.competent but track would get quicker. -- confident. It was quite

:05:51. > :05:58.tight, I got the lap in in the end. I was able to use both set of tyres.

:05:59. > :06:05.I was behind the Mercedes, it was tricky out there especially on low

:06:06. > :06:10.downforce through Eau Rouge. It was a good challenge and I am happy with

:06:11. > :06:36.third place. Let's have a look at the provisional grid for tomorrow.

:06:37. > :06:40.Shall Bianchi got through to Q2 and he qualified in 16th. -- Jules

:06:41. > :06:52.Bianchi. David, we heard Lewis saying he had

:06:53. > :07:00.an issue and that was obviously on his mind. He seemed a bit confused

:07:01. > :07:04.whether it was the left or right but he looked out of sorts and was not

:07:05. > :07:10.comfortable out there. If you have an issue with your brakes, the only

:07:11. > :07:21.way you can get the clays off the disc is the hammer it hard. It

:07:22. > :07:25.doesn't glaze itself, the driver is part of that process so they will

:07:26. > :07:31.work out if that was a mistake on his part or just the racing gods

:07:32. > :07:37.again. Considering the conditions, there are not that many drivers

:07:38. > :07:44.hugely out of position. Worthy Red Bull driver is slightly flattered by

:07:45. > :07:50.the conditions? -- were they. Slightly but you would expect to see

:07:51. > :07:55.Sebastian Vettel up there. The people who perhaps disappointed me

:07:56. > :07:58.work Williams. I thought they could have got further up. We will find

:07:59. > :08:05.out tomorrow and you can watch everything live on BBC1. Biblical

:08:06. > :08:10.weather playing havoc with qualifying today but it was Nico

:08:11. > :08:16.Rosberg who conquered the conditions to take pole position. Thanks for

:08:17. > :08:19.watching, we will see you tomorrow. It is the end of the world! Who

:08:20. > :08:23.knows what is going on!