The British Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:10. > :01:16.Silverstone. A landmark. A cause for celebration. A slice of the space

:01:17. > :01:22.age which still honours what has gone before, making this the classic

:01:23. > :01:30.of the British sporting summer. It was not always such a classic. There

:01:31. > :01:41.is a bit of prehistory. 1947, Terra Way laps of the deserted airfield, a

:01:42. > :01:47.mates' race, during which one of them ran over a sheep. The precursor

:01:48. > :01:58.to this, the latest generation of Formula One, and yet cherishing the

:01:59. > :02:06.past. The great Fangio, who won here just the once, Stirling boss, who

:02:07. > :02:13.won twice, but never hear. Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, David

:02:14. > :02:23.Coulthard. The charges, Graham Hill, and Nigel Mansell, to glory in

:02:24. > :02:32.1987. There were the pilots and the Turbos, the first and last years,

:02:33. > :02:39.but above all, the glory years. High-stakes, high-speed rivalries,

:02:40. > :02:47.and moments of kindness. A slice of the space age, anchored firmly to

:02:48. > :02:52.the earth of England. Welcome to Silverstone. The home of Formula

:02:53. > :03:07.One. It is a rather wet home today, but

:03:08. > :03:11.despite the lacklustre weather, more than 95,000 fans have congregated on

:03:12. > :03:17.this hallowed ground to watch qualifying today. The campsites are

:03:18. > :03:22.packed, all of the viewing area is loaded with an expectant crowd, who

:03:23. > :03:28.have been treated to concerts, vintage parades, Spitfire displays

:03:29. > :03:34.and, hopefully, we will all the this an epic qualifying session. Hello,

:03:35. > :03:41.welcome. Eddie and David are taking us through the weekend. This is a

:03:42. > :03:46.four-day extravaganza, and David, you were part of the vintage parade,

:03:47. > :03:55.it looked like great fun. Yes, some of the greats from the past, Jackie

:03:56. > :04:00.Stewart, a real fantastic celebration of forming one.

:04:01. > :04:04.Silverstone has the ability to do this time after time, and it

:04:05. > :04:10.embraces everything the fans want. It is a friendship Grand Prix. It

:04:11. > :04:14.allows everybody to be part of the scene. It has got a hands-on feel.

:04:15. > :04:18.allows everybody to be part of the scene. It has got a hands-on You got

:04:19. > :04:24.your hands on a pair of drumsticks! The Kaiser Chiefs were playing.

:04:25. > :04:29.Amazing, what a fantastic band, and to hear them live, they have so many

:04:30. > :04:36.big hit records, and they said, come and play with us. It is difficult to

:04:37. > :04:43.fake playing the drums! It is more difficult than you think! Looking

:04:44. > :04:51.good, not bad for 66! I do not want to be called 66! It was such great

:04:52. > :04:56.fun, I loved every minute of it. Before we really get into it, let's

:04:57. > :05:00.look back to a fortnight ago, when we made a Formula One returned to

:05:01. > :05:08.Austria, and it was a cracking weekend for Williams.

:05:09. > :05:17.Lights out, away we go, Felipe Massa getting away well, but an excellent

:05:18. > :05:22.start from Nico Rosberg, head of Valtteri Bottas. Look at Valtteri

:05:23. > :05:30.Bottas, he has got past Nico Rosberg. Lewis Hamilton charging up

:05:31. > :05:37.into fifth place. RADIO: Tell me what to do, please. A miserable

:05:38. > :05:45.weekend. Lewis Hamilton takes the place, what a lunch, racy stuff.

:05:46. > :05:54.Where is Valtteri Bottas? A fabulous stop. Where will he come out? In

:05:55. > :06:07.front of Lewis Hamilton, but behind Nico Rosberg. Daniil Kvyat has come

:06:08. > :06:14.off. RADIO: I have no breaks. It is fairly straightforward. Sergio Perez

:06:15. > :06:19.gives him space and loses momentum. That gives the opportunity for

:06:20. > :06:24.Valtteri Bottas to sweep past. Here comes Lewis Hamilton on Sergio

:06:25. > :06:36.Perez. Sergio Perez gives him plenty of space, no moving on the line.

:06:37. > :06:40.RADIO: Box, we are retiring the car. It has been a miserable weekend for

:06:41. > :06:53.Sebastian Vettel. Very unlucky with the reliability of his car. RADIO:

:06:54. > :06:56.Push hard now. It is Hammer time. The battle between Nico Hulkenberg

:06:57. > :07:02.and Daniel Ricciardo still going on. It is going to be victory for Nico

:07:03. > :07:08.Rosberg in Austria. He wins the Austrian Grand Prix by 1.9 seconds,

:07:09. > :07:16.from Lewis Hamilton. Third place goes to Valtteri Bottas, his first

:07:17. > :07:19.podium. Nico Rosberg's perfect array, he

:07:20. > :07:27.extends his lead over Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton has now had

:07:28. > :07:34.to technical failures this season. It is a long way back down to third

:07:35. > :07:42.place. Daniel Ricciardo is the only non-Mercedes driver to win a race

:07:43. > :07:47.this season. Already at the halfway point, Mercedes seem to have the

:07:48. > :07:51.construct is' championship in their grasp. They have a whopping margin

:07:52. > :07:56.over Red Bull, who have been the Kings for the last four years.

:07:57. > :08:07.Ferrari are way off the pace, would arguably punching above their

:08:08. > :08:11.weight. It was a really intriguing weekend in Austria, a great event

:08:12. > :08:16.again, Williams did really well, but some speculation they could have

:08:17. > :08:21.done better. They will feel there was a missed opportunity. But it is

:08:22. > :08:25.easy to be clear in hindsight. But it represents a positive step

:08:26. > :08:32.forward for the team ahead of this home Grand Prix. All those people

:08:33. > :08:35.there, about to go the pit lane wall, this is the hands-on

:08:36. > :08:41.experience that we are talking about. Wrapping up the William

:08:42. > :08:45.story, it is definitely a step in the right direction. Yes, they have

:08:46. > :08:52.had a tidy car, and they feel that the season has been one of missed

:08:53. > :08:59.opportunities. They need to be able to think like winners again. If they

:09:00. > :09:04.had the previous year's experience, they would have done really well.

:09:05. > :09:09.They would have capitalised more on the product that they have. They

:09:10. > :09:14.have a sensational car, sensational drivers and a sensational engine,

:09:15. > :09:20.and they should have won a couple of races by now. It was a great weekend

:09:21. > :09:25.for Mercedes. I do believe the rest of the grid is catching up with them

:09:26. > :09:29.ever so slightly. We will see how close they are getting, especially

:09:30. > :09:39.in this changeable weather. Plenty of news, that catch up.

:09:40. > :09:46.Jenson Button has been stealing the headlines, but not for the right

:09:47. > :09:50.reasons. Ron Dennis has accused him of not trying hard enough this

:09:51. > :09:55.season, but that is an accusation that Jenson Button believes applies

:09:56. > :09:59.to the whole team. We need to try harder, every day you have got to do

:10:00. > :10:04.a better job, or else you will not catch the leading guys. We have all

:10:05. > :10:09.got to look at ourselves and give it our all, that is the only way we can

:10:10. > :10:13.get back to the front. With the Mercedes cars dominating, the latest

:10:14. > :10:20.rumours are that voters will switch from Renault to the three pointed

:10:21. > :10:25.star next year. Everybody is looking at the best option possible. So far,

:10:26. > :10:33.we have no strength in a straight line. I would love to have a

:10:34. > :10:38.Mercedes next year. One change that is on the cards next year is a

:10:39. > :10:42.change to the safety car rules. There will be standing restarts,

:10:43. > :10:50.something that the drivers have not welcomed with open arms. The leader

:10:51. > :10:55.suffers a massive deficit, a potential big disadvantage. But the

:10:56. > :11:02.FIA maintains it is to spice up the show. This supposition is that the

:11:03. > :11:07.start is the most exciting part, and if you can have a second one, it

:11:08. > :11:13.might introduce more on credibility and excitement and likelihood of

:11:14. > :11:18.places changing. That was the reason it was done. It is all change at

:11:19. > :11:22.Caterham, days after announcing that his team is not for sale, Tony

:11:23. > :11:28.Fernandez has sold it to a consortium of investors. One man

:11:29. > :11:36.involved is Colin Collins. I have been asked to help and turn it

:11:37. > :11:39.around. The company made more progress in the last three days than

:11:40. > :11:46.in the last two years. I am convinced about this. It is crucial

:11:47. > :11:52.to be successful of the track to be successful on the track. Without off

:11:53. > :11:57.the track success, you will never reach any success on the track. The

:11:58. > :12:00.target is clear, this team is to reach the 10th position in the

:12:01. > :12:05.championship. We thought that what the latest, but

:12:06. > :12:09.it has been confirmed that Lotus will run a Mercedes engine next

:12:10. > :12:15.year, big news, and not great for Red Bull. Red Bull were never in the

:12:16. > :12:18.running to get the Mercedes engine, they are looking at bolstering the

:12:19. > :12:24.strength of the Renault and developing the engine when the

:12:25. > :12:29.freeze is opened up. But it is a clear statement of intent from

:12:30. > :12:34.Lotus, they have been struggling. They have had a terrible start to

:12:35. > :12:39.the year, and an indication they are taking this seriously, it will help

:12:40. > :12:43.focus the minds of the engineers and bring investment. Quite a lot of

:12:44. > :12:50.loud noise, it is these guys that you can hear, these beautiful old

:12:51. > :12:55.cars, another parade for the fans. We concede Jackie Stewart, Damon

:12:56. > :13:02.Hill, that is the Lotus his father used to drive, Paul Stewart, a great

:13:03. > :13:08.opportunity for Formula One and the fans here to celebrate the history

:13:09. > :13:11.of the last 50 years of racing here. It is beautiful, watching those

:13:12. > :13:17.cars. There was some talk about the safety car, the new rules. It has

:13:18. > :13:25.not been popular with drivers or fans. We have heard the view from

:13:26. > :13:28.the FIA, what is the downside? You have another incident immediately

:13:29. > :13:36.after a safety car, there could be another shunt. When the drivers

:13:37. > :13:41.start, they are fresh, sharp, ready, and if the safety car came after 60

:13:42. > :13:46.laps at Monaco and you have another restart, they are dehydrated,

:13:47. > :13:50.fatigued and you lose performance. The fact we are talking about it is

:13:51. > :13:56.helping to keep Formula One in the news. If it gives a controversial

:13:57. > :14:01.result, in that the leader does not get the result, we will talk about

:14:02. > :14:06.it even more. And the tyre temperatures as well. The other

:14:07. > :14:10.thing was Caterham. Eddie Jordan is with the new team principal.

:14:11. > :14:16.thing was Caterham. Eddie Jordan is Indeed. Welcome to the club, we know

:14:17. > :14:25.you as a driver, tell us, what will you do to turn this team around? It

:14:26. > :14:30.is a big job. The most important thing is we have to make the team as

:14:31. > :14:35.efficient as possible. I have been here a couple of days and looked at

:14:36. > :14:39.the factory, it is amazing what they have in resources, equipment and

:14:40. > :14:45.machinery. They need to turn it around, it is not going to be easy,

:14:46. > :14:53.but I am ready. You are, but have you identified anything that you

:14:54. > :14:59.feel can be an instant fix? I have something in my mind, but it is too

:15:00. > :15:01.early. What is your target? IG targeting eighth in the

:15:02. > :15:12.championship, 10th in the championship? The most important

:15:13. > :15:19.thing is to try to get in the championship and fight. To get all

:15:20. > :15:31.the upgrades done and hopefully we can find some upgrades. Also the

:15:32. > :15:44.aerodynamics. It is a big challenge. A lot of surprises every day. You

:15:45. > :15:52.would have to beat Sauber or Marussia. What do you have on your

:15:53. > :15:56.sites. We will try just to do the most we can do. It is not easy. We

:15:57. > :16:01.have seen the performance of the car and we have to work very hard. I

:16:02. > :16:08.will try everything possible to change something.

:16:09. > :16:19.So changes at the back of the grid. They do have some work to do.

:16:20. > :16:22.Marussia do have work to do. Colin Collins is an experienced man in

:16:23. > :16:29.Formula one and motor racing so he does have that business experience.

:16:30. > :16:33.It will be interesting to see how he translates his experience to help in

:16:34. > :16:38.that team. The key thing that the team needs is not just a restructure

:16:39. > :16:43.in terms of their efficiency but they need a faster car. So I do not

:16:44. > :16:51.know if the designers have not been given the resources or if they do

:16:52. > :16:57.not have the people. Let us have a look at what is going

:16:58. > :17:01.on at Silverstone as we speak. The Williams there, Rubens Barrichello

:17:02. > :17:07.getting the chance to drive. Resetting the crowd. You get the

:17:08. > :17:12.sense if he had the chance to race a current Formula one car, he would

:17:13. > :17:19.take it. He has not quite come to terms with the fact that he is not a

:17:20. > :17:23.grand prix driver any more! Friday was to be a very special day for

:17:24. > :17:29.Susie Wolff, the first female to take part in a Grand Prix for 22

:17:30. > :17:42.years. And there was a lot of anticipation.

:17:43. > :17:49.Good morning. Nice to see you. This is a nice place you have got.

:17:50. > :17:54.I have known you a long time. It is strange that evolution from us

:17:55. > :17:59.running around as young girls wanting to be in motorsport to you

:18:00. > :18:09.driving at Silverstone. You seem measured. It has been a fantastic

:18:10. > :18:12.journey. We had a passion for motorsport and we have taken the

:18:13. > :18:17.journey this far. For me the best part is putting that helmet on and

:18:18. > :18:24.trying to get the quickest lap time you can. That is what I look forward

:18:25. > :18:31.to. The grandstands are going to be packed, does that affect you? It was

:18:32. > :18:38.in a positive way. I had so many messages of support. It is something

:18:39. > :18:50.I think is positive as opposed to extra pressure. No one puts more

:18:51. > :18:55.pressure on me than I do myself. People think Formula one is quite a

:18:56. > :19:00.chauvinistic face. When you're dealing with Sir Frank Williams,

:19:01. > :19:04.such a historic name, and you have spoken to Bernie Ecclestone as

:19:05. > :19:10.well. Do you feel that these people are backing you fully? They

:19:11. > :19:14.certainly do not make my life difficult. They remake funny

:19:15. > :19:19.comments in the media that they realise it is positive for the sport

:19:20. > :19:24.to have a female out there. I always say I'm not out to prove a point

:19:25. > :19:30.about women drivers but I'm just out there for me. It is a great

:19:31. > :19:40.opportunity for me as a driver to take the next step on my Formula one

:19:41. > :19:46.driver -- Formula one journey. The main thing that we need is that

:19:47. > :19:51.she just does a sensible job, does not try to go to quickly and is just

:19:52. > :19:59.consistent with top and able to give us feedback as to what each of the

:20:00. > :20:04.new components is doing. Williams is leading the way, to have

:20:05. > :20:13.women involved in all areas of the business. Including the very sharp

:20:14. > :20:25.end, driving the car. It gives a better balance to the sport in

:20:26. > :20:48.general. Every thing OK with the car?

:20:49. > :20:55.Susie Wolff has come to stop out track... As soon as I saw oil

:20:56. > :20:59.pressure coming up I knew that was it. That was the toughest moment.

:21:00. > :21:05.The adrenaline is running and it is certainly over.

:21:06. > :21:11.The toughest thing for me was that it was just so much fun out there. I

:21:12. > :21:17.still read a lot from today in spite of it being just a short run. We

:21:18. > :21:27.will bounce back and I need to start focusing on doing the same thing

:21:28. > :21:31.again. Heartbreaking scenes for Susie Wolff

:21:32. > :21:37.on Friday. It is just started raining here. As if the gods knew

:21:38. > :21:42.that it was so disappointing and not her fault at all. She had put in a

:21:43. > :21:46.lot of hard work to get to the session yesterday. There was

:21:47. > :21:51.pressure on her and it was just disappointing for everybody and most

:21:52. > :21:56.of all for Susie Wolff. But she handled it with good grace and

:21:57. > :22:00.dignity and she took the positives from it. She said she had a great

:22:01. > :22:07.time and is looking ahead to the next race. I'm so pleased that she

:22:08. > :22:13.just has a short time to wait. With hindsight that is good. I have raced

:22:14. > :22:18.against Susie Wolff in German touring cards and she has great

:22:19. > :22:23.speed. Women can multitask she be better placed than the male

:22:24. > :22:31.representatives to handle all the new technology! I will not make any

:22:32. > :22:36.comments on gender issues! She is a professional racing driver. And she

:22:37. > :22:41.can manage the steering wheel as well as anyone else. You mentioned

:22:42. > :22:48.Hockenheim. Are there any other opportunities for her to get in a

:22:49. > :22:54.car? Unfortunately not. That was the arrangement. We have Felipe Nasr as

:22:55. > :23:03.well who is our test driver. He is in five P1 sessions this year.

:23:04. > :23:07.Well good luck this weekend. And thank you for talking to us. We look

:23:08. > :23:15.forward to seeing Susie Wolff in Hockenheim. And of course it is

:23:16. > :23:20.difficult. To get any chance, any time in a Formula one car. And that

:23:21. > :23:28.begs the question were to the next crop of British drivers come from.

:23:29. > :23:30.Here is Tom. Well Jonathan Palmer and Alex Lynn

:23:31. > :23:38.are here and they both dominated their respective championships in

:23:39. > :23:44.the junior races. How do you convert this success into a Formula one

:23:45. > :23:49.drive next year? I have to keep doing what I'm doing. The season has

:23:50. > :23:55.gone well so far. We just have to keep it up. And I will go to speak

:23:56. > :24:07.to some Formula one teams and the aim is for me to be on the grid next

:24:08. > :24:13.year. And Alex, what about you? You can make the jump straight to

:24:14. > :24:23.Formula one. That is what I'm looking to do next year. Hopefully

:24:24. > :24:30.get Red Bull to help me get the Formula one seat. And how much

:24:31. > :24:35.interest to they take in new? Do you get Christian Horner on the

:24:36. > :24:42.telephone? They sponsor me all the way and it is in their interest to

:24:43. > :24:48.help me. It is a big thing for you to have that Red Bull backing? It

:24:49. > :24:51.is. It takes away the uncertainty. If you can win on the junior

:24:52. > :24:59.programme you are guaranteed to get a seat. The Palmer family, people

:25:00. > :25:12.say racing royalty. Does that help or hinder? A bit of both. I just do

:25:13. > :25:15.my own thing. On the weekend my dad does not really get involved, he

:25:16. > :25:23.just enjoys it and let me be my own person.

:25:24. > :25:28.The pit lane very busy with a lot of fans waiting and anticipating this

:25:29. > :25:31.qualifying session. Those boys need everything they can get. We know

:25:32. > :25:38.that the Red Bull programme works. That is great backing for Alex. But

:25:39. > :25:45.it is so difficult to get a driver in Formula one. It is difficult. But

:25:46. > :25:51.nevertheless you still have to keep pushing. You get nothing for just

:25:52. > :25:56.sitting still. These boys are all determined and also talented. There

:25:57. > :25:59.is such a great level of professionalism just underneath

:26:00. > :26:06.Formula one which I am excited about. We need to see them make the

:26:07. > :26:13.move. We have seen what so many young drivers are able to do.

:26:14. > :26:18.Normally you have natural wastage with the older drivers retiring. But

:26:19. > :26:26.there are are already a great crop of younger drivers and there's just

:26:27. > :26:29.not space for everyone. Absolutely. Max did not run in the previous free

:26:30. > :26:35.practice session this morning because of a gearbox problem. We may

:26:36. > :26:41.be able to catch up with him later. It has been a difficult year for

:26:42. > :26:56.Ferrari. The team principal has had a few months now to bed in. So we

:26:57. > :27:04.went along to pick his brains. The Ferrari just looked terrible...

:27:05. > :27:10.It has not looked good for Kimi Raikkonen and his return to

:27:11. > :27:15.Ferrari... Three months into the job Marco,

:27:16. > :27:22.what are your initial conclusions? Well it has been the most

:27:23. > :27:27.challenging three months of my life. It is an extraordinary job for an

:27:28. > :27:30.ordinary person. As a profession it is one of the most interesting

:27:31. > :27:37.challenges that the manager can have. There is no compromise. We

:27:38. > :27:50.need to bring Ferrari back to the top.

:27:51. > :27:55.There is a saying, first to build a great car you have to identify the

:27:56. > :28:01.problems with the existing car. Happy now pinpointed the problem

:28:02. > :28:05.is? First you need to pick up the right people and identify the

:28:06. > :28:15.problems and then build a performing car. We have identified the

:28:16. > :28:22.problems, the most important one. We are already working very hard.

:28:23. > :28:28.Adrian, were you disappointed he was not involved in talking with you? I

:28:29. > :28:33.do not want to comment on a saga that is becoming a soap opera. I

:28:34. > :28:44.need to focus on my team and the car and the championship.

:28:45. > :28:49.There is talk of a rift between Alonso and Ferrari. He's not winning

:28:50. > :28:56.championships and he wants to do that more. Can he do that with you?

:28:57. > :29:02.Everyone wants to win more championships and Ferrari do. I

:29:03. > :29:09.understand the frustration. But we are also frustrated. So we should

:29:10. > :29:16.not read anything into the fact that Fernando has said he is not doing

:29:17. > :29:22.the test here next week? The analysis is wrong. I'm not going to

:29:23. > :29:25.comment. Is there any hope that you can give

:29:26. > :29:29.the fans for this season or do we have to wait for next year? We will

:29:30. > :29:38.fight every race. We need to improve. Whatever we will do this

:29:39. > :29:49.year is going to be something useful and support for next year?s car. We

:29:50. > :30:00.will only be happy when we are at the top.

:30:01. > :30:07.So maybe the first time we've had the chance to talk to Marco. Quite

:30:08. > :30:11.defiant, but a strong character. Very strong. He was hugely

:30:12. > :30:17.successful as a company man in the states. So I can see what he has

:30:18. > :30:22.been brought here. Ferrari has been floundering for the last few years.

:30:23. > :30:26.They have not done a good enough job and they have too many fans all over

:30:27. > :30:32.the world, particularly in Britain, I might add. He is charged with the

:30:33. > :30:37.job of getting back up their ad is this going to be a difficult task.

:30:38. > :30:44.Looking at shots there, Kimi Raikkonen, he has pretty much been

:30:45. > :30:49.invisible this season. He is one of those drivers that you cannot ever

:30:50. > :30:53.criticise or the fans make it clear they are not happy. In his career he

:30:54. > :31:01.has had exceptional speed. I think he has blown a bit hot and cold and

:31:02. > :31:05.this is not one of his peak moments. He is looking a bit out of sorts and

:31:06. > :31:11.not happy with the new braking systems. I think he is very seat of

:31:12. > :31:24.the pants and this modern technology does not play to his strengths. Do

:31:25. > :31:29.you see him staying? I do believe that Fernando Alonso is not happy.

:31:30. > :31:34.He wants to win more championships. He would like to do it with

:31:35. > :31:40.Ferrari, but he does not have to. It is a possibility that he might move

:31:41. > :31:44.to a top team next year. I have alluded to it, is there a chance

:31:45. > :31:51.that Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso could swap faces? I think it

:31:52. > :31:55.is a possibility. We would expect you to find out before anybody

:31:56. > :32:01.else! It has been a disappointing weekend so far for Williams, and how

:32:02. > :32:10.have the rest of the paddock been getting on?

:32:11. > :32:14.A dry start saw the fans out in force to support Lewis Hamilton,

:32:15. > :32:21.Jenson Button, Max Chilton and the Williams development driver, but she

:32:22. > :32:29.had development -- engine problems. Her team-mate lost it at a corner.

:32:30. > :32:34.Felipe Massa was hurt, but the team looked dejected. Daniil Kvyat had a

:32:35. > :32:38.go at copying him, but he just hung on to it. Romain Grosjean was ill at

:32:39. > :32:44.ease. Lewis Hamilton was fast with the medium tyres and set the

:32:45. > :32:47.outright pace, but he then suffered an oil pressure problem which put

:32:48. > :32:52.him out for the rest of the session, leaving Nico Rosberg to complete a

:32:53. > :32:55.race simulation on his own. Overnight rain for the third

:32:56. > :33:01.practice meant teams did minimal running. I'll caveat demonstrated

:33:02. > :33:06.how slippery it was, as did Romain Grosjean. Jules Bianchi was the only

:33:07. > :33:14.ones to make contact with the barrier. Lewis Hamilton checked out

:33:15. > :33:17.the limit button. Despite a grassy moment of his own, Sebastian Vettel

:33:18. > :33:27.headed the timesheets for the first time this year, Red Bull first and

:33:28. > :33:33.second, but with Mercedes and rape -- with Mercedes keeping their

:33:34. > :33:40.powder dry, it remains to be seen. Jules Bianchi is having a new nose

:33:41. > :33:48.put on his car. Your car has got a new gearbox going on. Just as I was

:33:49. > :33:53.pulling out of the pit lane, it gave up the ghost as soon as I went for

:33:54. > :34:00.the first gear shift. I did not go for any more, with these cars, it

:34:01. > :34:05.takes a while to get a gearbox change them, but we are looking OK.

:34:06. > :34:11.Your first laps in the wet are going to be in qualifying. Silverstone is

:34:12. > :34:15.a daring track in the dry, but in the wet, it is very high-speed, low

:34:16. > :34:21.grip, and I have had no sighting laps, so I will have to push as hard

:34:22. > :34:27.as I can and get a good lap time. We have just done a piece looking at

:34:28. > :34:33.young guys trying to break through, how difficult is it to get up here,

:34:34. > :34:39.into the top echelon? How difficult to stay here? It is very hard, there

:34:40. > :34:43.are so many youngsters around, you have to defend your position. I am

:34:44. > :34:51.23, but there are already people coming behind me. It is not an easy

:34:52. > :34:54.sport, but at the end of the day, there are only 22 seat. In

:34:55. > :35:00.football, there are thousands of players. It is hard to get into, you

:35:01. > :35:08.have to do your best to stay in. Good luck this afternoon.

:35:09. > :35:12.It is a tough school. We are interested in your views and

:35:13. > :35:19.opinions, you can tweet us. Or you can send your comments to Facebook.

:35:20. > :35:25.Let's go next door and turn our attention is to Mercedes. Everybody

:35:26. > :35:31.is talking about Lewis Hamilton, it was not his weekend last year, but

:35:32. > :35:38.is this a must win race for him this season? Does he need this one

:35:39. > :35:42.psychologically? Not for the points, he does want to claw back the

:35:43. > :35:47.deficit, but there is a long way to go. But psychologically, he would

:35:48. > :35:50.like to nail this, there is no question the crowd would be

:35:51. > :35:57.delighted, this team is based just down the road in Brackley. But it is

:35:58. > :36:04.important for Lewis Hamilton, at the moment, despite the opinion being

:36:05. > :36:07.that he has got the speed, Nico Rosberg has had an answer for

:36:08. > :36:13.everything, he has been on the podium for every Grand Prix, so it

:36:14. > :36:18.will be difficult for him. The psychological games have not worked.

:36:19. > :36:25.The last three qualifying sessions have not gone well, it has gone

:36:26. > :36:29.wrong every time, he has put so much pressure on himself, so what does he

:36:30. > :36:36.need to do today? I see a similarity, Nico Rosberg's position

:36:37. > :36:39.in Monaco, and Lewis Hamilton here. Nico Rosberg responded brilliantly

:36:40. > :36:48.by winning, a big psychological boost. I disagree with David, I

:36:49. > :36:52.believe that Lewis Hamilton has to win here, because it is his home

:36:53. > :36:57.territory, despite the fact that Nico Rosberg won last year. It is a

:36:58. > :37:03.mouthwatering opportunity for us. From Lewis Hamilton's point of view,

:37:04. > :37:07.he must get the points, because he cannot let Nico Rosberg get too far

:37:08. > :37:09.away. He has been relaxed all weekend, but we can find out what is

:37:10. > :37:18.going through his mind. Last year on the Saturday, you

:37:19. > :37:26.0.4 ahead Last year on the Saturday, you

:37:27. > :37:35.love it to be the same? I thought it was 0.5! I am going to argue over

:37:36. > :37:44.that, it is a big difference! Last year was spectacular. I remember the

:37:45. > :37:47.reception I got from the crowd, and it was crushing when we had the tyre

:37:48. > :37:53.blow out. It is Lewis Hamilton!

:37:54. > :37:57.It was more disappointing because I had it therefore the fans, we are

:37:58. > :38:04.going to do this. No chance for Adrian Sutil.

:38:05. > :38:10.Equally, an amazing feeling when I could get back up to fourth place.

:38:11. > :38:15.Lewis Hamilton takes fourth place. Coming from an exploded tyre, this

:38:16. > :38:21.is a tremendous drive. It is another opportunity, who knows

:38:22. > :38:27.how it will go? How much would you like to win here for the fans and to

:38:28. > :38:30.get momentum back on your side and fight for those points in the

:38:31. > :38:34.championship? So many aspects of what would make it even more

:38:35. > :38:42.special, trying to get the momentum back, I had it for a while. I did it

:38:43. > :38:48.before, there is no reason why I cannot catch up again. There was a

:38:49. > :38:56.lot of talk after Monaco, a lot of emotions running high.

:38:57. > :39:00.Yes! Do you think that has been a turning

:39:01. > :39:09.point? Undoubtedly. Nico Rosberg was talking about trying to change the

:39:10. > :39:14.order, making sure he broke down the momentum, and he did so. Would you

:39:15. > :39:19.rather be in a battle with your team-mate with somebody else? What

:39:20. > :39:24.is easier? I would imagine it is easier battling with somebody else.

:39:25. > :39:30.Because then you and your team-mate can help. But when it is you and

:39:31. > :39:35.your team-mate, you almost need somebody to be in between you to

:39:36. > :39:39.take points away from the other. Lewis Hamilton has lost it! That is

:39:40. > :39:42.the end of that lap. We do not often see mistakes from

:39:43. > :39:48.you, but what about qualifying in Austria? You are constantly under

:39:49. > :39:54.pressure. If any driver says there is no pressure, they are talking

:39:55. > :40:04.rubbish. There is pressure there, from yourself, from the team. We are

:40:05. > :40:07.racing for 18, some teams have almost 1000 people. You want to win

:40:08. > :40:19.the championship more than anything. There is pressure, but I cannot

:40:20. > :40:28.pinpoint exactly why mistakes come along.

:40:29. > :40:39.Lewis Hamilton comes through to win the Chinese Grand Prix! He takes his

:40:40. > :40:46.hat-trick of victories in 2014! We know that you have got the speed,

:40:47. > :40:50.but do you have the psychological toughness for what it is going to

:40:51. > :40:53.take this season? It is going to need both. It is going to be a

:40:54. > :41:01.combination of different things. From where I am, staying focused,

:41:02. > :41:04.not losing energy, keeping the spirit up, utilising the

:41:05. > :41:06.opportunity, because we have the chance to win the championship this

:41:07. > :41:07.year, it is just which one of us will do it.

:41:08. > :41:08.That is the million-dollar question, which one direct? Will it be Lewis

:41:09. > :41:13.Hamilton or Nico Rosberg? Nico Rosberg is currently leading the

:41:14. > :41:15.championship. What did you think of him in that interview? He was

:41:16. > :41:24.talking about the momentum that Nico Rosberg stole from him, but it was

:41:25. > :41:29.like he had moved on, he seemed cool, calm and collected. He comes

:41:30. > :41:36.across as a great ambassador for the sport. What he is doing, how he goes

:41:37. > :41:41.about it, he seems content. He has made a huge difference to this team.

:41:42. > :41:48.His inclusion made this team at test today. Well done to him, I am glad

:41:49. > :41:52.he is relaxed and calm, because a relaxed Lewis Hamilton, in this

:41:53. > :41:57.frame of mind, I would not want to fight against him, he is in very

:41:58. > :42:03.good shape. He looks sharp, but he is more susceptible to emotional

:42:04. > :42:09.roller-coaster is down Nico Rosberg. It is not necessarily linked to how

:42:10. > :42:16.it is going on the track, it is what is going on in his life. It will be

:42:17. > :42:20.a tricky qualifying. Do you render the interview when he said he wanted

:42:21. > :42:25.to break him down mentally, and Nico Rosberg said, good luck? They are

:42:26. > :42:33.different, we know that, they look at things differently. Because Lewis

:42:34. > :42:37.Hamilton is emotional, if he gets the pole position and a victory this

:42:38. > :42:43.weekend, would it must be more than a race injury? Yes, I think it would

:42:44. > :42:47.be an emotional victory, not just because it is Britain, but because

:42:48. > :42:54.he would eat into the 29 point deficit. But to break Nico Rosberg

:42:55. > :43:01.down mentally, he is to articulate and intelligent and knowledgeable,

:43:02. > :43:05.because they have known each other for so long, he has picked the wrong

:43:06. > :43:11.person. Does he need to concentrate on his own game? Of course, he knows

:43:12. > :43:17.he has the ultimate speed, but doing what he did, that was a mistake.

:43:18. > :43:22.Another mistake was one he put his hand on him and Nico Rosberg moved

:43:23. > :43:27.it away. There were a couple of things that we looked for. I think

:43:28. > :43:33.it would be better concentrating on himself, he can win, there is no

:43:34. > :43:36.doubt. The pressure is on Nico Rosberg, because he is not a world

:43:37. > :43:42.champion. That might be his saving grace. I think the pressure is

:43:43. > :43:46.mounting on Lewis Hamilton, I do not think this weekend is the decider,

:43:47. > :43:50.but Nico Rosberg has the comfort zone of more than one victory. He

:43:51. > :43:55.cannot finish this race and still be leading the championship. I do not

:43:56. > :43:59.think the pressure is more on Nico Rosberg. The double points at the

:44:00. > :44:05.end could play into Lewis Hamilton's hands. It is double

:44:06. > :44:12.points in the last race, which would make it hugely exciting. The racing

:44:13. > :44:18.on the track is exciting, and the psychology is just as exciting. We

:44:19. > :44:22.will see if Lewis Hamilton will win. We have heard from Lewis Hamilton

:44:23. > :44:25.and Max Chilton, there is one British Trident we have not heard

:44:26. > :44:53.from yet. Gentlemen, start your engines. Can I have a mirror to see

:44:54. > :45:06.how good I look? Look at us! I might even hit second gear. We are

:45:07. > :45:15.coming through! When did you love affair start with

:45:16. > :45:19.bikes? I had a little bike to play around with on the weekends. He

:45:20. > :45:26.watched me around with on the weekends. He

:45:27. > :45:37.said that is enough, let us go on four wheels. He made a wise

:45:38. > :45:45.decision! How do you feel about the British Grand Prix? You have

:45:46. > :45:52.travelled the world. I love it. When I was a kid the race that you dream

:45:53. > :46:03.of is the British Grand Prix. I had one chance, in 2010. Both wheel fell

:46:04. > :46:11.off. Yes. This year for me will be a very special race, emotional, after

:46:12. > :46:15.the old boy passed away in January. Walking out of the hotel in the

:46:16. > :46:27.morning, he was always late. Always the last one. I really miss that.

:46:28. > :46:36.I hope you do not mind, I have booked some tea with her Majesty the

:46:37. > :46:47.Queen. She is in, the flag is up! I have never been to Buckingham

:46:48. > :46:54.Palace. I met her at one time and she said I'd do not know how you do

:46:55. > :47:00.it, racing at breakneck speeds! You cannot help but feel a chartered,

:47:01. > :47:28.all these union Jack flags. -- feel patriotic. Keep your eyes on the

:47:29. > :47:34.road! The one that you are riding sounds a

:47:35. > :47:45.bit like a modern Formula one car. Mine sounds old school.

:47:46. > :48:10.How does Silverstone rate in terms of physical demands? It is nonstop,

:48:11. > :48:21.there are not many slow sections. Ourselves! Riding Harleys. It is

:48:22. > :48:37.Jensen Button, Formula one megastar! The back know who he is.

:48:38. > :48:58.There is Big Ben. It makes you proud! To be British! Come on! # God

:48:59. > :49:15.save our gracious queen... You do not even get me into any

:49:16. > :49:23.trouble. Here come the police! I apologise for any attempts at

:49:24. > :49:28.singing. Jensen was in good form. He is in a good place with his driving.

:49:29. > :49:33.His position in the team. There has been speculation in the media about

:49:34. > :49:38.his future. But he knows that he does have the skills and these

:49:39. > :49:44.conditions could be made for him. We spoke about Ron saying that he

:49:45. > :49:50.needed to pull his socks up. Is that just his way of motivating people? I

:49:51. > :49:55.never heard him publicly say anything and I gave him plenty of

:49:56. > :50:03.opportunity with some of the mistakes I made! Perhaps just now he

:50:04. > :50:16.needs to feel that people should get a hurry on. And really get results.

:50:17. > :50:23.Everyone talking about the situation with Jensen Button and what Ron came

:50:24. > :50:29.out with, outwardly criticising him and saying he needs to try more. Can

:50:30. > :50:35.you add any light to this? Just to put it in perspective, a lot of

:50:36. > :50:41.people do no wrong. An extremely successful team principal and

:50:42. > :50:47.chairman and group executive. He is a pushy guy, that is the nature of

:50:48. > :50:55.the beast. He did exactly the same thing to Ayrton Senna. He has made

:50:56. > :51:06.comments about Jensen. And he would say the same thing to Eric and to

:51:07. > :51:09.me. That is the nature of the beast. But you have lost Alonso and Lewis

:51:10. > :51:15.Hamilton all through the same kind of things. These drivers saying that

:51:16. > :51:22.Ron was too pushy. Is there a message there? I think the drivers

:51:23. > :51:29.had successful times with us but no team stands still. The drivers want

:51:30. > :51:36.to move around. Lewis and Adrian had been with us for a long time.

:51:37. > :51:43.Nothing stands still. I do not look at it with that perspective at all

:51:44. > :51:48.but I like your loaded question! US sixth in the constructors

:51:49. > :51:56.championship. 1.8 seconds behind the fastest car in qualifying yesterday.

:51:57. > :52:00.That is not McLaren style? It is not and it is not good enough. A lot of

:52:01. > :52:06.us are working very hard behind the scenes. I was asked about these

:52:07. > :52:12.regulations and if it clamps down on levels of innovation. Mercedes had

:52:13. > :52:17.given a masterclass in how that can be done so there is plenty of

:52:18. > :52:21.opportunity. And it is not easy otherwise everyone else would be

:52:22. > :52:26.doing the same thing. If you look at the last four or five races the grid

:52:27. > :52:30.is moving forwards. And Mercedes will have to watch carefully if they

:52:31. > :52:38.are to hold onto that lead. But the grid is going to catch them. Whether

:52:39. > :52:42.this year or next, it is coming. And if you do not establish what is

:52:43. > :52:50.wrong with the car, how are you going to change it next year? The

:52:51. > :52:54.Honda thing, it is fantastic news for Formula one and for us that

:52:55. > :52:59.whatever the changes in the regulation, it has been good enough

:53:00. > :53:07.to introduce Honda back into motorsport. Fiercely competitive in

:53:08. > :53:11.Moto GP. It runs through their blood so we are delighted to be racing

:53:12. > :53:15.with them. In terms of the work that we have to do, the product in a

:53:16. > :53:20.garage, the issue is not the product but how we improve our organisation.

:53:21. > :53:24.We are working really hard and going through a lot of internal

:53:25. > :53:36.restructuring. We are going to make some changes and make no bones about

:53:37. > :53:41.it, we are coming back. I am with Alan now as we can talk

:53:42. > :53:48.about what is going to happen on track today. A little bit of light

:53:49. > :53:51.rain. It was a bad session this morning and looks like it could be

:53:52. > :53:57.the same thing again. The cloud is higher but it does have that damp

:53:58. > :53:59.feeling and the rain will be on and off for the rest of the afternoon.

:54:00. > :54:06.It will be between the intermediate and perhaps the full wet tyres. The

:54:07. > :54:09.moment on track is going to be critical. If you're the last to

:54:10. > :54:16.cross the line. There could be some scalps in this one. We always say it

:54:17. > :54:23.could be a more level playing field. But the wet weather could help some

:54:24. > :54:28.people? I think it can but it is more opportunistic, making the right

:54:29. > :54:33.decisions, not making mistakes. We have had the situation where this

:54:34. > :54:39.morning there were a lot of mistakes on track. People running wide comic

:54:40. > :54:45.even Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were in that situation. And

:54:46. > :54:50.that was something that most of them got out of, but not everyone did.

:54:51. > :54:55.Sebastian Vettel coming through brackets, he got onto the wetter

:54:56. > :55:01.part of the circuit. It is not porous, the water does not drain

:55:02. > :55:06.away. And even in the last corner Romain Grosjean as soon as he

:55:07. > :55:14.touched the paintwork it snapped sideways on him. That was a critical

:55:15. > :55:22.moment. He did very well to save that. Right now he was very quick

:55:23. > :55:28.with his reaction. And at the same time he was going down the years. So

:55:29. > :55:34.very quick reactions. Adrian Sutil coming down. He did quite a lot of

:55:35. > :55:38.laps this morning going wide and then coming straight through the

:55:39. > :55:44.gravel. He was good to get out of the gravel. He had to keep up some

:55:45. > :55:51.momentum. This is a guy fighting to get out of the last part of

:55:52. > :55:55.qualifying as is Jules Bianchi. For these guys they are fighting for the

:55:56. > :56:03.opportunity to get out of Q1 and into Q2. This could be at scalp for

:56:04. > :56:09.them. Once you knock a break you lose 25%

:56:10. > :56:14.of your braking efficiency. You have got to come off the brake. But round

:56:15. > :56:18.here it is so slippery. The crossover point between the

:56:19. > :56:23.intermediate tyres and the wet tyres, it is difficult to say. So

:56:24. > :56:31.you're going to see people being very careful not to make mistakes.

:56:32. > :56:41.We can have a closer look at the track. One of the Silverstone

:56:42. > :56:45.masters, the brilliant Mark Webber. Silverstone is like a second home to

:56:46. > :56:55.me. I have been racing here for almost 20 years. And I have had a

:56:56. > :57:00.bit of success along the way. Mark Webber takes victory for the

:57:01. > :57:10.second time... Just a stunning lap.

:57:11. > :57:15.The alp lap is crucial. By the direction of that flag I know

:57:16. > :57:20.whether I have the wind on the nose of the car. Then I can break

:57:21. > :57:26.extremely late. When you have got the wind behind you have to be very

:57:27. > :57:30.careful. This is one of the fastest corners

:57:31. > :57:37.in Formula one. The first corner at Silverstone. You need to be brave

:57:38. > :57:42.and trust in the car. The turning point is roundabout

:57:43. > :57:48.here. You can see the byline, how low we are. Opens up a little bit on

:57:49. > :57:59.the exit. You have got to get this corner right.

:58:00. > :58:05.Still in the first set. The first big heavy stock on the lap. You need

:58:06. > :58:10.to be deep on the brakes. You do not have two prioritise too far on that.

:58:11. > :58:18.You can use the camera on the apex for positioning. It is an important

:58:19. > :58:24.part of the lap to get everything right.

:58:25. > :58:32.In my opinion this is the heart of Formula one. Maggots, very fast.

:58:33. > :58:38.Super rewarding for the drivers. On the left you can see the bank. One

:58:39. > :58:43.of the best places in the world to watch the cars come through. It is

:58:44. > :58:47.all about positioning, getting yourself ready. And probably the

:58:48. > :58:51.most important corner on track. You've got to do so many things

:58:52. > :59:00.right to get the lap time in your favour. Then the last right-hander.

:59:01. > :59:04.If you get all that right then and lap time will be very important for

:59:05. > :59:09.you. Those are some of the key ingredients for a fast qualifying

:59:10. > :59:15.time at Silverstone. Be brave, understand the wind and trust in the

:59:16. > :59:21.car. This is a track that we love driving on. They do not make them

:59:22. > :59:29.like this any more. The guys love it and I do as well.

:59:30. > :59:36.Please to have you with us at this one pre-, Mark Webber. There will

:59:37. > :59:42.need to be quick decisions today. 20 minute sessions. Probably five or

:59:43. > :59:45.six time-lapse for the teams to get the feel of it. Q3 could be

:59:46. > :59:58.difficult conditions. They're under pressure. Who is going to be in pole

:59:59. > :00:16.position? Daniel Ricciardo. Q1 coming up. Here it is.

:00:17. > :00:21.Straddling the borders of Northamptonshire and Bucks,

:00:22. > :00:23.Silverstone puts cars and drivers through their paces with some of the

:00:24. > :00:29.most challenging corners in the world. Qualifying brings us to the

:00:30. > :00:35.former airfield where thousands upon thousands of fans have gathered to

:00:36. > :00:40.CPD generation of cars compete on UK soil for the first time. Both the

:00:41. > :00:47.power unit and chassis is will get a work-out on this 3.6 mile layout.

:00:48. > :00:55.The first sector, introduced in 2010, the second sector, the fast

:00:56. > :00:59.corner. And the final sector, culminating in the long

:01:00. > :01:03.right-hander, where the clock stops at the end of the lap. Lewis

:01:04. > :01:08.Hamilton took pole position last year by nearly half a second over

:01:09. > :01:12.his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, and he could do with that

:01:13. > :01:16.again today to begin the process of narrowing the gap in the

:01:17. > :01:20.championship. Conditions are going to make life difficult, and it could

:01:21. > :01:25.change the way we see cars running throughout the session. They will

:01:26. > :01:30.want to get out there quickly, there is still a fairly high risk of rain

:01:31. > :01:37.throughout the remaining part of the next hour. That is the thing about

:01:38. > :01:41.this open airfield, you can get local weather patterns that are not

:01:42. > :01:53.even showing up on the radar. Nobody will want to take a risk in setting

:01:54. > :01:56.their too long. It can help drive the line in the first session when

:01:57. > :02:02.all the cars are on the track, but do you take the risk? I would not.

:02:03. > :02:09.Sebastian Vettel was fastest this morning, but Nico Rosberg and

:02:10. > :02:16.Fernando Alonso did not bother to do a timed lap. Daniel Ricciardo is

:02:17. > :02:19.above Sebastian Vettel in the championship and has beaten him in

:02:20. > :02:25.qualifying this year, so Sebastian Vettel is trying to reclaim some

:02:26. > :02:31.ground. Nico Hulkenberg up in the points, but Force India are not

:02:32. > :02:38.going so quickly this weekend. Others to watch, Kimi Raikkonen, he

:02:39. > :02:42.has been some way off the pace of Fernando Alonso this year, but

:02:43. > :02:48.rarely has he been out qualified here, so we will see how he gets on

:02:49. > :02:56.today. The helmet of Jenson Button, the pink helmet, which is to pay

:02:57. > :02:59.respects to his father, who passed away earlier this year. Coming back

:03:00. > :03:05.to these damp conditions and who away earlier this year. Coming back

:03:06. > :03:09.they favour... Some of the fans showing their support. The

:03:10. > :03:16.conditions might help teams like Sauber, who have qualified to get

:03:17. > :03:22.both cars through the first part of qualifying's who have struggled to

:03:23. > :03:28.get both cars through. Taking big risks this morning. Nico Rosberg

:03:29. > :03:32.scrolling through some of the settings on the steering wheel.

:03:33. > :03:37.Mercedes leading the constructors' point very confidently over Red

:03:38. > :03:45.Bull. Ferrari third, Force India fourth, but Williams are bearing

:03:46. > :03:51.down on them. Williams have had a difficult start to this weekend, can

:03:52. > :03:54.they put that behind them and try to challenge near different? We are

:03:55. > :04:00.expecting Red Bull to be the nearest challengers to Mercedes. The

:04:01. > :04:05.conditions may change that, but Red Bull like these past, flowing

:04:06. > :04:10.circuit. They were pretty strong in Barcelona, attract similar to this.

:04:11. > :04:16.Max Chilton's car is fired up. He is on the intermediate tyre. He is

:04:17. > :04:22.heading out pretty quickly. We still have a queue seconds before the

:04:23. > :04:29.green light comes on. That is his goal, as well as doing an

:04:30. > :04:34.installation lap, knowing that you have got a five place penalty, it is

:04:35. > :04:38.a sobering thought, but normally Marussia have been towards the back

:04:39. > :04:45.of the grid anyway. Fans are getting a better view by leaning over. This

:04:46. > :04:49.is something that I think sets Silverstone apart, the campsite. I

:04:50. > :04:54.felt for them when the rain was bucketing down last night, I

:04:55. > :04:59.thought, I would not want to be in a tent! There were some dumb people

:05:00. > :05:07.around, but they do not care, they are here for Formula One -- there

:05:08. > :05:13.were some damp people around. The first session is underway, 18

:05:14. > :05:17.minutes. To get into the top 16, you progress into the next stage of

:05:18. > :05:23.qualifying. Marussia, Caterham and Sauber are the main teams who could

:05:24. > :05:27.get dropped. You have got to get the timing right, especially when track

:05:28. > :05:32.conditions are changing like this. Tom, you have been talking to some

:05:33. > :05:36.of the engineers, they have an eye on the weather, trying to plan a

:05:37. > :05:44.different approach to qualifying today. Yes, to quote a couple of the

:05:45. > :05:51.engineers, it is situation awareness. The conditions have

:05:52. > :05:56.changed quite a lot since the final practice session this morning, the

:05:57. > :06:00.wind has changed direction, it is now a tailwind going into the first

:06:01. > :06:05.corner, and it is harder, and it will bring in some rain. It is

:06:06. > :06:12.raining in Bicester, 20 miles away. As Mark Webber said, they will be

:06:13. > :06:15.looking at the flag on top of the clubhouse to see what the wind is

:06:16. > :06:20.doing, because it makes such a difference. So many of the teams

:06:21. > :06:25.live around here, Mercedes down the road, Red Bull, Lotus, I would

:06:26. > :06:30.suspect they have family members sending messages, I am bringing

:06:31. > :06:34.suspect they have family members washing in, it is getting a bit

:06:35. > :06:42.wet! I am sure they can keep an eye on it! Kamui Kobayashi out on the

:06:43. > :06:46.Caterham. All of those out so far are on the intermediate tyres, there

:06:47. > :06:50.is no need for the full wet tyres, because there is no standing water.

:06:51. > :06:56.It will be interesting to see the lap times. 1:52 was the fastest this

:06:57. > :07:03.morning, but the track could be in better shape at the moment. You

:07:04. > :07:07.mentioned Adrian Sutil was going well this morning, the fifth

:07:08. > :07:13.fastest, he said that time at one of the worst times in terms of the

:07:14. > :07:22.conditions. Let's try to get an idea of how much grip there is.

:07:23. > :07:36.RADIO: The track is very dry. Lewis Hamilton reporting it is pretty dry.

:07:37. > :07:41.I would have thought it was not so much of an issue. It is more a

:07:42. > :07:48.question of having the tyre in its operating window. Inevitably, there

:07:49. > :07:52.will be some damp areas, some cooling water, which will affect the

:07:53. > :07:56.slick tyres. They are taking a fairly conventional line. If it were

:07:57. > :08:03.wet, they would be taking a karting line. Going wide off the rubber as

:08:04. > :08:08.you enter the corner and cutting back to get the best acceleration. I

:08:09. > :08:14.would be surprised if anybody goes out on the slick tyres. But let's

:08:15. > :08:20.see what happens. A puff of water as they enter Beckett. You have got to

:08:21. > :08:24.be watchful of the collecting points and the curbs, because they will

:08:25. > :08:29.retain the water a little longer. The curbs can stay slippery. Around

:08:30. > :08:35.a track like this, it is so high speed in so many areas, you get used

:08:36. > :08:38.to running out onto the wide line. That can be lethal in damp

:08:39. > :08:45.conditions if you are on a slick tyre. We saw Felipe Massa had a

:08:46. > :08:49.crash yesterday, doing extensive damage to his Williams. That was

:08:50. > :08:58.through running wide on the artificial grass. The rain may be

:08:59. > :09:01.coming down more heavily. We are already four seconds faster than the

:09:02. > :09:08.pace this morning. Jules Bianchi a bit quicker. Let's go back to Tom.

:09:09. > :09:13.One of the things we need to bear in mind, the rain is starting to come

:09:14. > :09:18.down, do you set the car up for the wet or dry? It looks as though the

:09:19. > :09:22.wet -- the race tomorrow will be dry, but qualifying is important,

:09:23. > :09:28.because it is difficult to overtake in the race. Do you maximise your

:09:29. > :09:33.performance for the wet conditions, compromising before the race, or do

:09:34. > :09:38.you put all of your eggs in the race basket? The teams are not doing a

:09:39. > :09:42.completely dry setup, they are trying to get performance this

:09:43. > :09:45.afternoon. Lewis Hamilton is already going quickly, the fastest first

:09:46. > :09:56.afternoon. Lewis Hamilton is already sector. A pretty long first sector.

:09:57. > :10:08.Pretty high G loading. He is well up on the fastest time at the moment.

:10:09. > :10:19.Impressive stuff so far. He is taking a wider line. A tricky

:10:20. > :10:27.corner, because you are carrying so much momentum into a tight

:10:28. > :10:33.left-hander. Then, the reed profiled exit, out onto the finish straight.

:10:34. > :10:40.One second quicker than Daniel Ricciardo. Yes, and Nico Rosberg is

:10:41. > :10:45.one second down. He has gone through in third place. Kimi Raikkonen got

:10:46. > :10:49.out of shape in the last corner. He just about recovered. He will not be

:10:50. > :10:56.allowed to keep that time, because if all four wheels go over the white

:10:57. > :11:06.line, they will lose big-time. A couple of potential stars for the

:11:07. > :11:12.future there. RADIO: We have more rain on the pit wall. Very light,

:11:13. > :11:17.but it is raining again. In other words, get on with it, we cannot

:11:18. > :11:23.waste any opportunities! It took him a while to make his point! Do not

:11:24. > :11:31.hang around! Lewis Hamilton fastest, one second faster than Nico

:11:32. > :11:35.Rosberg on the opening run. The drivers are sensitive to any small

:11:36. > :11:41.spots of rain. Your visor is exposed to the air flow. There is a small

:11:42. > :11:45.deflector on different the chassis to take some of the turbulence over

:11:46. > :11:50.the top of the helmet, to keep some of the flies from hitting the

:11:51. > :11:56.helmet. But any spray at all from cars in front, any light rain, you

:11:57. > :12:00.will see that, and you are so sensitive to how much grip that may

:12:01. > :12:13.give or take away in certain areas. A big Formula One fan, watching from

:12:14. > :12:25.the pits. RADIO: We can go to slick tyres if we get the temperatures up.

:12:26. > :12:29.It is interesting to see that Lewis Hamilton says that slick tyres may

:12:30. > :12:35.be a prospect. Percentage-wise, that could indicate we will see some cars

:12:36. > :12:39.coming out on slick tyres soon. Kimi Raikkonen still on the

:12:40. > :12:44.intermediate. They may have some of the slick tyres with the blankets

:12:45. > :12:51.turned up higher. The risk is you start curing the rubber. You know

:12:52. > :12:58.you are going to give up that set, the teams might go out with the

:12:59. > :13:02.blankets around 85, 90 degrees, but you can put more temperature into

:13:03. > :13:06.them. They need to make sure they are in the racing line, or else they

:13:07. > :13:12.will lose temperature very quickly. Kimi Raikkonen trying to pull

:13:13. > :13:19.himself out of the drop zone. He needs to finish this lap. There is

:13:20. > :13:27.some more rain falling. It depends on how much rain we get. All four

:13:28. > :13:33.wheels inside, just about. That is quite a competitive group, he could

:13:34. > :13:41.do with more speed. Significantly slower than Fernando Alonso. Not at

:13:42. > :13:47.all comfortable. These are almost dry conditions. With it being a

:13:48. > :13:50.softer compound, it raises the car up 2.5 millimetres, which affects

:13:51. > :13:57.performance. You start to overheat the blogs, and in the first phase,

:13:58. > :14:03.you lose grip. As you can wear the block down, you can start benefiting

:14:04. > :14:07.from the softer compound. But I do not think anybody will run them down

:14:08. > :14:13.that far in this session, if it remains as is. A big oversteer. He

:14:14. > :14:21.must have had a moment of remembering yesterday morning. He

:14:22. > :14:27.has got the 200 mark on his helmet, it is his 200th Grand Prix. It will

:14:28. > :14:34.be in his mind, the incident yesterday. Extensive damage done to

:14:35. > :14:42.the Williams. He will get through into the top 16. Let's see how far

:14:43. > :14:46.up the order he goes. That is a good effort from Felipe Massa. Just a

:14:47. > :15:00.federal Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton at the top. RADIO: What is

:15:01. > :15:08.the downside of going option? If it does not rain, we will not have a

:15:09. > :15:16.new set for the race. All concerned about how many tyres they have for

:15:17. > :15:22.the race itself. With seven minutes to go there is a

:15:23. > :15:32.chance that the track will get quicker. But Mercedes I think can

:15:33. > :15:35.afford to just react to that. If you know you're comfortable in these

:15:36. > :15:39.conditions to be true to the next of qualifying, there is no point

:15:40. > :15:51.scrubbing off any further tyres. Felipe Massa there but that massive

:15:52. > :16:06.slide. Another view from on-board. Fourth gear. The straight drops down

:16:07. > :16:11.slightly towards the corner. The Chancellor of the Exchequer on

:16:12. > :16:16.the right there. Some important visitors here. George Osborne

:16:17. > :16:29.getting a guided tour from Ron Dennis. Jensen Button putting on the

:16:30. > :16:38.medium tyres. Hoping that the track conditions... That reminds me of

:16:39. > :16:51.last year. Russia timed that change to the slick tyres perfectly. --

:16:52. > :17:00.Marussia. Here we are with Kobayashi. Can he keep the heat in

:17:01. > :17:13.the tyres? Trying to work the front tyres. You can just lose confidence

:17:14. > :17:17.on the slick tyres. But if you can build the heat you can really push

:17:18. > :17:22.on. Anywhere with damp patches than the tyres will lose surface

:17:23. > :17:36.temperature. This is occurring at theme. He's tyres are so sensitive.

:17:37. > :17:43.-- these tyres. Apparently there is a problem. He

:17:44. > :17:47.should have kept going there. But there is some kind of technical

:17:48. > :17:55.issue causing a problem for the Caterham. Not the tyres, something

:17:56. > :18:03.else wrong with the car, they have been reporting. Mercedes sitting

:18:04. > :18:08.ready to react if anyone heads out on the slick tyres. If you miss the

:18:09. > :18:21.window now, one fly lap could be enough. It has happened before. They

:18:22. > :18:24.cannot afford to be too complacent. The lap times can change so rapidly

:18:25. > :18:33.once the slick tyres, to temperature. Seven or eight cars now

:18:34. > :18:39.heading out on the medium tyres. Gutierrez is almost tyres and he has

:18:40. > :18:45.done a pretty good set. Mercedes now sending Rosberg out on the medium

:18:46. > :18:57.compound tyres. Ferrari, quick change of tyres down. McLaren going

:18:58. > :19:03.out on the option tyres. Button is on the slick tyres as well and has

:19:04. > :19:12.just had the fastest sector of anyone. We're watching Gutierrez now

:19:13. > :19:19.on those slick tyres. Looking pretty fast at this stage. Fastest in the

:19:20. > :19:23.middle sector of anybody. So definitely time for the slick tyres.

:19:24. > :19:33.And anyone who has set the time has got to go back out there. You have

:19:34. > :19:38.got to start again from scratch. Button on his way to being the

:19:39. > :19:46.fastest man. Then the question is how many lap you can get out of the

:19:47. > :19:58.tyres. A good lap from Max Chilton. Just a hint slower than Gutierrez.

:19:59. > :20:07.Jensen Button, he has lost a lap! All four wheels over, he will lose

:20:08. > :20:14.that lap! Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel in the pit. They have got to

:20:15. > :20:22.get a move on. Sebastian Vettel has just gone out. Alonso is out. Coming

:20:23. > :20:32.through the last corner. All four wheels beyond the white line. That

:20:33. > :20:42.time will be disallowed. Caterham having another issue. We briefly had

:20:43. > :20:48.a yellow flag on one section of the track. It could have been on that

:20:49. > :21:04.sector. That has been cleared away. There we go, Marek Stech backed --

:21:05. > :21:11.Ericsson. He goes through the gravel and onto

:21:12. > :21:17.the grass. A bit of gravel rash, as they like to call it in the

:21:18. > :21:21.industry. But no real damage. Nothing coming up on the screen yet

:21:22. > :21:28.about Button and his time being taken away. It has now. So his time

:21:29. > :21:51.has been deleted. So Jules Bianchi is currently fastest. On-board now

:21:52. > :22:00.with Kabila. ) in the drop zone with just over a minute to go. --

:22:01. > :22:06.Raikkonen. Hamilton starting to set the pace in the first sector. Is

:22:07. > :22:14.going to get through and who will fail to make it? Jules Verne on a

:22:15. > :22:30.lap and should be able to make it. It is all going to come down to the

:22:31. > :22:43.last few seconds. Alonso! He is in the drop zone. Does he have another

:22:44. > :22:48.issue? I wonder if there's something connecting those incidents. A lot of

:22:49. > :22:58.people go faster in that zone of course. What is Raikkonen doing? He

:22:59. > :23:03.has just come over the line. He could still get a lap in. But Alonso

:23:04. > :23:13.is out. He's not going to make it back. Sutil getting out of the car

:23:14. > :23:16.and all change here. That is also where we saw Alonso off track.

:23:17. > :23:28.Felipe Massa fighting the car all the way. There is Alonso. The

:23:29. > :23:31.session is over. Both of the Williams in the drop zone at the

:23:32. > :23:36.moment. So these are crucial wraps. And they had the yellow as well

:23:37. > :23:48.which will make it incredibly difficult. Reacting to that yellow

:23:49. > :23:56.flag. Everyone pouring back into the pits. And both Williams, they will

:23:57. > :24:04.not be into the second part of qualifying. What a turnaround. The

:24:05. > :24:09.true front row men from Austria. What has happened here. Both

:24:10. > :24:15.Williams failing to get through the first part of qualifying as both of

:24:16. > :24:22.the cars. Alonso and Raikkonen have failed to get through to the second

:24:23. > :24:29.part of qualifying. That is astonishing. A complete turnaround

:24:30. > :24:41.for Williams. Both out. And Ferrari as well. It shows a strategic error

:24:42. > :24:47.for Williams and Ferrari. Not getting the drivers out at the right

:24:48. > :24:51.time. The driver has to make sure he takes responsibility for making the

:24:52. > :24:57.call I would say. You need the information from the team of course.

:24:58. > :25:04.But bad decisions, bad day in the office. Marco Mattiacci, is he going

:25:05. > :25:10.to find someone to blame? Because that is chaotic it really should not

:25:11. > :25:15.have happened. Adrian Sutil walks back, he would have made it through

:25:16. > :25:21.but of course he has abandoned his car so will not take any further

:25:22. > :25:27.part in the qualifying. We saw those cars ahead backing up. Certainly

:25:28. > :25:38.nothing to do with Alonso. He was on his own. The gravel just about does

:25:39. > :25:42.its job. It looks as if the rain has started to fall so he corrects and

:25:43. > :25:48.goes wide. Then does he have a spin? They were caught out with rain

:25:49. > :25:58.at the back of the circuit in the closing moments. Definitely got more

:25:59. > :26:03.slippery just about section. Just caught out Alonso and several

:26:04. > :26:11.others. You had to be out of it earlier than that. And I think

:26:12. > :26:24.Williams were in the same trouble. RADIO: We are out.

:26:25. > :26:36.Unbelievable. The front row cars from Austria are out. Marussia into

:26:37. > :26:51.Q2 for the first time since Ultram. -- since Ultram. -- Belgium.

:26:52. > :26:56.Those conditions can throw it up. If you just missed that William -- that

:26:57. > :27:01.window where you need to be on the slicks. It is your worst nightmare

:27:02. > :27:04.because you cannot get the temperature of the tyres up. You're

:27:05. > :27:10.getting desperate but there is no grip on the track. It is always

:27:11. > :27:16.tricky when you have these wet conditions and then tomorrow looks

:27:17. > :27:20.like it is going to be dry. Many people will still go for dry. It is

:27:21. > :27:27.all about timing today. Getting the car out on the track at the right

:27:28. > :27:32.time. You have to focus on being on the track at the right time today. A

:27:33. > :27:38.real cat and mouse qualifying session. A shocker for some and

:27:39. > :27:46.elation for others. Marussia in particular have done remarkably

:27:47. > :27:50.well. They were on the track when the track is coming to you and take

:27:51. > :27:59.advantage of that because you will never make up the time when it is

:28:00. > :28:02.wet. It is all about timing. If they can do well in the second session

:28:03. > :28:07.who knows what would happen. But such an achievement to get through

:28:08. > :28:11.to Q2. When you have these shop changing conditions when the track

:28:12. > :28:17.was dry up pretty quickly, these guys have nothing to lose. When

:28:18. > :28:21.conditions are unstable, roll the dice a bit, but on the slick tyres.

:28:22. > :28:34.And it just rained at the right time. In that session, Q2 is a

:28:35. > :28:39.different ball game. And of course Max has a quick penalty so good news

:28:40. > :28:42.for him. He's not thinking about the gearbox at the minute! He's thinking

:28:43. > :28:47.about what it would be like to make the final qualifying. They have

:28:48. > :28:51.surprised people to get the point that they have. They are ninth in

:28:52. > :29:05.the championship and things are looking up for Russia. -- Belgium.

:29:06. > :29:11.-- Marussia. It is intermediate tyres now, the track is stable. So

:29:12. > :29:15.probably a couple of runs now on the intermediate tyres to try to get a

:29:16. > :29:24.feel for the conditions. And for Q3 they might get that little drying

:29:25. > :29:30.window again. I just had that feeling, I love

:29:31. > :29:39.Daniel Ricciardo. He is young and ambitious, he has brought a new

:29:40. > :29:55.level in my opinion to rebel. -- to Red Bull. He is a joy to watch. The

:29:56. > :30:02.cars are tricky to drive in these conditions. Toro Rosso have had a

:30:03. > :30:21.lot of friendly fire in their own team. Here is Q2. The track has

:30:22. > :30:25.become more slippery. Not all of them are on the intermediate tyres.

:30:26. > :30:29.The more Russia cars making sure that they are early out, what an

:30:30. > :30:36.opportunity for them, but it might be tough for them to get any

:30:37. > :30:42.further. It is a question of how far up the top 16 they can get. They

:30:43. > :30:48.have confidence in the car, making the option slick tyres work. But

:30:49. > :30:53.now, everybody is out on intermediates. If the rain remains

:30:54. > :31:00.constant, the drivers will be able to deliver what their potential is.

:31:01. > :31:05.It has just been updated, all of the lead group has gone out on the

:31:06. > :31:11.intermediate tyres. Lewis Hamilton not yet out, just looking at what

:31:12. > :31:16.everybody else is doing. It looks as though intermediates are the choice.

:31:17. > :31:20.It is about getting into the top ten, you will not win pole position

:31:21. > :31:25.from this session, but you will get into the top ten, and then you are

:31:26. > :31:29.in the battle for pole position. That is what Lewis Hamilton has got

:31:30. > :31:35.his mind set on. He took it last year, Nico Rosberg has had the edge

:31:36. > :31:40.in qualifying over the last couple of events. Jules Bianchi was fourth

:31:41. > :31:48.fastest overall in that first session, and Max Chilton was sixth

:31:49. > :31:53.fastest. Ferrari, both cars are out, both Williams are out, definite

:31:54. > :31:56.opportunities for the other teams to score useful points. Ferrari, third

:31:57. > :31:59.in the constructors' score useful points. Ferrari, third

:32:00. > :32:10.but not that far ahead of Force India. RADIO: Everybody is on a new

:32:11. > :32:16.intermediate. Daniel Ricciardo being chased by Max Chilton. He has got

:32:17. > :32:25.enough of a gap to watch the Red Bull. I do not know that he can stay

:32:26. > :32:34.on terms with him for very long. Daniel Ricciardo sneaking it

:32:35. > :32:40.through. The quick left-hander, named after another venue of the

:32:41. > :32:48.British Grand Prix in the 1950s. RADIO: A little bit wet. Nico

:32:49. > :32:53.Rosberg confirming the track is correct for intermediate tyres. A

:32:54. > :33:04.wide line on the first part of Luffield, then comes inside.

:33:05. > :33:08.He was quickest in the first sector, until a moment ago, and nuclear has

:33:09. > :33:13.gone faster. until a moment ago, and nuclear has

:33:14. > :33:19.not using too much of the curb. until a moment ago, and nuclear has

:33:20. > :33:25.Cruising through the entry to that corner, not taking any risks. The

:33:26. > :33:29.flashing red light is a standard part of wet conditions. Once the

:33:30. > :33:37.intermediate tyres go on, it triggers the rear light. The DRS

:33:38. > :33:48.snapping shut, that can be operated manually by the driver. Some traffic

:33:49. > :33:52.ahead. It is Esteban Gutierrez. This is where it has been slippery

:33:53. > :33:57.through practice, trying to put the power down here. That was very tidy

:33:58. > :34:03.and careful. The initial market is set. We are some way off what we

:34:04. > :34:12.were doing at the end of the first session, many macro for 2.3. Daniil

:34:13. > :34:19.Kvyat is on a good lap here. Jean-Eric Vergne is going well. Toro

:34:20. > :34:28.Rosso have a good setup. Pastor Maldonado has done a good lap on the

:34:29. > :34:33.Lotus. Beaten by Jean-Eric Vergne. Motivated by the fact that he has a

:34:34. > :34:41.Mercedes engine, presuming he has a Lotus ride next year. Renault should

:34:42. > :34:44.be very happy with the initial stages! The press officer will

:34:45. > :34:51.quickly be getting out a press release! It has changed already,

:34:52. > :35:00.Nico Rosberg and Kevin Magnussen likely to go well. Nico Rosberg is

:35:01. > :35:08.quickest of all in the middle sector, but faster than him is Lewis

:35:09. > :35:12.Hamilton. Nico Rosberg is quickest. Five seconds slower than his pace

:35:13. > :35:20.that he set earlier on. Lewis Hamilton is already quicker than his

:35:21. > :35:31.team-mate. Be careful not to use the curb. It rises up and then drops

:35:32. > :35:41.slightly. Listen to him as he feeds the power in. Short shifting. He

:35:42. > :35:44.goes fastest, a big margin, too. We had several wet sessions in

:35:45. > :35:48.qualifying earlier this year, Lewis Hamilton always have the edge. You

:35:49. > :35:54.can see him flicking the engine dial, once you have completed your

:35:55. > :36:00.lap and you want to save as much of the ending -- engine as possible.

:36:01. > :36:07.Daniel Ricciardo has reported it is drying up quickly. Maybe you can get

:36:08. > :36:10.onto slick tyres. It was five minutes to go in the previous

:36:11. > :36:15.session when the first team headed out, just before, actually. They

:36:16. > :36:19.need to keep their wits about them. The call has to come from the

:36:20. > :36:29.driver. Then, they need to hope they do not get any rain. No change in

:36:30. > :36:34.position for Daniil Kvyat. Sebastian Vettel has gone fastest in the first

:36:35. > :36:38.sector. He goes fastest, an excellent lap from the four-time

:36:39. > :36:50.world champion. We will see the conditions, if it is not raining...

:36:51. > :37:01.Going quite here. Once you get out, you know you will have to get the

:37:02. > :37:06.laptop anyway. All four wheels over, the lap time would have been

:37:07. > :37:12.disallowed. Tom. There is no rain in the pit lane. Max Chilton has been

:37:13. > :37:17.into the pits and has put a new set of intermediates on. He has nothing

:37:18. > :37:21.to lose, he thinks it is not yet ready for slick tyres. Sebastian

:37:22. > :37:26.Vettel is within four seconds of the slick tyre time. They are getting

:37:27. > :37:31.into the zone out. Slick tyres going onto the Mercedes. Still seven and a

:37:32. > :37:37.half minutes to go. Timing is everything. You can leave it too

:37:38. > :37:46.late. Sometimes, you can put them onto early. Yes, if they are too

:37:47. > :37:49.early, you lose temperature. Sebastian Vettel's time has been

:37:50. > :37:59.deleted, he went beyond the track limit. It is not only applying at

:38:00. > :38:06.the end of the race -- at the end of the lap. It puts Sebastian Vettel

:38:07. > :38:10.into the drop zone once more. Jenson Button had a time disallowed, would

:38:11. > :38:15.it still enabled him to get through to this part of qualifying. A

:38:16. > :38:22.reasonable lap, or not anything that will chased Lewis Hamilton. They

:38:23. > :38:26.could do with some quick assistant to tell us when a driver has made a

:38:27. > :38:34.mistake around the track. They could be touchpads. RADIO: Hit this lap,

:38:35. > :38:43.your fastest lap has been deleted. That is recently good for the moment

:38:44. > :38:49.for Jenson Button, but once we see cars on slick tyres, it could be a

:38:50. > :38:54.different story. This is the replay. Quite clear, four wheels over. There

:38:55. > :39:05.should be something over, a pressure pad, it was pretty close, and it is

:39:06. > :39:08.unacceptable that we are in this situation where if you give the

:39:09. > :39:16.drivers the opportunity to take the gamble, if they get it right, they

:39:17. > :39:21.can get away with it, and half a tyre which would have kept him in.

:39:22. > :39:25.They need a way of persuading the drivers from taking that risk. It

:39:26. > :39:33.cost Lewis Hamilton dearly in Austria. He was very wide and he

:39:34. > :39:38.lost his lap time. It is affecting some of the other drivers as well. A

:39:39. > :39:42.pause before we see what people will do on their slick tyres. Nico

:39:43. > :39:53.Rosberg is waiting to go out on the slick tyres. A change for the Red

:39:54. > :39:59.Bull as well. Let's get an opportunity to see how quickly Nico

:40:00. > :40:05.Rosberg is going. 30.2 is the fastest first sector we have seen,

:40:06. > :40:11.from Lewis Hamilton. Tom. The wettest bit of this racetrack is

:40:12. > :40:16.here, in the pit lane. It is not getting any cars going over it. When

:40:17. > :40:20.you see the cars on their new tyres, they are getting a film of

:40:21. > :40:26.water, losing surface temperature, so the car is going to be a handful

:40:27. > :40:32.as it accelerates in the arena section. Nico Rosberg's first

:40:33. > :40:39.sector, not as quick as the intermediate. The fast corners might

:40:40. > :40:44.be different. But it is green, a personal best for him. A pretty good

:40:45. > :40:50.indication that the track is getting there. We also have Jules Bianchi,

:40:51. > :40:55.one second faster than Nico Rosberg in the first sector. The Marussia in

:40:56. > :41:01.these conditions is giving the driver is confident. That is a very

:41:02. > :41:08.good sector from Jules Bianchi. This is looking encouraging. We have

:41:09. > :41:11.Adrian Sutil, who has no chance of getting out of the drop zone,

:41:12. > :41:20.because his car was reached. Sebastian Vettel with the fastest

:41:21. > :41:28.first sector. RADIO: Nico Rosberg has found 0.1 in the first sector.

:41:29. > :41:34.Nico Rosberg, fastest. That is a big chunk of time over Lewis Hamilton,

:41:35. > :41:38.who set the time on the intermediate. You have got to be on

:41:39. > :41:45.the slick tyres. Everybody is on them. Esteban Gutierrez has gone

:41:46. > :41:50.quicker, a good lap. We will find out whether he gets to keep it,

:41:51. > :41:57.hopefully he does not get the time deleted. Jules Bianchi goes fastest

:41:58. > :42:03.of all. But I think he went a bit wide out of the last corner. Let's

:42:04. > :42:08.see what happened to Lewis Hamilton. He realises he is going to run wide,

:42:09. > :42:17.so he takes the car wide. A massive oversteer. All the time, losing

:42:18. > :42:23.temperature in these tyres. Tricky conditions. Lewis Hamilton getting

:42:24. > :42:30.caught out, in seventh place at the moment. Jean-Eric Vergne is now

:42:31. > :42:34.fastest, in the Toro Rosso. Sebastian Vettel is second, Jules

:42:35. > :42:39.Bianchi third, Max Chilton fourth, this is a real turnaround. Lewis

:42:40. > :42:44.Hamilton is now putting it together a bit more accurately and cleanly,

:42:45. > :42:45.although Nico Rosberg is faster than anybody in the first and second

:42:46. > :42:59.sectors. Jenson Button has got some work to

:43:00. > :43:07.do. All of them will be going out on the slick tyres. Nico Rosberg has

:43:08. > :43:11.gone quickest by a huge margin, 1:30 5.1, huge chunks taken out of the

:43:12. > :43:21.lap time, as long as you keep it on the island. Getting the benefit of a

:43:22. > :43:23.toe. Yes, from Jules Bianchi. He is the fastest man of all in this

:43:24. > :43:46.session in the middle sector. If he keeps it altogether,

:43:47. > :43:52.session in the middle sector. If he from the crowd. That is one thing,

:43:53. > :43:59.you can hear the crowd, which is pretty unique. A lot of energy,

:44:00. > :44:10.people getting together and showing their appreciation. It is in the top

:44:11. > :44:16.ten, that is the main thing. The other Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez

:44:17. > :44:16.has gone off. Both of them will not other Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez

:44:17. > :44:25.make any further other Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez

:44:26. > :44:33.hit the barrier with the back of the car. Double yellows in that sector,

:44:34. > :44:38.although they have been withdrawn already... No, we still have one

:44:39. > :44:38.yellow. The time is still ticking away. Esteban Gutierrez clambers

:44:39. > :44:46.out. Both of away. Esteban Gutierrez clambers

:44:47. > :44:55.pushing the limits this morning. They looked like they were

:44:56. > :45:05.pushing the limits this morning. spot. I am not sure where that is on

:45:06. > :45:05.pushing the limits this morning. the track. Hitting an exposed

:45:06. > :45:13.pushing the limits this morning. he has been creative in crushing the

:45:14. > :45:13.car. Jules Bianchi is in the drop zone,

:45:14. > :45:13.car. Jules Bianchi is in the drop Lewis Hamilton is going even faster

:45:14. > :45:19.on this lap. Looking Lewis Hamilton is going even faster

:45:20. > :45:23.quicker time, getting the psychological edge. He is stamping

:45:24. > :45:27.his authority on this part of qualifying. 12th place is still a

:45:28. > :45:33.very good result if he qualifying. 12th place is still a

:45:34. > :45:42.in there. We will see if Pastor Maldonado improves. He might move

:45:43. > :45:46.up. Esteban Gutierrez and Adrian Sutil the not improve. Jules Bianchi

:45:47. > :45:56.and Max Chilton are on for some tremendous positions. It does not

:45:57. > :46:03.look as if Grojean will be able to do much although he is on a lap.

:46:04. > :46:14.Middle sector not great. It is not enough. He only missed out by less

:46:15. > :46:18.than a 10th of a second. He has seen the chequered flag. We will wait to

:46:19. > :46:27.see if terrorists improves. He goes seven. -- if Peres improves. So that

:46:28. > :46:38.is it. We have the top ten. This is the Gutierrez incident. He runs wide

:46:39. > :46:49.into the first part there. A very unusual place for a car to go off. A

:46:50. > :46:53.very small correction as he comes off the kerb. Runs wide a little

:46:54. > :47:02.gets on the white line. He was doing off the kerb. Runs wide a little

:47:03. > :47:09.that in morning practice. I do not see the point in risking getting on

:47:10. > :47:19.the white line in damp conditions. That is the second Sauber out. Max

:47:20. > :47:30.Chilton does have a five place penalty. But it is the best ever

:47:31. > :47:39.start for Marussia. A brilliant effort by the team. You have to feel

:47:40. > :47:46.for Chilton who had a gearbox change this morning so he will

:47:47. > :47:49.for Chilton who had a gearbox change down the order after his best ever

:47:50. > :47:51.qualifying effort. RADIO: We have lost fuel pressure.

:47:52. > :47:59.Stop the car. And once again it RADIO: We have lost fuel pressure.

:48:00. > :48:06.gone wrong for Pastor Maldonado. That seems to happen every week. So

:48:07. > :48:10.Grojean, Bianchi, Chilton, Gutierrez, Maldonado and suitable

:48:11. > :48:16.not taking any further part. Well-known huge surprises that

:48:17. > :48:21.session. What a shameful Gutierrez who was looking good in qualifying.

:48:22. > :48:31.And another disappointing weekend for Maldonado. Any driver who allows

:48:32. > :48:45.the card to go onto the paintwork, you're just asking for trouble

:48:46. > :48:45.because they are so slippery here. It

:48:46. > :48:53.because they are so slippery here. not drying out. And that is what

:48:54. > :48:53.happens. Gutierrez miscalculated and paid

:48:54. > :48:57.happens. Gutierrez miscalculated and of course is Ferrari not making it

:48:58. > :49:02.through to Q2. These shots now of Alonso. Well Ferrari

:49:03. > :49:07.through to Q2. These shots now of The car is so difficult to drive.

:49:08. > :49:11.This guy is an ace. Most people think he is the best and he

:49:12. > :49:15.This guy is an ace. Most people able to control this car.

:49:16. > :49:21.That did not go well for Ferrari. Is able to control this car.

:49:22. > :49:26.it the weather or did the team not read things correctly? It happens

:49:27. > :49:40.sometimes in this weather. You put in the right tyres and you can have

:49:41. > :49:47.a mistake. It is something we did wrong compared with the other teams.

:49:48. > :49:55.We need to study what happened. But I think there was nothing we could

:49:56. > :50:03.do differently. And what can you do out there tomorrow? Enjoy it. We

:50:04. > :50:09.will start at the back. We have some overtaking to do. And we

:50:10. > :50:15.will start at the back. We have some enjoy it. We have no points on the

:50:16. > :50:22.grid so it is nothing to us. So he will start from 19th. Just taking it

:50:23. > :50:28.all in. But he is devastated. He is the ultimate professional. I came up

:50:29. > :50:33.with a little bit of the story, which has not been confirmed,

:50:34. > :50:43.with a little bit of the story, think he may leave Ferrari. That

:50:44. > :50:43.will hurt him but I think sooner think he may leave Ferrari. That

:50:44. > :50:55.later he has to make that decision. I think things are getting worse for

:50:56. > :50:55.him and that compound I think things are getting worse for

:50:56. > :51:05.Raikkonen on track. He goes from 20th tomorrow. We can

:51:06. > :51:13.Raikkonen on track. He goes from anyone but should Ferrari have read

:51:14. > :51:13.Raikkonen on track. He goes from that better? Hard

:51:14. > :51:13.Raikkonen on track. He goes from to rain halfway through the lap. It

:51:14. > :51:21.got too wet. Something to rain halfway through the lap. It

:51:22. > :51:30.lot of the other big teams got it right, so why did Ferrari not get it

:51:31. > :51:33.right? Hard to tell right now. Terribly informative as always! He

:51:34. > :51:46.is revered. People at home should realise there are groups of fans of

:51:47. > :51:46.his. He arguably has the biggest fan base here in Britain. They love him

:51:47. > :51:52.and yet he says nothing! base here in Britain. They love him

:51:53. > :52:00.Williams did not make it through to Q2. What a disappointing

:52:01. > :52:10.Williams did not make it through to and as result of the last

:52:11. > :52:10.Williams did not make it through to Ben Susie Wolff doing the first

:52:11. > :52:20.Williams did not make it through to practice. It is a big blow for them.

:52:21. > :52:20.Frank is the ultimate practice. It is a big blow for them.

:52:21. > :52:30.back to commentary now for Q3. The all important top-10 shoot out.

:52:31. > :52:31.Lewis Hamilton going for The all important top-10 shoot out.

:52:32. > :52:38.Silverton as he looks for his second win here. He does

:52:39. > :52:46.Silverton as he looks for his second we have got one of those sessions

:52:47. > :52:46.again today were judging it correctly

:52:47. > :52:50.again today were judging it is the mark look -- left by

:52:51. > :52:57.Gutierrez. He pretty much went gearbox first. That will go back for

:52:58. > :53:09.analysis. Nico Rosberg checking through

:53:10. > :53:20.settings. Sebastian Vettel just visualising the lap. A bit of mental

:53:21. > :53:29.rehearsal going on. We always see that from Sebastian Vettel. He is a

:53:30. > :53:37.fair way of getting pole position so far this year. It has been a tough

:53:38. > :53:37.fair way of getting pole position so season for him. He has qualified

:53:38. > :53:47.fair way of getting pole position so second on the grid in Alesia. But

:53:48. > :53:47.bearing in mind the kind of success he's had in recent years,

:53:48. > :53:54.bearing in mind the kind of success been a disappointing season. -- in

:53:55. > :53:54.Malaysia. A few more cars heading out onto the

:53:55. > :53:59.Malaysia. track. Jensen Button is out as well.

:54:00. > :54:08.So is Daniel Kyvat. Brickyard is on circuit. And those who have gone

:54:09. > :54:13.So is Daniel Kyvat. Brickyard is on have gone out on the medium

:54:14. > :54:17.compounds. -- Brickyard. The drivers will take

:54:18. > :54:25.compounds. -- Brickyard. thrown at them. Silverstone is

:54:26. > :54:35.somewhere to really enjoy being a Grand Prix driver on slick tyres.

:54:36. > :54:44.You're on fresh tyres so it is really good time to push.

:54:45. > :54:49.RADIO: Stay away from the limiter on the third to fourth gear shifts.

:54:50. > :54:58.A bit of useful advice there. Of course the drivers are talks to all

:54:59. > :55:06.the way through. So little bit of information going into the lap but

:55:07. > :55:16.after that it is up to the drivers to get on with it. Daniel Kyvat just

:55:17. > :55:19.starting his lap now. And look at how differently the car responds now

:55:20. > :55:24.on that basically dry track. It is a joy to watch. That

:55:25. > :55:37.high-speed corner. It rises up slightly and then drops down into

:55:38. > :55:42.the braking zone. You bring the car in and that was a beautiful apex.

:55:43. > :55:49.Faster than his team-mate in the in and that was a beautiful apex.

:55:50. > :56:00.first set. Jules Verne just up the road. And Peres has just gone a

:56:01. > :56:07.fraction faster. You can really begin to see the car

:56:08. > :56:16.fraction faster. take an attitude through markets.

:56:17. > :56:22.Nico Rosberg reporting some drizzle and that could make things

:56:23. > :56:30.interesting. Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are on track. You can see

:56:31. > :56:40.the rain on the camera. Could be a huge chance for those who

:56:41. > :56:44.have gone out and done this first flying lap. Jules Verne goes

:56:45. > :57:02.fastest. Daniel Kyvat fighting the flying lap. Jules Verne goes

:57:03. > :57:02.team-mate by just over a 10th of a second. What about everyone else

:57:03. > :57:13.team-mate by just over a 10th of a met Will they have left it a bit

:57:14. > :57:13.team-mate by just over a 10th of a late? Struggling

:57:14. > :57:13.team-mate by just over a 10th of a rain like this. Jensen Button having

:57:14. > :57:28.to tiptoe his way through rain like this. Jensen Button having

:57:29. > :57:28.This could be a real bonus for him. Daniel

:57:29. > :57:28.This could be a real bonus for him. could be interesting. Not quite

:57:29. > :57:34.outpacing the Force could be interesting. Not quite

:57:35. > :57:38.Hulkenberg out late as well. What about Hamilton? It is the

:57:39. > :57:45.fastest at the moment. Mercedes getting the car out perhaps just in

:57:46. > :57:50.time. Nico Rosberg comes through getting the car out perhaps just in

:57:51. > :57:55.well, second quickest. There is an getting the car out perhaps just in

:57:56. > :57:57.incident involving Maldonado and Peres from earlier on in qualifying

:57:58. > :58:01.incident involving Maldonado and which will be investigated.

:58:02. > :58:18.Jensen Button reporting that rain as well. It will be telling to see what

:58:19. > :58:25.Jensen Button reporting that rain as Peres stars in this last set your.

:58:26. > :58:35.-- does in this last sector. I think it is getting worse rather than

:58:36. > :58:43.better. Rosberg gingerly making his way through that corner. Hamilton

:58:44. > :58:54.has just gone through. They're just a cooling lap. Sebastian Vettel has

:58:55. > :58:58.bailed out. He was on a lap that would have put him on there

:58:59. > :59:03.bailed out. He was on a lap that somewhere but he has bailed out.

:59:04. > :59:14.Quite difficult to tell from the camera angle...

:59:15. > :59:22.RADIO: We are going to go to the garage.

:59:23. > :59:29.If Sebastian Vettel does not set a lap time it would give

:59:30. > :59:30.If Sebastian Vettel does not set a chance to choose between the

:59:31. > :59:40.different kinds of slick tyres. But they may sit and wait

:59:41. > :59:43.different kinds of slick tyres. But going around it is not going to dry

:59:44. > :59:49.up very quickly. They are not under pressure from the

:59:50. > :59:56.teams behind if conditions They are not under pressure from the

:59:57. > :00:07.the same. Well done to Toro Rosso getting their cars out early.

:00:08. > :00:07.the same. Well done to Toro Rosso are fifth and sixth at the minute.

:00:08. > :00:12.Daniel Ricciardo mollified well for Toro Rosso here last year. --

:00:13. > :00:21.qualified well. The smaller teams have to take advantage of this, they

:00:22. > :00:26.have to think smarter and get the cars out on track. Not much sign of

:00:27. > :00:45.anything happening. Tom, most of the cars out on track. Not much sign of

:00:46. > :00:45.of the circuit. It is drizzling in the pit

:00:46. > :00:58.when the radios were talking about rain, but it is now spitting.

:00:59. > :00:58.McLaren have just aborted what was going to

:00:59. > :01:18.McLaren have just aborted what was of medium tyres to go on the car,

:01:19. > :01:18.McLaren have just aborted what was Vettel may have to settle for 10th

:01:19. > :01:42.place, Vettel may have to settle for 10th

:01:43. > :01:55.time out. Things are looking good for you, first and second. Yes, it

:01:56. > :01:58.looks good. Would you worried? At one stage, it looked like Toro Rosso

:01:59. > :02:07.might have the edge, because they have their cars out first. We heard

:02:08. > :02:12.it was starting to rain, and we knew it could be tight. Can you give us

:02:13. > :02:17.an insight as to how much interaction there is with your

:02:18. > :02:25.engineers and drivers is to making a decision on the tyres? Obviously,

:02:26. > :02:34.there is more you can do wrong than right. It is about extracting not

:02:35. > :02:40.the maximum but making sure you go into the next session. We have done

:02:41. > :02:45.that today. It is the interaction between our strategy guys and the

:02:46. > :02:49.drivers and the engineers. There is a permanent exchange, this is

:02:50. > :02:54.important. The drivers do not see who is improving, and it is

:02:55. > :02:59.important for the pit wall to see what the drivers seat. We will see

:03:00. > :03:06.if your car stays first and second, and Jenson Button emerges in the

:03:07. > :03:18.McLaren. It is definitely worth a go for him, to see if he can improve.

:03:19. > :03:24.McLaren might feel it is a missed opportunity, they might be able to

:03:25. > :03:35.pull out one golden lap. If you look at what Sergio Perez and Toro Rosso

:03:36. > :03:39.have done, this is what you would expect from McLaren. Interestingly,

:03:40. > :03:42.the Toro Rosso cars and Daniel Ricciardo are in the pits, they are

:03:43. > :03:49.not going to get back out now. You would not get around in enough time

:03:50. > :03:56.to start a lap. No change on the lap times there. We will have to wait

:03:57. > :04:01.and see. RADIO: It is pretty slippery. That is what he wants,

:04:02. > :04:13.because it means nobody can improve on the time he has set. He did not

:04:14. > :04:15.sound disappointed! It is not looking likely that anybody will

:04:16. > :04:23.improve, but this has been one of looking likely that anybody will

:04:24. > :04:30.those topsy-turvy sessions. But now, it is what was expected, Mercedes

:04:31. > :04:41.first and second. Lewis Hamilton could control this. He could afford

:04:42. > :04:55.to watch the conditions. If he feels it might be marginal, he could run

:04:56. > :05:05.wide and have a yellow flag. Getting a feel for the level of grip out

:05:06. > :05:10.there. RADIO: Tell Lewis Hamilton he needs to speed up. That is the

:05:11. > :05:18.benefit of him being ahead of his team-mate. Lewis Hamilton and his

:05:19. > :05:37.engineer have learned from their mistakes earlier in the year, going

:05:38. > :05:48.out behind Nico Rosberg. They are about to see the chequered flag. Did

:05:49. > :05:56.they crossed the line? They did. Sergio Perez did not. We do not

:05:57. > :06:00.think the sector times are going to improve. It is Sebastian Vettel's

:06:01. > :06:03.best, although he had not set a time. It is quite some way off the

:06:04. > :06:05.fastest from the earlier part of the session. Sergio Perez only missed

:06:06. > :06:10.the flag by a couple of seconds, so I think that was a mistake. Was that

:06:11. > :06:14.because Lewis Hamilton was slowing things down? Yes. The session is

:06:15. > :06:18.coming to an end, there will not be any major changes. Third place would

:06:19. > :06:21.be outstanding from Sergio Perez. He qualified fourth in Bahrain earlier

:06:22. > :06:24.this year, but that would still be a stunning result for Force India, the

:06:25. > :06:29.local team. They are based literally over the road. Sebastian Vettel will

:06:30. > :06:34.set a time. He might be able to move up a little bit. Nico Hulkenberg has

:06:35. > :06:42.gone fastest! The times are coming down! Sebastian Vettel has gone

:06:43. > :06:52.quickest! In the last part of the lap, it is really dry! Nico Rosberg

:06:53. > :06:57.is fastest! Where is Lewis Hamilton? He is in the pit! He is in

:06:58. > :07:01.sixth place! What a complete turnaround on the last part of the

:07:02. > :07:04.lap! The last sector was the dry bit! It was slippery elsewhere! We

:07:05. > :07:06.were all caught out! The last sector made all of the difference, and Nico

:07:07. > :07:12.Rosberg, last year's winner, has taken pole position. Sebastian

:07:13. > :07:18.Vettel will be on the front row, and Jenson Button has qualified in third

:07:19. > :07:24.place. Who would have thought that? McClellan are having a difficult

:07:25. > :07:27.season. Lewis Hamilton is down in sixth place. Nico Hulkenberg in

:07:28. > :07:35.fourth place, pushing his team-mate down to seventh place. Sergio Perez

:07:36. > :07:43.had been in third place, he is now down in seventh place. The Toro

:07:44. > :07:45.Rosso cars, they are now in ninth and 10th. McLaren told Jenson Button

:07:46. > :07:52.to keep pushing, because there might be time. RADIO: That is pole

:07:53. > :07:56.position, well done! The fourth of the year for Nico Rosberg, he

:07:57. > :08:04.matches Lewis Hamilton. His first at Silverstone, where his father set a

:08:05. > :08:10.remarkable lap to take pole position in 1985. It is a 25th pole position

:08:11. > :08:18.for Mercedes, and his eighth career pole position. What a surprise.

:08:19. > :08:25.Lewis Hamilton, why did he not finish the lap? We do not know. That

:08:26. > :08:31.is the story, he is still to emerge. He was not quicker in the first two

:08:32. > :08:37.sectors. Let's presume that he then decided, that is it, I am on pole

:08:38. > :08:41.position. We saw Nico Hulkenberg pull out an amazing final sector,

:08:42. > :08:48.and then Sebastian Vettel, and then Nico Rosberg continued. Absolutely

:08:49. > :08:54.phenomenal. Nico Rosberg takes pole position, from Sebastian Vettel and

:08:55. > :09:03.Jenson Button. The only British driver amongst the German drivers.

:09:04. > :09:08.Jenson Button just getting in between the German drivers, Lewis

:09:09. > :09:16.Hamilton will start in sixth place. My goodness, if he is going to win,

:09:17. > :09:20.it will be an amazing race. Both Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo

:09:21. > :09:25.the big losers, because Daniel Ricciardo has finished in eighth

:09:26. > :09:28.place. He lost out hugely, when he had been looking competitive all the

:09:29. > :09:34.way through. One of those bizarre sessions. It was not a question of

:09:35. > :09:40.what the lap was the liver in, it is just one sector of 26.5 seconds that

:09:41. > :09:45.changed everything. The crowd cannot quite believe it, Nico Rosberg is

:09:46. > :09:52.getting some applause from the British brands, always generous, but

:09:53. > :09:57.they were thinking that Lewis Hamilton had it in the bag. We all

:09:58. > :09:59.did. But then Nico Hulkenberg popped up that lap that

:10:00. > :10:02.did. But then Nico Hulkenberg popped final sector was so much quicker

:10:03. > :10:06.did. But then Nico Hulkenberg popped than it had been earlier. Nico

:10:07. > :10:12.Rosberg has taken pole position. Jenson Button has ended up with his

:10:13. > :10:17.first top three start at Silverstone since 2005. He has never had much

:10:18. > :10:24.luck here, but it came to him today. That is lovely to see. Fantastic.

:10:25. > :10:29.The contrasting fortunes of the British writers, Jenson Button is

:10:30. > :10:31.delighted with third place, I would expect Lewis Hamilton to keep his

:10:32. > :10:48.helmet on for a while. Both of the McLaren 's car -- the

:10:49. > :10:56.McLaren cars have done well. Toro Rosso have lost out, but they are

:10:57. > :11:03.still in the top ten. An outstanding 12 place for Marussia. They might be

:11:04. > :11:05.able to scrape some point again, as they did in Monaco. Max Chilton has

:11:06. > :11:21.the penalty. A remarkable qualifying session,

:11:22. > :11:31.Mercedes on pole position, sixth place with Lewis Hamilton.

:11:32. > :11:36.What a sensational session. Why did Lewis Hamilton not finish his lap?

:11:37. > :11:42.He felt the lap was worse, he bailed out. It was unfortunate, because

:11:43. > :11:49.there was a lot of time found at the end. A huge surprise. Yes, these

:11:50. > :11:55.conditions are always very tricky. In the first run, the third sector

:11:56. > :12:00.was a lot slower, because there was fresh rain coming in, so in the

:12:01. > :12:04.second run, the first two sectors were down, so it did not look like a

:12:05. > :12:09.better lap, but the third sector was up quite a bit, because it had dried

:12:10. > :12:13.out. What was your radar telling you about the weather? We could see it

:12:14. > :12:21.coming in, but you cannot predict the drying.

:12:22. > :12:24.What an absolutely incredible qualifying session, we wondered

:12:25. > :12:34.whether it would be epic, it certainly was. Looking at Sebastian

:12:35. > :12:38.Vettel there, he will be absolutely thrilled to be on the front row.

:12:39. > :12:42.Nico Rosberg taking pole position, he will be more than delighted with

:12:43. > :12:49.that. The crowd were pretty dumbstruck with that, as were all of

:12:50. > :12:56.us. Me for one, that is for sure. The reality is, that was so exciting

:12:57. > :13:03.and unpredictable, and I am trying to pinch myself, is this the way the

:13:04. > :13:09.grid is going to set up? No Ferrari up the front, no Williams, and those

:13:10. > :13:12.are the three people. The big loss for us is Lewis Hamilton, bailing

:13:13. > :13:18.out, you could hear what Paddy had to say. He made the mistake, he did

:13:19. > :13:22.not realise there was so much time to be gained in the third sector. He

:13:23. > :13:28.had been the man, he thought he had it in the can. He has the speed to

:13:29. > :13:33.do this, it played into everyone else's hands. They were delighted to

:13:34. > :13:38.see him bail out. Nico Rosberg did not. Nico Hulkenberg made the big

:13:39. > :13:45.jump forward, he found where the time was, and he jumped and opened

:13:46. > :13:50.the door for everybody else. Force India, a very good start for them,

:13:51. > :13:54.but there are other sad tales, every driver would have told you why they

:13:55. > :14:00.should have improved. Let's hear from Christian Horner.

:14:01. > :14:08.One of your drivers gained and one lost out. The conditions are so

:14:09. > :14:12.tricky and isolated. We missed the window with Sebastian Vettel at the

:14:13. > :14:17.beginning and at the end with Daniel Ricciardo. But Sebastian did a great

:14:18. > :14:21.job. In hindsight, we should have run with Daniel, we did not think

:14:22. > :14:27.the track would be better. It just goes to show, with British weather

:14:28. > :14:33.you can never tell. It is not down to Daniel, he does what he is told,

:14:34. > :14:38.so between the train spotters, the pit wall, as a team we made the

:14:39. > :14:44.wrong call. But other teams have made worse course today. We got it

:14:45. > :14:49.right with Sebastian. At the end of the day, that was going to be damage

:14:50. > :14:56.limitation, and he ended up getting on the front row. Quite a boost for

:14:57. > :15:00.him. Absolutely. Just what he needed. Hopefully, he can have a

:15:01. > :15:05.good race. Daniel will be coming through as well. It is immensely

:15:06. > :15:09.difficult, we saw Ferrari and Williams go out, and whatever has

:15:10. > :15:21.happened with Lewis Hamilton. It is tricky, but we are in good positions

:15:22. > :15:26.for tomorrow. Do you think that you can win this race? Nico Rosberg is

:15:27. > :15:30.going to be to put in reality and Lewis Hamilton will be coming

:15:31. > :15:40.through. But we will do our best to give them a hard time. We can speak

:15:41. > :15:46.now to Toto Wolff. Is the cap in order of the Tour de France in

:15:47. > :15:51.Yorkshire as Mac I thought it was English! Being in Silverstone. What

:15:52. > :15:56.a day this has turned out to be. You sounded surprised when Nico Rosberg

:15:57. > :16:02.got pole position. Disappointment with Lewis Hamilton. Very

:16:03. > :16:09.disappointing. So many errors you can have in such a session. You have

:16:10. > :16:12.seen with Ferrari, sometimes it is just important to get into the next

:16:13. > :16:19.session. It was a misjudgement for sure. The second section seem to be

:16:20. > :16:24.much wetter than before for Lewis Hamilton. But the last sector was

:16:25. > :16:33.dry and there you go, you lose your point. Do you feel the grid is

:16:34. > :16:38.catching you a little bit now as Mac we have seen in the last sessions

:16:39. > :16:41.yesterday and today that we still had a solid margin. But it is a

:16:42. > :16:46.matter of time that they're going to come near, that is clear. You cannot

:16:47. > :16:56.keep such an advantage through the whole season. But we do not want to

:16:57. > :17:03.be complacent and we keep pushing. We can hear now from Lewis Hamilton.

:17:04. > :17:11.Was that a missed opportunity today? Yes. Why did you come in at

:17:12. > :17:16.the end? I do not know. I do not have much of an answer for you. Did

:17:17. > :17:25.you make that decision, or was it just wait a lap went? Just decided

:17:26. > :17:29.not to do a lap. You're obviously incredibly disappointed. Did you

:17:30. > :17:36.expect the circuit to dry out so fast? Obviously not, no. I do not

:17:37. > :17:42.really have anything to say to you at the minute.

:17:43. > :17:47.Absolutely lost for words. He so wanted that pole position and he

:17:48. > :17:52.thought he had it in the can. You just cannot speak. He is an

:17:53. > :17:59.emotional man. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He gives people

:18:00. > :18:03.ammunition to ask questions and analyse where he is in his own mind

:18:04. > :18:08.actually by being so lost for words. The easy thing would be to give an

:18:09. > :18:15.answer and say we will bounce back tomorrow. But he is so bitterly

:18:16. > :18:18.disappointed. He thought he had it in the bag. None of us expected that

:18:19. > :18:25.last sector to deliver that change in qualifying. It is a good reminder

:18:26. > :18:33.that it is not over until the chequered flag. He literally sounded

:18:34. > :18:38.as if he physically could not speak. It was a body punch that really blew

:18:39. > :18:43.him away. It was a mass of shock to him and just took him by surprise.

:18:44. > :18:49.He is the person in their and he should know what the surface is like

:18:50. > :18:53.and whether it can be quick enough or not. And to bail out with one lap

:18:54. > :19:02.to go in final qualifying is a huge error. And I'm afraid to say, Lewis

:19:03. > :19:09.Hamilton, you are to blame. The sun just coming out and certainly was

:19:10. > :19:14.shining on the top three. Nico Rosberg, a very dramatic

:19:15. > :19:19.conclusion to that qualifying session. You took pole position

:19:20. > :19:26.right at the end. Were you surprised by how much the track improved right

:19:27. > :19:30.at the end? It was quite crazy qualifying, just changing all the

:19:31. > :19:36.time which makes it difficult. Then in the end on the first lap with the

:19:37. > :19:41.soft tyres it started to rain quite a lot. We lost a lot of time there

:19:42. > :19:48.and then everywhere else it was also quite wet. I told the guys, that is

:19:49. > :19:54.it. Then we just came to a general conclusion, might as well go out and

:19:55. > :19:58.have a look at the track. If you do not have a look there is no chance.

:19:59. > :20:03.So at least go and have a look. Then it seemed like we should give it a

:20:04. > :20:07.go. But even then I still did not really believe that the track would

:20:08. > :20:14.be better. What made it was the last sector. I knew I had lost four

:20:15. > :20:18.seconds on the previous lap so even if I was slower than that lap I

:20:19. > :20:22.still have the chance of going a lot quicker in those last three quarters

:20:23. > :20:29.if it was halfway dry. And that is how it turned out. It's just worked

:20:30. > :20:39.out perfectly. But even across the line, I had to be there. I had to be

:20:40. > :20:43.as fast as possible to be able to do that last lap. As I crossed the line

:20:44. > :20:49.it went red instantly. It was a very close call. All in all it was just a

:20:50. > :20:55.good team effort with everyone working together, my engineers

:20:56. > :21:01.together with me. It is fantastic to have such a qualifying where

:21:02. > :21:08.everything goes well in the end. Very well done. And Sebastian Vettel

:21:09. > :21:15.comic you actually had to do a lap. What was going through your mind

:21:16. > :21:21.driving around the circuit? At the start of Q3 we went out as

:21:22. > :21:27.one of the last cars. And just preparing the flying lap it started

:21:28. > :21:32.to rain. So I had that last sector and then there was no point and we

:21:33. > :21:39.aborted the lap. At that time it was impossible to set a decent time on

:21:40. > :21:46.the slick tyres. Then we were back in the garage waiting. And we said

:21:47. > :21:53.OK we might as well go out. We will go out on the dry tyres. And we were

:21:54. > :21:57.one of the first ones to go out for one flying lap in the end. It was

:21:58. > :22:02.quite difficult to believe that it would be dry enough. It is a funny

:22:03. > :22:08.place. It was a weird session full stop a

:22:09. > :22:13.lot of rain, no rain, drizzle, very fine rain almost like spray. I think

:22:14. > :22:18.England is the only country where you can get these kind of conditions

:22:19. > :22:23.changing so quickly. Incredibly difficult to know what is coming. So

:22:24. > :22:28.on the flying lap you approach the first turn and it is difficult to

:22:29. > :22:32.know how much risk you can take. Eventually you have to take some

:22:33. > :22:39.risk because I wanted to set it up. So I am happy that it turned out

:22:40. > :22:44.very positive. And starting from the front row tomorrow.

:22:45. > :22:50.And Jenson Button, changeable conditions. You were there or

:22:51. > :22:57.thereabouts. How happy are you with the result today? I know it is only

:22:58. > :23:05.third in qualifying but for us at the moment and for the last 18

:23:06. > :23:09.months, we had no chance of getting this result. It is nice in front of

:23:10. > :23:14.the home crowd to qualify well. And all the way through qualifying the

:23:15. > :23:21.pace was there. Not compare to the Mercedes. But with everyone else

:23:22. > :23:27.pace was there. When I did my lap in Q1 on the option tyres in the dry, I

:23:28. > :23:33.was about two seconds quicker when I did it. I made the mistake of losing

:23:34. > :23:38.the rear on the last corner so was disallowed. I thought I was going to

:23:39. > :23:45.be out so to come through and to be third in Q3, it is a good result for

:23:46. > :23:51.today. I'm really happy that I could do it here in front of the home

:23:52. > :23:57.crowd. What a day for Jensen Button. And a

:23:58. > :24:05.great lap from Nico Rosberg. Take as round this one, boys. He was already

:24:06. > :24:10.pushing Lewis Hamilton on the radio. He knew when he started he

:24:11. > :24:14.was not going to be able to cross the line for the chequered flag

:24:15. > :24:19.dropped. That allowed him to have this lap.

:24:20. > :24:24.Inside the clock bit they will be able to see every few metres where

:24:25. > :24:34.they are in comparison to their best lap. -- the cockpit. He will know

:24:35. > :24:42.that he was not going faster. It is some way before the end of the lap.

:24:43. > :24:46.That was Lewis Hamilton that pulled out of the way. It was the last

:24:47. > :24:53.sector of the separate but was actually wet. At this point he might

:24:54. > :24:58.be down but there was no hope that it could be something when he came

:24:59. > :25:06.round to it. At this stage they are still struggling for the lap time.

:25:07. > :25:12.There was no indication. As he comes out of the last part onto the

:25:13. > :25:20.straight he was able to start to feel the grip and game that

:25:21. > :25:25.performance from the option tyres. This was where it was quite wet

:25:26. > :25:31.before he goes down the three years. Mrs the apex by a long way. So still

:25:32. > :25:36.not at the optimum speed through the corner. But coming into the last few

:25:37. > :25:46.corners, you just have to give it a go. Just get on the power it nice

:25:47. > :25:49.and drives for the line. The red lights telling him that was the end

:25:50. > :25:54.of the session. He would have to wait. To get the information from

:25:55. > :26:01.the team. He gets that and up comes the finger. That seems to be a thing

:26:02. > :26:06.with the German drivers! And had Lewis Hamilton continued the lap

:26:07. > :26:10.then Nico Rosberg would not be on pole. Even if he was slower there

:26:11. > :26:15.was no way, if he had committed himself to the lap, that Nico

:26:16. > :26:19.Rosberg would have been able to pass. So that could explain some of

:26:20. > :26:25.the reasons why Lewis Hamilton is so down. He actually handed them the

:26:26. > :26:30.opportunity. All the way through qualifying, the

:26:31. > :26:36.lesson of the day was you have to be on the circuit right until the end

:26:37. > :26:41.or you could make a mistake. Lewis Hamilton got track position. This is

:26:42. > :26:48.what he was missing against Nico Rosberg earlier in the year. But he

:26:49. > :26:54.pulled over and let him in instead of controlling the pace of his

:26:55. > :26:58.team-mate. This is the lap that he did not finish. This is the section

:26:59. > :27:05.that takes you through to Wellington. And then he pulled

:27:06. > :27:12.over. He decides it is too wet, I will let my team-mate through. Big

:27:13. > :27:19.error. Unless he has an issue with that car, that was the mistake that

:27:20. > :27:25.he made. He does accept that. He knows that he made a major blunder.

:27:26. > :27:31.He has handed the initiative in my opinion to Nico Rosberg and he could

:27:32. > :27:34.so easily have changed it. I think at that stage Lewis Hamilton thought

:27:35. > :27:39.it was in the bag. People like Sebastian Vettel whether one is

:27:40. > :27:45.rolling the dice. At this point I did not think anyone was going to go

:27:46. > :27:53.quicker than Lewis Hamilton. But you do know around here how the weather

:27:54. > :27:57.changes so quickly. You try telling that to the people at Ferrari, at

:27:58. > :28:04.Williams. No one is able to predict the time that it takes to dry up.

:28:05. > :28:08.That is the thing. You tell me when it is going to evaporate. As a team

:28:09. > :28:13.boss these weather conditions that you loved? I loved it. You always

:28:14. > :28:18.went the opposite way to what the big teams were doing. If they made a

:28:19. > :28:22.mistake or screwed up for whatever reason, you could just get lucky.

:28:23. > :28:29.Just like Nico Rosberg did not deserve to have pole position here

:28:30. > :28:33.he took all the best advantages of the situation. It played into his

:28:34. > :28:38.hands. And at this moment the season his head is in the right place and

:28:39. > :28:42.he looks very strong. And for that reason effectively he had deserved

:28:43. > :28:51.to get pole position. And Nico Hulkenberg, off the second row, let

:28:52. > :28:54.us hear from him now. That worked out well for some and

:28:55. > :29:00.not so well for others. It worked out well for you. How quickly was

:29:01. > :29:07.that circuit drying out? Yes, I had never felt and seen it

:29:08. > :29:11.drying up that quickly. It felt damp and no grip and then the next minute

:29:12. > :29:18.it stopped raining and was completely dry. It is really hard to

:29:19. > :29:23.judge what is going on out there. It was the right call to go out at the

:29:24. > :29:30.end. I thought it was not going to work, just do not crash the car. And

:29:31. > :29:35.then the other cars went out. But I think I was the first to set a lap

:29:36. > :29:43.time so was still suffering from damp patches. It set you up really

:29:44. > :29:48.well for tomorrow. It does. I just hope tomorrow is another good day.

:29:49. > :29:53.It is hard to know where we stand. Yesterday was a tricky day. We have

:29:54. > :30:07.to see what conditions are like tomorrow. And then put on the right

:30:08. > :30:15.tyres at the right moment. He is looking very excited, we will

:30:16. > :30:20.be talking about him tomorrow. You have raised for British teams,

:30:21. > :30:24.your Mercedes team is based in Brackley, but the British weather

:30:25. > :30:30.caught you out. Not really, it was tricky in the end. We were both well

:30:31. > :30:37.in the lead, the rain came down, and then we have to decide whether to go

:30:38. > :30:41.out or not. They both pushed. Lewis Hamilton thought the circuit was

:30:42. > :30:49.slower, and he stopped. Nico Rosberg kept on going. Can you clarify, it

:30:50. > :30:57.was Lewis Hamilton who aborted? Yes, it was his decision. But the other

:30:58. > :31:02.one proved you can go quicker. It seems that Nico Rosberg has been

:31:03. > :31:07.robbed of the green, he can do no wrong, but Lewis Hamilton keeps

:31:08. > :31:17.getting tripped up. Nico Rosberg was outstanding again, to grab the pole

:31:18. > :31:22.position. Michael is here, you saw him in the

:31:23. > :31:28.garage earlier. What did you make of that session? It was pretty

:31:29. > :31:32.unpredictable at the end, it is hard for the teams, because it looked

:31:33. > :31:39.like the best lap was done by Sergio Perez. The track dries so quickly,

:31:40. > :31:43.Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg squeezed it in at the end. It is

:31:44. > :31:52.exciting for tomorrow. Hopefully, a bit of rain will make it a bit of

:31:53. > :31:56.fun. Michael, are you a jinx to Ferrari and Williams? You sound as

:31:57. > :32:00.if you are. It is helpful to the teams that invite me! Sebastian is

:32:01. > :32:06.there at the front of the grid, so that is nice! You had a lot to do

:32:07. > :32:17.with that? I think so, the look of the Irish, maybe! You will be

:32:18. > :32:22.watching. I will be with the Red Bull team tomorrow, and crossing

:32:23. > :32:26.fingers for both of them. I am a big fan of Daniel, he has been amazing

:32:27. > :32:31.this season, he has dealt with the pressure phenomenally well. How

:32:32. > :32:37.about you and driving? Do you get out to drive fast cars? I have not

:32:38. > :32:44.been in a Formula One car yet, we will see! It is a massive dream for

:32:45. > :32:50.me. I do not even own a car, I just have a motorbike, but I love it.

:32:51. > :32:56.Whenever I can, I go karting, whenever possible. It is good to see

:32:57. > :33:02.you, stay with us for a moment. A prediction for tomorrow? I still

:33:03. > :33:08.believe that Lewis Hamilton can overcome his troubles, if he can

:33:09. > :33:14.prepare himself, he knows he has got the car and the speed, he can win. A

:33:15. > :33:18.lot of people wanting the same thing, we will have all of the

:33:19. > :33:26.action forward you live tomorrow, Michael will be here, join us on BBC

:33:27. > :33:29.Two. It is Nico Rosberg in pole position, Lewis Hamilton has got it

:33:30. > :33:53.all to do, but it is the British Grand Prix, see you then.

:33:54. > :33:59.The times are coming down! The last part of the lab is really dry! Nico

:34:00. > :34:07.Rosberg goes fastest! Make the most of your weekend,

:34:08. > :34:10.wherever you are. Use the BBC Weather App to stay

:34:11. > :34:16.one step ahead of the weather. DRUMBEATS CONTINUE

:34:17. > :34:18.WITH SWELLING, DRAMATIC MUSIC