The Canadian Grand Prix - Qualifying

:01:08. > :01:11.Certainly the most exciting Grand Prix I have ever seen.

:01:12. > :01:14.Winning is the name of the game. When you have got to drivers of

:01:15. > :01:15.equal ability in the Winning is the name of the game.

:01:16. > :01:19.When you have got to drivers of same team, they will plot and they will

:01:20. > :01:30.scheme and they will do whatever it takes. This is fantastic. Address --

:01:31. > :01:35.aggressive driving technique, team tactics. Fernando is faster than

:01:36. > :01:44.you. May one, you second. Nigel Mansell refused to accept Nelson

:01:45. > :01:46.Piquet was normal one. 20 years on Fernando Alonso angrily believed

:01:47. > :01:54.that Lewis Hamilton had failed to honour an agreement. He is not going

:01:55. > :02:01.to get a lap in. He is at the inside! I was racing, I was faster,

:02:02. > :02:06.I passed him I want. The bitterest rivalry of all. We are competing to

:02:07. > :02:13.win. It was Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. He has a small problem, he

:02:14. > :02:21.thinks he can't kill himself. When it is win or lose, the will to win

:02:22. > :02:27.can crush everything. I can go so much faster, let me drive past.

:02:28. > :02:35.Negative. That is the equivalent of a slap in the face. He has gone

:02:36. > :02:38.straight on, he will run out of time.

:02:39. > :02:49.Yes! At Mercedes, it is now gloves. What do you have that he doesn't

:02:50. > :02:54.will give you the edge in Canada? I have the speed. If I drive the right

:02:55. > :02:58.way. The rivalry continues. Welcome to

:02:59. > :03:03.qualifying from Canada. We live with you for the next two and half hours.

:03:04. > :03:07.Feel free season is a message or any questions you have. Glorious

:03:08. > :03:11.conditions today in Canada. Something we're not quite used to.

:03:12. > :03:22.It is forecast to be sunny today and tomorrow. That annoys you can here

:03:23. > :03:26.is the Mercedes being fired. The story last time in Monaco was about

:03:27. > :03:31.these boys. It was inevitable people are still talking about it. It is.

:03:32. > :03:36.If you think of the great rivalries of the past, whenever you have that

:03:37. > :03:44.inter-team battle, it takes it exited another level. You are

:03:45. > :03:47.watching the team, had to the mechanics, where does the

:03:48. > :03:51.management's loyalty lie? They were said team is bigger the drivers but

:03:52. > :03:55.the driver is the personality that has too pointed in the right

:03:56. > :03:58.direction and sprays the champagne. One of these old fronts will be a

:03:59. > :04:02.winner and one will be a loser, the end of the season. A lot has been

:04:03. > :04:08.made out of this between the two of them, their friendship, whether they

:04:09. > :04:11.fell out. Isn't it part of the psychology of the season?

:04:12. > :04:15.First of all it is vitally important they are at loggerheads because it

:04:16. > :04:19.is giving us something to talk about because it is a runaway with

:04:20. > :04:23.Mercedes, thank goodness there is a friendly rivalry, not so friendly,

:04:24. > :04:27.maybe, and an intense rivalry and they are making the racing really

:04:28. > :04:30.great. Where it pans out, I don't know, you have two totally different

:04:31. > :04:32.characters, it will be fascinating. Let's remind ourselves of what

:04:33. > :04:49.happened in Monaco. Lights out, away we go, is it

:04:50. > :04:54.Rosberg Hamilton? Could start by Rosberg, Hamilton has two slot in

:04:55. > :05:08.behind. Sebastian Vettel has got into third place. Everybody stacking

:05:09. > :05:13.up. The race is underway again. Rosberg is chased by his team-mate.

:05:14. > :05:19.Sebastian Vettel, he has slowed right down. Something has gone

:05:20. > :05:23.wrong. RADIO: bring it back to the pits. It is all over for him, a

:05:24. > :05:33.second non-finish of the season. There has been a spin into the

:05:34. > :05:37.chicane. Rattles down the barrier. The safety car has been deployed.

:05:38. > :05:42.The pit lane is going to be really busy. Surely it will be the right

:05:43. > :05:46.time to stop. He has come in a little bit too late, lost time. John

:05:47. > :05:55.Eric then sent on his way. That was so close. RADIO: I cannot believe we

:05:56. > :05:59.just had to pit. Raikkonen is in the pits. He has

:06:00. > :06:01.already made his pit stop, there must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

:06:02. > :06:07.third place for Red Bull. A bit of must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

:06:08. > :06:22.Caterham. That must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

:06:23. > :06:36.about Ricciardo. I must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

:06:37. > :06:37.and tonal Ricciardo, on that lap. They

:06:38. > :06:44.and tonal Ricciardo, on that lap. and closer to the back of Lewis

:06:45. > :06:46.Hamilton. This Monaco Aubrey coming alive, even more so in the closing

:06:47. > :06:53.stages will stop Nico Rosberg through to win the Monaco Grand

:06:54. > :06:59.Prix. Back-to-back victories in the principality.

:07:00. > :07:01.It was all going on in Monaco. We're waiting for the boys to come into

:07:02. > :07:12.the garage for qualifying. Aren't

:07:13. > :07:14.is one or the other, and is it going to come down to who wants it the

:07:15. > :07:18.most? It will come down to a number of

:07:19. > :07:23.factors, the best reliability, who wants it the most. What is really

:07:24. > :07:27.interesting is because they have known each other for such a long

:07:28. > :07:29.time, of course they have fallen out, they have made up, all the way

:07:30. > :07:33.through. They out, they have made up, all the way

:07:34. > :07:37.things together. We are constantly going to keep asking them about this

:07:38. > :07:40.relationship and rivalry, they will have to give answering the

:07:41. > :07:46.questions. One of them will get a bit chippy at a certain point

:07:47. > :07:49.because your patience will run out. It is playing out, who feels more

:07:50. > :07:58.confident any given weekend. They have had a chat, shaken hands,

:07:59. > :08:02.is this Lewis's break ground? It is. With the points structure and double

:08:03. > :08:06.points at the last, don't expect anybody to have won this until the

:08:07. > :08:12.last graceful stop that will be all-encompassing. Everybody will be

:08:13. > :08:16.on the edge of their seats. Lewis has the problem of maybe not

:08:17. > :08:21.finishing as often as Rosberg does, he is the steady one, everything to

:08:22. > :08:25.play for right to the very end. Do you think Mercedes will let them

:08:26. > :08:29.race to the end of the season? I don't think they have any choice,

:08:30. > :08:32.they are both employed as number one racing drivers will one has an

:08:33. > :08:37.advantage over the and there is a risk from other teams, the most

:08:38. > :08:41.important is they want both championships, who will stop them

:08:42. > :08:44.right now? If they get in the way of the drivers beyond telling them to

:08:45. > :08:50.play nice, they will just lose one of them and you end up in a

:08:51. > :08:54.situation like Ferrari, and then you are not well served if you don't

:08:55. > :08:58.have a dominant car. You aspire to have the best car on the grid, the

:08:59. > :09:06.two best drivers. And then sit back and enjoy the show.

:09:07. > :09:10.I have run a team and he has been a driver, there is no enjoying any

:09:11. > :09:15.show because it is so intense. You are under such pressure, drivers,

:09:16. > :09:19.sponsors, everybody feels the pressure until the last lap of the

:09:20. > :09:23.last race. A lot of people think it is easy if

:09:24. > :09:29.you get a winning car. You have no idea how much more difficult it is.

:09:30. > :09:34.Suddenly the spotlight of performance is on you. The very

:09:35. > :09:40.thing we said before, your failure is your team-mate's success.

:09:41. > :09:42.Boiling hot in Canada. Some of the drivers may have fancied a little

:09:43. > :10:17.spot of rain but that will not happen. The fans are pretty happy.

:10:18. > :10:24.With two wins to Lewis's four and 122 point out of 150 Nico Rosberg

:10:25. > :10:28.leads his team-mate by just four points. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

:10:29. > :10:38.has half of Rosberg's points haul in third.

:10:39. > :10:44.Of course Mercedes are way ahead but looked down to ninth place and

:10:45. > :10:48.thanks to Jules Bianchi Marussia scored their first ever point in

:10:49. > :10:53.Monaco. For a small young team like them it was as momentous as winning

:10:54. > :10:57.a race. A certain Eddie Jordan has two know how that feels.

:10:58. > :11:04.You got your first point here. We have been lucky here in Canada, it

:11:05. > :11:08.has been a magical time and circuit for us. Marussia, you cannot

:11:09. > :11:20.imagine, we are going to talk to them later. When you tot up the

:11:21. > :11:26.travel, the freight, the bonuses, extra passes, expenses, you have to

:11:27. > :11:32.do want thing to realise how much this adds up, we will hopefully find

:11:33. > :11:37.out very soon, but including the TV money, it is probably about 70,, $80

:11:38. > :11:40.million. Incredible. That is what we don't

:11:41. > :11:45.really know when we'll watching, it means so much.

:11:46. > :11:49.They have clearly got a package which is working very well, knocking

:11:50. > :11:54.on the door of Sauber and the likes. Very complicated system.

:11:55. > :12:01.Eddie makes it even more on the 80. -- complicated.

:12:02. > :12:05.The money catches you up, that is the problem. As a drive that you

:12:06. > :12:10.think about your salary and it is very easy because you have a points

:12:11. > :12:15.bonus. In the team there are so many add-ons, or subtractions whichever

:12:16. > :12:18.side you are on, that it has huge ramifications. Only add-ons where I

:12:19. > :12:21.came from. While we are talking about money how

:12:22. > :12:27.much does a team need on a weekly basis to just turn up here?

:12:28. > :12:33.Just over $1 million, for a tiny team. A large amount of money for

:12:34. > :12:36.some Eddie who doesn't have a sponsorship for it in principle to

:12:37. > :12:40.put his hands in his pocket and be committed. That is a big problem for

:12:41. > :12:45.a lot of these teens. We know Tony Fernandes, he says his team is the

:12:46. > :12:50.sale because he wants to concentrate on other things, QPR in the

:12:51. > :12:54.premiership. Will be sold? I think it will be a difficult task to sell

:12:55. > :12:57.it. We are heading down to Marussia now.

:12:58. > :13:04.The paddock is very busy, lots of British fans. Let's find out if the

:13:05. > :13:18.party was still going on. On board with Jules Bianchi.

:13:19. > :13:22.I think people realise how hard task it is too gone from zero to score

:13:23. > :13:25.points in Formula One. Bianchi on the outside, will he get outside the

:13:26. > :13:31.two Frenchmen fighting here? Just get in front stop that puts him into

:13:32. > :13:35.12th position now. Even with a really difficult race we

:13:36. > :13:38.come out with two points. There is contact, that is Bianchi getting

:13:39. > :13:48.past Kobayashi. For a half years waiting, I was mega happy. Nothing

:13:49. > :13:52.wrong with a straight line speed. We were in eighth, can believe it.

:13:53. > :13:57.Marussia, what an opportunity this might be. A normal weekend we

:13:58. > :14:04.wouldn't have finished but it was our weekend. Bianchi is up into

:14:05. > :14:09.eighth place now. It feels like there was a new team again,

:14:10. > :14:17.everybody is so happy. Marussia have scored their first ever points in

:14:18. > :14:26.Formula One. It was like a victory. This year we had a bit of luck. --

:14:27. > :14:31.obviously. It was much better. The team did a great job. It was a team

:14:32. > :14:37.effort. At what point in the race did you believe it was going to

:14:38. > :14:49.happen? It was along last five laps. When

:14:50. > :14:52.you experience so much tension, afterwards you go down for the next

:14:53. > :14:56.30 minutes. Describe your emotions as he came across the line? It was a

:14:57. > :15:01.bit of an odd one. Downstairs we went quite sure how the points

:15:02. > :15:05.works, the penalty was game to be served. All of a sudden one person

:15:06. > :15:11.jumped up and it was like, we might as well all join in. It was a mega

:15:12. > :15:15.moment. For the half years waiting. He said after the race, this makes

:15:16. > :15:21.all those all night is doing testing worthwhile.

:15:22. > :15:24.Exactly that. We missed the first few days, we pushed and pushed all

:15:25. > :15:27.the way through the nights. When a car rolled out the door in the

:15:28. > :15:31.afternoon of the third day, that was an achievement. It was a similar

:15:32. > :15:41.thing we got the points, could really believe it. You put all the

:15:42. > :15:47.teams out on a football pitch together it would be Accrington

:15:48. > :15:52.Stanley type of thing. All credit to everyone, it was a team effort. It

:15:53. > :15:58.has given us more confidence in what we do. We are the smallest team in

:15:59. > :16:03.Formula One. It gives a lot of faith and confidence in the way we go

:16:04. > :16:09.about our job. Has it moved the goal posts? I will have the same

:16:10. > :16:21.approach. I want to be the same, get a good result. We have to keep

:16:22. > :16:28.working as well as we are doing. As promised we are with the Marussia

:16:29. > :16:33.team boss. Watching the team, they all seemed a bit subdued, in

:16:34. > :16:40.disbelief. There was the penalty to come, so it was confusing, has it

:16:41. > :16:45.sunk in now? We are a down-to-earth team so it was great to celebrate

:16:46. > :16:48.and good reward for the progress for everyone at the track and everybody

:16:49. > :16:54.who has worked hard back in Banbury. But the realities is in this

:16:55. > :16:55.who has worked hard back in Banbury. business you can celebrate, but only

:16:56. > :17:00.for a short time and then you have to get back to work. How busy has

:17:01. > :17:06.your calculator to get back to work. How busy has

:17:07. > :17:15.benefits to you? We had to get some new batteries. I am sure you used an

:17:16. > :17:25.abacus in your time. I was well aware of what the money was worth.

:17:26. > :17:31.It costs around $100 million a year to just turn up. If you do that

:17:32. > :17:36.It costs around $100 million a year will be up the back. Everything you

:17:37. > :17:39.spend beyond that is to make your car go forward. So the first task is

:17:40. > :17:46.to find $100 million. Have you car go forward. So the first task is

:17:47. > :17:49.it? This certainly helps. What is it worth to you? We want to know. We

:17:50. > :17:53.cannot get the absolute numbers as you know. Why not? I was going to

:17:54. > :17:56.ask you about the confidence, getting points,

:17:57. > :18:01.ask you about the confidence, though the monkey is off your back

:18:02. > :18:05.and gives you more motivation? There have been so many changes when we

:18:06. > :18:10.came out of Formula three into Formula One and got the entry in

:18:11. > :18:15.2009. There have been so many changes and some would say it has

:18:16. > :18:22.taken a long time to score points. But this is the most difficult sport

:18:23. > :18:26.in the world. Eddie knows this. It is great to get the points now we

:18:27. > :18:33.will focus on getting some more. Can you keep your drivers? I certainly

:18:34. > :18:38.hope so. We have a great team, great atmosphere. They have been part of

:18:39. > :18:44.the success. I think they would love to stay here. We hope so. A change

:18:45. > :18:50.to Ferrari this year and we talked in Australia. You felt you compared

:18:51. > :18:55.properly with the other teams because you have an engine that

:18:56. > :19:00.compared, does it help the team having Ferrari behind you? Ferrari

:19:01. > :19:08.are fantastic partners. We have had a Williams time working with them.

:19:09. > :19:13.These engines are incredibly complicated. I am an engineer and I

:19:14. > :19:21.think they are complicated! The team are racing the most now, but we need

:19:22. > :19:28.to close the gap a little bit is Sauber and they had the same engine.

:19:29. > :19:32.Let's assume you are down after the euphoria of Monaco, you must have

:19:33. > :19:39.reset the target list. What is the level you can be art? Can you finish

:19:40. > :19:46.better than ninth? We have to be realistic. We came down from Monaco

:19:47. > :19:50.when we were still in Monaco. We note the tasks we have ahead. The

:19:51. > :19:58.key objectives is to stay in the top ten. That is more important than

:19:59. > :20:03.anything else. But we are competitive people and we want to

:20:04. > :20:06.move forward. You get greedy, you have a taste of it and you want to

:20:07. > :20:12.move forward. Ultimately we have got to keep hanging on to being in the

:20:13. > :20:16.top ten in the championship, it is so important. I don't think anybody

:20:17. > :20:21.could accuse Eddie Jordan of being greedy. Bottas qualified in third

:20:22. > :20:27.lace and he said he would jump in the lake if he finished on the

:20:28. > :20:32.podium, sadly that did not happen. But Williams are a different team

:20:33. > :20:35.this year, so maybe? This time last year you said if

:20:36. > :20:40.you've got a podium you would be jumping in the lake. Any predictions

:20:41. > :20:45.going into this one? I think we are looking good. All of the practice

:20:46. > :20:53.sessions have been strong. Looking forward to it. It is also the race

:20:54. > :20:56.pace. You are top of the speed charts everywhere around the

:20:57. > :21:01.circuit. Is it a specific desire from the engineers, does it make it

:21:02. > :21:06.more difficult to drive the turns or is it a consequence with this car?

:21:07. > :21:10.We knew it would be our strength here, long straights have always

:21:11. > :21:19.been quick. It has been the nature of the car. It is sleek and low drag

:21:20. > :21:23.in the straights. Obviously some teams have a bit more downforce so

:21:24. > :21:25.they may struggle less in the corners, but we gain in the

:21:26. > :21:31.straights. Putting Mercedes to one side, what do you think the pecking

:21:32. > :21:37.order is if everybody gets a clean lap? It is difficult, Mercedes are

:21:38. > :21:40.stronger. Hopefully then us. It will be closed between Red Bull and

:21:41. > :21:46.Ferrari. We wish you luck. Massa was half a

:21:47. > :21:56.second after Lewis Hamilton. He was the top Williams Roy. They both like

:21:57. > :22:00.this circuit? Last year, cars, teams and tracks seem to gel together.

:22:01. > :22:05.That is what happened here in Canada. I believe Massa has the

:22:06. > :22:10.upper hand and I believe he can go on to be leading the second row, in

:22:11. > :22:16.other words qualify third. It could be a lock-out for the Williams team

:22:17. > :22:21.on the second row. It will be huge for them because they are in a bunch

:22:22. > :22:29.with Force India and McLaren can, a couple of points dividing them all.

:22:30. > :22:36.It is the battle for the second row. Let's catch up with some news from

:22:37. > :22:41.Lee McKenzie. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have

:22:42. > :22:43.apparently put aside any differences after the Monaco Grand Prix, and are

:22:44. > :22:51.back to being friends as well as rivals of course. Me and Nico are

:22:52. > :22:57.good. We caught up after the race and I congratulated him. We had a

:22:58. > :23:02.chat. We have been friends for a long time so we have had a lot of

:23:03. > :23:09.ups and downs. Last week was a down moment for our friendship. If

:23:10. > :23:12.anything, it has made us stronger and we have been in contact recently

:23:13. > :23:16.and had dinner last night with the team. After a win in Monaco Ross

:23:17. > :23:22.spoke leads the championship White four points. But with three wins

:23:23. > :23:26.here, this is Hamilton's stronger circuit so Ross spoke will have do

:23:27. > :23:31.have a lot up his sleeve to beat him. I have loads in the armoury, so

:23:32. > :23:36.we will see how it goes. What will it take to be quicker than him

:23:37. > :23:42.around here, do you think? What it takes is for me to be on top of my

:23:43. > :23:48.game. Braking is important and I have not been 100% happy with the

:23:49. > :23:53.brakes. I need to get my head around that and try to optimise that. Not

:23:54. > :23:56.since 2009 has Sebastian Vettel turned up in Canada and not been at

:23:57. > :24:02.the heart of the championship battle. It is not that different,

:24:03. > :24:09.only six races into the season. Still a long way to go. If I have

:24:10. > :24:13.learned anything, it is not over until it is over. A

:24:14. > :24:18.learned anything, it is not over can happen. Right now, one team

:24:19. > :24:28.looks very dominant, but we believe things can change and things can

:24:29. > :24:37.change quickly. I think soon enough plenty of you will be kind enough to

:24:38. > :24:41.remind us on how good our chances are. Jenson Button says he is not

:24:42. > :24:48.thinking of retiring just yet and despite some tough weekends in an

:24:49. > :24:52.underperforming McLaren, he is as motivated as ever. I still enjoy

:24:53. > :24:55.every race, even if I am scrapping for minor points. It is not as

:24:56. > :24:59.enjoyable as winning, because that is what we love doing and nothing

:25:00. > :25:01.else is quite good enough. You want to get the best out of what you have

:25:02. > :25:03.and I enjoy the challenge of doing that. Jean Hass has said his Formula

:25:04. > :25:08.One to will not be ready for the 2015 racing, but they could be on

:25:09. > :25:12.the grid as early as next season. It has been understood their entry has

:25:13. > :25:16.been approved by the FIA. It has been proposed that next season the

:25:17. > :25:20.Formula One weekend will be shortened with only one tractor

:25:21. > :25:24.session on the Friday afternoon and the morning session to be cancelled

:25:25. > :25:31.to save costs. The decision still has to be

:25:32. > :25:37.approved. Interesting bits of news. That has got to be rubber-stamped,

:25:38. > :25:41.do you think it will go through? No doubt it will. The organisers and

:25:42. > :25:45.promoters will have do have their say. What do they lose by not having

:25:46. > :25:51.a full Friday? The only thing that could stop this being rubber-stamped

:25:52. > :25:57.is the promoters. What about the drivers, will they be happy? The

:25:58. > :26:03.drivers drive for fun and pleasure I get paid to do all the other stuff

:26:04. > :26:06.they don't find much fun. You want to drive and raise these things.

:26:07. > :26:14.They would not have a problem if there were more Grand Prix in the

:26:15. > :26:22.season. I am a little bit concerned. I understand the cost, but there

:26:23. > :26:28.must be better ways. How much cost saving is involved, is it just a

:26:29. > :26:38.hotel that everybody? Mileage on the engines and things. It is

:26:39. > :26:43.nit-picking. It just is not... Where is the target? Let's take some costs

:26:44. > :26:50.out of running a Formula One team. This is shocking. You should be

:26:51. > :26:56.president of whatever. I used to go and bang the table and Ernie

:26:57. > :27:04.Ecclestone would look at me and tell me to be quiet. I am ass king who is

:27:05. > :27:08.making these rule changes? I am wanting to know if anybody is strong

:27:09. > :27:15.enough to say, this is nonsense, Bernie. The smaller teams don't get

:27:16. > :27:19.a say do they. They bring another driver in for free practice and they

:27:20. > :27:27.make some money on that, but they will be able to do that will they?

:27:28. > :27:30.They haven't got a boys. There are six big teams and they make the

:27:31. > :27:35.decisions for everybody. You have some more news for us, the contract

:27:36. > :27:43.has been signed on this place hasn't it? We lost Canada four-year and

:27:44. > :27:50.was something missing in the season. Canada is a huge welcome. This place

:27:51. > :27:56.was vital to North America when we did not have Austin. We

:27:57. > :28:03.important, from a marketing point of view and sponsors, North America is

:28:04. > :28:08.a huge market. It is a ten year deal and it is one of the fans love. With

:28:09. > :28:11.it being close to the city, is it a mixture of the two? I was with the

:28:12. > :28:17.mayor of Montreal last night. mixture of the two? I was with the

:28:18. > :28:26.understands the commercial value of having the grand prix come here.

:28:27. > :28:29.Everyone coming into town. The promotional value

:28:30. > :28:32.Everyone coming into town. The Montreal on the map versus Vancouver

:28:33. > :28:38.and what have you. It ticks the boxes in so many ways. We are a mile

:28:39. > :28:44.from the downtown. Close to the heart of the city.

:28:45. > :28:47.from the downtown. Close to the will sign up? Mexico will be

:28:48. > :28:50.announcing shortly and I think they will agree because they have a

:28:51. > :28:56.couple of drivers in the championship. There is a lot of

:28:57. > :29:05.money that can come out of Mexico. And Azerbaijan? Probably be there as

:29:06. > :29:10.well. 25 races if it all goes to plan. Once in awhile we get a

:29:11. > :29:18.special opportunity and recently we given the chance to drive the 1983

:29:19. > :29:27.Renault from Alleyne Prost. So Alan took to the wheel.

:29:28. > :29:41.What is it about the French? They make the best bread, cheese. Even

:29:42. > :29:46.the drivers are pretty good? What does it mean for you to have their

:29:47. > :29:58.history in France? You get a chance to meet them. Alain Prost is a known

:29:59. > :30:02.force. There is Alain Prost. He waves both hands with joy and

:30:03. > :30:14.excitement as he crosses the line of the 1983 French Grand Prix. An

:30:15. > :30:16.inspiration to every French driver. It is nice to be in the following

:30:17. > :30:29.generation. This is far too much. Especially

:30:30. > :30:46.him. I have got to go and drive the car.

:30:47. > :30:58.This is a baby today. I still wasn't born. I was already karting. It won

:30:59. > :31:04.the British Grand Prix here at Silverstone. You don't have too much

:31:05. > :31:07.grey hair. I am much better than David Coulthard. It must mean

:31:08. > :31:15.something to you as a young French driver, the inspiration he brought.

:31:16. > :31:22.There is Prost, the colours, yellow, white and black. When you're French,

:31:23. > :31:26.a means quite a lot. When I see the pictures, it is fantastic. The

:31:27. > :31:31.technology, what we could do already back in his time. For me, I have got

:31:32. > :31:37.a romantic attachment to this direct of the cast by have got a feeling

:31:38. > :31:39.for the year, I have got a real romantic attachment because that is

:31:40. > :31:44.what started the fire for me. I am older the new full top I remember

:31:45. > :31:50.this cup winning this Grand Prix. I will pull rank, I will say I am

:31:51. > :31:52.going to pull take it out first, I will warm it up. I will have some

:31:53. > :32:12.fun. Enjoy.

:32:13. > :32:23.This is so much fun. The feeling of it is incredible. It is beautiful.

:32:24. > :32:27.Watching the turbo boost, it is dancing around, very simplistic in

:32:28. > :32:34.comparison to the modern car. But then, it keeps your eyes on the view

:32:35. > :32:42.in front of you. Trying to harness its horsepower, that was the trick.

:32:43. > :32:44.The sound is really good, why can it not do that today?

:32:45. > :33:02.He is going to love this. Unbelievable. Incredible. Absolutely

:33:03. > :33:08.incredible. You will love it. I love the sound, Festival. But you

:33:09. > :33:16.accelerate, the feeling, the turbo boost pressure, 8000 revs and a kick

:33:17. > :33:22.zone and you just pulling gears. Have you ever driven one? I did

:33:23. > :33:30.once, a long time ago. I have wondered up. How can I fit in, you

:33:31. > :33:35.had an advantage, you were his height. I will take my booster

:33:36. > :33:43.cushion out. It is a stunning piece of machinery. One-of-a-kind. We were

:33:44. > :33:50.ready at the beginning. We started the engine 700 horsepower. Six years

:33:51. > :33:54.we have almost doubled the power. Then you understand, there is no

:33:55. > :34:14.limit, the human knowledge, of what they are able to do.

:34:15. > :34:25.It is not easy to get used to the gearbox.

:34:26. > :34:38.I am getting better. Not yet perfect. But the power, oh my

:34:39. > :34:58.goodness, unbelievable. Now we go, here it comes.

:34:59. > :35:08.And Prost takes the lead. I don't know what they were doing to race

:35:09. > :35:21.those cars. When you lift off the throttle, the sound.

:35:22. > :35:35.What did you think? Unbelievable. Unbelievable. I am

:35:36. > :35:39.like a kid. Driving into the corner, the position, the engines, the

:35:40. > :35:45.turbo. Alain Prost has one, he has driven

:35:46. > :35:51.beautifully here. To receive the product of the crowd. When you are

:35:52. > :35:57.driving round here did you think of Alain Prost?

:35:58. > :36:04.I felt especially in the last corner you can imagine the big grandstand.

:36:05. > :36:12.I felt,, it must feel so good to win the race. French car, French driver.

:36:13. > :36:23.Keep smiling, keep fighting. That is part of history.

:36:24. > :36:26.An incredible part of history. Live pictures in the latest garage. That

:36:27. > :36:36.is Romain Grosjean's car. Lovely to see him outside of racing.

:36:37. > :36:39.It was a blast from the past, incredible feeling,

:36:40. > :36:43.It was a blast from the past, seat perfectly. Just for my back. I

:36:44. > :36:49.hadn't driven a gearbox like that for a long time. The pedals, that

:36:50. > :36:53.was something added 20 years ago, you had to another about it. The

:36:54. > :36:57.sleeve for him, it got a bit of drama.

:36:58. > :37:04.Next weekend, Le Mans, people might be interested, you won the last

:37:05. > :37:06.year. You drove a turbo. Now turbo in Formula One.

:37:07. > :37:11.Similarities? That was the previous generation of turbo where they were

:37:12. > :37:14.talking about throttle lag. Like the last corner of substance, you

:37:15. > :37:18.exhilarated and waited, suddenly there was an acceleration. You had

:37:19. > :37:24.to stop running beginners. Nowadays with the variable turbine

:37:25. > :37:29.technology, it is instantaneous. You don't have any of those problems.

:37:30. > :37:34.With the regenerated systems, that also helps. Turbo lag messages,

:37:35. > :37:39.history. Ayrton Senna was one of the drivers,

:37:40. > :37:45.he used to pump out the throttle pedal. He was understanding to try

:37:46. > :37:48.to keep boosting that. He was giving the turbo charge because what I

:37:49. > :37:51.notice, there were only three dials, a red counter, pressure gauge, or

:37:52. > :37:55.oil pressure, and then you have the turbo boost.

:37:56. > :37:59.When you drifted off into a corner it went down to zero and when you

:38:00. > :38:03.hit the throttle it would build up and suddenly it would start to

:38:04. > :38:09.really go. It would be like the first, second, third gear red

:38:10. > :38:13.counter. Ayrton Senna was one of the few to actually feel it. Driving the

:38:14. > :38:17.car, you could tell it was Prost's car, it had a comfort to a calmer

:38:18. > :38:21.progression. Even though it was quite raw in terms of engine power

:38:22. > :38:26.and delivery, it was nice and smooth and progressive or stop really good

:38:27. > :38:32.now to see the back in the paddock. Back in full force.

:38:33. > :38:35.You had a big drive of French guys coming through, Formula One was full

:38:36. > :38:41.of them in the late 80s, early 90s, and then there was a whole area of a

:38:42. > :38:44.missed generation, the fuel supplier, they had a young driver

:38:45. > :38:49.programme. When they stopped that stopped the French drivers coming

:38:50. > :38:54.into Formula One. He is the first of that new Next Generation. That is so

:38:55. > :38:58.vital to bring young drivers through. That was at Silverstone to

:38:59. > :39:01.stop if you like old Formula One cars it would be good if you popped

:39:02. > :39:04.along in four weeks time because they are celebrating their 50th

:39:05. > :39:15.Grand Prix, all kinds of celebrations, commemorative laps

:39:16. > :39:20.with old cars and drivers. Lots of drivers, lots of cars for you to

:39:21. > :39:25.look out for. Just one quick question, a lot about kerb driving,

:39:26. > :39:31.you have noticed something. The last chicane, it is very harsh.

:39:32. > :39:34.Where I was able to stand, a perfect position. I was looking through as

:39:35. > :39:38.they turned in off the back straight, they bounce over the

:39:39. > :39:42.right-hand kerb. Mercedes look sublime, they seem to absorb every

:39:43. > :39:45.kerb without a problem, allowing the driver to go straight onto

:39:46. > :39:50.throttle. Ferrari had a bit of understand. The Red Bull, very harsh

:39:51. > :39:53.on the kerb. The front of the car went exactly where they wanted it to

:39:54. > :39:57.go. Let's bring it on today. Let's have

:39:58. > :40:04.a look at the story of free practice.

:40:05. > :40:10.The first practice saw Nico Hulkenberg and police dinner.

:40:11. > :40:18.Bianchi gave the concrete hefty swipe. Hamilton set the pace for

:40:19. > :40:21.Mercedes. Fernando Alonso proved the upgraded Ferrari may be more

:40:22. > :40:26.competitive by snatching top spot later on in the session. Practice

:40:27. > :40:29.two began with the threat of rain, but it never materialised. Adrian

:40:30. > :40:33.Sutil had to take evasive action as madness and prepare for a quick lap.

:40:34. > :40:37.Ericsson was out of luck with the transmission failure sending him

:40:38. > :40:42.down the escape road on turn four. Hamilton set the pace by nearly two

:40:43. > :40:44.tenths of the second of Rosberg, while Sebastian Vettel had some

:40:45. > :40:49.gearbox problems but rallied to go third fastest for Red Bull.

:40:50. > :40:52.Kobayashi struggled with breaking issues while Daniil Kvyat and

:40:53. > :40:58.Bianchi were forced to sit up most of the session. A clear blue sky

:40:59. > :41:03.greeted the final practice but it was a short session for Gutierrez to

:41:04. > :41:07.crashed at turn four. He was OK, but there is plenty of work to be done

:41:08. > :41:11.by the team. Hamilton will be reached but it wasn't all plain

:41:12. > :41:16.sailing for CDs, they were the only team unable to improve their times

:41:17. > :41:22.on the super-soft wearers Felipe Massa and Williams used the Red Bull

:41:23. > :41:28.tyre to good effect. Ferrari and Red Bull were once again in the mix but

:41:29. > :41:38.other struggling. Plenty going on on the track, and

:41:39. > :41:42.along the pit lane. It is always a very stressful time

:41:43. > :41:46.qualifying and if you can break concerns into two areas they are

:41:47. > :41:50.these, first, can make is whether drivers not to put the car in the

:41:51. > :41:53.wall? Something this man, Gutierrez, wasn't able to do during

:41:54. > :41:57.final practice this morning. He smacked the war on the exit of turn

:41:58. > :42:01.four, punctured the chassis, that is the team-building in new car for

:42:02. > :42:07.tomorrow. He will have to start the race from the pit lane as per the

:42:08. > :42:12.regulations. The other concern is track temperature. 15 degrees warmer

:42:13. > :42:18.than yesterday. That is good news for us. It might make the rear of

:42:19. > :42:22.the cars maul area, more of this do, but it give the engineers a real

:42:23. > :42:26.headache because the soft tyres which light-hearted and bridges will

:42:27. > :42:30.perform a little better, whereas the super-soft tyres will overheat and

:42:31. > :42:36.may not even last a whole lap. It will be an interesting session.

:42:37. > :42:40.44 degrees is the track temperature. It was 37 at its highest yesterday.

:42:41. > :42:48.That is hellish for the teams. The tyre management, lots of

:42:49. > :42:51.calling, if you open up the cooling, you lose efficiency in terms of

:42:52. > :42:54.straight-line speed and there is so much of the performance here comes

:42:55. > :43:01.from having the car as close as possible for the. Esteban will not

:43:02. > :43:05.be qualifying, he will be starting from the back of the grid. Let's

:43:06. > :43:08.have a look at the crash, not the first time it has happened. We saw

:43:09. > :43:14.in Monaco as a living. This was a bit silly. I have done

:43:15. > :43:21.most of the silly crashes so I can criticise the top he starts to lose

:43:22. > :43:30.the back end into turn three. He tries to go with it, he goes to the

:43:31. > :43:33.barrier. He clipped the inside, that is just a concentration issue. A

:43:34. > :43:37.bright young talent. At the moment he has lost his way. He has got to

:43:38. > :43:48.get on top of that, he will never find his way into a top team with

:43:49. > :43:51.performances like that. He was lucky to get a seat, all sorts of other

:43:52. > :43:55.rumours. If he keeps on going this way the will no doubt he will be

:43:56. > :43:56.around next season. Let's get a closer look at the

:43:57. > :44:10.track. A great Grand Prix circuit, one of

:44:11. > :44:16.the true classics. We are on the middle of an island and we have got

:44:17. > :44:21.an opportunity to talk to a man who had a spectacular victory here in

:44:22. > :44:27.2011. He is in the middle of his UK press conference was another racing

:44:28. > :44:31.driver, team-mate, Kevin. Here we have Jenson Button. We will borrow

:44:32. > :44:45.him from his UK media. I have to take him with us. We would like to

:44:46. > :44:58.take you on a journey on the racetrack. We want to relive those

:44:59. > :45:11.magic moments. You are really quick. Going to head to turn six 's. It is

:45:12. > :45:26.so tight. I love it. Not sure what it is going to be like this year. I

:45:27. > :45:35.you all right? You nearly killed me, you not. It has better brakes than

:45:36. > :45:38.my race car. This was the greatest win you in a Grand Prix? It is one

:45:39. > :45:45.of those races where you feel everything is going wrong. Then you

:45:46. > :45:52.think, why am I continuing? You have got to stay strong because it can

:45:53. > :45:55.turn good again. Jenson Button driving for his life, driving for

:45:56. > :46:01.the victory. Has Vettel got what it takes to hold him off? On the way in

:46:02. > :46:09.here, Vettel just put the wheel on the white line and got oversteer. He

:46:10. > :46:17.turned into late. I took the lead here. I watch the footage of my dad

:46:18. > :46:23.and my girlfriend. Leaping in the air and going crazy when it happens.

:46:24. > :46:28.That means a lot to me. You have always had the sixth sense that

:46:29. > :46:37.allows you to make the right choice on tyres. Is that what will happen

:46:38. > :46:44.this weekend? Definitely. As you know, Formula One is a competitive

:46:45. > :46:49.as Miss and if you are not quite on it or don't have the parts for this

:46:50. > :46:54.type of circuit, it will not happen. We do need mixed conditions to get a

:46:55. > :46:58.special result this weekend. But I am not sure it is going to be wet.

:46:59. > :47:04.You don't work for the Canadian tourist board. But we genuinely love

:47:05. > :47:13.coming to this venue. Why is it so special? We arrived here in the

:47:14. > :47:18.body. Not a lot of run-up. We come here at 160 miles an hour. That is

:47:19. > :47:23.what we love about a street circuit like Montreal, if you make a

:47:24. > :47:31.mistake, you are penalised. That is what racing used to be like. Thank

:47:32. > :47:38.you for your time and thanks for nearly killing me in the golf ugly.

:47:39. > :47:57.What was that. -- golf buggy. U2 are absolutely lethal together.

:47:58. > :48:01.He broke it, not me. Lots of people talking about Jenson Button. He

:48:02. > :48:08.looks like he really wants to stay here, where do you see him next

:48:09. > :48:13.year? He is at eight crossroads. Has he the motivation is staying in a

:48:14. > :48:19.team that doesn't have the ability to win another world championship or

:48:20. > :48:23.him? It is a big call for him, does he want to sit around, make some

:48:24. > :48:29.money and be a big contributor to the paddock that he wants to see

:48:30. > :48:33.where his life goes to after this. A lot of fans will be hoping he stays

:48:34. > :48:40.here. Let's look at the track, is it different to drive this track in

:48:41. > :48:43.these cars, we saw a few close calls with the wall of champions last

:48:44. > :48:50.year? We are on board with Lewis Hamilton. The way they drive these

:48:51. > :48:59.how calm the drive is. Not a lot of how calm the drive is. Not a lot of

:49:00. > :49:06.power they have with the hybrid, small locked up in turn six, through

:49:07. > :49:11.seven. Because there is so much hybrid power available they have to

:49:12. > :49:16.be careful with the acceleration so they cannot risk the car sideways.

:49:17. > :49:22.That Mercedes is supreme when it gets on the top of the kerbs. He

:49:23. > :49:22.That Mercedes is supreme when it runs into the hairpin. Look at the

:49:23. > :49:25.crowd. Everywhere you look runs into the hairpin. Look at the

:49:26. > :49:31.grandstands looking down. You have the sense of putting on the

:49:32. > :49:36.performance. You come out of ten and you want

:49:37. > :49:40.performance. You come out of ten and 200 miles an hour. When you approach

:49:41. > :49:44.the last chicane, don't stare too much at your breaking point. Pick a

:49:45. > :49:52.the last chicane, don't stare too point and react to it, sweet on the

:49:53. > :50:02.right, tight on the left. This is a circuit he has won

:50:03. > :50:05.right, tight on the left. This is a You had better own the commentary

:50:06. > :50:14.box. I you have got to go. Do you think there is more to come from

:50:15. > :50:22.Mercedes? There is talk of another level to go to in this qualifying

:50:23. > :50:33.session? The great vine that feeds down information, -- grapevine. The

:50:34. > :50:37.engine they have another mode. They can switch up another notch and it

:50:38. > :50:41.must be bad news for every team. Will it go to the other teams, will

:50:42. > :50:48.it be in Williams, go to Force India? I do not know, but my guess

:50:49. > :50:53.is not yet. Reliability is the aspect, scoring points week after

:50:54. > :50:58.week, that is the key. Some of the teams will be wondering when they

:50:59. > :51:04.set up a qualifying. I can see Christian Horner over here. Hello.

:51:05. > :51:08.How are you? I noticed you are joining us on the pit wall this

:51:09. > :51:15.weekend. Looks like you are having a couple of problems? We had a few

:51:16. > :51:23.issues, just trying to go quick in a straight line. We are working on

:51:24. > :51:32.that. We heard words like an acceptable describing the Renault

:51:33. > :51:35.engine. Do you not think it is a bit too open and public to criticise

:51:36. > :51:43.them like that? He never minces his words. The situation we are in at

:51:44. > :51:46.the moment is not great. We believe in Renault, we have won a lot of

:51:47. > :51:51.races with them. They are working tremendously hard. Take nothing away

:51:52. > :51:56.from Mercedes, they have done an unbelievable job. The job for

:51:57. > :52:02.Renault and Ferrari is to close the gap down and we are doing our best

:52:03. > :52:08.to support them. In Monaco, you scratching your head. You had a

:52:09. > :52:22.meeting with Renault, what happened at that meeting? What ever was being

:52:23. > :52:24.drawn came to a rapid end. It is a continual development. We had a good

:52:25. > :52:29.run in Monaco and it was the first time we got close to Mercedes. This

:52:30. > :52:34.is one of the toughest weekends of the year for us because of the

:52:35. > :52:38.layout. When we get to Austria and Silverstone, hopefully we can move

:52:39. > :52:45.closer. This is a track where you can overtake but it is not the be

:52:46. > :52:50.all and end all. Where would you be happy with? If we got a car on the

:52:51. > :52:56.third row, it would be a good results. Mercedes is running

:52:57. > :53:06.quickly, curare have made a step up this weekend as well. Lewis and Nico

:53:07. > :53:11.battle, it will be close. You talked about the drivers and you have your

:53:12. > :53:17.own concerns, did you ever envisage a situation where Ricciardo would so

:53:18. > :53:23.dominant compared to Vettel. This must be a surprise but also a

:53:24. > :53:28.concern? It is a great surprise, we knew Daniel was quick, but we

:53:29. > :53:32.weren't sure how quick. He has done an amazing job and is getting

:53:33. > :53:38.stronger. Vettel has had a lot of bad luck in the last couple of

:53:39. > :53:44.races. He is now finding his feet with the car and hopefully this will

:53:45. > :53:48.be a problem free weekend for him. It is not evident to us yet, I hope

:53:49. > :53:53.your prediction is right, but it is not obvious? It will be a tough

:53:54. > :53:59.weekend for us but Vettel seemed happy with the car this weekend. It

:54:00. > :54:04.is great they are pushing each other, getting on well. Two drivers

:54:05. > :54:08.talking to each other, which is great. Working together to try to

:54:09. > :54:14.improve the car and get close to Mercedes. We know you have car

:54:15. > :54:20.issues but these temperatures are playing havoc with everybody, what

:54:21. > :54:25.are you finding with the tyres? They are reasonably predictable at the

:54:26. > :54:27.moment. It is more about tomorrow. The soft tyre will be the tie in

:54:28. > :54:33.qualifying but tomorrow that tyre in these temperatures could be in

:54:34. > :54:40.trouble. With a bit of fuel saving that could make an interesting race.

:54:41. > :54:42.I think it is going to be an interesting qualifying session. Have

:54:43. > :54:47.you got a tip for us for pole position? You don't need to be

:54:48. > :54:54.Einstein to work out that it will be a Mercedes front row. My guess is

:54:55. > :55:02.Massa will qualify third. Not long to find out now. Tom and Leah in the

:55:03. > :55:29.pit lane. -- Tom and Lee McKenzie. circuit is a popular grand prix

:55:30. > :55:33.venue and looks resplendent in the sunshine as we prepare for

:55:34. > :55:37.qualifying. Having raced in Spain and Monaco in recent weeks, the

:55:38. > :55:43.European flavour remains as we come to French speaking Quebec. Well the

:55:44. > :55:49.barriers in places are as unforgiving as Monaco, speeds are

:55:50. > :55:53.higher. The accents are on subtle suspension to get over the kerbs and

:55:54. > :55:57.lots of power. The Mercedes team have dominated the season so far and

:55:58. > :56:03.everything here suits them down to the ground. Once again it is the

:56:04. > :56:07.rivalry between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But there is the question

:56:08. > :56:12.as to whether they can make the most of the supposedly faster super soft

:56:13. > :56:17.tyre. That is what we will have Ducey in terms of tax extra work

:56:18. > :56:21.nullifying. Massa split the two Mercedes this morning in his

:56:22. > :56:31.Williams. Second-fastest. Fourth fastest was Alonso. Curare have

:56:32. > :56:37.progressed. They have grades and it seems to be working. -- Ferrari. We

:56:38. > :56:42.have not seen a curare on a front row for a long time. But getting

:56:43. > :56:45.onto the second row has been tough. Alonso has managed it just once this

:56:46. > :56:51.season so far. Lewis Hamilton getting ready to climb above the

:56:52. > :56:54.car. What we know is Esteban Gutierrez will not be taking part as

:56:55. > :57:00.a result of the accident he suffered in final practice this morning. We

:57:01. > :57:04.will lose just buy rather than the normal six cars from the initial

:57:05. > :57:08.part of qualifying. The crowds turning up in their thousands in

:57:09. > :57:13.Canada. We have had there will be another ten year deal here and I

:57:14. > :57:20.think fans will love it. It is one of the most popular venues on the

:57:21. > :57:24.calendar? After the back of Monaco, you throw in a bit of Monte Carlo

:57:25. > :57:30.and do it at over 200 miles an hour, which is what they do regularly

:57:31. > :57:36.here. That is when a racing car comes alive. Anything over 100 miles

:57:37. > :57:42.an hour get your attention. When you get the braking zones, it has high

:57:43. > :57:49.downforce, and it is similar to Barcelona. With DRF and the

:57:50. > :57:57.reduction we have seen, they don't have the spread of tiny wings for

:57:58. > :58:10.the high-speed circuit and then a barn door when you go around Monte

:58:11. > :58:14.Carlo. Lots of Ferrari fans. Jenson Button has had a good record, but

:58:15. > :58:17.Lewis Hamilton with the three wins he has had in the past, three pole

:58:18. > :58:23.positions, it will be hard to beat him. His first-ever victory came

:58:24. > :58:26.here in Canada. Alonso is third in the championship and Ferrari third

:58:27. > :58:27.in the construct this championship. Force India keeping an eye on

:58:28. > :58:30.McLaren and Williams. They are on the same number of points, 52 points

:58:31. > :58:37.currently. Williams looked stronger this morning. What is important this

:58:38. > :58:43.afternoon and really important is the chequered flag. But McLaren are

:58:44. > :58:47.in trouble around this Canadian race track. Force India, on a fraction of

:58:48. > :58:54.the budget share some of technology with McLaren. They have

:58:55. > :58:58.bought back ends and access to the wind tunnel and the simulated down

:58:59. > :59:04.at McLaren. So it does show there is trading of information, of course

:59:05. > :59:07.for a small fee. But it must hurt when McLaren are doing that with

:59:08. > :59:14.Force India and then Force India go out and do a better job. There is a

:59:15. > :59:19.banner referring back to Monaco. That is what somebody thinks. Going

:59:20. > :59:23.back to the qualifying situation at the last race. But from what we have

:59:24. > :59:28.heard, they have put that behind them. Perez drives for Force India

:59:29. > :59:31.and qualified well in Bahrain this year. Qualified fourth and finished

:59:32. > :59:40.third. Ricciardo for Red year. Qualified fourth and finished

:59:41. > :59:43.been impressive. Two front row starts, managed to split Mercedes on

:59:44. > :59:49.occasions. Has been in the top ten at Q3 in every event. Only his third

:59:50. > :59:53.full season in Formula One but his first in a top team. He is relishing

:59:54. > :00:00.the opportunity to be in a quick car. They are taking a casual

:00:01. > :00:06.approach. All of the guys jumping in with only a second to go to the

:00:07. > :00:10.green light. That will not -- that man will not take part after what

:00:11. > :00:18.was a silly spin. It is so dusty, man will not take part after what

:00:19. > :00:21.wall. Let's get to Tom Clarkson. What are your thoughts going into

:00:22. > :00:34.this session and do you have any ideas as to target times?

:00:35. > :00:44.Gutierrez not taking part will take the pressure off the middle. We are

:00:45. > :00:46.looking at 1:17 .6. We will see how that stacks up.

:00:47. > :00:51.looking at 1:17 .6. tractors change. Sometimes that time

:00:52. > :00:56.can vary. We have had a few support race qualifying sessions going on

:00:57. > :01:03.since they were out this morning. There's the other stands up at the

:01:04. > :01:10.end of the session. Valtteri Bottas is on the track. Felipe Massa was

:01:11. > :01:16.second. Both the cars we have seen, Ericsson has gone straight out.

:01:17. > :01:21.Ericsson has gone straight out on the super-soft tyre. The yellow wall

:01:22. > :01:26.tyre is the soft tyre. Slightly confusing. Just to remind everybody,

:01:27. > :01:31.the super-soft is the more grippy tyre, though you will probably use

:01:32. > :01:36.for the quicker lap in qualifying. Mercedes didn't this morning. The

:01:37. > :01:40.soft tyre is the harder of the two compounds of choice.

:01:41. > :01:45.Quite interesting as well, with qualifying three, not being the tyre

:01:46. > :01:48.you have to start the Grand Prix on, be interesting to see whether the

:01:49. > :01:58.teams that have the confidence to get through that session may choose

:01:59. > :02:03.to qualify on the yellow mark tyre. And use at the super-soft tyres in

:02:04. > :02:06.Q3 which they can then give back. Very interesting to see if there are

:02:07. > :02:10.different strategies. I don't think there will be too many different

:02:11. > :02:14.strategies in this part. Quite a few teams will try and go through on the

:02:15. > :02:17.yellow tyre. Let's start of the action, Valtteri Bottas who

:02:18. > :02:22.qualified third in as damp conditions, you spoke to him earlier

:02:23. > :02:27.today. He is going on the attack. Talk is around a little bit as he is

:02:28. > :02:28.coming through the exit of turn to. It is a gentle radius, you

:02:29. > :02:34.coming through the exit of turn to. quite get the car straightened up.

:02:35. > :02:50.Up against the war, return fire. -- up against the wall. Much nicer to

:02:51. > :02:55.hit metal and concrete, they have put a barrier. As you went down to

:02:56. > :02:59.the braking zone under the bridge, under the bridge it is partially

:03:00. > :03:05.dry. Out of the second part of the chicane for stop you have this

:03:06. > :03:09.constant radius round to the left, straight in the car into this iconic

:03:10. > :03:13.hairpin, Nigel Mansell grinding to a halt on a last lap was leading with

:03:14. > :03:17.Williams, Nelson Piquet went on to win that Grand Prix. In a press

:03:18. > :03:19.conference and member he reintroduced himself to anybody

:03:20. > :03:24.because it was so long he had been out one. You take your time,

:03:25. > :03:29.enjoying the scenery as you go down the long, back straight. Over 200

:03:30. > :03:32.miles an hour, attack the kerbs at the last chicane. We will seize on

:03:33. > :03:37.people running straight towards the line later in qualifying, because it

:03:38. > :03:42.is the shortest distance. The normal line, doing a couple of laps on this

:03:43. > :03:45.one, is to pick the path of least resistance and have the car straight

:03:46. > :03:52.as possible in the braking zones. 16 cars and trucks already. There

:03:53. > :04:07.could be traffic. That initial lap, not that fast. We were seeing 1:15s

:04:08. > :04:23.this morning. Tim Butcher has come up. -- track temperature. He ended

:04:24. > :04:26.up 12th quickest. Let's see whether McLaren have been able to come up

:04:27. > :04:35.with some solutions during the intervening break. Felipe Massa has

:04:36. > :04:39.gone slightly quicker. Just to remind everybody, not the six cars

:04:40. > :04:51.with beauty not taking the start of the session. -- Gutierrez. He locks

:04:52. > :04:53.that left front, just getting into the apex. Now it is

:04:54. > :04:56.that left front, just getting into getting the power out of the exit of

:04:57. > :05:03.turn to. The back end of the cart moving a little bit, keeping it

:05:04. > :05:09.under control. -- of the car. There is no coming off the break for

:05:10. > :05:14.stop the tyre not looking. Smoke coming out.

:05:15. > :05:21.It could be some rubber or something being deposited in there.

:05:22. > :05:27.That was an unusual sight. Nico Hulkenberg on his first run across

:05:28. > :05:32.the line. There are two Williams cars up there at the moment.

:05:33. > :05:41.Maldonado, fourth in the latest. Watch out for Jean-Eric Vergne and

:05:42. > :05:51.Daniel Kvyat -- Daniil Kvyat. They see what they can do. Rosberg hits

:05:52. > :05:57.the speed trap, goes over the line. Let's see what this initial lap is

:05:58. > :06:02.from him. He goes fastest on the soft tyre. The harder of the two

:06:03. > :06:09.compounds. It is competitive. It did 1:16 .1. Let's see what Lewis

:06:10. > :06:14.Hamilton has been doing. The braking zone locks up inside

:06:15. > :06:17.left, decides to go straight over. Not happy with the temperature he

:06:18. > :06:22.has got on the tyre. He will now have the added problem of having

:06:23. > :06:27.picked up that Dustin and the run-off area. Cobia she thinks it is

:06:28. > :06:37.good enough for Lewis Hamilton -- Kobayashi. It was Kimi Raikonnen.

:06:38. > :06:42.You can see where he ran over the dirt. At this part of qualifying

:06:43. > :06:49.they have had a support race out in between practice and what we are

:06:50. > :06:52.seeing now, it was a selection of some of the ugliest looking

:06:53. > :06:56.mismatched touring cars I have ever seen. Expect a bit of oil and dust

:06:57. > :07:00.and dirt to be out there. Jenson Button comes out of the last

:07:01. > :07:03.corner. His team-mate has gone fourth fastest. Let's see what

:07:04. > :07:08.Jenson Button does. Pretty evenly matched throughout the weekend. Just

:07:09. > :07:13.less than two tenths of a second between them. Magnussen doing well.

:07:14. > :07:16.It is his first visit but he has matched Jenson Button throughout.

:07:17. > :07:21.He just needs to be holding a small white, stroking the back of his

:07:22. > :07:28.neck. -- small white cat. Hamilton just

:07:29. > :07:35.gone fastest in the middle sector of anybody. A bit slower than Rosberg.

:07:36. > :07:40.Catching up to the other car there. Daniil Kvyat. Quarter pretty well at

:07:41. > :07:50.the end of the laps, shouldn't affect on too much. -- caught it

:07:51. > :07:54.pretty well. We saw the Force India just in front

:07:55. > :08:00.of Hamilton of Daniil Kvyat locking up. You can hear the slight

:08:01. > :08:03.screeching from the tyre. I was standing at the last chicane when a

:08:04. > :08:12.car locked up this morning, I have never heard such a high-pitched wail

:08:13. > :08:16.in my life. It really strikes me how much noise we are getting from the

:08:17. > :08:21.tyres. RADIO: I am not sure if you can hear us, we cannot take you.

:08:22. > :08:26.Radio problems and Mercedes. Rosberg has gone quickest festival in the

:08:27. > :08:34.first sector, not quite as quick as Hamilton in the middle sector. We

:08:35. > :08:42.are watching Rominger Grazia on -- Romain Grosjean.

:08:43. > :08:49.A quick lap, just a fraction slower than his team-mate there. Alonso is

:08:50. > :08:54.currently seventh. Interesting to see the difference of

:08:55. > :08:58.the drivers in each of the sectors. Very different challenges, the

:08:59. > :09:08.middle part of the lap is a lot more engaged. Nico Rosberg said he had to

:09:09. > :09:13.work, relative to lose coming into this weekend. Even though he is

:09:14. > :09:17.early in the session, he will be able to be quick in that last sector

:09:18. > :09:23.for stop Kimi Raikonnen has been consistently quicker in that last

:09:24. > :09:26.sector. And his team-mate, Fernando Alonso. I may be the decider in

:09:27. > :09:30.overall performance between these two. They have been quite evenly

:09:31. > :09:37.matched this weekend. A little trip across the grass for

:09:38. > :09:40.Romain Grosjean. He doesn't have to go over Iraq have. If he follows it

:09:41. > :09:46.down to the end of the yellow cab he can rejoin the circuit. Either he

:09:47. > :09:57.doesn't know that he decides to take out a mistake on the inside of his

:09:58. > :10:03.car. That is not a problem for him, Rob on ice, probably born on an icy

:10:04. > :10:06.floor. Pretty amazing recovery. Hamilton is no better lap, I think

:10:07. > :10:14.we will see him go even quicker a moment. Ricciardo goes sixth fastest

:10:15. > :10:17.with that. Remember we were thinking about 1:17 .6. The tyres might be

:10:18. > :10:23.slightly slower than this morning. It may end up slightly slower

:10:24. > :10:24.cut-off time. Let's see what Hamilton does as he comes across the

:10:25. > :10:29.line. It looks Hamilton does as he comes across the

:10:30. > :10:32.for stop 1:15 .7, just a fraction of what he did this morning. Maybe the

:10:33. > :10:49.track hasn't slowed down much. There what he did this morning. Maybe the

:10:50. > :10:51.Jenson Button. Last year he took his first win in North America in

:10:52. > :10:58.Canada. Red first win in North America in

:10:59. > :11:01.straight-line speed compared to the Mercedes engined cars. That, my

:11:02. > :11:12.dizzy on why you should put your wings. -- that compromises on where

:11:13. > :11:13.you should put your wings. You compromise your overall package. If

:11:14. > :11:19.you don't have a straight compromise your overall package. If

:11:20. > :11:22.speed, you go slow in the corners. They know it is a compromise right

:11:23. > :11:26.now as they work with the engine partner. We just had confirmation

:11:27. > :11:32.Nico Rosberg did indeed have radio problems in our first part of

:11:33. > :11:36.qualifying. -- in that first part of qualifying.

:11:37. > :11:39.Tom, you have got some news on Alonso.

:11:40. > :11:44.It is low for everybody but I will be interested to see what he says to

:11:45. > :11:48.his race engineer as he is pushed back. I think Ferrari will be

:11:49. > :11:52.disappointed with their pace, 10th and 12th. I caught up with Fernando

:11:53. > :11:55.an hour before the start of the session. He was saying we have got a

:11:56. > :11:58.new floor, a new element to the front wing, we are still not

:11:59. > :12:02.absolutely sure which of these parts we will run for qualifying. Still a

:12:03. > :12:06.little bit unsure about the performance. They are seeing some

:12:07. > :12:08.gains. Most of that is coming from under the bonnet, engine

:12:09. > :12:12.modifications will stop they are still not quite sure about the error

:12:13. > :12:17.dynamic modifications and that is being reflected in the lap times.

:12:18. > :12:20.This can be a track that isn't always a great ground for upgrades

:12:21. > :12:24.because of the nature of the track surface. You can see how great the

:12:25. > :12:28.tarmac is, it is an old service. It may well be part of the developing

:12:29. > :12:31.package by the time you get to Austria, the next Grand Prix, the

:12:32. > :12:36.classic racetrack that will reap the benefits.

:12:37. > :12:39.Daniel Ricciardo on a lap at the moment. One of the most encouraging

:12:40. > :12:48.is Jenson Button. He was struggling this morning in 16. That is

:12:49. > :12:52.definitely an improvement. Daniel Ricciardo, just edging out towards

:12:53. > :12:58.the wall, the final corner. RADIO: still pretty similar to the morning.

:12:59. > :13:03.Still trying to find it a bit. Took a while to warm up.

:13:04. > :13:09.Sixth fastest at the moment, a slight improvement in time, but only

:13:10. > :13:15.by a few hundreds of a second. The bottom five at the moment, we have

:13:16. > :13:22.Bianchi, Pastor Maldonado, Daniil Kvyat, Marcus Ericsson and

:13:23. > :13:25.Kobayashi. No great surprises. It is five that we will lose because

:13:26. > :13:29.Gutierrez crashed out this morning and is not playing any further part

:13:30. > :13:32.in qualifying but he will get to start tomorrow but it will be from

:13:33. > :13:38.the pit lane. Of the Marussia cars and the Caterhams cars, we have got

:13:39. > :13:40.all four of them and we also have the latest of Maldonado as we go on

:13:41. > :13:52.board with Sergio Perez. This is the route five, high-speed,

:13:53. > :13:55.into the braking zone at the sixth. The second longest rate on the

:13:56. > :13:59.second longest rate, circuit. Gently curves all the way, looking to break

:14:00. > :14:04.just under the bridge. He puts the wheel on the grass. We have seen

:14:05. > :14:07.that happen at free practice a lot. We have seen several people at that

:14:08. > :14:13.exact same corner, a classic mistake. Part of the issue is they

:14:14. > :14:16.never really get the car in a straight line as they approach the

:14:17. > :14:22.braking zone. They have this constant drift over. If you take

:14:23. > :14:40.your eye, just of the width of the car, you get sucked into that. Max

:14:41. > :14:44.Chilton is currently in the top 16. He was right on the white line, but

:14:45. > :14:53.enough to pick up the dust. It goes fast. It does indeed. The way the

:14:54. > :14:59.braking system is set up, different to what we have seen in the past.

:15:00. > :15:06.Vettel with a huge lock up. Bails out of that and then cuts across the

:15:07. > :15:10.chicane. I don't think we will see much more from Rosberg Ann Hamilton.

:15:11. > :15:17.And Massa and Bottas will also stay in the pits. Bind them is a bigger

:15:18. > :15:23.gap and people are coming back out once again. We seek Kvyat is in the

:15:24. > :15:31.lower group. He has got a bit of work to do. Vergne is in ninth. Max

:15:32. > :15:36.Chilton still in the top 16. A lot of teams switching to the super soft

:15:37. > :15:42.tyre. More than I thought from this morning. It is Williams and Mercedes

:15:43. > :15:47.who feel confident enough to go through on the harder of the two

:15:48. > :15:53.tyres. Red Bull might thinking about it as well. Raikkonen is going on

:15:54. > :15:59.the super soft tyre. It is unleashing different levels of

:16:00. > :16:04.performance. It depends on how you get a compound working on the

:16:05. > :16:12.surface. Kevin Magnussen is happy on the super soft tyre. Jean-Eric

:16:13. > :16:25.Vergne was very quick here last year. Kvyat has gone six. TEAM

:16:26. > :16:35.RADIO: Sebastien, we're not going again. Sebastian Vettel is not going

:16:36. > :16:43.again and he has not used the softer tyre. Maldonado is the one down in

:16:44. > :16:50.the drop zone will stop Max Chilton has been pushed into the drop zone.

:16:51. > :16:57.Bianchi is there, Kobayashi and Ericsson. Problem the Maldonado.

:16:58. > :17:05.Again. Every session except one, he has gone out in Q1, whether it has

:17:06. > :17:10.been an accident, a problem with the car or a lack of pace. The only time

:17:11. > :17:14.he got into Q2 was in Monaco and then he did not get to start the

:17:15. > :17:22.race. It does not get any better for Pastor Maldonado. It is turn three.

:17:23. > :17:30.He has sensibly let the car coast. Yellow flags will not be put out. It

:17:31. > :17:34.looks like we have got the top group of teams and drivers by the looks of

:17:35. > :17:43.things. Maldonado will not improve and that protects Perez. Can Perez

:17:44. > :17:48.go any quicker? We have an accident for Marcus Ericsson who has hit the

:17:49. > :17:51.wall in the caterer. Ericsson was slowest of all the runners so far

:17:52. > :17:58.and it looks like he has crashed. The red flag is out at turn nine, is

:17:59. > :18:08.it David? Yes, as you exit turn on line he has lost the car. Has a car

:18:09. > :18:19.in front of him. He gets over the kerb. The annoying thing is, he

:18:20. > :18:24.wasn't even trying for a time lapse. He was unsighted by the cars in the

:18:25. > :18:33.front. As he cuts back, the momentum swings him round. Any other day if

:18:34. > :18:41.he had hit that with the side of the wheel, he would have got away with

:18:42. > :18:48.it, but he catches it at an awkward angle. The carbon fibre shatters as

:18:49. > :18:50.a result. Let's look at the camera mounted in the wall. I have made a

:18:51. > :18:54.lot of mistakes in my career, but I think that was down to

:18:55. > :18:58.concentration. It did not look to me he was expecting to benefit from the

:18:59. > :19:03.cars in front with the slipstream down into ten. The impact was on

:19:04. > :19:09.bass heavy by the time it hit the wall and it has given the fans

:19:10. > :19:11.something to enjoy. The first heart of qualifying has ended under red

:19:12. > :19:19.flag conditions. We know who no longer is playing a part. After the

:19:20. > :19:27.delights of Monaco it is back to reality the Marussia. Max Chilton

:19:28. > :19:34.will be pleased with that, bearing in mind Bianchi was the star in

:19:35. > :19:35.Monaco. It is important to bounce back. All of the focus and

:19:36. > :19:39.Chilton has has an amazing run. He Chilton has has an amazing run. He

:19:40. > :19:43.has lack some of the Speedo Y and that is something he needs to start

:19:44. > :19:49.showing, especially in the second half of the year. -- speed of

:19:50. > :19:59.Bianchi. half of the year. -- speed of

:20:00. > :20:04.and he recognised that. I would suspect it is a fairly similar to

:20:05. > :20:10.something he has had in the past. He did not fight it, he just looked for

:20:11. > :20:18.a position to drive. Marussia might not have made it through but Max

:20:19. > :20:22.Chilton was not far of Perez. Marussia might have not made it

:20:23. > :20:29.through but it is an impressive performance by them and they will be

:20:30. > :20:35.pleased. Maldonado, Chilton, Kobayashi and after Gutierrez failed

:20:36. > :20:41.to get out at all after his crash this morning. Eddie and I came down

:20:42. > :20:47.to Marussia in case a minor miracle happened. Max wasn't far off there?

:20:48. > :20:54.Maybe we put the jinx on him. Not sure people expect that. What I am

:20:55. > :21:01.impressed with is the distance between him and Perez. I cannot be

:21:02. > :21:04.sure but I think it is less than a 10th of a second. It shows

:21:05. > :21:08.remarkable improvement and the confidence they got as a result of

:21:09. > :21:16.Monaco. That will grow. You won't see it, it will just be there. It

:21:17. > :21:22.was a big triumph for them. It will be a huge

:21:23. > :21:25.was a big triumph for them. It will for them. They are always looking,

:21:26. > :21:28.at for them. They are always looking,

:21:29. > :21:33.maybe they can look at Sauber and further down the road, perhaps Toro

:21:34. > :21:40.Rosso. They have made a move forward. Sauber have been

:21:41. > :21:42.Rosso. They have made a move Nothing has gone right to them. They

:21:43. > :21:43.will have to call into question, where they see their future because

:21:44. > :21:52.having problems. Marcus Ericsson with this spin which David thought

:21:53. > :21:58.was a with this spin which David thought

:21:59. > :22:03.perhaps? It looks like that, David should know. As he pointed out, he

:22:04. > :22:09.has had plenty of them little shunts himself. We have all had them.

:22:10. > :22:13.Reality is, he is a young driver but he is putting the team under

:22:14. > :22:17.pressure because they have got to repair the car for tomorrow for the

:22:18. > :22:22.race. That is the downside of taking a rookie. They make so many tiny

:22:23. > :22:28.little mistakes. Sometimes they get away with it, but this time they

:22:29. > :22:34.didn't. It puts pressure on the team and costs money. But hasn't he done

:22:35. > :22:38.well this year considering he is at circuit he has not raced at and put

:22:39. > :22:48.in a good show this season? I think he has. Every driver here is

:22:49. > :22:59.world-class. There is only 24 of them in the world and they are the

:23:00. > :23:07.best, generally. He is a quality driver and will be a good driver.

:23:08. > :23:09.But you need to keep as many of those little things off it and

:23:10. > :23:11.making unforced error 's, that is the point. There is no way back for

:23:12. > :23:12.him now. We saw Perez picked up Greece and dust off the white line

:23:13. > :23:22.and spin. He is a seasoned professional. It just shows you. He

:23:23. > :23:32.would just touch the white line. He is gone. In actual fact, he does

:23:33. > :23:36.touch the grass. We saw Sebastian Vettel did not use the super-soft,

:23:37. > :23:43.but no big surprises at the front but we did see Magnusson up there

:23:44. > :23:46.with a hot lap? People are getting twitchy because they can see

:23:47. > :23:53.Marussia are getting closer to the next qualifying session. As a result

:23:54. > :23:57.times are closer so they have to put on the very soft tyre. The

:23:58. > :24:02.temperature is dropping, it is cooler than it was an hour ago. He

:24:03. > :24:13.is Q2 so let's see what happens. Jean hast, the man bringing the USA

:24:14. > :24:20.into Formula One. But has told everyone it is not going to be next

:24:21. > :24:23.year. He confirmed this week it won't be until 2016 now. But it will

:24:24. > :24:31.be run from the United States. It is an ambitious project, David? It is,

:24:32. > :24:37.and the man he was signing with, was the Jaguar Formula One team when

:24:38. > :24:42.Eddie Irvine and Niki Lauda were part of the organisation. He was

:24:43. > :24:46.part of the early Red Bull team. He was politely asked to move on to

:24:47. > :24:55.pastures new. He has found his feet in America. It is interesting to

:24:56. > :25:00.see, he is leading the technical charge and their attempt to come

:25:01. > :25:04.into Formula One in 2016. Beautiful view. The rowing lake on the

:25:05. > :25:10.right-hand side of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. With a huge

:25:11. > :25:14.investment in June to be brought in now they have announced this new

:25:15. > :25:24.deal, 35mm all is of investments armpits and paddock facilities. --

:25:25. > :25:30.$35 million. It is great news this will be continuing. The cars are out

:25:31. > :25:36.on circuit. We have Bottas, we have had Hulkenberg and Sutil coming out.

:25:37. > :25:41.The grandstand is full on what is a qualifying day. Let's get some more

:25:42. > :25:46.news from Tom. I have been up and down the paddock trying to grab some

:25:47. > :25:54.engineers and find out what they think you need to do to get into Q3.

:25:55. > :25:57.Kimi Raikkonen did 17.0 on the super-soft in Q1. But I have been

:25:58. > :26:04.told you have to do better than that to get into Q3. 16.7 is what they

:26:05. > :26:13.are aiming for. Let's see how they can get on with that. The fastest

:26:14. > :26:22.time by Hamilton was 15.5. In terms of time loss compared to previous

:26:23. > :26:24.years, it is probably not as much in Montreal because they have more

:26:25. > :26:27.horsepower. They are going faster in a straight line. Pole last year was

:26:28. > :26:35.in damp conditions when Sebastian Vettel took pole. So go back a

:26:36. > :26:47.couple of years for Vettel again, 113 when seven. There aren't as many

:26:48. > :26:56.turns and you get a higher top speed. It does show a trend with

:26:57. > :27:02.what the tyre supplier, various regulations being tightened up on

:27:03. > :27:09.the aerodynamic configuration of the car. Made up of 160 horsepower

:27:10. > :27:15.available from the battery packs and the rest coming ROM the internal

:27:16. > :27:25.combustion engine with help from a turbo. -- coming from. Hulkenberg

:27:26. > :27:32.has gone for an early run here. He is keeping of the grass where his

:27:33. > :27:37.team-mate, Perez spun. Correcting the car a little bit towards the

:27:38. > :27:42.hairpin. Best qualifying performance has been seventh Hulkenberg but has

:27:43. > :27:47.scored points in every race this year, along with Alonso and Rosberg.

:27:48. > :27:53.It is that consistency a team like Force India needs. They fought in

:27:54. > :27:58.the does championship and ahead of McLaren and Williams. They need to

:27:59. > :28:03.keep putting the pressure on the other teams. Looked good through the

:28:04. > :28:12.last corner, Nico Hulkenberg. Sutil has crossed the line on 18.0 will

:28:13. > :28:16.stop Hulkenberg has gone two tenths quicker than he went in the first

:28:17. > :28:22.part of qualifying. I think it is a pretty good lap. Massa, we are

:28:23. > :28:27.keeping an eye on. Second fastest this morning. Have Williams got any

:28:28. > :28:39.potential this weekend? He has been out of luck this year. Massa using

:28:40. > :28:47.the super-soft tyre which he used effectively this morning. Williams

:28:48. > :28:53.seemed to be using it really well. Raikkonen, not a particularly quick

:28:54. > :28:58.lap yet. Behind him is Alonso. The gap is just about enough between

:28:59. > :29:02.them going into this part of the qualifying session. Let's keep an

:29:03. > :29:13.eye on Kimi Raikkonen and see what the behaviour of the Ferrari is

:29:14. > :29:17.like. Uses much of the right. He disappeared so close to the wall as

:29:18. > :29:24.he goes flat out through five. Straighten the car as best as you

:29:25. > :29:26.can. Not as much in seven because you accelerate onto the back

:29:27. > :29:33.straight and you don't want to unsettle the car. Time comparison

:29:34. > :29:39.between him and Alonso at the bottom of the screen. Not a huge gap.

:29:40. > :29:50.Alonso is fastest man of all in the first sector. Raikkonen is about a

:29:51. > :29:58.10th slower. In the second sector, Raikkonen is about a 10th down on

:29:59. > :30:03.Alonso. This could be down to slight configuration differences in

:30:04. > :30:17.downforce. But more likely he is just more comfortable coming from

:30:18. > :30:21.the brakes at 200 miles an hour. Very evenly matched times. Third and

:30:22. > :30:39.fourth at the moment. That is as close as you want to go

:30:40. > :30:44.to a concrete wall. Let's have a look at the camera in the wall.

:30:45. > :30:56.Almost took the camera with him. Raikkonen, being pushed down to

:30:57. > :30:59.fifth place. Hulkenberg has done a better lap. Force India showing a

:31:00. > :31:17.better term of qualifying pace than we expected. Daniel Kvyat looking

:31:18. > :31:19.at. -- Daniel Kvyat looking up. Several people have not done a lap

:31:20. > :31:38.yet, Sutil, Hamilton, Rosberg. sometimes it helps.

:31:39. > :31:42.Interesting feedback. His aspirations are to be fastest of

:31:43. > :31:47.all. In terms of giving the team 's confidence, where

:31:48. > :31:49.all. In terms of giving the team 's now, this is what they have, this is

:31:50. > :31:51.what we need to give you. Quite clearly he was happy with that

:31:52. > :31:55.balance. That allows you to clearly he was happy with that

:31:56. > :31:58.are the limiting factor, if anything, in overall performance.

:31:59. > :32:11.Hamilton runs the straight line. Sorry, Rosberg will stop --. That is

:32:12. > :32:13.his last run on that higher unless he is gay to do a cool lap to clean

:32:14. > :32:18.them up. He is not

:32:19. > :32:21.them up. Let's see what the lap time is

:32:22. > :32:26.like, whether this will be quicker than Felipe Massa.

:32:27. > :32:30.like, whether this will be quicker faster than both these guys. All of

:32:31. > :32:33.them are using the super soft tyre. We wondered whether Mercedes would

:32:34. > :32:41.do that. They still have the option of going onto the soft tyre. I

:32:42. > :32:45.wonder what they are going to do. Qualify as their fastest time is the

:32:46. > :32:50.wonder what they are going to do. They have an extra set of tyres if

:32:51. > :32:58.they make it through which they give back. They may well take the

:32:59. > :33:02.decision to get the best time in this session on the prime tyre.

:33:03. > :33:07.decision to get the best time in This is still amazing, to Williams

:33:08. > :33:11.ahead of the two Mercedes. For the first time this year, some else's

:33:12. > :33:15.quicker than the Mercedes. But there is a Mercedes strapped in

:33:16. > :33:18.the back of that Williams chassis. Felipe Massa was second quickest

:33:19. > :33:22.this morning, that time again came on the super soft tyre, the option

:33:23. > :33:27.tyre. Neither of the Mercedes cars were able to go faster on that tyre.

:33:28. > :33:34.Interesting times. Jenson Button had this little lock

:33:35. > :33:38.up. This is a bit more encouraging than earlier today. Magnussen is on

:33:39. > :33:43.a good lap. He has set the fastest first sector of anybody. It could be

:33:44. > :33:47.a good lap coming up for Kevin Magnussen.

:33:48. > :33:55.It does make you wonder as the X it's the hairpin, that corner is

:33:56. > :33:59.counted as corner 11, as you come down to the last two corners, 13 and

:34:00. > :34:06.14, well over 200 miles an hour. He has been very strong so far this

:34:07. > :34:13.weekend. Plenty of space there to the wall, it looks like he has got a

:34:14. > :34:17.bit in hand. He goes into the top ten. At the

:34:18. > :34:19.lower end. It pushes Jean-Eric Vergne out. Sebastian Vettel is in

:34:20. > :34:32.Hulkenberg seems to have an edge the drop zone.

:34:33. > :34:39.Hulkenberg seems to have an edge over Perez in this session

:34:40. > :34:41.currently. Alonso and Raikkonen, when they crossed the line together,

:34:42. > :34:46.I mentioned there wasn't much difference, and two tenths of a

:34:47. > :34:51.second. There are now one, two, three cars between Alonso and

:34:52. > :34:55.Raikkonen. That is how close it is. It is just hundreds of a second stop

:34:56. > :35:03.Alonso is fifth, Raikkonen is in tenth position. If you go from fifth

:35:04. > :35:06.place, down to 13th, you only have a couple of tenths of a second

:35:07. > :35:10.separating all those cars. Speed trap wise you are looking at

:35:11. > :35:15.the graphic at the top, Perez is fastest.

:35:16. > :35:26.All the Mercedes powered cars will stop --. The Renault engine cars

:35:27. > :35:32.have too one a little bit less downforce to try to get some spray

:35:33. > :35:40.line speed. -- straight-line speed. The chicken and egg situation. The

:35:41. > :35:44.reserve driver. Based on the performances of

:35:45. > :35:48.Gutierrez, he is itching to get behind wheel again.

:35:49. > :35:52.He will be itching to get behind the wheel, it is a strong rumour because

:35:53. > :35:57.of the money bringing to the team. Finance coming from Gutierrez as

:35:58. > :36:03.well. But they are having a difficult time, they have got no

:36:04. > :36:10.points on the board this season. Sergio Perez in the drop zone by a

:36:11. > :36:21.long way. Can he get into the low one: .16s? Picking the braking

:36:22. > :36:26.points on this crucial lap is always keen to be demanding. We have seen

:36:27. > :36:30.Perez qualify well this year. Let's see what he can do.

:36:31. > :36:36.There was a nice change of direction, confidence in a Force

:36:37. > :36:49.India car as he came off the. -- the kerb. He drifted the rear 374 stop

:36:50. > :36:55.that will have affected his speed. He is still taking big risks.

:36:56. > :37:01.Quickly, Tom. David was saying a lot of confidence

:37:02. > :37:05.from the car. I was wondering how much your confidence as a driver

:37:06. > :37:08.gets knocked after you have a high-speed spin. Would it take you a

:37:09. > :37:11.few laps to get back up to the level of confidence to nail qualifying

:37:12. > :37:15.lap? Probably about three or four races.

:37:16. > :37:22.But Perez is back on the white line in this next run. He has got a game

:37:23. > :37:25.plan, he is sticking to it. He knows he made a small error last time

:37:26. > :37:31.around. As he comes for the line, let's see where he is. Has he done

:37:32. > :37:33.enough? He has not. Still got another lap or two remaining four

:37:34. > :37:39.stop these tyres are not likely to hold on. Not looking good for him.

:37:40. > :37:46.On board with Adrian Sutil, surely it will be a struggle to get the

:37:47. > :37:51.Sauber anywhere near the top ten. Sauber are still struggling. He did

:37:52. > :37:59.manage to improve on his previous time.

:38:00. > :38:04.Sauber have yet to score points in this year 's championships. Marussia

:38:05. > :38:13.arrowhead of Sauber in the points. He would have thought that? -- are

:38:14. > :38:15.ahead. Nice team, well respected in the

:38:16. > :38:24.paddock. It is difficult after so many years to really understand what

:38:25. > :38:26.is the drive, is just to be there? You never really sense they are

:38:27. > :38:31.going to make that big signing in terms of an engineer or designer, it

:38:32. > :38:35.could well be the financial resources to do so. They have been

:38:36. > :38:39.in the sport long enough. Looking at the thermal camera on the

:38:40. > :38:49.car, is this anywhere near the top ten? It will be tough. No, not for

:38:50. > :38:53.him. Let us always knew this would be a difficult track for them. The

:38:54. > :38:56.car hasn't been particularly good in slow corners, unlike previous

:38:57. > :39:04.generation letters, the last couple of years, this year it hasn't quite

:39:05. > :39:10.got the grip it did. Let's see what the lap time is like. He is looking

:39:11. > :39:16.reasonably comfortable anyway. He now is ahead of the two Mercedes.

:39:17. > :39:23.Raikkonen, he improves, goes up to eighth. Slightly out of the danger

:39:24. > :39:28.zone for stop not by much. Three times pole winner is this guy in the

:39:29. > :39:35.drop zone. Just put in a great first sector.

:39:36. > :39:43.Nice and tidy 37 -- through seven. He has got traffic ahead. Grazia

:39:44. > :39:52.gets a little bit wide. -- said -- Romain Grosjean.

:39:53. > :39:57.Ricciardo has gone slightly quicker in the first sector. It is all about

:39:58. > :40:02.this last chicane. This should be enough to put him into the top ten.

:40:03. > :40:07.He has it that wall before but not on this occasion. Let's see if it is

:40:08. > :40:15.enough, yes, he moves up to fifth place. Ricciardo is on an even

:40:16. > :40:17.better lap. He could be moving up ahead of Sebastian Vettel again.

:40:18. > :40:22.Magnussen is in the drop zone, let's see what Jean-Eric Vergne can do,

:40:23. > :40:38.will he jump in now? Hulkenberg, Magnussen looking to improve.

:40:39. > :40:41.The chequered flag has gone. Will Hamilton finished the lap? Ricciardo

:40:42. > :40:47.goes faster Hamilton finished the lap? Ricciardo

:40:48. > :40:51.They are both safely through into the top ten for stop Alonso and

:40:52. > :40:55.Raikkonen. Everybody is on the super-soft tyres will stop no change

:40:56. > :41:04.in strategy for stop Rosberg has just gone fastest. What is Hamilton

:41:05. > :41:07.do? Faster. Mercedes back on top, as expected for stop didn't take long

:41:08. > :41:12.for them to gain half a second advantage over the Williams.

:41:13. > :41:16.Magnussen is out. Jenson Button has made it into the top ten. Kevin

:41:17. > :41:24.Magnussen hasn't quite managed to match his team-mate.

:41:25. > :41:38.Jarryd Roughead has made it, his team-mate, Daniil Kvyat hasn't.

:41:39. > :41:43.Neither of the Force India cars made it. Hulkenberg was squeezed down to

:41:44. > :41:48.11th in the air. They do have a good race car. We will be watching them

:41:49. > :41:51.tomorrow. An impressive long run on a Friday afternoon. Magnussen

:41:52. > :41:56.doesn't make it through this time. He is down in 12th position.

:41:57. > :42:02.Raikkonen in there in ninth. We are going to be in for a tremendous

:42:03. > :42:12.third qualifying session. A beautiful day here in Montreal to

:42:13. > :42:16.enjoy the final stages of qualifying which will be coming up pretty

:42:17. > :42:19.soon. We know who is in the top ten. We also know who has not made it

:42:20. > :42:34.through. They will line up 11th to through. They will line up 11th to

:42:35. > :42:37.Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, and the Sauber of

:42:38. > :42:47.Adrian Sutil. So, both the Force India boys out

:42:48. > :42:52.but no disgrace because they will be able to start on whatever time they

:42:53. > :42:56.want. They are looking strong. They are probably happy as anything

:42:57. > :42:59.for stop that is the situation, they can choose the tyres they want, see

:43:00. > :43:04.what the weather is likely to do. They have got a fantastic race car,

:43:05. > :43:05.we saw that in Monaco, Hulkenberg getting up to fifth. Steady, strong

:43:06. > :43:10.finishes. getting up to fifth. Steady, strong

:43:11. > :43:13.We came by the Williams lot because we thought they might be leading the

:43:14. > :43:23.session but we didn't stand. They are clearly

:43:24. > :43:31.fingers crossed, I would like Felipe Massa to get the second row. It then

:43:32. > :43:37.puts Christian, we want to know what he will do to make sure he can get

:43:38. > :43:45.onto the second row. We saw that Ericsson crash, he is

:43:46. > :43:47.talking to us. This is a pretty unforgiving

:43:48. > :43:52.circuit. Tell us what happened for stop I just lost the rear trying to

:43:53. > :43:56.push, a tough weekend for us, getting the grip from the tyres.

:43:57. > :44:03.Pushing the limit. You were pushing for a time? Definitely.

:44:04. > :44:10.Short and sweet. His first year. He is learning. Once you are in this

:44:11. > :44:16.you have got to play. A steep learning curve. He knows all

:44:17. > :44:19.about that. If you can take the positives out of something like

:44:20. > :44:22.today, and think about it, how he is going to eradicate this problem is

:44:23. > :44:25.going forward, give the team better chance to make improvements to the

:44:26. > :44:29.car rather than try and repair it, that is the key thing, he needs to

:44:30. > :44:34.be aware, summary in a team needs to put their arm around him and tell

:44:35. > :44:38.him what this has caused him, it shouldn't happen.

:44:39. > :44:40.Christian Horner is on the pit wall, we talked to him earlier. How do you

:44:41. > :44:48.feel the session is going first .

:44:49. > :44:53.They are lined up to buy two. That is about our optimum for stop pretty

:44:54. > :44:56.close with the Williams. Let's see what the next session brings will

:44:57. > :45:00.stop you surprised by the pace of the Williams?

:45:01. > :45:03.We saw yesterday there were very quick, got an efficient car on the

:45:04. > :45:09.straight. A lot of horsepower for stop doing a great job.

:45:10. > :45:11.We spoke earlier in the day, Daniel ahead of Sebastian, are you

:45:12. > :45:21.surprised? He is doing a brilliant job. He is

:45:22. > :45:26.just happy with the car at the moment. When you listen to their

:45:27. > :45:29.comments, you can hear, just not quite as happy on the corner edge as

:45:30. > :45:41.Daniel Cooke gets more out of the car. It is so important to get the

:45:42. > :45:48.clear track and get the timing right. We hear about traffic slowing

:45:49. > :45:55.your lap? Hulkenberg went out early in the last session. Did it work for

:45:56. > :45:59.them? I don't think it did. There is a lot to be said for waiting to see

:46:00. > :46:05.where everybody is and then picking your moment. There is a lull of two

:46:06. > :46:09.or three minutes and that is the time to go. My guess is, if it was

:46:10. > :46:15.my driver I would let things play out and see where we stand. We know

:46:16. > :46:19.we are in the top ten so let's maximise this and go for the

:46:20. > :46:26.ultimate and be patient. It did seem as though they were squeezing every

:46:27. > :46:31.last bit out of the car. Max came in and said it is a difficult track

:46:32. > :46:34.because you have not got great downforce and low grip. You cannot

:46:35. > :46:43.run wide because of the barriers, so it is a bit like Monaco? It is like

:46:44. > :46:47.Monaco but on a grander scale. The brakes play such an important fact.

:46:48. > :46:54.As the temperature rises it will be more problematic because they suffer

:46:55. > :46:58.and get used a lot. Do you think Lewis Hamilton will be in pole

:46:59. > :47:01.position? I think he has this in the bag and with a top three or top

:47:02. > :47:16.four. He here comes Q3. Jenson Button is in the top three

:47:17. > :47:19.shoot out. It's a question of who will be next up. Williams did get a

:47:20. > :47:24.car third on the grid here last year, but that was in the wet

:47:25. > :47:36.conditions. The conditions suited Bottas. Williams were third and

:47:37. > :47:40.fourth fastest in the last session. It has been great to see. We have

:47:41. > :47:46.been watching Bottas improving every year. Massa has always been a safe

:47:47. > :47:52.pair of hands. May have lacked the bit of a spark which would set him

:47:53. > :47:56.apart from being an Alonso. But he is well liked in the paddock. Massa

:47:57. > :48:05.looks like he has the upper hand so far. Tom, what have you got? Two

:48:06. > :48:07.qualifying sessions. What will happen at Mercedes between Hamilton

:48:08. > :48:18.and Rosberg and then what will happen behind. There was just half a

:48:19. > :48:23.second between the cars. I wonder if we will see the teams slipstreaming.

:48:24. > :48:30.It is something Ferrari used to do here. Little bit of a headwind going

:48:31. > :48:36.into the final chicane. So slipstreaming would be more

:48:37. > :48:44.effective. Usually when it has been tried, it quite often goes wrong.

:48:45. > :48:50.Difficulty in this part of qualifying is the amount of time

:48:51. > :48:56.available. If you want to do two runs, you have to sacrifice one of

:48:57. > :49:03.your laps to let your team-mate slipstream behind you. It is

:49:04. > :49:10.difficult to do. It isn't going to happen between Hamilton and Rosberg.

:49:11. > :49:16.I guess Alonso and Raikkonen could consider it. They did go round

:49:17. > :49:21.together on the last run but Alonso wasn't on the tail of Raikkonen when

:49:22. > :49:30.they were doing it? You do benefit from as much as 100 metres behind.

:49:31. > :49:36.It is a car going 200 miles an hour through the air. The wind is going

:49:37. > :49:42.that way anyway and there will be some residual disturbance in the air

:49:43. > :49:55.flow as you follow the car in front. You were on that list there, glad to

:49:56. > :50:01.see, 1998. Nobody else turned up. The last time and Williams was on

:50:02. > :50:09.pole, was Ralf Schumacher back in 2003. 2004, sorry. He was on pole

:50:10. > :50:16.for both those years. Williams will be trying to claim some of that

:50:17. > :50:20.former glory, Tom? Wouldn't it be wonderful. They said if one of their

:50:21. > :50:25.drivers start from pole position, the BBC can have an exclusive with

:50:26. > :50:31.Sir Frank Williams. I will follow that one up if there is a Williams

:50:32. > :50:35.on pole. It is unlikely, but even if they can get both cars on the second

:50:36. > :50:43.row it would be an amazing achievement. When the pressure is

:50:44. > :50:49.on, that is when Alonso, Vettel and the top drivers can gain a fraction

:50:50. > :50:54.of a second. While we wait for them, coming back to Alonso's comments to

:50:55. > :51:02.his engineer when he asked how the car was in the previous session and

:51:03. > :51:06.he said, good. That gives me an insight into the driver leading and

:51:07. > :51:11.giving the team confidence. He could be negative, so therefore I will say

:51:12. > :51:16.something is wrong for the sake of it. It shows he has confidence in

:51:17. > :51:23.his own ability and openness in his team to give them something

:51:24. > :51:29.positive. It was a good talents. The race with what you have got. It is

:51:30. > :51:32.not as quick as the Mercedes, but I find that interesting because he has

:51:33. > :51:39.the confidence to say that they are on the right track. He has gone out

:51:40. > :51:45.behind Hamilton. Rosberg is out ahead of both of them. Rosberg will

:51:46. > :51:49.be the initial runner. Remember Monico, Rosberg got the fastest time

:51:50. > :51:56.in the first run in the top ten. Then went wrong on the second run,

:51:57. > :52:00.but it also ended up going wrong as a result for Hamilton and some of

:52:01. > :52:06.the others. Bottas is on a quick lap straightaway? He went through six

:52:07. > :52:12.and seven, the previous chicane, used a mountain of kerb through turn

:52:13. > :52:18.six. That shows confidence in the mechanical balance of the car. Goes

:52:19. > :52:22.wide on the entry into ten but got away with it. When you miss your

:52:23. > :52:27.breaking slightly like that he'll end up with a slower mid-corner

:52:28. > :52:38.speed and have a longer distance to accelerate. 329.8 kilometres. Slides

:52:39. > :52:45.the rear off the last chicane. See what the opening time is. 1:15.5.

:52:46. > :52:54.That is very competitive. what the opening time is. 1:15.5.

:52:55. > :53:02.really good lap from Tass. Rosberg coming through. We'll keep an eye on

:53:03. > :53:06.Rosberg and Hamilton's times. Hamilton is fastest in the first

:53:07. > :53:12.sector. The second sector we are now with Rosberg, how crucial is this?

:53:13. > :53:19.Hamilton, watch his times in the bottom right of the screen. You

:53:20. > :53:25.could physically exceed the speed as he turned the car into the apex.

:53:26. > :53:32.Only if you hundreds quicker than Rosberg. It will come down to this

:53:33. > :53:36.final sector. He hit the kerb fairly hard. Looking good. Hamilton will be

:53:37. > :53:47.chasing. He goes for the short cut again and does 1:14.9. Hamilton has

:53:48. > :54:00.a bit of a toe from the Red Bull. Jenson Button has another run

:54:01. > :54:05.Ferrari can challenge Williams. Rosberg has the edge over Hamilton.

:54:06. > :54:18.Like we saw in Monaco, Hamilton has one run to have two do it. A yellow

:54:19. > :54:24.flag. If his team-mate got his cart beached on acre somewhere, it would

:54:25. > :54:30.be impossible to beat that time. Bottas by less than a 10th quicker

:54:31. > :54:36.than Massa but they third and fourth for Williams. Looking at a second

:54:37. > :54:43.row. What about red wool? Sliding a out towards the wall. Has taken the

:54:44. > :55:07.short cut to the line. Sebastian Vettel is behind Massa letterhead of

:55:08. > :55:20.15th. In this part of qualifying they are giving everything in terms

:55:21. > :55:23.of engine performance. That is such a margin on a track like this. Where

:55:24. > :55:26.is he getting this time from? TEAM RADIO: generally low grip as you

:55:27. > :55:28.would expect. Jenson Button is not sounding happy. Low grip. We have

:55:29. > :55:32.not seen for Kimi Raikkonen. Zuma be because he has used more tyres than

:55:33. > :55:39.some of the others and is saving a set of a later. Shall we see

:55:40. > :55:46.Hamilton come out, first of the Mercedes cars? Will he hang back and

:55:47. > :55:50.be last across the line? The risk is what we saw in Monaco. I would have

:55:51. > :55:57.confidence, get the tyres on and get out with a clear track. Rosberg has

:55:58. > :56:06.snatched the fastest time from Hamilton by just a few hundredth of

:56:07. > :56:11.a second. Can he hang onto it? A gap to their opposition is half a

:56:12. > :56:15.second. Encouraging to the opposition they are only half a

:56:16. > :56:23.second and maybe a full second behind. TEAM RADIO: a couple of

:56:24. > :56:32.tenths in the first sector, a couple in the Middlesex and not a lot in

:56:33. > :56:43.the last sector. You have to find some time, Sebastian Vettel. He is

:56:44. > :56:46.not accustomed to this position. Mark Webber was the older man and

:56:47. > :56:49.had taken a few punches on his way to getting a competitive car and

:56:50. > :56:56.being a bigger driver, wasn't always able to get the same weight

:56:57. > :57:00.distribution Vettel enjoyed. Daniel is a similar size, younger and

:57:01. > :57:08.fresher. This is the best thing he has ever driven. He is feeling good.

:57:09. > :57:11.Sebastien is thinking coming he has stole some of my pole position

:57:12. > :57:15.performance. It is different phases of their career. You would be

:57:16. > :57:22.foolish to write of battle, but at a moment Daniel deserves the credit

:57:23. > :57:29.for this great performance he is consistently putting in. Jean-Eric

:57:30. > :57:33.Vergne is in the top ten in a Toro Rosso. He will be enjoying that

:57:34. > :57:43.Daniel is doing a good job. They were good team-mates at Toro Rosso.

:57:44. > :57:48.Jean-Eric Vergne in the wet and damp conditions maybe have the upper

:57:49. > :57:52.hand. It shows that there is good talent in the Toro Rosso team. Do

:57:53. > :57:56.you think Jean Eric's stock is rising? Absolutely, if his manager

:57:57. > :58:00.is not rising? Absolutely, if his manager

:58:01. > :58:09.paddock, he is not doing his job properly. Kimi Raikkonen has gone

:58:10. > :58:13.out for his one and only run. Let's watch the Ferrari and see if he

:58:14. > :58:19.keeps it off the wall. He was very close last time. This time he has

:58:20. > :58:25.traffic ahead of him. Ricciardo is next up. It is going to be

:58:26. > :58:31.difficult. Ricciardo gets out of the way. The teams have to be sharp to

:58:32. > :58:37.tell bird drivers to watch out. But in getting out of the way as well.

:58:38. > :58:41.All of that traffic ahead takes away some of your confidence. You are

:58:42. > :58:46.approaching at high speed and you are relying on them being compliant.

:58:47. > :58:53.It is a question in your mind you prefer to be not having. You prefer

:58:54. > :59:01.to be focusing on where to find your performance. Raikkonen, this is the

:59:02. > :59:06.only run we will see from him. Everybody else is lining up for

:59:07. > :59:11.their final opportunity. Beat his about our margin with Alonso's first

:59:12. > :59:19.lap. Depending on how he finishes this first sector. He is a fraction

:59:20. > :59:24.slower. Not much in it but you would expect Alonso to find more time on

:59:25. > :59:29.this final lap. The battle for pole in Canada. He is the first Mercedes

:59:30. > :59:34.on the track as he comes through five. His first sector is not

:59:35. > :59:42.quicker, so he knows he has lost time. Keep an eye on Hamilton's

:59:43. > :59:48.sector times. We will let you know if he is up on Rosberg's times.

:59:49. > :59:52.Rosberg has not put together at worker lap yet than he has already

:59:53. > :59:59.achieved in this section. Hamilton is quicker in the first sector.

:00:00. > :00:05.Rosberg, fastest man of all in the middle sector. Now it is all about

:00:06. > :00:15.the last section. Chequered flag is out. Vettel is trying to beat his

:00:16. > :00:20.team-mate. He goes third, ahead of Williams. Still waiting to see what

:00:21. > :00:26.Williams can do of course. Alonso is seven. A fraction improvement in

:00:27. > :00:30.time. Rosberg finds a bit more time. Hamilton has had a poor middle

:00:31. > :00:39.sector. Not sure Hamilton has enough pace. Ricciardo is trying to beat

:00:40. > :00:45.that time. Vettel gets his revenge on his team-mate. Hamilton crossed

:00:46. > :00:49.the line and it is not enough. Not enough Lewis Hamilton at the track

:00:50. > :00:57.he loves where he has had three pole positions. It is Rosberg that has

:00:58. > :01:08.eclipsed him for the second race in succession. He beat him in Monaco

:01:09. > :01:16.and has beat him in Montreal. Massa is fifth and Williams have lost out

:01:17. > :01:19.to Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion. He has delivered.

:01:20. > :01:27.2000th of a second faster than Bottas to go into third place. TEAM

:01:28. > :01:34.RADIO: you are P1, Nico. Really good job. Rosberg takes back-to-back pole

:01:35. > :01:40.positions. What a time to do it. He knew how important at Monaco it was

:01:41. > :01:44.to stop Hamilton taking the top spots and the victories. Now he has

:01:45. > :01:50.taken top spot in Canada. Williams celebrating a tremendous result for

:01:51. > :01:57.them. Even Sir Frank looks impressed. A good

:01:58. > :02:03.Genuine performance. Last year they were unlucky with

:02:04. > :02:07.Genuine performance. Last year they conditions. Bottas will be relieved

:02:08. > :02:08.of the tiny time difference between him and his team-mate, but it makes

:02:09. > :02:14.the difference getting in front of Massa. There is the man who is not

:02:15. > :02:21.only delighted to get pole, but psychologically it make a difference

:02:22. > :02:25.in the rivalry in the team. It has been for hundredth of a second

:02:26. > :02:31.separating Vettel in third, Bottas in fourth, Massa in fifth and

:02:32. > :02:59.Ricciardo in sixth. It is a close group.

:03:00. > :03:02.Lewis is determined to dominate his team-mate, that is just not

:03:03. > :03:06.happening. He feels he has the pace, the ability, to not just beat him

:03:07. > :03:10.but dominate him but that is not happening. Was there a mistake we

:03:11. > :03:15.can pick up? Locked up as he went into the first part of turn eight.

:03:16. > :03:18.This is going down onto the bridge, rakes into a massive lock-up, a huge

:03:19. > :03:23.amount of understeer. Gets away with it but that could be the difference

:03:24. > :03:28.between pole position and not. Less than one tenth between them.

:03:29. > :03:34.Will Rosberg choose to rub his nose in it in the press conference?

:03:35. > :03:41..079, in it in the press conference?

:03:42. > :03:44.Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. It is the fourth 1-24 Mercedes this

:03:45. > :03:55.season. Little congratulatory tap on the back for battery Bottas --

:03:56. > :03:57.Valtteri Bottas. I'm not sure if Felipe Massa has ever out-qualified

:03:58. > :04:01.to team-mate will stop I'm not sure he will be too fast. The Williams

:04:02. > :04:05.performance very strong indeed. Let's run you through the times.

:04:06. > :04:08.Rosberg taking pole position. Hamilton second. Sebastian Vettel

:04:09. > :04:22.just nipping into third. Not as good as they might have hoped

:04:23. > :04:30.for Alonso. Just a few cars between Raikkonen and Alonso.

:04:31. > :04:42.As either top 12, Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat

:04:43. > :04:49.missing out a bit on this occasion. Nico Rosberg halted Hamilton's

:04:50. > :04:50.momentum in Monaco and he has done it again on another of Lewis's

:04:51. > :05:00.favourite playgrounds. It turns out the Mercedes boys did

:05:01. > :05:05.have a supersonic Button after all. What an exciting session that was,

:05:06. > :05:08.got to be one of the most exciting sessions we have seen all year.

:05:09. > :05:12.Eddie Jordan, I have to say, you were a little bit wrong.

:05:13. > :05:17.Not little bit wrong, massively wrong. I completely got that the

:05:18. > :05:20.opposite way. We were sure this was going to be Lewis's pole position. I

:05:21. > :05:27.never expected to see Sebastian Vettel up there. It will be a great

:05:28. > :05:31.race tomorrow. Great to see their arms around each

:05:32. > :05:35.other, kind of back to normal. Lewis smiling away, maybe with Monaco on

:05:36. > :05:41.his mind little bit, but he will be disappointed with that not being

:05:42. > :05:45.pole position. The momentum has stayed with

:05:46. > :05:51.Rosberg. We all knew how important it was for him to win, had he not

:05:52. > :05:54.won in Monaco, I think that was the championship over, it was already in

:05:55. > :05:58.the bag for Lewis. What happened? You didn't win the race for stop

:05:59. > :06:04.Lewis did not win. Rosberg did and he has carried that momentum. We are

:06:05. > :06:08.going to be fascinated by what will happen in the next number of races

:06:09. > :06:10.and I believe Mercedes are doing a great job allowing these two great

:06:11. > :06:14.drivers to race. There they are in the car off to the

:06:15. > :06:19.press conference. And Rosberg didn't show his hand at all until that

:06:20. > :06:20.session. He drove an immaculate lap. He got

:06:21. > :06:29.it all right. He put the pressure on Lewis.

:06:30. > :06:33.Islamist ready for the fight? Is he able to stick with it? We saw in

:06:34. > :06:36.Monaco where he said I should be in this position, should have already

:06:37. > :06:42.had pole position for my previous lap. Rosberg is playing a very

:06:43. > :06:46.steady game. This isn't like Monaco. This is a

:06:47. > :06:48.place where you can overtake stop let's get the news from the Mercedes

:06:49. > :06:57.boss. What a tense qualifying session,

:06:58. > :07:02.give me some thoughts. Very tense, they were really

:07:03. > :07:05.matching each other. Very exciting. Exciting having Williams up in

:07:06. > :07:08.front. It will be not as easy tomorrow as it has been in the last

:07:09. > :07:11.races, I guess. Doctor was about Rosberg's

:07:12. > :07:16.performance, this is meant to be Lewis Hamilton territory.

:07:17. > :07:19.They are pushing each other too much, you can see they are looking

:07:20. > :07:25.at the overlaps, each others' data, trying to explore what the other one

:07:26. > :07:29.was doing to be quicker. After Monaco, I am sure Hamilton was

:07:30. > :07:35.very keen to be quickest, first run but it didn't happen.

:07:36. > :07:40.In the second run he lost out in the middle sector, and it was just a

:07:41. > :07:42.tiny margin. If your team-mate is just too competitive, there is no

:07:43. > :07:47.room for error. Looking ahead to tomorrow, tactics,

:07:48. > :07:54.how will it go? 1-2, I hope.

:07:55. > :08:00.1-24 Mercedes, no shock. But it is a shock it was in that order. It will

:08:01. > :08:04.be exciting tomorrow. I tell you who else might be surprised. That is

:08:05. > :08:07.Christian Horner on the pit wall. You felt like you would get fifth

:08:08. > :08:10.and sixth, you got third and sixth, is Sebastian Vettel back?

:08:11. > :08:21.Is he there? I think he is talking to somebody

:08:22. > :08:36.else. Great performance. Talk us through

:08:37. > :08:40.that lap. His best qualifying lap of the season, he was four tenths down

:08:41. > :08:46.after the first one in Kew Street -- Q3? A small adjustment, he just went

:08:47. > :08:52.for it. He strung it altogether, got the most out of the lap he could. In

:08:53. > :08:57.Q2 he was on the brink of being knocked out. To come back and

:08:58. > :09:01.extract that lap is probably his best qualifying of the season.

:09:02. > :09:05.You are ahead of six Mercedes powered cars, is that the surprise?

:09:06. > :09:09.Absolutely. You can see there are seven ahead of us in sector three.

:09:10. > :09:17.Which is honestly were all the streets. A great job by Dan Antsybor

:09:18. > :09:20.to date to get on the second row. A good performance.

:09:21. > :09:27.Anything you can do about the Mercedes?

:09:28. > :09:31.We can watch them. Public about it. We will do our best, try and get a

:09:32. > :09:36.good start. I am sure Lewis is disappointed not to get pole

:09:37. > :09:41.position. We can do our best, run the best race we can.

:09:42. > :09:46.Good luck. Apologies for that sound gremlin. He

:09:47. > :09:50.is the silly thrill. Rightly so. It does seem as though Sebastian Vettel

:09:51. > :09:56.has maybe found his form. I think so, I have to eat humble

:09:57. > :10:00.pie. You will when he comes and speaks to you.

:10:01. > :10:03.Excellent job. That is what we want to see. We have provoked something

:10:04. > :10:07.into a response and he gave us the response. He qualified third, I

:10:08. > :10:10.thought it was an outstanding qualifying for stop this is what we

:10:11. > :10:15.expect to see from a world champion, four times world champion, not being

:10:16. > :10:20.beaten by his new rookie team-mate. Maybe he is back, back with a

:10:21. > :10:22.vengeance and let's see what he can do tomorrow.

:10:23. > :10:32.Jenson Button held onto ninth position. He is talking to us now.

:10:33. > :10:44.After this morning, not so bad, struggled this morning. Very close

:10:45. > :10:48.to eighth place. Ninth is probably better in terms of position on the

:10:49. > :10:53.grid, clean side. That is the early positive I can take from it.

:10:54. > :11:00.And the race-based Mall, how will that work out?

:11:01. > :11:04.Hopefully good. The everybody has got information for the track when

:11:05. > :11:08.it is at 30 degrees but 45, 50, we don't, so it is about doing what we

:11:09. > :11:13.can at that moment in time. We are quite good at that.

:11:14. > :11:17.Clearly he is thinking things through. That was the best he could

:11:18. > :11:24.do, squeezing everything out of that McLaren today. Probably the lad with

:11:25. > :11:30.a top ten finish. He did a very solid, mature,

:11:31. > :11:35.responsible job of leading the team. He is urging and caressing them to

:11:36. > :11:43.do better and better and bring on new things. We know how good McLaren

:11:44. > :11:46.are, and we need to stop them moving up the pecking order to keep the bot

:11:47. > :11:49.happy. We saw Nico and Lewis in the car on

:11:50. > :11:52.the way to the press conference. They are talking now full top

:11:53. > :11:56.Sebastian Vettel is with them. Your first pole position here in

:11:57. > :12:01.Montreal, given Lewis's record, you must be delighted.

:12:02. > :12:06.I'm not really aware of his record something, but I know it is a track

:12:07. > :12:13.where he is very strong. All the more, I am very happy. It is great.

:12:14. > :12:14.A fantastic day for stop and also just three weekend, progressing.

:12:15. > :12:20.Getting stronger and stronger. just three weekend, progressing.

:12:21. > :12:23.really cool, the best position for tomorrow.

:12:24. > :12:24.It has been very close all we can but Lewis has had the

:12:25. > :12:32.It has been very close all we can going into qualifying, where did you

:12:33. > :12:34.find the difference is -- difference today?

:12:35. > :12:39.Working with my engineers to improve the setup, understand what are the

:12:40. > :12:45.areas where I can do better, and it is really just an ongoing process

:12:46. > :12:49.and great it worked out. Lewis, you were behind after the

:12:50. > :12:55.first runs in Q3 then it looked like you lost time in the middle sector,

:12:56. > :13:01.can you tell us what happened? Nico did a fantastic job today,

:13:02. > :13:03.congratulations to him. Just wasn't the greatest qualifying session,

:13:04. > :13:11.sometimes you have good ones, sometimes you don't. Great for the

:13:12. > :13:14.team that we have got the 1-2, a fantastic performance by the team.

:13:15. > :13:19.Let's hope we can make history tomorrow.

:13:20. > :13:23.71 hundredths of a second difference between you today, can we expect a

:13:24. > :13:28.similarly close battle tomorrow? I would assume so.

:13:29. > :13:34.Sebastian, this year great final lap, you saved your best till last.

:13:35. > :13:38.Indeed. The start of the last lap wasn't great, I still didn't manage

:13:39. > :13:44.to get that first sector right, the first two corners. I didn't get

:13:45. > :13:49.along with very well today but after that I tried to take more risk and

:13:50. > :13:53.it worked, so today was very good. Through the two chicanes, especially

:13:54. > :13:57.the second one, I found it significantly better, more time

:13:58. > :14:02.compared to previous runs, kept together until the end. All in all,

:14:03. > :14:07.a very good result. The maximum we could do. Very close with the people

:14:08. > :14:14.behind. Half a second to the Mercedes in front. Four cars were

:14:15. > :14:16.within five or six hundredths of a second so I am happy to be the

:14:17. > :14:21.quickest of those. You won here last year for stop the

:14:22. > :14:26.margins for Mercedes are big but you got the Williams to content with as

:14:27. > :14:30.well. It is a long race, strategy could be

:14:31. > :14:35.a bit of a surprise. We will have two wait and see what happens. As

:14:36. > :14:38.you touched on Williams it is very strong. Got a very quick car down

:14:39. > :14:41.the straight, generally the Mercedes powered cars are looking forward to

:14:42. > :14:44.the straight lines tomorrow, I will the straight lines tomorrow, I will

:14:45. > :14:47.try to stay as close as I can to those two, maybe get something,

:14:48. > :14:52.try to stay as close as I can to do the best I can. If we have a

:14:53. > :14:56.chance to attack them, we for it.

:14:57. > :15:02.It will certainly be an exciting race, we are joined by Rob Smedley,

:15:03. > :15:04.It will certainly be an exciting who we are used to seeing in red

:15:05. > :15:05.colours. We thought that was a really exciting

:15:06. > :15:09.colours. We thought that was a Williams. When we came down using a

:15:10. > :15:12.little bit down on the dance. Where you are expecting more from Felipe

:15:13. > :15:16.Massa today? I was expecting a bit more from both

:15:17. > :15:24.of them. We had the legs to be third to be third today and we didn't do

:15:25. > :15:31.it. Yes, I am happy for where we are. The guys have worked very hard.

:15:32. > :15:34.The drivers have done a good job, both pulled themselves up to where

:15:35. > :15:40.they should be for stop it just come down is to the final few thousand.

:15:41. > :15:43.Everybody was a bit shocked by Sebastian Vettel.

:15:44. > :15:46.I want to know what is going on inside here for top how good do you

:15:47. > :15:50.feel beating those red Ferrari prancing horses, they are behind

:15:51. > :16:01.you, what does it feel like? Pretty good. It doesn't matter who

:16:02. > :16:07.it is, to be honest. I want to be them all. Mercedes, everybody else,

:16:08. > :16:11.it doesn't matter if they are Ferrari McLaren, happy to be them

:16:12. > :16:14.all. You can't mean that can be serious.

:16:15. > :16:18.Of course you want to be more than anyone.

:16:19. > :16:24.Is not true, you are not going to me into it.

:16:25. > :16:27.This is your team now, obviously, it seems I know you are a little bit

:16:28. > :16:31.disappointed but second row, place you can overtake, it do you feel as

:16:32. > :16:34.though Williams have turned a corner because there have been a few silly

:16:35. > :16:39.little mistakes this season so far, to feel as though everybody is more

:16:40. > :16:43.together as a team? It is a continuous process. It is

:16:44. > :16:50.nothing which happens overnight. We have a medium-term view here, and we

:16:51. > :16:56.are progressing in the right direction. You cannot, we were ninth

:16:57. > :17:01.last year, and you cannot turn that around overnight. The progression we

:17:02. > :17:07.have made is hugely impressive. To go from where Williams were last

:17:08. > :17:12.year to where they are now, it is incredibly impressive.

:17:13. > :17:15.I think it is only reasonable you should tell us the difference in

:17:16. > :17:21.structure and style, composure, between the two teams. Williams,

:17:22. > :17:24.old, established British team, Ferrari, what is the major

:17:25. > :17:30.difference? I would say the big difference,

:17:31. > :17:35.obviously the structure and the size of the team, the resource is

:17:36. > :17:40.slightly different, we are a bit behind where we want to be but that

:17:41. > :17:45.is happening. Bit by bit it is happening, can head to Ferrari and

:17:46. > :17:52.the other teams. -- compared to. We have a bit more of a calm approach.

:17:53. > :17:58.Slightly less headless at times. It is still great we have got that

:17:59. > :18:07.passion. It is an old, British team. It has got that passion about it. I

:18:08. > :18:10.am really enjoying it. We did see the store what of the

:18:11. > :18:14.team, Sir Frank Williams, come in behind and he had a smile on his

:18:15. > :18:17.face was not clearly he thinks perhaps, the team have turned a

:18:18. > :18:21.corner. A lot of Williams fans out there that would just be absolutely

:18:22. > :18:27.thrilled if you could get up there tomorrow. We are back with you for

:18:28. > :18:34.all the action tomorrow. BBC One, 6:20pm. It will be extraordinary. We

:18:35. > :18:43.will see these boys on the podium. Nico Rosberg in pole, third this

:18:44. > :19:00.year for stop -- his third this year.

:19:01. > :19:04.'I'm going on an adventure.' Wow.

:19:05. > :19:07.That is a long way. Quite a bit of it is on bikes.

:19:08. > :19:10.What are you going to do about your hair?

:19:11. > :19:14.They told me I had good technique, I'm quite happy with that.