The Canadian Grand Prix - Qualifying Formula 1

Certainly the most exciting Grand Prix I have ever seen.

Winning is the name of the game. When you have got to drivers of

equal ability in the Winning is the name of the game.

When you have got to drivers of same team, they will plot and they will

scheme and they will do whatever it takes. This is fantastic. Address --

aggressive driving technique, team tactics. Fernando is faster than

you. May one, you second. Nigel Mansell refused to accept Nelson

Piquet was normal one. 20 years on Fernando Alonso angrily believed

that Lewis Hamilton had failed to honour an agreement. He is not going

to get a lap in. He is at the inside! I was racing, I was faster,

I passed him I want. The bitterest rivalry of all. We are competing to

win. It was Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. He has a small problem, he

thinks he can't kill himself. When it is win or lose, the will to win

can crush everything. I can go so much faster, let me drive past.

Negative. That is the equivalent of a slap in the face. He has gone

straight on, he will run out of time.

Yes! At Mercedes, it is now gloves. What do you have that he doesn't

will give you the edge in Canada? I have the speed. If I drive the right

way. The rivalry continues. Welcome to

qualifying from Canada. We live with you for the next two and half hours.

Feel free season is a message or any questions you have. Glorious

conditions today in Canada. Something we're not quite used to.

It is forecast to be sunny today and tomorrow. That annoys you can here

is the Mercedes being fired. The story last time in Monaco was about

these boys. It was inevitable people are still talking about it. It is.

If you think of the great rivalries of the past, whenever you have that

inter-team battle, it takes it exited another level. You are

watching the team, had to the mechanics, where does the

management's loyalty lie? They were said team is bigger the drivers but

the driver is the personality that has too pointed in the right

direction and sprays the champagne. One of these old fronts will be a

winner and one will be a loser, the end of the season. A lot has been

made out of this between the two of them, their friendship, whether they

fell out. Isn't it part of the psychology of the season?

First of all it is vitally important they are at loggerheads because it

is giving us something to talk about because it is a runaway with

Mercedes, thank goodness there is a friendly rivalry, not so friendly,

maybe, and an intense rivalry and they are making the racing really

great. Where it pans out, I don't know, you have two totally different

characters, it will be fascinating. Let's remind ourselves of what

happened in Monaco. Lights out, away we go, is it

Rosberg Hamilton? Could start by Rosberg, Hamilton has two slot in

behind. Sebastian Vettel has got into third place. Everybody stacking

up. The race is underway again. Rosberg is chased by his team-mate.

Sebastian Vettel, he has slowed right down. Something has gone

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

second non-finish of the season. There has been a spin into the

chicane. Rattles down the barrier. The safety car has been deployed.

The pit lane is going to be really busy. Surely it will be the right

time to stop. He has come in a little bit too late, lost time. John

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

just had to pit. Raikkonen is in the pits. He has

already made his pit stop, there must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

third place for Red Bull. A bit of must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

Caterham. That must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

about Ricciardo. I must be a problem. Ricciardo is in

and tonal Ricciardo, on that lap. They

and tonal Ricciardo, on that lap. and closer to the back of Lewis

Hamilton. This Monaco Aubrey coming alive, even more so in the closing

stages will stop Nico Rosberg through to win the Monaco Grand

Prix. Back-to-back victories in the principality.

It was all going on in Monaco. We're waiting for the boys to come into

the garage for qualifying. Aren't

is one or the other, and is it going to come down to who wants it the

most? It will come down to a number of

factors, the best reliability, who wants it the most. What is really

interesting is because they have known each other for such a long

time, of course they have fallen out, they have made up, all the way

through. They out, they have made up, all the way

things together. We are constantly going to keep asking them about this

relationship and rivalry, they will have to give answering the

questions. One of them will get a bit chippy at a certain point

because your patience will run out. It is playing out, who feels more

confident any given weekend. They have had a chat, shaken hands,

is this Lewis's break ground? It is. With the points structure and double

points at the last, don't expect anybody to have won this until the

last graceful stop that will be all-encompassing. Everybody will be

on the edge of their seats. Lewis has the problem of maybe not

finishing as often as Rosberg does, he is the steady one, everything to

play for right to the very end. Do you think Mercedes will let them

race to the end of the season? I don't think they have any choice,

they are both employed as number one racing drivers will one has an

advantage over the and there is a risk from other teams, the most

important is they want both championships, who will stop them

right now? If they get in the way of the drivers beyond telling them to

play nice, they will just lose one of them and you end up in a

situation like Ferrari, and then you are not well served if you don't

have a dominant car. You aspire to have the best car on the grid, the

two best drivers. And then sit back and enjoy the show.

I have run a team and he has been a driver, there is no enjoying any

show because it is so intense. You are under such pressure, drivers,

sponsors, everybody feels the pressure until the last lap of the

last race. A lot of people think it is easy if

you get a winning car. You have no idea how much more difficult it is.

Suddenly the spotlight of performance is on you. The very

thing we said before, your failure is your team-mate's success.

Boiling hot in Canada. Some of the drivers may have fancied a little

spot of rain but that will not happen. The fans are pretty happy.

With two wins to Lewis's four and 122 point out of 150 Nico Rosberg

leads his team-mate by just four points. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

has half of Rosberg's points haul in third.

Of course Mercedes are way ahead but looked down to ninth place and

thanks to Jules Bianchi Marussia scored their first ever point in

Monaco. For a small young team like them it was as momentous as winning

a race. A certain Eddie Jordan has two know how that feels.

You got your first point here. We have been lucky here in Canada, it

has been a magical time and circuit for us. Marussia, you cannot

imagine, we are going to talk to them later. When you tot up the

travel, the freight, the bonuses, extra passes, expenses, you have to

do want thing to realise how much this adds up, we will hopefully find

out very soon, but including the TV money, it is probably about 70,, $80

million. Incredible. That is what we don't

really know when we'll watching, it means so much.

They have clearly got a package which is working very well, knocking

on the door of Sauber and the likes. Very complicated system.

Eddie makes it even more on the 80. -- complicated.

The money catches you up, that is the problem. As a drive that you

think about your salary and it is very easy because you have a points

bonus. In the team there are so many add-ons, or subtractions whichever

side you are on, that it has huge ramifications. Only add-ons where I

came from. While we are talking about money how

much does a team need on a weekly basis to just turn up here?

Just over $1 million, for a tiny team. A large amount of money for

some Eddie who doesn't have a sponsorship for it in principle to

put his hands in his pocket and be committed. That is a big problem for

a lot of these teens. We know Tony Fernandes, he says his team is the

sale because he wants to concentrate on other things, QPR in the

premiership. Will be sold? I think it will be a difficult task to sell

it. We are heading down to Marussia now.

The paddock is very busy, lots of British fans. Let's find out if the

party was still going on. On board with Jules Bianchi.

I think people realise how hard task it is too gone from zero to score

points in Formula One. Bianchi on the outside, will he get outside the

two Frenchmen fighting here? Just get in front stop that puts him into

12th position now. Even with a really difficult race we

come out with two points. There is contact, that is Bianchi getting

past Kobayashi. For a half years waiting, I was mega happy. Nothing

wrong with a straight line speed. We were in eighth, can believe it.

Marussia, what an opportunity this might be. A normal weekend we

wouldn't have finished but it was our weekend. Bianchi is up into

eighth place now. It feels like there was a new team again,

everybody is so happy. Marussia have scored their first ever points in

Formula One. It was like a victory. This year we had a bit of luck. --

obviously. It was much better. The team did a great job. It was a team

effort. At what point in the race did you believe it was going to

happen? It was along last five laps. When

you experience so much tension, afterwards you go down for the next

30 minutes. Describe your emotions as he came across the line? It was a

bit of an odd one. Downstairs we went quite sure how the points

works, the penalty was game to be served. All of a sudden one person

jumped up and it was like, we might as well all join in. It was a mega

moment. For the half years waiting. He said after the race, this makes

all those all night is doing testing worthwhile.

Exactly that. We missed the first few days, we pushed and pushed all

the way through the nights. When a car rolled out the door in the

afternoon of the third day, that was an achievement. It was a similar

thing we got the points, could really believe it. You put all the

teams out on a football pitch together it would be Accrington

Stanley type of thing. All credit to everyone, it was a team effort. It

has given us more confidence in what we do. We are the smallest team in

Formula One. It gives a lot of faith and confidence in the way we go

about our job. Has it moved the goal posts? I will have the same

approach. I want to be the same, get a good result. We have to keep

working as well as we are doing. As promised we are with the Marussia

team boss. Watching the team, they all seemed a bit subdued, in

disbelief. There was the penalty to come, so it was confusing, has it

sunk in now? We are a down-to-earth team so it was great to celebrate

and good reward for the progress for everyone at the track and everybody

who has worked hard back in Banbury. But the realities is in this

who has worked hard back in Banbury. business you can celebrate, but only

for a short time and then you have to get back to work. How busy has

your calculator to get back to work. How busy has

benefits to you? We had to get some new batteries. I am sure you used an

abacus in your time. I was well aware of what the money was worth.

It costs around $100 million a year to just turn up. If you do that

It costs around $100 million a year will be up the back. Everything you

spend beyond that is to make your car go forward. So the first task is

to find $100 million. Have you car go forward. So the first task is

it? This certainly helps. What is it worth to you? We want to know. We

cannot get the absolute numbers as you know. Why not? I was going to

ask you about the confidence, getting points,

ask you about the confidence, though the monkey is off your back

and gives you more motivation? There have been so many changes when we

came out of Formula three into Formula One and got the entry in

2009. There have been so many changes and some would say it has

taken a long time to score points. But this is the most difficult sport

in the world. Eddie knows this. It is great to get the points now we

will focus on getting some more. Can you keep your drivers? I certainly

hope so. We have a great team, great atmosphere. They have been part of

the success. I think they would love to stay here. We hope so. A change

to Ferrari this year and we talked in Australia. You felt you compared

properly with the other teams because you have an engine that

compared, does it help the team having Ferrari behind you? Ferrari

are fantastic partners. We have had a Williams time working with them.

These engines are incredibly complicated. I am an engineer and I

think they are complicated! The team are racing the most now, but we need

to close the gap a little bit is Sauber and they had the same engine.

Let's assume you are down after the euphoria of Monaco, you must have

reset the target list. What is the level you can be art? Can you finish

better than ninth? We have to be realistic. We came down from Monaco

when we were still in Monaco. We note the tasks we have ahead. The

key objectives is to stay in the top ten. That is more important than

anything else. But we are competitive people and we want to

move forward. You get greedy, you have a taste of it and you want to

move forward. Ultimately we have got to keep hanging on to being in the

top ten in the championship, it is so important. I don't think anybody

could accuse Eddie Jordan of being greedy. Bottas qualified in third

lace and he said he would jump in the lake if he finished on the

podium, sadly that did not happen. But Williams are a different team

this year, so maybe? This time last year you said if

you've got a podium you would be jumping in the lake. Any predictions

going into this one? I think we are looking good. All of the practice

sessions have been strong. Looking forward to it. It is also the race

pace. You are top of the speed charts everywhere around the

circuit. Is it a specific desire from the engineers, does it make it

more difficult to drive the turns or is it a consequence with this car?

We knew it would be our strength here, long straights have always

been quick. It has been the nature of the car. It is sleek and low drag

in the straights. Obviously some teams have a bit more downforce so

they may struggle less in the corners, but we gain in the

straights. Putting Mercedes to one side, what do you think the pecking

order is if everybody gets a clean lap? It is difficult, Mercedes are

stronger. Hopefully then us. It will be closed between Red Bull and

Ferrari. We wish you luck. Massa was half a

second after Lewis Hamilton. He was the top Williams Roy. They both like

this circuit? Last year, cars, teams and tracks seem to gel together.

That is what happened here in Canada. I believe Massa has the

upper hand and I believe he can go on to be leading the second row, in

other words qualify third. It could be a lock-out for the Williams team

on the second row. It will be huge for them because they are in a bunch

with Force India and McLaren can, a couple of points dividing them all.

It is the battle for the second row. Let's catch up with some news from

Lee McKenzie. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have

apparently put aside any differences after the Monaco Grand Prix, and are

back to being friends as well as rivals of course. Me and Nico are

good. We caught up after the race and I congratulated him. We had a

chat. We have been friends for a long time so we have had a lot of

ups and downs. Last week was a down moment for our friendship. If

anything, it has made us stronger and we have been in contact recently

and had dinner last night with the team. After a win in Monaco Ross

spoke leads the championship White four points. But with three wins

here, this is Hamilton's stronger circuit so Ross spoke will have do

have a lot up his sleeve to beat him. I have loads in the armoury, so

we will see how it goes. What will it take to be quicker than him

around here, do you think? What it takes is for me to be on top of my

game. Braking is important and I have not been 100% happy with the

brakes. I need to get my head around that and try to optimise that. Not

since 2009 has Sebastian Vettel turned up in Canada and not been at

the heart of the championship battle. It is not that different,

only six races into the season. Still a long way to go. If I have

learned anything, it is not over until it is over. A

learned anything, it is not over can happen. Right now, one team

looks very dominant, but we believe things can change and things can

change quickly. I think soon enough plenty of you will be kind enough to

remind us on how good our chances are. Jenson Button says he is not

thinking of retiring just yet and despite some tough weekends in an

underperforming McLaren, he is as motivated as ever. I still enjoy

every race, even if I am scrapping for minor points. It is not as

enjoyable as winning, because that is what we love doing and nothing

else is quite good enough. You want to get the best out of what you have

and I enjoy the challenge of doing that. Jean Hass has said his Formula

One to will not be ready for the 2015 racing, but they could be on

the grid as early as next season. It has been understood their entry has

been approved by the FIA. It has been proposed that next season the

Formula One weekend will be shortened with only one tractor

session on the Friday afternoon and the morning session to be cancelled

to save costs. The decision still has to be

approved. Interesting bits of news. That has got to be rubber-stamped,

do you think it will go through? No doubt it will. The organisers and

promoters will have do have their say. What do they lose by not having

a full Friday? The only thing that could stop this being rubber-stamped

is the promoters. What about the drivers, will they be happy? The

drivers drive for fun and pleasure I get paid to do all the other stuff

they don't find much fun. You want to drive and raise these things.

They would not have a problem if there were more Grand Prix in the

season. I am a little bit concerned. I understand the cost, but there

must be better ways. How much cost saving is involved, is it just a

hotel that everybody? Mileage on the engines and things. It is

nit-picking. It just is not... Where is the target? Let's take some costs

out of running a Formula One team. This is shocking. You should be

president of whatever. I used to go and bang the table and Ernie

Ecclestone would look at me and tell me to be quiet. I am ass king who is

making these rule changes? I am wanting to know if anybody is strong

enough to say, this is nonsense, Bernie. The smaller teams don't get

a say do they. They bring another driver in for free practice and they

make some money on that, but they will be able to do that will they?

They haven't got a boys. There are six big teams and they make the

decisions for everybody. You have some more news for us, the contract

has been signed on this place hasn't it? We lost Canada four-year and

was something missing in the season. Canada is a huge welcome. This place

was vital to North America when we did not have Austin. We

important, from a marketing point of view and sponsors, North America is

a huge market. It is a ten year deal and it is one of the fans love. With

it being close to the city, is it a mixture of the two? I was with the

mayor of Montreal last night. mixture of the two? I was with the

understands the commercial value of having the grand prix come here.

Everyone coming into town. The promotional value

Everyone coming into town. The Montreal on the map versus Vancouver

and what have you. It ticks the boxes in so many ways. We are a mile

from the downtown. Close to the heart of the city.

from the downtown. Close to the will sign up? Mexico will be

announcing shortly and I think they will agree because they have a

couple of drivers in the championship. There is a lot of

money that can come out of Mexico. And Azerbaijan? Probably be there as

well. 25 races if it all goes to plan. Once in awhile we get a

special opportunity and recently we given the chance to drive the 1983

Renault from Alleyne Prost. So Alan took to the wheel.

What is it about the French? They make the best bread, cheese. Even

the drivers are pretty good? What does it mean for you to have their

history in France? You get a chance to meet them. Alain Prost is a known

force. There is Alain Prost. He waves both hands with joy and

excitement as he crosses the line of the 1983 French Grand Prix. An

inspiration to every French driver. It is nice to be in the following

generation. This is far too much. Especially

him. I have got to go and drive the car.

This is a baby today. I still wasn't born. I was already karting. It won

the British Grand Prix here at Silverstone. You don't have too much

grey hair. I am much better than David Coulthard. It must mean

something to you as a young French driver, the inspiration he brought.

There is Prost, the colours, yellow, white and black. When you're French,

a means quite a lot. When I see the pictures, it is fantastic. The

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

a romantic attachment to this direct of the cast by have got a feeling

for the year, I have got a real romantic attachment because that is

what started the fire for me. I am older the new full top I remember

this cup winning this Grand Prix. I will pull rank, I will say I am

going to pull take it out first, I will warm it up. I will have some

fun. Enjoy.

This is so much fun. The feeling of it is incredible. It is beautiful.

Watching the turbo boost, it is dancing around, very simplistic in

comparison to the modern car. But then, it keeps your eyes on the view

in front of you. Trying to harness its horsepower, that was the trick.

The sound is really good, why can it not do that today?

He is going to love this. Unbelievable. Incredible. Absolutely

incredible. You will love it. I love the sound, Festival. But you

accelerate, the feeling, the turbo boost pressure, 8000 revs and a kick

zone and you just pulling gears. Have you ever driven one? I did

once, a long time ago. I have wondered up. How can I fit in, you

had an advantage, you were his height. I will take my booster

cushion out. It is a stunning piece of machinery. One-of-a-kind. We were

ready at the beginning. We started the engine 700 horsepower. Six years

we have almost doubled the power. Then you understand, there is no

limit, the human knowledge, of what they are able to do.

It is not easy to get used to the gearbox.

I am getting better. Not yet perfect. But the power, oh my

goodness, unbelievable. Now we go, here it comes.

And Prost takes the lead. I don't know what they were doing to race

those cars. When you lift off the throttle, the sound.

What did you think? Unbelievable. Unbelievable. I am

like a kid. Driving into the corner, the position, the engines, the

turbo. Alain Prost has one, he has driven

beautifully here. To receive the product of the crowd. When you are

driving round here did you think of Alain Prost?

I felt especially in the last corner you can imagine the big grandstand.

I felt,, it must feel so good to win the race. French car, French driver.

Keep smiling, keep fighting. That is part of history.

An incredible part of history. Live pictures in the latest garage. That

is Romain Grosjean's car. Lovely to see him outside of racing.

It was a blast from the past, incredible feeling,

It was a blast from the past, seat perfectly. Just for my back. I

hadn't driven a gearbox like that for a long time. The pedals, that

was something added 20 years ago, you had to another about it. The

sleeve for him, it got a bit of drama.

Next weekend, Le Mans, people might be interested, you won the last

year. You drove a turbo. Now turbo in Formula One.

Similarities? That was the previous generation of turbo where they were

talking about throttle lag. Like the last corner of substance, you

exhilarated and waited, suddenly there was an acceleration. You had

to stop running beginners. Nowadays with the variable turbine

technology, it is instantaneous. You don't have any of those problems.

With the regenerated systems, that also helps. Turbo lag messages,

history. Ayrton Senna was one of the drivers,

he used to pump out the throttle pedal. He was understanding to try

to keep boosting that. He was giving the turbo charge because what I

notice, there were only three dials, a red counter, pressure gauge, or

oil pressure, and then you have the turbo boost.

When you drifted off into a corner it went down to zero and when you

hit the throttle it would build up and suddenly it would start to

really go. It would be like the first, second, third gear red

counter. Ayrton Senna was one of the few to actually feel it. Driving the

car, you could tell it was Prost's car, it had a comfort to a calmer

progression. Even though it was quite raw in terms of engine power

and delivery, it was nice and smooth and progressive or stop really good

now to see the back in the paddock. Back in full force.

You had a big drive of French guys coming through, Formula One was full

of them in the late 80s, early 90s, and then there was a whole area of a

missed generation, the fuel supplier, they had a young driver

programme. When they stopped that stopped the French drivers coming

into Formula One. He is the first of that new Next Generation. That is so

vital to bring young drivers through. That was at Silverstone to

stop if you like old Formula One cars it would be good if you popped

along in four weeks time because they are celebrating their 50th

Grand Prix, all kinds of celebrations, commemorative laps

with old cars and drivers. Lots of drivers, lots of cars for you to

look out for. Just one quick question, a lot about kerb driving,

you have noticed something. The last chicane, it is very harsh.

Where I was able to stand, a perfect position. I was looking through as

they turned in off the back straight, they bounce over the

right-hand kerb. Mercedes look sublime, they seem to absorb every

kerb without a problem, allowing the driver to go straight onto

throttle. Ferrari had a bit of understand. The Red Bull, very harsh

on the kerb. The front of the car went exactly where they wanted it to

go. Let's bring it on today. Let's have

a look at the story of free practice.

The first practice saw Nico Hulkenberg and police dinner.

Bianchi gave the concrete hefty swipe. Hamilton set the pace for

Mercedes. Fernando Alonso proved the upgraded Ferrari may be more

competitive by snatching top spot later on in the session. Practice

two began with the threat of rain, but it never materialised. Adrian

Sutil had to take evasive action as madness and prepare for a quick lap.

Ericsson was out of luck with the transmission failure sending him

down the escape road on turn four. Hamilton set the pace by nearly two

tenths of the second of Rosberg, while Sebastian Vettel had some

gearbox problems but rallied to go third fastest for Red Bull.

Kobayashi struggled with breaking issues while Daniil Kvyat and

Bianchi were forced to sit up most of the session. A clear blue sky

greeted the final practice but it was a short session for Gutierrez to

crashed at turn four. He was OK, but there is plenty of work to be done

by the team. Hamilton will be reached but it wasn't all plain

sailing for CDs, they were the only team unable to improve their times

on the super-soft wearers Felipe Massa and Williams used the Red Bull

tyre to good effect. Ferrari and Red Bull were once again in the mix but

other struggling. Plenty going on on the track, and

along the pit lane. It is always a very stressful time

qualifying and if you can break concerns into two areas they are

these, first, can make is whether drivers not to put the car in the

wall? Something this man, Gutierrez, wasn't able to do during

final practice this morning. He smacked the war on the exit of turn

four, punctured the chassis, that is the team-building in new car for

tomorrow. He will have to start the race from the pit lane as per the

regulations. The other concern is track temperature. 15 degrees warmer

than yesterday. That is good news for us. It might make the rear of

the cars maul area, more of this do, but it give the engineers a real

headache because the soft tyres which light-hearted and bridges will

perform a little better, whereas the super-soft tyres will overheat and

may not even last a whole lap. It will be an interesting session.

44 degrees is the track temperature. It was 37 at its highest yesterday.

That is hellish for the teams. The tyre management, lots of

calling, if you open up the cooling, you lose efficiency in terms of

straight-line speed and there is so much of the performance here comes

from having the car as close as possible for the. Esteban will not

be qualifying, he will be starting from the back of the grid. Let's

have a look at the crash, not the first time it has happened. We saw

in Monaco as a living. This was a bit silly. I have done

most of the silly crashes so I can criticise the top he starts to lose

the back end into turn three. He tries to go with it, he goes to the

barrier. He clipped the inside, that is just a concentration issue. A

bright young talent. At the moment he has lost his way. He has got to

get on top of that, he will never find his way into a top team with

performances like that. He was lucky to get a seat, all sorts of other

rumours. If he keeps on going this way the will no doubt he will be

around next season. Let's get a closer look at the

track. A great Grand Prix circuit, one of

the true classics. We are on the middle of an island and we have got

an opportunity to talk to a man who had a spectacular victory here in

2011. He is in the middle of his UK press conference was another racing

driver, team-mate, Kevin. Here we have Jenson Button. We will borrow

him from his UK media. I have to take him with us. We would like to

take you on a journey on the racetrack. We want to relive those

magic moments. You are really quick. Going to head to turn six 's. It is

so tight. I love it. Not sure what it is going to be like this year. I

you all right? You nearly killed me, you not. It has better brakes than

my race car. This was the greatest win you in a Grand Prix? It is one

of those races where you feel everything is going wrong. Then you

think, why am I continuing? You have got to stay strong because it can

turn good again. Jenson Button driving for his life, driving for

the victory. Has Vettel got what it takes to hold him off? On the way in

here, Vettel just put the wheel on the white line and got oversteer. He

turned into late. I took the lead here. I watch the footage of my dad

and my girlfriend. Leaping in the air and going crazy when it happens.

That means a lot to me. You have always had the sixth sense that

allows you to make the right choice on tyres. Is that what will happen

this weekend? Definitely. As you know, Formula One is a competitive

as Miss and if you are not quite on it or don't have the parts for this

type of circuit, it will not happen. We do need mixed conditions to get a

special result this weekend. But I am not sure it is going to be wet.

You don't work for the Canadian tourist board. But we genuinely love

coming to this venue. Why is it so special? We arrived here in the

body. Not a lot of run-up. We come here at 160 miles an hour. That is

what we love about a street circuit like Montreal, if you make a

mistake, you are penalised. That is what racing used to be like. Thank

you for your time and thanks for nearly killing me in the golf ugly.

What was that. -- golf buggy. U2 are absolutely lethal together.

He broke it, not me. Lots of people talking about Jenson Button. He

looks like he really wants to stay here, where do you see him next

year? He is at eight crossroads. Has he the motivation is staying in a

team that doesn't have the ability to win another world championship or

him? It is a big call for him, does he want to sit around, make some

money and be a big contributor to the paddock that he wants to see

where his life goes to after this. A lot of fans will be hoping he stays

here. Let's look at the track, is it different to drive this track in

these cars, we saw a few close calls with the wall of champions last

year? We are on board with Lewis Hamilton. The way they drive these

how calm the drive is. Not a lot of how calm the drive is. Not a lot of

power they have with the hybrid, small locked up in turn six, through

seven. Because there is so much hybrid power available they have to

be careful with the acceleration so they cannot risk the car sideways.

That Mercedes is supreme when it gets on the top of the kerbs. He

That Mercedes is supreme when it runs into the hairpin. Look at the

crowd. Everywhere you look runs into the hairpin. Look at the

grandstands looking down. You have the sense of putting on the

performance. You come out of ten and you want

performance. You come out of ten and 200 miles an hour. When you approach

the last chicane, don't stare too much at your breaking point. Pick a

the last chicane, don't stare too point and react to it, sweet on the

right, tight on the left. This is a circuit he has won

right, tight on the left. This is a You had better own the commentary

box. I you have got to go. Do you think there is more to come from

Mercedes? There is talk of another level to go to in this qualifying

session? The great vine that feeds down information, -- grapevine. The

engine they have another mode. They can switch up another notch and it

must be bad news for every team. Will it go to the other teams, will

it be in Williams, go to Force India? I do not know, but my guess

is not yet. Reliability is the aspect, scoring points week after

week, that is the key. Some of the teams will be wondering when they

set up a qualifying. I can see Christian Horner over here. Hello.

How are you? I noticed you are joining us on the pit wall this

weekend. Looks like you are having a couple of problems? We had a few

issues, just trying to go quick in a straight line. We are working on

that. We heard words like an acceptable describing the Renault

engine. Do you not think it is a bit too open and public to criticise

them like that? He never minces his words. The situation we are in at

the moment is not great. We believe in Renault, we have won a lot of

races with them. They are working tremendously hard. Take nothing away

from Mercedes, they have done an unbelievable job. The job for

Renault and Ferrari is to close the gap down and we are doing our best

to support them. In Monaco, you scratching your head. You had a

meeting with Renault, what happened at that meeting? What ever was being

drawn came to a rapid end. It is a continual development. We had a good

run in Monaco and it was the first time we got close to Mercedes. This

is one of the toughest weekends of the year for us because of the

layout. When we get to Austria and Silverstone, hopefully we can move

closer. This is a track where you can overtake but it is not the be

all and end all. Where would you be happy with? If we got a car on the

third row, it would be a good results. Mercedes is running

quickly, curare have made a step up this weekend as well. Lewis and Nico

battle, it will be close. You talked about the drivers and you have your

own concerns, did you ever envisage a situation where Ricciardo would so

dominant compared to Vettel. This must be a surprise but also a

concern? It is a great surprise, we knew Daniel was quick, but we

weren't sure how quick. He has done an amazing job and is getting

stronger. Vettel has had a lot of bad luck in the last couple of

races. He is now finding his feet with the car and hopefully this will

be a problem free weekend for him. It is not evident to us yet, I hope

your prediction is right, but it is not obvious? It will be a tough

weekend for us but Vettel seemed happy with the car this weekend. It

is great they are pushing each other, getting on well. Two drivers

talking to each other, which is great. Working together to try to

improve the car and get close to Mercedes. We know you have car

issues but these temperatures are playing havoc with everybody, what

are you finding with the tyres? They are reasonably predictable at the

moment. It is more about tomorrow. The soft tyre will be the tie in

qualifying but tomorrow that tyre in these temperatures could be in

trouble. With a bit of fuel saving that could make an interesting race.

I think it is going to be an interesting qualifying session. Have

you got a tip for us for pole position? You don't need to be

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

Massa will qualify third. Not long to find out now. Tom and Leah in the

pit lane. -- Tom and Lee McKenzie. circuit is a popular grand prix

venue and looks resplendent in the sunshine as we prepare for

qualifying. Having raced in Spain and Monaco in recent weeks, the

European flavour remains as we come to French speaking Quebec. Well the

barriers in places are as unforgiving as Monaco, speeds are

higher. The accents are on subtle suspension to get over the kerbs and

lots of power. The Mercedes team have dominated the season so far and

everything here suits them down to the ground. Once again it is the

rivalry between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But there is the question

as to whether they can make the most of the supposedly faster super soft

tyre. That is what we will have Ducey in terms of tax extra work

nullifying. Massa split the two Mercedes this morning in his

Williams. Second-fastest. Fourth fastest was Alonso. Curare have

progressed. They have grades and it seems to be working. -- Ferrari. We

have not seen a curare on a front row for a long time. But getting

onto the second row has been tough. Alonso has managed it just once this

season so far. Lewis Hamilton getting ready to climb above the

car. What we know is Esteban Gutierrez will not be taking part as

a result of the accident he suffered in final practice this morning. We

will lose just buy rather than the normal six cars from the initial

part of qualifying. The crowds turning up in their thousands in

Canada. We have had there will be another ten year deal here and I

think fans will love it. It is one of the most popular venues on the

calendar? After the back of Monaco, you throw in a bit of Monte Carlo

and do it at over 200 miles an hour, which is what they do regularly

here. That is when a racing car comes alive. Anything over 100 miles

an hour get your attention. When you get the braking zones, it has high

downforce, and it is similar to Barcelona. With DRF and the

reduction we have seen, they don't have the spread of tiny wings for

the high-speed circuit and then a barn door when you go around Monte

Carlo. Lots of Ferrari fans. Jenson Button has had a good record, but

Lewis Hamilton with the three wins he has had in the past, three pole

positions, it will be hard to beat him. His first-ever victory came

here in Canada. Alonso is third in the championship and Ferrari third

in the construct this championship. Force India keeping an eye on

McLaren and Williams. They are on the same number of points, 52 points

currently. Williams looked stronger this morning. What is important this

afternoon and really important is the chequered flag. But McLaren are

in trouble around this Canadian race track. Force India, on a fraction of

the budget share some of technology with McLaren. They have

bought back ends and access to the wind tunnel and the simulated down

at McLaren. So it does show there is trading of information, of course

for a small fee. But it must hurt when McLaren are doing that with

Force India and then Force India go out and do a better job. There is a

banner referring back to Monaco. That is what somebody thinks. Going

back to the qualifying situation at the last race. But from what we have

heard, they have put that behind them. Perez drives for Force India

and qualified well in Bahrain this year. Qualified fourth and finished

third. Ricciardo for Red year. Qualified fourth and finished

been impressive. Two front row starts, managed to split Mercedes on

occasions. Has been in the top ten at Q3 in every event. Only his third

full season in Formula One but his first in a top team. He is relishing

the opportunity to be in a quick car. They are taking a casual

approach. All of the guys jumping in with only a second to go to the

green light. That will not -- that man will not take part after what

was a silly spin. It is so dusty, man will not take part after what

wall. Let's get to Tom Clarkson. What are your thoughts going into

this session and do you have any ideas as to target times?

Gutierrez not taking part will take the pressure off the middle. We are

looking at 1:17 .6. We will see how that stacks up.

looking at 1:17 .6. tractors change. Sometimes that time

can vary. We have had a few support race qualifying sessions going on

since they were out this morning. There's the other stands up at the

end of the session. Valtteri Bottas is on the track. Felipe Massa was

second. Both the cars we have seen, Ericsson has gone straight out.

Ericsson has gone straight out on the super-soft tyre. The yellow wall

tyre is the soft tyre. Slightly confusing. Just to remind everybody,

the super-soft is the more grippy tyre, though you will probably use

for the quicker lap in qualifying. Mercedes didn't this morning. The

soft tyre is the harder of the two compounds of choice.

Quite interesting as well, with qualifying three, not being the tyre

you have to start the Grand Prix on, be interesting to see whether the

teams that have the confidence to get through that session may choose

to qualify on the yellow mark tyre. And use at the super-soft tyres in

Q3 which they can then give back. Very interesting to see if there are

different strategies. I don't think there will be too many different

strategies in this part. Quite a few teams will try and go through on the

yellow tyre. Let's start of the action, Valtteri Bottas who

qualified third in as damp conditions, you spoke to him earlier

today. He is going on the attack. Talk is around a little bit as he is

coming through the exit of turn to. It is a gentle radius, you

coming through the exit of turn to. quite get the car straightened up.

Up against the war, return fire. -- up against the wall. Much nicer to

hit metal and concrete, they have put a barrier. As you went down to

the braking zone under the bridge, under the bridge it is partially

dry. Out of the second part of the chicane for stop you have this

constant radius round to the left, straight in the car into this iconic

hairpin, Nigel Mansell grinding to a halt on a last lap was leading with

Williams, Nelson Piquet went on to win that Grand Prix. In a press

conference and member he reintroduced himself to anybody

because it was so long he had been out one. You take your time,

enjoying the scenery as you go down the long, back straight. Over 200

miles an hour, attack the kerbs at the last chicane. We will seize on

people running straight towards the line later in qualifying, because it

is the shortest distance. The normal line, doing a couple of laps on this

one, is to pick the path of least resistance and have the car straight

as possible in the braking zones. 16 cars and trucks already. There

could be traffic. That initial lap, not that fast. We were seeing 1:15s

this morning. Tim Butcher has come up. -- track temperature. He ended

up 12th quickest. Let's see whether McLaren have been able to come up

with some solutions during the intervening break. Felipe Massa has

gone slightly quicker. Just to remind everybody, not the six cars

with beauty not taking the start of the session. -- Gutierrez. He locks

that left front, just getting into the apex. Now it is

that left front, just getting into getting the power out of the exit of

turn to. The back end of the cart moving a little bit, keeping it

under control. -- of the car. There is no coming off the break for

stop the tyre not looking. Smoke coming out.

It could be some rubber or something being deposited in there.

That was an unusual sight. Nico Hulkenberg on his first run across

the line. There are two Williams cars up there at the moment.

Maldonado, fourth in the latest. Watch out for Jean-Eric Vergne and

Daniel Kvyat -- Daniil Kvyat. They see what they can do. Rosberg hits

the speed trap, goes over the line. Let's see what this initial lap is

from him. He goes fastest on the soft tyre. The harder of the two

compounds. It is competitive. It did 1:16 .1. Let's see what Lewis

Hamilton has been doing. The braking zone locks up inside

left, decides to go straight over. Not happy with the temperature he

has got on the tyre. He will now have the added problem of having

picked up that Dustin and the run-off area. Cobia she thinks it is

good enough for Lewis Hamilton -- Kobayashi. It was Kimi Raikonnen.

You can see where he ran over the dirt. At this part of qualifying

they have had a support race out in between practice and what we are

seeing now, it was a selection of some of the ugliest looking

mismatched touring cars I have ever seen. Expect a bit of oil and dust

and dirt to be out there. Jenson Button comes out of the last

corner. His team-mate has gone fourth fastest. Let's see what

Jenson Button does. Pretty evenly matched throughout the weekend. Just

less than two tenths of a second between them. Magnussen doing well.

It is his first visit but he has matched Jenson Button throughout.

He just needs to be holding a small white, stroking the back of his

neck. -- small white cat. Hamilton just

gone fastest in the middle sector of anybody. A bit slower than Rosberg.

Catching up to the other car there. Daniil Kvyat. Quarter pretty well at

the end of the laps, shouldn't affect on too much. -- caught it

pretty well. We saw the Force India just in front

of Hamilton of Daniil Kvyat locking up. You can hear the slight

screeching from the tyre. I was standing at the last chicane when a

car locked up this morning, I have never heard such a high-pitched wail

in my life. It really strikes me how much noise we are getting from the

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

Radio problems and Mercedes. Rosberg has gone quickest festival in the

first sector, not quite as quick as Hamilton in the middle sector. We

are watching Rominger Grazia on -- Romain Grosjean.

A quick lap, just a fraction slower than his team-mate there. Alonso is

currently seventh. Interesting to see the difference of

the drivers in each of the sectors. Very different challenges, the

middle part of the lap is a lot more engaged. Nico Rosberg said he had to

work, relative to lose coming into this weekend. Even though he is

early in the session, he will be able to be quick in that last sector

for stop Kimi Raikonnen has been consistently quicker in that last

sector. And his team-mate, Fernando Alonso. I may be the decider in

overall performance between these two. They have been quite evenly

matched this weekend. A little trip across the grass for

Romain Grosjean. He doesn't have to go over Iraq have. If he follows it

down to the end of the yellow cab he can rejoin the circuit. Either he

doesn't know that he decides to take out a mistake on the inside of his

car. That is not a problem for him, Rob on ice, probably born on an icy

floor. Pretty amazing recovery. Hamilton is no better lap, I think

we will see him go even quicker a moment. Ricciardo goes sixth fastest

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

slightly slower than this morning. It may end up slightly slower

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

line. It looks Hamilton does as he comes across the

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

track hasn't slowed down much. There what he did this morning. Maybe the

Jenson Button. Last year he took his first win in North America in

Canada. Red first win in North America in

straight-line speed compared to the Mercedes engined cars. That, my

dizzy on why you should put your wings. -- that compromises on where

you should put your wings. You compromise your overall package. If

you don't have a straight compromise your overall package. If

speed, you go slow in the corners. They know it is a compromise right

now as they work with the engine partner. We just had confirmation

Nico Rosberg did indeed have radio problems in our first part of

qualifying. -- in that first part of qualifying.

Tom, you have got some news on Alonso.

It is low for everybody but I will be interested to see what he says to

his race engineer as he is pushed back. I think Ferrari will be

disappointed with their pace, 10th and 12th. I caught up with Fernando

an hour before the start of the session. He was saying we have got a

new floor, a new element to the front wing, we are still not

absolutely sure which of these parts we will run for qualifying. Still a

little bit unsure about the performance. They are seeing some

gains. Most of that is coming from under the bonnet, engine

modifications will stop they are still not quite sure about the error

dynamic modifications and that is being reflected in the lap times.

This can be a track that isn't always a great ground for upgrades

because of the nature of the track surface. You can see how great the

tarmac is, it is an old service. It may well be part of the developing

package by the time you get to Austria, the next Grand Prix, the

classic racetrack that will reap the benefits.

Daniel Ricciardo on a lap at the moment. One of the most encouraging

is Jenson Button. He was struggling this morning in 16. That is

definitely an improvement. Daniel Ricciardo, just edging out towards

the wall, the final corner. RADIO: still pretty similar to the morning.

Still trying to find it a bit. Took a while to warm up.

Sixth fastest at the moment, a slight improvement in time, but only

by a few hundreds of a second. The bottom five at the moment, we have

Bianchi, Pastor Maldonado, Daniil Kvyat, Marcus Ericsson and

Kobayashi. No great surprises. It is five that we will lose because

Gutierrez crashed out this morning and is not playing any further part

in qualifying but he will get to start tomorrow but it will be from

the pit lane. Of the Marussia cars and the Caterhams cars, we have got

all four of them and we also have the latest of Maldonado as we go on

board with Sergio Perez. This is the route five, high-speed,

into the braking zone at the sixth. The second longest rate on the

second longest rate, circuit. Gently curves all the way, looking to break

just under the bridge. He puts the wheel on the grass. We have seen

that happen at free practice a lot. We have seen several people at that

exact same corner, a classic mistake. Part of the issue is they

never really get the car in a straight line as they approach the

braking zone. They have this constant drift over. If you take

your eye, just of the width of the car, you get sucked into that. Max

Chilton is currently in the top 16. He was right on the white line, but

enough to pick up the dust. It goes fast. It does indeed. The way the

braking system is set up, different to what we have seen in the past.

Vettel with a huge lock up. Bails out of that and then cuts across the

chicane. I don't think we will see much more from Rosberg Ann Hamilton.

And Massa and Bottas will also stay in the pits. Bind them is a bigger

gap and people are coming back out once again. We seek Kvyat is in the

lower group. He has got a bit of work to do. Vergne is in ninth. Max

Chilton still in the top 16. A lot of teams switching to the super soft

tyre. More than I thought from this morning. It is Williams and Mercedes

who feel confident enough to go through on the harder of the two

tyres. Red Bull might thinking about it as well. Raikkonen is going on

the super soft tyre. It is unleashing different levels of

performance. It depends on how you get a compound working on the

surface. Kevin Magnussen is happy on the super soft tyre. Jean-Eric

Vergne was very quick here last year. Kvyat has gone six. TEAM

RADIO: Sebastien, we're not going again. Sebastian Vettel is not going

again and he has not used the softer tyre. Maldonado is the one down in

the drop zone will stop Max Chilton has been pushed into the drop zone.

Bianchi is there, Kobayashi and Ericsson. Problem the Maldonado.

Again. Every session except one, he has gone out in Q1, whether it has

been an accident, a problem with the car or a lack of pace. The only time

he got into Q2 was in Monaco and then he did not get to start the

race. It does not get any better for Pastor Maldonado. It is turn three.

He has sensibly let the car coast. Yellow flags will not be put out. It

looks like we have got the top group of teams and drivers by the looks of

things. Maldonado will not improve and that protects Perez. Can Perez

go any quicker? We have an accident for Marcus Ericsson who has hit the

wall in the caterer. Ericsson was slowest of all the runners so far

and it looks like he has crashed. The red flag is out at turn nine, is

it David? Yes, as you exit turn on line he has lost the car. Has a car

in front of him. He gets over the kerb. The annoying thing is, he

wasn't even trying for a time lapse. He was unsighted by the cars in the

front. As he cuts back, the momentum swings him round. Any other day if

he had hit that with the side of the wheel, he would have got away with

it, but he catches it at an awkward angle. The carbon fibre shatters as

a result. Let's look at the camera mounted in the wall. I have made a

lot of mistakes in my career, but I think that was down to

concentration. It did not look to me he was expecting to benefit from the

cars in front with the slipstream down into ten. The impact was on

bass heavy by the time it hit the wall and it has given the fans

something to enjoy. The first heart of qualifying has ended under red

flag conditions. We know who no longer is playing a part. After the

delights of Monaco it is back to reality the Marussia. Max Chilton

will be pleased with that, bearing in mind Bianchi was the star in

Monaco. It is important to bounce back. All of the focus and

Chilton has has an amazing run. He Chilton has has an amazing run. He

has lack some of the Speedo Y and that is something he needs to start

showing, especially in the second half of the year. -- speed of

Bianchi. half of the year. -- speed of

and he recognised that. I would suspect it is a fairly similar to

something he has had in the past. He did not fight it, he just looked for

a position to drive. Marussia might not have made it through but Max

Chilton was not far of Perez. Marussia might have not made it

through but it is an impressive performance by them and they will be

pleased. Maldonado, Chilton, Kobayashi and after Gutierrez failed

to get out at all after his crash this morning. Eddie and I came down

to Marussia in case a minor miracle happened. Max wasn't far off there?

Maybe we put the jinx on him. Not sure people expect that. What I am

impressed with is the distance between him and Perez. I cannot be

sure but I think it is less than a 10th of a second. It shows

remarkable improvement and the confidence they got as a result of

Monaco. That will grow. You won't see it, it will just be there. It

was a big triumph for them. It will be a huge

was a big triumph for them. It will for them. They are always looking,

at for them. They are always looking,

maybe they can look at Sauber and further down the road, perhaps Toro

Rosso. They have made a move forward. Sauber have been

Rosso. They have made a move Nothing has gone right to them. They

will have to call into question, where they see their future because

having problems. Marcus Ericsson with this spin which David thought

was a with this spin which David thought

perhaps? It looks like that, David should know. As he pointed out, he

has had plenty of them little shunts himself. We have all had them.

Reality is, he is a young driver but he is putting the team under

pressure because they have got to repair the car for tomorrow for the

race. That is the downside of taking a rookie. They make so many tiny

little mistakes. Sometimes they get away with it, but this time they

didn't. It puts pressure on the team and costs money. But hasn't he done

well this year considering he is at circuit he has not raced at and put

in a good show this season? I think he has. Every driver here is

world-class. There is only 24 of them in the world and they are the

best, generally. He is a quality driver and will be a good driver.

But you need to keep as many of those little things off it and

making unforced error 's, that is the point. There is no way back for

him now. We saw Perez picked up Greece and dust off the white line

and spin. He is a seasoned professional. It just shows you. He

would just touch the white line. He is gone. In actual fact, he does

touch the grass. We saw Sebastian Vettel did not use the super-soft,

but no big surprises at the front but we did see Magnusson up there

with a hot lap? People are getting twitchy because they can see

Marussia are getting closer to the next qualifying session. As a result

times are closer so they have to put on the very soft tyre. The

temperature is dropping, it is cooler than it was an hour ago. He

is Q2 so let's see what happens. Jean hast, the man bringing the USA

into Formula One. But has told everyone it is not going to be next

year. He confirmed this week it won't be until 2016 now. But it will

be run from the United States. It is an ambitious project, David? It is,

and the man he was signing with, was the Jaguar Formula One team when

Eddie Irvine and Niki Lauda were part of the organisation. He was

part of the early Red Bull team. He was politely asked to move on to

pastures new. He has found his feet in America. It is interesting to

see, he is leading the technical charge and their attempt to come

into Formula One in 2016. Beautiful view. The rowing lake on the

right-hand side of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. With a huge

investment in June to be brought in now they have announced this new

deal, 35mm all is of investments armpits and paddock facilities. --

$35 million. It is great news this will be continuing. The cars are out

on circuit. We have Bottas, we have had Hulkenberg and Sutil coming out.

The grandstand is full on what is a qualifying day. Let's get some more

news from Tom. I have been up and down the paddock trying to grab some

engineers and find out what they think you need to do to get into Q3.

Kimi Raikkonen did 17.0 on the super-soft in Q1. But I have been

told you have to do better than that to get into Q3. 16.7 is what they

are aiming for. Let's see how they can get on with that. The fastest

time by Hamilton was 15.5. In terms of time loss compared to previous

years, it is probably not as much in Montreal because they have more

horsepower. They are going faster in a straight line. Pole last year was

in damp conditions when Sebastian Vettel took pole. So go back a

couple of years for Vettel again, 113 when seven. There aren't as many

turns and you get a higher top speed. It does show a trend with

what the tyre supplier, various regulations being tightened up on

the aerodynamic configuration of the car. Made up of 160 horsepower

available from the battery packs and the rest coming ROM the internal

combustion engine with help from a turbo. -- coming from. Hulkenberg

has gone for an early run here. He is keeping of the grass where his

team-mate, Perez spun. Correcting the car a little bit towards the

hairpin. Best qualifying performance has been seventh Hulkenberg but has

scored points in every race this year, along with Alonso and Rosberg.

It is that consistency a team like Force India needs. They fought in

the does championship and ahead of McLaren and Williams. They need to

keep putting the pressure on the other teams. Looked good through the

last corner, Nico Hulkenberg. Sutil has crossed the line on 18.0 will

stop Hulkenberg has gone two tenths quicker than he went in the first

part of qualifying. I think it is a pretty good lap. Massa, we are

keeping an eye on. Second fastest this morning. Have Williams got any

potential this weekend? He has been out of luck this year. Massa using

the super-soft tyre which he used effectively this morning. Williams

seemed to be using it really well. Raikkonen, not a particularly quick

lap yet. Behind him is Alonso. The gap is just about enough between

them going into this part of the qualifying session. Let's keep an

eye on Kimi Raikkonen and see what the behaviour of the Ferrari is

like. Uses much of the right. He disappeared so close to the wall as

he goes flat out through five. Straighten the car as best as you

can. Not as much in seven because you accelerate onto the back

straight and you don't want to unsettle the car. Time comparison

between him and Alonso at the bottom of the screen. Not a huge gap.

Alonso is fastest man of all in the first sector. Raikkonen is about a

10th slower. In the second sector, Raikkonen is about a 10th down on

Alonso. This could be down to slight configuration differences in

downforce. But more likely he is just more comfortable coming from

the brakes at 200 miles an hour. Very evenly matched times. Third and

fourth at the moment. That is as close as you want to go

to a concrete wall. Let's have a look at the camera in the wall.

Almost took the camera with him. Raikkonen, being pushed down to

fifth place. Hulkenberg has done a better lap. Force India showing a

better term of qualifying pace than we expected. Daniel Kvyat looking

at. -- Daniel Kvyat looking up. Several people have not done a lap

yet, Sutil, Hamilton, Rosberg. sometimes it helps.

Interesting feedback. His aspirations are to be fastest of

all. In terms of giving the team 's confidence, where

all. In terms of giving the team 's now, this is what they have, this is

what we need to give you. Quite clearly he was happy with that

balance. That allows you to clearly he was happy with that

are the limiting factor, if anything, in overall performance.

Hamilton runs the straight line. Sorry, Rosberg will stop --. That is

his last run on that higher unless he is gay to do a cool lap to clean

them up. He is not

them up. Let's see what the lap time is

like, whether this will be quicker than Felipe Massa.

like, whether this will be quicker faster than both these guys. All of

them are using the super soft tyre. We wondered whether Mercedes would

do that. They still have the option of going onto the soft tyre. I

wonder what they are going to do. Qualify as their fastest time is the

wonder what they are going to do. They have an extra set of tyres if

they make it through which they give back. They may well take the

decision to get the best time in this session on the prime tyre.

decision to get the best time in This is still amazing, to Williams

ahead of the two Mercedes. For the first time this year, some else's

quicker than the Mercedes. But there is a Mercedes strapped in

the back of that Williams chassis. Felipe Massa was second quickest

this morning, that time again came on the super soft tyre, the option

tyre. Neither of the Mercedes cars were able to go faster on that tyre.

Interesting times. Jenson Button had this little lock

up. This is a bit more encouraging than earlier today. Magnussen is on

a good lap. He has set the fastest first sector of anybody. It could be

a good lap coming up for Kevin Magnussen.

It does make you wonder as the X it's the hairpin, that corner is

counted as corner 11, as you come down to the last two corners, 13 and

14, well over 200 miles an hour. He has been very strong so far this

weekend. Plenty of space there to the wall, it looks like he has got a

bit in hand. He goes into the top ten. At the

lower end. It pushes Jean-Eric Vergne out. Sebastian Vettel is in

Hulkenberg seems to have an edge the drop zone.

Hulkenberg seems to have an edge over Perez in this session

currently. Alonso and Raikkonen, when they crossed the line together,

I mentioned there wasn't much difference, and two tenths of a

second. There are now one, two, three cars between Alonso and

Raikkonen. That is how close it is. It is just hundreds of a second stop

Alonso is fifth, Raikkonen is in tenth position. If you go from fifth

place, down to 13th, you only have a couple of tenths of a second

separating all those cars. Speed trap wise you are looking at

the graphic at the top, Perez is fastest.

All the Mercedes powered cars will stop --. The Renault engine cars

have too one a little bit less downforce to try to get some spray

line speed. -- straight-line speed. The chicken and egg situation. The

reserve driver. Based on the performances of

Gutierrez, he is itching to get behind wheel again.

He will be itching to get behind the wheel, it is a strong rumour because

of the money bringing to the team. Finance coming from Gutierrez as

well. But they are having a difficult time, they have got no

points on the board this season. Sergio Perez in the drop zone by a

long way. Can he get into the low one: .16s? Picking the braking

points on this crucial lap is always keen to be demanding. We have seen

Perez qualify well this year. Let's see what he can do.

There was a nice change of direction, confidence in a Force

India car as he came off the. -- the kerb. He drifted the rear 374 stop

that will have affected his speed. He is still taking big risks.

Quickly, Tom. David was saying a lot of confidence

from the car. I was wondering how much your confidence as a driver

gets knocked after you have a high-speed spin. Would it take you a

few laps to get back up to the level of confidence to nail qualifying

lap? Probably about three or four races.

But Perez is back on the white line in this next run. He has got a game

plan, he is sticking to it. He knows he made a small error last time

around. As he comes for the line, let's see where he is. Has he done

enough? He has not. Still got another lap or two remaining four

stop these tyres are not likely to hold on. Not looking good for him.

On board with Adrian Sutil, surely it will be a struggle to get the

Sauber anywhere near the top ten. Sauber are still struggling. He did

manage to improve on his previous time.

Sauber have yet to score points in this year 's championships. Marussia

arrowhead of Sauber in the points. He would have thought that? -- are

ahead. Nice team, well respected in the

paddock. It is difficult after so many years to really understand what

is the drive, is just to be there? You never really sense they are

going to make that big signing in terms of an engineer or designer, it

could well be the financial resources to do so. They have been

in the sport long enough. Looking at the thermal camera on the

car, is this anywhere near the top ten? It will be tough. No, not for

him. Let us always knew this would be a difficult track for them. The

car hasn't been particularly good in slow corners, unlike previous

generation letters, the last couple of years, this year it hasn't quite

got the grip it did. Let's see what the lap time is like. He is looking

reasonably comfortable anyway. He now is ahead of the two Mercedes.

Raikkonen, he improves, goes up to eighth. Slightly out of the danger

zone for stop not by much. Three times pole winner is this guy in the

drop zone. Just put in a great first sector.

Nice and tidy 37 -- through seven. He has got traffic ahead. Grazia

gets a little bit wide. -- said -- Romain Grosjean.

Ricciardo has gone slightly quicker in the first sector. It is all about

this last chicane. This should be enough to put him into the top ten.

He has it that wall before but not on this occasion. Let's see if it is

enough, yes, he moves up to fifth place. Ricciardo is on an even

better lap. He could be moving up ahead of Sebastian Vettel again.

Magnussen is in the drop zone, let's see what Jean-Eric Vergne can do,

will he jump in now? Hulkenberg, Magnussen looking to improve.

The chequered flag has gone. Will Hamilton finished the lap? Ricciardo

goes faster Hamilton finished the lap? Ricciardo

They are both safely through into the top ten for stop Alonso and

Raikkonen. Everybody is on the super-soft tyres will stop no change

in strategy for stop Rosberg has just gone fastest. What is Hamilton

do? Faster. Mercedes back on top, as expected for stop didn't take long

for them to gain half a second advantage over the Williams.

Magnussen is out. Jenson Button has made it into the top ten. Kevin

Magnussen hasn't quite managed to match his team-mate.

Jarryd Roughead has made it, his team-mate, Daniil Kvyat hasn't.

Neither of the Force India cars made it. Hulkenberg was squeezed down to

11th in the air. They do have a good race car. We will be watching them

tomorrow. An impressive long run on a Friday afternoon. Magnussen

doesn't make it through this time. He is down in 12th position.

Raikkonen in there in ninth. We are going to be in for a tremendous

third qualifying session. A beautiful day here in Montreal to

enjoy the final stages of qualifying which will be coming up pretty

soon. We know who is in the top ten. We also know who has not made it

through. They will line up 11th to through. They will line up 11th to

Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, and the Sauber of

Adrian Sutil. So, both the Force India boys out

but no disgrace because they will be able to start on whatever time they

want. They are looking strong. They are probably happy as anything

for stop that is the situation, they can choose the tyres they want, see

what the weather is likely to do. They have got a fantastic race car,

we saw that in Monaco, Hulkenberg getting up to fifth. Steady, strong

finishes. getting up to fifth. Steady, strong

We came by the Williams lot because we thought they might be leading the

session but we didn't stand. They are clearly

fingers crossed, I would like Felipe Massa to get the second row. It then

puts Christian, we want to know what he will do to make sure he can get

onto the second row. We saw that Ericsson crash, he is

talking to us. This is a pretty unforgiving

circuit. Tell us what happened for stop I just lost the rear trying to

push, a tough weekend for us, getting the grip from the tyres.

Pushing the limit. You were pushing for a time? Definitely.

Short and sweet. His first year. He is learning. Once you are in this

you have got to play. A steep learning curve. He knows all

about that. If you can take the positives out of something like

today, and think about it, how he is going to eradicate this problem is

going forward, give the team better chance to make improvements to the

car rather than try and repair it, that is the key thing, he needs to

be aware, summary in a team needs to put their arm around him and tell

him what this has caused him, it shouldn't happen.

Christian Horner is on the pit wall, we talked to him earlier. How do you

feel the session is going first .

They are lined up to buy two. That is about our optimum for stop pretty

close with the Williams. Let's see what the next session brings will

stop you surprised by the pace of the Williams?

We saw yesterday there were very quick, got an efficient car on the

straight. A lot of horsepower for stop doing a great job.

We spoke earlier in the day, Daniel ahead of Sebastian, are you

surprised? He is doing a brilliant job. He is

just happy with the car at the moment. When you listen to their

comments, you can hear, just not quite as happy on the corner edge as

Daniel Cooke gets more out of the car. It is so important to get the

clear track and get the timing right. We hear about traffic slowing

your lap? Hulkenberg went out early in the last session. Did it work for

them? I don't think it did. There is a lot to be said for waiting to see

where everybody is and then picking your moment. There is a lull of two

or three minutes and that is the time to go. My guess is, if it was

my driver I would let things play out and see where we stand. We know

we are in the top ten so let's maximise this and go for the

ultimate and be patient. It did seem as though they were squeezing every

last bit out of the car. Max came in and said it is a difficult track

because you have not got great downforce and low grip. You cannot

run wide because of the barriers, so it is a bit like Monaco? It is like

Monaco but on a grander scale. The brakes play such an important fact.

As the temperature rises it will be more problematic because they suffer

and get used a lot. Do you think Lewis Hamilton will be in pole

position? I think he has this in the bag and with a top three or top

four. He here comes Q3. Jenson Button is in the top three

shoot out. It's a question of who will be next up. Williams did get a

car third on the grid here last year, but that was in the wet

conditions. The conditions suited Bottas. Williams were third and

fourth fastest in the last session. It has been great to see. We have

been watching Bottas improving every year. Massa has always been a safe

pair of hands. May have lacked the bit of a spark which would set him

apart from being an Alonso. But he is well liked in the paddock. Massa

looks like he has the upper hand so far. Tom, what have you got? Two

qualifying sessions. What will happen at Mercedes between Hamilton

and Rosberg and then what will happen behind. There was just half a

second between the cars. I wonder if we will see the teams slipstreaming.

It is something Ferrari used to do here. Little bit of a headwind going

into the final chicane. So slipstreaming would be more

effective. Usually when it has been tried, it quite often goes wrong.

Difficulty in this part of qualifying is the amount of time

available. If you want to do two runs, you have to sacrifice one of

your laps to let your team-mate slipstream behind you. It is

difficult to do. It isn't going to happen between Hamilton and Rosberg.

I guess Alonso and Raikkonen could consider it. They did go round

together on the last run but Alonso wasn't on the tail of Raikkonen when

they were doing it? You do benefit from as much as 100 metres behind.

It is a car going 200 miles an hour through the air. The wind is going

that way anyway and there will be some residual disturbance in the air

flow as you follow the car in front. You were on that list there, glad to

see, 1998. Nobody else turned up. The last time and Williams was on

pole, was Ralf Schumacher back in 2003. 2004, sorry. He was on pole

for both those years. Williams will be trying to claim some of that

former glory, Tom? Wouldn't it be wonderful. They said if one of their

drivers start from pole position, the BBC can have an exclusive with

Sir Frank Williams. I will follow that one up if there is a Williams

on pole. It is unlikely, but even if they can get both cars on the second

row it would be an amazing achievement. When the pressure is

on, that is when Alonso, Vettel and the top drivers can gain a fraction

of a second. While we wait for them, coming back to Alonso's comments to

his engineer when he asked how the car was in the previous session and

he said, good. That gives me an insight into the driver leading and

giving the team confidence. He could be negative, so therefore I will say

something is wrong for the sake of it. It shows he has confidence in

his own ability and openness in his team to give them something

positive. It was a good talents. The race with what you have got. It is

not as quick as the Mercedes, but I find that interesting because he has

the confidence to say that they are on the right track. He has gone out

behind Hamilton. Rosberg is out ahead of both of them. Rosberg will

be the initial runner. Remember Monico, Rosberg got the fastest time

in the first run in the top ten. Then went wrong on the second run,

but it also ended up going wrong as a result for Hamilton and some of

the others. Bottas is on a quick lap straightaway? He went through six

and seven, the previous chicane, used a mountain of kerb through turn

six. That shows confidence in the mechanical balance of the car. Goes

wide on the entry into ten but got away with it. When you miss your

breaking slightly like that he'll end up with a slower mid-corner

speed and have a longer distance to accelerate. 329.8 kilometres. Slides

the rear off the last chicane. See what the opening time is. 1:15.5.

That is very competitive. what the opening time is. 1:15.5.

really good lap from Tass. Rosberg coming through. We'll keep an eye on

Rosberg and Hamilton's times. Hamilton is fastest in the first

sector. The second sector we are now with Rosberg, how crucial is this?

Hamilton, watch his times in the bottom right of the screen. You

could physically exceed the speed as he turned the car into the apex.

Only if you hundreds quicker than Rosberg. It will come down to this

final sector. He hit the kerb fairly hard. Looking good. Hamilton will be

chasing. He goes for the short cut again and does 1:14.9. Hamilton has

a bit of a toe from the Red Bull. Jenson Button has another run

Ferrari can challenge Williams. Rosberg has the edge over Hamilton.

Like we saw in Monaco, Hamilton has one run to have two do it. A yellow

flag. If his team-mate got his cart beached on acre somewhere, it would

be impossible to beat that time. Bottas by less than a 10th quicker

than Massa but they third and fourth for Williams. Looking at a second

row. What about red wool? Sliding a out towards the wall. Has taken the

short cut to the line. Sebastian Vettel is behind Massa letterhead of

15th. In this part of qualifying they are giving everything in terms

of engine performance. That is such a margin on a track like this. Where

is he getting this time from? TEAM RADIO: generally low grip as you

would expect. Jenson Button is not sounding happy. Low grip. We have

not seen for Kimi Raikkonen. Zuma be because he has used more tyres than

some of the others and is saving a set of a later. Shall we see

Hamilton come out, first of the Mercedes cars? Will he hang back and

be last across the line? The risk is what we saw in Monaco. I would have

confidence, get the tyres on and get out with a clear track. Rosberg has

snatched the fastest time from Hamilton by just a few hundredth of

a second. Can he hang onto it? A gap to their opposition is half a

second. Encouraging to the opposition they are only half a

second and maybe a full second behind. TEAM RADIO: a couple of

tenths in the first sector, a couple in the Middlesex and not a lot in

the last sector. You have to find some time, Sebastian Vettel. He is

not accustomed to this position. Mark Webber was the older man and

had taken a few punches on his way to getting a competitive car and

being a bigger driver, wasn't always able to get the same weight

distribution Vettel enjoyed. Daniel is a similar size, younger and

fresher. This is the best thing he has ever driven. He is feeling good.

Sebastien is thinking coming he has stole some of my pole position

performance. It is different phases of their career. You would be

foolish to write of battle, but at a moment Daniel deserves the credit

for this great performance he is consistently putting in. Jean-Eric

Vergne is in the top ten in a Toro Rosso. He will be enjoying that

Daniel is doing a good job. They were good team-mates at Toro Rosso.

Jean-Eric Vergne in the wet and damp conditions maybe have the upper

hand. It shows that there is good talent in the Toro Rosso team. Do

you think Jean Eric's stock is rising? Absolutely, if his manager

is not rising? Absolutely, if his manager

paddock, he is not doing his job properly. Kimi Raikkonen has gone

out for his one and only run. Let's watch the Ferrari and see if he

keeps it off the wall. He was very close last time. This time he has

traffic ahead of him. Ricciardo is next up. It is going to be

difficult. Ricciardo gets out of the way. The teams have to be sharp to

tell bird drivers to watch out. But in getting out of the way as well.

All of that traffic ahead takes away some of your confidence. You are

approaching at high speed and you are relying on them being compliant.

It is a question in your mind you prefer to be not having. You prefer

to be focusing on where to find your performance. Raikkonen, this is the

only run we will see from him. Everybody else is lining up for

their final opportunity. Beat his about our margin with Alonso's first

lap. Depending on how he finishes this first sector. He is a fraction

slower. Not much in it but you would expect Alonso to find more time on

this final lap. The battle for pole in Canada. He is the first Mercedes

on the track as he comes through five. His first sector is not

quicker, so he knows he has lost time. Keep an eye on Hamilton's

sector times. We will let you know if he is up on Rosberg's times.

Rosberg has not put together at worker lap yet than he has already

achieved in this section. Hamilton is quicker in the first sector.

Rosberg, fastest man of all in the middle sector. Now it is all about

the last section. Chequered flag is out. Vettel is trying to beat his

team-mate. He goes third, ahead of Williams. Still waiting to see what

Williams can do of course. Alonso is seven. A fraction improvement in

time. Rosberg finds a bit more time. Hamilton has had a poor middle

sector. Not sure Hamilton has enough pace. Ricciardo is trying to beat

that time. Vettel gets his revenge on his team-mate. Hamilton crossed

the line and it is not enough. Not enough Lewis Hamilton at the track

he loves where he has had three pole positions. It is Rosberg that has

eclipsed him for the second race in succession. He beat him in Monaco

and has beat him in Montreal. Massa is fifth and Williams have lost out

to Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion. He has delivered.

2000th of a second faster than Bottas to go into third place. TEAM

RADIO: you are P1, Nico. Really good job. Rosberg takes back-to-back pole

positions. What a time to do it. He knew how important at Monaco it was

to stop Hamilton taking the top spots and the victories. Now he has

taken top spot in Canada. Williams celebrating a tremendous result for

them. Even Sir Frank looks impressed. A good

Genuine performance. Last year they were unlucky with

Genuine performance. Last year they conditions. Bottas will be relieved

of the tiny time difference between him and his team-mate, but it makes

the difference getting in front of Massa. There is the man who is not

only delighted to get pole, but psychologically it make a difference

in the rivalry in the team. It has been for hundredth of a second

separating Vettel in third, Bottas in fourth, Massa in fifth and

Ricciardo in sixth. It is a close group.

Lewis is determined to dominate his team-mate, that is just not

happening. He feels he has the pace, the ability, to not just beat him

but dominate him but that is not happening. Was there a mistake we

can pick up? Locked up as he went into the first part of turn eight.

This is going down onto the bridge, rakes into a massive lock-up, a huge

amount of understeer. Gets away with it but that could be the difference

between pole position and not. Less than one tenth between them.

Will Rosberg choose to rub his nose in it in the press conference?

.079, in it in the press conference?

Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. It is the fourth 1-24 Mercedes this

season. Little congratulatory tap on the back for battery Bottas --

Valtteri Bottas. I'm not sure if Felipe Massa has ever out-qualified

to team-mate will stop I'm not sure he will be too fast. The Williams

performance very strong indeed. Let's run you through the times.

Rosberg taking pole position. Hamilton second. Sebastian Vettel

just nipping into third. Not as good as they might have hoped

for Alonso. Just a few cars between Raikkonen and Alonso.

As either top 12, Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat

missing out a bit on this occasion. Nico Rosberg halted Hamilton's

momentum in Monaco and he has done it again on another of Lewis's

favourite playgrounds. It turns out the Mercedes boys did

have a supersonic Button after all. What an exciting session that was,

got to be one of the most exciting sessions we have seen all year.

Eddie Jordan, I have to say, you were a little bit wrong.

Not little bit wrong, massively wrong. I completely got that the

opposite way. We were sure this was going to be Lewis's pole position. I

never expected to see Sebastian Vettel up there. It will be a great

race tomorrow. Great to see their arms around each

other, kind of back to normal. Lewis smiling away, maybe with Monaco on

his mind little bit, but he will be disappointed with that not being

pole position. The momentum has stayed with

Rosberg. We all knew how important it was for him to win, had he not

won in Monaco, I think that was the championship over, it was already in

the bag for Lewis. What happened? You didn't win the race for stop

Lewis did not win. Rosberg did and he has carried that momentum. We are

going to be fascinated by what will happen in the next number of races

and I believe Mercedes are doing a great job allowing these two great

drivers to race. There they are in the car off to the

press conference. And Rosberg didn't show his hand at all until that

session. He drove an immaculate lap. He got

it all right. He put the pressure on Lewis.

Islamist ready for the fight? Is he able to stick with it? We saw in

Monaco where he said I should be in this position, should have already

had pole position for my previous lap. Rosberg is playing a very

steady game. This isn't like Monaco. This is a

place where you can overtake stop let's get the news from the Mercedes

boss. What a tense qualifying session,

give me some thoughts. Very tense, they were really

matching each other. Very exciting. Exciting having Williams up in

front. It will be not as easy tomorrow as it has been in the last

races, I guess. Doctor was about Rosberg's

performance, this is meant to be Lewis Hamilton territory.

They are pushing each other too much, you can see they are looking

at the overlaps, each others' data, trying to explore what the other one

was doing to be quicker. After Monaco, I am sure Hamilton was

very keen to be quickest, first run but it didn't happen.

In the second run he lost out in the middle sector, and it was just a

tiny margin. If your team-mate is just too competitive, there is no

room for error. Looking ahead to tomorrow, tactics,

how will it go? 1-2, I hope.

1-24 Mercedes, no shock. But it is a shock it was in that order. It will

be exciting tomorrow. I tell you who else might be surprised. That is

Christian Horner on the pit wall. You felt like you would get fifth

and sixth, you got third and sixth, is Sebastian Vettel back?

Is he there? I think he is talking to somebody

else. Great performance. Talk us through

that lap. His best qualifying lap of the season, he was four tenths down

after the first one in Kew Street -- Q3? A small adjustment, he just went

for it. He strung it altogether, got the most out of the lap he could. In

Q2 he was on the brink of being knocked out. To come back and

extract that lap is probably his best qualifying of the season.

You are ahead of six Mercedes powered cars, is that the surprise?