:00:24. > :01:21.Hamilton crashes! Hamilton has crashed in qualifying. I hit the
:01:22. > :01:25.brakes. The second half of the 20 14th season gets underway at
:01:26. > :01:34.Hockenheim. Lewis Hamilton starts at 20th. Look at Magnusson on the
:01:35. > :01:39.inside. He has hit Felipe Massa. Hamilton is trying to pick his way
:01:40. > :01:52.through the order. He is driving on the outside. They have touched! How
:01:53. > :01:56.did they get away with that? Another bit of bodywork has flown off the
:01:57. > :02:04.car. He needs to be a little bit wary. There is another bit of
:02:05. > :02:17.contact again. Yes, it was my front wing. And Daniil Kvyat is on fire.
:02:18. > :02:26.Hamilton has gone past Alonso now. He is in third place. Can he catch
:02:27. > :02:34.Bottas? Here he comes. That is what is called racing. And Ricciardo
:02:35. > :02:41.shoves him off again. A terrific dice with the double World Champion.
:02:42. > :02:50.Hamilton is catching Bottas. Try defending if the attacks. Lewis
:02:51. > :03:01.Hamilton is running out of time. Nico Rosberg wins the German Grand
:03:02. > :03:07.Prix. Yes, thank you. The second place goes to Valterri Bottas who
:03:08. > :03:11.fended off Lewis Hamilton. It brings the gap to 14 points in the
:03:12. > :03:15.championship. He has got another chance at the
:03:16. > :03:19.Hungarian Grand Prix, the last chance before the summer break. That
:03:20. > :03:25.is its car and his team preparing for qualifying. Welcome to
:03:26. > :03:33.qualifying from Budapest and the Hungaroring. It is a track not used
:03:34. > :03:38.very often. This man has had five podiums. What is it like to drive
:03:39. > :03:44.around here? It is hot and it is only used pretty much once a year
:03:45. > :03:48.for the Grand Prix. This is a physical challenge and a huge
:03:49. > :03:54.engineering challenge to balance the car and manage the tyres. We know
:03:55. > :04:00.Mercedes are dominating. Can anybody get near them? This is not about top
:04:01. > :04:06.speed or acceleration. Williams have shown themselves to be very strong.
:04:07. > :04:12.And do not write off Fernando Alonso. It has been incredible for
:04:13. > :04:15.Nico Rosberg. He got married and extended his contract with Mercedes
:04:16. > :04:20.and he got that result in Hockenheim.
:04:21. > :04:26.Nico Rosberg wins the German Grand Prix for Mercedes. Take us back to
:04:27. > :04:32.last weekend. How important was it to get back home when? More
:04:33. > :04:39.important was to extend the championship lead? Yes, it was
:04:40. > :04:51.fantastic, it was the second home race of the year. I was fortunate to
:04:52. > :04:55.win both of them. That seems to be a typical Nico Rosberg response. It is
:04:56. > :05:00.about the World Championship. Is that a correct assessment? It is
:05:01. > :05:05.difficult because I am here in Hungary and I am not thinking about
:05:06. > :05:11.the end of the season and I think short-term and I focus on the moment
:05:12. > :05:16.without thinking about what could be maybe if in months ahead. Is it a
:05:17. > :05:21.two horse race? It is still too early to say that, but yes, the
:05:22. > :05:26.chances are quite high. It is a great battle fighting each other. It
:05:27. > :05:31.is closed and intense and it is so funny because there are so many
:05:32. > :05:38.things that happen that are exactly the same as go-karting. The moment
:05:39. > :05:44.and the attitudes. Yes, it helps to know him better from back in those
:05:45. > :05:49.days. Some of the staff he is saying is about motivation and nationality
:05:50. > :05:55.and you do not let it wind you up. If you did not know him so well, it
:05:56. > :06:03.might wind you up? Is that fair? No, not really. It is not something I
:06:04. > :06:09.would put much interest into. First of all, I do not hear much about it
:06:10. > :06:17.and then I do. But I just try and keep a distance to the opinion of
:06:18. > :06:20.others. I respect it, of course. What have you got in your armoury
:06:21. > :06:27.against Lewis Hamilton that he has not got? There are plenty of
:06:28. > :06:32.things, we have our strengths and weaknesses. It is always going to be
:06:33. > :06:37.a tight battle and I have to be a bit more consistent than the other
:06:38. > :06:40.guy. Do you like battles like Bahrain where it was wheel-to-wheel
:06:41. > :06:46.or is there nothing more satisfying than winning by 20 seconds. It is a
:06:47. > :06:54.lot more satisfying to win like a battle in Bahrain. How is he doing
:06:55. > :07:00.this? How is he keeping Rosberg behind? It was gloves of and come
:07:01. > :07:07.out on top. Even in qualifying to be very close and to come out on top.
:07:08. > :07:16.Hamilton comes across the line and it is not enough. Good job. You have
:07:17. > :07:21.married your long-term girlfriend and your race engineer has been your
:07:22. > :07:28.first race engineer when you came in. How important is stability and
:07:29. > :07:35.continuity? I generally try to keep some stability and make things a bit
:07:36. > :07:40.more continuous. Change often takes away some energy, I find for
:07:41. > :07:48.myself, and some focus from what I am here to do. That is my mission at
:07:49. > :07:55.the moment, to drive a race car fast and even in my private life I think
:07:56. > :08:01.about it a lot. How is it going to impact my racing? Looking ahead are
:08:02. > :08:07.you already preparing for a double points showdown in Abu Dhabi? Do you
:08:08. > :08:12.think it will come down to that? When it is so close and there are so
:08:13. > :08:18.many points in one race, it is very artificial and I do not like it, but
:08:19. > :08:23.it is the way it is. I accept that and I am not thinking that far
:08:24. > :08:28.again. I am only interested in race by race at the moment. Some really
:08:29. > :08:32.fascinating comment I thought on knowing Hamilton Lewis and also the
:08:33. > :08:39.personal life and how it affects his racing. How together is he coming
:08:40. > :08:44.across? You would expect at the midway point in the season they
:08:45. > :08:48.would be tired and irritable, but he is getting cooler and cooler as the
:08:49. > :08:53.season goes on with enough spare capacity to get married in his World
:08:54. > :08:58.Championship winning year. You saw him thinking about it and giving
:08:59. > :09:03.very general responses. He is intelligent and that is generally
:09:04. > :09:08.what the opinion is in the paddock. Maybe he has got not quite as much
:09:09. > :09:13.speed, but he can look at the overall picture with his
:09:14. > :09:14.intelligence. He is the leading man if we have a
:09:15. > :09:15.overall picture with his intelligence. He is the look at the
:09:16. > :09:51.standings. Mercedes are in total command of
:09:52. > :09:55.this 2014 title chase. They really have got it all going on, but Lewis
:09:56. > :10:02.has had a problem with qualifying since Monaco, very disappointing for
:10:03. > :10:08.him. How much does he need to have a clean, productive day today? It is
:10:09. > :10:13.important ahead of the summer break. But this is a track that he has been
:10:14. > :10:18.most dominant on. He feels he owns this track. They call it Monte Carlo
:10:19. > :10:22.without the barriers. He will absolutely wants to as the
:10:23. > :10:27.qualifying. Pressure is mounting and it will be fascinating to watch.
:10:28. > :10:32.There have been all the rumours about Sebastien Vettel who may be
:10:33. > :10:38.moving to Mercedes, and he has had to answer questions on that, is that
:10:39. > :10:43.distracting to him? I am sure he is confident in his own ability and in
:10:44. > :10:48.his management team and the fact he does not have a contract beyond
:10:49. > :10:56.2015. But it is the answering the questions that becomes an annoyance.
:10:57. > :11:00.Here is news with Tom. It has been confirmed this week
:11:01. > :11:06.there will be new races on the Formula One calendar. From 2016 the
:11:07. > :11:17.sport will go to Azerbaijan and next year we will be returning to Mexico
:11:18. > :11:21.for the first time since 1992. I am really excited we are going to
:11:22. > :11:30.Mexico. To have a raise in your home country is amazing. The fans are so
:11:31. > :11:35.enthusiastic. It will become very popular after the first race we do
:11:36. > :11:39.there. I am sure everybody will be surprised how popular it is. This
:11:40. > :11:45.crash at Hockenheim Costa Felipe Massa more dearly than was obvious.
:11:46. > :11:51.The new chassis he is using is unable to accommodate Williams'
:11:52. > :11:55.newest floor, making him more aggrieved about what happened at
:11:56. > :12:00.Turn 1 with Kevin Magnussen. It is not the first time Magnusson has
:12:01. > :12:06.caused problems in the first lap. It was impossible to see on my mirror
:12:07. > :12:10.there was a car there. I had to be so aggressive with my team-mate on
:12:11. > :12:18.the first corner and another car hit me. It was really impossible for me
:12:19. > :12:24.to know there was somebody there as well. Lewis Hamilton enters this
:12:25. > :12:29.weekend 14 points behind Nico Rosberg. He has a very clear idea of
:12:30. > :12:35.what he needs to do to reduce the gap. I am looking for a clean
:12:36. > :12:40.weekend. I do not wish or pray for a luck. I would like to avoid the bad
:12:41. > :12:46.luck. I have had opportunities and not grant them for a couple of races
:12:47. > :12:51.in the last five races. In the last race, just as Silverstone, I felt I
:12:52. > :12:56.had the pace and I was ready and I did not utilise it. I felt that last
:12:57. > :13:01.weekend, but I did not get to that point, so I am hoping this weekend
:13:02. > :13:07.could be that point. Mercedes are favourite to win tomorrow, but they
:13:08. > :13:11.might not have it easy. The tortuous layout is expected to shake up the
:13:12. > :13:15.order, with Red Bull believing they can push them hard. The downforce,
:13:16. > :13:22.the change of direction, the corners, this weekend should be
:13:23. > :13:34.better. You have never finished on the lead lap at this race track. Oh,
:13:35. > :13:38.thanks! Daniel Ricciardo bursting with energy as always. He is so
:13:39. > :13:45.relaxed. He has won his first Grand Prix, this is a good team to drive
:13:46. > :13:53.for and the future is bright. Great to see that enthusiasm. And the best
:13:54. > :13:59.of the rest this weekend? There is no guarantee Mercedes will dominate
:14:00. > :14:06.qualifying. This tract lends itself to mechanical rear interaction.
:14:07. > :14:13.Circumstances dictate it is likely, but it will be close. We heard about
:14:14. > :14:19.Mexico on the calendar for next year and Azerbaijan. What are your
:14:20. > :14:24.thoughts on that? I know we can get up to about 20 races, but I am
:14:25. > :14:28.concerned when you get new events it puts pressure on the old, classic
:14:29. > :14:36.races. As long as we maintain all the greats, let's go to new places.
:14:37. > :14:43.Monza is the one with a questionmark over it. It would be tragic for
:14:44. > :14:49.Formula One when Italy is seeing declining viewing figures. With
:14:50. > :14:57.Ferrari, the oldest, longest serving name not to turn up at an Italian
:14:58. > :15:03.Grand Prix? Tom is at Force India. It is not a pretty sight down here.
:15:04. > :15:09.This is Niko Hulkenberg's car. He had a hydraulics problem at the end
:15:10. > :15:14.of qualifying this morning. They have assured me they will be out for
:15:15. > :15:17.the start of Q1, but I am not expecting a lot from any of these
:15:18. > :15:27.guys because they have been struggling all weekend. Sauber.
:15:28. > :15:35.So, expect to see them. Putting on the soft tyre early on. There is a
:15:36. > :15:40.massive 1. 6 second gap between the medium and the soft. So only the top
:15:41. > :15:45.one or two teams will get through to Q2 using the prime.
:15:46. > :15:49.And throw in the weather. It looks like it could rain during the
:15:50. > :16:08.session. Let's get some qualifying. Tom and Jenny in the pit lane, David
:16:09. > :16:17.and Ben in the combox. # Public enemy number one.
:16:18. > :16:20.Qualifying is underway on the 2. 7 mile Hungaroring ring and Lewis
:16:21. > :16:25.Hamilton is looking to take on his team-mate. But first he has to
:16:26. > :16:30.survive the first 18-minute session with the car. Tom, what is the
:16:31. > :16:34.target time to aim for and what is the buzz in the pit lane going into
:16:35. > :16:39.the session? People are saying it will be a 1. 253 to get through to
:16:40. > :16:43.Q2. That is a big ask for some teams. There are three old and
:16:44. > :16:49.established teams right on the cut-off. Judging by the times in the
:16:50. > :16:52.final practise this morning. Force India, Sauber and Lotus will
:16:53. > :16:57.struggle. So it could be tight. But I have to comment on the
:16:58. > :17:02.atmosphere. Slightly down on the crowd numbers in Hockenheim last
:17:03. > :17:07.week but not here. The grandstands are rammed it is wonderful to see.
:17:08. > :17:12.Tremendous support in the Hungarian Grand Prix event, it has been on the
:17:13. > :17:17.calendar since 1986. It is a tight circuit. Difficult to overtake on.
:17:18. > :17:22.Qualifying takes on even more importance. That is why a few cars
:17:23. > :17:30.are out on the track. Most cars going out on the harder of the two
:17:31. > :17:35.compound tyres. We have not seen this combination since earlier in
:17:36. > :17:40.the season. The combination used in Melbourne, Bahrain and China. But a
:17:41. > :17:45.while since we have seen this specific combination. We may expect
:17:46. > :17:55.some of the lower teams to go on the soft tyre but let's have a look.
:17:56. > :18:00.Pastor is to get out, a number of times he has failed.
:18:01. > :18:09.But so far this weekend, he has greater reliability.
:18:10. > :18:15.Both Lotus teams delivering laps and Maldanodo has had a clear run.
:18:16. > :18:20.A rare run, a clean run. Not many like that for them. The
:18:21. > :18:25.cars generally are more sensitive to front locking now that we have the
:18:26. > :18:32.real reliance on the hybrid technology that Formula One uses in
:18:33. > :18:37.2014. And the brake wire system is difficult for the drivers to
:18:38. > :18:41.regulate the pedal pressure. That looks suspicious. Sorry to
:18:42. > :18:44.laugh but off the back of what we were saying that is terrible
:18:45. > :18:48.reliability in the Lotus in the season.
:18:49. > :18:55.I think that a cursed it, saying he had had no problems. It was true but
:18:56. > :18:58.then he passed pastor again. Getting out of the car again without even a
:18:59. > :19:05.lap in qualifying. Look at the way that the shoulders
:19:06. > :19:09.are trooped. He cannot believe it. And you can see that the McLaren is
:19:10. > :19:17.bouncing on the tyre. There is a lot of suspension
:19:18. > :19:21.movement You can see that when we get the close-up shots, the side
:19:22. > :19:23.walls moving around and it is bouncing on the air balloon of
:19:24. > :19:28.rubber. Jenson Button sets the time. He is
:19:29. > :19:32.the fastest. The Caterhams are the only other cars to go out.
:19:33. > :19:39.Kevin Magnussen going across the line. Not as quick as his team-mate.
:19:40. > :19:43.Kevin Magnussen quicker than Jenson Button this morning. Now the two
:19:44. > :19:48.Williams. Let's see what Bottas does. Waiting
:19:49. > :19:55.for him to come around the final turn. That is Sergio Perez. He is
:19:56. > :20:00.third. And Bottas now. A fair bit quicker. Sixth tenths of
:20:01. > :20:05.a second between Bottas and Massa this morning. Here is Nico Rosberg
:20:06. > :20:10.coming up to the chicane. It looks like he will miss it. He is opening
:20:11. > :20:14.the steering so as not to flat spot the tyre.
:20:15. > :20:18.And fire on Lewis Hamilton. Look at the flame and the smoke coming out
:20:19. > :20:22.of the back of the car. As he tries to get the car in the pit, is this
:20:23. > :20:28.another major drama for Lewis Hamilton? He is looking for a fire
:20:29. > :20:34.marshal. Come on, show yourself. He has to get somewhere to sort that
:20:35. > :20:39.out. Lewis Hamilton's qualifying is over before it even begun. Can you
:20:40. > :20:43.believe it? ! The car is on fire. Lewis Hamilton is out of the car.
:20:44. > :20:49.But for the sixth qualifying session in succession, he is not going to be
:20:50. > :20:52.playing a part to challenge for pole position or will even get pole
:20:53. > :20:57.position. I cannot believe this run that Lewis Hamilton is having. A car
:20:58. > :21:03.failure the last time out in Germany and some sort of presumably power
:21:04. > :21:07.unit failure, it looked like an oil unit that ignited.
:21:08. > :21:14.Those flames are not coming from the carbon firebrand. That is being
:21:15. > :21:19.ignited. We will find out in time. But whatever the failure on the car,
:21:20. > :21:24.it is manifested itself in a fuel line or something. It pretty much
:21:25. > :21:31.ignites here. By the time we see him in the pit lane it is well alight
:21:32. > :21:39.from under the top body. I've got fire, guys.
:21:40. > :21:47.Lewis park up where you can find a marshal. There is one there. Pup
:21:48. > :21:53.there. Stop. Stop. Stop. The car will not stop! OK, the marshal is
:21:54. > :21:59.behind you. Jump out. We have seen some wins for British
:22:00. > :22:04.drivers from way down. But Lewis Hamilton is going to be last on the
:22:05. > :22:08.grid. He has not set a time at all in the session.
:22:09. > :22:11.We are still waiting to see how the session develops. But no time
:22:12. > :22:17.established for Lewis Hamilton. Everyone will get a timing. Pastor
:22:18. > :22:25.Maldonado will not be setting a time. I suppose that is a prospect
:22:26. > :22:31.he may be ahead of. But apart from that, going back to the previous
:22:32. > :22:37.session. He was ahead of Pastor Maldonado on practise, so one place
:22:38. > :22:41.ahead in the grid. Yes, this qualifying session
:22:42. > :22:45.compares to a 24. 0 that he did this morning on the option tyre. So we
:22:46. > :22:49.reckon about 1. 6 seconds available in the difference to the tyres. It
:22:50. > :22:56.may be less than that now. It could be more, actually. But
:22:57. > :22:59.these conditions over when the sun a beating down, it takes the sting out
:23:00. > :23:05.of the track temperature. Look at the slow walk of disappointment.
:23:06. > :23:09.Unsurprisingly. Well, a walk reminiscent of my Fife-year-old when
:23:10. > :23:14.I have said he cannot have any more biscuits! What does he have to do,
:23:15. > :23:19.though, David? He is driving his heart out this year. He is so exited
:23:20. > :23:22.to win this World Championship but every race recently, something goes
:23:23. > :23:25.wrong for him. Well that type of frustration that
:23:26. > :23:32.we are seeing from Lewis Hamilton is exactly the reason he left McLaren.
:23:33. > :23:41.A run of bad results. In the end he walked away from McLaren in
:23:42. > :23:49.Singapore, the crucial moment and Nicki Lauder swooped and persuaded
:23:50. > :23:53.him to come to Mercedes. It is sod's law, whatever you want
:23:54. > :23:57.to call it. This is not anything that the teem can influence.
:23:58. > :24:02.It is just the way that it is happening. So, up front, Rosberg is
:24:03. > :24:07.fastest. Daniel Riccardio is close. A tenth behind. And Red Bull four
:24:08. > :24:12.tenths off this morning. Sebastian Vettel is close behind. Red Bull
:24:13. > :24:19.able to challenge Mercedes more. But look at the mess of that car.
:24:20. > :24:23.Out goes the Toro Rosso. Interestingly, a lot of teams are
:24:24. > :24:28.now switching on to the soft tyres to go for the maximum performance
:24:29. > :24:33.available. For the likes of Force India and Sauber, they must be
:24:34. > :24:35.careful. They have been helped by the fact that Pastor Maldonado and
:24:36. > :24:40.Lewis Hamilton are out of qualifying. That has been a huge
:24:41. > :24:49.relief for the likes of Force India and Sauber. But who knows. We will
:24:50. > :24:54.wait to see who comes out. Grosjean is out on a final lap. It
:24:55. > :25:00.is getting busy out there. We can see some of the Mercedes
:25:01. > :25:06.mechanics putting a blanket over the top the Mercedes. That is to hide
:25:07. > :25:14.it. Now Gr Serious Organised Crime
:25:15. > :25:22.Agencies sjean. This is clearly a difficult car to drive this season
:25:23. > :25:28.-- now to Grosjean. This is where you build the speed.
:25:29. > :25:35.Flat out through ten. Down a gear, maybe into 11. Using the road and
:25:36. > :25:42.then it drops down into the braking zone of 12. Toro Rosso gives space.
:25:43. > :25:47.A short burst of acceleration into a long hair pin. Wider on the entry
:25:48. > :25:50.but pulling back well to get the acceleration. Bumpy in the last
:25:51. > :25:55.turn. That is something that really sets
:25:56. > :26:02.this track apart from many others. You must exit the entry speed at the
:26:03. > :26:10.point of turning. You don't know how much rear stability you have, until
:26:11. > :26:14.you are loading the rear of the car. It make it is very difficult. People
:26:15. > :26:19.like Lewis Hamilton have done so well on this circuit but he is
:26:20. > :26:24.clearly not taking part in the qualifying session. Perez lines the
:26:25. > :26:35.car up for good acceleration. Let's see what Perez does. A 125. 9.
:26:36. > :26:42.Quicker than Grosjean. It could be Force India and Lotus at the lower
:26:43. > :26:46.end. And Nico Hulkenberg into 16th. We did see him qualifying in
:26:47. > :26:52.practise. If you get a second lap out of the tyres, they are not so
:26:53. > :26:55.ruined. That was a mistake. I wondered what happened to Nico
:26:56. > :27:02.Hulkenberg. I lost it in the last corner.
:27:03. > :27:07.That is interesting. Grosjean losing the back end. Nico Hulkenberg
:27:08. > :27:14.rotating the inside wheel. That indicates the roll in the car taking
:27:15. > :27:21.the load from the inside Axel. And what about this for Verne.
:27:22. > :27:24.With the soft tyre on you leap up the order.
:27:25. > :27:29.Quicker than this morning on the same tyre. A couple of tens. That
:27:30. > :27:33.suggests that the free practise run was down on a fuel qualifying
:27:34. > :27:43.weight. Not as quick on this occasion.
:27:44. > :27:48.Third fastest. Now, Kobayashi.
:27:49. > :27:52.He has dropped into the zone where you will not make it through. But
:27:53. > :27:57.look how little he is off Nico Hulkenberg. We know that he made the
:27:58. > :28:07.mistake. But he could come back for a lap. If Kobayashi could find a
:28:08. > :28:12.tenth of a second, he could knock Nico Hulkenberg out. Max Chiltern is
:28:13. > :28:17.going nicely. He had a fire on Friday morning. That looked worrying
:28:18. > :28:19.that he was going that slowly. He is not looking for a place in the
:28:20. > :28:23.traffic. There is an issue with the car.
:28:24. > :28:34.You can hear it. It is not running right at all.
:28:35. > :28:36.That is a great disappointment. And there is his team-mate,
:28:37. > :28:43.That is a great disappointment. And there Bianchi going tonne a quick
:28:44. > :28:49.lap. And Grosjean who had made it through, we think, he has had a
:28:50. > :28:52.problem with the brakes in the last couple of corners, they are going to
:28:53. > :29:06.sort that out. So, Bianchi, can he attack
:29:07. > :29:10.hulkenburg's time? It may be hobble? Kobayashi has been matched in the
:29:11. > :29:18.first sector, so the battle for teem honours is on.
:29:19. > :29:24.Hulkenberg is on a lap that should see him move. It is a better area of
:29:25. > :29:25.safety. Where he is now he could be under threat from Bianchi.
:29:26. > :29:29.safety. Where he is now he could be under threat He had a good first
:29:30. > :29:33.sector. The middle is not fantastic. He gets the last corner right this
:29:34. > :29:39.time. And this may be a slight improvement but not much.
:29:40. > :29:45.Kimi Raikkonen, he does move a bit. Kimi Raikkonen did his time on a
:29:46. > :29:48.medium compound tyre, as did button, Kevin Magnussen and Massa. So others
:29:49. > :29:54.that are confident that they have gotten through on the harder
:29:55. > :29:58.compound tyre, as have Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Rosberg. And
:29:59. > :30:03.Bianchi has knocked Kimi Raikkonen out! Ferrari have miscalculated.
:30:04. > :30:09.They have been beaten by the Marussia-Ferrari with the same power
:30:10. > :30:15.unit by the test driver who drove Kimi Raikkonen's car at Silverstone
:30:16. > :30:31.a few weeks ago. Would you believe it! Bianchi is into Q2 with
:30:32. > :30:36.Marussia. These are the riders who are out.
:30:37. > :30:41.Dramatic scenes, that is one of those sessions where you have to
:30:42. > :30:44.think, did that actually happen? Lewis Hamilton out of qualifying
:30:45. > :30:55.with this problem that resulted in the fire. Very dejected and looking
:30:56. > :31:00.at his car in total disbelief. That is exactly how any of us would feel.
:31:01. > :31:08.Lewis, how are you and how is the car from the first leg? The car has
:31:09. > :31:13.been burnt to shreds, so we have to replace the engine and gearbox. The
:31:14. > :31:19.good thing is even if I get that penalty, I cannot go any further
:31:20. > :31:25.back. You must be upset, you looked upset. You have got a hell of a
:31:26. > :31:30.fightback again. Yes, there are lots of things going through my mind, but
:31:31. > :31:36.I had to try and turn it into a positive for tomorrow. You asked not
:31:37. > :31:42.to have bad luck before, that has not worked out. Yes, it is getting
:31:43. > :31:48.to the point that it is beyond bad luck. We need to do better. We have
:31:49. > :31:54.just heard it was a high-pressure fuel leak. Ben and David, Lewis is
:31:55. > :32:01.looking fairly fed up with what is going on and understandably so.
:32:02. > :32:05.He had the brake failure in qualifying at Hockenheim and now
:32:06. > :32:10.there's one week later, it is tough to take. It is indeed. It is a high
:32:11. > :32:17.fuel pressure failure and that could be anything, it could be fatigue in
:32:18. > :32:22.the park itself. Maybe what Lewis is saying, we need to do better, could
:32:23. > :32:27.be relating to that. There are too many niggly things on his side of
:32:28. > :32:32.the garage. The old cliche is you win together and you lose together,
:32:33. > :32:37.but that is not helping him now. Is this one of these situations where
:32:38. > :32:40.if things keep happening to him like this, he will think everything is
:32:41. > :32:48.going against him and it will be a problem. Earlier this year he
:32:49. > :32:53.bounced back from disappointment and he is mentally checking himself as
:32:54. > :32:59.he is answering the questions not only to the BBC, but to the world's
:33:00. > :33:02.media where he has to talk about the disappointment of qualifying. At the
:33:03. > :33:08.same time he is trying to dig deep and saying, how do I turn this into
:33:09. > :33:16.a positive? I am a great racing driver. Can I win this Grand Prix?
:33:17. > :33:20.Unlikely, but not impossible. It will be very difficult from 21st to
:33:21. > :33:26.come forward. We will see Lewis Hamilton tomorrow, the racer. We
:33:27. > :33:31.will have to and even in these days of DRS it is not that much easier.
:33:32. > :33:36.To watch him come from the back it will be a spectacle, but he will
:33:37. > :33:41.have to plan it very carefully and not get into the situations that he
:33:42. > :33:46.got into in Hockenheim. More qualifying and this is cute too.
:33:47. > :33:53.What a dramatic day already it is proving to be in Hungary. Lewis
:33:54. > :33:58.Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen are out of qualifying. Now we get to see who
:33:59. > :34:06.makes it into the top ten. Jenson Button was only 12 this morning.
:34:07. > :34:12.Magnusson made it into eighth place, in the last few minutes of this
:34:13. > :34:17.session we will be building up to the climax to see who makes it into
:34:18. > :34:25.the top ten. Rosberg looks to be in good shape. Red Bull could end up
:34:26. > :34:32.with a car on the front row. We have seen Sebastien Vettel qualify on the
:34:33. > :34:38.front row, in the British Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo's last front
:34:39. > :34:42.row was the Chinese Grand Prix. Valterri Bottas in the Williams
:34:43. > :34:47.could still threaten. They do not look quite as strong as they did in
:34:48. > :34:52.Germany. The twisty nature of this track favours Red Bull over
:34:53. > :34:57.Williams. But let's not count them out. Even Alonso can sometimes pull
:34:58. > :35:02.something special out of the bag. Plenty to look forward to in this
:35:03. > :35:08.session. This is Sergio Perez as he comes out of the final turn. He
:35:09. > :35:12.heads towards the helicopter, getting the picture of the next
:35:13. > :35:21.shot. David, what is he trying to achieve? He is making sure he has
:35:22. > :35:27.got everything primed for Turn 1. Turn to is a long left-hander and
:35:28. > :35:33.you have to roll the speed in and you drop down. The camera angle does
:35:34. > :35:38.not do it justice. Down to three flat out. Up over the hill, which is
:35:39. > :35:44.difficult because you cannot see the apex. Turn five is another long
:35:45. > :35:50.hairpin taken with good speed. Up to seventh and back down into second
:35:51. > :35:56.gear for the chicane. You have to be disciplined as you go through. This
:35:57. > :36:01.section is where it gets physical, through eighth and ninth and flat
:36:02. > :36:06.out through ten. Pull the car back across to the right-hand side for 11
:36:07. > :36:13.and that is threading a high-speed needle. Dropping downhill and heavy
:36:14. > :36:20.the brakes as you get into 12. Then a short blast into 13. Additionally
:36:21. > :36:25.it used to be very bumpy on the exit. Great images from the past of
:36:26. > :36:29.cars hopping and skipping as they get ready to come into this very
:36:30. > :36:39.long last turned 14, opened the DRS and go for the line. This is Niko
:36:40. > :36:44.Hulkenberg. He made a big mistake into the last corner in Q1. We can
:36:45. > :36:52.ride with him. Much better this time. He gets the apex. They have to
:36:53. > :36:59.wait a long time. Yes, he is quicker than parents. It is unusual in
:37:00. > :37:04.qualifying to hear them off throttle for such a long time. Coasting
:37:05. > :37:14.before breaking and generally being patient. I would have expected to
:37:15. > :37:23.hear him hassling a bit more with the throttle. Daniil Kvyat goes
:37:24. > :37:29.faster than Force Indias. They will be struggling to get into the top
:37:30. > :37:35.ten. Bianchi is getting an early lap in. Let's see what he can do. If
:37:36. > :37:42.anybody else has a problem, he has got an opportunity to pick up some
:37:43. > :37:51.places. Valterri Bottas is on a good lap. It beats Hamilton's target from
:37:52. > :37:58.this morning. We have not quite got 1.23, but we might be seeing it
:37:59. > :38:04.soon. Nico Rosberg is not the fastest in the first sector. That
:38:05. > :38:09.fastest time in the first sector was established by Valterri Bottas. He
:38:10. > :38:15.is looking very strong. This is the middle sector and where the Mercedes
:38:16. > :38:19.games at the time. But it is a mixture of using the car and getting
:38:20. > :38:30.the downforce through those medium speed corners that has helped
:38:31. > :38:35.Rosberg. We could be into 1.23. Yes, suddenly he is nearly seven
:38:36. > :38:40.tenths of a second faster than Valterri Bottas. Alonso is third.
:38:41. > :38:47.Felipe Massa's first run was disappointing. Did he make a
:38:48. > :38:55.mistake? The images tell us he did. He lost the rear end coming out of
:38:56. > :38:58.five. He loses the rear axle and as he corrects, you see the tell-tale
:38:59. > :39:04.signs of under rotation on the right. That will explain some of the
:39:05. > :39:15.offset in performance to his young, Finnish team-mate. RADIO: We might
:39:16. > :39:18.have a hydraulic leak. Now it sounds like it is Peres in trouble. It
:39:19. > :39:24.could mean the end of his qualifying. He is night at the
:39:25. > :39:29.moment, but he will drop down the order. Meanwhile, there may have
:39:30. > :39:37.been a fuel problem on Hamilton's car. It may well have been fuel that
:39:38. > :39:41.initiated that fire. Sebastien Vettel is fastest in the middle
:39:42. > :39:48.sector. How close can he get to Rosberg? That was a good effort.
:39:49. > :39:54.Talking to Christian Horner that is what he believed the offset could be
:39:55. > :39:57.if he hooked everything up. It is a smaller gap we have been seeing of
:39:58. > :40:03.late and reflect the nature of the circuit. Let's keep an eye on
:40:04. > :40:14.Ricciardo who is on a good lap as well. He is just a fraction behind
:40:15. > :40:18.this time. Joining us is the technical director at Williams, Pat
:40:19. > :40:26.Symonds. A very good initial run from Valterri Bottas, but there was
:40:27. > :40:33.a little error from Felipe Massa. Absolutely a bit of a lock-up on the
:40:34. > :40:37.front. That cost a little bit, which matters so much because this is
:40:38. > :40:42.going to be a close qualifying session, there is no doubt about it.
:40:43. > :40:50.The Red Bulls and the Ferraris are pretty close. We know a new chassis
:40:51. > :40:55.had to be built up because of the accident last week, but also a new
:40:56. > :41:04.floor. Will that have an effect on his performance? We simply ran out
:41:05. > :41:10.of the latest spec of floors with the accidents we have had in the
:41:11. > :41:17.last few weeks, so we rolled back to previous floors. Bottas'
:41:18. > :41:23.performances have been impressive. Are we seeing a future star here?
:41:24. > :41:29.All the evidence is there. He is quick. More than that he is also
:41:30. > :41:34.very intelligent. He is looking after his tyres very well and he is
:41:35. > :41:39.a racer and can overtake, but he understands exactly what the car is
:41:40. > :41:44.doing and is getting the best from it. Good luck with the rest of
:41:45. > :41:49.qualifying. Let's see who is going to make it through into the last
:41:50. > :41:55.part. It is a shame to see Sergio Perez standing by the sidelines.
:41:56. > :42:04.Force India seem to have a problem with Niko Hulkenberg's car. Yes, it
:42:05. > :42:09.is looking that way. We have had a lots of technical issues up and down
:42:10. > :42:13.the pit lane. People said it was due to the hot conditions and the lack
:42:14. > :42:18.of straights to cool the car, but it could be any number of factors.
:42:19. > :42:26.Reliability is raising its head this weekend. That is a good point, Tom.
:42:27. > :42:31.These cars are so complicated. When you see the amount of hydraulics,
:42:32. > :42:40.they have always been complex machines, but never as complex as
:42:41. > :42:45.they are now. RADIO: We will go for one time. I cannot imagine he is
:42:46. > :42:52.under any pressure with that lap time last time around. He is safely
:42:53. > :42:58.through to the top ten. Felipe Melo so needs to do some work because he
:42:59. > :43:02.is six and needs to put together a good lap because he could see
:43:03. > :43:15.improvement from those around him. They need to make sure both cars get
:43:16. > :43:19.into the top three. Turn for four years ago was where he had his
:43:20. > :43:28.accident in qualifying. A spring from another car, from Rubens Marian
:43:29. > :43:32.Kello's car, and hit Felipe Massa. It is great to see him driving so
:43:33. > :43:39.well, with that pole position in Austria, but he needs more luck in
:43:40. > :43:47.races. He brings speed to Williams. We know he has always had good,
:43:48. > :43:59.single lack speed -- single lap speed. He has won 11 Grand Prix, not
:44:00. > :44:02.by accident, but by good skills. He went through a period after the
:44:03. > :44:10.accident when we questioned whether he would ever get back to top form.
:44:11. > :44:14.He is going to do a good lap. Felipe Massa is faith and he is much closer
:44:15. > :44:20.to the time that Bottas did earlier on. Pat Symonds, who we can see in
:44:21. > :44:29.the middle of the shop, will be happy and relieved. Again he is
:44:30. > :44:35.getting wide. Struggling in that last corner to get that Force India
:44:36. > :44:40.in. He is just in the top ten, but we will see a few more improvements
:44:41. > :44:46.and that may not be enough. This is a better lap from Bottas, but he is
:44:47. > :44:52.comfortably through. Some drivers are not bothering to go back out.
:44:53. > :44:59.Adrian Sutil, 12th, that is impressive, bearing in mind they
:45:00. > :45:09.have been struggling. We still have got the top ten shoot out to go. We
:45:10. > :45:15.have got a spin for Daniil Kvyat. It has all gone wrong for him, he was
:45:16. > :45:28.improving. It looks like he has run over some damp patch on the track.
:45:29. > :45:32.This is breaking down into turn 12. And that might have saved Nico
:45:33. > :45:35.Hulkenberg. Driver going past that section will have had to shown a
:45:36. > :45:40.loss of speed. Sutil had crossed the line. We know
:45:41. > :45:44.that Perez is out of the session and it is end of session for anybody
:45:45. > :45:50.else to improve and Nico Hulkenberg has scraped into the top ten.
:45:51. > :45:56.Verne in the other Toro Rosso is in the top ten. Both McLarens are
:45:57. > :46:04.there. One Ferrari, both Williams, both Red Bulls and one Mercedes. But
:46:05. > :46:06.out of qualifying after good performances but a little error in
:46:07. > :46:29.the race today from Kobayashi. So, Grosjean is not happy he was not
:46:30. > :46:34.ahead of Sutil but one man that is happy is this man. Congratulations
:46:35. > :46:40.for getting through. It is great for us. I am really
:46:41. > :46:44.happy for the time. It shows we can do it some times. What difference do
:46:45. > :46:49.you feel in the car since the suspension has changed? It is
:46:50. > :46:54.difficult to manage, to set up. On Friday it was unstable. There was a
:46:55. > :46:59.difficulty taking the corners. But we tuned it tonight and yesterday
:47:00. > :47:04.night and we improved a lot. The Caterhams have looked good and
:47:05. > :47:12.seem to have closed the gap, so how vital is it to start ahead of them?
:47:13. > :47:18.It is good, for sure. We have to be in front of the race from them and I
:47:19. > :47:23.think that the battle will be tight. Cars are already beginning to gather
:47:24. > :47:26.at the end of the pit lane before Q 3 even starts. The weather
:47:27. > :47:30.conditions are changing. Tom, what is happening there.
:47:31. > :47:35.I am getting wet in the pit lane. Before the start of the session, we
:47:36. > :47:39.said there was a 30% chance of the rain arriving. Interesting to see
:47:40. > :47:44.that the Mercedes are out first. Ready to go with Rosberg. But if the
:47:45. > :47:47.rain continues it will be slippery to affect the lap times in the
:47:48. > :47:52.session. In the conditions, you must be first
:47:53. > :47:57.on track. That is where Rosberg is, not where Sebastian Vettel is.
:47:58. > :48:01.McLaren responded by getting the cars out but where is Red Bull?
:48:02. > :48:04.Daniel Riccardio ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
:48:05. > :48:08.It looks like they were doing something on the car with Sebastian
:48:09. > :48:13.Vettel and missed out the opportunity to do what Rosberg did.
:48:14. > :48:18.So you could argue that they have to cover both ends, one from the front
:48:19. > :48:26.and then one to the back. So the rain is changing quickly. We
:48:27. > :48:33.have to get this one clean lap. Verne being told what to do.
:48:34. > :48:38.Button, sorry, Kevin Magnussen is running second on the track. That is
:48:39. > :48:42.not a bad position. If you have issues where Rosberg has
:48:43. > :48:47.difficulties, you can see and you don't need to worry about catching
:48:48. > :48:55.him. So Kevin Magnussen can afford to leave a wee gap to Rosberg and
:48:56. > :49:00.the benefit of a slipstream. Adrian Newey is there, he can feel
:49:01. > :49:03.the rain on his head before he sees it.
:49:04. > :49:07.Well, let's see what happens. Is this an opportunity for Red Bull or
:49:08. > :49:12.one of the other teams? Rosberg will get the driest track but he cannot
:49:13. > :49:16.afford to fall off. The rain coming down now, it is
:49:17. > :49:21.difficult to tell where it is on the circuit. But in the danger zone. So
:49:22. > :49:27.Kevin Magnussen is keeping the gap close. Jenson Button, a man who has
:49:28. > :49:32.won... Rosberg has gone off! Kevin Magnussen may see that! Has Kevin
:49:33. > :49:37.Magnussen made the corner. He has crashed! Kevin Magnussen was in the
:49:38. > :49:44.barrier. The next to go to the front corner, where is Jenson Button. Did
:49:45. > :49:49.he get around? The red flag is off. The driver is stuck in the car under
:49:50. > :49:54.the tyres. As I suggested, the first man is not always the best place to
:49:55. > :49:58.be. In the end, Kevin Magnussen has come off much worse.
:49:59. > :50:01.He should have been able to react, seeing Rosberg ahead of him locking
:50:02. > :50:04.up. It is so difficult to judge the
:50:05. > :50:10.conditions when it is changing but it is the rookie Kevin Magnussen who
:50:11. > :50:14.has failed to get it right. So, how much rain will we get? If it
:50:15. > :50:20.continues to fall, they may have to change tyres? Yes. Well, he can't
:50:21. > :50:24.make it around the corner. That is the point where it is not about
:50:25. > :50:29.standing water but the tyre cooling too much. You don't get the surface
:50:30. > :50:35.temperature. So Rosberg ahead. We will see him in the break braking
:50:36. > :50:41.zone. It locks up. Kevin Magnussen was not able to react to that. He
:50:42. > :50:46.piled straight in. Jenson Button does react to that. Then of course
:50:47. > :50:58.an effect of all of the cars behind getting better.
:50:59. > :51:03.Are you OK? Yeah, I'm good. He made that initial lock and did
:51:04. > :51:08.what you are told to do, to come off the brakes but that was the worst
:51:09. > :51:13.thing to do. It ran out of space. Oh, it just catches the edge of the
:51:14. > :51:18.tyre wall. It needed to be longer, by the looks of it.
:51:19. > :51:24.The final part of qualifying is getting underway. Re-starting after
:51:25. > :51:28.the red flag for Kevin Magnussen's accident. It looks as though
:51:29. > :51:35.everyone is going out on slick tyres. So slippery down at the turns
:51:36. > :51:40.one and two but the rest of the track is being reported as dry. It
:51:41. > :51:46.may dry up a bit. Daniel Riccardio and Rosberg ahead.
:51:47. > :51:52.He will be comfortable with that, to keep the gap at three seconds as he
:51:53. > :51:58.crosses the line. But he will benefit from Mercedes creating a bit
:51:59. > :52:04.ofle a hole in the air. Amazing the benefits of a slipstream. Tom, the
:52:05. > :52:10.weather conditions? It has stopped raining where I am.
:52:11. > :52:16.Jenson Button is still not out. Let's listen to radio.
:52:17. > :52:21.So we are planning to do three times and one time, Nico. We cannot back
:52:22. > :52:26.off too much in the middle. So batteries full straight away,
:52:27. > :52:32.warming the brakes. Give advice on the track conditions.
:52:33. > :52:36.If the adrenaline was not pumping for Rosberg as Hamilton had gone
:52:37. > :52:41.out, I bet that the adrenaline is there now.
:52:42. > :52:46.He does. Reassuring words from the engineer, the battery is full.
:52:47. > :52:51.Not sure about the feedback with the sessions to go on the track. He just
:52:52. > :52:54.needs to concentrate on delivering a lap time that he believes is quick
:52:55. > :53:00.enough for Paul. The Red Bulls are gone out on a used
:53:01. > :53:09.set of tyres. Well, Daniel Riccardio has.
:53:10. > :53:13.A bit cautious there from Rosberg, unsurprisingly.
:53:14. > :53:18.And he can afford to be. The middle sector has the advantage. But if
:53:19. > :53:22.somebody takes a lung at the first sector, perhaps they can beat him.
:53:23. > :53:29.He has a three-lap run. With the time that is available, you
:53:30. > :53:33.could split the session up. When you mentioned the Mercedes having an
:53:34. > :53:39.advantage in the middle sector, Sebastian Vettel has the fastest lap
:53:40. > :53:44.of all. Somehow Sebastian Vettel and the rebel team have found
:53:45. > :53:50.performance and balance at the first part of the qualifying session.
:53:51. > :53:55.Bottas is quicker than Rosberg. Bottas flying through a second
:53:56. > :54:04.faster than Rosberg. But we know that Rosberg is doing a longer run.
:54:05. > :54:09.It must be all about the next flying lap. Someone making an adjustment to
:54:10. > :54:15.the steering there. That is part of the harvesting. Making sure that the
:54:16. > :54:18.battery is ready for the flying lap. The tyre temperatures, pressures,
:54:19. > :54:23.brakes. And Daniel Riccardio has gone faster
:54:24. > :54:33.in the middle sector. But now you will see a real lap from Daniel
:54:34. > :54:38.Riccardio. -- Nico Rosberg. Now it is Bottas, Roman Catholic,
:54:39. > :54:42.Rosberg, who set the initial pace, as we ride on board with Felipe
:54:43. > :54:46.Massa. Short shifting in the middle of the
:54:47. > :54:52.last corner. Then he deploys the DRS. Crossing
:54:53. > :54:57.the line. Only third. A slower than the teem meat.
:54:58. > :55:04.So a second down on the times from Q2. I wonder if we will get back to
:55:05. > :55:09.that level. Fernando Alonso is good at reading the conditions. But he is
:55:10. > :55:14.second. Quicker than the Red Bull on the first flying lap. But the track
:55:15. > :55:22.conditions are getting drier. Jenson Button is with us now.
:55:23. > :55:26.It's been a reasonable lap for Jenson but nothing to challenge the
:55:27. > :55:33.top two. There is a huge roll in the McLaren.
:55:34. > :55:37.Daniel Riccardio has gone quicker than anyone in the middle sector.
:55:38. > :55:43.But interestingly, Rosberg has backed off. He has backed off in the
:55:44. > :55:48.middle sector. He is sixthth. We know he has a lap to do. But it is
:55:49. > :55:54.surprising he did not keep it going flat out. Daniel Riccardio is up to
:55:55. > :55:59.second now. Bottas is fastest.
:56:00. > :56:08.Sebastian Vettel is on a very good lap. A stunning lap. Fastest in the
:56:09. > :56:11.middle sector. This should move him ahead of Bottas. Rosberg, we are
:56:12. > :56:17.waiting for him to respond. He has gone on to another lap. But the
:56:18. > :56:23.tyres have done their work? The Red Bull is showing pace in the middle
:56:24. > :56:28.sector. A tenth slower from Rosberg in Q2. So fully dry conditions.
:56:29. > :56:35.Nico Hulkenberg, a chance to move up. He is fourth in the Force India.
:56:36. > :56:44.That is a good effort. They did not have a good qualifying pace this
:56:45. > :56:50.morning. Rosberg was only 800th slower than
:56:51. > :56:56.the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel. Is this enough to beat Sebastian
:56:57. > :57:01.Vettel? Yes. Rosberg is quicker. Only just under two tenth of a
:57:02. > :57:09.second faster than Vettel but he is in front for the moment.
:57:10. > :57:15.And now Valtteri Bottas sent on his second go on a new set of tyres. Is
:57:16. > :57:30.there a chance for Bottas to claim something special here.
:57:31. > :57:35.Now let's see if Vergne does enough to challenge Force India. Yes, he
:57:36. > :57:40.does. Vergne has been fast in qualifying
:57:41. > :57:45.but not the race finishes, that he has not been so lucky with.
:57:46. > :57:50.Now the track is getting busier. We have nine cars on the track. So
:57:51. > :57:57.basically all of them that are in the session that remain. And there
:57:58. > :58:02.is Jenson Button. He is half a second down on the
:58:03. > :58:12.best. What can he do in the second part? Always neat and tidy.
:58:13. > :58:21.It is a track that you have to hustle the car. It doesn't look like
:58:22. > :58:27.he can be as aggressive with the McLaren. Sometimes it can be
:58:28. > :58:33.perception with gen. On as he is a sploot driver. But then the incar
:58:34. > :58:41.shot, you can see a different set-up on the McLaren. A lot more physical
:58:42. > :58:47.mechanical role. Let's see if he moves up the order a bit. He is
:58:48. > :58:53.fourth at the moment but a second away from what Rosberg has done.
:58:54. > :58:59.This is a vital lap. It is quicker than Massa in the first sector and
:59:00. > :59:03.now, does he have enough to challenge Rosberg and Vette
:59:04. > :59:11.Sebastian Vettel and force them to grow across the line. Very close.
:59:12. > :59:17.Faster than anybody in the final sector at this stage. Massa comes
:59:18. > :59:23.through, he is fourth. He is a little more than that off.
:59:24. > :59:29.He is front line tenth of a second slower than Bottas. So Pat simmons
:59:30. > :59:34.suggested it was a couple of takens, the other is a balance of
:59:35. > :59:39.confidence. Can Fernando Alonso do it? You would
:59:40. > :59:49.think that Daniel Riccardio, with a lap, he may be able to fill the
:59:50. > :59:54.space there. Daniel Riccardio has Massa up ahead
:59:55. > :00:05.of him. That was a fantastic qualifying performance.
:00:06. > :00:08.Setting himself up. And the tyres holding on.
:00:09. > :00:12.The soft tyre allowing them to get a second flying lap. So Jenson Button
:00:13. > :00:18.has crossed the line. He is sixth with that.
:00:19. > :00:26.Let's watch Sebastian Vettel. Two tenth away from Rosberg. 31. 0, the
:00:27. > :00:30.fastest man of them all. He has gone a tenth quicker in the middle sect
:00:31. > :00:36.over. It will be close. Sebastian Vettel has been on pole in
:00:37. > :00:40.the past. He crosses the line. He is pastest. But Rosberg is still in for
:00:41. > :00:46.a quick lap. Will Sebastian Vettel hold on to the position, or will it
:00:47. > :00:52.be stolen away. Here comes the Mercedes. He has done it. By a
:00:53. > :01:11.margin in the end! Nearly half a second, the advantage for Nico
:01:12. > :01:20.Rosberg. Alonso is in fifth place. But it is seven, Jean-Eric Vergne is
:01:21. > :01:26.eight, and Hulk and bird is night. It is the sixth pole position of the
:01:27. > :01:34.year for Nico Rosberg, three in a row, and his first ever front row
:01:35. > :01:42.start in Hungary. RADIO: Well done, pole position, good effort. Well
:01:43. > :01:46.done. Nico Rosberg enjoying the moment once again as he takes pole
:01:47. > :01:50.position. He is getting used to this. It is ten out of 11 pole
:01:51. > :02:51.positions for Mercedes this year. Sixth polls this year, third
:02:52. > :02:56.consecutive pole, did you expect to have so much at the end? Not really
:02:57. > :03:00.because through qualifying it was all a bit closer, but I nailed the
:03:01. > :03:07.lap in the end, so I was happy with that. There were a couple of places
:03:08. > :03:14.where it you were a bit wide. Is that part of the tactics? Turn five
:03:15. > :03:21.has the best grip not hitting the apex, so it was on purpose. A racing
:03:22. > :03:27.driver would always say that. That was on purpose. What was going
:03:28. > :03:33.through your head when it started to rain? It was very difficult because
:03:34. > :03:39.also it could have been that lap that counts. I got to Turn 1 and it
:03:40. > :03:45.was wet and I did not know how much risk to take and I took it a bit
:03:46. > :03:50.easy and that helped me in the end. Then it dried up after that and it
:03:51. > :03:56.was easier. You do not have the straight line speed advantage than
:03:57. > :04:01.on other tracks. Is that a factor of this circuit, looking at the top
:04:02. > :04:08.line speeds? That we have an advantage? No, you have got less,
:04:09. > :04:14.are you running more downforce? I am not too sure, but I think we are
:04:15. > :04:19.maxed out on downforce because of the regulations. You cannot get
:04:20. > :04:25.enough downforce on the car. But Williams are still massively
:04:26. > :04:31.impressive. That was a mistake, you are right, that was a bit wide. How
:04:32. > :04:36.much would that have cost you? Not much because there is grip further
:04:37. > :04:42.out in the corner. Tomorrow, do raise, that is what counts, how are
:04:43. > :04:47.you feeling about that? Well, of course I am happy starting first and
:04:48. > :04:52.it is a free opportunity with Lewis starting at the back and I have to
:04:53. > :04:56.use it and make as many points as possible. The weather could play a
:04:57. > :05:01.role, it is supposed to be raining and it could be more interesting.
:05:02. > :05:06.But my car is fast in either condition. I should be able to win
:05:07. > :05:11.the race hopefully and I will try and go for that. The team
:05:12. > :05:18.perspective today, it is not a good day with what happened to Lewis. I
:05:19. > :05:23.do not want to see that, we need to keep pushing on the reliability.
:05:24. > :05:28.Where we are at the moment I am enjoying the battle, the gloves off,
:05:29. > :05:33.fighting and in the races and in qualifying, so I am by no means
:05:34. > :05:37.ecstatic about my pole position. I would have much preferred to beat
:05:38. > :05:42.him fair and square on the track. We would have liked to see that as
:05:43. > :05:46.well. Thank you. Sebastien Vettel, back on the front
:05:47. > :05:52.row and back in the room. Do you feel as if you have made a step
:05:53. > :05:56.forward this weekend? To be honest we did not have that many new parts.
:05:57. > :06:01.It has only been a week since Hockenheim. I would love to say yes,
:06:02. > :06:06.but realistically I have to say no. The track helps us a bit.
:06:07. > :06:11.Historically we have been strong here. All that together allowed us
:06:12. > :06:17.to finally beat the Williams on a Saturday. It could have been a
:06:18. > :06:21.better lap, you had a small lock-up in turn to. But you have good
:06:22. > :06:26.straight-line speed, so you have to peel good for the race against
:06:27. > :06:35.Mercedes tomorrow. Yes, I was quite happy. You know how tricky turn to
:06:36. > :06:40.can be, but I had a good X it. I had some small mistakes later in the
:06:41. > :06:49.lap. At turn 12 I went wider than I wanted, but not enough to put Nico
:06:50. > :06:53.Rosberg under pressure. He had a good final lap. It was important to
:06:54. > :07:01.go with the track and the conditions and use the tyres in qualifying.
:07:02. > :07:07.What do you think about tomorrow? Did David asked that before? You did
:07:08. > :07:13.not answer it. I got so carried away apologising about turn to. The rain
:07:14. > :07:21.is somewhere around, we do not know if it will come down and if so, by
:07:22. > :07:25.how much. Anything is possible. In normal, dry conditions we know
:07:26. > :07:29.Mercedes has the upper hand. It might be tricky for Lewis to come
:07:30. > :07:33.through the field because overtaking should be more difficult. But we do
:07:34. > :07:38.not focus on that, we have to focus on ourselves. Let's hear from
:07:39. > :07:46.Daniel. That was a crazy qualifying
:07:47. > :07:52.session. Are you happy? I am not really happy with the result to be
:07:53. > :07:58.honest, especially with Lewis out. He should have been fighting for the
:07:59. > :08:02.front row and the top three. We were looking good in the session and when
:08:03. > :08:07.the rain came down we struggled to get the tyres in and it felt like
:08:08. > :08:15.everything was not up to temperature. You know, we will try
:08:16. > :08:22.and learn something from that. I think fourth was an under today. You
:08:23. > :08:28.looked like you're having fun today, that was great lap. It was. When it
:08:29. > :08:35.matters it always feels good when you get the best lap of the weekend.
:08:36. > :08:39.Actually, I was surprised how much we could still find time and how the
:08:40. > :08:44.track improved. It was still completely dry at the end.
:08:45. > :08:47.track improved. It was still impressive. It seems as if you are
:08:48. > :08:52.starting to find your feet in the middle part of the season. Has there
:08:53. > :08:58.been something that has given you that extra confidence? I have to say
:08:59. > :09:02.in every race more and more I feel confident in the car and I feel at
:09:03. > :09:10.one with the car more and more. It gives you confidence. We have been
:09:11. > :09:15.able to improve the downforce of the car and we have more downforce here
:09:16. > :09:20.than we had in the previous race. That gives you confidence and the
:09:21. > :09:23.feeling of the car. You talked to the team on the radio at the end and
:09:24. > :09:33.you sounded thrilled. What did you say? After the lap? Yes. I think I
:09:34. > :09:40.said it was a good lap. Did you say it was a perfect lap? You can never
:09:41. > :09:46.say a perfect lap, I do not know if it exists. It was as good as it
:09:47. > :09:51.gets. Any chance of the podium? Here it is going to be more difficult
:09:52. > :09:56.than the last three. Red Bull have more pace and Mercedes is quicker
:09:57. > :10:04.here than compared to us. It will not be easy, but we need to target
:10:05. > :10:09.that. It is a long run from the grid to Turn 1. If we can get one of them
:10:10. > :10:14.at least in the beginning and try and keep them behind as long as
:10:15. > :10:24.possible, it is possible and with it and aim for that. Good luck. Neither
:10:25. > :11:06.of these two have everyone in Hungary before.
:11:07. > :11:13.The likelihood is that due to extensive repairs required, Hamilton
:11:14. > :11:17.will join Kevin Magnussen in starting from the pit lane.
:11:18. > :11:21.It looks like the pit lane will be very busy tomorrow. We are outside
:11:22. > :11:29.Mercedes, they must be working away. They are. They had never seen a car
:11:30. > :11:35.like it. They have to change the engine, the Turbo, the hybrid
:11:36. > :11:37.system, the gearbox and more than likely the chassis itself, which
:11:38. > :11:44.means it will start from the pit lane. That is a complete rebuild.
:11:45. > :11:50.Normally in the factory it is one and a half days, so I would expect
:11:51. > :11:56.about ten or 11 hours. It will be hard work for the mechanics. It is
:11:57. > :12:00.hot and humid. Such a dramatic session with Kevin Magnussen having
:12:01. > :12:05.that crash. What do you make of his chances? Getting caught out in those
:12:06. > :12:09.changeable conditions and locked in those changeable conditions and
:12:10. > :12:17.locked into a great opportunity for him to show his skills. Nico Rosberg
:12:18. > :12:21.got away with it in front of him. We can see Nico Rosberg running wide
:12:22. > :12:27.and Magnussen not able to use that information. He will be kicking
:12:28. > :12:32.himself for that mistake, but it is an opportunity for him to show his
:12:33. > :12:37.driving skills and work his way forward because McLaren has been
:12:38. > :12:40.competitive here. Kimi Raikkonen is furious with Harare. That is
:12:41. > :12:48.unforgivable that strategy error, isn't it? Basically it only required
:12:49. > :12:52.two tenths of a second for him to be out and sitting there. He was seven
:12:53. > :12:58.tenths of a second slower than Fernando Alonso and they played the
:12:59. > :13:03.gamble and it did not work. That is twice since Silverstone that the
:13:04. > :13:07.strategy has failed him. There will be questions asked in Ferrari
:13:08. > :13:11.debriefed tonight. We can catch all the action live tomorrow. We will
:13:12. > :13:26.have all the best bits for you. Fuel flow problems, fire and
:13:27. > :13:29.frustration for a Lewis Hamilton. He came from the back and ripped
:13:30. > :13:35.through the field last weekend. Can he do it again?
:13:36. > :13:44.We will soon find out. Qualifying is underway. A major drama for
:13:45. > :13:50.Hamilton. He has knocked Kimi Raikkonen out. The weather
:13:51. > :13:58.conditions are changing. You need to be first on track. Magnussen is into
:13:59. > :13:59.the barrier. It is the sixth pole position of the year for Nico
:14:00. > :14:03.Rosberg.