The Italian Grand Prix - Practice 1

:00:07. > :01:17.Good morning and welcome to Monza. Hard to believe this is the final

:01:18. > :01:21.European Grand Prix of the season. Every reason to believe this could

:01:22. > :01:27.be yet another Mercedes party. Allan McNish, since Spa, all of the

:01:28. > :01:34.headlines have been about Mercedes, the clash we saw between Lewis and

:01:35. > :01:40.Nico. Have the teams handled it well? Yes. Niki Lauda came out

:01:41. > :01:47.straight away and said it was Nico Rosberg that caused the incident. He

:01:48. > :01:50.put it out on twitter and said, if you were running the team, what

:01:51. > :01:58.would you do, escalating the discussion, if you like. But he came

:01:59. > :02:03.out and publicly apologised. And they have tried to calm it down this

:02:04. > :02:05.weekend so far. You can see from that faces in the press conference,

:02:06. > :02:11.the drivers were not comfortable with each other. After the race in

:02:12. > :02:17.Spa, Nico Rosberg was adamant he had nothing to apologise for. Do you

:02:18. > :02:21.think Lewis will get a bit of a buzz and a kick out of this? He seems to

:02:22. > :02:25.be in a good place yesterday, and at the moment he is perceived like the

:02:26. > :02:35.good guy, and Nick are is the bad guy. Will that give him confidence?

:02:36. > :02:41.Clearly the team have clipped the wings of Nico a bit. And Lewis feels

:02:42. > :02:46.this is the first time the team have been behind him this year. So it has

:02:47. > :02:53.lifted him up, but he must use the extra energy to leapfrog Nico in the

:02:54. > :02:56.fight for qualifying. Whilst Mercedes reprimanded Rosberg, the

:02:57. > :03:02.stewards did not, they did not see anything wrong with the incident on

:03:03. > :03:06.track. The man to capitalise on all was Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, his

:03:07. > :03:13.third win. What a season he is having. Yes, this time last year he

:03:14. > :03:19.was battling for the Toro Rosso seat vacated by Mark Webber, but he has

:03:20. > :03:23.come out as the team leader, with Sebastian Vettel, a 4 times world

:03:24. > :03:28.champion, struggling to catch up with him. The thing that has

:03:29. > :03:31.impressed me about Daniel Ricciardo, he grabs opportunities

:03:32. > :03:38.with both hands and does not let them sleep. -- slip. The gap at the

:03:39. > :03:45.top has increased since the last race. Nico Rosberg 29 points ahead

:03:46. > :03:50.of Lewis Hamilton. Daniel is just 35 points behind Lewis. Fernando Alonso

:03:51. > :03:59.in fourth, Bottas in an impressive fifth. Sebastian Vettel is yet to

:04:00. > :04:05.lead a race, let alone win one. Mercedes still leading the way with

:04:06. > :04:08.411 points. Since the last race, McLaren have moved ahead of Force

:04:09. > :04:15.India but only by two points, and Marussia are ahead of Caterham and

:04:16. > :04:22.Sauber. Ben Edwards and Tony Dodgers in the commentary box. Incredible to

:04:23. > :04:29.believe this is the last European race of the season, but what a place

:04:30. > :04:35.to finish. Yes. It is 43 years today since Peter Gethin won the closest

:04:36. > :04:40.ever Formula One race by .01 of a second. So many memories here. A

:04:41. > :04:43.fabulous place to come. I remember coming here for the first time in

:04:44. > :04:50.the 80s and I wanted to walk around the track, it was almost dark, but

:04:51. > :04:54.by the time I got to the end of the lab you could sense the history and

:04:55. > :05:01.atmosphere. There is the old banking they last used in 1961. You feel the

:05:02. > :05:06.ghosts almost. A lot to look forward to. We will soon be getting into the

:05:07. > :05:12.first 90 minutes session of the weekend. We have had some clues from

:05:13. > :05:20.Spa, but what are we expecting here? The man's a bit of a car here? A bit

:05:21. > :05:25.different, but quite similar to Spa -- does it do manned a different

:05:26. > :05:29.car, here? It is all about straight-line speed and traction out

:05:30. > :05:33.of the corners. We are expecting the highest top speeds of any circuit so

:05:34. > :05:41.far this year. Up to perhaps 220 mph. The pit lane is open, and we

:05:42. > :05:46.will head in there and report from you, so let's throw up to Ben and

:05:47. > :05:52.Tony. RADIO: Showing as a slight headwind at the moment. Opposite of

:05:53. > :05:59.what we are expecting, but we are expecting it to swap around. Chak

:06:00. > :06:03.temperature 23. COMMENTATOR: Little weather report to start proceedings

:06:04. > :06:06.at Monza. It is a dry track and the forecast is good for most of the

:06:07. > :06:10.weekend, which will encourage the likes of Williams in particular.

:06:11. > :06:15.Tony, coming into this Grand Prix, all the talk about Mercedes and what

:06:16. > :06:18.happened last time out at Spa. Also quite a lot of chat about whether

:06:19. > :06:22.Williams could have a real chance of challenging Mercedes. If it was

:06:23. > :06:27.going to be anywhere, it would probably be Monza. I agree. Last

:06:28. > :06:34.time at Spa we had the second sector which was all about downforce. There

:06:35. > :06:38.were some differences in the setup, whereas everybody here will be in a

:06:39. > :06:40.low downforce configuration. Williams has fantastic top speed,

:06:41. > :06:45.and you would expect this to be their best chance. They were a

:06:46. > :06:49.little bit messed up by the rain in qualifying in Spa. Their car not

:06:50. > :06:55.working particularly well on the intermediate. This weekend generally

:06:56. > :06:59.looks as though it will be dry. A quick reminder, I will let people

:07:00. > :07:04.know that we have a few different drivers out in this first session.

:07:05. > :07:07.It is the opportunity for teams to put in the development drivers, and

:07:08. > :07:15.a couple are doing that. At Lotus we have Charles Pic driving in place of

:07:16. > :07:20.Romain Grosjean. And the graphic there, just showing us how many

:07:21. > :07:24.elements of the power unit he has used throughout the course of the

:07:25. > :07:31.year so far, engine referring to the V6, the turbochargers, used four of

:07:32. > :07:37.those, MG UK is the unit that generates kinetic energy

:07:38. > :07:41.underbraking. MG you -H sits next to the turbo, generating electric

:07:42. > :07:46.power. And a little graphic showing us all the elements, which shows us

:07:47. > :07:54.that many teams are now getting to the limit. -- MGU-H. You are allowed

:07:55. > :07:58.five of those throughout the course of the year, and once you use your

:07:59. > :08:03.sixth of any of those items, whether it is the internal combustion engine

:08:04. > :08:08.or the turbo, at the next race you get a ten Grid Place penalty. We are

:08:09. > :08:14.in that region now where we will see those penalties affecting our grids.

:08:15. > :08:18.Yes, used five of the internal combustion engine part of it. One of

:08:19. > :08:22.the key point is when you look at who has used what, Mercedes are in

:08:23. > :08:30.good shape relative to Renault, and Ferrari. So possibly it will not

:08:31. > :08:35.impact at the very top. I agree. Sebastian Vettel is not so well off,

:08:36. > :08:40.not featuring so strongly. Daniel Ricciardo third in the points.

:08:41. > :08:44.Daniel Ricciardo has been the biggest points scorer of the last

:08:45. > :08:55.six grams pre-, which is amazing. He has had three victories, of course.

:08:56. > :09:00.-- the last three Grands Prix. People were starting to say to him,

:09:01. > :09:04.have we reached the stage where you should be prioritised over Sebastian

:09:05. > :09:09.Vettel in the team because you have an outside chance? He said if it was

:09:10. > :09:14.the same situation close to the end of the season then yes, but somebody

:09:15. > :09:19.else said, hang on, you are within 35 points of Nico Rosberg, you

:09:20. > :09:23.really have a chance. Surely they should be doing something. He said,

:09:24. > :09:30.that sounds good, I will write that down. It is a very good point.

:09:31. > :09:34.Kobayashi back at Caterham but not for this particular session. He is

:09:35. > :09:37.not in overalls because Roberto Merhi is getting his first-ever

:09:38. > :09:42.opportunity to drive a Formula One car. Interesting, he is a

:09:43. > :09:47.23-year-old Spaniard and he has a pretty good CV. Currently racing in

:09:48. > :09:50.the Renault 3.5 championship. Looking back over his CV, he has

:09:51. > :09:56.raced against Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas before, they were in

:09:57. > :10:02.Formula Renault together in 2008. In the Euro cup, Bottas was champion,

:10:03. > :10:09.Ricciardo was second, and Merhi was fourth. It has taken him a bit

:10:10. > :10:17.longer to make the jump. He was the 2011 FIA champion. He was, and that

:10:18. > :10:22.was a good win for him. He was racing Daniel Jonker Deller, who we

:10:23. > :10:26.see for Force India. He had a couple of years that were not so good in

:10:27. > :10:32.the DTM, because he was a Mercedes affiliated driver. He is running

:10:33. > :10:38.second in the Renault 3.5 series, he has won two of the last three races.

:10:39. > :10:44.He definitely deserves an opportunity. Lots of green paint all

:10:45. > :10:49.over the back of the Force India, as they try to get an idea of airflow.

:10:50. > :10:55.Alexander Rossi not driving the Marussia this morning. There was a

:10:56. > :10:59.question mark as to whether he would be up this morning, but confirmation

:11:00. > :11:04.that Max Chilton is doing all of the sessions, and according to Max,

:11:05. > :11:07.doing all of the remaining races. So whatever the kitchen contract will

:11:08. > :11:18.proceedings was at Spa, it seems to have been smoothed over -- whatever

:11:19. > :11:26.the glitch in the contract. Ido van der doing another session. I believe

:11:27. > :11:30.he is only doing the first 30 minutes, so Sergio Perez will be

:11:31. > :11:35.taking over during the session, and that is something allowed this year

:11:36. > :11:44.with this slightly different format. RADIO: Getting very hot on my right

:11:45. > :11:50.wrist, a bit unusual. Copy. If you go to brightness seven, we will try

:11:51. > :11:55.the other radio. All of the electronics packed around the

:11:56. > :11:58.driver. New run-off on Parabolica. It is something that has been

:11:59. > :12:02.causing a bit of controversy, because drivers love

:12:03. > :12:05.causing a bit of controversy, but if you ran wide coming through

:12:06. > :12:09.Parabolica, you were in trouble. Now it looks as though they have a bit

:12:10. > :12:14.of leeway. Yes, those with long memories will recall Derek Warwick

:12:15. > :12:20.having an enormous accident on the outside of Parabolica when he ran

:12:21. > :12:24.wide. It is a safety thing. Purists say we don't want that, we want it

:12:25. > :12:30.to be a test, but I still think it is a test. You have the painted

:12:31. > :12:33.Astroturf on the exit. Just look at this, as he comes through

:12:34. > :12:37.Parabolica, a big strip of tarmac on the outside, and the Astroturf, bit

:12:38. > :12:43.of extra Astroturf they have put on the outside. But take a look at last

:12:44. > :12:51.year. Lewis Hamilton actually ran wide in qualifying yesterday, and we

:12:52. > :12:55.can look at where he goes wide. Relatively early, just puts a wheel

:12:56. > :12:59.onto the gravel, and it cost him any chance. As a result he did a little

:13:00. > :13:04.bit of damage to the car and did not get through into the final part of

:13:05. > :13:07.qualifying last year. Looking at whether run-off is, it looks as

:13:08. > :13:11.though he probably would have got away with it. Yes, unless the

:13:12. > :13:17.Astroturf spat him back across to the inside. It all depends how much

:13:18. > :13:22.loading is on the car. We will see when somebody does it for the first

:13:23. > :13:25.time. It will be interesting. So everybody has done their

:13:26. > :13:30.installation lap, one lap that makes sure all the systems are working. As

:13:31. > :13:33.we heard from Rosberg, a little concern about heat in the car, but

:13:34. > :13:41.hopefully that can be sorted. We can look at his power unit elements

:13:42. > :13:47.used. With seven to go, that is pretty good. They will be relatively

:13:48. > :13:50.happy. They can put an engine back in from earlier in the year that

:13:51. > :13:54.they have used, as long as none of the seals have been broken, and they

:13:55. > :13:58.do switch and swap them around a bit. They will want a relatively

:13:59. > :14:03.fresh engine, and quite if you put a fresh engine in force bar, which is

:14:04. > :14:15.carried on to this weekend dash macro quite -- quite a few put in a

:14:16. > :14:20.fresh engine for Spa. We should see Sergio Peres later? Yes, he is

:14:21. > :14:24.sitting on the pit wall at the moment. I did a bit of sign language

:14:25. > :14:29.with him and he says he will be in later in the session. I anticipate

:14:30. > :14:33.it will be after 30 minutes. In that first 30 minutes the drivers get an

:14:34. > :14:38.extra free set of tyres that they have to give back. So it would only

:14:39. > :14:46.lose Sergio Perez 30 minutes of track time as opposed to a set of

:14:47. > :14:57.tyres for the rest of the weekend. He is pretty calm on the pit wall.

:14:58. > :15:02.What is your opinion of the Parabolica, your view that it had

:15:03. > :15:07.been emasculated is a bit different? Anybody going around the

:15:08. > :15:14.corner at 200 mph, floating the car in with minimal downforce, having

:15:15. > :15:18.the surge of adrenaline as you can feel it kicking away from you, they

:15:19. > :15:23.are probably the right people to ask. Anybody who hasn't had the

:15:24. > :15:27.feeling, it's difficult to understand what it's like but in my

:15:28. > :15:30.opinion, it is a safety feature and will not change the dynamic of the

:15:31. > :15:36.circuit, all the corner, or the racing. The important thing is that

:15:37. > :15:40.they have put in some extra margin for error at the middle corner where

:15:41. > :15:45.it is most dangerous but they have put a long curve on the exit and

:15:46. > :15:49.some Astroturf, so you cannot gain a long-term advantage out of it. We

:15:50. > :15:54.will see drivers trying to push the limit as they are designed to do.

:15:55. > :16:00.Ultimately my first feeling walking around yesterday with Felipe Massa,

:16:01. > :16:05.is opinion is that it was a positive change for safety, not a negative

:16:06. > :16:09.change for racing. We will get some more comment from the drivers as we

:16:10. > :16:15.go through the weekend. A pause in proceedings while the cars are

:16:16. > :16:19.checked over. We have already spoken about the drama at Spa between

:16:20. > :16:23.Rosberg and Hamilton, whom he clipped, and coming away from Spa

:16:24. > :16:30.with a 29 points championship advantage. Mercedes bosses were not

:16:31. > :16:34.happy about what went on, very outspoken and they were determined

:16:35. > :16:37.that it won't happen again. Let's see what Toto Wolff said yesterday

:16:38. > :16:49.to James Allen when he was speaking on radio five. You know, when you

:16:50. > :16:58.are managing a team, it is very important to keep it balanced. First

:16:59. > :17:02.of all, the penalties, the sanctions we have been implemented in are

:17:03. > :17:09.likely to stay in the team because it isn't fair towards the drivers to

:17:10. > :17:15.discuss it in public. We have made it very clear that this is an

:17:16. > :17:20.unacceptable scenario for this, for both of them. We don't want this to

:17:21. > :17:24.happen again and the consequences are very easy. If we are not able to

:17:25. > :17:30.manage the two of them following the Mercedes-Benz racing spirit, then we

:17:31. > :17:34.need to admit that, and take decisions and consequences, you

:17:35. > :17:41.know, having a different line-up probably. A different line-up,

:17:42. > :17:46.Tony, a very interesting comment, Toto Wolff saying that if they can't

:17:47. > :17:51.behave, they may change the Mercedes line-up. How seriously can we take

:17:52. > :17:56.it? Not very, actually! I think it's a bit strong. I can understand what

:17:57. > :18:00.he's saying. You have to have a nurturing atmosphere possibly

:18:01. > :18:05.towards Lewis in that scenario because he feels wronged, Nico took

:18:06. > :18:08.him out and he gained in the championship, which some people

:18:09. > :18:15.would say is cleanly wrong. Nico has been fortunate that four, five races

:18:16. > :18:18.ago they would have investigated and given him a drive-through penalty,

:18:19. > :18:24.but Silverstone, everybody got together and said that we want to be

:18:25. > :18:28.able to race, we want to go for the marginal moves and we don't want

:18:29. > :18:34.everything investigated, so the FIA said OK, we'll stand back and let

:18:35. > :18:37.you get on with it. Prior to that, I'm sure he would have been

:18:38. > :18:42.investigated and probably penalised, but the FIA said you can't have it

:18:43. > :18:48.both ways. So he has been fortunate. He caused the accident. I

:18:49. > :18:51.don't think it was malicious. But I admire Nicky louder and Toto Wolff

:18:52. > :18:57.for saying what they think. They were criticised by Max Mosley who

:18:58. > :19:02.said they should keep out of the team -- Nicky louder. It is such a

:19:03. > :19:07.team led sport, I admire them for saying what they think. We have

:19:08. > :19:16.discussed this quite a lot, on the chequered flag pod cast which you

:19:17. > :19:21.can download, Toto Wolff also said that the fans want Mercedes to keep

:19:22. > :19:25.allowing them to race, they don't want team orders assumed, and that's

:19:26. > :19:31.what they are planning to do. It is, it was a risky strategy, putting

:19:32. > :19:35.it out there, in my opinion, something that actually flames the

:19:36. > :19:39.fire little bit. Because ultimately it brought the whole thing back into

:19:40. > :19:44.the public eye. It was already there but it heightened it by saying, if

:19:45. > :19:47.you were the team manager, what would you do? Clearly some funny

:19:48. > :19:52.comments came into it. The one that Toto said, they should make Nico

:19:53. > :19:56.Rosberg go on a cycling Toto said, they should make Nico

:19:57. > :20:02.him. Toto Wolff fell off his bike and broke four bones in his body.

:20:03. > :20:06.Having said that, they put it out there, they have to race, but they

:20:07. > :20:11.have two control things because clearly they cannot keep on having

:20:12. > :20:15.the fastest car and losing victories because of two fighting team-mates.

:20:16. > :20:20.From the manufacturer 's point of view, they manufactured car wins the

:20:21. > :20:25.Grand Prix and after that, which one of the siblings wins the races and

:20:26. > :20:29.the championship, that's down to them. If it is detrimental, they may

:20:30. > :20:35.have to put the strong hand onto them. In this situation I can see

:20:36. > :20:38.this bubbling over for the rest of the season, but whether it will

:20:39. > :20:43.bubble over, that remains to be seen. It is all good fun at the

:20:44. > :20:47.moment, causing a lot of gossip in the paddock. We saw Max Chilton

:20:48. > :20:50.getting into a bit of a moment but he is the first man to complete

:20:51. > :20:54.getting into a bit of a moment but flying lap, one

:20:55. > :21:01.getting into a bit of a moment but first time lap of anybody so far.

:21:02. > :21:05.Roberto Merhi, he has the abbreviation for a new Formula One

:21:06. > :21:09.driver. The 23-year-old Spanish driver. There he is. He has been

:21:10. > :21:14.racing in the DTM for the last couple of years. This year he is

:21:15. > :21:20.back in the single seat cars, in the Renault series, one of the two

:21:21. > :21:27.levels below Grand Prix racing. You have GP two, just below Formula One.

:21:28. > :21:31.All of the cars are identical and that's what he's competing in at the

:21:32. > :21:35.moment. In some ways, in relative terms they have more downforce to

:21:36. > :21:41.the amount of power they have to the Formula One cars. He has possibly

:21:42. > :21:45.more grip and power, now he has more power than grip, especially with the

:21:46. > :21:49.changes this year. Especially here because they have such a low

:21:50. > :21:56.downforce configuration, it's all about being late on the brakes, and

:21:57. > :21:59.this is a difficult track for him to make his Formula One debut. Simply

:22:00. > :22:02.because of the reasons we've explained, you have to have

:22:03. > :22:09.confidence on the brakes. We've said that going forwards, he may get a

:22:10. > :22:13.chance in Singapore. Well, how diametrically opposed can that be?

:22:14. > :22:18.Two of the most difficult circuits, for different reasons, so good luck

:22:19. > :22:24.to him! The shortest race of the year, to the longest. And the most

:22:25. > :22:29.physical. Roberto Merhi, so far, so good. Don't forget you can send us

:22:30. > :22:33.your thoughts and questions, you can contact us on Twitter and the BBC

:22:34. > :22:37.sport Facebook page. Great to have your comments coming in. Paul

:22:38. > :22:46.McGuinness asks what is our best memory of Monza, 2006 standing out

:22:47. > :22:51.for him, with Schumacher winning. He has five winners here. Most

:22:52. > :22:56.important from his point of view and in some ways the love affair with

:22:57. > :23:01.the tifosi began with him in 2006, winning for Ferrari here. It was not

:23:02. > :23:04.his first win with the team but it was their first win in seven years

:23:05. > :23:11.here because the previous one had been in 1988, Gerhard Berger.

:23:12. > :23:15.Michael Schumacher put himself into the hearts of the tifosi that year.

:23:16. > :23:21.It helped but I don't think they took to him in the same way they

:23:22. > :23:30.took to Jill Villeneuve. His comeback after the accident in the

:23:31. > :23:34.70s, Lauda, racing with his balaclava caked in blood, they went

:23:35. > :23:38.for that. We have to keep an eye on this, when you have two Mercedes

:23:39. > :23:45.cars on the track sharing the same piece of road, it's very

:23:46. > :23:52.interesting! RADIO: You are pressing the DRS button to early. And you

:23:53. > :23:56.need to be less aggressive on the brake pedal, and also the throttle.

:23:57. > :24:00.You have too much wheel spin on the spot. White there you go, too

:24:01. > :24:04.aggressive on the brakes, he is used to more downforce, and he is being

:24:05. > :24:11.too aggressive on the fourth because he's used to more horsepower. We are

:24:12. > :24:15.watching Hamilton and Rosberg. Tell us what Roberto Merhi is having to

:24:16. > :24:25.learn right now. He knows the circuit, he has been here before but

:24:26. > :24:31.he's used to a car that has less torque. With these tyres, it is easy

:24:32. > :24:35.to overload them in the wheel spin situation, and with the extra torque

:24:36. > :24:41.you can like them are pretty easily and that is not good for the life of

:24:42. > :24:45.the tyres. Giving him some guidance so he can get that under control, so

:24:46. > :24:51.he can work out what is going to work in the first session for him.

:24:52. > :24:55.Coming back to Merhi, I watched him in European Formula Three when he

:24:56. > :24:59.won the championship, he is very fast and committed and I think you

:25:00. > :25:04.are going to see him picking up the Caterham and firing it around, maybe

:25:05. > :25:09.a bit too much. They were the first comments from the team, come back

:25:10. > :25:13.and try and be smooth -- throwing it around. Lets hope he

:25:14. > :25:17.and try and be smooth -- throwing it board. Alonso has just gone through.

:25:18. > :25:21.He has a great record here with Ferrari, winning in 2010 in his

:25:22. > :25:24.first year with the Ferrari, winning in 2010 in his

:25:25. > :25:28.been on the podium every time he has driven for Ferrari including last

:25:29. > :25:34.year when he finished on the podium taking that great selfie on his

:25:35. > :25:37.camera with the fans below. He has a good relationship with the circuit,

:25:38. > :25:42.but Ferrari are always expected to go well here, Tony. The problem is

:25:43. > :25:47.that this year it is going to be difficult for him to get another

:25:48. > :25:51.podium. I think his performance level at Spa was higher than

:25:52. > :25:55.everybody expected. He was saying yesterday, he hopes he might be able

:25:56. > :26:00.to do it but he is acknowledging the fact that Mercedes engined cars,

:26:01. > :26:05.with such low downforce, will be difficult to beat here. You can be

:26:06. > :26:10.sure he will go for it, as always. Rumours abound about the Ferrari

:26:11. > :26:14.boss at the moment. We expect him to be here this weekend, but there are

:26:15. > :26:19.some rumours he may be leaving Ferrari, talk that he has a new post

:26:20. > :26:29.elsewhere but it is room at the moment. RADIO: The RS is not

:26:30. > :26:35.working. -- DRS. Looe understood. That is what free practice is all

:26:36. > :26:39.about. Daniel Ricciardo, a three-time race winner. Marcus

:26:40. > :26:42.Ericsson having a lock-up, a classic into the first chicane. Just about

:26:43. > :26:47.managing to get around the corner without taking to the escape road.

:26:48. > :26:52.We will see plenty more of that. A question from Stewart, if the power

:26:53. > :26:57.units we are talking about, if they are used, to what extent can they be

:26:58. > :27:01.repaired when it is a new unit? Basically they are not allowed to do

:27:02. > :27:06.any internal work on the engines at all. If they take out the engine and

:27:07. > :27:12.lose it later -- use it later in the season, but the engines are sealed

:27:13. > :27:16.and the scrutineers will know if anybody has done any internal work

:27:17. > :27:22.and that will count as a new power unit. Everything has to be as it has

:27:23. > :27:30.been used already, otherwise you straight switch to something else.

:27:31. > :27:37.The limit on the engines, brought in a few years ago. Five entries this

:27:38. > :27:44.year. RADIO: We can see that the DRS is not working. Keep going. A

:27:45. > :27:46.problem for Sebastian Vettel, he has no DRS operating. Interesting with

:27:47. > :27:53.Vettel, as he goes through the Parabolica, a new chassis for him

:27:54. > :27:57.this weekend. He has already had one new chassis and he has gone on to a

:27:58. > :28:02.second new one. Red Bull are slightly flummoxed by his lack of

:28:03. > :28:07.pace I think at Spa, the car was not as quick as Ricciardo's apparently.

:28:08. > :28:11.They said that it was a fairly routine change. Christian Horner

:28:12. > :28:16.keeping an eye on things. Looking at the early speed track figures, 343,

:28:17. > :28:21.already slightly above what we saw here last year but not by a dramatic

:28:22. > :28:26.margin. 340 was the top speed last year. We are still picking up speed

:28:27. > :28:29.and they will be getting into a bit more of a towing situation where

:28:30. > :28:39.they can pick up a few more miles per hour. Jenson Button was

:28:40. > :28:45.predicting 355. In 2005, one Pablo Montoya in the car that year doing

:28:46. > :28:52.372, which is something like 233 mph, with 900 horsepower! Montoya is

:28:53. > :28:56.here this weekend, he was in the paddock over the weekend. Mario

:28:57. > :29:01.Andretti is here, so we had a couple of visitors from the United States.

:29:02. > :29:04.Valtteri Bottas, one to watch this weekend. Williams are hopeful of

:29:05. > :29:08.some good performances and he has been getting on the podium regularly

:29:09. > :29:12.in recent events, the Finnish driver. Our BBC coverage this

:29:13. > :29:17.weekend, you will get to learn more about him. Tom Clarkson when

:29:18. > :29:21.shooting with him last weekend and we will have the coverage for you on

:29:22. > :29:25.the Formula One broadcast over the course of the weekend. Clay pigeon

:29:26. > :29:30.shooting, rather than going hunting anywhere! Clay pigeon shooting has

:29:31. > :29:35.become a bit of a favourite past time for Bottas, something he has

:29:36. > :29:39.taken up over the last few years. On board with Juncadella

:29:40. > :29:44.development driver for Force India. This was a moment ago, into

:29:45. > :29:49.development driver for Force India. little bit too late. Let's see if

:29:50. > :29:52.Kimi Raikkonen did the same. Yet, exactly the same. Coming off the

:29:53. > :29:57.brakes almost instantaneously because these tyres have to last for

:29:58. > :30:02.the entire first session. That's the way the team is like to run it. It

:30:03. > :30:06.is better to go wide, and we can see Alonso doing that, than it is to

:30:07. > :30:08.keep the tyres locked up. Currently Kevin Magnussen is the fastest on

:30:09. > :30:22.the track. Button showing well for McLaren as

:30:23. > :30:28.well. Looking at Alex worked there, still very involved at Williams.

:30:29. > :30:36.Bottas seventh, Alonzo macro eighth, Raikkonen currently ninth, and 10th

:30:37. > :30:42.fastest is Hulkenberg. Jenson Button, Tony, what is going on here?

:30:43. > :30:52.RADIO: You can use Diarra is everywhere now, just use it in the

:30:53. > :30:56.correct places -- you can use DRS. Will Jenson Button still be at

:30:57. > :31:00.McLaren next year? They have been quite vocal in saying they are

:31:01. > :31:10.definitely trying to go after a top driver, may be that all or Alonzo.

:31:11. > :31:21.Romain yesterday was having a bit of mischief and saying he saw Fernando

:31:22. > :31:26.Alonso as key to the drivers market. But only last week in the German

:31:27. > :31:30.media there was a story that Fernando has a release clause, they

:31:31. > :31:36.printed that if he was not within 25 points of the championship lead by

:31:37. > :31:41.September one there was a release clause. Who knows if that is real or

:31:42. > :31:47.not, but people who have seen Fernando's contract say it is very

:31:48. > :31:51.Fernando favourable. Big sideways moment for Hamilton, interesting to

:31:52. > :31:55.watch, he is really on the limit. So if that is the case, it really does

:31:56. > :32:01.through the driver market open. Sebastian Vettel, might he go to

:32:02. > :32:07.Ferrari? The situation he has had this year at Red Bull, with the

:32:08. > :32:12.speed of Ricciardo, if he stays another year and it keeps happening,

:32:13. > :32:20.his market value has gone. So does he need to get out of there now? And

:32:21. > :32:24.then there is this whole question of the finances of some of the back of

:32:25. > :32:28.the grid teams, and if they really are in such bad shape, could we

:32:29. > :32:34.possibly have three cars from the major teams? And if that happens it

:32:35. > :32:39.really does throw it open. A lot is going on that is not obvious. Yes,

:32:40. > :32:44.three-car teams, that is something that has been discussed in the past.

:32:45. > :32:48.As one of your erudite colleagues said to me earlier, imagine a 3 car

:32:49. > :32:54.Mercedes team with Hamilton, Rosberg and Fernando Alonso. That is a bit

:32:55. > :32:58.eye watering as a prospect, isn't it? A fair bit of overseer, that

:32:59. > :33:01.means the back end was moving around quite a lot

:33:02. > :33:06.means the back end was moving around through the Ascari chicane. Alan, in

:33:07. > :33:13.terms of car balance, what do you really want from your car for being

:33:14. > :33:19.fast at Monza? You need consistency. You need that delicate and right

:33:20. > :33:22.balance between a rear that is stable on the high-speed entries,

:33:23. > :33:28.because you are breaking and turning quite a lot of the time, especially

:33:29. > :33:31.into Ascari, Parabolica, but you also need a sharp front-end. Some of

:33:32. > :33:36.those corners are quite long, therefore you need the front

:33:37. > :33:40.steering to be reactive to allow you to pivot the car and get back onto

:33:41. > :33:45.the throttle. It is a delicate balance. You are driving a bit like

:33:46. > :33:50.in the wet when you are on your fingertips all the time, when you

:33:51. > :33:54.hit the brake pedal hard and you have five G pulling into some of

:33:55. > :33:57.them but then after that you are leading off very quickly, much

:33:58. > :34:02.earlier than you would do normally, and trying to tease the steering as

:34:03. > :34:06.you run into the corner. It is a finite balance, one that is tricky,

:34:07. > :34:10.but once you get it it is beautiful round here, you float through the

:34:11. > :34:18.corners. Lovely description, thank you. Hamilton is currently fastest.

:34:19. > :34:25.Those McLaren cars are close behind. And Magnusson is for. McLaren have

:34:26. > :34:28.been working hard to lose some of the track they have got on the car.

:34:29. > :34:31.They know they have been lacking downforce but that should not be a

:34:32. > :34:37.problem here, a lack of downforce is what you want here. Encouraging

:34:38. > :34:45.first few laps for McLaren. Yes, it looks better. They both raced very

:34:46. > :34:49.hard in Spa. You were asking about Jenson, I think the performance

:34:50. > :34:53.level is telling. You have got a very good new rookie coming in, and

:34:54. > :34:58.Jenson with his experience, I don't see a problem with that line-up,

:34:59. > :35:02.favourable aspects to both. That's a good point, it is a strong line-up

:35:03. > :35:07.at the moment. Of course Magnusson lost out on sixth place at Spa. He

:35:08. > :35:10.fought hard with Fernando Alonso. But after the race the penalty was

:35:11. > :35:20.imposed because he squeezed him onto the grass on the way. When I looked

:35:21. > :35:25.at it again after the race, I could feel it was probably right that he

:35:26. > :35:31.got some sort of penalty. Yes, going back to the FIA intervening, that is

:35:32. > :35:36.the stance they take. Something is dangerous, being forced onto the

:35:37. > :35:41.grass at 200 mph, that is different. But what they deemed a racing

:35:42. > :35:46.incident they will leave alone. That is the way we will see them reacting

:35:47. > :35:48.in the future. It is a good point, because the FIA are taking a less

:35:49. > :35:52.active role in those little incidents. It was quite

:35:53. > :35:57.controversial in the case of Rosberg and Hamilton because Hamilton came

:35:58. > :36:00.out so badly in terms of points. But you actually asked the question of

:36:01. > :36:06.Sebastian Vettel yesterday, and let's see what he had to say. We

:36:07. > :36:09.will listen in a second about what Sebastian Vettel had to say but I

:36:10. > :36:14.know he was quite interesting, and quite firm on it. Wait a second and

:36:15. > :36:18.we will listen to what he had to say. We have a slight pause in

:36:19. > :36:23.proceedings because we have done the first half-hour, and those tyres

:36:24. > :36:28.they used in the first half-hour must be taken off the cards.

:36:29. > :36:34.Fernando Alonso looking at the power units used, they are in pretty good

:36:35. > :36:38.shape, free on most sections. Reliability has been a strong factor

:36:39. > :36:44.for Ferrari, even if their pace has been down. So, you asked Sebastian

:36:45. > :36:48.Vettel whether the FIA should have intervened, let's see what he had to

:36:49. > :36:55.say. No, actually I'm very happy that there was not any action taken.

:36:56. > :36:59.Like I said, in my point of view, maybe I am not talented enough to

:37:00. > :37:05.time perfectly right to punch somebody, it is something I need to

:37:06. > :37:11.learn. But might point of view is that you get it wrong more often

:37:12. > :37:14.than you get it right -- puncture. I am not too interested in expanding

:37:15. > :37:21.my talent in that direction. I think it is good they did not take any

:37:22. > :37:24.decision. I think it was then funny to see that the team decided to take

:37:25. > :37:32.some decisions in terms of penalties and so on. So yeah, I think it is

:37:33. > :37:36.good to let others race. If we get it completely wrong we need to be

:37:37. > :37:45.penalised, because there needs to be a clear line that you draw. But in

:37:46. > :37:52.that case, from Lewis's point of view, obviously he did not finish,

:37:53. > :37:57.so, yeah, sorry. We managed to blank out a little word that he used in

:37:58. > :38:00.that. Interesting comments from Sebastien, and he felt the FIA were

:38:01. > :38:06.right not to intervene. Looking at the banked track, it has actually

:38:07. > :38:14.been resurfaced. They don't use it except for a rally, I believe. It is

:38:15. > :38:18.not used for racing as such. In fact it was only ever used for times for

:38:19. > :38:23.Grand Prix racing. Everybody gets very excited about the banking but

:38:24. > :38:25.it was not used the huge amount. There was a banked section prewar

:38:26. > :38:31.but it was not used all There was a banked section prewar

:38:32. > :38:36.cards. It was a real car breaker. You can see how steep the banking

:38:37. > :38:42.is, really incredibly steep. It destroyed suspensions, didn't it? It

:38:43. > :38:48.did. There was also a problem if somebody dropped any oil, and you

:38:49. > :38:53.got out of shape on the oil, two guys went straight through and into

:38:54. > :38:56.the trees. That was an issue. I preferred it when the weeds were

:38:57. > :39:03.growing up through it and it all looked a bit historic. Makes you

:39:04. > :39:08.think of Brooklands in the UK. There are just little chunks to show us

:39:09. > :39:14.what it was like. Fascinating place, but a very different era. Alan, you

:39:15. > :39:17.have done it huge amount of testing here over the years, and you told me

:39:18. > :39:25.yesterday that you add one point tested for Audi and you did not use

:39:26. > :39:29.the first chicane. You took it flat out, that must have been something?

:39:30. > :39:39.I thought you were going to say I was old enough to have raced on the

:39:40. > :39:43.banking. For the tyres, speed, and centrifugal force, we came here, and

:39:44. > :39:48.went straight down past the start finish, instead of going through the

:39:49. > :39:57.first year chicane, we kept going in to curve the ground at about 340 K

:39:58. > :40:01.pH. I can tell you what your focus is, it focuses your attention. It

:40:02. > :40:06.really did focus the attention as you were coming through that corner.

:40:07. > :40:09.But the place itself is so evocative, with the old banking.

:40:10. > :40:16.Even when you are testing here on your own, quite a few people come

:40:17. > :40:20.into the grandstands, cheering. Such an enthusiastic city for motorsport,

:40:21. > :40:27.never mind the actual park itself. It is a fascinating place. Looking

:40:28. > :40:31.at the rear wheel of the Ferrari. Some interesting shaping on the rear

:40:32. > :40:35.flap. Delighted to say that joining us from the pit wall is the team

:40:36. > :40:39.principal for Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner. Good morning.

:40:40. > :40:46.Great to have you with us. Lots to talk about. Many congratulations for

:40:47. > :40:53.the victory at Spa. Daniel Ricciardo now top points scorer in the last

:40:54. > :40:57.six races. You have won races at Montreal and Spa, which are no Tory

:40:58. > :41:02.is power circuits. How has that all come about? It just goes to show how

:41:03. > :41:09.little we know, really. Theoretically they are the circuits

:41:10. > :41:16.that should be weakest -- notorious power circuits. It has been quite

:41:17. > :41:20.remarkable. Obviously it has delayed a little bit to a certain extent on

:41:21. > :41:24.Mercedes not having perfect weekend and we managed to capitalise. So

:41:25. > :41:29.tell us what the situation is coming into Monza, another notorious power

:41:30. > :41:34.track, do you see an opportunity to challenge again? If I was a logical

:41:35. > :41:40.person I would say no, because if you look at our straight line

:41:41. > :41:44.speeds, there is at least a ten to 12 kilometre delta. The Mercedes

:41:45. > :41:49.powered cars theoretically will be very quick. But as we have seen this

:41:50. > :41:53.year, anything can happen, and we want to make sure we are in a

:41:54. > :41:57.position to capitalise if it does. Fernando Alonso quite high on the

:41:58. > :42:02.speed figures, have Ferrari found more speed from somewhere? It is

:42:03. > :42:05.interesting, every Friday morning we turn up and they look competitive

:42:06. > :42:09.but then they fade away in the rest of the weekend. They are looking

:42:10. > :42:15.pretty racy and some of the speed traps. So it is going to be

:42:16. > :42:22.interesting, they will be pushing hard on their home race. I am the

:42:23. > :42:26.high, if you turn around. You different front wings on both cars

:42:27. > :42:34.-- I am a hind you. Other revisions you have made this

:42:35. > :42:43.weekend to combat the straight line speed? Just looking at different

:42:44. > :42:47.options, different wings setups than we had in Spa, although we were

:42:48. > :42:53.pretty low in downforce. Barring taking them off, we cannot go much

:42:54. > :42:57.lower. I thought you were pretty skinny in Spa, but I am sure you

:42:58. > :43:02.will try to do something. You seem to develop aerodynamics through the

:43:03. > :43:05.course of the weekend. Very much so. In the first half hour we put some

:43:06. > :43:09.telemetry on the cars to have a look at what is going on with the flow

:43:10. > :43:14.patterns. We are constantly developing, that is Formula One. We

:43:15. > :43:18.will keep pushing the boundaries. Wanted to ask you quickly, we

:43:19. > :43:22.believe Sebastian Vettel has a new chassis this weekend, is that

:43:23. > :43:26.correct? It is a different one, not brand-new, but a different one that

:43:27. > :43:31.has been circulated. He is in that this weekend. Was that for any

:43:32. > :43:35.particular reason, were you concerned about the performance at

:43:36. > :43:40.Spa? We were concerned, obviously the race pace for him just wasn't

:43:41. > :43:46.normal. We just wanted to eradicate all variables, and introduce another

:43:47. > :43:50.chassis for this weekend. Got to get a quick comment from you, you have

:43:51. > :43:57.dealt with some difficult situations with two topline drivers in the

:43:58. > :44:02.past, what are your thoughts on the situation with Hamilton and Rosberg?

:44:03. > :44:07.It is interesting. Obviously it is their business, not ours. But it is

:44:08. > :44:13.amazing how much fuss can be generated over what looked like a

:44:14. > :44:16.pretty innocent racing incident. Obviously as we get into was the

:44:17. > :44:21.business end of the championship, emotions will be running high.

:44:22. > :44:25.Probably whatever the team says the drivers will not listen to anyway.

:44:26. > :44:32.We shall watch with interest. Thank you for joining us.

:44:33. > :44:37.Interesting comment from Fernando Alonso yesterday, talking about

:44:38. > :44:40.Alonso and Hamilton, saying it's a good problem to have because

:44:41. > :44:47.fighting for the championship is where anybody wants to B. If it

:44:48. > :44:50.means a bit of grief, you want to be in the situation. It is something

:44:51. > :44:56.you would like to be doing because he hasn't won a championship since

:44:57. > :45:01.2006. The rates and self as the best, or Lewis Hamilton as the best

:45:02. > :45:05.-- insult. He said it again last weekend. He does not appreciate that

:45:06. > :45:10.Sebastien came in and steam-roll of the last few years. The public

:45:11. > :45:15.perception is that he is the man and that annoys Fernando and he does not

:45:16. > :45:19.miss a chance to get the knife in, saying he thinks that Hamilton is

:45:20. > :45:22.the best and interesting that he should say that. He said it is for

:45:23. > :45:27.other people to change their opinion. It is all good stuff.

:45:28. > :45:31.Looking at Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull Garrard, still with a big

:45:32. > :45:37.smile on his face, very laid back. He started the press conference

:45:38. > :45:45.yesterday, he started singing and chanting to the press guys, he is so

:45:46. > :45:48.laid back. And you get the feeling everybody at home is getting behind

:45:49. > :45:52.Daniel Ricciardo because he is so refreshing. Absolutely, what's

:45:53. > :45:56.interesting to me, something that Christian said at the end of Spa,

:45:57. > :46:00.there is no pressure on him. I thought hang on, go back to the

:46:01. > :46:05.start of the season, this young guy coming in against the former world

:46:06. > :46:11.champion and having not performed, that would have been the end for

:46:12. > :46:14.him. What greater pressure can you get than that? Now he is

:46:15. > :46:18.happy-go-lucky and everybody considers him the greatest thing

:46:19. > :46:22.since sliced bread. Doing a fantastic job and third in the

:46:23. > :46:26.championship. He lost 18 points in Australia when Red Bull were done

:46:27. > :46:31.for their fuel flow situation being above the tolerance. With those 18

:46:32. > :46:39.points, he would only be 17 behind Hamilton right now, so that has to

:46:40. > :46:43.be painful. Yes, apologies, I said he was 35 points behind Nico, when

:46:44. > :46:48.it is 35 behind Lewis. He was asked how much he would like those 18

:46:49. > :46:53.points and he said it isn't a big deal at the moment but if he gets to

:46:54. > :46:59.Abu Dhabi and he loses by 17 it will be a big drama. It would be. 64

:47:00. > :47:03.points behind Nico Rosberg. You cannot count against anything. 35

:47:04. > :47:08.points for a win today. A couple more comments coming in, one person

:47:09. > :47:14.asking with Red Bull becoming a works team now, interesting comment

:47:15. > :47:20.that several beatable of Red Bull confirming that effectively Red Bull

:47:21. > :47:22.is the works team now. We now have a chance to hear from Daniel

:47:23. > :47:29.Juncadella who was in the Force India a few moments ago. He has

:47:30. > :47:33.jumped out of the Force India. That was probably a tough job, half an

:47:34. > :47:40.hour, you do the hard work and now you are talking to us. Was it fun?

:47:41. > :47:44.Yes, it's also interesting, I am the first rider to do it, so that is

:47:45. > :47:50.special and I hope to take the positives. Yes, I wouldn't say that

:47:51. > :47:53.it is a sad feeling, it is always really nice to drive a Formula One

:47:54. > :48:00.car, especially a track like monster, always special. How quick

:48:01. > :48:05.the car is, always special -- Monza. WWE tell us about this idea

:48:06. > :48:09.where you do the first half because presumably the team had to change

:48:10. > :48:16.the seat. Would it be better to let either of you do the full session?

:48:17. > :48:20.Probably that's the easiest way, but this season we have two sets of

:48:21. > :48:25.tyres and some teams want to give the reserve drivers a chance, maybe

:48:26. > :48:30.just 30 minutes and it possible to make the change. That is also

:48:31. > :48:33.something we are learning, is it possible, is there enough time. We

:48:34. > :48:38.will now see if he is available to do the full hour. I think it is

:48:39. > :48:44.something positive as well. Every chance I get, even 30 minutes, I

:48:45. > :48:49.have to be happy with it. Always positive for the future. A good

:48:50. > :48:57.performance from you, not too far behind Nico Hulkenberg. We will --

:48:58. > :49:02.will we see behind the wheel again this year? There will definitely be

:49:03. > :49:06.more chances. I have to focus on the DTM season, to finish it and then we

:49:07. > :49:11.will come back here and hopefully I will have more chances, that's the

:49:12. > :49:15.plan. What about next season, is Formula One still be goal and are

:49:16. > :49:20.you talking to the team 's? It is my goal, I am not really speaking to

:49:21. > :49:27.the teams. Right now I am at Force India and that is my chance. We will

:49:28. > :49:32.see what's coming. We will see what is in place for me. I am pushing for

:49:33. > :49:39.it. I think my chance is coming now, I'm ready for the real drive and if

:49:40. > :49:44.not, I will stay with DTM, which is also a great championship and I'm

:49:45. > :49:47.enjoying it a lot. Interesting to hear that because there is some talk

:49:48. > :49:51.with Sergio Perez about whether he will stay at Force India, whether

:49:52. > :49:56.Daniel Juncadella will take his seat. Here they are, sharing the

:49:57. > :50:00.seat in one session. As we heard from him, although this has been

:50:01. > :50:05.allowed all year, the first time a development pro has done the first

:50:06. > :50:09.30 minutes. What does it involve in terms of the work for the team to

:50:10. > :50:14.switch between two driver 's? Quite a lot, it is more than pulling out

:50:15. > :50:20.the seat and putting another one. The pedals have been taken out of

:50:21. > :50:28.the car, Juncadella 's medals have been removed. -- pedals. They will

:50:29. > :50:32.change the seat belt and finally the seat will go in. He has been out of

:50:33. > :50:37.the car for 14 minutes and there are 45 minutes of the session to go. I

:50:38. > :50:41.would anticipate that they will be 15 more minutes of work to go before

:50:42. > :50:47.you see Sergio Perez doing the last 30 minutes of the session. By

:50:48. > :50:51.contrast on the other side of the garage, Nico Hulkenberg is out of

:50:52. > :50:55.his car anyway and they are changing the floor. Perez maybe won't lose

:50:56. > :51:01.very much time in comparison to his team-mate. Without a doubt it is not

:51:02. > :51:06.ideal for the driver preparation when you have to give up your car at

:51:07. > :51:10.the beginning of the weekend. White no, but clearly Force India feeling

:51:11. > :51:13.it is important that they do that. Roberto Merhi is back out again, the

:51:14. > :51:21.caterer and development driver for this morning only. Kobayashi will go

:51:22. > :51:24.out afterwards. Kobayashi seems to be on a short notice period at the

:51:25. > :51:29.moment as to what is going on at Caterham. He got the call pretty

:51:30. > :51:33.late this weekend. Sergio Perez, just watching to see the team

:51:34. > :51:38.getting his car ready so he can get a few laps in over the last part of

:51:39. > :51:43.morning practice. Hamilton is fastest, Rosberg inset and -- in

:51:44. > :51:53.second, then Button. Adrian Sutil is not driving this

:51:54. > :51:57.morning because Giedo van der Garde is in his car. Peter Sauber himself

:51:58. > :52:01.is here this weekend. Interesting to see that he has turned up to see

:52:02. > :52:07.what is going on. Sauber has yet to score any points this weekend. Kimi

:52:08. > :52:11.Raikkonen, after his best result of the season, fourth place at Spa.

:52:12. > :52:17.Here at Monza he has had mixed results. He has never won the

:52:18. > :52:21.Italian Grand Prix. The reverse of what we had at Spa where Alonso had

:52:22. > :52:26.never won but Kimi had a brilliant record. Raikkonen has never won

:52:27. > :52:34.year, second placed on Michael Schumacher in 2006. Three podiums at

:52:35. > :52:39.this track including his last ever podium with Ferrari in 2009. Let's

:52:40. > :52:44.go down to the pit lane because we can talk to Nico Hulkenberg. It is

:52:45. > :52:49.getting a little bit noisy. You are not out on the track, it looks like

:52:50. > :52:54.they are changing the floor. Is it a damage, or a different style of

:52:55. > :52:59.floor? It is intentional, we are doing some aerodynamic tests. You

:53:00. > :53:02.had such a good weekend here last year, qualifying in third, fifth in

:53:03. > :53:09.the Grand Prix. Is this a circuit you like to come to? Yes, not just

:53:10. > :53:13.the track, everything, Monza has the whole package, the tifosi,

:53:14. > :53:18.everything is good about this place, apart from the weather. I like

:53:19. > :53:23.coming here. Usually I have good races here so hopefully we can make

:53:24. > :53:29.it another good one. What about the battle between McLaren and Force

:53:30. > :53:33.India? McLaren were ahead by two points at Spa but do you think the

:53:34. > :53:40.team can fight until the end? It is going to be tricky. I think they

:53:41. > :53:45.have overtaken us in terms of the pure car pace, so we have two update

:53:46. > :53:48.the car, otherwise it will be difficult. Will you be at Force

:53:49. > :53:57.India next year, or are you talking to the other teams? We have to ask?

:53:58. > :54:04.I am here. You are going to stay? I hope so. How long to leave go out? I

:54:05. > :54:09.think another 15 minutes. Hulkenberg looking very relaxed and chilled

:54:10. > :54:12.out. He had a good run here last year driving for Sauber, third place

:54:13. > :54:18.on the grid, finishing in fifth place. Just ahead of Nico Rosberg,

:54:19. > :54:22.who couldn't get past him in the closing stages of the Grand Prix.

:54:23. > :54:27.Rosberg has never even had a podium finish here at Monza, whereas

:54:28. > :54:35.Hamilton won in 2012, pole position in 2009. He has a pretty good

:54:36. > :54:40.record, second to Alonso in 2007. Seeing what Merhi did, going over

:54:41. > :54:49.the kerb on the Ascari chicane but no damage done. Going back to the

:54:50. > :54:53.question, simply with Red Bull becoming a Renault works team, do we

:54:54. > :54:56.think that there could be enough improvement in 2015 from Renault to

:54:57. > :55:01.challenge Mercedes? That's the big question, Tony. Renault and Ferrari

:55:02. > :55:06.have been quoted in the press as saying they would love to see a

:55:07. > :55:09.reduction in the freeze, they are restricted in what they can change

:55:10. > :55:11.on the engines. They cannot do anything to them in the

:55:12. > :55:15.on the engines. They cannot do next season they can change about

:55:16. > :55:23.half of the engine but it is not complete freedom. Unsurprisingly

:55:24. > :55:26.they would like more freedom. It is a complex points system, changing

:55:27. > :55:29.something means so many points and you can total up so many points,

:55:30. > :55:36.changing your engine in certain ways. Obviously having been caught

:55:37. > :55:41.on the hop this year, they would like more freedom. I hear that

:55:42. > :55:45.Mercedes have taken steps as well. I don't think it's going to be easy to

:55:46. > :55:49.catch them. Honda coming next year, making some bullish comments about

:55:50. > :55:55.how strong they are going to be. They say that they can challenge

:55:56. > :56:00.Mercedes and they feel that they can win some races. They will be joining

:56:01. > :56:05.the McLaren team exclusively in 2015. Maybe some different teams

:56:06. > :56:09.after that, but very bullish remarks. Fascinating to see what

:56:10. > :56:13.they come up with. They are a company who have racing in the

:56:14. > :56:21.blood. You cannot imagine them doing a poor job, but it is difficult

:56:22. > :56:24.technology. Technology isn't easy. You know, it's fascinating, it

:56:25. > :56:28.really is, to see where they arrive. That's part of what is

:56:29. > :56:32.causing so much fun in the driver market because Honda are a big

:56:33. > :56:37.player and drivers like Alonso and Vettel, they know that it could be

:56:38. > :56:43.beneficial to get to grips with them. Maldonado making a mistake at

:56:44. > :56:47.the first chicane. Pastor Maldonado, followed us, a tough season so far,

:56:48. > :56:54.yet to score any points in the World Championship at all. Always happy to

:56:55. > :56:59.race. When he came over from Venezuelan, he was karting initially

:57:00. > :57:02.in Italy and then the Italian Formula Renault championship. He

:57:03. > :57:09.feels at home here. But that wasn't the way to take the first chicane. A

:57:10. > :57:13.quick comment, we have spoken about the history at Monza and what an

:57:14. > :57:16.important circuit it is. Hulkenberg was saying how much he loves coming

:57:17. > :57:20.here. There were some comments earlier this year, worrying comments

:57:21. > :57:25.about whether Monza would continue their contract in Formula One. What

:57:26. > :57:38.do we know about the existing contract and what will happen? They

:57:39. > :57:44.have a deal as far as 2016. I spoke to Ivan Campelli yesterday. He is a

:57:45. > :57:52.former Ferrari driver. He is president of the company with a 70%

:57:53. > :57:59.stake. He owns it with... RADIO: My head rest has come off. Look at

:58:00. > :58:03.that. OK, we will look in the pit lane. The area around the driver 's

:58:04. > :58:08.head has come loose and is being pulled up by the airstream. That

:58:09. > :58:14.looks like a Ferrari. Like the Schumacher Ferrari with the bulky

:58:15. > :58:25.head rest, as he comes back into the pit. Ivan working in collaboration

:58:26. > :58:28.with the president of the company who directly manages the circuit.

:58:29. > :58:33.They are jointly responsible over the next few months to come up with

:58:34. > :58:38.a new deal, proposing it to Bernie Ecclestone. He said to me, there are

:58:39. > :58:41.concerns. You can't just rely on the fact that the history of the place

:58:42. > :58:54.will guarantee another deal. He is not taking the threats likely. I

:58:55. > :59:02.asked him about Mugello. He said he is not sure. He says he does not see

:59:03. > :59:06.it as a viable threat. He says that 70,000 people arriving on a bike is

:59:07. > :59:09.one thing, in a car is another. He says that he can propose another

:59:10. > :59:13.deal and continue the tradition here. He said it is about getting

:59:14. > :59:18.the money together and getting a better deal. I said, a better deal

:59:19. > :59:24.for you, and the gave me a look to say don't be so naive. That is the

:59:25. > :59:27.key to it. Lets hope they do a deal with Bernie Ecclestone and Ivan

:59:28. > :59:34.Campelli. The Italian Grand Prix is a fundamental part of the

:59:35. > :59:36.championship. Daniel is keeping the heat on the tyres by weaving

:59:37. > :59:43.around, which sometimes you see here on the out lap. They will do a bit

:59:44. > :59:47.of weaving to generate higher temperatures, so they can be ready

:59:48. > :59:51.to do the quick lap. Hamilton is the fastest with 35 minutes to go.

:59:52. > :59:57.Rosberg is second fastest. A Mercedes 1-2, nothing new in that

:59:58. > :00:03.but McLaren are pretty quick, Button is in third, so McLaren are looking

:00:04. > :00:07.stronger. Then the two Ferrari 's. As Christian Horner said you have to

:00:08. > :00:11.watch the pace of the Ferrari cars on Friday with a touch of salt

:00:12. > :00:12.because they tend to start well and they do not always deliver is

:00:13. > :00:23.Saturday qualifying. Kvyat has just gone seventh,

:00:24. > :00:30.Goodlatte from him. Let's see Sebastian Vettel go across the line,

:00:31. > :00:33.still eighth -- a good lap. We quite often see Williams languishing a bit

:00:34. > :00:38.on day one, they tend to run with a bit more fuel. They heavier car

:00:39. > :00:46.meaning they cannot complete such a rapid lap. A new head rest going

:00:47. > :00:50.into Kevin Magnussen pars car, so something must have failed in the

:00:51. > :00:59.fitting mechanism, presumably, on the previous one. Max

:01:00. > :01:02.fitting mechanism, presumably, on 17th ahead of Maldonado, and Charles

:01:03. > :01:06.Pic, who is driving the Lotus this morning. He has driven for Morrissey

:01:07. > :01:20.and cater in the last couple of years, but is the development driver

:01:21. > :01:37.for Lotus now -- he has driven for Marussia and cater. -- Caterham.

:01:38. > :01:43.Such a shame, he did not do a lap, he broke down on the second lap at

:01:44. > :01:47.Spa. That was a shame. I read a comment that he was only interested

:01:48. > :01:51.in racing here if he could do all the sessions. I can understand that,

:01:52. > :01:56.getting your eye in at Monza is a different thing, the speeds they are

:01:57. > :02:02.covering here. Fernando Alonso with some sparks coming from the back of

:02:03. > :02:06.the Ferrari as he goes past the Caterham into Parabolica, runs the

:02:07. > :02:09.car right out to the edge. It looks to me like this run-off will not

:02:10. > :02:15.make a big difference in terms of the line they take. Alan, I think

:02:16. > :02:20.you have wandered down to that area, what are you seeing? Yes, they are

:02:21. > :02:28.running right out to the white line and there are a couple of trademarks

:02:29. > :02:31.onto the green. -- tread marks. If they go wide there is less grip and

:02:32. > :02:35.they have two comeback anyway, at the end of the corner when you try

:02:36. > :02:40.to open up the steering angle and released the speed, there is a curb,

:02:41. > :02:46.where the Marussia is running past now. The Astroturf is behind it. To

:02:47. > :02:50.continue with any momentum at the apex point, they would have to

:02:51. > :02:55.continue outside the white line all the way through, and that is not

:02:56. > :03:00.possible. I do think right now, as the Red Bull is blasting past, the

:03:01. > :03:04.limit will be the white line which previously was the edge of the grass

:03:05. > :03:09.and the gravel. I don't think it will make any difference in reality.

:03:10. > :03:13.We will leave you there to make more observations and see what you can

:03:14. > :03:18.see. Currently still the Mercedes that are top of the times here. Van

:03:19. > :03:25.der Garde coming down towards the second chicane, mashes the brake

:03:26. > :03:28.pedal, drops down to third gear, picks up the throttle quite

:03:29. > :03:35.gradually, trying to avoid getting any wheel spin. Les

:03:36. > :03:45.. Crucial corner, here. Again, he had to play with the throttle a bit,

:03:46. > :03:53.try to get on the power as quick as possible. This is a Diarra zone, one

:03:54. > :04:04.of the high-speed sections, beneath the bridge -- this is a DRS zone.

:04:05. > :04:09.Does he take eighth? Yes he does, before getting onto the breaks into

:04:10. > :04:17.Parabolica. Van der Garde coming past you now. Yes, just coming to

:04:18. > :04:20.the apex now. Not so quick on the throttle, but he has a clean run

:04:21. > :04:26.behind him, Jenson Button type into the slipstream. Ultimately the

:04:27. > :04:31.Sauber struggling for grip round here, as it has been everywhere

:04:32. > :04:35.else. Yes, been a tough year for them. Jenson Button slotting in

:04:36. > :04:46.behind. He has gone fastest with that lap. He has done a 1:26 .810.

:04:47. > :04:50.Was that effective? Presumably he was losing a bit of downforce

:04:51. > :04:56.through Parabolica? A touch, but not too much, he was able to hook in

:04:57. > :05:04.half a car which and therefore able to get some air onto the front

:05:05. > :05:10.-- half a car width. He would have been a touchdown from Ascari down

:05:11. > :05:16.towards Parabolica, and remember here, five times per lap they are

:05:17. > :05:19.over 200 mph. If you gain one or two miles per hour, it actually does

:05:20. > :05:23.help you, and catapults you all the way down the straights. Fernando

:05:24. > :05:31.Alonso has improved as well and gone for fastest with that time. 1:20

:05:32. > :05:36.7.1, within a 10th of Rosberg's fastest time. The boss at Ferrari

:05:37. > :05:41.has lot of pressure on his shoulders this weekend. Let's find out whether

:05:42. > :05:45.his position is going to change. There are rumours it may even be an

:05:46. > :05:51.upward move rather than a sideways move. Daniel Ricciardo being pushed

:05:52. > :05:58.back into the pits, down in 13th position. Van der Garde has gone up

:05:59. > :06:01.to 16th. Looking at the speed trap figures from the official speed trap

:06:02. > :06:07.down towards the first chicane, the highest speed of anywhere on this

:06:08. > :06:17.track, Felipe Massa has 346 K pH. That's three K pH faster than Daniel

:06:18. > :06:20.Juncadella. Kvyat up there. Must be very low downforce on the Toro Rosso

:06:21. > :06:25.cars. It is of course they have got the Renault engine. We know that is

:06:26. > :06:31.slightly down in terms of maximum power to the Mercedes. Button going

:06:32. > :06:35.quickly again, he has just set the fastest first sector of anybody.

:06:36. > :06:40.Magnusson on a lap that could improve. McLaren looking in decent

:06:41. > :06:44.shape. It looks better for them. That's interesting, used a bit of

:06:45. > :06:50.extra road. He made a mistake on the way in. Did you get a chance to see

:06:51. > :06:56.that? We will come back to that in a second. Definitely using the new bit

:06:57. > :07:01.of run-off on the outside. Yes Magnusson did use a bit, you got two

:07:02. > :07:05.wheels onto it. Remember it is a regulation that you have to have all

:07:06. > :07:08.four wheels over the white line that there is any penalty that could even

:07:09. > :07:14.be thought to be applied, so he was a metre and a half within it. The

:07:15. > :07:20.more people do that, the more they will put rubber down. Button is

:07:21. > :07:25.coming past you, how does he look? He slowed down, but he is just

:07:26. > :07:30.crossing the line now, but I think it will be a fast lap. He had

:07:31. > :07:33.fastest in the first sector and second, but he lost a couple of

:07:34. > :07:36.tenths in the last sector so he did not improve his lap time in the end.

:07:37. > :07:41.The tyres are a little older remember as well. He did a fast lap

:07:42. > :07:47.which put him quickest and then slowed down to get a gap to the

:07:48. > :07:52.Sauber, and then he went again. Towards the end of the lab you have

:07:53. > :07:56.the exit of Ascari, and into Parabolica. You need to tie a grip

:07:57. > :08:01.on entry to float the rear in, and you need the front grip to get on

:08:02. > :08:07.the throttle. He pinched it a bit more on the exit, may be lost a

:08:08. > :08:11.fraction. We saw him pick up a tow a couple of laps ago, this is one of

:08:12. > :08:17.the few circuits where sometimes team-mates tried to tell each other

:08:18. > :08:20.to a qualifying time. Normally it is too much hassle to bother with, but

:08:21. > :08:26.sometimes they think it is worth going for. Anything you have

:08:27. > :08:31.experience of? Mostly it is Ferrari, and it is about trying to gain

:08:32. > :08:40.something on home turf. Because the tifosi expect a good position. In my

:08:41. > :08:44.experience, it has been more in Formula Ford when you would try to

:08:45. > :08:47.do these things. Once you get into it you lose so much time and all

:08:48. > :08:54.your focus is on getting the toe exactly right. If you do get it

:08:55. > :08:58.right, it is perfect, but the chances are very small. And your

:08:59. > :09:04.team-mate loses out massively. I would expect Ferrari to try it but I

:09:05. > :09:09.don't think many teams will. Would you expect Mercedes to help each

:09:10. > :09:13.other? Good question. Ferrari did ask last year, but it got shirty on

:09:14. > :09:18.the radio and there was a bit of controversy over what he said to the

:09:19. > :09:22.team afterwards. That's right, was he being cocky? He called them

:09:23. > :09:26.genius or something, but it was sarcastic. Ferrari don't like

:09:27. > :09:31.anything like that coming out in public. But yes, Ferrari have tried

:09:32. > :09:39.it several times in the past few years. So, Button on top of the

:09:40. > :09:43.times at the moment, and the Mercedes have gone back out, but not

:09:44. > :09:48.really doing anything particularly dramatic in terms of pace. Button on

:09:49. > :09:54.top, Hamilton second, Rosberg third, Alonso fourth. Getting in between

:09:55. > :09:58.those Mercedes engined cars, and then the next one to get in amongst

:09:59. > :10:01.the Mercedes is Sebastian Vettel, who is now in sixth position with

:10:02. > :10:09.his Renault powered Red Bull. Raikkonen is seven, Kvyat eighth,

:10:10. > :10:13.Gutierrez in ninth, and Bottas still down in 10th. Ericsson still a

:10:14. > :10:18.fraction slower than his team-mate from their earlier runs. Roberto

:10:19. > :10:22.Merhi put in a good first lap. Looks as though he may have a bit more

:10:23. > :10:26.fuel on, and the tyres have done some work, so it might be hard to

:10:27. > :10:32.improve on that. But he has done only 13 laps. Merhi made the point

:10:33. > :10:35.yesterday when we were talking to him, you don't actually get 90

:10:36. > :10:42.minutes, you effectively get half an hour. And you have got to get on

:10:43. > :10:46.with it. Interesting to see that radiocommunication very early in the

:10:47. > :10:50.session. Really stamping on the throttle, wheel spinning, he was

:10:51. > :10:55.going for it straightaway. Absolutely right. Interesting to see

:10:56. > :10:59.that. There is not time to learn in Formula One, you have got to be on

:11:00. > :11:09.it straightaway. 24 minutes to go in this session. Button is over a

:11:10. > :11:12.second down on what we saw in first practice last year when Lewis

:11:13. > :11:25.Hamilton was quickest. And there he is. In this same session Lewis

:11:26. > :11:29.Hamilton did a 1:20 5.5. I guess the difference is slightly less than we

:11:30. > :11:32.have seen some tracks. What is being lost through the corners, which are

:11:33. > :11:37.not such a big part, is more than being made up by the straight-line

:11:38. > :11:45.speed here. Absolutely. This is the thermal camera again. We had some

:11:46. > :11:50.shots from the other thermal camera. You can see the left front really

:11:51. > :11:53.heating right across the tread width, but the right front does not

:11:54. > :11:58.do an awful lot of work so it cools down. He has to turn into a

:11:59. > :12:04.left-hander in a moment, so the right-hand Taia will heat up.

:12:05. > :12:10.Through Ascari, both front tyres doing plenty of work. Hulkenberg

:12:11. > :12:18.just ahead of him, that is the black blob you can see. And there the

:12:19. > :12:24.tyres are working pretty hard. Very early on the power, that was nice. A

:12:25. > :12:34.good lap, it might be quicker. Yes, you goes fastest, one: 26.5.

:12:35. > :12:40.He is now top of the tree, Button second and Rosberg third.

:12:41. > :12:46.Interesting to see the thermal images. Important to keep heat in

:12:47. > :12:50.the tyres, we saw Ascari, you have to get it through quickly, because

:12:51. > :12:56.you have a long run all the way down to Parabolica. Your speed through

:12:57. > :12:59.Ascari is important. That's one of the places this year... That's

:13:00. > :13:03.exactly where we are talking about. One of the places where people were

:13:04. > :13:06.predicting that it was going to be difficult for the drivers to keep

:13:07. > :13:11.hold of the car, because of the extra torque. If you try to get

:13:12. > :13:14.through quickly, you might have lost some heat, and by the time you get

:13:15. > :13:20.there, you have to get it through and get out. They already looked a

:13:21. > :13:25.bit lairy last year on the exit. It is an iffy part of the track. So far

:13:26. > :13:29.we are seeing some lovely shots, that was Bottas getting a bit

:13:30. > :13:33.sideways in Parabolica as well. Esteban Gutierrez going a bit slowly

:13:34. > :13:39.here, not quite sure why. He has set a good pace in the first sector, but

:13:40. > :13:42.backed off in the middle sector. He may be lining up for another clear

:13:43. > :13:49.lap. In fact I think he is coming in. I can tell you that Sergio Perez

:13:50. > :13:54.is out on track with Force India, having seen another driver in it

:13:55. > :13:59.is out on track with Force India, earlier, Peres is in the car. He has

:14:00. > :14:10.done the first couple of sectors. On board with Bottas, coming up to

:14:11. > :14:16.Ascari. Let's watch him. A lot of work going on there, my goodness.

:14:17. > :14:21.Even in the middle he was working the steering quite hard. Let's watch

:14:22. > :14:27.him up to Parabolica, or will he back it off and bring it back in?

:14:28. > :14:32.The Williams having quite a low drag, low downforce set up on that

:14:33. > :14:35.car. Just experimenting a bit there with what it is like using a bit of

:14:36. > :14:39.extra road, maybe playing with the line into the pit lane as well. They

:14:40. > :14:43.are all is trying to find places where they can gain, and the pit

:14:44. > :14:47.entry is somewhere you can gain a few hundredths of a second.

:14:48. > :14:56.Previously drivers have been weaving from Lesmo down to Ascari just to

:14:57. > :15:03.keep your tyres hot. On board with Lewis Hamilton, let's look at him

:15:04. > :15:10.going through Ascari. That looks a lot more planted than Bottas, or

:15:11. > :15:15.Hamilton early on. Going to the Parabolica. The G-force halfway

:15:16. > :15:26.through the corner will certainly fire up. Makes it look very easy. A

:15:27. > :15:32.real balancing act, as Alan was telling us. And going faster again,

:15:33. > :15:38.one point 26.1. Close to the time last year, very good performance.

:15:39. > :15:43.Down towards the first corner. Alan, I think you have moved, what can you

:15:44. > :15:48.see? I am at the entry to Parabolica. You spoke about

:15:49. > :15:54.Hamilton, he was breaking after the 50 meter board. Most people are

:15:55. > :15:59.braking a little bit earlier. You are going down from 200 mph but he

:16:00. > :16:01.was just after the 50 metre board and the car seemed to stop on itself

:16:02. > :16:06.and then he ran it and the car seemed to stop on itself

:16:07. > :16:10.and tidy. Kimi Raikkonen trying to do the same thing but the Ferrari

:16:11. > :16:17.does not have the stability that Hamilton did. That was a clean run

:16:18. > :16:24.into Parabolica, fast lap. Raikkonen's lap isn't as good,

:16:25. > :16:32.1.27.4. He is the seventh quickest of the grouping. We have Hamilton on

:16:33. > :16:38.top, then Button, Alonso, Magnussen in fifth place.

:16:39. > :16:42.A bit of work going on for DM van der Garde, the development driver at

:16:43. > :16:53.Sauber. Sutil waiting to get in the car. His

:16:54. > :16:58.best ever Formula One result was here, qualifying second in 2009,

:16:59. > :17:04.finishing in fourth place. Sutil is still to get to the podium despite

:17:05. > :17:11.many races, 121, the most anybody has gone without getting a single

:17:12. > :17:17.podium. There is Hamilton going in. The usual techniques, blowers going

:17:18. > :17:21.card to get some air going through the radiators and on the brakes as

:17:22. > :17:25.well. Things are going well for Hamilton at the moment, fastest in

:17:26. > :17:29.the session but we haven't seen Rosberg going out for a while. We'll

:17:30. > :17:34.wait to see what he does. Very chilled yesterday, Hamilton. He is

:17:35. > :17:39.determined to put everything that has gone on at Spa behind him and

:17:40. > :17:44.start fresh ear. He still has every chance of doing that if he can have

:17:45. > :17:49.a good weekend -- fresh here. He has had a lot of trouble but if you can

:17:50. > :17:55.go well here it can set up a sequence of good results. He is

:17:56. > :17:57.overdue one. He feels he can go on a roll like you did at the start of

:17:58. > :18:03.the season when he had four back-to-back wins -- like he did. He

:18:04. > :18:08.was feeling confident and happy yesterday. But he is an emotional

:18:09. > :18:13.guy, it is difficult for him to disguise how he feels. A lot of the

:18:14. > :18:17.reasoning behind Mercedes coming out and saying what they did is to give

:18:18. > :18:23.him a warm feeling because you don't want him to feel that, you know,

:18:24. > :18:31.Rosberg is a German in a German team. He hasn't been too badly

:18:32. > :18:36.affected by that. I really think... For the remainder of the season he

:18:37. > :18:40.will be formidable. Let's have a little listen to how he felt

:18:41. > :18:46.yesterday. Coming into the weekend he seems more relaxed and chilled

:18:47. > :18:49.than we have seen him previously. He is normally pretty relaxed on the

:18:50. > :18:54.Thursday before the Grand Prix weekend begins and he has reset from

:18:55. > :19:01.the previous week. Let's see what he says as he spoke to us yesterday. I

:19:02. > :19:07.am in a really happy place. I'll tell you the reason. I had a really

:19:08. > :19:12.good week. Of course the first couple of nights after the weekend

:19:13. > :19:16.are tough, I am groggy and it is difficult to get up, but I had a lot

:19:17. > :19:22.of support from my fans and family and friends. And then I have had a

:19:23. > :19:29.positive week. I think after all these years, the difficult times, I

:19:30. > :19:33.can move past things and I'm excited about this coming race. I had a

:19:34. > :19:37.couple of days off last weekend with some friends, which was hilarious. I

:19:38. > :19:46.can't remember the last time I laughed so much. Seven races ahead,

:19:47. > :19:52.a lot of points. I feel good, I'm feeling fit and ready and I know I

:19:53. > :19:57.have a good car. A good attitude from Lewis Hamilton coming into the

:19:58. > :20:01.event. Yellow Yap, I think it's a very important race for

:20:02. > :20:11.. It brings out the best in him. One of the moves he did here in 2007,

:20:12. > :20:15.the move on Kimi Raikkonen at the first chicane told you everything

:20:16. > :20:20.you need to know about his talent. He put it in there like a go-kart

:20:21. > :20:26.and when you watch it back you can probably look it up on the Internet,

:20:27. > :20:31.2007, Hamilton and Raikkonen, the amazing thing is that Raikkonen's

:20:32. > :20:35.left front is locked, it is not like he was braking early, but Lewis came

:20:36. > :20:42.down the inside of him like he was driving a go-kart. He got away. I

:20:43. > :20:47.think Raikkonen was stunned by that. On the brakes, Hamilton has always

:20:48. > :20:51.been astonishing. The difficulty at Monza, it is a bigger challenge

:20:52. > :20:54.because there is so little downforce, the car is much less

:20:55. > :21:01.stable and it moves around more. That is what he thrives on. To do it

:21:02. > :21:08.without any help, it is tremendous. That is why Alonso says what he

:21:09. > :21:11.says. That is real skill, and white Hamilton will be confident but every

:21:12. > :21:18.time we think he's in a situation where he is confident, Rosberg can

:21:19. > :21:23.deliver a lap -- and while Hamilton will be confident. We thought

:21:24. > :21:29.Hamilton was going to be on pole previously, but Rosberg did it and

:21:30. > :21:35.Hamilton made a mistake. You have to give credit to Rosberg for putting

:21:36. > :21:39.him under pressure. Nico, it is tense and hundredths, and that flips

:21:40. > :21:45.a switch in the brain of Hamilton and it helps in to make mistakes.

:21:46. > :21:49.Allen, what are your thoughts? Should this suit Lewis Hamilton this

:21:50. > :21:53.weekend? In theory you are right, especially about being on the brakes

:21:54. > :21:58.because he is fantastically good can throw the car around. The corners

:21:59. > :22:03.here for the chicanes, they are quite short and you have to have

:22:04. > :22:06.controlled aggression. I think this race between those two is going to

:22:07. > :22:11.be won in the head and it Hamilton has his head in the right gear,

:22:12. > :22:17.focused on the job, I think he'll be very tough to beat. But we've seen

:22:18. > :22:21.that Nico Rosberg is a pretty hard-headed character as well and he

:22:22. > :22:28.has had his wings clipped, as we said before, the situation in Spa.

:22:29. > :22:32.This race is going to be won in the head, not just on the track. We can

:22:33. > :22:51.see the caterer coming through, the green light flashing on the back of

:22:52. > :22:55.the car. -- the Qatar -- Caterham. He does not have a full licence to

:22:56. > :22:59.raise the Grand Prix yet. He earned one by winning the 2011 Formula

:23:00. > :23:05.Renault championship but there is some talk that it has expired

:23:06. > :23:09.anyway. That has two years currency, so effectively he has to

:23:10. > :23:12.qualify again. In terms of his ability and what he has done in

:23:13. > :23:18.other championships, it shouldn't be a problem. That's right, Merhi is

:23:19. > :23:27.doing a good job so far. Faster than his team-mate from the lap he did

:23:28. > :23:40.earlier, 1.30.7, against 1.30.9, Ericsson. -- Ericssen. They did not

:23:41. > :23:47.race at Monza in that year, but they were raising the big tracks like

:23:48. > :23:52.Spa. Bottas beating Ricciardo to the title by three points. It's funny

:23:53. > :23:56.when you look back at the junior formula years and how they work

:23:57. > :24:01.together and now Bottas and Ricciardo are the stars of 2014.

:24:02. > :24:06.It's something you have to do, it is the only championship where they

:24:07. > :24:11.have the same judging criteria for the car. It doesn't happen in

:24:12. > :24:15.Formula One very often. Daniel Ricciardo started his European

:24:16. > :24:18.career here in Italy because he raced out in Australia, of course.

:24:19. > :24:23.He has Italian heritage, his father was born in Sicily and his mother is

:24:24. > :24:33.from an Italian family, but he was born and raised in Australia. He has

:24:34. > :24:35.an Italian name, which is why his father stopped the Italian

:24:36. > :24:41.pronunciation, wanting the Anglo-Saxon pronunciation. He

:24:42. > :24:46.started his overseas racing here, Italian Formula Renault, and doing

:24:47. > :24:51.that is where Red Bull spotted him. He did a test and he picked up their

:24:52. > :24:56.backing. From Ricciardo, racing in Italy and at Monza, I bet it has

:24:57. > :25:02.some good memories. It will have, he is a very happy character,

:25:03. > :25:05.interesting to see what the fans are like in Melbourne next year.

:25:06. > :25:09.Absolutely and I wonder if the Italians are going to take him to

:25:10. > :25:13.heart a little bit. There are no Italian Formula One drivers, he is

:25:14. > :25:21.the closest they get. I guess that they may adopt him. It is justified,

:25:22. > :25:26.it is fair to have that. In 2008 when Sebastian Vettel scored his

:25:27. > :25:30.first Grand Prix victory here, in the wet, fantastic pole position in

:25:31. > :25:35.the Toro Rosso, they adopted him, didn't they because it was Toro

:25:36. > :25:42.Rosso and their first success. That was very popular and I'm sure Daniel

:25:43. > :25:45.will be as well. It is all about Ferrari, the tifosi, but Ferrari may

:25:46. > :25:50.struggle to deliver the kind of result they would like to see. With

:25:51. > :25:54.under ten minutes to go, first practice at Monza, as expected

:25:55. > :25:58.Mercedes are on top but McLaren seem to be closer here than we have seen

:25:59. > :26:03.at some of the other tracks. Maybe this track is going to sue them

:26:04. > :26:08.quite well. But in his second fastest, splitting the Mercedes.

:26:09. > :26:14.Rosberg has done 22 laps, but he has not done another quick lap like he

:26:15. > :26:20.did earlier, whereas Hamilton has. Magnussen is in fifth place. Looking

:26:21. > :26:29.at the speed trap figures, Massa is on top, then Perez, and Juncadella.

:26:30. > :26:34.Jean-Eric Vergne and banal Kvyat, fourth and fifth in the speed trap

:26:35. > :26:42.with Renault power - Daniil Kvyat. It shows they are using eight very

:26:43. > :26:45.downforce setup, which will make the car very skittish in the corners.

:26:46. > :26:52.Interesting to see even Jean-Eric Vergne and Kvyat managed to hold

:26:53. > :26:57.onto those cars. Not a bad compromise, clearly. Looking at

:26:58. > :27:02.Kevin Magnussen, going through Parabolica. Interesting to see if he

:27:03. > :27:07.runs wide here. Just a touch, perfectly within bounds. Nowhere

:27:08. > :27:11.near all four wheels over the white line, but definitely running a

:27:12. > :27:16.little bit over the edge of the tarmac into the new piece of road.

:27:17. > :27:27.Further down the order, Max Chilton is a fraction faster than Bianchi in

:27:28. > :27:32.the two Marussia cars. Caterham, generally they have out-qualified

:27:33. > :27:38.Marussia here at Monza in the past. In the middle, Charles Pic, Lotus. A

:27:39. > :27:42.little bit off Maldonado's time. It's going to be a tough weekend for

:27:43. > :27:48.Lotus and I don't see them getting much out of it. RADIO: The careful

:27:49. > :27:53.of the high surface temperatures, exit five, carrying into six and

:27:54. > :27:58.seven. So, high surface to bridges, talking about the temperature of the

:27:59. > :28:06.tyres, on the exit of the second chicane here. -- surface

:28:07. > :28:12.temperatures. We spoke about keeping the tyres hard going through Ascari.

:28:13. > :28:16.You do not want to make them unusable. The medium and hard

:28:17. > :28:22.compound tyres being used this weekend. On board with Bottas, using

:28:23. > :28:26.a lot of the road. Using the kerb out of the second Lesmo, which is

:28:27. > :28:30.typical, although you have to be careful because it is easy for the

:28:31. > :28:35.car to swap ends and we have seen some big accidents. Your old Matt

:28:36. > :28:41.John Watson left half of his car there in 1981. Splitting the McLaren

:28:42. > :28:51.as he hit the barrier. We've seen other accidents in the past -- your

:28:52. > :28:55.old mate. We will see a lot of that in the weekend, especially

:28:56. > :28:58.qualifying. They lock-up going into Parabolica which is unusual because

:28:59. > :29:08.it's a delicate balance of braking hard but not upsetting the car, but

:29:09. > :29:16.he locked the front nearside. Running a little bit wide. You

:29:17. > :29:21.wonder if he needed to do that. Valtteri Bottas, the 12th quickest

:29:22. > :29:26.at this stage, Massa is in 13th, so they are well matched but a little

:29:27. > :29:30.bit off the pace. Not a surprise, Friday is always a conservative

:29:31. > :29:33.session from Williams. You saw the little puff of smoke from the

:29:34. > :29:39.inside, running wide as a result probably. Clearly Williams are

:29:40. > :29:42.experimenting with their setup but they are not chasing the outright

:29:43. > :29:46.lap time in the same way that some others are. He seems to be

:29:47. > :29:54.struggling to get that through there. Not as good as he may have

:29:55. > :29:57.expected, maybe getting some more balance on the car. That's what

:29:58. > :30:02.Friday is all about, the practice sessions. Friday night is normally a

:30:03. > :30:10.long night, the engineers and mechanics get out of here very late

:30:11. > :30:13.having done the data. A lot of simulations going on overnight to

:30:14. > :30:16.work out the best running and then they can come in on Saturday morning

:30:17. > :30:18.and put on the best bits to the car and go into qualifying, to deliver

:30:19. > :30:27.that kind of result. Just watching Sebastian Vettel here,

:30:28. > :30:32.up through Parabolica. The scene, of course, of his first-ever victory in

:30:33. > :30:36.Formula One, here at Monza, in 2008, in appalling conditions. I think

:30:37. > :30:41.that was the last time we had a wet race here. Of course Sebastian

:30:42. > :30:47.Vettel went on to win for Toro Rosso, his first-ever Grand Prix

:30:48. > :30:54.win. At the time Toro Rosso was very much a sister team to Red Bull, it

:30:55. > :30:59.was kind of a Red Bull designed car. One race before the senior team,

:31:00. > :31:03.didn't he? Amazing, really. Certainly put himself on the map.

:31:04. > :31:07.Rosberg locking up on the second chicane. They have to stay outside

:31:08. > :31:13.the underlying if they do that, and we join. That is something they have

:31:14. > :31:16.been told in the team managers meeting. He quickly bailed out of

:31:17. > :31:20.potentially damaging the front tyre any further. Runs through the

:31:21. > :31:23.chicane and back out again safely. Watching Sergio Perez, who did not

:31:24. > :31:28.do the first part Watching Sergio Perez, who did not

:31:29. > :31:34.he has now left up to eighth as a result of the time he has done

:31:35. > :31:39.later. Faster than Hulkenberg. Great race here for Sauber a couple of

:31:40. > :31:55.years ago. Road, over the speed humps. -- he

:31:56. > :31:59.had to go through the escape. He will be trying to get that first

:32:00. > :32:03.podium that he has been chasing this year, and the like has counted

:32:04. > :32:06.against him. Need to get it together, because they are involved

:32:07. > :32:09.in the battle with Ferrari for third place in the Constructors'

:32:10. > :32:14.Championship. They need to guys scoring points. Bottas has been on

:32:15. > :32:21.the podium many times, but they need both up there. RADIO: What time

:32:22. > :32:29.should I be doing? Looks like the tyres need three laps, mid-29. And

:32:30. > :32:37.he has just done a 1:20 9.4, perfect. Teams are assessing and as

:32:38. > :32:46.the mating what the drivers should be able to lap at. -- and

:32:47. > :32:51.estimating. Sergio Perez has almost got to the 350 mark in terms of

:32:52. > :32:57.kilometres per hour. Big twitch into Ascari. Looked as though it was a

:32:58. > :33:01.mistake, instability underbraking is what we have been talking about.

:33:02. > :33:05.Light downforce on these cards, they get harder on the brakes. Looked

:33:06. > :33:11.like it started to get wrong on the way into the corner. Weaving as

:33:12. > :33:16.though he thinks he does not have enough tyre temperature. Could well

:33:17. > :33:21.be that. Once they lose temper Japan it is very hard to get it back.

:33:22. > :33:24.Looked as though the rear grab a little bit underbraking, and he

:33:25. > :33:32.spent the next few metres trying to sort it all out. Let's watch the

:33:33. > :33:37.on-board. Looks relatively undramatic. But when you are going

:33:38. > :33:42.to under them here with the back end slipping all over the place it must

:33:43. > :33:49.be very interesting -- when you are going 200 mph. Didn't have a wheel

:33:50. > :33:53.off or anything. Maybe it was something to do with the brake

:33:54. > :33:59.balance or energy recovery system. Because it works on the rear wheels.

:34:00. > :34:04.This was earlier. Just had to short cut the chicane. So it he is having

:34:05. > :34:08.an exciting time of it, but he is eighth fastest, which is encouraging

:34:09. > :34:12.for Force India in the battle with McLaren. But McLaren looking

:34:13. > :34:17.particularly strong this weekend, it will be hard for Force India to get

:34:18. > :34:20.back on terms with them. Perhaps an opportunity to further stretch out

:34:21. > :34:24.the little advantage they have in the constructors points. Just two

:34:25. > :34:26.points between them at the moment. Back with Lewis Hamilton, still

:34:27. > :34:48.lacking in the mid-1:20 nines. Now he is coming down beneath the

:34:49. > :35:01.bridge, under the old banking. What Ascari.

:35:02. > :35:26.Very neat and tidy through Parabolica, there, and a clean lap.

:35:27. > :35:35.1:20 9.2. So he has ended up the session

:35:36. > :35:42.fastest. Lewis Hamilton quickest in first practice at Monza, you will be

:35:43. > :35:47.happy with that. Button splits the two. -- he will be happy. Fairly

:35:48. > :35:52.trouble-free session for everybody. Ricciardo all the way down in 16th

:35:53. > :35:59.place, bit of work to be done. Good debut from Roberto Merhi, who was 20

:36:00. > :36:03.second, faster than his team mate in the end. Rosberg will be watching

:36:04. > :36:07.closely for the second session later.

:36:08. > :36:13.Eight few of us at home might have put money on Lewis Hamilton topping

:36:14. > :36:21.practice one. Impressive performance by McLaren. They have great top

:36:22. > :36:26.speed. It has been a continuous development this year. They know it

:36:27. > :36:31.is a troubled car, but they have improved in the last few races. It

:36:32. > :36:36.is not really the true picture. We would expect the Williams to be a

:36:37. > :36:40.lot quicker when it comes to the race, they are historically slow on

:36:41. > :36:47.Friday morning. And we would expect Sergio Perez to be quick as well. He

:36:48. > :36:51.was fast at the end of the session. Pretty fast on all sections of the

:36:52. > :36:56.track, on and off. It was a heart stopping moment. Yes, just as you

:36:57. > :37:01.come up there, there is a bump and you are rising up. You go on the

:37:02. > :37:06.brakes and the rear wheels become light, and they locked very

:37:07. > :37:10.slightly. So he darted from one way to the other. You can have a very

:37:11. > :37:14.big accident there, if you try to control it, so he came off the

:37:15. > :37:18.brakes and had a fast run across the gravel. That will have done some

:37:19. > :37:23.damage to the underfloor of the car. Not necessarily been the ideal

:37:24. > :37:27.session for Sergio Perez, but his car has some raw speed. Ferrari

:37:28. > :37:32.under immense amounts of pressure here at Monza. We need to whisper,

:37:33. > :37:36.we are standing just outside. There are too many of them around and

:37:37. > :37:42.about. But they will expect a result. And the tifosi will expect a

:37:43. > :37:47.result. The car did not look stable into Parabolica, and coming out, so

:37:48. > :37:52.their problems will continue. But Fernando Alonso, if anybody can drag

:37:53. > :37:58.out a result, he can. He will be hoping to in free practice at 1pm.

:37:59. > :38:03.We will see you in just over a couple of hours.