:01:13. > :01:19.For sure it is the best race. For the fans to get close to us. To be
:01:20. > :01:24.out there, per performing, it is unbelievable. We are racing through
:01:25. > :01:30.the streets, the tunnels, it is harder to follow, no room for
:01:31. > :01:33.errors. It is really difficult to overtake. You know you are on a
:01:34. > :01:39.roller-coaster ride, your heart is in your mouth, that is what it is
:01:40. > :01:42.like here the whole way around. 2008 we went on pole. I hit the wall.
:01:43. > :01:49.? COMMENTATOR: Lewis Hamilton has hit
:01:50. > :01:55.the barriers. In those moments your heart sinks to the lowest point. But
:01:56. > :02:00.then we did a pit stop. I never give up. You still have hope.
:02:01. > :02:08.COMMENTATOR: And the boyhood dream comes true, Lewis Hamilton wins the
:02:09. > :02:13.Monaco Grand Prix. . To get a win here is a stepping tone
:02:14. > :02:18.it would be historic for me it is quite an important one.
:02:19. > :02:22.Monaco, a place indeed where dreams really do come true. Hello and
:02:23. > :02:28.welcome to qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. A perfect day here.
:02:29. > :02:36.Eddie and David are along for the roller-coaster ride. I really think
:02:37. > :02:40.it will be like that today. We saw Nico Rosberg's dream come true with
:02:41. > :02:45.the poling but what about Lewis Hamilton? Well, he has talked about
:02:46. > :02:49.it. He is excited about it. He has won here. That is a big thing in his
:02:50. > :02:53.mind. I don't think he cares if he is on pole position but he wants to
:02:54. > :02:58.win the race. How important is it to be on pole
:02:59. > :03:03.position? I think he does care. Clearly the points is where it is
:03:04. > :03:07.coming from but the mind games with Nico have started. Everything he has
:03:08. > :03:12.been talking about has been about getting the pole. Adding it to the
:03:13. > :03:15.long list of achievements in Formula One.
:03:16. > :03:22.Is this where we see the driver's skill at the forefront? Well you
:03:23. > :03:26.can't get around without a great car. It shows the drivers that are
:03:27. > :03:31.really at one with their machine. Confidence is a huge part of driving
:03:32. > :03:38.a lap here. You can put whatever number you want on it but you cannot
:03:39. > :03:45.drive 100% every lap. It is the guy that is more comfortable kissing the
:03:46. > :04:13.wide barriers, for sure. , , 1 00 concentration for the
:04:14. > :04:45.drivers and 100% fun for the fans. This glitzy place to host round six:
:04:46. > :04:59.All eyes on the Constructors' Championship:
:05:00. > :05:09.Well, sadly, this week we heard the news that triple Formula One world
:05:10. > :05:14.champion, Sir Jack Braba in had passed away. With his love of design
:05:15. > :05:21.and engineering and the talent for drying he was an inspiration to
:05:22. > :05:26.many, including Mark Webber. Earlier this week in Australia we
:05:27. > :05:31.lost one of the greats of our sport. Sir Jack Braban.
:05:32. > :05:35.COMMENTATOR: He shows the sort of form that marks him as the driver of
:05:36. > :05:41.the future. The three times Formula One world
:05:42. > :05:56.champion marks him as a phenomenal guy and racer.
:05:57. > :06:02.1959, 60, and of 6, -- 66 he was a hero.
:06:03. > :06:05.He was my childhood hero. It was a great Australian effort in
:06:06. > :06:12.66. I met jack when I was 17 Sydney. He
:06:13. > :06:20.supported me all the way through when I was chasing wins. He was a
:06:21. > :06:25.tenacious, disciplined guy. You are feeling venerable now? I am
:06:26. > :06:30.just getting into my stride. As a driver, as an engineer, what he
:06:31. > :06:38.did will never be done again. He was a legend.
:06:39. > :06:42.A true racing grit. And what an incredible story.
:06:43. > :06:54.They must have been amazing day days. He race raced against Fitapald
:06:55. > :06:59.I cans, so it shows in his time in Formula One he had great longevity
:07:00. > :07:04.and an amazing impact to the Australians that followed after him.
:07:05. > :07:08.He has left an amazing legacy? He has indeed. The pinnacle for that
:07:09. > :07:12.for me is something that I find incredible to understand. Three
:07:13. > :07:17.times world champion but to win it in his own car, that he designed,
:07:18. > :07:21.created, tested, all of the things that we know are so difficult, to do
:07:22. > :07:26.it in his own car, that is never going to happen again. I don't think
:07:27. > :07:36.it can be matched. But the other thing as you rightly say, he had
:07:37. > :07:42.three sons, two of which won Le Mans and the grandson is doing amazing
:07:43. > :07:49.things in junior Formula One. It adds to the history. It is magic.
:07:50. > :07:54.Let's catch up with the news now. How times change. Two years ago we
:07:55. > :07:59.had seven different winners in the opening seven races but only three
:08:00. > :08:05.have taken the spoils in the last 12 months. Given Mercedes domination,
:08:06. > :08:09.it may take the quirkiness of Monaco to change that.
:08:10. > :08:14.There is not a sector that is blowing everyone away. If we get it
:08:15. > :08:20.together we can challenge them on Saturday. Pole spatial a
:08:21. > :08:24.possibility? Always. Nico Rosberg has been the braids
:08:25. > :08:30.maid in the last four races but on the back of the news he will be a
:08:31. > :08:34.Mercedes driver for two years, he is leaving no stone unturned to get
:08:35. > :08:39.ahead of Lewis Hamilton. I could not see after the race in
:08:40. > :08:45.Barcelona. I told the guys we have to raise the street seat a little
:08:46. > :08:48.bit. That is the thing for this track to be able to see the kerbs
:08:49. > :08:53.better. Monaco is where deals for the future
:08:54. > :08:58.are done. Speculation sounds the long-term plans of Red Bull
:08:59. > :09:03.technical boss. There are rumours, that he has been made a ?20 million
:09:04. > :09:08.offer to join Ferrari. Aid ran has made his situation
:09:09. > :09:11.clear. He is committed to Red Bull and will be for the future.
:09:12. > :09:17.Does that mean Sunday night of Monaco or the next three years? That
:09:18. > :09:23.is open, isn't it? I will never go into the details of a contract. But
:09:24. > :09:30.he is not going anywhere. Even if he stays put, Ferrari's new
:09:31. > :09:36.boss is busy making plans for the future. This is his third race at
:09:37. > :09:39.the helm and says we can expect news soon.
:09:40. > :09:43.We are making a lot of important changes in the way that we work. In
:09:44. > :09:52.the investments, in the programme we are to launch. When you ask the
:09:53. > :10:00.question, do we have an idea after improvements, I say, yes, we have
:10:01. > :10:03.80% knowledgeable about what we must improve and we know about the
:10:04. > :10:06.competitive advantage. That is clear.
:10:07. > :10:11.We have come to the top of the pit lane. There is an amazing crowd.
:10:12. > :10:20.Interesting news that week, the offer made by Ferrari to Adrian? Is
:10:21. > :10:25.he going to stay or go? My opinion is that he is not motivated by
:10:26. > :10:30.money. He is a British boy through and through. He loves the life that
:10:31. > :10:36.sounds him where he is. But I am intrigued. I would like to ask
:10:37. > :10:40.another question with your answer. What capacity is he going to stay
:10:41. > :10:46.with in Red Bull? My idea, the way that I am hearing things that there
:10:47. > :10:51.could be a deal with Ben Ainslie for the America's Cup Challenge or more
:10:52. > :10:56.likely a road car from Red Bull and Infinity and all of those people
:10:57. > :11:01.that are there. That is my little spy work going on. What has he said
:11:02. > :11:07.to you, David? I think it is speculation. Ferrari denied that the
:11:08. > :11:13.offer was made. But Adrian has had a great run at Red Bull. Four World
:11:14. > :11:19.Championships back to back. But they have produced another car. They have
:11:20. > :11:23.issues with it, why not get involved with the engine design? I believe he
:11:24. > :11:26.should be involved with the race team, directly or a possible
:11:27. > :11:31.yachting programme that may excite him as he is into that. But I
:11:32. > :11:34.believe he would like to see in his legacy, the design and the
:11:35. > :11:37.manufacture of a high-quality road car.
:11:38. > :11:45.But you are saying he is going to stay within the Red Bull fold? Not
:11:46. > :11:48.necessarily in Formula One. You are confusing me? In the Red
:11:49. > :11:55.Bull family. Things are up for Grosjean, despite
:11:56. > :12:04.Lotus having a tricky time, the Frenchman has kept his cool. He was
:12:05. > :12:08.once branded a first line nutter by Mark Webber.
:12:09. > :12:11.My dream is to become the world champion.
:12:12. > :12:17.? COMMENTATOR: Gross anyhas made a
:12:18. > :12:24.brilliant pass. He holds foreign the best result of the year.
:12:25. > :12:27.We finish finished 2013 well, we started 2014 not in the way we
:12:28. > :12:31.wanted, it was not good for us. Going to Spain, a good race felt
:12:32. > :12:34.good. ?
:12:35. > :12:38.COMMENTATOR: Lotus up there in the top ten. Grosjean, what a boost for
:12:39. > :12:43.the emat that. When you realise how much trouble
:12:44. > :12:47.they could be in, did you think you made the wrong decision by staying
:12:48. > :12:52.there? No. You could not know until the first test. We were behind. Our
:12:53. > :12:58.car was not working, it was getting worse and worse. It is a change of
:12:59. > :13:02.plan. We ewill not be world champion this year. It is taking more time
:13:03. > :13:08.but it is getting better. In Monaco, we have seen you be so
:13:09. > :13:14.successful in some circuits, this one in Formula One has been more
:13:15. > :13:18.difficult? Last year, I arrived in a state of mind that I wanted to go
:13:19. > :13:24.for it, maybe too much. COMMENTATOR: How about that?
:13:25. > :13:28.Grosjean has crashed tree times this weekend but now gone quickest.
:13:29. > :13:35.I was quick, getting back with the car. Getting the confidence back.
:13:36. > :13:40.COMMENTATOR: He got over the demons of the recklessness of the crash.
:13:41. > :13:46.That is the fourth crash. One day I was down. I did not want
:13:47. > :13:50.to speak to anyone. Only my wife could support me. But you have to
:13:51. > :13:55.see the positive. The car was getting better, improving every time
:13:56. > :14:00.but we could not see it. Suddenly it went together and showed up. To be
:14:01. > :14:05.fair, I have been strong mentally after criticism from Mark Webber. It
:14:06. > :14:11.has not been easy. I was hoping that someone hit him,
:14:12. > :14:14.the guys said it was his own doing. Maybe two separate starts, one for
:14:15. > :14:18.him, one for us. Do you think that you will get the
:14:19. > :14:22.weren't the other drivers? I think that I do.
:14:23. > :14:25.I am proud to be part of the best drivers. I think that I showed last
:14:26. > :14:30.year with the car and this year when it is more difficult to bring it
:14:31. > :14:34.back to the top. Hopefully one day I will be the
:14:35. > :14:38.world champion. If others come knocking on the door
:14:39. > :14:43.with a car that can win races and championships, surely you will have
:14:44. > :14:47.to go somewhere else? You want to go to the best. To get the best
:14:48. > :15:00.opportunity. We will see at the end of the year. A very busy Lotus
:15:01. > :15:04.garage prequalifying. I suppose the question is, come the summer break,
:15:05. > :15:11.how many options, Eddie, do you think Romain is going to have? It
:15:12. > :15:18.all depends. They love him, he's French, everything that they want,
:15:19. > :15:22.Grosjean gives to them. It will be wherever they decide to put him. How
:15:23. > :15:27.difficult do you think it is to see how Romain is in this team? He has
:15:28. > :15:32.improved considerably since he started. The last gauge alongside
:15:33. > :15:35.Kimi Raikkonen, over the course of two seasons together, Kimi was
:15:36. > :15:40.always more consistent. He needs more of that to stand out for the
:15:41. > :15:45.other top teams to want to employ him. There been some interesting
:15:46. > :15:50.sessions, close at the top. Who is your tip for pole position? I think
:15:51. > :15:54.it will be Lewis, he has the cutting edge at the moment. David is going
:15:55. > :16:15.to the commentary box. Tom and Lee are in the pit lane.
:16:16. > :16:20.Qualifying is about to begin on the most unforgiving circuit of the
:16:21. > :16:25.season, as well as the most prestigious. It is Nico Rosberg, the
:16:26. > :16:29.pole winner out here last year, who sets out first. Psychologically, it
:16:30. > :16:37.makes such a difference being first out on the track. Your whole site of
:16:38. > :16:41.lap of where the track conditions are, you have a clear track ahead of
:16:42. > :16:46.you. That has been planned, it's not by accident that he is the first man
:16:47. > :16:50.out on the track. Monaco looks glorious in the sunshine. Let's get
:16:51. > :16:54.a word from Tom in the pits. What are we expecting to see during
:16:55. > :16:59.qualifying? It's going to be very busy, lots of cars piling up under
:17:00. > :17:07.the racetrack. If we get all 22 cars out together, that's one car every
:17:08. > :17:12.75 metres around this racetrack. The computer simulations up and down the
:17:13. > :17:15.pit lane are saying we are looking at a 17.5, which looks very
:17:16. > :17:18.ambitious. That would put you well inside the top ten during final
:17:19. > :17:22.practice. They think the track temperatures, by 10 degrees, and
:17:23. > :17:26.that could be enough to switch the tyres on and find that second or so
:17:27. > :17:32.that the car is going to need to achieve from what they did this
:17:33. > :17:36.morning. The cars are on track. Hamilton and Forsberg bows out
:17:37. > :17:39.there. Two of the only drivers to have taken one pole position at
:17:40. > :17:45.least this year. Lewis Hamilton has taken the other. Four pole
:17:46. > :17:50.positions this year. As Rosberg reminded us, to try to reset the
:17:51. > :17:53.balance, at the moment it is still 1-1 in dry conditions, because so
:17:54. > :17:57.many of the qualifying sessions we've had this year have been in the
:17:58. > :18:03.wet. David, what are we looking at here? It's about trying to find the
:18:04. > :18:07.position to start the lap. Hamilton was holding back. Rosberg is at the
:18:08. > :18:11.first corner already. Lewis doesn't want to see him at all. He just
:18:12. > :18:15.wants to concentrate on bringing the tyres in, getting a feel for the
:18:16. > :18:19.track conditions. Being a living thing, it changes from when they
:18:20. > :18:24.were last on the track. They are running on this harder of the two
:18:25. > :18:29.compounds of tyre, the soft tyre with the yellow sidewalls. Let's
:18:30. > :18:35.listen to Rosberg. A slight Sauber left on the front brakes, keep
:18:36. > :18:39.warming them up. That is explaining the temperatures are not even in an
:18:40. > :18:47.ideal working condition across the front axle. You may find yourself
:18:48. > :18:52.grabbing a brake. The temperatures of the tyres will go up to around
:18:53. > :18:55.1000 degrees, and it's dropping to a few hundred degrees on the
:18:56. > :19:02.straights. You don't get as much time for them to cool here because
:19:03. > :19:06.you may not get the peaks as well. Cooling and controlling the cooling
:19:07. > :19:11.across the front and rear axle is key. The rear axle is used for the
:19:12. > :19:14.regeneration. That's when they are charging the batteries. Therefore
:19:15. > :19:19.they've got less reliance on the size of the rear calipers. The front
:19:20. > :19:23.axle is pretty much standard, as we've seen through the history of
:19:24. > :19:28.Formula One. Absolutely crucial that drivers get the right temperature. A
:19:29. > :19:34.relatively slow first lap. The tyres are the harder of the two that were
:19:35. > :19:38.brought by Pirelli this weekend. We have seen during practice it takes
:19:39. > :19:42.quite a lot of laps. Even the best bars, like Mercedes and Red Bull,
:19:43. > :19:45.struggle a little bit to get these tyres fully up to temperature and
:19:46. > :19:51.get into the narrow window where you get the best grip available. Was
:19:52. > :20:00.burgled dash-macro/quicker on this lap. It looks as though the track is
:20:01. > :20:04.getting quicker. He now makes his way alongside the Mediterranean,
:20:05. > :20:10.through the famous tunnel at Monaco. Then down the hill into the chicane.
:20:11. > :20:13.Quite a steep hill, this. A lot of accidents there in the past. Nico
:20:14. > :20:17.Rosberg himself had crashed there a couple of years ago, just hitting
:20:18. > :20:23.the wall on the outside. We've seen many people make a mistake there the
:20:24. > :20:27.past. Through the swimming pool section. Usually we don't get to see
:20:28. > :20:33.that open-air swimming pool. That's what they drive past. Now past the
:20:34. > :20:36.restaurant on the inside where viewers have a lovely opportunity to
:20:37. > :20:41.look right down into the cockpit of the racing car as it comes past.
:20:42. > :20:47.This is a much more competitive lap time. Still a little way off what we
:20:48. > :21:00.saw on the super soft tyre this morning. It feels OK. We gather that
:21:01. > :21:10.was at turn ten, the chicane, that he's made a mistake, Daniil Kvyat,
:21:11. > :21:14.he was having the first time riding around the streets in his car. We
:21:15. > :21:19.haven't seen any mistakes from him we said that earlier, but he's made
:21:20. > :21:28.a mistake. They are doing a change in the pits. Hopefully he will be
:21:29. > :21:31.able to come back out. Alonso, 1:19 .01. This lap could be enough to see
:21:32. > :21:39.him through to the next part of qualifying. One minute 17.06. It's
:21:40. > :21:48.marginal. You might need to do a one: 17.05. Not a bad effort at all.
:21:49. > :21:57.That was the spin, my goodness, four crew VAT. You come over the crest
:21:58. > :22:00.and lose the axle. The nose does its job perfectly. It manages to keep
:22:01. > :22:12.all the rest of the car off the barriers. He was able to give clear
:22:13. > :22:16.information to the team, I've damaged the nose, the rest of the
:22:17. > :22:20.car his spine. They had the confidence to get him back in and
:22:21. > :22:26.change that part. You've been called out on that section. No excuses for
:22:27. > :22:30.experience. In 2008, I crashed the car there in qualifying. You are
:22:31. > :22:34.convinced that something is broken because you think, how can I lose it
:22:35. > :22:38.at that turn? It's just the momentum. A whole bunch of cars are
:22:39. > :22:42.backing up, trying to get a clear space. You've got to be careful
:22:43. > :22:48.because anyone that is deemed to be holding up another driver will see a
:22:49. > :22:52.penalty after qualifying. Alonso is seven for the moment. We go back
:22:53. > :22:58.with Lewis Hamilton now in the other Mercedes. Nico Rosberg currently
:22:59. > :23:04.fastest. Who is in the drop zone? Both Red Bulls haven't been out yet,
:23:05. > :23:11.so we are waiting for Ricciardo and Vettel. Will that be enough? It
:23:12. > :23:16.should be, but they may still have to switch on the Red Bull super soft
:23:17. > :23:22.tyre. 20 of the teams will have to do that. Maldonado has used the
:23:23. > :23:28.super soft tyre to go third fastest. Massa goes on the harder of the two
:23:29. > :23:35.compounds of tyre. Let's see how quickly can be here. He goes third
:23:36. > :23:39.for the moment behind the two Mercedes of Rosberg and Hamilton.
:23:40. > :23:43.Again, an impressive lap from the Australian. Hamilton, let's see if
:23:44. > :23:47.this is a further improvement. It is, but it's not enough to go faster
:23:48. > :23:53.than his team-mate. Now Sebastian Vettel comes through the final turn.
:23:54. > :23:57.Vettel looking to improve, if possible. Yes, it is an improvement.
:23:58. > :24:03.He is sixth fastest. But as we've seen throughout the weekend,
:24:04. > :24:13.Ricciardo has the edge. Looks like Sebastian is a bit longer in the
:24:14. > :24:16.corner, having to use more of the circuit, especially on the exit.
:24:17. > :24:20.Daniel seems to be able to get the car turned and then accelerate away
:24:21. > :24:26.from the corner. Sebastian had a good last one pre-. That would have
:24:27. > :24:35.been different had Daniel been credited. As we join Ricciardo
:24:36. > :24:40.through the high-speed chicane, some oversteer but plenty of space to
:24:41. > :24:49.play with. A little bit wider than he could have got away with. Again,
:24:50. > :24:53.leaving plenty of space to the apex. The target is not to be fastest,
:24:54. > :24:58.it's simply to go through to the next part of qualifying. A good lap,
:24:59. > :25:01.with the fastest final sector of anybody. You can see how dealing
:25:02. > :25:05.with the traffic is not at all straightforward. The clock ticks
:25:06. > :25:11.away, just over six and a half minutes to go in the first part of
:25:12. > :25:15.qualifying. Hulkenberg, Perez, Chilton in the drop zone at the
:25:16. > :25:19.moment. Vettel is fifth currently. We think you may need more than
:25:20. > :25:23.that. You've got to decide when you come in and put the super-soft tyres
:25:24. > :25:26.on, you can't leave it too late. Different levels of confidence in
:25:27. > :25:30.the pit lane. Both Mercedes drivers have gone back out on the soft tyre,
:25:31. > :25:35.so they think they can get through on the slower of the two compounds.
:25:36. > :25:42.Raikkonen has just gone past on the super soft. Not as much confidence
:25:43. > :25:47.from Ferrari. We are on board with Perez, it gives you that feel of
:25:48. > :25:52.being in a tunnel. The driver sits so low, all you can see is the
:25:53. > :25:56.asphalt on the walls on either side. He will be disappointed to have got
:25:57. > :26:02.traffic from the south. He lost a bit of time in the last sector.
:26:03. > :26:05.Currently eighth, but he will quite rightly feel there is more
:26:06. > :26:10.performance to come. Magnussen was close to the wall through the final
:26:11. > :26:16.turn. That's a good lap. Oh, no! He's locked up and gone straight
:26:17. > :26:22.down it. Magnussen thankfully saves it from hitting anything. That
:26:23. > :26:26.squeal you heard wasn't the tyre, it was from inside the cockpit! He got
:26:27. > :26:30.away with a very good lap, only three tenths down on the two
:26:31. > :26:35.Mercedes. He's gone faster than Ricciardo. I'm not sure where that
:26:36. > :26:38.has come from, because this morning Magnussen was 11th and Button was
:26:39. > :26:43.12. He is on the faster of the two tyres, so that's where it's come
:26:44. > :26:50.from. But has also done that lap on a set of super-softs, he's now gone
:26:51. > :26:59.up to third. Look out evenly matched the two McLaren drivers. McLaren
:27:00. > :27:02.hoping to get through in the drop zone currently we have Bianchi and
:27:03. > :27:11.Hulkenberg, he's not managed to get a clear lap in yet.
:27:12. > :27:17.We will see a lot of changes to this in the final three and a half
:27:18. > :27:24.minutes. Watching Kimi Raikkonen go through the hairpin, the drop down
:27:25. > :27:29.the hill. Steeply down. A tight right-hander and into the tunnel.
:27:30. > :27:31.Building up the speed and pace flat out through the right hand through
:27:32. > :27:36.the tunnel, even though they can't see the exit. Then over this bumpy,
:27:37. > :27:41.tricky braking section, where we saw the mistake from Kvyat earlier. Neat
:27:42. > :27:45.and tidy from Raikkonen. You can use too much of the curve there, because
:27:46. > :27:49.you are at low speed there is no downforce on the car. It really
:27:50. > :27:56.starts to bounce on the tyre. At the high-speed chicane you can use more
:27:57. > :27:58.because you got this tremendous load pushing down through the wings and
:27:59. > :28:06.stabilising the car. Alonso pulls out of the way. Hamilton has gone
:28:07. > :28:10.fastest of all in the first sector. Let's see where this puts Kimi
:28:11. > :28:15.Raikkonen, fit for the moment. Another lock up there from the
:28:16. > :28:20.McLaren, runs wide. That was Button this time. Bianchi has been going
:28:21. > :28:25.quite well so far, 17th at the moment. What an opportunity. Can
:28:26. > :28:29.Marussia get one car or both cars? Chilton has had a tougher time over
:28:30. > :28:35.the weekend so far, but what result would be if Marussia could get into
:28:36. > :28:39.that top 16. What is he doing there? He looked like he was pulling to let
:28:40. > :28:42.him past. He has obviously then been told by his team that Hamilton is on
:28:43. > :28:49.an alt lap, so therefore keep the position. Hamilton was fastest in
:28:50. > :28:52.the first sector, so Bianchi, well, that was really bizarre. He pulled
:28:53. > :28:55.over as he came out of the second part of the chicane, looking to
:28:56. > :29:01.allow the Mercedes to overtake. Maybe he felt there had backed out
:29:02. > :29:04.of it. Expect him to have a visit to the stewards afterwards. If he makes
:29:05. > :29:11.it through and get a penalty, let's wait and see what happens. Jean-Eric
:29:12. > :29:18.Vergne. Good middle sector by Werner. Look, he's gone fastest.
:29:19. > :29:23.Vergne, on the super-soft tyres. Toro Rosso were quicker than McLaren
:29:24. > :29:26.and Williams this morning. The Toro Rosso looking pretty competitive on
:29:27. > :29:27.the super-soft attire. Maybe struggling a bit more on the soft
:29:28. > :29:39.tyre. He has changed his crash helmet from
:29:40. > :29:45.this morning. Alonso has set the finest gasbag fastest final sector
:29:46. > :29:50.to both. Ferrari not confident enough to get through on the yellow
:29:51. > :29:56.walled tyre. Ricciardo has done his time on the yellow tyre, so has
:29:57. > :30:01.Vettel. We were looking at Marcus Ericsson as he excited Casino
:30:02. > :30:06.Square. My goodness! He made contact, how unnecessary was that? I
:30:07. > :30:10.think he was completely unsighted by mass. You didn't realise he was
:30:11. > :30:14.going to give him the space. He carried way too much speed into the
:30:15. > :30:18.corner and has taken them both into the barrier. A yellow flag, everyone
:30:19. > :30:22.will have to back off in that section. This could determine the
:30:23. > :30:26.order. As long as you sure you have slowed in that section, it's not
:30:27. > :30:30.impossible to still improve your overall lap time. We've seen that
:30:31. > :30:36.several times this year. But the likelihood is it's going to be...
:30:37. > :30:46.It's clear. They've got the way. It's very impressive they've done
:30:47. > :30:52.that so quickly. Daniel Riccardio managing to trap himself into the
:30:53. > :30:57.top 16. Another Toro Rosso car has stopped. Bianchi is on track. He
:30:58. > :31:10.really fancies his chances of beating one or both of the Saubers.
:31:11. > :31:14.So, let's see, Bianchi, it was Massa pulled to the inside.
:31:15. > :31:21.Wow, Sutil has held Bianchi up as well. That is not necessary. Not in
:31:22. > :31:25.a fast car like Tabac. So, a lot of bad boys out there.
:31:26. > :31:30.They have backed out now. We know who has not made it through. No-one
:31:31. > :31:40.else is going to improve on the lap. It means that both Saubers are out.
:31:41. > :31:49.At the top it was Jean-Eric Vergne, the Frenchman, and we know that
:31:50. > :31:53.subjectity, Gutierrez, Bianchi, Chiltern, Kobayashi and Ericsson not
:31:54. > :32:00.going through. Well, no shocks there.
:32:01. > :32:06.Daniel Fiat has made it through. He has done very well. .
:32:07. > :32:14.Look at this. Bang. He gets himself together, puts on a new nose in the
:32:15. > :32:20.car. I had written him off. He actually came back to get out of the
:32:21. > :32:24.qualifying, into the next session. And let's have a look at the
:32:25. > :32:27.Ericsson Massa incident. This is being investigated for causing a
:32:28. > :32:31.collision. What do you make of it. I will have to look at that from a
:32:32. > :32:37.different angle. Here is the situation. I think that look, he is
:32:38. > :32:43.in the corner too quick. Is he going to make it around? I am not sure.
:32:44. > :32:50.Did Massa turn into the line? It will be 50/50.
:32:51. > :32:55.The applause at the end by Massa inferred, well done, mate. It was a
:32:56. > :33:00.very sarcastic remark. We will have to see. If you take the body
:33:01. > :33:04.language, maybe Massa was in the clear. But we have to see what the
:33:05. > :33:11.situation is. He will be upset, if that car does
:33:12. > :33:15.not make it back, he will not anybody the second session.
:33:16. > :33:20.Let's find out what happened. Marcus, tell us what happened? I was
:33:21. > :33:23.locked down into turn six. I went into the wall. Massa was there on
:33:24. > :33:28.the outside. Have you spoken to him? No, I have
:33:29. > :33:36.just gotten back now. We saw a slow sarcastic hand clap as
:33:37. > :33:40.you ended up on the wall alongside Ericsson, how are you feeling?
:33:41. > :33:47.Nothing to say. There was space for him to pass me. He went over my car.
:33:48. > :33:53.It is really a shame. Qualifying was not so bad on that
:33:54. > :33:57.moment. I was maybe tenth. It would have been possible to fight. But we
:33:58. > :34:02.don't have a very competitive car on this drive. It could have been
:34:03. > :34:06.possible to fight, though. So my qualifying now has finished there.
:34:07. > :34:09.Tomorrow, I don't know. It will be tricky. A difficult race.
:34:10. > :34:15.Starting not on the right position. So, not nice.
:34:16. > :34:20.You are an experienced Formula One driver, he has never driven a
:34:21. > :34:25.formula car around here, do you have a word with him? I think he
:34:26. > :34:30.understands what he did. I think that the FI understand. But he needs
:34:31. > :34:35.to come to me. I will not come to him. I never did that in my life.
:34:36. > :34:41.The minimum he can say is sorry. The second part of qualifying is
:34:42. > :34:46.underway, again Mercedes have their cars at the end of the pit lane
:34:47. > :34:53.ready to go. In the first session they did not use the soft tyres,
:34:54. > :35:03.they were slightly eclipsed by the Toro Rosso and Jean-Eric Vergne. In.
:35:04. > :35:10.Jean-Eric Vergne was fastest. Daniel scraping in? It was a good comeback
:35:11. > :35:15.from Daniel. He had the moment of moments in the braking zone, into
:35:16. > :35:19.the chicane. Understandably he was tentative after. But he is through
:35:20. > :35:24.to the next part. Now the focus is trying to make the top ten.
:35:25. > :35:29.Tom, the lap times did not improve as the teams were expecting. What
:35:30. > :35:34.can we expect from this one? You are right. I have had a few apologies
:35:35. > :35:41.from the engineers. They are now saying that a 17. 5 is
:35:42. > :35:47.looking like the cut off. That is for Q 3. I had said it was for Q 2.
:35:48. > :35:53.You are on board with Lewis Hamilton. He has heat in the tyres.
:35:54. > :36:00.Watch him. We watched Rosberg at the top of the hill, so a switch from
:36:01. > :36:05.one to the other. Through Casino Square goeses areberg.
:36:06. > :36:15.The year before the Mercedes had the fastest qualifying time here at
:36:16. > :36:20.Monaco, courtesy of Schumm. -- Michael Schumacher.
:36:21. > :36:29.There are various incidents after qualifying, and a owe ten --
:36:30. > :36:33.potential impeding incident between Gutierrez and Perez. There is
:36:34. > :36:40.another incident for impeding between Pastor Maldonado and another
:36:41. > :36:47.driver. I think that the stewards are going to be pretty busy here.
:36:48. > :36:51.So far on the lap is Rosberg, quicker in the first sector, slower
:36:52. > :36:57.in the second. So it is very much at the beginning of this qualifying Q
:36:58. > :37:03.it session about how they finish the lap in the last sector.
:37:04. > :37:07.16. 6.6 for Rosberg. That is the fastest that we have seen. Let's see
:37:08. > :37:13.what Lewis Hamilton does in response.
:37:14. > :37:22.This is going to be another great rivalry.
:37:23. > :37:27.With the laps they have achieved the target for this part of qualifying,
:37:28. > :37:32.the real battle for pole comes in Q 3. Daniel Riccardio comes to the
:37:33. > :37:39.last part of the Swimming Pool. It is the entry to the high-peed
:37:40. > :37:45.chicane, it is where Lewis Hamilton is appearing to be losing time.
:37:46. > :37:49.These are corners he must focus on. Can Daniel Riccardio get closer to
:37:50. > :37:54.the Mercedes? He is half a second down. He was closer this morning.
:37:55. > :38:00.Now we are with Fernando Alonso. You have to save the best to last in
:38:01. > :38:08.Monaco. He is fourth fastest but a big difference in time between
:38:09. > :38:14.Alonso and the leaders. Fernando Alonso used the soft set of
:38:15. > :38:17.tyres in the previous session. Yep, he is on the tyres he used
:38:18. > :38:25.earlier. It looks like he has a lot of front
:38:26. > :38:31.slip in the car. There is JeanAlessi. He was always great to
:38:32. > :38:35.watch in street circuits. This is the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, my
:38:36. > :38:41.goodness, he was close to the barrier there. More room on the way
:38:42. > :38:48.into the final part of the Swimming Pool section. A forker pole and race
:38:49. > :38:52.winner here some years ago. A good sector for Kimi Raikkonen. The
:38:53. > :38:58.fastest of anybody. So a happenedy lap for the Flying Finn.
:38:59. > :39:02.He losing out in the last part of the lap but a fraction faster than
:39:03. > :39:06.his team-mate to go fourth at this stage.
:39:07. > :39:12.Mercedes are acing the first sector, close to Red Bull. But four tenths
:39:13. > :39:19.faster than the fastest Ferrari. That is a lot of lap time to give
:39:20. > :39:29.away. Less than a tenth is separated
:39:30. > :39:34.between the riders, Daniel Riccardio and Alonso.
:39:35. > :39:39.This is a lovely view from Casino Square.
:39:40. > :39:43.Now, Daniel Kvyat. He made a mistake in the first part of qualifying.
:39:44. > :39:48.Hitting the barrier. Scraping through in 16th place, he is seventh
:39:49. > :39:59.for the moment. He is faster than his team-mate.
:40:00. > :40:04.No, now, he is referring to the electrical power he needs to do a
:40:05. > :40:07.fast lap. I wonder if there is a difference between the different
:40:08. > :40:13.teams, the power units in how they are able to charge up the electrical
:40:14. > :40:17.energy. Mercedes don't seem to have a problem with that but maybe a
:40:18. > :40:21.different story for Red Bull. He backed out of the lap with the
:40:22. > :40:28.issues. There are 15 runners in the session.
:40:29. > :40:35.Massa will not take part. So, he is 20.2. That is about three tenths
:40:36. > :40:40.down on Rosberg in the first sector, so it suggests that the K is
:40:41. > :40:46.working. Not as quick as his team-mate there. Let's see, a long
:40:47. > :40:59.whosation before getting on the power for the corns.
:41:00. > :41:04.-- corners. He is using the tyres to slow the car going through from the
:41:05. > :41:10.left to the right. He is hesitant to go to full power. Three tenths down
:41:11. > :41:15.to the middle sector to the best overall lap. Looking to be about
:41:16. > :41:18.half a second from the fastest lap depending on how he finishes the
:41:19. > :41:23.last corner. The target is to be top ten.
:41:24. > :41:36.Let's see if it is enough. He is across the line in fourth. Almost
:41:37. > :41:42.the same lap time as his team-mate. Now we don't know what that problem
:41:43. > :41:46.is, if that is referring to the lack of electrical energy. But whatever
:41:47. > :41:51.it is, Vuelta a Espana is not sounding happy. He should be safely
:41:52. > :41:56.in the top ten. Grosjean continues the lap. He is looking tidy. Looks
:41:57. > :42:04.like he is pacing himself. He is building up the lap through
:42:05. > :42:08.Tabac. Through the pieing-speed chicane it is tighter the second
:42:09. > :42:14.part of the exit of the Swimming Pool.
:42:15. > :42:23.No issue for Grosjean as he goes through the last turn.
:42:24. > :42:30.Both Lotus cars are through. 12 is the best for the moment for
:42:31. > :42:35.Grosjean. It looks like Lotus will be struggling to get a car, let
:42:36. > :42:45.alone two into the top ten today. On board now with Nico Hulk.
:42:46. > :42:51.-- Nico Hulkenberg. Perez has put a lap in as well. Nico
:42:52. > :42:57.Hulkenberg is ninth. Perez is down... Perez is coming up to
:42:58. > :43:01.complete his lap. He looks the same lap time. He will be around the area
:43:02. > :43:07.where Nico Hulkenberg currently sits.
:43:08. > :43:13.Let's see how the rivalry stands. Perez is a little quicker. That puts
:43:14. > :43:17.Nico Hulkenberg into the danger territory but knowledges Jenson
:43:18. > :43:23.Button into the drop-zone. It is still not enough. He has been pushed
:43:24. > :43:29.down to the 13th place. Pastor Maldonado, I don't think he is able
:43:30. > :43:34.to improve significantly. He crosses the line, Pastor Maldonado, no
:43:35. > :43:41.change. He is in 15th place. There is Pastor Maldonado. It looks like
:43:42. > :43:46.Lotus are going out but what about Jenson Button? He has done a lap. He
:43:47. > :43:55.did a quick first sector. He had to back out of it. He is running out of
:43:56. > :44:00.time with a minute-and-a-half to go. Rosberg is fastest of all in the
:44:01. > :44:05.second sectors. So the interteam battle continues.
:44:06. > :44:12.A great lap by Rosberg. Going faster again. But Hamilton is a on a quick
:44:13. > :44:19.lachlt Ricardo has gone up the hill at a personal best. Hamilton has
:44:20. > :44:26.gone purple in the middle sector. You are riding with Grosjean.
:44:27. > :44:31.He backed out of it. Lewis Hamilton is coming through.
:44:32. > :44:46.Look at the lap time... Yes! Fastest by a tenth. Perez just crossing the
:44:47. > :44:51.line there. We're waiting for Bottas in the Williams. Bottas 13th, not
:44:52. > :44:56.enough for him. Button still outside the top ten. Button trying to make
:44:57. > :45:01.it round. Where is Jenson Button? He zapped the last corner now, so he
:45:02. > :45:06.will get one more lap in as he attempts to get into that top ten.
:45:07. > :45:10.Looking at Jean-Eric Vergne, who's been impressive so far in
:45:11. > :45:15.qualifying. He was fastest in the first part, but this is a real
:45:16. > :45:20.battle now to try and get into the final top ten shoot out. Look at him
:45:21. > :45:28.slithering and sliding. Fantastic! He knows this is it. Last chance for
:45:29. > :45:33.Jean-Eric Vergne. The Frenchman, is close to a home Grand Prix for the
:45:34. > :45:38.French drivers as it gets. Great effort by Jean-Eric Vergne. His
:45:39. > :45:40.team-mate is currently 10th. Hulkenberg is out. It looks as
:45:41. > :45:49.though he's been outqualified by his team-mate, Daniil Kvyat. Vergne,
:45:50. > :45:56.that's remarkable. Button is struggling a bit. Jenson Button
:45:57. > :46:01.could be out of qualifying here. Can the Lotus do any more than it has
:46:02. > :46:06.done so far? It can't. Romain Grosjean is out of the top ten. He
:46:07. > :46:10.is 14th. Bottas, he has failed to make it as well. Neither Williams
:46:11. > :46:14.will be in the top ten. That's a bit of a surprise based on the past
:46:15. > :46:19.they've shown at other circuits. Jenson Button is not going to make
:46:20. > :46:25.it. He's not fast enough in either the first or second sectors. Let's
:46:26. > :46:30.just confirm that. He's changing up early, he's back at it all off. He
:46:31. > :46:35.knows he's not there. He has been outqualified by his team-mate. He is
:46:36. > :46:40.not made it into the top ten. The 2000 Monaco pole winner and race
:46:41. > :46:45.winner will not be happy about that. Hamilton fastest in the second part
:46:46. > :46:51.of qualifying. Rosberg just attend behind. The gap a little bit bitter
:46:52. > :46:57.to Vettel, Alonso and Ricciardo, but the drivers who are definitely out
:46:58. > :47:06.of the session Hulkenberg, Button, was Jean, Maldonado and Massa.
:47:07. > :47:10.Definitely a more controlled session, that one. It wasn't a good
:47:11. > :47:18.session for Jenson Button, who has been outqualified by his team-mate.
:47:19. > :47:24.Starting with Daniil Kvyat first, right from the moment when he lost
:47:25. > :47:28.his front nose. Let us not forget, the first time in a Formula One car
:47:29. > :47:32.here at Monaco, a very daunting track. A first-class effort from
:47:33. > :47:40.him. Jenson, what can we say? More of the same, lacklustre, in my
:47:41. > :47:43.opinion. Sadly, against Jenson, because his team-mate did do an
:47:44. > :47:47.amazing job. In the past, Jenson has told us he thought the team was
:47:48. > :47:52.being held back just a tiny piece by not having an experienced codriver
:47:53. > :47:56.alongside him. Well, I'm sorry, his codriver and partner and team-mate
:47:57. > :47:59.is in front of him here. Jenson, you have to find something else and you
:48:00. > :48:04.have to find a new sense of speed. We want you up there and this isn't
:48:05. > :48:10.good enough. Shoot out coming for you in a minute. First of all, let's
:48:11. > :48:17.hear from Jenson. What was the problem out there
:48:18. > :48:25.today? Key one was all right, I was fifth or sixth in that. But in key
:48:26. > :48:31.two, on my first time lap, I had one of the Toro Rossos... I don't think
:48:32. > :48:37.he saw me but then he did, tried to back out but there wasn't room for
:48:38. > :48:40.two cars in that part. Is it good news that your team-mate is out
:48:41. > :48:44.there in the car and is a little bit stronger, or is it not really
:48:45. > :48:50.helping so much now you are standing here? Know, first of all it yourself
:48:51. > :48:52.you think about and then the team. The car should be in key three but I
:48:53. > :49:03.didn't get enough out of it. COMMENTATOR: Such a crucial pole
:49:04. > :49:07.position, when you consider that nine out of the ten last Grand Prix
:49:08. > :49:11.here have been won from that top spot. Lewis Hamilton has never taken
:49:12. > :49:16.pole position here in Monaco. He has won the race but he hasn't taken the
:49:17. > :49:20.top spot in qualifying. Let's see whether he can. The rivalry with his
:49:21. > :49:24.team-mate, Nico Rosberg, who was on pole position here last year is as
:49:25. > :49:29.hot as ever. The prospect for a wonderful 12 minute session is very
:49:30. > :49:34.high. Going out onto the circuit first of all is the Force India of
:49:35. > :49:38.Sergio Perez. Both the Ferraris have made it into the top ten. Alonso
:49:39. > :49:42.leads his team-mate, Raikkonen, to the end of the pit lane. On this
:49:43. > :49:47.beautiful afternoon in the Mediterranean around the streets of
:49:48. > :49:51.Monaco, we are set for a great duel for pole position definitely,
:49:52. > :49:56.between the two Mercedes drivers, but perhaps again the Red Bulls of
:49:57. > :50:04.Ricciardo and Vettel can try and join in. I don't think the Ferraris
:50:05. > :50:07.are quite quick enough to threaten either Mercedes or Red Bull. It
:50:08. > :50:11.would take a Herculean effort to get anywhere near that front row. It
:50:12. > :50:16.really has closed up on the shorter track, but it looks as if Red Bull
:50:17. > :50:20.are the only team, if at all, it can challenge Mercedes. They've got a 12
:50:21. > :50:24.minute session. They should have a couple of sets of tyres available.
:50:25. > :50:30.Some people have already used quite a few sets of the super-softs to get
:50:31. > :50:34.to this point. That means they may only have one brand-new set left
:50:35. > :50:38.available to them. Ferrari definitely having to use the
:50:39. > :50:41.super-soft to get through the first part of qualifying, so less tyres
:50:42. > :50:45.available to them. You were riding on board with Sergio Perez here, as
:50:46. > :50:49.the Mexican build-up to a big attempt. Remember, he did a great
:50:50. > :50:53.job in Bahrain earlier this year. He ended up with a podium finish, his
:50:54. > :50:57.best result and the best result of the team so far this season. Again,
:50:58. > :51:06.he is out qualifying his rated team-mate, Hulkenberg.
:51:07. > :51:12.He has also had a big accident here in the past, so he will want to
:51:13. > :51:17.forget that as he goes on to a flying lap. A clear track ahead of
:51:18. > :51:22.him. The next guy up the road is Magnussen, but he's down at the
:51:23. > :51:26.hairpin. Just about building up what he's learned so far through this
:51:27. > :51:29.session. Any tweaks he could have made to the car, any control,
:51:30. > :51:33.differential, adjust his brake balance and make a front wing
:51:34. > :51:39.adjustment. The tyre pressures have a big influence over the car. The
:51:40. > :51:42.mechanical spring rate of the car is as much controlled by the tyre
:51:43. > :51:49.pressure as it is by the torsion bar suspension may have on these cars.
:51:50. > :51:54.By the time you spot the braking correctly, you've broken the back of
:51:55. > :52:11.the lap now. Can you double-check whether... I've got Kvyat on and out
:52:12. > :52:19.lap. They are short of tyres. There's nobody behind you, mate.
:52:20. > :52:26.They are about the scene sequence as us. Talking about Toro Rosso, they
:52:27. > :52:30.have a Renault engine as well. It looks as though the Renault engine
:52:31. > :52:34.cars might have a slightly different sequence. Talking about maintaining
:52:35. > :52:37.the state of charge in the Renault powered cars is proving to be more
:52:38. > :52:41.of a management programme than for the Mercedes powered cars. I don't
:52:42. > :52:46.know if that's what they are talking about. It highlights how relaxed and
:52:47. > :52:52.detailed the conversation is whilst out there on track. Vettel is only
:52:53. > :52:56.on and out lap, not a hot lap, but, none the less, you can see he's not
:52:57. > :53:00.only trying to find his way out around the lap, he's trying to pick
:53:01. > :53:03.up information about where the gaps. When he's likely to see a car
:53:04. > :53:07.up the road, being able to work out whether they are on a slow lap or
:53:08. > :53:13.charging lap. Jean-Eric Vergne crosses the line and set the initial
:53:14. > :53:19.pace. He's on a set of the super-soft tyres. It's not as quick
:53:20. > :53:23.as he managed on the faster, new tyre in the second part of
:53:24. > :53:27.qualifying. My goodness, it's always good to watch Alonso when he is
:53:28. > :53:30.attacking, and he is certainly attacking the Monaco circuit,
:53:31. > :53:35.bouncing the car over the kerb. Wonderful reactions to keep the car
:53:36. > :53:38.pointing straight forwards rather than bouncing into the barriers.
:53:39. > :53:44.Alonso coming around to complete the lap. Also, I believe, on a scrub set
:53:45. > :53:51.of tyres. A very impressive lap. That was a new set, he went straight
:53:52. > :53:53.out on a new set. He is fastest for the moment, Raikkonen goes second
:53:54. > :53:58.fastest for the moment, Raikkonen goes second-fastest. That was on a
:53:59. > :54:05.scrub set. Going on. Hamilton is flying on track at the moment. Let's
:54:06. > :54:09.see what Rosberg does. Fastest about Hamilton, can he beat that? He's got
:54:10. > :54:16.a fast middle sector, it's going to be very close between them. No, not
:54:17. > :54:20.quite this time. 59,000th of a second on the first attempt to take
:54:21. > :54:25.this pole position. Was Berg claims initial honours but there are still
:54:26. > :54:29.six and a half minutes to go. -- Rosberg. Hamilton was tentative
:54:30. > :54:36.through the last turn. That is crucially where Rosberg is keeping
:54:37. > :54:40.the advantage. Vettel not quite as quick as his team-mate. Magnussen in
:54:41. > :54:44.the McLaren. Also Mercedes powered. He has done extremely well to get
:54:45. > :54:49.into the top ten with the McLaren. He gets it cleanly out of the last
:54:50. > :54:54.corner as well. Let's see where this puts him in the order, eighth for
:54:55. > :54:58.the moment. Behind Jean-Eric Vergne, ahead Perez and Kvyat for
:54:59. > :55:04.now. Kimi Raikkonen in Ferrari, looking to try and improve the time
:55:05. > :55:11.on a new set of these super-soft tyres. Podiums here in his victory
:55:12. > :55:15.of 2005, but again in 2003 and then in 2009. The last couple of years
:55:16. > :55:19.with Lotus not been quite so successfully finished, ninth and
:55:20. > :55:23.10th. Last year he just to be claimed that 10th place on the last
:55:24. > :55:27.lap of the Grand Prix to continue what was a remarkable sequence of
:55:28. > :55:31.point-scoring finishes. He just managed it here in Monaco last year.
:55:32. > :55:35.But he's not back with Ferrari. Never won this race when he was at
:55:36. > :55:41.Ferrari. It was only with McLaren that he took that victory in 2005.
:55:42. > :55:46.He builds up his pace, just coming up to the last part of the lap to
:55:47. > :55:51.get that crucial exit out of the last corner. A cloudless sky in
:55:52. > :55:55.Monaco. The final two or three minutes of qualifying, the
:55:56. > :56:00.crescendo. It could well be the deciding moments of this year's
:56:01. > :56:06.Grand Prix. Crossed the line, Kimi Raikkonen onto his flying lap.
:56:07. > :56:12.Currently sixth fastest. The entry looked committed, he looked a bit
:56:13. > :56:19.hesitant on the exit. Through Casino. Nice, early first apex.
:56:20. > :56:29.Dropping off over the rise. Moves around to go over the hump. Tidy so
:56:30. > :56:33.far. 20.04 in that first sector. Similar to Magnussen. Alonso is not
:56:34. > :56:38.pushing on this lap, interestingly. He's going to wait for the next one
:56:39. > :56:42.by the looks of it. Meanwhile, Vettel has been told to stay on
:56:43. > :56:45.setting charge 13, it's the only way we are going to deal with the
:56:46. > :56:50.problem. It is definitely some sort of electrical energy problem that
:56:51. > :56:54.Vettel was having. Vettel saying, OK, it's feeling OK at the moment.
:56:55. > :57:01.Maybe they are managing it correctly and he's going to be able to put in
:57:02. > :57:03.a good lap. Nice and tidy through the Chicane, just bounces left,
:57:04. > :57:10.bounces right. The second last corner. Didn't look as good through
:57:11. > :57:18.the lower speed. A bit wide on the turn there. He is fighting it. He
:57:19. > :57:22.lost a bit of time on the exit. He is still sixth with that, a
:57:23. > :57:29.fractional improvement in time. But he is still some way off Alonso,
:57:30. > :57:32.some six tenths of a second off Alonso's time from earlier. Rosberg
:57:33. > :57:36.building up to a lap. Currently fastest, but will he stay there or
:57:37. > :57:41.Will Lewis Hamilton snatch it away once again, as we have seen him do?
:57:42. > :57:46.But not last year, Hamilton beaten by his team-mate here, as they went
:57:47. > :57:55.to go one, two on the front row, Rosberg taking the advantage. Let's
:57:56. > :57:59.ride on board with him here. Let's see what this first sector gives us.
:58:00. > :58:04.He's gone straight on! He's going to run out of time to put in another
:58:05. > :58:11.lap. 30 seconds to go. He won't get back to the line. It will depend on
:58:12. > :58:16.Hamilton's final lap now. Hamilton has just started. There is a yellow
:58:17. > :58:19.up in that area. They will get the car moved pretty quickly. Keep an
:58:20. > :58:32.eye on him, because he's been breathtakingly fast here this
:58:33. > :58:35.weekend on several laps, but can he really apply any pressure now in the
:58:36. > :58:37.dying moments of this session? Look at that, the car moving around, such
:58:38. > :58:40.commitment. The first sector is not good enough, though, to tenths down.
:58:41. > :58:43.Maybe a bit closer than he has been by about ten. He has qualified well
:58:44. > :58:48.this year, can he do it again? I don't think it will be enough. He
:58:49. > :58:59.comes across the line and he stays third. Third fastest but Daniel
:59:00. > :59:04.Ricciardo --. I think Hamilton has backed out of it. He has. He had to
:59:05. > :59:07.pass that area and yellow flags. Hamilton has been beaten to pole
:59:08. > :59:12.position in Monaco. He still doesn't have that first-ever pole in
:59:13. > :59:17.Monaco. Despite Nico Rosberg making a mistake, it's all come down to
:59:18. > :59:21.their initial run. It is Rosberg who has taken back to back Monaco polls.
:59:22. > :59:27.In the end, it was a little bit of an anti-climax because it was Berg
:59:28. > :59:32.made the mistake, Hamilton was unable to challenge, maybe because
:59:33. > :59:37.of the yellow flags, and Rosberg has emerged as the pole winner. He has
:59:38. > :59:41.ended the mini sequence will Lewis Hamilton. It means he has taken his
:59:42. > :59:45.second pole position of the year. It is 2-1 to him in dry conditions,
:59:46. > :59:54.even if Hamilton has had the edge over all this season. The sixth pole
:59:55. > :59:59.position of his career and the first back-to-back pole-sitter in Monaco
:00:00. > :00:04.since Fernando Alonso did it in 2006 and 2007. But Alonso did it for two
:00:05. > :00:08.different teams. Rosberg has achieved what he set out to, despite
:00:09. > :00:17.the little error. I wonder how Lewis Hamilton is feeling right now. I can
:00:18. > :00:21.see Lewis on the far side, stepping away from the car. It has been taken
:00:22. > :00:25.away from him, that position he wanted.
:00:26. > :00:29.You have to say, Rosberg got his car out of the way as much as he could.
:00:30. > :00:34.But the yellow flags were always going to fly when there is a car
:00:35. > :00:39.down the escape road. Hamilton is quietly looking away.
:00:40. > :00:43.Well, that is the story then. Rosberg has taken pole position here
:00:44. > :00:47.in Monaco for the second year in a row. Lewis Hamilton was unable to
:00:48. > :00:54.challenge at the end because of the yellow flags. Once again Daniel
:00:55. > :01:01.Riccardio outqualified Vettel. And Ferrari are in team formation.
:01:02. > :01:07.A brilliant effort from Toro Rosso. And the two rookies are into the top
:01:08. > :01:14.ten, Perez in tenth position and Nico Hulkenberg in 11th.
:01:15. > :01:20.Massa was out of luck today along with Bottas.
:01:21. > :01:25.Well, Mercedes continue the pole position whitewash of the season.
:01:26. > :01:28.This was the replay of Rosberg's mistake, David.
:01:29. > :01:33.He looked to turn in and thought against it. He locked up, at this
:01:34. > :01:38.point he is probably in full panic mode of how to get back out. But the
:01:39. > :01:48.yellow flags were out and it was all over. Nico, it was good to get that
:01:49. > :01:53.time. We saw a mistake but you must be relieved you held on to it? I
:01:54. > :01:57.thought it was over in that moment. I really excuse myself to the team.
:01:58. > :02:05.I thought that was it. But then of course I blocked Lewis
:02:06. > :02:10.on his lap. I don't know if he was up or not or whatever. So a pity
:02:11. > :02:14.from that side but happy that it worked out.
:02:15. > :02:19.Lewis said he was set for pole position but the yellows stopped him
:02:20. > :02:23.in his tracks. You are the one with the clear view tomorrow? In
:02:24. > :02:27.hindsight it worked out for me like that but that is not the way that I
:02:28. > :02:32.want to get a pole position of course.
:02:33. > :02:36.So, Nico Rosberg not celebrating in the normal way and those people who
:02:37. > :02:40.will be saying rightly or wrongly, that he did it deliberately to slow
:02:41. > :02:46.the yellows down. So let's have a look. David, talk us through your
:02:47. > :02:52.thoughts. If you look at the position, he is in the same position
:02:53. > :02:58.as the first pedestrian crossing. Moving on to the pedestrian bridge,
:02:59. > :03:04.the line is as near as within a few centimetres but where it changes,
:03:05. > :03:08.watch the pole lap. The mistake lap he saws away from the steering
:03:09. > :03:12.wheel, from the right to the left to the right. That seems out of
:03:13. > :03:18.character, give than the front tyre has not locked up. Then when he
:03:19. > :03:22.commits to the corner and locks the tyre, he goes down the escape road.
:03:23. > :03:27.The stewards will want to know what was going on with the car. If he had
:03:28. > :03:33.a puncture and you looked at the camera and the steering, that is to
:03:34. > :03:38.explain how he loses the control of the car but we are not aware of a
:03:39. > :03:43.membering alcan issue. But the save your, he drove to the end of the
:03:44. > :03:50.safety road and out of harm's way. Yes, there was a yellow flag but it
:03:51. > :03:55.is not like Schumacher getting past the car in the corner.
:03:56. > :04:03.It is not in his nature? No, it is not in his nature. I am not sure
:04:04. > :04:09.that he would have been certain of a yellow flag. Earlier, Massa and
:04:10. > :04:13.Ericsson had a similar shunt. They removed the cars. They were parked
:04:14. > :04:16.there. I have to give him the benefit of the doubt. I do not
:04:17. > :04:21.believe he would have known had there been a yellow flag.
:04:22. > :04:26.Good point, Mercedes are being investigated by the stewards. Let's
:04:27. > :04:32.hear from Lewis now. Lewis, mixed emotions, it is not
:04:33. > :04:37.your turn this time? Yes. It is motorsport.
:04:38. > :04:43.How disappointed were you when you saw the yellow flag? Could you have
:04:44. > :04:46.done it? Could you have gotten pole position? It doesn't matter, I
:04:47. > :04:51.should have done it in the lap before.
:04:52. > :04:58.And Nico explain he went straight on, have you seen it? I haven't. But
:04:59. > :05:03.I will look into it when I get back. Well, we are joined by Daniil Kvyat
:05:04. > :05:09.from Toro Rosso. What a great day for you. A terrific result
:05:10. > :05:13.qualifying in the ninth, it did not start so well, though, did it? I
:05:14. > :05:19.think that I have white hairs after qualifying. It was tricky. There is
:05:20. > :05:24.a lot going on in Monaco. Especially in Q 1. I am looking at it now. A
:05:25. > :05:29.lot of running. But I think that I still managed to enter the Q 3 after
:05:30. > :05:36.the accident. So that was fine. What was the cause of that. Is that
:05:37. > :05:42.to do do with the recoverable energy or braking late over the raise? I
:05:43. > :05:46.did not consider that the prime time does not give us an option. I took
:05:47. > :05:50.the bump. It is a question of a little bit of space. It is the first
:05:51. > :05:57.time in the weekend that I took the corner in such a way and the rear
:05:58. > :06:01.could not take it. Bearing in mind now that you have
:06:02. > :06:05.qualified, fantastic. Did you think it was all over at this stage? I
:06:06. > :06:09.tried to see if the suspension was fine. .
:06:10. > :06:14.I knew that the front wing was gone. But I kept cool, I said that the
:06:15. > :06:21.suspension was fine, there was a flat spot but it is important that
:06:22. > :06:26.we can carry on. You were calm on the radio, we saw that. An
:06:27. > :06:33.intelligent day today, considering you have never been around here, we
:06:34. > :06:37.wish you all the best for the race. Daniel Riccardio, I wonder if you
:06:38. > :06:44.are disappointed not to have front row? I know you wanted it? I am
:06:45. > :06:49.disappointed, to be honest. He thinks that I did a good job.
:06:50. > :06:53.But, frustrated. I think that the second round in Q 3
:06:54. > :06:59.was the lap that could have been the one. It was looking good until turn
:07:00. > :07:04.eight. Then I lent on the car to hope that it would throw me around
:07:05. > :07:09.the corner but I lost the rear. That was the lap over. Clearly
:07:10. > :07:14.disappointing but still an impressive lap. You seemed strong
:07:15. > :07:22.consistently around the lap. You could maybe take us on a lap. Take
:07:23. > :07:27.us away. So, turn one is bumpy on the entry. It is easy to overshoot
:07:28. > :07:35.as we have seen the cars doing this week. So it is about getting a clean
:07:36. > :07:42.exit there. Carrying the speed into turn three. It is easy to overshoot
:07:43. > :07:48.that as well. Breaking into turn five. On the second run I was mega
:07:49. > :07:54.through there before having a moment in turn out. Then here on the kerbs,
:07:55. > :07:59.a bit of undersears, trailing with the left front and trying to get out
:08:00. > :08:04.of there clean. Through the tunnel, you put on the night shades and
:08:05. > :08:13.break for the chicane. The car is good on a braking hill. Rear on the
:08:14. > :08:19.stable. Good on the kerbs. This is my favourite part of the
:08:20. > :08:24.track, turn 12, then the Swimming Pool is awful. Then into the... I
:08:25. > :08:29.don't know the name of this chicane, maybe you can tell us? It is just
:08:30. > :08:34.the chickain. Well, here I was a little scrappy.
:08:35. > :08:39.The last sector has been strong for me this week. But I sound miserable
:08:40. > :08:45.but I think that the second run would have a little nicer.
:08:46. > :08:47.Daniel, we have to ask you the all-important question, Vuelta a
:08:48. > :08:51.Espana, four times the world champion, you still continue to
:08:52. > :09:06.outqualify him. What is this saying to your mind at the moment? It is
:09:07. > :09:11.nice to be ahead again -- Vettel. It is frustrating. I don't care
:09:12. > :09:15.where he is. I feel we could have been closer to the pole position.
:09:16. > :09:20.But that is eating me up. But in general I have been happy with how I
:09:21. > :09:24.have performed this week. So that is good. Let's see what happens
:09:25. > :09:27.tomorrow. I think that will be exciting.
:09:28. > :09:31.We wish you all the best for tomorrow. Apparently there may be a
:09:32. > :09:37.chance of a shower. You never know. OK.
:09:38. > :09:43.Let's hear from Sebastian. Sebastian, a lot of problems?
:09:44. > :09:49.Unfortunately, yes. We have lost the ability to use the
:09:50. > :09:56.electric power to discharge the car. We didn't get it back. In the end we
:09:57. > :10:03.ran it in a mode that was fine but surely not as good as it should be.
:10:04. > :10:06.But the most important is that the car was quick.
:10:07. > :10:11.I thought we could give the Mercedes a hard time but we struggled
:10:12. > :10:15.ourselves and the gap was too big. We have the news that the stewards
:10:16. > :10:23.will take no further action regarding the per Mercedes enquiry.
:10:24. > :10:28.What would they have gone through with this investigation? The
:10:29. > :10:31.stewards have the opportunity to investigate anything that they feel
:10:32. > :10:38.should be looked at. They have done that here. There is a time period.
:10:39. > :10:42.It sometimes feel a little long but it gives the teem an opportunity to
:10:43. > :10:52.bring together the opportunity and present it. They have the radio
:10:53. > :10:57.cameras, the television cameras, the radio conversations, and the people
:10:58. > :11:03.explaining how things were so that you can reference every lap. You can
:11:04. > :11:06.ref rans last year or anyone else. Once they have gone through all of
:11:07. > :11:10.that, they will do that because of the importance of this incident,
:11:11. > :11:14.then they will finally make a decision. That is that we have heard
:11:15. > :11:19.that Nico Rosberg is starting in pole position.
:11:20. > :11:24.So, pole position, are you happy with that? I think so. Clearly it
:11:25. > :11:32.had to be investigated but why it took so long, I think that is
:11:33. > :11:37.another matter. Will this affect Lewis? Well he
:11:38. > :11:43.really wanted to lay down the marker to Nico. In the end, Nico grew up on
:11:44. > :11:47.these streets. He delivered. That is where the disappointment is coming
:11:48. > :11:52.from for Lewis Hamilton. And Marcus Ericsson is starting at
:11:53. > :11:57.the back of the grid to tomorrow? He has a penalty and two points on the
:11:58. > :11:59.licence. It was called straight away he would receive something and
:12:00. > :12:05.correctly so. So, the battle is on with the
:12:06. > :12:12.Mercedes boys, one against. Suzi, the gloves are off. This is a
:12:13. > :12:17.war zone. The Hamilton/Rosberg situation can only get better, more
:12:18. > :12:22.juicy and more exciting. Now, let's remind ourselves of how
:12:23. > :13:10.the grid is to line up for tomorrow's race:
:13:11. > :13:17.So, that is how the grid lines up for the all-important race tomorrow.
:13:18. > :13:21.Eddie, who will be celebrating? I think that the Mercedes cars will
:13:22. > :13:25.have a coming together and Ricardo will dive through and take the
:13:26. > :13:31.laurels that are here. That is interesting. Catch the highlights
:13:32. > :13:36.with us tomorrow on BBC One at 5. 05pm. So, it is Nico Rosberg who
:13:37. > :13:38.edged out Lewis Hamilton today. Thank you very much guys, thanks for
:13:39. > :14:06.watching. We will see you tomorrow. MUSIC: "Kickin' It Up"
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