:00:12. > :00:19.Previously: What was that? England! Wheel Hamilton wins. This is Formula
:00:20. > :01:37.One. Race 14: Singapore. I have got fired, guys. How do you
:01:38. > :01:45.react when the pressure is on? The chance of victory is almost gone?
:01:46. > :01:52.And fortune stars refuse to shine, when you pull away slowly from the
:01:53. > :01:59.starting line? Hamilton has been swamped. He has some work to do. How
:02:00. > :02:07.do you act when the going gets tough? Do your spirits sag when the
:02:08. > :02:14.brakes are rough? Hamilton crashes. Or is there a new flame that burns
:02:15. > :02:22.brighter, as the battle grows and the championship is tighter? Another
:02:23. > :02:27.brilliant piece of race craft. This is a psychological battle. Hamilton
:02:28. > :02:33.wins the Italian Grand Prix. How long, how hard will you fight? That
:02:34. > :02:41.is what the whole grid wants to know. If you let him past on this
:02:42. > :02:50.lap please. I am not letting him through. He has had the message. He
:02:51. > :02:54.has hit me. Dot-macro darkness and humidity bring excessive heat,
:02:55. > :03:00.building pressure, side-by-side with the man you must beat. Anybody can
:03:01. > :03:10.fight when they are ahead, but an uphill grind is better. Into Turn 1.
:03:11. > :03:25.Rosberg goes fastest. Hamilton has done it. It is pole position. If you
:03:26. > :03:30.wish for success, then tell me a son, how will you react when the
:03:31. > :03:36.pressure is on? What would you do indeed? Welcome to Singapore and the
:03:37. > :03:39.title race is really hotting up. The pressure is immense. Yesterday
:03:40. > :03:45.during qualifying you could almost feel the weight of expectation. What
:03:46. > :03:51.a treat we have this season. A roller-coaster from the very often,
:03:52. > :03:55.in Australia. Mainly dished out by the protagonists at the front. This
:03:56. > :04:00.is the closest qualifying we have seen in the top ten, around a track
:04:01. > :04:05.with the most corners, it shows the rate of development of all of the
:04:06. > :04:13.teams. Incredible battle between Lewis and Nico. This is how well
:04:14. > :04:18.they have been driving this year, look at the different story from
:04:19. > :04:24.Lewis Hamilton. You can see the natural born winner, Hamilton. But
:04:25. > :04:30.that is crucial. Where we are seeing the battle hotting up is Rosberg
:04:31. > :04:38.with only one retirement. And as against what David has said, Nico is
:04:39. > :04:44.Mr sensible, if he cannot win he is happy to finish second. That adds to
:04:45. > :04:49.the excitement of the battle. That back to front Lewis has had to do
:04:50. > :04:55.three times, coming from retirements, that is to mess with
:04:56. > :05:00.you mentally? He is really mature, when he left McLaren we were worried
:05:01. > :05:04.about how he would get on in a new environment but actually he has
:05:05. > :05:09.grown, he is a lot more rounded and a lot more stable. You can see that
:05:10. > :05:16.coming through in the way he has come back from bad performances. He
:05:17. > :05:22.can still win it. He can, and he has been fighting an uphill battle. He
:05:23. > :05:27.was in front in Barcelona, the pain of not finishing the first race and
:05:28. > :05:34.giving such a big lead the Rosberg, that was catch up time. But he never
:05:35. > :05:41.capitalised. After Barcelona it went downhill about so now he is fighting
:05:42. > :05:45.a rearguard action. Four wins in a row at the start of the season, who
:05:46. > :05:49.says he cannot do it again? Qualifying yesterday was a
:05:50. > :05:56.masterclass from Mercedes but it was so tired. Jenson Button costly
:05:57. > :06:03.mistake. He by Ricky Kling Magnusson for the eighth time this season.
:06:04. > :06:07.Ferrari had been looking quick but telemetry problem. Alonso only
:06:08. > :06:10.managed his customary fifth. Sebastian Vettel was disappointed
:06:11. > :06:17.after failing to put a map together. He starts in fourth Daniel
:06:18. > :06:27.Ricciardo narrowly pipped him. So Mercedes battled it out, Rosberg a
:06:28. > :06:34.remarkable finish meant he took his third pole position. It physically,
:06:35. > :06:37.mentally, for the car and because of the temperatures. The tyres are not
:06:38. > :06:43.lasting how many pit stops people do, there are so many things, so
:06:44. > :06:56.much room for mistakes. It will be crucial. -- rekeyed Kevin Magnussen.
:06:57. > :07:07.Finland will be cheering on the fourth row of the grid. Rookies
:07:08. > :07:09.outshone them or expose that lack of their more experienced team-mates.
:07:10. > :07:28.Tough day for Force India. Marcus Ericsson lines up at the back
:07:29. > :07:32.of the grid. How close do you like it? Mercedes were dominant but less
:07:33. > :07:39.dominant than usual and Red Bull looking sharp, particularly
:07:40. > :07:45.Ricciardo. P was an amazing, nobody ever respected him to do that slap,
:07:46. > :08:00.he could have been on pole position. -- to do that lack -- lap. Ricciardo
:08:01. > :08:05.was the star man in qualifying. So many factors in Singapore. As we
:08:06. > :08:10.were speaking I felt some drips on my head but it might just be from
:08:11. > :08:15.the pits. You never know what can happen with the weather, 100% chance
:08:16. > :08:23.of safety car historically, the Red Bulls have everything to gain. Maybe
:08:24. > :08:28.we can expect fireworks at the beginning. An opportunity for Red
:08:29. > :08:34.Bull to come through on the charge. All of the talk was about the team
:08:35. > :08:38.radio but no driver coaching about, how will that manifest itself? It is
:08:39. > :08:42.a nonsense, some of the driver said it was a good thing, some said it
:08:43. > :08:47.will not change anything. They will always get the best out of the
:08:48. > :08:51.machinery. Having a conversation with the engineer to get some
:08:52. > :08:57.pointers is a nice little extra bit of support but they can work it out
:08:58. > :09:02.on their own anyway. Who will win? I have a soft spot the Sebastian
:09:03. > :09:07.Vettel, he is a star around here, but it would be a mighty task for
:09:08. > :09:12.him to do that. Hamilton looks favourite, vet all the outsider.
:09:13. > :09:12.This is a look at the championship, there
:09:13. > :09:17.favourite, vet all the outsider. This is a look at the championship,
:09:18. > :09:23.there is the 22 points that divide them. If Lewis wins the next three
:09:24. > :09:29.races he could still be a point behind, intense pressure. But six
:09:30. > :09:34.races remaining, still 175 points available including the double
:09:35. > :09:39.points in Abu Dhabi. And don't discount Daniel Ricciardo, he still
:09:40. > :09:43.has a shot. Mathematically, Mercedes could take the constructors' title
:09:44. > :09:47.in Japan. Great battle between Williams and Ferrari the third
:09:48. > :09:54.place. And McLaren and Force India, just a single point between them for
:09:55. > :09:57.the all-important fifth spot on the table, strategy obviously
:09:58. > :10:02.all-important in Singapore. Tom is at the Harare, what have you got?
:10:03. > :10:08.This race will be dominated by the tyres, most likely it will be won by
:10:09. > :10:12.either to stop or three-stop strategy. On paper three stops is
:10:13. > :10:15.ten seconds faster but track position is crucial, it is like
:10:16. > :10:19.Monaco, it is very difficult to overtake. If you are a
:10:20. > :10:24.conservationist like Daniel Ricciardo, and you can make to stops
:10:25. > :10:29.work you could then be sitting pretty at the end. But one proviso,
:10:30. > :10:33.that is assuming we do not have the safety car that will scupper all of
:10:34. > :10:39.the plans. The likelihood is we will, it's going to the grid with
:10:40. > :10:46.David and Eddie in great company. Great qualifying yesterday, what is
:10:47. > :10:49.your strategy? Hopefully we go for it. The plan is to do that and
:10:50. > :10:57.hopefully we are in a position to do that. Hopefully give a few of these
:10:58. > :11:02.guys are a bit of cheer today. Give us a great afternoon. Starting
:11:03. > :11:09.further back than you have normally, what can you do from here? This race
:11:10. > :11:14.is so long. Normally two hours, and a lot of things happened, anything
:11:15. > :11:20.is possible. We need to go with that mindset, take every opportunity. Our
:11:21. > :11:25.main target today is Ferrari. We have a good battle with them in the
:11:26. > :11:30.points. Let's try to beat them. You must be feeling pretty good the way
:11:31. > :11:33.your first season is going? It was good yesterday but today is the
:11:34. > :11:40.race, we will do our best, we have to be patient. It will be tricky but
:11:41. > :11:46.it is the same for everyone. Added pressure, at the front of the grid?
:11:47. > :11:53.The cars are much closer to you than before, are you worried about them
:11:54. > :11:58.catching up? Yes, they are catching up, but Nico has a problem with the
:11:59. > :12:06.electronics they have changed the steering wheel twice. Does that add
:12:07. > :12:10.to the excitement? Yes, this is another excitement, I hope they can
:12:11. > :12:15.fix it but they are working hard. Let's wait and see. As Nikki louder
:12:16. > :12:23.said, problems and Nico Rosberg, only five minutes to spare. Toto, it
:12:24. > :12:29.looked like a steering wheel problem but among it was an electronic
:12:30. > :12:33.problem, the steering wheel did not function has expected so we changed
:12:34. > :12:38.the steering wheel, the electronic started to go against we need to
:12:39. > :12:50.work on that. Any worries quit among yes. Thank you, I will let you go.
:12:51. > :12:54.Just 0.007s separating them yesterday, about 30 centimetres of
:12:55. > :12:58.tarmac. But the Bulls behind them are on the charge. This should be
:12:59. > :13:15.some start. David and Ben in the commentary box.
:13:16. > :13:26.RADIO: Intermittent fault, if you have problems, pull away manually,
:13:27. > :13:32.otherwise you will have to start from the pit lane. Real concerns the
:13:33. > :13:37.Nico Rosberg, he is actually turning the steering a lot on the grid, what
:13:38. > :13:42.is that about, David? He could be resetting the power steering, it
:13:43. > :13:49.could be the case of zeroing the steering. He is not moving, could be
:13:50. > :13:54.a pit lane start, it surely will be. He cannot get the car running. He is
:13:55. > :13:59.trying to reset, going through the procedure. If you get away before
:14:00. > :14:07.the last car he can take up his position. He is getting false
:14:08. > :14:09.neutrals. I wonder if it is a loose connection, here's hoping there is
:14:10. > :14:17.some connection between the steering wheel and the ECU. He has had the
:14:18. > :14:22.lion share of reliability this year. We saw earlier in the programme how
:14:23. > :14:27.much that has affected Lewis Hamilton. Drama even before the
:14:28. > :14:33.start of this Grand Prix. That turns things on their head. Will he get
:14:34. > :14:37.going at all? Huge opportunity to Lewis Hamilton. Interestingly, in a
:14:38. > :14:42.week that saw a referendum making headlines across the world, I did my
:14:43. > :14:45.own opinion poll of the international journalist yesterday
:14:46. > :14:52.to see who they thought would win the championship, 28 out of 60 went
:14:53. > :14:57.far Hamilton, 32 for Rosberg. Even split. 47% from the British driver,
:14:58. > :15:03.they might change their opinion right now. That is familiar from the
:15:04. > :15:07.referendum. I am surprised at that. I thought it would have been more if
:15:08. > :15:10.the slash 50. No question an underlying feeling that Lewis has
:15:11. > :15:23.that last bit of speed. -- 50-50. Coe by Ashley is going very slowly.
:15:24. > :15:30.And people 's after the side of the circuit. -- Kamui Kobayashi. We said
:15:31. > :15:35.it was going to be a big issue. With the power units being used, and that
:15:36. > :15:45.looks like race over for And of course we do not even know if
:15:46. > :15:49.he will get to drive a car in Japan. Caterham are keeping everyone in the
:15:50. > :15:55.dark. Rosberg is in the pits, can they get it running properly? They
:15:56. > :15:58.may change the steering wheel to see if it can fix the issue. He is
:15:59. > :16:05.pulling away, trying to find his gear. Real drama for Nico Rosberg.
:16:06. > :16:09.In the pits trying to keep an eye on things, but this could turn things
:16:10. > :16:12.around, because if Lewis Hamilton wins the race he would score 25
:16:13. > :16:18.points and he could take the lead in the championship today. You are
:16:19. > :16:24.absolutely right, the moment that Nico Rosberg pulled out of the
:16:25. > :16:26.pits, he was complaining that the gearbox and clutch were behaving
:16:27. > :16:32.abnormally which is why they changed the steering wheel of course. I am
:16:33. > :16:36.trying to keep an eye and it but I am halfway up the pit lane so I
:16:37. > :16:43.cannot see exactly what is going on. The problem that Kamui Kobayashi had
:16:44. > :16:45.was that the brakes were not working, the extinguisher has gone
:16:46. > :16:51.all over the car as well, so that is race over four Kamui Kobayashi. He
:16:52. > :16:57.will not start the Grand Prix. We wonder whether Nico Rosberg will
:16:58. > :17:01.now. That leaves a gap on the grid for Sebastian Vettel on the inside,
:17:02. > :17:04.qualifying in fourth, so he will have a clear sight of
:17:05. > :17:05.qualifying in fourth, so he will corner. Daniel Ricciardo is actually
:17:06. > :17:11.slightly ahead of him. We are on board with Ricciardo, nobody to his
:17:12. > :17:16.left because that is when Nico Rosberg would have been. Doing the
:17:17. > :17:23.last minute procedure is that the drivers go through. Hamilton on his
:17:24. > :17:28.own in the front row. Watch for Alonso, he starts in fifth, and
:17:29. > :17:32.Marseille and six. Kimi Raikkonen seventh, Bottas, Magnusson and Kvyat
:17:33. > :17:37.complete the top ten. Jenson Button starts from 11th place. The last
:17:38. > :17:44.couple of cars go into place but we're missing two cars, 20 cars are
:17:45. > :17:49.ready to start in Singapore. Lights out. Away we go, Hamilton gets off
:17:50. > :17:55.the line and Vettel moves of the inside to battle with Ricciardo.
:17:56. > :17:59.Alonso gets both Red Bulls but he has took at the chicane. Hamilton is
:18:00. > :18:02.leading the race and Alonso re-emerges in second but I wonder
:18:03. > :18:08.whether he will have to give some of that back. He has made good starts
:18:09. > :18:13.in the past but we will wait to see what happens. He is ahead of
:18:14. > :18:21.Ricciardo. Magnusson is battling with the Williams of Bottas. Clean
:18:22. > :18:32.so far, I have not seen any contact. Alonso gives back the place that he
:18:33. > :18:38.gave. He is defending. Button will take advantage of Magnusson in the
:18:39. > :18:42.McLaren. Rosberg has got away. Magnusson has made a mistake. Massa
:18:43. > :18:50.retakes the place. Rosberg is in the race. He has started but what action
:18:51. > :18:53.we have got. Daniil Kvyat locking up. The Toro Rosso is trying to
:18:54. > :19:02.squeeze through. It will be interesting to see how many places
:19:03. > :19:07.Alonso will have two give back at the skipping that corner. Just
:19:08. > :19:11.easing away from the Ferrari. Raikkonen in fifth place, a good
:19:12. > :19:14.start for Kimi Raikkonen and let's not forget Jenson Button is on the
:19:15. > :19:21.new option tyres. One of the few that have the ability to use a
:19:22. > :19:24.brand-new set of tyres. Getting back into the action have to a
:19:25. > :19:34.disappointing qualification. Hamilton leads. Alonso is in third
:19:35. > :19:43.for the moment. RADIO: Check the front wheel. Copy that. Grosjean is
:19:44. > :19:50.in 15th and Rosberg is at the back as he tries to pick up a few places.
:19:51. > :19:58.Hamilton is opening a gap, over three time when a Sebastian Vettel.
:19:59. > :20:07.We have a race on our hands. RADIO: The only thing that is working is
:20:08. > :20:10.the gift shift paddle. Rosberg is severely hampered, he has no
:20:11. > :20:14.information on the --, all he can do is change gear which is the basic
:20:15. > :20:24.thing that he needs to do, but there is no information coming to him. --
:20:25. > :20:27.the dashboard. Was there not a race in China when he had a similar
:20:28. > :20:31.situation when he was not getting in formation, you can see that the
:20:32. > :20:38.dashboard is displaying everything. What they mean is the actual
:20:39. > :20:44.adjustments to the differential. They may be aware of the fact that
:20:45. > :20:47.that is not going to change. Daniel Ricciardo is currently in fourth
:20:48. > :20:51.place and we go on board with the Australian, he is behind his
:20:52. > :20:59.team-mate and also behind Alonso. As you said, they are investigating the
:21:00. > :21:03.incident about Alonso, investigating "track limits". He came up one place
:21:04. > :21:08.and he is currently running in third. There is no question that he
:21:09. > :21:17.was fully over the track limit. RADIO: We have to clear Gutierrez.
:21:18. > :21:24.There is front wing damage. Front wing damage on both Force Indias.
:21:25. > :21:31.Seeing their rival McLaren 's in fourth and ninth. Not the ideal
:21:32. > :21:35.start to the Singapore Grand Prix when there is only one point
:21:36. > :21:38.separating those two teams. We are looking down at Fernando Alonso.
:21:39. > :21:44.What will the stewards decide? No further action warranted. Race
:21:45. > :21:49.control have decided that there is no further action. Alonso has gained
:21:50. > :21:54.one of those places and he is in third. They may feel he was ahead of
:21:55. > :21:59.Daniel before reaching the breaking point. I am sure he will voice the
:22:00. > :22:02.opinion that if there was a barrier he would never have made it back
:22:03. > :22:06.into the race but there you go. He is putting in a fast lap time as
:22:07. > :22:16.Rosberg makes his way through. He has to get past Chilton. Why can he
:22:17. > :22:23.not get past the Marussia? He may be concerned about his fuel usage. DRS
:22:24. > :22:30.is now enabled. He is shifting so early. Look at that. He is in a
:22:31. > :22:36.straight line. The car is not right. It is running but not at full
:22:37. > :22:39.capacity. You can see the initial getaway from Ricciardo, little bit
:22:40. > :22:45.tardy. Ferrari going around the outside with its nose ahead. That is
:22:46. > :22:51.clearly why the stewards have decided no further action. Who else
:22:52. > :22:56.was fast starting down there? Magnusson got a good getaway, I
:22:57. > :22:59.think. I am looking out for Jenson Button. Can we see any of the
:23:00. > :23:06.contact that we heard about from the Force Indias? Certainly not in the
:23:07. > :23:12.first few corners. Pretty good. Let's watch from Alonso's point of
:23:13. > :23:22.view. He short shifted and even then he still got wheel spin, a bit of
:23:23. > :23:28.torque, that they have these days. He may have flat spotted the tire.
:23:29. > :23:40.This is Ricciardo. It did not sound particular bad. He was getting
:23:41. > :23:45.mugged from both sides. Alonso allowed Vettel to get past him.
:23:46. > :23:54.RADIO: Attack Magnusson, attack Magnusson. We have two laps to
:23:55. > :24:01.attack Magnusson. Jean-Eric Vergne is being told what his team-mate is
:24:02. > :24:06.up to. He is effectively being told to go into overtaking mode with the
:24:07. > :24:10.power unit. Renault power units in the back of the Toro Rosso but
:24:11. > :24:14.against the Mercedes power units in the McLaren. It will be tough to
:24:15. > :24:17.overtake in the early stages. Six laps had been completed at the
:24:18. > :24:23.Singapore Grand Prix and we are on Lap 7. Lewis Hamilton leads by 2.3
:24:24. > :24:25.seconds. Fernando Alonso got a very quick start. He has dropped away
:24:26. > :24:41.from the top two. Magnusson is in a fight for ninth
:24:42. > :24:44.with Kvyat. Nico Rosberg had to start from the pit lane and he is
:24:45. > :24:51.making little progress, down in 20th place, stuck behind the Caterham of
:24:52. > :24:55.Marcus Ericsson. He has been unable to make progress. Looking at the
:24:56. > :24:59.amount of fuel being used, as we have seen before, Hamilton is
:25:00. > :25:02.usually very good on fuel consumption and that seems to be the
:25:03. > :25:12.way again, he has a bit in hand versus Vettel's Red Bull powered
:25:13. > :25:16.car. In many cases he does not need to start the race with as much fuel
:25:17. > :25:21.on board and of course weight is performance, and it gives
:25:22. > :25:26.performance ability. The reason that drivers can make the difference and
:25:27. > :25:30.the driving style and how they come off the throttle, how early they
:25:31. > :25:38.come off the throttle, and the brake application. RADIO: What are we
:25:39. > :25:41.waiting for? He is losing ground. Jean-Eric Vergne goes past Daniil
:25:42. > :25:48.Kvyat. Whether that was a response to his message to the team, but he
:25:49. > :25:56.has now got Pascal Kvyat. He will now chase magazine. -- got past him.
:25:57. > :26:00.We knew that he could have a go at the car in front but he did not
:26:01. > :26:08.manage it, he drops back. This is much better around turn 23. DRS in
:26:09. > :26:13.activation. A straightforward pass. A bitter team orders going on? That
:26:14. > :26:26.is within the rules. -- Abe bit Rosberg has still not got past
:26:27. > :26:32.Eriksson. He has no place in the car whatsoever. Whether the electronic
:26:33. > :26:35.problem is having that huge effect, it seems to be. We're watching the
:26:36. > :26:41.telemetry as well. We're not getting any clues. He is short shifting and
:26:42. > :26:46.there does not seem to be any acceleration. Going straight from
:26:47. > :26:55.third into fifth gear. Let's see if he does it again. Maybe not on this
:26:56. > :27:01.section. It is a bit of a chicane. In third gear presumably. Coming in
:27:02. > :27:04.to turn 13 and presumably he has the same issue, trying to avoid using
:27:05. > :27:14.fourth gear. Another set of super-soft tyres. This could be an
:27:15. > :27:18.aggressive strategy. He is trying to get into the points, outside the
:27:19. > :27:22.points, and he had a problem with his car last time. He comes out with
:27:23. > :27:28.Max Chilton sunny drops right to the back. He is in front of Sutil of
:27:29. > :27:32.course making a pit stop a few moments ago, you would have expected
:27:33. > :27:35.that. He goes straight to the inside and passed Max Chilton, making much
:27:36. > :27:42.easier work than Rosberg did earlier. That is crucial, you do not
:27:43. > :27:49.want to be running in a dirty area being trapped by another car. You
:27:50. > :27:59.can see what is happening. RADIO: Pit lane limits will not work, in
:28:00. > :28:05.first gear, hold it at 6500 rpm. He will have to do his own speed limit
:28:06. > :28:10.checks in the pit lane. He has a major electronics issue. A light
:28:11. > :28:18.normally comes on when you select the different circumference of tyre.
:28:19. > :28:21.They have to make sure that the Thai collisions are correct and they make
:28:22. > :28:24.an adjustment on the steering wheel. Currently I would suggest that the
:28:25. > :28:29.car thinks it is running in the rain. That is probably why there is
:28:30. > :28:33.a gear shift issue. Meanwhile Felipe Massa has made his way to the pits,
:28:34. > :28:38.he was in sixth position. Let's see when he comes back out. He was ahead
:28:39. > :28:43.of Jenson Button, Button stays out for the moment and we will see how
:28:44. > :28:50.that results in a fume laps. -- in a few laps. This would indicate a
:28:51. > :28:54.three-stop race for Felipe Massa. Maybe it is a split strategy, let's
:28:55. > :29:05.wait and find out. Bottas is out on the circuit. One Toro Rosso and one
:29:06. > :29:08.motors comes into the pits. Jules Bianchi goes over the start finish
:29:09. > :29:15.line. Hamilton is still leading the race. Hulkenberg gets past Eriksson
:29:16. > :29:20.but Rosberg still has not done anything. Rosberg is still limping
:29:21. > :29:25.along. There he is. Daniil Kvyat has made his pit stop and he comes out
:29:26. > :29:28.behind the Mercedes. Kvyat made short work of it. The championship
:29:29. > :29:35.leader is being passed by a 20-year-old Russian in one corner.
:29:36. > :29:42.He knows that he has a major issue. Just trying to work out, with 50
:29:43. > :29:46.laps left to go, why they would leave the car out there, hoping for
:29:47. > :29:55.it to reset itself? Let's take a look the Williams pit stop for
:29:56. > :30:01.Felipe Massa. That is quite normal when your garage and mechanics is on
:30:02. > :30:05.the left, when you turn in, you tend to turn earlier to make sure you do
:30:06. > :30:11.not hit anyone. I do not know what that reaction from the mechanic was
:30:12. > :30:18.about. It was not a great stop and the car bounces down a bit wrongly.
:30:19. > :30:22.Look how close it is between him, and Valtteri Bottas makes his pit
:30:23. > :30:26.stop. This could be interesting to see how it works out of course.
:30:27. > :30:30.Bottas was a bit further down the order. Massa has just gone through
:30:31. > :30:35.having made his pit stop earlier. That is important. Massa is still in
:30:36. > :30:43.front of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.
:30:44. > :30:53.Not much to choose between them. I am in the pit lane near Harare and
:30:54. > :30:59.you are right it was a bit slow, but the front right caught my attention.
:31:00. > :31:05.RADIO: We will be changing steering wheel and take you on to the jacks
:31:06. > :31:11.because the clutch will not work. The front right of Kimi Raikkonen, a
:31:12. > :31:20.lot of grain, the rain last night might be causing a few issues. That
:31:21. > :31:26.is interesting, the track completely cleaned up. Hulkenberg now in the
:31:27. > :31:35.14th position. Picking up on the engineer. RADIO: We stick to the
:31:36. > :31:40.plan, target plus one. We will find out soon enough as Vettel is in.
:31:41. > :31:50.Hamilton's closes the challenger in this race. Alonso following him in
:31:51. > :31:56.and Ricciardo, Red Bull stopping on the same lap. You are absolutely
:31:57. > :32:02.right, interesting they do that on the same lap as Alonso. Shows the
:32:03. > :32:08.confidence they have enough time, going back out in the same order.
:32:09. > :32:15.Are they all on the same compound? I believe they are now on the super
:32:16. > :32:23.soft. No difference in strategy. Daniel Ricciardo we are watching as
:32:24. > :32:29.he rejoins. Ahead of Massa, coming through, not far behind is
:32:30. > :32:32.Raikkonen. Sandwiching Gutierrez, currently in ninth place but not for
:32:33. > :32:38.much longer because Kimi Raikkonen sweeps past in the Ferrari. We have
:32:39. > :32:44.not seen Gutierrez into the pits. Seems to be going for a longer first
:32:45. > :32:48.stint. It'll be interesting when Rosberg comes in, they will have to
:32:49. > :32:57.change the tyres, the clutch not working. Box box, box box. He will
:32:58. > :33:00.change the tyres, the clutch not have to spin up the rear axle before
:33:01. > :33:08.they drop the car down. He will have to be on the radio asking how does
:33:09. > :33:14.he know what 6500 rpm is, using the red lights. They do not have a red
:33:15. > :33:21.counter, not something you normally ever need, they have the audio
:33:22. > :33:30.signal, and lights as a visual reference. You will not under cut
:33:31. > :33:39.Hamilton, stand down, save tyres and fuel. Hamilton in, clean stop for
:33:40. > :33:43.the race leader in Singapore. He will be out in clear air by the
:33:44. > :33:49.looks of things when he rejoins the track. This has worked out extremely
:33:50. > :33:53.well for him. This has brought Jenson Button into second place, by
:33:54. > :33:59.the way. He will be the closest to him. They have been timing this
:34:00. > :34:04.beautifully, there is button in the background but Hamilton has come out
:34:05. > :34:08.in front of his former team-mate. I wonder if he will go the two stops
:34:09. > :34:13.this afternoon. His race engineer said it would be strategy plus one.
:34:14. > :34:20.His team-mate with a great stop. That could suggest, they have had to
:34:21. > :34:25.get rid of the super soft, taking so much energy out of it earlier with
:34:26. > :34:33.the heavy fuel. Jean-Eric Vergne with a surprise fastest lap. Little
:34:34. > :34:37.bits of traffic here, we believe Rosberg will be coming in pretty
:34:38. > :34:44.soon. Watching out for that. In fact he is in now. Vergne under
:34:45. > :34:51.investigation. That might explain the fastest lap. Massa has gained a
:34:52. > :34:58.position. Nico Rosberg coming in. Look how slowly he is going. Trying
:34:59. > :35:03.to find neutral. Hats off to the team the trying everything. Rear
:35:04. > :35:10.axle app in the air. Steering wheel change. Watching from the pit wall,
:35:11. > :35:13.this is something they will not have practised. They are resetting
:35:14. > :35:23.everything they have switched the car off, it is going through its
:35:24. > :35:28.reboot, Ctrl-Alt-Del. They must feel the clutch will be there now. Now
:35:29. > :35:36.they are looking for the gear, no response at all. Still in neutral.
:35:37. > :35:42.That is the bad news he does not want. No points this afternoon if he
:35:43. > :35:46.cannot get going. It means that if Lewis Hamilton stays where he is he
:35:47. > :35:52.will take over the championship lead. We are only at one quarter
:35:53. > :35:57.distance, long way to go. Frustration. Reliability has not
:35:58. > :36:05.been good for Mercedes this year. Let's park it up. Stop, stop. It is
:36:06. > :36:10.all over the Nico Rosberg, the World Championship leader is not going to
:36:11. > :36:12.score any points at all and that is a huge opportunity now the Lewis
:36:13. > :36:17.Hamilton to take the championship lead for the second time this year.
:36:18. > :36:23.Valtteri Bottas making a move on Sergio Perez meanwhile, in the
:36:24. > :36:26.seventh position. But Lewis Hamilton is leading the Grand Prix, Sebastian
:36:27. > :36:31.Vettel in the second because Jenson Button has just made a pit stop.
:36:32. > :36:38.That has brought button back out in ninth position. Is going for the
:36:39. > :36:48.past into five. Kevin Magnussen on the inside of Esteban Gutierrez.
:36:49. > :36:51.Into 11th place, behind Nico Hulkenberg, -- Nico Hulkenberg
:36:52. > :36:55.bearing down on them. Up to one third distance in this Singapore
:36:56. > :37:00.Grand Prix, in the night-time, under the floodlights around the streets
:37:01. > :37:04.track, providing us with this stunning location, stunning view. Of
:37:05. > :37:09.course it was the first night-time race, but we have another with
:37:10. > :37:14.Bahrain. One of the most exciting races of the year but this time we
:37:15. > :37:16.have lost that opportunity of a wheel-to-wheel dice between Hamilton
:37:17. > :37:22.and Rosberg but some good racing going on. Button and Vergne, the
:37:23. > :37:29.eighth position. Kevin Magnussen behind them but out of the entry,
:37:30. > :37:32.Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber's woeful season continues. Another to add to
:37:33. > :37:38.the list of retirements. Kobayashi did not even make the start, Rosberg
:37:39. > :37:45.has gone and now Gutierrez as well. Frustration there, at the back of
:37:46. > :37:50.the garage. I sympathise with the season he is having but that will
:37:51. > :37:56.not help at all. It has to be vented somehow or other I suppose. Three
:37:57. > :37:59.retirements in the first 20 laps of this Grand Prix, that is more than
:38:00. > :38:04.we have seen at some of the circuits and nobody has even hit a wall yet.
:38:05. > :38:09.You imagine somebody might do that before the end. As fatigue fits in,
:38:10. > :38:14.as we get more wheel-to-wheel action, that is a chance to make
:38:15. > :38:19.mistakes. It is bumpy in all of the braking zones. As the body
:38:20. > :38:27.dehydrates and the blues two or three kilograms of body weight, the
:38:28. > :38:33.severe dehydration can affect the decision-making capabilities. Alonso
:38:34. > :38:39.has an amazing record here. RADIO: Come in, Max, front right puncture.
:38:40. > :38:46.That is interesting, bit of debris? We have not seen any carbon fibre
:38:47. > :38:51.Ron track. Is that the front right? Presumably he would have felt that
:38:52. > :38:57.but the team get that information from the telemetry. Relatively new
:38:58. > :39:03.set of tyres. He was the last to it, whether it was something to do with
:39:04. > :39:09.the pit stop? Is it just purely a change. They cannot get it under, of
:39:10. > :39:13.course, the jack. Finally they get it in the year and put a soft tyre
:39:14. > :39:18.on, does not look to be any damage to the front suspension, he is on
:39:19. > :39:25.his way. He is now the final runner at this stage. On Lap 22 out of 61.
:39:26. > :39:30.Over the one third distance mark now. We have lost three cars from
:39:31. > :39:34.this Grand Prix already. Most notably of course Nico Rosberg. The
:39:35. > :39:40.championship leader. He will not score any points at all this
:39:41. > :39:43.weekend. Lee is talking to him. I think we all feel we have been
:39:44. > :39:48.denied a great battle out there, if it carries on like this you could
:39:49. > :39:54.also lose the lead in a chapel chip. Can you describe your emotions? Yes,
:39:55. > :40:00.bit of a roller-coaster ride. Not even a roller-coaster, it just went
:40:01. > :40:05.down. Very frustrating. To be driving behind the catering all the
:40:06. > :40:12.time and sit on the grid. At that is the way it is. I was stuck without
:40:13. > :40:17.hybrid power, so I do not have any electronic power, I could not use
:40:18. > :40:25.the RS, nothing was working. The gear shift was shifting me to days
:40:26. > :40:32.instead of one. You were trying everything, -- two gears. When did
:40:33. > :40:37.you know there was a problem? When we change steering wheel and had the
:40:38. > :40:40.same problem that is when I knew it was very serious. RADIO: It is
:40:41. > :40:44.looking better than the first stint, but we might have picked up since
:40:45. > :40:52.debris in the front wing, you might have lost some balance. It is OK,
:40:53. > :40:57.still. Copy that, we will not panic. That was a problem last year, they
:40:58. > :41:01.picked up some robber in the slotted gaps at the front wing and it cost
:41:02. > :41:07.him some time. They can clean out out at the pit stop, using a warm
:41:08. > :41:15.spatula. They can run it through that gap to knock out any debris.
:41:16. > :41:20.They will not panic! I am sure he is delighted to hear that. Felipe Massa
:41:21. > :41:25.heading in for a second stop, relatively early stop, certainly the
:41:26. > :41:30.aggressive three stops strategy from Williams. Onto a soft set of tyres
:41:31. > :41:36.and he will need one more stop to compete this Grand Prix. --
:41:37. > :41:40.complete. We are onto lab 23 now, we would expect to see another pit stop
:41:41. > :41:48.around Lap 40, something like that. RADIO: Push now, pushed now. We stay
:41:49. > :41:53.out and push as much as we can. Raikkonen in fifth position right,
:41:54. > :41:59.currently 12.9 seconds behind Ricciardo. But ask coming into the
:42:00. > :42:03.pits, Williams solidly on this three stop tragedy for both cars. --
:42:04. > :42:10.Valtteri Bottas. Kimi Raikkonen having a much better weekend, just
:42:11. > :42:16..1 seconds slower than Hamilton on the last lap. Quicker than his
:42:17. > :42:21.team-mate Alonso. Great pit stop by Williams, 2.5 seconds you can tell
:42:22. > :42:24.how long the pit lane is, you announced the car is in the pits
:42:25. > :42:29.with still plenty of time to see it come to a stop. 27 seconds in total
:42:30. > :42:34.lost from coming into the pits, getting the tyres changed and back
:42:35. > :42:38.on your way. One of the slower pigs lanes, he has rejoined in 11th
:42:39. > :42:47.place. Effectively he will be behind his team-mate, Felipe Massa, a bit
:42:48. > :42:51.further up the road. He is currently behind Max Chilton running in last
:42:52. > :42:58.and is now true but ask them to go pass straightaway? It will not take
:42:59. > :43:04.him very long. Some indecision,. He now lets in three. Not taking any
:43:05. > :43:11.chances, realising the importance of bringing both cars home. Don't know
:43:12. > :43:16.if Chilton, we did not see that puncture of course, that is why he
:43:17. > :43:26.dropped back. Maldonado, what happened here? The real gun was
:43:27. > :43:35.still attached. Is the wheel nut secure? How could the car be
:43:36. > :43:39.released early? Alonso in, crucial stop the Ferrari, onto the
:43:40. > :43:43.super-soft tyres, on his way once again. Definitely making another pit
:43:44. > :43:49.stop this afternoon. He is going to come out behind his team-mate, Kimi
:43:50. > :43:59.Raikkonen flashes through. Trying to do undercut. Getting a fresh set of
:44:00. > :44:06.tyres on, giving it all beans now. Everything on this out loud, trying
:44:07. > :44:11.easy it can take advantage. We will see them respond? Normally the
:44:12. > :44:16.trigger point, Massa getting past Hulkenberg. Normally the activation
:44:17. > :44:24.for the lights to tell the driver it is safe to release only comes into
:44:25. > :44:28.play when the wheel gun is removed. Whether it is super-sensitive, that
:44:29. > :44:35.is what allowed Maldonado to go or whether he is super frustrated,
:44:36. > :44:40.going past there. That has brought Massa into a position now,
:44:41. > :44:44.Hulkenberg was running in ninth. Valtteri Bottas currently in 10th
:44:45. > :44:50.place. Sebastian Vettel into the pits, that is what we would expect
:44:51. > :44:54.to see as he tries to respond to Fernando Alonso. Unless they try
:44:55. > :45:00.something very different in terms of strategy. He either has not a lot of
:45:01. > :45:08.grit or he is taking it very carefully. RADIO: It will kick off
:45:09. > :45:14.soon. We go with strategy three. Hamilton worried about reliability.
:45:15. > :45:18.Incomes Vettel, Sebastian Vettel, from second place but Alonso has
:45:19. > :45:23.made the earlier stop and is hoping that the so-called undercut, the
:45:24. > :45:28.advantage of making the earlier stop will be to his benefit.
:45:29. > :45:34.A different strategy to Alonso. He is heading up to the last couple of
:45:35. > :45:40.corners. Flashing past the commentary box. Alonso is heading
:45:41. > :45:46.down the straight now. It will be close. Alonso has gained the
:45:47. > :45:55.advantage, taking the place from Sebastian Vettel. He goes on to the
:45:56. > :45:59.soft tyre. At this point, Lap 25/26, that was when he got to the end of
:46:00. > :46:05.the race on that set of tyres but the teams are saying that the tyres
:46:06. > :46:10.are softer this year. Alonso has gone for it on the second and third
:46:11. > :46:17.sector, he had to go on it on that will to make sure he had the
:46:18. > :46:27.advantage over Vettel. -- he had to go for it. We are seeing a severe
:46:28. > :46:33.drop-off in the tyres. It is as though he hit the cliff, dropping
:46:34. > :46:38.off the edge of the cliff. He has two really be gentle to bring the
:46:39. > :46:44.car home into the pit stop. Lewis Hamilton is comfortably out in front
:46:45. > :46:49.in this Grand Prix. Beginning to pick off some of the cars towards
:46:50. > :46:54.the back and he is going to go up the order comprehensively, I would
:46:55. > :46:56.think. Lewis Hamilton, the race leader with a comfortable advantage
:46:57. > :47:03.at this stage, he goes into the pits. Which tyre will he go for?
:47:04. > :47:06.Hamilton makes his second pit stop of the day. We think he will make
:47:07. > :47:15.three stops. The management looks on. He is watching to see how the
:47:16. > :47:21.pit stop goes. Back on the super-soft tyres. I was a slow
:47:22. > :47:27.start, 4.7 seconds. That did not quite go according to plan. Plenty
:47:28. > :47:34.of margin, 11 seconds of the road from Daniel Ricciardo. -- up the
:47:35. > :47:38.road. Daniel Ricciardo is now the race leader but he has only made one
:47:39. > :47:43.stop so far in the Grand Prix. We know that he is very impressive on
:47:44. > :47:47.tyre use. Three times a race winner already this year but does he really
:47:48. > :47:52.have an opportunity here today? Hamilton is the next car to come
:47:53. > :47:59.around behind. He is still running in second. Magnusson has pitted from
:48:00. > :48:04.eighth place. Let's see what happens to Hamilton. He was a bit long when
:48:05. > :48:09.he stops. They are trying to clean something out of the front flap,
:48:10. > :48:13.just getting Rob out of the gaps. Not taking any chances. You can see
:48:14. > :48:19.the mechanics with their hands, trying to clean it out. He has got
:48:20. > :48:26.the time in hand, so they might as well do that. Fernando Alonso is in
:48:27. > :48:30.third place. Ricciardo comes in. I do not think there is any chance in
:48:31. > :48:39.the end. He did 14 laps on the super-soft tyres. Let's see what he
:48:40. > :48:43.goes for. The soft tyre goes on, it is asking an awful lot to do half of
:48:44. > :48:49.the race distance on those tyres. We saw it last year but last year it
:48:50. > :48:54.was the medium tyres. A bit more resistance perhaps. Nobody is
:48:55. > :49:03.showing great stint length on the softer tyres. Alonso has just done
:49:04. > :49:09.the fastest lap of the race. The gap was 3.9 seconds to Hamilton last
:49:10. > :49:12.time. Alonso is flying, keep your eyes on the Ferrari. He has been
:49:13. > :49:27.impressive so far this weekend in the Ferrari. RADIO: INAUDIBLE
:49:28. > :49:33.I understand, we can see the issue. Is there a power issue? Bad news for
:49:34. > :49:39.Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel Ricciardo seems to be having difficulties out
:49:40. > :49:42.there in the Red Bull. What a disappointing opening it would be
:49:43. > :49:48.for Ricciardo, he has been the star of the season for so many people, if
:49:49. > :49:52.he can't continue his challenge. We will keep an eye on that in a
:49:53. > :49:54.moment, but for the moment we are keeping an eye on what Grosjean and
:49:55. > :50:06.Peres are doing with Kvyat in behind. RADIO: We saw it on TV, come
:50:07. > :50:14.on them. Not very fair from Peres. -- then. He comes from a long way
:50:15. > :50:20.back, he does not run over the circuit. Actually I think that is
:50:21. > :50:27.just racing. Peres did not try to close the door on him. Far back,
:50:28. > :50:32.look how far back he came from. It was on the exit of the corner. He
:50:33. > :50:35.crucially did not run over the kerb which is there to give a bit of
:50:36. > :50:43.space before the concrete wall. That is just racing. It is not an
:50:44. > :50:47.incident, just a bit of racing. What he thinks is not fair is that he has
:50:48. > :50:56.not just moved over and given him the place. The front wing of Peres
:50:57. > :51:00.has come off. It has just shared from Peres' car. He has notified the
:51:01. > :51:10.team earlier that he thought he had damage. It is amazing he can still
:51:11. > :51:15.drive it like that. A safety car has been called. What is this going to
:51:16. > :51:19.do for everyone? Will people can infer the final stop? There is still
:51:20. > :51:24.a long way to go in the Grand Prix. And of course they have to drive at
:51:25. > :51:28.a measured pace, the safety car is on the circuit. There is not the old
:51:29. > :51:31.opportunity of dashing into the pits and making up a lot of time but
:51:32. > :51:37.there are sometimes opportunities under the safety car. Let's see what
:51:38. > :51:41.happens to Peres. This is down and turned seven. He tries to cut back
:51:42. > :51:47.and get a straight exit as they run down towards the gate. Well, Sutil
:51:48. > :51:51.was not aware that he was there and he goes to take his racing line and
:51:52. > :52:02.squeezes him against the wall to catch his front wing. -- turn eight.
:52:03. > :52:07.The front wing dismantles itself under the car. There is loads of
:52:08. > :52:13.debris. Charlie Whiting says that when you have the carbon fibre on
:52:14. > :52:18.the circuit you have to be on the safe side particularly before turn
:52:19. > :52:24.ten. Nana the front runners yet coming into the pits. Lewis is
:52:25. > :52:29.coming in. We gather that Hamilton is just coming around. I am not sure
:52:30. > :52:40.that he is, actually. RADIO: Look for debris. That was a bit late, I
:52:41. > :52:45.went over a lot of stuff. I got the message as I was going over the
:52:46. > :52:49.stuff. Hamilton is concerned but he is staying out. Alonso is coming
:52:50. > :52:53.from second place. They have gone for another pit stop and he comes
:52:54. > :52:58.out on the soft tyre, hoping to get to the end of the Grand Prix. That
:52:59. > :53:03.is his third start of the day. Ricciardo stays out there. He is
:53:04. > :53:07.trying to get to the end, a safety car could really help him because if
:53:08. > :53:11.they can look after the tyres, cool down a bit, that will give him more
:53:12. > :53:16.opportunity. Alonso did this last year on his way to a strong podium
:53:17. > :53:19.finish, making a stop at bit earlier than this in fact to go all the way
:53:20. > :53:23.to the end of the Grand Prix. I wonder how this will work out.
:53:24. > :53:27.Hamilton has not made a pit stop yet but he still could do it next time.
:53:28. > :53:38.Jenson Button comes in on the soft tyre. That is his second stop. It
:53:39. > :53:43.was looking like he was targeting a two-stop strategy this afternoon.
:53:44. > :53:50.This may well change his strategy, it depends how long the safety car
:53:51. > :53:55.stays out. The Toro Rosso, there, that is a bit naughty. Lewis
:53:56. > :53:59.Hamilton gets ready for the restart here, the safety car is heading
:54:00. > :54:03.towards the pits and Hamilton has to go for it now, as he is being chased
:54:04. > :54:08.by the Red Bulls. We still have some distance to go in the Singapore
:54:09. > :54:12.Grand Prix. The race restarts. Hamilton opens up the gap over
:54:13. > :54:16.Sebastian Vettel in second and Ricciardo in third. Watch out for
:54:17. > :54:20.Alonso because he is on the freshest tyres, and he knows that he needs to
:54:21. > :54:24.clear the Red Bulls as quickly as possible if he will have a chance of
:54:25. > :54:27.beating Hamilton to the Grand Prix win. All of them are looking at
:54:28. > :54:43.maybe an opportunity to do something here. Just look at the tire debris
:54:44. > :54:50.running off-line. It makes it increasingly difficult to effect a
:54:51. > :54:56.pass because there are marbles on the surface of your tired before the
:54:57. > :55:01.braking zone. Often we see accidents occurring because the cars
:55:02. > :55:09.are so close to one another but so far, so good. -- your tyres. Right
:55:10. > :55:13.behind Jean-Eric Vergne is Kevin Magnussen, and he has a look down
:55:14. > :55:18.the inside but he cannot do that. It is too tight into the chicane but
:55:19. > :55:24.Ricciardo has been told, go crazy, it might be a long stint. But it
:55:25. > :55:26.only might be, because they are not clear they can make it to the end on
:55:27. > :55:40.this set of tyres. That is the? Lewis Hamilton is due another pit
:55:41. > :55:48.stop. In the the moment in seventh place. Magnusson is due another pit
:55:49. > :55:53.stop. You can see how close they are at this stage. Raikkonen flashes
:55:54. > :55:55.through in eighth position. He had a reliability problem in qualifying
:55:56. > :56:03.and it cost him dear at that he was matching Alonso for pace through Q1
:56:04. > :56:07.and through Q2. How much are they dropping to Hamilton? They are
:56:08. > :56:14.losing massively to Lewis Hamilton upfront. He is on schedule, then, to
:56:15. > :56:23.be able to pull out the gap. And do exactly what Vettel did last year,
:56:24. > :56:27.making up a sufficient lead so as not to have to worry about it.
:56:28. > :56:34.Daniil Kvyat. He has Hulkenberg behind it. RADIO: The only way to
:56:35. > :56:40.make it work now is to get the tyre to the end. We want to try to take
:56:41. > :56:45.this tyre set to the end. On board with Sebastian Vettel. We have three
:56:46. > :56:55.tyres and we are trying to make it to the end. I do not think that is
:56:56. > :57:00.possible. We think if you pits here it will take too many cars. Bunching
:57:01. > :57:04.up behind the safety car means that you have a lot of cars, it is not
:57:05. > :57:09.like normally at this stage of the race, there would be gaps that you
:57:10. > :57:15.could get into. It could be a double long finish for cyber. Sutil has
:57:16. > :57:19.been in the wars and in the end they did not take any one action for that
:57:20. > :57:28.penalty, the incident with Sergio Perez. Both sour buts are out of the
:57:29. > :57:35.Grand Prix. -- Saubers. We are targeting seven laps on this tyre.
:57:36. > :57:46.That sounds risky weather safety car. We will be straight in in that
:57:47. > :57:52.case. If there was a safety car, they would be straight in. -- with
:57:53. > :57:57.at safety car. Not a bad stop. Just a fraction slower. 4.3 seconds,
:57:58. > :58:04.definitely not the best. Matter is in fifth and Bottas in -- Massa is
:58:05. > :58:08.in fifth place. Bottas is in sixth. They could not take advantage.
:58:09. > :58:12.Jenson Button is currently running in seventh but he could move up to
:58:13. > :58:17.fifth if the Williams have to make a pit stop to change onto another set
:58:18. > :58:25.of tyres. In comes the other Toro Rosso Jean-Eric Vergne. That is all
:58:26. > :58:30.OK. We will see where this brings him out but it has dropped them out
:58:31. > :58:35.of the points. Sergio Perez comes in in the Force India. They will be on
:58:36. > :58:38.fresh tyres. Perhaps more so than those around them when they we join
:58:39. > :58:45.the race. Let's see what they can do. Sergio Perez afternoon Williams.
:58:46. > :58:50.They felt they needed to get another set of tyres. You do wonder how on
:58:51. > :58:55.earth Williams are going to get to the end. Let's wait and find out.
:58:56. > :59:01.Plenty of time to go. There is still half an hour remaining. We still
:59:02. > :59:05.have 16 laps to go. It looks as though we will just make the time.
:59:06. > :59:11.The gaps upfront are interesting, now Alonso is beginning to close up
:59:12. > :59:15.to Daniel Ricciardo. We wondered if Alonso was biding his time,
:59:16. > :59:20.definitely over the past few laps you can see that he has been gaining
:59:21. > :59:24.on Ricardo, nine tenths, and only a 10th on the last lap, Ricciardo
:59:25. > :59:33.responding to that. Not quite within BRS range but beginning to apply
:59:34. > :59:37.pressure now. -- DRS. Through one of the chicanes. Hamilton needs another
:59:38. > :59:40.few laps do have enough time to clear Alonso so that is why he is
:59:41. > :59:46.still being left out there, Hamilton needs to get in the quick laps but
:59:47. > :59:51.he is doing it. Two seconds faster than Vettel. Hamilton has a 17
:59:52. > :59:54.second lead. Over the second placed man since the safety car came out,
:59:55. > :00:00.that is astonishing pace from Hamilton. Delivering what he needed
:00:01. > :00:05.to. The team gave him the information and he completely
:00:06. > :00:06.understood. Magnusson makes a pit stop, he has had the fastest pit
:00:07. > :00:27.stop out of the last Grands Prix. Kevin Magnussen will be behind Vira,
:00:28. > :00:32.I think. Marcus Ericsson has been lapped, of course. Though
:00:33. > :00:43.effectively there is still a race going on, he is in front of Kvyat.
:00:44. > :00:47.They were together at the start on the fifth row and now pretty close
:00:48. > :00:55.together in the closing stages. On board with Lewis Hamilton, expecting
:00:56. > :01:01.the pit stop? RADIO: You need to stop me soon, my tyres are going
:01:02. > :01:08.off. I told you. In the mode five, you are still pulling the gap. They
:01:09. > :01:14.have to be careful. Probably better to play safe, get him in. He would
:01:15. > :01:25.have such an advantage if he has 2 overtake. One thing to be behind two
:01:26. > :01:32.Red Bull 's, but that is the issue. Currently Alonso on the cusp at 28
:01:33. > :01:38.seconds. If they can get that stop done, out in front, they will be on
:01:39. > :01:47.the back of them. I do not think Alonso can respond. Still very
:01:48. > :01:57.close, this group. Hulkenberg in ninth, bit of a gap back behind.
:01:58. > :02:07.Grosjean currently in 11th place. Ricciardo 27 seconds behind,
:02:08. > :02:15.presuming they do a perfect pit stop they might get there. He must be
:02:16. > :02:21.nervous, remember the famous Chinese Grand Prix when they left him out a
:02:22. > :02:25.long time and he ended up going off. I know the conditions were very
:02:26. > :02:31.different but that might be running through his mind. You do not want to
:02:32. > :02:37.be running too much risk, running through the tread pattern. That was
:02:38. > :02:45.an intermediate, he went into the gravel. Much to the frustration of
:02:46. > :02:50.everybody he sat their beached. He does not want to repeat that kind of
:02:51. > :03:01.performance. Meanwhile, Ricciardo just 2.7 seconds behind. This group
:03:02. > :03:10.dicing the sixth place. Believe the lights in Singapore. Hamilton has
:03:11. > :03:18.that gap to 25 seconds, 28 seconds, Ricciardo. The pressure on the team
:03:19. > :03:26.to make perfect stops. RADIO: Great lap, if you do 53.5 next lap, we
:03:27. > :03:30.will take it. My right rear is getting seriously worn. I am not
:03:31. > :03:36.sure if these things are going to explode. He is worried. I am not
:03:37. > :03:43.laughing because I think it is not accurate but his voice is so calm
:03:44. > :03:48.when he says that. I would have more nervousness in my voice if I thought
:03:49. > :03:54.that was going to happen. Anything to stop him just coming in any way?
:03:55. > :04:00.Of course he could but you trust in your team as an interaction. That is
:04:01. > :04:13.why I think the radio calls is an intrinsic part of modern racing.
:04:14. > :04:17.Should be enough, he has made it this far. But assuming the pit stop
:04:18. > :04:21.goes to plan he will come out in front of Alonso. Will he beat the
:04:22. > :04:30.Red Bulls out, that will be more marginal? Now then, is it enough to
:04:31. > :04:39.get out in front of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo? There he is in
:04:40. > :04:44.the background. Is it going to be" Mike still has to come through the
:04:45. > :04:49.exit, into the lead of the race goes Sebastian Vettel? But has he done
:04:50. > :04:54.enough to stay in front of Ricciardo? On a fresh set of tyres,
:04:55. > :04:59.such an advantage now. Lewis Hamilton into second place, but on a
:05:00. > :05:03.fresh set of tyres. Chasing after the three-time winner here in
:05:04. > :05:10.Singapore, Sebastien Bassong. Does he have anything left to fight with
:05:11. > :05:16.on his tyres, they have done some 27 laps already. -- Sebastian Vettel.
:05:17. > :05:20.Difficult to imagine he has, he does not have the speed advantage in a
:05:21. > :05:24.straight line or the grip. We know the Red Bull has been performing
:05:25. > :05:29.well in the tighter sections but his tyres are well worn. Still a great
:05:30. > :05:34.race going on the second and third place. Red Bull trying to make it a
:05:35. > :05:40.double podium this year. They have not done that this season. They are
:05:41. > :05:51.being caught by Alonso. Alonso will fight to the very last lap. Three
:05:52. > :05:55.manufacturers running this close, this late. They have all had the
:05:56. > :06:00.opportunity to make their decisions, this is where they have ended up at
:06:01. > :06:03.the end of this Grand Prix. Grand Strand finished, you can see the
:06:04. > :06:09.reaction from the grandstands as they know they have a real race on
:06:10. > :06:16.their hands. Hamilton closing so quickly, an brand-new tyres. Sizing
:06:17. > :06:25.him up. In the mirrors. The racing driver equivalent of going "Boo! "
:06:26. > :06:33.The response from the crowd as they see this developing. Hamilton with
:06:34. > :06:41.the advantage. Into the pits, presumably, this is Ricciardo? Yes.
:06:42. > :06:47.Maybe doing the dummy. They did not bring in in, thinking about it.
:06:48. > :06:53.Still Hamilton on the charge. Surely he will be passing that pretty
:06:54. > :06:57.quickly. Into seven, I do not know how he will be able to defend. He
:06:58. > :07:07.just does not have the straight line speed. RADIO: Shut down, shut down.
:07:08. > :07:10.We are looking at it, Jensen. Hamilton has got past Sebastian
:07:11. > :07:15.Vettel, he tried to make life difficult but there was no way to
:07:16. > :07:21.prevent the Mercedes coming through. Jenson Button is out. Writes down
:07:22. > :07:26.the order, Button. He was on for some useful points. He is at the
:07:27. > :07:31.side of the track. Will they be able to recover that without the safety
:07:32. > :07:35.car? Holder as long as he is in neutral they will be able to pull it
:07:36. > :07:47.back. Let's watch this, coming through 13. Excuse me, 11 and 12,
:07:48. > :07:53.just a complete electrical failure, over the bridge. Down towards 13.
:07:54. > :07:58.Reset said, the dashboard comes back to life. Let's see what happened
:07:59. > :08:04.on-board Jean-Eric Vergne. That is in the turn seven. Being
:08:05. > :08:10.investigated the track limits. He has gone beyond, being given a 5
:08:11. > :08:15.second stop-go penalty, so Maldonado is brought back onto the cusp. Will
:08:16. > :08:20.he be able to scrape a point? He still needs to get one more person.
:08:21. > :08:26.Peres has moved past Maldonado now in the 11th position. Alonso
:08:27. > :08:33.catching up. Red Bull have to think about this. Just under six minutes
:08:34. > :08:40.to go, four laps to go, which will come first? We will wait and see.
:08:41. > :08:45.Alonso running out of time. Is Rick Yardy, I would love to know what the
:08:46. > :08:50.messages are to the drivers. Is Ricciardo being told to defend?
:08:51. > :08:54.Don't go after your team-mate? He would have every reason to be upset
:08:55. > :08:58.about that when he is the man leading their challenge in the
:08:59. > :09:05.championship for the drivers. Interesting times. Maybe Red Bull
:09:06. > :09:13.staying quiet and letting them get on with it. As much as Daniel has
:09:14. > :09:16.the chance for the Drivers' Championship, Sebastian has had his
:09:17. > :09:24.fair share of problems and I would be very surprised if there was any
:09:25. > :09:28.team orders on this. They have to go and earn this position. Alonso not
:09:29. > :09:39.showing the chance to get through just yet. They are all in the RS --
:09:40. > :09:44.DRS zone. Massa has done an amazing 35 laps on this soft tyre. Still a
:09:45. > :09:51.couple more to go, can he hold it together? Pace holding up reasonably
:09:52. > :09:58.well. He has 2 stay ahead of this group. Massa, sorry, not this group.
:09:59. > :10:07.Massa 12 seconds ahead of his team-mate. Fighting over the podium
:10:08. > :10:13.finishes. Little lock-up from Sebastian Vettel. Gathered its
:10:14. > :10:16.together nicely. Of course it only puts a bit more way through a tyre
:10:17. > :10:28.that has already done a lot of mileage. -- wearing. Blue lights and
:10:29. > :10:33.blue flags being held out the Chilton, I think. They are about to
:10:34. > :10:44.catch him in the Marussia. Bianchi is 0.7 behind Marcus Ericsson.
:10:45. > :10:49.Caterham beating Marussia by 0.7 seconds. They will not be catching
:10:50. > :10:54.the leaders. That is the 15th position, Marcus Ericsson with a
:10:55. > :11:00.good race so far. The nice sound of the turbo as they break the Turn 1.
:11:01. > :11:08.The graphics say three lamps but I can tell you it will be less than
:11:09. > :11:11.that. -- brake. Three minutes before the two-hour mark, we will see the
:11:12. > :11:17.chequered flag just before the designated turn. Did Vergne get past
:11:18. > :11:22.Hulkenberg? I think he did, good, aggressive racing, but he has a 5
:11:23. > :11:27.second penalty so he will not actually finish ahead of Vergne when
:11:28. > :11:32.the sorting out is done. Five seconds stop- go, he has to come
:11:33. > :11:37.into the pits. It is not time added on or am I getting it wrong question
:11:38. > :11:44.mark it will be added afterwards, I think. Chilton getting out of the
:11:45. > :11:49.way. You stop and go if you have a pit stop otherwise you get it added
:11:50. > :11:55.on afterwards. Kevin Magnussen on the points. Only half a second
:11:56. > :11:59.behind Hulkenberg, we might see, that is different. We will take
:12:00. > :12:10.another look at that in a minute. Now, Vergne, down the inside, of
:12:11. > :12:13.Kimi Raikkonen. Great pass. On a charge on these tyres fresher than
:12:14. > :12:19.those around him. Five second penalty but if he can go up the road
:12:20. > :12:23.and get five seconds over Valtteri Bottas, then Raikkonen looking for
:12:24. > :12:27.the chance to come through Azore. Great result for their macro if he
:12:28. > :12:34.can get five seconds ahead of that we got us. He could be in sixth
:12:35. > :12:38.placed to match his best result. Force Indias coming together
:12:39. > :12:42.virtually. Where is Kevin Magnussen? He has dropped back a little bit.
:12:43. > :12:51.Has he got a problem? He has been passed by Peres. Both McLarens in
:12:52. > :12:55.trouble, not likely to score today but Force India will, unless they
:12:56. > :13:00.take each other off? We have seen them make contact once already this
:13:01. > :13:04.week in Hungary. They do not need that again now, really. Down the
:13:05. > :13:09.inside, an different tyres, Hulkenberg has to give way. Peres on
:13:10. > :13:14.the super-soft tyres, he Hulkenberg has to give way. Peres on
:13:15. > :13:23.laps, but the points are crucial for the team. Peres into ninth place.
:13:24. > :13:27.Looking at the clock. Counting down. Come to a time to raise, it will be
:13:28. > :13:35.chequered flag next time round. Hamilton leading this Grand Prix. --
:13:36. > :13:47.timed race. Not able to do anything about the Red Bull. On the last lap,
:13:48. > :13:53.move for surgery -- Sergio Perez question my Raikkonen had to defend,
:13:54. > :13:57.there will be an opportunity. Almost squeezed out of the way by Kimi
:13:58. > :14:02.Raikkonen. That was absolutely crucial, he just went too early,
:14:03. > :14:06.that gave Raikkonen the chance to close the door. Sergio Perez still
:14:07. > :14:12.hunting after that great run in Italy last time, beating Button. Can
:14:13. > :14:16.he find a way past Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen struggling for grip. Lewis
:14:17. > :14:21.Hamilton meanwhile in the last part of the Grand Prix and Lewis Hamilton
:14:22. > :14:25.comes through the final corners in Singapore, back-to-back victories,
:14:26. > :14:30.Hamilton wins the Singapore Grand Prix, the fireworks go off and he
:14:31. > :14:35.has taken his second ever when in Singapore. What a result for him on
:14:36. > :14:39.a day that he now takes the World Championship lead as well. Second
:14:40. > :14:43.place goes to Sebastian Vettel, three times a winner in the last
:14:44. > :14:49.three years and now takes second. Ricciardo in third. Sergio Perez
:14:50. > :14:54.gaining another place. He got past Raikkonen and voucher got past
:14:55. > :15:04.Raikkonen and vowed to has lost massively, holding on for so long
:15:05. > :15:11.but now dropping down the order. -- Bottas. The tyres have gone. They
:15:12. > :15:15.asked the too much, Williams. Isa has finished in fifth place, so he
:15:16. > :15:22.has driven brilliantly, 38 laps, while the soft in a mass, one of the
:15:23. > :15:29.drives of the day, sixth placed the Jean-Eric Vergne.
:15:30. > :15:40.Peres recovers. Jean-Eric Vergne is more than five seconds ahead.
:15:41. > :15:45.Magnusson takes the final point in 10th. Lewis Hamilton takes his 29th
:15:46. > :15:55.career win. What a way to do it. RADIO: Nice work, Lewis. Great
:15:56. > :16:01.stuff. Keep the revs up. Fantastic job this weekend, guys, thank you so
:16:02. > :16:06.much for your hard work, it is starting to pay off. It is his
:16:07. > :16:15.seventh win this year versus Quattro now for Rosberg. It puts him into a
:16:16. > :16:25.3-point World Championship lead. -- four now. Well done, nice job, you
:16:26. > :16:35.made that stint well. Good job, obviously. We got the maximum there
:16:36. > :16:40.was any way. I did not have any tyres left but I did everything I
:16:41. > :16:45.could. It is nice to see Vettel coming across to congratulate
:16:46. > :16:50.Hamilton. These are the results of the Singapore Grand Prix. A double
:16:51. > :17:02.podium for Red Bull Racing. They did it in Canada. A great drive from
:17:03. > :17:06.Sergio Perez towards the end. Maldonado again fails to score
:17:07. > :17:12.points and so does his team-mate, Grosjean, in the Lotus. Ericsson
:17:13. > :17:13.beats the Marussias here. The Swedish driver will be delighted
:17:14. > :18:13.with that. It is time to enjoy the moment for
:18:14. > :18:16.Lewis Hamilton. Celebrating victory and celebrating a championship lead.
:18:17. > :18:21.And looking forward to one of his favourite tracks on the calendar,
:18:22. > :18:28.Japan. He has never won there, he has won at Fuji. He goes there as
:18:29. > :18:32.the World Championship leader. Victory in Japan would be very sweet
:18:33. > :18:44.indeed. What a hugely successful Singapore weekend.
:18:45. > :18:52.Well, Lewis Hamilton championship leader, what a wonderful drive
:18:53. > :18:57.today. You sounded quite nervous towards the end, were you worried
:18:58. > :19:01.that it was a big gamble? I was just not quite aware of what was going
:19:02. > :19:05.on, I could see the guys behind me. And there was a safety car and I was
:19:06. > :19:10.on the option tyres. I knew that there was 12 laps to go, I was
:19:11. > :19:14.thinking this is the time to pit. If the safety car comes out it could
:19:15. > :19:24.have caught me out. The guys had it under control and we got the tyres,
:19:25. > :19:29.and I had to do out with a bit of fighting. The pit stop was crucial,
:19:30. > :19:40.you knew that it would be close, what was on your mind? I was pretty
:19:41. > :19:45.relaxed, to be honest. I think the guys... I had great confidence in
:19:46. > :19:51.the guys. We had great pit stops and today I was focusing on stopping in
:19:52. > :19:55.the perfect spot, not too long, not too short. I saw Vettel coming past
:19:56. > :20:00.when I came out which was surprising because I had so much pace today. I
:20:01. > :20:06.should have always come out ahead but there was a safety car. I did
:20:07. > :20:11.not even see Daniel and all of a sudden he was in my mirrors. If you
:20:12. > :20:22.watch really closely, I just went for it. This felt really tight. That
:20:23. > :20:27.was close to the wall! I was concerned when you missed the window
:20:28. > :20:31.of stopping in the safety car, did it ever come into your mind to do
:20:32. > :20:35.the tyre stop because you had to change towards the end of the race?
:20:36. > :20:40.I was thinking that, but you really have to have one with a buzzing
:20:41. > :20:45.confidence in your team and we have a great strategy. I really believe
:20:46. > :20:47.in them. When they tell me one thing, they have a much better
:20:48. > :20:54.perspective of what is going on in the race, so that was my thought
:20:55. > :20:58.process, I was like, these guys will lead me to the win. Ultimate trust
:20:59. > :21:02.in the team that you showed on the team radio, and you are now leading
:21:03. > :21:08.the team championship by three points. How does it feel? I am not
:21:09. > :21:12.really thinking about it, to be honest. I feel like I am still
:21:13. > :21:19.hunting, still catching up. We have had quite a few DNFs. And today has
:21:20. > :21:23.shown that we still have some areas to improve. We have an incredible
:21:24. > :21:29.group of guys at the factory who I know we'll be working hard to make
:21:30. > :21:34.sure this does not happen again. What happened to Niko's car. All I
:21:35. > :21:38.can do is repeat what I did this last weekend, we are just putting in
:21:39. > :21:45.the best time is possible and doing our best. Dad was looking very proud
:21:46. > :21:53.on the podium, have you spoken to him? I just saw him for a second. It
:21:54. > :21:58.was great to have him and my stepmum here, and the support from my family
:21:59. > :22:02.is amazing. Generally just having positive energy around me has been
:22:03. > :22:04.incredible, and thanks to a lot of the British fans in the grandstand,
:22:05. > :22:13.with the British flag, that is awesome. You are going to Japan
:22:14. > :22:24.next? I have not won there. You have one at Fuji. I have a serious target
:22:25. > :22:28.there. Jenson Button won there one year, so I had the car to win and I
:22:29. > :22:36.did not. I have another tune itty next week. -- I have an opportunity.
:22:37. > :22:40.Daniel Ricciardo, congratulations, back on the podium. What a race. It
:22:41. > :22:49.seems like you had problems all the way through. Yes, I do not want to
:22:50. > :22:54.tell you a sad story but we had a few issues. We had a bit going on
:22:55. > :22:59.and unfortunately we could not clear it. For example in Budapest we had
:23:00. > :23:05.issues in the middle of the race with losing power. Two or three laps
:23:06. > :23:09.we were able to clear it and fix it. Today it stayed with us for most of
:23:10. > :23:12.the race. It made life a bit tricky, losing time on the straights and
:23:13. > :23:16.then having to work for it on the corners, which was fine until the
:23:17. > :23:21.tyres obviously go and then you are taking more energy from it. Let's go
:23:22. > :23:27.live to the start because that is where it started to go wrong! You
:23:28. > :23:31.will not be able to hear the sound but it sounds as though you are
:23:32. > :23:43.bogged down slightly. It felt like that. It stopped pulling and we lost
:23:44. > :23:48.a bit of power. It was, obviously, I would have loved to get a good start
:23:49. > :23:51.but it was not to be today. What about Alonso, he did not break the
:23:52. > :23:58.first corner? Should he have given you the place? Let's have a look. It
:23:59. > :24:08.is questionable, isn't it? He was pretty racy. Very gentleman like. I
:24:09. > :24:16.cannot remember anyone being so polite as you. Would you go to the
:24:17. > :24:21.stewards and ask them to give you their understanding of what is going
:24:22. > :24:24.on. If that was Monaco he would have gone into the wall, so I guess it is
:24:25. > :24:30.in issue with all of these safety run-offs. The pros are that they
:24:31. > :24:36.work well for safety and we are all for that, but it allows errors and
:24:37. > :24:42.certain questionable things to step into play. It is a tough one. I
:24:43. > :24:47.personally am not a massive fan of all of the big run-offs, but for
:24:48. > :24:50.safety reasons it is worthwhile. What you have done today is close
:24:51. > :24:57.the gap to the front man Lewis Hamilton. That wash or aim. It was a
:24:58. > :25:02.good day at the office. -- that was your aim. Let's hear now Sebastien.
:25:03. > :25:07.We got it wrong when Fernando undercut us. We tried to mirror him
:25:08. > :25:13.from their with the risk of the safety car which came. It is not
:25:14. > :25:17.great. Nice to be back on the podium and tasting champagne again?
:25:18. > :25:25.Definitely, after such a long race it is nice to have some champagne.
:25:26. > :25:28.Congratulations Jean-Eric Vergne, a great drive. It looked like you were
:25:29. > :25:34.driving your heart out against the odds. Thanks. It was a really good
:25:35. > :25:37.race and I am happy for everyone in the team and myself, yesterday in
:25:38. > :25:41.qualifying I made a mistake and that is not where I should have started
:25:42. > :25:45.today so I apologise to the team and I said I would make it up today in
:25:46. > :25:53.the race and they gave me a great car the whole weekend. So here we
:25:54. > :25:56.are. We have had two penalties, the first one was a bit of a mistake.
:25:57. > :26:02.The second one, we did not get any room. Anyway, that gave me more
:26:03. > :26:08.hunger to go and get the points at the end. Talk us three where you
:26:09. > :26:17.were at in your mind. The first one here was down into Turn 1. -- talk
:26:18. > :26:21.us through it. I went to pass him and I had cold tyres and I could
:26:22. > :26:27.not... This is the incident with Maldonado. He did not leave me any
:26:28. > :26:34.room, basically. I do not understand the penalty. Would you talk to the
:26:35. > :26:37.stewards about that? I will talk to them because they gave us the right
:26:38. > :26:44.to fight and by always giving penalties this way, there is no way
:26:45. > :26:51.we can fight so it is a shame. A great comeback in the end. You would
:26:52. > :26:55.have loved the racing element. This was epic for us watching, we saw all
:26:56. > :27:00.of these lunges that you are making, trying to figure out how you could
:27:01. > :27:07.pull it off. The first one was Peres or Hulkenberg. That gave me the
:27:08. > :27:14.confidence. This is the classic thing for me. The last one was with
:27:15. > :27:18.Bottas in the middle of the track. This was a bit unexpected. I just
:27:19. > :27:23.saw some room and I wanted to go down the inside. I got through. We
:27:24. > :27:27.know that you will not be with Toro Rosso next year, how timely is the
:27:28. > :27:34.result in terms of moving forward in Formula One? It is rarely important,
:27:35. > :27:37.I have done well in this type of race before, but when you are
:27:38. > :27:40.fighting for a certain position and you have your team-mate in front of
:27:41. > :27:46.you finishing in sixth position with guys like Raikkonen, it gives a bit
:27:47. > :27:50.more credit to you as a driver obviously. I know that I can do it.
:27:51. > :27:57.When you look at my former team-mate and what he is dating at Red Bull,
:27:58. > :28:00.it is amazing. -- what he is doing. I just need to show people in races
:28:01. > :28:04.like this that they can trust me to give me a drive next year because I
:28:05. > :28:10.can win races and that is my target. I will do everything at the end of
:28:11. > :28:13.the season to show my performances this way and hopefully that will
:28:14. > :28:16.lead to something good next year. That was a great pitch and so watch
:28:17. > :28:22.your result today. We wish you the best in the future. Thank you for
:28:23. > :28:26.joining us. Thank you very much. Let's check on the results from
:28:27. > :28:38.today's race. Lewis Hamilton takes the full 25 points. Fernando Alonso
:28:39. > :28:43.just off the podium. In terms of the championship there are some movers
:28:44. > :28:50.at the top. Lewis Hamilton now leads the Drivers' Championship by three
:28:51. > :28:55.points. Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel move up to fourth
:28:56. > :28:59.and fifth respectively. Sergio Perez pops up into 10th. Just one move,
:29:00. > :29:04.Force India and McLaren switch places. Williams are still leading
:29:05. > :29:09.Ferrari, but the gap has now closed to just nine points. Lewis is
:29:10. > :29:13.leading the way now. We talked about him at the start of the programme
:29:14. > :29:19.clawing his way back and he has done it in one race, what does it mean
:29:20. > :29:21.moving forward with five to go? It puts him in a hugely strong position
:29:22. > :29:25.and he will wake up tomorrow morning and it will fall into place for him.
:29:26. > :29:29.At the moment he does not know when he is. He is talking about all sorts
:29:30. > :29:34.of scenarios but this was huge for him. His nearest rival has not
:29:35. > :29:38.scored any points and he will wake up a very happy boy tomorrow. It
:29:39. > :29:43.shows you what a knife edge we are on in Formula One. Re-gaining the
:29:44. > :29:51.lead here. Reliability as we said earlier in the season, it will
:29:52. > :29:55.always come down to reliability. Nico has two DNFs and the chase is
:29:56. > :29:59.getting more exciting. It is almost like a blank sheet of paper, we are
:30:00. > :30:03.starting again. That is exactly what the situation is at the moment, no
:30:04. > :30:09.one can take their foot off the throttle because it is full speed
:30:10. > :30:13.ahead. It is. And only two weeks until the next race. We live in a
:30:14. > :30:16.fortnight and because of the time difference it will be very early but
:30:17. > :30:20.we will show you all of the race later in the day if that is too
:30:21. > :30:26.early for you. Via works tonight in Asia. It was a Singapore staying for
:30:27. > :30:34.Nico Rosberg. Hamilton took his chances and he is back on top. Game
:30:35. > :30:40.on. Thanks for watching. -- Singapore Sting. .